l.lV.t i " i, ' V h r Cuentnn public Xeftger TKE'WEATHER Washington, Feb. JO. Snow today; probably fair tomorrow. TPtriOtATUBE AT EACH nOCIt NIGHT EXTRA r's I o up 11 12 1.1 2 3 4 16 '134 134 B 34 (37 37 40 142 j. VI. NO. 127 entered as Second-Claim Mnttnr at (ho Postofflca, At Philadelphia, Pa. Under the Act of March 3. 18TU. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1920 rubllehed Dally Rxetpt Bunday. Subicrlptlon Trljo J8 a. Year by Mall. PRICE TWO CENTS Coptrlclit, 1920, hy Public Ledger Company. mvuJ ' w vjiJi.ij.kj VOI 3W0MENANDBOY RESCUED IN.BLAZE; MEN LEAP FOR LIFE Fireman Carries One Down Scaling Ladder Actor Defies Flames to Save Another MOTHER TAKES SON IN ARMS AND FLEES Five Are Driven From Home in Nightclothes in Second Earfy Morning Fire i ' Three women and an eight-year-old W were carried to safety and two men jumped out of a second-story rear ww do during a fire that destroyed. the in terior, of the apartment house at 1500 Jforth Twelfth street early this morn jug. The fire was discovered about 1 e'clock by Mrs. B. Gallagher, proprietor of the house, who occupies the first floor. It hod already gained great headway. She carried her eigbt-year-old son Joseph to the sheet in his night Clowes. , There she told a passer-by of the fire tad asked him to summon tho engines.' He refused, and valuable time was lost before the firemen .finally were called by her. When they came two thrilling reicues already had been made. Actor Carries Woman Out Charles Boyden. an actor associated with thimout's Minstrels, fought his way through tho smoke and flames and carried Mrs. Anna Elmer to the street from the second-story front room. John Spurber, 1511 North Twelfth itieet, next to tho burning building, risked his life to rescue Miss Helen Merrill fromVthc third-story rear room. Mrs. Catharine Lorcnto, thirty years old, was asleep in the third-floor front room. Her presence there was not known until she w&s aroused by the bells of the arriving fire engines. By that time, there wasCno chance to fight through the house and rescue her. She climbed 'to the window sill of the m nnd nrehared to jumn. George Burns, acting captain ofthe engine house at WarnocK ana iJerKS streets, mUl to her-to wait. , "A ladder was placed against the house. Birds made bis way past the second -atory 'Windows, now spouting flames, to the window where Mrs. Lorcntzo was waltinz. He wrapped her in a rubber blanket and carried her to the street. Cannot Find Two Boarders About that time alarm 'was caused by the absence of John and Harry bny Ier, two boarders, in the second -story rear. When the flames were some what subdued, Boyden, Spurber, Burns and other firemen ran into the building in search of the men. They oould not be found. Later tbey turned up. They had been aroused by beat in their bedroom. The room was a mass of flames. Grabbing some clothes they ran to the rear win dow and jumned into the vard. Thev jot dressed and then leisurely made ineir way around the block to the front of the btiiidlne. The fire began either in the "kitchen jr the bathroom. Both the first two floors were so badly damaged that the ct place where it originated could hot be determined. The damage to the Kuiieriy is estimated at $1.5110. Five Flee In Niglitclolhcs Another fire today was in a house at Vnth and Montrose streets. A watch Jinn discovered it and alarmed the five Perws in the house In time for them escape in their nightclothes. The building was used as a store and "welling by Max Cohen. With him were his wife. Yetta, his two daughters, Jennie, twenty years old, and Pearl, 17, X'on, i.ars to'1' nn(l 's mother, urs. baraa Cohen, sixty-five years old. Angelo Mauroni, a private watch- Bn,Mw smoke pouring from the cellar sonti,,L.buil1'DR' which W0B on the Eontheast corner loo?en.aiiCbiman no,UDded on the front aw until ho awakened Cohen, who wMilr. With the aid of Mau? s?Mni e stor?keePer returned to the rfra to roach the street. fif..'ln?8,w:re sounded. When tt.chi.n- 8h tbe .first floor antl bad the entire .Jcc?mI s.tor.y- Virtually ruined. lnt"r of tbo place, was tC$10 0fmhiStimornJ3s Placed his low TREATY BACK IN SENATE Reported by Forelnn Relations Com- tee , With G. O. P. Reservations Th. ,T. ""n"n, rob. 10. (By A. P.I 2aCr0e,tnftat5, rlferred the Senate ehnicallv rM XwTl& yterday ported li? I, U'?f cloture, was re- ote. Iienwi . "jiBow a record era agreed & 8ml Demotic lead la lh!rsd' owev. not to take it un fC' "1""b until next week A ory ITi "?? -a" entirely ructionVytbat uS"? ?TllS given in ' ""timmcdd.lA1115, ? "Ported Piibl can i..vJl ,"":"ier wun me lie ft tre.fi 2$tt,& mu,t-is to bring '"to a "status " "Sain ther can k !rh?re .amendments to Baseball Fnnxt ti's is to tip you off to the fact Bob Maxicdl (Voo ICnow Bob) mm dlr?,ihe ot tho m.g. tttfi daily inC8B0 ani nulns