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-.'Aviator Reaches Haverford
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SbfflS- .Home Wearing Distiii-
ffi guished Service Cross
V, DIDN'T ENJOY WORK
EJjPilotetl First American Air-
! Had Thrilling Battle
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Thi. man who Dlloted tho first Ameri
can airplane assembled In Franco ii
home, lie Is Captain J. Dickinson
Este, of Haverford, weared of the Dls
tlneulshed Service Cross for heroism.
Captain Este killed two Germans
while he foucht In the air over there.
Trot lie got no enjoyment out of It.
"The only thine I ever kilted before
was an owl," he said In telling his ex
periences. Captain Ksto praised Lieutenant
Charles Drew, the Germantown aviator,
'- lor herolo fighting, and brought back
with him the news that Lieutenant
Drew had tost an arm In battle. Drew
tran nhnt ilwirn over Melz September 10.
wounded twice below the knee, twice In i
the right thigh, his right elbow shat- r
tered and his chest ripped open by an ,
explosive bullet. Tho Germans left lilm
for dead, and a little later, when Cap- J
tarn Este reached tho scene. Drew was
standing up besldo his machine.
Arm Is Amputated
Drew smiled, gritted his teeth and
said: "In two months I'll fly again."
But surgeons took off his arm near the
.shoulder.
The action for which Captain Kste
.was awarded the war cross and later
promoted from lieutenant to captain
,took place on September 13. He was
'leading a patrol of five plams, and
seven enemy planes appeared above
them. He was first Into the fight.
The official citation says that In the
action that followed tie fought "with
the greatet bravery, In spite of the fact
that ho was himself attacked by two
enemy planes which fired polntblank at
range from the rear and above. By his
skill and courage he was able to keep
his formation together, and they suc
ceeded In shooting down three of the
onemy planes, of which Lieutenant i:ste
himself destroyed one und drove donn
another out of control."
t Member of Prominent t'lolu
Captain Este Is president of the J
D. Este Company, and Is a member of
the Racquet, Philadelphia Country and
Princeton Clubs. He Is a son of the
late Charles Este. Though past tho
flrst draft age, Mr. Este enlisted In the
aviation service a few days after war
was declared by this country. Kor sev
eral months he was In training at tho
aviation school at Ksslngton. and later
Vas transferred to Newport News, where
h received his commission.
In the summer of 1017 ho was trans
ferred 'o Kelly Field, Texas, where he
completed his training and sailed for
France In September of last year.
INVENTED CRAFT
TO DESTROY U.S.
CITIES, IS CHARGE
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' "Aerouiobile" Really Dangerous
Weapon, Federal Prosecutor
Declares
New York. Dec. 19. (Bj A. P )
Proceedings In thu Federal Court have
disclosed that Bruno von Bultllngsloven,
an Inventor, charged with making
seditious remarks, is accused also of
negotiating with supposed "secret agents
of, the Kaiser," tho sale of the plans of
an "aeromoblle" designed to destroy
New Vork and other American cities and
which was, according to the Federal
prosecutor, really a dangerous weapon.
The supposed German agents were actu
ally United States' secret service men,
and according to the Indictment against
the defendant, he accepted $20,000 from
them on June t last for tho plans of the
machine.
The seditious remarks are alleged to
have been made by the defendant to the
detectives while he was negotiating with
them and are quoted in the bill. lie told
them further of the purpose of the In
vention, it Is alleged, and said he had
given "the twenty best years of my life
to Its development for my fatherland,"
and that he wanted to keep it from the
'United States, although un American
citizen.
Arguing against the plea of Buttings
loven a counsel for u bill of particulars,
the Federal prosecutor said the Inven
tion "Instead of being a harmless machine
Is really a dangerous weapon of war
and was designed by the old Inventor for
the destruction of this and other Amer
ican cities."
The defendant's1 counsel said ho ex
pected to call witnesses to prove his
client had offered his Invention to the
United States, amontf them former Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretaries Daniels
and Baker.
Skip-Stop Committee
Will Hear of Deaths
,
Contlnoed from Ttte One
Is danger of even worse conditions than
now exist,
"In some of the requested readjust
ments of Btops," he said, "there. Is an
evident desire to benefit In a business
way by having stops established directly
adjacent to certain shops and stores.
There Is, therefore, much danger that.
unless careful analysis Is made In every
instance of a chango, the condition thus
etoured may be worse than that with
which we aro now confronted."
, To the end of correcting these ad
mitted detects In the system, the board
of skip-stop experts will be brought to
gether. H, u. Tulley has been made vice presi
dent of the company that ho mav act
authoritatively upon the suggestions of
citizens and associations.
"Acting with Mr. Tulley In the mat
ter of sklp-Btops," Mr. Mitten continued,
"the services of those most familiar 'with
Wttt'St:, successful praotice in other cities have
RftJw v been arranged for. John V. Lavnir.
655 waiT'-'uiieiy a
tffflisatU ,n
WW)er,
If yfW-athln
r& H?f'-1ltely assistant to Dr. Harry A. Gar
ni Dflty-DtWJ IllttllCtCl,, UUIIII J.
who established skip-stops In
raihlnxton. and Peter Witt, who ls
'responsible for. skip-stops in Cleveland,
"ijiVaro now prepared to co-operate. Dr. H.
til . ! Herbert Bnow, chief, Bureau of lSnglneer-
Heior tne puunc service commisson of
..nvtvBnln wilt utRrt h nntrAfl fi ao-
& Met. Tn these o-nntlemen will h jxn.
