"9'fl ,- J' - IDSNino' . jpjh- - "l1T J,. - - f-! 4 uentng Jubltt Sleftger, , THK WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA Washington, Feb, 1 Fair tonight; Sunday partly cloudy and uarmer. TKMPERATtmE AT KACII HOOn V T lio iiU8l.il a I 3 3P -$ 32 38 35 39 38 VOL. V. NO. 120 Publlihea p,n, Exe.pt Bungay. Subsorlotlon Trice 19 a Yenr by Mill. Copyrltht. 1B10. by Tubllo Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1919 KntereJ Second C!s Matter at th- l-oftolllr t VMlMdelphU. Ta. Undsr the Act of March H 1870 PRICE TWO CENTS "E TRY TO INDICT MAYOR NOW IN GUDEHUS CASE State Will Press Second ! Misdemeanor Charge ICONTEMPT TRUE BILL LIKELY TO BE DROPPED lurder Charge Against Ma- loncy and Clark to Be Pushed SMITH GOING TO SHORE Family Also "Will Recuperate at Atlantic City From Strain of Trial The Commonwealth will press the fr-fchnrgc of misdemeanor in office lodged againsc .viayor smith in the uudohus J5oard of Recreation case and will Ifisk the Grand Judy to Indict him. The Indictment, charging contempt bf court, will he abandoned, however, , It la understood at City Hall today, I Tho contemnt indictment was re- V-turned with those charging consplr- 1 '., ... sdnln.A lL C?li I..... n . ., l c&uj' lu iuiaiu luu oiiti 11 iii,v uiiu huh I pemeanor in oiuce, or wnicn me Aiayor 1 ,Was acquitted last night. Tne second misdemeanor cnarge. ow to be pressed. Is a result of tho Mayor's action last summer In re- ovintr Bcveral memuers or tho Hoard f Recreation for their refusal to ap- olnt Edward R. Gudehus, former ecretary to Senator Varc, as super- Isor of playgrounds. Tho contempt Indictment followed tho Mayor's re fusal to produce before President bdge Brown, of tho Municipal Court, be Souder renort on Fifth "Ward con- Vlltions. Judge Brown sat as magis trate at the preliminary hearing of (Mayor Smith In connection with tho rrepare Indictment Paper The indictment cleric today is pre paring the papers In the playgrounds Y 11.1a '? 11 1lnlHM WD. t,n1H CaSC ill llllO tV .3 IIHJ 1IIHJ -n ,v in J2000 ball fir court on charges pre ferred by Otto T. Mallory. secretary of th Plays-rounds Association. Ho tried 'to walvo a hearing, but Magistrate Cap- son Insisted on one. The Mayor did not I oppose his being held". Another 'sensational development in City Hall today was 'tho announcement af Ibe District Attorney's office that it would seek indictments of Samuel G. Moloney and "Jimmy ciarit. Known as '"the man with tne eyeglasses- lor mur der In connection with the killing of Patrolman George Eppley during tho primary oi scpiemoer i, 1911. r- ... . , .. smith j amity to snore Mayor Smith will take .his whole family to Atlantic City this afternoon to recuperate from the severe strain of his trial. The Smith family will remain at tho seashore until early next week. The Mayor Is understood to bo contemplat ing a trip to the South in the near future for further recuperation. The Mayor received hundreds of con- ratulatory letters and telegrams from riends and well wishers In all sections f the State and county this morning. Ie opened each one personally and each ne will be answered. Many citizens and politicians Isltcd he Mayor sftcr he arrived In his office ihortly after 11 o clock this morn- ng and personally congratulated him. me or the first was Mr. Gudehus. re- ently appointed supervisor of play- rounds by the Mayor. congressman William S. Vaie lslted he office, as did also W. Freeland Kend- lcKV Keceiver or Taxes ; William 11. wu- aon Director of Public Safety, and the ley. John G. Wilson, his brother ; James ijjii0"- superintendent of police, and 3 iioimes, county commissioner, or Smith spent most of the morn- njrTvlth his family In their apartment In I19, Longacre. Persons close to the layer says lie does not mfna going to ilsLttlantlc City home, but plans a trip outh, where he will recuperate from he ' strain of tho trial. Among those who called on the Mayor as John Frederick Lew Is, a well-known xpert In International law, who was a cnaracter witness ror -Mayor amitn The verdict freeing the Mayor from wo Indictments was returned at 7:17 'cloclc last evening. Only one bal lot was taken The trial began Janu- ry 22 in Quaner Sessions Court No. Room 653, City nail, Derore' Judge .Yudenrled