lEuenmcj MbKc Hebget i: ' '-AtJ nMMMV MIGHT EXTRA CLOSING STOCK PRICES - ' ' ' f i VOL. V. NO. 123 Published Dally Kxcept Sunday. 8ulM.crlr.tlon Price in a War by Mall. Cop riant, llilu, hy 1'uullc Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1919 Entered a Second-Clam Matter at th Poetofflce. at Philadelphia, Ta., Pinter the Act of March X. 170. PRICE TWO CENTS IW .' First Three Planks for League of Nations Adopted at Paris; France to Bar Imports; Control of Wheat by Wilson Asked V ( iM .. i A. . i, V.,,, ',t;.i,,i L - Wtuhin$ton, Feb. 5. Fair and colder tonight i Thursday fair. TKMrKBATCRE UT EACH I10UB t V 1 1 10 ii ii i i a a I (34 134 35 36 36 HO U1 42 . i". Ivs- u r ! " f' x If l IX iv'; & nv .v K. . h 1 .r J, M ,- X ,r t- V t V J t 2i -.. U. S. WILL ASSIST .: WELFARE BODIES IN BETTERING CITY , ' Federal Agent Here to Help Make This "Decent Place to Live" RAPS CITY GOVERNMENT Declared Municipal Authority Here Is Most Autocratic in Country The Federal government Is planning ' to tako on actlte part In improving living conditions In Philadelphia and In bettering the clly generally. It has sent to this city F. 13. Barnes, representntlvo of the Federal commis sion on living conditions, who Is working- in conjunction with the Philadelphia branch of the Council of National De fense to map out a co-operative arrange ment between the various welfare organ izations here for general civic Improve ment work. Mr. Barnes conferred this afternoon with welfare workers. Htamp City Government "Autocratic" While praising the uplift organizations he stamped the municipal government of Philadelphia as "most autocratic" and that that this was one of the big prob lems which confronted him In his en deavor to give a more democratic at mosphere to these betterment agencies. "The organizations Bhould have boards of directors and persons directly Inter ested in them." said Mr. Barnes, "com posed largely of people living In the Im mediate community where the organiza tions do their largest functioning. The public schools of the city should be used more for community or open forum meet ings, but their failure to be bo used is only because the Board of Education Sas not had the money necessary to keep them open In the evenings for such gatherings, This Is one of the problems .confronting me. 1Hltailtnl.la I... Ana nl 4l.A H-flt Atitfla , -- j, .ar.....a a.aan a,...- hi a-a ... ... .a ... entile governmenta of any city In the f"TJl aa. a. . . a ,. 1 1 1 . . I - . vniirtt niaira. , h 0 an Know now iiiiaTi , real democracy iiirnni In till city. The mltjr government nrrmi to hare It" hands jfVAmVflw throat of all audi organisations 'i'. ; ptak more democratic, their activities tt . tar Ihe general clrll welfare." '1 .' "'Mr. Barnes" feele, however, that the . various civic organizations have been ." doing a great work in Improving hous ,, s Jng and living conditions. What he planH ' i Is a "combination arrangement" here WUUrCUy illCIC tlllaall IJO LUllaGI ICM UvllUtl. ) backed by the Federal government, among ine juuu vveuare woraers nere kjj 10 neip tnaKe mis city a ni piacs 111 wmen 10 live. 17. 8. Supervision Like Cantonments Virtually the same government super vision will obtain here under the new scheme, Mr. Barnes pointed out, as was In force at the various, cantonments throughout the country during the war. The plan as outlined by Mr. Barnes will bring Into co-operation the welfare organizations and the hundreds of thou sands of persons whom they endeavor to serve. A Bystem Is to be adopted creating local neighborhood committees which will handle all the problems of civic and community welfare arising In their respective neighborhoods. These local committees will In turn use Mr. Barnes and his Btalt as a sort of "clearing house" in reaching the va rious welfare organizations whose serv ice may be needod In the particular case in any section or in any line of civic Improvement work. In this way It Is expected to make more effective the work of the local welfare organizations In reaching out much more extensively than has been possible heretofore. In explaining the Goveinment's action In Bending him to Philadelphia, Mr. Barnes praised the welfare organizations of this city and said that the Housing Commission was splendidly organized and the other agencies for uplift here were on a par with those In other large cities. ' He offered no criticism In this respect and made It plain that the