n" ,4'V ..'." VSvl. )5"- ) t' ., IE' uenma public feftaer " i TiE WEATHER , 'j .-V; 1 Uitv Washington, Dee 9. Fair and con tinued tvarm; Tuesday cloudy. TEJirEUATimn at isaoii noon n ' . k ' h U-6.' t " l,7' I I 9 I 10 I 11 12 1 ii rrr THE EVENING TELEGRAPH 147 48 t 54 64 64 I 86 66 66 I ST-ToTl K w VOL. V. NO. 74 rubllihed Dally Kxrept Sunday. Subscription Trice: $0 a Tear by Mall. Copyright. 1018. by Public Ledger Company PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918 Entered aa Becond-Claa Matter at the rnntofrice at Philadelphia, Pa. Under the Act of March , lsju. PRICE TWO CENTS I 1..' c 't. S'rv"V 2W VF u? " I !"- t IV -it Vff IJM l !$ If 1 ?; m m M ALLIES MUST bm iru whet n a: I VL1V;L. MV1UJ1, TAFT ASSERTS 'Entente, U. S. and Japan Are His Guardians of Pnrnfitunl Peace PTNTERNATIONAL LAW TO RESTRAIN 14 CUBAS Bolshevism, Worse Than Czar, Must Be Shot Out of Russia TROLLEYS NEED HELP Bankers at Shore Hear De mand for Cdrreclive Rail road Legislation Special, Teltoram to Kvttitna Public I.cAocr Atlantic City. N". J.. Dec. 9. Former President William Howard Taft designated England, France, Italy, the United States and Japan as the nations to maintain tho International police force of tho future, to prevent recourse to arms and keep tho world In order. In presenting his league of na tions plan before tho reconstruction convention of the Investment Bankers' Association of America at the Traymore today "Instead of one, we have fourteen Cubas. fourteen new republics made up of peoples Intoxicated with the Idea of liberty," i tho former President paid. They have not studied self-restraint. They do not know that they can live ,only on liberty restrained by law. The only solution of their problem, which Is the problem of all the peoples of the world, Is International liberty, regulated by "International law. Questions 'Wilt Arise I -J" Mr, Taft laid great emphasis upon I?., the wor!d"s need of a commission of conciliation, as much as of en lnterna- ' 'tlonal court of arbitration, the commls. Blon to havo power to dispose of irri ),' tant' questions, which aro non-Justifiable, " as he termed It. There was a round of applause when 's Mr. Taft said war seemed to have , " squelched the arguments of pacifists op- luJ . v.ada.4 tn nn Itit.rni . ! Attn 1 nnlll-.. fnrPA. It, ifunu .u un ,,,.v ..... ... .... w.w. Another'domonstratlon followed hla dec laration that the .United States has not done enough for Russia, "Caar Iletter Thai noIsheTlkl" v "The .tyranny of the Itomnnoffs was Infinitely' better for that suffering nation than Bolshevism' he declared roundly; Bolshevism Is the enemy of human so ciety. lIt can be dealt" with only aa Bolshevism deals with opposition to Its '.t "W. must aa Into Russia nnd shoot Bolshevism out of it," he exclaimed. Under the questions which might properly go before a commission of con ciliation, Mr. Taft designated the de sires of Japan and China for free entry 1 to the United States. "We have a right to keep them out without a doubt," tho former President stated, "but, In time, their resentment might develop a rawness that would have to be considered." ' Away With Secret Treaties , ''The convention gave Mr. Taft another round of applause when he declared a I K general league of nations cannot be I V4V maintained unless nil sedret treaties are dispensed with. " It would, be quite Im possible to vest the supervision of the Jw world's order In any specific proportion ",i In any one or two nations, he averred, , without arousing the suspicion and ultl i matelv the resentment of other nations. t Knefllrlni flR nronlrlpnt nf thA wni- Inhn- Kf board, Mr. Taft held out little encour- 4 agement for brokers specializing In street railway securities. He said: "In my official capacity, I have exam ined the balance sheet pf most of the street railways of the country. I do not think you are going to r'.sh' for ward for that eland o' securities as an Investment. The lines had my sym pathy, but that could not affect my judicial view. Your clients have my pro found sympathy. The outlpok Is not a good one. The street" railways of this country are dealing with a nubile ed. cated to rates of fare and methods of 'fixing fares which are most unjust to ,r Investors. Whether you can oveicome Jk, this situation I do not know. I am well aware that generalizations do not pay 1JL dividends.' Roads Beak Compensation The committee on railroad securities. In a report presented today, bv John E. Oldham, of Boston, declared that at , j no tlmo since the United States went i -Into the war had there been anv nn. IsMnarent disposition on the part of th I'jj, railroads, 'to resist any demands made x ijpun inc.... -tv nuuuiu do noted In con v slderlng this matter, the committer qM I'jK tjhtjt the administration, through Its I ft .representatives, fully recognized that' the mere return of the nhvslrjii nmn.. jr i' -. wi n.o noiiui proper Mt' ties of the railroads would not fulfill the I,? uuui,tnuu iu iiia wwiicru ana inat uoneress. at some iiuure time, should pas3 cBislatloa which would In uomo Kuri wuv nrnvitin 11 nil iipiikh inn t-if . m gZ'vartpus kinds which might result to is'i security holders through Federal con tL trol. Jp,v Tho committee 'outlined as a tenta- , Hiq iumw u. mjuui iu uusress to Ss'iearly repeal of the Sherman Anti.trust lAct and -a recognition df the nrlnclnle 'that any plan of future Government con- 1 iwt Itifirtta rain IP nnra rlt7in aua If , -Vf ...v..