The Mayor a wfe Is III as a result of months of anxiety over tho charges made against h m, according to Mr. Smith He issued a statement three hours after the verdict of "not guilty" as announced by the foreman of the Jury, Charles StoUer, 2053 Cumberland street Mayor Statement The statement Issued by the Mayor, subsequent to his acquittal last night, follows: "1 am most thankful that at last, after fifteen montliB of vindication, false hoods and unprecedented misrepresenta tion, a Jury of the freemen of PJilla dclphla has pronounced me Innocent of the crimen and misconduct of which wicked political conspirators sought to convict me. Whllo an upright and fear less Judge and twelve good and true men of our qlly have cleared my name and record, there can never be an atone ment for the weeks and months of anx iety and suffering which these cruel and heartless persecutors have visited uppn my good wife and my children. "Tho memory of their Baddened and tear-sjalned faces really offsets the Joy of my acquittal. I had been anxious for this iriai for months, for I had no other way of presenting my easo to the public, nor of proving how baseless and wicked were tne charges against me. It seems on outrage that I was com pelled to undergo so dreadful' an or deal, and that my wife should have been rendered an Invalid and my family pub- Cantlnurd " Tat 8eenteen. Column Four THE WEATHER VANE I'olr tonight 1 tomorrow tvarmer, Fartlu cloudty. Altogether, At tee menttoned on a former Ante, therms lameness In the ceathe " i, JtllM NAVY'S GIANT TvMKSSPS! itiMli '.wta,iiA"aiwaK tunata &iwi i i wmxm mv&m&iei!iimwwMm mumnnuLvumtn imm,MimMmmjvmmimitiJimxuii'Mmiim i ' 1 ' iKHMMmfMi'''::- ' I Iliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-B.liiiiiiiHESHHlBiiiiBw- j9 - ' ' - , N , vv - 1 ' ' - , -' - j ,; " ' x ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 rhoto by Evenlnc Public Ledrer Staff Photosraoher Eight naval aeronauts left the Cape May naval base at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon in an attempt to break the world's record for continuous balloon flight. "Unfavorable conditions" caused the test to be abandoned after seventy-two hours' flight. Tho view shows the C-3 cruising slowly over the flying field to replenish its supply of oil and gasoline. It did not come to a full stop during this operation; the "gas" containers were quickly attached to ropes lowered from the airship sailing overhead and hauled on board DIRIGIBLE WILL TRY FOR RECORD Weather Conditions Forced Navy's 'Giant Balloon to Abandon Test UP FOR 27 HOURS ' E11 a Staff Correspondent Cape May, J., Feb. 1. The naval balloon C 3, largest and newest of its typo In the servlco, .will make another attempt to break the world's endurance test record. Unfavorable weather con ditions forced' the balloon, after having been In the air twenty-seven hours, to descend last night. The next attempt will be made as soon as weather conditions have Im proved and the men have had time to recuperate from the loss of sleep, ac cording to an offlclal statement. Ensign Clarence "W. Tyndall, who accompanied Ensign Reginald Ilaughton as altitude pilot, probably will be chosen to com mand tho craft on the next trial. With Enslngs Houghton and Tyndall on tho cruise 'which ended last night were Lieutenant II. C. Harris and En sign C. II Bauch, serving as coxswain; First Machinists U. F. Perry and V. D. Keller, and Gunner W. A. Anthony, radio operator. Several of the men, Including L'nslgn Houghton, were ordered to bed by the station's medical officers as soon as the C-3 returned to her hangar. Silent on Obstacle While several of the C-3's ciew In sisted that they could have remained In the air for at least seventy-five hours "except for one thing," none of them would say what the single obstacle was. Reports ,wero current at the base that a faulty valve gave them much trouble early last night and influenced Ensign Houghton's decision that It would be unwise to remain up longer, Ensign Tyndall said that all of the men with the C-3 bore up well under the rigors of the cruise, though some of them were suffering considerably from the cold when they landed. Tho weather during tho last few hours of the cruise was a handicap, he added. Captain