Peace TreatvRatification IsDue To-morrowDelivery of Letter Modify-

ing Amount of TonnageDemandedFromGermanyto MarkFormalCeremony

U. S. Is Not RepresentedMovement to Take Up Ques¬

tion of Trial of For¬mer Kaiser Is Reported

LONDOX, Jan. 8.-A dispatch to "TheExchange Telegraph says the ratifica-tion o the Versailles treaty will takeplace Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clockin the Hall of the Ministry of T'oreign.\tfairs. when the letter modifylng theamount of tonnage originally demand¬ed from Germany will be handed to

', J, Baron Kurt von Lersner, head of thoj f. German delegation.

The powers that have ratified thetreaty will be represented.Great

( Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium,Soiivia. Brazil. Guatemala, Peru, Po¬land, Siam, Czecho-Slovakia and Uru-t:uay.The departure, of Baron Birkenhead.

« I.ord Chancellor, for Paris in PremierLloyd George's party to-day, was re-

* ported to be in connection with the'i^stion of demand for the trial oforaer Emperor William and his ac-omplices.PARIS. Jan. ,S.. Thc exchange of

ratifications of rlie peace treaty withG( many will take place on the comingSaturday, January 10. it now seems cer¬tain. The Supreme Council to-day fixedthia date for thc ceremony and decidedthat it should be held in the FrenchKoreign Office.

lt is anticipated that the SupremeCouncil will come to an end on Satur¬day with the exchange of the ratili-<;)tions.

.American Ambassador Wallace hasreceived no instructions regarding rep-

; resentation of the United States at the¦vurday meeting.

LONDON, Jan. 8..Pr^miers Lloydgeorge and Xitti left this morning forPnns. vhere they will conl'er withPremier < icinenceau of France.A. ,1. Balfour. former Secretary of

£iate for Foreign Affairs: AndrewBonar Law. government leader in thejusc nf i.'ommons; Earl Curzon of

Kvdleston. Seeretarjvof State for For-igo Affairs; Edwin S. Montagu, See-

;-.'tary for India; Baron Birkenhead,!Lord Chancellor; Lord Edmund Talbot,¦>en* Parhamentary Secretary to therveasury, and Sir George Riddell werefrnbers of Mr. Lioyd George's partv.* .torio Stialoia, Italian Foreign Mir--ter, with his ataiV. accompanied Pro-);er Nitti.The presence of Baron Birkenher.d:th the party is reported to be in con-n :otion with the question of demandror the trial of the former German Em-r;or aml nin accomplices.

I The British Prime Minister, Mr.Lioyd George. ar.d the Italian Premier,S_ignor Xitti, reached Paris at 4 o'clock.his afternoon. They are accompanied:. r-arl ( ur/.on. Andrew Bonar Law,.¦'Italian loreign Minister, SignorWloia; Baron Birkenhead. Lord Chan-Hor. and others. The three Premieis.|d a conference this evening.lt is announced that diplomatic re-i:. io:-.s will be resumed with Germanyon <Sunday, when the French Charge'd Affatrea will leave or Ber|n. Baron

von Lersner, the German representa¬tive, will present his credentials toI 1 :cs,dent Poincare.. ..

Russian, 22, DescribesMurder of Mrs. Niznick

Testifke* "Sam the Landlord"Plotted Yonkers Crime and

Ex-Convict Was SlayerMax Lipp. a twenty-twe-year-old

j Russian. told a jury before SupremeCourt .Tustice Tompkins in WhitoP'ains yesterday that he and Harryj Givner, an ex-convict, had, at the insti-Kation of Samuel Michalow, known onthe East Side as "Sam the Landlord,"t.ound and robbed Mrs. Eiizabeth Xiz-r.ick in her home in Yonkers and that

' -he had died from a dose of illuminat-, ing jras Givner gave her to "keep her

o_uiet."The murder was committed October 7

!a*t. Michalow, Lipp and Givner area!j under indictment. It is Michalow's'rial that is now in progress. Givnerhas not been caught.Lipp testifled that Michalow had!

come to an East Side butcher shopvhere he worked and asked him totV"t some men to "do a robbery job."He swore that Michalow took him,Oivner and John Shablick to the home"f Annje Moskowitz, Shablick's niecc¦n 1 onkers. where the robbery wast.tam»ed. He told of helping Givner!V.r.d Mrs. Niznick and how Givner fast-cnSS th* S**. tube in her mouth.The following day, he said. Givner"fifin VV" Ii \ork »*<> K»ve him*60p Mling him he had taken $960n Liberty bonds and $280 in cash. He-aid. according to Lipp, he had toldMichalow he jjot onlv $280Annie Moskowitz t/estified Michalowcame to her house the day after themurder and gaye her $40. threateningthat she would be killed if .she didnot "keep her mouth shut."'ustke Tornpkins denied a motionby F. K. Weeks. counsel for Michalowto dlsmiss the indictment on theground that Michalow was not presentat the murder.

