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Year** eve celebratar* io this city 1 oiuat pay an high aa SIS for a place j at a hotel restaurant table at several | of the beat-known eetabliahm^ntv. it j wa* learned today. One well-known hotel, however, announced that It would charge only ft a plate. The demand for reaervattona never war
greater, hotel manager* said. Hundreds .of merry-makers will
bring their own liquor, according to the, note) managers. Guests not fortunate enough to have a private supply will quaff the health of the New
Year In sweet elder.
COMMISSION ON COAL GETS DOWN TO WORK 8EG NS INVESTIGATION 0
PRICES AND WAGES.
i and H is expected **te announcei with Mis* re Haute. Franchise r*. Miss IE?» rrs of the
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is ;ro*s, hgve making to their would do newhat Infer* a formal Miss Beni« league. 'i 'V' ^ v
as you kdow, to of the 'general in January for th* op the suffrage to apt on such other might be «ubasseinhly, Tiebern aitaokeU 1 particulars and board to do ccrIn these cases, the road law and these in the. appellate It Is apparent tie time before conclusion. Should dy be called now, to again call it only for the puremergency ma« - _ federal amenda sufficient numbetievc It will be. necessary to 1 legislation to big Increase In the to delay the ratlfiamendment ive the women the action on the part you. therefore, tn be received the general asII on call, meet of acting on the I will on the Immedlil assembly for the circumstances. their expenses
state.”
said t
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» from a majority of the that they will com© to Inid act on the amendment, ©agues legislative commits. Alice B'oster McCulloch, s; Mrs. Hichard Edwards. », K. A. Gould, of Peru; nders. of Indisnapolis. , to sending letters to the general assembly the state league 1 branch leagues the atate to take up the ledlately with the men in diaricts The help of i will probably be en-
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at Statekoaae. Dehouse It was generally d that the Governor’s letter inintention to call another jjjK^ perttapa not until which other questions
legislative attention < probable -that >n would not be held courts have passed state tax law and the
law.
"™niOPEOFIIATIFe
PACT IN JANUARY
HINES LIFTS EXPORT BAN
WASHINGTON, December 30—The commission named by President Wilson. in compliance with the strike settlement terms. to investigate wages and prices Tn the bituminous coal industry settled down to business today in headquarters established at the department,of labor. The commlasionera. Henry M. Robinson, for the' public; Rembrandt Peale, for the operators, and John P. White, for the miners, discussed organisation at a meeting yesterday. They declined to say whether they would hold hearings or visit the coal fields In conducting the Inquiry. - While the commission was preparing to delve into the questions of the strike, Walter D. Hines, director of railroads, modified the ban on soft coal exportation to permit shipments of coal from Baltimore and Newport News to quantities equal to 60 per cent of the amo int exported in October. Restrictions wift be lifted at other ports. It was announced, as soon aa details are completed. Dumping of coal at ports wllf be regulated, however, through embargoes on tidewater consigned coal. PIT LIMIT AT 14 PKR CM NT. Operators gay They Will Net Aseius* Greater Increase for Mlaerm.. CHICAGO. December 30.—Coal operators from Illinois, Indiana. Ohio and Western Penaaylvania. at a conference yesterday, asserted that they would assume no increase In miners wages above the 14 per cent, granted In the strike settlement. In discussing their attitude toward the commission named by President Wilson to investigate the coal situation, the operators asserted that If th# commission recommended a wage Increase above the 14 per cent. It would have to shoulder th# responsibility of increased prices to the consumer. FATALLY HURT % IN RUNAWAY J. M. Underwood of Near Rome City
Dies of Injuries.
IHmetal to Tha Indianapolis Ne«r«l
KKNDALLVILLE. ind.. December 30.—J. M. Underwood, age ftfty-hine. a farmer living near Rome City, died today of injuries received yesterday when his team ran away, throwing him between the wagon and a telephone. pole. A widow and two mar-
ried daughters survive.
