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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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..
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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
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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
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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"
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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
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