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$T VOL. V. NO. 57
CLEANING BIDS
$345,110 HIGHER
FORNEXTYEAR
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Dirctor Datesnan's Rcvi
' sion 61 Specifications
, ' Effects No Saving
- , 't-
$3,833,050 IS ASKED
Street, Contractors Demand
Double Amount Paid During
Blankeriburg Regime
, The' High cost if city Btrcet cleaning
without tho streets being kept clean,
and with no restrictions on contractors.
was shown today by the 1910 proposals
, submitted by Senator Vare and other
eoritractojs for this work.
With old time requirements ejlmlnat-
11 od, .they offer to do tho street work for
13,883,050, as compared with .1,B37,940
for Ihls year. The' bids submitted, show
that Director of Public' Work Dateman's
alteration of specifications -effected no
'saving.
"While some restrictions an to the num
ber of men lequlred and u proper equip
ment of machines- on the streets were
In force, Contractor. Vare received during
tho smith administration $.,719,000. His
price this year Is $1,351,000. "it, exceeds
last year by J5I8.000 and the amount he.
was paid In U16 by. J,7l,000. His new
price, under the altered specifications Is
- Jl, 491,000.
, Bidders by IlUlrlcls ,
The bids submitted today follow:
First district. Edward A. Mullen,
$207,400. second district. James Irvln,
J320.OO0 : Cunningham & Murray, $329,
000: third district, Edwin II. Vare,
$698,000; estate of David McMahon.,
$ff40,000; fourth district, Edwin H.
Vare, $804,000: estate of David tfc
Mahon, $878,000: fifth district. IT U
' Flannagan,' $420,000; Peoples & P.uch,
inc., $450,000; sixth district. Peoples &
nehw.33K000 ; T. L. -Flannagan, $S7B,
000; Garret Bros. & Henry, $317,000;
seventh district, Manwarlne & Cum
m'lngs, $360,000: II. J. & A. Peoples.
$252,000; eighth district, Frank Curran.
$242,650 ; II. A. McCleman & Bro $214,
400": E. L. Bader, $218,000; ninth dis
trict, estate of Dald McMalion, $515,-
The leaps 'and bounds with which the
cost of street cleaning has Increosed Is
best Illustrated by the fact that In tho
first three years of the present adminis
tration the contractors received, or will
receive when this, year's npropriatlons
are fully paid, a total of $8,148,788, or
i 7 KK3 mnrn than the total cost dur
ing the four, years of theBlenkcnburg
administration ,when $6,366,235 was
8pent:.Addo,.tf)ls .the total of today s
pro'ppsaVfana the "total Inqrease reaches
diStaggerlng figure. "
, SUrillnB Comparison In Cnts
The cqst of street cleaning during tho
last soven years shows startling com
parisons between estimates' submitted -to
a reform administration and estimates
submitted following an-brgahlzatlon vic
tory. The Blankenburg total -ywrcre: 1912,
$1,511,983: 1913, $1,560,300; 1011, $1,
711.424 nnd 1915, $.776,628.
The Smith odminlstrattou totals are;
916, $1,808,058: 1917, $2,712,790, and
1918, ?3,r,37,910.
Ptpllli Admlnlntrnllon rrirra '
Contract prices ".ylth treet cleaning
cenfractors during the Smith administra
tion 'lire as follows;
1J18; -'First District, P. J. Iiawler,
j.219,190 : ,Second District, Cunningham
'& Murrayri$33r,250; Third District, Ed-
'-wln IJ. Vare$626,0(Iu'; Fourth District,
Edwin H.'Vare, $725,000; Fifth District,
T. L. Flanagan, $379,000; Sixth District.
estate Jbf H. A. Kuch, $287,000; Seventh
'District,, H. J, & A. Peoples, $268,000;
Eighth1! District, Frank Curran, $249,
650 J Ninth" District, estate of David Mc
Mahon. $440,860. -
J917 First district, James A, Mullen
3,700 ; second district, James Iwvln,
5181.300 : third district. Edwin II. Vare.
? $309,000 ;-f6urth district, Edwin H. Vare,
t"X $434,000: fifth district. James B. "Dor
2 nev. $193,000: Wxth district. H..A. Iluch,
It's $136,000; 'seventh and eighth districts.
Frank' Curran, $229,000; ninth district,
) I estate of David McMahon, $2S3,500V
f 1916 First district. 'James A. Mul-
ien, ;uv.7uu; sccona aistnci, James ir
vln, $121.'800.:. third d'strlcC Edwin H.
Vare, $255,000: fMirth .district, EUwIn
H. Vare('"$310.00p: fifth district, H. A.
Ttuch. $125,000; sixtl district. T. L.
FJanagan. $97,600; seventh and eighth
districts. Prank Curran, $166,000: ninth"
i dlstrlot. estate of Dayld McMahon,
$157,000
Tight for Delay Futile f
She 'Chajnber of Commerce Tried ac
tlort on the 1919 street-cleaning bids.
The chamber; through Its attorney,
James Collins Joiws, put .the question
of delayed acjlon squarely' up to Di
rector atesroan at n'tneeting yesterday
nfternoon. "The latter sidestepped -the
Issue with the statement that delay was
a legal, question, by Inference throwing
the prohlem to CltySollcltor Connelly.
