"' 'TJtJf-fi'Wl'i' v. U A.- ft, "l i It uentn$ public fed get NIGHT EXTRA VOL. V. NO. 261 Entered Second-Clan Matter at th- rontorncn at Philadelphia. r. Under the Act of March 8. ISfB. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919 Publlahed Dallr I'iccpt Sunday, Rubicrlrthn Price 10 a Tear by Mall. Copyrlnht. 101U by Tubllo Ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS SHERMAN CALLS SHANTUNG AGREEMENT TREACHERY; RETRIAL DENIED MEN CONVICTED IN 5TH WARD CASE m S THE WEATHER Washington, July 1". Fair tonight and tomorrow. TKMrKitATunr; at r.vcii hock, 81 0 110 111 112 1 1 !i 3 I 4 H I I 70170 170.170 73 71 72 72 j LIEUT. BENNETT 5 OTHERS Judge Head, of Superior Court, Announces Decision Overrul ing All Points Raised ATTORNEY APPEALS. TO SUPREME COURT ffni Cnwft Aiam lAfill Os ToIVam I vji a. j -wajro nuuun tviii wo arcn as Soon as He Studies Opinion LIEUTENANT IS SILENT Sentences' of Men Range From Six to Eighteen Months and Fines Six Policemen Guilty; Death Takes Leader The Fifth ward defendants, whoso conviction by the rourt nt West Chester must stand, according to Judge Head, of the Superior Court, are: Police Lieutenant David Bcntictt, eighteen mouths in jail and ,$S00 fine. Patrolmen Michael Murphy, Emanuel Uram and Louis Feldman ; one year in jail and $400 fine each. John Wirtschafter, a former pa trolman who was dismissed later for other irregularities, faces the same sentence. Patrolman Clarence Harden, a .negro ; six months nnd $200 fine. Isaac Dcutsch, the Fifth ward political lender, who was sentenced to two years in jail and $1000 fine died several weeks ago. .',." .. - --J- -.. , '. . Jm !-. - S& tjefcndantstnttc fifth ward mur der cose failed in their appeal to the Superior Court for a new trial. Immediately after Judge Head handed down a decision today, in which their appeal was refused. William A. Gray, counsel for the defendants, filed nn ap peal from the Superior Court verdict in the Supreme Court. The defendants in the case are Po lice Lieutenant David Bennett, of the Moyamensing avenue nnd Dickinson streets station ; former 1'atrolmnn John Wirtschafter and Patrolmen Michael Vurphy, Emanuel Uram, Louis Feld man and Clarence Hayden. Hayden is a negro. Ordered to Appear In the opinion banded down by Judge Head, the defendants are ordered to ap- N Tl I&pear before the West Chester court to '4teerve the sentences imposed. t ""lieutenant Dennett and the patrol men defendants were attached to the Third and Delanccy streets station during the primary election campaign in 11U7, which resulted in the murder of Detective George A.. Eppley on Sep tember. 10. All But Wirtschaffer on Force With tho exception of Wirtschafter, all of the defendants arc, still on the rojlce force. A storm of protest arose when it had been announced that they "would be retained on the city pay-roll after their conviction, but it soon passed when Diiector of Public Safety Wilson defied all criticism of his action . Isaac Deutscli, Yare leader of the , tFlftli ward during that election, was also convicted in the case by the loner '-veourt. Following his recent death, the nppeal made for n new trial for him was abated. He had been sentenced to two years' imprisonment and n line of $1000. The ilfeudnnts in the case weie con victed Jconsnlrncy to vT'olatOjthe Shern law am' conspiracy to prevent a free and fair election by use of threats, force vuud intimidation. They were found guilty August 14, 1018, at West dies- h, icr. .Miiieiiuuu wns iiunieuiucciy maue Hi Fur n now trlnl rriiia it'na ilnnlcil 1... Is J.udge Hnuse, January (I, 1010. B$ ' Itennpft iltiiu l,?lilifoAiifnn4liL Lieutenant Dennett was sentenced to v eighteen months iu prison, with a fine y of $S00. With the exeeptiou of Huy jsdeu, the patrolmen were each sentenced l&t'J one year imprisonment nnd fines of H '41ftfl Itm-llnt, .1'rtu LnnUnnn.1 bn 4nll 1,-V"-"-- ..,,..,... .. dluiiiii.i:u -u ju, p jor six nionuis, wltli a line of -$200. ii After the defendants had linen son. Silenced by Judge Hause, nt West Ches Jer. on Jiiuuury lit, 11)10, Director t Wilson nnnounced that the lieutenant And the fivo natrolmen would pontlnun 't'Uielr duties and draw their pay until the higher courts hnd nnsNijal mmn Hia , case. , ft i irtsrhafter .was dismissed from the f,, farcy later for other irregularities. At V the time he threatened to "i-mose" tlm fl whole Fifth