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VOL. VI.-NO. 149
Thousands of Workers Find
Trolley and Railroad Service'
Hard Hit by Storm
FLOODS MENACE PROPERTY;
MANY MILLS SHUT DOWN
Rescue Families Marooned by
Rising Waters of Schuylkill
and Darby Creek
PARK DRIVE IS INUNDATED
42-Milo Gale Does Considerable
Damage Shipping and Ferry
boats Are Delayed
March Storm Plays
Havoc in' and Near City
;
Virtually all trajns late.
,One death indirectly due to storm.
Citv trolley system hard hit.
Western trains three hours over
due, t
Several thousand persons thrown
out of work In mills along Schuyl
kill. '
Several families' driven from
home when Darby creek overflowed.
" Schuylkill river reaches highest
level since 1004.
Fifty thousand dollars' worth of
lumber swept away vnt Norrlstown.
Twenty-five Munayunk mills
closed due to flood.
Delaware river traffic suspended.
Wind plays hnvocJn .city, blow
fnc In 'mndreds of wjndows'pud pil
hue un the snotv into drifts,
East 'rjvor 'drijif und AVissahickon
ilrlvcs closccl. r "
North i and .West Philadelphia
witer supply. Hlirratoned, duo to
flooding of Bclmoqt, pumpinff sta
tion, v ' '
Southern section of, city in dark
ness when wires fall.
f A.bllzxnrd vented jfcfury. on t
the At-
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gijwrencej-niicy iast;pignt. -
.'Phlladclpha' particularly wi
was' bard
I The temperature dropped 31 'degrees
between uoon yesterday and z o ciock
thto morning. ,
The forty-two mile gale, driving first
a heavy rain and then sleet and snow,
iWalt a heavy blow to tho state an
city, already in tho throes of Hoods,
which are the worts In sixteen years.
One death was indirectly attributed
to tho blizzard. Isaac Pearson, sixty
lire years old, of 1333 North Fifty
fifth street, this morning was making
his way west on Market -street und
collapsed from exhaustion ut Thirty
sixth street, lie was pronounced dead
at the University Hospital. Ileart
disease was the cause of death.
The sun shono this morning after the
night of damage, but there was still a
itlff ga'e. from the west. This, however,
died before noon.
Waters of the Schuylkill urc still ris
ing steadily.
Mori- than twenty-flvo textile mills
we shut down this morning, all along
the Schuylkill in Mnnuyunk.
Thousands of mill workers who tolled
through the night rescuing material and
stocks from the flooded, basements of
the mills were Idle In tho morning.
Families Marooned in Houses
Many families in homes in Falls
I Schuylkill and along tho Darby creek
were marooned by the turbulent flood,
and many residents were rescued in
boats by the police.
Fifty thousand dollars' worth of lum
ber was swept away from yards at Nor
rlstotvn. At I) o'clock this morning, ice and
lumber, wedging ngalnst the Flut Itock
im' ?t,niDed n height of ten feet,
Jfnilc the swollen waters, nine und one
naif feet above normal, at this point
wept over the top.
It was feared the dam might break,
ami engineers were preparing to dyna
mite the ice In order to save It. This
aiternoon the water was slowly receding.
Last Park drive -is inundated und
roped off to trnlfic from the Falls bridgo
to Strawberry Mansion, a distance of
two miles.
Railroads Feci Storm's Fury
fcf h!!i!r"V,s ,)orc tnc brunt; ot tho fury
& iS?"1 !" ,rm uml ,lod'
whti?J'iBh .wim, und Winding snow
In H i .? W "witches virtually para
h. ImI lr??,, on,tl,e. ds during
Md.? 5 1 A,lll-l.nB l0. tl,e lanhlP I'lg"
hi tSt Kttn.llen Htre" Poured over
oriun,kV!ncl cuused complete tie-ups
ni. cfftl l,ours'
tracks wnrLl,imoro. fJ1 0hl nallroad
nnd nl7,? m,,mIa cd ntTwenty-third
IlrLU fu l B,e.ts; T,'e New Hope
Riii"10 pW'lelplila nnd Head-
SVOlllll KohnvlMll
On
e freehold und
Jamestown
pConljnum on !' Twu. Column Two
BAKER AND WIFE 'RESCUED'
A'my Chief Stalled In 'Sea of Mud'
Makes Train In Dash "
ma his'wVJ w". Nowton D- vM
l' hi I omnMi0 r0h(u,!,l,, from their
"l a Tl?lX" ln !l 8.en of m,,d nI
land uvcm o T,;f.CC?n(l,btrct and Wood-
in, "'" ami his num. Inn...
eV ",JI and .Mrs; WMfl
"utoraohl'Ps -Thl Vs . Mn" ,u ,1,rc,
la't Id thf r,TAei sccytarys ear unx
and Vum!, 5UDD'n bt nt Fortieth
ite'lfd, w?th th titat,n"'1 nt the car
rf party twph.7S,t,!h?.t th0 mt
ft Vhen tli ..'' th8 "t'on first.
- Picked ,mecirel,fy mul M wife, who
ttruacn?,F ill" .V,,rd4p of ""
WW ", lZ,t U', 8,.tlon they found
tfttTilS1 her " " tiic
S,lhrSo!Jgh.0,,) "'" the uccrctary
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nrnrno m.
