vm?, iKi v-i, , ; , ; . --.,- -.r. -jp -,v Kwwmm'' ... . . ,r : , wapK3w .. - i. f; . r T4 .j., PT T .1 ' V wm '" ' ." "V V S-M ,, i'II. riwL- f iv .- " ) Ml A lgt r -ill i J, ' TMKlfflTHf WlGJ&Tf ' V Washington, March 23. Fair tonight and Wednesday. IBMrKKATIWM AT KACII IIOUK Jl!JzJL Jt&cL ' pTi no in ia I ii 2 a R hrri47,r,i ir,4 ir,Mi2 1 i'i 1. I iTv0D.Vr.-N0. 163 Entered as Bccond-ClVtM llattor at thfe rVtomce. At itilladelphltt. Ia Under tho Act of March 3; tsVo. PHIDADELPHJfA, TUESDAY, MARCH .23,4920 Published Dallr Except flunday. Bubwrlptlon 'Prlo Id a YearTjr Stall, Copyright. 1920. try Publlo Ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS a- , i i ' r i . . ' t "1 T . (' 1 ' 'J W. & 'TIT1!-' mumiiiiv .mmMr i .l. -i . wuHiaiiiiv fat tntftfii mtthltf 7MniTir v m ' a mmm- sja mrnr m'mr ' mtmr.mr . m -' - v vm -v ' r' - r- mm I GOVERNOR PERILS Jfc .SUFFRAGE CAUSE TPf R-epubllca an wlllOTS, riqueu in. Being Ignored, Threaten to nfnnt His Measures " w. ' I'V , nlnrnTo USHINlilUN uinxuio .v STRUGGLE AT DOVER Bfcservera Believe Tangled Sit- tiatibn'May Yet End in Rati 1 fication of Amendment Washington Ratifies; One More State Needed ,. i. 'vii Mnwi. i:t . n.uficntinn of the proposed miffrnge imendment to tlic federal oonstUu- lion was complete" s mc """ ijlon I.cglSiaiurc inai iiibiu wncn k. Senate unanimously passed n rciolution rntlfyliiR tlic nmendment. Tfie rcfcoluiion nau ocen (.axHcci Dy lit lfous. Wflshiustoii wns the thlrty-fiftli date to ratify the. amendment. WILSON TO DO NOTHING WITH TREATY, OF PEACE Won't Negotiate Separate Agreement With -Germany or Resubmit Pact Holds Next Move Is Up to Senate- r ' Ily CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Corrcapondrnt of the Kvtqtnc rnbllo Ltdr Ity f.EOROK NOX McCAIN Dovfr, Uci., ninrcn m: inp,nensa- on today in th,c suffrntro amendment jl'l U "IC Pen wr ",nt "nH been rflared agaiusl Uovornor Townsuuu. It seems tlint duriiiK hia term of of re tlic governor has iucciibcd tho lie- ibllcan icadcrn of Siibsox county byplujcd iVrcfual to coufer with them. They Mti.that lie has taken every oppor- nity to ignore them. Ills interest in Irate ratification . tlic.v say. tins con- bicct nob only the Hiihscx voterH, but in Mimi nf the Kent coiintv tieoulc litLhc proposes to claim the exclusive kpor of putling inc amendment inrougu U legislature. Lit uight tiovcrnor 'lowtiHcnu was wly accpialnted with thin fact nud ondoDitaiKl that the alternative wan Mtnled ta him of withdraw in:: cn- fttiy or elt-p of Huclnc the bcIiooI code Bpeiled and the Niiffrago amenumcut Bttmlttcd to go by the board. (Joveruor Is Worried The governor held couKUltutions last ;fitouil huh morning witn homo oi iiih ndi and ailvthcrs. nc niipureniiy liini the cravitv of his noHltion nud hjtbat tomethlns muat be done at it to modify or alter the situation. mitt the drciimstances. if he nhould But- in ignbrins certain warnipgs. Mi I lludcrstaud have been ronvcyed him, the oilUB of defeat will lie at lib eorbtep. Thf tclenlione. wires between Dover td Waslilngton' -vereriur.felng fran icallr toda . Kepubllean leaders thero W made acquainted with tlic uituti- 0D. Toe attack on the governor lias im ttiltd for tho time being tlic ratili- ttion measure. The Mirfragc leaders tilatt amircclatp this and uro bendins htlr e ncrr W tu htave off nction till ate In the ceminn. This factioual ihsiie mist be patched up before it will be ff to unturc upon Its consideration. , iup gotrruor h metieage was a per unctory document outside its anneal or Kutfragp. It elicited loud iipplaiiM' rom iiif wiimeii for, and silence from jboie opposed to ratlfleation. The lat er hrld their nnultlntixihlR ninfnlnir In. vie tlic mered railed enclosure or the lOUM". Hmrwrat Defies Suffragists and Anils lippreniatixo McNabb, Democratic lOOr Irailpr. IIiihit ilnllinlnn lit lir.lll .if pi nomi'ii s camps in a fiery speech. I1KNKY MORGBNTHAU Former ambassador (o Turltey and supporter of tho President, who is nominated as envoy to Mexico lo succeed Harry P. Klctchar ' MORGENTHAU NOMINATED Fervent Wilson Advocate Named Ambassador to Mexico Washington, March 2.1. (Ily A. P.) Henry Morgcnthuu, of New York, foimcr ambassador to Turkey, was nominated today by President Wilson to' be nmbasbadnr to Mexico, lie will sucxecd Henry P. Kletcher, who re signed .recently because he did not ugree with the administration's Mexican pol icy. Mr. Morgenthnu was born in Mann helm, Germany, in 18."i0, came to' this country as a boy of nine years. He was educated In the public schools of New York and later at City College and Columbia University. Though far twenty jcars lie was a member of the law firm of Liichman, Morgentliau & Goldsmith, he is better known in real estate rrYflcs as a real estate operator than us a lawjer. In recent eius .Mr. Morgvnlhau's important business standing has been almost objured by the part he has in Hub He uffnirs. ills devotion to the President was so great that lie resigned the important post ot ambas sador to Turkey, to which ho was ap pointed in IIH.'I, to return in 11110 and play a conspicuous rolo In the second cuiiipiiigii