B'kMrustctl the task of establishing' car stops
tt' r. ts ti a iAta tr nt alv atrrtm run mtlit An
J )V v"' vvv ". ovjq : .line, km
ft" Su' P'bccu as 10 uchi servo me puoiia
t(i n'' "Pollowlni; such revision and the con-
' ' ach lino will be asked to say rb to
whether skip-stops shall 80 or skip-stops
haU stay,"
"' MWK MAY MAKE TEXTILES
-Jan for; transformation of Mu-
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nrllu, Dec. 19, Tlie Lokal Anzelger
dcolares tht Krupp works at Kssen will
bk utUlied as textile factories.
ttoocnt dlspatcW. satct the question
00 iima empiosmeni of- ue grtai
ens . .works would be ., left to . tt
the emptoyds'thMtiMlv. ,.Laln
taat rsu.vsv Mnam uta
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CAPTAIN J. D. ESTE
Aviutor riled for braery is back
at his horns, here with hero cross
pinned to hit uniform
REVEALS BOLO'S
DEALINGS IN U.S.!;
jy ork Official DedarCS I
Frenchman Sought News
O
Alliance With Hearst
I ESTIFILS AT INQUIRY
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the Associated Press .
Vnlilnlon, Der. ID.
Actiiilei of Bolo Pasha, executed as
a b'rench traitor. In promoting In the
United Statet) the financing by the Ger-
man Goernment of the Parip Journal
and In that was described as u attempt
to form ews alliance between the Journal
and William lUndolph Heaist's news-
naners. u..re roHteil imlav to the Senile
commltteo inestlRatlng German propa-1
g.mda by Alfred L. Becker, deputy At
torney General of New York
Mr. Becker explained that hl inves
tigation was made at the request of the
Krench Government to determlno the
culpability of Senator Humbert, pio
prletor of the Paris Journal, o.i a dis-
Inlnll.i ..V......... ...! l.n A..n.c .(-nna-
gand.i In the United States was dls-'
cloned incidentally. Bolo tried, Becker
suld, to obtain from Hearst a declara
tion of French sympathies.
Introduces Jlolo to Hearit
dial leu K Bertelll, Pails correspond
ent of the Hearst newspapers, who came
to the 1'nlted States to Introduce Bolo
to Hearst early In 1916, .s quoted lis
Mr. Becker as having said that every
American knid France and that con-
eequently it needed no adteitislng. After
Bolo'rt return to Paris ill May, 1910, the
Paris Journal published a "fulsome ac
count of Hearst." the witness said, but
othenUfe no evidence of a news con
nwtlon between tho Journal and Hearst
was disclosed.
Bolo sought unsuccessfully In confer-.
enceswlth K. (',. Grace, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, to get the
company to purchase the Pails Journal.
Mr. HetW stated In his opinion this
moe i.y i-asua wan entirely camou -
Hage. Intended to coxer up the real pur -
poe of IiLs visit to tho United States."
Iteed Offem Objection
Senator lteed, of Missouri, who is not
a member of the committee, attended
the hearing and when Becker mentioned
the news service h interrupted to say
he understood that the witnesses' tes-
llmnn,' iimi tr 1... llmKa.l In .t'liifr urtia
supported by documents. Mr. Becker
said ho was only outlining his state-
ment. and tho fntninntlnn nrn,ppilil.
Mr. Becker declared the investigation
by the New York State authorities
showed that Ilolo's financial activities
were through three American banking
Institutions, tf. M. Amslnck & Co., the
Hoyal Bank of Canada and J. P. Morgan
& Co. Ho told the committee that Her
man propaganda extended through South
and Central America, Mexico, Cuba,
Porto Itlco, Spain, the Netherlands and
the Scandinavian countries as well as In
all tho countries at war with Germany.
SANTA AT CAMP DEVITT
Christmas Cheer
:er Will Reach Tu -
pital at Alleinvoo.l
bcrculoua Hospital
The true Christmas spirit has trans
formed one of the patients at Camp
Devltt. Allenwood. Pa- a. ho.snltal for
tuberculosis sufferers, Into a real, hon-est-to-gcodness
Santa ClaUB, who Is to
bring a pack of Christmas cheer to his
fellow patients.
In other words. Mortimer N. Wisdom,
who is himself able to leave the camp
for a Christmas at home, Ls seeing to It
that those who are less fortunate mav
have a pit or a special celebration at j The body of tho man who died Bud
the hospital. . . denlv last night on a trolley car at
ot able to Jill his own pack, this
Allenwood Santa Claus has apiieafed to
ins irienus in i-niiaueipnia. So gen
erous has been their response that
through one friend alone, A. S. Pelrce,
700 Chestnut street, ho has received 2C,
which will supply not only treo and
trimmings, but gifts.
It is Mr, Wisdom's plan to put the
treo In the large log cabin which serves
as a recreation center.
WAH CROSS TO CHENEY MAN
Bravery on Field During Battle Brings
Reward
Watlilniton, Dec, 19. Distinguished
Service Cross for an' act of extraordinary
heroism has been awarded Corporal
James L. Courter, of Cheney, Pa., by
tho commander In chief of tho army In
the name of the President.
Corporal Courter was In the 101st
Field Battalion, Signal Corps, and while
In action at Marchevllle, France, Sep
tember 20, 1918, when telephone com
munication to the rear had been cut and
Its re-establlshment was Impossible be
cause of the intensity of the bombard
ment, Corporal Courter voluntarily car
ried Important messages to the rear
through a violent artillery barrage and
machine-gun and rifle Are.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Georio W, Wood, Jr., Baltimore. MJ., and
Etello M. Prank. UMtlmore. Mil.
Owen J. Doyle, 1540 N ltth it., and Mary
Oonmlly. 849 B. Thayer at. '
John U. Ifeacock. Chlckamawra, Cl., and
Kdlth O. Andrew. Cbeater. Pa.
Albert JlullocU. 309 N, 3th at., and Eliza
bath It. amy. 41 N. Ruby at.
