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VOL. VI. NO. 159
REPORT BERGDOLL METHODISTS FAVOR
Entered as Second-Cltsi Matter at tho Posto'mw. at Philadelphia, Pa.
viiu vo aci 01 Aiarcn , itftv.
ISFOUND GUILTY-
VERDICT WITHHELD
Decision of Court-Martial to-Bo
Announced After Review by
Coneral Bullard
HO LETTER OF ACQUITTAL
SENT TO DRAFT DODGER
to Higher Army Au
thorities and Supremo
Court Forecast
CoTernors Island, N. ., March 18.
trover Uicvciana Jicrgaou, arait
ioiftt, is reported to have been found
pUty of ddsertlon from tho army 'In
Hum of war. .
But the general court-martial which
tried the notorious slacker has withheld
JU verdict In accordance witu military
refutations.
The verdict w.U be announced otticiaiiy
titer the proceedings havo been scrutin-
feed by the army reviewing authorities.
The guilty verdict is pomicu to, it is
did, by tho fact that no notice of
.M.ilttnl tin a been forwarded to Berir-
doll, who is locked up in .Castle Wil
liam
Under tho court' martial regulations
vbea a defendant is acquitted the trial
judge advocate generally sends a letter
to the accused at onco, notifying him
.( that fact.
No Letter of Acquittal Sent
Harry R. Weinberger, chiof counsel
for the wealthy slacker, today asked
Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Gresson
If such a letter bad been sent to Berg
doll. According to Weinberger, the
colonel told him it had not been.
Weinberger later announced ho was
preparing to. 'carry the fight to the
United States Supremo Court on appli
cation for a writ of habeas corpus.
The defense counsel's efforts two
veets ago in the Federal District Court
failed to take Bcrgdoll from military
nitody.
Weinberger also declared be would
prepare an appeal to higher army authorities.
The verdict and possible sentence of
the court-marital must be reviewed by
Lieutenant General Robert H. Bullard.
commander of the Department of the
East, with headquarter!) here.
General Bullard was asked this aft
ernoon Jf failure 'to' send a notice of
acquittal to Bcrgdoll indicated beyoad
doubt that the slacker had been con
victed. v
"It is customary to send such a
notice, but It is not compulsory," the
department head replied. General Bul
lard refused to state what tho verdict
WtJ.
Desertion from the' army in time of
war is a violation of the fiftv-elehth
article of war carrying death us a pos
sible penalty. .
lue court-martial is at liberty to in
flict any term .of imprisonment the
members desire, subject to approval by
ue reviewing authorities.
Bcrgdoll Called In
Both CnlnnM iHrosHnn nnrl Pnntntn
Bruce R. Campbell, military counsel
tor Bcrgdoll, each of, whom has been
attendant und working as cpunsel at
Bore than thirty court-martials, point
to the fact that, thp . hoard ceased Ifs
deliberations for a few minutes to have
Bcrgdoll enter and answer a few ques
tions &8 tn whlth lin rtvni woa nun.
ihed before for military dcrclcctlon as
jure indication of conviction.
"I would not bet one to a million
Jut he is acquitted now," Captain
Campbell said. "I never knew them
to do that to a man they were going
to acquit."
CfllrtTlOI f nftti muHAlif umtlAil
When the hoard ' en& deliberating' he
u ema mm sucu action woh tnKcn
it waa an almost suro.slgn of victory
xor the prosecution.
Bcrgdoll was called In, answered, his
same, stated his correct nge nnd re
plied to a few apparently perfunctory
"juestions regarding his military antecedents.
Tho possibility of a five to ten year
wnteueo assumed the shnpe of a deflnite
or shortly after Bergdoll was
arched back to his cell at Castle Wil
liam about C o'clock.
Another report that would not down
was thnf tfin tt.ii u..j . i i.j
Balanced the moral merits of the case
K, m , V10 K8al technicalities raised
r Weinberger. Captain Campbell nnd
O. Clarence Olbboney, Bergdoll's coun-
lentc crecd on a tw-year
BOB FOLWELL SIGNS
form
to
r Penn Football Tutor
Coach Navv far Onn Vnr
at Apo,l,1' Md" 18. While
FnlTp,0,!s ye8'e"ioy afternoon Bob
ofT.nl'. ate ,coac.h t tho University
th. w?s,lvan ? B,sui a contract with
team f. ,e "uvai Academy rootDail
Uk? rh.,0'10 ?Caur fr0m. ,lat0. "0 Will
wne charge of the spring practice nnd
ami ,t- """ irom
spring practice nnd
the now clusscs
the Jiaii!.' early in the fall to break in
.j vf"u""M irom
CONTINUED BAN ON
SABBATH SPORTS
Laymen's Association, in 33d
Conforenco, to Back Fight to
Continue Old 'Bluo Laws'
DR. MUTCHLER MAKES PLEA
TO MEN TO 'PLAY POLITICS'
Pastors in Session Invited to
Attend Meeting Co-operation
Urged
Methodist Conference
and Laymen in Session
0 a. m. Business, session of con
ference In Wharton Memorial
Church, Fifty-fourth nnd Catharine
streets.
