' I, y a .( p. if & Kf SAFETY HEADS AWAIT RESULTS Detectives Sent to Aid Dis- . I trict Police in Check ingvCrime J .,'iv . RE-ESTABLISH "ZONES" .i r. . o i ti :..:.. . i,,vin,izeiis oeeK imiussnni iu h,vCarry Revolvers for Home ' Protection i - Director Wilson anil' Police Bureau official" are awaiting result of their first move to "shake nip'" that branch of the city's service. Following numerous oomplalnt. of eltliene. the detective force has been re, organised and augmented to help the regular police force In Us effort to put an. end to the Increasing number of burglaries. tobberles and other crime. The order to reorganlie the Detective Bureau came after several .onference in which William H. Wilson, Director of Pnblfct Safety: Harry Davis, Assistant Director; James Jtoblneon, nuperlnlend ent of police, and Alfred I. Souder. chp taln of detective", took part Wtlsen Ilea Co-operatlie Plan Director Wllsorr has under oonsldera uaT . nn.nnraiiv. ln tellla-encn avstem tXbeteen police and detectives manges auggemea i iKtm iu,,,-. -ences of police head have to do with (speeding up Investigations f.f eomplalnts of crime, and instructions win oe nueu i to each patrolman, making him an ad-1 Junct of the detective bureau In the . case of ntolen automobiles and criminal 1 acta occurring either in or out of his territory. I Owners of lost or stolen car. and i Victims of hold-ups have recently re- calved from police official such an-1 awers as these: I "Complaints not received over the , phone." "Visit your police station " "Call at the Detective Ilureau In City I Hall." "We have no one to send out i now." I Many thus treated have expressed Indignation to their political leaders.! with the reeult that Director Wilson i has been besieged with complaints. Under the plan that la being urged , upon pirector Wilson not only will every patrolman become a receiving station for. complaints, nut every police station; . .l.l-t ........a... ...I ..'Ilk ... ana every umti.i iwimrticn .,i, ,im bureau will receive complaints and i , j promptly torwaru nem in ine oureau i Lw In charge of the particular class of i crime complained of Although Mayor Smith haw repeatedly said, "I never Interfere with my dl- I rectors," he Is believed to be back of j the unusual activities of the detective bureaus and to be responsible In a large J jVieasure for the general speeding up of i the processes of the police bureau, Previous to the sending out of flying , squads of detectives to prevent crime In various sections. Detective 1eStrange and other trusted men of Captain Al fred I. Soulier'; forces were seen enter ing and leaving the Mayor's office. The old zone system ha been Insti tuted again. The detective force has I been called from City Hall and bands of frem fle to ten of them are working In various sections of the city. A num ber of patrolmen and plain-clothes men I have been added to the detective force I .temporarily to combat the Increasing complaints of crime. i - Cltiteni Arming TliemeeWes ' ,Ijifck1ng confidence In the ability of the police to end the crimes, hundreds of citizens have applied for permits to carry firearms to protect their homes. These men, reputable citizens, are apply ing for the privilege at lty Hall at the rate of more than twenty a day. and others make application at the different station houses. They are told thnt the police bureau has no power to grant the privilege of .carrying such weapons. They are In formed, however, that If they feel that they can convince the magistrate, In the 'event of any trouble arising, of their sincerity of purpose In carrying the firearms. It Is a chance they are priv ileged to take, The department holds forth no promise of Immunity FLIES IN DAY AND HALF FROM N. Y. TO PACIFIC COAST Arafy Aviator Makes Record- Breaking Trip to San Diego, Cal. Kan niego. Cat.. Feb. 15. (Uy A P.) The return flight of .Major Albert Slth from New fork to San Diego, com pleted last night, was made In between thirty-five and forty hours, or ftom fif teen to twenty hours under the flying time on the trip from San Diego to New York, it was said today at Itockwell field. Ills official flying time from Han Diego nr" .Nw York was flftv.flve hmiru hul the, return time has not been compiled. uii'uBji jufljur oiiiiui vain u prooauiy would be between thirty-five and forty hours. Of the five planes which originally comprised the transcontinental alr-map-plnr squadron, that piloted by Major Hmlth waa the only one to make the round trip Intact. The nLn. nnu In addition to extra airplane parts, a dog kennel and a full-grown police dog. - Major Smith's voyage waa the most Wonderful flight In the history of Amerl- ...... can aeronautics, military aviators here SEIZES BELFAST LIGHTING ,Ai irmy Takes Over Plants Many OIHB.CIB ixciurmng nrlfa.r. Feb. 15. Gas and electric ervlce. w hlch had been cut off for three weeks because of strikes, was resumed today under military protection, the troops having taken possession of the works nnd the electric power sta tions early In the morning. Infantry waa stationed Inside the plants with macniuo Kunn i:uininanujng the en trances. Most of the workers who had I been ordered out by the strike com- Ifliuva ino win. aw urn ny noon. ins StMdden change In the situation nan.eri of quietly. far r l-Ti MiitrinHHj.- -will -mat-. ... E "TMtore itreet car service Monday, FIVE RESCUED FROM FLAMES Man Takes Women :mil 5i..L- n.II. tlren From Burning Building ' ..-'rive persons were rescued today ihrousrh n window in. the ivniiri ..., 'A J..R KMt. LHftl. ,,..... . . . 