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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1919
CZECHOSLOVAKS TAKE IMPORTANT HUNGARIAN CITY;
JOINT PEACE WITH ALL ENEMY NATIONS IS PLANNED
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FALLS IN STORE
Accident in Chestnut Street
Establishment Quick
Aid Given
INJURED SEEKING JOBS
Weight of Fifty Applicants,
Answering Advertiserpcnt,
Causes Collapse
Seventeen women wero hurt when part
of a mezzanine balcony collapsed at 9.30
o'clock this rnornlng In the store of Jo
seph O. Darlington & Co., 1126 Chestnut
street.
The women Injured were all applicants
for employment. About fifty persons
had answered an advertisement, and
had crowded the store employment offi
ce, on tho mezzanine floor. It collapsed
under their weight.
Tho names of the Injured, so far as
they have been learned, follow:
TREATED AT STOIti:
Ethel Perrlng, twenty-five, 3008 Rorer
street, shock.
Mary Hlillllnlck. nineteen. 322 Poplar
street, shock.
Mfa, Charles ltoucli, twenty-two, 1601
Poplar street, shock.
JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
Lens Parr, twdnty-one'. 805 Harrison
avenue, cuts and bruises.
Ethel Toraim, twenty-one, 1000 South
I Thirteenth street, cuts and' bruises left
ankle.
I lteb Torana, eighteen, 1000 South
-, Thirteenth street, bruises left ankle,
v Mildred Hill, nineteen. 3417 North
Nineteenth street, possible fracture right
shoulder.
Sir. Margaret Fnrrell, forty-two, 2115
Bellevue avenue, cuts and bruises.
Eatelle Roaenberc, nineteen. 417 Jack
son street, cuts and bruises of head and
- ankle.
May Kenderdlne, twenty-nine, 113
Vine street, scalp bruises and nervous
shock.
Martha Catlln, 1713 Vino street,
nervous shock.
Mr. Charlea.Qoelltz, forty-se en years,
old, 2866 North Twentieth" sCreei; pos
slblo fracture of right shoulder.
HAHNEMANN HOSPITAL
Mar. Acmes Larerty, a widow,, of
Holmes, Delaware County; broken left
wrist.
Unidentified young- woman brought ill
unconscious; cannot talk and Is believed
to have a broken jaw.
Young- woman whose name was not
learned; treated for broken wiist and
left.
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL
Sue Porter, wenty-one, 231G South
American street ; contusions of ankle.
Mar;; O'llrlen, twenty-four, 604 Wav-
erly street; slight shock and nose
Store Employes Eacupe Injury
None of the store employes was In
jured. Because of the early hour When
tho accident happened, there were com
paratively few shoppers in the store.
Miss Anna Hapgood, of 1418 Master
street, told how the accident occurred.
Miss Hapgood had gone to the store to
', look for work. Although she fell with
the others, she was unhurt.
"It was about half-past 9 o'clock,"
aid Miss Hapgood. "There wero about
fifty girls nnd women crowding the mez
zanine. Suddenly there was a noise of
wood cracking and the part of the mez
zanine where we were sagged in the
middle and wo all slid down to the boor
below."
The store manager said after the ac
triftnt that thft stor hnrl hepn eronn over
&-' regularly by the bureau of building in
spection, and pronounced safe.
The drop was .not '.great, fortunately,
and there were nq serious Injuries. The
women who felt landed tin a counter
underneath. One of the young women
treated at the Jefferson Hospital fell
into some red and blue Ink and her
clothlngtwas stained red and blue. Her
Injuries were of a minor nature;
The fall of the balcony wrenched
away sorhe of the telephone wires, and,
the first floor was partly cut oft .from
telephonlo communication. A woman
shopper ruifhed across the street to tho
offices of the; American Express Com
pany and sent In a hurry call for the
Fifth district police station arid tho Jef
ferson Hospltnl ambulances.
