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VOL. VI.-NO. 13S .
Enter1! ae Second-Class Matter at the foatofflce. at Philadelphia, Pa.
Under he Alt of March a,, 1870.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920
Published Dally Exert Sunday. Subncrlpl!nn Prlre Sfi a Year by Mall.
Copyrla-ht, 1820. by Public Ledger Company
PRICE TWO CENTS
RISE FOR FIREMEN
I D POLICE URGED
IN COUNCIL BILL
patrolmen Would Get $5 a Day,
While Others Would Receive
$180 More Yearly
"f
ORDINANCE, IF PASSED
EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 1
Introduced by Charles B. Hall,
Measure Is Referred to Pub
lic Safety Committee
, maximum wage of $o a dav for
patrolmen and an increase of S1S0 a
jear for firemen are provided in an
ordinance introduced thib afternoon in
Council by Charles B. Hall.
It is provided that the advance shall
tskc effect April 1. More than fiSOO
city employes will benefit if the meas
cr meets the approval of Couucii.
Richard Weglcin, the president of
Council, referred the measure to the
public safety committee, after which it
rill go to the finance committee before
fcjlng oted on by Council.
As Mayor Moore and others promi
sed in the city administration approve
of better pay for the police and firemen.
H is predicted that the ordinance will
pass.
Police Schedule
The following increas.es arc provided
Jn the bill: Three thousund seven bun
Sred and forty patrolmen shall be ad
aared as follows:
First and second-year men receiving
$1311 and 1533 to $1642.50 and $1825.
Seventy -four sergeants frrfm $1CS0 to
xinon.
One hundred and thlrtv-sevcn house
Serjeants from S16S0 to $1000.
One hundred and twenty-one street
ftr;eants from ?1S00 to $2000.
Fortj -eight lieutenants from $2185 to
' jam
Pix captains from $2420 to $2500.
Shty-eight City Ilall guards from
$131 to $14fi0.
Two lieutenants of guards from $1S00
lo $1000.
Firemen Increases
Increases In the salaries of firemen
are provided as follows:
One thousand two hundred and forty.
fnen bosemen will be advanced in ac
cordance with the- following schedule :
First year men from $1320 to $1500.
Second year men from, $1410 to
SlrtOO. ,
Third year men from $1560 to $1700.
r'shteen tillermen from $1620 to
?17j0. , -,.
fW hiinrid and two drivers from
SI 560 to S1700.
Sixty-one firemen from $1560 to
Sixteen assistant-enclneenrarid sto?'
ors from S1620 to S1750.
Eighty-four lieutenants from $1080
'i MSW.
Kishty cantains from $1800 to $2000.
f Ten battalion chiefs from $2300 to
Indorsed by Mayor
In Introducing the ordinance, Mr.
Hull said :
"The program of increases is In har
nooy with the administration policy,
and has the hearty indorsement of the
Mayor and the directors.
"This means an increase in the ap
propriation for this year in order to
rioiide for these salary increases of
$1,124,780 for the nine months beg-in-ping
April 1 next. Wo have on hand
in each to finance this program $350,
OW), which will carry salary Increases
up to August.
i guarantee that under the new
tnarter ways and means will be found
to finance the whole program fully.
There is no Question nhntir this, ns T
have investigated the financial aspect
uiorougniy."
RETURN OF ROADS NEAR
Olreetor Hlnes Orders Closlnrj of
Offices of U. 8. Administration
Washington,1 Feb. 17. (By A. P.)
Discontinuance of all regional and
district offices of the railroad adminis
tration on March 1 was directed today
b)' Director General Hlnes as the second
HP in demobilization of the federal
railroad orzanization.
Plans for creation of new divisions
jnd discontinuation of others in general
headquarters here were ordered recently
in preparation for return of the roads
and the establishment of the railroad
aaraipUt ration as a liquidating agency.
.Other orders outlining general poll
esin winding up railroad affairs of the
soverntnent are under consideration.
31 JURORS 'CAN'T BE FOUND'
Search by Sheriff and Court Officers
Reveals Unusual Fact
JudlTP TtAVni-a lino 0, , 1 J 1. ! ..I.
1,1 r 'J'fty-one jurqrs of a panel of
i, u wcre reported ;. rc. 1.
73 , ch sta,rilH for "non est inventus,"
"? English means "can't be found"
Ze really missing.
ini..i ' "c' ""rpribea nt the many
C K on" reported -by the sheriff, sent
Wt ,, , omc,,rR ot on u littlest 11,
i W i0U- '-N"? "Ported that tbtf
,. R "turns were in every instance,
It Tw-Ttet, ln thl' mw instance
? .iU ""PI"'oiibPr. 277!) Emerald
X..J V,',r bh,,rifr '! reported the juror
Pe,,.".. no c?ult ""w hatil he heard
-.wwi'l' i n.iw i l.i- Vni.i..