'w. , -..aw nuiin i-ii.ii Kurri, Hlier ueiug lapped by a fire In the wall paper Aablishment of Joseph Wasoow, on the '', Ji four-year-old child of Wascow w A.eH.fl In Ih .mnt flrH, I... Mm Wascuw when the fire broke out An ' nther child,, six years old, was sick In The family of Frank Uelfch occupied tto apartment next tu Wascow. One AT in .children initnis family was also S In bl. The rescue was made by Julius Weiss. tUdXarth Fifth street, who, on hear- ZM -Ua a, h.ln Mllml.A.1 In IIia ,aa Fa Ed and heliKd the (wo women fc IJimii children to afety. t evivpeu e.vrv uannege, ana is sv-pe iu an over- h -t- , Crime Due to Political Control. Says Policeman Political control of the police bureau Is blamed for the Increasing number of Crimea by Harry M. Dlokerson, of the Policemen's He rtevolent and Protective Associa tion. "How can you prevent crime , when the prisoners captutcd by honest policemen are released and handed bouquets by politically con trolled magistrates?" he asked. "The policeman on the beat should be empowered to enforce the law and directed t; do It. with out giving thoufiht to what effect an arrest may have on the political prestige of any person." he said. 368th Regiment Back in America Continued from I'ase line making the drive In the Aigonne wood." said one of the majors, 'we met stub born resifftancH ut lltnarvlll. Th. I Hoche operated hundreds of machine gun and small field pleres, and for two das held the town against our at- tacks. On the second day our advance guard had crept close to the outskirts of the town, and was engaged In a smashing fight with (lortnan machine guns. Malnr Lawrence wan with hla outfit and Just behind th adance lines. "Wo wem making ready to go for ward, but before We started Major l.aw lence saw one of Mie bo in the ad vance guard fall. Without saying a word he Jumped up from the ground and started ae-o the field. After him went Private Thomas H. Davis ami I'llvnte Bernard l.ewls. "The three men were subjected to vicious fire from machine guns and snipers, but got their man and returned to the lines The three men were award- ed Distinguished Service Crosses. I'l is hi a company and comes from Wash- lngton. and Davis is attached to the sanltary outfit and come from Hump- ton. a .Majur Law ren.e refused to discuss the ciplolt toda ! did whAt hundreds ni niners iliu, ' snui inn I'liiiaueipninii. and will not discuss it .Nothing un. uiui huifu. 11 ..... i .. . ...... . j"- hs it urn,. riilU.telplilKiip. Wears li. s. o. rrM one nf the negro doughboys, who came home with a Distinguished Per. i,v Ctoss is Joseph James. 1622 North ai.Imp .treet He is attached to Head4.aners Com-' pany and in the Argonne wood proved hi, Contempt for Oetman bullets, A comrade on. outpost duty hnd been shot down and James went after him. At the time he had been lying In a shal low trench. He left It and ran across an op.n fite and dragged the wounded doughboy to a dressing station at the reur. Hefore entering the service he was a clerk In a downtown store. The regiment got Into action on the Vosgew front and remained there from August 20 until September 21, then It took up a position In the Argonno region and continued to fight until the sign ing of the armistice. It sustained ap proximately 27S major casualties. t'larence H. Hubert, 3714 Alt. Vernon street, servvd aa a runner In the liaison detachment, and for valor on tho field of buttle waa commended by his su perior otflcers. Vlonndeil hurgeon Treated lnjored f'aptaln T. K. Jones, of Washington, won a distinguished aervloe cross for bravery under fire. He Is a surgeon, and during the Algonne fight was cut off from his lines. With him at the time wan a small detachment of stretcher-bearers and fighting dough boys. For several hourB they were under heavy fire and were wounded, but Captain Thompson continued to treat tne injured. ..,. V. m . i r, . , S0U . KI"n" Kleventh street : Jim Ulackman, 2037 Carpenter street ; Charles Williams, 1703 North street, and Irving Pollard, 5936 Arch street, were among the negro doughboss from Philadelphia who ie. celved commendation from superior of ficers for bravery In action. "It's a great regiment," said Lieu tenant Colonel T. A. Kothwell, com manding the quota that returned on the Harrlsburg. "I was not with the outfit when It went Into action, but I am familiar with ita work and am proud to lead It hack home.'' Tha units returning on the Harrls burg were Companies A, B, C, D. K, F and J, and the Headquarters, Medical, Supply and Sanitary organizations. Tomorrow Philadelphia's regiment of negro artillerymen, the 3Slat, of the Buffalo Division, in scheduled to ar rive on the Louisville. The regiment trained at Camp Meade, and of the 1266 men returning, more than four hundred are Phlladelphlans. Because of the big number of Phlladelphlans In these rerl. mente, they were known at Camp Meade as Philadelphia's organization. When It went to France, the 368th Infantrv h.rt , as many Phlladelphlans In the ranks as ' the famous 315th of the Liberty Dlvt- sion. . ifiii.ii.n . . ,. Imce and Protesting- against the "ex. LAUNCHING AT GLOUf FSTFR nggerated" condition, of the armistice lirtunivwmu ni ULUULLOJtft i,aing to ruin Germany. Tha resoiu. Ptisrv TnnrVa Tii.tl- T... tlon also protests airalnst the denial i-usc & Jpncss bustle Iowa f seiMetermInat!on to Alsace-Lor-Christened by Aim. J. J. Mason ralne. The castle Town, a 5000-lon cargo There will be a aharp seizure of the steamship, was launched at the New i fortunes of the wealth, according to Jersey yard, Gloucester plant, of the a prediction made beforo the Assent Fusey & Jones Company at 12 45 o'clock blv by Doctor Helm, a Socialist. He ".".."T"1.?".., - . believed, however, that tho govern. prd" for'. ome tln'.e. ae'the"; a're'no" other 'n would not b. able to get all the boats on the ways. The employes and a, money It needed by seizing fortunes, number of guests were present to see me iuai suue into ine oarin siaewavff. The sponsor was Mrs. J. J". Mason, wife of J. J. Mason, comptroller of the Hsnnsvig Interests The boat Is 321 feet it Inches In length, 49 feet 10 Inches besm and has a depth of 24 feet 9 Inches. It is equipped with a triple expansion engine of 1850 horsepower. The New York shipyard. Camden, will have a number of launchlngs during the next four weeks The majority of the boats will be t'nlted States destroyers. The first launching will be February 27j The super-dreadnought Idaho will be turned over to the government In a few days. WARN OF "RED" PROPAGANDA Senators Thomas and Weeks Urge Legislation to Check It Washington, Feb. 15. (By A. P.) Drastic laws to check spread of radical propaganda were advocated In the Sen ate today by Hetiatora Thomas, of Colo rado, and Weeks, of Massachusetts. Senator Thomas said "red" publications were "springing up like mushrooms." "We are frittering our time away." raid. Mr. Thomas, "while we are on the eve of a volcanic upheaval. These 'red' publications are not only encouraging ana auvising insurrection, but are I preaching the doctrine of the dagger and the torch, announcing that universal i tnfl'sacre and destruction will soon begin. 4ue.: jjuuiivaiiuij. aavucaie ana prac tice treason an-l are doing It with Im punity. We are minimising tmj magni tude of these conditions. Officials of the government are supine for lack of legis lative authority." Wife Mir Die of Huibind'j Bollet I'ra Adklns, a negro, twenty-four years old, was shot and probably fatally Inlured today by her husband, l-nr.n. Adklns, twenty-three, during a quarrel on the steps at IK Pis street. Bhe la In the Pennsylvania Hospital suffering from (gunshot wounds of tha cheat. Brfj and side-new.. Adklas rjHne t tM city ow , Jays ago XroflvDalUg. Waa.' ' trMiuufWl . ,i jv" tr- ( " -'v EVENING PUBLIC BLUECOAT'SHOME HID VARIED BOOTY Five Robbery Victims at Gilmore Hearing Claim Recovered Articles THEFTS COVER 4 YEARS Patrolman's Arrest Followed Two Weeks Surveillance hv Detectives Pattolman .lohn A. Gllmcre. of the Fifteenth and Vine streets station, Mas held In Uftfl ball for court today, on a charge of having stolen goods In his possession. Five men appeared at the hearing and Identified merchandise recovered from Gilmore". home at "109 Summer stieet as1 having been stolen from their es- ! tabllshments during the last four years, j Ollpiore, according to the police, , n.v.r t,,a,i -r, i-frnrr in B-e.t rid of th. goods. He has been suspended from duty. Olltnoie was nrrepted after City Hall Detectives Kmanuel and Haley had kept a constant watch on his movements for more than two weeks Working In re. lays, the men kept nilmorn under ob servance both night and day The sur veillance endrd In his arrest last night. Suspicion was directed ngnlnst Gil more first by Lieutenant George Wag ner. who took over the Fifteenth and Vine streets ntatlon after Lieutenant Charles llornsby resigned when ordered before the police trial board to answer I ,-harges that he could not control the ' men under him. ' I " Victims Claim Reentered Article xe John A. Borneman. of the llahne- ,nunn Hospital, appeared at the hearing n,l i.lf.ntlnerl n Rtlmtlt of ilrrrlpnt rlreftn- ,!,, nd instrument as having been ,,, from the accident ward of the ' lmntul jollI1 A alli proprMci. of a res. taurant ut 2001 Arch atreei. said that hnmv f tn, goods recovered from IJ1U I tnore's home had been stolen from his "i""1"1' "n " t'',l"d ,f,at ,he ,lad "'V" " -" P "' b " to 'V.' ""11J . ' B '.nflde a"d aU "O"1'11'" est or drink any '" J", " " - pre,,ed , '''lHe w, M ,CU!,ed l'"-olman ''d -Jd wou,a ,,ot pr0 street, proptletor of a bootblack sunnlv ....nv.u .. . w., t .,IV .u..ii riucFnill store. Identified some of the recovered goods as merchandise stolen front his store ul : South Sixteenth street four jrius ago, Charles H Gubblns. 1311 Jefferson I sircei, me owner ot h nrug store at the northeast corner of Fifteenth and Race streets, said he had been missing merchandise from his store for several months. He Identified some of the goods recovered us his property. Kebbed Seteral Times Harold K. Gutches, representing the Umpire Auto Top Company, 224 North Twenty-fourth street, aald the great cjuantlty of paints and other painters' supplies found In Gllmore's home was tho property of the firm, The estab lishment was robbed several times, he said. H. C. Jackson, of the Croft & Allen Company, Thirty-third and Market streets, said a quantity of pencils found at Gllmore's home were of the type given away by the Ann. They might have been secured, he said, when Gilmore worked for the company about six years ago. Gilmore himself, made no atempt to defend himself at the hearing. Several friends were present to testify as to his character, but no attempt was made llo erect a defense this morning. Rantzau Refuses to Disband Army Continued frem Fur. One celve her approximate portion of coloni al products." Fehrcabach Heads Assembly London. Feb. 15 -(By A. P.) k'dh stantlne Fehrenbach, Centrist, onetime president of the German Kelchstag, has been elected President of tho German National Assembly, according to a neuter's dispatch from Basle, quoting Weimar advices. Dispatches from Weimar concerning the assembly presidency have been con flicting, previous reports having named Kdourd David and, later, Karl Kautsky. "Peac of Violence" Denounced