:-zf4pA fw-'rvriff " "WrtflWv! 4,'t' V '"' f'tfy -ft - " '3 OS V 1 THE WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA. Wshlnjon, June 21. Probably drawers. TEMrEnATtniK at each noEn a Vi -r1 a no 111 ltt 1 a ) 3 I 4 s f 07 J 73 175 77 70 82 va Publlahed Dally Rxetpt Sunday. Subscription Price 18 a. Tear by Mall. Copyright. 1916, by Public Ledter Company. PRICE TWO CENTS VOL. V. NO. 240 Entered Second-Clati Matter at the Poitnfflce. at rnlladetpbla. Pa. Under the Act of March 8. 1879. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1919 rv- RUMORS CLOUD TEUTON UPSET; ALL INDICATE PEACE; DAVID TRIES TO FORM MINISTRY, AS MUELLER FAILS . . IJizbixtv KRUSEN APPEAL FOR LOAN PASSAGE TO HELP HOSPITALS .Director Urges Speedy Ratifica tion of Measures to Get 1 Funds to Assist III IT'S VITAL, WE MUST The' suspects gave their names n Uir iiniirv UC OAVcl'Tonn Mazzarolli, Samuel Miller and . MAVfc IYIUNLT, nt J) A TO Herman Kotisk.v. Mazzarclli was ar Independents Await Action of Caffney, Favor Measure, Talk of Compromise Necessity for completion and en largement of city hospitals without de- jlay caused Director Kruson, of the De partment of Health and Charities, to Appeal to mat!- councilmcn today, re gardless of political affiliation, for early passage of the loan bill. He urged thnt a bill bo passed, even If it is for less than $11,730,000. the I figure named by the Vare adherents Many members of Councils on both des of the present loan eontroversy jhave realized that Director Krusen's request is urgent and it is probable that his action will bring peace among the warring factions. Director Kruscn is vitally interested in an Item in the loan of .'450,000 -.men provines lor compieuon i nu ; equipment of a power house of the Philadelphia General Hospital and erec 1 ncAn- tion of children s hospital. Vital, He Declares "It is vital," said Director lvrusen today, "that this monej should be pro vided.' I have plans completed andcan put ithem under contract ht once. In the event of a hard winter we could not properly care, for the 2100 patients now liin the Philadelphia General Hospital. They would suffer greatly, as the old enuinment. is entlrelv- inndenuntp. This .IS entirely too serious a nucstion to be -Relayed. Wo must have that money." b Robert Lambcrton. leader of the in- -,qependentsin Common Council, is wait nw.. for the administration to make the -next move in the loan fight. ,IIt's up to Mr. Gaffncy," said Mr. ,J-amberton today. The-lndependcnts killed thexS14.7G0.- hOQO. loan wlien it came up for vote last --flursday in Common Council. The vadmlnistration needed a two-thirds l.voteto pass the measure. The oppo- I sltion'of the independents, with some am trom other aim-v nre interests in Common Council, made this impossible. "Whether the indenendents will com promise," said Mr. Lambcrton today. depends on what you mean by the terra. We emphatically will not com promise, merely in the spirit of com promise. That is to say, wc will not yield one point just for the hake of gaining another. Want mil to Tass "We are eager for the passage of the ,bHl. We feel that our amendments were conservative rather than excessive. If we are. shown that wc were wrong I in any of the cuts made in the amend- I'ment we will gladly yield, but we will not yie.a u we uil- iiui cuui juut-u mat ,the cuts were maue inadvisedly." Chairman Lambcrton objected to hav ing it said that the Penrose interests in Common Council were instrumental to a large degree In defeating the bill. "Mr. liauney s statement yesterday indicated that the Penrose element had a good deal to do with the defeat of the loan," said Mr. Lamberton. "They 'are always shouting Penrose, Penrose, Penrose! If jou look over the list of members voting jou will find that scarcely any of them voted against the bill. Beginning with Rollo Dance, of Ihe Tenth ward, and going right down the list, '.vou will see that the Penrose men voted with tlje Vare men for the 'bill. It was defeated by