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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1919
Entered as Second ( tu Matte, nt th I'ontnfttr At Philadelphia, Pit i
tndci th Act of March 8 1871)
PRICE, TWO CENTS
k?-TIB(8
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RAISED $30
BY BOGUS CHECK
E
Police Seek Man Buying Autos
With "Certified" Paper on
Mythical Bank
RENTED AN OFFICE'HERE
AND POSED AS LAWYER
Boston Residents Say They
Were Swindled of Cars
and Cash
GAME C A
The rnishiK of nt least $50,000
through alleged bogus checks drawn on
- mythical bank in Camden by a man
Riving his mime ns F. L. Adams has
been revealed by a visit to this city
by C. S. Kirklaud. of Hoston.
Four of the checks have been de
posited in banks in Philadelphia, one
In a Camden institution and others are
expected to make their appearance any
', day.
In virtually evcr. case "Adams" is
said to have puichased it high-priced
automobile, and to have given in ex
cbnngc n certified check, receiving, in
' addition to the automobile, cash for the
difference between the face value of tho
I check und the selling price of the auto
mobile. Three weeks ago this man rented an
office in the Land Title Building from
tho Associated llrokera. He said he was
u lawyer, and that his principal bus
iness was the management of his own
estate. The firm name of .Tones &
Adams was printed on the office door.
The first of the alleged swindles oc
curred a few da s luter when Mr. Kirk
land received word from Adams that he
was interested in an automobile Kirk
land advertised. Satisfactory negotia
tions were carried on: and Adams
went to Boston to purchase the car.
Difference in Cash
He presented two checks drawn on
the Central National Bank of Camden.
The checks were apparently properly
certified and Sir. Kirkland did not hesi
tate tonccopt them at their face value
of $4,150. He gave Adams the auto
mobile and the difference between
$300 and the selling price.
in mc case oi itrorge u. tjousen, also
ttfef oc U08t0I! virtually the same transne-
tion occurred. ''Adams" answered an
hx. advertisement s'Ji , Boston newspaper
, """ relative to an automobile for sale and
went to the New England city and pur
chased the car. He gave In exchange
a certified check for ?4,"i00, taking the
' automobile and cash. The cheek was
I on the Central National Bank, of Cam
den, and again there was no question,
the check being accepted nt once by
' Mr. Cousen.
Andrew T. O'Brien, another Boston
man, was swindled in exactly the same
manner, it is charged, parting with on
automobile und cash for a bogus check
drawn on the Camden bank.
There is.no Central National Bank
of Camden, as Mr. Kirkland discovered
when he tried to collect on the check
and he was equally unsuccessful when
he tried to reacii "Adams." Mr. Kirk
land and his attorney, G. C. .Tohnbton,
did find, however, that. there is a Cen
tral Trust Company of Camden, aud
the checks were certified in the name of
the treasurer of that institution.
No Clue to Swindler
The others said to have "been swin
dled by "Adams" discovered the same
state of nfTairs. Charles Bctkmau, of
thp city detective force, has" been as
signed to Investigate the case and ar
rest "Adams." So far no clue to his
wherqabouts has been found, the ad
dress he gave wheiuupplying for his of
fices having been found to be false.
Three checks drawn by "Adams"
totaling $3500 are on deposit at the
G Irani Trust Company, one is at the
Philadelphia National Bank and an
other nt the Central Trust Company
in Camden. Others arc still in the
possession of the men swindled.
William E. Miller, an insurance ad
justov, 400 Walnut street, in charge of
the case for the companies insuring
the automobiles, su.v. that at least six
expensive automobiles were obtained
by the passing of the worthless checks.
Thomas G anion,' .li, assistant cash
ier ofHie Federal Reserve Bank, where
another check is .supposed to have been
deposited, said 'today that the total
amount obtained by "Adams" will
reach nt least $30,000. The checks, he
said,, showed signs of expert wqrkmun
ship and looked genuine in every way.
They were printed in the name of Jones
& Adams and signed by Adams.
WILSON SAYS ITALY
CAN'T HAVE FIUME;
ISSUES STATEMENT
Declares U. S. Must Stand by
Principles in Dealing With"
Rome's Claims
Paris, April 2.1. President AA'lIson
issued a statement- this afternoon de
claring America must stand by the
principles it has' already enunciated In
making decisions regarding Italy's
claims.
' . ( . ucvy or. vi luuuiuca i-amiui ue
t'f established for the Balkans, he said.
;.i The President held that Flume can.
not be given to Italy, but must le
'tia available -as, n seaport for the
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gc ' V 'isJ'Wv ''(' ! nvp ni1-- 'ig'il hand, condition i S,io "'"' l"'nl "" ,l" f,'m'e nnd- ttnv
"- '-, ,- - ' ! ''-VW 'J ""'- painfully injured.
