'-wPWIP U- y.v y . "in ,. .. L A " C' '-r -' ' V r. (jUy -Wi ' " He ' Cuenttm THE WEATHER Washington, March 29,Fpir and uarmer tonight; less winds tomorrotv. TPirgltATIiItE AT BACK tlOOn m 9710"! 11 1 12 1 1 1 2 1 3i 4 1T1 IS7 I 38 I 38 I 3' 39 39 I I fffi "V.: 1 NIGHT EXTRA. San ft. nfi? ft VOL. V. NO. 168 Published Dally Except Sundy $ubrlMlon )V1 10 a Yf by Mall lopyrmht. llilli. by Public I.ed-er Company PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1919 Untertd as becond-t'lats Matter nt the Postofflce. nt Philadelphia. Ta i Under the Act of Mnn.li 8, 1H7B. PRICE TWO CENTS GERMANS MAY BREAK TRUCE, BERLIN PAPER HINTS; TWO KILLED IN STORM HERE; SHIPS HELD IN PORT a m s fa V'Ti HUm il :- L- - iv4 ft V f ti 48-MILE GALE LEAVES FATAL TRAIL IN CITY Man Blown Off Ladder to Death; Woman Off ' Porch HAVERFORD CAN'T SAIL; 3 LAUNCHINGS DELAYED Northwest Wind Blows Wuter From River to Lowest Point in Forty-five Years GREAT PROPERTY LOSS Buildings, Trees and Wires in City and Suburbs Leveled by Blast Storm Plays Stunts With River Shipping Forced postponement ot three lauuchlngs, one at Hog Island, two at Bristol. Prevented scheduled sailing of transport Haverford, duo to leave Us pier at 10.30 o'clock this morn ing. Caused the lowest tide since 1872, four feet below normal, by blowing tho water out to sea. Bared mud flats and sunken wrecks In river, that had not b'een seen for generations. Cut off temporarily Marcus Hook, Reedy Island and Breakwater, by tearing down telegraph wires. Halted river commerce, ham pered .ferry service and forced in coming steamships to anchor in harbor. At Lewes, Delaware, just Inside tho'bay'!;the wind attalnm-n, veloc ity of sixty miles an hour early today. Damaged houses and blew down trees, poles and signs in all parts of city and suburbs. N Two persons were killed a man and a woman by the high winds which swept tilts city today. Tho dead are: John De Grosso, 1247 Latona street. Mrs. Rose McDeritt, 6009 Jefferson street. Do Grosso had gone to tho top of a ladder set up in front of Lorraine Hall, 1605 West Passyunk avenue, to repair a break at the top of a plate glass window. The wind blew the ladder over, and his skull was frac tured. He died in St. Agnes' Hospital., Mrs. McDevitt was blown from tho porch of her home, and she too suffer ed a fractured skull. She had gone to tho porch to let in a dog. Tho wind caught her and swept her off. She struck her head on the sidewalk. Besides these fatalities, the high wind raging yesterday and through (he night, and reaching a velocity several times of forty-eight miles an hour this morning, did extensive dam age to property throughout the city and caused Immense inconvenience and loss by tying up the traflic on tho , Delaware River. Because of tho wind three launch lngs scheduled for today had to be 'called off. Rather than risk the dangors of high winds, record-breaking low tides, and a channel made hazardous by the combi nation of these two causes, the trans port Haverford remained tied up at her berth at Washington avenue today. She was to have sailed at 10:30 o'clock. Tide Lowest in Forty-five Years Not in forty-flve years had the tide been so low in the Dataware River as it was at 6 o'clock this morning. Few rlvermen could remember conditions similar to those which prevailed today. The tide was at least four feet below Its normal mark. Tho cause ot the low tide was the extremely high northwest wind. This literally blew tho water out to sea. One ot the launchlngs postponed was of the, big cargo carrier Schoodlc, which was to have left the ways at Hog Island at 11:45 o'clock this morning. High winds and low water would have made Continued on Faia Four, Column TWw It Was 1 P. M. at Noon by City Hall Clocks City Hall has theJ Jump on the rest of the city in regard to time changing under the daylight saving plan. While .the rest of Philadelphia sets Its clocks an hour ahead at. 2 a, m, tomorrow, the City Hall made the jump at noon, The official caretaker of the Ave hundred clocks in City Hall made the; rounds, starting at 12 o'clock, and set ahead the hands of all the clocks, This change did not affect the big .clock on the tower, which loses its hour with the rest of us at 2 a. m. .'tomorrow. ',t ..