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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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