7rV .TOT , v JL IV THE WEATHER WMtilnttoti. lrl- 37. Fair lontslit and tomorrow. TiaircnATtmp at kach noun it uentraj public Hefcger NIGHT EXTRA .v f8 I l IIP 11 12 I 1 I 2 I 3 4 fin noun 17 10 121 21 122 Vol: vi.yo. 142 ad Entered aa Second-ClsM Matter At the rottoffle. t rhlladelphla, r. 4 A PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1920 Published Daily Except Sunday, ftubucrlptlon Prlrn Id a Tear by Srall. Copyright, 1B20, by I'ubllo Lrdcer Company. PRICE TWO CENTS "" " 01 jvinrcn a, ihtu. ADRIATIC ANSWER ARRIVES: MAY END CRISIS ' .1 a Authorities Probe Kugler Fire in Which Diners Were Imperiled and 15 Firemen Injured yzz - ALUES TNUT ST. CAFE Scores Escape From the Upper r"ioors by Ladders Firemen ' ' Hampered by Ice WOMAN AND WAR VETERAN PERFORM ACTS OF BRAVERY I Cause of Blaze Still Unex- plained Restaurant's Loss f . ..! i.i.. tonn nnn IS tpproxinmieijr sw,www list of Those Hurt , n !..... n.v. m. It ngiiung J-tt mjuu ,' .ti.rTnrsnn Ilosnital k Fred Rrhaul, twenty-four, latl- dfrniun, Truck o. a; strucK uy falling timber, lacerations of face. i.,nAM .1 T.iintnu. twenty-six. Engine" Co. No. 17; overcome by tmnke. . ' Ruber Wclst, twenty-four, Truck No. 8; fractured right leg. Marlon Deo, twenty-five, 2031 Hoinberger street; unconscious from exposure. Howard Ituby, laddcrman, Truck I' No. . Cliarles Ennls, boscman, Truck No. 5. Pennsylvania Hospital Frank McKcown, Truck No. 4; overcome by smoke. Warren Clowcr, Engine Co. No. J; overcome by smoke. Polyclinic Hospital llobert Hart, hoscman, Engine No. 22. Edward noddle, hoscman, Engine No. 22. Thomas Walsh, hoscman, Unginc I No. 22. Is Joseph Reed, laddcrman, Truck H. S. Cook, Engine No. 32. I Slightly Injured i Captain ,101111 Buehler, Euginc V". Au. Umi It Firemen Ennls and I toby, En gine 10. iXO. J. A thorough investigation Is being nadc to fix responsibility for the fire Inch last n cht swont the interior of Kuglcr's restaurant, nl 1412-14 Chest put street. ' Lives of 200 diners were Imperiled. ItPfn Jlllmn iiPo ftvavfnnyn ah In tired nnd approximately $.'100,000 loss f cuusea Dy ine spectacular maze, which was discovered at 8:40 o'clock. I The investigation is being directed by ire .vinrsnai uinot and two deputies, .imps O. MlllllKfti nnil niinrln. T f IrenrtV. Thpv visiter) tha innUn. -,.! --.,. ...... ...... ...v. u.i.ui. tu luiun it the restaurant this morning and nrc making every effort to nsccrtaln the atisc of the lire, which wns preceded iy uu explosion. Started in Storeroom I'lnvestigation nnd stutemcuts ofem piojes lead me to believe the lire started im a stnreroom in the rear of the base fownt, near the engitio room," said PIcHrcurly. I Ills storeroom was kept locked. Tt IS USPlI f(IP llwi llr...,,,.,. ,.f - .... UU fllnill PS. '1'lln limn -hn I....I V, '0f1u,,l was 111 charge was Harry Liltz. r iflniiri ii.l. ml. iu tr.... 11.. n ."iiim.n uu, 1 11 nil lire WHS fccovprp.l l.uiv .i-i.u i ,i. ... nere wim nn sifr., nr ,t..A i. r .... t I .L "'Mi "I HI." IIJVIU J4U12 i?,. tho h,oro room door nnd left. nueen minutes Inter Frank O'Hnrn, englncor nt Kugler's, and Hoyle. fireman, diFcovcrcd tho fire. They .11 "'"'" 'I"1 storeroom mid tried to ri good hcndwnv 11 ml thnmrlit !,.. '((I tllO fll-n unrlnc j.;.....! .. U.... I. nrcnil ,. 0 i.m ' i. ".! "'"'. .." (. " muni - mwiriu" uiiu sweni up rough tho building. ' Heroic Kescue by O'llara I'll "i-ii.uiiio DJ IIIO hmOKC. '..""n. rescued him with difficulty, """S him out of the basement through -u ...Me in uu, renr ot the building. iillPrP f Tin Avnlnnnlli... I..... .1... il- v',. j , 'I'luiiuiiuii uu me lire rS'7 in the storeroom. tnl,?. olcctrle wires were all iu pipes. riL il . V1 ," ouiiuinij proper atten- IWo cn lml(I t0 liro Precautions. 1a. . i . Ulrr.c rx,,s " ,,le ,m"n Item V0 8tnirways leading down to The nltlnn .n.t An..IKMH.l . ..!.!. 