Independent votes. Blame It on Penrose K "Whenever the are forces oer n wallop they blame it on Penrose. They do, not think much of the Independents. They "regard us, I suppose, as sort of poor, harmless individuals. They watch put; for the Penrose men because they are "practical fellows, and every now and then are aDle l0 DUl something over. Speaking or tne cuts suggested by the Continued on rase Six, Column Three TIE-UP IN SUBWAY "Safety Devices .Out of Order and Rldera Are Late for Work Two "stops" on the Murket street ole-ated tied up traffic during the rush (DOUr tnis morning. rtnnouncemeni I -hewed that the signal system was not working correctly, and that the elevated trains stopped as a safety measure. " Toe nrsl Biop ui-i-urrcu uuruy aiier f o'clock, and the second nt 7.45 ivinck. The first delay was for only few minutes, and the second for a Ijjuarter of an hour. Trains along the I entire system were stopped, and many rbersons on the enstrbound trains were Hate for their, work in the center of the iltTf v The' Weather Vane Chu&V toniphi and Sunday, ture. 'I,MU . change , In temperature. GfHtle iQ.mvderate north telnda How, "Wkat'f iheWfferencef I don't know. 3 Arrested as Campaign , on Auto Thieves Opens Every Guilty Man to be Punished to Limit, the Police Say Thefts of Cars This Year 171, Only 31 Recovered Three men, arrested in connection with the theft of an automobile nt Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. were held In S3000 bail today for n further hearing next Saturday by Magistrate rested in a garagp at Sixth and ;Tar- penter streets last night by Detective Rogo, while he was filing the engine number from a stolen automobile, the police Eay. Detectives Gentile and Pagliatti arc working with Rago. The other two' men were arrested when they visited the garage this morn ing and were held. All are being held pending an Investigation by the police to try to link them up with the nu merous motorcar thefts being reported -b insurance companies and owners. The prompt arrest of the three mnrks the beginningof a determined effort b tha tinllin t-it .ma eli uti 1in ci-etAm nf nutnmohile.'s tenlln.? now- nrrvnlenr. We. Souder in Charge Captain nf Detectives Souder is in aetio charge of the detectives at work on the problem. Every arrest mado will be pushed to the limit nnd the bureau will go to court on1Auh.cn the authori ties believe they hnve sufficient evidence to convict the offenders. Automobile thieves have been escap- , h nraUw, , , t, f ..... .. . v- -..v... sentence imposed on such a thief was one of two and a half to three jears. This sentence wns imposed by Judge Charles V. Henry, of Lebanon, sitting in the Court of Quarter Sessions here. The offender was Ulysses Cain, indicted for the theft of eight motorcars. The general run of sentences after Lack of Cheering, Crowds and Whistle Blowing Marks Land ing of Soldiers in City PHILADELPHIANS ABOARD The transport Ohioan docked at Sny der avenue wharf at 0.41 o'clock this morning after nn uneventful trip up the Delaware River, during which the customary blowing of whistles and the cheers and salutes of workmen on the river banks were sadly lacking. The twenty-six officers and 1399 men aboard the transport received Urtu- ally no welcome. The little police tug Ashbridge failed to get more than 300 yards from the wharf before the Ohioan arrived. It carried the parents and fiaucee of one man aboard the trans- (-port. The Fourth Naval District baud, three girls of the Jewihh Welfare Ronrd, and n few men and women whose curiosity rather than interest in the returning troops prompted them to go aboard made up the rest of the Ash bridge's "passengeV list." Not a whistle was blown nt either the Philadelphia Navy Yard, at League Island, or at the Hog Island shipyards. On the wharf, two women, a man and a boy formed the "crowd" that greeted the boys. A large force of can teen workers of the Red Cross and -a few members of other women's war work organizations