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EDITORS GAIN
POINT IN TRIAL
FOR TREASON
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district attorney Sus-
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tention
feuRT MAKES RULING
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Hsfrnarate Trials Denied
B&When District Attorney
j'- Opposes rnem
s . .
i PREJUDICES ADMITTED
Snnie Prospective Jurors Say
f 'It Would Be Impossible for
for.
Them to Be Unbiased
The lath PenRlty for lrCaS0" "
wBu iuiti the l,rogrC!'!,
of the trial of Louis
f, te..r. edltor-ln-chlef. and Dr. Martin
K- MrW, managing editor, of the Phlla
l. ......I. n-.m,htnti. todav when the two
IPJ - .ji(n wr arraigned before
,v Germ"1 cuiku'
g Judge Dickinson In the United States
iplstrlct Court to account ior aiicseu
Jwdltlous articles appearing in n.r
-' tTMfanttrtr.
y (.picking a Jury for the trial the first
CMf Its kind In Pennsylvania since tne
Wr 6f 1812 was slow work. The fact
c-'tbat capuai iiuiuc-himm. ,,.-
" fut to the two editors, and the, fact
t'ti'it they have been residents of this
t mntrv for years without forswearing
1 lllance to the Kaiser, hindered the
'jjJ"V?!ectlon of a Jury, made questioning
lf e'f the veniremen a delicate, task and
ciuted long wrangling between unueo.
"'States District Attorney Francis Fisher
Kane and William A. dray, chief coun
cil for the defense.
. I....,.,, nrnn.rMvji lurnrs had been
Usi.iee.ted bv 12M5 o'clock, when court
.recessed until 2 o'clock. Thirty-eight
.'' men will be chosen, and from these
fotirelve Jurors wilt be chosen, the defense
'fttlnr limited to twenty peremptory
challenges and the Government to six.
M Both Sides Score
ft.Joth the Government and the defenss
en' points at the outset of the trial.
iA vlgorpus battle, for separate trials
r the defendants was made by' Mr.
Gray, cuposed by Mr. Kane and over-
') ruled by Judge Dickinson. Mr. Gray
contended that one or the derenaanis
itnlrht not obtain full justice If his case
yifrt considered with that of the other.
The Government Is here to protect
K as wen as prosecute, saia Air. rvuuc.
,r Tuir Justice will be accoraeo mem.-
in During the selection or tne veniremen
nr, uray jnauo sircnuuus uujcvtiuii w
:l. Jl wording cf Mr. Kane's queries, as-
: serting tnat tney lntimatea to nesuaiing
ntfrtn1rAmn thnt the death nenaltv
would not be asked. Mr. Gray's objec-
'Wlt tH DUSlttlllLU Ujr lllO VAu.l, vviiii.ii
'lelnUd out that the nrcsecutlon had no
'rliht to predicate what the outcome of
K Ul t
trial would be.
.Teuton features
and accents were
Ii ylaracterlstlo among the" veniremen, all
pf whom sale? they were American cltl-
tvvMiu. four were excused because or op
K.tbiltion to canltal nuntshment.
D',The first venireman summoned,
t'Tliomas V. Kennedy, 123S South Flf
EihtMnUi street, was challenged by the de.
u fTutc. tie is a ianaai&n py Dinn, ai
i'jbii juncture a conrerence Detween coun-
-ii.iibiu iimi iiv, iiiuk, i'iiiijivi J
"Ckalltnges would be employed until a
tMl of thlrty-eleht was selected. Ken-
My was recalled.
lpaf(llA Vwnvaaaarf
E.J, Strong prejudice against the defend-
Lints because of their long residence here
without becoming Americans was ex-
r.trested by many of Ihe Jurors. The first
lyo.be excused for this prejudice was
Oliver T if. Tialrlwln nf Porlteshiirtr. '
E Others followed. One by one the elderly
Buemremen. a majority speaking with
llroriounced German accents, pointed out
k jpeir prejudice agalnst-the defendants.
Vtra.0 you mean to tell me," asked Mr.
ray, when Lewis L. Snvder. of Pit.
Kan, expressed this opinion, "that you
Mwuian't pass a fair verdict on a man
.'accused of murder If he were not a.
