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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1919
Entered ai Second-Clan Matter at the l'ostorflce. at Philadelphia, Pa,.
Under the Act of March 8. 1879.
PRICE ,TWO CENTS
BOLSHEVIK MENACE GROWS,
AUSTRIA IN TURMOIL; MAY
WHILE PEACE TARRIES;
JOIN HUNGARIAN SOVIET
lis
ISr
CHARTER BILL
BOOSTERS RAP
fiTTS SYSTEM
John C. Winston Tells
Legislators Third of Voters
Control Affairs
AGAINST CONTRACTORS
AS POLITICAL BOSSES
Informs , Senate Committee
Citizens Are Dissatisfied With
' Existing Government
NO TALK IN OPPOSITION
Advocates Smaller Councils
and Salaries for Those "Who
Serve Municipality
Smaller Council Urged
as Prime' Need of City
A reorganized city council was
declared Phtladephla's prime need
for a really representative govern
ment by John C. Winston, chair
man .of the Philadelphia Charter
Committee, who today, at Harris
burg, addressed the Senate C6m
mltteo on Municlpa. Affairs.
Mr. Winston advocated a salaried
council of twenty-one members,
elected by senatorial districts, each
councilman representing 20,000 as
sessed voters.
He asserted the present two
chamber system was a council "of
the most monstrous size and cum
bersome character in the world."
Ke advocated stripping the
Maypr of power to appoint tho
Civil Service Commission and of
us,ingstho jpolice and firemen for
political favoritism.
.He urgeTl a budget system of city
finances.
Su a Staff Correspondent
Harrlsburr, March 25. Assertion that
fewer than ono-tliird of Philadelphia's
voters control the affairs of that city
was made here this afternoon by John
C. Winston as the chief argument In his
plea for a new charter for the state's
biggest city. '
.Mr. Winston, chairman of the Phila
delphia charter re.vlsfcn committee, and
a large delegation who came here on a
special train, appeared this afternoon be.
fore the Senate Committee on Municipal
Affairs .to urge a favorable report on
the Woodward bills. These three meas
ures provide a new basis 'of city gov
ernment for Philadelphia. Senator Vare
is chairman of the Senate committee.
The' three principal alms to be accom
plished by the Woodward bills were
thus outlined by Mr. WInstpn.
.Reorganization of City Councils to
make that body really representotlve
of the majority of electors.
Taking away the Mayor's power of
appointing tho civil service commis
sion, "Intended as a check upon his
use of patronage," and taking away
his power "to use the police and fire
men cither In his own Interest or In
the interest Of any political orgonlza
tlon or leader."
Creation of a compulsory budget sys
tem, so that the city's revenues may
equal Its expenses and so that current
expenses will not be paid with loan
funds,
' . Jlooitera !lren Clear Field
Advocates of the new charter were
given a clear field when they appeared
before the committee.
No speakers appeared 'to oppose the
Woodward bill. Senator Vare announced
before the hearing that there wouljl be
no one to oppose tho .charter measure.
Charter revisionists had anticipated nn
array of speakers In opposition to their
bill.
No set program was arranged by Sen
ator Vare for the conduct of the hear
ing, nor was any time limit set on
tho speeches of those urging the passage
of the bill. Each speaker was permitted
to talk as long ns he liked.
Mr! Winston, Thomas Raeburn White,
chairman of the charter revision subi
committee which drafted the charter
bill, ond'James Collins Jones, a mem
ber of the committee, led the list of
speakers who urged the pasrage of the
. bill.
The committee headed by Senator
Vare, which conducted the hearing, fol
lows: Senators Salus, Patton, Dalx, Wood
ward1, Martin and McNIchol, of Phila
delphia ;'Schantz. Lehigh; Baldwin, Pot
ter; Eyre, Chester; Nason, Erie; Leslie,
Murdoch and Elnsteln.AUegheny ; Camp
bell. Mercer; Marlow, York; Sones, Ly5
coming; Hackett, Northampton; Tomp
kins, Cambria, and Buckman, Bucks.
Denounces City Contract rJyatem
A political leader, who Is alsofi. con
tractor, can, under the existing system,
Mr. Winston charged, amass an Im-
Contlnued? on Tags Two, Column Two
THE WEATHER VANE
Fair and warmer tonight with a
wind that U thlftlnp.
