f -'TfTTjYTT .!w-"-Mrl it - :r Queuing Imbue " ond 8 THE WEATHER ,ZrW s Washington, Dec. 23r-Fair and colder tonight i Tuesday increasing cloudiness. TKMTKnATunn at racii noun t t I B 110 111 112 I 1 2 I 3 J IT1 48 46 49 149 I 66 I 66 1 67 C7 j i I THE EVENING TELEGRAPH IK ' "rl,3iM.; confer ,v ' I fcr i? K t i- I ft. ti If . kv i ! -"W i- I: I t'K l- rx VOL. V. NO. 86 .VARE-PENROSE C0DNCH1ENJ0IN IN COMPROMISE Sink Factional Spirit, Pass Clerk Hire and Court Bills BAtft MANDAMUS RULE Municipal Employes Assured of Snlary Payments Before Christmas High Lights of Session Held by Councils Today Committee on Municipal Govern ment refers to subcommittee bill In troduced by Common Councilman Greenfield, Thirty-ninth Ward, to prevent vacancies on Important committees being filled with lnde- pendent-Penrose followers. Vare-Penroso compromise passes amendments appropriating $5516 for extra clerk hire In Registration Commission and $55,118 for Im provements to Municipal Court. That nil city and county em ployes may obtain their salary be fore Christmas, Councils adbpted a resolution authorizing Controller Walton to pay all employes to morrow. It will cost $3.50 an hour to taxi Councilmen on Inspection trips and luncheon excursions next year, under bids received today. ' Through a compromise between the Vare and Penrose members of Councils, two amendments carrying appropriations for e60,GB4 were passed this afternoon by qommon Council, They were passed last week by Select Council. One of these amendments provides an appropriation of J561G for extra clerk hire In the Registration Commlslon. The other carles an appropriation of $55,116 for Improvements to the Municipal Court. The clerk hire amendment has been the subject of aeveral bitter fights In lith branches of Councils for soverul weeks, and had been defeated three times by the Independent-Penrose forces. Coincident with the passage 'of the amendments an order was issued by Judio Rogers, Common I'lens Court, di recting that a,, mandamus , be. Issued to.! pbUllKthe 35516 for thev registration rcUVk hit. .- . Out the passage of. the amendments this afternoon 'makes' it unnecessary to apply, for the mandamus. r The amendments p'assjd by a vote of 79,tb (.'Common-Councilman Charles If. Von Tages and 'four otherv Independents being the oppqnenty. Select Ilranch Concurs Incidentally, Select Council, on hear ing' of the action of Common Council, unanimously approved a joint councll manlc committee report advocating ' passage of tho amendments,. Bolect Councilman William K. Flnley, Vare leader of the Thirty-ninth Ward, then moved that the amendment be printed and sent to Mayor Smith at once, bo he might sign It, and thus en able the -extra clerks In the Registration Commission to obtain their money to morrow aa a. little Christmas gift. While tho Penrose members 'of Coun cils went along with the Independents for several weeks In opposing tho clerk hire amendment, the Penroseltes never theless sought' perslstenlyito obtain tho appropriation for the Municipal Court. This Is regarded as a Penrose strong hold. " Coincidence In Conrt Action , Realizing the desires of the Penrose adherents, the Vare- supporters saw a compromise would enable both Bides to attain their object. While the fight was at Its height, counsel for the Registration Commission placed the matter before Judge Rogers. The' action from the court fhls after noon. Just -when the subject was being debated, was considered quite a coinci dence. It was pointed out by the Vare mem bers that the court's action had removed any; responsibility In the matter, from members or councils. . l'le Independents Hold Oat Mr. Von Tagen and four other Inde pendents, however, held out. Von Tagen said he still believed payment of these j-clerks was an utter waste of money, and a needless expenre. Although he was a Member of the Joint committee 'of Coun cils appointed to consider the amend ments, he refused to sign the committee's favorable report. .'Definite action by Councils' Municipal Government Committee on a bill thnt would deprive Dr. Kdwnrjl 13. aieason, president of Common Council, of the power to fill vacancies on Important committees, was deferred this afternoon.. It was referred to a subcommittee to determine whether It conflicts .with any abts of tho Legislature on the subject The bill was Introduced by A. M. Greenfield, Vare member from the Thirty-ninth 'Ward, and aimed to prevent vacancies on Important committees being filled with Independent-Fenrose follow ers. Doctor aieason recently appointed Von Tagen to the chairmanship of