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Mexican Oil TajK ResistedMEXICO CITY. Jan. H. Petroleum

produeers ;n the Tampico district haveformed a combination pledged not topay recent duties on oil, fixed by Presi¬dential decree, according to Luis Ca-brera, Secretary of thc Treasury, inter-views with whom were printed here yes-*erday."This is the only contribution levied

by the Treasury Department that must*>", paid before the oil leaves Mexico"th* Secretary is quoted as saying. "Ifit u not paid .export* tion een be pr«-¦"n»ed, and if international frictlon-rv>u!d result, Mexico would have ri*htOti h*r side."

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Crime Wave inMexico AgainstAmericans Seen

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boys took when patrolling No Man'sLand at night. .A shot may b<j firedfrom thc brush at any mj.me.trt. TheAmericans ere usually mark'ed for rob-bery because they are knov.11 nlAVuys'1to carry money. Sometimes oil com¬panies intrust their pay rolls to trust-Avorthy Mexicans in their employ. Notlong ago one of these was stopped androbbed by two nondescript men, andwhile one held the vietim's hands theother chopped them off with a hatchet.More recently the manager of one

American oil company. accompanied byan American employee-. both on mule-back.the only method of travel on ac-count of the mud- encountered a bodyof Carranzista soldiers advaricing to¬ward a village held by rebel troops.The Americans had just traversed thevillage and Avere traveling in the ow-posite direction.The Carranzista general ordered'theAmericans to tell all they knew. con-

stantly threatening them both. Even-tually, he held the employee captiye,while the manager was forced to rldeback into thc village for the purpose ofgathering further information. He was^old that the employee would be killedunless he returned. When finally hereturned, both Americans, on threat ofdeath, rode ahead of the federal col- Iumn toward the village for the purposeof drawing the rebel fire.Luckily the village had been evacu-

ated by the rebels, otherwise the Amer¬ican State Department would have hadtwo more Americans on the oil fielddeath list and the Carranza govern-ment would have placed the blame fortheir killing on the rebels.The Americans were held captive in

th« village all night long, while therebels returned to harass the federalswith stray shots Avhich drew volleysfrom the Carranzvstas. Fully 10,000'shots were fired by the federals during:the night.

Both of these men would come to theUnited States to tcstify before the Fallcommittee investigating .Mexican affairs'if they dared subsequently to return toMexico. They are in the exact positionof virtually every American whosebusiness or investments keep him inour neighboring republic.Their lips are sealed, otherwise they!

are marked men, like Consular AgentJenkins, who now faces an outstanding'masR of faked evidence in dishonestlMexican courts. and who will be con-victed, without doubt, unless the StateDepartment intervenes in his behalf.With Jenkins before them as an cx-

ample, Americans in Mexico who knowthe present .Mexican situation are nottestifying before the American Senatecontmittees. . They are hanging on and rhoping that the mass of evidence whichthe State Department,has in its posses-sion Avill eventually stir some one intoa realization that the time has comefor acts.Not long ago, when a British oil

company operating in the Tampicoregion complained to tho federal com-mand(er of the district that the com-pany's pay rolls were constantly stolen,thc( commander's retort was: "Whydon't you let Carranza troops carryyour pay rolls?"

In order not to» aggravato the com-1mander, the company decided to try theexperiment. An oscort of soldiers wasprovided and money amounting to sev¬eral thousand dollars was intrusted tothe officer in charge. The detai! ar¬rived at the first camp in good orderand delivered the money.The second camp was* reached threedays late, the excuse being that theroads were impassabie. Thc last campwas reached in two weeks and to cele-brate its achievement the trcJops looted

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the camp of everything it Avas possibleto carry aAvay, including food.The British company has not re-

pcated the experiment. However, un-punished murders and successful kid-napings of Americans in Mexico of latehave created a:i open season. Americacuu cxpeot them in number and shouldnot be surprised.