H -, '-'V . ' ?', f2-vf l'" M Kdttsrd Slltersteln. twenty -five. In the meantime the family, i Ind mil
IM' ' , r"' 'fC-iui"iiiW-- "light burn'., lacerations of left' arin.'i" tlnIr night clothes, shivered in the
i" "'-,' ''Kiy'i V'Qt'' unlis(,s- damp iiioinlng nir as they huddled to-
IiV"'vi'-t?V'&'i '"M"""' Siltcrsteiti. twentj -lie. .slight Wuv in the jard. The -creams and
f? "'-, y'i,-J.. Xzlmj&t.-i. burns, lacerations of left arm. bruicsl''n,s "' I'"' wiimen aroused the neigh-
K8SKaaotMja.iiiiiiMttiWrwiiiiwti
MKS. SUSIE HOOL.SK
She was hilled early this morning
by Joseph Glesko because of n su
perstitious fear lie had of a threat
made by the woman. Mrs. Itoolsh
llted at U052 N'ewco'inli street.
HEROINE'S MEDAL"
AWARDED MOTHER
OF DROWNED GIRL
Misg Mary E. Smith, Who Cave
Life Trying to Save Another,
Honored by Commission
Six months nfter her death from
drowning Miss M6ry E. Smith. 240
Mechanic street. Camden, has been hon
ored with the award, of a bronze Car
negie hero medal, which was presented
to her mother, Mrs. Eva Koberstinc.
One day last August Miss Smith,
who was only fifteen and employed as
a. factory hand in Camden, gave her
life in a vain attempt to save that of
a friend, Miss Anna II. Mickcllcy.
Miss Mickcllcy was wading in an
inlet of the Delaware river when she
suddenly stepped into fifteen feet of
water. Her cries attracted Mary Smith,
who, although she could not swim,
waded without hesitation into the wnter
and extended her hand to Miss Mickcl
lcy, The effort was tragic, for both
girls sank in the deep water. Miss
Smith struggled strenuously to disen
gage the other's hold, but failed. They
rose twice, to the surfacc( but went
down finally never to come up.
The Carnegie hero fund commission,
meeting nt Pittsburgh, awarded the
medal to the hcrolnc'v mother. In all,
two silver medals and thirteen bronze
medals were given. Six of the heroes
lost their lives.
$5000 IN TROPHIES
RECOVERED THROUGH
DOWNTOWN RAID
Booker T. Washington Newspa
per Clippings Furnish Clue to
Woodbury, N. J.,' Robbery
Much of the jewelry, medals and
other trophies valued at $5000, stolen
from the home of George II, McCurty,
a well-known trapshooter, in AA'ood
bury, N. J., were Recovered today in a
house on AA'nverly Btrcct near Thir
teenth. Three negroes were arrested and held
without bail by Magistrate Pcnnock, in
Central Station. The prisoners gave
the names of George White, Charles
Ilrown and Albert Valentine.
The men were arrested within thirty
hours after the crime had been reported
to the Philadelphia police, by Detectives
Cope, Morarity and, Osterhold. Me
Carty highly commended the work of
the detectives. (
One of the men was arrested while
attempting to pawn a medal near Fif
teenth and South streets, aud the two
others were arrested at the AA'averly
street house.
McCnrty and his wife were at their
farm near Centerville, N. J., at the
time of the robbery.
The men ransacked the house. A
small safe which had been stolen was
recovered iu the cellar of the AA'averly
street house. 1 he disappearance of
newspaper clippings on Dr. Hooker T.
AA'nsliingtou, led the police to believe
that the crime had been committed by
negroes.
Most of the papers had been burned,
the police say, but superstition 1iept
the thieves from destroying an old fam
ily Uible. A gold loving cup, which is
greatly prtzetl by -Airs. McCarthy, was
also, recovered. v
A complete kit of burglar tools was
found in a Held iu the rear of th'e Mc
carty home. Tho police say that the
men have confessed, and that their
linger prints correspond with those
found on the woodwork at the McCaity
home, ' '
CAVALRY TO AID LOAN
Detachment Traveling Overland to
New York Parades Here Today
Mounted members of a detachment
from the famous Eleventh United States
Cavalry. MO in number, will reacii
I'niiaueipnia mis aiternoon on (heir way
from Kort Meyer. Va.. (to New Vn.t
and will participate' in Loan activities
In this .city during the day. The over
land trip of tbe troopers is being made
in the interest of the Victory 1-os.n.
Their exhibitions of horsemanship are
said to equal In every way similar- per
formances in vM west ,show. One
or., tneir .mounts. vh
yiMii
HGanj
Family of 6 Badly Burned
When Fire
i -
Parents in Critical Condition After Rescue
! by Sons Young lifan Hurt in Leap .
for Life All in Hospital
The family of aac SiUersteln. of
11-10 Moore street, nmionly escaped
death today when lire swept the home
in which thej slept shortly after -t
o'clock this morning. Siltersteifi. hi.s
wife, and their four grown children
were badly burned nml nie in the St.
Agnes hospital.
