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SETTLE ARTICLE
TEN CONTROVERSY
Agreement Reached To Have
Vote With Irreconcilable )
- , Forces In Saddle -
COMPROMISE FURTHER
THAN EVER BEFORE
Hope of Ratification' Hot Za
v tirely Dead Among Tiooe
- Working: Tor Some Compro
, mi a Though They Concede
i That Cards Sun Against
Them '
Washing-toe, March 13. With the ir
reconcilable foes of the peace treat
' again in " the' saddle' and with com,
promise apparently farther away than
tever, the Bemate agreed, by unanimous
consent today to bring swiftly to
conclusion its- fight ever the decisive
questioaxif Article Tea. -.
Uader th agreement reached after
: tha warmest advocates of compromise
had decided apthing could be gained
by delay, a final vote on all propoeed
reservations to Article Ten will be tatea
before adjournment Monday night and
speeches -during the day' cession will
be held within a fifteen minute limit,
v. StlU Bene Far RatMeaUm " '
' Tonight hope for ratification was aot
entirely dead among xonp of those who
" have worked for' compromise, though
they conceded that the axda had tua
i against them and that only a last mla
ute reversal f form eoold save the
treaty from another deadlek which
would thsow it into the political cam
paign. 1 The' leaders thought the rati
fixation vote'' would coma by the middle
of the week. ;
The irreconcilable, who alone of the
Senate elements had kept their forces
intact during the general confusion of
the past two days, gained coatrol of
the situation whea they Induced 8enator
Ldge, of Massachusetts, tbe Eepubllean
. leader, to accept a change they proposed
in his substitute reservation to Article
Ten. 'The move ended the bitter -at-
IN SENATE MONDAY
I tack J the irreconcilable on the sub
' - atitute and thus reunited the Bepubliean
membership, but it also drers away tha
' Democratic support of the compromise
-proposal and tefuddled the effort af
.' Democratic compromise' advocates to
jjsvak definite pledge of any aid at all
i- xroa that awe i tne cnamoerv - ,t
- Rhnrtl tprwunl. the administration
and lrreeoaoiiable leaders announced
' that alt denser of ratification with the
Republican substitute wa past, declar
ing they had the vote to neat n, ana
some te spare, and could hold them
securely aader aa absolute pledge, v,
- Tha . amendment of .Senator Lldgei
which is understood W have been draft
" ad bv Senator Borah. Republican. Ida
' bo, tha irreeoneilable'a leader, inserted
the words ."including evil controversies
: relating to territorial inteerity or po
litical lndepeaaenee'' in ta provisw
detailina tho international eontrover-
: sic in which this naHon would not U-
tarfera. In offerina- it. tha BepttDiieaa
' leader made ao statement cf He effect.
.Merely stying it had been suggested to
him by some of his associates, .v
,'- Weald KU1 Laaewa
, Among tha mild reaervatioa Bepubli
eaas the ehange waa described as only
elaborating the clear meaning el we
reservation, and there waa ao indica
tion that any of that group would refuse
to accept it. Come Democrat however,
aid it would destroy tbe whole force
of the Lean of Nations aad that the
irreconcilable, had propoeed it for that
nurnose. - - V - '
Apparently tbe principal cans of sus
picion and-defectioa ia the democratic
eomoiomiae arouo. ..however. was the
I .pourse of Senator Loda-e in again thing-
liag, the previsions of reservation for
i waica iney wsr ry,DB w bww wv
port: It was reealle that certain worda
had been shif ted just before the substi
tute waa introduced yesterday - ana
while tha negotiations oa the Democrat
ic side were at their beignt. 11 constant
alterations were to b msde. the Demo
crats declared, they would promise aoth-
The Democrat working for a eompro-
.mise, however, continued their efforts
toaiirhttand said ther still might be
able to reornaiie some of tha strength
, they originally hsd promised to deliver
lor tha -.waxsoa-Bimmons eompromuv
a. -which tha new Bepubliean substitute
waa built. - ;
Hay Offer A aether Chant.