Weimar. Feb. IB. (By A. P.V- At the meeting of the Xatlonal Aasembly ventei-rlav. Herr Hultr nut forward a motion, Inviting the assembly to adopt a resolution containing a declaration that the German peoile would never accept a peace of vio- and he thought the remainder must be taken from the war profits. Luxuries, he aald, would not be per. mttted and Inheritances would be taxed so everything more than a cer tain moderate lum would be taken by the government. Count von Pasadowsky.W ehner. onetime Vice Chancellor, a Conserva tive, devoted himself to praise of Ger man qualities, except Germany's for eign policy, which he called tactless nnd mistaken. Shouts of disapproval greeted him when he said: "It la a question whether It was wise to draw America into the war by unrestricted submarine warfare." "It Is a deliberate! He to say that Germany wanted war," he tdded. "Neither the Get man Government nor the German people wanted It." Phlllpp Scheldemann. the Chancellor In the new German Government, to. day allowed himself able to handle conflicting1 demonstrations In tho new National Assembly, with no sign of being intimidated 'by the wildest op. position or moved by the most severe heckling. TROOPS DYING AT BREST turned Medical Officer T j at i l nir m . Returned Medical OITlcer Tells Senators Camp Is Disease Spot Washlngten. eb. 15 (By A. P.) Major Samuel W. Illlaworth, of the Medical Corps, recently returned from France, told the Kenate Military Com mittee today that many returning Amer. lean soldiers were dying of disease In the embarkation camp at Brest, France, af ter coming from the front line In good physical condition. w" 'l could forgive a heavy death rale and Insanitary conditions when we were ernuiMB w.. i . .I... no wnen tne Germans were breaking through the Allied Jtnfs.'' he said, "but when the war re.- e iu, - oui wnen the w .,JMe conditions tfMula ".: MMuld "Si ; ' . LEDGER - PJaiLADELPHlA SATURDAY, BATTLESHIP MAINE REMEMBERED V' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHMHiSsnl'H ' SJ'S-----S-SSBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBa , f .,7S5 'IRiilllllllis&MilKMK-illlllllllllll ,'Bm&sm!kZBz:'mrsrM 4HBHlSSWISJHPBj--M-S-SBBBE"--BJ -EOvlVlS V)SBsBsB.sBBBBasWuh aagMW-yrililiilMlililM-MBg iffiT iVllliJ V "f f JiriWf I iH i-iss)s)nMls?MHBHsiilW iTssflslfsHrtllfsaTV mkMjnaMBtmJyS Twenty-one jcars ago today the battleship Maine was blown up in the harbor of Havana. Cuba. The .Maine memorial tablet on the fourth floor of City Hall, matle of metal rcrovered from the -unkcn fhip, tvn tleco- rated by employes of tho Bureau of City Properly SADDLER-PRESIDENT'S WIFE DID THE FAMILY COOKING t . Also llvr Own Dressmaker Prior to Elevation to Post of "First l.aily" Daughter a Department Store Clerk; Son a Setvspaper Worker Hy the Associated V Berlin, Feb. 15 -The mistress of the J German presidential residence Is a comely "hausfrau" of medium height and slender, who, up to the present time, has ulways attended to her own i household duties', done thn family cook- j Ing, and has even- been her own dress- maker. Fran Lulse Ebert. wife of the i President of the new Herman republic, was born forty-five years ngo In a worklngman's home in Itremen. She ' occupied by high officials. The per views her new social environment with mancnt official residence of the new resignation. ! President has not been determined upon, "I know we must be prepared for nttacks from the right and the left," j"oti to the Hellevue Palace as such rest she sul.l today In diseasing the new dence on the ground that It Is "loo position in which the Ebert family finds imposing." Itself. 'Those coming from the left Just how the newly elected President will nrobablv be the worst. The will I and the first lady of the land will an- charge us with attempting to extricate proach the solution of the various com ourselvea from the caste In which we P'ex questions facing them In their new have been reared, but that will never status has not yet been developed, The occur. Whatever, may come, we are question of official receptions la already going to remain true to our traditions wotrj ing certain circles In the capital as a plain worklngman'a family " who contemplate with some concern the The eldest son of the famllj, Fried- rich Ebert, .lr . has entered newspaper work. The second bon, twenty years old, was only recently discharged from the army. The only daughter, Amaiie, nine teen, until a short time ago wus em-. ployed us a clerk by a downtown firm. ' NEGLECT OF SOLDIER DENOUNCED BY M00RE1 CongreEeiuan Declares Men Semiannual Carnival Held, Landed Here Suffered in I With Patriotism Doniinat Brest Camp ' ing All Numbers Complaints made by the army officers About 200 girls, ranging In age from and men who landed In 'Philadelphia four to sixteen, participated in the semi from tho transport Haverford ralV Z weeks ago against uncomfortable, un- naslum, at Flfty.sKtJi and Christian healthy and insanitary conditions at the streets, this afternoon. "rest camp" at Brest, from which they W.T'" fTup' p '""'l ?d!' '""'a r ... wiiicn waa arranged by Fred Coadv sailed, were echoed in the House of Kep- principal of the centeraided by Miss resentatlves today by Congressman J. ' ICatliaryn Sullivan. Sllss Margaret Major Hampton Moore, of this city. j an M.lsa Helen Bonsall. The men suffered terrible hardships j 't ta 1S?' at the Brest camp, but were prevented girls dressed, In red, white and blue An from uttering any word of complaint Indian dance by the kindergarten class against the conditions, because they followed, the children lanelnir in ..