for the nomination and re election of the President. $1896 IN TIRESST0LEN Thieves Enter N. Fifteenth Street Shop Two Arrests Made Theft of $180(1 worth of automobile tires from the Ilex Tire HUop. ..til North Fifteenth street, became kuown today with the arrest of two men in connec tion with the case. Police have been wojrMng silently on elites left by the robbers and last night Patrolman Sherman, of the Twentieth and lliitton wimiiI streets station, took into custody Michael . O'Neill, iriU1-' Wood street, and Louis Miljcr, I"i41 Wood street. They will Im glcn u hearing today. Tlie robbery is believed to have. taken place Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Thieves entered the Hex shop through the rear, jimui.Wng open u window over a tire escape. Helief Hint the thefts occurred Sat urday night is based upon the fact that a gas lamp, maintained by the city in the rear of the Hex simp, was ex tinguished Hint uight. How the thieves got away with tltf tires, whether a vehicle was used, lias not been deter mined. HOSPITAL FLOOR CAVES IN Workmen Injured In Collapse at Misericordla Institution William Kichman. '.tr North Grata street, was serjiuisly luirt at noon today when part of a 'llnor caved In on the west wing of the Misericordla llnspi till, which is now being const met ed. Kichman is foreman of a gang of work men who have been constructing con crete and In irk Hours In the hospital addition, at Kiftv -fourth street and 'Miction of reading messages fromiCcdar avenue. AH the men Hut hleh- nf.M t .... ".. " lV...n.. m.,.,1 .tnuj.i.mliwl iir. linnn nml tin. Iiiiili iiii.i im -" ' -- " foreman was about to leave. when the accident occurred. The man fell about two stories and was later extricated from the debris, Washington. March 23. President vvilson Is going to do nothing about tho failuie of the Senate to ratify the treaty of peace. So far as the present plana of the IiXeeiitivc nre concerned, this disposes of the various rumors afloat here since the treaty was returned to thn White House, to the effect that the President would either negotiate a separate peace with Germany or resubmit the recently i ejected treaty with suggestions of his own for reservations. The President has no present intention to do cither of these tilings or anything else. The next move In the view of the v hltc House Is up to the Senate. The Semite has defeated the treaty; let the Senate satisfy the country's desire for helii from the chaos which a failure to make peace causes. The White House regards tho existing situation as more einbarinssinr to the Senate thau to itself. Let the Senate show the country whether It can agree upon n policy to toko the place of the treaty and let It demonstrate that its policy is prac ticable. Not Afraid of Knov Resolution The President's intention is to let the Senate stew in its own jutco.' The reported plan of the Scuatc to pass the Knox resolution dcelurlng thn war ended, or some near equivalent of that resolution, does' hot. it is snid, disturb the White Hous6. The belief is held in the White House that thbi resolution will not put the President ''In a hole," as his opponents hope, but will disap point the legitimate v wishes of the business interests of the country for a restoration of iclations with Germany. It is pointed out by men in the State Department that such a resolution, even if passed over the veto of the Presi dent, would accomplish nothing. They declare that-thc war has put an end to all treaties with Germany, the old treaty with Prussia nnd tlic later one with tho 'German empire which have governed our relations 'with Germany. Tiicro is 'no way of reviving these treaties except by negotiation. A resolution declaring the war ended docs not bring peace 'in Us prartical ef fects. It will not, and cannot, restore diplomatic relations with Germany. If passed with or without tho President's approval we should not have an am bassador at Berlin nor consuls in the commercial cities of Germany. Wo are doing business with Germany today. With the Knox resolution made law, we should continue to do business under substantially the same handicaps that exist at prfcsent. Practically, so it is contended in administration circles, tho Knox resolution would be of'no value. And practically It would, so the Democrats think, be nf little effect, when Its unimportance is understood. Republicans Widely Split A sense of this difficulty is what is causing the delay and hesitation among the (Republican senntors over the next stop7 to be taken. It Is difficult to get nu agreement on a policy which will ac complish nothing. Resides the Republi cans themselves are widely split upon the treaty. The Republicans who favor a league of nations oppose any resolution which makes a league of nations less likely. And the irreconcilnblcs oppose any resolution which proposes, as the Knox resolution does, a substitute for the League of Nations. If the Republicans should become convinced that no politi- Continued on rate To. Column Five I E NT DROP I'Wwrs urging ratlficatiou was before fltiiouxe. .McNabb objected. He do Pttw that he had receivefl a letter 'ran Homer CiitiinilnirH snvlni; llmt I'lftr CXnnltlniiv flf.tna,wln.l tltilf thn K'.,v?rc I'rmocrats ratify. nliat does C'uinmings know about fonauions In Delaware?" he shouted. I 1 HI nitllii.t uiifrrnwn At.. ...1...1 to , i -.