Cloudu tomorrow oh, where-are
we driftliigT
"Becoming unsettled with probably
, rain" . '"
Wouldn't the iceather man give
yon a paint
t -.
Baldwin Men for, Cramp 9s
Oppose League of Nations
Proponents Still Lead by Heavy Majority,
However, in Poll Being Taken in Phila
delphiaSoldiers Favor by 2 to 1
Soldiers, workmen at the Baldwin
Locomotive Works and hundreds of
voters who ore sending in the ballots
published by tho Evening Punuc
LEiKiEn, have again recorded a ma
jority of mora than two. to ono in
favor of the plan for a league of
nations proposed by tho Peaco Con
ference at Parl3.
A poll of the Cramp shipyards yes
terday, however, -showed a majority
against tho plan.
This was the one "reversal of form"
In Philadelphia's voting on the world
question during tho last twcntv-four
i hour's.
The total voto as tabulated today
stands 5135 for and 2384 against tho
league, while the ballots sent into the
Evening Public LEiiacn odlces show
a total of C5S for and 172 ngalnst
the league.
Tho student body and faculty of the
University of Pennsylvania yesterday
began a flvo-day poll at the offices of
the University's dally paper, the Penn
sylvnnian. This ballot will continue
until Friday afternoon, during which
time views for and against tho league
are being printed in the collego pub
lication. Tho balloting yesterday
showed 33 in favor and 5 against the
league of nations.
Greatest "Lansliile"
The greatest "landslide" recorded for
the league of nations in any single
ballot came when a noil of tho em
ployes of the Farm Journal and tlieir
friends wcro taken. The poll resulted
In 33 for and 3 against tho league of
nations.
The poll being taken throughout the
country shows the vote in favor of
the league of nations to bo about
three to one.
New York clfy now reports 24,943 per
sons In favor of the lengue of nations
and 12,644 ngalnst it. Boston has polled
6493 for tho league of nations and 1152
against It. The other cities voting on
the question report the following results :
DRAMATIC TURN
IN WILL HEARING
Unopened Letter Written
hy Henry W. Bartol Eight
Years Ago Handed to Son
TELLS OF BEQUESTS
An unopened letter, written by a man
nearly eight years beforo his death, fur
nished a dramatic Incident at the heat
ing In the Henry Welchman Bartol will
contest before Iteglster of Wills Shee
han today,
Tho letter, written by Mr. Bartol, was
addressed to Captain Henry Q. Bartol,
a son of the testator, and was dated
September 21, 1911, ono day before tho
document, which disposes of a $3,000,
000 estate and cuts oft two daughters,
was written by the father.
G. I Bishop, Jr., of the Glrard Trust
Company, produced tho letter, which he
handed to Captain Bartol, who was.
seated beside his sister, Mrs. Joseph M.
Farr, of Wllkes-Barre. Mrs. Farr and'
Baroness Katherlne de Monclos, the
daughters who were cut off In the will,
are the contestants.
Volumes of documentary eldence
was offered by both sides at the hear
ing, it being tho contention of the
daughters, according to Mt S'aul. that
Mr. Bartol was under "Insane delusions
as to his children with an unnatural,
cruel disposition toward his kindred."
Efforts will be made to prevent the
probating of the American will In favor
of tho French document, because under
the former the daughters will receive
nothing. Latter, under the children, will
receive one-fourth of his estate. '
The French will was offered In evi
dence. This document as yet has not
been offered for probate in Paris. Other
papers offered included letters to the
Glrard Trust Company, Mr. Barter's ex
ecutors: letters by Mr. Bartol to various
relatives : the marriage settlement con
tract with his second wife dated October
ber 12, 1893 ; an agreement entered Into
on February 10, 1887, between his first
wife and h!mself,,Telatlng to the support
Of his daughter, and an agreement to
will them onc-thlrd of his estate. There
were also numerous papers relating to
his family troubles dating back to the
divorce obtained by his first wife In
1889.
Dlfd In Union League
Ur. Bartol died at1 tho age of seventy
two years In the Union League on De
cember 19 last
By the will the estate Is bequeathed
to the Franklin Institute 'to establish
tho Bartol School of Applied Electricity.