-.. were not yet discharged and realised the nunisnment mat woum do inneu uui iu ' them If they "squealed," Congressman I Mooresald, "These men. or most of them, were quartered at Brest from December 27 to January It and lived and slept In tents where the water on the ground win five Inches deep," said Congressman Moore, "Why they were put In tents and compelled to live out on the ground Instead of being put In barracks I do not know, "I have here a letter from a man well known ln Washington, whose name I dare not mention for fear he will be nunlslied. in which he states the men rode from their Inland camp to the point of embarkation In dirty, filthy and cold cattle cars, "I hone these men will soon Le dis- chargsd so that we can learn from them Just what they were forced to endure and punish those who are guilty. They cannot telt u while they are still ln service." YOUTH HELD FOR HOLD-UP Victim Says Joseph Francis Stole $43 From Him Joseph Francis, twenty years old, Mil nor and Orthodox streets, was held with out ball for court by Magistrate Cos ttllo today accused of highway robbery. Joseph Comber. 444 Paul street, was his accuser. Both are well known In the northeast section. According to the testimony, Comber was walking along Orthodox street early this morning, when Francis leaped out of the darkness and ordered him to throw up hln hands. After he had been relieved of H and a gold watch and chain. Comber discovered that the weapon held b,y Jrancla was a black Jack He grappled with hla assailant and called for help, holding Francis until Patrolman Margarum, of the Frankfora station, arrived. "I must have been put of my mind." Krantls said when atked why he com mttted the hold-up. lis waa h.M with. out ball. .HM nimb n V.'i .:' .i, ntemoej. ot , y,lMy She now accords herself on occasions the privilege of riding in the piesidentlal motorcar. President Khert lost a son In the fight ing In Macedonia and another In the". Chemln des Dames operations. The family up to two weeks ago had been living In a suburb of Berlin, but nw Is Installed In official apartments ot the' Department of the Interior In the Wllhelmslrasse, which formerly were a,la 'resident KBert has exprepsed aver- snift from the splendor of the Hohenzol- lern levees to the threatened Jeffer aonian simplicity of the new regime. The ievr tmsltlou to which Frau Ebert has attained has already caused her to be beset with offers from Berlin modistes and tradespeople. GIRLS IN DANCE PARTY AT SHERWOOD CENTER from four to sir years. Another pleasing ..auto uy me. .rna.ner cm dr.n wa. .n. titled "The Dance of the Brownies." iweniy young women in native cos. ttimes danced the Liberty Polka a "Dance of the Nations." Other numbers were "Moment Musical." green trousera being worn by the girls; the "Dance of the Sunbeams,'.' a yellow trouserette novelty; the nightingale and Spanish dances, and a solo dance by Miss Mary Godichall. . The last number was a 'Sailor's Horn pipe," In which ten girls dressed as Bailors and ten others as the sallora' sweethearts, participated, The carnival ended with the singing of 'The Navy Took Them Over and the Navy Will Bring Them Back." ' 1,174,545 ARMY DISCHARGES Deaths Under Fire Far in Excess of Those Due to Disease Washington, Feb. 15. (By A. P.) Armt"-n?.llHhJf" ',n demobilization In tho United States had reached a total yesterday of 1,174,645 officers and men ancl.!.',e,fota '""nbfr assigned for de- 5M?M.,.,Xi,,?n-i "MOO. Of these discharged il,536 were oltlcers. Battle death rates In the American army during the great war exceeded the death rates from disease, Ueneral March announced. In former ware disease h.lU?nKnir...r20,';6,,,h,l2 the number that lost their Uvea under fire. The battle death rate for the entire American army .waa twenty per thou- forces It was flfty-seven per thousand per year. The disease death rate was seventeen per thouaand per year In the expeditionary forces and sixteen In the army at home. " Among the American forces, the table showed, the battle death rate wa onl? half that of the British expeditionary forces, which was given as 11 u per thousand per jear. No Change on Archangel Front Archangel Feb. it fBv A i -u. situation it all sectors of the front in tnorn -tussia la unchanr.,- .:. ,, a.'tatemeit;ifued'atJ lwaiiSui;!. FEBRUARY 15, 1919 LIEUTENANT DIED WITH GUNIN HAND William Baleman, of Wayne, Killed Keeping Chateau-Thierry Position DEATH AT FIRST DENIED 'War Department, Confusing Name With Another, Said He Was Captured hy Foe Lieutenant William Bateman, Wayne, Pa., lost his life overseas. An official telegram received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A, Bate. man, at their home In Wayne, stated that their son was killed In action at the battle of Cha'tcau Thierry July 15. He was a member of Company I,. 109th Infantry. In August unofficial reports said Lieu tenant Bateman was missing from his unit and. In answer to Inquiries, his parents were Informed by comrades of their son that he was dead and that his gtave had been found. Then the War Den.r-im.nr .,i.j him mlslsng and later notified his par- man prison camn. I XOW COtUeN 1h n.n.. ... 11,. ...I ' jutant general's office-In Washington that the previous reports were erroneous and that Lieutenant Bateman was killed In action. The message explained that his name had become confused with that of an. other lieutenant -r n.- ..... .. ,.., had, been taken a prisoner. vapiain James L. Cousart. commander of t ompany l 109th Infantry, In n PiC? . 1mU"' io the soldier's parents, paid high tribute to the lieutenant. Lieutenant rta'.mon" v. .