eautiftil pat- I > d f f e d a t s l j est taijfob in | be fitj alferac- $ Ely Identified-•-*$ I
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Speedy Answer faterp*eted by Washington as Meaning Their Acceptance of President's Proposal for Conference. WASETCf OH, Fefe. 0l-^The repijrof the^Freiich
and British pre^alers^ President Wilson's Adriatic note, has beea-reeeifmdhme-f it was announced today 3tf the State Department, p&ejjote \sill not be made publie-here although i t trmjr; be- pwblj#ed in Europe. The. note has been sent tp;the' President it is understood. :...::r
Wilson's proposal for the settlement of the Adriatic-problem by a conference" between Italy and-Jngo "Slavia is hoped for bjr officiate,b,ere. who are today* anxiously awaiting the reply of thaAllied Premiers to the-Prisidentfs latest
Knote. The reply is understood to have* left London" last night, and should bBiii.-the-haads-of the President toda r.
The qiiicfc reply made by the Entente premiers is interpreted hexeasan aceept»nce*of the President's proposal, and it is understood that the Italian government is willing to hold a conference With Jugo Slavia in an attempt to reach an agreeiaent^^If the^rOposaf for « conference is accepted and it fails to reach an agreement satisfactory to the United States Great Britain and France/then Italy and Jugo.Slavianiflst. stand by the proposal made by the other Allied Countries. * _ * - . . - - ; .
Th& prp^osed Jugo-Slav^Italian conference Wa& the only hope helfl out here today for an amicable settlement of the enti^stoa^^ar^ in the^ntire exch^g^ of nt>tes it loomedf^fls. the one possible, way singe President^|1^ son and the -Ehtente Premte tee sho^ndT^sposilaan to s w B Q & T O i i t f ^ ^
of coMplMiKs w&%laly as tb^KFiffift#^uesBSB, it Wa§ learned tojday ItBls coiTespondehce was iiot sub-mittedtotne tJniledl^es, . . •:. /— :r..- ^ • -
The State'Bepartetent annoiiriepd today that Great Britain hadconsented B the note of December19th only after it had been agreed that Italy would have an opportunity to reply, thMltM^^
• turn, and that it should not be made public at that time.
Solomon-Declares He. Would Obey Socialist Mandates
as A Legislator . . ' • ' i . .
Albany, Feb. 27—Sharp cross examination by State counsel today battered the defense of Charles Solomen, fighting with four 6j,her Socialist Assemblymen 'for their seats in the Assembly, and brought from him the a d mission that* he h a revolutionary so : clalistf that he believes in the general strike;, and .proposed .alway.s. to .hold himself obedient to the instruction of the> Socialist jxirtyjn. condueURg MJixz.
*&i'lis~WsiiLt6^ teiMatrfiV;"-*T ---—;-.--.^Jludga.Arthur a.-S«frWlaTrd--sprtmgrpr"-a surprise .oa the defense .when .short-, ly before the noon recess, he introduced as evidence a photographic copy of a letter, sent by Adol'ph Germer, executive Secretary'of the Socialist party and'scht out from Socialist Headquarters Aug*. 25, 1910, notifying Socialists-elected officers that they must sign a ^resignation blank "so that they may be recalled for cause," Solomon however declared that he haa-never sign-, ed sueh a blank—if ho received instructions which were '.'within the law" he would hold himself obedient to this party, and Its provision for such obedience In the party's constitution. During: lila cross -osamlnatlorr he made general denial of .testimony adduced by the state that a t a Brooklyn campaign meeting he made disparaging remarks about soldiers conducting a nearby recruiting-rally and eventually closed kis meeting fcy "spitting on the flag."
B*mbtne*s£? Colby. A : j r M « .
