T . A, V . the Leather Washington, May 2T. Fnlr tontfilit and probably Wednesday. TKUPKRATUltK AT KACII HOUR f&ientmj public Wzbtt NIGHT EXTRA FTlsTAJVCIAL t fc 8 io 111,112 1 1 a a i 4 i r, i 72 7 ITi'i 7I) S1! 84 I I VOL. V. NO. 218 Published Datlr Eieept Sunday, Bubucrlotlon Prim tft ft. Ta.r hv flL PRICE TWO CENTS i-opynem, xuiy by Public Ledcr Company. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1919 Entered Second CIum Matter at the Poetnfflce. at Pblladelchlk. Pa. Under the Act at March 8. 187V. NC-4 SPEEDING TO LISBON: HALF-WAY SHIP PASSED; MID-OCEAN HAWKER TELLS OF THRILLING RESCUE IN I' iw V i l ri T H YIELD ON CITf Agree to Allow Philadelphia Do Owi Street Work Except on Majority Council Vote MAYOR MUST APPROVE ACTION OF COUNCILS Sproul to Sign "Ripper" to Bal- CONTRACT PLAN hV , ance Revisionists' Conces sions, Winston Indicates "PAY-AS-YOU-GO" BUDGET! .Chamber of 21 and Three-Year Residence Rule for Mayor Aspirants Approved Agreements Reached Today by Charter Conferees Agreed to substitute a majority clause, with Major's approval, for the clnuse making it mandatory for city to clean streets and collect gar bage except on a three-fourths tote. Council of twenty-one members. Paj-as-jou-go budget. Three-year term of residence to qualify as majornlty candidate. flu a Staff Correspondent Harrlsburg, May 27. The big battle On charter revision ended nt noon toda). Charter revisionists, after confcrem.es lasting nearly all night, agreed to sub- stitutc a malority vote clause, together Igiwlth the approal of the Mayor, for the le-?tMiiRA mnkfriffilr mnndntorv nn the nnrr. ?ot tbo city to do its own street clcan- ing and gnrbago collection Except, on n LV three-fourths vote of Council. if ' hid revisionisms yiciueu to uic wisnes -WV n.. , . ... ..... . .. rt me auminisiKuuuu on inc contract clause. ' V Hn far tho niriepmentq leiinlierl nre; l1 Ti!tlmlni.lly.n et .1l.nl nt l haIi .1.1 !.. w nnnnll nt twentv-nnft inenihpiu. mn - ICjorlty vote on contracts, "pny-ns-you-f go" budget, three years' term of rcsi . llpnee nn tlip plilpf minllfipnHon fnp mnv- oralty candidates, and elimination of li.. dunl officchoIdiDg. If Announcement that Governor Snroul would take action to insure a nonparti san administration of the nffaiis of the Philadelphia board of registration com itnissioncrs was contained in a statement Issued this afternoon by John C. Wins ton, chairman of the charter revision committee. Mr. AVinstonr's statement was issued on behalf of the charter revisionists in explanation of their decision not to firrht nnv fiif.t-l.or votn,..!. f tl.A lli.nn. ffourhts vote clause, in the conttact scc- 4 tiou of tho Woodward bill. To Sign "Kipper" The Inference given by Mr. Winston at th etlme ho handed out the state , ment was that the Governor would sign 9 the Cnnitol. however, thn hplipf nrnvntla that the Governor would stick to his declaration that he would sign no "ripper," but "as a concession to the chartcrv revisionists for their surrender on the three-fourths vote clause would sizn a bill throwing certain rp.striptinn "around tho Philadelphia registration Doara. Doorny niter ine agreement was i reached the amendments In thn ol-nrtai. 3? bills were handed to Representative W. F. Stadtlandcr, ofJPIttsburgh, chairman of the House municipal corporations' committee, by George AV. Coles, chair man of the Town Meeting party. The agreement of the charter re visionists came as a surprise. Up to a late hour last night they bad Insisted that the three-fourths majority vote provision in the contract clause be re tained. The revisionists agreed with the nt- f torney general, but still could not see tneir way ciear 10 surrenuer on me important clause. i Following the conference with thoj ," attorney general, unomas itaeourn K Mtrt.lt.. .l.n WAneAr. 