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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919
Unttred m becond-Clnmi Matter at the PoBtomee nt Philadelphia, Pa.i
Under the Act of March 8. IRTn
Italy Demands Fiume Under
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Have You Voted on a League of Nations?
LEAGUE KEEPS
LEAD0F2T01
IN CITY'S POLL
i
3145 Persons Flavor Society
of Nations, Which
1693 Qppose
FIFTH OF THOSE ASKED
ARE STILL UNDECIDED
Objectors Most Numerous
Among Business Men ; Work
men' for the Covenant
PLAYGOERS WANT PACT
'y Soldiers in One Theatre Ap-
prove International Agree
ment ; in Another Reject It
rrom every walk of life In Philadel
phia from factories, stores, theatres,
clubs, railroad stations and the afreets
a stream of ballbts and letters for
and against a league of nations has
rcacljed the Eveni.vo Pudmc LiEDOEn.
Advocates of a league, in tho poll
as tabulated thus far, continue to out
vote opponents by close to two to one.
Results of iho vote, so far show that
9H5 persons favor a league of nations
, as proposed and 1693 oppose it.- In .the
record of votes nearly 1000 persona,
or more than 20 per cent, of all lap-
III1' proached, have said they are "unde-
., termlrfedjoc'want more Jnforjhatlon."
ivrt ,!Th6'largest.8lngle'grounrecQrdea,ln,
gfuuirxecwueu iu
8.
a -n
were
Olinosuri nnrl 1104 wpi n recorded hn nnn.
fcommitai. The smallest single group
v,otfng ;was'tho Poor Richard Club,
wtferj twejity.-flve members, who were
at lupcheon, favoied a league, 10 op -
posed one and 5 wero undecided.
While a compichensivo analjsls of
the voting Is virtually impossible at
this tfme. It would seem that the bulk
of opposition to a league of nations
gard tho President as "arbitrary,"
while tho bulk of the support comes
from the workers of the city', the ma
chinists, factory workers, bricklayers
and day laborers. Most of these de
elate their absolute belief in the Presi
dent and say they are satisfied that "if
. ho wants a league of nations it's all
i ightf
A curious incident showing tho ec
centricities of a straw vote comes In
the polls of Broad Street Station and
Reading Terminal. At the termer sta
tion the voting was almost even. 51
men ana 3 women a total or o
being In favor of the league, while E8
men and 23 women a total of 81
were opposed. At tho Reading Ter
minal, however, 68 men apd 33 women
a total of 91 voted in favor of a
league, while only 26 men and 16
women making 42 or fewer than half
of -tho afflrmatlvo vote were opposed
to one.
Voting- nt (lie rinyhoue
Ana so it wennr. xne uteaires
:!." '! SEJ1?
formatloniof., a league of nations by a
vote pf approximately b to 4. At the
Shubert Theatre the audience wns tied
with a ote of GO for and 60 against,
'ihilc, at the Walnut Street Theatre and
the Adelphi the votes were 2 to 1 and 3
to 1, respectively. In favdr of a league.
The remarkable Interest Philadelphia
Is showing in tho proposed league of na
tionsL Is reflected throughout the coun
try, where similar tests of sentiment aic
b:hiemade.
New York, for example, has thus far
oted 10,567 In favor of and 6694 agaln&t
a league of nations. Rochester favors
a league by more than " to 1, the vote
being 786 to 80. In Grand Rapids
the 'vote is nearly 10 to 1 in faor of a
league, with a vote of 2146 "In the af.
flrmattye, against 246 against a league.
Boston .shows a ratio of about 3 to 1,
wlth 2632 for and 808 against, while
Houston, Tex , leads all cities in nearly
unanimous BUpport. 933 for nnd 39
against a league. Thus far In ten cities,
excluding Philadelphia, 17,989 otcs have
Veen cast for a league and 7131 against
Letters from residents outside the city
as well as from those living here have
come to the offices of the Evbnino
Pubuo l,EDaEn expressing a wide va
riety of views These letters will be
printed from time to time ns the poll is
continued.
When the polls wero taken at the
theatres the audiences reacted to the
enthusiasm which has spread over the
city. Jn eery theatre where a poll was
taken the result formed the chief toplo
nf conversation among the theatre
goers as they made their way home
from the performance.
