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TO FORCE A CLIMAX IN TREATY
Bitter-enders of Republican Faction Will Ask Immediate Decision of Senate
LODGE TO RESIST
Washington, March 6.—Republican "bitiey enders" in the Senate will try next week to force a quick climax in the treaty t.ght. by mo\ing' for im- midlate consideration of the reservation on  article  X.
Senator Borah, leader of the "bitter enders" gave notice of this today after it became' apparent that the deadlock waa not likely to be broken by any modification of President 'Wilson's position on reservations.
Borah will make the motion Monday, h« announced. It will be opposed by Senator Lodge and his group of Re¬ publicans, but the Democrats may Join with the "bltte^ enders" to pass the meth n. Senator Hitchcock is ready.
IjOdge in asainst ihe Borah plan, on the ground that the Senate has once voted to put off consideration of article X until the Ia.st. Lodge hold* this pre¬ cluded taking it up now. Borah believes the Senate can reverse its former action at any time.
Democratic Sena.tors are pretty thoroughly convinced, they said today, thet the thing for them to do is to support the res^ivation on article X worked out In the bl-partlaan confer¬ ence, or a modification of It.
They believe President Wilson would find the reservation unsatisfactory but t.Tke it if he should get nothiQif better
It was for this reason. Democrats said, that 40 of them agreed to support that reservation.
Oppose  Interferenc*.
The bi-partisan reservation pro\-1des that the l'nited States as.«nimeR "no <Ailigation to employ its mllltarj- or naval forces or the economic boycott" to preserve tho territory or Independ¬ ence of anv other nation.
The Kellogg proposal, which is the one Senator Simmons was to have laken to the T»res!dent had he been given an audience, added diplomatic pressure and flnancial resources to the ll.si of means the United States would not employ.
President 'Wilson tonight had rot re¬ plied to Senator Hltchrocl;'s letter, ask - ing him to receivo Simmons, who w.'-S to lay this pr^iposal before him ano K«-^ hts O. K. on it Kt the 'WTiite House It waa learned the President's position was unchanged, and that he wonld not agree In advsnce to accept any rom- prf>miss.
The Senate today debated reserva¬ tions at freat length and Anally adopt¬ ed by a %-ote of 4fi to Ift, the ninth re¬ servation, provlrtmg that the United States aesume no oblisratlon fo pay ¦ny portion cf the Leegue of Nations expanses untl". Contmss appropriates for that purpose. An excepMon Is made of the office e.xpet«r-s and salaries of the secretariat That means that the ITnited States n<knf.wledt;«Hi a moral obllgaticn tc help pay office expenses, but nothing beyond ihem.
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Dr. Parhe Sickler Death's  Victim;
Sttccumhs Suddenly on Birthday
On the anniversary of his birth. Dr. Parke C Sickler, prominent physicizui of this city, died last night at 6 o'clock in Central Hospital at Philadelphia after being suddenly stricken in Aat city on Thursday night He was 47 years old yesterday and had been a resident at 90 Academy street for many years. Word of his death •when received in this city from his wife and brother, Charles Sickler, who had' been at his bedside, caused a widespread feeling of sorrow as it became generally known.
Members of the family had amticipated Kis return to the city yesterday and were prepau'ed to observe his birthday with a re- imion at the Sickler home. A very few minutes before Dr. Sickler died a telephone message had been received to the effect that he had passed the danger point in his illness. Subsequently, word' of his death was announced.
Dr. Sickler went to Philadelphia on business severaJ days ago. While riding on a street car Thursday night he became suddenly ill. Heart trouble superinduced by acute indigestion was the tratiae. After being taken to Central Hospital his home in this city was notified. His 'wife and Charles Sickler together ¦with Dr. H. B. Gibbey went to Philadelphia, while another brother, Harvey Sickler, of New York City, met them there. On Friday night six physicisms held a consultation at his bedside. Their announcement was that the following twenty-four hours would determine the outcome.
