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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 191j
Entered us tiecondCla MAlter at th 1'uetoiTlcp. it I'hlladelphta, Pa.
Under the Alt of March 8 1871.
PRICE TWO CENTS
MANGIN TO COMMAND IN EAST; ALLIED DRIVE HINTED;
FORMER PHILA. GUARDSMEN TO DEBARK AT THIS PORT
faWmm
28TH DIVISION
CITY SOLDIERS
TO LAND HERE
'Olil N. G. PT Units to Be
Brought Up Delaware
Latter Part o May
!k CHIEFS CONSENT
TO PARADE OF 'BOYS"
-
1 'iPSlllf rt 4fcTit IlitrSeinn9 to Pni.
tiuipatc in Jubilee Celebra
tion After Demobilizing
3 'REGIMENTS IN LIST
l09lh and J 10th Infantry and
108th Field Artillery Com-
ini; to- Home Piers
)
Philadelphia holdicrs in l'ennsjivu.
nlfts fnmniiK "Iron Dlvlftlnn" the.
lTwenty-clglitli will disembark at this
port.
' In the detucliincnt of returning
soldiers will be the 109th and 110th
l.Tnfnnlrv TJep-tmpnts imd tho lOAlh
IlFjeld Aitillery.
These reelments wei o foi mei lv the
first. Second, Tlilrd and pai t of the
'Sixth Regiments of the old National
tiuard of Pennsylvania.
The remainder of the division, made
i
up largely of troops from the western
part of Pennsylvania, ill be dis-
embarked at New York. Tho War De-
,partment announced today that facili
ties Hero are inadequate tor me mini-
Jnc at this port of the entire division.
Tho Pepftrtment promised, however,
that, when the entire division shall be
PXDx, It will come to this city for a big
Inaraila -T-3iltnrlplnllIn will then liaVe
opportunity to see in one long- line
pot marcn tne siaie s sons wnu iuubi
.l 1.T , 11.. J....I.... 4l.n n..
SO lieiuiuuilj uuiuiti nnr ,..
uuenllier .laues Aiiiioiiiictiiieiii
Announcement of the War Depart-,-nient's
decision to permit the Philadel
phia boys to disembark In their home
town was made tills afternoon in
Washington by -T. .larden Guenther,
secretary of the Philadelphia branch,
Council of National Defense.
Mr. Guenther, together with Adjutant
General Frank D. Ueaty. was In con
ference in Washington with Major Gpii-
eral Frank T. Hlnes, chief of the ills.
nmharintlnn Korvlrei Rrlcadler Geneial
' Kdward Anderson and Colonel Joseph
11. xacAnoTews.
There nas no definite announcement
as to the-tlme the Twenty-eighth Divi
sion will arrive in this country, but it is
presumed it will reach here some time
the Jatter part of May.
; Jt was announced several days ago
that the division had been ordered from
the advanced area, bad broken camp
'and had arrhed at or was en route to a
port of embarkation.
"We succeeded In obtaining piactlcally
everything that we asked for," said Mr.
.Guenther, following the conference.
"The army officials agreed that theie
.appeared to be some physical objections
ho bringing the entire Twenty-eighth Di
vision back througn tne pore ot i-iuiu-"delphla.
But they hoped that the men
f..,v, i,-,n frnm T'liiiniiclchl.i and nearby
ipoints will be disembarked at their home
'.Prt
'"They will then be sent to Camp Di,
1 .!... ...Ill l.a 4r.li.ail 1... lllA 1 A.
fWflClta llir.v VI 111 no jun.v.i .... ...- . .-
B.IJ. n n ,TI, lotnn wllinll 111 llfl
1'IIIIHIIIICl ui hid u.,iotv -- -
disembaiked at New York, I expect that
sine reception lor me iruups wnu muu ui
le'Thlladelphla dooks will De only a
local anair, a sponianeoua iucui weitunic
ho the returning heroes. The bfg wel-
coinlng event will be postponed until ine
entire Twenty-eighth Dllslon Is paraded
In Philadelphia in full regalia.
14, Convenient for Keiamen
f 'The landing of the 109th and 110th
I .Infantry and the Kisin Field Arunery
;at Philadelphia win mai.o it unneces
sary for the families and friends of the
Imbm 4.. Inla Vi n tltrt ( rt VflW Vftrl? In
IIC4. W .MOW lilt .... . .... .--... . -
Ijket an early glimpse of them ns would
llhavn huen neoessarv had the whole dlvl-
fllon been landed theie.