im another ehaiigr tirthriwbstittrtc
mar be offered by tho irreeoaeilables
- lloaday, though they indicated today
they would not leave tneir party leader
; if it were aot accepted. They empha
sised, on the other hand - that their
agreemeat to support tha substitute
applied to that one qaestioa only and
that ther would reservo iioeny ox
suoa oa rroDosea reee" "
. . . . .1 - a.Va
- -.1-1 il. Mti mm mm votinff I
.1 1 11.1(79 VI tMV imT
against ratifleation.
rV aaatott were i thaadmiaistrattea
leaders U have the whole fight over with
that they are aaderstood to have aua
gested aa agreemeat to vote Monday,
- aot only oa Attiei Te u on w
reservations to the treaty. It naally
waa decided, however, to ooanaa the
agreemea. to Article 10, aad the pro-
' '-posal i that form was wade by fieaator
" Lodge. The nfteea-minute debate Umi
tatioa applies to all speeches on the
pedlng reservation itself, while a limit
bf live minutes was placed on Speeches
oa any proposed amendment to tha
reservation. - "T-" """ '
'Freaidhit "Jfy Kot Aeeeot. ,
The stuTening of the. Adminwtration
force during the 'day revived the re-
(Continacd aa Pair "Two,'
Annual March Harness Bace. j230
Tr. Rvrtit.-iVpt - .Bunning usee.
ACTS AS SECRETARY OFTHE INTERIOR
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Alexander J. Vogeleang dlrecti tha affhtra f tJaa Depaxtncat at.
tbk Xoterior antil ioba Bartoa rayne take ofOeav ' - -
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Refuses To Take Part In Adml
; ml Sims' Broadsides
"3 Against The Navy ,. .
VTashington, karch -13. WhUe re
fusing to comment oa military plans
or joUeies,' Herbert Hoover today told
the Senate committee investigating the
Navy Department's conduct f tha wmt
tha owing to shortaga ot food and
heavy sinking of allied merchant ships
v Germaa submarines, 1 condition!
abroad were critical from 'April, 1917,
natil JSjft-t-fmber. "... . A V -jl'-
,Mr.v Hooter was callea ivi)elforothe
committee at the reqrresfe of Ber-;A
mirai .Kims who asserted' thai he was
best-qualifled i support, his cunlentiou
that the allie were losing tha war whea
tbe United States joined them and that
only a vigorous campaign against the
U-boats could brine: about victory. .
Asked if tha flavy Department could
have offered mora, complete fo-opera-
tloa by ; sending mora vessels' to. the
critical aone,' Mr, Hoover declined to
express aa. plnion,.xeept. to say that
he supposed "everything was done that
could be." He.told the .committee 4hat
ho did not consider himself competent
to testify regarding 'technical military
and naval nutters and , that his busi-
aess was to "est food to tho alliea.'
Mr. - Hoover-expressed - belief that
Americaa '. participation turned " the
scale ia favor of the alliea at. the criti'
sal period of tha war,, although it. was
incorrect to say tno uaitea ptatoa. won
tha war. T". ' - V"" " i
Efforts to prove that the navy a faili
ure to keep him informed! of important
deveJopments. anit chanees'' in policy
earned his associates oa the allied naval
counclla to believe "he waa aot la the
full : confidence of . hii.j government.
lUriUCU UiV UUIUVH V. AIWIIII 0UH
testimony today. He criticised, partieu-
lsjrlyJhe.anvament, of vessels to the
Asores islanUnJtiout first informing
him of the department's plans, sasenUhronghoat the. State and he is eoafl
ing -thatiWashingtoa Officials "played
into tha enemies hands" by permitting
a, submarine attack oa aa Arores jort
to cause diversion ol Americaa naval
force to those waters.- -He character
laed the incident aa. a "violatioa of the
fuadamental principles of warfare" and
ia indication of -the ."effectiveness of
Oermaa propsganda. j --jt
MANY NOMINATIONS FOR
7; NEXT KENTUCKY; DERBY
Largest Number of Zntries In
'. It History "pr Event at j
ili Chnrchffl Downs -
LouirviDe. Kr' March 13 On hun
dred and sevea nominations, thirty-two
mere, thsn last year and the. largest
number in its history '.have been4 mode
for .the Kentucky derby at Churchill
Downs. Mar 8. likewise tb stake Is
the largest since it waa'' instituted in
1873. 'It will -carry $30,000 ta added
money, : requires a' nominating fee' of
$23 and will eost4$250 to start. Value
to tha wlaaer will b ia! sices of $30,
000. The toUl value, of the stake' is
figured at approximately $30100, t the
richest 1920 purse oa the Americaa turf.
