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Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1920
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LAWARE- STILL
OWING
WITH
SUFFRAGE ISSUE
Leering Committee Favorable
L Cause Named and its
Friends Quietly Confluent
EPUBLICANS DECIDE TO
IpUTANENDJOLUBBTiNU
Lccrats Want to Defeat the
Measure, but Fear Its Ef
fect on Party
fm0mmaM
MAYOR SEEKS AID
OF FINANCIERS ON
HOUSING PROBLEM
Executive to Consult Trust
Company Heads to Relieve
Home Famine
nv GKORGB NOX McCAIN
iretn. . morn lobbyinc.
inKwd keelhauling of leri..
Rim br the women . . loib upcisioii
pmaVi favornblc comment on this
1Zm' Volkrr this .nornlnR offrre.!
ralnt rco "tion tor rauwuuuu., ...
l.ir; for the opponents in the
,,. to rnnuc n move mreji
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM
IJROWNING
.1.
TUSTIN DECLARES ISSUE
WILL SOON COME TO HEAD
M 1 BROWNING,
CONGRESSMAN
Main Lino Building Boom
Started by Construction Proj
ect bf Ardmore Auto Concern
U llii.nv " .-".. . 4l.
.Ilnz of twenty-one memoers ui mc
" t which they signed nn ngroe--t'that
If the Wends of Buffvagc did
t. tn S Sltcrniiuii. uiirau -
MldlDff lor '"'"""i.
.j..A Ann nnil neteat it.
i .!...!.. xntnmtttpn Of fiiX. thTCO
tfton and three members of. the
.o nnnn ninn lvuu uuiuvvt
W.".,"1' ....1..; lr U
nttj t, Alice, jr., " tui.i. ........ - -,
' ifT.uL i m nil nr wnn ini'ii
-J of this committee, with the m.
ii nr SBnnrnr 7'. uir iikuiuiu
V.1...1. t 0,i(Trni-f.. Sonntor Alice
..'not made nny declaration as to his
tlon. ... , ..
e tufiraEc rcpomiion win .umu uii
it week. The adjournment over ouu-
f Will Rive Ilie iiirmutie ui n.v ...-
nre onnortunily to talk matters over
ib their constituents.
Sulfratlsts Now Quietly Co.mrtent
The Miffrnee forces are moving along
line!. They nC aciinc nnner nuiur
:j... n.. Infliic-fre rvldentlv thftt IS
trini 'them into channels that will
i ia rlftnrv. There is less flam-
iH&t and fpccUcular work and r
it eonfiilencc that has rather shaken
I ' SDtifc.
I lime written before of tlm effect of
ewllure to repeal inc scnoui tuur miu
it" effect it will havo on suffrage. It
BOW 11 IOTCKUUC rauuum " . i
rlrcuraftances will tne coao oo iokcd
the Ktatute books. Itwlll be given
.,n ,r.' tiinl nnrl the nconle of
sstiite. under the Pierre du Tont offer
J2.000.000 and the shifting of money
torn the Mate, treasury, win py uw
Ime tajes this year tnat tuey niu in
llO
ITbe Tlrpubllcan "steering committee
hder rjenator Alice ann consiaiitg 01
II T -i TlntA4aAn artfl
rnorllpsJl1.mMtt""l:V",, "" ,
kpreftntativc Iiyrtil. wucKson nnu
Representative From Camden
Falls Dead in Barber Shop in
Capitol, Washington
HE WAS 70 YEARS OLD
Ilnrtan1il met thla mnrnlne to man out
'.""" - -.--T- - w . -
Is nroRram for the remainder 01 mis
V and the more strenuous work of
I'".
UM)U Active In State House
Ihe narrow little corridors and
imnefl rntnnilii of Delaware's toy
Mo hoiihc have been like the midway
' a Mute fair since Mondajv Women
om nil parts of this and" neighboring
ie nave iiockcu nero in a iuoubu
inaor lo help one side or the other.
Wnmrn prrn I'rnni illatnnt states ni'C
ptp. tncndlng their organization's cash
nd ictuaii damiiglng tneir cause, awo
Mja of this fort of thing has worn tho
ptiPnee i)f the legislators as thin ns
Mfwclotb.
Thf funnv lit tin cuhbvholc of a Sen
ile ihamber and the 8'byJO ball of
ft lloiue hns. during two days scs
lutfc. rrr-rntnl n rmiH between a mat!-
I' muKicale and n feminine .bargnin
wh in Ntlk remunnts.
Tno lueidpnts liaHtened this nnti-
rliblln: ilrclslon. One nnti-suffragist
liranitiied In n high key and argued
run united states Senator liau ior
tfnty minutes oiitHlde the Senate
bmbr jestciday, to the edification of
innmng crowd or iioin sexes tnac niiea
tie corridor. 0er on the House side
uSraelst ipinlor from nnothor state
ude hemelf coiiHpicuous by bustling
on AttV to dedli. nlucinc cards nnd
ropaunda literntiirn nnd even shor-
H It Into the bands of members whoJ
'PfUfil then tn lin nresent. Until
'thfte women were, in a great mens-
". rcsponsihle for tbe antt-lobtiying
wion.
i Hearing for f!otli Sides
Tomorrow will t.ee the first deli-
lltf ftten tnwnril ttntlllnF. Ihn nlieMtinn
I' tatlfrltip rhn L,,fFrilr.A tl mAttrlmettt.