Paunack considered the ctulse of the C-3 remarkable in spite of the fact, that it was unable to re main aloft as long as had been expected. Ho expressed his conviction that when another attempt Is made, the estab lished record of sixty-eight hours, made by an Italian aeronaut, and even the unofficial record of seventy-four hours made by a Zeppelin early In the war will be broken. The next best official record is fifty hours made by an aero naut of -the rtoyal Flying Corps. One Folnt Proved Captain Paunack said the achieve ment of his men had demonstrated that gasoline and other supplies could bo taken on board by a non-rigid dirigible while on long flights, such asta trans atlantic or transcontinental cruise, from ships at Bea or aerial land sta tlons, and the flight continued without interruption as long as the mechanism functioned. During the cruise of twenty-seven hours the men with the C-3 stood turns on watch. They were constantly in communication with the air station y wireless. Just before dark last night the C-3 caused much excitement In the business section of Capo May when It crulxed very low over the top of buildings and barely avoided collision with telephone wires. The men In the fusilage were observed throwing, ballast over and the balloon seemed to be rapidly losing Its buoyancy. I-ater it soared again, how, over, and turned back over the flying DIRIGIBLE IN ENDURANCE TEST Thinks Navy Dirigible Will Yet Break Record Concerning the efforts made by the naval balloon C-3 to establish a jvorld's., record endurance, test, Robert Paunack, at Capo May, N. J., issued the following state ment: "Tho naval dirigible balloon C-3, which ascended from tho flying; field hero at 6:45 o'clock Thursday night, January 30, under orders to remain aloft as long as possible with tho idea that it would be ablo to break established records for non-rigid dirigibles continuously in the air, was forced to descend at 9:45 o'clock last night because of unfavorable conditions which could not bo overcome. "I have no doubt, however, that tho C-3 Is capable of achieving; what it set out to do, and will achieve It at a later date. "During the twenty-seven hours that tho C-3 was aloft it actually cruised a lltflo more than 1000 miles." TWO SUBS ARRIVE FROM IRISH SEA; . OTHERS FOLLOW L-4 and L-10 Dock at Navy Yard and Receive Warm Welcome Two United States submarines, L-4 and L-10, arrived at the Philadelphia navy yard this afternoon from tho Irish sea, and four more arc coming up tho river, 'The L-4 and L-10, barely peeping abo e the water, were given a warm wel come as they sped up the Delaware. Craft at the navy yard Joined In tho greeting as well as hundreds of sailors and marines who lined ship masts. The undersea boats came here Under convoy of tho "mother ship" Bushnell, which Is coming up the river. The craft have won honors In fighting the U-boats off the coast of Ireland and France. The boss aboard have thrilling stories to tell. ,.,. The other undersea boats due Here aro the L's-1-3-3-9 and 11, NO HOPE OF RUSSIAN TRUCE Couldn't Trust Bolshevjki to Keep Faith, Says Horvath VladlToitok, Jan.. 27. (Delajed) (By A. P.) Lieutenant General Hor vath, co-director of the trans-Siberian Railroad and a supporter of the Omsk government, In discussing today the Allied proposal for a conference between Russian factions on the Princes Islands, declared he did not believe that an agreement was possible between the BolshevHtl and tho other factions in RuBsla. A ROMANCE OF THE BORDER Holm an Day Tells a Vivid Story of Love and Adventure Anaxagoras BUledeau came flddllnr through the drowsy noon. His pudg? little horse slouched along sleepily. The dished wheels of the dusty buckboard wabbled and revolved at about the rate of speed observed by the second hand of a respectable clock. . . Anaxagoras BUledeau sat on the buckboard'a seat hiB short legs crossed, his body doubled forward and he was Addling Indus triously. Thus casually there appears In "The Red Lane" one of the most delightful characters of contemporary literature. There are other Interesting figures in this big story of Holmart Day which be gins serially In the Kvenino Public) Lbdoeh next Monday, Don't forget the dam nnu' vv quiu ir reau ma prat in- FOOD PRICES FALL IN CITY MARKETS Housewives Firi'cl Quota tions at Lowest Mark in Six Months SOME MEATS DROP 3 CTS. PlillaAlr,Ur -I,... , . . . - ........wi ,, iiuueowivM toaay were .