" oP '-r,' .xr- ' :
'IMlfJv '"'"''natlroimcilmen. which1
liln., VIk- T,nstnu. Pittsburgh,
"mum, ftn. .i r-,i I
i..ij..i. ..""". "'" ""' imiven. i p nrs nii tho nreffv miontcri c auenter ner uiiu-iv i "! uh.uu..,h un, mtuiiii weeic oi
""'M Wllk II II ! n ... t I. I .... 1
'u i no rotiiul, anyhow. i i .,. m n.i- Jfn Tiutntn tmnt "You see, I guess we oughtn l to February most of us begun to flirnn. Ii I
nun... 'Bridgeport, was seized bv four men, he too hard on Fanne. ' explained was ubout the worst crossing we'd ever
ONE-WAY STREETS BEST !'h F""' ,Ia" a A" v-
? BcsultsT, Here. Cln- &E
"n.11 Counellmtn Report ; Zto 'wWreaclied aided' ffU"- , tfS1IST.rf 'Siffl. "J fri'b
MrV """J1,"' Wtfm of one-way pearnnce. I wdHh0en lVbruory IH-and I'd like to " yXinhebosuu's locker on the
f coiSl , "" bc'vt wlution nf traffic , kw when she's going to cut loose ,706t occasion. tUl
''"l re , "' 1l,omil1't ei'innde its, v Yr. Vcb l7,(ny A. P.l -
T T ' '. ." ll. council this morn- L,,NciV!,?', ' C1V iV.,n... 'Sn.lvps.
fev ...mnU'r" SMru'Tn;
Pm ' "'"'rielH.
litio.. '"I""." m' Boston traffic, regu-
"CDS .., .,..",-."""'" . "
'vmmiiirr "'""'"CU perfect rcsu th, the
MtiS.t oa"1'1' wl,e Pittsburgh was
' In x, !',,V,p.nt tu"1 'abhlnglon I
1!'t terift,, , nrkt w copdltiou Is,
aiii .; s "fw York th
U1 JHfous, tucy said.
$100,000 TO REMOVE SNOW
Director" Winston Asks Council for
That 8um for Central City
Director Wlnstou forwarded a letter
In Council today, asking for $100,000
to pay for snow removal In the central
section of the city.
The heavy storms of this winter hove
made the, appropriation necessary. It
Is four times an large air' ordinarily
prpvldcd for this purpose, No money
for snow removal from this territory
lias been provided so far by Council. .
, The section specified by the director
is bounded by Vine and Vine streets
unu me two rivers.
WARMER WEATHER HERE
Mercury Registered 34 Degrees at
Noon Higher Tomorrow,
Warmer weather came to town this
nfternoon to stay awhiie. It 'will linger
over tomorrow anyway, according to the
forecaster. Nothing really torrid, but
warm enough to make it Bafe to leave
the milk and eggs in the back kitchen
without fear of freezing.
Also, It is due to be cloudy this eve
ning, nnd tomorrow. It may even snow I
n nit tonight, though not enougn to
give the snow-removal contractors any
concern. In fact Mr. Bliss, the local
weather forecaster, doesn't mention
snow at all in his forecast. The weather
sharps down in Washington are looking
for a little snow in eastern Fennsyl-J
vanta, however, but only of tbe flurry
variety.
The thermometer had touched 34 de
grees at noon today, in pleasant con
trast with the bharp cold of yesterday.
It's duo to go considerably higher to
morrow. The coldest tonight should not
bo lower than 30 degrees, and tomorrow
afternoon the forecaster expects the
mercury to go up to 45 degrees, or
maybe even 50.
HUGHES NOT IN RACE
Asks That Name Not Be Used Ed
wards's Papers Filed
Omalia. Feb. 17.-MBy A. P.1
Charles E. Hughes has written a letter
lo County Clerk Frank Dcwct askinc
him not to'procccd with plans to present
tiugnes s name in the state primary
as a candidate for the Republican nomi
nation for the Presidency.
"I cordially appreciate your personal
interest nnd the Iriendly sentiment you
Sxpress," Hugheh's letter reads. "I
am utterly unwilliup. however, to un-
.la,tfllrn M onrtntlrl m.niliflnno T n n J..n.
l.l,..,nv u cm.f.. iiiuuiMatJi X Ulll UCVJV
ly interested jn Kepublicau success and
anxious that there should be Benublican
unity, but there is no lack of available
men, and I do not recognize any obliga
tion to permit my name to be used. I
must, therefore, ask you not to bring
my name forward."
Lansing, Mich., Feb. 17. Petitions
to place the name of Governor Edward
I. Edwards, of New Jersey, on the Dem
ocratic ballot in the presidential prefer
ence primary, April 5, were filed with
the secretary of state today.
The petitions lacked the required 100
signatures, but it is understood these
will be forwarded before March 1.
ACCIDENTS KILL 2, HURT 1
( tLM. .I
T.rclley and Truck Fatal to Men.
Car Hurts Woman
Two men Wo killed .and a woman
injured In trolley and motortruck ac
cidents reported this morning.
Tames Wallace, 'eighty-two years old;
800 Cameron street, a watphman cm
"played in United Stntes Mint, was fu
tally injured last night when he slipped
and fell in front of 'a trolley car at
Francis and Brown streets.
.lames uoyie. 01 ljaooratory hill
Falls of Schuylkill, was fatally injured I works going nnd to maintain such im
when struck by a motortruck yester-1 portant revenue channels as the Del-
day afternoon at Bustleton pike and
Booscvelt boulevard. He was at work
for the Highway Bureau when injured.
