Sfr&(iii8&
TS 'i rEi"rcS53 Iff jiiMt'if'iirnr'MiM HrvfrirmiiWtS
.1
Ii .
r
Izuenmg public Ukbzx
THE WEATHER
Washington, 'Jan. '16. Fair and
uarmer tonight', Friday rain or jnoii'.
TKiirrnATtmr: at cn nocit
I 9 110 I fi I IS I II I . I 4 l"51
130 I 3T 134 I 31 I 40 I 44 MR I I I
MIGHT
EXTRA
CLOSING STOCK PRICES
VOL. V. NO. 106
Publlihed Dally Kxrrpt Sunilny. Subf-rrlptlon Prlfe A a Yeap-by Mall.
Copyrlslit. 191D by Tubllc 1-fd.rer Company.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1919
Entered Stcond-ClfM Matter t the Prutemce, let Philadelphia, Pa.
Under the Act of March S. 1810.
PRICE TWO CENTS
S. VOTES ITSELF BONE DRY;. EFFECTIVE IN YEAR;
THIRTY-EIGHT STATES RATIFY FEDERAL AMENDMENT;
ALLIED DELEGATES CONSULT PRESS ON PUBLICITY
i
i
wmmm&
WHOLE NATION
TO BAR LIQUOR
IFOR AIL TIME
(Nebraska. Missouri and
Wyoming All Join ir
Ratification
DISTILLERS PREPARE
FOR SUPREME FIGHT
&Iavc Billion Dollars Available !
for Contest of
Measure
FIRST BIG DRY COUNTRY ;
Enactment Called Greatest i
Piece of Moral Legislation '
in World History
I United Stales Made Dry
by Voice pf Millions
Populations of the States that
ihavc ratified the prohibition iimcml
monl of the lViIci.il Constitution,
making It the law of the la ml, are
bIiowu lu the follow liiK tubu
lins J'oiitllallun
1. MIsslsMr-i I. Jan s -'"i,1: ''l!1,
L Virginia. Jon 11 -f '9
a. Kentucky .Inn II -. S?-',2
4. Nnrlll Imknla. Jjn 2" . '"!.'
R. South (.'arellna. Jim 'JS 1 i,i,ii.'mI
Mr Intnl. Fib 1"- ' :'""'-:.0'!
7. Munli.na. V. h. 1!. , 1-B 3.
K. !, Mnnli I -I ''".r!,1
II. Delaware. Miirrh IS s'.'M'i!
Hi. Muuth lakui i. Jlnnli VIii 'l4''
II. Mamuuhuselts. Alirll 'J iLHIlliH
IS. ArlinlM, Jlay 'J4. . JJ.MI II
13. HeorKll. July SO S.llTl.ltli
14. Iioulnlann. Aiwut 8 . l.ssi.77s
ITi. l'lurleU, Xnt. -t I'll M7
10111 1'nl'Ulatlnn
lit. Mltlilenn. Jnn. a n i.ii7s
IT. llhln Jan 7. . . . .-'71 nil
1H. okliiliumn, Jan 7 . ". 1i7.i,"i
111. Tennessee. Jnn S u:l-'l."r'ii
2il. Mann, Jan h . till, j "HI
21. Maine. Jan h. . . . 7SJ I'll
-'-. West Vlrclnl.i. Jun ii l 13'i.iin
2.1. California. Jan U . n.llli It J
21. VVaahlneum, Jan 1:1 l.i,i,n,.,.h
.'.-.. Indiana, Jan II . - sll.li.7
211. Arkansas. Jan 14 . I.iiu HOI
27. llllnola. Jan II . .:H7 7S4
2S. Knnnas, Jan II . . . I.sil.llil
SO. North Carolina Jan. It . 2.4(111 O.'",
an. Alabama. Jan 4 . -'..in", 27n
HI. Innu, Jan lo.. . 2 221 771
.1J. Tolorailo. Jan l." . liill.nM
1 )reson. Jan 1.1. sss st 1
31. New Hampshire, Jun l."i 4IH.T.J
.1. Utah. Jan 13 ... . I "I 14s
31. Nehraaka, Jan. in.. 1 2in, S77
37. Missouri. Jan II, . St IS Ills
38. 1otnltiff. Jun !:.. I'J30 I
SJ. Paul. Minn., Jan. 16. The
Minnesota Senate today ratified the
national prohibition amendment, '18
to 11.
liy the Associated J7e
fliliaeo, Jan. 16 The. United .States
today completed the lenlslatlve process
of otine Itself dry. AVlien wold was
flashed over the wires that tho thirty
sixth State, Nebraska, had ratified the
prohibition amendment, pioblbltion lead.
ers declared that llio ncconipiianmeiu
was the greatest piece of moral lcgls.
latlon In tho history of the world.
The amendment to tho Uedeial Con
tltlon nrohlbltinB tho manufacture and
sate of Intoxlcatlns beverages become!!
effective ono icar after the data of its
final ratification. Mcanwjillc, tho nation
Roes dry July 1 next, by presidential
proclamation as a war measure unless
1I10 President rescinds It before that
date.
