5wsS5w!!Rf ftH23SMf liSS sys?-wc W T : Civ Jl n K r..TT ' .'" lV.-'vf i .uv - --"-v -' XJ V ,zwfcik - i i ,t 'U ffa " - ; il-', 4 3 i '' ' . Euenmg THE W&ITUER Washington, March 31. Fair tonight and Tuesday;' colder tonight. TEMrKKAThBi: AT each noun 1'g 1 3 110 111 112 I II 2 1 8 ' .4TF NIGHT EXTRA. CLOSING STOCK PRICES ''41 137 381 3jl I 40 I4H44 144 I I is-1 r VOL. V. NO. 169 I'ubKdint Dully Ixcttt flunda-. -Subscription Price Id a Tear by Mall. Copyright, 1U19, by Publlo Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1919 l-ntered as tieconlClnft Mutter at th r-jMcfllc. at Philadelphia, Ta. Under the Act of March 8. lhlll. PRICE TWO CENTS BBaavlR public fedaer IS l k i $100,000 NUCLEUS FOR RECEPTIONS TO IRON DIVISION V. Councils' Finance Cbmmit- tcc Recommends Appro- priation for Jubilee WAR DEPARTMENT PLANS vtrlcri o Twenty-eighth May Choose Between Parade and Going Home Councils' Finance Committee tills i afternoon recommended a $100,000 ap propriation for the reception and Jubilee - to bo Htaged in this city In honor of ' t the returning Iron Division of Pennsyl- I van la soldiers. i $ The; bill, as approved by the commit- t, tee, maltes It plain that the J100.000 , In "on account" of the reception cxpendl- , tures, thus making It possimo ior inc !?' welcome home commltteo to obtain addl- a " tlonal money If It Is needed ' I ... it til T .!. int a. leuer 10 me conimu-.ee, ,iuc-ji. ri, K. "Jtner, chairman of tho jubilee J committee, asked that tho $100,000 be appropriated ana recommenucu mai a. t special committee consisting of Mayor .'Smith. City Solicitor Connelly, City i Treasurer .Shoyer nnd Chairman Gaffney, of Councils' Finance Committee, bo ap-1 pointed -to handle the fund. Isaac Hetzell, of tho Eighteenth Ward, suggested that the fund bo handled by k Councils' Committee on Sustenance and 'Relief ,o, Soldiers. The suggestion waa v adopted. Major1 General Jervey, chief of the operations division, stated late tills 'afternoon In Washington that the War .Department has adopted tho principle of giving the returning soldiers the op- i v Hon of whether they' Bhall remain with Jl ' their units after' reaching tho United .' States to participate In a parade, wel- rVcome or review or be discharged and be allowed to proceed at once to their homes. I -This ruling arose from General March's order of last Saturday that men f. shall not be kept In camp against their .will over forty-eight hours In order to participate In parades. ' Referring specifically to the Twenty- eighth or Iron Division, General Jervey said the War Department will do Its - best to make arrangements for the pa ,, ra'de of the Twenty-eighth Division in S. Philadelphia, but will stick to the rule fr ' of permitting all men who desire to dd-i -, so,i to be discharged and go to their homes forty-eight- hours after reaching . '' camp. Brigadier General Ldwrd Anderson, 'i'' nt h nritifc pmhflrkuAlmi service. Raid l;rthls afternoon, in Wash'ncton. that he IVf bellevtd-tliu-.latter plan-could be ar-1 ranged by allowing men from other tatna In thti T-on( v.f-lirhlli Division JfwHd wished -to go quickly to their homes, lu UU U, UilU petiuii II1U J CUIIH.V I .IJI1.L , men, or as many of them as wished, to remain It! the service at Camp Dlx to -participate In .the parade In Phlladel- phl? Conferences have already been held, .j .tleneral Anderson said, among himself, , "Major ueneral 1-ranK t. nines, cniet or i the embarkation service, and General L March, with a view to keeping the prom 7 lae of the War Department made last Thursday, to permit tho Twenty-eighth , '.Division to parade In Philadelphia, and at the same time observe the spirit of ..Otneral March's order that men shdll be discharged forty-eight hours after reaching camp. View of Anderson "So far as we have gone, I think that perhaps it" can be worked out best in this way' j said General Anderson: -'Keep to the program of having the 109th and 110th Infantry" ianU the instli Field Artillery renlments disem bark at Phlla'delpHia, and go-to Camp Dlx and the other units disembark at Xew York and Join them thtsre.. - "Then have the commanding officer t'llof the division arrange for the discharge Vbomi from Xew York and other 'points. ,.11. IVpiMUCIIltTllb JIICU III .IIIO Ml.lD.Vil i..v -Tir oo SfTwho are not uartlcularlv interested In iv WIIV UIU nwv jjaiv.bu.u.tj ...vfc.vj.v fx't'he Philadelphia parade and do not wish Jito participate In it, and as many of the .'Pennsylvania men who would rather go 'straight home than parade. f'A,' ".The men who remain therf, who wish X,l.io participate in the parade, can stay 35, lit Camp Dlx until the parade Is over. . ...iJ'Under General March s order that rjiien shall not be kept In camp more l?han forty-eight hours after their ar ' Lrlvnl