Government was desirous only to Increase the ef fectiveness of the existing agencies. PATROLMAN DODGES MISSILES 'Man, Said to Be Separated From Wife, Objects to Interference ,A dainty piece of china whizzed by the car of Patrolman Hlckey, German town station, as he passed 6421 Lena street last night. Then he dodged a chair that came flying through the opened door qfxthe house. He went In and learned, he says, that Daniel CaBsldy, who had been sep arted from his wife, had returned home. Cassldy was arrested on complaint of his wife. Magistrate Pennock sent him to the county Jail for thirty days. WAIT COST $200,00i).OOO,000 Writer Estimates Financial Dis- 7r turbance at $250,000,000)00 More London, Feb. 5. The direct cost nf 'I. the war ,1a estimated Vt $500,000,000,000 .Mn t special article In the Dally Tele graph. ,Vi ine au.iiQr estimates the indirect cost .' of diminished trade and financial dis- .. tnrhntii-A At 18KA nnn nnn nnn TRIOLET OF CONTENT Fair and colder tonight And fair also tomorrow, In the world ail 'Is bright.. Fair and colder tonlaJit, And a breexe of delight From the northwest wo lorroiy, .Fair and. colder tonight Aid' fair olso tomorrow. .'. President Gratified by Action on Big Navy Washington, Feb. 6. (Uy A, P.) President Wilson In a cablegram 'received today by Iteprescntntlvc Padgett, of Tennessee, chairman of the House Xavnl Committee, re affirmed his approval of a second three-year naval building program. The President said: "May I not express my gratifica tion and gratitude and congratula tions at the unanimous report on the three-yeur naval program." FRIENDLY TREE SAVES LIVES OF FIELD ARTILLERY Philadelphia Officer Writes of Protection Afforded When Germans Attack A "friendly" tree was nil that saved Colonel J. Qulncy Glllmore, of this clly. commandant of the 112th Heavy Field Artillery, and General Holbrook, of the Twenty-nlnth Division, to which It was attached, from being wiped out by Ger man machine gunfire, according to a letter Just reccehed hero by Mrs. Glll more. She was Miss Frances Hcmsles, of Radnor. "We wero making observations be yond the lines, with nothing whatever between us and the Germans, when sud denly the latter let loose with a regular hall of machine gun nre," Colonel GUI more writes. "Wo took refuge behind a large tree, to wait for the storm to mow oer. The Germans apparently were determined to get us for they kept up their nre unceasingly. With nothing else to be done, we flattened ourselves out on the ground und crawled back to our lines. Jt was quite a thrilling ex perience. "During the time It was In the thick of things, the Twenty-ninth Division captured 2187 officers and men, twenty, one guns of large caliber' ami 260 ma chine guns." OPPOSITION'S SHOWING SUM Unionists in British Commons Overflow the Benches of Antis London Feb. 6. (By A. P.) On the reassembling of the House of Commons yesterday afternoon Sir Donald Mac Lean, the newly elected chairman of the Asqulth party; William Adamson. par liamentary chairman of the I.abor par ty; John Cltnes. former Food Control ler; John Hodge, former Minister of Pensions, and Will Crooks, the Labor leader were among those on the front op position bench. .Behind them were the Asnulth Liberals and members of the Labor party. The . Opposition, benches below the gangway w-e re filled by 'the overflow of the Unionists from the ministerial benches. The only member of the vnr Cabinet on the Treasury bench was Andrew Bonar Law, Lord Privy Seal, and leader of the government forces, with whom were George H. Rob erts, Food Controller, and H. A. L. Fisher. Minister of Kducatlon, and a number of parliamentary whips. LEGISLATORS QUICKLY QUIT House in Fifteen-Minute Sessiqn Postpones Only Listed Bill Dv a Staff Correspondent IlarrUburg, Feh E. It took the House less than fifteen minutes to wind up Its session this morning and adjourn until 9 o'clock Monday night. Only one bill was on the calendar, a measure to give Allegheny County two additional Judges of the Court .of Com mon Pleas. Representative Dlthrlch. sponsor of the bill, was absent when It was called up and It vjas put on the postponed calendar. The bill to Increase salaries of wit nesses and jurors and the measure to regulate the pay of court criers and tlpstaves was reported out of the Ju diciary General Committee. HOUSE JOB FOR WOODWARD Secretary-Elect of Internal Af fairs to Aid Committee II u a Staff Correspondent HarrUbarr, Feb. 5. Former