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VOL. V. NO. 61
H S MHTOS IIRRti
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TO HELP INDUSTRY
MPEACEMSIS
Conference Arranges Sur-
lU 0 ' J -P " 1UCU
i ai wors
SIX ZONES FOR STATE
Reports Weekly Will Show
Wnere Workers Arc Needed
Most and Least
A comprehensive labor survey tohelp
tho War Department cancel war con
tracts ami demobilize the army without
disturbing Industrial equilibrium of the
country Is to be undertaken at once by
tho federal employment service.
Announcement to this effect was mado
by the local employment oinco today
after a conference with F. A. Sllcox,
epecfal representative of the director
general of tho United States employ
ment service, who came from 'Washing
ton to organize the work and direct
the local officials.
Tho work In Pennsylvania Is to be
part of a general plan put In operation
throughout the country. Weekly reports
Will be forwarded to Washington by the
various State services and placed at the
disposal of Secretary of War linker.
The census Js to be taken In four
teen different Industries 'engaged In war
work. Prolnent among them are the
steel, textile and shipbuilding plants.
Pennsylvania Is to be divided Into sIn.
zones and by comparing the payrolls In
tho various plants from week to week
and listing the labor demands of the
employers the employment service will
be enabled ru fin din Just what dis
tricts there Is a surplus of labor and
In which there Is a shortage.
lfw Plan Will Work
Correspdndingly they will be"" able to
find In -which Industries the phortages
occur and which are .overstocked with
labor. Thus, Federal war contracts will
be terminated In Industries where there
Is a labor shortage and where the d's.
contlnuanco of such contracts would
Work no great hardship on the manufac
turers. Correspondingly, where tho In
dustry Is overstocked with labor and
where any cudden termination of tho
Contracts would mean possible ruin to
the ".'manufacturer and bring hardship
on the great number of workers, In
volved,, the contracts will be continued
until they can be ended with little or
no loss to the contractor and little
harm to the workers.
Some of the contracts, of course, can
be' continued Indlllnitely without Incon
venlenolng the Government and thus
afford an outlet for labor. Shoe manu
facturing presents one of these Indus
tries. 'The TBhoes can be contracted for
and' stored away until needed If the
authorities at Washington decide that
thls-i method would best aert Industrial
hardships.
The. reports will be scanned carefully
while the army Is being demobilized. No
large number of men without positions
will be let loose on the country unless
the Industrial conditions are Buch that
the factories and mills are short ot
labor and are prepared to absorb the
great Influx of unemployed men,
' ' To Other DUtrlcts
In 'cases where units scheduled to
be- demobilized next are from districts
in, which the labor market Is alren.lv
overcrowded. It Is very probable that tho
men will ,be given on opportunity to go
to i some other district where labor Is at
a premium' Until work can bo found for
them near their homes. '
-,The work Is being undertaken by tho
j-eaerai employment service at the dl
rect request of Secretary of War Baker,
Mr. Sllcox "said, Secretary Baker wrote
to the "Secretary of Labor asking that
the employment service be utilized In
making the' census and thus relieve the
already overworked War Department, of
the' difficulty or organizing nnother
nureau.
After leaving Philadelphia this after
noon" Mr. "Sllcox will go to New Jersey
to complete the same organization there
and then proceed with thework through
other States of the Kast.
The work In Pennsylvania will begin
at once. The districts have been planned
already and the reports from thes Ix
zones will begin coming In next week,
to be forwarded to Washington nt once.
TO RUN DOWN SEDITIONISTS
Search for Alien Bolshevik!
AgentsHere Is Started
Warning to search for nllen propa
gandists who come to this country to
bow seeds of Bolsheviklsm has been re.
celVed by Federal agents here from
Chief A- Bruce Blelapkl, of the Depart
ment nf Justice, nt Washington.
Todd Daniel, superintendent of the
Philadelphia division of tho department,
announced, following receipt of Chief
Blelftskl's warning, that every effort
would- be made to suppress any such
movements. Action will be taken- against
them under n. recent Federal stntute
aimed at foreigners who attempt to dis
turb the, peace of the Government
through creating revolutionary spirit.
siliice the armlstlc cwae signed about
Ibo cases of sedition and propaganda
havp;been reported to the hendn.unr.terH
of tho. American Protective League, according-toChlef
dasklll, of the league.
WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK
forecast Shows Generally Fair Condi.
lions in This Section
VW"irti". Nov. S3, By A. P.)
Weather predictions for the Week be
ginning Monday. "issued by tho Weather
Bureau today, nm:
fourth .rnd Middle Atlantic States:
Generally fair weather except snow or
rain about tm middle of. the week.
Nearly normal temperature.
.Koujh Atlantlo nnd Kast Gulf States:
Generally fair, with pome prospects of
rain about Tuesday In Kast Gulf States
Ohio Vnlley and Tennessee: Jtaln
probably .by Tuesday or -Wednesday,
otherwise fair weather during the week.
neglon of the Great Lakes; Snow
about. Monday In northern 'upper lake
region; and on Tuesday over unper lakes
e;neraly and lower lakes, prbably con
tinuing locally until Friday. Fulr at
enft of tie week.