They aie:
Isaac .Siltei'steiii. siu, burns of ttfi
Hose SllVPrstelll iMnnlf.llipnii Luc..,
! of linrule n twl fn.n
Jacob Siltersteiii
of hands nml fin
twentj -two. burns
Lillian Siltersteiii
forehead and hands.
nineteen, burns of
Edward who wus M :iiioiI in tbe
building after helping to lead his parents
and sisters to safetj. Imped from u
second-story window nml wus injured
wnen lie struck the lmck fence.
S
ilvprMHiifonilmtK n iinr nml i-nmlv
o nl tho ndilrn.s whhli is tlio south'-
stor
west corner of Saitniii nod Moore
streets. The building N a Iwo-ttory
brick store and dwelling. '
. The (ire is helieted to hate started r n ' 0 usa, , du ' "",",,t '"
n the store niwl .,i,ia,.i .. i.si. ....... ".I0 "?"" Uollais.
fainilv sleot in ,i, ,'"'"'" fi I
it,n b n . ' .," "V; "
fl... ...i-T ''iiipeii uj ti'Ctliestieet today, wl
" - "" " t"r sweeping up tnc
Ull t be
stairway leading from the hack of the
house to Moore street, when it J ,11,?
covered bv Jacob nn.l ii,..,,i ,.!,..
I nmit to rlit-nr.t k nl.n, n it. ... ftsi
si "
...u... i -. u.iit.ii.t HuiMf iuf tuilri, 1 IlOV
were awakened by the smoke. The
flames were already creeping along the
carpet at the head of the stairs.
The boys leaped on. of bed and awoke
their sisters and parents. Hose and
Lillian were led down the blazing stnir-
ED:
Crime Retaliation for Threat of
Evil, Says Polish Slayer,
' Arrested
MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN
Joseph fiiesko. thiity-six cnrs old.
liOllO Dennis street, shot and "killed
Mrs. Susie Hoolsk, thirty-two years
old, 20.12 Newcomb street, early this
morning-because of a superstitious fear
he had of a threat made by the woman.
"I'll get the devil nfter you and the
devil will kill jtiu," he says the woman
told him nt a chance meeting last Sun
day following an argument.
"If you get the devil after me I'll
kill you first." lie says he replied.
Early this morning, he confessed to
the polire of the Twenty-second street
and Hunting Park avenue station, he
got out of bed and began wandering
around the streets because iie could not
sleep for fear of the threat.
About 2 o'clock he went to the Hoolsk
home ami calling the woman to the
door, stepped into the entry and shot
her through the heart.
Paul Patoy. n boarder.-and Michael
Hoolsk. husband of the murdered wom
an, were standing nt the top of the
stairs, having been awakened by the
continued lingiug of the door bell. They
saw the woman fall.
Outdistanced Pursuers
Patoy nnd Hoolsk gave ihase to the
fleeing murderer, but were in their bare
feet and (Jiesko soon outdistanced them.
Hoolsk got near enough to the fleeing
man, however, to t'ecognie him. The
police were notified nnd Hoolsk gave
them a pictuie of (iiesko, token from
its place on the wall of the Hoolsk
parlor.
Fliers were immediately sent through
out the city. Sergeant John Holdeu
and Patrolman C'lougli were stationed
near Giesko's home. About i! o'clock
they saw him enter and closed in on
him. He wus in the dining room nnd
made no resistance. He confessed to
the murder immediately, they say
MURDERS WOMAN
CALLED FROM B
Giesko and the Hoolsk family wercJ""'1'- lla1 been awarded one-third of
apparently on the most friendly terms
On Sunday UiesUo accidentally met
Mis. Hoolsk nt Clarissa and Dennie
streets. A friendly chat was followed
by a wordy argument, tiiesko told the
police today, and ended when Mrs.
Hoolsk made the threat to importune
the power of the evil one to kill Giesko,
and he made his reply.
Well-known Polish Threat
jlrs. Hoolsk's ttoids constitute a
well-known and nnlveisally feared
Polish threat, Giesko said, and their
import preyed upon his mind. Hc
was unable to sleep, he said, and
finally dejdded it would be better for
him to carry out his threat to kill Mrs.
Hoolsk than to have the devil take
his life.
Mrs. Hoolsk is survived by a husband
and four children. She was sleeping
with two of the children when called
from her bed to answer the ringing of
the bell that summoned her to her
dwth.
Her husband and Giesko were cm
plo,tfd at the'snme place.
tiiesko was held without bail.
Mitt Hudson to Sail for Y. M. CA.
Miss Margaret Hudson, of 4H2 San
som street, will sail for France on Fri
day, from Hoboken, on the steamship
Great Northern, to engage in work for
he Y, M. Cs A, overseas For four
pho,.' , has arJ ,n(l jiag fc?pn R teacM- of.Kreucili I-ucjen P. BmltliqrsUwt, this legacy
(IitIH '3-LrS I
Wrecks Home
way to the street. All weie burned in
the descent.
