pww5ipw,ypp!,rj,:.T wiwflpy v ,winr i . ir jW-ff ) ' Mws?-m V."- ? Wt ' 1 .1 ... 1". JfRWj I,- &&, tV wdMMI MMWqiMiilil' inmniili HNH uimMtf.& in i rnnv ,i .i irj,waJJLr'rt tiisji v lVaS.HB"n "." '". m .Him- POSTSCRIPT In? o snow will comer touayf ralr anil i rolilcr tomorrow. Tr.MrKllATlTlKATKAClt 1I0UH ? rsl iHlirlil 112 l l a ;t 4 I 5 ,f.i r n4 m inn mo N7 y.Vj -Wfl VOL. VI. NO. 155 Entered as Second-Class Mttr at Ins roitefflce, at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act of March 8. 1870, PHILADELPHIA', SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1920 Published Dally Except Sunday, fluhserlptlon Prleo $0 a Year by Mail. Copyright, 1020. by Public LedVer Company. PRICE TWO CENTS, GOVERNMENT OVERTHROWN BY ARMY REVOLT ' i - ' WW' " German Administration Seized by Monarchists; Baltic Troops Now Occupy Wilhetmstrasse' ?, '' ' w x ij iithiir iinrifr !- BERLIN IE GEN. WOOD'S BOOWi FACES BIG IESI IN EARLY PRIMARIES tell the popular Result in Minnesota and Da- katos Within Few Days Will Befiignificant JOHNSON AND LOWDEN ftIS TWO OPPONENTS Even Break Would Mean Fur ther Waiting to Discern Trend of People's Choice m ri.lNTON W. OIU1EHT l,ff Correspondent of the Eienlne Pnbllo iu;rr r..i.tnvinn. Mnrch 13. The prl- urift to he .held durinfe the next two -..I,., in AiinnpRntn nuu nuim "' ifouth DaKota will begirt to ,tOfy ot HOW mucn rum UKngtn upncrui nuuu ..u-. lfWoofl should carry uotli &oiun ua- lota and Mlnneiota he would gain treat strength by this demonstration of hi, popular strength. If he should win oeltber. South Dakota going to liowilen tod Minnesota to Johnson, his prestige nould be greatly -damaged. If the result should be mixed. I.owden winning in South Ifctkota and Miune sota being split between 'Wood and Johnwn, een though Wood should get th greater number of delegates, its mftnlng would be slight. The race would eo on as it has .been going and the politicians would wait for the Mlchi- ii n prlmnries eari.v in ivpru im u tir Indication of Wood's real popular trcngth. .A mixed result in these three states ii what Washington expects. John !wn is (ertain to hare North Dakota, inlerc there is no contest. J.ownen is Upposed to have sllghtlrthe best of it in South Dakota. Wood is supposed to Lil In Minnpsoto. thouch it Is con- reded that Johnson will get some dclc Kitta there. Any other result than this Mil indicate strengtn or weaKnca ior aay of the candidates who exceeds or Ms below these expectations. In M nnesota "Washington iinnor- lnd that there is n factional ontestJ lo-theuepiibllcan party. Wood lias the support of the faction that is at pres et uppermost, but there is a vigorous fjcllon which is against him. And mistakes mnde by Wood's friends are ihouzht horo to hove thrown somo Woubt upon a state which has nil along wn supposed to be sure tor tne gen eral. Tho elio.ee of delegates is made hr districts, and Johnson is likely to arry n rouple of districts. In South Dakota, on the other hand. I-owden tins the best organisation and it has bppn expected up till recently that he would easily carry the state. Recently, according to reports reaching nasnlneton, Wood lias shown increas ing Ftronsth. He will campaign South riakota noxt wppk nnil Ills mnnmrprs iope that he will1 win much support. uir anu-iniiunrism issiip anu uie pp- ")'iuon in universal military training B Continued on rnse Four, Column Ono LECTRIC SWITCHES SWITCH aytlme Likened to Night as Rain Pours In City I.OVr.hnncincr plnnrls whirli smllf n lizlius rain plunged thq city in a sort i prpmature gloaming at 10 o'clock Ms morning. a nenvy strain was placed on electric Oner, fit ltirlltu H'Affl uii.lf1inrl An Ir. pees, factories., shops and even tlis- " 1U(I0WS, About one inch of rnln had fallen. imi the weatherman says the precipitin wn will continue until lute Uiis after- . I IIP BOlltl Winrl H Hh ft nir n.,,1 Cale from the northwest Is expected to m wind has now attained a velocity i ,.,"" nines, uud will he thirty ules by ppn nc ' Hie femperutuie. which was J54 this wn!nR j, Kiadually falling. It will .ii cipgrees uy tomorrow morning, 'weatherman predicts. IreoailtlollH nrn holm, lnlnr, l,v r,m nfw uloiip. the Schuylkill on account I II1P railid rllkP nf Hin ctrn. At maiiv ninntsi niniku ,i- i,I,i. . novnl finin fowpr floors for snfpt. Thn Zu2Jmr,Z". t,,vo normal loint. ' K"",lU aH U,e .,' ."', 'Wr water inillk Is due to the Jit :.,,l.,.,!?t tw". (,n' wl,1,,l brought rt quantities f j,.e nn(, W10w Into ie Ktream, he jnoiiTAon i i ii i nr'iMnis aY ' newsprint paper I I'll MVPII l,t U.H... l-.l i . , ., ' """i-iuiiKicii irans- peilation comlitloim in Now Kng- '". nun pii in H Ti.., p. . ..:".""' 