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PENN ALUMNI URGE
ELECTING DR. SMITH
PROVOST EMERITUS
Graduates at Opening of Two-
Day Session at Wilmington
Applaud Suggestion
BPPnRT WILL SUGGEST END
TO COEDUCATION NMETH,0DS
jftlso Recommends Fewer Stw
dents and More Pay for1
Faculty Members
' J3u o Staff' Cerrtnonient
Wilmington, Feb. '18. Alumni of the
ftjnlrslty of Pennsylvania, beginning
their two-day session here nt the Hotel
u Pont, expressed their lore and ven
tratloa for Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith,
no has announced his Intention of
eslsming as provost.
The suggestion was made by Albert
Jt. Brunker, of Chicago, president of
the afSlffiiated clubs of the University,
that some method be found to retain
J)tor Smith's services as provost
tmerltus, keeping in close touch with
the University, giving it the benefit of
tls years of experience, guiding It edu
cationally but leaving the heavy flnan
tit details, which have proved a bur
Ben to him, to others.
Mr. Brunker, In his opening address
ht this morning's meeting of the alumni,
iald that there had never been so diffi
cult a time for the University of Penn
Ijlvania as the present.
Threo Outlets
"I look on a modern'-university ns a
dig business institution," said Mr.
Brunker. "There are three alterna
tives open to Pcnn as I see It. First
would be to havo the alumni get be
hind and raise an extensive endowment
fund; second, to become' a state Insti
tution in the usual sense of the word,
and the third to cut our cloth according
to what we have.
"If at present we haxe at Penn build
ings, equipment, finances nnd faculty
competent to'caro for only from 5000 to
6000 men, then we ought to limit the
student body to that figure until we can
at larger means of taking care of them.
"One of thc'problems that the alumni
will have to take up Is the matter of
adequate compensation for teachers at
Penn. Many men have remained there
out of sentiment when they could have
gone elsewhere for better salaries.
"Many of the best men at Pennihave
teen lured away also by the offers of
institutions better able, to pay 'them
proper 'salaries.-"'Paying low salaries
at Pcnn has resulted in 'getting men on
the faculty who lack age and experi
ence." Suggestion Gets Applause
There was no formnl discussion nt
the morning sesaion of a successor for
Doctor Smith. The suggestion that he
be retained, if possible, as provost
emeritus met with general upplause from
the nlumni present.
Several members of the board of trus
tees came down for tho meeting this
nornlng. Among those present, were
Louis C- Madeira, Morris J". Clothier,
George Wharton Pepper, J. Levering
Jones, J. B. Lippincott and Arthur L.
Church.
Mr. Lippincott has been making a
list of names suggested for the position
of provost to succeed Doctor Smith.
Among those mentioned prominently in
the list arc former President Taft and
Robert Lansing. Just resigned as secre
tary of state. Frank P. Graves, dean
of the School of Education nt Pcnn, is
aost spoken of among the various fac
ulty candidates. It is known that he
already lias refused at least two offers
ito go to other colleges as president.
' ine report of the committee on the
nelfaro of tho University, is expected
to bring nbout a lively debate.
. Borne drastic stisrirestlnns nr- mm. .
it, among them the elimination of co
education and the establishment of a
Separate building for women students.
Change in Ideals
In this report tho charge is made that
the undergraduates have drifted away
from the ideals they enjoyed for many
fears back, down to the period covering
the last ten years."
k.t?n rP.porl Pints out Ht tbe Uni
versity has become more and more de
pendent on state aid financially, "until
tiPpeSde?cf .a Btate nId B9 Pro
Kilton " development of the
eLthe.'purJposc of bringing the un
fnwiduates departments of the Unl-
r,TVapl. '? ,the hrstoric nd schol
C.n,C4racte.r,,9t,rs the enjoyed for so
mltd- ' committee report
kn.h!n?,?nt in the n.umbr of students,
ltriiatialfincrea8e 'n tuition fees and
Se rL.e,ntrB,nc.6 requirements. This
J! "j?0' Points out, would give bet-
MTtH8 t0 teachcra and make u
fcfi.t0 pa7 m-ore "ention to the
individual needs of students.
RhrviiM YTalM. n.,m.a
0rfcilon BnouJd. " abolished, the
tniW. "A , ; Bra instead tne women
wildings. Care1 for ,n othcr
k lDertllSW.ment fed 8hou,d bc rah
EtibTffi ns PS8'ble, and scholarships
Ft small Ll an.ot .t0 bar out boys
lmd??b!Ht ' but 0f sreat cha'cter
ItT orHe,S-tela,f?. hat the Unlver-
, f: " ",c raiaoiisument ot a col
W.r.J?AM education under the board
BUeTp8cnse0UM bc reduc"cd t0 bring
ta?Sft ba.ke ba!a' "with a con
1M cnach es flnEim,1do 'yl!1'"" with
wt(rcolWJ? an, ?, elaborateness of
koffi.i- ilc Wh,ch t0 often
e""l'nl ? nth? "h nffrCtC(-J, tllB ethics of
CntUi lment i? ? th? Hnltc'l States."
