$&" ' "'' ,&$3?i"'"? ' 5' ' 'V '"-v .ktw pji v, m3JSSI!!?pJJ! w H , i, ...l jV -l' ly. X1 - -far. v "" n Euenina public Slefiger THE WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA Washington, July 20. Fair today and tomorrow. TEJirEUATURU AT HACIt JlOUIt 1 8 I I) 11 11 12 I 1 I 2 1. a 4 I 5 72 7ii 77 I7I 1711 ISO I I I I VOL. V. NO. 269 Unlcred as Second Clnun Matter nt the Poslofflce, nt rhtlailelphls. Under tho Act of March s. 1S7D. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1919 Published Dally fSirrpt Sunday. Subscription Trice 10 a Tear by Mall. Copyright, llillt, by Public I.rdctr Company. PRICE TWO CENTS Ki r if iw $ 2 PHILA. BOYS DIE AS BOAT HITS ROCK N LAKE CHAWIPLAIN Robert Forrester and Warren Conrad Drowned While at New York Camp 5 HURLED INTO WATER; THREE SWIM TO SAFETY Both of Victims Were Scouts. One Could Not Swim.' Diver Seeks Bodies Two boys, son's of families in Mt. Airy, have becu drowned in Lake Cbamplain, New York. Their bodies hate not been found. The bo)s were: Robert Forrester fifteen, 110 West Gorgas lane. AVarren Conrad, sixteen, 117 "Vest Gorgas lane. News of the drownings reached the parents of the boys today. Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Taylor, of Chestnut Hill, who conduct Camp I'cnn, at Valcour Island, Clinton county, N. "l., on Lake Champlniti, wired news of the boys' death to n friend in this city, statin- djtalls would follow in n let ter. They requested that the friend break the news to tho ptircnts of the drowned youths. This was done. Chums or Set en ears The two Mount Airy boys had been chums for seven jcars. They were both members df Troop No. 20 of the Boy Scouts, connected with the Summit Presbyterian Church, West View and Greene streets, Gcrmantown. The boys, with other members of the troop, had been taken to the camp June So as a reward for their efforts during the Liberty Loan campaigns. The money for the two months' vaca tion in camp had ueen raised among the members of the church. Three of the camp boys, including the Forrester and Conrad lads, were out on Lake Champlain on Thursday in n row boat, the operation of which had usually been supervised by a ramp instructor. They had been after mall and were returning to the camp. As they neared the shore tho boat struck a submerged "rock in the lalte. The force of the im pact stove in tho bottom of the boat, and the boys nnd their instructor were thrown Into the wnter. According o the telegram received here, the aoei- dent occurred "within swimming dis- tnnce of the shore." Conrad Unahlo to Swim Forrester could swim a little, but owing to Ids nervousness had, it is said, seldom tried it. What little swimming he had done was in n swimming pool In Gcrmantown. Conrad, it is declared by his companions, could not swim. The last seen of either Forrester or Conrnd by the three boys who were saved was after the boat had filled with water and all five werestruggling in the water. Both Forrester and Conrad were seen with their hands clutched upon the boat's Bides, clinging desperately to the boat as their only support. The trip that resulted in the tragedy was one much coveted by all of the bojs in the encampment. The mail delivery was entrusted only to the most deserving among the campers and it was held by the boys to be a signal honor to be put on the mall boat. The drowning of the two youths cast a pall of sadness among their boy friends and companions with whom they lived in camp. A box of cake and candy was re ceived at the Forrester home today. It had come through the mails to Mrs. Forrester from her son. Some time ago the boy wrote to his mother and asked her to send him some "home-made candy." This she did, not knowing that it was against the rules of the camp. When, the box arrived for young For rester tho camp directors ordered him to return it to his mother. Lake Champlain, historic in its asso ciations, with old Fort Ticondcroga's Continued on Page Two. Column lite BLAZE LOSS IS $40,000 I Remoteness of Plugs and Scarcity of Water Hampers Firemen Lack of high pressure in water mains due to the breaking of a pump at tho Torjesdalc pumping station nnd the re moteness of fireplugs hampered firemen Mnthe northeastern part of the city last flight In fighting n fire which nearly destroyed the fertilizer plant of Haf Jcigh Rendering Company, I?ast On tario and