0:30 n. m. Twenty-eighth nn
nual meeting of Methodist Laymen's
Association in St. Matthew's
Church, Fifty-third and Chestnut
streets.
2 p. m. Exccutivo session of con
ference, St. Paul's Presbyterian
Church, Fiftieth and Catharine
streets.
2 p. m, Anniversary of Womnn's
Foreign Missionary Society, confer
ence church. Mrs. J. M. Springer,
topic "Africa," und Mrs. Richard
S. M. Emrich, topic "Tho Moslem
World," chief speakers.
2:30 p. m. Business session of
Laymen's Association, St. Mat
thew's Church.
4 p. m. Pentecostal service, con
ference church. The Rev. Dr.
Charles M. Boswell, leader.
8 p. m. Anniversary of Laymen's
Association in conference church.
John T. Stone, Baltimore, speaker.
Mrs. Margaret McKinley Schmidt
and Mrs. Nettie Moore Chain will
sing.
Methodist laymen are against remov
ing tho amusement ban.
A resolution to this effect was passed
this afternoon at the meeting of the
Laymen's Association of the nnnual
Philadelphia Methodist Conference.
The laymen, meeting in St. Mat
thew's Church, Fifty-third and Chest
nut streets, decided to memorialize the
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, which will be held
later at Des Moines, la., to refrain
from putting amusements up to the
consciences of individuals.
The ministerial conference, which is
meeting nt he Wharton Memorial
Church, Fifty-fourth and Cntharino
streets, is expected to take a similar
action later.
A formal memorial will be drawn up
by tho secretory of the laymen's asso
ciation later. For the present they
adontcd brief resolutions conveylnc the
sense of the conference, as follows :
"llcsolvcd, thnt the Laymen's Asso
ciation memorialize the general confer
ence asking that it do not relax its
vigilance in the matter of umusements,
and refrain from recalling Paragraph
280 on amusements."
The Rev. Dr. T. T. Mutchlcr. of tho
Philadelphia Sabbath Association, asked
ference, and talked against Sunday
sports.
ioise urowns xnm
He was eiven the privllego of the
floor, but had spoken for several min
utes, with cencral conversation soine on
among the delegates, before they real
ized that he was addressing them. Unc
of'tho delegates noticed Doctor Mutch
ler's plight and brought it to the at
tention of tho chair. Order was called
for which Mr. Mutchlcr spoke.
"I'm going to he a politician trom
now until the primaries," he said. "I
wunt you all to go home and get iuto
fiolitics. See to it that men aro nom
nated on every ticket who will be
pledged to maintain the Sabbath laws.
Even if they were passed In 1701, we
want them emorced.
"It is up to the church to. send to
tho fctatc Legislatures men of as high
a type is those who represent the liquor
interests."
Tho laymen elected officers as fol
lows: President, Isaac 0. Yocura, of
Swarthmoro ; vice presidents, Robert B.
Keller, Stroudsburg. for tho north dis
trict; Charles S. Egglcjton, Philadel
phia, for thp south dsitrict; John R.
Suylor, Pottstown, for the control dis
trict; Charles L. Kinsley, Philadel
phia, west district; Dr. Stradling. Gcr
mantown, for tho northwest district.
Other officers elected were : Secretary,
Continued on Fm Two. Column Onu
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This pliotogrnph was talicn In Washington Yesterday as President and
Mrs. Wilson, accompanied by Rear Admiral, Grayson, were enjoying an
auto spin. It is tho first time' that photographers have been allowed to
snap tho President slnco he returned from Ills western speaking trip
"a very slclf man"
FINGERPRINTSCLUE
IN MURDER AT MIL
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Impression of Shoe Also Found
by Investigators in Mysterious
Killing of Watchman
BELIEVED WORK OF ROBBER
cn
RENT EVIL
IS TUSTIN'SPLEA
Director Urges "Great Moral
and Civic Fight" in Letters to
Winston and McClaln
MOVES TO GET REAL ACTION
A smudge of fingerprints on a first
floor window and tho impression of a
broad-toed shoe In tho soft cinders of a
driveway stood out today as possible
clues in tho mysterious murder of u
hosiery mill watchman early yesterday
morning.
Barney Morrison, 1414 North Fifty-
fourth street, the slain watchman, was
found shortly nfter 3 a. m. yesterday
in tho engine room of Miller & Sons
Co.'s hosiery plant, C300 Westmin
ster avenue.
The discovery was made by a plant
protection operative and a patrolman
sent to the mill when Morrison failed
to "ring ud" on a signal box that con
nected with a protection office on Sec
ond street.
