...T W-W"? . -" v. Cuentng public foftxjer Vi iMi in "l "" m THE WEATHER Washington, Feb. 11. Fn!r and colder todays cloudy tomorrow. TEMriWATPBE AT KACT1 noCB WTGHT EXTRA , , i Mr il 'M . s j -ii TiBlO 10 111 112 1 I 2 a I 4 f. I f;7 W 10 l-1 M lJ- 142,14' 1 VOL. VI. NO 128 Entered as Second-Class Matter at 'the Postofflee, at Philadelphia, Pa, Unfler the Act ot March 8, 1$TU. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1920 rubllehcd Dally nxwpt Sunday. Subrlptlon Trice SO a Tear by Mall. Copyright, 1B20, by" Publlo lasdrer Company. PRICE TWO CENTS 100 PER CENT STREET CLEANING PROFIT HEPBURN '' CONTRACTORS PAID $1,000,000 TOO MUCH, SAYSBUREAU CHIEF Bases Statement onAmolJn Collected and Co.st of Inadequate Force and.Equipment Main tained "Game of Politics," He Asserts HE CONTENDS ORDINANCES ARE FRAMED TO fAVOR THE MEN TO WHOM THE WORK HAS BEEN AWARDED By 6EOUGE NOX McCAIN DONALD M. HEPBURN, chief of the bureau of street cleaning, in tho Department of Public Works, made a' statement this morning that will undoubtedly' attract tho attention of every public-spirited citizen in Philadelphia.- He moreover presented figures in proof of his assertions takerf from the records in his office. ,Tiie investigations of Mr. Hepburn aro in lino with Director Winston's expressed purpose of "getting down to business" in the Department of Public Works. "From the investigations I have made I can say positively that I would be willing to undtrtake the work of cleaning Philadelphia streets at tho price ft is now paying and yet save the city $1,000,000 annually. "It would be no trick at all. There is not a street-cleaning contractor a ho has not been pocketing 100 per cent profit, and in some instances more, for years," said Chief Hepburn. "Do I understand you to say that if a contractor receives say $500,000 for cleaning the streets in a district his profit is $250,000?" r asked. "I do. And understand, please, that this is not a guess. It is based on figures in my possession. Moreover, it is predicated on 300 working days for every year, and if you have given only tho most casual thought to the Eubject you will understand that street-cleaning forces, owing to varying weather conditions, cannot put in a full 300 days in every year. All Overhead Included "But there is other overhead beside the mere outlay for labor that must be taken into consideration," I suggested. "There is machinery, its upkeep, tools, and all tho necessary paraphernalia that goes with an outfit utilized in keeping hundreds of miles of city streets in good condition." Chief Hepburn (smiled in an indulgent way at the suggestion. To a man of his wide experience, as one of tho lead ing construction engineers whose career for twenty years had been u matter of intimate details and keen foresight in land'ing and anticipating" all, sorts of contingencies, it must have cccmed al most amateurish, "I have taken all that and more, into account." he said. "All the sprinklers, . sweepers, pushers, machine brooms, trucks, wngons', teams and tools into account. likewise the men in gangs who operate the street cleaning machinery, including chuuffcurs and machinists. I have estimated on a basis, as I said, of 300 working days in the year, and I cannot And a single instance where the contractors, and I except none, are not making 100 per tent profit on their contracts. "I have considered that there are three months, perhaps, in the year when a contractor cannot use his equipment. There are other periods when it can be utilized for night work. If climatic onditions are favorable it can be util ized for mavbe half of Junuary, Feb ruary and March, Of what use are sweepers, sprinklers and all other equip ment that are available in summer at a time like this" Contractors.' Fault If They tost Money "But it has been repeatedly claimed that street cleaning contractors are not Wg monej makers." "If any contractor in Philadelphia lost money lat,t year on his htreet-cleau-mg work, then it was through improper or antiquated equipment or gross mis management. After my experience of mrce wecus in tills ollice I should say that it was gross mismanagement. There is no reason under heaven why fetrect-clpflninrr fnrrew nlinnlil Tint nftnm tist of experienced men in receipt of bvuu wages, ".It is a question of foremen and su perintendents. If these men are ineffi cient, or careless, and are constantly striving to make their job as easy as possible without regard