'' ' " y rjTiriFr - ?, ft . ty iPil A' '.V yjiw a . IE v x,: fiteoger THE WEATHER r. uenma POSTSCRIPT v ' Washington, March 20. Fair tonight and Sunday. TEMl'MtATBlUS AT KACH HOUR 1112 1 2 a 4 43 45 L ; PRICE TWO CBNTIiaSfc , VOL. VI.-NO, 161 Entered &a 8econW:iaM Matter at th Pontomce, At Philadelphia, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1920 Published Dally Except Sunday. Buberlptlon PrlC' Copyright, 1020. by Public Ledger C Prleo a Tear by MaIL lompany. 1 L J - win ot pi a re n u. idju w i m ': AMERICANS IN PERIL AS EBERT ARMY BOMBS LEIPSIC to m kl A n ., sin W'O- "r j .fcVi, . Essen Captured by Spartaeans After Battle; Week's Death Toll in Germany Reaches 2000, v ' . jua W 1 ( public H i I I i i rrnnio jjjiT37 141 DELAWARE FA6ES if SPLIT ON E Friends and Foes in Assembly Seem Evenly Divided j in Sentiment SCHOOL QUESTION STANDS npiintT IIMTU CADMICQQ h rUnxmuo'i vvun i oiimuiiu Race Prejudice Likewise Factor Both Sides Have Able Leaders ' Ry GEORGE NOX McCAIN Wilmington, March 20. The vote In fayor of the ratification of the BiiffroRe mendment will, from all Indications, be very close. All sorts of political fame will bo attempted to delay the final vote, to the last minute. If It 1h possible' the anti-amendment people In loth House nnd Senate will filibuster to the 'Mttcr end. They would, If such were possible, have the extra Rcssion vhlch began on Monday adjourn wlth piit taking any nctlon on' suffraRC. All sorts of things arc likely to happen nlthln the thirty-day limit of the extra nession. There arc three blR Issues to be acted upon, and In the minds of the people of Sussex county, which la the lower one in this three-county state, the one of least Importance Is ratification of the suffrage amendment. The new public school code Is the blR tane with the farmers down there just as the repeal of an nmendment to the Hate prohibition law' is the paramount i'sue with the people of New Castle county, of which Wilmington is the bub. School Code and Prohibition Issues The school code 1b a complex issue and of purely local interest. Delaware standi about .thlrjy-tnlrd. ampng the dates in the matter of educational ad vantages. At considerable cost an elab orate aurycy was 'made, by tho aid of private capital, ,of the entire school tyitenv'of the state, nnd a code for a comprehensive development of the .jcJiols of 'the 'State was evolved. To -lrot'thfs reform- Into operation .willt is claimed, incrensc taxation, and the farmers generally arc fighting It bitterly en this ground. At a meeting of the electors of Sus hi county Inst week by nn almost linanlmoiiH vote they refused to permit roy uiacussion 01 sunrnge, oui ucvoicu their time to debntinc the school code The physicians of the entire stuto dc irand the repeal of the Klair prohibi tion amendment, which is the most drastic and yet inconsistent measure possibly adopted by any state. It pro- hibita the use of whisky for medicinal rurposes and refuses to permit the Mrltlng of prescriptions for medicine containing alcohol, fhysicians of all ncnoois ana hospital authorities are limine mnillfirntlnn nf the lnw. which In la direct conflict with the Volstend enforcement act. It Is more drastic SUFFRAGE ISSU than the Volstcnd act ever contcm-1 that the clerical delegates to the gen plated, ernl conference nt Dcs Moines might With these issues being forced to well take up the matter of simpllfjing uc.runi, wuu me posK.muucs ot ucaw! and dickers, ratification of the suffrage amendment may jar up against some unsuspected bou'ders In its track. There are two conspicuous objec tions, I discover, to ratification, they are race prejudice and increase of taxation. Race Prejudice a Factor It must be remembered that Dela ware is below the Mason and Dixon line, nnd the old antc-liellum race Prejudice shows a definite lino of color. J' would have died out long since, I i 1r', '" KTrnt measure, but for, the Addicks invasion, when the negro be came n marketable commodity at every Important election. And a certain class of whites were Jt whit behind tiie colored brother "en it Camo to selling their votes. Continued on Vntu Your, Column rive PUT SUFFRAGE UP TO G. 0. P. Vermont Women Blarrie Republicans for Delaying Amendment riurllngton, Vt Mnrch 20. (By A. ' i i01"'',11 of tills state who are fn ?rin ,1' 'ffort to have Vermont In T 'V0 n'lJroKO umendment chnrccd n eitfulars distributed hero toduy that h." Y. V "B"cun P"rV henceforth would "' responsible for the enfranchise. " of women in the United States. th.7 . cliejilars further declared that eSiiKf'' h.ft? U. witui, " Power to