-.- Muiii '.J iiiini, in fm up," ,i 10 cnl8hi:d. the letter ,t i . ' int" a, crumpled ball. I 1 dOII t Wlint in 111. hntlmi-pil iiiiv Wf b) these women, and I mean aut( 1feV4 C1I AH hllfTrnntufa i.tlw. .i... Iia. n awvq outside t hi. t arguiug state biittonhollnir in a disgraceful waste he pcoiile'H time for us to stay here ' dUt'h conHltlnna " KepubllciMis Unafraid 0( Par Id PVfirni.un.1 4l.t .k. r... w'.'l bot.1' Ho""e nml Hcnntp might M advaatage of this factional out- a th.i. 8 lp Republicans to ratify hVn ir JS," - I have talked with h. n v.'" """a. I II IL.;imP.ll(,BU leaders interested ..""' mm, nr, they entertain uo and such ?bdlrTTi1tlc narty ,n Delaware is Wn X "" A0 1b,9 to ev fPDodtlnn V tf -'J"0 '8 miiexiD e I1"! of x.?...T n1""' .n "eciara .ti i"J ?ruy aB.li!t women ...- " oill'Ill'Ilintlnfl flinm I ll.. MOD., mv-Ml IU mcir flit BtralPKl.t, r ,.!,. .. .... lomen's nn,;. , ."" V' tionol Irtj f.iif? iy ani1 ,,,e K(lal Rights lk in'tu! '"""""My yesterday8 to l' irolS nn!,ivnnil,nw ot Hltuatiou J .:.tf ,." "c House. Hv niltn!. t'i o ft ' " ',crsolution. Bot tho .' L 'roB'. before tho r'td it, '"' ","1 tae speaker C!fi'('Ri2f,SLa.t''r.h?l raised ,l , ""j -uiuirawai, """n PM NlnAeen. Oh, 1 pUWARE HOSSTHE KEY 70men' d.. .. t u .."" on Tljat' State Vai,,in::n?.ln t.PrtBe I.To;'.7. "w" .-"A Rrnub. r0l),," It Is i ' u?r,cfi.ent,nB 200,000 7Jb N 1 i", tt statejaout . j now" n,? . .",e, Prty '"v thu ii .." ,ln liion 1 1 h week nl l.0.f ."'. 78,000.000 neonle 'Wniikii, i...'lc',.,ve already ratified hV- r it 7nvll i"th wining elec- 'Ikin .... i ',,nlul? majority of tl,n ,.,l,..l. Klo (orVhV2 ! '! .'!Wvo vote Tin tho '", People, """ciiwemcnt of half UP. W? Mates i? .P of f'e orifflual WorWnirai1;" 'W Will itnSniVX W wme f f ,? " K, N SUNDAY SCHOOLS Methodists in Conference Told 12,000,000 of 25,000,000 U.S. Kiddies Miss Bible Study STUDENT PASTOR FOR PENN SUBWAY TRAINS DELAYED Track Repairs Cause Early Mornlnrj Wokers to Be Late Several hundred early workers were late In reaching their places of employ ment this morning as tlic result of a de lay on the Market street elevated line of nearly half an hour. The delay was due to track repairs at the Schuylkill river bridge, causing the companv to use u single track for a considerable time during the - early morning. ..... Inbound trains were diverted to the outbound trails below Fortieth street and made the remainder of the trip to the subwuy on that line. The line was running on regular sch ed u I es after 7 o'clock. MERCURY AT 62; GOING UP VAoMhormnn Savs This May Bo Warmest Day This Year There is every indication that this will be the wannest da.v so far this year, the weatherman sas. Karly this afternoon the temperature wus 02 degrees and showing a tendency in ,.it.i. ..mi i,i.iii.i' The wnrmest day this ear so far was March 11, when the mercury roso to 04. The weatherman believes it will no liighca thnn tills late this altcinoorr. Fair weather is predicted for tomorrow with little change li temperature. ORDER NEWBERRY RECOUNT Ballots' In Ford Contest Will Be Brought to Washington Washington. March Si. (Hy A IM Plans for the Senate recount of the ballots castln the Ford-Newberry sena torial election contest in Michigan, were agreed upon tentatively today at a conference between the Senate piivl leges and elections subcommittee and counsel representing both sides. Chairman Watson, of tho siibcom mttee, said that tho recount would not begin for ut least thirty days, as ap proximately that tlmo would be requited io asscmbju the ballots and bring them to Washington. About three weeks, the chairman estimated, will bo required to cumpjeto tliu count, which will be done by ten baarda of two members each. The committee authorised tho Senate sergeant -at -linns tf employ not more than twenty deputies to collect the ap proximately -100,000 ballots novy ill nos ucsslon of approximately 1J00 city aud ttiwn clcrki. . , 1 ' .' ii , A falling off In Sunday school enroll ment nnd attendance was reported at today's session of the annual Philadel phia Methodist, conference, which is being hrhl in the Wharton Memorial Church, Fifty-fourth nnd Catharine streets. This decrease In Sunday school mem bership is offset by an increase In con versions, and un increase in full mem bership. , , , ., , The report of the board of Sunday schools, read at the opening session to day, called attention tojho fact that of ap estimated total of 2...000.000 chil dren in the United Stntes 12.000.000 receive no form of Sunday school in struction. M , , .... Three icmcdics for this condition were suggested first, a wider use of graded Instruction: second, n grenter number of trained teachers nnd officers; and. third, a stronger evangelistic spirit in Sunday schools. Tim llnv fir. Charles Roads, in com menting on the report, pointed out that the losses in the attendance oirauuiw in Sunday schools were offset by gains in adult attendance. Doctor Roads said he felt the Metho dist schools were living to crowd too much graded wnil; into the short time available" for Sunday school Instruction. Public schools, he snid. ate able to specialize because they hnve the chil dren for twenty-five hours a week. 