41.A .!...., a. a 1?..' UUC, 1V1IU tCl.lLflC4lia t.tic t J1U L ivt lu V visionists among tho conferees, went Shinto conference with John .0. "Vinston r.nnu ueorgo ty, vvuics, cuttiruuuu ul me r .Town Afpptlni? nartv. It. Ti IVIn.tnn .ilin .Mima Iisa t. caa 1 trtne ihn rPTisinnlRtn vnt "fnlf tilnr." S and Mr. Coles went oyer the situation L "iTrarefully. They did not reach a do j 'clslon to jleld until late this morning. Pay-as-You-Go Plan T'ha nmntirtmnt nlaAjiil In tVib nnna .rtir.i.iDrriri.j -v ----- vi vuiiru iuu aiuuuauusr, ui uie xiouse . !- i ... v t municipal corporations committee, also t , embody the agreement reached on the ?;proposea new ouagec. it aaopta the H'n'ay-as-you-go" plan with some raodi- L'J, t flcations under the system now in use - .in rnuaaeipnia. Kvcn until well into the morning the , i) xooir-ct clause was me Dattiegrouna r around which the fight still waged. It f ,'wss the general belleTaround that capi- "tolinat tne revisionists would not sur render, but that he-majority vote clause 'would be written into the charter bill hr the attorney general himself. juiorney ueueiui ouunucr is creaiteu With having brought ab9ut the agree Wat on Use, contract Vause, although ROUTE OF TODAY'S OCEAN DASH , . PlymouiT-rftlf r A T L A Si T 1 C 4 M L Sampson i p S ' ' I , I , I jalllll I The flislit from Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, (o Mslion, Portiignl, wblrh will complete Lieutenant Commander Head's oNcr-fcas oj.irc in the NC-4, will be approximately 809 miles, as shown in the map CITY TO WELG0W1E 3000 Persons on Five Boats to Sail Down River Tomorrow to Greet Soldiers 3 TROOPSHIPS TO DOCK Philadelphia will give a wondciful welcome to the drafted men from past ern Pennsjlvnnia, Maryland and the Distiict of Columbia who arrive here tomorrow on three transports, the gieatpst number of troopships to dock Iicip in any one day. Five welcoming river craft will go down the Delaware with relatives and friends to 'extend the welcome to the re turning men and escort them back up the liver to Snjder avenue pier, wheie they nro nil scheduled to dock. Three thousand persons will make the down-river trip, unless some unfore seen delay to which the movement of transports are often subjected delays the arrival of one of the returning ships. In the event of such an occurrence only those persons beuilng tickets to welcome men on the craft sure to come up the river will be admitted to the welcoming boats. The tickets for the welcoming party to the boat or boats delayed will be honored when those troopships nrrive. Greeters to Sail at 8 o'clock The boats scheduled to leave with the welcoming party aboard are the Sylvan Dell, Thomas Cljde and Springfield nnd the police boats Ashbridge and Stokley. If all the transports do not report the Springfield may not make the trip. The Thomas Clyde will leave Arch street wharf and the others will leave Kacc street wharf. Eight o'clock has been designated as the time of departure. The Dakotan, Shoshone and Texan are the transports due to arrive. The Dakotan reports by wireless that it will dock at 10 o'clock. The others have not been heard from. Tho police band will play on tho Ashbridge, which will take the o;cial welcoming delegations. Music also has been provided for the other craft. Be cause of the uncertainty about the Shoshone and Texan, relatives arc ad vised to carry lunch with them on the boats. , The arrival of tho transports has created great excitement among rela tives and the demand for tickets threat ens to exceed the supply. The Shoshone is bringing units of the 304th trains; the Dakotan, with the Third Battalion Headquarters, sanitary detachment and Companies Ji and M of the 31Cth Infantry (Philadelphia's own), nnd 304th train units, and the Texan, bringing Companies A to K of the 310th Infantry and other units of the same outfit. The offices of the committee