-...0 uivttiih CA)C41DCOa Cfr houd RBHumo responsibility for ade- " rejwrt jcontinueu; -i mo iiiijCiomiu -uonuuerce commission i IM'M viva vrjuiniui j UUlllCBa POUl I if through Inadequacy of legislation and ?j teedn of the public In the control of . -,'"v" - THE WEATHER VANE iariabla iiMnda a-blourtng, parn it all! tRaiiiliw tahen it should le anoicing, fiarn it alii I .'"ar- tonight and warm tomorrow. $Ye)e f Santo Olava to lorroto ico( our aor- POLITICS IS "INSIDE OUT NOWADAYS, SAYS W. S. VARE City Business Club Lunchcrs En lightened as Congressman Re veals "Trade Secrets" Praise for P. R. T. and Fear From Charter Revision Voiced in Ar cadian Speech Congressman William S. Vare lectured on 'The Inside of the Political Game" at the weekly luncheon of the City Busl- hess Club at the Adelphla Hotel today. Those who had regarded politics as an occult science and Iteprcsentatlce Varo as a high priest who was about to strip the mysteries of their Impene trable sells, laying bare the complicated machinery so lhat hereafter a child could operate It, were disappointed. Tliey were Informed that there Is no longer any "ln-lde" to the political game that the Inside Is all outside and haa been since 1906, when tho realization of the direct primary marked the division he'twecn historic and prehistoric political history. Congressman Vare eulogized the Re publican organization of Philadelphia as a wonderful machine, the success of which he held due to truthfulness, In tegrity, efficiency and kindred virtues, to Its sympathy with und understanding of the great masses of the people and to Its Intelligent anticipation of and meeting of the needs of the city. Links SutTrnge and Hliopplng He criticized the newspapers of Phila delphia for criticizing the Mayor, the Governor and1 the President of the United States, expressing great concern NOBRE PUTS VARE CLAIM UP TO CLAY Former Director Ordered Manipulation of Esti mates Surveyor Says REPLIES TO DATESMAN Estimates of work by Senator Edwin H. Vare, In connection with his "moral claim" for filling In Government ave nue, were "manipulated" on the writ ten orders of Henry C. Clay, Director of Public Safety under the Iteyburn Ad ministration, It Is asserted. This assertion was made today by John M. Xobre, city surveyor, In reply to a letter from Director Datesman, of Public Works, ordering his dismissal from the city service. "It did jiftt resuJlnttiojcpJleotlon from the city treasury of more.'" than was duo the contractor for fllljng," Nobro says In his letter to tho Director concerning tho estimate he asserts he was ordered to submit by former Di rector Clay, "but it did Incorrectly rep resent the quantities for which the con tractor hod collected." Paid for Part, Xobre Said Mr. Nobre nine months ago made the assertion before Councils' Finance Com mittee when that body was considering Senator Vare's "mo'ral calm." that the contractor had been paid for n portion of the work done on Government avenue. His arrest on the charge of criminal libel followed. Tho latest development was the order by Director Datesman for his dismissal on the ground of Insubor dination. This charge Mr. Nobre denies. "The manipulation of records of meas urements for the filling In of Govern ment avenue under a contract for the Improvement of League Island Park," Mr. Nobre's letter to Director Datesman states, "occurred In 1910 and took pUce under these circumstances; "Mayor Iteyburn directed Edwin H. Vare to fill In Government avenue as a part of the Improvement, and prom ised the contractor that he would be paid for so doing. Ordered by Clay "On April 18, 1910, by written order of Henry Clay I was directed to Include the Government avenue fill In the esti mates for payment to the contractor. Under the written order It was for a time believed the legal right to payment was clear, "Luter serious doubt aroso to the legal right to recovery, but the moral obligation to pay remains, and I was willing to old In necurlng the contrac tor the payments which were honestly duo him. "It did not result In the collection from the city treasury of more than wan duo the contractor for filling, but It did Incorrectly represent the quantities for which the contractors had collected." "That statement made by me Is true and correct, but It was never Intended by me at any time that my act should ever