wmwi?m iu i .1 li. ih m-r" " -v. . ' mil V; W' c ffiefrger MPMKHNJ. IIJU'UP. .Al Btthli s THE WEATHER t Washington, March 15. Rom tonight and tomorrow. TKMrKBATCKB AT KACIt nOKB. t g I D lloTt'l I 12 I II " "I ' , ' S4 36 1 1 36 1 37 I 37 I 37 I ' I ! NIGHT EXTRA uenm0 1 in' ' v ff- a I,' KV - VOL. V. NO. 156 I'ublliheU Dully I!xcept Sunday HuliseHtillmt trlpn 1(1 a Ya P hv Mull. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1919 r.nurecl as tiecond-Olana Mutter nt the I'oaloflle, nt Philadelphia. r., t'nder the Am of March H. 1870. PRICE TWO "CENTS Copyright. 11)10, by Pulillo Ledger Comim'ny. " ' w League Pact to Be Part of Peace Treaty, President Cables; Germans Accept Terms for Ship Surrender and Food Suppljl Iff V IH r i-w- L ISSw- 1 I IMI fr ftV v r I'' It, ??. r m - FOOD PRICE QUIZ IS LIKELY SEQUEL TO COAL INQUIRY "Legislative Committee May Probe Profiteering in This State BILL COMES UP. MONDAY Representative Glass Will Res-' 1 I urrect Measure slumbering in Judiciary Committee legislative Inquiry Into food and fuel profiteering In this state Is likely as the sequel to Governor Sprout's requesting Attorney General Schafter to Investigate tho proposed Increase In the price of anthracite coal. When the legislature lecomenes on Monday night. Itepresentatlve Leopold C. Glass, of this city, will Insist on ac tion being taken on his bill providing for tho creation of a commission of nine to Investigate coal and food prices. Fol lowing a conference between the Gover nor and Mr. Glass It Is understood the action has the executive's sanction. The bill has been burled in the House Judiciary Committee since February 1 1 and probably would have been allowed to lepose In quiet there had It not been for the Governor's jab at the anthracite trust. When the bill was introduced on January 29 members of the Legislature "That is a murter of police Ititerpiela took it more or less as a joke, but the ( tlon," the father said. "It Is also a Hlcina lUUCIl U lilt umcinui una utuusui about a change In the mfnds of many legislators. A similar bill introduced two yeara aso by Mr. Glass failed of passage. Bill Provides for Commltlfe The bill sponsored by the South Philadelphia representative provhlcs that the Secretary of Agriculture Is to bj a member of the Investigating com mittee, one member Is to be an expert mining engineer, two are to come from the Selate. two from the House and three are to be appointed by the Gov ernor. When the bill was Introduced orlg-Innllvteinravldcd-that. following tile In vestigation "tile commission, was lo fix prices on coal and food. Objection was .l.A,t niralnn' till timviSft lieCaUSC there wus doubt f the constitutional right of a commission to fix prices. Tlio price-fixing clause later was stricken out. Strong interests which would bu af fected by the results of such an In vestigation arc said to be lined up In opposition, but the temper of the House at the present time Is such that If it ever got before that body the beasure would likely pass. Ileal nntile In Senate The' real battlci would come when it reached the Senate. If Governor Sprfful exerted his Influence In behalf of tho bill It would llltcfty pass the upper chamber also. Messages pledging support to Gov ernor Sproul In his efforts to prevent j the coal operators from tatUng nn I Increase of fifty cents a ton on coalj on May 1 have been received by Gov ernor Sproul nt his home In Chester. Anthracite operators hurriedly call ed a conference here, at 'which W. J. rtlchards, president of the Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron Company, presided Steps to meet opposition oy tho Governor to the proposed Increase were considered. price NEW NAVAL ASSIGNMENTS Vice jtlmiral Grant Commandant ' of Washington Yard Wahlnnton, March 15. (By A. P.) Vfco Aflmlral Alfred W. Grant has been ctrtached from command of battleship force No. 1 of the Atlantic fleet, It was " announced today, and assigned as corn s' mandant of the Washington navy yard and superintendent of the naval gun factory. Captnln Arthur L. Willard, whom Admiral Grant will relieve at the yard, has been assigned to command the battleship New Mexico. Hear Admiral Henry A. Wiley will as sume command of division No. 4 of the Atlantic fleet, a post which Admiral Grant held as additional duty, and Hear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler, now commandant of tho Norfolk navy yard, has been assigned to command the fifth naval district. $225,000 LOSS 1NQUEBEC FIRE Flumes Controlled After Threatening- Business District Quebec. March IB. (By A. P.) Fire litre, early today