He was taken to the Frankford Hos
pital, where he died last night. Her
man Amenn, of East 124th street, New
lork, driver ot the truck, was arrested
Mrs. Mary Dyson, fifty-six. 1623
unity strer, rranKtoro, was the third
victim. She was struck by a trolley
car near her home last night, and suf
fered concussion of the brain. She
was taken to the Frankford Hospital.
LANE TO ENTER OIL TRADE
To Become Executive of Two Com
panies at $50,000 a Year
Los Angeles, Feb. 17. (By A. P.)
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
interior, will become an exceutive of
the Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport Co. nnd the Mexican Petro
leum Co., when he relinquishes his
official position, it was announced here
today by E. L. Doheney, president of
the two companies.
Mr. Lane's salary, it was reported,
will be approximately $50,000 nnnually.
He will hnve offices in New York, but
will frequently visit Los Angeles, where
the companies named maintain exten
sive offices. His duties will be those of
legal adviser and vice president.
AGED MAN FOUND DEAD
Had Lived In Lodging House for Last
Fifteen Years
William Slelgel, seventy-live years
old, was found dead early today in his
room in a lodging house on North Law
rence street near uallowhill.
An attendant, who had missed the
aged man, went to his room and found
him on thejied. Physicians said he
had been dead n couple of days. Steigel
hail lived at the North Lawrence streat
house for the last fifteen years. He I
had no relatives so far as can be
learned.
GIRL OF 15 VANISHES
Ca
i.j mi i a , vn,mn Arf.'he boked scorntuliy down at wic sieei.
i iiv-u ,. ... n-w, .. B
mlrer Suspected
Norrlstown, Pa.. Feb. 17. While,
ing to work at Lees Mills. Bridgeport,
Is morning, Angelina Duesick. fifteen
go
this
.-.- -n rr-r Ilium
uumwim ibt iu &ct miMco
, .. ,, .
Rail Executives Name 25 Men to
, , .... nui .
tVdW nam"d It mmittee' of ' twenty-
, five to conl.-r with Ulrcctor lienerui
' Hint in Washington i nursuay on ran-
-7 ...,.,"... -!!.. '.. .
road laoor prouieiun ariMUK in- i y
rellnqulsbmeiit of government control
March 1. , 4 . .
This action ww, talccn in response
l to a request ot air, iu,
MOORE RAPS FALSE
POST-WAR ECONOMY
OF ADMINISTRATION
, ...... n -, .
Hits LOSS of Public Buildings
Bill and Assails Waste ta
Experimentation
SAYS INADEQUATE SUMS
HAMPER PORT GROWTH
Terms City Hall Overcrowded.
Asks for New Customs and
Federal Buildings
Major Moore today scored the na
tional administration for faltn post-war
economy in discussing the proposed new
postoffice building for Philadelphia.
The Mayor's support has been en
listed in the fight for n new bulUling to
relieve the present Federal Building,
which the Mayor characterized as
"crowded, dingy and in need cit re
pair."
Muyor Moore berated the loss nf the
nubile buildings bill, to which, lie said,
there was an appropriation attached
for the purchase of a new nile nnd the
beginning of a new custom house for
this city.
While on the mibicct of miblic build
ings, the Mas or said the City Hall was
also crowded.
"Wo have just completed a Mirvey.
he Mild, "which will enable us, wo hone
to save some space for the new city
service, which seems to have been pretty
well nbhorbod in previous years with
out regard to elficioncv."
Mayor Moore's statement follows:
"The cry of economy has gone up
in Washington, and the elTorts of con
gressmen to obtain appropriations for
such w'orthy improvements ns postoffice
buildings, customs houses and rivers
nnd harbors are scared oil by the howl
of .nork barrel.
Philndelnhia suffers like- nil oilier I
sections of the country in this respect. I
Great Wasto In Experiments
"Untold millions were spent on wnr -
exncrinicntatiou. including great waste'
in aviation, in unnecessary cuuionniuui
expenditures aud in the purchase of
land, when many of our rivers and har
.... . ... !,.-
bors, postolliccs and customs nouses
which are revenue producer, were . ,u -
tcrly disregarde. 1vTefr,0dt,hllf
ffEe0i,.?,"' lCJl U J!S?"frnm
ll.nri. see'tions arc after S25.000.-!
000 for reclamation projects, and they
cannot see the wisdom of speudir.'
money along the senboard.
'-'IWfivtrue that-the custpro. house, at
Philadelphia is crowded and unfit to
modern, customs purposes. At niy re
quest, an 'appropriation of $i. ,0,000 wiik
included in the public buildings and
erounds bill to buy a new fitc and begin
the erection ofa new customs house,
but that bill noes dowTi for the present
session of Congress
if ic dm smnn irav with the rivers
nnd harbors bill. Instead nt permuting
,,o in nun flin tuenti fiw or thlrlj mil
linn dollars necessary to keep public
aware river, we ore cut down to u lumn
sum appropriation ot about SO.OOO.OOO,
to be doled out to the most worthy ob
jects. Not Ablo to Conl Inuo Work
The result is waste, since, if wc are
limt nhle to so on with the work already
started, wc have to begin nil over again
if that work is neglected for a year or
inn. ns will now be the case.