Pinn is rnmH16 ,bn"5 program
lble until Yb n P?6"'1?? n,8 'ar. a8 Pos
"wncUl basis, Univer8lty ,s on a sund
Be"e?!8 J FUR8 REPORTED
ft'rt SoTof rW' "'ew on the
'he le" i of ?5 ArJ,h strect. reported
tuttopolli3?,rri. " of ""''son-seal
'" tre??8 .tntine.K eventh and W,n"
Jomau vho ' ii 'y'-A ma" 0nd
.Saturday m?.' T,"10',1 at the store last
tte thought fl ? t0 'V'?6 " ,ur """t.
Wni. g " t0 ,mve taken the seal-
S&B"fr"iCT
BILL WOULD ABOLISH
SUBTREASURY HERE
$18,000,000 House Appropria
tion Measure Reported Favor
ably by Committee
'Washington, Feb. 18. (By A. P.)
Abolishment of the nine subtreasurles,
the offices of thirteen surveyor's general
in western states and Alaska, and two
assay offices Is proposed in an appro
priation bill reported today by the'House
appropriation committee. A reduction
Of S18.000.000 frntn rittlmnfM fnr rlerk
hlro and miscellaneous expenses was
made, but the bill's total of $104,120,
000 is one of the largest peace-time
legislative appropriations on yecord.
geveral unusual items Including $42,
038.000 for the interim! rpvpcun hiirenu
for collecting taxes and enforcing the
national prohibition; $11,324,000 for
the war risk insurance bureau and
$5,000,000 for the decennial census,
largely .account for the hlsh total.
The Bubtreasurien which would be
abolished nt the end of this year are at
x-miaaeipnia, .Baltimore, New xorK,
Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis,
New Orleans and San Francisco.
MAY FIND SLACKER SANE
Bergdoll Inquiry Board Tends To
ward That View, la Report
The three alienists who are examining
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, millionaire
draft dodger, now confined In Castle
William, Governor's Island, N. Y., aro
expected to report that tho man is sane,
according to reports from New York
today.
Their report will probably be sub
mitted next Friday or Saturday to Lieu
tenant Genernl Robert L. Bulfard, com
mander of the Denartment of the Fast.
Meanwhile, tho daily Interrogations of
the three physicians have put Bergdoll
under-a mental strain, which he Bhows
in manv wnvs. hut linn fnltpd to con
vince persons in the prison that he Is
lunuue.
Major L. L. Korn. who in In rhnrpn
of the Bergdoll case In the absence of
lieutenant uolonel C. C. Cresson, who
is visiting bis homo in San Antonio,
Tex., says that even thoueh thn alien
ists report that Bergdoll is insane, It
may noi prevent tne openirjg o. ttic trial
of the draft dodcer next Mnnrtnv. Mnlnr
Korn says that all preparations for the
inai nave Deen completed. ,
Mrs. Bercdoll has not vlsltpil Jipt- unit
as often of late as when he was first
taicen to Uastle William. This is re
gretted bv Othpr nriflntifira na Afro
Bergdoll was In .the habit of giving away
silver coins lnvishly whenever she ap
peared, apparently in nn effort to win
some snaaow ot popularity for her son
FUMES KILL WOMAN
Found In Room" Overcome From OH
Stove Poison
Mrs. Catharine T. "White, sixty years
uiu,- wbb Kinea Dy tumes from nn oil
stoye today in her home, 1800 South
j-wefitietn street.
Mrs. Whitfl. who was n nMnn
cupicd apartments nt , the . Twentieth
street address. " Shortly aftpr ft nVWlr
Lawrence Carroll, who lives in the
lower portion of the house, detected the
fumes and hurried to the second floor.
Forcing an entrance to the room he
found Mrs. White lcanlntr mrnlnnr rn
door, having fallen in a heap while at-J
tempiing 10 escape, xne room was
filled with fumes which escaped from
a small oil store used for heating.
The patrol wagon from the Twentieth
nnd Federal streets station was sum
moned nnd Mrs. White was hurried to
St. Agnes's Hospital, where she was
pronounced dead. The body was re
moved to the morgue. Mrs. White Is
survived by a son.
THREE DIE IN HOTEL FIRE
Two Bodies Found In Ruins Man
Killed In Jump From Window
Providence, K. . Feb. 18. (By A.
P.) Three guests lost their lives in a
fire which virtually destroyed the Lor
raine Hotel here today. Samuel Wnr
wick, of Harrisville, was so badly in
jured Jumping from a window that he
died later at a hospital. Two bodies,
believed to be those of Lewis B. Kunz,
of Ccntcrdale, and B. F. Fobert, of
Boston, were found in the ruins.
The re3t of the 10(1 cuests of the hotel
were Mriven Into the strect partly clad
and were taken care of in nearby hotels
and restaurants. The property loss is
estimated at $uu,uuo.
After several hours' search the no
lice said there was a possibility that
more bodies might be found, as only
seventy-five of the 100 guests hod been
positively nccountcd for.
The fire started in nn inside room
on the third floor nnd spread by way
of tne elevator shaft.
SAFEGUARD TO PRESIDENCY
Fess Plans Amendment Providing
Means to Determine Disability
Washington, Feb. 18. (By A. P.)