Brabant street. The damage to the building and con tents is placed nt $40,000. Assistant Fire Mnrshn.l Whitmore wiid the water pressure was low owing to the fact that one of the big pumps at the Torrcsdale plant was out of com raUsion. Firemen were further handi capped because the nearest fireplugs were a half-mile from the fire. During the fire one of the walls bulged and later fell. Several firemen had a narrow escape from being buried Jn the debris. Prompt action by the firemen saved the Berg Company plant, nearby, from flames. Appointed to City Jobs Municipal oppolntraentH announced today included Horace G. Lang, 010 Gaul street, assistant engineer. De partment of Wharves, Docks and Fer ries, salary "2100 a jear; Harry .T. Iteinhart, . IDS i West Willow Grove avenue, chief wharfinger, Wharves, Jockand 'Ferries, $1800 a year, and IJecatur SbulU, 3137 North Ninth street, engineer, Bureau of Water, -J"l3w -..yMtr i'uvtsl.U'vV .-; i'-A Vs, ;i i? y 'I j - A J ? v Jsfr I "VABHEN CONKAD ROBERT FOKKBSTKH Two Gcrm,antown bojs, members of summer camp on Lnlio Cham plain, New York, "who wcro drowned in the lake SPROUL LEAVES FOR WEST To Attend Convention of Governors at Salt Lake City Governor William C. Sproul left Philadelphia today for a trip to the Pa cific const, where he explained he goes "on business and pleasure." He said that lie expected to return hero within ten days, but most of his ft lends do not expect him back for at least three weeks. Jntly'next month the Governor will visit Salt Lake City, I'tah, where he will attend a convention of governors. The Governor, who spent the last two dnjs in Washington, returned to his home nt Chester last night and then enme to Philadelphia this nl6ming to take his train for the West. Goeinor Sproul refused to discuss any political matters, meicly smiling when asked about the local campaign. lie expressed satisfaction over the work of getting lid of the hills left by the LcgUliitme. lie stajed thnt the appropriation bills enme through in fine shape and thnt he did not liae mudi trouble with them, as he followed the recommendations of the State Board of Cliaiities. THIEVES EVADE POLICE Patrolmen Reach Clothing Store Too Late to Prevent Robbery Patrolmen arriving nt the clothing store of S. P. Klein Bros., 17JIS Columbia avenue, early today ns three thieves were leaving in an nutomobiie, failed to pi event a $2000 robbery. Secrnl shots were fired nt the fleeing nutomobiie by Acting Street Sergeant Kenney and Patrolman Fltzpntrick, but the thieves escaped by driving in Colum bia avenue to Sixteenth and then north on that thoroughfare. Tfie store robbed todny has only been open for a few weeks. Kntrnncc wns gained by forcing the front doot. The thieves then removed holts of cloth fiom the stock, loading the goods into their mnchinc outside. A milkman, passing the store, saw them and called for as sistance. The robbers immediately jumped into the car and droe away. NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER Warm, Continued Fair, but With Occasional Thundershowers Washington. July 10. (By A. P.) Weather conditions for the week be ginning Monday are: North and middle Atlantic states, warm ancL generally fair, but with oc casional local thundershowers probnhle. South Atlantic nnd east gulf states, partly cloudy, with uoimal tempera ture nnd occasionnl showers. West gulf states, generally fair, with temperature near normal. Occasional showers arc probable over Louisiana nnd-southenstcrn Texas. Ohio valley and Tennessee, warm, and except for occasional local thunder showers, geueially fair. Region of Great Lakes, partly cloudy with occasionally showers and thunder storms first hnlf of week. Warm weather first half of week, normal tem perature thereafter. MEXICANS KIDNAP U. S. BOY Bandits Threaten Death Unless $750 Ransom Is Paid aslilngton, July 20. (By A. P.) Philip Thompson, fourteen jears old, son of John West Thompson, an Amer ican citizen, wns kidnapped from his father's ranch, thirty miles from Mexico City, and in being held 'bv Mexican bandits for lfiOO pesos ($70) ransom, the State Depnitment wns advised to dny. I'rgent representations linvc been made to the Mexican Government. The bandits stole n hoise and a re volver from the boy before taking hin from tho ranch. They threatened to execute him unless the ransom was paid, it is said, ONE'S