The list thoroughbreda,- announced
tonight by tho Kentucky Jockey Club,
embraces colts, gelding and fillies, ca
tered by widely kaowa turfmen. ;r-t
i Harry "Payne Whitney, of Kew York,
with Bine leads ia number of , nomina
tions. .Hi list is headed bv.John P.
Grier, son of Whisk Broom, JI-Wonder,
and next to Man O'War regarded as the
best juvenils in the .H lsst season;
Upset, another soa Of Whisk" Broom XI,
Out ""of Ia"n "fcfiursy wlricirvfoa" vii fory
over. Man O'War oa the occiiion of t: a
bitter's only uvfi-at in . lUitf; .V." r
and iDsmask, regarded- as the te. i c t
their age on the winter tracks; Ama?,
Leviathan, Cobwehs, Afternoon hnd l r;
Clark are the .others-io thclVhit" j
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Stacey W. Wade ForrfiaJly' An
nounces Candidacy To Sue
- xecd Commissioner:
; Although ho has aot. aad dooa ai in
tend to make any formal announce
ment ef his deeisioa aot to-ataad again
f or th Democrstle aemiaatloa tor State
Iasuraace Commissioner, Jamet . K.
. Teung, wha has held tha yosittoa cisee
the department waa formed, tl years
ago, yesterday told elosa friends that
he Intended to retire." Ia tho fact ti
this 'assaranc, Deputy Co ai miss ioaer
8iaeTWadaiVi3aTftrasal'aa"
nouneement of hkt aaadidaey for -tha
aominatioa. -
.'No sorpria Is oceasioaed in the re
tirement of Mr." Young. ; It has been
generally uaderstood for many, months
that is had about madrup hi miad to
return U private Ufa at tha expiration
of hie present term next January. Nor
doe the announcement of Mr. Wads'
eaadidaey ' aceaaioa aurprUe.mnc ' he
ha been apokea of aa likely, soeeea
sor to hia'chiefr aad had indicated his
Intention; to Iron , provided Mr Young
retired. ' ' .'.?'.; " -,: ' .
'itr. Wade catered "tha Insurance De
partment tea years ago aad ha served
is deputy commissioner. At time whea
Mr.' Young wa away "from tho offiea he
assumed full charge of tho affair of
th department. Ia a letter annbuhc
ing his candidagri he sayst "with the
experience I-have had in the discharge
of my - duties as eh lef deputy eommis
sloner'f or a period of years, I feet that
I am ia poeitioa to servo, the people
of the State in-a efficient and accepta
ble mahner.' - -'v --'
- Tho -Deputy Commissioner is 'from
Morehead City. ' Ha haa. many friend
dent that in th two aad a half moatbs
that ' interven betweea hia aaaouace-
meat aad the primary that we will bo
able to win th aominatioa.,' Opposed
to him ia Mr.' C. T. Meaenaghaa, ;of
Raleigh, who. announced himself early
last, week. Mr. McClanaghaa waa a can
dldate four years ago, and foiled a good
vot throughout tho-Stata.' -
SON OF A CHORUS
DISINHERITED BY COURT
Tonnf .Marsn WQ Xeoeirt Vo
Part of Wealth of Late ' '
. " Marshall Field
. Chicago, 'March " 13 Heary Aathony
Marsh, three-year-old soa of tha . lata
Henry, field ,; and rJr,?agry.mMarJ
a chorus girl, will receive- vK-TJ
v a estate ax tne uie ituiraa rieia.
Superior Judge Sulliraa today ruT
tha boy wat aot aetitied to
000 share- in a rrafifhdVereafed by
the ' Merchant Prmee for his graad chil
dren, lof whoa Henry -Tield waaione.
The deciaioa wa rendered ia a suit
brought by Marshall Field, IU-, U bars
hia : grandfather s will - construed.TA
second suit ia still pending ia .' which
Henry' Marsh, seek hia father' ehar
la the hug residusry estate of A he Srst
hbrshall IVeld. Tho court decided
Peggy - Marsh's . soa waa . aot - Iawf ul
issue' within the meaning of th will.
