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EARLY VICTORY
& DEPENDENT ON
RUSSIAN STAND
Withdrawal Would
Blow War Coun
cil Sees
Be
DUMA WOULD FIGHT
TO CRUSH GERMANY
Root Must Defeat Germans'
Separate Peace Plan
in Petrograd
WASHINGTON pi I .t
Help lot Russia ami solution of tlic
Irish nucntton weie the two herculean piob
lems before the great world war council of
the Allies here todav
As for the Irish quest'on tlieic "'
on to believe llnllsli Koiclgn Seeiet.nv
Halfour's first lepott of the win parle.v
received In London toil,iy. will liei.nic In
formal inquiries Iiiim' made It i leai that
1'rcslilenl Wilson believes a speed solu
tion of the ptoblem will iln moro tlt.m an.v
thlnjT else to advance the light for uni
versal democrat:)
The I'nlted Stales lioveiumcnt consldcis
Ilclaml n subject too delicate to m null
even Informal "imnestloin concerning line-
lnrid'H nltltnrln It linn lufl Mia inltl-tli..
strictly to Hngland, and IhiB'and. thtoiigli
Ilalfoui is known today to have eveielsed
that Initiative
The promotion of the woild denoeiac
phase of Amerlc" s attitude dovetails with
the TUtsalan situation mid plans to meet II
Knglnnd. l-'rance and Italy ale keeping the
closest possible watch on developments In
the new democrurj. Ami while the) aie
doing all they can to help it along, the)
look to the fulled States to tale the brunt
of the burden because of Its position as the
birthplace of freedom and democracy
Ultra-secret conferences between this
CioveriiTient anil the lirltNh and French
commission heads and lcpresentatlvcs of
the other Allies piecedeil and followed the
appointment of I'llhu Hoot ns head of the
United States's I'.usslan aid commission
will speak out concerning the Russian situ
ation, because they feel it Is too delicate
to discuss Just now, a word here and there
from repiesentalles of the different Gov
ernments piece their attitude together like
this ,
The revolution has developed two leading
factious In Russia the lunna and the pro
slonal committee of soldiers anil citizens.
The Duma n thoioughl democratic.
Utterly opposed to h separate peace with
German) and on terms of complete uinlet
tandlug with the Allies.
The provlsl3n.il committee, the moie
powerful of the two oigniiizatlons anions
the people, Is not a unit either for the
Allies' cause or for a sepal ate peace with
Germany
Germany is advancing u gigantic propa
ganda to swing the committee to a sepa
rate peace Geiniany Is concentrating Its
rffoits on the extreme Socialists on the com
mittee, among the people at home in Ilus'-la
and among the soldiers In the trenches
These German propagandists argue
"You In Russia havo had youi revolution.
It has been successful
"tVe In Germany aie getting our levo
lutlon under way Make a separate peace
with us. We are all brothers together, and
together we will throw off the autocratic
oke. Why should we light each other? Wo
have no quarrel "
KI.IHi: ROOT'S TASK
The autocratic Geiniau Government Is
hiding behind these suggestions It will be
for tho Root commission to Impress this on
tho Russian people.
"Nobody knows what the provisional
committee will do." ald one foiclgn of
ficial who Is in a position to know today
"And," be added, "heaven only knows
when the war will end If they manipulate
a separate peace "
Germany's success In Russia, it is pointed
out, would mean the necessity for hurling
of millions of Ameilc.in Hoops Into the
war on the western front.
"Do not for u moment minimize said
another Ally official today, "what n
eparnte peace between Germany and Itus
flu would mean to the I'nlted States
"It wou.d mean that German) would
be fed. supplied nnd equipped for endless
r and that the Allied blockade to starve
Germany out would have gone for naught,
"It would mean that eleven arm corps,
about a million and a half fighting men,
would be swung Into the balance against
the rtrltlsh and Kiench fronts
ONI..V ONi; ANSWGR
"You can readily see how this would
menace the remaining European Allies
Then there could he only one answer for
the United States, and that answer would
be millions and millions and inlllons of
men.
i "I'pon Auieiic.i would depend the success
or failure of I'russlanlsm.
"You would have to feed, equip, munition
and otherwise maintain your gigantic army
In Hurope.
"Nor would that detract one Jot or tittle
from our present problem of feeding and
equipping Kurope under Its present lighting
conditions."
Such Is today's line-up of the pioblem
with which Kllhu Root and the American
commission to Russia will be confionted
While a 1100.000,000 ioau to ,ay ilI1(1 a
t2tfO,000,000 loan to France were being ar
ranged for between President Wlbion. Sec
retary JlcAdoo nnd the French and Italian
leprcsentatlves and probably will be con
summated within a few days, nnd while
buch International questions as tho preven
tion of tho threatened world famliie'and the
details of America's active part In the war
deeply engrossed the wuv capital of the
world, the Russian situation overshadowed
them all.
WASHINGTON. April JS.
The United States may suve the woild.
After a week I nthis country that fact
Is the most outstanding one In the minds
of Arthur James Ualfuur und the members
of the Uritlsh mission, they said today.
They gathered today to exchange views and
Impressions and the vastnes of the United
States and Its resources stood out in every
one's mind.
Qreat Britain has learned fiom the
United States through this mission, the
members agreed,
Kncouragement is lent to the struggling
nations, the Uritlsh find, by breathing the
elrlt of the democracy of the United States
"a great, potential economic power coming
' Info the war," as one member of the nils-
' slon put it.
- , .- - no camo noru 10 leu America or our
f -'' . i. mistakes." another mild, ."lint I feel ilct r
. -have learned more than t have been niii
.V- ".'to TlvAjTZraat Ttrltnln 'nnit th AMU mii.(
, ht 'strengthened and broadened as we feel
pWMlve. atandlnr shoulder to shoulder
' x-wHh' this' powerful democracy."
; iHRgUnd has realized that she Is not a
. MMMr nation " Geoffrey Butler said, "but
"way, the American public and the
press has treated us gives us the
gratification."