AFRAID, T'OTHER DARESN'T, SAYS M'CAIN OF MAYOR CAMPAIGN Many "Willing Barkises," Leaders Shy at Can didacies but MEN SOUGHT FOR OFFICE HAVE FINGERS CROSSED Plot Hasn't Passed Stage Qf Actors Shaking Fists at Each Othier By GEORGE NOX McCAIN The municipal campnign in Philadel phia has about degenerated into a farce. The title upon the billboards nnd outer walls should rend: "One's afraid and t'other daresn't." Prom a drama of the Philadelphia charter bill it lias become a serio-eonitr oudculle. The plot hnsn t developed bejond the stage where the leading nnd I livnl nrtnrs shake their lists at each other nnd call names. It's getting ludicrous. j The situation justifies nlmost nn.x nmntiut of raillery that tan be isitcd upon it. If David II. Lane, the venerable sage of Philadelphia Republicanism, whose title to the affections of his p.irty is un disputed, or the octogenarian, ex-Sheriff Samuel M. Clement, nnd other polltirnl nrchnns would care to discuss it, I doubt not they would agree that the develop ment is unique. Fail to Declare Themselves Not a single available candidate for tho mnjoralty has declared himself or been declared by his party in the weeks that have pnssed since the new chnrter beenme a law. Yet the lenders of two powerful factions, the PenTose-Cols alliance vnnd the Varc Republican or ganization, are hunting high nnd low for one. The independents particular! have gum -shooed up every bwny and hot-footed it along every nvenue with out success. There nre a score of men willing to accept the nomination, but the leaders don't want them. On the other hand, men who would make admirable candi dates will not consider it. And so the dajs pass and the senrcli becomes more frantic. When the City Club took n poll in nn effort to obtain something like n public expression on the subject it proved a futile quest. Its leading can didate in the balloting, and n capable gentleman. Franklin Spencer Edmonds, promptly declared himself out. The elufi started to secure 20.000 postal card replies as to choice. Only the Lord nnd the tellers who made the count know how many people took enough interest to reply. It's still a dark secret, hut estimates range nil the way from ." to 20 per cent of the whole. But even this well-meant effort fell lint. Somehow tho lenders among the Independents, which comprise tho Re publican Alliance, the Town Meeting paity, the committee of seventy and the Indies, God bless 'em, who mustn't be overlooked, haven't somehow taken kindlv to the Cit Club's list of e'.igi bles. Pharisee-like tie liae passed it by on the other side. As for the regular Republicans, or the Varc combination, it gave the Cit Club list the "once over" nnd followed it up with the grand laugh. Rather, it was a guffnw. Start of Two Laps From a btrictly impartial standpoint the Vnres hae n two-lap start on their opponents in the matter of candidates. They at least hae three names on their string to one for the Republican Alli ance. Run a finger down the list: There is Judge John M. Patterson, popular jurist, possessing nttiibtites above the ordinary run of mayoralty timber, nnd towering head and shoulders above some recent incumbents of that dignified office. He has many friends. Yet numbers of them urge him against making n cam pnign. They tell him thnt ultimately there awaits him a plare on the bench now graced by a von Moschzisker who rose from the Philadelphia bar. With the sad fate before him of past Majors Continued on Vace KlKhtcen. Column Seven "MADE EYES," WOMAN CUT Wife Held for Alleged Attack Upon Young Woman Mrs. Mnrln Ramiro, living at Mont rose nbove Fifth street, was held in ! $1000 ball for court on a charge of assault and battery made by Gillian Weiner, at the further hearing today before Magistrate Baker. The alleged assault took place a week ago lasf night. When Miss Weiner wns walking on the street, near her home, which is on Carpenter street above Fourth street, Mrs. Ramiro is charged with having attacked her, slashing her face with n razor. Miss Weiner wns taken to the Mt. Sinai Hospital and had to have sixteen stitches taken to close the wound on her face. According to the story of Mrs. Ra jniro. Miss Weiner "inndc eyes" at the husband of Mrs. Ilamlr". The girl denied the chnrgc. j SPEED COLOMBIAN TREATY Lodge Expects Ratification Before End fit Next Week Washington. July