Despite Dr. Welder's critical condition, the presence of his •wife was sufficient to rouse him long enough for him to recognize her. Soon after he again lapsed into unconsciousness. His death occurred at 6 o'clock last night.
Dr. Sickler was born of a pioneer family forty-seven years ago at Faills, Wyoming County. He spent his boyhood days there. He married Miss Msuy Turn. He became a resident of this city years ago. He was prominent in the Masons, Knights Templar, Mystic Shrine and the Franklin Club and was active in the congregation of the Central M. EL. Church. As a phjrsician with a genial, kindly disposition, he was esteemed by hundreds of people •who heard the news of his illness with keen regret and then after hours of waiting received word of his death •with mu(;h sorrow.
Hia body will be brought immediately to this city for burial. He is survived by his wife and one son, Parke, Jr., besides the following brothers and sisters, Charles Sickler, 381 South Rhrer street; Mrs. Rose Bloom of Falls. Mrs, Walter Thomas, of 400 Carey avenue; Mrs. C H. Marcy, 412 South River street; Harvey Sickler of New York Gty; Mrs. Charles Bosworth, of 490 Carey avenue, and Mrs. Harvey Kemmerer, of 92 Academy street.
Dr. Siclder was a member of the staff of Riverside Hos¬ pital and chief examiner of the Heralds of Liberty. He was eissociated with Luzerne Coimty Medicad Society.
THREE BOYS LOSE LIVES INACCIDENT
Break Through Ice While at Play—Two Others Saved by Shop Workers
BODIES RECOVERED
BIG CENSUS GAINS
•Washington. March 6—The census bureau tonight announced i>opfulation of Toledo O., a* 242.109, and Charlotte, N. C , 46,318 porsons.
Compared with ISIO, the new figures show theFC increases: Toledo 74.612 persons, or 44.3 per cent.: Charlotte 12.- a09 persons, or S6.2 per cent.
BRITISH SEND TROOPS
INTO CONSTANTINOPLE
Paris, Harch 6.—^Spedal dispatches to French papers from London today state that, after most alarming reports from Constantinople, the Supreme council bas acceded to the request of Premier \>nizelos of Greece for strong Allied Intervention. The Brit¬ ish forces In the vicinity of Constant¬ inople have been ordered to Intervene according %o these diMpatches.
The supreme council, it is stated. Is satisfied with President Wilson's desire to participate in the Turkish treaty which •will itosslbly he modi¬ fied to satisfy the American veiwpolnt
DEFENSE IS WORRIED
IN NEWBERRY TRIAL
LIFE AND PROPERTY LOSSES IN BUZZARD BIG IN THIS STA TE
Orard Rapids Mich., March 6.—At¬ torneys In tho Michigan election fraud trial stated tonight th \t Introduction of testimony would prt-bably bo complet¬ ed next •»•?*!;. Allowing three days for argument.^; and court Instructions thoy believed the case would .-each the \nry about March 18
Plans of the defense for making only a brief answer to testimony by tlie prosecution ware changed when Judge Clarance Sessions, in over-rul¬ ing a motion for dismiaMkl of th* gharses, declared the Jury would be warranted in findirg th*" defendant.-* ftillty aa the testimony stood at this tiixM.
The defense attorneys decided It would be necessary to present a great many more witnettse* than they bad first planned in \-iew of the oourt'* statemant Several character •witnesses te.stlfled today. Three men. called to tell of the character of Frederick Cody, New York, Senator Newberry's "man Friday," were not permitted to t*Mlty bAcause tbe^' were not per¬ aonally In touch with Newberry duh-. <ng tbe campaign of 1918 when the al¬ leged fraud* took place.
f^ul icing manager nf th* campaign to elect Newbtrry, \f-\A of the entry of Chaiiee W. Helme Into the race for tb* Democratic Senatorial nomination. King dLnied tbat lielnaa'a candldaoy wa* financed by the Newberry com- mKt** as charged by tbe govemMot.