Ifg(ri2t 122 122
ONE IN DEAD
TRAFFIC TIED UP
AFTER BLIZZARD
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Entered aa Becond-cia, Matter at
CITY MAY GET DRY-DOCK
LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD
HUGE MODERN VESSELS
Public Spirit Aroused to Supply
. One Deficiency of Second
U. S. Port, Says McCain
N
PHILA. BEHIND HARBORS
OF RUSSIA NOW CRIPPLED
Single Small Private Dock and
One at Leaguo Island Only Ro-
pair Places of Kind Hero
tly GEOKOE NOX McCAIN
rjlIIAT tha public spirit of this city is
bcrng aroused to tl'e Immediate and
ftituro needs jWIs ocean commerct' is
lndlcnlei! in tt movement to organize n
rcnipany to build un up-to'datc dry
nock sufficiently large to accommodate
modern sleamsi'iips oxcept tlioso of the
largest transatlantic typo and tonnage.
Stork subscriptions are being taken
and the project is meeting with u suc
cess that indicates n favorable result.
jM publicity has been given the snbjiHit
Jhns.iur. the purpose being to assure
the financing of the project before of.
nclal announcement is made.
As the second port in the United
States, with its vast possibilities, Phil
adolphla, it is regrettable to say, in the
matter of drydocks is behind even the
crippled seaports of Itussia.
The harbor r Cronstadt Is equipped
with seven drydocks with a capacity
of caring for the largest vessels afloat
up to 1000 feet In length, while Phil,
adelphiahas but one graving dock avail
ablo for ships, and it Is but -IIS feet
long.
The letter of Samuel Ilea, president
of the Pennsylvania Itallrond, discussed
the needs of this port In most direct and
able fashion in every phase except the
necessity for drydocks. The attitude
assumed in his letter to Charles S.
Calwell, of the Corn Exchange Bank,
was that of a greut railroad executive
discussing tho port und its future, sole
ly from the railroad's standnoint. The
I drydock Isprc-'emincntly a marine ques
tion, and bears the same relationship to
ocean commerce that a roumluoubc does
to a railroad system.
Thls port with all its possibilities is
tho most poorly equipped in tho world
In the matter of drydocks.
While there arc five murine railways
here, und the single drydock mentioned
above, which is privately owned, there
is alho a large drydock ut League
Island. 15 ut ouly upon rare occasions
is it uvnllablc to vessels of the merchant
marine.
It is little wonder that tho question
has been rencutcdly usked: Why this
condition? The question largely domi
nates all others when it comes to a sur
vey of the immediate and practical needs
of Philadelphia.. . .
t That this 'condition has militated
against-'thls city's commerce is not a
Bubject for speculation. It is a long
established fact. More recently, how
ever, the subject has been thrust into the
foreground by a series of eyents which
afyct have fulled of solution 'iuj tp their
cause. They arc intimately connected
with the recent 'development of the Del
aware, iih n shipbuilding center.
The United States shipping board has
built drydocks in southern ports, but so
far as Philadelphia' is concerned it has
apparently placed the ban of its dis
pleasure upon it by neglecting or ro
fuslug to provide repair and docking
facilities for the fleets that it has built.
For some unexplained reat-en heretofore
it has done that which up until recently.
nas driven nway private capital which
might have becoirie interested in the con
struction of these important facilities.
At least a year ago the port nnd har
bors committee of the United States
shipping board decided to recommend
the building of several drydocks here.
Then it suddenly proceeded to drop the
subject. Private capital which might
have considered, such an investment was
discouraged from entering the Held.
No satisfactory explanations have
been offered as to why the action of its
committee was shelved or what influ
ence, if any, nullified the project.
Presilgo Based on Facilities
Tho prestige of Philadelphia in a
maritime sense is primarily based upon
its port facilities. It Is remarkable that
the second port in the United States
Contlnurd on l'ane Tle. Column Tour
FLOOD VICTIMS RESCUED
Marooned Families Saved Along
Drandywlne at Wilmington
Wilmington's street cars have been
dug out of the snowdrifts, nnd by noon
everything was ulmost normal, so far as
tho street car situation was concerned.
Along the banks of the Ilrnndywine
families that had been marooned by tho
rising stream have all been removed to
places of snfety, und workers are now
engaged in efforts to make secure upon
their foundations houses that nrelln
danger of undermining.
All night loug the polico nnd firo
departments nnd volunteer workers la
bored to iemovc to safety dwellers in
houses that wcro in the greatest dangr.
The waters steadily rose, uutil they
lapped beneath the flooring of tno .Mar
ket street bridge, aud fears were ex
pressed for the safety of that structure.
A small barge from tho Wilson Line
wharves was rushed across the city on
trucks' and used In the work of sal
vage and rescue. Ocnoratoi-H and trans
formers nnd other machinery ut the
power hoube have been damaged by
water, anil It Is feared light and power
for Wilmington will bo greatly curtailed
in most places, and in a few localities
tilt off altogether.
THINK ARREST HOLD-UP
Passers-by See Detectives "Cover"
Man and Call Patrol
What passers-by at first believed to
bo a hold-up today proved to be the ar
rest of William Bergman, In u grocer)
store at C street und Wyoming avenue.
Bergniau Is uccused of robber), lar
ceny und receiving stolen goods, nnd ac
cording to Detectives Hodge, Fariell
nud Douglass, who arrested him, was
implicated In the hold-up, a few months
ugo, of tho jewelry store of S. S. ciss.
man, 1503 Susquehanna uveiiue.