'ci,,. .,.. in iii Sutnlnr schools only an hour, he said, and this 'makes specializ-J lug impracticable. Gives Sunday School Figures Figures on Sunday school attendance and othr matters of interest were given in the report of tan statistical secretary of tlic conference. The Rev. S. A. Mnu love reported that thero were 307 Sun day schools in the conference, a decrease of one; IM.TT teachers nnd officers, a decrease of 12.'5. Other statistics of interest follow; Total scholars. Il.",027, a decrease of 1101 : attendance, all departments, I'M 710 a decrease of 10.'t1 ; average at tendance, M.RS7. a decrease of !I54: conversions through Sunday schools, B177, an lncicase of 1582. Sunday school expenditures cume to $101,808, nn increase of M0.2I) I. The report showed that during the year $."84,010 had been paid for main tenance iu the ministerial support fund, an Increase of $30,752. Tho total deficit was $1002, an Increase of $740. Armniioraliln flcurcs showed thnt In thn conference were 202 local preachers? un increase of 10; there were 827 adult Baptisms, an increase ,ot-m ; -iuiu nap iiu.n. 11 f i-hililren. a-decrcaso of 30: 5341 received Into the church, nn increase of 522; 100.170 in full membership, un In erenxi of 300. and 4523 nonresident holders of membership. Deaths' i eiorted duriug the year to taled 1178, a decreaso of 007. Tho property statistics showed that there arc 30(1 church buildings in the conference, u decrease of seventeen, with an estimated total valuo of $11, G05.000. The current expenses of main- NOPPEL INDORSED FOR WELFARE POST Weglein Recommends Former Business -Men's Head to Succeed Roth FELTON FOR CONTROLLER Edward A. Noppel, forme:- president of the United Business Men's Associa tion, today was recommended for assis tant jllreclor of public welfare to-suc-ceefl Colonel George E. Roth, resigned. Tho recommendation wad hiade to Mayor Moore by Richard Weglein. president of Council, who said' Mr. Noppel is experienced in recreation work nud community welfnre service in addition to having pract'c.il business experience. Mr. Noppel, who lives i.i tho Forty seventh wnnl. Is now chairman of the bonrd of director of thV United Business Men's Association. Friends 'rought him forward prominently for tho Civil Serv ice Commission when thnt body was being orgnuized. His candidacy failed through the insistence of independents on miming Colonel Lewis II. Vnn Dusen. William II. Feltnn, chief clerk of tin new Council, who is regiirded by Mooro leaders as an authority on municipal finnnces, will bo recommended to Major Mnmn nntl nnA'nrmi Rnrmil fn,. tlm nf. I... ........ ,......,.-. .'F...... .... ,.u ... -dec nf controller mnde vacant by the death ot i;aptauu.iohn M. yvnlton. Tho vacancy will be tilled bv the Governor. Major Mooro will present the nnmes of candidates whom lie '"ors. It is understood the Mayor is con sidering the names of Frederick P. Gut enberg, director of the Bureau of Mu nicipal Research: Will II. Hadlej, act ing controller, and Mr. Fcltoti. The hitter's friends pointed out today that he clerk of Council has been of mu-'h assistance to the new administration iu Hie mntler of meeting urgumeuts on mu nicipal finance advanced by Couiicilmen Gaffney and Hall. Mooro leaders heard also that the A ares would urge the "coventor to ap point Councilman JosephT. GnPucv as nie successor to Controller Walton. Under tho old regime, Mr. Gaffnej was chairman of the finnnce committee. Many Others Suggested City Hall is filled with rumor as to tho possible successor to the late Cap ta n Walton. Tho name of Thomas h. Hicks, former postmaster and direc tor of public works, was put forward, but it is understood that the Majdr would uot recommend hlm. Even John P. Connelly, former city solicitor, was mentioned, but. It Is understood that Mr. Conuejly Would not consider giving up his Jaw connections for tlic office of controller. 'Gvcrnor Sproul Indicated that he will give the subject of filling the va cancy tho most careful attention. Mayor Moore, It is known, will hold n confer ence with tho Governor very soon at which the whole subject will be can vassed. The Mayor is anxious that the new controller shall be one in. sympathy in the new ndmlnistratiou's fight against unnecessary drains on tho citv treas ury and who will not engage himself in Bupplying fuel to the fires of factionalism. PRESIDENT ENDS U. S. CONTROL OF SOFT COAL PRICE Maj'ority Report of Commission Is Adopted as Basis of New Wage Sca(o PAVES WAY FOR INCREASE IN RATES TO CONSUMER Wilson Urges Speedy Agree ment Between Miners and Operators Continued on l'liie Two.'Column Three 2 CL0SE SHAVES TOO MUCH $1.70 Barber Charge Causes Razor Row and $400 Bail Walter T. More, a visitor from New Jersey, registered at a hotel hero yes tcrdny. went