make's It entirely a matter of whether the men wish to wait for the 'tiarula nr- would rather no to their sf' .homes. l MTf tlm mn ivlah to narade the War Department has no objection, but will not Jicld them it they prefer to go straight home." The question ot the parade seems to Jilnge upbn whether all the units of the 'Twenty-eighth Division reach Camp Dlx I, at' approximately the same time, whether 'iV.i.j, . want tn nnrfldA nnd whether It i can be held a few days after the ar '; rival of the division in this country. ;.' Vnpleaiantnei In Xew York .' General March's order directing that thereafter all soldiers be discharged fcr .is 'ty-elght hours grew out of some unpleas-K- antnesses In connection with the t'rl ,y umphal paradeof the Twenty-seventh & 'Division in New York city, it was (' learned today, j In the Twenty-seventh Division were several hundred men, chiefly replace ment men, -Svbd were not Interested in Continued on, Pice Two. Column Four , $lUU,UUUJtmfti MAZLfilON Pcfective Cliimney Causes tie i1 truction of Four Business Blocks 5 Haileton, P.t March 31, Four busl- ." '1.I..I.. In .U. !.... . .1.- -,. H fCa uiwwno in ia neat i. ui Ilia city Were ,,w!ped,out byflre early today. The loss F"; amounts to 1100,000, which Is virtually ,ycoxereV bY Insurance. " 0, The flames started In the Presto Lunch ,V Itpdms,- and are supposed tq have been If caused by a aerective phlmney. THE WEATHER VANE TYeather forecast atlU U teasing. Tonight the glass goes down to freezing; ,j3ut 'twill still le fair. Fatr tomorrow also, buddv; ''So oU Job, let's understudy So od Job. Jet's understiidv 'With a tuitienr mr ?.ttn a, patience rate.. -v.'"- " '" '- '- - J ' W V 0 ''F" " pvtteice Tare, League Wins 7581 'Ayes' to 4763 'Nays' Evening Public Ledger Canvass Reveals Big Majority for Nations CovenantrVote ' Taken Is Representative One Philadelphia favors the plan for a leaguo of nations by a vote of a little less tlan two to one, according to a final compilation of tho votes cast In tho poll conducted during tho last ten days by tho Evenjnci Public Ledoek. Of the votes which were canvassed 5069 men and women expressed them selves In favor of tho proposed league' of nations. Four thousand three hun dred and sixty-six men and women were opposed to tho plan. Tho canvass where these votes wero obtained in cluded clubs, theatres, factories, rail road terminals, hotels, libraries", hos pitals nnd busy street corners. Nearly every typo of man, machinist, bricklayer, banker and day laborSr is included In tho personnel, of the vote. Polls wero taken nt dances and similar gatherings. Tho EvkSino Public Ledocu bal lots printed for eight days show 1612 men and women to be In favor of and 397 against the proposed leaguo of nations. This vote, In every respect, was as representative as the canvass which wuh made. Ballotts were not MAY NOT PRESS BIGAMY CHARGE Two Wives of Alleged Fleet Corporation Embezzler Confer Here DEMAND EXPLANATIONS The two wives of William II. Stuart, now being held for embezzling $1700 from the Emergency Fleet Corporation, met last night nnd went over the situa tion until 2 o'clock this morning. , The conferences of the wives was held In the hotel where wife Xo. 1 lias been staying. l-'rom the attitude of the two women It. would seem that Stuart will not be prosecuted on a charge of bigamy. Wife Xo. 2 arrived at the hotel shortly after 9 o'clock. Hhe was ac companied by a friend. The two left after a short time ami wife Xo, 2 returned alone She wbb Miss Mary Wales before he married Stuart. ...... ....,. ..... iswercd all titie.stlons benrlm- n, ,., Vi, Marly this morning hotel mPlTrfftof61iS'df-nre'oi J ,e noted Mrs. .Stuart No. 1 leading Mrs. Htuart No. 2 to the elevator, where the . .w two parted In a most friendly fashion. Stuart's first wife, whom ho married in .Montreal, seemeo oroKen-nearieu at. ner nusoanus ueieciion. "I d"o not want to prosecute him," she said. Mrs. Stuart No. 2, who was a waitress In a downtown lunch room before Stuart went through the wedding ceremony with her. Is determined to see the pris oner and have a full explanation from him. "I want to know why -Jie told me all these lies, "she said. "He told me he was not married and asked me to marry him.- I ant to get his version of the story first." v According to reports, the conversation ot the. two wives of Stuart established thoroughly cord'al relations during their talk. Neither holds the other responsl ble for the plight In which they find themselves. Hiimrf. nemmlii-r to .he nnit.