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Show I WILSON OBJECTIONS FAIL TO DETER ALLIES I K Ai eSa t n, - - i IH CMHOFIITISH I HU II SHIP I ' SALE IS REFUTED ' Wilson To Give Senate Em- . 1 H phatic Reply on Senator H Brandegee Resolution , H ! MEANWHILE AUCTION I I OF VESELS GOES ON j Chairman Payne Called to Ap- I ; H pear Before Court in Hearst I H Injunctions Proceedings j H WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, ' H Application of William Ran- , i clolph Hearst for an injunc- J ! ! tion to restrain the shipping '. ( fl ! board from selling thirty for- ! J, fl I mer German lines was taken j H j under advisement today by j Associate Justice Bailey of j j the district supreme court. He ; H i announced he would render a j j decision next Friday. j H j WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. President j jH j Wilson will inform the senate cmphat- j ieally that there is "no basis" for the I I report of a -secret agreement between I ! the shipping board and the British in- ; terests for the sale of the 30 "former mm I German passenger liners, it was an- jnoun&ed joday at the White House. lH , The president's message will be in mm reply to tho resolution of Senator j 'i H i Brandegee, Republican of Connecticut, I , H I asking for information regarding the f ; 'report. The resolution was adopted by fl , the senate last Saturday. i H Just before the White House an- 1 nouncemenl was made, the public auc ' 1 tion at which bids for tho ships were i; ' received began at the shipping board i with representatives of more than a t j score of shipping companies present. , i Chairman Payne Absent ! I Chairman Payne was unable to con- ,f fl i duct the auction as he had been sum- itj ; moneU to appear in person in the dis- ' ' trlct supreme court in proceedings (brought by William Randolph Hearst, :' H of New York, for an injunction to stop 'j ( i the sale. Commissioner -Thomas A. . j JM j Scott acted for him. I ' I In opening the auction, Mr. Scott ! iread a memorandum from Chairman" j J I Payne, which said the highest bids ' H j would have to, be approved by the ; J H I senate commerce committee and th , ' house merchant marine comittee and I that neceptanco of an bids would do-i do-i pend upon tho outcoe of the injunction '' H proceedings in the district supremo H ! court. i WM I The memorandum "said these pro- (' iceedings exjected to be concluded j (, j H J within two or three days, but 'that in ' H 1 any event checks received with the i H I bids Avould be returned by Saturday if v H j the sales were not consummated. i'- Must Fly Old Giory ( mm j Commissioner Scott said the terms , 1 H nf the sale would be arranged to suit , mm the convenience of the board and the 'prospective pii':'.iasers and that all i Km j ships n Id must be operated under tl" mm jAmeuran fla?,-. ' H ! Among the th'pping men pivseiit mm 'wore i A. S. Franklin, of. the Inter- H !mi:onal Mercantile Marine; G-rg mm IW. Goethals. tho American Ship and I , H Commerce company; A. V. Moore, of ' , the Moore and McCormack company, . (nnd Phillip Deronde, of the Oriental 'Navigation company. (, . H 1 Tho first vessels offered were the . H , Black Arrow, tho Amphiom and tho rf Philippines, composing the croup of ( 1 I'.iaok sea service. No bids, v ore of- 1 Tt-red for them. H Another Group Offered Tho group composing tho South American services, the Aeolias, De l: Kalb, Princess Matoika and Pocahon- ,' ! tas, was then offered. j I No bids were received for theso vos- ' ; sels nor for the Colombia, Venezuela , , iand Brazilian service ships, tho Moc-. Moc-. casin and the Otsego; the Southamp- l; ( ton service vessels, the Leviathan, ( H Mount Vernon, Agamemnon and Nan- j ' Ucmond; the Hamburg .sorvico ships, ' tlu. George Washington, Martha Wash , fl inglon, vuii Sueben and America; the ' j Mediterranean service vessels the An-jtiron, An-jtiron, Susequehnnna, President Grant n H 'and Artemus and tho Baltic service 'jships, ihe Matewaska and Powhatan. ' fl Dno bid for one of Uie Black sea ; ! fleet was received. It was ?700,000 . l for the Black Arrow and was made by , I the Oriental Navigation company with 1 I the understanding that the vessel would bo retained in the Black sea service. Commissioner Scott stated that the ' H board insist upon assurances that ves- i, ' sols would remain permantly in the U 1 services planned by tho board, but lo j fl admitted that the board could not pac ' pcrmnnent restriction upon tho use of j 1 the craft. H P. A, S. Franklin, president of tho H International Mercantilo Marino offer- 1 v od a conditional bid of 514,050,000 for H nine vessels for service in tho United 7 Kingdom and northern European ports. j ' i W |