If the instrument Is set aside, as the
result of the present contest, 81,000,000
will go to tho testator's widow, who
obi
an
btalned a divorce from him In 1889,
d the remainder will be divided among
the daughters and other relatives who
would share under the Intestate laws.
Mr, Bartol made his money In sugar re
fining and railroad stocks, and thirty
two years ago, after being divorced from
his wife on the grounds of desertion,
went to llvo In France. lie later mar
ried a French woman in Nice. She
survives him' 'and inherits 16000, to
gether wlt,h 112,000 she loaned the, tes
tator". u. The laws of Franco relative to
decedent estates may play' a part In the
legal controversy, and the question of
residence will also enter into the case.
Window Cleaner's Fall Fatal
George Ttotzgerm, fifty-four years old,
who fell from a thlrd-stpry window In
the Drexel Building, Fifth and Chest
nut streets,, Thursday, died last night at
thn Pennsylvania Hospital. He lived nt
.,2581 West BelUer-Btreelv u
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rc "wr.rjrr!- racTfei . .-va,
How Philadelphiaiis Vote
on League of Nations Plan
For Against
leaguo league
Result of poll pievl-
ously reported 4282
2191
IS
Cramp's Shipyard 11
Baldwin Locomotive
Works 78
Wounded Veterans at
the Phtla Hospital .... C4
Farm Journal employes
and friends' straw
vote 3G
University of Pennsyl
vania ballot 33
Evening Public Ledger
ballots GoS
23
Totuls 5133
2434
Chicago. 1873 for and 812 agalnEt; Roch
ester, 1873 for and 149 against; Syra
cuse, 1115 for and 257 against; Los An
geles, 1028 for and 73 against; C!ran
Rapids, 3321 for and 395 ngalnst;
Des Moines, 1C4 for and 35 ngalnst;
Dallas, 378 for and 79 against; Bridge
port, 410 for and 165 against;
rPja. Kan, 411 for and 110 ngalnst
Houston, 1206 for and 48 against ; Blng-
hatnton, 372 for and 52 against; Sioux
Falls, 70 for and 37 against.
Opposed In College
A ballot taken among students of
Williams Collsge shows that 85 were In
favor of and 162 ngalnst the lpaguo of
nations as It has been presented at the
Peace Conference. Ninety-eight voters
favored the Inclusion of tho league of
Continued on race Fourteen, Column One
ASK IRON DIVISION
BE LANDED HERE
Officials From Here Carry
Diversion Appeal to Wash
ington War Chiefs
23TH IS COMING SOON
Adjutant General Frank D. Bear' and
J. Jarden Guenther, secretary of the
Philadelphia Council of National De
tense, will go to Washington tomorrow
to try to have the Twenty-eighth (Iron)
Division, made up of Pennsylvania Na
tional Guardsmen, diverted to this port
for debarkation.
The Twenty-clghtlr, "Pennsylvania's
Own," has been released by the general
headquarters staff of tho American ex
peditionary forces, according to word
received from Washington today. The
organization either has broken cafhp in
the advanced are.i and is now at a port
of embarkation or en route to this
country.
The First, Second, Third and' part
of the Sixth Beglment, formerly tbe
National Guard of Pennsylvania, are
composed ot Philadelphia boys. Many
other Phlladelphlans are scattered
through the entire division.
To Ue Six TmiiiporU
The camps to which the Keystone
troops will be sent will be announced'
in a few days by the War Department
Six big transports will be used to bring
the boys home, and their departure will
be so arranged, It was learned, that
the various units will arrive at of
about the same time.
Present plans provide for the landing
of the famous division nt New York
The sailing date has not been announced'
but It has been learned at the War De
partment that the unit will be allowed
to land at Philadelphia if a request
Is received from the proper authorities,
provided suitable accommodations for
the debarkation and entrapment of the
soldiers to the camp where the men
will 'be mustered out can be furnished
Mr. Guenther and General Bea'ry wl'll
have specifications- showing that this
port Is able to accommodate the entire
division, They expect the War De
partment to rnnctlon the landing here.
