r. - -i ":jir;, , s ? 1 . &' pi ii 4fi ;i I If r 13 I Is - IH I?. p j hi 5, .J, t ir A-, srr THE WEATHER Washington, March 18 Fair tonight and Wednesday, colder tonight. TEMrKnATDKI1! AT KACII llUCIt HTl 9 1 10l 11 I 12 111 2 1 ' I f I lf.4 I BG55 87 I BB I SB I I.I I I VOL. V. -Np. 158 Powers RUSH TO DEFEND ZONE FARES AS ASSEMBLY ACTS sT t (Trolleys Profitless, Say Public Service Heads, as Camden Cries "Goufee" i P L A N i MASS-MEETINGS protest Storm Increases Fury Despite Promises of i - ' Corporation Wlth"Tiie storm of protest In Camden tnd vicinity against the J'ubllc Serv ije Company's proposed zone-faio sys tenijgalnlng in fury the company today flat' out to win over, the trolley riders py taking them into its confidence nnd peeking to convince (hem that the sys tem" will be better for tl em and for it 'Atthe same time Assemblyman T. Harry Rowland, of (Jamden County, In troduced a resolution In the Xevv Jersey Legislature, at Trenton, calling atten tion to the proposed 'increases which, the resolution declaies, would "work a se vre hardship on the people of the stale.'' The Assembly Is expected to take ac tion on the resolution this afternoon. Public Service Defense U D. H. Gllmour, general co.unsel for the Public Service' Corporation, today made a statement in defense of the ivstem, in which he declared that it will require ery few persons to pay higher Kiel i (arcs man muse iiiey pay ul pie-icm. ' He said the company has neer madp money nnt it has sniftered looses during the war( The proposed system, he asJ f lerted, Aytll enable the company to make fper cent on its invested capital. Vn IcbS the system is p)t into etfect, said Mr. Gllmour, tho corporation cannot jet on. Its feet and improve Its service. if k Mass-meetings to protest against the proposed zone fares are being arranged v nd the company has determined that its 53 ntdp slinll'lm beard at these m'ectings. Th's nfbernoon at '4 o'clock Mr. Gil- i rnour will a'ddress amecting.of Mayors '" of nil ' Cnraden Couhty boroughs In trie Cnmde'n Y. M. C.A. He and other Ainltmriv officials. including Thomas Mc- i'&fixS'Hrttrr -Its president, will address all TQ"v'ejiIjnetingtton the fnre issue 5wlll Ble them a liearingT that So 1'roflt on Uullwn.vn 'The Public Service Hallway Company hks never made money,'" said Mr. GII riiour. "It is a part of the Public Serv ice Corporation of N'ew Jersey, which lupplles electric current for light and power. The; Eubllc Serv Ice Corporation has made money, but the railway com pany has not. All the profit came from lie sale of current. The railway nusi ness was run without profit and gener ally at some loss. '"The Hallway Company operates 1-5 about lojou miles or car lines m .-;.. , Jersey nnd the zone-rate system iu- nosed for all of these. "We were permitted to Increase our fares' In the" war emergency. The war Is over, bur not the war emergenpy. We Mill have to pay greatly Increased prlc;s for labor and materials. Our rolling stock Is in" bad shape and has not been renevved for two years. There is no hope of Improving service unless wo can get more revenue. What wo want Is to let revenue enough to Improve the service, and payx4 per cent interest on capital invested, which we can do with the zone-fare system. I ' 'Ttw Tay Higher TFare. "Very few people In Camden-vvlll have to pay more than they are paying now. The fare proposed is five cents for the ' first zone and a cent a mile for each succeeding zone traveled. The zones lira approximately a mile each." ., '"A person would have to travel more than Jhree miles before having to pay . more tha'n he pays now." The system, if adopted, will levolu- ajit'kn!?e the fare-collpctlon methodb. l'as- K, lengers in boarding cars will ieclve Jllps indicating the-polnt at which they Warded them. As they leave they will present these slips to Tthe conductors, who will compute the distance traveled incl malte the required charge. A special meeting of Camden Council i fcas been called for 7:30 o'clock tonlgnt Vienter thr city's official protest against -lhe so-called "gouge,"' iln addition. It was announced today, y-r, i mass-meeting ,1ms been called by the Upturn n unamuei or commerce, to oo if n the V. Mi C. Aon Monday night, t rolley rWfrs may enter formal protest . , Vt J,i.ulL,"fiJa5 i'2iil Action Expected l(i 'a not unlikely that legal action fga'nst the Public Mjivlco Company will b: Instituted by the city of Camden fol lowing the meeting of Council