Repre sentative Jamea F. Woodward, of Mc- Keesport, who was elected Secretary of Internal Affairs last November, has been named secretary of the Houre Appro prlatlons Committee by Chairman Wil liam uciaig. noouwura uoes not taKe omce as secretary or internal Affairs until May. Two years ago he was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. A bitter fight was staged for the laiiairmansnip or the Appropriations Committee, but McCalg finally landed the berth. During the contests opponents of McCalp charged that Woodward would run the committee. Praises Reception to Heroes Appreciation of the reception by the people of this city was expressed In a letter received today by Mayer Smith from Trlvate Joe Mitchell Pl'.cher, Bat tery E, a member of the Sixty-fifth Coast Artillery, which debarked In this city last Thursday. SUNDA Y ENTERTAINMENT PROPOSED IN HO USE BILL - Orchcstfal Concerts, Lectures and Moving Pictures Legalized on Sabbath in Measure Introduced by Representative Rorke. Repeal of Old Blue Law Is Asked By a Staff Correspotidenl ItarrUburr, Feb. E. Sunday orches tral concerts, lectures movie' shows "and other entertainments -6t an educational character" would-l) legalized In a meas ure Introduced In the House this morn ing by Representative William F. Korke, of "Philadelphia. The bill Is an amendment to the old ljlue Inws of 1T9I, termed "an act for the prevention of vice and Immorality, and of unlawful gaming, and to restrain disorderly snortu and dlslpatlon." Representative Ilorke's amendment provldet. for educational entertainments on Sunday, provided there Is "no raising or lowering of the curtain, no inneaTanee-nf ahv nerson In Costume and -..,- w CITY OFFICIALS PLAN TO SPEND MANY MILLIONS Administration Prepares to Let Contracts for Civic Improvements GIVE THOUSANDS WORK Director Datcsnian Himself Maps Out $10,000,000 Expenditure This k the second of n series of arlU cles oh iiini.c.in! affairs in Philadelphia. City officials- In touch with tho vast municipal Improvements held up by the war see no reason why 1919 should not be a prosperous nnd busy one for Phila delphia workmen. Judging from Interest already shown by contracting concerns, there will be keen competition for the different under takings for which delayed contracts will be awarded this spring and summer. Existing high cost of materials no longer Is considered an unsurmountable barrier to activities such as those planned by tho Department of Public . Works. Transit, Wharves, Docks nnd Ferries and Public Safety. Tills view is held In arytng degree by city officials, j nnd as Mayor Smith la anxious to get ' work "under contract" before quitting , office, the next eleven months may creato a new record for municipal con tracts. Because of tho many Improvements that come under the Department of Public Works, Director Datesman la ex pected to furnish the greatest number of contracts, the letting of which neces sarily leads to tho employment of many classes of engineers and of skilled and unskilled labor. Heavy material de mands will also result from the resump tion of activities by the city. $10 000,000 In Work Mapped Ont Director Datesman has already mapped out a tentative outline of work that will cost the city 110,000.000, which will furnish continuous employment for many Tiundreds of workmen. ..Additions to this list are expected because or The agitation for Improved water facilities, extensions to tho Parkway plan and new hlghwny Improvements not as yet provided for by existing loans. The Federal Department of Labor Is urging cities to construct roads and public buildings, and the Department of Agriculture nlso Is emphasizing the need for road building. Most projects of this character come under tho direction of public works, which has In charge the construction of some of the costly structures that are to beautify the line of the Parkway In years to come. The abolition of grade crossings will be continued by the city, working in conjunction with the railroads affected, and work will be continued looking toward a sewage disposal plant, which when completed will relieve the Dela ware River, of Its duty of making away with the city sewage. The sewage dis posal plans alone contemplate an ex pendlture over a period of years of some thing like 20,000,000. Three millions of dollars already have been authorized for this purpose and new contracts will be let this summer. The acquisition of extra land along the Parkway west of Logan Square and the changing of roadbeds so as to ac commodate heavy traffic, that will not be allowed to traverse the boulevard will cott the city approximately J6.000.000. The physical work of clearing the tract and beautifying It and its surroundings will mean the employment of a large number of workmen. Provision for th's work probably will be made In loans which may be authorized by Councils I during the present year. . . , , Money Available From Loan Fond In addition to these larger under- takings will be routine repair work, for . which money Is available In the JSZ.OOO,. 