Vloutlv tonlpht arid Sunday fair.
Sante aid temperature eventohere,
itodcrQte northwest rclnda will
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Infidcnh Attending
Latest P. R. T. Fatality
Mntonnan sixty-clglit years old.
Conductor nineteen years old.
AVItnesses say car did not slack
en approaching crossing.
Accident occurred nt Sixtieth nnd
Cntharlno streets, n "skip-stop" In
tersection. ,
Cars cross such Junctions nt high
speed, neighboring business men
say, motormen neglecting to ring1
gongs,-
WOMAN IS KILLED
AT "SKIP-STOP"
Meets Instant 'Death Under
"Wheels pf Speeding !
Trolley
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AjjU iUUlUKMAlN IILLD
Fatality at Sixtieth and Cath
arine Streets Follows Failure
to Abolish Regulation
An unidentified woman, known to mer
chants In the neighborhood Is ".Mrs
Benson," was Instantly killed today by
a trolley car at Sixtieth and Cntharlno
streets. The junction Is one of the
Hapld Transit Company's skip-stops.
The Itapld Transit Company has an
nounced It will not abandon the sklp-
1 stops, which were put Into effect ns a
coal-saving measure during the war.
Business men in the. neighborhood
blame today's accident on the reckless
speed maintained ''by trolley motormen
In crosMAg skip-stop points. They point
to nt least four au'.omobl!o accidents
during the last few weeks on Sixtieth
street between Catharine street and
Cedar avenue, all of which, they argue,
were due to failure o( motormen to slow
up. speed or neglect to ring gongs at
skip-stop corners.
"Mrs. Benson apparently thought the
trolley wntcli struck her would slow up
at Catharine street. She, started to
cross the street In front of tho car,
but wltnewes say It was going at such
a high rate of speed the woman was
struck Just as she reached the tracks.
The front wheels of the car passed over
her body. Sho was pronounced dead at
tho Mlserlcordla Hospital.
Motormsn to Face t'ornner
Morris Ascough, sixty-eight years old,
4603 Lam-aster avenue, motornun of the
car, and Albert P. Foster, nineteen ytars
old, 1433 North Robinson street, the con
ductor, were arrested by the police of
the Fifty-fifth and Pine streets station.
They were arraigned before Magistrate
Hnrrlr. who held Ascough without bail
to await the action of the coroner. Fos
ter was released.
'The dead woman, who was about
thirty-live years old. Is bellecd to have
lived somewhere In the vicinity, but her
address 'lH not known. The body Is at
the morgue.
According to wltnehses, no attempt
was made by the car crew to slow down
as It approached the crossing.
Oniclal, Sldelrark "Skip Stop"
Word from Washington is to the effect
that the P. B. T. may discontinue skip
stops or continue them, Just as It sees
flt.
Mr. Potter and his assistants refj.se
o make any announcement regarding
the situation and officials 'of the com
pany say Mr. Potter must do the talk
ing. The company vtunts the present
system continued because It decreases
operating expenses and fewer pars are
needed and fewer.mcn to operate them.
SNIPER KILLS SHORE YOUTH
Frank Berry, of Atlantic City,
Fulls in' Battle of Sedan
Atlantic City, Nov. 23. A German
sniper's bullet terminated the fighting
career of Frank Berry, one of the brav
est of tho."boya Atlantic City sent to tho
front, after he had passed unscathed
through gas attacks ana survived n
shrapnel shower which sent him to a
hospital' for several days. A War De
partment message has confirmed re
ports that he had been killed In action
In France.
Berry, an official of tho Adams Ex
press Company here before he was called
to service, fell while fighting with Com
pany A, 312th Infantry, In the battle
before Sedan.
Two weeks ago Berry vv'rote Jlrs.
George Brooks, his bister here, that he
had been In the thick of the fighting for
soyeral weeks, with only a scratch to
show for It, Tho scratch was duo to
flying shrapnel. Berry went behind the
lines to get patched up and then hurried
back to his company for the Sedan at
tack. Bobert Berry, a brother of tho
dead j-outh, Is In Camp Meade.
AUTOIST HELD FOR DEATH
Woman Killed When Car Slides Dank-
ward jHitting Tree
Joseph O. Berry. Broad street and
Leh'Kh aVenue, was held without ball
today by Magistrate Pennock. of Central
Station, to await the action of tho irrnnd
Jury In connection with the death of
.-wiss uina sexton, ininy-inree years old,
2513 Swain street.
Miss Sexton was killed yesterdav when
she was thrown out of Berry's automo
bile. In which she was riding to work.
The car crashed Into a tree In Nice
town lane near nidge nvenue.
The en&lne of Berry's, rfar stopped.
Berry put a block under one of the
wheels while lie wns making n-nnlri..
