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I BIDS IN MILLIONS out of
AT SfilP AUCTION Bradft
Washington, Feb. 16.?While con- sion tk
troversv over the proposed sale of 30 partmc
(former German liners oocupied to- dean c
day three government agencies, the Univer
White House, the senate and the ais- ?Th<
trict supreme court , presidents of teach
great shipping companies, were bid- they c
ding in tens of millions against each ent suother,
for the craft at the shipping reage
- board's auction. For one group of there>"
six vessels the bidders fought with j^s jag.
$250,000 boosts in price until Maj.
Gen. George W. Goethals, retired ?gafe J
now head of the American Ship and! -n ^
Commerce company, dropped out at j 4
000 000 which, hp said. was his I
Yimit, and P. A . S. Franklin, presiI
/ dent of the International Mercantile ma*nta
f; Marine, raised the price to $13,100,- *00(* al
||B> 000. / Hvest0
Kr|./ Commissioner Scott had announced
in opening the auction that it was M
only for the purpose of receiving c^uajj
bids, final action to await approval
| of the senate committee and th.e comPa
E f house and merchant marine commit- no^ as
g . toe and the outcome of William Ran- 1
| dolph Hearst's application for an in-'mer ^
K'1 junction to prevent the sale . While | co^on
D , the bidding was in progress the sen-! en^ire
I ate furthc: complicated the situation, j ne^ec
adopting u resolution requesting make
that the sale be postponed, but at
the conclusion of the bidding, today ;of ^
6? * it was announced that the auction rurchs
would continue at 10 o'clock tomor- *
R?" * row. ' farm? '
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In the district supreme court Associate
Jifblice Bailey took under ad- acrea*
p?-r\ visement Mr. Hearst's application af-; *
tor hearing contention- of counsel ^lind
that the shipping board lacked legal j ^00Cl '
power to dspose of the vessels. He J
will render his decision Friday. I LANS
gf At the White House it was said i
thp nrp-sidpnt would answer prompt-1
Ilv with a decided negative the reso- j Pai
iution adopted by the senate Satur-' Paris
c'-yj asking if there existed a report-] Wash
ed secret understanding with Great jresigi
Britain as to ultimate disposition of j Lansi
former German craft. ' Presi
INCREASED COTTON I rows
ACREAGE IS FOLLY morn
Washington, Feb. 16.?An increased
acreage in cotton this year is '
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to announce tl"
ling styles in Co
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her attraction in
iful Voiles. We
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the question, according to Dr.1 calls the event
>rd Knapp, who recently re-^ the autocratic r
as chief of the office of exten-, which is democn
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rork in the South with the de- "President Wi
;nt of agriculture and became'continues, "retui
?f the college of agriculture, ous illness, and <
"sity of Arkansas. | ion that Secretai
e experiences of 1919 ought to absence has bee
southern cotton farmers that wished, and disn
anriot hande, with their pres- representation a.
pply of labor, an increased ac- are not even coi
in cotton; the labor is not decision in whi
' writes Dr. Knapp in one of! have used more
t works before leaving the de- "Opposition hj
int of agriculture entitled j Mr. Wilson and
Farming in the Southern States since the latter
0." conference. Mr.
'safe farming,' " says Dr. blamed for conc
? 1 j. was forced to m
, "is meant ? sysi*?ui muv,u
tins soil fertility, produces the dent s ^ness al?
nd feed for the people and th4 ^rea^ ?* t^ie c<
ck in sufficient quantities to tw0" ^r*
a comfortable surplus and pro-! matter? however,
cotton as a strictly cash crop."j ^ex* *s not ^r*
tton," Dr. Knapp says, "is not|to Pla^ the class
y very high. It is high as|goat' w}lich assu
red with prices in former years, j superior s fa
compared with current prices! a new Secretary
er commodities. Before the far-j estinS indication
ecides that the high price of, |n its e^itoria
will warrant his planting the' Libre Parole r
acreage to that crop, to the President W
t of all else, he had better crned his countr
a pretty thorough examination out the least r?g
retail prices of the necessities re5eniauu?1? >vuo
i at the place where he must t*ie war after wi
ise them during the year if he a Peace program
;o produce them on his own over t^ie Peace r
from a mysteric
lere is no thought that cotton Foreign Mir
*e ought to be reduced, but only autocratically d
;he lure of price should not ^sn * that laugh;
our eyes to the necessity of Kiven the impn
and feed." that he is PreP!
coat'. Isn't Mr
the first step?"