ncrT1lD,ratin,t'a,ti0 the amendment oppoeiUon. Ucl'ublican nc88ence or iViSSS0' c!cmcn' ''as refused to call consW1'81,!!?" ot, u'e Legislature to thoulh. rnt'fyli6 the amendment, al an fn("rs,;d XoJ o by the Ucpubll cn Mate committee. HOLD TWO IN SHOOTING Vlclm's Wife mid Man 8ald to Have Qeen Implicated In Attack XIqI1w.I1?,,i . uni! MrH- Tosephino bnl rl,.1!01' xmr 5200( and $500 8rr .V..of tho. F,Mnth street nnd h i the Cn "tntlon, l connection nernlne j? .str?t' ln8t Baturday oot W iiprrrs.tc(,1 'ohortly after tho v"d mshiih 1n. Lchnr8eil ,wlth aggra kln wmt and battery with Intent to V llrlSr WfJ!fmil, weekH n0' nmI liven n .".??' n! Mrs. Nolo wlltbo . aio l" l,t ,. r "I0"" Anrll .1. VuXlt-V"0 conlltlon t St. . T--.., s. JVhat Hoover Sees in Treaty Defeat's Wahc "Through our fnjlurc victory may turn only to new antagonisms." Germany probably will not accept Versailles treaty terms from United States. A political league may develop against America, the grunt creditor nation. The reparation commission, the most powerful economic body in the world, will at least neglect United States interests. The treaty must "be kept on the American Btnge toje a year, until the next administration," while we re main legally at war with Germany, or must make a separate pence. America will face u huge milltnr budget', with billions of tux yearly for armament. BURN MAN BARRED i Superintendent Defeated in Verbal Battle at Meth- odist Conference HOLD NOONDAY SESSION Bishop Berry won a skirmish with his district superintendents tills morn ing at the annual Philadelphia Metho dist Conferehee, over the question of letting down conference rules for a fourth yenr divinity student. The conference, meeting at the Whar ton Memorial Church, Fifty-fourth nnd Catharine streets, participated in n short but lively discussion over the inci dent, which ended with the withdrawal of the superintendents from their posi tion. The student, whose case was the cause of the argument, Chnrles D. Brodhcnd, was proposed for admission ns nn elder at the Instance of tho Kcv. Dr. G. Blck !cy Burns, district superintendent nnd one of the most powerful factors in local Methodism. " Tho fact that tho young man had made his first two years of preparation at Union .Theological Seminary, nnd not at 'a Methodist seminary as the cpn ference rules enjoin, was cited as n sufficient reason by Bishop Berry for hoIuTnlphls 'application for ndmission ns an elder for another yenr. Doctor Burns made a strong plea for tho candidate, urglnR that he was a student of especially brilliant promise. Snvprnl nthnr inptiiliorH nf flip pnnfpr- lCnre, however, pointed out that their . cases Hail been similar to mat ot tne candidate, nnd they hud been forced to wait a year. The Rev. Dr. Itobcrt C. Wells, sec retary of the conference, took issue with Doctor Burns, saying that ns Bishop Berry hnd pointed out, the candidate, would not suffer from the year's delay. and thnt to many ministers it seemed only right that Methodist- seminaries .should be given preference, Withdraws Ilequest Doctor Burns thereupon withdrew his request. Bishop Berry suggested " -,i""V"w"" y -,- fin mnlion of the Rev. Dr. C. E. McCartney, it was decided to hold an executive sesslou at noon to consider special cases such us that of the ap plicant who was refused admission ns elder. Recommcndntlon was made that the Continued on Tate Sixteen Column" l'lie SPRING SPRINGS AT 4:59 You'll Know It's Here Because Calendar Says So It's huril to believe, but this after noon nt 4.o0 o'clock spring will bo here, according to official calculations. And that's about the only way it's arriving. The time mentioned Is the moment of the vernal equinox. The sun's rays will shine vertically on the equator and each day thereafter these vertical rays will shine n little further north until they reach the maximum point of their north ern journey, 2.1 Mi degrees north ntl tude Tliis point will be reached on Tune 21. Spring was almost accom panied by n blizznrd from the West. This was sidetracked last night by friendly winds nnd a rise In tempcra- a i,,i iiio vIpwk concerning todny's outlook, tho weathermun said: "It will bo what I shou'd call a sullen day." fPi.- to.rmorntnrc nt 0 o clock was .irs nn.i uKPmpil to hesitate at that point. Bain WHICH siurieu m. M..IWU m. will continue intermittently, nnd to. U ,.'