Opponents of the specification changes,
aver that they oper the way for even
dlrtlei; streets next year hecauie tif re-
laxea control oi ine contractors. " v
Director' Datesman flatly denied the
, r charge, ""lie asserted the new seclflcfh
j ' tlons.are more exacting than thoe under
n which this year's contracts were
m awarded, , '
"A committee to sl"dy""tl!e1 specifica
tions Is to be appointed by Cjliy
,A 'Gundaker, .chairman of the Chamber of
ejVt Commerce's committee on municipal af-
fairs. Mr. Gundaker presidedsit yester-
r " qay b meeting.
f"? This committee' Is to ,co over the
I Si h specifications n detail and report to
1'. ,-. day at the Chamber pf Commerc.,
k ' GOOD-BY PREFERENCE LIST
... 'War Industrie j Board Orders Imme
diate Cancellation
' AVlilngton, Nbv, 19. (By A. P.)
"th preference list of the war Indus-
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commote
THled at pnee. Priorities Congmlssloner
.qwjn u, i-arKer. annpuncea toaay,-
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PublliUcd Dairy Except Sunday. Bubrerlptlon Price: JO a Year by Mall.
Copyright. 1918 by the Public. Lodger Company.
tHctistiss and Gaffiiey's
View an "Useless Jobs"
v
"If Sir. Trainer wants to Ijnow.
the Jlutles of mybnifj, let hint go
llnd out." -(,'harlc.i II. llcuatl,
State Health OOlccr.
i "Any action to nbollsh Hie post
tlom of Stato health olllccr would
have to originate in tho Legisla
ture: Tho Legislature created the
oftlce and laid part of the expense
tn the city If tho city does not
pa$ the State 'can mandamus."
Joseph V. aaffney, chairman Conn
cils' Finance jCommttcc. '"
HEALTH OFFICER
SILENT ON DUTIES
Editor of the Inquirer
-"Won'fc Aid Trainer's
Quest for Information
SAYS LET HIM FIND OUT
CaiTncy . Declares He Stands
by Statement- Urgingi Aboli
, tion of Useless Jobs
Select Councilman Trainer's quest for
tho duties. If any. of tho State- health
odlcer, jvill rocelvo ,no aid from Charles
H. Ileutis, editor of the Inqulrcrf a
morning newspaper, who Is tho incum
bent'. "If Mr. Trainer wants to know the
duties of my ofllce, let him go find out,"
(-aid Mr, Heustis this morning.
Mr; Heustis suld he had no other
rcily. to mako to Mr. Trainer's attack
before Councils' Finance Committee yes
terday, when the Third Ward leader
asserted that some persons believed tho
health ofllccr had no duties and sug
gested it might bo well to ask tho
Legislature to nbollsh tho place.
, Job for Lrelalttture
Chalrman Guffnoy, of tho Finance
Committee, said this afternoon that any
that
Kae
move to abolish the ocOjWould hae to
$tart In tho legislature.
i stana on my ascrtloi) of yesterday
that I am oppoed to all uselftss jous,"
he said, "but I have no specific knowl
edge with regard to the post of Stato
health' olliccr. At any rate, the city
has no discretion In the matter. The
office was created by the Legislature
and $2100 of the $7100 salary Avas laid
upon the city. . Phlladelphl amust pay.
tlrls sum. If not, the Stato can manda
mus and forco payment "
cut (Soss-natJon wire rate
i ,
New Night Message Rutc Com
mittee to Revise Tolls
Wnahlnzton, Xov. 19.- (By A". f)
Reduction in telegraph rates on night
messages, which would cut the mini
mum toll from 1 to fifty cents between
Atlantic and Pacific coast States, was
ordereil today by Postmaster General
Burleson, effective January 1, next.
Such messages are subject to delivery
by post-office carrleis.
Tho minimum cost on night message
tolegrams will be twenty cents for ten
wqrds and ono cent for each additional
word for tho shortest distances, and
fifty cents, with two Cents for ench ad
ditional word, for the longest distance.
Where the day rate Intone dollar, the
new night rate will bo half that sum.
The rates on oidinnry telegrams,
though sent at night, and on night let
ters, are not affected by tho order.
Charles G, Marsjiall, pf the Ohio
Public Utilities Commission, and Joseph
B. Eastman, of the Massachusetts Pub
lic Service Commission, were"" named to
day by Postmaster General Burleson as
additional members of the committee on
standnrdlnztlon of telegraph rates.
A similar rommlmttee for tho tele
phone service was enlarged by the ap
pointment of Paul P. Haynes, of the
Indiana Public Sen Ice Commission, nnd
Xoah W. Simpson, of th Mlssouil Pub
lic Scrvlco Commission, as additional
members.
SEIZED OIL BRINGS $100,000
rAlicn Property Custodian Sells
yOOO Barrels Here
The Government received nnnrnYl.
L-matuiy $.100,000 today when more than
uuu Barrels oi eyunuer on, rormcrly
the property of the Montellurf Trading
Company, was sold at public auctlqn by
order .of A. Mitchell Palmer, alien prop
erty custodian. , '
The-Mlantlo Refining Company and
the .bnlon I Petroleum Company bought
the oil at tho sale, held at the oflices
of tha Terminal Warehouse and Trans
fer Company, Beach street and Fair
mount avenue.
The Moqtcllus oil ,waa seized, accord
ing to Government representatives, when
It was alleged' that the company was
trading with GernVnny through neutral
tountriem The channel of sale was
cut offby, Government operatives, and
later all' the property -of the company
was confiscated by the Government.
Tho Monteljus company wan a New.
York shipping concern, but had stock
stored in 'several warehouses In this
city.
CAPTAIN GAMBLE DECORATED
Italy Rewards Pliihidclphiau for
" Red Cross Work
Captain .l,nmes Gambler n Phlladelr
phla artist, has received the Italian war
cnoss of .merit for distinguished service
with the Italian Ninth Army Corps In'
the recent driS'e. which brought Austria
to her knees.
