iw,' w ffJpttuf'eve' e f i -w $PTPrlm??TtWi p?l T v " Hpwryv " Euenin POSTSCRIPT CLOSING STOCK PRICES . ' VOL. VI. NO. 78 Entered aa Second-flu s Matter at the Poitofflcr. at Philadelphia, 1 Under the. Act of March 3. 1479. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1919 publlihed Dally Except Sunday Subscription Prlca $0 a Tear by Mall rvp rlalit, 1M0 by Public hedjrer Com pa -i v. PRICE TWO CENTS ADY TO YIELD TO RVATION Entente Soon May Notify Washington of Willingness to Accept Some Treaty Proposals -... . v the Leather Washington, Dec. 13'. Rain today; fair and much colder tomorrow. TEMrEltATPltE AT feACIT Horn I 8 I II llO 111 IJ2 I 1 t 2 I a I 4 l I BS tfi4 IBS jfiO 57 I I I "1 a Buhltc & r p i ewft' qr r ALLIES i iw S A V SHORE KIDNAPPERS TRAILED ID INLET Neyv Clue in Blake Mystery Starts More Detectives on Case HOPE FOR EARLY SOLUTION OF CHILD'S DISAPPEARANCE Son of Former Phila. Couple Torn From Mother Her Handbag Stolon , JJu a Staff Corrttpondcnt Atlantic City.' Doc. 13. Atlantic City police arc follow ing a trail which they expect will lend in a few hours to the kidnappers of the five-year-old son of James M. Wake, formerly of 10S East Govven nvenue, Germnntown. The boy was stolen from his mother last night in Ventnor, by two negroes, who nlsrf robbed her and left her lying In a faint near the home of Benjamin Fox, 1011 South Cambridge avenue, Ventnor. , The trail of the kidnappers v said to lend tt the vicinity of the inlet sec tion of QrientnJ avenue, not far from the home-gf fRc bov's parents. Chief Sprague. of the Ventnor police, and Defectives McDowell and truest un covered Cclue this morning which wns Important,enough to warrant a confer ence withthe county prosecutor. Ad ditional detectives immediately were put on the case, and the search was re sumed wifh greater intensity in the ncighborlfood of Oriental avenue. Mrs. Dlake boards at 231 Oricntnl avenue, ijpd is prostrated there, under the careTdf a physician. Her husband lives Mn apartment nt 12.1 South V.crmoniwnvenuc. around tho corner, from Mr7 Blake's residence. Living with hiihinre his two other children, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Miller, and her daueb.ter,Miss Agnes Miller, sister of Mrs. Blake. Miss .Miller refused to answer a.-question put to her today by reporterhwi to whether there were any domtftlt&tiraculties in the family. Tho kidnapped boy, it is said, was living in the father's Vermont avenue apartment. Father litre Today Mr. Blake, who is a Philadelphia business map, Is in this city today, but plans to be in, Atlantic City this after noon to take part in the search. The kidnapping was executed with astonishing boldness. Mr?. Blake, ac companied by her son, had just alighted from a trolley car from Atlantic City. Tho mother and child had no thought of danger when two negroes darted from behind a cluster of bushes. One of them seized Mrs. Blake b the throat, stilling the cry Bhe uttered. The other caught Hold of the child. Mother Faints That was all Mrs. Blake saw. for she' fainted In the grasp of her assailant. "When she regained consciousness the. kidnappers had disappeared with the child. They had taken her handbag and this 'Caused the hope that they were merely thieves Vho" wouldleave the child un harmed somewhere after making sure of thejr escape. The long nnd futile search last night and today destroyed this hope. When Mrs. Blake struggled to her feet with her throat bruised by the grasp of the kidnappers, Bhe hurried for help and shelter to the Fox resi dence. There, sobbing with grief over her missing child nnd shaking with ter ror, she told her story. Donald Tliddle, son of former Mayor Illddle, of Atlantic City, informed the police of what hrfd happened. Mr. Biake said today he had re ceived no threats or warnings that would help in finding an explanation of the kidnapping and the attack upou Mrs. Blake. The family moved from their home in Germantown to Ventnor about two months ago. Mr. Blake added that no offer had bcKmade yet to pay ransom for the return of the boy. Hunt Starts in Yrntnor Chief Sprague, of the Ventnor police, obtained from the mother all the infor mation she was able to give, and then began the search for the boy and the men who had stolen him. Every police- man in Ventnor joined in this huntv The Atlantic City police were at work upon the case within a few minutes, and the net set for the kidnappers