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VOL. V. NO. 145
WILLIAMS MADE
VORTEX OF HOT
DEBATE IN HOUSE
McFadden's Verbal Shots
Draw Democratic Barrage
to Defend Comptfollcr
TRUTH BECOMES ISSUE
"Wingo'e Personalities Force
Vote to Keep His Reflection
From Record
By a Staff Correspondent
Washington, March 3. Tho blttcrcbt
partisan fight ami most bitter exhibi
tion of personal feeling thu". Iho pres
ent session of Congress haH witnessed
wbh brought about today, when Con
gressman Louts Mcl'adden, of Canton,
Ta., arising to a question of personal
privilege, made an nttaclc upon the
Comptroller of tho Currency, John Skel
ton Williams.
On February 1, tho ilay on which
Comptroller Williams was nominated by
the President for another fle-j-ear term,
Mr. McFaddcn Introuuced a resolution
In tho House charging that Williams
was unlit to hold tho position, asking
that his conduct be investigated by
Congress und urging that tho otllco of
Comptroller of the Currency bo abolish-'
cd.
Today McKaddcn read to tho House a
press notice Issued by Comptroller Wll
Hams Saturday night charging that Mc
Kaddcn was actuated by the measures
taken, by tho Camptrollcr to forco a
Canton bank, of which McKaddcn In
president, to abide by the national bank
ing laws. He then read a notice he r.io
to tho press In reply.
Democratic 1 minister
Almost continually, objection to per
mitting McKaddcn to proceed was made
by Congressman Wlngo, of Arkansas, a
member of the Hanking and Currency
Committee, who kept Insisting MeKad
den was not confining himself to a cpu'S
tlon of personal prillege. The matter
soon retailed Itself into a parliamentary
light by tho DemorratH to check Mo
Kadden's attack on Williams anil a Jinn
and bitter effort by tho Republicans to
penult McKaddcn to continue.
Half an hour was spent In dcllvory
nf parliamentary rulings by Speaker
Clark upon scvcral&vinotlonH, made by
each side, that resolutions adopted by
Pennsylvania and New York banker.
Indorsing McFadden's stand, could or
could not bo put in the record as read
by McFadden. Speaker Clark finally
ruled they should be excluded.
After Congressman Miller, of Minne
sota. Republican, had taken the floor
and argued that Speaker Clark was
wrong In his ruling, Wlngo said:
The devotion of the gentleman from
Minnesota to tho truth la so nutorlous
that I shall not reply,"
Instantly there wan a shout from an
over the Republican sldo and more than
a hundred Republicans roso to their
feet and demanded that Wlngo s words
be taken down.
Hot words passed from ono sldo to
tho other and back. Wlngo said he
would retract his remarks, because he
meant no reflection on Miller, but a mo
ment later said ho would not. because
Minority leader Mann hud threatened
trouble If ho did not. ""
Recording; Heroines lame
Speaker Clark said ho would put It
to a voto to determine- If tho words
should be Uken down and abked fur a
viva voce vote on that suggestion. Al
though the yeas wero plainly In the
majority. Speaker Clark declared the
nays had It. So tho roll was called to
settle if the words should be taken down.
Members declared that Speaker Clark s
ruling that the "nays" predominated
was the worst ruling ho had made In this
Congress. ,. . ,
As tho rollcall began Minority Leader
Mann shouted a challenge to tho Demo
crats, asserting that If tho Democrats
wanted to rough-house and try to
"steam-roller" things, tho Republicans
were ready for them.
The rollcall taken Saturday night,
when the Republicans outvoted tho
Democrats by ten votes and seated a
nepubllcan member In tho Houso after
a Democrat had sered all but threo
days of his two-year term, caused tho
Republicans to believe they could mus
ter moro 'votes now than tho Demo
crats. ,
LEAGUE LOCKS
DOOR TO JAPAN,
TAFT DECLARES
Sees No'Dauger of Immigration
in Authority Granted by
World jCovenanf
Cincinnati, March 3. (By A. P.)
Former President Taft, in speaking Be
fore tho Cincinnati Chamber of Com
merce here 'today, reiterated, his state
ment, that the people of the United
States need have no fear of Japanese
Immigration under the covenant of the
league of nations.
"It would require the votes of from
thirty to forty of the signers of the
covenant to overrule the wish of the
United States in this matter," said the
former President.
In this connection Mr. Taft said that
It would require a unanimous vote of the
sler." nf the league and that, therefore,
the danger was so small that any actu
nrr would guarantee that It could not
take place. , . ,,
Referring to the covenant Mr. Taft
said that Its main Idea was the consid
eration cf war or peace. He said that
this- 'ccvenant presumed an organired
league of nations, tho elimination of
secret treaties. and the co-operation of
rations in keening peace-and preventing
war. Mr., Taft proclaimed that, at this
time at the end of hostilities. It seemed
most appropriate to perpetuate tho ef
forts already made to make peace as--lured.
THE 7EATHER VANE!
fair tonlafiU aaVs "? weatherman,
brave and hlgh-mettlcd.
ptt fotnijrfOJo .lto, shuckat Clouds
tncreattng, unsettled.