-o. Kent two homes In Phllaedlphla. one for '", en.d of ,le street, a.id upon this t;0--lu'-tc' of the train who said he saw wife No. 1 whom lie had left at Houston. "??,.. ," ""P8 J. such eaten were Zahn rush out of the woods near l.aug Tex with an eleven-year-'bld child, and Btonw. hmii. ." al'chltects' borne and board the moving train. Zalin Ife No. C. .When the nrst Mrs. Stuart was aflsent from the city, the police say, Stuart lived with Mrs. Stuart No. 2 at Fifteenth and Green streets, During Mrs. Stewart's visits herefrom Canada he resided at Twenty sixth and Somerset! street's. Ofllclals of the Emergency Fb? et Cor poration explained today tlinf. they had recently been given pause to believe there were irregularities In the books In which were kept the expense voucheis. Recently Stuart was sent to Texas on a supposed mission for the corporation. While he was away auditors were called In to examine his books. Mrs. Stewart Xo. 1 had arrived from Canada and went with Stuart on his trip south. When'a shortage of $1700 was dis covered In IiIb accounts, the corporation wired him to return to Philadelphia at once. He arrived here alone, leaving his first wife In Texas. Then complications began, Mrs. Stu art No, 1 came from Texas and learned, whe'n she arrjved here, that Stuart had another wife living at Fifteenth and Green streets.- She first visited her husband at Moyamenslng prison, where, according to the investigators, he con fessed his second marriage. Then she sent for Mrs. Stuart No. 2 and the two went over the situation. Stuart's bond, at the request of the corporation, wan raised by United States Commissioner Manley to $3000. Stuart married his first wife twelve years ago. lie met the second Mrs. Stuart last June and married her. It Is alleged, within a month after they had become acquainted. GERMAN ENVOYS MACH SPA Finnnjcial Delegatea From, Enemy Are on Way to Versailles Parla, March 31. (By A. P.) The German financial subconintlsslon, which is to discuss the pending financial ques tions with representatives of the Allies, has arrived at Spa The financial conference between Ger man and Allied representatives, accord ing to the first announcements, was to be held In'Parls. Later advices eald-the meeting was likely to be held at Ver sailles, although other places, including Compelgne, have been mentioned as the seat of the conference. Aj Berlin dis patch on Saturday said that the German commission would "stop at Spa on Its way to Veroallles, there to' await de velopments." London, Marcli 31, '(By -A'. P.) The German financial commission sent to Spa has been authorized -.to give an exact description of the financial IMm. tlon of Germany to the representatives of the Allies, according t6 a Oerman wireless message. " ro " . ' ' .. ,J " .Li:.. -.. . -.-".-. , in Poll Here; used until the Toll had been In prog ress for two days. Total Vote Cast Tho totul ballot, cast shows 7581 to be In favor of nnd 4763 opposed to the plan for the International league A supplementary poll of the era polyes of the Farm Journal, where originally twenty-twb persons were In favor of and fourteen against the league of nations, shows ninety-five I rTlii, TV,.-- flontli "i-i IV.. ..1, additional nftlrrnatlvo and five negative! !lma 1,t,u JJeaul ln aIm: votes'. A new totnl of 117 for and 1' n !..., ATA !?,.. Al I nineteen against the proposed Inter national .league was sent to the EvE.NiNTJ Public Lrcoann this morn ing. Additions to tho printed ballots like wise came In during tho day. An ofllclal recount of tho vote nt the University of Pennsylvania taken yesterday by the editors of the Penn sylvania, dally newspaper of the' Uni versity, shows 338 votes for nnd 177 against the league of nations plan amongithe student body. The. faculty vote shows thirty-two to be for and seventeen against the plan. The first fact which draws attention Continued on I'ate Twelve. Column Tno NO PLAN TO SHUT SANS0M STREET Suggestion of Ornamental Gates Not Made by Pllb- 1 T 1 - IlC JLedger LiO. ONLY BRIDGES DESIRED A Joint .session of the Finance nnd Surveys Committees of Councils was held this afternoon at City Hall for the purpose of hearing arguments upon the ordinance providing that Sansom street between Sixth and Seventh btrects be vacated by the city to per mit the physical connection of the new home of the Public Ledger Company and tlje present Curtis Uulldltig. Chairman Gaffney. of the FI ance Committee, and Chairman I.amberton, of the Surveys Committee, presided. The hearing was open to the public. e.r A " ""Hers uonahuo fmi !. -. . . - . ..- - ! V.UUJI.-DI nmtti eat t..', e "" Piiollshlntr Company . uie ruoiie Ledger Comnnnv .m. i Purposes for which it is nrnn,.fiV iisn i ta ..... .-.-...v . I use fie street. ' the Public Ledger Corripanv has i completed plans tor the erection of n "--i,i iicvvtuume lor the J-.Vi:niXo Si.""