in this city made up the official "reception committee." The Ohioan drew up to the pier at 9:25 o'clock and was tied fast in the record time of sixteen minutes. The Naval Band played, the Red Cross workers cheered, and that was all. The men were hustled aboard troop trains Contlnned on rare Two, Column Neven THAT WAS SOME CHASE Patrolman Runs Twelve Blocks to Capture Alleged Hold-Up Artist Richard Bloenker, twenty-two years old, of Fiftieth anTT Pine streets, ac knowledges Patrolman Miller, of he Tenth and Buttonwood station, is some sprinter. And Miller avows that Bloenker has some speed himself. They tested their abilities in a chase of twelve biocKs mat enueu in the arrest of Bloenker ns an alleged highwayman and the complete exhaustion of both the policeman and the accused hold-up man. Miller says he rounded a corner at Dleventh and Green streets about 11 o'clock last night just in time to see Bloenker level a pistol nt a man's head. The victim was Richard Arndt, 040 North Franklin street. He was accomv panied by a young woman whose name was not given. Bloenker is charged with trying to bold up and rob the couin. When he sa,w the policeman he started the race, going out Green to Broad, south to Vine and turning squth again on Fifteenth and going toward Sixteenth on Arch. Ferris, a patrol man of the Fifteenth and Vine streets, statiou, started to join the chase, just as Miller and Bloenker both dropped breathless to the pavement OHI AN ARRIVES m 1625 TROOPS conviction is from six to nine months.' The docket at the district attorney office shows that many alleged auto thieves forfeit their bail rather than stand trial. The bail is generally fixed at n sum about equal to the value of the car stolen. Judge Gorman in the Municipal Court has frequently suspended sen ence after the jury had found offenders guilty, but recommended them to the merrv nf the court. Others were placed under ?1000 bond to keep the pcaco. So many stolen automobiles recovered by the police are not claimed by the owners that frequent sales nre held at the citj van stables on South Eleventh street, the proceeds going into the city treasury. Held in St.-00 Dall Two men arrested last night as sus picious characters were held in $1500 for n further hearing next Saturdaj by Magistrate Raker today to gio the po lice a chance to investigate to find if they had nnj connection with the theft of an automobile from Tenth nnd Chest nut strepts. TIip machine was the prop erty of George Farrell, of Swcdcsboro, N. J. Two patrolmen saw three men aban don the machine nt Front and McKean streets. They gave chase. Later fliey caught Anthony Scogno. of Twelfth nnd McKean streets, and .lohu Ward, same address, sitting on n step. They placed them under arrest as suspicious charac- A decided increase in the number of automobiles stolen in Philadelphia is shown by the records of the Automo bile Underwriters' Detective Bureau, 411 Walnut street. This firm underwrites for nineteen Continued on Vatti Mx, Column Three LEAGUE FOES PLAN Opponents of World Covenant Will Attempt to Force Showdown MAY DEOLARE WAR AT END Only 36 Votes for Knox Resolution, Poll Shoivs Assured defeat awaits the Knox resolution, if its supporters force n test vote in the Senrte. According to New York Times, the motion to separate the peace t-eaty from the league of nations covenant cannot obtain more than thirty-five or thirty-six votes. By the Associated Press Washington, June 21. Under n plan framed today by Senate opponents of the league of nations, nn effort will be made Monday to secure a test vote on Senator Knox's resolution declaring opposition to acceptance of the league covenant as now intertwined with the pence terms. It is considered likely thnt later next vvcek an effort may be made to pass a resolution declaring the war at an end so as to relieve Congress of blame for delaying peace conditions should rati fication f the treaty be delayed. While the Senate was threshing over issues of the league