7U- .,,,,, " """ "luil'l'cu uu lire .SCape.,. The fnct thnt Vvnrv m.p t fWuardate8 tlmt thCrC WCrC n'k'1,m,u ofn?',i?.ru tr!eiJ ,0 kccn tuc Rfucrator Urnnrt '.'Ei u,"p.,L"l UCB".' fWMP ( l, ""enienr. aiiiH proved to 5nr ..w,blev however, nnd the lights iKlrie tV pl(lr,t KrncrHtcl1 lt8 '"' h. l'e not ? hecn able to learn 'fsnai Elliott. "Two experts arc Mm I ,l,"0K tho ruins, li lien T niiouMn.taii r ... i. n. rnH l 'i"--.'.iiu j.iiia, inn more cP(r. hn n I.I l.n I....I - 1.1... i .t. re n-ou "". " :'."" .."" ",lu "uv ine he -'scii. io lire was used In uLu,?i'ror.m- The building was well "PPlled With t-nfetv enulnment. Tliorr. oor V 8tnirwi"js lending to tho upper' Mt Blilp." ' H1" """ 0U " Safety Slatchcs Stored There r runic 'p,,u.. 10 ,...,. .,... ... tieir) 7i. j"j " "" riuy-nrsi lire 1 .1 y htorelje,Pr, said there K .i "" ""ra " fttieiy inuicurs in rf ftorp room, together with groceries, f III ,,lnJ5,,1'hcr8 and buckets of sand. lorei-A a 11 WaSt l,nf"'r ttom "' ITho crHicu nnu snipped away. -vn rro xio employes in mo 'laurant bulldlns nt the time ot the Women PrnvMl llurlnir T'li-n iHjio Kugler Co. called a raeetlnn of fii oa FeTwwtr.Uirec,CoJomnI-our IS RUINED BY FLAMES ! AFTER EXPLOSION FIRE-SWEPT INTERIOR OF KUGLER CAFE 'K.S'isf'?' r?.Nsr 'i-A,ij:-.,'a:iiir ',';i'i' rsMMHvaHiin.iiiiiiiiiHiiinH v-:' A-.i , -"''s-riM Tr ItUIXS OF This photograph waa taken from tho Morris Riilldlng, across Chestnut;' htroct from Kiigler's. Al tho left of tho flre-wrcchcd caro is the Land Title Building. On the right Is tho Frnnklln Bank Building. In tho bachgro'qnd is the Union league. I.ittlo more than tho cornice nf tho L-caguo appears 3 IH AI P. R. I. Interested in Complaints of Navy Yard Men on Service to Yard SHORTAGE OF CARS TOLD Mayor Moore nnd City Solicitor Smyth were among the interested spec tators today nt the hearing beforo the Public Service Commiwion of the com plaint of employes and officer ' the Philadelphia nnvy yiird agnln-t the Philadelphia Rapid Trimit Co.'s service. ' Rear Admiral Charles T. llnglies, comniaiidant of the yard, imin hKo present. Several sessions have been held in the cube. The complainants contend that much hardship is caused thoe con nected with the jnrd on account of the lack of cars furnished by the conip.ui' ; also that the defendant Iihh never made nnv attempt to use the track loop for bringing cars into the yard. Till-. 1P was furnished by the United Slates Housing Commission. The hearing is being held in the chamber ot Council' fiiuinee committee. Lack of Cars and Overcrowding Charged Constant overcrowding of cars during the rush hours anil failure to maintain leguliir schedules wus charged iiguinst the company by Ensign C. H. McDon ald, the principal witness nt thin morn ing s session. Cats built to carry, seventy persons comfortably, he said, were packed to tlic extent of 17J, or much more than double their capuclty. Ho submitted various records taken between February l,l nnd February 111, inclusive, lOiich, he said, showed the actual condition). These records were accepted for re view bv the commissioners. The total number of persons entering the yard from February 1.1 to 10. tho wltuess said, wus SO.-10,". Of these. 0.1,000 used trolley cars nnd 17.40.1 enmo by jitney and other mentis Kn ulcn AloDnnulil snld that 51.01.'! nf the 0.1,000 wero employes of the yard and 11.0S7 were persons in oilier lines. During tho period mentioned, SO.OOtl left the yard, of whom 07,1.03 went by trolley and 1.1,0.18 by jitney and other vehicles. In the time stilted. 