With teirip'rature tnodcratet'hat'n
v inclddklal .
Tht nortlf wfiifs xclfl lifoio and the
north, winds aro gentle.
. Are Yu.Reading
Pulillanei Daily i:cert Huntlay.
Copyright, mill, by
Day's Developments
at National Capital
President Wilson, addressing eon
ferenco of Guvcrnorn nml Mayors,
.declared government guidance Is
completed only by standard of bene
lit conferred upon workers.
Senator .Yiirdaitiau charges an
thracite co.il Is unlawfully con
trolled by "coinblno" of eight com
panies which raised prices.
Republican members start ma
chinery to hold Sen.Uo In loutlriti
otis session until noon tomoirow lo
block all legislation except general
deficiency bill nnd perhaps wheat
guaranty bill.
Democratic Interruption of Con
gressman McKiulen'H (Pennsjlvu
nla) attack on Comptroller Williams
precipitated a Wttcr partisan and
pcrs-oinil debate.
SALOON BANDITS
GET LONG TERMS
Judge Monaghau Ouldoe
Upstate Jurist in Severity
of Sentences
MAY SERVE 20 YEARS
Setting a new i coord for rcntenccs
Imposed oil gunmen, Judgo Monaghau,
in Quarter rWloiis Court today, imposidj,,, , ,JBt f , danger' of
11 sentence it? not less than fouiteeu . ' ' U,L ,",",-1 ,l
years and nlno months nor more than11"0 cnps,c of tho l.eriii.in Govern
twenty Jcars 111 tho liistern Peniten
tiary.
tt. . i. l t l..ri 1
i UO lriMIHMH ill I lll'Illltill "in. iihii,
Joseph Howard, who uro ii.-cum-.I of, ' ""' ""-"' """"' " "" nueiii-
holding up thrto saloons nml robbing n,ol,t wl which to make peace,
the cash icglstcrs and customers In the- Itangcf ia also felt In tho rapid
pl.ictf. spread of i!o!s!ie Ism li, o'ther coun-
Tim dcfci.d.iutH entered pitas of trlcs bc(.llUl, r the.CIerman collapse
giillly te two ndlclinents charging them, ., ,,.,, . , ,' ' '
till., -..i.wv ,i iw .,n,.-rH tl.arclm.-lqlls deling i- Iiasteiilng efforts to
carrying i-une-ciled deadly weapons.
un ono robbery iudtctnicnt Judge Mnn-
ngliau Imposed on each prisoner a scn
tpneo of not less than nino yeara and
.iilno months, nor moro than leu ears.
and on tho other IndU tmciit. e barging
lobbeiy, 11 sentrnco of not less than
Hyj ears nor moio than ten jeais was
hniiosid. Tho second irutctie-o Is to bo
tomputed upon tho expiration of tlio
111 st one.
About two weeks ago Heft and How
ntiel robbeil the patrons and saloon of
Patrick D Hon, Klfth and Walnut streetx,
whcio they got about J200 hi cash. A
day or so later they, with other bandits,
entered the saloon of Mrs. Mary K.
CJeraghty, C7C North Twelfth street,
and at tho point of reolers, robbed
thoso In tho place, and the same tllght
they robbed tho saloon of Helen t
Campbell, southwest corner ef Twenty
reeond and Market streets.
Ujioif their arrest last week, It was
attempted lu havn tlie-m Immediately
before Judgo Mce'ormlrlf. w.lio was then
substituting in tho court where Judgo
Monaghau Is now presiding. Tlueiugh a
writ of habeas corpus, a delay was ob
ta ned anil the case. Instead eif being dis
posed of an Prltlay was not reached un
til today.
Counsel for the defendants, H was,
mid. feared Hi havo tliei men brought
befoio Judge McCormlck becauso of the
reputation thu jurist had earned for
himself of "treat Vm lough' in uie
cases of burglars, robbers and thugs,
It was thought by some that Judge
Mnnaclian would not bo so hcverc, but
ho also showed a. determination to ileal
severely with such eiass of criminals
Tho sentences ho Imposed on Hess
and How aid aio longer In their terms
than any Imposed by Judgo McCor
mlck. although tho latter judgo Imposed
ono sentence of fifteen j'cars. Tho ele
fendant lu this caso was committee! to
tho county prison, wheio he Is entitled
to commutation for good behavior, which
fU"' '2 " . lm' " TZ, "'Z
, .,. . .!...
Monughaii allows for no commutation,
bhJL the minimum of fourteen jears and
nine months must bo served.
CZECHS FACE FAMINE
Patioiits in Hospitals Die From
Lack of rood
I.onUon, March 3. (By A. P.i lieu-
tor's th informed by tho Czecho-.SIovak
legatlcVi hero that, uccordtug to tho
ioiirnal Cesko Slovei. Praguo and tho
entire I'zecho-Slovak republic aro em tho
verge e famine.
In 0110 hospital In Prague, It Mas said,
sixteen) patients out of 300 died of
Inanition.
UKRAINIANS FIRE
ON ALLIED BOARD
FOR SECOND TIME
Slavs Renew War on Poles Ger
mans Also' Resume,
Attacks
Wor.aw, Sundaj', March 3. (liy A.