It was at 10:32 a. m. when the Xe
braska Leglslituro completed ratifica
tion of the amendment, at which hour
the Senalo voted to concur In a House
amendment to a Renato Joint lesolutlon
providing for ratification. Nebraska, is
the homo of William Jennings Hryan,
always iv prohibition advocate.
Mlaaourl Tails In Line
The Missouri Legislature also ratified
the amendment today, when tho Houbo
concurred In tho Senate resolution by
a vote ot 154 to 3D. Missouri Is the
thirty-seventh Stato to ratify tho
amendment.
natlficatlon by tlio a)ouiiiib Legisia-
;ure today brought tho number of fctatcs
pprovlng national proamnion 10 iniriy
ight. Tho voto was unanimous, both
ousea acting beroro noon.
Congress passed tho resolution sub
itum: the amendment to tho various
iBtate Legislatures In tho midst ot tho
ethlnar preparations for war in lii.
The Senate adopted the resolution Au
gust 1 by .a voto of 05 to 20, and tho
iwer house on December 17 ty -t; 10
The Legislature of Mississippi was the
Irst to ratify, taklnp this action on Jan
lary 8, 1918. Fourteen other States
ok similar action during that jcar,
o last of them being Louisiana, which
.titled on August 8,
Elections Derided Inue
In the fall elections tho wet or dry
iuestlon was paramount In most ot tho
emalnlng States, but tlio voto left 110
loubt that the United States was des
igned to be the first great nation to veto
quor. The ban on vodka In Iiussia vva
lever .completely effective, nor did It
nterfere materially vvitn tlio consumn-
lon of moro expensivo liquors by those
Contlnufd on Tate Two, Column line
A WOltD TO WIFEY!
Fcrliapa your ntfa may care to
cuotw
Tonight it it.l1 le leormcr.
fiTomorrow radi or, mayhe, snow-'
..-So yon may inform her,
THE STATES THAT MAKE US BONE-DRY
H UTAH colorado 1Zy
. DRY STATCJ
STATES THAT
HAVE NOT RATIFIID
PLAN BONE-DRY
JUBILEE HERE
r
iNews of Ainciulnient's Rati
iication Inspires Thankb-
givmg
LEADERS ARE JLIHLANT
1'hp iiiuiuirs aftir the ncw.s llat-I'dl i
over tho wiriH tli.it tlio .Wln.iska Lci-
lalilic li.nl ratllkil llio loiistlltith 1
'hone ill)" amendment, Hie l!cv. I'riink
II. I. lllll. p.lBlof dl
Cliuiuh, niitiuuiicctl
ru plan for a bie tint
11. 1.5 lull, pastor (it tliu Clirncitr M. i:.
that he huil launched
tli.ink?Kllntr colihrathiu
hi this ell).
".Whr.iKl,a'n OLtlon, ' i-ulil tl LlerB)
ni.ni. "Iihh Riven ns vklurj. It Is the'
Kreatcn rnit In the I'liilstlan era iiml I
hhuiiUl he piopeih lelehraleil The event
cannot pahs miMliif,- anil unlierakleil e
wilt have a ureal in. ism nieetliiK anil at
paiadp. I'lan.s will bo under vvaj in a
few liutirt., hul 1 launot nnnuunee a
dellnite pioKl.mi until tomorrow nlshl
"i ."- - -uvi(uu..i. ..
On tho eve of this mliiimloiis ivent
unc laniiui 11111 iiuiiK ol inoc Heroes w no
Lf.wiit .1,, ,l.n l.,,,li. lit... f..p,. , 1... i..i
.Ve.ll linn lime,,,,,,- 1'lsU.' I'l.i'v.inn,
i , .. .. . 1
John 1 St John and the nsl whose
glorllled siirlls are toila) rejoie.iig with
us in tho ureal vletoi)
Trllinte To I rum on Ullbird
.Vor can vie torcct that wiiiulcrlul
voinan whose 11. huh humus mom In tlio
light fur prohibition than tho namo of
iny other, Trances 11. Wlllaid, tlm peer
less leader of the White IllbhouerH. A11J
ono cannot but congratulate thoo lead
ers now living wlio through tlio years
have homo tho burnt of tho battle Km h
men as Sam Small, Clinton M, Howard.
Michael J. Fanning and tho d lecllng
forces of tho Antisaloon League whose
e)es are permitted to see tlio dawn or,
tbls nilPPlcIous dav. or Miould this
11111 mifjuiiuus u.i). .vur snoiini in s 1
victory be allowed to pass unheralded !
I propose a mass-meeting In our largest
iuuiiui nun, 411 i-ccMivu ny u inioiiu paia'ie
of our ministers and churches and with
banners living and bands plajng to
celebrate tho
greatest event In tlio
Chr Htlan era."
News that Nebraska had ratified the
constitutional amendment and com
pleted tho quota of thlrty-sl Slates
neccssaiy to inako natlon-wido prohibi
tion a reality camo as no surprise to
temperance foiccs. Among tlio coin
ments were these'
Homer W. Tope, Anti-Saloon League
"U'n li.iv. piftre' rlrrh. In u tn.n ilii...
