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VOL. V. NO.- 99
Published Dally i:cmt Sunday. gutmcrlpllon Trie IK Tear by Mill.
Copyright, 1MIU, by I'ubllc Ledger Company.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1919
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WORLD GRIEF
IN FUNERAL
AT SAGAMORE
Passing of Roosevelt Takes
International Sorrow Into
Little Church
FEWER THAN 500 HEAR
THE SIMPLE CEREMONY
Only Departure From Impres
sive -Ritual Is Colonel's
Favorite Hymn
HUSHED TOWN IN CREPE
President Wilson Represented
by Vice President Marshall.
Old Friends Attend
By the Associated Prefs
Oyster Bay, Jan. 8. Theodore Hoose
velt, twenty-sixth President of the
United States, was burled In this little
village this afternoon after the simplest
of services In Christ Episcopal Church.
Despite that he was one of the great
est International figures, there marked
his passing none of the customary pomp
and eulogy. ' Only the Episcopal serv
- Ice for the dead made ritual for his
funeral service, but the grief and tri
bute of tho world was felt In this ob
scure church today.
Except for two sons, absent as bol-
dlers In tholr country's service over
seas, and Mrs. Roosevelt, who did not
go to tho church or the burial, bidding
her last farewell to her husband In their
home, the Itoosevclt family and rela
tives assembled In the living room at
Sagamore Illll for the homo prayer serv
ice shortly ticfore noon, and accom
panied tho colIin to the church and to
tho grave.
The home sen Ice, one of piajcr alone,
lasted hardly more than fie minutes",
and the ritual before the altar was con.
eluded within fifteen or twenty minutes
after the coffin was taken In. The ele
ment of simplicity was followed, even
to omission of tho customary organ
voluntary while tho formal Episcopal
services wero read.
Flowers had been sent to Sagamore
Hill In such profusion, notwithstanding
Mrs. Itoosevelt's request thnt none bo
sent, that, for Iff.., of spaco In the
house, many wertA it to the church.
Among the wreaths was one of pink and
white carnations from President Wil
son. A procession of fifteen nutomoblles
conveyed the relatives nnd members of
the family to tho church and to the cem
etery. Captain Archibald Itoosevclt
and Theodore Douglas Itoblnson, a
nephew, went to the church a few min
utes nhead of the procession with the
lector, who Is a nephew of the famous
preacher, tho Itev. T. DeWItt Talmnge.
The church service was of ten parts:
the Sentences, the Tsalter (Psalms 39
nnd 90, the Scriptural lesson (Corinthian
1 :1B), the Colonel's favorite hymn ("How i
I'Irm n Foundation ), recited by the rec
tor, the lord's Prayer and the prayers
for grace, thankfulness, transfiguration
and support.
After the church sen Ice. attended by
friends political and literary assistants
of the one-time President and represen
tatives of the American and Allied Gov
ernments the cortege moed to the cem
etery, halting at the entrance, from the
Aflln was carried o tho Itoosevclt plot a
short dlstanco away. After the brief
rommltul service of the Episcopal Church
tho body was lowered into a grave al
ready lined with concrete.
Only Family at Home Ceremony
Only the Immedlato members of the
family were present at tho prayer serv.
Ice at the house prior to the rites at
Christ Church, as follows:
Mrs. Theodore Ttoosevelt, Representa
tive and Mrs. Nicholas Long-worth, Cap
tain and Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt, Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Richard Derby,
. Mrs. Douglas Robinson, the Colonel's
' sister: Mr. and Mrs.iT, Douglas Robin
son, the former being the Colonel's
nephew: Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alsop, W. Emlen
Roosevelt ' and John K. Roosevelt,
cousins of the. Colonel ; Mr. and Mrs. 13.
Reeve Merrltt, Mrs. J, West Roosevelt,
Mr. and Mrs. Langdon Warner. Mrs.
Hllbourhe L. Roosevelt, John E. Roose
velt. Mrs. Falrman Dick, Mrs. Monroe
Robinson, Mrs. Langdon Geer, Mrs. John
E. Rooesvelt, Mrs. James A. Roosevelt,
Mrs. Frederick Roosevelt. Samuel Roose
velt. and Miss Nellie Tyler.
Captain Archibald Roosevelt received
a oablo message from Lieutenant Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., saying
that he nnd his brother. Lieutenant Her
mit Roosevelt, both with the American
expeditionary force In Europe, were to-'
gether. Captain Archibald sent a cable
gram in reply.
