,l' pft' O' - - ,r"n. " . (. 4 ' J. .Mil. i i !.., ' I, mt ,W ' w' " If 'JJ-. ---' " " ' - - -' J"L- " i k ? -jU'1 ""f r i(V . -4 UIMM MIGHT EXTRA ,j i . imp. nrmnpn - i: ' I . i, , .. . - ...!. ll Washington, niarcn so. tout tonignt and Wednesday. TRMFRRATUItK AT EACH HOUn TBI 10 111 I12 1 g 4 C , 1 I Tj4 14.'! U 152 57 H7 157 I I " . V'Jj ' US n V0L. VI. NO. 169 Entered a Second-ciai Matkr M th Poto(nc. at Philadelphia, Ta. Under th Act of March 8. 1870. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1920 rubllthed Dally Except Sunday, BuWrlptlon Price in a Tear by Mall. Copyright, 1920. by I'ubllo Ledcer Company. PRICE TWO CENTS ERGDOLL GUILTY AND GETS 5 YEARS AT HARD LABOR vlacker is Given Dishonorable Discharge; Will Be Imprisoned In Governors Island Barracks ' i 4k '' Yyj . & h W VT "nWA,JvlL. v. tttH l . -I L- wEV f uhltc meager It Hr ifiDTD D T PADQ pect Big Purchasing Scheme Go Before Council for Ap proval This Afternoon 0LLEY SUPPLY CONCERNS 0 CONSIDER MERGER PLAN (ty Sanction of Proposed Trust Necessitated by 1907 Agree ment With Company More cars on tho Rapid Transit Co.'s m In this city arc foreshadowed by. a i,00O,0OO equipment trust plan which mmnnny is expected to offer to Ulty ont.cll this afternoon for municipal iproral. It was announced today that a special ftini5 of Union TractionCo. stock- Hfrs Avill bo held April m to ace on a kipowl consolidation of equipment art Irasps. The rnion Traction Co. is tubsidlnry of the Rapid Transit Go, A The stockholders will be asked to ap ovc a transfer of leases for rolling ock to the Rapid Transit Co. as a sis for the issue Vf not more than .$0,- M.00O in equipment trust certificates. Nwl for municipal approval of the bpof(l equipment trust results from ; 1007 agreement between tho city d the company. Tho agreement pro del : "In case nt any time hereafter the mnanr shall be desirous of mnkiuc additions to its existing system by e ettcnion of old lines, or tlic incor iratlnn nf npw comnanlcs. or nnv nddi- m to its power or equipment which quire additional 'capital no such plan iill be effective, noc shall the coin toy make any issue of stock or bonds, 1 incur any guarantees or liability ror e purpose of carrying out said plan ltll the same shall receive the. an- orilcf Hie city.:' ' 7"" v Scores Transit Muddle 'RriM trnnnifln'tllWoltV' has romn Mrrlni enniintawlnnpr. tnrtflv. "And transportation does nfit mean njlrg op to avstrap or 'being packed :o ears like' silrdines"." Knitlnoers and Inspectors of the Pub- orrvlce Commission this afternoon an n sjNtrinntic tour of all trolley !m In the city. Three points on Oer- antown avenue Hunting Park nve- if, 'luentleth street and Wayne motion received attention today. A. Howard Jones, the commission's i!t rueineer. nnd Garfield 1'lilllins. his tsiatant. together with Inspectors will at various nolcts of coneestion dnrliicr m "peak hours" of traffic to obtain wence or car shortage wncre short a exist. Talked With Sprnul t'ommissloncr Clement said he tnlked rtt the situation liero last night with nernor sproui. lie added that Mr. nroul is intensely interested in the liter. TheMnior and Council will ho nnkoil iirimue a room in uity null, which y e usca ns neauquartcrs by the immUsion's representatives during the ansii survey, xne enirtncerH nnd n- fectors were summoned here by Mr. emtnt. At the preliminary survey Mr. Clom it exprced his intention, norunn. ')'. of co-nnprnttn? with Ma ..n,.l. mtH- Jle said he would ride on every uii nun m rnuaaeipnia, it neces ify, to learn the bnslo fnnltw nf tlm went system. Jlr. Uemenl has inatrnrtpil tho nnit. W to Investigate the possibilities for ier by the establishment of bus lines, li. erB ""ggcBtcd nt yesterday's iMIc hearing for llroad fctrcct, Din- un lreei, tno rarkway and several utr inorougiifnrefl. ) ENN MEN ASK FINES BACK roteit Agalnet Arrests In Basket ball Victory Celebration The undergraduato council of the Diversity of Ppnnnvlvnnln fnno I... n a campaign to obtain tho relm 'imoment of sin r.n tr .i, r i.n "fnty-two students arrested early uay morning after tho celebration of ,'' basketball team's victory over "icago. ohn . Lovltt, president of the sen- (r'Juale ctfuncll, called upon the U'lfnts to give him full Information rtiinjr tuclr nrrcsts, He also Issued ' following statement: inasmuch as the arrests made In tho "watlon of the victory over Chieaeo pe eoinmltted aud the individuals so jraieu were picked out for no other wn than that they were nearest to police, the undergraduato council ti and especially the clubbing. We, freforp lllmll In.. I. U tl,. nil -t..