WffaS ' c " JP7 1 . -Hf r J " t' yj&- .: ;v-V-" & -, i i m, " y a;- . ' . f 1.-.. " S Icuenmo Bubltc fedejer THE WE,ATUER Washington, April 2Fair tonight and Thursday; rising temperature. TEMI'EBAThlin AJ EACH HOUR I '. oTioln 1 12 1 1 1 2 1 a .4 i T 126 27 2731 "3TJ3S I I I I I ?..' MIGHT EXTRA CLOSING STOCK PRICES rvT S. JMS . 'Mm ' " .rT VOL. V. NO. 171 l'ubllahed Dally Ilieepl Sunday. Rubucrlptlon Trice 10 n Tear by Mall. Copj riant, mill, by Public Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIAt WEDNESDAY, .APRIL 2, 1910 L'ntered as Sccond-fUs Matter at III- Pontofllrc. nt Philadelphia, I'a L'ndcr Iho Act of .March N. I HTli PRICE TWO CENTS &, m m ; I U X$L NEW PHONE RATES AGAIN SUSPENDED BY JUDGE KUNKEL Dauphin County Court Holds President and Bur leson Exceeded Authority INJUNCTION CONTINUED Vtlorncy General "Wins Sec ond Victory in Battle for State Rights A second victory was gained today iy" Attorney General Schafter, Jn his Ight against, tho new higher telephone atcs ordered by Postmaster Burleson, rhen the Dauphin County Court con Irtued Its original Injunction against the ates until a further hearing. After going deeply Into the resolution ranting authority for the federal con rl otthe lines the court says that "It I quite clear that the resolution did not nntemplate an Interference with the ates and tolls In force at the time It fas passed." 'It follows, Judge Kunkel holds, that hn President and the Postmaster Gen ial were not acting within the scope t their authority and therefore not of Iclally when they arbitrarily changed "he jates. 'tt will hardly be questioned," he (includes, "that the commonwealth of lennsylvanla has not the power to en nrco Us own statutes, and to prevent heir violation: tr that this court has oca purstllcton to entertain the pres nt hill for the purpose of preventing the lolntlon of the order ot the public serv e commission, and we think any cue ,'rho undertakes to disobey the order lipuld show- such a Btate ot facts as lalnly Justifies his action. "For the considerations wrfilch we feel Fe developed In only In part, we are jduced to continue thlH Injunction until rial hearing, when the facts ot the use may be fully shown and the ques jons which have been raised be more feoroughly discussed and considered. Ac Grdlngly the motion to continue la sus-tlned." Y's? ,;!" Original Order Itnufd January 2D The preliminary Injunction rcstraln- L-7$VB th? Bell Telephone Company from, vs .Diiecimjf me new rates auinorizea uy Kt- , Postmaster General was Issued at S JarrlsBurg. January 29. rH? "The Btate began Its case by filing a wj'Sietltlon wlththe Dauphin County Court, - .--iiiiii, niai. mq eu iuiuiJctliy iiuu iiui S"ompIled with provisions ot the state jgi while service company law, which re st? Hires the filing ot new rates with that '? ody. The' petition ,waa 'presented by tiq- iimc, xiuuiik niiu Aituni, 1..- -r .-u .) it J- " -. . I fVr C'Bnnot Clianre Rntm 11 The State's suit was based on the con- kO"i ftnttnn tliaf 4 ha TikW rnminM.. ,nm n --; , p ' bik. HIW AJl.ll VVtlJM4ljr ,! i 'cnnsyivania corporation -and ttiat -"monK the rates fllcd by .It with the (IL. ommlsalon was n- schedule effective une 21, 'J1I17, which cannot he changed r discontinued by the company within bree years, unless wIHi the consent of ka commission. It vna. then set forth lliat the company haft'done In the mat tr' of the- new rates ordered by Post laster .General Burl'ison, effective Jan ary 21. These rales, the petl'.lon declared, are 'f(" v4 excess of those authorized by the ; DinniiBsion nnu on me wun ic, anu mai?- k- iciuuri:, mo uuiuji.tii; in uuaifiiug iui 'Ss tlenhone servlco at the new rate Is r" ctlnir contrarv in law. Followlmr the crantlnir of the nre- & ( tmlr.ary lnjunctjeil the Bell Telephone fpff bmpany suspended the new rates and jfe. istoredjthe old. M?Z On Ti-ebruarv 4. (h United States In- i. irvened In the case, noeer I. Burnett. Inlted States attorney for the Middle (Istrict, appearlnebefore the Uauphln Kl iunty Court with the contention .that yfl o 'courtJiad no Jurisdiction In Hie Si latter, Decauso tne unuea siaies was air Je real party In the case ana not tne S , tell Telephone Company. C. Attorney General's Contention WJ r Attorney General Schaffer replying to fr. Burnett, asserted that the United 1. I.I.. iliiB, nnt aniwar In Hia htllt. nnd ijat It has not been established that ifp 9e unuea siiuies owns mo micpuuua RjsJ nes.' F "I have never been Ih a case of more !M ir.reno.hlnp nosslbllltles." said Attorney W$ kmeral Schaffer, at the time. In estab- I-'n, shine this point, "it goes to tne very lJi ;ndamentals of government on which S- ur republic is rounuea ana u anecis x& e powers and rights of the common- ?,'. .enllh" J1TTTT.T. SMASWF.n 4,?x-. WUM , 4 HAN FOUND DYING t IN HOTEL ROOM ? ."7 l - - - -. . , . ir tobberv Believed Motive lor ', a,, i. r,.,:r. c;nni,t n,. j; tiiiativ vjuuhiuiiiu" ""6" "j Police , '"iftHls neaa crusneu uy u www uuih u Ptaysr. blunt Instrument, a man regls- ired ao Daniel v-oyie. at. new xorK, .'aa found dying-In his room, at the Mer- i H . ...... v-.