Only Kpltcopal Sfrrlce Read
.The Rev, George II Talmage, a friend
of the family, read the Episcopal
service for the dead at Christ Church.
Thjre was no special music or eulogy.
Tf t only departure from the Impres
sive ritual was the recitation by the
rector of Colonel Roosevelt's favorite
hymn: "How Firm a Foundation
Admission to the little village church
where the Colonel worshiped was by
Continued en Tat Fire, Celnmn Ont
Germany Still a Peril
Teutonic militarism is as ag
gressive as ever, says
-B. B. Kospoth
special correspondent of the
Evening Public Ledger at Berne,
Switzerland, who predicted the
anarchy which burst forth in Ber
lin this week.
Mr. Kospoth exposes Teutonic
deception in three articles on the
"New German Menace," the first
of which will appear in this paper
next Saturday.
ColoncVs Favorite Hymn
Is Recited at His Funeral
Colonel Roosevelt's favorite
liymn, which nt tho request of
Mrs. Roosevelt, was rem) nt Ills
funeral today, Is "How'-KIrm a
Foundation." Two of Its five
stanzas read:
How firm a foundation ye saints of
the lord
Is laid for your faith In His ex
cellent word!
What moro can He sn,v than to
you He hath said,
Tou who unto Jesus for refuge
have fled?
The soul that to Jesus has fled
for repose
I will not, I will not, desert to his
foes,
That soul, though all hell shall en
deavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never for
sake.
U. OF P. ATHLETE KILLED
"Herb" Collins Victim of Air-
plane Accident in Tennessee
Pennsylvania lost another one of her
former star athletes when It became
known that Herb Collins, who captained
the Red and Illue water polo team last
year, had been accidentally killed In
an airplane accident nt Park Field, Mem
phis, Tcun. Details of the accident uro
lacking, although It Is known that It
occurred late Monday afternoon.
Collins was a resident of Rutherford,
N. J. Ho entered the University of
Pennsylvania from the Rutherford High
School and matriculated In the Whurtuu
School class of 1918. He enlisted in the
n kit Ion corps last April.
"Herb," as he was moro familiarly
known among the student body, was one
of the most popular oung men at the
University. While at college ho was cir
culation manager of the Pennsylvania
and business niaii.iger of the Class
Record 1918. Ho was a member of the
Friars' Senior Society.
SUFFS CABLE WILSON
Protest Arrest of Fire Starters and
Demand Senate Aetion
A cablegram protesting against the ar
rest of equal suffrage adherents for
starting watch llrcs of protest before
tho White House was hnt to President
Wilson today by the Pennsylvania
Urnnch of the National Woman's party.
The messago read:
American women again Jailed for
suffrage. Immediate action
on henale
amendment demanded."
Mrs. Ktlmunu c. nian, or .rumore.
wife of a local nrchllect. was one of
tlireo women arrested in Washington
jesterday for keeping the protest tire
liurnlng before tho White House. Mrs.
i:ans left for the capital with the firm
determination to work at the flro despite
pollco Interference.
Telegrams of protest also were sent
to Senators Penrose and l.odge.
AUTO TAKES PLUNGE
Car Crashes Through Fence and
Down Embankment
Harry S. Kinney, Walton aenue and
Fiftieth street, narrow ly escaped serious
Injury when an automobile he was driv
ing plunged down a forty-foot embank,
ment to the Pennsylvania Itallroad at
Kortleth street and Westminster ave
nue. The latter street ends at Fortieth.
Kinney, unfamiliar with the location,
continued to drive his car e-ot uii West
minster avenue and crashed through tho
fence down ine emuanKinrm ana men
for a distance of nearly a half square
until his car ran Into a. signal polo on
the railroad.
Kinney wns not hurt. He was ar
rested, but later released upon his prom
ise to pay the railroad for the damage
to the fence. Tho car rraa badly
damaged
ALLEGED ROBBER HELD
Man Accused of Theft and Black
jacking Detained Without Bail
George Kera. twenty years old, ac
cused of robbing the grocery store of h.
Arken. 1316 Balnbrldge street, and
lilnfk tarlflnsr the nroorietor's wife when
she attempted resistance, was held with
out ball for a further hearing Sunday
innmlni lie Macl&tratn lmbe-r today.
Kevrsa was arrested after a chase of
several blocks. Two other men escaped.