con- tmueu to wiueu tnrougnout tne mgiit, Jt is believed that the two negroes ' cannot move irom tlielr present hiding place without being captured, ' Not Badly Injured Mrs. Benjamin Fox, near jvhose home the kidnapping took place, said she knew nothing of what had' happened until Mrs.. Blake appeared at the door, seeking help. . "We were nod acquainted with Mrs. Blake," said Mrs. Fox. "She came to the house because it was nearest. She was not badly Injured, but she was ter ribly frightened. We were able to Jcarn her name and then, with the help of the telephone operators, notified her husband, who came for her. "Mrs. Blake was too upset to tell much of what had happened. She said her l(tt! boy bad become ill on a trolley car and she bad alighted with him." When Prosecutor Gaskill, of Atlantic county, was notified of the kidnapping, ho assigned County Detective usbaum to the; case. Detective vNusbaum had juil returnee irom tiamraonton, wiiere he took a leading part in the Investi gation into the disappearance of Billy Pansey. The detective s first step was to hurry fo toe scene of the kidnapping iu an automobile to study the spot iu search of clues before It was too late. Because of the Dausry cose, with Its tragic, ending, deep interest Is being taken iu tha Blake kidnapping every where hx Atlantic rnnnty. TBTry i woman and child, in th$ oiity 1 on tlw alrt toly( in the SECTION! RESORT Killed by Mother in 'Hbhh t JE"RBaflBHs!sa, HsHHt JACQUELINE POWELL Ten-ear-old daughter of "Sirs, Emily L. Powell, formerly of this city. She was hot by her mother, who' Tatcr attempted suirldo In Den er TOOTHACHE WARNS OF FIRE Man Awakens to Find House; Burn ing One Occupant Overcome ' A man was overcome by smoke and Lwns rescued by firemen nt 2:30 o'clock this moraine Snv n fire that damaged two dwellings at 4474 and 4470 Rich mond street. A toothache, incidentally, served as n fire alarm. Henry Butchler, sixty-fic jears old, who, witli his sou, Henry, Jr., occu pied 4474 Richmond street, hnd tooth ache. It awakeneil him and he found the house filled with smoke. The blaze, starting in the cellar, had reached the second floor. The flames communicated to the ad joining house occupied by Fred Rclehcrt. sixty-five cnrs old. his wife, two adult tons, Willinm and Charles, and nu adult daughter, Elizabeth. Henry Biitchlcr .Jr., wns overcome by smoke as he was fighting the blaze before firemen arrived. Hosemen found him on the second floor and carrier! htm out. He was revived. UNITED GAS SELLS INTEREST Disposes of Holdings In Kansas, City , Companies The United Gas Improvement Co. has sold its controlling interest in the Kansas City Gas Co., according to a dispatch from Kansas City todav. The local corporation was identified with both the Kansas City, Kansas Ons Co. and the Kansas City, Missouri Gas Co. Lewis Lillie, 'third vice presi dent and general manager of the United Gas Improvement Co. is a di rector of one of the western companies. Mr. Lillie today said "certain nego tiations have been pending for some time," over the acquisition of the local corporation's interests in Kansas City by financiers of that community. He said plans are under Way to re organize the Kansas City property. BRITISH STEAMSHIP SINKING Messina Sends SOS Frqm 430 Miles Off Newfoundland New York, Dec. 13. (By A. P.) The British steamship Messina, St. John for Antwerp, sent out nyi 8. O. R, call. The steamship Maple Leaf answered, saying she would reach her iu twenty hours. Tho Messina gave her position as latitude 47.22 north and longitude 42.30 west. This position is approximately 430 miles off the New Foundland coast. The British steamshin Grangenarlc an ashore on Long Island seven miles east of Ambrose channel iignt. A coast guard cutter was sent to the rescue. The Cunard Liner Carnlania. in col lision with the steamer Maryland last Wednesday", arrived at Halifax with many Americans aboard. She appeared to be leaking, The steamer Caronla, which "had stood by, accompanied her. BABY, SCALDED, NEAR DEATH Tipped Kettle of j Soup Off the Kitchen 8tove Eleven-months-old .Wesley Leach, 2234 South Fifteenth street, is in a dangerous condition iu the Methodist Hospital with scalds on the head, nclk, shoulders and back, as the result of upsetting a kettle of hot soup in his home last night. Tha baby, who; U just learning to walk, was alone in the, kitchen 'and &1W4 UtklWE jtbevntove. MU. RED HORDE THREATENS