"4gtV'$W$g v X Ji' V X ! 1 V,( i Cuentna public mbtx v A THE WEATHER Washington, July in. Thunder showers this nfternoon and tonight. rroirKitATrnw at km-u hoiw 8 NO 11 1 12 1 2 a 4 r. I J 07 (IS IIH 118 (17 171 72 75 ' SPOJRTS EXTRA . VOL. V. NO. 259 Untcred as Second-Clan Matter at the. rostolTlce, at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the. Act of March 8. 1870. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1919 PublUhtd Dally nicept Sunday. Hubscrlptln Pries 19 a. Tear by Mall. CopsriKht, 19111. by Public Ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS ' A. . "; ROBBED CHINA TO GET JAPAN IN LEAGUE, 3000 STORM CITY HALL IN V ARE MOVE SAYS LODGEf : h, TO FOIL "70" m it n. n iTi1-" .V. V I V r 5. I- L'"i Ri n NAMES BE PUT LIST South Philadelphians Appeal" to Registrars in Scheme to Block Reform Forces PENROSE CHIEFS URGE MEN TO LEAVE BUILDING Tell Them They Have Been Fooled, but Vareites Say No. Insist That They Stay COUNTER-MOVE IS PLANNED Admitting Opposition Has Stolen March, Committee Will File 10,000 by Midnight A'eit? Registration Board Elects Its Officers E. Lawrence Veil, personal friend of Governor Sproul, was elected chairman at nopn today. Ignatius A. Quinn, the only Democrat on the commission, was elected secretary. George O. Picric, a hold-over member, took his scat today after being sworn in by Judge Martin. No changes were made in the of fice personnel. Nearly 3010 men, the majority Varc followers, stormed City Hall today to demand that their names be placed on the registration lists. This was an attempt of the Varc forces to foil the plans of the com mute of seventy, which has demanded of the newly-appointed Registration Commission that between 10,000 and 12,000 names be stricken from the lists. This list, raid by the reform lenders to contain thousands of fraudulent names, will be presented before mid night. To offset the threatened strike-offs in the First and Second senatorial dis tricts, South Philadelphia, the Repub lican city committee secretly marshaled an army of ex-soldiers, former absen tees and men who have recently moved and descended upon the newly appointed registration board with a demand thnt their names be placed on the registry lists. Penrose Leaders Surprised The unexpected move took the Com mittee of Seventy nnd the Penrose lead ers by surprise, to say nothing of the consternation created in the new com mission. This afternoon the commission handled the cases in a wholesale man ner.. The applicants were tnken into the room in batches of twenty, thirty anr forty and sworn in bunches. K. L. I). Roach, secretary of the committee of seventy, announced that mnnyjif the men would be subject to protest nt a late:r date. It was not until after 2 o'clock that the wholesale handling of cases began to affect the length of the waiting line. After that hour the number of appli cants lessened and the wearied commis sioners had a chance to catch up with their work. The commissioners took no luncheon recess. They slipped out one at a time at intervals. "It is unfortunate that we were not notified in advance of the rush," said Mr. Fell.Vhalrman of the commission. "Had we known what was before us we could have begun the hearings at !) o'clock, but we had no intimation that such a crowd would greet us. How ever, we will do the best we can to hear all the applications." Penrose men charge that the thou sands were sent to City Hall under a misaprchenslon, the men having been told, they say, that their names would not be listed) and they could not vote at the next election. Accordingly scores of Penrose lieu tenants went up and down the lines in tlie corridors of the sixth floor and told the men to go home. Varc followers were equally Insistent that they remain. The Penrose men cxplnlned to the waiting men that they had been fooled by the ward lieutenants; that today Continued on Pass Kli'ht. Column Four PHILS GET TRAGESS0R Crayath Obtains Boston Catcher Under Waiver Law Walter Tragessor, the Boston back stop, is, a member of tho Phils. He was obtained by Cravath under the waiver Ian'. The announcement was made by the Phils this afternoon. This is the second move on the part of Gavvy jCravath to rebuild the linker club. Cady's unconditional release left him with only two catchers and it has been the Phil policy to curry a third string man. ' JTragessor is a fairly good catcher ON von r &V.I n" Mwuld be able ho give considerable ?