ward case and all who were &. concerned in It. At that time he elnlmo.l "iftliat he had fifteen cents 'nnd no job. wo days mier ne uirneu.uown a goou paying position. He had $200 then. Ale never ''exposed" the murder case. Lieutenant Dennett was informed of , fC action of Judgo Head while he ,-,Wtf at breakfast in his Home this morn. riM;v .. . - e && MW fatSsH1, wltfe0!"t ay1 ff SiiPwlPffllwwP'SSiJB I MhHIBBi yHh JUDGE 0. II. DICKINSON DEALER IN OYSTERS SANG-AWAY SECRET 'OFNEAR-ELOPEMENT Mother of May, Whose Other Name Means Love, Puts Ban on Wedding Bells "My Wife's Dead and I'm Going to Elope With May." This tune sung over and over again nt the dinner table in Atlantic City Inst night by Edward Herbert, thirty -five years old, nn oyster dealer of Phila delphia and Atlantic City, furnished the clue that prevented his marriage here today. For the May mentioned wns May Amour, nineteen- car-old daughter of Mrs. Sarah Amour, proprietor of the boarding house where ho was living on Missouri avenue, and When May was found to be missing toiiny, along with Herbert, the mother suspected that theyjCamjjjJOj'Philadelphia,. and followed tli'cm. When the pair presented themselves nt the marriage license bureau she had them arrested. Later, vboth were re leased. The girl returned to Atlantic City with her mother. Herbert's place of business here is on Krie avenue near Eleventh street, lie is a widower. SHIPPING INQUIRY FAVORED House Rules Committee Urges Probe by Special Committee Washington, July 17. (15y A. P.) Without a dissenting vote, the House rules committee today decided to recom mend that nn investigation of the ex penses and operations of the Shipping Hoard nnd Emergency Fleet Corpora tion be ordered by the House. Democratic members urged assign ment of the task to the committee on merchant marine, but the Republican committeemen insisted on their party leader's plans for a special committee of six members. Early action in the House wns plnuued. BLACK CLOUDS HANGING LOW Weatherman Hoots at St. Swlthln's Legend Says 'Twill Clear Soon St. Sivithin Bats 1.000 Against Weatherman According to tradition, if it uiiim on July 15, St. Swithin's day, it will rnin for the forty days follow ing. So fnr the tradition lins held true. The standing: W.. h. Pet. St. Swithjn Il 0 1.000 Weatherman 0 3 ,000 Trot out jour lanterns today if you don't want to trip over n traffic gop when you cross the street. The weather mijn says that the heavy black clouds ore going to linng frown ing over the city for most of the day. "These black clouds," he says, "ex tend all along the coast as far as Savannah, Grorgla, and it's raining along the whole stretch," "St. Swithin's dny? Forty dnys nnd forty nights of rnin? Oh, I don't know! I can Hue up ns many towns that hnd rain on Monday, July lfy and haven't hnd a drop of rain since. Pittsburgh. Cleveland and 'Knoxvllle, Tenn., nnd Pensncoln, Flo., and n lot of cities in between had rain on St. Swlthln's day and have been us dry ns punk since. "Sure, we've bepn -predicting clear weather. "The weather is just about as will fully changeable as n woman's mind. But we confidently expect It' to clear off sometime this afternoon." Held on Counterfeiting Charge Mario E'AIonzo, nineteen years old, 1R43 South Carlisle street, wns arraign ed before, United States Commissioner Mauley in .the Federal Building today on tho charge of attempting to pass a counterfeit fifty-cent silver piece on a trolley car. In the absence of govern Pyt witnewMw Mwa held In $300 E TO DECIDE IN BEER TEST CASE Dickinson, Favoring Govern ment, Holds Matter Is One for Jury to Decide BREWERS HAVE CHANCE TO WITHDRAW DEMURRER Falling to Overrule, Verdict in Accordance With Court in Pittsburgh Is SALOON MEN HARD HIT If They Keep Open, They Do So! at Their Own Risk, It Is i Pointed Out i Declaring his opinion would not settle I the Inw on the subject, nnd lefusing' to overrule or sustain the demurirr filed hj the Itergner it Engel Ilrewing Company, in the 2.7." per cent "beer test" case brought by the gocrnmciit, Judge Dickinson, United States Dis trict Court, tfldnj held Uie case Minuld be settled by trial. In his opinion, which covers nine tjpewritteu pages, lie goes deeply into the subject at issue. He said he has read th oepinions of Judge Andrews, of Boston, who recently held for the brew ers in a similar case, through sustaining