- . n-ed mention for his bravery and hero-h-m. n action. le was placed In com mand of n certain French battalion and had been ordered to hold the position at any cost, it i,i.i ,i. .., .. ine life of the &ung officer and of many of his comrades. When found dead a ieW nourg after aid had come up he was still clutching the barrel of his I ,i'?rri' "ortrtdge had been ex- ri9llirt-f1 " AMERICANIZATION LESSON IN PUBLIC TEETH BRUSHING Boys' Club Superintendent to Give Oeulnr Cleanliness Demonstration Harry G Gear, superintendent of the N'icetown Boys' f'lub, will brush his teeth before an assemblage of 600 to night. The spectators will be the throng of under-privileged boya whr) weekly crowd the club auditorium, Eighteenth street and Hunting Park avenue to see a free movie show. Mr. Gear's polishing of his molars In public is part of an Americanization campaign to Inculcate In tho boys of rorelgn parentage the Ideals of cleanli ness, Justice, honesty, eta Already a great change has been wrought In the appearance of the youngsters by making clean hands and face the price of admis sion io tne weeKiy mm entertainment. One of Uncle Ham's doughbov. w-tii be present tonight to show and tell what the army demand In the way of teeth. Dr, James It. Kelly, connected with city nurse headquarters In that section, will be on hand to see If any boys need Immediate dental aid. Booklets on the care of the teeth will be given the boys to take home to their parents. STATE AID INVOKED ,. .. ,;: 7Z T ,. , ! 5 1, U!C0,0M) Urged by Welfare Lon-1 ference for Bereaved Mothers ..... appropriation of $1,000,000 for relief of ""'".".r"' - - . '.1-r-. ".-? .-" '''! i iliuilicig III Ilia OlttlB WI1U3C nuHuunus i died of lnfluensa or other causes and momers oi tne atate wnosc liusuanus , aiea oi lnnuenta or otner causes ant left children was ureed nt the plrm Ing day's session of the Social Welfare Conference. The speakers In support of more lib eral appropriations for mothers' pen sions included E D, Sollenberger, of Philadelphia: Mrs. Helen Ulenn Tyson, Pittsburgh; Miss Mary F, Bogue, State supervisor of mothers' pensions, and C. C. Jones, of tho lied Cross, who pre sided. Americanization was declared to be moat Important to tho country, and especially to an Industrial .State like Pennsylvania, at a meeting addressed by Prof. Herbert A. Miller, 'Washington ; Prof, Susan M. Klnsbury, Bryn Mawr, 1n5 E.ta. Bach, Pittsburgh. Dr. Jessie Taft. Philadelphia, aald that shell shocked soldiers must be given consid eration and means for relief organised by communities, $4,500,000 CITY'S-BRIDGE COSI Three Governors Decide Each State Should Pay for Approaches It will cost Philadelphia approxi mately .BUo,ooo for its share ln build ing the proposed bridge over the Dela ware rtlver between Philadelphia mil Camden, and the State of Pennsylvania win apenu u. nice amount. Thlii was the conclusion reached yes terday at the conference In the Union League between Governor Sprout, Gov ernor John Townsend, of Delaware, and Governor Waller E, Edge, of New Jer sey, The conference was called by Gov ernor Sproul to discuss matters ln which the three States me Jointly Interested. Next ln Impoitance Io the bridge matter waa a proposal to revive sturgeon fish ing ln the lower Delaware. The ques tion of taking over Interstate toll bridges and freeing thorn also was dis cussed, LUNT HEADSJTAUAN SECTION Haverford Professor One of U. S. Delegates' Chief Advisers Dr. W. K. Lunt, professor of con stltutlonal history at Haverford College, one of the party with the American peace commission, has been choatn chief of the'Itallan division of the commission. Professor Lunt Is a member of the small council of Inquiry which co-operates with the five American peace com missioners ln the negotiation of, peace. He Is at present working on data on questions Involving the establishment of the new Italian frontier. USE LAWJPJJECT PASTOR Wissinoming Baptist Church Be gins Proceedings Charles S. Wesley, representing the First Baptist Churclj of Wissinoming. Incorporated, has Issued a summons In ejectment 'against Klmer Flngsr. claim Ing the pastorship, and against the trus tees of the church, so-called, the church corporation claiming that title to the property Is properly In It. Mr. Finger and the trustees have made no answer as yet. The suit was filed In Court of Com-n-nn Pleas No. 3. The nronertv In dispute it situated at Howell and Dlt- Hrevi", j-wiij-wi.i. warn, ana conw St V lot Of gl-OUM M4 htfk i; "Lights Our at City Hall in Memory of the Maine Lights on the City Hall tower will be extinguished for ten min utes between 9:40 and 9:50 o'clock tonight, In honor of the 226 sailors who lost their Uvea whe-i the bat tlcslilp Malno wn blown up In the harbor of Havana, Cuba, twenty one yearn ago today. The( Maine memorial tablet on the fourth floor of City 'Halt, made from metal recovered from the sunken ship, was decorated by em ployes of the Bureau of City Prop erty today. Three, wreaths were also placed on the McKlnley statue on the south plaza of the City Halt. Patriotic societies will hold ap propriate memorial exercises today and tonight. Envoys Turn, to Economic Issues C'ontlaued frem Fas One which Is taken to indicate that the question of the conference on Princes Islands will be taken up. Colonel House will attend the coun cil meetings regularly until the Presi dent's return to Parle. nourgeuU Speaks for France In presenting the views of France. on the league 'of nations before the Peace Conference yesterday, Leon Bourgeois, French representative on on the commission, spoke as follows: "I rise to express the deep satisfaction of nil, and of France more