r: V" V s".' ' v r - Euenntg Bublic ffiefccjer THE WEATHER Washington, April 10. Ilaln anil warmer tonight; ruin tomorrow. temtkraturr at hack hour i MIGHT EXTRA CLOSING STOCK PRICES &, s io fiFT 11 a ai 4 w I I J i r.s iT 4 H"i 47 '1 fiS , BBjjJ VOL. V. NO. 178 Published Dally Kxcfrt Sunflr. Subscription Price 0 n Tear br Mill, Coti right. 1D1D. br Publla Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919 Entered Becoml-Clase Matter at th Potofflc. at Philadelphia, Pa.. Under the Act nf March 8. 1 879. PItlCE TWO CENTi;j$jjg K W 5' ft I t i F" s. Kv ' Im ' & I 3 I-. s- :f ' t.' f :U3 . IXrl fo. ". CHARIER BILLS DOOR TO GRAFT, PROTESTS LANE Republican Veteran Leads At tack of Revision Opponents at Hearing CALLS SMALLER COUNCIL IDEA ONE FOR OLIGARCHY Civil Service Reform Clause Assailed by W. H. Kreider, Commission Secretary Opponents of the bill (o revise the city's charter attacked the measures vigorously., a public hearing before the Senate committee on municipal af fairs this afternoon in City Hall. David II. Lane condemned the small Council plan for Philadelphia, upheld political assessments and termed the Bullitt bill, the city's present charter, as "something almost snered." William II. Kreider, secretary of the Civil Service Commission, attached the proposal to reduce the commissioners from three to one and to make this one member elective by the Couucilmen. "Would not the commissioner he sub ject to the influence of this body or be an autocrat in the conduct of office?" .Mr. Krcidir demanded. The speakers nt the hearing, all op ponents of the bill, were divided into five groups, each group speaking on n particular phase of the bill. The List of Speakers On the police and firemen provision, Colonel Sheldon Totter nnd Edwin O. Lewis, who were retained by the ne publlcan city committee to draft a bill to take police and firemen out of poli tics, spoke. On the budget feature nnd the effect of a small Council the speakers were City Controller Walton, Joseph 1. Gnflfney, Varo leader in Common Coun cil, and chairman of Council fitiauce committee, and City Solicitor John I. Cpnuclly. Opposition to the small council wns expressed by Mr. Lane, Harry K. Fries, George Dorwart and Jacob Stern. Three experts were called in to speak on tho effect of allowing the city to hnndlovt own contract work on street cleaning?" au1rvgarbagc collections. These were William E. Edwards, "Big Hill" of Princeton football fame, and for seven years a New York city street cleaning commissioner; Cnpt. It. II. Carver, former engineer of the New York street cleaning department, and Dudley T. Corning, field engineer of the Philadelphia street cleaning department. Opposes Civil Service Provisions Mr. Kreider expressed opposition to the new civil service provisions of the chnrtpr bills. The hearing was in the finance com mittee room. Senator Vare presided. The other members of the senate com mittee present were Snlus. Schauta, McNIchoI. Baldwin, Campbell, Hackett, Patton, Dalx, 'Martin, Eyre. Leslie, Woodward, Marlow, Sones and Tomp kins. The hearing wns opened nt 2:10 o'clock by Senator Vare. Congressman William II. Vare had a seat well up front, as did Senator George Wood ward, who introduced the charter rc-f vision bills. The Itov. Thomas II. Davis, chaplain of the state Senate was 'present, as was Dr. Frederick Grucnberg, who helped draft the budget provision of the pro-' posed new- charter. s "This is the second public hearing on the charter, r.evjslon bills," said Sena tor Vare, before calling on Mr. Lane, the first speaker. Vare Raps Winston "The first hearing was held at llar- rlsburg," the Senator added, "and was exclusively for supporters of the bills. This hearing. i,s exclusively for oppon ents of the bills. The gentlemen will nleasc bear in mind that the Senators do not care to hear nny repetition of .the 'affair at Harrisburg when Mr. Winston, (John C, Winston), went on making wild state ments regardless of facts." The chamber "and gallery of the nnnnce committee room were jammed with auditors as Mr. Lane, veteran Re publican lender, arose to speak. Adoption of" the smaller council nro- posal, Mr; Lane said, would linvo the efleet-'Of lesslng tho efficiency of the Republican party iu Philadelphia it Would not disrupt it entirely, "I want to say." he went on, "that the"aggregate intelligence of 14." conn. vllmen, which we have today, is greater than tno average intelligence of twentv or twenty. five or thirty of the greatest men in-the world, f "This wcl-cstablfshed'und effectual agency of good government it Is pro posed to abolish, and to substitute n compact body of twenty. one men as the legislative branch or Uio city govern ment, thus converting'it Into an oli garchlal body. , Tyranny AlwasJtesult "Always. when this has been done, as It was In France during tho Revolution, tyranny and disaster have resulted. 