C.W v i i"f, ?': T - ' . yJ t 'lVrlt.'.Ur '(,' j& THE WEATHER Washington, April J 1. pain nnd colder tonight; colder, fair tomorrow. TEMPERATURE AT EACH HOUR I a o io ii ia 1 1 a a a n ublic ffiebget MIGHT EXTRA. CLOSING STOCK PRICES V-aj j wr .- I M 02 05 0 09 70 71 i .. - i ' 7PV - i - VOL. V. NO. 179 rublUtae-d Dally Kxcept Sunday. Subscription Price Set a ' Copirleht. HUD, by Public ledger Company. 5' i Tear by Mall. PPTP.P. TWO f!RNPTSJ ?' PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1919 Entered at Second-Clans Matter at the Pontninre at Philadelphia, Ta., Under tho Act of March 8. 1870. " "" .,w w ALLIED CONFERENCE AGREES ON ALL PEACE ISSUES; MUNICH COMMUNISTS SEIZE REINS OF GOVERNMENT Jfl T1 Cf4 1 1 VSr-J HslJ WW $r uehmti1S " fc 5 & ft i u tf w i I V" !? !f - fit IV, U.W Wl J e ) DERIS ISSUED TO BURLESON WIRE RATE CASE .Penna. Attorney General jSchaf- fer Raps Postal Chief as "Exceeding Authority" REVERSES 'STATE RIGHTS' DOCTRINE OF CALHOUN Governor Directs Fight to Fin ish on Higher Tariff t Schedule "I accept his challenge on behalf of Pennsylvania and 'its people." i This terse announcement that the telephone-telegraph rate fight Is on in earnest was made this afternoon by Attorney General Schaffer. He was commenting onhe applica tion of Postmaster General Bprlcson for n preliminary injunction to restrain tho state authorities from interfering with his operation of the wire systems. A hearing trill he held on the appli cation next week when Judge Bufflng ton, United States Circuit Court of Appeals, returns to this city. Judge Dickinson yesterday issued n restrain ing order enjoining the attorney gen--ralafrom filing Injunction suits against the wire companies in the state. "I will continue to endeavor to bring down telephone and telegraph rates in this "state to what they ought to be," Mr. Schaffer said. "In all that I am doing I am acting in pursuance of li--recllons from Governor "Sifroul', who is eTP determined that telephone and telcgrnph - fl,Arf.na otinll ,nf lip rnfaprl tn tlin nnn. pie of Pennsylvania if it can be pre vented." Mr. Schaffer arraiencd' the, postmaster general for reviving the ancient doctrine of "state s rights with "the positions reversed" and for exceeding the author ity vested in him by the President. Schaffer's Statement 2, tfn. part t Mr. Schaffer statement fol . J.UW9 , raising telephone, and telegiaph rates F r . . i a war measure under the alleged "war powers of the President. Dvery kAna IrneMita tlmf tlin i n t la nntunllir , -v. nuu a vnuv int. tut o uiuuiij 3fc ' il - a . aver nuu wie uHsumpuou oi poner 10 malcfe people pay Iilgher rates is based upon the technical supposition that a formal treaty of peace lias not j ct been signed. t "Several departments of the federal government are calling upon producers and dealers everywhere to reduce pi ices because tho w'ar is over, and jet the postmaster general raises the ratcsPof two of tho prime necessities in our life of today, the telephone and the tele graph, proclaiming his right and power to do so as a war measure. "Anil it.lu ..it.. Wl.t.fnn.l!... K I..1 - t uu turn, AiuiMiiMOiuuiiU), IIIU 1UCI Flthat the president of the postal corn s' jiuu) iius ucviurcu puoiiciy mar. ne will ' restore the old rates if that company is returned to its owners. Powtr Is Exceeded "Judge Kunkcl. Dauphin County Court, in the suit I brought against the Bell Telephone Companj . pointed out that the postmaster general in raising telephone rates exceeded the power ton f erred pon the President, and by the president upon him. , t "The Buit brought by tlfe postmaster . seneral acainst the l'uhliV Kprvinn Com. $$k Ps'on n! mo is of'most vital conse- If"' Wo arc acting in pursuance 'of the laws t ot rcnnsyivaula, wiiicli the postmaster &r general disregards and seeks to set t f" Jiside. Tho tplpnlinno rnmnnnipR nrp i i Pennsylvania corporations chartered Bf under tho laws of this state Our laws , prescribe that their rates can only be put in forj with the approval of the Public Service Commission. - ''Without asking the approval of the , Public Service Commission and in the f teeth Jf our laws Mr. -Burleson contemn I ing our statutes and our officials, seeks to establish charges for tcleplionu and , telegraph service, to our p?oplo greatly fy . In excess of those which tho Public f.