fWWWSi'' "" "" j-i.yw'ii'aiMi''W Icuenina Bubttc feftger t' THE WEATHER Washington. April 17. Cloudy to night; probably fair tomorrow. TEMPERATURE AT EACH HOOB MI GMT EJCTRJK 245 FINANCIAL f 4t" "1 I 'f-Ai-i 8 U 1Q 11 ia 1 2 3 4 0"1 4- 4!)-in 5,f74 n':t r.:i i i ,1 i VOL. ' V. NO. 184 Publlihcd Dally Exwut SuncUr. Subscription Price 10 a Ter by Mill. v-oprrltnt, Ittlg. by Puplla 1tdctr Company. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1919 Eutcred Second-Claai Matter at the Poatofllce. nt Philadelphia, Pa.. Under tho Act of March 8. lSTD. PRICE TWO CENTS t I HOUSES ARE FEW AND RENTS HIGH NO RELIEF NEAR One-Time "City of Homes" Now One of Wanderers Vainly Seeking Them FOUR THOUSAND PERSONS DISPOSSESSED OF ABODE Immediate Erection of Ten Thousand Dwellings Urged by John Ihlder Philadelphia, Itnown throughout the country ns the "city of homes," is in danger of becoming n city of home ' hunters. You cannot rent a dwelling house of modest size and price. Unless you are able to pay a rela tively high rent you will find it almost impossible to get nn apartment -with fair utirroundinga and reasonably modern i appointments. Unless you nre willing to make an offer of from several hundred to $1000 or more above the assessed vnluation, you cannot even buy a house of ordiunry size. If you aro a renter, -you probably have had your rent rnlsed several times in recent months, and expect it to be raised still higher. If you are a renter, the chances arc that'nt least you have been requested, if not importuned, to buy the house you . live in at n price greatly In excess of its real value. Many renters have been told plainly by their real estate ngents that they must buy or get out. They nrc ofTercd the house they live in nt a price .they regard as excessive. The alternative is to join the home-hunting multitude. Chances of finding another dwelling in Philadelphia arc very slender. Tho best many can do is to store their furniture nnd rent n furnished rooni to call "home." Thousands Are Ousted One thousands dispossess notices nre now out, nccording to trustworthy re port. Which means that four or five thousand individuals arc at least poten tially homeless. Housing experts see no remedy for the, situation. They explain it readily enough, blaming two principal causes. First of theso is nn .actual houso ffjmW. Building stopped' when Amer ica beffan to ileht. PnnnlnMnn vnn wnv lilfcj abend. Wc nvamnny thousands of houses short, from 1 5,000 to 25,000, according to who Is making the esti mate. The second reason is a very consider able amount of . speculation in blocks of small dwellings. 'Whole rows change hands with dazzling snecd. Each new owner boosts the rent, so that ho will have, an excuse to sell to somebody else nt a profit. Every real estate man in town recognizes the fact thnt houses In Philadelphia are bought to sell again, not to rent to tenants. John Ihlder. executive secretary of the Philadelphia Housing Association and an expert of national standing, ad vocates the erection of 10.000 houses to meet the shortage and relieve what has become an impossible situation. ' ' "Before the wnr," said Mr. Ihlder In an Interview, "the normal annual in crease in population in this city was from 30,000 to 35,000 a year. Workers Flocked Here "In normal years before the wnr the operative builders erected .from 0000 to ! 7000 houses nnnually. The last normal building yenr was 1010, when 7702 houses wero built. Costs began to rise in 1017 and building, to fall off. It virtually Rtoppcu in April of 11117. when war began. 'By the end of 1017 only 2700 houses had been built. In all of 3018 only 009 houses were built, not counting the 20S5 houses put up to meet the emergency by tjie government and rented to -wnr workers. "Meanwhile the workers were flock ing to this city from all parts of the country. The increase is estimated at Plroin 100,000 to OO.OOO. During (hi. ''"r tIie scarcity of houses was one of .mc , itini'ui wuora ui uiu iieuvy lauor , turnover. "At present the lack of houses hns us 5n a vise here in Philadelphia. Houses ait so scarce for renting purposes that ' owners have lost incentive to keep them In good condition. They can rent any thing. VWhen the wnr began the old method of having the operative builder sup ply, the city's housing needs broke down. Tho government stepped in nnd btlilt Jtouses. They were not suf ficiently numerous, of course, to meet ' nil heeds, but they