Th* gov-emntcnt attemtpad to sbow that the Newberry ^xunmittee backed BelRie tn an effort to aidlt the Demo- «nttle '<F(7t* and defeat Koid.
New York, March 6.—The Ea.st was Blowty recovering tonight from tho effects of a gale which swept this re¬ gion last night and today.
Th<» center of the storm, which cre¬ ated ha\"oc in Its march across the continent, h.id passed out to sea and was menacing shipping vtt tho New E:ngland ccaet at far eastward oa the Grand Banks.
At least three deaths resulted from the storm, scores -were injured, hun¬ dreds of families were cMvcn from their hemes by foods and property damage wasi estimated at more ihan a million dollars.
Three steamer.s were driven ashore from Delaware and Florida. The Mar- sodali, which grounded at Rehoboth Bay. Del., during the night was releas¬ ed and proceeded to Philadelphia The Morrison which struck five miles north of Femandina, Fla.. later made her way to Jackeonvllle. Tho Orient aground near Hampton Reads, Va.. had not been heard f rom tonight. The lat¬ ter two are .Shipping Britrd vessels.
As the gale swirled In from the •Wefct. where it left its mark as one of the .reason's -worst blizzards, the northern portion was accompnaied by a snow fall reaching 18 inches In aome New York districts, while the southern ' portion brought a down pour of rain. The rain was general over south¬ ern PennsyU-unia, New JerMf;^ and the vicinity of New York. Rivers and streams swollen by the trains and nselt- Ing snow overflowed their banks and flooded tho surrounding country. House* were destroyed, others partly submerged, bridges swept away, rail¬ way tracks inundated, fields washed out an dfactories and power plants put out of commission.
"The breaking up of great ice fields in rivers adde dto the force tmd d&- strucUon of the  floods.
Thre* Men Killed Farther north  the  sudden  drop in tamperture   prevented   the   dangerous conditions, which -were threatehed for aeveral days.
The heavy snow, however, hamp¬ ered rail and telephonic and tele¬ graphic communications.
Two men wero killed in Harrisburg, Pa, when, blinded by the snow, they were struck by a etreet car. A man was killed In Pittsfleld. Masa. under similar conditions. Two men were In¬ jured when a watchman's shanty on a bridge at Perth Amhoy, N. J., was hlo^wn into the Raritan river. Scores of other persons in -various cities re¬ ceived injuries from falls and being struck by objects driven by the -wind.
At New Brunswick, N. J., 200 persons wero driven from their homes by th* flood water* of the Raritan- The lower business section was flooded and in aome portions the water readhed the second stories of homes. Scores of factories closed down when tbelr boDor rooms were flooded.
The Schuylkill river reached 21 feet aboftre normal. Families In Manayimk and Darby were driven from their homes, in Philadelphia the Pennsyl¬ vania and Ohio tiaok* were under water. Four feet of water covered the Fblladelphia and Reading tracks at Spring Mills.
Th* entire district aroond Tan*^¦¦***• waa badly hit by tbe fh>ods, scores of houses being wrecked and wire com¬ munication demoralized. An Ice gorg* a mile long formed near Berwick. Pa., and the dammed water* threatened to
Inundate tbe •vilUt^r* of Venus tintll the Jam broke. Three gorges In the Schuyl¬ kill at Hamburg, Port Clinton and ShoemakersvlUe, broke this afternoon, releasing great bodies of water. Familie* Homele**.
The power and water plants at Reading were put out of commission. Two hundred families there were ren¬ dered homeless and were cared for at emergency hospitals. Many of them were rescued from their homes In boats.
AU collieries In the Lehigh field sus¬ pended because of the overflowing of several local streams. The Standard Oil's pumping station at Millway, Pa., also •was closed down.