Inside Get wie. T- -H ., . .s'rf-' v'..' -"-Ty: MRS. ADA HUFF NAGLF. She is being brought back to Phila delphia from Strotidsburg today to face n kidnapping charge growing out of Iter iicllon in taking Geno lo'o, (cn-nionlli-old daughter of Mrs. Ruth Iconanl, U18 Norih Bambrcy street to "adopt" her. M"rs. Nagle, It Is said, posed as a wealthy woman. She was employed as a nurso In the home of Mrs. Richard S. New bold. 10 STAYAT PENN Trustees Express Regret at Resignation of Univer sity's Provost LAY IT "ON THE TABLE" Surprise and regret were expressed today by trustees of the University of Pennsvlvaniu over the resignation of Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith, provost of Philadelphia's great Institution of Ienrnlnfe, The provost, who has headed the University since 1911, may be asked by the trustees to reconsider his resigna tion. "The board Inid the resignation "on the table" yesterday, thereby de ferring action. Prominent graduates of the Univer sity nnd the large undergradunte body are deluging the provost t&day with messages of Tegr4t nnd requests thrtf he continue in office. BelI,"Surprlsed nnd Depressed John C. Boll, former attorney gen eral of Pennsylvania, who was named to the board of trustees in 3011, the cftr- Doctor Smith was elected provost, was asked this morning if the resigna tion had been anticipated. He hesitated, but when pressed for nn answer, replied : "Speaking for myself, and I am sure for other members of tbe board of tru'tces, I was surprised nnd depressed byoml words at the provost's an nouncement, and sincerely trust he may be rrevailed upon to reconsider his thought of resigning." Dr. Robert G. Le Conte, a member of the board of trustees since 1003. said the offered resignation was a sur prise. He added that Doctor Smifli "bad been quite ill Inst summer." -'L J'evcrine Jones, a trustee since 1001, was disinclined to discuss tho pro vost's action. He asserted the brief statement issued yesterday covered tho matter fully. Asked if Doctor Smith will bo asked io reconsiucr, Air. Jones replied: "I would not be able to i that." answer Another trustee, Samuel F. Houston said he felt the official announcement ' yesterday was sufficient. He did not Know, he said, whether a special meet ing of the board would bo called to consider the resignation. Before leaving for Harrisburg today George Wharton Pepper, a trustee since 1011, declared that the resignation was a surprise. He said the trustees did not want Doctor Smith to resign. Graduates Begin Campaign The news was flashed to prominent Pennsylvania graduates in this city nnd the nation last night, and they began at once a campaign to havo him re consider his determination. The student body also made known to him the borrow his departure would cause. Many representative students called to ask him to continue iu office. They, as did the messages received, pointed out to bim the good he has done for the University and the possibili ties in store for it under his continued directorship. Feels Real Is Earned Doctor Smith expressed no dissatis faction with conditions at the Univer sty. He simply is "fed up" on teach ing, he said. He has been an active Continued on fairs Two. Column One SUITCASE OF JEWELS STOLEN IN NEW YORK FROM PH'lLA. WOMAN Gems Valued at $30,000 Lost by Mrs. William H. Derbyshire, of Longacre Hotel Mrs. William II. Derbvshin of the Longacre. 1431 Walnut street, blames the' snirit of lawlessness following the wnr for. tho loss of a suitcase full of iewels and ot her valunblo pronerty, to a total of .$30,000. The sultcnso was, taken from a taxicab in New Tork De cember 28 last. She has offered n $5000 reward for its recovery. "I belicvo there are organized gnngs working in the hotels," said Mrs. Derbvshire today. "I have emploved detectives for two weeks, but thus far they havo not found my Jewelry. I hope that publicity will help get mo bnck mv property." Mrs. Derbyshire's sister, Miss Sarah Bell Austin, of Thirteenth and Spruce streets, was robbed of property worth 44UU when thieves torccd the door ot her apartment last Saturday during her Absence. They left other valuables be hind, and It in believed were frightened of. - ' MAY ASK DR SMITH KIDNAPPED BABY ON IKE WAY HOME i TOMOTHER'SARMSi Little Gonevievo Leonard Center of Attention at Stroudsburg Station- ISl ACCUSED NURSE SAYS SHE LOVES THE CHILD Admits Taking Little Girl to Support Story of Marriage and Motherhood Tiu a Btnff Correspondent Slroudsburg, Ta., Feb. 10. Little Genevieve Leonard, the ten months old baby girl, obtained from her mother iu Philadelphia, under Tnlsc pretense last Saturday, is oh her Way home to her parent. In tho arms of Mrs. Ada Huff Nagle, the twenty-year-old student 'nurse who faces n kidnapning charge as the result of taking the child, the bnby left East Stroudsburg Station nt ten minutes after twelve today. . n n., Mrs. Rgth Leonard. 