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Wp urn hope i i un impiovt.mPnt In n. u. i " at an early date. i"thbS1,ili7,0,,offnb-r-IdlHi.i " , ' Kkkino Pi.ni.io iboso' f .; ,'" utely owutipi; r icstoio tegretfully WINSTON 'JUDGMENT ON FINES COST CITY $38,000, SAYS M'CAIN In Fact, He Points Out, Total Bill for Snow Removal Actually Puts "$120,000 Velvet in Jeans of Contractors" PAID TO DO PART OF THIS WORK, BUT FAIL; ASH AND RUBBISH TEAMS USED AT EXTRA PAY By GEORGE NOX McCAIN Dlrecfor Winston,' of tho Department hum, and 1 disclaim any disposition to of rublic Works, Is out with an official misinterpret the director's motives, but statement. He asserts that I have, in the KvnwiNo I'um.iu I.Enann, mis stated facts concerning his action in reducing tho lines of street cleaning contractors from approximately $38,000 to .fM.OOO. Incidentally Director Winston should bo Invited to Issue another official state ment explaining why ho permitted Ills employes of the Highway Department to rcmovo snoiy from the Spring Garden street and oilier bridges during tho last storm? Tlio' street cleaning contractors are paid to do 'this. It is a part of their contract worli. Director Winston's do. partment men are paid by tho city. When tlicy do work for tlio contractors they put roin In tho jeans of tho con tractors which they have not camel. Former Chief Hepburn, of the Bureau of Street Cleaning, recommended that fines for the month of February be im posed on derelict contractors in excess of $38,000. These were for fnlluro to keep clear of snow nil crossings, fire hydrants, inlets, pathways to cars, foot ways on highway bridges, etc. At a session in his ofDce, from which all newspaper men were exclude., al though attorneys for tho contractors were permitted to ho present and de nounce his subordinates and tho con duct of his own office, Director Winston, after consulting with the contractors, reduced the penalties to about one-half of the amount recommended by Chief Hepburn. I Ifold no brief for former Chief Hcp- thcro arc certain errors in his public statement, which should be corrected. Ho says: "It was purely n case of judgment on the part of tho director as to what pen alty should bo assessed for delay in doing this work." Perfectly true. It was the exercise of his judgment in cutting fines that arous ed comment, particularly, as thosHrec tor for years had' been the outspoken and uncompromising foe of careless con tractors. , The exact language as to penalties for failure to rcmovo snow and Ice is taken trom tho contractors specification word tor word : Failure to remove snow and ice from crossings, one (1) dollar per crossing ; failure to remove snow and Ice In front of Inlets, one (1) dollar per inlet; failure to remove snow and ice to drain crossing one (1) dollar per crossing ; failure to remove snow n"? ce In front of fire plugs, five (0) dollars per plug; fnlluro to re move snow and Ice from pathway to cars, one (1) dollar per Intersection; failure to remove snow and ice on footways ami highway bridges, un dcr railroad bridges, within six (0) hours after snow ceases, ten (10) dollars per day. The figures quoted by me in the Evening Public Ledger to which the director specifically refers in his pub- Continued on Pare Sixteen Column. Four RAKE CITY FOR GLUE K BOND THEFT Arrest of Salesman Hinted as $4T4,8CO Safe Robbery Puzzles Police HUNT MASTER CRIMINAL Pollre today are digging into the rob bpry of bonds of the Ocean County Electric Co. from tho company's safes in tho Weightmau Building