?! Ll';i:a,an" the Public 'Led 1t,' :",,0,cutel''"ei.lotof .. uuuimcii uy v. iiesmtit' street Sansom street. Sixth street ami 8ev. 1 J,009.000. I; .s the desire of the Curtis Publishing Company to e. nect its lullding with the new Pub le bj two bridges spanning Sansom .he's ,-d,at !eUSt twenl' fect '" tne street level. Would Xol Close Slreet Neither the Curtis Publishing Com my nor the Public -.o,i. r.-.?"'. I pauy nor tho Public ever .proposed that Sansom sireet be eets u..u.,.t. wo -jjostru in i no llllhlln I... mcaiia of gates. The suggestion was made tn tl Ph'i. i : 1."" 1 lt ornamental gates be n1.no i i a. . rt-a iwuiiiirii v rp,,. r,,,.,, d,,.Yi:.T.-'.. the i-.Tuii" r H " ' 7r "-omPan.v and to obtah -onfrn? f CnmPa"y llci,lre J" 1.0,'aL". v,,"trL?L ',,e. ?"'. but merely for the purpose of being 'nrlv- n eu i? Iteep U '" ordei' aiuI to erect im.. TriF ,-,,1,",ec"nB ie two build, z Kfftsssw Impossible to keen tl.e.n i. .U,V..H! blocking trafllc through Sansom street m'iRto1 "oodH ,n'" Thursday. Znhn de because of the immense volume of n,t'1 lle llai an''hlng ' ' with the tramc wholly emanating from tho Cur- us aim me ruuiic Ledger buildings L"r, tm.0l'e; ,shoul(1 Permission bt granted to take over tlm ni-a.t . Iui would be freely granted to the puonc. Tlie clly for years has been contem plating the purchase of the north side of Chestnut street, betweeti Fifth and Sixth streets, and removing tlie build ings therefrom ns. a fire protection for Independence Hall. The Public Ledger Bul'dlmr win i. set back from the present building line :,2l,r aul re '?? it noo. ... ...""... . . l'e pendence Hall on the west ,-ldo "ni,. possibility of setting it back on Chest. nut street Is also being considered Th widening of the pavements nlso will aid materially In preventing conges tion when large crowds gather to Dar tlclpate in patriotic exercises and functions nt Independence Hall, in stead of interfering with trafllc, con. restlon in Sixth street will be relieved by the removal of trucks, and wagons u5d for deliveries. About '23,000 square feet of ground I'ontlnoed on Van, Fifteen, Column HU f . . . nnRRIDQ MmmNTV MIMU CTOnI? rUKDlli) lUUUnfcl Mint JjIKIKt' Executive Committee of United Workers Vetoes Project Imllanapolla, March 31. (By A. P.) The United Mine Workers of Amer ica will not participate In any general strike on July 4 In behalf of Thomas Mooney, convicted of complicity in a bomb1 explosion in San Francisco In a preparedness day parade. The deci sion ' ,,le( executive board was an nounced today through' the United Mine Workers' Journal, official publication of the union. The' executive board says the cort vcntlon of the International Workers' Defense League of San Francisco, held In Chlcauo. which' Issued the strike, rail was not authorized by the International Union. of the United Mine Workers. The membership of the mine workers jr ganlzatlon cannot participate " In any BaPa1 B.tr r? WJ",0Ut violating the fun- gSftcntat laws pverning the union and, Wrogatlng thejolnt wage, agreement 'undUr Wb1ch,.npe,rJ:,njW. gre working; Final Results Here of , League of Nations Poll For the Against league the league Canvass, of tho city 5969 4366 Ev'enln-, Public Ledger bal lots 1612 397 Total 75S1 4763 PLANT WRECKED Bt OIL EXPLOSION m.i -., iit j-iaoi ti- legheny Avenue SHOCK FELT FOR BLOCKS ! Three pel sons narrowly escaped death a nnptha explosion In the ribbon-1 In finishing works of .lullus Knebet, 4H Hnst Allegheny avenue, shottly after 10 o'clock today. ' Kvery window In the place was shat tered and the wall of the building bulged residents In the neighborhood were alarmed by the explosion, which was heard for many blocks. Knebet, his wife and Miss Mildred S. Huscher, who IInck with them, were hurled to Hie floor and received slight bruises and shock, but refused to go to ; a "osp"al , , , , i Three pol.ee p.itiol wagons and the i ambulance of the Episcopal Hospital I (were rushed Io the scene and a the a'arni was struck. Kffective wuik on ' the part of the firemen, however, pre- ve,Uert a B"'caa of ,,,e "an,es' l I l" """B ' -"" at.uciure u.iu ia un ui nuuiunrni. i.uiui'i "i nr-i gheny avenue and Arbor slfeet. Knebel. his wife, and Miss Huscher. live on the upper floors. The lower doors Is used as n rlblion-llnlslilng plant. Illgh prersure machinery Is used In putting the gloss on ribbons, and naphtha Is used to run the machines. It Is believed that the- friction from the machinery Ignited the gas fumes and caused the explosion. At the time the three occupants were In the kitchen 'of the house. The windows In nearby buildings also were shattered, and frightened lesldents ot me neiRiiiiornoou, who distinctly felt the shock, hurried fiom their homes and into me street, rei-soius living several Diocus nwtiy, nearmg tne explosion, liur- rled to'the spot. i liarniila nT I IO lilt Irrliirr n-i.ll n. Mvn Because of the 'bulging wall on the1 aA; ,;.. Ji,; r . r ,..,.: ":.,.: ,.,... ;.." ,"....":.. ..'"""""" "!., ., ,... n. ii,n..di". I "UMte "i,u ,'" ,u,lr "n .me crowns aim:""" "' nnn.5 - -. v -- rope off tlie rtreet. The police s.ty It and soul'.ein railroad. It Is s,a!d, ' "??. " '"'J" l "'..."V'.l..M".' . "."" ."" "ol i-oi uuse. ii vi nnve io no inrri our and rebuilt. The lo.s has been estimated at tSnuft TAKEN OFF TRAIN: 7 HELD AS SUSPECT IN BOY'S MURDER .'Conductor Causes Passenger's r-, ! red ami Bristol Vutlioritie. Arc Summoned Frederick Zahn, llfty-seven years' old, who gave his address as Fiont sticet ."