flS: 'J4 & a-. 9 w .r, ?-" V,Vvc .v " THE WEATHER Washington, June 17. Partly cloudy today and tomorrow. frKMrKBATlTBK AT KAnt norn I 8 I ii) n ia i 1 1 a i a I 4 i o i I (II) 71 73 7'i )7M 81 M1 fcuenina public ledger NIGHT EXTRA ii; 41 Ik l5.r ? 1ST r'iw) -ot Uu A. I- 4 VOL. V NOv-236 BOUSE DEFEATS uiunni rippfr t -WWW..WW- .... . a... T u- I Ik f BILL BY 139-28 I Sterling Measure Airrfed to Elim- . Inate Pittsburgh and Phila. rLi Boards of 15 Members V Mtlll r litr- ounni mirrn I atVfcN-IYltMBfcri bUUT -.,-.. ......... .. Proposed to Limit Age of Di rectors to 65 John,R. K. T r t Doings of the Day in Legislature t . jjyltaard of education "ripper bill" .dweated in House by a vote ot 139 :A 28- f Walker rent bill passed House by ja vote of 140 to 32. Senate passed Dlax cold-storage 'bill as amended. h k Administration marshaling' forces to force ratification of suffrage fed 'eral amendment. Director Twining asks support ot I Salus transit bill. Bu a Staff Correspondent I Harrlsburg, June 17. Representative Thilip Sterling's bill to rip out the ftphnnl hnni-rtci In TM1nr11nli. ,,! im. r. .--"" """""'"""""" Jutsburgb was defeated overwhelmingly In thcNHouse this afternoon. Twenty-six members voted for the bill and 130 against. Nearly all of the Philadelphia mem bers opposed the measure. The Sterling bill would have'legis- 'Wted the present boards of fifteen mem . t "! , . . IjjotTs eacn in I'minucipma ana i'itts i burgh out of office. It would have supplanted the nresent Iboards In those cities with boards of 'fieven memhra onpli s Would Hao New Boards Within thirty days after the passage c 6f the act the board of judges In the tUvvo cities would have appointed the new Jj.h.a.j. rrn.nH .....i.) i . . . .- wuvua, iuo wuuiu nave oeen seieccca J varying terms, one termexpiring ich yoar beginning the 'first Monday Ifeln November," -1020, aid 'each year 35: lsU Beginning with October. inon ar,n ISv". 7-' . ' IMAll' Vaat thAvMffro .. . l Jh. T , r 2 . fctcoin:r uuu memDer wnmn jb?yo been appointed for a term of seven '..years. The bill . specified that no person I should hold office for more than two consecutive terms and that "on and k;0fter the first-day of September, 1010, (bq person snail be eligible to appoint , ment to the office of school director who V,U more than sixty-five years of age at itic time of his nnnointment." k , . . ... i ueuaie on um The debate on the rlnncr was nnenprl oy M.T. sterling. Representative Joseph Marcus, Alle-fa gheny. attacked" the .hill.. Mr. Arnrn IjWtld the present board in Pittsburgh twas, an efficient body. x (rfBeprescntative Aron, Philadelphia, &a)so!,opposed the bill. Mr. Aron is a .. . , ... ...... ..Hu vjtproiege.ot uavm it. ianc, a member 1'of the Phi adelDhia School Board. ftf? Beprcsentative J. B. K. Scott. . Philadelphia, attacked the measure as Van absurdity," J.t 'v ... ..u unu in liutt, JUl, ffeScott said, "the men who molded the W Hphnnl endft would linrilippn ltmtnnfnrt 'ti ,-- ... .- ... ...,.., fftxe meniioneu as tne type, ot mn who ; wouiu nave been eliminated John Wana maker, Henry Edmunds, Simon Gratz, 'Mr. Lane,, Thomas Shallcross and nthcrn. ' i V'These men," Mr. Scott said, "have (V M.MWV VMV W..MUV.....M DyilVUt Djn.1.111 LIIC jj model of the, country.' Mr. Bcott at . stacked the age limitations of the bill. tf) i"Jphn Wanamaker," he said, "built f a 'great monument to his name after he S -waa'sixty-nve years old. He has given Philadelphia the greatest store in the EWorld." -' g- Mr. acott pratsea uovernor sprout cior bis courage in selecting Dr, T. K. X Flnegan to hca the state school system. w if'He appointed an ecJucatjOrand not a Lt'-.n.. ..a. EII'nurHmil.lI H51lrl All- Scntt 'rt '"I1 have tho hlrlipfit rec 'LMiRve tho hlRhest regard for tho K Integrity or air. wanamaker, ana Mr. liratz." Ram air. DiernnK. dul.i uuuk tly. .n ik At.- l.i.. a.vAajAfrnn initmllAK OQplf pn n 1i(r(" inlinnPA thn m BCllOOf uuaua 1U UICOU mJ silica. ,'i"A Bmall nchool board will centralize fl " t. m iCml t lllAfeA AttlAH M aUT ntenius ueviareu ifin uin wub uui Wm'ripper." He asserted he had no "-fcbJectjou to old men serving on the Sicuopi noartt, DUt mri wneu iney reacn toT, over lxty five jears their activities - .' '.3 ... ... i . . . nere.,pot as great. TO'SIFf FORD'S CHARGES '! j, ' r-, I'Jknjite Orders Investigation of Elec tlon Contest Against Newberry J? Washington, June 17. (By A. P.)