St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 7, 1920

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Circulation Figures Filed With United States Government fer Six ong Orbe 1, 1918-1919; al Globe-Dem erat Republic “ 1919. 161,178 76,702 4. 1018. 173,959 167,803 87.581 + f —_— ; ‘ oon. 10,998 Post Diapeteh 184.957 6424 10870 ~ pile tna tei tie aw Thee Star *53,544 *98,545 *87,834 °108,657 (*Ne Sunday) (®Ne Sunday) 34290 16.112 — ey = Tr, i be ales — ~~" ass . The Only Evening Paper - in , St. Louis er ere re SS eee . * - < ? ws f 4 W ith a a. ee ee ~~e + ee the nT. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Associated Press News Service EDITION *VOL. 72. NO. 162. ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1920—14 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ILSON REASSERTS HIS STAND ON TREAT DECREASE IN NEW INFLUENZA UASES AND DEATHS GUNTINUE } WILSON ACCEPTS 4 LANE RESIGNATION FECTIVE MARCH | Secretary of Interior’s Kuture Plans Uncertain— A. T. Vogelsang, Assistant, Men- tioned as Successor. » By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Secretary Lane of the Department of the In- terior has placed his resignation in the hands of President Wilson. It became known some time ago that the Secretary contemplated leaving the Cabinet when it was convenient for the President to release him. Secretary Lane's -resignation is ef- fective March 1. President Wilson has accepted the | resignation and date fixed by Lane. n of a probable successor today include the name of Alexander 7. Vogelsang of California, now First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Tt is understood that Lane's plans : for the immediate future have not fully matured, but will be an- siete ten ee °o the begin- 's adiminis- meniber ahd chairman of the Inter- ig, ecole Commission. Lane's resignation terminates a ce service of more than 20 years which he has held many posts with local offices in his @ State of California. It has a matter of common agreement politicians for some time that | would be a presidential possibil- ity were it not for the fact that he Was born in Canada. TREATY FIGHT TO RE-OPEN WITHOUT REED OR SPENCER Former Will Be With Mother in Ce- dar Rapids, Io., and Latter in Missouri. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Though Missouri's two Senators will be ab- pent during the opening stage of the new treaty fight beginning Monday— . Spencer in Missouri and Reed at the bedside of his mother in Cedar Rap- Io.——they will figure in the vot- by means of pairs. Spencer is Ocrat, of Tennessee, and Reed ex Reports for 24-Hour Period Show 394 Cases, Decline of 81—Fatalities Reported Since Yesterday Total 49. THIRD STRAIGHT DAY RECORDING DECLINE Woman and Four Children Received at City Hospital, Where 24 New Influenza Patients Are Taken. A still further decline in the num- ber of new influenza cases was noted today at the Health Department, the number reported for the 24-hour | | | , period ending at 9 a. m. being 394, | which is 81 fewer than the number 0 reported for the previous 24-hour period, which was 475. The total of cases since Jan. 20 now is 6812. This is the third straight day in which a decline in the number of new cases has been recorded. The largest number in any single day of the emergency was 757, reported last Wednesday. The decline began Thureday when 681 new cases were reported, There were 49 deaths from in- fluenza and pneumonia reported be- oen.ta- day. 28 of which were assigned to pneumonia and 71 to influenza. The number of new cases and the number of deaths this week exceed- ed the number last week. There were 8662 new cases this week and 2707 last. There were 234 pneu- monia deaths this week and 175 last. The compartson of influenza deaths was 186 this week and: 82 last. The total deaths from _ all causes this week was 665, while the number of births was 280. Births normally exceed deaths. The nurnber of deaths from influ- enza and pneumonia for the 24-hour period ending yesterday at 4 p. m. was 56, a decrease of 12 from the number for the previous 24 hours. These were divided in the reports, 32 from pneumonia and 24 from influ- enza. The number of deaths from these causes since Jan. 20, now is 453 from pneumonia and 274 from influenza, a total of 727. Twenty- -four new cases of influ- énza were received at the City Hos- pital