rt. (Iiy A. I'.) Discussing thn Colnmbinii treaty with Secic.tary Lansing toda.i. Senator Lodge, chalrmqu of the foreign rela tions committee, said his committee ex pected to take it up Tuesday and have it ratified before the end of next week, eliminating the sections suggesting an apology to Colombia. Under the. convention the United States would pay Colombia ?25,000,000 ior the partition of Panama.''5' Tajt Resents Publication of "Reservation" Letters New Yorit, July 20. (By A. P.) The Associated Press hns received the following message from ex-President Tnft: "Your association yesterday gave out two letters written by me to Will llnjs on July 20 Inst. These letters were personal and confiden tial and were so plainly marked nnd were published without the knowl edge or consent of Mr. Ilnjs or mjself. I nsk iu fairness to Mr. llajs nnd me nt once to give this the same publicity jou gave the letters. (Signed) "WILLIAM II. TAFT." It should be said that the Asso ciated Press was furnished the let ters referred to by one who hnd lecehed copies of them und felt himself under no obligation to re gard them as tonfideutlal. GOAL COST OUTLOOK PUZZLING DEALERS 'Buy Supply Now," Answer to Hesitating Purchasers Seek ing Advice on Fuel PRODUCTION IS CURTAILED Are coal prices going to be higher? It is a ital question to eery man who lias a family to keep watm this winter. Ask jour coal denier for nn answer to the question anil he shrugs his shoul ders, adding, perhnps. that "you'd bet ter get your cml in. nnjliow." Take his advice nnd gle him nn order for ten tons of stove conl, to he deliv ered immediately, and he probably will shrug his shoulders again and sny : "I'll do my best, but I cannot gunrnntee de liveries. You may not get your coal before September." If jou get it in September you will pay a September price for H ; thnt is to say, you will pay to your dealer, who In turn will pay to the producer, the full fifty cents extra per ton which Governor Sproul authorized last April. People wild pay conl bills may re member that on April 4 Governor Sproul issued n statement in which be gm'e it as his opinion that "the action of the producers in announcing n gradual in crease of ten ccn n ton for five months beginning May 1 is justified." Mining Costs More The Goiernor authorized tho fifty cents increase because, the producing companies represented to him thnt it cost them vnstl more to mine anil prepare coal for the market. Part of tlltu Innpniuml .if n-i !..( .. .... Ask the conl miner this sumo ques- tioni "Are coal prices going to be,1" "epoii. imi nop.o m.n sllm.-ul higher?" I of the hunk's affair could be made enrl If he is entirelv frnnk Ii prnbnblv . nr-t week. No action will be tnk-n will sa. : "I don't enre n cuss if coal today, as Assistant DiMnct Attorney goes to ?'J." a ton." 'Taulane left his office for Atlantic Citv. The henrrity of conl In tlto Phila delphia mnrknt i" caused in lurse mean .. 1... n AitHtn'ln.l nn.l7?,.f ',,.. !.. it. Ills' 1JJ U "HI ll IViI I'l "Will I Mill lit lilt" Penmohania anthracite fields. This curtailed production is referred ' ""rk '"' ,h'' . "',v, h I bnck bv experts to various causes. touch with Philip N. (.oldsni.tli. n cer-' Some of these muses lmc to do with 'tided public accountant, who is rep- j physical conditions; others with labor resenting District Attninc Kotnu ntiyQMLQ conditions. the hnnk. He is checking up accounts rri. ..'if,i nf th To,,n.inni,itli the state exniniiiers. i , , 1, . i i ii , miner is reflected in his indifference . I,, . i , to tho higher trend of coal prices. .. i i- i- i i i I,ike the English miner, the miner in the Pcnnsjlvanin fields is "soie." He1" corner.. '"''"'";'';'" is iu an nngry frame of mind because , wages, thoiRlimBtPrinllyn.lvonr-.l., hnvc not kept pace with the rising , cost of necessities. He wants moie money for his work, and if more money , for him means dearer coal for us, why, it's up to us, and he should w orr.i. . England's big coal strike, involving1, 250,000 men, is not finely to oe ciupll-' cated in America not for the present, ans how. Hut the same feeling of dls- content with liiing conditions, tlie same ronllnuf.1 nn fine Fucir 'oh:mii 0" "WHO'S LOONY NOW?" New York Supreme Court Decides r UUIIIl nilllBHW'ta w.im.w.iw. . New York. Jul 2(1. (Uy A. !'), John Armstrong ( linloner won his tuenty-)ear fight