Bainbridge Colby, New YorK lawyer, r, has been selected b y President Wilson, to sueceeoVRobort Lansing as. Secretary of State, according -to. an official announcement made at the White House. Mr. Colby has accepted the post - - * - „ . . _. r
MawhaTLynn Re-Nominated
UQV, Smith Wti Head New York State, Democra
tic 'Delegation .
atat* Alhany, Fel/. _21~&«# totk f if " rats^..ilumAigb~-Jtbei£ as-fi.ihiPd in ufl^flSciy«?nvejftion hefee' >«">t-i,i..,y, selecte#-'the—sdBli lai-Rp u, the Dempc/atio"Nititlorial &oh<~ ipii'n.ii a t San--©ranclseo, adopted, a, pnriA platform end, n^^0soltx0t\,"-$a:
stvi. IP,I the delegation #t)'*:S#ti Frioi-' is' •. i,, vate as-a^-a^lt^oa-^tpmatters. •n..> 'iripgateg-a^laf^lr'SeTebted after
'"••-• I'.'ns of cpm*^rt^er.-fiorflijrpm-'•*•• .mil •aiiituiatipn,ar;'e\i ^p*efhofc Af-''"» l: Smith anrf"* StJss Mizttbeth 'M "'•'.<>>...oJL Now fork; Mlas Harriet
Mills of Syracuse and iiotjls•'Des'-»f KuttiUtt, • * •* -*T;. * '' , " alt ornafeB&^alfeif 'PfeWsW- R16-
P"in..u.n Brooklyn; Mrs*. Maurice., & r"i"M.Iiv. Queens-^ ^njimUl~*\. Mpp* i»" ' Wrt«hliigi<j$i; -mtij& ' # . fifevfltt,' .'' IT. r s i m . . ' ' t- - - - ' "? *
Washington, Fob. 37-John D. Lynn of HochBHJ)er"was nSmlffatedyesterday by- PrestdeW; T?irsoi^ fo U e Chlt«s4. States m a i # a l for tfr& western district of JSew- -Ytiiik, r?kfttrcshaK%*tf,is. 1 present federSE'flpSetf foi'the distri Jlis nomination is far another term.
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Anxious A s to Note** r~~ Etfecrbn tlie Treaty
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Washington, Feb. 27—Conferences of Senate leaders rWere hastily called today following. publication of the exchange of notes between President Wilson and the Allied premiers over the Adriatic situation to determine the effect of the notes on the treaty situation in tho Senate.
^Untm1riS-*EsSSr SJiFare" planning to ^ttacft^-4ho- '«»iwtit»tionaJftv of tho
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C)6velnnd, Feb. 27—10 alleged, Beds were arrested awd seven wagon loads o£ anarchistic literature confiscated in a raid conducted by._Federal agents as- ' sisted by police here early today. The suspects were aroused from jt&elr beda and taiten to tlio c'otmtyJitW.- N o ^ e j
^Ic"pa5feTas : lo55rTbagedi alFfceing accused generally of violating United
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British Planie U? S. four SMpping Losses
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London. Feb. 27—The British government vias reported -today to haw "sent & note tg Washington regard'n? losses" .austainrd by British shipping companies through the delay of the United States in rele4sing former German, steamship^ such as the rmp<>i'ator.
Would Have l / . S . ' ' Acquire fhse Bermudas
A.H. Smith To Again H e a d l i ¥ . 0 ; i 4 n e s
response of the British and French Premiers In their note of Feb. 17th that they'"view With consternation" the threat of the withdrawal of the United States from the League of Nations" and earnestly trust that Jv4tt*ever-+hie-fmal view" 6T "She United" States, government as to the Adriatic settlement may be, they will not'wreck WraTvlioTe ffiaclilripry for dealing with international disputes by with-dra^v-ing from the treaty of 1919 because their view is not adopted in this particular case" was construed by sena-. tors as fresh evidence that the British and French governments are anxious to get the American people isesigror' ' """
LONDON, Feb. 27.w-With the Soviet government: t l nearer fonnal reqognition by the Allies-than-at-any^tim^f since it was set up by Nicholas Lenine and Leon TrotS%i^ in the summer of 1917, warfare on a big scale has ceastfclf in Russia. _ ' . iX ,
The Soviet is maintaining five powerful armies un-r1:*! der arms,-but the scattered fighting now reported eonvH sists mainly of patrol encounters or clashes between isolator ed factions of the Bolsheviks dnd the anti-Bed Russians^
A truce reigns throughout northern- Russia for j^fe^fj
centrate4 near, the FoMrlrdntier but there ar^ indieal* i V | , t iomAajy^^^^^^oj i©^^too^^al i©rp^^
TO m m CONSTlTUHONAUff 0 1 THE CUMMINS-ESGrilL
Railway Unions and Farmers Organizations Opposed to i • - if m£mw Court Action in Event P r e t i S ^ i l - !
