Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, March 11, 1919, Postscript, Image 1

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THE WEATllER
Washington, March 11. Fair tonight
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TEMI'EBATUKB AT IUTI! IIOCR
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IS I 10 MC 47 I I I I I I I
VOL. V. NO. 152
TAX DECISION
EXEMPTS 1918
BRIDEGROOMS
New Ruling Reported Af
fects "Personal or Fain
ily" Income Clause
ALLOWANCE ALSO MADE
FOR CHILDREN OF 1918
Record Collection ai Thou-,
sands Throng Revenue j
Office Here
CLERKS ARE INCREASED
Five Remaining Das to Pay
V. S. Impost Will Be '"
Busiest
An Important extension of the rxeinp
tlon provisions of the Income tax law Is
contained In a ruling bv Commlsslonet
Roper, made public In Chicago todav.
It Is that the exemption for wife or
children covers the whole e.ir 1318,
exenjf the wife were wed or the child
born, on the last dai of the eai
The provision In the Income tax legu
lations covering personal and famlh
exemption', which, It Is helloed the
new decision oveirule", leids .is fol
low If ;iou were married and lived with
our wife (01 husband) or wire head
of a family In 1118 iou nm subtrni i
from jour net Income, befoie calcu
lating lour ta. a family exemption
of JJ000. plus $.'00 for each person
under eighteen (or menualh or phjsl
oalh defective) who received lib chief
support from win If husband anil
wife make separate returns ihla . -emptlon
mnv be claimed b either
buh not b both) or ma be divided
between them.
If jou were not matrUd or did not
live with wife (or husband) and wete
Here not head of a famlh In lilS, vou
are entitled to :i peisonal exemption
of $1000, plus $200 for eai b dependent
person undei eighteen (or ineiu.illv
or phvslcall) defective) who lecelved
his chief support fiom vou
If you were enlltlril to urn nf the
foregoing- exemptions during a part
nf the sear onlj. vou iiihv claim hn
many twelfths of the exempllim
utated as there were month Ju such
part of the ear. ni part of a
.innth mav be rnuntett as n month.
A "bead of tnmllv l a pei'-on who
la the chief support of one m moie
persons living In his hourhul.I who
are, closeh related to him (en her) b
blood, marriage or adoption
Wild. Itunh To 'a
Thousands of rhlladelphlans Jammed
the Fedetal building todav td pt In
come taxes The) llteiallv deluged the
Internal revenue clerks with checks
greenbacks and coins
Old, women old men preltv gills
unkempt jouths cbaiilTeins s;i.l a
hundred othei tpes made up the great
throng that Jostled, puhed Jammed and
wedged Its wav into the ottlces where
Collector Leerei s foice Is accepting
pavments
To facllilale the wmk Mr Ledeiei
has placed big tables In the conldois
and at these the ttouhled iltlrens fill
out their Income tax letuins 'I his
morning a voung woman occupied u
chair at the head of a table and for ten
minutes busied hei self with one of the
blanks Her return called foi the piv
ment of J2100, but It Was not her
monev.
Her emplovei had delegated her to
Journey to the postolllce bul'dlng and
pay hla Income and excess-pioflt tax
The filling In of the blanks was mere
routine she had a certified check, and,
taking a place In the long line that
moved slowly toward the pijlng tellers
clutched the check In hei left hand and
the blank In her light.
Many Women Mut I'av Tax
Scores of single women whose incomes
exceed $1000 appealed In loda) s
throng.
There were few gioucnes In the g-ilh-erlng,
'or everbody seemed leionclled
to the thought that the weje perform
ing a patriotic dut
"A b'g crowd,' suld .Mi Ledeiei, 'but
everything Is going nlcelv We aie
handling the business without much diffi
culty. We ask the people to be atlent
when they come here "
Inside the offices the counteis weic
divided Into sections and at each one
was h sign Indicating the chaiaitet of
'business transacted At one section the
clerks received floor taxes on distilled
liquors : at another excess prntlt taxes
were received: nt a third the clerks
wrestled with Income taxes paid bv or
dinary, unmatried mortals who reecho
salaries above $1000 a ear,
' It Is Impossible to estimate the Amount
at money being collected at these arl
ous sections, but clerks had no besltancv
in sajlng that tndaj's lecelpts will
break all records foi the Philadelphia
district.
Ilunlrst lla (III In (nine
And they also Intimated that next
Friday and haturdaj's business would
make today's activities appear small and
piny.
Collector I.ederer anounced tn.li) that
only about 26 per cent of the Income tax
returns due from this district had been
filed at his off ce.
The end of this week Is expected
to start the usual wild msh to file
the returjs and avoid penalties Only
five rJsaiays remain In which to com.
plete the returns
Few applications for extensions hnve
been received by Collector Lederei mid
none will her granted without u eon
lnclng reasop, Wherever possible, the
cltlten Is advised to make his return
by matl to prevent further cungestlnn
and to aotd loss of time on the part
of business men.
Veteran collectors Inured to almost
anything' In the line of taxes were sur
prised, when one man. accompanied by
hla wife, walked Inlo the revenue ofllco
to file his return He claimed $3000 ex
emptlon, claiming u wife and five chil
dren. When he handed It In, he called
the deputy collector out Into the hall
Continued on I'aie Mnr, Column His
I DON'T CARE
Moderate uest ulnds ancc( ami
putr,
Xot much rlianyr tn icmncrntuic.
Fair tonight anil M'cdncsdav, too.
I don't care at all. do your
1
l'ubilihcd Dully Jhe-ijt Hiinday.