Henry field and Mise Marsh met In
Dbndon while the , latter was in the
chorus of theater there... Prior to his
dcnih Field gar the girl approximately
U " an i isrreed to settle $iuO,OUvr oa
her .son. , Fulioing his death two-years
asro the lit'li familv -carried out his
i;s and gave h..ss Karsh-the $lJ0,0u0
to eiliir.-ite her soa.' ! -.-,,
YOUNG IL NOT . :
; SEEK NOMINATION
1'..!- Marh, who ia aa Americaa girl,
sai I to be living - with her aoa in
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DURHAMLAVYERIN
HURRY TO RATIFY
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
If Delaware Doesn't Ratify,
H.0. Everett Wants Nortfi
Carolina In Line '
ADVOCATES CALLING
LEGISLATURE IN MAY
Adjutant General of Amy Con.
dttctinj ITation-Wide 8earcn
For Henderson County AraJ
Officer, t " Who . Disappears
-JTrott Camp Benninf ; SaTt
Money On Meat Week ;
The Xewa and Observer Bureau,
' 009 District National Beak Buildiag.
V- : By K. B. POWEIX.,: :.A ,
(By Bpeeial Leased Wire.) . '
eWaahingtoa, March 13 B. O. Everett,
returning to Durham, after a three
moaths rest care at Joha Hopkins,
Baltimore, atepped over ia Washiagtea
this afteraooa to add aa appeal to the
General Assembly of Korth Carolina
te get ready for favorable aetioa oa th
8uaa B. Anthonyq amendment ia eass
Delaware reject tho , auffrag . meas
are. ,"-- evi h t -
. Though miana almoet , a' haadred
pound of flesh, Mr. Everett appeared
phyeienlly f it ta scrap a littla eiiher
ia tho court room or oa tha stamat and
(a headed for Durham to Sad out -what
haa tteea happening while he haa beea
reducing aad otherwise following th ia
(truetiont f th apeeialiata. ' After
ha looks ia aa thlags for a Jew- days,
ho ia coming; back to Atlaatio City to
pat tha finishiag touchea oa his rest.
Whea principle fits ia with policy."
ha said tonight, "a it doe ia this esse.
I aa reasoa for delaying the matter,
I am very hopeful that the Goveraor
will be ineliaed to call the General
Tssembly together early enough to rati,
fy tha amendment la time for th wosa-
sat to be voting is. tha primaries.
Laaa Sat rage Clutmaaaaw
iTh Durham lawyer haa beea aa tha
bead, wagoa for a loaf tun. - It wai
ha who dared the organisation ia coa
veatioa two year ago when ho declared
that tho Mimperial fifth" district hsd
done its part by tho wemea aad it was
ap to tha State to follow tho lead. But
Governor Blrkert end 'Bs-ChlerrUoB,
writing agaiaat J, W. Bailey, lraok
ana r.Freti trrampfeM and the suffrage
piana stayed, eut.ee tns pistform; '
. Politicians on Capitol hill today ct
pressed soma doubt aa to whethet th
tegialatura, area. If it met early ia May,
aaa ratify, tha amendment la time for
suffrage to be givsa th womea la the
State primaries. Th amendment, whea
th Secretary of Bute proclaim it rati
fied by M states, ia automatically op
erative but u matter of rgistratoa
I . aa , obstacle. Much would dopes d
oa tha time th acasloa 1 called, if
called before Juae e, and mora aa th
artloa th legislature will take. .
- It ia by ao moaaa A forgone eon
eluaioa that Delaware will fsnl te rat
ify. It ia saspected, though, that- sh
wiu aad ia aach aa vat North Caro
lina beeomea a pivotal state aa which
th qaestioa of womea throughout th
oaatry voting in th November else-
tCaatlaaed aa Page TwQ
PETITION FOR INCREASE
"IN RATES FOR EXPRESS
American . Express Company
Asks ror Increases of from.
' 45 To 75 Per Cent
Waahingtoa. March 13, Increased x
preaa- charge, . ranging from 10 to 79
per eeat, aad estimated to yield 25.000..
000 additional revenue annually, .-were
asked by tha americsa Express Com-1
pany la a petitioa filed today with tha
Iaterstat Commerce Commission.
