T , S, TC 1 ' t ", ty f Euenmn public BMsCjer TUE WEATHER ff ashnigton, Feb. 6V Fair tonight and Friday, a little change in temperature. tkmfkratdrt: t bach hoc li t io n u ) 1 i i 4 I H 131 87 t3lt 4Q 135 135 17 1S VOL. V. NO. 124 Published Dally nxc-pt Sumlaj. HuWrlpllon Trie 1(1 a Vtar by 3111. Inpyrlaht, 101U, IV Public) Ledger Comr-any. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY G, 1919 Littered ai Second rim Mutter at th- rnitofllr- at Philadelphia, Pa., Under the Act of Marrh 8, 17!. PRICE TWO CENTS COMMISSION AGREES UPON PRINCIPLES OF WORLD LEAGUE; Ik v POWERS ARRANGE FOR CONFERENCE WITH RUSSIAN REDS MIGHT EXTRA CLOSJNO STOCK PRICES m V lr. h Iv V W ir I ? 1 t r $6,086,000,000 TAX BILL SETS WORLD MARK Luxuries Hard Hit in Big gest Revenue , . . Measure SWEEPING PROVISIONS , COVER EVERYTHING Huge Incomes Clipped and Simple Pleasures TSTol Overlooked U NO EXTENSION OF TIME March 15 Limit for Returns. Congress to Act Quickly on Conference Report Washington, Feb. 6 The biggest tax bill In the woTld'a history was before Congress today for final approval When Representative Kttohln. chair man of the Wnjs and Means Committee, presented the conference report on the war tax bill to the House, he announced it will gather from the people $6,070, 800,000 In taxes for the fiscal year end ing July 1, 1919, and In succeeding jcars a little less than $4,200,000,000. Nobody escapes While big Incomes and swollen prof its bear heavy taxes the man of small and moderate means has to bear a heavy burden. The bill clamps the lid on luxury and een reaches out to simple pleasures. Senator Lodge, Republican leader of the Senate, hai publicly expressed the fear that It "Imperils business," which he sajs Is facing a cry lean jear. Kltchtn announced today he plans to caJJ. the conference report Saturday. He expects approval In one day. The Senate probably will take It up next week If Kltchtn iets It through tho House as quickly as he hopes. . Senate approval probably will take longer. Income Ketorna Due March 15 No extension of the time for filing income and proflts.returns beyond March IS will be made by tho Treasury, Sec retary Olass Bald today. This means that Individuals and busi ness Interests will have to make great haste In preparing and filing their re turns, since forms for the reports will not be available for two or three weeks. The first Installment payment of'zs per cent will be due March 15. If any business Interests are not able to prepare final returns by March 15, Mr. Qlass said, they may report ap proximate figures on Income or profits and later file a supp'ementary report. They also may begin Immediately to mate the necessary calculations In light of the reenue bill as reported. In deciding to make no extension the Treasury reersed Its former opin ion that one would, bo necessary. Taxes Almoat Everything The bill taxes almost everything In addition to raising about $6,000, 000,000 In taxes, the bill gives every soldier, sailor and marine and alt women nurses In tho American forces a bonus of $60 upon discharge. This means an appropriation of more than $400,000,000. The provision, originally was for $200 to officers and $50 to enlisted men and nurses, but conferees fixed on the uni form rate of $60 for all as being more democratic The Senate conferees jlelded to the House on matters most In dispute the tax of 100 per cent on campaign con tributions and the inheritance tax. Following are the chief provisions of -the bill, which Is designed to raise about $6,000,000,000 this year and 14,000,000,000 each jear hereafter. Income Tax on Individual) Tho normal Income tax for 1918 Is ( per cent on Incomes up to $4000 and IS per cent on higher Incomes. After 1318 the normal Is 4 per cent on Incomes up to $4000 and 8 per cent on those over $4000. TJhe present normal Is 4 per cent. Exemptions of $1000 for a Ingle person and $2000 for a married one, with $200 additional for each de pendent under eighteen, remains as at present. The Income surtax rates begin at 1 per cent on incomes of $5000 to $6000. and run to 65 per cent on Incomes of store than $1,000,000, Present surtax rates are lower on the middle and higher Incomes, the highest rate In the present law'belnr 50 per cent on Incomes of jnore than $1,000,000. Partnership and personal service cor porations pay theVtax as Individuals, not as corporations. The corporation Income tax for 1918 Continued on Tare fill. Column Two Men Who Havq Made Good Thtrt'i a lot more fun in winning a race if you itart with a handicap, 0 TimpU Univertllv mat established to help the handicapped. 