did ninke the situa tion less tense. The moral effect like. v wjsc wns very useful. The people felt that there was some agency nt work on their side. It kept men at work nnd in good spirits. Nev,er So Serious Before "The present housing sltuntion la the most serious that this city has ever had to meet. Not a suggestion looking towards its Improvement hns been re reived from thosa who could be-counted on for suggestions in the past. The. ': ojd methods nre not wnrking.'nnd there A are no new methods to suggest. ''The sltuntiou is bound to create un rest nnd discontent. Houses nrc scarce r and rents are high. At the same time rnfn nre being Mid off from their jobs, , though every one hopes only tempor al arlly. It i "Instead 01 nnj ruing ueing done to . -,1- II.a hit,,atlnn n.li.nrttnnn in l..t 1,3 VeneU lllc MlllU""M, MMlMMl.lh- I UUUR , taken ot it to lorce tenants to utiy their ' houses. There nrc thousands of cases 1 ivhcVe the tenant is given the alternative of buying or moving, And if they move, there Is no vlqcc to " tTi.!-a ( nnmn virtue in a mnn own. ! tag the house lie lives in, providing he . '7rinW to own It. But , when ho is lorced to buy against his inclination nnd t price he believes Is exorbitant the , Jesuit j resentment nnd unrest.. jj'ln England the same condition ex- I tqMMMAr fM VUtHm: Column Ous n -t,i. ftp- May Force Police to Dwell in Tents Patrolmen of tlip Belgrade nnil Clcarficld streets station threaten to pltrJi tents on the bark lots If the "Own Your Home or (iet Out" pol icy of their landlords continues. The neighborhood of the police fifntion is being placarded with prop aganda urging people to purchase their own homes. The police, many of whose families live in the vicinity, feel that, with the cost of living "oaring, they cannot gather enough money to buy the houses they live in. I'atroltnnn Ilobcrt Gordon, who lives at .'1100 Aramingo street, finds himself compelled to hunt for n now home. Patrolman Harrison Encss man, 350G Shelburnc street, says he has fvorn out a new pair of shoes in his senrch for a home. Patrol men Thomas Campbell nnd James Kelly have already moved to homes which they had to buy. CROWN PR N ESS E Frederick William, Eldest Son of Deposed Kaiser, Accused of Cross Cruelty WIFE BEATING IS ALLEGED By the Associated Press Zurich, April 17. The former (ler- man Crown Princess Cecilc has taken steps, to divorce her husband, Frederick William, according to a statement given to Swiss newspopers by the former Orand Duchcssc AVnnstasie of Mccklcn-burg-Schwcrln, mother of tho former crown princess. The statement says that It long has been the desire of Cccile to divorce her husband but that the pressure of the Ilohenzollcrn family up to this time had prevented her from carryiug it out. The stntement of the grand duchess charges Frederick 'William with cruelty to his wife, saying : "On one occasion some time ago the situation became so unbearable that my daughter actually fled from her home. She almost succeeded m reaching Swit zerland. Orders were sent from Berlin to intercept her and she was captured at the German frontier like n common criminnl and taken to Berlin under arrest. "His infidelities were numerous nnd there is abundant proof of them.- His brutality was atrocious. On more than one occasion my daughter was treated with actual violence. She was bruised and her face was disfigured by her husband's blows." s 3 'Berlin dispatches by way of Zurich, February ,', said that Frederick Wil liam had instituted proceedings for u divorce. The former crown prince nnd Princess Cecile were married in June, 1905. The youngest of their five children was. born in 101C. The. former Grand Duchess Anas tasic was a grand duchess of Hussia before her marriage. She renouueed her German nationality and renewed her allegiance to Russia late in 1014. BAKER DINES WITH WILSON Little San Marino Confers Citizen ship on President Paris, April 17. (By A. P.) Sec retary o.f Wnr Baker was the guest of President Wilson ut luncheon in the Paris "White House" today. The President also received Herbert C. Hoover, tho Food Administrator, the two having a brief conference. During the day. President Wilson was made an honorary citizen of San Mnrino. The Charge d'Affaires of San Marino called nt the presidential resi dence and handed the President n cer tificate of honorary citizenship confer red upon him by the little republic. BELGIUM FIGURES LOSS Industrial