for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m., making 5 admittances since Jan. 20. There were five deaths from influenza and two from pneu- aking the total deaths 89 since Jan. paired with Senator McKellar, x3 monia during the 24-hour period, pected to make a similar arrange ment with Senator Swanson, Demo- eer of Virginia. In the Senate chamber yesterday, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, _ Democratic leader, crossed to the Re- Publican side and engaged Spencer in a@ long conversation. said later that Hitchcock UAsUccessfully tried to win him to _ further compromises on the treaty _ than those tentatively agreed upon by the Fecent conference of Democrats and “t told hm, him,” said Spencer, ‘that nde = Al for the Democratic va yield something. Hitchcock will find that Some of the Republicans who last time voted for reservations with mis- will now support them with and full conviction.” the irreconcilable Senator Reed said before that he did not know | tactics would be followed, but some way would be found out” the treaty. KER PLANS TO WED Y KNOWLES TOMORROW of Marriage - Spiker of Baltimore, flance Emily Knowles, the young woman who came to this with her child, of which brother, Lieut. Perley Spik- father, indicated today that | e with Miss Knowles take place here tomorrow. from Washington where officials said they had. to the marriage, Spiker ) the city hall and arranged : to him tomorrow of the , He said he’ leave Fall River tomor- it for his home in Balti- Pe os a ee 0 Among the new influenza pa- tients were Mrs. Rose Basile, 27 years old, 1412A Carr street, and her four children ranging in age from two months to seven years. Mra. Sophie Freund Dies of Influ- enza; Leaves Infant Son. Mrs. Sophie Freund, 29 years old, of 3662 Lafayette avenue, financia: secretary of the Council. of Jewish Women and a member of the Wednesday Musicale, died at her home yesterday from influenza con- tracted a few days before the birth of a son ten days ago.« She was the wife of Dr. Newton M. Freund, and a daughter of Max Littmann, 4904 McPherson avenue, a manufacturer. Funeral services will be conducted at the Freuhd residence tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock by Rabbi Leon, Harrison. Interment will be private. In addition to her husband and infant son Mrs. Freund is survived by a daughter, Marjorie, 2 years old, two brothers, Edgar and Bernard Littman, and a sister, Mrs. Hanna Auer. 31 New Influenza Cases in East St. Louis, With One Death. One death from influenza and pneumonia, and 31 additional cases of inflmenza were reported today to the East St. Louls Board of Health for the 24 hours, ending at 10 a. m. This number makes a total of 28 deaths and 899 cases of influ.nza re- ported since Jan. 1. New Law Deprives St. Louls County of Health Officer vn St. Louls County is thout a Health Commissioner. Dr. G. C. Eg- gers, former Health Commissioner, id serving gratuitously, but has no authority to enforce drastic meas- ures to check thé spread of influ- enza. This fact was disclosed yesterday when the County Court failed to ap- point an emergency Deputy State Continued on Page 2, Column 6. ' i | town -shope said the. i : \guaranteed by the Government SEAPLANES WITH WING SPREAD OF 140 FEET PLANNED U. S. Navy Also Wants 154 Other Planes, Four Dirigibles and 44 Balloons. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Con- struction of two giant seaplanes, twice the size of the transatlantic NC-4, and larger than any in the world, is planned by the Navy De- partment, the House Naval Commit- tee was told today by Capt. T. T. Craven, Director of Naval Aviation. He asked for $636,000 for this work and proposed a naval aviation pro- gram costing $12,890,000 for 1921. Besides the two big planes Capt. Craven recommended four new NC planes, 150 smaller ones, one large rigid dirigible, costing $2,700,000, three smalier non-rigid dirigibles, 38 kite balloons and six free bal- loons. Capt. Craven said Great Britain and Italy were planning to build planes similar to the large ones which the American navy hopes to complete in 18 months. The Amer- ican machines would have a carry- ing capacity’ of 39 tons, a wing spread of 140 feet and would be capable of weathering high seas if forced to land on the water, he said. Capt. Craven also asked that Con- gress provide $10,000,000 for new alr stations, $7,600,000 for main- tenance of existing stations and $7,- 000,000 for experimental work. HAIRCUT ADVANCES TO 50 AND A SHAVE TO 25 CENTS) raise.’ wner of Downtown Shops Says In- crease Is Duc to High Price of Barbcr Materials. The high cost of shaves and hair- cuts has advanced again. latest scale adopted by downtown barber shops and at the large hotels | teaching the price of a shave is 25 cents and the price of a haircut 50 cents. For several months the prices had ; } ' | | | | | Under the | | been 20 cents for a shave and 40) cents for a hair cut. most downtown shops before the war were 15 cents for shaves and cents for haircuts. The owner of Jeveral large down- was due to the increased cost of mate- rials used in the barber trade. CONFEREES FINISH RAIL BILL GUARANTEEING 53 PER CENT ee a eee ee Agree on Rate of Retarn for Two Years, Leavinc It to Interstate Commerce Commission There- after. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. of 63 value of the be | for two years under an agreement reach- ed today by the Senate and House conferees on the railroad bill. In announcing the agreement to- day, Senator Cummins said the re- written section provided that after the two-year period the perecentage of return would be fixed by the In- terstate Commerce Commission, which would be authorized to fix rates so as to yield that return. With the agreement on this sec- tion the conferees completed their work on the bill and Senator Cum- mings said their report probably would be ready for Congress by Feb. 16. Leaders hope to complete final enactment of the bill before the railroads are returned to private control on March 1. 550 MAROONED ON ISLAND 200 Have Influenza With Only One ‘ Doctor in Reach. By the Associated Press. SANDUSKY, O., Feb. 7.—Accord- ing to reports tonight from Kelley’s Island: where 650 people are ma- rooned for the winter, the influen- za situation is desperate. There are about 200 cases on the isiand, with only one doctor and practically no nurses. railroads would 35 | | In Tomorrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch An Unusual Interview With H. G. Wells— Famous novelist, visited by a Post-Dispatch correspondent at his London club, tells of his plan to write a human history of the human race. ‘“‘Brunt’’—Another excellent | short story by “Fannie Hurst. Complete in the Magazine Sec- tion. As the Camera Saw Lincoln—aA page of historic photographs of the great emancipator, strik- ingly reproduced in the Roto- gravure Section. Buffalo Bill, as His Wife, Who Was a Native of St.. Louis, Knew Him—<A very human and sympathetic picture of the great plainsman by his com- panion of 50 years. Some Extraordinary Skating **Stunts’’—A page of unusual in th a e Rotogra- Order Your Copy Now The prices at! 7.—A return | gram ? per cent on the aggregate | teachers of St. Louis have seen niil- ‘lack of funds.’ ‘count very TEACHERS. TERM PROPOSED ADVANCE OFFICE BOY RAISE’ 000 Increase Is Decidedly Inadequate factory to Entire Corps. SCALE THIRD HIGHER THAN PRESENT WANTED Statement Asserts Board Has Hundreds of Thousands for Buildings, Yet Com- plains of “Lack of Funds.” The Joint Committee representing | the Grade and High School Teach- ers’ Associations, at a meeting last night at which the recent decision of the Board of Education to appro- | priate $250,000 for salary increases was discussed, characterized eek agg increase as Committee to issue the statement for publication: “It was the unanimous opinion of and Unsatis-| RAILROADS IN 1913 | | upon the | “an office boy's | and authorized the Publicity | following | | year, , increased the committee that the smaliness of | the sum appropriated would be de- | cidedly unsatisfactory: to the entire | corps. uniformly distribufed. each, teacher nothirg ‘an office boy raise.’ “After having stated would more than The amount, if | give | | steadily increasing number of pack- | | ages stolen and repeatedly | that it was absoiutely impossible to! grant the teachers an immediate in- crease ‘owing to the lack of funds,’ the board found available funds in nddition to the large surplus which has been repeatedly mentioned in the press. There still remains the surplus of many hundred thousands of dollars from which the teachers claim money should be taken for an adequate increase in their salaries. “Why is the board so:anxious to maintain this large surplus under | the present trying conditions? | possible that the board plans to use | ever, Is it | this money later in its building pro- | For many lions of dollars taken from the gen- eral fund and devoted to buildings years past the) while their salaries have remained | inadequate on account of so-called Such measures ac- largely for the pro- nounced unrest that now exists among the teachers. “The action of the teachers re- garding the inadequacy of the im- mediate increase remains to be de- termined. Increase of One-Third Urged. “The chief appeal of the teachers board, namely, that the salary schedule to be effective next Sep- tember shall be not less than 33 1-3 per cent above the present level. Early action on this point is possi- ble because the amount to be re- cefved from the increased taxes voted in November can be _ deter- mined with a fair degree of accur- acy. The taxpayer voted this in- crease for teachers’ salaries and not for new buildings, new departments, or extension of old departments.” As has been stated, the emergency appropriation, which will be made at the regular meeting of the board next Tuesday tendent Withers submits a revised schedule, if equally divided among the 2500 teachers, will amount to $100 for each teacher, or $20 addli- tional a month for the five remain- ing months of the present scholastic term, which ends in June. The teachers, through their attorney, had requested the board to appropriate $500,000. President McDonald has said that at the conclusion of the scholastic ‘and are especially difficult to trace, ‘as the shipment leaves and arrives ‘apparently in good condition, and it those most severely hit in the last ‘year, and so great has the risk be- has not yet been considered by the | come that the Railroad Administra- ‘tion has been considering excluding | said, were sustained in j night when Superin- | | year the board will make a complete | survey of school funds and _s esti- mates of appropriations, and will then direct the Superintendent of In- struction to submit a revised salary schedule for the remainder of the fiscal year, beginning with Septem- ber. Questionnaire Plan Abandoned. Supt. Withers today said that in view of the board's action in set- ting aside additional funds for the teachers’ payroll, he had abandoned (a plan to send out questionaires to or prorated to the entire teaching | the teaching staff regarding the sal- ary subject. He said that his inten- tion had been misinterpreted in cer- tain quarters. He had no tdea of asking the teachers anything about their individual living expenses, he said, but was going to ascertain their attitude on how an additional appro- priation should be distributed among the teachers, whether they believed ‘the money should be divided equal- ly among teachers of a certain grade }eorps ‘on a percentage basis, accord- ing to the various salaries paid. . being os ing to a recent teport of the United | States LOST $49,000,000 INFREIGHT THEFTS ARTIFICIAL ROSES AND CARNATIONS USED AT FUNERALS Cloudy Weather Retards Bloom- ing of Flowers—Prices at Highest Level of Winter. Artificial flowers have been used, in combination with real flowers, in designs furnished for funerals in the ‘Committee Declares $250,- -| Technique of Robbery High- ‘last few days by a number of St. ‘Louis floral concerns. This has been ly Developed and Is Used by “Master Thieves”’ in| Many Countries. ROADS CONSIDER BARRING RAW SILK Officials Complain Federal Courts Set Aside Many Cases for Business Consid- ered More Important. 'and made necessary, the dealers ex- plain, by cloudy weather, which has retarded the blooming of flowers. by the increased number of funerals, due to influenza and pneu. monia,. The shortage was relieved yester- day, for some firms, by receipt of shipments of flowers from Chicago and elsewhere... The florists say that, if sunshine is more plentiful for the next few weeks, there will be enough grown here to meet any possible de- mand. The artificial flowers used have been chiefly roses and carnations. The supply of real lilies of the val- ley and orchids has not at any time been exhausted, but so many per- sons have insisted on roses and car- ‘nations that recourse has been had By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Wholesale looting of merchandise in transit the railroads of the United States caused a loss of