1.10..10S persous entered nnd left the yard by trolley car und !U,123 used other conveyances. Figures on Cars Operated Tho witness said thero should have been 24110 cars operated to and from the yard during the period mentioned, whereas thero actually were 2220. When ouestloncd as to snilcltlc periods by Ellis Ames Ballard, counsel lor the company. Ensign McDonald said that during the half hour from 4 :.10 to fi o'clock on February 111, only twenty. seven cars were operated altuougli the sehedulo called for fifty-six. What would you suggest to belter conditions?" asked Mr. Ballard. "You might overhaul the entire sys tem, " replied tho witness. When you think of vrrltlnr. think st WUIIUa,-Mv, MAYOR AND SWiY HEARING I T i iimr TiifgjM 1 RESTAURANT AT 1112 CHESTNUT PRESIDENT MAY ACT ON RAIL BILL TODAY Expectod to Dispose of Meas ure, Now in Hands, Within Fow Hours Washington. Feb. 27. (By A. P.) The compromise railroad bill was re turned to the White House today by the Department of .Insure to which it was referred Wednesday for on opinion as to its validity. The President js expected to net on it today or tomorrow. Attorney (Senernl Palmer informed tho President that lie saw no constitu tional objection to the measure. CHILD BADLY BURNED Mother Tried Vainly to Save Him. He'll Recover Despite the efforts which his mother iniide to save him, (Jcorge Dleniio. four years old. wns badly burned when lire started in his home, 2.118 South Mole street, today. He is in the .Methodist Hospital nnd is expected to recoer. The child wns asleep in bed In the Hocond-storj front room when his mother, who was on the first tlnor, sinelled smoke. Rushing upstairs. .Mrs. Djcuno gathered the child in her nrms and car ried him to the street. An nutomobile took the child nnd his mother to the. hos pital, where physlcinns found he was burned uboiit the nrms und body. The house was damnged to the extent ot aboit .f.H. MERCURY DROPS TO 11 Low Mark Registered at 6 A. M. and Rose to 16 at 9 A. M. Mercury hit the toboggan last night and at 0 o'clock this morning it regis tered 11 degrees. At I) o'clock thermometers pointed to , 10 degrees and, according to weather prognostlcntors, the temperature will, not rise higher than 2.1 nt nnv tiinei during the day. .t 11 o'clock it wa 17. The absence of a stiff wind, u Iiii-li made Inst uight so uncomfortable, made tho elements less uiulcsirnhle. There was somn wind prcwilcut this morning, but it was not us strong us yesterday. A southwest wind - expected before nightfall mid u slight rise iu tempera ture will result. Fair und cold is the oflicinl prediction. MAY ARREST ARNSTEIN SOON Police Expect to Take Fugitive Into Custody Within 24 Hours New York. Feb. 27. (By A. P Information thnt Nicholas Arusteiu. de scribed by tho police ns thn "master mind" iu nn attempted ..".000,000 securities theft, is in Toledo, uud will bo arrested or surrendered within twenty-four hours, wns received, today by District Attorney Hwiiun. Arnstrlu, who is specifically charged with receiving $42,000 worth of stolen bonds, wns In Cleveland Tuesibjjv night, uceordlng to information furnished by his attorney. His wife, Funuin Bricc, a musical comedy actress., bus promised to try to Induco him to return. STREET E RULE BILL'S Provides for Council of Forty for Wholo of Ireland PLANS TWO PARLIAMENTS I',v tile Associated Press Loudon. Feb. 27. The government this i piling tiinde public the text of its I pish home rule bill introduced in the House nf CiiMiinntifl Wednesday, and nnsseil throned Its first rending bv title. The incisure follows closely the outline given to the House liv Premier Lloyd ficorgp iu December last. B its provisions two parliaments would he set up, one for the north of Ireland und the other for the souh of Ireland, the northern purlinincnt to con sist of llftv-two members nnd the south ern of 128 members. Tho represcutntion in ilie'linpi'rlal Parliament would be twche for North Ireland nnd thirty for South Ireland, lieees-sltutihg the re niM'orlimiiucut nf Ireland, which is pro ihlnl for In the bill. The northern urea would he composed of (he counties of Antrim. Armagh. Down, Feriniiniigh. Londonderry uud Tunne und the hoioughs of Belfast anil Londonderry. "Council for Ireland" A "council for Ireland" composed of forty members, half nf whom would be selected by each of the parliaments, i.