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jflOTORIStS ABSENT. |£ t * r Few Auburn Moiorista H>ve - '^'ItMnded-tfw=Auto- Shwr.- W « r f - ENDS TOMORROW N IG H T AD VERTISER-J OURNAL i C O M P L E T E D A Y R E P O R T OP T H E A S S O C IA T E D P R E S S THE LAST SHOW? Whslier We H a m An Auto Show Next Year Depends on This Year's Support. MADE. POLK DE British Said to be After Property Held | by Germans in Neutral Lands— 1 Plan to Force Sale of Teuton Hold- ih g s for Indemnity Collection Vio- C lates Treaty Terms This1 Country i Holds—Perplexing Position - »»v fe-j. -<■& W»ii3ngton, -March 19. — “ Strong . remonstrances” have been made by the '■American government against rulings , of the Allied Reparations Committee 'tint under the peace treaty, sale of certain German . property In neutral countries can be forced If necessary to ^satisfy the initial payment of the Ger- jntff Indemnity. ■ ' .• Under Secretary Polk, of the State Department,\ writing today to Senator •Henderson (Democrat) ^Nevada, said J\ further, protest” was in preparation u sach'a.' construction of the treaty | *is contrary to an offi.clal interprcta- Uoa exchanged between Germany and tbe allied powers. ; ' f. - A British' Gnb? -• [ Mr. folk's letter was in'response to m inquiry by Senator Henderson * re garding,. reports that i Great Britain tad requested * that German ‘property and all.the.’rights of German citizens in dectrical enterprises' in South lAnwtaa be'taken'over iby the commis- gtaa and transferred to Great Britain u part' of . tbe-^lndemibity due It by C tm u if. Hi. Polk.said that the State Depart ment'.bod. no Information as to this, but adad \ . ‘Tlwe been received,\ hdweyer, '(wttii information having relation .to yoar inquiry to the effect that. tlae ifliad lovermnents represented, on'^the Repajmtiooa Commission have advan ced m i provisionally adopted a con- jstrnetlafi' ot article -235 which would Itnpwisr'' s.the Reparations Commis- rstoa to demand ^payment by .Germany loftte initial 20 , 000 , 000,000 gold' marks ili, any commodities, .gold, ahipe or lotbawise,' whih the Reparations Com- |ffliaion may desire; and in the 'exercise [ot wflh/power the Commission'may re take'the sale of German property in p«tni conn tries at' least if in the »ona of .credits' or securities. Under j*A power it is possible 'that the sale jto tta Repaaations Commission, of the (securities controlled by German cor- iporate. enterprises in South America Ifllgfat be required of Germany. \The department is endeavoring un officially to kop in touch with matters coming up for decision before the Com mission in order that any action of the Commission which might be in derogation of American trade oppor tunities should ribt pass unohaJleuged. The department is handicapped, how ever, in that it .has no right to de mand such information and this gov ernment not having ratified the treaty canot exercise the right to veto an in terpretation of tl\e Commission’s pow ers such’as contained in th^ construc tion of article 235 mentioned above, \Nevertheless strong remonstrance has been .made and a further protest is-in preparation on the ground that the.assumption.and use of 'sucbpow- ers is prejudicial to general economic rcconstrustlon; 'oilers an opportunity to the . government’s . dominating, the Reparations Commission indirectly to exercise a dangerous controlling in fluence on private trade with Germany and incidentally is unwarranted by the terms of the treaty and contrary to the spirit If not the letter of the official in terpretation given Germany by the Al lied powers before the signing of the treaty. }■■ ( Result ia Doubt. ^*The,xesidt> of such protest is hard co predict as by the;, terms of the treaty the influence and power of a large part of the civilized world is concentrated behind a decision of the Reparation Commission and the., abso lute veto power specially provided, to the United States'■in such matters can 1 be exercised only if and when we rat ify the treaty.” Senator Henderson said the official interpretation referred 'to by Mr. Polk'was contained in formal notes exchanged between iGermany and the 'Allies in which the understanding was reached that the property of German citiiens in neutral countries could not be taken.