Damages, on Present Val ues, Are Set at 7 Billions Brussels, April 17. (By A. P.) Belgian industry was damnged to the extent of 35,000,000,000 francs ($7 -000,000,000), nccording to n report made by the central industrial commit tee of Belgium, whieh has completed nn investigation of the damage done in Belgium, for which nn indemnity could be demanded from Germany. The conimittco has reckoned the cost ot materials on the basis of priccs'pre vailing at present, declaring tjiat this is the only just method if Belgian in dustry Is to be restored to the condi tion in which it was in August, 1014. BRITONS BAN.FOESSTRIKE Ennllsh Commander Orders Men to Work In Occupied Zone Cologne. April 10 (delayed). (By A, P.) In consequence of the spread of the German strikes to the Cologne district Hicutenant General Sir Herbert Plumer, in command of the British forces on the, Rhine, Issued a proclama tion tndflv nrdprlnc tlin(n,,...ii.... r - - " ""incumiB re turn of the men to work nnd threatening the strongest measures' against persons promoting or countenancing strikes in the Britlidi zone of occupation. The general offered military mediation if other means of settlement failed. A squadron of British airplanes flew over the affected district today. FIRST TO FILL LOAN QUOTA cnanotte, Mich., Citizens Pledge Themselves for Amount Allotted Charlotte, Mich., April 17, (Hy A P.) Charlotte In the first Michigan city. If not the first" in the country, to subscribe its full quota for the Victory Liberty Loan. It was announced to day that local loan workers and bank ers have pledged themselves for the en tire 75.000 allotted ns tho city's nuota. Hffmtfi will lift maclA in t.(.l I.A quota.. " f. - f iiiSi.'i -V-.--.H!'. in a. tj.i SUES FOR DIVORO IAL OVER COY FLEET "All Dressed Up, With No Place to Go," Says Rear Admiral of Boche Ships TAKES LUNCHEON AT BELLEVUE-STRATFORD Is Strong for a Vigorous "Merchant Marine Program "All dressed up nnd nowhere to go," wns the way in whieh Rear Admiral Henry Baird Wilson, commander of the Ameucan naval forces in French waters during the war, described the predicament of the German high seas fleet. Admiral Wilson spoke hriedy of his experiences nbroad to friends at the Bellevue-Stratford this afternoon be fore leaving for the festivities in Cam den in honrJSTof his return home. Admiral Wilson, brisk in step nnd alert in looks, despite the strenuous months of service in France and his re cent illness, said lie was "feeling well, but not altogether jouthful." He add ed: "It's n great tiling to be young, you know. And it's n great thing to be home. Traveling about is pleasant enough, but nfter months of work abroad theald I". S. A. looks mighty good. "I had an interesting nnd varied experience over there not lonir in one place, lots lo do, on the alert always for the Gcrmnns, hut. after nil, there is nothing like being home again. Cam den looks like the greatest place in the world to me." Twns a Shy Flotilla "Did they ever make an attempt to come out?" asked Senator David Baird. who greeted the admiral as a member of the reception committee, ie- ferring to the German fleet. "The German navy," answered the admiral with a twinkle, "was all dressed up and nowhere to go. They're squareheads, damned squareheads, the Germans, but they had too. much sense to come out." Before leavitig the Bellevue-Stratford Admiral Wilson wns greeted by the re ception committee from Camden, who met 'him in the pink room at the hotel. The rcceptioa wan held at X o'clock, after the admiral had paakn of a light luncheon in his apartment with Senator Baird, James Scott and ChnrlcK F. Wise who met nnd greeted him nt the station. Philadelphia Joined in Honors Philadelphia, as well ns Camden, was eager to do honor to Admiral Wilson when the former commander of all the American ships of war in French waters, and one of the most distin guished of our nnval officers, nrrived quite unpretentiously nt Broad Street Station on the 11 o'clock train. He wns nccompanied by an ensign, his aide, nnd nn enlisted man of the navy. The members of the reception com mittee met him in the trainshed ns he got off the train. He stopped n moment' to give the newspaper photographers a clianco to get a pieture. nnd then fell into step with Senator Baird. who led the party to the street. Half n dozen strapping policemen of the traffic squad formed around him. Though there was no great crowd at the station, word