They then returned for their patents
and. with .lacoh in the lead, started
down the blazing stairway, .lacoh and
his pin cuts reached the street, but Ed
ward's escape wus cut off bj smoke
und Haines. lie leturned to the second-story
rear room and leaped fioni
the window to the jtird. He struck his
bors. and William McDermin, of 11''7
Moore street, janitor of the Head School
nt Eleventh and Monie stieets. wns nt
tiailrd to the scene and turned in an
nlnriii. ,
I'ntiolmiiii 1 .11 Susso, ,,f the Tliild
and Dickinson streets station, also iienrd
the nies of the women and srnt fOP a
patrol wagon, which convejecl the fam
ily to the hospital.
ttlien tbe
firpinru (iriird tho hlnp
Imm""1 sw,,0lil,B IIiro"B' k1 "PI"" Moors,
, y s,lI,,ll,pI " nft,,, lnnl' of mote
i.i. ... .11. MUNI.
Virtunlly the' entile lirst 0or was de
sliojed or nuiile useless ami most of the
' .. '.'""r I'""", i""1 '' mothw. .Airs
iniricu l.raw. were fori
ed to tlee into I
leu ftntnes threntptir.l I
il,!,. I ... r,.i.. ........ """
V" ,""" S,,'el' T"
1 ' . ""' "' " m tl10 """ I
".".""" ""h""n cause, nml
iimiltitril 11111 Allirri nl lirnuni.ii l.nf. n
of property befoie ,
it was extinguished bv iirem,...
The flames were first discovered bv
a neighbor. T. AV. Knrch. who lives n't
'-IS Itodninu street. He smelled the
smoke of the fire and ran into the
house, warning the inmates. He after
ward turned in the alarm.
E ASSAILS "
REGISTRY BOARD
Honest Voting Suppressed and
Thuggery Encouraged Here,
Senator Charges
REMOVAL IS DEMAN6ED
! a Staff Corrtsponiitiil
Ilarrlsburg. April 2ii. Hemovnl of
the registration commission in Phila
delphia was urged by Senator Penrose
today when he was told that the Daix
bills, to rip out the present commis
sion and provide for the appointment
by the Governor of another commis
sion, had been reported out favorably
by the Senate municipal affairs' com
mittee. .
The Daix bills nie duplicates of the
Hrady bills which were introduced in
the House last Fcbruarv.
They provide changes iu the regis
tration laws wht'eh would give the
voters wider latitude in registering, fix
one of the fnll leglstration dntes this
.tear for August 215, instead of having
them ull fall due iu September, and
would prevent The county commissioners
from counting the ballots of their own
election.
Senator Penrose's nppemance on
Capitol Hill was responsible for the
quick action on the measures by the.
Senate committee of which Senator
A'nre is chairman.
The Hrad.t bills hate been reposing
In the Hous" judiciary general corn-
Continued on Pare 'ivo. Column Five
PENROS
CHILD OF TITANIC VICTIM
WINS FIGHT FOR FORTUNE
Posthumous Son of Lucien P. Smith, Jr., Lnder Court Decision
,WiU Inherit $16,5,083 From Grandmother s Estate
Announcement today from Pittsburgh
that seven-year-old Lucien P. Smith,
Jr.. whose fnther perished on the Ti-
the estate of Mrs. Anna II. Smith,
his grandmother, ends a legal fight in
the courts which followed n thrilling
chapter of tragedy and lomance.
As a result of the court decision, the
boy will receive $1l!"i,0s:t. The estate
left by Mrs. Smith was tallied nt
!j;m",24n.
The child was hoi n several months
after his father's death and was thrown
into a vortex of legal complications
nlmost from the-day of his birth.
His mother, Mrs. Lucien P. Smith,
who was also aboard the Titanic, but
survived, later married Robert AA
Daniel, a banker, of this city, who was
among those rescued from the Titanic.
Mrs. Smith met him on the rescue ship
Carpathlu it few hours after her hus
band hail perished. Two years later.
August IS, 11)14. Mis. Smith mid Mr.
Daniel were married in New York.
f
Legal Ilattle Ilegiin
The marriage of .Airs. Smith to Daniel
tvns the signal for a contest for the
estate of Mrs. Anna H. Smith, James
Smith nnd Mrs. Paul McKcel. brother
nnd sister of the late Lucien P. Smith,
contested the amount bequeathed to the
boy. I'nder the will of the late James
Cochran, grandfather of 'the Titautic
victim, he would have received one
eighteenth of the Cochran estate at the
death of his mother. It was claimed
by Congressman James A. Hughes, of
Huntingdon, AA Va,, grandfather of
ANGERED TENANTS
BEGIN COURT WAR
Three Hundred in Downtown
Section Back Man Who De
fies Eviction Notice
J
WOULD INVALIDATE WRIT,
Association's Member Refuses j
to Pay More or Move.
Women Menace Agent '
The light bv tenants to prevent lent
increases lias been t.iken into couit.