Word df the award has just been re
ceived )n a cable from Home to .the
American Hed Cross, with which Captain
Gamble is affllatcd. As field director of
the Red Cross, he had charge of. canteen
work In the front linos.
Formerly 'a student nt the Pennsyl
vania Academy, o( the Fine Arts here.
Captain Oamble had a studloat Thir
teenth "'and A,rch streets when America
'entered the, war, He-Rae up his wosk
In 'August, 1917, to serve with the lied
Crops and was commissioned a lieu
tenant. '
l,ast February he was assigned to
overseas service, with the rank of cap
talnl. He Is a brother of Mrs, Harlow
C. Voorjiees. of Elklns Park.-
RUSSIA TO BE FEDERAL STATE
Hctnian Says Jlis, Country Will
Enter "New Government r
london. Nov 19. (By A. P.) Gen
eral Rkoronadskl. tha Iletman nt th
KjJkralne, , according to a report from
IKlev. received In Berlin' and transmlt-
tea ny ucrmnn wireless, nas issued a
statement to the Ukrainians calling at.
tendon to the imminent establishment
of'Itmsla.as n Federal state.
The" ventral declares Miat the Ukraine
'wHl "f thjf "w vevrHmn,t. v
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I T .it.-
.tignmg
3000 WORKERS '
FIND NEW JOBS
WITHOUT DELAY
City's Industrial Plants
Quickly Hire Former
Munition Makers
NONE IDLE SINGLE DAY
Peace Readjustment at Frank
ford Arsenal Effected With
Reciprocal Satisfaction
Approximately 3000 muullmni work
ers at the Frankford Arsennl must seek
other work ns a result of tho after-the-
war readjustment now taking place
there. ' .
Hut 'there Is n Job for every one of
these workers in prhatcly owned In
dustrial YJants. It will not bo neces
sary for them to lose cen a day's em
ployment The arsenal authorities nre co-opcrat-Ing
with Industrial establishments In the
Northeast which are sorely In need of
w orkers.
This policy of labor Mipervislon was
outlined today by Lieutenant Colonel
O'Shniighncssy, executive ofllccr of the
arsenal and general superintendent
there. -m '
, Iteilure Force Without llnrdnhlii
"We reallzo any sudden shutdown of
tho arse'nal would result In great hard
ships to many families," ho said, "and
wn plan no EcTTeral layoffs. Instead, our
forco of about fifty-five hundred men
nnd women will be reduced to peace
strength by careful pruning and In a
manner thai,, will word the least bard-
ship.
"Our employment agency is In constant
touch with the employment agents of tho
big plants In. tho northeast dlstrlot.
nnd ns these establishments need men
and women they forward their demands
to us and we try to fill their needs
Lfrom the surplus personnel of the nr-
senal Tho men and wonfen who woiked
hero during- the war answered n great
patriotic need and It is not tho policy
of the Government to throw them out of
work without notice us soon as the need
Is ended,
rinn for Xlelit Worker.
"Thf night workers, for Instance.
realized their employment was emer
gency work pure and slmnl'e. but In snlto
of this we do not Intend to set them
udrlft now that tho emergency Is ocr.
Tho night woilc will be stopped. This
is in uno witn economy, as the night
workers aro paid a bonus But the
Workcra will 'ho cUeil other rmulllcmu nl
day work In tho arsenal or work will bo
secured for them elsewhere."
tno normal working forco at the ar
senal Is about 2500 ihen and women.
This force, was moro than doubled
during thowar work nnd many addi
tional raclorles put up. Three shifts
were on uuty tor soma tinie.find then
tho working forco was reduced to two
shifts, but nt longer hours. Only ono
shift will wcTk now, and only, an eight
hour d.iy will prevail.
Tho arsenal contracts have not been
revoked,- Captain Heath, the employ
ment agent, said today, but the urgent
need of early completion la nasi. kt..
Willi tho rush over, peace conditions
win go into TJiect again.
y Similar rollcy nt Navy Vnrd
Substantially the samp policy will be
followed out at the aircraft factory at
tho iravy yard, where about 2600 men
nnd women, approximately two-thirds
of the working forbe, aro to bo returned
to peaco work. The work of the labor
bureau of the factory will be reversed
and co-operating with the United States
employment bureaus will securo pence
work for tho workers.
The method of liquidating the work
ing .forces of tho two big Goernment
plants, probably represents the method
the Federal authorities will use to re
turn the Industrial plants of the nation
to a normal footing, says Mr. Town
send, of the aircraft labor bureau.
ITALIANS TO' CtLEBRATE
"Victory Ranquet" and Beginning
m nenci una jart or Program
T.un rl.,ia,e,e,,rallon by tno Italians of
Philadelphia of the victory of Italy
and lis allies over the Central
Powers will tako 'place on December 2,
w.h?in H ,c.l0.r? baniuet- wm bo Bvcn
at, the Hotel Adelphla.
.uClt.3fii'."cln,.s und represcntathes of
the Allied nations will be In attendance.
During the evening a fund will be
raised for the relief of the sufferers
of the devastated provinces of northern
Italy. vhose Jiordshlps and privations
during the Austr'an occupation hao
recently become known.
It Is expected that about 500 persons
will -attend the b.rnquet, tho committee
In charge belrig Pncquale Del Vccchlo,
president : V. CJ. Lombardo, vice presi
dent; I'ellce Xlarlbaldl." corresponding
secretary and Amodeo Barbaute, treas
urer. The toastmaster will be Prof.
Pasquale Farina.
HEALTHOARD ROUTS CAFES
Restaurants Near Gloucester Ship-
ynrus, must L,icanUp.or Ulosc
The Gloucester CltyBoard of Health
today ordered the row of little restau
rants and eating houses opposite the
New Jersey nnd Pennsylvania shipyards
to clean up or go out of business.