had slipped around that Admiral Wilson was coming off the train nnd every one who did not have to rush for a train crowded to the gate where he wns coming through. Two or three women from the Red Cross contingent at the station were conspicuous in the crowd, which opened nu aisle to let him through. There was hearty hanilclapplug add it few cheers, which the admiral acknowledged smil ingly. Senator Baird's limousine wns wait ing nt the curb, nnd the reception party got in nnd were driven to the Bcllevue, where rooms had been engaged for him. The admiral went to Camden to visit his aged mother. Mrs. Henry B. Wilson, of 345 Mount Vernon street. She is eighty-Kerch jenrs old. Two other women past eighty years of age, Mrs. I.ctty Zlegler and Miss Anna Far rell, his former teachers in the Fetters School, Camden, more than forty years ago, will play an important part in his reception. "I shall have a bully good time," Continued on Pole Tno, Column Two WILSON V THAI HATEDWAR 'DEUCE OF A LIFEV SAYS MALE BEAUTY IN "CHICKEN'S" ROLE Mash and Wig Vampire Shocks Rehearsal Spectators With Scandalous Disregard for Limitations of Feminine Covering A beautiful young girl, Titian haired and graceful, walked across the stage, singing a soft contralto song. The audi ence was held spellbound. Then, from 'the wings, entirely un concealed, came the voice of the geu cral director, Charles S. Morgan. "Say," he bawled. "Do you think this Is" nn old meu's home?" Thp beautiful young lady started af frlghtedly. Then she doubled her list and shook It Ut the temperamental director, Hhe was the lending ehorusdy of the Mask and Wig Club, wlfca was holding its annual pring rehcjjSjal nt tho Forrest Thentre. "She" Ifigg II. L. Curtis, of the Clnss of 10-'-'; who, wicn he forsnkes trousers for the low cut cown. is one of the most prepos sessing looking young things that the Atsge hss eytr,'svn--aUhough he'iblt . . . S.. . ;.vt.i -liu n -'-, ,. ' j ..., ...,, iAv L ,, , .Jl ADMIRAL. 1IKNRY II. WILSON TO State Republican Leaders Will I Meet Senator Penrose Here This Week . OPEN FIGHT ON VARES Republican lenders from nil over the stnle are expected tomorrow and Satur day to confer witli Sennlor Penrose on a bill prepared by independent lenders here to rip Director of Public Safety Wikon out of office. The bill provides for the appointment by the Governor of u police commis sioner to take control of the police in the "city. The bill wns drafted at the sugges tion of independent leaders, who have followed the leadership of Senator Pen rose in recent fights to overthrow Varc rule in the city. After the opinion of the upstate lend ers has been obtained tho ripper meas ure ,will likely be, submitted tOv Gov ernor Sproul. PIrhs have been nr rnnged to have the bill introduced in the Legislature when it is reconvened Monday night. Governor Hoirte Saturday It lias been intimated on several oc cassious that the Governor was opposed to nny ripper legislation. He wns quoted some weeks ago in Pittsburgh ns being opposed to nny attempt to rip out of office the small council in that city. Tim Governor is expected to tench his home, in Chester, on Saturday from Hot Springs, Vn., where he hns been recuperating from an attnek of rheu matism. News of the proposed ripper follows closely the announcement that Scnntor Penrose would go to Ilnrrisburg next week to lend the fight to put through the Philadelphia reform legislation now pending in that body. Three police hills are now before the Legislature. One bill, introduced by Senator George Woodward, on behalf of the charter revisionists, puts teeth in the Sliern law, which prohibits political activity on the part of policemen und firemen Scott is Sponsor The other two. sponsored by John Tt. K. Scott, tlif Vnre floor leader in the House, Tt I Ml to tnke the police out of politics nnd keep them out. Oire of Scott's bills provides for the appoint ment of a commission of three members to rule the police heie. One commis sioner Is to be appointed by the Gov ernor, another by the Mayor and the third by the two. The other bill'defincs political activity and prescribes peu nlties for violntions of the. net. Should Governor Spiotil disnpprove of the proposed ripper, the Penrose forces, which control n majority in the Senate and House, may attempt to force the bill through the Legislature and let it tip to the Governor to ap prove of it or veto it as he sees fit. The Vare forces nre