damaged property to the value of $225,000 before It was brought under control after threatening lhe, business district. The flames were fought in zero weather and one fireman fell three stories and was seriously In jured. Pronertles of J. SI. Orkln & Co.. whole sale merchants, and the Kuropean agen cies of liquor denlers were destroyed. NO PEACE MOVE BY ECUADOR ; Denies Asking Wilson to Arbi trate Dispute With Peru 'Guayaquil, Kcuailor, Mar'h 15, (By A, P.) It was officially announced to day that the report that Kcuador had a iikcd President Wilson to act as ar bitrator In her boundary dispute with Perulwas entlrelyMvlthout foundation. It is explained such a step might bo considered as seriously compromising the . government's position with' the Iicua ' doran Congress before It had had a .eh&nce to pass upon the league of pa ctions project. , THE WEATHER VATSE Today it it cojd; 'twtll 6e warmer ' . tomorrow. The east iclnc are hlotcing white money you lorrow. The 'weather and revenue hten are unto calling; 'Vo.'i' cot to pay taxes though 'Ijtfalnfrop are falUny," I TT ,f .'A V - . '.' .' A '. J A' tt: J. Levering Jones Defends Son in Club Robbery Plot "Boy Played No Unworthy t Part and Will Be Cleared of All Stigma," Declares A ttorney, Rapping Police Denying that Ills Bon lias played an "unworthy part" In tle plot to rob I the University flub, ana Insisting that ,l,..i , , , . , , f,ni . ,n,S ,H0XiW refut0 ,1" stn,te' ments Issued hv the nnl ce. .1. riverine I lr.nA.. . . . . . . "u,,r'r .1 wiueiy-anown attorney today asserted that Ills son would "shortly be ' fibred of an aigmn." First Intimation thai hls son had lieen accused with Krank Judson n pallor, and Krank Cohen, elevator boy at the University Club, Ih the attempted hold up, reached the father when he returned homo today after a live-day trip to CJiloago. Y'Thls whole tiling lias come as an astounding surprise to me." he bald. "My partner had sent no word in ad vance of the affair. From the little t """" since i came- nere. i am absolutely conv need that mv son s In- nocent of any wrong doing." "In' " '" ''j'"' id not understand ' P"h'e sa5 they found several revolvers. "Will ,ou personally represent your ' ' .Jl Lirif " ohcmlcal, and u huik of I. '. W. l,t 8on if criminal proceedings are brought ",,";, p,t' i?o.Um plot. The Cohens - erature. , ". """' "'' JOf3.:vi's .' ..ame from Montreal. Can.. Ihe months. jio una uui auie wnetner nc wouiu nppear. Ho tnought It more likely that his law nnriner. 'i , t n, ,,n,i would act ns counsel, but he did not ipprehend that It would be necessarv to have nn attorney to represent his aon. was ,0 tne no active part In the hold- 'n,e ta,temont of Captain of Detec-1 u,,.' c'ohen agreed to wait for Hudson lives bouder. In which lie asserted thntim .i-...n iiim his kIuiih of the proceeds young Jones "lost his nerve and squealed" after having planned the rob- Der with the other two men, was shown i ,ir, .j ones. It did not shake his father's belief in is Hon.a innocence METHODISTS GIVE ! RUMANOTHERRAP! Conference Praises Gover nor for Firm Stand Against Liquor ! TOBACCO OUESTION UP 1 'l- John Barleycorn Obituary Presented at Conference Here Is an appropriate scriptural "burial service" for John Barley corn, presented at tho M. K. Con ference today: 'Call now, If there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the same wilt thou turn?" "God shall destroy thee forever, ind He shall take thee away and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living." "Thou didst make thy followers a Btrlfe unto their neighbors, nml now thine enemies laugh unto themselves. Ho that sittcth in tho heavens laughs; tho Lord lioldclh thee In derision. Hell is naked be fore thee, and destruction hath no covering for thee." "So let destruction corao upon thee unawares; and let the net tUat thou hast hid, catch thyself; Into that Very destruction thou dost fall, but as for the souls of thine enemies, they shall 00 joyful in tho Lord, they shall rejoice In Ills salvation." Methodists. will not slacken in their campaign against tile use of alcohol, even now that national prohibition has become a law. This was made evident In the annual report on temperance, prohibition and public morals presented this morning during the fourth day's proceedings of tho Methodist Kpiscopal Conference, at the Spring Garden Church, Twentieth and Spring Garden streets. The "victory rally" over the prohi bition amendment was an outstanding feature of today's session of the 132d annual meeting. The use of, tobacco- was alluded to by Bishop Joseph Berry when he addressed the