- wwftvg vuiuiiitnniuii umc 1UUUU lu uu ' lust anu reasonable. i i this can bo done the authority of r v the states auu tliej themselves ns sep s'i urate governmental entitles can be large ' Jy thrust aside. This mcansaccntrnliza ;. tlon of tremendous tiower in the. federal ?1 x government and ends state control. "Mr. Burleson proposes tq. nullify the imt' ws 01 iFenns)iania, and to pay no, at IJ tention io its constituted authority or Its v legal enactments." GIRLS SEEK DAMAGES Stilus of $50,000 Result From Cam den Trolley Crash Two suits for damages amounting to a total'of $50,000. wcro Illtfd against the Public Service Railway Company iu Camden this morning for, injuries re ceived In a trolley car accident on Jau 1 fuiiarx 10 last. ii k ' Miss Helen Oreuber, nineteen sears old. 1700 lit. Dnhraiui avenue, brought In'wilt through her father, Lewjs Gieu- r Her, lor L-O.DIKI, The parent claiui Ms daughter i suffcrliigfrom nervous Bess andinelanclioliu as a result of the accident, Ho claims $5QO0 for the loss od hc.r services, Fannie Itaxzner, twenty-two- jears olJf alw ,of Cradeiif is suing through hr- father,- Abtaham Jlaanw, for the Death Ends Grim Cycle as Third of Family Goes Quitting Daughters Bedside, August Heck man, Crushed by Express, Follows Younger Girl and Son to Grave The death of August ,T. Hcckman, ot Edge Hill, who was killed by an ex press train yesterday at the station platform, is tho third In his .family since last October. Mrs. Hcckman, returning from tho bedside of a daughter critically ill from typhoid fever, where, she had gone to relieve the all-night vigil of her husband so that he could return to his employ ment, found his lifeless body in their homo late last night. Ho had returned to his home nnd ob tained his badge admitting him to Hog Island, where he Is employed, nnd was struck by a freight train ns ho at tempted to cross the railroad tracks at Edge Hill, to catch the 11:40 pas senger train, which was pulling into the station. On October 14 Sylvia Hcckman, the PROBE MYSTERY MM Mll A Mh. 01-UJB S'BML Shoe Dealer Denies Signing Surety for Schuylkill Political Leader MAGISTRATE INVESTIGATES Charles Block, a shoe dealer, "1." South street, named by Magistrate Jo seph S. O'Brien ns the person who signed the JUHOO bail bond of. William S. I.cib, n Schuylkill county political leader, accused of forgery, denied it today. "I don't know Lelb, I never heard of I.clb, and, naturally, I would not go his brill," he said. "I gticss the whole thing Is politics. I never meddled with politics in my life and don't intend to get mixed up in a political fight now," he said. "The man who signed my name to that bail bond committed forgery, but I don't intend to do anything nbout it, for fear of what may happen to me." Magistrate O'Brien describes the false "Block" ns a stout man about sixty-two years old. Block is stout, but is only forty-seven years old and looks nbout fie years younger. Warrants Threatened "Well, if the man who signed the bond was not Block, somebody will suffer," Mngishate O'Brien said. "Fif teen minutes after I receive proof it was not Wock warrants will be Issued for Leib nnd every person concerned in the affair. "I accepted the bond in good faith, believing tho ncr.son who intrnilnpofl 'Block' to bo sincere. Tho deed to the house wna produced nnd I naturally thought everything correct.'' The house nt .115 South' street is as sessed at $14,000, In the name of Charles Block. Last night he is quoted as saying he did not own the property. The word that the bail bond of Lelb was assailed came as a surprise to the magistrate. Lcih appeared nt the magistra'to's home, 310 South Tenth street, last evening to carry out the ar rangement to present bail, which wn's made when the warrant for his arrest was issued. Leib knew on Wednesday that the warrant was issued and left his home in Pottsville with the announced inten tion of coming to Philadelphia and giving "himself up. Magistrate O'Brien, who issued tho warrant, remained nt his office, 1010 Pine street, all day yesterday for Leib. He did not come, however, and at1" 4 o'clock tho office was closed nnd the magistrate went home. Gives Name of Block Last evening Leib appeared. He was accompanied by a bondsman and a per son ftUtgistrato