Pedestrians looking in tho store win
dow and seeing the detocthes cover the
suspect with their pistols thought I hut
r was nu attempt ut robbery und
phoned for tho patrol. The wugou ar
rived In due time, and the detectives
used It to tako their prisoner to the
police statlou.
Bergman will bo given a hearing jn
(ho night court tonight,
. .. , tW
uenmcj
flnV.,.Vi?t,9r.Bt.,,M Pottofflco. nt Philadelphia. Ta.
under the Act of March 3. 1870.
the Postoffl
'What's the Matter
With Philadelphia?'
QOLONEL MCCAIN in this ar
ticle the foUrth of tho scries
answers the question a bit further.
Colonel McCain's articles began
Wednesday. Hc has told of the
promise of big things held out by
tho new administration, has cited
facts to show how great a city
Philadelphia really is a cttjy of
S,500,000 in its metropolitan area
and ins dealt wjth our hugo ship
yards, in which w6 lead the world.
And now comes a matter bound
up tight with our shipyard su
premacythat of drydocks. It
may astonish you to learn in this
article that Philadelphia is worse
off than some Russian cities in this
respect.
MISS ROSS GETS CITY POST
Sister of Kidnapped Youth Made
Recreation Chief
Miss Sophia L. Boss, sister of Charlie
Ross who was kidnapped forty-six years
ago and has never been found, wns to
day provisionally appointed chief of the
Bureau of Kecrcntion.
Shortly after Ernest L. Tustin, di
rector of the Department of Welfare,
had announced her appointment, Miss
Boss, who has for years devoted her
entire energies to child welfare work,
conferred with Mayor Moore and out
lined plans for her administration.
Until recently Miss Itoss had occu
pied the old Boss mansion on Washing
ton lane, (Jermantown, from which her
four-year-old brother disappeared July
1, 1874.
Mayor Moore expressed gratification
nt the nppolntmcnt of Miss Boss. Ho
said she had the Indorsement of muny
well-known women of Philadelphia in
terested in child welfare.
PRESTON CHARITIES CHIEF
Sheriff's Office Employe Named to
Head Bureau by Tustin
Charles C. .T. Preston, 4140 Dexter
street, Mnnayunk, n Mooro lender in
the Twenty-first ward, was today ap
pointed chief of the bureau of chari
.tles and corrections, ut $4000 a year.
The appointment is provisional nnd
Mr. Preston will be obliged to tnku a
civil service examination,
The appointment was made by Direc
tor Tustin, after n consultation with
Mayor Mogro. Mr. Trpston, who for
merly was purveyor' of ( tho bureau of
water, and also at one time com
missioner of highways, fins been lately'
employed in the sheriff's oflicc. lie
hud thj." indorsement of promipent busi
ness men anil Moore lender'sTor the post
to which he has beeu appointed, but
the uppolntmcnt is regarded as largely
a personal one of the Mayor's, as be
nnd Preston have been friends for many
years.
Mr. Preston will havo charge of all
the Institutions under the city and will
be responsible only to Director Tustin
nnd Dr. Blair Spencer, chief physician
of the bureau. The new appointee
succeeds to the job from which William
C. McAllister recently resigned.
LEARYTO SUCCEED TEMPEST1
I
Night Clerical Service Head- Pro
moted to Captaincy by Cortelyou
Lieutenunt William Lenry, who has
been head of the night clerical service in
the office of the superintendent of police,
wus promoted to captain this afternoon
by Director Cortelyou.
Captain Leary will succeed Captain
Tempest, who lias been made assistant
superintendent of police, us head of
the First division.
Other promotions by Director Cortel
you follow: House Sergeant Alexander
Montgomery Fifty-fifth nnd Pine
streets station, to be u lieutenunt. In
charge of flu Belgrade und Clearfield
streets station ; Street Sergeant John
,T. Clay, Fifteentli und Locust streets
statlou, to be a lieutenant, in charge
of the Eleventh und Winter streets
station : Mounted Traffic Patrolman
Ellwood Carroll to be a street sergeaut
of the mounted truffic force.
Transfers of about eighty sergeants
and putiolmen were ordered by Director
Cortelyou this afternoon, principally so
the men might be nearer their homes.
SPRING? WELL, NOT YET
i
Weatherman Has Cold Promise to
Offer
Washington. March 0. fB) A. P.)
Weather predictions for the week bo
ginning Mnndii) ore:
North and Middle Atlantic states,
Ohio A'ullc) nnd Tennessee: Low tem
peratures curly in week and probubly
slightly below normal us u rulu tlicio
after; geueiull) fair.
LAUNCH SHIP DESPITE ODDS
Arlita, Twenty-fifth Craft, Sent
Down Ways at Merchant Yard
The ArUta, the twenty-fifth ship of
the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation,
wns launched nt Hurrlman, Pa., at
.'(fill, under er adverse conditions.
Miss Bosiilind Boblnsou, of New
Ymk. daughter of B. H. M. Robinson,
president of the Merchant Co., was
sponsor for the ship, which slid oft the
wnys in the face of u high wind, an
eight-mile tide uml u river full of ice.
BABY GRAND BREEZES
Two-Year-Old Easily Wins Opener
at Jefferson Park
New Orleans, .March p. Buby Grand,
piloted by .locket ItodrlgiiM, easily nut -footed
u field of live starters to win tho
opening race of four furlongs for two
t cur-olds ut the .Jefferson pnrk truck
this afternoon. Tho winner paid IK to
'JO, 1 to 5 uml out. Petunia and Lucy
Kute ran In the order named for second
und third money.