in tho Liberty Building are becoming more congested each hour, with' no prospects of a letdown until after the transports Continued on, race Mnr, Column live WARMEST DAY OF YEAR Weather Man PredlctaTemperature of 90 Degrees Before Night With June but four dajs off, the weather is beginning to assert itself, After sizing up the thermometer and the sun, the weatherman predicted that today would be the warmest of the jear. As an indication that his prophesy was in the right direction, many men in the street, especially dozens of sol diers who lately returned home, began shedding their coats about noon and in dozens of lunch rooms' a full force of fans was revolving. The weatherman, believes that the mercury will climb to near 00 degrees and it is going after that figure at a rapid clip. At 1 o'clock tho mercury stood nt 84. jay At willow qvtovK 1 TH TRANSPORTS POLICEMAN KILlED Fifty-Mile an Hour Chase From Trenton Ends With Mur der of Pursuer MURDERERS MAKE ESCAPE' Description of Slayers and the Car They Drove The stolen automobile, used by two fugitivps to pspnpc after the murder of a Tienton motoicjelp policeman here todav carried a Mil rj land li cense tag Xo. 2012S! The machine is a Hudson Super six, seven passengpr touring car. The elder of the two fugitives is about twenty-six yeais old, about five feet six incites tall, and weighs 140 pounds. He has a email, led moustache and n florid complexion. He wore n tlatk brown suit, soft brown lint, and russet shoes. His companion is about twenty three cnrs old, live feet six inches tall, and weighs 12S pounds. He has a long, smooth face nnd light complexion, with medium biovvij hair. He wore n blown mixed suit, checked black nnd white cap, n white shirt with n soft collar at tached and a bow tie. A Trentou policeman was murdered by two motor thieves in the exticme northeastern section of this city today after n race of eighteen miles' over the Lincoln Highway between n stolen automobile and a motorcycle. TiIip man who was slain by five bul lets fired into his side just rs he was about to make the arrests was Abner C. Ilraim, thirty-five jears old. Tho murderers escaped. After they fired the fatal shots they sped to ward the center of this city. Neither the men nor the stolen car they drove have been seen since 0:30 o'clock this morning, when the shootiug occurred. Throughout the pightppu-mile chase both thp automobile and the motor cjcle held n speed of more than fifty miles an hour. Just as the Bj berry Tail- Grounds were reached Uratui drovp his motor cjcle up to n position running even with the automobile. As he raised his light hand calling for the thieves to halt, one of them pulled n revolver nnd fired five shots into tho policeman's side, un der the right nrm. One bullet passed through Braun's heart, killing him in stantly. Women First to Reach Policeman The patrolman fell from his motor cycle, which ket on going for n distance of two hundred feet before it turned to one side of the road and crashed into a tree. Two women who did not witness the shooting, but saw what immediately fol lowed it, ran to the fallen man's side. He was dead. The body of the slain man was token to the Frnnkford Hospital and then to the Morgue, The shooting occurred on the p"ark of the Lincoln highway known ns Ben salem pike about twenty yards west of Red Lion road. The automobile in which the slajers eotitinucd their race to escape arrest after the murder has not been identified, It Is said to have-enrried a Maryland license tag No, 2((1218. It is believed Contlnurd on r.e Mno. Column Three Little Girl Killed by Truck Dora Barrbdi, aged five, of 1127 North Second street, was struck yes terday afternoon on Second street near Thompson by nnnutotruck. n rear wheel crushing her chest, Sho was taken to St. Mar)'s Hospital, where she died u few hours later. The driver of the truck,, Fr,ed 8mlth, of J 704 Palt thorn street, is held at the Tenth dls-i trict police, station for a bearing before tA VKlA- LoV. . BY-MOTOR TH EV i3zmsrT?? w s'ffii AVIATORS U.S. ON UST LEE OF American Naval Machine Dashes 92 Miles an Hour Toward Europe i OVER 550 MILES COVERED BY READ AND HIS CREW Daring Skymen Hop Off at Azores Will Stop Over night in Portugal DESTROYERS QN WATCH I Ideal Weather Aids Intrepid Air men in First Transat- i lantic Flight Progress of Plqnc A'C-4 ' on Its Flight to Lisbon 1 0:18 a. m. Hops off at Ponta Delgada. 