000 unsold portion of the J42.600.000 1 loan of June 29, 1916. This loan fund will also provide funds for a new South street bridge. Director Datesman's latest improve- ment plans call fr an expenditure of I approximately 16,000,000 for Improve. ments and extensions to city streets and I highways. Diirlng the war repair work I progressed slowly, and the department, Is behind In Us schedule. Most of the money allotted to highways In the gen- cral loan authcrlzed the first year of the j Continued on 1'aie Nineteen, Column Fit no moving or changing of scenery or' furniture upon such stage or platform." The bill Is expected to receive the backing of Phlladelphlans who have been fighting for the last few years for per mission to hold Sunday concerts of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Another bill Introduced in the House by Representative Powell, of Luzerne, provides for the repeat of the blue laws. This measure, hdwever, Is not expected to-get out of committee, hut there Is a feeling that the Rorke bill may find cons'derable support from members who represent Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and the thl.-d-clasj cities. ' .. "Wr. JaK! ... ... Q worit v&nuo -TAuia enroot aof--oi lisHalHl 1 k .asLLLLBi 1 lssssWmsWsssssmi 1 iBBm j Hiarnt News 111 m. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR ALLIANCES STAND, BALFOUR STATES League of Nations Won't Modify Present Coali tions, He Declaves SPEED ON PEACE TERMS By tho Associated Press Parln, Feb. 5. Alliances between the various nations will not bo affected by the existence of tho society of nntlons now In process of formation, it was de clared by Arthur J. Balfour to news paper Interviewers here last night. The British Foreign Secretary was nsked the. direct question as to whether the for mation of the world society would In volve the abrogation of nlllances. 'The constitution of the league of nations," responded the Foreign Sec retary, "will lil: no modification of the treaties 'oj, alliance previously con 'cluden?,w,'if ' - - .- " "An to the question whether special coalitions of two or several peoples could be formed nslde from the league." Mr. Balfour ndded, "the conference alone can decide." No lllg Arms for Itimula Military Intervention In Russia on a large scale Is not to be thought of. Mr. Balfour also declared. The great Pow ers were doing everything they con sidered could be done, however, he said, in dealing with what he characterized as "a mort disquieting situation." As to the general work of the Peaco Conference, the Foreign Secretary de clared the peace-making body vvns mak Ing nll'posslble haste to settle upon the peace terms. He was led to this state ment by a question from one of the In terviewers, who said: "There Is much talk In the Peace Conference about various problems, such as the Koclety of nations. Do you net think your real task Is. before every thing else, to Impose peaco conditions upon Germany?" Study Problems Concurrently After a moment's reflection Secretary Balfour replied: "One can evidently criticize without limit the methods of work we have adopted, but rather than nmiwer criti cisms, I would tell you that the fact that the problem of the society of na tions has been taken up before that of peace In no way Blgnlfted that the set tlement of our accounts with the enemy will only come afterward. The mech anism of the commissions we have In- stltuted permits the concurrent study of several questions. "Let public opinion be reassured. The .legates to the Peace Conference have no Intention of employing dilatory methods. They are using all their energy and skill to attain as soon as jx-sslble tho Just peace to which the whole world aspires. That Is their one aim, their sole ambition." . . TT ri Am aMvrT TilVTry U. O. Al CUjDJuJuJN Zl a-,a-aTwr . nnnn CONVICTS THREE