O'Brien says. ho be-' Heves to have been Samuel Blieden. The magistrate was introduced to the bondsman, whtfsc name was given as Charles Block, 1115 South street. When the formal hearing was ocr nnd tho ball fixed 'the magistrate ac cepted the signature of "Block" on tho $2500 bond. The deeds to the house at 315 South street supplemented the proof of identification, the magistrate said today. Leib, former lesident clerk o'f the IIouso of Keprcsenfatives, Harrisburg, at a salary of $4000 a year, is accused of accepting payment of state tnxos without,? authority and signing thq names of state officials to the receipts given to the Merchant & Eans Com. pany, of this qlty, thernt which paid htm tho taxes. Mother Qoosc mtchy-Uoo-Uuppcr'Corn, tell me, 1 priy, lKai docs the weather man pro mite , fodayf . Colder tonight atd there's rain in the air. . Saturday colder andjproMli fair.' 1. "T ft; oldest daughter of the couple, died from inllucnzn. Shorth afterward Mr. Hcck man fell down a hatchway and sprained his back. On February 4 August Heckman, Jr., was strickcp with typhoid fever, from which b,o is now recovering. Ten dnjs ago Gertrude, the second daughter, was taken ill w Ith the typhoid fever nnd died on April 0. A third daughter, Helen, is now In St. Mary's Hospital, with the same disease. Mr. Heckman returned from the fu neral of his daughter Gertrude on Tucs dav night nnd learned that Helen was critically ill. He hastened to her bed side nnd remained there until yesterday morning, when Mrs. Hcckman relieved hhn. A Rhort time later he was struck by thp train, and died en route to the Jewish Hospital. Hcckman was forty eight years old. AVERS WHEELER . ADM DC IF Former Judge Signed Confes sion, Declares Prosecutor of Embezzlement Charge RESTITUTION DECLINED Adllimsinn flint lip nna n,i AmlAT?lpi nnd misappropriated the property of airs. Harriet Ithinehart Jovcc was made by former Judge William T. heeler, according to Assistant Dis trict Attorney Taulane. Mr. Taulane made this statement to day in Quarter Sessions Court, where .Mr. heeler is on trial charged with embezzling $48,000 in Btocks and casli belonging to Mrs. Joyce. The nssistant district attorney, who is prosecuting the case for, the cotnmtfn wealth, made his assertion In his open ing address to the jury. "I am nn embezzler; I am a de faultcr; I misappropriated jour prop crty." former Judge Wheeler said, ac cording to Mr. Taulane, and he de ciareu mac 1110 nctcncinnt signed a statement to this effect. Mr. Wheeler, who sat nearby, ap peared unmoved by the statement. Argument of Defense It is understood that the argument of the defense will he that settlement was offered in the case and that it was refused by the plaintiff. Mrs. Joyce, dressed in deen mourn ing, followed eerv word of the opening address of Mr. Taulane closely, nnd was referred to bj the prosecuting attorney ns "the woman in black. ' Mr. Taulane launched" into a review of the case us soon as the last of the twche jurors had been selected Ho said that Mr. Wheeler embezzled $10,000 and stock belonging to Mrs. Joyce nlued nt $38,000. The money was taken from 11 sum of $20,000 which the plaintiff gave to the foimer Judge for safe keeping, according to Mr. Taulane. Case Is Revived Tho prosecuting nttorney reviewed in detail how Mrs. Joyce came .here from Columbus, Ohio, in 1014; bow she got acquainted with Mrs. Wheeler and through that friendship met the former judgo and subsequently con sulted him about her affairs. Mr. Taulane pointed out that the law provides a judge of the Municipal Court shall, not practice law. Despite this, he declared, former Judge Wheeler ngreed to act for her. "We will show," said the prosecut ing attorney," that Mrs. Joyce gave Mr. Whecjcr a $1000 retainer at one time and $'00 on another occasion. "She gave him stocks and bonds to keep for her to the amount of more than $100,000. Wheeler suggested that she turn her securities over 'to him and that he act as her trustee and give her money from time to time as she needed it. The shares of stock which she turned over to him wcro valuable and brought dividends of 20 per cent annually. "The question arose whether Mrs. Jpjto should sell her business in-Colum-bus or bliy out her brotlicrMn-law's stock in the Green-Jojcc Company. Wheeler sold: 