-1 ,,R XTn. tf. Tlllp.l ll.B.I te'jjliania noiri, i i" -..... ..., ,W" .. . , . , . W . The POIICO anq ueiecuvo iurto ape i- i. . . .. . .. enrolling for tne nssanaiii. who uiey ' vJtlleve was Coyle's robmmate, registered . ''Trank Murphy, New York city." f Coylo Is noy In a. dying condition nt 5th noosevelt Hospital. Ho has been w nnonRclous since, he was talten tl'ere K vPd tho police hnve no hope thnt he will C . ... aiiflii-lentlv to reveal the name g.MW.W. -...-..-. .- -.- . - - f the man wnoatiacKea mm. .RCovlo'nnd Murnhy had been stop- vlnr 8t the hotel for several days. Yes- 'l.J- PnvU rentlARtPfl that thev hn K ''ivert a room 'with two bedd In It and i.. LstniKnt ne reiirea eariy. uwrr aiur- r'. 1.- w.nt tn 41ia mnm. ITa came out! t, lOlSO-o'clock and told the night ferlc he Vas gpjng out to get nomethlng 'j'eat. He did not return. 'Petectlvo Belshaw, chief of the mur. ., er squad, has a description of Murphy, V)ilch waa sent him by the police of the hlrd street and Falrmount avenue sta- nlan Tt6bbery la suDOOged to have been PP1 iJmptlve ot the atactl:. fer , a regisiraiion cara iuunu in vuyies ff , oeket , contained the .name ''Arthur i..uIa M and sava Ilia- nnnrflujia tvlnhltti j, an. Thl eii fciyl lW nwlled to Woman Rules . in Mayor Smith 's Stead Miss Cora Duffey Is the First of Her Sex to Hold Reins of Government as "Mayoress" of Philadelphia A pretty oung woman, trim of figure, gracious In manner and with an Im personal smile for all Such is "Mnjorcss" Duffey, who Is presiding today at City Hall. She Is tho first woman to have such honors thrust upon lier In this city, nnd she It getting good results. Mayor Smith Is 111 at his home In Olenslde. His secretary and brother, Joseph C. Smith, Is also confined to his home because ot Illness. Some one had to keep the city moving. Without waiting for any special act of Councils, Miss Cora Duffey, the Mayor's confidential clerk, Jumped -Into the breach and took up the thousand and one affairs which drift Inlo the ofllcc of the city's chief executive, without hesl tanc. Mayoress Duffey is qualified by ex perience for her onerous duties. She served In the Dlankenburg adminis tration. There are times when a ei liable maelstrom of tnunllcpal alTalts sweeps into the Major's ofTlce. v Maintains Her I'olie Delegations ot Indignant citizens, prominent lsllors and powerful poli ticians arrixo when the ofllce is already ,lni,ii7t..l wlih' civic affalis. Then, loo, the perpetual otllee seeker with a flock of letters, as well as the crank who has a brand-new way to lun the city at less than half the cost, is forever or. tho Job. One can plctuie the average woman on the verge of nervous collapse under such a strain. Not so with Mayoress Duffey, She Is quick to size up a sit uation and can turn a burst of Indigna tion into a smile, by her diplomatic methods. The man with a grouch melts quickly CORONER PROBES BRISTOL DISASTER Believes Others Perished, But No Additional Bodies Have Been Recovered INQUEST. IS HELD TODAY V An Inquest Is being held today at the Slerchant Shipyard, Harrlman, Pa.. Into the deaths of the four men whose bodies were recovered from the Delaware JUver. "taimolilne accident, oil '" Wi . - v. .,. ddltlonal bodies have been recovered, ' ' The accident w'as caused by the col lapse of a scaffolding- on which about seventy-Ave workmen had crowded to view the launching ot tne vauK..u. They fell inlo a small triangular space of water filled with lumber, shoring ana broken piling. About thirty men were treated nt the Emergency HospltaJ. Some went home without awaiting treat ment. Others are missing. ( Coroner Harvey S. Iue, of Bristol, still believes that other men perished In the tragedy. "Many bodies unquestionably were swept-into midstream," he said today. "They were carried out by the suction of the vessel which was launched four minutes nfter the accident. This, coupled with the fnct that the tide was high., resulted In some bodies being swept far down stream." Divers Still at Work Divers and men with grappling Irons aro still at work today, after having worked unceasingly throughout the night, looking for the' bodies of victims. Operations have been transferred to a point farther down stream, as It is be lieved many of the bodies were washed a considerable distance. A rapid check Is being made of every home and rooming house