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VOL. V. NO. 107
Published Ully Ricrpt Biinrtix, Bubirrtptlnn I'rlro Is a Tr by MilL
Copyright, 1010. by Public Ledger Compnry,
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1919
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TURNHAVERFORD,
CARRYINGTROOPS,
FROMJfflS PORT
Liner, With 2100 Return-
ing Soldiers, Ordered
to New York
DANIELS READY TO ACT
li Early and Vigilant Methods to
ji Safeguard Men Debarking
Here Promised
The War Department has directed the
American liner ltnvcrford to land Its
complement of 2100 returning soldiers
at New York histoid of Philadelphia
The department Insists the troops "can
not bo hindled" nt this port.
The controversy between city author
ities nnd Federal officials on the .lco
situation here Is looked upon ns the real
cause for the ordei. The Il-tcrford
sailed last Wednesday from Hrct.
France, for Philadelphia. 'While It was.
out at sea the Wnr Department wire
lessed Its commander to ts.ko the btcam
ship to New York.
Shipping men here today were loud
In their denunciation of the War De
partment's action Telegrams of protest
hate already been sent to Secretary of
War Dakcr, to Senator Pe nrose and to
Congressman J. Hampton Moore, urging
Federal reconsideration of tho moc
At the name time It was announced In
Washington tint Secretary of the Navy
Daniels nnd Secretary 'Baker have
illgncd themsohes with Lieutenant Col
onel Charles II Hatch. law -enforcing
ofllcer here, In his attacks on tho city
administration of tho .lcc problem and
are" preparing now to take drastic steps
to havo this city policed by soldiers and
sailor" Some dellnlto announcement of
the plan undei wny Is cNpected In the
next thirl) -six hours.
Mum! II; Colonel llaleli
After a Bcrlcs of conferences with
Colonial Hatch, Secretary Daniels and
Secretary Halter hie convinced them
selves that Colonel Hatch Is In tho right
In his controcrsy with Major Smith
and In his judgment on tho ico situa
tion In phlHdelphlH. They an- now pre
pared to baik him to tho limit In any
course he may decide upon us neces
sary. Important action by tl.e Navy nnd
War Departments Is pending In regard
to the vice situation hero and steps that
will 'shock" een thoso most familiar
with the situation are to be taken with
in the next 36 bourn unless llio city au
thorities bring about a radical change.
It Is learned at Washington today.
Colonel Hatch went to Washington
esterday and held conferences In tho
moinlng and afternoon with Secretary
.Daniels During tho day ho met Major
U-1 scorn JohnBon, chl f of tho law -enforcement
division of the welfare de
partment of tho War Depirtment. and
discussed tho kffil fcatuies of tho
Philadelphia situation.
This morning a meeting was held
between Kccretar) DinlelH. Secrotar)
Maker, Colonel Hntch and Major John
son, nt which the whole Mtu itlon was
relewcd. Colonel Hatch s courso In
dorsed nnd a plan of action foi the
future agreed upon.
1 ran make no announcement tnilav
of what Is o he dune In IMillndrtphla,
but lliit sailors, marines and sotdlera
are to he given full protection there,
eien if we hare to bring in tho whole
navv and arm) to nhlnln It.
There Is no polities In thin inalter
with un We want Philadelphia kept
Vleun and hape hoped it tould be done
without Interfering with the uaual run
of thing there or having am inntro
iers with the cits officials. If It tan
not be done that way we will adopt
another course.
Colonel Hatch returned to Philadel
phia this afternoon
Mre Reports Held to Illame
Although the War Department an
nounced that its action in (hanging the
course of the Haerford was due to the
lack of "proper facilities'" In this port,
P F. Young, manager of the interna
tional Mercantile Marine Company,
which owns the Havcrford, In u terse
statement Issued this afternoon asserts
that "eyVaggernted reports of v Ice condl-
tlons'in this, citj" are tho real causa
for the change
Mr. Young, In a letter to tho Phlladi I-
phla Hoard of Trade, asserts tint this
1KU has adequate facilities for tho
handling of troops and urges th it or
ganization to tako Immediate steps to
remedy the situation.
Outsrowth or 1'xintxerattoiiH
III his statement Mr. Young, disre
garding tho excuse gen by tho War
Department ror its action In dlcrtlng
the Hnverford to New York, said:
'The whole thing Is an outgrowth of
Contlntieil on Tare Tito, Column Three
STRICKEN SHIP FOUND
Ansnldo III Helpless About 600
Miles OfT Delaware Capes
Word uh recelied hero todnv fha
I tho Italian fiteninKhIp Ansaldo III wan
krouiui, alter a nearcn or seeral daB, in
fa helplesH condition about 600 miles east
of tin Pelaware Capes.