' At the' Adlphl
M thB Adelphi 443 perspns voted liv
faor of a league ofnatlom, while flftyi
one were against one.
This represented about 20 per cent of
the audience. Most of those who at
tended had evidently not me.de up their
minds.
Between ine secona ana intra -acts
MlRS
jur Florence Moore, wno Playing the
leading feminine role at the theatre,
appeared in front of the curtain. She
xnlalned to tho audience, that thei
Hvbnino Pubuo ledoer is engaged in
taking a straw vote throughout, tho city
on the question of the entry of the
United States Into n league of nations,
r-and aiked that, those for andhgalnat
v Minn ajlcmlfv thelv Rnttmnt liV ml.
, Aug their; hands, Until Misa Moore' made
Ur' appearaBoe thesudlenc had,,bi
imttmm-
The League of Nations Poll
in Philadelphia at a Glance
lor
the leaitue
Result of poll previously reported 458
John B. Stetson & Co.'s employes 1485
Poor Richard Club 25
Lyiic Theatre 51
Shubert Theatre GO
Walnut Street Theatie 275
Chestnut Street Opera House 400
Adelphi Theatre 143
Broad Street Station
Men ,', 51
Women 34 .
Reading Terminal
Men ". C8
Women 33
Votes recorded in Evening Public Ledger business ,
office 1. . ., 72
Total
The audience at Keith's Theatre voted
nations. Voting was by1 applause,
the league being five to four.
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS?
Do you approve or oppose the plan which is now being
considered by the Peace Conference in Paris to prevent
future wars?
The Evening Public Ledger is taking a poll of public
opinion in Philadelphia on this much-discussed subject.
Results', exactly as they are ascertained, will be published
daily.
Polls will be taken at busy street corners, in the great
ship plants, the mills,' theatres, hotels, clubs, churches,
railroad stations, ferry houses and many other places
where Philadelphians assemble.
WHEELER SEEKS
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) Former Judge Sues to Re-
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' COVd' Documents Seized
1 e X-rt'c t
Alter Ariest
API? IVFPnTn T1V nFli'FlVmi'
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To recover the custody of teitain
books, papers, documents, letters and
other personal property he sajs are
illegall being kept from him, former
Judge William T. Wheeler;, of the Mu
nicipal Court bench, has brought an
equltj sull
The action is against District Attorney
Itotan, his assistant, Joseph H Taulane ;
Philip N" Goldsmith, a public account
ant, nnd Harriet It. Joyce The suit was
fifed In Common Pleas Court No 4 The
dispute for the custody of the properl
was heard this afternoon by Judge
Audenrled.
The former judge, who resigned from
tle bench the early part of this j ear, is
under indictment on a charge of em
bezzling funds belonging to tho estate
of John Jojce, Jr., of which Hairiet It.
Jojce Is administratrix. The trial of
this case has beep listed for net Mon
dav. In Quarter Sessions Court No. 2,
Uoom G53, City Hall
Shortly after hls arrest on the charges,
defnuanrtuTne ' ovr to M.GolVnlth
all his books and other documents con
nected with tho case for the purpose ot
examination.
Mr, Wheeler, through his counsel, Wil
liam A. Gray, has made repeated de
mands for the return of the papers, as
he sas they are necessary for the
preparation of his defense and tho
presentation of his case to the" jury.
DtBplle these demands the defendants
named in tho equit bill aro said to have
kept custody of the propertj in dispute
and to haio refused to allow them to be
seen by Mr. Gray or his client.
WOMEN CLERICAL
WORKERS FORM
NEW UNION HERE
Stenographers, Bookkeepers and
Accountants Will Also Ad
mit Male Members
Stenographers, bookkeepers, account
ants they're union workers now.
At least they can be if they wish, for
tho Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Ac.
countants' Union has just been organized
In Philadelphia.
It is a regular union, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, Just
at present Its membership Is small, con
sisting of some thirty-five charter mem
bers, all but a few of them womei.
But the first thing on the new union's
program Is to' go out after Vnembers,.
They hope to get ecry worker In town,
tho women particularly, And.when they
get strong enough they will go after
better hours, better working conditions
and bigger pay.
The new organization is the result of
efforts of the Women's Trade Union
League. The first meeting was held last
night. Organization was effected and a
decision reached to ask a charter under
the American Federation of Labor.