EUROPE WITH ANARCHY 0 Radicals Attempt to Force Western Nations of Continent to Choose -Between Bolshevism and Murderous Civil War . -i By II. F. KOSPOTII Special rrrpsponi)ent of the. Kvenlnc Public Irfiluer In hwlUerland Coiurlohf, mm, by Geneva. Dec. 13. Tho situation in western Europe is dominated today a year after the triumph of democ racy over kaiserlsm by the rapid and apparently irresistible advauce of bol shevism. Instead of honestly co-operating with the governments that won the war to bring about the social reforms that are universally recognized to be just and inevitable after the terrible ordenl through which humanity has passed, many Socialists nnd labor lenders in France, Italy and England have per versely devoted themselves to the svs tematlc sabotage of their countries' victory and deliberately prevented economic nnd political reconstruction. All the exalted hopes of hapffiucss and prosperity that were awakened by the victory of democracy are tragically foundering in the ever-rising tide of anarchy. Famine nnd pestilence are more menacing in Europe after n jear of vpeaci- than thc ever were during the war. Class Hatred Grows Dailj Day by day, the Bolshevik spiilt of class hatred and Civil strife is growing in venomous intensitj, spreading every where confusion, corruption and disor ganization. Its formenters are daily be coming bolder. Its secret abettors arc throwing off their dlf-guls.es. Scarcely an attempt Is made any longer to camouflage as legitimate wage conflicts the levolutiounry strikes cnlled by the Bolshevik leaders. Respect of authority is vanishing. Lenine is openly hailed as tho Messiah of proletarian revolt. Chaos is in sight. It is not pleasaut to be a prophet of evil. I am not by nature a pessimist. T tnlte Knnie credit to m.vself for having i.oon inttiiictic In verv dark dn.vs during the war when many good patriots ileemetl Hint nil was lost. But U-4S tin possible, here in Switzerland, to. feel tlio fevered milse of Euronc wildly beat ing and not to realize that the crisis of the Russian moral plague is imminent, and that the danger to democracy Is iufinitcly greater than at the time of Ludendorff's most menacing Invasions. If kaiserism had, triumphed its jrulc ivotild not have lasted more than u few years. But one .vear ouly of bolshe vism may suffice to deal this stricken, ruined continent a final deathblow. The signs are unmistakable in Europe that the hour- of the supreme trial of strength between democratic Brothers Petition Court for Ob servation by Alienists Den ver Prosecutor Agrees SHE MAY BE BROUGHT HERE Petition for n hearing to determine her sanity hns been filed in the case of Mrs. Emily Lippineott Powell, n former Philudelphlan, who killed her len-year-old daughter ,Tacque,line, by her broth ers! Rowland and George Lippiucott, of this city. They arrived in Denver vyesterday afternoon. The petition was nieu ueiore Judge Rothberger in the county court of Denver. The brothers said they could not ac count for Sirs. Powell's tragic act Mrs. Powell is still suffering from injuries ns n result of the nttempt on her own life after she nad killed her daugh ter. Her brothers will visit her today nt St. Luke's Hospital. No Doubt of Insanity James D. Benedict, counsel for Mrs. Powell, said the has been insane for more than a year. Dr. Albert D. Ben nett, a criminologist of the district at torney's office. Bald there was no doubt of the woman's insanity. On their arrival in Denver the Lip pineott brothers Immediately accom panied Attorney Benedict to the offices of City Attorney James A. Marsh, where the three went into conference with Judge Richmond In preparing the necessary certificates. With the papers was filed a state ment bv Dr. Edmund F. Dean, who is attending Mrs. Powell, to the effect that t. i.iu nhservatlons and his treat' raent of-her since the shooting, he was hhnilv Ot tne ooilliuu moi nut- ub v unsound mind. Ditrict Attorney Foley oinHv having given his consent to ,i ...itli the lunacy filing, it is be lleved that in accordance with the W of Mrs, Powell's relatives, the iudgfi- Will appm- " uruio. before Monday to sit on the case so that hearing would take place Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital. Can't Tails to Visitors Mrs -Powell continued to jlain yestcr dav 'Doctor Dean said she probably wilt' return to a normal condition. She maintains her quiet demeanor and is not