Some Sent to Hoapltala
Some of the Injuared were re
moved to nearby hospitals in patrol
wagons and ambulances. Others wero
Continued on I'me Two, Column Two
FIRE AWAY, CALIFORNIA. CUPID
Nino Youtbs Yearning to Wed
Lonesome Western Girl
Nine men, young and hopeful, seek
the "job" of husband to the Los Angeles,
CalW.' young woman with "expres
sive eyes" who appealed to the .police
here to help her find a spouse.
Thtee of the men appeared at tho
office of Superlfuendnt Itoblnson to
day, and said they Jiad the qualifica
tions laid down In the young woman's
letter. Their only fault, according to
James If- Lambert, secretary to Dlrlctor
WiUon, was fhat they d'dn't resemblo
the likeness enclosed in the you.ig :
man's letter. The picture resembled
a movie star with bushy hair. None of
the applicants had it. Those who applied
Jn person wero handsome, according to
Mr. Lambert. The others committed
themselves In writing, and may or may
not beon the Romeo order.
"I am honest and handsome," wrote
one young- man. Another said : "I have
JI70 In bank and two diamond rings, i
am tired of running around. I want a
good cook, who also can mend clothes.
1 have nlcfl clothes and a rtand-up cpl-
League of Nations Poll
Shows 'Ayes' Still Gaining
Affirmative Voters Greatly Exceed Opponents
at University and Other Places, Where
Advocates Also Lead
The strength of those Phlladelplilans
who favor tho plan for a league of
nations, as proposed at the Paris
Peace Conference, grows with the pass
ing of each hour, according to the
Evening Ptinuc Lrjpacn poll.
At the Chestnut street and Market
street ferries the plan of a covenant
among great nations was carried by
a vote that exceeded 2 to 1. A poll
taken In front of Independence Hall,
memorial of tho beginning of Ameri
can liberty, shows that tho plurality
in favor of the leaguo exceeds 3 to 1.
And the ballots printed in this news
paper and mnrked now show a ratio
of 4 to I in favor of the league.
The total ballot thus far tabulated
shows 6376 for and 2746 against the '
plan of tho leaguo of nations as it now
stands.
The EvnNi.vo Punuc LcnrjEn's
printed votes show 892 persons for
and 220 against the league of nations.
Those opposed to the plan for a
league of nations showed additional
strength yesterday during the second
day of the poll at tho University of
Pennsylvania, which closes Friday in
the offices of the University's dally
paper, the Pennsylvania!!. After
starting off Monday with 33 for and 5
against the league the vote yesterday
showed 76 for and 37 ngalnst the plan.
This canvass of Philadelphia will
end on Saturday afternoon, when the
last ballot will be printed. Readers
who have formed an opinion for or
against tho present plan for a league
of nations and who have not yet
mailed their votes to this newspaper
aro urged to do so within the next
three days.
On Monday there will he a recapitula
tion of the ote with a resume of the
arguments introduced for nnd against
the plan 'which has been proposed nt
Paris. The names of many of the voters
will be published.
The battle, of the ballots conducted
throughout the country shows that the
league is leading by a margin of about
three to one.
Tho question, however, has been put
differently1 by the' newspapers In other
cities. Difference In Questions
In New York, for example, the ques
tion is asked "do you or :lo you not
favor a league of nations" In other
words, the principle of a covenant of this
kind. Whereas, the question propounded
in this city is "do ou or do you not
favor the plan specifically put forward
at tho Paris Peace Conference." Thus a
person favoring an amended plan, if
VARE IS OUTBID
FOR PARK WORK:
All Rival Contractors Offer
Lower Proposals for ,
Buildings
AT LEAGUE ISLAND
Senal6r Vare was outbid all along
the line by rival contractors today for
the construction vZ .buildings at League
Island park.
The bids wero opened by Joseph L.
Baldwin, assistant director of public
works. The improvemeu bid upon
weie a boathouse, a bandstand, an
"overlook" or promenade, comfort sta
tions and a supertendtnt's building and
stables. Separate bid., were received
for thi plumbing, heating add Instilla
tion of electrical and other equipment.