018 North Bam brcy street, Philadelphia, the mother who entrusted her babv to Mrs. Nagle in the belief she was Mrs. Richard . Newbold, 221P. Walnut street, that city, will meet the train at Broad Street Htn tion at 5 :15 o'clock this afternoon to get Frank' Hodge, the Philadelphia dc- tectivc, who locnted tne DaDy ami .-'. NTndo in the home of the woman s foster parents near here, is in cliarge- of the two on me iram. """ ahead and made the arrangements for Mrs. Leonard to meet the party. ti... r'n.ili- nt Aftrnrtlnn I The babv and the woman were the center of attraction at the. station. The head nurse at the Stroudsburg General Hospital, where the baby hod been since yesterday, took a remarkable lik ing to the child nnd insisted on accom panying it to the stntion. There she vied with Mrs. Nagle and the detective for the attentions of the baby. Little Genevieve bossed the party. Her slightest whim was their law. In fact, the nurse and tho woman who wanted to adopt the child hod several incipient nrguments over such trifles as just how the blankets were to bo placed, how the bnby was to be held and above nil who would hold her until the train came. Mrs. Nngle appeared as devoted to tho child as any jnoth?r .could possi bly be. "I wanted a baby," she said, "but I never even thought.I could love nny baby the way I have hince I've be come attached to little Genevieve. "Oh God!" she cried once, "why couldn't she haye been my baby. I love her so." Nurso Alighted Hurriedly When the train arrived, Mrs. Nagle, carrying the baby, was helped into the car by Hodge. Mho threw his own cont over tbe child to keep it from getting wet in the driving rain during the short trip across tho unprotected part of the station platform. The hospital nurce followed the two on the train and insisted on holding the child just once more before' the trnin started on the trip Cack to Genevieve's mother. The nurse had to make a fly ing leap from the moving train to alight to the platform. Mrs. Nagle spent the night in the county jail here. Hodge got her a short timp before the train was due. The girl, after stoutly, maintaining all day yesterday that the child was her own, broke down last night and con fessed. "Yes, I stole the baby." she said cMml.v. "I took her because I had told n-otber I was married and had n baby. I could not come home without one, so I brought her with me. It was while serving ns u nurse muid in the Richard S. Newbold home, nt 221H Wnlnut street, Philadplphin. that Miss Huff posed as the owner of the establishment when she advertised for a bnby to ndopt. Fled to Parents When Mrs. Leonard applied with Genevieve because she could no longer siinnort the baby herself. Miss Huff de lighted her bv taking the baby at once. Then she lied to tne nomo ot nor par ents, near here. Detective Frank Hodge will leave here with the girl and Continued on Page Two, Column Threa MAYOR, IN VISIT, CONSOLES WIDOW OF "MATTY" KERN AN Chief Executive, at Homo of "Whistling Patrolman;' Gives Comfort to Family Moore Also Sees Wounded Detective in Hospital Promises Aid of City In the home of a. policeman, which had been saddened by dearu. nnd at the bedside of another who faced death to capture a thief, Mayor Moore toda brought comfort. Humanity and practical aid to those who meet injury or death In the per formance of their duty, he said, would bo the policy of the present administra- -lion. As n step in this direction, the Mayor w'.ll shortly cnll a meeting of public-spirited citizens to devise a plan to caro for the wives and fam ilies of policemen nnd firemen who are injured or killed in sen-ice. Accompanied by his bodyguard, aA.onf .Tnhn Donnei . Mnvnr Moore nrRt caiied nt the home of Matthew A. Kernan, -two uaroia Bireei. iuthuii, who was known as the ihlstling cop, died yesterday of ppeumonia. No Ostentation In Visit There was no ostentation about his visit. Ho told his chauffeur, John Mill lin, to stop about half a block from the house. The Mayor and Dooner then tri.ni mitetlv to tho Kernan home. Mr. Moore pulled the bell. It was Doouer'cvcr thnt told sirs. Kernan tnat her visitor was tho Mayor. Tho woman whose burdens were almost at the breaking point could not suppress tears of gratl- "You are tho first, to call," she said, "outside of members of the family. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for vnnt visit." Meanwhile, u little blond-haired boy bad snuggled up, closely to the. Mayort Xb jlttU fUw waB crylns. f lMlaiiiWBHaW5niifii1-w"W- 1 'WW BaalBlllllllK .re'i''TPaB naBfTTvl M2M "V. ;a ' ' K-; r '', y . s .i' iA a . 'V 1 ifrs.f . ri e a .