- ,XU&wrzrrrr "4 .. '. QfyW: .jfcJ &Jm WIND BLOWS DOWN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE ELM t i !!"" '! "'i r uMfiTirMiirnnfTnTT"! i ' ' m i hi' mi mi . liiMKHWflBsOT " " " -"" "" " .v VBn4Mm"mmLjm&numrjamm ft " ' : v ' . rv, The ancient elm tree that for more this morning aHer standing against of Jesse T. Vogdcs, for many years NAVY YARD FORCE TO REMAIN INTACT Authorized Program Will Be Fully Carried Out, Says Daniels's Aide SLOW DECREASE LATER No decrease In the working force at tno Philadelphia Navy Yard Is to bo made by the Navy Department, accord Ins to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt. The government Intends to carry out fully Its authorized program and any changes that may be made In the per sonnel at League Island will not occur until late In the summer. Then, he said, the changes will be so gradual as to bo unnotlceable. Mr. Roosevelt declared there are 4000 more men employed In the navy yards of the United States than thero was at tho time the armistice was signed. 3Ir. Roosevelt, who spoke In this city last night, was Interviewed as he as on his way to Broad Street Station to board a train for Washington thla morn ing. "We will carry out our complete war program," he said. "Any changes that will be made at League Island will be gradual, but not until late In the sum mer. Then they will be so made as to be hardly noticeable. Force is Increased "We have 4000 more men now In tho navy yards of the country than When the armistice was signed. They total 02,000." Asked If any decision had been reach ed with respect to tho German naval vessels, Mr. Roosevelt replied: "Of course they will not bo distributed among the nations. When I was In France, In January, It was only a ques tion of whether or not an admiral or a metal salvage man was to take charge ot the Job. I don't know what they have decided to jjo, but It Is likely that the brass fittings and other metal of value will be taken oft and salvaged and the bare hulls sunk. "Secretary Daniels will not return from Europe until some time in May Ho Is going Into Italy and then to Seo! land to Inspect our naval mlne-sweeplc station In the North Sea, which Is tro largest operation we have left there. "Twenty vessels are completing the work of taking up the mines and the only other vessels In Europe are sta tioned at Brest for rescue work and some in the Adriatic and at Con stantinople. 10,000 Men Overseas "We have about 10,000 of the original 72,000 men left overseas. No great re duction In the naval forces can be ex pected in the Immediate future. There are still about 400,000 men In active service transporting the army home. The force may get as low as 350,000 men In the next couple of months." He said the Navy Department Is planning the construction of a huge wireless station somewhere In the south, so as to communicate with the SoUtn American countries. Ho Indicated that the War Depart ment was going to experience some difficulty In disposing of the docks and wharves It has built In France, and felt that the Navy Department would have an easier time disposing of Its property acquired there during the war. No great reduction In the standing naval force Is contemplated until after all of the United States soldiers have been safely convoyed to America, Half ot Force IttserTcs About half of the present force Is composed of naval reserve men. Mr. Roosevelt told of several Incidents In connection wjth his recent