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VOL. VI NO. 162
Entered ai Bocond-Cl,.;,. Mttr at thn roitoBlcr. nt Philadelphia. r.
Under the Act of March 8. 1870.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920
rubllihcJ Dally HiCfpt Hunday,
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PRICE TWO CENTS
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by Public ledger Company.
1EGISLATIVE 01
SEENINpME
cCain Informed Amondmont
yVill Bo Ratified, but Dy
J Very Closo vote
IAX ASSESSMENT REFORM
JSPARAMUUNI uucouuu
Proposed Repeal of School Codo
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Votes for Women
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t bo eitru session of the Delaware
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Si&e pr two votes at the utmost.
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BURGLAR INFLIGHT;
ANOTHERMANSHOT
HHLKN HAMILTON GARDENER
Nominated by President Wilson to
Ih n member of tho National Civil
Service, Commission. Sho Is promi
nent In tho woman sulTrngo movement
METHODISTS URGE
$11 FOR PASTORS
.. 1 ...111. havma
tWri-wlr , .w cm are.. u u .....
riiwr prou ora i....t , " "- ,
StMo thf euming week or leu days.
CfmbMt!.heym.rcyarc.forlf
bj arc not nciimu.v i.b.."."6 "
;t MSt HgnilUB ..'
fames that are paramount, Dccause
ir inisfib4 they alTect their pockctbooks,
KhcJiilcil for consideration and must
difiiosetl ol on inc iiisiuui. u. ...v.c-
botits. The ratlticauon 01 up uim.iiu-
entcan wait, unu wuii. n.
With definite knowledge of t lie pro-
.. I , nitrcil that it Will DC nlODC
ward the middle or end of this week
.(.fore the murage quesuun in wj.ioiu-
rtd. It may even go oyer hv.
It More it cets so much as its nose
nide-thc lepi'latlvp door.
(VntrrsFnian I'UieU Jl. ijiiyiou iwii
'tited States Senator li. Hcrslcr IJall
jrirfd in Uovrr tins moraine, xikj
otntty eatry to the Kcptrbl can urn
iorlty in the Legislature, it is' said, a
i,.l nn .1 friml tins nut onal ltCDIIII-
Un rommittcc and Will H. Hays that
Republicans ratity tnc amcnunivm.
nival'Lcaders On Hand lor liattio
The leading lights nnd leading ladies
! the Mitfrnge comedy drama, or
rsjedy, u-! one chooses to regard it,
it all on iiano irom inu iuu. w"b'
the nation to re-eniorcc .wiui curer
iid counel the local Btrateglsw. Of
' . 1 ! 1.1,. Utitiln nnlllfl ftl .
Ifje, DO equui nsiiiM uiiinu wuw I'v-y
,i. .rlvn nlmvp thn level of a skirmish
ikn.it .tho militant nresence of Miss
Tire Paul, the stormy petrel of the
ilratists'movemont. J-Iipii mere is iura.
Inrence llayard Hlllis. daughter of the
ite Thomas V. Hayard. and Mrs. Al-
rtJItMahon. of Virginia; miRs :uuo
tinin rt 'APU'ltnri. 17HI.. IIIIll (lllUI
itff!Mrs. Henry Rldgcly, n clever.
man and wife of one of tho leading
litomcys of the state.,
The outer walls and windows of the
mti-Hiirw hrndnunrtrrs fairly bristle
iltli defiance rosters anil caricaiures
.( fnrdi tlm rnnKmi why WOmCIl
houldn't oti nnd ndded to this are the
ifrtuasho pii-ns 01 .urs. iicnry j.
omiifou. of Dover unu icv iorK ,
In. Henry Scott and above all tiie
Jilnesjlke Mir-s Alice l). wiiite, wno
oM from Maine to ro-enforce Hie
mil coaoris wiin uuuii&ti "u oubb.
iom ot political sngncity.
Thvn.ru nf I n it tuation Will lie-
clop about, tomorrow, that is, if one
an dig politics out ot ail tnis rue uuu
proar, ,
Uence, those ardently enthusiastic
mialne souls who anticipated n ma-
IhM-rin decision, as to rapidity, win
loreed to corK up tneir cniiiusiusm
MKowtueir fair heads in liumoie huu-
Hlon to the will of the creature man.
The program as arranged follows :
The curtain uiiser will .be the eon-
idwation of tho reassessment bill.
is will he followed by tho cntro'acte,
nlltled, "The Washington Street
indM in Wilmington." Alter uinr,
ill be tirckPuted tho nttemnted repeal
! the frlin.il cmle in two acts. And
hire will not only be two acts, but a
)i( Eurnnci- lnfnri thn curtain cocs
'town or. this school codo bill. '1'he
atiBeation of tho equal sufCrago amend
"tat will conclude the legislative per
iirmance to the loud applause of Miss
Alice Paul, nnil llu. pntlro lirnsnffrnire
'"iieiice.
Much has hfiii vr!llin nhnut- thn nn
"Pilar school code, but I find that it
" (econa In importance to the pro
wed reassessment bill. This measure
' designed to do away with tho old
')cm of real estate assessments. A
"lira of three county assessors is to
Minimum Salary Resolution
Passed at Conference In
dorse Darrow's Re-election
Passerby Who Sounds Alarm
Accidentally Wounded by Bul
V let on 33d Stroet
BLUEC0AT, HELD, SAYS
HE FIRED TO FRIGHTEN
"I Did Not Try to Hit Him," He
Declares Mystery CloaKs
Intruder's Identity
WET CANDIDATES ASSAILED
Contlnunl on Vane Thirteen, Column One
WOMAN GETS U. S. POST
Helen Hamilton Gardener Appointed
"ember of civil Service Commission
wilncton, March U2. (By A. P.)