Orders twere Issued following com
plaint made atp the, meeting of the board
last night hy the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration of alleged Insanitary conditions
around the restaurants. The complaint
said nie health of ship workers was
being, endangered. ,
Harlan ''S. Miner, president of the
Board of .Health, said it had been re
ported to htm that .most of these places
throw garbage and other refuse Into the
street and on vacant property back of
them. "The conditions are unspeak
able," ho said,
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JEWS MURDERED, IN GALICIA
Anti-Semitic Outbreaks Result
Fatally in Many Towns
mbckliolm, Nov. 19, (By A. P.)
Antl-Jewlsh outbreaks, with numerous
fatalities to Jews, have occurred In sev
eral towns in the western part of Polish
Gallcla, according to, the Jewish press
bureau here.
In Sledlee. Polish Leglonalres killed
sii .Jews, the bureau's advices state,
while at Chrianow nine Jews were slain.
Other antf-Scmltlc outbreaks hava oo
'cwred. it J. stated, at Dombr.owai Ja
wmp,sni, other cities, ,
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Public feftaei
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THE EVENING
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, InOVEMBER 19, 1918
I ' 1
TO nt: MARSHAL OK FRANCX,
General Pclnin, roniniuiiler-iii-rliief
of (he French armies, is to -receive
a Marshal's baton
generaiTpetain
to be raised to
marshal's rank
High Honor WillDe Givqn Com
l inandcr of French
Annies
rurls, Nov 19. (By A P ) Genet al
Petnln, rommandcr-ln-rhlef of hn
French armies, Is to bo raised lo tho
rank of Mnrshal of France, the Cabinet
Council has divided
The raising of General I'etain to the
rank of Marshal will Increase tho num
ber of Marshals of France to three, tho
others being Marshal Joffro and Marshal
Focli. Gendnil l'ctnln, formerly chief nf
the general staff, was oil May in. 1917.
appointed commander-in-chief of the
French armies operating on the French
front, which command he since held,
while Marshal Koch, as' generalissimo,
commanded the French and other Allied
armies throughout the Held of operations.
General I'etain, before his appoint
ment as chief of staff, won tils chief dis
tinction for the heroic defense of Ver
dun under his command He wan n re
tired colonel at tho outbreak of the war,
but rose rapidly through the ability 'he
displajed as a tnctlel.in nnd strategist
As commander on the French front he
added notably to his earlier laurels, par
ticularly In the later phases of tho war.
General I'etain. who is sixty-two yc'.irs
of age, was trained at St. Cyr.
It was announced yestorday that Gen
eral I'etain at the head of French troops
would enter Meta today.
18,000 AIR CORPS HOME SOON
Units Training in England Will
Bo Returned Soon
- vtTTraw - , i
WnxlilnRton, Nov. 19- (By A. P)
Iteports from London1 that 18,000 Ameri
can troops In Knglnnd will lie the first
of the expeditionary foire sent homo
brought out today the fact that theso
are largely air scrvlco' units under train.
Ing.
There nro no Infantry, cavalry or ar
tillery organizations In Kngland, except
for a few replacement drafts on their
way tr Franco. The air service In
training at British camps includes
probably eeventy or eighty Anicileau
squadrons, n lnigo number of repair
units and other auxiliary forces. There
arc, In nddltlon, many hospital units,
and numerous companies of1 special
troops such ns transportation nnd tank
corps detachments and engineering units
organized for rpeclal duty.
The organization of the units In
England makes It dllllcult tq predict
tho way In which demobilization pf
theso troops will be carried out on
thejr return. The men composing the
air squadrons or other detachments
wore taken from tho country at large
and tho plan for mustering out men
close to their homes cannot well bo fol
lowed In this instance.
WILSOfi NEEDED, SAYS ROSS
British Inventor Says Presence
Will Link Anglo-Saxons
New York, Nov. 19 (By A. P.) -
Tho presence of President Wilson In
Europe Is "absolutely essential," de
clared Sir Charles Iloss, one of the larg
est land owners of tho United Kingdom
nnd Inventor of the Ciinndlan service
rlefl, on his arrival here today on -the
British steamship Orduna. Ho said he
had come to tho United States on a
"special mission." but declined to say
what it was.
With the conclusion of an armistice,
Sir Charles continued, grave economic
problems confront all Governments, and
these will require careful handling.
"The peop'e of Greift Britain and of
tho United States," he added,, "do not
fullv understand each othr, but both
desire to reach a better basis of mu
tual understanding. A visit to Kurope
bv President Wilson at the present time
vvlll have a wonderful effect crt future
relations "
JOB HOLDERS PAY COMMITTEE
City Employes Jam Organization
Rooms to Alcct Assessments
Three policemen wcro needed to keep
in iin IIia throng of delinquent office'
holders who crowded the headquarters
of the llepubllcan city committee,
Eleventh and Chestnut streets, to pay
their assessments last evening.
The lino stretched from the Btrcet en
trance of the building to the top of the
steps on the third floor.
A warning Is understood to have been
Issued that all municipal employes who
failed to makeJhelr "voluntary contri
bution" for campaign expenses would
be dropped from the City payroll.
Three lettem rsklng for the contribu
tions were sent put by Sheriff Harry CI.
Ilansley, chairman of the committee,
prior to the gubernatorial election. The
fourth appeal lonoweo me election.
About 8000 ot me n.uuu city employes
are said to have let the nrst three letters
en 'unheeded. It is said to be the first
a 'drive followine election to set In
money.