I't nronouenlR of (.nfTinrr, will hi civen
o houra in the niorniiie In .which to
Mfnt their case to thu members of
' i.fglMaturo in joint session. In
It Sfternilftn tin. n.t.l -4ttff mtwn atm,,finra
"I navo their opportunity In which
Mtlluhv nnla.,..n UI,,,U nf MlHfv
km each will have half an hour for
OUttal. Ah htnteil In mr illnnntrh nf
"terday to the Kvkmno Punuo
i"., this will clear the decks for
JJ.lative action.
' am informed that a truce has been
.'"l' iu the ficht ncnlnst Oovernor
ownsend It is only n truce, however.
" aovtrnnr'n Inflnenna nTYinni mem
'r of the Legislature has been dam-
Congressman William J. Browning,
of Camden, fell dead today In a barber
shop In the Capitol. Washington. lie
was seventy years old.
Mr. Browning was nbout to step from
f barber's chair nfjer being shaved,
when he was stricken with nn attack of
heart disease. He died before physi
cians, who were summoned, could reach
the shop.
Mrs. Browning, who is nt the Brown
ing home. 3ir Linden street, Camden,
bad not heard of her husband's death
at 11 o'clock and dcclnicd the report
to be incredible.
'Whv T but received word from him
this morning." she said, "stilting that
he would be home late Friday or bnl-
iirrlnl" "
Mr. Browning has represented the!
First New Jersey district in Congress f
since mil. He was the ranking mem
ber of the navul committee nnd handled
the nnvnl bill in the House where It was
passed late yesterday. He wns u Re
publican. The congressman was born in Cam
den April 11, 1850. and resided there
continuously, Ho wan engaged in the
mercantile business.
Mr. Browning was at pointed chief
clerk ot-tho House of Representatives
nt Washington in December. ISfl.i.nnd
served until April. .1011, when he was
elected to Congress to succeed II. O.
Loudonslager, who died.
Mr. Browning waS re-elected to the
Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fittl;
and Sixty-sixth ongrewes. lie .irienic.i
Edwin S. Diekerson, Democrat, at the
last election by more thnn lrt.000 votes.
Besides his widow, Mr. Browning is
survived by ope son.-Dr. W. Kempton
Browning, of "13.1 Ilpdcn street. Cam
den. Mrs. Browning before marriage
was Miss, Lillian Taylor, daughter of
a Camden minister.
VMiLMitiiflMHHBiBltftihirJ;sr
E4fMHfJRPIMMHMf7A
DANIELS IS BLAMED
FOR
NAVY
CHAOS
AI OUTSET OF WAR
Wa3 Too Slow in Approving Im
portant Policies,. Captain
Laning Testifies
Allies Unready to Meet
German Threat to Peace
President Wilson and Entente Nations Lack
Definite Policy as Teutons Plunge Closer
to Bolshevism, Menacing World
By CLINTON V. GILBERT
Staff Correspondent of tbo lrnlnr Tubllo Iedier
POETIC JUSTICE FOR CROOK
Court Brings This Rhyming Thief
to Book
v. Vnrli. March 2t. (B.v A. IM
The alleged "rhyming robber." .lames
Smith, who is sain i niivi",.nn,i
The cltv ndminiNtrntion today took
hold of the bousing problem in this
city with n view to reducing ine csu
nmted shortage of 25,000 dwellings.
Mayor 'Moore tomorrow will hold n
conference with heads of trust com
panies In his City Hnll office. It Is un
derstood he will discuss the vital ques
linn of financing new building opera
tions The Invitation sent b.v tho Mayor to
trust company presidents was learned
In finnnrlnl rlrrlr nnd wns said to be
1 Influenced by the ambitious program of
street improvements wnicn tne noinin
istrntion hns under way.
To Relievo Thousands
Director Tustin, Department of Pub
lic Welfnre. likewise has started ma
chinery in motion to affqrd relief to
thousands o families wno must, nnu new
homes.
Mr. Tustin today pent Invitations to
members of tho Real Estate Board, the
I'hilndelnhin Hoiislnc Association,
building trndes unions, numerous build
ers nnd trust compnny officials. He
asked them to meet in conference early
next week.
In his letters the welfare director
pointed out that the city has prepared
to make improvements on n large num
ber of streets recently opened. 'Ihe
necessary contracts hnvc been signed,
he said, and the" streets will be made
ready for home building as quickly as
possible.
' wnnt to get together every one
who Is vitnllv interested in the housing
tiii,niinii." Mr. Tustin declnred. "I
nin goiug to nk every one to bend just
a little bit in (heir demands."
Will Consult Unions
'. Ttnnrrspntiltlvps of trildc UtlionS. it
is snid. will have the situation laid be
fore them from nil angles. Builders,
will arrange more readily to stnrt work
on big operations, It Is pointed out, if
there is assurance that wage demands
will not bob up unexpectedly to hamper
the woik.
Director Tustin was asked today if
there, was not n tendency to shift re
sponsibility iu the solution of the hous
ing problem. He replied he had not ob
served nny such tendency. He said he
bricvcd the step he was taking would
bring mnttcrs to n focusri t . , wvjr
The welfare head wns reminded that
Frank H. MeClnln. state welfare com
missioner, hod refused to act further
on housing difficulties on the ground
that other mnttcrs were engaging all his
time.
Mr. Tustin Indlcnted he hoped Mr.
McClnin would tnkc nnother view of the
matter. He said he expected a formal
reply from the state official tomorrow.
.Main Line residents are nttacking the
housing problem In deadly .earnest. Not
only nro steps being taken to increase the
number of houses, but preparations nrc
being mode to prevent, before it is too
Into, the erection of nny dwellings thnt
will mar or destroy the rural aspect of
the countryside.