-M tlRht. IM. by
TOURING CAR TURNS SOMERSAULT
TOofAA V.. "S
)VX, J-w. A,.,
Hiiall antoiiiolxle rolled inmplrlclv over after licin -IrniK liv i In.ivier ear pnini! at liijli .pceil at .even.
Icentli ami Ta'ker lrccls carlv llu ninriiing. Thr driver of llie mrrltiriird madiine wa injured and three
u-eii?cr in llic siiiic aulouioliile and two in llie heavier mat lime mrrowlv c"Uied lienip liurt
MV IS INIIIRF.n I POLITICAL FOES 'mill? I AW Flf.IIT
MAN IS INTTIRFn
AQAIlTfKfRAQIJ1
Ah Al 1 Ua IKAiSH
Five Others Escape Death
When Car Ov&vtunis
After Collision
T'i i-inn nic t mil' i no
lAAl I'ARE DIbAPPhARij
One man was injuied and five oiheis
nanow.v criped death whtn two au
tomobiles enshed at Sevendenth and
Iaker -tieets eailv this moinliig
'Ihe injuied in in l Veinon t.uNchard,
2411 North lliiiteenlli stie.t lie was
tientertj nt st gnrss Hospital
'Ihe accident nciuried when i beivv
touilne ear driven bv William William
111 I'll,., nt,. vt riM t rnlni. . At m.
laske, st.eet. , into u ilg.it hu1..,o.
III. i. .4.-1. I...-.1
bile run bv linKcliaid
llie light machine was turned ovei
and rollel up on Ihe paxement, com
ing lo a halt only when It stiuek the
side of a house Tbe diivei and three
passenge.s we.e ,lown fion, the car SniVor '.nIoI f?,i"h,e1l,0ll,"l,.
on the fiist levolutlon and with the "'j'" uin'er the leadeishlp of U'llllam
exception of (.ulchaid escaped neil-T "I0" -'"' f i'Tl of Cuminoii Council
z :,idu:,:, ;';,:. :::zru,n up. north n. j. carmen to strike
i In the meantime Williams h.,1 lost .dk-oul Plll.lic-Set mVc Mlle
conti.il of his eai but indulged to le- I'flrw.i;. .. 1 i ti '
i. uce nee t i lfiiiimi.il.
gain II Ju-t In time to .-cape hitting, .lir. . . ,. ,, "IO,")W
i 'ewiirk, n p, via tilt I ill. v I1.
an lion pole Ihe automobile stopped,- V all Ike on nil the Ii n Hon lines . f
with the fiiml liss than a foot fiom the !'" . V,"1'"1. Se, '! ' "allw iv ( ompnnv
obstnieilo, I Zii M,,.V,n.ltl'r'', N" '""-ev vv i-
Wllllains ,1, yes a tavkab V ,,. ''llT, ' ', .'" IT.?",..., l.".'"".K '.
nnire. It. tin. .... nt tin. .ll..a .-.r .1..
aeildent jiniiiieil as soon as the lolllsMi
occuned ami inn wllbnut .walling to
see the extent of tin ilam ike "
'Ihe llglu, m ii bine wis wrecked he
vond lepili 'Ihe luavlei vehicle ilo
was badlv d imaged
Williams was anesled and will be
given a healing this mottling In the
Fifteenth slieet and Snjder avenue sta
Hon COUNCIL HEARS
TAFT'S LEAGUE
AMENDMENTS
Plan for Revision of World Coo
nant Is Studied by Allied
Leader
Pari., Jlnicli II -(Hv V I' ) 'Ihe
aiiiendments to the draft or tbe league of
nations plan which have been pioposed
In William Howard laft. ate receiving
tile close, stitch of the vailous delcg-e-tiona
to llio Peace LVnference Tho
understanding prevails that the sugges
tions made bj .Mr Taft might be adopted
If assurance i ould be bad that tho re
opening of the whole subject will not
be Involved and that timber amend
nicnlK will not ho offcicd bv other
nations It Is geneialh admitted In well
informed ilriles, liowevet that sonio
I retieh and Italian pioposals are to he
expected
Ihn gtound is being canvassed quleth
In an effort to obtain further informa
tion on the polnta raised bv Mr Taft
jntlclpatorv to the arilval of Piesldent
Wilson, who must render final Judgment
on nnv American amendments lo the
iliaft.
Ml Taft. In an edltoilal In the Public
Ledgci, specified these, aniuulnients us
desliable. In the league covenant,
'Ihn covenant sbculd be made moie
definite as to when its obligations mav
be let initialed
That pirt of Hie covenant on the
amount of nillllarv foice em h nation
should furnish should be clarltltd
In his address In the .Metropolitan
Opel a House. .Mi 'J aft said
'I Would favor ii leiugnltlrn of the
Mom on Doctrine bv specific words hi the
covenant with ii furthei provision that
Ihe settlement of pureh Ameihan ques
tions should be letultteil prlinaillj lo thu
AmeiicHii nations "
TOWNS LONGDRY TURN WET
Kiglit AlussaclmsrttB Conumiiiitir'
Vote Mle enlli-l lour Comiv ialily
llnatnn, Maich II tletiirns fiom
eleven towns thai voted jesterda' on
the fiueatli.n nf Issuing llcntor llienses
show that eight changed' from drj to
wet
'lluee southshore towns, Wevninuth
and Illngbani. which huve- been nn-ll-cense
places morej than a ciuarlei of n
centurj, it ml Scltuatc, with a drv tec
ord of eleven jears. shifted to license.
IJaston, Itockland and Ahlngton also
went wet, following the example set by
aeveial other towns In the Old Colon
district that voted a week ago. Oilier
towns changing to wet were Hudson
and Ipswich
Liquor advocates maintained that Ihn
result was a protest against the national
prohibition amendment, npd antlsaloon
leaders asset ted that It waa inainlv due
lo apathy on the part of volers. Thee
towna, Amcabury, Needharn and Apt
hersu voted to remain dry. .