7:115 n. m. Passes 'Ihoinpsnn, Matlou Ship No. 1. 7:.18 n. m. Flies over Station Ship No. 1!. 8:34 a. in. Reaches Station Ship Xo. 1, 200 miles out of Ponta Del gada. 0::i." a. in. Station ship No. 5 passed. !!."() miles fiom Azores. 1(1 :(!," n. in. Station No. (I passed. 10:40 a. m. Speeds past Ship No. 7, :!.() miles from starting point. It: to n. m. Passed Ship No. 8, more than half way to Lisbon. 1.10 p. in. Ship No. II. .ViO miles from Ponta Delgada, passed. lly the Associated Prrss Ponta Delgada, Azores, May 7!' With Commander A. C Read confident 'that hi wouldTencli the coast of Portu gal before darkness tonight, thus achiev ing the coveted honor of making the first transatlantic flight, United StntPs spaplane NC 4 started for Lisbon this , morning at 10:1S o'clock Greenwich I time, or 0:18 a. m. Washington time. j Wiicless messages state that the N'C-4 passed the halfwaj ship at 11 :1(5 n. m. (Washington time), making the aveiago spepd at that time ninetj-two miles an hour. Station No. 11, npproximnteb fi."() l miles from Ponta Delgada nnd 2."(l miles fiom Lisbon, was passed bv the seaplane nt ."i : 10 p. in. Grreuvv Ii li tunc (1:10 p. m. Washington time). The clew of the seaplane, which was the same ns thnt which made the mem orable flight fiom Newfoundland to the Azorps, bonrdpr thp plane here nn hour before sunrise, but it was not until sev eral hours later that the giant machine taxied outside the breakwater, headed to windward and rose griucfull into the nir. Soldiers and Sailors Cheer She circled the haiuor and then headed for her destination amid iheeis fiom the sailors and soldiers who lined decks of the ships in-tho harbor nnd the ciowds on the piers, together with the shrieks of whistles fiom thp stenmcrnft within sight. , The din of the snlute was kppt up for several moments, the plane meanwhile speeding on her way and slowly dis nppparing in the bright eastprn skj. The weather was almost peifect this morning with the warm fepiing sun shining brightly on the whirls of thp bay. There were but few clouds in the sky nnd ouly a slight northwest wind was blowing, which was favorable to the fliers. Weather experts predicted that the plane might encounter cloud) weather nnd possibly occasional lain squalls midway of the course but this was not expected to interfere with her progress. Starts for PI) mouth Tomorrow Lieutenant Commander Iteml intends to remain iu Lisbon over night and start for PI) mouth, England, tomor row morning, weather permitting. ' The course between here and Portugal is marked by fourteeu Amciicnn de stroyers, stretched out along the roulc to guide the fliers, nnd if necessary give them assistance. The departure of the NC-4, which was set for an earlier hour, was delayed Continued on I'aie. Mne. toluAin Four A Welcome in Every Window to th 3 79th Next Thursday's Evenino Pitblio Lkiiger will contain a handsome poster, jn colors, bearing the in signia of tho Liberty Division nnd a welcome to these gallant veterans from their families and friends here at home. Arrangements have been made for a largo edition, but to be sure of a poster for )our window, tell your dealer to saye A copy for you. T . " IRJEMHTDED SEA LANES FOR Australian Criss-Crossed Ship Path for 2'2 Hours Before Sighting "Tramp" MAINTAINED 