permitted to receive or talk to visi- Further evidence of her demente1 state was forthcoming yesterday in a report to the police that she had recently nurchased an automobile, and a home on Capitol Hill, and is now not abjo to tell the exact whereabouts of either, It IS Virtually !) ipsivuii nut linw.her brother t" WJr just, ;o ASKSANITYHEAR1NG HAMIVIONTON POLICE FOR IS. POWELLl FORCE IS DISMISSED Publto Ledger Co. liberty and Bolshevik tvranny is rapidlv approaching. And this trial of strength, which may well mean murderous civil war. is inevitable. There seems to be no other cure for th' madness of hatred, envy nnd am bition that has befallen I.enine's dis ciples and their dupes. Conciliator methods, concessions nnd compromises may retard the tragic rlinint for a short time, but tJiey are powerless to prevent it. Although the world-wide rising, os tensibly planned for November to com memorate the anniversary of Lenlne's advent to power, hung fire in Europe, the explosion is merely postponed. Per haps now the winter will pnss before it comes for snow and sleet were ever powerful antidotes against revolution but, come it must at last with all its in calculablo consequences. Force Will Decide Issue A minority of citizens, maddened bv the ambitious exploiters of p criminal doctrine, are rc-ohed to seize dictatorial power, and thej will cither triumph b.v force or succumb to force. There is no other alternative. The progress of bolshevisni in western Europe may be accurately measured b.v the development of three dominant sjmptoms! The open adherence- to Lenlne's doctrine nnd methods of labor leaders who hitherto at least pretended to lepudiate bolshevism ; the now- undis guised support of Lenine by such "bourgeois" parties and nevvspapcrs as were notorious during the war for their pacifist and pro-German attitude; and the increasing timidity nnd iuclinntiou of tho established governments to pacify the elements of anarchy by "conces sions." These ominous s.vmpioms, which un til recently were most mnrked in Eng land, arc now nlso alarmingly apparent in l' ranee, wiiere tlic expected retire ment of the old "Tiger" Clemenccau the onl man of action iimoiig the Eu ropean statesmen has unleashed the whole pack of political j.ickals whom JYMW'!Wfi5X.f h'MrpjClaw: lone held in cowed submission and ws-o, riv kti-nlnt. ' " Opejily Espouse Bolshevism By nominating as n Socialist cnndl date for tho French Chamber of Depu- Continued on I'tiice. Twenty Column One Action Follows Complaint by County Detective That They Wouldn't Aid Dansey Probe DICTAGRAPH TRAP FAILS ' Rii n Rtntt pAcp'nnMf -n Ilammonton, N. l, Dec. 13. Dis missal of the whole police force of Ilammonton, N. J., shortly nfter they hnd been verbnlly nttneked bv County Detective .1. P. Wilson for failing lo help him. is ore of the side develop ments in the investigation into the denth of Billy Dansey. The discharge of the force was learned today. The men were dropped nt the request of the Law nnd Order Society, which recommended such action nt its meeting this week. Many persons in Hnmmnnton were of the opinion thnt the policemen were dismissed because of their failure to aid in the investigation of the cne. When nsked todny why the men were dropped, Mnor Bojer said they were discharged for taking part in a street fight the other night. Burdlch Working for White E. A. Burdick, former chief of police, whose resignation was requested, is now working in the employ Ot Edward II. White, father of the prisoner, Charles White. A few davs ago County Detective AVilson voiced his complaint against the Ilammonton police. There are three men on the force. He said they not only refused to aid him in any way, but actually appeared to he working against him and his partner. Detective Nusbaum, in the investigation of the case. Mauv persons are rallving to the fu port of the prisoners, Charles White and his housekeeper, Mrs. EdlthToues, now under arrest io Main Landing jail, William J. Tulner. a brother-in-law of Mrs. Jones, said he was on the White farm the day that Billy Dansey dis appeared and In touch with White all Hay, He said he did not believe that White injured the boy. Dictagraph Is Installed Mrs. Charles White visited her hus band at the jail yesterday and bpent some time with him. A dictagraph had been installed by the authorities, it is paid, in the1 room whejro they met. After embracing his wife. White, who