-, also provided for iu the hill. The legis lative powers of the new- council would be only those granted it by the two legislatures, but tho trainers of the bill hope it will form a nucleus around uhlch would be built one parliament tor the whole of Ireland. Responsibility for organising the united piirliiuncut and the power to crc.ite it is left cntlrelj with the two legislatures. The hill provides that the united par liament, if formed, would control, the Vlistoms and excise. At the outset, according to the bill, tho parliament would have full control of rilucutionnl, local government uud the land policy, agriculture, roads it ml bridges, truiisportution, old age pen sions, insurance, municipal affairs, housing, hospitals and licenses. All the judielnl offices would be controlled by the Irish parliaments. One Court of Appeal Knell body would control the otlices in its own district, but there would be a court of appeal for the whole of Ireland, presided over by the lord chan cellor. What tie government considers one of tho chief safeguards iu drafting the powers of the parliament Is a provision specifically prohibiting cither body from establishing tiny particular religious erqed or penalizing uny one for belong Ing to or not belonging to nny re ligious denomination. Wants U. 8. to Buy Bermudas Washiiigton, Feb. 27. (Bi .V. P.) --A resolution proposing diplomatic negotiations with (irciit Britain for iiurchtise of the Bermuda Islands was Introduced today by Senator Kcnyon, Iown. M TEXT MADE PUBLIC PENROSE OPENS FIGHT 10 SEATjNSENATE Nominating Petitions for Fifth Term Are Sent to Every County REPUBLICANS TO UNITE IN SUPFfORT AT PRIMARY Ransley in Field for .Congress Job, and Platform Is "Wot" The first formal urt of Senntor Pen rose's randldncy for u fifth term In thn United States Senate took plnec today when nominating petitions were sent to the sixty-seven counties throughout the state. The senior senntor, who is now at Stuart,' Flu., will have united Re publican suport when he goes before the voters nt the spring primnry as candidate for the Senate. Mr. Penrose first wns elected by the Legislature in 1807, and again In 100.1 and 1000. The manner of election sub sequently wus changed, and In 1014" he wns the first candidate in this state elected to the Sennte by direct vote of the people. His present term expires Ma -eh ;. nm. The pctitious were sent nut by W. Ilnrry Baker, secretary of the Repub lican state committee, and by Willlnm P. Oallagher. of Wllkes-Barre, chief clerk of the stato Senate. While the petitions were sent to every county In the state the law stipulates that 100 signatures In each of ten coun ties are suilicirnt to obtnin a place on the ballot. Tomorrow is the first day for cir culating the pctitious. while April 8 Is the last day on which they may be tiled with the secretary of the common wealth. Senutor Penrose nlso Is a candidate for re-election as natinnul committee man from Pennsylvania. Thut office Is filled by election of the stutc coiu-mUtfo.