Mrs. Arken was alone when the men
Antored tiie store, wnue one maae a
pretence at purchasing some u'rtlcle two
nthei-R suddenly drew revolvers and a
third went through the cash drawer. The
woman then screamed for help and wns
struck on tlie lieau wnn a macKjaca,
the men escaping from the store. Mrs.
Arken Is In the Howard Hospital.
SERVE SUMMONS ON KEPHART
State Treasurer Intimates Revoca
tion of Brumbaugh's New Job
A deputy sheriff at Harrisburg today
served a summons on State Treasurer
Harmon M. Kepharl In the action
brought by Walter Qalther, of Harris
burg, seeking to restrain the public
safety committee from paying out Slate
moneys to flovernor Brumbaugh as of
ficial State historian.
"Why clutter up the courts with a
case like this?" the State Treasurer
said to the deputy sherllf.
The remark lent color to the report
from authoritative sources today that
the public safety committee within a
few days will revoke the appointment
of Brumbaugh as war historian.
CASUALTY LISTS TO BE SPEEDED
All Now Recorded; 1000 Clerks at
Work, 1000 to Be Added
rnmntJtlT'iutl.' o" casualties among tho
fteTLent to'hW.n'dfooo adT-
tional clerks have been put to work in
the adjutant general's office to get them
out as spee illy as possible. ,
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send clerks would be added to the adlu
tnnt general's force, and at Ihe rate lists
were being handled It would be only a
short time before all of the names were
published.
FIRE DESTROYS CHURCH
Mincrsvillc Lutherans Lose $40,
000 by Flames
rotUTlllr, Pa,, Jan. 8. Fire swept
Zion Kvangellcal Lutheran Church.
Mtnersvllle, this morning, causing a loss
of J 40,000. partly Insured.
The Sunday school room is a tola
ruin, while the auditorium la smoked
and water soaked. The building Is of
brlclt and was erected twenty-five years
ago.
ALLIES DO NOT WANT
"MADE IN AMERICA"
STAMPED ON LEAGUE
Officialdom's Tealousv
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Conference More Difficult
WILSON WON FIRST VICTORY IN
ACCEPTANCE OF HOOVER'S PLAN
France and England in No Hurry for Peace Meetings.
Danger of Imperialistic Combination May Call
Executive Back to Europe
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
MalT Correspondent of the Ktenlnir Public I.edKrr
" Willi Hie Peace Urination In htirope
By Special Cahlo.
Cnp,ri9lif, 1019, by Public I.tdorv Company
Pans, Jan. 8. President Wilson is back in Pans and very anxious
to get to work, but the first meeting of the Peace Conference, which
probably will be purely formal, is a week off at least.
The Allied Governments evidently are in no hurry to begin peace
discussions. France has not named her delegate.-; yet and tho British
envoys arc not heic, although they will arrive soon, it is expected.
Meantime some of the preliminary organization has been completed by
individual countries, just as the American representatives have organized
since their arrival, in readiness for the real work of the conference.
President Wilson hus a long and
nave lo return io ruruiiu uiier -uurcn
of the League of Nations and a peace consistent with the league.
This increasing likelihood of a second European visit by the Prcsi- J
dent lies in the fact that, although the league may be funned before,
he leaves this time, his interest in
for the settlement of territorial
league of its real significance and create an imperialistic combina
tion within the league itself, dictating the peace and controlling the
league.
Wilson Won Victory on Relief Work
President Wilson's victory regarding the feeding of Central Europe
is taken here generally as. good augury of his power in European dis
cussions. The opposition which Mr. Wilson overcame in this first tct is now
being subjected to a pressure that will continue to operate, to the
President's benefit, throughout the Peace Conference.
The food arrangement, announced a few days ago, is distinctly an
American victory, in that it gives to Herbert Hoover the power that Pres
ident Wilson insists on his having. This victory camo only as a result of
long negotiation, and tho factor that overcame the Allied objections to
the' American scheme was the fear of Bolshevism. ,Stablc governments
for Germany and Austria can be saved only by American food dis
tributed under American direction.
The contest in this instance clearly indicates how real is the differ
ence between the Allied Governments and the United States. One element
in this and in the general situation seems to be a jealousy of America in
some Allied quarters and a desire to prevent America's being too large
a factor in the settlement of aftcr-the-war problems and so gaining too
much credit, too much gratitude from European people. They do not
want the Europe of the future to bear the stamp "Made in America."