C'jaturallred citizen?"
fi No,' 'replied Snyder, "but In'thls case
W would have some effect
S;John II. Landls, former superlntend-
: w uie.unuca states Mint, who was
piea, ras asked If he opposed cap
I. punishment.
"Tet." he Said. "Hilt fnr tin Iraninn "
ftMr. Gray, In his questions to Landls
5" ,ner prospective Jurors, Indicated
it' thd rlfanuA trll1 mhI-IaI- L.a I
ji not necessarily treasonable to criticise
EaR drnIn!stratlon,
-m. Kuien, um worth Nineteenth
ft. Apposed this view when he was
remoneo.
'"Do you1 think .It is right for 'a. man
. tipress his opinion?" he was asked.
t,oi under these circumstances," was
1 piy.
Both Plead Not dnlltv
BtJ' defendants pleaded "not rullty"
- ..,i.j were arraigned nerore a
"rued courtroom shortly after tO
OCK to hear the Indictments rrt In
ie Brodbeck, chief clerk of the
t, &CCUSlne thAtn nt -lulnv at -M
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HOOLGIRL GETS DIVORCE
led in Patton, Pa., on Blind
Wft father's Agreement
Mf Mich.. March 19. "Please.
"Sf'ftmay l'o down town thlslnorn-
V and KT n tl..H...i
"SJllipan. 6, rpade this requert
77f uiner teacher In a Detroit publlp
Three years aan in phiiah ra !.
MtiiMi1 htr- from Bcn0I one day.
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13 U.S. HEROES
GIVEN FRENCH
WAR CROSSES
French General Decorates
Sammecs for Bravery
Shown in Battle
With the Amerlean Army In Franee,
France, March 18.
With a French military band blaring
away at "The Star-Spangled Banner"
and an American band returning the
compliment with the "Marseillaise,"
thirteen American soldiers were lined up
to receive the French cross of war to
day. A kiss from the lips of a French
general was added to the decorations
conferred on the Irish soldiers of the
united States.
French and American soldiers stood
sine by side aB the decoration was nlnned
on MacArthur, Colonel Tlnley. of
Iowa: Major William Donovan, of Buf
falo, and Lieutenant W. A. Cunningham,
Lieutenant O. W. Buck, Sergeants W.
U. Moore, Dan O'Connell, S. Tlussell,
Carl Kahn, A, Blausteln, William Bai
ley, Gunner C. Jones and Private Qulg
lcy, all of New York. (The cable dis
patch merely mentioned "MacArthur,"
but It Is presumed the man referred to
Is Colonel MacArthur, former press
censor at Washington.)
Blausteln worked more than two hours
under heavy bombardment In an at
tempt to save comrades In a shell-
smashed shelter. '
Buck and Uunn ngham received their
decorations for bravery and coolness In
daring dangers on a similar rescue.
Donovan and Kahn displayed great
bravery In maintaining tho morale of
their unit under vigorous bombardment.
Colonel Tlnley's medal came for bravery
in organizing his men to face a heavy
attack. In addition to the war crosses,
citations for valor were road. The name
of Private A. A. Crawford, of Alabama,
who was killed In the performance of
duty, appeared In those citations.
Corporal II. W. Fanning, of Maryland,
was commended for throwing himself
upon a bomb on a parapet and prevent
ing Its falling Into a trench, averting a
grave accident. Private B. J. Block, of
Alabama, was cited for pulling the
Igniter from a gun to prevent firing
when the shot would have killed a com
rade engaged In rescuing wounded.
WILSON HAS 'WAR
CABINET' PLAN
President Said to Contem
plate Additions to Ad
visory Staff ,
SPEEDING UP PROJECT
Wathlngton, March 19,
A working "War Cabinet," In addi
tion to his regular advisors, Is expected
to be quietly launched soon by President
Wilson.
With thepassage of the Overman em
powering IjllI it Is expected that the
President will show that in recent weeks,
under the advice of the nation, ho has
heeded the call for greater concentration
of war agencies.
In view of this It Is regarded as sig
nificant that he has summoned for a
conference tomorrow Chairman Hurley,
of the shipping board ; Food Adminis
trator Hoover, Fuel Administrator Gar
field, Chairman McCormlck, of the War
Trade Board; Chairman Baruch, of the
war industries Board, and Director Gen-
eral of Railroads McAdoo. '
These are the men thatlt has been
expected the President soon would make
his direct operating War Cabinet, to sit
with lilm in conference from time to
time and to sit upon other occasions
with members of his regular cabinet
perhaps in the Council of National De
fense. ,
The President's most earnest advisors
nave urged him to establish a war
council to direct the big work going on
along many lines, gather up loose ends
and with power to .enforce as well as
advise.