7"" Hamilton (Jurdcncr, of this
f. widow f Colonel B. A. Day, and
l,.!r"n,I Ieiturer. whs nominated to
ilf.r.i.1 ri'sl,1""t Wilson to bo n racm
"ot the civil service commission. She
MC.M. Galloway, of.
(i ;i ' " l who was "ousted
tk. ,, """iiisijion
'" 'rraniniit
ike it.
linrMlf H"m,ll" Gardener is Uio
CZ'l fc Virginia,,, having
Uni.l..,.T '."eiieoier, Jlino ai, JB08.
Cnult llt, ,,U! I'lnrfnnntl high oud
rl l.f IT s "lltl tnkc Postgraduate
branV"i in'nK. medicine nnd other
Methodist preachers would bo given
u minimum salary of $1300 a year, with
200 n year additional if they needed a
carriage or automobile, according to n
resolution passed today at tho annunl
Philadelphia Methodist Conference.
Members of the conference, meeting
nt tho Wharton Memorial Church,
Kitty-fourth and Catharine streets, de-
hated the proper minimum for more
than nn hour. Several suggestions were
made, but tho final agreement was on
$1300.
One suggestion wns that the minimum
bo graduated upward according to the
number ot children a minister Had. it
was nronosed that $100 be added for
each child. This suggestion was declined,
however.
The resolution, ns introduced by the
Iter. John 8. Tomllnon, made the
$1800 iiiitrMniin, mandatory, and pro
vided that deficits In poor congregations
be mode up by the board of sustentatlon.
Doctor Ulchlcy Objects
Tim Itcv. Dr. George II. Bicklcy,, one
of tho district superintendents, objected,
declaring that this would prove too
heavy u burden for the board, and as
passed in its Html form, tho $.1300 mini
mum was offered to the churches as the
"pleasure of the conference."
The Ilcv. Dr. J. W. Van Clcve,
secretary of the commission on finance
of the Methodist church, nnd hence an
official of tho general conference, added
his word of npnVoval to tho plan for
higher1 salaries in the course of u talk
on finances.
"There must be nn advance in the
support of our ministry if we nre to
have a ministry." ho said.
Doctor Van Clevo pointed out that
if pastors' snlarieH are to keep pace
with thn cost of living, they must be
made 100 per cent greater than they
wcro in 19H.
"Wet" Candidates Opposed
"Boo7.c" came in agaiu for u full
share of condemnation. A resolution
was pnsscd enjoining nil Methodists,
clerical and lay. to work for politicians
opposed to tho liquor traffic ifinl ngninst
nil who might be open to compromise.
Tho rciiominatlon of Congressmen
Darrow and Costcllo and of Representa
tives Wnlkcr and Kranklln wns strougly
urged by speakers.
Tho Itcv, It. K. .Tohnson, secretary
of tho conferenco committee on temper
ance, prohibition nnd public morals,
strongly indorsed tho political resolti-
"Wo are facing one of the most dis
astrous defeats in our history," he said,
"at tho hands of tho wot forces. All
political factions are striving to put
in the field candidates who nre as wet
ns n Bwnnip. Old-lino politicians arc
marked for decapitation because they
were bravo enough tp stand fast for
prohibition. You should counsel every
man in your congregntlonH to go to the
primaries nnd get into tho fight for the
The Rev. T. W. McKinney told the
conferenco that a former Chester county
FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED
Condition Will Continue for First
Half of 'Week, 8aya Forecaster
l'nlr weather .id to bo tho portion of
Philadelphia at lenst during tin." first
half ot the week, nccordlng to predic
tions today of Weather Korccaster
Bliss.
The forecast for tonight is fnir, with
a tempcrnturo of about !- degrees.
Tomorrow will bo fuir and somewhat
warmer, with moderate southwest winds.
Thcro Is no Indication that this brand
of weather will change Wednesday.
4 CHILDREN SAVED
BY WOMAN AT
FIRE
SIS SAYS BENSON
CAUTIONED 111 TO
BEWARE OF BRITISH
Informal Warning Given as
America Entered War, -Senators
Are Told
THOUGHT ADMIRAL WAS
STRONGLY ANTI-ENGLISH
lnnt yenr
hud determined to
after
rcor-
til!. !Ju,a"". Tories, essays and nclcn
m.i '"y? ''I UlUL'ozliiOH nn nn n.lltnr
'"$. TOnirihiitor.
?Aih bw" active in mnprm.,,lD ft,.
i ?of?v!r Nfi ?;rkV .ho beca.no hi
A mi- nv RVU,, AUe Da". lT- B.
iho KilUrarj ,n"es and is the uu-
Me orllcln. 1,
in.) .". '
.Prosrew. T, :, ,"",ve " mover
a1" inemW . ' ' mcnt .r. women,
the Nutlnntii I .u oxcc"tivo Doard
k.m(" Wo' But-
ItW at th. ii ,i i 'Jcircr on bocJ
W Seen eV,?,'U '', lnltuto of Arts
teru . hr uml VnlvcrstV Extennlnn
Academy o, Ui,?Tr . c1'10 American
W f the DuuiL?' una. S.ocial Sclcco
1 "olution Mu f ra ot U, 4n"Jcan
F" m Is un ,.il..i.""T.V? .len"
. ""y " iiercuuy,
Continued nn 1'nse Thirteen. Column Three
ROB MINISTER'S HOME
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Thieves Loot House While Pastor
Is at Church
While tho Rev. J. B. Rhodes was
preaching Inst night in the Centenary
M 13 Church. Camden, thieves ran
sacked his homo nt -100 Penn street
CnmnVn nnd took n fur cont, jewelry
nndcasli. Tuolntlro loss is estimated
t0Tho minister's family had accompa
nied him to tho church of which ho is
nastor Tho ntruders evidently forced
oPpen b rear window. The interior of
tho house was In n topsyturvy condi
tion when Doctor Rhodes returned..