-.. ,.-..,,. .D cvmaiM xnat tno war Is over. When they visited tho big markets to restock family larders, thov discovered that prices of meats, butter and eggs were actually lower than at any time during the last six months. The downward tendency in the butter and eggs martlets was launched ten days ago and meats are making dcs. perato efforts to fall. ..v-,n tiuca ot meat, or wnat are known as tho products of light cattle, are approximately three cents a pound lower than last week. In the better grades there Is a. slight downward tendenoy, but lower prices are not recorded In suburban districts, Butchers In those districts are sticking to the war prices, but thrifty house wives who visited the Reading Terminal market and other downtown centers found prices had been lowered. In the so-called first-class suburban markets the butchers told them tho price of sirloin steak wns slxty-flvo cents. At tho Reading market the same grades euu ui nny aim niiy-nve cents. Rib roast, a popular Sunday dinner, COUld bO bcUght In the dnu-ntrm-n markcts at forty and forty-flvo cents per pound, while in the suburban mariscis me Dutcners stuck to the old price of fifty cents. A good leg of lamb could be bought at tho Reading market for forty cents, or five cents per pound cheaper than In suburban markets. . Because of the excessive war price immuuri; Bieuu nun occupied a promi nent place on the averaire home m.nn This Is due- to the fact that there Is virtually no waste. Today an excellent quality of hamburg stead could be bought In downtown markets for thtrty- iivo cenis per pouna. auDurDan markets cnargect rorty-nvo ana fifty cents. Pork chops, fresh from nearby farms, sold today In central markets at fortv cents a pound, or live cents dheaper than two weeks ago. A good pot roast could be bought for forty cents per pound, which Is two cents less than last Saturday's price. Stewing chickens sold at forty-five cents per pound and turkey at flfty-elght cents, or three cents higher than last week. The price of fine rump steak varied from fifty to fifty-five cents per pound. "The war Is over," said a terminal market meat dealer, "and the packers have no excuse for boosting the price of meat., On cheaper grades they have lowered t-e prices about two dollars a hundred and better grades are holding at approximately the prices that prevailed two weeks ago. Housewives will find that It pays to carry a market basket. At least they comfit to ascertain the real market prices and refuse to pay any excessive price that may be charged." Best grade of eggs in central markets today sow lorjBlxty-flve cents a Joren. Last week tney brought seventy-five cents. Selected brown eggs were today quuiea i iy-eignt cuia seveni Cents, but an excellent grade could be bought for sixty-five cents. Choice butter sold at seventy cents. out gooa srauea cwum oe ooignt at cen tral markets Tor klxty-nve cents. Tub butter of a good equality sold as low as ;;."..! .. 7 ,i.?,Z'i--- "".-" In many moMk;. ' - i' IRON DIVISION LOSSES 3890; LEADMUARD 28th, Keystone Guardsmen, Exceeds All Except Regu lars in Major Casualties 10TH INFANTRY TOPS LIST OF REGIMENTS First Regulars Suffer Loss of 5248 Soldiers on Battlefield DEMOBILIZE MILLION Official Figures Include Killed, Died of "Wounds, Missing and Prisoners vTBKhlngten, Feb. 1. Pennsylvania's Iron" Division, tho Twenty-eighth (Nn- tlonal Guard), lost 3890 men In major casualties, General March announced to day In giving out division statistics. The Kevents'-nlntrr, Soryhern lvmnsyivanla national army, lost 2389. Among tho National Guard divisions, the heaviest regimental losses recorded aro for tho 110th Infantry, of the Twenty-eighth nlTlslon, 1,143 men, while the Inane of the 100th Infantrj, or the snme Uvlalon, stand second at 1,112. Next Is the 102d Infantry of tho Twenty-sixth Division, with a total of 998, and tho fourth is the 165th Infantry of tho For ty-second, with 879. In the National Army divisions the regimental losses of tho 310th Infantry, Scv cnty-nlnth Division (Pennsylvania), were the heaviest, totaling 800. An ofllelal tabulation, 95 per cent com plete to date, was made public by tho Wnr Dnnrtment. Tim totals for all divisions, exclusive of tho two regiments of marines In tho second division are: Killed In action, 27.762. Died of wounds, 11,396. Missing hi action, 14,619. Prisoners, 2785. Grand total of major casualties, 56,592. l'lgure Tor Thlrtv Divisions Tho figures for each of tho thirty com bat divisions Included, show the follow ing totals of major casualties: First (regulars), '248. Second (regulars), 2965, Third (regulars). 