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VOL. V. NO. 176
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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1919
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PARADEJSCERTAIN
War Department Assures Beary
Philadelphia Troops Will Be
Disembarked Here
OTHER UNITS TO LAND
AT PORT OF NEW YORK
At; Least Two Regiments of In-
, fantry and One Regiment of
"Artillery in Demonstration
Pennsylvania's Iron Division will sail
for homo 'during tlip second week ot
May nnd will land in New York and
Philadelphia about June 1.
This assertion, first definite state
ment concerning the departure from
France of the Kcystoticrs, was made in
Washington today by Colonel McAn
drews, of the operations division.
Colonel McAndrcws and other War
Department officials lield n conference
this morning with Adjutant General
Frank D. Beary, of Pennsylvania, who
went to Washington to make arrange
ments for the reception to be staged in
Philadelphia for the returning Iron Di
vision heroes.
Thnt the War Department is making
every, effort to co-opernte with the wel
come home committee nnd arrange for
n record-breaking soldier celebration
was emphasized by Colonel McAndrcws
tvhen he said: "We will do everything
we possibly can to make the return of
the division n success, nnd pleasing both
to'thc men and the folks nt home."
i Colonel 'McAndrews intimated that it
might be Impossible to grant every re
quest made by Philadelphia, but ex
plained' that any refusal on the part of
the war chiefs would be due to difficul
ties over Which they have no control.
i ' Not All Will Parade
Ic said .emphatically that a parade
of tha Iron Division men will be held,
Initjit may be. impossible to parade, .the
pplre division." Much depends upon
conditions nt Camp Dix when the men
return"". If there is congestion at thnt
cantonment it will be impossible to
parade the eutlre division because to
mnke'room n't Camp Dix for other sol
dier's it will be necessary to order whole
sale discharges in the Iron Division.
Wholesale discharges would cut down
the number ot men who might other
wise participate In the parade here.
''.The War Department gives me posi
tive' assurance that the lODth nnd 110th
Infantry nnd the lOSth Field .Artillery,
composed of men from Philadelphia nnd
nearby points, will be disembarked at
Philadelphia," said Adjutant General
Hoary.
It Is a definitely established policy of
the War Department not to hold or
ganizations for extended periods nfter
their return to the camps in this coun
try, as it works hardship not only on
the members of thnt organization, but
also causes serious congestion nt the
camps which will cripple tne movements
iOf succeeding organizations.
"The Wnr Department officials will
make no definite promise for the parade
of the full division, but have positively
stated that they will do all within their
power to give us as many of the or
ganizations as possible for the'' Phila
delphia parade."
Sure of Several Keglments
'Tn this connection. 1 called the nt-
le.Mlnn nf the War Department to the
fact that with three regiments coming
'''Into the port of Philadelphia to dlscm-
'bark and the other regiments coining
Into New York, it would enable us to
disembark with more rapidity than a
division coming into one port.
' "The War Department accepted this
view, but stated that the principal dif
ficulty lav not In disembarkation, but
in embarkation from France, as they
-can only handle n given number of ves
gels nt a seaport In France.
"In-vlcw of these conditions it was
ngroed that all the jnen of the Twenty
clshth Division who arc not Fennsylva
nluns will be demobilized nt once and
if they desire, be sent to their homes.
Hut as many organizations of Ponu-lij-Jvanlans
as can be held and paraded
vylthout great congestion wlllheper-
nlttt.il "to do SO."
Adjutant General Henry fsahl it has
been "tentatively arranged to nRsenible
, the divIslSii In North Philadelphia for
. H, nnrmle. nnd march them In Broad
street, so as to prevent congestion nnd
fountermaicbti)-.
. The War Department officials agreed
to this,
If nrcninmndntlous can be provided
In Philadelphia certain organizations
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CAMBRIA OFFICIAL RESIGNS
Vj
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Expected In Johnstown Today
', ilolinitoivn, rn., April s. John C.
' - )cdeb. superintendent of the Cambria
"1 Kteel'Companv, haa resigned. He has
Ihfen connected with the Cambria plant
for twenty years, first being assistant
Winter mechanic of the blast furnaces.
'i'A A. ComAl Pittsburgh, who will
Jt 'tne, new; Y)ee presincnc ot Altdrulu
tl jtjja ,pharre of the operation
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CAPTAIN KICKENItACKIjIt
DIVORCED LAST FALL,
FREDERICK H. MEHL
REMARRIES EX-WIFE
Reconciliation Complete , Sur
prise to Friends of Socially.