SAYS MINISTERS MET DEATH Moscow Kovtet Dispatch Reports Kot-. rhok Leaders la Trala W^reek. LONDON. December 30.—A wireless dispatch trOtn the soviet government at Moscow asserts that the ministers of Admiral Kolchak*head of the allRussian government, wore killed when the train on which they departed from Chunk left Ux> rails and ran
down a slope. ;• • '
Omsk has been in the hands of the Bolshevikl since mid-November. It may be that Tomsk, which recently
• • — • ••••• | a referred
Where-
ministers of
the Kolchak government, however, has been reported since the fall of Tomsk. Paris advices of December 2? said that Premier Pepeliaeff was on his way westward from Irkutsk to meet Admiral Kolchakv and that M. Tretlakoff, minister of foreign affairs, had left Irkutsk to meet the Cossack leader, General Semenoff. in
the Baikal region. *
may be that Tomsu, wnicn was captured by the Reds, is to in the foregoing. The abouts of at least two mini
WEATHER INDICATIONS. UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU. Indianapolis. December 30. 191th —Temperature—
December 30, 1919 December 30. 1910. 7 a. m 29 7 a. m 2j 12 m ... 37 12 m. 1 S P- rn...> 36 2 p. rt 3
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OF RALSTON.
Adams Hung la Library. Wayman Adams Samuel M. Ralor of Indiana, terday was Demarlibrarian. said also and with The 000 Mr. o the
—Local Forecast— _ Local forecast for Indianapolis end vicimty for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. to.. December 31: Fair tonight, with temperature about 30 degrees; Wednesday, Increasing do admens and much colder in after-
noon or night.
Forecast for Indiana: Fafr tonight; Wednesday cloudy and colder; much colder by Wednesday night. Forecast for llhnois: Unsettled weather tonight and Wednesday: probably snow northern and rain southern part. Colder Wednesday and Wednesday night. 2 Forecast for Ohio: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, except snow flurries near Lake Kite; somewhat colder tonight. Forecast for Kentucky: Fair tonight and probably Wednesday; colder Wednesday aft-
ernoon or night.
SHIPPERS* FORECAST; Lowest temperatures expected during next Uurty-six hours over route# of shipments within 200 Bailee of Indianapolis: North and west. 15 to 25 degrees above sero: south and east. 30 to 30 degrees above sero. —Weather in Other CStiee— The following table shows the -state of the weather io other cities at 7 a. m.t
Station. _
Amarillo, Tex. Bismarck. N. D. Boston. Mass. Denver. Oolo^ ■
30 04 29.78 29.62 29 92 29.92 29.88
Dodge City. Kas..... 29.98 Helena. Mont - 29 90 Jacksonville. FM. .. SO U Kansas City. Mo. ... 30.00 Little Rock. Ark. . 30.TO Lo* Angeles -Cal. .. 30 0« Mobile. AJa. •*£•** New Orleans Le. ... 30.22 New York. N T.... 29 M
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Omaha. Neb UitUburg. Pa. . .. Rai»sd City, 3-D... Han Antonio, Tex.. San Praoeiseo. Cal
St. Louis. Ha.
4fr. 30*04
k: Paul. Minn...... 29 90
Fla. ....... 30.--
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Clear Clear
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Supreme Council of Peace Members Now Expect an Early Exchange.
FIRST WEEK PROBABLE DATE
Paul Dutaata and Kurt Van Ler»ner Engage in Conversation, Which Is Strictly Guarded.