3617, Fourth (regulars), 2986. Fifth (regulars), 2504. Sixth (regulars), 122. tjov.ntli ireeulars). 326 Twenty -sixth (New England National Guard), 2864 5. . Tvrentv-seventh (New YorlT National Guard), 2194. Twenty-eighth (PenneylTanlVs -tionul Guard), 3800. ' Twenty-nlnth (New Jersey. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and District of Co lumbia National Guard), 1117. Thirtieth (Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina National Guard), 1772. Thirty-second (Michigan and Wiscon sin National Guard), 3213. Thirty-third (Minnesota, Iowa, Ne braska, North and South Dakota Na tional Guard), 1171. Thirty-fifth (Missouri and KansaB National Guard), 1733, Thirty-sixth (Texas and Oklahoma National Guard). 869. Thirty-seventh (Ohio and AVcst Vir ginia National Guard), 1250. Forty-Bccond (Rainbow), 2950. Seventy-seventh (New York metro oolltan national army), 2692. Seienty-eUhth (New York and north ern rrnn.Tlvanl National Army), 18315. Berenty-nlntli (nouthern Pennsylvania National Army), 2380. Klghtleth (New Jersey, Virginia. Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia National Army), 1355. f Eighty-first (Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina National Army), 370. Eighty-second (Georgia, Alabama and Florida National Army), 1592. Eighty-eighth (Minnesota, Iowa, Ne braska, North Dakota and South Dakota National Army), 66. Eighty-ninth (Kansas, Missouri and Colorado National Army), 1525, Ninetieth (TexaB, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma National Army), 1C85. Ninety-first CWashlngton. Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Mon tana and Wyoming), 1702. Ninety-second (National Army ne groes), 211. Ninety-tnira (National Army negroes), 489. Major casualties of the Thirty-fifth Dh'slon (Missouri and Kansas National Guard), "practically complete," General March said, wero 1733 men, divided as follows : Killed, B96 ; died of wounds, 217 : miss ing In action, 808; prisoners, 112. Million neraoblllied Demobilization of the army passed the million mark during tho past week. General March announced today, with 61,237 officers and 952,111 men actu ally discharged. Of the officers must ered out, 2444 were on duty In Wash ington. Tho total number of men ordered for early discharge has reached 1,396,000, including 153,000 returning from overseas. The demobilization has proceeded to such a point that general officers are being discharged from the war organi zation. General March announced tho honorable discharge of thirty-three gen erals, all except four of them being regulars who teturn to .their rank In tho regular establishment. Three National Guard officers ordered mustered out are Brigadier Generals Charles X. Zimmerman, who com manded the Seventy-third Infantry Bri gade; Roy Hoffman, who was tempo rarily In commands of the Nlnet-thlrd Division, and Leroy S. Sweotzer. Briga dier General John A. Johnston, a former regular appointed from civil life, is tho fourth, other than tho regulars, to be discharged. GERMAN SOLDIERS REVOLT Refuse to Obey Order Issued by War Minister iurlln, Feb. 1. (ny A. P,) An order Issued by Colonel Relnhardt, Prussian Minister of War, baa aroused open re volts on the part of soldiers councils In the German armies. The council of tho Ninth Army has declared that itwill not opey tno Mis inrerm that tna eov- ,,1 . i' 'FRENCH CALL WILSON PLANS RHINE BARRIER I Capitalistic Press Cannot Harmonize No-Annexation Policy for German Colonics With Nation's Claims to River Valley; Say Anglo-Saxons Compromised By CLINTON W. GILBERT Mult Correspondent of the llvenlnir I'ulillr Ledger Willi tti 1'eitr 1eleicA.tlon In Ihirope Ity Wirclcn Corvrloht. HtS), bu TiiWIo J.ttotr Co. Paris, Feb. 1. The Peace