12,000 FEET; HANDICAPPED BY CLOUDS Failure of Circulation System Forced Sopwith Airmen to Abandon Crossing TLtW IN 10 A HEAVY STORM (1 ColumbUSes of Air" Get Warm Welcome at Edinburgh on Way to London II) the Associated 1'iess I-onilon. Jin) 27. The corespondent of the Da II) Mail who is tiaveling with Harrv G. Hawker and Lieutenant Com mander Macl(Pii7ip Gn'pvp on their way to this tit) sent fiom Inverness. Scot land, n detailed account of the difficul ties encountered bv the two Sopwlth airmen during their unsuccessful at tempt to fly across thp Atlantic. During the first four hours of the i.oyngc the air was fteezing cold, but thn airmen were quite comfortablp. Hnwkpr. hovvpvpi. vvnS nnnblp to steer n good couisp becausp of the clouds.. be ing at times forced to go around them. J2.000 Feet Above Sea When about S00 miles out to sea the weather continued very bad nnd clouds rose to great heights. Severn! times Hawker tiied to clear thein. but lost height nt -every attempt, and enih timet' the machine was started climbing the wafer in the radiator boiled furiously.! which involved vvnstp. At Inst, how -pvpr. thp airplane reached a height of L 12,000 feet, and it was decided to stn) nt Hint level for the rest of the trip. "We had not as )ct doubted being successful in getting across," Haw ken said in desciiblng his experience. "We were nt that time iibovc most of the clouds. The moon had risen and we were kppping u good course, although, we had to go n little slowpr nnd closp tlip throttle to keep the water from heating up. linfilei Amid Clouds "We continued nt this height until we had bppn in the nir twelve and a half hours. Then came heavy clouds i again. They were ven high, reaching 'a level of 1 11,000 feet and being very. tilnpk. It was almost impossible tosteer through them, nnd each time I tried to climb the water boiled hadl)." Hawker then descnbed his efforts to find the cause of the trouble with the water-cooling s.vstem, and said that he concluded something got into the wntei filtPr bptweeu the rodiator nnd the pumps, nnd thnt the only thing to do was to stop the motor and put the nose of the machine down steepl.v, with thp hope thnt this might dear nvvny the lpfuge in the filtpr. This was success ful. In view of the difficulty of going through the (louds. the aviators de cided to go beneath them. "Coining down to n height of nbotit 0000 feet," Hawker said, "we found it blncker than ever and eventually got to 1000 feet above thp watPr before we could see to 11). We started on our course again with the sun just rising, but couldn't kppp thp temperature be low the boiling point. "Plaed for Safet)" "Then it was wo reached the fatpful decision to play for safety. AVe changed our course and begnn flying diagonally across the mnin shipping route for about two nnd a half hours when to our great relief we sighted a Danish steamship which proved to be the tramp Mar). "The wind was blowing half a gale from the noitheast and we were get ting knocked about badly when we sighted the ship close to our port bow. Continued on Pace Mne. Column One GIRL SAVES BOY FROM FIRE Child of 14 Rescues Brother From Flames at 728 Ellsworth 8treet Fourteen-) ear-old Lena Drnce, 728 Ellsworth btreet, rushed upstairs to the second story of her home today and res Rued her three-)ear-old brother Joseph from the flames of a burning mattress. The six rhildreu of Giuseppe Krncc were in the home alone when they smelt smoke In the house. Lena sent Daniel, Susie, Angelene and Millie, rangiug from fivo years old to twelve, scurrying out to the btreet, and then ran upstairs to Joseph, who was still sleeping. Neighbors summoned the Seventh and Carpenter streets chemicnl wagon, nnd the blaze was soon extinguished. Ask Lloyd George to U. S. . Paris. May 27. (By A. P.) Pre mier Lloyd Crorge, of Great Britain, it is understood, is