'It is also proposed to abolish the system pf sectional representation as now prevailing by wards, and substi- Continued on Iaie fill. Column Tno 'JJUchy-Koo! Attaboy, tpitertf on the League loot Pebaterlicfll make u all warmer, ture pop I Hay he the breeze), will make the rain in It A tlNt Pis&ibi?tgh( and tomorrow mr wm" ., h i. t .ik-Hr.," ' , f$fe M. ., DAVID II. LANK WIRE COMPANIES MUST CUT RATES, SAYS COMMISSION Cannot Charge for Telegrams in Excess of Schedules in Effect Before April 1 Harrisburg, April 10. The Public Sen ice Commission today issued formal orders to the Western Union Telegraph nnd Postal Telegraph Cable Compauies to stop charging o,r collecting any rates for service tendered within Pennsyl vania "in excess of or different from the rates and charges contained in the tariffs and schedules" of the ioi- panies on file with the commission and in effect prior fo April 1, 11)10. Tho effect of this order would he to prevent the companies from chniging the federal rates. A few days ago Attorney General Schaffer issued a letter to the two com panies informing them of the decision of Judge Kunkel in the telephone rate cases and asking that they make charges conform to rates npproved by the state. PERMIT TEUTONS TO LEAVE Entente Allows Austrian Officers to Emigrate to Argentina ISerllii, April 10. (By A. P.) The Austrian secictnry of state for military nffnirs announces that he has received assurances from French and British representatives in A'ienna that 700 Aus trian army officers who desire to'immi grnte to Argentina will not be" prevented from traveling to that country, accord ing to the Vossische Zeitung. This report ngnin calls attention to the activities of Germnn nrmy officers who nre seeking to enter tne United States army in such large numbers thnt the Spanish embassy here found it nec essary to post a placard stating that these men nre not wanted by the Ameii enn military authorities. The Ameri can correspondents in Berlin arc almost daily receiving inquiries from .German officers with this purpose in mind. SURVEY SEA-FLIGHT ROUTE Destroyer, Locating Landing Places, Finds Much Ice Off Coast Washington, April l0.-,(By A. P.) The destroyer Barney, wlihii has been cruising on the nonh Atlantic, const, observing possible landing places for nnvy seaplanes on the transatlantic flight, which will start frdm Rofkav.ny Beach, L. L. next month, hns reached Newfoundland. A dispatch today to tho Navy Depart ment said the vessel had cnouutcted considerable ire oh" the coast. On the first attempt to reach Newfoundland she was held up by led and forced to return to Halifax. The port into which the Barney put after reaching Newfound land was not named. LAUNCH EIGHTH SHIP Steamship Seypen Takes Plunge at Cornwells Tho cargo carrier Seypen was launched today at the yard of the Tray lor Shipbuilding Corporation at Corn wells. The Vessel was tho eighth wooden ship to glide down the wajs at that yard. , Two more woodtn ships nro still on tho ways. Tho Trajlor corporation had a contract for ten of these craft hut contracts for two were cancelled. Just what will be done with the two other ships is matter of conjecture. The Seypen wns christened by Mrs. W. J, Quillan, wife of the chief inspec tor ot hulls. The ship is of 3300 tons, 283 feet lonf and 40 feet beam. WILL FINANCE GERMANY Dutch Bankers In Paris Arranging for Loan of $1,000,000,000 Amsterdam. April 10. (By A. P.) Tho visit to Paris of tho Dutch finan ciers, Vnu den Hoven nnd Mculcn, a local news agency says,, has reference to tho conclusion ot u loan by neutral Btates to Germany ot 200,000,000 (about .