-- . - ...., t r .1A n night It may freeze "MUD SLINGING" TO STOP Mayor to Hasten Street Paving to Level Street "Cesspools" Mayor Moore does not believe in mud sliuging even when It is douo by auto- mOn account of complaints from busi ness men and citizens generally regard ing tho bad conditions of the greets, the Mayor went out today to get Awt-hon Information. Ho insm-ctcd Hf" street, from Clicstnut to Spruce, and suw the need for improvement in the paving conditions. . Uneven spots uud depressions in the street make collections of mud nr.d water easy. The "splash fiends 'In automobiles appear to delight in thin nnd wero nt their usual past m todaj . Tho Mayor saw muny windows and pedestrians splashed and the need of Im mediate repairs. . ., , ,, T.,.r..tn!r im mtv Hnll he said: "Tliero are soino streets on which the conditions are unusuallv aggrnvating and Fifteenth street is ono, but wo are gradually getting uown to w um pavln business nnd trying to Improve 1 it. i ......ll.. nil..., a lu nit nrnli. ennuuiuuH Kcuer"")1. .-., In Council for repaying Fifteenth nanre street find It yHLW rusueu wrougu. BY BISHOP BERRY PEACE-RESOLUTION FACES SENATE AS TREATYjS BEATEN Versailles Pact Goes Back to Wilson After Fourth 'De- feat, 49 to 35 KNOX MEASURE WOULD Elfo WAR' WITH GERMANY C. 0. P. Leaders Expect It to Pass, buf President's Arr- proval Is Doubtful Wiishliigton, March 20. With the pence trenty on its way back to the White House today, accompanied by notification to the President that the Senate hnd finally "refused to ndvlse and consent to Its ratification." Sen- ntor Knox's resolution to declare a state of pence with Germany will take Its place on the Scnnto floor Consideration Inst night after the nd- verse vore on rntitication was blockeu by adjournment until Monday. Republican lenders, however, expect some such measure to bo passed. SllCCCStloh tlmt Prcslilcnt Wilson might return the trenty to the Sennte brought emphatic statements from the majority that it virtually would be pigeonholed in the foreign relations committee. In nny case, the treaty question was regarded as already in jected into the presidential campaign ns one of tho mnin issues upon which Re publicans and Democrats will fight for imtionnl indorsement this fall. Reconsideration Motion Falls Ratification wus defeated last night by a vote of -10 to nr. the lineup being twenty-eight Republicans nnd twenty one Democrats for. and twenty-three Democrats and twelve Republicans qgaaist. The net result, of four months of comprise negotiations wns the addi tion of seventeen Democrats to those voting for ratification. After tho voto had been tnken. Sena tor Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, moved to reconsider, but was ruled out on a point of order. No nnnenl from the ruling was taken, leaders on botlw siues Dcing convince". inatMi was nope less to expect affirmative action with the Senate membership constituted ns it now is. Senator Lodge offered the Democrats n second vote last night, but thev did not desire it. They simply wanted to carry a motion to reconsider so that tho treaty still would be hunglng sus pended in the Umbo ot tlio dead in the Senate. Tlmt would have enabled the President to escape the responsibility of the next move. Immediately nftelr Mr. Cummins, the president pro tern, of the Senate, an nounced that the treaty hud failed to command tho required two-thirds vote. IMr. Lodge offered n motion instructing the secretary of the Senate to return the treaty to the President nnd "re spectfully inform him" that the Senate had failed to advise nnd consent to it. The Lodge motion prevailed, 45 to W. Sir. Robinson tnen moved to recon sider the vote by which the treaty failed. Mr. ntson moved to tnble the Robinson motion. The Senate voted 34 to 411 ugalnst tabling. N Hitchcock Urges Delay Mr. Hitchcock pleaded against the resolution sending the trenty buck to the White House. He wanted a few dass to "cool off for more mature con- das siih JI coble' t d t cnuously " lie rli.l .... tlmn ll rnmr. tn ni nn mi.l cratinn nnd n last effort to ratify. hold tho time had come to put an end tn tin. mutter. The nrosneet that it could be taken up again by the present Senate he regarded ns hopeless. "Wc have no right to bring It here npain nnd interfere with the public business," Mr. Lodge said. "I have gone as far us I can nnd fmther debate is useless." Tho final adverse voto was the fourth bv which tho Senate hns lefused to approve the treaty, three others huving been taken in November. v Antlnn bv tho House of Representa tives would be necessary to consummate n decimation of peace by resolution, as . .. A .l l. L'nnnfnn IftlrtV T I It I mrvtosArnpiarol the joint resolution deelnriiiR wnr and pro- Wdcs thut unless Germany notifies the it'., i,,i stntps of its ncccritance of nil