'I will see what I can do in the way of procuring" stock in the, compuny.' " Indorsed Utility Stocky 1 The defendant Induced the woman to indorse stock in the American Lieht and Traction Company Jn blank so that If he needed money quickly he could realize on tho stock, aecordlngsto Mr. Taulane. This, woman like, sho illrl " onl.i Mr. Tntilnnc. "She was a friend of Mr, Wheeler's wife, knew that he was a Judge In court aud trusted him. It tinned out that Mrs, Jojce's brother-in-law bought the company. No money had to be raised.' Her brothel -In-law paid hr $20,000 in cash and gave heir other securities. It was not necesssrv for the judge to sell the stock-." Mr. Taulane then reviewed the al. leged ndmUsIqn of gu(lt by the defend ant, wbieiL caused eeiwlderable surprise (fa Aa court room: 'ja, 4 " " ' 7?iKV 5 , 'I.X tf -r Progress in 2 Days Excels Last 2 Wechs, Envoys Wire Washington, April 11. (By A. P.) More progress has been made in the Peace Conference during the last forty-eight hours than during the entire preious two weeks, ac cording to adtices received at the White House today from Paris. Without giving details, these ad vlccs indicated that some of the chief difficulties delajing progress in the negotiations had been ocrcome and that the President had secured the acceptance of certain of the Im portant points for which he had been contending. DIVER WINS $10,000 ACCIDENT DAMAGES FROM CAR COMPANY Experts Testify Plaintiff Is In capacitated Just When Diving Is Highly Lucrative A jury in Cnmden today gave Kmil Alveberg, 518 Line street, a verdict of $10,000 ogainst the Cnmden Public Sen ice Railway Company because a trolley accident made it impossible for him to follow his calling n diver. Other divers destificd that, with all the salvage work to be done on ships sunk by the Germans, the diver's busi ness offered large opportunities to earn pig wages. Medical experts gave their opinion thnt AHcberg never would be able to dive again. He was riding in a trolley car Jan uary 2 when the car left the tracks op posite the New York Shipbuilding Cor poration's yard and struck another car. Many persons were injured. Alveberg's chest was crushed, and, according to the testimony, he will never be able to stand tho pressure of deep water, He testified that before the accident he had earned from $20 to $30 a day. The jury looked with Interest nt n diving suit offered as an exhibit, with its heavy leaden solcs and huge brass neaupiccc. it was tcstinoa that scv eral days ago Alveberg tried to go down in the Delaware river to work on n sunken barge. After reaching the hot torn he failed to answer a tug on the signal rope, and other divers quickly went down to see what was wrong. They found him helpless and rescued him with difficult j. ' " " , CAN'T BE CITIZEN No Uniform, No Vote, Is Ruling on Russian's Plea Because Harry Shapiio, of 2401 South Percy street, claimed exemption from the draft ns an alien, he was re fused American citizenship by Judge Dickinson In the iedernl Court yester day. "You failed to help the United States when sho needed you most, nnd I won't nllow you to become a citizen in m court, because I dbn't think you are w oi thy, declared Judge Dickinson. Shapiro, who is a Russian, came to this country in 1005, nnd filed his first naturalization papers in 'St. Louis, February 20, 1012. When called be fore the draft hoard at Gloucester City, N. J., he claimed exemption. RECOVER STUDENT'S BODY Uncle Identifies H. W. Mlddleton, Who Leaped From Ferryboat A body recovered from the Delaware river, near Shunk street, last night wns Identified nt the morgue today as that of Howard W. Mlddleton, Jr., thirty five vars old. n Lehigh Unlversitv stu dent residing nt 224 AVest Nippon street. Chestnut Hill. Mlddleton, the police say, jumped from n ferryboat six weeks ago. Wil mer Mlddleton, nn uncle of the student, vvho made the identification, snid that at the time his nephew disappeared from home he was under the care of two physicians, who were treating him for nervous trouble. Overwork In study caused a nervous collapse, baid the uncle. WOULD RETURN TO WIVES Lonesome Soldiers Appeal to Penn sylvania Senate The Senate of Pennsylvania has been asked by American soldiers In English camps to interest itself la the return of soldiers who arc