, ,
.20
1 'Hi
Subscription Prim in -Yr by Milt.
1'ul.llei l.clter t'omtunr.
rat-"" v-' (K4M . . i& . H.X-.ATT Z?& SS M Ml
... f e ...- S
srrw
political foes
PAY TRIBUTE T0
j as. p. mcnichol
$en.iloi .tio Will Ic.kI i:uloy
of M.tn W ho Fotifilit Him
in This Cilx
tun Sfnjy 1 ortrsjw til l
lli.rrl.liurT. 'Jnr.h 11 One time tbe
polhlial foe or the liie .Senator lames
I li li h,il tn flu 1 .. I ,.... ..r
in Kepiiniiciii oraintntloii in Phlla-.
'i'"1'" .S,,";V" - ," oiingire ihe'
irrm he fmiaht nolii'iallv but llkxl pei-i
.1 r i . ' ' .'HI' "I '.
-I.HIIIt ,FWI I ,,l I, III IIK.O I.P1'
vrtim 111 m. tin. "yl. V .. ..... i . , .
,: y "l "" ."c mini, i.iiiiori u PI-
bea In the Mate, s. nate Clumber this
line noon
I lie. smalm wl
Ion (KllIK till ilit
llie, smalm Who offeiril Ihe resnln.
e of llli memnri ll fill
(OlltV Will lie 111. Hi-t uwiUr nt II,.
memoilil h. telsea I his ptoKinm was
imeii iipun llM, Ki (Idveinor
Spioiil udiloi Cener.il Snvdei nml
.",",",' "euslus I riaix Ii ,,f jhi.
idelpbli all of whom -at In the .Swi
iite with llie lite Sriuitoi MiMchol, will
be ihe other apt nkt m
iiLS'nH1 ir,i" "r I'lillmiii ctis will
li lug the foimer fnllowem of Sen-
!',",' .,, llho', lo "rlshuig for the
Illelnolllil eei,,es I In. e lllliulle.l ami
jrilVi '-"n'v.l.V.l'lV.rc M.lll'i'nV M'i VH
iflltfl (ii r i.ii.ii.,.,1 .11 .. in
,.'" iiiiw.iii.iiii win r. .inoild the
U"1.'.,,"'', .? .''?."?: "'"I! "' Thorn w
sessions ( ourt who was Senaloi Me-
.MlllnlN tllUted lleillell ml I,. .1..
.I,.,, u i ...... .:,:''" "' wutiiei
polltli,
Wind
oIltli.il management cif il. th.
T'ullv
'..,i... ..."... '" "llie IH.Iij
i,i
it.iaueis or llie Mii.ilganialed si., I ,.
... nui .--iieei inn i. icitik i;eiw n i;nl.
plov ef
'Ihe asMiilition Is the nallonil n -g.iiilzatlon
of tiollevnien
DR. SCHAEFFER ILL
Condition of .Slate Head of
oliools Causes Concern
Imiraster, Ph., .March II 'ihe cotidl.
Hon of lit Nathan c cllae'el .state
uperlntendent of Public Instruction
who was t.ikui in on I'rldiv in Hauls
burg nnd brought lo his I.uieastei home
J-ituidi evening was of such a nature
as to i ntse giave concern vesterdiv
Ills lllmss is due to overexertion and i
weak heart
IGNORANT OF WIFE'S SUICIDE
Wotd of Mis .Sumner C. loam's
Doatli F'aiN in llcieh Husband
'Ihe husband f jr, Mininei i;
l.vatis who killed herself when he I, ft
her does not know tint she is dead lis
father. I)iv Id llvans nf West o Ingi!
wood. V .1 todiv i.celved a iur
from him which did not contain anv
muitloii of his wife '" a,n
'Ihn fithct does not bellevo thai his
elegia,,, , his 0n idling bin, of VI, ,
l.vansK nltempi it suicide on Marcli 1
evei leached the voting man l.vatis Is
anging the oil tl, Ids and l prc.et t
his no petnuinint address Ills fain r
todav sent him n tel.gtam telling blm J,f
his wlfes sill. 1.1 .1 attempt an u,
death at (he Habneinatm Hosplta
FORMER KING NEARLY DROWNS
William of Win Itcinherj; Scuffles
Witli Sailois on Yaclit
(leiiein, Miilili II (Hv P)pnt.
mer King William of urtteniberg bad
a narrow ecape from drnwiring lo.lav
during it siurrie that oecuired when n
paitv of (lerman sailors from Kiel seined
the ex-Kings vaeht on I.ako Constance
'Ihe sillois took the jacht to use It ns
a fishing boat " '"'
IliiotderH along the Ithlne towns not
undei Mlleil ocrupulnti are coiitlntilng
The tjerman nnd Austrian tonsuls hnve
been witlultavvu fiom the Lake fon
stanie terrlloij liecause of ihe linslllc
nttltudo or Ihe neighbor ng puisants
SoWer.s 7'ri Their Idol
Mai In Holclikaieva won the
lespcct "f hei comia.les Jn n,o
Ircnchcs bj her btaverj nnd tlevo.
Hon, but when the) vveto led nway
h tlioughta ot peace and vqre
finteiiilzliiB Willi the Uennitns they
would no longei llslon to her words
of uUvlie
'Thcie was a tomniotlon among
the soldiers. Some expressed their
dissa'tlsfactlon loudly.
"'Wlij Bland heio nnd listen to
this lly bab.iV sounded one.
"'Give her a shove!' shouted nn
otlici. "Kick her" 1 1 led n thlid.
