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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-25
SUFFRAGE Bill
AGAIN RATIFIED
Massachusetts, House Adopts
Measure--EffeCtive With
out Governors Signature.

Boston, Mass. June 25.-Massa- ?
chusetts has ratified the federal
suffrage amendment. The Massachu-
setts house OF representatives this
afternoon adopted a resolution rati-
flying the amendment granting suf-
frage to women by vote Of 1876 to
~. An attempt to refer the amend
ment TO the men and women voters
at the next. state election was de-
feated by a'vote Of t66 to a., The
resolution went into effect imme-
diately without the signature Of the
governor, which was not necessary.
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Y eimar for Versailles last night
/ Hour for Ceremony PM.
Paris, June 25s-(A. P.)-The
treaty of peace will be signed
either Friday or Saturday, it is
believed. Although the day has
not been definitely fixed, il has
been decided the hour .for the
ceremony will be at 2 pm. The
peace conference secretariat is
sill without official knowledge
Of the personnel of the new Ger
man speace delegation and does
not know when It will arrive at
Versailles.
This lack of official advices from
lermany with regard to the new
lenipotentiaries has caused some
to manifest itself in con-
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ROCKENBACH HONORED
Receives Distinguished Service Med
From War Department

Receives Distinguished Service Medal
From War Department.
Washington, June 25, - CA. P) -
Award of distinguished service medals
to these American expeditionary force
staff officers was announced yesterday
by the war department:
Brig,-Gens. S. d. Rockenhach and
Merriwether L. Waller; Coils. Alvin
c. Voris George VI, Hoffman, Mathew
A. Tinley Henry II. Curry. Henry G.
Jewett, Walter G. Babcoclk, ]. ]. King
man, Stanley II. Ford A. r. Casard,
James X. Grain, y, l Bricker and d.
NJ. King; Lieut. coils. Hugh w. Ogden.
]. r. Brabson, A. S, Peck, w. l.. Gull
berson and II, J Maloney. and Mai.
Percval Manchester.
Gen. Rockenbaoh was forintriy sta
toned at Ogetforpe and has many
friends in Chatts snooga Mrs Rocken-
back is now at the camp residing in
one of the army homes inside the
circle,
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Thousand Persons to Witness
Ceremony of Signing Peace Treaty

Paris June 25.-(A. P)-Notable
among the persons who will attend
the ceremony of the signing of the
treaty with Germany late this week,
will be five senator's who partici-
pated in the campaign of 1870. Mar
shal Petain, accompanied by six
French generals. Mrs. Wilson and
\her secretary and Miss Margaret Will
son will be among the thousand per-
sons, including delegates and sec
retaries, whp will be present when
the Germans attach their signatures
to the treaty. Three hundred journal
lists from all the interested nations,
few neutral newspaper. correspond
ents and about 800 guests apportioDed
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ference circles and the plans. for the
signing of the treaty are in a COM
plete state of suspense. Herr Haniel
Won Haimhausen, the acting German
representative at Versailles, appar-
emily Is also without information.
Poinoare to Entertain.
It was announced today that Presi-
dent Poincares official dinner to the
peace plenipotentiaries will take
place Thursday night. 1t was orig
inaily planned to hold the dinner on
the night of the signing OF thetreaty,
but the uncertainty as to the date
of the ceremony has caused Thurs
day to be named definitely for the
dinner, irrespective of the time of
the event at Versailles.
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ENTENTE POWERS TO SEND
kN ULTIMATUM TO WEIMAR
Demanding Appointment of Plenipotentiaries
h Within Certain Number of Hours.
lack Of Official Advices Causing Uneasiness Treaty
Peace May Not Be Signed Before Monday.
President Poincare to Be Guest.

