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OQVERNOR'SPLAN
TO SUPPLY COAL
MEETS APPROVAL
Municipal Market Idea In
dorsed by Head of
Women's League
WOULD
REDUCE PRICE
Retail Dealers Point Out That
Boston Tried It Urtf'
successfully
J-f Women of Philadelphia
ij' mediately join forces to.
t .Xectlvo Governor Sprout's
should im
make ef
suggestlon .41.-1 .V.- t.. nail nnflt nnlri Mrs.
& "William B. Derr, president of the
Hpusewivcs' League, today. 4
It Is Mrs. Derr's Idea that the
women of jthe city must bring- pressure
4m the,. Legislature to cet a Btato ap
propriation nt once to establish a sys
tem of municipal coal markets here If
"nvivrnor Eproul's Idea Is to be carried
fovcrnor Sproul suggested municipal
coal markets as an offset to the fifty
cfcnt rse In coal prices, which ho found
tp. be necessary in 'his report, after a
umtiai (nvostii-ntlnn nf the nnthrAcue
oncratom' demand. He believes house-
-wlvcs would save $1 a ton If a city
ystem 0f distributing coal at cost were
'established.
,Stron(t rreafcum Sfeceaaaty
??- "If la on nrtvnnepll thoUCfht On tile
iit putt, of Governor Sproul." Mrs. Derr said
WM . . .. T IJ..H.. .t-tn Vt- nnn.
: rnnnv m nns pviuhiiliv kiicii --
mi :rrri....L .;... .r ,,m.M-hns
im -Ideas on how., tho opposition, that
SfISimmld come.from politicians nn neaiers
can be met My Idea is that trie
rwht, to Jrtt. municipal marltets wouiu De
f .,iDrncult tone, and that oJy through a
-('i..n.. nmhlnntlntl of tllA Women Of
&S-ify'cold It be brought about.
jK'X 1 W'W ware a good sum of money
toi.tart tne system ann i woura ,wik-
"i'"t,that, the woman's organjxatlons hold
fC', corfferenca and urge on'" the Legls-
FltUreiak state appropriation for the pur-
LOjDWof'sUrynr cly coal markets. The
iWwUnlrith'rttv -won't ,Jdo aftythtng. of
yiaraM.lfdr,lth4lr economlo Interests and
i-hlt-. fvllilM.l alliances -would ..prevent
V,?- 'WfWWmWA-,.OiaritVTltilr.4 but if
irf, H-ilsdorie It would relieve a-sltuatlon
rX- rlilf.lnViit in nAvrnftr Rnroul'M lda
aftSs' totK.thevclty coal market wan A-olced by1
Wf Oiartes fcScull.-secretao' of the' lilla
TrX'J 3lphla Itetoll Coal Dealers' Kxchange.
tes ' ? -. .. ' '......
" jvtibii iirnirrB uu.i.
'tTnvai'nfi-. Cnrntll'M jjratemfint 'nf thS
Ijte coaj aUuatToii was fair," Mr. Scull paid,
Kr'but hoopi not Bee te situation
"He speaks of the long ton nnd the
phpru'ton without knowing, perhaps.
i& , that lit ihls- city coalf is bought ana
-L hrAA in 4hn lonr.ton exclusively. In
Wi some' of the smaller communities ot tne
HV state, no doubt, the coal Is bought by
Tfi- the' long ton and sold as a short ton
BK'.l "- -" " --i-.- ... ..
KV with reduced rost
K TT.Nn.nk.nf the auestton of dislrl-
K.' Ullon costs. We have looked IntoIt
KXi here and noirtnai me avemso i
$ aistrlhullori'ln thlB cltv during January
SESKand Februair was 2.94 a ton. The
Eh coal dealer has a.neajy overneaa, oe-
cause 'he must keep the year round a
r'full organization to meet all demands.
S'even. though business may not be hall
-What. he is -prepared to nanaie.
rhKfr Tried Oat KUewliere
Lfcl..l . . - . t . 1.n... UnaM
VWlr 'Municipal coal TliarKein ntnc wee
hi 'tried In other cities, notably In Boston,
xrnere, xnousanaa ol uunaia oo .a,.
J last'-wtnter In an attempt to run a city
I-, jvm.1 aolllnr scheme. Of course, tne
la consumer here .must realize that under
f. a municipal system there-would be no
' y in j !... - mibI In arivanra nf
JL payment It is Interesting: to note that
rr evenijnvo per n u. ... -u. wmo.