Julian W. Jeter, 4013 Haverford ave and
Marie M. Clinton. 1340 Rodman at,
Georre T.. Palo, 4214 Powelton aie., and
Clara L. Martin. -4214 Powelton ave.
Michael J. O'Brien. 1842 N. 17th St., and
Dalay Hum, Glendon Hotel.
Clay km H. Moyer, Norwood, Pa., and Itoie
A. Keenan, Almoneieon, N, J,
Maurlca K. Hlmon. 1040 U. 8th at., and Ttoee
Hatalof, 2518 H. Marahall at.
Patrick J. McCann, 2628 N, Maacherat., and
Katharine Kennedy, 2020 N. Matcher at.
Joaepli Schick. 701 Pine at., and Itoaa Carlln,
401 N. Otb at.
Philip Hoaenberr, 723 Callowhlll at., and
Radla Orner, 20 Armat at. ,
Morrla Llndenbllt, 88 H. Mill at., and Dora
Htettler, 022 W, fork at.
Rollln M. Talbert. 1 N. 00th at., and Dero-
thr B. Jobnaton. 008 a. ,41at at,
Charles VT. Hmlth. CoafeavllK Fa and
Addla Jobnaton, Coateavllle. Pa.
Hwaci Yf" render. .8708 Warren it,, and
Itottla'Adaan. 200a .Turner t
wiinrd nV.WQJf JWh at., and MajrgU
, WalKM trw . . . ; -.. ; t
fjgjn T. PaPW.t ij ,,,., arta Mr,
PHYSIQANSHOME I
FROM WAR ZONE :
Five Philadclphians Re
turn After Brilliant
Service in France
HAD CENTER AT BREST
Conductd First Navy Hos
pital Unit Established
in France
After nearly sixteen months' seiIce
abroad with an "nil-Philadelphia" navy
hospital unit, five Philadelphia physi
cians today are home with a record of
brilliant, faithful service unsurpassed In
the American forces. This was tho
flrst navy unit, composed by reserve
officers, to be established In France.
JnlBZVr.S.Jlwi
-nindSr?.ber. S"'rS:
The Ave men are Lieutenant Com
and Spruce streets
Lieutenant Com
E. Talley, 218 South ,
:t: Lieutenant, senior
a. lloss, 1721 Spruce'
mander James
Twentieth street
erade. Georirp
street; Lieutenant, senior grade, 1J. 1) !
Vincent Lyon, 1828 Pine street, and
leufnant. Junior grade, J. L. Herman,
1831 Chestnut street.
,V sixth officer of tho same unit who
lino 4iifaf rAuriAil la t Imitnnnnf 4imlnt
Krade, George D. K. Darby, of Merlon, a
dental surgeon.
The six navy surgeons wero attached
to United States N'avy Base Hospital
Tiiit No. B, located at Brest, Krance,
where President Wilson landed on his
way to the Peaco Conference.
Unit No. G was organised 1 the
I Methodist Episcopal Hospital, Broad and
I Wolf streets. The unit is still In ac-
tlo service. Itn medical staff, with four
exceptions, has been replaced by regular
omcerB of ,he nftVJ. ThB 8lx omcers who
j,ae returned were relieved as a tribute
to their many months of activo and
highly meritorious tervlce.
l-'orty Philadelphia nurses comprised
the unit's nursing staff, headed by Mist
'Alice Garrett, who was superintendent of
nurses at the Methodist Hospital. The
. nursing staff Is still on duty overseas,
None of the returned officers Is permlt-
ted by naval regulations to discuss the
brilliant record made In France by the
base hospital unit.
Doctor Le Conte. who is president of
the American Surgical Association, won
high honors In France. He was selected i
w? rl,inml Prshlntr to net n.q naval con
sultant on a staff of five eminent
practitioners chosen for the American
expeuiuonarj
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DDAH1TCT? TH I7YDACI7
rliUlfllljlj iU EiArUtJlJ i
FAKE THEFT TRICKS
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Alleged Syndicate Said tO
D J
Have Swindled Insurance
Companies
An alleged syndlcato -which is cald
to nave reaped lib proms irom lane
automobllo 'thefts' and fake burglaries,
thereby defrauding Insurance companies,
would bo exposed, the police said, In
c.nlrnl station this afterndon.
i j,etectlve Lieutenant Le Strange at-
c,13e3 EmII -po(i0Hn, a lawyer
dtVi of engineering Knie of tl
or tins
the thefts
and "burglaries." ?even other men aro
under arrest charged with varying par
ticipated In the alleged syndicate's ac
tivities. Lieutenant Le Strange conferred this
morning with David J. Smyth, counsel
for the lnsuranco companies. They went
ovor a "J"" .f cvldT that was to be.
Presented at the hearing, which started
I at 2 o'clock.
Tho defendants analsned other
than Podolln, were his brother, Ir
win Podolln : William L. Hacker, Flfty
flfth and Walnut streets : Dnvld Brown,
Eighth and Hltner streets; Louis Mol
nlck, Shunk and Alder streets; Israel
Falklove, Germantown avenuo and Nor
ris street; Duko Browski, Fifth and
Walnut streets, and Harry Dorman,
Monument avenuo and Thirty-second
street.
CONVERTING WAR FACTORIES
1 Munitipiu Worki i in Atlai
Count' Wl11 Make
Atlantic
Atlantic City, Dec. 19. The two great
munitions factories in Atlantic County
will be transformed Into dye works when
present war contracts are completed, It
was reported here today.
Only minor changes of tho machinery
will be necessary to convert the great
factories. Tho workmen also are avail
able. Man Who Died on Car Identified
Front and Wharton streets was identi-
fled todav as that of Jefferson Lee Mit
ten. The Identlllcation was made by the
man 8 brother-in-law, cnarles snarwood,
1935 McClellan street, with whom Mitten
lived. Jlltten was a resioeni 01 Maui-
lived.
moro. where ne was wen itnown in duuu-
Ing and contracting circles.