The block failed to hold and the car
coasted backward down the Inclined
roadway. Miss Sexton was thrown out
on her head.
TURKS NEED ALLIED ADVICE
v
Premier Suggests Entente Lend Trained
Administrator!
London, Nov, 23. An Interview had
by n British correspondent nt Con.
ntnlitlnople with Tevvflk Pasha, tho Turk
ish Premier, Is printed Irf the news
papers. In It 'the Premier said ho
wished to work In a spirit of pence and
conciliation.
'Wo havo some capable men." he
ndded. "but they have always been kept
out of office. A solution of our dif
ficulties would be to ask, the Hntento
Povvefs to lend us some, trained admin
istrators and Rdvlaere."
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BOLSHEVIK GAINS
BEAR THREAT TO
SPLIT GERMANY
Break-Up of Nation May
Result From Separatist
Tendency
REDS STRONG IN WEST
Ask Aid of Russian Radical:!.
Eberl Attempts to Reas
sure Public '
lly the
issociated Press
London, Nov. 23.
The chaotic political conditions In Ger
many arc emphasized In reports received
hero from Amsterdam and Copenhagen
I "?rpor,ln lo "produce direct telegrams
from Germany. There Is a sharp diver-
I genre of opinion In regard to the make
up of the new Germany.
There Is a general lack of harmony in
different parts of the country and a
j tendency toward separatism. Bolshevik
j Ideas are declared to be growing In the
west, whero a niicnlbli republic Is said
be planned.
The Bremen Soldiers and Workmen's
Council at a meeting declared itself In
complete accord with Bolshevism and re.
solved to call on the BolshlvikI In Bus
sl.i to help Introduce communism.
The Sp.irtacus group at Dusseldorf Is
reported to have proclaimed a prole
tarian dictatorship and arrested tho
burgomaster of tho city.
Dr. Karl Llebknecht, tho Badlcal So
clallst. was acclaimed at iv Spartacus
meeting In Berlin, which Issued an ap
peal to the woAers to emulate the Rus.
slon BolshevlM. The meeting refused to
llhtcn to model ate Socialist speakers.
London, Nov. 2.1 Tho Bavarlan"(!o
ernment hns notified Berlin that It In
tends immediately to publish documents
dealing with tho oilgln of the war,
according to a Munich dispatch to the
Dally News today.
Tho situation in Munich la said to be
good. The authorities declare theie Is
no chance of Bolshevism succeeding In
Bavaria.
Kurt lilsner, head of the present
Bavarian Government, said In an in
terview that there never will be another
King in Bavaria. He said the royal
palace will be turned Into a sanatorium.
By JOSEPH HERRINGS
Special Cable to t filing Public Ledger
Copvrtoht, l$tn, hu Xcw York Itmcs Co,
This special cable was sent fiom
iicum six aavs ago. out lias been de
layed In Irnn.imlssion. Sines It tcn
irmrcn tne Herman extremist move
ment has pained In pov;er and scope
and has brought an Increased threat
to the present Socialist regime.
Berlin, Nov. 17 (via The Hague),
For weeks, even before the revolution,
there had been a steady run on German
banks all over the country, not only
causing an extremely painful dearth nf
currency, hut the banks In many cities,
among them Berlin, being compelled to
print bo-called notgeld (money of neces
sity), or substltuto for paper money,
which will be canceled after the present
stringency.
Since tho revolution certain, little
groups of independent Socialists have
done much to increase alarm by making
Irresponsible statements in their organs
regarding certain aggressive measures
against Individual wealth, Insisting, for
Instance, that iron, coal and potash
mines nnd other Industrial concerns be
taken over by the' Government before
the national convention takes place.
Frelhelt. One of these organs of the In
dependent Socialists, says that by doing
so now the national convention would
face accomplished facts that would be
extremely difficult to change. Even more
Irresponsible rumors are being circulated
by Individual members of these small
groups, who Intimate that the war loans
will be canceled and pensions cense to
be paid, a suggestion which naturally
alarms retired officers, officials nnd the
masses, who have Invested In the war
loans.
To reassure the public the Government
today makes public the following state
ment, signed by Ebert and Hnase:
"First. We do not Intend to confis
cate any b.tak or savings bank deposits
nor any sums in cash or banknotes or
other valuable papers deposited in tho
bank safes. s
Will Not Cancel War Loan
"Second. We do not Intend to cancel
any subscriptions to the ninth war loan,
nor any other war loan, or In any other
way to Impatr the legitimacy of these
.loans. The Government, lowever, Is de
termined to enforce the strictest meas
ures that large fortunes nnd great In
comes shall contribute proportionately
toward the public expense.
"Third. Salaries, pensions nnd other
Continued on Tote Sin, Column Flt
CLEMENCEAU VISITS LONDON
French. Premier Off on Trip toURGE TREES AS MEMORIAL
British Capital
l'arln. Nov. 23. -(By A. P.) -Piemler
Clemtneeau went to London today, the
Slatln says. The Premier will return
shortly before King George and Queen
Mary make their Intended visit to Paris
at the end or tne montn.