certain to op pose strenuously nny attempt to rip Director Wilson out of office. terly denies, in his niter ego, the feminine benuty thnt is his. Insists He's No "Chicken" , "I'm no chicken!" he snnpped. when nn intruder tried to tnlk to him. He indicated that he tv-ould go a long way for art, hut he drew the line at being culled beautiful. And, at that, he had little to com plain of. The deadly voice of Mr. Morgan rang back stage. "Ara you training for a funeral?" demanded Mr. Morgan in u voice, of gelid politeness, v "This is a deuce of a life," said the Titian-hnlred beauty: and did n hor. riblr thing. She yanked up her skirts right In front of all thosn men and wo men and said ; "I've gnj to have a cigarette," Of course, this was done Continued en l'ate Nineteen, Column ! 1 jv sBLm x iltiiB KVfP'-H! CONFER 0 N OUST W L SON 'ff4 POLICE MAY HALT CHARITY DANCES I V Order Prohibiting Balls Where Liquor Is Sold Threatens i Society Events j DAVID PR0VAN DIFFERS FROM WILSON VIEWS1 I I Lieutenants Directed to Probe 1 License Court Ruling Violations Charity dnnces being conducted by women in the Ritz-Carlton and Walton Hotels may be stopped by an order for bidding dancing in any building where liquor is sold. This order was given out at the office of Director of Public Safety Wilson this afternoon. David Piomiu. of the Adelphia and Ritz-Carlton and treasurer of the Hotelmen's Association, said. lioweer, that he believed Director Wilson erred in liis interpretation of the ruling ngainst dancing where liquor is sold, handed down by the license court early in 1IU8. "Why, that would mean the discon-- tinunncc of all dances, public and pri ate, in every hotel in tlu1 city," he snid. "I spoke to Judge Vessel, one of the jurist? responsible for the ruliug, nnd he had n totnllj different idea. "At the RiU-Carlton, for instnnce, the room for "the charity dnnces is donated by the hotel management, nnd there is no possible reason for stopping these dnnces because liquor is sold else where in J(lie building, by persons totally independent of the management of the dnnce." Iin estimation Ordered But despite Mr." I'rnvan's conten tion, orders have been issued to the police lieiitennnts in nil sections to in vestigate reports of duueing where liquor licenses arc held. Where dancing is allowed in such buildings, the lieutenants hnvc been ordered to direct the owners or man agers of the properties to discontinue the dnnces nt once, and then to report the occurrence to police headquarters. Director Wilsou has suggested to the hotelmen that one of their association carry th matter into court in n friendly suit, for n final legal ruling. Director Wilson made it plnin (hat he has no personal feeling upon the subject, but is actuated only by the desire to, carry the law into effect ns it was laid down. CHARTER BILLS DELAYED Hearing on. Dalx Measure Scheduled Before Reforms Atiniii on no' i miiiuf'ipiiin ciinrter unis inu.v i ui'iu.M'u in me senate next week by the hearing on the Dni bills to increase the number of assistants nnd detectives in (lie office of District Attorney Rotnn. The hearing on the Daix bills is to take place Tuesday morning before the Sennte appropriations committee, of whieh Senator A. F. Daix. Jr.. is chair man. As a majority of the memheis of tho Sennte are on the committee, little work can be done by the upper chamber or by any of its' other com mittees until nfter the hearing. M00NEY FRIENDS RESOLUTE! Conference to Discuss Strike as Al ternative of New Trial or Freedom Chicago, April 17. (R.v- A. P.) Tlrt Chicago Federation of Labor has called n conference to he held here next .Saturday to prepare for carrying out the program ngreed upon nt the nn- linnnl M.ki.nn.. lltn ......? -. t. . nwii.,1 .iiiM.ui-,, iiiiiui iiniicrcuce nem in Chicago Inst January to obtain either a new trial or freedom for Thomas Mooncy nnd Wnrrcn K. Hillings, now serving life sentences in n Cnlifornin prison for participation in the San Francisco preparedness day bomb out rage. The program adopted at the January congress wns to uppenl to President Wilson for relief nnd if this is unsuc cessful to cnll a nation-wide strike of labor July -I. The International Workers' Defense League reports that of the unions vot ing on the strike referendum 0." per cent of the membeiship hnve approved the program. Delegates from middle west cities will attend the coufcrence here Saturday. ALLOTMENTS COME BACK $16,000,000 in Checks Fall to Reach Soldiers' Dependents Washington, April 17. ( Ilv A. P.) Move than .