',-. members of the British commls-
Mtay with conferences.
military men are.conferxlna;
Ml the. War Department
r with naval ex.
,mt, tMrltii
BIG RECRUITING
PARADE TODAY
Mass Meeting on City Hall
Plaza Will Follow Pat-
riotic March
TOM DALY WILL RECITE
Enlistment 'Hatting Averages'
in 'liig League' Hall Towns
Hrors Total
n v.i-n!i "rnr' "melius
Detroit o0 1597 17.0t
Cincinnnti .... :tl lllitl U5.10
Boston !! IOCS 12.45
St. Louis 54 1455 10.C10
Cleveland . . 3S 1111 H.JW
ChlcaRo . .. . 2b'0 4318 !.8S
PittsburBh . . 55 1105 S.47
Brooklyn . . 1 S'-4 7.05
I'hilnilcliiliin . Hi 2175 7.D2
New York . . . I OS .17'25 :i.91
Tin1 licuics abovf show the com
bincil uimy, navy and marine coips
enlistments yestcrdny, tho total
from April 1 to today and the num
ber oi enlistments per 1000 men of
military sivte in the vutiuux cities.
inllitHi-v p.u.idi' l spin ipi iiillliiK -will !
in. mil thiuiigh tin t nitral ,.itlnii f 'he
i lt tills ,lftlll'.,.l 1-lllllllR vv.tb .1 in:is- I
uo't iik "ii 'Mix Hull nl.iKi
life iinil iliuiii . n ti- m.ixiiiK tin' "iiv
with hill ill music, vvill le.ul the nun here
tin- did I'.u.ird of I'hilaileliiliin, veteiaiis of
tho I'lvil and Sii.iniBli-Aiiieilcui nri- nnd
detai'limi'nta of soldleis. in.iilnes nnd sailniK
ilicliiillnu Moiiieu viicnit'ii In full uiilfoiin
Toil )MA TO ItlVITi: I'oUAIS
on tin- noith )l.i.ri of I'ltv ll.ill. wilt ii
lli' mllltiirv .mil naval uttltx lll draw mi
lit iitleiitlou nil .ilipe.il to the patrlollsm of
riiiliiib'liihln ill m made AinoiiK thf
spfiiKel" will be iienet.il .Insfph It ' Wind.
I'liloiid .Inhii IllnUsnn. ommamli-r of the
Old Uliaiil. and Tom P.ilv IIi'BMMl I.i:tlEH
i-iilyiuulst who will n-iitf 'l-'lai! "' M
Land." "ilj Aiunica. ' "ll.it" orr to tin
KIjk" and ntber lmttlntlc 1"'Iiim uhlib be
has vvrllleli I'lilonel Know If 1 'nisl,- . i hwf
of "luff "f tile old Hiiaid, will be ni.istcv
uf ccreiiicuui's The route of the pai.ide will
be ftoin HiimhI .mil Itaro stieets. on llloiul
tu M.irUet. t I'.lKhtli nnd niuiiteiiii.tclilni;
to i'it Hall
KlKUies lonililU'il tod.i.v show tb.it Phila
delphia bus furnUlK-d silKlitly moto tlisiu
4000 enlisted men to the vmloiis bundles
of the seivlce, the icKllllir K'lvli'e Kettllli;
about half of tlieni. The inotilb's lotals
aie Ainu, XL' I. iinvv. "iiH (not (OuutliiK
abuiil Kin iitillstnl mi the wutshlps.);
maiitie mi lis. -!n!; ui.iiliie teserve rorpn,
150; coast i;u,itds, 100: naval coast defene
lo'a'iio. IfiiiO. and National (iiKiiil, 15 Tot
the vveeU endliiB todav the totuli sue Anu,
'Jiin . navy. 1BI: marine mrps. T"
Todav eiillstnients were not piniiiisintr
V do.en men wcie added to the arm. .1
half dozen to the ii.iv v and eUlit o the ma
rine corps Two f till llllll.v leriuits welu
I'enn State I'olleKc Ntiiib nts- llair.v HotT
inan. 1'.'9 .Ninth SKtieth stieft. and Xormaii
li IliiKhes. I."'.".l .Ninth Twenty-ninth Mleet
Charles (" Nl( hols twcnt.v-one yeais old.
IIS Not th ill.s.souil avenue. Atlantli ch.
a naval coast delense reM-rve volunteer,
who was lejfcted two weeks Ko becaui-e of
bad teeth, "came back" tod.i.v with a vim
lie had had twentj of his teeth pallid and
leplacid. spendim; $1-'." on tho Job tu make
himself lit.
A all was Ihsutd todav h the .MIIIIhi.v
TialnlnK Camps Association foi more ma
tine applicants for offlms' tralnlni! lit the
thiep-inoiitb tralnlni; cauiii at Kurt N'laKara.
New Vmk. .Men betwteii twentj -elKht and
foil-foili i'.ns old aie needed to fill jiosl
tlonn lieedlni; m.ituie judmenl About S0o
nine men have been panned upon luvorabl.v
at the offiies In the Comineiii.il Ti list
Ilulldlui,'.
The follow Iiik cnllstnicntK weie announced
tod.i.v
I'NITIIO S1ATKS AKHV
.lun-pll Neniitat. '-'0 'til Klilllx t
Vlr llnrensiln. Jl. U'OI Krl n
Willlnni II Smith JO. I3.1S X Allison "i
I)anll r llrlnrr in. (ill N .':i'l t
i lar'-nr .4 Hlktcrnr. in ri.'O'i WeKtnilnilr aw,
l.ewl I'llKllOII 111 IKl'l (lirirll M
IMnv K Thornlon II' ("in! i!reen.i nve
.mue .1 Kiinx 'j;l. .Mil S .".Till M
i'r.iwforl VV Wis- l'i R'.Ml Ciilumhl-i n
l.lvlnu Tlnaro 111 ill 1 1 Kliwesln me
llimsell v.. lint, in ir.11 Mirtleu I M
ImIp ' lluvktr i III It Wmtllelil l . I Jill -
Inn I
Anthonv ItuBiml..! l'i. L'll.lt i: lli-nrv si
I ITi:i) STATUS NAW
Paul 1n IT Went rape Mae S' .1
IMniinl II ( oilier 'J I Meri'liiintvllln N I
i'.iri:i) n'iv.-ics; .M.viiiNi: i mti's
lleerrje V .ur.i t'.l. 11JI WhHtllnstoii Hie
tuvlil Mull run l'.in. "tl V.2, "J'J'-.I Van IMt si
VV iller ltinell JlMimr I'll llill IlHlllliurRir l
VMIIIiiiii 1'alrnl; rjiii L'S JI'JT VIi Clellaml st.