"W.infthe city Is on a credit basis."
r 3V ! a at sin UfAv 1.
ff', j Wu., kh n nn wilt Via nrlHrl Rph
sS,inoftth thereafter until -a total Increase
4 ofi'Mty cents a ton. Bhall have been
L:.v.vMiY 'narflfnst' ihn consumer.
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C"m' Jdovirnor Sproul Blames increased
fp!tf freight rates, made, effective by the
v"?.. federal rauroao aaminsirun", s
h ' largely responsible for the price raises.
r .
I x. Earir unjipK '!
pf? r The Goyernor urges early buying ot
Jr coal to preveni a anwuug ui mura.
7" After a survey of general coal trade
rnnriitfons. including the .wage proposl-
PVjIon and railroad rates, and looking over
'Ui statement of Dr.JfiT. A. Garfield.
I v ltnqulthed control over coal prices- on
?eiruary it me uyvcniur iuiuo uiul
ij-Jnianr mines will have to be closed unless
feV Tthe consumer pays more for' coal.
Vrinrthe statement tne uovernor at
77't'ck railroad rate ''inequalities."
"IwN; AGED' 76,
WHO CUT WIFE.
MAY BE INSANE
GermaiUown 'Woman of Sixty-six
Bin Serious. Condition After
i' Altercation Over Bed
' Kstabbed by her teventy-slx-year-oid
husband, Mrs. Ida Dicker, sixty-six years
oW,"i610 Locust 'avenue, Germantown, is
'lnasr(oiis, condition atthe Jewish
' -itjaeorge'tllcker, the aged husband'is In
.thePhllidelpHla Hospital under' re-
mn.r, , jCfis neuevea tnai ne ouuasniy
una aerengeuf
cooraiiur.to me story mo ponce couia
lo'-togetner from tne iragmen.i od
od from' Mrs. DIdker. 'her husband
sea 1-oMtir.atery to go- to oeo last
t.)ahe'.atayed up -with htm all night
1ns to 'got him to bed.
et mm
f, she
At 5 o'clock
mornlngAshe Anally began to take
rrnv,BHO m
, his .'liHli-. i.Ue resented, this and
PJifiw!hla
Reasons for Procuring
Your Coal Supply Early
Tills table shows prices now be-
ItiB charged by coal dealers for do
mestic sizes of coal and what the
consumer will pay next fr.ll under
the proposed Increase approved by
Governor Sproul:
April 1, Oct.l.
Broken $10.40 -$10.90
Egg lO.lo 10.80
Stove 10.53 M1.05
Nut 10.C5 11.15
Pea ...tt. 0.05 9.55
Forty cents a ton Is added to
these p.rlccs If the coal has to be
carried In.
RIGHT TO DANZIG
CONCEDED BY FOE
AT SPA PARLEY
Marshal Foch Telegraphs Allied
Governments Port Now
' May Be Used
Turin, April 5. (By A. P.) It was
announced officially this morning that
arrangements for the landing at Danzls
of Polish troops now In France, and
their transport along other lines pro
posed by German, had been arranged
to the entire satisfaction of thd Allied
'powers. .
The result ias made known with the
publication of a communication receded
by the Allied governments from Spa,
where Marshal Foch. the Allied com-
mandcr-In-c'ilef, and his aides have been
In conference with German representa
tives. The communication signed by
Marshal Foch, reads;
"Spa, April 4, 10:30 p. m. In con
formlty with the decision of the Allied
and associated governments, "the right
given the Allies by the armistice con
vention signed November 11 to land the
Polish troops now lu Franco at Danzig
has been completely maintained.
"Furthermore, to haisten the arrival
of these troops In Poland It has been
decided to make use of other lines of
transport proposed by the German Gov
ernment. 'These arangements as a whole are
in entire agreement with the views of
the Allied and associated governments."
RAINBQW WILL NOTPARADE
1 ' l - -n
Units, "However, May. March in
' HomeStateitfel '
Washington, April G. (By A. P.)
Jhe'War Department has decided defi
nitely that it will be impracticable to
parade (the Forty-second (Rainbow) Di
vision In Washington as a complete or
ganization, General March announced
today. General Pershing has been so
advised.
The division will be brought back to
Camp Meade, and subsequently each unit
of the division will be sent to Its home
camp for demobilization. Regiments
nnd smaller units will be paraded In the
principal elites of their home states. If
this can be arranged.
The entire Forty-second Division
should be In tills country before the last
of April, General March said, under the
present plans. The department Is anx
ious, he added, that the fcountry should
see as much impossible of this "extraor
dinary unit."
BORDEN SEES DANGER AHEAD
Discerns World Unrest as Peace
Conference Delays
London, April 5. Speaking at a din
ner eh en In honor of Sir Auckland C.