still maintains the steady calm that has charncteilzed his attitude since the ar rest, told her of his desire to remain in the jail until every vestige of suspi cion had been removed from his name. "They havo Btarted this affair," he said. "It is how up to them to finish it,'' . White and his wife are an unusually affectionate married couple. They met in a special room fitted up for the in terview. Their embrace on meeting was Ions and tender,. the accused hus band smothering- his wife with kisses. "VOU don't .haVeo tell we or tW CuHo W'.Two. Celiuua Ta L- BOY TABS HUM IN FIGHT OVER 30 Lad, 16, Says Playmate, 14, Tried to Take Ejght-Year-Old Brother's Christmas Money VICTIM IS IN HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION Youth Arrested Said to Be Solo Support of Family of Eight. Father Died Recently Benjamin Feldmnn. sixteen enrs old. 41'0 North Sixth street, the police allege, stabbed his playmate, Chnrles Ilnrtvitk. fourteen yenis old. of 3'JI Vine street, in the left lung with n penknife last night, when Chnrles tried to take thirty cents from Benjamin's eight-j ear-old brother, Solomon. The thirty cents wns to have gone toward the support of the sorely pressed TVldmau family of seven little chil dren, whose father died nine dn.vs nsu of pneumonia. Benjamin was held in .fOOO bail by Magistrate Beaton in the Tenth and Buttonwood streets station today lo await the result of the boy's injuries Accoiding to a statement obtained, from Chnrles, who is in a serious con- i dltion nt the Roosevelt Hospital. Benja min stabbed him while they were play ing with a group of bojs at Sixth and Noble streets. The police say Feldmau is the sole support of a family of eight, his mother and brothers and sisters, the Inttcr ranging in ages from two jears old to sixteen jears, Solomon was planning to buypost cards and sell them on the street to help get things for the family's- Christmas. . OTNTFAiNThT'STRUE Huh? Sure! Oh, Boy! Just Like Old i Times Again Early morning breakfasters rubbed their eyes in amazement. One gradually put out his hand to see if it were a injth or a reality . j Gradually his lingers took a grip on the shln.v white object yes. it was a sugar bowl. And it contained leal lR-karat sugar. A dozen such bowls, fully loaded, made their appearance in ns many cen tral restaurants. "Now ou can s'top raising enne," said a waitress facetiously to an cany morning grouch. "lien il. leplied the grouch, "nnd send those little envelopes you used to pass out to old man Santa, Cluus. Tin' words, "sugar for ml," was displayed on placards in thri' windows of several rc.staui ants, nnd those in the habit of smotheriug their cereal with tli" commodity darted inside, FATAL RIOTS IN, WEST INDIES British Sailors Strikers London. Dec. Landed and Are Killed Two 13. (By A. P.) Labor disturbances in the British islnnds of Trinidad and Tobago, in the West Indies, lending to rioting during which men were Innded from the British warship Calcutta, nnd resulting in sev eral cnsunlties, are reported in official dispatches to the colonial office hrre, From todav's official messages jt ap pears that the trouble originated in Tobago, tvvcnt.v -two milrs northeast of Trinidad. Sramcn from the Calcutta were lauded there. The police fired upon the rioters, killing the ringleader. At-the same time n strike of stevedores in Trinidad occurred nnd rioting ensued in which one man was killed. The labor unrest subsided after in creased wages hnd been granted the workers, the. messages report. Today's advices announce that Port of Spain is quiet, hut that the country districts arc still disturbed GOLDMAN CASE UP MONDAY Supreme Court Will Then Receive Withdrawal of Her Appeal Washington. Dec. 13. (By A. P. l As the Supreme Court is not iu session today, formal withdrawal by Emma Goldman of her application for an appeal from federal court decrees in Sew lorK nismifisiog ,naneas corpus proceedings brought in an effort to pre vent her deportation to soviet Russia. cannot be made until next Monda.v. Harry Weinberger, per counsel, has written Assistant Attorney General Stewart, asking that the application be withdrawn and Mr. Stewart is expected to notify the court Monday of her de cision to submit to deportation at the same time Alexander Berkman is sent out of the country. i ii i ... n i,i SEE PEACE BY CHRISTMAS Believed Berlin Will Sign Protocol Following New Note From Allies