4 The man icno ttarttd it teas a dimolnatlon of dreamer and practical man. lie dreamed hi dream and made hit dream com true. i0 That man teal Dr. Jluitell II. Con- U. Be hot escorted more men front the lowo the high placet than amtl other man alive. m Doctor Contoell hat written th rV of Temple Vnlverilfu. The pre 4ttifNi tow epfear i the 4iv5 " rnwwttj, AUTOS KILL TWO BOYS, ONE 10TH AND CHESTNUT Youth Steps From Behind Trol ley Car in Central Section Two bojs wero Killed toda by nuto mobile, one nt Tenth nnd Chestnut streets, aurt the other nt Pnut nnd Orthodox fttiects, Frankford .vieivin heltz, fifteen jcars old, 2743 North Twentj-nlnth street, while at tempting to cross Chestnut street nt Tenth, stepped from behind n fcrollev Into tho path of a delivery motor drlen bv Jnmei Wayne, aoiegio, 235 Clifton Btrcct. The boy died nt the Jefferson Hosplt.il. Wayne wan held in $500 ball. Flftecn-j oar-old Milton I.ever, 4949 Duftleld street, was hit bv a motortruck at Paul and Orthodox streets, Frank- ford. The lad died In the rrankroni Hospital. Tho drler of a truck the police believe struck the boy, was ar- resteu. i LOGAN'S SAURY "OFFICE EXPENSE" Swift & Co. Counsel Paid Philadelphian at First From Own Pocket REFUSES TO NAME SUM By the Associated Press Washington, Feb. C Henry Veeder, counsel for lft Co, declined to tell what salarv he teeeled, when ques tioned on that point today by Francis J. Heney, counsel for the Federal Trade Commission and for tho Senate Agrl cultura Committee, in its hearings on pending meat industry legislation. Mr. Veeder said his arrangement with Swift & Co, provided for the part paj ment of office expenses Thomas r. Ixgnn, of Philadelphia, a newspaperman who was confidental representative of tho company, he said, was paid from his, Vccder's, salary at first, and later by special check from Swift & Co Tho witness renewed his criticism of tho Federal Trado Commission's report of Its packers' Investigation and refer red to tho roported Intention of the British Government to adoflt this report as the basis of Its inquiry Into meat prices Senator Gronna, of North Dakota, protested against criticism nlmed nt England, on the ground that. It was not permitted under the espionage net. He agreed with" Chairman Gore's ruling, however, that Mr. Veeder'n remarks were directed at the Federal Trade Com mission, not at an associated go em inent. Mr. Heney contended that J, Ogden Armour and I.oula F. Swift had con firmed the principal facts In the com missioner's report and that It wan un fair to call ly "lclous and erroneous" WISSAHICKON BARRACKS DONE Naval Station at Cape May Likely to Be Razed Although a force of nay regulars Is doing guard dutv, the big Wlssahlckon naal station at Cape May la but a memory today. Nearly all of the reserves Bavo been discharged and men needed for a few months have been tranBftrred to other points The latter enlisted for the pe riod of the war and as the war Is not over officially they are subject to any duty that may be assigned to them. That the neat or narracKs will' d razed Is considered likely by officers at tached to the station but until definite Instructions come from Washington no steps will be taken to dismantle the training station. The wholesale discharge of reservists at the Sewells Point naval station con tinues, and in a few days but few of the embrvo sallormen will be left. This (station Is two miles distant from the Wlssahlckon Barracks and win con tinue to be used as a base for small craft. Buildings costing more than $1,000,- 000 have been erected on the point ana plans have been made to maintain a small naval force there. PLEA FOR IRELAND'S CAUSE House Committee Adopts Resolu tion Favoring Sclf-Detcrniination Washington, Feb. 6. The House For eign Affairs Committee today ordered favorably reported a resolution express ing the hope that tho peace conference would "favorably consider the claims of Ireland to the right of self-determination " Four of the seventeen members of the committee attending the meeting were understood to have voted against the resolution. The text follows: "Uesolved. by the House of Repre sentatives (the Senate concurring) that It Is tho earnest liouo of the Congress of the United States of AmerKa that the Peace Conference now sitting In Paris In passing upon the rights of various peoples, will favorably consider tne claims or Ireland to the right or seir determination." WORKMAN KILLED BY FALL i James Cael Topples From Staging at Cramp's Shipyard While at work in Cramp's shlpjard today. James Cuel, 723 Bast Glrard ave nue, fell from a staging and sustained Injuries that caused his death. He was sixty-six years old. In the fall, Ctl sustained a com