approximate- ly $45,000,000 in 1919, according to United States Railroad Administra- tion statistics. This fs estimated to be more than double the losses in any pre-war but it is pointed out that the costs of the commodities |! to the artificial flowers, which, when placed in designs, are charged for at the same rate as real flowers. Flower prices are now at the high- est level reached this winter. The minimum price for roses is $6 a doz- en, and for carnations $4. Orchids and other more expensive flowers have not increased in price. DEMURRER IN MILK CASE OVERRULED IN FEDERAL COURT stolen, which are roughly estimated Pst. Louis Dairy Co. Must Go to Trial be | taken into consideration when com- | of to- there has been a | to average 85 per cent. must paring past losses with those dav. Nevertheless, the organizations | combatting the thieves have been called to meet an increased ingenu- ity exercised in diverting goods from their owners. A technique of robbery has been developed so highly that the meth- ods of “master thieves” are similar | in the United States, England, | France, Italy and Argentina, accord- Chamber of Commerce in Argentina. Thief hunters here, how- are inclined to discredit that organization's belief that a “wide- spread international organization” Is at work stealing merchandise. Difficult to Trace. Substitution is the usual method used by the robbers. Sometimes boxes supposed to contain velvets are found at their destineation to be filled with calico or other cheaper grades of cloth, but as a rule waste paper is found. These are referred to as’! “eoncealed losses” by railroad men, | is almost impossible to discover at what point the theft occurred. The silk industry has been one of raw silks from the privilege of | freight transportation by rail. The jewelers, who have always been looked upon as easy prey by thieves, fared better last year by ap- proximately 50 per cent than in the previous year, it was said at the Jewelers’ Protective Union. Defi- nite figures were declined on the ground that it “might encoufage robbers” when they find out what a vast volume of business they are missing. Most of the losses, it was goods sent by registered mail or express. Among the methods frequently used by thieves are the following: A truckman at a freight station with a load of goods watches his op- portunity and takes the freight clerk’s receiving stamp, puts it on the bill of lading and then drives off with the goods, which he sells. He has a properly receipted bill of lad- ing from the railroad to show his employers. Forgeries of the receiv- ing stamp are sometimes used. Arrests in St. Louis. Another method is for a truckman to drive into a city freight yard with an empty box on his truck. The guateman takes a record of the truck and its load and when it leaves extra packages must be accou ed for. But the truckman in this in- stance substitutes a box of stolen. merchandise for the empty he brought in. Or he may have a bot- tomless box which he places over a smaller package containing stolen goods. In such instances it is nearly always found that the thieves have borrowed or stolen licensed trucks. Robbers often get aboard trains and throw goods out for confeder- ates to pick up along the route. Mo- tor truck drivers have been caught taking part in this scheme in _ St. Louis, New York, Chicago and Kan- sas City recently. Railroad men complain of the dif- ficulty in getting convictions. The Federal law provides for a penalty of $1000 or a year in jail for break- ing car seals, but there have been so many cases that the Federal courts have set them aside for buasi- ness considered more important. on Charge of Shipping Adul- terated Milk. Federal Judge Faris today handed down an opinion overruling the de- 'murrer filed by the St. Louis Dairy Co., to the indictment charging it ‘with having shipped from Illinois in 1917 a number of cans of adulter- ated milk in violation of the pure food and drugs act. The company demurred on the ground that the Government, in its indictment, charged that the com- pany had previously been convicted of a similar violation on a plea of nolo contedere (no contest). The company’s contention that such a plea: could not be recognized us a conviction was disputed by the Government, which maintained that for the purpose of the pure food and drug act such a plea is as damaging as a