for the legal cstab - llshment of his sanity in New York state today when Supreme Court Jus - Armstrong Clin tice Ford granted His application for, the (lischurge of the committee of his person nnd property. The .decision confirms Mr. Chalouer's contention that he is a sane and com peteut person. REPORT CLASHES IN ALSACE Berlin Declares Soldiers and Civil ians Have Engaged In Conflicts Berlin, July -5. Disorderly condi tions In Strasbourg, tlie capital of Al sace, arc reported in udvices received here. Sanguinary conflicts between the "French military and riviliaus nre nl legcd to lia-e occurred. Swimming Party at Swarthmore The Keystone diiisinn of the Ilusi ness Women's Christian Lengue hnd n swimming party this afternoon nt Swarthmore Cottage as their recreation serial for this week. The bummer play time committee hnd charge of the pro gram und the leaders of the party were Miss Bertha BcnjouAand Miss Doro thea Starkey. V. MEN OWING BANK $90.1 PROMISE 1YERJ0 PAY North Penn Customers Said to Have Told Cashier They Will Make Good LAWYER BLAMES OTHERS TO EXCUSE DEFENDANT! Montgomery Pictures Client as "Overworked," and Speaks of Inexperienced Clerks Ralph T. Mojer, cashier of tho de funct North Penn Hnnk. held under j$2",000 bail on criminal charges grow ing out of the wreck, today told friends he has obtained promises for pnjment I of SilO.OOO due the institution. j The cashier spent jesterda calling on persons against whom the bank held notes. According to n friend. Mover sajs he obtained promise" from these men to pay their obligations. Colonel Pred Tnjlor Puse , speci.il imestigator nppointed by Attoinej (!en- ernl SchnfTer, will collect the money. Colonel Pue , hoexer, haws recohed no direct woid from Mojer. Careless .Methods Charged William Morgan Montgomery. Moy er's nttornej. reiterated this afternoon thnt the shortage would not amount to S000.000. ns snted by he bank exam iners. According to him, the deficit is rdnthcl small. He blamed loose methods nnd cnrelessness for the crash. The Inw.cr expressed himself as be ing so confident that he said he would be willing to pay the deficit bj his own peisun.tl ihck. "I nm confident." he said, "when the search of the Nottli Penn tecords is completed thnt the total sum will be far below $000,000. It might be as low as $11. So confident nm I of this that 1 nm willing by my own personal check to make up the deficit." Mr. Montgomery then snid he be- lWml the muddled condition of tho books was due to tho work of inexperi enced cleiks who did the work during the war. "I'll vent lire to sny." he ndded, "thnt MoAcr himself did not write more than two lines in the bank records. Girls had charge of the work and made all entries. "As for the statements about Moyer's desk being cluttered, that condition cin he found in almost anv nuiu's desk. I know I have written him nbnut some trnnsnetion and then telephoned him a few das later and lie had to search for the letter which lie said lie had not opened '. Had Too Much to Do "Mocr had too much to do at the bank. nnwny, nnd on account of the 'war lie could not get competent assist - I Ullts " I Colonel Pitsey spent the morning in Iconfeience with several hankers. He nnnounced thnt theic was mitluus new, James T. I ortelou. emit or cne-ns-triet attorney's detecthe force, nnd 'May Snniliel ). Wvnne. deput chief, to-I . . . , . ) Ktlior- with several detectnes nre at Officinls woikuit; on the bank tangle V "" ' ""'""'h ,"" " i nt mute their suspicions of note jug- lniimiiic """ " ' ' , . .., pllncr bv Mocr. Notes placed w til the lln" " ' , ' . , ,' .. . , " "" . . . . . .. i lioved were nlnced nv Minor witH ntliert bniikN ns n basis for additional loans, j M hnllMm. it is helieied, ,,,, unti, thp ,ole structure giew hpnx, nn(, (.0Hnpsed. endangering the ' of ,,,,,,, ,lf (1(,,,o.itors. Itadlsrount of Notes Hy the plnn believed to be followed me prouiissurj ncnr .i- m-m "j ....- er and tlie mnKers periiuimi . ciieci, against the amount. Oieidrnfts frc-j quently occurred as a result. If funds! were needed hi the bank, the theory is. I tn notp rmli,i b0 tnkcii to anotlier bank, I discounted nnd tlie money used to make up the overdraft. If the note wns paid at maturity, cierytlnng was btrafght- cn "ut-, ,. .. , , , ,. I On their listing of the assets and lia- hilltles hlmrcs the course of action of the state and county officials. If the outlook is hopeful when the tabulation , H eomplete. Colonel Puse) will be pr(.pnred to negotiate with the banks , tmU offered to tnke oier the crippled institution. If this can he clone, depositors, it is helieied, will obtain tlie great part of their iiioue). The possibility of. n I strong cenirai mum im.