Prominent Ardmore Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick II. Mehl,
members of the Merion Cricket Club and
several other social organizations, who
were divorced Inst fall, have been rc
marricd. Mr. Mehl is a lumber merchant in
Ardmore and lives nt 12." Valley rond.
"Mrs. Mehl and I were married last
Wednesday," said Mr. Mehl today.
but I do not care to discuss the wed-
tliug details. It is n personal matter
with us and docs not concern others."
Ths Itev. Dr. Allen, rector of St.
Mary's Church, Ardmore, was just as
reticent concerning the wedding and
other than admitting that he performed
the ccr,cmony, declined to talk about it.
Karly last fall Mrs. Mehl announced
to her friends in the Merlon Cricket
Club that she had left her home and
established a home for herself In the
Athens Apartment House in Ardmore.
A few weeks later she brought divorce
proceedings, and in December was
granted a decree.
Mr. and Mrs. Mehl rctnincd their
memberships in the Merion Cricket
Club. It is said that they met on sev
eral occasion, but notyone of their
friends suspected thnt a reconciliation
had been effected.
$2750 FOR CHILD'S DEATH
Camden Mother Gets Verdict Against
Philadelphia Company
Mrs. Florence Quigley, n widow, of
17 North Twonty-firjit strctjt, Camden,
won a verdict of $27C0 damages today
against the D. H. Mnrtin Packing Com
pany, of Philadelphia, for the the death
of her eight year old daughter last No
vember. Little Florence Quigley was a
"mother" to the rest of the children
while Mrs. Quigley worked. The child
wus on her way to the store to buy the
day's provisions when sho met George
Smjth, another youngster. They btop
ped to play at Twenty-flrst and Federal
streets nnd were run over by a truck
belonging to the D. It. Martin Company.
Itoth died soon afterward in the Copper
Hospital.
The verdict wns given in Mrs. Quig
ley's buit today by a jury under Judge
Lloyd) A damage suit has been filed
also by relatives of the Smyth child.
but the date for the trial has not been
set.
MERCURY AMBITIOUS
IN EARLY CLIMB,
BUT SLUMPS LATER
60 Decrees at 11 o'clock
Looked Like Record-Breaker
for a While
Today started out to be a record
breaker for high temperature tor April
8, but failed.
Early evidence of a summery April
day was apparent this morning. Dark
hues and "furry" conts gave place to
lighter tints iu the Chestnut street
crowds.
At eleven o'clock this morning, the
mercury was eight degrcVs higher than
for tho same hour 'yesterday, scoring
GO degrees compared with Monday's 152.
At 1 o'clock the mercury "slo'wed nhd
could reach only 04, an compared .with
CO for tho same hour yesterday,
An emphatic sunshine w'ns In evi
dence, with Indications that the ther
mometer would strain every nervo fo
sutposss yesterday's high figure, which
was 77 at 4 :30 o'clock.
State Fencbfes Re'vlewed
The annual formal inspection of the
State Fencibles took place Inst night in
the armory, Urond and Itaco streets.
Twenty-tw,o officers and 202 privates of
the, local .organization passed in forma)
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Split in Bavarian Soviet;
Munich in State of Siege
Troops Disperse Counter -Revolutionists Ger-
mdn Minister Landsberg Arrested.
Hamburg Upheaval Near
The new Bavarian soviet regime is (Demonstrations' have occurred in Mu
being split by dissensions, while nich against the new revolutionary gov
n counter-revolution appears to be 1 eminent of llavaria, according to Her-
developing. ,"
A state of siege has been proclaimed
at Munich. Troops dispersed dem
onstrations against the govern
ment. The Bavarian soviet has announced
a seveianco from the Ebcrt "im-,
perialistic" German government
and sought alliances with Russian
and Hungarian peoples.
Spartacans have nearly won the
mastery in the region from Ham
burg to Bremen.
German Minister of Justice Lands
berg and General Von Klcist have
been arrested at Magdeburg.
Ity the Associated Press
Itetllii, April S. Dissensions already
hae arisen nmong the founders of
the Soviet government in Itnvnrln, the
Achtuhrlntt today sajs, nnd an Inten
sified state of siege has been proclaim
ed in Munich.
