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THE WEATHER IVBIAM nor Mlto Junior Wadnmear fair in nor I I aw mint In aouta I FOBT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE. THE PEOPLE'S PAPER FORT WAYNE AND NORTHERN INDIANA'S LEADING HOME NEWSPAPER AND WANT AD MEDIUM 20 PACES TODAY FOUNDED. imj JOUHN lltl (NEWS OF THE WORLD) TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24 1920 (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) PRICE THREE CENTS RAIL REORGANIZATION BILL TO WILSON EXPEDITION TO CLEAN HP MICHIGAN BOOZE MUDDLE Party Headed by Major Dalrymple Leaves Chicago With Intentifa of Arresting Many of the Iron County Officials. Charged With Interference of the Government PROMISED HELP OF TROOPS BAN CASE CHICAGO, Feb 23. An expedition bent on ironing out, by force if necessary difficulties of prohibition enforcement in the Michigan upper peninsula was started from Chicago to night Major A Dalrymple, federal prohibition director for the central etites left with a party of prohibition agrents for Iron county, Michigan, where county officiaU are said to have overpowered government agents last week and taken contraband wine which had been seized hy tne government men 'We ire not starting a wild west show and we do not expect any armed resistance Major Dalrymple said 'If we do meet resistance, we iN be prepared to cope with it 1 1 intend to arrest Prosecutor McDonough of Iron county, two deputy sheriffs and the police officials of Iron River and place them in jail charged with conspiracy to interfere with the carrying out of the prohibition law.

"We will ask United States Commissioner Hatch at Marquette to isie federal warrants, but we will make the ureata re.raralea or wh.ther It. uU. I hava bean advised by Com Ktmef(i Washing ton int eealitant UommlHloiirf Baylor! tbu I bar ample authority ta make tlio oiTeet Major Dalrympla communicated with Che headquarter, of the Mtcti lean atate constabulary at Laneing to day and eald ha tad bn prom lied trie help of tho troop of stata police atatloned at Kagaunee In ttia upper penlnaula. Leo OroTe, prohibition aupervlaor For tha upper penlnaula, who report cd to Dalrymple that ha had been overpowered by Jhe Iron county ofll eiala avooompaaled the party from Chlcaaro Major Dalrymple a plan of earn ptlaro Inrolvea a general clean op of Iron county In addition to tbo ar ta of tho county ornclale, he eald day Hla men hold aearch war. nufte for ten peraona auapected of oaklntT moonalilne no aald Iron county according 10 Mr Prohibition Commissioner in Conference With Dept.

of Justice Men STATEMENT Says QOtlearer Be ArresUd Withoui waram If Caught Jn Act Bf John arson.) WASHINOXOIV Feb li fficlal WaehJngtoh aroused til report, from Mlchi that Incipient revolt against federal thorlty bu retuUfd from effort to enforce tin prohibition atatues Pro nlbttlon tomrolaeloner Kramer and officials of the department of Justin and tht Internal revenue department war fn enc early to day and plans wen mapped out to enforce the law it waa said Kramer aid then plant would be made pubic Inter That mtn are being arrested with out warrant. and on the susplcWn ti at they are violating the law word which siirrea wesnini inn That luch action Is possibls un fler the liw no one will admit but Kramer to night lv that "ths law will be enforced It la known poeltlvely for Instance that incite tilcnt in me govsrumen eervloe to day called the department of Justice and waurned I hat the sot ernment ihould not be compronilnd nv Irtterftrence on the tart bra 1 i bit I on officer with the verdicts of lower courts jtnairucuons were bit en to a et Into touch with Attorney fteneral. Pilraer sand advise Mm tin fleet res of hisrher officials This li Indicative of the felt over Srhn la bellsved to be unwarranted seal eaerclsed by prohibition officers. Prohlbllon Commissioner Kramer eald Jif had not been fully Informed about iht aVilchlaran caae but when preeaes for art answer aa te whether men soul, be arrested without war rants, he eald "I dont want to rets i this ts thi VUchiaran rase but 1 suppose they are proceeding under tho law which give at policeman author tty tn arrest man steellnf In other word a. If a.