HOOVER MAY, GO TO BERLIN
Expected to Study Food Situation
and Germany s ulockade Plea
''rarln, Nov. 19. Thnt Herbert Hoover
will go to Berlin In two weeks to study
tho German food situation first hand
was the belief expressed here today,
Should the blockade be lifted as a
result of Germany'ii Plea that its con
tinuance would cause gtcat hardship be
cause.of food shortage, It is pointed out.
tho roou uisinouiion system of the
world would be disrupted, .as the Ger-
mans could then go Into the orjen market J nghting with the 107 Division, which
und bid against the Allied add neutral,jid good work."
rniintrles.
Contlnuance'of thb blockade Is, there
fore, aeemea uuvimipie .? a, guarantee
that Qermany will take ;ier place In
that Qermany will lake her place m
the' food, line with ?hC rust of ht world,.
TELEGRAPH
"PLEASE LET US .
USE
DR. SOLF WHINES,
Impudently Talks tf Ex-,
ploiting German Resources j
in "Old Boundaries'
M)1)RESSES, ALL ALLIES'
Points Out Danger, of Teuton
Bolshevism as Reason for
Lenity
lly thr Associated Press
London, Nov 19
Gormnnv wants the terms of the armi
stice modified so that sho ran have
eeonomle Inteicourso with the territory
on thn left hank of the Rhine as be
fore the armistice, Doctor Solf, the For
eign Secretary, says In a Tvlreless dls-
patch received here The message is
I addressed to the Governments of the
I United States, Great Britain, France
and Italy.
In view of the elofo economic relations
between the rountiy west ot the Ilhlne
and the remainder of Germany, tho pres
ervation nf which Is' necessary, "to the
continued peaceful development of Ger
many," Doctor Solf asks tho modifica
tion of vqme dozen points concerning
this legion.
N ntild i:plolt Itesniirres
For Instance, he asks permission for
German owners to exploit ns hereto
fore the ooal, pnlnsli nnd Iron ore mines
and the geiunl free use of tho llhlnn
for transport within th? old boundaries
of the Gerninn empire
The Foreign Secietary also nslfs per
mission for free navigation by way of
llotterdnm nnd the coast for tho provis
ioning nf German) . Jhe continuation of
industrial pursuits on the lert bank of
tlH rthlno for the use of the remainder
of Germany and fiee railway tralllc In
occupied territory
The oli frontier of the empire. Includ
ing Luxemburg. Doctor Solf suggests.
Is to he regarded as the customs bound
nrv and custom duties nre lo bo levied
by Germany. '
.Spr IlolfthevlU Mindow
Doctor Solf declares that, without
these modifications, Germany will "ad
vance tovvnrd more or les.s, Bolshevist
conditions which might become danger
ous to neighboring States."
He repeats the previous protest
against the suricnder of means of tran i'
port and protests against "continuation
pf the blockade " The Foreign Minister
concludes by saying that attempts by
German delegates to discuss these mil
ters at Spa had been unsuccessful be
citlui iIih re iilL-.-arnlRlKr there nf lln.1
lAllled countries lacl.ed the necessari
powers.
(Doctor Solf had persistently ad
dressed his messages lo President Wil
son, causing Secretary Lansing re
cently to ndvlso him to communicate
hl3 notes to all tho Allies." He pursues
this direction In yesterday's supplemen
tary plea for modified nrmlstlco terms.)
fly the Aswtiatcd Preis
Amsterdam, Nov J 9.
Delegates from nl the soldiers' coun
cils met In the Reichstag chamber in
Merlin to discuss the Institution of the
red guard, according to advices received
here The proceedings- vvtre enlivened
by divergencies of opinion, pome 'idvo
cutlng tlte red guard as civil protection
and others opposing the plan ns 'Imply
ing a lack of confidence in tho soldiers
Freldrlch Fbert. the rremlcr. frankly
declared in srm address thnt there was
no necessity for tho red guard. He said
"I have no anxiety for the new Gov
ernment because It Is smdnlned by the
confidence of tho mnsscs. We have
received news that tho troops were
orderly when the armistice was declared.
In the back areas, however. It was dif
ferent Many cases of haste to return
home aro reported. In Baden and Wur-
temberg the troops streaming back
from tho front constitute a great danger
to security. Negotiations nre In progress
to obtain food from America, for food
Js what we need. Peaco nnd order means
transport facilities.
"All soldiers' councils must place
themselves nt the service of the Gov
ernment to hasten demobilization. De
mocracy can march only If Its head Is
untouched Then, too, wo have prospect
of getting peace conditions which at
least may be somewhat favorable.
Amid prlonged applause resolutions
were unanimously adopted that tho rep.
resentatlves of the. garrison of greater
Berlin should employ all means to main
tain order, achieve a social republic and
Increase soldiers' pay.
Premier Ebert. told the Vosslsche
Zeltung that the Government was .firmly
determined to summon the constituent
assembly, but that It was impossible to
effectively hold the electlqns before Jan
uary, by which time the troops will have
returned home. He considered untenable
tho objection that delay would hinder
the gathering of the peace delegates.
U. S. TANK CREW
ESCAPES SAFELY
AFTER CAPTURE
Sergeant Thomas Describes Flight
From Enemy's, Lincp Amid
" Hot Shcllfire
To ro rumbllnff across No .Man's
ind in a tank, have it hit twice nnd
catch Are, to bo captdtd by the Ger
J man8, and then to escape w'thout a
lS.rath is thA pynerln.A nf Bri..,ni
samutl Thomas, of the tank corps, de
scribed In a letter to a friend here.
Sergeant Thomas made his home at
3208 Chestnut street 'before ho enlisted.
One man In tho tank crew with
Thomas was killed, one Is, missing nnd
five were wounded.