In Bristol and Harrlman, and an appeal made to every resident to report missing men at once. Latest axallable llgures placed the miss ing at approximately twenty. Among them is a prominent Bristol young man. Charles Spring, son of Iewls Spring, a prominent member of Bristol Town Council, and a spectator nt the launch ing. It Is hoped that many ot the caps and hats found floating In the water can be Identified, and a complete list of the missing men thus obtained. The accident was caused by the men "eluding the vigilance ,of the guards" and going out on thA narrow "patrol walk" to see the Waukau slide from the ways, according to a statement Issued by Georgo C. Thayer, general manager of the company, whose wife christened the" boat. The wooden structure was too weak for the weight thrust upon It and It sagged Into the water, carrying tho men with It. Statement by Company The statement follows: "W have tried to look up all tho absentees." he tald, "and It Is evident that there Is no one else missing. Time cards have been checked up and every one appears to be accounted for. Of course, there may have been some strangers among the victims; but I hard ly regard this as likely. "Just prior to the launching of the S. S. "Waukau a number of employes. In their anxiety to witness the lapnch-ini- eluded the vigilance of the guards and congregated on a section of the walkway running around the stern of the ships now under construction! About two minutes before the actual moment of launching this structure gave way, throwing a number of men Into the river. Four of these men were drowned. Tho rest made their way safely to shore with no Worse results than a few hurts and bruises and a thorough wetting." GOVERNOR REMAINS IN ROOM All Engagements for Remainder of week ire Canceled llnrrltburf, April 2, Governor Wil liam C, Sproul, who was.talten 111 with tonsllltls yesterday, remained -In his room today on orders ' from his physician. All engagements for the remainder of, tho week have been' canceled, and ttw-c-ttowwwr nay wiuUn .at th jx. l-lul. City Today under the courteous tieatment of Miss Duffey. She can Judge human nature quickly and Is aware ot the fact tliat the boisterous individual is the easiest tamed. She has the multitudinous afTalrs of Philadelphia at her finger ends. She in terviews department heads of all kinds and Knows tlje price per jnrd of street paving as well as the lock bottom price of sugar for municipal purposes. Miss Duffey also knows the status or nearly eveiy visitor, to the executive of fices, and has the knack of bringing them down to the point regarding the object of their visit. In quick time. Dodge I'liotonrnplier Theie Is a deluge of things which on account of IKelr triviality should never reach the Major. Miss DufTe sidetracks them immediately She now transmits Important mattcis to Joseph Smith nt his home, llioad nnd York streets, nnd lie telajs them to the Mayor at Glen side. It can be told truthfully that Mayoress Duffey Is opposed to publicity. She aw a photographer waiting lo "snap" her just outside the Mayor's leeeptton ropm this afternoon, and eluded him bj' a quick dait down Hie second floor corri dor. 'Hhe Majoiess did not wait for the elevator but took the stairs to the street. Av quick run across the plaza brought her to an nutomobtle, which carried her to the Major's home with impoitant papers Just before she left the ofllce. Miss Duffey showed that she was qualified for the majoraltj'. "How do,joti like the post of Maj'or ess?" she was asked. I lnve nothing to say," she replied smilingly. ller I,0,"e ''' ilt B331 WlngohockliiE terrace, Geimantown. 30 SCHOOLS HERE ., -. , T. , vv . I'eninylMinll Stute TJoird ot l.w K RFl flW VTAlllAlTV"ml"ers ln July' 1!,J7- nml ' October DIjIAYV 01rlllllll! "f ,1,e 8nle year wffs admitted ' Prac- J flee In Hft Municipal Court. Common j I'leas Court and Orphans' Couit. i Miss Bass leallzfrt the ambition of S8 000000 Needed tO 1 lier llfc ln ,,ecomlt"-' a lawyer. She R,.;,, P.ii'lrKvnr Ro,.,,- """8 -"imim.jj iu i,nuin.- ments, Surveyors Find SOME ARE INSANITARY Keiy one of thirty schoolhouses ho far Inspected by the building department of the Board ot Kducation must' bo Im proved before. It can come un tn ..the I. JY .vl..'.t.J. .P... j -C-O.X. A... I i tatMode tmfCtt'WrrTF'Xt&zas.-' U oumi xj. v-assei, neao oi ine uepai I- ment, estimated this afternoon that It would cost more than $1,000,000 to make John D. Cassel, head of the denait- these Improvements and more than 18, 000,000 to bring all the schools in the city up to requirements. 