I Two steamships and a n.iv cruiser
r'aro (.landing by tho Ansaldo III, waiting
or wie arritiii oi lugs 10 oring tlie ship
u,iii iu en i purl
The Ansaldc III Is rennrteil in l,n.
ii. broken steerlnir cear nnrl Una haa..
floundering about helplensly for the last
f I'li-i "" ',"" -iiiiiii nitiieu irom
r1 I this port on January 7 for Oenoa. Italy.
Siessel recehed at Halifax several dnjs
sgo reported Its distress, but did not
gle any location. Since that time steam.
' !Jis nnd nay xessels hao been search-
the sea from Xoa Scotia southnard
the disabled ship
.The Ansaldo III Is a 5200-ton freighter
rned and operated hy the Hoeletle Nnl
ionale di NnWgazlone. which hnn nnin-
I r. miction iikhki iruin inn iniian
It Third and Walnut Btreets It c irrled
v cargo or steel plates, lubricating oil
lend machinery xaiued nt mon n,,...
RB00.000.
THE WETS WINJ
Though the tand U toted dry
Wetness reigns or tains. Here's
why:
Again a tain drop pattcr-daj;
I 'Jtfldi tonight and Baturdav.
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NOBRE ACQUITTED!
OF LIBEL CHARGE
Satisfied With Verdiet, Says
Vare, Contending Claims
Substantiated
JURY DECIDES QUICKLY
lohi) SI Xobio. former eit sure)or,
charged by .State Senator IMwIn II
Vare with criminal libel, was noiultted
In Quirter Sessions Court todnv The
Jury was out less than an hour
following Xobrc's acqultt il. -in.itoi
Vare issued a statement III which he ex
pressed satisfaction with tho idict
Ho also asserted tint testimony intro
duced nt tho trial tubstatitl.ited his
claim for work done on Government
nenue.
llio libel chirge ngalnst Nobro was
based on Ills statement before Councils
I'muiice Commlttro that ho altered fig
ures for work donu on Government
aenue, nt llio suggestion of Senator
Von. nnd on the fact that lie gave sim
ilar statements to tho newspapers
As Senatoi Vare In ills statement laid
cspicial stress on his contention tint
no part of Government avenue had ever
been p-ild foi. m.ui) regard tills as a
warning th it lie Intends m tune iiiriner
action to colliet his moral claim' of
J150.000 from the city.
Hid Not Ilnpert (onilelliin
The Senntor's statement follows.
I am fullj sitlslied with tlie erdlct
When I had Mi. Nobre arrested I felt
that It would be most dllilcult to have
tho Jurors agree upon a conviction, due
to pollllc.il conditions
'The trial, however, gave the public
the oiportunit of having the claim 1 dd
bare In a. court of Justice', where all
witnesses we ro undir o ith It vvnstmre
established tint I never icmiested him
to elcstiov niiv record and that no part
of Government ncnuc Ins ever beep
paid for. I made It clenr that I will not
allow Mr Nobre or any othci man in
tho future to assail m good name
which In the end reflects on in) wife and
six children.
' When libelous statements are made
without anj foundation In fact I will
see to It tint they who make them will
have to answer In a couit of Jubtlce"
Tho case went tu the Jul Boon after
court convened today
Nobrc'B trial opened on Tuesdaj be
foro Judge Audenrled ill Quarter Ses
sions Court.
tJilentloiiH Hinged Upon Mallee
Judgo Audenrled, In Ills charge to tlie
Jury, told tho Jurjmen they had 'no
right to find Nobre guilty unless jou are
Bitlsfled that be acted maliciously."
Ho rend the libel act of 18C0 to the
Jury and also the act of Juno 3, 1S9.I
Ho referred to Nobre h testimony nnd
admission be fore Councils' rinance Com
mittee and told flin Jur it must decide
whether these statements were de
famatory libel without legal Justification
or, as Nobro claims, merely an act to
sao the city loss of money, and there
by .1 public benefit
"Statements of this kind," said the
Judge, 'are not always unlawful Some
times they are Justified and proper.
"If tho subjict-matter concerns the
welfare of the public llio public is In
terested, and It is n matter of public In
estlgatlon and not punUhr.lile. A true
statement is privileged, evVn though de
famatory. 'The Finance Committee was consid
cilng spending a largo cum of money.
Noble was summoned, lis 1 1 ever tne auu.
Ject-mnttcr and had the right to give
the committco Infoi mation.
"You must decide if this was a prl
ileged occasion even if It defamed
even if It Insulted Mr. Vare It Is not
puulshab'e unless it was made with mi.
Ilclous Intent. The Commonwealth must
prove malice. You have no right to
find Nobre guilty unless jou arc satis
fied that he acted maliciously.
