A V o : U "EVENING EDOER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917 IITALTOPPOSES INDECISIVEPEACE "Peace Without Victory of Civilization" Impossible, Premier Tells Parliament NATIONS' FREEDOM AIM Sonnino Announces Peace Terms of Italy RESTORATION of Belgium, v Serbia and Montenegro, Full Bocurity assured Italian frontiers. Independence of Poland. Indopon,dence of Albania. on tho IlOMi:. June 21. "peace without the victory of clvlllia ttoti and without complete national freidom U Impossible : t would lie merely tho fore runner of a new and more Inhumane course of war," This was the keynote of "Italy's war and yeace alms" as expressed In thn Chamber of Deputies today by Premier Ilosselll. Ho was roundly cheered by the Chamber The announcement of the Ministry's alms cre ated n favorable Impression also on vast crowds which massed In tho streets evi dencing the public's Interest In the opening of Parliament. Boselll and Foreign Minister .Sonnino' both referred feelingly to America's Inter vtntlon, and glowingly praised 1'rcnldent Wilson's statements nnd speeches. Tho speakers dwelt also on the warm reception accorded the Italian mission In the United States, declaring America's every act since ntering war hns been of tremendous moral value and of great bearing on the Issue of the conflict. , Sonnino laid particular stress on the necessity of complete Interallied union to achieve democracy for the vvholo world Referring to Internal problems In Italy, the Premier declared' "The Government will not delay neces rary measures regarding organization dis cipline and tho mnlntetinnco of Internal peace." "Whether the ministry falls or not Is In consequential ' Premier lloselll continued "What really matters Is victory. C'nncnrn throughout tho country la Indispensable to this end, especially lu tho present world crista vihcn Ilupsln Is In tho throes of revolutionary nnd neutralist plota. Hidden nares cannot shako Italy's firm faith In the justice of her cuu or her assuranco of victory" Foreign Minister Sor.lnno gave as Italy's peace alms- Restoration of Ilclglum, Serbia and Montenegro Pull security assured on tho Itnllan fron tiers. The Independence of Poland All other previously announced Allied aims. Sonlnno ndded that Italy recommended the Independence of Allmnla In conformity with the principles enunciated by the United Btates. BILL WOULD MAKE U. S. "BONE DRY" Amendment Gives President Power to Commandeer Country's Whisky Supply WEBB SPONSORS MEASURE SMALL BOND BUYERS FAVORED All Subscriptions Less Than $10,000 to Be Preferred WASHINGTON', June 21 Uery one who purchased up to $10,000 worth of Liberty Bonds will recelvo his full subscription, tho Treasury Department announced today. Federal reserve, banks, have been asked to end In their totals In rour different divi sions. Every ono below $10,000 can be sure of his amount. Tho trimming will be done above that amount Licensed to Wed at Elkton ELKTON'. Md . June 21 Sixteen couples were granted marriage licenses hero today as follows William J.' Ashmoro nnd Jennlo J. Sterling, Morris Flllman nnd Florenco Coaler. Francis J. Uerle nnd Hannah Kny der, Charles Stewnrt nnd Martha ltoden baugh. John J Fnton and Dorrls Ilcln, Kdward Uustnco and Helen Lnughlln, Fran cisco Pesco nnd IouLsb M. Dllldo, nil of Philadelphia ; Robert A Gray, Philadelphia, and Maud !: Krlncr, I.yken.s, Pn : Owen M Nolan nnd Jnsephino A. Hoyt. Uryn Mawr; Henry 11 Hunslckcr, Albany, X V . and ICathryne Iorur. Philadelphia , Frank Blanche, Philadelphia, and Helen Berg. Trenton, N J ; Wltliam F Washington nnd Ethel Holllngsworth, Chester: Dennis A. Ooldsborough and Myrtle C Taylor. Wil mington, Charles A. Anderson, Jr, Pitts burgh, nnd Florenco A Itolfe. AVcst Lafay ette, O. j George C. Pnpsol, PcTryvllIc, and Beulah M Gilbert, Havre do Grace, Md.. and Walter T. Simmons, f'hestertown, and Mlnnlo B Gillesplo, Port Deposit, Md. WASHINGTON Juno !! An amendment to the Administration food bill which, rigidly enforced, would make the United States "bone dry." v. Ill be offered In the House by Representative "Webb, of North Carolina, leader of many temperance fights In the lower branch of Congress Mr Webb today announced his purpose of proposing a modification of the Lever bill giving the President power to comman deer all of the whisky In the country, should lie deem It advisable, and redistill thn con fiscated