"We want that division to land here'
Mr. Guenther said, "and Intend to leave
no stono unturned In our effortB to get It.
We already have the War Department's
permission for a big parade when the
division returns, and a landing here
would give an opportunity for two cele
brations. Accommodations Asiurcd
"If a sufficient number of coaches
cannot be stationed' along Delaware ave
nue, we can have some of the men en
train along Washington avenue, as far
west as" Broad street. If necessary. We'll
provide accommodations,"
The general stnff will select the camp
ar camps to which the division Is to
be sent with n view to having It near
est the predominating body of geograph.
leal units in the organization. Camps
Meade, Dlx and Lee are understood to
be the points under consideration, with
Dlx as the probable camp should the
division land In New York.
The War department also directed
ittentlon to the fact that Philadelphia
must not expect to hivo Its -formal
review of the division until several days
or a week after the soldiers arrive In
this country.
:- ;4v--:5g
2 DIE IN FLAMES:
WOMAN 70 YEARS
OLD AND CHILD 3
Septuagenarian Trip on Stair
Carrying T.amp Boy Playing
With Matches
An aged woman and a three-year-old
boy died today from burns received In
their homes yesterday.
Mrs. Suzette Holmes. seenty years
old. of North Wales, died nt the Chest- '
nut Hill Hospital. She was burned about
tho body. Mrs. Holmes stumbled while
carrying a lighted lamp up the stairway
of her home last night. The oil caught
ftre and Ignited her clothing. Members I
of her family extlngulrhed the flames
and rushed her to the hospital.
Three-year-old Horace Felse, 4033
Cresson street. Manayunk, illed In St. i
Timothy's Hospital.
flie child piayeii
. .... .i
with matches, which Ignited his clothing, i
He was burned about the fnce, arms and
body.
The accident occurred In tho second-
ctory back room while Mrs. Frank Felie
was attending to household duties In the
front room. The child was a muss of
flames when Mrs. Felse hurried Into the
room in i espouse to his screams, she
wrapped the boy in a rug, which caught
rlre and Ignited tile curtains and carpet.
Tho blaze was extinguished while I he
child was being rushed to tho hospital.
FOURTH RORKE BILL HEARING
Desire of Coal Men to Support
Measure Threatens Belay
Uy a Staff Correspondent
llurrlHtiurg, March 23 Another hear-
ing may he held on the Iturkelilll. to
amend the blue laws by permitting !fars there.
orchestral concerts, lectuies and moiesi ' .., . ,,,, ,, i,n ima iU!,t
of nn educational nature after
Sunday evenings.
o'clock
iieprcsentniive Korhe. sponbor or me.
bill, said before the committee met this
afternoon to act on the measure, that he
might ask for delay in order to hold a
fourth hearing in the anthracite regions,
"I have Just received petitions from
more 'than 15,000 men, representing
union labor In the anthracite districts,
askl.g that they be heard In favor of
the bill," said Mr. Ilorke. "We have
had no hearing in that district."
The Itev. T. T. Mutchler, head of the
opposition to tho bill, announced that no
further delay would bo tolerated. He
j-sald that anegatlvo .report,' which would
requlro "104 votes, a constitutional ma
jority for further consideration of the
measure, would be demanded i
If tho bill is reported out neither
affirmatively nor negatively, Mr. Mutch
ler said, opponents of the measure woulu
put it on thelfcalendar for defeat. They
could placo tho measure on the calendar
by obtaining Blxty otes.
FOE WANTS RECONCILIATION
Dernburg Says Germany
Will
Sign io Uther Klnil ol lJeacc
Zurich. March 23. (Bv A. 1'.) Dr.
Bemhard Dernburg, onetime chief of
the German propaganda service in the
United States, writing In the Tageblatt , tlat the leport received from M.
of Berlin saj-B that tho German people Thltchorl, ,,, BoIbhovik foreIgn
will not sign a treaty of peace that Is , , , ,,..
not Inspired by impartiality, justice and mlntatcr. on the military situation of
a spirit of reconciliation, which, he hays. I the Russian Soviet Government great
President Wilson! guaranteed in his mes-' ly disappointed the Hungarian Gov
eages.
