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SEIZED BOCHE CARS
BURST INTO FLAMES
Fiue Frenchn,en Killed in Cos
Mystery.

PARIS, Feb. G.--Two railway coach..
recently handed over to Franco by Ger.
many played a most important par, i,
puzzlIng accident on the parls.Me,,
railway line last night In which evo
persons lost their lives Sixteen Do.
sons were injured
Train No. AZ, bound for Metz. lad
just entered the tunnel az Nanteu,l
when the passengers occupying the two
coaches handed over by Germany ...
gan to experience trouble in hreatbiry
and strong obnoxious gases began to m
the coaches.
The passengers smashed the Windows
but as soon as fresh air came In con,a /,
with the gases the coaches became 4
mass of fire. The passengers, in terror
fed to the tracks In the dark tunnel /,
train going in the opposite dlrectio,
crashed into them and five were KILLED
OF the sixteen injured, all Of whom
were treated at the hospital at Chateau
Thierry, eight suffered only from The
effects of asphyXiating gas. An of7cia,
statement given out by the railroad con.
pany says:
THE fire In the coaches was not due
to any defect in the lighting or hea,tr.
apparatus, nor to not box. Tho pres.
ence OF the obnoxious gases Is still NJ
explained. Both coaches were consumed
by the flames"
The sun., 1919-02-07
HEROIC ACTS OF %
TARS BRING HONORS
New York and Jersey Men
Among Sailors Commended
by Daniels.
U-BOAT FIGHT PRAISED
Patchoguc Seaman Who Saved
Soldier Gets Special Men,.
ton i'm List.
U-BOAT FIGHT PRAISED

wAsH1NGToN, Feb. 6.--Secretary Dam
iels announced to-day that he had com
mended twenty-elght enlisted men Of
the navy for acts Of exceptional bravery
Among them were twenty-three mem
bers Of the Grew Of the steamer Beatrice
commended for efficiency in action and
accuracy in firing during an encounter
with n German submarine November .
They are:
Jacob r. De Garmo, Peninsula Gene
terry, W. Va; Charles Fredericks, 1st
Walnut street. Newark: Ernest c. Kra'
mer, Kilbourne, I'll. George II. layior
Westerly, r. l.; Neal d. Croker New.
berry Fla. Richard J. Smith, Mount
Vernon. Ohio: Edgar \. Jones, Balti'
more John C. Robinson. Carlinville. Ill.
Roy l.. Haddox. Cairo. W. Va: john j
Kelley, San Francisco: Russell X. AT
mold, Baltimore; William II. Creagn
1883 Amsterdam avenue. New YORK
Gregg Frazier, Pittsburg Calvin A. Al
Ter Baltimore; Harold c. Holcomb. Red
lands, Cal; William II, Metz, st
Mchaels. Pa John F. Hill, Lancaster
Pa. /; George c. Leslie. Joliet, Ill. james
j. Hernigan, 40 Columbus avenue. New
York; Henry Young, SO Clerk street
Jersey city Charles J. Weston. 1l3 Hi
street West Hoboken. y. j.; Hazen +
Martin. Detroit. Mich. Edward +. Nc
Bride. Birmingham, Ala.
Seaman John X. NanderveeT. Patch
ogue L. T., was commended for courag
eous action in connection with rescu
of soldiers from the transport Northern
Pacific off Fire Island on January
Vanderveer, a spectator, rescued sol
der thrown into the surf by the over
Charles II. Hammann. baltimore. wa
commended for bravery In rescuing En-
sign Ludlow. whose seaplane had beef
forced down during a combat will
enemy machines.
For bravery displayed in unloading
the cargo and assisting in putting GU
fire aboard the American steame
Ophir at Gibraltar. November 10, Sec
rotary Daniels commended Stanley Il
Fawcett, Norfolk, Va. Jerome a. Giles
Beaumont, Tex, and Maynard A. Roter
mund Berkeley, Cal
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SAYS GERMANY MAY
ENTER BANKRUPTCY
French Budget Chairman
Warns Allies to Avert II.
By the Associated Press,