- f nretitlgauon oi tne juicnigan senatorial .l-tlon in which Henry Ford is con- tettlni: the election of Senator Truman- KJliifycWBerry, iveiuuni-aij, b rfuuuir Elatnded unanimously louay oy tne,beu- t--' ..- .. te T privileges anu elections couvumec. rtf Wait Till They Roll By 1 oUuii tenia " ""' endurq, JVUHIffl lunivr'uw f.vMui inn pure, fkrti$4l cloudi.are qoming$urtt MWK Ptf lHfi7wr,-v, Entered as Second:CIi Matter t Under the Act of iVb Orsr of in Capital, Colonel Asserts Fewer Than in Any Session in Last Ten Years. Many Measures Delayed ' I. ii . v By GEOBGB NOX MeCAIN Stair Corrcapondrnl ot Harrlsburc, June 17. That tho present session hus been an orgy of legislation, is, I find, a popular Impres sion outside legislative circles. It is an erroneous ronrlnslon. It lins been anj thing but that. Up Until todnv thiri linvn lipn fvir bills introduced than at any session In me jast ten jears. The session of 1013 under Governor Tener scored hieh-uatrr mark with 1700 bills in the House and 042 In the Senate. Thus far onlv 1322 hills, ncnrlv 000 less than in 1013, have been intro duced in the House. The Senate has to Us credit 82G introduced and referred to committees. The public last winter anticipated n short session. Instead the sitting has been prolonged. Delay in getting ac tion on appropriation bills has accen tuated the belief in the orgy aforemen tioned. Patronage Breeds Typographical Errors The number of bills wlthdrnwn'from the Governor for purposes of amend ment this session, however, has broken all records. There have been ninety fivo withdrawn thus far. Nothing like it has been experienced in lecislntivn history in the state. 1'ct the reason is apparent when all the circumstances are known. For jears the state nrinler who prints all the legislathe bills supplied his own pioofrcadrrs. Some time back the state authorities decided to employ its own. By this sacacious arrancement there were additional offices to be filled and a large patronage to be distributed. M Tells of Taking Gems and Cloth ing From Rittenhouse Square Homes in Year of Crime WOMAN AND TWO MEN HELD J,oot valued at from ,.$3Q.0OQ to $40, 000 was stolen from fashlotinablo homes in the Bittenhouse Square section in a series of robberies committed during the last year by a seventeen-year-old boy- After making a complete confession he was held in .$18,000 ball for court today by Magistrate O'Brien when ar raigned at the Twelfth and Pine streets police station Three persons including' a woman, were charged with having purchased some of the stolen articles. The open confession made by the boy resulted in their being held for court at the hear ing. Tho youth Is Martin Fields, ne gro, of Addison street above Seven tcenth. Mrs. Fannie Bockford, who conducts second-hand store in Bainbridge Rtrect above Thirteenth, was-held in $2500 bail. Charles Bernstein, Walnut street above Ninth, and Morris Boyli son. Seventh street above Market, both dealers' in old gold, were held in $1500 ball each. Places Bobbed Among the places entered and robbed were those of: Mrs. Francis Green, 1034 Spruce street, ?30o; B. M. Elliott, 1824 De Ijancey street, no value placed ; Mrs. David Myers, 310 South Fifteenth street, S2500; Mrs. Peter D. Stovall, 324 South Twenty-first street, $1000; Miss Alice Uiddle, 2017 Dc Lancey street, $200; W. W. Trailer, 2132 Spruce street, $1GQ0; Mrs. A. Evan son, 1532 Pine street, $345; Wilson D. Wright, 1738 Pine street, $330; J. G. Gardiner, 1800 Pine street, $700 ; George Wharton Pepper, 1730 Pine street. $030; Mrs. Frank McFadden, 1830 De Lancey street, no value placed ; Stanley G. Flagg, Jr., 1723 Spruce stretft, no value placed; Mrs. Wentz, $2000; Samuel D. I,it. 200 South Nineteenth street, $200; Mrs. William Continued on Tata rift.. Column one AGED WOMAN AUTO VICTIM Dies of Injuries Received Sunday. Both Arms and Legs Broken Both arms and both legs broken and her head and body severely injured when she was struck, Sunday nighf, by an automobile in front of the Presbyterian Home for the Aged, where she lived, Mrs. Sarah