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RUSH TO DEFEND
ZONE FARES AS
ASSEMBLY ACTS
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(Trolleys Profitless, Say
Public Service Heads, as
Camden Cries "Goufee"
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P L A N
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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
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(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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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THE REN
LODGE AND LOWELL TO DEBATE
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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
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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 ..
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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, '
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