the Street . Cleaning Committee, and made 4 Robert B. I.amberton, Independent, of the Twenty-second' Ward, chairman of the Committee on Surveys. Other Inde pendents have been appointed to places .on Important committees made vacant. by the death of Vare members, Greenfield's bill glvfa the right of Ail ing vacancies to Councils as a whole. When It falls to exercise this right then It would again devolve upoit the presi dent of Common Council, The bill was referred to a subcom mittee on motion of Richard Wegletn.l . Penrose memner rrom tne Twenty-ninth t( Ward. SANTA CLAUS MEATIIER fair ami eoWer tonight at the rein, ileer stclt skelter To the Land of Good Olillfircn without let or pause; And doubtless the clqudtness prom' v iseil tdU shelter The comlnp on Ohristmas of olS Bantu, Glaus. r i I'ubllined Dully Escept Sunday. 8ubcrlitlon Price! $0 a Year by Mall, Copyrlsht, 11H8. by Public ledger Company I I "mm PC-' ' . i " TROLLEY WRECK VICTIMS The Rev. F. G. Elantl (above), 902 South Forty-eighth street, and Mias Jane Mulliiu, 5441 Market street, were among those injured in the Hog Island trolley wreck at Ninetieth street and Tinicum ave nue today. Mr. Eland' is pastor of the Chester Avenue Baptist Church. Miss Mullins is a time clerk at the shipyard LABOR BUREAU HERE IS CLOSED FOLLOWING RAID Authorities Swoop Down on Em ployment Place in Walnut Street There was a big boom In the employment- business here today until city. State .and federal authorities' stopped It. In.Tespo"nse, (o promises of fabulous wages',, several hundred men lined up In front' qf an employment bureau, at 1017 Walnut "Street. '' . Clerks were buy collecting 'fifty cents from all ttpplluants, who were immedi ately hired. us lobtrers, bricklayers, stenographers- or for a. score or more other occupations, according to trie. In vestigators, i! Koch applicant .was given n. white button with a number and h. blue Iden tification card for his fifty cents that Is, until Charles Moran, State inspector for the Department of Labor and-Industries, and II. J, Cnnnlne, chief special agent of the United" States Employment service nere, arnveu on ine scene. The neiv bureau was Immediately closed for collecting money without a license, after the police of tho Fifteenth and Locust streets station arrived on the scene. There was n scuffle, and the manager of the bureau vanished, It Is alleged, likewise, $30, according to charges made. NO BONDS, NO CITIZENSHIP Turns Down Hungarian, but Nut rnliTna Siv flllmra , : " :: , . i j. man wiiu jjtum i uuuiu j.iueny .Bonds or 'subscribed to war activities Isn't entitled to American cltlzsnshlp. ac cording to Judge Thompson, of the Fed eral Court. He threw out cf court the application of.Stefan Kohn, o. Hungarian, ior cmzensmp. , It was shown that Kohn although un married, and with a bank' account and deposits in the postal snvlngs fund, had not bought Liberty Ilonds, nn.l had sub scribed ortly $.2 to the Red Cross. He Haiu ne nan not Deen solicited, had been too busy to- subscribe himself, and need ed the money in his business. "A' man may be u law-abiding person and bo nble' to recite the Constitution from cover to cover, but If h 'ilnnsm't show nny desire to help the Government In time of war by purchasing Liberty Bonds and subscribing to the war ac tivities he Isn't fit to be a citizen," said Judge Thompson. Kohn has been In this country twenty-one years. J-or tne nrsc t me since tne uniteu States entered the war natives of an alien country were admitted to citizen shin today. Six Austro-Huncarlans were granted naturalization' papers by juugo AiiuniiJ&ui!. NO CAUCUS ON SPEAKERSHIP Spongier Candidacy Agreeable to Philadelphia Delegation For the first time In a number of years members of the Philadelphia dele gation to the Legislature will not cau cus In the headquarters of the Republi can City Committee nnd. name their choice for Sneaker of the 4 louse. This decision Is due to Ihe fact that all factions n the Republican party are agreed Upon Robert S Hpangler, of York, for tho speakership. "Wets" and "drys" and both factions of the Renubllcnn or. ganlzattonhave agreed to accept Spang- L er. THREE INJURED IN COLLISION Motortr.ick and Auto' Crash at City Line 'and Bryn Mawr Ave. Three men were Injured this after noon wliert, U motortruck nnd a pleasure car collided at 'City Line and Bryn Mawr avenue. The Injured, who were taken to the West Philadelphia Hospital, are: Stanley Tloberts,. 