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* PRESIDENT DENIES ADMIRAL
AGREEMENT WITH
ENGLAND ON SHIPS
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Washington, Feb. - 20.-?President m^ral Robe
Wilson, in reply to Senator Brande- Arctic expl
gree's resolution, informed the senate north pole,
today that he had not entered into ^ay from j
' any agreement or understanding with which he hi
officials of Great Britain concerning years'
the sale of former German liners Arranger
seized in American ports nor had he|no^ been c<
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entered into any agreement ur unucistanding
with respect to what dis- Admiral
position should be made by the Uni- blood trans
ted S<"'tes. ten days aj
At the same time he transmitted | home
to the senate a copy of a "proposed was reP?rt(
agreement" between the allied and He 2radual
assocntpd governments at Paris un- and the en<
der which case is to retain as its own Dr* H"the
complete title to and use of all Physici'an, (
ships captured, seized or detained sion this ^
during the war as a war measure" ^ which At
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claim of any of the allied or asso- .
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ciated governments." ,,
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This agreement farther provides
that in case the ships so retained by
any allied or associated government .
are in excess of the claims of such , ,
. , . ment order
governments for war losses in merchant
ships such government shall ? ,n.*
, . . . , ... terested in
not make a claim for a share of sl.ips
under the treaty of peace. Ships so * ir^. 0Ur
cede will be distributed among the ,c?nnaissant
other governments on the basis of *ce^caPe ea'
ton for ton and class for class of the . wo .yea
ships lost and not replaced by the ?1"eer in c
nal survev5
enemy vessels seized or captured by
them during the war. gates or ti
. c the Arctic
Agrees on bums.
It also provides that since the ships
to be retained by the United States, .ec* 1S ir^
Brazil, China, Cuba and Siam would beac* ?
exceed their claims for merchant cie"ce?
tonnage lost the commision shall de- ^
termine a reasonable value of the ex- e*Peditions
cess and that those countries shall ^na^^ was
pay such sums to the commission for P?le'
the credit of Germany in making pre- 6
paration for war losses of merchant praised as
ships. was Promo1
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The president said that while he thanks 0f {
felt confident congress would make Turning his
the disposal of the funds to which mjra| pear
he had agreed he had no authority to cate air]
bind it to thefact, "but must depend governmenj
upon its taking the same view in the ed acjequat
matter that is taken by the joint country> es
signatories of this agreement." period
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PEARY IS SENATE RE^DOPTS
ON HIS LAST CRUISE LODGE RESERVAT]
ton, Feb. 20.?Rear Ad- BY 45 TO
rt Edwin Peary, retired ,
orer and discoverer of the Washington, Feb. 21. n
died at his home here to- treat* vote since conSlderatl
jernicious anemia, from Pact was revived the senate
?d suffered for several day defeated an readme.
withdrawal reservation pro
nents for the funeral have Senator HitchcMk>mpleted,
but he will be Under hjs proposal, uotie,
i full naval honors. country s desire to Wlthdr;
Peary submitted to a the lea?ue would be Passed
. . . , , gress in the form of a joi
ifusion at a hospital here . J
? , , , tion instead of a concurren
?o. He was removed later .
; and his condition then
, , , j The vote was 38 against
;d as somewhat improved. b
, , for the Hitchcock amendmer
ly grew weaker, however,
, , Senators Gore, of C
i came early this mornF.
Strine, the admiral's
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imiral Peary had submit- If
hwrk voQrc II FiVP
Peary was sixty-four ||
;nd entered the navy as a f| W. E
:er on October 26, 1881. ii
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ssistant engineer of the l\
ship canal under govern- jj
s in 1884-85. Returning I| M D
ed States, he became in \\ NeW BrU?81
arctic explorations and !| New Brunswicl
years ago he made a re- ||
:e of the Greenland inland |f Georgia Hoi
st of Bisco Bay. f| , ^
rs thereafter he was en- j| DUS, uft.
iiarge of the Nicaragua ca- || DL J T 1
; and invented rolling lock || KnOQC l8lan<
he canal. But the lure of |f deilCe, R. I.
was on him and he again ]f
ihward. In June, 1891 he |f For tHose wt
t big polar expedition, be- |f > i
: the Academy of National || reasonable rat
liiadeiphia. || companies can
Peary made seven other f|
into the Arctic before he }f Call On me <
successful in reaching the [{ ,1 j .
ling in 1909 to find that ft *"e advantagei
rick A. Cook was being || offer.
the discoverer. In 1913 he f|
ted to the rank of rear ad- ||
le navy and given the ||
:cngress by a special act. jf W.D. V
; attention to aviation, Ad- |
y became a strong advo- |
craft development by the [
t and time and again urg- 1
e coast patrols in this |
ipecially during the war f
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Shields, of Tennessee, and Smith, of
ION Georgia, all Democrats, voted against f|
20 VOTE the Hitchcock proposal, which was j|
K st, 38 to 26.
1 the first Senator Lodge then moved to ad- ||
on of the J?urn> but was voted down without if
late to- a r0^ caH> an^ the senate began vot- ||
it to thi on the withdrawal reservation ||
posed by itself.
The senate adopted the original f[
2 of this Lodge- reservation on withdrawal jj
aw from which provides that notice of with- ||
by con- drawal from the league may be giv- If
nt resolu- en by a concurrent resolution. This f j
t resolu- reservation was adopted last session f|
in exactly the same form. Several if
; and 26 Democratic senators joined Republi-jff
it. cans today in support of it.
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