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VOL. VI. NO. 160
Entered &t;ond.ClaiikM,tr at the Portofnc. nt Philadelphia, Pa.
. Under the Act of March 0, 1870.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920
Fabllshed Dally Except Sunday. Subecrlptlon Pries t6 Tear by Mali.
Copyrlcht. 1020. by Publlo Iedrer Company.
, ...
PRICE TWO CENTS V vUl
PARTY LINES BREAK
OMAR
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ISSUE OFSUFFRAGE
VVily Politicians of Both Organ
izations Trying to Ploaso
Both Women's Factions
Ui
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JUDGE GRAY'S STATEMENT
STRIKES AT RATIFICATION i
: " ' . i
Eminent State Democrat in
pronouncement That McAdoo
Fails to Answer
ny GEORGE NOX McCAIN
Wilmington, Del., March 10. From
Rfhoboth Beach to the Pennsjlvnula
line the Itluc lien's chicken, without
regard to age, sex or previous .count
tlon, nre nil afluitcr'tlils morning.
Delaware, n smnll stntc lii size. 1ms
suddenly assumed n place of fiist im
portance In the eyes 'at suffragists of the
nation.
Will or will not the extra session
ef the Legislature, which begins in
Docr Monday next, ratify the equal
suffrage nmendment? Will Dclawnrc
become the kcj stone of the equal suffrage
ardh?
The tontcst hns resolved Itself into n
... . . . . II....II L-i f 1. f ,
Ftralgniout ngnc-pi tor or'-ngaiuHi.
It has reached a non'pnrtlsnri stage, with
each party waiting ,W dodge the re
irionsiblllty of defeating it.
Tor once the Democrats and Repub
licans hate sunk their hereditary hatteds
and are orating from the same plat
form. They nre pulling wires, regard-
ltsa of political lines.
Publicists on the Job
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JUDGE HORACE HTEKN
Appointed today by Got ci nor Sproul
to till the vacancy in Common l'leas
Court in ii od by the death of
' Judge Wessel.
HORACESTERN IS
FIRST ACT ON LEASES,
THEN FARE, SAYS M CAIN
Traction Rental Problem Should
Be Settled Before Rates
Are Adjusted
PUBLIC, AT CORPORATION'S
MERCY, MUST MEET RISES
If Rentals Are Hold Unreason
able, P. R. T. Has No Right to
Raiso Fares, Ho Holds
APPOINTED JUDGE
Named by Sproul to Fill Va
cancy in Court No. 2 Caused
by Death of Wessel
WAS ONCE A CANDIDATE
r s
Horace Stern, piomincut nltorncy of
this city, was today-appointed by Gov
ernor Sp-nul to fill the vacancy in
Common ricns Court Xo. 2, cnuscd by
(he death of Judge Henrj S. 'Wessel.
Mr. Stern will sworn in at once.
The Governor decided, to appoint Mr.
Stern to CM the vacancy on the bench
after consulting with Mnjor Moore here
n week ago. He was strongly indorsed
bv tlic members of the legal profca-
Hy GEORGE XOX McCAIX
OXH can 'get the longest trolley vide
for five cents In Philadelphia of.
any city in the country.
With nil her rolling stock moving,
the distance ttnvpled by Philadelphia
traction cars every twenty-four hours
is equal to ten times around the globe.
In view of this and the further fact
that this city IiaH always stood at the
head of electrical development in street
car traffic, It Is almost, inconceivable
that the financial affairs of her trans
portation companies should be in such
n controversy.
The, Thw which established the Pub
lic Seryico Commission -gives It the
light to fix rates of fare. It likewise
has the right to refuse a grant for an
unreasonable rate of fare. Hut to cs
tabllHli a decision it is the duly of the
commiHsIou to investigate sources and
nmount of Income and matters of legiti
mate expense.
If the rental tiaid to the twenty or
so tindcrlring companies for the use of
uioir lines mndo jears ngo, a rental
that runs from 72 nor emit tipr milium
on the amount of paid-iu capital down I
to 10 per cent nsthe lowest, Is, a just
'What's the Matter
With Philadelphia?'
KO real solution of the transit
prohibit, says Cafonel Mc:
Cain, "until perpetual payment
of. outrageous interest" to under'
lying companies ends.
A big legal question is involved
a question so big that corpora
tion lawyers havo feared to tackle
nit. Colonel McCain aaye the ques
tion must be acted upon noiu arid'
ended for all time.
one, then it is right for the Philadel
phia traction company to" increase its
ruiu ui iuiu uuuvc "e cents, xi me
rate of rental paid for these leases is
unreasonable, then it Ih decidedly wrong
for ,the traction compnny to Increase
the fnto bejond fhc cent".
Declined Indorsement
When the Twinlng-Mltten agree
ment, which fixed a minimum fare based
on Income, was submitted to the Public
Service Commission it declined to in
dorse It, The commission submitted as
a reason that it had not gone intothc
question of rental paid by the under
lying companies.
The ground was that power to regu
late fares Involved nlso the right toHn
qulro into the basis of the company's
earnings. In this waj the commission
sidc-Bteppcd the necessity of delving
into tho whole question of Philadel
phia's 'muddled traction situation.