Geddes, who has accepted the principal
ship of McG!ll University, Sir Robert L.
Borden, Canadian premier, said:
"What of peace I Let us, not minimize
the difficulties confronting those who are
striving to settle Its terms. I am not
disposed, on the other hand, to criticize
those who are Impatient of delay. X
have more than once given voice to my
own impatience, It would be Idle to pre
tend there has been no waste of time.
There Is great unrest throughout the
world, and he Is an extreme optimist who
believes all danger is behind us."
VISIT BOG ISLAND TODAY
Bankers, Editors Inspect Huge
Ship Yard
New Tork and Philadelphia bankers
and editors of Philadelphia newspapers
are guests of the American International
Shipbuilding Corporation today, j
Starting at 10 a m. from the Belle-vue-Stratford,
the party went to the
Hog Island shipyard by automobile,
where they will be" luncheon guests of
Matthew C. Brush, president of the cor
poration. Then they will be taken on
a tour of Inspection through as many
of the fifty ways, seven outfitting bastiu
and shops aa they have time for before
the launching of the twentieth ship at 4
p. m. The return will be made up the
river by boat
PROBERS DISINTER BODY
Prisoner Suspected of Inflicting
Injuries Wnicn y roved Jbatal
The body of Pedro Colazlo. burled In
Holy Cross Cemetery on April 3, will be
disinterred today and a post-mortem
examination conducted by'Dr. William
S. Wadsworth, coroner'a physician
It is believed the man died from in
juries inflicted by Domlnlck Corlcina.
who la under arrest at Fleart. Pa. Th
disinterment is being made at the in
stance of Thomas J. Mclaughlin, of the
state constabulary, stationed at Qreeifi.
burg.
. Colazlo was burled from the home bf
his brother-in-law, Domlnlo Falcanore,
S49 North Sixty-fourth street. . Ha was
taken Jll April 1 on a train near Har
riaburg. while en route to this city with
his -wife. He died in Harrlsburg the
same day. The Harrlsburg coroner made
a superficial examination and said that
death waa due to Injuries. According to
Mclioughltn, Colazlo was struck In the
'Big Bill' Haywood Lavish
With I. W. W. Revenue Here
Bolshevism Profitdble if Arch Ranter's Ritz-
Carlton Hotel Bill and Breakfast
Menu Are Criterion
"Big Bill" Haynood, arch ranter
ngalnst capitalism, and facing a twenty
year prison sentence for I. W. W. riots,
came to Philadelphia last night.
And believe the Rltz-Carlton Hotel,
"Big Bill" arrhed in style. He did not
crowd himself. He ran up a hotel bill
of $23 In half that number of hours,
and went away gloriously. In the depths
of a rapidly clocking taxlcab.
KUdently Bolshevism 13 one of the
best paying businesses In the United
State's today. "Big Bill" shocked the
hotel clerk with a roll dt bills hs big
around as a moderate sized forearm.
He smoked half-dollar cigars nnd. In the
exprcssho language of one of the hotel
porters who Is cured forever of any
Bolshvlst tendencies he may have had,
"that guy acted like ho owned the
place."
His m6desty preented this friend
of the poor and struggling from appear
ing under Ms own colors nt the hotel.
It was late last night when an Impres
sive, not to say monolithic stranger,
clad In an astrakhan overcoat over
whelmed tho desk, of the Rltz-Carlton
hotel and demanded two rooms: "Best
In the house." 1
They couldn't give "Bill" tho bridal
suite or the Imperial drawing room or
the Japanese tea garden, but they did
their best by him, and gae him two
rooms that coit ?7 a piece, or $14 for
two. With "Bill" was an unobtrusive
stranger who was carrying, or trying to
carry, three suitcases. Bill personally
was unimpeded by luggage.
Waving a hand toward the companion,
"Bill" In a lordly fashion indicated that
ho was to help the bell "hop" carry the
baggage to the rooms, while Wlllliim
walked around the town and attended
to whatever business ho came here to at
tend to.
The companion, with a properly
humble gesture, staggered away with
the baggage.
Next Bill signed his incognito. It
TWO OVERCOME
IN $20,000 ME
Six Belmar Terrace Homes
Damaged in Early Morn
ing Blaze
SAVE FIREMAN IN SMOKE
Two persons a child and a fireman
were overcome by smoke, but later re
vived, early today, when fire swept
through sis houses from 5631 to 5641
Belmar terrace, driving occupants to the
street and causing damage estimated at
$20,000. .
Those overcome:
Douglas Illtkej, three-and one-half
years old, son of Joseph HIckey, S633
Belmar terrace.