be again utilized by the contrac tor or by a"ny one else to collect from the city a second time for the Govern ment avenue fill. To exact payment a second time for the same htlng would have neither moral nor legal Justifica tion. Mr. Nobre declines to ask the Director for a hearing before the Civil Service Commission, but defies Director Dates man to carry but his "threat" of dis missal. "I did- my duty by telling the truth," Mr. Nobre says In his letter. "In do ing so I realized that It disappointed certain Interests and would arouse against me the hostility and vindictive nees of a powerful influence." May do to Courts t- director Datesman, on receipt of the Nobre answer, declined to comment, and the discharge of the city surveyor will become effective at-once. It Is thought likely that Nobre will now carry the whole question Into the courts. Former Director Clay, speaking over the long-distance telephone from hla home at Beasley'a Point, N, J said he could not recall offhand any order given to Nobre In connection with (estimates of work done by Vara on the Govern ment avenue fill. , "It has been so long ago," Mr, Clay said, "I cannot, without reference to the records, remember any such written order given Nobre as he charges In connection with the Vare work In Gov ernment avenue. Such a suggestion as that referred to by Nobre, If one was made by me, and I am not saying; that wa,jRiay nyev earns iongin tna iff Vare Revelations Made to City Business Club "Tho Republican city organiza tion is founded on truthfulness and quality of service." "Tho so-called reformers In op posing the councllmnnlc nnd ward system oppose the representative government he world lias been fighting for." "Under the present system It u man wants anything ho goes to his councilman, Ills neighbor. Under the so-called commission govern ment he would go to City Hall nnd hand his request to a-clerk, proba bly through a window." lest such a policy of criticism result In an Increased Soclnllst vote und an Incll. nation of women living hair way be tween Philadelphia and New York to do their Christmas shopping In the lat ter city. Representative Vare criticized the leaders of the Town Meeting Party, w ho campaigned against the Organization a year ago, referring to them as "twelve men, six of whom were not qualified vot ers of Philadelphia, who got together In a back room" to decide what the pcopl of Philadelphia needed. He put In a good word for the Phil adelphia Ilapld Transit Company and took the newspapers to task for, aa he said, never having printed a line to the Continued on Face Rlzht. Column One $7,500,000 SPENT" IN GERMAN PLOTS Propagandists Had $27,- 850,000 Available to Carry on Work in U. S. TRIED TO STOP PLANTS By the Associated Press Washington, Dec- 9. More than $7,600,000 was spent by German propagandists In this country during the war, A. Brucs Brlelaskl, chief of the bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, told the Senate investigating committee today. Evidence obtained hy tho Department of Justice showed that the funds of the German Embassy amounted to 27,850, 000. Qf this H2.E00.000 was obtained by, tho sale of German treasury notes, 47,050,000 from b.xnlt credits and loans. J7.000.000 from the German Helchsbaiik nnd $l,300,0i'0 from other banks. More letters from tho secret flies of Count von Bernstorff wero read to the committee by Mr. Blelaskl. Among them were Instructions to all German consuls In the United States to get German sub jects out of plants producing materials for the Allies. The consuls were ordered to stop Ger mans above the rank of common laborer from working In such plants, under a section of the imperial code and to re port to tho German consulate at New York. TJnternijer Mentioned Blelaskl read to the committee at length from the diary of Dr. Karl F. Fuehr, the German agent whose ac tivities figured prominently In the In vestigation. The notes of Fuehr said that on the day following the publica tion of private letters of H. F. Albert he consulted with Albert at Cedarhurrft. N. Y.. and later discussed the Incident with Samuel Untermyer. "Ilellef Bureau" Neored Letters wero submitted to show that the Hans Lebeau Relief Bureau was organized in New York to aid In influ encing Germans and Austrians to give up their work in munition factories. This bureau ostensibly was a philan thropic organization supported by con tributions, but proof had been obtained, Blelaskl Bald, that the German and Aus trian uovernmems paia an tne ex penses and that Lebeau got $75 a week. Branch.es of the bureau were estab lished In principal cities. Names of German and Austrian workers in muni tion plantH1 were obtained und a sys tematic campaign among them con ducted. Other work was found by the bureau for those who could not get new Jobs themselves. A report made to the German embassy In February, 1916. by Lebeau showed that the bureau