- MadI-ou avenue, was arie.stcd today as a murder suspect by City Hall Guaul VT..V r... I.. t .. l.n., .!!., . , nv,,e .i,,,.iin .. ....... ' "e was arresteu at llle instance of the scratched. , N Zabu was taken befoie Captain Kuuder " Ueteotlve Belshaw, of squad, In City Hall. He i tlie inurder being held for tho arrival of officials I in rr rrr ,nT,' ye-'r-old Joseph kopowskl, for tho arrival of officials from Bristol, hi connection with tho inurder of twelve-year-old Joseph Kopowskl. Jr.. In the "'der. He said he was looking for work at Langhorne. The boy was beaten over the head bv ....... ,.... .. I ,. . " ' "" "" ; "'. TAX ADDS TO PHONE RATES Impost Required by New Reve nue Act Effective Tomorrow The Hell Telephone Company of Penn. ! sylvnnla has made arrangements for the ( -"- ?'" ." messages, as required by the new rev- enu.6 ocl' wl,lch becomes effective to- l'l,,orrow i n e On eaclj message of more than four- i teen cents but not more than fifty cents, including overtime and ,nessenge- Qharges. the tax Is five cents. When the charge Is more than nfty cents the taxi,,.,,' ,,, ,.., i..i railed to ileel,i nit Is ten cents. The law directs that the of the questions presented Mo It for re- United States shipping boaid's wooden tax be collected from the person paying ' view. I freight steamship A'apahn. 3300 tons for the niifssage, and the telephone com-j The prosecution lesulled from stale-i gross, launched by the Tiaylor Shlp nnnv U held resnonsthlp for th ...lien. ntAiila tnmlA liv lleb.s in a HDeecb In f?nn. ! hiilldtnir Company at l.'olliwal's. Pa.. t,on of the tax. ' '?," .1,"onl,hlv, to" s"rvlt'e "'mnt ; which the telephone company renderrf to Its 'uus-rher!- ,vm x110' H'e messages on which the tax Is Imposed and the amount ot such tax, In addition to the regular charges for service. On calls from publlo telephone sta tions equipped with coin boxes, the total charges quoted by the operator will In clude the tax, which will be collected In the regular manner along with the charge for the service. THIRTEEN ENTOMBED IN MINE Explosion Wrecks Colliery Work- . -- ... i. , ings IVear Agui'ur, Lol. Trinidad,, Col.. March 31 (By" A. P.) --Thirteen men are reported entombed .In the Empire mine of .the Empire Coal Company near Agullar, Col., which waa wrecked by an explosion of gas this morning. Twenty-three out of thlrty.-slx miners who were In the mine at the time of tlie explosion came, out by a. connecting snan an nour t-iter ine explosion and reported .that the fan, which had not sbeen wrecked, was working and that Wdltlonywera goodfor.-theWfety of HUNGARY REDS'BIG FOUR' AND SEIZE 350! Attack Small Allied Force in Neutral Zone Near Rumania jSOMET GIVES PROMISE ' TO RELEASE CAPTIVES RccilllC Sends Ultimatum to . .. - -. Czechs because ot lroop Concentration ALL INDUSTRY STOPPED Berlin's Ageilt at Budapest A(l- . T vises ocriuans io Leave Country I lly the Associated Press I Paris, March 31. A small force of I French troops stationed in the neutral lone between Hungary and Rumania lias been attacked by' Hungarian troops, 3.10 of the French being taken prisoner, according to an ofllclal re port received here. On demand of the French general the release of tho prisoners has been promised by the Hungarians. CSreatly disturbed conditions are reported to exist in Hungary. Tlie Hungarian Government Is re poited In Vienna dispatches to have sent an ultimatum to the Czecho. Slovak Government. This action, It Is , , wa ,akfn ,,eclluse of tho con. ,,, , i-o,.lin.Slnvnl.- trnnna ' - i "'! I'umor that tliere would be a ; general mobilization in Bohemia in the ' near future. Advises Germans' to Leave A dispatch from llerlln says that the diplomatic agent of the German Government at Budapest has advised Germans to leave Hungary. Reports that the railroad slrlke In German-Austria has been rettled are untrue, according to- it Vienna dispatch to the Keho de Paris. Negotiations be- l" llle llu ut ' '" " " ' tvveen Hie f-triliers nnu wen- uenner, ;.. ,, ., ..,, Uen. neiuseh. sec- , ...,... i ,,,.., rotary for Military - .. in.iie.1. . ...,. Colonel Oary. of the Britun army, who ,3 at Tr,.stP, ,nH offered to act as arbitrator, but the strikers have been destroying railroad property and stop- I.. ... .... ....,,!..!. f n...l ,ln..H pillg llle 11.II1--I-01 1.1UUII UV 1VVM. . LVUl. ell of railroad vvuikcrs has been fc-nned In ,Styrla. ' t'liaucellor P.ennei- has Implored the strikers to moderate their demands, pointing out that In case of complica tions the ICnlente troops will occupy ' the country. 