$1,000,000,000). The) loau is to lie made under the supervision of the Allies, nnd is for the purpose of restoring tho economic situa tion in continental Europe. Swiss and Scandinavian bankers, It is added, arc participating iu tho negotiations. t . Belgium Honors American Visitors Brussels. April 10. (By A. P.) Both chambers of rnrlfamcnt gavo a re ceptiou la'sk night In honor of a party of. American Congressmen who nro vltllltij; .IiruMjw.' Representatives of the Ctw4wl OVawbw of Comtasree nit Presidents Ship to Carry Dr. Da Costa to France Noted Surgeon, Leaving After Hurried Sum mons, Denies Mission Is in, Connection With Wilson's Illness Dr. J. Chalmers Da Costa, professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical Col lego nnd one of the country's foremost surgeons, left this nfternoou for New York, where he will board the transport Gcorgo AVashington, scheduled to sail tomorrow for France. Doctor Da Cosln. who is a naval medical officer, received hurried orders from the Navy Department to board the ship today. The suddenness of the tfrder, coupled with the fact that Presi dent Wilson has been ill, while Colonel K. M. House, his ndvisor. is said not to be in health, created the belief thnt the surgeon had been summoned to at tend (hem, Officials at Washington sny the order to Doctor Da Costn has no connection with the President's illness. It wns nnnounccd at the office of Rear Admiral Braisted, surgeon general of the army, that Doctor Dn Costn had been sent to Trance to assist in treating sick nnd wounded soldiers returning from France. "Routine Assignment" Announcement was made at the White House and the Nay Department that the sending of Doctor Da Costa to France was a "routine assignment." Secretary Tumulty today denied Hint it Had any connection with the Presi dent's illness. Doctor Da Costa is not going to perform any surgical operation on the President, he said, and will not attend to him "nny more than would any other naval medical officer who lit have been assigned to the trans - port. GOELET YACHT CREW is hoi; Thrilling Exploits in Which Little Craft, Natrona, Fig- ured Recounted Here LAND CARGO OF LIQ0RICE Stories of sea fights with German waters" were" brought "bark by V of the c.-ew of the converted American rncht Nnhmn, wno wrre ami ui nfternoon from the stenmshipcstern Vitiia. - The Western Plain brought the first cnr"o of licorice root to reach tins port sfnee 1015. It 'locked at the "Licorice wharf," at the foot of Jefferson street, Camden. . , , . The Nnhma. William Goelet s Jficht before the war, was the first American ship to sail through the Dardanelles and anchor at Constantinople. H was t ,e Nnhmn which shelled nn Ita lion sub marine In October, 1018, in mistake for an Austrian submersible, killing an of ficer nnd two sailors. ' The story of the Nnhma a exploits, told by Lieutenant C. R. Jncobson, of Staten Island, a deck officer on the con certed jncht and the officer in charge of thirteen sailors, who returned ns casuals on the Western Plain, is a nar rative of constant hnrd work in the submarine danger zone, of thrilling brushes with submarines, and participa tion in events of the war at sea that have become historic. In months ot convoy duty ouly one ship convojed by the Nnhma was lost. From September, 1017, to May, 1018, the Nahma was on convoy duty from Plymouth, England, to Gibraltar. In January, 1018. the cre,w of the Naluiin sank n submarine in the Bay of Biscay with gunfire from n live-inch rifle, mounted nft. In May. of 1018, the Nahma was sent from Gibrnltar to the Island of Mnlta, stopping nt various Mediterranean ports on the wny. An exciting exploit , occurred just the day before the armistice. The Nah ma, vith the American destroyers Greg ory. Israel nnd Luce, with two "V" boats of the British nnvy nnd the British battleship Britannia, was doing "bar rage duty" to keep Germnn submarines from escaping from the Bay of Oibrnl. tcr One of them encountered the Brit tnnin nnd torpedoed the battleship. The patrol boats rushed to her aid and tho crew wns taken off. austrJanTreject soviet Soldiers' Councils Conference De cides for Socialist Governments Ilernci ApriJ 10.