The communists in the llnvarian
capital have derided that they will not
collaborate with the majority Social -
sts. They have demanded the removal
of the majority Socialists from the new
government which they wish to consist
of independent Socialists and commu
nists, v
Copenhagen, April S. (Hy A. P.)
IIUIRJACING
Rickenbacker, Ace of Aces,
Calls Speed Contests in
. Clouds "Certainty"
PRAISES PERSHING'S NERVE
Aerial racing is a sporting certainty
of the futurf predicts Captain "IMdie"
Itickcnbaeker, greatest American ace
and famous automobile driver, who
came to this city today.
Captain Kdwnrd Victor Itickcn
baeker, known wherever racing cars
tear over speedways ns "Hick" and
"IMdie," and known as "Iiaron Itlck"
on the Pacific coast, blazed into
greater glory at the lighting front.
Twcifty-stx times h sent German
nirplanes spinning down to destruc
tion. He won the Distinguished Service
Cross, with four oak leaves, equivalent
to five citations.; the Croix de Guerre
nnd the decoration of the Legion of
Honor.
Captain Itickcnbaeker, now mustered
out of service, is making a tour of the
United States.
Through With Auto Races
"No, I nm not going back into the
automobile racing game," he said this
afternoon. "Aerial racing is the sport
of the future. It is just as practicable
ns automobile racing.
"I found my racing experience a
great help over there in the nir. Air
lighting wns sport to me. I had no
hatred of my opponent.'!
Cnptnin Itickcnbaeker had a good
word to say for the chivalry of the
German airmen.
"It wns the only branch of tho Ger
man forces where chivalry was shown.
Not all, but some of the German fliers
were goooj sports."
Allies Won Air .Supremacy
When the armistice was signed, tho
captain said, the Allies had complete
control of Hie nir. '
Incidentally, the tall, strong-featured
fljing man is believed to have fired the
last shot of the war. He was given
the honor of making the last flight over
the German lines before the armistice
became effective.
The doughty flier explained how
Captain "llobey" Uaker died.
"linker was hepded for his air
drome," he said, "nnd made a turn
when he hadn't sufficient altitude or
speed. His engine went 'dead' just at
the wrong moment. His machine fell
sideways nnd 'Hobey' was kilfed In
btnntly." "It's the duty of every pntrlotlc
American to boost aviation," Captain
Itickenbockcr says. "What good is nu
army, or a navy, cither, wlthoijt flying
men it h tne grenicsi spori on earth.
"I wish tho first transatlantic flight
could be made by an American. It looks
Continued on rare,Xlne, Column Tno
PRESIDENT IS BETTER
Grayson Cautious, Though, and He
Wants Him to 8tay,Abed
Paris. April 8. Itear Admiral Gray-
tbn explained yesterday that President
Wilson's condition was steadily Improv
ing. He added he considered It advis
able to hold him to his rotim, and even
'o his bed, for another day.
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lln dispatches today. The demonstrn
tors were dispersed by troops, the ad
vices state.
llorr I.a'ndsberg, minister of justice
in the National German government,
was arrested ye.tcrIny at Magdeburg,
the capital of Prussian Saxony, by
members of regiments stationed there,
n Magdeburg dispatch reports. Gen
eral on Kliest. in command ot the
fourth nrmy nnd his staff, and former
Deputies ISramlcs and 1'llkel also were
unrated.
Other arrests of sorinl democrats and
members of the bourgeoisie are planned
nt Magdeburg. The majority of the
Magdeburg garrison sympathizes with
adds. '
As n result of the arrest of Herr
Liiudsberir n state of siege was tie
(hired n". Magdeburg and a sufficient
fin co 1 troops was set iu movement to
bring 'those responsible to justice, lie-1
cniiling to n Berlin semiofficial stntc
incut.
A political mmcincut of great im
Lportnncc is imminent 111 the legion oN
Hamburg, reports fnnn Itrrlln say.
Doctors Hers nnd Hauffenberg, Spar
tacan leaders, it is added, have nlmost
succeeded iu making themselves mnsters
of the situation and in converting Ham
burg and -the region between Hamburg
and Itremeu into a soviet republic.
