,t" f - Ai rr V '. su-ri t m . --.-). J.'' ;.l ' I'll ''JJJ ' -1' 1.1. l f fj. a") fctw"fe -4 !-' ' TBE WEATHER , - , tiPashington, Dec. 13. Cloudy today; rain tomorrow. " . "s.j -j. ' ; v .r i - -j . . -. .. Aliening EXTRA. k' i nr -J,h! jlf 3 RV '" TEMrERATtmn Vr cacti noun , f'a" -alio ii' 1 12 I 1 1 s) a 3 THE EVENING TELEGRAPH i l 142 I I ( I I "I rS Kntercd as Second-Class Matter at the Postofflce at l'hlladelphla. Pa. Under the Act of March H, 1H7P PRICE TWO CENTS public and r IV, VOL. V. NO. 78 Published Dally Except Sunday. Subscription Price ! Id n. Year by Mall. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918 (jopyrient. 1C18, by rubllo ldter Company l-k. . li- IN..' im I- K r Tf ISSe, rmrmiro AinG-iwarc h DATUrDC TV A Til. SLAIN IN HIS TURN JoBeph McKebn Made Foe Pay Manifold for Kill- 1ingTwin THIRD, OF SONS WOUNDED & JLVourteen. JLFcaa in uay 8 Last 1 -r-V 1 irv T . 1 for City State Casualty Total 4400 ffi His twin brother killed while lighting t -W.it." the Canadians at the bloody battle ot.'Vllrty Ridge, Joseph McKeon, 3748 P6weIton avenue, promptly enlisted In I 5 the j American army and Bet out to set V revenge. . He' kept tab3 on tho number ' i Germans he hilled himself and frpm f iiVnd to time would write home that he liMft-n'rfAf ttv-n ny !,,- mnr-fl tinMl tO his account. i (Another, brother, James McKeon, en- ,ti lered the first officers' training scnooi izttyor Nlagara,camed a commission as ,.' .'Ifcujenaiit 'and eventually went abroad with 'the', 816th Infantry. lie was se verely, wounded on September 28, and Is still fn ,n French base hdspltal. Joseph McKeon was promoted to be a sergeant ' soon after reaching Trance with the 109th Infantry, and fought t through the entire campaign Ith that unit until an hour before hostilities were due to cease. Then In the final charge of'tho gallant 109th a machine-gun bullet pierced his heart. Peter McKeon, 'twin brother- of Ser geant Joseph McKeon, Joined the Cana dian ,army In April of 1910, and saw much active service before death came rto him at'Vlmv Itldire. -"r"T .Another large casualty list is made mmiic dy ne war ueunriiuviu. iuuai there being 4400 names on the honor roll. Including those of 422 Pennsyl vania' The total from Philadelphia and vicinity is 110 fourteen having given their lives for the cause of free ' '"dom,- twenty-eight having been wounded Severely, twenty-nlno Jess seriously in jured nnd thirty-four slightly wounaeu, Ten'are ireoorted missing. fit Is obvious, that snurred by the rev elations of "Inefficiency made In Congress brAne'to complete the lists aa promptly as pcssble,'and If the present dally rate is ' ffcf ntiy, 'tne; war ueparimem is etriv imnni in Hiriv maintained mo last casuajiy win nav , l6en reported by .the middle of Jan I iuuj. j - i l SKETCHES OF THE HEROES Private John Ieaaano, formerly a lihef at the Ewllevue-Stratford, was killed JIT actlorCon November 4, according to va telegram re- n , i o. n., celved by a friend. RelectedSix i lines. Jnhn (Vila, nt.coi 4 friii, n,7 TTGlenwuod avenue. finally Urajted, f P.a.atrno was on- fr , ' (tinh tall anil Killed In Action measured sixty ' ' Inches around the waist. Ills pecu liar build caused his rejection by the army, the navy and the marine corps, likewise tho ambulance corps and twice by hi local " draft board. Finally he persuaded his draft board to give him a chance, send him to .camp and see Whether the army doctors would pass v him.. When he reaced Camp Leo he was passed by the medical board there as lie wag able to meet -every test despite lila . glrthF He was attached to Company C. 145t" Infantry-, and has been In France Since, early last June. u sent to Belgium to Join the British tand Belgians. " During some desperate fight ink just .a 'week before hostilities ended, a. captain led a detail of 200 men from Fessagno's company against a German Some time in ttepwrmuci io uj" ':? - position. Only the captain ana ten men ir returnea. i-eEuaunu au "M". """-' Va Italy. 'thirty years ago last (April. He . ??..' .i,.. Ci.C. at th Olan- wood avenue address, but has no reia- tlv3 liere "Berceutt Joseph Sehwelger, Company iS A,i Sixtieth Infantrtr, reported slightly T -.a..ma. fa twpntv-slx1 vears old and I 1ms been In theservlce slncer lastiMarch snd overseas since juiy.- a mo;m, u' atls5 Spruce street. Is his' nearest rela tive. 1 ' rrlvat .n?nry Teldon, Company A. Sixth Engineers, was severely wounded October 27. according to a War Depart ment message received by Mrs. A. J. Noone, 1460 Cherry street, last week. 'Pnirtnn .ii formerlv a. boarder there. He cent letters have. confirmed tho report, saying that he was. struck In the left side vand badly injured, but expects to u recover, -ne yoimuwtcu ui.tuuc, ., tiZ"j2K-!!& Saal0anm su! 'recover. He volunteered In .June, 1917, -n-onefcMtfl to the Engineers and sta tloned in "Washington, D. C, going over seas from there, November a year aBg' He Is a machinist and was formerly erfl plpyed by the ilemlngtott.Arms Company at Eddystone. , . Hrcant Bodolf Shwrt. wounded. 