candidates for theological orders. He did not speak of the use of tobacco genet ally, however, contenting himself with reminding the students that they had pledged themselves not to smolte, and that ministers had frequently broken thlp pledge In, the past, lllsliop Admonlsheg Clergymen Bishop Berry mildly' admonished the clergymen for breaking Jhelr pledges to refrain from smoking when he addressed the theological students applying for ad mission to the conference. "Smoking Is not the worst thing In the world, is It boys?" he asked the assembled 'candidates. "Smoking Is not rnod for ministers though. Ministers .should not use tobacco. Ministers of the Methodist upiscopai inurcn ao not use tobacco. All men should wholly nb stain from the use of tobacco. "For forty years ministers have, by oral and written, pledges, promised to abstain from the use of tobacco, but I am sorry to say that many have not adhered to their pledges. '. "The worst thing Is not that they use tobacco. The worst thing is that they .have llerti These men ought to te ds. matter of police lioneM.v. So fur as I am able to learn of the affair, my son ''' nV Play an unworthy Jiartn It. . . . - . ltn- t.... .tin mere seems 10 oe no iuriu uu. mm lie aldea In the atrest or the other U1CII Voting Leveling.. Tone met his tuicr shortly after the hitter's arrlvn I in I ' ;! ndelnh a and walked with him .'.. I siiuruj i" '- .".',,,,,,, ... ih,.1 .lueipin.l " """"", ., ., ii.il,,,. law olllces in tne uano nu u.... -y. Later he went to his fathers home, at-, ter arranging 10," a ei-uim hv , olllces this afteifioon. .ludson and conen weir io.w. -, . ..,..n.. '11, ,. ,v,'i' lield rVirn'Tfl ei rind KUb.tantial se- I'uritv -will be insisted upon by tho District Attorneys office. joiipb "" allowed lo tlgn his own bail bond for ! $500. , ,, ., ., . I - ,' . ,n,.,1(11i in, lfe v lislted I .""'".. ".... ,.. ,.... ,!,. ,ie -. ... .,. i,i,,, ,..niiteil In a B"; ,"h nrv ,, "''" ' "' """-1""' '" "'' "lUtiHIon factor;.. ....opinion of Detectives McGoldrick and' .ludson and Jones chaige Cohen ltli pointing out how the University Club I .-..,., .. ..i,u.i i.. .,,i,i, that h from New ovh. - - - - - jmisoii aim Junes were tincsini c-s ' terday in the basement of the Untver sity Club by five detectives. Six hours1 earller Jones went lo the Detective ' Bureau and gae warning that the hold- up was to take place. He was toiu to go ahead with it, he declares. MpY LAGGARD IN TAX RETURNS Income Impost EligibleS Crowd Postoffice to Get Under Deadline rm" lroops' wl,h the fti8lttnc0 ot . v "fSi'l - -..-.'S9J i'"''t'aave repulsed formh o - .. ,- -.;. ..., asmms ""untecr forces which attaiked the oil TIME IP AT A'lTnNIP HT The final day to make government In- ... . come tax leturns uncia tnousanns in thls district who have not yet tiled them. Crowds,- at the Internal revenue office In 'the Federal Building, threaten to swamp even tho augmented force of clerks and keep them busy long after midnight, the appointed closing hour. Fully 200 persons were In 'Inc when the office was opened for business at 8 o'clock. Fiom that time on the line of taxpayers was lengthened each minute until It wound In a long line for the whole length of the second-door cor- ridor and wagged a "tail" down tho stnlrway to the first floor at the Mar ket ttreet end of the building. That part of the corridor not taken up by taxpayers is filled with desks, tables and other places ot advantage, from which the deputy, colectors di rected operations, and assisted the tax payers. Tho ordinary force of about two hundred collectors and clerks has been Increased to about two hundred nnd' fifty to care for the rush. HuMtle nnd Hustle In T.lne F.very one In line men and women who waited for the last day In which to file their return seemed to be In the blggest kiiki ot a nurry. isvery one was trying to push up front and a sur prising percentage of them confessed, as they elbowed somebody out of position, that they "just got a little lime off from the olllce." Tlie men and women In lino seem ingiy were noi coimiieu to tne clastes and volunteer companies irom ncaruy pts'hle to comba' Po'.jhcvi-rr: 2-ul bring touched by the tox In former years. (owllM iHucd to check the llimic- until., ,,e (jcrman people hack to sane condl 77 1,,CSenl ' m!"fe nil of the building had been destroyed. ,. of 1f, poiui,,,, nlId ,iustrtal their returns. Collector I.cderer urges returns be made by mall wherever possible, lo help ' rtralghten out the rush conditions In tho Federal building. But returns must be put In mall boxloday For the last week the entire personnel