Tho home of C. W. North. .118 Tcnn
street, Camden, a block awny from the
Rhodes home, also was robbed Ist
night. Thfl thief or thieves obta ned
$00 In cash nnd clothing valued at $100.
Police are searching for two negroes
seen nctlng suspiciously in that neigh
borhood. BERLET CASE UP TODAY
Friends Will Tell at Hearing If
Shortage Can Be Met
Results-of the efforts of friends of h.
.7. Berlet to rnlso $100,000, said to be
tho total ot Iris shortage ns, president
of tho stability Motors Co., of which
ho was president, will bo made known
today.
Mr. Berlet is scheduled to nave a
hearing on charges growing out of the
shortage before Mogistruto Orelis. At
tho hearing it wilt become known
whether his friemlB have collected suf
ficient funds.
Mr, Berlet formerly was o member
of most of tho prominent business or
guulzotion In tho city. Shortly before
Lis company became bankrupt ho re
signed from all. Ills friends sent a
circular letter to mcinbora qf the, varl
bus 'orgttoUntloas asking them to send
MtetiHittMf jMr 3 nWet
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A burglar was shot and killed by
Patrolmnn Harry Smith after lie was
cornered and tried to escape from the
home of Matt Shapiro. 1820 Korth
Thirty-third street, today.
Later the patrolman was held for the
action of the coroner by Mnglstrutn
Oswald, nt tho Nineteenth nnd Oxford
streets station. Ho wns turned over to
tho custody of Tilcutcnuut Brenner, his
superior.
The man who gave the alarm when ho
first pnw the burglar enter the Shapiro
homo rnn when ho lienrd the shot and
was shot lit and struck hi tho nrm by
other patrolmen, who thought he was
an accomplice of tho burglnrs.
The shooting occurred nt 3 :45 o'clock
this morning. Patrolmen Smith nnd
Dennis O'Conncll, of tho Twentieth nnd
Berks street station, wcro called by
Lewis Weinberg. 3232 West Berks
street, tho man who wns shot occl
dentally.
Weinberg, passing the house on his
way home after leaving his automobile
at n carneo at Thirty-third and Jef
ferson struts, saw u light moving
about. Ills own house had been robbed
scvcrnl days ngo and his first thought
was ot burglars. Tiio snnpiros are
distant relatives of his. Ho hurried
to find n noliceman. returning with
Smith nnd O'Conncll.
Smith nnil O Council gained entrance
to tho Shnpiro.homc nnd found tho in
truder hiding on the first floor. He rnn
into the cellar when discovered. The
patrolmen followed after him.
The burglar Iind moved through n cel
lar window to n position under the
porch nnd refused to return.
"I fired merely to frighten him."
tho patrolmnn explnined utter the
shooting. "I bad no wish to kill tho
man, or even to bit him. 1 did not
shoot at him. The bullet must have
hit something in the cellar that de
flected it."
The bullet struck the burglar in the
right side of tho back. He was tninble
to move. Smith crawled unucr me
poi-cb und enrried tho man to the street,
from .where he was tnken to the
Women's Homeopathic Hospital. He
died about 7 o'clock.
Refuses to Glvo Nnmo
Thn man refused to give his nnmo.
ngc or any particulars of himself. He
was about forty years old, C feet 7 Inches
tall, weighed ubout lfiO pounds, was
8inooth-shnvcu and bald headed. He
woro n mixed suit, brown cloth over
coat, mixed li.'.t and a colored. shirt. His
eyes were brown.
The name of n Market street hatter
was found in the cloth lint. This is
the only clue the police have so far
found to identify the intruder.
When the shot was fired which struck
Uio burglar, Weluberg, who had stayed
in front of the Shapiro homo to sec
whnt came of the alarm, ran. Two
patrolmen from a nearby bent saw him
running and taking him for u burglar
shot after him.
He was wounded in the left shoulder
nnd wns taken to the I.nnkenau Hos
pital. His condition is not serious.
The dead man is believed to be tho
man responsible for tho five robberies
in the vicinity. Kntrnnce in end, of
the cases was made through forcing n
cellar window.
When senrched at tho hospital the
man was found to carry a complete out
fit of bkeleton keys, n flashlight and
other house and lock-breaking para
phernnila. Smith and O'Conncll immediately re
turned to tho station house after the
shooting, where Smith gave himself over
to tho house sergeant.
Itcctory Robbery Foiled
Three men forced a rear window,
entered tho rectory of tho St. Columba
Roman Catholic Uhurch at Twenty
fourth street nnd Lehigh avenue, at
12;30 o'clock this morning nnd were
interrupted by the housekeeper while
ransacking the House lor tho Sunday
collection.
Thn Rev. Walter P. floudi. rector
of thn church, wos asleep on the second
lloor, and knew nothing of the attempted
robbcrv until the three men hail escaped.
Margaret Doyle, n maid, entered the
rectory ut midnight nnd went to the
third lloor. Sho wus talking with Mnry
Gilllgnn, tho housekeeper, when tho
two heard n noiso ot, tho first floor.
The housekeeper went downstairs.
As sho switched on tho cloctrlc light
in the dining room tho thrco mon .dis
appeared through a kitchen window.
jlfsks nnd tables on tho first lloor
hod been ransneked. Tho money from
the Sunday collection, nt tho church wns
in a safe on the second (lone. The
burglars escaped empty-handed.
Neighbor Fights Her Way Twice
Through Blaze Escapes
Falling Roof
MOTHER WAS AT STORE
Four children wcto tcscued nt 10 :-l.
o'clock this morning by n neighbor
when flames destroyed the interior of
their home nt 3S27 Poplar street.