Krnl It-natlU" lliiriliiulon .'S I'd'-' Narru.in
in
Nl
All., rl l.itlnr J1 lllliclllimlllll 1
1'rnnl. llowunl MhIit I!' i:.ilon I'.i
.los..nii rr.m. is ijuinii jo Jin l lllh l
Thelll.is I'liul VV.illei l'i. J.V.O lllllltlliKiliili
Kulleilil I'litnl. Snniisoll J" I oluiulil.i 11
PROBE AT EDDYSTONE
TO BE PUSHED DEEPER
Coroner Satisfied With Jury's In
definite Verdict, but Advises
Further Investigation
The nil-till sllllotlllllills, tile leienl e-t
plosion at IMd stone has not Peep ilemeil
despite tlie veidlct or the Coroner's jury,
which failed to II111I 1111 evldenuc of a plot.
f'oiotier Drewes announced today 'hat
vvhlli! In- was; satisfied with the verdict
mm h of the evidence K.ts Indellnite and
should be Investigated fill tin r The (iov
erninent InvesllKiitloii and that of the 1 0111
(i.ill will be pushed
It biiame known todav tli.it NulmUs
Klei kner. assistant chief Kusslun Inspector
at the IMdvstoiie Ammunition Coipoiatiou.
together with seveiai other inspectors, will
sever their coimeitlous with the lompany
within the next few days. Company olllcial.s
lefused to say whether or not the men were
leslKnlnc or whether they wcie discharged.
Kleckner nt the Inquest testified that he was
a former Socialist and that he wuh In sym
pathy with the Itusslan levolutlon.
Captain William -V. Wllhehn. vice presi
dent and Kdieiat inanaBtr of the company,
said aKuIn today that lie vvus still convinced
that the explosion was caused by a plot.
Thete ate at least fifty ways In which a
chemist could have blown up the building,
he said
The relief fund for the victims today
totaled J20.103.tl
Heroic orfcis also have been made by
several o'.lciuls of the Kddystoni- Ammuni
tion Corporation to k'lve poitlons of their
sltln In an effoit to savo the life of Millie
ilelfl, n little Italian gill who was horribly
burned lu the explosion She la said to be
near tlie point of death
The III si to offer to make the sail like
wan Captain Wilhelm Thomas K Keefe.
an engineer, and two other olllclals also
have volunteered.
The little victim Is in the Chester Hos
pital. Heforo the exuloMoii she was very
pretty. It was said. Now she Is in a sad
plight and suffers Intensely. She 1ms made
up her mind to recover and her nursen have
murvilid nt the child's grit.
When Captain Wilhelm learned that skin
wan needed for grafting lu an effort to
save the girl's life, he said.
"Why ahouldii't I help her? It' the least
I can uo iar n. girl who has gone through
all (die ha, Tnt other boys will help too."
Thel verdict of the coroner's jury wa
reecived with surprise by many who had
played a part In the investigation.
After a secret session of nearly three
hours the Jury announced It was convinced
the explosion occurred in No. I vibrating
room and there was, no evidence to lead
,. U. U-l..ll. timt" lkAiJlMBj.1 -
TERMS OF ARMY SELECTION RILL
AND PROPOSAL FOR VOLUNTEERING
THK at my bill befoic the House, known as the Ucnl hill and favored by
n majority of the Military Affalra Committee, provides raising the
reifjlnr army and N'aticjnal Guard to war streiiBth, first by volunteers as
at present and then, if necessary, by draft, anil authorizes the I'lcsident to
call for a Fcparatu volunteer army of 500,000.
The army census preparatory for a selective draft system is to be be
gun nt once.
If, when the census is completed, the 500,000 men have not been obtained
by volunteer.", the President may institute thu druft.
The committee minority, headed by Representative Kahn, fuvorr. tho
selective drnft recommended by the War Department and the I'tesident in
the original general staff bill, known now in its amended foim as the Dent
bill.
Repiusentutivo Kahn proposes an amendment eliminating the nuthoria
tion for a call for volunteers and providing for immediate institution of the
draft system.
If the Dent bill is passed unamended, it will be a defeat ftn the I'ic-i-dent
and a victory for tfic volunteer advocates.
If the Kahn amendment i" adopted, or the Dent bill without amend
ment is defeated nnd the .Senate bill or some other bill is substituted, it will
be a victory for the Administiation and selection forces and a defeat for the
volunteer system advocates.
The Senate bill is viitually the came as submitted by the At my War
College.
The House lull, as amei.ded. t In amendment being acceptable to the
War Department, makes men from twenty-one to foity eligible to seiviie.
The Senate bill ages me fiom nineteen to twenty-five.
HOUSE KILLS ARMY VOLUNTEER
PLAN IN OVERWHELMING VOTE
itntiiilipil rrmn Pane Our
"IIRnr finill tile bltlel p.ll ..f M.e p ill
fieivltude JeMis of Na.-aieth on Hie
ROOSEVELT ARMY PLAN HOLDS
STAGE CENTER TN U. S. SENATI
V lllii'IO.N inl J1
Tile ltooevili ilili.ion plan oei shailnwe I
nil oilier Issiick In the I'nlted States S n.it e
us ttie aimy Kfkcllon bill neaitd a vote
Thu billot villi be taken Home Time Inline
mlillllKht
111 tile last bouts of diliate thiee Influen
tial Siiiator.s tluew their llillui'liie In favoi
of the llanlliiK iturndiurnt to penult lions,.
vet to reeiiill a vnlimteer divixloii. They
wrie lliirilin;:. l.odue mid .lolin sharp
Wllll.iin.