to their rai playes' interests,, then it nntiiriillv fnl. lows that tho working force will acquire v ,in nuuii, wuu a consequent tre mendous incrcaso in the matter of ex pense , is, under the Philadelphia system, a w ui punucs irom start to nnisn. ijVery mill, from Hip fnntrfinnt Intirn 10 tllG Inhnrftn lirTlt nlnnno aiiJ- .n...n inlet, tries to have or has a political Pun. I cannot, of course, say this us a result of personal acquaintance of very individual. I desire to quality my Matement ttt that cxtrnt. But all lines t investigation lead mo inevitably to -v iuuuiii&iuLI. "Without-, ivlslllnc In nnnno. ,,U- emphatic, it is a case of politics and money and the public bo damned. Ordinances Planned for rnnlrnefnr f.f J iavestientions have disclosed the ' tlmt ordinances have been pnssert tWC?nt,raets framed to accomplish all in? 'n avQ outlined I have one toiiHT ,on ,ln ,nlna tnat ls b0 i)U,c'y teVi-t 'v aiJa b0 manifestly in the in Mtnni.i,0' "i6. e?utractors, that the K?dJ)cforo- ,u rcItttca t the num contM11 cmPloyed by i,trcct cleaning cntractors nnd reads as follows: time0 contractor shall employ at all kUectH ' 'i,i'meicnt forcc t0 clean lets ui. .is' country roads uud in fen .!; Du frt'fiuency spceified and manner tath)actory to, the vhief, Vith th. "cpnfrnctor who is friendly ScS Se chef Sau ""I'm u' ncquuint 'o the nk Hdynntugc. particularly as ,v me number nf m v, .i.n i t apparent. The last .rU' ,uf' f snecflntt"U '?" J"?!" rose," d wero lnsrtcd for n pur- has'wL10 ,lDdtand that ull this Tka 1? Hndcr a veil of secrecy, doink f i1!,.0' operations and the matt?; pb".c contractors have been '"quired. stldicd concealmentV" I re van0Mmcan8 Stores and reports They I r!f Ji Presumably, to the public. nooe h n,,'e In." Public offlce, but 1 Co I. 'a,Ucn l?o trouble, so far us 'P 5ncJc.ct P,ublle officials who fter SSff Hf 1 llu! Job' unl I'"1 ''Tuke- ,rni?itcrcsU', E0 why worry V WtniuS anoihcr unKlo on tho contractor ttkw on Ptrnose ? cur.l0U8 CUI f an effort, t0 gBt nt the facts' and """H r Vi-rtl :mo. Ccdtwa Os 4V DEVELIN GRAVELY ILL; WORRY PARTLY CAUSE Criticism Aggravated Condition of Councilman, Down With Bronchial Pneumonia Friends of Councilman Jnmes A. Develln believe that worry over coun cllmanic nffnirs is partly responsible for the gravity of his condition. Mr. Dcvclin is ill with bronchial pneumonia at his home, C052 Over brook avenue. lie went home Inst week with a severe cold, and Sunday seri ous illness developed. Mr. Dcvclin is nn independent in Council. Last Thursday at a Council meeting he blocked the administration's program of couneilmunic jobs by offer ing an amendment cutting down the number of positions. Immediately there fctnrlcd gossip that Mr. Develin's action was the start of. a definite break "between the Mayor nntl men on whose Mipport he hud de pended. Mr. Develin's friends shv !ip felt: thnt he ww thus put in a false position ; that lie is Biucerc in nis worK'in uouncll and not nn obstructionist, nnd fhat the criticism to which he felt he wuh un- .lustinaDjy subjected contributed to Dringing anout n breakdown. Mr. Devclin is described as "one of thoso men who take their worries home with them," KENTUCKY OPERATORS BOLT Refuse to Submit to Decision of U. S. Coal Commission Washington. Feb. 11. (By A. P.) After the coal strike settlement com mission bad agreed toduy to render u decision as to making tho 14 per cent wage increase restroactive to October 1 in -tho Kentucky ficWs, the Kentucky operutors' association refused to sub mit to the jurisdiction of the commission and withdrew from the hearing. This was the first refusal of operators in any field to accept the commission's settlement of anpstinna invnU-ofi i, i, Utrike. The representatives of the mtuo workers presented their side of the case, but President Ilobiuson did not indicate what course the commission might pur sue, in view of the refusal of the oper ators to give their views. Claim of the Kentucky miuers that the award should bo made retroactive was based on the contention that the mines In Kentucky were opcrnted on virtually p. 100 per cent basis through out tbu strike. TO CHECK JOB HUNTERS Mayor Plans to Take Certain PosI tlons From County Commissioners Major Moore plans to invoke the new viij uiuricr 10 toKc from tho county commissioners, who are controlled b tho A are interests, the right to appoint ...... !..'