early yes terday morning. The company puts the face value of the bonds at $41-4,800. Director of Public Safety Cortelyou said today that were the bonds sold at their face value they would bring $118,000. But, while they were reg istcred they had not bceti put on the market, he explained. Salesman's Arrest Expected Edmund S, Fritz, president of tho Ocean County Electric Company, said that info, .nation might lead to the ar rest within twenty-four hours of u stock salesman. Up pxnressp.l the opinion that while .the safes of tho Ocean County company ond the Hydro Nlrctric nuance i or porntion may have been blown by Ex pert crocksmen, n man familiar with stocks engineered the job. "It is too much of a coincidence that the safes of the Ocean County company and the Hjdro Electric company, con taining thp sumo kind of securities, were robbed at tho samo time, Jlr. Frit, said. , , . ... . "Willie bonds could not readily be sold, a good salesman might have beeu able to offer them ns security for n loan to a trusting clientele." The police have arrested five men who arc known as professional thieves with criminal l cords. While nothing has been unearthed to connect these men with the robbery, they probably will be held pending an Investigation of their actions at the time the thefts are .imposed to have occurred. . A list of the hocurlties stolen was do livered to the police at 0 o clock last ui,t The robbprles ure supposed to have- ..ccurred between 1 and -J. o ciocit yes terday morning, sixteen hours prevl ous. 1.1st of Stolen Securities The list of securities stolen, which lias been sent bi'oadcest in tho country, follows : , , ., Ocean County Co.'s $.r00 bonds os. :i, :..-.. :m, r.-j, n:i nnd i:to tp 400 in clusive. , .T m, One thousand dollar Innds Jsos. 4(11 to 500 inclusive, Nos. T.74 to 700 in clusive, and Nos. 541. 542 and 54(1. Ocean County Co. stock eci til rates, par value &r., No. 3JII. 100 tj hares: No, 103. 100 hhnres : No. 10L', 100 shares; No, 101, 100 shores; No. 174, 100 shares; No. 1)1. two shores; No. 43. four shares nnd No, 44. four shares. The fact that this list was not deliv ired to tho police until sixteen hours after the robbery occurred is regarded in police circles mm undue negligence upon the part of tho companies robbed, which may greatly hamper the work of appieiiending tho thieves. Tlireo men were involved iu the actual robbery. , Heuich Is being directed particularly r.. fonrlli mnn. who did not nrcom- puny the robbers when they trucked the SLEEPER WOUND ED IN BURGLAR BATTLE Masked Men, After Firing on Roomer, Demand $500 in Attack on Woman THREE ARRESTS ARE MADE Two masked men forced their way into n house at 1225 Annln street, In South Philadelphia, at 1 :30 o'clock this morning, and opened fire with re volvers on Eugene Nalo, twenty -six years old, asleep in bed. Nalo was hit three times, and is in a serious condition at St. Agnes Hospital. Ills four-year-did son, asleep in the bed with tho father, was unscathed by the fusillade of bullets. Mrs. Marie Nolono, who was asleep In a room adjoining, screamed when she heard the shots. Tho gunmen en tered her room and demanded $500, which, they believed, she had hidden. The woman struggled with the two men, and one of them struck her over the head with a blackjack. They then tore tho clothing from the bed, ran sacked tho room, and, failing to find the money, escaped according to the police. Three nrrpsta Iibvp l.ppn mndn. Mnt. Josephine Nalo, who, with a two-year-old child, had been forced to leave the house u week ago by her husband, was arrested. Mrs. Nalone was also ar rested, ns was Tony Hosi, thirty-four yenrs old, a neighbor. Neighbors heard the shots and, en tering the hoiise just as the robbers, who had entered by a parlor window, left, they found Nalo In a critical con dition, while his son lay sobbing by his side. Mrs. Nalone lay unconscious in the rear room of the second floor. Both were taken to St. Agnes's Hos pital; where Mrs. Nalone was arrested after her Injury had been dressed. According to police of tho Fifteenth itreet and Snyder nvenue station, Mr. and