This feeling is quite natural, tho Allies think, as they have borne
the heaviest burden of the war and, naturally, do not wish a late
comer to get more than a fair share of the credit for reconstituting
Europe and forming an international stabilizing organization for the
future.
Clemcncau's Speech Pleased Allies
Despite the evidence in Italy that the Italian Government meiely is
waiting and the protestations in England of Government support for
President Wilson, many American
in Paris while the President was on his trip, are skeptical of the
attitude of the Allied Governments toward Mr. Wilson. They believe
that Premier Clemenceau's speech pleased the ruling classes and the
governments of England and France and Italy.
President Wilson's remarkable demonstration that he has the people
of France, England and Italy with him probably is not especially pleasing
to the rulers of the Allied countries. The issue has been widened, accord
ing to the view here, by Premier Clemenceau's speech and President Wilson's
going before the people of England and Italy with the reiteration that
the balance of power is a failure und must go.
After this public exhibition of disagreement, if President Wilson
succeeds in achieving a real League of Nations and a peace consistent
with his proposed league's spirit, the result will bear the stamp, unmis
takably, "Made in America."
The force that led to the American victory in the food distribution
organization will be a big factor in the Peace Conference. The restless
ness of the people all over Europe, which will be fomented by delay in
demobilization and aggravated by the soldiers when demobilization is
effected, creates a situation that the Allied Governments must consider
constantly.
People Demand League of Nations
President Wilson's trips to England and Italy revealed an immense
popular sentiment that the Allied Governments must reckon with. It will
be difficult to refuse to Europe the democratic international organization
that the people especially in the industrial cities like Manchester, Milan
and Turin demand. This popular desire for democratization of govern
ment undoubtedly has gained strength in Europe since President Wilson
has established the precedent of going to the people of Europe as he used
to go to the people of New Jersey against the bosses when he was Governor.
The American view here is that he is bound by no conception that
he is a guest. Americans think that Paris, for the purposes of the Peace
Conference, is not France, but an International center where it is quite
proper to talk openly of international questions. Moreover, President
Wilson will have the opportunity,
' some weeks and he has formed an
people of the world what he thjnks of the trend of the discussions at
tnaf time. This probably will be on his trip to Brussels just before
lI,U1' , .
returning to Washington.
Belgium, with its immensely grateful sympathy for America, will
t - ,,
afford a fine theatre lor President
month of the Peace Conference.
PRESIDENT TO BEGIN INFORMAL
PEACE CONFERENCES TOMORROW
By the Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 8. Informal conferences
with Entente statesmen, which will
lay the real ground work for the
Peace Congress, will begin on Thurs-
"premier .Orlando and Foreign Min
ister Sonntno. of Italy, and Pjemjw
Lloyd Qeonr and Foreign MJnUter
SufMUf Pt Ufwe Tiau wj"vs.
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of II. S. Influence Is I
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hard tight before him, and he may
i in uruei it oucci. wiu lumuuiuni
the proceedings does not end there,!
questions afterward might lob the
peace representatives, who remained f
alter the conterence lias proceeded
opinion of its purposes, to tell the
wuson to express nis views or the tirst
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here soon to confer with Premier Cle
menceau and Foreign Minister Plchon.
It Is probable that the members of
the various delegations will be offici
ally announced before the end of this
week.
Owing to the fact that peace nego
tiations are to begin very soon, the
official visit of Prince Regent Alex
ander of fierbla ha been postponed.
C Ma hi T$m Itar.'Cfaaw,Tw
TROTSKY NEW
RED DICTATOR;
LENINE JAILED
Russian War Minister Pro
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nanus uJCii iit; w.ai
and Arrests Premier
BOLSHEVIK ALLIANCE
SPLITS OVER REFORMS
Former Soviet Chief Sought
lo Form a Coalition With
Mcnshcviki
MOSCOW REPORTS NEWS
Polish Army Moves on Thorn,
Scen Miles From Bran
denburg Border
Ity the Associated Press
Ciiprnliiiffrn, Jan. 8. Nikolai Lenlne,
the Bolshevik Piemler of Russia, has
been arrested at the command of Lon
Trotsk, Minister of War and Marine,
who hus made himself dictator, accord
ing to a Moscow dispatch to the Gothen
burg, Sweden, Gazott-v
Trotsky was prompted to make the nr-
lest because of a differ nee of opinion
with Lonlne concerning Ho!shcik ic
forins. the dispatch states. Lenlne de
sired to effect a coalition with the Mtn-
"hlki or moderates, while Trotsky
" ' to -mlml' "l "" ' ".
lor'
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stokiioim. .Ian
members of tho bourgeoisie haw been I
at rested at Itlga by the Lettish SoUet
which bus abolished the owneluhlp of,
ptlvate pioperty In that city, according
to a Hlga dispatch iect'.eil heie.