4.!-ntv.Bevan years old and a member lr of 'Headnuarters Company. 315th In V fantS-. He was drafted in September. 1917, trained at Camp uproon ana eui oVer'ttte seas in -November. The -tart letter received from him was dated No vember 25 and stated that he had'been wounded sliBhtly on September 30, but SSSIinw netting along nicely. Schwartz made hi" home .with relatives tV?J?L mn,.ntvji hlh Rret 2440 flS5 '..:. iu..ii i killed in ac i-ri v :"" " - ; ,"-2" " -J.A.I ,..,i tlon, I? Ancoraina: 10 n, icicLin twv., MadSghT h lxth of Deccmiier. iramea. at m 7.HL SSre"fl. Johnson '2902 llle plater. a Mrs, .s AVaniingo street, received a letter aatea October ISi in 'Which he encioscu a cou I rJi hlH Christmas 'package. Hi mH'hft enclosed a c non for nis jnnonii io.. .... begged to be aent candy above all else wBHb . .i,r ht. -wniild ha home 'Z' -' t . nl ra 'nanbTJCFA HA . ana?predie?ed "SSt. WuW be"home , aat yrruiww Miles Flvnn. Uvea in... -. ---- -- : ... ,.-.,. I1 .I., CSff A yt..c w-lSii 7J,.r. ! -M. v. . ' .. Tf...... Mrnilnilfi nn Rn rhbattle of the " .!. ir. tv.Tiiwfrtiif vpnni old. Sa,'J1iB WSr'thta TvearTvolun: . . 'ih'2!.Y!. .j Immadinti service overseas J- iStd sailed for France on June 13. In ""?".. tmnmr tn hla iiarents. who live 'f'v ( StVSi? South St. Barnard Btreet. he U'Sr Conllnsed en race Three, CoIumnlOot Tarzan Is -Here 'Again Readers oftthe' Evening Publio fjedger were WO ago fascinated by th "weird and thrilling adven ju,o the ape-yien. The jieiw 'ilorV, , ' ifarzan and the(Jeivels of ' rdpar ' s. t gaff interest even- mare grip ihan hat of its predecessors, siory begins, in yiex Satur V day' , tiMicSSel CHILD IS KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF SODA POP BOTTLE Four-Ycar-Old Girl, Struck on Head by Fragment, Dies in Hospital Coroner Knight Is today Investigating tho death of four-year-old Ada Mar golls, of 21J3 IUdge avenue, who was ltlfled last, night following explosion of i it bottle of soda water. 'Tho ,glrl tried to open a soda water bottle, which exploded, tho top of the bottle striking her head, with tremen dous force. The blow caused concussion of the brain, from which the child died twenty minutes later in the Woman's Hospital. The girl's mother had given her money to buy a bottle ot soda. Ada returned, and her mother wanted to open the bottle,. for her. but, Ada wou)d lot no one touch the bottle b'ut herself. When she attempted to open It there 'was an explosion. The child was knocked In sensible to the' floor. She was taken to the Woman's Hospital, where she died upon arrival. Detectives of the Twenty-third, Dis trict allege tho bottle wa3 oercharged with gas. GREET POLISH HEROES Four Thousand Attend Mass Meeting Here in Their Honor Four thousand' persons attende'd the reception last night at the Metropolitan Opera Houso to Lieutenant Jan chodzko, tho Polish hero, cited several times for bravery in action, and who has been awarded the military metial. the croba Of the Legion of Honor and tho Croix de Guerre. In tho attendance were Supreme Court Justice von Moschzlsker. Judge J. Wlllla Martin, Judge uffmgton, of the United States District Court, and , Adolf Rakosczy, representing the Polish ' council. On the stage were the battle- I scarred remnant of a heroic regiment most of the members of which have fallen In France. The guest of honor Is twenty-four years of age, and has been wounded as many times as he 13 years old. Lieutenant Chodzko told a story of the battlefield that thrilled the great audi ence. Dr. Gabriel J. Kraus presided and addresses were made by Miss Sophie Morris, who worked for four months, with Ihe Polish regiment, Mrs. Joseph Gaffney and E. J. Cattell, city statistician. AID SOLDIERS' DEPENDENTS -- Logan Improvement Votes S300 F Association Fund To alleviate distress said to exist among the families of the Logan men in the service the Logan Improvement As sociation at a meeting last night voted to expend $300 among them. At the same time the organization voted to erect a tablet' In tho Logan Library, which should be a memorial to 'the five 'boys from the section' who had Made the supreme sacrifice- In tho war. 