1'mplo-yes of the western section of Die Franz Joseph railroad have joined In tho strike which pre vails on the northern and northwestern systems. A Hrltlsh representative at Vienna Is reported to have Issued a proc lamation to the public exhorting the peo- ' pie nol to Interrupt the movement of food supplies. The situation Is reported eporte.i still to bo grave. WuklilitRt Maieli SI. (By A. P.) Indus-try and business l.s at a stand still In Dudaiiest, according to advices Contlmird on Vaxr Tifteni. Cnltimu Tfl DEBS DENIED REHEARING BY SUPREME COURT i Application for Review of Apncal From Ten-Year Sentence Is ItcfUHClI WnshliiKton, .March 31. ( H A. I') -, Kugene V. Ileus's application for a le hearlng of hi? appeal from conviction j and sentence to ten years' Imprisonment for violating the espionage act was de- Hied today by tne tvjpreme onri. TTnnn the irov eiuinenl's motion, the Su. meiim t'ourt lod.i.v agreed to expedite consideration of appeals taken by Uaule! 0,Col)nef, and ,Ur otlel. me convicted O'Connell and live other men convicted In San Franclseo of violating the esplon- I age act and flwd October 13 ne.st for hearing arguments. I In fl'lng his motion for a leliearlng. Debs claimed the .courts opinion i amounted io uie .m. u. a .ei.uu ior ! ....... ..1-1 .. -. .. , fan unuifcioseu itii ji hhuu, mai - "" ." " V" - . "-' ,"' , "f w!hk.u ,,e Wlls convcted. niiunii-b i9 "" t .-i-3 and I toil, O., last June. The Supreme Court .affirmed the conviction on March 10. Unless executive, clemency is obtained, 'Debs now mut serve his sentence. He I Is at liberty on ball. I WATCHES WENT WITH TOIlM,S,JirS.,:uSt,! ' - - proceeded on her voyag. after receiving Affectionate Camden Stranger a wireless nnssago from the United I Held for "Glad-Hnild" Tactics I States coast guard cutter Vamacraw, saying the cutter was on her way to An .enthusiastic stranger met Michael ,,''., anaiia's aid. I Oisen take a drink. Friendship warmed Norfolk, Va.. to Mollendo. j-eru, via the i rapidly. The stranger hugged Olsen and Panama Canal. She. sent out distress patted him on the back.. Then the signals at 1:30 p. m.. Friday, and the disappeared. A little later, Oisen missed two gold watches, . m... t..ni wBH found nn th. The stranger was found on the street nearby. He was amazeu t nnd that Olsen's watches had slipped Into his pocket But Recorder Stackhouse was not In' the least surprised. He will ponder the coincidence while awaiting trial under T500 ball. Cunard Line Leases Pier Here tomes Potter, manager of the Cunard Steamship Company, today announced SJlt the company had leased Pier 16. Ii.1'":"'" ' "- --....., JK wharves, fotu sit months, wthMNerf us' . ., , . r. ?2uiion' for a' yetK and wouldjrun 21 The American steamship :Lake Ga- J",Xt Uni direct $ Bristol, JBn"nd7KoriA"Kas arrived 'at-CSrdlff. leaking. CORRIDOR; RAISE INDEMNITY CLAIM TO THIRTY Allies Will Land Troops in Danzig Despite Enemy Entente to Disregard German Objections and Use Force if Necessary Foch Will Meet Teutons at Spa l'nrln. .March that the allied 31. The Temps ami associated say? go- ernments seem to have decided to disre gard the German objections concerning I Dan,;lg an1 to I:lml- h' jsary. Polish troops nt force If neces this lialtlc Pea port. ! But this move, sajs the Temp'?, would ' nnt npf-A.ciipilt- tmttlv l.i 111., mini! nt ..... .....i..... .... ,,..,,,,., ... ...c -. the Allies, the union of Danzig to Po land. The newspaper adds that, con cerning the question of the PolMi frontier, the Allied governments seem Inclined to create about Danzig n neu- a... -!.. 1 1.u a .....1.1 ,.ll...l.Un I rill r- ut it, in oi uei iu ui uiu annum lib this part ot the coast either to Ger- I many or to Poland. It Is realized Ilia, unless handled discreetly, out of such an Incident a"? an attempt to land Polish troops al Danzig, a serious rupture might follow, But It Is understood that the Germans are to be given assurance that llieje troops will he landed In small detach ments only and will bo Immediately transferred Into Poland, and that there will be no attempt to seize the city Itself under the armistice nor at all, unless the peace treaty to which the MANGIN CONFERS WITH CLEMENCEAU PARIS, March 31. General Mangin, who, it has been re ported, will be appointed to command Allied operations in thf Balkans and Rnssia, had a conference with Premier Clemenceau today nt the Ministry of