Oei;larlnr 'tills I not a paitv w-.u It !
mi Ameiieaii win ' S nator l.odue made a
vli.'oiour' H'l'itli in favoi of the lloo'evell
divislott
"l'"or heaven hake. ' Minuted the veteian
il.iHUH husetts Siiiatoi, 'Is lluie any ten
con why lie Hhonldn t be allowid to offer
his life for what lie bellevcK most Mined'.'"
Lodge de land ltoo.svell was the only
man In the eoiintn who could lalse a di
vision, ami that til lit hhn do It would not
mjuie the pilmlple of iinlveinil mm v Ii e
lie dwelt upon the inula! iflifl of a foimer
rieHiileut leaduiK Ainniiaii troops In i;u
rope Si:i:S .MILLION TI'.Al'KUtS
SiMl.ltol- WllllailiS. Mlh.SiHsipl, one of II.,-
I'leslditii h inot lo.val suppoiteis in eitlier
hiillhu. iiKieed Willi Lodiie but iikmUmI that
while ilooscvilt was loinp-tent toiouiniauil
a icKhncut. he was not lilted to lead a di
vision HntdiiiK pointed mil that Koo-evelt
did not desire to lead n division
In a Kiatlilnc hpeeih aKainsi pio-iiei-maniMii.
Williams declared there weie one
million tiaitois in Aineiica
I want to wieil fin out' lie s,,icl
"That's why I want i 'inscription
"ill tin- tell million Ceimau-Aiueiliaus in
GUATEMALA BREAKS RELATIONS
WITH GERMANY; INFORMS U.
WASHINGTON Apnl -"
Ou.ilPiii.il, i has bioUni telaiiou.s with liei
lii.inv and lianded the ' lei man MlnlMei Ills
IMfiortn. it was officially announceil b the
State Depaitinent today
In antioiincliiK the break tin- liuateiu.ilaii
liiivernnienl oflerN the I'nittd States "u-e
of herteiiltori.il watnf, polls and railways
fot in-v- in common defense and also all c
mentK wlili h mav lie available foi the .same
pill pose" -
The uotiie of the bu-.ik was louve.ved in
tlie followiiii; i ouuuuuli ntiou fiom Joaquin
NEW WEAPON AGAINST SUBMARINE
IS FOUND, SAYS LORD BERESFORD
LONDON. April 28
LiiKlaiul dels hettel today. Development'
of tin- p.ifit tneiuj-foui hours have been a
ri eater inducement to optimism than any
othet-s that have oivuried for a lonR lime
The new hopcfulnf s 4 uiiectul in tlie
pies.s tonuneiits of 1'ieiiilei Llo.vd iJiMiiirfx
speech, in w'llch lie told the nation that the
Allies aie winning the war.
Hood news has also 1 onie from l-'iame,
l'.iissia. Ameiii.i mid .lapau
Lord lleicbfoid, famous Hrltisli naval ex
pel t. Is ntltlioilty foi Urn Htatunent that a
new wa.v has bein found to loinbat iho
suluiiaiiiie 11uu1.11 e and that it will lie put
into fotce at oik e
NAVY PLANS TO USE BOY SCOUTS
FOR COAST PATROLS DURING WAR
NL'W VOItIC pnl S
I'mlei ptowslons of .1 bill whiili Is to be
part of the Navy Department's war legis
lation apploxlluatelv .'(lull membels of the
Hoy Si outs of Ameilca, who voluntur for
set v lie, will be led and housed by the (juv
einnient and assigned to patrol duty on
both the Atlantli mid I'm Hie coasts.
Tills was Pained on good nuthoiit.v heie
today It Is understood Seciitary Daniels
Is taking a keen inteiost in the pait the
ISoy Seouts in.iv pla.v ill winning the war
and lias given the ptoposed bill his tenta
tive appioval It was also leained that
Hoy Scouts am ah -aily being used at many
polntH to instruct army lecrults in the
art of signaling.
Hoy Scouts along both toabts aie being
ALLIED ENVOYS SHUN PEACE TALK;
WAR, PLANS FOR WAR, THEIR THEMES
WASHINGTON, April 28
I'eaie Is the least expected event In Ku
lopcan history toduy
This Is the attitude adopted by the mem
bers of the I-'rench and Drltlsh missions
here to advise the I'nlted States, entering
Into the greatest war in hlstorj. Not one
member of the commissions has yet veil
tuied an opinion when peace will come. All
of them expect vlctoiy. "eventual victory,"
they call It. Hut peace Is apparently a
word not In their vocabulary
"When we hae knocked out tlie Hun"
the Uritlsh say.
"When the struggle for huuiault) comes
to ItH bloody close," the French say
To members of the commissions, peace
seems us distant apd hazy an event as the
millennium. It U something which they
feel is bound to come, but something which
they do not llx a time for nor do they base
any of their acts upon It.
Hut when peace comes II is bound to find
tlie Allies prepared for It lTvery -day of
conferences In Washington makes this fact
more evident. No matter what the terms
finally agreed upon, about the, world peace
table, the Allies are bound to get the
greatest benefit of peace.
This will come from the fact that the
Allies have and are waring an economic
warfare. Their war plans have been laid
with an eye to the future. They hay not
imn kuuwihi s.
N.izaulli fii Iheiloss v a a voliioleii
eio's wan n volunteei. 'I hi jiciillenien
on pji Ii sub of lllm vvele eonscilpls
II is 'elll!t plobalilv nine tlllllloii ale
ioviiI
l'oi ii-- i.i auilioi l.e llo'iM'Mii lo iats
I s ,,mii would be legislation will' Ii will
maki po-siii,. ,, vnluiilcer army foi Int.
inedla'e ami llilllsVe tlallllllK. lo lie II-
ciulleil b Colonel iloosevelt. tin mo i oui-ni,iiiile.ii-i
hlef of tin I'nlliil Slati s m m
and nuv.v." Mliator llanlliiK xaid
"It plnviiles the ailvauie uiianl of Ainei -lean
ideals InatliiK the oiltlainme of n -vv
win Id libiitv new- wuild civ lliallon ami
new win Id hinn.initv. and aiiiiid astn,mce.
of our evnhistliii; uniinittal lo maintain
our national llchl.