'B, J, Lafferty, president, ol-tho. association, also fathered a resolution," which was adopted, to have the resi dents 6f tho Forty-second Ward sub scrlbo $100,000. which would be deoted to a monument to conimemoratn hn services of the men from -that ward In me tecent conflict. rne association s annual election of officers resulted as follows: President. I K .1. Lafferty: vice president. Robert McCarthy; treasurer, W. D. Chambers, and secretary, A. C. Oberle. MONTREAL CALM AFTER RIOTS Order Rrestored Following Night of Disorder Dye to Strikes lontreal, Dec 13. (By A. P.) Montreal wos quiet today after a night of disorder growing out of the strike of 1500 city employes for higher pay. City officials were hopeful today. that the strikers would accept the offer of the trades and labor council to act as mediators In the dispute. With a'll policemen and firemen join ing the strikers, the city was helpless for a time last night from the depreda tions of gengs of hoodlums, who looted stores, Invaded theatres, robbed citizens and assaulted volunteer firemen and pri vate detectives. Various civic organiza tions formed bodies to safe guard the city's Interest and when a patrol of the streets, was maintained the disorder died down. One hundred young athletes ofxthe Montreal Athletic Association wero' armed with clubs and revolvers and given authority to arrest law breakers. WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH Daughter Badly Hurt ill Attempt b ' M.i, P to Save Mother .vu,,u,iu,i .AIrSl Margaret Allen, eighty y ears old. was fatally burned In the cellar of her nome. is iNonn xwentv-sixtn street. last night. Her clothes caught fire as- sne was Daniting tne rurnace ror the night. The aged wonlan's screams brought her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Dwyer, to her "aid. Mrs. Dwyer's clothes also caught tire and both women fainted. The flames set fire to rubbish nnd neighbors, seeing smoke, sent In an alarm. Police and firemen discovered the women. Mrs. Allen Vas sent to the Northwestern General Hospital and Mrs. Dwyer to the Women's) College Hospital. Mrs. Allen died soon afterward. Her daughter's condition Is very serious. " NORWEGIANS LEAVE RUSSIA Legation on Way Home, Under Permit of Government Wireless to the Evening Public Ledger CowrioMi HIS. ou Piiollo Lnlocr Co. and New YorJ: TfmtM Co. Copenhagen, Dec 13. The Aanten Post en', of Chrtstlanla, learns that the members of the Norwegian legation at Fetrograd are on their way home. The Norwegian Government sometime ago gave them' permission to leave when nec essary for their own safety, BERLIN DECLARkIJOLIDAY Will Celebrate Success of Revolu tion pn, January 1 .Amsterdam, Deo. 13. (By A.. P.) January 1 haa. boon fixed as a day of general rejoicing Jn Berlin In honor of the revolution, according to the Zeltung nm.Mlttae. of Berlin. The announcement fixing the day was Ukued bv the Ebert Government. The occasion Willi be marked by nn open- air carnival, concerts ana: processions. KAISERIN SUFFERS RELAPSE Heart Attack Summoni Doctor From Berlin, Amsterdam Hears Amsterdam, Deo. IS. (By A. P.). The former German Empress has suf fered another serious nenrt attack, ana n doctor has been summoned from Ber jIn.L nccordlns to p, dispatch received nwaV'-.. , i -tfftiii Sii A 'tfiffii.r"' 4 nniajai.FaTaMHaaaHiBBiMa'."i:''( t, A PHILADELPHIA SOLDIER HEROES ON TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST lUI.IXn IN ACTION 8errent . JOSEPH McKEON, 8748 Toweiton ave. Corporal JOHN D. KKI.R1IK, 20 North SOth Bt Privates PIIIMP PICOT, 1030 Hilton t. FRANK NMITII. SVH1 Carlisle at. MICHAEL TAMIIURKLIjA, 017 Carpen ter i. AMADIO Dllir.KARDINn, 100 Charlen. CHARLES A. KKCANDEL. I22U Jack- son Rt JOSEPH P, Mannvunk. roSTKR, 20 Madison ave.. AT.IIKKT MrALEER. 240 Mountain it. HARRY HEN., 3175 Uelsrade st. DIED OF WOUNDS Private JOHN T. HAGERTY. 017 Jackton it Previously reported.) niKD OF DISEASE Private WILLIAM D. MYERS. 09 Collora St., Oermantown SA.MKS J, rtmn, 121H rtedneld at. VAItIO .MAHl'IIKMANO, 043 liutler St. WOUNDED SEVEREIA" l.leutenanta JAMEN S. McKKON. 074R Powelton ae (IMIKtIK V. IIOIIAN, 71S Cheatnut at. ritARI.I'X McI'AIlIHSN. 403J Walnut st. ItERNARD J. VOI.L, 1111) 40th St. SerceanH KRIO D. LOCKWOOD. S220 A t. JOHN RAPPOI.D, 200H North D at. JOHN J. REED, 1001) West Tork at. Corporals JOHN THAYKR. 3030 Rorer st. FRANK PKTKH HAND. 05 North 40th THOMAS STUART VALENT1N1S, 2404 North loth st. JOHN U. LAUtii:, Norrlstown. !echnnlc THOJLVS CASSIDY, S07 r&rlts at. WILLIAM P. l'LYNN. 2707 Klrkbrld" at., Hrlilesburs MARRY. J. (IINTHER, Pottstown. MILL1AM KENNEDY, M08 Schiller at. Prliates DVNIEL Ci. I.WARD, 0732 Olenlock Bt. ARNOLD JASIES DARKER, 722 Berkley at., Camden JOSEPH DIMEO, 535 Queen st. HARKY J. (IUINN, 2M.1 Llpplncott st. JAMKSMfllNNIS. 1S3 Ilrldse at. ALFRED 31. F.VROEN, 3(128 Frankforfl avenue. THOMAS A. WATCIIHORN. 2417 Stan- Ivy Rt HARRY" C. WILKINB. 4S17 Tacka- wanna st. SAMUEL ERODV, 1041 Wotf at. J'HILIP ItESSMAN, 2U33 North Myrtle- wnod a e. WILLIAM C. EICHLER, 2480 North Opal st. HENRY TIXDON. 1400 Cherry at. HARRY T. KE1NEU, 0141 Elmnood ave. WOUNDED, DECREE UNDirTERMINED Serseopt ROBERT A, EVANS. 211S East Huntlns don st. Corporala HARRY LEE OREEN, 1527 Lambert Bt. J A.MEM L. SUTTON, 1201) South J3uck- Jo"ilN l'.- MURRAY. 