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"SHKer. « ' ' '9 ■ r.'mP'-"'..' ’ . *■;'■ V TREATY IS UNSETTLED m 'j w * UT.W^lrrrr-^.,'- * •\ Automobile Thieves Should Hang Around Home Now _ ' ' *" J ~ v W ASHINGTON.—The national motorvehlcle law passed bj both bouses at congress, which President Wilson allowed to become operative without bis signature, Is now in effect. The new law, which should aid in stamp ing out the stolen ca{ menace, follows: “Be It enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assem bled, that this act may be cited as the national motorvehtde-theft act “Section 2—That when used In this act s ' “(a) The term 'motorvehlcle* shall Include an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle or any other self-propelled vehicle not designed for running on rails, (b) The term interstate or foreign commerce’ as used in this act, shall include trans portation from one state, territory or the District of Columbia to another Mate, territory or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, qr from 4 foreign country t0 6py_&tate.J:errlfcoa3r or.tbe District okColnmhtn.-. —^— ‘‘Section 3—That whoever shall transpprt or cause to he transported in Interstate or foreign commerce a motorvehlcle, knowing tho same to have been stolen, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by 1m-. prisonraent of not more than five years, or both. “Section 4—That whoever shall, with the Intent to deprive the owner of • the possession thereof, receive, conceal, store, barter, sell or dispose of any motorvehlcle, moving as, or which Is a part of, or which constitutes Interstate % or foreign commerce, knowing the same -to have been stolon, shall be pun ished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by Imprisonment of not more than five years, or both. / “Section 5—That any person violating this act may be punished in any district in or through which such motorvehlcle has been transported or, re moved by such offender.” It was shown during debate on the measure that automobiles stolen in the United States in 1918 had an aggregate value of $27,000,000, and that automo bile thieves cleared at least $5,000,000 on these thefts. Largest Warship Is Negate of the Japanese Navy T HE largest warship ever built was launched by Japan at Kure the other day in the presence of the princes of the imperial family, says a Tokyo report. It is named the Nagato. The keel was laid at Kure naval dockyard August 28, 1917, but her building was considerably delayed owing to the scarcity of workers in consequence of the war and to the change In the plan of construction as the result of lessons furnished by the Jutland battje. . At first it was proposed to build a ship of the Hyuga class with a dis placement of 81,260 tons, but later her tonnage was changed to 40,000. - Soon the work of her equipment and armament will be proceeded with at the Kure dockyard, and on its com pletion the building of the Kngu, the Nagato’s sister ship, will be commenced. The Kagato'wlll be armed with 16-inch guns having 30-mile range and her engines will be able to develop a speed of 25 knots. She will carry several airplanes and will be armed with half a dozen antiaircraft guns. —The Hood of the British navy has a displacjment of 30,000 tons, eight 15-inch guns and a speed of 30 khots. The California of the United States navy has a displacement of 32,300 tons, 12 14-tnch guns and a speed of 21 knots. The American navy has projected dreadnuughts that are larger than the Nagato. America's new fighting ships are to have a displacement of 42,000 • tons, 12 16-inch guns ami a speed of 21 knots. “Careless America Is Now Growing Less Careless” . - • .. .i'" 1 ■■ ■ l .' .. - A N ADVANCE summary of the 1917 motallty'statistics received by the national safety council from the United States census bureau seems to indicate that “careless America is growing less careless. The total number of depths caused by accidents dpring Washington, Nov. 21.—Compromise efforts to ratify the peabe treaty were thrown into the background today by developments strengthening the possi bility that the whole controversy might be transferred to the political arena for a> decision by the people in 1920. ' » Senator Lodge, chairman of the for eign relations committee, and Re- dared in a statement there “was no room fpr further compromise” and urged that the reservations of the senate majority be carried into the campaign. There was no formal expression to determine whether a like stand would be taken ultimately by President Wil son and the administration senators, but It developed that the President’s senate supporters had no definite as surances as yet that he would re-open the subject for compromise by re-sub mitting the treaty when the new ses sion of congress begins December 1st The declaration of Senator Lodge reversed the position he and most other Republican senators had taken toward injection of the treaty into politics, and was accepted in congres- alxmat-and 2 (frLr DON'T HUW* 1917 was 53,544 as against 60,072 dur ing the previous year. Inasmuch as i the death registration area takes in only 70 per cent of the population, It Is apparent that more than 76,000 per sons were killed in accidents through out the United States in that year. The report received by the national safety council summarizes the causes of accidents as follows in part: The greatest number of deaths with a nadded suggestion'by Lodge’s conference with Will H. Hays, the Re publican national chairman, just be fore the unsuccessful fight Wednes day for ratification with the majority reservations included. In his letter advising Democratic senators to vote against ratification with the majority reservations, Pres ident Wilson characterized them as constituting a nullification of the treaty, and some of his senate follow ers do not consider it a remote pos sibility that he may^fiecide to join the issue and let the majority program stand or* fall by a popular decision in the campaign. Should he take such » stand and de cline to resubmit the treaty, let matters stand for the present as they are, ft was considered certain on all sides tonight that the result would be to put the ratification fight square ly into the presidential contest. There was nothing to establish definitely that he would do so, however, and the course of the administration senate leaders during the