Thov ro Percy Atkins. ,.Klt ymn
old; David, aged six: Martin, nged
three, nnd Rose, eighteen months old.
a hey w-cre rescued by Mrs. Colin Sim
plro. of 3828 Poplar street.
The children's mother. Mrs. Nathan
Atkins, left them playing on the first
floor, nnd went to n grocery store, a
block awuv. A few minutes later, Bur
iiOtt Shapiro, playing In u,P street, saw
smoko nnd flnmes swirl from nn un
stuirs window.
Running into his house tho bov told
his mother of tho fire. Sho gnvo the
nlarm nnd then hurried across tho
nui-vi. jjj- umh nine names were sweep
ing tho upstairs, from front to renr.
and smok. filled the downstairs
Airs. Hiin,piro rushed into the kitchen
of the burning homo, and using her
ufiifu u ii aiiiuiic-inasK, made her way
to tho children.
She nicked tin tlm fun t.oiit --.I
carried them to safety, and hurried
back to save tho other two. Percy nnd
David, apparently partially overcome
by the smoke, wore carried from the
burning home just ns the second floor
collapsed.
When the mother returned to find her
homo a mass of flames, Khn became
hysterical and attempted to rush
through the flames. She was led to the
homo of Mrs. Shapiro, where sho found
her children.
CORONER EXONERATES BOY!
Shooting of Four-Year-Old Brother
is Declared Accidental
Pllllin ColslmO. -Jr.. flic nlnn.,-.
?m'. I!;l!,!cy township hoyv whoTshdt nnd
Kiueu ins younger urother, Oeorge, yes
terdny morning, was exonerated today
by Coroner Drcwes, of Montgomery
county.
The coroner said an investigation
convinced him tho shooting was acci
dental. The father of tho boys had
loaded the double-barreled shotgun
Saturday to shoot a rat ami had neg
lected to remove the shells ufter
wards. Colsimo explnined he hnd plnccd the
gun in his bedroom. He wns sure, he
said, that his son. Philip, did not know
ino weapon wns lomied.
Witness Admits His Promotion
Was Due to Chief of
Naval Operations
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH WHEN DRESS IGNITES
Dorothy Miller, fifteen months old, 113, North WllUin
Btreet, was burned to death todny when u coal fell from the
kitchen, rnngo at which alio was playing with a uoker and
Ignited her dress.
WESTERN CITIES' GROWTH SHOWN BY CENSUS .
WASHINGTON, March 22. Population statistics announced
today by .the Census Bureau included : Alton, Ills., 24,714, an in
crease of 7,180, or 41.0 per cent over 1010; Newton, Iowa, 0,027,
Increase 2,011, or 43.0 per cent; Bismarck, N. D., 0.001, in
crease 1,D08, or 27.7 per cent; Keokuk, Iowa, 14,423, increase
11B, or 3.0 per cent; Columbia, Mo., 10,081, increase 1,010, or
10.D per cent; Columbia, S. C, 37,524, Inciease 11,205, or 42.0
per cent ovtr 1010.
ED BATTLE
N RUHR
GERMAN
DEATHJOLL 8000
Government Troop's Forced
Back on Rhino by Spar-
tacan Armies
SITUATION VERY BLACK
AS BOLSHEVISTS RISE
Radicals Executed After Berlin
Clashes U. S. Bars
Food for Rebels
to
iii -the
By tliiyAssoclatcd Press
Washington, Mnrcli 22. Rear Ad
miral Benson, chief of nnvnl operations
during tlio war,, was tho olllclal who told
Rear Admiral Sims "not to 1ft the
British pull the wool over your eyes;
wo would ns soon fight them ns tho
Germnns," Admiral Sims testified
day before the Senate committee
vestignting the navy's conduct of
war.
Admiral Sims said the remark was (
made just after lie had received final
instructions from' Sccrctnry Daniels
preparatory to his departure for Ung
lontl on the eve of the entry of the
United States into the war. He ndded,
however, that it was not made in tho
course of formal Instructions, but during
a conversation in the office of Rear Ad
miral Palmer, chief of tho Bureau of
Navigation.
Tho witness told the committee Ad
miral Benson had repeated 1i!n admo
nition during n conversation tho fol-1
lowing dny und made the same remark j
six months later In London.
'HiouRlit Benson Was Anti-British
Admiral Sims said lie did not pay
particular nttcntlon to the statement nt
that time because he believed Admiral
HdiMiii was intensely nntl-British. Ho
lidded, that this belief wus entertained
generally throughout thrf service.
An nido recently called his attention
to the reinurk, the udmiral said, and
Admiral Palmer also told him that he
remembered hearing Admiral Benson
make the stntcment.
The witness was reluctant to give
the name of tho officer, but Chairman
Hnle insisted.
"Then I will tell you the whole
story," said AdmirakSims. "Knrly in
April. 1017, I was ordered from my
post at Newport to Washington. When
I arrived I reported to tho Navy De
partment by telephone nnd was told
NURSE LED DUAL
LIFEJIICE SAY
May Evans Said to Have Con
fessed Strange Actions
at Night
IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL
May Evans, brought back to Phila
delphia from Baltimore yesterday
charged with parsing worthless checks,
confessed todn Unit -lio had been lend
ing a dunl life, the police say.
The young woman. who"0 home is nt
Lawndale, Pn., told Detective .Tunics
McLaughlin, of the American Bank
ers' Association, that by duy sho fol
lowed her profession of nursing, but
that nt night her whole ehiirnctor
seemed to tindeign tin Inexplicable
.lifinwn
She would wander about the streets,
and bftcn spend tin- night sleeping in
garages und .ii'nt houses, she said,
according to I), teitive McLnughlin.