>ING MADE 'GOAT' BY
CHIEF, ONE PARIS VIEW MARSHALL TI
HIMSELF
:is, Feb. 16.?Although all the
newspapers gave prominence to Special Dispatcl
ington despatches telling of the Uniontown, F
lation of Secretary of State President Thorn
np: and his correspondence with came here last
' r i cVmll tn hp the T)
(lent-wuson, iew nave cuuuucub- r
Iitoriallv on the incident. The annual banquet
arrived too late for yesterday's ty Bar Associat
irs newspapers, which went to when asked fo
an hour earlier than usual be- opinion on Seci
of the daylight-saving law com- nation,
nto operation. The "Journal" "Haven't at
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a striking example of say about it," said the Vic
egime the facade of "It doesn't affect me,"
itic." j Then he went on with a s
lson," the newspaper "I guess 1 can explain
*ns after his mysteri- to this incident best by 1
:omes to the conclu3- about something that ha
y Lansing during his the train while Mrs. Mars
n ruling as Lansing were en route to Uniontc
lisses him. National pie sitting immediately in
.id popular sentiment had been reading this 1
nsulted in reaching a from Washington and the
ch Louis XIV would cussing it very earnestly,
formality. j seemed to believe Presid<
is existed between had acted for the best, b
Mr. Lansing ever panion heatedly expresses
acted in the peace that Secretary Lansing *
Lansing was openly followed no other course
:essions Mr. Wilson throughout.
iake, and the Presi- "Why, what else coulc
ne prevented an out- jng have done?" the wor
inflict between the some asperity,
n's motive in this ?Here the president wa
may have been com-; of Wg questions had t0 be
Lansing called upon and there was fte vic
;ic role of the scape- W^Q doesn-t am0Unt to ar
,mes the burden of on,y thjn| he cmjld d0j j ,
ults? The choice of; tQ ca? those Cabinet m,
will give an inter-, j thjnk Mr>Lansing di
! right thing."
1 'on the incident the , .. .
i "There you have it in
ftmsrks *
.. * , Mr. Marshall concluded, i
llson, who has gov- . , , .
... I in the laughter that fc
y seven years withstory.
ard for national rep-,
threw America into, "The woman was righl
nnino1 tVip oiprvHnn on' amount to Anything.
, and who domineered
legotiations, returns ANOTHER AMERICAN
ius illness to accuse HELD FOR RAN
lister of governing BY THE
uring his absence. '
able? Mr. Wilson has Washington, Feb.
ission for some days Welsh Adams, an Americ
iring to 'change his captuVecl by bandits in
. Lansing's disgrace ^ex'c0> an(i 's beiiig hel(
pesos ransom, the State
. . was advised today.
ILLS JOKE ON Adams' home is In Li
IN LANSING CASE where his wife and childr
The American emoass;
i to The Tribune. c^y bas been instructed
'a., Feb. 16.?Vice- Department to bring the
as R. Marshall, who tbe attention of the M
t-r?Lj. ...UT, HT?,. 4.u?
Iliglll Willi 1TX13. luai- Ol'llies Willi niv.'
rincipal speaker at the stop be taken to secure
of the Fayette Coun- lease.
ion, parried questions The American re pros
r an expression of Saltillo and Monterey,
etary Lansing's resig- the incident, said the a
Zacatecas were endeavoi
i.vthing particular t') the whereabouts of Ad?
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e-President.' captors and that three co
he added.[Mexican troops had been ser
mile: ! Tre kidnapping occurred i
my relation Friday and the bandits
telling you'portet* to ^ave looted the v
ppened on!0* ?rovidencia mine op?
shall and I Minerales and Metales (
>wn. A cou-'an American concern. Adi
front of us'suPer'ntendent of the mine
atest news
:y were dis- ALL NURSES OF RED
, The man CROSS IN THE SOLD
jnt Wilson FIGHTING INF
ut his com-' \
d the vieW| Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 17.?
could have! Cross nurses in the Southerr
than he had comprising the states of N
South Carolina, Georgia, Fl
I Mr. Lans- Tennessee, are now engagec
nan asked, influenza by public nur
This was stated today by !
ts sick, a lot Van De Vrede, director of r
talked over the division, in explaining
e-President, quests for nurses received b;
lything. The Cross through boards of h
ell you, was only ibe met by taking the
eetings, and from communities where thi
d just the ready doing influenza duty.