had placed 44B6 laborers, and that many skilled workers who had no trouble finding other work themselves had been persuaded to leave munition plants. Unrolled Teuton Soldiers The bureau also took an enrollment of Germans and Austrians who had military experience, and It kept up Its work until after Bernstorff departed. upon the breaking of .relations between the United States and Germany. The name of Theodore Otto, a doctor at Allentown, Pa., was mentioned by Blelaskl ns one of the men In this country who furnished the German en- vtwBy wiiii iiiiuiiuuiiuu resuiuuig; mu nition factories. A letter from the doc tor to the embassy reporting on con tracts of munition plants at Allentown was read. Blelaskl said Captain v n Papen, the former German military attache, sent a Continued on race Klzlit, Column Two AMlTlcioLWRISE John Wanamnkcr Opposes Sug gestion in Education Board Committee John Wanamaker, chairman of the finance committee of the. Board of Edu cation, this afternoon opposed the sug gestion to raise the school tax rate from six to seven or eight mills on the dollar. Before the suggestion Is carried fur ther, he said, the board should Rubmlt a statement to the public, Bhowlng the amount needed to run the schools next year. The opposition of Mr, Wana maker was voiced ,at a meeting of the finance committee. Simon Gratz and other member nr the finance committee said It would be. impossiDie to name tue amount required to conduct the schools next year, but they were certain the revenue from ir mills would not be enough. An effort 'will be made by a epeclat WUWT?'"" Jf. ifUBWA t SPROUL IN FAVOR OF FEWER, ABLER, BETTERPAID MEN Pennsylvania's Govern ment Is Loosely Hung To gether, He Declares 'MUCH LOST MOTION'' Says He Proposes to Give Good Public Service Hon ored by City Committee Pennsylxnnla can get along with fewer, but better paid nnd a better class of men In Its Ktato oillces, said Governor elect William C. Sproul this afternoon at a reception glcn In his honor and thnt of the entire Stato ticket by the Republican city committee at Its head quarters. Eleventh nnd Chestnut streets. The State Government has been loosel", hung together, added Mr. Sproul, and has sultcred from much lost motion. "I expect to glvo good public sen Ice us Governor, and I shall look for the same thing from every man, high or low, whom I call to odice," ho said "I am going to be n regular Republican Goernor." Hundreds of city nnd county officials and politicians heard the newly elected Chief Executive lay down his declara tion of policy. They applauded heartily when he said, "I hae done nil the things In politics that jou have done, I guess home of which were published' and somo were not." The Governor-elect said he is espe cially grateful to Philadelphia for the vote It gave him and that ho would always consider It a vote of confidence. He also expressed his gratitude to, the flfty-nlno of tho sixty-seven counties which guo their support to him. Hopes Conditions Will Continue "I hope that this condition of political affairs in the State, na evidenced by the results of the election, will continue, so that Pennsylvania shall hao the Influence she ought to have In the af fairs of the country." ho added. Mr. Sproul praised the work of the Tcnnsylyanla Republicans In Congress, and said that no party, when out of power, had ever stood by n government In a crisis as the Republican purty stood by the Administration during the wnr emergency ' ""Although the party's leaders, were sometimes baited", they never made n single mistake and havo nothing to ex plain'," tlexHaid. H paid a tribute to Senator Edwin S. Vare "for his con scientious attention to his leglslatle duties In the Stnte Senate." Others who spoke were Justices Alex, ander Simpson and John W. Kephart, newly elected to the State Supremo Court, the latter asserting that "both of us will be nonpartisan Republican Justices," and Superior Court Judge W. D. Porter, who thanked tho committee for supporting him for re-election. Should Kespert Public Offlrers Attempts nt belittling the President and ridiculing the Gocrnor, "whoever he may be," by the newspapers and the people are responsible for the growth of Socialism and .Bolshevism, declared Congressman William S. Vare. "This sort of thing should ceaHe, and only by stopping it can the growth of Socialism In Philadelphia be checked," he said. Congressman Vare said the same sort of attacks have been leveled at the Mayor. "The President, the Governor and the Mayor should have the admiration and respect due public oflicials In such high positions," he concluded. David H. Lane was another speaker. ASKS AUTHORITY TO MAKE PEACE LOANS TO ALLIES House Ways and Means Commit tee Called in Special Session to Hear McAdoo Washington. Dec. 9. Congress was asked by Secretary McAdoo today to authorize loans after the declaration of peace to Goernments which have been