Mugihtriiti' .M.ile.nj gave the woman
a prr'i'iiiimi.v '. - ?: ut Cent ml I'ouri
this morning nrnl held her without huil !
for u turthcr in .imp,; Inter lmla. hhe
is alleged to Ii e rushed worthless
checks ut the Clic-iiiut Hill brunch of
tho (fCriunutowu Trust Co.. the tier
niuutiiwn Trust (V., the Wiijne Junc
tion Trust Co. and the Northwestern
Trust Co., Inst December.
Tho checks bore tho name of Onirics
Welsh, and lot. iled SoOli. When ar
rested in Baltimore, Saturday, by Mr
lly the Associated Press
Paris, March 22. Right thousand
persons have been killed since tho Ger
man revolt broke out on Mnrch 13, ac
cording to advices received here. Of
this number 3000 were killed In Lelpslc
fond 8.10 in Berlin.
Spartacan forces still control Stettin,
r... ...i.i-f iii f?i.i i tp i
! .uificiuuii, j-jiuvriciu iiiiu ijcii, ivnvic
great disorder prevails.
Sparlncan forces in the Ruhr valley
number nt least 20,000 and some esti
male them at 40,000. Thev are well
organized, being composed of old shock
troops and veterans, supplied with
artillery, machine guns und mino throw
ers and having batteries of .77 centi
meter field guns with plenty of ammu-
anion.
Bv CLINTON W. CILBKRT Troops from Silesia nre officially re-
Stair Correnponaent of the i:,enlS I'ulille WrM t0 ,hnnV,C..nrriVm An hc 4Kuh-r
j.tdttr district and fighting with the Spartacan
, Washington. March 22.-"The treaty Kffi (vIllX 1""' beSUn, PlteI,C'1 ba",e8
ally" l" wKt obCn"? "o'f " ffirf NtlntlonH by members of tho Kbert
events There u .ntnor ii Z in L !.. Government, party leaders of the Ger-
of tie campaign hevnn ."i 'm... "Vo " T" H-nal Assembly nnd delegates
It VJ Inprmi lift tn M,n , ,! Vt ii "f workers, whrh have been going on
cratic'pf i'n con n'ti!,' " .s,, eTa"t yUWno'rTl ??"t 'n "? tyi
San Krnnelsco will accept tho issue as ,""' ?h r?0rt -,0 lmvo Vec" interrupted
President Wilson has framed it. there" Mm vWs" ' ,"CICn',C ,n ,,,C Clai",S f
btttiin ct literatim inspiration of Ar- V.? iiL-rn . i .: , ,
tlclo X. the doctrine of nrr-sinVntlnl I,, Major Beerfeld. a Tclative of .Max!-
fallibllltv "l "oclr,nc ot n residential in - ; lnillan Harden, is commander of the
And" if you innuire. in nWn.ln ' W."" troops in the Ruhr district.
organization circles von meet thn ',n e ' .'."I ,s. al1? K""n us the man who pub
incredulitj The convention. nr !, I l.M,,m.1 ' .r.lncP. JiehnowsKy'R
SAY DEMOCRATS
SEEK NEW ISSUE
Observers Predict Party Will1
Drop Treaty Despite Wil
son's Influence
i
HOOVER'S LETTER A FACTOR
insiders privately, will run away from "i"" " ,,'m ',
the Article X issue. It will treat, niB ! , W(
Wilson with great respect, call l'iir . , 'om "Tl '"nf
greatest cwr. make u roar about the "., , ..I,1!"0 ,,,
nt Coroner Drawcs's undertuklntr es- ! thnt nn officer of high
tnblishmcnt in Darby. Tho Colsiinn there for thut purpose
homo is on Lincoln avenue near Kol- i
som.
3.5 BEER RULING DUET0DA i i
Supremo Court to Settle New Jersey,
Percentage Question
Washington, March 22. The Su-I
preinc Court is expected to hand down n
decision today on the question of state
rights as applied to the alcoholic content
of beer and wine.
Tho decision, If, given, will deal
specifically with the right of New Jersey
SEES HUGE PROFIT FOR U. S.
Baker Urges Government Operation
of Nitrate Plant
Wu.shh.gton, March 22. (By A. P.)
An annual profit ot $2,000,000 would
result from government operation of tho
Muscle Shoals. Ala. nitrate 'plant for
the" manufacture of commc'rclnl fertilizer,
Secrcary linker today told the Senate
agriculture committee.
Ho advocated passage of tho War De
partment bill to organize a $12,500,000
government corporation to operate the
plnnt for commercial purposes.
COURT UPHOLDS DUCHESS
"l!,iiArftlilnr'itn(i visnv uAivstf tlun n-iiti
they liked it. I could not get hi touch
with the chief of navigation then and
so I reported to him Inter nt the de
partment and then I had nn interview
with the sccrctiiry of the nnvy in his
office. No one else wns present, ns I
remember it.
Shrinks from Personalities
"The interview wns very brief. I
was told that I was going abroad to
Funeral services for Ornnrn. w)m n-na I confer with the allied admiralties and
our jrars old. were held this afternoon ' that Ambassndor Pago had requested
mutt ue seiii
Aftor Icavinc
Secretary Uiinicis s omce. or just lie
fore going there, I don't remember
which, I went to tho bureau of uavi
gatinnfl The ndmiral was there and it
was at that time that the remark the
chairman has asked mo about wus
made."
"Whom do you refer to as 'the ad
miral,' " asked Chairman Hale.
The witness said ho did not wish to
indulge in personalities, but when press
ed by Chairman Halo he said he re
ferred to Admiral Benson.