The Autocar Co., of Ardmore. Is
toi.iwAfrAi''
OAPT. HARRIS INNING
Tlio assistant chief of the Naviga
tion Bureau blames Secretary' Dan
Ids for chaos which, lie says, ex
isted In tlio Navy Department early
In tlio war
MOORE DELEGATE
VAGUENESS OF PLANS
CALLED BIG HANDICAP
Officers, Despairing of Secre
tary, Tried to Avoid Seek
ing His O. K.
SLATE COMPLETED
Burk and Froihofer Head List,
Showing Possible Peace
With Vare Faction
PICK EVANS AND DEVEL0N
Mnyor Mgore's slate of delegates to
the Republican national convention Was
completed today with the selection of
Alfred Burk, president of the Manufac
turers' Club, nnd William Freihofcr,
prominent bushiest) man. ns represen
tatives from the Fourth Congiessional
district.
By llic Associated Press
Washington, March 21. Virtual
chaos existed In the Navy .Deportment
nt tho time the United States entered
the wnr, Captnln Harris Lnning, as
sistant chief of the Bureau of Naviga
tion during the wnr, testified todny be-
j fore the Sennte investigating committee.
Captain Laning said no one knew
what to do nftcr a plan of action sub
mitted by the Bureau of Operations had
been disapproved, adding thnt the "per
sonal characteristics of the secretary of
tho novy often made It Impossible to
get approval of. really Important
policies.
"Whenever a plan or policy wns pre
sented to tho secretary he almost in
variably delayed action on it." Laning
.lnlntn.l ,pTlin nnruniinl IntprPKt lie
took in nil matters connected with Ihe i lief thut amounts nhnost to u religion
Washington. March 21. The German
revolution crcntea a grave situation for
this country nud for tlio world. Germany
is moving hourly further nnd further
toward Bolshevism. Sho may stop short
of it, a little short of it, and an ugly
issuo Involving perhaps the pence of
tno worm may do tuus avoided.
But as bolsllevism druws nearer to
western Europe through what is hap
pening enst of the 'Rhine whut will be
tho policy of this government? bat
will bo tho nollcy of Lloyd Gcorcc. who
has just organized nn nuti-radlcul party
in Knglanu nnd who may see in what
is taking place in Ocrmnny n psycho
logical opportunity for his new national
democracy?
Whut will happen in France, where
every change in Germany is seized upon
ns a reason forconfirniing French mili
tary control of tho west bonk of tho
Rhino and perhaps now for reaching
across into the Ruhr bnsln?
Koolt of Tremendous Imporl
A revolution probably of tremendous
import to the world Is-going on in (!cr
innny. This country Is in the midst of nn
election campaign, England is virtually
in the midst of an election campaign,
for thnt Is what the break-up of tlio
conlltlon thcro nnd tho formation of n
new nnrty by Lloyd George moans.
And Franco Is as ever in n state of
nerves ubout Germany and not likely
to view calmly tho consequences of
whnt mnv havo to bo done to meet the
new threat of n comhiuntlou of the
two crcnt central nnd eastern Euroncnn
powers, 'whom the mlstnkes of I'arls
threw inevitably into each other's arms
nnd whom now a common economic be
TROOPS AT WESEL
NEARLYCIRCLEDBY
SPARAAN
ARM
Y
department absorbed co much of his
time that he never had niurh left to
give to the more Important affairs."
When Importnnt policies nud plans
were submitted to Sccretnry Daniels,
tbe captain continued, directions- would
lie given to leave the papers ior con- j
sidcration," nnd usunlly these in
structions meant thut the matter would t
not do ni-ani irom ngnin uniii inr ui- i
iu further tending to unite.
The latest Indications nre thnt Presi
dent Wilson is ns far nwny ns ever
from having n policy toward bolshc
vism. He is still in tho mental state
of Prlnklno conferences nnd other de
vices for dclny. His latest note to the
Supreme Council criticising tho coun
cil's policy with regard to trading in
Russia has not been mode public hut
enough has been disclosed to rovcal the
President still hesitating, still unwilling
to tako the plungo in cither direction,
which tho uccccssities of tho situation
require. ,
Wilson Proposed "to Do Nothing"
Tho Allies proposed trading with the
Russian co-operatives, which wns a
hnlf-way measure of peace with Rus
sia. President WSlson prdposcd not to
go that far but to permit trading be
tween Individuals in the allied coun
tries nnd individuals in Russiu, if in
dividuals chose to trade under the han
dicap of lacking any form of govern
mental support. In a word the Presi
dent proposed to do nothing.
Acainst tho prospects of a sensible.
well-thought out policy to meet tho
dangerous situation that confronts the
world lies tho political urgency of Mr.
Wilson's situutlou and his own highly
personal viow of every International in
cident. The President has a bitter elec
tion contest on with tho Republican
party. Hu has his treaty fight on his
linnds.
Ho hns, moreover, his only personal
hatred of bolBhcvism, for bolshcvism is
tho rock upon which his fortunes split
nt Paris, and can no more regard bol
shcvism coolly and objectively than ho
can regard Mr. Lodge coolly and ob
jectively nor than he did regard Mr.
ijansiug coolly uuu oujccuveiy wncu in
suddenly returned to the cxerqisc of
his office after his long illness.