A. P.) For tho becond time a train
bearing members of the IntcrrAllled
mission to Poland has been fired on by
th6 Ukrainians, according to an oftlclal
telegram received by Premier Paelcr
ewskl. The shooting nccurred on tho
route between Weinberg and Przemysl.
The episode Indicates that hostilities
havo been resumed between the Ukrain
ians and Poles. Negotiations at Lem
berg between the Inter-Allied mission
and the Poles and Ukrainians wero
broken oft when it was found impossible
to get the Ukrainians and Poles to agree
fo a line of demarcation between their
forces.
Tho Polish forces operating ou the
Polish nqrthern front havo been having
soma severe brushes with tho" Bolshcvlkl
to the eastward of Kovel.
The first occasion upon vvhch a train
bearing the Inter-Allied commission was
reported fired upon by Ukrainians was
on February 20. The mission was then
traveling from, Cracpw tq Lemberg.
Several Polish soldiers on th train wero
wounded by the Ukrainian bullets.
I'oten, Sunday, March 3. (By A. P.)
The Germans, after three davs of
comparative quiet, resumed attacks all
along the line upon tho Poles toefay, no-
coraiuit-iu illume Kuui iuo ifiis:n-ejer'
man frontier. 1
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When you thlnfc of wrltlnr.
tblnlc of WIIITINUtdv.
the Story of Russia's Joan of Arc? Tomorrow She Tells of Becoming a Soldier and
HubFcrlptlon Price Jo a, Vear by Mail
I'ubllo 1-edBer Company.
FALL OF FOE
GOVERNMENT
IS IMPENDING
Paris Peace Delegates tear
Russia's Fate May lie
Germany's
OVERTHROW OF EBERT
RY REUS THREATENED
Calling of General Strike in
Berlin and EUcwherc Work
, ot Spat'tacaiin
I STARVATION REPORTED
'dinar Mead for Relief
From Blockade and
Bolshevism
By CLINTON V. GILBERT
Muff Correspondent nf the Evening
1'ulilln ledger, with the I'ence
Delegation in lhirope
liy Wireless
Copurlolil. 1919. bu rublw Uitetr Co.
Paris, March 3. Tho pence- dele
gates hao been strongly impressed
ment, in which i-uso n situation like
that Hi lluhsl.1 would i-xlst In tier-
jl'ifi mi,1 tlH it t
I ,Jl"ing about a solution and in pi oinol
lug ucceptuuco of tho American view
th.it tho blockado must irulctdy bo to
laxtd. Slr John IJcaillo in u repot t tei the
ceonomiu council utters striking cI
denco thai tho Ilrillsli aro nppruaeliliig
tho American point of view. Sir John
says that not only must Germany be
fed, bul it must bo permitted to pay
for food with tho pioductH of Its In
dustry, which it cm only do tlnougli
tho relaxation of the blockade or tho
signing of a preliminary peace.
Tho Oernmii situation Is also affect
ing tho Allies' Ideas legnrdlng repara
tion. Every ono realizes that there
can bo no reparation if tho Oermnn
Government collapses. There Is ulso
danger of forcing the collapse, of Ger
many by mi excessive Indemnity de
mand. Apparently tho German fac
tions nro only holding together await
ing tho peaco terms and trying to
keep "tho country on its good behavior
till then. They are bribing Idle work
men with printing press monCy. Tills
process cannot lust long, as events In
IJavaila show. There Kurt Eisner
precipitated trouble by Irving to cut
down coinage ullowanco Tlieio Is tho
greatest fear that tho delegates of Ger
many will follow tho Tiotsky tactics
at tho llrest-Lltovsk peuc pat Icy and
tiuovv tho burden or the udiululstrit,
tlou of GcrmHiiy upon tho Allies
No ono lieio believes that the Kuro
pean peoples would consent to an
Allied expedition into Germany like-1
tho German expedition into Itussiu
utter tho Hrest-l-ltovsk fiasco.
London, March 3. fUv A. P.) The
possible full of the German governine-nt
Is reported in numerous special ills
patches rcee-ived froni Itcrlln.
The members of the government have
arrived at Herlhi to consult with the
Woilcmcn'h Council, and a manifesto has
,i oi miicn r
een issued. All the correspondents rep
resent tho situation as grave.
Copenhagen, March 3. (By A. P.)
Unemployed workmen and communists
oi uresuen ui u ineeiing suneiaj-, ao- '
cording to a dispatch icccived here, de
cided on a general strike. Tho strike
was to go Into effect Monday mom-1
lug.
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seldorf, where the ' radicals ' ha'vV been
lu control
uas ueen cleared of Spar
tacans wllhout u shot helng fired Tho
goveimuent troops, when they entered
the town, anested Mayor Sohinldcheiis,
tho Spaitacau dictator, and disarmed
his followers.
Berlin, March 1, Dejayed (By ,, )
Tho; government has Isstfcel u long nianl
testo fi-om Wehuar, denouncing the ter
lorlst attempts to get rid of tho N'a
tlonal Assembly. It preclalms faithful
ness to the principle!; of democracy.