day seemed to In dicate the opposite. They continued to talk compromise and predicted that the Republicans would modify their attitude, making it possible to clear away the whole contfoversy be fore the campaign opens. They were confronted with the fact, however, that the Republican group of mild reservatlonists, on whom hope of a compromise was placed, had served notice that any further compromise negotiations must be conducted with the Republican leader binfself. The closing stages of the fight, which preceded the ratifica tion vote, multiplied evidences of Re- publican solidarity behind the reser vation*, many decisions in the pre liminary maneuvering being decided by virtually strict party votes. Even among the irreconcilable foes of the treaty on the Republican side, the statement of Senator Lodge was accepted with satisfaction. Some of this group have said openly they would leave the party unless it de clared next year for outright rejec tion of the league of nations coven ant, with or without reservationts, but they took the view tonight that the situation was developing with a sat isfactory speed. By the time the na tional convention met they predicted, it would be ready to go further than Senator Lo.lge in hi? statement. , The onlv expression of t»V Piesi- When you choose a bank at which to do •business, youdiave~m irrindoertaTn require*"? ments which it must meet to satisfy you. The First National Bank will meet yoUf requirements. It has— l ..V Ample Capital. Convenient Location. \ ! - .i. Unquestioned Character.. Helpful Officers. Sound Managements— —^ Financial Strength. ■'A I I \ What more can you ask of a bank. The First National Bank invites vour account, either checking or savings, or both. We . are amply equipped to handle your busi- nees satisfactorily. ✓ \ * « k .' Ma^e This Bank Your Business Home » National HlB;; ^ CUNTON’S STRONGEST BANK” ^ ’ charged to ally one. accidental caus^. 11,114. or 14.9 per 100,000, is shown as from falls. Next to falls, the great est nulnber of accidental deaths, 8,649, or 11.5 per 100,000, resulted from rail road acoldehts and injuries.. . .i BurnV excluding those received in conflagrations and in railroad, street car and automobile accidents, were responsible for 6,830 deaths, or 9.1 per 100,000. Deaths froba automobile accidents and injuries in 1917 totaled 6,724, or 'dent’s inten.-ois was a While House 8.9 per 100,000. AccldentaKdrowninfeyCaused 5,500 deaths, or 7.4 per 100,000. Mine accl dents and^irijuries resultetWn 2,623 deaths, or 3.5 per 100,000. is due to Injuries by vehicles' other than railroad cars, street cars and automobiles numbered 2,326, or 3.1 per 100,000. Deaths resulting from street car accidents munbered 2,277, corresponding to a rate of 3 per 100,000. Machinery accidents caused 2,112 deaths, or 2.8 per 100,000, a rate ma terially greater than that for any preceding year covered by the bureau’s mortality records. This last item is attributed by the American Machinist to “the largp number Of previously untrained workers employed during the war period.” * ► > WS*' ssES 2,000 New Postage Stamps Gladden Collectors ■ 1 ■■■■ N EW postage stamp issues since December, 1918, are now approaching 2,000 in number. Of these nearly 1,500 are accounted for by the first stamps of the new European states whose autonomy was guaranteed by the Paris conference. Poland, once repre- 300N fit HAVE A FINE ^collection CfeTMfJ sented In the stamp album by a single label, has produced since the armistice more than 400 separate and distinct postage stamps, while the Ukraine ranks second with approximately 175 varieties of either a provisional or per manent description. Jugo-Slavia and Czecho-Slovakia account for something like 150 specimens each and the de batable territory of Flame for 75. The average for the remaining states is between 30 and 50 stamps, while the shortest series thus far recorded is that of the Transcaucasian republic of Georgia, comprising up to the present four values only. The high est stamp issuing “record” hitherto achieved was in the year 1914, when 1,286 new postage stamps were produced throughout the world, mainly duo to the change lir the watermark of the British colonial Issues. One important step toward finality in the philatellc affairs of new Europe la the issue of unified postage stamps for the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes^ instead of the separate issues for Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia and Serbia. They bear the likeness of the veteran King Peter I as overlord of Greater Serbia and are inscribed ^fTBoUTbaJin and Cyrillic character*. announcement early in the day that he would have nothing to say until he sent his message to congress at the beginning af the new session on T ecember 1. h' :hat time, ;t Fas said, he would go into the treaty situ ation. Senator Underwood, of Ala bama, prominently mentioned for the Democratic leadership h the next session, talked over the o»itlook with Secretary inanity hut Uid ro* see the President The geneia! belief on both sides to night seemed to be that any compro mise negotiations will have to wait until the session begins. Most of the senate membership has left Washing ton, and t.m general disposition is to await the President’s message before attempting to go further with compro mise efforts. Senate” Hitchcock, of Nebraska, in charge of the treaty for the administration, will leave tomor row for Omaha. 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The Republican leares emphasized that some such plan must be adopted if the treaty is to be considered at all, declaring that railroad and other legislation, which the treaty crowded out of the special session just closed, must not be longer delayed Roanoke, Va., Nov. 21.—In a tele gram sent to the Roanoke Times to day, Senator Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia, declared he is “sure a treaty will be submitted by the President” at the next session of congress, and that he is “hopeful of an early ratifi cation.” Senator Swanson’s statement reads: “The treaty of peace is temporarily defeated in the senate, but can be presented again by the President In its present firm ir any other treaty he may negotiate. , As soon as the regular session convenes I am sure a, treaty will be submitted by the dent, and I am hopeful of early ucatior: ’ey the senate.” ^ 1i ' \