E. McMIchael, eighty years old, died yesterday. The driver of the machine which struck the wbman carried her into the home, and waited for about an hour until ho learned that he could do pothlng more and then left. No record of his. license number was taken and the police now are, searching for him. KILLS WIF.1; AND HIMSELF Reading Couple Hed,Been Separated for some Time ? Ttraillnr. Pa.. 7un 17 i'.i. IiOtz. thirty -six years old, shot and killed his wife, forty, and himself, here this morning, They had been sep arated, for some time and Mra. Lots recently had her husband in court on a nouBupport charge. This, morning lxtz Called at the home of his mother-in-law, where hi wife had been living, and demanded that'' the latter live -with blm' again When (he ri wed h ,wfclujd out a revolver BY CONFESSES $30,000 ROBBERIES um mm a..8N tw the fottomce, at rhlladalphli. Ta. March 8. 1870. Legislation" Says McCain J$ills Were Introduced the Ktrnlnt Public Id It has been anannoying experiment though, for typographical errors thi session have been numerous. , Bills sprinkled with unnoticed mis prints have slipped through to the Gov ernor's office, ltjins been a costly in novation, because tho commonwealth, In addition to paying the proofreaders, is compelled to reimburse the state printer for time emplojod in correcting these mistakes. One sin that justly cninfot be charged to members of the HouKe and Senate is that of submitting blundering, in complete and crudely drawn bills. This was n common evil prior to 1010. Older members can recall meas ures that were constructed like a sieve, built like a crazy scaffold that would scarcely benr its own weight. They were whipped into shape with much travail of spirit during their progress through the House. The legislative ref erence bureau under the directorship of .Tames N. Moore has obviated all this. If a defective bill or resolution is pre sented it is the members' own fault. The bureau drafts, corrects and per fects for presentation all such measures. The members of the present legis lature are solely responsible for the length of the cssiou. Charter Protracts Session The Philadelphia charter has some what protracted the session. County members execrate the word rhartcr, but they hhouldn't. All the trouble does not lie nt its door. This session has been suffering from a chronic attack of adjournitis. It Continued o Paw Sit. Column Fire TO ON TRANSIT BILL Colonel McCain. Says Scott Is Preparing to Assail Stand on Penrose FOLLOWS TWINING APPEAL By GEOBGK NOX MeCAIN Stnff Correspondent of the Kvenlnr Tubllc lilter Harrhburr, June 17. When Direc tor Twining today sent n letter to Governor Sproul invoking his aid to ward getting the Bapid Transit mea sure, otherwise known as the Snlus bill, up for final action in the House he unconsciously touched a match to a tinder pile. A big flare up is due as a result. Director Twining opeulv declared in his communication to the Governor that Senator Penrose and his friends in Philadelphia are apposed to the measure, and that nothing can be hoped for in that direction so far as getting tho bill through is concerned. It has already passed the Senate, was sent over to the House and nowetfeposes in a subcommittee of the House commit tee on municipal affairs. I understand that the delay of this subcommittee In acting upon the bill will be taken as n opportunity for the Vare leaders to get back at the Penrose leadership. Spade Will be Called Spade In other words, the House it duo to witness a wholesale laundrying of soiled linen within the neit twenty-four hours. I am led to believe that the display will be worth the price of admission. All the .bad blood that has been accumu lating on both sides will burst forth. A spade will not only be called a spade," but something more. The attitude of indifference on the part of Senator Penrose as feelingly referred to by Director Twining, is due to the fact that the bill Is a Vare measure and is, therefore, on object of suspicion to the Penrose peo ple on general principles. The fact that the questioning of utilizing or transferring the funds borrowed, or "authorized to be borrowed" for transit lines under construction or to be constructed, for the completion of the Frankford