The storm even surpass^ la^st n»onth'» bllzard In deatructlveness in many part.'i of eastern and northern New York State. Through trains were twelve to fifteen hours late. Trolley service \|as suspended. Miles cf tele¬ phone aril telegraph -wires -were down. The same conditions pt^ivalled throughout the greater portion of New England.
In the suburban districts of New York City, many -wide areas •were flood¬ ed. The heavy wind broke thousands of windows in the dty and destroyed signs and awyiinga. Piers and boat houses at Beach resorts were swept av;ay.
Weather Bureau offidals said tonight that cold •weather would continue to prevail throughout the east for several days and that, in their belief, the greatest danger from floods had been averted.
New  England  Buried. i
Boston, March 6.—New England was buried tonight in snow and sleet. They swept over this section on a northwest gale that attained a velocity of sO miles an hour, according to officials of the Blue Hill observatory.
Northern New England, already deep in snow, suffered the most from today's bilzaard that started with rain and sleet, freezing when the tempera¬ ture took a sudden drop.
Tonight the snow and sleet had stop- I>ed falling, but tbe gale continued with slightly abated force and the mer¬ cury continued to drop with the pros¬ pect of a temperature near zero to¬ morrow morning.
Burlingrton. Vt„ had nearly two feet of snow with drifts ten feet deep. Man¬ chester. N. H., reported the worst storm of the season and a snow fall of nearly 16 Inches. At Keene, N. H., deer driven from the woods by hunger and tbe blizzard ran through the main streets.
Street railway and vehicular traffic was completely d^norilized. In some I)art8 of this city not a car moved.
An unknown man was killed when a chimney was blown down. Several persons were injured by being blown against   buildings.
Railroad officials declared their fa- dlltlee for keeping the lines t^ien wer* inadequate In the face of tho storm. Philadelphi* Hard Hit Philadelphia, March 6.—The flood wat«-« of the Schuylkill river, after reaching bights almost unpreoented and doing damage to factories and mills along its banks estimated at hun¬ dreds of thousands of dollara were receding tonight Railroads badly crli4>led by tbe fury of the stonn and th* floods, •w«r* operating on nearly tuU Bcb*dula
All the inills In Manaytink. put out (Continued On Pag* 2.)
Three boys were drowned yesterday In a pond at Nescopeck when thin Ice broke beneath them. They met death after they had struggled for severaJ minutes In the water attempting to save each other. The heroism of the boys was duplicated by the mother of two of the victims who was rescued trom death by means of ropes after she had been thro-wn into the water by the fragile Ice when she rushed to give assistance.
The -victims were:
Carl Henry, aged 10, and Sterling Henry, aged 12, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Henry of Chestnut street, Nes¬ copeck.
"VTilliam McNeal, aged 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. ¦William McNeal, Sr., of Chestnut street, Nescopeck.
The drowning of the boys occurred at 11 o'clock In a small body of water known as Sponeyburg pond. It is sit¬ uated a short distance from tho home of the Henry family. The boys had been eliding on the Ice for several minutes when one of them broke through. Ordinarily the water Is only a few feet deep *but recent snow and rain have Increased the depth to about twelve feet.
It has not been clearly defsermlned which one of the three boys -was the flr*t to go into the water. Men some distance from the pond saw the other two boys, presumably the Henry brothers, rush to his rescue. The two youthful rescuer* were givtng assist¬ ance when the Ice broke again, throw¬ ing them into water of a depth over their heada
The crie* of the three victims at¬ tracted the mother of the Henry broth¬ ers. She rushed out on the Ice. "With no thought for her own safety she tried to reach her boys. Her efforts came to nothing -when she fell through the ice. She was followed in her at¬ tempt at rescue by her aged father, Carl Bakery, grandfather of the two brothers. He was also near death when he slipped into the water.
In the meantime men from a near- Ijy railroad had secured ropes and boards. 'When this assistance reached the pond, the three boys were no longer in sight The men had barely time to throw ropes to Mra Henry and her father before their strength gave out They were hauled to shore •with difficulty and Immediately placed under the care of a physician.    •
The search for three bodies waa continued for an hour and a half when they were taken trom ten feet of water.