"In n nanicnt I was being
handled louglib. HluwH'hhowcicd
on mo from cvcij jlde."
nead her story on page S.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1919
AFTER SM ASH-UP
BLUE LAW FIGHT
FACTIONS LINE UP
Friends of Sunday Concerts
Criticize "'Intolerance"
of Opponents
I()''.'S'i' a t'' ''n irMTi.'
' lxy- ' ,-" ' X1' ''' ' ' IUM I r.
dvocaieH and opponents of the Koike
bill to penult sundaj niiiiiemeiils ate
ptepating to continue on Match 11 at
llnrilshuig the Iltbl b.gun vesln.liv
befoie (he legislative .ominltiee al Cilv
Hall
Ibe attllude or Ihe nilnlstetlal lllM,
iienis or the blP at the first hearing
brought fotth eptesslons of dlappioval
fiom men who tie advocating the pas
s ige of ihe meauie
'Ihe inlnlstiis, iteadiil bv Hie P,ev In
("ail I' (iramnet the ',. v 'I T Mutch
let and the Hev W llllat.t M Point v
ptomlse to pie'-ent at Haiilsbutg the
united sentiment of the Piolestant tie
notnlnatlons of the state
lr Charles D llarf. who spoke In
a.holatv. of the hill as the lepreseuta
tlve of the Phlliilelpbla lltchestra,
pointed out lodiv that the attitude of
the ministers was tint In kei ping with
the i gnitv of tbeli profession
I thought the iiI.h ,,f unralinevs
wcih thiimelves unfaii to Mi PorUe
sal. I liocloi Han He obvlouMi tiiert
lo give an Impailial hearing to bulb Hit
filen.N mil roes or the bill I was veiv
miuli -uipilsed nl the disorder of the
met ling vcslerdav
llpplorr tm liitiilrraii.e
Vrt.i all I do nol -ee tint Hie bill
should be Hie subject for Intolerance on
t ilhei side 1 he opponents of the 1111 as
itte questioned inv motives, tdev ques
Honed the motives of the otrlustia anil
lis illrectots 1 iiirin t especlallv want
10 go thcie and talk We felt lint we
wete slmplv doing our tluij In advocat
ing SuniHv (oitcetts for people who
oilieiuhe, would not be able to enjov
I hern ' '
Pronalh 1 do not think that the
Kllons) of th mlnlsteiH and thelt a.l
letents m, npHjeil the bill veMerdav
will uphold the dlgnliv or the cloth
when men call names like a lot or nolsv
old women and lose theli good manners
11 does not tend to Incre&se our respect
foi ihetti
We are going up fo Haulsbuig with
a single Idea or doing this thing raiijv
We want to Ktinw uh.Hi.i. i ., ..
of Plilladelplila vant Sundaj concert
We ate not (rjlng to 'put anv thing ovei"
on anv bod v
ftiigadler (Jeneial . W r Wallet,
who was present al vesterdav s uteetlng
on behalf nf Sundaj concerts but was
pievenl.u bj having to fill another en
gagement from remaining until he could
speak for the bill explained todav that
as .in officer he could onlv go Inlo the
mallei fiom Hie standpoint or the In
terests or his men
I lie u.l a few of the nieileeis ve
tenia v said (Jeneial Wallet anil I
saw the disorder I'nfortunatels I was
not able fo Slav 'Ihe meeting Impressed
1110 as lathet dlsoiderlj no plice rnr n
elflrlecting soldier
Mirprhed at Hill's Opponents
j 1 iuiikI confess I eannol pee how the
Philadelphli Orcnestia lould do hum
I ontlniieil on Tate Nine, ( olunin Three
GERMAN U-BOATS
TO BE SEEN HERE
LATE IN SUMMER
U. S. S. Huslmell Snila From ay
Yard lo Kcort War Spoils
Here
Six or Ihn Herman l -boils sunen
dered at 'uiU Plow tn the Mlled 11a
Alra will lie turned over lo this counlrj
for exhibition purposes Thev will ai
ri liete some time .luting luh undei
I.A ..IH..II..H.IIII. ,.f l,n t U C U..-I.
.,.,- n..". "." ".nl' ". .... ' . iiunn-
nell inntlierrlilp of submarines which
saneq 110m tne rnuaoeipoia vnvv yarn
at League Island nt 9 o'clock this
morning
'J he Huslmell has been under steam
since Satuidav and its orders to sail
came eailv this morning It cartles a
crew of lufl men Including manv nitl
satiB and mechanic- and Is under the
command of Captain Conant lajlor It
.. ... .nt I tl.B . rl . ..a .1 lAlll. til Oni. ..
l. H.nr ...ci nu.,,..r,i. ,u, miu,,, ITOU-
abh stopping at the Arores Islands
vveanj 1111 01 me nuncoucreo u-ooats
have been dismantled, both bv their
original crew and their captors, and one
of the taskr of the Huslmell w be to
refit them nnd make them ready for
the vagc across the Atlantic. It Is
nlanned to bring them over under their
own power.
It s lumored that one or the subma
rlnes turned over to tills counttv Is the
Deutschland, which ran the blockade of
the Allies and clocked at Ualtlmore In
10IS. under the command of Captain
I UI .WJCiiilii W. ..." wK.iiiau i.HVy, Cm
roioifi. w.imnr sin., .i.t. 11. n vines
were reported to have sunk the Deutscli-
IU1U.
,,.. '
$89
llERRIBLE STRAIN
FROM WAR SEEN
IN PHILIP GIBBS
lWed Correspondent. Here.