'Such a condition Is not peculiar to Philadelphia," explained 11. Courcy Bleb nrds. flesffrnlnf- nrui l.j.1 fA.. tl.. KnnH.i a ........iv .u, ,.,c uuai.i here and also acting superintendent of aicimectuie for the State Board of I'.ducatlon, who Is well ers-ed with con. dltlons of school buildings throuchout the state. "It Is natural that buildings erected prior to 1900 should fall to coma up to a code made since that dale And you must remember that many of this cltv's schools were bu'It as long ago as 1814. As a matter of fact, though, the build ings of 1814 are far better than those erected In 1860 or 1870. ' 'We hae been asked by the board to make this survey and to report ac curately just what must be done to each building to bring It up to cpde require ments. That doesn't mean the board will undertake nil these lmproements. Neither does It mean that all these buildings are condemned or een unfit roc school purposes. It may mean that tlip board should expend $23,000 for more yard space: should tear out the front of a building and nut In morn win- dows or prolde new dressing rooms. lavatories and tolleU. Provision of Code "Perhaps you don't itallze that to come up to the state code 20 ner rent of the floor space should be In windows: tnat there must be thirty cubic feet of fresh air per minute per pupil In each room and It should be heated to seenty degrees when It is zero outside; that there must be 200 cubic feet of air space per pupil and fifteen square feet of floor space per pupil In each room. The buildings must be fireproof and answer all local requirements of the bureaus of health and water. "In many Philadelphia schoolro'oms there is less than ten square feet of floor space per pupil. The rooms are overcrowded. "While It isn't In the state code, nuthorltles recommend there should be twenty square feet of ard space per pupn. . I'm; 220 schools Fifty Der cent-of Phllalini,i0L ooisyfaPll short of ttta rin'u Ire" ment "I must say that schools erected since 1900 In this city are in very good con- coiiunued,. Twcohim,, K,si PETROGRAD TORN BY RAIL STRIKE ' AND REVOLUTION Reppris of Revolt Confirmed by Russian Wireless No Bread in Former Capital London, April 2. (By 'a. P.) Re ports that a revolution against the So viet Government has broken, out In Pet rograd are supported by an official Rus sian vylreless dispatch received here,' which says that there Is a serious strike of railway men In the Petrograd region. The strike, It Is said, was prompted by the Menjhevlkl and the Social Revolu tionaries, 1 The Russian, wireless message reads: "There Is no transport and conse quently there Is no bread In Petrograd. The Menshevlkl and tha Social Revo lutionaries are calling out the railway men nnd railway communication lias been stopped, Tta .social -raMluugwrlcjr ,re. the I ; ; ! ' 1 laiist! m ' t a v m ' Vi.(Vv ..'J I 1 ml : CKCELtA I. U SS GAINS HER RIGHT xj irrtAiiLi LAW , ,.arK Apill ..Con8Ueraoll or 1B AT FEDERAL BARt,,lcstIon of iPParatlons and the dls- position of the Rhine Valley was con- ll.;in.ii..i.:, v ; ..tl"uc1 "' . iiijHUH a AUHIIl-!l V U1I11I1I Lawyer Admitted at Ae of Twcnty-twu Miss Cecelia V. Bass. Philadelphia's youngest woman lawjer, today wns ad mltted to practice befoie tlu federal courts by Judge Dickinson in tlx- t'nlted Stales District Court iieie Miss Bass Is twenty-two eais old Pile has been practicing law In the Uu com is for a little moie than a eai .She passed the final examinations ot the ! 1,er llvln as a stei.ugralihet . leading law at night. She had taken a prominent nait In the suffrage movement, being state mem- beishlp chairman of the l'pnusjanla branch of the National Woman's party. - MARINE DIES IN BATTLE Parents of James Barnes Arnott Receive Official Tidings mat uncertain waning which lias eitoVofcSiany WJadelphU ..patents j--iri..j With .T-nvessage l-vl""' ... "rr .-. ... . .. iKe leporicu liussing was. i ,ni,,d toiloy fo. Mr. and Jlrs. AIlIiI- . bald Arnott, G53G Chester anue. Their j son, James Barnes Arnott, of Company and Mrs. AlUil- pany: Klght, Fifth Marines, died in battle on I trol over the large German population the Champagne front last October, lie j In the Sarre valley, which will re was reported missing October 2 . ma wlth, Germany. This proved ,Uu,,B ..., ...