PARIS, Feb. Germany is making
utmost efforts to have the Entente Allies
believe she is nearing bankruptcy. said
Raoul Peret, chairman of the Budget
Commission OF the Chamber of Deputies
and former Minister of Justice. IN dis
cussing to-day the financial problems
facing the Peace Conference. The first
measures of the conference along finan-
cial lines, he added, should be to take
measures to prevent Germany from de-
claring herself an insolvent debtor or
a bankrupt state.
Then" NJ Peret continued, I'VE
should fix Immediately the amount OF
our account against Germany. which
she must be made to pay to the full
limit of her financial ability without
consideration for her feelings II will be
time enough then to decide about the
method OF payment. She may pay either
In capital Immediately or in yearly In
stalments.
Il do not believe that Germany at the
present time is in a position to pay a
large amount in cash. We must not
demand from her a too heavy payment
now so as to place her in "A position
where she might argue that we are
strangling her and XII ng the goose that
Is to lay the golden eggs"
The sun., 1919-02-07
BRITISH WAR JUNK
OFFERED FOR SALE
Submarine Chasers and Bal
looms Amsag Bargains
to BE Had,
Special corrsspondencs 10. Tus sry


LONDON, Jan. 2S.-The British Admir-
atty is preparing a catalogue for the
biggest tumble sale in the, worlds his
tory. 1T will include,"' said an official
at the Admiralty, almost everything
Imaginable. from an obsolete dread
nought- to a seamans spare pair Of
socks"
Something like 200 ships OF war will
be offered for disposal-battleships. bat
tie cruisers, torpedo boats, launches and
patrol boats.
But for the war many OF these vessels
would have come on the market before
in the ordinary course OF events, as their
period OF usefulness to the navy expired
Others have been constructed for war
and to meet certain purposes and are
not OF a type or construction that they
need remain in commission any longer
About 400 motor launches. built in
America, will'be among the first to be
offered for sale. They have fulfilled a
useful purpose as submarine chasers. and
the Admiralty has decided to sell the
whole fleet
Colonial Governments will have the
first opportunity to buy these craft. AL
ready several applications for a number
Of them have been received from one
neutral country.
They could be easily adapted to COM
mercial purposes as coastal boats. but II
used in their present condition for pleas
ure purposes they would tax the pocket
OF a millionaire. as each one consumes
over sixty gallons of petrol an hour.
The end OF the war has also finished
the necessity Of the Admiralty retain
ing a number OF airships OF certain types.
and these will be offered to any one who
may have the means of housing them.
The balloons which have hoated over
London On nearly every calm day since
the war commenced will also be placed
In the catalogue.
Tens OF million dollars worth OF other
Admiralty property will also be put UP
for sale. including stores of all descrip-
tons, which will not be needed when tho
navy returns To a peace time footing.
Mahogany which was left over from
the construction OF airplane propellers
TO the value of $40 900. 900 is expected to
find ready buyers among furniture max
ers.
The battleships and other vessels will
be brought to port and be open for in
spection before they are offered by ten
der or nut under the hammer.
Sales will be arranged from time to
time in various parts of Britain. and
'the Admiralty will seek" said an Off
cial, "as II has always done In the past
the widest possible competition"
The sun., 1919-02-07
ARMED REBELS RIOT
IN SAXONY'S CAPITAL
Serious Disorders in Magde.
burg; IS Killed in Bremen.