- V", .1,1 A TonV Aftirmu nn,1 VtV Hlm-lra II. I J I 4l At'tkl,li' ImoWMntjiI '- ,t"H.wfJTO---rA . Points at Issue in Row Before Registration Body The Committee of Seventy bus permission to file a lijnnkct petition asking the registration hoard to Mrike off between 10,000 nnd 12.000 fraudulent names. This will be in the 'hands of the eommission before midnight. Itepubliean elty committee de mands that it be permitted to tile blanket petition covering several thousand nnmes to be added to the lists. 'Reformers object, stating that the Woodruff charter .specifically states that those wishing to have their names included shall "appear in pel son." Commission has not decided case. i Auto Manufacturer So Testifies in Libel Suit for $1, 000,000 Damages NOW LIKES BANJO MUSIC By the Associated Press JR. Clemens, July 1,". Ilcnr.v Ford made man) frank admissions in the course of his testimony today in his $1,000,000 libel suit against the Chi cago Daily Tribune, examination was by Klliott (1. Stevenson, representing the Tribune. Sir. Ford admitted ignorance of his tory nnd said that more than ever he considered it "bunk" growing out of tradition : nor had he any personal use for music or other forms of art. He reaffirmed his belief that profes sional soldiers are murderers, noi would he exempt General Pershing or Gcnernl Grant from this category. Ho said that his present view is for the fullest preparedness unless there is a league of nations, nnd that if the war just concluded in Hurope does not re sult in such n league he favors an--other great war without delay in order to clean up the" situation so thoroughly that universal pence would be had. It developed that Theodore Doln vigne, n publicity agent for Mr. Ford, wrote virtually all of Mr. Ford's paci fist literature and that much of it wns circulated broadcast without Mr. Ford having read it. "I accept full responsibility for it, however," Mr. Ford testified repeatedly. "Preparedness Root of War" Mr. Stevenson introduced a pamphlet containing pacifist arguments which, witness admitted, was widely distributed at his expense in 1010. Stevenson quoted Mr. Ford as say ing: "Preparedness is the root of war." "Overprepnredness," said Mr. Ford. "What do you mean wheu you say that war is murder?" "War of aggression." "And those who urge preparedness advocate murder?" "nvornrenareduess : yes Witncss said that sane preparedness for defense wns legitimate. He had no quarrel with it. "You state in this book that there was a ring trying to drive us into war?" continued Mr. Stevenson. "President Wi'son wns one of those who urged the preparedness which you call murder?" "Overpreparedness; I am strong for preparedness now." "You were not in 101."?" ' "I thought our preparedness at that time was adequate." Calls Professional Soldiers Murderers "Do you think now that war is mur der?" "Not for the oppressed." Witness said that he considered pro fessional soldiers those who made their living out of it were murderers. "Thnt includes General Pershing?" ' "Those who commit murder hre inur- Continued on race Two. Column Four FIRE DAMAGES FRUIT SHOP First Floor of Fifty-sixth Street Es tablishment Gutted A pedestrian on Fifty-sixth street early this morning saw flames shooting! from the front ot tlie building occupied by the Ridgcyay Fruit and Produce Company, 840 South Fifty-sixth street. He beat on the