the demurrer, nnd nlso the opinion of Judgo Thomson, of Pittsburgh, who gave .the government its first victory by overruling the demurrer and Holding the nineteen defendants for trial. Concurs With Pittsburgh Com t Judge Dickinson found himself in ac cord with the ruling made by Judge Thomson, of Pittsburgh, for the gov ernment, in a test case ngninst the Pittsburgh ltrcwing Company. The court here gives leave to the de fendant, the Bergner & Ungel Brew ing Conipanj, to withdraw the demur rers filed to the informations nnd al lows it to plead to the informations. Should counsel, former Judge Theo dore F. Jenkins, not care to do this, the demurrers, tin; court hold", 'will be disposed of when the case is icady to be tried. , "The broad question upon which we are asked to express on opinion is what did Congress do? Consistently with our expressed willingness to render any aid iu our power to render, we should an swer this brond question, if any good result would thereby be accomplished. We are, however, unable to see that nny result would How other than the expression of one more opinion on the subject. "We have in our present sjs,tcm of law no branch which nmj be called advisory. Attempts, are often made to i secure the expression of miui opinions. They are often, however, judicial only in the sense that they uie given by I men who hold judicial office." I New York Case hMiis long 'opinion Judge Dickinson takes up in detail the nigument had in the equity action in New Yoik, where nn injunction wns sought by lounsel for the brewers against the Flitted States district attorney. The court sus tained tho demurrer pio forma. In Maryland, he recites. Judge Kose fol lowed the precedent set by the New York court, independent of his personal nnd judicial opinion. There nre now added," says Judge Dickinson, "to this list, inlliiirs bv the courts of different districts which me ,$18O,S0O, nproved for .$180,000; wur at leust iu form conflicting. If the ton-I rantec map work. S'JO.OOO. nppioved struing of this net at this time would I for $12,000; traveling. Incidental nnd lighten the labors or lessen the respon- I t,,,,,, on VacK ruurtn. Column T sibllities of the Judiciary Department, or the withholding of a ailing would de- ' SHOOTS FRIEND BY MISTAKE prive tho defendant of a right, the J,,WV' w .. duty of now deciding the question we nre nsked to decide would be presented. We do not see, however, thnt it is be fore us. I'he real question is one of pleading Indeed, the line sought to-be drawn by the defendant is so fine that the un trained eye has difficulty in followiug it. There Is no criticism of the form of the informations. They, in apt terms, charge the offense as the art of Con gress defines it. Giving the law the , fontlnufd on I'nte Two. Column Two PHILIPPINES MAY BE "DRY" Legislation Plans Prohibition Law If i Necessary Manila, July 17. (By A. P.) The Philippine Legislature purposes the enactment of, a prohibition measure for the islands In the event it is held thut the national prohibition amendment "re cently ratified in the United States does uot apply to the Philippines. This an nouncement was made today by legisla tive leaders, The proposed measure. It was said.' Vbuld btfcan ,ezi Vbuld b"ftan ,ezaet copy ol the act otiProntuand 'Master streets station, .this i v..Ui...v.i.1. . v..vtvr...'AiiS......i E-r - .SKNATOU MrCl'MHKK First of the Republican senators to call on President Wilson for discus sion of the peace treaty and the league of nations covenant 8 ;, I i ' I GUT APPROPRIATION INSTATE II flUffiK Sproul, in Signing Bill, Breaks Record in Reducing Funds for Many Departments DECREASES OWN EXPENSES Harrlsburg, July 17. !ocrnor Sproul in signing the general appro priation bill today made cuts of 51, 007,430.08. The measure as passed by the Legis lature totaled $44,000,000 tq cover the expenses of the stale for the next, two years. . . ' Virtually pvcry department! affected by the Governor's action, even the ap propriation for the upkeep of the ex ecutive mansion, which was fixed at $24,000 under Governor Brumbaugh's regime, being reduced to 920,000. Not content with this the Governor slashed the item for clerk hire iu his own department from ifoO.IUlO to ?4,-i,000. ' Among the cuts made are : The Governor's reductions are I he greatest ever made in this piece of bieiuiial legislation. of public grounds and buildings was cut .