-(By A. lM-Thc conference of soldiers' councils of Ger man Austria which met in Mon. day decided against the establishment of a soviet republic in Austria nnd iu favor of a Socialist government, Herr Deufsch, secretary of state for military affairs, nt the opening of tho conference pointed out that German Austria was absolutely in the power of tho Allied and associated natlojisaljd that the conference should do its utmost to avoid n new blockade or the r"cHump tion of hostilities. LANSING WARNS CALIFORNIA Cautions Against Introduction of Anti-Japanese Legislation Sacramento, Calif., April 10. (By t p,) Introduction of nntl-Jnpancse legislation in the Cullforuia Legislature would be "extrcmclywinfortunatc njt this time," Baid Robert Lansing, secretary of state, in a cablegram to tho Senate received today. Held as Camden Shoplifter Joseph Matncr, twenty-the jenr old, of Chester, was held in $.100 ball before Recordir Stackhousu In Camden today op a charge of shoplifting. It la charged Matncr entered a store owned by Mrs. RebaccaBcrtroan, 041 Broad- Doctor Da Costa is noted as n spe cialist in the treatment of mentnl and nervous diseases. He said he did not know why lie had been ordered to board the George Washington, when seen at his home. 2045 Walnut street, just be fore hislcparture. "I am the senior member of the medical icserve corps," he said, "and 1 regnrd it as merely a coincidence that it happens to be the George Washing ton that I have been ordered to sail on It might have been the John Smith. View of Surgeon "I think I am fortunate in being sent over on the George Washington, but 1 do not attach any special importance to it." Asked if he was going over to pho medical attention to President Wilson, Doctor Da Costa replied : "I don't know why I am going over; I am just obeying orders.." "Are j on n specialist in any ailment which tho President might hncV" "No, I am not a specialist in nn -thing, nor in nnytliing the President may have that I know of." he replied. "Tho fact that I received my orders suddenly yesterday from tho surgeon general's office menns nothing. This is the way they do thiilgs in the nnvj." Promise Fulfilled In supplementing the statement from the White House nnd War Department, Admiral Braiste said: "Doctor Da Costa, who is a noted lsurSTOn ot I'hiladclphia, joiued- the. Continued on Tnice HI. Column SU ' CITIZEN SCHOOLS, urges is. cait i Would Establish Course for All I Voters and Require Cer- tification OPPOSES MILITANT PARTY That no woman should be allowed to - e cepf '" own qualification and that the qualification for all voters, male or female, should iucludc ability to rend a newspaper nnd-wtitc a lejtpr.uerc some of thefiheories introduced by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. presi dent ot the Nationnl American Woman Suffrage Association, in nn ad dress before the fiftieth annual conven tion of the Pcunsjlvnnia Woman Suf frage Association, in the Bellcvuc- ! Stratford today. .Mrs. Catt made an anneal for the League of Women Voters, the purpose WHICH IS to unite nil the wnmen nf tho Luited States now permitted to ote - .. v.. .... in a strong non-partisan body that will support the suffrage movement in non feuffrage states. "The league," Mrs. Cntt explained, "will stand for the compulsory educa tion of childien between the ages of six and sixteen years for nine months of the year and for the carrying of extension couises from our public schools to ndults. It will stand for raising the standard of naturalization, 'so men and women of foreign birth will feel there is something more im pressive about becoming n citizen of this country. It will tend to make it possible for a married woman to become naturalized in her own name rather than Hint of her husband, as now. "The league will strive to make schools of citizenship compulsory in connection with every public school. There will be trained teachers. And the classes would be compulsory for every one who wnnts to vote. A cer tificate from this course should serve ns qualification to ote. "We should have a new oath of nllc giniue that every one can understand, whether a Harvard University or a rural school graduate.' "Lnglish should be made the lan guage of this country, compulsory in otory general school, whether a public or private institution. "I believe if these things hnd been accomplished fifty years ago aud these qualifications iusiMed on when the negro Continued on I'u a Two. Column Two LOSES WAR CROSS CHASING TROLLEY ON TRAIL OF JOB Saved Two 'Lieuts,' Nailed Six 'Bushes,' but