Nearly .",00 families residing in the
section bounded by 'lenth. Twelfth and
Sliunk streets and Mojnmcnsing ave
nue, wko fa. e increases of from $.". to
S monthl.t. are interested in the action
taken liefoie Judge Audrniied by
Michael .1. ttoach. of 'J."".0 South
Twelfth sheet, to staj the execution
of n sheriff's writ verted on hint last
Satunlny by William I., (iaulbert. a
real estate agent, lepiesentlng AVillinm
Itrjiint. if con I denier A hearing will
be held on Monda.t .
Itrynnt who owns the houses in the
section, is snid to linve sold them to
a group of speculators last week Ten
I ants, however, declare that the sale has
I not been consummated and is a "trick"
to force them to nuv the new rent iu-
..reuses from Sir, to SIS nml from S'JO
. cot .i.
i" ' ."".ii".
The tenants hate banded together as
the Tenants' Piotective Association, of
which Itoadi is piesident. His nction
in lighting eviction is legarded ns
test case. ,
t'ould Get No .Constables
Gnulbeit admitted today that he hud1
served sheriff's notices on a lialf-doen '
or more tenants, nut declnred he could
not get nny constables to help him ills- '
povsrss those ttlio refused to pay the.
higher rents. '
' "The constables nie all bought up."
ihe declared. "Hut III get them;
i they're officers of the law and the
'should do their duty."
' He keeps a padlock on the door of
his office nt Twelfth and Porter streets.
I "The 're simply wild around here
about the increase iu rents; several
women have come iu and offered to lick
' me. Hut my padlock keeps them
out, he said.
The houses are on Tenth, Eleventh,
Twelfth street, Sartaiu, Jessup, Alter,
uen.- Porter nnd Sliunk streets.
Hecitals of insanitary conditions of
their houses because of no repairs for
many'jears were made by the tenants,
who base their refusal to pay higher
rents on these conditions. Complnints
of bad housing conditions hnve been
made by them to the Philadelphia
Housing Association.
Roach, siiriounded by u group of his
neighbors iu his home at 'J.V',11 South
Twelfth street, today said that the in
crease of If." nsked by the agent comes
on toil of several other inct eases the
last year.
Tenants Askrd Compromise
"When all the tennnts along here
tvefe first notified of the increase," he
said, "n committee of us went to the
ical cstnte man's office, and appealed
to him for some compromise. The
houses weren't wortli the increased lents
because of their awful condition, for
they've been rarely fixed or papered in
the twelve .tears since they were put
up by Hr.tnnt. the coal man. Hut we
were willing to pay some little increase.
Gaulbert didn't want to listen to us;
he told us to get out. So we orgnni.cd
nnd the tenants paid over to me und
the other officers of our association the I
old rents which were deposited in the
bank. The agent then took a cliunge
of mind, nnd asked that he lie paid
the former rent. That was done for
March aud April. Now he comes along
Continued on I'ltKe Two, Column l'lve
that the child was entitled to the be
quest. They claimed that their grand
father's will provided that one-sixth of
the estate, valued then nt approximatel.t
$."i(KI.0)0. wns to be divided nmong the
surviving tliihlien of Mrs. Anna II,
Smith.
Congressman Hughes obtained the
best legal talent in the western part
of the state. They investigated the case
fromall angles aud convinced the court
thut the bo born after the gi cutest
tragedy In the history of the sea should
leceive the amount iitated,
Mrs. Smith was one of the mini Ti
tnnic widows who did not approve of
scattering flowers upon the waves
where the Titanic went down on the
unniversar.t of the wreck nnd asserted
that tlicie could be no good derived lit
leviving memories of 'the awful night
und that it would lie better to aid the
poor widows mill orphans of the ill
fated ship.
Like Mrs. A stor, Mrs. Smith sud'eied
siii-Il. haidships that she has declined
many times to discuss the events of the
night her husband dieclr- While on the
Carpalhiii. she usserted that, like the
other women, she had uo conception
concerning the seriousness of Hie situa
tion. The Weather Vane!
Fair tonight, 'Ttcill give joy to the
crated!,
"t'trill be itarmer tomorrow, and
doled).
HVA n victory lioml cliaie the
touat i
h ,nd give UaimoluMbUifHoivdi(t"
S-t ris . v
i !
VllAi
i "PQ
ft-u 1 --rv'
ON RENT ADVANCE
ITALIANS RENEW THREAT
TO BREAK NEGOTIATIONS
IF ALLIES REFUSE FIUME
FRENCH AND BRITISH SUPPORT
PRESIDENT ON ADRIATIC PORT
lt,t CLINTON AV. (.II.IIEKT
VnfT I nrrr.iM.nilr.it nf tji Krnlii I'nlillr l.r.lurr ttllll thf I'islie l If c.ill.in In l.iirni.f
lt AVIreless
l otmt u'l . ''I '.y I'vhlu I tdgri f ,.
Paris. April '':'.. -Pi esjdenl Wilson and Piemieis l.loj.l tieoige nml
Cleiuemeuu nie standing linn against the attitude of I till on (he itiestion of
I'iunie.
Piemier Oilnndo still dei lines to ipromise on his demand fur tin-.
Adiiatic poll, hut the postponement of the Itnliau parliament until Mn.t fi m
diiales his unwillliignevH to lncnk on negotiations with his allies.