SHff WORKERS RI
PUTS END TO STRIKE
Foremen and Other Pusey &
Jones Employes Win
Increase
The Btrlke at the Pennsylvania Ship
yard, Gloucester, ended at noon today
with a victory for the men.
By tomorrow , labor conditions will be
normal In tho plant. Only 100 remained
away this afternoon, and then only be
cause tt was not possible to make up all
the gangs.
M, P. Davis, general manager, said
this afternoon ho had made a settlement
with the foremen of the Pennsylvania
yard. They are to set Increases, but
not quite as much as they asked-.
The men who struck, numbering
about 1000, were from the rant: and file.
The foremen didn't OUlt. -
A committee representing the riveters,
told Mr. Davis tho Btrlko was not direct
ed against the Pusey & Jones Company,
operating the yard, but- against tho
Macey "Wage .Board. The men were as
sured this afternoon by the United
States Labor Adjustment Board that at
least a 10 per cent Increase In pay would
be granted by the Macey Board at Its
meeting Monday. Tho increase will af
fect the riveters, drillers, reamers and
chlpptrs and caulkers.
The wage Increases, to both the fore
men and the mechanics, will be granted
not only to the employes' of the Ferni',
mylvanla yard, buto thoMofa Middle-.
niMa w miwm fp" Yee""?T'-
f lvwny joM cmpey, m
wants women to NAME
' PUNISHMENTFOR KAISER
I Sister of Lusilania Victim Who Instigated Congressman Darrow's
I Resolution in Congress Would Starve Mr. Hohenzollcrn to
Death in Sight of Food
Mrs. Agnes Smith, 225 North Crelgh
ton street, through whoso Instigation
Congressman George P. Darrow yester
day presented a resolution In Congress
relative to the punishment of tho Kaiser,
believes the matter should be left In
the hands of a committee of tho women
of the Allies.
I They and they only, she says, would
be able to meto out punishment In pro
portion to his crimes, for they best
understand tho keenness of suffering
which the war can bring.
Mrs. Smith well knows the grief and
subsequent hatred towards the man who
has caused such misery, for her younger,
brother, George Nlcholl, was one of
the civilians who went down on the
Lusltanla.
Mr. Nlcholl, who was twenty-six years
old, made his home with Mrs. Smith,
and was on his way back to Ireland
whence he camp, to ha married when h
h "arful 'ln whlc" brought I
Jprto Russian hearts. When in Phlia- ,
?,el" ,la, ?, ' n,Bht
C'"w.,n r thv nt
When 1 think of
clerk at tno Y, SI. i
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my brother, not In '
COONLEY SEES '
JOB SHORTAGE!
Inevitahle, hut Will Be of , Sees British Shipping Prop
Brief Duration, Says aganda Behind Opposition
Fleet Official
CONFIDENCE IS NEEDED
Workers Should Be Released
Gradually to Lessen Diffi
culties, Is Assertion
Howard Coonley said this aftcrnon
that, despite contrary assurances, a iu-
Irlod of unemployment was certalri to
follow the release of thousands of men
from war Industries and tho return of
(millions of soldiers to civil life.
Mr- Coonley, who Is Uee president of
tJ'e L'merBencJ' rieet Corpoiatlon, and
president of the Walworth Manufactur
ing Company, of Boston, added, how--
ever, that enforced Idleness of many
j workers would bo of very Bhort duration,
'lie said the Federal Government liodi,
the solution of the problem ln"lta hancR
I "A period of readjustment must come,"
' t-aid Mr. Coonley. "If the Government
relays the cancelation of munitions, and
1 other war contracts, it will only sene
to postpone the inevitable. I believe,
howeer, that workers engaged In war
industries should be released gradually,
and thus give expanding peacetime In
dustries an opportunity to absorb thm,
as eventually they will under any cir
cumstances. " '
"I think it unfortunate the belief has
been spread broadcast that theio Is
plenty of work to take care of 'all those
men who are being raldly released from
war endeatois. Abundance of employ
ment applies only to a few districts.
There ls bound to, come a period of un
employment, but I am sure It will be
very brief.
1'InanclaI Condition Sound
"The financial affairs of the country
could scarcely be In better shape to meet
the situation than they are. Thero Is
no reason why manufacturers should
not go ahead and produce In large vol
ume. Stocks of most of the Important
peace industries are depleted. The peo
ple have more money to spend than ever
before, and they will create an unprece
dented demand for these products.
"Manufacturers who have Invested
their money In plants to produce war
materials need not fear for the future.
I think the policy of the Government, as
Indicated thus far, has shown a decided
tendency to protect those investments.
"Confidence Is needed to meet the
problems of tho future. I do not antici
pate a panic, and I do not believe In
dustry, as It Is organized today, could
bo seriously hampered by panicky senti
ment, Confidence Is needed more among
employers than among the workers, and
a realization that, with the return of
normal conditions, the laboring- class Is
going to demand and merit, more and
more, a larger share of their employers'
profits. The only question remaining Is
how the workers' share Is to bo appor
tioned and distributed.
"The big question before us right now
ls not whether peace-time industries can
absorb workers released by other In
dustries, but how soon? Once manu
facturers are convinced, aB I think they
should be convinced now, that the prices
of raw materials are not going to drop
for months hence, they will so ahead
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I homo and abroad."
BIDS WOMEN HERE
COMBAT BOLSHEVISM
'Most Dangerous Thing in
World Today," Mrs. Nichols
Tells Y. W. C. A. Conference
Bolshevik propaganda in this country
must be combated by the Christian
women of the nation today, declared
Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, speaking at
the young Women's Christian Associa
tion conference In the Bellevue-tjtrat-ford.