associated with tho United States In the war to aid in feeding and recon structing devastated countries. The Secretary estimated that about a billion und a half dollars of war bonds already authorized will be available for this purpose, but loans cannot he con tinued after peace Is proclaimed without specific legislative uuthorlty. A special meeting of the House Ways nj fonu rnmmlttee. to which the re- niiest was addressed, was, called for TUBnncrlllV in eaf Ml MCAQOQ and I . n i .. T Atftln mual 1 nn tha ' Assistant, otcreiui """""' " subject. , , , i Secretary McAdoo also proposed leg's latlon to permit the Treapury after De cember 15 to extend the credit to Allies with the understanding that they might be. used for "such purposes growing out of the war a 'he Secretary of the Treasury shall determine." , Legislation was asked to permit the notes which the Allied Governments have given In return for credits to be converted Into long-time obligations, the . maturity of there to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, with a maximum of thirty yearr for loans, under the first Llherty Dond act and twenty sears for all others. . Of the 110,000,000,000 authorized, by , Congress for Allied loans. J7.G08 690.483 has been paid out as cash and $611, 61? 218 represents credits established but not yet advanced In cash or other wise made, effective. Secretary McAdoo niinwed $'79,659,298 for further credits fir ?war nurposer. This made $8,600,-1 nnn 000 Uavlng $1,600,000,000 available . ly affected pobed. bv the legislation now pro- MUST STOP SENDING NOTES Berlin anil Vienna Told to Cease Writing to U. S. ....i.i., TVec. 9 (By A. P.) .Wtes were sent ,to JBeriln and I Vienna br the German and Austrian OovemmeiitB that the United States desires to receive nn further communications from them hlch should properly be addressed to all they"!113 """" .tWi""CT"" 7i!t CHARLES PIEZ Awiming today the duties of di reilor general, Mirrceding Charles M. Schwab, resigned, the virc president and general manager of llie Kmergenry Fleet Corporation obtains absolute authority over the affairs of llie great bliipbuildiug concern PIEZ ASSUMES DUTIES QUITTED BY C. M. SCHWAB Vice President Takes Over Con trol of Emergency Fleet Corporation Charles Plez, vice president and gen eral manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, assumed toduy the dutls of director general succeeding Charles M. Schwab. Whnsp rpslirnnHrm wmi nrnpntaH by the Presldpnt Kntunhtv Mr imp ViiinMinnril tho Gcoriro Washington heen performing the functions of that olllce. In addition to his own, for three weens Mr P.lez's title probablj will remain the simp, until the return of Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the shipping board, from Europe late this month, but his authority oer the nffalrs of tho cor poration Is absolute He expects to leave the I'orporatlon within the net few months, however. "There will be no particular change becausp of -Mr. Schwab's resignation," said Mr Plez this ofternoon "Mr. Schwab has htepped out, but the work continues. We still have the s-ame task before us." Mr. Schwab's retirement probnhlv will hasten the removal of the lleet corpora tion's offices to Washington Mr. Plez has accented the reslcnnllon of !)r Charles A. Eaton, head of the national service hectlon, to take effect January 1. when Dr. Eaton will return tn th DHHtririitf, nf flin Itfnrllunt, A.,iia' Church, New York, and the resignation of Dr. I.ouis t Marshall, manager of the Industrial relations department, to take effect after the first of the cnr. MAYOR IN COURT NEXT WEEK Will Be Arraigned Then in Fifth i Ward Case Assistant District Attorney Tnulnne, in charge nf the prosecution of nil tho cases nrlslng from the Fifth Wnrd trou ble of September, ID1V, nas nnnounre'l that some dav next week will be fixed for the arraignment of Maor Smith, Indicted on the chargo of conspiracy to violate the ."hern law, misdemeanor In office and contempt of court The ar raignment will tnko place before Judge Martin In Quarter Sessions Court Nn, 2. Room 633. City Hall. It was Mr. Taulane'.s Intention to bring the Major before Judge Martin on next Wednes day, but he wns Informed today that Mr, Smith Is taking a ncatlon. Ah soon as It is definitely known when he will return to Philadelphia a date wl'l no nxeu tor ino lormai pleading to the Indictments. Mr Tnulane also announced that It Is likely that somo of the New York gun men confined In MoyamenMtig Prison for more than a year awaiting trial may be tried before Christmas. He said, however, that the Major would prob ably not be tried until after the first of tho year. LEAPS FROM BALKY PLANE Government Aviator Escapes In jury Near Bustlcton Station A Government aviator Jumped from his plane this afternoon when It devel oped engine trouble, as It was patslng over Cherry Blosrom Farm, Frankfotd avenue and Devereaux street Tho machine