Or-rman Hill Authority
It has been urged that the actual
heads of the war-making agencies not
be made the war council Itself. It Is
possible therefore that the President In
meeting his war aides tomorrow will
djscuss with them a separate permanent
body which he will empower under the
Overman bill.
The present difficulty belnir exneri-
enced by the Overman bill In Congress
may nave led tne .'resident to determine
upon letting out his Ideas of reorganiza
tion under the new plan to hasten pas
sage of the measure.
The meeting tomorrow of tho ble
"war chiefs'1 at the White House Is
speculated upon today as possibly tho
first Indication of President Wilson's de
clslon to make a big change for the
purpose of speeding up war work.
May Bit With War Council
How to get the best results from a gen
eral reorganization has occupied the
President and many of his advisers for
some time. In National Defense Council
circles the plan favored Is to have Mc
Adoo. Hoover, Garfield, Baruch, Hurley
and McCormlck sit regularly with the
council, now made up of Secretaries
Baker, Daniels, Lane, Houston, Wilson
and Reddeld.
On the other hand the opposition
voiced to this plan Is that It would
settle itself Into a debating club over
the table of which each department chief
would argue lour and loudly that his
was the division needing the greatest
and most immediate attention.
What opponents of this fdea suggest
Is a central directing head to which
these various departments, after sitting
together, would report. The President Is
understood today to be gathering the
views of all his' advisers Into an effort
to determine the most practicable plan.
WARNS CHICAGO OP "ZEPPS"
Dr. Talcott Williams Sees Possibility
of V's-ts by German Aircraft
Chicago, March 19 Dr1, Talcott Wl
Hams, dean of the Columbia University
school of Journalism, in an address here
warned Chicago It may not be long be.
(ore German airplanes and Zeppelins
will be flying over Chicago's schools,
dropping bombs, 1
"It -may Interest .you to know that
two large. INw iprn, corporpiions.ni.Ye
taken out' ft.OOO.OQO, worth of bqmbard-
mep Inmiranee," neciarea. upctor wi-
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ARMY SUMMONS
TRAINED WORKER
FOR NEXT DRAFT
Deferred Class No Bar.
10,000 Men to Be Taken
by April 1
"WAR OF MECHANICS"
New Draft Rules
for Skilled Men
Agricultural furloughs will be
granted men already In the service.
Selection of men for special serv
ice will tak'o Into consideration only
professional iiualltlcatlon of tho In
dividual: draft classification will not
be recognized.
Young men below draft age at
tending agricultural colleges en
couraged to enlist In reserves.
Men are to bo called In such a
way ns to create tho least posslblo
Interference with Industry and
agriculture.
Ten thousand men of draft age,
graduates of grammar schools, will
be tent to training schools for tech
nical study prior to entering regu
lar army service.
Men especially trained and qualified
for work with special units of the army
will be taken In the next draft, even If
they have heen placed In deferred rlassl
ficatlons by their local nnd district
boards,
Under legislation now pending In Con.
gress. the military authorities will have
selective powers which will onable them
to direct tho entlro number of men
registered toward agricultural and me-
inimical pursuits as the need of th5
country is recognized,
The first step will be the selection of
10,000 young men of draft age who have
heen graduated from grammar tchools
to be sent to technical nnd other train
ing schools for a two months' training
period before their Induction Into tho
army as regular members. The men aro
to be called before April 1.
This Infomatlon becHino rubllc ,.,
today In the first authoritative slate
ment from the Adjutant Gcntr.U's oftlce
v.avnu iu mo next orart.
"It Is unwise." says the btatement.
to make a forecast of the number .f
men that will be called for immediate
military service In advance of the de
velopment of the whole complex prob
lem of supply and transportation. There
are difficulties confronting the nation
In the supply of labor appurtenant to
agriculture. Class 1, from which the
new levies are to bo withdrawn, will
contain many more men than are at
present required for the army.
"It would bo almost unscientific and
fatuous step If the men In Class 1 were
called Indiscriminately without regard
to the labor situation In agriculture.
Therefore, the local boards will be di
rected to fill their quotas In the order
of liability cf men In Class 1 as deter-
Continued on Pare Seven, Column Three
ONE HOUSE, TWO FIRES;
INCENDIARY, IS BELIEF
Firemen, Called Twice in Two Hours,
Find Kerosene in Vacant
Dwelling
F.nglne companies were called out
twice today In less than two hours to
put out fires In an unoccupied house at
2320 Pine street, that were of Incendiary
origin, according to firemen. Bottles of
kerosene were found In the house.