The' East Central FleW Committee of
the National V. W. C. A, 'Board Is holding-
a two-day conference. The sessions
end this' afternoon. Mrs. William L. Mc
lean ls presiding.
Branding; Bolshevism as "the most
dangerous thing in the world today,"
Mrs. NlchOls warned that Its exponents
are sowing propaganda among; many
working women In the United States.
"The Christian women of the country
must ngnt it," she asserted, ;-py in
culcating the principles of Christianity
and patriotism In the hearts of American
Women. The two terms aro synonymous.
Patriotism Is a sense of responsibility
toward all other beODle." ,
. Women's clubs and organisations, Mr.
jwcnois declared, are missing an op
portunlty In not holding up home-making
ao woman's highest' task.
' "Tho chief duty of women's organiza
tions'," she said, "should be to hold be
fore young women the beauty of making
a, home and having made that home
Tnak. it worthy of the high tdeala of
Christianity
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'Ijal'fllttfl;y
the heat of a passionate resentment,
but calmly and coolly," she said this
atfernoon, "I cannot conceive of a pun
ishment severe enough for him. To be
hanged or oloctrocuted would be too
glorious a death, and there should be
no degree of martyrdom In his punish
ment, "Boiling him alive In oil, or cutting
him In pieces would be too quick: his
suffering should be prolonged. The only
punishment which occurs to mo now as
at all sultnble would be for him to starve
to death In sight of food.
"I have lain awake at night think
ing of my brother and of how the Kaiser
could be given his Just deserts. The
only solution I have reached Is that. If
he were turned over to a committee of
Allied women, his punishment might op
nrnaeli as nearly as possible what he
merits. For the women know what It
I. to suffer. They have R m?
man ineir uwn ijhu " ....
sacrifice of their brothers, their bus-
bands and their sweethearts."
WORLD DETECTS
SHIPPERS' FIGHT
to Sea Freedom
MOVE GETS AID HERE
New York, Dec. 19.
The World today printed tho follow
ing editorial under the caption, "Free
dom of the Seat,":
"Tho United States went to war with
Germany over the freedom of tho seas.
That was' the vital Issue between the
two natlo-.is. Had the Imperial German
Government respected the rule of visit
and search ; had It refrained from em
ploying Its submarines In ruthless at
tacks on merchant ship'?, enemy and
neutral alike; had It respected tho
rights of nonecombatants to life and
property, no legitimate cause of Mar
would have existed.
"Fiom the day that the Lusitnnia was
sunk until the day that the President
appeared before Congress to urge a
declaration of war against tho Imperial various policies which have been dls
German Government, our controversies cussed and adopted diuing'fhe past week
with the Junker autocracy all turned on
tne freedom of the seas.
"Now that the war has been won, now
that Germany lias been defeated and
Prussian militarism has been obliterated,
we are told by Senator Knox, Theodore
ltoosevelt and other distinguished Ke
publlcana that the ficedom of the seas
has 110 place In tho Peace Conference or
in tlm peace treaty. The one Issue that
wo must not deal with and the one prin
ciple which we must not assert are the
Issue and the principle on which we went
to war. It is as if certain eminent
statesmen at the close of the Civil War
had solemnly declared that slavery and
secession -were no concern whatever of
the American people.
"Not being 11 distinguished Uepubllran
the London Times is unable to take the
advanced position held by the Knoxes
and tho Hoosevelts, The most in
fluential of all British newspapers is
more than willing- to concede that tho
United States Is not a British colony
and that It Iioh rights on the seas both
In peace and war which deserve con
sideration and respect. The legal cor
respondent of the Times goes so far
as to Insist that "the law of the past
has bee lithe same in both countries.
The prize courts in England and
America have followed tho banie rule.
This agreement may be continued It
therd Is' recognition of the fads as they
are ainong which are the unique posi
tion of England and the scattered, rag
mentary character o her empire "
"That Is the view of most thoughtful
Englishmen, who desire a complete
agreement with the United States on
this question and are wise enough to
foresee that If such an agreement Is
not reached serious and needless differ
ences are bound to arise In the 'futuro
between tho two countries.
"The Hrltlnh propaganda against the
freedom of the seas which Mr. ltoosevelt
and other Republicans have made their
own was Instigated by British shipping
Interests, whteh suddenly became ap
palled by the rapid Increase In American
shipbuilding and by the prospect that the
United States would soon have the
greatest merchant mariner Hi the world.
They hud feeltltafed themselves that,
whatever the cost of Ihe war might be,
Germany had been destroyed as an over
seas rlTal. When they began to realize
that a possibly more formidable com
petitor had been created across the At
lantic ther Immediately t up the doc
trine that If thv United Htates persisted
In maintaining; a formidable merchant
marine our ships must sail under the
tuns of the British fleet and the flat of
the British navy must be the taw of the
seas.
"Pait of the responsibility for this
acrimonious controversy rests upon Pres
ident Wilson himself, for he has never
denned what he means by the freedom
of the seas and has left the question
subject to all manner of Interpretations,
sortie of them sordid and some of them
silly. But the most foolish and dan
gerous of all the controversialists are
those Americans who, for partisan rea
sons at home, are putting forth In a new
form the German proposition that the
United States lias no rights on the high
seas that anybody ls boupdMp' respect.
The inevitable result of their "folly Is to
incue cue .uruitm eAiieiijieio h umiu 1
11 tne -more uimcuic ior wio iwu uov
ernments tto arrive at the understand
ing that it Is essential to tho" future
welfare of (both peoples. -
"Nobody can deny the Interest of the
United States In tlie freedom at the
seas without declaring, by Implication
at least, that we had no legitimate
cause for waV. against Germany and
that Ve have"-Den fighting for some
thing tha't was- not worth fighting for."