$10,000,000 worth of re turned checks nre now in the bauds of the war risk insurance bureau, many of them murked "unknown," or "un claimed," as the result of the failure of allottees to notify the ( bureau of changed addresses. It was announced today that the Hed Cross had been enlisted in a campaign to locate such persons, and hid taken over .'10,000 of the' checks. About half a million checks have been returned since December 1, 1017, and they aie coming back at the rate of 1000 a daj . Some of them .are not pay able because of a change in the status of the allottee, but It is estimated that nearly fiO per cent are still payable, if the proper addresses can be found. Little Eva! Chudy tonight. Friday, fair Probably, True! irf ui'nrfj, light. .bid don't care; Jio pout ' W 4m -- IN HOTELS HERE Premier's Speech Scored Triumph, the Press Agrees 1 London, Papers Say It Was Diplomatic Vic- tory Northcliffe Organ, However, De nounces "Buffoonery" Attack on Owner By the Associated Press London, April 17. While opinions are divided regarding the substance of the address of Premier Lloyd George before the House of Commons yesterday, there is n general agreement by the London press- flint it was a great par liamentary triumph, ns, indeed, was shown by the rousing cheers of his audience and the expressions of indiiil ual members in the lobbies. With (lie exception of the Laborite and N'orthcllffe newspapers, none of the morning journals condemns the prem ier's stntement wholly, while several warmly npplnud it. These admit that Mr. Lloyd George revealed nothing of the pence teims, but they do not com plain. The Telegraph, for instance, snjs his general account on the terms will "g'ne deep satisfaction," nnd adds that he "demolished the whole structure his critics built on his supposed departure from his pre-election pledges." ' ' Retains Confidence' ' Post The Ilxpress declnres its full belief in the premier's assertion thnt his pledges will he found embodied in the pence terms, nnd snjs that he retains the complete confidence of the nation. The Graphic is equally favorable nnd snjs, incidentally, that Mr. Llojd George's declaration "justifies the as sumption tluit President Wilson hns abandoned his opposition, or alleged op position, -to the sterner ies of those SUNDAY LOAN MOVIES MAY BE ABANDONED The showing of Sunday movies in this city to T)oost thi Victory Loan may be abandoned by direction of Carter Gins,?, secretary of the treasury. This- wns- indicated by information from Washington this afternoon. The first movie wns to Be shown Eastev Sunday evening in Kensington. The Rev. T. T. Mutchler, of the Philadelphia Sabbath Association, wired a protest to Washington. GERMAN TRIES TO FIRE U- S- TRANSPORT BOSTON, April 17. A German ngent,allowcd on the trans port Pntricia to look out "for German property, attempted to set fire to the vessel last night as it was Hearing Boston with more than two thousand American soldiers, according- to Major Prank W. Ciivunaugh of the 102d Tieltl Artillery, oue of the officers oil board, L1TATI0NACV WHEELER'S PLEA Counsel Asks Court to Take Embezzlement Case Out of Jury's Hands OFFERED REIMBURSEMENT In an effort to have the case taken from the jury and virtually thrown out of court, the statute of limitations was invoked this afternoon by counsel for former Judge William T. Wheeler. The commonwealth closed nt 1 1 :!!." 0,'clock. In a two-hour argument Wil li um A. (Ira.v, defense counsel, attacked the two iudii tments mi which Wheeler is being tried in Quarter Sessions Court before Judge Johnson. The statute of limitations, Mr. (ray asserted, absolved the defendant from the first indictment The second i dictment fell, he said. becauie it wasn't shown that Wheeler had been acting ns attorney and agent for the Jojce estate as charged. j According to telegrams given out by Wheeler, a former judge of the Mu-.Oeneral rrnuue, the commander in the nieipnl Couit. who resigned last Juu- , , ,-...,,. ... . ... . unrv. is accused of embedding S4S.O00 PB'0U of t 'vaxtlo. (.enernl .lunda from the estate of John Jojce, Jr. "ipe Sanchez, met a party of rebels Offered Restitution ' l""U'r I,Iann",t 'ate jesteidny after- Onere.1 "eM""Vn noon, defeating tiiein. The dead bodv Outstanding developments nt the trial 0f (;enPral Illainpiet was found Inter. today were: (lenernl