Nerve Vanishes With Medal Sergeant Archie Pittman, of the fight ing Buffalo negro division, won his Croix do .Guerre saving two lieutenants and capturing six Germans. Ho lost his Croix do Guerre running for a street cnr. Sergeant Pittman, who belonged to the machine gun company of the aCOth Infantry, Is living now nt 1510 North Camac street. He is just out of tlic army and is anxious for a job. He ran for a car on Thirteenth street between Vine and Cherry. When he got aboard the car, his Croix de Guerre wns miss ing. He was so disheartened that he had no success in finding his job. He was cited for bravery because he led a squad of men agalust a raiding party of 'Germans who had captured two lieutenants. He succeeded In rescu ing the' officers and bringing in six of the Germans as prisoners. The French adl"rVe Ipjnncd on his uniform t LLOYD GEORGE QUITS WILSON ON INDEMNITY British Premier Bows to Con servatives arid Sends for Northcliffe's Orders TIES UP WITH FRENCH, ISOLATING PRESIDENT Paris Matin, in Right officially, Calmly Insists France Will Take "Dues" . DETAILS SNARL UP ISSUES Nations Agreed on Principles, 1 but Still Are at Odds on Applying Theory R CLINTON W. GILRKRT Ma IT rorrc....ndfi,l or tlic rvmlnir I'ublli r.eilser Willi ill- iarc Iiclosatlon . In Lurnpn Ry Special Cable vapunohi. iniD.bv Public l.a1iei to. Paris. April 10. livery indication April 10. Lvery today pointed to the firmucss of the new Hritish and French combination. Prom Rritish sources, it wns learned Hint Premier Llojd George has broken finally with President Wilson on lllp uu in, question ot reparations and other issues not jet definitelj disclosed. Agents of Llojd George in Paris have gone (n southern Prance to confr with I Loid Northclifle. which is a sign thai Llojd George is obeiing once more tho. man who hns been his master since lie been 1110 premier, On the side of the Trench, I.e Matin, usually the spokesman of the govern ment, replies indirectly, because of tbe 'censorship, but firmly to the thieat of I President Wilson to take America out European nnairs. Tins paper snjs, jcpiitc respectfully, but coolly, j France means to make Germany Hint pay, mi-mi-, iu ue nssureu against liiturc in vasion of her eastern frontier and menns to h.uc the Snrrc callev. Fur thermore, thnt France claims her just (hiosjind willnotwait IniUo.ipUiumJ. J ,-' P lu'i;orce3 ol lae ?" government at Tlhis "statement by the'-'nafion is rc.TOmslPbave defeated two Bolshevik legiments In Sarapul, on the mnrkable, iu view of the ca'ntion of the Kama river, 150 iniks southwest; of Pern), according to an of- Mcnch ofiicinl press recently and indi cates thnt the paper is much more con fident of the reception of the Presi dent's latest threat than his carliei I threat to take the Peace Conference out I ot 1'aris. A,pPl,.n. ii...i....i.. i " "l""""' I On the other hand, the Americans' seem to be trjing to minimise the situ ation and, whereas on Sunday thev , talked with tho utmost despondency, to ' day their talk is optimistic, although it , is impossible for the observer here to i see nny chnnge in the situation justify ing such n clinnge of Innpunge. I'or weeks we hnc been told that un agree ment is in sight. An agreement on reparations is the latest reported, but on Saturday the same men who nre now reporting such an agreement snid an ugrcement was virtually certain, and in the meantime there has been no sign of surrender by nnj body or nnj change in position on either side. Tlic issues are wrapped in mjstery, nnd the only clear fuct seems to be that Llojd George, responding to the campaign of tho Conservntives in Lng Innd, who are alarmed at the spread of Bolshevism and are demanding that Germany be made to pay, hns broken the Anglo-Saxon-combinntion nnd hns left Wilson isolated. Certnin events that preceded this sequence nre being grnuuuny uisuiusvu. I'orces Influence Wilson The first was the N'orthcliffo Con- scrvnthe press campaign. The second, tlic signing of n round robin by one hundred members of Parliament de manding thnt Germany he forced to pay the cost of thc war. The third event wns when Lloyd George went to Wil son, poluting out 'his difficulties with conservative sentiment at home aud especially the press campaign nnd the action of the members of Parliament, The fourth