i ^ ^ m e Bilfe^Bluinb fae^Brief W k ^ ^ ^ "
Bolshevfir army has been concentrated %^ Bessarabia ahd*'T|as been threatening 'Rottmatiia wfthr* iiF'" v, vasion, but the belief is expressed that the Allies' sugges-A ' tion that the states bordering on Russia malce immediat^p peace with the Moscow Soviet, will eventually hold up af-lf fensives operated in that theater. Patrol skirmishes havehr ' been reported from the Dneister River line where the <Rou*' manians have prepared fortifications.
The only war zone where fighting of any realimport^ ance has been reported recently is betweenthe sea of k&ay,,^ and the Caspian Sea where the scatteredremnants of Peai^d kin's old army are now stationed. The Soviet forces havfy-been expanding their area of occupation and claim, w * have taken the important city of Rostov on the Don. _ x.
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NEWS OF RED
& JB&n^&^mtbi-TBB jtokmy ners' organization
f?L.i?.aV6 ggg&M^yecord against the
Cinmmiris^sch bill b v ronrt action i« event" the President signs the measure i^wa»-1€!a«sa- todtty.:
Preoeedings. peeking to enjoin the government from' turning back the rffllroaio*3:"to pfTvaEi ownership March 1st majs-beflledi-.*-
At the JVhlto House it Was learned that ^ttemi 1B.* Plumh, attorney for the Railway =Brothciihoods had.filed a brief with the President attacking the con-^itutumali^tlof—the-bHt
fiiirncdf'the' railroad WU fo the President. The Attorney G^ieraJ fffUlfhed a note declaring that" liow-vvasi prf 4ho opinion that there Is no*:ooii|tituiional objection to the bill. _ ' J ^ l I l H __ _
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Single Chamber in Irish Parliaments
- ' • — Lojidph, Feb. 27—The Irish Par
liaments which the government will seek to establish under the new Home Rule bill will consist of a .single •ehumbct'. eacli, m-'CTJl'diiig to" the tore-cast of-The-Times tddar* upon" tlm details, of the measure. The Bret elec
to Sx its prieei" said ttion of members at the two legblatnres . |willbB under; the proportional sj-stem,
the -TimesLsays. • :—Thp \Toraiiig Poat announced tlmt
•First; ifc places^Tata. Insidious-. folass distlttctlqn^. ag^lnsj^ rail labo^ by" establishing *h, board "*" " " - ' - " Plumb;—*«-fc...:..«~s»^.
•^^te^i^ai ;^tjh,ec i*ssentiA.l^Bduss' fi-jpw ia Ipft fvPn tn fly lt« nwn prlr^n.