Continued on raw Nine. Column rite
PlannecLto, PassBogus .rVlonay
on Fellow-Convicts, Offi
cials Are Told
RAISE BANKNOTES
IN PENITENTIARY
; , the President's position will be difficult,
THREE MEN ARE INVOLVED for',c T" eIt,,er lmve t0 iM r
r Illake good 011 n move which undoubtedly
" ' is Intention only ns a means of forcing
T!lr?e ',0"vi'ts have confessed "rnis-1 thcTiaud of the others. Whether Llovd
ing banknotes in their cell in thelnnrr .,.. ,.,, ... , , J"
Knstern Penitentiary, according to re "'" stn"(I "rm or uot s a
federal officials. gamble that will depend largely on do-
The three men are Joseph La Barr. """'tic conditions in Lngland, on how
.Tack Huskcy and John Olson, serving much divided his coalition is and on
terms for burglary, grand larceny nutL.i.. nfTW.tU.m,., r v .1 .
forgery. ' ,1P W'CCtlvencsH of Northcliffc's pres-
"One of t'he most remnrkable cases 1 s,urc ai111 other similar .considerations,
in the history of the federal courts in! Llovil rimrro1 mA....,
this city," was the way Hrnest Harvev. ! T , ,'"y, . B M"vers
United .States assistant district at- L'oJ''1 George s course of late has
luriiej, ciiaracicrized tlic allair.
lie federal grand jury will be asked
to indict the three convicts
-they
AV'll be taken from the penitentiary
OU writs nf linliena fni-iinu n.,,1 ,.U,1 ;
oil writs of habeas cornus and tried in
the United .States District Court here, i " iUou nor "backed by others for lnil
Thc men are accused of raising ' inB to seek huge reparations from Ger-
eighteen .$1 notes to the $5 denomina
tion and of raising one 2 note to a
.7iu Din. ah three have made con
fessions, according to John M. Mc
Tamney, n secret service agent.
Ituskey is said to he an artist of some
ability. He is serving three years for
burglary. Olson, who is serving n fivc
yenr term for burglary, is an expert in
laid woodworker. Lallarr, said to be
the least gifted of the three, Ls serving
a long term for forgery and attempted
blackmail.
The men occupied the same cell at
the penitentiary. Hy working at chosen
tasks they, in common with most of
the prisoners nt the Lastern Peniten
tiary, were able to earn various sums of
money.
It is nlleged that nt night, when
guards thought they were engnged at
woodwork and decorntivc work they
were raising small notes to higher de
nominations. They planned to pass thtf
"raised" notes ou their fellow-convicts,
it is said.
Warden JIcKcnty learned of the oper
ations of the. men and notified the gov
ernment secret service agents.
AFFIRM LINDSEY FINE
Judge Must Pay $500 for Keeping
Word to Boy
Denver, Col., April 8. (Ity A. P.)
t The fine of $.00 imposed by the Dis
trict Court of Denver against Judge
Hen D. Llndsey, of the Juvenile Court,
for contempt of court In October, 1015,
was affirmed yesterday by n decision
of the State Supreme Court.
The case grew out of the refusal of
Judge Llndsey to tell n jury in the case
of Mrs. Martha Wright, charged with
thp. murder of her husband, John A.
Wright, what Neal, the twtlvc-year-old
son of the couple had told him
concerning the crime. Judge Llndsey
based his refusal ou the grounds that
Neal was a ward of his court and any
thing he told him wns of a confidential
nature. ' v
Meteorological Othelel
Generally fair tonight; '
Somewhat cooler Wednesday.
Eatter tout ore, no 10 tit tight
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DECISIVE STEPS
Tfl IJjK PEICE
See France and England Joined
in Pact to Put Fault on
President
FRENCH REGARD CALLING
VESSEL AS A "BLUFF"
Statement of Entente Leaders
Intended to Enforce Their
Own Demands
FOE BALKS ON BLOCKADE
Teutons SayAllies Would Have
Stranglehold on In
dustrial Life
Uy CLINTON W. GIMJKItT
Muff CnrrrM.nnilrnt nf Hip lSrnlnc Public
LwlKer Ullli the I,,i Ilrlestiitlon
In i:iirinr
Ity Special Cable
f'ovvrioUt. 1310. hy Public Letloer Co.
Paris, April 8. President Wilson's
calling for the George Washington was
a shot filed squarely at the British and
French.
This is made clear by persons in the
councils of the American peace delega
tion. The Americans here arc confi
dent Wilson's threat will be sufficient to
force Lloyd George and Clcmenccau In
line on the issues of reparations and
territories which are still in dispute.
On the other hand, the British anil
French have been preparing for just
such a move for along time. French
circles regard it as a bluff and feel that
if there Is one man here"" who cnuno't
I afford to return home without peace it
is i-resident Wilson.