The first alarm was sounded at 4:34
o'clock. Tho firemen found the second
floor a mass of flames, with a milk bot
tle full of kerosene In a hall. Shortly
after 5 o'clock tho second alarm for the
same house was .sounded. This time the
fire was confined to the third story.
Again a milk bottle partially filled with
the oil was found.
The house Is the property of William
Green. The police have been asked to
Investigate.
TWO WORKMEN KILLED
IN HANGAR COLLAPSE
Many Injured When Unfinished
Building at Miami Naval Sta
' tion Blows Down
Miami, FU., March 19. Two workmen
were killed and thirty-three others were
Jnjured today when an unfinished
hangar at the nayaj aviation station
collapsed during a storm.
Nine of tne seriously Injured are In
the hospital. The dead: Mathew Mul
len, nrooklyn, and an unidentified white
man.
FIELD FOR ROBBING LANDLADY
Missing Jewels Found in Tobacco
Pouch, Police Say
Accused of having Btolen Jewelry from
his landlady, Mrs. Catharine Cassldy,
3020 Susquehanna avenue, John Van
Leer, twenty-three years old, was held
under $800 ball for court today by
Magistrate uienn, in mo rounn and
York streets police station.
About a week ago Mrs. Cassldy called
In Sergeant Charles K. Htocker, of the
Twentieth and Berks streets notice sta
tion, and complained that some of her
Jewelry had Deen Bioien. Hiocner saw
Van Leer peering at him through the
stained glass window of a door at the
house. His actions led to his arrest.
When Van Leer was searched, the police
say. he had the Btolen Jewelry In his
tobacco pouch,
PLAN TO REOPEN MINES
Report That Government; Will Work
Lancaster County Shafts
Lancaster, r., March 19. What miy
prove to be the most Important realty
deal In years In this country wgi car
ried In a report that spread through
real estate clrclea today of the purchase
of the old nickel mines In the southern
end of the county. It Is understood that'
the Government has become deeply In
terested In the potassium deposits '(hat
are held by the mine and that plans
for reopening the shafts are under
way.
Mahanoy City Man Killed
M-h-noy City, P.. March 19. From
injuries received at the Buck' Mountain
tnln.a when struck by .motor. Holden
Berwr, twenty-tlve years old, "popuar
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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1918
TITLED CAPTIVES
TO BE DEPORTED
AS TEUTON SPIES
Wilson Issues Warrant.
U. S. Agents Prom
ise More Arrests
BARON IS CALLED DUPE
Turkish Beauty Is Declared)
Master Brain of Sus
pected Quartet
New York, .March 1 0,
Presidential warrants Sr the de
portation of Madame Hei-puia )aldo
ltch Storch. the Turkish beauty; Ilainn
de Uevllle, Count Hubert de t'lalrmont
and Madame Klizabeth Charlotte Ni,
tho four ho-callcd "master spies" ar
rested here yesterday, were received
from Washington today.
ChiTlcs F. De Woody, head of tho
local bureau of the Department of
Justice, at once began arrangements to
put tho quartet aboard the first l.uro-
pean-bound liner.
While the. destination of the sus-1
pects was not announced, It was re
ported Madame Storch. Karon de Ilcvllle
nnd Count de Clairmont will be sent to
France, all three having claimed French
citizenship, Madame Nix may be i-cnt
to Italy or Spain.
Federal oftlrlals declared today that
more arrests probably will ho made In
tho German spy plot brought to light
yesterday hy the arrests. Persons high
In the social life of several count! les In
Kuropc, as well as In this country, have
been connected with the quartet by
papers seized hy Federal agents. Ofllclats
refused to divulge how many of these
persons were likely to be taken Into
custody.
Mine. Storch, who claims French
citizenship because of marriage '. a
young French army ofllcer, Is declared
to be the' lender of tho group. Orll
clals say enough of her record has been
uncovered to show sho has heen promi
nent In social life at all the capitals
In ISurope, nnd that since she was sev
enteen years old she has been supplied
with unlimited funds. She Is twenty
three years old. Her falluro to ex
plain the source of her Income, which
Is declared to be more than J 1000 a
month, Is regarded by officials as evi
dence against her.