"It is true that the postoffice is I
crowded, dingy and in need of. rep.ilr. i
Wc have hntl bins in longrcss looKing
of Ihe situation. I
But they have gone down with the public
buildings bill on the grounds that such i
bills mean 'pork' for the various con
gressional districts.
"It is also true that tho City Hall Is
crowded and that we have just com
nlctcd a survey which will enable us.
111 II II 111II1UIWUVU1
wc hope, to save some space for the
new city service, which seems to hnve
been pretty well nbsorbed in previous
years without regard to efficiency."
Overland Strike Declared Off
Washington, Feb. 17. The long
strike of machinists at the Willys-
Overland automobile plants at Elyrin.
O., aud Elmira, N. Y., was called off
on recommendation of the International
Association of Machinists, it was said
today ut national headquarters here. .
The recommendation wns approved, it '
was said, in votes of the local unions
last Sunday.
FANNIE AND FRIDA Y 13TH
ALMOST SANK ZAREMBO
Black Cat, Sneaking Aboard at Antiverp,'Gives Sailormen on
Philadelphia-Bound Ship a Harrowing Voyage
"A heck of a mascot you turned out)
t0 be 'specially last Friday the Kith,"
said Chips, the carpenter of the steam-
shin Zarembo, lylnff nt Pier 'M south, as
. - .. . , a. i
form o 8 HrKfi ua(.k cat
'You brought us luck, nil right-
lots of it only most of it was bad
Cat, as a mascot, you're a 'l'rf- 1"
concluded, and Fannie, the cat, twitcliet
"We were for putting her ashore be
r ... loft hut- somebody. I Wish I
could remember who. said she would
make a fine mascot. We couldn't catch
'her anyway, which was another reason
I for letting her stuy aboard.
, "Wildest Cat I Ever Saw"
oi.- ... the wildest cat I ever saw.
hnt from the way she took to the ship
vmwrtaln.heBnnd bee "polni to sea
nrth0eroun's6iockSehr; SStt' X
days out she staye.1 In them without
anything to cut. She wouldn't let nuy
Girl Missing
feM KAISER, BUT WON'T
Til If SURRENDER HIM
m'mm 4 iM
Susan Grear, a 14-j car-old
Girl Scout of 3530 North Twenty- '
second street, disappeared myste
riously lust night after nttending a
Scout rally at St. Matthew's Luth
eran Church, Broad and Mt. Ver
non streets. Her father is Blcli-
ard (ircar, a private dctcrtttc
Susan Grear, on Way Home
From Church, Disappears
From 13th and Mt. Vernon
FATHER IS A DETECTIVE
A mother's fear is spurring the police
in a city -wide search today for Susan
Grear, fourteen jcars old, who has been
missing since last night from her borne
at 2530 North Twenty-second street.
The mother, Mrs. Ilichard Grear,
fears that the girl has been carried
away by kidnnppors nnd is in fjerious
dancer.
,:- - . , : ,,.. .
yesterday evening to attend a Girl
Spoilt meeting in the Sutidaj school-
room of St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church nt Broad and Mt. Vernon
streets.
bhc attended the meeting ami lin-
hnJ mo o'clock lalk-
ing to Sister Mildred. Then she passed
out of the door. That was the last
Men ot ,cr. b' an3- PC who knew her,
'o far as has been learned todu.v
What has happened to tie girl is
merely a matter of tonjeclure. Ilcr
distracted niothr doe.s notbclfcvc that
shVis oluntnriiy"ubseut',' Tmd Is "cou
vlueed Hint she is held capthe some
where. Her frantic appeals buvc press
ed forward the searchers.
Mr. Grenr, who is a private dctec
the. is taking nn active purl in the hunt
for his daughter.
Miss fireur. when she disappeared.
wore a blue chinchilla coat over a blue
dress, inner tne coat was a peacock
blue sweater. On her head was a blue
torn o' 'hunter. She hod on brown
shoes and stockings.
Last summer it won necessary to per
form an operation upon Miss Grear to
remove a needle from her left leg. The
operation made n scar upon the calf
tcs-emb'ing Hie letter "II." On her
right arm are. scars from burns.
Mis. Grear's young friends, including
the Girl Scouts, arc doing nil (lint they
can lo help in tlto search.
KRAUSE'S PAY $4.31
Draws Half of Salary for Work Done
as children's Investigator
liunoipn ivrausc, who used to he u
saloonkeeper and lately wns n children's
investigator under the county commis
sioners has collected $4.31 as one-half
Ihe citj 's indebtedness to him for his
work. Kraus was ousted yesterday,
after two days' service.
The amount was decided on by County
Uommissioner Kuenzel after be and his
chief clerk had done some frenzied
arithmetic, trying to decide how much a
day n mail ought to he paid iu Febru
ary, providing his salary was 51800 a
year ana tins was leap year, unci live
Sundays and two legal holidays had to
he accounted for. They made it $4.31
a day. Anybod who wants to figure
it for himself is welcome to.
The county offices pay twice a month,
on the 1st and tlie loth. ICruuse got
fired conveniently for the midmonth
payday, hence got his .$-l.!l.
On March 1 he'll get the rest of
what is coming to him, another S4.31.
of us. come near her nnd nil she'd do was
Set Jn there on Hie hawsers and jowl,
ner 'ft? ( cr t
especially when you know she's hlnofc!