, The fingerprints of two hands were
found this morning on the outside of a
ill 't floor window giving access to a
storage room where hundreds of dollars'
worth of fine silk were kept. .
' . -Footprint In Front.oLJWIadauscW
The footprint, a deep impression, was
In front of the window. Nearby was
a small packing box. It was conjec
tured a robber used the box to reach
the window, which is about nine feet
from the ground. In stepping up to the
box, according to tho theory, the rob
ber's weight outlined one shoe in the
cinders.
Another Important development was
the finding of what appears to be two
bullet holes on the sliding door of a
silk bin. Near the bin was the watch
man's rciistrv box. To reach the box
Jt was necessary for Morrison to pass
sideways between a uoor scale ana the
bin with his face turned cither to or
away from the bin.
Clmrlns R. Miller, nresident of the
hosiery company, said this morning he
believed a rohbor enrcrea a ariveway
to the west of the building, obtained a
packing box there nnd then hoisted him
self through the window.
Once inside, Mr. Miller believes, tho
robber may have heard Morrison np
proaching on ills round of tho mill nnd
hurried to a door leading" to the gen
eral office.
May Have Fired from Doorway
When Morrison entered the storeroom
and started over to his registry box,
Mr. Miller said, It is possible the in
truder fired from the doorway, one bul
let plungiug through the watchman's
back and paHsing out tho other side.
To one side of tho bin is a stairway
leading to the engine room. It is be
lieved the mortally wounded watchman
tried to escape from his unseen assailant
and stumbled down the stairs to tho
point where his body wob found.
Ten houis elnpsed yesterday from
the time the body was found until a
large bullet wound was discovered in
his back.
The watchman's keys wcro still in
his pockets when ho was found, and
I nothing had been disturbed in the
mill. Her Killing iltWIIMIII, Ik IB UH-
licved, the robber fled. Morribon did
not carry a revolver, according to his
employer.
th ..' "V"1 'Euea a contract with
wfe. A.thle Association to act
coach of the Naval Aendemv fWhnli
om, date. II
pring prnctic
the fall to br
i the now
Wad it. r. Si u "' rBO ot lne mam
Swlnnin ' wl be given a free hand in
M-pl5. nn.'.' handling the team.
!lihV.:i Li ',riQii "Pressed himself as do-
mad. . "exposition, nnd ho
After the f. iiTi e,u. 'mpression here.
"f the ?LXr btHtty t0 tlao members
football squad U thn ifvmnnliim.
ACCUSED OF SHOPLIFTING
Olrlt, Who Say Their Homo la
Marl, v York' HeW-Horo
N. Who Milth' twenty-threo years
(r.b,V'H , ;? n New York",
urt todavUiid 'A $ ba!l ech for
Centra7! rltaMngnl8trate.uMc:!enry' ln
'Riming. uttttlon tho chargo of
d;PnUtn8rBrWr0.mc?4wero an-estcd by
V3 U jm? ""? they, stole goods
,'h0.- ttJdfi2tjJ?mi!?ni. Biore"' Tb0
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SISTER OF EX-CZAR FOUND
IN BOXCAR, CLAD IN RAGS
American Red Cross Workers Fiiul Grand Duchess Olga
Destitute in Crowd of Refugees
A "great moral and civic protest"
against rent profiteering and wholesale
speculation in houses was suggested to
day by Director of Public Welfare
Tustin.
The director's sutfgeKtions were made
In letters to Frank B. McCIain, fair
price commissioner for Pennsylvania,
and Director of Public Works Winston.
The letter to Director Winston fol
lows in part:
"If you approve will you kindly havo
your proper bureau chief furnish me a
1st of street improvements, sewer ex
tensions, etc.. contemplated during the
next six months so that the matter may
bo referred to the operative builders of
Philadelphia with the hope that they
may at once begin erection of houses
along the line of'city improvements to
meet the present shortage."
.Director Tustin 's communication to
Air. Aicuiain was in part as follows :
"Owing to the near approach of .April
1 nnd Mav 1. the dates linnn irhlrh
many leases cxnirc. the nucstlnn. nt the
housing of a considerable number of our
pcopie is Dfcoming most acute
'
In numerous cases unconscionable
ana speculative landlords have bcon at
tempting to compel the tenants to pur
chase dwellings in which they live, nnd
in default thereof have notrued them to
move. ?
"Many letters have been received by
this department relative to this condi
tion and wo havo conferred with John
Ihlder, of tho Philadelphia Housing As
sociation, who has made a study of the
subject, foi his advice and co
operation. Mr. Ihlder informs t us
that through your energetic and
most timely efforts last fall a
serious condition was averted and
that siLcft that time almost weekly
ypu have been hearing Individual com
plaints und attempting to establish n
proper adjudication between landlord
and tenant. This information from Mr.