'When the Interstate Commerce Cora-
FINAL IREATIVDTE
TODAY; BIPARTISAN
PREAMBLE PASSES
Affirmative Acceptance of Res
ervations by Foreign Powers
Not Required
EXPECT PACT TO MEET
DEFEAT IN FIRST TEST
Republicans Hope Ratification
May Be Obtained on
Reconsideration
3 HURT AS CAR JUMPS TRACK ON SOUTH ST BRIDGE
Three, persons were hurt when a west-bound trolley car
Jumped the track on the South street' bridge nt noon today and
yns prevented from plunging- 75 feet to railroad tracks -below
only by the Iron railing with which It collided, he Injured are: -
TJenjamln Hare, negro, 1015 Wordaln street, Internal injuries;
Mrs. A. M. Jones, 1337 North Porty-rilnth street, shriek and'
bruises; homas Monteith, 1830 North Allison street, shocks and
bt-ulses. All were taken to University Hospital.
BISHOP RULES AGAINST NEW METHOD OF SELECTIONS
An attempt to change the method of selecting District
Superintendents In the Methodist Church was ruled out of order
by Bishop Berry this afternoon at 'the annual Philadelphia
Methodist conferences. Soveral ministers signed a memorial
asking that each of the five districts elect two candidates, one
of whom the bishop would be bound to appoint. BlBhop Berry
ruled'tiiat this question would have to be taken up at the general
conference at Des Moines, Iowa.
Continued on I'nse Four, Column Three
ITHODISTS ELECT
Meantime the press ngents of each
woman's faction are camping on the ' -:....
deck of nery city editor In Wilmington. J M'r s,'prn is raiiimte o lh(. Cen-
aacj.wouiu nave uicir incaAs Hcrye i in ,rnl nW, Scllool nn(1 ot tho T,nw School
he newspaper offices If they had time of t1( rnivPrsity ot Pennsylvania,
to cat which they have not. lie, was horn in Philadelphia In 1878.
Miai nigiii nuui-tacu uiu mai uig i-nllnn r.ir life einilnntlnn frnm Hm ITni.
'"lU'islty. he leitured there from
stale rally of tho cnunl stiff rnge worn
Ann It was some convocation. Tin- star
ox the evening wns to have been for
mer Secretary of the Trensun McAdoo.
woo was supposed to be. tho banner
11)00
Is 1017. lie is n member of the Shnrs
wond. Lawyers', Constitutional, Mcr
tantilo and Manufacturers' Clubs.
'In 11)14 he was oiie of the camliuatas
Mirer for I'apn-ln-law Wilson tyt , nntlor the "five judges" bill which later
filled to register. He sent n stibsU- !wnH declared unconstitutional,
tute, Mrs. Carrie Chapinnu Cntt. ofi nmlng the, war he was a major in
New ork. national president, of .Hi;; (he bureau of ordnance; War Dcpart
Lnual Suffrage Association, gvaccfiil incut, at Washington. He is married
4 LAY DELEGATES
Two From Phila. and Two From
Out of Town Picked for Des
' Moines Conference
CLERICAL BALLOT DELAYED
anil persUttslvt',. wns. tho h-a,IIns lady.
Malt f no Kociety women ot tic pen
insula sered as natroneses. Th liuhts
in the big ballroom 'of the Hotel du
Pont flashed "Over 'more faiftwQmch"nnd
clever political leaders than they hac
done in many a month.
Opponents Meet Tonight
Tonlzht conditions will be rcieii.e.1.
I'bc anti-siiflfrnglsts will ptoilalm thi'H'
eppoMtlon ill the same loom. Former
Judge Ueorge Gray, the state's most
eminent iurlHt. will nresidi! mid the
ether ha)f of Delav;are s fair represen
tatives ot wcaitn nnu culture will be
patronesses.
The express trains last night and to
nleht were ordered to halt at stntlons no
lf- respecting express ever stopped nt
before to accommodate "suff" aud
"ntl-siiff" delegations hurrying to tho
fray. It Ih no graceful notation to say
that the list of nntrowHSPH. fur niwl
"gainst, reads like n social register of
the state.
Hut this Is all preliminary. It is the
beating of tomtoms summoning to bat
tle. Tlin rpfll tifrllt- nimnu Afntwlnm. tr.
govcr, when the fifty-two members of
House and Senate meet in special scs-won.
Under the law thn Rpunlnn !u llmlfl
i uuri unys. witn a personal ex
perience of Delaware politics covering
" wuuiLiT n m r-pnriirv i vniirnn ,h.
Prediction that It will lm n )ili,,,u
ecwion. 1-roni all I hear, politics such
& even Delaware has rarely known will
e played that is, If confident prcdic-
usn ot touay hold good.
Situation Greatly Changed
Mce, like the rigid jaw of a prize
"tnter, bet acalnst rnnnl RiilTpnr.r tint
a CliaUCO )in4 fi-nlnnllv K,... 1,t
f'fec. State leaders of both parties,
Continued on Vnte Tutir, Column On
TO SHIFT RESERVES' HOURS
Nicmpiatea Plan Provides for
Traffic Men Startlnn Earlier
H,; ' ""viiicii ui uie central sec
contemplated pians nro ndoptoj.