- , Urges Sadler Candidacy George E. Lloyd, of Carlisle. Cum berland county, was one of this city's political visitors today. He retired as district attorney of Cumberland county Jnnunry 1. Mr. Llojd Is here to advance the candidacy of Judge Sylvester B. Sud ler. candidate for the state Supreme Court. The judge is to address the Berks County Bur Association nt Rend ing tonight. Mr. Llo.nl announced thnt the Sadler candidacy has been endorsed by the bar associations of the following counties: Ciimberlnnd. Franklin. Fulton. York, Northumberland. Perrj, Adains. Hunt ingdon, Potter, Juniata, McKean. Lau astpr, Erie, Mittliii, Lycoming nnd Montour. Ho snld lie evpected toduy to re ceive the endorsements of the Centre. Carbnu and Bradford counties bur usso clatlnns. It was learned mdiij that William K. Crow. Ilepubliean stale chairman, would confer uevl week nt Iliirrisburg with Governor Spronl. The ticket for national delegate and for congressmen -nt-lurge will lie taken up. The slnte for iongressiuen-nt -large is virtually decided upon, nltboiigb no definite decision hs been made, it is said, on the cainli'l.iej of Joseph Mc Laughlin, this fit j It has been re wirted that Senator Penrose favors Me, Lnitglilln. who i a former congressman. All conferences on the situation iu the Third Congressional district here probably will be held olT until the re turn of City Solicitor Smjth. lie and Director of Public Safety Cortehou leave this nfteruoon lor n week-end lit Atlantic Clt.. Bold officials are re- cowring from hcn folds. I Hephart in City ' State Treasurer U M. Kephnrt came to this oit- s,..mj before noon. He was met at the lielleuio-Stratford i bv Hurry S. Mclieuit. secretary to Governor Sproul. Harry C Ranslev . ihairmnn of the Ilepubliean city committee und former sheriff, openly took the Held toduy ns the Vnre candidate foi Congress from the Third distiict. to -u ced J. Hamp ton Moore, now the Muur of Phila delphia. Muvor Moore, how mi', will oppose Mr. Itiiusiev ns hi " und the administration choln "ill be made known within n dm m o In 'innnuueing hi ftiudiduc). Mr. Continued on 1'nKr Tlilrtren I'nliiinu One DEATH WILL DELAY TRIALS Scarlet's Demise Forces Postpone ment of North Penn Cases Trial of several of the defendants in the North Penn Bank use. Including Charles A. Ambler, will be delated be cause of the death of Junes Scarlet, the Danville lawyer, it wus stated today when counsel for Daniel F. Lafean. of York, petitioned for u bill of par ticulars. Announcement of the probable delay was made by Joseph II Tuulane, tw sistunt district nttormv. who opposed the movo made by Luff an s counsel be fore Judge Bregv hi Quarter Sesslous Court, Lafean, fnruierh state banking commissioner, is charged with misde meanor In office. The court reserved decision until Monday after Mr. Tauhine argued tliot a bill of particulars for Mr. Lafeau's counsel was entirely unnecessary. Print Paper Bill Passes Senate Washington, Feb. 27. -(B) A. P.) The Senate today passed and sent to the House tho Underwood joint resolu tion creating a commissi. u lo treat with Canada for abrogation of restrictions on tho export of pulp wood nud news print paper. l HOLD Europe Doing Business Without Wilson's Aid 1 President Seeks to Regain Moral Leadership of World Notes Regarded as Campaign Bait to Be Used if Treaty Is Beaten By CLINTON M.ilT Correepondcnt of tli Washington, Feb. 27. The latest allied note to President Wilson, thut of February 17, was firmer than the pub lic has been led to suppose by the dis patches from abroiid, which represented it as bavin,, been "toned down" lu re vision. And the latest Wilson note, thnfc of February 21, Inched the ringing tone ot moral Indignation which Washington had been led to expect in it by tho word circulated among tho informed thnt Mr. Wilson wns making one of bis old-fashioned appeals to the liberal sentiment of the world. These were the only two revelations which the text of tho correspodence contained. Tho Interchange of views renelies its climax iu the slinrp note of February 10, following ns it does the emplintle pro test forwarded to Ambassador Wallace against the allied settlement nf the Adriatic und the Russian questions without consulting the United Stntes. The fninoii' thrent to withdraw from Europe nrpears