. "In view of the omclais consenting 10
...t... wnnrrnn,...lla Ia ItnlHlIn llln Antll'o
IXIittnO MllBII6,-,," " !..... ..... .....
.division in Philadelphia at u time suit
able to the Btate and city officials later
lon, we considered the proposal as very
reasonaDie ana um noi. ucim il wise
tp Insist further upon the whole division
being disembarked at the Philadelphia
I4 Ml'."' Guenther reached Washington
K . ln.. ..n.nllnff In at. not flflltcml
yjiniuiMcj , t'-..o ... .
i licary and take the matter up then with
the War Department officials. General
TS..J.,... nM tint mnrh Vnahtiit?inii linlll
WlilJ U. .wfc . --,... , . a. -
after midnight last night, however, so
the conference was held today. Failing
to locate General Beary this morning,
Mr. Guenther went to the War Depait
ment alone and had the arrangements
completed when. Geneial Beary appeared.
Mr, Guenther presented facts and fig
urs to the War Depaitment officials
demonstrating that the poit of Phila
delphia lias ampin dqcWng and terminal
facilities for taking care of tho Phila
delphia soldiers.
17 RhoT Tier larllltirx
It- He presented statements from Geoig'e
jr, weDsi;r. uuc-iiur u ivjmrveu iiuu
Docks, showing that Pier "8 on the
Delaware Jiiver ia auu jeej jong anil zdu
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MRS. ROBERT DRAHON DEAD
Society Woman Pneumonia Vic
tim After Brief Illness
Mi. Anna r.odman Drayton, wife of
llobeit Mnsey Dm j Ion. and pi eminent
In society, died, early this morning at
her home, 85 1j Seminole aenue, Chest
nut Hill.
With her when she died were her hus
band and her daughter. .Miss Uveljn 1'..
Diajtou. Mrs. Din ton's death was due
to pneumonia, which de eloped from a
cold conttacted seeial days ago.
Mrs. Drayton was a daughter of the
late Charles Henry .tones. Her hus
band is a member of the firm of P.obert
M. I'la.vton & Co. 121 C Walnut street.
PALMER'S 0. K. ON WILLIAMS
Attorney General Says Comptrol
ler's Title ts Clear
Wu-lilneliin, Match 27. (By A. P.)
Attorney Geneial Palmer In an opinion
lo Secietary Glass has stnted that the
Secretary has authority to continue John
Skelton Williams in office as Comptroller
ot the Currency and ex-offlcio member
of the Federal Reserve Board, despite
f.illuie of Congress to confirm his re-
nomlnatlou.
Secretary Glass made public today a
copy of a letter to Representative Mc
Fadden, of Pennsylvania, 'who has In
sisted that Mr. Williams' continuance
of office was illegal.
Mr. McFndden was Infoimed that the
opinion of legal officers of the Treasury
that a lecess appointment for the Comp
troller was unnecessary was supported
by the Attorney Geneial.
CHILDREN RESCUED AT FIRE
Neiphbor and Patrolman Carry
Little Ones From Burning Home
Two children were rescued from their
burning home at 512 Kmlly f-treet this
afternoon by a neighbor and a patiol
man, who battered down tbe door and
cairled them to safety.
They are James Kuhn. three ;ieais
old, and Inez, fle !,ears old. They
were alone In the house. Their father
is William Kuhn.
The house was sevetely damaged and
the two adjoining houses weie slightly
so.
People living In the ' neighborhood
saw spioke coming from the house, and
Patrolman Getson, of the Fourth street
and Snyder aenue police station, and
the neighbor, James lloa-ch, broke down
the front door and carried the children
out of the house.
JERSEY'S 29TH HOME IN JUNE
Guardsmen to Be Followed by
78th Month Later
The Twenty-ninth Division of former
New Jersey National Guardsmen will
embark fiom France on May 20, and
the Seventy-eighth Division of New
Jersey selected men on June 25, accord
ing to word received by Mayor IJllis, of
Caimlen, from Adjutant General Fied
erlck Gllkyson, who lias cbaige of the
moeme:it of troops In the state of New
Jersey.