$1(1.'1,110, labor and industry more than $110,000. The reductions include the veto of the state salary bo.ud, state board of censor inspectors, mine inspectors' sal ary nnd incrense in salary for the in spector of factories. In the school appropriation it is stated that the reductions in the allow ance for special subjects do not inter fere with the .$18,000,000 common school appropriation, but are made available for genernl educational pur poses. The appropriation of more than ?0000 for Mount Gretna, where the state militia is holding its last encampment, was vetoed. The complete table showing the cuts made in the various department fol- lows: Executive Clerk hire, $."0..1fi0, approved for $4"i,000. cut S."3(i0. Tiaveling and incidental expenses of the Governor, expenses of the executive mansion, en tertuinment of offhinl guests, etc.. VJ4.000; approved for .$20,000, cut $4000. Total cut for department, $o::oo. Auditor General Extin clerks, $."i0,000 j vetoed, total cut, ?.i(),000. Internal Affalis Bureau of Municipalities, MtTi.OOO, ' unmoved- for $30,000: clcilcs. etc., I Man Pulling Trigger Didn't Know I Gun Was Loaded Because George CallisN, of 1,120 Wood street, did not know a .IS-ealiber revolver wns loaded, Chris l.eseski, twenty-nine years old, of Sixteenth and Wood streets, was badly wounded in the shoulder. He is in the Hahnemann Hospital. Leseski hail just purchased u new revolver nnd went to Cnllisis's house to show It to him. Cullisis took the weapon to exnmlne it. He pointed the barrel at I.eseski nnd pulled the trig ger. EoseskI fell to the floor. Cnlllsls was placed under arrest and will re ceive a hearing before Magistrate Bea ton at the Twentieth ami Buttonvvood streets station this morning. I - ' Nab Nine In Gambling Raid The home of John Young, at fiOfl Cad walader street, was raided Inst night by Policemen Smith and Withers, who arrested Young and eight other men. The prlsonrs were charged with gambling. They will be given a hear ing before Magistrate lates, at the, FIRST OF E. D. P. SEMTDRS TJtUS. 1ITH PRESIDENT Executive Discusses Treaty of eace and Everything That It Involves PLANS TO INVITE ALL TO CONSULT ON COVENANT , "The in tn le sins j on lie fn a mil- McCumber, League Supporter'""" ,,,,l!iir l'""-" . M,i, !;,"!"" (i- a rr iMcM'uson. representing the 1 riliimr. Leads List Borah and John son May Decline 'BORAH MOTION CARRIES . Senate Asks Chief Magistrclte for Copy of Protest on Shantung B.v the Associated Press nsliington, July 17. President on toilav began conferences with ihlicnn senators for discussion of the the pence trentv nnd the lencue of nations covenant. His first cnller wns Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, a supporter of the treaty and the cove nant. Three other senators. Jones, of Wash ington, Colt, of Rhode Island, nnd Nel son, of Minnesota, had been invited to call at the White House during the day, but Senator Jones was out of the city. The President expected to see Senators Colt and Nelson this afternoon. Ask for Shantung letter Without a record vote or debate the Senate adopted a resolution by Senator torah,"Republican, of Idaho, nsking the President to send to the Sennte "if not Incompatible with the public interest" a copy of the letter said to have been written by General Tasker II. Bliss, on behalf of hjmself and other American lelegntes nt Paris protesting against the Shantung settlement. llj n resolution introduced bv- Sena tor Spencer, Republican, of Missouri, nnd leferred to committee, the Senate would declare its "deep regiet" at the I disposition of Shantung. .,,, , . . i.iiiiii- tii . -ii-iiiiii- lllll, mi- IIIII-ILIU ii-. The department1, .. ... , , , .. . i i ti ii. . . Intions committee held another session to consider the treaty, but devoted its time to lending the text. To Discuss Whole Treaty Senators invited to the White House tomorrow included McNnry. Oregon, who is understood to ravor ttie league of nntions; Kellogg. Minnesota, and Capper. Kansas, who have not an nounced nny definite stand on the league proposal. The President's invitation to Senator MoNary asked that he come to the White House to discuss "the trcatj and all it involves." It was intimated that the President planned to invite all of the Republican senators to the White House, devoting four or live hours each day to confer ences with