L must be settled by a referendum to the people docs not alter the situation. Beduced to the common level of charge and counter-charge, the Vare people claim that the bill has been' "canned" by the Penrose factions; the latter as sert that it will cost' excess millions of dollars to complete the work mapped out by Director Twining and, more over, that the bill U. designed to fur ther the interests of the Vare organiza tion. Business Men to Appear A delegation of business men inter ested in the passage of the bill Is to Continued en fare Two. Column Three FACTIONS 1 LONGSHOREMEN RIOT IN CAR POLICE ARE FORCED TO FLEE Patrolmen Beat Hasty Retrept When Argument, Becomes Violent Reserves Called Out Four Arrested Two patrolmen w'ere compelled to beat a hasty retreat from a aixtu street car, last night to escape Injury during a fight among members of a lnnrahnremen's association. The po licemen are Martin and Cully, of the Twentieth and Federal streets station. The longshoremen's organization had. a picnic at Lawndaje. On the way home several of the picnickers got into an 'argument, wnlcij omled In a in i. i . ... . .. ".'... v. . ...2i PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1919 KNOX FIRES FIRST SHOT IN STRUGGLE T Defends Resolution for Isolation of Covenant From Peace Treaty BITTER DEBATE FORECAST 0NFL00R OF SENATE Pennsylvanian Declares He Seeks Time for Considera tion of League By the Associated Press Washington, June 17. Senator Kno opened debntc todaj in the Senate on his resolution proposing separation of the covenant of the league of nations from the treaty with Germanj. In the midst of discussion of the agricultural appropriation bill the senator delivered n prepared address which promised to precipitate a bitter light. Senator Knox told the Senate his resolution did not declare either for or ugainst the league; that it proposed "merely nnd solclj" that the Senate advise nnd consent to the treaty "which shall bring us peace" and reserve for future (onsidcratiou other portions of the document proposing the creation of the league. WILSON HOPEFUL OF SAILING HOME ' IN WEEK'S TIME "Swing Around Circle" Will Follow Talk to Congress About July 3 Washington, June 17. (By A. P.) President Wilson hopes to leave Paris for Washington on June 24 or 25 if the Germans sign the peace treaty. Immediately after his arrival in Washington the President will address Congress. After clearing up pressing official business he will start on his "swing around the circle" early in July. It was said at the White House to day thnt the- Piesident pxpected to fcnend three weeks on bis sneaking tour, explaining the peac& treaty' and the league of nations covenant. The itin erary has not 'been announced, but be expects to visit tne principal cities. The President has made known a de sire that his audiences during bis tour be composed largely of opponents of the. league of nations plan rather than its supporters. He also has informed White House officials that he might discuss the league covenant In public addresses during his visit to Belgium this week. Should he leave Paris a week from tomorrow the President should arrive in Washington about July 3. He will pre sent the revised draft of the peace treaty to the Senate and will discuss the treaty and league covenant in an address to a joint session of the Senate and House. PROPOSED DRY LAW REPEAL MEETS CHECK House Committee Refuses Favor Stay of Execution to John Barleycorn to Washington, Jnne 17. By a vote of 10 to 3 the House judiciary committee refused today to adopt a motion of Bepresentativo Igoe, Democrat, Mis souri, repealing war time prohibition in so far as it affects light wines and beer. Joining Mr. Igoe in supporting the motion were Bepresentative Gard, Democrat, Ohio, and Classon, Republi can, Wisconsin. ANOTHER HOT DAY Weatherman Records 81 Degrees at ' 1 P. M. Going Up! This is one of those hot days, says tlie weatnerman. , While the mercury started out slowly early this morning, It began to assert Itself about 0 o'clock when it climbed to 71, 8 degrees .nigher than the same hour yesterday. At 1 o'clock the mer cury had reached 81. There are indications that it will go far beyond the,eightleg, ho those who have an abundance of summer wear would do well to bring It out today. Cool drinks and light food should also have the call to keep one fit for the problems which confront us regard- less ot temperature to restore order, If a Bailli the pI nickers turned on Hi.m ' " COnpelIe10tora1baandn.COnluctor wer "! " abandon the car at Hunt- A. riot rail 4t-na ),f i ..j were arrested. They are Andrew and James Thornton, Sixteenth and Addison street.; George Spears, Eleventh and Bodman streets, and nn... hi.i.l : ' " : Z- '" nm our men FlfVh H?',?rS,"t. A" wl haw .