The boys of the Twenty-ninth will be
officially received by South Jersey, prob
ably at Camden, although Trenton Is
bidding earnestly for the honor of
greeting them. This division is made
up largely of the old Third Regiment,
which was so badly cut up at Sedan
The Seenty-elghth Division will be of
ficially received at Newark or Jersey
City.
Camden's victory Jubilee committee,
'rif which Mavor Kills In rhnlrman will
meet next Monday night to raise funds
for the reception of the Twenty-ninth
Division.
WATCH BRYNMAWR GIRLS
Women Policemen on Job to
Supervise the Students
Residents of Bryn Mawr are lnter
esjed (n the appearance every afternoon
of women who "wall; a beat" on various
Bryn Mawr streets. '
They are the unofficial policewomen
employed by Bryn Mawr College and
the large private schools to observe
the behavior of the hundreds of college
and school girls concentrated In and
around Bryn Mawr.
Most of the policewomen effect a
mannish cut ot suit, witli collar and
tie. Their identity was at-flrst a mys.
terv to the men at the Bryn Mmiriitw.
house nnd other points where residents !
foregather, and even the policemen
'locked op them with suspicion until their
jdcntjty was established, . , .
Jiriias upen iKO wiora .-ry Rller. I
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FAVOR LEAGUE
THREE TO ONE
AT HOG ISLAND1
i
Rej)resentative Poll Shows
Big Shipyard Force Be
hind Plan
PROPONENTS GAINING
IN VOTE AT PENN
: Ballot, by Mail Overwhelming
for Proposed
JALL STRONG FOR PEACE
Some PresentvOpponcnls Sug
gest Changes They Con
sider Essential
Hog Island woi kmen have voted.
151 to -IS, In favor of the league-ot-nations
plan as it stands now.
While this vote Is only a fi action of
tile thou-ands emploved in the world's
largest shipyard, It may be considered
lepresentative.
Caulkers, riveters machinists, men
employed In the shiprlng board, in
spectors, clerks and naval officers
,es, and one sociologist weie Inter
viewed during the lunch hour.
It Is safe to say that the" innjoiltv
lecorded In favor of the league plan
is typical of the shipyard sentiment.
Three street polls also recorded a
malorlty in favor of the league-of-nations
plan. A poll at Broad and
Walnut street showed 42 persons 27
men and 13 women in favor of Hie
proposed covenant, -while 27 men and
8 women a (otal of 33 opposed the
plan.
A poll outside of City Hall showed
the majority to be greater. Forty-three
men and 11 women a total of 54
were in favor of the league of na
tions, while only 24 persons 19 men
and 5 women opposed the plan.
The largest street ballot yet re
corded, which was taken on Mai Let
street, shows 93 men and 17 women,
or 110 in ull- In favor of the leacue
and 36 men and 7 women n total of-
43 opposed to the plan.
Many proponents of the plan for the
International covenant still resort to
the EvKNi.syi Public I.bdku ballots
to express their views. The plurality
shown by the ballots Is now nearly
five to one In favor of the plan for a
league of nation!. The ballots tabu
lated show 107C for and 272 ugalnst
the proposition as It has been laid be
fore the Paris Peace Conference.
na,ltle at University
Meantime the faculty and student
body of the I'nlveisity ot Pennsylva
nia are conducting a hot battle of
ballots on their own account, with
the vote considerably closer than it
t'onttnurd on ram- Tntlte, Column On
GEO.H.McFADDENGETSD.S.M.
Broker Unusually Rewarded for
Work on War Trade Board
George II, MoFadden. a Philadelphia
cotton broker and representathe In
Fiance of the war trade board, has been
awarded the Distinguished Service Medal
for his services to the government.
The award was made by General Per
shing, according to an announcement
fiom Washington today. Mr. MoFadden
was one of six American officials, all
of them widely known In commerce and
finance before they entered the service
of the government, who hae been
awaided the coveted klecoratlon of the
fighting men.
The other recipients of the medal were
Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the
sliipping boaid; Paul I). Ciavath, repie
senlatlve of the Tieasury Department:
Dvvlght W. Moirow, member of the
American shipping commission ; 1,. 11,
Sherman, member of the American Inter
Allied Maritime Council, and Kduaid R.
Stettlnlus, special Assistant Secietary
of War.