n Paris, June 25.-(A P)-If the heads Of the allied
in Paris do not hear from Wemar very regard
the German delegation for the signing of the peace
umatum will be sent to the German government accord
ing to the Paris Office of Reuters, Limited The umatum
will demand the appointment of penpotentaries within
y tain number of hours. "a
d Allies Undisguisedy Perplexed
Paris June 25(A P)Up to 4:45 o'clock this afternoon
official word has been received here regarding Germany
an with regard the formal signing of the treaty The
conference leaders undisguisedy perpexed under
he situation
conceded impossible that the ceremony of sign
g could take place before Saturday Unofficial reports
hat it probably would be DELAYED until Monday.
Haimhausen Also Without News.
Paul Dutas the general secretary of the conference
tent Versailles this afternoon under the instructions of the
bunc of three Herr Hane Hamhausen represent
the Germans there had information of his governments
non The German representative said however, that he had
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among the signatory nations, VIII
have places in the hall.
Seven regiments or cavalry and
four regiments of infantry will guard
the palace grounds during the cere
mony Within the marble court
through which all the witnesses, eX-
cept the Germans, will pass, will be
stationed a company of drummers
and buglers. No other musicians will
participate.
The Germans will be admitted at a
side entrance from the park after the
other delegates are seated at the
horseshoe table within which will be
the signing table where the treaty
will lie
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BEFORE COMMITTEE
Charges and Regulations Not Opposed
by Director General.

Charges and Regulations Not Opposed
by Director General.
Washington, Tune 25.--Res storation of
full powers of the interstate commerce
commission over railroads. charges and
regulations was not opposed by Direc-
tor General of Railroads tines today
when he appeared before. the house in
terstate and foreign commerce COM
mittee which is considering a bill to
that end which has passed the senate.
Hines said that the relations between
the commission and the railroad ad-
mnistration were so cordial that re-
turn of the power to the commission to
suspend rates or charges ordered in
creased by the president in the short
time in which the railroads are to re-
main under federal control pending the
investigation by the committed would
not embarrass the railroad administra-
ton.
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Paris, June 25.-(A. P.)-The Po-
sh high command has forwarded to
lrerier Clemenceau copy of a
herman official telegram which II
Intercepted in Slesa. The text of
ne telegram is as follows:
"Posen, June q.
1.-THE government will sign (the
,eace treaty.. Nevertheless, Horsing
n siIesia, and Wig in western and
lastern Prussia, will proclaim war
lgainst the Orient. The government
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HoNoREo AT OXFORD
Pershlng and Hoover Receive Degrees
OF Doctor Of Civil Law

Of Doctor of Civil Law.
Oxford, Eng. June 25.-Gen. PERISH
ing and Herbert c. Hoover represented
the United States in a distinguished
company of noted men from the allied
countries who were honored TODAY hv
oxford university with degrees OF doc
tor of civil law The ceremony was
held in the Sheldonan theater. II was
the eliminating feature of the annual
encaenia, or commemoration exercises.
Those upon whom the degrees were
conferred included Gen. Pershing, Mr..
Hoover, Baron Maxine. head of the
japanese peace conference delegation:
Marshal Joffre, OF France; Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Edward Beatty. Field Marshal
Sir Douglas Haig Maiden. Sir Henry
Hughes Wilson. chief OF the British
imperial staff, and Vice Admiral Sir
Rlsslvn Wemyss. first sea lord For
mer Premier Orlando, of Italy. and Pre-
mier lgnace Jan Paderewski. Of Poland
received degrees by proxy.
Each Of these men, as they were
presented with their degrees. bowed
their thanks and took their seats. Nc
speeches were made by those to whom
the degrees were given and the cere-
mony was concludd quickly.
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"SHocK" DER EX-KAlSER
News of Decision to Sign Criticised at
Amerongen.

News of Decision to Sign Criticised at
Amerongen.
Amerongen June 25.-(A. P)-News
of Germanys decision to accept the
peace terms, Including the clause pro-
viding for the, delivery of the former
German emperor to Che allies, reached
the castle late Monday evening; Ex
actly how the former emperor was af-
fected by the tidings cannot be ascer-
tanned, but the attitude of members OF
his party gives rise to the belief that
the news was a considerable shock.
When the Associated Press corre-
spondent talked with attendants they
declared the news was already known
at the castle. They made the most
scathing criticism of the German ma
tional assembly for its action. Evi-
IDENTIFY they had held to the hope that
some way would be found for the for
mer emperor to return 70 Germany.
Now. however, it apparently is realized
he is eXiled forever from his country.
The former monarch resumed his GUS
tomary log saving at the usual hour.
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Poles Intercept German Telegram
Revealing Maneuyers for Civil War

will oppose, but semi officially will
support the business in every way"
Horsing and Wig are the Prussian
high commissioners in Silesia and
east and west Prussia, respectively.
The Polish command points out
that in order to prepare them. for the
results of these maneuvers the Ger
mans advised them from Versailles
that notwithstanding thoir efforts
toward pacificaton, civil war APP
peared inevitable to them.
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NIP PLOT IN BUD TO
KILL SCHElDE MANN