mnrrjed. Several let ters have been received asking that action ho tfiken. The letters nre mostly from men who claim they aro married and their fami lies arc suffering inconveniences ns a result of their retention In the service, One man wrote that his pay Is only $52 per month nnd that the family ex penses run about $85. Another who addressed "The Senators of Pennsyl vania" said frankly: "I want to get home just as soon at I can." Wage Demand Closes Auto Works 01eeland. April 11. (By A.yVA Five plants,, constituting the entire works of the Theodor Kundtz Company. manufacture of automobile bodies, were closed today, throwing more than 1200 men and women out of employ ment, due, company officials say, to ligation among the workers or a wage iidvnaeo ot tea cents-nn hour and rix-hoafr daf-iigraiv i V NEW BAH ED Police Heads and Union Lead ers at Capital Seized as Hostages 25 SPARTACANS SLAIN BY DUSSELD0RF TROOPS Over Score of Others Wounded as Machine Cuns Are Turned on Rioters REVOLT IS NEAR IN BADEN Reds Agitate for Revolution and Establishment of Soviet Republic Thousands of Russians Released in Bavaria Berlin, April 11. (Bj A. P.) The Munich revolutionary council has ordered the immediate release of all prisoners of wnr in Bavaria. The order frees thousands ot Rus sian prisoners, including the Rus sinn communist, Atclrod. By Associated Press Copenhagen, April 11. The council of people's mandatories, which has been in control at Munich, has been dispersed by fhe communists, who have formed a communist government there, accord ing to tho Frankcnlsche Tagespost of Nuremberg. (Recent reports from Munich said that the soviet rule wns splitting up, the more radical clement demanding complete control). The Berlin Loknl Anzeiger is in re ceipt of Bavnrinn.ndvices stntmg that the communist council in Munich wns in session until 4 o'clock .vesterdny morning, nnd that it elected a new cen tral council, the councilmen comprising five workmen and five soldiers, with llerr Klntz, u bricklajcr, ns president. The communist lender, Lcvvien, refused to join the council. The communists took eleven hostages from the ranks of the trade union lead ers, the Loenl Anzciger's reports add. They forced their wav to the main police station, disarmed the police and took tire police commissioners and &er geantt) ns hostages. , In a new Spartncan outhieak at Dusseldorf (Rhenish Prussia) Yester day tvventv -five persons were killed nnd twenty-five wounded when government troops used machine guns on Spartacan demonstrators, the Loknl Anzeiger also reports. The revolutionary movement in Ba varia has spread to Baden nnd agita tors are working in Karlsruhe, Mann heim nnd other large towns, nreording to a KnrKruliP dispatch to the Acht Uhr Blatt of Berlin. The ngitators are said to be attempting to start a revolu tion and to pioelnim n soviet republic in Bnden. They would nlso unite Baden with the Bavarian soviet govern ment. Revolutionary tribunals have been established In Munich nnd tvventv elght judges sit in relnvs of seven throughout the dav and night, snvs a dispatch to the Moniteur. The sen tences of the judges nreenrried out immediately. The central soldiers' and workmen's committee for Bavaria has appointed a provisional mnndntbry for militarv affairs. The dispatch says that all the nevvspnpers 'have been placed under municipal control, the officers receiving no compensation. Berlin, April 10 (delajed). (By A. P.) The seven largest banks In Berlin were closed todnv ns a result of the spread of the strike of bank em ployes nnd intimidation by the strikers. Five thousand emplojes of the Deutsche Bank jesterday voted against striking by n majority of UOO, but the big insti tutlon wns forced to close its doors to day because Its employes wern'prevented from reporting to work by the striking clerks from other banks. Clashes between the strikers nnd the other emplojes were marked by fisticuffs nnd heated nltercation, which prompted the director of the Deutsche Bank to stop operations. Numerous private banks were operating as usual today. JOHNSON'S TAILOR BOY DIES Atkinson Worked for Man Who Be came President of U. 8. Knoxvllle. Tenn., April 11. fRv A. P.) William C. Atkinson, aged eiehtv. nine years,' who was a tailor helper for Andrew Johnson In the letter's tailor