A Socialist delegation called on Pre
mier Clemenceau Friday to Inuulie
whether the Government would have rep.
lesentntlvea of the working classes at
the peace conference, and whether an
International congress would he author
ized during the negotiations. Tho Pre
mier, replied that. he would refer both
questions to the Cabinet and the Allied
tlovernmcnts. f
l CUNARDER.S LOST IN WAR
All But Two Victims of German
' Sea Wolves
' New York, Nov. 23. (By A. P.) KIN
(ji.n Rtenmnhln.s. funrreziitlni? 20G.769
gross tons, were lost by the Cunoxd Line '
during 'the period of the war,. It was
learned here today. Of these, all ex-1
,.on (urn M'.fA r-lnusoil na war losses.
having been sunk by torpedoes or mines. I
The Campania and tho Ascunla were lost
through accidents. -Nearly all of the
Cunaid liners were well-known Atlantlo
greyhounds, tho largest nf which was
the Lusltanla, torpedoed May 7, 1916.
The Anchor Line, a subsidiary, lost
eight snips, inciuuing mo n,.Jiu-ion iu.
canla, the total tonnage obs pf this line
belntr 6M8S.
pmmc meoaer g'm
THE EVENING
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER i'l, 1918
COUNCILMAN HAS
ARMS BLISTERED
SAVING CHILDREN
A.M. Greenfield, 39lh Wanl.i
Fights Wny Through
Flames to Rescue
Common Councilman Albert M. Green-
field. Thirty-ninth Ward, nw painfully, ,
burned on the hands and arms today ICoilServativC Influence of
while rescuing his two children from a
tire which threatened to destroy his
home, 2401 South Broad street
Shortly after 2 o'clock Mrs. Greentleld
was awakened by the odor of smoke .She
arose nnd awakened her husband
nushlng through tho smoke-filled
rooms, Mr. Greenfield, after much trou-
ble, reached tho third floor, where his
two children Glrdon, four years old,
and Kllzabeth were sleeping. lie
wrapped the bdy In a sheet, ran to tht
Mreet and handed fno child over to Its
mother. .
I With his hands badly blistered by tho
I flames, Mr. Greenfield made a second trip
who was still asleep on the third lloor
A nurse nnd a maid who slept on the
third floor bark nttempted to escape
from the blazing room, but oni reaching
tho hall found the stairway burning
fiercely. Hushing to a rear window, thev
floor.
The maid sprained her ankle, was
carried to the ground by a fireman and i
was removed to tho Methodist Hospital
The tire Is supposed to have been
caused by crossed wires. The damngt
ampuntcd to $2000.
KEPHART MAY RESIGN EARLY
Judge Expected to Take iN'evv
Office Early in 1919
Superior Court Judge John W. Kip -
hart, who was elected to the Sujirenn-
h?rl.l,TfMceNe0aY.vbln jKn'ft
av'old any legal complications
Tlmrn hnrl hnnn tnlk that the Ustlrp-
elect would not resign from the Superior
the Suncrl
he was sitting In twenty-live cases which
nilcht'have to be retried If he resigned .
before they were decided
(lovernor-clect Kproul will be sworn In
January 21 and the Constitution Pre-
scribes that the terms of Supreme Court
justices expire on the first Monday In
January. It Is reported now that should
Judgo Kephart resign from tho Hujierlor
Court bench before Uovernor-elect Sproul
takes ottlce liovernor iirumuaugn wotiici
as u matter of courtesy, leave the tilling
of the vacancy to his successor.
.
WAR CLOUD IN SOUTH AMERICA
Peru, Bolivia nnd Chile at Odds
Over Tacna-Arica
Iloeno Alren, ArKrntlna, Nov. 23.
Serious demonstrations against Peru
vian business houses have occurred lu
Antofagasta, Chile, as a result of n
false rumor that the Chilean consul nt
Callao )ind been assassinated by Peru
vians, nccordlng to .reports reaching
here. The police were forced to ut-o
their sabers lu quelling the riots.
There Is reported to he great agita
tion throughout Chile over a speech
made nt I.a Past-nythe BoHvtnrr-Mirr?'
Ister of vvar, In which lie Is reported
to have tald that Hie hour had arrived
to take back the provinces of Tacna
and Arlca trom Chile. ,,
The present unrest In Peru, Bolivia
and Chile Is due to the desire of the
Peruvians and Bolivians to bring the
T.iina-Arlca MUestlon under President
Wilson's principle of self-determination.
OPPOSES PRESIDENT'S TRIP
John Cadwalader in Letter Says
Wilson Should Remain in U. S.
John Cadwalader, lawjer. and promi
nent Democrat of this cit, has written
an open letter to President Wilson, lu
which be Informs the Chief Executive
Ills place Is at home and not at the
world peaco table abroad. Ho asserts
that If the President carries out his
announced Intention to go to Krnnce he
will lay himself open to automatic re
moval from olllce, under the provisions
of Article II of the Constitution. In
addition, ho uiges that there is a gmiter
need of Mr, Wilson's guiding hand In
the affairs of State here.