Daniel Doran, thirty-eight jesrs old.
lieutenant, bureau of fire. 760 X. De
Kalb street, University ( hospital.
The homes damaged by the dames
were those of:
James B. Salmon, 5631 Belmar terrace ;
Joseph HIckey, 6633 Belmar terrace: A.
L. Shcrnni 6635 Belmar terrace; James
Toolln, 5637 Belmar terrace ; James Nu
"fnt, 5639 Belmar terrace, and I.. O.
ifu'rphy, 5641 Belmar terrace. Mr. Mur
phy's homo was the least damaged. The
Sharon dwelling, where the fire started,
was almost destroyed.
The fire started at an early hour today
In the Sheran residence, and spread
rapidly. ""Mr- Sheran nnd his family
fled hurriedly, their cries of alarm arous
ing neighbor's In the adjoining houses.
The flames evidently had eaten into the
home of Joseph HIckey on the east side
of the Sheran dwelling before the fire
was discovered.
Child Is Smoke Victim
.mnin clouds rolled up the
staircase at 6632 1 Belmar terrace
The
child was overcome v" ""-
V.a am aIta a a lit a
- .. o rinwnBtnirs wu. ". u.o.
iiipkey waa In a falntins condition when
ShSoreswlft was the spread of the flames
that the occupants of the six houses
hid little time to save their valuables.
5a ' V...IIW gathered up money, jew
elry and -valuable papers and ran with,
them to the street.
Belmar terrace is above Springfield
avenue. The extent of the blaze aroused
turmoil In that, section, and hundreds
of persona Jeft their beds to become spec.
tnrs Firemen searched the six houses
for persons who might have been trap
Si'ii, the smoke and flames, but every
one' apparently had succeeded in escap-
'"lleutenant Doran entered the upper
story of one house to ,make a hasty
.larch He was so long that compan
5. vlent after liltn- They found him
,!iiit window .which he
Sad been W1" Xo reach- '
lrVledJy rit he University Hospital,
where TPhyaidans later said, he was
"doing nicely."
"Ilurilar" Answers Alarm
There was no one home at S6S0 Bel
mar terrace, occupied by Mr, and Mrs.
Tames Nugent According, to neigh
hors the Nugents went to New Vork
yesTerday to visit relatives.
When the firemen of Truck No. 13,
-Fiftieth street and Baltimore avenue,
answered the alarm. "Burglar," a
veteran Are horse, now used as an extra
was left ' the BtatI": About a half,
hour after the men of his company had
.Too'd'Mary. Protajit Episcopal Church.
.....a tii maze. '-mirffinr-' K.m.
Lodging and Breakfast
Cost "Big Bill" $23.56
Two looms at $7 each $14.00
Miscellaneous tobacco 1.70
Two fifty-cent cigars 1.00
Covers for breakfast 30
Two boiled eggs 70
Four cups coffee 1.-0
One grapefruit 70
Buttered toast 40
Mramalade 30
Honey . 30
Ham omelette GO
Baked npple 35
Prunes 35
Two cups coffee (extra) 60
Tips 1.00
Totn.1 $23.50
seems, .that like other great persons.
Including a certain "Bill" who tsed to
11 e In Germany, "Bill" Haywood has
developed the Incognito habit to a point
whero It threatens to hold him forever
in Its dutches.
lie signed "George D. Buckle" for
himself nnd "John It. Buckley" for the
man who carried the luggage And
just then a porter heboid the august
form of the great I. W. W. leader and
yelled:
'"it's Bill Haywood."
"Bill" frowned. He shook his head
and stalked away toward the door with
a heavy tragle air. His big overcoat
(lapped about his ankles.
Bill retired at a comparatively early
hour. His business did not occupy him
more than an hour. ,
Continued on race Two. Column Seten
CQNTR0LQFR.R.
HALTED INDUSTRY
Vast Projects Abandoned
and Progress Blocked,
Says Trade Expert
INEFFICIENCY SHOWN
Control, of railroads by the govern
ment was, one of the greatest blows to
Industry In tho United States, according
to Charles Lyon Chandler, foreign trade
expert of the Corn Exchange National
Bank. 4
Mr. Chandler made this statement to
day In an address before the Philadel
phia Teachers' Association Conference
at tho William Penn High School.
A great many plans for Improve
ments nlong Industrial lines, which had
been made by the railroads, had to be
abandoned on nccount of government
control, he said, nnd added that the ;
Pennsylvania Railroad, which had plan
ned to build a number of large" ware
houses nnd other establishments in
Phlladlephln. was nmong others which
had to sidetrack such alms.