tonight, It Is the contention of (he Street Com mittee that the tiolley company has failed to abide by the teims of its franchise, iTh committee at Its meeting last night jf"'j pfitloned David Jester, president of I ' the body, to call a special session to i Institute action of some kind against the company. The special session was i Lalled by President 'tenter following the i receipt of the petition, which was Bigned by the full membership of the commit tee. , The signers were frank. S. Van Hart, Frederick Von Is'elda, John jtoden. Units Dellmuth, Itobert Macintosh Arthur U Tones, William S, .bbott, J. Hartley Dow en and Sylvester. Corson. William P. Halllnger,' president of the famden Ileal Estate Tloard. today nott. fled the members of the legislative com mittee bt that body to attend the hear ing of tjie Tubllc Utilities Commission of Continued on fate Tucntr,, Column Three FER IT OR AGIN IT? Tonight and Wcdntadau fa(r,' al though . Yotlna'haa its dhsinatlona. fresh tiid strong thh breezes blow nAreyowr a pcaaue of Nations? i V S . . .. w 4W J li S E 1- Publlthca Dallr Kxcept Knnday. . Copvrljjlit. 1911), Iy Decide Canal - League of Nations Do You Favor It or Are You Against It ? . Beginning tomorrow, the Evening Public Ledger will take a poll of public opinion in Phila delphia on this much-discussed subject Results, ABSOLUTELY AS ASCERTAINED, will be pub lished daily. Every one will have an opportunity to record his opinion. ' .Polls will be taken at busy street corners, in the great ship plants, the jnills, theatres, hotels, clubs, churches, City Hall, railroad stations, ferry houses and many other places where Philadelphians assem ble. , Be ready to tell how you stand on the League of Nations when, reporters for the Evening Public Ledger meet you. Co-operate in this, effort to find out how our people feel about this, the greatest question before the world today. MORE METHODIST SHIFTS COMING Bishop Revises Assignment List After Dissatisfac tion Develops TRANSFERS ANNOUNCED Final Day's Program at Methodist Conference This is the closing day of the 132d annua Philadelphia Methodist Con ference. The sei-slons began Tues day last in tlie Spiin Garden Chinch. Twentieth and Spring Gar den streets. Today's events: 9 a.m. Blisiness'session opemid, Completion of unfinished business. Announcement of appointments. 12 noon Confctence adjourns. i j Methodist ministerial changes will be made public some time this afternoon. This announcement came a few mo ments before the hout when the list was to have been read to the members of the Philadelphia Conference, assembled in the Spring Garden Church, Twentieth and Spring Gnrden streets This Is the last day of hie annual con ference. Annually the ministerial changes are announced on this day, and it Is aMnajs the biggest event of the conference. In anticipation of the announcement thete was a full session this morning, every member of the conference being In his place and the len.nindcr of the seats In the big church being filled with friends and relatives of the ministers vi;ieven o'clock was the hour st for making the announcements. At the last moment It was found that sit charges had not been filled to the complete satisfaction of Bishop Joseph Berry and his cabinet, and it was necessary to hold up the readlrg of the lists to read just the appointments to these churches Appointments Shifted , This. In turn, made necessary a corn piste shifting about of many appoint ments Therefore the Bishop and his cabinet went Into immediate executive session nnd the ministers and spectators wete informed that the announcements could not be made until later. The hour when the appointments finally will be read was not fixed at the time the postponement was an nounced It is expected to be some time early this afternoon. Two big Philadelphia churches have been ".pivotal" charges in -the recasting of assignments. They nW the, Fletcher .Mtmorlal ('hutch, Fift -fourth and Thompson streets, with a membership of 1460, and the Columbia Avenue Church, Twenty-fifth street tjnd Columbia ave nue, wlth1300 members on the roll. The Hev. Robett ( Welle1, secretary of the conference and pastor of the Ta bernacle Church, Eleventh ubovc Jeffer bon street. Is to go to the Columbia Ave nue Church. Jev t'lcliher Leader The Hev. William Q Bennett, piistol of Pottsvllle Church, Is to go to the Fletcher Memorial Church Doctor Ben nett has been a member of the confei ence since 1889, The