pound fracture of the skull, and died at tho Northeast General Hospital, ilGE yll CATCH ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS Camden Police Think They Ilave Men Who Gave Soldiers Whisky By the arrest of William Lrislnger. twenty years old, of Reading, Pa., and Max Iladtke, twenty-three years old, of Thirty-second and Federal streets, Cam den, the Camden police believe they have caught the men who have been supplying soldiers In Camden with liquor. h men. drraaed In uniforms of privates, were arrested today In Cam- JkTBi jni 2 RED DIVISIONS ANNIHILATED BY SIBERIAN TROOPS Bolshevik Force Wiped Out by General Gaida's Arm'v Near Perm AMERICANS ROUT ENEMY U. S. Soldiers Inflict Heavy Losses on Foe on Arch angel Front By the Associated Prrst Omslt. Feb. :i (delajcd) Two di visions of Bolshevists have been vir tually annihilated by Slbcilan troops under General Galda nt Kungur, fifty miles southeast of Perm, according to nn official statement Issued here to day. 9 The city of Perm Is now dcclaied to be safe froth Bolshevist attack. People who had fled from Perm to Ekaterinburg nnd other towns nre ie turning. - x Tho losses of the Siberian troops In tho battle nt Kungur nte not given General Gaida's forces arc now twclvo miles from Ufa, which was taken by Bolshevist foiccs some time ago. t Archangel, Feb G (By A. P) ' Heavy losses were Inflicted on the Bol-1 shov Ists by the American forces Tucs-1 day, nnd the enemy was diiven back In disorder from tho village of Vis- tavkn, on tho Vaga. Tno American casualties wero flvo killed and several wounded Many Bolshevist soldiers vvcie taken prlhoner by the Americans. The enemy .early In the morning be gm a bombardment with field cuns and howitzers, and under cover of a shrapnel and pompom ban-ago essaved a frontal attack with lnrantry In the Arctic twilight at 3 o'clock In the afternoon. The American troops, who were rested after their retirement from Shenkursk and were now estab lished In a good position, poured a heavy flro from artillery and machine guns into the charging Bolshevists, whose ranks broko and fled Into tho woods, Chinese Now Willi BoIshetMs Capttured Bolshovlsts declared that tho enemy had planned a flank attack simultaneously with the frontal move ment, but this was abandoned w.ien tho vlstavka attempt failed. Chinese and Manchu troops nre now Included" in the Bolshevist forces op. posing tho Americans on the Vaga. So far these have been held in reserve, but the Americans are preparing t vvaim reception for tho vellotv soldiers If they appear In tho fighting line In view of stories reaching them of the Manchu treatment of prisoners In the Baltic provinces. Tuesday's defeat of the enemy on the Vaga, together with his falluie on the Dvlna. tv plfl.es tho spirit of the American and other Allied troops who are fighting with the utmost de- Continued on Tare Nine. Column Thrta JAP STEAMSHIP COMING HERE Malay Maru Resumes Commerce Between This Port and prient The first steamship to engage in commerce between Philadelphia and Ja- pan since the outbreak of the war is due to arrive at this port within the next two or three davs. The vessel Is the Japanese cargo carrier Malay Maru, a 6000-ton steel ship owned by the Osaka Shosen Kalsha Corporation. During the war the steamship was engaged In the. Allied nations -in l.urope e Allied nations -In IJurope. mey. uavis & co here, signed, announced today that the steam- enip lias Deen released rrom war service nnd will come hero from France after delivering a largo cargo of grain for the food admlnlstiatton, The shipping agents are endeavoring to obtain an outbound cargo for the Maru, which will sail from here for Kobe and Yokohama on or about Feb- ruary 15. It Is believed that If the hlHAitBltln fat crll nh otitis At Att faAlvlst- Vi ttA urniinini' w lii't" ou".'tni ,ici(,iu ,,c,c officials of the Japanese company will order additional sailings from Phil adelphia. BEGIN PRQbToF BOLSHEVISM Writer Subpoenaed to Appear Before Scuatc Committee Wahlnitnn, Feb. 6 (By A. P.) Chairman Overman called a meeting to. day of the Henate propaganda Investigat ing committee to begin at once the new- Inquiry ordered by the benate Into law less propaganda. Albert 11 Williams, a writer recently returned from Russia, who was subpoenaed as he was leaving for New "iorkearly today, was to be the( Williams was the'pilncipal speaker atinfifl R ATTT.Pl TTPYRO a theatre meeting here .Sunday night UVUT, JQ-6YJL XJUEj XIHiIVV which nas oeen denounced in me senate, at which pro-Bolshevlk sentiments were repotted to have been uttered. PLAN HEROES MEMORIAL' Paschallville Victory CeIebration Association to