"Greater than the political danger Is
the economic distress," saj's the mani
festo. "We cannot feed ourselves from
our own supplies until tha next harvest.
Tho blockade Is eating away tho ltals
of our people. Thousands pciish dally
from 111 nourishment."
Tho manifesto denounces strikes, saj
Ing: "Every strike brings us a step
nearer to the nbj'ss. Only work can save
us." ,
The manifesto promises1 the socializa
tion of suitable industries and the es
tablishment of industrial councils repre-
Coutlnurit on Pais fill, Column Three
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TO PROBE "REDS" IN RECESS l
Senate Authorizes Continuance of
Inquiry Into Propaganda
Wn.lilnrloii. March 3. (Bv A. P.).
Continuance, during the recess ot Con
gress, of tlits Investigation of lawless
propaganda with a report at the next
session, was authorized today by fho
Meiiaie. , resoiuuoii auopieei exiennea
the life of the Judlclary.subcommlttee
making tlio inquiry until one week be
fore the new Congress meets.
Chairman Overman, of the committee,
announced It desired to examine addi
tional witnesses and needed time for tho
preparation of. Its report.
WAR CONTRACT BILL SIGNED r
President Makes It and tho Har
bor Measure Laws
VV'.lilnrlon. March 3 ,(lli- A. 1 V
The bill validating and authorlilng ad
Justment of more than J3. 500, 000,000 of
wan contracts and the J33.000.000 rivers
nnd harbors appropriation bill were
eigne'' loday by President Wilson.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1911)
Text of Wilson's Speech
to Governors and Mayors
V"n!ilnRion. March 3. The following
Is the text of President Wllioti'ii fpeech
today nt the whim Uouro to tho confer
ence of Governors and M.nors, which Is
considering plans' for the readjustment
of Industry.
Mr, f-'ecictary and gentlemen of tha
conference :
I wish that 1 could promise msetf
the pleasure and tho prollt of taking
part In jour deliberations. 1 find that
nothing deliberate Is permitted since
my return. 1 hao been trying under
tho guidance of my secretary, Mr. Tu
multy, to if,, a month's work In a
week, and 1 am hoping that not all
of It has been ilone badly, but lnas
muih as there is a nciessary pressure
upon my time, 1 know that you will
excuse mo from tuMng part In jour
eonfelciiee much an 1 should bo prellt
id by ilolug so.
My pleasant duly Is to bid jou a
very heaity welcome ami to express
my gratification that so many execu
tives of cities and of states have
found tho'tliiio and the Inclination t-j
coinn together en the very Important
matter we havo in discuss. Tho
pilmarj' duty of earing for our pen.
pie In tho Intlmato matters that we
want to discuss here, ot course, falls
upon tho stales atiSIupoii thu munici
palities, and the function of tho feder
al government Is to do what It Is try
ing to do In a tonferenco of this sort
draw tho executive mind of tho
countrj- together, so that they may
prollt by each other's suggestions and
plans and so that wo may offer our
services tn i-o-ordlnatn their efforts
hi any way thai they.in.iy deem It wlfo
to co-ordinate.
In either words, It Is the privilege!
eif the l''ederal Government in mat-'
eif tills tort to be tlm servants of tho
executives of tho states anil niunii'i
p.illtles ami counties, and we, shall
pel form thai duty with the gualesl
pleasure If jou will guide u-e with
your siiggeist Ions'.
Urge-, life J-cope
1 hopo that tho iliscusslon ot this
eoiifereneo will take as wide a scope
as jou think uciessary. We are not
lo illse-iiss uny single or nariow ub
jeet. We are met to illscuss tho prop
er nietheid of restoring ull the labor
conditions ot the countrv to a normal
basis as soon as possible, and to ef
fecting such flesh allocations of 4abor
und Industry as tho circumstances maj
tnakn necessarj'.
I think f ran testify from what 1
havo seen ou thu other sldo ot the
water that we arc mbrc fortunate than
other nations in lespect to these great
problems. Our hi'lustrles havo been
illsturbed and dlsorgrnlzed disor
ganized as compared with a peace
basis very seriously Indeed by tho
war, but not so seriously' us-Vift-Jn-dustrles
of other countries, and It
seems to me, therefore, that wo shoulel'
approach these problems that vie are
about to discuss with a good deal of
lonlldencc with u good ileal of e-on-lldenco
that If we havo a common pur
pose wo can rcalUo that common pur
pose wlthoist serious or Insurmount
able diflicultles.
Coiinhe! for Averiege Man
Tho thing that has Impressed mo
WOMAN SLAYS
NIGHT INTRUDER!
Mother Stabs Assailant lo
Death Defending
Her Home
IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL
A frail Italian woman, holding her
iilne-months-old baby In her arms, stood
before Magistrate Imber, In tho Second
and Christian streets' police station to-
'day. and listened while Detective Blue-
! U0"1 toI1 ll, court now he '.ia,a BtaJ'bed
to death a man' who Invaded her homo
shortly before midnight.
Klio showed no emotion as tho facts
were related. Her chief interest was In
tho baby she held In her arms and the
three other tmall childicu who sur
rounded her.