Senator Vare already has performed
work for tho city at Leaguo Island park
at a total cost of millions. This was
his second failure to be low bidder for
the supplemental work. Two years ago,
in May, 1918, he offered to build th,e
boathouse, bandstand and overlook and
one comfort station, for a total of $183,
000. This was considered excessive and
the bid rejected, tho woik being re
advertised. Vare IMili 1302,201.30
For the same work Senator Vare's
present bid Is even higher, being $203,
512.50 as made today. The work at'
planned now by the city engineers calls
for the erection of additional comfort
stations and tho superintendent's build
ing and stables. TlA Vare bid for all
perlnte
lA Va
of lig
the work, exclusive 67 lighting, heatlngl...1 ni giving sou lacts, cried .Mr.
and installation of electric appliances
nrf Installation of eleetrlt. nnnllnnces.
was 302,201.5O.
Lower bids for the buildings lnv their
entirety were offered by several con
tractors. William II. McCloskey, Jr.,
bid. 1272,454 J Kdvvard Fay & Son bid
$26M80 and Henry K., Baton bid f292,
100. ' '
Each firm bid separately on the dif
ferent parts of the work. The lowest
possible combination bid, made up of
the lowest bids offered by the firms bid
ding in competition with Senator .Vare,
would come to a total of 1268,001, for
the construction work alone, and not
counting In the lighting, heating, grad
Ing and electrical Installation.
Department Kltlmnte $372,000
The Department of Public Works es
tlmated that the Improvements at league
Island Park should not comef to a total
cost greater than ,272,000, If the low
est bids .aggregate a )arger sum than
th's It rests with the. director, at his dis
cretton, to reject any and all bids and
readerttae,
, Bldg were submitted by many firms
for the heating, lighting and electrical
Installation work. The bids merely were
opened today. - They will now be
scheduled and submitted to the director
fop action.
League of Nations Poll
in Philadelphia to Date
' Tor Agnlnat
Result of poll previously
reported . . 5135
Poll at dance of Jewish
AVelfaro Board
Soldiers 33
Sailors 35
Marines "
Women 23
Petition of D. W. Pauley IS
University of Pennsylva
nia poll 76
Evknino Public Lmaun
ballots .., S92
Poll at Independence
CI
Women 15
Poll at Chestnut Street
Perry
Men 71
Women 12
384
220
Total 6370 2746
ho 'Notes at all, must oto against the
present unamended plan.
In front of the ancient brick building
where tho doctrine of American liberty
was first enunciated, seventy-nine men
nnd women voted in favor of tho leaguo
of nations coenant binding this coun
try to Join with other nations in preserv
ing tho peaco of the world. Of theso
sixty-four wero men nnd fifteen wero
women. Twenty-one men and six women
made a total of twenty-secn votes
ngalnst the present plan. There was an
eagerness to vote on tho part of most
of thoso who were approached which
has been unequaled In any other part of
the city. And, unlike other polls, full 85
per cent of the men and women inter
viewed had definite opinions ono way or
the other with arguments to back them
up. ,
SAYS WILSON NEEDS
' BETTER ADVISERS
P. J. Williams', a banker with offices
in the Morris Building, doubted the
wisdom of supporting the present plan
of creating a league of nations, largely
on the ground that the President
neeiiil more skilled advlseis.
TMj'mT he" said! " too great
to be accomplished by any
man, no
matter how good he may dp,
I do not
Continued on I'nre Elcht, Column One
DEFER DECISION
ON ZONE FARES
I Jersey Trolley Company
Denounced as Pirates in
Newark Hearing
CONTROL STATE, CHARGE
Ou a Staff Correspondent
Neirurk. x. J March 26. "Pirates
public robber!" These epithets weie
applied to the Public Service Corporation
today at a hearing on tho trolley fare
zone sjbtem, which, according tn rsl.
dents of Camden and other New Jersey
towns, materially increases the cost of
rMln& ' cost 0l
. ,
The man who thus denounces the Pub-
Iio Service Corporation was Mayor C.