"Our people have vvondeied whj tint
t.vpli'.il Atiierli.iu tendei mid tin- t.vplial
ltonyeiiltlf.il tendei of the volunteer foico
should ftnil no eiiiouiiiKliiK Ami-ric.iii ie
Hponse "
To SI loV AilLP-ICAVLSil
HaidliiK dei lined the plopo-eil Itoosevelt
division would 'Rive foim to n Itoosevelilan
evpienhion of enni I and lead.v Ann ileiuiHni
and to pmvlde an lillliv of Aineiliaiis who
believe in lllm and Ills sospel of Vineii-
anion " He ndib d
And Mitcl.v the iiitetcst l.s not a in.it
tii of polttlis dele at liome i bid loi
bid Hide t-hould be anvwheic in pl.ue"
lileli or humble am uaiiow piejudliis
oi p.il lIs.uiBhiii in then- soleiiiu iLijs of
a Kieat AmeiU'au iiisih
Then- will be amazement iliioiiub th
laud if this inoposillou Is defeated
Tliele will be an imputation of motive
foi which neithei the Confiress nin the.
i:ectltlve oU4llt to Bive I all.se
Senator lloinli. Idaho, declainl tins uas
the til nt time In AiiKlo-saMUi lui'tui.v that
a nation has lesoited to the diatt al the.
beKimiiiiK of a wm i'iuihci iptlon is al-
iujh tin- last I emit of ilenioei.u .v." be Mild
S.
ili-udez, liuateiu.ilaii .Miuistei to the I'niled
State)), to Secietaty LansiiiK
"III lominuniealini; the attloii oi mi i inv.
eminent to jour Kscellene.v 1 take pleni.uie
ill leiteiatliiK that llualeinata, fiom the find,
has adheied to and supported the attitude
of the I'nlted Statin ill the defense of the
I lulls of nations, the Illicit of the seas
and of International justice and lh.it it lias
alwa.vs niisldereil llsilf In milt v with .voiir
ureal nation in the Infix piluclples wbtih it
has so wlsch pioelaimed foi the j,-ood of
humaultv '
The Hleali-t mtoest has bien aiousid
b.v this aiinouiuement No details were
Riven, but it was Indicated that the inventor
muy have been an Ameiican Hrllbli
papeis have loin; harped upon "Vankee In
Benult" and piediclions wen- made when
Ameilia enteied the war that some 111er
Icau would II ml a vwiv to put sub111.11 inn
out of business
Tlie optimistic tidings fiom .la pan aie
that that nation Is loutemplatini; a wide
pait In the wai
llussl.i lias leaflhnied her deteiinination
to tlnlil until viitoiy Is Rained, while the
piospccts of seeing American lumps 011 thn
tllinir line n-i-in to be bilRhter
ll allied now with .1 view lo p.u tii Ijutlug lu
pallid woik If the aie neVded Theie Is
liothing compulMii about tlie senile. If
the boys aie needed voluutetis will be
asked. Those who lesjiond must do so
with Die full nppinvHl of patents and school
iiuthoilties They will then be assigned to
stations near their homes and at fltst will
seive us "ees" of the men lenialnlng on
duti. watching tur enemy ships, lepoitlng
the appioaili of susil lous stiangers ami
signaling
Ho Seout headiUaitfis estimated Cnuu
would iiiobabl be voluntarily engaged in
this important woik out of the ".Ifl.unu
bcouls In the louutiy. Only bos of sixteen
years or moto will be engaged In the work
can give and have then made reservations
for the futuie These facts are becoming
more and moie clear as the experts of tile
Kntente disclose to Washington officials
their war plans On the .other hand, they
aiseil. and the asset tlons seem to be justi
fied by dall dispatches. Uermany is
throwing everything Into the war of the
day
Allied leadeis aie counseling the failed
States wisely From their mistakes we of
America aie bound to profit. They do not
uige us to thtow everything into the goiy
struggle , rather they are advising the use
of our tesourcts In a way which will bilng
a maximum return for a minimum loss, All
of this tukes time perhaps that Is why
they do nut talk of peace as Imminent.
"All's well that ends well." these war
cxpei ts say as they go about their work
fiom day to day lighting the battles of hu
manity and posterity.
Will Complete Engineer Regiment
POTTSVILLi:, Ph April 28. Captain
Gangloff. of Company ", Peunsyjvanla Kn-
glneers. InstfsJctlons from Adjutant aeneral
Stew ait to recruit all once an additional
company of engineer for Pottsvllle. This
city already has one company which ren
dered good service on the. Mexican border.
The new company, with one to be formed at
PhluvHIphla and one at Falmerton,. .vlH.