He iuotes the lth paragraph. Arti
cle II, of the Constitution, as follows:
"In case of the removal of the Presi
dent from olllce, or his death, resigna
tion or Inability' to discharge the pow
ers and duties of said otflce, the same
shall devolve upon the Vice President."
BRILL STRIKE MINIMIZED
General Manager Contradicts As
sertion that 550 Are Out
Only 200 woikers are on strike nt the
J. O. Brill plant, according to J. w.
Bawle, general manager, who this
morning contradicted the statement of
W. A. Kelton. business manager of tho
International 'Association of Machinists,
that E50 men are out.
According to officials of the Brill
works they were notified by the (iov
ernment to slacken on their contracts
nnd cease night work. The employes
were notified It would be necessary to
release 400 men. The movement was
to be spread over several weeks so not
to embarrass any of the workers, but on
tho day the first contingent was laid off,
according to Mr. Bawle, the 200 strikers
walked out In protest, The olllclals say
they are powerless to do anything but
comply with the Government request.
The strike does not Interfere with the
operation of the plant, Mr. Bawle said,
but It will be necessary to let out an
additional 200 men to satisfy arrange
ments. Forestry Association Suggests
Honor for Soldier iJead
New York, Nov. 23.-Dlrectors of the i
A.nerlcan Fortstry Association, meetln.
V. n.,,1 ,,..., . ,.. i, i I
i...l,ln nnd tn Mnvor llvlnn nf SJA..,
York, urging the planting of memorial
trees In honor of .soldiers killed on Ku
ropean buttlenlds.
It was sugginieu inai me Washington
jl ..,. . .n ..... ....aiMiigiuil
board select an appropriate place for
planting trees for tne Allied, nations,
while the- New York execeutlve. was re-
quested to have "victory oaks" or '"vic
toiy elniB" planted as a part of the
city's memorial to. her soldier dead.
Tho Forestry Association offered to co.
operate 'in such work. -
TRY KAISER AS MURDERER
Canadian t.heer Suggestion by Cover
r f n, ,
IlOr.VjOX, Ul UUIO
Toronto, Nov. 23. (Bv' A. P.) Gov.
ernor Charles S. Whitman, of New York,
nnd Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio,
were 'given an enthusiastic, reception
here when they delivered stirring ad
dresses on the vvar before an audience
of nearly 3000 persons attending an In
ternational victory celebration in Mas-
gey Hall. The Governors are the guests
of the Umpire Club of Canada.
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Friends of Judge Kenhart gave ns r, i. .1 n u .. .... nunuu-u cneMs are to ue nurneu in the , Is nnunci-il that In ease or danger i-orty-rour thousand
j-rieniis 01 juui, ntjmau "'. '? force 111 the Presidents Admin stm. nnwnm nt the Ailed renreH,.iitniK ..,,3S m,.mi,r .f thn nm.miB.
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MARKS ASCENDANCE
OF RADICAL CABINET
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at White House
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Staff Correspondent of Evening Public
Ledger
l iiiunalil !. bu Public t.cila'r .)
Washington, Nov. 23.
1 , ' """"" .k.iuiiu,.
inatks the definite nscendancy of the
I n,,"Ci" or "urleso-Datilols-Baker ole-
ment In the President's cabinet. Mr. Special Cable to EvcninPublic l.edner
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i llcl tl,lnk that he has not approved
maul things recently dune, for ex
umplo Postmaster General Burleson's
ii-cent action with regaid to telegraph
nnd cable lines uml in all probability
j the President's recent unfortunate np- I
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nal in the voters to elect a nemo-
icintlu Congress, which is uUo uttrl
ibuU'il to the advice of Sir. Burleson. I
i Inllticiifc Wanes '
It Is not supposed that there has
been any breach, between the Presi
dent and his son-in-law. But the
signs arc many that Sir. SfcAdoo's
Influence upon the Administration has
not been asjrreat iccently us It was
In the eatl" davs of the war. H.;-
rently Sir. SlcAdoo' is said to have,
told Jils friends that he did not e
jiect to be nominated for tho Presi
dency lu 190. lie Is reported to havo I
snid that lie expected to see Sir. Wil
son renominated. The whole policy '
of the Administration has been shnp-'
ing itself away from Sir. SlcAdou and
toward greater radicalism.
Sir. SlcAdoo stands before tho I
country as an able administrator, but
If the Democracy is to succeed in 1920, '
ns a result of Sir. Wilson's efforts, it
will succeed not as a great administra
tive force, but as an agent of social
reconstruction. Sir. SlcAdoo is not the I
logical successor to Sir. Wilson. The
logical successor must be Sir. Wilson
himself, or Sir. Baker, or somo one
that sort. If Sir. SlcAdoo should be!
named it will be because the Dcmoc
rucy turns away from the Wilson Ad
ministration ami seeks a more ton
servutlvo candidate with a record of
administrative capacity.