Representative Fess, chairman of the
Republican congressional committee,
announced today that he was preparing
for Introduction a resolution proposing
a constitutional amendment which would
provide that the disability of a Presi
dent to administer his office would lie
determined by the Supreme Court, and
declared by a concurrent resolution of
Congress.
Under the amendment the Vice Presi
dent would assume'the duties of Presi
dent in Ihe event the President was de
clared disabled. Should Congress not
be in session when the disability oc
curred the Vice' President would be
authorized to call a special session.
Mr. Fess said his measure would not
be designed to cause the temporary re
moval of President Wilson ; that it
merely had been suggested becnuse of
the situation resulting from the Presi
dent's Illness.
ERROR IN HOOVER PETITION
Michigan Rejects It Johnson Ig
nores North Dakota Request
Lansing. Mich., Feb. 18. (By A. P.)
A petition to place the name of
rierbert Hoover on the Democratic bal
lot in the presidential primary April '1
was rejected by the secretary of state
today becnuse it did not designate the
candidate's residence, as required by
law.
Washington, Feb. 18. (Bv A P.I
Despltn the request of the .North Da
kota Republican convention yesterday
that Republican presidential candidates
file no primary petitions there, Senator
Johnson, of California, announced to
day that ho desired to havo the people
of the state pass directly on his candi
dacy, nnd that he had no present in
tention of withdrawing the petition he
tiaa rued.
I
CLEAN-UPMD
BY HEALTH SQUAD
IN SOUTH PHILA.
City Inspectors and Detectives
Turned Loose In Two-Hour
Tour of Streets
SOME SECTIONS BAD;
ARRESTS TO BE MADE
"Butcher Is Militant, but Obeys
Orders Shopkeepers and
Residents Pledge Aid
At the instance of 0. Lincoln Fur
bush, director of the Dpnartmcnt of
Health, cverv 'available inspector of
the bureau of sanitation, accompanied
By district nnd City Hall detectives,
Invaded the heart of South Philadel
phia this morning with orders to go
over every street, alley and court, and'
nrrst violators of sanitary laws.
After two hours of inspection, dur
ing which they went over the district
bounded by South street. Federal
street, Twelfth street and the river,
evidence had been l obtained on which
several warrants will be issued.
But for the most part, the inspectors
had obtained asuraneo of future co
operation of residents and shopkeepers
m Keeping tne streets free from garbage,
ashes and other refuse.
H. Baranosskv, proprietor of a
butcher shop on Fourth street north of
Fltzwatcr street, resented the incursion
of the Inspectors, who found the alley
and court In the rear of his shop In
what the Inspectors termed a "horri
ble" condition. Ho will be arrested
and fined.
Throws -Meat Into Courtyard
Harry H. Jackson, the Inspector who
went over Baranossky's property, said
that the butcher hnd bein throwinc
scraps of meat Into the court and that
nngrant violation of the law had been
committed.
When the Inspector protested with
xsaranossKy, the latter, it is said, be
came Incensed. In front of their ahon.
the man's son was sweeping paper and
reiuse into tne strect from nn auto
truck, it i3 said. He was ordered to
pick it up.
The inspectors directed their efforts
particularly against those whose violk
tions resulted In dirty nnd insanitary
conditions in the streets.
Pcmbcrton street, between Third nnd
.tourtn streets, was found to be filthy.
Much of the snow from the recent storm
was still piled up in the strect. It is
said, and the residents had thrown
garbage into the street, without nny
pretense at nrovidinc rcccntacles. Res
idents all denied the garbage and refuse
nnd come from their homes.
Pushcart Section Clean
The inspectors, after two hours of
the .most- minulte...lnspeclion,-snid that
tne citys -pusnearc marKct" section
was cleaner than it had 'been In recept
years. Some of the pushcart venders
have, provided waste receptacles which
they keep undcr their carts for strny
paper, banana nnd orange peels and
other refuse. Particular cleanliness was
noted in and about the homes of i'ollsh
families.
Patrolman William Shnnkland, of the
Second and Christian streets station,
who for twenty years has natrolled
the district included in yesterday's
health raid, said following the inspec
tion thot the streets were cleaner than
he had ever seen them.
Director Furbush said this was only
the first of a series of clean-ups that
"ill be made by tho Inspectors of the
Hureau of sanitation, with the co-op
erntion of the superintendent of police.
Inspectors placed circulars in the
hands of residents and shopkeepers, set
tine forth the snnltarv ordinance rov-
crnlng the handling of garbage and
ashes, sweeping ot shops, separation of
ashes from garbage, overloading of ash
and garbage wagons, and othcr acts
made punishable oy unes.
DIES ON SUBURBAN TRAIN
Man, About 70 Years Old, Believed
to Be John Hone
An aged man, believed to havo been
John Hone, died aboard a suburban
train between Ardmore nnd Broad
Street Station this morning. The man.
whose appearance marked him as well
to do, was about seventy years old.
He died Just beforo the train reached
Broad Street Station. The body was
taken to Hahnemann Hospital and lator
to the Morgue. From papers in the
man's pockets It is believed he was
John none, a iicaet lor passage from
Philadelphia to New York was also
found among his papers.