FOR. PROP A fl AND A x v'xv ivVi art.Vf.n.lXJ-r.n. Military Courts Try Germans. rree rostcarda Used for leu ton Purposes Cnblenz, Feb. 5. (By A. P.) Three Germans have been convicted In mili tary courts here during the last few days on the charge of circulating enemy propaganda among American troops In the occupied area of Germany. The distribution of material which In telligence officers regard as propaganda has been carried on In various ways. It has been given away aa instcards and sold In stores. One shopkeeper was convicted after having offered for sale n vvatchfob with American and German flags crossed upon It. At Treves, recently, a thou sand postcards were confiscated by American officers. They pictured a beau tiful German woman with a handful of strings and at the other end of the strings were comparatively tiny French, British and American soldiers dancing to her caprice. HOUSE PAGES NEAR STRIKE Officials Promise Financial Aid Until Governor Signs Bill for Pay frrbiira'. Feb, S. Pace bovs In the Houso threatened to strike this .horn ing because they have received no pay since the opening of the Leglala tu on January 7. Their bellicose spirit wiu calmed by officials of the House, who promised to iiqq mem uvcr nnunriaiir, until Gov '-.!??' at?". ,,?'"? J? "; . b'. wwt , nui get iuvr uacit pay GRAIN CHIEF APPEALS FOR 41 I. lift ftftft (l(Protective Policy Is Tightened to Safeguard pi.VVl.VVl.VVli Hoim industries U. S. Autos Suffer Requests Embargo Right for President to Make Guarantee Good PRIVILEGE OF BUYING AND SELLING REQUESTED I Barnes Says Nation Will Have l .qtR.nnn.00n Bushels for Export F0E MAY RECEIVE RYE Building of Federal Storage Houses and Licensing of l Dealers Suggested By the Associated Press WnnhliiKtnn, Feb. C. Julius Barnes. I head of the food administration's grain ! corporation, asked Congress .today, through the House Agriculture Commit tee, to delegate broad powers to Presi dent Wilson as a means of mnklng ef fective the government's guaranteed price for the 1919 wheat crop. Mr. Ilnrnra aaked for an appropria tion of at least 1 ,000,000,000, with au thority to borrow more If ncceMaar on the credit and property of the grain corporation and uutliority to buy and aell wheat and wheat product at lionic ami abroad for mull or for credit. He nlo naked that the I'rmlilent be given Import and export emburgo powers, au thority to build or requisition atorage facilities and In llcenr deiilera. millers and elevators, control over exchange I trading and authority to glte preferen tial -.mice on American railroad and teamalilps In trauaportlng cereaH to Tnarkett at home or abroad. Mr. Barnes said that after deducting 100,000.000 bushels of wheat for seed1 nnJO-.OOO.OOObushels .for--liome-con-sumption there would bo left available for export trade 318,000,000 bushels. He said of this amount 180,000,000 bushels had been exported up to February 1 Inst, and against this the following commit ments were to be applied to wheat or wheat flour: European allies, 100,000,000 bushels; commission for relief In Belgium, 20, 000,000 bushels; European neutrals 15. 000.000 bushels, and .Luropenn relief, 30.000,000 bushels. "These exclude," Mr. Barnes said, "any contribution to enemy countries such ns may be approved by the Su preme Council on supply and relief or tho armistice authorities, but also tliet-e enemy country necessities may be satis fied with rye and other grnins Instead of wheat should we be short available w heat." The grain corporation now hnB on hand, Mr. Barnes said. 143,000,000 bush els of wheat and 15,000,000 bushels of wheat flour. HENRY C. SCHMIDT DIES Well-Known Brewer Succumbs to Illness of n Month Henry C. Schmidt, treasurer of the C. Schmidt ,& Sons Brewing Company and also treasurer of the Robert Smith Ale Brewing Company and the Philadel phia Malt .Extract Company, died at his home In Chelsea, Atlantic City, N. J today. He had been 111 about a month. Mr, Schmidt was born In Philadelphia fifty-eight years ago, tho son of the late Christian Schmidt, founder of the C. i iscniniiu ami fonx iirewnig i-ompany. After graduating from the public schools In this city he entered business with his father, and In 1902 was elected treasurer of the company. He was a member of Oriental Iodge, F. and A. M., and Philadelphia Lodge, No. 2, B. P. U. 11 Mr Schmidt is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise M. Schmidt, and two sons. R.iwnrcl c:. Schmidt