"One of the great needs of the coun
try," said Mr. Chandler, "is a trunspor-
tatlon ministry. The Interstate Com-1
merce Commission and the different
state commissions governing transpor
tation nre nil wrong. There is not one
railroad man on the Interstate Com
Tn tornin fa Cnm-
merce Commission. The body Is very
Inefficient."
, ... ., , , tlon td attack In force.
Urges Tranaportiition Ministry , , v ,
As a solution for some of the ills , The Bolsheviki move may have only
which block Industrial development he I tlle P0llca' Purpose to force their re
suggested private ownership of the rail- latlons with the Entente to conclusion
ronda under 1hf pnntrnt nf n innann.. i .... v
tntion ;.,. ""."-
tatlon ministry
Mr. Chandler said there Was urgent
need of Introducing branches In the pub
llo schools which would broaden the
minds of the children. He urged the
teaching of Spanish nnd commercial sub- I
jecis at a very young age. He said that
Philadelphia Is far behind in such mat
ters and "very provincial," and that
children are educated In such a way
that all their thoughts appear to be con
centrated on Philadelphia.
As a result of this, he said, business
firms of this city had to look all over
the United States to obtain men to rep
resent them In foreign' countries.
The speaker said no interest Is shown
In foreign trade through the medium of
the public schools. He asserted that
there were two thousand children In
Philadelphia studjlng Spanish while In
Continued on face Fire, Column Tfarea
ERNEST LAW DIES '
Iron and Steel Merchant Expires
at Home in St. Davids
Ernest Law, senior member of the
Arm of Ernest Law & Co., Iron and steel
merchants, Harrison Building, died at
Edgefield, his home at St Davids, last
night.
Mr. Law was a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in the class of
1877, While there he became identi
fied with the Delta Phi fraternity and
the Phllomathelan society. He held a
bachelor of arts degree.
Mr. Law was a member pf the Phila
delphia Club,' t!m Radnor Hunt, the
Union League, as well as many other
social organizations. t
The funeral will take place Monday
oftfrnnnn nt f.in n'plnftlr. from Ct
PEACE BOARD
SEEKS A MAN
NOT TOO 'RED'
Allies Consider Pact With
"Conservative" Russian
Radical Leader
LENINE IS WILLING
TO RECOGNIZE DEBT
Bolsheviki Move in Mur
mansk Invites Powers to
Stirt Negotiations
SMUTS TO LINK SOVIETS
Would Make Union of Moder
ates Basis for Gen
eral Treaty
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Staff Correspondent of (lie livening Pub
41c I.eilBcr with the Pence Dele
gation In Kurope
By Special Cable
Covjiiahl. nit, luPulHo Lcdaer Co.
Paris, April 5. A question before
the Peace Conference brought to the
front 'by the British ttatement ot
danger to the Allied expedition in
northern Russia is whether the con
ference shall make peace with Lenlne
or not.
W C. Bullitt's reoort. slowly leaking
out, like all suppressed documents,
was to the effect Lenlne, now of the
"conservative" wing of the Bolsheviki,
is anxious for peace with tho Allies.
He Is wjlling to recognize tho foreign
debt of Rubslannd to establish a sys-
I tenf ot international economic and dlp
flomktlc relations; second, to withdraw
all the Bolshevik propagandists in for
eign countries: and third, to cease
from carrying on 'all wars outside
Russia.
Lcnlno's counter-demand upon the
Allies is that they withdraw their
troops from Russia and stop all inter
ference In the domestic affairs ot Rus
sia. Tho publication of the British
statement concerning Russia, very em
phatically, in tho London Mail prob
ably was designed to force action.
Heds Concentrate Forces
It tho Bolsheviki carry out their
present hostile demonstration and
wipe out the Allied expedition says the
statement, the only reply the Entente
and America cauld make would bo war
on the Bolsheviki.
Thero is no question of the power of
the Bolsheviki to destroy the cxpcdl.
tlon, which, by military blunder, has
been exposed to destruction for
months.
New facts in tho situation ure that
Finnish troops in the Murmansk sec
tor now are tlneatened with being cut
off and their main force Isolated In
the Intel lor, and that seventy-nlno
Bolshevik war ciaft are concentrated
l the Dvlna and Vara Rlvor., .,in.i
"
a force composed largely of Ameri
cans, Indicating the' Bolshevik intcn-
ami , mo i-eace conference to
deal with Russia, under threat of de-
stroylng the expedition
England Fears Bolslicv Isiip
The Northcllffe newspapers are re
sponding to the- growing fear of Bol
shevlsm in England, where the de
mand for the six-hour day is startling
the propertied classeWnd speeding
the campaign for intervention in
Russia.