PARIS, December *0.—Hopes have again been raised tn supreme council circles of an early exchange of ratifications of* the treaty of Versailles. The end of the first week in January is given now as the probable date when the treaty will be put In effect. Kurt von Letwaer, head of the German delegation at Versailles, called yesterday on Paul Dutasta. secretary of the peace conference. Great reserve was maintained as to the subjects discussed and it is only known that Von Lersner did not bring the German reply to the last note to the Uerllrk government from the alliea Rhineland Cemnlanten. The Rhineland commission,* on which the United States Is not as yet represented, officially, is expected to meet as soon as practicable after the treaty is promulgated. This commission will have jurisdiction over the territory occupied by the allied troops In the Rhineland. * The allied military mission dealing with the subject of transporting allied troops to districts where plebiscites are to be held under the treaty reported to the council that satisfactory arrangements had been made with the Germans for the movement of these forces. It is estimated that it will require two weeks to get into Silesia the number of troops it is proposed to send to that plebiscite area.
ACCePTED TWO WEEKS AGO BY PRESIDENT WILSON.
STATEMENTS IN MAGAZINE
WASHINGTON. December 30.-An-nouneement was made at the White Houss todhy that Norman Hapgood. whose appointment as minister to Denmark was not confirm**! toy the senate, had MdoWd his re** * to President YVilson two weeks ago, with the request that it be accepted •quickly” so that he could answer charges by Harvey’s Weekly that he had sought financial assistance in this country for the Russian soviet authorities. The resignation was accepted. • In the view of state department officials. as expressed yesterday, Mr. Hapgood s commission as minister to Denmark expired when the senate ended its special session last month, without acting on his nomination. Mr. Hapgood reqpesed that no recess appointment be given him.. He returned home several days ago and conferred with Secretary Lansing, yesterday to report on the situation In soviet Russia, as refiected in information reaching him while he was in Copenhagen. In a formal statement today the state department said that Mr. Hapgood had “requested that he be not reappointed in order to save the President and the administration from any possible cause of embarrassment.”
HELD INVALID BY COURT
SURPLUS OF BANKS NOT TO BE , TAXED, JUDGE RULES.
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CHICAGO. December SO.—One of the world’s largest sooiogical gardens will be established on a 150-acre tract that Mrs. Harold F. McCormick daughter of John D. Rockefeller, has presented to Cook county, it was an-,
REST ON ARTICLE X
! A; it \ MM Reservation's Are Not Op-
timistic Over Prospects for
Compromise.
;iop *f«u iv iuv preserw. rix-; * perts describe it as naturally adapted J
; for sheltering wild animats.
HARTMAN FOUND GUILHf OF CONTEMPT OF CODRT
ACCUSED OF VIOLATING ORDER ON SOLICITING BONOS.
NEW TEXTS ARE PREPARED
MIL SENTENCE AND FINE
Fred Hartman, who was cited for contempt of court Saturday by Judge Walter Pritchard for having vfolatefi a court order prohibiting the solicitation of bonds from persons held in the city prison, was* found guilty at the hearing on the Citation In city court today, and was fined $1 and sentenced to serve one day in jail. Hartman was cited for contempt as a remit of a complaint made to Judge Pritchard by Jesse L Saunders, 1327 West Thirty-second street, who was arrested December 21. on a charge of vagrancy. Saunders said Hartman cailed at the City Prison, asked him whether he had made arrangements
Interpretations From Wlleon an# Lodge Viewpoints Said to Be Widely Separated.
i rrang
for'bond and agreed to provld
$50. Saunders said
for him for consented to
and
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| he that his
BOLSHEVIK! KILL 14,000. Red execution List Published In Official Moscow Newspaper. BERNE. December 30.—Fourteen thousand persons were shot by the Bolsheviki of Russia during the first three months of 1010. by order of the extraordinary rommittee at Moscow, according to an official note published in the Bolshevik organ Isvestia. of Moscow, says a dfspatch received here. , • *
FEARS RESUMES DUTES AS TERRE HAUTE CLERK
DISAPPEARED WHEN* ALLEGED SHORTAGE WAS FOUND.-
CHARBES MAY BE DROPPED
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lumapolls h'ewal
ihd.. December 39.