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AHied Officers SeizedRtimanian Camp Comtriandei-

Accnsed of Making Arrcst,PARIS, Jan. 8..The arre$t of sev¬

eral military representatives of the.Allies by a Jtumanian officer in oc-

cupied liungary is roported'in a Pragyedispatch through Geneva torday,The message says that the members

of military mission sent by the Allies'-'?: the Arad district to inspect prisoncampB and report on alleged atrocitiesof which iiiternei; "Fiunga'rians weresaid to have been thi victiMe, werearrested hy the commanding offtaer ofa concontration camp, who became. en-raged.at tho severe'criticisinft df. co.h-ditions made by tho mission. "' '»'.' ','No information regarding this.lnci-dc-.nt.haa been received in diplomaticcircles in Paris. lt is poinfe'd out,however, that communication withBudapest from this capital has beenextremely difficult for some time.

Philadelphia Tughoat J>IenWin Fight for Ten-Hour Dav

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8..The strikeof tugboat masters, mates, pilots andmarine engineers, which affected 350men and interfered with shipping inthis port for eight days, was settledto-day. A ten-hour day, with threeSundays a month off, were the chiefdemand of the workers, and these weregranted by employers.Thc demand for time and a haif forthe eleventh and twelfth hours AVasrcjected, but double time after 1hetAvelfth hour was granted.

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Smith, Hylan and Official 8Attend Anawanda Club Ball

Governor Smith, Avith his wife anddaughter, Tammany Leader Charles F.Murphy, .Mayor Hylan and many publicofficials, including forty judges, at¬tended the annual entertainment andball of the Anawanda Club last nitfhtin the Palm Garden, East Fifty-eighthStreet. Despite prohibition and theabsence of the winc agents who usedto flock to the organization's social af¬fairs, last evenin-r's event was pro-nounced entirely successful.-»-

Filipino Women Seek VoteMANILA, Dec. 10..The women ofthe Philippines have launched a cam¬

paign for suffrage. The Senate com¬mittee has been holding public hear¬ings on thc Sisson bill; providing fortheir enfranchisement.

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$940,000,000 Saved toU. S. by Extra Session

Senator Curtis Finds More Ac-complished Tlian at Regu¬

lar Meeting TimeWASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Congress

during the extra session concluded lastmonth accomplished as much as or morethan is usually accomplished at regu¬lar sessions, Senator Curtis, ^fsfnsas,Republican whip, asserted to-day in a

speech in the Senate. Through the cut-ting down of appropriation estimateshe said a saving of $940,000,000 hadbeen effected.

Particularizing as to legislation Sen¬ator Curtis said the new Republicanmajority had submitted tke womansuffrage constitutional amendment,passed the prohibition enforcementmeasure, strengthened the food andfuel control act by amendments de-signcd to help reduce cost of livingand passed acts restoring to the Inter-state Commerce Commission power toregulatc railroad rates, establishingvocational rehabilitation for disabledsoldiers, refrulating the entry of aliensinto the United States and preventinginterstate shipment of stolen automo¬biles. ln all all ninety-three laws andeighteen joint resolution."! rcsulted fromthe session, he said.

Body of Man Covered WithWonnds Is Found in Snow

ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. S.--Thelbody of an unknown man, covcred withwounds still bleeding, was found bc-|neath a bridge on the Mosquito Road,south oi' the city, about noon to-day.Tho snow bore marks of a struggle,and the imprint of a small shoe witha French heel. Sheriff WeidenWnnwas notified nnd hurried to the spotwith deputies.The body was clothed in garmentsof good quality. The man was about

thirty years old.

Y. M. C. A. Seeks $200,000Dues and fees paid by members willfall short by $200,000 of meeting the

expenses of the New York Y. M. C. A.for the rest of the current year, and itwas announced yesterday that a can-vass for contrihutions from thc publicto make up this amount would bebegun January 20. The canvass willcontinue until January 29.

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McCumber PutsTreaty BlameOn President

Senator Tells Women HereWilson Used Office toHalt Agreement in Hopeof Killing Reservations

Irreconcilahles CensuredMrs. Catt Sees United States

"Apoiogizing to Nations"for Delaying World Peace

President Wilson, on thc one hand,and the "irreconcilable" group of Sen-ators on the other, Avere characterizedas "obdurate forces" that are prevent-ing early ratification of the peacetreaty and the league covenant byPortcr J. McCumber, United- StatesSenator from North Dakota, in au

addres3 last night at dinner given bythe Women's Non-Partisan Committeefor the league of nations in HotelCommodore.The other speakers were Dr. Abbott

Lawrence Lowell, president of Har¬vard; Major General John F. O'Ryan,Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and MissVirginia C. Gildersleeve, dean of Bar-nard Coilege, who presided. All ofthem argued for the league in oneform or another, Under Secretary ofState Frank L. Polk sent a letter urg-ing the league as a guarantee of theindependence of the small nations ofEurope.A resolution introduced by Mrs. J.