Though the union Is new in Phila
delphia, it has made rapid progress In
tther cities.
GOOD VOTING -WEATHER
Tolr and cool to'ttght;
Froh north winds a-lloiciiw;
Tomorrow, fair and bright-
See the League vote growing I
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Against
the league
281
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CO
113
. 350
51
58
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agains ttne
league
of
the estimated latio of voting against
IHAYERFORDDUE
.HERE T0M0RR0WS75sri
the telephone receivers jnd could hear.
" - -"ever thing airs Macfarlane was saying"
400 of 2004 Casualsl
Aboard Troopship Are
Pennsylvanians
CITY TO MEET HEROES
Philadelphia will greet the troopship
Haverford tomorrow.
T(ils was made certain bs the receipt
of a wireless dispatch from the cssel
this morning, lepoitlng that she would ,,";'',"""',. , , aul?m?n"n
.7 ' . - . .- ..demonstration of his wireless telephone
pass the Delaware Breakwater at 11 30
o'clock (tonlght.
The Hnverfoid Is bringing home 200
troops, according to her wireless report
It Is known that 400 of these are Penn
sylvanians, members of casual compan-
I ies aboard It is the transpoit's second
trip with home-coming soldiers to PhU -
ndelphla
The wlieless messagewas picked up
bv the government radio station at Cape
May. It was addressed to P. V. Young,
manager of the International Mercan
tile Marine, and was from the captain
of the Haverford
It is announced that the HaAford
will dock at Her old landing place, the
south side of Pier 63, South Wharves,
at the foot of Washington avenue
The expectation Is that tho big troop
ship will reah Washington avenue about
noon If she continues up tho Delawaie
after passing Breakwater blio will reach
the federal quarantine Blatlon at Itccdj
Island at about 1:30 o Clock tills morn
ing Following inspection there, she wilil
bo boarded b the state quarantino of'
ncers ai .Marcus nun.
The police boats Stokley and Ash-
bridge will go to welcome the Haver- shown you here." he said "It Is a prac
ford Thes will leave Ilace Btreet wharf tlcal thing, but I do 'not predict that In
'" - I n ant nt iir itt nan null n ..u
at 9 o'clock tomoirow morning, ine
Police Band will be taken dovn the river
to greet the s.hlp and Its cargo of re
turning soldiers Arrangements have
been made to take relatives of the men
returning on the Haverford down the
river on one ot the pollco boats.
sepordrmtsTeague plan
King, of Utah, Will Scud Substi
tute Constitution to Wilson
Washington, March 21. (By A. P,)
Senator King, of Utah, Democnt. an
nounced today that he had drafted a
substitute for the proposed constitution
of the league of nations, designed to
meet objections to the present documents
ns expressed li various members of the
Senate, and would send it to President
Wilson at Paris
The benator said he had Inserted pro.
visions specifically exempting the Mon
roe Doctrine and preserving the right of
the United fatntes to control Immigra
tion, the tariff and similar questions, ns
well as permitting a nation to withdraw
from the league upon one year's notice.
GERMANAUSTRIA ASKS VOICE
Desires Independent Representa
tion at Peace Conference
London, March 21. (By A. P.) Ger
man Austria, according to advices re
ceived here quoting Berlin newspapers,
has expressed a desire for Independent
representation at the Peace Conference,
It desires, also, tho reports from Vi
enna add. that the question of Its union
w(th Germany be postponed until the
conclusion ot the conference..
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WIRELESS PHONE
CONSTRUCTED BY
ELfflNS PARK MAN
e
W. W. Macfarlane Proves
His Device by Talking
From Motorcar
SECRET IN SMALL BOX
Ordinary Receivers, Transmit
ters and Three Pieces of
Stovepipe Is Apparatus
Plinlocrnpln IHnMrntlng tlila nrllele
"PPenr on the bock page.
A man with a box slung oer his
shoulder and holding In ono hand three
Pieces of stoe pipe placed side by side
on a board, climbed Into an automobile
on Hast Countij road, r.lklns Park
As ho settled In the machine, he
picked up a telephono transmitter, set
on a shoit handle, and said:
"We arc going to run down the road
Cart jou hear me?'