liaise funds A meeting of the Paschallville Victory Celebration Association will be held to night In the hall of Ht. Clement's School, Beventy-flrst street and Woodland ave nue, to complete plans for raising funds for a memorial In honor of the soldiers and sailors from that section who an sw ered the call to the colors. It Is proposed to erect the memorial In some conspicuous place In the section and to hold a 'victory parade and cele bration on the Fourth of July, The proceeds of a dance recently held for the benefit of the memorial will be turned over to the committee tonight and plans will bs completed for solicit ing funds In the neighborhood. THE WEATHER VANEI Fair tonight and rrldayt Buret t,lttle chanae in temperature. QtHtfr Wt wtyii toftly blow i!: Ta.cs! They'll Get You Both "Going and Coming' Washington, l'cb. 0 The world's greatest icvcime bill hits' every initi with n living salary Married, ill awing onh $1000 a jenr, he must pay $60 If childless:. Single, with simo Income, he must imv $120. And nt $4000 Income tho rate Jumps to 12 per cent, nnd surtaxes begin nt $5000. If'the Income tax doesn t hit any cltben, still ho (or she) will be taxed otherwise. Tolrano You must contribute to the revenue. Ice Cream Whenovei ou cat it ou'll contilbtite. Tlio "movies" Must help pay 'the tax on them. Trael Make a domtlon for ticket or Pullman. . (If ou change jour mind and phone (nstead, there's a. tax on the call ) "Xear beer" Moro ta; nnd tat on real liquor while It lasts Insurance or rltib dues Tax. "Joy rides" Tho nuto's taxed, too: , so are pianos, chcwlnggum, clothing. Shopping That's whore the wife will help Tav tho war bill. FREIGHT HITS CAR; 11 PERSONS HURT m 11 n l TM 1 IrOllej' LrasllCS llirOUgU o r - -i T batetV GatCS (jUaruiI12 " Railroad Tracks -iiuiiiudu xiauiva INJURED ALL WORKMEN Thlrteon persons were Injured at Pass junk 'avenue and Twenty-fifth street i this morning when a trolley in which I .. ., , .,, .,,. they were riding crashed through the railroad safety gates and was struck by a train. S.A11 the Injured were taken to the Methodist Episcopal and St Agnes' Hos. plla'.s. Sovenly-five men on their way to the oil works were In the car at tho time of the accident. The Injured are: Alplio Marnao, 614 Kimball street. Alpho Uhcliora, 716 Washington ave- J nue' Mncenzo Marino. 532 Manton ntieet Robert Woody, 1210 Poplar street. Mncijnto A Iclierl, C02 "Washington avenue Nathan Hniller, 487" Merlon avenue stefano Cnlmone, 1107 South Sixth street. Philip Mllazilo, 625 Bainbrldge atreet. Mario Frolentlno, 737 Manton street. Claude St. Clair, 1014 Kimball street. 4oeph Jlerlln, 932 Hoffman street. The trolley, twest bound, plunged through the safety gates, according to the police, and was hit by the freight train which was bound south. William Clark, 242J feouth Philip street, motorman, tried In aln to, s'?n the car as tho gates were lowered, the police bay, Tint, i T l,l.flAl nf TlAlttmOrft. til I I;""" t.ii,i thn emergency brakes i engineer, applied I the e' tet from I and halted the engine ' w J , the car, but the long trains momentum started tre engine forward again apa n hit tho car. I Litchfield and Thomas Cook, 2903 rliatnnm street. Kensington, Jumped V.IWHIUIH H..V.., - - - - when they saw a crash could not be w" ".,' ,.,.,, ., inlured Roach, 2H2 South I Ifteenth street, the conductor or ine vrtnej, no ..vo.-, i The car was going west on Passvunk ..nu At Tvvent -fifth street the car 'u t,rmit.h tho rates at the rail- icrohe? hJ?"5nd wan st ruck by the road tracks and was strucu. uy approaching freight train I When a trolley car collided with an i automobile at Tweutj-fifth and York ' m -a.m. 4AS1 UiiMttAkniiHn RrpetS. MfX mim, IV.U ,-justucujn avenue, the driver or ine inm-miie, u thrown out and painfully Injured. He was taken to the Women's Homeopathic Hospital. The motorcar was wrecked. The motorman was not arrested. William Potts, Philip street near Shunk, motorman of the car, and Wil liam Roach, Fifteenth and Jackson streets, conductor, wero arrested by tlm police of the Twenty-elgh.th and Rltner btreets station after the accident They were taken before Magistrate Baker, s ttlng at the Fourth street and Snjder avenue police station, and each held under $1500 ball for a further hearing. OF MANY FIGHTS, MISSING IN CITY Great Dane, Mentioned in Ordeis i for saving Wounded, Is Lost Here A brindle Great Cane, a veteran of Areonne and mentioned for biavery In action, is lost In this city. The police have been asked to take up the search for the hero dog today. In a letter from Isabella Louden, of the speakers' bureau of the American lied Cross, 889 Fifth