Borden Harriman and unanimouslyadopted by the 1,000 persons presentcalled on the Senate to ratify thetreaty and league "with such reserA-a-tions as will not send it back to theAllies or require resubmission to Ger¬many."

Blames PresidentSenator McCumber, who is the leader

of the "mild reservationists," said, inpart:"The President of the United States,

unable to secure ratification of thetreaty presented by him, as formulatedby the Versailles conference, has so farthrown the weight of his great office inopposition to the ratification of theinstrument as modified by Senate reser-A-ations, with the hope of compellingunreserved ratification."While he is thus watchfully waiting,divers candidates for Presidential

nomination are touring the countrywith the hope of engendering such apublic animosity toward the compactas shall preA-ent thc adoption of anyleague of nations provision in anytreaty that may be presented.

"If the President would to-morrowsay, 'I have exercised my constitu¬tional prerogative and po\A-er in pre-senting to the Senate this treaty forits advice and consent, and it is nowup to the Senate to perform its pre¬rogative and power and to each Senatorto exercise his own judgment,' thetreaty would be ratified before anothersundown.

"So, too, if those opponents Avho areseeking most radical reservationswould consent to eliminate some of theprovisions of their reservations, whichare admittedly unnecessary, Avhich arediscourteous, to say the least, in theirwording, dictatorial in their style andembarrassing to friendly poAvers, thiscountry and a waiting world would berelieved immediately of further sus-pense."The contest in this country has

spent most of its fdrce on reservationsconcerning Article X. It is claimed bythe President that the reservationadopted to this article take:- the heartout of it. While I should prefer thearticle as written. I cannot. agree withthe contention of the President."

"A New Sinn ,Feinism"Senator McCumber declared that the

"heart" of the article was in the agree¬ment of the contracting nations to "re-spect thc territorial integrity andpolitical independence" of one another,and that thc reservation, dischiimingon the part of the United States anyobligation to defend that integrity andindependence did not Aveakenthat un-dertaking.

"If each nation," he said, "maintainsits faith with the others there willnever arise the necessity to send asingle soldier, to dispatch a single ves¬sel or expend a single dollar to de-

fend a party to the compact againstaggression."

General O'Ryan declared opponcntsof the league were "developing a newkind of Sinn FSinism."

Mrs. Catt predicted that, after rati¬fication, the United States "will apolo-gize before the nations of the worldfor the delay."

Dr. Lowell, after asserting that fu¬ture wars, if not prevented by a leagueof nations, would be far more ruthlessthan the last one, said:"Have we got democracy if we can¬

not compel the voice of the people tobe heard? Let ua speak so that weshall be heard even in Washington, anddemand that the treaty in some formbe adopted."

Baby Burned to DeathIn Tenement Blaze

Sewer Department EmployeesAre Rescuers at a Firexm

Eleventh AvenueAfter she and her two children had

leen rescued from a fire' at 846 EleventhAvenue yesterday, Mrs. Camella Damoremembered that her sister's vear-oldson, John Dean, was asleep in a crib onthe fourth floor. Tne structure was inflames, but sewer department men, ledby Foreman James A. May, made theirway up the 11 re escape, smashed throughwindows and took the child from^a burn-ing bed. They brought him down thefire escape, but he died before the ar-rival of an ambulance.The tire, starting apparently in the

cellar of the. five-story structure, spreadto the one stairway and cut off the es-

cape of the tenants. May and his men,Peter Sheehan, Frank Gorman and AbeWasserman, were repairing a manhole ablock away and answered Mrs. Damo'scries for help.

Other tenants made their way downthe fire escapes unaided.

Aspirant for President's ChairCballenges Him to Debate

PIERRE, S. D. Jan. 8,.James O.Monroe, of Chicago, who has filed asan independent Democratic candidatefor state indorsement for the Presi¬dential nomination. to-day filed a for¬mal petition with the Secretary ofState challenging President Wilson to'a joint debate in South Dakota.

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Cutalonia in State of SieteMADRID, Jan. 8. -Announcement »Mmade last night that a s-uto 0f tje

had been proclaimed throughout^Province of CaUilonia. The Miniitfof the Interior declared at midnigt-that the government intended to Ukistrong measures to put an end to Qmlockout recently declared in Ba/ceio-jwhich he stated was keeping 1000ftpersons out of employment.

$3.50.000 Fire in BiTffaloBUFFALO. Jan. 8. -One lireman ««

scA-erely injured and the lives of «venty-five employees of the Sturtz-Automobile Manufacturing Compttwere endangered in a lire which c>stroyed the four-story brick builditat 145-147 Seneca Street to-dsy. TVloss was placed at $350,000.

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