tlieni. Senators Borah, Ida ho, nnd Johnson, California, two of the bitterest opponents of the league of nations, were expected to be on the list, but there apparently was some doubt in administration circles whether they would accept. I nder present plans of the President it wns not believed thut he would he able tn start on his ti-in to tho fneifln, oast much before the end of the month. I Even with such n delnv nninl officials! hope that he would be able to reacli the coast in time to review the new Pacific fleet at San Francisco, August l."i. Senator MrCunibcriuas closeted with the President for more than nn hour, lie declined to discuss detnils of his conference, saying he considered them confidential. Conversation Confidential "Our conversation lorered n wide range," snid Senator Mt Cumber, "and if the President wants to sny what w'e talked about that Is nil right. But ns far as I am concerned I consider that our conversation was confidential and I do not feel nt liberty to disclose what h oppened. " Senator McCumber added that his po sition in regard to the league of nn tions "hnd been made as clear ns the English language can make it," and that his position now was the same as it al wajs had been. Senator McCumber would not suy whether he discussed the Shantung situation with the President. The President in his series of con ferences with Itepublicnn senators is expected to discuss in detail the" league of nations nnd the treaty settlement of the Shantung question, ns those two provisions have been the subjects of the greatest criticism. Swallows Button Hook I Walter Horutyk, four years old, of Seventh street and Ferry avenue, Cam den, hnd h button hook removed from his throat at the Cooper Hospital to day. A passing motorist saw the boy apparent choking on tlie street. Stop, ping and discovering the cause of the difficulty, thft motorist took the boy to tb kotfnltnl. 'Thejdoctors said the boy probably lprobbly owed hlslllfe 'to tut." prompt Ford Doem,t or mis Home in Detroit When Lawyer Suggests $1,000,000. Manufac turer Says "More Than That"; Told Builders Not to Tell. Him , 11 the Associated Press Mount Clemens, .Mich.. .Inl v, iCiiuit had been in session uenrlv three hours tnin before llenr Ford, plaintiff ,111 a S Odd. (Mil) libel suit ngniust Hi hirnsn l;iil , nitness tnd. Trihiine. lestiuied the The opening hours were ttlslltili .1 .. III. ,.-t! 1.. l.'ii.l I II pi -iiill' u till .HM11IIM I'l IIIIJ. It. Alexander and the rending of n tiingn iMiienrtiilr on Ml. I'onl l. John Uecd in lillli. "Mole than that, 1 think. " "A million nnd a half?" "Well, 1 lon'l i call Know." "Mmlie .Mm don't want to know." 'I tolil Iliem not to tell me." said .Mr. r,...r ia,ing. "Mr. Ueed paint" ou ns n er, ileinoi i at ic pel sou w lm lines to sit on n neighbor'- luck porrh and talk. The IOIIIIMIs Htm i sii ifti .nun IMH l I'Ollll, ill tlie '.' lillilld- keep them IIWIIV. don't they?" An iihpei tiiui was siistjiuid. .Ml. Foul said that Heed gathered practically SENATE OFFICIAL Edward V. Murphy, official Senate, died today on a train en Canada. TUNNELS DESTROYED BY BLIZZARD IN ANDES i BUENOS AIRES, July 17. New snow falls on both-, sides of the Ancles mountains have resulted in further landslides of larijc pioportions, adding to the difficulties of repairing com- mun'caticm. over the mountains. Two tunnels on the trans- Andine ranw7Ty,''B"rvT6een,dcstToyed In the latest landslides. The blizzard in the mountains is continuing, forcing repair gangs gangs to abandon their efforts. N. G. P. M DIVISION BASIS! Beary and General Price Will Go to Washington to Perfect Reorganization Plans MANY WANT COMMISSIONS Pennsjlvnnin will have the skeleton organization of a full division iu the new National Guaid. Adjutant General lle.uv anil Majoi General Price, bend of the new Penn sylvnniii Gmnl. will go to Washington next Tuesday to confer with the ledeinl authorities to make the new organiza tion possible, so as not to ronlliet with nny federnl plnns already made. Many applications for commissions in Ihe new organization are being leieived """ vetemns of oveiscas seiviu .ml officers of the Pennsylvania slate mili- tin, General Beary said tod.ij at militia camp nt Mount Gictnn "The old National Guaid organi.a tious will be pieserved ns much as pos sible." General Bcar.v said, "and nnj person joining the new guaid will have the privilege