P. Glllen, of Newark. He called upon
Chairman Slocum, of the State Utilities
Commission, to nut down ti, ,., e
"bunch of
pirates that nave been robbing the
people of New Jersey." tacked from the east along the road. I was being made In the highest quarters
"They are pirates," ciied Mayor GIN Fighting under the utmost difficulties, ' to join together all the peace treaties
Ien. "and cannot get awav with it tlle AIlled ,roops "ere unnb, to ad-, with German. Austr n, Turkey nnd
leii, aim cannot get away with ". i vance beyond tho line of enemy mechlne nnd Bulgaria, thus making one compre
Thls trolley cominy is a public robber guns, and the Bolshevik arttllery main- 'hcnslve treaty, In which Germany would
.mi li.u i. t ,. lumiuucu me courts
and everything else In the state.
But
the public has had enough of
business.
such
Mr. Slocum had just outlined the case
and had voiced sympathy for the trol
ley company. He flushed when Mayor
Glllen made his charges.
"Let us get down to facts," said Chair
man Slocum.
T'aen. I am putting tlllB up to you
Now Is the time for the people to trim
this bunch of pirates.
InfiUt on Fair Flay
James M. Doherty, of Bayonne, Joined
allien in his attack on the trolley com
pany and demanded fair-play from the
Publlo Utlltles Commission,
E. G. C. Bleakly, city solicitor of
Camden, Injected himself into the dis
cussion by demanding that the trolley
company provo Us right to higher fares
by opening its books.
"We want to be fair," said Mr,
Bleakly, "but we are going to demand
fatr-play from this commission and the
trolley company.
"The company has tet forth to th's
commission that It must establish a zone
system or go Into bankruptcy. The
company has produced figures. But how
do we know thnt they are true? Now I
want the trolley company to open Its
books. The public demands It."
Want Hooks Opened
Glaring at Chairman Slocum, the
Cemden man said: "I want you to un
derstand that If this commission dares
to pass upon the case without giving
the public it right to examine the books
Costumed oa JPsMiTire, ClumnOaa
SSSiE?
SONG ON SUNDAY
Father of Blue Law Modification
Bill Defends Mlegctl Club I
Violators I
Wllllnm P Rorkr, father of the Horke
bill, to modify the Sunday blue laws
was In Central Station today to defend
two men accused of trying to givo Sun
day a gayer huo by dispensing "red" ,
liquor.
The defendants were Thomas Glbbs, i
, of Gladstone street, and Henry Doltmnn, '
, South Ph,lltp street They are members
or a clinrtered club on the third floor
.of a building known as Lelderhelm Hall,
I Third street near Mlfllin street. Dolt-
i man is janitor of the club. A Sunday '
school and a slmrlnir soeletv h.iro nuar- I
ters on the second floor nnd tho first
floor Is a store room.
Detectives Duffy and Eichelman. of,
the vice squad, said they bought liquor i
of the defendants In the club Sunday,
.March ., and at nights. '
Tho defense-was that the club was!
chartered and had n right to sell liquor
under certain lestrlctlons,
Mr. Itorko remarked that the detec
ts es had not bothered the tinging so
ciety, although It sang on Sunday. He
said they were right In not bothering
It, but should not have bothered his
clients either.
Glbbs was discharged because he hail
been arrested without a warrant Dolt
man was held In $5Cb ball for further
hearing Friday.
PAL S BIKE LEADS TO ARREST mac t0 conclude a general peace with
17-Year-OId Boy Charged With I Bulwuta. Turkey and Germany at the
Stealing From Playmate r'"e tlme ,,robnb,y w!" bT, s"i;cesst"1' '
wmiim rwr,- ,,, , , ' It is demanded by the Italians, who
r!!i.?i?Nrar.r?.Si:i"--t - ...... a po
a blcyclo that is the envy of all ho does not settle tho Dalmatian question,
little boys In the nelghborl ood. ' Tho English nlso arc favorable, and I
Two or three dajs ago Leroy But-
fett,
big boy of seventeen, who used
to live In tho neighborhood but had
moved away, nobody knew where, came
back to see his old friends. Ho asked
Willie to let him take a ride on his
bicycle and Willie said "sure."
i-eroy roue away and dlcln t come
back. Unfortunately for him, however,
this Important fact had slipped his mind:
I Willie had a big brother.