In the last paragraph SENOR- IBANEZ ARRIVES IN CITY Senor Vinccnte Blnsco Ibnnez, author of the "Four Horsemen pf flio Apocalypse," nrrived in Philadelphia nt 2 o'clock with Miss Carolina Dorado, Instructor in Spanish at Byn Mavrr. nis nrrival ended a scries of complications nttendant upon the pro posed visit of the author to Bryn Mawr college. Senor Ibancz will be met nt Bryn Mnwr this afternoon by the student body. -ITALIAN SCIENTIST WILL STUDY MEXICAN 'QUAKES NEW YORK, Tcb. 27. Professor Emelic Oddone, noted sels inologist, nviivcd here from Naples today on tho steamship President Wilson, on his way to Mexico whore he has been sent liy iilS govcrnui'tul to study the causes and affects of the leant curthquakeb. He brought his new invention, called an iucrvia. Ulster, for the nicasui'cmcut of energy nnd motion. BANEZ IS LOCATED BYG0LLEGEW01VIEN DIESATAGE0F69 Bryn Mawr Committee Finds, He Was a Lawyer, and a Mem Missing Author in N. Y. , ber of One of the Oldest After Long Search Philadelphia Families ARE RETURNING WITH HIM, HAD BEEN ILL 3 MONTHS' Senor Vicente Bluco Ibancz, nil -thor at the "Four Horsemen of the Apoealipsc." hn- been found. The noted author, who wus to hao appeared lit Br) n Mawr College hist night, could not further evade Miss Carolina Dorado, instructor of Spanish at tho college, and five other intrepid pursuer', students at Br)h Mawr. Senor Ibancz was located at the Hotel Fellx-Porlluiid, New York, this morn ing, after a pursuit that started at 7 o'clock Inst night and included railroad slat ions in Philadelphia and most New York hotels. The piirtv. with Senor Ibnuez ns their willing captive, wns scheduled to board the noon train for Philadelphia today, arriving here at 2 o'clock. The plan was then to go to Bryn Mawr. where, at 2:45. a bund of students would gicet the author. Telephone Barrage "Beaut)," "Wisdom." "Jo) " und "Hope." particuliirl) the latter, are to be among the characterizations of the students, and fioin the moment of Senor Ibanez's arrival the threc-duv program of festivities will proceed. This will in clude u reception und banquet tonight. The locution of Senor Ibniie iu New York wns achieved by menus of u tele phone barrage with which the si .unuig women swept the city. Armed with poeketbooks lull of nickels, the girls took their position iu six public telephone booths uud the crusade of New York's hostelrics was on. "Is Senor Ibiine. living there?" wns a question that wus repeated probably 100 times before an ntlirmntive answer was finally received at the Felix-Portland. The much -desired person wus in his suite, enjojliig the bliss of a morning smoke, nnd arra)cd in a silk smoking gown of Spanish design and texture. He wns at leisure. "Would senor forgive the careless girls of Bryn Mawr College for falling to meet hlin in stutc uud go to that elt) today (o give his lecture on 'The Spirit of the Horsemen'?" was the the uppenl in halting Spanish. A shrug of the shoulders did not Conllniird on I'uce Tlilrttell, Column Three Tho. Weathcrvanc J'rlruary bold B'nofi by west iriiulu light, I'nir nml fold foiiifli; Tomorrow not no cold. W. GILBERT Kvtnlnc rulillc Lnlgrr and bears (he marks of being un adden dum, for the note reaches an effective reroration in the preceding paragraph. All the rlrcumstunccs indicate that President Wilson's Indignation, growing ntcudlly from January 10, when he sent the slurp protest to Mr. Wallace ngnhist Europe's ignoring of him. moved him linully to' thrcnteu to withdraw I the treaty in a memorandum eommu I nicnted to Mr. Lansing uftcr the note I of February 10 wus vlrtuully finished. ! Europe Acts Without Wilson I The climax of tho allied correspond ence is the reply to the threlit, which does not yield an inch of grouud, al though the premiers profess "conster nntion" at the Idea that Mr. Wilson might withdraw, although they must have been prepared for that threat ever since January 11). The outstanding fact of the whole correspondence is that Europe has known Mr. Wilsou to be angry ever since Jnnunry 10, at least, nnd It has gone straight ahead settling its own affairs iu its own way, disposing not Conttnurd on Fane Two. Column Turro Willlnm Drayton. 