1252 North Fifty, fifth street ; Frederick Helner, 16S1 North Sixtieth, street,, and Irwin Pomplgdt, 118 parson, street, miiuyuiiK, Tlelner was Dinned underneath the inea ed tt truck and Is believed to have a fractured ckull as, well 'as Internal Injuries. The cause of the collision Is not known. TO SEND SUPPLIES BYSCHELDT British Inform (ho Netherlands of Intention to Uee "Waterway Hrui.eU, Dc. 23-By .A. P.) It Is reported here that the Dutch Govern ment has been Informed by Great Brit aln of her Intention to send supplies to the British army of bcouputlon In Ger many by way bt the Ittvor Scheldt and Dutch Llmberg, p , TROLLEYSCRASH; MANY OF INJURED IN SECOND WRECK 20 Hog Island Men and Women Injured Going to Work FOG CAUSES ACCIDENTS Car Receiving Victims f o ,r Hospital Struck by Third at 90th and Tinicum More than a score of persons were severely Injured and two trolley cars I were wrecked In two rear-end collision today on the Hog Island road near Nine tieth street nnd Tinicum avenue. I While the Intured nersons were belnr transferred to nnother trolley to go to a hospital a third car csme alone through the heavy fog and smashed Into the trolley bearing the wounded. Severnl others were Injured In the second crash. List of Injured Among those Injured were: Karl Montgomery, 6511 'Woodland ave nue, arms and legs hurt. Mlts Jane Mnlllnn, 6444 Market street. head and body cut. Ml l'enrl Xelaon, 4 Ml Springfield avenue, right arm broken. I.ouli D'Arntn. 254S South Hobaon street, left leg broken. Mrs. Jane. Htneum, B610 OOsage ave nue, arms' and legs Injured. Harry Itrennan, 6921 Saybrook ave nue, hands injured. A. H.. Munrrr. CB9 North Markoe street, legs and back Injured. The Key. r. O. Kland, 902 South Forty-eighth street, pastor of Chester Avenue Baptist Church, head and body Injured. Albert Hymen, 1120 South Ruby street, right side and legs Injured,' Jennies Bell, 3720 Brunswick avenue, bodily Injuries. William MeVelg, 6900 Paschall ave nue, arms and" chest Injured. Charles F.tlln. seventy-two years old. Cartaret, N. J right thigh eut. W. V. ringet, 125 North Twentieth street, fractured ribs. V. A. TlieU, 3253 Woodland avenue, cuts of head and face. Harry Gordy. 521C Catharine street, left side Injured, Mrs, llorenee Hlewnrt, 4945 Catharine street, right hip Injured. An Impenetrable fog which, curtained the flatlands was responsible for the smashup. i A trailer (ear with a trailer, bound for Hog Island and loaded with work ers, suddenly'stOpped, for sbme.unknown reason, -While tha.motorman wasmaki ing an investigation a second car, also loaded with workers, crashed Into the rear of the stalled trolley. None of those In the trailer escaped Injury. Second Crash The motorman signaled another trailer coming north and while the Injured pas sengers were being taken aboard this car, It also was struck by another trailer oar. The Impact Injured many more pascngers. Mounted Policeman Bllght rode from the scene of the wreck to tile nearest telephone. Seventy-ninth street and Eastwlck avenue, and summoned the ambulances and police. The Injured were rushed to the University Hospital. Several of the women who were at tending the Injured In the hospital car were thrown from their feet and badly cut by flying glass. Conductors of each car realized that still greater (Sanger was In store unless all cars In both, directions were flagged. Passengers Ihen ran north and .south and stopped cars coming In both direc tions. A clear track was, obtained for the hospital car and It ran with nit possible speed to-Seventy-flrsf street and Elm wood, avenue, where the waiting patrols and ambulnnces were onjiand to speed the Injured- to the hospital. ' Several doctors also waited there and gave first aid to many of the Injured. The scene of the double wreck Is a desolate waste of land and there are no dwellings within a mile. Many of the women passengers tore parts of their doming ror uanuages ior tne injured. This action, no' doubt, saved several from possibly bleeding to death. District Detectives Prlntz ami Quls:. ley, of 'the Sixty-fifth and Woodland ave nue station, are making an Investigation of the accident. When the hospital car arrived at the end of the line. Island road and Elm wood avenue, the proprietor of a little nearby store refreshed the sufferers with hot coffee. A sQuad of policemen under the direction of Lieutenant Bausewlne also gao valuable aid to the Injured. DISCOVERY OF PLOT BY CZAR CA USED HIS MIDNIGHT TRIAL Revelations oj His Personal Servant Show His Last Days Were Filled With Intrigue to Regain Throne Czarina Pleaded on Knees With Bolshevik Guard By CARL v Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright, I9S, ou .Veto Yorll Tlmis Co. (All