"The officer and three of us." ho
writes, "escaped without a scratch. We
were well Into tho Oerman lines vhen
we were hit, so we all had very narrow
escapes Rettlnc bnck to our own lines
under heavy artillery and machine-gun
fire.
sv'We had no time to gather up any
thing, so lost mast everything I had hi
the tank.
"I was mado prisoner, but made my
escape later In the evening and made
..... men. hnilf In mil lln,,,, IIFa ,t a.
yeHrs oUL Recently ha completed r
March, trained nt, A southern camp and
jLjied, fqr Frwce In, July,
tour oi .itv mi iut uu piMisieu lasi
tntored Second-Clm Maltrr at tho no-jlortlre at I'lilladelphla. Vt
Under the Act of March 8. 1879.
MUNICH CELEBRATES SUCCESS OF REVOLUTION
PARIS, Nov. 10. A great festlvnl was held Monday night
In Munich to celebrate the success of the revolution In Bavaria.
All the members of the cabinet attended and nil sections of
Bavaria were represented. Kurt Esner. the TTnvnrian premier,
mnde a speech in wMch he said: ""The past is dead. Woe
to those daring to revive it."
U- S- CANCELS $421,359.01)0 NAVY CONTRACTS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Nnvnl ordnance contracts amount
ing: to $421,359,000 have been cancelled since hostilities
ceased. Bear Admiral Carle, chief of the naval ordnance bureau,
told the House naval commltt.ee t Jay, when the committee
began framing the 1020 naval appropriation bill.
G. 0. P. DEMANDS
CONGRESS RULE
!
Revollers Unite With Ma-,
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jority on I arty s llecon-
htruclion Proira
ni
IMiiSROSK ISSUE REMMNSiBRIEY REGION OCCUPIED
Hj CLINTON V. ;iI.lir.UT
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CvVrvht. I'JIh, bv t'vUlir l.ntun o
Th
Ucpubllcin ii-vi.lteih .ittinded'i... .,. .-.. ' , . ,
ThV''tn" inrmonv wlili Gencral p"h ' ' communique ' "round t,o circle" In this countr?, the'
llenm Tho dispatch follows- 'Party which wllf go to Europe will
tiuiis J, !! VXyV 7""" 7 "Tho Third Armv continued its nd- j TT K'SS
.,..?nTlr '?, m,llto ""J111 oicsorc vance today into tho territory cvacu- trust to whnt happens in Paris to' k
was the vote to accept the Weeks n-'
CniKtl'llKtliin ii.utittli 1,1,. I, rfl, ,1. I
rnlnlstritlon opposes. The i evolution .
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w. ... u, tiuii t v.ir-vi uilllll, I 1 1 L 1 1 IC ji' ,
to put I'onsrcsa back Into the (Jovcrn
nient was ns follovv'M:
That Congies.) Hliall n-scrt and
i-Ncruse Its iiLi-nuil and constltu
. tloiii-1 furirtlona Iticlinllns Ic-jlblatlon
necisuiiy for reconstruction.
Pri" itlcnl Musi ronif (o Congress
Nol onlj do the ftvpubliraus mc.in
thnt the I'lvsldent iiliull comf to Con
gress for legislation ncuc-sary for ic
conhtiuctlun. but they mean to have
congressional ovct.sisht of l ecoiihtruc
tlon. Tho Weeks ici-olmJoti contemplates
thnt, Ju.M us the defeated Weeks reso
lution fot a joint coiiBUss committee
on tho conduct of the war contem
plated comjicsilonnl over sight otThe
war. The Weeks resolution was
amended to provide for bi Joint Con
grosh i uimiilllci.s mi rocotis.tiuclon
Inste.al of one. TliCbO committees are
to be ns follow:
One on demobilization, one on fr
elgn ti.ide and cninieroe, ono on in
terstute tr.uispoi tutiiin, one on domes
tic business, orto on employers and
one on natural resources.
Tho bupport of tills reconstruction
piognun by the revolters ensures Its
uiloptioii after the fourth of March.
I'rmmiie the One Imiie
The evident Intent of the liberals Is
to avoid causing a split In the llepub
llcan party. They Intend to make the
one Issue In tho Senate of tho Impro
priety of Penator I'enrose'R being made
chairman of the Finance Committee. A
similar issue will be lalsed later In the
House by the corresponding group there.
Thib issue will be kept sluup and -distinct
There vvlll be no attack upon
fccnloiity as an Institution, but only upon
seniority as it baa operated In two or
three instances In both Houses. And
the greatest care, vvlll lie taken to keep
clear of the charge of splitting the
party
Chairman Will II. Huj s of he Repub
lican national committee, will be In tovjn
this vveeli when ho will bo forced to take
side one vviy or tho other on this ques
tion of Kenator Penrose's chairmanship.
Mr Hays was the choice nf tho liberal
element In the Republican party. And
the men -who made him chaliman nie
using thtir utmost efforts to lead Mr
Hays to take a stand with Kenator
Uoruh nnd the other liberal Senators
agairfct Mr. Penrose.
Seniority Had lull Siva
The Issue Is really one of profound
importance. Senator Ilorah has taken
the course of appealing to the party
organization' tq Interfere In the organiza
tion of tho Senate.
Hitherto the Senate nnd the House
have not-been amenable to party dis
cipline. They havo pleaded the seniority
lule when any question arose as to tho
fitness of any Itepubllcanor Democrat
to be nt the head of an important com
mittee. Better that the party should
puffer than that seniority should be
disturbed.