If the British stand with the French
ueen peculiar. It is cvidentlv de- I
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, i'"m"" lor ,BIU"S t support President
many which English public opinion de
mands. He has outdone the President
on the "Fourteen Points" in territorial
matters, so much so that it is reported
Mr. Wilson had to protest in confer
ence that he did not mean by "the self-
determination of peoples
what Lloyd I
George construed the words to mean in
respect to the Polish corridor ncross
Germany to Danzig.
Hnving made himself unassailable on
that point, Llojd George is nppaiently
tjing up with the French on the ques
tion of reparation. President Wilson
eldcntly construes the statements put
out Saturday by Lloyd George and
Stephen Pichon that an ngrcement has
been renched and the peace treaty Is in
sight ns indicating a combination of the
French and Ilritlsh.
0 been to l'ut Minme on Wilson
Inside information is that Lloyd
George did put the statement out to
force the hand of some one. As the
French put out the same statement, it
could not have been the hands of the
French. President Wilson himself
was in bed nnd did not see the agree
ments renched which were made by
Colonel House, sitting with the "lllg
Four" nud which were expressly pro
visional, awaiting Presfdent Wilson's
decision.
Lloyd George and Pichon fired tho
first shot in nu attempt to shift tho
blame for the delay of peace. The an
nouncement wns made with the clear
view of fastening the responsibility on
Mr. Wilson who, If he rejected tho
agreements reached, would be put iu
the position of having no one in Paris
to speak for him and holding up the
conference whenever indisposed. Presi
dent Wilson replies to this shot by
sending for the George Washington.
The next move is soon to come. It
may j)o surrender by Lloyd George and
Clemcnccau, as tho Americans expect,
or It may be an attack on President
Wilson by Lloyd George or his
representatives iu tho British Parlia
ment. Hurden on British
The burden of fighting President Wil
son, if' a fight Is made, must fall on
th? British, for they, as jscen supporters
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WHA TS HAPPENING IN PARIS?
Today's news dispatches only in-1
crenso the conflict in the versions 1
of tho peace procccdiiiRs coming I
from French and American sources
in Paris.
Special correspondents have sent
pessimistic reports on the pence j
outlook for several days. This
morninp the Associated Press vir-1
tunlly confirmed their leports, but
later in the day 'carried a dispatch
declaring the situation was im
proving. The advancing of the
date of the depaiturc of tho
George Washington for Brest
lends further weight, however, to
the view that the Peace Confer
ence is arriving at a crisis.
The American viewpoint apparently
is that basic diffeicnces exist. As
ciilcncc of this President Wilson
has ordered his "peace ship" to
return to Brest. It is rather ex
pected that the President will is
sue a public statement blaming
France for the delay in deciding
the peace terms
His action is in- I
tcipreted 111 some quarters as a
thieat that he will leave Europe '
to its fate unless the quibbling
by
the Entente premiers ceases,
but he shows no inclination to re-'
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORE
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BALTIMORE 0 0
ATHLETICS 0
Batteries Hersbergar and Carroll; Johnson nnd Perkins.
Umpiie Keenan. ,
SPOTTED TYPHUS EPIDEMIC IN , EASTERN EUROPE
1 WASHINGTON, April 8 Spotted typhus is epidemic ia
Ukraine, Poland, Serbia and portions of western Russia, Stato
Department advices today state. Because of its menace to cen
tral and western Europe the Red Cross of Austria has appealed
for aid from outside Re3 Cross organizations.
LANDSBERG FREED FROM CAPTORS
COFENKAGEN, April 8. The motorcar in which Hcrr
Landsberg, German minister 01 justice, was being tailtu to
Bumswick after his ancfat at Magdeburg by revolting solujeis,
waa stopped nt Hchustad and the minister liberated.
MYSTERY IS SEEN
IN BRIDE' DEATH
Further Investigation Being
Made Into Drowning at
Hog Island
HUSBAND UNDER BAIL
How did Mrs. Ida Schlecter, the
young bride of Paul Schlecter, a Hog
Island employe, tome to her death
Sunday?
According to testimony gicn before
.-lagixtrutc Thomns J. Dennis, nt 1-
singtoii, she could not have fallen into
the river from, where she sat on the
wharf nt Hog Island, unless she had
"crawled over the edge, jumped, or been
pushed."