'Vare said he never naked Nobre to
destroy records You nre nsked to Infer
that Nobre made his statement out of
Ill-will No He is privileged.
"Before jou say Nobre is guilty ou
must be satisfied that his statement was
actuated by mullce."
Dr. Ambler's Testimony
Referring to the testimony of Doctor
Ambler, a brother-in-law of Senator
Vare. Judge Audenrled said, "He was
not Intimate with Vnre, but wns intl
mate with Nobre. His evidence wns to
the effect that Nobre hud a grudge
against Vare. You must decide If such
was the case, or-if Nobro had In mind
the good of tho clt."
When the Jurymen filed out they took
the field book of Government avenue,
copies of affidavits made by Nobre and
other data which I were connected with
the case.
Nobre was represented by Joseph P.
McCullen,
OF PRESIDENT WILSON IN LONDON
Man, President WiNon and King (Itorpc
President tt'ihon.s
Visit to England
Shown in Pictures
On the back p.iKo of ttiis issue
of tho Evening Public Ledger
arc printed the liisl photographs
of the histoiic event to leach this
countiy. The photogiaphs ar
med in New York this morning
and v,cie sent immediately to
this city.
FEDERAL HOUSE
VOTES TO DOWN
SUBTREASURIES
Abolition of (fotcriiiiirnl April-
oie Here anil in Other Cities
to Be Fought
1 he limine In Washington voted 11 to
31, tills afternoon to abolish tho Phila
delphia BUbtreaBUry and the subtrcas
urles In lliltlmore, Iloston. Chicago, Cin
cinnati. New York, Now Orleans St.
Louis nnd Sin I'rancisco on Jul) I
The retention of the sub-treasur)
here was urged h Congressman .1
Hampton Moore, who spoke for tho
adoption of the It iker ame inline at to the
executive, legislative- and pudlelil np
proprl itlon which provides for continu
ing them In uper.it loll
ctlng upon tlie recommendation of
the eflleltiicv bo ml, the uppiopi latlons
committee made mi provision in the
hill for continuing the eNlstcnii of the
nlno suh-tieasnrles and tlicv would
iiutonnticall) go out of business June
30
'The binkeis business men, iltizciis
and officials of the I'lilladelplil i 1'ederat
Kesirve 11 ink want the Suhtic.isui re
tained there," said Congressmen Moore
God forbid that we should eoneenliate
and centralize any jiioio government
business In Washington You will bring
about Mime tangled finances If ou abol
ish the Mihtrcasurlcs.
".Mr MiAdoo. until reeontl Sccietar)
of the Tre.isui, stronglj lecommcudi d
the retention of the auhticnsurlca on tlie
ground tint tho were .performing a
valuible sen he and tint to abolish them
would not effect an) economj. as an
expense would be Incurred In the Treas
ui Depirtment In Washington in per
fonnaiiio of the work now being done
In the subtrc.isuries "
DID YOU SEE HIM, TOO?
That Stout Gentleman Walking
Up Chestnut St. in the Rain?
A gentleinin, somewhat stout, wttli
humoious wrinkles about Ills eves,
walked up Chestnut street this morning
It was raining a little, nnd he had no
umbrella, but this didn't seem to worry
lilm
And he looked like somebod's grand
father, one of those ntor.v-book gi ind
fathers, with sugei plums In his pockets
'the ciosslue Dolki in.lll looked at him
ncgllgcntlv. A insser-bv now and then
gave him a c-ireless glance ml a child
or two. obseivlm; those humorous
wrinkles, looked up nnd smiled and got
Htnlln In rnlllpn
Hui'obodjaweared to know this
mfortable-looklng gentleman on his
casuul saunter up Chestnut street In the
rain
And it was William Howard Taft,
former President-
CRONIN HELD IN CAR "THEFT"
Men Accused of Larceny Involve
Union Labor Leader
James C Cronln, 1707 Mount Vernon
street, business ngent of the Intern i
tlonal Molders' Union, Local No IS, was
held In J1000 hall by Magls'ia'e Pen
nock, at Centnl Station todav, charged
with conspiracy to cheat and defraud
The charge was brought bj the Auto
Owners' Indemnlt) and Insurance Com
pany. 926 Chestnut street
l'dward Virgin of N'cw York, Jo-epli
Hartnett, North Hicks street, and Harry
Schultheiser. North rifteentli street,
were held In $6(10 hall each on laicetiy
charges In ronnectlon with Cronln s case
It was their testlmoii) that Implliated
Cronln
According to their stnlement. Cronln
hhed them to steal his car. vnlued at
J3100. on November 20 Detective Far.
reil said he- saw tlie car going north in
Ilroad street and arrested tho ocup-intH
iiariiieec auu acnuiuieiscr. ine) im
plicated Cronln Toeay Virgin surren
dered himself to the police, admitting
his complicity In the theft
BLACKHAND SUSPECT HELD
Arrest Follows Receipt of Threat
eniiiR Letters by Neighbor
A blackhnnd suspect. Coslmo T)e .Vlassl.