policeman saw i Bnan pteallna something; or saw a nan with liquor on hla person and selling It or boot 1 era in he would arrest him, take hit down and then net a warrant suppose that ti what Is bttiitf done." Asked ai to thai statement that the men arretted by federal authorllla In Mich Iran had been arreatsd once Continued Pat I APPROVES DRAFT OF NOONJTOIIC Communication Being Coded or Is Already on Way to Europe WAatHINQTOM eb drat TYIleon gavyhia Anal approval to day to the draft of hla lateat reply trio entente pramiera on the Adriatic eiueatlon. While official eon Armatlon waa lacking it waa uncer itood that tho communication to erht cither waa belna; coded for tranemlaalon or actually waa solnic forward to Ambaeaador Davla at Uondon for preaantatlon Dellvory 01 me reply 10 ana itento preinlera la oapecled to be Mowed toy the maklnar publlo of the ontlro aerlaa of notoo Tha foralcn aovernniaata are un drratood to hava conaantad 40 publl cation tha complete oorreopono mea Supreme Council to Act oil Finance LONDON Fob, SI Hh pr oee and the of exchange wUI bo tak an up aooi by tho aupremo council ronIrr.no with the ftnanctol porta To day'a daclalon la aapamu fn the oarller Kndon dactaton 10 call the nnnco nilnJatara pf tha now era to go her tor a dlaeuaelon of tho financial oltuatton of tha world It lo billevoa tho member of tho rouncll taro not determined wbu tha council rnloTht do toward "abillt a aichong and reducing the nWi prkea aot will reach a dtcloloo ualU the hear what Ih eip.ru 1 ave war The pnipoaltloal to Uk tho flnanouU owttor caina. after tUMt bad ocrutied moot of tno oar a caaslena In thle eonnecllaa It a lha JMMl took undtrad.Wae'fnent tha demand of moat of lha Urttieh newapapara thil aoaia BMIomant with Buaala taboo pointed out If veuie am tw from RuHla it would cut dowa pgr anmaei la America. ffaU Uf 4 veree tUoe. In deaUnjr with the Russian que tloq to day the membera of the coun kit are represented as retofnlainf an entirely different atate of affairs man wnen tne question was isa.

eis cussed at the Parts meetings. oJair.ee Oradr, who represented the alliea at the ne otlatlona with Lltvlnoft tho eovlet repreaentaw live eat Ceponhacen. waa not railed a tha conference It la atlll mala Utlaed erflciaUy that he hat been merely dlscusslne the question of prisoners with Lltvliprf but It i noted that he temporarily eeaaod heat nearollatlons and ftn te lua ton and conferred with Kart Curson, the foreiara secretary a few days be re liuaaia wta taken under oonaid ration by the council and tart Cur ton la In dally attendance at tha counctT roaetlna s. Uunif ailiatnuai at lha eueiitlOB vr dlacuaeed to day soma time belna devoted to the position of the border ateav It Is believed that the oun ell reaehrad certain eomiueloiie, but li tinwlllina; announce laeni ua qieduately FT. WAYNE UN MAY BEDELEGATES Mrs.

McCulIoch and Mrs. Warrington Mentioned for Two Parties WILL DECIDE S00 Sentiment Developing Among Party Leaders to Name Women for Places IXDUJ APOLIS Feb 23 for the first time In the history of Indiana women maybe included In the Indi tna delegations to the national demo cratlc and republican conventloaia according to sentiment developing: omong party leader of tha tute That the new voters of the atate will make an effort to gain seats on the delegat on hae been Indicated previously and a tendency now Is de veloping party leaden say to open some of the places on the delegations for the women The question It Is expected I be discussed at the meeting of the woman franchise league to be held here March 2 According to democratic party leaders there is great likelihood two women will go to the national demo emtio convention ae part of the bia four the delegates at large from In dlana In this eent ft la nid they probably 1 be seated with Vic I resident Marshall and former Bern ator Thomat Taararart Among the democratic women mentioned for the places are Mrs Orace Julian Clarke Indianapolis Mrs Alice rotter McCulIoch Fort Wayne chair man of the democratic women a dlM sion Mrs Julia E. Iandera, Indian spoils member of the democratic na tlonal women executive committee Mrs. Hortenne Tpp Hock villi Mlsa Rmma May Terre Haute secretary treasurer of the woman, essocla tlon of commerce, Mrs. Ieaao Born.