Titer woman, Mrs. Catharino Papalle,
thirty-four years old, was held without
ball to await the action of tho coroner.
"It Is the only thing I cado," said
Magistrate Imber, "but I'll mako out a
transcript nnd hurry the papers to the
District Attorney's office, so that she
cn be released Immediately on ball."
It wan tho opinion of the magistrate
and patrolmen that tho woman acted
only tn self-defense.
Her story, as told by Detectlvo Blue
bond .follows:
Shortly before midnight last night
two men called at Hie little home at
611 Knter street, where her husband,
Giuseppe Papalle, has a small shoe shop.
The dead man, .who Is said to have
been Giuseppe Carnvall. thirty years
old, of Ardmore, demanded that she give
him a pair of ehoes.
Mrs. Papalle said she had no shoes to
aw. The m.j , then demanded
JHUlir. IIO unn;i ,,,a,t, ,i Mi loauj
similar demand. In her excitement Mrs
Papalle said: "fio away, I have no
money. My husband ls nol; here," and
attemptefl to shut the door.
Intruder htrurk Iter
The man believed to have been Carn
vall then snatched at her pocket, nnd
. nt,.n,n,,a m draw hack Into tho
e "tlf.mPit? ' Uw ?"'K,u'ntQ, "Le
doorway he struck her hi the face,
knocking out eeveral teeth and putting
her lip, she said. The two men t,hen
entered the house, it ls said, and dragged
her back Into tho kitchen, where she
had been cutting some bread for her
throe children.
A struggle followed. The woman
finally graspeer the knife which she had
used to cut the. bread and thrutt It Into
the man's throat as he forced her U the
floor. The man fell forward ai the'
woman, terrified by her act, ri reream.
Ing from the hou3. Tho other man
had disappeared In the meantime.
ratrolmen. Abern and Schwartr, hear-
CvDlluued oo l'a to M, Column Four
r
moi.t, gentlemen, not only in tho ic
cent weeks when I havo been lu con
ferenco on the other sldo of tho water,
bul for many months before T went
across tho water, was this: Wo aic
nl last learning that the business of
government If to take lounscl for
tho average man Wo nro nt last
learning that the whole matter of the
prosperity of peoples runs down Into
the great bodj of the men and women
who do the work of tho world, and
that tho proi'css of guidance) Is not
completed by the mere success nt
great enterprise It Is completed only
by tho standard of the benefit th.it It
confers upon those who In tho ohs'-iiro
ranks nf life contribute to tho success
of thorc cnterprlres.
Vt hole, World doner
Tho hearts of tho men and wenfen
and children of the world are ttlrred
now in a way that lias never been
known before. Tliny are not only
stirred by their Individual clrcum
ctauces, but they nro beginning to g, t
a vision of whit Hie general circum
stances of the world are, and thero
is for the first thnoln history an Inter
national pmp.ithy which Is etuick nnd
vital a. svnipatly which does not ills
play itself merely in the contact eif
governments, brl dlsplajs ltrelf In
tho silent Intercourse of rympathy be
tweeu great bodies that constitute
great nations, and the slgnltlcanco of
a conference like this Is that we nro
expressing In It, and will, I believe,
express In the results of this confer
ence, our consciousness that wo arc
the servants of this great silent mass
of people who constitute the United
KtaUM; and that lis their servants It
Is our business, as It la our privi
lege, to tlnd out how wr mil bei.t iih
hlt In milking their live whut the)
nlnti them lo lie, giving tliem the op
porlunltlei that they ought t liuve,
unalotlug bj public enunel in Hie pri
vate iianlrs upon whlili the napplne
nf men elepend.
What rialii .Men Wnnl'
nd so I am the more dlstiesscd
that I cannot take part in these coun
cils because my present business Is
In understand what plain men evuy
wheio want. II is pemctiy under
stood In Paris that we are not meet
ing there as the masters of aiijbody
- that we aru meeting theio as tho
servants of, I bellevo It is. about
Tmi.uun.noo people, and that unless we
show that we ululer&tand tho busi
ness of servants wo will not satisfy
them and wo will not m-complMi tho
peaco of tho world, and that If vie
how that vie wunt to serve any In
terest, but theirs vie will have breome
rauiCilutr for the most lusting dis
credit that villi ever attarli to meu
In history,
-And so It Is with this profound
feeling of the significance of-the things
jou nro undertaking that 1 bid jou
welcome, bee-ausc I believe jou have
come tejgc-ther In tho spirit which I
havo tried to Indicate, and that wo
will together concert methods of co
operation nnd Individual action which
will really accomplish what we wish
1o see accomplished In steadying and
easing and facilitating the whole labor
process of tho I'nlted States.
, $48,800 PREMIUM
ON CITY BONDS
88,000,000 Issue Awarded
Banking Syndicate Over
Seven Other Bidders
BIG OVERSUBSCRIPTION
Major .Smith, at his homo hi Ulcnslde
this afternoon, awarded tho $8000,0011
Issuo of -Hi per cent, thirty-year city
bonds, to a syndicate composed of Drcxel
& Co., Blown Brothers Company, and
the Guaranty Trust Company, of Jsrew
York, whoso bid waB for "all or nono"
at 100.01.