Foreign nights Reserved) Ekaterinburg, via Vladivostok, Dec. 23. I have obtnlned the first eyewitness account of the Czar's last days under the Bolslievlld and of his trial nnd brlof farewell to his family, which shows that until his very lost hour NIcholaH Ilomanoff was Intriguing with his military leaders for the res toration of the monarchy, and that It was the dlscqvery of this plot 'by the Ural district Soviet which caused the o-.i.r tn be orlven'for his jexeoutlon: hbut whether ho was actually shot 1h a moot auesuon in ,ci""' miicii will never bo definitely solved until tho Czar or his body U found. Meanwhile he Is considered dead, although probably all the members of his family aro still alive. For twenty-two years. Parfen Alex, selevltch Domlnen served the Czar as major domo, accompanying him Into exile, and remained with Ms Imperial master until the early houra of the' morning- of July 17, when the Czar was led Away by Bolshevik aoldlers. In his manuscript report, In simple 4:..Ui. IHmJI with thn ilnvnllnn'nr PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918 PRESIDENT HAS USUAL TIME ON CONGRESS ACTS Gregory Decides Ten-Day Limit Begins With the Reception of Engrossed Bills in Paris. i Washington. Deo. 23. (Uy a. p.) A(lorniv rienernl Greeorv has Klven President Wilson an opinion that the' period of ten days which the Constltu-1 i tlon gives him to sign or veto bills or . resolutions passeu uy congress aoes nut lipiflu tn run until the ennrotsed cony of legislation nctually Is placed In his ",,7Hw,ff,r,d.V:v2J.,vV?!!nJ: since the President sailed for Europe i have been taken to, Pans ny state de partment messengers, traveling by the fastest steamers. In this way It was planned to give the President two or three days In which to net upon legis lation and notify the White House by cablo or wlrotess of what he had done, t'nder the Attorney General's opinion he has the same time for consideration he would have If he were at the White House. So far the executive officers have not been advised that any of the minor measures forwarded to Paris have been signed. PEACE CAN'T SAVE SLACKERS All Hniltv Aln MiflVr Snv AH Omit) AlUSt SUHer, " Judge, Sentencing Two ' i To .!, nnv lAnlpnrv tn draft Klaek- ' ers would be an Insult to the boy who J ' llnance Committees elimination oi went "over there" and "did their bit," , tho 20 per cent tax on so-called luxuries, declared Judgn Thompson In Kcder.il but later decided to reduce It to 10 'per Court today, In sentencing Samuel 11. cent, with the elimination of Its nppllea Bnuman, twenty-four learj old. and his (on ,0 Nothing, i,,, motion of Senator brother, llenjamln II. Bauman. elgh- McCumber. of N'ortli Dakota. teen, to one year each In the Morcer County jail, Trenton. They pleaded guilty to registering under false names. "These fellows have been safely esconced In Jail from the rigors of mili tary life," said the Judge, "while other boys of their nge were undergoing hard ships on the battlefields of Kuropv. It would be an insult to those boys who told the truth to get Into the service of their country to show any consldeEutlon to men of this kind. I cannot class them In nny other way than ns slnclters. The fnct tiiat the war Is vir tually over has nothing to do with the Imposition of a proper sentence for draft siaCKera. PARCEL POST HOLIDAY RUSH ..you ,ion-t ,vant to send nl Ollt to Line of Last-Minute Gift-Mailing the country." he said, "that this bin Is , Shoppers Overflows Corridors .SS,dnthJS"l,?lXbSt.bUoTSi All day last-minute shoppers stood In the war." , Quarters In th north Wrldor o" the fost Ofllce Building, At no time during the day were there less than BO persons waiting to speed parcels bn their way. it was an orderly crowd, but an extra detail of guards was assigned to Insure patrons tiselr respec tive places In the line. The corridors of the building were unable to comfortably accommodate to day's crowds. The line doubled and twist ed fantastically so as not to stand In the slreet. ' ,, Several emergency windows were open - ed for the sale of stamps. . "YOU RIDE AND RULE f.n - tt . tx i n n $3.a0 ail Hour lO Haul Our Colin- I rn.'i cniiu.li in niAis It will cost J3.S0 an hour to take Councilmen around the city next year on Inspection trips and luncheon excursion. Bids for councllmanlc transportation were received today. The lowest bidder waa the Cunningham Cab Company, which ofTereil to bear bucIi official bur dens for 28 for auto rides of eight hours. . Numerous bids .for printing councll manlc stationery .lso wero ieceled to day. There Is $111,000 available fur tills work for 1919. . The Trades Union News Company cf feru to print Cdunclls' munuuls for twenty-six cents each. This Is nn In crease of seven cents over ,tl- price lust 'a.r'.. This does not inciuue we iiimiings, w.u.