Admiral Sims said he had included
Admiral Benson's remark in his letter
to enforce a law passed by its own '" Srerctary uanicis on .intmary i, re
Legislature making legal the sale of beer 'ding the navy's part in the war. be
having u 3.t pcrccntnge of alcohol """ ' "if nn ,inf,,n Prejudice against
Numerous other nhniu nt nvni,u.it:n.. men uehting alongsldo of him. it Ims
,..,.! ,. . ... , .. .......nluliu 1. fid....... ft till., '
UU nnLUliL,U..O iiunivuvv .... .......
The admiral told the committee lie
had always regarded the admonition ns
"a personal prejudice on the pnrt of
Admiral Benson." He describeil the
former chief of operations as "un up
standing, honest man, who hns strong
convictions," nnd ndded he believed
even-thing that Admiral Benson did
during the war wos done "con
scientiously." Admits Indebtedness to Benson
It wns due largely to Admiral Ben
son's confidence in him thut ho (Sims)
wns selected to the high post lie oc
cupied during tho war, tho witness ad
mitted, adding thnt in urgjng his selec
tion Admiral Benson incurred tho dis
like of many officers senior to Admiral
Sims, who desired tlu post.
Scuntor Pittninn, Democrat, of Ne
vada, asked if, in view of the nnti
British sentiments of Admiral Benson,
I thnt officer had not acted in a uronil
I minded way in sending Admiral Sims
I to London. Tho reply wns that Ad
I iniral Benson hnd ulwoys been "fuh
I nrtil square
St ft com? to! tii'e dartmenCbnt to '" 'j" mM- 0,,tff"n"
get hi touch with tho chief of the bu- Selective, tho woman was on duty as
renu of navigation, Rear Admiral Leigh '"' "'rse of the American Sulvatiou
('. Palmer. Army Hospital.
.. , nsiieii i-rinpp .nnnu'iur'n .nnnit
Say the l.tjinilnr- thn flnrmnn nnvammnnf
vorld war, and was also
the Spartacan troubles
the armistice and also
1!)1S.
iu Junuari,
!..,, mM....... .i..r....f nr .i... . ,
... IM1UI.V...II ... -.-(,,. Ul 111.' III'I.IV. niiiniiH .. . - ...
n heap of words upon the outrage and . .7 K"'0"""1""1 authorities are con
then in its candidate seek another' ren- ircntr"ti.,,li: tIr,,,01I", ,,n,c P'unnhif to sur
son for putting a Democratic President ! T"" th" Kll,,r K un'TJor the
in the White House than that Article X ,Spnrtacnus to capitulate. These men.
was handed down to Wilson ,,n yu however, are younger nnd less trained
, -. ... .. ..&1(
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AFTER CUMMINS'S SCALP
Says the intelligent observer, nnd
also the inside Democrat: "The eyes
of the Democratic delegates ot Sail
Prancisco will be on the muln chance."
The. same incredulity that 1ms existed
nil along with regard to the defeat ot the
treaty now exists with regard to the
campaign turning upon its defeat ns
nn issue.
Ithaii the Reds. 0
The occupation of the Ruhr district
by (jermnn troops Is in direct viola
tion of Articles 42 nnd 43 of tht
treaty of Versailles, it wns pointed out
ut the foreign office, which added thn
comment thnt this wns the first aet't
I committed by Germany in violation of
I the treaty, the other violations being"
those of omissiont It wns indicated
Org?
Re-
legislntion nre also before the Supreme
Court for settlement. No decision ou
tho constitutionality of the eighteenth
amendment, asked for by New Jersey
and Rhode Islnnd, is expected in the
immediuto future.
Would Restore Conjugal Rights to
Former Consuelo Vanderbllt
liondpn. Mnich 'f-(.v A. P.)
The uppluatlon of the Duchess of
Marlborough, formerly Consuelo Van
derbllt, for a decree for tho restora
tion of conjugal rights, was granted by
tho court today. Tho petition of the
duchess, Hied Inst week, is tho usual
preliminary to divorce in this country.
Tho court orderH tho decreo to bo obeyed
within fourteen days after its scrvJco
unoii tho duke. ,
The couple were married in Now
York in lSOS and have two children.
Thc-y have f been scparntcd for several
venrn. jr
if "S."'
MUSIC MEN CONVENE
Fritzrelsler to Play for Delegates.
Glrard College Visited
More, than 1200 dclegntes will attend
tho thirteenth annual national music
supervisors' conference, which begnn
hero today. Tho delegates come from
various parts of tho United States,
Cnmjda und Porto 'Rico. A delegation
of dOO visited Glrnrd Collego this morn
ing. Tho first session will be held this nft
crnoon in University Hall. Wnnn
maker's. Frit. Ivrcislcr, violinist, will
entertain.
Ilollis Dnnn, president of the na
tional supervisors' organization, will
address the first business meeting to
morrow in University Hnll.
N. Y. DOCK STRIKE GROWS
760 Deep-Sea Longshoremen Walk
Out at Fruit Company Piers
New York, March 22. (By A P 1 -Tho
strike of longshoremen engaged in
coastwise traffic today was extended
to deep sen longshoremen when 750 men
went on strike nt tho;plers or the United
Fruit Co. The walkout was in viola
tion of tho instructions of T. V. O'Con
nor, president of tho Internatiniml
Longshoremen's Association, issued Sat
urday, union leaders declare.
Fears were expressed in shipping cir
cles that the strike would affect other
deep-sea longshoremen who were in svm
pnthey with tho strike of tho coastwise
workers, with nproxlinatcly 8000 men
demanding increased wages and shorter
hours.
Thn Nevada senator brought out thut
Admiral Sims had shown a copy of his
ietter of Jonui,ry 7 to II. P, Davison
of New York, while a guest at Mr
Davison's home, about January 1 I
Sims admitted thnt showing the letter
wns "nn indiscretion."
Seiiutor I'ittman nnd Chairman Hah
clashed sharply over tho form in which
the Nevada senator put some of his
questions, tho chairman insisting that
queries bo confined to the text of Ad
mirul Sim's direct testimony.