considering favor ably a proposal from the American peace delegation that he visit America this yw'rs " , HES0E1ESSEL Borah Mourns at Bier of Progressive Corpse Comes to Bury Hatchet, Not to Praise Pen rose, at "Conscience Caucus" Lodge the Official Undertaker By HART stnfl" Cnrrriomlcnt of Washington. Mny 27. U) speeinl ' invitation of Senator Lodge nml Sen- ntor llonili. nil flint part of tlip n ition whirl, i, ,m.i.i V, i, c. 1-. . -. .... .. ... .... ... .. .,... i .. . loiiovpoiiilcnts tit Washington attended tlin fiinpinl of (lip Borah Progressive movement in the niinmity rnupus room nt tlip Senate office building toelav 1 ndeitakrr Lodge pipslded with quipt'atc committee on committees and which dignit) Up whs assisted bv Spmtor Ilrandpgpp. who innde a deep Impression on tlip uudiencp bj his poise and clfi cipmv in the rolp of chipf pinbalmcr. Snntoi ltornb was tlip hipf mouinei lip delivpied the oration nt the crave of his ilnld. Up said in pffi 1 1 that h"1 PP",, Spnator Penrose liceausp tlip taxation and ipvpiuie thporips lipid b. .the I'piinsvlvanin spnator vvptp rertninlv chMincil to bleed ImMii-vism in the I iiitnl States Hut. Mi Km nli continuing with grpat fn lni'. snid time -mil again that lie would not have the gupsts of honni fnmv that theip was nnv rift in tho Hi publican pint) oi that he coutcm SIX KILLED. 106 INJURED IN MINE EXPLOSION PRAGUE, K.iy 27. Six mineis were killed mid 100 in jured in nn explosion today in the Moiadska-Ostiawn mini in the district of Teschen. Explosives aie used in the mine to loosen the conl. MILL OFFICIAL'S BODY FOUND IN RIVER NEW YOHK, May 27. The body of Otto Kuhn, an official of the Botany Woisted Mills of Passaic, N. J., was found, fully dressed, in the North river last Satuiday, accoiding to a police repoit made public today. Xt is not known if death va3 acci dental. FRENCH DEFEAT MOROCCAN CHIEF CASABLANCA, Morocco, Mnf 27. Fi each troops have in flicted a seiious defeat on SheriJ Gef Kauman iu the region of Tamelett, southern "Morocco, leaving his dead behind. IRISH ENVOYS GIVEN U. S. COLD SHOULDER Lansing Refuses Further Offi cial Aid to Delegates Who Offended Britain Paris, .Mu) 27. (R) A. P.) Snip tnry of Statp Lansing has written to Frank P. Walsh and his fellow icpre sentatlves of lnxli oiganizatious in the United States, advising them that it is impossible for the American delegates to make au.v fuither rppipsputations to spcure safe conduct for Professor de Valeia nnd other Irish Sinn Fein lead ers to pi event the Iiish muse bt forp the Peine Confeicnep. Sciiptai) Lansing's mile lo the repiespiitiitives of the lush oiganiza tious statps that Mr. Walsh and his nssopintps mndp spppihps during their visit in Ireland considered so offensive bv British officials that it was impos sible for the American rcpicsentatives to do anything further. Mr. Wnlvh replied to Secretnr) Lansing in n long letter, in which he said : "Wp beg to adiisp von that no per son was niithnried h) ns to make nnv effort to biing us into fiieudl) rela tions with the Itutish reprcspntatives." DANIELS WOULD CUT WARSHIP PROGRAM Declares U. S. Should Show Confidence in League by Modi fying Naval Plans Washington, Ma) 27. (11) A P.) Authorization of construction of more capital ships than were included in the nav)'s 11)10 building program wus de clared by Secretary Daniels to be "In advisable" while testif)ing today before the House naval affairs committee, "When I appeared before the uavnl committee last," Secretary Daniels said, "I recommended a new three, jear program and the committee favored the construction of ten additional bat tleships nnd ten additional scout cruisers. That, however, was before the Peace Conference discussions started. Since then the allied nations have been Iu conferenco and have drafted the covenant of a league of na tions in which I