Protests Mention Aboe
Fellow Writer
HIAIOR THKOIGH PMi
c V. ritor) Had Unusual
Battle Priilcgcs. Brit- j
i-her Declares
i
i
Uv ClIKIalOI'IIClt MOKlLY
A oM M.li slender man with a deep
voice, the pile face or a student,
niatked with the line" or one who has
looked upon Infinite nnd Indescribable
surTering lit with candid blue eves and
n gare In which sbvness gentleness and
filendlv courtesv are happllv blended
I uch Is Philip Clbbs the vvai corre
spondent He walks wllh a lonf. .uiloulv slow
swinging "trlde In which though it mi)
be merelv ImnglnaHon one seems to see
some lemlnljcences nf hours trudging
through the mini of I tatideis fields
That Is the flrrl lmpieslon one Ins ot
Mm a mill of appaientlv fi all sensl
Ive boih ind mind a man w 110 has
looked Into the white-hot fumace door
Cf vvai, until the earlng glow of the
flames hive beiteti Indellbh upon his
spirit 1 man who knows that no one
' v ho did not see Hie war nt first hand 1 an
possiblv grasp It agonies and torments
land beioisli s and defilements and a
J n an who will shiltik fiom no weatin.s"
in. soul wringing . ffoit In his tai.k of
showing what th wat meiiit In the
I volceles" millions who bote lis buiilen
Mr lllbbs has been acclaimed Hie
giealet com spondent the wii has pto
duced With the modet of everj hon
est craftsman he vvould be the first to
piotest at being mentioned above anv of
l.ls fellow writers who laboied undei the
. long and ten Ible strain of derlblng the
son ow sand colotsand triumphs of those
i ears of b'ood
I Hut the re. pone of ihous ind of re id.
. eis has hett'ed the mailer 'those who
I 11 nl bis dispatches in the Hv fmnci
I Pint If I.FtxlMi found in them a note
of sinceiltv of long Hnd terrible stialn
I of descilbliig the polgnint human pltv
I commetisuiale with the greatness of
the struggle '
Humor through Pain
It was in gieat good fortune to 1 Ide
' with .Ml lllbbs on the train from New
rk 10 Phil idelphla Kidnapping him
fiom the iiowile.l nnd oveibeated club
ismokei, 1 wis luckv enough to pilot
j him Inlo a vacant compartment, which
llie laiiroau eonipanv cans a oiawniK
,room." where we could smoke andtajk
undisturbed .Vo Journey was evefso
shott Looking Into the ejes of this
quiet man who was foi ovei foui vears
the voice of the Jliltish ill in) .on the
western f r out and living tn lead behind
that filendlv deep' -lined fai e some
of the long hours of mental effoit and
suffering that he had known tbe level
New Jet.ev meadows became the flat
swampv fields of Klandeis s in all
bis dlspatdies .Mr (llbbs Is reticent
about himself Humor glints through
pain when be tells something of what
he has: seen Hie humot that was the
onlv llghtenei of manv a gi lev ous hour
Ml lllbbs to'd something of the wav
In which the eoric,spondents attached to
the Hiltlsh .unites did their work It
Is a stor which Ins iievel before been
told
'there weie seven or us attached to
tbe Urltlsh irmles he said Pive
Biillsh Pen v liohluson or the 'I lines
Heuch 'Ibonii- or the. Dallv Mall Per
clval Phillips or the Morning Post.
Herbeit Itussell of P.eutei s nnd mv
beir Then thete was vour own 1'red
crlck Palmei until 1310 He was suc
ceeded bv itol.ett fcinall or the sso
clated Press IMi .Small I now managei
of tho Public Ledger Bureau In Wash
ington, and Philip Snims of the
United Press and later McKen.sle, of
the Associated Pies"
l.l to rorreicntenl
I nllt xt..l 1(lt.'. (.11 llie Rl Itlsb
j conesponclents were fiee linces lepre
sentlng onl.v their own paprs and vvnik-
I lug1 under all sorts of difficulties Then
the glowing eagerness among the people
I at home 10 get news of their men
brought about a cnange 1 lie men 1
have mentioned were definite!) accred
ited to the armi and were given every
possible facllltv for obtaining and dls
patch'ng new In no war In the world s
hlstor weie conesponclents given such
privileges
'We lad a cot respondents hcadquar
terr. usualh placed In some chateau be
hind the lines or course this was
incwcd fiom time t time to follow the
great movements of the armies Our first
chief was ( olonel V Champion l'aun
thorpe (now attained to the Urltlsh em
bassv In Washington) who was sue.
ceeded bv Major Lvtton Hve ofllcers
mostly captains we were also given
honorar rank as captains vverf as
signed to help us in evet.v wav They
were our guides our .elisors mil also
our friends Tl ev took care of all the
necessars arrangements such as seeing
that we had cars at our disposal, chauf
feurs and so on
,1- ...11 ni, tout hrnc we went iihnnl
IU r.. j .... . --.. .. ...
our work take for Instance tho bnttles
of FlanderB In luii. wnen our men maun
an attack almost tery day for five
months On Hie night before 11 battle
Sir John Harlngton chief of stnff of the
second armv (under Plumer) would
call us In la) out all his maps and
spend a full hour In telUng us Just what
was planned for the next da. Ha told
us everv thing without reserve, knowing
the trust would not b violated He
would expliln where hn feared to strike
a snag Just what particular difficulties
lay In the wa) -ever.vthlng
"Then ery early In the morning
berore dawn we would go out gen
erally by twos, for companionship, ns
far forward as the cars could take us
Often this was not verv far. for the
roads were appalling and we had to be
sure of our letreat so as to get off our
'stuff' Leaving our car behind some
ruined cottage we would set off on foot,
with our helmets and masks and a feel
ing of fright In our tummies!
