Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS.

.Washington, D. C., Feb. 16. The end of the treaty fight in the senate may come this week, if Senator Lodge accedes to the suggestion of Senator Hitchcock that to avoid waste of time the reservation to article 10 of the league covenant be first considered and disposed of. If agreement on this provision can •be reached the treaty can be ratified; if not the question of’ the league of nations will be taken to the people in Hie presidential election campaign. —o—- — McCormick re-opened the treaty debate m the senate “with a speech reiterating his opposition to the treaty and scoring Senator Lodge for entertaining any proposals looking to the modification of his reservations. President Wilson’s return to active work after his illness are causing his friends considerable worry ( and fears are entertained that his ( activity, together with the excitement due to his dramatic dismissal of Secretary Lansing, will result in a serious reaction. —o — Bids submitted for former German passenger vessels were less than offered previously in sealed •bids, most of which were withdrawn. Court action on the injunction proceedings to prevent the sale of the ships was deterred until Friday, hut the senate adopted a resolution asking that no sales be ccmcluded for the present. A. L. Padgitt has received word of the death of his nephew, Eddie Johnson, whose home was near Boswell. The deceased was a well to do Benton county farmer. His death wtiich occurred last Saturday, was caused by influenza folowed by pneumonia. He was about thirty years of age and was married. Sickness in his family prevented Mr. Padgitt from attending the funeral.