.-! :-!-:.. .!. .... ii i
..... . um m s,-! ws iu, on enge.
Well, we were in n blow, nnil m-attt
bad too, from the first day out. Hnrdh
a day would pass but what the wind
would mount to a gale, and we hit
ui"i iiiiu squuiiH rigni along, jiv
"Then came along this Friday the
13th. I noticed on the day before that
the following wns hoodoo day, and I
says, 'Watch Fannie.'
,,,,,,, y to est-sou'west and blew
I un a cale by the end of the Inst u-,,. T
"The night of the 12th the wind
All Hiat night the wind kept inounti,,.;
I " owi UP """ moderate to fresh to
i''-; , M- y" ". w
th swells breaking freely over tho
"The first thing I see on sticking my
liea( out in tllB "pray in tbe morning
Conllnneikon rase Two, Column Thr
GIRL COUT ONE
CASE
S MYSTERY
. mmHTn watch
Holland, Replying to Allies,
Will Promise to Guard Former
Monarch Closely
GERMANY TO TRY WAR
HRIMIMAI Q A I ICC AfiRFF1
...,...,.r.v, ni-i-it-' r....
Entente Will Keep Hands Off
Procedure at Leipsic,
Says Note
Former Kaiser s Crimes
an Charged by Allies
Responsibility for the world war,
costing 10.000,000 lives.
Bombardmcut of hospitals and
other undefended places.
Destruction of merchant and pass
enger ship' without warning nnd
without examination.
Wnnton destruction of religious,
charitable, educatlonul and historical
buildings and monuments. '
Use of deleterious and asphyxiating
gases, explosive and expanding llul
IctR. poisoning of wells, directions
to give no quarter.
Abduction of girls and jvomen for
immoral purposes and attacks on
women.
Putting hostages lo death, pillage,
confiscation of properly, wanton dev
astation of property.
Deporting, torturing starving nnd
massacring civilians: also Interning
civilian., under brutal conditions and
forcing civilians to labor in connec
tion vith military operations.
By the Associated Press
Tlio Hague, Feb. 17. Holland will
answer the eccond note sent by tbe
Entente with regard to tbe status of
former Emperor William of f-icrmauy by
reiterating her original position refusing ,
to surrender hi in, but acquiescing in the
request to guard him closely, it was !
declared today. '
Tho Dutch answer will be dispatched t
within a few days. i
London, Feb. 17. (By A. I ) Ger- i
many has been informed she may try
men accused by the Allies, while, Hol
land may intern William Hobcnzolleru
and sutisfy the allied powers. Notes
to this effect were bent to Berlin' uqd
The Hague by tho supreme allied couu- '
cil. - i . n I
Trials of Germans under chorges pre
ferred by the powers will bo under close
surveillance bv the Allies, who will not
waive their rights in-case there is sus
picion ot unfairness or of a miscarriage
of justice. The powers will not inter
vene physicall in the conduct ot the
cases against the accused Germans, but
will leave their disposition in the bands I
of the Supreme Court at Leipsic. j
Holland Kehuked b Allies !
Holland was rebuked by the Allies
for her failure lo cypress iu her first
reply lo the Allies her disapproval mm
the crimes committed bv the former enl
peror, and wot reminded she must an '
sume responsiDility for Count Hohen
zollern and his family and for danger
ous propaganda that may be carried on
from Dutch soil.
The ullied reply to liermany states
that German 's proposal for trials at
Leipsic is compatible with Article 22S
of the i.tace treaty.
After stating that the Allies have
carefully considered the German note of
Januury 23, the reply sas:
"The powers observe, in the first
place, tbul Germany declares herself
unable to carry out the obligations im
posed on her by Articles 228 to 2.10,
i which she signed. They reserve to
themselves the power to employ in such
measure and form ns they may judge
suitable the rights accorded to them iu
this event by the treaty.
"The Allies note, however, the Ger
man Government's declaration that they
aro prepared to open before the court
nt Leinsic nenal proceedings without
delay, burrounded b the most complete i nd(jMj to tnP transit tie-up.
pzrrrf affASs,1!; o the hi. .. the pt .i
previous decision of Germau civil or ' trolley service to the navy yard by Ad
military tribunals before the Supreme mjrai' nnghes, before the Public Serv
whose extraE r"aUied(,auJdramSsoD? ioe Commission the three delays to
ciatcddPowers !... the intention to j Radrtai:
....j.,.,. inn. n. ... alike.
compau .e .m -.,
, . , .,
mi which the Geruiau ,
proposes, immediately ,
fttriZZ ?"TZ i
-I lie jiiost'iruwuii u;u iui- viviumu
uovernment uscu
fn institute in this
with Article s oi i ne peace ireaiy aun
... . .. . nn , i i- II
s express y provided for nt the end of
its first paragraph.
"Faithful to the letter and spirit of I
(I trpntv. the Allies will abstain from1
intervention in rn.v way in tho pro
cedure of the prosecution und the ver
dict In order to leave to the German
Government complete aud entire respon
sibility. They reserve to themselves the
right to decide b the results as to the
good faith of tiermanv. tnc recognition
bv her of the crimes she has committed
and 1ier sincere desire to nssociate her-
self with their punishment.
"The Powers reserve to themselves
the right to decide whether the pro-
Continued on Pare sl. Column Thre.