Officials declined to give thslr rrasons
for deporting the quartet instead of
bringing charges against them In this
country. It was stated a great many of
the papers belonging to Him. Storch,
which had been seized, had been turned
over to the French authorities. It Is
believed these papers contain Incriminat
ing evidence that will be used by the
French against the prisoners -nm they
reach that country.
Baron de Bevllle, ofllcials cald, seemed
to be a dupe of Mme. Rtorcli. They
stated no evidence had been found that
would Indicate he had worked for the
Interests of Germany except as directed
by the young woman.
While officials would not discuss
Continued an Tase FItc. Column, Two
WILL BUY GIRL A SKIRT
IF SHE DOESN'T SUE
Policeman's Offer to Compromise
With Victim of Unlucky
Pistol Shot
A new serge skirt was promised by
ToHceman John H. Hilton, of the Park
and Lehigh avenues station, to Miss
Frances M. Davis, 233S North Fourth
street, If she wouldn't press a complaint
against him for shooting her In the right
lilp.
The shooting, which occurred last Sun
day while Policeman Hilton was chasing
an automobile thief, was suppressed by
ponce until last nignt.
Miss Davis was walking along Broad
street near Cambria, when one of the
shots fired by Policeman Hilton struck
her. She was removed to the Samaritan
Hospital, where she was treated, and
later went home.
Policeman Hilton has been suspended
and he will appear before the Police
Trial Board next week. Miss Davis, who
is confined to her home, last night re
ceived a visit from Policeman Hilton,
He pleaded with her not to prosecute
him. As a compromise, he agreed to
buy her a skirt.
LOGUE AS 'FOUR-MINUTE' MAN
Former Congressman to Address
Business Men's Meeting at Bourse
Former Congressman J. Washington
Logue will be the Government's "four
minute man" who, on behalf of democ
racy, will fire broadsides at all German
propagandist movementa on the floor of
the Philadelphia Bourse at noon tomor
row. He will speak at a Joint meeting of
members of the Bourse, and the Board
of Trade and the Maritime, Commercial,
Grocers' and Importers' and Drug Ex
changes, as well as the Hardware Mer
chants and Manufacturers Association
and the Paint Club.
The meeting has been called by Emll
P, Albrecht, president of the Bourse, to
assist the Government In Its efforts to
Impress upon the country the urgent
necessity of making prompt payment of
all taxes levied to meet the nation's
share ofthe expense of the struggle
abroad, and also to counteract seditious
utterances made In an effort to hamper
the country's successful prosecution of
the war.
ALLEGED DESERTERS CAUGHT
Four Camden Soldiers Overstayed
Camp Disc Leave, Ib Charge
Four alleged deserters from the 'Na
tlonal Army cantonment at Camp Dlx,
N. J were arrested In Camden today
by Sergeant Brown, of the army re
cruiting office. They described them
selves as John Brown, twenty-one years
old. Seventh and Silver streets; John
Thomas, twenty-two. Ninth and Mount
Vernon streets : Harry Bernard, twenty,
two, Fifth and Branch streets, and War
ren Thomas, twenty-two, Seventeenth
street and Ttallroad avenue, all of
Camden. . . m .
The prisoners are accused of having
overstayed their furlough period. They
were sent back to Camp Dlx to face the
charges.
Jersey Order Helps Give Ambulance
Officers of the New .Jersey State
Council- of the Degree of Pocahontas
went to Washington today to assist In
the presentation of a war ambulance to
the Government by the National Council
of Tocahontaa., The New Jersey, dele
gation 'was headed by Miss Ella Mac-
gallon s headed by Miss Ella Mac,
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Bearing; tho Stars and Stripes nnd their new battle flag, Philadelphia's quota of recruits for the
recently orp;unized Jewish battalion, which is on its way to join General Allenby's British army in
Palestine, departed today from Broad Street Station on its journey to the land of their fathers.
The photograph shows h few of the young Jewish soldiers and relatives and friends, who were on
hand to say good-by.
MAYOR TO ISSUE !
DAY-SAVING CALL
Official Proclamation
March 31 for Advanc
ing Time One Hour
BELLS WILL NOTIFY CITY!
Washington, March ID.
The daylight saving bill, which goes
Into effort nl 2 a. in. March 31 and
sets (he flocks of the country forward
ono hour, was signed this morning by
President Wilson, thus making it a
law.