2333 Otford at. WIU.MM KINNES, 712 Leeds at. CHAHLES ARTHUR K1DOE. Norris- TlloSLVS A. lt.NE, 249 Richmond st. Musician WILLIAM r. GEOROE, C324 North Lam bert Ft. ROADS OPPOSED TOM?AD00PLAN )., uafjii i, v'r v Railway Chiefs Condemn Scheme for Pive Years More Control FEAR DEIORALIZATION Director General MsAdoo's proposal for a five-year extension of Government control of railroads is opposed by rail way executives representing 90 per cent of the mileage in this country. The executives are conferring at the Beltevue-Stratford. in exccutle session, on problems confronting .the rati lines. Among tho twenty-two railroad chiefs are President Samuel Kea, of the Penn sylvania Railroad, and Daniel Willard, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. , . , . Th e-rouD of railroad heads, which has changed Its name from the railway executives' advisory committee 10 o association of railway executives, has Issued this statement, through T. De With Cuylervchalrm3n of the conference, on its attitude toward the McAdoo proposal : The Committee's Statement "The standing committee of the Asso ciation of Railway Executives has con sidered the letter of the director gen eral to the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committees of the Senate nnd House, and have reacnea tne conuiumuu that there Is sufficient time under tho term of the present net fully to con-J Blder the railroad situation In all Its nsnects and to arrive at a plan that would be Just to tho country, as rep resented by its shippers and the public at large, and, on the other hand, to security holder? and shareholders and 'emnloves of the railroads. They are i ,",?, nor,, ,vlth president Wilson in his statements before Congress as follows; " 'The 'one conclusion that I am ready to Btate with confidence Is that It would be a disservice alike to the country and to the owners of the railroads to return to the old conditions unmodified. These nre conditions of restraint with out development. There Is nothlngaf- flrmatlve or helpful aDout mem. n the country chiefly needs is that all these means of transportation should be developed Its railways, Its water ways. Its highways and Its countryside roads. Some new element of policy Is therefore necessary necessary for the service of tne fluojiu; ucpw .. - release of credit to moBe whu j.o u mlnlstering the railways; necessary for the protection of their security holders The old policy may be changed much or little, DUt surety n .-...... ...-.,, left as It was. -I hope that the Cqn grea will have a complete and impartial study of the whole problem instituted at once and prosecuted as rapidly as possible.' Warn of DemoralUatlou "They feel that to extend the tlmOj at present would simply lead to delay and confusion, demoralization of the organ ization of the roads, both on their cor porate and operating Bide, and defer n-. deflnl'elX A Patlsfactory settlement of thla great problem. ,. They regret to differ with the director general, recognising the able way In which he has managed the. roads dur In the period of Government contrpl, but they feel confident It would be un necessary and unwise to extend, Jhe period of control beyond the time now provided for under the act. Skip-Stops' Are Again Denounced n,.ii., nifin.Mtona were condemned by V V l'rlvatet JOHN W. WILLIAMS. 508 Wood at. lIM'in S. (IAMIILF. 2712 Poplar Ft. . JOSEPH W. HILLINdS. 3445 Crystal St. THOMAS MrKALE, 23nl York at. JAMES A. WARD. 1H24 Nnrtll IJolcr it. WILLIAM 1IKI.I.1NHTON. 800 East Fre mont at. AIIKAHAM MILLER. 1014 Wlnton at. ALI1ERT K." 8.VMH-.BLIN0. 2004- Qlen wood ave. WII.I.LVM V. KECK. 4013 North nth st. JOHN A, SIMONS. 31011 North Taylor sK GEORGE KNAIILE, 1403 North SOth St. JOHN FKTKONAS, 912 Orient st. JAMES JACOII STEICII, 294U North 27th St. THOMAS O. GEOROEN. 1784 Market at. TONK.Y MASCINO. 140S South Clarion. HARKY P. STEIT.. 1811 Wyomlni: st. CILVRLES J. WALTERS, 515 South 27th at. STANLEY STKOM WERTZ. 1009 Broad way, Camden, WALTER G. YOUN'O. 8112 Oermantown avenue. JOHN KKNNV. 2402 Orltnev at. WALTER KOUVSKI. .4521 Miller at. WOUNDED SLIGHTLY . Serceanta RUDOLF SCHWARTZ. 2440 North 2Sth. JOSEPH K. SCHE1(1KR, 325 Spruce. Corporal MIKE 11 F-SOTO. Pottston. - SAMUEL (III.IIKRT, 3D South fiSth at. JAMICH J. IIEID, 11)31 East Somerset at, ROIIERT STEWARD, 031 Theodore ave. W ILLIAM 1. MULLEN", 2S20 Oaul at. JOE FALLEN. 2147 Coral Bt. VKI.1V nlTII.nAY. Cliester. HOWARD T. WILSON. 380 D St. Privates CHARLES II. HARI.F.V, 240R North t'.th THOMAS A. MURPHY. 3448 Sunnj aide aenue. . . . II 1RRY J. nOYD. 210 North llorton it. U ILLIAM J. rlfHMISSKR, 3735 Ran dolph fit. , .. AI IIKKT C. STREEl'ER, 1 13S South Hlnsffold Bt. . . .. rt.,, CHARLES .1. TURNER, N K. cor. 24tli and llolton ats GEORGE II. PEI1ERDY, 3350 Macnolla menue. .. .. ...L , JOSKPH I'. MULLEN. 2S43 Meredith Bt. AI.IIKRT KII.ISKI, Kll') North Marshall. THOMAS J. WALTER, 0.174 Overbrook avrnue. AURMIAM WEINER, 212 Monroo at. ,11MI'.1 F. KEEI.Y. 1021 S, ..3d at. HOWARD J. IIREOMANN, 2208 North Hope st, ... ANTONIO COCO. 5O0 Catharine st. .. .-OSEI'II E. FL,NAUAN, r.32!) Cam- arlno at , . JOHN FERRY, 117 PaBtorlua st., Oer- l-RANKV'nW. HETHERINGTON. , 5323 Walnut. st. (I'relouily reported) CHARLES J. KANE. 438 Allison at. I'RED . LUND. 4210 OsaBn ave. .MARTIN J. MORAN. 