door, but leeeived no reply. Another chance pedestrian! turned in an nlarnu The entire hrst floor, occupied by the store, was gutted and quantities of ba nanas, oranges, tomatoes and melons were rulued. The loss was estimated at $.100. The building was not de stroyed. ALLEGED SUICIDE ATTEMPT Youth, Just Out of Sanitarium, Is Saved by Quick Discovery Morris Rallnson, nineteen, 80.1 North Eighth street, swallowed a box of pills and the contents of a bottle of medicine he found in his home last night in a supposed attempt at suicide, Rallnson was found by his brother Louis, who heard him groan. He ad mitted taking' the pills and medicine. The patrol of the Tenth and Ilutton wood streets station took the youth to Roosevelt Hospital. There it was said todav his condition is serious, Rnliuson had been ft ;atient in a sanitarium up . - .wti. .iilkT , , t 'i. Mflyyat," . ..:,-?' :c mm bunk AY HENRY RD POTTASH BROTHERS HELD FOLLOWING 6 DEATHS IN FIRE Warehouse Owners Taken Into Custody Liable Only to Fine of $25 Each ENTERED IN $500 BAIL; 3 INVESTIGATIONS 0N( Funeral of Three Victims of Sat urclay Blaze Held Attended by Survivors Harry mid Mux Pottasli, brothers. proprietors of the warehouse at (500- 11-1.'!-1." North American street, that collapsed Saturday nnd crushed out the lues of ,sk firemen, hne been arrested on warrants sworn out b, inspectors of the division of housing and sanitation of the ISonnl ot Health. The brothers each enteied ."00 bail today before Magistrate O'ltrien, to ap pear for. a healing July 'J!?. They arc accused of violating the act of Jul) .", 1017, which provides that a rug shop cannot he conducted without the ope rators having first received a license from the Hoard of Health. Liable to Fine of $2."i 1'pon conviction, tlie offenders are liable to a line of .?-.", or Imprisonment in default of the pa) incut ot the line for not less than, live nor more than fifteen days. I'pon summary convic tion before a magistrate the offenders may appeal the case as provided by law. The affidavit upon which the war rants for the arrest of the brothers were issued charges that the firm of Pottasli Itrothers were notified to re ntove nil bagging from the North Angl ican streets building on March 1 1 of this j ear. This they failed to do. Three other investigations arc under way as a result ol tlie collapse of tlie heavily-loaded building during n slight tile there on Saturday. Final tribute of comrades to three of the six firemen killed in the collapse nnd burning of a warehouse hero on Satur day was paid todaj before the bodies weic lowered into their graves. .fciincrnl services for two more ot the men will be held tomorrow, and on Thursday the sixth victim will be burled. A memorial service for all of the firemen will be held later by members of the lire depaitment. Funerul services fur Charles Zorr. a hoscman of Knginc Company 'Jl, which suffered the heaviest casualties, were held this morning in All Saints' Church, Urldesburg. The services were eou ducted b) the Rev. John l.orenz. assist ant rector, and were attended by 100 firemen in uniform. Acting Chief Davis, who attended the funeral this morning, stated that the body of Zorr was the only one that could be recognized b, his features. Zorr lived at 2741 Casimer street. Director of Public Safety Wilson and Assistant Director Ilnrr, C. Davis, the battalion chiefs of that distiict and the tiremeu of the company met at Kn- l-glne Company No. .",:!, Richmond and uirkbridc streets, and went in n body to the chinch. Interment was made in St. Dumi nick's nl Ilolmcsbuig. Only One Kecngniiahlc Fireman Thomas H. Itincs and Cap tain Albert Dars Stevenson were buried tills afternoon. Captain Stevenson, of the fireboat Stuart, hail been detniled as acting battalion chitf of the second district. A delegation of overseas veterans of Company K, 109th Infantry, Twenty eighth Division, of which limes was a