An ofllelal "daylight avlng" procla
mation, railing on all citizens to set
their watches and clocks an hour ahead,
will be Issued by Mayor Smith Sunday,
March 31, Tentative plans for warning
persons of the change to "daylight sav
ing" tlmo also Includo tho ringing of
the State House bell and, the sounding
of bells and whistles In all sections of
the city.'
City officials today took kindly to a
suggestion of tho Kvkninci Public
LeDonn that official and concerted ac
tion should be taken here, so that em
ployers and employes may not bo em
barrassed on the morning of April .1 by
arriving at their places of business or j
employment an uour uvmna riuriuiK
tlmo. In tho absence of Mayor Smith,
his brother-secretary, Joseph Smith,
heartily Indorsed tho plan, but added
that nothing will be dono until after;
President Wilson has officially given
the "daylight saving" plan hts approval. '
Word from Washington Is to the effect ,
that the plan, which has already received
the commendation of the lawmakers, has
the entlro approval of the President, thus
making his signature merely a mutter or
routine. Because of tho hour chosen by
tho Government for the change in set
ting timepieces ahead It will be neces
sary for Philadelphia!! to receive their
warnlne some hours In advance. Two
o'clock In the morning. It was decided, ,
would be bothtooearly and too late ,
to rouse the public to Its peculiar duty. .
Secretary Smith, asked what course
had better be taken In order to make
effective an official warning, BUggcsteci
the ringing of bells at 10 p. m.. so that
the chango can be made by all before
retiring for the night, His suggestion
met with the approval of other city offi
cials and orders will likely bo Issued
to this effect some time next week.
In discussing the advisability of an
official warning Secretary Smith said:
I think that the Mayor will be entirely
willing to Issue a proclamation calling
attention to the change In time, us he Is
altogether In favor of It. Of course,
nothing can be done until President Wil
son signs the hill, but we will make
our arrangements so as to bo ready
well In advance of the end of the month
and the arrival of the order to set clocks
an hour ahead. I will take up with him
the suggestion to have the State House
and other bells rung as a warning on
the evening of March 31.
"1 for one. Intend changing my time
pieces before going to bed. Most other
citizens will do likewise. This being
the case, there Is no reason why an effj
clal warning, no matter what form It
finally takes, should not be made about
10 o'clock Sunday evening. There seems
to be no good reason against the move
anr every good reason for It. and I be
Hove the Mayrr feels about it tho same
way as I do myself."
Officials In City Hall agreed with Sec
retary Smith and the plan to warn citi
zens Is likely to spread to a point where
bells will be rung In every section simul
taneously with the one on tho State
House.
BALK CHICAGO DRV VOTE
Petition for Referendum Declared
7600 Names Short
Chleaga. March 19. The petition to
put the dry question on the ballot at
the April elections here was thrown out
today by the election commissioners
after Dennis J. Egan, clerk, announced
that the petition was found to bo short
7575 names of' the 1066.137 required to
make It legal. ...
The drys plan on carrying the fight
to a higher court.
RESTRICTS PAPER EXPORT
Canada Orders Licenses for Shipping
Newsprint
Ottawa, Ont March 19. Notice ap
pears In the Canada Gazette of an order
In council prohibiting export of news
print paper and wood pulp from Canada
except under license.
Licenses are to be issued by the Min
ister of Customs.
Ogden Made First Lieutenant
City appointments today include Ran
dolph M. Ch Ltvezey, 6535 Germantown
avenue, foreman In the Bureau of
Water, salary,-. iuso. ana wesiey c,
Ogden, :6!7 .North Thlrty-flrst, street,
Ogden. J527 .North Tnirty-nrst, street,
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START ON JOURNEY
JAPANESE ACCUSED OF CHINESE PLOT
DETROIT, Midi.. Maich 10. Seciet Service agents here
today arrested Tom Guuu, n, Japanese, who they charge, has been
touring the United States conferring with wealthy Chinese with
the object of btartlng a l evolution to rc&toie the monarchy of
China. Masquerading ns a Chinebe, he had headquarters In n
fashlouable Uotel here. He was arrested on a charge of evading"
the dratt.
NEW JERSEY DEFENSE BRANCH IN SESSION
TRENTON, March 10. To discuss problems of war activi
ties confronting women, the State division of the National. Council
of Defense opened a two-day conference here today. Governor
Edge paid a high tribute to the help and co-opvrntion of the
women of New Jersey.