V,
DECISION AT LAFAYETTE
HABEAS CORPUS
Michael rent for
?ld
Karschewsky. the Reds, who
agent tor tne iteos, w»u has bcen^^t of j UR tic«. htold a prisoner by the military au- Th<? government s
by the defendant’s attorney. Swan M*. Johnson, of Chicago. The defendant was brought into co-lYt by Colonel W. S. Mapes, in command of the troops at Cary, who said that the prisoner had been b©ld as an undesirable citizen because of Bolfhe
(Special to The Indianapolis Newsl LAFAYETE. Ind.. December 30.—
An order issued by the stale board of tgx commissioners to county auditors fthroughout the state was held invalid here today in the Tippecanoe
county superior court.
Emory B. Sellers, of Monticello,
special judge presiding In the case, of the Lafayette Savings Bank against John Doyle, county auditor; A. M. Sucese, county treasurer, and the state board of tax commissioners, decided that the county officials had not the right to place on the tax duplicates of the county the surplus of the Savings Bank amounting to $255,900. The bank had brought suit to restrain the county officials from carrying out the state
board's order. * The suit was brought as a test
case and banks throughout the state will be guided by the decision of Judge Sellers. The special judge said that the county officials should be perpetually enjoined from placing the bank surplus on the tax duplicates and that the bank should recover the
costs in the case.
Explanation by Sim*.
Fred A. Sims, of Indianapolis, chairman of the state board of tax commissioners, said this afternoon he had not yet heard from Samuel M. Ralston, the board’s attorney, the details of the decision at Lafayette. ’’Under the old law.” Mr. Sims said. “savings banks were assessed only for their tangible property. For twenty years the question has been up as to how to assess the surplus and undivided profits accounts of savings banks, but they had not been assessed and when the new tax law was drawn a provision was included for assessment. The new tax law provides that the surplus and undivided profiis accounts shall be assessed as those of other banks. w “I understand that the savings banks have claimed that their sur-
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taxed. That is their principal reliance
IFpeet*' to The Imi; TERRE HAUTE. I
—George H. Fears, city clerk, who has been missing from his office since December I, returned Monda and-resumed his official duties, disappeared when an alleged short age was found in his accounts. Field examiners for the state board of accounts fixed the amount at $2,300. Impeachment proceedings have
“y Ahe city night has
„ — A ■warrant charting him with embezzlement was sworn out soon after he went away, but he is not under arrest. . . . - • It is nelieved that the j.mpeachment j proceedings against him will be, dropped, and that he will be per- j mitted to serve out the two years of ; his term and make good the alleged .
CASHIER ESTIMATES THE LOSS WILL NOT EXCEED $1,500.
DEPOSIT BOXES ARE RIFLED
shortage.
(Special to The Indianapolis News! GOSPORT. Ind.. December 36.—Robbers entered the Gosport Bank here before daylight today, blew open the safety deposit vault, and rifled a dozen safety deposit boxes, escaping with their contents. A. R. Marley. the cashier, estimates the loss will not exceed $1,660, including $750 worth of War Savings stamps and $150 in postage stamps, kept in the bank by the town postmaster. A few Liberty bonds were in the safety deposit boxes, but these were of small denominations, as the bank has made it rule to send securities of larger denomination to another place for safekeeping. The yeggmen maor no effort to - open the safe of the bank, in which money was kept. Nitroglycerin is bfl^ved to haVe been used to blow open the vault. Mr. Marley discovered the robbery when he wfent to the bank to open Jt tor business today. Persons living in lbe vicinity of the building say that they heard noises that sounde<L like an explosion shortly after midnight, but no attention was paid to them. It is believed the bandits traveled by automobile. The Gosport Bank is a private institution. LEAK EVIDENCE IS TO GO BEFORETHEGRANDTORY
HI
-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CASE
NEARLY COMPLETED.
TOUCHES COURT DECISION
GARY MAN REGARDED DANGER j OUS RED BY COL. MAPES.