Klght bidders, oversubscribed by more
than two and a half times the total of
the loan todaj Their total bid was!
$17,355,000 The bids wero opened lu
tho oftlco ot city Controller John M ,
Walton. .Major Smith, becauso of u
slight Illness, was not present.
The city will receive u prem'uui of!
a,uu from the syndicate, which Is con-
Biwt-irtuij imer man inai received from
the salo inado last October, when the
amount of bonds sold was oversub
scribed more than five times.
The bids wero a disappointment to
all present. There were 800 notices
sent out regurdlng the bale, which Is
mado up of $1,000,000 of 4s per cent
regular and coupon bonds of tho
$6,000,000 loan authorized for city tran.
sit purposes on June 30, loin, nml
$7,000,000 of the $11,450,797 loan for
general municipal purposes, authorized
Juno 29, 191fi The. bonds run for
thirty j'ears until March 1, loisi.
Only two bidders offered to take the
entire amount. The syndlcato bid was
for "all or none" at 100.61 and the
National Cltj Company, of New York,
offered 'to take all or any part at
100.198.
Other bids were aB follows: People's
Trust Companj', $50,000 at par: West
Knd Trust Company, $50,000 at 103;
Morris Offln, $5000 at pari Central N'a.
tlonal Bank. $200,000 at par: Com 13
change National Bank, $250,000 at
lOItj, $250,000 at I0I?i, $250,000 at
102, and $250,000 at 102',i; Beneficial
Savings Fund, $25,000 at 102.08. and
$25,000 at $101.66.
Warden McKenly III
Jlobert J. JlcKenty,' warden of the
Eastern Pentllcntlary, Is tontlned to Ills
bed ijufferlng from a seveie cold, Mr
uc-iwuvy uiuiu vuiu last wee:c, byt
remained at Ida desk, ills condition be.
came-such that jesterday his phjslclau
ordered him to remain In bed.
rj-tCati Ptflta Silver t-uflih Rv . -in..
Oradi. 15 gal. Dcalara or B13 Ctmlnut Bt.
Hottl
ttntcred aa Second-Clan
Under
IREADJUST
FOR WORKMEN'S BENEFIT,
PRESIDENT WILSON URGE!
French, Demanding Teuton
Ships, Upset Sinking Plan
Also Complicate Prospective Agreement of
British to Reduce Navy to Equal
A merica's Submarine Doomed
By CLIiMON W. GILBERT
Miift" f'nrrespnmlent nf the i;ienlng Public Ledger
nun me i-euee Delegation In l.uroie
I Special Cable to 'a riling Public Leilf.rr
lllrljht. Jill, by I'ublli L'llrr In.
j Pari-, Maii-h 8. The Trench de- dure inther than tn increase her navy.
niand for niiiie- of tho Geiinan naval I '"to this situation Prancce demand
ships which it has been proposed to
sink has thiovvu Into confusion tho
delicate hltuation In regard to naval
disarmament.
The sinking of those ships would be
tho biggest single step in naval ells
armament and would lead to other im
portant stops.
The American and Ilrltish naval ex
perts uro near an agi cement for scal
ing down the lirltlsb navy to or near
the level of the American navy Instead
of building up tho American navy to
thu Ihltlsh level. If tuls ugicemeiit
should hi- put tlnougli it would imun
tho abandonment of all or nearly t.11
of tho new $750,000,000 building pro
gram of America.
It is dllllcult to icfuse tho Krench
ieiUest. for Franco has
buffered
stveicly lu the war and It is hard lu eloped between America und Great
say sin- cannot have the ships which p.ritaln during tho Peaco Conference,
otherwise- would bo sunk. ,Tlio Prill'Ii welcoiuo America as a
Naval Compclllinn Issue vvoi!d power with force and icsponsi-
Tin- plan m sink the German ships i Millies diu it tn their own.
oilgln.ite-d in Hi- American navy and llc !ut of ,ho -',v"l disarmament
soon H-e-elved the lic.iily e-n iiponitlon l'ln ls tll( doing away with sub
of tin- ihltlsh, who wish lo avoid the marines. On tills point no opposition
expense nf a greatlj Increased navy.
On iiuj b.'sls nf division, vvh.-ther on
thai of losse-s m- nf thu number of
vessels engaged In tho war. Great
Prltain would receive the largest share
of tho German ships. The nuvul
armament competition thus would be
greatly stimulated, becuusa the United
Stu'tCK Is unwilling to see tho Urltisli
emphe far In the ledel ln,'rtavaT"f6w'erJr
., . . ...rT'i .'"! ..I
rinnco aiso is unwiiimgtto lie leu
totally behind In the naval race. Great I
ISHtaln Is only anxious to bo assuied
nf her naval position, which makes her
food supply safe, and, with Geimun
competition removed, Is willing to re-
GOVERNORS INDORSE DEPORTING OF EXTREMISTS
WASHINGTON, March 3. State Governors nnd Mayora at
the White House conference unanimously adopted a tcsolution
indorsing; a. statement by Secretary of Labor Wilson that it was
tho Secretary's duty to deport all persons advocating the over
throw of government by force. j
GERMANS THREATEN AMERICANS IN BERLIN
BERLIN, March 2 (Delayed) During- a demonstration on
tho return of Geneial von Lettow-Vorbeck nnd some of his
East Afilcan troops a crowd of enthusiasts shook fists and sticks
nt a number of American officers connected with the mission.