MOTORTRUCK KILLS MAN
Victim Slips on Ice and Falls Into
Path of Machine
Struck by a motortruck at Sixth nnd
AVinton streets today, Benjamin Shotz,
twenty-seven years old, 017 Winton
street, died n short time after being ad
mitted to the Mount Sinai Hospital.
Shotz was loading u ungon when he
slipped on the Ice nnd fell. At the same
moment the motortruck, driven by
Michael Elgin, Reed street near Seventh,
wis going down Sixth Ntreet. Before
Klgin could stop the vehicle the wheels
had parsed over Shotz.
Klein placed ShoU in the truck nnd
hurried him to the hospital, Shotz died
without regaining consciousness. Mgin
was placed under arrest by tho police
of the Fourth street nnd Snyder avenue
statlou houfcc.
REAL ESTATE MAN DIES
Robert Wilson, of Lansdowne, Was
Victim of Heart Trouble
Robert Wilson, a prominent real es
tate man here, with offices nt 133 South
Fifteenth street, died last night nt his
home, 108 West Baltimore avenue,
Lansdowne.
Up wns sixty-six years of age. For
some time ho ,had been suffering from
heart trouble.
He is survived by his widow and five
children. The latter are Robert D.
Wilson, Alexander Wilson, 3d, John M,
Wilson, Dr. KHzabeth Wilson and Miss
Catharine Wilson, all of Lansdowne.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon at tho Wilson home. The
Rev. William Boyd, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Lansdowne, will
conduct the services and interment will
be made In Arlington Cemetery.
IPlllSfl.
IGNATIUS J. DOHAN
President of Beneficial Savings
Fund Society, died of pneumonia at
his home, .111 South Fortieth street,
today.
BANKER, IS DEAD
7
Succumbs to Pneumonia at. His
Home, 314 South Fortieth
Street, This Morning
WIDELY KNOWN IN CITY
Ignatius J. Dohan. president of the
Beneficial Savings Fund Society of
Philadelphia, died at 7 o'clock this
morning of pneumonia at his home, 314
South Fortieth street. He had been
ill for about ten days.
Mr. Dohan was also nn officer of
other Imnortant financial institutions.
He was vice president and director of
the Union National Bank and director
of the Market Street National Hank.
In nddltlnn to his hanklnc and busi
ness interests. Mr. Dohnn wbb active
In Catholic circles. He was president
of the Catholic Club, treasurer and ter
mer president of the, Catholic Historical
Society and treasurer of the American
Hociety for Visiting catholic itis
onorn.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ellen Willcox Dohan. and three chil
dren. James M. Dohan, nn attorney;
Mark W. Dohan and Miss Mary Dohan.
Mr. Dohan was born in Brandon,
Miss., on June 18, 1840, nnd. came to
Philadelphia when he was fourteen
years of age. He wns graduated from
the Central High School In 18G7, in n
class In which former Judge Jenkins and
former District Attorney Fred llothcr-
mel were members.
Ho first entered the tobacco busl
ness.thoJifirm being Dohnn & Taltt.
In 1883. on thi death of his father-in-
law.Mark Willcor,'hcWas?elected),'to
the board of directors or the uenencial
Saving- Frfnd Society1, taking tho post
that had been tilled by Mr. Willcox.
In 1800 he wns 'made treasurer of
the society and two years later vice
President and trensurer.
Ten years ago, he was elected to the
post of president.
Members of Mr. Dohnn's family said
today that tunerai services would prob
ably be held next Saturday morning in
St. James's Catholic Church.
SAYS BLISS OPPOSED
PRESIDENT ON RUSSIA
March Tells Senators General
Advised Against Sending
Expeditions
Washington, Feb. 18. (By A. P.)
American troops were sent into Russia
and Siberia bv President Wilson against
the ndvice of General Bliss, while the
general was a member of the allied su
preme war council. Peyton C. March,
chief of staff, testified today before a
House committee investigating medal
awards.
"I don't suppose, however, that the
President would disregard a strictly
military proposal from Genernl Bliss,"
General March added.
Promotion of officers bv selection wns
urged by the chief of staff, who said the
sjstem of promotion by seniority usually
placed inefficient officers in high posi
tions. TWO PHILA. SAILORS DROWN
Among
Seven Who Lost
Lives In
Naval Accidents
Washington, Feb. 18. (By A. P.)
Five enlisted men were drowned in the
suiKing ot n navui water barge yester
day off the Cuban coast, the Nnvv Dp.
partment wns advised today, nnd two
others lost their lives in tlii rnrwizln
oi u minor uory irom the U. !S. H.
Ilovey last Sunday at Harwich. Km?.
land.
3o details of the sinking were given,
hut Admiral Knann said n court of In.
quiry would investigate the sinking of
wir uur.v.
The men lost on the barge were Sea
men Harry T. Clouse, Reading. Pa.:
Leo T. Uchewe z. Clovrlnnd : Hnrrv
niriHi.v, ..-ji't nouui iiecsc street, 1'hlla
ilpfyihlit ; Fireman Rulelgh W. Stover,
Pittsburgh, and Lulu G. Rlcdon. Lin.
dale, Ga.