Kater street near Sixth, was held todav
under J1500 ball by Magistrate Coward
'I he an est of De Massl was the result
of threatening letters sent to Itocco
Capome. "30 Hllswortli street. The com
munlcatlons threatened Capome and his
ramlly with destruction unless he agreed
to gl.e the writer five hundred dollars
Ilottlea of red and blank Ink and
writing paper, corresponding with that
used In the blackmailing communications,
the police say. were found in Da Masai's
-room. , ,
(c) IntermMtnH. 1 11m Sonic
on llic platform at Vittnri.i Mation
j2 MORE STATES
JOIN WITH DRYS
Wisconsin and Minnesota
Complete Ratification of
Federal Amendment
'
1' UK J Y ,
TOTAL NOW IS
the commibsioncis gcnemlly discuss-
noiilimii.ii inn IT Two more ( 'ff what takes place in the prelimi
Mates ijtiiied the naticuai prohibition ' nniy conference with members of the
amendment todnv bilnglng the total up
to fort)
The l.egisl iteie of Wisconsin com
pleted ratification when the House np
in nved tht nine mlimnt b n volo of .IS
l Si "llio Senate latilltd the prohibi
tion incisure list Witlnc-di
The Minnesota Legislature completed
ratification when the House nccepted
the amendment, 12 to 3.".. The Senate
took favorable action cstcnla
Tlie piogram of thewlry forces for tho
enactment ()f legislation to carry Into
effect the prohibition inundate of tho
Spites lias been outlined b) the Antl
Siloon League of America.
'Iwcntj-llio national prohibition and
anll-siloon organlz itions have agreed
upon the chief provisions of the legis
lative program, virtual!) a'i of vvlilili
are embodied tu n bill iutroduied In the
Ilouso by Representative llarkley, of
Kentucky, co iiithor with Senator shep
p ird, of Texas, of the b'cderal amend
ment 'Ibis program provides1
Tlie appointment of a I'ederal law en
forcement commissioner with su!licint
and ndcipiate power ami assist inco to
sccsirc the enforcement of the act.
A ;rolslon for the nbatimcnt of
llouor nuisinces h) Injunction.
Conferring of power upon the law
enforcement commissioner to prescribe
rules nnd regulations, with approval of
tho Commissioner of Internal Kevenue,
for the mnuufaeture and distribution of
wine for sacramental purposes and alco
hol for nonprnhlblled purposes
Confcrihig nil necea-ar) authority on
olllccrs and fixing of ndequato penalties
for violation of the act.
The sile. manufacture, transportation.
Importation, exportation and possession
of Intoxicating liquor for beverago pur
poses should be prohibited
All Intoxicating lliiuors illegilly
possessed, manufactured or sold and nil
Implements used In the illegil manufac
ture of such liquors shnll be considered
contrabinil
The phrase "Intoxicating liquor
should include distilled, mnlt, fermented,
vinous, alcoholic or any Intoxicating
An adequite seircli and seizure pro-
vision.
similar to those which have
proved
effective In the enforcement of
prohibitory I iwh In the States.
Tlie site of alcoholic natent or nro
j,retnr) medlelnes which nre pnsslhle or
t
'; ,Ti nnoundeTbv heme's"'
. should be sunoui ded b) the same sue -
gU inis .IS vile SUIO III Uliuiiui . jiiiif,ee;u , tlj vvisui, viy justly Ullll
Provision lo prevent nn scheme, de- in tno true spjrjt of modern democ
vlce or subterfuge to sivade the provl-, .. . ,, , . ,
slons of the act. ,acv tl,at lnc confeienccs they have
In accordance with the national pro-'been holding with tho Teutonic and
hlbltlon amendment, the several States Xuis), statesmen should be held in
Sllilll jiiuiiur ie 'KiBmeiuii 111 mi iiiuit
therewith to carry out Its provisions
Sueli other provisions as will destroy
ever) vestige of tho beverage liquor
traffic throughout the United States nnd
Its possessions
Affirmative action hy some of the ten
State Legislatures )ct to act is predicted
by prohibition advocates
COLONEL HOUSE SITS UP
Confers With President Won't
Attend Peace Council Opening !
I'nrln, Jnn 17 (Hy A. P.) Colonel !