-. The senator also said that Inquiries at the State Department dis closed that no replies to the United States’ protest had been received. BERLIN \BARREL OF GUN POM” LEARNS All Germany Rebellious—Troops Quit Capital With Prussian Banners Flying BAYONET ROLE IN HUNDREDS REPORTED KILLED WHEN*MINERS FIGHT TROOPS ! k(Bd<ffl,'<-March' 1th—'Hundreds of S”*** been-Called in the mining pancts of Germany in collisions be- jweeg miners and troops, it is declared fro,n Germany received at (iwil!??*0* Central News Corrcs- in that dty telegraphs. recelv°d from the big messages .states, scarl* s 5s Proceeding in rtvhew t^ cWy populated areas I S and workers are op- ■tyericans Face Conspiracy C h a r g e I ^ In Mexico C i t y ^ L Pri0ta- Mexico, March 18.— Kd- A ^ re antl Herman Sidway al- ^orde ^ ? 0*11 4raft evaders ■have (o from Hennosillo spiting to faCG charges of c-on' «<* to in i?™ arms m d amruunl- iuj j,, .- / “ f Yaqui Indians, accord- r“ l\ a BAY’S WEATHER In Brunswick there is much disor der, accompanied by, pillaging of shops. In loipsic there was street fighting throughout the day yesterday. Rostok, in llecklenberg-Sehwerin, is in the hands of the Spartacans, but their pos ition Is said to be precarious. In violent fighting at Kiel yesterday between workmen and troops, the workmen seemed to have got the upper had the message reports. The Communists are declared to be misters at 'Casscl. forecast March 13—West York: Rain or ‘Wgbt Safarfe, snow W M IW Saturday; 10 tast portion; colder btooojfcZ’ s itin g winds northwest Saturday. TKMpERATURKS: - ***■ D«P*. Thermometer) v. . 1»20 , 1919 JST ....... 55 S t n ^ \ ; • .......... 26 38 y 6:05; sets 6:11 nses tomorrow 6:03 People of Lebanon A p p e a l to Fra n c e . Paris, March 10.—The population of Lebanon is protesting against the pro posed soveignty of Prince Feisal, ac cording to the Temp?, which declares that this region will refuse to acknowl edge the prince as king of Asyria. In a .proclamation Lebanon maintains its Londc'j. March 10.—All Germany, with the exception of the southern states, is rebellious, and Berlin is a “barrel of gun powder which may be ignited at any time,” sajrs a Berlin dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com pany, filed at the German capital yes terday. The dispatch describes the with drawal from Berlin of the Iron Divi sion aiad naval brigades, which marched down Under Der Lindota at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the midst of a pouring rain. Crowds, the majority of which were extremist rad ical workers, looked on .as company fite f company flle)d down the street iln Ole direction of the Brandenburg gate on their way to Doeberitz. “The _ soldiers marched to the ac companiment of drums and with Prus sian banners flying,” the message sai.d “They were armed, carrying their rifles ready to fire, and wtih their fin gers on the triggers. Their behaviour could not havei been more provocative. Workers -standing. bn the sidewalks seemed boiling with excitement, and none could understand why the troops had been, permitted to withdraw with out giving up their arms. Few be lieved they would keep their promise to disarm at Doeberitz. ‘ftlany soldiers smiled mockingly at the crowd as though saying ‘wait a while, we shall return.’ \From the Hoteil Adlon elegatatly dressed, women waved their handker chiefs. at the soldiers, this raising to a white heat the. anger, of the work ers.'.-They suddonlj;'made arush to ward'the hotel--and’ some/actually in -1 vaded the ■estibule v before being re paired by a strong detachment of se- curtiy troops guarding the allied mis sions at the hostelry. “Hardly had \the last soldier passed the 'Brandenburg gate when the rear guard turned 1 andf fired a volley into the cro^-d standing in the street Those.near-,the. middle of the roadway had no recourse but to fling them selves eta thef pavement. £long Under Der 'linden,: Somvn'erstrassq and Budr apesterstrasse, men started to run away. Matny of these were either killed or .wounded -during ,the firing which lasted for ’half a minute. Four dead and i 0 wounded were carried Sato the .Hotel Adlon. \Members of the Security Girards stationed at the -Brandenburg gate did not interfere during the firing, be ing few in number. “A little latar, near the Parliament building, a crowd of workers rusihed a detacbmentof Baltic troops who were ipassing end the latter began firing, the sounds of rifle fire mingling with the shrill cries and groans of the wounded. For a time -nil was chnos and pandemonium and it appears that in the confusion the soldiers here shot a number of their own men. The ex act number of those killed and wound ed could not be ascertained this eveto- ing. Twenty persons were killed in a subsequent clash at Charlottenburg, and a still -more serious encounter was reported from Kottzboen but no de tails arc at linmd.” Chaos in Berlin—Situ ation Clouded—Sov iet Stories Exagger ated—Casualties at Capital Coblenz, March 10.