. Job hunters to places which eoutlict with tho work ot other city depurt- Tills was announced this afternoon following a conference bctweou the Muyor und Director Tustin, of the De partment of Public Welfare. Men close to tho administration denouueo what is an uppuhent effort of the Vorcs to hustlo their constituents into jobs as children's agents and in vestigutors under the couuty commls y'oncrs before the Department of Pub He Welfare, which is largely coucerned with work among tho city's children, can be completely organized. The county commissioners today, almost nt the very hour when the Muyor was holding his conference, made pub lie u list of appointments, which con tained tho names of six men appointed to such jobs. Of tho six, four bail been forced out by tho advent of the new administration. I HI llll.HM. I I I , MAY U AWUra- I f I J 1 I J m I J f ' 1VI I llLa FOR POLICE FORCE Would Give Patrolmen $5 a Day and Others $200 a Year More INCREASE WOULD, COST CITY $1,300,000 YEARLY Three From Each Department Are Commenddd for Their Brave Actions Five dollars a day for policmen and an increase of $200 a year for firemen is the wage that Mayor Moore hopes to givo the men in these departments. This rato Is for what may bo termed the "privates" and does not npply to sergeants, lieutenants or officers in the fire denartmnnt.r PnllcrmpA Aow reccivr $3.85 a day, which includes a 10 per cent oonus and thef lircmcn $min) year. The Mnyor expressed tho desire to give me men tue increase mentioned to day when he received three policemen and three firemen at City Ilnll and praised them for their deeds of bravery. He said he would call n meeting of public-spirited citizen nnd lay his plans before them and then take the matter up with City Council and the city so licitor to see how funds could be ob tained for the proposed increase. The policemen and firemen were in troduced to the Mayor in the reception room by Director Cortelyou. In ad dition to giving them credit for what they had done, the Mayor explained to the men thev were brought there so that he could talk to the taxpayers through them and let the people know that the policemen and firemen were the poorest paid officials In tbq city's serv ice. Work Is Noticed If the public wil understand the sit uation, the Mnyor said, We will be able to press forward our recommenda tions. He told tho men that- the, ad ministration wns in sympathy -vVith them, and realized their nlight, nnd (asserted that such nets ns they pcr- lormeci wouiu not go unnoticed. "We want you and your fellow po licemen niid firemen to know that we are taking notice of all your work." he said. "It's unfair to a great body of energetic policemen nnd firemen tbat the occasional crook, grafter or ping ugly who happens to bob up and obtain notoriety should be held against the reputable and real men of the service. Director Cortelyou nnd I want to en courage all loyul and faithful public servants and have them feel that we regard them uh associates in the big work we have to do." Touching again on his proposed plan 16 bring about an increase in pay be said the proposed advance would cost the city about $1,000,000 a year more for the police department and ubout $300,000 for the increase to the fire men, The Mayor referred to the plight of the widow and four children left by Policeman Mutt' Kernan, who died Monday, nnd said thRt something would have to be done for them. He said, however, he did not expect tho police men to help as their burdens were al ready too great. Mnyor Moore shook hands cordially with the men beforo they left. The men honored today were: Firemen : Battalion Chief Harry Piper, Truck 1, "10 De Lancey street. Hoseman Edward Moore, Engine Co. 40, Sixty-fifth street and Woodland avenue. Hoseman Jumes Fleming. Engine Co, CI, Champlost street uud Old York road. Patrolmen : Fred Louyinger, Eighth and Jefferson street police station. John W. Itodgers, Thirty -second street and Woodland avenue police tn tion. Itobert II. Franfz, Eighth and Jef ferson streets police station. The six men wero singled out from among the many brave men of the police and fire departments for acts of unusual heroism. Kcseucd Aged Couple Battalion Chief Piper went througli fire and smoke to tho third floor of a burning house ut 12t! South street to rescue an aged man and woman, lodgers, who had been trapped in their rooms by the flames. Two spectacular acts of heroism ure to the credit of Hoseman Moore, which were tho more unusual becuusp neither was at a fire. For