H .VI House, who has bien III for sev
eral dn)s was so much Improved that
he sat up toda) Last night he had a
hSlMiour conference wit I , Presl Snt Wll -
HAHf lrilSr VMUIK MIBlll VHIHIOMIHI
As 'a precautlonar) measure, however, addressed to h" New York Tribune
e.hn.1 itnuP nlinlilin. i,ai. rnrhM "I saw ) estt rda) ii telegram ad-
den his attending tne opening session oi
tlie Peace Conference S iturday.
LEN1NE REPORTED IN SPAIN
Russian Premier Lands at Barce
lona, Madrid Papers Say
visdrld, Jan 17. (Uy A P.) Nikolai
I.enliie. the Bolshevist premier of Itiis.
sla was among Ilus'lnus who landed at
Barcelona recentl), according to news
papers here,
It was recently reported that I.enlne
had been Jailed by Leon Trotsk), the
nolshevlst foreign minister. No confir
mation or denial of the report was re
ceived from Russia,
'Siiy.?VJ&'a-a!i
FRENCH PRESS
r npwJ
VEILING NEWb
Irresponsibility of Paris
Papers Provoked Allies I
1 to Use GaS '
, ORDER DOESiYT APPLY ,
TO PEACE CONGRESS '
Sccrcry Is Being Placed Only
' Around the Preliminary
Conferences
SHUTS OUT THE WORLD I
i
Gilbert Sas Wilson Could
lime Forced Publicity
if He Tried
..... 3
The folloulitfi dispatch fmm Vr
(Illicit uni filed Ucjnir the Ullci
pffiitd In aticiamc their rule tor
score; o pane medians)
By CLINTON W. GILIIERT
tiff t orrepomlent of the Ktenlng Pub-
lie I f illtrr tilth the lere llele-
Ration in Frnnee
liy Spciinl Cable
Ciyiyrnlif. Ill, bj 'iidlic nloa fo
I'aris. Jan. 1G (delayed). The gnu
rule adopted Wednesday applies only
to meetings of the heads of Bovctn-
mcnU preliminary to the actual
i Peace Conference. It has heen sur-
nested that it will not stand when
I the conference iUelf hecins. But
"lc ru'c 's most scvcic. It not only
forbids the heads of governments and
press, but it also forbids publication j
of any information obtntned by the
pi ess rcgaiding such conferences
nnd not disclosed in the official com
munique. Such communiques as so far is
sued disclose virtually nothing. The
most complete blanket of secrecy
has been thrown over tho entire
proceedings. To enforce the rule
will require the most rigid appli
cation of the censorship. It will
be nearly impossible to tell whether
correspondegts aie disclosing matter
not published in the communiques.
Since Picsidcnt Wilson came here,
1nfrit in LHilirn mililipitt. nn1 In
piotcstation against ccnsoiship, his.
position is mntie ausuici ny tne iuio
just adopted. Even if modified when
the conference actually begins the
wotld will be barred from the knowl
edge of the most important steps
taken in making peace, for in these
picliminary conferences the really
vital issues among nations will bci,. ... fl
settled and when tho doors are kl)orl Ministry Prepares
thiown open and the actual confer-. Draft of Constitution
ences Jiegin the questions discussed
will be largely matters of detail and
of minor importance.
Sajs Wilson Acquiesces
What Picsident Wilson's attitude
is toward the rule just adopted is ,
impossible to determine. American
representatives not participating in
the present confeienceh express re
giet and hope that the lule will
not stand peimanently. The lule it
self pievcnts any disclosuic of what
the American and English position
, was nt the confeience when it was
Adopted, but tho fact stands out that
rresieieni, tviisuii, hi spue oi an mat
has been said about open covenants
openly arrived at, in spite of raising
the Brest-Litov.sk negotiations as aj
MHja nn..!n ,.n r o iL.i
lliuutl, 0III1K " uaiiumy o Hint- i
"The Russian representatives havclHtMU'l"""I"pl"K,"tor,k1,0"'101l,
, " nlIo mol0 ,),,, 000.000 It Is
the open, not behind closed doors and
(ontlnufd on I'iika TurJre, nlumn fine
FRENCH PREMIER
ASSAILS FALSE
PEACE REPORTS
Denounces Alleged Cable to Tri
bune Which Wa Evidcntly
Censorcd in Pat is
rrl. Jan. 17 (B) A P.) Premier
Clenieneenu. in the Chamber of Demi-
1 ties today, gave a warning against false
dressed to the New York Tribune." he
sild. 'in which it wns sain innt presi
dent VVIIron had threatened to withdraw
all his troops' and nimseir retire If cer
tain stipulations of his were not granted.
When I showed this telegram to Sir.