Attack on  Church Arouses Edwards
WOMEN TO SPEAK
Chioago, March 6.—Republican women who asirire to become cam- p.aign orators during the Presidential campaign took the first of a series of lessons on public speaking here today. Under the Instruction of women ex¬ perienced In campaign "stumping" they were expected to become quaU- fied In five weeks to present forceful arguments to women voters why they should vote the Republican ticket
Mra George Plumber, Chicago, called the meetings today. The num¬ ber of would-be speakers is expected to increased considerably within the next few weeks.
Atlantic City, March 6.—Governor Edward L Edwards tonight attack¬ ed "Wm. Anderson, superintendent of tbe Anti-Saiaon I>>ague, in address¬ ing Atlantic botebnen at a banquet at the Breakera Edwards said In part: "I am a Protestant and ox- pect to continue as a Protestant, bat my blood boiled when I read in to¬ day's newspapers that the spokes¬ man of the Ant<-Saloon League of New York, the founder, disoo-tMrer and defender of prohlbltioa, had at¬ tacked the August Roman Catholic Church.
"He has not hesi ts ted to attempt to array th* Protestant body of ti^e country against their fellow Ameri¬ cans. He has resurrected from the tomb the spectre of religious perse¬ cution. He has brojght 'orth that horrible spirit of Intolerance -which I thought was laid to rest when the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were written and he has dared ir. the name of America to attempt to array Protestant against Catholic, to array American against Ameri¬ can, to array in b Uter conflic*. thoee living in friendship, amity and kind¬ ness and although of different faith, wcrking together for America
"He has attempted to sat them •with hate against each other, for the diabolical purpoes of realising the success of his owti rourow mind¬ ed selfish, fanaticism .
"Is this because the great Cardinal Gibbons, who Is In touch with the pulse of the working class yesterday- publicly declaiwl that the nant)w, strict interpretation of the ooustltu- tional amendment so as to prohibit the use of light wines and beer wac causing the spirit of unr.wt through¬ out the country and the Anti-Sa¬ loon League, frightened by sensing the terrific foro* of an awakaned publie opinion, struck at th* Church of which the Cardinal is so valiant a member?
"Is it because this aooveoient of protest of which I am simply the visualization of the Idea, is growing with such rapidity that the Anti-Sa¬ loon League forces of fanaticism see the handwriting on the -nraJl.
"Do they realist that the con¬ science of America ,once .^'walcened, will not rest until reactionary, tana- tlo, bigot and all those who wotild stand in. the •way will b* bnuhed aside, wiped out, 'as a man wlpetb a dish, wiping it and ti^mlng it upaido down'?"
WORLD'S BEST NAVY NEEDED FOR AMERICA IF LEAGUE IS LOST
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TO ASSIST GERMANY Tl
SIMS AND DANIELS
TO BE HEARD AGAIN
Miiierand Abandons Policy of Revenge to Bring Economic Salvation of Europe
MODIFY TREATY
'Washington. March 6.— The Dan¬ iels-Sims controversy comes to the fore again neict week.
Following is the program:
On Monday, the Senate Naval af¬ fairs sub committee -will report on Its Investigation of the charge of rear ad¬ miral Sims that naval medals were | Germany, they believed, is directly op- unfairly awarded by Secretary Daniels. POsed ti the policy adopted by Frcrjch The two Democratic members wrote Itaders ever since the cessation of minority reports.    It  Is  expected the! *>''''*'1 hies
Republican members of the committee j France, diplomats declared, took tho will arraign Daniels while the Dem- ; posltio i that, to insure her own nufety, ocrats will defend him. ' Germany    must    be    so    thouroughly
Paris. March 6.—Premier Miiierand will accept the AJlled economic pro¬ posals including a. loan to Germany and measures to bolster up moribund Teuton Industries, it waa indicated in ''official circles here tonight Diplomats saw the French premier as loser In one of the important diplomatic strug¬ gles growing out of the peace making and th<5 victor, they believed, 1* Prem¬ ier Nitti of Italj-, with (fulet backing of Premier Lloyd George.