cveut wns Lloyd George's statements to the French press nnd to British journalists privately that he stood witli France; fifth, joint an nouncement with thc French of nn agreement reached on all points nt issuo and, sixth, thc establishment of tho liaison with Lord Xorthcliffe in the south of France. The action of Lloyd George wns not wholly unexpected, f,or tho British Premier is the agent of the conserva tives iu Kngland In dealing with radi calism, for which ho has a remarkable aptitude. The conservntives allow him great freedom in courting radicalism, Continued on Tate Klilit, Column Tour Wilsons Call on Rumanian Qjicen at Paris Residence Paris, April 10, (By A. P.) President Wilson, with Mrs.. Wilson aud Bear .Admiral Grayson, his physician, called upou Queen Mario ot Bunianln, at her temporary res(. denee here before this n(ornlng's ses sion ot thc council of four. "GOOD PROGRESS ENVOYS CABLE PEACE ISSUES Czechs in Violent Battle With Hungarians Kill 150 . . . . ... . . , ,. . sm aI avaria Establish Diplomatic Ke- lations Wuerzburg Wrested From Reds. , . Soviet in Austrian Town ll the Associated Press London. Anril 10 Violent liizlitinir i has taken plncc between Iliingniiiins jraxian-llnngnrinn bolder, sajs n Con- i Iral News dispatch from Amsterdam to- 1 dai duo hundred nnd fiffj Iliitigu- ' r'"u's "on' billed. The Czechs aKo had . consult ruble losses. I TIip pioclniiiiitinn of a smift republic i in Salzburg, German Austiin, is re ported in nn Amsterdam dispute h todnj lo tlic Central News. Salzhuig is near the Itnuuinn border. l opeilliagcn. April IU.- Illy A. 1M ''n """ um luingnrinn rcvnmiiouury i 'Disp.itchps from Kissingen report that leader, asking him to send details of the ti. citizens nnd officials of Wticrhiug. revolution in Itnvnrin. "We have only l'irl miles to the northwest, , lnuetnP blll.pst nntioiinecment," Leuine'sl .. ... . P""'.1 "K'i ", ., J"1 ,"' ', i hands of government troons. I Hi avj- lighting agaimt Spnrtncnu fnr,.ow neenrrml l.o.i -.....-.nnont lr..w stoiniecl the rnjal palnie and uiptured the inilwa.i station, but the foitress of Mai ienberg. across the iniiin ner from I Wiier.bni'g. was handeil over without ;"PPO"i'ion. Most of the Spnrtncan lcn.l- reported to have been arrested. T0DAY7S BASEBALL SCORE KENAI . . . ATHLETICS fiatteries- , 0 0 7 4 -Gansz and Hamilton; TJeefe and Bergcr. Kcenan. MEXICO GETS CARTRIDGES FROM U- S- LAREDO, Texas, Apiil 10. Two million rounds of seven millimeter rifle cartridges for the use ol the Mexican government forces were taken across to the Hexicau side of the bolder today by permission, of the American authoiTUes. OMSK TROOPS DEFEAT REDS i KILL 900 ficjal auuouhcemeut recciveu here Bolsheviki were killed. AWAITS 'BILL' LE1B Constable May Co Today for Politician Facing Tax Forgery Charge $5094.15 IS INVOLVED I nless William S Leih, ltepubliciiu lender iu Schuylkill ountr. appear" to day in the office of MngKlraio Joseph O'Brien. 101( Pine stieet. ti nnswM charges of foigery, he will be brought forcibly. This was the altitude .Magistrate O'Brien took today when Leib did not nppenr nt his office. Leib left his home in Pottsville last night, but there was no sign of him sit the magistrate's office this morning. ".lust because lie is stvled boss of 'Sihuilkill county." suid Miigistrute i n'ltrlpn. "lie need incrt no more con- 'sidenition tliaii nny other fugitive from justice. I shall send one of my men nfter him some time today." Warrant Charge I'orgciy Tile warinnt. which was sworn out by Captain Pitcher, of the state poliec. chnrges forgery in connection witli -state ,u'x funds. Announcement of the im penning arresi wus muur ium uigut oy Attorney General Schaffer. The forgery accusation against Mr. Leib is hosed on the charge that he ap propriated for his own use S.'00-l.in iu taxes paid by the Merchant & Lvnus Company, of this city, and gavo the company receipts for the taxes, forg ing the names of "I). J. Athews," in tended for T). .1. Matthews, corporation clerk, and Karl T. Dc Wald, cashier for the state treasurer. Mr. Leib is said to have made resti tution fo the stnte to the amount of the monry Involved in the chnrges against him, but thc state official. say thc matter of forging the name of an officer of the commonwealth is "too serious" to be passed1 over, even