4041) Iarchwood n nu o WILLIAM FARLET. Jr.. 430 Sloan Bt. GEOHHE II. IIENHY, 118J Wlncohock ln st Ineorrect addresfl.) ANDREW RI'DIK, Pottstown JOSEPH J. nULKES, 130-' Vine st. (In correct addrcea.) MISSING Lieutenant I1ROOK EDWARDS. 2117 Locust at. Corporal WILLIAM II. IIEIILING, 2070 East Elk hart Bt. Privates WALTER F. KENT, 3174 Cedar st. 11 IIUY PAISKOWITZ, 537 Mooro at. A LUGI IIARONA. 18J7 .South Colorado Bt. II VY II. THORPE. 4fl5 South 43d at. EDWAHD J. VAVANALUH. 1S43 East Albert t. .... JAMF.S GRKENKR. 2340 Waterloo St. ED H. MALONE. 423 Montana at. MNOENZO, -rERNA, 2123 Weit Stella. HATCH'ASKSWHO WILL HEAD POLICE - Will Capt. Robinson Be Active or Figurehead? He Inquires MAY TAKE JOB TODAY Is It to be a pension or power for Superintendent of Police Robinson, slated to retUrivto City Hall today, Friday, the thirteenth, after a long leave of absence from the city's sen Ice? The Federal Government wants to know. Captain Robinson has been on a ten day leave of absence from his military duties. It la rumored he will be re turned quietly lo chil life on this, the last day of his brief leave. Whether Robinson will be the real power In police affairs here, displacing Acting Superintendent of Police Mills, or return only to qualify for a pension, ap parently rests with Director of Public Safety Wilson and Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Hatch. Robinson will be merely a pension candidate If Colonel Hatch can have his way. Wants Competent Man Colonel Hatch, who Is the Navy De partment's law-enforcing officer heic, Is unqualifiedly opposed to Robinson's re turn as the real superintendent of po lice. "It Is absolutely essential," said Colonel Hatch, "that the Department of Public Safety have tome competent head If vice condtlons are to be kept down. The Government wants to know whether James Robinson comes back as real superintendent of police or as a super intendent of police In name only, with Acting Superintendent of Police "William B. Mills as the man who gives orders." Robinson was stripped of power as the result of Colonel Hatch's Insistence that a strong executive be In charge of tne police. Determination to protect service men from booze and vice was at, the bnck of Colonel Hatch's ulti matum. Several times, it la said, a bone-dry zone came near being estab liehed over the entire city as a result of alleged police laxity. Needa Year to Retire It was- pointed out in some quarters in City Hull today that money would be saved for the taxpayers If the rules of the police pension fund could be twisted abou a bit for Robinson's benefit. Under the police pension system, a member of the Bureau of Police Is- en- tledjp retire on half-pay after twenty years' service. Robinson, whose police salary Is 14600 a year, Is about one year short of this twenty-year period, If Robinson returns as more than a mere figurehead, the resulting fight will be between Director Wilson and Colonel Hatch. Mayor Smith, It is whispered, will maintain an attitude of Btrict neu trality. "I never give orders to my directors," was tho Illuminating statement he made a few days ago. PEARY ESKIMO DEAD' Pneumonia Fatal to Last of Family Ex plorer Brought New, York, Dec. J 3. Mens Peary Wat. lace, last living member of the, Ksklmo family Admiral Peary brought with him to the United States rrom the Far North In 1000. has gone the way ot all his race when they attempt life out ot the .Arctic A letter received yesterday by James Eeecroft, of Pelham Manor, with whom i, TTnWImo once made his home, tella of his death In New Hampshire. October 29, from .pneumonia, no nqa neon working In a logging 'camp, wag taken 111 witn innuenxa ana aicu wnnuui inv ing again seen the frozen Greenland wastes. rJHCnsj. .nun- ne,ver-i?ftvfi-- here M and Iw ptuaH.MM aw .MM rth w.aa t' aduuMarMM PRESIDENT'S SHIP ARRIVES OFF BREST; GALA WELCOME WILL Wilson's Voyage Nat ural Yet Startling in Significance HIS MISSION OF COSMIC IMPORT Thrilling Moment When Ship Passes Over Grave of Lusitania LEAGUE OF NATIONS BRIGHTEST GOSPEL President Like Apostle Figure as He Stands on Deck i .of Ship Special Cable to Lvening Public Ledget Cooyr.an.', IMS, lu J"eu l'ork Times Co. Loudon, Dec. la. The President's arrival in European voters is the chief topic of the Lon 'on papers this morning. Tho Daily Chronicle leads its col jmns with the statement: "There was .t thrilling moment yesterday in Pres ident "Wilson's voyage to Europe. His ship, the George "Washington, in pass ing the south Irish coast, went over he sinking of the Lusitania, where i 1000 of his fellow-countrj men pensw- ed, victims of German barbarity," and j follows it with tills message from i Charles Dawborn. dated V. S. S. Wy oming;, Thursday: 'I can only imagine vaguely what were President Wilson's emotions .on nearing the coast of France, at look ing forth over the cray expanse at the heaHIanda of Brest, at feeling that I he was within touch of the greatest theatre of the war, where its bloodl-1 ost dramas had been enacted. ' "S,peakiiifr