visit to France, when he sold to the French Government certain, property acquired by the navy during the war. At Bordeaux he sold a large radio sta tion to the French at cost. ' The price paid was 23,000,000 francs, or about M. 600,000. ' "I told the French representatives tnai If their government did not want the plant, since it wsb only nbout three fourthB completed, that we would dis mantle It and bring it back here, as we proposed to establish a large radjo .station In the south for communication with South American republics. There Is no cable communication between the eastern coasts) of this country and South .America. 'except by way of Europe. The Frtpen oougnt n. ty,ft ti V&JSKVtf"''' than 100 years Hooil on the Sixth street edge of Independence Snuare fell the fierce March blasts for forty-eight Ii6urs. The tree was the faoritc chief engineer and superintendent of Fairmount Park and, by !rtue of his position, custodian of the elm SHIP BUILT HERE DISABLED S a ji i ii e r o , Hog Island Vessel, Towed Into British Port London, Maich 23. (Hy A. P.) The American steamship Saplnero was towed Into Plymouth on Friday eenlng, niter haing been disabled at sea In a hurri cane. A part of Its cargo was jettisoned to sao It from foundering. The Saplnero Is a United States ship ping hoard steamship completed at Hug Inland this ear. It is a vessel ot DC97 tons, gross It sailed from Philadel phia March 14 for Falmouth. STOP INFECTEDSHRUBBERY State Zoologist's Bureau Halts Importation of Diseased Stock Ilari'uhurg, March 29. Agents of the State Zoologist's Bureau, which will shortly be styled the Bureau ot Plant Industry, have succeeded In preventing entry Into Pennsylvania of cons'derable foreign nursery, stock and shrubboryi found to bo Infected with brown-tailed moth and other pests. Strict Inspection has been established at Philadelphia on nil Importations, as the close of the war brought about a revival of tho business from abroad. Traces of tho corn borer arid oriental and gypsy moths hae been found, but It Is l)elleeil they hae been headed off. Attention is now be'ng directed to the extermination of tho potato wart disease, another foreign pest, in the lower an thracite field. BROWN DERBY ASSAULTED Street Trnflic Halted in Commo tion Aear 13th and Market Sts. It was the Innocent victim of a lclous asFault by the March wind which had been terrorizing pedestrians in the neighborhood of Thirteenth and Market streets. This brown derby was reposing peace fully bii the head of one of Philadel phia's negro citizens at 9:10 a. m. to day. At 0:13 a. m. the' tumultuous breeze skirted around the corner from Thirteenth street and pounced upon the derby, which was going east on Market Tho derby fled, the wind gave chase and tho negro citizen followed. The brown "Ilzzy" whisked into Mar ket htreet and traflic wns halted. But not before the hat, rolling on its brim, had whirled under a moving auto, missed the nose of a passing trolley, dived nt the legs of a heavy dray-horse. It wad about to "shinny" up a telegraph pole when Its owner caught up with It and captured it with the heel of his shoe. Exit derby! DAMP ZONE TO MOVE EAST Rains Will Skid Up Across Coun try During Next Week ' WmhliiKton, March 29. (By A. P.) Weather predictions for the week be ginning Monday, Issued by the weather bureau today, are: North and Middle Atlantic States: Fair first half, unsettled and probably rains latter half of week. Low tempera ture beginning ot week, followed by warmer by Tuesday and above normal temperature thereafter. South Atlantic and Kist Gulf states: Fair first of week, followed by showers latter half; temperature will rise to normal by Tuesday, West Gulf states: Considerable cloudi ness and local ralrm probably first half; latter half fair; temperature near or above normal. Region of the Oreat Lakes: Consider able cloudiness and occasional rains and local snows probable. Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys: Except for rains middle of tho week, fair. Northern Itocky Mountain and plateiya regions: Occasional ralnB and snows probable first half, fair latter half. Southern Rocky Mountain and plateau regions: Generally fair and normal tem perature. Pacific States: Normal temptrature and fair in southern and occasional rains In northern portions: KENSINGTON CARS REROUTED Sewer Work on East York 'Street .Necessitates Detour Reconstruction by the city of theS sewer under York street, between Emerald and Jasper, made necessary to day the rerouting of trolley cas over Route 39, York and Dauphin streets line, until further notice. Detours are being made from Hunt ingdon street on Coral, to Susquehanna avenue, to Foutth street, to York and thence over the regular route. All em ployes of the Rapid Transit Company were instructed today to set forward their time pieces by one hour at '4 o'clock tomorrow morning, In compliance with the daylight saving act. Zi-r. Vfo aMTl i 'JiSsffisdi aEStsaswKssw&ss&s '" ..krv ww - -vi-y h? OLD ELM FALLS AT STATE HOUSE Noble Tree, Storm's Vic tim. Closely Follows Care taker in Death STOOD FOR 100 YEARS The 'old elm treo that has blood so long on the Sixth street edge of Inde pendence Square, just north of Walnut street, fell with a mighty crash this morning, after having battled for some thing like forty-elght hours against the furious winds. 'The tree wns a favorite of Jum T. Vogdes. chief engineer anr superintend ent of Fairmount Park, ul.o died a few days ago at the ago of sixty-ono years. Sr'r,""'?". ""-.."'" ree and -. ..v .. Ule peculiar affection between the two remarked today the sentiment In the passing of the mlchtv ft,msoshasd;sfcr "" - "k'TS Purely mo y,rs ol(1 How long the great tree has stood "gainst the blasts of wlnte- ., deadlv h.t r . '"'".', a"d the - .. . "' tr nonodv can su found who knows, it . ..'.. an "v than 100 years old. There are m T, have been friends with it for fom- J nnd forty years ago It was no? ike '.? young tree. It wns hlgger thin ti, , In the square PlantedTn ,he fifls bv tho Princ, r AVales. Romo old Jin ? eighty who occasionally visit he muarl on mild and mellow da. have "ninthly have sunned themselves there Xe boy hood and they can't remember hen the tree was not there ,ne The mighty elm seemed mighty even in twisted to shreds, showing how M the wind of the last tuo days i The wind may have thought it ha.i decrepit old man of n tree niLi 1 Infirm, to destroy, but that wis n ,nml The fallen elm had begun n show urn" green leaves for another Si ""'l summer It s.iii hadgood .XodViV Wall Partly to Illame The retaining wall on the edge of th he wind. It can be seen that the wall "r'TfM V'V1 the frcedon ot Krowth of the old elm's roots. They drove son,. so at tremendous sacrifice of strength and power and they could not through. The roots were like prisoner trying to fight their way out of thlE prison. The struggle was too much The odds were too great. Ch' One of the decorative lamps of Inde pendenco Hall was blown from Its sun porting post at Fifth nnd Chestnut streets early this morning. The lamp was one of those reproductions of the original lamps of Colonial days, put up a tew years ago. The Evening Public Ledger's League of Nations Ballot I MARCH 29, 191ST 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. (The poll closes today) I am for it . P i I am against it : . I 1 Name' Address ..... .... '. sifc!iv ,, v&w&v . sSife .'.. ?,.'