5 South Twent) - j ,1 first street, an attorney, and u member i i of one of the oldest Philadelphia fami- lu"-. died at Ills dome at .! o clock this nn ruing. He hud been ill three mouths. He wns si.t -nine ,enrs old. ' Mr. Driirtnu was the son of William I He) ward Driivton. who also practiced' law in Philadelphia, mill the grandson of William Driutoii. of Smith lnrolinH. I He lii.i rried Edith N. Welsh, of this I cin. Four sons, nil of whom were in the , scMiec and Mrs. DruWoo survive him. The sons ure Dr. William Drayton, Jr.. New bold, with whom Mr. Drayton inaintniuid a law office in the Lund Title Bui'ding: Cnntniii Ilurr) C, of i lb" I'n'ted Suites Aviation Service, and i John WeKh. I Three brothers. Henry E W. Hey ward and Pereival, survive with three sisters. The tatter are Misses Sarah C. i and Harriet It. Drn.Mon und Mrs. Mor- I rls .T. l.pu is Mr. Driivton was a member of the Rittenhouse nnd Penllyn Clubs und the Philadelphia Bur Association. i Mr. Ura.Mmi was admitted to the i Philadelphia bar in 1S74. He was edu c'lled nt St. Paul's School. Concord, ' N. H. : Dr. Finr-'s Classical Institute und Trinity Colleg. The funeral pmlmbly will be held Monday. I FAVORS INLAND WATERWAYS Delaware and Rarltan Canal a Ne cessity, Says Report to Hlnes l Washington, Feb. 27. i Bv A. IM 'Urging a thorough- going experiment iu I tlie development nf the inland water iwnys of the country, G. A Toinllnson, director of the division of inland water 'wa)s nf the railroad administration, in I Ills nniuinl report today to Director I General Dines declared that "a com- pleto economic justification for these methods ot transportation" would be shown, Mr. Toinllnson summarized the i operations under the railroad adminis tration during 1010 on the New S'ork 'anal, the Delaware and Raritnn cunul, the lower Mississippi between St. Louis and New Orleans and the Warrior river In Alabama and the Chesupcakc nnd , Ohio canal. Despite the limited truffle in the Del- inwiire uud Baritan canal, Mr. Toinlln son declares thut operation of the water way could not be discontinued without disregard to the interests of the users of the cunul. The number of loaded bouts passing through the waterway, I both cast bound uud west bo uud, during '1010 wbb 1858. the operation resulting in n deficit of ?108)0:i0.70 for the year. mm DRAYTON PREMIERS BELIEVE REPLY TO WILSON President, However, Adheres to Withdrawal "Threat," Ex changes Show U. S. EXECUTIVE IS FIRM ON SELF-DETERMINATIOM British Declined to Accept De cision of December 9 a3 Ultimatum Washington. Feb. 27. The reply of the British and French premiers on tho Adriatic question was received today at tho State Department. It wns sent to the White House immediately after being decoded. The reply was drafted within twenty four. hours nfter the premiers hnd re ceived President Wl'sou's latest note. In that note the President ndhered to his former position thnt unless the Adri atic settlement of December 0 rfs re stored in principle he would have to consider withdrawing the peace treatv and the French-Americnu alliance from the Senate. While State Department officials would give no intimation as to the na ture of the nlMeil rj.nv. Tidvices from London and Paris indicate that it maf offer a basis for solution of the Adri atic problem. A London disnntch says members of tho allied Supremo Coun cil believe their answer will end tho. present controversy. Italy Renews