London, June 25.--A nup'-
Der OF soldiers have been ar
rested in Weimar, according 20
an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen, on
charges OF having planned TO
arrest and murder Phillip
Soheidemann, the former pre-
mier. The plot was TO have
been carried out Monday eve,
ming.
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FRANCE FEARS
FUTURE PERILS
No Voice Raised in Praise OF
Treaty Above Tumult Of
DenunCiation.
RUDE JOLT SUFFERED
Sinking of Hun Warships De-
clared to Be Evidence OF .
Foes Faithlessness.
(By Lincoln EyreO

Paris, June 24.--(By Telegraph
From N. Y. World, Copyrighted)---
Even while signing in relief over the
advent of the peace so long ana
eagerly awaited, France views with
unconcealed apprehension the future
framed by a treaty which nobody ap-
plauds and many condemn. from
widely divergent standpoints her
conservatives and radicals alike ma
the terms that Germany must sign
even though she processes to con-
slider their complete fulfllment an
ssibility--fraught with neon
sistencies and perils the burden or
which win bear chiefly upon their
hard hit country. THE peace OF TO-
morrow will be peace OF vigilance,
explains the Paris Midi in a sentence
that epitomizes the anxiety animat-
ing all schools of thought
To liberal minds, among which
may be classed those who adhere 70
socialistic intellectualism, the VIII
sonian principles have been sacrl .
feed to a. settlement thickly sown
with seeds of strife. Only by Vigi-
/ liant and unremitting effort can the
! discords due to the treaty be
smoothed over, the men holding these
| views believe, through the instru-
I mentality of the league of nations
whose feebleness amounts almost. TO
| impotence, they assert.
France Still Unprotected.
| On the other hand, the body ol
opinion. which from the first has
| wished to crush Germany and keel
her crushed by the timeworn meth
DDS OF imperialism applied through
sheer militaristic force, sees in tho
allies commitments no opportunit
to accomplish this end. In conserva
tive eyes. France remains made
auately protected from o fresh on
slaught, which only the most far
sighted vigilance and the most sleep
less surveillance of her ancient an
still powerful enemy will enable ne
to escape.
To the best Of my belief the Who'll
thinking population OF the republtc !
divided into the two categ0fles ue
fined above, with the exception Q
the most extreme reds who stlg
4 Matte the treaty as "a capitaltSu
outrage without a single redeeminl
feature" but who in reality are de
lighted with it simply because the.
hope its obvious imperfections VII
serve TO promote a world revolution
along the boIshcvilS lines which the,
SO frankly favor.
No Voice of Commentator.
IF there is single Frenchmal
who thinks the peace of Versailles J
going to give Europe tranquility an
mnintain durable order, his voice ha
, not been heard above the tumult o
denunciatorv criticism. In the anX
ious moments of suspense preceding
n definite yes" or mo" from Wei
mar France suffered a rude jolt b.
, the sinking of the German warship
in Scapa Flow. The Paris press be
, travcd an inclination, natural enoug
: i'm view of Great Britain's advocac
of the destruction of these vessels
r TO chide the British admiralty for it
failure TO avoid an occurrence whic
, the French regard as catastrophe
1.-THE most elementary watChfulnes
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DENY KNOWLEDGE
Department Of Justice or.qlals sa,

Department of Justice offfelais Say
They Never Sent Warnings.
Washington. June 25s--Qficials OF the
uf justice an@ n. the United
States secret service to1sy disclamed
all knowledge of the bogit plot warning
reported to have been sent to Gov.
Bartlett. Of New Hampshire, Acting
Chief Tucker, of the secret service.
tChief Moran is with President Wilson,
said that he had neither sent or seen
any kilograms warning Of a bomb plot,
and Chief william j. Flynn of the bu
reau of investigation. declared that no
warning had come out of the depart
ment of justice. VI
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DON'T SELL NOW
Is Sentiment of Senate REGARDING sale
Of Merchant Ships.