Into u barber shop at 108 North Eighth street yesterday afternoon and hud ii haircut, shuve. massage, lilac steam and a lot of trimmings, for- which he was assessed $1.70. While dwelling on tlic price later In the day. Ids temper roso and he re turned to the barber for restitution of n part of Ills money 'J ho barber, Wul tVr Ilevlttan. tried to get rid of him and finally. It Haiti, chased him from tho shop with n razor. Thereupon More had the barber arrested ami this morning Magistrate Orclla held him Iu $1Q0 ball for a further hearing. I LIFE TERM FOR SLAYER Sentence In Camden Echoes Shoot ing Outside of Church .tohn Idler, fifty-four years old. was Untenced to lifo imprisonment today In Camden by Supremo Court .Iiihtico Bergen, uftcr lie had entered n pica of non vult. Last December ho met his uIC At .. as she was leaylug u church, and, after firing seveial shots ut her, be turned the revolver on himself nod attempted sui clde. His wlfu died iu Cooper Hospital a month ago. Antonio uerolio was sentenced to from ten to thirty years nt In i,,i.,. for the inurdeK pf Malena Di Grassl! Tho womaii had become separated from her husband, nnd was Jiving at 18"4 Salem street. DaPolio was a boarder at her house, and Is salt to have stabbed her to death during a quarrel because- sip was mie iu iircpanug his supper. The murder took place cighteeu mouths ago. Washington, March 23. (By A. V.) President Wilson tddny withdrew gov ernment control of the price of bitumin ous coal so that tho 27 per cent wage demand for miners recommended by the majority of tho coal strike settlement commission may be absorbed in the price the consumer will pny after April 1. The commission estimated this wage advance nt $200,000,000 a year. At the same tlmo the President made public the majority aud minority re ports of the commission nnd wrote the operators and miners asking thnt they reach an agreement on the basis of the majority report alone, as speedily as possible, so that the uncertainty re garding the fuel situation might be re moved. April 1 is the date on which these agreements normally would become ef fective and by removing government control of prices effective that day the President paves the way for increased,' coal prices to absorb the average 27 per cent increase recommended in the mnjoritv report;. Mr. Wilson wrote tlic opcrnlors antl miners it was "essential to the public welfare that the agreements be con cluded at the earliest date practicable so that the uncertainty as to Hie fuel supply may be ended aud that the con sumers may be able to make contracts for their coal supply." Anticipates No Objection The President said he assumed neither party would raise any question and that he was sure no question could properly be raisetl as to the binding character of the award by the majority of the commission although It was not unaui- ,mnus. 1 he executive order withdrawing gov ernment control of prices removes vir tually ail government control of coal, placing the fuel administration in the status that it was before its authority was restored when the miners struck lust November 1. Tho President snid there was no pro vision of law for, fixing new conl prices for peace time purposes, and that "un less und until some grave emergency shall arise, which in mj; judgmvntJias.h elation to tho emergency purposes of the Lever art, I would not feel justified In fixing coal prices with referenco to futtirn conditions of production." Tlic operators were warned by Presi dent Wilson not to violate laws against combinations in restraint of trade and profiteering, nnd also not to exact "un reasonable prices for coal." "I am aware," said tho President, "that at present, as a result of the shortage created by the coal strike and of the coiisequi-ut interference with transportation iAkI ns n result, also, of tho exceptionally unfavorable win ter, the demand for conl continues active. "I desire to impress upon tho coal operators the extreme importance not only of their complying to the fullest extent with the laws against combina tions in restraint ot trade and against profiteering, but also of their exerting themselves affirmatively to prevent ex-l acting of unreasonable prices for coal. "I am sure tho public fully nppie elates the desirability, where praoti-l cable, of leaving commercial transac tions untrnmmcletl, Irfit at the samel time I am satisfied the public will find wnjs to protect itself if such Hberut policy shall appear to result in un reasonably high prices." John I. Lewis, president of tlm United Mine Workers of America, ex pressed disappointment thnt Mr. Wilson had affirmed the majority report of the commission, but said the miners were ready und willing to respond to the sug gestion thnt they participate in n joint wage conference. W'nnis Against Profiteering Iu refusing the demund of the miners for a thirty-hour week tho majority of the commission said that if tho workday were shortened by one hour it would be cquivnlcat to an additional cost of more than $100,000,000. The minority report of John P. White, the mines' representative, held out for a higher increase for all day labor antl monthly meu thau was granted by the majority, but he concurred iu the rec ommendation for a 21 per ccut per ton BOARD WILL INSPECT' ARMORY SITES HABBISBURG, March 23.Member8 of tho nrraory hoard will make an inspection intho ncjfeWjdajrs of the plots offered tojhe Btato for- armory pul-nos'cs at Chamberaburs nnd Hunting don. A report 'will'-be made ' to' the boiirtl when' it meets' here ThurudayVi v ' ' ' ' '.. .'