Other passengers in tho automobile
all wearing telephone receters, henrd
a woman's olco answering "Yes, per
fectly Where are vou"'
By this lime tho machine was sev
eral hundred sards down the road and
tho voice in the parage was distinctly
heard
This was one of the Incidents jester
day in the first demonstration of tho
portable wireless telephono outfit In
vented by W W Macfarlane, of mains
Park
Sirs. Macfarlane sitting In the
garage back of the Mncfarlaue homo on
East Country toad. was tnlMiic
through the wireless telephone to her1
nusDana, seated comfortably in a mov
ing automobile 500 sards away.
-eignDois piobably thlnlv I am con
ducting a recreation renter for Innnne
persons," .Mr. Macfarlane said, as the
I machine i an along the road and ho kept
J up a running conversation with his
, w ife In the garage
rne chauffeur had no other apparatus
than the receiver with tho usual tele
phone string attached by a metal dip
to hls-stcerlng wheel
MjMerv In llov
I.jlnc beside Jlr. Mncfarlane w.is the
foot-square box, tho only bit of secret
n the wno.e demonstration What li
in the bo Is the Imcutors mEter.
tula no eigna aooui twelve pounus
lhe other machinery used consisted
cnl 6f the usual telephone transmitter
stovepipe standing erect on a plain piece
of boird This Is tho aerial of the ap
paratus neA. - ..i ,t .,.. . ... ..
Mr Macfarlane stood In tho garage and
directed the movements of a soldier in
a field more than 200 jnrds away from
him This soldier assistant had a pair
of telephono receivers over his head,
connected by a vl.e with two metal
clasps to his rifle He marched and
halted and about faced and left shoul-
fioforl nrrnn niif 1mn In K Ji.U a.
1 Btat Mr. MacfaHane gate the order
through his little hand wireless 'phono
in tne garage
Now, jou trv it," lie told tho re
porter. The soldier handed over the
rlflo and tho telephone receivers and the
reporter marched out of the garage
"Halt," paid a voice out of. now here
Then came "Forward, march," and slml-
'" military orders, all given back there
ill mo Bii'tKU "I'll llCiiru UlSlinCIIV
through the recclveis
There were, none of the elaborate colls
and audlon bulbs, tuners and amplifiers
requited In all previous wireless tele
phone experiments Outside the garage,
strung between it and the nearby house,
were the familiar attcnue. Inside was
another of the mysterious little boxes
nnd a connecting transmitter fnstencd to
.i stick. Itecelvlng and sending were
done through the same Instrument
Mr. Maifarlane fcald lie would make
1 nn funi.lflll nrerll, tlnlt. nu In hn, 1.1..
,. . . ... ,v ., t,cti ni-t
simple, portnblo wireless telephoning
,n, .,,., d
-n can t0 these few tilings I have
a j ear or two ou can pull a phono
out of our pocuet nnd call up any
jonn smitn in cnicago and get
our
Continued on Vast Twenty-three, Column
The Evening Public Ledger's
League of Nations Ballot
MARCH
So many requests for the privilege of voting on a League
of Nations have been received by the Evening Public Ledger
that it has been decided to record votes received by mail and
messenger.
Make a cross mark in one of the squares of this ballot,
give your name if you desire to do so.
Mail to League of Nations Editor.
. THE EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER,
PHILADELPHIA.
I am for it
I am against it.
Name
Address .,
$& ltosv?
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Mf vanHHiBIa
fern's 'fH t - J Tr
MUS. ANNA ABRUZZl
Who died today in Mount Sinai.