- .Jnm' ussy Wtttxi- Utah,. OVER HIS MO Terms of Peace Modified by Answer of the Allies Changes In the peace treaty by Its revision, arp summarized as follows: A plebiscite for upper Silesia with guarantees of coal from that terri tory. Frontier rectifications In West Prussia. Omission of the third zone in the Sehlesw Ig plebiscite. Temporary increase of the Ger man army from 100,000 to 200,000 men. Declaration of the intention to submit within a month of signa ture a list of those accused of vio lation of the laws and customs of war. Offer to (o-operate with a German commission on reparations, and to receive suggestions" for discharging the obligation. Certain detailed modifications in the finance, economic nnd ports and waterways clauses, including aboli tion of the proposed Kiel canal com mission. Assurnnce of membership in the league of nations in the early future if Germany fulfills her obligations. $3,000,000 CUT IS MADE IN BILL FOR CAMDEN BRIDGE It's Outrage, Says Mayor Ellis, Declaring That Someone Has Been Caught Napping A cut of $3,000,000 has been made by the appropriations committee of the Pennsylvania Senate in the bill to ap propriate Pennsylvania's share of the proposed interstate bridge over the Delaware river, joining Philadelphia and Camden. The bill which was introduced months ago by Senator Vnre wns reported out favorably this morning carrying an ap propriation of $750,000 to defray Penn sylvania's share of starting work on the bridge. Of this sum $250,000 is to be avail able this year and the balance next year. Great surprise was manifested over the big cut in the bill as Governor Sproul and state leaders are committed to the project. "Somebody has been caught napping on the job," was the comment of Mayor Ellis, of Camden, this afternoon, when he learned that the Delaware river bridge appropriation had been cut. "I think it's an outrage to reduce the initial appropriation," he added. "This is certainly the opportune time to go ahead with the project. Traffic both 5n Philadelphia and Camden is badly congested, and this project promises relief. "If the Pennsylvania Legislature finally cuts the appropriation it is dis tinctly a step backward. We need the bridge, nnd the many men who are returning from the service to civilian life need the employment that the con struction work would give them. It can't come too soon." Mayor Kills highly praised the work of the IScw Jersey bridge commission in general and Chairman Samuel French in particular. "They have la bored hard for this thing and the state is proud of them," he said. BEEF PRICES REMAIN LOW Dealers Believe That Decline Will Continue Off 8lx Cents Today The drop in the price of beef is being maintained today, and It is predicted that figures will go still lower. There was an average reduction of six cents a pound in the medium and best grades of beef. Bib roasts, which formrly brought forty-eight cents, sold for forty-two cents; chuck roast, which previously went for thirty-eight cents, could be bought for, thirty-two; sirloin steak dropped from fifty-two to forty-five, and the best grade of hamburger, ground to order, sold for thirty-six instead of forty -two cents. Smoked products remained firm, ns a large amount of this brand of goods is being shipped to soldier camps There, was a slight decrease in the prico of new potatoes, which dropped from twenty-eight to twenty cents a quarter peck, and also in tomatoes, beans and onions. PATROLMAN'S BACK BROKEN Wedged Between Trucks Now In Critical Condition In Hospital Clyde Dinn, a mounted patrolman, of the Fifty-nub ana i'lne streets station, was badly injured today while attempt ing to move a truck which became lodged