Wilson this morning he replied to me,
What an abominable falsehood "
When this dispatch was shown toda)
to Ciaret Oarrett. managing editor of
the New York Tribune, lie said:
The Tribune has never received an)
such statement from Paris and none
even remotel) resembling such a state
ment as was denied by President Wilson
has ever been published In the Tribune."
From this Incident It appears that,
notwithstanding assurances to the con
trary, dispatches filed by American cor
respondent si In Paris apparently are still
setoff censored and perhaps withheld hv
vth French authorities.
COUNTER -
0UT IN PETR0GRAD, REPORT;
BERyN RED CfflEFS SLAJN
Suspend Peace News Gag
at Instance of President
Berlin Reports That Amended Armistice
TermsJIave Been Signed Under Protest
by Erzberger, Germany's Envoy
liy the ,fiofin(cl "Voj
I'arls, Jan 17 At the inflame of
l'i orient Wilson, the Supicme Inter,
Allied Council deildcd ,cslcrlay to
hold In nbenncp the proioeit tille would be signed. ,
for lituil sitrocj icgardlng Its lc The qupatlon of llii'ilaiontlnuea to be
libeintloii!'. htjunit Information glNen'one of the most important before the
in pdjjij ntntcnH,ntM
It was nlo decided to leqiiCHt rep ent pilnclpill concerns how and when
iesenlatles of the Hrltlh Amerliun bIm- Hhnll bo repreiented before the con
and Italim press to present some ference, for opinion in conference clr
plan foi leportlns the inciting -len Is tint Ilusl,i must be represented
Tho mmlstlr between the Allies The pooling of the Information "in pos
nnd neiniin.N Ins been extended, tli Ueslon of the arious Powers l expected
HKiiemmt tu that elTcct being signed to lead to the clearing up of the situa
b Mil till is Kizbergcr, the Clcrman tlon to dome extent and nubstantlal
nimlstico ionitnl-f loin r at Tiews. lite progress Is lioped for from tho dlsciis
Vidncxdi. iiicoidlug to a Merlin ills. sIoiih wlilcli mi be continued on bitur-
patcli
I riherBer sIiih, Hut rrntents
1'iotcsts ncilnst the coiiilltlons Im
posed iiion (iiiimuj b the All In
extending the armistice wrie mule by
HilieiKe, Iuilns the coume of tliclr
confuonce, Kirbcigcr Is leportcd to
I
HUGE BOMBING PLANE
DETROIT, Mich.. Jnn. 17. A big: Cnpionl bombing; airplane,
one of three built in Detroit, left Monow Ticld hcic nt noon
today for Dayton, Ohio. It was piloted, by Captain Edwnid
L. Williams, Ji chief iiibtiuctor at the aviation field at Mincola,
If. Y., and can ltd four otbeis as passengcis.
TRANSPORT SANTA MARTA BRINGS 125 CASUALS
NCW YORK, Jan.' 17. The American traiibpoit Santa
Hart a arrived today fioni t. Nazaiie with about 125 officers
and men of the ovcibeab -oiteb, all casualb.
PLANS 15 STATES
IN NEW GERMANY
for Republic
PRUSSIA LOSES IDENTITY
ii joi:rn HKHm.N(:5,
if ireless to kt cniiip I'ublu I.eilgcr
eii;nyfil llfl, hit I'tihllc tcilytr (n,
ul rn 1 ntl Times ( o
Berlin. Jin 1"i(ii ('opeiiliasen, Jnn
10) Tlie Illieit gov tl lime nt Ins pie.
pared n ill aft of n new constitution
which will be submitted to tin in
tlnnal conxentlon soon after it assem
bles, prolnbly on Kebitiary 10.
The diaft pi ov Ides tint the pies!.
dent shall be elected for ten )ears by
direct vote of the whole people. Ho
ma v be ic-elected
The union of States )et to be foi ine-d
cltl hp mi III,. Aliuriili lirim lull.
plnuuol to illlde Prussia into eight
hepaiate States, ns follow h
l'irst Silesia with (irrmin Posen
nnd (icirmn Kast Bohemia; second,
the tieiman pirts of Z ist and West
Piussli, third, nranilenhuig Pomera
nla nnd Mecklenburg, fouttrt, greater
nulln nnd Its suburbs: fifth, lower
SnMiny, Hanover nnd Schlesw Ic-Hol-stiln.
sixth, Westphalia and tin Llppe
pilnclpalltles, seventh, the Rhlnelind:
eighth the Prussian pi ov lure of Hesse
and the .jrand elucli) of Hesse
Other Stntes ns pioposcil ure lo be
Ninth, Thuilngli. including eeitnln
pnrts of old Prussia; tenth, the former
kingdom of Ssivonv , Including pirts
of Prussian Savon) . eleventh, Baden,
twelfth, WiiitPinDUXK: thirteenth. Hi
varl.i. with the Gcimuti puts of ninth
western Hoheinln; fourteenth, Oerniau
Austria, fifteenth Iciuia and Its sub
urbs (mint Vim tarn Rrllrrs
Count Westnrp for man) ears the
Conservative lender, made ills p-irtlng
speech at a meeting of the Herman Na
tional People's party last night, having
decided to quit politics on account uf
ill-health.