Hospital from (He bulltt wounds in
her bod). Mrs. Abruzzi, 1107 South
Mildred street, laid respoiidbilitt
for her injuries upon her husband,
who hot her this morning
SHOT FIVE TIMES,
HUSBAND ACCUSED
I Tragedy on Street Climax
to oung Couple s Do
mestic Discord
WIFE DIES IN HOSPITAL
Iiefoie-lt9ideath-lii-Alouiit Mnal Hos
pital from five bullet wounds Inhei hod,
Mrs Anna Abruzzi, 1407 frouth llildrcd
street, placed rchponKlbllltj for her In
juries upon hei husband James Abruzzi,
fioni whom she had been separated for
llnee months .Mrs Abruzri vvaH twen-
I tv-four ears old
lne bhooting ocourieu this morning
in sBllt ot assersb) in 'tenth street
, .i,. - n.i ..i.tio mf. t,,i wns nn
her waj to work
' Ah""-zl " larKer
He outi.ui a
mounted iiitrohnau ami several ilvll-
lany who gave chase, alter sending the
woman to the hospital
Tallure to effeit a reconciliation Is
the alleged motive for the tragedv Mrs
Abruzrl s-o told Lieutenant Cirlln and
Selective McC'ollum, of the Klfteentl
Rtreet and Snder avenue stitlon Ac-
costed In her husband, who pleaded with
her to resume domestic relations she
said she icfused to heed his entreaties
In n nfv he shot her
Tor seven vears he abused me," sob
bed the women .i few hours prior to her
death Three months ago I left him
and went to live w Ith tnv brother Tod i
he accosted me and asked me to return
I told him I would never live with him
again I asked him to go ava and not
to bother me oi make me unhappj
"I started aw.iy. Then he held me
by the arm -and shot me "
According to the police, AbruzI fired
fivo times Ml of the bul'e'3 found
lodgment In the woman's body Two,
supposed to bn tho first fired, were lo
cated In her baik ThrecJ others en
tered her client as she turned to face
her hufbind I
As his wife fell to the sidewalk i
Abruzzi fled lie ran east on Heed,
street pursued lij several men, who
had witnessed the thootlng These hoi
eluded, us well as Mounted Policeman
Hvans, who tent Mrs, Abruzzi to the
hosp"al I
splto her uetperaio condition, tne
woman, before she lapsed Into fliiiil un
oonsoiouBiiess three houis after the
shooting, was able to give the police and
hospital authorities some details of the
tragedy and the i vents leading up to It
Her husband's, ciuelty, she said, be
came unendurable and she was forced
to leave him three months ago
"I obtained a position In n cigar fac
tnrv nt Eleventh street and Washington
avenue, and wns on my way to work
7 this morning wnen ne snoi me -
21, 1919
Al
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BIG BATTLESHIP
IDAHO IS NOT FIT
FOR DELIVERY YET
Eleventh-Hour Machinery
Adjustments Keep New
War Vessel in Camden
CREW ALREADY ABOARD
Go eminent Insists Upon
Further Inspection Be
fore Acceptance
The Idaho the world's most powerful
warship, will not leao her dock at the
' Tam- -hmI. Ll.lul...tl.ll 1i li. fim-
den todav,
Captain ( T ogelgesing, coni-
mander, had hoped tint he would be .ible
to steer the craft acro-s the river to the
n.ivy jard, wheie she will be placed In
commission but eleventh-hour adjust- lean headquarters band plajed Ilun
ments to tlii inei lianlcal equipment willj dreds of school children lined the clt
not peimlt lilins to be c.irrled out. hall square, waving Belgian and French
Tests of the turbines, electrical equip- i "aB""
ment nnd a scoie of othei details arc far Tne Belgian io5altles, after the recep-
from being complete, and Captain Vogel-,
gesang will not tike the responslblllts
ot accepting the ship from the builders
Accepting a warship from the build
ers Involves a mass of detail and the
detail concerning the Idaho's acceptance
Is somewhat comollcated, owing to the
fact that the ship has nevei had a tiial.
trip 1 i I
Ordinarily, a warship," before being
turned over to the government, Is given
a dock trial and then a sea trial 'I he
former is a preliminary test of ma
chinery while the sea trip gives navv
officers an onportunltj to test the steel
ing gear, sen-going qualities ot the
uaft nnd the strength of mechanical
equipment.