Modern IlaHlrflfl.I
"Its Impossible to realize a modern
battlefield unless ou have seen It, It
covers say, a twenty-mile front; on all
that front our guns would be placed
fifteen miles In depth, alt carefully
screened or hidden In points of vantage
behind a ruined wall. In n clump ot
trees, and so on, We would walk up
through this region all ot which, of
course, would be under harassing fire
, CaaUaued en fm Tw. Csluam firs
t-ntertd as Second CUm
Under
! ALLIED TERMS WIPE OUT
GERMAN FORTS ON RHINE; .
ABOLISH GENERAL STAFF
THIEVES ATTEMPT REDS' DEFENSES
SUBWAY ROBBERYIN BERLIN BROKEN
Cut Wires Again in Effort Artillen and Mine Tlmm-j
to Loot Collection rrs Week Last Strong.
1 ram holdb of Spnrtacans
WOMAN FOILS BURGLM.
Thieves ind hlghvvnvmen In d'flinee
of the police have adopted 'If nt first
ou don t succeed Irv again as their
slogan
In a suspected eTott to toll the . ol
lectlon train on the Market ticet 5iib
wav and Illevated 'v stem wlies nt the
Eleventh stteet stibwiv station ag-iln
weie nit lasl hIrIu
econd attempt In rdi Hie vondate
Apirtmenls 1 hlrlv. ninth and Locust
stieels was frustrated bv the preence
of mind of Mls Helen Buohnmn well
known In music elrc es In this cltv
which lesulted In the .11 rest of an In
truder Ihe maxim In lis proper sense was
appliid bv Representative Diniel t
.Sean (t HarrM.tirg when he made
a second ittempt to lestild the lie
of Oleums hv the Iniimluctloti of t bill
ma'dtv It 1 t, 4lrtneano to furnish
fire urns in mlnc.is
'Ihe Hoii'-e vv iliout a dissenting vote
fimllv passed the UfTorlv bill which
tin teases llie penalt) for convicted high
w ivinen to twentv vears
'Ihe police now ate fullv convinced
that bandits Intended fo hold up the
collection tialn on the aubnav, nnd thai
the cutting of the rfs at Lleventh
sure, was 1 nimii fnt the Intended he 1.1
np wbl. h thev nv prolnblv would
hive oecuired nt r.ittv.sixih stteet
On Hie li.f atfeinnt all of the wires
leading lo eveiv st ilion 011 Hie siibvv iv
and e'eval.d Mete cut l,nl niTclals ds.
coveted Hie -itu it 0.1 lefoie the irnln
left s.uv.ninth M,.,i ,,,) ,, HI(
allsxlts ei,. amplv gunideil
li.lleillnn I rl VI ell (liir,r,
.h.,ri c ber,, ,,t got list night II
rj lull., vl.- piesld 111 of the Hapi.l
Inin-li 1 am nnv notified t.ie phce of
the , nt .. It.s at Lleventh sii.,.t -
polbiiien fiom even dMilit that
touele. the line we,. ,i,n.,, , fcllril
the tnln Fotlv-elght men In plain
cot ,e m,W ,ho ,,, ,, ,
cle.k in.i ,olle.tor Cvet, evl, and en!
trance wis guatd.,1 mill the tMi i,ad
passed and ihe collections of .tv.r.l
thous-ind dull,,,, lsd bce, a
the .onipaiiv s vaults
negro a1.lig--sus)iIc'ous"l", ,,(t,
fouiil, do,, r ,he Wi.nd.l. J ,.
inei.tM iliii.ted the ..!.., , of v.
,,1e',,,"",',', "h" l1""'"' "' !'- apart
mem lb, negio H.ci.ldllig , MNs
Bu, lianai. wis ,tt..,)tB , ,
OP. ,, Hied 01 of H,e apat.iuHu of loti
mem and calmlv called up the police of
the Ihlrlv-second street nnd Woodland
avenue sis. Hon eigeant Phlpp, ,,,
Patiohnan Djgan hurrl-,i ... ,1..
ment "" ",M"-
In Ihe nifanlltne and foi reii th 11
the pollie woud not teich tl,. ni.au
menl In time Miss Hue Inn in e Hied the
Janllot lust ,, fhe hung ,hf, ,H
il on. Ihe negro lapped nn the du)t and
asked ir Mis,. Iohnon cms linn.,
there Miss HiKh.nan said sho knew
or no such peison and attempted t en
gage the nigro In conversation The
man stiddenlv became suspicious and
boiled down stain
Janitor Held II lm for Pobre
He ran Inlo the hands or the Janitor
who struggled with him until the. police
rurlved The man gave his 1 ime as
L'ovd Thomas Carlisle and Huntingdon
stieels
When quest loned In Dl'trlu Detec
I've McDowell. Thomas denied trvlng to
force Hie dofit of Vlcker s npaitment
That dior was forced lit Prldav
be said
tiuie enough it was lepl.ed M. .
Dowell
While hundieds of persons passed bj.
Continued nn Care Nine, Column Two
DR- SCHAEFFER BETTER! EXPECTED TO RECOVER
LANCASTER, Pa., Match 11 Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffci,
State Supeilntendent of Public Instiuction, who sovtial days
ogo was biought home from Harrisburg in a dying condition,
wasrepoited this, moining to have lested comfortably last nlfjM
Attending physicians say he will rccovei unless, complications
set lu. He collapsed fiom ovei work.
GEN. KENLY RELIEVED AS HEAD OF AERONAUTICS
WASHINGTON, Maich 11. Majoi Geneial William L.
Kenly, diuctoi of militaiy'aeionautics, was iclieved of that post
today and, in his peimanent giade of colouel, was ordued to ic
poit to the chiet of field nitliTeiy to; duty. Brigadici Genetal
William Mitchell will be detailed to command the aimy avia
tion icivlce.