Indlanapoilt, vice president of the woman franchise league Mrs, Fred Lowenstine Evans vtlle vice chair man of the democrat to women dtvt an Pig I COMMITTEES FOR BIDI NOW Active Men and Women Enthusiastic Over Work of Making a Better City A WONDERFUL PROGRAM Strong committees represent tna; tabor organisations, business houaea, manufacturers, woraqn dobs mer hants, the schools, hotels and many other departments of tho life of 1" ort Wayne art now ginning their work in connection with the eomlntf Build a Home Now campaign under ths general direction of the Chamber of Commerce The organisation aa announced last evening! la as follows General Chairman 8 Qreen Executive Committee Albert Bond E. Mulholland Kiel GreenlaV Publicity director driswold Committee on Finance Hugh Keegan chairman John Buelzer Ir Bteigmayer Bugene Hat tersley A. Schaaf Cut shall DeUey R. Wallenateln Industrial Worker and Labor Organisation Itlchard I Ball chairman E. Ioran, i Work iVRE ENJOYING SANDS AT MAJO Attorney General Palmer Declares Campaign Has Not Been Unsuccessful TOfafkA, Ksa, Feb.

II The campaign against the hlaTh coit of llrlnaj has not been unsuccessful and, although thers baa been so general lowering of prices te the consumer there has been marked teadeaey to ward It, Attorney Ueneral A. Mite he! I aimer declared In an address before tha Kansas democrat la club Here to aigbl That more pronounced results) have not been realised. Mr Palaver attributed lo what he ceneldered a. lack of eo operation between the legislative and executive branch of the government. It cannot longer bo denied that the executive branch of the lovemment has been handicapped by hostile and barrel congress," the attorney general sail "Not only has congress refused ta support the president In hla plana, but has failed to offer any plane of Its tea," The attorney general tlted tha recommendations of President Wilson last summer concerning living eoata and tax and declared Dial all 9 tbam had been Ignores Ma view of this abdication of all responsibility py the eoniress be cause dominated by a political party hostile to the administration tho wonder lot that have dona am little but that we have, acwmyUahed se much." he aid.

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Vanderbllt i right hand A NOTE INVOLVES DEFINITION OF IJ. S. FOREIGN POLICY (Copyright 1930 by Davlat Lawrence) WASHINGTON DC. Feb. It Something rmM errtieal irmVbtvwQ in th viote wh tbs salte 8tte government Is preparlnar lo snd to Great Britain, rranoe and" ItwlyfUrr reference to the Mumt It Involve mora thho thaV rneeev oeai.