IVarm, Jan. S. Illy A. I'.) Fight- j
Ing for the possession of Vllna li.is been I
begun between the Poles nnd Bu!yliel6tl
troops I
Two regiments of BoIMieMM troops nie
closing In uiu Vllna on three sides. '
I The force Is said to be well armed. I
Agents of the f'usslan Uovernmcnt
hae established headquarters at Kono, '
(Irodno and Brcst-Lltovs-h. I
Stiff fighting still continues around ,
t.emberg, where the Poles are defending
themselves tenaciously against the
Ttuthenlans. The wnler and electric sup-
piles to the c-lty hae been out by the
besiegers. Bloody hand-to-hand fighting
has occurred dally in the suburbs. '
Virtually all the available troops of ,
the Polish army hue been sent to Lent-
berg In an effort lo bau that city. The
Polish fones them arc said to number i
20,000 and nrc being asslsu-d by many ,
ellllans, men, bojs and women. The
I'Mllans are dressed In Austrian uni
forms and helmets left behind when the
AuMrl.ius retired from I.eniberg
l.odzs and other Polish i Itle-s ale re
ported In a state of lrtual anarchy.
with tile rougher element doing as It
pleases. There has been frequent firing
of rifles, but no casualties as yet have
been reported.
Tlie wurkcis. the teport states, hae
adopted tlie habit, when they feel tho
need of money, of demanding it from
the emplojers If they see them In the1
streets or In surrounding houses and
Imprisoning them until tney gle what
Is asked. Tlie mploer3 have already
made up a fund of 10,000,000 marks for
the laborers, but this docs not satisfy
them, and the workmen now are de
manding 110 marks each.
Tho reports say the men frequently
spend the day parading the streets w 1th
red flags and listening to agitators de
licr speeches, the crowds howling,
"Down with the Jews!" and "Down with
the Ma or!"
The agitators are said to be spreading
the report that If the Allies come they
will act much as did the Germans, who
are credited with having stolen so thor
ought' that a Jew Is quoted as salng:
"When the Russians were here I wanted
to hang myself, but after the Hermans
came not even a rope was left."
No work Is being done In Lodz or
other manufacturing cities owing to the
lack of raw material. The theatres and
the stores are open at Lodz, however,
except when parades are passing.
Ilrrnr, Switzerland, Jan. 8 (By A.
P ) Polish troops with artillery are ad
anclng toward Thorn, north of Polish
border, according to dispatches received
here from German sources. In eastern
Brandenburg the population, it Is added.
Is fleeing westward owing to the advance
of the Poles, who now are within seven
miles1 of the border of Brandenburg.
According to the Polish news agency
the Germans have asked the Polish Gov
ernment for free passage through Poland
for troops returning from the Ukraine.
The Poles wre informed that If they
refused the Germans would force a way
through.
The Polish Government in reply de
clared that tho German troops must be
disarmed before they passed through
Poland, that railroad cars and engines
mU6t be surrendered for use In bring
Ing about the Immediate occupation of
Vllna by the Poles, and that the Poles
be given sufficient war material to com
pleto the organization of the Polish mili
tary forces. Tne Germans were In
formed that If they attempted to force a
passage It would be considered an act
of war.
There has been further shooting In
Posen and lively street fighting be
tween the Poles and home guards at
Gnesen and Sterelovv. All rail traffic to
Gnesen has been stopped.
nerlln, Jan. 4 (delayed). (Hy A. P.)
There has been further shooting In
Posen and lively street fighting between
the Poles and home guards at Gnesen
and Strelow. according to special dis
patches received here. All rail traffic
to Gnesen has been stopped. In Drom.
berg, northeast of Posen, the representa
tives of the German Government have
been arrested by the Polish Soldiers and
Workmen's Council.
Polish troops are reported continuing
their advance northeastward parallel to
the railway from Kreur, through
Schneldemuhl to Danzig. The Poles now
hold the railway from Schneldemuhl to
Rmmburf. At a DOlnt West Of ffchnitlil-
.muhl German roop are concentrateil'lo
amtMt the Pollrt adnutca.