...r nscryes ana tne mounted trafflc
flo. I TV ectcduleu t0 b0 on the r
posts no later than 8:10 o'clock each
rnuig, except Sundays. Roll-call for
ClKnn",,on f00t is U t 8 o'clock at
th.WXntE2.?'
That inIl"ca,1 f0.r th0 trnfflc men.
uat would ennlilo 1.m ). ...u u.i
ifi rtiVni ,C ,Jeavy,tlde of workers
Th intan "if .int0 A'10 centrl section.
a?nmiMilt,,,sIsald' Pvldea for the
" 'Hutting their posts nn hour earlier.
NEWBERRY JURY AT WORK
Consideration of Michigan Senator's
Case Berjlns Early
(Ry A )mp1,& MJ,lN March 10.-
wnsniracv rui ? """oerry elections
oTtiUaT8 MCnt ,0 "rk
Mrl?ha7f"SnW the .fpl,,'ra, bulldlr,B
flltlbllikirnn(1,0.Ur,n,,ead of "d'edule.
down o t .iLUit0 thetr, r?om ""d wttled
inrtlvi," ,,heJj. louR.8r nd of settling the
ants. g,,BC3 0I el8hty-fivo defend-
hind has one daughter. Ills home Is'1521
orth Sixtccntli pttcct.
NINE "RADICALS"' RELEASED
Men Arrested In Round-Up Here Set
xat Liberty
Nine alleged adicals caughtHn the-
round-tii) of Communists hero several
months ago have beeu ottlercd released
from custody by immigration authori
ties nt Washington.
Tho men, whose names are withheld,
had been confined at the Gloucester Im
migration station. Of the 110 alleged
radicals captured in this district and
recommended for deportntion, only four
teen cases have been reviewed at Wash
ington. The review of the hearings before
immigration inspectors led to warrants
of deportation being Issued for five of
the fourteen, while the nine others were
given their liberty.
Wasslli Karactum, Wilkes-Barrc. a
member of the Communist party who
had been liberated, called pa Todd Dan
iel, division superintendent of the De
partment of Justice- He wanted to
know why he had been freed when
others, he said, no more actho In rad
ical circles than himself, are still kept
under lock and key.
Mr. Daniel Informed Karactum that
the order for his rcleaso had come from
the Department of Labor.
"hjsIn again
August Smith Arrested Second Time
for Auto Without Tag
Released Wednesday under 5500 ball
to nppear for a hearing today charged
with driving an auto without a license,
August Smith, of Fifth street and Fnir
rnount avenue, was arrested again last
Smith was ancsted first in Falrmount
Park, and released by Magistrate
Stevenson under $500. The uuto he
wns driving was placed In n garage.
Last night Smith went to the garage,
and. according to tho police, wns
cranking the car preparatory to leaving.
Patrolman Mcllale noticed there were
no license tags on tho car, arrested
Smith on suspicion, and hewas given
another hearing this morning by Mag
istrate Price, of the Twenty-second
street and Hunting Park avenue sta
tion. Ho was held for the hearing this
afternoon. Police miv Smith's car tal
lies with the description of one recently
stolen.
GUILTY OF AUTO THEFT
Abe Chester, of This City, Convicted
In Third Trial at Media
After being out for forty-six h'ours a
jury in Media in the case of Abe Chcs
ter, a clothing dealer, Third and South
streets, rhnrged with the larceny of an
automobile from J. Lecdom Mooro. of
Haverford, returned a verdict of guilty.
Tho verdict also carries a recom
mendntion of mercy. This Is the third
time that Chester has been tried for
this crime, which was committed In
August of 1017.
Ru,?,RT EACE W,TH denTkine
(ft,S ?i-A .confirmed
Denlklne i.ni llcd. 'ro tllnt General
font, luVofc0' he Mti-Bolshevtat
i the fev&r1' hns wnde tcrras
- ' - .Ul HJ.
, Dampness
" and ..-.,, 4.. ..
THREE reading wrecks
Traffic
by
Delayed Several Hours
Freloht Accidents
Reading, Pa., March 10. Three
wrecks on the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway last night kept railway men
busy all night and necessitated bring
ing wreck crews from the Harrisburg
and New York divisions.
The first and most serious derailment
occurred at Wyomlsslng, when a brokeu
rail sent twelve freight cars off the
track. Two freight cars wero derailed
at midnight at the water station, caus
ing a delay Of two hours to traffic. Four
cars were derailed at Bridgeport at
11:30 n. m.. and wire not rttracked
until after 3 o'clock this morning.
LU ' -'--UikrMHM,
Four lay delegates from the "annual
Philadelphia Methodist Conference to
the General Conference, to be held nt
Des Moines, Jn., were elected on the
first ballot this afternoon at the Arch
Street M. n. Church, Broad rind Arch.
Two were from Philadelphia; two
fiom out of town. They were Frederick
RGilllnder and T7. W. Mtinhnll:vboth'
of tbis city: Samuel 8. Pick, of Mll
lersburg, and W. W. Matt;of 'Coatcs
villc, " CsJV
Sevnn delegates Jn all1-are to be
elected. , Balloting began earlv this aft
ernoon. ,lt will continue until the total
delegation of seven is elected.