. . KING ALFONSO ON WAY TO' MADRID MADRID, March 23. King Alfonso left Biarritz this after-' noon by automobile for Irun on tho Spanish .border, where he boarded the Madrid express. He is expected iu Madrid Tuchdny. The King is returning fioin Bordeaux, where he consulted nn eminent specialist in dibensca cf the cil- GERMAN OFFICIALS UNDER FIRE BERLIN, March 23. The Prussian government has o:dcrefl dlscipllary proceedings, with Immediate suspension from oTfTce, against August Winning, President of East Prussia, and three other officials of the Koenigsberg government. Similar measures will be taken against President Paulo and the other official of the province of Schle3wlg. STATE COMPLAINS AGAINST TWO GRADE CROSSINGS HARRISBURG, March 23. The State Highway Department today entered complaint before tho Public Service Commission ncaiat-t two grade clubbings on tho Pennsylvania tytterc. oir: being near Export, Wct-tmorelaud county, wbcro a stjto high'roJ crott. a main awl four biding trackt-, nnd the other near Eltlrcd. McIIsan couuty. s . AURORA BOREAL! MY T mm E Last Night's Phenomenon Sets Record for This Latitude, Says Doctor Barton TELEGRAPHY IS CRIPPLED i, Continued on I'nce Nineteen, Column Oi 4 ARRESTED IN COAL PROBE Two Operators and Two Union Offi cials Indicted In Indiana Terro Haute, Intl., March 2.1. (By A. P.) R. A. Smith and Ilenry Smith, coal operators, antl John Hesslar and Charles Fettinger, officials of the "United Mine Workers of America, were arrested here today on indictments brought by a speciul grand jury at In dianapolis following nn investigation of tho bituminous coai industry. MAY RETURN U. S. DEAD Agreement Reached Between French and American Representatives Washington, March 2.'. (By A. P.) An ngreemeut under which American dead in France, whether within or belli ml tho battle xone, may be removed to the United States as soon ns arrange ments have been completed Iiiih been reuelied at a conference between repre sentatives of tho French and Ainerlcuu l'iivi-rtimotlt.1. 'Pill, lllppntnniil nn nl... Il. nu . ... ..... ......... .... Hn.vb.i.vuv ,,uiia IIIU approval of the French Government. Hi: uiuhicuui uct:iniiii UK imasmil ted by Ambassador Wallace was sent today to Chairman Porter, of the House foreign affairs committee, by tho State Department. --'1'M.i vtrtniillv nn.la l.n ....... between the United States and France over mil n-iurii in our soituer dead," said Mr. Porter. I am confident the h rnn.-li cntntnlttulnn .11.1 nn, ....I.- .1 recommendation without tho full knowl- etigo 01 i rcniier .Miiicrand, with whom he carried ou all our negotiations," An aurora borcalis. straying far south of its usual position, Illumined tho skies from sunsc.t till uffcr midnight last night, lighting the earth In a' wlcrdly agitated glow that was brighter than moonlight. As though a million giant search lights were being played on tho skies, huce white clouds moved ncross the uortherii horizon, while sciutilant mil lions of light beams danced in the suy. Thousands nf nersons. inunv of them startled Into fear of dancer to the earth. stood in the streets, or sought points of vnntagc to witness the unusual phe nomenon. Astrpnomors eagerly scanned tho skies whucj the tlispiny lasted. Astronomers Mystified Today they admitted complete mysti fication as to the exact cause of the wierd manifestation. While the uncanny light agitated the skies in pearly clouded undulations, powerful waves of static electricity swept across the continent., playing in explicable pranks with telegraph wiies The height of the phenomenon was reached between 10 o'clock antl 10 :1.". when the Postal Telegraph Co. reported It was impossible to send a message. The East and West were isolated while Hio strange electric combers picked up messnges as they left the keyH anil jumbled them into a mass of unintelli gible dots and dashes. Scientists have no instruments for recording the approach of the aurora, and were completely surprised when, after sunset, the great northern light swept across the skies, Most Remarkable, He Says Doctor S. G. Barton, assistant pro fessor of astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, said today that the aurora was tho most remarkable he bad ever witnessed, nntl wns the sight of a lifetime iu this latitude. "There was no evidence of the aurora until sunset." ho said, "although I be lieve the electricity, high in the nir, which is responsible for the strange spectacle, was present here during yes terday. "It was tlic most remarkable display I have ever witnessed. There was a brilliant aurora in this lattitude In 1018, highly touched with color, but there was no