avenue, New York. The dog was brought to America by Red Cross workers after he had been discharged from a French field hospital, where he was treated for a shrapnel wound In the shoulder. - The dog Is eighteen months old and at an early age wa trained to carry for the Red Cross on the battlefield. In a letter received by Charles Schwar, of the Detective Bureau, It was said that the dog was frequently mentioned In official communications for carrying messagM ana leaaing wounaea soldiers the Great e Great rlp - 1 WORLD UNION PLAN MAPPED IN COMMITTEE Frainers of Constitution for Organization Complete Third of Pact SMOOTH WRINKLES FROM LEAGUE PLAN L csscr Lounlncs Gel Four More Memhcrs on Draft Commission URGE MANDATORY ISSUE Allied War Leaders Meet Fri- day to Decide Armies' Size lh lite AssociatcdPrrsi I'arl, Feb 6 Agreement on the principles tinderlvlng the whole draft for a society of nations Ins been l cached l Hie commission which Is framing the constitution, It was'omclally announced this afternoon. The commission has viitually covered onc-tninl ofits task. It was Btated At Its session the commission dis cussed articles dealing with the mo-1 tlvos behind the formation of a Focletv the objects which will safeguard the constitution of Its chief organs and tho qualifications foi membership ' Nineteen small belligerent nations won definite recognition from the Su preme Council of the Peace Conference last night, which granted four additional scats on the commission to the society of nations to lesser countries I This gives to tho small Powers rlne seats ont the commission which -will rrame the plan for tho society and ten seats to the five, great Powers. According to the decision, tho smaller Powers of Poland, Rumania, Czecho Slovakia and Greece will hold addltloml seats. This concession to lesser nations became known last night, after a long session of the commission on the. society of nations, which President Wilson nt tended. It was apparently received with satisfaction by the smaller Powers felt their representation to be Inade quate. Win Tarcer nepreaenlntloo Last night's session of the commission asted frem 8 30 until after 11 o'clock, the chief point discussed being the con stitution of the executive body of the society of nations Wishing to meet the opposition of small countries Mrh iioi. resented their having been excluded from the executive body. Bngland proposed to ,.io me representatives altogether to the Ave great powers and two represen tatives for Miialler countries, making the' membership seven In all. i Premier Orlando of Italy, approved the British suggestion, sajlng that he i considered It would give fair representa tion to all countries, but Leon Bour-1 geois, speaking for France, opposed the plan, pointing out tbat the nineteen small . belligerents were entitled to larger repre-, sentatlon. He found support for his as sertlon. Bngland also suggested a for inula which would permit her dominions ' io oe represemeu on tne-cxecutive body. . Positive steps for reconciling differ ences -between the greater and lesser nations, which weie begun esterday,are continuing todav In addition to win nlng four more places on the commission on the society of nations, It seems pro bable that the lesser powers also will bo granted adequate representation in the executive bodj of the society, as well as the legislative sections The smaller powers are insisting on being given a greater voico in the society and plans tinder consideration are being re vised to meet the situation Problems for Ponera The smaller nations, It Is declared, want full equality In a society of na tions and also greater powers than the plans already outlined give to them. Tho great Powers, on the other hand, are faced with a situation that If each State Is given one member on a supreme court of nations thej might find them selves In the minority, although their Interests might be much greater and probably would be. It Is not believed that the great Powers would consent to an arrange ment of this sort, and a situation similar to that at the second Hague Peace Con ference appears to be In the making. The experts on the society of nations question are hopeful of finding a way to get the smaller States to agree to the plan, so that It will not fall as Llihu Root's scheme for a supreme court of nations failed of appioval at the sec ond conference at The Hague. A meeting of the Supreme Inter-AUIed War Council will be held at the For eign Office on Trldaj-, to decide the ques tion as to the strength of the forces to h maintained in th. ni i,v it,, different Hntonte armies Conditions for a renewal of the aimlstlce with