WASHINGTON. December 30.—Evidence gathered by the department of | justice relative to the alleged leek in
ACTION ! deci8ions ot the United States su-
preme court will be srabmittea to a 1 federal grand jury here in January,
^alleged j jt was announced today at*lhe depart-
J men
Ti
POLICE BARRACN& BURNED Sergeant's Wife at Lburyeaaey, Irela ad, Forced to Flee. KILLADYSERT. County Clare. Ireland, December 30.'—The police barracks at Lissycasey, near here, were raided and burned to the ground Sunday night. All the police .were absent on duty and a sergeant’s wife was in change. She was forced to leave hurriedly, not being permitted to collect her wearing apparel or other belongings.
TO SEE INJURED SON
STREET CAR, WITH 13 PASSENGERS, AND AUTO CRASH.
pay $25
bond was then signed by Thomas C.
Wbailon. attorney.
Whallon, who appeared as attorney for Hartman, submitted a written reply in which Hartman denied that he had solicited for Saunders's bond. Hartman aaid that he did not say a word to Saunders until Saunders called to him from the door to
the prison.
He said that after a discussion regarding the bond he agreed to try and procure Saunders's release, and then called Whallon. who signed the bond. In doing this, he said, he thought his actions were in the interest of the man and his family, and would be approved by the court. • Hartman began serving the sentence immediately after court adjourned at noon.
SIPE COURT-MARTIAL
Therefore, in^writing reservations or ^interpretations on the article.
OUTGROWTH OF FAILURE REPORT FOR DUTY.
SMITH EXPLAINS DELAY
MOTHER’S HIP IS BROKEN
(Special to The Indianapolis News] LAFAYETTE, Ind.. December 30.— Ernest Adwell lost his right hand yesterday in a corn shredder. Today his father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. C-irl Adwell, and their younger son Elrmsr. were on their way to a local hospital to see the injured boy when an automobile in wjiich they were riding was in collisioh with a South Ninth street car at Ninth and Columbia*streets. Mrs. Adwell'# right hip was broken and she was hurt internally. Mr. Adwell and the son were severely bruised. Thirteen passengers on the street car were thrown from their seats, as the force of the collision hurled the street car against a large tree. Both the street car and automobile were badly damaged.
The ease of Richard V. Sipe, clerk of Marion^pounty, sentenced to five days at hard labor by a court-mart 1*1, which found him guilty of failure to respond to call for duty and disobediIcnce of orders friWn a superior officer in the state mIMtia, now is in the l^nds of Governdh Goodrich. Hafry B. Smith, adjutant-general of Indiana, announced today. General Smith said that the passing of two months between the time of the findings In the case and the time of formal submission to the Governor for npprdVAt or rejection was due to the necefialty for untangling a part of the legiM records and to the press of other ’business in his office incident to the dosing of the state fiscal year. He said It now is up to the Gover/ior to review the proceedings and if they are approved, to name the place and time for Sipe to serve the sentence. The cAse grew out of Sipes failure to respond for duty when the state militia of which be was a member was ordered on strike duty In the Calumet district last fall. He has said that he will, in the civil courts, fight the carrying out of the sentence. »
IT
1 4 •- SERGEANT MADDEN TESTIFIES OFFER HAD A STRING.
OMER j^AWKINS SEEMS SLATED TO LOSE HIS JOB.
DELAY IN APPOINTMENTS
prison pi ojr i,,,, -.-he government s ease . .......... thorities at Garv sir.ee October 23. ! cally complete, officials said. Tne was discharged todav by Judge A. B. nature of evidence obtained was not Anderson in federal* court, following I disclosed except that officials predicthabeas corpus proceedings instituted | ed fhat it would be “conclusive.” V.v. Hpfcndant’s attorney. N’wan Charges that there had been
Announcement will be made Wednesday by the* board of county
is practi- commissioners regarding the selec-
tion of men for the appointive offices In th#- county for the ensuing
yea
The explanation of the delay, in
the court in the Southern PaciFc oil land case and the prohibition cases, through which certain men . -ade large sums in Wall street, have been
under investigation by th
vik activities. No return was? made.iment for two weeks. however, showing cause why the de- ——
fendant should not be discharged, and the discharge was ordered in default J
of such return.