BERLIN CLASHES
CONTINUE, LATE
DISPATCHES SAY
Ebcrt Has Upper Hand Hintlcn
burg Arrives Ilcil Hulil
Arsenul
By the Associated l'res
Minion, Jnn. 8. Several hundred
persons have been killed In the light
ing In Herlln, nccordlng to n Copen
hagen dispatch lo tho Exchange Tele
graph Company. The (iovernment
seems, at least provisionally, to ho
master of the situation.
Early Tuesday morning tho Herlln
Government massed troops outsldo
tho city.
I Field Marshal von Hlndonburg Is re
ported to have arrived at Herlln. (Mil-
denburg apparently has rushed to Her
lln to direct tho warfare against the
Reds nnd crush the rebellion.)
Sanguinary street lighting Is continu
ing. .Spartacans at the latest reports i
ere lloUJIne rul "tlM"" aml ,h0
police headquarters, where Police (.bier
F.lchhorn, over whose tenure of office!
the latest trouble arose, hail gathered ,
large quantities of arms, while other
Spartac-an supporter." were supplied with
.arms and munitions which they captured
when they seized the ursenals and mu
I nltion depots at Spand.iu.
The dislocation of the telegraph seiv
Ice has prevented on thing more than
meager and scatlcied reports of what
has been happening in lleriin getting
through, but all the dispatches ngtee'
that severe ttrccl lighting occurred
Tuesday.
General Croeiicr, who was teoently,
dismissed b tho t!uernmciit for alleged
compllclt In a roallst plot, is said to
have offered to occupy the capital with
forty reliable dMsIoiis.
While the machine guns were llrlng
itmi hnmbs mTf drnnnlnir. movlnir nlc-
ture operators were busily recording the
scenes enacted in tlie streets, it was an-1
nounced le-cently that the American
l'.,nl , in Tien Two. Column Hie I
PLEA TO CONTINUE PHILADELPHIA HOUSING
CougrrbS wnb urged today not to abandon the Government
plans for building houseb for woiklns men in the Phil.idelplila
district by representatives of Philadelphia wlio appeared befoif
the House Buildings nnd Giounds Committee in opposition to
the Reed tesolution The passage of the resolution by the House
would cause the stopping of woik on n number e' important
housing projects to shelter employrs of the Hos Island bhip
yaul. League Island navy yaul nnd other woik about Philadelphia.
GIRL, KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR
Marie Bellville, six ycais old, 1208 Noith 3t. Ucmard btiict,
was instantly killed this, afternoon by .i tioiJvy cu while sTto
v.ib crossiin;; Glriitil jmiiui nt SI. lli'iimul n'jet.
TROOPS TO LAND ! CITY HEADS MEET
AT PORT HERE! CHARTER MAKERS
Soldiers to Police Streets as , Mayor and Directors E.
Retuming Fighters I plain Methods of Award
Disembark i"g Municipal Contracts
MAYOR IN FULL ACCORD
Troops ictuinlng from l'rance will be
landed In Philadelphia
This announcement was made today
by Major J. U Livingston, adjutant of
the Department of tho Hast, .at (,ov
ernors Island. Ho also declared that
an army provost guard would be es
tablished here to protect returning sol
diers.
Guards will be placed on the streets,
not because of vicecondltlons. Major
Livingston said, but as part of tlie
War Department policy of policing the
cities where troops are disembarked.
Major In Ac-cord With rin
Major Llvlngiton went over his plan ,
establish a provost marshal In Piilla -
inhi lili Mayor Smith, and, lis a.
result. Mayor Hmltli announced today
that he was in full nccotd with the army
arrangement.
"The city will co-operate in mij num
ncr with Its police power, said tlie
Mayor.
The Mayor ueciineo io v,., ".
provost mnrsl'.at woum oe nuicu,
declaring this announcement must come
hn, Mm War Denartment.
Major Hunter, or l-ranmoru .crsc-iuii,
rnnxlrtered a likely man for the post,
and Captain Oeorge W. Klklns, confer -
red with the Major today, but he denied
that the conference hail nnthlng to do
with Major Livingston's plan.
Ilaker and linnlel. lo lllcu Ire
At the same time, joint action nj
Secretary of the .Navy Daniels ami
Secretary of War Ilakcr Is being con
sidered to meet the lce situation aris
ing out of the reinstatement of James
H. Itoblnson as superintendent of po
lice. Secretary Daniels and Secretary Ilakcr
will hold a conference this afternoon,
at which they will decide what steps
are necessary to protect service men
against alleged vice and liquor evils
here.