wns n battleplane re cently received at the Bustlcton air sta tion, nnd the filer had It out for n test trip Hundreds of persons rushed to the sceno when the plape came down. When the machine neared the ground the filer Jumped, and althouirh badly shaken up. escaped Injury. The plane turned completely over and was badly damaged. LOADED J RECORD TIME Six Ships Take 6 Million Bush els of Grain for Europe Six large freight steamers were loaded In lecord time nt this port, nnd are now ready to sail for Europe with 1,080,000 bushels of wheat for Belgium and neutral countries, The first ship began receiving her cargo from a grain elevator at 7 a. m. Saturday, nnd by 8 o'clock last night the entire fleet had the grain stored aboard. Among the ships In the fleet are tne ueios, uarisnoim, Honja ana Vnmmar1(inf1 Able Writers to Report Great Peace Council When tho diplomats nnd states men of two continents assemble at Versailles to frame n peace treaty designed to "make tho world safe for democracy," tho Evening Pud mc Ledger will have as" its repre sentatives at that, epochal assem bly a corps of trained reporters, headed by Clinton hy. Gilbert Staff Correspondent, whose illu minntlng dispatches from Washing, ton gave tl)e readers of the Uvb.n. ino Public Ledger a clear Insight into Government activities during the war. Every detail of tho pro ceedings will be faithfully depicted In dally cable dispatches. Associated with Mr. Gilbert will be these brilliant writers of na tional reputation; , n. V. Oulahan, Charles II. Grasty, Gertrude Atherton, Charles A. Belden, Earnest Marshall, Walter Durnnty, EBERT REGIME RUSHES NEW TROOPS TO BERLIN TO CRUSH RED REVOLT Wilson and Confer on Discuss League of Nations Ship Bound for Brest President Wor ships With Members of Crew On Hoard the I', S. S. George Wash- Ington, Dec . By whtlcss to the Associated Press. President Wlloon had n conference steidny vvltr. Secretin or State i Lutislug and Ilcniy AVhltc. "io first, , ., . , , . , i I confcicnce thnt ms boon :ctu iluiint! t.n IhIi. ft ! mw1niLilnn,1 (limt rllu. I cuHsctl the procedure rcgnrd.ng tholnt formation of n league of nations. Tho 'difficulty Is being encountered because; platform of the Urltlsh Prime Mlnlbter, David Llojd George, also wns con sidered. The President sent n wireless mes sngo of greeting to Norwegian edi tors visiting the United States nnd also to thi sol(llcr3. To the latter ho bent the following: "Cordial greetings to tho bovs who have conic back and who have borne tfie Micrltlccs so nobly." Pii-sldunt Wilson attended religious services Sunday morning with the en listed men or tne Americnn forces on The I services weie held In the quarters of the men somo distance below decks, The President Joined In the singing TAGEBLATT MEN ARE REFUSED NEW TRIAL A 'new trial wns lefused the editois and nubllshci3 of the Philadelphia Tngeblatt. a German language newspaper, by Judge Dickinson in the United States District Cotut this aftci . .noon. The defendants vveie convicted of publishing seditious articles nnd distotting news dispatches. They nie Lou.s Werner, editoi in chief; Dr. Martin Darkow, managing- editor; Peter Schaefer. president; Paul Vogel, secietary, and Herman temke. business manager. The defendants will be sentenced later. MEEHAN GERMANTOWN HIGH FOOTBALL LEADER Kenneth Meehnn, quarterback, today was chosen to lead the 1310 Germantown High School football team. TODAY'S SCHOLASTIC BASKETBALL SCORES FP.IENDS' CEN."C' 11 516 FRIENDS' CEN?"B" 0 1010 CENTO AL H. SR....Z0 2433 CENTRAL H. SOFS.1S 725 TODAY'S SCHOLASTIC SOCCER SCORE WEST. PHILA. H. . . 0 11 GERMANT'N HIGH 1 MUST RULE SEA, CHURCHILL SAYS Britain's Safety, He De clares, Depends on Na val Supremacy CAN BE NO SUBSTITUTE By the Associated Press London. Pec 9. CJre.it Hrllnln will use all her In fluence to make the league of nations a powerful reality, but she cannot re gard It ai a substitute for her own navy In any measurable period of time, Winston Spencer Churchill, the Minis ter of Munitions, declared, In an ar ticle contributed to the Glasgow Sunday Tost. In his article, which treats of British naval supremacy In amplification or his recent address on the subject, Mr. ChVirchlll speaks or Great Britain's unique position among tho nations of tho world, "Our safety from Invasion, our dally bread, every means whereby we main tain our existence as an independent people; our unity ns an empire or fed eration of commonwealths and depen denciesall these float from hour to hour upon our naval defense," Mr. Churchill writes. Heqillrea Ninnl Power "If thnt defense is neglected, weak ened or fettered," he continues, "we shall be In continual danger of sub Jugatlon or starvation. Where elso In the Whole world can such conditions be paralleled? We have the right to do mand from nil other nntlonf, friends and foes alike, full recognition of those facts. We are also entitled to