- ,JUL mrmy je,,rs ( old. He had cnllteil with "the flist to ftfrl.t" llt'n .A.1.U ncr. 11 iid atn.lnnn.l ... l .... i-eagUe inland for a time, and went oei , May. 11)18. No definite word ot him had been ieceled by his parents for some time piecedlng his death. Tluee sisters shale with the patents their pi Id in this latest addition to Philadelphia s ' glowing list of gold stais," WOULD STOP "SCALPING" Hearing at City Hall FnMn on Theatre Ticket Bilk tty a Staff Correspondent llarrliburs, April 2. A subcommittee ot the House Wajs and Means Com-jcal mlttce will sit In City Hall, Phlladel- phla, Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, to ,,e?r arguments on the mM bills now pending befoie the House. Theatrical Intel ests in Philadelphia have tequested the healing. ItepieoentH- Ue Benjamin It. Colder, Philadelphia, Is chairman of the subcommittee. Two bills will be considered at the hearing One. the DaK bill, Imposes restrictions on Ihe sale of tickets by scalpers. The other, the flolder bill, prohibits the sale of theatre tickets any wheie except In the theatre. FAIR AND WARMER OUTLOOK Southern Winds Soon to Blow Ice From April's Fingers Fair tonight and tomorrow with Higher tempnatuies and probable shift ing of winds tow aid the south is the official weatl'er piedlctlon. The long-distance record for co-ldness on April 2 was tied today with 1907, when the thermometer Blood at 25 de grees nt 7 o'clock this morning. it had r)sen to 35 nt 1 oclock this afternoon. I "e CM """l'- " 'nasnes all en-; -. records for -Vprll. was only ex- - : .. .. . . .l . .. i cetueu orico n if " u. ine local i Weather Uureau. That was on Aprif 12, ' 1874, when high winds ana frost drove the mercury down to 18. - "".asV'week8,, lileh north and northwest winds, is blamed by the weather officials for thejfoimer Director of Public Works today ! HPe tor an abatement of the cold .fi nnwov r. ih pin priainpii in i ha a t VU1V,IV""t - '"" V " v Ji 1; dictions of the Weather Bureau today. The winds are losing their Intensity and are gradually shifting, It Is-belleved that 34 will be the lowest temperature 'to night as against 24 recorded-last nlghti The sun's rays are expected to absorb enough of the coldnees to allow the mer cury to c"mb 1 40 degrees before tlie close of the day. CURB ON LOAN SHARKS House Passes Walker Dill Abol ishing Examination Fee By the Associated Press llurrlaburt, April 2. The House passed finally this morning nn amendatory net Imposing more stringent regulations on loan sharks. Representative James A' Walker. Philadelphia, sponsored .the measure. ( abolished the examination fee of one dollar paid .by th$ borrower under the ''nr went law ana nxes anuuu of OMiSiMEu -WiW lusts' Mk w LIMIT FRENCH RULE IN SARRE TO FIVE YEARS , Allied Plan Would Give Temporary Political and Economic Control DECISIONS IMPROVE PROSPECT OF PEACE Council of Powers Touches on Question 0f Guilt of Kaiser TO SEE SCARRED CITIES One Informant Says Total of Indemnity May Be $25,- 000,000,000 the Council of Four, com- I prising Piesldent Wilson and the Pre miers of I'rance, Great Britain and i Italy, when the session of the council I wns lesumed today. I It is understood lo lie piobalile that lit least tluee mine days will be oc iclipled with these subjects j American financial experts were culled Into the session today. King Albeit of Belgium, who arrived from Brussels jeslerday by airplane, t paid a visit to President Wilson today. i It was staled authoritatively last j night, after the meetings between j President Wilson and the Premiers, I that the prospects for an accord weie moie hopeful. J French lo Get Sarre Valley , Distinct pi ogress wna made at the 'morning and afternoon sessions, par- tloularly legaiding the Sarre Valley, .i i n .. .1 , .. 14, indications aro that the I-rench , will get coal from the Sane Valley, I which will be charged against their share In the reparations. Theie was some discussion of the advisability of leaving the eventual disposition ot the Sane Valley to a plebiscite-.. , , , .' i-.. ..j,"3. ' "" f". " " LvSjaaS- f ruoiiuiiiio comiui oi ine nnrrA pom , "elQ coal Frai ! nelds- 80 a to offset damages to the mines of northern Trance. ''ranee wns not to nave political con- objectionable, and one of the chief cnuses of the council ot four's Inac- tlon. The main objection was the lllvluc1 contiol, by which France; wouia op unaoie 10 operate the mines i effectively, prevent strikes and enforce authority when the Germans were exeiclsing political conttol. Previous dispatches gave the spelling oC the famous coal basin, ' "Saar," the Herman form, and the i change to tne rrencn rorm may he prophetic of the impending decision ' ot tne peace council. The new plan, therefore, seeks to combine French economic and nnllil. authority for a temporary period I until the productive capacity ot the I mles In northern France Is restored. ,nTr7iX , ,s estimated five years will be required to restore the mines to normal, and this probably gives nn Idea of the I length of the proposed Joint control by France Basis (or Rhine Policy The fact that tho control would be temporary would overcome the ol). jectlon of annexation similar to theT German annexation of Alsace and Ivorralno ln 1870. The pioposal was first advanced as eoucernliVs the Sarre region only, but It Is, regarded now as equally appli cable to the- left bank of the Rhine as a possible basis of agreement. The council ot Foreign Ministers at (heir meeting this afternoon received the report of the Peace Conference Commission on Czecho-Slovak terrl- oorrr'Sa' plenary session of the confeience on I Saturday to discuss the report on In tei national labor legislation. The re port was made by the commission designated by the full conference, ahd Continued nn l'are Thirteen. Column Tito ACKER IS NOT CANDIDATE I , . ,-7- : " . 