have tho greatest con fidence. It is tho most momentous document in 2000 jenrs. "Since America has initiated this covenant, which shall begin n new eru in the world, we sbouhl show our con fidence iu that covenant by not at this time authorizing again this increase in the new building program." IIALF.V Limine rubllc lleer plated causing such n rift. His objeo ,Ion , Spn,or p,Iir,c ,m.l tho" oh .. ... . , . ..,... JP'-tiorm of bis associates, he said, were not peisonnl. The) wprp scientific Mr Borah moved tbnt tho name ofi Senator Icnrop lie stiuok fiom tlie slate prepared b) the Republican Sen named .Mr. Penrose ns finance chairman during the losing light of the progres-1 sives. The motion was lost by a vote of thiitj-four to eight. Those who voted ngainst Pemosp wprp llornh, Cummins, i Capppr, Johnson, Kenjou, l.pnroot McCormitk nnd MoXnry. Gronna Injects Western Air i Senator Gronna wns the mil) one who i xpiessed nil) ipws for the skIp opposed to the llornh progipssivpe. lie rose solid!) upon his two fppt and said he, as a western senator, believed he repre suited western (sentiment in n determin Continued on rat" Mne. Column Two The Moioccan chief lctieaiec', E Will Maintain All-Russian Gov ernment if He Pledges Liberal Rule GERMANS REPLY TOMORROW Paris, Mn.v 27. (II) A. P ) The Council of Tout and Japan have of fpii'd Admiial Knlihnk, head of the Omvk (ioveiiinient. mone.v nnd supplies to maintain I he All Russian Govern ment provided he piomisps to hold elec tions foi n constituent asvemhl) as soon as he re.li lies Moscow, or if conditions are too disturbed to hold elections, to leiomoke the fiiriupr constituent as spinhlv Tlip (iPimnn lounti'i -proposals to the1 nllied peace teimv will be reach- tonight. UCIinlllli: to II StlltCIIltut mmlc in I'renili Peace t'olifcieme i irclcv list night, unci' onnr von iiiockciorlt Kautnii will pi event them Wednesclav. The (ipiman peace delegation vestpr dav spnt tlupp iipu notes to the sccie taiiat of the Peace ('oufcrencp. The notes deal lespcctivclv with ippai.it ions and rpsponsibilit) . German propertv in nlllpcl lountrips and Gtimnn lcligious missions nbioul. Germans Prepare to I.cac Between fifty nnd sixt) minor mem bers nnd attnehps of flip Gprmun pence delegation will leave Versailles for Ber lin Wcdiipschi). Among thosp vvho vvill go will be the technical advisers, whose wmk Is finished; u number of secre taries, some journalists and stenogra phers. The Geimnns bad a bus) dnv in fin ishing up their reply to the allied peace teims. Count von Brockdorft-Rautzau conferred with the other plenipoten tiaries and received the bends of the commissions on finance, nrnr materials uud responsibilities, who bunded iu their conclusions. It Is undeistood that the head of the delegation will personal!) ndd a chapter to the German counter proposal; oa the d!v.i.:oii of raw ma terial. The men manning the printing plant on the train Germans brought here with printing equipment worked nil last night printing the counter proposals. These will make a pamphlet of 120 pages. Only enough of these will be printed to supply the delegation. The Council of Four of the Peace Conference at )esterday's session rati fied the decision of the supreme eco nomic council that the blockade of Hungary should be maintained until n government based on Ihe expression of tho free popular will had been formed iu that country. (In a Paris dispatch last night it; ALU 01 KOUM MONEY CMttfiued on re Nlw. Coiwon twig . I i"i '(?" ""r - a.' PRESIDENT GLAD TERM DOES NOT LIE BEFORE RIM Wilson Tells Paris Diners Year of Presidency Are Weighted j With Anxiety j DECLARES LEAGUE BORN OF AMERICAN SOLIDARITY "Genuine Practice of Democ racy Had Origin in Western , Hemisphere," His View PAYS TRIBUTE TO PESSOA Executive Speaks of Responsi bility of Americas at Ban quet to Brazilian Leader R tho