of the revenue office, irom Collector Lederor down, has been working over time, and no let-up is expected until this midnight. Both the men and women the Internal revenue office have been act lng as assistant deputies, giving lustrum tjons, making out returns and takl affidavits. Maintain School of Instruction .inir meir mm in reneh tlin cashiers- wln.w. , make payments. A number of deputies have been ns. signed to the task of directing people to the right places, but they have a norvo- 1.1 il. r I ll.n In 1... . .. back to work, women anxious to be home tried by various suuteriuges o elude the directing deputies and get to the head of the lines. Had It not been for the ruling that All yesieruay a virtual school of In- handing him $2 us faro ho exclaimed ?" grammes in erun ami even lower structlon to taxpayers was. maintained I T.L,,t,",, r.n , nle street '" other cities. This ration, moreover, ln-the second floor hall of the Federal ' l m shot! all1 f " street. , exists only on paper In pome localities. BuIdlngXre groups of men and Dmkbo took O'Keefe In his machine Our stocks of lour at the present ra tvomen seated around the dozen, nr'iim. i to St. Agnes's Hospital, where It was Ion of .00 gr mnie oJ w "' hm permltted returns to be sent In by mall, tcr D. Allen, a chief petty officer at ?&VXt$'l?K.lW Iii."- K.vy Vard, who Was turns may be mailed any time before i charged with forging three navy pay midnight, the postmark will determine ) checks, a Jury ln the Federal Court waB the time of mailing. These returns muit dlgchal gd t 10:30 o'clock last night e accompanleYfby "on"..rSurth' of the imount of tax. That many people have availed them. selves of the nialllng privilege was shown Pacing three forgea nav pay cnecKs. by the stacks ot mall piled liTa back 1 no wUnew Positively Identlfled him as room of the revenue oftlce. ' Twelve having passed one ot the click,, but Al extra men, -assisted by mal opening 'en d"1" the "barge and asserteej the machines, nav ueen ueiauea .ta, the jt3 ot handling thls-end at', '.) ! !5DcB?b gambling joint Three Men Arretel on Greek's I Complaint Make Counter 1 Clmrfics in Jail I .luscph Starr, John AVhlte and John Hunt were arrested early this morning . by the police of the DeUancey street station and when arraigned before Magistrate 1'ennocU on charges of con spiracy nnti lobbery Mere held for a fur ther healing under $1000 ball. Starr and Hunt were found hi ,,OUFe , s,ucc Htrcct. wl, , t , , - . . above Seventh. White was nricsled at his home in lo- lunihlsi n..iiiie ntinvn t-'irieenlli .-"". ; , , KyrlaUos Mzin's, a Greek who ope'-- aies a resiaiiiaiii at .ui iiaKiu street testified that the three men entered his ' restaurant early last Thursday morning ,,,,.1 f..,i i,, . ,. .... tm and forced bin, to ghe up $1(1. I lie police believe that the trio ere tonnecieii wun several louneries mai llU0 occuneil ,)le lH8l lontli. In the rooms occupied by Stair and 1 by reift Hunt In t'ic Spruce st house the That inmiiia and oilier chemicals ' f,ll,,rl ..-non ,,.... I I.. I.nl.l .. I.. ,1.n Miller, who arrested the men. Three weeks ago a man Informed the police that he had been held up on Spruce street and said that the men threw .mmni, t.. i.ia .. m.. .ir..i.i.. . of the men lRnjes wm, lhat of Starr, ..piiu.u.iia in iu.1 i in.". Ilia lltOLI I III 1U1I White and Hunl. -.. . . - . . vwien arraigned the men denied tnc police charges ami, through their at- torney. said that they went to the Greek restaurant lo recover gambling i losses. "The restaurant." said Harry liornstctn, is a gambling joint. rue a gamming joint. me men eie ueirduueu in a wru B.une .! 1 , 1.. 1 and demanded their money back." Mlzlnls said that the men demanded:110" wn! smaller than they had re-ia" money not only from him but from his patrons. POLES BEAT BACK GERMANS , Bolshevik and Ukrainian Troops ....-.. Also Are Repulsed Wurkair, March 13. (By A. I'.) - ' ln l'le rCBlon of UoihbrowUn, oi - lesia. Tlie funerals of the victims of the fight ure made into an Imposing ""' ' . ""'"'"""ion. " i-i'ii "" ..mui.ebiauon. n um- men went nn sir in as a molest. i --.t.. -. ii...in ; !. i men wcni on birilc as a inoiewi.. ji-,jltn- continues on three Polish i , ,,, ..,,,,' ,,, , .. .,,.. .ni, lll'lll? WIUl lUiyillti SlUtLCDI iw .'"- tending forces, according to an official sim.m.n ioU,i,i i.v Hie I'ollsli aeueral stalt toduv. Tho statement reads: '" '"' ""!". ere uc win wine Bolshevik tro-.