of nations contro versy in four hours of running debate lesterdnv. leacue opponents started a revival of sentiment for some definite action on the subject. The debate, which several times ran Into hitter nassa.es, turned, up a new Issue when it was charged that the Ueague would have a majority of Roman Cntholic members who might be innu enced to bring the whole civilized world under the domination of the Vntlcan. The discussion outside the Senate chamber regarding the course of league opponents developed considerable dif ference of opinion among the leaders and failed to produce any definite plan of action. It was said, however, that progress had been made toward an agreement nnd that the conferences would continue today. Root Takes Lead In these discussions Elihu Root, for mer secretary of state, was n central figure, tnlking pver the situation with rontlnnnl on Tare Six. Column Two GIRL KILLED BY TRUCK Seven.Year-Old Child Run Down by Express Motor Rose Hartman, seven years old. 2210 Pratt street, was run over and killed by a motor truck in front of her home in Frankford today. Charles Keaza, 4354 Kdgemont street, driver of the American Express Com pany truck that struck the girl, was arrested and will bo held without ball to nwalt the action of the coroner. The body of the girl was rushed to the home of Dr. W. H, Lambert, Wake, ling and Tacony streets, but he'fcald she had died almost Instantly. TEST VOTE INDAY EDt'ARD DAVID Born July 11, 103. at Ediger, on the Mosel river. Educated nt T'nivervltv of Gicsseu. Married April 21. ISflO Professor at Giessen Gvinnasium. 1S93. Lncs in Berlin. Member of Reichstag. lilOS. Author of books on social problems. Played prominent part in Socialist demonstration in Berlin in 1917. Chosen to succeed Sehcidemann as German chancellor, according to Paris ' dispatches. i MOVIE CENSORS ARE UPHELD BY DECISION OF SUPREME C0URTi'drnf'' of ,he Senntp aml chanil"r nf Deputies, ns well as other men promi Justice Stewart Overrules Ac tion of Common Pleas Says Board Opinion Is Holding Decisions of the Stnte Board of Mov ing Picture. Censors cannot be upet by the Common Pleas courts, providing the censors nre acting with "the cope of their discretion." This ruling was announced today by the Suprcny Court of Pennsylvania, in an opinion filed by Justice Stewart. The censors refused approval to ''The y.rand," controlled by the Goldwjn Distributing Corporation. The case milling . orporiuu'ii. ini- wm . . . . I. ... .-. was taken into common ricas Lourt'j,Pnt (n ar,t No. 2 nnd the ceusor.s were ordered! Opinion in conference circles seems to approve tuc picture, wun ceriain modifications. Tr(t ctr..t in on .lnnnr.nie on'inion disucssca the nowers of the ,r?tnMI.t' Tll kinR "PPolnteil the peace opinion. (1 sucsses tne PO "i i e dpleKntlnn- rons(,n,Ieutlv n P,aneP in ,,, Board f Censors and that body s right I R0Vc.rnmN,t ,,, not Wssarilv make to use its own judgment in passing j tnP appointment of n new delegation upon pictures submitted. Alluding to , Imperative, although it would caue no the lower court's view that the Hoard j surprise If a upw head were designated of Censors should be guided by the way . to replace Signor Otlando. in which "ordinary people," oppo-edl As the I'iume and Adriatic questions to neonle of "extraoidinar.v or abnormal "the handling of which by Signor Orlando I temperament," judged the morals of j a motion picture, the supreme ( ourt justice sajs: e have but a single comment to make. This is not a finding of anj j act that would support an inference that the board vested its coueshiMon in the case onnny ground not within the scope of its jurisdietion. Our effort has been to show that on other ground could a reversal of the Board of Cen sors in this case be justified, lhe decision ot Common l'leas 1 ourt No 2 is therefore reversed nnd the costs fA ,1.a i.,!in nlnnn.1 .... l.n !nt.l. . .. iu. 1,,- .i,u Mi-,i u,,.ii iuc wim.i-jii Distributing Corporation. "DEAD" HUSBAND RFTIIRN5 ,,,at l"ltlo- Whi, t Italian dele UCHU nUODHIMU UC I UHNO lgaton was apparently willing to accept I the creation of the Fiume district into a Snnnii. Nn. 2. Howevtr. Turn Alf -..