shop at Greenville, Tenn., is dead at his home at Russellville, Tenn, "Uncle BllfoV as he was famlHarlr known, left Johnson's shop to go to the Mexican war In 181(1 as a drummer boy. He nlso was in the Civil War as a Confererate, soldier. III IS I BY GU Lloyd George Going Home to Confront Conservatives Will Interpret Reparation Agreement to Mean "Payment to the Uttermost Farthing" Wilsonian View Will Differ B) CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff lorrtMwndcnt of the hvrnlnt I'uhlle Iderr Mlth tbe IVare Drlftntlon In Europe By Wireless CoMrlpJil, jsji, bu 1'ubHc Ltdacr Companu Paris, April 11. It is reported here, that Premier Lloyd George will go home Monday to face the llritish Parliament, where 100 members now are demanding thnt he live up to his election promises to make Germany pay to the uttermost farthing. This is the next step in the develop ment of the situation here, nnd it is filled with sensational interest, because it probably will reveal Llojd George's real position on pence issues. Indica tions, which arc based lnrgelj on Presi dent Wilson's threat to withdraw meriian influence from Kuropinn at-1 . . , , ,, , , , , , . , foi- ,i . ti i r i , . ilwno ,10"' t,ip check. Tiiis is too ob- fairs, are that Llojd George has elected ... , , . . to stand with tho Conservatives, but he is an exceedingly ngile politician nnd mnv use Mr. Wilson's threat to defend his own course of compromise against the ConsctvatiM's' nttnek. Reaching Settlements No big issue has been lev calcd which justifies President Wilson's call to the George Washington nnd the excitement of the Inst few dnjs. The Peace Con ference is proceeding toward settle ments, which had been indicated clcorlj for the Inst fortnight. Important de tails remain to be solved. 'lhe agreement on lepjiation, so far 1 Director Hines Orders Advance to Engineers, Firemen, Train men and Conductors BILLION WAGE INCREASE By Associated Press Washington, April 11 Wage ad vances aggregating S0.",000,000 were ordered today hj Director Geneial Dines for 400,000 railroad eni;luccip, fiiemeu, trainmen nnd conductors in both pts seugcr nnd freight service niembus of the "Big Pour" inilvvny hrotliiihonds letronctive since .Innuary 1. 1010. The brotherhood demands for time-and-a-half pay for overtime was granted onlv for men engaged iu vard servire, and for the others this question was refen ed to the laihond administra tion's board of adjustment No. 1, al ready created for tousideintion of dis putes relating to. railway trainmen and cnginemen. The increases were arranged accord ing to n contemplated hchpdule, one of the uims of which was to restore the wage relationship existing before tho rnllroods' increase in wages Inst'ycar. The average advance- in pay per man per J car will he nbout 5100. Tis action pincticnlly completed the WAR cycle of wage iuci eases granted railroad men since the government took over management of the roads fifteen months ago. Only a few minor requests for more pay remain to be acted upon. Total Advance a Billion Including todny's order, the aggre gate pav inci eases allowed by the rail road administration to the two million railroad employes is ot the rate of $822,311,000 a year, more than $400 average per man. Thus the total pnv roll of America's lailroads is raised nearlv to s.1.000,000,000 a venr fiom tho basis of appro-cimntelv 82,000,000. 000 on Jnnuaij 1, 101S, when the roads passed into the government's hnnels. The $0,-,000.000 ndded to the pay roll of the "Big Pour" brothprhniul. brings the total gi anted this class of employes in the last three years tu ap proximntelv $27ii, 000,000, or approxi mately $000 per man. This takes into consideration the $140,000,000 esti mated as the brotherhoods' share of the general wage increase last year and $70,000,000 estimated ns the lesult for these nipn from the Adnmson net, which established a basic eight-hour clay, but did not put into effect the brother hoods' 'pleas for time nnd a half for overtime. Back pay for work t-ince January 1 will be given the brotherhood men as soon as railway paymasters can work out the amount due. This may take a month or even more to complete. In announcing the increase Director General Hines explained that the same principles were followed as were ap plied by tl)e