Associated Press Paris. Mnv 27. "It is very de lightful, for one thine, if I mnr r.i, to know that m.v presidency is not ahead of me nnd that his piesidency is abend j of him," snid President Wilson iu re l ferring to Dr. Fnitacio Pessnn nrI. elcnt-elect of Braril, nt the dinner given Doctor Pesson by the Pan-American peace delegation last night. President Wilson snid: The honor has been accorded me of mnking the firt speeeh tonight, nnd I am ver.v glad to avail mjself of that privilege I want to sny that I feel vcr) much nt home in this company, though, nfter all, I suppose no one of us feels thoroughly nt home except on the other side of the water. We all fppl. iu n vpd leal sense, that wo lmv e n common home, because we live in the atmosphere of the same con ceptions, and, I think, with the sami vrfcfi? political ambitions and, principles? J$$lM I am particularly glad to have thef-tHif 'I'lMMuiijH.v oi paying my respects to Mr. Pessoa. It is ver) delightful, for one thine if I mny say so, to know that in) presidency is not nhend of me and that his presidency is' ahead of him. 1 wish him ever) happiness nnd every success with the greatest earnestness, nnd )et I cannot, if I mil) judge by my own pxppripnpc, cx ppct for him n ver.v great cxhilain tiou in the performance of the duties of his office, because, after all, to be the brail of an American state is a task of unreliivpil respousibilit) . Office Weighted With Anxiety Ampiie.m constitutions, as a rule, put hn main duties of the highest sort upon the president, nnd so much of the respousibilit) of affairs of sta3 is cciiler cd upon him, that his )ears of office arc apt to be )cars a little weighted w if h anxiety, a little bur dened with the sense of the obliga tion of speaking for his people, speak ing what they really think, and en deavoring to accomplish what they really desire. I suppose no more delicate task is given any mnn than to iuterpret the feelings nnd tho purposes of a great people. I know that if I may speak for in) self, the chief anxiety I have had hns., been to be the true inter prefer of a nntionnl spirit, expressing no private and peculiar views, but tr) ing to express the general (spirit of a nation. Sun Rises From West And a nation looks to its president to clo that, and the comradeship of nn evening like this does not consist mc rpl) of the sense of neighborhood. We are neighbors. We have always bppn frieiids. But that is all old. Something new hns happened. I am not sine that I can put it into words, but theie has been added to the com mon principles which hnve united the Americans, time out of mind, n feel ing that the world nt large has ac cepted those principles, that there bus gone n thrill of hope and of ex, pec tatiou throughout the nations of the world, which Mimrhovv seems to have its source in the things we ail wn) believed it. It is as if the pure waters of tlfe fountains we hud al ways drunk from liud now hern put to the lips of nil peoples, uud they have drunk and were refreshed. And it is a delightful thought to believe thnt these are fountains which , sprung up out of the soil of th ' Americas. 1 am not, of course, sug gesting, or believing, that political liberty bad its birth in the American liemispheie, because, of course, it had not. but tho peculiar expression ot it, characteristic of themodern time, that broad republicanism, that' gen- Continued on rase KIcM Column Tw VICTORY NOTES ON 'CHANGE First Sale In New York Market at ' 99.90 S Victory Ionn notes msde their first "ufa nppearnnce in sales on, the New Yor!, and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges to-J , dnv. Thp first trnnsnetlon In Nevtf Yoelr' - una n lilncl. nf Slttn.OOO nf th 4V. 'nt!'' Jf3l 00.00, while the opening on the local ' board was n lot of $100 at 00.00. 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