.. ...,.., ..rf ..n..v ... ..""vii itHUhE
up. For seats wo have been looking
mi ui u in una Kie.il nil) ami now mat
It has arrived wc must ctlebrato It.
"Wo were certain of Nebraska und are
equally certain of tbreo other States
King Hoozo has taken the count, llo
mado a great tight, but had to go down
with the rest of his vlcloils friends. This
is one of tho greatest daa In the history
nf the cnlmlri' unit e 111 1ia ..l.l..niA.iV..
all true friends of the nation."
Charles . milium Mnsland. carpet m- the nlghi lie till mil on a let ot the set fortli ill the brle-f which 1 Plod with
manufacturer: tango, the police sa). llie Public Service Conunlislou," said
"Thcro haH been a great change ofi Tlio ct)lng of Catharine, hls-eai-olI ill Tii)lnr. ".11111 I have no further stalc
hcait among our big political leaders' diiighter of Mrs Hums, awakened tin nient to make"
and in a short time eou will seo Senator,
Ponrose and other Pennsylvania leaders
lln.i tin f,.e 11,. ,,1 ,", n, '."VJ TI
v ?. VP, ,1 ,, of temperance
Now that natlon-wido nrolilbltlon is as.
Bured, wo must seo to It that leal teeth
t'mitliiufd oji i'ate Mne, faluiiui M
WOULD LET HOSPITAL TO U. S.
Bill Gives Part of Philailclphia
General for Reconstruction
A bill to authorlzo tho leaso of pait
tlio Philadelphia (Icneral Hospital to tho
(iov eminent for uu army reconstruction
hospital, at a. rental of $1 a )ear, will
bo Introduced in Councils bv Chairman
Joseph 1. (laffney, Finance Committee.
A provision In the same bill will
cancel the lease alteady made by the
Government for tha city buildings at
II) berry, which wero to have been used
Tho Finance Committee today was
informed by Director of Health and
Charities Krusen that $85,000 would be
lequlred for plumbing work at Ily
berry. HUGE FOOD SUM APPROVED
Senate Committee Order Favor
able Report on $100,000,000 Rill
WnnlilnKton, Jan. 10. (Ily A. I'.)
AVIth little opposition, a favorable re
port was ordeied today by the Senate
Appropriations Committee on tho House
bill to appropriate the 1100,000,000 re
queatiyl by President Wilson for food re
lief in uiuropc.
Vr-s X I
JhA
Former ,ig Sulzberger
Vnr.s ISational 'Speakeasy'
'I ant not suro that the lieoiile
of the rultcil Stales aie piepareil
to acicpt a national amendment
which will deprive other States of
flie ilitlit to have wlno 01 liquor If
they want It. It nin lie that there
Is a State hue or a city which
thinks it needs liquor; and it 111.15
not lie satMlcd tn huvc other Stales
dli talc to It that it Mi. ill tcinalii
ir).
"In two or thiee )cjis fionj now
wc will he able lo a whether the
new amendment is woikuble.
"Alsu, 1 have 110 iloilht that in
any event It will pioduce an enor
JiiuiiH number of seiret utlll1, iiml
that wo will he 1.011. ei It il Into a.
Krtat nutluiinl npcuk caw) " I'oi-
ix' r Jiiilqc Mailer NulxhviiHfr,
FIRE DAMAGES DWELLINGS
One Oiftipaiil Uiirtieil in Vtteiupl
to Sum: Furniture
I 1:1 iiiii ii. iii inn 11 in in 1 1 i 1
in,- 1,, w, ki piiliiid, Inblu iIupIIIheh lo-
d.vv weie inevenled from spreadlni; b
ij"iiiihk nuuir.
Tin uiu4(H il.Ltii.iir. 11 were I nose 01
S.. V' . T"JJ- . H-. . M!rU(.n Mr.et. and
.viKhai I .w llauin .lifts le 1..1111 ej hm-l
, ilefeitlvi Hue It Is believed stiul.il
the blaze In the .MifiaMu I1111111. MlffnMu
was himiill) inline il vv line liyuiK to save
hi furniture The loss was flHOC
l'lie lit the' l'i lb liniiin was iaued b)
tin bmkllre of 'in auleimnl'lle in a gniaire
at the itar nf the house The Haines
eailed iluOO ilaiii.iKe
PONDER HELD FOR COURT
.
liroker to Get Another He.U'lllj:
on Other Fraud Charges
.T.ilnc'H V I'ondi'i'. a real estate broker
anestcd list wnk and helel 011 a fraud
"haw. was analgned on either charges
hi 'l') Hall tma) and held in tram
., 1, ;,S,L.,. ., th.iico of
ha" b .llV"Jd u Xm's funds to hli
uwll uv .,,) i,n or a further hearing
j ni t week lei answer oilier nceudauenib
' to be preferml
I Frank Woodliead. of (Jlen ltleldle. np.
lie'UIl'll II1.IIIIM i.'ii.iu i"J. ." en,,,
bo gave Ponder rai woith of Libert)
IJonds last November as pan pajinent
on a homo at Urteiivvlch, and that
Ponder inado no effort to purchase the
bouso for him The complaint against
libn last week was a similar one, mado
vi two jihjmoc!