troversy over territory ast the Adrl a tic It Involve a definition of Abier. lean foreign policy for tb Immediate future it will practically rive the but back of the threst which Presi dent Wilson mad ef wttlulrawlng the treaty was a recognition of the fact that the allies were beginning to despair of ratifying by America of the peace treaty and merabemhip la, the league of nation and were getting ready to return to a settlement of European affairs in their own way and without regard to the principles en which the armlitlce with Germany and Austria Hungary waa bn jed Ths allies have seen the senate flout the president They have seen both partiei in the treaty controversy engaged In a presidential election coMeataM Arerica as a whole mors or bee IndRereat to1 the hM llng it the orer left ctoen oy the peace Treatyr flurae Is only on of thftse oits. anusiia law auioiner in oe clsloo te reopea eommerclaf nation with) tho iwvtet waa taktir witheut censultlng America, "'And tha truth Is the allies hava absolutely reversed the posltloi they expressed In their note of December ft on the Flume controversy They are coming to be lieve that expediency require any kind of a imtement that will latlafy Italy Aa for the Juao Slavs well America lint giving the economic assistance Used ior congreas turned down Preildent 'Wilsons request for iav Duo uw to aia me central Kuropean republics and offered tbw OOtJ 000 The European govern menta se the United States drirt Ins back to Isolation notwithstanding President Wilson assurance and 1th high professions of work) part nershlp which advocates of the league Republican Leaders Think They Would Be Able to Break Ranks on Treaty CLAIM IS EXAGGERATED Attitude of President on Action Unknown, Kht Withdraw Document WASHINGTON jet, 21 (By Ae ofated Pre) Possibilities of a substantial break In tha democratic peace treaty rank In the aenate polled Influential democratic, senator to move te day for a caucus to at euss a possible change In party policy and revived th, hopes of the republl cans that the treaty might yet be ratified with Ihe republl.n reserve tlons adopted at th laat eewlon congress. On ths republican side, it was as sorted that twenty two democrats only a dosen short of the number re quired to Insure ratification had signified a willingness to nult the lead of President Wllaon and ak the re Eubllean reservation program as it Tbl total, tha administration chiefs declared exaggerated but 'bey conceded that were a vote taken tomorrow on the republican reservation of ratification It would command more tbaa the seven democratic votes it got last Kovemoar The movement for a. democratic oaucua may bring Into Aha open, ita sponsor belie vt, tha dissatisfaction that ha smoldered la some detnocra.

tie quarter slno tho president sent hla memorable latter tea the caucus of November 11 asking ejiat tho son ator of his party vote aalnst rat if 1 cation on the heal of Ik republican reservation. The seven, aaenators wh disregarded hla a.vlie heave been active coastaitly In their effort to die suede ethers Iran the ateadt ea taken and it ha been aa open se oret that tneir move coupled with current politic! development hif met with soma mccess Hut among both dsmocrata and re CeMiB.e on Cent nued en Paae 8 candidates!" ike program Will Decide What Legislature Will Act on in Special Session in March TO MEET THURSDAY Strong Objection to Interference by State Organization Is Voiced Journal Gaaette New Bureau Star Bu Idina INDIANAPOUS Ind Feb II Invitations were sent by Governor Goodrich to day to tho four candl dates for th republican nomination for governor nd dther candidates for state offices to meet him Tburs cay afternoon He desire to discus a program for a special aesslon of the legislature in alarchand to ebtaln their views what shall be reaTarded as emergency legislature, Tna governor win sub mit bis program Thursday morning to ths atat committee He also plans to send to the members of th legla laturo th decision uf Thursday's conference, and to obtain their views ea what natters shall be considered He hope to obtain an agreement to confine to session to the program to bo adopted here Tbursduy Strong objection to interference witn tna kg stature by the elate or gaaUatton, the governor or candl date wet voiced to day It waa learned that men at the head el Ben. ator Wtaoa a organisation oppose fnterforenc with the special session by tho governor or the committee on tf groan that It 1H cause bitter stnre Inasmuch aa Senator Watson is to do renominated at manager say thejrtriavt a rtffht to be considered la a I a (ever action is taksn that may arreei in party in tne campaign ioAeuleaaat tlaveretee husk a dldato for governor said to day ho will atta the meeting Thursday but will nol agree to any plan te bind or Influence th legislature I and ai I bavo from the start against Inter Centmaed On AND LOSES POINTS Evidence Shows Newberry Contributed $1,500 to the Central Committee QUESTIONS ARE BLOCKED Dailey Tries to Show Letters Giving Subscriptions to Harvey's Weekly GRAND RAPIDS Mich Feb 23 The government won and lost today in attempts to introduce testimony relating to Senator Truman New berry connection with others of the men on trial with him la United States district court on charg es of conspiracy to violate the federal elections and mail fraud law At the end of the morning seulon Frank Dailey succeeded in bringing be fore the jury the fact that the chief defedant had contributed 1 SOO to the state central committee of the republican committee At the close of the afternoon proceed nga he was balked an effort to Introduce let tera relating to 17 subscriptions to Harvey weekly Between these Incidents the gcov ernment Introduced numerous wit neeses with whose testmony it was calculated to connect Rober Andrews of Menominee and Judge Yelland and Henry Dotacn Eseanaba with payments to men who were persuaded thereby to work in the dewberry Interest In the 11 pri naary campaign There also was some testimony In tended by the prosecution to dls credit the report of primary expenses which ths Newberry senatorial com mit tee filed with the secretary of state September sixth. This came from newspaper pub Continue EDIRDIMS FETOOSITION Goes to Chicago To day to Begin Work as Agent of Bureau Investigation RUN DOWN PROFITEERS Announcement waa made yester day that Edward White for thirty veari actively dentlfled with th bbbbbWIhsbI 1 sbbbE. vIsbbbbbbs' bbbbbbbbVT'VMJbbbbbb.