Mrs, Naio and their two children had boarded with Mrs. Nalone. There was a quarrel between tho mail and his wife a week ago, police sayj and he. drovo her out of the b,ouse. She carried her baby with her. inco then she had been living qn Mole street uear Wharton. EDWARDS NOT ON BALLOTS Presidential Aspirant Fights Shy of the Primaries Trenton, March 13. Governor Ed wards, who has announced that he would curry the New Jersey fight against pro hibition to the Democratic liationonnon ventlon, will uot allow his name to be used In tho presidential preferential pri maries In the various states, according to a letter which he has sent to Ira Ii, Saw In, of Indianapolis. Mr. Sowin had Informed the governor that his name was placed on the Demo cratic presidential primary ballots In Indiana. After saying how grateful ho was for having his name placed on the ballots, Governor Edwards, Iu his letter to Mr. Hawin said : "It is my opinion that the national convention should be made up of un. ledged Democrats, wno win De left free nil to choose as their standard-bearer that mnn who most fittingly rcnrescnU thn continue oi, rio Two,' column your' principles for whch tho party Btauds," s GENERAL. vON I.UETTWITZ Named commander-in-chief of tho military forces by tho new mon archist regime at Berlin A. C. HARRISON, JR., NAMED Big Game Hunter Is Corespondent In Davles Divorce Case Alfred C. Harrison, Ir., well-known in this city, who gained considerable prominence as a big game hunter, has been named as corespondent in a di vorce suit by Laverue Davles, a former lieutenant in thoUnitcd Statesranny, ogninst Mrs. Ruby M. Davics. The marital affairs ofyMr. and Mrs Davies have been the subject of court proceedings for somo time. Mrs. Davles first sued her husband for separation. In a suit filed yesterday in tho Supreme Court of New York' he denied allegations made by his wife. Some time ago Mr. Davies brought suit against Mr. Harrison for alienating jirs. uavles affections. Mr. Harrison did not defend tho action, and Mr. Da vles received n verdict for $50,000 It was testified at the time that Mr. Har- at $70B000 MrS" DaVlCS Jewclry vu,uod For the last year Mr. Harrison, with us wife, had been living on his sugar Vi?ntaftm nt Ensenada de Mora, Cuba. His wife was Miss Mario M. Gibson, ot Lexington, Ky. Tho Harrisons were married about fifteen years ago. Tbcy went to Cuba, ?.u., s!n?Jhc have been rarely seen in Philadelphia. Mrs. Harrison is twen ty years younger than her husband. .A 5r ffT.Mr-, Harrison, who is Miss Mildred Harrison, married Count harl vpn Holstcin, a Bavarian, who vas killed in the war. PATROLMAN ARRESTED In Is Charged With Implication Waterfront Robbery Charged with Implication in a rob bery along the Delaware water front. illlo'n Boyd, a patrolman of the Third and DeLancey. streets station, has been suspended, nnd is being held for a fur ther bearing before Magistrate O'Brien Announcement of his suspension was made last night by William B. Mills, acting superintendent of police. He said Boyd was Implicated in the theft of sugar from nn autotruck ou South Water street. Tho suspension followed a statement by Lawrenco Doebeck, employed by Matthew J. Ryan, an oyster dealei at Front and Dock streets. Tho charges have been placed in the hands of the Civil Service Commission. NEW ARTICLE X FAILS TO CLARIFY TREATYSITUATION Washington Speculating as to President's Action on Revised Lodge Reservation "SET OF WEASEL WORDS," SENATOR BRANDEGEE SAYS "Republican Capitulation," Way Irreconcilables Describe Propo sition Submitted Yesterday Washington, March 18. Introduction In the Senate of a modified reservation to Article X of the League of Nations covenant caused speculation today as to whether President Wilson would inform Democratic leaders of his attitude toward the new qualification. In the past he has usually taken steps to let his party know whether pending reserva tions to tho treaty were acceptable to him. The modified reservation did not serve to clarify the befuddled situation. In stead it caused postponement of the expected vote ou Article