- jWi ... -V . II M W-,. !.SMElr.','..r. i-i-.ilVl.Wfl,. ..,!" ?SV IFRANCE ASKS ; BORDERS SET i BY 1814 PEACE Demand Frontier Fixed by Treaty of Paris, With Saar Valley I URGE RHINE RIVER i AS FRENCH BOUNDARY AllJo.l rnmiiiiceinn nn Tnri,; I Allied Commission on t oris , Accords Czechs Hiuuburg and Stettin I PUBLISH PACT APRIL 4 German Financial Envoys Will Confer With Powers Next Week By the Atsociated Press Paris, March HO. In luying her claims before the council of four yes. terdny, France asked, first of ull, that her boundaries, as fixed by the Treaty of Paris, May 30, 1814, be restored to her. together with the Soar Basin. In the Rhine province, on the left bank of the Rhine. It was stipulated, tho Germans should have political autonomy, but should not be permitted to establish fortifications, occupy the territory with armed forces, nor con trol tho railways. Thus tho Uhlno would servo France ns a natural frontier. (The treaty of Paris, in 1814, pro vided that France renounce her claims nn Helglum and the left bank of tho llhlne and return to the boundaries as they existed In 1792. before the revolution. This compelled I ranee to confine herself to the provinces of Alsace nnd Lorraine, west of the Ithlne. those territories haylne been under French control since 108D. It was erroneously reported froniil'arls last night that France hrtd demanded 'her t14 frontiers, which wouUutAve excluded Alsace and Lorraine, from her claims before the Pence Confer ence. The commission on a league of na tions probably will hold its final ses sion April 4, It was indicated today. At that meeting tho foundations of the league will be definitely an nounced. Czechs .May (iet Ports Hamburg and Stettin are considered tho natural commercial outlets to the o en,- ("zeehfi-Slovakla. according to I a decision reached by the commission I on the international regime of vvater - wavs. poits ana railways. iuiucuun, which grants mu uuiun v.. i.n-Czecho-Slovak delegates to the Peace Conference, would provide, if finally nnnrml. that the new republic en joy every privilege ns to foreign com-, merce at the two ports a-t It they ac tually belonged to tt. The Czecho Slovak trade would reach Hamburg and Stettin through the Elbe and Oder Itlvcrs on boats flying the Czecho-Slovak colors. In addition to these craft the lepublic would be al lowed to possess a merchant sea fleet. The same privilege would be ex tended to Switzerland regarding navi gation o,t the Ithlno nnd the opera tion of merchant vessels. MretlnK with (Jermiins The German financial delegates will meet with the representatives of the supreme economic council sometime during the coming week nt Complegne, nbout forty miles northeast of Paris. An unofficial representative of tho Americnn peace mission, who has re turned from IVtrogrnd, saw Nikolai Inlne. the Bolshevik Premier of Rus sia, while he was in that country. It Is believed that this may have given rise to the rumor that the Soviet fiovern ment wns seeking recognition from the Allied and associated governments, which wns reported In the newspapers yesterday. Norway was praised as a friend of the Entente by Colonel E M. House when the Norwegian delegation on the league of nations was presented to him today by Ion Bourgeois, French mem ber of the league-of-natlono commission. "N'o neutral nation gave the Entente more help than Norway." Colonel House told the delegation. "Were Chrlstlanla pot so remote from tho center of Euro pean activities," Colonel Houso -added, Continued on rK Snenteen. Column Khrlit " - i . . , n. , ,w I I "JL fc. . it t , Last Day for Proponents Majority of Soldier Employes at Budd Manu facturing Company's Plant Vote Against Pact Full Results Monday Toil.o maiKs tho closing of the poll by the Kvi-ving Prnuc Lr.noEn to iletei mine sentiment in Philadelphia toward the plan for a league ot na tions which has been proposed nt the Pea oo Conferoiiee Tho man or woman who has formed an opinion for or against tho plan as it 1ms been pioposed is urged to send '" lllft ba"t ''om todaj 's paper, for it the fist balIm that wH Monday the levied totals of the vote will ho