-t . . SV .." J' s dsmX<SJM EPPA RIXEY EPPA RIXEY SLATED TO LEAVE PHILLIES Big Southpaw Likely to. Be Traded for Other Players to Bolster Club GAVVY CRAVAT H SILENT By ROBERT W. MAXWELL Siwris Editor r.rpnlnc Tubllc l,clBcr Chicago, III., Feb. 10. Eppa Rixey, star southpaw of the Phils, probably will not be with us v,hen the spason opens in April. The big portsidcr is said to be slated for the auction block and to be disposed of to the highest bidder. This is the dope floating aTonnd todnv. nnd although it is being denied on all sides, it's better than nn even bet that he will wear an alien uniform next season. "I don't know any tiling about, it," said Mnnager Gavvy Cravath this af ternoon. "I have not talked to any one regarding a trade and, to tell the truth, I don't know where I shall dis hfip nf him." "It's news to me," said President Baker. "I never considered Rixey trnrlinr- nintprlal. HoWCVCr. if S0111C club makes a good offer not money, Continued nn fast eventtrn. Column One FIND STOLEN AUTO AND SAFE Robbers Rifle Strongbox After Tak ing It From Garage Burglars who stole n motortruck nnd a safe from a garage on Diamond street above Twenty-ninth abandoned both "earlv this morning in a snowdrift on Ricp's Mill load, east of Limekiln pike, about a mile beyond City Line. The safe had been blown open. Burglars broke into the garage early thih morning, loaded thp safe on a small truck from the garage, and drove away. The safe, according to the police, contained only papers of small value. Policef the Branchtown station wero notifiediof the affair bv a farmer named John Milpy, whop place is near where thp truck was abandoned during the . . I niehr. Mr. Miley. driving in with produce this morning, saw the truck ns lie pa&sed along Limekiln pike on his way to the city. lie stopped to examine the truck nnd was astonish' d to find in it a heavy safe which evidently had beqn opened nnd rifled by burglars. At almost the time when Mr. Miley notified the Philadelphia police a wo man, who refused to give her name, called up the OgontJi police department to tell them that she too bad seen tho w Uh 'the brokeT safe with the broken safe abandoned car inside.. "Whnt is the matter, buddy?" asked the Mayor kindly. "My daddy won't talk to mo nny more." the boy replied. "It is rather remarkable, " the Mayor said, "that nonn of those who knew your husband intimately should have failed to call. No doubt he did many little favors for those who passed him each day ot Broad street aud Lehigh nvcniic, where he was stationed lU, Major Comforts Widow Mr Moore then told Mrs, Kernan that in tho future the policemen would be remembered for their service fls well ns the soldiers, and comforted her with tiic assurance that somethiug would be done to help her. Mrs. Kernan has four little cliildren. "We do u grent deal for the returned soldiers," said the Mayor, ufter leav ing tho house. "They arc entitled to it hut wn should not forget the policeman who Is on duty every day in the year, wnr or no wnr. When thev arc in iurcd their wives and children suffer, I wnnt to make this a nubile m,iiinn j with no element of politics in it what- Movor Moore then rnlled nn ni.1.1.1 Detective Joseph Derwin, Nineteenth and Oxford streets station, who was shot In the back by a thief he was try. Ing to nrrest. Derwin was propped un on pillows at the St. Joseph's HoBpItnl. He smiled broadly on seeing his visitor and said he was grateful beyond words The Mayor cheered him with tho knowledge that in the future policemen and liremenijinw-ed In the servico would bo iiroperNpVWi for. r ymm -n ffl 3 MILITARY TRAINING PLAN DEAD DESPITE WILSON'S EFFORTS Dirge for Universal Army Scheme Played by Democratic Caucus GEN. WOOD'S BOOM SLAIN, BELIEF AT WASHINGTON Army Candidates for Repub lican Nomination Suffer Severe Setback By CLINTON W. GILBERT StafT Corrvvmnilenl Sf tho lveulng rnbllc Idscr . Wa.slliigto'n, Feb. 10. Universal military training apparently is dead, dead for nil time unless another great war fhar.gos the country's mind. President Wilson listened to the general staff of the army and wrote his letter trying to save universal training. The Democrats of the House listened to the country, especially the West and South. President Wilson does not bear very much from the country. That is one of his troubles : he has become so iso latcd thnt Congress now interprets the sentiment of the public much better than he does. In this pnitlculnr instance Congress did ust this. The evidence here in WiKiliim'tmi io mrnnwlinlminir Till. I fnrmers do not want universal training. , The women of the countrv do not wont it. the South does not want it on ne- count of the negro. - - Issiio Not Partisan The isup is not partisan. The west ern Republican is just as much ngainst it as is the southern Democrat. In the Republican party there are certain powerful lorces which favor it. They, nre effee lively represented in Senator Wndsworth, chairman of the Senate, military affairs, committee, nnd in Con- ' gressmnn Kahn, chairman of the House i military affairs committee. But Jhe Republicans in Congress who are gratified to have the Democrats take upon their shoulders responsibility for the defeat of universal training arc I numberless. Nominally, the House I military affairs committee is tied upon the subject. But the division is only on the principle. Members of the committee favor training theoretically. Practically, however," the training must not be costly. Wheu trained the 'young men , must not go into a reserve for subse- j qucm ue uy un: nmtiu,v iu um. iiuu.u all, they cannot be sent abrond for fvminn .nM.'