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO CHILE REACHES U. S.
AN ATLANTIC TORT, Match 10. Jobepu H. Shea, Ameri
can Ambassador to Chile, airivcd here today troui Santiago. He
lb on leave of abience.
BRITISH ENTER
THREE HUN LINESJ
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Raiders Capture Number i
of Prisoners Portu- '
guese Troops Attack '
GERMAN ARMY GROUPED
Copenhagen, March 10.
Tho German high command Ims In
vited a number of neutral newspaper
correspondents to witness the "Ger
man offensive on (he west front," ac
cording to Information reaching here
today. Tho correspondents will start
for the front Wednesday.
London, March 19.
Kngllsh troops successfully raided
enemy positions in the neighborhood of
Villers Gulslaln, Lacquerlo and Dols
Grenier last night, bringing back a num
ber of prisoners, Field Marshal Halg
reported today.
Portuguese troops conducted a raid
east of Neuve Chapelle, capturing pris
oners and two machine guns.
In the neighborhood of Fleurbalx and
Bols Grenier three attempted enemy
raids were repulsed with considerable
josses to the raiders last night.
Hostile arllllerylng occurred In the
Vprcs sector.
Three Herman Army Droop
The mention of General Galtwltz In
the German War Oflice reports as to
.fighting on the western front Indicate
that the German armies on tnat battle
line have been split up Into three groups.
For more than a year the western
front armies were divided In two groups,
one being commanded by Prince Itup
precht, of Bavaria, and the other by the
German Crown Prince. The command
of Rupprecht extended from the Alsne
River front to the North Sea, while the
armies of the Crown Prince occupied
the line from the Alsne to the Swiss
frontier. The German War Office re
ports Ton Gallwltz has been put In com
mand of the German sector on the
Woevre plain and In the Vosges moun
tains. There are American troops on cart of
the old French line In the Woevre and
In the foothills of the Vosges.
OffeniWe Unlikely
Reports from the French front -ta(e
that Germany has massed armies on her
front In France In such position and In
such strength that she would be able
t'entlnned on ri Fur. Column gi,
Thieves Flee When Woman W"ken
Thieves who entered the home of 11
P. Jaskson, 230 York street, Camden,
last night escaped with M.60 In cash,
six baby's dresses and h solid gold
wrist watch. They were Beared off by.
the poise Mrs. Jackson made In getting
n n to Wkrn her husband of their urea.
ence. In their haste, to, depart, they
overlooked 'silver ware sndJewelry
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WAR AFFECTS
PULPlf CHANGES
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Lack of Pastors Leaves
Many Churches "to
Be Supplied"
LIST UNUSUALLY LARGE
The list of assignments of pastors
to tho various churches In the Phila
delphia Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence will bo found on page C.
Important pastoral changes were an
nounced today as the last official act
of Bishop Berry Just before "the close
of the 113th session of the Philadelphia
Methodist Conference, which has been
holding Its sessions n the Simpson Me
morial Church, Kensington. Blshon
Henderson, of Detroit, read the appoint
ments In tho absence of Bishop Berry,
whoso mother died a few days ago.
Some of the most Important churches
In this city and Its suburbs were affected
by the changes, tyhlch are more marked
this year than at any recent conference
In the history of the Methodist Church
here.
That the war has hit manv nf (h
churehes is shown In tho fact that an
unusuauy large numner or pulpits were
left "to be supplied." This Implies a
shortago of pastoral "material" hrnma.
of fewer men available at the seminaries
ior orainauon. Many seminarians have
recently taken up war work, some of
them through enlistment In the army and
navy and others through appointments
as associate chaplains and workers In
various branches of the Government de
partments. In thirteen Instances the changes an
nounced were due to the death or re
tirement of the pastoral Incumbent.
Announcement of "sweeping changes"
had been noised about the conference
rooms for the last few days and when
Bishop Henderson Had finished reading
the new appointments there was little
surprise apparent.
Among the transfers that attracted
attention was that of the Itev. T, W.
Davis from the West York Street Church
to Ambler.
Previous to this pastorate. Doctor
Davis was pastor of the Abigail Vara
Memorial Church, which was erected Ift
memory of the mother of the "Vara
boys," Doctor Davis' now goes to Am
bler, where the summer home of Sena
tor Vara la located. He succeeds the.