Walter, tho big brother, did some
(detective work. Ho found that Buffett
! lived en North Howard street and
worked In a department store. Then
fho went to Central station, sw-oro out
a wairant charging larceny and had
Buffet nrrested. Willie got his blciclo
! ad Magistrate Pennock held Le
iui in $uvu umi mr court.
GERMANY PLANS SOVIET DEVICE
Government Will Submit Pro
posal to Weimar Assembly
Iterlin, Starch 26. (Hj A. P.) The
German Government will shortly submit
to the committee on constitution of the
Weimar Assembly the proposal for the
Incorporation of the Soviet sjstem In
the constitution.
The semiofficial North German Gazette
says tho effect of this measure would be
to establish a tort of three-chamber
system of government.
YANKS BATTLE
REDS IN WOODS
DEEP IN SNOW
Bolsheviki Re-enforcing Front at
Bolshoiu-Ozcra to Break
Communications
I Willi the Allien fore-en In KubsIii.
Marcl1 -C- By x- T,-)-Tlle Bohhclk!
nre ontrelICJ"& aml ic-enforclng both
their infantry and artillery at Bolshoia-
t Ozera and are endeavoring to hold this
mortant polt , t,,c nB ot the Allied
communications between Obozerskaia
land Onega.
I Tllfl Americans and British attacked
InBt Sunday from the west side of the
village, and the anti-Bolshevik Russians,
mmnnrnui Hi- Amprimng ami nrltlnh. nt -
talned'a certain sweep or me vvinmng
high road through the w oods,
' Struggling waist-deep In the soft,
drifting snow of the forests, tho forces
striking from the east found a flanking
movement impracticable, and they were
able to progress only nt the rate of two
thirds of a mile an hour.
,.SE.
of the
range.
village, within good artillery
The Evening Public Ledger's
League of Nations Ballot
MARCH 26, 1919"
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
FAVOR TREATY
INCLUDING ALL
BELLIGERENTS
Italy Demands General
Pact, and Powers Swerve
to This View
(N BE COMPLETED
BY MIDDLE 01? JYlAl
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, L ICIII1C1S, III ViUllklUUUMa -
SlOIl, Take Up CriSlS LiUlSCU
, t i 1 !
Y BOIS11CV1K1
SECRECY VEILS ACTIONS
Steady Work by Big lour Ex -
pected to Clear Up
Differences
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Sinn" Correspondent of the Kveulng Pub
lie Ledger V It Ii the l'eaee lleie-
Kill Ion In Kurnpe
By 'Circles
topvriofil, 1915, bii Public I.cdatr Co.
, 1,-,-pnci, Judging from sharp
. .,. -,. r ,..
. ""ici" l '""- -"" I
ow uppearing In the press, ate ov-
I possed to recent developments.
i It is admitted there was a plan to
f delav settlement with Germany', but it i
is now felt impossible to beparate the
Issues involved, and It 1h believed thei
final result will be more quickly ob
tained by a "general treaty.
An otllcial estimates that the enemy
delegates will be llerc to sign by the
first of May, but this estimate prob
ably is too optimistic, for all estimates
heretofore from the same sourco have
proved false.
Heady Middle of May
It will probably be the middle of1
May before the treaty is ready.
Prospective changes in the plan
illustrate the indecision and un
certainty of the Peace Conference, !
for tho scheme foimerly was to rush ;
a separate peace witli Germany and
to conclude the treaty with tho other
powers afterward. But each separate
decision of tho conference has
provoked a new war bomewhere, and
now tho plan is to go nhead with
absoluto secrecy attending the meet
ings of tho big four and make peaco
with all former belligerents at once.
Having found the problem ot mak-
I ing peace with Germany beyond its
powers, the conference cheerfully
! talked of tlje problem of making peace
.vith the entire world Instead. Entire
secrecy is now enjoined at tho meet
ing of the big four, who meet with-
out stenographers, secretaries or other
machinery.
The new method of frank confes
sion has proved a failure, and the
peace-making organlzJUion reverts to
historic methods of previous peace con
ferences in which a fevy men settled
Issues in privntf.