.nn . a nn n Hint. Mn ..un.. to fill vacancies in the regular army. It is unlikely that any training hill could ever be reported by that commit tee nnd if it were it would be defeated in the House. And what disposes of the subject finally is the fact that never again is it likely to be treated ns a nonpartisan issue. Democrats Restore Old Policy The House caucus, action disposed of that. Henceforth the Democratic party goes bock to its historic position against . military training, preternng the lead ership of Brjan and thnt of the pre war Wilson to thnt of the post-war Wilson. One satihfnction Mr. Wilson's friends got out of tin" Democratic caucus urtlon, namely, that it slew Wood. "They buried him," said one of them, "uni form, spurs nnd all. You may hear the voice of the undertaker saying 'those who wish to take a last look will please step up the middle aisle. . lim.t .mt.,,''u!r t,i1.'!J?"iLh!' w""i' dent write a letter which aided ood. whose onndidaey ""W"': if the universal training issue were taken out of politics by the Democrats following Mr. Wilson's readership. And the Ucniocrutic caucus docs np- pnrently dispose of military candidates -. it. T)A.ii,KlinniiL "I lin n ti( i nil! ninouc the Republicans. The nnti-mili tary sentiment will be sharpened bj what happened jesterdny and by the, coming efforts of the Republicans, .o-1 pecially those elements favorable to I General AVood, to force action by thci Republican und especially by the Re-1 publican majoKtj in Congress favr-' able to m I tnn training. Gcucrnl ood, has such a tight hold of this issue that' hc cannot let go of it. l virion Meetlnir Indicatiio ! What happened in the American Lc-, .on lni.othl,K' llt indlaunpolU yesterday is indicatie. After n "iiani light, i either have misunderstood me or comus say.s the dispatches, the legion indorsed. rt the remarks mnde to him by the unhersnl militarj training. The "hurd mnnj peoplp he talked to in Europe." fight was made by ttcncrai Wood's irilllUS. 1VIIU '" ....!.w tu... u, t ro,,r inrt ll U lll llllllll- " .HUM I' till , ...,u..i unmi II IJU mCnSlire .flmnlnliHM , i I l , ., .,,, , l !, I aiguing the legion in support of Gen- l vjtru " ibnt it was the United States , the growth of more foodstuffs a C HT" "'led bj he Allies list will be con eral Wood's position. arm "Which was "winning the war, be- I He said bill, wouM Mbr In trod iiU.. , ',erwl J Kvcrnmeut. For In- Thomas W. Miller, former congress- J. X attitude was hurting us with Parliament dealing wU T insurance Tn"ZZ S Urf X Thentld vnn HMh' man from Delaware, the powder state, Lr ,uies " against uucmploymVnt re-iilntinn i ' d rl ' r .i ' " i .: v n .BU " ami 1 assistant .eastern manager of the nfam surprised that I ihould .bd working hour! inimum "-",?, SS. , 'S MS Woo, campaign under Congressman! uoted as sniuc the merchant marine, nnti dumping. ""' P'a" VU f"1," ",,, i.i .. irl iVJS Norman Gould, went to Indiamipolis , 'V'",, ij. left to Gieat Britain, aud the Ilnnl( . . ., t of her civilians would bo wholly inde- nndmrle the fight for universal tram. ' J S l should not develop n I ""I""' fr Adriatic Semcment I f-asiblc because there were military l I ' .1... 1 Inn tin won hi n nnrrn...1 l.n".r...: ...l ' l.n nnniiml.t "he.. After briefiv referring ... .l. t,.. IllCllSUreS for which he W0S Hot TCSpOn majority. ' cause I never held au opiulou on that There is nlread n low beginning in j Rubjpct." ' tbe legion over the effort of Miller, who Senator Pittmnn, of Ncvndu, declared is a member ot it, to make it the tail that Admrial Sims had left the same to General Wood's kite. The rules of impression in the minds of former See the legion foibid such political uctivities , retnrv of the Treasury Glass ntid Rep us those of Miller. , ! rescn'tntivc Whole . of South ( aroliua. The action of the legion was tele-, in conversations with them nbroad and graphed to the Democratic caucus. It , he asked that they be called to testify failed to iiilluence that caucus, and the before the subcommittee, factor of what was done to intlueiic, Sn,s Clmrgcj, Arc Serious Miller. The weakening of the Wood Mil er. 1110 wciinpumu "i " M 00(1 , boom, which