OF Merchant Ships.
Washington, June 25.--'fhat IN the
judgment OF the United States senate.
Il is not advisable for the United states
shipping board to sell at this time any
Of the merchant ships of the governs
ment to foreign interests except such
as cannot successfully be employed ny
this country" was set forth by reso-
luton introduced in the senate this AFT
ernoon by Senator Fletcher, democrat
OF Florida ranking democratic memher
Of the senate commerce committee.
II was also declared in the measure
that efficient merchant ships of the
government should not be sold at all at
this time, except such ships as are uil-
desirable foi overseas trade and Will
bring a price approaching their actual
cost or more. and then only with view
Of replacing them with better ships and
in order TO properly b0lar ce the (mer-
chant marinel feet"
Fletcher asked that the measure 20
over for a day or two. as he proposed to
express his opposition TO the Hurley
plan for the sale Of government-cou-
structed ships to private interests in a
speech he had prepared.
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HEARS FROM IRISH
emler Clemenceau Receives Letter

Premier Ciemenceau Receives Letter
From Irish Delegates at Paris.
Paris, June 25.-Premer Clemenceau
today received letter from the two
Irish representatives here, O'Ceallcigh
and Dufurt, suggesting that if 1t WAS i'm
possible for President De Valera, Count
Plunkett and Griffith. the three repre-
sentatives of the Irish republic, to Sc
cure passports to come to Paris, they
were ready to be heard by the peace
conference "in support of lreland's g
claim for recognition as a sovereign and
independent state"
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COXEY WOULDN'T EXPLAIN
Distributed Pamphlets HIntIng at Rev
olutiOH

olutlon.
Washington, June 25--Iacob S. Coxey,
OF Massillon, o., who in 1894 led his
famous army of unemployed" to the
capitol appeared before the house
banking and currency committee today
to, advocate legislation which he said
would end Unemployment, but after he
had distributed copies of pamphlet to
members the committee adjourned sud-
denly.
proposals for correcting conditions of
unemployment and contained this final
message.
"Or, failing in this peaceful and de-
sirable mode, then revolution. Think IL
over Is there anything else left for us
to do?"
Coxey told the committee "revoM-
tion" in the generally accepted sense
was not meant, but he refused to eX-
plain just what he did mean.
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ON RESERVE LIST

Col c. S. Steward Retres From Active
Service In National Guard.
Nashville, June 25.-tSpecial )--Col
Clarence Steward of the Fourth Ten
ncssee infantry regiment. has been
placed on the reserve list for national
guard officers at his own request. 1t
was previously reported in Chattanooga
that his resignation had been accepted
hV Gov Roberts
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TOWNS ISOLATED
Cut OF From Outside World by
Cloudburst.

Minneapolis, Mimi, June 25.-!fe-
lief agencies here today were rushing
supplies to Marietta, Bellingham and
Nassau, three towns in Lacqui Parle
county. which have been isolated from
the world for three days as the re-
suit of a cloudburst Saturday ilrst
news of the cloudburst reached Min
neapolis late last night.
Practically every railroad ana
wagon bridge in the district was
washed out by the storm and no
trains have entered either Of the
three towns since Saturday. Tele-
phone and telegraph wires were de-
stroyed, preventing the towns from
communicating their predicament to
the outside world.
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FAVOR NOMINATIONS
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Recommends Polk and Others.

Recommends Polk and Others.
Washington, June 25.-Confirma-
tion of Frank l.. Polk, counsellor of
the state department, to be under
secretary of state; Hugh Gibson to
be minister to Poland, and BoaZ W.
Long to be minister to Cuba was
recommended today by the senate
foreign relations committee.
Opposition to the nomination of
William f. Gonzales, of Columbia,
S. c., to be the first ambassador to
Peru developed in the committee and
action was deferred. The committee
also postponed action on the nomi-
nation of Norman Hapgood to be
minister to Denmark and Benton
McMilIin, of Tennessee, now minis
ter to Peru. to be minister to Guate-
mala.
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SMITH. TRIAL Is NEXT
Case of Local Physician is Set TOR
Thursday Morning.

thursday Morning.
First on docket for Thursday
mornings session of federal court is
the case against DIR, J. T. Smith,
charged with violation of the Harri-
son antinarcotic act. Witnesses in
this case were dismissed Wednesday
afternoon until Thursday morning
because of the time required Wedness-
day in the hearing of the Kelley Pol
low case. Next of Importance Thurs
day morning is the case of the United
States VS.. Emmett S. Newton
charged with filing false answers to
missionaries sent out by the Sc
lectiVe draft board.
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WILL NOT USE SEAL
OF UNITED STATES

Paris, June 25.-President
Wilson, on idvice of Secretary
of State Linsing, will not use
the presidential seal in sign
ing the pace treaty 1t was
learned tht afternoon. Instead
he will use an ordinary seal
finger rirE, with a small,
meaningless seal upon it.
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GUARDS AT PETERHOF
Russian Volunteers Take City Near
APetrograd.