PARIS, Feb. 6.-Serious disorders
have occurred in Masdebure. capital Of
the Province OF Saxony according to
Berlin advces. Soldiers and sailors,
armed with grenades and machine guns.
broke down the doors of the court
house, liberated leo prisoners. smashed
shop windows, pillaged shops and
trained machine guns on the inhab-
tants. The Government troops are vig-
orously attacking the revolutionists.
despatch from Bremen announces
that during tho fighting in that city
Tuesday eighty-tive persons were killed
and several hundred wounded.
A new provisional government COM
posed of five Majority Socialists, has
been proclaimed in Bremen. 1t takes
the place OF the Bremen government OF
peoples mandatorics" and the Work.
mems Council.
The city of Bromberg. German Poland
has been recaptured from the Poles by
German troops after brisk fighting.
Magdeburg lies on the Elbe seventy.
six miles southwest of Berlin It is
considered one of the strongest fort
ressss OF the German Empire. consisting
of a citadel, redoubts and a circle OF
detached forts. Before the war tho city
had a population of nearly 100000 |,
is one OF the most important CONNER.
cal towns In northern Germany.
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WEYMOUTH EAGER
TO RULE GERMANY
Pre.Uar Hohenzollern Gang
Still Retains PoWer.

LONDON, Feb. 6--The latest candidate
for the German presidency appears to be
DR.. Adolph Wermouth. chief burgo-
master of Berlin and 4 Liberal Democrat
who warmly supported the war He is
So years old and has had several wears
experience in English speaking countries,
having been German imperial commits
sioner to the Melbourne exhibition in
1889 and to the Chicago Worlds FAIR in
1898
He resigned the secretaryship q, tho
imperial treasury several years before
the war because OF his opposition TO the
building of ornaments with borrowed
capital.
The Socialists are said to be willing
to let the Democrats have the presi-
dency. while the Socialists, through
Ebert, intend to take over the leadership
of the Provisional Government. Ebert
will have the rank OF Prime Minister
The National Assembly will decide
whether the Provisional Government
shall be newly created or consist OF the
Ebert-Scheidemann crowd that has been
conducting affairs since the revolution.
One OF the first tasks will be to vote
new credits for various state purposes
While IL is new Germany that is be-
Ing created. its godfathers are unfe-
pentant and unregenerate. A list of the
Assembly delegates shows with few ex-
ceptions that they are the same old
Reichstag clique which in 1914 supported
Hollweg's proclamation that necessity
knows no law. The pre-war Hohenzol-
lernites are all at Wemar. cloaked I'M
der the name OF tho German People s
party. The managing directors OF the
Krupps will be found on the Conservs-
tive benches there.
The personnel of the Assembly holds
out little prospect that the new Germany
will be essentially different from the old
one. German newspapers are still talk
ing about their "undefeated army" and
telling how Hindenburg's heroes were
welcomed homo with 'untarnshed
escutcheons' II is in that spirit that the
Assembly meets. with only one regret
about tho war namely that they lost IT,
The sun., 1919-02-07
SOCIETY OF NATIONS
ALREADY OUTLINED
Principles of the Entire Draft
Are Agreed To.

PARIS, Feb. 6.-The Society Of Ma
lions Commission virtually mas covered
one-third OF its task, II was officially
announced this afternoon. Agreement
has been reached on the principles I'M
Ederlying the whole draft for a society
OF nations.
At it's session the commission dis
cussed articles dealing with the motives
behind the formation OF a society, the
objects which will safeguard the consti-
tuition OF its chief organs and the qualiti-
rations for membership,
The brief formal announcement was
not supplemented by any statement az
10 the nature OF the three paragraphs
approved. II being pointed out that
they were subject to amendment or COM
Ilete substitution in the light OF such ac-
ton as might be taken upon the re-
,nainder of the plan.
1t is believed the preamble in effect
is statement at greater length OF the
declaration of the full Peace Conference
at its second session. This. In brief.
was that II was essential a mainte-
nance or the world settlement that a So
ciety OF nations should be created TO
promote International cooperation. IN
snsure the fulilment OF international
obligations and TO provide safegua I'd /,
against war,
omciai Report OF Session.
The onicial communication on peace
matters issued this afternoon reads.
The Commission on the League n,
Nations held its third meeting last
night Appreciate progress was made
In the consideration of the draft. II
was further unanimously agreed. In
accordance with the decision OF the
conference at the Quai dOrsay yester-
day that representatives OF Czecho-
l Slovakia, Greece. Poland and Ruma-
I MIA should be associated with the
| commission In its deliberations
In their second and third session.
I the commission have covered practI-
1 cally one-third OF their task. Thev
4 have discussed those articles which
deal with the motives behind the for
nation OF League OF Nations and the
objects which would safeguard the
constitution OF Its chief .organ as and
the qualifications for membership IN
4 the league.
L While the decisions OF the commission
\ with regard TO each article arc pro-
risional. many apparent dificuitie,
The sun., 1919-02-07
WILSON HELD UP AS
GEAR IN CONGRESS
Representative Dies Den0unces
President for Secret Confer
ences With Foreign Nations.
SEES U. s. AS A LOSER
House Hears General Assault
on Tendency Toward
PaternaliSm.
Special Bespdtch TO THE SrS