Rev. Ilobert II. Crawford now pastor of the Fletcher Church, goes to First Chujch, Lancaster, and the Itev. Hrnest A. Bawden, pastor at Lancaster, Ib to go to Pottsvllle. The Rev, Thomas W, Davis, chaplain of the State Senate and pastor at Am bler, Is to be assigned to the Intel -church Federation's Union Chuich at Hog Island, The Hev, Dr, John Watch orn, corresponding secretary pr the City Missionary and Church Extension So ciety, .has been preaching at Hog Is land. The name of AVest York Street Church, Seventeenth nnd Yoik streets,) Is to be changed to C, C, Hancock Memorial Church; the iltev. A. K. Ciowell will continue an pastor. Trinity -Church, Fifteenth and Mount Vernon streets, Is to be merged. with the Spring Garden Church. Twentieth nnd Spring Garden streets.' The Ilev, Linn uowman, pastor of the latter charge, will be pastor' pf the consoll. dated churches. , . Xarhnlten Shifted the Itev. Lawrence P. Karhnlaen la to be' shifted from (ho Memorial Church, . BTn" "" l'mo''aa ?'rfe"-.i u Kigntn, anu uumperiana uentng public ffieftger Suhnrrlpilon Price I1 a Tear by Mall. Public Lodger Company. to Dismantle Foe's Fortifications Will Be DELAWARE SPAN BILL INTRODUCED Senator Vare Offers Meas ure Providing for Bridge to Camden ARRANGES FOR COSTS By a Staff Coitespontlcid llarrisburg, March IS Senntot Vare Inltoduced in the Senate today the ad ministration measure to provide fot the erection of a bridge over the Delaware Klver connecting Philadelphia and Cant den The nyaaure is considered the most impottaiit niece of legislation affecting the city of Philadelphia which will be JByr,tt?KtheLegrslatUre this 'session, Jt Is provided In the bill that (he city of Philadelphia shall bcnr-one-half of the cost of land apprdachis on the Pennsylvania side and share equally with the commonwealth one-half of the cost of the superstiuctute of the pio posed bridge. The measuie provides for the abolish ment of the present Pennsylvania bridge commission and creates a commission to be Known as the Pennsj Ivnnla Com mission. Mtikc-np nf Commtaslon This commission shall comptlse the Board of Commissioners of J'ubllc Grounds nnd Buildings, the Major of Philadelphia nnd two other citizens to be appointed by the Governor The commission is to work in con Junction with the Xew Jersey Commis sion, nnd no action Is to be valid unless ratified by a mnjoiity of the members of both commissions. The Joint commission Is -to prepare plans, select the site and let contracts; also to obtain consent from the govern ment nnd the npproval of the Secretary of War to cause a survey to be made The commission Is not to proceed to an extent beyond which the city of Philadelphia shall have appropriated ot made available monevs for Its share in the construction .NJ?,ontrac's 1o be mat"e in ccess of $2000 without advertising. The commission shall have the power to change the grade of any highway 6r street when necessary. Where land prices arc considered unreasonable the commission ii given power, after tlxtj days' notice, to take them over in the name of the commonwealth The commission Is also emnnu.0.1 ., petition the Court of Common Pleas for v.,o uiijuuuiiieiii ot viewers to araess damngek. rrotiilra for Kmplovea Authority is given to the Joint com mission to appoint a treasurer, who may not be a member of the commission ; n secretary, an accountant, real estate engineering, architectural and construc tion experts and Inspectors and such other employes as may be necessary. The commission Is to fix the com pensatlon of tuch emplojes. The Attor ney Generals of Pennsylvania and Xew Jersey aio empoweted to assign such attorneys ns they may deem necessary and shall pay them out of the Joint fund?. The sum of $3,60,000 is to be appro priated by the state to start the work of which J760.000 Is to bo available Juno'l. From May 31, 1920, the sum of U,BOO,000 is to be available each year for two succeeding jeats, All acts which may Interfere with the bridge measure are to be repealed. JUST THEFROGS! ' Bcpin Spring Symphony, With ' Moon as Limelight That spring sjmphony did jou hear it last night? It drifted musically with 'the south wind, carrying soft auguries of bees and blossoms and warm sunshine, ot flowering gardens and fragran. fields. From tho lowlands came thjs sym phony, and the'gen'.le breezes which bore it through the night were laden with, the scent of marshy places, with the delicious tapg of clean, moist earth. The