Iacreased cost of eoaducting its bnsl
aess aa wall aa th argent aeed for more
complete facilities and equipment, was
given by tho company as grounds for
asking additioaal raveaae- Expeadie
ture of "many millions of ddllara" was
Boeeasary, tha oetitiea aaid, aad, addi
tioaal f uads eoald aot b obtained uader
th preeeat rates.
. Tha eompaay ostimsted its dsflcit
for 1S at $22,038,000, aad for th last
sis months af 1918 at 13,723,000. A
deficit "eve reaier thaff f Jh tf
responding period af 1919, wa de
clared probable for January aad Feb
ruary of this ysr.""" : . i
' While explaining that previous rate
increases added awroximataly eiSBOOr
000 to theVariyuaiBeyeaa, th eompaay
aid thiafCxJiey. was giWa immediately
taamlcVe(ia tHhiyJ of iacreased
wagrntiag1oT extra wage for
over) uat oavtho basis of. aa eight-hour
i was e(to have resulted ia a
Uotaly-BirrJVof Sl,022,oao; aa
Spared to lee .than $50,000 befoi
corn-
ore th
eieht-hour day aad avertiara pay, were
givea. , )-" -w5&fewfcc4;
NO SIGNS OP HOSTILITY
, SHOWN TOWARD FOREIGNERS
BarBa, March 1-Mmhra of the.
allied mlialsa la BerMa are net be
ing ineleetod aad tkey are ' allowed
la aas withewt hindrance ia mili
tary mUf care threath thesrrl
radea which have beea act ap la tha
street. There are a algna af he-,
tlllty taward : ferelgaeta, wba ' are
mavtnf fmly aheat the city. f -.
Noake Sarrendera. : ' ' -
Laadoa. March llHenr Neeke,
minister af defease in the Ebert
geverameat, haa aarreadered ta tho
new geverameat, according ta ro
ust's received here from Uerlla,
GERMANY IN GRIP OF COUNTER
REVOLUTION WHICH SUCCEEDS .'.
IN TURNING OUT GOVERNMENT
TEST OF STRENGTH
Revolution . In Germany Sus
tains Conviction That Con
test , Is Inevitable V M,
CONSERVATIVES SEEK
TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT
Serolntionists, Howerer, WO
Aroid Anta(roniKing, Allied
- Gorernments, . - Wasninrton
; Diplomats Tnink, Beoanse
. Oermany Is Hat On Its Back;
CiTil Strife Certain
, IVashiagton, March 13.By Th As
sociated Pre) Kwi of th revolutioa
in Germany sustained the convletioa of
some ottciala and diplomat here that a
test of strength betwsea the SeclaUsts
ad th military aad eonservs tits ele
meata was inevitable."" - - --
They aaid th military, aad coaserva
live "parties had aaiaed apea every de
mand of tha entente for the enforsemnt
of tha armistlcs and peace terms to
goad tha pride of tha Germaa people
into resistance aad had aot fouad it
difficult to fastea responsibility for the
aeeeptaaca af these term oa ' , th
Ebert gbverameat. .-. . ;
.i..'-- - Chaage af PeeliBg '
Blga of marked chaaga ia'tk feel
ing aad attitude of th Germaa people
have not. been wanting aad the recent
sttacks by mobe ia Germaa cities opoa
members of the allied eommisisoss aad
tha teaor of recent Germaa aotss re
garding th fulfillment of peace terms
have prepared, entente . diplomat her
for soma such development a cam to
day.
While aalng th public feeling to place
themselves ia power, th revolutionists,
la th opinio here, will avoid sntagoa-
iziag the allied goverameat. Knowing
tho deea seated srersioa of tho Germaa
people to renewal af war, it la felt that
should they gaia complete control, iaey
will take no step Justifying a forcible
military occupation el urn eveumry
by th atat armle: ".
..r. Cermaav Flat aa Back
"Germany is flat oa its feck", aaid
oas diplomatic ' repraseatativ today,
referring to the military resources of
th country. H aaid that while still
strong ia man power tha Germaa lack
ed tha raw metarule, . food - ; supplies,
hips, aircraft aad railway ears- and
other material necessary for exteaelvt
military operations. , . -j
Buggeetion that tho J revolutionists
might seek a unioa with the Buesiaa
bolshevik are disceuated here. Such
aa anloa, it is explnlned, would provoke
the firmest opposition, ' it aot only
Great Britain aad Prance, but the Uni
ted State. .