The Democratic party faced the Issuo
when tho war broke out and they had
Stone as chairman of tho Commltte on
"Foreign Relations in the Senate, Kltchln,
a.t leader of the House, and Dent as
ihainnnn of the House Military Affairs
Committee. They dodged the Issue, and
Kltchln and. Dent nnd the memory of
Ktone did much to defeat Mr. Wilson a
few weeks ugo
Seek Clircl, on t'tiMnm
I No one has-the courage to fight se
niority itself. Thp present light is not I
against It. its purpose is to establish
a check upon it, a form pr party dls
clpline that can Interfere when seniority j
produces lesuus inai inreaien me
party's future At present the House
and Senate are utterly without the
range of party authority. If through any
action of Mr lays Mr. Penrose goes,
an Important step will have been taken
toward extending party authority.
Tho weakness of Senator Penrose,
who means to light for tho chairman
ship oktho Finance Committee, Is that
even among tho conservatives there Is
a feeling- thnt llepubllcan chances would,
be? Improved If ne inn 1101 occupy a con
..-.-. I
spicuous place In the Senate. lie has
no real strength outside of the Kenato
custom of giving tho chairmanship of
committees to the majority party mem
ber of the committee of longest serv
ice. The present fight Is to establish the
right of appeal from that rule to a
power theoretically higher but hitherto
virtually Impotent namely, to the party
organization. If public opinion supports
tho Insurgents they will win, as they
did In their fight aralnst Cannonlsm a
few years ago. This Is a fight against
the same thing, what was left ot It still
Intrenched In the committee aftr the
great speakership nght, was won.
PERSHING AT EDGE
OF LUXEMBURG
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Americans Enter Lonwv
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at Belgian-French
'Junction
fii
the Associated Press
WnhlnKtnn, Nov. 19.
.Mininei days match of the American!
Tliltd Army Into t6mtory
i- ;ii'ini ii(i
. niv wi.-i niitni ".ii t itin iimj ii'imv ii v
n ,h,, ,cn' ""! "'o IlelBlan
frir1tnf nllr Ifnnnc rvr-lirt(ml Vlrtnn a ,1 '
- wui L4ui i.iv.u'a.u i lull, nuvi
by evcnlnK hail reached i:talle ajid St.
I-eger. Between the fillers and the
Moselle they passed tluough Spincourt j
and tho impoitant ralhoad centers or '
. ,.. .,, r.n4, !
Longujon and ( onllnns ,
"At the close ot the d.15 the entered
the historic French fortress of Longwy, 1
situated nt tho junction of tho noun-
I
daries of France. Belgium and Luxcm-1
burg. Further south the.v have occu
pied Audun-l.e-noman and the town of
Brley, tlieX center of the great iron
district of Lorraine."
Hy i:i)WIN I.. JAMES
Special Cable to, Evening Public f.edgcr
Coiwiloht. J9M, bv A'cu' Vorlc Timet Co.
With the Amerlrnn Army ot Ocvupa-
llnn, ;Nov. 19.
Ivcrtumlng Its advance towaid the
Rhine, the American arm started its
third day's march in freezing weather.
Tho very complicated problems In
volved In tho march of such an army
nre being met perfectly by the Ameri
can commanders. Hverytliing lias
moved smoothly. Tho more than 200,000
men, supplies, guns and ammunition
must be moved along three main roads
from railheads which are further behind
each day. It le an undcrtak'ng to tax
the ability of the quartermasters of any
army.
Thero Is great significance In tho
army reaching Brley and Longwy, two
centers of Industry. It is,tho Brley iron
basin from wh'ch Cierman' has derived
two-thirds of Its Iron ore for war pur
poses since she Invaded tills territorj
In the fall of 1914.
Many civilians who remained in both
towns reported that they had no food
since tho Oermans had left, twenty-four
or thirty-six hours before the Americans
arrived
Tho front of the American movement
Is gradually narrowing. The irmy
started on a flfty-three-mllo front, while
the lino at noon yesterday was some
thing more than half that distance. It
Is a front which will narrow slightly
more as the troops move forward to the
eastern border of the Duchy of Luxem
burg. Now Look to T.unrmburic
There never was any doubt about the
way the French Inhabitants would re
ceive the victorious Americans. Now
they are looking forward with Intense
Interest to soo what the reception will
be In Luxemburg nnd to ascertain how
the sympathies of the people of the
Duchy lie. O course thnt Interest is
less Intense than the Interest In how
the German civilian population will re
ceive the Americans The Germans will
have no cause for complaint If thej
behave.
Questioning of released prisoners and
civilians shows that while tho S.axons,
Bavarians and all Germans, except the
Prussians, do not want anything but
Continued on Tore Fifteen, Column Four
TRY TO RETURN
SOLDIERS' JOBS,
SAYS RAIL CHIEF
Federal
Administration Orders
Every Effort to Replace
Men Here
The Federal railroad administration
has ordered nil regional directors to
use every effort to place former railroad
men in their old Jobs, or positions as
good or better, as quickly as they get
back home.
Moro than 19,000 men who were once
n the-payrolls of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company are now In various
branches of tho military and naval serv
ice. Included In this huge contribution
to tho nation's war efforts Is an entire
rn (1 1 'nnillii H t i a vimmr in vn lnlli
regiment, the Nineteenth Engineers.
It was the work of theso men on tho
railroads of France behind the lints
that .made possible Jho American drives.
Kvery class of skilled railroad worker,
Including tome of tho country's leading
engineers, Is lijudid- In this force. ,
At the ofUce of Regional Director
Markham, it was said that provisions
are being made1 to carry out the qrder.
The snme policy ,wlll govern both the
Philadelphia and Reading and the Balti
more and Ohlol as. well as all qher rail
roads under Federal control,
fflt
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(CRISIS IN PEACE,
rnuuilAM IALLS r.M
WILSON ABROAD?