Improves Presidential Chance
If that change In the temper of tho
party takes place, Sir. SlcAdoo would
stand u better chance of being nomi
nated from outside ot the President's
cabinet lather than from within It.
So while Sir. SlcAdob's resignation is
generally Interpreted as an abandon
inent of his ambition to bo President. I
jit is better to say that it means his '
UUUJluuiiiiieiii ul mo iiuiitj ui uemg me
heir apparent of the Wilson Adminis
tration. If the strongest asset of the Demo
cratic party two years from now Is
Wllhonlsm, then Sir, Wilson himself
or some one n entire sympathy with
his social views must be the candi
date, not a man as conservative as the
Secretury of the Treasury.
Hespected by Congress
Tho Wilson Administration is ap.
preaching Its period of dlffleultlob. A
r
quuirel with Congress Is at hand In
which many
leaning Democrats in
both branches will sympathize with
the- Itepubllcan Intention to restore
Congress to Its constitutional func
tions. As a man of conservative in
clinations, Sir. SlcAdoo has been more
sympathetic toward Congress than
havi tho other members of the Picsl
dent's cabinet. His relations toward
Congress havo been hotter than thoso
of his fellovv-sablnet officers. He has
nut the suing of events has been .
Uni,nJK.F" r " "H
Sir. SlcAdoo was respected at the
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missed.
In the contest that Is coming there
will be many investigations and much
criticism. The reaction against the
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Conilnneil on Pane Six, Column Tito
M'ADOO'S SERVICE PRAISED
C. II. Markham Regrets Resigna
tion of t7onderfiilly Capable Man
Regret was expressed today by C. II
Slarkham, director of railroads for tho
Allegheny region, whose offices are In
this city, at the resignation of W O
McAdoo as Secretary of the Treasury
and director general of railroads.
The country Is losing the services of
a wonderfully capable man," said Sir.
Markham, "Since he became director
of rallroaf.H we have been somewhat
closely associated, and our official rela
tions have always been of the most
pleasant nature. I would not care to
dlBcusx any possible effect upon the
railroad situation that mleht result
from his retirement."
Entered aa Second ('!
under
WILLIAM GlIIBS McAUOO
China lo Hum Opium Stork"
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Nov. 'J 3-
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necesMuj. 1 ins to l'eirograa uuiees.
DOGS FIGHT MEN FOR HORSEFLESH IN PETROGRAD
LONDON. Nov. 23. Dogs and m,en nre battling in Pctio
grnd for the flesh of hoises which drop dead in '.in drcct-.
according to n British business man who hns juct nt lived !n
London. He escaped fiom Petrograd early in November nnd
evaded the Balshevik guaid nt the Finnish bolder nt night.
BIRO NAMED HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 23.-Ludwig Biro, rt vit4iy has
been appointed Hungarian Minister of Foieigu Affnirsyaecord
Ing to a dispatch from Budapest. t
CARPET WORKERS
DECLARE STRIKE
o';J20()() In Kensington Mills
Quit When Pay In
crease Is Refused
ASK 23 PER CENT KISEl
AsM-rtlug they are unable to live on
tho salaries paid them, more than 2000
workers in Kensington carpet mills went
cm strike today after their demands for
a 26 per cent wage increase had been
refused
Five plants are affected and, actord-
Inir tn nlllolnls nf the Timestrv Cnrnet
weavers' Union No. 2, other plants will
be struck this afternoon and Monday.
The strikers assert that owing to
working conditions In the mills they arc
unable to make more than ?25 a week,
and 140, they say, should constitute the
nverage weekly pay envelope.
The employers concerned decline to
make any comment on the situation.
Last Slay the manufacturers granted
a 25 per cent wage Increase and were
,""" ?n y ue woraer mat no amae.
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would bo called for one year
This morning the unionists although
conceding that such an agreement had
been signed by (hem, said present day
conditions made It impossible for them
to abide by the wage agreement terms.
Kensington manufacturers are In con-
rerence mis anernoon ana enueavonng
to adjust the wage disputes
Besides tho wage Increase the strikers i
demand a readjustment of working con-
- -- rtrmuterr ?E
,7 ""7L ., " -'.'. LilJ l"ey ,ose con:
I""11 -iiium iiniii nuiiuiK iur iiirn anil
thl- uo " receive any compensa-
tlon for the enforced loaf periods
The first plant affected was that of
(he Hlrst-Boger Company. Allegheny
nnd Kensington avenues. The weavers
walked out of that factory shortly after
eight o'clock nnd In less than an hour
workers from four otner plants followed
them
The other plants affec'.ed are the
Philadelphia Carpet Company. Fifth
street nnd Columbia avenue; William
Hamilton & Son, Howard street and
Lehigh nvenue j Victoria Carpet SIllls,
Mascher street and Lehigh nvenue, and
the C H. Slaslnud Sous, Amber and
Westmoreland streets.