published, together with an anulyMs of the voting by tho re porters who have been canvassing the city. On the tlnal polls which were taken yesterday tho most astonishing upset of tho entire voting campaign oc curred when the employes ot the i:d ward O. Hudd Manufacturing Com pan weio polled during tho lunch hot. Ono thousand four hundred and nlnety-flvo men voted acuinst the league of nuthms, while G80 favored the plan. Commenting upon the vote which was taken In the tuehe cafeterias of the company. Dr. IMuard 11. Meilvnln. head of the welfare department and super visor of the poll, suggested that the con solidated teiillnunt of the returned sol- AUSTRIAN RAIL STRIKE REPORTED SETTLED COPENHAGEN, Mmch 20. The railway strike in German Aufatiia has been settled, a repot t from Vienna snys. GIVE DOCTORS MORE TIME TO REGISTER An extension of time for thirty days has been granted to druggists and physicians to register ns required by the new law. Collector of Internal Eeveuue announced today the date for final registration, which was fixed for March 20, has been extended to April 20. WIND UNROOFS LANSDALE FACTORY IjANSDALE, Pa., March 2t. The high, wind swept the roof from the factory building of the Hunter Pressed Steel Company here and carried It several hundred feet, wheie it crashed into the warehouse of the Safeguard Chcckwrlter Company. Total loss $1200. ARMY DIVISIONS KEEP HERO NAMES n;,,. w t , w;1 , - " .x.vm.xc ,i m Be Memorialized in New Organization 28TH IN HONOR ROLL fly the Associated Press U'lmhliiRtmi, March 2!) Retention of the names of fourteen National (luard and National Army dlvitlons with bril liant war records In the permanent mll' tary establishment In order to preserve their trad tlons was announced today by General March. For this purpose the twenty-one di visions proposed to be orgnnUed In the new army will recehe the following designations: Twenty-sixth, to be based on Camp Devens; Twenty-seventh, Camp Upton, New York; Twenty-eighth, Camp Olx, New Jersey; Twent-nlnth, Cam Meade, Maryland ; Th rtieth. Camp Jackson, South Carolina; Thlrt) -second, Camp Custer, Michigan; Thlrt-thlrrt, Camp Cnint. Illinois; Thlrt-slth, Camp I Trav Is, Texas ; iniriy-seentn. fanm , Sherman, Oh o. Elghtj-flrst. Camp Ta- lor, Kentucky; Highly-second Camp uoruon, ceorgia ; i;ighty-nlnth. Camp successor to Jlr Piez as director gn Funiton, Kansas; Nlnet-llrst, Camp I ernl. and after May 1. when Mr Plez Lew'is, Washington; First, Camp P'ke, ' nld v'ce I'lesident Howard Coonley Arkansas; Second, Camp Dodge, Iowa, leave the corporation, Mr Hurley will Third, Cam;) Lee, Virginia , Fourth, I Personally direct Its affalf Camp Kearney. California ; Fifth, Pann- ma Canal Zone; S,xth, Honolulu; Sev enth, divided between Philippines, Alas ka and Mex'can border. Tho Forty-second (Rainbow) Division will be the cavalry division In the new organization. It will bo organized in the Southern Department and Its men ' n , will bo drawn from nil the states, main tabling in this respect the nll-Amcrlcan character which wns obtained ln tho original organization. Tho First to Seventh divisions will retain tho des'gnatlons of the seven regular divisions now In France, com prising the Flmt and Second army corps. In each case where a division has been given the designation of a National Guard and Natlonnl Army division, Jit will be recruited from the district sur rounding the camp named as Us base and from which the original division of that designation was drawn. ,. General March said the War Depart ment was preceedlng with the organi zation of the army on the basis of a peace strength of 509,000 men. The tactical organization will comprise five army corps of twenty Infantry divisions anu one cavalry division. Many Anxlout to Knllst The decision to raise a special foreign service volunteer replacement force of 50,000 men, said (Jeneral March, was based on the discovery mnde by Secre tary Baker and himself on their recent tour of army camps that a large num ber of men were anxious to enlist ln the army If guaranteed service abroad. A rcnllnued on Tap STen(?, Column Threo A U .. .,.!., ft ' League Poll; Still Leading LcagtiC'of-iSations Poll in Philadelphia to Date For Against league 1euguo Vote s previously polled without Kvr.NiN-a Prnuc 1.1. D0l.lt ballots. . 