point out that this naval strength that we require and which vye are determined to preserve has never been used In modern history In a selfish and nggresslve man ner. "In this greatest of all wars the British navy shielded mighty America from nil menace of serious danger, and when she r.nlved to act It wus the Btltlsh navy I that transported and escorted the greater ! portion of her armies tOi tho rescue and deliverance of ranee. "We suppressed the slave trade. We put down piracy. We put It down again the other day. Welcomes League rroponal "We are sincere ndvocatea of a league of nations. Every Influence Britain can bring to bear will be used to make such a league a powerful reality. This fine conception of President Wilson has been warmly welcomed by British democracies all over the world. "We shall strive .faithfully and loyal ly to carry It Into being and keep It In active tjeneflt and existence. But we must .ta nulte, frankly that a league of na tions cannot be' for us a substitute for Delegates Pecrr- erms on Board nnd tho praters nnd in the recital of I the services. Later the President took his usual wnlk on deck nnd then rested. He did not work during the day. j ,.,...., i Home. Pec !(!) A P ) The o(H- dai,, nf ti,e Italian foreign ministry held n ffinfornnnfl vnrjl rd n nt tho Ainarinn it is not Known now long tne rresi- dent will be here. President and Mrs Wilson and the President's party will be met nt the station bv all the members of the cab inet. Prince Colonna, the Mayor of Home, representatives of the Roman municipality and prominent Itnllans. Whether King Victor ninmanuel per sonally will go to the station to meet ' the President has not yet been decided, i The American visitors will be driven from the station to the Qulrlnal, en- corted by the King's bodyguard Tho I Qmcn will welcome the party at the "cl'Sml Political associations have! arranged for demonstrations In the streets through which the President will i be driven There will also be a demon- stratlon in tne square in ironi or tne I royal palace FRIENDS' CEN.'-A' FRIENDS, CEN."D" CENTRAL H. FR... CENTRAL H. JRS, . 0 If) 1 a 613 14 11 BRITISH TROOPS HAVE HARD GOING Marching in Rhineland Country Worse Than Any thing Yet Encountered STEEP CLIMBS IN RAINi Dy PHILIP GIBBS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright, lit, bu the V. V. Tlnirit Co Outside Cologne, Dec. 9. For some days now British troops have been In Germany nnd Saturday morning were Just outside Cologne. Their way led them through scenery ,...,., .tit M ,, , .. i u.iy u...r.ii. i.u... unytning tney met, on ino marcnes tnrougn France nnd Belgium, and perfectly German In Its character, so that at once after crossing tho frontier they were startled by the change. From Malmedy to Montjole. and) ... , '"t'vl"! nven before the nlleged demands for Cologne they have been climbing up j dissolution becanie known the editor of steep hills covered with fir forests, Vorwncrts, Krlch Kutner. in an evidently going along the edge of deep ravines Inspired article, proposed that, since rmin.l which nirrnw ti-,.v . ,. j lh Entente might refuse to make peace round which narrow tracks wind In ,v)th a rjovernment not backed by the sharp curves, perilous for transport, whole people, the natloiuimlght make and dipping down into villages, as old known Its will by n plebiscite. He sug fnshioned as tho.so In the pictures ot gested that every cltUen, male or female. Grimms fairy tales, snuggling In more than twenty years of age, should valleys below high sandstone cliffs. deposit In a ballot box a ticket on which I have passed columns of English the question whether the Ebert-Haase nnd Scottish troops on the march Government should direct tho country's through the forest of Duren and on affairs till a national convention could tho high, winding rounds of the pla- be called and, especially the peace ne teau around. Duron Is a great forest ' gotlations should be answered by a, dark nnd mVSterlni.R in tf An.i. l ' .Imnt- ion" nr 'nn Thn ClnvAmmon tvveen long glades of tall. atrlirii.nnt . --.. fca "VIIL.IN. OP- umned firs, with their sweep of green follnge above masses of scarlet brncken. AU was silent In those woods No living thing Btlrred ns our men went hv. glancing sideways ud the glades through which the sunlight slanted. One might meet witch women In such a forest, and the red-capped gnomes nnd the wolf, which said. "Good morn Ing. my dear" to Little Red Hiding Hood. Beyond this forest the cliff fell steeply to the brown streams rush Ing swiftly over boulders, a wild coun try for our men to pass. nifflrult OoIiir for Army Our motor lorries side-slipped on the edge of the ravines, and only the skin of the drivers saved them front toppling over. Our pack mules trudged up slowly. Our men. with the rain slashing their water-proof canes nn,i with their tunics already soaked went sllentlv through the forest and