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PHIDADELPHJfA, TUESDAY, MARCH .23,4920
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GOVERNOR PERILS Jfc
.SUFFRAGE CAUSE TPf
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.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-
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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-
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I
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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
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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
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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. . ,
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, 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.
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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 ' ' ' '
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. 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
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mm
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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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