WARRINGTON, Feb. 6.--President Will
sons assumption of complete authority
to speak without controversion for the
whole American people and to commit
this nation without further reference to
popular will and popular opinion to a
policy OF internationalism was bitterly
assaulted In the House to-day.
The assault grew out of the general
debate on the naval building programme.
which Is under fire from all sides since
the publication of the Presidents de-
mand for blind support as essential to
the consummation of his programme Of
negotiations at Versailles. For hours
the House rocked in the turmoil OF at
tack and defence In one OF the most
acrimonius discussions ever precipitated
n that body.
"lnternationalism" as a blanket de-
scrtption for meddllng not only in the
anairs or other nations but in the indi-
Vidual destinies of the citizenry of Amer
ca. was the storm centre upon which
Representative Martin Dies, Democrat Of
Texas. opened and closed the debate.
Dies referred to internationalism, pa =
ternalism and socialism In the same
breath, declared the effect of the tre-
mendous expenditures In behalf OF pa
ternalistic projects we're taking the in
comes of every eleventh man IN the
country to build houses for some lazy
Fellows who will not work enough or
earn enough and save enough to build
their own houses" and are Grinding the
minds and arms OF the people to their
sides by socialistic enactments.'
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what Does Uncle Sam Getf
NAVAL BILL DUE
TO PASS TO-DAY
Personnel of 225, 900 Men Is
Approved.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--General debate
on the s750.o0o.oo0 naval appropriation
bill. with Its new three year building
programme, was closed to-day. and the
House worked until late tonight on
amendments. with a view to passing the
measure tomorrow. Leaders said that II
necessary second night session would
be held. Without opposition. the House
approved the provision fixing the tenn
porary personnel of the navy at $4,000
men. exclusive of officers. for the fiscal
year beginning next July.
About half the bill had been approved
when the House adjourned tonight I'M
der an agreement to meet tomorrow an
hour earlier than usual.
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Attack on Wilson.

Il think II was the most unfortunate
thing that ever happened to this Gov
eminent when our President sailed
away from the shores of America to
entangle our destinies with the destinies.
broils and quarrels of the old World.
There are a hundred men In this
Congress, who by virtue OF attainment.
reading and craftsmanship are better
qualified to fill the Presidency than the
present occupant of the White House.
In the name of God. why should we
turn over the practical policies to an
erratic statesman, to a man who never
served in a legislative capacity? And
I"hope you Republicans will take this In
good spirit.
MY wish.' Dies declared. sis that
the President OF the United States was
In his office. and that this great ,Amsri-
can Union could get back 10 the Ideals
OF Lincoln and get back to jefferson
and the Constitution which seems obso-
lete now.
..rNe have ayRrssidsaitsofsth a United
States who does not believe In a written
The sun., 1919-02-07
PADEREWSKI WINS
POLISH ELECTIONS
Women Form Large Part of
the 10000. Voters.