and Frederick W. Schmidt, and a daughter, Mrs. Anna- Wlssner, of Brooklyn. .". . Acres of Diamonds . No more alluring phrase was ever coined than the one Dr. Rus sell H. Conwell used as a title for a lecture which he has delivered thousands of times, which has made millions of dollars and which has left him a compara tively poor man- Doctor Conwell all his life has worked for an ideal, and what money he has made he has spent for its furtherance. That ideal he sums up in one succinct sentence: "There is no human being of normal growth 'who cannot be grtatly improved by education; give him a chance to get it." He set out to improve the world. Temple University is the result. The history of this insti tution is stirring and fascinating. Doctor Conwell has written that history for readers of the Even ing Public Ledger. The first in stallment will appear next Mon day. Rend it and without doubt you will read all the rest. Foreign Wares From All First Restriction By CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Cnrrcnpondrnt of the l.-rnlnir I'ulillri Ledger Mltli the Pence DrlcEntliin In Lurupe By Wireless Copyright. 1(110. by th Paris, Feb. o. The action of tho Fiench Government in barring 4500 Fold autos nnd similar actions af- Acting other American pioducts in- "caics that a policy of exclusion j of foreign products from French , markets has been definitely launched. Nn flniiKt 4lla fill. Hin,!... nC 1. a.1 ' -.. ... ...,, .i-H.a ui nit. jjui- i icy is uuc to the size oi France's i debts abroad. I Financiers say she cannot safely buy further products abroad, but must cultivate home manufacture to fill her own needs. The second motive is to give French manufacturers a chance to get started and .ut to Hood the mar ket with cheap American products and, thus, through protection, rrake France a great industrial nation. The foreign debt is really a seri SELECT ASSISTANT DIRECTORS FOR LIBERTY LOAN Albeit E. Berry, W. Morgan Churchman and Kichard E. Norton were appointed assistant directors of the fifth (VictoryJ -Unci fy Loan campaign this afteinon to assist Director Johu H, Ma&on. The selections were made at a meeting: of the executive-poiumittee- by E. r. Fassuiorc, chairman GETS FOUR YEARS FOR DOUBLE SLAYING John Okupiski, U714 Auburn sticet, charged with tuTnug John Olcyi.teak aud Johu Zaleski during; a quarrel, was sentenced to four to five years In the Eastern Penitentiary today by Judge McConnick, Court of 'Oyer and Turuusiir. TAFTSAYS.WORLD MUST HAVE UNION Tells Atlantic Congress Na-! Representative Walker In tions Alliance Will I troduces Measure Designed Achieve War Ends THINKS GERMANY CURED New York, Feb. u. Former President Tnft, who presided at the Atlantic Con-gret-s for a League of Nations and made the opening address, said that If the purpose of the wnr is to bo achieved a league like that contemplated in the league of nations is "Indispensable." The congress began a two-day besslon to day. Three thousand delegates were present. "We have beaten Oermany to uncon ditional surrender," said Mr. Tnft, "and those who won are going to dictate the treaty of peace. The purpose of tho war must be measured by the purpose of Germany. Tho purpose of Germany under forty years of preparation and a philosophy vicious In every way was to establish. In the name of God, her lust of world power by force." "The Allies' real achievement," ac cording to Mr. Taft, "has been the cure of the German people from 'a hor rible philosophy,1 which reached Its fruition in "Germany's atrocious conduct of the war.' "But we are only half way through with that cure," said Mr. Taft. "We have hit them over the head with n club, but wo have got to hold that club over them as a guarantee that the cure will be durable and wnolescme " Intensive Campaign I'lanned The congress Is under the nusplces ol the League to Knforce Peace and ltd State branches In New York, New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia nnd West Virginia. It is the first of a series of nine congresses to be held this month throughout the country. To assure the formation of a "strong" league of nations and the acceptance of such a league by the United States Senate, It was announced that plans would be outlined at these congresses for an Intensive campaign reaching every city and town In the country. The morning session topic was 'The Tlain Necessity for a League of Na tions'." Other speakers were Norman Hapgood, president