conviction by jury or a plea of guilty. The Government's position was sustained by Judge Faris and as a result the St. Louis DaiPy Co., and several other dairy companies of St. Louis, who were similarly charged, will be-forced to trial. The date of ‘he trial has not been set. NO MAIL FROM NEW YORK RECEIVED IN ST; LOUIS TODAY Snow Storm in East Causes Delay— Definite Information Lacking on When It Will Arrive. Receipt of mail here from New York has been seriously affected by the snow storm in the east. No mall was received today from the general post office in New York, the Hudson Terminal Station or the Grand Cen- tral Station. No definite information has been received by the post office as to where the trains were blocked, nor has any information been received as to when this mail may be expected. TEMPERATURE TO RISE TOMORROW ; CLOUDY TONIGHT THE TEMPERATURES. 44 of Crew Remain Aboard. HITCHCOCK READS EXECUTIVE'S LETTER T0 HIS COLLEAGUES 0 LANDED FROM LINER AGROUND NEAR NEW YORK Steamship Which Has Been on Sand Reef Off Rockaway Since Thursday. By the Associated Presa. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Thirty-two passengers and 28 of the crew of the steamship Princess Anne, which was" stranded on a sand bar at Rockaway Point Thursday night while bound from Norfolk, Va., to'New York were landed at the Battery by the police boat patrol soon after one o'clock this afternoon. Forty-four members of the crevy, remained aboard the distressed vessel. Captain Frank Seay of Norfolk, who was injured while navigating the boat through the storm, was among those landed. The transfer from the stranded ship to the patrol was effected by small boats manned by the police crew, without accident. The passen- gers said that they were in their bunks when the ship grounded. They were assured by the officers that there was no danger and there wes no syn of panic. It was not until yesterday morning, when the ship's position was obtained by navy radio, that those on board knew where they were. There was no discomfort at any time, they said. The grounding of the ship was oc- casioned by the heavy snowstorm which made observation of lights and course markers impossible. Officials of the Old Dominion Line said the vessel could be filwated if the weather continued favorable. 10 MEN DESERT WRECKED SHIP WITHOUT LEAVE AND DISAPPEAR Wircless Message Tells of Rescue of Captain and 25 of Crew by Coast Guard Cutter. the Associated Press BOSTON, Feb. 7.——A boat contain- ing 10 men of the wrecked concrete steamer Holias, off Rockland, near Mosquito Light, left the vessel at 9:30 today, without the master’s per- mission, and was not afterward seen, according to a radio message re- ceived here from the Coast Guard cutter Acushnet. The message said the Acushnet had taken off the Captain and 25 of the crew. The transfer to the coastguard cutter was accomplished in the heavy seas by the crews of the coast- guard stations. The Acushnet then started in search of the missing boat load from the Polias. The Polias struck last night on Old Cilley Ledge, five miles south of Port Clyde and 20 miles south of Rock- land. She was bound for Norfolk, By 88 having left Searsport yesterday after Highest yesterday, 41, at 6 p. m.; lowest, 34, at 8 a. m. THEYVE PUT THE JANITOR, THROUGH THE 73D DEGREE. Official forc- cast for St. Louls and vicinity: Generally cloudy tonight and to- morfow, warmcr tomorrow; low- est temperature tonight will be above the frecz- ing point. Missouri and Iilinois: Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and to- night and _ to- morrow; warm- er tomorrow. Stage of the river at 7 a.m., 4.6 feet, a rise of 1.1 foot. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.— Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday include: Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys: Occasional light snows about the middle and again at the end of week; slightly colder first ef week; normal or above thereafter. of discharging a cargo of coal. REVISED CASUALTY LIST SHOWS ONLY 3 “MISSING IN ACTION” By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—-Comple- tion of the record of casualties of the American expeditionary forces in the world war was announced yes- terday by Adjutant-General Harris with the issuance of a final revised ‘st of the “old casualties.” Since the review of the American expeditionary