member, attended the services nt the limes home, 4002 Mansion avenue, Mnnayunk. Itiirial was made in West minster Cemetery. Inues was fifty nine years old. The comrades of Inues assembled at the house of Ungiue Company No. 12, Main street above Green lane, Mana yunk, and marched in a body to tlie residence on Mansion nvenue. Captain Stevenson lived at 0 South Redfleld street. West Philadelphia. He was buried in Fernwood cemetery. Among the organizations represented at his funeral, aside from tlie fire de partment, were the Masons, Knights Templars and the Fifteenth Ward Union Republican Club. Firemen from the fireboat Stuart and from Engine Company No. .'12 met nt the station of Engine Compauy No. 18, I'ber and Callow hill streets. They then proceeded to nil undertaking es tablishment at Nineteenth und Arch streets,- where services ,were held for Captain Stevenson. lieutenant Thomas A. Kelly, of Ku glue Company No, 21, will be buried tomorrow nt 0 o. m,, from his residence, at 24 Laurel street. Interment will be in Holy Cross. Harry LeGrand will be buried In the (.nine cemetery from 0 Rristovv place, an hour later. Funeral r.erv)cefr for John S. Greene, hoseinan of Knglnc Company 21, will I. ' - -I lHiliiuujaiv mnvMvni i -r ! ij. fuOi VliiuulaTi moj-nflnr. . -r .. vw rfafrA jr;: . -. . IIIIIiSb?' " HMI HOWARD KARL PAIGK Arrested here for his alleged con nection with the murder of G-rcli-ncr C. Hull, of New York T T Detectives Find Description in Newspaper and Recognize Youth at Hotel Here ADMITS KNOWING OF CRIME Three lingers missing from the left hand of LMward Earl Paige, nineteen .vears old. led to his indcntilicntinn nnd arrest; heie in cntnacctioii with the murder of Gardiner C. Hull, of New York. Paige was belli without bail by Magi strate Pennoik. of Ceiitinl Police Sta tion, todn.v. to await extiaditiou papers from New York. The boy shambled Into the courtroom this morning in a dazed manner, an swering questions as though he scarcely undei stood what was taking place. De tective IlcNhiivv, head of the murder sipunl. ns-knl that the hoy lie held for extradition pnpeis. daimng that he was the murderer of Hull. Paige was n nested at a hotel at twelfth nnd .vliii Let streets, where lie MURDER SU PEC BY CHANGE vvns a guest. He hud registered there i decision in this state that has au) bear Saturday night ins on the dcliniti-n of "iiitusicatiug" Yesterdn.v Paige left the hotel. After' und the first in tl luntrv favoiable lie (mil gone. Hugh Diamond, the day elcrk. who had been reading of the murder in the New- Yoik papers, told the hotel manager. W. S. Adams, that he believed Paige was one of tin- nieu the police were seeking, "Theie urc three lingers missing fiom ins lert hand, as m the case of the the police are after." Diamond man IX- plained. i.ate .vostenla, Paige ictiirned to the, hotel. Mr. Adams called the ,oiith j into his office imil charged him with' i ne murder. I'nige went white with fear. Mr. Adams sa,s; The lintel man turned Paige ovei to Hoffer and Cunningham, former I'nited States secret service men. and the, took him to Cit, Hall. Paige had registered at the hotel as Earl P.arker, of Nevvaik. N. J. "We took him in as we would any guest," snid Mr. Adams. "He was presentable and npparcntl, perfect!) ic .spectable." Edward O'ltrien, tlie twenty-, ears old clerk, who is slid tn have con fessed to having plotted with Paige the murder and robber, of Mr. Hull, their emplo.ver and senior paitner in tlie New York stationer, firm of Hull ix: Deppisch. was arraigned at Avon, N. J., today on a iliaige of minder and held for extradition. O'Rricn was aricstcd at Avon ,vcs teiday. O'ltrien uiade a second written con fession today, accoidiug to the police, in which he admitted thnt the hammer blows which killed .Mr. Hull weic struck b.v lii m and not b, his compan ion clerk, Paige. In his first con fessions be had accused Paige of being the actual