"There need be no discourtesy here,"
Senator Hale said, "and we will haie
none."
"No, l will not tolerate nuy," Sena
tor Pittmuu retoited. "1 have renlie.l
that you were going to try to break up
tiiis cross-exanilnntlon."
Admiral Sims interrupted to say thut
he welcomed tho cross-examination, that
his ono desire was to bring out all the
ni-fi Labor's Intention
vealed by Union Official
Washington, Mnrcli 22. (By A. P.)
Senator Cummins, ot Iowa, is one of
the members of Congress whom organ
ized labor will attempt to detent in
November, uccording to L. K. Shop
paid, acting president of the Order of
Railway Conductors, who is in Wash
ington today attending the railroad wage
conference.
Senator Cummins wns the author of
the nnti-striko provision of the railroad
bill which was thrown mi in confer
ence. Mr. Shcppiird iudlcuted thut
union officinls were carefully studwiig
tho record of each member of Comtie-s
with a view to opposing those regarded
us iuimlcuble to labor.
RELIEF SHIPS AS "ARKS"'
Ti.,. i......i.,iiiv ,,i,f ii i that the ! rcncli uovernment would take
defeat has been one of tlm unnrecedcn'tcdl " rI-arnto action in tho circumstances,
things of this long fight. Men simplv H0, !" m y af'or consultation with tire
would not believe that one side or1 Alliw atn whnt mcaBUrl;! w're ncccs
thc other would not yield. In tho lnstisnn. ,.,.. ,.
nomentH of the struggle, sonsoned nnliH. I . ' llP foreign office advices regarding
col reporters would dash out nf the
the
composition of the Red army in
iress piillnrv iith Mm ivm-,1 "n,,,,t. ' the Kuiir rigion are that it was re-
So-and-So "has a way of saving the lrnlitn(1 ,f,)r the most part among the
treaty. 'I lie fact that it was the
1-1 1 --11111 way ot siiMiig it. nnd that
none of them had worked meant noth
ing: men would not accept (lie evi-'
donee of their own minds thnt the'
trentv was defeated. And now men I
will not believe that being defeated it
will be accepted bv the Democratic
party as an issue
Party in false
ironworkers and not the miners. The
military organization extends also to
the civil service, and the postofficc. and
the telegraph lines are in control of tile
Communists.
'osition
De
l-
facts
Boycr Candidate for Convention ! put man Itrlmli.. slow
C,l,ar!,.s.. S;,.!,0?rF .of Camden, today! Admiral Benson's stntcment should
never have ucen made public," said
Senator iPttman, resuming the cross
examination. "Do you mean by me? asked Ad
mirul Sims.
"By you or any ono else," replied
tho senator. "It referred to a grout
pqwer wun wnicn we were on friendly
icrms
men wan inc. secretory of statu nt
Trenton a petition, h, which he an
nounced he would be a enndidnto at the
presidential preferential primary April
27 for alternate, delegate to the Reimb
llcan nutioiial convention froh tho First
Congressional district. The petition was
signed by" about-lBO-votcrs of Camden,
ltiuuuroivi. uii "jjiiig municipalities
v,iij I '"" -'WMf unpawn
UHHUiuaivv ,,
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More Than 400 Aliens Will Be
.ported on Grain Vessels
New Yorli. March 22. (By A. V
Relict ships to bo sent by the United
States within the next month with flour
for needy countries of Europe nlso on
going to be soviet arks, nccording to
Information obtained from immigration
officials here todny. More tlum 100
Russians, Finns and Poles from all
parts of the country, who have been
found to huso advocuted tho use of vio
lence to overthrow tho government, will
be shipped ou them in groups.
Shipping Board vessels on which the
1'nlted States Grain Corporation is lo
ship 5.000,000 barrels of Hour will he
utili.ed as well as commercial vessels.
Tho deportees will include mnny who
were arrested in raids on members of
the Communist party in Jnnunry as
well as members of tho federation of
union ot Russian workers, wlu arrived
at r.llis Island too lato to be deported
ou tho Bufnrd. including mote than
three score from Detroit.
RIVER FRONTJNSPECTED
Data on Fire Conditions Sought by
Mayor
Major .Moore, accompanied b, city
officials, mude nn inspection tour of the
liver front today nbonrd tliePassyiink,
u bout of the Department ot Wharves,
Docks and Ferries.
Willi the Major's party, which left
Pier 3. south, at 11:30 o'clock, were
.lames T. Cortelynu. director of public
siifet ; Ot. Solicitor David .1. Smyth.
Itichard Weglein. president of Council;
George P. Sproulo, director of wharves,
docks and fen Us, aud Cimneilinen Cou
ncil. Patlou und Limeburiicr.
Th" Inspection was uiiule to check
up on present tiro protection, and to
determine the condition of the retaining
wall in Penn Treaty Park, said to be
n (lunger nf collapsing.