politicians generally ex- ' pert, will incrcabc the disinclination of ' the lesion to have itself made by Miller Z ToThe wood k.ic. -,iIkrj Wilson Seeks to Hold leadership It Vod is as dead ns the friends of Mr. WiUon say, the chief mourner will be the President himself. Thus Wilson is trying to maintain his party leadership bv not taking himself out of the presidential rnco. Tbe expedient is not working very well, Mr. Bryan has been pronounced by the North Dakota Democrats co leader with Wilson. The nouse Demo crats jesterdny preferred Bryan's lead ership to Wilson's. It is not thnt they love Brvnii more. .... .1 .. ill ..n rnllmv Mr IVtl I...' waya that lire dangerous.' The spirlt,l ih1 nwfl cninhat!c !nan,J Vw? ot revolt is a difficult one to deal with, i that there has been and is nothing what- In a little while tho Democrats will decline to tonow imo ways io which tbey nre merely disinclined. Mr. Wilson would strengthen himself by picking his successor, and if he and his successor would work together for the rest of the time up till nominations nre made tno King wno is dead might li an 17 iiiu akiHt w ir in mi ii iiriir keep n n pertain Influence hi- nn .Tnf wllh the kipp who is to come. $$ AOSCW COUNCIL MUSS IS NOT POLITICS, SAYS COLES Trying to Build Case on Alleged Disappointments Is Incomprehensibly Silly, ences on Jobs Only By GEORGE NO rianrtrt V. fVilptf. rlinirmaii of tho Town Meeting party nnd conspicuous in the committee of 100. discussed the councilmanic situation this morning. Ho came up csterdny from Atlantic City, where he has been convalescing from Influenza. , Mr. Coles, by inference at least, has rurnrnil nrnminpntlv in the reports that I have set political tongues wngging over the dcndlocK in uoiincn. nc aus gen erally been regarded as one of the In dependent leaders, cburged. tacitly at lanct wM, nnnn,rirlni- MpufirS. Deve- ....., -. --v - o ... " . .L. lin and Uurcn in their opposition iu mc emplojes nnd salary bill. He arrived at Broad Strpet stauon armed cap-a-pie for fight. For a brief space his vocabulary was working over time lied nt high pressure. Tlint, hov.eer, was before he had had an opportunit to see some of his friends and talk the matter over. After that the barometric prpssurc steadily rose until it registered "fair with light breezes." "So r am trying to embarrass tbe administration, am I?" he said with a grin as he proceeded with great deliber ation to light a cigarette. He Is Amused at Reports "I understand that I am a member of a disgruntled clique that has been un to all sorts of lone-distance devil ment, seeing that I waB in Atlantic City in bed." And he laughed at his picture of the situation. "Now let me suggest, in the first nlnce. thnt the nrescnt muss in Coun- nil W llOt 111 UnV W0V COHnPCtPd With nnj political situation. Politics has nothing to do vtith it. Id known of it if that were true, and I know there is not a particle of foundation for nny Rtich renort. "After n while the political busv- bodies will charge that I am out gum- FIRST NON-STOP FLIGHT OVER MEDITERRAHEAT7 1 CAIRO, Feb. 10. The two airplanes belonging to the Sont'f Africnn. Government, which are attempting' a flight from London to Cape Town, ciosied the Mediterranean yesterday in if.urtcfa Lours. This is sakl to be the first non-stop flight over tr.e Medi terranean. AMERICANS TAKEN BY BOLSHEVIKI IDENTIFIED 'WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. American engineers capuireri by the Bol&heviki in Siberia, whose latt nnines weie given m a dis patch received yesterday from the American consul at Harbin- nic believed nt the office of the ohlof of airny engineers here, to b the following': Major -Francisco Blunt, Ulano, Hi.; Major FranA Buchanan, Tacoma Wash.; T3aptnin Walter W. GeUse, Madison, W13.; Lieutenant a'eorge B. McGinty, Wayzatn, Minn.; Lieuten ant William D. Helcdith. Auiora, 111.; Lieutenant ritlenna A Chavnuts. KnoxvlJlc, Cenn.; Lieutenant John it. HosUnaou, Dayton, Ohio. DID NOT BELITTLE ARMY, SIS SAYS Admiral Denies Charges and Raps Daniels for Navy f "Defeatist Policy' LIKENS IT TO BOLSHEVISM, By the Associated Press Washington, Feb. 10. Rear Admiral Sims denied today before tho Senate committee investigating navnl awards , . .. ... Tf ,. that in conversations with Representa- tive Bjrnes. of South Carolina, nnd other members of Congress he hnd sought to belittle America's efforts in the war I The admiral said Mr. WhoTe "must ji added that he did attempt to cor "I consider these charges very sen- '.'"",', V. . ii:.i7 n T our." said. Senator 'ittman, and I think Admiral Sims should be, given an opportunHj to clear lunjscu. i;--0 r t::i Whnlej would DP caiieu later in mi." dav. . , . , The committee room was crowded loug before the hearing began. Admiral Sims was applauded when he entered the room Chairman