one of them, per formed three yours ago, he was aw aided the Cameron gold medal, given annually to the firemen credited with the most heroic deed of the year. T On an August day in 1017, Andrew Liniski wns one of a gung of workmen engaged in renuirini- u tlim In Mi,ni.. stack which jufH. beyond the roof at the AND CITY FIREWIEN .,i,..t ,- riu it ii fni nu luonei is mi" umvurxiij s grciuct, HUl1lT.n?iJ'.,'ll Winced at tliis time." said Mr, Mendeu .K0.lil..pla"..ylv'r. tho c,nuri''u.rd hall. "Philadelphia is still provincln fur below, and from the end of the PIank " ropn dangled. People court ard hud stopped to wii in the COUmard Hail Stonneil In unteli llin workmen on the plank. Suddenly he swayed, lost his balunco anil fell. Tim crowd gasped in horror. Ho brought up suddenly as he shot down toward the courtyard. His foot had caught in a noose at the end of the rope. He Rpuu violently for u moment, then swung, head downward. Swung to Window Hoseman Moore, wuh one of those passing through the courtyard nt jhc Continued on I'aco To. Column l'our FLETCHER NO LONGER ENVOY President Accepts Resignation of Ambassador to Mexico Washington, Feb. 11. (By A. P.) Presidcut Wilson today nccepted tho resignation of Henry P. Fletcher as ambussudnr to Mexico, v .i,- ,t (he President his reslg. nation several weeks ago, -His letter hud nut bevU made public, !ii ,. TFiSRt mMWr ix :,. '7"s:,r.0.W . ijn';!, "7- '?,'. .'. 'i'.....z.':2JZi&it ciiJ DONALD M. HEPBURN Chief of tho street cleaning bureau, who said today that tho city's street -cleaning contractors were 'overpaid $1,000,000 annually -$ IT Alumni Say Age Should Be Be tween 40 and 55 Six Pros pects Mentioned PENSION FOR DOCTOR SMITH Among Men Suggested for Provost at Penn Emory B. Johnson, (fovcrnor Sproul. Francis Mcllhcnny. Dr. George dc Sehweiuilz, George Wharton Pepper. John Cadwaladcf., Alumni of tho University of Pennsyl vania favor a young man ns the next provost, to succeed Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith, with particular emphasis on the ugc between forty and fifty-flvo years. Some believe be bhould be nn nlum uus, others a mun not necessarily of this city, but well known nationally, un administrator, a business muu. Joseph f. Uobeugarten, of the class of '52, College, believes that the man should be an administrator nnd that there should be n larger administrative staff for the new provost, "I don't think that we should go outside for the provost," he said. "We should linve some one who knows the University's needs from within. I think it should be some one who has made his mark in the University, or who has hud university connections. "There are George Wharton Topper nnd Dr. George de Schwcinltz but ltd probubly too much to expect them to gUc up professional practice and John Cndwulader. I suppose the provost should be n )oung man." "Broad-Minded Man" "No fads or whims, but a broad minded man," is the requirement urged by Horace. Stern, '!0 College, '02 Law. "The man should bo a scholar ouib at the same time u man who has thought and expressed himself on public ques tions, a man who knows the difference between radical vuporings and free dis cussion. "The University ought to scour the country for tho best possible intellect ual and public giant iivuilable. It doesn't mutter, to my mind, whether he comes from Texas or Philadelphia, "No business organization in Phila delphia confines itself to ehosing riillu ilelphiuns for its big offices; it takes the best it can find, wherever he is. If the University wero u training school for Philadelphia ln.wjers, or Philadel phia doctors or scientists, then there should be a Philadelphia provost, just as the city needs a Philadelphia!) for Major. But the University is n train ing school for the country and It should select its provost from the sumo 'broad field." A business man. according to Earl Meiulenhall, '00 College, and W. P. Humphreys, '00 College, is the special need of the University at thin time, "The provost should bo nn alumnus and u Phllndelphluu bocuusc most of the University's financing is done here and money is the University's greatest lliidelnliiu is still urovinclnl and it takes u Pltlludrlphluu to get money from Philudelphlu, Governor Sproul the Tjpe "Governor Sproul, although not an alumuiiK, is the type of man. No dean of tho present departments should bo chosen, because he is too wrapt up in his own ilepurtmeut, and no profes- Contlnurd on Paie Two, Column