IVcidcut AVilsou nml the ltiilish and rrench preniieis are all willing to
I'liiiipnimise with Ital. but the nie united against giving the Italians title
to riinne outright.
The ilelit over Uie iiiritnl of the (Jermans nt A'eisnilles gives nilditionnl
time l the council of four to aiiive at ii settlement of this question. The
Heal will not be lead even when the (iceman delegates unite. .,. that ample
time is nfl'oiiliil to inutluue the Italian discii-sion
ll is believed heie that Ital is nlinosi leitutn to ield in the end
ELMER MOBS
TO FACE GIANTS
Weather Conditions F a vo r
Opening of Season at
Phillies' Park
EXPECT A LARGE CROWD
17 rnllivr Conditions
at Oprning (lames
National l.";nii!'
c- Ami. nl I'liiln IcIpliM. .Inn
I'l.mkl.VU Ml I'oMoll. clc.ll
l'iilsbiK'ih C iii-.i';o. mm.
!". I .en i. !'in i.mali. eh. ml .
Aim--1( ti l.-.iyu-I'oMou
at Ni w A'otk. .tear.
Athletic- in AA.isiiiijiu. ilenr.
t'leve'iind nt Detroil, clear.
Chicago at St. Louis, clear.
1
15 I'DHEUT AV. .AIA.MVKLI.
I ndei p'-rfect w -a.hcr i oii.liliou.s,
meaning :, tl.iwle-s. Iilue sk.v . "niiliiiiit -
pered sunshine and u fust, dr.v di.in, olid.
the Hll'.l h.is,-'i,i season made il- debut
at the I'iii lies' P.lik this uf.i" ium.i,.
A belt. 'i d iv ...old no! have b. en usknl
foi the l ''-imi'ition of Ibe iiulioii.il -;.iiiie
mid one of (lie laigcsi opening da
crowds in .tears was looked for.
r..i... f. .... ...i i.:.. i,:i :..,!
! half of the initial matinee, in riving .
here Inst night in safe and sane mil- I
road coaches. Lasl winter, while iu an ,
optimistic mood,
men permission t
pi, ia in nil plain-
lawn .In gati- his I
navel lo Philndel-
.,, ,.,. ,.u it, i
lull Hull was last j
I winter.
When it c.iuie time lo m.ike Ihe aerial
1 jollNlC the clevel lillllulger epot'd 11
I cluster of niilro.id ii. k.-ts and said bis
Ipl.iveis could 4S" up in the air iu ball
games without the aid .of machines
Thai crabbed the s,j journe. Ant -
tva.v. there was no
to make the ti ip.
nish of tiiluiitei-is ,
I .AUGr.itt Optimistic
i i.efoie the lid of the box sn.ie was
Infill hill pried open. MiGintt upset a
very optimistic interview reg.udllig the
chances of his ball ilub in the pennant
in, e.
.UC ...,s ,, ,, .MS, , ,.,,,.,,
1 eter liinuaged. he said. I am per-
feetly satisfied with lh" wink done thus
far. tor the men nie hitting the ball
..MM... ,! . .... .1... ,... ......
nnd will gel b.itei as the vviiitnei
weather comes Tin pitching staff could .
Ccintlnurd on Pace sentec-n, roluitin I'onr
.loin, .ui-iMun mm ...s ...K.. -,.. .. .-.. , a.. ...si-,..,.. .,..,.,. , while lie was not present nt the meet
troupe of Giants furnished the other ters of a million more than the sub- !nRs. e,,t in touch with them, then
WATCHMAN FOUND DEAD IN CIIAHl
William Taylor, seventy yenis old, of 312(3 Havcrford ave
nue, was found dead today in his chair nt the Couunercinl Truck
Company, Twenty-seventh nnd Blown stieets. where he xvns
night wntclunnn. He had mnde his last lound at 5-30 o'clock
nnd returned to his chniv to wait the day xvatcliinun, John
Cannon. He is survived by his xvifc nnd cislit children.
NAVY DIRIGIBLE SAILS OVER THIS CITY
The naval dirigible 'Z-3, which left Cape May this morning
arrived nt noon and flew over Philadelphia in the inteiest of the
Victory Loau. Pamphlets boosting- the loan xvere dropped in the
path of the big airship. Ensign Tyndoll is iu charge of. the craft.
He has a ciew of three men with him.
HALF BILLION APPROACHED IN VICTORY LOAN
WASHINGTON, April 23. Unofficial reports, to the treasury
today indicated that aggregating bubbciiptions. to the Victory
Liberty Loan were appjoaching 15500,000,000, although official
figtues htill blood at $1 15,077,000 lt-poitcd last night.
NEW RIOTS IN HAMBURG
Mobs Plunder and Battle in Harbor
Quarter, Report .