Offieiala a'aovrarr'C''B"m'
olatiea might indirectly play into the
hand Of Ieaine by giving a new ana
powerful impetus to tho Spartacid
movemeat. -!'
. . OvB Strife CeHala
Th via of any reactionary regime
gainst tho government of social dem
ocrats, it wai said, naturally was Cal
culated ta provoke the communists and
radical oosiauais uvw .t-uu.
. This view seemed to bo born bat
br th first move of the Ebert rovern
me'nt 3e issuing of tho prahuaatioa
calling aa th proletariat to Joia ia a
general MriK. -
With the revolutlonista in control in
Berlin aad the Ebert goverameat set
up in Dresden, soma observer hsrs re
gard sivU strife as prscticaliy certain.
Military effieera said to oateoms very
probably would depead upoa the loyalty
of tho Ebert aoveramsat s troops,
though it was admitted, that if gener
al strike took place th, socialist go
erament would b given-a vfry power-
nil weapoa. --. .. : ..
" Official news f tha revolutioa did aot
reach Washington untU late ia the day
and added nothing ta press dispatches.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF,'
v LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING
Provider r6f Commission To
stiatenditionim
In Snssia , "
V
reh lV4.niWeautlv
IagoeTsnrii'B met
uar ia th cloak room of tb foreiga
office, under the presidency at Leon
Bouneoia,
la his opeaing address, u Bourgeois
reviewed the work, of 4ho couaeil. , B
aid that while there, waa some scep
ticism .. regarding tha: toeeea of- the
league, it had not: retarded the lesgus's
work. Up to the presest time, h do
elarod, the league had showa its reality
aad vitality.
Arthur J. Balfour, tho British reprs-
(eatativ, replying to M. Bourgeois, aaid
there waa ae reeooa for anxiety aa to
the field work for the league. On the
contrary, ha declared, he expected that
tho nations , and people would givs
tho league all th work it aoud do.
; A' reeolutioa waa adopted : for the
appointment of- a commissioa ef 10
members, each with' two counsellors, to
make th prepssed Javastigatiof .into
condition iavBuMia aa aooa l favor
able replyT is received from tke Soviet
goverameat. To . this commission is to
be added a eommisiioa from th ia
tornalional labor bureau for the spe
c;al rurpose of investignting labor ton-
BYTWO ELEWIEfffS
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NTITHXR FORMER EMPEROR
: HOR THE CROWN PRINCE
".' IMPLICATED IN RETOLUTION
Tk Hague, March l-(By The
Aaseciated Press.) - Neither the.
farmer emperor aor the erawa prlace
ia latf Heated ' la tha- overthrew af
tha gaverasaeat ia Germany, aa far
aa eaa b leaned ' here. The Am
.slated Preaa waa' aaaared today by
aa eatlrely reliable authority that
both Ameraagoa Castle, .where the
farmer emperor Uvea, aad tha lslsad
af Wlerlagen, where " the ' former
erawa priaca makea his resldsac
are already as closely guarded that
It will ao ahaalately aaairs ary for
tha Dutxa gavrasseat to take far
ther measures te prevsat . latrlgaa
or their ecap.
' It M learaed, however, that J. B.
Kaa, see rotary ssersl of Hallsnd,
who I charged with guarding the
former omperer aad erowa priaca,
ia eafaged ia eeafereaca with the
aajsdater af jastlee, having preview-
ty aaaaaltad efflclam af , th
mialatry.
Senate . Committee Approves
.Proposal To Take Oyer Lines
; ; ' From Germans
- . - -.
" Washington, March 13. (By tie As
sociated Press.) A plsn under which
Americaa ateamihip eompaalea would
take over aad operate with Americaa
ahip th sixty pro-war -world ' trad
route of th Hsmburg-Amerleaa la
ia being worked oat ay tha Shipping
Boards subject, it I vndsrstood, to th
approtal af th German eompany,
Th proposal waa apprpved today hj
tha Ssaste Commsrco sommUtee, tea
to four, after Chairmaa Payaa had ex
'plained it ia executive session. Ther
waa aa apparent dlfferenca af-aplna
among committee member si if- tbe
exact plant of tha beard, but botl
Chairman Jones and Mr. Payaa ilk sub
sequent ttatemente said the board would
aot b a party t th proposed arrsngs-
moata, with , the Hamburg-America
llaasi that it part merely would ha to
furnish th ships, either through aal
or lease, ana lend iu eo-operauon jb
obtaining this business for 'Americaa
hipping interests.''- M''-5.-.:.' -''rf?