omilte the rf Intent of ! U
FRENCH TRIBUTE
FOR WASHINGTON
Magnificent Eulogy Deliv
ered on "Father of His
Country"
HONORED BY ALL NATION
WASHINGTON. Apt 11 US
One of the most inagnllkent tilbutes ever
paid to (leoiue Washington was given to
dav by Cuillle llovehciiie. f-'rem Ii Mlnlstel
of l'libllc lntrui tlons. on the eve of the
l-'iencli mid lliltlsh pilgrimage I" tin- gleat
AniiM Iran's grave at .Mount Vernon
Nupoleou ' -aid il llovelaiipie, smiling
11 little siidlv might have been Washing
ton us It was he was onl.v Napoleon
The Flinch stall small spoke with visible
mill nin of tin- ' Father of Ills Colltitrv
No other American,' he said. "Is so
near tlie Ileal ts of tho I-'mncli people as,
vniii Washington lie irpresented nil that
'Finnic holds most deal Nn other man 'o
Incainatis tlie sai rlfli e, the resistance
iignlint Iviulilii. the love of llht-rlv and
lieidom as does Washington Hi." name Is
famlll.it to ever Fn-mli peasant
It was out Intention when we came to
AuuMiia to visit his giave at ill Vermin
mid to deposit theie the bronze palm, before
(lining on (he lapltal that beats bis inline
to see l'lesilleltt WINon
"Tolnollow thi I'lellih liatloll Will pa
a poson.il lilhute to the Immortal heio
II villi lie 110 ineie bal-iaislng. polite tcie
111011 II will be 11 peisoiial tl Unite slinighl
fiom Hie In-all of the l-'ipuih nation The
knowledge tli.it il.ushal JolTu- and M Vlvl
mil lint and 1 lasep hands over the ki.ivc of
Washington will mean mm Ii lo the Fundi
penpli
"I will give vou .111 illiistiatlnii of how
dun Washington Is Jo Fiance one day I
look llobiit I lei 1 I.I, and ills .Mai tin Cgan.
both 111ets1ans whom vou know well, to
attend 11 pulilli met ting lu 11 lioioiinb hall
oil the oiitsklils of I'aiH I had iievo been
In this hall m.vscir
Tin- Hist tiling Hint, slunk our eves
lis we itlteted the liolollgb piesideut s
pihate loom was a gieat piituie of Wash
ington I thought pel Imps It had been
plaint theie lo honor the Ameiican vM
tins "'llow lung has thai pictlue liei 11 lli'ie"
i asked our host
' 'Hlglitv ems. .Miipsieui.' was ,.s ieply.
oil his desk was .1 papei weight a
bion.e bust of the great Amerliau That
is one example of what Fiance thinks of
Washington."
The 1 utile Flench and liiitlsh missions
will be guests tomoiiow 011 the I'tesldential
.11 In ilavllowiM mi the tilp down the his
tiuli Potomac Seciet.uv of tlie.N'avv Dan
iels will be tin host ii Vlvrani and ilar
sbnl .loffre will both pav their iepeits to
Washington In addnsses.
ENDS LIFE IN MISTAKEN
. FEAR OF BLACKMAIL
Voutli's Suicide in Kvanston, 111.,
Attributed to Panic Over Tele
grams From Girl's Parents
A mistaken Idea that the patents of a
gill In- had been engaged to were tlneaten
lug lllm with blackmail, lid liaudolpli
lliiesloid. twenty eats old. son of lllehmd
lleiisfiud. i.islein manager of a tpecast
Ing machine coinpany. to take his life in
llvanston. Ill, last Thursday Detesfoid
I1.11I neehed two telegrams from ill' mid
ill-, il 1: lli.iunagle, of GDIS Sansoni
stteet. wlm believed mlstal-eiily. .Mis.
Itiaunagle eplaluid today, that lie bad
sicn-tlv luaillid their lw'eiit-iai-old
daiigliter. IMItli. The telegiams oidired
young lleiesloid to come to Philadelphia
at mile, and added that tlie lti.iuiiagles
would go to lleiesfnnl s lathei if he did
not
Tlie daiightci. l'.dith litauuagle a giad
uate In last Feliiuaiy s 1 lass from the Hills'
High School, was not mairieil to lleiesfoid.
She did not tell In r parents this until aftei
the telegrams weie sent Then she said
they had been engaged, according to a
stntineiit of ills Llinimagle toda. The
Hraunaglcs' idea lu sending the telcgiam,
ill. Ilr.vtmagle explained, was to tiling
Heiesfoul to Philadelphia m once so that
pioceedlngs to annul the supposed man luge
could be stalled
ills Hraunagle. who said today she had
always told IS-icsfonl hoi mild tievei inatry
her danghur. sent the Hist telegram after
the glil asked her last Wednesday what
she would do "if I have imuricd Ikindnlps?"
iln- Htnun.igio had said again that sho
would nevei peiinit hei daughter to ninny
lleiesfoid she took tlie girl's statement
foi veiilliatlou of her feat that thev had
man led smetl, she asseited
Hefnie he took his life. Heiesfoul tcle
giaphed his lather' "The Hraunaglcs are
going to h!.u kiunll me and lulu our name,
llellevc me. 1 am hiuucent." He had lead
Into the lelegiams a threat tliat the
Hrauuagle's had not luteiided. .Mis
litauuagle believes.
ills. Hraunagle said m the lelegiaiu
slm sent.
"Come on at once. If not will go to om
father."
When her husband came home she told
him of her feats and he followed tho (list
telegram with this:
"Will give you forty-eight hours tu come
Oil "
.Mrs. Hiauiiaglc. explained today that she
opposed lleiesfoid's msh to many her
daughter because she thought him eiratlc
and cm liable
Klkton .Miiri iiige Licenses
LI.KTON. ild., Apl II 2S. -Klgliueii iim
ples weie gi anted mairlage licenses heie
toda, as follows .lames S Lawrence and
Julia A o'l!r!iu. Hi lttlth It. ilellor and
Ada S (Jllton. Howanl Atubron and Myrtle
Kane, William A Craven and Florence )1
Hilnfohr, Joseph L. AVase und Henrietta
Wulie, all. of Philadelphia.; Charles Crot
hand nnd Ulancho Couter, Lansdalc, Pa, ;
William T. Smith and Lillian Hi)), Chester,
i'a ; William llostclter and Laura il. Kntils,
Lester, ild, , Amos S, Winner and Lottie I,
CImiIpk, Lancaster, Pa.. Charles H. Dlclc
luson and Hleanor lluwthot'n, Coatesvllle,
I'.i , Wiuflelil Yocan and ilailo Itlggs, Tle.id
lug. I'a ; Iluuy F llmkback, Ncwfleld,
I'a. and Httu il Kle. Vlneland, N. J,;
Alewmder Cochran and Cecelia Schaffer,
Hlchluiidlown, Pa . Ilalph Charnock and
I'tarl il. Tilor. Chester. Pa ; illlton D
Nlie and Sarah Heck. Port Clinton, Pa.;
.lames T. Leo and Hllzabcth Grace, Marcus
Hook, and James .McCaw, Philadelphia, and
Anna iliCuun. Pennsgrove, X J.