Those lost with the dory were Fire
man l'ntriek (Jill. Host on. and Cor.
mvln Frank D. Momt, !i!l North Tenth
street, Philadelphia,
MEXICAN BANDITS ESCAPE
Demand $25,000 for American They
Hold Captive
New York. Feb. 18. (By A. P.
Mexican Government troops nre pursu
ing the bandits who kidnapped Wilson
Welsh Adams, an American mine super-'
intendent, hut contact with the out
laws has been lost In the hills of 7,ac
ntecas, Mexico. This Is stated In a
telegram received todav by tho Ameri
can Metal Company. Limited. Ailnma'
employer, from Its offices nt Monterey,
.ucxieu.
The telcgrnm also stated that tho
bandits assured others nt the Provi
dencia mine where Adams was cap.
tured that nn harm would befall him.
Ransom of $25,000 was demanded fnr
bis release,
IGNATIUS i
DOHAN
JOINT BILL WOULD
CONTINUE RAILROAD
WAGESJILLSEPT.1
Republican Leaders in House
and Senate Predict Adop-'
tion of Conference Report
RATES ALSO WOULD KEEP x
PRESENT LEVEL 6 MONTHS
Compulsory Submission of La
bor Disputes to Federal Board
Is Provided tFor
Outstanding Features
of Rail Compromise Bill
Wages and rates tojitay at pres
ent levels until September 1.
Government guarantees roads
against deficit during this time.
Rates revised so as to yield 0 per
cent to roads.
Distribution of excess incomes to
aid uenker lines.
Labor disputes, must be submitted
to permanent fedtTal board.
Merger of roads permitted under
Interstate Commerce Commission
plan.
Commission's powers increased.
By the Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 18. Wages es
tablished by the railroad administra
tion during the war would continue In
effect uutii September 1 under the rail
load organization bill, the conference
report on which wns ready for presenta
tion today in the House nnd Senate.
Under the wage provision, the re
drafting of which created more surprise
In Congress than any other change
made in compromising the Esch bill 'of
the House and the Cummins bill of the
Senate, pay of the railroad workers
would be stabilized at the present levels
for" six months after the rail properties
are returned to private control nnd op-
ration.
The bill, as now drawn up, also seeks
to stabilize rates for the same time, pro-
Tiding mat prior to September 1 no
rates may be reduced unless approved
by the interstate Commerce Commis
sion. The restriction on wage increases was
looked upon with especial Interest by
members of Congress, railroad officials
and union leaders in view of the recent
demands of the more than 2,000,000
railroad workers for an advance in pay.
All of the conferees except Repre
sentative Sims, of Tennessee, nnd
Hartley, of Kentucky-. Democrats,
signed the agreement. The minority
rfSli'WlW1 BSPate FJSSh
Union Heads to Confer Monday
President Wilson, in supporting tho
contention that no increases could be
granted on the eve of return of the rail
roads, told the union leaders that their
demands would be considered by a com
mission to be created by law if such a
provision was included in the railroad
bill, or to bc appointed on his own
initiative if no legal provision were
mode. '
In the belief that a wage commis
sion would be empowered to take up
their demands, the fourteen railroad
union heads have called a conference
to be held here beginning Monday to
discuss the policy to be adopted in
dealing with such n commission.
To nsccrtnin if the railroad executives
would agree to turning over the wngq
controversy to such a commission. Di
rector Genernl Hlnes has requested a
committee of railroad officials to confer
with him here tomorrow.
Chairman Esch, of the House mana
gers, announced today that the confer
ence report would be taken up in the
House Saturday and Chntrman Cum
mins, of the Senate managers, expects
to call it up in the Senate nt a later
date. Despite expected opposition to
the new wage section. Republican lend
ers of both houses expressed belief that
the confereuce report would be adopted
nnd the bill sent to the President with
little change.
Important Features Agreed Upon
Outstanding points of the measure ns
finally agreed upon are:
Compulsory submission of labor
disputes to n permanent federal board
appointed bv the President and com
posed of nine members equally di
vided between cmplojes. employers,
nnd the public. No provision is made
for enforcing the board's decision.
Adjustment of rates by the Inter
state Commerce Commission so as to
yield carriers a return of fiVj per
cent on the aggregate value of their
property, with another half of one
ner cent fnr ininrovements.
Distribution of lmlfthe net rail
way operating income in excess of 0
per cent of the property value, equally
between the carriers' reserve fund nnd
the federnl railroad contingent fund,
which- will be administered by the
commission for the assistance of
weaker roads.
Government guarantee to railroads
against a deficit during the first six
months after the roads are turned
back.
Permissive consolidation of rail
roads in accordance with n general
consolidation plan to be prepared by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Appropriation of $.'.00,000,000 to
be used as revolving funds from which
to mnke loans to carriers and pay
claims growing out of federal con
trol. Uuexpeuded funds now in the
rnilrood administration's hands also
are reapprnpriutcd for that purpose
and an appropriation of $50,000 for
the federal labor board Is provided.
All Should Work In Harmony
As finally agreed upon, the labor
section provides that "it shall be the
duty of all carriers and their officers,
employes nnd agents to exert every
reasonable effort and adopt every avail
nble means to avoid any Interruption
to the operation of any carrier growing
nut of an dispute between the carrier
nnd the employes or subordinate
officials."