PARIS. Feb. 6.--The elections In Poland
for members OF the Constituent Assem-
bly, resulted in the list headed BY Pre-
mier Paderewski and NJ. Dmowski OBJ
tanning so per cent. OF the total votes.
Tho Polish Socialist party got 10 per
cent, and the remainder went to Jewish
candidates. according 10 a telegram
from the Polish Official News Agency
to the Polish Committee OF Paris -
OF 435,000 eligible voters, $4,000
voted. Women voted in great numbers
There we're twenty-one nomination lists
prepared under system OF proportional
representation. Results from outside
WARSAW. the telegram adds. are not set
complete.
The sun., 1919-02-07
u. n. RuggIes Adopts stepson.

Burnet r. Ruggles or 103 East Seven
ty-fifth street. a member OF the banking
Arm of Fahnestock & Co., received per-
mission yesterday from Justice Cohalan
to adopt his stepson. Percy II. Good
win, Jr. The boy will be known as John
Rathbone Ruggles. Mr.. Ruggles and
the boys mother. Mrs. Natalie Elise
Goodwin. were married some time after
she had divorced her first husband,
Percy II. Goodwin, in Baltimore In 1915.
The Maryland courts gave her posses
sion Of the boy, whose father has remar-
ried.
The sun., 1919-02-07
Anarchy Before Socialism.

II would rather have anarchy than
socialism, he said. because you recover
from II more quickly. Anarchy is a
good deal like a severe attack OF pneu-
monia, the crisis may pass in two or
three days, but socialism is the gallop-
ing consumption OF the nation, where
you linger and languish and perish
away
Mr.. Dies's flrst speech--he made two
In the course of tho oratoricsl battle
royal--followed an exchange between
Representative Saunders (Virginia) and
Chairman Padgett of the Naval Com
mittee. Judge Saunders wanted 10
know why We need as large navy as
the President has asked unless we re-
gard our only present competitor, Great
Britain. as a probable future adversary.
Il do not know what is going to come
out of the league of nations or out of
the work to bring about disarmament"
replied Chairman Padsett.
II know that l want the United States
to be able for her dignity. for her honor
and for her glory and the performance
OF her International duties and obliga-
tons to be prepared to make in that
league of nations a contribution equal
to that OF any other country, so that in
the partnership we VIII be an equal
partner and not a minority stockholder."
"As nearly as I can make out Mr..
Dies opened M, referring to a recent
speech by Representative Meyer London.
the New York Socialist. 'the complaint
Of my Socialist friend from New York
IL that the world has not repealed the
law OF human nature.
The sun., 1919-02-07

Constitution. We ha. President who
does not believe In checks and balances
as. established by Jefferson, Washington
and Madison. 1t IL particularly i'm
porthnt that the American people for
the preservation of their liberties should
know. now that the war Is over, In
what situation this country finds itself.
what Does Uncle sam Getf
You know, we do not stand to get
anything out of these entangements
except more entanglements. England,
as has been we'll said, gets predomin-
ancy. France gets 'revanche.' Italy
gets back the Adriatic. but what does
Uncle Sam get except a burden and a
mortgage upon the resources OF this
country?'
The sun., 1919-02-07

Tho body Of Charles II. Savage Jr..
80, a lawyer OF Norfolk, Va. was found
In his rooms at the Hotel York. Thirty
sixth street and Seventh avenue. yes
terday He had been dead ten hours,
the police said. and had ended his life
by a shot through the head. Papers in
dicated he had been In financial difficult
ties, according to the police.
The sun., 1919-02-07
Soldier Fined for Beating Dog.

Ernest A. Bass, attached to the avia
ton section OF the army. was fined 81
yesterday in West Side Court for beat,
ing a bulldog. Magistrate Corrigan di.
rected the anical be brought Unto ,cpuEt
and after looking atrit lectlrsd the ss,'
der severely.
The sun., 1919-02-07
Socialist. Eject Compromise.