Last December General Pershing ex
pressed his appreciation of the woik of
the war trade board.
The Evening Public Ledger's
League of Nations Ballot
j MARCH 27, 1919
Make a cross mark in one of the squares of this ballot
give your name if you ilesire to do so. '
Mail to League of Nations Editor.
THE EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK,
I PHILADELPHL-v
(The poll will close next Saturday)
1 am. for it ....
I am against it.
Name
AuUTQSS t'v .", ilf',
fy ...itMi-ft- -!-.
--tv"" jTV Vf $" tftfJH"! """ " ' T? rl
League of Nations Poll
m Philadelphia to Data
l'"or Against
league league
Result of poll nc lously
reported ti37t"
At Hrtmd mill Chestnut
streets
.Men 37
Womrn It
Poll ui Clt Hall
Men A?.
46
lfl
Women 11 3
l'nll on Market street .. IIH 4.'.
Hog Island poll l.'l 43
L'nlversitv of Pcniis Iva
n in poll
Students S7 77
Kaciiltv 8 G
Totals
. ..ti;!4 27
HINTS POLICE LAX
.
IN BOY'S KILLING
Lawyer Says Patrolmen
Made No Effort to
Stop Fight
2 SUSPECTS ARE HELD
Dei elli tion nf duty on Hip pal I of I In
pnlice was ihniged todav Lv Owen Mr
Line, a lnwvn. who toMltled at tin
healing In I'ential Station of six bovs
ai tested In t-onnei linn with Hie fatal
shooting of slleen-iar-old Joseph Ag
ger. 878 N'oith Twentieth stieet
Agger was killed at Itidge avenue aul
Poplar street last night during a fight
between irgm nnd white bo.vs
Samuel G. Watson of Thlileenth and
Melon stjeets. and HhiiIsou King, of
Thirteenth and Poplar stieets. who weie
among those artesteil. weie held. Wat
son was held without ball and King us
a mateiial witness.
Mr. Mcl.ane. who gave bis addies as
1414 Somerset stieet, said he was pass
ing the ioi ner of ltldge avenue and Pop
lar street and heaid the shouts of the
boys. The witness decaied theie were
seveial policemen on the col nei of
niglitemtli and Poplar stieets.
He asked them what the tiouble was,
and they replied it was "a fight between
whiles and blacks "
A moment later the witness said, a
shot was beard and the Agger boy was
found dead on tho sidewalk.
Sunpeet Clttlnm lie Wnu AltfukFil
Detective Mulgtew, who ai tested Wat
son, said that the latter admitted filing
a shot. Walson said he was on the way
to a "movie" show accoidlng to Mul
giew, and was attacked by i-eveial while
bo.vs. lie said he was lompelled lo fire
in self-defense.
King, t he other prisoner, was al-o
charged with stabbing Hemy Gllibell.
Seventeenth and Olive stteels, a week
ago. He was held In $601) ball on tins
iliaige. In addition to his connection
with the Agger shooting.
The bullettbat killed Agger was the
signal for others to be filed, and It
was several mlnuteM later befole any
peison had the toui.ige to venlure out
into the stieet to pick up the boy and
send him to St. Joseph's Hospital, about
a squaie away.
PATROLMAN SHOOTS FUGITIVE
Bullet Halts Aliened Thief Run
ning for 'i' Train
A patrolmen's bullet e.uly this nipt n
Ing halted the flight of Samuel Clayton,
of Sixteenth and Filznater stieets, as
he tan up the stalls nf the elevated sta
tion at Thirty-second and MaiKet stieets.
The police say Cl.i.vton tabbed a Chest
nut street cigar stole of cigais and
cigarettes and ?17 In casli
Clalon. who is seventeen .veais old,
is In the I'nlverslt.v Hospital In a crit
ical condition, with the bullet in bis left
side. The shot was fired by Fahy, a
patiolman of the Thlrlj -second stieet
and Woodland avenue station.
Seigeant ilcMlchael, of t lie same dls
1 1 let. was passing the cigar stole nt
Benjamin Spewak. 3:'CJ Chestnut stieet,
about 1 30 o'clock this morning when
he saw a man niter the ston. The
seigeant watched the plaie and saw the
Intruder leave with bis aims filled with
boxes of cigais and cigaiettes.