Three SHELL HITS SHIP; 1400 DIE Transport Fired on by Bolshevik Sinks With All on Board London, Feb, 11, A Moscow wire less dispatch toduy suys: "According to a message from Novo rntsysk, when the volunteer transport Karautlu with officers uud officials ami their wives uud children aboard, num. heriug 1100, left Mariupol (in the Rus sian province ot Yekaterinoslav) on tho upprouch of the Bolshcviki, the vol unteer arms, incensed ut being left behind, fired on the ship. "A shelL,i)ierced a boiler and the transport sAk witji all aboard." ,-j YOUNG MAN URGED FOR PENN PROVOS ADA HUFF IS HELD; u . APPEARSjN COURT Nurse, Unable to Furnish $1000 Bail, Goes to Jail to Await Trial "ADOPTED" BABY AUD HER MOTHER WATCH HEARING William Nagle Denies Marriage to Prisoner His Bride of Year Accompanies Him ' , , rri,- i.i -r .i..nun in DEAD HUSBAND ... ,v.m: ,... , "".'""'"'. " "'",. -"" V "J..? nUin.nuT..,.Lji,A,. Lnnnqp,i abductor of the Leonard babj, collnpscU nhlur h n runt m tl, linnt-ini hfltflPP wnicu moved .Miss Ada UUll. niieg Magistrato Uoodpt nt Central Court to- day. She was held under $1000 ball for court. Tho tangled web of. deception which the nurse had woven to deceive the mother of ten-months-nld Genevieve Leonard und her own foster -parents nt North Water Gap entangled the mere slip of a girl in its meshes. Eyes beaming nnd her fucc wreathed in smiles, Mrs. Buth Leonard, of 918 North Bnmbrey street, the real mother of the child, confronted the nurse with her deception. Miss Huff had expected that, but she was not prepared to face William C. Nagle, the man whose name she had assumed, and who, she told her parents, had been her husband nnd the father of the child. She told her parents when she showed them the Leonard baby to substantiate letters she had written to them, that the child s father. Wilhuin Nngle, had been killed by n live-wire, while working in New Jersey. Naglo Appears With Wlfo A few minutes before the hearing began, Nagle. who lhcs at 1809 Cnyugu street, eniru in courtroom wmi nis pretty wife, to whom be has been mar ried for more than u year. Faeed on evnrv hnnd by evidence of her dpepption, Ada Huff, 'vho had spent the. night itua City Hall qclt following her arrest at, North Wafer Gap, where she had spirited the child, stood with her hnnds meeklv fuMeH nnd pie rlnwn. cast as th witnesses, on aftr un-' other, took the stand and refuted her original btory, that she wus the child's mother. If she experienced any emotion us Ihe man, whom she hod "adopted" us her dead husband, took the stnnd, her face did not betray it. Not once did Miss Huff allow her eyes to wander to the other side of the courtroom, where Mrs. Leonard coddled tho tcn-montb-old child. The baby, dressed in white clothes and u white eider blanket, with new Kid shoes, which, it is suid. MissHufT had bought for her. smuggled close to its real mother's breast, oblivious ofi courts nnd laws. I The child was concerned only about the contents of a milk bottle, which it was assimilating nt u rapid rate. Auou, the baby would prattle inarticulately, and the mother would hold it ull the tighter in her grusp, us though fearful that the court officials might take it away agaiu. The hearing did not last long. Tells of Aiherlising for Child Frank Hodge, the city detective who went to the home nf the nurse's parents, Mr. and Mrs. (.'buries B. Huff, ut North Water Gap, bringing Miss Huff buck to face the charge of kidnapping, and returning the ihild to its mother, wns the first wituiss. He testified thnt ou February ! Miss Huff, then in the employ of MrH. ltich urd S. Newbold, of -21." Walnut street, had iuserted uu udtertlsenieut in the newspaper for u bub, "from three to ten mouth old." Mrs. Leonard, who is a widow witli four children, answered the "ml," bv telephone, according to Hodge, He stated that MNs Huff came to the Lcouurd home uud took the child to the address of the New holds, couvey ing the impression thut she was the mistress of the house, nnd thut the mother could come lo see her baby often in its new home. Wiieu (he mother called the New bold home I) telephone Sunday, the detective asserted, she wns told by a member of the Newbold household that Miss Huff had beeu di-charged, and hud gone away. Insisted It Was Her Child "When I arrested her at North Water Gap," he said, "she maintained Continued on riu Nineteen, Column Fho STOCKS TUM6LE0N URGENT LIQUIDATION Inability to Meet Demands on -Impaired