Balloting on the clerical delegates to
the general conference also began short
Iv aftor noon, at Wharton Memorial
Church, Fifty-fourth and Catharine
streets. No result had been reached an
hour after the tellers begau to count the
ballots.
It was apparent when the voting
began that the selection of clerical dele
gates would be a more difficult matter
than the naming of the laymen who
would represent the Philadelphia con
ference. j This because an "insurgent" slate
had been made up by the pastors. In
previous years, when clerical delegates
were to be named for the quadrennial
meeting of the general conference, the
custom was to name the bishop, the five
district superintendents and one pastor.
Pastors on List
The slate made up bv the pastors con
tained tho names of Rev. E. S. NInde,
of First Church, Gcrmnntown ; tho Rev.
E. F. Randolph, tho Rev. E. A. Raw
den, the Rev. Virgil E. Rorer, the Rev.
Gladstone Holme, the Rev. John Hack
enburg and the Rev. George H. Lorah.
TJwenty names of laymen were placed
in nomination. They were:
Frederick R. Glllinder. George G.
Zicglcr. W. H. O. Gold, John Walton,
Clarence D. Anthlra, ,T. Lincoln nail,
L. W. Munhall, William S. Pilling,
A. I. Wood, John B. Tuttle, J. Sibley
Felton, Charles W. Mnasland and John
Doran, all of Philadelphia. Also from
out of towu were tho following: S. S.
Pick, Millersburg, A. M. Breneraan,
Lancaster; W. G. Landis, Lansdowne;
SuBan C. Lodge, Lansdowno; W. W.
Mast, Coatesvlllo, Samuel Shaw, Lans
dalo. and S. D. Brewster, Reading.
While tho first ballot was being
counted at the Arch street church vari
ous resolutions were reported out, which
will be voted on later.
One of these resolutions, though nam
ing no one, was said by some of the
delegates to he a slap at Governor Ed
wards, of New Jersey, and Congress
man Vare, of this city.
The resolution was a rephrasing of
that adopted by the Laymen's Associa-
TO BEGIN CITY WORK
TO COST $6,541,624
,
in
$3,250,000 $800,000
Aiphalt Repairs Downtown
liy the Associated Press
'Washington, March 10. Preparing
for a final ote on ratification of the
pence treaty, the Senate today adopted
the modified reservation preamble
worked mft in. the. bipartisan confer
ence under which affirmotive acceptance
of the reservations by the other powers
would nofbe required.
The preamble provides that "failure
on the part of the nllfcd nud associated
powers to make objection to said reser
vations and understandings prior to tho
deposit of ratification by the United
States shall be taken ns a full and final
acceptance of sucti reservations and un
derstandings by said powers."
The preamble was offered by Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Republi
can loadev, and accepted without a roll
call.
The final vote on ratification of the
treaty is expected today. A long night
session was devoted to discussion .and
I adoption of a new reservation declar
ing Hjmpnthy for self-government in
Ireland.
, The ratification resolution still was
incomplete when the senators met for
the session destined to become historic.
Plans for perfecting the resolution ves-
terday had been swent aside bv the hit-
HiP-hwav Proiects Alona 'Total 17 con'rrAorsy ovtr the Irish ouallficn.
mgnway rrojecis rtione I oxai ion, rivaling In some respects the long
'irnwn out fight over the reservation to
Article X. which was thrust forward
unexpectedly in an unsuccessful effort at
modification. Between the two there
was no time left for other than minor
questions.
Despite tho iact that the Democrats
put forward and assisted in the adop
tion of tho Irish reservation, Senate
leaders said today the line-up on final
ratification wasnot changed and many
predicted the treaty, would fall to,rc
cclve the necessary two-thirds malar.
Ity. In that case a motion to recon
sider will be made promptly, the Re
publlcansjioplpfr .that somo Democrats
i Kivx-.uBHcut 10 tne pact alter hay
Inc recorded' thelr'oblpctlonR tn )i ..
ervatlons adopted by the majority. The
luMU ,yotc probably will not bo -reached
until inio'tonignr. - -" - -
m Aiiur uie irisii rfnprvnrinn wa
adopted last night over the protests of
ocuuiur jucc, nn attempt to modify
the Article X reservation was made by
Senator Simmons. Dcmorrnt. Nn.ih
Carolina, "who 'declared he could not
vmo ior ruuiicauon otnerwisc. His sub
stitute was voted down and the Senate
men reamrraeu its adoption of Ar
ticle X.
In the coume ot thn lientwi ,uv.t
Senator Simmons charged that Senator
Kooge iiau prcventea a compromise by
changing his mind twice when agreement
was close. Senator Lodge served no
tice that there would be no further
changes In the reservations, and that if
tho Democrats did not supply the votes
for the ratification than the treaty would
bo taken to tho "Tribunal of the Amerl
can people."
WILSON ASKS MINERS
TO ACCEPT REPORT
BRIDGE AND WATER PLANS
Continued on Pme Two. Column Thn
WINTER SWAN SONG, MAYBE
Snow Today Will Bo, Followed by
Spring's Arrival Tomorrow
Winter staged a swan song snow
Ktnrm tntlnv in a last faeble nrotrst
against spring, which -will arrive offi
cially at 4:50 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. ....