-.. -- --,---- .. . .,- cloth and l each for teatl.er binding. t.iuK'rrl.V.TnTomS'rcd do the woik for $2.25 n page this year.! Vowt An f tlu uqina iinnfnrn tviii sin tint I Next year the same concern will do the work for 12.47 a page. I'anjr which was $5.80 per ream tills year will cost $CSU for the 1919 journals. "V WE BET AGIN YOU, GEORGE Who'll Win the Race? Christmfls Weather at Stake George Bliss Is a mighty good fellow, but let's hope ho's a failure when It comes to a wager. Bur this weatherman of ours said thla afternoon; "If I were a betting,.. , .,,. tnx roposeil wns assessed man (and he's not) I'd bet on a rainy iV". 10 '", t,,l M,,lea and that It Phrlutmnq." tmns. ' And then he went on lo explain the reason. There's a race on. It seems, nnd on the winner of that race depends the Chl'S,nr8,Won,e?eihe Dakota, and Mln - ..,...,--. ... -- - i,.ij ., Away down over the Mississippi Valley there's a rain area, also headed here, "If that Dakota hoy gets in ahead." fbald Sir. Bliss, "Its a nice, crisp, clear Christmas for us. iiui it mat soutnern sknto lands llrst, good night." Present predictions tell of "IncrJasIng So there you are: Rloudlness" tomorrow, uouny Was a fleaf. out of spring. Tills morning, for a lew noun, u licui ,v, 4gmji;u lll- fio on land and sea, ACKERMAN far ns I am able to learn, the only single, complete, and authentic ac counts of the Czar's life at Ekaterin burg, Domlnen describes the llomanpff family life, tells of, the Illness of the Czarevitch, of tho Empress's tragic pleaB for mercy on her knees before the Soviet guard, and gives details of the evidence presented at tho secret midnight trial, whole the Czar ap peared undefended and alone, dressed In his soldier's garb. Charged With Intrigue Domlhen states that the Indictment presented against Nicholas charged him with being a party to the counter, revolutionary plot to overthrow the Bolsheviki nnd with secretly cor responding with Generals Denlken, Dutoff and Dogert, who were endeav oring to liberate htm and who had sent him word to bo prepared to be frepd. When the Czat1 was taken nway is family vn removed, according t0 Domlnen, which corroborates the tes timony of Sister wr!a, rrom.tlie famous old. Ekaterinburg monastery, founded by the .Czar's ancestors. Marls, who brought milk and eggs w the Czarevitch, told me when I saw her Jn.a JHUe room ot the monastery t VM TAXONLUXURIES KEPT BY SENATE, BUT CUT IN HALF Committee s Excision of TTmia, T fw THcinrrnvffl nouSC luCYy UlSapprOVCd by Vote of 38 to 32 - would EXEMFr clothes "" Amendment for Month's Pay Bonus to Honorably Dis charged Fighters Adopted fly the Associated l'res tVnliln-(on. Ore. 23. The tax on luxuries w.111 be 10 per cent, but clothing will be exempt, according to the trend of Ihe final debating this nftrrnoon In the Senate on the revenue bill. '" deposing of amendments to the bill with a view to Its passage before nd- Joumment today, the Senate, by a vote .f 38to" 32- expressed Its disapproval off The Senate adopted an amendment by Senator Trnmmell, of crat, providing for- a Florida Demo- bomiH of onft monuia pay to an officer aim euiismi men honorably dlBClmrffed from tlio rniy, navy or marine corps auer No- vember 11 Senator JCenyon, of Iowa, ltepubllcan, who opened the debate, criticized the committee's action 111 striking out the House provision Imposing taxes on luxuries, saying that the Democratic party for 100 yearB had advocated Hiich Imposts. Senator Kenyon said he could i , . .. ,', not understand why such action was I ne organization of the Peace Conference itself waits on understand taken,' especially when "everything ex-! jngs to be reached at private conferences, especially the conference between cent the air" was being taxed. , plI,,,f wi1on , r.mi ti,i n v. !, u -e .1.1. Kxei.ioii failed -Blunder" ) Senator Ashurst, of Arizona. Demo- crat, also said elimination of the sec- tlon was "a blunder. Senator Johnson, of California, re publican, criticized the Finance Com mittee for wnltlng until now to levy 80 per cent, on war profits. The minority, that laBt year fought for that rate, he said, were "poisoned by gas spread by blc bus ness." by wlilcli tney were abused and denounced. . Business Inler- I ests criticizing thoso who then proposed 1 such a high tax, he added, were sup- .ported by "that part of the great melro- Ipolltan press that responds alwayn to .M, ..a H.nt(ai. l,rt,i' r-nlnp(1 " ! chairman Simmons replied that it! 1 -.'