Marshal Foch, when asked how ho
won the war. said "I won it by smoking
my pipe." Thnt is, he won itby keep
ing cool, nr.d by looking nt its prob-
Besiegod German Forces orj
Rhino Havo Only Ono
Outlet Open J
v
62 KILLED IN SKIRMISH?
ARTILLERY ACTION BEQUlJ
Continued on Taeo Twelve Column Thre
Mr. Froihofer already hns been in
dorsed by the Vnres, and their support iheer interested looked the papers up
i .it ir. tj...i, i.M.,.L. f nnd then frequently the papers could,
is expected of Mr. Burk because of I , . -,,.
nor . inn. , - .-- ----- -
......., "-,-. f ,.,hi l,p rifled t be milKllg piniis ior me errriuni ui u imr
P.r5 l;.?Privns even noetfcjis ce1 number of attractive homes and n few
cash register, was R en poetic J si u . . , m . ln nt .vh ch
today when .MBg.strnie K" "ivill he dNeussed nnd
U'llUHiUr, ijaivi ------ ... - 4 . ...111 t. U-1.1
scr proiiouncen iw" imionih
judgment:
I hold ou In the thounand hall
Which meana you fro rlht bacU to Jail.
Hut before you iro Juat let me jay
This holdup aanie It doe an t t., ,
In this poetic disposition of his ense
the prisoner promptly responded:
It'i! all rlBht. Judge. I'm on my wi".
Tour Verdict meana I'm Bolm awa.
And the magistrate replied :
you ald It. boy I be on your way
ENGINEERS TOUR CITY
Convention Delegates. Study Work
at Various Plants
The practical application n, w;.
the
nrincinles of industrial engineering
. .
Is the subject to oe cover..
spring convention oi inn . .w -Industrial
Engineers, which will be held
i " .1 " "nil proo. Stratford, commencing
. '" " ., ....! 41..
Continued on Pubb Two, Column Ono
INSPECT-CAR ROUTE
"yor, Mitten and, Councilman Go
Over Proposed Boulevard Line
"ajOr Mnnrn 'I'l.nrr,.. IS Mlll.
lrMwnt of thp P Tl 'I' ' ! t,L
C'nsnortntinn fnnmiii.. -,. n
fnt over the ground to be covered
rii:. ,.'ironofc" Roosevelt Boulevard
"-j line today
Ine transnorinilnn ,.-.... ..4
t. ,. ---." ....wu .u,llll4lCt; wvm
Z, "".Pound beforo and decided to
onaeii 7 4 "J'unnnre favorably to
I l.l'l, blt ,h ma't'' t been held
'Sl.aJ'A'' W" raised by imli
11 " Of other eepltn.it. .f iu. .I.- .-!..
h?nnLb:,!f r,, tr"J'slt lenities before
AY0R VIEWS MORE 8TREETS
t Phllndelpliln todHV. II was
their close connection with the Manu
facturers' Club.
Tho Moore delegates from the Second
district nrc Powell Evans and Thomas
Devclon, Jr. In the Thiid district the
Moore ticket is William Rowen and
Joseph Brirtilucci. They arc opposed
by Register of Wills Sheehnn nnd George
Wharton Pepper, who have the Vnre
indorsement.
The Moore representatives from the
Fifth district arc William D. Disston
and RlohardJC. Tongue. The only Vnre
man in the field thus far is Councilman
John A. McKinley, Jr. Former Gov
ernor Stuart and Bayard Henry nre
the Moore choice In tho Sixth district.
The Vnres have indorsed Mr. Henry,
and hnvo put in the'field ns their second
candidatcProTOfit .Smith, of the Uni
versity of 'Pennsylvania.
First District Cholre
The Moore candidates for the First
district, which is in the midst of the
Vnro-cotitrolled part of South Phila
delphia, arc Joseph Aigcntieri and' (J.
O. Carter. Congressman Vnre and
Councilman Hall, nrc running Iu opposi
tion to them.
Rumors of strife among the Moore
followers in South Phllndelpliln were
confirmed by n visit which Captnln
Wllllum J. Hughes, one of the Moore
lenders in the Forty-eighth ward, pnid
today to City Hall. He said ills friends
huvc put out n complete slate for the
senatorial and legislative tickets ugninst
the Vares and some of the Moore Icad-
not be found
Offers to Prove Charges
"Conditions finally became o bad,"1
the witness said, "that officers used'
every means possible to put their plans
and policies through without obtaining j
the required authority.
"1 wns and still am nmned thnt the1
navy was able to accomplish the re
marknble work it did, but it is ccrtaiu
that what It did accomplish could have
been done much more quickly timl ef
ficiently if we could have had n plau
from the start."
Lnnlng declared many officers found I
this condition to be true, nnd he offered '
to furnirh the committee the mimes of I
other oOieer.s who would corroborate his I
testimony In this respect. I
Captain Laning. who followed Rear
Admlral'Simi!,.on thr stand, suld his
statements were based on experiences"
nt sea with thn fleet just before the
I'nlted Stntcs entered thp wnr nnd in
the Nnvy Department at Washington
atierwaru.
At ubout the time the United Stutcs
declored war the office of chief of navul
operations find prepared n plnu out
lining how the navy's first iorts should
be directed. Liming assorted, but it
was disapproved by the department with
the result thot when a plnn of opera
tion was needed, the navy wns without
one.
"i' en i y inicr cjeofgo fl, Web
ito rrCn.ii "L81,1 nr H'lrveyH, and
' ' n?Ki"L,Lt".ll,lon 0 I'C Gre'enw,!,-
mhtu . ':'.BV,rtl' o sewers or other
SefiiW' which s unpaved.
nd
i or other
resent in
ll.i..''j. sunn ii unnaveu. a the
fiJOTWf atreet. are nar4 tad hari
Tr 'TmJH,, '
today and continuing through Friday.
w. ?.. -,..i.,e nf the three-day con-
vent 'ion will be devoted to visits to Inrge
dismofn.letOSo"0"lpd,,str.al
EnXeA ?: 1, 'tftlsCl t
Ington, president; . T.M. . Loftlj Ui
rago, secretary, and F. t. hchwciltmnn,
New York, trrnsurer.