1 38th Ward Leader Denies Anv I Ambition for Mayoralty I A Lincoln Acker, former sheriff nnd exploded some denial dynamite under a rumor he would be n candidate for the Rem,bllcaM no""natla" tor Jll"- '"Is year. For seveinl days past, the report that Mr. Acker had agreed to 11111 was cur rent In some political circles. It was not the first time he had been "prominently mentioned" for mayoralty honors. He was suggested In 1911 and 191(5. "J am' not talking politics and I have had no discussion over politics.'' Mr. Ackecfald emphatically today, "i nm pot politically nmbltlous," he continued, smiling, "and I have no lightning rod up, as some of my friends suggested." 1 Mr. Acker, who Is the leader of the Thirty-eighth ward.ls president nd gen eral manager of a largo retail grocery firm. THE WEATHER VANE Todav" o tcrnpi-ointurs day. Fair tonight and Thursday. Temperature 'th west surprising; (GERMAN STRIKERS TO ESTABLISH RED RULE; BLOODY CLASHES OCCUR Allies to Defer "Evil Day" by Not Totaling Damages Plan to Refer' Reparation, to Commsision Piles Up Trouble Sarre Valley Decision Pleases Wilson's Friends By CLlIVrOX Staff i urrriMiiitlf nt itf I ln lenlnp lll.llr I liurnpp H If r .j,jiiifil. l'lf.1. hj Paris, A pi II 1. The Piesldent's ' fi lends In Paris piofess to be cheeied gieally oer the Sarre Vnllej lines tlon, which Is lepoiteil to be suhril, 01 to be near solution. France will get the valuable loal mines, but as this point has been agiced upon for seerul months theie seems to be no leuson for any ex citement if the political status "of the Sarro Vallej Is at last determined. But it is so seldom that the con feiees aie capable of leachlns an agreement that. If they hue" finally agreed on this minor point, the aie capable of gieat excitement and much hopefulness. The leparallons question has taken a new turn, Illustrating the dllllcul ties. uncertainties and Indecision of the 1'eace Conference. On this point the peison giving In formation us to the latest develop ment said. "Whatever you write will be wions." Having fulled to icji'h nn agiee- MOVIE CENSORS TO APPEAL DECISION ON "THE BRAND" The Pennsylvania Board of Censors will fight the decision of Common Pleas Court No. 2 ordering the' board to permit the showing of the film play "The Brand," according to the 'state ment of Chairmnn Harry L. Knnpp. The decision will be car ried to a higher .court by the state's attorney general. HUNDREDS KILLED IN FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN ,! LONDON,' April 3. Several hundred persons were hilled in further lloting in rranhfOrt-on-the-Mniii Yesterday. BRITAIN TO DROP PRESS MESSAGE CENSORSHIP LONDON, April 2. The censorship of press telegrams will be. rait-cU Apiil 30, it wab officially announced tins afternoon. TOLSTOY BITTER ON BOLSHEVISM1 DciHOcrat'V for Russia Twenty Years Away. Says Count, Visiting Here SEES CRADLE OF LIBERTY Ihivy of the United States as "the I joungest country with the oldest democ- I lacy" was the feeling' aroused In Count Ilj a Tolstoy, son of the noted Itusslan wilter, after he aiose today fioin the I chair which Hancock and Washington had occupied in Independence Hall. Wheieas Busala," he went on to say, - ja the oldest country with the oung est democracy, and it will take piobably twenty .ears before we nae a unnro Slates of Russia." "I feel gieat en foi this rounli In this hall the birthplace of a nation. Americans cannot undei stand i con dition Vieeausn they hac never In ibeii history been so oppresstd .is has Rus sia first b an ell aulouuo and now bv a et fai woice oppression, one wnic-n ,J einmfnt ttt nil. for Bolshevism .. . ", ". . ie sto0d near the l.lbeity , Bell. ' Ouis. loo, Is a lamous sacieu na tional bell hke youis. which pllgiitns come ihoUkJinds of miles 10 see Hut, whereas oui bell M the l.lbem. ours Is the Slavery bell. "To think that oui aneestois created, so long ago, democracy ' declaration of independence." he said, leading tho fac simile copy of the decimation on the wall. "This Is In essence the ery declaration not only of America's own liberties, nut . """"" all nations for all tli es. It Ins 1 Irect the dcclnrallon of jlgh s o he "'hi- European peonies n,send led he j eat ago. ns it