for myaelf, i felt like a man uwakeqed out of a dream and suddenly confronted with a spectacle overwhelming In Un. meaning and yet hard to translate Iilto the eold woith of every-day speech. Perhaps tho first man looking ut the first sunset had something of the same sensation. He realized its beauty and majesty, but was dumbly unable to express It. It was a stupendous noveltjvand as yet as natural as sunlight, and Wilson s coming was ns natural as any world phenomenon and yet startling In its significance. "He seemed an apostle figure as ne stood on the deck of the ship looking Into tho ambient gray. We felt that he had como from the new world, thousands of miles away, on a mission of cosmic Importance. There haa been no brighter gospel preached since the Christian era thanrhls league of na tions. Here Is the way to beat swords Into plowshares, spears Into pruning- hooks. How can ono exaggerate so momentous a doctrine in favor of perpetual peace7 v "Be that as it may, I was pro. foundly -affected by Its historic, its eternal consequence, and had I been capable of It I should .have burst Into song or cut some astounding caper to give body to my sensations. It was a landing, I thought dimly, as eloquent as the arrival of Columbus on an out ward island of America. Equally It, betokens a new world, a new ray of God's light upon earth, heralding the day of democratic strength and broth erhood." COAL PEDDLERS' PROFIT BIG Some Make More Than 100 Per Cent on Poor Coal peddlers who sell fuel by the bucket to families In extreme poverty are making a profit of more than 100 per cent on selling prices authorized by the fuel administration. Nut coal sold by the peddlers on a basis of sixteen cents fpr eighteen and three-quarters pounds Is now retailing In this city for HO a ton. The bucket price equals a charge of J 19.12 a ton for nut coal. As the peddlers buy at wholesale rates, their profits In many cases exceed 10U per cent. Evening Public Ledger Writers at Versailles The Peaco Conference soon to assemble will be reported in detail for the Eve.nino PUdzjc Leugeii by a staff of trained writers. Clinton W. Gilbert staff correspondent, is already in Paris, having arrived at Brest on the steamship Orizaba. This gifted writer, whoso dispatches have given our readers a comprehensive grasp on events at tho capital, es pqcially on subjects relative to the war, will have as his associates: n. V. OULAHAN manager of the Washington bureau of tho New York Times. CHARLES II, GRASTY, WAL TER DURNTV, CHARLES A. SELDEN and ERNEST MAR SHALL, whose descriptive narra tives from the battlefields have been among the most graphic and Infor mative in the whole fjeld of war correspondence. v . GERTRUDE ATHERTpN', the distinguished novelist, who has In Minute knowledge of conditions In France and Flanders thqt will BVVO lr accounts a human-interest vaiuo euro to, win delighted aDDrc I ciatlon. MARK LANDING Will Welcome Wilson as Guest of France Pichon Will Extend Official Greeting of Nation When President and Party Land atJBrest lly the Associated Press Ilrest, France, Dec, l!i Tho program for the day fixeo the noorr, with an hour allowed for moving to tho anchorage nnd the President's re the ancl'.or-igo and tho President's ic vlew of pnsslng v arshlps. Tho French ministers will hoard tho Goorge Wash ington at 1:30 o'clock" to convey fitf.t greetings to 3Ir. Wilson, At tho wine i time, American olllcials and Miss Mar- to catch a gllmpbe or tno .mer.u " garet W. Wilson, tho President's daugh- At "wn u notIiIa of American de ter, who. has been hole tinging for sol-1 stroi ers from the Brest squadron camo .,. . .t ,, !oer the horizon, and soon after brenk- dlers, will go on board the ship Mr. Wll.son't landing is fixed for 0 I o'clock, tfhen he will be recelve'd in a I handaomo pavilion on quay No. 3 and will formally receive from M. Pichon a welcon'o a-? the guest of the IYench na tion, Mr. Wilson's ride through the Coura Dajot wll) begin at 3:0 He will go direct to his iraln and lcae for Paris at 4 o'clock. ' I This program may bo varied only PRESIDENTIAL FLEET ENTERS BREST HARBOR BREST, Dec. 13. (Noon) The presidential fleet passed the entrance of the lmvbor of Brest amid salvos of artillery. CHANGES ANNOUNCED IN CASUALTY LIST Several Phllndelphinns nie included in n corrected casualty list given out by the War Department in Washington today. Private Martin Blicharz, previously reported missing, is now said tfl be severely wounded; Private David Dennis, 1127 Oxfovd street Private Alfred Pv. Iiwin, 5223 Oirnrd avenue, previously' reported nissincOiWlJited.nswiJuntled, degree uudercr-"' mined, while PrivattsBerunrd K. Clark, 1223 West Huntingdon street, Raymond Jones, 702 Porter atiect, and Thomas J. Martin, 1205 Carltou street, previously jcported missing, and aio now said to have returned to their regiments. JUNKERS SCORE NEW GOVERNMENT! Sneer at "New Liberty" as Displayed in Arranging Guards' Return PLAN GREATER BAVARIA By JOSEPH HERRINGS Special Cable to livening Public Ledger CopvriiiM. 