Others lu the crowd countered by clapping their hands and cheer
ing tho Americans. The hostile crowd made offensive temarks
nbout the Trench mission.
RELIEF STEAMER IN DISTRESS
The Euiopean rsllef steamer Waubesa passed Marcus Hook
inbound today, flying signals of distress. She has a
cargo of 300,000 bushels of rye, and left Glrard Point 'yester
day for ralmouth, England, passing Reedy Island in the afternoon.
POWERSDESTROY URGES U. S. SIGN
TURKISH EMPIRE! ALTERED LEAGUE
Peace Council Frees
ject Peoples andjnterna-
tionalizes Straits
GIVES LAND TO GREEKS
liy the Associated Press
I'arls, March 3. The commission on
Greek affairs has debateo at length the
new situation to bo created tn Asia
Minor.
Tile general plan adopted for the dls-
solution of the Ottoman empire Is the surrender of American joverelgnty or of
total elimination of that empire, the j tho Jlonroe Doctrine.
Internationalization of Constantinople! Mr. MeCUmber, who is a member of
and the straits, tho creation of a Turk- Mho Foreign Relations Committee, de
Ish state in tho center of AbU Minor , plored noiiie, recent criticisms hy Ite-
andUhe liberation of all nationalities
from the rule of Tnrkcj',
As regards Asia Minor, the commit
(don agreed in principle that the utrlp
of tha coast between Avail and Cos,
Including Smyrna and Ephesus, shall
be assigned to Greece as full owner,
or as International mandatorj'.
Paris. March 3. By A. V.t The
eighth week of the Peace Conference
opens with Increased effort by the
working commissions to get their pro
jects teady for consideration wnen
President Wilson, Premier Lloyd
Continued on Pace M, Column Ono
Matter at lh t'oitomc. at Pnlladelphla. l'a.
the Ac of March 8. 187 9.
U. S. INDUSTRIES
tor a sharn of the German ships, on
account of hrr naval losses 111 the war.
Introduces difficulties.
Diniciilllcs on Ulllirr Hand
It Is dllllcult to glvo Franco it sharo
and refuso a sham to others, nnd it Is
dilllcult'to sink ships that vou!d go to
England and tho United States and
r.ot to sink thoso which would other
wise bo tho share of the other Allied
powers. The Hltuation may bo met
by convincing Kronen that, in scaling
idown Iho Ilrltish navy, Krance's naval
, position would be adequately r-curea
without the addition of tho German
ships.
The lsritlsh tendency to accept tho
United States as an eeiual naval power
and to scale down the Biltlsh navy to
ii point near that of America's is sti !!
. ing evidence of the close relations de-
has developed on this side of tho
water.
Can't Control Submarines
Tho naval representatives of all the
powers have substantially agreed con
cerning this on tho ground It is Im
possible to control tho operation of
the submarine It Is a dangerous and
evl weapon tn leave In the hands .of
tirfy pow7rMIicely;tonke'Xwr7lrrHTe"
future. If (ho "scope of "international
law Is to be strengthened and widened
the submarine must bo abandoned as
in. weapon impossible to re'gulato by
law. The only opposition to abandon-
Continued on Pace Six. Column KUI-t
Sub-(Senator iMcCumber, Kepub
'licun, Deprecates Criticisms
of His Confreres
ATTACK BY SHERMAN
liy the Associated Press
Waihlncton, March 3 Senator Mc
Cumber, pf North Dakota, nepubllcan,
today urged amendment cf the proposeel
league ot nations constitution, to that
thero could he no possibility cf any
publican Senators, baying muiiy of the
arguments were "far-fetched," He ad
vocated America's becoming a party to
the league, with the change Indicated.
The McCumber amendment was pro
posed after Senator SI:erman, of Illinois,
Republican, had delivered an addrees
sharply attacking the league of nations
and President WlUcii.
Mieniian Critic-lies WlUon Personally
The constitution of the league of n
lions a presented In the Peace Con
ference vm pictured by Senator Sher
man, Republican, rr a "Pandora's box
full of oils' that would "'empty on the
Continued on Van bli. Column. BU
Starting to Fight. Don't
PRICE TWO CENTSIi
J
Musi. Take Counsel
for Average Man, .
Says Executive
AMERICA HAS "
BEST CHANCE fl
Federal Government Will. J
Aid Stales in Re-
construction
ENVOYS ARE SERVANTS
OF 700,000,000 PEOPf fi $
Labor Secretary Declares Re
cent Strikes Attempt to '
Establish Soviets :f'
liy the Associated Press
VVulinKn March 3. Opening th
Wlille Houre conference of Governors
and .Mayor.? on peacetime business arie
labor problems loda.v. President "Wilson
frrnnilnr.il 4 1... i. i...i i
MOUld ennstdrr Itself ll.n ua.,. - .! I td
. .... k..w r,cl tnui, ut. 1.41 eV
states, municipalities and counties In
solving readjustment problems and
would perform Its duty guided by sBf
gestiens of the conference.