—(By the Asso ciated Press).—The Ebert govenn- ment will return from Stuttgart to Berlin on Saturday, it is learned. Tho National Assembly and the Prussian Diet have been convoked to meet in Berlin on Sunday. (By the Associated Press). • Berlin is still undar the rule of 'bayonets but troops loyal to the Ebert government patrol the streets. Forces which supported the regime set up last Saturday by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and his followers left Benrlin yester day. Withdrawal of these soldiers, bowv evei*, left chaos behind, as the rear guard turned against jeering crowds In Unter Den Lindaa and flrad, many citizens being killed and scores wounded. More bloodshed occurred near the Parliament buildings, while in Charlottenburg and other suburbs o t thel city there were clashes which resulted in loss of life. ‘ W hile radical elements have ‘ not made organized attacks on the capital, economic conditions are described as eeriotis, ^ and .absolute disorder is\be lieved' to ‘reign in politics. - ’ T&eports frbin' Germany J.outside . of Berlin are of 'such,a charoter'-that 1 ,a clear view of the situation is hard to obtain at present. While it is said Soviets have bedD formed in a ,number of important towns .'arid cities .and in Industrial districts, it-does,nob appear the movement’is gaining, momentum. On the other .hand, ; it would seem Communist sympathizers have met w ith stern oppositktv at many points,- and it is possible reports of'Soviet ac tivity have .been exaggerated. Population of Syracuse Shows G a i n of 34,39 INDICT HIGH H. I POLICE OFFICIAL WILSON EXPECTS MINERS TO ABIDE BY COAL VERDICT Washington, March 10.—President Wilson expects the bituminous coal operators anjl miners to work out their contracts for the new coal year begin ning April 1 on the basis of the ma jority report of the Coal Strike Set tlement Commission, Attorney General Palmer said today after a conference with Secretary Tumulty at the White House. - Mr. Palmer said the minority re port, made by John P. White, tho miners’ representative, woulu, be sub mitted by the president along with the majority report merely because It would have some bearing on any set tlement reached at the proposed con ferences between the operators and miners. Mr._Palmer was accompanied to the White House by Walker D. Hinos. head of the railroad administration, the pur pose of the visit being to confer with Mr. Tumulty on tho form to be followed by the president in making public the commission's findings. The attorney general said, the president in submit ting the two reports to the miners and operators would point out tho points at issue for. their consideration when they meet to arrange tho new con tracts. i SCHEME TURK LEADERS WILL OPPOSE PEACE OFFERS Declare Allies Cannot Force Unaccept able Terms Upon Them—French Troops Meet Resistence in North East—British Deport Nationalist Leaders SENATE ADOPTS TREATY PREAMBLE Washington, March 19.—Population statistics for 1920 announced today by the Census Bureau included: Syracuse, N. 'S., 171,6-17, an increase of 34,398, or 25.1 per cent over 1010. Mason City, Iowa. 20,005, increase 8,835, or S7.7 per cent. , ,, - ,1 Wellington, Kas., 7.M8, increase claim to independence. Moreover. L»- or o 2 per cent Imiion will appeal to Frauce to defend gvracuse ranked 3-lth among citics its rights, the proclamation says. | jn jojq 137 240 people having in creased 26.6 per o ut in the decade. Its nearest rivals then were New Haven, Conn.. with 133,605; Birmingham. Ala., with 132,685, and Menphis, Tenn., with 131,103. RUSH MADE FOR DIAMOND FIELDS Johannesburg, March 2.