Hale lold Admiral Sims, in opening the heuring. that he had been recalled to make any further statement he might desire, caning nt- tcntlon to mo ,i m .i yuuirm had byn heard blnce the admiral a pre- vious appearance. ... ,1 Ilading trom n prcp-i inrni, MJTlo mrain emnhasize '. : :""u- " ' -:ii ever of n personal nature in the critl cisms I have made. Opposes "Rewarding Failure" Admiral Sims said he wished it un derstood that his criticisms were di rected against the following conditions: "The policy of placing a premium l . - . ! I. - - i IIDOll defeat Dy glVlllf special rewards ' centUiutu a rase Twt CvtOBHi Sva He Asserts Differ "Flash in. Pan" McCAIN shoeing, with bludgeon and nxe, for the men with whom' I worked in the late campaign. Evidently somebody is after me and not after the administra tion." he said with a smile. "I'm commencing to think thnt Di rector Furbusb ouuht to turn his in vestigators loose on the poison squad that's been operating irt the neighbor hood injecting toxic virus into this sit uation." Up to this point the chnirmnn of the Town Meeting party hnd "joshed" the prevalent idea. Then he switched his tactics nnd with marked emphasis con tinued : "Trying to build a case on alleged political disappointment or neglect is Incomprehensibly sill , if not downright ridiculous. I hac had to go through far more serious cluirgpt, thau that be- r , li, ,, ; . . ,.! iVm umi uiirins imp iuip i-niiiiiniKu " . cnairmnn of the 'lown .Meeting pany. ng paity No Complaints to Make "It is true that I have not bepn tak ing part in ,the administration's con ferences, but I have no complaints to make. The Mayor is running this ad ministration. The burden, it should not be forgotten, is on him. I am busy trying to catch tip with my law practice. which has fallen behind the last two years while I was chairman of the Town Meeting party. "To draw tbe. inference that because certain councilmcn arc differing on the question of the necessity for a certain number of Council employes, they ere also withdrawing their support from the administration, is gilt-edged tommyrot. "It is absolutely vicious on the part of those who are responsible for insti gating the report thnt there is n pre meditated attempt to embariass the nd- Continurd on Tagc Tour, Column Three (REFORMS URGED BY KING GEORGE .Settle Irish Row and Restrict Liquor, Monarch Advises, at Opening of Parliament PRE-WAR POMP IS REVIVED charges made by the Allies can be ' punished under the German criminal or l die Associated Press , plvtl codes He will also be asked to London, Feb. 10. Serious considera-I determine to what extent these churgea tion of economic conditions throughout tr0Is',a.S!' "I'on the rules of warfare, th,. ,. ... , , .. It is presumed Ihe attorney general the country was urged upon the House,,, in pr0oeed on the ground that the ot lommons today by Kiug George in I Entente list presents material evidence his speech from the throne, which open- against German subjects and may pros ed the session of Parliament He conn- seled patience jn th" pass;, J of far teaching reforms, ihieh. he said we're ...-essary to meet abnormal condition in. urged better educational facili nriitiitr.iA.. f , ... . "m I---, .-riiii'mem 01 r 11. lr,l. n....t:n. ... .... . .' ''-'i "III, -LIHM. on an end,, rir?'!" in,,.,- ..o:" 'j""""- "Mi'umin ot in Conference the klni- iiid Iip intended fchni-Mi in -,..!f. ""-'", r ""''"""' and Austria T e nenViif- U Saln peaceAwith Tiirke';. eldedw-ere' "heiii!- ,,rUB0.i fn..i..i ...;.,'",.' " Tp bl le sneed." neferr ,i V"Ll i!?- conferences in Paris and London .. - . --- in mi' r r r said : . i nit rrnpn i "I earnestly trust Ihnt n n, ,. , ing the partj's prestige of thesaermeeVingrsUSa Clemen roT, ' 1,PlrV,'1 t0 "PhU 1'Xtra' Inns-.-oiitimifd Adriatic dispute willr"K'- - - ,,"" w,i ut- it-iirilt'U. in Order hnirnrnr to assure the full IdessingsopeaeTnd I GERMANY DENIES REPRISAL prosperity to Lurope it is essential that , Tlittf'rJTi"01 AnnU"nB A9"en1e"t W"' Bel' Europe nnd in Russia So long ns these glum, Authorities State uist regions withhold their full con-, Brussels. Feb 10. (By A. P,)-U irlbution to tbe stock of commodities was nuthoritntively denied here today for geueral consumption, the cost of Ihnt Germany had Informed Belgium of living ran hnrdlj be reduced or general ' the annulment of the German Belgian prosperity bo restored to the world. I tinan.