KILLED BY CAKE OF ICE
ail... mh. Owner of Gloucester
niuci i ,w..,
Plant, Crushed Instructing Employe
Albert Molt, sixty-three years o , u
owner of the Gloucester ice plant, died
taat nlaht as the result of internal In-
iurles received yesterday at crnoon w..e..
- ... . , -, . .e .. rp i nn nun.
n ;i)u-pounu case ui -r .... " :
Mr. Molt, who was a former member
of Gloucester City Council, was show
Ins a new employe at tho 1ce plant how
to remove the ice from containers.
Mr. Molt lost his footing and fell
beneath the heavy container .He was
taken to the home of lis sister, Mrs.
Otto Klotz, where he died last night.
His body was removed to the home of
his brother, William Molt, in Camden.
BRITISH FIRE ON INDIAN MOB
Troops Guarding Railway Kill 5
Strikers and Wound 23
Bombay, March 24. (By A. P.)--n.i.Li,
irnnm flrrd unou ii disorderly
crowd of strikers at Jamsbedpur. who
ignored a warning order. Five persons
.."..... itiiiprl nnd twenty-threo wounded.
The. crowd scattored when the troops
prepared to charge with bayonets
Attempts had been made to damage
the railway. Troops on guard were at
tacked and driven back n hundred nrds.
whereupon they fired.
Elghty-fclx Htrikea have occurred in
India recently, affecting .'100,000 work
ers. There Is mudi Bolaheylk Bent!
ment in connection with the nationalist
movement.
nlnn laid for future action, will be held
tomorrow night at the annual meeting
of the Main Line Citizens' Association
at the Ardmore Woman's Club. J.
Horace McFarland. of Harrisburg, pres
ident of tho American Civic Associa
tion, will speak.
Not only will the Autornr Co. build
bouses, but It will lease these dwellings
n nil enmers. after the needs of Its own
emplovcs haio been met. Tbe plan of
the corporation is one or tne most com
nrphpnaivn nf the sort ever attempted.
it is expected to go a long way toward!
solving the nousmg prooicin oi me .unin
Line suburbs.
Ardmore Shortage Cited
David Ludlam, president of the Au
tocar Co., explained today just what
his company Is doing. "Wo want to
be perfectly fair nnd square in all this,"
he said. "The big question nlong the
Main Line is the housing .problem, of
course. Take our own town. Ard
more is short today-1100 to .'150 houses.
There is a market right now for that
many reasonably priced houses hero.
"The question is how to provide these
homes for the people. Wo have about
1.100 employes nnd will Increase this
number bv 200 by the end of the year.
They must be provided for. And other
persons who want to live hero must be
.provided for. too. We, nre going to
try' and nid the entire sltuntlon by
renting our bouses first to those of
our own employes who want them, and
then to any one who wishes one.
"We nre going about It in this way:
Radicals in New Cabinet AllloaS
t Will Permit Entry Into
Occupied Zono ,
TJJl'
By the Associated Press
Wcsel, Germany, Mnrch 2-1 Stt
thousand government troops, to-cn-
forced by armed countrymen, bad &
skirmish with Communist gnahb num-
beriDg nbout 15,000 near here last night.
Reports state sixty-two were killed anrl
upward of 100 wounded.
Builerich. Rhenish Prnsslai (across thd
Rhine from Wescl), March 24. (By Ai
.; i no government troops from tn
southern part o tho Ruhr district, all
of whom have been besieged in Wetel
since Aionday night, -were still holding
tho town safely lata last night.
Tho government forces nro VeepbuC
open tho northern side of tho town to
admit re-enforcements, should these1 "bo
sent, or to provide for a possible forced
retreat.
Heavy firing was heard from tho di
rection of Wcsel during tho night.
There were occasional artillery flurries
and spurts of machine-gun fire.
All tho indications are that the Ebcrt
troops are still safe. They are very
nearly surrounded, however, by tho'
lines of the workmen, whoso guerrilla,
warfare has driven tho government
troops out of the industrial district in
five days' time, in a combined retreat
and concentration movement, to tbe
strong fortress at Wcsel, on tho Rhino.
About 100 interned prisoners, xehb
fled across the bridge from Wescl last
night, are held hero by the Belgians. X
dozen German wounded also -were,
brought over during tho night and
treated nt tho hospital here.
A small detachment of Belgian troop, ,
with nrtllicry, arrived here last night
and promptly took up a position near
the bridge. The Belgians stopped all
traffic in tho direction of Wcsel and
interned nil who came, from thnt. rttv
The eastern end of the bridge runs Into
Ihe city of Wesel nnd provides an exit
from the sorely pressed town safely
open to the troops.
London, Mnrch 21. (By A. V.) In
the strike settlement reached by thn
German Government with labor unions
the Majority Socialists arc pledged to
pjace In their parliamentary program
the claims of labor orrnnizntlnnn.
lirnerlin disptclrttJthe Exchange Tele-
Tbo government has cxpreed will
ingness to withdraw its rroons from
Berlin nnd across the Spree river near
"sovernment headquarters and raise the
j stnle of siege Immediately, it is said.
- , In addition, it undertakes not to at-
l tack worners, particularly tboso in tbo
Ruhr valley, nnd to negotiate with
: unions concerning the entry of labor
representatives into defense corps.