Sanchez telegraphed that he Teslinion.v of Klmer J. llhinehnit. a , brother of Mis. Harriet II. Jojce. who to Vera Cnu to establish the identifi-1 ,,l(' I,c,u', treaty before it ran bo dl is prosecuting! Wheeler. Hliinehart wu cation. .gested nnd nn answer prepnred and in nn army private's uniform. He re- ' Jlruernl Francisco Alvaraez was!1''0 ,lint tIlP l1''Kr't'i' w"1 nevl about turned rec'entlv fiom France. i tnkt n prUoner together with the family i fo,lr t'"-VK for tinT1' between Ucrlin Wheeler. Hliinehart testified. oflVie.l of 'l'" avaj . one of the most active, ""1 Versailles and return. Conse. to split his MIMA salnr, ns judge with li-tennnts of Fell I),nz. quent j they express the opinion that Mrs JoW to make restitutio,, for Vcni Cruz papers have recently been " is hardly likely that ( crmanj-'s an funds of the Jojce ebtnte. printing numerous stories regardiug s- will be available before May 6 While admitting that he could not publiclj represent the Joji-e estate, ac cording to Ithiuelinrt. Wheeler said he i could do .It "mi the side." The court, from Hie outset of Mr. Cray's argument on the statute of limi tutions, apparently did not agree with the defense's contentions. Speaking to the first indictment, chnrging the embezzlement of 10) shares of American Light and Traction ConV pany stock, Mr. (Jraj said: Indictment Came Ton Ijite "If nny offense wns committed it wn committed in November, 11)1,1. Mrs. Jojce gave 'the stock to Wheeler on November S, 11115. with heij indorse ment, Wheeler sent it to Kmcrson McMullen Companj, Wof New York, transfer ngents, authorizing the transfer of the stock tcf himself. ' "A new certificate, placing the se curities in Wheeler's uame was issued November 15,, 1015. This indictment wus found April 11), 11118, two years, four months nnd five days after the Continued on Tut Nineteen, Column Tff i - iK ' powers which suffered most In the wnr." Those who nttnek individual members of the Pence Conference when the chief concern of everjhody is the public in terest nre condemned by the Chronicle, which says: "If the pence terms even tunlly disappoint nny sane expectation, the fault will He less with the states men in Paris than with the peoples they represent." J lie I'ost wliieli stands for the exnc- tion of most severe terms from Ger- ninny, says the premier's nddress is sus- I cc-piiuic- Ul I1I1DU3 uiiri prc'lllt Mills uiiu (lint although Mr. Llojd George de clared liis readiness to print the terms of pence nlongslde his pledges, "it would he preferable to see the terms along- , side the demands of justice and se- I curity, and according with them in every particular." ' The Dally News adniitR there may. hnve been serious reasons for withhold- i ing information ns to the terms of pence. , but in the nbsence of evidence "mere declnrntions thnt nil pledges will be kept are idle. It is a fact that some of them have not been Kept." ' Labor Again Critical , Mnking n similar point the Herald, ! the labor organ, says: "All the pre- j inier's pledges cannot be kept, for they arc as contradictory ns his speeches." . The newspaper declares Mr. Llojd George "left the international .situation where he found it and completely missed . his opportunity." The premier's rejection of nnj idea of military action in Russin meets witli I 'considerable npproval. The Telegraph I and Kxpress sny it will be received witli Contlmifd on Tuieo lnrH?n, Column SU 'BLA WET KILLED; HIS FORCE BEATEN Former Mexican War Minister I Slain While Leading Rebel , TroODS ' " GEN. ALVARAEZ CAPTURED i By the Associated Pi ess Mevlco City, April 17 Ocnerol Aureliano Illnnciuet, war minister in President Iluerta's cabinet, who re cently wns reported to have landed in the Vein Cm legion for the purpose of starting a revolution against the Carranzn government, wns killed yes terday in a fight near Chavaxtlii village, according to press reports from Vera Cruz which quote a leport from fien eral Francisco L. I'rquie, chief of mil itary operation in the region of Cor dova and Orizaba. was bringing dcncrul lilanqupt'x head (icneral Itluuuuet s proposed revolt These stories have been published in the I'nited States, but (icncial lllan quel's claim that lie had 40,000 men, with artillery and an airpla"e, and that he was allied with other factious, has been scouted officially. The band which General Klanquet wns leading when he was killed was small and was poorly equipped, it is