undertakings contained in the treuty of Versailles the President would have the power to prohibit by proclamation com mercial intercourse between tho two na tions or the giving of any assistance to Germany. Knox Plan Strongly Opposed When the Knox resolution was put Continued on Vutw Tour. Column Two NINE SUBURBS AFFECTED IN MEASLES QUARANTINE 210 Cases Reported in Cheltenham Township Children Under Twelve Forbidden to Go to School or Church An epidemic of measles has caused the niacins ot a strict quarantine on the, activities of oil children under twelyo years old In nine fashionable suburbs in Cheltenham township. The places affected by tho ruling of iinrnld Pike, secretary of the township boar of health, are Elklns Park. i"i ins Park Muuor, Mclroso Park, Park, Ogontz. Cheltenham, Wynnecote, Lainott and part of Glen- side. Children under twclvo years in these nlnees nr forbidden to attend school, Sunday school or church, nnd to attend f!" ..,"Ai,.u nr other places of amuse ment and public gathering. Thoy also avo been warned uot to qongrcgato on have , hwn i .. DUCIIKSS OF MAKLUOUOUGII Tho former Cnnsuelo Vanderhllt Is reported to ho planning to aMc a dlvorco from her titled husband AT LMON CAFE Blaze in Basement at Fifteenth and Chestnut Causes Excitement j DRAWS BIG NOON CROWDS Fire was discovered in the basement of L'Alglon Cafe. Fifteenth nnd Chest rut streets, nt 11 :10 o'clock this morning. A half dozen trucks responded and three streams of wnter were trained on the building from the Fifteenth street side. Smoke wus pouring from base ment windows, nnd a second alarm was sent in. The -fire caused some alarm among tenants of the Pennsylvania" Building, where the cafe is located. Girl stqnogrnphcrs came hurrying out of the building, putting on their hats and wraps as they reached tho street. There vas some alarm among patrons of the cafe, but no disorder. Noon crowds thronged to Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, to see the excite -mtut, The flames, said to have been due to n defective Hue, were soou extin guished. MARLBOROUGH FACES SUIT FOR DIVORCE American Duchess, the Former Consuelo Vanderbilt, Begins Legal Action London, March 10. The Duchess of Marlborough has Instituted a suit for tho restitution of conjugal rights. The hearing of the case .has been fixed for next Monday. The petition of the duchess, which is the usual preliminary to divorce in England, apparently bus caused no sur prise in London. The MnrlboroiiRh, have been separated for a number of cnrs, tho duke spending most of his time nt Blenheim Cnstlc and the duchess living in London. The Duchess of Marlborough wns Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of Wil liam K. Vanderbilt, Sr., of New York, mm tne present .Mrs. u. ji. r. lieimont. Sw Jrricd to the Duke of Mart borough In ?SCW lOrk ill IWhi. Th The rouple have two chllrden. Lord John, Marquis of Blnndford, who is heir to the title of Duke of Mnrlborough, nnd Lord Ivor. The Mnrquls of Bluiulford was manied February 17 to the Hon. Mary CodoRen. niece to the Karl of Cadogan, nt St. Mai Raid's Church, Westminster. The king uud queen, Princess Mary, the queen mother, Alexandra, and other members of the royul household nttended the marriage. LAUNCH PREMIER WARSHIP u. S. Superdreadnourjht Maryland Christened at Newport News Newport News. Va., March 20. By A. P.) The supeidrendnouRht inirjiuini, designed as rue most power ful battleship in the world, was launched here today with Mrs. 12. Brooke Lee. wife of the comptroller of the stuto of Maryland, as hponsor. Secretary Daniels, Governor Richie, of Maryland, und a number of other naval officials and state officials attend ed the launching, which wus tho first public one held here since the United States entered the war. Other nearby towns nre threatened with a like quarantine ns a result of Mio disease, which Is appearing In n dangerous form, nlthnncli n. ilpntho have resulted so far. i The schools of Hutboro have been nliunrl fllirl tt'lll ..A. ...... ..1..... -... ' ; "' .1-Miuin mini iur it wcck because of measles In that town. More than forty cases bovo been reported from Ablngton und three were reported from Jenklntown last night. Tho 210 cases reported In various parts of Chltcnhnm township mostly uro confined to younger children. The disease Is thought to have cen spread through the schools. ParentB in the township have been n?J"-d. (? cc-operate with the health officiate to jnnke. the quarantine a strfct ouo In order.tostamp out tho epidemic. WO-ALARM F R F Bolshevik Offensive Weakens at News of Peace Confer ence Decision