The International Socialist Conference
to-day settled the questions Of RESPONSE
bility for the war and the future position
of the German Socialists in the confer
cnce by adopting a compromise resolu-
ton declaring that the conference had
passed over the questions OF RESPONSE
billy and the German revolution and
had agreed to accept the participation of
the German Majority Socialists in the
reconstruction of the Socialists Interna
tionale. The compromise was adopted
unanimously except for the vote of one
delegate. W. Nlhaul. a Frenchman.
A strong tendency to exclude the Ger
man Majority Socialists was evident in
the early discussions, but a spirit of
conciliation eventually prevailed.
The British delegate. Mr.. Macdonald.
appealed to the German delegates 10
declare their reputation OF. unitarian.
we English Socialists said Mr..
Macdonald, do not want any peoples
under arms. because We are convinced
that armed nations can never become
members OF a real League of Nations.
The sun., 1919-02-07
GERMAN TROOPS ON
GUARD AT WEIMAR


delegates and others taking part in the
assembly will admit of the serving OF
meals with a good choice of dishes and
a fairly wide selection of luxuries. The
butter served is apparently the real ar
ticle, and mamalsde and tea may be
had.
Theatre Transformed for Meetings.
The Government has occupied the
beautiful, ancient, but recently renovated
theatre where the assembly will be held,
and which has already been transformed
Into the appearance 81 legislative
chamber The telegraph service was
busy to-day putting the final touches on
the tremendous extra wire facilities for
the accommodation Of newspaper men
and delegates.
weimar. clean and attractive city
as compared with the present Berlin.
lies under a covering OF snow. which
has brought out numbers of sle'ghs in
which the delegates dash to and fro on
errands.
Although the constitution for the new
republic will undoubtedly be one OF the
first subjects brought up for discussion
and consideration. there are on the
scene those who would like to push to
the fore the discussion OF league OF
nations. and there were predictions In
some quarters to-day that this subject
might have first consideration.
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 6.--Triedrich Ebert,
the German Chancellor. will open the
first session of the recently elected Ger
man National Assembly at Weimar at 3
o'clock this afternoon. Dispatches from
Berlin state that after the meeting of
the body is thus opened the chair will
be taken by. the oldest member of the
Assembly, probably Herr Pfannkuch.
AIsatians Want to Sit In Assembly.
The advices report that many MEM
bers for Alsace-I,orraine have presented
themselves for the first sitting OF the
Assembly.
The name OF Herr Eiohhorn, former
Chief of the Berlin Police Depa rtnent,
who was ousted during the troubles with
the Spartscans. will be stricken from
the role of membership OF the Assembly,
as his whereabouts is not known. He
will be succeeded by the candidate In
his district who received the next largest
Sate.p
The sun., 1919-02-07
U. S. LABOR MEN AT
BERN CONFERENCE
Eleven Nations Represented at
Opening-Peace Treaty De-
mands Discussed.
Al DELEGATES PRESENT
International Socialists End
War Blame Talk by Com
promise Action.

BERN, Feb. 1.-THE 1nternatona
Trades Union Conference opened here to-
night with forty-one delegates. repre-
senting eleven. countries, IN attendance
Delegates were present from the United
States and England. Several delegations
have not yet arrived.
The conference accepted unanimously
the resolution drafted by the Confer
ence Commission Wednesday on the
League of Nations. The question had
been discussed for two days.
The leading opinion was that League
OF Nations must be formed Immediately
and comprise all peoples without eN-
csption; that II must be a league OF
peoples, and not league of Govern
ments
Arthur Henderson. the British labor
leader. asserted that the Paris Peace
Conference was attentively watching &c
see what the Bern conference would
decide In regard TO tho League of Ma
lions, while Pierre Renaudel, leader OF
the French Majority Socialists, In q
speech said the Paris conference must
be forced to consider the will of the
Bern conference.