Heilin, Apiil '-':' HI A. P )
There hate been serious disturbances ill
Hamburg recently A mob plundered
the hnrbor quarter and clashed with the
police, seteiul people beiug killed nnd
wounded, A dispatch to the A'orwacrts
says there was a "regular battle" iu
the 'suburb of St. Pauli, west of the
cit.v, on Saturda.t, A policeman tvns
killed and scveial others were wounded,
but (he rioters suffered worse than the
officers.
The rioting was renewed, arms belni
distributed, to mobs in, SL Paull. Hey.
" nrai police ur w , ni-. n.,n.--,tsi anu-'-" "- " -ti'uiM " --h-----u-- miying
J'Me was 'captured Jhthwe, 'tielyts xylll, the -HoWJvikL
S.-x. .. -.- tw.... ... t s.-sjsRfaaygjiil,"l ,-,7' lAjfo,, ,
ral police depots. Vvero attacked
ana
TWENTY MILLION
INVESTED IN LOAN
Total for City Over $11,000,000,
With Reports in From Only
Few Banks
WOMEN WORKERS MARCH
Itcporls from the Thiid 1'edeuil He-
serve
Dlstriit ti.dll show Sn.fi!l."..S."0
h.is been obtained from Philadelphia
siil.sriilicis to the Victoiv Libert
Loan u; lo last iiijjhl.
The lolal t Ihe di-li i I i 10. -
2.-.V. t.-.ii. (If tin- sum. S.-,.tiii4,-l.",0 is
fio-n c.istcio Peiiustltiiiiin. outside of
Plii'.-tilclnhia . S-'iH.IHHI fin-ii Delaware, i
mid S2.21.'!..v.".(i fioni southern New .ler- '
si-. (
These icporis fiom only -14,, ',
banks out of the 1170 in the district.
A subscription of N2.,I).IKH) from the
,, ,, , . . ,, ,. f
Ah I 'iilmi. Sugar I'euner.v was one of
Ihe In-xl lug vubs.-npui.iis in the city
today. It wus mailc tluougii croup u
of the men's imliistnnl committee.
. . , . . ..... . ; . ...it i ..
i,icd this uftci-iioou. when thousands
.tllOIII.'t UllllOIIC .llC.IOI will l.e
of Pliihiilelpliiii "omen vv.u- workers
will p.-iinilf the business distiict and
d.-in mist int.- their ileteniiiniition to
"finish the job" bv co itribiiliug to the
hist Lil'citv Loan. i
The total .'.r .'ill. li'.T. 2110 for the
first diit of the diite (Monday) bioke
..ti r.,i,,ln,. .u..i-.lo utwl iu Hirop.nitnr. '
scriptions obtained on the first dn.v of
tlitj fourth loan, when the totnl was
s'.l.:',1 l.O.IO. i
Willi nioie than SliO.OOtl leported
flllll, eentinl , ilv districts carl tod.i.v .
., . . , , ,, . .itto..
(I,,, total fuun the women s . onunittee
, s tar is uen It s... (.iKi.iiiiii.
Mrs. Snmiiel D. Lit. i-hnirinau of the
central cit.v stoics . oinniiltec. reported
a siibsciiptioii ,f SKl.lllH) fiom M. Sil-
termini A. Sous; S'JII.INHI fuun l'eirv &
Co.. Sixteenth and Cliestnul streets,
' I 1. ....ii irli liw ll.ili.l. l!ll( ill i lllil.lltl ..,
),,.,, . ;;; S7."i fuun Friedbergcr
...Ii'll I, i.,!--. i.i.ii. ......, i.ii....... ...
Anion Mnuiila, turiug Compan.v , and
5-riiHHI fiiim .1. .la, ob Shannon i: Co.,
lliiough Mrs. .1. II. I.ouchheiiu. captain
of team No. 1 .
Alls. George D.ilhis Dixon. , hairinaii
, of the Peiius ltuiiin Kiiilriiiid woineii's
I war lelief. reported St;7."(l obtained
t lll'llllirll til. ll.llltll It. Il.'.i.lil Sit , ...i. SI... .
...,.... ..it. 11 ,,,,i
t.i)ni jn ,,, )f Jhv U- W
.Alls. Thomson I'liaii III, ill
Att,
ti,. Walter S. Thorns.,,., pimiimnn
of the women's Victory I.ibeit.v Loau
( c.ntlnud cm I'ace Two, Column Two
OPPOSES FEEDING REDS
North Russian Leader Believes Plan
Won't Be Efficacious '
Aicliangel. April 21. (delu.t.-d).(Hy
A. P.) Opposition by oiliciuls of the
I g"erninent of north Hussiu to the plan!
of feeding Holshevik Russia is based .
not oi.lv o nnvvlllln-roess t ..rn.i.l,,,,'
: .. - iii i..w,.,.w
territory occupied by forces of a gov,
erument the north Hiissians are figliting,
but becuusc they believe the plan would1
not be efficacious In combating Ilolslie-i
vlsm.