— (By mail) —A rush of diamond seekers to stake claims is reported from Beyenspoort, In the Pretoria district, where rich de posits are said to have been located. Two thousand men, including law yers, civil servants, business men, landowners, artisans and clerks took part and the whole .ground was peg ged out in a few minutes. Some of the more corpulent em ployed profesiooal runners to. secure the claims previously selected, says a news agency dispatch received here. BIG SHIP UNDERGOING. REPAIRS AT SOUTHAMPTON Southampton, Eng., March 19.—The steamship Imperator, which arrived here this morning, from New York, will have to be again overhauled, al though this is only her second Atlantic trip under her new management. Her next sailing has been cancelled. It is stated the Imperator has not as yet been relieved of the list which was observed on her last voyage. This list is saidi to be due to the fact that her ash ejectors have failed to work, and instead of clearing out the ashes, have taken iu water. The list caused some alarm to those of her 2,000 pas sengers who did not know the reason for it . . . New York, March 10.—Third Deputy Police Commissioner Porter was in dicted today by the Grand Jury investi gating alleged misconduct in the Po lice Department in connection with the suppression of vice, charged with neg lect of duty. A bench warrant was is sued for his arrest and he was noti fied to surrender himself. Commissioner Porter’s indictment followed the appcarance before the Grand Jury of two patrolmen who were former plain clothes operatives of the Police Department. They were De tectives Wheelwright and Sorger of Inspector Thomas V. McDonald's spe cial service squad who after two years’ continuous work were transferred to patrol duty last Friday. In statements to Assistant District Attorney Smith, in charge of the vice inquiry, they told of raiding an alleged i disorderly house in the Upper West ' Side last November in which Third Deputy Police Commissioner August Drum Porter was found When they announced that everyone in the house was under arrest Porter made himself known, they said. Wheelwright and Sorger also told the assistant district attorney that Com missioner Porter asked, them to “tor* get all about it and I ’ll protect you as long as I am in the department.” Later, they said, Porter sent for them and repeated the request that they say nothing about the matter to anyone. Notwithstanding this, however, they said, they considered it ‘‘their duty to tell the story to Inspector Mc-Donald, our commanding officer.” In some way the story “got out” and the commissioner was “joshed,' about it,” they said. When the commissioner sent for them again he told Wheelwright and Sorgar that he himself had narrated the “whole story\ ^ to -'Police Commis sioner Enright. LEAGUE FAVORS DEVELOPING INLAND WATER ROUTES St. Louis, Mi)., March ^19.—Compre hensive development « inland water' transportation -routes to meet the growing needs of the United State* was advocated at the spring conven tion of the 'National Jbdu»trial Traffic League, in the closing aessioa ben to- •day. Washington, March 10.—Preparing for a: final vote on -,ratlfic?itlc(n of the peace treaty, -.the ■enate.tojflay S adopted the modified:' ;• reservation - preamble worked out in tho bipartisan confer ence under which affirmative accept ance of the reservations by the other ■powers would not be required.. ' The preamble provides that “fail ure on .the part of the allied and,asso ciated powers to make objection to said reservations, and understandings prior to the-deposit of ratification by the United States shall be taken as a full and .final acceptance of such reser vations and understandings by said powers.” J- The preamble was offered by Sena tor .Lodge, tho Itcfpublican leader, alad accepted without a roll call. By a vote of 41 to 42 the Senate re fused to write into the preamble a pro vision that the ratification should not be binding unless the President de posited it within 90 days after the Senate actcd. The amendment was presented by Senator Brandgee, and was supported by 38 Republicans and Senators Reed ■Shields, and Walsh, of Massachusetts, (Democrats) while Senators Cummins, Jones of Washington and Townsend (Republicans) voted against it. The preamble, as it then came\ up for the final fight on ratification fol lows: “That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty of peace