of designating the ngi ment or battalion to vvhiih he desires to be aliiched." Oflirrrs Anxious to ,10111 "No difficult.) is expected iu getting the greiit number of officers necessary to make up the proposed skeleton of the Pennsjlvnnin division, and then, in case of an emergency, it would onlv be necessary to recruit the thinned ranks of the various organizations to regit hition strength to put a fully equipped , division composed uf men from this state on the battlefield." The appointment,. of officers will be announced as soon as the militia bu mm at Washington gives the state of ficials power of authority to go on with the work of organization, the ad jutant general said, and immediately following the uppoiutment of the of ficers the active work of recruiting the Pennsylvania division will begin, Many Apply to Enter Many of the men iu the state militia have already made application for mem bership in the new guard, the genernl snid, and will be given a chance to get in. Others have expressed a desire to join up with the new organization, but will be prevented because of their in ability to puss the required federal physical examination. The' phjsical examination for the militia, he explained, was not up to federal standard, because of the need of men and the emergency organization of the militia. General Beary bas' been given full FORMED Know Cost all of the statements in his story clse wlieie than fioin I lie witness. Witness1 suggested that Ueed borrowed some of il from nn article b llenrj A. Wisel Wood about ilNbclii f in national bound-! ""c ""'1 pioposmg a Hag of nil people. fcajs Alcoholic Diinh Cnusrd War .. t. . Mr. I'onl op drink, nnd Mr .ir. i urn iippuseu ine use oi nicouoiic Heed pointed out thnt the Germans thriied on luer and the French on wine "Yes, and I think flint was one of the causes of the war," nld Mr. Pord. "How?" ashed the lawjer. "It made them suspicious of each other," Mr. Fold answered. Kirk E 11. Alexander, nn advertis ing agent of Detroit, who preceded Mr. Ford on the stand, testified he had in terviewed Mr. I'onl in December, 11)17, at n luncheon in the Ford factory nt which Alfied Lurking. Mr. Fold's nt tolnej. and n man named Smith weie present Mr. Foul, m the course of a gen Cnntinuril on I'M Two, Column tine REPORTER DIES reporter of the United States route to his summer home In ORGANIZES TOOAY Independents, Penrose Men and Other Vare Foes Will Choose Leaders WOMEN TO BE APPOINTED Scleition of the Committee of Hundred, which is to diiect the One lip- piimchiug mii,voi.iltv buttle ngninst the A lire fou es, will piolinbly be made to day. A meeting In peifect the organiza tion of the committee lias been called for this afternoon in the headquarters of the Town Meeting party, :!(! South Pifteenth street. The committee will be composed of rcpiesentntive men and women of the itj. according to George W Coles, i hail man of the Town Meeting party. "The committee of 100," said Mr. Coles, "will consist of representative men and women who will inspiie the confidence of the public. "I believe the independents of Phil- adelphin will iu pt nnd suppoit the candidates it will icconimend. and 1 am i niilideiit that the committe will put forvvnid the best set of candidates for miitiii ipiil ntlu-es that the city has ever had." All elements opposed to the Vare orgnnizntion will unite in selecting the make-up of the committee of 100. Eecognition will be given the various women's oignnizatimis which have been active in the fight for reform by the appointment of nt least a half-dozen prominent women vvoikers. I he I own .Meeting part) eitj com mittee meets tonight to perfect its sena torial district organization! Similar uiguiiizntious nliendy have been formed by the Itepubliean Alliance. At the meeting tonight n senatorial executive committee of eight members, one from ench senntoriul district, will be organized. This committee will co-operate with a similar committee of the ltcpublicnn Alliance in directing the fight for the election of members of Council opposed to the present A'arc organization. Anti-Vare forces have begun to per fect their ward organizations over the city for the coming battle. The He-publican Alliance of tho Twenty -uluth ward will hold u meet ing tonight nt West College and Girard avenues. Senator A. l Dalx, Jr,, Select Councilman IMcburd Weglela and others will