murderer. According to the new version of the murder, as told b, Chief Jones, O'ltrien hid the linuimer behind tlie washstand iu the office of his eniplojei. Pretend ing to be ill, he struck down Mr. Hull after the stationer line! supplied him with medicine. According to the police, O'Rricn charges Paige wlthVtlte actual murder. The cash box contained S200, which O'Hricii is said to have declared he divided with Paige after which tlie) jpent the evening at a moviug picture show. The following afternoon, after purchasing new suits of clothes, the young men separated, O'llrien (tilted. MAN KILLED AT NAVY YARD Carpenter Has Skull Fractured When Board Falls on Him M. Pooley, a carpenter. 4." years' old, 5427 Chester avenue, was killed at League Uland today when u board, fall lug from the upper part of a building on which he was working, struck him ou the liend, crushing his skull, Doojey was taken to the Navy Yard dispensary, but he was dead. The rllco of the Kiftventu Mre unq nuyueiMiya . T ' '"I -Hi'., i 1. iU. C,l,. in Ilia t.... ..... ft-til... i. - srsTfff - jr".' lUVIfc IUC WUJ w ,mu xrfi U, S. WINS FIRST P NT IN AHAGK ON 23-4 BEER Judge Thomson, at Pittsburgh, I Upholds Charge of Viola tion of Law 1 19 BREWERS HELD FOR COURT IN $1000 BAIL Decision of New Orleans Judge Favors Manufacture of Light Beer I!) the Associated Press Pittsburgh, Jul) !.". The govern ment won its tiist point todav in its tight against the sale of beer containing -!!i per cent alcohol when Judge V. II Thomson in the I'nitcil States I ili ii t t'ourl iiv muled demuirers of offmis and ilinclois of the Pittsburgh and In dependent Itiewlug barges of violation Compnuirs to f the war time prohibition law. Each f the defend ants, nineteen in all. was held in I S1000 bail for the November teim of coin t. I Judge Thomson's decision followed i nigiimcnts by counsel representing tin eleven officials of the Pittsburgh I'.rew - ' ing Company in support of their de nuirrer to charges in u test suit brought b) 1'niled States Attorne) R. L. Craw- I ford, charging violation of the dry act b.v sale of beer containing mine than, one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol to a local saloonkeeper. Judge Thomson said his ruling ap- plied also to denuirreis filed this mom- ing b.v eight directors of the Indepen dent Rrevving Company to a similar suit started on Saturday. I Counsel for the brewers, iu tiling J demurrers, had asked that the suits be , dismissed because, it wns charged, the government's suits were based upon in- j sufficient law, as nowhere iu the infor mations was it said the beer alleged to have been sold was intoxicating. At-' toine.vs for tin- government ibaintained, however, Iluil the sale of beer (ontaiu- j ing more tliiin one-half of 1 per cent alcohol constituted a violation of the i v aitimc prohibition law. J mice Thomson's mini" is Ihe first ' to the government. Tin ee other oninions were handed down liceull), including tin' one at New Orleans toda, and those at New Yoi k mid llaltiiiiorc, but these three uphold tlie brewers' conten tion that 2:i per cent beer is non iuioxicating. GILLETT SUSTAINS ANT I -DRY SPEAKER Washington, Jul, 1.". ( IS A P.) Itefore the piohibition enforcement) hill wns taken up in tlie House todaj.l Speakei Gillett ruled that Repieeuta tive Gallivnii. Democrat, of Massachu setts, in declining in an address ,cs teidu) that lie had heiml members of Congress hnd stoied nvva) enough1 whisky to last them tweut) ,ears, had not transgressed rules of the House, Repiesentative P.lauton. Democrat, of. Texas, attacked the speech of the Mas- , sachusetts member and ou a tpicstinn of personal privilege was proceeding with the defense of piohihttiou mem bers against the charge of lupior hoard- ing when tlie speaker cut him slllllt ll, announcing that Mr, (iiillivans speech was in order. Mr. Itlniitim then fried tn nflei .1 mn. tion to have the