"CertFElnir1 fty^guaranteelng - irives- M}»- <•&& oC the bill Would be.rqude •tors a. jnfe^ujcgj^uj?n_Qf_ five aBdvO»e4'PuWIc today, half per cent, it makes holders of rait securities a dlstlactive privileged class giving lhfit&i.ft fl'St lien on the prosperity of the1 country at the ex-pense *& airtrthTer'TSitizens, investors
Under the bill -the pj?ople guarantee atf losses' oT*opeta$on suffered by the
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\ iirk, Feb. 27^ftcapp6intm6jtt' 'I sniith as president oi ifie New 1 '• ntmi fines and of Other officers,
"•'••I'llshlng th? jysteia*-asr'H'--c3p..-1 rriqr to fedfejai control was ,an-1 ' -• in'i-e this week' Wiee $IMsi-
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.Was'htaSion, Feb. 2?—Negotiations WiWv Great Britain with a view of tno Uriited States acquiring the -BermHHa Islands IS prdvided in a reaolUtiOTlEiil-U'Oduced in Che Senate to^ay .by '•£&«•* -atoi- -Kenyan. -gftpujtUcan, df lowa.^
Friendiy RelaHoiw With ^ ; & S a F | o v i J | - ^ ) o s e d .
C*%asW rj^ofh - l?»bpH2*^Ssj»t<eh«ieut
pirn"®*- * « ? « ^ i l / ^ i w Soviet ^ovet'nmeftt a«4 tlie".#j!jovftt*qf "fflTAmfirroIji rrooW rrom."*lfiat fiomi" tjpy- is providved to a .rwolntaffl. tatto-dttced Itt the Senate today .by Sfi&a-tor" "Frances ftpl^Wicaiv^^JMaiTi^nd.
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Wit»hinfft"ii.1 Feb. 2f—Final decree was entered .today in the Di3trict.Su> jjfemcwtti ' t dissolving the unrelated liiausii-tea of the large packers. »
y.6 'waSM In accordance with an '• " ">!e. ^Tjera^femwh* *«))5sf» "«ffo»roMtt reached between Attorney.
Insalte, J,'•• Q§03g^-mToT iHiiriqnartprs ^ . w . l m v - f^wft.
ould A l b w 3 i i i ^ ^ j l | To Succeea'll^pilife'
i -fb. • 2? .—the^nM* ' •$$'. "n.ttee vofid ffetirfjSly %i»!
' -1 canst) tutt iiiSrl '&mend-•'•• w shi fic*,» '-in • t-iihcwS
in ofBBe. ' ^M 'xftD&mW "- r»-«w*d by l\tix•a*»«**sS..Vl&.jBg»-s before i t can 'fete mtm ttjjott
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Fwor*Wfe^^ort on Nurses Bill^Expected
Albany, Feb. 27—The senate public health cotninifee, of whiclii.IJeoB*-ard W. H, dlbbs is in.alrr^lnn, next week ii? expected t-i r.'pou <a\orat>lv on tho JJullan nurses bill
Before^thls is done, liowevrr, numerous amendments are to ' be. mad-v among tl-em one t.> i»iiango the metl-Dd in which candidate--? for seiomlors as m,ep>bx?ff- of tho 'joftitt of nxa miner.? shall be designated, :
JThe JSTew York State Nurse's' aRSO'd*-* atloii, which h/is supporfed, the b'll for years,' will , meet In TJfo'w Tork ^aturtlas. — IEe proposo*} #vmmAuu?}ft» will be cunsldci'.iiU i>y it. IC thqy'are satistaclory to ^r-lti <.i'Kahizii.tian th?^ will he IneortJOTlxteu in the"bill.
* #"*•"* tt. • . * + * + * 4 • * • * • . » * ' THE. WEATHEk * & . , . . - • - . f ^ — i , , • * .
*«.. Washington, Fib. 27^Jforecast * * for Western New York^Cioudy » * tonight and Saturday, not so cold • 4> in western portion, warmer Sat- •
Albany. Feb. 27—An apfr6.priatIon of S300.00O to meet the Federal appropriation' for post rbadb In this state is
JMo th<4jJil^waj£-<3Smpaa}f^!SttllO«t ««y v»teM» wufiefj- Irr--ar Wll -fntrJiVhirdfT today Tn their management against exploitation of tlfTfroifJtftFSy* the directors."