L. Ert Slack, district atomey, t speaking for Colonel Mapes. said ; Karsehewsky had been arrested dur- : tne the strike in Gary and had been - held because Tetters and documents j ' found in his possession indicated that he was active as an agent for the Reds. Mr. Slack explained that he • h-.d rone over the letters and docu-
ments and had found nothing that pR EC ,NCT COMMiTTEEMEN 1 would warrant a charge against the ^ ^ A .. man, although he apparently was an t NAME DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, undesirable citizen. ;
vance information on the decisions of appointments is thought to He in tni
fact that the board members are at swerds points on the question of county road superintendent. It seems , n probable that Omer Hawkins, the indepart- cum Pent, is due to lose his job. J Warren Rumford. about twentvfour year?: old. a returned soldier, is *, | the choice aj Carlin K. Shank, presi- ; d*nt of the hoard of commissioners. lfr.-r *he road superintendent job. i • Lewis W. George, another of the com- ! nOAHioncrs, is *d.id to favor the appointment of a Wayne township/man,
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friend of Shaok.”
in the litigation. I understand.
A pea I Is Expected.
'The savings banks have no capital stock and have been heretofore assessed only on. v their real estate.
furniture and fixtures, and when the in Gary had saved the
new tax law was drawn we thought It ahould provide a way to assess surplus and undivided, profits.” Mr. Sims said an appeal to the Indiana supreme court would in all probability be taken from the Lafayette decision. • It i* reported that when the new tax law was being drawn, representatives of the savings hanks were called into a conference with the state tax board and the board understood that the provision included in the new law- was agreeable to the savings
banks.
| Awaiting Authority.
Colonel Mapes said the man had been held at first for the department of justice and that after the department of justice had failed to take any actien in the case, he had been held awaiting authority for his dis-
charge.
In commenting on the case following the hearing. Colonel Mapes said that he regarded Karsehewsky one of the shrewdest and most dangerous of the Red agents. He said that strong influence had been brought to bear for several weeks to have the man set free, thus indicating the importance of work being done by him for the cause of the Red agitators.
Renewal #f Aettvttie*.
A renewal of Red activities in Garv, said Colonel Mapes. awaits onlv the removal of the soldiers. He said the employment of the troops
!>.eh May Have Candidate.
It is nor impossible that the three j commh-'f .oners will ench suggest* a
are
j vwijiiMi-r win e^cn suggest i man for the job and indications.
government in deporta-
much time and ©xpenMH HHH tions. inasmuch as nearly 400 foreign agitators had returned to Europe since the troops first entered Gary.In one week, he said, 138 undesirable* left for their native land. Colonel Mapes said there was no indication that the troops would be ordered away from Gary for some time. The one big difficblty in handling the Reds, he asserted, was the fact that It was necessary to deal directly with the department of justice and that the department was glow in taking action* ,
lOETZER DEFENSE WITNESS
.^1 ’ T"
NEW YORK. December 30.—Allegations that *Coion0l Halstead, commander of the American army base in Le Mans. France, had offered him frpedom with an excellent character record if he would testify against Captain Karl W. Detzer. charged witb4V cruelty to army prisoners, were made at Detzcr’s court-martial today by Sergeant U. S. Madden, awaiting trial on similar charges. Colqnel Halstead, the witness said, made him sign a statement without advising him as to his constitutional rights. Sergeant Madden declared that Captain John M. Weir, assistant judge-advocate in the Detzer trial, also promised him Immunity from punishment if he would make a statement implicating Detzer similar to one made by Sergeant Frank Hoyt, who is alleged to have deserted in
France.