railroad administration during the wnr. These principles In cluded the adjustment of wages to liv ing costs and to 'various classes of em ployment. . U. 8. Fighters Neglect Insurance Washington. April ll'. (By A. P.) More than 1,10,000 men Jn the Amer ican army and naw have foiled to sccurctheir war risk insurance certifi cates and requests are being gent by the Insurance bureau to all army and navy stations to Kave the men ttppljr for transmission of, the certificates 'to tkemselTM.or thslr banafielarWJ1 6510,009 IRE PAY FOR R IN aw it has been reached, is capable of interpretation cither as a victory for President Wilson or ns a victory for the llritish Conscrvntives. All depends on the constitution of the commission on the definition of damages, which has not yet been disclosed, nnd especially on tho temper of the commission on enforcing the damage claims. Germany actually Is invited to give the Allies n blank check" for a huge amount of damages. Anj person who gives a blank check of this sort puts MmfcAlf inln li n t.n...l.. nf 1.A 1M vious to need emphasizing. Question of Interpretation )t the Allies are left free to interpret reparations upon the Integrity of the Versailles agreement, Llojd George can claim that he is making Germany pay to the "uttermost farthing." On the other hand, President Wilson can point out that the terms arc adjusted to take out of German only what the traffic will bear aud, therefore, stick to a claim of victory. It all depends upon the operation. No one knows whether Germany Is willing to give the blank check. ON 14-POINT PEACE , - Will FOE STANDING PAT , ... " '"v uv "vertea. c jh Reject Treaty Deviating' Between thceion of V'coVclS . uci o i o of four th's forenoon, at the PnrUv 1 Wilson Principles, Says ."White House," andlho Plenary seV! From Brockdorff-Rantzau TO PRESENT FULL ACCOUNT By the Associated Press Berlin, April 11. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, foreign minister, speak ing before the National Assembly nt Weimar, esterday, said Germany would I not sign a peafe ttcnty which deviated. in any essential from President Wilson's tlie section exempting the Monroe Doc "fourteen points." trine from tho provisions of the cqve- "The hnanciil demands to be made In1 nnnt " fie-league of nation, which was the peace treaty me obviously causing n(lontP( Iast night, is not yet available, as much difficulty to our opponents aslAmerican commissioners btnted, how thosc regarding territory," the foreign cvcr' thnt the doctrine was definitely minister said. "It is impossible to nnmc1 in nc provision guaranteeing solve the question of financial claims tnnt lt Niu not be affected by the termsr without negotiating with our experts in tno covenant is certain. Another nt the conference tnble. We w ill give mp(,tinB " bc held tonight, when it is n clear account to our opponents rela-lIl0I,e'1 tnnt tllc work w'" he, completed, tlve to their demands and our ability to ' The adoption of the section exempting pay. the Monroe Doctrine wns'the only real Demand West District exemption mndo during the meeting last "Our opponents," continued the 'niBlit. President Wilson offered the minister, "cannot dismember nnd par- amendment and made a plea for it, alyze Germany and, at the same tunc, '"ay Ing that he believed the doctrine was extrnct from the resources of the conn- protected under the terms of tho try the enormous sums they expect f rom ' ro ennnt as they stood, but, because of them. For that purpose we require the the demands for specific exemption, he leleasc. industrials and agriculturally , Mt " imperative that the amendment of the important west, which, contrary ! should be added. There was some ad te the armistice terms, is cut off from verse argument, but the nmendment was the rest of Germany. adopted without prolonged opposition. "We need to hav c the blockade speed-1 Hollse rrtpartA Amendment ily raised and we require the impor- i , ,, . . , tatiou of foodstuff., on conditions which I Tl" nr ?oct"n,e, n'nend,ment was will make their purchase possible. I PI"1! b Colonel Ldward M. House. "All the states which pin tltipated in'11 "nB pxPrete1 " thc Japanese this war find themselves in the same distress and hardly n nation h not dis- appointed by a peace that is a terrible danger, because