The alleged lobber inn when he saw
the seigeaent appioaihing him. The
chase led up lonle stieet and then to
Thlity-sccond nnd .Maiket stieets, wheie
Fahy was standing The patrolman
tiled tp slop the fugitive, but the latter
dodged mound the elevated railway pll
lais and lau up the slatlun stalls. A
train was appi caching
Fahy diew his levolver and died three
shots. Two of the bullets went wild,
tile third struck the youth.
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JAPAN'S PLAN
FOR EQUALITY
OF RACE FAILS
i
Completed World Cove
nant Rushed to Commit
tee for Redrafting
READY TO R All FY
BY EM) OF WEEK
Financial Expert? of Allies
Agree to I'. S. iew on
to I '. S.
Reparation
WILSOiN WILL OFFER
RHINE BORDER PLAN
Dalmatian Dispute Proes
Most Stubborn Question Be
fore Peace Delegates
liv the liociat?tI I'ren
Paris, Maich 27 The league of na
tions (ommission of the Peace Con-
! ference. with I'lesident Wilson In tin
chair, mel for three houis last night
and completed Its cunsldeiatlon of
the covenant of the league.
The covenant was refened lo a
diafting comimttee. consisting of
Colonel K M House, lepiesenting the
1'nited States, Ixnd Robei t Cecil, foi
Great llrltaln; Premier Venlzelos. of
Greece, and Ferdinand Larnaude, dnan j
I of the Pails law faculty. '
This comlltee will go thiough the
document, collect Its winding vvlieiel
necessary, and lefer It back to the
commission ns soon as possible, piob '
ably within two days, for final cun
sldeiatlon by the commission befoie it
is repotted to the e.xecutive committee
of the Peuce Cunfeieuce.
.lapaiicsp Amendment Kails
The covenant still contains iwcnly
sl. articles. No amendment has been
incorporated which specifically meets
the tlesites of Japan for recognition of
national equality.
Yesteiduy the Japanese delegation to
the Peace Confeience continued 10
pi ess for an amendment to the cove
nant which would go as far as the
conference was willing to concede
1 toward the promulgation of the prln
1 ciple of the equality of race The origi
nal Japanese piopos.il, which mel
I Willi a peedv rejection, lias been
modified by them sevcial times until.
las it stood jeMeida.v , it called for
I "recognition of the equality of nations
land just tieatmenl of all their na
tionals." I It was geueiallv understood dial
seveial of the lending delegations, in
cluding the Ameiic.in mission and the
majority of the lirltl-h. weie inclined
I to believe there was nothing obiec
I tionable In an amendment thus
I framed. The Aiislialians, however.
I weie understod to decline their as
I sent that the covenant should go even
I thus far.
! President Wilson's study was again
t lie center of Intense Intel est es(er
dav. as he, with the I'reinleis of Great
Britain, France and Italy resumed ilie
effort to setllp the questions standing
In the way of peace.
Premiers Take lite Helm
No event of the Peace Conference
has excited such Intel est and discus
sion as this action of the President
and the Premiers in taking affairs into
their own hands, and while criticism
and sarcasm are vet in evidence in
some quarters, including the Trench
Chamber of Deputies, still the prevail,
lng view In confeience circles Is that
the time had arihed for the adoption
of a strong policy assuring eaily and
definite results.
Pievlous to the meeting. Premier
Orlando spent an hour with Colonel
K. M. House, talking over the ques
tion of the Adriatic, which, with that
of reparations and the Rhine fionticr,
aie the three, vital Issues obstructing
progress. The Italian Piemler then
pioceeded to the Paris "White House."
wlieie Premiers l.io.vd Geotge and
Clemenceau were alieady with the
President.
The meetings, beginning at 11
o'clock In the morning, were vii tuall.v
continuous thioughout the day, the
league of nations commission cancel
lng its afternoon meeting s.o ns to
pel ml t Piesldent Wilson to give his
Continued on Pace Twrntr, Column unr
DEBS ASKS REHEARING
Petitions Supreme Court, Which
Has Allirmed His Conviction
Wellington, Maul! 27 (By A. P.)
The'Supreme Com l of the Pulled Stales
was-asked today lo rehear the case of
Kugene V. Debs. Soilallst leader, whose
conviction under the espionage acl ns a
result of statements made by hint In a
speech In Canton. O,. was affirmed by
the court March 10.