The young husband is now being held
under bail of $1000, as a witness, pend
ing a further investigation of the mjs
tery by Coroner Charles J. Drews.
According to the statement of the
young luisbnlid. his wife wns sentcd
one nnd a half feet back of the "cap
loir" (protecting edge) of the wharf
from which she fell. He, he said, was
I two fe'et to the right and in the rear
of her.
Broke Hold to Sate Himself
"If this were her position," said
Magistrate Dennis, "she could not have
accidentally fallen into the river, even
If she had leaned far over."
Schlecter said, the police assert, that
after he had swam to his wlfo's aid,
he realized that they would both drown
unless- he broke her hold, and he freed
himself of her grasp to save his own
life.
The jouiig husband also testified that
he had climbed on some logs nnd from
these he hnd crawled to the log piling
which led 'to the wharf. This piling
Is covered with slime.
Here comes one of the wide differ
cnce.s in testimony.
Lieutenant Hums, of the Hog Island
police, and Sergeant Duttou, who ap
peared at the hearing before Magistrate
Dennis, stated that the young man's
clothes were not soaked as would have
been the case if he hnd been Immersed
In water for some time.
They furthermore were not covered
with slime as would have been the case
If ho had climbed along the mud
covered piles, tho policemen said.
Say Accounts Conflict
Lastly, Sergeant Glllan testified that
Schlecter had given conflicting accounts
of the affair while he was held in tho
police station.
Tho first two policemen arrived at the
scene of the tragedy within ten minutes
after Schlecter had reached tlic wharf.
Mrs, Schlecter, the police say, was
admitted to the Hog Island yard irrcg.
iCMiMsued nr Two. Column Tore
cede from his views on self-determination
of peoples. Tho George
Washington, anchored at Brest,
might serve as a constant re
minder to the Allies what the
American representatives will do
if his terms are not written
speedily into the treaty.
Following a similar statement by
the British premier on Sunday,
the French press insists that there
arc no serious differences in tho
inner council, and that a satisfy
ing decision on the questions of
reparation and territorial lines is
near. This harmony of views be
tween the French and English is
freely interpreted as a hint thnt
either or both may publicly blame
Wilson if a peace is not written
now on their terms. At least
they appear to be maneuvering to
make his withdrawal difficult.
Letts' President Takes Oath
Copenhagen, Ap.'il S. (Hy A. IM
A dispatch from Kmno, dated April 4,
which leached here today, says:
The
President of the Lettish republic took
l" "at" "'"'ore ine 'inrjun, or pari la
l: ,0"! , ' . ".' ""V;1"0" nl "'
the 'constitution."
F.
Millionaire Owner of "5 and 10"
Stores Started With $50
Capital
MADE $8,000,000 A YEAR
By the Associated Press.
New York, April 8. Frank W. Wool
worth, who started a five nnd ten-cent I
store at I'tici. X. Y., forty years ngo '
on n capital of S."0 and eventually be
came the millionaire proprietor of a
rcat chnin of these stores in the T'nitcd
States. Canada nnd nnglnntl. died sud
denly enily totlny at his home at Glen
Cove, L. I.
"I borrowed S."0 from mv landlady."
said Frank W. AVool worth nbntit a year
ago in nn address nt Lancaster, Pa..
describing how he attained his capital,
to Degin n business career thnt 111 four
W00LW0RTH
DO SUDDENLY
decniles made linn a multimillionaire. White House, or In other official quar
He made the speech near the site of a tcrs, about the situation which dis
little store in thnt inland eitv, long
since razed, in which he made the first
success In the "five and ten cent" field,
where since the earlv eighties he has
been pre-eminent, and in which he was
a pioneer.
On the principal street of Lancaster,
in the very heart of the city, today
stands one of the most pretentious
business structures there of the "sky
scraping" variety. Before going to Lan
caster from his home in Xew York
state. Mr. Woolworth hnd mndc ouc
or two less successful attempts' else
where to develop his idea. When he
came back on n visit to Lnncastcr a
dozen or fifteen years ngo, having won
business success there and in larger
fields into which he had been encour
aged to venture, Mr. Woolworth told
the citizens it wn his wish to erect a
"monument" to prove his appreciation
of the support Lancaster had given him,
and the "original Woolworth building"
was the form this token of appreciation
took. The fifty-one-story structure on
lower Broadway, Xew York, ls .the
culmination of his ambition to set in
enduring stone memorials of his tri
umphs over difficulties thnt beset his
enrly essays into n virgin field of husl
ness, where he Rtnrted "on a shoe
.string" in tho shape of the $30 he had
borrowed from his landlady.