Count Westarp said that there had
never been a chnnce for a peace without
victor nnd vanquished, of which tome
Germans had drenmed Germany had
accepted tho most awful p;ace condl
tlonn Instead of tho honorable. Just peace
which had been talked about ro much
He denied that Ludendorff had asked
for peace at any price, characterizing
Prince Max's statement to that effct
as misleading. It was Prince Max's
fault, he said, since the war would not
have been worse than are conditions now,
even had Germany-been actually van
quished In battle.
Count Westarp emphasized that he and
,CoaiUJiie on Fart'TwVlre. Clama Fticr
REVOLT BREAKS
lne nsKcd JIurhnl I'oth when the
blockade of ficrrmny would ho lifted
when Oct mans would be rclcdied and
when the preliminary treat of peace
supreme couik.II Tlie problem at pre-
'd.iv
1're. to llenr I'nliiiiire
llio position of tlie council re girding
publicity Is conslderul toda ns likely
to bo modified and it a believed with
the assembling of the council todaj that
( ontlnuril on I'nce Two, Column On
STARTS LONG I-'LiGHT
CITY TO FIGHT
FOR AUTO TAXES
Legislators Plan to Replace
Losses From Liquor
Licenses
COUNCILS TAKE ACTION
'I In clt)s legislators aie alreuly
il inning to ripl-ice In put the J.' lion,
Oim the muulelpallfv will loso hi liquor
llcemv revenues, when the counlr) goes
dr)
V light has been begun to divert to the
lt the automobile and mere mtile taes
which now u lo the Mate e'ouni lis'
Legislative Committee took up tho sub-
jeit at a meeting this afternoon
Phil idelphla will Join with Pittsburgh
nnd Scrnnton in tlie fight Hendqu ir
teis from which the cimpaigu will be
illreeted will be opt m d hi Harrishurg
I'hll iililphia s share of the automobile
and meieautlle I ixes would approximate
i 1,000 000
Speaking of the automobile taxes, Jo
seph 1 Gaffnc), chairman of the legis
lative committee, said
I his elt) should have the nutomo
hilt liicnee fees pa Idb) Plill idelplilnns
instead of turning over this mono to
the State The automobile owners ue
our streets nnd Philadelphia should get
the fees that the) pay In order to keep
Its streets in condition "
1 he personnel of the committee is
quail) divided between tlie Vnre and
the I'enrosc-lndepcndent factions, al
though none of the Independent nicm
beis of the committee were prseent
at the organlz itlon meeting toda)
.Vlenibcts of the committee from Select
Council are all Vare nun with the ex
ception og James Wlllard. of the .Ninth
Wnrd The) were picked b) James K
Lcnnon, president of the Select bod)
Ir Kilu.-iiil ttltnson picsident of tlie
lower branch, put all Penrose-Indepen-dent
men. with the evceptlon of Jo--eph
P G.iffne) n Vare Couniliman
from tho Twenty-sixth Ward, on the
committee
'Hie teglslatlie committee consists of
tlie following men Mr. (inffne). Vnre.
Twent) -sixth Ward. William T Colburn.
Independent. Tort) -sixth Ward; Robert
IX l,amberton. Independent Twent) -second
Ward, Charles II von Tagcn. In
dependent. Kort)-second Ward; Morris
Conn, Pennine, l'lghth Ward; Dr II. B
Oleason Penrose Ninth Wnrd , James
i: I.ennon. Vare Twenty-sixth Ward.
Isaac D Hetzcl, Vare, Klghteeutli Ward,
Kdward Buchholz. Vnre. Nineteenth
Ward; Frank J. Ilyan, Vare Tliirt).
sixth Ward; and John p Dugan, Vaic
Twent) -seventh Wnrd '
Announcement was mnde that Arthur
It. II. Morrow had been appointed sec
retary of the committee and would go
to Hnrrlsburg nnd maintain head
quarters. After I'ertonaltr Tux Ilodger
t'lepa will also be taken by the com
mittee to make the personal property
Centlnued on ! Tw. (Mrm Mi
Rcval Hears of Big
Uprising in Russian ,
City r
RETREAT BEGUN
Bt BOLSHEVIKI
Licbkuccht and Rosa Lux
emburg Shot to Death in
German Capital
SOLDIERS KILE KAKL "'
IN ATTEMPTED ESCAPE
Feminine Radical Victim o
Mob; Body Believed Thrown
Into Ciinul
" fM
H the Associated Press
ItelsinKfors. Jan. 17. A counter
revolution has broken out in Pctro
Krad. according to reports from Re
val, and the Bolslieiiki have started
a general hurried retreat eastward
from Ksthonia.
tJ
Ih the Associated Press
llirlln, lap 17,-I)r Karl Lleb
Ltiecht and Itosi Luxemburg hav
been killed.