reported. (leueral Aureliano Illauquet sailed from New- York for a port in the West Indies on January S last. He was pro- Continue.! an I'aie Sit. Column Two TROOP TRAINS HIT; 20 DIE 12 Americans and 8 Frenchrnen Killed In Wreck In France Ilrest, April 17. Twelve American and eight French soldiers were killed, and fifty-six were injured in a rear end collision of troop trains bound for this city today. The collision occurred west of Le Mans about 104r!n. t. ' d vr BAN TRUCE I3ALL1E0PLAN:' WILL SEND FOOD Fridtjof Nansen to Head Relief Measures Taken Through Neutral Channels FRENCH OBJECTIONS TO ARMISTICE DWINDLING Germany Must Reply OH PeaCO Within Month, Says j Paris Temps URGE U. S. RULE TURK SOIL Americans Prefer Burden Constantinople to Unde veloped Territory of Germans lo Ask Damages' for Invasion by Entente Paris. April 17. (By A. P.) Germany intends to claim nn In demnity from the Allies, nccording to the Frankfort Gnzette. It says the German negotiators nt Versailles will nsk pnyment for dam ages sustained from nerial nttnrks, from the occupation of German ter ritory by the Allied troops nnd for the delay in concluding peace nnd causing n prolongation of the Bol shevik and Spnrtaean troubles. Il.v CLINTON W. GILBERT "Inff Corrrsnondrnt or the Kvrnlns Tubl! I.Mlfr With the Pcstre Delega tion In Europe R.v Wireless i Copjriaht. 1019, 61 Public Ledger Co. Paris, April 17. The armistice with . I.enine is in sight. One of the condi tions would be the feeding of the Rus- sians through a neutral organization headed by Fridtjof Nansen. The French objections to feeding Rus sia probably will be removed within twenty-four hours. Some agreement probably is being reached with the Bol shevik forces by which the distribution of food will bo controlled by Hansen's representatives. An armistice is one of the plans sug gested by I.enine in a letter which William C. Ruliitt brought from Mos- , cow. The Itolsheviki arc anxious for peace nnd wish to buy food in order to establish the industrial welfare of Rus sin. I.eniiie'H own regime will have ' failed unless lie can restore conditions under which the people may continue to , live. t America and Knglnnd are also nnx- ions to have 'the armistice adopted, on the Nansen proposition, as affording a means of getting their troops out of ' Russia and establishing peace there "i"'t themselves dealing directly with the nolsiieviKi. Nansen U confident Russia can be r''' ll,c P'b'cm "'ere is largely one or organizing distribution, restoring the railroads, providing railway materials an'! 1'riUBillR '" f"011 from the forming regions, vvnerc inemy exists, to tne starving cities. Some shipments to the big cities in northern Hussia will be necessary at first until international traffic conditions are restored. Nansen believes it is pos Mble to supply the necessary ships and food for this purpose. ALLIES WANT QUICK ANSWER TO TERMS Other Enemies to Follow Ger mans to Versailles Paris. April IT (IlyV. P.) The Al lied governments, according to the Temps, apparently have decided not to wait beyond Mny 15 for a definite nn- swer from (Jcrmnuy ns to whether or not she will sign the pace treaty. The Kntcnte delegates to the Peac, oiifercnce believe ticrmnny will re- quire at least one week nfter receiving at the earliest. Helgoland, tlermany's extensively fortified island in the North Sen, bar ring entrauco to the mouths of tho Elbe Continued on raAThlrtn, Column Two, U. S. SElLSWERCHANTMEN Starts Disposal of War. Built Fleet With 15 Wooden Vessels , Washington, April 17, (Ily A. P.) -Sale of the war-hullt merchant flpet .... t.ni...n tn.lnt ill tlin slilnnlnff Krtai,T - ' was begun today by the shipping board, , iVfl Willi tlio trnnsier ot niiren -wooacH j j stenmshins to the Xaciremn Steamship &' Company of New York, at a price olr"3 $(n0,000 for eacu vessel. , - This, is nu average of $145 per dcadr - we!gh1;.ton.. tH fleet is to be oneraled by the "W,1 Prpok Steamship Company, of New 'J York, in the transatlantic trade. Kfye'" . of the fifteen will be operated out nty?' . New York, fivo out of Havana, nndfrt;i Rub nnt of New Orleans. DellvirHfV rK will be completed wilhlu q sljkt time: ; ," V - g. ..l-i V' c i 4 4l t i vsl ill tj. 1 l y , .&. - ,.y(k'-J!LiJlAhlli!S5L'iL -&.''.rZuL :Jan4d2i..i.iJLi - ii &, ... V . ! ,X. 1 1 i - n aasiBaisnanaBisvHtBiBASMi4UL7i -i .... - ma i ,.:?& .vai.iy..; l - J A
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