Germany will also be considered. nmjr Framlnr league When th. commission of the society f nations meets tonight, representatives of Poland. Rumania, Greece and Czecho - Slovakia will b nresent. toeether wiih those of China, Brazil, Belgium, Portu gal and Serbia and the five great Towers. President Wilson expects to be present every night this week, as the work of framing the plan for the society of nations Is regarded by him as of extreme Importance. The American delegation has received numerous petitions from committees, municipalities and representatives of territories under ottonvan rule, asking to'fe Mt under the proteotlort of the o F1 wur un yrviatnion or me IUiilMf). IIAMa, .ef t lwt that America German Assembly Opens Session at Weimar Today1 Government Ready to Combat Threatened Spartacan Revolution New Regime at Bremen After Reds Are Driven Out lh the Associated Press I eminent today was understood to hao nil,r.lm Feb C, Frledrlrh Fbeit completed Its plans for meeting tho na ni.terclam, I eb. 6 I rledrlcli l.Dtit ,on.wd( attcmpt of tho hpartacans to lie German Chancellor, will open the first session of the recently elected Ger man National Assembly at Welnnr at 3 o clock this afternoon Dispatches from Berlin state that after (he meeting of the body Is thus opened the chair "111 be taken by the oldest member of the assetnbl), probibly Hcrr I'fann- kill h The advices leport tint mam members foi Vlsace-Lorralnc hive iircBcntcd themselves for the first silting of the assemhlv . The name of Ilerr lllchhorn ousted hl(f of police of Hfrlln, will be stricken ! from tin lolls IIo Is In Sweden, where i he took refuge after the Danish Oov ernnunt had refUhed to allow him to rc- main in Denmark I A new provisional gov eminent, com- I posed of five MaJnrlH Socialists, has been proclaimed In Bremen It takes the place of the Bremen government composed of ' people s mandatories'' and I tho workmen's ooumil The new govern ment was established following the de feat of the bpirtacans bj government troops, who intered the city after the bombtrdment In which manv building were dnmaged Tho Spartacans have withdrawn to Groepslngen, llerlln, Feb 3 (dolavcd). The gov CHILD- PLAYING NEAR RANGE. FATALLY BURNED Left nlone foi n few minutes bv the mother, Elizabeth Cauiso, six yenis old, of 1035 Locust stieet, Camden, is in a dying condition at Cooper Hospital, ftoin burns leceivcd while igniting paper nt the kitchen innge. Hei biothei, Nicholas, tlnce yenis old, was buined about the hands in an effoit to save liis sister. 20 BUILDINGS BURN IN FAIRBANKS. ALASKA FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 0. Twenty buildings in the hcait ot Fail banks business distilct have been destioyed Uy n fire which started enily today nnd is still inging. ARRESTED AS PICKPOCKETS ON CHESTNUT ST- CAR Jacob Ilubin, Eighth stieet below ShuuU, and Alexander Bicndeiman. of Pittsburgh, weie aucstcd this afternoon on a C cbtnut stieet trolley cnl. It is tnid they stole a pulse from Pnillip Meiz, nn aichitect in the Pennsylvania Building. Both men weie held foi couit undet 1000 bail ench. WIRTSCHAFTER TRIAL SET BACK I tt ! JN Accuser of Fifth cjrro Ward Patrolman Disap pears From Boardroom HEARING ON THURSDAY Disappearance from the trial room of Sjdncy Pugh, a negro, principal witness In the case of Patrolman John Wlrt sclnfter and John Stevenson, now under suspension accused of accepting a bribe from Pugh, caused a sudden postpone ment of the hearing todaj- before the Police Board of Inqulrv Tollce Cap tain George S Tempest, who presided, held the case owr until next Thursday Wlrtschafler Is one of the patrolmen recently convicted In connection with the Fifth Ward conspiracy case In the trial room today were De tective James Iarelle and a detective from the American llallwav Uxpress Company, who say thev want Pugh on a charge ot larcenj It Is believed by the police that the negro saw them and made a quick getaway before being called to testify against the accused rjatrolmen. Patrolmen Wlrtschafler nnd Steven- ann. vrhn nr attached to the Second and Christian streets police station, were suspended from duty last week fol lnwinir iuch's original declaration to Police Caotaln David McCoach to tho effect that the patrolmen had demanded $50 from him because of their alleged Influence In his behalf In connection with a robber j" Aft lined of Theft The robbery occurred on the night of February 4, when three bottles of whisky were taken from the store of Salus & Son, South and Thirteenth streets Joseph Salus, a member of the firm and a brother of State Senator Samuel Salus, made a complaint to Mipeilntendent ot Police Robinson The Superintendent asked Captain McCoach, In whose dls- "' ine r '".