In a petition filed with the eour't.
Debs corjends that the afflimlng opinion
"clearly amounts to the trial nf a per
son ior an undisclosed 'state of mind,'"
and that the court failed lo decide ail
the questions raised In connection with
the case. .
"It is an unjust application ot the
law," he sas In his petition, "lo say
to a defendant 'your motive may fur
nish ap lngredent Justifying a convic
tion, but your mpllve cannot furnish
an, ingredient justifying 5'oi'r acquittal,'
d,( this. principle a lop well established
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lepnlilic li,i been pun Ijimeil in lte.-,ir.ilii.i .mil il ilireitorale li,i
ordered niilitsrv operation- Hjiain-I the Itunidiiiuu armv. It i staled
ilia! lie movement U eviilentlv engineered bj Itcil-liev iki. siipporleil liv
I kr.iini.in- who -cck to break through Ifuni.inia to e-latiji-li coulail
between Mo-covv anil lluilapc-l
CHILDREN ALIVE,
MOTHER IS TOLD
Phihulelphia Students E-- Monroe Doctrine Ainend
caped Turk Terror in inem Chief Point of Those
Syria. Letter Reveals A1Iies Considered
FIRST IN FOI R YEARS. WH HOUSE CABLED IT
Pour Philadelphia ihlldien who for
five 'ears have undergone huntrei. Ill-
lies nnd the tnrrsl.int fem nf being de- Ihe pioposed amendment to the league of Italian troops have occupied PreSS
ported or mindered by lire Turks In nations covenant suggested by ex-1'iesl- I burg, Hungary.
Sjrla have been heard from for the dent Taft. which was considered by The Bolsheviki plan a big drive
flrt lime in moie than four ear's. ' President Wilson and the Allied premiers against Poland.
"Thank (..ud:" weie the wolds oT Mis. In Pans jester day. was ent fiom the r -,. t D!u.it.: 1 i ' t. i j
Salal,, Lo.uff. .111 South Ninth street. ! White House ,e. than a week ago. Ge"e. ' P T, ' ll ?!
todav. H hen she told of the letter from ' after Mr. Tall had been assured by W,H .rePCl a11 attacks " the Allies
the children whom he has not ein for ' Secietai.v Tumulty that any suggestion !"nl-s" armS; ,sJ
rev en years I from him would he welcomed bv the 'VTfenewal of tile plan to Unite Rus
j Four btulhers '.i
I never een lliein
ml sisleis w 1m have
and I he father, w bo '
as not been In their pieseme for llflem
eal.s volted the -ame seiillni. nl.
i Aluady the.v are planning for the le-
uiilon, whin tho chlldien mum. fm
iPVeiv erfoii Is being now made, thiough
iKoveinuient i hapnels to hung Ine ihll-
dien li.uk to their native cllj and Iqved
ones
I Their slorv Is the tniv of, Ameilcun
i hopes and Ideals, sponsnud liv natili.ilU
i el S.VIIHU parenls. who eniluaceil the
Chilstl.in fai h IU.1IIV jenis ago in f.n
off
. The i lillilren three hov , Joseph,
ItohaiM and Nolini. anil a girl Sallina--
iiow agpil twent.v -tlnee. twentj-one,
'nineteen and seventeen tespHtthelv , were '
j taken lo Syria h their niinher lo "re-
telve an earl.v education in languages..
I Thf y had completed lheir comses and
'wen' about to leturn" home when the
war lamp and cut off i iinnnunk'.itlon. '
j The.v Mill have the'r .steamship tickets
to Philadelphia
I l.-ller from v riu
1 onl.v one letter leached IhN (liv from
1 them until toda.v, when Ihe letiei tiom
'Joseph was received by his father It is
dated Uasslool.el Ml. Lebanon, !vii,i,
1'Vbruar.v 1-. Itrl'J, and follows-
Theie ale no woids, no expiessions, !
adeipiale enough to express what was i
our lit light v heir we beartl Ihe In.vful
tidings of the arruistlie ami of the
slopping nf Ihe horrible war frnm
which humanity has suffered for so
long a period Our dellglu was not
of bss degree w lrerr. aflei fifty
months of ihe interruption of cone- ,
birondeuie helween us, we heard
thiough .Mr Antbon.v Naklflr, of the '
arrival nf jour letter nunouniing to I
tinllnneil on I'iik Iwrlllt. ( ohimn I'niir
CHARGED WITH $6000 SWINDLE
NEW YORK, March 27. Tony Btuno, Chicago, was held
by the police here today on a complaint of two forelgneis who
charge he robbed them of $6000. According to the police, Bruno
met the men on a stieet and asked them to give him American
money for $6000 in Spanish money. When the exchange had
been transacted, the foreigners say they found n handkerchief
Bruno gave them contained a roll of paper.