SOVIET PROPAGANDA FAILS IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE Dniester Is Barrier Which Says to Trotzky: "Thus Far and No Further" By IJ. F. KOSPOTH Special StnfT CorreMiondent of the Kvenlne Tubllc I-editer In Snltierlnnd Geneva, March 20. Decision of the Peace Conference to recognize Ru mania's claims to Besarnbla,' iiB an nounced recently, will rectify a century old injustice. So long wns the decision delayed that tho Bolshevik!, encouraged by tho de lay, crossed the Dniester u few days iiirn nml wBinnnl Into Bessarabia in 'large numbers nfter routing Rumanian troops who had stood guard nlong tho "Rhine" of southeastern Kuropc since the close of the world wnr. Latest reports from Moscow, how ever, Indicate that as a result of the allied pronuncinmento the soviet govern ment is weakening in its uciermiuniion to nnuex Bessarabia and force an open rupture with Rumnnin. To undcrstnndthe situation one must briefly consult geography nnd history Tho Dniester river, risinR in northern Hungary, flows southeast and empties into tho Black sea near Odessa (enp turcd by the Bolshevik! n few weeks ago). The river cuts off a southwestern corner of old Russia. Roughly speak ing, this corner Is Bessarabia. Origi nally Bessarabia was part of Rumania, but Turkey seized it and ceded it to Russia in 1812. Peace of Europe Endangered Settlement of the Bessarnblan prob lem, which is imminent, comes none too soon, for the coutinunnce of a state of nationnl uncertainty and excitement in territory immediately boardcring ou Red Russia wus obviously n source ot grave ilniiirer to the who e-of-8ontheastcru- Europe. . Untiring eitorts ov unKowsK. cuici of the so-called "Rumanian depart- ment" In Moscow, to exploit the un settled national status of Bessarabia to further the imperialistic plans of the Red dictators, but the "watch ou the Dniester" was well kept, and until re cently neither Bolshevik army corps uor propagandists were able to cross the wide stream, which seems to form nn Ideal' natural barrier against the hordes of eastern nnarchy. The whole of the Ukraine Is nt present controlled, ut least strategically, by Trotzky's armies. A just though somewhat tardy realization of tills truth lias probably helped to influence the allied diplomats in their decision to sanction the union of Bessarabia with Rumania. But the recognition of Rumania's claims is, above oil, a direct consequence of the allied change of policy in Russia. So long as the great powers hoped for a recoistitution of Russia under nnti Bolshevik lenders they were loth to per mit the secession of one of the former empire's most vnluablo provinces, how ever much it might be justified by the principles of nationnl self-determination. Justice for Rumania Today, when pence is ubout to be concluded with the terrorists nf .Moscow nnd the permanence of their dictatorship is tacitly recognized, this objection is no louger vnlld. Even Lloyd George did not carry his policy of friendship with Lenine so far ns urge the award of Bessarabia to the Russlau soviet, Rumania, therefore, is to come into her own nt Inst. It is au net of justice thnt lias thus resulted, more by chance thnn by de sign, from the chaotic Russian policy of the European cabinets. Wilsoulnn principles liuvo for once inadvertently triumphed in the settlement of a peace problem. For Bessarabia is a truly Rumanian country. It hud been under Russian domination for n hundred years, during wnicn muny uinusuniis ot tne uumnnian iniiiiuiiiiiKs were iorcru uy tne cznrist authorities to emigrate to other parts of tne uussiun empire ns colonists, their place being tuken by Russian immi grants. Nevertheless, out of, n total popula tion of 3,000.000. there nre still today more thnn 2,000,000 inhabitants of the Rumanian race. The rest nr largely Jews. Ukrainians, Greeks, Bulgarians nnd Poles. Of Russjuns there are but 100,000 in nil. Election Wns Perfectly Fair This vast Rumnnlnn majority has been fully confirmed by the result of the recent elections to the constituent uss scmbly. All the members elected to tho assembly are "unionists" favoring tho reunion of Bcssnrublu with Rumania. Nor were these elections "faked" in any way. They wero carried out by means of universal, equul and secret Continued on l'nite Sixteen. Column Heren 5 HAMMONTON ROBBERIES Homes of Prominent Residents Bur glarized Seven In Week Ilumtnoutou, N. J., Muieh 20. Thieves last night entered live homes hero, those of Postmnster T.niiln r Lnngham, Professor W. .1. Brcnun nnd Professor T V, Steller. of the Ham- monton High bchool ; Edward W. Me-1 