fluctuation. Last night's aurora was maikcd by constant agita tion, most interesting from an astro nomical viewpoint. "Tho aurorn seemed to center on the northern horizon, but. nt times, when the agitation of light t-nmo greatest, the clouds of pearly white would sweep the skies from north to south. "Science is unnble to explain Hie ex act cause of the aurora in this Inttitude, although it is known to be nccompaiiietl by unusual electrical manifestations, and is believed to be in some way re lated to sun spots." Visible in the South Tho aurora was plainly visible in the South lust uight for the first time In inunj yenis. A remarkable view of the phenomenon wus obtaiued as far south as Montgomery, Alabama, antl reports from North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina und Vlrglnin iudicateiL that tho aurora had been manifest there for sev eral horns. Wire, communications were intcrupted in the South from curly iu tho cveulng until ufter midnight. Telephonic romniunicatinu was ap parently jinniuno from tho nurora. Doctor mrtou said ho did not believe tlic aurora would be vlsiblo tonight. FALL PROVES FATAL George Pfundt, slxty-three years old 3037 North Falrhill street, tiled early thK morning in the Samaritan Hospital from a fractured skull received iu a fall from steps Iu the rcr of Ills homo. An attack of vertigo was responsible for the fall. IN NAVY DELAY WAS COSTLY Under Cross-Examination Declares It Showed Unpreparedness He HAD TO WAIT FOR CONVOYS , By, the Associated Press Washington, March 23. Cross-ex-' amination of Rear Admiral Slnfs was continued today before the Senate com mittee investigating the navy's iconduct of the wnr -with Senators Pittman, ot Nevada, nnd Trnmmoll. of Florida, pemocrats,' undertaking to show that tho United StnteH was not wholly re sponsible for heavy submurine losses uuring tho two months immediately fol lowing the entry of the United Stntes into tho war. Admiral Sims said adoption of the convoy system marked the turning point of tho wnr nml thnt tin. nltL.o i,,..i ,n wait for American co-operation before tuc pian could be made effective. 'Tho convoy wus adopted bv the al lies expcrimentullj about Mnv 21. it'll, ho said. "Tho United Stntes was asked to furnish fourteen cruisers iur escorts, fso cruisers were furnished for many weeks and then only seven: ur delay was extremely costly. Our destrojers und other ships should have sailed Hie night vve declared war und there was no uood reason why they should not have done so. If thev had. 2,.r)00,000 tous of shipping would have been saved and the United States would have had an army of 1.00O.000 men in I ranee by May 1, 101S. The fact was that after we declared war nianv American ships had to be placed in dry dock and repaiied before they could be sent to tho wnr zone " COLBY SWORN IN of Issuing First Act Resumption Passports Washington. March 23. (By A P ) Bainbridge Colby was sworn in todav as setTetnry of btato, succeeding Robert Lansing, who resigned six weeks ago There was no ceremony. The oath of office was administered iu the prese'tice of Under Secretary Polk, who has been in chaige of the department since Mr. Lansing ictired. Immciliatclv ufter Mr. Cnll.v ntu,,.n,i office, arrangements wero made for re suming tne issuing of passports which was stopped ten days aeo boomm.. thorn was no one to sign them. Officials esti mated that 2000 applications had piled up. As soon as Mr. Colby has had time to faml harue himself with liiH dutios, Under-Secretnry Polk is expected to resign jo take, a rest which diis physi- uuvisuig :or many SPARTACAN TROOPS OUTFLANK GERMAN FORCESATWESEL! Battle Rages on Rhine While Hundreds Die In Ruhr , Region "I ALL WESTERN GERMANY "" IN GRASP OF RADICALS Regulars Rout Insurgents Near Berlin After Violent House to-House Struggle 3 been ciaus have months. a he post of assistant secretary is now vacant. W i am Plillliiw ii,.,.i,. i - ....... -ui nil. us in appointed minister to iips iiuving been tne Netherlands. TWO FIRES CAUSE $250 LOSS Floor in Building Exchange Ripped Up to Extinguish Blaze Fifty dollars' damage was caused at the nuuitors of tho Builders' Exchange 18 South Seventh street, by a flro of undetermined origin. Firemen ripped up the floor and extinguished the flumes in ii lew minutes. Another bluze iu the homi; 72S North Tl I1"'1 .&"' wcro destroyed, the loss bo- HE 3-WU, iiiiiiuies. : bluze started under the pinno "m.?,0 M.V8' Kllxrthoth Cook, Thirteenth street. Tho piano PULLMAN RATES MAY RISE 20 P. C. Increase Notice Filed With Commerce Commission Washington. Murch !.'! ni, a u Permission has been granted the Puli-fiTi man Co. by the Intertitt r'. ,,....... W.. rliiiirtlk(i1nri in ttlji .,. !.. 1 a m I "' """"""'" ,;" "" opvcuu tnriits in creasing berth rates approximatelv 20 per cent The company is seeking au Increase on standard lojvcr berths to a uiiuiiiiuiu ui -p.. nnu on scata to a mini mum ot fifty cents, By llio Associated Press Alv laChapclIo, Rhenish Prussia. Mnrrh 23. Another liattln Is reporter! 