-ps have again at- "a,rt "i negotiations with- an Allied cm- , lacked Slonlm. in tho Grodno district, . niiralon relative lo foc-J shipments and and succeeded hi entering the town, but "e turning over of German shipping for were eventually drlv-n out at the point ,l,c we f the Knlente nations, of tho bayonet. ' Durin the war there has been a sys- "Our troops have repulsed all attacks P1'' "l paying premiums for early thresh bv Ukrainians against I.einberg, Grodek ' ' uut this, according to Herr mii and Jaglelnlca, Inflicting serious losses J'""- '""'ts in much grain being cut upon the enemy. The fighting continues eton It is Hpe and being threshed in ,i ,.i,Mrn. i,a, ,,e,.im,e,l Jaksmanlce ,a dan'n condition. In his opinion tlie H.... V.M. V.VW,.. ....... w , Siedelska and Bydhow. "German attacks on the Posen front have been repulsed near Mocberg. The Germans fired on peasants who were working In the fields." $100,000 FIRE AT CARBONDALE Delaware and Hudson Cur Repair Shops Destroyed , Serontoii. Ph.. -March lu.ravcrui hours after fire early today had de stroyed tho car repair shops of the Delaware and Hudson llauroau com- pany,' at Carbondale, causing a loss oL 1100.000. the 200 employes at the plant were clearing tho tmolderlng ruins, pre- llmlnary to a speedy reconstruction. Officials of the company and the fire authorities at Carbondale are trying to determine tlie origin of the blaze. Jt spread with riMi lapldlty that the com- blued efforts of the Carbondale firemen All ot tho machinery was lost In tho 1 , , fire, also many caYs that were being ,-.,It-..,i repairiu, PUGILIST STRANGELY OlIUI taxlcab, says that as O'ICeefa was ... . . , .....iA n n...i ..tinv llltner streeis DiBi.UK .v .....-.. the shooting. , ' RRTR1A1. FOR NAVY MAN Case of Involv ' Jllr Uieagrees in ing Forged Puy Checks I Falling to reach a verdict after nine i hours' deliberation in the cato ' of Ches- ' ""T'liin?0 Ctt8e W"1 b ' retried, pojslbly In June. Allen was accused of forging and , I vllH";"' "T ' '.T V V tvi...v- as the offender., ! Tommy UKceC WotllUICll Willie , "U m m uusmuie conviction that weather, Including several samples that Nln saii0rs are renc iLY.. T....:....l. n-:.. the epidemic Is curable If supples, of rilrlflllh. ..elomr to winter, were fed ' . " , . . . P nf 4. uyiuii laAii'iii' j-r n - 100a ana rsiw iiiuiciihih art) BpePUliy " , :, , lue biiiKinR ui ine . A mvsterlous shot struck down " "'r;.... ' ,.'V " ,':"; """""' '" '""" . transport Yselhaven. v i Tommy O'Keefe. a pugilist, early this 0r h.croaHlnE tho meat ration one nun- .. .,. i . - . mhio nt 1:35 o'clock F - . . .... , ,., ,i. ,i..i n-.na -Qiu. n t- .1- eri-ovcr hiiuwmuiiii, iur -n,-iucuia ic-. - morning in mnv.l no, - ; i T'T. wt to "3" ,: versed gears, or something, about 10 ' according to a report 'son street. Harry uamaeo, uner 01 .. . nve nounds as promised u-iii -.i i. -.i - i,n .i.w.i. nt n,in .i in vn,vn u-na imnnri .ion, -wj, ipitn ALLIES TRIM DOWN RATION FOES SOUGHT TciltOIlS lO Get jNIoiltlllV Al- lowance of 370.000 Tons of Provisions BRUSSELS PAULEY SETTLES CONDITIONS ,,. - . ElieillV Delegates at First Pes- .;,,,. . .-i. simistie on Arraiisuii' I-i- nancial Terms SUPPLY TILL AUGUST 1 il Ferinan Delegates Koijn Commissions lo Handle New Kcgulntions lly the Associated Prr Hrussels. March 15. The German delegates to the conference here re- gardiug the taking over by the Allies ! UI l" siermnn mercantile fleet and ' (lid iii-ntilnU..i..- s- i ""- i"""iuiuiig 01 ucrmany yestcr- lnj' definitely accepted the conditions ' imposed by the Allies. i A monthly ' 370 000 tons ration for Germany of of fnnrK-ttiPf has been nm .... ,,, .... , ..,.... ' ' "- -. .UIIMIIi?)lt.ll, Thn ,-.,.,. .... ., ,,.- .,., ' .. " u"!nl "ml l,"s nuesteu and were nt first pessimistic -"s to Hie nrrangement of satisfactory- ' I financial terms. I After Vice Admiral Koslyn Wemyss. lied delegation, had presented the con- ... 01 i,reat Hritnln, chairman of the Al- Ultlons decided upon by tho Entente. , the Germans asked tn i,. allmt.e,i m ; wlthdraw'for consultation. They then , fotmUahr-subcomires to - deal with questions of ilnancef food sup'ply ." -" " ..w..,. .- 1 and mercantile marine. nerlln, March It (delayed.)-(By A. . . i-t ' -t j ijeriiifinv p.x ipcis innr r a i pa will provide food suuplies until AiiEiist . .'" I'' lu rooa supplies until August w. I)r ,.Id f , ..,. ,,, ..... ' 10. which Is the earliest ncslble dato ,. -.. - -r. l0- which Is the earliest possible dato that flour from this vear's harvest can , .