ver the hills, hreathin-r hard because nf the steep climbs. Their packs weighed heavy and their march was long i saw them billeted In some of the Oer man villages, where the cottages ami Inns and farmhouses are built of black beams and plaster like those In Tudor England, with old ruins on the hills above. MX where I &iuuriTtlMi 10,000 Guards Are Ordered to Take Up Arms V RADICALS HOLD NORTH SUBURBS Bolshevik Movement Spreads to Munich, Where Street Clashes Occur MAY DEMAND 'sOVTITTC Til? DTTC'rnn . . , j , uu, uuoitvu . German Iron King and Others Arrested for High Treason ., ,, . .... "' " Associated Press . , . arts, Dec. 9. A(U"t:al ops were brought to Herlln Sunday by tho Kbert novom. ... " uovern- """tit to crush the Spartacus move- ment. which Is In control of the north ern subuibs of tho German capital, ac cording to a dispatch to the L'lnfor matloii from Zuilch. The Radicals are said to hold tho building In which the Prussian chamber of deputies meets. rhe Spiitacus group Is reported to be defending with machine guns the suburbs of Berlin which it hold" Tho movement nlso has Bpread to .Munich, where there were disorders In the street after the Radicals had broken up a meetInK of the Democrat party. Disorders also are reported to have occurred In Pllsen, Bohemia. Copenhagen. Dec. 9. Ten thousand members of the Republican guard were ordered under arms In Berlin last nlirht to quell rioting there, a dispatch trom.&,?!$& the German capital says. The best Bol '"a snevpc organizers from Russia are ar Jfl riving In Berlin to lead the Spartacus' m&ij croup. . - " , f, Ml Pillaging and bloody riots continue In Berlin, especially In tho populous quar- ' ters. Ono confused dispatch received here from Berlin declares Karl Llebnecht's ' followers have organized a revolution throughout Germany. Another message says that Allied In tervention In Prussia may save the Gov ernment. By JOSEPH HERRINGS Wireless to Evening Public Ledger Corurloht, ISIS, bu the .V. 1'. Tlmrj Co, Ilerlln. Dec 9. German officials who have returned from the armistice con ference at Spa Intimated that the En tente Is about to address a note to the German Government demanding the dis solution of tho Soldiers and Workmen's Councils, on the ground that they set nied to endanger German economic cindltlons to such an extent as to threaten the chances of indemnities be ing paid. It Is reported that this note will have the character of an ultima tum, fixing an early date for the dis solution nnd threatening the occupa tion of Germany on a large scale, un less tho demand Is compiled with Im mediately. No doubt the Spartacldes will charge that this note was suggested to the En tente military officials by Matthias Erz. berger, who returned from Spa yester day, but even more moderate politicians protest their inability to find any excuse I M. ...Unft ftvni' A-n "nllifi ti I nit . T n Hi$Af1 tOr tWIUL IIICJI ICI1H DULII ILUrt-ilMllUCTl "suchhJgJi.hai lfTteTwhlch rocecdlngs by the KeMtrfSTwhlch can- not be Justified by even the most arbi trary Interpretation of the armistice agreement." It is not that these poli ticians love the Soldiers and Workmen's Councils, but they fear tho difficulties of reconstructing the flimsy fabric of the present svstem before a national convention can be called. thus authorized, however, would remain In power only till the national conven tion rendered its final decision. llael, hwllierland, Dec. 9. (By- Ai P.) August Thyssen, one of Germany's great manufacturers, and a number of ' other manufacturers of the Dusseldort district were arrested Saturday night at Mulhelm-am-Ituhr on charges of hlgh treason Besides August Thyssen those' arrested were Frit Thyssen, Edmond Stlnnes, Herr Becke, Herr WIrU, Doctor -J Continued on race Four. Column Twik JOSEra GRUNDY FINED $10 c, ,.,.,. jv w. ..... .. V.W.V......W.V Head of State Manufacturers Ar, cased of 1 rathe Violation v. Joseph n. Orundy. president ot tlwX,1 Pennsylvania Manufacturers' AssocIsm tlnu undt.wealthy mill owner ot Bristol' wns fined HO and costs-by Magistral,, Mecleary at the Central Police .CouifZ this arternoon tor auegea violation ,a.r. i- ir -ri '" 'r, .j sir." OTunay was arrested oy rati in. .-ii . j U uilttsed to nave Isrno u wlgnal to stop his automobile at , V m" snn ineuen avenue. . -v" Tho policeman Jumped on the'runnljni board of the car and took Mr, GrundJ to the Branchtown police station. , -. Mr. Grundy was slated and se4r4 despite protests. y ,- Arraigned before MugUtrale, fU , oieary ti wmim m mv ins V'Ki fw " a t w I 'I Tl -a ,i t&i mJ .? dm ti a Ki m .. '.U w? MS X 'a f!H& ! 10 SOtMHVinavy jn any pyrraji umi hj Ml i 5Ta - l , . , 'S &. iii4r j; ' WP ?r rt-f 'V w-vvit ,r .. .jr-as?' ,Y 5L i-S 41' "n " l.asss:r'1 f Jfcf f - M i T 1 .A. . ' i airr xyr i fJUkK m - ' nBHKO mmm&miti .' , ,- i f -Vl - S ,, ?$?frS f. fiBJLflf,
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