-V result of that investigation. It was as a resuir oi tnai tr ct the btore is locaieu, u iumko mji investigation that the two patrolmen were suspended, , , Salus told the police that Wlrtschafter and StevenBon had brought Pugh In to see him and asked If he wanted to mako . Alt-. an L lllll VAtFltBtAfl ,V.t h" Voul d no , make a fu.s saving in" """" J "',.,',,. ,, .,,, 'ore'" i """ ". . . .. . i. .,.- was guilt'. The patrolmen then took the negro outside. There. It Is alleged, they demanded $60 for their Interest In his Captain McCoach testified today be fore the Toltce Board that he had gone in Tugh's home on Thirteenth street below South, He said Pugh first told him the patrolmen had demanded the money and that each, had received $26. Captain McCoach then went to the hemes of the patrolmen. He said they 1 denied, annoi i-w, ,.. it fft 'r-y'offrlnr nid h the denied aemanains u , iii seize control, tcheduled for tomorrow (Thursdav), Aided by soldleis' councils the Spar, tacnns are expected to undertake coups simultaneously In Berlin and Weimar with demonstrations In other Important) centers. A movement Is already under wav to strike at both the National Assembl and tho present government which has been moved to Weimar Soldiers' coun cils have selrcd the telegraph facilities In Uisenach and Krfurt, In tint district, i and a large force of f-partacans and mutinous soldiers were reported jester day to be marching on Weimar from Gotha, thirtv-five miles to the wet. Vienna. Feb 5 (delaed). (By A T) President ninghofcr of the Germin Austrlan National Assembly, In opening jestcrdaj s session, greeted the uermtn National Assemhl, which will meet at Weimar oi Thursday. He sild "Conditions which will accord us our wish to participate In that asscmbls have not jet arrived, but we must not, In tho meantime, let pass unnoticed such nn Important event. The great German Ideal Is not extinguished for Germans In this countrj Let us salute our brothers In Germanj- with enthusiasm Let us rejoice with them that tho Ger man people are united and are not divided bj the Jealousy of ruler ' ROBBER SCARES POLICE HEAD KIN Robinson's Stepdaughter Suspects Man of Planning Store Hold-up THEFT NEWS CENSORED Holdup men thee dajs are no re specters ot persons Mrs Arthur Franks stepdaughter of Superintendent of Police Robinson, last night appealed to the police of the Twelfth and Pine streets station for I protection from an alleged hold-up man The latter, for several davs has been acting susplclouslj around tho Franks's liquor store, 1408 South street The alleged hold-up man escaped, however and the police are searching for him to daj on a description furnished by Mrs, Franks Sevoial patiolmen who had answered a falso burglar-alarm call to the now deberted home of tho late John G. John son, 310 South Broad street, were debat ing the situation when Mrs. Franks ap proiched them Sho stated that for several nights, particularly during the early hours of the evening, a man had been loitering around the store. Ho acted as though he was planning n hold-up, Mrs Franks said, and was In front of the store. The police Immcdlatety went to ths plate, but the man had disappeared. Crossed Wires Cansed Alarm It developed that the alarm at the i Johnson home was caused ly a crossed wire. All of the valuable paintings and wcilts of iirt given to the city by Mr. Johnson, and which had formerly been kept in the building, were removed to warenouse some nmc ago. Police censorship over robberies and hold-ups has causeS a marked decrease In the number of ci lines reported within the last twentj--four hours. An order to put the "soft pedal" on robberies and hold-up news was Issued by Superintendent ot Police Robinson to all police districts In the city. Police officials explained that the suppression of such news comes as a supplement to the 'unwritten law" under which they keep secret Information about crimes. Only pettj crimes will be made public until the police have apprehended the criminals y.lght Huaperts Held In Ball Hlght suspects caught last night in a dragnet put out by Captain of Detectives Souder were each hold for court under $600 ball today by Magistrate Mecleary at the Central Station, The men, held as pickpockets, gave their names as follows: Teddy lloseman, South Sixtieth street: Harry Miller. Vine street: Tobias Under. Tasker street; Isadore Sander, South Fifth street; Isaao Rothman, Vine strretl Samuel Co hen, Vine street; George Weaver, Green street, and Julius Sass, North Thirteenth street, I. Lieutenant H.jA.