Tho Piesldent said ho hoped the core;
ferenco discussion would assume a wide
range. Including mean of restoring la
bor conditions to a normal basis as soon
as possible, "and to effecting such fresh
allocations of labor and Industry as the "
circumstances maj- make necessary." He
said thai the I'nlted States is more for
tuuatc than ulher nations In respect to
thee great problems, ns tho industries
have not been as much disturbed, ."
ServnntM, Not Master t i
Touching upon tho Peace ConferemMt&j
no Emu me conierecs at rans regar
themselves only ns servants of il
lUo.Qao.oott people of the worWI
as thelr.inasters. '-,',C
"rPo"rTienUyT75 fdjAsq
conferees aro anxious to keeii-.Wi
,u .... . ' " '
niiii-aciiy wuii me peoples wnornlttf7'
represent "to find out how we cah- besi
assist In maklmr their Uvea what the .
i wls, them to be by giving them the.op-'
portunlty that they ought to hae."
The President spoke briefly, confining
himself largely to welcoming the visitors
and promising complete federal co-oper. ft
niion. lie explained mat the demands
upon his time during the day and a half
Iho could remain In Washington lna"d It, F
I Impossible for him to participate In thev.ll
conference. i
"We are at last learning that tho ;il
business of the government is to take .'5,
coum-el for the average man," said thetfjij
President In his addresH He declared" SI
that the whole matter of the prosperity ,i
of peoples runs down Into the great body -f; j
or men anu women wno ap me wont or
the world.
The- process of guidance ls not com
pleted by the successes of great entcry
prises, added tho President, but t In
completed onij' uj- tne standard or oenej
fit that it confers upon those in obscure
ranks ot life who contribute to the sue- 1
cess m muse, eniernriben. --.
Thpi President deelnreel Hint fop thai
tlrst time In .history there Is an InleyfJ
national sympathy, nu.ck and vita!., 'rVi,
Jolet Jloie In U, H. v KM
secretary or UDor vt nson, wno proja
piurii ii. i.n v, i ,,,. nsoiuii, .vMii.iv.n
Kj-cmfcreneo mat tne recent striKetf at be-'
attle, Butte, I-awrenee and other places ,j
fin their origin, but were results 'of yM,JA
vep nnt lnniisenai eronomi- nisnuTfB
deliberate, orginlzed attempt at a eocle,Tfl
and political movement to etitSblleiiKi
bovlet trovernmenls In the L'nlfed.'8tatak. f
Secretary Wilson Jald that tYpijliiv'jk
I ing II1UUSIIIU1 HC-lUlIi' l.UUU.IfWU uifj
i ers are unempiojea, represeniing,ine
! . I -. .... ,.? ,nKn II. .ul. ' 'I
I "I don't believe any eajuntry ow-ciyxl
every man n living, ijuc i uo uenave. p
every country owes every man a,chanpiy
to earn a living." J?&r
Decaue-e Ul iiiidaeciieu oiiureanv m .
WulK lliciuciii ,-ir oiu. ticca u, ucilluut, lr
tlon buffer emplojment must be found,'!
he said, and the best means of furnlsh
Int this lay in tho government Imme
diately engaging in normal construction's
nf mihllrt wnrk. Tr, lirovld lahnr uHlh Jl
emploj-ment In this way, be . deeVlartd. 'ji
,,-rt, ,1.1 imltA the wrirkerM nnd wn,iM nrtt '-J
prove a fertile Held for propaganda, (Miel'ii
false pnuosop.iy anu preent-ji posemn
decade of unrest. 'i '
linker TelU of Contracts iV
fecreiarj" uaieer loiiuweu orern
Wilson and explained the War B
inent'a methods In canceling contr
so as to accompli!.!) a great ravlngf
the government without demorall
r.dustrv or aisturoing laoor. .-
Immediately after the armistice wnsl
signed steps were tanen o cancel con-.M
tracts, ana no iai,uo emu, me war U9 '
Panmcm lit", Bueiiiuru uicimiuw, -IMC tl
would have cott tle billion eight tHJt-i ,1
. I If.nln. nlllln .11.1 ..'' l
Ureel HUM iwctu,-.tn.-j i,,v,i, uuiMtfppHf
complete. There wero 19,000 winm-h
contracts tuat nau 10 no adjusted M
of these 4600 havj been settled.'v ' ij
Une reasuii mij iiiv rcvufii uj yn
has been sioweu up. fcecreiary, 1
exnlalned. is that Qreat Brltat:
drew troop ships to cam- home' :
Zealand. Canadian and Australia!
dlers. who had Wen In servicer kuu
than Americans, which, he said, "was ti.
perfectly proper procedure. He rtlteritU
ed that by April 300,000 mrlcan-troo
would be returning monthly. ,'., , ,
The War Department, the 'SooretaiJ
61U, la 4UUVII iii,vicsivi,1 Ifl m
to provide Jobu for returning
and lie torn now colonel Artuue
Former police commissioner Of
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