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Show thc WUTHtPI. t Sliver t Local Settlement , Prices. I117H IS I1S.276 Copper (cathodes) A m Tuesday, rain and warmarj Wednesday, air, colder. ' Tribune Want v Ads are able to deliver their message to the busiest persons without delay. SALT LAKE CITY, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1920, VOL. 100, NO. 151. 22 PAGES FIVE CENTS K7 SENA TE ADOPTS NEW ARTICLE X RESERVA TlON U. S. etronj mu" of the government, who U the power of the militarists in Berlin. LEONARD WOOD, swept the Minnesota Republican preridentlal preference ptlmario. NOSKE, (lEJtOULL -- l y.--i. ,r-- . CRUISERS , r El TO REflCTIOfll IS 110 HUT EARLY ' III i 14 Democrats Join publicans and Re- Irrecon-cilable- s in Voting for the v- Proposal Lodge - Action Is Preceded by , Steady Rejection Proffered Substitutes and Amendments . U. Reaffirm disagreement with President on the dominating Uaue of the treaty controversy, the senate today by a vote of more than on tha new Article 10 reserve WASHINGTON, !V' vember.-' voted - with the Fourteen Democrat united Republican membership for the reservation, but this defection from ad ministration ranks fell far abort of th number required to ratify. It was conceded that others probably would swing over on the ratification roll call, but ad ministration leaders, backed by a definite assurance that the new reservation was unacceptable to the president, evidenced no apprehension that their forces would dwindle bevond the danger point. Vote Is 56 to 26. The vote, 54 to 24, showed on Its face a majority for the reservation, but It by no means indicated would vote for ratification on that basis Included In the majority were lire concllable, holding out about a score ef vote which on th ratification roll call are expected to be cast against th two-thlr- two-tnlr- ds treaty. i The reservation, adopted after many efforts to modify It had been defeated by the united Republican majority, follows in general form th one adopted last November. It eaye: "The United Eta tee assumes no obligation to preserve the territorial Integrity or political Independence of any other country by the employment of its mill tary or naval forces, ite resource, or any form of economio discrimination, or to Interfere In any way In controversies controversies nations, Including relating to territorial Integrity or politimembers of whether cal independence, the league or not, under the provisions of Article 10. or to employ the military or naval force of the United States, under e, of the treaty for any any articles In s, unless any particular case which, under the constitution, has th sole power to declare war or authorise the employment of the military or naval force of the United States, shall. In the exercise of full liberty of action, by act or Joint resolution so 11 v v pur-pos- con-pres- The Roll Call,. T F Senator King Consider the Prospecti for Ratification As Extremely Poor. y, Johnson and Lowden Contesting for Seconc Choice; North Dakota to Hold Primary Today. Admiral March 15. Members of General Woods state organization asserted tonight at midnight that the return already Indicated that Wood delegates would he In control of the state convention here Saturday, and that Minnesota twenty-fou- r delegate to the Republican national convention would be Instructed for Wood. fi 16. two-thir- ds vot. . In the closing fight on reservations. Senator King today, at different times, proposed two substitutes for the Lodge reservation on Article X. Both substitutes were voted down. The first provided the United States understands that by Article X the United Mates undertakes separately to respect the territorial lntegr.ty and existing political independence of each other member of the league: but that Article X does not Impose upon the United States the separata. sole and singular duty to preserve th territorial Integrity and existing political Independence of all members of the league as against the external aggression of the other power; but only that In cas of such aggression or threat of tha same the council wiU advise upon the means for preserving the territorial Integrity and ex let .eg political independence of the nemlei against which such aggrees on U exerted, and will recommend to mombei of the league the measures which it may deem proper and necessary to protect the covenants of the league, and that the United States may oons.der such recommendations and take such action as congress may in Its discretion deem appropriate in such case. The second substitute offered by Senator K ng provided advice that th mentioned In Article X of the covenant of the league, which the council may g.ve to the member nations as to th employment of the'r naval and milltarv forces n Is merely advice which each member Is free to accent or reject, according to the consc'ence and Judgment of Its then exlst'ng government, and In the United States this advice can only be accepted by action of the congress at the time In being, congress alone under the constitution of the United States having the power to declare war. - Sweeps Ramsey County. Rejected Departments Plan to Cal on Japanese for Battle Cruiser Division. WASHINGTON, March 15. An Johnson. entered. (Continued on Fags Infra pa rty 3, Column 1.) BURIAL