of the League of Free Nations Astroclattcn, and .Stephen S. Wise, rabbi of the Free Synagogue, New York. The necessity for having the league ut nations possess legislative as well aa Judicial powers was emphasized by Mr. Hangood, who said that, from the beginning, many radicals had feared It 'vould be a. mere protection of the ., .. . - T Continued tn race Two, Celiuua Two . Excluded French Ports Under New Order Public LcJccr Compaii ous obstacle to French foreign ing. It will probably lead to great j pressure on America to cancel part of the United States loans to France j as a means of assuming a larger share of the cost of the war. The idea has some sentimental support here, but is repugnant toi . . . American business men. In the way of French industrial ambitions stands the lack of coal. France hopes to meet this by forc ing a differential price of German coal as part payment of the in-1 demnity. U. S. I'rokbts in Vain Exclusion of American products I has been the subject of much negO' tiation between the economic ad visers of the American delegation to Continued on Tare Klcht. Column Two HOUSE BILL HITS DFMT DDffcl?IT17I7DC altaUll 1 JT IlUr 1 1 JLiJDlltJ IIRJIM M. AivVJ. 11UU1UJ to Prevent Gouging JURY TO JUDGE RAISE Uu a Staff Corrtsponilent Knrrl-hurg, Feb. u. Itellef for apart ment dwellers nnd renters of small homes, who have been at the mercy of profiteering landlords the last two years, Is provided In u bill Introduced in the House this morning by Itepre-. tentative James A. Walker, of Philadel phia. Walker lives In the Forty-sixth Ward and represents the flection of West Philadelphia, south of Market street, which contains probably more apart ment houses and rows of dwellings than any other section of Philadelphia, If the Walker bill becomes a law. It will be Impossible fur a landlord arbi trarily to advance rents, to an exorbi tant rato without a hearing before a trial Jury. The Jury Is to determine In the name manner as a land damage Jury decides land damage cases Just what constitutes a fair rental. Tenant Ilu Kecourse to CourU The bill provides that when a land- lord mtmni tn roo-nin n-n.,.!.. e his property on account of nonpayment of rent, "which the tenant refuses to' pay. alleging an exorDitant increase," or if the landlord at the expiration of a tenant's lease notifies tho tenant to quit ine premises noi ior ine purpose of re gaining possession, but to Increase the rent, the tenant shall have recourse to the Court of Common Pleas. The tenant may file a petition with the court setting-forth the facts. This peti tion shall act as a stay In the case of the Issuance of a writ of dispossession or ejectmeni. The court shall grant a hearing within thirty days and a Jury shall decide what would be a fair rental. This rental shall cover the period of the new lease and the time during which the proceedings have been under way. If at any time the landlord fllei a re nunciation of his claims for Increased rent, the proceedings shall be dismissed. Itth Ward Caiea Cause of lllll Representative. Walker said he In troduced the bill because of hundreds of .complaints from residents of his home ward, who declared that they were being gouged by profiteering landlords and had no means of redress. A councllmanle Investigation of rent profiteering and a threatened congres sional Investlgttlon of conditions In Philadelphia during the war. Mr, Walker said, had failed to provide the proper relief. The plan of having; a Jury of citizens determine what constitutes a fair rental, he predicted, would solve tho question of rent profiteering. When yon 'Mult o wrlta. tttnlc of WUTaXQj-rJLdtZ t ' - - WORLD UNION CONSTITUTION TAKES SHAPE fl aWU..a.W MJaUaaaUa; Wilson Committee Adopts v a iv-uiiujic uuu 4 aivrucies for Organization 4 buy-IUSH FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE STRUCTURE rp ,-, , T raits Proposed Little Nations Oppose Provision for Inner Court WILL HEAR OPPONENTS Revised Version Gives Power Complete Control of Ex- ecutive Division Pari., Feb. G.-The sneclal commt..!- "'hlch ls drawing "P the constitution ior me league of nation n.-.,. -,. Msionally ut night to the preamble S. 