X which prob ably will not como until Monday or Tuesday. Irreconcilable opponents of the treaty condemned tho qualification as a Re publican "capitulation" to the White House, while the mild reservotionists of the party followed, the leadership of Senator Lodge, who introduced It. Democrats genernly had nothing to say about It except Senator Hitchcock, who I Tlften..a rlnfAiflnna tfnm tin T7nrA,li1t tvdjj.vv ubiii.,ivua .v... i.,u i.i:iuuu- can ranks because of the changes in the reservation, tho Republican leaders said they could hold-thirty votes for it, leav ing thirty-four votes for the Democrats to deliver if the treaty is to be ratified with the substitute attached. Efforts to amend the substitute probably will be made, in which case all existing lineups may be overturned, Lodge's Proposal TheLodeecamRiomAsfc-f allows t "The United States assumes no obli gation tp preserve the territorial In tegrity or political independence of nny other country by employment of its military or naval forces, its resources or any form of economic discrimination, or to interfere in controversies between nations whether members of the league pr not under the provlslqns of Article X or to employ tho, military or naval forces of the United States under any article ,of the treaty for any purpose unless in any particular case the Con gress, which under the constitution has the sole power to declare war or author ize the employment of the military or naval forces of the. United States, shall, In the exercise of frill liberty of action, by act or joint resolution bo provide." Senator Frcllnghuysen, a supporter of tho original louge reservations, said he against ratincatlon would vote compromise adopted. posed n reservation that was a flat If the He pro Kospoth Had Prophetic Vision of Berlin Revolt "Prussia, truo to her unregeiier ated nature," declared B. F. Kos poth, special correspondent of the Bvenino Pudmo Lkdoer, writing from Gcnovn, flwltzetland, several weeks ago, "Is even now rapidly re verting to kniserism and all the menacing possibilities of oppression and aggression It represent." Prophetic In its forecast: of events, reported today from Berlin, Mr. Kospoth's rovlow of tho situation has peculiar Interest. He quoted a remark made, not by n Prussian Junker but by n Spartaclst und formes personal friend of Dr. Karl Liebfineeht, that "at least 80 per cent of tho German people today are at heart monarchists and favor the restoration, of kaiserism." Ho added: "The general cry in Berlin h 'Oh, if we only had a kaiser again!' " explaining that the Junkers, tho farmers und the great body of officials were, as nlways, staunch monarchists, and that oven tho professional and business classes who for a time had shown sympathy for tho new German republic, were once more sighing for the good old days under the Hobensollerns op tin repudiation of nny obligation. He quoted the opinion of nn international lawyer on the compromise as being that "it is artfully drawn and leaves the Im plication that the United States assumes a moral obligation." Mr. Frellnghuy sen declared benators were "playing with fire" ond that he could not accept the pretexts urged by Republicans for sup porting It. He said he did not consider the possible effect In the coming cam paign, adding, "it will not place my party above my duty." Continuing the fight of the irrecon cilables, Senator Knox said the new draft undoubtedly would leave upon the United States a moral obligation to other leaguo menjbers. while Senator Brondegce declared the Senate was making a "pitiable exhibition" of Itself. "A Set of Weasel Words" ' "What must the country think," asked Senator Brandegee, "of our at tempt to frame up a set of weasel words that may slip through the Senate for the purpose of meaning one thing to one bpt of senators, another thing to an other set of senators, a third thing tc tht President nnd maybe u fourth thing to our partners in tho league? "In heaven's name, haven't wo cour age here to stand up and net one way or another on this treaty?" Senator Wudsworth, another of the Republicans threatening