speak. In the Forty-eighth ward the Pen. rose-Iridependent Republican Club lias been organized to combat the 'efaCership of .Director WlllUm H. Wihorf' James 00 11IIE LEAGUE TIT D If FALSE MOVE, SE linois Member Declares Allies Aid Japan in Autocratic Aspiration COLT FAVORS COVENANT; MAY ASK RESERVATIONS Sherman Avers Japanese Aim at World Empire, Abetted by British SEES GERMANY OF EAST Cruelty of Mikado's Men China Likened to Rape of Belgium in By the Associated Press Washington. July 17. Debating the pence trcatj today. Senator Sherman, Republican. Illinois, urged the Senate to lefuse ncceptnnee of th Shantung provision of the. peace treaty. He has been a persistent opponent of the treaty and the league of nations. Senator Colt, Itepubliean. Hhode Island, announced his support of the principles embodied in the lengue of mitions covenant, but snid ho withheld judgment regarding certain reservations. Senator Sherman, in Ins acniress fn tin, j Senate, declared that the section giving , Japan control of Shantung Peninsula I "o taints nnd poisons the professed I altruism with which the league of na tions wns hernlded ns to crown it the supj-rlativo treachery in the history of modern times." The provision, asserted the speaker, would nid Japan in becoming "the snber rnttler of the world, and strength en her for the dnj when she might try. I like Germany, for world empire. In I such an eventuality, he continued, and with British nnd Japanese. interests in I the Orient identical, the I'nited States , might well look to the safety if the Philippines. Kulo of Covetous Desire "Why China should be exploited," lie said, "her territory nbsorbed In the guise of leaseholds, her port cities dom inated bj alien powers, her mining and iiiilvvny lights seized by Japan, does not appear except under the rule of covet ous desire coupled with militnry force. "It is material to notice under the Japanese constitution the em peror has the supreme command of the armj nnd navy, declares war, makes peine, and concludes treaties. The kaiser could do no more in the days he menaced Europe and the world. It is as plain as the noonday sun thnt the 'government is autocratic and that it will add Chinese province upon prov 1 ince, concession upon concesssion, until l an Asiatic kaiser will dominate the I affairs of Asia and the Pacific ocean. "Iu ISO" German , professing to bs exasperated b.v the minder of two exiled German missionaries by ignorant fana tics in 'Shantung, sent German 's war ships to the baj , bombarded the ports, landed troops and occupied the terri- 1 torj In settlement she compelled the 'Chinese Government to sign a ninety- 'nine ear lease with concessions for rnilwa.v building ciud mining. Says Japan Assumes Sovereignty "A mere leuse of propert by one j government to another does not divest the lessor government of sovereignty over the territory so leased. Japan 'entered the war for the express purpose ! of driving the Germans out of the leased territory. The expulsion of Germany gave Japan no sovereign rights ther ! which she has since assumed. i "The harshness of Japanese occupa Ition, the cruelties inflicted on the help less inhabitants, the seizure of property 'and the resulting footing irresistibly ! turn one's thoughts to the German con duet in Belgium. Wc denounce one in I unmeasured terms. We are asked to approve the other and declare It justified iu n holy cause. "Japan intends, we are told, iu A limited time to withdraw from Share tung and return that country to the Chinese. In every instance in whlca Japan has pledged Herself on the con tinent of Asia to occupy temporarily, ' she has made that occupancy perma nent. Fears Japanese German Union j "The United States exercises sot crcignty in the Philippines. Japan expansion Is seaward as well as land ward. Her ambition covers the PaciUe ocean as well as the Asiatic mainland. With Germany in perpetual intrigue, it is no far inference that a practical partition resulting from a union of those two powers iu Europe and Asia is no impossible event. I "Jupun .assumes sovereign rights over Chinese- territory. Merc refinement' jof language or specious Interpretation) I will not remove tins impending truth. Continued on Cute 1'ourtKO. Column "e A IAY IN JOEiy T8RK ,, V Special train ucuroton fttotelV Juk'1 leaving new'l T T gw . 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