Paris, Dec, IS. Germany's reply to the Entente noles relative to the sign ing of the protocol of the peace treaty does not constitute an acceptance, al though couched in conciliatory terms, according to the Echo de Paris. It is said the Allies will have lo send a new note to Germany, but be lle Is expressed tjjot the Berlip.ov ei-Kfrumt will yield andUiat the pro Wmtfil 'ltt iw aferiid about ChrlftttufiH i CENTS POLICE SAY LIFT FUEL STRICTURES AS MINERS BEGIN WORK More Trains in Service and Retail Stores Keep Open Full Day as Coal Famine Ends By tho Associated Press Washington, Dec. 13, The natiou found partial relief today from the rigid restrictions on coal consumption en forced through the railroad administra tion as n result of the fuel dearth caused lb the strike of soft-coal miners. Regional directors of railroads over ! virtual! the entire countr.v hove modi I fled the restrictions by" niithnrit of Director General lllnes, who issued an order lenving the enforcement of the regulations In their discretion. Where locnl conditions permitted, the diieclors nfter receiving the order re voked the restrictions on coal nnd gave inert hants an opportunity to rcup the harvest of the heavy Christmas trade. Some anxlet had been felt among re tailers over the limitations of business hours and industrial plants were facing heavy losses b.v enforced shut-downs. President Wilson's attitude as to the resignation of Kuel Administrator Gar field was expected to be made known to ilnv. Although officials at the White House ndvnncod the opinion that the resignation would be accepted there were no indications the President had SpLDIERS TO GET DELAYED TRUNKS BY CHRISTM-VS NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Thousands of soldieii .tiunks ccn- tfilning souvenirs which their owners wished to give as Christ - mas presents hut which were delayed In the confusion of the letuvn from Europe, will reach their destination uftie the holi- ' days. Vi , JAPAN IS SEEKING VALPARAISO, Dec, 13. ,i C' !' themselves iu Chile, particularly In the coalVaudJlion ruining fldffsnroTecsfiif'in consldoraBleTntereslr T,Af)'isvnlBo'"talk- oT the opening up of fishing lmlustrTes hifj;e, & Japan io tceking; an outlet for her excess population. " , 'IS BOY AN NY EARRING ROBBERY Say Mrs. Taylor, Hold-Up Vic tim, Who Accuses Them, Is Mistaken UP TO MONTGOMERY JURY Mrs. Knte In lor. whose earrings were torn from her by highwaymen Inst Suiidny night, identified Joseph Gile, nineteen cnrs old. nnd Wnlter Mel lon, eighteen jears old, as trie men who nttneked her. Cnptnin .tnmes I. Donnghy. of the Lower Merino station, today expressed conviction thnt Mrs. Ta.vlor was mis tnken. He said that the two bo.vs. who combined outlawry with social activity, hnd made a full and frank confession to him, answering truthfullv nil ques tions. When identified b.v Mrs. Ta.vlor last night. Captain Donnghv said, the two bo.vs denied they hnd attacked Mrs Tavlor and offered nn nlibi, which the pn'lee are investigating. Mrs. Ta.vlor who is the wife of .Incob Tn.vliir, .1122 Snruce street, was nttneked after she hnd alighted from a trolley car at Fift.v -fourth and Spruce streets. She snvs three men jumned from nn automobile and tore the dia mond nrnamenlh from her ears. Captain Donngh told of Mrs. Tnv lor's identification when the two bo.vs were taken before Magistrate Howard S. Stillwagon in the Ardmore police station this morning No witnesses were heard. Held for Grand Jury After the captain's statement, Mngistrnte Stillwagon held the two young prisoners to await the action of the Montgomery county grand jury and committed them to the .Norristown inil. Thev were taken there nfter leav ing the court. When Gile nnd Mellon nppenred he fore the magistrate today they looked better thnn at anv time since their arrest. Some one hnd furnished them with fresh linen and new articles of .clothing. The presented the appear ance of two high school bovs, caught in some sort of mischief, rather than self-confessed highwajmen. FOGOLLOWS cold wave Temperature Rises to 52 Rain Pre dicted for Today Fog returned to Philadelphia early today with the departure of the cold wave. The mist hung over the river, but was not dense enough to causo serious inconvenieuce to shipping. The temperature todav is much high er than that of jesterday. The thcr mometer at 11 o'clock this morniug showed 57 degrees above rero, Rain today is predicted