Margins Forced Selling New York, Feb. H.StockR dropped 2 to S points in the stock mnrket toduy as the result of further heavy liquida tiou. Brokers and commission houses reported heavy selling from interior centers. Heuvy enforced selling for uc couut of truders who were unable to meet demands on inipuirid marglus also wns noted. Opcnlug prices were only moderately lower, but tho reactiou became general before the end of the first hour. De velopments which usually govern tbn prices of stocks, us money rates uud foreign exchange, apparently ceused to have nuy direct lutliieuce, although prices rallied somewhat before noon when call money opened ut b per cent. Selliug pressure iilmtcd ut ntiddu.' largely as a result of u drop in call loans to U per cent, Thq short interest cohered and many losses ot the morulng were mude up. In u few cases material galus over yesf terduy were made. Wilson 's Party Control ' Strengthened by Health Physicians Expect Full Recovery Early Next Month Democrats and Republicans Both Waul Delegations Uninstructed By CLINTON W. Staff Corresiiondrnt of the Washington, Feb. 11. President Wilson's physicians say privately he will be fully restored to health early in March. By that time thcr expect the Executive to resume his old activities, ns the arterial impairment from which he suffered ut the end of his western trip has already disappeared. The re covery has been more rapid than vyus expected. rn, !....nmof r ti. Tn.ilrnt.M health is tending to strengthen his con- . trol over his party's plans this year. ' This has boen a week of important in- formal conferences among he Demo- crnts here. Former Secretary aiiwtioo , has been In town. Bernard Barucl. also . i i ... it r !.. leommittoe. Mr. Barucb announced on jron(, . thnt hp was . fttvor of M.ntlinK I . i i. il T... n l .. " "" oi yic """"'".. "" '"" uninstructed delegates to the Democratic niitionnj convention at San Francisco. Mr. Baruch is close to both President Wilson und lo Mr. McAdoo. There is little doubt that managers of the Democratic machine, like man agers of the Ttepublicau machine, seek uninsfnicted delegations and wish to noipone the choice of a candidate until the comentioii meets. The object of file Democrats is to keep control of the Domocratic situation iu Wilson's hands as long as possible. The President wants this nnd nobody is dis posed to quarrel with him. For the YOUTHFUL MAIN LINE AUTO BANDITS PLEAD GUILTY Toseph Giles and Walter Mellon, youthful automobile binilrU ssho terrorized Lower Merlon in the last few jroihus, plovied guilty at Morrlstown' this afternoon to two charges of robbery. They vrere sentence'.' to Industrial Heform School at Huntingdon JURY BLAMES INADEQUATE LAW FOR FATAL FIRES "" " The Coroner's jury of engineers and builders 'who held nn Inquest today into the deaths of six workmen killed fn the Hobe;rt Turlo & Sons factory firo nt 415 Addison street January 20. this Afternoon placed the blame for this and other fatal fires on lad oi effective legislation. They urged the enactment of an ade quate "use and occupancy" law, which would compel the licensing Of all buildings. "" PEACE DOVE COOS OVER BASEBALL New York Litigation Dismissed. ; French and British Leaders Ex Carl Mays Reinstated and j press Regret That America Yanks Awarded 3d Place i s Not Represented ARBITRATION BOARD NOW BALFOUR ASSUMES CHAIR By KOItEKT W. MAXWKIX SMrtn Kriitor Kienlnr Public I.editer Chicago, Feb. 11. At an earl hour thi-. morning the official hatchet was buried with due pom); 'and cetemon. u huge guller of watching scribes i-tillcd it few iins and the official Amer ican League war wus oflieiiill settled for good und all. The three musketeers, inclining Uuppert, CnmisUc uud Frn zee. shook bunds with the loj til lic, which consisted of Connie Muck, Jim Dunn. Frank nvm, Phil Bull, unu ("InrK l.nutn; "iiiiuin .u. juennru- . - ,. .,,.., .,,, . TSJ., 1 UUll ' miium I iiuniuii i, tiu cn-- 1 T..nl 1 iit(..n rt., ... tl.l... Jobnsonites captured the verdict by the score of : to i. lius, us can easily be seen, differs from the old figures of C to .1. Ban on Job The American League magnates met nt Ti :30 p. m. and put on nn endurance contest. It was agreed when the morn ing session udjourned yesterday thnt nn lnformul discussion would be held Inter in the afternoon, and if Ban Johnson wanted to be present he wu welcome; if not, the owners should worn, but Ban was on the job and stuck through to the