to vote against ratification if the compromise Is adopted, undertook to compel sponsors for the compromise to justify its presentation. He demanded to know of Mr. Lenroot and Senator McKellar tho reason for the compromise, If thero was no sub stantial modification of the Lodgo reser vation. Mr. McKellar said ho thought there was u "little change In u modified sort of way, but I wiy even that with reservations." Ho said he would not vote to ratify even with the compro mise. Senator Reed began a long attack on the reservation. lie had not completed his address tonight and will resumo to morrow. Telegrams sent to Democratic senators by tho Louisville Courier Jpurnal urging ratification with the Lodge reservations drew vigorous criti cism by Mr. Reed nnd Senator Thomas. When Senator Smith quoted recent ex pressions by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal favorable to ratifi cation with tho Lodgo program, Mr. Heed paid his respects to editors gen eially. The opening debate on the Lodgo compromise gave every indication of de. veloplng bitterness. Tho prospect Is for a vote somo time next week. Manayunk Pastor Gets Call The Rev. George M. Makcly, pastor of the First Presbyteriun Church of Manayunk, has been called to Delhi, N. Y. Doctor Makely would not say last night whether he will go to Delhi. Doctor Mnkely hus been pastor of tho church at Manayunk for nine vears, having succeeded tho Rev. Hugh B. McCrorae, who is now nt the Wakefield Church, Germantown, Paroled Prisoner to Give Blood to Save Wife 's Life Judge Releases Husband He Sentenced to Jail So That He Might Aid Woman Who Has Suffered Through His Wrong-Doing Paroled from the Norrlstown jail in order that he might givo his blood in the hope of saving the life of his wife, James Coppolo is watching today at bis wife's bedside in the Germantown Hos pital, where she is critically ill. Physicians say that the woman's ill ness was brought about by the lack of proper food and nourishment due to the husband being '.a jail and unable to provide for his wife nnd baby. The woman, airs, joscpuinc Coppolo, of 301 East Haines street, German town, was taken to the hospital five days ago, her lifo despaired of. She is suffering from anemia. Word of her condition and the fact that only a blood transfusion nione could save her life reached tho Norrlstown jail, where her husband was serving a year's imprison ment on the charge of being implicated in a robbery five months ago In Mont gomery county. He appealed to the court for liberty to repay the debt he owed bis wife. Judge Miller, who sentenced the young man four months ngo, became interested in the case and released the prisoner. Coppolo waiKea irom tno Jail yester day after assuring tho Judge that hewill bo held by the doctors today, would go to bis wife's bedside and give his blood to save her life. In releasing Coppolo Judge Miller said: "It is hoped to save the life of his wife, who Is critically HI. by lcr formiug the operation of transfusion of blood from her husband. We also have knowledge that otherwise she has been the greatest sufferer from his wrong doing." Mrs. Coppolo Is a pretty little Italion woman of twenty-one years. About a week ago she called at the office of Dr. Louis Welnstock, 130 Last Price street, for treatment. The physician noted her precarious condition nnd called the next day nt her home. It was then decided that Mrs. Coppolo bo sent to tho hospital. There surgeons declared that only a blood transfusion could save her life. She was placed In a ward and last night she wns gladdened by the appear ance of her husband, just released, after four months' confinement. Coppolo re mained all night at his wife's bedside, cheering; her wakeful moments and pray ing for her recovery. A conference us to tno timo lor tne mood transfusion 1 WI THREE FOUND DEAD AFTER SHOOTING AFFRAY Two ncgrcca nnd a negvess were found dead in a room on the third story of an apartment house on "Winter street, west of Twenty-first, following a shooting affray at 10.45 o'clock this morning. A patrolman of the Fifte'enth and Vine streets