It ls interesting to note that Frank
Cobb, cdltqr 'of the World, who went
to Paris as an assistant to colonel r;, 2.1,
House, has returned. '
LAUNCHING AT CAMDEN
Mrs. Charles Piez to Be Sponsor for
Santa Lenora .
Mrs, Charles Pleu, wife of Director
General Pie, of the 'Emergency Float
Corporation, will be sponsor for the
(100-ton passenger and freight steam
ship Banta Lenora when It Is launched
this afternoon at the yards of the New
York Hhlpbullding Company, Camden.
The shin has an overall lontrth of 37t
fett I Inches, (1 feet 6 lnchta-ipeam anoV
ll 2 feet deep. Hhe will hfcVe a,' speed
01 more imii wurwen nuina win do
equipped -iwltlufourrcyJInderYfl
rslDrocatlBg'glBs." Tha
rtioe
RABBI LEVMHAL
ORTHODOX ENVOY
Appointment of Philadel-
phian as Jewish Peace
Delegate Pleases
ACTIVE ZIONIST WORKER
Stands Ready to Support Pol
icies Discussed and Adopted
by Convention
In the appointment of Itabbl Bernard
L. Levlnthal, of 716 Pine street, as the
only Philadelphia member of tho com
mission to be sent by the American
JewiBh congress to the Peace Conference,
man nas Been cnosen who will
represent not only Philadelphia but the
Orthodox Jews of the United States.
For Itabbl Letlnthnl, since settling in
Philadelphia in 1891, has played a prom
inent part In the affairs of the Jews In
this country, and has held many posi
tions which indicate tho trust placed in
aim Dy nis race.
Itabbl Levlnthal came from Kovnb,
Itussia, to America twenty-seven years
ago, and has since that time been rabbi
of the United Hebrew Synagogue In this
city, no was the founder, and for many i
years the president and Is now the hon
orary president of tho society .known
as the United Orthodox Rabbles of
America.
Leader of Committee
He was also one of the leading mem-
beis of the American Jewish rrtmhnltfne.
which, as predecessor of tho American J
Jewish Congress, was concerned with
procuring further rights for the Jews In
this and other countries.
Itabbl LcUnthal ls Intensely Interest
ed In tho Zionist movement and ls
vice president of the Federation of
American Zionists and founder of sev
eral other Institutions the work of which
relates to this movement.
"One of our main purposes will be to
assure a homeland for the Jews in
Palestine. Tho details of theso plans
have been thoroughly discussed at the
congress and have been reported in tho
newspapers. With the plans adopted I
am In complete sympathy.
"It ls Impossible for us to know now
when we are to go to Europe. We will
represent the Jewish people of America,
will do their will, and are ready to act
under further onlers of representatives
of the congrers who aro In charge of the
commission."
I'ounded Several Schools
Locally he ls prominent as founder and !
director of several Hebrew schools and
of the Orthodox Itellglous Union nnd
other organizations
In regard to the alms of the com-
mission to the Peace Conference. Itabbl
t..i.i,i ...,, ,..i., .,. or,,Vnrf .1,0 I
Levlnthal stands ready to support the ,
at the congress,
"We want to try through the peace
commission of the Allied armies, to se
cure enual nolltlcal. economic, and re
ligious rights In all lands for the Jew
ish people," ho sd this afternoon,
"&diWe want also national rights when
such, rights are in existence for other
nationalities.
Oilier Jewish Delegates
Tho other members of the delegation
that will leavei for France within the
next two weekB are Federal Judge Julian
W. Mack, of Chicago ; Itabbl Stephen S.
Wise, of the Free Synagogue, New-York :
Louis Marshall, of New York, president
of the, American Jewish committee : Col
onel Harry Cutler, Providence, It. I
who is head of all the Jewish welfare
boards In the United States ; Jacob de
Haas, of Boston noted Zionist; Nochtm
Syrkln, New York, representing tho na
tional socialist clement ; Dr. Joseph
Barondees, New York city's commis
sioner of education, and Morris Wlnt
chovsky. New York labor leader.
BIG GUN KILLED 196 IN PARIS
Official Figures Give Casualties ,
Ci 1 1.. . -a ' 1
ausetl by German Air Raids
Paris, Dec. 19 Figures aro now made
publla for the llrst time regarding the
number of persons killed during Ger-
man air raids and by the long-range
cannon. These statistics relate to the
city of Paris only and not to the sub
urbs. In 1914 forty-five bombs were drop
ped. In 1915 seventy bombs; sixty
two of them, on March 20, fell on tho
city In 1916 the enemy employed sixty-one
bombs against Paris and in
1917. eleven. During the last ten months
of the war there were 1211 casualties
fiom 390 foibs.
ADMITS BULGAR ABUSES
Sofia Newspaper Calls on Government
to Punish Offenders
halontca, Dec. 19. (By jfc P.) Under
the caption, "For the Honor of Bul
garia," the newspaper Volla, of Sofia,
the organ of Dr. N. Ghenadleff, one-time
foreign minister of Bulgaria, publishes
an article conceding that the Inhabitants
of Greek Macedonia and Serbia were
ill-treated by the Bulgarians.
The newspaper demands the punish
ment of those guilty, for the reason that.
If such -punishment ls not meted out,
"foreign nations will have reason to be
lieve the Bulgarian tlovernment count
enanced the treatment complained of."
RAILROAD HEARINGS
BEGIN JANUARY 2
McAdoo Likely to Be Fir6t
Witness Before tlie Sen
ate Inquiry
;
By the Associated Press
Washington, Dec 19,
Inauguration of hearings on railroad
legislation January 2, to be concluded
bs soolt as' poslble and distinct from
House or Joint congressional committee
Inquiries, was decided upon today by the
Henate Interstate Commerce Committee.