Govern, of tho American Kxnremt Co., and CJinrles A. Wood, former council man. nan. Money and valuables were secured n thrco of the homes. The intrusions follow rohherv rnrlu 1 tills week of the homes of Councilman A. Colasurdo nnd of Robert Pyckcu, a i member of thq grand jury., 100-YEAR INJUSTIC ENDS AS RUMANIA GETS BESSARABIA . Sinn Fein Mayor of Cork . Muraerea in tiis tiome y Party of Masked Men Shoot Thomas Mac Gurin; Rumors , of Easter Monday , Uprising Agitate Britain By the Associated Press London, March 20. Thomas Mac- Gurin, the lord mayor of Cork and a prominent Sinn Felner. was shot dead at I o'clock this morning. The revolver wns fired by a masked person whoso Identity is unknown to the authorities. Hnif a dozen men knocked nt the door of the home of the lord n.ioor. .Mrs. MncGurin opened tho !oor nnd the men rushed hi. Some of thorn held her while others run upstairs to the mayor's bcdtooui. They took him to the land ing and shot him iii the chest. They then fled in an automobile. i The government is tnking special irccautions ngalust possible outbreaks in Ireland on ICaster Monday, accord ing to the Daily Mnil. which nsserts that the authorities have known for Home time that the Sinn Fein has con sidered the possibility of armed risings and drawn up its plans. "It Is not believed, liowevcr,", the newspaper adds, "thnt the movement is sufficiently suppoited to bo really for midable, although It Is possible there mny bo sporadic outbreaks in ccrtaiu district. "Precautions nUo have been tuken at TREATY RETURNED TO 'PRESIDENT FROM SENATE "WASHINGTON", March" 20. The treaty of Versailles was returned to President Wilson today by the Senate after It had 'failed of ratification last night for a fourth time. DUSSELDORF CAPTURED BY SPARTACANS BRUSSELS, March 20. During last niht, German advices say, the manufacturing city of Dusseldorf, on the Rhine north of Cologne, was captured by Spartacan forces, the government troops evacuating it without a fight. $300.000 FIRE TOSS AT DU BOIS, PA- pu jj0IS, Pa.. March, 20. ?,x'-Z-,T-l?.i .'. ,-riT"--' portion of the business section ,, L stnn nno mated at ?300,UOU. NOPPEE CALLS RISE United Business Men's Associa tion Chairman Criticizes Pro posed Monthly Charges ORGANIZATION MAY FIGHT SevernKfeatures of the increased rate schedule requested by the Bell Tele phone Co. mny be opposed by the United Business Men's Association. The association's board of directors will meet noxt Wednesday nfternoon at 1015 Arch street. The entire pro gram of proposed increases will be gone over by tne directors. The proposed now method nf com- FOR PHONES UNFAIR luting residence calls In addition to'lulre Apartments. Fortietli street nnd loosting the residence rate is obiectcd to by Edward A. Noppel, chairman of th nssocintion's board of directors. "The present messnL'p ruti for resi dences," he said, "is Sf.1.50 n month for iiHi cans annually. It is proposed to raise the rate to 54 a month and allow1 sixty calls a month. "In other words, under the new plan, I sixty calls will be the maximum of scrv- I ice without extra churges. If the sixty calls are not used within the month I the count begins nil over again the fol- lowing month. "ruder the present schedule with' n yearly computation tiie calls mny be sprend out over the year. A subscriber may make twenty calls one month nnd seventj-tlve or eighty the next. Effective May t, Is Plan "The monthly count will particularly affect subscribers who ure nwuy from home mr several weeks or mouths dur It does not seem to r- ing the summer be fair to me. The Increased rates, virtually the game ns those prevailing when the tele- Continued on race Timr. Column Fire ROUGE NOT RUN HE URfiF5 nuuut IMUI, nUPJ, ne UnuCo More Exercise, Less Cosmetics, Ad vised by Athletic Director Exercise instead of rouge was urged for high school girls today by Dr. F. W. Maroney, director of physlcnl edu cation in New Jersey, who addressed a meeting of the Philadelphia Teachers' Association In the Willlum Penn High School, Fifteenth nnd Mount Vernon btreets. "Girls can be taught to run ns well as bo s," Doctor Maroney declared "Give them proper exercise. Then there will bo lesH use for cosmetics, They will get u color thnt ruin cannot wusii off nnd tho sun cannot fnde." The first step toward efficient Instruc tion, the New Jersey educator asserted. Is to "get rid of the dead teachcrs'nnd get live onPJ Instead. One of the worst dlsoascs Is to bo dead and not know It." Four Important factors in physical o.litontlnn. lid snlil ,.