DERCUM NOT SUMMONED
luessed into service to get -outh-bound
Specialist Says He Wasn't Called to ,.ars around the Oregon nveuue ob
Confer on Wilson struction.
Dr. F. X. Dei-cum. of this citv. one .. c'a" wro run ow the Shunk street
of the consulting specialists who" have,
'been nttending President Wilsou. said '
Mn,, ),,. ,,-m, nn imiM. in g r,.n.i n,
iiiuu v iiini: ivua uu iiuiu tn u iiin n. nil
i, i,n.i i.nr, .nmi,in,i tn uv.i,!.,.i
." . . .
yesterdn? to consult with the President's
' physicians.
i been summoned to attend In .uUatlon I ready late for work, had to be backed I trhPSrPatenel ' Ae'SlMwUh a hiS.'rd
, of physicians there today. He declined all the way to Shunk street to allow andTa, helS irhv hill W' "" Vfh- ".-(Bv A P.l-At
to discuss President Wilson's illness. the north-bound cars to pass. Frwiii Bergdoll brother ' of f'rnr " """P'I''S nf "" fO'uiell of ministers
! WaUiington. Feb. 17. -(By A. P.W I 1 ' ' h sought by the nulhorit! ' J.ffl WiUonYToU t.Mhlunmne
President Wilson continues to show im- The Wealhervane . Z .hTt'o SA "'" allled'mincil "ren'th.o ' Z a! a (if.
KSZi Z San.-aLW: ' Tenure , r? up. l'JSSl
i inninp ifti-itiin n un tnifi nn n.i i,n
ufubI routine, Bear Admiral Ora.ison
s'lld. The statement wus prompted bv '
published reports thut his patient had a i
l ellipse last nigbt. I
The cabinet probably will not met
tbls week, Doctor Grayson continued, '
adding that if the President desired to I
ta'l one bis physician would not ob. '
ject
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Europe Begins to Settle
Affairs Without U. S. Aid
Entente Cannot Risk Warfare by Waiting for
Agreement With Wilson, Whose Actions
Tend to Retard Reconstruction
By CLINTON V. GILBEBT
Staff Correaponflent of the Erenlns Public Itittt
Washington, Feb. 17. The admlnis
tpn'Hnn 1r fit iinmii nfiinc tn hnve It. till
. ilnrntooil flint. lm PrPkiilont'M Arlrintic I
note "was not an ultimatum." And i
', Europe is busy assuring the world that
. It wns not an ultiinutum. now that it
has been assured from this country that
t(j jrf(t construction of the note was
"too swooning." Ultimata are ugly
I tilings between friends. Neither side
wishes It to bo understood that one
has been sent.
1 The fact appears to be that at the
', end of a series of notes disapproving
j the recent Adriatic proposals of the big
. three, Lloyd George. Clemencenu (now
Millernnd) ni.d Nittl. the President
sent one note of seven lines. Our
relations with Germany dtiriug all the
, submarine sinking controversy never
' became so strained that we sent Ger
many n note of coll lines. Diplomacy
is long winded, full of almost Oriental
courtesy.
It takes diplomacy seven pages to say
anything at all. When diplomntb re-
, ceivc, nl the cud of a disagreement,
u note or -ecn lines, vney uaniruuy
i take it to be. as the Loudon Times
says of the President s note, by tmpli- ,
cation mi ultimatum.
Europe Settling Own Problems
Now. whatever Mr. Wilson's threat
was, whether it was to take the United
States definitely out of participation in
Europeau affairs or not, the United
Stutes is effectively out of Europe.
Europe is settling its own problems.
It has imtdc up its mind that it cannot
wait upon the decision of the United
States.
It is going ahead with the re estab
1 lishmcut of peace on the continent, de
siring not to affront Mr. Wilsou and
I till less the United States, but forced
SENSATION IN ERZBERGER'S SUIT AGAINST HELFFERICH
BERXIN, Feb. 17. A sensational turn was given to the trial
of the libel case of Mathias E'rzberger. minister of finance,
against former Vice Chancellor Can Helfferich, hen tne coi
lnarcial treaty with Germany came for consideiation by th court
Kerr Erbevger asked that the public be excluded in view of the
possibility that state secets might be discussed. After retiring
for fifteen minutes the court returned and ordered spectators out
of the room, not even Doctor Helferich's private stenographers
being permitted to remain.
DUBLIN'S LORD MAYOR-ELECT TAKEN FROM JAIL
LONDON, Feb. 17. Toin T. Kelly, Loid-Mayor-elect of
Dublin, was condltionnlly released from the Wormwood Scrubbs
piison Inst night and taken to the homeof a friend prior to his
icinoval to a nuising home. He had been under arrest since
May So, 1010. on charges prising out of the Irish tevolt.
3 ACCIDENTS DELAY
NAVY YARD RIDERS
' Two Cars jump Tracks Third
r
Hold Up in Short Space
of Time
MISTAKE ADDS TO TROUBLE,
Three accidents on Philadelphia
Rapid Transit lines leading to and
from the Philadelphia Navy Yard oc
curred this morning in rapid succession,
delaying hundreds of workers and forc-
. iiur mom to walk. A misunderstanding
Sn01.tl befnro s o'clock a route No
Shortlv Deioro .- o ckick a rmc .u. -
jmned the south-bound track on
j Islam, bouievard. This held
UP all south-bound traffic for twenty-
... ,, ,,,. nf th ,iifc!n,f,l
nn
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passengers lett he car and walked the
test of the way to work.