music began with Uie first placid light of a cool March moon, and not imtll the clouds had finally obscured this mild radiance did the musicians huh 'their notes: v , PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAUCII 18, 191!) Internationalized DR. S.M. VERNON DARES GAS FUMES TO RESCUE WIFE i Methodist Conference Nes tor and Spouse Over conic at Home REVIVES HER FIVE TIMES Venerable Clergyman Makes Retiring Report to Gather ing Despite Ordeal 'I lip Rev Mi Samuel M Vernon, nes tor of the Philadelphia Methodist Con ference, was overcome by coal gns in Ills 1 homo at Itoborough yesterday after he had tevhed his wife five times when no 'ound her unconscious from the fumes Despite this expel lence Doctor Veinon was able to stand up today at the clos- ' Ing session of the conference In the ' Spring Gat den street Methodist Church nnd deliver onp or the most eloquent addresses of his long ratcer 1 I Membcts of the conference Uttenlng I cagerlv to his word, knowing what lie had gone thtough saw the Incongruity of his rethement at this time For Doc- ' tor Vernon Is retiring at the age of seventy -nine aftei slvty jeats In the pul- pit. The minlstet goes now on the sgpet nnnuated list, yet no word could less pioperlj descilbo him than 'the word 'superannuated.", He retltes because he feels he has done Ills work and Is not so strong as he once was, but theie were many preachert, of half Ills yeats at the conferenco that wendeicd If they should ever be able to picach with the power with which he spoke Slakra llrport After Ordral After his experience of facing death (yesterday Doctor Veinon, with his great recuperative powers and detcrlnatlon of mtnu, was auje to go to the conference immediately to make some repot t. Up IIrf nnt lliaii miMitlnn llmi 1. i..l 4 1 deatlj Jn thfl jtace,, andlt wns not until I today that" he" mentioned It to afew'i" friends. They passed the stoty on nnd presently all the conference knew of II B.ul for the unusually early ai rival at fhe Vernon home of a paperhnnger, both the doctor and Mrs. Vernon would have died. The paperhanget was able to revive them. The maid being away on account of sickness Mrs. Vernon, a womnn past I valuable pattern seventy, went downstairs early yesterday Foundry workets this morning stood to prepare breakfast. Doctor Veinon. I around, with their lunches under thelt going down a few minutes later, found I aims, watchlnj? lemoval or the vvreck hls wife lylns "n the dining room floor ae The, ere told thete would be no unconscious fiom coal gas Ho threw open the windows and revived her. She said sh'e was able to go on with break fast preparation, but presently she col lapsed again. Doctor Vernon strove again to restore her to consciousness and again succeeded. tiers; man Himself Gollapve The gas seemed to have ceased Issuing I be,m tl,ere nft nlne ve'"'!? . ,. ,.. . - Wl,.,l-.n.l, nr, nnt Ixnan rlti-nr rtom tne radiator and Mrs Vernon again undertook to prepare breakfast. Again she sank Into unconsciousness Doctor Vernon restored her three times more, but his strength failed each time before Mrs. Vernon had completely re covered. Finally the minister himself sank helpless to the floor. Mastering all his strength he crawled to the front door for help. He barely succeeded In reaching the door when he heard the paperhanger's knock. A few hours later Doctor Veinon was delivering his report Today Doctor Vernon was eulogized by the conference, nnd the bishop nnd other members said he would be of con tinued Inestimable service to tlie'chtirch even us a retired pastor Resolutions thanking God for sparing tho lives of Doctor and Mrs. Vernon were adopted. Doctor Vernon has been fot the last twelve years pastor of the Itoxborough Central Methodist Church He has held many Important charges He once was president of Simpson College, In , and was piofessor of biblical theology and ethics. He has also setved as professor of Christian ethics In Temple I'niverslty He la an authority on Methodism and homiletlcs. , TRUCK DELAYS FERRIES Workmen Held Up by Morning Accident at Camden Wharf Ferry service between this city and Camden was interrupted fot half an hour this morning, Just as tlie work day rush began, by a truck which ran off the Camden wharf and jammed be tween nn Incoming fenyboat and the wharfhead The truck driver tried to get his ma chine on the ferryboat before it had been completely moored to the dock. The ttuck fell toward the water, but the