after restitution is made. '' Scliaffer's Statement All those concerned tu thc affair re fuse to Issue any statement supplement Inir thnt 'given .out by Attorney Gcueral Schaffer yesterday, but It. is generally 'understood that Powell Lvans, of the Merchant & J'ivnus company, uncov ered tho evidence leading to the charges. Tho attornoy general's statement fol low1 : "Acting under instructions from me, Captain Pitcher, the deputy superin tendent of state police, has aworn out n warrant for the arrest of William S. Leib on a' charge of having forged receipts ot state taxes purported to MAGISTRATE HERE be signed by thp accounting ofilcera of . i i '.. i ',,.3 with the city lias been interrupted. Rerlln, April I), dclajed. (R.f A. P.) Diplomatic relations linve been es tablished between the Russian nnd Iln vnrlan soviet governments, according to the Zwolfuhrblatt. (As lute as April R the Russian soviet goNPrnment hud nol got into touch with the ltnwirinu soiet authorities, accord ing to n wireless message of thnt date from Nikolai I.eiilne, the Russinn llol- ' hcik premier, who sent the messnge to r. . .-.. .... t. 1...I messnge snid.) Government troops are reported to have entered Lssen nnd to have oc- Cllllleil tllO Ivriipp plant. WHICH. HC- cording to previous reports, had been seized by the Kssen strikers. 'I'he (rnons nosted artillery anil machine guns at the entrances to the plant. fonllnuril on law i;lllil. Column One Umpiic fiom Omsk. IHue bundled TO DISCARD AT 65 but railway communication BOARD OBJECTS , . ,,,.. , Must Admit AH Losses Comment on Doctor W.tmer'sj Thc text of thp reparaUona cIause Charge That "Palsied Hands finally approved by the council specifies to ,that enemy countries must admit re- Are Ruinine Schools sponsibility for nil loss and damage t NINE NOW ARE PAST LIMIT,,, . Members of the Board of Lducation today objected to being sent to the J discard at sixty -h jears. as gested by llr. Lightnrr Wltmer, the jrniierslty of Pennsjlvnuin psjdiologist. Donor Winner, who has criticized the city school system as deficient, is- j sued u statement yesterday, blaming much of the inefficiency on the old nge of tlic board members. He nlso ac cused Simon Grntz of playing politics and asked again for public hearing to .demonstrate the scliools' inefficiency. Former Judge Dimuer Beeber, who is just sixty-lhc.'the nge at which Doc tor Wltmer snid members should re sign, protested against the application of thc old ago standard. "Of course, it is not exactly for me to sny, since I urn affected," he said. "But,. I think it is a safe proposition to say that men do not, necessarily, lose their usefulness because they arc sixty-five or over. For example, there is John nunmaker, who is eighty-one and thc oldest member of the board, yet he seems to be running quite a success ful business on Market street." Another of the nine members, who nre old enough to resign under the Witmer ruling, is William Howen, who is sixty eight. He cnlled Doctor Wltmcr's in vitation to shelve old men amusing. "That's funny," he laughed. "How oiu is doctor Witmer? I'd like to know. He was told that Doctor Wltmer is but fifty-two. .Matter of Opinion "Of course n questiou like this is answered by thc men involved. It Is a nintter(of opinion. Some mer are bet ter at seventy than they were ut fifty. Others nre better ut forty than they ever will be, later. It depends on the man. The professor is entitled to his opinions about the board. But age limits mean little. Sometimes men are most valuable because of the experiences their age has given them. I think that applies to the Board ot Education, hut I believe In giving the Professor full range ot opinion about us." The "baby member" of the board was next asked for an onlnlnn. I7n u ahomts'H, Kojlc forty niByef qW : f.u A ... i '3Ll'VlU!r" " I - . ,i - 7 "'v .a m 7iC TO U. S.;1 SETTLE0 President Is 'Hammering Away House Hears Today fci DECISIONS QUICKLY MADE,,! AFTER WILSON'S THREAT ih MADE," Kaiser Must Face Tribunal. JM fiormnnc iVoan Carfa Uit4M . ."S wiittu.11 IXUUfS WUIIDf MUb ' J M French Get Coa! u BELGIUM Wll I PRnRFP.IiTP,' American Executive to Preside' ; Over League of Nations Commission Today Foe Gets Terms Before Full Conference, Report Paris. April 10. (ByA.IP.)The publication in Paris today of a state