Ihlder Is most grntifying and wo sug
gest that, in view of tho approaching
situation, you will call a meeting of the
Bureau of Municipal Research, the
Housing Association, tho Octavia Hill
Association. the Real Estate Board, the
Tenants' Protective Afcsociation nnd
other agencies interested in this work,
so thjit means may bo devised and con
certed action taken to bring about a
C'iiit:i red on Pare live. Column On7
SHIP BURNS AT SEA
Olockaon, Which Sailed From Phila
delphia for Russia, Destroyed
The American Bteamshlp Olockson,
which sailed from this port March '.'. for
Vladivostok with several Philadelphians
in the crew, was destroyed by fire off the
coast of Panama. No lives were lost.
News of the destruction of the ship was
received hre today.
Carrying a cargo of gasoline, the
Olockson. left Balboa Saturday and
caught firo off Mata. A government tug
nnswered the distress call of tho vessel
and towed her back to Balboa, uftcr
taking off the crew. The ship was
scuttled at Balboa. Reports today iu-
m.tcJ that tho crn,t wns Bt, burning.
The OlockBon was 007G gross tons und
was, owned by tho United States ship-
imub Donru. at was operated bv the
Pacific Steamship Co. Tho vessel was
built on the Pacific coast and launched
In September.
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By the Associated Press
Washington, March 18. Grajtd
Duchess Olga, sister of tho late Czar
Nicholas o Rufcsia.'Jius been found by
American Red Cross workers, living In
a box car near Norvorossisk, Houth
Russia, it was aunouueed todiy at tho
hcadquurtcrs of the American Red Cross
here.
The grand duchess, according to tho
announcement, is ono of few surviving
members of tho house of Romanoff.
She was found "tolling among fellow
refugees from the territory recently con
quered by the Bolshevik!, giving such
assistance as she could, althqugh herself
clad ln rags nnd grateful for any food
and clothing she could find."
Found Working In Rags
Tho Rcd Cross announcement fol
lows: "Tho Grand Duchess Olga, sister of
the last czar of Russia and one of the
few surviving members of the house of
Romanoff, has been found by Amerlcau
Red Crdss workers, living In a box car
near Novorosslsk, South Russia. A
report reaching national headquarters
of the Red Cross today stated that this
survivor of the most sumptuous court
i .tte'werUt.-'waB dweovcred toiuns
among fellow refugees from the terri
tory recently conquered by tho Bolbho
viki, giving such assistance as she
could, although herself clad in rags
und grateful for any food nnd clothing
she could 'find.
"Refugees havo been pouring into
Novorosslsk by tho thousands, all re
duced to the mest abject poverty. The
South Russian commission of the
American Red Cross has been curinir
for them to the limit of its resources, 1
and it was in tno imust ot mis worn
that the plight of tho'royul refugee was
discovered.
Formerly Wife of Prince
"Grand Duches Olga formerly was
the wife of Prince Oldenburg, whom she
divorced, later marrying a young army
officer, slnco which time, although .tbo
old Russian law permits her to retain
her title, sho has taken tho name of
her husband nnd has lived quietly at
Rostov as Mine. Koullnkovsky. She
has two children, but tho Red Cross
report does not reveal tho fate ot these
or her husband. Another sister of the
czar. Grand Duchess Xcnla, lives ia
London, while their mother, the dowager
empress, lives In Copenhagen."
Grand Duchess Olga is thirty-eight;
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HOOVER DECLARES
FOR TREATY WITH
RIGID
SAFEGUARDS
Urges Speedy Ratification, but
Wants Freedom of Action
for America
SAYS PRESIDENT SHOULD
ACCEPT RESERVATIONS
Wants "Most Timid" Satisfied
to Absence of
as
Entanglements
By tho Associated Press
New York, March 18. Herbert
Hoover, in a statement Issued from his
office here today, advocates early ratifi
cation of the peace treaty, "so long as
tho final form gives us freedom of ac
tion nnd room for constructive develop
ment of pence," nnd with reservations
which "should satisfy tho most timid
as to entanglements,"
Tho statement was issued, it was ex
plained, in response to a request of
the Washington Star for his views on
the subject.
Mr. Hoover expressed the belief that
the reservations "do not destroy the
possibility of the crcntlon of n potent
organization to mitigate the dangers In
front of us and the alternatives arc a
continuation of our Btntc of war for
another vcar or the unthinkable thing
for us to mnke a separate peace after
we have gone so far as to agree on its
main lines with comrades in arms."
Desnite the feellnc of President Wlt-
ton nnd his associates that the strength
of the league is somewhat undermined
toy the reservations, Mr. Hoover ex
pressed the opinion uiey niso snoum
accept" them.
"Regardless of what any of us may
think" should havo been the provisions
of cither the league or the treaty," he
asserted, "we and the world should not
be kent waiting longer tor a seme-
tnanf '
merit.'