Step by step, these observers deoiar- ed, Miiierand has been forced to aban¬ don what, under Clemenceau, were tYanco's lnoi\-ocable declarations. Th* Allied decision to extend aid to Ger¬ many they believed Is the flnal blow.
Stripped of diplomatic verbiage, they declared the declaration Is nothing leas than a decision to modify the treaty of Versailles. The extension of aid to
Danieb Demands Extra Half Billion Dol¬ lars to Add 69 Ships to Three-Year Program. House Naval Affairs Com¬ mittee Expected to Refuse Great Expenditure.
MUCH DEPENDS ON ENGLAND
Waalungton, March 6.—Faihire of the ^snate to ratify Ae pesea treaty at this aeaaon would mezui expenditnre of $355,000,000 Aax- mg the next Aree or four years to increase the fisrhting strength ol die United States Navy, Secretary Daniels today told the House Naval Atfainr Committee in outlining the government's policy on naval coO' abruction.
Because of the delay to the treaty Daniels today recommended that flizty-nine •weasels, including se^reral lacr^e fighting diips, bo authorized in addition to the three-yoar program of 1916, wrhich haa been only about one-third completed.
At the aame time he declared that if the United States should not become a member of the league, the n^itlon must enter upon a conatruction program that will make otir nation "incomparably" the greateat in all the world. x
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The program Daniels recommended today calls for an additional expend¬ iture for naval construction of $1S)5.- 000,000 is necessary to complete the three-year btillding program of 111$. Present plans would call for the com¬ pletion of this enlarged program by 1924.
Daniels made it plain that If the United States entered the League of Nations he would make large redac¬ tions in tjie proposed expenditures and asked only that the present program be rounded out by the addition of some auxiliary craft found essential during the war. About U small craft, without any capital ships would be sufficient under theee circumstances. Daniels •aid.
Will  Rsfut* Demand.
Present indications ar* that tbe com¬ mittee will not agree to tbe increase asked by Daniela By one member his recommendation was called "purely academla"
Panlels' point that Joining the League of Nations will reduce naval expenditures and the btirdens of the taxpayers probably will be answered by the committee noaklng appropria- tiosa only for the continuance of the three year building program. Chair¬ man BuUer of Pennsylvania said. Pre¬ vious plans were to complete this pro¬ gram at the estimated cost of |SS,000,- 000 in two years, but it is probable, he said, because of tbe need for reducing expendlturea that It will be spread over three years and thus not be com¬ pleted untn 1924. Two of the moat powerful dreadnaughts of the world are nearing completion under thts program and It calls for ten moire big battle¬ ships and stx battle crulsetv of the lat¬ est type.
Questions of the ooBmrltteemen to¬ day indicated that they believed Eng¬ land Is dcislrous of obtaining a "gentle¬ men's agreement with the United States to limit naval armament re¬ gardless of whether tiie Ijeague of Nations Is a success^
Pact  With   England The statement credited to Sir Auck¬ land Geddes, n*wjy apolnted Ambas».
ador to tbe United States, tbat Eng¬ land does not desire to outstrip this country in na^val oonstructlon was re¬ ferred to. The belief -was expressed by oommd^teemien that England finds itself unable to finance any large pro¬ gram of nfi.val extension.
Three v'ears of Intensive construc¬ tion by the United States would gl-ve this cotiniry 47 first and second lin* sblpa as cotopared with SO of Eng¬ land, Butler said.
Secret-jjry Daniels opposed any agreement of tbe sort proposed, de¬ claring tl«at it would lead to the for¬ mation of another combination of powers with the return of the balance ot power and ine-vitably lead to an¬ other war.