f.rrvhnnt tfitnrnil It nfrnlncit 4la ..III and held It Then the truck could nnr be released, and nil trnftte wns halted ' while lifting machinery was adjusted. I Aloiniiihlla Imnnll.nt wn,.... M , . ., ' the ferry house as workmen tugged nt the big trucR trying to get It back on the vVharf without dropping It Into the river. The truck belonged to the Breyer .,..,..,.,.. ...,......... ..vmia uueu JC'U VIClll VtUlllfAliyj l CASUALS COlwiNGTODAY ' Steamship From France Passes Delaware Copes With Cargo The American steamshln Iewls K. Thurlovv, w hlch sailed from Bordeaux February zb, ror Newport News and later diverted to Philadelphia, has nnssed In the Delaware CanpR nnd in due to arrive here this morning. Tne Ttiurtcw, wnicn is several davs overdue, is bringing three casual offi cers, one from the Infantry service, one from the artillery' and une from the air service. The vessel also brlntm n onrtm or oevera ,wouna tons of sbrapnel. 11?'. .3 THE REN LODGE AND LOWELL TO DEBATE 1 Senator and ''resident of Haivard Will Dictii-6 League Huston, Match IS (By A !) At i rangempnts foi tie dpbatc Iipic tomcr liovv n'ght when l tiitrtl Statps Senator iHentv Cabot l.odgo am! President A Law 1 nice Low II. of ITatvard L'nlvcrsilv I will d m uss the letigup of nations cove I nam, wptp (.rmplittd today The last j of the two thousand ailmibsion tickets drawn In loltnv last njsht were placed It. the malls railv today, while apprnsl tnatelv 1200 otlttrs were spnt to persons, designated bv Senator Lodge and I'tes iihnt Lowell and to the Governor and hl council lPPinhpis of the Leglsla 1 111 o olllccts of Hip armv and navy, city gc vpintfiptit ollli lals and npvvspaptr tcp resentittivps Tho'p of tlin ,10,000 applicants who Iwrro illsappohited will tcipive letli rs of r S'ft and pinbablv souvenils ftoin the committee on aiinngctiients """ OLD IRON WORKS BURNS p, crccrancc foundry y recked J ly flames File in (ho Pet severance Iron Foun dry, 1,,-uona street and Passjunk avenue near Cighth street, wrecked the eastern end of the plant befot a (lav light today, deslioylng ""machine! v , much of which had been rccentlv installed, and some work until tlie building could be te paired and iipw etiulpment put In Half a doieu famlllpB living neat by were frightened but thelt homes wete ptotected from tho llameH The building Is a landmark to the people of the southern section, having Tlie cause of th file has not been dlscoveied OH; LOOK, SPRIgG STYLES! Bulmy Day Makes Pedestrians Gaze at Warm-Weather Attire Anothpr siiriiig day ' Detplto the l-'-degice diop In the mercury, caused 1" the rain last night, overcoats were plied bv the Chestnut street throngs and low shoes made their appearance Spring sty Ich In the shop vvlndovvt attracted both men and women they couldnt help it It was in the air The weather man cheerfully predicts fair weather .No more ruin, he says, and the bkles will he blue nnd the sun will shine tomorrow Yestetdav afternoon at o clock the mercury was t)i today was 55 at that hour, it HOFFMANN BAVARIAN PREMIER Succeeds Eisner, Whose Constitu- s Eisner, Whose C tion Is Approved liusc-l, March 18 (By A P ) Herr Hoffmann. Socialist Minister of Worship in the Klsneij government, lias been elected Premier of Bavaria bv the Diet, according to a Munich dispatch to the Frankfort GaeltP After tho election the Dipt adjourned ip give the new Premier time to form a cabinet At the beginning of Jhe sitting party leaders declared their adhesion to the state conriiiuiion wnicn was named bv the late Premier, and agreed unani mously on the first and second readings ol me (locuineiic il i icpurieci LIEUT. SHARPLESS CONVICTED Dismissed From Army for Esca-1 pade With Woman I'ort Tlmn....K.. March lS.-Ofllcials I . 1)15. S. M. VERNON today were notified of the lenderlng ofiali now am iiaymond unow that she a verdict In tho court-martial case of Second Lieutenant hamuci J. hn.-irpless of Philadelphia, in i.ouisvuie, ivy Honotable discharge from the nimy with n reprlnnnd from Brigadier Gen eral D W, Kelcham Is the sentence Im posed following conviction on ths charge of hav'ng (donned the costly wearing apparel of a woman, allowed her to wear his uniform on tire streets, creating a sensation that spread statewide, as the vvqtnan was well-known in certain eli des. GERMANY WILL DEPOSIT GOLD Agrees to Place 450,000,000 Francs in Brue'sels Bank. llruoneli, March 18. (By A P.) In accordance with" an agreement which has been reached, theX3erman govern ment has contracted to deposit 460,. 