The Geiman people, Doctor Dernburg
adds, "will not sign a treaty that does
not contain a league of nations In which
Germany la admitted with full rights,
and will consent to disarmament only
when other members of the leaguo dis
arm." ADMINISTRATION BILLS PASS
Constitution Revision Commis
sion Provided Without Oppo
sition Ilarrlnburg, March 115. The bill cre
ating a commission to study the ques
tion of tho necessity of calling a con
stitutional convention, was passed finally
by tho Senate today without discussion
and was sent to the House. There were
no votes against It. The bill is an ad
ministration measure.
Other administration bills passed
Anally by the Senate and transmitted to
the House were the following:
Creating a state art commission and
abolishing the Philadelphia Art Jury.
Creating a state salary hoard
Abolishing the omce oi executive con-
troller and transferring the duties of
the office to the auditor general's de
partment. Providing for biennial, instead of an.
nual, leports by the several state departments.
The Evening Public Ledger's
League of Nations Ballot
' . MARCH 25,1919"
JVIake 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
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Name
Address ..
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VIENNA REDS
PREPARE TO
. SEIZE REINS
Date in April Fixed for Re
volt U. S. Peace Dele
gates Learn
PROVINCES IN HUNGARY
TmTrri tvt-wa WTTT V
NO T UNDER NEW RULE
. . , ...
it n ,- a r Imvk i-a. inninfinfi ii.
nuasiiiii fine ucuuilu u-
true Bolsheviki Reach
Brody, Says Another Report
BRITISH SHIPS FIRED ON
.
, Rumania, Thcatened hy Big
,.... ..
Yrmy, Mobilizes iuin-
lary Forces
fly the Associated Presi
.,., ,.(
Paris. .March 2j. Hie oonnmuiis ui
Hungary heems to have affected Ger-
'man Austria. Advices to the Ameil-j
can peace conference delegates from
private agents In Vienna indicate the
. evidence of u threatening state of af-
icome from Vienna, reports that even
the date hns been fixed for some time
. . ,. ,. frnf,rn,,inn of the'
."V"" "" ""- ""
existing government into a soMet tow ,
ernment which will co-operato or
mergo ilth the government of the I
Hungarian BoWet
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Copenhagen, March 2u. (By A. 1 .)
Tho claims of the Hungarian Soviet
I Government to power, as set forth In ,
ts wireless communications, are large-1
ly untrue, according to a Vienna dis-
natch to tho Achtuhr Abendblatt. A
panic prevails, in Budapest, but the ,
country, it 13 -declared,, has not, yet
resolved upon a Soviet republic.
The reported voluntary surrender of
arms by French soldiers In Budapest
because the men weie alleged to be
infected Willi isoisnewsm is incorrect,
the message states.
There is a rumor that tho Entente
commission at Budapest has been de
tained by the llungarlnns. Tho capital,
it is adVled, has been hermetically
.!.inil bv the government against for.
pin countries.
The correspondent is that the
rumored advance of Kusslan Soviet
troops toward Hungary tinder General
(Jeorgy Iiiih no foundation. He adds
ernment-.
An ofllcial statement from Budapest
dated Monday, March 24, declared that I
reports from me prownces snowed that
peace and order were prevailing.
"In most of tho Hrgo towns like j
Gycer, Debre-zen, Szombathely, Szentes, j
Kls-Kun Felegj'haza and Geregszasz the '
Socialists hae taken over the admlnis-
tratlon," the statement continues. "A1
peasants' council has been formed at J
Kecskemet and a revolutionary govern-'
ment has been formed at Kassn, which I
has been occupied by the Czechs, ae- I
cording to the government commissary's '
telephono mebsage."
Hemp, March 23. (By A. P.) The '
Bolshevik army, which is on the way to!
Hungary, has reached Brody, according '
to the latest news received here.
Brody is a city In northeastern Ga
llcla, about fifty lnllcs east of Lemberg.
During tho first two years of the war
arody was frequently the scene of hard
lighting between the Russians and Ger-
mans and Austrlans. baby escaped Injury but the mother's
The Bolshevik aimy reported reach- spine may b9 fractured.