Ihe unions pledged themselves to call
nnother meeting to decide upon the ques
tion of a new geueral strike in case
their claims nre not met and the govern
ment's policies nre broken. The claims
of the unions follow:
i "Reorgauizntion of the government of
Philadelphia Couple, Picked Up Colby Prepares Note to Britain ' rl"' empire and Prussia must bo under-
' taken with the co-operation of labor
Off Peruvian Coast, Forced and France in Reply uuions nnd the deciding influence upon
i Mioinl lnws must be given the uuion.
to Give Cash to Their Inquiry "Guilty rebels must be disarmed and
I punished.
'All officers of the public ndminis-
55 WERE IN LIFEBOATS WANTS
MAYOR DEPLORES BROWNING'S DEATH
Mayor IMoove in a statement today dcplorc-i tbe death d
Congressniau William J. Browning, and praised him for hlc
work In the intcrebt of deeper -waterways aud harbor improve
ments. "As a member of the naval affairs coram'ttee," sild the
Mayor, "Mr. Browning was helpful to the Delaware rlvev and
it3 Industries. He took a keen Interest In waterway develop
ment, particularly in obtaining deeper water facilities along th
Jersey side."
SCHOOL TAXATION DEPENDS ON CENSUS RETURNS
HARRISBURG, March 24. Third class school districts may
hecome second class and levy the taxes allowed such districts
' if tb results of the United States census nte announced in" time,
accordiufj to an opinion given to Pr. J. George Bccht, first
deputy,. superintendent of public instruction, by Deputy At.
torncy General Hargcat. Tho question iijowj iu tho case of the
lity of Eautou. aud the opinion ivill bind n number ot U.v.rlct'a
a-uicn expect to be advanced in clattiflcuticn tb u "ran:'" ef i.'.r.
WRECK SURVIVORS ' U. S. INSISTS TURKS
HAD TO PAY PARE: GET OUT OF EUROPE
Continued on Vt Two, Column Seven
DROP METHODIST BLUE LAW
Newark Conference Lifts Ban on
Danclnrj and Theatres
Newark. N. J.. March 2 1. illy
p ) a resolution to strike from the
book of dUcipllne of the Methodist
Church thn "Blue Law," which forbids
attendance on dances theatres and
horse races, was adopted at the New
ark Methodist Conference hero last
night. m , , . .,
The conference, however, advises all
church people to "make their amuse
ments the subject of frequent thought,
nnd In be scrupulously careful to set
no injurious exnmple."
TO DRAFT MINE SCALE
Soft-Coal Wage Committee Asked to
Meet Monday
Washington. March 21 (By A. P.)
Suggestion that the joint scnle, com
mittee of orators nnd miners of the
rential coinpetithe bituminous coal
field meet Monday In New Yqrk to draft
n new wage agreement was made In n
telegram sent today by John I,. Lewis,
president of tho I'nlted Mino Workers
of America, to Thomas T. Brewster,
chairman of the operators' scale com
nuttee.
Says Fleet Was Unprepared
The captain also told the committee
that the various units of 'the ilcpni-t-
crs. I .."'in i-ouni inuKc no co-ortiinnicd euori
Timothy Coonley, of the Forty-eighth 1 ,0 carry on the. war for luck of definite
ward nnd Daniel Greeii-of the Thirty- ' general plans', thnt the fleet wns not
sixth, nrc backed by Hughes's friends ' ready for operations when war began
for the Legislature from the Fifth Lcgis- I and that In the years immediately pro
, ; 'ceding 1017 the depnrtmeiit. did not
Continued on Tnnr. Tiielie Column I lie ,,.,, nttjtudc townrd legislation an,.
WOOD KFFPS AHFAn PM ,,mt wou,d 1,nvc ,W,nr,Ml ,hP
vvuul ruL.ro n,nir-.L i ,(m)inc hn(1 tlnt ,. pHoi. t0 1IM7
hi r iMiinrn nnimnnu the department gnve out "such xtlow-
IMO UArUI A I lIIVIAKYl,nK nrr0,lnts of 'h'" navy and Its splen- ' "The reform of governmental ndrain-
v. . ,.iw.... "'"' ;,i( ,.ondtlon nnd cfliclencv thnt few. if ' ,... ,..,.,.... ....,...., ,. ... ,, ....,..... ' istrations must be executed as quickly
-i nny outside the nnvy renlizcd the true i ' "" ."" '' ' "".. i- .'." "'" ' , , ' ,," j as possible with the co-operation of the
n I I A t l A eondition." i day. after being shipwrecked off the Washington, Mnrch 24. The original unions
General Leads Vote for LoWdeiV The witness said be did not criticize Peruvian coast, with an unusual tnlo pillion of the American Government I "Social laws must be extended im-
the departments Olllldlng -. PrOgrnm, I f mm- nthica nt flu. inn 'PIipv l.n.t Hint Ihp Tllrl- ci.n..l.l l, .....ll..l ...p.liatptv fr. cppiirp pcnnnmic PflllfllitV
1 to pay to be saved. Iluropo is restated in a note to the nl- i ,m' workingmen.
I Tiini- n,p Mi. nn! M T. a f.w. Iinl simrvmn m,m.:i ..i,i..i. i.. i... I Nationalization of industry must b
" .-... - . '.in. --i '"' ii "PH ii nil r ut'1,'11
' ter, -HOI Baltimore nveuue, who have prepared at the State Department and
been touring Latin countries in the in-,"1'.i''11 .":"! ,'( transmitted soon The
Phlln
ARMENIAN STATE I tti.""'.Ht b "ur8ed f t'ountcrrcT"
and Johnson in Republican
Presidential Primary
Slouv FalU, S. D March 21. (Rv
A. P.) Returns received cnrly this
morning from yesterday's .presidential
preference Republican primary showed
that In 0r1 precincts out of 1710. Mn
jor General Ltonnrd Wood had obtained
21.008 votes; Frnnk O. Lowden. 17,
lUiO; nnd Senator Hiram Johnson. 15.-08.1.