War. THOUSANDS DIE IN ITALIAN SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC BERNE, March 31. News of a serious smallpox epidemic which for seven weeks ravaged the province of Apulln, Itnly, 'was received here today in Italian newspapers, the fruct having been suppressed up to this time by the censor. Thousands of the poorer classes iu the province died from Hie disease. Iu the city of Bnri alone fifteen Jnmdrcd persons perished. NAVAL SUPPLY SHIP IN DISTRESS Cukoa. Willi Pennsvlvania Casuals Aboard, Sends Wireless Message LEFT BREST MARCH S.QMCK REPORT ORDERED lly the Associated I'rett MalltHV. .V ., March 31 The Lulled Htatei naval supply ship Culsoa. witn 101 returning t loops, on board, al. cas uals. I u-ported In dlnress off Xew York. acordlng to n wiiekss me-sase picked up hcie. The message said the vessel was hove lo In a sttong noitbeast wind and lough sea. It further stated tliai the -hlp was capable of, making sl- knots If the vveatlKi- moderated. The Culgoa hulled from Hi est for Xew Vol I. on Match 3 and put In at tlie Atuirts. from which she deuaited on Ala'.ch If , ,.,. cuIboii'm position has mven as The I ulgoas posu-.on '. ileciees noith latltuil . Gi;.::8 degrees west longitude. Her uli'L-uljtlng pump ! was said io b out of cuininls,!oti. v... i.rk. Mai eh 31 (B.v A. I') l board 1 loops Tlie supply ship Culgott has ...,, ,.,i i-nmnanles consisting of . v,i.-mi'a. Ttxas. North I'.nollna Pennsylvania and scattered uiitjtn,, in all three otllcers. 100 men and one xlvlllan. By the Associated Press v. York. .March 31. In tlie gale !'.. i, f fane Hatteras last week the. inn .11I1V H. wio. ni-.-.-is , . .. nil .....oiict leak and was In distress many houis, officers on 1 the, Lulled Fruit Company's steamship Santa Malta leported o'l arrival here today. The last the Santa Malta heaid nt the Alauaha was at i :30 a. in. on Santa Marta reached her three hours later. he rounn tne Aiapana Willi heavy seas breaking over the decks, steamplpes broken, leaking badly,' sev eral feet of water In .tlie holds, and with only two days' supply of oil left for the engines and barely uble to make headway. ; I.omlou, March 31. (By A. P.)--The American steamship Lake Anesus, with propeller lost. has. been towed to Plymouth by the American steamship ABANDON Gennaiia suhfcitbe deprives them of that pott. In response K (lermanv'.s note on the subject nf n.ibziK. Marshal Koch has offered to g.w personally at Spa to a German plenipotentiary, fully empowered to decide within twenty-four hours, full particulars nnd required guarantees con cerning the landing of General Mailer's troops. The German Government, according to Berlin advice", has decided to Bend Mathlas llrzberger as plcnlpotenlary to meet Marshal Foch. SKULL FRACTURED BY FALL -, . ivi t v i i fullltrr W hill' orkllip nil Mur- kct Street Store Seriously Injured 'One man "was seriously Injured today i when a scaffold collapsed In front of a flve-and-teu-cent store In Market street near Twelfth The Injured man is Frank Jamison. thlrty-llve years old, 1211 .Master street He Is In the Hahnemann Hospital vvitli a fractured skull. Jamison wan painting tin- building i when the support mappt'd. He crashed I to the ground. U.S. INVESTIGATES MEXICAN GRANT Embassy Inquires Into Re ported Land Concessions to Japanese lly thf Aisiicialed 're-v W HhlciBlim. .March 31 The Ameri can embassy a I Mexico Citj was in- s'ruued tod:i Io make Inquiries con- ceinliiK Ihe lepoit that the Mexican Kovermneiil has granted aRrlcultural concessions to Japanese in Lower Cali fornia and to iepoit Ihe facts as qulckly as possible. No otliclal luroimalion Ins leached tlie deparment tibout the conces-slons and surprise was occasioned by the dis patch fiom -Mexico Clt.v yesterday, quot ing Gineral Aiuado Agulne. uuder-sec-retai.v uf development and agitcuhuiv. as saj lug tliey had been granted The American Govt mm, nt is inteiesu-il Imlli because of the appamil Hih-ce.ss of Ja panese In obtaining a luus-souglit foot hold Iu Lower California, unci ln-caii'e the tract of land involved was developed and la claimed by an American company whose rights weie declared forfeited bv the Mexican government in 1917. The land, upward of a million acres below the California border, was granted by the then President Diaz to the ("all- fornla and Mexican liiul Company, ot Los Angeles, of which General Harrison Giey Otis, of Los Angeles, was the lead ing figure. It was desert laud with I nothing growing on It but sage brush, i cactus ami cnaparral. The soil, how-' ever, was rich lu place.! eighty feet deep, loiiuru iij iiejioaiin ior -euciai,ons hv the Colorado rlv linrrleuiiN Nirml .Vlillluii It produced nothll.g for Mexico and the expense of putting water on the laud was so great that no one in Mexico