Whether tho plaa originatad with ,ths
Germaa company or with tha board wa
aot made clear. It was said- however,
that say arrangements made would be
a co-operative one; that tho Hamburg'
Americaa 'line hsd the port fscilitiei
for handling it pro-war business, but
wa witaout Qip. .-
Th route which th Americaa com
panic will tax over Include tkos aol
only betweea tier ma ay aad tha United
States, but also ta South America, th
Orient aad other parts of tho world.
Shipping Board officiate mid th busi
nee probably would be too greet for
any one American eompaay to handle
and, that if arrangements went through
seversl companies probably would op
e rate the immense. flee aeceossry to
take eare of the. enprmous ' volums of
business which the - Germaa eompaay
aaa oerore tne warv , v' -4 " "
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
WINS A CHAMPIONSHIP
Atlanta, :Ga, March 13, New York
University won the National Basketball
championship of tha American Amateur
Athletla 'Union here, tonight, defeating
Buiger college, or sw Jersey, 49 to
M, ia the finals of tho touraament that
begaa Wedaesdsy.. ,
The honor of being the championship
Daaaetoaii ieam waa earned by the New
i org eouegians hi a wonderful derea
ive plsy that kept the New Jersey
player from getting th ball aader
their basket enough - times to count.
With eeeond place going to Butger,
Kansas City Athtetia Club took third
by ..dsleatiag th Young Men's Order
team Detroit Ute todays
The speed and affirresiiTeneaa that a
abted the New York five earUcr ia the
toaraameat to defeat tha Lea Ancelea
club, champions of 1919 aad the fast
Kansas City Athletic Club team, wa
agala is' evidence tonight and Butger'i
was cieariy ouuiassea. . '
SEVEN I. W. W. LEADERS
CONVICTED OF MURDER
Montesauo.jWaah, Msreh T13. Reven
af tha tea ladusttial oWrtera of tha
world charged with : the aiarder of
Warren ,0. Grimm, 'one of tha four
former soldiers shot jtaflng aa armis
tice day parads at Centralis, were fonnd
gouty tonight. of secoad degree murder.
Three others'- were- fond aot guilty.
Lores Behests, aaa af the trie, was ac
quitted oa the ground of Insanity. -
Caavert By Wlreleaa, J'wf''
Xew . York- March 13Passenrers ha
tho Canard llae steamihip Mauretanla,
wniea arrived hero today from South
ampton, were entertained ,100 miles at
with concert -traoemittcd by wire
less telephone from the Marconi Works
at Chelmsford, England. They reported
tnat they heard distinctly tha vocal aad
Instrumental selections. ,
'There is no substitute for' Pomneian
WCANS
4 , fwBBemasma m4, ;k
presidentebert:
E
No Armed Resistance To Revo
' lutionary Troops Which
' Invade Berlin
EVENTS LEADING UP TO
CHANGE HAPPEN RAPIDLY
New Government ProTislonsJIy
Proclaimed Dissolrei Ka
tional Assembly and Calls
Tor Elections ; Dr. , Kapp,
New Chancellor, Denies Be-
in? Reactionary.
Berlin, Mar. 13. Germany today Is ia .
th throe of a' counter 1 volntloaary v
movement which as ouecasafui ihia
forenboa ia turning the Ebert govern-
meat out of Berlia and setting ap a new
administration ia tha capital. - .
Preeident Ebert aad hia cabiaet, af-
fering ae armed resistance to th rev
olutionary troop which Invaded Ber
lia, from thr suburbs, j hav goa to -Dresdea
and established tha seat of
their government In that dty- .
Tht new goverameat Which haa beea
provisionally proclaimed hero wita Dr.
Wolffgaag Kapp aa chancellor, ha da-,
els red th National Assembly dissolved
ad announced that new atactica would
beheld.