APetrograd.
Helsingfors, Tuesday June "a.
Russian volunteer white guards
have occupied Peterhof, nineteen
miles from Petrograd, according
to a report received here.
Heavy Battle at Arohangel.
London, June 25.-7A heavy
fuctuatng battle is progressing
in the Shunga district, on the
Archangel front, says a Reuter-
dispatch from KEN today.
on Sunday the allies attacked
and forced the bolsheviks to fail
back six miles. The bolsheyiks
stopped the allied advance by
setting fire to wood through
which their route lay.
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WORKMEN TO MOBILIZE

Hungarian Soviet Orders General
~" Organization.
Paris, June 25.--(Havas.) The
Hungarian communist congress has
ordefed the general mobilization of
an workmen, a dispatch from Buda-
pest says. The military situation is
said to be unfavorable to Hungary,
and in addition the morale CT the
troops is bad
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Germany Slow i, Making known
Plans for Formal Signing of Peace

supreme council of the conference
the demands Of it's country.
France and presumably the other
allied and associated nations are pre-
pared for eventualities should the
Germans fail to carry out the pro-
visions of the treaty which is now
ready for the signatures of the dele
gates.
Premier Clemenceau, in replying to
questions of members of the chamber
OF deputies relative to demobiliza-
ton, said yesterday that precautions
were necessary, "in view of the state
of mind Of the Germans" the pre-
mier pointing out the destruction OF
German ships in Scapa Flow and al
Keh. Showed the spirit in which the
Germans will sign the treaty"
Dispatches from Berlin indicate
feeling over the peace situation still
is running high in German military
circles, officers speaking of defend
ing the honor of the German army
and its leaders" by adopting especial
measures" Formal approval has
| been given by the supreme council OF
the conference to the plan of giving
Belgium priority in reparations to
! the extent of about $5O0,0OO0OO.
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CHANGE OF COMMANDER

Malice sturgis Goes From Gordon
to Camp Pike,
Washington, June 25.-Maj. Gen.
Samuel ID. Sturgis was relieved troi 4
command of Camp Gordon, Georgia, to-
day and ordered to Camp Pike. ArKan-
sas, effective upon the arrival of his
successor, Maj. Gen. Edward H. Lewis,
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ROME PosTPoNEs REFORMS
Chamber Of Deputies Awaits Ne'
Cabinet.

Rome. June 25.-(A. P.)-The cham
ber of deputies decided yesterday by
a large majority to postpone the de-
cision OF the proposed electorate re-
forms until after the completion of the
new cabinet
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BAUER MAY BE CALLED
TO ORDER IN SHARP TERMS

t3y John Edwin NeVin,)
Paris. June 2j.--U. n. SJ-Un-
less the German government an
nounces the personnel OF a new
peace delegation by this evening.
the allied and associated govern
ments will send a note to Ger
many and call Premier Bauer to
order in the sharpest terms, re-
minding him that their patience
is exhausted.
In the meantime Marshal Foch
has been instructed to hold his
troops in readiness.
CThe French newspaper La
Liberte reported yesterday that
Foreign Minister Mueller had
been named to head the German
delegation. but Il was stated at
the French foreign Office that no
official information Of the person
mel of the delegation has been
reeeived)
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TEN ROOMS RESERVED
FOR PRESIDENT WILSON

New York. June 25.--A suite OF
ten rooms has been reserved at
the Waldorf Astoria hotel for
President Wilson and Mrs. VIII
son when they reach New York
from Paris, it was learned today.
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WITHOUT COST TO GOVERNMENT
Thousands of Contracts Settled by IT,
uuidation,

Washington. June 25.-'Purchase and
storage" contracts outstanding June l
aggregated 100000, 600, against more
than a million when hostilities ceased.
according to a war department report
issued today OF the $4,000 contracts
which have been liquidated, more than
half were settled without cost to the
government. suspension having caused
liquidation OF war contracts has saved
more than billion dollars. and con-
tracts still to be liquidated viii result in
additional savings of more than $780,
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