The danger in Archangel seems not
to be imminent on account of winter
conditions still existing thero und time
still remains for a conciliatory policy
toward Lenlne. The question is
whether or not Lenlne, representing
the "conservative" wing of Bolshe
viBtn, has sufficient strength to deserve
Allied recognition.
The Entente has steadily backed the
wrong horse in Russia and elsewhere
and always has been picking tne more
conservative factlen, amid growing
radicalism, and always picking it too
late and leaving Jt Inadequately sup
ported until the ertremlsts overthrow
it, This'is history 'concerning Keren
sky and Karolyi, and it promises to
be history concerning Scheldemann.
Seelt Conservative Itadlculs
The present disposition of tho con
ference Is to try to And the more con-J
uorvatlve wing in central ana eastern
European radicalism and to support
it as an alternative to extreme B9I
hevlsm. The peace delegates wlio
n?.v,sln- " PWCe aelegttte3. Whoa.en7enfa plan and get down to bras, I
President Is Improved
After Restful Night
Probably Will Leave Bed Today Closest
Watch Kept Lest Severe Cold Develop
More Serious Symptoms
My the Associated Press
I Paris April 5. President Wilson
slept until nfter 9 o'clock this morning
' nnd no bulletin was Issued by Rear
(Admiral Cnry T. Graybon, IiIh physl
, clan. Although ho did not get to
sleep until lato in the evening, It vvns
I announced this morning that ho had
passed a satisfactory night.
I President Wilson is confined to his
bed with a cold which, In a statement
given out at the Paris "White House,"
was characterized no "severe." An
other bulletin Issued at C o'clock last
' evening said
It was planned to have thu connr-11 '
of four meet at the Paris "White called In for consultation, nnd up to
Hou-je" for Its forenoon session today, midday yesterday tho services of no
hen the President awoke it was ' trained nurses had been solicited, but
announced that he vvns better. He Mrs. w'llson has been always within
might sit up later In tho day. It was,eacn 0f her husband, doing practical
said and with Sundiv's rest Inter- work an(i assisting in the care for
.iiuih jl nua uujiuveu lu ue pussiuie
.Vint l.n mln). n.A.i r....j . 1
ing of the council of four.
... tic iiiiHiii iiLiciiu mummy a iiitrfl
President Wilson's condition It
virtually unchanged, but h6 had a
conifoi table day und secured necdea
rest.
Reassuring news from President
Wilson's bedside was sent to tho peace I
delegates last evening, although the
GERMANY TO APPOINT RHINE COMMISSION
BERLIN, April 5. Tho Qeman government, It was an
nounced today, has decided to appoint a special commission to
handle problems connected with the occupied territories on tho
left bank of the Rhine. The chairman of the commission will be
Mayor Adenauer, of Cologne, and the members will include
representatives of labor, industry, agriculture and mercantile;
business in the occupied territory.
BANK BANDITS PET $5000? ONE CAPTURED
RANDOLPH, 'IX. Y,.Apil 5. The State Hank of Randolph
was robbed vt $5000 by five men thisniornlng. The bandits
fled in an autotnobilo after exchanging shots with the cashier,
but one of them lutur -was captuied when the car broke down.
OFFER TO HOSIERY
MEN INCREASED
48-Hour- Week, 15 Per
Cent Boost and Bonus
Submitted, Report
OTHER STRIKERS OUT
Concessions of n forty-clght-hour w eek,
a flat wage increase of 10 per cent and
an estimated additional 6 per cent from
the operation of the men and manage
ments textile council plan have been
offered, It Is said, by G. Stanley Hurl
but, president of the council, to the
striking full-fashioned hosiery workers
of Kensington..
Sir. Hurlbut, asked this afternoon to
confirm the offer, refused to make any
comment. Thye have been beveral meet
ings recently between Mr. Hurlbut, rep
resentative of the hosiery manufacturers,
and men from tho mills where the strike
Is on. ,
If tne str'.ke In the full-fnshloned hos
iery trade Is settled. It will b no means
clean up the labor situation In Kens'ng
ton. Workers belonging to the woolen
yarn trade are out In many mills In
Kentlngton because ot their enforcement
of the demand for an eight-hour day.
They were locked out after they had re
fused to work more than eight hours.
The lockout would not be affected, save
indirectly, by any chango in the full
fashioned hosiery situation.