The returns received represent hflj
three out of sixty-four counties nnd
Include those from all tho principal
cities of the stnte.
Wood was leading in thirty -one nf
the counties henrd from nnd wns tied
with Lowden in qne. Johnson was
ahead In eleven .counties nnd Lowden
was leading In ten.
Eleven missing counties have n totnl
of only 17.1 voting precincts.
CLOCKS JA2ZTHINGS UP
Difference .In Time Between Here
and N. Y. Will Prove Troublesome
Beginning Sunday you cnu :
Ride to New Yprk in nn hour, al
though it will take you threo hours to
get back.
Commit a crime in Philadelphia at
7!"1R o'clock ride to New York anil be
ready to p-ovo nn nllbi there nt 0
o'clock.
Lose nny argument you start to prove,
that Phllndelpliln Is faster than Ihe
"big town."
Maybe go broke on the New York
stock market before tho Philadelphia
market opens.
And all becnuso New York enacted
its own daylight saving lnw nnd drops
an hour In the wee small hours of next
Sunday morning. I
WILSON VISITS VIRGINIA
President Leaves Capital for Flrat
Time Since Illness
Washington. March 24. By A. P )
President Wilson today made his first
trip outside of Washington since he was
taken ill hist fall. Accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral Grn
son, ills physician, ho drove Into Vir
ginia as far ns Alexandria.
No stops were made and thn Preaidpnt
was away from the White IIouso less,
than two nours.
The couple were nboard the steamer
I Linnri when she went on the reefs in
I a heavy sea n couple of weeks ago.
All passengers, fifty -five in number,
put overboard in two lifeboat. The
icieiv ot tno ic-mm icii soou ntterwaru.
which nlwnjs ndvocnted increased num
ber of shipn. but whether the numbers
nnd types were correct was n matter
of n,ersonnl opinion. Secretary Dnnivls,
he said, based bis Idens of the nnvy's
fittip.a nn thp tAtnl uiinihp,- nf kl.it.
rnther than on their condition or wlii'tb-' rest of business, concerns of
er they were properly mini nod for war I dolphin and New lork.
Illlss Contradlrts Sims
Secretary Daniels lasl night made
public correspondence in which General
Bliss, who was the I'nlted States rep
resentative on the Supreme Wnr Coun
cil, denied cntegoricallv thnt he hnd
recommended, the brigading of American! An F.nglHi captain aboartl a Peru
troops wit: foreign units ns testified' vinll VPSi.ci. which wns passing, nt first
by Admiral 8fms. icfuved to go to the assistance of tlio
Cross-examination of Rear Admiral I digressed ship. He contended thut the
Sims was concluded yesterday, but i MKnnlK for nid were only sent out to
members of the committee indicated that i m his vessel upon tho rocks,
he might be recalled later. It was also Kvcutuully, howeicr, he directed his
believed probnble that the officer would ,,, ,n ,lifi; ,, t1(. m.vvor.s in the
he given an opportunity to make n , fl,jinntH. Then he nnnoiincctl thnt they
statement in rebuttal after Secretary uoul(1 i,nvQ to pnj full pnssen;cr rntcs
Daniels testifies. 'to port
General Bliss in Ills letter ntldrcssed i ..ri..'.i,i", tnlp i-nvpp,' ..hppiw
to the secretary of wnr said thnt "atliml demanded ensh only." Mr Custer
no t medd I make recommendation fir wll(, ,0(1(n, ..yv were in a fine fix.
the brigading of Atnerlcnu troops with ; wv ,UWt c(,, i ,,p passages paid
tho British army, but the truth is ex-',,,,,!, ,. ri,m.,,M m.."
nctly the reverse. Admiral "Sims In , Mr, Custer declared there is n wnn
hls test mony before the Senate commit- (crfiil opportunity for American busi
tee explained mention, of brigading plnn i WH ln Lntn countries,
by saying: "It wasu t written by me. "There rs n grent chnnce in Cuba for
but I object to your calling it propn- Amorican enterprise." ho said. "These
ganda. It Is pretty good military lea- )(, nro veritably bloated with money,
soning and what Bliss recommended." TIP'rP 1n n good chance, too. iu South
Americn. but we must first relieve our
RflllRHT "GAS" WITH WATHH selves of that take-it-or-leave-if de
DUUUni UVV'J VVHIlvnmnnol. We must enter more to the
. . . , ! wnnts of tin' people, the same us do
iviurpny, on iriai in ucaui lyase, the Germnns-.
Murphy, twenty years old. of I "'TTiK.T rt,i.I,Biim,,r
Mil na tho ilrlvrr of n .il WI" nt pre-war prices f. o. b. Hnm-
A w hiBV h&"'" "'J1 " burg, and are doing big business, The
Further Identified
Further identification nf Thomas
Leonard Mil
Baltlmoro,
nutomobllo which was being pursued by
Policeman Auner u. uriiun, or Trenton,
on tbo Northeast Boulevard of this
city, when Braun was shot and killed,
wns offerod today at tho third day's
session of tho trial before Judge Single
ton Bell, of Clearfield county, substi
tuting 'n the Court of 0cr and
Terminer.