-- iui- Wh- u-,4 u- ri-. Over to Man Who Had Her First Philadelphians figured in two war. tomances thnt received queer twists by Fates, according to reports received today. At Bvansville.'Irfd.. John 0. Parker. of this city, married Mrs. .Tuanna Valine I Barnett after word of the death of her , first husband was received from the War Department. , Recently Barnett returned to this ', country alive and claimed his bride. ' Parker recognized the validity of the claim and allowed his "wife" to hare the second marriage annulled. Max Fletcher, another local soldier. obtained n license to wed Lottie A J Wright, of Richmond, Va.. while he I was training at Camp Lee. He was sent abroad, however, before the licence could be taken advantage of. Fletcher s- w-iira oram mn was killed in Trance. His bride-to-be' ,n automobile in which they were rid recently returned the license to the ling struck n telegraph pole oft Church courthouse and secured-one to marry!road near Valley Green. Montgomery another soldier. 1 SIEGE STATE IN MUNSTER Military Rule In Westphallan Dis trict Due to Spartacan Disorders Coblenz. June 21. fBv A. P. v. A state of siege has been declared in the district of Minister, In Westphalia, northeast ot loiogne, because of Spar tacan disturbances. Information to that effect reached American headquarters heroi General on Watler, commanding the German Seventh Corpj, "with headquar ters nt MuiiRter, has apolnted Geueral vou Brauschitch to be military com mander of the Munste'r district. U. S. MAY DEPORjTrEDS Government. Skald to Contemplate 8endlng Allen Agitators Back New York', June Sli (By A. T.) Information that the government h under consideration wholesale deporta tions of Bolshevik!, anarchists and other radicals In this country was obtained here today from what was considered nu authoritative federal source.. TALAN KING ASKS NIIII 1 B Once Head of Treasury Selected as Successor to Orlando FORMER PREMIER TITTONI TO BE FOREIGN MINISTER j Present Peace Delegation From Rome May Sign Treaty With Germany FRANCESCO RICA m 'Jii.tpz incident or in case cf other con- .. , , , , .tinjencies tending to bring the Mican Rj the Associated Press I situation again to n tige approaching Rome. June 21. King Victor i-i the rMs of last Suudnj. manuel has requested Francesco Nitti. Ordeis frii- the advance of this col former minister of the treasury, to form , "inn. however, it was said, would be ' nrnnni.tonlnil lir in.tMinlSnnt fnl tlii. mil. a C.lhinot Hin P.lnrnnln rlHnlia !!(" nounces semiofficially. Former Premier1 Tittoni will be foreign minister, it is added. The king selected Nitti as a result of interviews 'he held witn political leaders. The upw ministry will suc ceed that of Orlando, which resigned on Tlitirdaj . The king consulted the prps- nent in public life, concerning a solu tion nf the political crisis. I Tlip onnn.nfeiia nf nnltilnn in TCnnii is that a new cabinet must be formed as soon as possible, because of the neces sitj for not interrupting Italj's nego tiations In the Tcace Conference at Paris. Pressure is being brought to induce Otiglielmo Marconi to take part in the new ministrj, with the portfolio of min ister of nnvy. It is suggested that Signor Luzznti, former premier, go to Paris, especially for financial, econonilc and commercial negotiations. Paris, June 21. (By A. P. Neither the Italian nor any of th other delegates to the Peace Conference have receiver! news trom Home indicitine ,, .,,,. , , , " whether a new nace deleirnttnn vill h general mat Signor Orlando and his I associates may sign the German treaty i spite of the fall of the Orlando cov- 'apparent Ij had been unsatisfactory to the majority of Italians, are not directh involved in the German treaty. man members of the Peace Conference be lieve that the new Italian government maj