I'arU, Maich UC (By A. I'.) It be-
' came known today that a spi-Iouh effort
, Pe nnked with the other central powers
as their reeponslble head
While such a step would cause some
delay, yet the American and British
leaders heie feel that It would save time
in the end, In completing the work on
till the peace treaties. The Inclusion of
Austria in a comprehensive treaty would
has resented the conclusion of terms
Continued on Pane KUhteen, Column Two
D
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Red Revolt Forces League
Revision to
Wilson Himself Writes Clause to Protect the
Monroe Doctrine Will Give Japan
Control in the Orient
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Stun" rnrrenpnudent of the lltenlnic Public Ledger
Vi'ltli the 1'euea Delegation In Europe
By Wireless
Conrljht. j.119, by Public Ledger Co.
Paris, March 26.-
-Tho Bolshevik
triumph In Hungary
has brought Its
nrst result in the amendment of the
league of nations' covenant so as to
protect tho Monroe Doctrine.
President Wilson is di awing the
amendment himself, which will be In
general terms and is expected to be
unanimously accepted by the other na
tions, who wish to avoid a quarrel
with the United States Senate,
I President Wilson consented to make
'these changes under the pressure of
' fast-moving events In Europe and the
rHiIclim bv lVnnon and Emrland.
With the collnpoo of Knrolyl. the
Entente representatives in Hungary
have Intensified their pressuie on tho
Peaco Conference to speed their action.
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP DAMAGED IN GALE
LONDON, March 20. Owing to damage sustained during
a gale -while In port at Spezia, fifty miles southeast of Genoa,
the American steamship Western Wave, from New York, has
put into Genoa for repairs.
MISSING SEAPLANE TOWED TO NAVAL STATION
WASHINGTON, March S6.The navaT seaplane which had
been reported missing from the Hampton KoacTs aviation station
has been recovered with rill on hoard, the TTavy Department was,
informed officially today. The machine was forced to laud be
cause of v,"5S?ae trouble and waa towed (o the station,
ASK SOLDIER SONS
BE BROUGHT HERE!
Mothers Appeal for Land-1
ing of ''Iron Division"
at This Port
PETITION WASHINGTON
Adjutant General Kranl. D. Beary and
J. Jarden (Juenther, secretary of the
Philadelphia council of national defense,
went to Washington todaj, carrying
the appeal of hundreds of mothers of
soldiers In this state that the Twenty
eighth Division, "Pennblv aula's Own,"
be landed In this city.
The flsht to divert to
uivert to rmiaueipnia
the dx big transportu which will carry
the "Iron" Division home will ofllctally
I begin nt a conference to be held In the
office of Major Oeneral Frank T. limes,
chief of the embarkation service, at
Washington,
Many mothers of the soldiers In the
old. First, Second, Third and Sixth
Regiments, Philadelphia's contribution
to the division, have appealed to Mrs.
Kugene S Nevvbord, In charge of the
Red Cross Canteen Service nt the North
Philadelphia Station. Other appeals
have been received by Mrs. George W.
Chllds Drexel, who directs the canteen
work here, nnd by Red Cross officials
throughout the city.
Ah Worthy im New Vorkers
It l.s the contention of the mothers
that their sons nre entitled to as much
recognition for their services to the
country as are tho New Yorkers In
whoso honor a demonstration was held
yesterday
"We have worked and saed and
given of our time and money, as well
i'ns of our blood, that all of the soldiers
of the country might be cared for.
Therefore nre we not entitled to see
our boys in all their glory?" the mothers
are asKlng.
'These women suggested to me," said
Mrs. Newbold. "that a petition could
be easily circulated and signed all owr
the state asking that the men be brought
here. They tblnk that if the Secretary
of War and the other officials realize
the mothers' feeling on this subject
they would divert tho vessels to Phila
delphia. "Of course, they don't want to delay
their boys coming. But they feel that
the Delaware can take care of theso
vessels, and arrangements can be made
to have Just such a program as New
York had when the Twenty-seventh re
turned." Mrs. Newbold said that the calls came
from mothers In every walk of life, and
that they felt the petition was the best
way to reach the men at Washington.