000,000 francs In gold In the Brussels Notional Bank. There will be two payments, nn. nf 175,000.000 francs vvllhln four days and l.nltred ua SicoiicI-CIrm Under Under Terms of Treaty Mayor's Legacy Annulled; Mennewisch Willis Void Register Sheehan, Decides Testator Did Not Pen Document, Citing Similarity to Negro Woman's Handwriting Relatives Get It 'I lie will of Heiman Mennewisch a When the rtesislei rnnounced Ins de rpcluse bequeathing an estate valued at clslon todnv, relatives of Mennewisch $9J0() to Major "Smith nnd nnette Ful-' Immediately applied for letters of admln wood a negro woman of Twenty -s-econd Istration nnd I.ombaid streets was declared void After review ing the i.sse Mr Sheehan todsj bj Keglstct of Wills Sheehan sa,i The estate will go to William M"nne- wiseh and Mrs Ul-nucth Boyle, half- I orotner ana hair-slstcr ot tlie testator j In his ileclnlon Mr. Sheehan said there was nn Inevitable Inference that thi will was 1101 written bv Menne - 'wlsch and t ills attention to the slml- , hit It v of the hanilnrltlup; of Annette Ful- wood and mat or tlie alleged win 1 nis similarity was so eMt jtordlnary, he said that It raised ilotiht as to the gemilne- I nes tf the Insttuinent ' .Mennewisch died at tile Philadelphia Hospital on December ' G and the w 111 was deceived in Mavor Smith on the I following rim 'I he tpstament was wrlt tpn In n filmsv hand on cheap paper and I requested the Mavot to give $100 to the I negro woman I Ihtrp hearmt-i wetp lipid snd the gpn- I ulnenebs of the wilt was ntt icked at the outset of the ptncecdlnrs by ' Louis Bteltltigri, iouiimI for the half-brother and half-slstct of Mennewisch MAJOR WILLJAM A- WIEDERSEIM DIES Major William A. Wicdeiscim died last night nt hib home, 2033 Spiuco stiect, in hH eightieth yeai. He was a veteran of the Civil Wai niul a membei of n distrnguished Philadelphia family. Ilia family announced the death today, and stated that the f uncial would ho held Thuisday at noon fiom his home. Intel ment will be made in Lnuiel Hill Cemetciy. TWO MOTORCYCLISTS HURT IN COLLISION Tied Eckei t, tvventy-tluee yeais old, 25 Chapel street, Merchantville, is expected to die, and Joseph Claik, twenty-two yeais old, 320 North Tenth stieet, Camden, is in a ciitical con dition at the Cooper HoGpltnl, Camden, following the collision of their inotoi cycle caily this afternoon with a wagon at. SYxlh and Cooper Sts., Camden. The skulls of both men were fractured. ASK FOR PROBE OF PUBLIC SCH06LSt "' HABKISBURG, March 18. A joint resolution piovlding for. the appointment, of a committee of eight to investigate the public school fay&tem of Psnnsylvnnia was Introduced in tho Senate today by Scnatoi Pinuk E. Baldwin, of Potter County. 'KIDNAPPING' ACT OF MOTHER LOVE Woman Says She Prefers Jail to Consenting to Part With Daughter CHARGE TLL-TREATtMENT "I II go to jail before 1 let mv child go back to Terre Haute ' This was the emphatic declaration of Mis Nellie ieannette. of 4019 Brown stieet, todav regarding the alleged kid napping of her daughter, Dorothy Toby, eight years old, from tie custody of the child s father "I did not kidnap Doiothy, either,' she raid, placing hei arm uiound tho little girl She came because she want ed hei mother Dldn t you Dorothy?" And Doiothy In "lean clothes new shoes and her hah nhely done up with ilbbons, nodded hei head I am so glad,' she ventuted shvly They made me woik hard all of the time and they neel k!ixp nie ",cai t i wanted my mother so much I never knew mothci befoie .Vow I ran go to school and have nice books like the othei chll dten Then, having slid all that was In hei little heart to say, she nestled close lo hei mothet aim lapsed into si lence Proof of Mother' love . Mts .leanctle's story Is but another inildeni to piove that mothet s love tlomlnntes everv thing else "While she is happy with hei 'baby, hi thoughts still travel to thp little western city vvherp lipr oldest ton will be tried on ,ll,uri,dd' for -permitting he, -to kid ni" '- U'u sl,e reels ln hcr "Caa l""lt..he Wl" be freed' for" aflcr was going to bring Dorothv to Phila delphia and, besides, Dorothy came of her own accord, didn't she When Mrs. Jeanettc was seventeen years i old she marrlea lia Toby in Terre Haute In a few years, she said, she was vvcrl.Ing to help keep her three children They are: Raymond, now twenty-one; Mabel, nineteen, and Dor I otli.v , eight. -I