with Germany concluded at Ver sailles on the 2Sth day of June, 1010, subjccl to the following reservations and liudeistardings, which are hereby made a part and condition of this resolution of ratification which ratifl cation is not to take effect or bind the United States until the said reserva tions and understandings adopted by the Senate have been accomplished as as part and a condition of this reaota- tlon of ratification by the allied and associated powers, and a failure on the part of the allied and associated powers to make objection to said reservations and understandings prior to the deposit of ratification by the United States shall be taken as a full and final acceptance of such reserva tions and understandings by said powers.” Constantinople*' March 10.—Leaders of the Turkish Nationalists, from Aaer-baljan to Palestine, seem to be co-operating in a movement to oppose Allied proposals for a peace unfavor able to Turkey. Men closely associat ed with Mustapha Ivemal, lender of. the Nationalists, have been skilfully promoting opposition to all foreign in terference, it is assorted and the Arabs, Kurds and other tribes are said t bo aligned ■with forces planning to clicckmatc any movement on the part of tho Entimta looking to the partition ing of tho country. Tho whole movement scums to be political rather than religious, it be ing declared by many uot to bo Pmn- Islamlc in any way. Turkish newspaers frankly say the Allies cannot muster sufficient strength to force! an unacceptable peace uon the country. With the exception, of the Marash Incident there have been no massncres of Christians, although there aro large numbers of Armenians and Greeks at the mercy of the Turks In Asia-AIhior. Theso people are living in terror lest they be attacked when the pence terms aro made known by the Allies and even in this city, well-to-do Armenians and Greeks are moving into the Embassy section, whidi is under tatter police protection than outlying' parts of ’the city. - , French detachments are reported to be_ meeting stubborn resistanco in their efl’ort to occupy district^ northeast of Alfeppo, where British troops,. were formerly stationed. . , Constantinople, March 18.—Halide Edib, tiie most prominent woman' lead er among tho Turkish nationalists, and Recruf Bey, deputy' *for \ Sivas' aiiU inoutliplcco of Mustapha Kemal in thiS' city; Cara, Vassif Bey, and several other members of- -the. \Chamberjof Deputies have been 'deported, presum ably to Malta, by the.-Britisb. They were placed ou board tho cruiser Hooiscus today shortly..before <that, warship sailed. • Halide Edib has often been described’: in the British press as a “firebrand and a dangerous agitator.” -She was-' graduated from the American Wom an's College here and won trecognitliu as a novelist and p o e t........... ; - Countess on Bed Cress .Staff. Constantinople,, March 10.—Countess Mario Tolstoi, niece of . tbe famous v Russian author nnd philosopher, 'wbo^ recently arrived here a* a refugee from Odessa, applied . on Wednesday, to tSe,'. American Red- Crow for rcillef. ! The- countess, who speaks perfect EnjU*;-.'' was at once, placed on .the,} staff, 4 >f'. the Red,Cross,-, the- headquarters W ' which, are d i , the • Island, of, Proti, -in ' the; Prinkopps; group, dad. wlll act W ’' an’ intarpreter.' ' v s,,S — * ~ ______ '•* < v . t SAND STORM, BLIZZ4RD AND 100 MILE GALE SWEEPS Wfesf M a k i n g up N e w Germ a n Cebinet Copenhagen, March 19.—A d agree ment hns been reached regarding the reorganization of the German cabinet it is stated in advices reaching here today. Doctor SchiefTer, vice premier and minister of justice, will become chancellor, according to this program, and General von Seecht will become minister of dcttense. Capt Fisher Crtno, general manager of the Hamburg-American steamship tine, is slated for the ministry of finance, and Count von BemsrtoriT, former ambassador to tbe United States for minister of foreign affairs. The report of the agreement for the cabinet reorganization and the ac companying slate are printed by the Hamburg Nachrlchten which declares H b information come from, a reliable ■owrce. Chicago, March 10.