Thn weather man admitted that Hie
snowstorm had not been expected. "I
can't understand why the temperature
dropped from 33 to 80 In less than an
hour today, turning the rain to snow,"
he said.
The snow will turn to rain again this
evening, he believes. The rain will eon
tlmin tonlsht and part of tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon the skies will clear
and first hours oi spring win ue colder.
And These Wise Birds
Are Known as Geese
They formed a wide "V" against
the graj sky. And the point of that
"V" was aimed south.
These wild geese had come north
for the spring, and finding none, had
straightway wheeled and sailed south
gain.. , ''
TtsIP'
Public improvements on a large scale,
iucludlug the most ambitious program
of. street paving nnd repairs in recent
Jears, nre-nbout to be launched by Dl
iccror of Publlo Works Winston.
Work on the city's highways alono
calls for niuexpendlturc of .$a,30,000
wnue impending improvements to the
water, vor.k'j and the bulldjng ofr bridges
and sewers bring the grand total to
$0,541,024 -
"Very little hns been done to put
the streets In order during' tho last
four years," Director Wlnstdn stated.
"I feel there is nothing more important
io be done nt this time and nothing that
will add to the comfort and happiness
of the people more than to pet the streets
cleaned nnd properly realred.
"I am bending every effort In that
direction and using all the resources at
my command. Of course with more
money wo could take in more of the
streets, but I am suro that what we
havo under way will make n big showing
in the appearance of the city."
Asphalt Work F'rst
T.hc fl.p.Uob tackled, beginning next
week, will ho KRnn.nnn -nH, t ..ni..i
repair work, so that dangerous ruts aud '
noics in nit sections of the city may be
filled in.
The program for paving and sticct
repairs Is divided in this way:
Grading. .S.100.000: nou- atrp- nnr.
Ing, 000,000; repaying, .$1,000,000;
,Un.rr.y road9 ?25,000; asphalt repairs.
$SOp,000; asphalt ditches. $50,000, and
curuing nnu looiways, 91UO.OUU.
Chief Dunlap, of tho Bureau of
Highways, who submitted tho figures
to Director Winstonr said today the
entire program will bo under way with
in a month.
"It will take a year to complete the
job," the chief stated. "The city streets
S?J!.V'HL,)S ,n Kood shape, although
Sj.000,000 is really needed for re
paving work,"
Work Begins Next Week
Asphalt repair work is to begin early
next week and will require about live
months to comploto. The Barber Asphalt
Co. holds a $500,000 contract for re
pairs and 0, $300,000 contract is held
by the Union Paving Co.
About one-half of the 000 miles of
city streets will bo lopalred under the
muu,uihi contracts. Particular atten
tion will be given to Broad street,
Glrard avenue, Columbia aveuue. Ridge
avenue, Chestnut, Walnut, Locust,
Spruco and Pine streets.
The asphalt repair work In West
Philadelphia Is to cost $125,000. In the
territory below South street and be
tween tho Dolnware and Schuylkill
rivers, $100,000 will be spent. From
South street to Lehigh uvenuo, $325,
000 will be expended, and uorth of
Lehigh avenue, cast of Bioad street,
including Kensington and Frankford,
$200,000. The repair work in Ger
mantown will coot $50,000.
Chief Dunlap Informed Director
Winston that when tho proposed city
nBphalt plant Is in readiness the repair
work can keep pace with the street
breaks.
Bituminous Men Expected to
Make Contracts on Com
mission's Basis
Mayor Signs raving .Contracts
Mayor Moore "today signed contracts
with the Barber,Asphalt Co. for paving
the following streets:
Woodlaud avenue, from Forty -second
to Forty-third, $17,000; Seventh street
from Bristol to Cayuga street. $8200;
Limekiln nlke from Chelten avenue to
Sixty-sixth avenue, $23,400; Twenty
lJci1,Btr'2SJ. from Thompson to Master,
55B50; Windsor atreet from Fifty
sixth to Fifty-seventh streets S3250;
Warrington avenue, from Fifty-slxth
to Fifty-seventh streets. $10,500; Sixth
street from Tabor road to Olney avenue,
A contract alio was signed with the
Barber Asphalt Co. for repaying Emer
ald street from Ontario to Atlantic
streets, $15,575; Thirty. fourth street
from Market street to Lancaster ave
nue. $8750, nnd Erie avenue from Six
teenth to Nineteenth streets, $34,800,
The b g program of street improve
ments p ouned for this year Is made
possible by tho largest appropriation in
years available for the work.
iLast yeer $1,000 000- was provided
livitli-. BUF " 3 -"'' v -
f fr
Washington. March 10. (By A. P.)
Presldeut Wilson expects the bituml
nous coal operators and miners to work
out their contracts for the new coal year
beginning April 1 on the basis of tho
majority report on the coal strlko set
tlement commission, Attorney General
Palmer said today after a conference
with Secretary Tumulty at the White
House.
Mr. Palmer said the minority report,
mntle by John P. White, the mlni.ro-
representative, would bo submitted by
the President along with tho mnjorlty
report merely becauso it would have
some bearing on any settlement reached
at the proposed conference between the
operators nnd miners.