Ing Brody may he a separate army i Mrs. Chalken's two sisters. Miss Jen
from that which was said to have I nle Rosen and Miss Olara Itosen, were
crossed tho Dniester south of I.iiprs
under Major Oeorgy. The advance of
the latter army has rlnce been denied
and doubt, also Is thrown on the ru-
moreu advance nt Brody.
The Rumanian, nd Cwcho-BloTaks
Continued on r Kltht, Column Two
PUBLIC LEDGER,
PHILADELPHIA.
U. S. Envoys Frame Clause
to Shield Monroe Doctrine
Prevents Interference With Established Poli
cies Committee Revising Covenant Adopts
First Sixteen Sections
fly lie Associated Prcs
Paris, March 23. The American
peace delegation. It Is understood, has
definitely agreed upon tho amendment
it will offer to Article X. of tho cove-
ant of the leaguo of nations, to safe-
Buard ih Monroo Doctrine. The
,amendmrnt provI(lM tnnt agreemcnts
under the covenant shall not bo con-
strued as an infringement upon thc
..
prlnclpl
ilea of international policies
heretofore gi'iu-ially recognized.
Article X of the draft of the league
of nations covenant reads ns follows:
'The high contracting partlps snail
undertake to respect and proserc ns
against external aggression the terri
torial Integrity and existing political
Independence' of all states members of
thp lengue. In ca.se of any such ag
gression or In case of any threat of
dnnger of such aggression, the Execu
tive Council shall ndlse upon the
means by which the obligation shall bo
fulfilled."
During ti three-hour session last
night, tho league of nations commls
j slon, considering proposed amend
ments disposed tentatively of the
fit st sixteen sections, agreeing upon a
number of changes In form, which, tho
uuiuw:, ui iinij
m-mhpr ,. ,ho rnmmloofnn IipHpvp
i will meet moro than 50 per cent of tho
I
FORTY U-BOAT CHASERS
NEW YORK. March 25. Information by wiielesb to the
steamer Venezia when she was in midocenu indicated that forty
submarine chaseis which have been on duty in European waters
now nre on. their wny to this port. A vessel in distress te
ported to'the Venezia thnt two of the chafers hna come to her aid.
STRIKE TIES UP INDUSTRY AT BARCELONA- SPAIN
PARIS, March 35. -The general stvike at Barcelona has
completely tied up industry there, say& a dibpatch to L'lnfor
ination from Madrid. A meeting of the Madvid cabinet was
called to deal with the situation.
BABYDIESINFIRE;
SISTER IS SAVED
j XTntl,,,,." T ,., T.iV fnt
1 1,lul"cl cal may uusi
Her Life, but Infant
Will Live
BOY BURNED IN CRIB
A mother, .trapped by flames in her
home, 310 Gladstone stiet, early this
morning, cuddled her nine-months-old
daughter In her arms and leaped from a
second-story window to tho sidewalk.
ner two-year-old son, left behind, was
burned to death In his crib.
Tne dea,i chUd was:
n,ry Clialuen, Jr., two seals old.
Three women were Injured In the
blaze They are-
'
Mr"' K"te c'lm"""' twenty-one years
old j possible fracture ot tho spine,
Mian Jennie lloaen, twenty-flvo years
old; fractured arm and leg.
Ml Clara lto.en, twenty-eight jcais
old : burns of tho arms and back and
bruises.
All of the Injured are in Mount Sinai
Hospital.
The young mother, Mrs. Chall.en, man
aged to hold her baby Lillian upward
as she crashed to the Mdewalk. The
I rlrlvtn back from the stairway bv
rush of flame and followed her in her
I leap to the street. Jennie received a
broken arm and leg. Clara was burned
about the arms and back.
,..,. s tit.i. it.,l,nm
The flames that had driven the women
to the window swept across the bedroom,
attacked tho -crlb In which Henry
Chatken. Jr., was sleeping. The child
probably was suffocated first, because
none of those who escaped heard him
cry for help.
Henry Chalken, the husband and fa
ther, climbed out on the window-ledge,
but faltered at the leap. Ho crept along
the ledge until, by a desperate effort, he
was able to swing himself Into the"
window of an adjoining house.
When firemen conquered the flames
which had burned the home almost Into
an empty shell, they found the charred
body of the boy lying In a pile of ashes
that had been hlB crib.