"heii It heenme known jesterelay
til it tlie He, Icidcis were nt the Hotel
lalcn, in tlie western part of the city,
a crowd i.ipldi) congregated nnd
sturmeil tlie hotel lobbj to 1 ly hands
on them Both vveio spirited to a slda
entnnce to th,. hotel, hut tho mob
fniosialloil the attempt of tlie troops
to savo I'mulclu l.uxeniburg. She
wis beaten Into insensibility and then
thrown Into an nutomobilo by the
ciowd, whlcli Intended to take her to
prNon.
Ilodj Spirited Away
A few blinks down llio street the ma
chine was halted by n second, mob,
nnd when the presence of I'rauleln
Luxemburg became known, a man
Junipid oil the running boird and th
re ir and shot her tluougli the head Th
hod was dragged from the automobile
nnd carried off It Is supposed that
It wns thrown Into tho canal, but It ha
not In en found
In the meantime I'octor Llebknecht
was huiried Into nuothei automobile by
ollleers and Hoops nnd the car was
headed for the Moablt prison Whlls
going through the Tlergarten. the ma
chine was lulled by a punctured tire.
Doctor Llebknecbt was asked to getcout
i,) ine ouiceis, who inieiiiieei 10 nail a
other iiutonioblle and continue lowan
the iirlsnn While waiting, Doctoi Lleb.
km eht mnde an attempt to escape und
was shot dead bv soldiers, who had
antlclpited such mi effort on hi? part.
IhIhI 1iii.i for Freedom
I'octor Llehkneeht's attempt at CSTapa
was the last desperate dish for freedom
on the pirt of a man who hid left prison
i niv hiht October When tho automobile
which was carr)ing him bloke down, ho
was warned ngilnst an) attempt at
flight The olllcer In charge asked
Doctor Llehkmcht. who was bieedlnr
from a wound In the head he had re
ceived tnrouyn neing struck by a cane
In tlie h ind of some member of th
mob. whether he felt nble to walk a few
hundred cards to the next street whera
i new automobile could bo found
Doctor Llebknecbt s lid he could and
the part) started to walk. When near a
group of trees Doctor Liebknecht pushed
aside the soldier nearest him and dashed
for the underbrush In the Tlergarten.
The seldlers ordered him to halt. He
paid no attention to their demands and
several shots were fired at him.
One bullet struck him In the base ot
the neck squirel) between the shout
di rs nnd his dentil was virtuall) Inatnn-"
famous.
When Doctor Liebknecht was arrested
at the home of a relative on Mannhelmer
Wrasse )esterday morning lie stoutly
denied his identltv After being escort
ed to the I'den Hotel he wns searched,
and his monogram 'K L" was discov
ered on his shirt
Ills opture was duo to n telephon
conversation overheard by detectives In
which he and llosa Luxemburg ngreeit,
to meet at tho home of a man named,
Marcusson In ihe suburb of Wllmersdorf.
Marcusson's home, the police say, has
long been one of the gathering places
of the spirtncans
The Government announced today that
tlie clicumstnnces attending the dealns
of Doctor Llebknecbt nndflosa Luxem
burg would be Investigated and that
punishment would follow If It appeared
that the custodians of cither victim had
neglected their dut) or had any part
In the tragedy
Amsterdam, Jnn I? (Hy A, I'.) Of
ficers commanding the troops escorting;
Dr Karl Llebknecbt nnd llosa Luxem
h
burg when those two radical leaders T
were killed have been provlslonjilly ar-y
rested according to a Berlin dlipatch
received here, which adds that all per-
sons Implicated in the Incident vM b i
severely punished. .
s "
iari j ui ., ,,cuculh jiee-- i
knecht was born nt Lefclc on August!.
13, 1871. After being Kiduated front -
the Unlerslty ot i.eiiwic he enters,,
politics as a Socialist. H was a raHl .'
opponent ot mo i,tiui,iiae ia:ie;ies c
nermanv from the first of his pollttoal 1
career, and this attitude brought aboiH.
his trial on a charge of high, treasew
in 1807. following the appearance of mi
anti-military pamphlet written by btnv '
The charge ot high treason was pat
proved, but he was convicted on a lj
serious count and sent to prison tv
eighteen months. , i ,
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