The results:
KlHST IlAC'i:. I'Ursi- 1000, for two year-
,?,. . 1? to 20 1 to K out
lWunlV 0n'll,(vYu. lSIST Hi00 0UJ
I.ucj Kute. 10 1, Willi! IB Ion 4 to 5 out
"rl(ne Id 3 A Jl"n aim Hunter1! Point
Ml"t?W?ONl liAfi. cittlmlnir purm IQOQ. for
Continued on I'a IltUeo, Column Tw
JJubltc
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1920
$210
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Lancaster Avenue Department
Store Leveled and Big
Warehouse Destroyod
FIREMEN HANDICAPPED '
BY STORM AND FLOOD
Forced to Carry Hose Through
Icy Waters to Reach Flames
in Storehouse
Five ilremcn were partially Idinded,
twb buildings, a department store In
West Philadelphia nnd n warehoue at
Cherry street wharf, SehujlMIl river,
were destroyed by lim lnt night and
this morning, while the storm wns at
its height.
The West Philadelphia firo destro)cd
the store of Molchiorrl Bros., 11)32-10
nncaster avenue, causing a loss of
The warehouse owned by the Ilobert
Patterson Co., lime, cement und gravel
.merchants, wus also destnned, In addi
tion to a freight cur und a twenty
soven foot launch which find been
swept down tho rlwr fmm nimr TMnf
fnock Dam Into tho burning building.
iiii A " l,,c u""m"g estimated at
The warehouse blaze was fanned by
the high wind blowing along the river
nnd in short space of time the entire
building was n seething cauldron of
flames.
Firemen were handicapped not onlv
by the high wind, but by the river flood.
The first floor of tho win chouse was
covered with water to a depth of five
feet nnd the firefighters, already drench
ed to the skin, were compelled nt manv
spots to swim about with their hose ns
they fought the flames.
Fumes Blind Firemen
Fumes from the gases released by
me Ditrning nmc troubled the men
grcntly nnd they wete forced to with-
draw from time to tinu- by the blinding
fumes. Five of the firemen, temporarily
uuimuu, were rescued with great dllll
culty by their comrades, nnd wpn In
such a serious condition thnt it was
found necessary to remove them to the
N ills Uyp Hospital for treatment.
Tho men were all from Engine Co.
No. -lit. Two of the men, Charles Den
ver nnd Larry O'Neill, were in such
a serious condition that It was found
necessary to keep them In the hospital.
It Is feared that they may loso their
sight. The other three, Lieutenant Wil
liam Heed. Hnsemnn William Sheehun
indFrnncis O'Reilly, were 'sent to their
homes nfter being treated.
Tho high tldo und flood played mahv
curious pranks. -Ajrclht',car Joadell
with lime was In the building when the
firo started, but owing to the flooded
conditions it wns impossible to remove
it. and it wns consumed with its entire
cargo.
A twenty-scven-foot lnunch, the
War Baby, owned by Chnrles C
Hans, swept from Its moorings In the
Schuylkill river above Flat Itock dam
during the night, was, carried over boti
Flat Rock and Fairmount dams nnd
hurled, by the raging Waters, right Into
itToycd bulldlD8' bclng t0,nI,y dc"
" Current Halts Fireboat
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ert tr. reach the scene of the
conflagration to fight the flames, but
m. turuuui Atvji utuu ujuitv 11 U 111 "
the henvy current held It powerless to
nrocecd further than Market street
bridge
IV fflp nn the Baltimore nnd Ohio
Bail, id w"as comn?c el v tie in for
iirwnT !., TL" ' ,iS
covering all the tracks so that It was
Impossible for trains to enter or leave I
the station at Ttvcnty-fourth and
Chestnut streets.
A dog's persistent barking drew the
attention of his master to the fire that
eventually destroyed the department
torp
The warning resulted In the fire
fighters reaching the scene In time to
save the row of houses on KcrM.aw
street, across from the store, that were
-iidangcrcd by flames and living ember-
Joseph Brown, of 4f2! Lancaster
uvenue, falling o quiet the animal.
went to tho front door nt 2 a. m. and
JM-iviui uuiiin uy liiu lire, mr uuui i-
looked out. He snw the window lions
iv the winrinu- linns
disnlnv n a of
iU rovniwr "S Kite
n Thnni. he u-d the
n..l,h-0JU,?.'Tl'.L
ing thp hnrdware
flames nud fired hi
vr,,l Kntrnlnnn 'ri,nn,..M l,..r,l !,
shots, ran up to Investlga te,u.d turn m?
uoi, run up Hi iiivrMiKUie'iiiii uirii 'ii
n the alarm. By the tunc the Hist I
I
romnnnv nrrlve.l he entire first Hnnr
.....' i.i.
was a blaze
Tenants Fleo From Homes
Battalion Chief Mullinger. nnlving ,
on after, sent In u second alarm, ami
soon
evert- nvallable piece of fire apparatus I
In AVest I'hiladclphla was brought to
the scene
It soon became apparent that the '
Kershaw street houses, on the north side '
of the building, wcro in danger. Ihei
neoplo were aroused und left their
homes, currying as much of their fumi
turo to the street us possible before
the bout nnd Hying flrebruuds forced
them back.