Coiifcr-jto public Kentiment in the colonial ence debate now revolves around the I question tho probablo defrat of settlement of colonial questions. ! France's claim to tho west bank of The admirers of President Wilson defend his compromise in that ques tion on tho crounds that he must compromiso on some issues in order to gain his chief aim; but they mako. wry faces at tho results, just the same. Thus L'llumanite, a Majority Socialist newspaper, really a Wil son supporter, after praising Presi dent Wilson for tho fight ho is mak ing, says of tho colonial solution that the- l esult justifies all the con tention of those who say that a war of capitalistic states cannot end in a peace of the people. On the other hand, tho French capitalistic press in unhappy. Tho EJio dc Paris scolds Premier Llpyd George for breaking with France, saying that the peace of the world can be maintained only by tho una- namity ol l ranee ana t.rcat uritain. I It accuses Premier Lloyd George of i flirting with the radical opinion ofJure1 vMn a munition tram exploded England. Capitalistic Franco sees in the British premier's concessions BOLSHEVIKI DRIVE ALLIES BACK 40 MILES ARCHANGEL, Feb. 1. Anothei violent attack by the Bolshevikl on the Ameiican, Russian and Biitiah positions nt Tarcseve compelled the haul-pressed .uitT outnuniEeicd little Allied column in thlb sector to witluliaw appioximately forty miles.. Its. new position is at the village of SrdinaTitensn. ANOTHER TRANSPORT HERE; BRINGS FOUR AVIATORS Four anny aviatois who served In Fiance reached hcie on the steamship Lake Yeriugton, which docked nt Snyder avenue wharf tbls attemoon. They ate Troy L. Baker, Uidago, Ninetieth Aero Squadion; "vvTilfam W. Ciews, Atlanta, Georgia, 101th Aero Squadion; Cyiil J. Oman, New Yoik City, and John Parker, unattached. 9 CITY SOLDIERS MAKE PORT HERE Troopship Frances L. Skin ner Docks With 62 Re turning Heroes HAD STORMY VOYAGE Sixty-two soldiers, heroes of Chateau-Thierry. Argonuo and Toul, ar rived here at noon today on tho Fran ces L. Skinner, an old German cargo ship now in use as a combination freight and troop carrier In tho group of returning fighters were nine Phlladelphlans, who repre sented tho Twenty-eighth (Iron Di vision), Seventy-ninth (Liberty Divi sion) and othur notablo fighting units. Everyman in tho group of rhiUulel- phlans wns wounded during tho sovcro nhHni. nimiimt tho hoche. and all have been Invalided home. A train wih waiting at Pier 3S, Christian street, w here tho ship docked, and an hour after their ur rival tho men had been whisked away The'phlladelphlans on the ship were: Sergeant Albert "Mer. 2133 Soutll Lee street. 110th Infantry. , Peter Comle.ke, 213 Henllwortll street. Thirty-eighth Infantry. Harry I. neln. 2406 East Cumberland street. 315th Infantry (Philadelphia's Vinrent Column.., 2123 Stellar street, 110th Infantry Corporal Hurold J. Ilorden, Slxt -first and Catharine streets, 114th Infantry. Klmer TurUer. 719 North Taney street. Fourth Artillery Corps. Walter A. lterpo.UI, 3113 Richmond street. 109th Infantry. Corporal Lewli. Cutter. 6,5 Nortll Thirty-fourth street. I'reil hnell. Ninetieth Division Although the returning nshteis vert not accorded such a noisy greeting as that given to tno men who unum tho Haverford Thursday, they were well taken care of. ...,., . Red Cros women met the hoys at tho dock and nrved steaming hot coffee, buns and other delicacies. Post cards were distributed and everything done that would add to their comfort.. Every ono of tho soldiers was glad to be homo and doubly glad to leave the ship, for the voyage across the At lantic was exceedingly rough. The ship let La Palllce, France, twenty-ona oays ago and encountered two heavy storm. Tho soldiers proved good sallormen and not a man failed to report this morning. The only man aboard tho ship who required medical attention was a youthful sailor and ha was rushed away to the Pennsylvania Hospital, Ambulances were at the pier to con vey the sick to hospitals, but wero not neetfcd. Their drivers and surgeons 4nir,i tn the celebration. " . -,., T3U11lw ...UlmilJ TUttl- "jjacn in p mil, r. ,.-.