speed, stricken fiom tlie record, but theie was objection. JUDGE UPHOLDS BREWERS Low-Power Beer Favored In Dec I slon at New Orleans New Orleans, July l.V (Ry A P I Federal Judge Foster today sustained a demurrer Hied h, officials of the American Rrevving Company to nil in- dictmeut charging thnt tlie manufactuie' of beer of mole than one-half of 1 1 per cent of alcoholic content vvns in .titlnf inn nf tine wartime tii-ohitiitimi ' "". act. - PRAISES ARMY CHEMISTRY the fust race on the card. Bright Gold. I with L,ke in the saddle, was backed U. S Would Have Led All in Gas'at IS to 1. but mil) c-aine home third. Warfare, Says Major Chance "The armistice came just at a tune when America was prepared to show the way to all other countries in the matter of chemical and giis warfare." This was the gist of a talk given b.v Major T. M. Chance, late of the Chemi cal Warfare Depaitinetit. nt the weekly meeting of the Ilngineers' Club, R117 Spruce street. Major Cluinec traced the development of this work in America from June and July, 1017. vvhen P.ngland and France sent men over to give us pointers and when ever) thing we did was at their suggestion or by their example, up to the signing of the armistice, when America had become one of the, greatest of all thc'natUins in thp manufacture of ...... nn.1 mil rhialcfll(ii "l;. ' ? " '. - ..'l - .$. vf Senate Committee Asks for All Peace Documents i n i Ti.-f i n x vr..: r i i Proposals and Conference Proceedings. Reads Treaty But Defers Covenant II) the Associated Press Washington, July 1.". The Senntc foreign relations committer toda) adopt ed n lesnliition requesting the President. if not incompatible with the public in terest, tn furnish the committee Ir- ' ,un,l M documents iimsiilered bj the 'Amerli.in peace comnii .loners in their work on the treaty with German). was saiil that the resolution, of whu h Senator Jolini California, was author Itepubliean, udopted b.v viituall) unanimous vote and that at tion In the Senate was not considered. It reriuests the President to submit drafts of all proposals for a league of nations us well as stenographic trans- cripts of forma! pioccediugs at the le ice Coofeience. !.:; Covenant Aside beginning .the lending of the In tuatv text to!.", the committee b) mu tual consent between Republican and Democrat members, deferred consider- nliiin of the league of nations covenant. Chairman Lodge icud the text dnd fre- TODAY'S BASEBALL ATHLETICS. 0 0 ST. LOUIS... 1 0 NEW YORK 0 0 2 ! DETROIT (1st) 3 Shore nnd Huel; BOSTON 1 CHICAGO 0 Dauss and NATIONAL LEAGUE CHICAGO 0 0 0 5 ' - BOSTON 10 0 0 - Alexander nnd Killefer; McQuillan and Grcvvdy. LIGHTNING DESTROYS $100,000 POWER P? .' WELLSBURG, W. Va., July 15. The Well-burg Lis'it , Power plant was destroyed by file caused by a bolt of Htl-i"' ' during a severe electrical storm here this afternoon. - "ie ! -is estimated nt ?100,000. ALLIES TO INVESTIGATE FIUME CONDITION? PARIS, July1 15. The international commission appiin ' . to investigate conditions at Fiunie has, nrrivwl nt that AcM-it city, it wa& learned through ndvices received todny. E'tlui Major General Charles P. Sunuuerall, the American repre'euta. live, or the British meinfter of the commission, will be named ,i president of the iuvestigatin gbody. HITCHCOCK OBJECTS TO LODGE RES0LUTJ0., WASHINGTON, July 15. Senator Hitchcock, Nebrnsii, in the Senate tody protested against a lesolution by Stuatoi Lodge for information as to nn alleged secret tieaty bttvvcc i Japan and Germany in 1018. He declared it uuwoitny of ilu Senate to cons, .lei suth lepoitc KAISER'S FATE DISCUSSED No Demand Made on Dutch for 1 Hohenzollern's Surrender Paris, July l.V I I'.v A P.i The cpicstinu of the future fate of the former (5,'rl"" emperor was discussed Unlay i by tlie interallied committee ou war re- jTt''"'! .... i.oi.uir f i.- .-.....