Failed t# Recall Testimony, Sergeant Madden failed to recall testimony alleged to have been given by him before investigating officers in France. He excused his lack of memory by saying that the statements were made two weeks after he e.merged from a long period of solitary confinement and while he was still In a weakened physical condi-
tion.
The alleged plot to "get” Captain Detzer was told to Sergeant Madden, he testified yesterday, through a hole dug under a two-foot wall separating
(By the t'nited Pre#a) WASHINGTON, December 30,Differences over Article 10 of the league of nations covenant are holding up and threatening to defeat efforts at compromise, mild reservationists said todAy. Although half a dozen sets of compromise reservations have been written, both by Democrats and Republicans, not one so far has bridged the differences on this article. This principal difference is that President Wilson and those who agree with his construction proceed on the assumption that Article 10 puts a moral obligation on the United States to help prevent external aggression * n I ber n*Gon, while the Lodge and mild, reserve lion lets decline to accept the obligation. ^ Oae^AdMltai Other-Dewle*.
foi
Democrats admit the obligation whll*
Republicans deny it.
The nearest approach to reconciling these two views has been mad# by Senator King, of Utah, who has drafted a set of reservations which he is now submitting to senators for their comment. His reservations provide that whatever obligation may exist shall not become binding until the congress so determines. His reservation neither admits nor denies the existence of the obligation, but gives the congress power to decide whether there is one and how it shall
be irifct.
cent Kings proposal. Senator Mci ^ wb T n Senator King submitted U. said that It vmld not do. The Republican reservatlonlsts all insist that, the reservation must make clear that the general obligation la
not accepted.
Another Change ’Submitted. J AS Article Hi reservation submitted to Senator McNary by a Democratic sutalor provides fvr Insertion In the Lodge reservation of the words ■‘by the use of military or naval forces" following the declaration that the United States declines to assume obligation to guarantee and protect terriloriat integrity. This Democratic proposal also included alteration of the Word "unless” to ’until in the Lodge reservation so thaf it will read that the United ttlate* declines Ihe obligation until the congress has determined whether
one exists.
9AV.S IT I9VT n\AL MIL! TIOY, Dr. Hill Declares Versailles Treaty Is Regianlng, ST. liOUIS, December 30.—-It Is impossible to regard the peace imposed by the treaty of Versailles as the ultimate solution of the problem of perpetual peace, according to an address prepared by Dr. David Jayne Hill, former assistant secretary of state, which was read to the American Association for the Advancement of Science here today. Dr. Hill could not be present and his address was read by the secretary. "The ^problem of peace reduce* Itself to two manures: (1) the improvement of legislation, municipal and International; and f2) the enforcement of law,” Dr. Hill said in
his letter.
"The keynote of the treaty of Versailles Is the creation of an imperial syndicate composed of five great powers, with others distinctly secondary and subordinate to them and a distinct repudiation of an attemptto re-establish the law of nations on the basis of common-consent and the equal juristic rights of ail sovereign states, in the presence of this fact we can not affirm that the covenant of the league of nation* Is a final solution of the problem of peace. “In the treaty of Versailles the emphasis is not laid upon the principles of jurisprudence as the basis of international relationship, but upon the enforcement of peace by military power. The atmosphere in
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which the league of nations' was created made it the first purpose of its being to punish a conquered enemy. The league, i therefore, was bound to have a military character. A peace that has to be enforced by arms is not a true peace, but only a emporary appearance of peace." GiVES ATHLETICS “CREDIT FOR MORALITY IN ARMY
MEET PROBABLY SATURDAY Jhr/se^ed ^itb l7tnrV. j ^ ° f S " rS0anl Hoyt a „“ . *" d ,^sa*"g & sssss^ zs
successor to James TV. Fesicr, as Republican chairman of the Seventh congressional district, which comprises Marion county. Mr. Fester resigned Monday afternoon at the meeting of the Republican state com-
mi t tee.