in a rut at Thirtieth and Chestnut streets. Dinn's back was broken and he is in a serious condition at the Uni versity Hospital. The truck was driven by Abe Bis- man, of 1331 East Audrey street. The ehicle was heavily loaded with potatoes. When it caught In the rut, Dinn asked Samuel Friedman, driver of a motor truck, wno was nearoy to nelp move Eisman's truck. Dinn was jammed be tween the vehicles' while assisting In the work. Eisman and Friedman were each held In $000 bail Dy Magistrate Harris to await the result of Dinn's Injuries. CZECHS IN C0UNTER-DRIVE Capture Villages and Cannon From Hungarian Soviet Troops Geneva. June 17. (Bv A. PA Czech forces, under command of Gen-1 cral Hepnocque, of the French army, have begun a counter-offensive against the Hungarian soviet troons and him captured several villages after ten hours of fighting, according to a Prague di.- patch receivea nere. Two cannon, sev eral Maxim guns and a quantity nt ammunition are said to have fallen into the bands or inn vxechs. The war minister of Czfcbo-SIovalia virr!y ""' inHBy.te rubll.hcd Dally Excfpt Sunday. Cor right. 101I. by ALLIED REPLY DEMANDS FOE ATONE FOR MUST ANSWER Allied Answer Brightens Prospects for Peace Pact Conciliatory Terms Indicate Desire of Powers to Avoid Using Armed Pressure and French Labor Troubles Abate By CLINTON W. GII.BKKT Muff rnrreNiionrirnt of the Ktenlnc. I'nlillc ledger tilth the retire Peletntlon In Huron By Wireless CopirfoM, 1010 hv PuMlf l.edorr to. Paris. June 17. Conditions are more As in the moie ment fommiuiicn fnMirnblc for the signing of pea e by the Germans The settlement of the trnition strike in Paris points the way to a iimpro mise in the mining Urike which begun jestenlaj. Premier (.'lenieiiieaii has been taking a hand in the labor situation. The luboi lenders evidently hnie chosen the present ns the faiornble moment to ob tain (omesions, but are not im lined to go to extreme lengths. The (Jermnns, however, hnvc little hope in nnj policy of resisting peace without the Socialist support in France. Meanwhile, conditions have had the effect of inci easing the desire of the Peace Conference to hair German) sign voluntarily. Etery one. including the French military authorities, wishes to avoid rehort to arms. The result is that the reply ot the Allies to Count von Broc kclorff-Bnntzau is h iclil conciliatory. MAY CABLE STRIKERS' APPEAL TO WILSON NEW YORK, June 17. Probability that the telegraph strike situation would be placed before President Wilson In a cableginm from the American Federation of Labor, in conven tion nt Atlantic City, was announced here today by Percy Thomas, deputy International president of the Commercial Tele graphers' TJnlon. BUENOS AIRES VEHICLE STRIKE ENDS BUENOS AIRES, June 17. The transportation strike which, began June 12 and threatened completely to tie-up traffic In this city, has been settled. LABOR DEMANDS Convention Adopts Resolution Asking Congress and Peace Table to Accept Republic DEPLORE JEWISH POGROMS Bu u Staff Correspondent Atlantic City, June 17. A resolu tion nsking that Congress recognize the Irish republic unci urging that repre sentatives of Ireland be given a hear ing at the Teacc Conference at Paris was passed unanimously today by the delegates of tho American Federation of Ijabor, In session on the Steel Pier. The convention also adopted a reso lution protesting against "massacres nnd brutnlitieH against Jewish popular tlons of the Ukraine, Poland and other parts of eastern Europe " The federnl g6vcrnment was urged "to use its good offices" to stop the outrnges. The resolution urging recognition for Ireland wns passed amid trfnen of dis order nnd was approved only aftei sev eral amendments had been voted on The original resolution ns first pre sented by tho resolution committee wan formed from three resolutions offered during the convention hessions from delegates holding rndical views on the question. x Protest! Greets First Beading The resolution first presented asked that "the convention affirm its well considered conviction that the people of Ireland shpuld have accorded to them the unciuestionnble right to deter mine the form of government under which the should live; that the prin ciple of small nations