7?r- n,raci: w" accompanied to the
Wh tc House by Walker, D. Hlnes, head
of tho railroad administration, the pur
pose of the visit being to confer with
Mr. Tumulty on the form to bo fol
lowed by tho President In making pub
He the commission's findings,
THIEF ROBS CHARITY
BELL ASKS TO DROP
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Capital on Tuesday, -
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HfcAUIIONAHY PROPOSED.
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Blood Rows In Many CWii.1
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Increase in Rates Also Asked In
Petition Filed With Public
Service Commission
HIGH EXPENSES ARE CITED
Here Are New Rates
Bell Telephone Asks
New Rates Present Rates
RESIDENCE
Individual Line
Sixty calls or less 700 calls annual'
Ir at the rate of
S3.no per month."
Additional calls
five cents or less.
three cents dependent upon
additional the number used.
a month, $t. Ad
ditionai calls:
First forty, font
cents each ; next
100.
each
ctills. two and
Two-or-More Party Line
Forty calls or less Forty calls or less
a month, $2.50. a month, $2,50.
Additional calls, Additional calls
five cents each. five cents each.
Four -Party Line
Forty calls or less
Abolished. a month, $2.00.
- Unlimited Local Messages
t (Kesdence Only)
Individual Line
$6 p'er month. $4.75 per month.
' Two -Part jIne " '' "
$5 per month. $4 per month.
BUSINESS
TndUldtial Line
Same as residence Hnmp as residence
l'uo. Party Line
Forty calls or less
Abolished. a month, $2.50,
ON SENATE FLOOR
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Borah, In Behalf of Johnson, Ex
pected to Demand Probe of
Campaign Expenses
MAY NAME BIG INTERESTS
$1.75 and Pencils Stolen From Boys
Aiding Hospital
A man stole $1.75 and a box of lead
pencils from two small boys nt Chelten
avenue and Knox street this morning.
The boys were selling the pencils to aid
the Germant,own Hospital fund.
"I'll buy all your pencils," the roan
said to William Pollock, nine years old,
of 428 West Stafford street, and Joseph
Howard, eleven years old, of 402 West
Stafford street. The boys handed nil
their pencils to tho man.
L','.H.(,Je y.ou, enough change for this
bill?" he asked. Gaining tho money nnd
the pencils, the man disappeared.
STALEY GETS'FORESTRY JOB
Plnchot Puts Him In Charge of
State Bureau of Operations
Harrisburg, March 10. (By A. P.)
GlfTord Plnchot, Pennsylvania's new
forestry commissioner, today anuounced
the appoint mint of L. F. Staley as
chief of the bureau of operation in the
Forestry Department.
Mr. Staley has been iti charge of the
Mount Ato' forest reserve for the last
ten years. He will direct nil engineering
work on reserves, couduct timber sales
agreements, and handle coTHHructlon of
oods rojtds, trails, steel observation
,nnk.lnPe systems and tone.
Abolition of the four-party line and
increase in some rates, effective
May 1, are asked by the Bell Telephone
Co. in a petition filed today with the
Public Service Commission at Harris
burg. Emphasizing that new capital is es
sential that tho company may serve
properly its 018,000 subscribers in
Pennsylvania, L. H. Kinnard, president
of the Bell in this state, declares that
operation expenses per month havo in
creased $580,000 as compared with
1010.
Business and residence telephones are
affected by the proposed new schedule
of tariffs. Tho comnanv seeks tn in.
crease to $0 a month single-party resi
dence servlco calling for unlimited local
calls. The present choree for this serv
ice is $4.75 a month. For two-party
lines under this service nn ini-rrncn
from $4 to $5 is asked.
No increase to residenrn nhnno ,h.
scribers is asked for those on two or
three-party lines who use forty calls or
less a month.
Loner In Some Coses
For hllRlnrim tf1minno -.. ln.llnM...l
--.-,.. .wmj vri, luui.iuuni
lines tho company would charge $4 a
month for sixty calls or less, with four
cents being charged for the first four
additional calls and three cents for the
next 100 calls. Under the present sys
tem the charge for this service is at the
inte of $3.50 a month. Abolition of tw
party lines for business telephones is
asked.
It Is pointed out that under the pres
cnt Byxtem the charges are now made on
on annual basis, while under tho pro
posed new svstem the tariffs are on n
monthly basis, as they wero when under
the control of the postranstcr general.
Tho ne- rateB asked for are in some
cases lower than they were under federal
control, while in other cases they are
higher.
Mr. Kinnard makes It plain In his
nptirlnn tn t np rnmmV ( u. cm
000,000 will be needd this year to meet
iun ui-umuii lur extensions and Improve
ments In thi Rprvln. ir,. 11 "
patrons were added," he says, "and it
were uucmpieu to restrict the service
tn rnnRi wnn nnn, V.nn it- .1 7.
Ti,, 1 1 . : " " mrre woma
still be required in 1020, $7,000,000 to
vuYwi me innom icvct in prices as com
pared to those of four years ago."
Menace to Credit
Mr. Kinnard makes it plain that the
--. -. - " uuw;i y i eo cut races
credit, which he says, will be entirely
granted.
Jlr. Kinnard continues :
rThn tinw rnia (. .- .