not insist upon n change in the delegation until after the German treaty is signed. It is not regarded as likely, how ever, that the present Italian dele gation will be permitted to continue negotiations concerning the Austrian treatv. in which Italy's territorial in terests are involved. '. , Tjl- 1-,iiiie quest on bad render n' ni in in iiiv -nun llttu It'illlM'Ii 11 deadlock before the departure of SIgior Orlando for Rome, and It still stand in ' buffer state, no decisiou could be reached as t0 t,lp boundary between Istria anil 1,-1... ,,i,icl, whs sat sf.wtnrv to wi, Italy and the Allies. i.nv-n.i the Allle, " 3 INJURED IN CRASH; GIRL PINNED IN CAR WHEN POLE BREAKS Accident on Church Road Ma chine Occupants Taken to Jewish Hospital I Thr-P p,rsons - ere lnJlIred th, morn. I . , , , , "l,,ru 1 UllUI The pole snapped off and fell across the top of the car, pinning it to the road. The lujured are: Andrew Davis, twenty-seven years old, 414 Ogden street; scalp wounds William Bungler, twenty-one years old, 1821 AVallacc street; left leg cut and bruised. Edna Dunn, twenty-four years old, 1314 North Sixty-first street; bruises of nrtns and neck. The, injured were extricated from the car by John Murphy, of Roxborough, The accident was caused by the cur tklddlng and striking the pole, which snapped with a loud crack. Mr. Murphy heard cries and found the wrecked auto mobile, R groping through the darkness. The telegraph pole extended across the roadway and wns removed with much difficulty. Miss Dunil wat found directly under the pole, and it was thought at first that she had been fatally injured. Mr. Murphy took tho Injured, persons to the Jewish Uospital. Speedy Military Action, New U. S. Policy on Mexico Troops Will Dash Across Border if Villa Begins Reprisals "Watchful Prepared ness'' Plan Adopted Carranza to Aid llj the ssoclatcd Press Washington. June 21. Recent devel opments along the southern border and ithin Mexico itself, it was learned official!? today, has brought a radical change in the attitude of this gorrn ment with Mexico. It can be stated with positive authorits that "watchful .waiting lias h"pn discarded for "watch- , ful prennr-ilness." I The AVer Department has perfected placs to tlrow a punitive expedition of Tdqunte "trength across the Rio Grande the moment word i- received l of ieprial on the part of Villa for the '"'' """" ".' "-" i""- " "' ita ucciipition of tcrnton necessary to insure the tnftj of the ppeditiou a-"l nb'o'ntn protection nt Hie border th'iMgh the creation oi n neutral zone sou l of the li'i- Kuither movement of the expedition CREWS SINK GERMAN FLEET. SAYS REPORT LONDON, June 21. It is reported this afternoon that the ships of the Geiman war fleet at Scapa Flow have been sunk by their crews. The admiralty has promised to make n statement this evening in this connection. AERO SQUADRON WILL GO TO PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, June 21. Oiders for the third aero squad ron at Ha-eUiurst .Field- Nw York, to -proceed to the Philip pines, .ailing fiom San Francisco, July 5, were announced today ljy the War Dtpaitment. E ? EES BIG JOB HERE 0 Dr. Finegan Says Penna. Offers Greatest Opportunity of Any State in Nation FOR HIGHER TEACHERS' PAY Pennsylvania offers the greatest op portuuiij in Am"ii'"a todaj for con- , . . . II' tn"'t,,p 'Aor, l'""s Hucitional line Thh. is the opinion of Dr. Tho-nas I,. Fij:c-;un, (ioveinor S'lroul'- newlj ap pointed stnte Miperintcnd'Mit of public inti ni'tlnn lie me to Pennsylvania I wjt!i the niinin-o of taking advantage . ' . ' ' . ,., .1 ....., . " tM opponillliue-. urn. ,.... v; place this state's educational svstem on n plane with its unequalled industiial development. Doctor Finegan has been in Harris burg for a week. He was given a din ner last evening at the Citv Club bj lenders in educational work in Ihiln delidiia nnd Pennlvania and will ngain be the guest of honor this evening at a dinner given b.v the Schoolmen stlub In nn interview