- .l.....i-'. ,.i ieul Inspectlou, school nurses, dentni clinic nnd a proper attitude toward yhyslca culture training, Glasgow, where the Sinn Felners boaBt the possession of arms and ammunition and threaten a disturbance Knster Mon day. It Is rumored that the prospective trouble In Manchester nnd Liverpool is not expected to materialize." Referring to the notification given by Allen Clement Kdwnrds, Liberal, to the London Times of his intention to nsl; the premier Monday whether the government is informed of risings planned for Hnster Monday nnd whether the navy has seized a consignment of arms and ammunition from Germany, the Dally Mull deelnres that no arms from Germany huve been seized and that the government is convinced Germany' Is in no wise Implicated in any Sinu Fein plot. CANDLES CAUSE $300 FIRE Two candles lighted for religious pur noses nrc believed to have caused n lire Inst night in the home of Mrs. Tlllie Adlcmnu, 2515 South Sixth stieet. Mrs. Adleman left the candles' burning in the kitchen when she left the house. In her nbsence neighbors saw smoke coming from the Kitchen und summoned firemen The blaze was confined to the kitchen The damage wns estimated ut JfUOU. Fire early today destroyed a -f "c- "" u"uJ"-o a of Su Bois causing a loss estl- Bookkeeper Shoots Herself Fif teen Minutes After Cheerfully Responding to Call FIND BODY ON THE FLOOR Miss Alice Brockett, thirty-six years old, a bookkeeper, wns found dead in licr room. 4020 Purkside nvenue, with u bullet in her breast, fifteen minutes after she vheetih answered a call to get up this morning. Police say she committed suicide, but the motive is a mystery. iwviousiy n .tfniniin ol refinement. Miss Brockett. who cume to the Bel- I'urKside avenue, us a bookkeeper last September, had zeen a puzzle to her associates. She worked for $0." a month and her hoard, nnd lived n life of solitude. She apimreniiy mid tew men friends. Lust night at 10:110 o'clock Miss Brockett nnd several other emploves of the apartment house, were having a light luncheon in the dining room of the annex at 4020 Parkside avenue, where thc lived. Miss Lockett announced thnt she wus going to her room to wash and Iron some iM, t-.,iwtu She did not return to,the dining room. At 7:li o'clock this morning a bellboy knocked on Miss Brockett's door, an nouncing, ns is the custom: "Seven -fifteen : time to get up." Miss Brockett replied cheerfully : "Al right ; I'm getting up now." A few moments later some nonnna .t i . . . - ! -- ", "V ' "I, "ulnl Ii,HI,ll.r." "port. The iiviii'k'h ii ii m- ii nre iiiowour. llicy went to the window but could see no enr kltu,.JMt l.,r .. nn.il. !.., .i. ....h it., tin muuL thoy went to knocked nn Miss Brockett's room and knocked on the door again. There wus no response. T.',1PJ W01".' ,,0,wn tlui l,00r Ul"' ""i Miss Brockett's body on the lloor, puiiiy dressed The body wns taken to the Pinxhv. terinn Hospital, but she was dead. Police of the Thirty-ninth stret ami Lancaster avenue stntiou took churgc of the ense. An inspection of the room revealed the shirtwaists whieli Miss Brockett spoke of last night, neatly Ironed nnd arranged over the back of chairs. Police point to this ns nn indication tliut the suicide was not contemplated. Liberty bonds valued ut .$1000 were fouud In the room.. Mrs. Kvnnger, who conducts the upnrtinentH, wrtcl that Miss Brockett came here from Atlantic City. Her home is believed to be in Pittsburgh. French Loan Closes Today rans, march 20. (Ry A. P.) !uuoi.iiiiiuiio iu inu rrrucu man closed today and although no official figures have been given out as yet, Frederic lllnAnlo.l'..l.nnl .. I .!..... .. it . iiuuwun-wiiinu, iiiiiuiurr pi nnuuce, expresses himself as satisfied with the resulta j v MYSTERY CLOAKS WOMAN'S SUICIDE COMMUNISTS HOLD s & BERLIN STATIONS! . Relief Train Speeds to Aid tf tnaangerea u. a. citizens . 'Af in Leipsic DEFY AUTHORITIES I ALLIES MAY ADVANCE INTO TEUTON TERRITORY' ( Krupp City Seized by 100,00(1" ,'? Radical Shelled by' Artillery m JtV ill Afisnrtntjwl lra ' 1 Swilir "fniMil. nf T7L.t . ii mntif trnnnu linvn hntnlinri nik1f knlUlf "S Xl "iiuun. iillliiii jill. r.iipri irflVt-JH-- ,. inps at Leipsic in an ittcmpt to,' " lfirlffn Cirtrmnn wirlrnru fAMio ttiA .' iv oral hundred persons hnvc been kill1 as a result, says a Berlin dispatch . the Exchange Telegraph Co. The taes" " sage !ays 100 were killed and 30t wounded In the street fighting In Berlia ou Thursday. V, (This dispatch does not make it clcaf? what is meant by "bombed," but it-waa probably n bombardment as the attack -was made by troops nnd there is. so J reference to aerial action.) r A Cobleuz dispatch, dated