-..,, ' l, counted upon, paid Under Secretary i thinking not of President Wilson and, "' omn- un Lrauii touay nerore leav- ., .,. .1. system throws the normal course of ag riculture "out of gear" because other ''an est operations arc Interrupted lo rush grain lo the threshers. For I his reason, he said, tho Allies should agree to continue sending food Mipplles until September. Teuton rood lit maud Herr von lir.iun taid Germany would ail; for 1,400,000 tons or gram and a monthly Importation of 100,000. tons of pork and fats, ,n adltlon to coiiuensed milk, rice, oatmeal and other coinmodl- tle3 ronUire, particularly for invalids, In fnntI1 am ;ns.pials. He estimated the ccst c,r tneE0 shipments at five billion n,.-!.. ,. , a nmt,r 0f sroat importance. ;, j.a(I lnnt f00ll Lhnua arrive at tlm 0U,,.Bt possible moment and that the (..,, umont l() i,0 provided be known, ,. tlmt tno K,.veininent could adjurt rnijollB untii n,,, n(.xt harvesj. "Onlv under these conditions Is it sobriety, lie said. Bolshevism Is an .Infectious disease which thrives when tho political organism is weakened by i hunger. It even be romliHtni only i'f lhc I)Coplp 1nvo cnough to eat." .hlioU If he believed It to be a curable Jlsease. he replied , be forced to cut the meat ration of i . , , tnHu signeu iii "Vo Arc Rascals!" Botchhareva Shrieked "How dare you shout lllfo that? I am a general. I will kill you!" Polovtzev thundered at me, trem bling With ire. "All right, you can kill mel Kill me!" I cried out, tearing my coat open nnd pointing to my chest. "Kill me!" The general then threw up his hands, muttering angrily under his breath, "What the devil! This Is a demon, not a woman'," And Botchkarcva. had her wai Bea paso 6, I .I -f- Wilson's Power Weakened by Fear of German Revolt Will Have to Accede to cerned More With "What Will Fritz Do?" Than With Presidential Ideals By CLINTON W. GILBERT tnn Correspondent or the Kienlng 1iitllc Ledxer With the Pence Iletrisatinn In I'uropr liy Special Cable lOfi aht .IIP. bu Vubhc l.rclucr Co. Maicli 15. "Hlaming it on what lie wnnts. but of Fritz and what is ihe favorite pastime of the Fritz will do. Paris. Franco.' Ann licun peace delegation here. A little while ago they blamed - ' ram'e f'"' l'l'o-ltl" lo U'C league of nations, opposition to feeding Cii-rmany , - In fact, for all opposition that caused dela.vs. Xow. v, hen asked why peace is being rushed with the balance of power Idea ' prevailing to create a strong France and a strong Poland, to weaken Ger-' many by keeping Austria out, to ring Itussia with smail states as one rings i a tree lo kill :t. they sa . upologeti- t-allj, "Out of deference to Fr.inje." No one attempts to do.":, that a hur- ned peace is being arranged incon- slstent with the fourteen pol.its. Uvcn lhe udvocntes of these pointa are hur-1 rS''" lo luiVP peace made while the l'rese"t mood of haste Is on. -enuur v-iemenceau is us mut-ii in a lillI'l'V no lu t"fi1nnn 1 Tit!to.i !i r.n 1a. ..,.....,..""". - -"- -c- cause "deference to Fiance" is bring- ing to him tiie objects he announced in his December speech: the other be- cause the Americans, characteristical ly impatient of details, came here with few practical ideas of peace-muklng r... ..-,., ,,, r ,,n,.u.n.i,i "" "' ' '""" ". 'v ''e wr to get tnrougn. 5-" ul- ule a,lillu lnere "'" uc no Oerntany to sign a peace with when the peace treaty is ready. u-son i:ellirns Weakened f C0U1'Ke' ll Is impossible to tell T'lintlie 11, n nrncanl lieotlo .ffnrt wilt ' uo l""'Vo or 1101, in ciiiii.iiiV.. I repm t;fom fie" lor -"' ttre j "" ?J? ; S " rf i'oril, and -President -A Usou fall .., ..u.t.i r tn.nl, a ...... ..At i IC JUtlfi IflUlllinCd IUI ,iiu(v.i. o wiu nui . uiyii . es a great press-.iru to agree to everything that has been decided in ills absence. President Wilson comes back ure.itl.v jtcmh out wi sun I'Uiiics uuu i; 'CMUV ... ... weaflciierl. for Germany dominates the weaflciierl. for Germany domlnntes the Peace Conference now. All tIie dele- ... 1'eace uonrerence now. All tne aeie- cations, including the American, are 1,419,386 SOLDIERS DEMOBILIZED WASHINGTON, March 15. Officers and men demobilized number 1,419,380, the Wnr Department announced today, 83,774 being in the commissioned grades.' Dischavge has been ordered for a total of 1,678,500. Officers applying- for renerw commissions total 20,708. GERMANS ARRANGE EXPORTS TO BRITAIN LONDON, March 10. Britibh and German comm'ittccs have opened uegotiationa in Rotterdam, n German government wire less message received hero says, concerning the exportation from Germany of potash, timber, dyct nnd other products. RISING MERCURY AND MORE RAIN, LATEST PROMISE r. 1 r r! I second hnow 1 lurry I. ale in ftcrnooii Not Unlikely, Says Weatherman disagreeable brands of spring Acconllng to the 'Weather Bureau, this rain will continue fpr the