101S. 'j Itew l'orfc rimes Co. Rerlin, Dec. 11 (via Copenhagen, Dec. 13. Somo reactionary papers record with Joy the Government's somewhat Inadequate preparations for yester day's festive entry" of the troops Into Berlin. The Deutsche Tagea Zcltuns especially has much criticism, though admitting that "since Willielm I's funeral such masses have not been . seen in Berlin." , That is considered tho best excuse for the Government, since nobody could possibly have foreseen tho tre mendous accumulation of the people In the existing circumstances, which In somo other continental countries ''would probably have resulted In a I fearful disaster. The self-dUclpllnq of I the Berliners, which has greatly in , creased during tho war, prevented any serious accidents. I Nevertheless tho Deutsche Tages Zeitung sneered nt the "new liberty," and it suggests that' the . sovereign people were the police force yester day. Indeed this paper has been as suming a tone lately that Is consid ered dangeroUs to peaceful develop ments. . , , It may not be that it is In the power of the classes it represents to create a, strong counter-revolutionary movement. Pan-German ideas are too badly compromised for that, but the paper's arrogant tone incites all ele ments hostile to the present govern ment, which It la admitted 13 the only power at presont able to preserve order until the national convention. Veaterdav this Pan-German mischief- maker declared the heads of the peo ple's commissioners, liarth ana iiaaso, forfeited becauso they freely admitted that they had provided their mon with rifles' and ammunition for the revolu tion, in Die Frelhelt the Independent Socialist organ, Barth replies thus to day: "If the Pan-Germans dare threaten prosecution for high treason today, can you realize how many heads they would demapd If a counter-revolution were sucdessfun" r, Auto Van Crushes Boy to Death ' JOnn nes imrift!ii jmi" uiM, " - .Arbor street, waa killed Ust night by an automobile van,! while crossing Allegheny avenue,, yreaeriOK wagie.-tne .anver ot the van, warrsel. ' , slightly because of the v cathtr and ship ping conditions. ' PORTUGUESE SHIPS SALUTE PRESIDENT On Hoard the V. . S. Oeoree nj1' lnton, Dec. 10, uvlayed. (By A. !' The (Jeorge Washington rounded the in this mnrnlni. runnlnir close in (0 g-e tho President an opportunity fast the islands 'were sighted. low-l Ing In tho cnrly mist. The Portuguese war ships were saluted and returned a sa lute of twenty-one guns. Tho dreadnought Pennsylvania flung out signals to the flotilla to follow, and the President's fintr was flown from the Washington's main peak. The aug mented pscort then spread out in a hrnml column and the islands were rounded, the fleet heading toward Brest l.1- lirllonn ofiont ti t u tltTin 4n ,)a 5 wor!c during the morning and dined with the members of the com- mission and the two ambassadors in ti,0 evening. SOCIALISTS TRY TO USETVILSON French Radicals Endeavor to Make Political Capital Out of Visit FAIL TO TRAP PREMIER B WALTER DURANTY Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright. 1V1H. bu .Vfu York Tloiea fa. l'arla, Dec 13. There la a Jarring note in the prepa rations in Paris and all rrance to welcome President Wtlhon. It Is the attitude of the SotbUllsts, who seem to regard the President's visit as afford ing an opportunity to make political capital. To realize the object of their maneu vers It mus,t bo . understood- that since Premier Clemenceau's accession the So cialists have never ceased to opiios'e him, openly when the- dared or by cabal and wire-pulling when public opinion closed up their lips. They have never forgiven the Premier for ventur ing to assume office In the face of tjielr veto and for maintaining his position In spite of It, with ever-lncrcaslnc success, After Clemenceau steered the shfn of state to ..ctory any move against him on purely French grounds became un-1 thinkable. Tho Socialists, acordlngly, adopted another plan. For weeks past their official organ, L'Humanlte, has been Insisting on the entire adherence of the Socialist party to PresldentWll son's peace program, at the same time seeking to convey the suggestion that they were the only party In France In thlB position. Gradually they grew bolder and dial- lenged the Government to express Its opinions or Intention on certain of the fourteen points put forward by the Pres- to follow a course which, apart from the embarrassment any such premature discussion might cause the President, would be (o a certain extent a recogni tion of the Socialist claim that the party should have a voice In the peace negotiations. This deBlre Is at the bot tom of their projected International con ferenees. Although the att.empt to entrap the 'ftremler failed, the Socialists continued their campaign, well aware that the Government could not Interrupt It with out Incurring (he charge of disagree ment with, or- at least discourtesy tott-axd, the President of the .United States. Their latest move lsian. appe&l to "the workers of .Parta" to rnnke a special manifestation in the President's honor next Saturday. One can read clearly between the, lines the Insinuation that other dosr", aytbesle"-" enthuis4l So ,far'.