.. 1.3 in i,bA o "rr(rti" n frii Itist tVi. i woum im.o ."" - ..-...-... -.-, country to have Imposed axes U,t year that were not, Jlisinicu oy qxpenuiiurea at ,nat t,ei 1Ie emphasized that the bllt retained taxes on many luxuries. . , .,-itimut oblectlon adonted Ihe feen,a,e,wlth0US0UV,cl'"',D"'"x" the committee's amendment for taxation rtf Inheritances ln lieu OI Hie tax on estates, as provided in the Houve bill. The proposed' mtieritance mx wauiu Inmose a ttraduated levy raiiglng from 1 per cent on Inheritances between 110,000 and 125.0()0 to 26 percent on those more than $2,500,000. An Important amendment adopted by the Senate, members explained, exempts from inheritance taxes life insurance policies payable to benetlclarles, regard- IJUIUtVP ..uj (. .... u -- ,--.. , . tnelr nmount. A clause Imposing , ta.xes on life Insurance receipts In ex- Spencer. 0f Missouri, to reduce the 10 per cent tax . i on furs lo 5 per cent was rejecieu. Defending the action of the committee In recommending the elimination of the luxury tax, Senator hmoot, of Ltan, said the original purpose of the House was to discourage the pioduction of luxuries In order to release lauor ror essential wiTr work. Senator McCumber! nnd Senator Thomas also supported the stand of the Finance Committee. Lodge HupporU Committee Senator Lodge supported Ihe com mittee amendment, loo, on the ground i... ftc.j ..B..... --. . . . ivottlil affect ueoule In moderate circum stances nore than the wealthy class, fhntrmnn Simmons said members of 1 the I louse Ways and Mean. Commute, i nau expresseii nouu iiiki i" ", , would eliminate the luxury tax, now Unit the armistice had been signed. An amendment by Senator Johnson, of South Dakota, to eliminate the C per cent tax on automobile trucks, automo lilln Matron trailers and tractors, was i ndopted, 33 to 28, Adoption of this amendment leavts the 5 per cent tnx only on automooncs and motorcycles. QUESTIONNAIRES INVIOLATE Revenue Collectors Can't See Them, Says Draft Officer Major W. CI. Murdock. the Stale's chief draft officer, stationed at llarrlsburg, has sent a circular to local draft boards notifying them that revenue collectors have no nuthorlty to examine question naires for the purpose of comparing statements made therein with Income tax "Information contained In (ideation r.alres Is confidential, and was given only far the purpose of proper classification," says the circular, "and Is not to be re vealed at this time to any one unless un der nuthorlty from this office." Ephraltn Ledel-er, Collector of Internal Revenue In this district, tald this after noon ln discussing Major Murdoch's rul ing! ' "The agents of my' office have never resorted to examining questionnaires In quest or discrepancies. me onty in stances where auch methods were em-1 ployed were in cases referred to us by the grand Jury. Ho have alternatives, ' possibly of more effect than this one," 2 HURT AS TROLLEY HITS AUTO Men in Motorcar Thrown Out in Collision, Broad and Erie Two me'n were Injured this morning when a touring car In which they were riding crashed Into a west-bound Erie nvenue trolley car at Uroad street and K'nobert"UK.' Sheldon, 124 South Thlr ieenth street, driver of the automobile, was thrown out and suffered a fracture Ar the right leg and dther Injuries. Harry French, HO Cricket ftreet, Ard-' more, the other, 'occupant of the auto mobile, Is Buffering from a laceration of the right eye.and other Injuries. . Sheldon and Frenoh were taken to tho Samaritan Hospital. Entered as Hecond-Climn Matter at thi l'ontofflce, at Philadelphia, Under the Act of March H. 187U UPHEAVAL IN RUSSIA URGES PRESIDENT TO REDEFINE HIS POLICY Restless Forces of Europe Clamor for Light on Allied Altitude Wilson Favors Only Defensive Intervention ITALIAN-JUGO-SLAV SITUATION ACUTE, WITH FACTS CONCEALED ji U. S. Mission Impatient at Delays "Vhich Will veep Ex ecutive Abroad Longer Than Planned Date and Place of Meeting Unfixed By CLINTON W. GILBERT SUIT forrenpondent of th rrenlni Tubllc Ledger. Wllh the Trace Delegation In Frsnee. Jy Special Cable CopiWpJif, ISIS, 1i Public J.tdocr Company Paris, Dec. 23. 