had that of I i.ince a leniuiy iiK.nin.. hut that or tne iiiieiues 01 before. "Envy. env.v for Ameilca's great roovI fortuno and deep regret that -the fate of my own country should have been so different. Is agitating me today as perhaps never before In my life,' said Count Tolstoy with glistening eyes. La tec questioned on Bolshevism, he Continued on J'are Two. C'oliimn Four AMERICANS NOT IN FIGHTING Chorchill Says U. S. Force De clined to Aid Japanese London, Alirll 2. (By A. P,) Ques tloned )n tha House of Common? today as to why the American troops did not co-operate with the Japanese tn the fighting at Hlagovestchensek-, Siberia, Winston Churchill, the Minister of'War. replied that the American commander had-sald that the force which, was at tacking the Japanese mltfht "prove to be one of insurrectionary Russian peasants, who were mistaken for Bolshevlkl, Mr. Churchill ,adae.di that, tnere was W, GILBERT filler Willi Hie I'eine DeleKull.in i'rcci Vittiliv .rifyi I i. nieut uu the specific amount nf dam "Sf. the "Bit; Koui" nte now work- lug on a plan lo stipulate no specific i imount in lepaiuiiini, nut to leiei the whole subject to n special com mission. This. should be more dilllcult than agreeing on a specific amount, for It will be mine dilllcult to find a foimula which will be geneiall ac ceptable. whlcll will bind Trance, lSnglaml and (Jeiniunv, and which x. ill not be susceptible of disputes as to its lnterpietatlon in the futu.o. I One lulvantuse sought In not mm- lug the sum is to conceal from the , , ,. , ,. ., people of France nnd Uennnny the I exact uinount to be collected and thus I to ao!d disappointments on one hand I and i evolution on the other. i The new plan is tjpical of the dls- position of the Peace Conference to evade the central Issue, which Is lift ing the bin den of the war debt In some way from the shoulders of the massed in Uurope. The commission Idea, lll.e the principle idea, is merely a scheme for putting nff the evil day. I JAPAN LAND DEAL DENIED IN MEXICO Carranza's Agricultural Officials Report No Sale ''Up to Present" SO DOES TOKIO'S ENVOY By the Aaociated I're mi...i fit. in it ' SaKndur do me, ,W of rr of the Department of Agiiculluie and Development, oni- dally denied lat nlg-u teports that ( Japanese subjects hnve Imugnt lands In , , ... . , , , . i,.j Lower Callfo.nla. Ills statement. Issued on behalf ot the depaitment In the ab. sence of Pastoi I'.oualx. Secietaiy of Commeice. Labor and Krlculliire. sais "I can say that up to the present there has been no sale of lands In Lower Cal-1 ,, , . ... i.v - Ifornla to Japanese subjects; neither has the Department of Development nuthoilzed an.v thing giving fmelgners rights to laige extensions of lands ln ,,,, ,,.., "Moreover, slnre ..ur oonstltutl h. -V t natona, l. "'l' dcpaiinient. In accord with Pie aonstlttitlon ds. esl- dent C'ananza. Is giving special atten tion lo all niatteis refeirlng lo lower California Concessions of territory - In that patt of the republic which have been authorised, have been for a morning, and all sireet traffic Is for 1 educed number ot bewares and to hidden after 9 o'clock at .night. j .. .!...' ... .. ..,n ,nio r The counter strike whlcll was cal ed ,".'...". ",:,,.....: ,. ':,,::. X; cieatl'ai, hSfi, til;! object ot favoring the natives." Last night Baron KmRnie Otoitl, I, minister lo Mexico, made a , t r,BarUllu, ,he (l.FCusslon attempts by Japanese In- ,),. in,i. m immr Pal. teiests to- puichaie lands In lower Cal Ifornln He said- "A tempest in a teapot has beep cre ated and I think the importance the Ameilcan press has given this question Is due to sonic political maneuver, caused by the netrness of the. next presidential campaign. It may be declared that there, are no concessions In lower Cali fornia that favor the lnerests of my country, Only near the town ot Mexi can exMs a small Japanese agricultural colony that cult.vates rtce, but this Is absolutely lacking In importance. "The only paying exploitation that can be made In that part ot Mexico Is for the development of mineral deposits, and this la beyond ths modest resources of the only Japanese colony located In that region, 1 am sure thnt If the American Department ot State has asked its embassy here for Information the embassy must declare there are no con cessions In lower California fnvorjng Japanese Interests." Mahlnxton, April J. The Jspsnese SEEK . Berlin Hears Order Has Been Restored.' in Frankfort DOZEN KILLED DURING FIGHTS? Sanguinary Disorders at Stuttgart Walkouts Spread Over Nation IJOLSHEVIK ATTEMPT ,' I T1V ATTCTUTA PATirroP ' '" '"JJiiun t:a.LLijiEi jAJ ' ILI French Get RraBnrintr !,,.$ jiorts in Hungary Expected $ RcSlimnlinn nf Ttnlntinns T. ' f I Reds have spread strikes through $'$ Rrrmnnv t nk. tu ' '? ft . 