. Cross can, however, assist
a nutshell," communities to comba
-- za through its chapters, wl
lb lie JUiliCU
illowed his 'nstructec* *n details of
, ganization last October, il
T , ,'olained.
I do not
i Miss Van De Vrede decla
| influenza is spreading son
! Georgia, according to lates
is stationary in Florida ant
SOM ; ,
... see, and, while not mere
MEXICAN^ . , , 0 , n ..
I \orth and South Carolina
"Kl,r io flovplnninc into E
1(3?Wilson j
an has ; in many cases in the latter
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as An*?clcsj Washington, Feb. 10.?R
en now live. I he long continue'.! investk
y ft .Mexico j he aircraft production prog
by the State ! >resented today in the 'r.oi
1 kidnappingl he special committee inqu
pxicr.n ruMi- war expenditures.
thr-t cv fy, Representatives Frear an
Adams' re- he two Republicans of tb
; nittee which conducted the
entatives at ion characterized the avial
in reporting1 T?:n in their report as '
uthoritie - in vaste," and Repre.-cv/.i.i'vi'
injr to learn )cmocralic meinlx-r oi' *i:
trns and his o ' v : <"1
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lumns of Republican members had sacrificed
it out. Jfacts for sensationalism in ?an effort
it Avalos.to discredit the government.
were re-i Both reports contain thousands of
warehouse | words. They differ entirely in the
;rated by record of achievement and shipping
Company, American airplanes abroad and in the v
ims was performance of the aircraft production
generally.
' A prominent part of both reports
lis given to the controversy over the
CH ! connection of John D. Ryan, former
LUENZA Erector aircraft production, with
j the construction of a government
All Red built railroad, which, it has been
i division 'charged, redounded to the benefit
forth and the Chicago & St. Paul roa<T, of
orida and which Mr" Ryan is a directorI
in fight-' Disclaiming any attempts to deterTvmfi'iroc
fVio mainritv renort on
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smg.
that point says:
Miss Jane| ^ Ryan's statement of disinmrsing
1 ; erestecjness js true, he has been most
'fcnfl'fc rG"
, _ unfortunate in handling a public
y the Red . , . . ,
1th can' m judgment of your
committee covered a flimsy effort to
m away promote large private business interJ
'ests and was accompanied by blunr
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idering explanation from beginning
in organ-'to end.?
,t influen-| jn contrast ^he minority report by
lich were Representative Lea says:
such or-; <The evidence shows that Mr.
t was ex- ptyan practically abandoned his own
; business affairs and devoted himself
ired that unremittingly to the service of his
lewhat in official duties."
t reports; Besides Mr. Ryan, the majority rei
Tennes- port attacks his assistant William C.
asing in Potter; Col. Edward A. Deeds, who
appreci- preceded Mr. Ryan in aircraft proineumonia
duction/and Secretary Baker -as restates.
.sponsible head of the aircraft production
program. It describes the
i program as "an appalling record of
BLICANS orf*ers anc* counter orders, ignorance
a:;.! (!i?!;cnngs, waste and extrava'gance.
evidence of self-interest and
cports on .
nf improper practices.
;vam were "There has been little evidence of
ise fio n Christian spirit on any side of the
n::'<r ",lJ Irish question, although religious
'questions have played a very disturbid
Magee,, part jn ^
[> subcom
investiga-i John Drinkwater's success with his
A lwolinm T in/?n1n" hoc efimnlnfn/1
LIUlJ pi u j anuuiuui ijiuv,wui nc*^ otiiuuiauiMi
a riot of him to complete a trilogy of AmeriL..\
j jean drama??one with Robert E. T ec
;ubcom-'as the hero, and another, with a J~h:i
' vr.o Brown motif.
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