- I.nittee that no demand coneernhij Wil- ilium Ilohenollein has , the Dutch Government. i-t been made tt WHO CARES DELIVERS Fair Colleen and Bright Gold Trail at Empire City Knipiie City Track. N. Y.. Jul) l.V .... ...... .... ....'...I .. I .!..!. I vvno v ares ouisprniicci n larc ucm 'of two-)cnr-olds lieie this afternoon iu Fair Colleen, ridden paid - to 1 for place. b, Ambrose, Summar) : KIHfiT ItACC, for iMu-vur-olil. aolllns. nurse lllli'.Mi. ss, furlonifd Who C'arep 111 Ftor 3 lo I II to o 3 to Talr Colleen, 111, Ambrose ll lo I J to 1 CVf II Ilrlxht Oo Id, 111. l.Ka ... Is lo." RtoS 7 in 10 Time. 1 .07 3-."i ' Cormoran. Tomot. Merry Sinner, llarlej water. Hervlleta and Marcelle M. 1'" ran. tncOND RACK, r-ucnam purae. for three-vear-oldn and up. kelllns, purs tlUP.SO. 1 mile anil 70 rd: Taddv WhncU, US-, r'alrbrotliera . . 0 to 10 a to ft out Dorraa. ins, Kuinmer.ia ,o .1 t lo A 1 to 3 Tallin- M M n"i Widn.SO to 1 10 to 1 4 to 1 Time. IMS '.'-.i. Tapngeur, ftylvano, Sunny Hill and HuiiUm alo ran -IHIHI) KAC'R. The Tarn town alakea. aelllnK. of lllOCKI. for three-.vear-old, 1 mile: XVar Zone. 10.Fator.ll tqR 7 to id 1 to 4 Vaunted. Ill, Nolnn. 7 Xp B 1 to 2 put Gftth (Imp.), 10S. Kel- , - , . ey ,,. 'Sto. -5lo 21 I to n Tlm. 'law 2-3. Ttiiejr, am jh nq rpiently was interrupted b) iniestions, ami discussions of various sections. , Members expected that the reading would require several da.vs. Intimations that the committee might not arrnmre for early conference with President Wilson for discussion of the peace tieat) and the league of nations covenant led to the suggestion today that .Mr. Wilson might begin his tour of tlie country sooner than he had ""IS of ".he itinerary for the "swing around the circle" was un- derstood to have been dela.ved to await I completion of the committee's pro- gram in order that there might be no ' conflict. Ma, Consul, at White House Among administration senators the ( impress,,,,, prevailed that the Presj- dent and the committee would be, brought, together to discuss some fea-1 lures of the treat,. It was expected, ' however, that these meetings would hi., nt the While House rather than nt 1 1 the Capitol. SCORES AMERICAN LEAGUT. 0 0 Ainsraith. SHOOTS EMPLOYE IN LEG Patrolman, Discharged From Plant, Gets Hearing Tomorrow Fred Seller, tifty-nii.e .vears old, of ill 1 North lioi.sall street, a special pn liolmau at the IMvva.d G. Ituild Man ufacturing Compaii),' Tweut) -fourth street and Hunting Park avenue, pre sented himself to the police todnj aflei he shot a fellow -e.uplo)c in the leg. It is said that Seiler had been tan talized b) the emplo.ve compaii) for some time. of the Build Toda,. while John Aliuinde, fifty-live years old Rill." Ridge avenue, was in the wash room. Seiler shot Almindc in the le; Alinll.de was tleated b) the plant phy siciaii Seiler was dis.haiged from tin plant, lie will he given a hearing at the Twen- tx -second street and Hunting Park avenue station tomorrow . OPPOSES SUNDAY GAMES Attorney Asks Court to Unset Park Board's Ruling P.ltnu J Buckle), counsel for the coiniiluinauts lu the Injunction proceed -. inirs to linve tlie Fairmouut Park Civin- in the park on Sudays. toda, fi!ed MVXXS ? s A M reciuests for fiudlngs of fact iu Court of Common Pleus No. ,, iu pursuance to the agreement ut the hearing last Thursday, lie asks the court to find that the resolution adopted by the commission ers on May 14, permitting the plajing of games on Sundays, xvas not adopted In response to any public demand or reouest, but because, ns E. T, Htotes- bury tcstifiecif-pne pfthe conimiisltmem ,Un.,ri,, it would U a r.iMc i cw; E PAID 17 ALLIES; SENATE IS TOLD Land of Loyal Ally Given to Military Power, C. O. P. Leader Asserts N0RRIS REVEALS SECRET AGREEMENTS ON EAST Declar Britain, France, Italy and Russia Made Dishonor- ' able Pacts With Tokio ,..,.. WARS N TREATY CLAUSE Asserts Acceptance Would Ra r lu " Blackest Page in Nation's u- ,, HlSIOry A 'orris Arraigns