forces records virtually has been completed, it was said no further ad- ditions or corrections were likely. The last names added to the list | of killed tn action were: Privates Neles Penderson, Howard, Ss. D., and Paul Schmidt, Kalamazoo, Mich., bringing the total casualties to date as follows: Killed in action, including 382 at sea, 34,844. Died of wounds, 13,960. Died of disease, 23,738. Died from accident and causes, 5102. Wounded in action (over 85 per cent returning to duty), 215,423. Missing in action (not including prisoners released and returned), 3 Total of 293,070. War Department officials said it was remarkable that the final com- pilation showed only three men listed as ‘missing in action.” ‘ other Ciena Is Under stood to Have Expressed Willingness to Accept Any Interpretive Reservations Democrats Frame. ENDORSES THE STAND TAKEN BY HITCHCOCK Attitude Taken’ in Message to Democrats at Jackson Day Dinner Is Reasserted, According to Report of Letter. By the Assoctated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 atte listening to a letter from President Wilson, reaffirming his stand agafnsé. any but interpretative reservations to the peace treay, Democratic Sen- ators decided in conference toaay fo proceed with their previous plans to help bring the treaty up in the Sen- ute Monday and to work for a reser; ,» vation compromise. A long discussion, in. which some Senators are sald to have urged that the Democratic Senate leaders pbé more compromising in their atti tude, followed submission of the communication. The only formal decision reached, it was announced, was to aid in every possible way the move to take up the treaty and ¢x- pedite its ratification. Indorses Hitcock’s Stand. Senator Hitchcock took the letter’ with him today into the Democratic conference called to consider plans for getting the treaty back on the Senate floor. It was understood that the Presi«« dent indorsed the minority leader's atand on the treaty, and re-affirmed the President's attitude as stated in his letter to the Jackson Day diners. The letter is understood to have expressed the President's willingness to accept any interpretative reserva-— tions that the frame, but to have omitted discus. sion of any specific reservation pro- posals. In his letter, wlifch was sent to Senator Hitchcock, the Democratic leader, more than a week ago, the ¢ President is understood to have ap- proved the Senator's course in the unofficial bipartisan compromise negotiations then in progress. It was said there was no detailed discus- sion of these negotiations in to- day’s conference, and no formal de- cision whether the Democrats would support in the Senate the reserva- tions agreed on by the bipartisan committee. Upholds Former Resolution. Senator Hitchcock said afterward that the conference developed no dissent from the bipartisan commit- tee’s conclusions, but that the course of the Democrats in the Sen- ate next week would be shaped by the moves made by the Republic« ans. The Democratic leader also dé clared there had been no change in the atttitude of the Democrats, and that they remained as determined as ever not to accept the Republican reservation to Article 10 without modification. President Wilson's letter is under- stood to have been written in re. sponse to a memorandum fro Senator Hitchcock outlining the course of Democratic members of the bipartisan committee. The letter was written before thé’ publication of Viscount Grey's letter stating that the Lodge reservations were acceptable to Great Britain. The most important of these res- ervations was taken to be that con- cerning article 10 of the treaty. Fol- lowing is the draft of the compra?’ mise on the reservation on article 10, which Senator Hitchcock con tended had been “assented to by. most of the members of the confer-" ence on both sides of the table” be-. fore negotiations were interrupted: “The United States assumes - no obligation to employ its military or naval forces or the economic cott to preserve the territorial | rity or political independence of any other country under the of article 10, or to employ the milii- tary or naval forces of the ~~ States under any article of Democrats might ns 2 < ia . —- = - . —_ — Po ee ~ — 7 EG LECT: _- eR NE A A th: Alita AL OE I EN CLL Lt TE EI hg LO CE AEC I le Ont Ae a Ie Ny LE OE A IR ERT ER en «me = ems - ; ° * ° ° - - ~