SAILOR IS ASPHYXIATED
League Island Seaman's Death in His
Iloom Ilelieved Accidental
Kdwin Willis. 21 years old, a second
class seaman stationed at Lengue Island,
was asphyxiated Ly Illuminating gas as
he. slept In his room at 2522 South Juni
per street. The body was found by
his landlady when she went to awaken
him.
Willis comes' from New Orleans, whero
he has a wife and two children. The
police believe his death was accidental.
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Matter at the Pnatnmre nt riillaiJelphl
a, Pa.,
the Act or imrcn s. uiv.
U.S. SOLDIERS !
SAIL FOR HOME
FROM ENGLAND
Several Thousand Americana
Leave Liverpool Populace Gives .
Them Rousing Farewell
l.lt.rpoi.1. Nov. 23 (By A. P.) Sev
eral thousand American soldiers
tor home today jn the liners Lapland ,
and Mlnnehnhn
It was a stirring scene as the men
marched from the railway station and
local camps to Jbe lnndlng stage uin'.d
the rousing cheers from the throngs of
people along tho streets.
Hendqu.rtfM of the Ainerlcnn Flr.t
Army, Nov. '23. (By A. P.) While as j
an iffectlve ni'lltnry force the American '
army remains Intact, the homeward
movement has already begun. Construe-
lion of nil kinds bus b.ii stopped and i
contracts and deliveries canceled where j
possible -and tho men uhobe services!
have been In these and other lines of
activity are either en route to ports or
plans for their embarkation are under
vi a
The first to go will be the sick and
convalescent wounded. Theso will be
bent home with the greatest possible ex
pedition. Certain divisions, exhausted
by replacement drafts until only skelo
tonn remain, are also going home.
REDS READY TO FLEE
Cruif-cr Awaits Russian Soviet
Chiefs' Getaway Move
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MORE SHIP LINES
SEEK DOCKS HERE
Two Additional Companies
Contemplate Terminals
at This Port
FACILITIES - INSPECTED
Two additional ship lines with New
York terminals are contemplating open
ing service from this port.
Beprcsentntlves from tho lines were
In the city nnd made a tour to Inspect
the port facilities with city olllclals.
This was announced today by Director
WebBter, of the Department of Docks,
Wharves and Ferries, who said the ship
line olllclals declared themselves well
pleased with the advantages of this
port.
This makes a total of four New York
lines, dissatisfied with the congested con
ditions at the port of New York, who
are considering removing their terminals
to Philadelphia.
Director Webster refused to disclose
the Identity of the prospective lines for
Philadelphia Ho said:
"There are several very good reasons
why the names of the ship companies
should not be disclosed at present. One
reason la that It would affect the busi
ness plnns-of the lines Involved
"Just aa soon as the steamship lines
nav
;e their vessels returned from the
uovemment they will begin commercial
operations. SJeanwhllo they are map-
ping out their plans for the business of
thn future and it Is lntertinn. . u.
,t, "" - "
Trailr (Irruter Than Kier
Director Webster stated the ship
trade to nnd from this port was greater
now than over before and that ho
would have figures to substantiate his
statement ready for publication within
a few da)S.
There will be a meeting of the port
committee In Director Webster's olllce
next Monday at noon, when further
plans will bo laid for tho development
of tho port.
Although the coastwise commerce o'fl
Philadelphia has shown a material In
crease since the Federal embargo di
verting shipping which formerly went
by way ot New York to this city, went
Into effect several weeks ago, the Phila
delphia port will not be used to Its
capacity until local business men recog
nlxe Its advantages and UBe them and
Induce their friends to do the same,
Harvey Miller, Federal director for
coastwise shipping here, today said .
"A decided Increase In the number
of sailings from this port has resulted
from the embargo, he said. "For In-,
stnnce, a ship sails for Houston, TexnB,
every six days now, vv here only one such
trip was made every month before. The
Increased trade between Philadelphia
and Houston la but an example ot what
Continued en Pare Six, Column Six
PRICE TWO CENTS;
"" ait
236,117 U. S.
CASUALTIES,
SAYS MAM
Total American Ldsses tri'4'M
elude 36,154 Soldiers
Killed in Action
cj.i i ATpT DEATH
J 79.625 WOUNDED
Perilling AimolUlCCS Divisions
olilteil tor bpecdy He- ff
turn Home
.
NO NEARBY MEN LISTED
Yankees Captured 44,000 Ger
man Prisoners and Took
1500 Guns
Uy the Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 23.
American ca-sualties In the war
totnledd d23d6,117. General March an
totaled 130,117. General March an-
follows.
Killed anil tiled of Mounds.
Died of disease
Deaths unclassllled '.'
Wounded
Prisoners ' '".'."
. 36.131
. 14.811
. 2.204
.170.625
. 2.163
. 1,160
.MisSillfr qp .
....236,117
German prison-
1400 mjnn inlrnn
by the Americans, Slurch said.