BBBBBBBBsb) eWSBBa bbbbbbbbbo'1sbbbbbI BaBBBBBBBaBV'SBmSsRI aBBaBBBBBB iiaWaWaaWSeBH EDWARD WHITE Krult house bad be. a special agent of the Continued en Page 9 APPROllEiT DROP LETTER POSTAGE Senate Committee Makes Recommendations; First Formal Action (Special lo Journal Qasette WASHlNaTOV Feb Drop letters, or letters delivered within tho Jurisdiction of th poetofflce whore they are mailed will need only one tent postage If recommendations to be made this week by ths senate oon.mi.tee on pooiofTie and post roads are approved by the senate and house With committee approval it will only be a question of time until the legislation Is adopted several bills calling for one cent postage on arop let tern have been Introduced in th house and senate but until now no format action has bee takers It la understood also the aenate committee will approve legislation to a tve buains firms mailing a areat number or letters me rgnt to pay their postage direct to the poetofflce and merely afflg to tht letters the number of their special permit Ths Arms would thus avoid lha stamping of every letter siuch a provision la now held with respect to second class tiers and a demand that it aboly to first class postage baa gone up to congreas from in DUHine laureate. SENATE PASSES MEASURE BY A VOTE OF 47 TO 17 Thirty two Republicans Join With Fifteen Democrats in Voting for the Adoption of the Conferenc Report; Opinion Is That President Will Affix His Signature CUMINS LEADS THE DEBATE WASHINGTON, Feb 23 a vote of nearly 3 to 1 the senate, to night passed and sent to the president the modified railroad reorganization bill under which the earners of the country will attempt to adjust themselves to conditions arising with the end of government control Thirty two republicans joined with fifteen democrats in voting for adoption of the conference report while three republicans and fourteen democrats comprised the seventeen voting against it There was never any doubt as to what the senate would do, in view of the wide margin by which the Cummins bill, more drastic than the compromise measure was passed The bill will go immediately to President Wilson and the general opinion around the capital was that he would sign it, although labor lead ers will urge its veto During the five hour de bate lead by Chairman Cum mini of the interstate com merce commission, senators expressed varying opinions as to how the public and the railroads would fare under the 1 which was warmly defended and ottacked But tha Intenee Inter eat which characterlied proceeding SatMojr In tha hotawu lacking frequent quorum calls belnff necea eary to tret membara Into th, Cham bar AroDad clock tha patience of tho aenate apparently waa as hau oil after the long eeaeion of pefch malting and lnalatent demand, for a vote cut short the dealre to prolong the preaentatlon of Individual Page a MARSHALL MAKES AMERICANISM PLEA Says War Disposed of the Hyphenated American at Awful Cost NEW HAVEN Conn Feb Assoc.t.ons) and lndlIduals seek li to enlist the government in aid oC th Activities were warned to night Vice President Marshall vpeak ng before the chamber of commerce here that they should take care not to claim privilege. which would create grievances lor othm. The.