FIVE HORSES DIE IN FIRE
Several Firemen Partially Overcome
In $5000 Stable Blaze
Five horses were burned to death nnd
several firemen partially overcome in an
attempt to save them when flrp de
stroyed n laree stable at 1341-43 North
Fifth street, at 10:30 o'clock last
nleht.
Two boys, whose identity could not
be ascertained, entered the burning
building arid succeeded- in saving two
of seven horses. They gave the. alarm.
The stable' was owned by Jncob
Kienel nnd was rented by Michael
Ttf (m Jl.Alf Ti-a gt thn VtiivrntA Tinra
JuWMiria---r?!jwHfr81rtf.bji1rflamuel Txjcksnawnrand
one was owned by Abe liatnrines, or
1521 North Marshall street.
By the time firemen arrived flames
had burst from tne rooi oi tnc two-story
brick buildfntr. The firemen mnde sev
eral attempts to save the horses, but
were driven bacK by the smouc anu
heat.
Forty chickens were burned in thd
flames, which, fed by large quantities
of hay and straw, leaped uicii above the
surrounding buildings, rive wagons
and a carriage were also burned.
Iu an adloining stable, owned by J.
S. Mitten, fifty-two horses werp strain
ing at their halters. When this stable
Ignited, firemen blindfolded the horses
and led them to safety. The Mitten
stable was saved.
Wiudholtz says the loss will total
more than $5000.
SENATORS HEAR COLBY
Action on Secretary of State Job
Expected Tomorrow
Washington. March 18. (Bv A. P.)
Bninbrldgu Colby made an extensive
statement to tho Senate foreign rela
tions committee today regarding the in
formation on which the committee Is
detaylng artion on his confirmation as
secretary of state.
Those present maintained the silence
which has surrounded all previous hear
OLD LEASES INCUBUS
ON TRACTION SYSTEM
Contracts With Subsidiaries
Re3t Liko Curse Upon Tran
sit Lines, Says McCain
P. R. T. PAYS $7,000,000
IN RENTALS EVERY YEAR
Attempts to Wreck Pyramid
Blocking Progress Have Failed.
Can Bo Done
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By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
PHILADELPHIA was the first large
city In this country to Introduce
horse-drawn street cars, and New York
was the last to abandon them.
Philadelphia first introduced elec
tricity on a large scale for traction pur
poses.
Her electrical engineers und pro
moters devised, built and promoted the
greatest electrical Bystems of the coun
try. Boston nnd Rew York, in tho
North nnd East, and Birmingham, in
flio Hnnth. nml Chlcac'o and San Fran
cisco In- the West, owe 'their traction
Bystems to Philadelphia.
And yet Philadelphia's own system,
from a financial standpoint, is about as
unsatisfactory as it is possible to be.
This is no fault ofr the present manage
ment. It is tho outcome of an incubus
that rests, like nn heredity curse, upon
the entire traction system of the city.
Like Slnbnd's Old Man of the Sea,
It has been impossible up to the
present to shake it off or get rid of it
in any way.
ThiB burden is in the shape of a lot
of long-term leases of old-time street
railways. They arc subsidiary com
panies the so-called underlying obli
gations which arc the canker. worm ut
the very heart of every scheme or plan
for the expansion of the city's traction
system. It is a financial tragedy that
'What's the Matter
With Philadelphia?'
5 EVEN million dollars of trolley
riders' money goes every year
to pay "rent" to subsidiary com
panies! The "hereditary curse.
Colonel McCain calls it,' of the
transit system in this city.
The amazing story of luancuu
pyramiding in the city's transit
affairs is told in the present, ar
ticle. Tomorrow Colonel McCain
will suggest a remedy for condi
tions that Itavc grown intolerable.
Is eternally on the stage, u constant
threat held like a club over the public.
It is not nn operating or engineering
question, it is a financial problem. It
is a dual weight that rests on the cor
poration nnd the public alike. ,Rth
must face these conditions. Here is the
story :
Chartered in 1830
About 1850 special street railway
charters were granted which covered
the principal streets of the city. These
charters were perpetual, but with short
sighted policy restricted the companies
to the use of horses. In 1883 the Legis
lature enacted laws for motive power
companies to lease and operate strcot
railways.
Under these laws three rival motor
power companies gobbled up all the old
horse railway lines. Rivalry led them to
make outrageous agreements to pay ren
tals that were almost unbelievable.
In 1805 the Union Trnction Co. was
organized which combined tiie three
motor power companies and took over
the leases of the earlier railway com
panies. It agreed to pay all of the old
rentals as well as an additional rental
to the- stockholders in the consolidated
companies.