QllinnP IMPFRIIS PIVF
JU1UUL lllirCJAlLJ IITL
,, . ., ., .
hst'dping Gas 1'llllies IVrilieatCt
House, Mllll.inglTlll" Initiates
Mis Sadie Hums and her four iliil-
dren nanowiv escaped suflneation last
"ti-
night. Tlw pollco say Henry Zcrbaugh, a 11 T rioiKiioiuers imercsis
boarder at the Hums home, 2911 I) A Men It Tavlor. former transit dl
strcet. committed suicide by inhalliur lector, who opposed the lease and filed
gas, but that the ese aping gas Imperiled ,H objections with tlio I'lild'c Ser- ,
the others in the liouse Commission, would add nothing lo u
Conn, and WMfced ut BaW?n
'"""u'' .,.w ....,i-..w ......... v...
I)ur-
mother, aim tno huininoiieii me priiice'.
,lf,er s'1""1"? rt the gas ami Uirowlng
o)en the windows. The clilldien and
.helr ,00,1,,.,. ulTe tieatcd by neighbor.
Ing ph.vslcluns.
OHIO DEFIES BURLESON
State Utilities Hoard Rejects Lonp!,eacl,,,,B a "CW "cement thatjvm ;
Distance Telephone Increase .n..jvonjjvcnh,, T.,re. 1
rolumbus, Ohio, Jan. 16. (H) A P ) nDA7ll DDCCinrMT Dl TPT nrAIV
Tho Ohio Public Utilities Commission BKAtilL rnfcMULNl-KLIlLI UthU
today rejected the proposed Inci-ase
in long.dlstnnfo rates ordered hv Pot -
master iKneraiiiuri. son ana eiei'iareei
J iiciitiiil nun iiim uiiiiiieii
should not become effective la
the)
Ohio
COUP D'ETAT AT OLDENBURG
II wlifil Dennsnil us 1Iiail of because of III health, died today He
Jtailicdl ucposLii us iieati oi tMllly , cn.rncted Influenfla i jesterday
I'riesluiltl Kcpublic afiernoon he received the last sacra-
lZR-.W&ll&iWX-ZA ' ,
-
President Kubuke of the "itepubl c of
J,a8t J;,rilf,Vi!l.' cH,?iit wi, h".eU i,'.5'
ilnrtlv IH'lllliHlH wild hmi. In.
"new- wer&t'o
, was an Independent Socialist,
its from Usseii .say that the
Kir. limiuii), ':t, , ' .
stalled i
Kuhuke
llepous irom j.ssen say Hint llie
Spartacuns nro compelling tho miners
IP lime uwiliu , ftw uti .limn tiBtiiime
their will. Clerical election
sneakers
ln that region havo been attacked
by
BoisneviKi.
The Spartacans who attempted to
selie the plant of the Volkszeltung in
Dresden, Saxony, have been arrested, to
gether with many other disturbers of
the peace In that city.
'
AUTHOR OF LEASE
REGRETS FAILURE
William D r a p e r Lewis
Sony Rejection Will Fur
ther Delay Transit
STOCKHOLDER IS GLAD
Hill.. mi Diaper Lewis, whu drew up
llio IraiiNit UBrieniciit which was disap-
pinvcd by the I'nblie rrr k e C'oinnili-
wlon. txpressed iliFaiipulnlaient todaj at escape tue iiercn names.
! the cou.,,ioncr8 a. mm. A number of men ware badly bin 1.1.) , M iNon s btano Lnei-rtain ,
I "I have net ct bud llino 1 oinplctcly ln" lhc bl.ulnfr oil which ovcillowed ( picddent WiLon himself piob
,lo read the deVon," Faid Mr. Lew w. . from a tank and wan limited by the 1 abj js uiiculLdn slid on that point.
"ii 1 1 .1 . t .1,. ,,. f,.i
I riiouhl eominent on It
"I me) ".-:, however, that I tegret
. . ... a
very iiiuen uiai ine uesiic or ine pcoi'ie
of Philadelphia for a uniform traiiMt
"SMciii ,s subject, us 11 rcMjp of the
dtiMou. to tuither delaj "
The next development in the transit
1 -
fllnatlon. cronim; out of the disapproval
f n,a nBrcement, will be the precnta-
. ...
""" '" " 'i "i
llanlsbiiri; to replaie
,, S.llUS bill
defeated at the lat ses '
Moil of Ihe Legislating 1
The United lliisini" Men's Xwuciatie'ti
iiiinrdhu to i:dwaid A. N'npiiel, Its presi-
Ii lit. villi nii-Miit sue 1 a bill as Minn ii 1
II l.lll lie llaliled
The nbjeit of the bill will bo to 1111
puwe'i' the Public Service CoinmliiSieiu to
1 onipel the t It T. foinpaii) to slab
llhii ph.vi.lial eiiiifielinii between the
Frankforil "I." and tlio csWlhig M.iikrt
sin el hiibH.ij-eleiatiil. The bill will
Hit tin r empovvtr the (iiuiinl.-hlou to
make mi ntiuiiKimenl Willi tin transit
company for a uuifoim llvc-ecnt fare
afipueauie 10 110111 lines
VV1111U Mnale 1'iirm
.. .entlil" i,ild Mr Nomiel iu-
It seMintlai, lam .Mr .-soppcl ui-
iliy, t Cft some Ii.ihis of ngieeiacnt
which will make the Krankfoi.l L eff.c.