-kiuk iiic .soriu Penn Hnnk with its credit lincl a tonic effect on the confidence of depositors last night I A inrge ffroup of depositors met Inst evening in the North Penn Theatre, ' Tweut) -ninth and York streets, unci loted to keep their accounts in tlie bank if that Institution were taken oier b) ! another bank. CLASHES AT TRIESTE JugloSlavs ana Italians tngane In Rioting ,,, T..1. on rll- t 1 . i iri.ii.it .nil., ". v., ... i . i iit'- ports have reached here of rioting nt Trieste between Jugo-Slaisand Italians In which a few persons were injured. There also lias heeu fighting at Xarburg among the troops. It is claimed that there are difficul ties between the Serbs and Jugo-Slavs. The Jugo-Slavs contluue to occupy Klngenfurt, notwithstanding the objec tions of tli Austrian soldiers. ' TODAY'S BROOKLYN. 0 0 PHILS ao... 0 0 0 0 Mitchell & M. Wlient; Meadows ATHLETICS. .WASH'N a),, 4 MORE MEN AID EXAMINERS OF NORTH PENN BANK Chief examiner MacBuiacy announced today that the woik in going over the hooks of the defunct North Penn Bank had heen so great that ho had been compelled to call upon the State Banking Commission for inoic assistance. In compliance to his letjuestj four moro men appeared at the bank today. EDGE HILL AND GLENSIDE BOYS DROWNED Elmer Kauthei, twelve yeais old, of Glcnside, -nd Joseph rus'tnnna, twelve ycais old, of Edge Hill, wcie diowned while hV. immiug in nn abnndowncd quany, mar Hoslyu. Both bodies uue lecoveied. Coroner William Neville, of Montgomery county, lendeicd a verdict of accidental death, citcr holdiu gan inquest. TROLLEY PROBE IS ADJOURNED UNTIL AUGUST 4 Y'ASZIINGTON, July 20 Heatings befoie the Federnl ) itctnc Railways Commission wcie adjourned today. Picsentr.-t.o-i cf evidence by the Ameiican ElecUic Railway Association was completed yesteiday, when the last of more than fifty witnessed weie henid. The commission will lcsume hearings Ausust 4. CR0WDER HOME SOON; FRAMED 3 CUB AH LAWS "AVAIJA, Cuba, July 2G. M.ijor General Enoch H. Ciowier, who came to Cuba to diaft nw election laws, plans to ct'.u to Washington with his woik completer! on August 7. General Ciowdcr has" drafted the census law, already approved by the Cuban Congiess, an electoral law and a statute controling i 'rative pai cloning power. He has been assured that Congress '11 nppiove the remaining two measures prior to his depaituie. :Siy.Y EQUIPMENT SWAMPS EXPRESS FIRMS VA""-GTON, July 26 Necessity for using express cars t h-nilc equipment of returning oveiscas soldiers has caused ti c rs;pjt5S companies to utilize box cars for their regular busi--0'icito" General Hines nnnounced today that everything 1 ?- lbte ."r. being done to minimize the inevitable inconvenience r.u J. cely r.iis,ng fiom the use of cars ont equipped for express 1 Uj.r.vSE,. E PLAN DEAL WITH GHINA: Negotiate on Return Shantung Sovereignty in September of I WORK SI SHARE j 11 the VssDri.it eil Press ToUo, Juh '.!!!. Kcnklehi Voshi- -nwn. fnnm.r ..iil.r illnr .if til,. In ,,,,,, nv i - .... i i . - .i i " P HkHV H-Rimon nt itmii. nas loir neie lor tue Shantung peninsula to conduct a spe- ,il iniestigntion of conditions there prepaiatory to negotiations with China for the return of its sovereignt over I the territor.i controlled 1. Japan un- Jcr tho ,., ,. i The nPK,lllt,l,,I1Si offlp,B,, lniPIltrill wml(i b(1 nitfttc(i uft,.r ratilication of tllp ,)Pnce treat b.i the puv council, ch. officials snid. thei expect would I tnke place before September 15. Jlucli interest is diplft.icd b) officials ,prp In tl,. Immlrips mmle in the I'nited states Senate b) Senator W. V.. Borah, of Idaho, regarding the negotiations nt the pence conference which resulted in the Shantung ngrcuncnt Japanese officials said Japan is ready to make nil enterprises in the Shantung, . inelmlim; railroads and inilltnr.i . joint imdertakinir with the Chinese. JAPANES Japan, it is understood, is haunglniore than a half of whom nre skilled dllTicult) in inducing China to discuss ' meclinnics. During her seriice oier- the Shantung