.!. mint. ". "JE?,n 0:-
nnd are estimated to produce additional
revenues to meet tbe increase in rev
enues attributable solely to the in
creased costs of operation and mainte
nance. ',rTJnE,,Lr.nt"..and.,thndd-
?. feS..,T3K
tv ...,... uriw neiuier pleasure
nor gratification to the company. W
are constrained to take this courso ty
the plain duty to our patrons, our em
ployes and holders of our stock and se.
curlties."
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ByCLINTON W. GILBERT
SUA Correspondent of the rrnlcs rnbllo
lyeacrr
Washington, March 10. The fight oi
the field against General Wood In the
Republican primaries will go on to the
floor of the Senate whero Senator Borah,
in behalf of Senator Johnson, will next
week probably make charges against the
Wood managers of the excessive use of
money.
There ore nil sorts of rumors of how
sharp this attack upon Wood will be.
For example, it Is said Senator Borah
will name the names of General Wood's
millionaire backers who havo made largo
contributions to his campaign funds,
and that nn Investigation by the Senate
or me wnoio question of expenditures
will be made.
Senator Johnson, returning from his
campaign tour to vote upon the treaty,
has already broached the alleged scan
dal, saying:
"If South Dakota and Minnesota are
any criterion, I don't believe the coun
try has ever seen such'an extravagant
use of money In a nrlmarv camnn'im"
In .the Virginia, convention tho same
sort of charge was made when tit was
said that thoso opposing! Lowden and
seeking uninstructcd delegates had
'Wood ,-money jingling in their
Dreecncs."
Vagno Charges VVould Fall Flat
Senator Johnson can make a noise
about money because he hasn't any to
snend. His kind of doIUIch dons not
open big purses wbcuce como handsome
campaign funds. But unless Mr. Borah
becomes specific, the Senate controlled
by tbe Republicans will not bo likely to
make an investigation. Unlesn Mr.
Borah cites names and nmountR. the
wholo Incident will be just one of the
campaign flurries. Some ono is always
ennrgeu wuii spending too mucii money
and some one always does. But that is
all there is to it.
Opponents of Wood ore probably in a
position to disclose n good deal. Tho
Wood campaign changed managers
John T. Kine. who wns fired, nnd thri.
fore feels none too kindly, knows who
were what are commonly referred to as
tne original "underwriters" of Wood.
Their names would make interesting
reading. Probably the publication of
tucrn would laston upon Wood tbe ac
cusation of being a candidate of the
interests.
But to publish these names and
amounts might be to soil the Repub
lican nest. The men who have contri
buted to the Wood campaign are nil
leading Republicans. They are regular
contributors to the party nnd to its
candidates. The publication of their
names would be nn appeal to prejudice.
It isn't thklnd of prejudice that Re
publicans JOto to appeal to.
Mr. Bonn and Mr. Johnson might
be willing to appeal to that prejudice
but It's doubtful whether Mr. John T.
Contlnnta on Tarn Two, Column Two
COMMITTEE FAVORS COLBY
Senate Expected to Confirm Nom
ination as Secretary of State
Washington, March 10. (By A. P.)
Favorable report on tbe nomination
of Bainbrldgc Colby ns secretary of
state was decided upon today by the
Senate foreign relations committee with
out a record vote.
The committee's report generally was
regarded as forecasting favorablo action
by the Senate, although it was Indi
cated that tbero probably would be much
debate. Some Republican members of
the committee, it was understood, gave
notice that they would reserve liberty
of action vhen the subject came up in
the Senate.
Only a fqw minutes of discussion pre
ceded the committee's decision. There
was said to have been a general agree
ment thnt Mr. Colby's statement yes-'
terday made It unnecessary to call ad-dltloiW-
witnesses.
NO COMMENT OVER "BOOM"
Senator Hitchcock Dodges Stand as
to Hie Candidacy
Washington, March 10. (By A. P.)
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the
Democratic leader In tho Senate, de
clined today to comment on published
reports that his telegram to a Demo
cratic dinner at Omaha, Neb., on March
11, was to bo regarded as an announce
ment of his candidacy for thft Demo
cratic presidential nomination on a
"wet" platform.
The telegram, Senator Hitchcock
-ii ill enabs fnn U.nl ...m ..
r,?.u, r., .,. 11IH.-II UH BClling lOrtU
his opinions on the liquor issue for his
" " " , wnere nn attack
had been mado on him as a result of
the filing of petitions to pledge the state
delegation tn Hiinnnrf Mm - n. ..
dency. ' eprwi-
Asks Direct Election of U. S. Judges
,,7..mKim,i, jHurcn iv. a resolu
StPfi,0riBJ? institutional amend-
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Bauer Charges Kappists
Planned War of Revenge1,
Berne, March 10. (By A. P.)
Chancellor Bauer caused a sensation)
nt yesterday's sitting of tho German
National Assembly at Stuttgart'
when ho revealed the conditions pre-'
sented tho government by Dr. Wolf
gang Kapp and General von Imett
wits before they entered Berlin last'
Saturday moraine
"They wished to prenaro forf-t
war of revenge and plunge tho eonn-S
try Into another cataclysm," cried
the rhnnrnlinr. "PIHtnaa n-nlti.
ment mast come to theso offenders ti
lucii- iuriuucs must no Ecixca ana
tbey must be tried before the sn-3
preme court nt Leipslc."