4772 20oC Poll nt tho 10 G. Uudd Mfg. Co . . . GS0 1495 University of Penn sylvania poll: Students .... 3S8 T12 Faculty 28 10 Poll of "Automo hlle Row" 30 17, Totnl .. 3874 4300 Kvemso Pi I1MC Lnnanu ballots. 134D 303 Jiers might have caused tne heavy vole against the league of nations Solillrri, Snlng Sentiment ' "In talking with the men who have come back," he said, "I have found that Continued on I'nce Seventeen. Column Tour PIEZ GUARANTEES PA V IM VHIMIVIUIY w ,. w, , w . uAisuim w afiCS UI1U W urK- ing Hours to Remain Till October 1 MACY BOARD TO OUIT Existing wages and working hours for all classes of labor employed In the ountry's shipyards, which otherwise would become subject to change after midnight Monday, were guaranteed this afternoon by Charles I'lez. director geii-'"''en he was, in Danzig In December, era, of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. ' . ben'TaS until October 1, 1010. lhei, Danzig and all West Prussia would Mr I'lez made this announcement ' bo Polish.'" after a conference with representatives Clermans Ask Detail. of the labor unions nnd private owners Proceeding, the note refers to numetv of yards, at which arrangements wtrcious demonstrations by the German 'ma perfeoted for district bodies to supplant Jrlt ln Wc9t Prussia, who wish t the Macy wage adjustment board. The ' 1 t). " b.y,' ."". J?" latter organization, under its wartime I plan of conception will cease to function Monday. It was learned this afternoon that Ed- ward II Hurley, chairman of the United Mate shlppinc board nnd president nf the emergency Fleet Corporation. Iins abandoned his efforts to find a sultnb'e i Jlay Stay n lee Prehlilent Lieutenant Commander J U Acker son, It was said, probably will remnln with the corporation as vice president in charge of construction, nnd a business man will be selected to succeed Mr. Coonley ns vice president In charue ofi ley. and the office of director general ' win lie abolished. Commander AckerbOn was conHned i his rooms In the Hamilton Court Apart ments today, suffering from Injuries re ceived in a street car accident this morning, which were so serious ns to re iiulro hospital treatment. Assurances from Mr. Plez today that mcy wuuiu ue fcu.iranieeu against a re- ductlon In vvags until October 1 brought I rel.lef to shipyard workers In this dls-' trlct, who looked- for a sharp cut with the passing ot the Macy board, under whose stale they now are working. Local wage-adjustment boards will be formed In ench shipbuilding district, Mr. Plz said, the personnel being made up of representatives of the fleet corpora tion, the shipbuilders and the unions. All shipyard labor disputes win be re ferred to these bodies for settlement. Worker! Oet Back Pay All of the 6000 employes of the Penn. sylvanla and New Jersey yards of the ey ya Hiding 1'usey & Jones Shipbuilding Comna company at Gloucester, have received their back pay under the Macey wage scale. It was announced today. The last departments were nald this mornlnar. About lfloo for mer employes also received the money ,duo them. r . ;J odm nlstrTtlon " Both of th".S offlc'laU ' SlnCe the c&ncliBln f .. rmlrttf3 w 111 be responsible directly tn m , ! tha entlre situation in Posen. West Prug, $J ...' " D! responsible direct J to Mr. Hum.,. and nanzle has entirely chanm.,1" Y S'il m t'S x- POWERS ASK PASSAGE POLISH ARM1 Teuton Reply Objects to Sending of Troops