by the weath er bureau. The day began with a light drizzle Tomorrow will be a clear and pleas ant Sunday. The government observers made n decision. In the event the resignation wns accepted it was be lieved the powers of the fuel adminis trator would be transferred to the rail road administration. Operntors. ns n whole, hao not yet announced their stann on the terms of the government's proposal, which the miners accepted as a basix for settle ment of their grievances, but the oper ators of the central Penus.vlvnnin dis trict, one of tho largest in the United Stntes, accepted the terms under pro test. New York, Dec. 13. (B.v A. T.) Railroads running into New York re sumed operntion today of a number of second section' of regular trains fol lowing the action of the ruilroad nd ministrntlou in easing the fuel conser vation rules. Resumption of the great majority of trains which were canceled altogether has been authorized for next Monday bv Regional Director A. T. llnrdin. Mr. Hardin specified, however, thnt the Twentieth Century Limited should not resume its runs "until fur- CnntlnueU on lae Two, Column l'otir We TO COLONIZE'' CHILE ' v 1, Efforts by Japtatoae 'to establish E MEETING FIZZLES Gompers's Conference, Which Meets Today, Pales in View of Recent "Events COAL MINERS WON STRIKE ny CLINTON W. GILBKRT lCienlnc rulillr Man CorreMwrndent et I he loiterer Washington, Dec. 1". Samuel Gompers' hij lalor conference which meets todn.v sniinded like a bombshell when it was called on Octobc" 21. It sounds like a bit of mild labor propa ganda ns it meets tndn.v. No elcctrieit.v hns -jone our of the industrial atmosphere in the lat six weeks. When tndnr's conference was cnlled. President Wilson's Hrt ill-fntecl industrial conference linil iust eloseil dramatically. Mr. Gompers' call seem ed like a reply to the refusal of cupitnl to accept collective hnrgniuing. It wns tnken b.v nn excited public ns labor's detiauce. Its approach nwakens onlv mild in terest nmong the officinls here And the labor lenders biar every murk of hnv ing a hnrd time to know wlint to do witli their conference now thnt thev have it on their hands. Jn reality Mr. Gompers had to do somethrfig when labor bolted the industrial conference It wouldn't do jusl to walk out. And each da.v since the conference wns called there has been less reason for its calling. The excitement has diej. in i iiie linn in muirunsni in innor lias diminished. The actual power of life radicals has gone. Mr Gompers and his associates aie firmly in their seats in the counsels of labor Thev never were stronger apparently thnn they are now. The Plumb plan is dead. Of the nationalization of mines nothing now is likel to be heard. Had the swing "been in the other di rection, as many supposed it would be. and perhaps the chief of the American Federation of Labor among the num ber, the conference which meets today would have proved a setting for the launching of a radical movement bv Mr. Gompers. It wns perhaps with this in mind that the gathering was sum moned. Injunction Not Effective Weapon There is no sign now that anything raoicai win come irom tne laoor confer, ence. Labor has just won the coal strike, Iq that strike it has demonstrated that the iniunrtinn Is not an effective weanon to curb a nation-wide strike. The coal strike has been so conducted hs to calm rather than exeito public opinion. , There has been po violence. There have been few or no signs of radicalism in its conduct, and the one or two state leaders of the miners who were radical have been repudiated in effect by Lewis nnd the other natiopal officers. The large number of outlaw strlkrs that were trouhllng the country ii) Oc tober have mostly failed, A more dlfr REST IN LABOR Cat4Bft4? on r 'Two. Miai Iw PREMIERS SEEK AID OF AMERICA' Plan Move to Facilitate Compro mise Between Parties in Senate i PREAMBLE STILL FINDS OPPOSITION IN EUROPE England Expected to Intercede With Wilson to Settle Adriatic Tangle By the Associated Press Paris, Dec. 13. As a result of th conferences being held at London by Premiers Lloyd George and Clemen ccau, the American Government will be notified that in order to facilitate a compromise, between adverse parties. In the American Senate the Allies are willing to accept, to as great an extent as possible, some of the reservations to the Versailles treaty made by the foreign relations committee, according to the Matin. It