But nn exception was made tq this
i ule In the case of the Idaho The Nov
lork .Shipbuilding Comnanv gave the
craft a dock test and, satisfied that shp
would meet the rigid renulrementn of
the government, announced that thAe-4--j
sel was read to be turneu over
Captain Vogelgesang shipped his crew j
I several dajs ago, but. not satisfied with I
certain details In the mechanical equip
ment, has continued a series of tests
That the ship will remain at the Cam
den dock for several dajs is not un
likely, for navj officers assert that the
Idaho must be glvt7i a thorough Inspec
tion before leaving the dock What that
means can be appreciated when it Is
considered the ship Is the largest naval
craft in the world
SHOT TO DEATH
AS HE ANSWERS
DOORBELL RING
Victim of MSlcfioll ttack De-
i- t , ,
clincil to Tell Police
Any Details
I Joseph Allnrtl, thlrt- -eight vears old
'42J North Darlen street, died In the
I Hahnemann Hospital aftei being shot
thtough the chert as he nnswered the
dooibell of his home
The man said he had been awakened
bj the lli'ging of the doorbell shortly
after 1 o clock this moining, according
to the statement made to the police He
went to the door ind s iw nn automo
bile with three men in It etandlng In
front of his home As he opened the
door, lie said, one of the men In the
irui . i"c 1II.K.UIIIC inf.. II leviiner 111
him and then told the chauffeur to
drlve on
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Allard was found lj ng in the door-
waj
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who weie awakened bv the noise of the
shot When qutstlonrd bv the police as
to whom ills iifstllauts wero Allard re
plied ho could tako cire of the matter
himself
Inqulrj among Allard s neighbors this
morning failed to bring out much In
format'on nbout the dead man The
nelghbois knew verj little about him
Ho seemed to keep verj much to him
self nnd was accustomed to drive a ponj
cart about the neighborhood The house
in which he lived is closed He nevir
nnnojed anybody and seemed to have
decent habits The police and members
of the murder squad are continuing their
investigation
JAPANSESE COUP REPORTED
State Department Probing Story
of Concessions on Mexican Coast
WiMlilnittnn, March 21 (By A P)
At the request of Senator Phelan. of
. .imuiiim, mo mine iiepartment Is In
quiring Into a leport that Japanese fish
ing Interests have been grantid con
cessions on the west coast of Mexico
Officials Bald today no information had
been received to indicate that such con
cession had been granted Operations
of Mexican. American and Japanese
fishermen off the Mexican coast have
been a source of contioversy for jeurs
FAR WEST IS STORM-SWEPT
Wires Down and Trains Delayed
on First Day of Spring
Denver. March 21. (By -s P.) The
western section of the country Is iso
lated today as the result of n snow
and sleet storm that swept western Col
orado nnd Wyoming last night. All
wire communication west cf Denver has
ceased nnd transcontinental trains are
reported to be behind schedule
The Btorm was most severe between
Cheyenne and Itawllns, Wjo, where a
hen'vy sleet early this morning took
down all wires and delajed trains The
sleet storm Is said to have been ac
companied by the heaviest snowfall of
the winter
Another storm, as severe as the one
In Colorado and Wyomlor. U reported to
nave occurreu in ,ew Mexico ana An
although the extent, of 'tho dam.
aee wrought has not been itbcrtai.nKi.
BELGIUM'S KING
AND QUEEN CALL
UPON PERSHING
GuotB at His Chateau, Review
U. S. Troops; Take Tea
With General
Uy the Associated Press
Clinumont, France, March 20 (Dela-
ortj Kins Albert and Queen r.llzaheth
of Belgium arrhed here last nlRht for
a istt to General Pershing at his
chateau Ihev made the trip by motor-
enr, the weather bilng unfaorable for
the airplane Journcj contemplated The
King and Queen were accompanied by
two Belelnn nftlcer anil Countess De-
carmcn-('hema, lad-ln-wattlng Thes I
werp met at the entrance of the chateau
hy Cleneral Pershlne and his b-taff dined , .
quietly and passed the night in the I
chateau
know fell luallv here on the upper
Maine all last nlcht, but did not Inter
fere with fie reception for tho Belgian
rojaltleH todaj at the Chaumont cits
hill The little cUv was brightly dec
orated and the streets crowded with ls
Itors Including manj American troops
from neighboring cintonment"" Nearly
all the Trench nnd Amerlcin otllcerq
of the staff wire nresent. nd the Airier-
lion niinenan went to tne (.ourDan air-
drome and reviewed the
i:ightj -first
I American Division They then returned
to the chateau and took tea with Gen
eral Pershing and members of Allied
missions.
GIVE US DANZIG,'
POLISH DEMAND
Paderewski Declares the
Vistula Also Necessary to
Thwart Teutons
'GERMANY NOT BEATEN'
By the Associated Press
Warsaw, March 18 (delnjed) -(ier-manj,
although defeated In the west, is
not jet beaten In the east, and It her
alms in that part of Europe aie to be
fi ustrated anil there Is to be peace,
there must be a strong Poland Jan
Ignace PadciewskI, the premiei of
Poland, declared todav
In outlining the present situation of
Poland and Its relation to the who!"