Several courses are known to be under
consideration, Ono Involves the plac
ing of bluejacketa, marines nnd rot
dlers on the streets to see that Ihe laws
nrp observed. Another .calls for the
withdrawal from the city of all army
and navy men whose presence Is not
absolutely necessary.
Still another proposal Is the rigid In
forcement of the presidential order pro
hibiting the handling or sale of liquor
within five miles of any point designated
as a military camp.
A third proposition Is the obtaining of
a definite promise from Mayor Smith
that. In spite of the reinstatement of Su
perlntehderit IloblnsoVth Police Bureau
OeattM4a raM-Tir, Cetwu a
DEAD AND WOUNDED
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AS BATTLES RAGE
Bodies Strew Scene of Bloody Combat Be
tween Government Forces and Spartacans.
Big Guns Fired During Conflict
FIERCE FIGHTING TAKES PLACE
IN PRESENCE OF DENSE CROWD
Rebel Troops Are Beaten in Furious Clash at Palace.
Fusillades Spread Havoc Eiclihorn Still
Refuses to Quit Office
1J JOsKPlI A. HKIUUNCS
Jri'refri to lUeiting Public Ledger lade began and lasted nbout five or
tonuno'if. 1119, 111 J'nfcliC t,i(lin (o.
flint .Vi t' lorl: 7 Ii'trs ( .
iTIie Iril lorn' sri-floiM of the follow
ing dfspiitrh lime iiol brm rrcrlrcrf.)
Herlln, Jan. 6 (via Copenhagen, Jim.
8.) Suddenly ut 6:3d iiVlocl; this eve
nlng the boldlcrs in the Wllhelms.
Plau cried: Alt unarmed pel sous get
away! The Hpaitacans aro approach-
ing to attack!
They weie indeed nppioachlnB
c-orul battalions armed with guns. 1
happened lo be on LeiizIger.stiaso.
'where they stopped lo prep.uo foi
their attach. Hushing down Kaiionler-
sttiiM-e. I pushed in.v vi.iv tliroUKli (
the 11 Ing people lnsiiiy n convenient i
... i.nllilliiir '
,i ouuuing.
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NEW CODE ABOUT READY
.Methods followed by the iil.v in
awarding of street cleaning, gnibnge, I
and other contracts wero explained b
Ma or Smith and directors of several
depaitments to members of the sub
committee on contracts und municipal
work of the charter revision committee
at a conference In fit Hall.
The committee called to obtain first
hand Information regarding the methods
of contract letting with a view of
recommending Improvements on the
present sstem In a report which It will
submit lo the charter revision com
mittee later.
The subconunltti-o Includes William
Draper Lewis, chairman : Parker S Wil
j,ams Jolm jtnmpton Barnes
S pre,USS xicbols and Arthi
,, i.,mill. ,,r ih ,.(,nmiliti-
es, Mrs. II.
hur 11. Lea
(in learning of the committee's arrival
M,l()l. Smith Invited the members to
atu, n c,iljnet meeting which was be-
. ing held at the time.
, 1ub1(, works; Director McLaughlin.
Department of Supplies, nnd other ill-
lectori explained m ileum tin- cliar
;icter of the work mnpiied for the pres
e-nt ear, and tn- laws anil rules gov
ernlng the awnrdlng of contracts The
conference lasted for several hours,
; One Illll lo llmbrare All Point,
All of the measures to be Included In
the terms of the proposed new city
(charter will be embraced In one bill
LWhen the reformed municipal code Is
fpr,Bented to the State Legislature at
i narrlstiurg.
Thomas Ilaehurn White, chairman of
the subcommittee- which Is drafting
the proposed bill, made this announce
ment today.
These measures cover the provisions
for a single nnd smaller Councllmanlc
body, elimination of the police and flro
bureaus from politics, and other propo
sitions already tentatively agreed un
Such progress has been made b Mr
White and his fellow-.commlttccinen that
today It was said that the enacting bill
would probably be In shape for1 Introduc.
tlon some- time next month. The sub
committee Is holding executive sessions
dally with rapid progress resulting.
'Who will be the sponsors of tho
Philadelphia charter bill In th two
branches of the Legislature has not
been decided. The names of Dr. George
Woodward, Senator from the German-town-Manayunk
district, nnd James J,
Heffernan, Uepresentatlve from the
northwest Philadelphia district, have
been mentioned most prominently. Mr,
Heffernan Introduced tho bill to divorce
the police from politics two years ago.