rest of the day. with a slowly rising temperature and possibly rising winds. Again, ac cording to Forecaster Bliss, there may tho last few patches of enow that were left from the fall of yesterday. Also It had materially lessened the chances of accidents on the ttreets. I.ate last night the elements, after a ; day of experimenting with a noar-bllz- ard. shut down tne tncrmometer, wun WSiffitS Wind. The flakes fell in a sort of half - hearted way until breakfast time today nml tnn nrcame inure ucietiuiiicu, iul tho weather man InsUts that rain and ""sevSral sleighs were In evidence this morning In the suburbs. - ' ' i ' ShinworUer Commits Suicide While sitting at a table waiting for his supper. William B. King, a boarder hi . iiw-.w v... .w ... .--- .--.- l.n.A nn VftPlMTl Hireef HIinVA Hlxty-flrst. last night wnippea out a re Ivolver ard fired a shot Into his temple. ernployd! ftt Hog Island. several persona slttfng at t he pommUted. suicide.- Pfatn was iuntHiu!tc-.-o I.IHK tvna the tabla when All U L1UVIV tlt.U V ,.,,,, ... i.-'v w ...... .... .... ov.t.t. . ...... ... Hurried Treaty Con -Will Frits hae another levolution at Just Hie time to render all the work of the Peace Conference null Can a liun - lccl peace be obtained with Schletle- matin In such good season mat Fritz, if lie must play hub, can go ahead and llavo M revolution after peace is slBimtl. and lie Is bound to It ' This Is t"e trend of the Conference anxiety, At any r.ite. it Is FritK. not President Wilson, who Is the biggest figure at the Conference. The result is that the Conference is divided 1j two emotions: fear to piess Frlta too hard .md force him into reolutlon. and fen. to press hlni nut hard enough and let him dominate Kurope In tho fut.ne. Con- sequently, peace is being cobbled hasti ly and is !n really consistent with either of the two policies-, but Is a com promise. Tlie Pence Conference might have Heated Germany so generously and Justly -us to remove all cause for fu- u"'e wai her part. That was President Wilson's idea. They might have tied Germany's hands and dis- mcmbcred her so as to malio her , , ..... "''" '"' """", "J '"' '"" '"" ",c ''"'"i "L tMC U,UW"U1JI ulplomntlst-. Either one of these policies was hold In its way. but tlm- idity is written all over what actually .... Is being done; for Fritz now may do one of nvo thlnga. ne muy bccome ........... ., ..... . . . militaristic, or ne may uecome uoisne- vlst. Eitilel. way, he Is a terror to ..... . .....,n, "I.-.. -.-..,,,. ..wusg uWi nni- u ,rl,lol, nminnt pia... ..Iii'fi.n i i in l vu Luuia. t. ... ,-.. i .. . ... : . r "W5 filler I'll Had Utile Ttnl lnrmnhi ! "Blame it on Frits:" might be more . -1.1-. !... .if1 I. . t itTiirunauie iiiuu i.ittnif ii uu r ranee as a Peace Conference as a Peace Conference alibi, hut 'mamc it on me utter incapacity of . ,. . ... ....... , .. . uiumo u on uie uner incapacity or the Peace Conference Itself, which ,..... ,, i-..,. ,.,... ..' t'ontlnued on rnxe Knur, Cnlumii Two 'TRANSPORT SINKS; 9DROWN WHEN VESSEL HITS MINE '1-1 A II t .11 l lhe 1 scllutven, Operutcil bv tlie avy. (ocs Down in ortli : Sea 33 Hcscued l.oiuloii, March 15. (By A. TM-- irted drowned In American naval rhlch struck a riday morning, to Lloyd's. The from Baltimore to Copenhagen. Thlrtvfive survivors have bee,, . - InnHerl nt llnrtlenonl hv n Tt,-tlth ""--" '- " - - '- ........ steamship. ; M.lng Board after the Un ted States red the war. She left Balthnoie Feb- ' GERMANY TO BAR RUBLES " b' Influ of n! ' Money Sent to Spartacans , 1 m,-i, ik ,n t, x - Berlin. March IB. (By A. P.) The i.unuauy ui x-niuur, il i unners nnd wm reComniend to the German National Assembly the Immediate enactment of a law barring the Itusalan ruble from clr - culntlon In Germany and nrohlhltin-.,., trafflo In It. ine iniiuK ui hum.:uii currency, winch began in Berlin last summer In nn as- tpnlshlng manner with the advent of AQD nD JOllP. II1P UOI-I1PV1K Hmnn KB.1 (Int. -----. -...:.: - , , ,i-. -. .- .. -..on.. ..ar.H.,1 .I.M.I.. .!."" tlons in the suddenly displayed pros- nerity or tne spartacans. enabling them to establish, a dally newspaper and carry u ' mV n U Part. Germany, POWERS LINK - M)Rn) PACTS WILSON WIRES , . . - "S lumuity Uets JMat Denial That Treaty Will Precede Nations Society j URGE HIGH TRIBUNAL " TO TRY WAR GUILTY t Criminal Trial of Authors of Strife "Anomalous and Unnecessary" ?' SPEEDY BRITISH PLANS Supreme Council Will Takbi,' Action Today on Terms for Germany fly the Associated Press New York, March 15 Joseph P, Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, announced here today tha lie was in receipt of a cablegram ' 110m the President statinir that "the plenary council has positively,'!! utn.