Luropean question, Premier PadeicwsiJ
said
"The iniiiortanee to the peaie of
rjuiopi of a strong ami united Poll id
cannot he exaggerated Oerm.inj mace
vvni, not for honor nnd Ideals but foi
'"Tkets ai
l,ns not 3
re ulj to a
nd raw materials The w ir
jet been won Herman v Is
cknow ledge herself beaten in
the west but not in the east
1 earn (irrman Domination
' 'The same men who organized the
present war ejunt on reorganizing I!us-
i sla In their own Interests If tluj do
so thev will have an cndles supph of
labor and raw material In addition to
wheat, they will have cotton from
Turkestan, oil and great lunibir bup
plles from tho forests of Hussla and
Immense coil nnd Iron dt posits to "y
nothing of gold plitlnum and othe
mlnerals With tliee re-enforcements
Germany would Inevlt.iblj stamp 1 er
dominion on the whole world Think of
the effect on the splendid bod of
1 America's hlghlj p lid labor If Germany
trained and directed the cheap labor or
T., ,1 rhln.n Vn nno nnnl.l ,r,,,,l..
I i,i, i, . i, . ,i
, 'l nn nwvil v-tn IVi jiiuuueiiuii
rt,. t . ,,.A I.. inx .... ... I
Kiiai niiuiuo iii uciiiiuinn ij it
not France or England, which arc s . tar
'off (Icrmanj is at the gates of Jisoi-
g.inlzeil Itussla, and oncu let hti ojin
bine with the Dolsheviki and reorgiuize
Ilussld, as she will have tile leisure to
do In peace time sho w II dominate the
world A strong Poland alone tan
bloe'c this plan
Hum Aiiliitle llorden
From time lninicmori.il It has been
the task of Poland to protect clvillzi
tlon from the hordes of As'n Orginlzcd
bj lieimanj thev would be a machine
to cruBh democratic civilization Ibis
Continued on roue Nineteen t olunin Four
SPRING!!!
Sunshine, Smiles, Springoes, Saf
fron- shirts s Liiotigh!
!
Springoa, Spread
Philadelphia contracted spring
fever nt 11:19 o'clock this morning
It's temperiture nt that time was
63 At '4 o'clock the fever was up
to 67
Spring, bos and girls' Spring!
And such a da a gold and blue day
of delicious languor nnd nil the warm
promise of the vernal season
Our office boy put on a clean collar,
white, with purple stripes The shad
ies ine snaq
i ,1,. n.i.m.r. ti,. v,v i...
goats polished up their horns The
show windows dlsplajed saffrop shirts
fci O.vv.. ...-.-, ..-- -. T...aw
speckled with spots of brange and lav en-
dar and prohibition blue
And people bought 'em!
Spring, folks, spring l
The wcathir was nil polished up In
readiness. At 8 o'clock this morning.
the temperature was 50, The sun wastrjtg
a golden flood. Ana ai iitiv, the rnaglo
hour, spring came in sml'lng, with the
mercury at J.
Avryvi tjMDy"'B uiiww,juw
J...... IU. .!.. hIam .m "
ITALIAN PEACE!
ENVOYS TAKE:
DECISIVE STEP
?5
.
rm
Assicnment of Port ConV"ss
, 5S
temporaneously With
Treaty, Is Ultimatum .'
PAPT TO TJI7 DPinv '
i 1U 1JL, HW1LI1 - 'SU
MARCH 29, SAYS HOUSE
Americans Estimate That Ger il
I m9ncrnPnl)P:ili .
mans Can Pay 12 Billions
in 40 Years
U. S. CLAIM ONE BILLION
Order Polish-Ukraine Truce-
Would Give Hearing to
Both Sides
H) the Associated Prcst
I'aris, Maich 21. The Italian
delegation to the Peace Conference
lias unanimously decided to with
draw from the conference unless
Fiume is assigned to Italy contem
poraneously with the conclusion of
peace.
The decision was reached at a'
mpprinc tnflott nf t,n rn Ji L?'l
vUUUj y,-. mv mil uciegaijon
presided over by Premier Orlando.
It was immerlintpK' mmim,'nt.J'i.
the now pre "t Isv
' '" r?