The additional building program Daniels mbmitted today as being nec- ceesary now because of the failure to join the League and the one he ad¬ vocates if the League ia ai^roved, follow: Out of Leagua In League
Battleships, 2    ». None
Battleshl>> Cruisers, 1...— Nona
"Jcout Cruisers   6   None
Milne Ia> ^ng light cruisers, 8 >..    Siz
Flotilla Leadera  20        Teu
Fleet Si:ibmartnes, 6 ...>.    Six
Airplane   Cariers,   4    .^-..^ Four
Destroyttr Tendera 1 »»-••...•    On* St-bmari^e Tender, 1        On*
"With the league in operation," said Daniels, "it would not be necessary lo impose on the taxpayers of America. In view of other burdens, the money necessary for building moro capital ships by appropriations in this bill. Wanta Largest Navy
•Tf It shall turn out that the United States siiiall definitely decide not to be¬ come a Dsxty to the league I shall fe*l It my Inoperative duty to renew recom- mendatlwn for another three year pro¬ gram that will make our navy the largest in the wolrd.'
Emphnslzlng the Importance of na-val aviation Daniels declared that the service iiiiist be developed to the high¬ est degree, but that the airplane will not repliice the battleship.
He recommended that the joint army and navy board, in operation dturing th* war, be continued.
DRYLAWAHACKED
Washington, March 6.—The Su¬ preme court Js being flooded -with briefs and arguments attacking consti¬ tutional prohibition from every angle in preparation for the assault the wet forces will make on the eighteenth amendment   and  the  •Volstead  law  in
thp tribunal Monday. Orral arguments A naval court Inquiry Monday will i crushed that, for at lease a century she i on three cases will be heard then
ficers at the front
WILSON PUTS QUERY
TO ALLIED PREMIERS
begin an  investigatilon  of the charge' would    not    again    menace    i-'rance, that  Shns removed Admiral  Fletcher  either politically or commercially, •without cause from the Naval convoy      To    attain    this    end    Clemenoeau floUlla at Brest in 1917. I w<""lied    along    natural     lines.—first
On Tuesday the Naval Affairs 1 ^l'™'"*t'"8r any posslbUiiy of «Mfniany committee starts an inquiry into Sims f*^'* assuming her position as the charge that the Nahry Department^ ! leading military power of Europe; and. under the direction of Secretary Dan- ; secona. «o curbing her commerce that lela prolonged the war by disregard- France would not again be pushed into Ing advices from himself and other of- j *>^»" pre-war poslUon of economic and
' financial  Inferiority.
The very thoroughness with which Clemenceau began his task has pre- acted against Miiierand. diplomats be¬ lieved. In his desire to crush Ger- n»ny, Clemenceau ao strangled her industries that it soon became evident there miist be either aid from the Al¬ lies or a dependent Germany upon their handa Nlttl, realising thia t»ok the initiative and pushed through his economic program^ Nlttl, according to Stwhen Lausanne, editor of Le Matin, provides for distribution of food and raw materials for long time credit England Co-op«r*tc*. London, March ».—England •will take up the tasks of peace and work for economic reconstruction with the same co-operation and determination which characterized her campaign to win the -war, officials bere declared tonight
The decisions of the council of pre¬ miers regarding co-operation of all European countries to irestore economic prosperity and rebuild -war-ruined in¬ dustries probably will be embodied In an cftlcial manifesto to be published soon. Thia maaifasto. It -was stated, -will urge the same spirit on the part of all aUled naUons ivtileh England al¬ ready is potting Into her post-war ef¬ forts.
The British attitude, It was said, is
that all the countries involved In the
war must put aside their racial hatreds
and   oonmiercial   rivalries   and   settle
(iCentinu*d On Pag* 2.)
Paris. March 6.—U. S. Ambassador Wallace was ordered by President "Wil¬ son to ask Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau whether England and France expected to settle other diplo¬ matic matters as they had the Russian and Italian situations. In a note re- cei-ved -ftere after the allied decision In the Flume case, as made public in January.