Mother In Critical Condition
Mrs. Chalken and her two sisters are
In Mt. Slnal Hospital. The young
mother's condition Is regarded as criti
cal. She was nbt Informed of her boy's
death, but was glad that her leap had
Baved the baby.
The Chalkens were asleep In tho front
room of the house and Mrs. Chalken's
sisters were In a rear room when the
fire was discovered shortly after 1:30
o'clock this morning, It apparently had
been In progress for a half-hour or
more because the entire lower floor waa
Continued on rat Two. Column four
objections offered by Senator I.odge
and other American Senators.
fiesldent Wilson was in attendance
nt the session, at which suggestions
fiom neutial nations, as well as bel
ligerents, were discussed.
No action wnsj taken on amendments
for Hnfoinint-fHinr tho Mnnmn rinptrlnn.
but this subject probably will be con
sidered at the next meeting on Wed
nesday.
nig Proposals v.o over
The Japanese amendment to secure
tho equality of nations belonging to
the league was not consldeied Inst
night and no action was taken on the .
proposed French amendment for the I
creation of an International mllitnty
staff.
The entire covenant, when amended
and agreed upon by the commission, I
will be submitted to a drafting com-
mittee. which will put it into m
ore
definite legal form before Its submis
sion to the Supreme Council.
The following ofllcial statement on
last night's session of the league of
nations commission was Issued this
morning:
The' league of nations commission
yesterday considered amendments to
articles IX and XIV, so that two-
font. nurd on Vane Kljcht. Coin inn Four
ON WAY TO NEW YORK
N. Y.JOY RIOTOUS
i n nnrmi n i n i nrn I
AS 27TH PARADES
n l T71 r n l '
ClOWdS t llllg CoillS, Candy,
Flowers and Cigarettes '
o
Oil WoUllded
,
OVATIONS HALT MARCH '
i
Xnv York. March 25. Tince million
persons, tuibulent with enthusiasm,
turned the welcome of the Twenty
seventh Division intu a Jojous ilot to
day. The greatest crowd In the history of
Xew Yoik city jammed itself into a
hundred blocks along Fifth avenue,
shouting, cheering, waving flags and em
bracing its heroes.
.vien. women and phllilrm imriori .,i,i i
the helpless police and flung themselves !Ba" WOa d'Vldecl belwee P01" ""
bodily on the soldiers, whose ranks weir Rumania' tIle connection between
thrown into confusion as thev had never tll(?S0 tWO J)0wcrs belnE thu3 e3'al
been by German shellflre. Motortrucks ' "shcd and a hG""'ay, something like
and mounted policemen pushed the peo-1 tho "e'-"-t-ConstantInople highway.
Pie back, only to have them surge for- set UP-
ward again. Tlie motives .clearly were political
The Tvventj -seventn-s friends, in fact, J and s"'ateslcal. but unfortunately ths
did something that the Hlndenbuig line conference had provided the enemy
rU,'dhn,VIiT tl,,J'ls,onr'eI When the Bolshevist with an argument against
first battalions of Infantry leached Mndi. I ,. . i j , ,
son Square they were held "up com- I itS OW" WOr, 1J deolarlnE tor '
pletely more than an hour nnd a half. I fourteen points and the self-deter-Tin
lints. On .Mask, nn.l All initiation of peoples.
These 27.000 men the flower of youth I The am poUtlcal exigency die.
of the Umpire state, were in heavy ' la tea the dividing of Germany by giv
inarching oMer. They wore their olive- j ing Poland a corridor through It to
-wu.utt, v-uiiiitiirtu iiGnin-is, or nn imts
Kas xnaaKs were Biun from their should-
crs, light packs and full canteens were
carried, and bayonets were fixed on the
rifles of the "dough boys."
Kach regiment carrying the weather
stained guidons nnd flags that saw
service In Flanders, marched In half
battalion units, equivalent to two in
fantry companies to the unit.
Shouts of triumph went up from thou
sands of throats when Sergeant ltelder
Waller, of the lOBth Machine Gun Bat
talion, wearing a Congressional Medal
of Honor and a Distinguished Service
Cross, sterrfed to tho center of the Arch
of Freedom, at Twenty-fifth street and
Fifth avenue, and, after saluting tho
colors of the Allies, drew his sabre bay
onet and cut tho "Hlndenburg line," a
heavy silken rope stretched from pillar
to pillar.