'i and two of the articles. It was officially ,3 announced todny. V. Satisfactory progress ls belne mn,i. -, other parts of the draft. President Wilson presided over th commission, wh'ch (llrnri .,. UW tutlon article by article. While them Is no authoritative Information concern. Ing the details of the project, the dl- trlbutlon of printed drafts among the members has d'sclosed the main feature., and these can be summarized as follow.. ' Two main plans have been presented aA Whilst tin. aa -a I a. --l ' Ai "' "" '"ernucrs or the commlsalon, - regard as embodying the AmertcA views, though both plans are Mmn!.tife . (containing the best features from vflVN.-..1 ous sources, American, British, French "7 .. and Italian. T, -.1,. "utn pians are being considered to a-ether. In Its original form the Mt. Plan is generally regarded as more Aam-ii ocratic and therefore more accepuble-tkiVL mo aman rowers, whereas the revtaa. '-, Plan Is not so acceptable to tha,anwl.X' Powers, as It eliminates them from Hie executive branch of th nnnui ,.'" ganlzatlon. and Is a long step towart Sfi,. ine creation of an International Supreme ?)-' Court, with a fundamental basis of codl- T' ' . I flaa. Nlaaa.tl , a - ..V. .laVa.lUliUI!tal 1AV. Flrat rian'a Features The first plan had three main tea- " .urea nrsi, a legislative branch on whlch ,he Breat and Bma nations wer-c5'".' v enU.a,ly rePresentt d. as a unit : see- K-i orlU aa ,xeeMve branch, consisting Tfl of two members from each of tho great rowers United States. Great Britain, France. Italy and Japan and nlnemenw bers chosen from the small Powers. This gave the executive body a total memoersnip of nineteen, of whom ten i represented the great Powers and nln'-' represented the small Powers. Third. Arbitration was nrovlded for 1 the determination of International ls I sues. In case of a dispute between two nations, each nation named arbitrators., and these two selected a third arbitra tor. The three arbitrators thus chosen constituted a tribunal for determining the issues. Hulls Small Nation The foregoing, on broad lines. Is the project which meets with most favor among the small nations, as they would be represented both on the legislative and executive branches. It ls to be noted that such an organization would follow somewhat the lines of that of the present Peace Conference, as the legls-, lathe branch Is anajogovrs to the plenary session of the coTlrerence, while the executive branch Is similar to the , council of the great I'owers now hold- i Ing dally sessions. The revised plan makes several Im portant changes. The legislative branch remains ire" same, with the great and small nations represented. The execu tive branch ls modified, however, so as to consist chiefly of the great Powers, with two representatives from each, to which others from tho small Powers may' be added when Interests especially!.! fectlng them are at Issue. The third branch Is entirely changed, so ns to eliminate the plan of arbitrators) and substitute an executive council of the trreat Powers as a tribunal for judg- lie International Issues, analogous to the international supreme council. Oppoaed lo Tribunal ' it Is the two latter features whlcli. ', are resaruca. , .... wnta -,, tending to concentrate the executive MtW- Judlclal brancnes in me nanas oi in y great i'owers, wnereaa me Biimu -uwn. . y prefer the plan given tnem a status fa tf ( the executive branch, and arbitration as ,-t a means of Judicial determination. In- V, tl tat nf a tribunal of the great Power ' ' The question now before the commli- j Blon is one largely between the great S" and Bmall Powers. Several of the small f "v Powers are understood: tp he preparing amendments to the revli Mseu pla ilan, with a view to giving them representatives. In , j all branches of tho organization, and'lt ,' Is said that the tendency among tWjf great Powers Is to give ever)' reaionaWe f ' consideration tp these desires, while pr-. serving to the major Powers such vo4 as their larger Interests and respond bllttles warrant. Anilo-Amerleans Urge Hpead '? The progress made by the commltta, as an outcome of the energetic An1 American campaign for quicker aotta has strengthened the hope among tti '- . most optimistic ueieguies inai me lea-fMa. of nat'ons may be established and -Ulijt, even crri i:vc ib ,m-.j wo arte before Presiaeni vviison leayes for United .States, The President and PremUw i-.awnr.ra are understood to be mm there should be ho further, ) they aro ur' "vsw. "wiiiw i. hAintr encountered In etrtsia but the general entboefct, Is far ; Lul. u MtiOB - ti :, A'-I M M M m p '-.j; -A KJ H. im ta-V f t r -Ja IM'a n- V! t,m ,.?X ,g -.! t MKimh
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