MRS. FAIRBANKS MAY REWED
i Report Wife of "Mo. ii" Star Will
! Marry Broker
New ork, March 11 'Ihe foimer
Mrs Douglas Fairbanks whose decree
I of divorce from tne picture actor was
made final recentl). Is to be married
again, an evening paper t-ald esterday.
I On Novembei 30 last her Interlocu
tory uecrets ut cuvorcu was Olgnea U)
Hupremo Court Justice Young In .New
Hochelle Tlie c6-restondent's nnme was
not given The case was not contested
and it Is said a financial settlement
was "amicably arranged"
James Hvans, n Wall stieet broker,
Is ihe husband-elect, t.ie story said.
At Mrs Fairbanks s apaitment In the
Dorllton, 171 West Seventy-first street.
It was said she was out of town and
no statement would be made at this
time.
Matter at th rnntofllee At PhlladelpnU. P .
111. Act of Mrch 8 1879.
LOOTKRS ARK FA'ECtTTED
ll the -Ijvormc. 'rrn
I nn.ln.i, Mit.h 11 Herman govern
Client Iroops in lleilln made, rurther
ptogiess dutlng -atuiila and sunilav
In demolishing paitacan strongholds In
the northern anil .aslern sictlons r
'the cllv, according lo a Heitnan wire
less message lecelved beie In older
to tvol.l unnecessai v losses the Hoops
used artilleiv and mine Huoweis, be
ing thus able to fotee the Instil genta
back without exposing themselves
' Nevertheless the "-partacans have nol
g ven up nnd aie ntemptlng in itansfer
Iheli field nf resistance to Hie eastern
Hiibuihs 'Ihe (llspalch savs that theli
teirnilsilc nieiiiods lnve .atis-.l 11 revul
slon ..r reeling in ravot or Hie govern
ment v. 1 v vv her.
Itillvv iv it Mile and other communica
tion services hiva been resinned ex
cept on the tie. tile Htieet n.llwav the
jemploves of which nre striking for an
I advance of wages In connection with
1 Hie political strike
llerlln Match II (Bv Pi Mm
1 "lers fighting nnd plundering continued
throughout Mindav In various parts of
the cltv I'heie was much sniping fiom
Ihe loots Mill) paitacans were mnde
prlioner .luting tho forenoon and sum
nnrv executions begin In the nfterncon
following the nppearnnce of the older
of H.i 1 Noke .ecretarv or Mllltar
Vffalts
'lluee loiteis ciught In Ihe a.t weie
the first to be executed Ihe govern
ment soldleis weie so embittered bv
t heli opponents ntrocllles tint Herr
Ni se s deetee wns welcomed
n Ins'aiu of communist treacherv
vas noted In the lsalserstrasse where a
si. ll,. 1 appro iihed a small bodv or gov
ernment troops, holding tip his hands
and crvlng Pout shoot The troops
advanced to meet him and weie qulckl)
sin 1 Minded bv a band of Insurgents
who .1 satined them
The Incident bad been obseived. bow.
ever, it ml a fence o'f government sol.
d'els quickie, 'appeared on the scene
and anesled these Spailnc.ins. The
s-illor who p lived to be a laborlte
diessel lii 11 mailne uniform was sum
ti at llv kIioi
Moie than .''.n wounded peisons were
tnlo-n to iirou hospitals StinUiv In
c ud ng manv women and .hlldren The
Spaitacans lemoved a large nunihei of
ineir own v ictims
n unidentified auplme Saluida)
dropp.d a bomb on a crowd si, inline In
line to bin fond pparentlv the air
men mistook the crowd foi a ginup of
lombitantH 'Ihe explosion of Hie bomb
lesiilied In thlitv .asiialtles imong
'ilvlllins Including woineq ,ind .hlldren
Ihe Inhahiianl" of e islein and nortli
eastetn Berlin Tie suffering from hun
ger b.caue often ihev have been nn
able to l.a e the 1 homes lo bilj pro
vis oti and nlsn b.cause tbe provision
shops In their dislncls hive been plun
deied bv Insurgents
WIN THOUSANDS IN BACK PAY
Peileial Lmpiie's Award lo "Sine
Engincincii Applies Widel)
llarlelon. Pa. March II (Bv P)
-Charles P .Nelll of Washington um
pire of the nthiacite Conciliation
I Board, tod iv sustained the contention
I of Ihe engineers fliemen and steam
I shovel cranemen emploved bv tho (j 11
I Maikle Coil Compinj tint thev are en
I titled to an eight-hour div with a t
pet cent wage Increase instead of he-
Ing pild a (lit 7 per cent aihame on
ihe basts cf nine hours
) The award lettoirilve to Mav ',
I I01R carr es with It thousands of dol
lars In back pav, due on waillme eirn-
tnc-e iml jtinlLa ... ulinlla,. ur.ii.t... no ...
over the nuthracllo flehl
FIFTH WRECK VICTIM DIES
W. W. Floi.i, Traininun, Siieetuiibo
to Injuries Suffered in Crasli
W W Flora sUt)-two veaia old of
Hnola Pa died In the blnglon Me
morial Hospital as the lesult of In
Juries received in the wieck at Healon
on the Pennsjlvanla Kallroa.l Trenton
cut-off, last Thursday ,
Flora's death Is the fifm that re
suited from the wreck A sixth man
Is reported missing He probablj per
ished Floia was In the cmplov of the com.
panv for ears. and was to have gone
on the pension roll within a few months.