He added that the casualties among
the American forces in northern Rub
sla were not severe, contrary to re
ports, and that encoumirlno- .n..t".
of the situation of the forces there hadVa
ueen received. . ss
Tn Sen.l T.. it
General Starch unnounced todav that,;.fil
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u"l- "",1 "" given to GenefinSG
.' Pershing to send hai, i.- i.. Hfoi
troops as will not be needed Tin maWns &
Sitthajssa &2KMa .Msfiia8
that the following units would not bsiW
so required: .", s?-a
Divisions 31, 34, 38, 39, 76, 84, ;MM
Coastal Artlllo-., T,., .- "j&Vj
49, 50, 75 and 7rt. ' Z&i
that ,h. ?i ?eral p,:r8hlnr lndlcateay
that the following general cla nr.,5S
troops will be returnfrl- - ivflS.
tea!'"al nr'.'""j: "- army artll-
.-..4., b0 nuujm, lansr corps,1alp'-T'r!3
forces, and those division. .i,i . J-S?TO
broken up to be used as replacements ora
other divisions which had seen actlvolM!
servke. '"M
Air SnundronK Rl,ipnln iklM
Troops returning immediately from ' T
i.ngian.1, ueneral Srarch said, will lh- "llvffl
elude practically all of the alrtsquadrons. ftSS
sixteen construction companies, one sail 3&fi
iiuHcrs- uetaenment, one Hnndley-Page VJ
irunung scation and several photograohlc 'S-'sS
Htlrl ratlin uA.flnnD r-.i ' .Z . -A-.
- .... v-.udB iur me return i
of these already have been Issued. Vt
the composition of dlvislohs deslf? "t"
nated.for return, so far as known, Is as' ' Sfi
loiiows: j
Thirty-first fnenrirl.i Ainh0 -j ...
Florida), Thirty-fourth (Nebraska, w.. fi
t'outh Dakota and Sllnncsota), Thirty- ,1fe"
eighth nndlnn:L. ,Tv,.nttioi,v nA --.. &
Virginia), Seventj-slxth (New Kngland), ffl
jiio nircngin oi ine American army to VvJ
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cated beyond the demobilization nlans v&
announced. American troops In Italy; V3
Including the 332d Infnntry, will be st,- f
llOne.l for thn Mm,, hn rv n Cnm e K-04
Flume and Tslest. ono battalion of the'.'g
infantry being located at each plaoe. TSckJ
To Hum- Ilome-Comlnr ""iJSfl
Movoment of troops from France will ?
be expedited In every way, the chief
of staff said, and he added that they
will not "sneak Into the country cither."
Taking up the present advance of the
Allied forces, General Starch, pointed
out that the American army Is heading
for Coblenz, tho center bridgehead qn
the Ilhlne, vvhe,re it should arrive about
December 1. The British forces will
occupy the bridgehead to the north at
Cologne, and the French the bridge
head to the east of Mainz1.
Demobilization of the forces at home
Is proceeding steadily. On arriving at
Camp Dlx yesterday General March said
he found 200 men a day being released.
Several ot the present camps will bo
ahandoned as boon as they are cleared
of their occupants.
Concellutlon of Controcts
Cancellation of war contracts abroad
has been left in the hands of Assistant
Secretary lid ward H. Stettlnlus, now In.
Frnnce, and designated as the special
representative of the War Department.
On this side Mnjor General Goethala -will
have charge of cancellation of all supply
contracts and Slajor General Jersey of
contracts having to do with construction -?,$
for the army. vj.-
Begardlng the shipment of Christmas -i
packages to the expeditionary forces.
General Slarsh said the stea'mer Man-. r
churla sailed from Hoboken yeBterday
with 16,000 sacks containing 565,000
packages. In addition to the 2,000,000'
packages which the army will handle, j
authority has been given tho lied CrOBS Ka
to senu irom ou,uuu iu ov,uvu inqre ior
men who do not receive the packages1
sent to them or who havo no one at
home to remember them. t
Tank llattalloni Abroad j J&Z-
General March disclosed that there arfr .tiSa
in France thirteen American tank hatr ''OfS
tnllnns. enulnned with tho French lleht &4X.
tvne of tank and four training com-? ?36-'r
panles equipped with tho British heavj'jSa
type. These are among ine units wnMRi-jjjjia
enn he snared at an early date. 'Thw 'JiT-
Include the 301st, 302d, 303d, 306tK 'ftSl
325th, 326th, 327th, 29th. 30th, 3lBty SJd.-, - -pi
344th and 345th Battalions and tha - i a
376th, 377th, 378th and 379th training "iJi
battalions. I . -"JCKia
General March deferred answering ,;'Sr5
Inquiries as to the reorganization of th
regular army until the bill which tfe
General Staff Is preparing has been im
proved and laid before Congress. 'Tto
said, howaver. that there are only S(f,pH
men now In the army bound by th ML
war seven-year enlistment. i'
These he said win be held tq ,t
enlistment contracts, while the 7
men who volunteered for the Aw
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