station rushed into the house following the shooting, and discovered all three dead on the floor a quarrel over the woman identified by the police. It is believed the shooting followed None of the victims has been "BERLIN REVOLUTION INEVITABLE." SAYS WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, March 13. Press dispatches brought to -offlcjal Washington lta first news of the overthrow of the Ger man government by the military. "Such a revolution was in evitable," was the comment of White House officials but of ficcis sit the State Department would make no statement, prefer ing to wait for official advlcce and additional details. CITY WILL LOSE HOURJDFDAYUGHT Solioitor Smyth Declares Sav ing Ordinance Passed by Coun cil Invalid Urge Repeal PLAN NATIONAL CAMPAIGN City Council cannot pass a daylight saving law to bind tho business houses and indlvldunlB of the city. It can. however, put the clock for ward or back or do anything else with it the councilmen may choose for city employes. This is tho opinion of City Solicitor Smvth, handed to Mayor Moore today. Thoughthe complete text of the opinion could not be learned, it be came known that Mr. Smyth upholds the application of tho state law of 1SS7, establishing standard time for Pennsylvania. Tho city solicitor finds, however, that Council can legislatae in matters of time for the city servants. This brings about a peculiar situa tion. The old Councils passed a "daylight-saving law" before the new Coun cil came into existence. This being so the ordinance must be rescinded or employes of tho city will have to get up an hour earlier than others every day. Mayor Moore is getting opinions from his advisers on tho matter. It is ex pected that ho will havo a repealer offered lit the next session of City Coun cil. The Chestnut Street Association offers b plan to begin nnd end work nn hour earlier as a substitute for daylight saving by legal enactment. Ell wood B. Chapman, president of tho association, has asked the support of newspapers and business houses for tho plan. Tho National Chamber of Commerce also has been nsked to co operate, so as to make the project na tional. "I would like to Huggest," said Mr. Chapman, "that the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce endeavor at once to secure the co-operation of other bodies throughout tho country and of the National Chamber of Commerce ns well, with tho idea of devising ii plan by which all merchants, manufacturers and other places of business would agreo uniformly to open and close thcr establishments ono hour earlier. "The railroads, street cars and other public servlco eompaules would soon accommodate their bchedulcs to these hours. t LANCASTER HAS 53,150 Growth Slnco 1910 12.5 Per Cent, Census Shows Washington, March 13, (Bv A. P Population statistics for 1020, issued today by the census bureau, Included : ,InBtcr,,o?a" 53'150' nn Increase of 5023 or 12.R per cent over 1010. .15novi,l0 TfnlJ" 77,818, an increase of -11,472 or 111.1 per cent. .A SI KEPT N A K NAVAL POLICIES Because of His Ignorance Allies' Negotiated Directly With Washington TEAMWORK WAS IMPAIRED By the Associated Press WaMiIngton, March 13. Document ary evidence in support of his charge that the Navy Department failed to keep him informed ns to its policies and plans wns presented today by Rear Admiral Sims to the Senate investigat ing committee. "Delay and confusion" resulted from the department's failure to notify him hf important dispositions ond move ments of naval forces within the area of his command as well as elsewhere, he said, adding that the result also was to create In the minds of officials an Impression that ho was not bupportcd by and in the confidence of his gov ernment Because of his ignorance of the de partment's plans, tlio admiral continued, the allied ndmtrnltics carried ou di rect negotiations with the Nnvv De partment in Washington. Allied team work was impaired and American In terest suffered as' a result, be said, adding : "Undoubtedly at times such inde pendent negotiations resulted in direct couflct with my recommendations." Kept in Ignorance of Big Events Admiral Sims told the committee the first Intimation he had that he was not iu the full confidence of the department came soon after ho submitted his first reports from London. Ho learned then, by accident, he said, that an agree ment hod been reached by the Navy Department nnd British and French nnvnl officials In Washington eurly in April regarding the disposition of Amer ican naval forces. The terms of this agreement were cabled to Admiml Jolll eoo by the British representative on April 13. 