Berlin. March 22. (By A. P.) Con
ditions in Germany nre described by
the ministry of defense ns extremely
serious. "You cannot paint the situa
tion throughout Gcrmuii too black,"
The trouble. howccr. with the op-l"," "",al nt ,"IP """,,tr.v declared to
timistic view of the Democratic lenders! "" '""rrespondent after a survey of the
and the political observers is that tliol rP'r,M ,!l!,.t hml l'0.'"? '" , ,
Democratic party is now in u false! ' he mniistr. of defense informed the
nftsitlon. It hns hcen nut tlmrn k,. i correspondent todnj thnt the conditions
I President Wilson. One false position m t'10 Il,,llr district were becoming
I leads to another. The second false posi- j worse. The towns ot Oelde, Allien and
i tiou lends to n third and worse one,' DrenRteinfurt, iu Westphalia southeast
until finally extrication becomes difli- "f Muenster. hnd been taken by the
'cult. Then something happens from Communists, it was stated, and the
movement was bprending north and
Cnntlnuril an rntro I'lfirm, Column Two
JESSE JAMES STUFF
Three "Baby Bandits" Hold Up S-Year-Old
Boy and Take Overcoat
Three bos. innging in age from ten
to twelve years, held up eight -ear-ohi
.ludsoii Covell at Forty -eighth and
Spruce streets, yestcrdaj. and, after
taking his ou-reout from hiiTt, mndo
their escnpe
The Covell boy. who lives nt 115
South Fiftieth street, wns accosted by
tho bojs. two of whom ho describes as
well dressed, while tho third, ho says
was hliahbily unified, They asked him
for a nickel, nnd when be said that he
didn't bavo the money, ho says they at
tacked Mm and robbed him of his coat.
vus a ptacK one with red
lor tiny - v a.nc oviycont i
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PROPAGANDA BY GERMANY
Teutons Attempt to Secure Revision
of Versailles Treaty
Paris, March 22. ( Bv A. P i-G.r-muns
are preparing n formidable world
piopagaudu in favor of a rewsion of
the Versailles treaty and the holding "f
n new international conference ut whnli
vanipii-heii nations might he reprc
east.
Pitched battles had been fought, thf
ministrj's information showed, nnd two
crack regiments of government troops
hud bum forced to fall buck ou the
fortress of Wcsel. on the right bank
of the Rhine, twenty-two miles north
west of I'ssen, utter heavy losses hnd
been sustained on both sides. Ten ofH
ceis in one regiment were killed.
The situation in Berlin itself is char
acterized ns "bud." In one enso a com-
pun of olunteers had been overpow-
T'""'1 n,!.n, inv .fe'.c r 'i""Si"K ot, "i Spartacan forces, its officers
r1""!"1 V """., :ln"!.,rJ IL .,r,,sJ'" I tiled and their bodies mutilated. This
Geinmiix. urcordiug to n Genevu .lis- ' occurred near the Johannestnl aviation
put,,, . ground I lie government forces recap
A book entitled. "The Greatest Crime t1'"''! Adlersllof and Johanuestul. from
of Humanity." has been prepared ami ! whldi thej hud neen driven, killing
10.000(1011 topics printed tor free dis- i twenn ot the lieu troops and capturing
tributiou especiallj it: America, Kuglaiid lwent -four otlies, who wcro promptly
niul Praine, nnd it is snid that millions ! executed
of other pamphlets uloug the same line i No newspapers appeared this morn
will follow. .ing. owing to a partial continuance of
Captain Andre Inrdieu. one of the the printers' strike and the luck ot gas
French d legates lo the Ponce Confer-.ror the machinery. The tramway strike
enep. hns wi ttcn an article in which he i i i ill ..O'o..il.-..
declined himself as being opposed to nnj At KrelVId, iwelve miles northwest
reuslon oi me ireniy, uccioring that of Dusseldorf. iirmed workmen hnro
benevolence
gnuce.
to Germnny fosters arro-
SYRIA OPPOSES OCCUPATION'
tuken over the whole 'iiidustrial'orgaui-
zation mid the Reicliswehr is power
less lo deal with the situation.
The food situation, particularly in
the larger towns, is causing alarm.
i,n piQ-,l n,rljrKRnvri.iiin,iM.. ""' southern und eastern parts of
KlngFeisal Declares Boycott Against' ,;,,,.ml,ln ,, ...ported quiet, although
French and English unrest was said to be spreading among
Bell ut. March 22. (By A Pi,th agricultural population In Pomcr-
Yhnir r.-i-iil. newl. elected king of . unij and Mei-klenhurg. At Kiel, which
Nyrin. nas net uircii n novcott ngainst
foreign .ountries occupjlug terrllorv
of Ai uls France uml F.ngland and
has orgniiied a commission for thn pur
pose of bunging Moslems und Christians
into a better umlcrstoudiug. Pi'stcrs
disiilajcd ut DamViscus, wlicrc the S.m'ui
congress proclaimed the Independence of
that countrj . declare:
"The Arabs existed before Christ
Moses or Mohammed and fieedoni and
independence are rights of Sjrlu. Ro
liglon is of God and the fatherland be
longs to his children."
The Swinn congress signed a decree
asking foreigners to evacuate that re
gion. The entire Aduna section Is In
a ferment. Roads arc Infested by bill
men co-operating with Turkish na
tionalists, who make the position of the
tliinl) scuttcied French forces perilous.
Hold-Up Gets $25
Joseph S. Iliilm, (12.8 Fitzgerald
street, was held up and robbed of $25 nt
tho point of a revolver early yesterday
morning by a man, who was described
as of medium build. 5 feet O lnclm In
height, and. wearing au army oA-cout
conditions were re-
tho Bultic
the troops bad left
noi ted uuiet
Tin- mailiic brigudc uml
iiulliiiiPil mi Tune Tlilrtnni, Column (Inn
GENERAL STWKJJN MUNICH
Workmen's Movement Threatens to
j Spread Through Bavaria
Milltgiirtv, March TJ. (lly A. P ) -A
gencrul strike hns been culled in
.Munich and it is expected tho movement
wil extend throughout the Buvaria un
less it is stopped, as a result of tho ns
gotiatlnns now in progress (o settlo tha
demands of the wnrkiugmen to pny dur
ing the period they were on trlkn
against thn Kupp regime. Meetings nm
to be held In the WnirttemberB fuetorles
by the councils of workmen to consider
if slmilur action should bo tnken
throughout Wurttemburg.
Reports received hero from Nurera
berg said that city woh quiet on Hun
day, following some disorders the pre
vious night,
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