In 1002 unother company, the pres
ent Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.. was
organized, which leased the Uuior
Traction Co., which included the three
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MARCHING ON CAPITAL
Baltic Troops Join Independent
Socialists' Force Number- t
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LUETTWITZ LEAVES CITf
Conttuned on Face Klslitern, Column Four
WALSH. OF MASSACHUSETTS. NOT A rANr-TnA-
WASHINGTON, March 18. Senator Wnlsh, cf Mo3-o
chusetts, said today he was not a candidate for the Dsmcral!
nomination for President. He characterized ns "local en
thusiasm" announcements yesterday by W. J. Buckley, of South
Bridge, Mass., and Major B. P. Shea, of Fitchburjj, that they
were .candidates for district delegates to the nationnl conven
tion pledged to him.
FEWER STRIKES IN FEBRUARY THAN IN JANUARY
HARRISBURG, March 18. Thirty-five strikes occurred
in Fobruary ns contrasted with forty-beveu in January, accord
ing to n suiumiiry of the Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration
Issued today. Tho decline is due to a reductiou of strikes in tho
textile Industry. Since Murch 1 settlements have been af
fected' iu a number of strikes.
Communists Stirring in Sub
urbs National Assembly
Convenes at Stuttgart"'
MEMORIES OF PAST
KEEP BRYAN
ALV
Commoner, Lonely and
turesque, Muses Where
Once He Thundered
P
Pic-
CAPITAL IS INDIFFERENT
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Slun Corrc-tpomlrnt of tlie KTenInc Tubllc
Lrditw
Washington, March 18. Rrjau's
visit to Washington has not caused a
ripple. One senutor, Robert L. Owen.
SENATE NEARS END
OFTROMBATTLE
Two Reservations Offered by
Reed Limiting Functions
of League Fail
FINAL VOTE IS DOUBTFUL
ings. but it was said the nominee would I culled upon the Peerli'ss Onn vpsterdn,
not bo asked to appenr again. Thn coin- Ir Owen h tho niv ,' n.,n,.i.
mttpn meets airnln tnmnprnu. nn.l .nn,B'lr' uwl" ,s ,llc onl HUre-eiinugll
iy"5
MERCURY TO DROP
Freezing Temperaturo Tonight, but
warmer Tomorrow Than Today
Today's seasonably warm, clear
weather will be followed by n tempera
turo of 32 degrees freezing point to
night, the weather man predicts.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon the ther
mometer registered 40, It will be
warmer during- the afternoon.
Tomorrow will be warmer than today,
tho weather man says, and rain is pre
dieted .for tomorrow afternoon or at tho
latest tomorrow night.
"HERRON SAFECRACKER
Assistant Purchasing Agent Not to
Be Transferred, 8aya Chief
James F. nerron, assistant purchas
Ing agentr, will not be transferred to the
Department of Welfare to become as
sistant to Director .Tustin in the place
of Colonel George R, Roth, who bus re
signed. That is the opinion of A. Lincoln
Acker, purchasing agent, nnd Director
TUBtlll.
"Everything Is harmonious between
Mr. nerron and myself," said Mr.
Acker. "I can say there is nothing in
Jae,"rpKr otjthe trMfer." ,
r
-MSfifVik.i
mlttee meets again tomorrow nnd some
members expect that it may take final
action then.
While Chairman Lodge and most of
the other members refused to predict
whut might result from the nominee's
statement, Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, said he considered Mr. Colby's
statement "u complete knockout for the
opposition."
KILLED PLAYING BASEBALL
Victim, 43 Years Old, Didn't See
Approaohlng Automobile ."
Samuel Tomlin, forty-three yeurs old,
207 Mountain street, died ut 1:30
o'clock this morning in the Mount Sinai
Hospital from injuries yesterday after
noon when he wns struck by an auto
mobile. Tomlin was playing ball with u num.
ber of boys nt Delaware avenue and
Morris street and did not observe the
rapid, approach of the cur, which was
driven by Frank Rutter, 17HG South
Water street. Tomlln's Injuries con
sisted of a fractured skull und n broken
leg.
Rutter took him to the hospital nud
wns held by the pollcp of the Moyaiiien
sing avenue and Dickinson street police
station. He was held for the action of
the coroner.
50 DELEGATES UNALIGNED
Twenty-seven Minnesota G. O. P,
Conventions for Wood
St. Paul, Minn., March 18. (lly A.
P.) Returns from eighty-four of the
eighty-six Minnesota Republican county
conventions, held yesterday, showed that
fifty of the conventions elected unin
structed delegatea to the district con
yivntions to be held Friday und to tho
the state convention, which will take
place hero Saturday.
In twentyyseveu counties the dele
gates were instructed for Wood. Low
den was indorsed in five counties and
Johnson received two delegations. The
missing coiiutles are Cook nnd Clear
water, where wire communication wns
interrupted,
Hennepin county (Minneapolis) dew
elded not to Instruct Its delegates, while
Ramsey county (St. Paul) Indorsed
without reservation" follower of Mr.
Bryan lu the Scnute. He is n enndiduto
for tho Democratic nomination. As
such It Is likely tlmt he will have Bry
an's Himport. And Rryan's support a ill
amount to probably a udzeuor so Demo-
erats.