PLANS ARE OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED Strike Disorders Continue; French on Advance; Allies Are Watchful; Sit- -' uation Is Greatly Beclouded .. -' BERLIN, March 15. Ten persons were killed and several wounded in a sanguinary collision Sunday between demon-- , strators and members of a volunteer regiment in Leipsic, according to advices today. A general strike baa been proclaimed at Leipsic. un published, story of wartime anxiety In London and Washington lest German battle cruisers attempt a forlorn hope was raid against American transport disclosed today to the senate naval investigation committee by Rear Admiral Sima Measages exchanged between Admiral Benson, diief of operations, t and Admiral 81ms In July, 191. were presented by the latter to correct implies' Lons, which, he said. Secretary Daniels had made to the committee that Gen- eral plane and policies were none of my business. 9 in plan 'formed by 'the navy department to meet each raids and rejected by Admiral Sims as Impractical, waa a proposal to call on Japan for i battle cruiser division to serve with the American .Atlantic fleet. bn his first statement to the committee, Admiral Sims said the complaints be had to make war confined largely to th first six or eight month of the war. When today he began discussion of events that occurred In the summer of 1914, he said he did so because Mr. Daniels, In a statement, had Implied Admiral Sims post in London waa pure"The statement waa Inly a local one. accurate, Admiral Sims said. In th spring of 1914. he said, when the submarine menace had been overcome, naval officials in London became apprehensive that the German might, as a last venture, send out battle cruisers h. conthe hope of destroying an American felt voy. That th. apprehension- - waa also at the navy departmt, he aaid, this was demonstrated by cablegram from Admu-a- l Benson: Grain Corporation Author-- . ized to Sell Surplus Flour in Europe. Im-iu- The Wood eommittee issued a statement doclaring that Wood carried 22 out of 33 precinets in Ramsey county (St Paul).' ran Johnson strongly in several Minneapolis wards and seemingly received strong labor vote. Johnsons supf porters asserted the California senator would carry Minneapolis and Hennepin county. Hoovers vote attracted some Mention early in the evening. Jn a number of precinets, particularly in the Twin cities, where stickers were nsed Feared Battle Cruisers. to put his name on theballot, he re- ' the last hope German battle cruisceived a substantial votej but in many ers Asmay be sent out to completely decities in the state his vote was small. of our large troop convoys. one stroy We depend upon you to gain and give nformatlon on this point and grand fleet JOHNSON ALONE to take necessary action until United States could act. ON BALLOT IN In reply. Admiral Sima said, he cabled everyth ng possible would be done TODAY'S PRIMARY tothatIntercept raiding German cruisers, but that there could not be any guarantee BISMARCK, N. D March 15. North hat they would not reach the open AtUnited Dakota fares the unique situation of a lantic. lie advised guarding a! preference primary on March States troop convoys with battleships. pres'dent 16 with but one candidate. Senator H lie said, the navy departthis, Despite -m W Unconfirmed Report That Agreement Has Been Reached to Compromise Their Conflicting Aspirations and Washington Figured Germans Might Try Forlorn Hope ment on July 3n outMned (Continued on Fag a plan of it 3, Column na-'o- ll u Sims Testifies London ST. PAUL, Minn March When returns from last nights statewide Republican presidential preference primary were halted early today by a bhszard which paralyzed wire communication, Major General Leonard Wood was mainSpecial to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, March 16 Like many taining a commanding lead over Senator Hiram Johnson of California. The of hla colleagues. Senator King has arvote from about 430 precincts, includ rived at the conclusion that prospect for ratification of the peace treaty are ing a majority of the St. Paul and Minnow very slight, and 'that unless some- neapolis precincts, was: Wood 12,627, thing unforseeu happens, the treaty will Johnson 317, Hoover 4486, and Lowden not be able to muster the necessary 3510. The roll call follows: For adoption: Republicans Borah. Brandegee, Ualder, Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis. Elkina, Edge. IdUlngham. Femald, Hale. France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Harding, Jones of Washington, Kellogg, Knox. Keyes, Kenyon, LaFollette, Ln-roo- t, I odge. McCormick, McLean, Moses, New, Norris, Page, Phipps, Poindexter. Sherman, Smoot, Spencer. (Chicago Tribune Special.) WadsSterling. Sutherland, Townsend. March 13. The Warren Watson and WASHINGTON, (3. worth, " Ashhurst. Gerry, Gore. graves registration servico announces Democrats Henderson. Kendrick, Myers, Nugent Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene. Reed. Shield, that the bodies of American soldier Smith of Georgia, and Walsh of Massa- dead allowed to remain in France will chusetts 14. be buried either in cemeteries in care Total 54. of the A.merican government or in Against: None. Republicans Democrats Beckham, Chamberlain, French cemeteries, where