Frnnk W, Woolworth was born on a
farm at Hodman. Jefferson County, N.
Y., April 13, 18."2. Until he wns twen-ty-nne
years old he worked on his
father's farm, obtaining n meager edu
cation lit ill district school and later nt
a busdncss college. His (irst position
was errand liny In n ilrv emvla utira
j : ,:v,.- " " ."'.-' '-""-t
-" una gruuuauy aqvanccu untu
Coothttiei on Jtai iVo.
Wi - .. - - iit-ih-VVinM '1 tii-iil Vt
VESSEL! BUG
EXECUTIVE BACK
SAILS i tlf
Dispatch From Paris Hurries
George Washington's Re
turn to Franco
PLANNING TO FORCE
EARLY PEACE TERMS
Extreme Tension Marks Ses
sion of Entente Premiers on
Reparation Question
ISSUES AT TURNING POINT
French Papers Deny Serious
Differences Exist in Con
ference of Powers
Bv the Associated Press
New York, April 8. The sailing
date of President Wilson's steamer,
the George Washington, has been
advanced from April 14 to April 11,
which is Friday next.
Tho transport's sailing hour is
fixed at 4:30 p. m. for Brest.
She should arrive at the French
port about April 17.
Washington, April 8, (By A. P.)
In announcing today that the
presidential transport George Wash
ington would sail from New York
for Brest. Friday, instead of next
Monday, the date originally fixed for. M
her departure, Assistant Secretary VSi
uoosevelt disclosed that the change ?
had been made as the result of a )
cablegram yesterday fronr Admiral s ''
nenson ni r-ans, inquiring wnen the A
aiiijj luuiu s.ui.
Former Orders Changed
Yesterday, when word came from
Paris that the President had determined
there must be nn end to delays at the
Peace Conference and had ordered the
transport to France, Xavy Department
officinls said no new orders had been
issued nnd thnt the ship was preparing
I to sail, according to schedule, on Mpn-
j day, April 14. N
The Benson message chnnged this
situation very quickly. Communication
with the Xcw York navy yard, where
the Ge6rgc Washington is undergoing
overhauling, brought a report that sho
could be made ready for sea by Friday '
and she was ordered out then.
Mr. Itooscvelt said today that Ad--miral
Benson's message did not'go into
the purpose of tho inquiry, but simply
asked about the date of departure. He,
explained thnt the ship would have
sailed on March 2S, but that it was
decided to mnke some repairs nnd that
the tentntivc sailing
date . theu '
fixed for next Monday.
Hettirn Trip Undecided
The George Wnshington should reach
Brest b April 20. Whether she will
mnke a return trip with soldiers before
the President returns home will be de
termined upon her arrival overseas,
Mr. Itooscvelt snid, if this voyage were
made, it would be May II) or 20 before
the vessel could get back to Brest.
So far as could be learned today, no
information hus been received at the
patches from France indicate has arisen
there. Officials confidently declare their
belief that the President has no idea of
lcuving Paris prematurely, and that the
inquiry about the transport merely was
a precaution to insure the presence of
the ship wheu the President is ready to
return home.
PEACE HOPES GROW
AS PREMIERS MEET
Believed That Today's SessionJtf&Sl
w in iiear sumospnere tffiy
'i
Pnrl. Anrll R. (Hv A. T, rpi. i'rfsjl
council of four met this morning nt the Jia
residence of Premier Lloyd George. $$&
President Wilson wns not able to t-
tend the forenoon session, but hoped to .
be nble to nttend the meeting this after- Jsj
noon ntthe Paris "white house." ', "W
The overnight tension in peace con-''''Sw
ference circles had not been dispelled sKU
when the council of four met. In con"., Ja
ference circles, however, it was felt that.-, &
the session today would serve to tdfttV,
lllU uiHiuaiiuciv. ' - 03
The firHt nunstlon taken up nt ij&'t'M
torenoon session onnocouncll,.at whljw;
i oioui'i jiuuse reprrsenicn l'nttud?v
Wilson, was that of proceduraBPifat r
wns considered In an effort to.accelers'fBfr'r
the work of' the council, - s-1'"" i
It was planned to devote the n(tpr j3
noun -nB.,..n W nir r.uujn-, pi rv9im. jfiK
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