question Failure of the i Krn, tn(, Meliille wns n repnin nnd sun Chinese delegation at l'arls. It Is said. I,,,. R,jn for thiiti-fiie destroiers onr.r. I to simi the pence treat), is proiing tu be n source of embarrassment. i (irent interest lias becu arouscu in Japan by the remiirks concerning Ja - puns uttltucle tiiwni.l nina, miitie u) Tndnsaburo Ynmamoto, Mr. Yanuimoto declared he was .. . i i ,(.i..in nt i, startled by the changed uttltudc of the Chinese. He said ex-Prcsident Li used bitter words against the Japanese de mnndf contained iu the twenty-one nr ..... i ..!. .i.. i,.,.nn. ,ln. tides. "Mr. Li contrasted American con duct in China to Japan s, said Jlr. I rfsra1 thpir trip ,,.,, , pnmc -iamamoto. "Ihe i ulted States was ocpan t0(a)i v)l0rp , MhR,lpp, an(, peaceful and generous and showed nAVjom,nKi n(JW coalIuB nm, oil1K Qt' i eier) tiling sue uors uui iac "u'JColon, will commence the passage of' v ""'" " "" -'" " "i'v '" i""11" nil . Jni.an snoi, mer nnu Ml.Hilcifl ii-i-in.i mil".", " '" v,.,.... But before that is possible. Japan has . . i.. ,,i,.in Th v.,,Fra. ,.. i......hr .... .........v. .... - , dent's opinion represents, if I am not mistaken, the Chinese public opinion toward Japan. "It is high time for us to rhnnge our attitude toward China. If we lose her sympathy and the world is against us who kuows what our future will be? It is a question most vital to us." BASEBALL SCORES 0 0 1 & Tragressor. O'Day & Qulglcy. IBLASTK1LLSSIX : ON FLEET TENDER Boiler Explodes on Sims's Old Flagship (Vlelville, at Colon ..., , . , Yvun mnmuii ...., . ..... . .. . SHIPS PASS GATUN LOCKS ..,.,. ' the Associated Press i On Hoard the l S. $. New Mexico, pioinised, the Senator snid, to nasign .Til 1.1 31. (Uv 11 IreleSS ) Si Y men uoroltll the Mllllllllttce two of tile CXpCTtS Of ' ... ..... i.iii-.. i .-:.. i.. i.. i miu .- m u u-uht explosion on the 1. S. S. Meliille. n naial tender nttarhed to the Pacific fleet, now at Colon, Captain Twining, the chief of staff, has been advised. The Melville, the first ship especiall designed ns a destroyer tender and com pleted in 1015, was the first large Ainrr- 'can naval vessel to cross the ocean after the Patted States entered thelfor inclusion in Senate ratification of I war. arriving nt Qurenstniin. Ireland, the treaty. Mnnv senators, especially .Hoy ''. 1111,, soon nfter the first patrol of di'stro.iers. She immediate!) became the flagship of Admiral Sims, command- ing the American naval forces in Hiiro- penn waters, and fiew his ling until she started back home in Jnnuar.i. 1010. I lie ship, a 7150-ton lessel, 400 feet , loin? nnd 51 fWf hram ..niL .... ular personnel of 500 nffim-r n,i ,.. n,in frnm opnKi,, ' I cnlmlln,ler John S. Trwin is the jfeliille's commanding officer , Vnr Arnii-ht , , ,,',- L Four dreadnoughts of the Pacific fleet, the New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas ami New York were lifted successful! I ciiim.Kii in.' ciuiuu loess lesterclai. ,. . . . , ' ', V s "? J.1'0' T.l"".0'" ''. ,n nc,n,in p i through the (Jatun locks "" "-". " .'--i cu cireau- nop oughts, and last night the warships ay anchored in the fresh water of Tatun lake, eight,-r.ie feet aboi e lay C. lion lata! Tim ilr.m il .inn I. -n III the canal. e canai. J Admiral Hugh Hodman, in command, of the fleet, wns ..leased wltl, tho ..'"" oppu-.uc-.. . v...o ,....,..., ross ,lf lc flrst 8fnge of ,he cana, , , ... ....... '' JJP snui: "The flagship was lifted out of the three locks of Gatun dam in one hcjur and seventeen minutes. Now let us go tnrpon fishing near the dam putting dreadnoughts through the canal is too easy, The old battleships Georgia and Ver mont joined the fleet at Colon yesterday.. WILSON WRITES ; L0OG,REPLYIHG TI RESOLUTION Letter Supposed to Deal With Senate's Request for Peace , Documents REFUSES NOTHING, ASSERT WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS President Considers Plan Make Statement on Pro posed Reservations to RESPECTS TAFT'S EFFORT Deprecates Interpretations of Discussion; Talks on Treaty ' With Domocrats My tho Associated Press Washington, Jul 20. President Wilson hns written n letter to Senator Lodge, chnirinnn of the foreign rela tions committee, dealing witli a resolu tion recrntl adopted by the Senate, In making tlie announcement todny White House officials snid the letter was "not a refusal