View of Union Official
Frank SIcKosky, vice president ot the
United Textile Workers of America,
and spokesman for the strikers gen
erally, said today concerning Mr. Hurl
but's reported offer that had It been
made on the basis of n flat increase of
wages, clmlnatlng the men and manage
ments council, there would have been
more chance of the men conslderlg It In
a friendly spirit.
"Mr. Hurlbut speaking for the mem
bers of the Full Fashioned Hosiery
Manufacturers' Association," said 'Mr.
McKosky "has virtually conceded the
lorty-elght-hour week. He has raised
his offer on wages to a 15 per cent In
crease, and says that tne bonus, plan of
the Men and Managements Council would
add probably about 6 per cent more to
tho wages.
Flat Iucreaie Sourlit
"When this offer was received the feel
ing ot the men was that If It had been
made as a flat Increase In wages with
tho Men and Managements plan out of
It, It m'ght have led to better feeling
on the part of the men.
'The workers believe they are qUlte
capable of taking care ot themselves and
their money. They have made up their
minds not to stand for the Men and
Management plan. They will not ac
cept It, and until it Is eliminated , from
tho present situation there is small
chance' for peace. '
"If Mr. Hurlbut Is anxious to get the
men back to work next week, as he says
he Is, let him forget his Men and Man-
news Indicated tho President's condi
tion was such as to make It advisable
that he remain In his room at least for
today.
Woro It not for tho fact hat the
President had been under a terrific
Btialn and deprived of his usual
amount of exercise, his Illness would
be tho causo-ot llttlo worry.
Rear Admiral Giayson has been
constantly on tho alert watching the
President for signs of a breakdown,
especially sinco -ho two davs on board
ship, when the President was slightly
111. I
Other physicians have not been
1.1-.
nun.
VVnalilncton, April 5. (By A. P.)
Pusldent Wilson was reported "better"
In a message received today it tho
White House from Renr Admiral ,rav
son. The message, addressed t3 Secre
tary Tumdlty. said:
President Is Letter tills mornln,7, but
confined to bed. No cause Ur worry.
GERMAN TREATY
NEARLY FINISHED
T-. ... I i .1 . O T i
British Authority bays Fact I
.
Will Be Completed by
Next Wednesday
FRANCE URGES L0SSES
fly the Associated Press
1'orls, April 5. The opinion was ex
pressed last night by a responsible
British authority that the peace treaty
would be ready for signing by Wednes
day next.
France cannp'jl'yleld on the question of
obtaining adequate reparation from Ger
many, the Mjitln declares In an editorial
today dealing with the peace conference
situation regarding the French claims.
"On all territorial questions a satisfac
tory agreement Is being reached," the
Matin savs. "but, concerning the rep
aration question, there Is still a gap
between what we are offered and what
w e justly demand. The French govern
ment will be unyielding In this matter.
It cannot sign a treaty which will mean
the bankruptcy of France."
Accord Willi Ilrltli.li
M.It"iJena'lln.Jp '? thls decI-atlon the
Matin note3 that the French, British and
American peoples are still displaying
the same friendly feeling as heretofore
for one another.
"President Wilson and pmi.. n.j
Ceorge are of the same heart aa rni
e snme heart as regards
France," the
newspaper continues,
"Nevertheless
ASl
possibility of making the vanquished
Impossibility
-.-... ili.l. .l-.!.!.. . I.l . . . "' I
vax men ueuia runout lmnnnlni- oil.l
-- .. at . . : -
.r: s, T.T.d. ?;
neace by conciliation tear that t n.i..j !
- - sh ., .. iioncu
to Tiav her debts. Germnnv will ..,. '
and cherish plans for revenge. Frnn
-j u i i - " ' 4iica,
piles her people will be bankrupt If she
does not obtain her due. The fear must
be not so much the enemy's resentment
but what' France will say If she Is
driven to ruin."
Jlelgium's Caae Heard
Belgium's case was laid before the
Peace Conference yesterday by the most
distinguished advocate Belgium could
have chosen, King Albert has outlined
the needs of his country and told of the
steps that must be taken Immediately jt
Belgium Is to be restored.
King Albert of Belgium made an ex
cellent Impression, but Is understood to
have been given no promises.
Tho Ciecho-Slovak question was again
discussed, as wbb reparation. Tha mun.
ell resolved, for the sake of facilitating
us worK, umi me decisions or tne vari
ous commissions bq sent directly to those
engaged In drafting the treaty. Colonel
House said he was pleased with the
progress made, and Captain Andre Tar.
dleu, ot the French delegation, also ex
pressed satisfaction.