Attorney- .General»-Palincr today re-
IS RECEIVED vr^rm-
Seven Were Taken Prisoners by Bolsheviks in
Siberia
State Appropriation of $300,000 is Asked in Bill
Washington, Feb. 27-^FIrsrr"dntaHed noWs of tho capture of the seven Ited <=Jr(«ts workers in Hiberla by the Bot= nlievlks was received liere tjoday In a rable dispatch from Captsiii' Edward Chavptte of Stockton, Oill/otnla,
Earlier press dlspatchet' had car--ried'tlw aiiwa of Ihe capture of on'ly four Red Cross •workers: iKapteiir:
at tfatfy'JV Donrilly, of Philai(letpTi% BUII Atlaittie"filtir, Kew*Jersey. ~<Sip> tain -'tTharettft aiEer Belhe. canturtfd was roleiiseil and giv^n passagr through the Itn^s to carry the; ttc.ws of thB safety of the othfp captives. Ttti* remaining captives Were at flrut ordered to Moscow uruJ they were later permitted to stay at Krasnoyarsk where it is believed they are now lieid.
Donally is Kiiffering fjom % broken leg. The others are reported in good health.
the legislature by Senate* Kenny M. Sage,, ehairmtth hf -Iho Ktalo r%»iiee eojitmlttfei
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Temperatures. ,-t^.
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•"strue}**tfi« && yes%day after-.'"'!' • noonon tne erest'oif a northwe'st'*: 4* gale. Tlie mercury Sittggexl to. the <t + zero point and was-madcuriusuaUy * • penerating by the hhjh 'wind, * • which also caused the torrokUon JK • of h eavy* drifts; Todai' the *ind • • moderated, but the temperature • continued low. -<<•!• • # * » * . * " * • • * «r' * * * * *
Report Germany Wil l Hand Over 100 War Graft Soon
—r-*—:* Xondoti, Feb. 27—It was c^poi-lvxi
"from The ifttgOG this aftoi-HOOii that (Jermany will surrender 100 additional war craft of various classp'-, to the Alliis within the next frw days. «)tll-
ieials of aifmir.'ilty WH-n skeptical of j tills report how<n-pr. It was stated | that they did not i-xpect immediate de
livery- of the additional war erart which Germany roust turn over in
j reparation for the sinking of lho In-' tefwd Uerrnau war fleet at Kraj.i j Flow.
j French Railway Strike ; Assumes Political Aspect I ' —~~i-~-
Pails, Fib, 27 The Frrmh railway sti'll(P asuwuiiPd a- $i4it!fwl as|n'.-l cn-day. The Parisian syndicaiists itlie Inborcr exti-ernlnts) ait> insisting that the strike should not onl> continue I>ut extend, A "majority of" the federal lallwnj. m+iu ssre e>pposlng gi-iu-ral strike.
The gcfWnmcnt \a piannina t,v re-striet rostiasriint meals:, io two dishi-s
i on account, of the difficulty in moving food.
Director General jJfinets'Aftf: ,, nounced Today EyerV-i thing I s i n ReacBnes*
Washington, Feb. 27-^I>irector, Geo-oral Klnes apnouncc*d today that all i s • ready to*tunTtaTra.!tway'Sjrstem^i baclf >* to their plivate owners at 12:0t a, jjfc< Monday. This was the time set in fife* president's proclamation. Mr. HIn4S* announced today that by Monday, ey^ ' ery feature Incident to the .' transfer < iWillvlmve-been perfected. TJhe t raasfe A
•Ms. Hln.es continued^ wilt not tnlofr;*. Charotto'» cable today' save th» nomeSr of those eaptnr«>a which include tfiat'ffprth any injmedlate. clianso hi ttte upf
Wcatloa and pdollngi plans^ to whlcjt many of the" railroads nave asfcfuste-* ttielt" operfitlong With financial
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Ings, Many other innovations intr«.S ducetl^ under government font rot ais» will be continued the ex*cutlv« an* * ^ nounced. M*-. Illfto^.stated that ps^ttfj v. * cally all of the railway executives that* -', camo to Washington to snrve as b|*^4-aldos In various capacities dining th* >"* .two years of Federal control IWVP r<* \ signed. ' i
Mr. Hines paid at the end of 60 days claim.adjustments .ami fcthwu «wtte will have reached a stage that wijl warrant him returning to priv.ito H f e ^ and fesiimlng tlio practice of law fa.^ New York. city. Tn> return of th£ rqads to theij- owners Is to he followed almost immediately by the nctfnit of '
'•railway executives" tn submission q£^. proposals relating to » rates that vviHj. sustnlfi the cralila of th*- roiuIM.