live It Miould be possible for ileitis
fiom I'rankford tn go to the end nf the
elevated line in West I'hlfhih iphla. It
thi v eliooi-e, for the one five-rent fare'
1 liarles II. lugersoll, a director of H101
I'hlladelplil.i l'.apld Transit Conipan).
when asked his oplufou of tlm coiiuuls
slon'a action In rejecting the lease, said
'I nevei believed Ihe plan as eoiitalued
j , , u.tl lla orkai,e and said sn at
t()e ,nC lt , u,i,,tf.j ny tiic nimpaity
and til" cllv Uvldently tho lommlsslou.
allvi Paving tho mailer before It foi
1)iin ,n,i,s, k 0r the s.une mind
eilie'lllllln l.lll lV liuilll'll lllll. I
,,, ,ial vvm rn.,i,ie the l. It. T
Mmietblng e'.iii be worked mil. I am
lu
develop and betlei Klin the public In the
opuatloii of tile high speed lines, and at
.. .. . .,.- ,.
tne s.nne einio pum u .im.no cue i-
.,.. .....esscd lu is lir'ef.
"'V1 views wero'very full) and ejearl)
llllll kll Dlniipp.iililnl
With the proposed leusa of the city's
high speed lines to the Philadelphia
Ilupiil Tianslt Company disapproved ,
by the State Public Service Commls.
1 slon, city Mid tinnslt company ofllclals ,
1 toda) uro faced by tho problem of
'
1 I)r AKps. Frientl of United
i
i . --
Sllltetf, surcuiiilis to Loilff; illiie?s
I'lo .Innrlrn. j.in. ID lr llodilgues
Mves, who wins uunnlniouslj electul
President of Ilrazll last March, but was
unable to assume his .olllco on No.
v ember IS. the date ot Inauguration,,
, ...,.. rtr in. ,'f,in.,,i. ,-,,,,pni.
I Uoctor. Ahfs l,urSeadv''serv eel one
I ,frnl UH ireHlclent of Uraull from 1902 ,
lil('c- riur'ne the ndmlnlMratlon he
. "V. -"" hhi.ihiiiiii iid
, 5'
1 1 ' deSTmpro 'ing t lie principal noru re.
Eled iiml lrtusllyreuiillt tlVe cU
.,nied and lrtusllv rebuilt ih..ii.
0 nto de Janeiro. '
i les IIISO SITOV
C at nil tlniPM tn lrlnr-
a closer reliUloiuLhlp between Ilrazll and
tho United States. Ha wiib regarded as
the strongest friend of the United Staiex
and the foremost advocate of pan
Amerlwnlim ln South America.
Vice President Delphlm Morelra.
former Governor of thv Mlnas Geraco,
jeeeeda to the prealdeacy;
i.
DEATH IN FIRE'U. S. WITHOUT PLANS
ON OIL CRAFT UPON LEAGUE UNTIL
AT PT. BREEZE PRESIDENT DECIDES
Firemen Recover Boil
Sailor Seek Two
Other.
MEiN DIVE INTO SEA
of blazing liquid'
Several Injured in Hospital
Not Expected to
Recover
TWO T-VNKERS ULRNED
Heroic I'lght Sac (.rigaulic,
Still- and Oilier eels.
.
Ncarlt
oiib man was burned m death,
another U believed to have lost his
life and scvcial were mjiind today in,
ti four-alaiin llio that burned two tank I
steamships anil a barge t.nd threat- j
ened destiuctlon of the Atlantic Itelln
ins Company's oil plant at Point
Hrcezc.
The master and tho mate of one of I that they aie auditing J 'resident
the tankers, the Uaould Aniiind-en, ate I Wil.-on's dccisio.i whether lo cm
lepoited missing. power the league with meiely c.ecu-
Scamen from sevcial vesoels jumpeil tive authority or give to it aimed
ovcrboaid Into a veritable sea of hlaz.( fol.,,s tt) almvc obedience lo its
Inc nil mi the Schulklll Hivcr to doci-iolis
le. Willi 11 martesi 111 me iioiu u iur
ItiouM Anuiuilscn. The flumes spread
to the tanker iiKiihei.'cu. nculij.
Tin l ttl.V 1. II l',l I'Slllirllf 111 (
..........
The llio htarlisl llortl:. nticr . 1
o'clock tills moiniilR aim 1111s nuci.
noon Ilromen vvcie .still poiirlui; water
on the ruln.s of the thiee e-,hpli,
1
which vvcie list 1 111? badly, till eaten IllK ,
to sink ln folly tcet of water at their
docks.
Several Injured .Ma) Die
I'hjiiiciiu'r l'vbe several of tho III
jiii til 1 annul rceovct
'llie dead
WllUniii TI 1111.1111. S283 Soutll Hem
pi rgei stret t
The injuied were taken to the follow
ing hiispltals'
Mrlhoill.l Hiiipllul
elii nilrroii. forty )ears old.