The majority, too, have worltcd for the
Red Cross. ,
"Many of them," said Mrs. Newbold,
"wear the medal and two stripes that
show they have each given 2400 hours
of their time to the Red Cross for the
last eighteen months "
Colli It Kxeellent l'lun
"A most excellent plan," said Walton
Continued en Tare Eighteen, Column One
When yu think of writlnc
Uilnk of WHITING. 4fv.
Suit Senators
President Wilson will not be obliged
to place before the Senate' the rame
document which the thirty-seven Sen-1
ntors refused to Indorse. He has met '
all their legitimate criticism. i
The fear is widespread hero that
even should Scheldemann last long
enough in Germany to sign a peace, I
his government might fall while the
TT-.ltnl
States
Senato
debates tho
league. '
So Lenine by taking Hungary has
helped the Republican objectors to
have their way. The amendment pro-
posed by the President is not jet fully
disclosed. Tho text was not quite-
satisfactory to him when the commls.
sion met Monday night. It will prob
ably be inserted In Section 10 and be
Continued on Tnie Seventeen. Column Two
SUPPORT LEAGUE,
HITCHCOCK PLEA
Peace Without Covenant of
Nations Mere Truce,
Says Senator
ADDRESS IN CHICAGO
liy the Associated l'res '
CIiIiuk", March 2G. Asset ting thai
there is only one league of nations con
stitution before tho world and that
people must u!cpt this or nothing, Sen-
ntor G. M. Hitchcock, of NelunsUa. re- ",1-r nf Hungary, has been arrested and
cently chahman of tho Committee on ;)!,"be, bufh,t ,befr a revolutionary
,,.,., , , , tilbunal for trial, a Vienna 1 snatch to
1-orelgn Relations, paused a minute to-, ,ile National Tldende. of Copenhagen,
day in ills speech here to the AssocU- says. (This declaration conflicts with
tlon of Commerce, nnd added. I 'be foregoing dispatch from Berne re-
"l am for It. ! porting a rumor of Koralyl's assasslna-'
"We need not deceive ouiselves with "on)
foolish hopes that wits will naturallj i The Relchspost, of Vienna, prints a '
cease," Senator Hitchcock said. "K-! d'spatch from Builnpest that Allied
perienco has shown that they come , "oops occupying Arad and Szegedin, on
whether nations are barbarous or i '!,e Maios and Thqlss rivers, respective
civilized, Christian or pagan, educated I lj. have been withdrawn,
or illiterate. ' A Pressburg report received In Berlin
"They will continue in the future as , says that martial law has been declared
they have in the past, unless nations throughout Czecho-Slovakia as a result
unite in a plan to uold them For the ' of events In Hungary.
tlrst time In history nations ale making
an effort to do this
T .ilvtl.l.li, P.llP. Ilnll ,1 Trllr
-.-------------- --.., . .
"Will the efforts of the men In P.uls
succeed or fall? The answer Is of tre-
mendous
Importance to families who!
must furnish soldiers If they do" fail. It Irench mission, has been wounded anj
Is of great Importance to taxpajers If taken prisoner by forces of the new'
tile league Is not formed tho peace rlgned . Hungarian Government, according to a
In Patis will be only a truce, and evcrj report received In Prague. Mnjor Free
nation will tesunie war preparations on man, of the British nrmy, It Is added,
a bigger scale than ever.' Taxes In the succeeded In making his escape from
United States to cover these prepare- Budapest,
tlons would run Into hundreds of millions ' The commander of tho French troops
j or uouars n ear .viosi oi mis ournen
wuuiu ne in mo iuiiii i uti; uii in-
-times ami business pi nnis
"Prohibition has knocked out seveial
hundred million dollars a year ot gov-
ernment revenue, nnd public sentiment
probably will never again submit to the
old practice of raising the bulk of the
revenue by taxes on the consumer, no
mattei how they are levied. This may
be a cold-blooded way of looking at
the question, but I wish to make It
plain tnat tne nni conierence ib not
entirely academic, but affects us all tre-
imi,uu.,j,
(ire at Clmnxe in World
"Perhaps the establishment of a league
of nations never was possible before.