spirits Into alcohol to be used In the manufacture of munitions and for hos pital and scientific purpones The food bill already given the President authority to stop the manufacture of all kinds of alco holic liquors, malt as well as splrltous, dur ing the war period, If he deems It In the. Interest of the country to take Buch action The North Carolina member who Is the author of several resolutions to make tho country dry by constitutional amendment declared today that thero are millions of gallons of whisky In the United States that can servo no good purpose, but which threaten to debauch the manhood of the country by continued drunkenness He de clared that If Congress nil! adopt his amendment, which he confidently expects will bo done, drunkenness will bo decreased to a minimum and the efficiency of the men of the country will be brought to a maxi mum for tho war emergency. "We nre going to give the President power to prohibit the further manufacture of food materials Into alcoholic beverages.'1 said Mr Webb, discussing his amendment, which he asserts has the support of prohi bition forces not only In Congress, but throughout the United States 'There are In existence In this country millions and millions of gallons of whisky which con tain a large percentage of alcohol and I propose to offer nn amendment giving the President the right to commandeer so much of this stuff as Is necessary for the purpose of redistilling It Into alcohol to be used In the manufacture of munitions and for scientific and medicinal purposes "If tho amendment which I shall offer Is adopted nnd the present prolslons re main In the bill, we shall not only have prohibition against the useless destruction of food products In their manufacture Into alcoholic liquors, but we shall reduce tre mendously the present stock of liquor for beverage purposes by taking over for use by tho Government a large proportion. If not all, of the stock now on hand. This will not only conserve our food Biipply, but will materially lessen drunkenness In tho United States. And when you decrease tho number of drunkards you Increase tho efllclency of the men and, therefore, you are conserving both the food supply and tho manpower of the country If my plan Is adopted." READY TO FIGHT ANY MAN IN WORLD FOR RED CROSS Billy McLean, S3, Names One Condi tion for Opponent Must Be Octogenarian A man Is never too old to fight, especial ly If It Is for a good cause, according to Hilly McLean, eighty-three years old, who today stands squarely back of his chal lenge to fight any man In the world There are only two conditions (1) That tho opponent be less than ninety years old and moro than eighty years old, and (2) that tho proceeds go to the American Red Cross. McLean, who Is guardian of the wealthy children who play In llltten houso Square, was once a noted boxer But that was several generations, more or less. ago. His last big battle was with Jack Murray In Philadelphia In 1860 Lntcr he trained the late Dr. J William White. If any octogenarian he must not be a nonagenarian wants to fight, he can find Hilly nt 2213 Latona street BASEBALL NO WAY TO ESCAPE DRAFT Artists, Actors and Authors Must Also Take Their Chances With Others AFTER FAKE FARMERS WASHINGTON, June 21 Ilasebnll ptuyirs, nrtlsts, at tors nnd au thors must take their chances, with the other 9,500,000 men In the grtnt ("elective draft lottery Thero nre no provision for their exemption from military sen Ice In the exemption regulations It hecamo detlultel known today. I'iiUhs they are "Indispen sable" und serve to contribute to "the main tenatire of the mllltiuv organization or the national Interest In the emergency," such men will be subject to draft Thnt Is the answer Inquirers nre getting to questions about men In these lasses Sceral managers of baseball league teams have naked thu War Department whether Ihelr players will bo subject to conscription. An Inquiry from nn nrtlsts' colony In "Greenwich Milage,' New York city, was nnswend lij pointing out that viriuallj all of Frances famous nrtlsts are In the trenches Illg, hard calluses on the hands will be ono of the contributing causes for exemp tion from military service for farmers Among other things the appellate exemption boards will take Into consideration the length of time ccrtnln farmers "have been tilling the soil and tho circumstances of their choh e of