)Piili.iiren, Denmark: burned all over
bodv , (oiidltluii rritlcitl.
Aiililrnnir Vlilirrn. Ihlrtj-four, Slam
Mind, Norvvn) , burticel on bod) ; londi'
tlou serious.
Thee nun are fUffenng from sliock
and minor burns
Hurr) olunkrn, Sweden.
Vlcxiinili-r Nit. Chrisli'ima, Norway.
Vlfrnl f.M'i'len Denuiark,
llirrt I lldilell, Swede 11.
.Vlemlreen Juliimnirn. Uergen, Nor-
way.
Mininel I.ari-fii
110J South Twenty-
1
1 llll nlnl. ItiQ.t,, Klrnel '
ihlnl striet
I. run l'arrlnli 1 1
ITnhemltv llenpltiil
Paul llervlne, pollco boat King, burns
of bod).
M. AgneN'H Ilohplttcl
Corporal .1 W. Spangler, Canulen
ii.ji '. of hands und arms.
William Thompson was a machinist
fin email tinplo)ed b) the leflmiig 10m
p.ui) He vias trapped on the wbaif
and burned 10 death. 111m hod), with
one leg and 11110 arm bullied off, was
rcenveie d.
aoker on the Copenhagen Is be.
Hewed to have lost his life In the hold
of his ship. j
Itriives 1 eiiplinr Flames
The first man outside, tho tankers
crew to reach the billing vessel vias.
Corporal Spangler, of the Atlantlo Tle
llriiig Compaio's force of guards Spang-1
ler sprang aboaid the msc1, selied a!
hosellno and reached a vantage point1
that covered the hold.
The couiageous corporal wunsiood the
(trrinc heat and Ignored the leaping
fameH lor several minutes until a sud-l
a.,,, Mieen of tiro burned his legs and,
nody. Other guards cairlcd hhn from
h,. tanker.
A soure'e of peril wero the feed lines
througli wl.lcl; i oil Is ,jlpee .from the
1. to tlw tankers. j i jnum,
directly with the huge tanks, caught
lire. Oil company workmen plugged
l -innc-cn eiicco i-i-o ......... ivu.n
llrectiy wnn tne nun wins, caugni ,
the plpo lines, preventing the flames from
lumilng along the pUied oil like a fuse
rm one of the docks Is a small grout.
of office buildings. Clerks and workmen
,..,i einm una Mnnkn to rej,cu enin
"', ' ,, ..,, hnnk
able records and books,
Tiir Tankers Moved Ami
Tl,r'e TBnk"" -1'" A"y
On we wesi sioe ui me ncnuyntiu
River were moored three big tankers.
Although the wind was easterly the
nnbeiii U. fir liinVvH fmrf i)lfr mnnrlnn..
and swung Op-stream In the wake of
the O'Nell, which had passed under
llio w ...-,,, .,,.,v,i ,... i..iu unucr I
through the open draw ot the FassyunU
enn hiWKe.
'rl, nrlllKC- lmt'' ',ollce cIear' It.
wis thronged with hundreds of speeta-
inra (llitrpirnrilliiir tlntiffr In tliAlt nmr.i.
ness lo view the spectacle,
The drawbridge was kept open, com
pletely tying up traffic at that point.
At one time the flames, forming- a red
and yellow wall, .constantly moving, ex-
CeaUaned on race Two, Celuna Sttio
WilsOIK Etideutly Puzzled lis to Course.
Seek Concessions lYom I lie A 1 1 ies Before
Viinouiiciiig
SCHEME OF WORLD
WOULD CONFLICT WITH BRTTJSH
Uy CLINTON . GILBERT
tuft 1 nrrc,pnnilent of t Iir l.ienlwr lNilille I fiUir
With the route Drlexatlim In lairope
fly Special Cable
i uyjriQhl, 7!'I9. bu fubl'c Lctlotr tumpa j
Paris,
.lan. Il. eurther ilevolOD-T
Further develop-1
merit of a definite Amciican scheme '
"or tl Leuguo of Nations now waits
on I'icsidcnl Wilson.
jc jms t)0t siijnilied lus position .
ci as lo v.hether it should be a !
superstate, and until lie speaks there 1
wjj continue the individual t-chemes,
but no off.cial tnciicati one.
inn lairfo coips oi ic(;ai au.'isers
of the Amciicai peace eomniifeaion
is working od the league idea, but
it is possible to say with authority
In Washington, however, ho was
1 supposed to look with favor on the
idea of a superstate analogous to
a ,,:-. t!l fr.i
"- -.. -... .,,
but no Allied statesman yet lias pro
DANIELS AND HATCH DISCUSS VICE SITUATION
Seeietaiy Daniels and Colonel Hatch held two confeicnccs
today In Washington lcgaiding vice conditions in this city. The
whole situation, Including the eontioveisy with Mayor Smith,
was gone over fully. SecieTnry Daniels, after the eonfeiencc,
said he might make announcement latei today ov tomotiow,
bel'oie closing eonsideintlon of the matTei and decidlns on a
ttituie cottise.
