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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
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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-
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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."
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'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
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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
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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
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ADMIRAL. 1IKNRY II. WILSON
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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 !
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POLICE MAY HALT
CHARITY DANCES
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Order Prohibiting Balls Where
Liquor Is Sold Threatens i
Society Events j
DAVID PR0VAN DIFFERS
FROM WILSON VIEWS1
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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 '
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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
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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.
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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: ; ,"
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