Every citizen of Philadelphia will be
I uried to support a single councllmanlc
CeaUaiea ea race Tm.-Oetatar.Tws
CTPFFTC
ten minutes, then all was quiet for a
short while, furious shouting hectned
to lndlcite u lenewnl of hostilities,
but ng.iln ferytlilnir became quiet.
It seemed nlmo.M everything was
over when suddenly there was the
thunder of a Held gun. uno slnglo
shot was lired. hut It had the effect
of restoring a silence as of death for
a few seconds. Doubtless It was fired
nt some daring party of Spartacans
who tried to luviido the precincts of
the Chancellor's palace.
There weie many more detonation"
of blif guns 1 iter, accompanied by re-
nowe-il fuslllado. the-n mt!rht
shouts
ur "Hooh."
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hoou deep darkness eiivoloped the
wide squiu e. iwcept the p-cclncts of
tin- Chancellor's palace which i --echoed
with "Hochs."
Many Dead and Wounded
I"ie minutes later the Hvunino Pub
lic LuDiihn correspondent ve-ntured
on the battle-Held, which was strewn
with dead and wounded. It wus too
d.irl: tn count them, but theie must
have been hundreds. v
The crowdH around th- p.ilnc- were
still very dense. It was ustuiilMilng
that there' were not thousands of cas
ualties. The ciow'ds continued to
snout iiociir
flic Hbcit party nt le.iht won th
day here, but the result nt pollcs
headquarters may hau been differ
ent. I am sending these dispatches
from an ordinary telcgruph station
to olllolals who kindly promised to
forward by message- to the Centra!
Telegraph office If tlio- can. In
ordinary times all press messages
mst be sent from the central office,
but when your correspondent this
afternoon, with the gie-at difllcult',
icached Orlenburgerstrase. where the
e-eutial ofllce Is now located, lie found
the street closed and swarming with
aimed civilians and soldi''s wearing
nrmlets.
"To which party do ou belong?'
I asked.
"W'e'le Independents, and our
f I lends over theie," pointing to the
other coiner, "are .Spartacans. You
cannot puss heie."
After u lengthy palaver, however,
.vour correspondent was conducted to
the- door of tlie telegraph office by tw'o
soldiers, but found the ofllco locked.
j nei!m TZ
availed nothing, nor did an cxplana-
tion of the correspondent's business
make any lmpresblon on the olflelals
barricaded behind that door.
(iiivrrmucnt Wolds Telegraph
Indeed, the correspondent found th
Independents were using him for a
ruse to Induce those inside the build-'
Ing to open the door. v hereupon they
would immediately have taken post-es-slon.
All night long the Central Tele
graph oflllce had been a bone of con
tention between a small (Iovernment
guard nnd the armed Independents.
There had been home shooting, but no
casualties.
About U o'clock some of the Inde
pendents and Spartiicnns managed to
enter the building, but later tho. tele
graph ofliclals, who, favor the Ebert
Government liv
e:uc t, ,'ou?l
a ruse got them to
for n minute, and
shut the heavy door In their faces.
Scon after that the Government
gu.uds In larger numbers were admitted
by the back door, nnd still hold the
building. At the moment of this writing
Contlnupil on I'lice Two, Cnluiitn Two
REVOLT IN MANNHEIM
Spaitacan Kiotcrs Suppressed
After They Raid Meeting
CaiirnlniKrn. Jan 8 According to re
ports the German revolt has spread to
Mannheim, where the Spartacans raided
a Social Democrat meeting, smashed the
furniture nnd attempted (o wreck tha'
offices.
Tlie rioters were dispersed.
REFUGEES AT COPENHAGEN
U. S. Destroyers Bring a Number,
Including Four Ainericuna
roprnhagrn, Jan. I. (Uy A. P.) Tha
destroyers Aylwyn nnd Wlek-s nr iria
United Stales navy, arrived here yes
terday' fro-n D-,-ip ' t
refugees. Including four Americans, oa
bos rd.
The destroyers, with t.he cruiser, Ch
ter, will leave for Lelth today,
THE WEATHERVANE
Every dog has his dap, and this U
a cur'a day.
llaln or inbir, probabtv, tonight L
and on Thursday:
"Wind that are shifting
Will send snow ardrljtlng,
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