the nearest Comer, Culberson, Dial. Glass, Harris, relative of the deceased so desires. In Harrison, Hitchcock, Johnson of South the eases of those to be left in the of New Mexico, King, reneh cemeteries the relatives will be Dakota, Jone Kirby, McKellar, Overman, Owen, Fana-del- l, required to assume the future rare of Rohlnaon. Sheppard Simmons. Smith the grave and the responsibility of of Maryland. Stanley, Trammell. Underavment for the perpetual concession wood, Walah of Montana, and Wolcott .hat is. the permanent burial place of 24 the soldier, or any othir charges in Total fl. On adoption of th original Artlele in connection with maintenance of the vote was grave. reaervstioa last November, toe 4h to St, wi.h only four Demo-ra- ta SenaWill The bear the government expense tors Reed, lore, tim'th of Georgia and of transferring the bodies of those to Wa'sli of MaaaacliUHe'ts voting In the remain in permanent French cemeteries. affirmative. The obieci of moving or transferring Substitutes Reported. the bodies from where they are now Paving the way for 4 final vote on th will be to concentrate them in Amerireservation to Arttcle 10, the senate re- cas cemeteries, to be selected, so as jected, 59 to 17, Senator Frellnghuyaent to eimpl'fy the matter of future ear substitute proposing summary disavowal and maintenance. In the even the of all obligation. bodies are not to remain in French cemThe reservation worked out, but not be concentrated in they agreed to in tne bipartisan conference, eteries, was offered hv Senator Kirby, Democrat, American cemeteries, tho government rejected, 45 to J1 All bearing the cntvre expense in the latArkansas, and and Reimtora Gore, Reed. ter esse. This uoiicv in rviwise af Pie Republican ' W ililama and Harrison, Demo- feet the prevent scheme of the return Filicide, crats, voted agaltiat It, to the United btates of bodies where The seriate also promptly rejected. 44 for sueh acton have been to 0, the substitute reservation drafted requestswith the graves registration placed (Continued on Bag 3, Column A) - Returns From Republi- can Presidential Prefer ence Primary Indicate Walkaway Victory. ST. PAUL, Minn,, March In it Wilaon peace adopted two to tlon framed by Republican leaders. Its action ended, at leaat for the pres ent, the effort for a compromise that would insure ratification and the senate's decision was accepted generally as hastening the treaty toward another deadlock, from which It could be released only by a verdict at. tha poll neat No- EBERT TO RETflII OFF ii 5.) LONDON, March 15. A heavy loss of life is reported in disturbances at Kiel, Frankfort and Essen, according: to a Berlin dispatch to the Central Newt. Demonstrators have seized a depot at Frankfort containing anna and ammunition. y y if BERLIN, March (By the Associated Press.) A number of persons were killed and several wounded in clashes between soldiers and crowds in the outer suburbs of Berlin this afternoon. The soldiers used rifles and machine guns. 15. (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) PARIS, March 16. A disp&tcbto the Petit Paririeu from WASHINGTON, March 1. After s debate in which republican leaders 'were Zurich, Switzerland, says the Ebert government in Germany, accused of heedless delay, tbe, house to together with the president and vice president of the national day passed the bill authorising the grain and the Wuerttemberg ministers, met at Stuttgart assembly corporation to seU for cosh or credit five Monday and decided to reject any attempt at negotiations by million barrels of surplus flour to Eurothe followers of Wolfgang Kapp. Preniicr Bauer is quoted as pean governments. Representstiv Kitch-l- n of North Carolina, Democrat, Insisted having said that the only condition the Ebert government upon a roll call after charging that th would offer Kapp was that he resign. Republicans hod held up the legislation The Ebert government further declares, says the dispatch, for a month and a half at a time when ' has authorized nobody to negotiate with the Berlin governit countries central people of European were starving. ment, being convinced it soon will be able to restore order. The Twelve members voted against th bill, Berlin dispatch saying negotiations bad been opened is denied. the vote standing 243 to 12, with two voting present. .March 15. (By the Associated Press.) The Representative Johnson of Washington, who offered th chief opposition to th in Germany appears tonight to have reached the bill on the floor, was one of those voting present, while the other was Repend of the road. There is a strong probability that shortly one resentative Wifi .erne of IUlno.. Those will be in control and that President Ebert will come voting against the bill were Representagovernment tives Bankhead of Alabama; Blackmon back to Berlin with his ministers. of Alabama; t Buchanan, Rayburn and Garner of Texas; Johnson and Thomas of basis of agreement between the government set up by Pr.r A Kentucky; Johnson, Stephens' and Sis- a. son of Miss sslppi, and Wilson of Lou.sl-anWolfgang Kapp as chancellor and that of President Ebert is Democrats, and Krause of lndishs. dated in a declaration isued by the present Berlin government to. Republican. Representative Johnson of Washington day, Annoufleement is