A great Aiinge, however, has come over I
In the past the world has
d by autocratlu governments
conquest. Now, however, the
f the world nave become, or
by yesy aid may become, largely demo
crat! It should be comparatively Bim
pie for them to make an agreement to
establish international peaco based on
justice.
'That Is the effort now being made
In Paris. America leads. Her represen
tatives are devoting their energies to
securing for humanity the great boon
of a world fret, from future wars. In
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WEDGE CUTS
OFF BUDAPEST
FROM VIENNA
Slavs Seize Raab on
Danube Midway Between
Two Capitals
POLAND FACES ANARCHY
RUMANIA'S PERIL GRAVE
Lliurchill rears Disaster From
nil ! T" i i-'
"OlSllCVlk tide Eastern
Situation ScrioUS
KAROLYr SLAIN, REPORT
Arrested, Savs Another Dis-
' '" -tlI1l'-r -L1B
patch Allied Troops Quit
T,., 'r tt
1,VO l0W11S ,n Hungary
Demarcation Not Final,
Allies Tell Hungary
Copenhagen, March 2G. (By A.
!) The Hungarian Soviet Govern
ment, a dispatch from Budapest
says, lias received a written com
munication from tho Allied mission
there that the line of demarcation
laid dovvn in an earlier ultimatum
should not be regarded as the po
litical frontier of Hungary.
In accordance with the new de
cision, it is added, there will be'
established a neutral zone for the
solo purpose of preventing colli
sions between Hungarian and Ru
manian troops.
By the Associated Press
Berlin, March 26. It is reported her
from Vienna that communication be
tween Vienna and Budapest has been k?1
interrupted through the capture byijt
i,o vri,iiu-Qiuttiv8 ui me town or
Raab on the Danube about midway
between the two cities. Large Hun
garian cannon foundries aro situated
at Raab.
The captuio of Itaab Is slgnifS
cant in view of the report from Vienna
on Monday that a Czecho-Slovnk army
! was marching on Hungary. It Indl
I cates a deep advance into Hungary
by a strong Czecho-Slovak force. Under
j the old regime Raab, which Is slxty
1 seven miles northwest of Budapest
i at the confluence of the Danube and
Itaab Rivers, was a royal free city of
Hungary with a population of 27,738.
The city was formerly a fortress.
Heme, March 20. (By A. P.) Ao-
coidlng to an unconfirmed rumor reach.
1 Ing Prague from Budapest, former Pre
mier Karolyl, of Hungary, has been as-,
sassluated.
t'openhaicen, March 2C. (By A. P.)
The Hungarian national council ha3
been dissolved on motion of its prcsl-
dent.
nuuapest dispatch states.
Count Michael Karolyl. former pre-
Conflicting reports have been received
concerning the Allied mission In Buda-
' llPRl All I lA innmhara A....
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one
American officer, nave left Budapest,
a
x lenna dispatch to the Abendpost, of
Berlin, says. Colonel Vix, head of the
, i Budapest, according to a wireless dls-
natch from tlie Hungarian canltai. denies
,he ren0rt that hs soldiers havn heen
1 disarmed by the communists.
London. March 26. (By A. I'.) Dli.
cussing the situation in Russia In thVii
House of Commons. Winston Snencer lVf 1
i Churchill, Secretary for War, said that ,ff a
i ovinia .lnrinn- iim int two nr th A
months in Ukraine had been extremely, JMj'21
aisaBtrouatfithe French. He said they i 7 !i
mid entei5Tfrom the eouth and had Vif'J
eone Bome distnnce from the coast vrnen Tvj
tney were conironieu ay superior lorces t 't
'""1 encountered hostility frpm tho peo-
pie. rne Deuremry puimeu uui mat mu ,.-
latter leature was auineviiine wijikjj, t pj
must be carefully weighed, as n Ms,
showed the danger that might 'reuU y:M
Tho secretary said that Hungary bad JK;
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