General "Diivctor Hints in ids a.imuat^ report to Congress will emplmstep tUe^V ** necessity for some definite potic> In,t»?-, that dii-oction. Mr. Hlnes p\pc«-ts to have hit ivpoi-t ready to fna^e ptihlift." tomorrow, _ '
Td Draft Bill To Keep # ' Ships Under U. S, FUg^ l
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.tulrcf 4H5^^^ew^^Bs^SBWJJWiisffiman^ BS» |flK?i 6®r«E"'-J3iDa&B|3>'arafl. Busttmati.- "Star.. Baby," »* i'iW •W§mm m?$lk^m*iiMtt:lt>hmK&%mm in iheir home -tor-'Chicago; * • * • ' - .giicWiatt'-ls'tWIfe 'fejei.Hr to' 'ffiiftik Rinsa? feav«Ki.j;.BW«9.',,- -,-
-airs.
Washington. I->h. 2t-flpjiMij-rs *tb the legislation proposed for Hie fonnu-^* lation of a policy- fw the Arhfrksatt,' Merchant Marine are virtually pleted aornrding to a st.it.-nii-nt made*,? today by Senator Jnnm. nr-putillcon fftkj' Washington, cli.iiruiiin >.f HIP Re:iaB5^»)f Commerop rommlttfe, . <*• '<%»
"Tho committer « m roij.»ii(!e> tne_£«' hearings In a few tlyj-s," Jotn's tm~. &*" nouncetl. "at Which ffitif a .Ruh-com^&g $$$ mlttee will b.e nppniatcif to draft a l»ff^x_* ' which wifl ;iim to insure thf> rpfMifloJtv?*i"~ of United Ktntfs merchant tlpot undl^i',^' the flag nf the TTnjtrif Stati s and pi ' l- ,^"1
vide for h ropnns of sup«i"rtslu« tlpr,*. operation-.of this fleeV'^^, , "i,\-lJ,-
Commission T o Deal J tit' With Canada Provide^ »!>,
Sees Little Chance of Lower Price lor Sugar
.Ks». it'Jtrit. F*i<. 2?— liocsmse-'- rtf *rre' iiicieaseni. rotistimptjon in this •••••ujiti'y • -^ .,-. , ., ^ „- . - . . . ~ i r w « ' ttirra is •'littto ,-h^i.v- .£ an , great Wash'ngtot?, Feb. 27 A j . p o ? n t m ^ | f | | ^dut t lon in HNMU« p.1^8, Qm,.eo A.}«".Bf-cn»n?Win« to deal vv tl. t h e g a j ^ States «ugar ^..ftllaalfen. boa;d, tie- j^Kmlnatlnff present test.-Mions •o^. # » - * ^ clsi-ed Wjiii^*'->v m;*Ut In .«. t - ' i n*s • ««Portatloh to the uattsd ,jSttttc»jW
-TjBJfore' the annual coiiventlonof «he New . Pt'iflf P^P wood ahd 6%«r wwofe wlS Tork VFholesale <Jrocer<) • a**..e«sitruh. *h 'Uie malfing.of-paRay is j8-ftvidt}Jr'Jn J
-ilfiaaid there,wenWd.'•*.» I» at, a;poi3 the TJnderWPOd. resolution- jwsr«f^P|^| cfon at i u t a r tn w^ht •-• • 'flie Soriaje: today, •* •,. _^;.-,. ^ZJUJ^S
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