should apply to Ireland with as much force as to nuy other small nations recognized by tho Peace Conference nnd that the officers ot the American Federation of Labor should convey the action of the federa tion In this respect to Congress and the President, with the request that It be presented to the Peace Confer ence." Uproar followed the reading of this resolution, many of the delegates of the Irish faction leaping to their feet and, shouting for the privilege to speak. varies mm lue icauiuuvu naa uuc, sat isfactory were heard in all corners of tho meeting hall. Ask President to Act "" William Mabon, a vice president ot the federation, then moved that an amendment b added resolving that ''the President of the United States be ear nestly requested to secure before 'the Peace Conference a bearing oi tne dele- IRISH RECOGN TION MUonitrcB) t.nexn", jtpupue,1- . ,. ' . ' V Mil 7 ,! Pubtrrlrtlon rrlca la a Tear by Mall. Public Ledctr Company tl0"', ,l,e Allies maintain n formal re- fusal of the (Jeiinan demands while nctuallj making substantial concessions. Piimier Cleniencenu's lettei inter-I prels the treutj in n way to make it more acceptable to (jcrmnny. The language relative to reparations " affords a significant clue, (iermany is Brockdorff-Rantzau, chief Gcrmanl told that to fix the definite amount now envoy, arrived in Weimar this aft necessarily would involve n one-sided' rnn ,,, n determination. If fixed soon nfter the feigning of pence, (Iermany herself inn enter the negotiations to contribute to the fixing of the amount. In general, it is cTphiincd to (lermnny that fcho is giien n sort of indeterminate sentence, in which, bj good behavior, she will se nile minimum, rather thnn maximum, ' i Urockdorff-Kantian has taken the letter home to confer with his govern-1 ment. Some gestures on both sides are probable before the hlgning of peace which hnrdl.v will tnke plare within the seven dnjs siven I Iermany. RENT-PROFITEERING BILL PASSES HOUSE Measure Gives Tenants Right to Appeal to Court in Cases of ... , . High Increases VOTE IS 130 TO FORTY-TWO By a Staff Correspondent Harrisbiirg, June 17. Bent profi teers in Philadelphia were jolted todav in the House bj the passage of the walker bill to giy.e tenants the right to appeal to the courts when they con- , . . . . , J ' sider a rent increase exorbitant. , 1 A mnjority of the members from Philadelphia, regardless of factions, ' urged the passage of the measure and denounced in strong terms c landlords Wax Blame Squarely Plsced who are taking advantage of the acute Taking up the subject of penalties, housing situation in Philadelphia ,0 ' the reply enters into a discussion of th ,. i, , , , . , immediate cause of the war and say line their pockets nt tho expense of that the conflict was brought about tenants. through the "Pecision, deliberately The bill gives the tenant w'heii noti- tnkcn- of tl", s,nt"'mt'" ' Berlin, VI fied of an increase in rent or an order enuB nml TJu?Pt U is Pointed out to vacate the right to appeal to the t,int!. ry" F "n ,nlcraorIa?.("?, courts. Pending the appeal the rent n,1,mi " that "'"'.If fv,UtHrLT' AU!f" remains-nt the old figure. If the court I trla",lu,nB'rsr t0,"5.t,M?, th 8"bian "" decides the proposed increase i, Z ' J" WV!LVrr. nrhifnf ti..t ...i.4i. . , ..... . .... .. ,,.i..u uumc IK fni ho mic-inon rtf Iuf..M Al.- . . .. v.... i.u,.uo. u. .uioiuf, me rem, 11 is empowered to set the rent nt the former figure. The vote on the bill was 130 for and 42 against. The entire Philadelphia delegation voted solidly for the bill. Tells of Distress Bepresentative J A Walker, of AVest Philadelphia, who introduced the bill, declared "there was actual distress, as itBuiv in uie greeci 01 landlords tn the i thickly populated districts of the city where the bulk of the working class dwell." Mr. Walker said there was no suf- Continued on Tne Two. Column One "WRECK" AT BROAD STREET Derailed Engine Holds Up Com muter' Trains - A switching engine, derailed Just out side of Broad street station, 'delayed thousands of commuters this morning. Jpeoming trains were stalled between West Philadelphia station and Broad street and' when they finally wfere al lowed to mpve they crept along. Mean while, a