Play und Dance for Temple Fund
A play and dance, the proceeds of which
aie to be given to the Million Dollar Cam
paign Fund of Temple University, will be
held this evening ,at the New Ceptury
Drawing 1 looms, lit South Twelfth street
"Let's All (let .Miirrled" Is the title of the
plasv which Is under the direction of John
MrSalfranl;, The affair will be under the
aunplres of the business department of the
Aluumao Association of Temple University.
French Flags
Meunlrd on ntlrlm Willi (lit pearlieadi, lix
IS, 40r each 1 14, 0 Uo 3S,00 hundred,
16x31, 6O0 eaelii St. SO dosen, fSS.OO hun
dred. 34x311, 18c eachi (1,00 doseni 103,00
hundred. All large orders accepted will be
ready on or before Wednesday noun. AUo
large aupgljrltxll Amerlrmn JTUgi. fle.Ot
hundred. '
5iN.7t
READY FOR PEACE,
SAYS TURK CHIEF
Vizier, in Berlin for Confer
ence, Will Concede Noth
ing, However
NO TERRITORY DESIRED
lly .JOHN ORANDENS
UHllLIN, Apt II 28
"Tut he Is 1 tady for peace or ready for
continued war." deviated Talaat Pasha,
Tutklsh Vls-.ler, helc for confeieiiie with
Itcilln olllclals
"Turkey does not desire annexation of
territory and she has military strength
tilting!! t" hold nut Indefinitely." he con
tinued our liaivisl ptospeits this jeur
ale of I lie best
"We have not altered one whit our treat
uietit of Amei leans because of America's
assumption ol bc'llgeirncv agalnt Hie ('en
ti ill Powell'
ItEltUS SENDS OFFER '
OF PEACE TO RUSSIA
i:oTlli:.N'l!l'f!(!. Sweden Apl II "
Tin- Cnpcuhngf p 1 otiespoiideiil of the
Tldetigtii lebgi.iplix that be lias leained
fiom 11 dependable souue tli.it il. Hotgjerg,
editor of the Sodal Demokraten. of Copen
hagen, Is init.ving 11 iifiuiiili penie pto
posal lo Itussla The proposal, the tone
spoudent alleges, was foi undated b.v the
liei man Socialist niajoilty group nftei 11
I oiifeieiue between Philip Sclieldemann and
linpeiial ciinin ellot von lletlimanu-llolhveg
lloigjerg. be -avs has just succeeded In
obtalnlnc I" 1 mission to Mitel KumI.i itflt-i
II fm might's Mfoil
isTOi'KHOL.M pill -
Plelel ,1 'lleelslla. plesldent of lilt lll
lein.illiui.il Soil.illst lluieuii has anlveil
liere to make prepHiations for tile Socialist
peaie lonfeienie to be held bete. il
Slaunlng. Socialist nionbei of Ihe Danish
Cabinet. Is espeeted to airive today
LITTLE HOPE OF RESCUE
FOR 120 TRAPPED MINERS
Kiies Still Raging; in Colorado Shaft.
Relatives Stand in SnowHtorm
Avvaitintr News
HASTINUS Col, Apnl 2S T'esvtie
parlies toda 1 ontlnued their efforts lo
cadi the laglng lite whkh holds IL'O
nilnei" lniprl"oned in tin- Vietoi-Aiuetlcan
mine
Seven bodies had been lecoveied e.illy to.
ila.v mid woikeis, liandUVipptd b.v smoke.
Haines and tlie ileaill "after damp" weie
slowly progressing with little hope of icsiu
lng any of the ollieis of tlie new.
National guatdmen weie stationed at
the entrain e of the mine Four crews of
pet t'hehnet men worked 111 shifts, stilv
ing In leniove "falls." The. explosion, for
which no iaue has yet been asctlbed. 00
turied deep lu the hillside near the spot
where tin- null were working and its ter-l-lllu
force demolished timbering, blocking
rescue i-ffoi ts and making progiess lu
ll easing- difficult.
'llic main shaft uf the mine inns luuk
moie than a mile and the explosion was so
muffled that It was scarcely heaid outside.
Around the black gash in tin- hillside,
mat king the entiance, .100 women wives,
uiotheis and sisters of the men stood all
night in h blinding snowstorm, .waiting
word f 1 0111 those "Inside," Almost every
famll lu Hastings has a f preseiitatlve
down thui e
Nn piogiess tu determining the leal causo
of the disaster can be made until the lire
Is eulngulihed,
NORTH CAROLINA SENIORS
ENLIST IN A BODY
University .Men to Receive Diplomas
by Mail on Gradua
tion Day
Dl.'ltHAil N. C, April .'. The senior
class of the I'nlveislly 01 North Carolina,
ninety stiong, are this week ullnqulshltig
their studies and will enlist Immediately for
military ttaiiilng ut Foit Oglethoipe. (in.
Tlie piosldent and faculty of the lollege
have heal ill Indoisedlhelr action and sen
lois in good standing will be mailed tlieli
diplomas on giaditatlon day III June. Three
lollege priifessors will accompany tho col
legians to tho training lamp and sign up
for the three months lnllltui.v training.
The stimulus to quit ( lass rooms and
enlist lu tho Hoveiumetit seivlco comes as
a 1 ulmlnation of muiiy months' training of
.'.mi students at the .North Catoltiia I'll I -vet
sit Tlie liberal 1 oncesslou of tho fac
ulty applies lo tho junior class likewise.