is said the Allies will do everything in order that America may participate in future conferences. Important problems, the newspaper says, will henceforth be settled by- a council of the premiers of France. Eng land am' Italy. This council will meet sometime? in Paris, and sometimes in London, nnd will examine principally Russian and Turkish problems. In the presence of John W. Davij, I'nited States ambassador to Great Britain, it is said. Premiers Clemenceau and Llojd George assured Vittorio Rcl oloia, Italian foreign minister, that' there was a necessity for "an early set tlement of the Fiume problem, and in dicated England would intercede with I1.A TTntfa.1 C!1.A f- T...1.. '" IN CONFERENCES The ftnirit wliieli nrepntlo nf lii T.MsSlt'w don conference, the Matin Bay. Is "" good and the necessity for close co-op eration by.Jhe Allies is re,cogpized. , 'V iiujwiju' t-iuriiiM rvmuve io me-en-gngements concluded b.v Clemencead-aud,' Llovd George at the Conference1 iWIUM? made about December 15, according 14 the Echo de Paris. Washington. Dec. 13. (By A. P.) Frequent conferences between Entents diplomats here haw indicated that their governments might be prepared to ac cept some reservations to the peac treaty in order to accomplish its rati fication in the Senate, arid it is under stood thnt only the illness of President v ilson hns prevented him from being so advised by some of theim It has not been made known here to what extent the Entente power might be prepared to go, but it does appear that there would be final ob jection to the preamble as proposed by the Senate foreign relntions committee, by which others powers would be re quired to officially record their accept ance of rcservntious as part of the treaty in substance. At present it mny be. stated that unless express instructions are received to the contrary none of the Entente representatives in Washington will take upon himself the responsibility of a statement as to the willingness of Ms government to accept -feservatlons lest he be charged with improper interfer ence in the Internal political situation. tendon. Dec. 13.--(By A. P.) Th inter-allied conference was resumed to day In Downing street, with Premiers Llovd George and Cleinencenu and other officials of the British. French nnd Italian Governments presnnt.- The British conferees included Earl Curzon, Arthur .1. Balfom and Andrew; Bonr Law . Jules Camhon attended with Premier Clemenceau. The Italian naval attache in London and ower Italian embassy officials also were present. , It w.is announced that Signor Scia loia had left for Italy. It was reported that hi? journey was for the purpose o consulting his government with refer ence to nn allied proposition for thf settlement of the Adriatic problem. Rome, Dec 13. (By A. P.) Offi cial announcement concerning an ar rangement of the Fiume question Is ex" pected soon. In a sense the It8'"" Government acknowledges the right ol Fiume to decido its own destiny, ac cording to the. principle of self-determination, and promises to do every thing iu its power to have a decision of the Flume national council accepted by the allied and associated powers. At the same time it is believed 1,1m Captain Unbrlele a .nnui-zio ana ma troops, will be pardoned, patriotic ideals which moved them to cuter Fiume belnr ideals t bcinr ince, V d thj nd b'i taken as a mitigating circumstance D'Annunnio today expresseu i,r.o ihnt the Fiume auestlon u.. BAi..a hafnre Phrlstmns. and would be enabled to resume preparation for his flight trom uome to xoaw After reaching Tokio, D'Annunzio. ia-f tends to fly to California, touching at Hawaii. ITALY WILL NOT MIX IN RUSSIAN AFFAIRS Rme, Dec, 13. "I wish It under stood we do not intend to mix in Rus sia's internal politics." said Premier N'tttl In the chamber of deputies, cuV fussing the diversion by seamen of the steamship Persia to Fiume, "I Wlalj the name of Fiume would nofbe. mixed up in our political discussion. Flums represents nn ideal sacred to all of us, . ' regardless of party." He denied Utt tho arms on the Persia were dwtlwJ for Russia, , The premier declared -war maUffp will continue to be sold, but he Ml givenlDsUuctions4hatn0thlvaWt.il ' ' i . j jrh- MyhWfliViM .( rae. JooK lor inir ana voiucr jixomvr. . ,: "T ' .-, ,.., . -r .... .f kl Sfa- " ;i. ..fflfiMfiiMiiiffl.'r:i... w'- L.-rf-H ,, "Hi, ',, ft J !
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