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Will Combat Opposition to
Frceffom of Seas With
Personal Influence
REPORTERS ARE BARRED J
I ninth iNccd Interpretation. S
Wilson Risks Prestige in
Making Trip '
H) CLINTON W. CILBEKT
Cop-jrloht, mm. by ridiUc Ledger Co.
Washington, Nov, 19.
I lie best interpretation to nut nnnn
;srrTu,r .5
"s mat a critical situation exists with
I respect to his peace program. On
ono of ,hc lmPrtnnt dements in it
-freedom of the m-as the Allies have
'openly declared then- opposition.
'M int.- iu3i oi u inougn mere is a
general agreement In terms,' there Li
no combination, nnd tho fourteen
points aro subject to Interpretation
i .i... , -,..,...
uecordlng to tho temper of the peace
conference when It gets together.
J
Correspondents Marred
In going Mr. Wilson will avoid af,
,'"? ui i'u""cuy seeKing, wmcn
, mis oceii crmcizea as one of tile ap-'
. . .
l)a'cnt oojects of His trip
jecis or ins trip, it Is aiu
nninrpn
that, unlike the "swlntrs iS
" '"" n"'"7 M'i-BBCU senumeni oi
U II I F J
Tho response to . the
feelers" put
out was disappointing
Jsewspapers
generally, irrespective of party faith,
objected to tho proposal to attend the
1'eaceJ conference. Hut, In spite of the
feeling of the nation that the PresI-
utml couM not . Q Bparei rrorn Wasll.
Ington and that tiio established Drece-
dept against tho Chief Executive lcav-,'y
'" ie country snouiu not De broken, yi
tlm Proa dnnf Una .lanl.UJ tl.nt ill 1m -tt
,, " fnp hi, .. ,,,"' ; ' .'S'' it
Influence felt at tho opening sessions.
- " ...... ... ,,.U.I.U (,10 1VLDUI1AL V?
Will Rule, Via Cablo
It Is plain that the President is not
much to risk bv personal rittendancs' J
ut the 'conference. If lie goes. anttSfi
falls to get what he sets out fori "hWlai
prestige will tie mucn diminished.. HqTBSTS
has no organization In this couritry.J'S
He will try to run the Governmentby-r
wiuie, uul 11 u inn gi 0 ensues on re- ,
construction, or if stens In reconstruc
tion nro delayed to the disadvantage i'
of the business of tho country, thBfel
rrcsiueiu win suncr in the eyes of. .-SJ
..iv jiuuiii:.
It can only be the President's Interest
In his peace plans and his. feeling that
uncertainty prevails regarding" their
prospects, which bis presence In Europe
would tend to dispel, that Is taking him,
abiond The rejection of his plank with
regard to the freedom of the seas Jiy the
recent Versailles confeicnce wiis a bitter
disappointment to him. He feels that a
putting nn end to such blockades as
Kngland enforced in this 'war and as
Germany tried to effect will bo an Im
portant point In relieving the world of 5
the burden of grent armaments and In 1
reducing the future chance of war. It
Is apparent that the President Is going
abroad to fight for freedom of the seas.
Taken Middle nf Koad
On this Issue, ns on all other issues,
the President occupies the mlddle-of-the- '
road position. Throughout his whole
course he has made no combinations.'
He has nono now. If he had made a
combination with the Allies, such a
many of his advisers have urged, no trip
to the conference on his part would now "
be necessary. The price would be like
a party convention In this country. The
"slate" would be made up and It would1,
bo in the hands of the organization,
which, moreover, would have tho votes
to put It through.
The organization, In this instance
consists of tho Allied premiers. Tha
more radical element is unorganized,
Moreover, It Is not clear that It will,
have a capacity for organization, It
Is not certain where it will stand,
whether it will have a practical pro
gram or whether, by Its very vagaries, It
will cause nuch a reaction toward con
servation as will lead to a strict and
narrow Interpretation ot the fourteen
points.
Pence Stage Still TJmet
The uncertainty about the attitude ot
the rndlcals who will come from the
new Governments of Central Europe hr
only one of the major uncertainties that
hangs over the peace conference. It
Lloyd George is beaten In the British
elections, a totally now face will be put
on the peaco conference. If he wins
and wins handsomely, as seems likely. It
is not so certain as It might be -vvha
lnl.,nl,,lnn 1, a will nlaOA IITHltl hilt ..J.
mandate from the British people, There 0
Is a difference Between a man reacning
out for votes and a man having the'
votes.
fn a word, never did the world npx
nronch anything remotely like this peace
conference In moment, where so niuch '
uncertainty prevailed. The fate of the
world Is to be settled by popular vote,
and one important element Kill vote only
a few days before the great International,
meeting will be held and a large part
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London, Nov 19, IJlnco the Vnltedf'' S"
Ejiaies eiliercu vim m v"J rf,iTi wra Wf-vji
naval air force In Kurope has officially.. p3i
sunk one submarine. amLprobably tixtitii
others, and has damageuTmany, !; rl.
pilots w-ere lost In action. ' "-
The total of American seaplane o -i
I'.UrOpe IB Oilf IIHICIlltltllV ",... fVUSn
they have patrolled the ocean! laMftIi, :
shown by the fact that sinkings by
marines. decreased In good nytag.wMtfM.
and Increased In bad weather, T
Allied naval officials declare that -spile
the shortness of their exutrtana
American pilots are .not excitfjM Vjr
any, ',,.
One of tho riost perltQW.of j bw
duties was .reconnaissance 'Rights (Mm
England to Helgoland to. -Kfateh th
German fleet, The chance of return,
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