than any other country, because she Is among the countries who have most suffered, to see the unity of our wills and of our -hearts In a passionate adhesion to the principles ot the league of nations. That act of faith we shall do In a spirit of cordiality and good will that has been that ot the committee. Under the emin ent chairmanship of President Wilson, the committee hns worked with all their hearts to attain this great object; "Lord Ttobert Cecil has said we now present to the conference and to the world the result of our work, but we do not present It an something that Is final, but only as the result of an hon est effort, to be discussed and to be ex amined, not only by the conference, but the public opinion of the world. HamionUe Clashing Views "We are unanimous In our opinion that this scheme must be presented to the world, and It resulted from our de liberation. We must preserve the char acter of unanimity which its note had given it. We still retain our- rights when further discussions take place to state more definitely our views on some de tails. Slgnor Orlando has Raid how dlnicull It seemed tit the beginning to conciliate two apparently conU-,illc'ory principles that of the sovereignty of nations and that of the limitations that nations must accept In order to secure the reign of right and Justice. That conciliation has taken ptaco without effort and we have demonstrated move ment, as Slgnor Orlando said, by walk ing. "We rise to prevent the renewsl of a war like that which we have Just seen ; we rise at the appeal of all those who have fallen to spare their offspring the renewal of such an oldeal. We are persuaded that no war In the future can be limited to a small atea. The inter dependence of the different parts and different interests of the world has be come such that no conflict can be limited. It Is that tlie whole world may keep ii.ie imm an- that v. tnii.-.. i,nv !,ij t .iDh, ,i i.ti,. ,,i.t tu- In,. k..i. . ..tturn.ni in .it n. !'' s """"ent In all the I ferenc"' ln ,lle. vle? of -ust p con- peCple there are rro small and no great States. All are and all will be equal before the principle of International Justice, and In the tribunal that will give the decisions- the Judges will sit, not as the tepresentatives of one particular. nation, but as the representatives of Interna tional right. "Tills Is a principle to which we are particularly attached. All the State in '1''sn,tln to submit to International juatice take, at the same time, a definite pledge to guarantee to encn other the integrity of their territories as estub- ,, . , . .1.- ..iiA.n .. ,u md b tha tfment of the present peace ireau. nu msu iu tuniniin-o ineir political Independence against future aggression. una is mo ooject or our scheme. I hope the mean's whl'h are suggested by It will allow us to attain our object." Baron Maklno, of Japan, after ap proving the high purpose of the league, added that a proposal would be sub mitted later which It was hoped would receive favorable attentlpn. The nature of this proposal he did not make known, but It Is mpiofd to refer to an' amend ment abollnhlng racial dlstlnctloas In In ternational affairs. Premier Hughes, of Australia, asked If full opportunity was to be given for dis cussion of the proposed league, and when Premier Clemenceau replied that Presi dent Wilson had presented the document with the expectation that there would be ,the fullest opportunity for discussion, but when this would occur would be de termined later. BACK AFTER 5 TIMES OVER TOP Family Has Reunion in Honor of li. 3. weiRlinlt Five times "over the top," once gassed and Just recovered from an attack of "trench feet," . Private Benjamin S. Zwelghaft has returned to this city, and a family reunion has been held In his honor at his home, 2420 South Ninth stree't. He has been ln active service In France since June, Private welghaft was among the Ant selected men to leave Philadelphia In September, 1917. Ho trained at' Camp Meade and was assigned to Company A, 321st Machine Gun Battalion, at Camp Gordon. He trained there from November, 1617, to April, 1918, and after a short stay at Camp Upton, sailed for France about the first of May. He saw active fighting at Kt. Mlhtel and the Argonne Forrest, at both of which places he "went over the top." In the latter battle he was gassed, and waa under shell-fire for twenty-six days. He was sent to a base hospital at Vichy, France, and after the signing of the armistice was transferred tu a. casual company ana seni nome. lie arrived' In Hoboken on the 30th. of January. He was sent to Camp Dlx, but lid within the last few days received his final discharge. 12 INJURED IN R. R. ACCIDENT Steel Girder on Freight Car Rips Parlor Cars Near Pittsburgh Pittsburgh. Feb. 15. (By A. p.) Twelve persons were injured, several severely, when a steel girder, protruding from a flatcar of a west-bound frsight train, last night tore one side fiom three parlor cara of the east-bound Cincinnati Pittsburgh express on the Pennsylvania llallroad at Oakdale, near litre, The Injured, some of whom were women, were brought to Pittsburgh hoi- Both trains were moving slowly wlt.n the slxty.foot glrdsr, believed to have bten lolted from Its proper position on the flatcar, struck the express. It tore the roof from one of the steel parlor cars and ripped the side from all three. Vfoat of the inlured were cut kv flvlnc glass. Heveral women fainted anil I were mi .")- m rm -" i-r i-iiwm-, - -:-.ri i.j.i. ik.- -...I. ...