&B"a omrasn sen'haa fus4ta W tofWv. .'-, TODAY T' Gayly-DressedVessels and Airplanes Greet Wilson FRENCH NATION PAYS TRIBUTE Breton Port Mass of Bunt ing ' Yast Throngs Gather in City FRENCH AND AMERICAN OFFICL4LS ARE ON HAND Brilliant Spectacle Presented Despite Dark and Gloomy Weather By the Associated Press Ilrest, Dec. 13 (11:34 a. m.) Tho George Washington, President Wilson's ship, was sighted at 11:30 o'clock, and is now passing Point St. Mathieu, fifteen miles outside tho harbor. By the Associated Press Ilrest, France, Dec. 1. Day broke dark and gloomy over Crest this morning. Heavy clouds shut out sunshine and thy, but the downpour of rain, which prevailed yesterday, abated during the night nnd the wind subsided to a gentle breeze blowing from the sea. The mlti which have veiled the harbor for several days have 'blown away and the splendid panorama of the harbor stands out clcaily. Clear l'atha Tor Wilson The outer strait leading from the hiirhor to the sea Is clearly marked, with where submarines used ,to lurk and lj?g? land batteries with the lighthouse to.the ? north., 'The avenues' and terraces Icad"- rlro from ihe liarhor ara ntlll . dranchad but an army of lnborerssha Vn clear -Ing the mud from tli route -which Presi dent Wilson will coyer and uw!naVton decorations have been replaced, -witti1 new ones. Iteports this 'morriing'tstat" that the presidential fleet is approaclijnic. a short distance off shore and an aus picious day Is promised to mark the flr.'t time an American President steps on European soil. Within the harbor there Is a sxene of animation. With the nrst break of day flect3 of warships and merchant crntt hiohe out their colors and dressed ship with long lines of streamers. A group of French cruisers. In their war paint, swung at anchorage, with a score of French destroyers about them. Near at hand loomed the big liner La France, used as. a hospital shlD but about to re sume her transatlantic sen Ice. Ameri can destroyers, navil vachts ind small craft glided about the harbor nnd fur ther off lay great flotillas of merchant ships, transports, freighters and quaint Breton fishing craft. Scene I'lows Mlth Color Two American freighters were still unloading army supplies here and ! American transport was preparing to take more American troops homeward. It was a htene stirring with activity and one which flowed with color as by a touch of sunlight Since early morning, a fleet of n!r planes ha3 hoered over the entrance'to the harbor, keeping an outlook for thu npproachlng fleet. On shore there was equal animation. Vast throngs of Bretons, In their picturesque headgear packed the streets and massed along the quays and terraces overlooking the hai hor. $ Enrly in the day French nnd American soldleri Hnsd the streets and took atilgnd positions, along the Cours Dajot. the handsome promenade lead ing from the commercial harbor to tha) city, over which the President Hlpasi. Ilrest Mns of lluntlnr The whole city is a mass of bunMnr with Place President Wilson hung with streamers and mottoes. The cntlra ' presidential route Is lined with Venetian masts, flags and transparencies. At about 0 o'clock the French cruiser squadron consisting of the Admiral Auue, mime anu Jiontcalm, with a number of destroyers, moved out of the ' harbor- amll the screech of sirens,- f , T 'STfS Pichon, the French Foreign Minister Oeorges Leygues, the Minister of Marine, and other distinguished officials, of ficers of the army and navy and the foreign committee of the Chamber of Deputies arrived this morplpg and anr flaMrran T .iv1 nn 4tnff1i.ittel.-A .dvart " omer train orougnt American Ambas- I sador Sharp, Colonel U M, House, Qen i eral Pershing, General Bliss, Admiral I "" otner prominent Americans. The address of welcome to President Wwon, proposed by Mayor Goude, of B"'.f'' f0"owsj , T , iV , , Mr' "'Went. I feel the -deejietrt. Contlnued on l'aie Klht. Column Thra A City of Horrqrs That is Berlin as B. F. KOSPOTH pictures t lit' a remqrkaMe artlcl which will appear in', f Ms paper near Saturday. "Ur. Kospoth, who is correspondent of the Evening Piiblto L'edoer at perne, BwlUtr-, land, 'prediais that 'anarcJtjj .toll soon orip tne German capital and 'that the street tott! run red with Hood, "dost pr(ni; Mr. Kospoth foresaw accuryatelv the downfall gf nernianv's military -power evn When, her armies were advancing ff? Si i ii I m a Cil '1 t-1 M m il 1 .-1 -ti l 1 i rl tl a Jl 1 i - Wr PIt ".r Vfl CI ... r I L4 !Ti?WRJJ rvv-,- tBBUT MHpaiuaiaiamiMr ,- - t i tVf 'iT ' SBP3t?v. ! 7,S" ,r',.i?rSnv Ar, ,. n it- -- ; ' ' i V ' i v
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