Such dispute, the hill provides, should
if possible be decided by railway boards
of labor adjustment established by
agreement between the carriers con
cerned and the employes. No provision
Is made for their organization, however.
The bill directs the railway board of
Contlunn on Vase Two, Column Six
WORLD LEAGUE SHORN
OF ORIGINAL PURPOSES
Present Drift Satisfies Neither American Idealism
Nor European Sense of Security Wilson's
Efforts Balked by Senate
By CLINTON
Staff rorrriipondMit of the
Washington, Feb. 18. On the one
side the Senate Is making our partici
pation In the League of Nations so
slight that President Wilson can derive
no satisfaction from the result of his
labors. On the other, Europe is being
denied the nssurance of our full sup
port in converting the league into nil
alliance of victors. This is a thing
actually repugnant to Mr. Wilson.
The league may die because Mr.
Wilson withdraws the treaty from con
sideration by the Senate and pigeon
holes the treaty, n threat which, after
many denials,' It is now officially ad
mitted that he nlade to England, France
and Italy.
Or It may die because the Senate re
fuses to ratify the treaty, the Demo-1-artlc
senators tnklnir off the Presi
dent's bonds the unpleasant task of
giving the quietus to a thing of which
there Is too little left to interest Mr.
Wilson.
Or the covenant mnv be ndonted from
sheer inertia, the difficulties of effecting
peace otherwise being too great to admit
of rejecting the present document merely
because the J.eaguc 'ot nations has
proved disappointing to its author.
America Only a Spectator
But if the covenant Is udopted tfie
United States will enter the combina
tion with only a very limited liability.
And Europe will have created a com
bination of its own, n sort of league
within a league. And In that case, us
during the war, the United States will
be hardly more than a spectator at
meetings of the Entente. The real busi
ness will bc done by the full members
What happened at the adoption of
the Flume settlement of January 20,
against which Mr. Wilso now pro
tested, is typical of wbut is now and
P. R. T- ATTITUDE MAY LOSE BATTLESHIP WORK
Work of building two battle cruisers, for which money lias
"een appropriated, may be lost to the Philadelphia navy yard
through failure of the P. H. T. to operate trolleys on the navy
yard loop, according to Michael Francis Doyle. He made the
statement this afternoon before the Public Service Cointni&sioi.,
which is hearing the petition of navy yard -workers to have the
loop used. Failure to operate the loop would mean dissatisfaction
among workers, and might result in the loss of the cruiser
awards, he said.
RECORD HIGH PRICES FOR PORK ON THE HOOF
NEHAWJCA, Neb., Feb. 18. What are said- to be world's
record prices for Hampshire bred sows, were obtained here at a.
sale by Raymond F. Pollard, of this city. Forty-two head sold
ior-?21,085j an average of slightly more than ?523,as campared'
with the previous high of $360. One sow brought 82,650, &
new top for this breed. Buyers irom. twenty-eight states were
present.
P. R. R. ANNOUNCES IM'ADOO WITHHOLDS
SYSTEM CHANGES NAME FROM BALLOT
Reprganization of All Lines Ef
fected to Simplify Operation.
Main Offices Here
ATTERBURY IS ELEVATED
Many changes of importance to the
genernl administrative officers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad system in this
city were nnnonnecd today by Samuel
Rer, president of the road. The chnnges
are made to simplify the direction of
the system.
These changes which follow the ndop-
flnn nf thn reolnwnl Rvstom tf ,r,nnifn- i
ment. involve the transfer of a number
numoer
with the
in Pitts-
of officers heretofore connected
cenernl staffs in this city nnd
burgh. I
The change gives considerable more
authority to A . A . Atterbury, vice i
president in charge of operation. Un-
,lo- hi- fiirlu.lleflnn lll !, n, ..!
presidents of the fou
newly created depart
The chauites invol
nresident. the system vice nreslilentu
the legal department nnd secretary.
Mr. Reu explained tlmt in creating '
tho four regions of the system, the chief I
purposes were to decentralize much of
the executive detail nnd simplify the
machinery of management by increasing
the authority and responsibility of offi
cers in direct contact with the public
t.n.1 nmnlnt no nn tlln tffl.tnliu nn.tlnnu nf I
...... .. .,,,.,. ,. .... ...v ,....,.., ,.u. ......a .
the system. j
Regions to bo Autonomous j
It is proposed to make the regious,
,, ,i,: u r,i,irM.M,. .ntn.nmo......
to their own nfTuirs, thus relieving the i
ve the staffs of the . nomination if it should come to him ,,V. """" ",'.u" ;v",cr, i-resiaents
uemnmis upon uie nine oi mr generiii , ; ,". i nui uui .,i-uii; me nom- minK ic nanny necessary to say that
administrative officers at Philadelphia 'nation anil am reluctant to do anything there wns not a single representative of
and allowing Ihem to give their entire that would create the appearance of a any of the nllied powers at the confer-
.. t . .........Inno ..f iinminn nnllnn : Cll fill lllfl O V I .lin,m, lii.l.t ....lt .1--,. . . ( .. .a...