Director Oenerat McAdoo ls expected to
b the flrst.wltness. t ,
One of the questions before the com
mittee today was the proposal, opposed
hv hrnmlnent Renubllcans In the Henate.
Tor an investigation of railroad affairs
by the existing joint congressional ooay
known aa the Newlands oommtttee. Op
ponents of this scheme have advocated
separate study by the Senate and House
Interstate Commerce Committee, Pre
vention 9f duplication of effort has been
an argument advanced In behalf of Joint
committee investigation, with the coni
tentlon that considerable information
already has.' been obtained by the New
lands committee.
I. -
Family Escapes Flames
The entire second floor of' a. two-sto"ry
dwelling at 2115 Bouth Howard street
was swept by a fire todaywhlch started
In a bathroom, Mrs. John Matthews
and her four children were warned by
neighbors in time to escape the flames.
Special lloliosr AfommMiiiin BC v H,
Usaruplea lnWMie jmwiwsses" .
wniMHT. m nrira. in ;-""-' Trm it
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CAPT. W. W. BLACK KILLED
Marino officer, son of Edgar N.
Black, 4901 Cedar avenue, lost his
life September 12 in St. Mihiel
drive
RED CROSS GAINS
INDICATE VICTORY
Twenty-five Divisions Have
Enrolled 31,064 New
Members
CROWD AT NOON RALL.Y
Iteports from twenty-live divisions of
the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter
of the American lied Cross show 31,064
now members enrolled In the llrst three
days of the Christmas roll call "drive.
This means about 90,000 new enrollments
In tho entire district If other divisions'
have done equally well,
No official returns have been received
from Philadelphia. Directors of the drlvo
anticipate that the outlying districts will
f"cxce,f,d ",er enrollment of last : year,
Jn refutation of the rumor that Penn-
syivania was failing far behind expecta.
nhnri n iinrt
tlons In the drive. Dr. Charles D. Hart,
chairman of the roll call committee, to
day declared returns so far showed a
large lncreaso over last year.
The largest crowd that has gathered
for the noon 1 allies at the Statuo of Lib
erty today listened to four-minute, talks
by Judge John M. Patterson, J. If. Dun
ham, dean of Templo College, and Mrs.
John W. Geory. Judge Patterson urged
everyone to join "the best club In the
world." Patrolman ICIeffer, director of
the Police Band, declared he would get
a six months' sentence to every ono who
did not enrpll Immediately.
Henry P. Davidson, chairman of the
American Red Cross war council, who
Is Just sailing for Europe at the re
quest of President Wilson to represent
Hcd Cross In the Peace Conference, sent
this message to the Red Cross workers:
"As I leave I havo a supremo confi
dence that the spirit of mercy and hu
man sympathy which people of the
world hao ascribed to the American
people will again shlno forth when the
world once more learns of their devo
tion tc the Red Cross ideals. Enrollment
In the Red Cross by every man, woman
and child will mean more to the world
today than over before. Millions of
pleading, wistful faces are turned to
ward us today and only by answering
tllat mute appeal by universal enroii-
inent 111 Red Cross can we show- our
sympathy and our vote for a kindlier.
.gentler world In the days to come." 1
1 .
CITY'S VOTERS LISTED
Annual Assessment in 1349 Election
Divisions Completed
Election assessors have comploted the
annual assessment of voters In the 1341)
election divisions In the city and aro
filing their returns with. tho County Com
missioners. The figures will not be avail
able until after tho first of tho year.
On the basis of these figures the num
ber of Common Councllmen to be elected
at the 1919 municipal election wilt be
apportioned. Because of tho heavy In
creases in population duo to war activi
ties it Is predicted that some additions
will be mado to Common Council.
Capital to Build Memorial
Ilnrrlsburg, Pa., Dec. 19. First steps
toward the erection of a memorial to
tho soldiers and sailors of this city
called to arms during the recent war,
were taken yesterday at a meeting of tlio
directors of the Harrlsburg Chamber of
Commerce, when a committee was
named to consider the personnel of a
larger committee to formulate the plans
and the naturo of the memorial.'
PROPOSES TO LICENSE
BIG MEAT PACKERS
Federal Trade Commissioner
Advocates Plan to Rid
Industry of Evils
Washington, Dec. 19,
The Federal Trade Commission never
has and will not recommend that the
Government take over tho big packing
plants of the country. William B. Colver,
chairman of tho commission, told the
House Interstate Commerce Committee
today.
"But the commission does believe In
fluences are at work In tho packing In
dustry whch are against the public,"
Colver said, "and the commission be
lieves these can be controlled without
Injury to private Interests,"
A system of licensing similar to tho
war licenses has been suggested by tho
chairman as a means of regulating the
meat Industry, '
Cotver urged that tho big packers be
prohibited from owning refrigerator anof
live-stock care and from controlling
stockyards, stock exchanges and the dis
semination of market news which Is Vir
tually, what the hilt of the commission
now before the committee alms to do.
Pointing out that Jlve-stock and meat
ls simply freight, Colver sal that the
railroads should provide stock yardf.
storage and refrigerator car facilities
which would be open to all, just as
facilities are provided for other kinds
lot frelght-wiThls, Colver believe, sw.oujd
ifjuuvsi on w.ue irsswcsyiu'oi iw.
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BUDGET CARRIES
BONUS FOR 1919
Ten Per Cent Gift to Gty
Employes Provided in
Pending Bill
REVIVE SHERIFFS PLAN
Effort Today to Extract $202,.