That is, tlie uudngiaduate, (lass will be
given 11 edit for woik tlie remainder of thn
teiiii. Tlie university law class, all except
llnee members will take the trip to Geor
gia with the senior class. Secretary of
War li.iker, who was to havo delivered
the commencement uddtess at Chapel Kill,
will llkel bo dctulned lu Washington
Three Held in Little Girl's Case
Mis. Martha McKlnley and ilrs. Martha
Hall, IfcOl .Vol th Twenty-second street, and
Walter Yost. 1941 Noith Twentieth street,
were held for limit In $600 ball each nt
Cential police, louit today in connection
with the pieseuie of Jennie (local. 1944
Hrnndywlne stieet. a fifteen-year-old stu
dent at William Peim High School, In a
house on Twenty-becond street near Co
lumbia nvenue, last Friday afternoon.
Announces anlmportantDispby
Reproductions of Old English
and Colonial Silver
In thcRcd Parlor
ofthe
Bellevuc-Stratford Hotd "
Walnut Street Entraiice
April 30th to May 5th
9:30A.MtolOPM
DELAWARE FLOGS
2 NEGRO CULPRITS
Only Seven Witnesses to
Punitive Whipping at
, Workhouse
PRISONERS FROM DOVER
llu a Htnit ComiptmltHl
(lltHL'NHA.VIC. Del. April 28
Two negroes were whipped at the "ew
Castle County Workhouse here, nt (Jr'eeii.
baiiK which Is seveiai miles from Wlhnlnr."
ton. One was Hluooil Jenkins, nineteen
yeais old. who was to have sccrivFd his
lashes al n public exhibition In )oxcl. )aM
mouth, but who was granted a icspit,. i)(l.
cnuse mode men pl.iniieil to take pictures"
The other was Mack Ones forly.jlx lcarj
old.
Heie al liieenlmiik the ate sott of U,M
to whlipltigs. mid occasions such as this
morning's don't attiact crowds At Dover
wheie both these negroes came fiom, there
has not been a public whipping tweV(
ears, and, Judging from tho liiterctt ex
cited thcia a month ago, when Jenkins was
to have been whipped, there never will be
uniither
Theie weie only seven pel sons all t0M
who saw toda'8 punishment The warden
of the workhouse that woikhouse referred
to euphoniously bv some as the stony lone,
some" when- they make "iiltle ones (,ul of
big 0111 s ' was there, of 1 nurse e ,
Ilk haul F ("toss. While he would not dare
s.i so. lie piobabl hated the Plocecdints
moie than till v. one else
Then I heie was the guaul wlm applied
the i.it-o'-nlne-talls, name not made publlo
in cause, ns Wmdeii ('ios said "It wouldn't
lie fair to give pi eminent e to the name of
11 man who iiulv does his dutv however un
pleasant that dutv might h
Tin- spectalois wei" two lepnrtcis from
Philadelphia and thiee locnl visitors
Jenkins, tin- .voungslei and new to thu
lashes, was brought fiom the workhouse
thtough a HOO-foot tunnel to the place of
punishment nt exactly 10 o clock Thfy
do the Hogging In an uneven hexagonal
stone Inclosuie next to Ihe powerhouse of
thn Institution.
In one corner is the pillory, now no longer
used In Delaware, and nearby is the whip
ping post with two lion rings placed high
enough to make tho prisoner stretch to get
his hands In place The guard put leather
gloves on him to save his hands from the
Iron bands, fastened thu bands and then
made icady
Waiden doss announced the date of sen
tencn and tlie number of lashes, and then
without ceremony they began to fall.
Jenkins got ten lashes His guard ap
plied the lath lightly.
After the lashes weie applied, the guard
helped tho pilsoner to wrap a blanket
about Ills torso and sent him back Into
the tunnel,
Jenkins did not seem much affected. 1I
hud paitly paid for Mealing a mandolin.
Five moie months in pilsou and lie will
be free.
i'iosk came out directly afterward. Be
foic the guard sent the first blow aerom
his back he examined the skin. There were
marks there, maiks of a previous beating.
So lie laid on a little heavier In Cross's
use Tvvent lashes this time Hut a man
could stand them and th v lelt no mark.
It was soon over, aim "ross seemed to
feel glad that part of his sentence for break
ing and cnteilng was over Two yiars In
prison and lie will be free He rejoined
Jenkins, they both put on their shirts and
seemed happy that it had bee;j not as
i-eveie as they bad expected.
"And Hint's all there Is to the Delaware
whippings" the warden announced cheer
fully. Tho only ones disappointed were the
thiee veteran visitors to the penalty
"You fellows spoiled It," they said to the
leporterr "They r always get off much
easier when newspapers send reporters down
here."
"Bui." the repoiteis chorused, "isn't the
idea back of the whipping post publicity,
so that the awful warning would be
heeded?"
"Don't you believe 11." came the answer
fiom one of the visitors, "They hate to
havo anybody know of It. That's why they
hold the heatings at Orecnbank, which Is
pietty far away from everything. They're
awfully ashamed of these things,
"I guess they'll stop whipping soon,"
New Castle County does all the flogging
for the Stnte of Delaware now, and as thers
Is no other State which maintains that kind
of punishment Xcvv CaBtle County happen
to bo the only placo in the United State?
wher" It is carried on and therefore must
be known as the last place It existed when
the custom ceases. It Is Interesting, there
fore, to recall that It also is said to have
been the Hist placo to s.tart it. A tradition
sets tlie origin early In the seventeenth cen
tury when New Castle was a New Sweden
fort The commandant one night had some
veiy distinguished -visitors from a Dutch set
tlement, and, after willing and dining them,
he bethought himself of a brand-new scheme
of entertainment, one which would also
show what 11 line, stern disciplinarian he
was, Ho hi ought In three prisoners from
tlie guardhouse and had them flogged for
the- enjoyment of the company
.1. P. McCall Lectures at Harvard
At the Invitation of Dea,n (lay, of the'
(jrandato School of Iluslness Administra
tion of Harvard University, Joseph H. Mc
Call, president of the Philadelphia Electrlo
Company, delivered a lecture at Harvard
yesterday upon the subject of "The Inde
pendently Operated Central Station," This
lecture ivas given as part of the course la
public utilities operation. In which course
some twenty-Ilvo lectures have already been
glve'n by some of the best-known men In the
publlo utility Held In 'this country
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