to Danzig OFFER FOUR OTHER PORTS FOR LANDING Demonstrations Against AlUcdl mission Rumor of Internment RUHR STRIKES SPREAD Entente Troops at Odessa in . micai rosition as Reds fl iose in A Berlin paper says that Germany may suspend the armistice. i ' TI 4 11 me lilies will insist on landing Polish troops at Danzig. Foch has demanded a passaee for. troops. The reply does not grant or ipfncn !. J . ...,U11 msoraers at Danzi? si were directed against the Allied M mission. s 8VU ... J3Ai the Allied forces at Odessa . ?A, a critical position as a Red army"l Vienna is almost isolated as M ranroau strike has extended. ' M Strikes are spreading in t w.-tSi RuKrj region m Germany. Hy the Associated Press ..mill, .March 29.-The Lokal Anztfe , ..v . oiuituient mat jt tin' derstands that a suspension of-ttf armlstlco with the Entente AlllesV possible. . i f General Nudant. representing MarabfilSSJ c, nas suomltted a note to the OorAM man uovemment demandlne a nn.M.VS I through Danzlir fr, ,v, r.u-,. .,..,., r . "J3i t .. t,lu , ullaH uivisions wsojj , um,er General waller, which are a part pi of the Allied army, and permission tnr J&Y their further march to Poland to main- 'M ' tain order. The not nri,wi i,- wsl refUF.il would be regarded as a breach d,5 or the armistice. , me cerman Uovernment. after ex. aiSfl ihaustlve deliberations by the onrfwf i lenrlrn In 1,1 ,1m... I.- . .. . . . . ' -1 , .. ,, ,, Munapoinc in VJvkM I note of reply which asserts that, ac- cording to the armistice treaty. It waaMSa ionly obliged to grant the Allies fres access to the Vistula to maintain orderly i n.... .unco ui me jormer uussian em pire. In concluding the treaty, the gov ernment declares, It proceeded In any case from the standpoint that there could be no question of Polish troops. The note then refers to Incidents during the journey of Ignace Jan Paderenslil, the Polish Premier, "who, grossly violating tho hospitality ao coi ded him on German soil, cave tha signal for revolt and civil war and who eastern front nualnst Russian Dolsl,.- vlsm will be endangered. In conclusion, the communication ask for Information as to tho composition and strength of General Halter's nrmy, the date of Its landing nnd transit of, oiann. ana wnai guarantees the Allies ran offer that General TTnMot-'. .. nr a nnrtlon of It. will not nnrtllr.a i fj! .....i... o uiilljT, ... .. . -- --, -. ,.. ...,.,. a n I'ousn oemonsiraiions or a possible, In- " surrection or tne roiish minority, vm i opennniren, .siircn sy. iiy A. lj . 5 . The full text of the German reply to tho,2 Allies concerning the landing of Pollslibj troops at Danzig shows that Germany WSlI 1 .. ,. v.n. I. .41.1 . . :" -"!!U iiu.ut- . iiuiiii .nn. it um iiul uuuenaKa c? to nrlve free access to the Polish armv 'Mt to West Prussia In the armistice agree- ySSi ment with the Entente powers. Th(j lepiy was: "oK'n f H,.f.i"i ?Z. AS v. .;,;. rr.:,;.i"n"'":,'-'?l 1 :r' ".."." .v.7. ..-;, ;".."- vnv.'.:-.i2 ties for the speediest possible landln,f! and transit of General Haller'a army to-tSl" I'oiand win oe provmeo.v li "From the standpoint of railroad ;faia cllltles." the reply addf, ''the roUiv ? from these cities lead more speedily tSSS u rrn 1 ntltfirillt untnlflnw lna.Hlt.u' . " of Importations of foodstuffs to Poland." C3 According to the Berlin TagebUtt,, atfa parties In tho Weimar Rational Asi ciallsts. approved of the government . reply to the Entente note. The OerrtVM j?1 r,..nllnnnfl on Fh Rerenteeni rnmuii41inu XlA rr. nrr, f'UTTnr'Ti nivi ? : 1 2'7ionfc fho.iord or one day , - When ihere tstft a thing to io; It's going to be fair pji Bungay' And fair this evening, too, ' Xorthwest gales are now diminjtlf, ing, o one grieves to see them IntiA. Ing. t f", -i .- ' v f "Cf rTnlT'ri ' ' Si.'. T . . I H ...J n H -.- A.4W.
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