- im wpwu v V I-""- oraer t,r A. ReXPOSKi. the Rhine. If colonial lands cannot ho appro" priated, certainly parts of Germany and Europo cannot, la the substance of tho capitalistic lament This sort of comment indicates a general opinion hero tftat President Wilson compromised considerably j- and that Premier Lloyd George was a diplomatic factor in that com promise. How great was the President's compromise or victory will remain unknown until it is disclosed wheth er America will be forced to act as mandatory of the league of nations in some of the Turkish dominions. 64 DIE IN MUNITIONS BLAST Train Loaded With Explosives Destroyed on French Railroad llru,rl, Feb. 1, Hixty German pris- oners, thrco Trench officers and one American wero killed and many In- I on the railroad between Aubauge and Longwy. The accident was duo to a f0idicr dropping a shell WATCHMAN SLAM, 20 MEN ROBBED Edclyslone Guard Killed hy Bandits Who Plunder Workers SAD VIGIL AT HOME The w Ifc and baby of Harry Schrelber, 31D Xorth Forty-second htreet, sat at tho window of their homo and watched for his irturn this morning. They did not Know for several linnm ff v.i expected arrival that the husband and father had been slain by gunmen. Schrelber who was emnlcved na guard at the Haldwln Locomotive Com- panj s piant at i.auystone, was killed early today by the leader of n rnnc- f bandits. Tho gunmen, posirg as govern ment Inspectors, also held up and robbed twenty Mexican employes at the plant nnu escaped wmi more man J800. Schrelber left his home jesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock to go on duty. He did not expect to return as early as usual today because ho wanted to do overtime, so that ho might havo a boll day on Wednesday. At the time when he was looked for Mrs. Schrelber and their baby daugh ter stationed themselves at tho window to watch for "Daddy's" return. When ho did not come at tho expected time they continued their vigil. Several hours later they still were there, when persons informed the mother of her husband's death, Mrs. Schrelber col lapsed. Miot Throuitli the. Ueurt Schrelber was summoned to tho houso In which tho Mexicans live by the cries of one of the foreigners who braved the revolvers In tho hands of the three gun men and leaped out of a window for aid As he entered tho bultrllni- i, was shot above 'tho heart by the leader of the bandit gang, the members of which th.n went on calmly with the vvuru oi fuituiub uiu .Mexican;), Tno gusperta Under Arrest Two men are under arrest In tho Chester Jail accused of belnc- m.m,.. of the ting. Tho clothing of each thows . "t a hurried cross-country """t - " "" wero forced to ma Too ,, scene of the crime Hoth jii 'd revolvers. The eav.i llctitkus names to the police "oth have been partially Identifier js Now York irunniATwiii. long records, and po-liiviiv ulr mified j ll.wih ivts rial VMAmriAik.. .. d - mkiwo ""'"" ur i a pold-un bund. They.'ore said hy the pollco to be Spaniards. The robbery occurred about 1 o'clock this morning In an old nianslon directly opposite the main entrance to the Bald win Plant on the Chester pike. Tho Mexicans ire employes of the company and itso e houso as a hotel. The manWr of the hotel was roused by the knocVng of the three .. When he answeVd their knocks ha was covered by tMreyolvers Then the lAUflAP XnM. fMlAV WAVXfc . --"MU M . "17" TW GERMANS MAY r LEARN TERMS WITHINM0NTH Allies Consider Injecting Peace Conditions Into Amended Armistice WILSON BUILDING LEAGUE FOUNDATION Holds Conferences on Fram ing Permanent Structure for World Society MISSION FOR SILESIA Supreme Council Gives Allen. lion to Settlement of Balkan Question the Associated Press l'.trk Feb. 1. Preliminary peace terms will probably b0 presented to Germany along with conditions for a further renewal of the armlstlco this month, -if present plans aro not de ranged. Recognizing tho need for a return of tho world to a normal peace time basis, tho nations associated against Germany aro considering making a start toward tho actual peace treaty by inserting bom0 of tho elementary terms into tho conditions which will be submitted to tho German armistice commission on rebrunry 17. This decision Is reflected, also, In the examination now under way to detcrmlno what American troops it Will bo necessary to leave In occupied territory. Tho plan is to get them all out at soon