Call For Geaeral Strike,
Th old goveramsst through ita m- -jority
. Socialist members, including
President Ebert, haa issued a procla
matloa calling for a geaaral strike as
tho ealy meaaa of saving Germany .
from the retora of William IT.
Beporta from oats id Berlia declare -th
counter -Bevolutionary movement
has sffected tha troop ia large aumber
throughout the country, tho new secur
ity guardt as wU as tha aid army for
ces. ' f i V:' -: '
Tho Kapp governmsnt, in g ataiement
ta tha pros declared itself neither re
actionary aor monarchists i,
Th aven', that led up to these dt
velopmeats fate, 4matia and rapid
ia sequencer' t-r '. ",
Sapid Beaaeaee f Eveats.-
last evening it became kaowa tkst
the goverameat of President Ebert
tad Minister af Defease Nosko had
some upoa trace af a serious plot ta
overthrow the Bepablirsa regime. Or
der were issued for tha arreet of the
mea believed to ha mainly concerned.
These were, first and chiefly, . Dr.
WolfFgang Kapp noted reactionary, who'
ha beea prominent ia all agitation
ot tho. Fatherlaad party aad aa extreme
aatagoaist of tho republieaa govora
meat, aad General voa Iiuettwits, wha
was ia command of tho first self- "
styled group, af Belchswchr, or emplia
defease forcea. v ' - ; .-?
With them were" associated Captafa -Pabst,
a cavalry, officer af th guard,
who had taken a leadiag part la sup
pression of tha Spartaeiat revolt last
year. Apparently, sotwithstaadiag tha
precautionary measure takea . by the
government, the plot had goao toe far
to be arrested aa tha troop elected '
for tha ssiiurs of Berlin were already
ob the way aad the force at the disposal' ,
of the' goverameat was aot ealy Insuffi
cient but waa aot altogether dependable.-
k, - ;. " . ' .
When the aewa eane that revolutioa
ary forces from the bin eama at Doeber- .
its wert oa the march, officer af raakv
belonging to tha government troop
were sent to meet them, aa emissarisa
of tb president, to erder them to de
sist and. retara to their quarter. The
mutiaeers, who belonged mainly ta nav
al brigade with aoae addition from -
Battle troop who have always beea diet
affected aad nndiseiplinod. met tha
government's represeataUves of whom
th chief wa General won Old enhaos-- .
ea and proposed aoaia term af aa a-
treme character whfch were referred -
ta th cabinet ia Berlia. - .
Leader Quit Berlia. . .
At tbe same moment a proclamatloa '
L re pared ia advance waa issued prom
iag th people freedom aad ardor aad 1
dissolving tho National Assembly, de-
etartag-that 'tha assembly mlssicii,-'
which. Waa-to establish a eoastitation
and eoaelud Teaee, ha beea fulfliied."
Tne leader of th lata goverameat,
have, aa their part, issued aa anneal
to the people, claiming- their Mppoort
against, the reactionaries . and calling
upon them to organise a general etrike.
The late government leaders aultted
Berlin at aa early hour aad later were
reported at Dresdea, where tha seat af
the aid ; goverameat haa beea estab-
tithed.- - . , ; -
A Bloadieoo iBevwlatiaa. ' ' V
The Sevalatiaa ,kaa...hMa. lllaud!paa. -
The publia at UrsJaas taken com-.
pletely by surprise. Life la Berlia is
proceeding todsy as aiuaV Prognostics
tions regarding the futura for the mo-
meat aeem idle. - : : .
Yesterday the chief " interest was
financial, and commercial circles were ...
absorbed ia the auddea aad remarkable '
rise ia tha value of the mark. Durint . .
th last few days persona who hvd beea
hoarding foreiga . money for spceulstiT
purposes begsa unloading as fast . ai ' '
possible. Whether this had anything ts
do with the turn ia political tvent it
is impossible to say.: Attautioaia beirg i.
called to th latest sUtemeat of th '
Beiehs bank, which show a great ia-
crease Jn the flood of paper money.
rr -utikna Ty jnaeeaaai
Thel.
r had kr "
CALLS FOR SIRIK
1,, cJriesJ.'ty (A4v.)
OUva Oi (Adv.) i
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