'to be going on between Spartacans and troops ot tho regular army at wcsei, twenty-two miles northwest of Essen. The regulars, tho report says, appear to have been outflanked by the. Spartacans, A detachment of Uhlans was sur prised Monday between Dusseldorf and DuIsbtirB. southwest of Essen. The of ficers nnd young soldiers of tho detach ment were shot as enemy of tho work ing classes, according to a wounded Uhlan, who wns rescued by a Belgian post nnd fold of the attack. Berne. March 23. (By A. P.) More than 300 persons have been killed In tho fighting at Elberfeld, in the Ruhr region, near tho occupied zone, nnd in the neighborhood of that city, according to todavV advices from western Ger manv. Tlic Communists took about 500 of tlic Relchswchr prisoners at Elber- reid aud UU additionni at another point, Tlie dlspntches bear out previous re ports that nearly tho entire industrial district of Westphalia Is In tho hands of the Communists, although fighting' in continuinir in some places. Fresh estimates of tho Communist forces place , .t.AM .- rM Tn nAn -inn rr llll-lll III. 4I1J1II II'.--. IU llU.UVUi Famine is declared to bo threatening Bochum, Dortmund. Dusseldorf. and Elberfeld, because the peasants arc ro fusing to deliver food to the Communist. Encounters already have occurred be tween peasants and patrols of Com munists, which wero out in the country renuisitioning supplies. , I Tlie hospitnls at Elberfeld arc full of wounded soldiers and civilians as the result of the fighting in thnt neighbor hood. Ixuidon. March 23. (By A. P.) Heavy fighting between regular troop end insurgents nt Hcnningdorf, near Spandau, jesterday, resulted In the kill ing of forty persons and the woundinK of blxtv-fivc, according to a message from Berlin toda-(Spandau is in Brandenburg, nine miles weft of Bcr lin.1 .- Strong bands equipped with machine guns, whlcji bad plundered the vlllago of"Bocti:dw', cncouulercd a company of regulars near Hcnningdorf, and the latter were obliged to retire temporarily owing to their inferiority in numbers. Arrivnl of re-enforcements, however, was tho signal fori a syatemntic attack, with artillery preparation, nnd violent house-to-house fighting ensued. The insurgents were finally compelled to re treat. They wero pursued by regulars. Government troops occupied the bridges across the Havel river near Spandau. Latest reports from Germany show that state and government troops nr concentrating near Wescl on tho Rhine to move ngaiust tho extensive districts now occupied by communists, says a Rotterdam dispatch to the Loudon Times. On tho other hand, tho com munists ure mobilizing after thn method of tho Russians with great speed, nnd it is impossible to prophesy the issue of tlie coming battle, or when it will be foucht. The communists are hampered bv n lack of fool, one report saying thoy have supplies for only threo days, and thnt when this is consumed it is antici pated tliej will proceed to rob tho coun trv districts. Tho whole western Industrial district of Germany fs held solidly y radicals, und disaster is incvitablo if the govern ment troops try to interfere there, ac cording to information received from Berlin todav. A purely workers gov ernment is on point of formation with out co-operation with the bourgeois par tics. . A dispatch says tho communist army in Wcstphulia aggregates fully 10,000 men, who uro equipped with pjlna throwers, armored cars and machine guns. Tho army is being constantly re-enforced. It already holds about a dozen towns. A Lelpsic teiegrum says that fighting at Halle antl in the neighborhood of thnt iilaco contiuues with undiminished vio lence, both the troops aud the workers' fojeos using nrtillery. Hallo has bcea completely cut off from tho outside world. Strikes in Leinsic and Breslau hnve ended and postal and railway services are being vrcsuiuod, in both cities, which are quiet, according to advices received i hero Government troops are in pos session oi L-cipsic Dusseldnif, March 23. (By A. P.) Small bquuda of ludcpandent Social- Continued on I'aie Nlnetrrn, Column Two EBERT LEADERS AT ODDS Military and Civilian Chiefs Dlffe on Government Policy Paris, March 23. (By A. P.) The situation in Berlin is extremely con fused, according to ndvircs to tho For eign Office today. Thero is apparently a conflict between th- military aud the civilian members of the government. General von Seecht, tho commander of tho government forces, favors prompt and energetic action against tho Spnr tncans in tho Ruhr valley, while the civiliun nicmbotw of the government arn still seeking to assuage the trouble by compromise. Nothing definite, it was reported, had come out ot yesterday's compromise negotiations, 2 BALTIC STATES pIaN WAR British Fall to Settle Esthonlan Llvonlan Boundary Dispute Copenhagen, March 23, (Ily A T) - r.httioiiiu ana i.ivonm, two of thn inner Russian Baltic provinces, now iideneudent nations, nre nrenarlnt- fnr war, says a dispatch to the UerliugNk Tldenilo from Kovno. l''CowetitrutlonH ot troopa In larei numbers on tlm frontier arc rennrtnl. Great Brituln bus tried unsuccessfully o mvuiaiu mo aispuie over boundary. 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