'The Americnn peace delegation is becoming impatient at delays in Ihe preparation for tho Peace Conference. President Wilson is expected to . i,v muoiih-oci uuuui, utmuuiy iiKeiy to extend the time n little. In the six weeks originally intended, , Ihe British elections and the absence of Llovd Geortre were factors in delnying tho President's trip to England. When President Wilson returns from England, and from trips to the front, Italy and Belgium, the! Christmns celebrations will consume the remainder of the month. Thus the real conferences hardly will begin until January. Tim., .i rinMn Ar XTnA:M. x lrij v - "" .,.. ici ".ju u;ui(,i:. uvcm uc iiuiiiui:i m uiuu- gate3 to attend the Peace Conference is undecided, and no meeting time ' Plnce hns bcen fixcJ- The European statesmen all are jockeying for Places. If the points at issue between and the two work together, the 'situation may take shape soon. Other wise, maneuvers may be protracted until Wiison is compelled to return to Washington. . International problems are multiplying nnd exigent. The Jugo-Slav-Italian situation is acute, but the censorship keeps the facts out of the papers here. The Russian problem is of the highest importance, especially to Mr. Wilson, who depends on the support of liberal nnd radical opinion in Europe. Mr, Wilson is opposed to intervention in Russia, and has insisted that military movement there be purely defensive in character. Urged to Redefine His Position Now that need for reconstructing i ii. . .. . m t'l i uon ln lne eyC3 qi jiuerai opinion .-.. f. .,. ,.. - ,v-m., ..-.. ,,,u vw.v.v... MWw...av policy. The problem is almost as of nations. An article in Europe Nouvel, a Ttnlchnvist rro-imr, with nrm lc in , , , ,.- lt,.r,nf!nnnl -.,.... v .... . ........... arraying classes against classes all The nearest to an official statement of the intention toward Russia on the part of the Allies is a statement by Monsieur Noulcns, the French ambassador at Archangel, who says we must go through to the end until complete peace reigns in Europe. This appears to mean war on ... "- oninion in England evidently is dubious of such a policy. Liberal uancrs in England ije the Manchester Guardian advocate recognition of the i Bolsheviki on the ground that they have established a government and are restoring industries, and to make war is merely to make war on a' -" n-nvprnment gOM.inim.iu. London Press for .rle rjondon .Telegraph, a conservative paper, supports the Govern- i .1 . r " ment policy during the war, but says nntion is entitled to know how the war in Russia is going and what end is ., , . nnvnmmt rt env(. VUllvmj'i"tvu m .. v.v- ..-, . ,. ' The London Times says the Allies must carry on until guaranteed a free Russian government, not partly dependent on Germany, and that loyal friends of the Allies in Russia sheviki. , No official discussion is going on, because of the absence of Lloyd George, but the problem soon must be taken up. Pressure is particularly strong on President Wilson to settle it conformably with the liberal opinion of the world. UNITED STATES MAY PROSECUTE PACKERS CHICAGO, Dec. 23. (By A. P.) The report of the Federal Trade Commission on the meat pneking Industry has been turned over to the Department of Justice for possible action, It was an nounced by the United Stntes District Attorney here todny. Charles B, Morrison, n Chicago lawyear, has been appointed a special assistant to the Attorney Geieral to co-operate with Oliver E. Pngin, attorney of tho Department 'of Justice, nnd the District Attorney ESPIONAGE CONVICT WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. On the "Jovernwe.it's motion confessing technical errors in tho lower court, the Supreme Court today reversed the conviction of Conrad Korumnnn in South Dakota, under the espionage act and remanded the case for a new trial. Similar action, against tweuty-eight defendants convicted under the act was taken by the court last Monday on the Government motion. , SENATE WOULD KEEP DISTRICT BONE DRY (WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Tho Heed law, prohibiting ohlp ment of liquor for beverago purposes into "dry" territory, would be applied to the district of Columbia under an amendment by Senator Sheppard, of Texas, adopted by the Senate, 43 to 18. V. -10,000 BOLSHEVIKI SOLDIERS tffl NARVA FRONT (WASHINGTON," Dec. 23 Eepots to the Stale Depart ment today from. Helslngfors said thd" Bolsheviki had an army of 10,000 men on tho Narva front and that the situation in ikoBawas MrloubecRU3 of ,tlw.Uwio)ji ' ' - " !.. iu, uut uiu uuuuuy tcieuiHuuns ru any event, he must remain far bevond England and America are cleared up the eastern front is pnst, his posi- .