would undertake It. The American company spent more than $1,000,000 in irrigation work before, the tract was productive. One of the requirements of the concessit) was that the laud Hhould be Irrigated. Another was that It should be settled with farmers and ranchers. Both these requirements are Continued on l'axe 1'lftern. Column Nig CORNTRJr'APPEAL FAILS Supreme Court Dismisses Action and District Court Will Decide Waalilnt-ton, March 3t. (By A, P.) Upon the motion of the company, the Supreme Court today dismissed apoeala brought by the Corn Products Refining Company In proceedings under the Sher. man law brought by the government against the corporation, ' Attorney General Palmer announced later- that a decree In the proceedings would be rendered today In the Federal .District Court In New York, from wiilch tne appeal was tanen to uie jupretue DAN2IG X BILLIONS President Backs Up Lloyd George On Polish Issue SWAPPING LAND FOR REPARATION Germany Probably Will Ac cept Internationalization of Baltic Port , SAAR VALLEY SLIPS FROM FRENCH VISION May Get Coal for Ten Years. Damage Total Due for Cut Later i By CLINTON W. GILBERT . Sluir riirrriom!rnt of the Limine l'ub-. lie I.rilirrr Willi the IVare llrlcicnllon In l'.urope By Wirelcgs (ununulit. lit!), bv Public Ledger Co. Paris, March 31. President Wilson has taken a stand with Premier Lloyd George against giving Poland the cor ridor across Germany to Danzig. The German threat to reject the pence terms if this were done has convinced President Wilson and Lloyd George of the utter impracticability of dividing Germany in that fashion and placing two millions of German people under Polish control. The credit for saving the Pence Con ference from atemptlng an impossible solution of the Polish problem rests chiefly upon Lloyd George, who now Is the htrpngest force for making peace. Germany probably will accept the Wilson-Lloyd George plan for tho In ternationalization of Danzig and ot the, railroads and the river connecting Poland with this Baltic porl. thus glV ing her free access to the sea. as do- J manded In the fourteen points. I To Respect 'Territorial Lines ' A similar disposition seems probable, with respect to the territorial integrity of Germany on tho west front, where . the Rhenish Republic Idea seems to I have been abandoned and France is 1 not likely lo get the Soar valley in ' perpetuity. ' In order to compensate France for I the damage done to her own coal In dustry, France likely will receive the entire pioduction from the Saar Val ley mines for the next ten years. The restriction of German fortifica tions on or near the Rhine River and uf German military railroads in that , region probably will be adopted, giv ing France military security in the future. This more reasonable attitude toward Germany in territorial ques tions probably means n stiffening of the attitude regunling reparation, on which point the British premier is understood to be standing with Pre i mler Clemenceau. Thirty Billions in liideiiinity An International committee of bank ns believes that Germany can pay nearly thlil.v billion dollars and the enemy piobahly will have to pay this amount because .some compromise is necessary in unlet- to reach agreement on the teims of peace, and the yielding of territory will mean u stiffening of other claims of the Allies. If peace is made on these lines the dispute vvitli Oitnany. when her dele gates arrive, will revolv'-e largely about the amount uf lepuratlou. That amount, if fixed high, probably will be reduced under German pressure, which ulri'udy is largely influencing tlie terms of the peace now being made. RUSSIAN PEACE FEELER RAISES DOUBT IN LONDON ! Even Bolshevik Leader Discounts Oiler to Pay Debts if Troops Are Itecallcd linloii, March 31. (Uy A. P.) Publication by tlie Dally Herald, tho new labor newspaper, of a report that tho.se in power in Russia had made comprehensive peace proposals to the Allied and associated powerc, caused no stir in diplomatic circles n London today. Those in a position to speak authori tatively on Russian affairs say that. If such new proposals were made, they will doubtless be considered as not being bona tide, as 'have been propo sals or feelers put forth by Premier Lenlne. Ited Leader Lacks Faith Coincident with the publication of a peace proposal story, a batch of Petrograd newspapers arrived In Ixuv don today. In the Northern Com inune, a Soviet publication, Zinovleff, the dictator of Petrograd and repi''.' sented as being next to. Lenlne- in Vower, la quoted ae again; ref$rrJngW tne proposals us ituv uunu JUM.VAltM' slating uitti we wuw -ttBaSrvHtessK. fit -,J i iW,l ttS- 'v'.y-i "& v.. -S3? .-CI . r ' ' t ' JX.-" .-.Xi ,i-. .Yl&z
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