- .i..T"--i 1 i s POLAND GREETS ALLIEDMISSION Warsaw's PrineeB and Pau pers Storm Station in Wei come to Envoys SPEECH BY PADEREWSKI "Poland Lives Again," Is Cry. Snip Americans Buttons as Souvenirs By the Associated Ve Warsaw. Feb. IB -The Teace Confer, ence mission to Poland arrived' here from Paris by way of Prague last It received a boisterous welcome from ie .ru",,""arl1-' undemonstrative people. .. i. ... l wno "'n-an the station and ... i ' ""'iiiea the train In their eru thtislasm to greet the delegates. Prlncee and princesses struggled with peasants for plnces of vantage, some of the en thusiasts even climbing on the engine tender as the train halted. A special feature of the demonstra. tlon was the presence of workmen's guilds and similar ergnnliatlons, which previously have refrained from taking part In affairs of the Paderewskl gov ernment, The mile drive of the mission to the Hotel Bristol, where It Is quartered, was taken under the escort of a squad ron of yellow-ccllared lancers. The au tomobiles bearing the members moved slowly through the closely pressing t htoiigs, and Prof. H. II. Lord, one of the American members, and Cleneral Francis J. Kernan, the ether American, narrowly escaped losing all their coat buttons and other Insignia as souvenirs to the Joyous bands of young men and joung women encircling them. President Padertwskl received the mission, epenklng to the members of each nationality in their native tongue. The delirium tn th. .t..,. ....t. i ,.- climax when M. Noulens, former French 'ambassador to Tlussla and now a mem ber of the mission, cried from the bal ecny of the hotel, "Jeszcze polska !" the first words of Poland's national an them, meaning "Poland lives again." President Leaves France for Home Continued from Tate One February 25 nnd make an address there that would cover the work performed at the Peace Conference. It was sa'd It was probable, also that the President would make another speech before returning to Washington. Clemenceau in Warm farewell Paris. Feb. IB. fBy A. P.) Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson left the Murat mansion In Paris at 9:05 o'clock last night for the Invalldes station, where they took their train for the coast. They arrived at the station In a down pour of rain. Their departure for Brest; waa without that demonstration whloh marked their arrival in Paris on Decem ber 14, but there was every evidence of 'official and popular cordiality. .President Polncaie, Premier Clemen ceau, the entire French cabinet. Julea J. Jusserand, the French ambassador it Washington; General Pershing and scores of other notables gathered at the station to bid tne President fare well. The station was decorated with palms and flowers and the President's luxurious special train was brilliant with bouquets presented to Mrs. Wilson. The approaches to the train were1 carpeted and on each side were detach ments of the Itepubllcan Guard, stand ing at attention. As the presidential party entered the cars he band played the "Marseillaise." Premier Clemenceau was especially cordial In his farewell' congratulating President Wilson upon his achievements and wishing him a safe return. Mr. Wilson was accompanied to Brest by Georges Ieygues, French Minister of Marine : Captain Andre Tardleu, French High Commissioner to the United States, and M, Jusserand. The party comprises, besides Pres ident and Mrs. Wllron, David R, Fran cis, ambassador to Russia ; White House employes, secret service men, the 309 soldiers who have formed the guard around the Murat residence; Congress- i men George White, of Ohio ; and P. D. Norton, of North Dakota ; and rep resentatives of three news associations. It numbers 319 persons. THE NAUTICAL GAZETTE Th Oldest Weekly Shipping Jearasl In U.'S. Established 1871 Annual Review Number Iirallnr Eltenilrel with Shipping, Marine Insurance and Export News BEADY SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15 Free SrnnpU Copy will b itnt on reqoett (0 The Nautical Gazette 20 Vesey St. New York. DEATHS WILKINSON. Fourth-day. second month 14th Inst., MAltr A beloved wit. of Henrx t. wilklmon and diushter of th. li. Jacob ' and RuhaniM W'etdntr. POWELL. At tlnrn ilawr. Fab. 1, tAKY K. W wife of Dr. vVllllam C. Powell, Cut notice of th funeral will "bIiWAHDH.--At 1T0O Maatar at., Feb. 14. AJARAH 11AIN. widow of Richard Edwarda. Nolle, of funaral lattr. . llollarki. widow of (-or Jacob Herrmann, rsrd 114. tlalatliaa and friend Invlttd te .rT..... Wtl '2 n. m.. 020 n .ait. t.. llftm''. " -", .-yw.on. awm private.' Chtittn llllia Cam. Aute funarsl.- aervlcta, Wed., nrlvlla. Chtlt Rrmalna can viswto tu;., 7 to Op. ro. Wll.I.lB, ru. n. o.iwn .lAttUAKIO r, 1 dauehter of William and Sarah K. Willie, n, sad ".".'. Ralatlvaa and friends Invlttd Is j funeral services, Tuea., a p. m., frem har partnts' residence, ITS Owan av,, Lane-i , down. Pa. Int. Arlington (Jem. 5 j McCUE. Fob. IB. UUIDOBT, daushtar ! nf tha lata Charlaa and fclralln .Me.. ' ' Cue, formerly of Ray Falcaraih, County ' Donegal. Irtland. Due notice of funeral tf will be alvan from i residence of her couiln, ,- ' John MHlf. 1418 N. Sid at. ,' DOWN1K. Feb. 12, at 6724 Leonard at...,' v Frankford. Pa.. KLIZABISTII AIUIOUr! S, wlfa of John Downta, and daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. Robert Armour. Ambler. Pa, ' TAYLOR. Sacondji Month. IBth nat:, n SUSAN W., wife of to. lata Caleb M, TV- lor. In th T7th rear of hr aa. lt.Utlvr . ; ana irivao. iutiivu vi i.iuiif to 'linerex - witnou- lurtncr naiuM et.inv men BUSSl -!m mmv ".. vbhi 9. tv '!, -. li. m m rl .;. r I vl ."im A fiM m - S A m u VI ' I .!' ;. Jk.A'. '... , k w ;a ywrr&M -,J "?& o s .1 k.' .' ,-.( !. '
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