- i i in Europe win Decome ai cult unless ,, ,. ro ,., ,MUVA uw, ,v u.u,,,! jui u iiinv important ns that of forming a league liberal weekly, says that to fight the nrnpinif ate. ho rintiiroi nf n nt,tl ... .vi,nt 111-, fnnf tan i, -. . ... ....w i ,-., uui. mrc over Europe. the Bolsheviki; but even conservative Conservative Policy , r ' ' , ,.,,, such policy must be redefined. The - jxi must not be punished by the Bol ? ' ( ' GETS NFW TRIAL ipr. PRICE TWO CENTS MATIN PRINTS ONCE BARRED I LEAGUE PLAN! Provides Allies. Adopt, Principles and Then Force Germans to Accept PRESIDENT'S RELIEF VIEWS WIN ALLIES Hoover Probably Will HavtJ Complete Charge of Feed- ing Freed Peoples VISITS U. S. WOUNDED' President SJhakes Hands Witti 1200 American Heroes in f Ncuilly Hospital F' JFilson's Conception of League of Nations Paris, Dec, 23. Acccptlng-a d gree from the University of Paris President Wilson voiced thp fol. lowing view: c i "My conception of tho League of Nations Is Just this that It shall operate ns the organized moral force of men throughout the world, nnd that whenever or wherever wrong and aggression are planned or coptemplated. this searching light of conscience will be turned upon them, and men everywhere will ask, 'What nre the purposes that you hold In your heart against the fortunes of the world?' "Tust a little exposure' would cettle most questions. If the Cen-' tral Powers had dared to rtlni.. the purpose of this war for a single fortnight, It never would have hap pened; and If, as should be, they' were forced to discuss ifor a year, tho war would have been Inconceiv able, j i B' 1(0 ((.u-inlnJ D- Paris. Dpp. ftTASyS The Matin today was autliprizednbfclj print tne article vh!c)i was cena yesieruay. The article, the flrat lie 11110 or winch read: "Yesterday' tit, pla, Tomorrow's Reality," seta fori tne manner of procedure of tha,?s "promoters of a League fif Nntlonii'sJ antinc In Hrr.AAma. ...t.t. .1.- .. 7 a ... ub,wv,,.cuv wiiu ie Jiuieu Governments.' J ine formation of a League of Na tlons, the article says, will be in thrw stages. Tho Allied Governments wilt decide the principles of such an or ganlzatlon, which will include compul sory arbitration and limitation of ar Vnaments. Germany nnd her forme allies will then be told that they must nccept Ulese principles, after which tl,c treaty of" penco w,n bo formulated! Later, a conference will be held tn dls. cuss the formation of a league. Neu trals will be admitted, tho article con tinues, but Germany would .not TiaVe an equal standing until she had ex piated her misdeeds and before sh-' can do so an International organiza tion will bo working. Three Stages to Peace "There will be three stage's," th Matin says. "First, the Allied Gov- ernments will settle among themselves the principles or the league. As a. fundamental rule they will set down the right of peoples to decide their own destlnlej. As a practical conse quence, It follows that there will b" limitation of armaments and compiil- ' eory arbitration among the nations. It seems Indispensable that, at this point, the Entente countries hind themselves to put these clauses In the prelimi naries of peace, "It hns uppearod absolutely neces sary to tho promoters thdt tliereglma of the future should be fixed In Its main outlines before there aro any questions of Indemnities and1 territo ries, bo that for tho first time ln hi lory the deliberations of the plenipo tentiaries should be dominated by higher Ideals than mere individual Interest. Kiiemy Must Agree "Tho-second act will consist in noti fying the enemy Powers of the funda mental principles laid down In the pre liminaries and requiring from them their adhesion to these principles. As. ' to other conditions of peace, prelimi naries, as In the case of stipulations a territorial, financial and 'cconomia character, no. discussion will be ad mitted. Tho Entente delegates will say to Germany and her alllee; " 'Compulsory arbitration and llmt. .tatlon of armaments are Integral pvtoiw of our conditions, You must subscribe to them -at once. You wll know lafe-r.! how these prlnclple will b rtpplltd'.' "The preliminaries, one tlgned, 4 tatls of the poaco treaty will be, 4i- vusscd among me Deiugerens,JUUI, rmly, after .the signing of this trcjvy jf face proper will the third stge te M.tiched. This will be a universal 4K' forence to settle ihe new relations if;.v DO crcatcu bbihwh ma iJeupicn, Germany Mutt Alone 'To thla conference neutrals miy,,W- admitted. No nation, however, wwt m t admitted to full membership la, Uw League ot gallons If it does not ottmt sufficient guBTuiueen, uermany,, nt Ing Starioa vne war, win nV condemned bV ' rw Conf tn make restitution, ana'fr h, nnot rfgHd'W bM Ti A -'9 i2 K'ti 0-&'' . 'rvw u n 'I .'! H & , Wt W-:
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