xriea to live up to my oongatlons despite my poverty," she said "Finally when it became so much that I could no longer stand it, 1 consented to a dlvoice, which my husband taunted me to obtain , Six years ago it was granted on grounds of cruelty. "I did not ,know anything about coufs or women's rights, and signed away my right to the children," Mrs. Jcanette said that the older Centlnuc-d on Fate Twenty. Column Tour I 1 , i ittmrmbfr VFNtm Pencil. ltcineniber VKNIIH l'encll. JLda. Matter nt thn Pnitufllce at Philadelphia. the Act uf .March H 187U on Helgoland: Twn u ilntnfs nm nrfqenn In nrnlp (no execution of a will In this case ' thrpc witnesses' were tailed Two of ' them hail never seen Mennewisch write his nntne and thelt onlv knowledge of ' his handwriting iu6se from eelng him j write the mime of a foimer employer "Tho tcstlmnnv nf these witnesses nnd another Is not sutilcipnl to meet the legal v standard It has been held that the Identity and integrllv of the Instrument executed ate as tssential elements as "'r't'ltdinaiv .,natvcom.! pelting an inevitable Inference of the w nuiiK 01 a trRiuee eiiiiuen 10 a minor Interest undei the paper to Ihe hand-' n riling In thp alleged will creates ai question as to the genuinenps of the document so serious as to annul anv weight that might have lippn accorded the testimony of witnesses The petition is dismissed and ptobntp of the docu ment refused ' BULLETS IN RIOT IN MILL STRIKE Lai '1 TV7 I I awrenee I extile Workers Fight Police With Guns and Missiles RED l-LAGS HEAD 4 MOB ?v the Associated Presi Uwrftiir, VIusr, March lb Wffen the police were trvlng to bleak up a parade of textile workers today shots were fired from tenement houses the police were stoned Hnd persons In the crowd clubbed Twenty -two arrests were made It was thp most violent disturbance since the strike began six weeks ago The strikers had picketed the mills in the opening hours Vter the gates were closed they formed a column for a parade At tho head of the line were red tings Tteserves were called from police headciuar'ers and the riot net was read to the -owd. Hlot followed nt once Stones and bottles were thrown from the outskirts of the crowd Shots also wpie tired from a neaiby house, but no one was hit Officers arrested all the occupants of the building. In the meantime other policemen nnd strike sympathizers hnd an encounter. Several persons were knocked down with police clubs and two olficets were hit by stones or bottles Yi nnhliiclnn, March 18 (Bv A P ) L H tlovan n conciliator of the Dp pnrtment of Labor, was today sent to i.reen nay, wis, to seek an adjustment o( a uireaienecl strike of 000 shipyard workers in the Northwest Engineering Works 'l lie men charge that the com pany failed to pay the wage scale fixed by an award nnd ask back pay to last October. Joseph It Buchanan, another concill alor, was ient to Dansville, x y to mediate a strike or 300 machinists In the Powers Specialty Company, which the men charge, is discriminating against the union Tho department was advised today that a threatened strike of oil workers in Coalingn, Calif, involving two thou sand men, had been settled by the grant of wage concessions 35 PERISH IN TORNADO Mississippi "Twister" Dashed Out Lives of Whites and Blacks Memphln, Tnn March 18. (By9 A P) Thirty-five persons lost their liven In the storm which swept central and northern Mississippi, according to re ports reaching here last night. The tor nado crossed the Mississippi rtiver into Issaquena County and pnssed through Sharkey and Washington and north ward as far as Tippah County, Ths reports say tho dean nt av,..i.... numbered twn vvViftA n,unn., n.i -i negroes; at Isola, two white persons and fourteen negroes ; at Monrheud. two .whites and n Tippah County a white" nlrl. ' w'J't 4y t NIGHT EXTRA. at? y m $ PRICE TWO CENTS $gj O 7 WILL DESTROY pvum dacp ULilllUilll DiO.f& j '-$ m mum sea Teuton Warships May Not- Be Disposed of in Peace Pact QUESTION OF CABLES UP TO HIGH COUNCIL Ill,.,e W7.l .. SI Tl' . uiuuiio tr iiLLi vv. iv iiziv naa, vt. J J "V- $ come Haven for Shins of ' "W Peaceful Nations ' LEAGUE PLAN IN TREATY r ,' t 1 -. "I'ltlSll HIlll 1' TCIlcIl Expected . . , t-... . i Adopt Wilsons View on Covenant 11 'he Associated Press 'aris. Match IS The fortifications on the lsltnd of Helgoland, Germany's formidable base in the Xorth Sea. must 1o dismantled This decision waa t cached today by the Supreme Allied War Council. It was decided also that the Kiel . s.iuuiu ue internationalized and muue available to the nutlons on oven terms. ships of-all fl Disposition of Gel man vvarshins la ot likely to be included in the treaty of peac. accoidlun- in n,. .,1 -t. o w ...t ,-cvv ui. ins u.c-..caii peace dolecat on. Germnn,. however, will be retjuhed to surrender,! title to the ships. The ultimate owner- V?3 -hlp will be determined lstr . 