Colonel-E. M. House, of the Araeri-&
lan mission, promised Premier Oc-S
, lando to present, within a few dayih
I a project concerning the Italian!
Jugo-Slav frontier, which he hop$K
win .ntw...n ..hi. n. j- .-?-:.
I Pnlnnol r- -lr tt .. .... ,...?..". Tji
...... , .,,. .iuuw, m mo uniMavs;
I Stn.tPl lleloc-atlnn n 41.. T ... . f clTd
I, " ".?"... . "'" f."K sq.'ss
icrence, toia iiruisii journalists he wojf
convinced that the peace treaty, In
ciuciing- the league-of-nations covenan
would be ready for signature oi
March 23. and added thnr no n,nM
bo "disappointed if the Germans wer
not at Versnilles three weeks hence."
When informed of Colonel House's
statement that the Germans were ex
pected at Versailles In three weeks,
Premier I,lojd George said, "Add an
other week and it will be about right
Adjusting Differences
Piesident Wilson, M. Clemenceau,
the Fiencli Premier, and David Lloyd
Geoige, the British Piime Minister.
are holding a series of meetings for
the adjustment of differences between
them The conferied at the residence
of Mi. Llojd George jesterdaj-, the
session lastimr from 3 o'clock in the
afternoon until lute in the evening.
A J. Balfour, British Secretary- of
State for Foreign Affahs; Premier
Clemenceau, Stephen Pichon, French
Foreign Minister, Premier Orlando and
General Allenbj and Diaz, also
weio piesent The discussion was
chlcflj on the question of manda
toiles foi countries In Asiatic Turkey,
including Mesopotamia, Palestine,
Sjrla and Aimenla
The picsence of Biltish, Trench and
Itallm armies In these legions waa
one of the factors considered as hav
lug a beaiing on mandatories. Some
sentiment In favor of the United
States becoming ii mandatorj- for Ar
menia was mnnffested, but no decl-
sions were reached as to this or other
mandatory proposals
Theie is reason to believe that
reparations and frontier issues aro
the foremost obstacles they nra
seeking to remove from the path to &
lapld conclusion of the peace treatj.
How fa i President Wilson Is adher
ing to the ideas of the American
members of the commission is not
known, but it Is thought probable
the aro serving ns a guide for him.
Frontiers Vital Issue
These questions, for the moment,
hav e assumed paramount importance,
taking nlaco even ahradof theleno-ua
of nntlons foi while the work of tho
commission ifevislng tho covenant la
proceeding lapidly, much difficulty Is
i being met In rea hlng an accord on
lepaintlons and frontiers
Tho chief tmuo of the question of
icpaintlons I) not what Germany
piiuuiu i'i uui twiut. sue can pay.
The commissions whlc hhave studied
the subject have gradually reduced
the claims to a total of about 140.000..
I 000,000
The United States has put In a maxl.
mum claim foi loss of life and prop
erty during the war aggregating a lit
tle less than a billion dollars, the
amount for Individual loss of lifo being
(25,000 In each case.
One. nronoi'nl wns tn Hnrend thi. nn.
mont over forty jears. On this basta'Ui
the principal, with li.terest. would st
amount to 180,000,000,000 at the end of vy
tne period. Against tins proposal the:
commission nas estimated all trm i
avnuauic wenitn ana resources of Ger a
manv at home and rbrnnd. The. Amor.
lean view as to these estimates Is that ,
J12.000.000.000 is the utmost that can N?J
tie expected.
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weriuuii reeuui cca omihiuu oi tllat l1,
country
wun'iii w,yv-vv.uww, EHroriiivii mi. W
J8.00. 0,000.000. represented f.
mercnani snips, railways ana minen'ln I .a
,2! SWr-SSS'Sfl
I nnd government, property In formC tM
IJCrJIIUll tUIVIillC f fUVVVUV,VUV Of'llf
projicrty. the commlsalon estimMesW;
inncra to nrlvate German citizen anit"ti
remained Is owned by the govcrnmR. c M
Of private resources, uermnny nas prop
erty valued at $1,000,000,000 In SQUUt l,
America. $750,000,000 In the Ufclt?
States ana ii,vvv.uuv,uvu in o;ner oq. ,
All this outtldo. Property In irnsTifl
by the commission, ss 4iuict "to Of
flutatlon" by ;th-iAttW'4 'mimikiMM
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