Beli-lam Want Action
A member of the Belrlan peace dele
S"' the. Associated PreM that,
gation told the Associated Press that,
POWERS RUSH
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a in rinn mnnniKil
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wmv iiTtnva a TnT.ii.ffi
IN VII UVIANVKi
111 luuiuumwii&g
Defection of Finns In?
creases Danger to Allied ., A
Expeditionary li orces i'k
WILSON ORDERS U. S JM
SATT.OkS TO T AMTaVWa
,,, .
Evacuation of Odessa Threat." ''
anafl l. llin 17lMi.. ji "
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Shortage of Food
MUST HOLD UNTIL MATt
Kolchak's Men Drive North tb
Relieve Pressure Against
Entente
Trotsky Orders Red Fleet '
to Attack Allies, Report
t
Ixindou, April 5. Leon Trotsky-.
the Bolshevik minister of war and''
marine, has ordered tho Russian
baltlc fleet to put to sea and -at4
tack the Allies, threatening to have;
all the crews shot if they disobejrT
the order, says tho Mall. f
By the Anrin1A Pr.. ''ZtWctA
Imilnil. Anrll K TU .!.... A.!?..
, ..,,... . A.,w oiiuiLilun- jnsjyjk
soutnern Russia lias recently becomSK
distinctly worse from an Allied viewBr.'i.
point, mainly owing to a shortag;eof M) 4ji
loou. according to dispatches to .tWk'i
Tt 1 H.l.t .!.. i,,i 'MferVi
.. ... uwu.cu um.1 limitary rueiw
will compel the Allies to ovacwUifi
Odessa, but there, is a possibility,' lt(fir5$
sain, that the cltv wllT hcnm ' i'5
short of ,food that it will be unal
to support an occupying force.
" MmAR.
Tmnn.ffltl A.PAln.mAA4 ... 11. . w..
...l.wku..,,. uc , iuiiuiCiUB Ull UIB JilUT?t-Jt,
mansk front, 'in northern itussia, mkJ")iM
be expected in a few days, owing- to a
threatened defection of Finnish trooDs."' '!$
according to the Mall. It Is said that k
it whh in rnppr rniM -nnia that a mat
... ...u ..-,-. wiu., ,,.-, tf.
ii uciuLnuicjua ncie Belli on two
1 A m..lnn n ...... I........ ...I.l. 1,1 1 "
i ..iivTiivii, i,.uii:i. wiiiun will rea.cn
Murmansk early next week. "
.... .... .Ai
oanors uruereu to Land . j
President Wilson Is reported to have
I ordered the sailors of the two crulseTtwt
to li,t ii-tfl. ,-. .,. I. S.RWJ
" ."...v. ...... ,u i. wtia, li in:v;:Biry..-MHj
xiruiHii rcuei lorces nave gone ohm
uoaiu ui iivu caiJeuiuuy cunsiruciea lCe-r
breaking transports, with which thy?fS
PVtlPPt tn trrf- thrnnwri IVia ln --ia.
weeks earlier than they could on anyJM
"""' "1" "' '- -S43-
iviiiaiuu fjeiivrer unurciun, secretary
i ui umiu iui ui, j-eiueraay sent a tele--- l3,i
gram m ins own nnme to the British t xiiWx
troons in northern Russia, rnivn th 'SJ4S
Mall, promising that they would be sup- $HRJj
porieu una relieved ni tne earliest pos-
alble moment, and that men who hava.-Jrt
npen inern inr mnnrnn wm . t...u -Tt,
homo as soon as other troops arrive to'HTOj'fl
take their places. ' -FiriSit
Mending ricked Men
The men for the relieving force hav.i J&
already been provisionally selected and 'VIP.
lectures have been given them on the
Russian situation. Troops kept In the
army under the military servjee a"ct will
also be Invited to volunteer, s'aya the
Mall, and there may possibly be an ap-i
peal extended to demobilized men.
Wwi hnfl rpnph.il hprA that n A.i.
m.nt nf Ailmlrill Tt-ntariaL-'c, Clh..l.. . 1m
forces has succeeded In getting In touch . t?J
with a detachment of Allied forces In,
the neighborhood of Archangel. Tha-
position of the latter Is anxious, but ihif,. $
Allied troops command the Murm-wHSSa
railway and. consequently, the western rSriv
ports of the Whlto sea, and It Is be- v'ff
lleved there should be no difficulty In ' ''B
getting le-enrorcemenis mere by the,rt10?l
lll.uu.v. vr. -.uj ..u .k.E,v. IDICIBCB 111
tVi t?n1aViAvt1r I nm t,1fl tn !. I.
proved the Allied prospect of holding1
out. life!
The military authorities are said in ..
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