Robert Crawford, a hnsemnn of En
clnc. Co. No. 0-1. living nt 450(1 WokI
minster avenue, was thrown from the I
engine ns It raced to the fire, nnd ie-
ceived cuts on his head nnd bod). He '
was taken to the AVest Philadelphia
UOmt'OpUll IC IIOM1HBI. . '
Ilieh winds, sleet and snow caused I
sleet and snow caused I
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r,"rIra'" " "" ,5;.u "71 'a : I
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ice,
,cri- i-uuu-u nun ire, uti
nglnes street und the walb
b,,lldln't-
Served by Nelghbois
covered the en
of the burning
Coffee
Hot coffee wns served the men in
neighbors, mil uie storm
of the most difllcplt fires
.tears, ho sirongiy urn
thnt the entire Interior
was soon n roaring furnuce
burst through the roof
hhort time, und soon tho
fcemllnr hirh in the ulr lilirnlnr- million.
NG
FIRES
FUMES BLIND FIV
thul were carried long distances by the tl0" Completed
t-'ule. lleurings on tlie tentatlte draft of
The fire burned out by 8 o'clock this retUiun of the constitution of rennsyl
morntng. Hie store wus well stocked i van In will begin on Apiil 0 That In
with drygoods. clothing, shoes, hurd- i formntiou is contained in letters issued
wnro and jewelry. toduy by Dr. AA'illium Diuper Lewis,
secretary of the commission nn eon.
FIRE CAUSES $500 LOSS
on fire, lie swt In un alarm. Engine
Co m. -H, Thirty. fifth street und
nBV'jSn" Wnui "ponded. Dumage
wan ?0vO,i , f.
t iiiiuui ujkku, o--i opnng tiurden tentativo drart. cmiihiibUlng the fact
street, tt as awakened by smoke about i that "the preliminary draft does not
1. o'clock this morning. Investigating, I represent in., any particular the final
lin found tllu luutulrv rnnm nl Ms l,,,in.. i lii.li.iin.iif nt It.. ...;..i.n.. n.i n.. i.
if 1 1 1.. ... T .,..!. nmwt i
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III
FOR FATHERLAND
00 Per Cent of Germans, Says
Friend of Llobknecht,
Want It
MOCK BERLIN REPUBLIC HAS
SERVED MONARCHISTS'TURN
Spartaclsm's Tragic Failure Re
garded as Prelude to Return
to Old Order
Kospoth Exposes Plot
to Restore Hohcnzollcrn
7i' h the firt of tico article hy
Mr. Kospoth, whose keen insight
into conditions in Germany during
the trnr anil since the sianinq of tho
armistice has made his dispiltches to
the EVKNINO PUDLIO Ledoku rnfu
oMe afi'frc for their accuracy of state
ment and fidelity of their forecast of
events. It shoics the manter in
ichieh the plotters for the r'stor
ation of Uaiscrisnx hope to' fttain
Heir purpose. The second atticlc
will appear on Monday.
By n. F. KOSPOTH
Correspondent of the Ktrnlnit t'ubllc I.edrtr
In Switzerland
Covvrlaht, lttO, by rubllo ledger Cc,
Geneva, March 0. Vienna is dying,
Berlin lives all the tragic failure of
the allied peacemakers to achieve the
redemption of tho German people from
Prusslnnlsm, nnd thereby n veritable
European peace, is contained in this
brutnl truth.
There was a time soon nfter the con
clusion of the urmtstic whe'n the best
elements of the Gcrmun races were
ready to break nway from Prussian
domination. They were willing and
engcr to form, with Vienna as their
political nnd cultural capital, u new
regenerated Germany, whose economic
vitality would have been assured, nnd
who would have constituted, under
snuve southern iufluence, a nucleus of
democracy and pence in central Europe.
Thus Prusslnnlsm, confined within Its
narrow national limits, would have been
reduced, by the wljl of the majority of
the German pcople( to deflulte impo
tence, politically and morally.
But the statesmen in Paris failed. to
sene''thi'spsycholDgieal -moment v-'they
allowed the Prussians to regain control
of the flcqcdlng south-German , states,
nnd if today the people of Vienna,
driven to despair by famine and misery,
should as a last resort join the German
empire after all, it will now only be
to become Prusslauized In their turn,
aud to succumb to Prussia instead of
oercoming her.
And Prussia, true to her unrcgenerat-
tl urc: h cvc" " rnpI,lly r,"vcrUne
o kaiserlsm and all the menacing pos-
MbHUie. , f oppression and aggression
u represents.
Germans Monarchists at Heart
"At least 80 per cent of the (iormnn
lM'ople are 'today at heart monarchists
,"1'1 f,lvor tho restoration of kaiserlsm."
This statement teas made, to me. not
V l,fn . "V ,,V ,H Mr i
''V"1. P"Jm '? "" off thik er, Tu
fripds nd 80, , f a ."-
Kuoeht, with whom I had an interview
ll0lTl ., n., , ., . j
. tVU1thp "'S?1, PartioH rcproscntccl
n u'1' Uc Maf J1B Plniued. 'with
the exception of the independent So-
,,,n,,t,i?'e5r.,"'L.Tnilf d,Tlre the
J";' ""'"V?"' of "0.n.''"n in some
f! ,, fc(i,k 1 V f mujority
"n.p. u """ta? tHs longli g. though they
"J " udmU; ,lt- ""F 'nd.sberg. for
i,is ancc', who, ,,ll '",st becu "PPointed
,d,u U nelg uiii. never made
any secret of his belief In the super!-
. - - i .. t ..... .