i .1 ii r .1 . i in i- iindi rum n.i....i.i.. ii . i . i
and the business and financial affairs this Is pecullurl a time when we should
nf the system. The genernl executive fight for principles nnd not for Indl-
forces have been arranged nccordlngly. vidunls
The staff of the president of the "The momentous ears through which
system will be affected bj the transfer we have just gone have brought to the
to Chicago of .T. G. Rodger.s, heretofore fore great human problems which go to
assistant to the president, to be vice the very roots of our social and eco-
president of the Northwestern region, nomlc life and insistently demand
but otherwise the president's staff will settlement. The destiny of the human
be unchanged. J ace will be profoundly affected bv the
The vice president lu charge nf npei-i,ll"ssI'p "".nnd by the wisdom we
ntlon. Mr. Atterbury, will haw as his ?i',''V, ', "rjDBI tlle next.,fm,r, .v7,r"- !'
principal staff officers at Philadelphia., J, ,,"V aml n8trtirtlvp leadership of
C. M. Slfeaffer, chief of transportation ; ;''p J!,,?h,"it j1", nrp necessary and I
J. T. Wallls. chief of motive power; "mr"1 , iJ'1.".1 wp nrp "lost 'lk,p' t0
E. W. Smith, engineer of transport- ",T f .1 .. . NI,m"p,r"nsl,''rn-
tlon; A. W. Glbbs, chief mechanical '"" " V"' "i '"nal Interest 1 not sub-
engineer, nnd A. C. Shund, chief en- rnK,e'1 '". cY,'',t odlvldiial can-
ulnecr. 'Ai. . ?r , "'J" presidential office.
ic cm k , . , Therefore I should like to see the next
Mr. Sheaffer. under governmental Democratic national convention com-
operation, has been general superin- nosed of untrammeled men and women
tendent of transportation of the staff of Umtl to no particular candidate am
rederal Manager hllsha Lee, and no- allowed to express their preferences
ContlnuMl on Taite Two, Column Thrcsj Continue on rB Twrlre, Column BU
W. GILBERT
Ktrnlnc Public ldtrr
will be the American position in Eu
ropean affairs, even if the league is
accepted. The partner with limited
liability will hnve only n limited In
fluence. According to Washington
information, the settlement of January
20 was agreed to privately by Pre
miers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and
Nlttl.
Then n meeting wns held at which
Ambassador Wallace was present, "ns ,
n spectator." He was for all Jthe world
in the exact position of a representative
pf the smaller powers during the Peace i
Conference who were called in to see
whnt the big four, Including Mr. Wil
son, had donp in privnte to regard
nnd approve the "open covenants openly
arrived at."- I
And the league, having America as I
a partner with limited liabilities, if
indeed America goes In nt all, will be
primarily a European combination.
Metamorphosis of League
It Is the league's first business to
assure allied Europe against n hostile
combination being formed against it.
In thnt case the league Is neither moral
ly nor materially the organization which
Mr. Wilson sought to found nor the one
which Aniericn once took to Us heart
as the vision of grent day to come. To
Europe the league meant America's
moral and mnterial support in recon
stituting the world aud maintaining itx
peace. When America became chary of
committing itself nnd would enter only
with limited liabilities to Europe, the
league lost Its significance in the eyes
of foreign powers.
To Americu the league meant a
Europe that had put behind itself Im
perialism and its combination for con
trolling the earth. When Europe re-
Continued on Fane TwrlTt Column Thrr
Favors Uninstructed Delegates
vto National Convention, He
Writes Home Town Mayor
OFFICE MUST SEEK HIM
By tho Associated Press
ew York. Feb. 18. William Oibbs
McAdoo announced today that he would
not permit his name to be used on
presidential nrimnrv hnllnU in the r-nrl.
ons states and that he advocated the
sending of uninstructed delegates to the
Democratlcnationnl convention.
Th
he former secretary of the treasury
he believed the biggest constructive1
ership can best be obtained if the I
nnnl lnfro, "i. . ..i "".,,
said
lemli
national interest "is not submerged in
a ' contest of ndlvM.ml can ilncie, "
-Personally," Mr m"ai1m rontlnScd
"I would be delighted if the next na -
tional convention might actually be a
V
vail and where the motive of high scry-
ic'' n,0U1' should control."
The obi cations nf cttirnnoMr. :
solicited.
"I am not seeking the nomination."
r'1P letter rend, "nnd nm reluctant to do
anything that would create the appear-
ancc of a candidacy.1
Mr. McAdoo's views were expressed
In a letter sent to Miller S. Bell, mayor
of Milledgeville, Ga,. in response to a
!... I l. 1 1 1 ,, ..
leiegrnm saung wie citizens ot his boy-
uuuii imiiie nun pinccu ins name on the
presidential preferential ticket.
Urges Principles First
rm, i., riir.,..u t- .,...
l"p letter follows In part:
"" feel that I should candidly state
r regions and 'Z 7 ,K' ?i ' WtfTtt "ffi&Jftt
ment of personnel, imperative dutv of nnv man to nceen V i "! L,"r!.t 'n,?!HlVL ?'benuent to the
WASHINGTON GETS
ALLIED REPLY T0;
Presfdent's Message and An
swer Will Not Bo Given
Out for Present
PREMIERS DEFEND COURSE;
SITUATION STILL TANGLED
Bonar Law Denies Entente
Originally Drafted Harsh
Response to Wilson ,
Wilson's Adriatic Note '
Enveloped in Mystery.