VERMO-y" SENATE VOTES FOR RATIFICATION
1 M.ONTFI jSR, VI.. J"nn. 16. The StnaTo voted in l.ivov of
the latitication of the Fedeinl piohibitlon nnieiulnient today
The House was expected to act on the lesolution Intei.
NEW MEXICO HOUSE FOR PROHIBITION
SANTA VC N. M.. Jnu 1G. xiw New Mexico House of
Keptcsentatives ratified the pioSrDTTTon nmendnicut today by
a vote of '15 to 1. Senate npinoval of Hie nniciuTinent was to be
ucoided shoitly nftci the lesolution was lecclvcd fiom the House.
VARE CHAIRMAN
OF CITY AFFAIRS
Senator Heads Upper House
Committee That Will
Handle Charter
SAID TO BE NEUTRAL
State .si'initor Felwln 11 Varo toda)
was rppointed cliHlrman of the Senate '
Conunltteo on Mitnlclpil Affairs, and
thus nuv be a big fnctor In deeldinc
the fate of the proposed bill for charter I
revision
Announcement of the Senator's ap
pointment was made nt a conference of
Republican leaders at Itepubllcen Slate
Committee lieaeiquaners, iiroael street be-
,ow rine The conference was called on
committee chairmanships of the Senate
and House
The committee over which the Sena-
tor wMI pres'do will handle all bills
relating to munlc'pal legislation
To
this commltteo the Charter Revision bill
w HI be referred.
As chairman of tho committee Senator 1
Vare will preside over any public hear
Ings that may be held on charter re
vision. Ills attitude toward tlio b'll at
the present time Is said to lie neutral.
He Is opposed to many features pre
sented thus far, however.
AliairH ni llie ,-IEIlltie IICCUIICU IIIO RV
tenth... of the leaders throughout today
House committee chairmanships will be
taken up tomorrow
Affairs of the Senate occupied tho at-
State Chnlrman Wllllnm II Ciow has
been drclJed upon as Republican leader
of tho Senate. Ho will succeed Governor
elect Sprout,
Among the leaders attending the con
ference are Senator Ma Leslie, Pitts
burgh! Senator Clarence J, Bickman,
Continued od face Two, Caiman Two
His Sluiid
SUPERSTATE
posed a superstate eumpaiable
no;pil n Mineit!ito cumnaiatilp in
power to America's ccntial govern
menl.
Since his arrival here Piesidcnt
Wilson pio'oably lias cncountcicd
much opposition to the superstate
factor, for there seems to be in
Kuropo much skepticism as to its
(practicability. Even the Librtals in
ciiKianu ale not. icauy to fo 10 mat
length. This may have modified
President Wilson's views if, as un-
derstood i.i Washington, be did favor
file superstate.
Setlis Allied Concessions
The President probably is trying
to asceitain bow much he can get
in the way of Allied concessions in
llie League of Nations ptoject be
fore definitely committing himself
to any advanced scheme. He an
patently Js waiting und listening
while other advocates of the league,
like Lord Ilobert Cecil and Gencial
C'-
itnB
r!l,V
nty,
Smuts, for England, both speaking
with a huge measure of authority
(nntlniirii on I'nse Mw, Column One
DR. LIEBKNECHT
REPORTED SEIZED
Spartacan Leader Captured
in Berlin Sniping by
Reds Continues
EIGHTS ON HOUSETOPS
rty lio lisoct ted I'ress
Ilerlln, V
lesday, Jan 15 Dr Kail
Liebkncch
io spartacan leader, has
been captjirei
it was learned late today,
by officers nnd men of the division of matlou divulged to official statements,
mounted rltlo guards who arrived in Tnls dec!8lon will preclude tho Amer
nerlln todav , lca" ue''"ates. even Mr. Wilson himself,
uerun iouuj. frQm dSCUMlnB tl)e formaI announoe-
Thji Spartacan leafier Is Bald to havo ments that are Issued. It will likewise
been seized and taken to the fashionable stP ine Practice of Premier Lloyd
Hotel Falen in the western part of Ber- Oporge. of Great Britain, of dlscusalnt
lin irivii, leieiiiion,. ,.nn.,ni.ni..ii affairs Willi Ilritlsh correspondents for
ith the hotel whh cut off ahmmii. sn..
ufter t was reported that he bad been
taken there' i
Spartacan snlpcis continued their ac-
tivltles last night In some sections of
tho city and especially In the newspaper
section where tl Wolff linr.n,, ,i,
and the Tageblatt were, the objects ot
their fire. Other snipers rendered the
district around the Halles Gate In tho
..!,.,.. :,.. f .i. -a .. .' ".
there also was some scattered firing in
the northern part of the city
The aoi.rnm.nt still maintains a
strong force or iroops in me Moablt soc-l
Hon and the search tor weanons ,i
criminals there Is said to bo producing
gratifying results.
Hot but futile firing went on all night
around the Stettin railway station,
MiiDlrli, Wednesday, Jan. IS. (By A.