wrecking crew was workIng desperately to remedy the situation. Hundred of persons got oft the Main Hatt 'electric due In Brjad street it 7..'1W wtl..te'W ri(W ata! PRICE TWO CENTS CRIMES; IN WEEK Principles of Peace Treaty Stand Unchanged, but Exac tions Are Modified TEUTON ARMY REDUCED TO 100,000 WITHIN YEAR German People Told Thoy Are Accomplices in Crime and v Cannot Try Guilty LESS ECONOMIC PRESSURE .Teutons Depressed Whn Tnnne Reach Weimar RumOf of Rejection Heard -...., ,,,,, viicuiciicuuu g cover mp note and the allied reply, de livered last evening. Tomorrovr he will lay these before the Ger man assembly, which will vot Saturday on the answer, to be made by 7 a. m. June 23. pi,-. , . ,..' , Uemenceau's note scathingly ar- ra,gns Germ"ny for plotting the aT. amI for lnfan,0Us warfare. He ,nslsts Germany must suffer just penalties. The allied repjy leaves the peaca principles unchanged, but modifies, the terms, opening the way .for Germany to enter the leacrue and to exercise a voice in fixinc rena- il rations. The Turkish mission before the Council of Ten today asked that the empire be kept intact. Tht Council of Four resumed work on the Austrian terms. The majority nt the Peace Confer-" cute expeci, me uermans lo reject, vx the treatv. Onc nrnminpnt. rlcla K: --;-- -- ----- v- jwS gate declares they will sign. o I By the Associated Press Paris, June 17. The detailed reply of i the Peace Conference to the eouniei I . .. '. 4 ... , prbposals of the German, which Tfi I handed to tho German" "delegation it Versailles yesterday, takes up In it ' order each of the objections made by i the enemy to the provisions of the orb" Iinal peace treaty. The Germans arc allowed five days' to) accept or refuse the treaty as it stands but two days additional have. bee granted because of the Insistence of the German delegation that not sufficient .time had been allowed for proper. con sideration ot the revised terms. Thi I will extend the time limitation to Mon- , day, June 23, at 7 o'clock. u they accept, peace will be signed !at oncc: if they do not th" I powers will take such steps a mat- be nccessnry t(1 cnforcc their terms. Among the modifications to the treaty nre frontier ratifications for East Prusi sia, a plebiscite in Upper Silesia, wltlt n guarantee to Germany that she will receive fair treatment in securing mln eral products from that region, modi ..nta , tha rlniiHPs rplntfrior to finances, economy and waterways phased of the treaty; permission for Oermany to retain -M'00 men in Its army temporarily nnd a promise to furnish v oermanr MHn a month with a full list of the perxons who are to be tried for responsibility for the great con- "'" an" T,um"UUB uv """ -" ul """ supported Aiinrut rvjetucm or J.Ktp' "extraordinary concessions." wl""uo It is declared that German steadily rejected every proposal for a confer- ence nnd did not urge moderation-nntil all hope of avoiding war had vanished, tiermuu attempts to throw the blame on ' Bussia, because of her mobilization of , her army, U is pointed out, nro vfjlated v by the fact that this mobilization was ", the immediate result of Austria's ac- 4 tlon. . i f A? .Mm un.u ' lla tin ullflrtf... itunLlAH reiIJ rnjnt ....- w vuuuvu mcuivh ? K taken In a uimcu.it crisis, u was the' wind outcome of a nolicv of Homln... 5 lion, aggression nnd war followed by Germany for decades. Hypnotized by 0,M Bismarck's spirit ot uiood and Iron, Germany set about sowing suspicion and discord among the nations, coa-s . spiring with elements of, unrest in every i.n.1 ctenilllv Increasing armamentaattJ mobUUIng tlie universities, pulpits iad Wrj governmental authorities to doctrlnata tr.VJ the gospel of hatred and .force. The r$m, bintlal truth of these charges Is ad. mltted by the Germans tl)Mnse(vA through their rcvolutlop, War Was "Deliberate CrW' j "Tlie war was o crime, deliberated? plotted against the life and liberties, the people of Europe. It brought dfcttfc and mutilatlou to millions smrYatwn, UBWiployment "S dlM Utk-ercMV Um eMUifc" Jm ,ed'W mmL Tfc mm- cs t 4 n : 7 1P wffl """H Fa k. i xs n i W :t-; i,W ij.'jmwii'ww , Pf " ,. L' L3C L lit ...X.i. . r ??LJSMima8 '.jyc'. .. IT ewW"F " 'Si
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