Murphy wns Identified ns the mnn
who stopped at a garago nt LatiKlinru,
Pn , und bought thirteen gallons of
gneoliuo and left n gold watch as secur
ity for payment. This happened just u
short while before Braun was killed.
Henry A. Rick, said to hnvc been rid
lug ln the car with Murphy, Is nUo bo-
Ing beta 07 tne police
The reception nf tho Gcrmnn is moro
cordial than that of the American. The
note will bear the signature of Ilnin-
liriflge ( olli.v. the new secretnrv of
state, nnd will be the first diplomatic
paper to be signed by him.
The communication is in replv to an
iii,i.im. uniii nn- r rcucn anil linllli
(.overnmeiits ns to this country's views independent Socialists arf
on the lurl.Ni settlement. An earl.i Une several important p
iiiinoiincenicn at the department sj, 1(.ording to telegrams froi
conimonced nt oncp :
"Hotter supplie of food must be ar
ranged nnd nvnilnblo stocks must be
placed at the disposal of the people.
"All military formations which do
not remain true to tho coustitution must
be disbanded."
Formation of a new Gorman cabinet
s a matter ot only n tew nours, ana
e suv of get-
nortfolios. ac
g to telegrams trom licriin mis
morning
fins, water and electric service has
not resumed in Berlin, and the tram
wnys are still idle, as tho Independent
Socialists have assumed a waiting atti
tude They nre said to be dissatisfied
., .l. .....4'. II..!.. ..4l..J.
nl, " "..,. Willi iuc iiwi uillt-'iii. n null, iiioujuun
I nils. ,. , ,..:,...,. ...1,11. mJ a-...
prninLrT,'',',?1! .!'!. ''T .A,y0rl.';nn n,ov' iHcnns iu c simply stood iigainst the
erninent i understood to lie thnt there ..
T,,,!LLiST.i,riT0'.' for rc!J?.,nl,,,5 ,,,,i The Moipow wireless staUon today
1 'n,J. i ' !m . fMLr0p.1' Th-' T"r,llM.it out a dispatch dated Berlin which
n f ...,p... Vi '.'! .nkc tho viom thntl.ipHntfi the revolutionists in tho Ruhr
....- ...,..., it IV'li 111(14 I'Al'UISII II 111 11
nn- iioin nnu oron dispatched, hut it
developed that this was erroneous. Of
ficials uero not certnin when it would
go forward nor would they snv whether
it w.nilil be sent through tlio British
and French embassies here or through
the American embassies nt London nud
I urKs might be icM'uteil bv the .Mo
liniiiiiiedaiis is not supported lij the
fact-. Mine ihe war in the Near' Fast
was won Inrgel.i bj the aid of Mo
haiiinieilaii'. The I nitod States, it is understood,
desires that Armenia be set up as an
Independent state nnd that it cmlnace
ns iiim-ii territory as the Armenian lio -
hstiict niteninted to enter into nego
tiations with the Dutch Government but.
were ii'pellcd. Tho Germnns desired
foodstuffs in exchange for coal. Hol
land, however, refused to negotiate, it.
is declared
Major General von l.ucttwit-,. tha
military commander of the Kanp re
volt, and Admiral von Trotha, chief of
Ihe iidmlralt, have been arrested.
eminent can contiol. It also takes the
position that nny nrruiigi-uii'iit that is! Purls. March 24. (By A. P.) Two
uinde with regnnl to Turkoi should ! German officers who nrrived here last
Gcrinnns study the chnrncter nf their
prospects, mingle with them una inter
marriages ure not uncommon
"The Latins arc very slow in making
a trade. Two weeks' talking that
doesn't mean anything may proceed a
sain, but when they get going, tbey
spend money like drunken sailors. If
wo nre to compete with tho Germans,
the English and tho French we must ad
just ourselves to tho Latin temperament
or lose out."
The cost of living in South America
is lower than hero, he said, with tho
exception of clothes.
guarantee lo nil nations enual ntnmrin
nlties fur commerce aud that no bellig
erent should be given paramount cluinis
in au. part oi tno nenr l.ast
'Ihe position of (lie I mtcil States.
it is said, is also that in any arrange
ment for the government of Constan
tinople nnd tbe Turkish states tx place
for the participation of Russia should
be made, as the American Government
is com i nerd thnt no plan of settle
ment can be successful in the long run
which does not Inke into account the
interests of Russia In the matter.
Sunshine and Showers
Fair tonight, and hope unccnitno
Fill tprinti paeli with dcllahi,
Thurtiay, rloudincts incveatinu.
Rain i likely noon ami night.
Hay of hope! How quick tee lath
UI
Then comas nfnf o roiti fo daih itf
nnrht from Berlin to exnlnin to the
Allies the necessity for permitting the
Gcrmnn nrmy to enter tho occupied zon
to restore order saw Premier Millerand
todny and told him thn Ebert govern
ment hnd ample forces ready to deal
with tbe situation in the Ruhr valley.
I no derision wns oiuciauy iiniiouucnu,
mn ii is understood on goon nuinoriry
the Allies hnvo decided to give the per
mission, nnd that all thut remalna to tsn
decided is whnt guarantees will bo asked
of Germany to insure that her nrmy
will retire as soon ns order is restored.
The French Government would havfl
preferred internllied action in thf or"
cupled r.one. while thn British and tb.s
Italians favored granting permission for
oi orations by the German army. Tba
French gave way on this point In yltM
of the ncutf-ness ot thn fuel situation in
France nnd the dependence of this
country on supplies of coal from the
Ruhr distrlot.
On the restoration of. order lstha
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