P.) An attempt to overthrow the H-
Contlased ea
roar, Cleaa Vkvu(
PEACE VEIL
EXPECTED TO
BE MODIFIED
Impression Prevails That
Restriction Will Not Af-
feet Comment
PRESS WILL VOICE
ITS RIGHT TO NEWS
President Cannot Disclose
E en Personal Views Un
der Present Ruling
COL NCI L IS RESUMED
Only Ofliciul Communique
Will He IbMicd I)j- Allies
in Sessions
H the .tssociated I'rcss
IMrU, J.in ifiThe Supremo Council
lud.u. after otit.idcrinK the matter of
me icutions between the eonferenec and
'o press, decided to call a meeting at S
"clcl tills afiernoon 10 be attended b
lllc ""mbers of the press of tho Allied
'lml -"oeiaioil nations in tho conference
uiti-rcliangp
vlewn on publicity
metlioils
Thin
was amioumcd In tim ..1111,1
s,;"(nicnt of todu'n sension of the
eouill, wbu-ii also save out tho Informa
tion that the l!us.sian question bad been
llFeim-ul .urn would bo Jointly examined
1 iter, after the various CovernmciitH had
iMhaiiBiil their latest Information on
the subject with ciich other. Tho oillclal
tuiniuuniiiA teadfl:
The. President r tlm United State
or .vintrlen nm Mi. tri., ti..t.,
and r,lr,lm. Mernailei of the Aliled
1,',' ,,1 -'''-i by tlv JiipaiiFdo am.
,l,aiwiidors in Paris und London, met
tiM. n, ti,, yui ir,,IH,iy f ,0'"
in to U in p
In Meet Hi I'resa ( lub
Ihe nii.Mloii ()f the lelrtions be
I wis ii ihe loiiineuie mid the press
" .'" taken ,, i ,VMM decided to
.. iiiectiiM ..ii .iii-mber. of he
press .nm the Vllied and iinsnciated
iiiiiniriis ni llio press Club su Avenue
I'is I lumps i:isee toiln m 5 o'clock
lor llie tut, rrliauge ni icvv as to the
in. thud to be adopted
"llie in. e ting then took un Ihe ques
tion ni ihe situation in Itiihsi.i and
agr.ed that the ilovenmients should
aiiiualiil r.ieli oilier with the latest
Inhumation at their disposal, ulth a.
view lo the joint examination of the
iinsliou
Tlie not meeting will be held to
iniirnnv, Filila). al 10 30 a m.
I.vpert MiMlllliatluii
Tb" Impression p.-uvalled today that,
follow Inc.- tlio proieMs Hint bavo arisen
against tlio dulsion of 'lie Allied Su
ptcme CnuiHil. lettileting aP tlio news
of lis sessions to formal communiques
the i.'Htrlctloii will i, made to npply
only In tho actual proceedings of the
current day and not to any comment by
tho delegites on the general question
before tho council.
Tills impression cannot be officially
confirmed, but occupied a conspicuous
placo among the reports in circulation
today.
Tho newspapers teport that the Ave
great Powers will decldo today whether
the secondary States, even outside of
Uurope. will deliberate on decisions con
cerning the fate nf lluropo and ques
tions regarding tho safety and future
of the JUllcd Powers
Oiluiidu Mill nt Home
Tlieip wero present for France,
I'icmler Clemenceau and Foreign Min
ister I'lcbon for tho United State.
" To,-"' mluS,? Ml?
l.O)d fleorgo and Foreign Secretary
Ualfour; for Italy, Foreign Minister
t-miiiino. ana tor japan. Viscount
Chinda and Uaron Matsul Vittorlo
Orlando, the Italian Premier, was the
only absentee. He still Is detained In
Home.
Piesident Wilson arrived at the meet
ing plnee accompanied by Mrs. Wilson
and her secretary, Mls Uenhaiu,
No one outside of llie delegates lo the
Peace Congress knows anything about
t 11 A il I LrIIUCjl-ttl till I ftl lirAuelii1 ..
,"..",",: .'", " '" .11..""
the Congress secret and to limit infor.
the putpose of guiding them in forming
public opinion In Ungland
It has licen believed hero by persons
close ,0 rreslllent Wilson that ho would
contend for open sessions ns far as pos-
"lb,c' Tlla . ne " " .. u,s Bame wa'r
Is the opinion generally exurcseed hera
,UBt night.
America for Publicity
, , . ... .. .,
Cur ously enough, the question of
wl,ethedVlbar',0en!,.n,,ertre .t0 bJ?n"'J
or secret had reached a stage befor,,
L" " ,7.Z "'nn" l' .,,3 i "''
"'"'"""; "T Z ,"' ,11 I.-.Z... ' "
sought. Just before the meeting 8ee
rctary of State Robert Lansing autUor. s1 '3
tied the following as his view: i - :V'3
The American policy Ls that fullest i,$-'fM
publicity consistent with the rapid arid "t ,n40 JS
satUfactoryt discharge of Important 4' - 11a
business wnren musi come before the J
Peace Congress should be uccorded. It"
Is possible that seaalons should be ','"
M
?
kl
"cLl
a
i
4
tf
'ft-
u
4
y
2f.k
ja
1
r v
''.
-K J
p ,
'B$n.
1 . ?,'" ' ?
", r
,
4LJ
J.