-ial iigrcemetit. I believe our countri and emnire I , urc mnklng rapid strides towuid itabll i ' Rerlin dispatch jestcrdav quoted ity and prosperity. I the Wrung nni Mlttag as declaring that nm price of foodstuffs and oUier l necessary commodities is causing anxiet tn nil the peoples of the world, but am glad prices In these island" are nn- prcelably lower tiian elsewhere i "If, however, we are to insure lnt. ! Sf W,;!! '-Ipcnrol r." '---" nuv to in row innniuoii'OB tnm nm n.i. f . tion with good will for others and wUh lntion provii ,i auu i ivutc. id niioirwn. lee s- luing iot large a'nd far- pelrfnt'o'rr8 of reform te passed into law. Conrrrned Owr Ireland "The condition of Irelaud causen grave concern, uui a Dili mediately lajd before you ,-B "" "" m4 a rage, JVwvtiiSSrSn1 CaU EX-CROWN PRINCE, , PIKING AS MARTYR OFFERSSURRENDER Asks Allies to Take Him Trial Instead of 900 Others for A; WILSON GETS MESSAGE FROM GERMAN FUGITIVE Berlin Prepares List Containing Names of Entente's Alleged "War Criminals" By tho Associated Press Washington. Feb. 10. Frederick William Hohenzollern. former crown prince of Germunv, in n cablegram re- i'.."vj i. ,-t iiiuii , iii it luuiiKruni ri CP,vcd toduy bv Prps (lent Wilson, nf frs) , K,,rrn,i i,:0if ', t. the allied governments in plnce of the 000 Germuns whose extradition has been demanded. His messngc was sent from Wierengen Tsland. Holland. esterdav. nnd sim ilar cablegrams are understood to have been forwarded to the kings of Englnnd. Belgium and Italy. the emperor of Japan and the president of France. The message to President Wilson follows: To the President of the United States of North America: Mr. Wil son. Washington : Mr. President : The demand for the delivery of Germans of every walk of life bns again confronted mv coun try sorely tried by four years of war and one year of severe internal strug gles with a crisis that is without a precedent in the history of the world as affecting the life of a people. Thnt a government enn be found in Germany whicli would carry out tha demanded surrender is out of tbe ques tion ; the consequences to Europe of nn enforcement of the demand by violence lire incalculable, hatred and revenge would be made eternal. As the former successor to the throne of my fatherland, I am will ing at this fateful hour to stand up for my compatriots. If the allied and associated governments want a victime, let them take me instead of the 000 Germans who have commit ted no offence other than that of serv inglbeir country in the war. WILHELM. Wierengen Island, Feb. 0, 1020. Berlin. Feb. 10. (Bj the A. P.) Germany is prepuring a list containing tile names pf allied soldiers and high officials who are accussed by the Berlin government of violations of the laws of war, and plans to submit it as a counter-proposal to the demand of Ihe Allies for extradition of Germans wbo are alleged to be warCTimlnals. This list is in the course of com pilation, and it is expected it will,bj. ready for publication and delivery ' shortly. It will contain specific indict"-'' meuts based upon alleged authenticated material which is on file in the Grr-" man archives. It was stated that Ger I many, however, would not demnnd'cX" I tradition of the men named in its in- dictment. ' Commitlec Backs Government Decision has been reached by the committee on foreign relations of the National Assembly to support the gov- 'orimicnt's stand in declaring "the eth ical and patriotic indignation of the German people at the allied demand i for extradition of Germans accused of ' war crimes is such that the carrying put of extradition measures have been made iphjsleally impossible nnd would pro- Mluce internal insurrection " ' to subx-ribe toNhis, declaration', which ' as adopted at the meetin- of the com- mittee. which lasted for" three hours I jesterdny afternoon. Independent Socialist members .refuse 'Dip govprnment has decided to sub- mit the official extradition list to tbe attorney general nt Leipzig, with in structions to investigate the offenses listed and determine whether the l "'t .', ' "K,,n"' ."'. ' " "V.1 "' muorr "."i 'f th '',""'Bl'S '" Mv,i in anT I011'" way- May Hold Trial at Lcipiig If prosecution occurs, the tnnl may be held before the imperial supreme ' '-O'lrt. t Leipzi Whoesa s "c tiled by Poland, it is stated. "'h0 n" t0 Ufl,r,, tt t"nB,Wc ,,a8'S ot i procedure. Independent Socialists, who hitherto i !..,.... ,. ''in c shown only pasoive ntercst in me siiuuuoii, nun,- iin-niii nruitxi- ure generally diliou on prin- Germany had notliled itcigiuni that tho ' ,Jtrl iierninii -iiiuiii iiuuu, ,u, iiiiviiiruk I "ins ' lmrt uist bo annulled because of Belgium ft nrticipotiou in the extradition de I mands. MUNICH CROWD WAR-LIKE .. "Down Wlth F"""'" Shout Thou. sanas to tntenxe commission AftflS".s(4i.i ivriiAs (() pff)ini ugllllfct the extradition dt ' mandd of the Eutcntc, wveral thouWBil Munlrh, Feb. 10. (By A. P.), i nersons formed u procession to tbe hotel .- wui.v rases wnere Hiieeuir rimrcps unvc ,vil?uhTiro(' where u portion of the Entente ca to. i0J'". wlHHlon te residing, . .. . Thiv crowu tang weuuvcuisnu Cr. 'Allen," and cried ''PfsyMidiiFraBi!,' 71 VI m in
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