tmlav twin- rinegan emphavired the big work to be done ... Pennsjlvauia. He P"Ue of the plan, not et developed to a stage where the can he made public wind, he has for Pennsjlvnnia s school m mci. . NEW SCHOOL H 1 ,-iin-v ,..." , , ,,,;., fivi.'n stoKer 111 me 110m ui 11 vei nun Doctor Finegan has had H nrtj Ou .. , tMs .. years' experience In New or "a, Man prominent Irish leaders in this where he made a nation -wide repu ati. 1. y thN f((lrnoou f ,inrpRslveness Jll- lll'i m J-" New York was to help get on the statute hooks of that state the most advanced teachers minimum wage .aw mm ... force in this countr.v todaj. To Tush Industrial Education Doctor Finegan plans n broader de velopment of indu-trlnl education in thiR state, n higher standard of train -1 ,.- tn,,,.!i.r. with correspondingly higher wage standards ; n more detailed nnd comprehensive s.vstem of state aid and control In all matters educational. lie has conceived n profound admira tion for Governor Sproul, whom he speaks of as the "best informed In matters concerning education of the many governors with whom I have talked." He has been promised bj the Governor and b.v members of both branches of the State Legislature, sup port, both moral and financial, forhls projects of reform and progress. The new state superintendent of pub lic instruction, physically, is almost as big a man as Governor Sproul. He Is tall stout, smiling, with keen eyes and plentiful gray hair. His voice is pleas- Conllnntd on re rltht. Column Thife A II Y IN NKAV YORK jTtnV a ColumMa Avjnue, Hunt'inidoii OTehroY7bAT,,w" would depend entirely on subsequent de velopments. Doubt Villa Quits Military observers here place little credence in the reports that Villa ha' . abandoned his offensive to the north Economic as well as military necessity, it was pointed out. call for the elimina- I non ot the ( nrran7a garrisons now na i tioned on the flanks of the territory Villa now controls and for possession of a principal frnntipr entry -port which would cip thp rebel chieftain fresh i sinews of war in the shape of customs duties and equipment. Although three federal generals now j nre operating against Villa in northern Mexico, confidential reports to the War' Department are not optimistic regarding the success of the Ciirranzista campaign j there, while thp withdrawn! of badlv needed troops from the south, it is ex-1 pected, will be tollowcd by tresli incur sions of the Felicistns already at the very gates of the capital. The Carranza military establishment, according to of- Cnntlnufd on Pace Klcht. Column One LEADER, IN U. S. President of Self-Styled Repub lic Escaped to This Country Without Passports WHEREABOUTS IS WITHHELD Hdward De Valera. president of the T . , , ,. ... , Irish republic, is now .11 this country. , I This was announced here today bj Dr. ( Patrick McCartan. envoy of the Iri-h, rennhlic. who is livin. in this city. I De Valera is said to be in New York. Rumors thnt ho had been in this city were denied bj Doctor McCartan. He said he was not at liberty to disclose the Irish president's vj hereabouts. A dispatch -"rom New York announced that reservations had been made at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York for De Vaiera. Doctor "cCartan got word todaj from Harry Roland, a member of the Irish parliament now in this countrj, that De Valera had arrived "somewhere in America." Doctor McCartan denied thnt De Valera had come here with Roland, who worked his way over as I a stoker in the hold of a vessel that ..JI- MnU ifh Flo V.l.. Ht o 11 J 1 f -- 1 , - 1 I ill. Ill) who is expected to meet the Irish - American leaders there sometime to night. It is not konwn whether he will visit this citj . De Vnlera left the British Isles six teen days ago, according to Mr. Rnlnml who is his secretary, lie is now in seclusion. His mission to America was mado in the hope of obtaining official recognition of the Irish Republic by the United States government. Roland said De Vnlera would "come out of retirement" Jlonday af ternoon when he would talk with news papermen in New Y'ork nnd disclose to them how he succeeded in escaping from Continued on Palo Two. Column Four MARCH PRAISES U. S. PRESS Chief of Staff Discontinues Weekly Interviews AVashlngton, June 2t. (By A. P.) In discounting today weekly inter views with press representatives, in augurated when he took office" as chief nf ctnlT General Mirch warmly nraised the attitude of Amerfcan newspapers! on military matters during the war, 'It has been of very great value to the War Department and was to the us-"'1 dee p-wotfc." im u. DE VALERA m FIRST ATTEW1PT TO PICK CABIHET ENDS II DEFEAT Majority Socialist Leader Was Unable to Rally Ministry Around Him SOUTH GERMAN STATES STRONG FOR ACCEPTANCE Erzberger, Probable Peaca Chief, Asks German Admission to the League at OllCe -- POST FOR BERNST0RFP , . " " Weimar Reports David Will Act Temporarily as Chancellor and as Rantzau's Successor American military dispatches from Germany say that Herman Muel ler's effort to form a cabinet failed and that Dr. Eduard David has been asked to undertake the task. Mathias Erzberger will probably head the peace mission and Count Brockdorff - Rantzau has little chance of being included in the new government. x Erzberger is reported to have sent a note to the Allies asking if Ger many will be admitted to tha league of nations immediately. Out of the mass of varying reports from Germany all indicatioriT: , point to a general and growing: sentiment toward the acceptance of the peace treaty. The Associated Press send an au thoritative dispatch from Paris that America will not participate in any league-of-nations action until the Senate ratines the treaty. By the Associated Press Paris, June 21. Dispatches received over the American military wire from Oermany early this afternoon stated that Ilerr Mueller, having failed to form I a cabinet, Dr. ifduard David, former president of the National Assembly, had been asked to assume the task. A Havas dispatch quoting advices from Berlin, sajs the new cabinet, headed bj Doctor David as premier, 'probably would contain tlje following: 1 Minister of finance Dr. Bernhard j Dernburg. 1 Minister of justice Herr Sinzeimer. .Minister of the interior Ilerr Preiiss. j Minister of revictualing Doctor 1 Schmidt. Minister of public economj Ilerr i'";el- Minister of labor Ilerr Bauer. ,.,,. . .. ,, ,;";. uPrr (Jiedherth. Minister of foreign affairs Count vol Beru-torff. Minister of nntiounl defense Gustar Noko. Colonial minister Doctor Rell. Minister without portfolio Mathias Hrzberger. Mathias llrzbergor probably will head the German peace delegation, the ad vices indicate. Would Exclude Rantzau The opposition attitude of the Demo crats and German Nationalists on the , question of the treaty probably will ex- hide Count von Rrockdorff-Rantzau from the government. The German provincial press U strongly urging the speedy signing of the treaty. Sentiment Favors Peace Berlin advices to the American dele gation, summarizing the situation in Germany up to midnight, show the sen timent throughout Germany to be In favor of accepting the peace terms. The advices cover Leipzig. Dresden, Chem nitz and other representative regions. Geographically analyzed, the advices indicate that all the southern German states are favorable to the acceptnncn of the treaty, while the Prussian regions are maintaining some opposition, I The Council of Four of the Peace Conference received a note today from the German peace delegation, asking If Premier Clemenceau's note explaining Continued on raze Eliht. Column Two THE WORLD FOR SALE! A brilliant story from the pen of the distinguished author, Sir Gilbert Parker. It is filled with actiou and conflict. It tells of strong men ajid tender but courageous women. .' It fills the lungs with the tonic of the wind-swept out-of-doors. It begins in the Evening Publio Ledqeb on Monday next. 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