BOLSHEVIKI PLAN RED UPRISING IN FRANCE
PARIS, March 27. A Russian tinaichist named Wasili
Gambagnfis, a refugee in Lyons, has been arrested for distribut
ing Boishevik propaganda, the Matin says. Pnpeis found in his
possession, it is declined, contained plans for a popular uprising
iu France.
HERE'S A GOOD JOB
u.
S. Hniiiloyincnt Bureau
U 1
Looking for a S10,000 .Man
Want h good Job with Uncle Sain"
A $10,000 a jear position is leady for
a man who has had fifteen or twenty
j ears' evpetlence in Philadelphia real
etitate to act as an 'estimator for the
fedeial government on lealty values.
Joseph D. Stiles, In charge ot the
United Stales employment bureau, at
1518 Walnut street, said today he has
181 opportunities on file, Including va
cancies for a superintendent of a paper
mill, mining engineers, electrical sales
engineer, power plant, cor,atructlon en
gineer, draftsmen and cheaila's of nearly
all kinds. . ,
For Instance, a chenilsj who Is experl
enced liiifelgment, dry Jyes, can hvn
iblgment, dry dVea,cathavnparty on Tuasday phrtit announced. the!
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WILSON INVITED
TAFT SUGGESTION
lh' the Associated Press
H anlilnclon. Maich J7 The text of
by
President. This became known today at'
the While House.
Seveial suggestions were made liv Mi.
Tat., lh ininclp.il tme dealing with the'
Morn oe Doctrine. This was said officially.
but While House officials declined to
ghe out the tel or the communication I
The ev-Piesident talked over the tele-
phone with Mr Tumulty last week and
made known his tleslie to offer some
suggestion, if thec woultl be welcome
In Pari" When Mr Tumuli told him '
President Wilson woultl be glad to i e-
telve them, the proposals weie forwaitl-
i-d to the White House.
Several ilavs Hpn
message was ie-
ifived at the While House sending the
Presidents thank to Mr. Tuft
When Piesldent Wilson received the
message that Mr. Taft desired to sub
mil amendments it was learned toda.v.
the President tabled to the While House,
urging I hn I ihe.v be sent as soon as
possible and expressing appreciation thai
Mr Taft had decided lo make the sug
gestions
White linns" officials had a message
todav fiom Ilttu Admiral Giajson, stat
ing that the President was winking
vlrtuall.v nlghl and day. but Unit his
health was vv Ithstnnding the slialn ail
rnlrabl.v (jliiltl Dies fter Hating Cakes
fter eating cakes which her father
bought la a Mf.-re In the neighborhood,
nine rrronlhs-ulil (rllva Klgten, ilaughter
of .Mr. and Mis John Klgren, 2011 irii
stieet. became 111 and died Dr. D N".
Cnssell. who lives neaiby. was Called
In antl tried to save the child lie said
her death was due to poisnn Police
of the Fifteenth anil Vine streets sta
tion are investigating
DEVALERA SLIPS HOME
Mreu.lv in Dublin, With Wei-
eoine for Him Prohibited
Dunlin, March 26. (Delaved). (By A.
P) Profetsor IMvvam De Valer.n
recently elected president of lielaud by
the Sinn Kelu Parliament, has been In
Dublin since jesterday. accoiding to re
ports heie t
It had been said De Valeia, who
escaped from an Kngllsh prison Feb
ruary 4, would be offered a national wel
come on Wednesday, when he was ex
pected to arrive. The British Govern-i
ment. howexer. Issued a proclamation
forbidding meetings and processions en
the date set for his arrival, and the
executive committee or mtf Sinn Keln
IK
FRENCH ORDER
INDICATES BIG
FIGHT ON REDS
Entente May Wage Battle
on Hungarian and South
ern Russinn'Froiits
B ESS A R A B I A LA UNC HES
WAR AGAINST RUMANIA
New Republic Formed Bol-
sheiki Seek lo Connect
Moscow and Budapest
HENOLT SHAKES GALICIA
Italian Troops Occupy Press
Dill'
Hungary-
-Fo eh's
Sword Still Unsheathed
General Mangin, a leading French
officer, will be sent on a mission
to eastern Europe, where he will
assume command, for the Allies
with a possible view to opening a
iliive on the Bolsheviki.