of the encouragement given by it to disiuptivc forces.' PITCH USED ON ROOF OF OFFICE BUILDING BURSTS INTO FLAME Destruction of New Structure at Cramps' Averted When Watchman Sees Blaze Fire was discovered early today on the roof of the nine-story new office building being ereoteel by the William Cramp el Sons Ship nnd Dngine Build- Ing Company. Richmond street, nbovei1"1; '"W ,0DC "e aPP?u ln,r" Norris. The fire Is thought to haveton nn,i democratic development been caused by spontaneous combustion each country might permit, was beaded In the pitch which had been applied to the roof. The loss has not been de termlned. Jacob McKlnley, formerly a city fire man, now employed ns a watchman nt Cramp's, saw smoke and flames coming from the roof while amakfng Us rounds nbout 3 o'clock this morning, ne tele phoned an alarm to Kngine Company No. 0, Glrard and Montgomery avenues. When the firemen nrrlved they had difficulty mounting ladders to the roof aud dragging up the lines ot hose be cause of tbe scaffolding. The games tv ere extinguished before they w4 U the interior of Mw hulwuig. , . LEAGUE SHIELDS INK POLICY HUT Lloyd George's Secretary Sayaf Powers Have Settled 'All Treaty Problems MEET GERMAN ENVOYS WITHIN THREE WEEKS Sarre Valley to Hold Plebiscite Following Fifteen Years' Control by League WILSON WINS ALL POINTS. Geneva Capital of World Union. Conference Holds Plenary Session Today Paris, April 11. The Pence Confer- enee has reached an agreement on all questions concerning peace with Ger many, reparations, indemnities nnd the frontiers of the Rhine nnd Poland, nccordingjto nn interview in tho Petit Journnl with the private secretary ot Premier Lloyd George. Certain details remain to be solved and it Is added that they will be set tled in two or three dnys. The German delegates will be sum? moncd to Versailles within two or three, w eeks. The British premier, his secretary is quoted ns saying, thinks thnt if the Allies agree as well nt present as dur- '" l"c war tbe achievements ot the Peace Conference will bo lasting nnd " "' " "-- lusting una vvjrS numerous dangers,- including Bolsbew , nlfnnrv bm fJPu -t L. T. ' . ,-.--., -?., " u v"e i-cace uonierence this after- L H& noon President Wilson and Mrs. WH- W son planned to entertain Oneen r. rie of Rumania, at luncheon. Geneva, Switzerland, has been rhmm Has the sent of the league of nations, uc-curuiug io nn announcement here. Monroe Doctrine Protected At the meeting of the commission on n league of nations last night ten sec and pa: T h J -p n 5 tions or the covenant were considered was not reached nnd the actual text ot "mcnuiiwut uu wumu uu urougiic up "Bain nt lnt night s meeting. The President's cnll on Baron Mnklnohead tllc Japanese delegation, today, had a bearing on this amendment. Provision that the league of nations shall exercise general supervision ot the Saar valley for a period of fifteen years was contained in the settlement of the Soar problem effected Wednesday by the council of four. This important change in "the plan for the political administration of the region became known today, At the end of the fifteen-year period a plebis cite will be taken to dctermlms the wishes ot the Inhabitants regarding the future form of government. The change was made to avoid an nexation and to establish the principle of self-determination. Urge Suffrage Recognition The women's deputation, which was received hv the commission and which asked that the principle of suffrage feir Uomen be recognized in the-covenant! by the Marchioness of Aberdeen. She :''' assured the commission of the svmiii- ., T' tl.v with the leaeue of nations felt rC ..-'"jS their organization, tho iuternatloi! V-.o$ council ot woman suuragists. ot the Al lied nations, and she urged the commi-, ulnn In pnnftlflpr flip rppnffnlllnn nt t b ?? O.-.H .. ... .. ... ..WVQU...VH ,. .H equal right of 'women to alt lenguc. ,' Tlic further requests of the wot were for the suppression of traflte Jb women and children, (he etUblUhnuBi! of a bureau of education and-ofMi international bufeapf hygiene, Mrs. Fannie lrerBvAu!lrw',rpe Mte4 tlwi Unit!. jhi,' Mm 31 PR 'm uj H a sa m Ml & V m 4 -3 lA v. fe- 31 M M M 4 i rJ 0. , vy A :r)M2yt v .11 i! ' l O ii ' w ,.! "v?TU . 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