-10.eu mat tne league of nationsr? ,s t0 oe part of the peace treatv" This cablegram was sent ill resDonsall to one sent, hv 1 Tu.. : .'- to one sent by Mr. Tumulty inauir .H . , . '. ' i"'"u'-J' '4"fa,a 'g wnetner there was any trusf i- tl: '" certain newspaper stories that' ri tle IP.-lfTllO WQH Mf 1.- i li3rf ,,. . .. c lnq0Iif0llk- t,i.L 111 li if ninnn rrnnro 1: . ,. f "" .rfydBa """" ".!, 10 me resident at Paris, asking if there was .anyjffl ll-llth tr, 4V.AnM .. . 11 , ?"!.V4 "" ",c5. icyons, saia ULTSSM iumuity, "and I am th s mornlh','5ii?a ... --"-IT.TZ-J f - " l-U U 1C( H ni irOUlM 1 mninf nf n 1.1- . ..,-.' T ,, . . ..' , . V-.VJ.. r-rnsinnnr. tint-i... 'fk.i .i.r t.a5 - ,-.. U.UMUU. Li I tit.. I.llt- T.,Pn ! .1 ... luuiicu lias noSltlVelV clocirleH tl-i.c tlle IeaSue of nations is to bepaM Ot fill nOnffl trnnftn .Unt- 41 i.'fLiSi wi.v, iwni, inem imju iM BOSOiUteJy no truth in any report tot"; .... - - .-twws me contrary." i .i. . .. - -v ine conirary." ll,.l , , .. i ' uri" Mal'c1' (' A. 1M A sub. : committee of the commission on re, -;3! SpOIlslbilltV for the. vvnr In.. -....V &9 that strictly and technically, criminate 3S ,-..,......,.., ui muse who Drougiu . about the strugle were "anomalous anti unnecessary," according to an. ot--l iitiai coiiimuniiiuLN The report adasi . $-J ' however, tliat the Peace Conferenoo' Mj iiiiBiu aaopi special measures anft. inn eremc sjieciai maciunery to deal wun inose wno planned tlie war. The subcommittee received evidence which clearly analyzed the facts' relat-' "'s "' i no origin ot tne conflict. It was sM stated. v i-a Another subcommittee which had.-'i'Kj dealt with violations of the lawa anfl, Jl customs of war also submitted Its re- f lion anil proposed that tho pOwcr should establish a hich trlhnnnl which should not in the exercise of Its crlm-. inal Jiiri.sdlcton be blocked by consld- ?! eratlons of rank." r!i The commission. It was announceJEa Is considering these reports. W , The supreme war council will mce'-,3S loiuy nt j p. m. to consider the definite military and naval conditions to ba, Hi , lniioil upon Germany. I'lail Of Hrllish Hirl. Tlie Urltlsh program at the Pedc Conference Is understood to rnnteml '3 plate tlie signing of separate prellmln. uiy u-eaiies wun tne Central Allies as soon as possible after Germany Is d. posed of. Next would come tlie consideration of any amendments to the present con-, htitutlon of the league of nations, and then tho league would be whipped, Into permanent shape. Tho final peac treaty would follow and would include the league of nations plan. ivuw.ns uiuulilll among lllO British at the present moment seen' The leading thought uinoncr the esent moment t to be to strip the preliminary. m?ac' 'K tnrttlu itf fill itntioriAi3L.iii.i ln.Hil...i' vl ....u . uimi.v.vooai IIIVUIUUIUIIVO and secure the signature of that document so that the world can bogitf to settle back to normal, The British attitude Is that the mat... M ter of first Importance is to remoVSi the cause of quarrels befween :thei belligerents and let the detailed settle-" ment follow. For liistnnee nil that ll- .'.f Is necessary to specify In the nrellml,' i nary compact regarding tho GermariMl colonies Is that Germany shall not ped , mem oacK. i nere is a. disposition that ,.n, nr.in.. n, i.i . i. ..,..:..j ouuu iut:siiuu BIIUUIU HUt UO UllUWBfln jjf to encumber the initial compact, tout oi'uuiu vuiiio UIIUCl lilt' IVUKUO u Ii&r pietion. It was pointed out that twl conference will be two months old !t morrow, and that the amount of worKg .already accomplished has futiilshcy the ba8ta for coslderab,e optiu,iS! llntitn 4r 11iiIit I IiiImIiI-p- " Mfi.-f President Wilson ,ost . no tlme', Plunging Into the problems pf ithj Peace Conference on his arrlvnb heir jCsterday. His conference with Ere- - miH rint-rt ranfr at h ni v .! rn thnllli nsn -ft iiiiiIam Al- Iaa k. .. .m L.m 1 -4 dential residence In tW PIoq dn"-Vii KtatJ Unls. which began directly ;aft-;i' 1 the President reached his dwelttl place. laBted an hour, while' .'! luncheon the President went to Coles E. M. House's quarters, and for hours and a half was in cinfi ",,J pSsmlers C lemeneeau and" Reome. Colonel House. Anurin '--- i..---i' ....- nn(I I-Ib Lflucheur,. thq French I'tor of iteponstrtiction; "jrn.fli ence brought together) sl Uw ... roaUiHiM im Pes e wp ' f! t. J r vk- -.. a-,' M "on W A '''ir?.. a ft ff'iy -iitffF. W. - . T" ; j -. i- c r .. 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