finish. After ever thing wns over the mem bers pledged themselves to secrecy und no olhciul statement was gieu Out. In, brief, this U what happened: Klrst. It wns ununiinousl, agreed thut the New ork club drop ull liti gation which has beeu instituted against Johnson and his associates in the league, and the differences be tween the opposing factious settled once and for ull. Second. Curl Mays was reinstated Conllunl on Tune Uslitern, Column rive Bnseball Funs! This is to tip you, off to the fact that Bob Maxwell (you kxoxt r.ort) is aticmlino ihcpconjah of the man watts nt Chicago and pulling inside stuff daily iu Cucning Jublic ffic&Qcr QKT WJSV SOU. UUll ' "li'iivi unii'ii , t,u r...,,-- i ,1,,,-,, .. - .,,,,, ,.t.n.. ........... ... .l es cPcd the cause along by doing , , ( ,; , - -- ,-, -ft "kAr..w.h 1:1.- a.m Chicago time. 1 &, , lie referred" , Z?" " "'" " a fc JXVlSSSSn" ;MlnrofUU,Xgr'trJft,,e0riRl'! & '""- "-"" of th. ;.; ll.ml iinnljhN. it looks ns If the "f..,clrSt.. " "L' ,t nu.,.1.m.N "'Presentefl ni,.ri,.,t l0ets. Ambulance In Italy GILBERT Kvcnlnr I'ubllo Lrdzer time being in effect Wilson's hands are off and it is a free field. In the end he will probably take hold and pick the candidate. This planfavors" Bryan to nn extent, but where it is necessary the Demo-" crntic organization will put up favorite ruf, us in curusKu, 10 neau oil toe "Peerless leader." Where favorite sons are out of the question, au effort win on made to secure uninstructed dctetes i s against Bryan, .. Tll lest on this policy will come in two ,,Duk(,tns- If. Kryan shows slrgth that the organ.zathjn does not "" "." ,.'.' ","" , r 'u' ,5 ft "" H',C dfliln ??? "fwlS- on the report of an oflieial of tho Demo- cralic national committee who has just run thromrh tho Dukntns. nnd fho other early nriniarv western states. Keeping the situation in Wilson's control docs not mean in the general opinion that he is a candidate. At- though the President bos almost re covered his bculth, no one believes his arteries will stand the strain of a cam paign, or of four ears' more service in the White House. But Mr. Wilson wants to keep-power iu Jiis hands us long as possible. He is thut sort of man. And the choice ot a Democratic eundidutc is unusually difficult. There arc two lending Dem ocratic possibilities. Mr. McAdoo does Continued on Tare Two. Column Fhe ' UL SL ABSENCE MARS LEAGUE B the Associated Press Ixindon. Feb. 11. The council of the League of Nations formally opened its melting here at noon tuda. Arthur J. Balfour, representing Cireat Britain, us Mimed the chair on the suggestion of Leon Bourgeois, representative of Fruuce. Sorry I. S. Isn't Represented In his speech of welcome to the dele gules Balfour said there wiih onlv one ' .. r ., ,,,, ,, ,, ,, '. ' "- ...... ....... ...... ...... The council met in the historic pic ture gallon of St. James Faluoe, which was built bv Henry VIII. Iiumediute 1 below his portrait a large table wus placed for the accommodation of the members of the council. The remainder of the gallery was ap portioned for tiie 1(10 invited guests, in cluding all the ambassadors und min isters of the nllied, associated ami neu tral powers, other distinguished public men und the press. The opening meeting nt noon wns of u more or' less formal nature, to deal with the programs of the proceedings of the subsequent meetings, which occiip Thursdii as well us tmluy, some ses sions being public and others private. Klglit Nations Participate The nations represented ut the meet ing were Belgium, Hnuil. firent liritaiii 1 ranee, (ircey, Italy, Japan and Spain! John . Davis, American ambassa dor to the court of St. James, did nt attend the meetings, nor will he be present ut the meetlnr of tin. nn i of (ircut Britain, Franco and Itu which win lie held here early next week, unless he is bo instructed by Washing ton, according to un unnout,.,ement ut uie American emnussy. Much iustruc- tion s have not been received, it is said n-sbliigton, Feb. 11. Ambassador Davis, at I.oudou, will not be in structed to attend the meetings of the Supremo Council mid the council of the League of Nations, It wns suld to duy at the Stnte Deniirtmeiit. Muuy questions of interest to the ' I'nlteil Mutes ure to be decided by the leaguo council, but since thin roun try has not yet become n member of the leaguefsU will not be represented in the c.Qut,"U'a sessions. OPENING OF unr uuij rjuui in iiuuiuit. HIUANW E Will Act on Wage