Allies for Plot Against China, Senator Norris today told the Sen ate that ratification of the transfer "f Shantung to Japan ns provided in tire pence treaty would "write black est page in tlie nation's history." He presented copies of alleged se cret pledges for tlie transfer made earl, in 1017 jn Japanese agreements with Great Britain, France, Italy and Russia. The Republican senator from Ne braska charged that the Allies sought China's aid while plotting her de struction by a dishonorable agree ment to carve up her territory. He declared that under SsVetl'n,, v Cnited Stutes would have to" shed blood to aid Japan if China should revolt against the Shantuiig'seij'.u're. Ry the Associated Press Washington, July 1(5. Kennfor s mm Lodge, the Itepubliean lender, chargeb. hi ... nn- ociiuic icmn, , during debate on the peace treat,, that the Shantung settlement was "n prfcv paid" for, Japan's siKnature to the league of na-s tions, with the lobbing of China as th consideration. "Shantung was a price paid and all the world knows it." Mr. Lodge said, "There is no statute of limitations that .uns against a great wrong like that." Itecitiug how Germany secured the Shantung concessions and how Japan succeeded Germany h, viitue of war, Senator Lodge continued: "Knglnnd and Prance took P.clgiu'm aw a) from German) duriug the war. Does that give them a claim to Rel- ' giuni.' Shantung was not eneni) coun , tr, like Finnic. It was handed over I to Japan against the protests of some " of our delegates and the experts chnrged with this ipicstion. Talie Territory of Allies "It was bunded over because Japan's siguatuie was peeded to the league. It was done ns a necessity. It takes j the territory of a friend, au ally who had been lo.val handed over to a great military power iu the east." Curlier in tods)' Senate session a charge that Japan secretly secured pledges from Great lirltaiti, France. Ital, and Russia early lu 1017 that iu the peace settlement Shantung penin sula should, for certain considerations, be turned over tn the Tokio Government, was made b, Senator Norris, Repub lican, of Nebraska, who produced what lie declared to be copies of diplomatic correspondence embodying the promises of Great Rritaiu and France. These pledges, the Nebraska senator declared, fully explaiued the pressure which resulted in Shantung's transfer to Japan under the Yersailles treaty, whose ratification by the Senate, lie asserted would write "the blackest page in the nation's history." , Says Allies Got Benefits ; (Jrent Britain's influence in the mat ter. he charced. was secured by Jfl pan's support of Britisli claims to Pa ., ,.!,. Ulands south of the equator, whll "f France's aid was purchased by a prom ise of tlie Tokio Government to help draw- China into the war so that Ger mnn ships iu Chinese harbors would be available for carr)iug troops and pro- wmow. to t rauci . 1fl,J-s, "On the U.th day of January. MU7fff said Senntoi Norris. "tlie Japanes 1 I minister of foreign affairs at Tokio up. ! ......nriicil the British ambassador located at that place with a view of bringing' about an agreement with the British' tlni'ornment. The ltritlHii minister ,.,.i.i..l to his eovcrnment ut London and after lecelviDg instructions iron, iih L'overnment, wrote the Japanese Got- l t-rnmeiit as follows: M ' 'niriusu i-.uiuun.-,., , jiw, iw, i. Mi. lest v's government nceedes wKf! pleasure to request of the Japanese Jr'v,3 .rmnent for an assurance tliat they.W? : support Japan's claims in regard tothf disposal oi woinuu "" """-r"i anuV possessions In the islands rorthjtf.y Continued on rK KUht, Conm'.ftl, . . ..-.,, ''.' t?J TOLEDO THBOVIill HI,NMSIV "m.i"'- iSSvSKL f "TTTB"ll. ,. iiTMa""rr itiit jf. ' M J ii jSI J i i 1 i m c ' i.'ti; r ,ssfl eacfrffi. f, ' "te , ..i-A A. '-i.sA, IS.JV .' A -J FH'..'M AvJ ... . :. n. j:-Ai.fV' - htiWi
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