Bessarabians, backed by Bolsheviki,.
have formed a republic and begun
warfate against Rumania.
All Galicia is in a state of revolt,
accoiding to an announcement
of the Moscow Government.
sian factions is indicated at Paris.
M. Pichon, Kiench Foreign Minister,
declares that the Allied policy in
Russia is not a "war."
. .
".' ""' Associated Press
l'nrl, Marclr 27. General Man gin, '
one of the leading officers of the French
ai my, will be recalled from ills command.
at Majence. the newspapers announce.
((".--undertake a mission, the character
and i-cope of wlrich "Is Indicated p'alnly
bj ihe events In Hungary"
.. ,.,.,, , ..,. ,..,',ii ,,. ,.,
ierahe Ner. important command In
eas'enr Cut ope. undoubtedly the flalkans.
with a view to possible operations on
the Hung,u Ian fiontler and southwestern
I'.ussla
! Heneral ,f. M (i Malleterre, the mili
tary till lc. in an article in the Matin
.tppatenih reflecting military opinion,
suggphis that as a means of checking the
Oo'shevlkl and rendering definite the
,icttn.v of the Miles, Allied armies should
I inar.'h through (Jer marry and effect a
'Junction with Poland, (ieneial Malle-'
tene adds that the Alies must finish the
i job bv a thunder stiolA, and declares that
tire sword of Multfm Koch Is not
yet
siieatneii rr
I iiiiilnii, Mann 2j (By A P) A
lepublic lias been proclaimed in Bessn
labia and Irs directorate has ordered
military operations against the lluma
nlan arm) a pait of which has heen
mrceti ro l.tll baclt, accoiding lo a War
saw dispatch lo the Telegraph
ii is stated that the movement in
evldeurlv engltieeied bv Bolsheviki, sup
poiletl by I'kralnlans who seek to break
thiHiugli P.umnnla io establish contact
between Moscow and Budapest
(Bessarabia, was, under the old regime
In Uussla, a piovlnce lying along the
irorthensutn frontier of Ilumanla It Is
hounded on the wet bv the Pruth Itlyer
and on ihe east and north by the Dnies
ler. on the southeast It Is washed by
Hie Blacl. Sea. It has an aiea of 17,11
sonar t miles antl had a population in
lonr, nf J,J". lot Ilumanla laid claim
lo Bessarabia after the collapse of the
In per ial regime In Russia and Ru
manian Hoops have been occupying parts
nf tin- country.)
Italian Hoops have occupied the town
of Piessburg, Ihlity-Hve miles southeast
of Vienna on the Hungarian slde.of the
bolder, according to a dispatch from
Budapest, forwaided by thB Cential
News cm respondent at Berlin.
i leiinujViarcii -'. (By A, p)
wueiess uispaicn received from the.
Soviet government at Moscow- declaims
thrt all of Oallcla Is iu a state of
, t evolution. The movement Is described
I as having begun In the oil districts near
Drobhobvoz. where the workers estab
! llshetl a Soviet gov eminent, and baa'
spreatl to the surrounding districts.
Troops dispatched by the Polish Gov
ernment, the message asserts, Joined the
movement. Tho l.emberg Soviet. It Is
added, has declined a general strike,
(llalicla was formerly a ciownland
of Austria-Hungary. It Is now "Xti
Man's Land." I'kralnlans ami Poles
have been battling In the Lemberg
leglun.)
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u uiw i , KUdaiAlyij
VttTln, March 27. (By ,, P,) Th
return to rniw ui one oi ine uttacltes of isi
tlie American peace delegation, wlm ii. i'
been In HoisneviK nussln, has given rls "siS
i .i I7;
eontlnued on rm Tntntr. f'AlnKin .. W
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Who Is the Murdered Man?
The question is still unanswered
In "Tiie Three String." Bein the
(dory todaj'. We know its will, j. J
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