yesterday;1 ti says that a special train made up by ,, ' local German authorities at the tllrcc-, ' tion of American army officers left tha city ut 2:1C o'clock yesterday morn ing for Leipsic to bring out 200 Amer ican and allied businessmen stranded there and reported In dnngcr. The, train wns to reach Leipsic yesterday,, afternoon and return to Coblcnz to night. Train Carries Rations f The train took 12.0 rations, en on , for the 200 persons expected to makc.th "rjujj return trip anu tne members oi tne traHVuVJj crew on n nnKslhln fivi flnvu' lAitrarlm . "' Tho train crew is In rhnnro nf TjtMMicV'IMa tenant Hans Frischmann. the ndintat;iv vl ot tiie German military mission wlthrfc'' allied army of occupation, whose ,hs, ,o in ui-ruii. j.iiu truin comprises ib" tri coaches, two extra cars of coal Amff&t two tanks of wnter. Bv skinnlnc yeimf,. s.-'Sl xtntioUH it would be possible- to' rh&thl nt inn ii j.iiji.siu uuu return in nrenwan Latest -cportH say that the, allied nod ' American business men Who have ,bcen ' attending the Leipsic fair have kept'fo' their hotels, because of the disturbances . in tne city, nut mat every provision had been made to cure for them ana ' transfer them tn the train as soon ad it should rencli Leipsic. Two thousand persons have bees killisl to date In the fighting incident to" the German revolutionary movement and disturbances of the last week, It is esti mated In Berlin, according to the Br cliunge Telegraph correspondent. Spnrtucans Capture Essen The capture of Essen wus effected on Friday by a Spartacan urmy of about 100,000 men with seventy-seven guns and nn equipment of nrmored automo biles, according to ndvices from Aix-le--- Chnpelle today, says n Brussels dis patch. Tho Spartacuus proclaimed soviet republic there. The battle for the control of Essen, home of the Immense Krupp nrms and industrial works, lasted twentv-four hours before the Communists 'finally i jl WOn nOKKCMRlnn nf till, lift llAnn.,llni . 3 a dispatch from Muenstcrc to the Am- l$ft. Sterdam Tclesrnf tnilnv nnrlnir !.. Si" battle Essen wns shelled by artillery in' '-' the possession of the workingmen. Tho government of the city is now in the hands of u "committee of action."1 , It "estimated that .'100 persona wero killed during the lighting nt Essen. There are many indentions, accord 'iiR to a dispatch from Cologne today! " that the Allies are prepnrlng to ad vance their concentrations of troops at Strasbourg uud Metz Into Germany If the country does not quiet down soon, the Exclinngo Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam reports. Sailors Selzo Cruisers A Hamburg dispatch sus that tho German cruisers Schwarzburg, Rcgcns burg and Wlttlesbuch were tuken pos session of at Kiel without bloodsherf oj suiiors ut tne naval station, after the government troops in the station had been disarmed. The officers of the cruisers were deposed and the white flag was hoisted over the vessels. Tho ca'pi tain of the Wlttlesbuch. the rpnnrtji add, committed suicide hy shooting. i Mm i.iiiiuiu in mc iTiiiscrn -was previously erroneously reported us havi ing occurred nt Hamburg.) Unconfirmed reports received from Coblcnz today say that 1000 persons have been killed ut Kiel, where the situation is grave. The German Nationnl Assembly will continue Its sessions ut Stuttgart until conditions at Berlin nre normal, says a Stuttgart dispatch today, Spurtiwnns Hold Berlin Stations Communists who have occupied fiva ttntions iu the eastern section of Bcrlhr refuse to permit the resumption of rail read traffic until their demands have been met, says a dispatch filed at Berlin, this morning, It wns amiounced in the Baden Dipt thnt the Ebert government had. offered large rewards for tho urrest of Doctor , -& iiipp mid wcneriu von i.nuitwiiK, we leaders or ttie recent revolt in Jlcrlln. The situation in the mining districts t, of tho Rhlueland is described 'in advice reaching here today ns still extraordU uurily serious. Several places are. In complete control of, rJpnrtacanSs. bh4 communists, their dominance 'being se cured only afte scycro fighting, , In Cassel seventeen dead nnd sixtv four wounded are reported, and in Sftu' remberg twenty-threo dead and tlxtr'V wpunueu. M"v ' Reports from Rtuttgort Ut , tlkft V Gustay Noske., mlulstcr of defenw, 1mm ' withdrawn his resignation in eww-'? ,V bbu IM '! ' h'r ,HJ ,.&! I m i. . Pul YM &i fiv 1K" ' r.l '&m M ,r 1 1 "t 5 CoBjiaueil en Vast hksm.j "T r. m M- (' 51 A' .V A uv i.4 -. , . .-. , ,. . Jk iUlt . a . . I- t J !' ;n' , :?- n KxJ.
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