Sergeant Waller, alone and unaided
saved four men from a blazing tank and
prevented the tank's falling Into the
hands of the Germans at the battlo of
Belleau Wood.
Konte Strewn With Clean Sand
The severing othe silken rope was
the signal for the start of the pro
cession. Beneath the Arch of Freedom
and along the route of march between
twenty pylons, from which fluttered the
flags of the Allies and ovr which four
captive balloons tugged at their ropes,
carloads of clean sand had been thrown
Continued oa Taie Eljht, Column ii
ALLIED ERROR
FANS UNREST
INTO REVOLTS
Bolshevik Union Front
Rhine to Vladivostok
Shadows World
STARVATION THRPAT
j.xwi J.XXi4.X
PROVES A FAILURE
Reds' Doctrine Leans Buffer
t . tt
into Hungary as Conference
U t-i
rieVlSCS Frontiers
BRIBES NOW IMPOTFNT
mirKJ J..&JM
KiiIpiiIo Ar.. tr -
- may xiave lO JJCal
With Power Having Seat
at Moscow
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Starr Corr,p,,nt of KnI rnb.
lie Leileer with the p,ace Del..
Billion In Kurope
By Special Cable
CoPur,0ht ion, iu Public Ltdotr Co.
lans, March 25,-Tho Bolshevist
success In Hungary has filled tho
1 eac Conference with consternation.
I The sanitary ring of states around
Russia is now gone, for tho Bol.
shevists have leaped over this buffer
into Hungary, where they are In con-
. .win uerman-Austrla and vir
tually with Germany.
AVnh the addition, apparently, of a,
similar Red success in tho Ukraine, a
solid strip of Bolshevism la created,
extending into central Kurope, whera
countries like Czechoslovakia, Ger- '
many and Poland equally are rin
for revolution, such as Is flamlnt- in
Hungary. '
Tho Peace Conference has flMi
boundaries for ono enemy country.
Hungary, and It lias produced a B6ft5g$B
shevist outbreak there, and three wari, "M
.Hungary and Poland, Hungary and
Rumania and Hungary and Serbia.
Theso only add td the existing war
between Poland and Ukrainia.
I Conference Powerless
The Peace Conference is powerless
i to stop tho wars. Ukrainia paya no
te" n to lts orders- B'snevist
tz Zr:
tho league of nations to prevent war,
tne inference is not impressive.
Every step it takes starts a new war
'T"l "V e,1 f ,future war' The
Hungarian situation is alarming, not
merely because St brings Bolshevism
hito direct contact with the German-
speaking world, but because of tho
parallel between Hungary and Ger!
many.
. Hungary Itescnts Peace Decisions
( Hungary resented the decision of ths
1'eaco Conference, making the boun
darles of Hungary in accordance with
tho political needs of the Entente to
create strong powers east of Germany
and to have a highway from the Bal-
' tic to the Black Sea. To establish a
, connection between Polish Danzig and ,
Rumanian Constanza, a strip of Hun-
Danzig nnd putting 2,000,000 Germans
under Polish rule. To make Germany
nccept this, the Allies havo no re
course but to threaten to starve th
Germans.
Threats of Starvation Futile
The threat of starvation was mads v
by the Minister of War to the Hun
garians early this month, when the ,j
Bolshevists grow strong, but theVas
ihroat was unavailing. In a similar 4 J
way, no threat is sure of prevailing '
In Germany. The Allies have o.ily r
one policy to meet the social unrest
In eastern Europe; namely, to bribe V
tho people to be good. President Wil
son tried it first when Kerensky wawV
tottering nnd lie sent his famous
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message iu "" iuuw jr ,.J51
sembly. It failed. Equally l hasi&&3
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.... Bl.ifo.lVin t thn ranM w.i jk4 '4
present. ofcw - - - ,.v, v.
Bolshevism over all of tho eastern.'
and central European countries. "& s
eluding Germany. f c
Then the issue will become yumr 'A
There will be no question ot makln
peace with Germany, but the ium
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