At Sil.i a route .i.. oar jumped the
truck at Thirteenth nnd Porter streets,
blocking the way for navv ard -bound
cars which come down Twelfth street
to Porter and then go west to Fifteenth
street nnd thence to the yard.
Scarcely had the car ut Thirteenth
and Porter streets been replaced ou
d,i r.-ills when there was a third ac-
cident affecting League Island traffic at
Fifteenth street nnd Oregon avenue.
Some of the cars whicli were held be-
lini tIle Thirteenth street accident were
also caught behind the Oregon avenue
i (leniiiiui'ui.
An old track on Shunk street, which'
vims parallel to rorier sirrei. wns
Imp from ""'" "J"- l
so ' "" ' ' TTU w "tw'Lm
north-bound boulevard track. Just as
i iI.a .l!.,nnln,1 trnllaru u'(pn
.
i the diverted trolleys were halfway,
'-' -,h,, evar' the-v ?. .?
! north-bound cars. As a result the d -
nrn'ii fiirs. iuiit-11 wilh iinriiriii-iN- :ii-
Rteadilu, steadili.
You'll flruiit 'H surprising
llradilll. readily.
Gloudu loth tonight and tomorrow
ice'll know
IVnilo southerly hrcczca itll"moder-
ale" blow.
by its own necessities to settle its dis- j
!putcn nnd get back to work. i
The niiblic mav take It from the dis
patches' from London just us if It had
the text of the allied replies to Wilson
lust what these replies will be. The
old machinery of the Peace Conference
i.s In operution. Sir George Iliddell is
giving out for Lloyd George official in
formation to the prcs as to what tnc
British and French replies arc. .
The Allies defend their Fiume solu- j
nun. -Liit-.v hu ii ia nut ho uuiuvuruun-
to .Tugo-Slaviu; furthermore, they bay,
that they were forced to seen u compro
mise with regard to Flume because the
problem of the Adriatic could not re
main indefinitely in the present state.
U. S. Kails to Aid Powers
Throughout the notes which the
Adriatic situation has called forth, the
Allies have dwelt upon the impracticu-
bility of carrying on tbe settlement, of j
international prooiems Wltli tnc unueui
Slates Goornmeut occupying it pres
ent position. In one note the difficulty,
of transmitting everything to the United
States, for approval when all the other
ni1iTa nrn ronrncinntnrl hv n nmnnlpn.
tiaries is dwelt upon.
The United States r, doing nothing
to save Europe from destruction, 5 ot
by objecting to the compromise that
Europe finds necessary to complete its Allies concerning their proposed AdrL
own salvation it is keeping Europe atio SPtlement informed them that the
from settling its own affairs and get- .. .,... . , , .,
tin back to work. I United Stales might have to consider
There are various problems in Eu
rope winch, lo use the language ln-
spireq uy oir ueorge lunoeii, cannot.
. r.. n . . '..
remain
indefinitely in their present-
state.
There is the Bubsian problem
and the Turkish problem. Both arc
vital to the welfare of Europe, especially
of England.
Continued on Pace Six. Column Our
IBERGDOLL INSANITY
TESTS ARE BEGUN
Medical Board of Three Officers
Conducts Probe Into Draft
Dodger's Plea
SLACKER'S MOTHER CALLED
Grover Cleveland Bcrgdoll today be-
gan playing his lone card, lti-anity,
to forestall court-martial next week at
Governors island, New York, for draft
dodging.
A medical board of three army ofli-
fers began official tests of Hie arch-
dontiA.'c Co-:.- i , ,.
Rlacrfcrs sanity and plan to continue
them twice daily for u week.
The court-martial is scheduled to be-
gin February 25. It will start as
scheduled unless the medical officers
inLJJ 41. !-. Ji ..1
uphold the insanity plea.
Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, the dodger's
mother, will be questioned this after
noon by the medical board. The offi
cers have a mass of documentary evi
dence brought put at proceedings here
several years ago when relatives sought ' ceptionally well informed, bays the post
but failed to prove Bergdoll insane. script of Mr. Wilson's memorandum
The examinations of Bcrgdoll are se- ' fr0m which the note wns drawn up con
cret. He was relieved this morning of ' tnined "the most brutal menace that if
his duties as clerk at Castle William, his warning was unheeded he would
on Governors island. withdraw both the treaty of Versailles
Ever since the .slacker's attorneys and the Anglo-Franco-Amcrican pact
won po-tponemeut of the court-martial from the Senate."
by pleading insanity Bcrgdoll hi)s been "l'ertinnx" points out the Allies are
under close observation. on the horns of a dilemma and con
Grover Bergdoll's capture at his eludes:
mother's home at Fifty-second street "It is only too obvious the Allies
and Wynnefield avenue, was the sen- will mniutuin their formula of January
sntional ending of n chose which led all 20." (Here the writer refers to the vlr
0Vm1 tll( 0",ltr'- tual ultlmutum sent to the government
The searchrls liad passed and reniiKspH , f Tonn.Klnvin uskin thnt it nn.on ..
a window seat on tbe broad landing
where the vfnir.-. turn between the bee-
ond und third floors.