The note declared the President can¬ not accept certain phases In the Flume situation- The Dalmatian and other questions must be settled through the regular diplomatic channell.
The note reminds 'Wallace the fact that he has not full powers does not alter the situation and points out that, as America cannot send a delegate to the conference who -would ha-v* the same authority as the big thre*. It would be manifestly impossible for the United States to hare a representative present when the prime ministers meet
The note referred to was ai>parently dispatched shortly after the Serbian ultimatum had been issued by Premiers Lloyd Georga Clemenceau and Nitti and -was apparently addressed to 'Wal¬ lace and submitted by him to the su¬ preme counciL
New reasons for declaring th* amendment invalid and the enforce¬ ment law unconstitutional are being submitted dally.
Today the Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company, Louisville, in a brief filed, claimed the aipendment Is Inoperative until it has been ratified by all the StatesL It Is also claimed that the amendment Is Invalid because only two-thirds of the House wer* present at the time voted to submit It to the States, while the Constitution states two-thirds of all members must so rote. , ;•¦ ^ixi
Another contention is that three- fourths of the States have not ratified the amendment because In twelve States latification is not com:>Iete un¬ til passed upon by referendTin. The Volstead law. It m claimed. Is inopera¬ tive until compensation for Mquor o-wners Is mada
YOUNO WINS ON  BIKt
New Y'ork, March 6.—Anthony Young tonight won the two mile lap point race, a featur* of th* preliminary events of the six-day bike meet which opened here tonight. Young scored ten points, while FVed Taylor got nine.
HINDENBURG FOR PRESIOENT London. March 6.—Dispatches from Zurich today said the South German 25eitung had published a dispatch from Hamburg quoting Oeneral Hlndenburg as saying he is willing to run for Presi¬ dent of Germany.
SWEDISH CABINET QUITS Stockholm, March 8.—^The Swedish caMnet has unsigned. The king has aaked Premier Eden to form a new ministry. It ia considered hiehlv pos¬ sible be may not t>e able to de thia in which event it is predicted Jalmar Branting, Socialist leader, may become preml«r.
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'Waahltigton, ICarCh <,—Reports thait Daniei C. Roper is leaving tho post at internal revenue commissioner to matv- age the presidential campaign of "Wll^ liam G. McAdoo. ai« given eolor. It waa believed here, by the phraseology of a letter from President 'Wilson accepting Roper's resignation, mado public to« night at the "White House.
T know something of the personal reasons -which inflnenced you to ten¬ der your resignation, and I see no other course than to accept it, to take effect as you request at the glose of btuitness upon March 31, 1920," the I'resident -wrota In reply to Boper's letter senfr to hlra yesterday.
Roper set foirth that he wished to b« relle-ved so that he might re-enter pri- -vate life and pursue his private plans. He and McAdoo are warm official and personal frienda
Machinery for assessment and col¬ lection of -war taxes has been thorough¬ ly organized, "Koxter says, and that for prohibition enforcement "substanttally completed."
"It seems at the moment that scarce¬ ly more will be needed to expend the organization along organized lines as conditions may requlr*," he saj-s of prohibition enforcemsnt. "You have served the govemment for many years In different positions and always 'With distinction." WUaon wrote. "You have now served the nation for nearly t-wo and one-half years as Infernal revenue collector. You have discharged this duty -with singular efficiency. I want you to know with what satisfaction Z have watched your conduct of the af¬ fairs of your office."
HOCHREITER IS DENIED Operators of tbe Consolidated Teto- phone Company i*sn*d a denial last night to the published statement of Chief Frank Hochreiter of tho flre de¬ partment that telephone service in this city handicapped the flre men during yesterday morning's flre In the former Galland building on South Washington street. Instant service was given the fire ehief in his calls to additional flre caovpanles to help in fighting the flra
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