war disposed of the hyphen ated German American at an awful price Mr Marshall said Is Amer lea now to be rehabilitated by a new brand of hyphenated Ameri cam Is the rehabilitation to be turned oer to New England manu factored A erics agricultural nrrlcan federation of Labor Am frtu.ni protestant Americans or Catholic Americans Prucnt your claims to congreis aoler fi oni the standpoint of an Vmcrcan 'who la Interested In tho welfare of the country Let nothing I ths way of personal intereots prl ats idtantaaro or ass hatred sue eed In lulling you down om th high poelion of an Amerii may be a title li Huoordl You but that that of an be a labor union American first" MAYJEGUT OUT Efforts Made to Discard the Committee Decision in Army Measure M0NDELL SUGGESTS IT Would Favor Commission on Physical and Military Training WASHINGTON Feb S3 Unlver sal training may not be Included In. the house army reorganization bill under a plan adopted today by re publican leaders call ng for consid era ion of the meaau a ths latter part of this week None of tha lead kely training proposal Despite the decision of the mill tary committee adopting universal trulnlng in principle as a part of the country future military policy efforts were made today to prevent the committee decision from appear Ing in the reorganisation bill Chair man Kahn who held numerous 1a formal conferences with the leaders and supporters of ths training said no decision had been reached and Representative Mondel the republl can floor leader declined to discuss the movement further than to as sert that Ihe army I was slated to come before the houie Thursday Mr Mondell wag understood to have sug gested the discard of the training plan he being supported by other house leaders who assert that paa sage of a reorganisation bill Includ ing a tra nlng plan la Impossible at present The floor trader Is under stood, to have proposed that Instead of attempting adoption of a training plan that the army bl 1 merely pro ided for a congressional commission on physical and military training which would make a report to eon gress next December Such an authorisation it was sala might bring the train ng plan be fore the house as a separate propoal tlon Mr Kahn waa understood to oppose discarding the advantage al ready gained In the military com mlttee without a defln to agreement that the universal training bill as a separate proposal wou be glvsn preferential status later lis was said not to have iscured this promise Ths committee draft of the re organisation bill does not In elude any declaration of policy with respect to universal train Ins; After the committee decision to recom Continued Page "Produce More, Spend Less, SaeMore" CLEVELAND ir tb, Govern ment savings directors of nine federal reserve districts meeting here to day predicted that popular pur chfj of government savuSgs secur Hies this year would exceed the fig urea rt i hed last year Th. conference was called by tl I Ism slather tewls, director of the aavlni. division of the de parment to lay plans for tho per maiu nt continuance of ths treasury aavinga, movement, pursuant to ths dsclaun of the treasury department that the sale of treasury pavings cert fkates war aavinsa stamps and thrift stamps will be continued per ma nenil Wb details wUI differ In various fedtral reserve districts It wse an nouQoad that the general scheme de cldrd upun was as follows Obwrvatlon of March 1 I as thrift weh In all schools, tunpl saisinsT the used of the unl serial adoption b) the juntry the itugun "produce more speed Iras, save more rroMcutlng, the sale of government securities through banks and peat offices. Special sales method will be used.

FARMERS AGAINST DAYLIGHT SAVING at Its closing session Saturday ed a resolution recommend ing that the use of tobacco, clgareta and narcoUce of all kinds be condemaaed aa extravagant and dangsroug te health Three women aere on the committee on resolutions composed of seven members Ths institute also took the stand that the passage of the daylight aav Ing ordinance in ths oty would re suit in a decrease of fond production and In turning away a large country patronage from the store, sand thus: Increase the bu lies of mall order houses, Ths tx council re cently had under coas deration sud. an ordinance although go acioa has beea taaou..

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