as it seems advisable, and it has been thought that a start might well ho mado in laying down tho terms of peace, Somo officials who havo been closely studying the situation bolievo that tbo armistice Itself might well bo developed into a peaco treaty. Just as they think a society of nations might bo developed out of tho deliberations of tho Peace -Conference. President "VYllson is known to hava examined this view and contemplated its possibilities. Committees Set" To- Work Tho various committees aro about to begin their-'-worirMrt' earnest. On today's schedule was a meeting- of the labor commltteo of tho conference at tho ministry of labor, whllo on Mon day tho committee on ports, water ways and railroads will asbcmblo at the ministry of public works and the committee on reparations at tho min istry of finance. The society of nations commission is almost alono of tho subsidiary bod ies named by the conference in not having sent out a summons for a meeting. Sir Gordon Ilewart, tho British at torney general, who will reaeli Paris today, has been intrusted with the task of supporting the demand for bringing former Emperor William to public trial and also with upholding tho Rritlsh views before tho repara tions committee. Colonies Plan Extensive No ofTlcIal statement of the details of tho "compromise plan" for tho gov ernment ot the former German col onies by mandatoilea has been made, but it Is understood that the use of tho word ''Colonies" in ofllelal state ments does not limit tho scopo ot the plan to former German territory. It may also apply to such terrlurlcs as Mesopotamia, Armenia and Palestine. Chliieso and Japanese claims to Tsing-Tao, it is understood, will bo left for adjustment to the icaguo or nations, and it is also believed that tho !"ame order will prevail as to Dalmatia and Albania over which Italy and Jugo-Slavla aro'at odds. Tho preeent program contemplates tho hastening of the league of nations plan by tho committee having It in charge, so that a report may bo made before President AVilson'a departure The seccetariat has changed tho name of this body to "Tho Commission on tho Society of Nations" in deference to tho wishes of a numbor of delegates who regarded tho uso of the word "League" as indicating an alliance for offensive and defensive purposes. Contliler Ilnlkan rroxram While tho supremo council of th Great Powers was occupied with some of tho lesser controverserles those In tho Balkans and Poland the chief business was In private conference as a sequel to tho decision on the German colonics. Having accepted tho American plan for supervision of the colonies by the league of nations, it has now become necessary to give body and substance to a leaguo of nations In order that It may perform the Important tasks which aro committed to its care. This Is re garded as the chief business 'Immedi ately ahead and President Wilson is giving It his main attention. The President called nt tho Paris White House Thursday night and entertained Colonel i:dw ard M. Houso and the other members of tho league of nations com mission, and lai-t night he went to Amer ican headquarters for another discussion on this subject with Lord llobert Cecil, the British representative; Colonel Houso, Secretary of State. Lansing and others. It is the President's personal de sire with regard to the oclouies, with the leaguo of nations supervising the manda tories, that tho details to be presented Kill nrovo acceptable and workapte There Is every expectation that the President's plan will be carried out acceptably to him. Annlh,, Keret Tratr Two Premiers, of Rumania and Ser blax. M. Bratlano and M. Pachltch, wer i,urM hv tho council yesterday on th bounurry issue, the last question lying betwitNjhcm. It developed that another secret trVty was BKned ln August, 191, as a coniRltlon of Rumania's entry Inte tho war. UrMer which Itumanla was hoM ing all tbaVterrltory within deslgit4 river boundaries. , ' M. Pachltoll. on uciwu ute bhm Croats and row, 9tet )Ruma. tr M. MOT nce on ltth HI tr 1C '! M .i J II J 'IS: .: i'ii i-,1 Kl A? H 4? SMI' SS3 In many moot) neia, n itaUmat,, , 3Urt.MftaM totafairtK.Itu H ...u.:l u vui ,U t HIWBB JCtt jr. ,v J. V 1 - , 1 , A
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