-jisjiiy, u. B. army SOVIETS WILL ACKNOWLEDGE RUSSIAN DEBT Inner Circle Picks Ten Del egates to Princes Island Parley t ' WIRELESS FLASHES BOLSHEVIK PLEDGES Middle Vest Editor and Friend of Wilson Will Represent IT. S. TO POSTPONE MEETING Ami-Soviets at Paris Decry "Ignoble Comedy' Wlii.ch Powers Sanction By the Associated Prcsi The five great Allied Poweis ar preparing to snd a commission of ten members to confer with repre sentatives ot tho Russian Bolshevik Government on tho Princes Islands. This action was decided upon, ac cording to Paris dispatches, Imme dlitcly upon the receipt of n wire less messago from tho Bolshevik Government accepting the Invitation to attend the conference. Tho other Russian factions have not jet offi cially mado known their attitude. The Bolshevik Government not only nccepted the Invitation to at tend the conference, but, according to wireless messages received in London, is willing to ncknovvledgs financial obligations held by credi tors of Entente natlonalltj-. Th Soviet Government also Is -willing to glvo concessions to Allied cltlzeps and to begin negotiations to cease hostilities Tarla, Feb 6. (By A. P.) The Su premo Council, on receiving the accept ance of tho Russian Bolshevik' Govern ment of the Invitation to attend the con ference on the Princes Islands, immedi ately made arrangements to ?end a Joint committee of two representatives from each of tho five great Powers to meet the representatives of the Soviet Gov eminent The wireless dispatch fiom the Soviet Government accepting the Invitation twas received last night while the con ference commission on a society of na tions was in session Tho members of the committee will be announced soon Ono of the Ameri cm delegates will be a personal friend of Presluent Wilson who has been a resident of Kurope for u number of jears. and tho other will bo an American editor well known In the Middle West The orlglna' date for the meeting on the Princes' Islands, Februarj' 15, prob-ablj- will be changed In ordu to give the (ommlttee time to reach the Isl ands. No further response from the other Uusslnn factions has been received, and It Is not known if the other factions will bo represented It Is stated, however, that In any event the conference with the representatives of tho Soviet Gov ernment will proceed. The wireless message of M Tchlt cherln, the foreign minlstei of the Rus sian soviet government, announcing that the soviet government was willing to take part In the MHrmora conference, was received hero in mutilated form Its numerous gaps will make It necessary In compare the versions of the different wireless stations before the text can be made public When Prof Boils A, Bakhmeteff, a member of the council fomid bj- anti Bolshevik factious here, was advised cf M Tchltcherin's acceptance of the invita tion to the Primes' Islands conference, ho declared he would be unable to say what the Russian committee in Paris would do Ho Indicated that a coj) ot the official message must be received and discussed before any announcement would be made M Bakhmeteff said that the dispatch from M. Tchltcherin was a suprlsc, as previous messages rrom ine ooviec uovernmem naa per. suaded tile rlurslan committee that conference was not prob-vble. I'a'led Ignoble Comedy ' It is un Ignoble comedy," said Rus sian leaders here when thev-were shown dispatches stating that the Bolshevists were ready to go to the Prlnklpo con ference. They expressed the opinion that the Bolshevist leaders would ep- afer,nce resent to their followers that the Allies' Invitation was recognition ot them and would spread the report that the Allies, fearing them, has asked for peace, thus hoping to strengthen their position, Membeis of the Russian commute maintain that the united governments of Russia, which they represent, wll not grant a truce to the Bolshevists, but v"l continue to struggle until "th whole of Russia Is secured to dmoa racy.'" s 'It will take longer man it woura , If the Allies had intervened In a ml tary waj-." said one, "but we will sUO-r cetd In the end Just the sam." London, Feb. 6. (By A. !,) Th ltuaainn Soviet Government, in a "wire less mesage from Foreign JtfnlC! Tchelehcrln announcing that It is wttl- tna- to beXn conversations wltn the: tente wth the object of bringing al a cessation of military activities, Clares It Is willing to acknowledge anciai oDiigauons tne crcauons or la ot Kntente nationality. Th message Dear ine data or dayjund was sot from Moscow. TR aisfirsa oins oy trass, th atata! d fl .C. at mxx i xf ! X r I Kl S i 4 1R 3 M1 mvw&mttim! rsuTtraiar! ' . .. r. t EBQHraffiETCira
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