ment attributed to British sources, to the cfTect that the terms ot the peace treaty would not be presented to n plenary session nf the Pence Conference until nfter they hnd been rommunicated to the Germans, caused comment among delegates of (he nations not represented on the council of four. The publication brought out from the American mission the statement that it was opposed to such a plan. By the Associated Press I' Washington, April 10. President Wilson is "hammering ahead" and hai made "good progress" in his negotia-i lions in Paris, according to advices re ceived today at the.AVhite House. i It nt nil etnln.l In., i-t,t ? - ' ' lind item, mnrln Ki,t tliA mlwlniu. daakhV to cnuse considerable satisfaction ImMm omciai quarters. ,? Paris. April 10. (By A. Vf)Sr! K.ilc otet thcMcaguc of nations coral?Si iniDciftti ,i linn it- .ac. ......1 t, i.u!lti3 tnilnr 'The nrn.nm nnllAl fjm .JV.K? eussion of amendments proposed by&h tne rrencn, American nnu Jnpanes' iva delegations.. 4 " jjm ,udrc lardieu. Viscount Morley ondrJ Charles II. Ilaskins. the snecial com"2,a . iscnunt .tioncy ana vsim kins, the special fonj,;B i Europcnn boiindariea)ra re the council of foli rS mittee on western '. were called before today. This cave rise to the belief that "$ Premiers Lloyd George. Clemenceau arirj Orlando nnd President Wilson were con-'S -...v.,,th nit ivuillll III IIIU aVUiUV valley. " The rnuneil nf fmir line finnlti. ftAt.1jf .$& on the terms of reparations for war "M I damages on the future status of the.. v-"$ 1 Sarre vnlley nnd on the rrsnonsibllltVU I of the Germnn emperor for the'war nndi,l inu iiiruus itfi uriuKitiK nun iu iriai uy one of the Allied governments, probably I Belgium. Allied aud associated nations and thebj. .A iritizptiH flue tn iininntirinhlp nffffrftRAinn.' 'tVJ In '. however, of the inability ot, J I fully for these losses, nn Inter-Allied commission will nssess them on a just; J""" 'or "'ty years, beginning May 3, 1021, when Germany must make aa sug-ijnitin, m,,,,,,, 0f $.-,.000.000.000.. Germany is to pay all thc expenses of Sg ',le commission nnd its staff during th Wr fan The first payment is to b Icrcditetl against Germany's obligation to pay for thc maintenance ot the Allied' troops iu the occupied regions, and the second priority is for the payment ot food relief furnished to Germany, France Gets Sarre Coal Thc Sarre agreement leaves sov ereignty over the valley unchanged, but accords to France free of duty sufficient coal for thc Lorraine iron industry and to replace the production or the mines destroyed in the Lens mining district: with the privilege to the Germans of re- storing the Lens mines and thus rclieV-t ing the Sarre valley of that charge, " The airreement on resnonsibilities fo4 .i the war is understood to hnvn hpen a. J compromise between divided reports, presented by the commission of which! Secretary Lansing is chairman. Ther was a practical agreement on tho genrs&?J ernl responsibility of the German era- pcror for bringing on the war, but dlvl-J ! sion occurreu ou wnemer n was leasini , to bring him to justice before an inter 9A national tribunal. xne rrencn ann itruisn view .; vored a 'tribunal, but the American vievry 3 it Is understood, favored moral Indlctv"'' ment without recourse to prosecutW S owing to the lack ot an international. S Inn- ns n hnsls for trial before nn tnfpr.1 ' 3M national court. ' ii(V Tlalivtitm nn tvnlMi 4hf wav all lt,a'rf l .l Mn.l ltA(i..!nat 7a .Annpf.il tn k... itrar- fl. " 'iffl n view much similar to that of thv Ml Unlteil States, while Japan and IU1jWV& wero partially in accord jrlth, ,tjfcgjJ4 Amcricuu viyw. t; vtti To i'roecute, liaiser It was owing to theee divergent V points that the council devised A plan whereby one ot the Allied M nrobably Belgium, would initiate cution aealnst 'the former emnerr others resnonsible for "tho breneli treaties, the invasion ot territory : the destruction directeu, against country and leading to a more g f spread of thc war;t, . J The exact tisture of the wmtnt Ml dlM'lOMa, wtc un ivrcwins u f sa I" iMMv M" ' s-"H .'.12 .ifli mNH-ix lfovM to efr tkt mMb : 8 -'91 S3r wi.yr ,l9Mf 'Ttn vw'HBp.J 20.- ?$$? ' fiWti3w Xw Xwr Cttwu1 wjc '-" Cunthmjgw Pm HM, Ottmm CM 1 N Aj- m "P. ? &
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