that vocation " And cal loused hands constitute part of tho evidence "Would-bo slackers" l the hundreds arc fleeing big cities to work on farms, hoping thereby to bo classed as farmers and escapo military service Reports to this effect to the War Department. In some cakes giving names, wero turned oxer tn the Department of Justice Some of the men offered to work during the summer for virtually nothing but board and room This aroused tho suspicion of the farmers, who reported tho unusual situation to the War Depart ment lint the subterfuges of these self-made farmers will be of little nvnll The nppel late boards nf exemption will scrutinize closely every claim for exemption for occu nntlonal reasons and take Into considera tion the length nf tinio the olalmunts hnvn pursued their trade Employers may be called upon to testify to the circumstances Most of the tips so far on would-be slackers hae come from New York, Chi cago, Pittsburgh arid Detroit Two Killed When Train nits Autobus SOUTH RI Villi. N J. June 21. An automobile bus loaded with employes of the 13. I du Pont do Ncmourn Powder Works at 1'arlln wis struck today by n Pennsylvania Railroad train between South Amboy and Jmnecburg killing two men and Injuring eleven others "MASHER" GUILTY OF MURDER NI3W YORK. June 21 Michael Rom bolo, tho masher who shot and killed Frank Kenny In Jersey City because Kenny ob jected to his nttempt to flirt with his wife, was found guilty of murder In the first degreo here today. Itombolo faces sentence of death In the electric chair, as the Jury made no recom mendation of mercy. Directors Resign; Bank to Be Probed CHICAGO, June 21 Five directors and the cashier of the Bank of Commerce nnd Savings have resigned, following with drawal of the institution's clearing-house privileges. An examination will be con ducted by the State Auditor of Accounts to ',;.,- : iMi'M"& S'M, J t k yO ...,t,Z'ZB8X. ' . jr- I . .L&. W-.,t,'.TiWKi''.r.Jfi!rc ffjsSm sr '! rnqPONICfl Gardens l1' ' I K! 12$, ft., m Wi Even the breeze that plays about you 21 stories above the heated town goes on its way rejoicing for it breathed in the scent of flowers and heard music and laughter! Be J i if lW ' 'i HOTEL ADELPHIA Chestnut fctia'i A , J" Ml' mi m ,"-' (,?., ' jyyOwn m M A "X. -Sii &&"$ , I AM celebrating the twenty second anniversary of my re covery from Bright's disease. On June 20, 1895, I returned from Moun tain Valley Springs, Arkansas, where 1 had gone after three of the leading physi cians of St. Louis had said there was no hope for me. During my stay at the Springs I did not take any medicine whatever. I merely dieted and drank two gallons daily of Mountain Valley Water After fifty-one days my recovery was complete, and I have been in robust health ever since. I attrib ute this entirely to the use of Mountain Valley Water. feP- SAMPLB IT FREE AT 718 Chestnut Street - tint, t.t j - ..-II..HUf WV V Ask Ydufi Phytician or Drugaht ' SMALL COUNCILS BILL IS HELD BACK Attempt to Enforce Penrose "Order" for Quick Action Meets Failure SENATOR DEFEATED TWICE nArmifsiitmo, June 21. The I'enrose forces In the Legislature to day are trying to recover 'rom the shock they suffered nt th nands vt the Vare Drurnbaugh factional leaders In tho House of Iteprescntatlves last night Two Penrose political moves were nadly beaten within ten minutes Doth were based on Phila delphia bills. Thn fit st of the Penrose defeats came after Itepresentatlve Frederick Deyer, champion and sponsor of Penrose bills In the Ilouie, tried to have the smaller Coun cils lilll. which Penman nnd "ordered" passed, made a special order for this morn ing IJcjer pleaded at iongth for tho pas sago of his motion, which set 11 30 this morning as the hour for the bill to bo called up on third readlnsr Ttepreentatlvo Thomas T McVlchol, Vare floor leader, fought the motion lie and neprcsenatlve James A. Dunn, another Vare follower, called upon tho members of the House to throw Philadelphia factional politics "out of the -window" The Legislature did It, so far as the smaller councils motion was concerned, by a voto sixty-two In the nfllrmatlvo and seventy In the negative The bill Is almost last on the enormous list of bills on the House third reading calendar, nnd probably will not bo reached now In time for flnnl action this session The Penrose "dog" was kicked around threo or four minutes later, when Itep