'"" 0I l" monarciiic lorm ot gov- '
- ramnt. und when the question of,
Vi!helm's responsibility was raised in '
""' ""onal Assembly at Weimar be,
dismissed it With the suave statement '
"".. "l ",v'm"u'v'"K """ " Kv
( O"".01"' AMOniUiy Bl t CllllUr he
:!fJJ tVL1 l"'n!uP8,aif ?Z
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""'? ,ka ".Qr, ln,tf.nt. "H. w.ere.Kood '""'
""' -iN l"F llvr '"Kc. ' SUppOfO
't '" generally admitted
now. ,vin
uniong ullled diplomats, that lie is the
chief favorite and tool of the IniKlnn
",i!l.,ifst,11.1n,nd '"' I'""-erniuns.
. . ? '"c ago Herr ton Oldenburg
"imseii, ; notorious old Junker, suld
of, J".11'! J, w?"1'1 ihuve beenbcttfr if
"r, ,knls,,r nnd, bad man like No'-ke
d . '"'Ing the crisis before the
armistice instead ot a pusillanimous
Continued on 1'uec Fire, Coin inn To
CALLS DOVER LEGISLATURE
Special Session of Delaware Law
makers to Act on Suffrage
Wilmington. March . (By A. V )
limininlInn
F,'n" ut'n
daf Mnrch
(jovcrnor Totvnsend today issued u
i calling the Dclawatc
In sneclnl session on Mou-
da), Murch 22, ut Dover. The objects
sneelfle.l hv rli onvornnr In .!, ,.
i.;,,.,i' .." . n '
ri... "I ""
lUIIlUllUll iiic;
Action on the equal suffrage amend
U
m MIDtltlOIYl
PLOT OF JUNKERS
..... to f,irn ..linstltiii . iu '""""K rK nvenue nt ! ociock nisi
Z"n to avoid' vww Iwen Xlht , tti!m to "" Bods
.axe" an.l I to"p"Svide 'mor?" mon"y for mr' Ut $:,;!000 0no U,'rSt lulS beC"
the new bridge across the Brandywlnc '" t'er piling the loot on biC motor-
riv'S. An '"'llngton
stltutlonul amendmcut and revision, ne
lias sent out tho otllelul cop) of the
t in Stlbmlttlnir It Is In "Invlln p!
ieism nnd constructive nronosals." An.
liolinccment Is mude that all persons
desiring .t apucur ut hcuriug uiuy doB9,
niniin .. imn ....... .. . ....... ...i- nuikiucr i ini.i'in. ,nn ....n.i. . i. r .1 l.. .1
ll'llll,, if Id ltnll....rt.l ,Kn . ..tr
htlu--!!"-twl,, be rutified. the out.oJk vVe c beanick ln"a "drffi tHl W tinT' ffih,BX,..UBr
' wind blow 1 - HJir'- . I netore going to the Bellevue plant it lues. Chinese curios, silverware jew-
01 the lltlllc ink' 1 tney StOlO a euso nf conilu Mnnitlni- nlrr nml nil iinl.H... ' J
.The flumes REVISION HEARING APRIL 6 !' he Eoncoln Mills nt Broad and, The n.ilntincs. which wevn l,ni.i..,.
within u very ' Spring Ounlen streets. had been cut from their frumes Mrs'
rOOf Col In Used. I r. . T- ..- n... - . ... nil l..l.l l,..ll. ...I m I'll,!- lilnnXUi.,1 il, o..Hl.... ...i..." J. '
j VUuy ui loilld.ivc urail OI tOnSIICU- " .nn i,inrii 1 l.llllirtl - ""'. "." "I1""" tUKt'n irom
ffieftget
t'ubllhcd Dally Ecpt
Copyright.
TOD.'Y'S BASKETBALL SCORES
GRMTNFRESSCH.25 2045 ALUMNI 0 1110
P.ADNOB HIGH ..20 2050 ADINOTON HIOH..' 8 311
CAMDEN HIGH. ..13 18-31 TRENTON HIGH.. . 14 1021
GIRARD COL 23
GIRARD COL.RES. . 37
-PEAitfcU.H LOSS SQUASH RACQUET TITLL'
' BOSTON, M.ivch 0. Charles C. Pcabody, Massachusetts,
clininpion, today won the Nntional nmateur squash racquet title,
defeating1 Stanley W Pearson of Philadelphia, who had field it
for thiec years. The tcore of tho match was 4-10, 11-10, 10-12,
10-11 mil 10 ".
f i
- P- R- R- AND CAMDEN WIN LEAGUE SHOOTS
The Pennsylvania Railroad team defeated the S. S. .Whito
gunners in a league shoot this afternoon by the score of 437
to 421 Thcie were 75 gunners in tho ehoot. In another leatjiw
match the Camden Club defeated the Clearvlew gunners at the
latter field ln Darby, by the score of 421 to 416. Fred Tonilin.
of Glassboio, wns a pel feet gun, breaking the entire 50 targets.
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT RESIGNS AFTER JJL7T :
LONDON. MhicIi 0 The Portuguese cabinet has resigned
nfter the defeat of the government on a vote of confidence in
the Chamber according to a Valencia message transmitted by the
Central News coi respondent at Madrid. The vote followea the
government'e announcement that any public service strikers
who did not ictiun to work within forty-eight hours would b"
sumnmiily dismissed. Antonio Silva, former minister of public
woiks, has formed n new cabinet.