Harry C. Hendrickson. Republican county chairman, will call a meeting of the precinct committeemen of this district to name a chairman. This meeting probably will be- hold Saturday evening at the Marion Club. Ordinarily, when there is a vacancy in the district chairmanship. the county chairmen of the district have the right to meet and choose a successor to fill out the term. While «Mr. Hendrickson probably has the right to name the chairman himself, he said he preferred to have the precinct committeemen of the county act, and he would call them together. Mr. Roemier has been actively connected with Republican work in Mar- (,*,;» county many years. He formerly v a member of the state senate. Mr. Fester resigned as district chairman to become a candidate for the Republican nranJ nation lor Governor.
« JV * sz-i -3. *-<v; M »;Y*4 “Rumford was assigned to road repair work in France for a while after the armistice wax signed. 1 do not believe in making all the appointments political appointments.” J. J. Griffith, county survey©-, denied be was opposing the reappointment of Hawkins and he declared he is not lii favor of the man suggested
by Shank
“We don’t ever, know whether he is a Republican or not.” the sur-
veyor said.
Possibility of Compromiae. Shank said he thought Hayes would "line up” with him in the appointment of Rumford. If he does it will be the first time in twelve months that Shank and Hayes have lined up together on any question. Hayes, when asked about Rumford. did not comment favorably. It has been suggested that Hayes might feel more favorable to Shank’s man if he bad Some assurance that he would have the support of Shank in a contest for presidency of the board next year. This, however, would upset the dope for George to bo chosen as the board's president.
oniy'way for him to get out of trouble was to put the blame on Captain Detzer." Hoyt also Informed him. Madden testified, that he had got Schmitt. I-acey. Yates and other prisoners to make statements incriminating Det-
zer to the inspector-general.
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Denies Ever Seeing Phillips.
The witness denied ever having seen lit France. Murray Phillips, of Brooklyn, who testified that Madden had stolen 5,100 francs from him July IS, 191*. in the D. C. 1. prison at Le Mans, and had divided it with Captain Detzer. On that date, he said, he was
a prisoner in solitary confinement.
Madden admitted under cross-ex-amination that he had "smacked" several prisoners in the month for insubordination to examining officers. He accused Sergeant Hoyt of brutali
ties. •
Captain John M. Weir, son of Clarence Weir, formerly practiced law In Indianapolis. He returned from France in November and spent ten day s leave with his parents before going to «Jovernor's island for the Detzer trial.
Secretary Raker. Opening Collegiate
Convention. Point* to Beaefltn Resulting from Training.
NEW YORK, December 30.—The United States army during the war was the “most moral army that ever existed in the world." and occupying the soldiers’ idle time with sports and amusements matLL.it so. Secretary of War Baker said at the opening of the annual, convention of th# National Collegiate Athletic Association here today. He said that his statement was based on knowledge and opinion gained from all sources, and that the facts constituted a striking example of the benefits of athletics for the youth of a land.
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The army's virtue was not Jhe result of prohibitions of any kind, he added. "Now we are trying to build up a new army and to matte it worth while for the young men to’go into
it," the secretary said. "The chief way to do that is to make it attractive and serviceable and a training school with consequential beqeflt* so that the mutual service of soldier to his country and the country to her soldier will be fruitful for the years to follow'. Wc purpose to train the youth as a soldier, educate him as a citizen and recreate him as a man.” Mr. Baker was cheered when h«
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"There is little or no doubt about the future of the United States among our soldiers. unrest there is lies w'ith the older persons.
EXTRA OWL CARS.
Sehednle Announced by Company f#r
>cw Year's Kve.
The Indianapolis Street Railway Company announced today that a number of extra owl ears will be run early Thursday morning to take care of people returning from New Year'* eve cHlehratlons. The extra cam wiii lie scheduled in adit ion to th regular owl service, On some o the lines, principally those on th» north side, extra owl cars will hi run -luring all the early mornin#
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