of anything." The resolution referred to in the letter wns supposed to be that of the committee asking for all documents used bv the American delegates at the Peace Conference. Heliee Taft's Efforts Honest ' President Wilson's ndvisers said to dnj that ufter stud lug the letters writ' ten by former President Tnft to riiniiL mnu Hnjs, of the Republican national committee, nnd several senators regard ing reservations to the pence treaty, the President had concluded that Mr. Tnft did not writ for publication. Thcj snid the President believed Mr. Tnft was making an honest effort tp bring nbout n settlement of the leaguii controversy and that he had no idea thnt what he wrote would be published at this time. Some of the President's advisers let" it he known today that they deprecated the action of some senators who have visited the White House in placine !eyj their own interpretations in KtltemtnSj for publication upon which the lreW vk! dent had said to them on the peace treaty and the league covenant. With n lew to discussing the general treat solution, the President planned to go to the Capitol today to confer with Democratic senators. Wilson May Issue Statement It wns indicated today thnt the Pre ident was considering the advisability of making some sort of n statement re gurding Ids uews cm proposed reserva- tlons to the treat. It wns snid such a statement micht be made before Mr. Wilson left on his trip west. The President nppnrentl has ad winced the date of his departure from Washington, as it was said nt the" White House todn that lie would deliver nu merous speeches before he reached San Francisco on August !" to review the Pacific fleet. It was expected that th first speech would be delivered in some cin in the middle west. Senator Lodge conferred with Secre- tnry Lansing nt the Stnte Department ,., ,,oni.,. treat. Si-nntor Lodce said he told Mr. Lansing the financial sections of the , .-, of Versailles r M, intricate' that the foreign lelations committee Kit it should hae the services of experts . nnsifirrinir them. The secretnry the Ameiican peace delegation who as sisted in prepuung these sections. Shantung In Spotlight Shantung ut.d reservations continued in the spotlight of official decision today, I both in execMitiie nnd Senate circles. I Itoth the Senate and the foreign rela tions committee linie adjourned until Mnudti. There were manj conferences, how- ever, to talk oier lcsci unions proposed of the pro-league group of Uepuulicuns, l1!"e framed reserintions they hope to ' "" adopted, and an effort to agree on 'some genernl piogrnm of action is the subject of much earnest nccotintiou. Although the White House nnd the ,Mntt department remnineci siieni ciu me conversations underway with Tokio re gnrdlng Shantung, an unusual element of exI,,'l-tn,ll' wna added as a resuic ot ""' stnt,'"",nt of 'l,tor SJ'Jon('" ItMiihlicnu. ?.Iiss.r.iiri. tlint. in his talk wi,h l,"""I,j,,t ',,',nn , J'"""""8 ,"? I'rest.ient siiowec nimwiiw) ""'".V" ' 4-i ,. "'I. ut'vc"n"ul,lu lo ,'ar", .vu" .: suuimuu. China's Assent Desired Senator Sprncev would not say on what assurances the President based bi hope of important developments. It is understood, however, that a full 0C count of the feeling aroused here against, :,--,..- .... i . uic onnnimiB i.iu,.. ..- J""-'"'"-' '? to r"tio ,ns " " k' . VhZhl ?h' 1 -?': f bJ. l"a '."1 Wi 4 .Tnnnnpse chnrco d'affaires, and Secre tnry Lansing. There are indications has' been received, though what pre liminary information the President might hnve is uncertain. Tl.e President lias been told by lt miblican senators that most of th J. D"; ..;,....... . .1.1- ,tr' would disappear ft " ili.ee .Toiian to cive such assurances lor -- , , . . ,,,. .. jri ni,"r.c r"lu"' ,ul ."."" . " '"- ,J" ZIM would result in tlu latter signing tlwr irintr It ih believed that view faa-.' . been reflected in the conversation wH,il them nnd that tlie suggestion nss oes., mn.le thnt this end could be arWV?s plislicd by a formal declaration to Caiaa yr CchUnatd on I'M T rslama A 3 T ..'!. t 4 I Isl A 'k If ! i u j' L a 41 &i i V v vTb i , Mf t'S I JVjT -C- .v.'fCjj ,sft ...- ;'- rV.:i - L 1' s-4 - .'f v .'PJ.W' j f J V M .t-?. LFLLziJL : jtMiMtm M iL s .Ji HJ..T71 1yf J nrut -. . ;i .ysi,i.' ti. aU-.-a.- M . j - 4J r -Nt - ".'i1; - I k 1.1
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