0 . . , , t ', ment. Sanguinary clashed have " Mura ""'" occuired. , Order has been restored at Frank- ' fort after fatal .riots. 'Casualties resulted from Stuttgart disorders.'' A general strike in Berlin is ,ru moreu. .t TIip RnlshftvIL- mr..ron.M- : nJl.JL I'A. Altctrin line rinnn h n.. aa. ..1 Reporte from Hungary are reassure .Jafl ing. rrench officials expect,earlyitr- resumption of relations with HuVSpN fr".J. j.'. ,'JilT ?V lip AiniSnloA' fir..'. - lirrliM, Api ll 2. Almost all the l?rAs? forces ot C?ermany are cither strlkln or threatening to stril,e as a reutTofc Mfenatiuii 'currieu on oy jnaepenaentLB clrtllsts and Spartncans who aje"BUcci ' lng In their efforts- to Indues wDrlAf?, I to 'make increasingly Impossible "? itartV , iway" ' " . - t"'K'?.miW The.sltuaflon cveirwhel.rMns'drV&?S. serious. nncTlt Is said that the alm.otOT the Srarlacnns W'bureU- bollt cal. havldt.fe i as Its object the oerturnlng of thV'flffiS I present goernment and the establlsh-Si I ' .,..v..D.. T'.tffyi j The forces of law and order vare tOJffefSa day ine complete masters of the situa- via . . . ..! &; lion at l-ran kforl-on-l he-Main. The. la-, "'nMH uor organization or the city, Frankfort ndv'ces state, has tanged Itself on thSj'WJI side of Ihe authorities and nlacerl tKr ',iH organlzulon at their disposal for the"- ,&, l'iepiuion or niPiurQances. V''' . urn niiriiiuiM in inunuer in ine - x's Altstadt quaiter were renewed, prompt f "J action irsulu-d III the effort being nipped,-"" "el in me Dun Tueiie ot the 'ould-be pluiideiers were killed. Of this dozen. ictlms four were women Sanguinary engagements have occur led at ICasttoo. in Wslnhalla. nrr-nr.1- i Imr tn l.i l-.. .l.1 .,. A .nn.ntn a $.l mlneiH. which was on Its way to ths wilA office of the ICastloo Anzelirer. rtnshpfl . IVj? i I I I. .. lll.llr. Dnnli.l.ii .. .1 ahJ a..am! " l.Jt-Ti weie killed ard wounded on both sldesV s.s.83 It Is said. 3$ Beports show that the strikes at Essen and Bochum hae only slightly extended. " 'X, ij-i-uii-.- cu ine ciuiiitg on ol ine ga fcil SlirillU tllM r-wl l. 1 1 n.n. In 13nrth.n. -CT-?! hae been unable to Bene any meals SSi - ,-- COvcrnment trtops at Stuttgart on Tues. Oav three persans were killed and many others wounded The demonstrators were eventually dispersed and order X9' n g,, hale ,1,-tiaied a general strike there. ' I'arln. April 2 (liy A P.) A dls- patch fioni Zurich states that In the 'I01" nt Fmnkford on Monday twev' persons were killed and twenty-Aye woumlet, Thp pollc( hae maae 400 arreSts In connection with the disorders, It Is said In the Ruhr basin the number of strikers Is estimated nt 150,000. Ton Mntlu s.ivs that a general strike Is' on. at lleilln. being as setlous as the one. ' recentl held ill that clt Million, April 2. (By A P.) The government has pioclalmed a BUte of, siege in the city of .Stuttgart anil Us enlions. All shops, theatres snd pub- 1l -.Innn ihii.I nlnea frnm S --.lm.1. III; liuw:n i..m-. .u.. .,u, u ll I.IUVK j,,, the evening until 9 o'clock In tho ns a protest ngalntt the general wallt-.iSSS outwork.ng.nenh been Joined I merchants, manufacturers, state and mil. A I IliUII'ai .,,-,-, u-....c ,,u yiicuiiBi. fj-T- No local- papers are -.sued and postI'j I lti.nl nfflnlalu iln.lnp. n rwt -.1. . .!. '' and tramcur service una oeen suspended.' ' Res The general strike does not appeaVta"" ?fe3 i.-. nfiwteil Industrial cities of Wiiii ."'VvS temberg except Goepplngen and ICsslln-.jfisij ten. The Ministry of Korelgn AftnlrV'MJiy has Issued a warning to state employe., not lo participate In the strike, becaps4,i It la entirely a iwiumi movement 'nr, tended to overthrow the government, rim cniDloies are warped that If theJ go on strike, they not only will not draw. -?? pay lor ine pewuu ui mieness, pi ." muy forfeit their positions. 'V., London. April 2. (By l . i ". " ' Wit f . Bprlhlni?- the outlook In Germany. th Berlin correspondent of the Mall aay' ih. ,-rlnltt which Is ranldlv -nnmaphi-. . ..!- . ha -.,.. .kn.. J&A&. seems, vcn-.i. . -v B.M..S. itiuii c mfl January or March outbreaks. "i, "One of the storm centers Is Bavaria, especially Munich' he writes, !Th situation In southern Germany hasoow; pletely hanged durlni; the last Uro weeks. Thousands or people, IneliKtM many women, attend maM-meHn M which unadulterated EolheVkmA- a4- vocated and demands sroBUHls.Jar th abolition of mp.eieciioii ai'tu A political- section n'Mn evn Mfgng f. ww ism- m ttmnmikifi'wjitv i tjsj sr' i m ; I Ml. $i sm . .&a V. 1 " MWPW. ft MW tTi err XJ4ftMrt.i-'9 Dimmmm - ' MJi .? 1 . r ' , (.. - . . f.b... .v1. f lc 0a 'fem-mjummm h . - 1 , U,lr.'W.b.A
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