By the ..socl:ited Press
Vu.shirurton. Murch 18. Resuming
eousiderution of pending reservations to
the peace treaty, the Senate soon nfter
meeting today rejected, -18 to 27. u res
' viition presented by Senator Reed,
Democrat. Missouri, which would re
serve to the Tutted States for decision
questions uffecting "its nationnl honor
or Its vital interests."
The Senate then defeated another
lesorvntion by Henntor Reed providing
that the United States would" refuse to
assume any obliirntion to pnmlnv Its
, military or navnl forces, its resources or
any form of economic discrimination
I under nny article of the lcnim.. mro.
iiic iriun is unit -Mr. iirvnn is a ,nt
good newspaper story. lie has a sort I Tlie presence of Willi..,., .I,lnu
prescript ivc right to n pluce on , Unim und his influenco to np.,in C
of
the nr-t puge. There arc such people. , Democrats to accept the best compro
bninrtlmrH they are persistent divorcees, ' miso the cou'd obtain on the reservu-
i AinApllnA. !.. . .. lilt . . f llf.-..-. ll. .. 1 .- IN- t
r.Miuiiim-r. iiu- urn miuiouuii'O.s rr 11
night from WHkes-Burrc. Pu.. some
times, ex-emperors of Sahara. Thev
have the first-puge habit. The inertia
By the Associated Press ,
London, March 18. Rumors are cur
rent In Berlin tiiat Dr. W'olfgang Kupp,
who' was bend of the reactionary gov
ernment set up in Berlin last Saturday,
and who resigned yesterday, has com
mitted suicide, according to a dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Co. from
Amsterdam. '
The reports were received bv tele
phone in Amsterdam from Berlin. The
Amsterdam correspondent nlao was In
formed that President Ebcrt arrived ln
Berlin Inst night.
President Ebcrt has ordered the
Imperial Court at Leipsic to bring
action against the leuders of the revolu
tion, Doctor Kapp, General Von Luett
witz. Gottlieb von .Tngow, Admiral
Trotha and Captain Erhardt, tlie cor
respondent says.
Another Amsterdam dispatch sayti
General von Lucttwitz, who commanded
the troops which supported thp Kapp
regime, has left Berlin with his armed
forces. '
Von Lucttwitz. before his withdrawal
from the head of the military forces ia
Berlin, proposed to Ernest. Duumlg, the
Spartacan Icpdcr, the formutlon of a
soviet republic under nillitury protcc,
tion, according to the Berlin corres
pondent of the Coptnhugen Politlkea.
Paris. March 18. (By A. P.) Ot
ficlnl advices from Berlin today describ
ing conditions there last night said
tho public places of the city were flllei
with crowds in nn ugly humor. Thai
military appeared to be ot a panicky
disposition. Many of the Baltic trooM.
the advices added, had Joined forces
with the Independent Socialists, wk
wore reported to have 12,000 armed "'
men at. their command.. . y r . H
The foreign office reports "'declared
that the Von Lucttwitz party, under
cover of the Spartacan movement. wM'
J endeavoring to form a coalition min
istry, including Independent Socialists.
I According to tills plnn Lieutenant Gen
i ernl Berthold von Deimling. who was
I one of the active commnnders on the
Verdun front, was slated to be chan
cellor. The Spurtucan movement was re
ported continuing in the suburbs of Mer
lin, but the Impression was that its
strength wuu being exaggerated by the
military element, which was using the
menace as u weapon in dealings with
the other parties in nn effort to force
them to permit its co-operation in the
formation of u new ministry.
The Oermuu peace dclegutinn here re
ceived today official confirmation of the
report that General Von Lucttwitz left
Berlin nt the same time that ex
Chancellor Kapp quit the citv. The
direction of affairs, the delegation's ud
vices stated, was in the hnnds of Doctor
Sehlffer. the vice premier in the Bauer
government, this showing that the
regular scovrriimoiit hud again begun to
function in Berlin.
Reports that n soviet government had,v
been proclaimed in Berlin were denied
by the delegution. Culm prevailed
there, its members declared.
Cablenz. March 18. (Bv A. P.)-
Gustav Xoske. minister of defense In
the Ebert cabinet, urrlved in Berlin
bv airplane late yesterday, having made
the trip from Stuttgart. General von
Seecht. chief of staff for tlie constitu
tional government, bus replaced General
von Leuttwitz ns commnnder at Ber
lin, ill-card ins to advices.
The danger from Mo shevlsts seems
to be extreme. The Knpplst troops are
withdrawing friin Benin nnd forcei
commanded by Spurtacuu leadeis are
expected to nttack the city ut any time.
A consolidation of uil parties to fight
bnlshevistu has been formed, only the
Va
of the ncwti cdltorgives them dis-
piny. iney no something. ,
"Oh," exclaims the editor, or the
correspondent "So and So again, he's
always a good storj, we'll put him on
the front page."