1017, he deolnred. The admiral also charged that, with out notifying him beforehand, the de partment orriingcil with the Flench navul nttache to send ten or more varhts to combat submarines off the French coast; arranged to establish two navul bases in Fruncc; sent naval aviation forces to that country; dlspntched six destroyers from Boston; sent 100 can non to France on naval colliers; started a campaign In 'the newspapers for a North sea mine barroge j dispatched the fifth destroyer squadrqn from St. Johns to Queenstown nnd bent four additional (lestro)ers from New York to join his forces. Some of the vessels, he said, arrived overseas before he knew of their allo cution to his command. In most cases he said, he received belated Informa tlon from French and British sources, but seldom In time to make proper ad- Cnt.lnad pn pe BUI rMumn HU N AS. PLOT SUCCEEDS Reactionary Win3 Control of Germany by Mili tary Coup VON LUETTWITZ CHOSEN HEAD OF ARMED FORCES National Assembly Dissolved ?.3 Overturn of Ebert Regime Is Proclaimed SOCIALISTS BEGIN .STRIKE Rising by Doeberitz Garrison. No Acts of Violence Reported By the Associated Prs Paris, March 13.A procla mation issued in Berlin day declares that the govemmont of the empire has ccsuseri to exist and that the power of the state has passed into the hands of General Director vn Kapp, who becomes chnncellor and has appointed General von Luettwitz commander-in-chief of the -military forces, Berlin dispatches state. The proclamation declares the national assembly dis solved. It is announced that a new government is being: formed. The Socialist pnrties have declared a general strike, the dispatches add. The issuance of the procla mation followed the occupation of the Wilhelmstrasse, where the government buildings arc situated, by troops who had re turned from the Baltic and had been in barracks at Doeberitz in the suburbs. The troops en tered Berlin this morning, it is stated. A London1 dispatch quotes a Reuter message from Berlin confirming the overthrow of the German Government, but de claring that no violence was re ported. The Reuter advices say that the troops from Doeberitz, in their advance on Berlin, reached the Tiergarterr railway station as early as 5 o'clock this morning. The troops in cluded the Erhard and Low enfeld naval brigades. The.' proclamation of the new gov ernment was issued at, 10 o'clock. The following dispatch from Ber lin, received today, was sent prior to the overthrow of the Ebert govern ment: Berlin, March 13. (By A. P.) General Von Luettwitz, commander of the first Reichswehr brigade, has been summarily removed from hin post by Gustavo Nosko, minister oC defense, and units of military or pnnizntions in Berlin are held in their barracks ready for instant ac tion as the result of an alleged dis covery of a reactionary plot hero today. Ofllcial bulletins declare thej "plotters" had planned to move on Berlin, and with the aid of thd Doeberitz garrison overthrow thoj government. Among those said tof be involved are Captain Pubst ami Dr. Von Knpp, pun-German propa gandist. Both were formerly identU fled with the brigade commanded by General Von Luettwitz, and wero) prominent in tho fighting here dutv. ing tho enrly revolutionary period. Troops recently returned from thd Bnltic states are uIho said to havd been implicated in tho alleged cony spiracy. Warned of Monarchist plot Direct inquiry In official quttrterd has failed to elicit any information beyond a statement that the goverrw " vo ,VJfl ra Wl . 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