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By the Associated Press
Berlin, March lOr-General Ton
Soecht, In command of the troops at
Berlin, Issued a proclamatlotf to the
armv tntlnv n tIia mn r.9 i.a .f..t.
of defense urging it "to stand together,
u ueiurc, against any attempts to efl-
iuuiibii Doianevism. lie osited tae
fatherland before all other considera
tions. ,
Some clashes occurred last night Hn
Berlin. A rrnvcA ntNi1rat fh I...MJIV-
of tho Vorwoerts, demanding tharthe
Buurus pogteu noout tne otiiccs of the
newspaper be withdrawn.
Work has been resumed at Dusscldorf ,
Goerlltz, Hanover, Bochum, Barmen
and Dulsburg, according to advices re
ceived today. t
juonuon, aiarcn iu. (By A, -P.) , j J
All Germany, with the exception of tke iV H
southern states, Is rebellious, and BerBuriJ ia
jo u vuiick m (uuiiuwuct wujcq mar we
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph, OH'AA
The National Assembly, wht(t,mtl' Pl
ciimuiuiuutj sesaion at Otuttgarc TWt-' ,
terday afternoon, was 'declarod",f-,j
fatlt-niwl Inaf nlwti t.w (,m - - -
KonstanUn Pehrenbaeh. ih mtmt, In Vt'J
Berlin on Tuesday next. The gorcrn
ment decided to proceed to' Berlin on
Sunday.
Tho Ebert rovernJt has Instructed
tho court at Leipslc to draw warrants
against nine of the principals in the
Kapp revelt movement, but there is otlri
discussion of how severely these men
shall bo punished. One element in the
government has suggested, says a Stntt
gart dispatch, that, only a single cul
prit be shot ns art example. Efforts
were being made today to have the So
cialists agree to this program instead
of insisting upon the execution of all
those who should eventually bo con
victed of treason.
Hundreds Slain in Mine Areas
Hundreds of persons have been killed
in the mining districts of Germany in
collisions between miners and troops,
it is declared in reports from Germany
ent in that city tele-
Kruiuis.
Telegrams received from tho big towns
In Germany, tho message states, show
that lighting is proceeding In nearly all
ttlA ttitr-Vlv nnmitnfnrt nnau T.finA .it
diers and workers nre opposed.
Count von Bernstorff, former ambas-
nnrtnt tn ftlA TTnlfn1 Qfflfna will ml...
istcr of foreign affairs in a reorganized
uermua cuoinet, accoratng 10 a Biate
nrinted bv the Ilnmhnrc KnrhrllirnTi ..
whtrh rloclnrpn tta tnfnrmnflnn mm.
from o reliable quarter. Doctor Schlf
fcr, vice premier and minister of jus
tice, will become chancellor, nccordlng
tn tnlu tlrnwnm n.. Onn.a.1 v.am
Scecht will become minister of defense.
uaptain risner uuno, general mannger
of thj Hamburg-American steamship
line, in slated for thn minlitrv nt
finance.
Twenty persons were killed when
i"3ftnnTn1 Vrtr T.lintfsnff mta l-Tnni Aha.1 Int.
vot(,it wu UU1.WV111VM a 'jjn t4tvti (it id
the crowd as soldiers were leaving Berlin
jcsieraay, according to a Uoblenz dis
patch. While President Ebert nppeurs
to be in control nt Berlin and his troops
are guarding tho city, a general com-
inuuiat umureuK is tnroatcntng.
Information from Berlin la that the
Tnilpnpnrllint- Mtnlnllata Knnn ArlAA ,H
continue the strike. Food conditions are
rennrttvl Rerintm nml rn ImI.. i.h.
entered Berlin for fivo days. Tho Prus-
man uiet nas necn convoked to meet
there Sunday.
Eighty Killed at Frankfort
Fiftv nprKnnn toia ti-lllA.1 .h rtHs..
in a sudden clash between a students'
organization and a mob, according to
tho story of a witness who arrived at
Stuttgart. At Frankfort eighty persons
have been killed In recent disorders and
aevernl hundred wounded have reached
the hoapltals. In addition a number
of Injured are drifting into first-aid
stations, which it has been necessary to
cstabllsn throughout the city.
Vtftv npranna toapa 11I!a.1 Ih .., J
lent fighting at Leipsic, it is reported.
worKmen, in tneir ciasu wtth troops,
threw up barricades, dug trenches nnd
fmifrht filmnRt nnnnl7A,l wnvtum xrlnAu
wero exploded nca'r the railway station,
Tn nrimiwtf-lr thrA la tn,,.!, Ann-.-
accompanied by pillaging of ehope. In
eipBic,,ui:curuiiiB io uio auvices, uiere
was street fighting throughout yester
day. Rostock, iuMccklenburg-Hchwerln,
CuntlnnrJ on Voco Twntr, Column Thret)
ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER TO WED
A 'marriage license was obtained to
day by-Eftjlgn Carleton Cola Champion,
It1, it 'tyrthreo yearsold, -ot
the U. 8. HTMlchlgan, to murry Jean
iiuurewB, i,wriiiy years Old, Of the
Wyndemere HoteJ, MIsh Andrews U
the daughter of Rear Admiral Audrew.
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