mode that negotiations toward a seUleimnt expressed the fear that the flour would have been opened between th two governments at the instance of get into the hands of armies of Boland and other countries and that th women President Ebert and- - his associates. There Is, however, no direct and children would receive but little of It. to be at Republican Leader Mondell took Rep- confirmation of this from Ebert, who is understood resentative Kitchln to task for hw crlti-- c un of the Republicans and explained Stuttgart. his opposition to the original bill authorChancellor Kapp is agreeable to continuance of the present ising the use of money on the ground who is Friedrich Ebert; he renounces formathat people of this country have reached imperial president tlieir l'mit In glv.ng money to Europe. tion of a new and places direction of affairs in the hands ministry EuAroerka has been generous to . ' ever been genthe undersecretaries of stale. of rope as no people . erous, said Representative Mondell. We , sent 2.()ii0.000 of our hos and 4J4.00O,- -' 000.000 of our credit to f ght Europe's fight. Ten billions of our money hss The agreement as set forth by Chancellor Kapp provides for a been doaned and so far not a penny returned or Interest paid. There Is not which shall include professional ministers, or experts; ele-tiocabinet, a household In tbe land that has not relief means of for out its the within two months for members of the reichstag and poured people of Armenia, Serbia and other national assembly, and, subsequently, an election for imPrussian countries. This rel'ef wh'ch is now proposed perial, president by the people, until which time Ebert shall hold w'll not prevent starvation In Russia. It cannot begin to bind up the wounds of office. all the world. One significant clause in the pronouncement says the new and I was one of those who thought that as far a a cash contribution to Europe old governments shall issue a joint declaration that under present' was concerned, we had about reached th time when the American people conditions a general strike is a crime against the German people. wanted to call a halt. But th a is a case Herein lies the explanation of the proposed settlement, for the of granting five mlll'on barrels of flour. There still is an enormous amount of general strike has proved an effective weapon. Germany already suffering In Europe and will be after this has in Berlin and many other for strike the sinister its felt effect, Is done " v BERLIN, hs PROVIDES FOR NEW CABINET. ns SOME PUBLISHERS fF.geM statements of circulation. They mean their statements to the government, which is a very different thing. The government does not make any statements in regard to circulation. Statements to the government, in the absence of verification, are valueless to the advertiser. There is one method, and only one, of ascertaining the facts regarding the cir-. culation of a paper. And that is by referring to the reports of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. A publication that quotes its statement to the government in lieu of an Audit Bureau of Circulations report is evading the ' issue. Ask to see the Audit Bureau of Circulations report on The Tribune. tkf HOBBY OBDURATE J IN BOUNDARY ROW AUSTIN. Texas, March here would not comment on Governor W. P. Hobbys statement today that s "force deemed sufficient" to told disputed Bed river od lands had been or dered to tbe territory involved in the boundary controversy between Texas and Oklahoma and that. Texas, would surrender the lan 1 only on decree of the United State supreme court. Ue declared the iedrral district court at Enid. OklaM which recently granted a restraining order against Texas claimants, acted without justification in law. Texas rangers have been guarding the property several weeks. Governor Hobby declared Texas has of thy had unquestioned possession land, which, he said, was valued at , eighty-fou- r years. March 15. was today C, d postmaster at Topliff, Ltah, Clarence Beid, resigned. succeeding STRIKERS FIGHT REACTIONARIES. It was President Ebert and his ministers who called on tl'.O Socialists, the workmen and all the people to declare a general strike, and there was an instant response. Labor fiercely resisted usurpation of the reactionary government. Vast numbers of men left their work and serious disorders occurred. Chancellor Kapp and his supporters announced they would deal harshly with strikes or passive resistance to the existing order ia said: Berlin. One leader of the We wont knuckle down to the Bocialists and workmen, who "think they can run the country. Notwithstanding tbe governments threat, it has been evident that neither Dr. Kapp nor Major General von Leuttwitz was willing to put the warnings to test Bloodshed would have been inevitable, plunging the country possibly into a state of anarchy end giving communists the opportunity they had awaited to foist soviet doctrines on Germany. counter-revolutio- n SERIOUSNESS WAS REALIZED. Postmaster Named. Tribune. SprUI tn D. WASHINGTON, William Owen Bullock principal cities cut off supplies, transportation, light and heat. This state of affairs was recognized in all its siwio'nex also fy the Ebert government. Therefore, hope is entertained sn arecr-i-i- t (ContinJVl on Fc Two.) |