LUDENDORFF EK ROUTE FOR RUSSIA
LONDON, Maich 0. General Ludendorff, erstwhile head of
the Gormnn militniy system, has passed through Tinnlsh ter
ritory on his way to Russia, according to a Helsingfois dio
patch to the Central News, accompanied by a large staff.
MONTGELAS MAY BE GERMAN ENVOY TO MEXICO
BERLIN, March 6. The appointment of Count Adolf
Montgelas, head of the American section of the foreign office,
t ns minister tp Mexico, isV being considered, according to the
.-Tngeblat today. It is .understood, says the .newspaper that
y, IJcxIm has signified his appointment will be acceptable. Count
. blonlgelas has an American wife, formerly Miss Fanny Dlck-
" inson . Hazeltinc, of Grand Baplds, Mich., whom he married
in 1008.
RADICALS FOREIDDEN TO RETURN VOLUNTARILY
WASHINGTON, March G. Proposals made by Chailes
Rccht. co.unsel for some of the Husslan radicals recently rouirlc!
up by the Department of Justice, that he be permitted to trans
port them to Russia, have been disapproved by the Department
of Labor The decision, it was said today officially, was based
on the fact that aliens who depart voluntarily can return to this
country nt any time without hindrance from this government
if they attempt to leturu. Mr. Recht offered to arrange for a
ship "under the chaiter. control or ownership of the de facto
government of Russia."
LODGE URGES U- S- TO FAVOR AWARD TO GREECE
WASHINGTON, March 0. A resolution designed to put the
Senate on iccord ns favoring award to Greece of northern Eplrus
including Cortyzn, the twelve islands of the Aegean and in
definitely Gieck portlou of western coast of Asia Miuor. Mas
introduced to-lay by Senator Lodge.
POLICEMAN FOILS
$35,000 MILL THEFT
Bound to Chair, Bluecoat Es-
capos and Calls Aid Masked
Men Escape
..
RAIDl
NINE BURGLARS IN
Nine masked robbers, bound und
gagged a watchman nnd patrolman who
surprised them nt work in tho Bcllc-iu
Worsted Mills. Sixteenth street nnd
Hunting Turk nvenue nt 0 o'clock lust
i . ------. ,...... ..v w. ii,, ,i uiii iiiwiui
truck the thieves were forced to flee,
believe that the robbers lu'f,1,101,1., nt .the hearing todu.t
f the blterW. planeTr..c 'f n'nl" ?''r ", m"nb?r "f nr,i-
nil otlier mills in the I ' r . "i ,f "V '" r, , nome four tear,
of the citv. lno ago and which the police suy were fount'
i j no no co
under cover of
laid on seternl
northern nart of
nnoruy berore o'clock William A.
Brown, tho wntchmnn. sturtcd on a tour
of Inspection of the plant As he was
nnmit In mil.. Vin kAn..H .M...
masked men sprang from dark cor- 1
icrs nun oruered in m to throw up his i
hands. Two of the men covered him I
tviin revolvers, while, tho other two
.mi. iviuiicfB, huuh mu oiuer i
hound his lmnds and feet with wire.
Tho robbers then cnrrleil rtr.iwi, I
I tect with w re. I
carried Brown into
th" dvo house aud tied him to a chair.
"Make a sound," snld qno of the,
Continued on Vate Hcrtntceu, Cotumn Xto
Bundny. dubnerlptlon Prlc 10 a Tear by Mull.
1020. by Publlo LdW Companr.
RIDERS' COL...
,15
NORRIST'N M. E..
ROBBERY AT HOME
OF MRS. WM. PLATT'f ISCisi
Articles Worth $800 Stolen
From Country Place
at Penllyn
r , A chauco was then given Weinberger
n..n. . ia outline Ills defense. He refused,
SUSPECT IS A R R RT E Dlbut "'ibmttted a petition that the caw
s . n.s nittllT.eil liv the nrnii,n(ln,i uuo nnt
Henry S. Kieffer, Twenty-fifth Btreet
near Allegheny nvenue. this city, has
been held in SlflOO bail for court by
Justice of the Pence Urban, of Ambler. I
"-"- " ' ruuo uruun, oi Amber,
eharced with robbing the country homo
,of, W,-te,A- lM"' city
"''n eVMDS 'n, ,..,.
unbl - a were taken from the I'lutt conn-
ni-ni i-rii pmnr itiiii sran wnrr i nt in
ii. ii'uiL-i a uwiiKu nere.
Kieffer was arrested bv State
1 rooper Burke, who rhused him us far
us titty m-dd Anlley, it is said, ufter the
0Ur('t,,K'r of the Drayton estute
at
Contlnunl on re Heifnlfcn. Culuiim lint
ROB STORE WINDOW
Thieves who broke tho front window
of tho Central Trunk Factory, W)8
Chestnut street, durinir the nUli't U,....
bended bags and small leuthcrwire t,l
Oio value of? 100. .
' nil-
1;
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PRIPffi TWO fllT.NTS XT I -AlS
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m Dcnnnni I Dl (IT
10 EVADEDRAFT
Former Philadelphia Magistrate
Accused of Aiding Slackor
Escape Army Duty
REPORTED IN HAGERSTOWN,
WITH GROVER AND ERWltf
Sanity Plea Revived, One Doc
tor Claiming Defendant Is,
"Not Well Balanced" $
' f
tlu a Staff CorrtapoHitcHt j,
New York, March (5. James F. ft
mlg, a former Philadelphia mngistrutcj;
was Identified toduy as the man who
was ussociuted with Grovcr Cleveland
Bergdoll while the millionaire dcscrlcr
was dodging the uuthoritics.