'Js'a The Uritlhh delegation, it was an- nounced today, has consented to refWJa 'V me supreme Council the questlon.wJS ""u,c "wnersnip ot the Ger-'V5S!1 man cables to America, All pavU?gl Intejcated in the.nuestlon nr.S?fl Ins btiefs. '""';& , Ti?-alrsfJuestlu,J,t lMoe s Z The main question for discussion ati the session today Is th,. i. V ., today Is the ..-ecurmg accord between the er-nt . -V. ers on all phases of tho peace treaty - mill lie .,.!., . . . 2VS3 - s..,,j lui-aemauon to the aer' "viM nmriM it i . .. . - ji.s-.3i " '" c-kiwuieu an agreement M to the Inclusion of the league ot nation. as an Integral part or the peace treaty in accordance with the resolution which aheady has been adopted by the Peace Conference Special interest attaches to today's f,?.n.f!I!"ce lr ,ew or "cent reports ot """Bciices netween the powers on th inclusion ,,t the taeo. 1? S1 S! treatv. The meeting Is looked upon as an earnest, decisive effnw . !1 ll ..II ., . .... ' ' tuu- l,c " nec inio a pfimmftn imJ.. standing for an early . conclusion of peace in a. comprehensive form. Includ ing mllltaty, naval, economic and flnan clnl terms, as well nS the league o? - nations Powers Are in Accord The general situation as to the peace treaty has been greatly clarified during the las-t twenty -four hours by discus sions between the heads of various dele gations, nnd American commissioner took tlie view today that the nttltnH.. of the American, French and British ' Governments would be brought Into en tire accord. The conferences which hav been held by Lord Robert Cecil, of Great Britain ; Leon Bourgeois, of France, and Colonel D M House, of the United States, have reached a tentative accord. and there is reason to believe that toi day's meeting will approve the action thus taken Present plans contemplate the com pletion of hearings given neutral na tions' on the league of nations during the present week, and during the suc ceeding week attention will be given lo boundaries reparation and other branches of the treaty It is believed that the levlsed league covenant will be ready for adoption at the end of next w eek. A letter signed by President AVIlsori nnd Premiers Clemenceau and Orlando was handed to Premier Lloyd George yesterday afternoon, strongly urging hjm to postpone for a fortnight his return to Hngland, in view of the urgency of ' the problems before tho Peace Confer- ence Lloyd Gerfge will s,ubm!t the ' . letter to the Btltlsh cabinet nnd, It Is said, will act In accordance with its views VVllnon nt Sedition . The supreme war council resumed its sessions yesterday, with President Wit.' , son in attendance for the first time since.. he returned from the United States. ,t ian and military chiefs, with Marahatvflsi Kocn. Klein jviarsnai uaig, Ueneral Ma':' and British. French and American ad-VBSs M......O, -.. -- - ..-w.v .,U,,W, five jreat powers, with military andlJS naval experts, bearing war maps and at" d!4 diagram of and the actual draft of Lhf 3,ija military, naval and aerial article's of V'Qi tne peace ireaiy, in attendance. Vvei Tl- .n this ilrnft whlph h .nlinnll ? J ".: . : . : . . "- . k considered and auoptea in the mal though a number of details still remain nnAn TreKlflPtl t VVllRnn IC-rPAll n .alf .. HV... - .v ;. . . -:-- . -"lSTi l,t ""V i,. . T , - ia .! inft fsniiiraa nr inn rafmrn- iuhiaii d. retary 01 aww uaraini, bhq coionei K. M. House had accepted at a provioun.tti"' session. These include a general ,pl,, . for German disarmament down to 109.- . , 000 men recruited ,by the volunteer $ty j leni xur iwbiyo jenin, uu a uroiiaiq Ull UliiiO, iimijiuvt q auu VMItr .WV di n a .n lt,A urlth clmll.n . .. LM T OCUCGO, .u.nil ...... a,. in.... J1M, ABCr aerial disarmament, ' The Russian commltte In fj, suDmitieu co inp rrnco uonreren communication "sliened 'bpergltw Ooverpmentjji'rtno Lvor,''fvjrinf im rm , a E y tv .' !. '-4 ""! SfK 3 J'C!1 rM lt .jq ' 1S -SJ M 'r "! -- ,i! M 2SA. tr n. s I J r r ' .J-H 4V rB .1. rrt . f, ''
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