Tlie tendency of things to run in
regular chnnnels keeps Hrvun disnlaved.
If it were not fo,r thnt he would 'stop
making speeches and huve time to ful
fill his lifelong ambition to enjoy his
family. There Is white paper, costlj
as It Is. It must be tilled: Mr. Brian's
family bus to wait. Besides, there is
Mr. Bryan, tulklug ugaiii. IK- must
have his place on the front puge. It
is a vicious circle. Mr. Bryan con't
stop. None of us can stop. Meanwhilo
the family suffers.
Press, Is Faithful to Bryan
Tho Democratic party can stop. It
has stopped, all except Mr. Owen, who
has au Indian's fidelity.
But the rest of the Democratic nartv
did not go to see Mr. Bryan. Tlie press i
" -, milium; u is douix! by
traditions stronger tliuu traditions of
pnrty regularity. It listened to Mr
Bryan. It heard the "old stuff," the
good old stuff. While it listened it
asked Itself, us each flowing period
rolled out along the well-worn grooves
over which it has rolled so often before :
"Where is the material for that big
white srot on the first puge?"
Prohibition, women suffrage, get tho
treaty out of the campaigu, but nothing,
mercifully, ubout government owner
ship, nothjng about Mr. Bryan's new
issue discussed In Collier's Weekly,
where tho Peerless Ono links himself
TrwlcnpTiflmit Sine Inllutu tint tinltit. Innt.i.l
tlmis so that the trcut.v mlirht hi. mil. I ed. Elections will he held not Inter limn
tied before the presidential 'election, gave June, uccording to latest dispatches
added uncertainty to the outcome of from Stuttgart.
the ratification vote, despite the uliiiost i Kllis Loring Dresel, nctiug i-ommis-
solid ullgi:meut of the mlnorltv vnu. I simier .inil Amcrlcnn chiit-fn il'(rnl.u
ii-iuui iiKuuiKi uie uenroot reservation I m neriin. hus informed the State Dc-
to declare this country's policy toward' pnrtment in Washington now that
future huropeijii wars. Doctor Kapp's regime has fallen the
Ir hail heen honed bv tl.o Ttimi.iinn... . 4ml. l.iif.i- llnu .. . ,...,.......!.,. ....
rising.
inni uie reservation decInriiiB this
count r j would view with ','grnve con-' Communist forces are reported to be
rein any menace to European pence i marching on Berlin from various other
Mi.iim iiiiucuil- I l-l'llimPIll nvi.r lh. c Hoy In. I Alf Ilrnual unvu If n f..
iliours more puss quietly u crisis may be
r.-sei ........ in article a sufficiently to
attract substantial Democratic support
but ou the roll-ciLil only two Demo-
ciitts were enmited umoug the twenty
five wiles for the reservation, whleh
was defeated by thirty-nine negative
votes.
Several reservations remuiu to
be ueted upon, but ull ure mnceriied
with minor questions unlikely to pro
yoke much speech-making. Debate hus
been limited by agreement to fifteen
minutes for each speaker on each reser
vation. TWO HURT IN CARRASH
iroueys ivoiuae at Ninth and Mar-i
Ket streets During Rush Hour
Two women were injured nt 8:1R
o clock this moruluB when u Route, fil
ear going uorth on Ninth street collided
with u Route. 10 car going east oil
Market street.
The Injured women arc Mrs. EHr.
abeth Sanders, 4823 Olenmore nil.
nue, and Mrs. Elvira Bell, Kill nidre
avenue, a negress Mrs. Bell was taken
to the Jefferson Hoyp tal, while .Mrs.
Snnders insisted on being taken to her
home.
avoided.
Soviet republics have been formed. at
Dortmund, In Westphalia, uud ut Gcra,
thirtj -five miles southwest qf Iclpslc,
uccording to dispatches received at '-the
Hague yesterday. At Gera, which wan
formerly the capital of the principality
of Reiiss-Kchlel.. there bus Ix-eu Hrtvago
fighting, it is said, i
In the tightiug nt Dresden fifty per
son have been killed ami rllK) injure),
reports state, und the city Is isolated
from the rest of (le-muny. ,
Advices from I.elpslc state that
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city.
volunteer troops,
scrupled u uuiPMAof the
advanced UYSSS-X trie
ity, wleh wA-VS dj-
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Geneva, March 18. (By A) pTji
Nowh from Germany favornble to the
revolutionary movement Iu Berlin
canned a remarkable tlurtuatioii on the.
Uoiirm) nere yesterday. The innrK ro f
to the highest point it had bi-eti sia
the signing of the armistice, while k " ''
French franc and pound stcrllug 1m.'.'' "
several poluts. The Jlucliitttloim, bo
ever, were attended by very Jew trawl'
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