President Wilson's message to thp?
Allies objecting to the Adriatic selV
tlement arranged by the Entente ,in.J
.lanunry uas thrown the whole pron'
lem into confusion. Statements and
denials concerninc the note have rjrto?
duced nn International maze. (.Tfn
Tim Allies received Hi nnfU1 ("
Friday. They drew up an answcoll
oaiuiuu.,, ui-ioruiiig in i uns trppprtfV.'i
at the time, rejecting the President m
objections. The Paris press onvf
s-trued the note as an ultfrnHtorf?
t-UMlillUIIlK 11 liiri'.fl U1UI. 1111 IOIICU.
States would withdraw tro)&1, Eytfpr
pcan affairs. French ofiicladcttled'
thnt it wns an ultimatum. ohiioo qio
Denial was made nt the White
House, Monday, that "president
Wilson linrl f lirnn fnnu t-n l biZif
America from European probjems,!
but it wns admitted that '.pfissibJs,,
withdrawal from the Adriaticiitnnid
gle was mentioned. 1 'wit d
An announcement from ?",ThiJ
"White House" yesterday chnrifcA"
terizerl nji nn "nhsnlnte fnlcnnno.!'''
a statement in the Echo de Pdrfi
mat i-resment n uson b note con
tamed a postscript threatening to?
withdraw the treaty from the Senateye
Half an hour later an official state-1
nient snid that President Wilson In'
his memorandum snid the United
States "might have to consider
withdrawal of the treaty from the
Srtiate.
The allied answer, modified, it la.
said, was received nt Washington
today, but its contents kept secret.
The President, it is said, stand;
pat on the agreement reached De
cember 0. which the allied nremter
are said to have discarded during his'
illness. i
By the Associated Press . -
NOTE ONADRIATID
"WailiIngtSn,.Feb 8.yTlir-riyiyJo!p
the. allied supreme council nt Loudon
to Preldent Wilson's note on the Adrf-
Iatic situation wns received today at the
State Department from Ambassador Da
vis aud was decoded as fast as it came
in.
i It wns announced officially that the
reply would not be made public at this
time, and it was indicated that not even
n summary of it would be given out.
Publication of the reply has been left
by the council to President Wilson, nc
, cording to London dispatches, but the
council expected to, give the press
summarj of its contents.
While waiting for the note to be
decoded officials noted from the London
dispatches thnt the reply was said. to
have been a modification of the original
one prepared last Saturday.
London, Feb. IS. (By A. P.) The
reply of the allied supreme council to
President Wilson's note relative to the
Adriatic settlement hns been coded and
forwarded to Washington by the Ameri
can embassy here. .
It is understood the communication
sent to the Aniericnn capital objects
to a reopening of the Adriatic ques
tion. It is snid to declnre that cir-
cumstanccs existing when Premiers
Lloyd weorge. .itti and Clemenceau
irnmea tne virtual ultimatum to Jugo-
Sm,vm " Jnn"ry could not be ignored,
n,ml hp, Vr'",Menti 's asserted is told
tl,,pI ''ons reached last December, to
which Mr. A ilson ndhered in his note.
I w ', ciJ Lr" 5J,18"" ",d,hKd fe.J1?"!
hvi'! b" "' H.t. if Mr" Wil'on w!"
'?,'" way this may be done,
i ""e reports emanating from Paris
,to the effect that the supreme council
ffi$ rey VJn "g
denied, it is said the message handed
tn Ambassador John W. Davis for
' i '."."..:".: l" " ""'".;" is uni. iaen
Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster lead
er, asked in the House of Commons to
oav whether it was a fact that a harsh
and uncompromising reply hnd origi
nally been drafted, and whether It had
subsequently been changed as the result
of representations by Viscount Grey.
ambassador to the United States, Lord
Lobert Cecil and Austen Chamberlain,
ehnncellor of the exchequer.
Andrew Bonar Law, the government
spokesman, replied thnt there was not
the shadow of foundation for such a
suggestion.
"Indeed," Mr. Bonar Law said, "I
sunremit
Importance of a good understandlnr
vlth the government and people of the
United States."
"The receipt nf President Wilson's
note on Friday," the Dally Mall ad
serfs. "caiiHid consternntlon In Great
Hritnin. France and Italy." It declares
that a reply was drafted, the terms of
which, at the moment, seemed .fully
Justified. As n matter of fact, two or
more drafts were prepared Saturday
and the council decided to sleep on Its
pornlx, It also Hnj's.
Since the main facts are public prop
erty ; namely, that thn President strong
lv objects to the solution of the Italian-.Tugo-Hlav
problem by the application
of the treaty of London thereto, and
objects so strongly oh to contemplatt
America's withdrawal from the Ver
sailles compact as a possibility, and
tha the council objects td the re
opening of the question, the undecided
point -is whether the arguments ex
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