One of the patrolmen hud a sudden '
idea. lie wondered it the window -seats
might not be hollow und with
his companions proceeded investi- I
gate. They found Bergdoll biding under I
ome blankets und newspapers. He was
rushed to the federal building, and'
'""",' . ',""". ""'"" ""J' '" "v
wiinin an nour wns ou his way to Gov-
WJm L !l?l 2L XVK' ,0 nwa,t
, Mr!tj,Pr(,oU "" ',,, ,. p
I rest at the same time nfter she m.l
i . . .- - .. .
President Saves Man From Prispn
Washington, Feb. 17. tBy A. P.I
President Wilson has commuted the
senteuce of two years imprisonment of
J C. Seebach. of Bed Wiug, Minn..1
for alleged disloyalty durinir the -nr.
An additional penalty of a fine of $3000.
jthe Department of Justlcn announced
today, was allowed to stand.
i
iPHESIDENTTOLD
ALLIES HE MIGHT
RECALL TREATY
Adriatic Note Warned Entonte-
Against Proceeding Without
Consulting United States
MEMORANDUM NOT THREAT,
WHITE HOUSE ASSERTS
Wilson Places Blame for POS-
sible American Withdrawal
on Premiers
POWERS' ANSWER READY
c, ,. r. m iai-ii
supreme Council Will
Hand
Note to Ambassador for
Transmittal Tonight
,Ry the Associated Press
Avi.i-.... tr.v, ,-r r,.,...
I . ,.' ,. '
I " ilon in his "memorandum to the
withdrnwing the treaty of Versailles
from the Senate if the Allies went ahead
... ... . ... ,. ,
"""" " '"""" """ ""-" ' "
I the United Stales.
This statement wa.s made officially
here today, with tbe further state
ment that the American position was
outlined not in the nature of a threat,
but as a statement ot a situation cre
ated "not by nn net of the American
Government, but by an act of the Brit
ish, French and Italian premiers,"
which would place the United States in
tho position, it it were a party to the
treaty of Versailles, of subscribing
through the pact to rights of sover
eignty and other agreements to which It
was opposed.
Treaties Declared Inseparable '
The treaty of Versailles and the
Anglo-Franco-American pact are xon-
j sidcred inseparable as far as the qucs--1
Hon is concerned, nnd if President Wil
! son should determine to w ithdraw the
t treaty of Versailles, it would mean that
I the American -French pact would, .,, b-
v.irnorawn at tnc sumo urae, it, ijq9,
explained. -j
State Department officials tafce"the
position that the French prrss is en-
dettvoririg, through setting up u cry
i of threat on the part of the American
Government, to place the blame for the
situation which has arisen at Amcri
ca's door, "instead of ou the acts of
tho foreign premiers, where it belong.'
, It was reiterated that on December f)
I before Acting Secretary Polk left Pari.
I the American, British and French rep
resentatives bad agreed on a settlement
' of the Adriatic question, nnd it was
rharged that subsequently, without cou--ulting
the United States, flie nllled
premiers sitting at Paris adopted a new
ugreement whicli was transmitted to
Ambassador Wallace for the approval of
the nierican Government.
Sent Ultimatum to .lugo-Slavia
This, it was said, cume as a great
surprise to the American Government,
which sent n communication to the pre
miers asking whether they proposed to
'settle the question without consulting"
the American Government.
The premiers were said to have re
plied that they did not inteud to do so,
I but later sent an ultimatum to Jugo
I Sloviu that unless it accepted the new
I settlement the terms of the original
tr'J' of I-OIul5D iild be carricd out'
j London, Feb. 17. i By A. P.) The
I allied supreme couucii has completed
Ufc, tfl XSri'.V mnUudi".
wilI ,anu it tn Ambassador Davis to-
I night for transmission to Washington,
' T,hc 'oiiiieil declined lodn to mak
i public President U llsoti k communica-
ion ,. its reply. It Is stat(.(1 that the
publication of the tets will probably
(be left to tbe American President,
LA1 ?JaitateA alh?! Jf-w?'
I .mblishe(i m rrancc, should be taken
...
with reserve.
Paris. Feb. 17.--(By A. P.i Lon
don advices all refer to the President's
Adriatic note as a 'veto," statements
from Washington notwithstanding.
In writing on this subject. "PerH
nnv" nf thi Krhn iln Paris, uho Is et-
i the comproml"- proposal relative to the
Adriatic or have the treaty of London
carricd into effect.)
M. Trumbitch, foreign minister of
Jugo-Slavin, has evidenced great satis
faction in tbe knowledge that President
Wilson intends to take part in discus
sions about the Adriatic, according to
a Londou disputch to the Journal. Pre
mier Nittl, of Ituly, who Is ald to be
I ... . .,..-.i ...in, it. n..,i
i eorVeis reported to have lee ded no
tr i,ave London until u final settlement
, , T
is reuciieu.
by the compromise agreement sept t
Belgrade on Januury 20, uotwllhstund
ing Mr. Wilson's objections.
The council ulso considered a inessaj
from Premier Nittl. now In lOndon re
garding the imsslbillty of his going t
I understanding with the Jugo-Shiy Gpv
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