OOO.for Expenses of His '
Department '
Additional compensation for 13,000
city employes In the shape of a bonus
amounting to 10 per cent, to be paid In
quarterly Instalments, Is provided In a
bill that will bo -passed by Councils this
?aVernoon- ll nPP"ea only to the year
All of the budgets for tho city depart
ments nro scheduled for passage and'a"
oncfrort wlu bo mnd8 ,0 nrovlde the
.-v,uu uuueei ror tho Sheriff's depart-
Thfs was killed two weeks ago by Inde
pendent Penrose forces because It con
tained an Item for advertising In a news
paper which, members say. "has no circu
lation. Another flnnnclal bill gives Di
rector Krusen. of tho Department of
Health nnd Charities, 350,000 for plumb
Ing at Byberry,
Would Expand 'Water System
Chairman Gaffney, Councils' Finance
Committee, introduced a bill authorizing
the city to appoint an nrhlfm,. in t,
tip with other arbitrators, to be appointed
" me noimesDurg water Comp-jiy, the
question of purchasing that plant and
making its lines a part of the municipal
water system. The bill ls drawn In ac
cordance with the provisions of the old
ordinance under which tho Holmesburg
company ls operating, and Is looked upon
as the opening move on tho part of the
city to take over all plant3 or parts of
water plants now doing business within
the city and county boundaries.
At the earjy afternoon' session of
Common Council bills approved favor
ably by the Finance Committee Tuesday
were reported. They will bo passed
at a second meeting of Common Coun-,
ell this afternoon unless opposition de
velops to a number of "moral claims."
Ono bill to be reported provides 310,
000 to put back on tne Water Bureau
payroll ten hydrant Inspectors who had
been dropped by Chief Davis after he
had been asked by Chairman Gaffney
to practice "economy." It developed
that the Inspectors, one of whom ls lame,
another of whom can't hear and a third
too old for work, had political backing
strong enough to regain their places, i
This measure will be passed, as It re
quires only a majority vote and, there
fore, cannot be defeated by the Indc-pendent-Penroso
forces.
"Moral Claim" for Losses
Hard sledding Is predicted should the
minority oppose the "moral claim" of
the American Bridge Company for 322,
200 for losses sustained because of de
lays Incident to the construction of tho
Frankford elevated lines.
The bridge company furnished mate
rials for which It had to pay storage ann
which suffered deterioration while a con-,
troversy was under way between the'
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company,
Contractor Kdwln II. Vare and the City '
Transit Department
Vare threw- up a contract for founda
tions, tlie I'. R. T. failed to spread the
tracks so that the brldpo company, with
the third contract, could make no heaa
way, It Is claimed. Twining, of the
Transit Department, says the Rapid
Transit Company, Is the "real culprit,"
while Select Councilman Harry J. Train,
er claimed before the Finance Commit
tee that the contractor was at fault and
responsible. All agree that the bridge
company suffered a loss and the bill
makes the city responsible.
Other bills to be acted upon appro
priate 330,474.47 to the Mothers' As
sistance Fund and $2000 to tho Com
mercial Museum.
AID FOR INFLUENZA VICTIMS S
Visiting Nurse Society Will Help
Epidemic Patients
The Visiting Nurse Society has
launched a complete follow-up Investl-
gatlon of the 4050cases of Influenza
Under Its care during the epidemic.
our purpose ls twofold," said Mrs.
Katherlne Tucker, superintendent of the
organization. "Our nurses and volun
teers under their supervision, will visit
each man, woman and child whom the
society nursed, maklnir Inquiry as to
their present condition according to an
outline we have prepared.
"We want to know If any of the
famlllen need money. Our Investigation
will carry us also Into tho homes of
patients who died.
" 'Recovered' Is not a word that can
be generally npplled. AVe 'are each day
made more aware of tho devastating
nature of the disease, In Its immediate
effects and in those that develop. People
apparently recover, though often with
out regaining normal vigor, and then
weeks later a serious malady directly .
traceable appears." ' i
The Emergency Aid and the national v
League of Women's Service are co-oper-ntlnrr
wlMi the Vlsltlner Nurse Socletv in
this follow-up work. "fcwsV
" &
Sudden Fall for Straphanger '
Ilsddonfleld, N. J Dec. 19. As he -was
hanging to a strap In a crowded
Public Service trolley car on Its way .'
here. Steve Ross of No. 201 Douglass
avenue, was suddenly thrown to the
floor when the strap broke and he was
badly Injured, according to the local '
police. His wounds were dressed by i
Dr. William D. Andersen. Ross holds
on to the broken strap as evidence and -he
has refused an offer of 3200 to settle
for his hurts from an alleged agent of
the company.
UNUSUAL, YET DIGNIFIED
FAT
The Matter Car
For immediate delivery.
.Choice of colore.
1827 CHESTNUT STREET
HEATHS
TAYWIR.-r-Deo. 1 MART P. TATLOB.
wife of the lata Jacob Taylor, Relatives end
trltnds Invited to funeral, Bat,, 1 p. m.. from
-.'114 8. .Daggett st W, 1'hlla. Friends may
call Frl, eve., 7 tp 0. Int. private.
tfOODRUFF. Dec. is, at' 1028 Parrlsti
St., JANH K., widow of Charles Woodruff.
n,ri R7 vears. llelatlvea and friends Invited
to funeral at 1S80 Fslrmount ave., Frl., &
S:S0 P. m. Int. private. -It
KOETSClu. uec, lo, i4LiA.11, who oi .Ja
cob Kortsle, ased 88 years. Relatives and
wire or .ja- .a
elatlves and v'tW
es, Bat.. 11 Vf
is-ton, Jf, J, 'a
friend Invllea to runerai services,
m . Rt Highland ave.. Uarrlnei
Tnt. urlvate. Friends may call Frl. sv.
HELP WANTED MALE ' '
MACIUNIBTB Wanted, toolmakers. milling.'?
and screw machine hands: apprentlceboys, '
A..nt Htnlceli Hmlth
Htation. near Frankford.
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