The date of the Inquest Into the causes
of the wreck has not been set bv Cor
oner William Neville, of Montgomery
County,
. i i
PRICE TWO CENTS
Reduce Teuton ArnW
to 100.000. Raised .
i
By Enlistment i
FOES CRUSHED
TO TMPOTENCYj
(Service Period Twclv0
1 ears, Exeess Munitions
to Be Delivered
TRKATYPRONJSIOISS
RKADY BY MARCH 20
Allow Small iNation Seven
Rfpre.enlatips on Impor
tant iew Commissions
e
11 the Aociatnl Vcm
I'urh. i,Ph 11 -Mlllta,, Ciermany
"III go out of oxwiuice as the lesult
of the adoption bv the Supreme Coun
ell last nlghi of (he mtlita.v terms
of Ocrnnn dlsai mnnienl as they will
go into the pence Heitv
The Orman foils along the Rhine
must be destioved and the Imperial
KeneiHl staff Is nbolished under the
teinis adopied
These, terms ptovlde foi a sweeping
i eduction or the (ieimait military
establlshmenl down m inoono men
with -toon officers the, armv to be re
ci tilted bv the voluntarv svstem for
the l.eiiod of twelve vo us The effect
of this is to limit (Jeimansx military
'eo,,l,",., i'""' the number of
men s it-erland lias hei arm).
Otlici provisions in .be inllitarv
terms limit the H.ms'and mttnltlZ
Cermanv mav possess to a quantity
suftlceni f01 ltifiooo men and all the
lemulndei nuit he deliveied over or
destioved
Coiisirliillnn Ahollslied
Discussion ot the subject was re,
siimcd bj the Sum erne Council ester, j
elav. the l.ictD tr.. ..... .,, . .
Marshal Koch's tepott of JTemlerfe
". " ".o mi ,,i ueoaie neincr . ,
.-.-,.. "ii':i i.iuposai ioj ieoucev
I Germ inv aimed fou'e from ifiO.OOiV
as had been suggested, to 110,000 meh
nnd to substitute voluntary for com.
puNorv set vice
Mais,a -och f.ivoied the change,
ns the ioncilption plan piovldltig for
J0O (hid men s. ivlng one v ear terms,
would havo given (jeimanv a trained
aimv of .'oooooti men i nten veat,
As against this .Mi Llovd Qeoigo
proposed to fl the enlistment term
at twelve vears Marshal I'och em-
' I'.'. . IIICII l .-
posed in ntmv of 141. do men but the
council finallv adopted fin amendment
Tut then i educing this tiffin e to 100,000,
Will Knit All l.tiriipe
One of Piemlei I.lnv.l CJeorge's main
pin poses in substituting voluntary
set vice feu the c onsci iiitlon s.vstem
was to pivo tlie wav foi tlie disap
peaiance of Hie c onset Iptlon svstem
tlnoughoui Kiiinpe as it was eblleve.l
that the effect of the Hbilltion of tho
svstem in Germinv would be that tile
ohci Europe in countiies would gen
einllj follow it thus ending the
menace of laige standing nimles and
their provocation to vvaifare
The council lias alreadv adopted the
naval teims of the; tieatv except for
a few ic served provisions which will
be discussed todav
The progiess that lias been made
with the vvoik of fiamlng the pear
tieatv ensuies the completion of the
task bv Maich .'0
In (all lue t.i Versailles
'Ihe first tough drift will be (n readl.
ness when President Wilson arrives In
Prance riuirsdav and the revision will
be com uded berore the twentieth It Is
Ihe present purpose of the peace con
feiees lo call the i.ermans lo ersallles
soon aHer March 'n prnbabl rrora
Match 2J lo March 2' The document
ihen will be delivered to the Herman
delegates and in case tliej nre not pre.
paied to sign It al once thev will be
given the opportunliv to return In Uer
nianv to consider It and teturn for the"
formal signing nt erallles
Ibis plan obvl-ites the necessity of
holding sessions loi debate at Versailles
and tesfilets the runitlnns to be con
ducted with the Hermans to the delivery
or the document and their letuin for Its
signature or such other nitlon ns they
deslii to take
11 is known definiteh that Count on
nernslorn former Herman Vnibassador
to th. 1 nlted Slates will not be one
ot the Herman delegates at Versailles.
Premiers To IHrert Plans
The presence of Premier I.lovd
Oenrge In Paris Is permuting of dally;
eonfetences or tho Premleis or the
powers, ns a e.ort ot steering coiumlltee
to direct the course of the main work""
of the confeience The session vester
dav was attended bv Premlets Clemen-
nouieu mis in ins repot t which pro-
..call and Llojd C.eorge and Col 11 M,
I House representing President Wilson
Premier Orlando or Hah will join
the other premleis lodav and, when.
President Wilson arrives It Is expected
that tliee. conferences or Ibe govern
ment beads graduallv will take the place
of the council of the great powers, which
'experience has shown to give loo much """tf
, ... . n uiiq.i'Iiii. 'I tin innfaianiui. r.9 d
lit .IV i. p," ' i' ' ,iv . 'nt , roii, v- .,
the premiers, on the other band, are
providing an errectlve executive organi
zation for the rapid discharge of bul. m
J ness 1 his rapldlt) Insures the drafting "
of the peace within the limit fixed.
I week fiom next Thursdaj. .
Itcprcsentatloii nf Minora
The supreme council also settled the
aUnitted ouestlon of representation Af
the small imvvers on the economlu luiijj
nnanciai isjiiuiiiooiuub ui uib x-ruca woaiJ
ference by deciding lo name their i-eyw s. f- -j
resentatlves Itself, thus eliminating aHS?"S
contention between the European sq4 ,
Iitln-Amerlcan countries as lo propep-
..Anal- rnresentntlnn. -. i
This decision was reached on a1'
port of M. rlchon, the French. Fo.t
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