—Terrific sand and dust storms continued today/in tho southwest with conditions cliauging to a blizzard, in the northwest.' Only in tho eastern Rocky Mountain region, which suffered heavily yesterday from a wind which blew from 47 to 100 miles an hour, was a return to nearly nor mal conditions reported. In the southwest, principally Kansas, much damage was reported to newly planted wheat. The winds swept up vast volumes of d.ust from the recently cultivated fields and reports from some places said tbe sun was obscured for hours. In Topeka, Kas., and Kansas City, Mo.,;minor property-damage-wa« re,'| ported. - v ~', i... - - .it'.j Sleet and snow were driven by ia:' furious wind In'Iow a , South Dakota,? Minnesota and 'Wlscoimih.'ihose'statin- reporting a storm -equalling, in lnten- ; stty any of the winter. -■ . - •> *i The dust cloud* jn ; Northwestern;- J Colorado hid the sun foe hours yester-i day snd the tracks of tbe Colorado? and Southern Railroad were covered so deeply by sand that detours were necessary. The Denver and Salt LaW- Rallroad, was forced to suspend opera-’!;, * tions in the mountain district bccau«ei of a nundped miles an hour gale In the'* passes. : N 0 S K E F O R C E D F R O M P O S T , M A Y S H O O T O N L Y O N E R E V O L T L E A D E R ' 'VW-rti,., Stuggart, March 18.—The National Assembly, which met in extraordinary session here this afternoon, was to night declared adjourned by its pres ident, Konstantin Fehrenbach, to meet in Berlin on Tuesday next The gov ernment decided to proceed to Berlin on 'Sunday. The majority Socialist leaders here have demanded that Gustav Noske, the -minister of defense, resign his post. Herr Noske has complied by ten dering his resignation to President Ebert but the government hns not reached a decision as to Its acceptance and will not do so until the cabinet has considered the question. Should Noske retire it seems probable he will be succeeded by General von Seeeht, now in command of the troops in Ber lin. Dr. Schiller, tho minister of jns- tico, is being mentioned for tho pre miership in tbe proposed reorganised cabinet Herr Noske was present at the Assembly session today when Philipp Scheidemann, majority •Social ist leader and former premier, at tacked the minister of defense in a stirring speech and demanded a radi cal overhauling of the cabinet. Herr Henke, leader of tho Independent So cialists, asked Herr Noske where he was when the Kapp forces had their hands at the government’s throat and»r why he did not “break their bones” toutr Herr Noske by this time had disap:' pearod from the chamber. Representatives of all the principal parties at the session delivered speech es condemning the Kapp movement and urging tho punishment of tlia guilty. The speech making lasted from 4 o'clock until nearly nine. TTarr Scheidemann in the course of his ad dress, said: “Anyone who had eyes could how anti-republican sentiment had been growing in the security guard*, the monarchist officers becoming more and more Insolent.” He attributed Dr. Kapp's downfall to the response made by the working men to the call for a general strike. The government has instructed the court at Lelpsie to draw -warrants against nine of tbe principals in the revolt movement but tbiere is stm dls- cufKion of how severely these men shall be punished. One. element in The government hns suggested that only a single culprit be shot as mi example- Efforts were being made tonight -to have the Socialists agree to this pro gram instead of insisting upon the ex ecution of all those who should event ually be convicted of treason. WANTED WAR OF REVENGE Berne, March 19.—Ctomcetlor Bauer caused a sensation at yesterday’s sit ting of the German National Assem- Senate Committee Confirm s Colby Washington, March 10.—The nomi nation of Bainbridge Colby to be sec retary of state, wiiicb has been the subject of extensive hearings by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the was firvonrtHy reported today by committal! wltboat a. r*octfd vote, bly at Stuttgart wfren he nsvealed the conditions presented the government by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, and G<*aeral von Luettwitz before they entered Berlin last Saturday -nKcnteg. “They wished to prepare for a •war of revenge, and plunge the coun try into another cataclysm,’’ cried the cliHXicellor. “Pitiless punishmctat must come to 'these ofRvdcrs, their fortunes must be seized, they must be tried before the supreme court at Lcipsw.\