Lieutenant Geueral Kugene Karlo
vitch Miller, acting head of the Arch-
angel government, expresser thejvletvj
tVat those who helped HoUhfcvik lliissia
Mil this. wiSf wculd In enVettbe alltlpg
Orlando Will Not Resume Placo
in Conference Unless Powers
Reverse Position
WILSON STANDS PAT
FOR JUG0-SLAV PORT)
"Big Three" Keep Attention on;
Japanese Issue While Italy
Holds Aloof f
i
'ALL NATIONS NEED PEACtq
America in Position to Makej
Treaty Even if All Allies
Should Balk
tit
It Ihe Associated Press
Paris. Apiil 2ii. The Italian delega
tion I.. the Pence Conference reasserted
toila.t its determination to stand firm
on the question of Finnic, indicating
iluit, unless the council changed its po
sition, the delegation would not rcturri
to the c onfereni B.
I An early settlement of the difficulty
is consequently thought to be improb
able, especially as President AVilson is
understood to be i-qunllv ns firm ns the
Italian representatites.
AViili Premier Orlando still absent.
Premiers Cleinencenu and Lloyd Gcorgq
and President Wilson resumed this!
"m"B nie consideration oi question?
-(.iici-niiiig i iiiiiti anu .iiipau.
The facts of the deadlock oyer thd
Italian claims in the Adriatic. nccoM-.
iug to the Petit Pnrisicn. are as fol
lows ;
President Wilson proposed that
Finnic, tvhiih is not mentioned in tbe
treaty of London,
city, but attached
should bo a free
to the .Tugo-Sletr
customs s.tstem, nnd. further, that tho
London treaty should be subjected to .
total revision.
wis(m SffS Trea, Heuo
. . ,
Itnlj refused to accept this proposal.
,Nllm.,non IWlllMlt Wi,Bon .VoW.
-,.nvillR -tnlv aom, .,., Ule reprfcgJn ,SM
tutives of the other four slgnetorie. TSsk
of the treat. During-'the meetings ot . $ri
l... .............:.. ..r ... n ,.!..,......?.. ' "iA
.... . .-ii.'-evu.ll,- Ui lift- n..iutu, CB,
both Premier Orlando and Foreign Mlrii
lsier r-ounmn were most conciliatory,
Orlando especially having asked r-
pentedly on what condition France nnd ,
Great P.ritain would consent to give
I'iunie to Italy. Karon Souniuo said
he was rend to discuss a revision ot
tl,p, '"m.!"n.,'p,n.t': ,. .:,
. .. - t
wanted to icopen the question of the
tienty of London, but without joining
the revision to the fate of Fiume. The
I 'resident has reiedeil from tils tlrst
Proposal to make Hunie n tree city,
und is in,-inert to give it absolutely to
j .luito-Shivs
Am , .rom-l(MS Cleinencenu nnd Llo-4
(jeoige the are understood to be ready,
to adhere purely nnd simply to the
treat of Lnndnii, ut the same tim
seeking menus of conciliation.
Previous to ltnl'.v reiteration of an
1111 ielding. latitude, there was a disposi,
tiou to withdraw the demands on thj
Dalmatian hinterland if permitted to
l.ute the coast, the coastal watershed
ami Finnic.
Nations Cannot Rail.
The suggestion is widely circulated in
Paris that Great Itritniu and Franci
cannot sign a treaty with Germany if
Italy lefnses because under the Lons
don ngi cement no member of the En-
itente is to sign a separate peace. Tha
suggestion, however, apparently lias not
had n.'l.t great effect on the negotiation,
as the delegates expressed the opinion
that no single nation can afford a
hinder n peace conforming to the pros
visions of the armistice broadly and
I that rights under secret treaties will
be lightly regarded by the peoples who
are clamoring for a settlement of tha
'world war.
As the I'nited Stntes is not a sign"
! torv of the London agreement not to'
i make it separate pence, even the most
serious break in the conference would
not prevent her from making a peace,
i with Gorman under n crisis which
I might arise as a resulr of Kuropean
nlliiiuces. Hut the American delegate")
refuse to give serious consideration td
I such 'an eventuality. ,
Italy Demands Coast
I One compromise proposed" to thd
! Italians, mnking provision for the rcc
ognition of their claim to Fiume in)
exchange for the abandonment of theifl
j claim to the Dalmatian const, was reH
jeeted.
I Earlier in the day a member of th
I Italian delegation told the Associated
1 Press that it considered it useless hi
the Itnliau delegates to take part in fun
1 ther conferences unless the Allies "WCtt
I willing to grant their requests.
I The Temps sa.ts Hint the new fron-j
'tier between Italy and Geimnn -Austria
'apparently has been definitely fixed tU
iiniv .leninnded it and as France and
i;wnt Itritniu in
l'.il.i prounseu ii
should run. The frontier will be drawn
to the north of the Hrcnner pass in
The Hrenner pass is thp lowest of
all the passes that traverse the raeiit -chain
of the Alps. It is the shortest
route between central Germany kocJ "tyiy
Italy. I fi
l S. Favors Kndlng Hlocki.de '
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Punshon Has the Ponqt-
Proof of the fact will be found oa,'
Monday next on the story page Ot ihe
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