Colonel Cliurlos C. Crcson, judge n4 ,
vocutc, cuused a sensation nt the court
martini of Bergdoll when, In his pre
limlnnry address he made the" charge
against nomig.
The court-martial began in Corbla
Hall, Governors Island, eastern depart-,
ment headquarters, Thursduy, It ad-1,
journed yesterdny while Judge Hani
made a ruling showing that the court;
murtial had jurisdiction oyer nergdoll'
Stopped at Hagerstotvn .1
The charge against Bomlg camo up la
connection with Colonel Cresson's Btate1
ment thnt he would show by witnesses
that on August 1, 1018. at which time!
Bergdoll was a fugitive from justice, hi
stopped at a Hugerstown (Md.) hotl
and registered uuder the name of Car
son, w
He was accompanied by a man who
registered as Mr. Wutt. This man.
Colonel Cresson said, would be identified
by witnesses us .Air. Bomig. $
He said he would also try to hnvo
witnesses Identify two other persons
who were with the Bergdoll party in
Hngerstown.
The identification of Bomlg by feder'al
witnesses wns due entirely to accidenfi
The former magistrate, u friend of
the Bergdoll family for many years, nc-,
companies Mrs. Bergdoll to the island
this morning.
A resident or Hugerstown at the i.,i
mun who registered under the name oi! ' is
parson, surprised the prosecution when
ne ldeuuticu itomlc us the mun who hail
feglatjcrod ut tha. Hugerstown hotel &
under the name of Watt. if i - g
Another man at Hucerstown with.,
Bomlg and Bergdoll. is believed, to hav ffl
been Erwln Bergdoll, Grover's brother "4
No anuounceme nt"of this, wus made !a(" (&
the onen"eourt-martlnirbUtiTmeibr'T',?s
of tho court is quoted ns saying' thts if
Erwln had been there. aOsL-'i , ' Pa
It wns considered significant tJMt
shortly after Colonel Cresson made rhis
charge Mrs. Bergdoll and Bomlg left
Governor's islund. They did not return
this afternoon.
Not My .Money, Sim Says '
On leuving, Mrs. Bergdoll said:
"I don't like the lawyers, but it't
Grover's money that is being spent for
them, und I havo nothing to do with it'
Colonel Sumuel E. Jones, one of the
court-martial board, was taken to the
'hospital tins ufternoon for un operation,
i Colonel Jpnes sut this n orning with
the board, but was taken ill nt noon.
', Opposing Counsel Clash
, The nfternoou sesxlon wns replete
with terbul tiffs between Colonel
I Cresson, Hurry Weinberger, Bergdoll'a
civilian counsel, anu laptaiu llrure U.
Campbell, Bergdoll's military adviser.
Objection after objection was raised ,
by Weinberger on matters that already
had been di iised by Judge Hnud yes
terday or previously had been acted
upon by the court-martial. I.i particu
lar, he offered objections to documents
submitted as etidecce wh'.eli hud been
rubber-stumped iusieud of being signed
by Adiituut Geuerul Beary, of Tenn
s)lvanla. The court-martial was adjourned
temporarily while it ucted on this object
(Ion. Wcinoerger lo-t. Set era! otner ,
times when he ob.'ertcd. Colonel Al
laire called him to order nnd told him.
to be quiet. !
In the bent ot argument, Colonel
Cresson referred to Weinberger as ''nil
almost lawyer." and as fighting over
questions "no real lawyer would
luise."
Draft Hccords Introduced V
Colonel Cresion introduced draft rec
ords from AVushington showing Bergdoll
had been iuducted in the service, and
cnerul
records.
1 call
Over-
brook druft bourd. where Bercdoll
'registered; George Cray, registrar1,'
1 Mario (ilbliM uml other clerks.
He said tliut goterumeut ugents and
putrolmen who participated in Berg
doll's rupture would also be culled to
show that Groter willfully evaded mili
tary service.
u prima -fnele one, und that Bergdoll
should not be held for trial. :lc usked
tiiat Bergdoll he dismissed.
The cotirt-murtiul udjourucd for
three minutes nnd then reconvened.
AVeinberger was Informed that the
niuritt-r wuiiiti jutvr ill IHHIII1 TrtUI.
AVitli the Insnnlt.v plea thrown over
boanl as the result of the army board
Continued an 1'ure Hetrmeva. Calumn Fin
HELD IN BERGDOLL CASE
Two Former Durna Operatives Aro
Charged With Conspiracy
Herman Davis and Edward Dyer",
former operatives of the Burus detec
tive ugeuc), ennrged with conspiracy
to impede justice, were brought before
T'nlted Stutt;s Commissioner Long to
day und held for u further hearing.
The men ttcro arrested following an
Investigation u connection with tha
case of Grovcr Bergdoll, the draft dod
ger Davis und Dyer, It Is suld, got is
touch with the Misses Margaret und'1
Gertrude Buunc, of Ovorbrook, and caJ
denvored to get them to offer testimony
favorablo to Bergdoll. ' "
A coutinuBuco of the rase wait
granted nt the request of Asslstunt Dls-
trict Attorney T. Henry AValnut? Da vU
was under 50Wi ball, but nt thj r.
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