resentatlve Heffcrnan. of Philadelphia tried to call up out of Its turn his own bill abolishing the State tax on the bonds Is sued by the cl(y of Philadelphia, Through Representative Itamsey, of Delaware, an other stanch Penrose supporter, ft motion was made to suspend the rules so that this measure could be considered nt once. It was defeated, forty-three ayes to sixty seven noes , The Tenrose forces, howecr, recovered somewhat and hit back nt the Vare-Ilrum-baugh factional followers n short time later by defeating tho Hecht resolution amending the State constitution to provide for nn Increase in the taxation of properties that directly benefit from the construction of nny permanent Improvement In Philadelphia When this measure was reached on the calendar, It was defeated after a short de bate, by n vote of forty-soven In the nega tive to sixty-seven In the affirmative Karller In the day. Representative lief fernan. In response to the messago sent tn the legislative leaders b Mayor Thomas n Smith, forced through tho House the pas sige of the bill removing the restriction from Philadelphia')! Increased borrowing rapacity The amendment to tho constitu tion passed Inst session, and should It pass the Senate next week it will bo submitted to the voters nt the polls this fall It pro vides that tho Increase In the city's bor rowing cjp.ulty from seven to leu per rent shall lie available for any permanent Im provements, Instead of for transit nnd port development onlv, as the Inw now provides Onlv one vote was recorded against this measure. $10,000 FOR RED CROSS, AIM Spring Lake, N, J., to End Week's Cam pniRti With Patriotic Meeting KPItlNfl LAKH. N J June 31 -Spring Lake's campaign to raise $10,000 for the Ited f'ross In a single week will come to nn elnborato closo on Saturday night, when a patriotic meeting will he held In the ball room of tho Spring Lake Hathlng and Ten nis Clui) on tho bench front Ralph Connors, the novelist, who In real life Is Major Oordon. of tho Scottlnh High landers, haa consented to address the fash- ' lonnblo folk on tho subject of his expcrl- enccs nt the front Oram! opern stars will sing "The Star Spangled Danner nnd the . ".Marseillaise ' Left $1000 for Missions The will of niliabeth II. Urown, 6012 chew street, which, as r-Wtated today, dis poses of property valued at 180,000, leaves $1000 to tho Board of Missions nf the Protestant nplscopal Church and n like sum to the- Rev. Charles Scoddlng, Rlshop of the diocese of Oregon, The bulk of the estate goes to nn nephews and nieces of Ilia decedent Other wills probated today were those of Thomas J. Worthlngton, Grant avenue Tortesdnlc, which In private bequests dlsl poses of property valued at $12,000; Mary V Hermer, 3541 North nroad street, $6000 nnd John Ashbrldge, 4 Davids t-emT.' Frankford, $1000. u BE steinway duo-art piano .MM Stemggy I tn TO t- Jkl Hk Style V, upright, $550 In Mahogany Case This is a Steinway intensively built the mini mum of size and price : the maximum of Steinway Quality, bvery Inch of it resourceful and result-ful-a direct outgrowth of the Steinvyay Grand founded on the great Steinway organization and its perfection of methods that have made the Steinway the piano standard of the whole world a develop ment that represents the skill and enthusiasm of four generations of master piano builders. Steinway Duo-Art Piano reproduces the nlaylne of the K eat pLists; or you ma Pjay any sfem!ard roll o , it, or play it with your fingers. No foot pumping. N. STETSON & GO. Sole Philadelphia Representatives of Steinway & Sons 1111 Chestnut Street EDISON Diamond-Disc PHONOGRAPH & M o a After the Stretcher, What Then? Suppose it is your boy who .is struck down by a German shell -is he or is he not to have the best of care, all he needs of it? It is squarely up to you! He offers his life; you must Bive vour money to care for him.' fe v r Stretchers ambulances, hospitals, nurses, surgeons-all these there must be. But your boy must also have unremittinVcare ! b, re-creation of mind as well as of bod" "f he "nKrK - This the R"d c- oixto uver-sive your money - or , GIVE! Red Cross subscriptions are payable in full now it van or tn four installments-July 1st, August Ut ?J f Chestnut J8"" Conunto. FiftH and AND MAKE IT NOW! W "zWw&& A' V3P5B' ' ' " " i- . .. , .,,,,-, I. , . . .' . -,Y--A
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