Demands and Then Make Report to President CONFERENCE POSTPONED "' TILL THIS AFTERNOON Situation Considered Grave as Strike on Nation's Rail ways Looms Up By (he Associated Press Washington, Feb. 11. Director' Hlncs will make answer to the wage, demunds of the 2,000.000 railroad work, crs on his own responsibility und from the standpoint of the railroad admin istration, und will then report to the President, it was kaid today nt the White House. Mr. Wilson then will approve or disapprove the dccislou. iieretolore the President generally -has passed upon wage decisions before the rnilroud administration's answer was given to the union" representatives. iNo reuson was assigned for the de parture from the usual cubtom iu this case. I In the light of theifrgcnt demands of the trainmen and the strike call issued by officers of the Brotherhood of Main tenance of Wuy Employes, both rail road administration j and government iiftieials regard the situation as ex tremely grac. President Gcts.Mcmoraiiduin V Mr. Hines ha,s hehf a-long conference with Secretary Tumulty, who bus sub mitted a memorandum on the subject to the President. Mr. Wilson stilt has this memorandum before him. Conferences between Mr. Hines and the brotherhood nflleern u.'nr I, ,.,... been4 resumed this morniu,:. but, ut thef appointed hourieilher ido '.-'rt-i.A ts RAILM N WTHOUT ADVICE OF WILSON go ahead, and the meetingrwas nosU S noned until .'t'.'tft iVtn.i- !.;. nr...A.- The committee of ten, representing tbi W Brotherhood of. Maintenance of Way, - Jj r.iuiuuycs. arnvca nere today from De troit and immediately went into confer enec with J.B. Malloy. vice president' of the union, and its other represcntn- '" me wuge negotiations Willi Jur. Hines. Members of the committee refused to discuss the strike order or un phase of the wuge controver.y. They were ex pected to attend the general conference of the union officials with Mr. Hines later iu tho'duy. Itailroad administra tion officials said they had not been asked b. the maintenance of wav em plojes for a private meeting with Mr. Hines. The result of the conference today probnbl will determine whether the rail transportation tybtems are to bo tied up b a strike before the government surrenders control. Trainmen Press Demands Vi'j i. l.re, president of the trainmen, continued to press the demands of his organization, which hus served a thirt. dn notice effective. Februurv UU. of ubrogation of the existing wugc contract und has taken u strike vote suid to bo lurgel in fuor of cessation of work if the demiiuds ure not met. While the other three brotherhoods are not supporting the trainmen "ug grchsivel " u .strike by one union, it is pointed out. would affect traffic seri oiisl, u.s the luws of most states forbid operation of trains without full crews. NEW ENVOY TO ITALY Robert Underwood Johnson to Sue ceed Ambassador Page Washington, Feb. 11 -iB. A. P ) Robert Fnderwood Johnson, of New York, author and editor and one of the fouuder of the League to Fnforce Peace, has beeu selected b President Wilson us iimbiissudor lo Home, to suc ceed Thomus XeNon Page, of Virginia, Iu 11)17 and author of Itulinn rhapsody i and other poems of Italy, published in J!U i . lie wus decorated 0 tho Ital ian finvernnient in ISO,", and made caaliere of the crown of Ital. Mr. Johnson was born iu Washing ton sixty-seven eurs ago, and wus edi tor of tbe Century Maguzine from No- Ivember, 1000, to May, BHIl. He in- ducrd General Grant to write his memoirs and set on foot the movement which resulted iu the creution of the Yoseinite Nntionul Park. EMBARGO ON N. Y. EXPRESS Companies Can Accept Only Medical Goods and Food Au embargo hus beeu pluccd on all express packages except inedicul goods uud foodstuffs lo New York city, ou lus'ount of the impussiihle condition of Gotham streets, according to a state ment made today by the American Rait wa Fxpress Co. here. The recent storms, according to an official of the company, hove put tbe btreets in such n condition that neither teuins nor autotrucks cuu make deliv eries, and the Americe Railway Kx press terminal In Nev Vork Is uccord' Iiigly crowded to tbn limit, "The embargo will lust until tbe btreets are cleaned 'und the congestion remedied." declared the company off! rial. "It npplles only to New York city proper." The WeathervaitG Fair tonight and Thursday, sure, Hing, tie Jennu lAndsl Not much change In temperaturt. Moderate northteest wfniltl ' .fc 1 m