Negotiations A dispatch from Paris miotes "Per tinnx." of the Echo de Paris, to tho effect that Premier Nitti. of Itnlv. con sented to enter into fresh negotiations with M. Trumbitch. Jugo-Slnv foreign minister, and that Mr. Wilson hns been Informed of this Italian concession nnd asked to use his good offices to facili tate an agreement. Following the receipt ot tho allied note by the State Department today it was announced that the text would not be made, public by. tho American Gov ernment without" the "consent of the premiers. This is being sought. . The British Government is understood to plan publication nf all of the ex fhanges, including this latest note, within u few days, and officials thought it might be possible that the premiers would consent to simultaneous publica tions of tho latest reply on both sides of the Atlantic. The State Department hns learned thut the British Government is to pub lish communientions they had after De cember 0 with the Ita'ian and Jugo slav governments, which have no't been received or communicated to the Ameri can Government. These include n memorandum by the Italians on January tl. another note of the Italians ..u January 10 and a note from the Jugo-Slavs on January 23. The British also will publish u note from the Serbian Government of Janu ary 20. u mpy of vvh'ch bus been trans mitted to the State Department. December 0 Note Not Ultimatum It wns learned nt the Stnte Depart ment thnt the British Government con sented to the deliver) of the note of December 0 on the following conditions: That it should not be considered us ending negotiations und correspondence on the question nnd that the Italians should be permitted to replv : that the note should not be considered ns nn ultimatum uud that it should not be piih'lshed at thut time. Otlieiuls snld it was understood definite!), however, that the United States would not consider any moilifica tlon of the terms of that note. Tho 1 nited Suites, however, did not desire to prevent a complete undei standing by 'lie interested governments nf the decision of the p'enipotcntuiies. President Wilson's latest note, in which Prime Minister Millcrnnd and l.Iovd (ieorge duvc just rcilied, wus made public with the earlier correspond ence lust night The President in that note frnnkl) informs the Allies thnt ho has no dioiee in the present circum stances but to maintain the position ho bus all nlong Inken us regards thnt set tlement. While the President would mnke no objection to u settlement mutually pgreonble to Ituly nnd Jugo-Sluvin, re rardlug their common frontier iu the Finnic region, provided such uu ugrce iifiit is not inude a basis of compensa tion clsewher, Ht the expense of na tionals if a third power, and on these terms would lonsent to the discarding i f the project for a free stutc of Flume, I. i not picpiirct! to yield on the re-urriing-mciit of the boundaries of Al tuniu lo tlic injury of Albania. He also icgnrd us impracticable the propuul to connect Flume with Italy b) a nirrow and barren strip of const territor.v , und is just us vigorously op posed ns will to the application of the secret tri at) of Loudon. The President again reminds the Brit ish and I icncli Governments thut ho rontlnurd on Page Tvrntr-tlirp. Column 1 Th,c Last Letters of Ella Wheeler Wilcox Some weie penned In Hollywood, others at Short Henrh. Conn , b it tho inot linportnnt of those nmes were written on tho battl fields of France, where ahe wus comfortltw i he wounded They form a human document of umazlng Inte'est lu which tho Breat poet ss pours out her In most soul to her brother. They iiro now printed for the first tlnio and begin In next Sunday's PUBLIC LEDGER WILL END DISPUTE i U ,m t- .rfl i ' a i -I ji !ft)M( r,A riiTdMwWiikiii
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