Key. A. C. J-mes, Doctor Davis has
long been a baseball "fan' He Is of
ficial chaplain of the Athletics and Is
chaplain pf the State Senate,
The Itev, A K. Crowell waa trans
ferred from tho Cumberland Street
Church to succeed Doctor D-s' at
West York Street Church.- -
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PEACE
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aAournuiuni?
BY HERTLIN8
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Old East Front toBe
Restored, Says
Chancellor
BLAMES ENTENTE FOR
WAR'S CONTINUATION
Tells Reichstag Tjreaty
Holds No Terms Dis
graceful to Russia
PEACE TALK IS ENDED
Refuses to Discuss Allies'
Stand on Pact With
Bolsheviki
Copenhagen, March 19,
Chancellor Hertlinp;, addressing
the German Reichstag yesterday, de
clared he did not wish to discuss the
enemy's positions regarding the Rus
sian peace treaty, according to dis
patches received here today.
The Chancellor said the treaty did not
contain terms disgraceful to Itussta, and
that If certain provinces were .breaking
away from Russia It was In accordance
with their own wishes.
The Chancellor said:
If the rtetchstag adopts the treaty
of peace the old east front will be re
stored. But among the Entente Allies
there Is not yet the least Inclination
to finish the terrible war. The, re
sponsibility for continuation of blood
shed will be on the heads of thOM
wishing to- continue It.
The Chancellor accused the Allies
of hypocrisy, declaring that "their
falsehoods hae been made worse by
their brutality. AH serious efforts to
reach an understanding are of no av-ll
when they nre at the same time coerc
Ing a neutral nation while they dare to
speak of altruistic motives.
Iteming s declaration r-i..
with loud cheers, except from the' mem
bers of the extreme Left.
ALLIES REPUDIATE
RUSS-GERMAN PEACfy
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Virtual repudiation of the peac
i"y effected between the .Russian
Bolshevik! and the Central Empires!
contained In the official statement Issued
by the supreme war council of the Allies
at Versailles, France. The statem-lm
which was mado public through the For
eign Office, makes It plain that the wr
will go on until Prussian militarism is
crushed and tho crimes which have been
committed by Germany are righted.
It Is pointed out plainly that the
Russians, after the collapse of their
fighting power, were duped and led Into
a trap by the Germans. Under a gulsn
of "self-determination" the Germans sent
their armies Into Russian territory after
ward throwing oft the mask and show.
Ing plainly that they meant nothing
more than the annexation of Russian
soil.
The declaration of the war council met
with the heartiest approbation on every
hand today.
Text of the Statement
The council's statement was as fol
lows : '
"The Trlme Ministers and Foreign
Ministers of the Entente, assembled In
London, feet It to he their bounden
duty to take note of the political crimes
which, under the name of a German
peace, have been committed against the
Russian people. Russia was unarmed.
Forgetting that for four years. Cert
many had been fighting against the In
dependence of nations and the rights
of mankind, the Russian Government.
In a mood of singular credulity, expected
to obtain by persuasion that 'democratic
peace' which it failed to obtain by war.
"The results were that the Interme
dlate armistice had not expired before
the German command, though pledged,
not to alter the disposition of Itr
tioops, transferred them en masse to
the western front, and so weak did
Russia find herself that she dared to
raise no protest against this flagrant
violation of Germany's plighted word;
"What followed was of like chars c
ter when "the German peace' was trans,
lated Into action. It was found to In
volve the Invasion of Russian territory,,
the destructln or capture uf all Rus
sia's means of defense and the organiza
tion of Russian lands for Germany's'
profit, a proceeding which did not differ1
ann A V U ,lV I.U..tlI. , I. ..J
Itself was carefully avoided. ,ff,
"Meanwhile, those very Russians who- V
had made military operations Impossible'
found diplomacy Impotent. Their' reoi
resentatlves were compelled to uroclalm ' K
that while they refused to read ,th
treaty presented to them they had no
Mini but to sign It. so they signed, ft.. . t?i'j
not knowing whether In Its true slgnlfl-. .
cance It meant peace or war. nor ."
measuring the degree to which Russian!? ;"
national life was reduced by It, to -"! ,
shadow, .,-. liS
The Kntente Feint et View
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the Judgment which the' free peoples, et ",MS
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Wilson today piled spurs to Cesrs
speed up appropriations.' pls1! t
Labor Department on. , wrtW',B)kWr.
He wrote several lettera,ta;ui psjssf
Appropriations CommlWe urt, MMl
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