- aware reimbursed." LEBANON INDEPENDENT r From Prlnco FelsaHs Govern- ment, Says Proclamation JVaMilngton, March .10. (Uy A. P.) ,!fl Its Independence of Prince Fei ' Koveriiincnt, tho Htate Department "' ailVlsplI InitflV llV tl. Anoflnnn '"naiil nt Ilelrut. The declaration of In- iU.ii r WHS '"'oi'teil by tho Lebanon watuii council mwtlnr nt TtnnllinV re ii " " Je council appointed a committee to koni.i ""'""'""on for Lebanon nnd .rP'f'l U llae similar to llin IVmikK !,j,j,tu th cedar prominently dls- SEEN IN $6,000,000 ' 4iiS rnillPMFNT PLANS PfiH t v :? - -" sffira iUw2?tiS? tttSHM .-MT-. .v..-Ht VYwiM'1TKl r ll..; " "ififni "'""- - " - s h . ... .-' r; ', Tll MEw-wya-W!gi-----a i iiiit ! ww-wit ' " LJ?' r'vs'vw''iv'1 jIBb. .-'-'rl iftw0klkil ' lnterhatinnnl Tho cyclonic winds of Sunday played havoc throughout the suburbs of Chicago. The photograph shows ruins nt Melrose I'ark, where twenty-nine persons were killed. Hundreds of homes were damaged. Thb was one of the first pictures to arrive In tho East from the damaged towns POLICE PAY BILL Council Expected to Approve Measure That Also Advances Salaries of Firemen HAS ADMINISTRATION 0. K. The administration bill providing fo' small Increases to policemen and fire men will cotrte beforo Council this after noon and will paw without any,periou8 opposition.-. The bill Is a substitutoTfot; the ordinance Introduced by Council man Charles B. Hall, "providing for $5 MAY PASS TODAY i m nkfAktW.An.kulfrVm..0f (itif. .aaf fl.ul ' b&ft).lVil .L-ir.-ttL.-...-... .1 - ffOAA nnnnnl ieTMTciF u " """' .Council will also be. asked to pass an ordinance authorizing Director of Pub He "Welfare Tustin to appoint a chil dren's agent nt $1000 a year, a special agent at $1200. an assistant agent nt $1100 and a visitor at $1100 in the Bureau of Constructive Social Sen-ice. Council Ih expected to approve the ordinance for the transfer of $127,532 from the Bureau of Street Cleaning for the purpose of paying the bills for snow removals during February and this month. , , , An ordinance will be Introduced in Council today at the suggestion of Di rector of Public Works Winston for an appropriation of $23,000 to iuvestignte to ascertain whether it would be profit able for the city to do its own street cleaning, repairing nnd the collection of nshi'H and garbage. Under the new diniter the city is called upon to do this work unless Council nnd the Mayor decide to the contrary. It is believed the city could save thousands of dollars by doing this work itself. The Investigation will be con ducted by the Department of Public Works, nnd under the provisions of the ordinance to be Introduced today the director of public works is authorized to employ such experts ns he shall deem necessary to carry on the Investigation. ROSEN BRYNMAWR GUEST Former Russian Ambassador Visits College This Afternoon Baron Rosen, formerly ambassador to the Vnlteil States from Russia, ac companied by his daughter, was the guest of Brjn Mnwr College at tea this afternoon. . He wns received on the steps of Taylor Hall by Dean Hilda Smith and a committee of undergraduates, who took the baron and his daughter on a tour of inspection of the college. Later he addressed the students in Taylor Hall nnd meet them Informally at tea In Rockefeller Hall. Before going to Bryn Mnwr, Baron Rosen and his daughter wero the guests of honor at a private luncheon on the Ritz-Carlton given by Mr. und Mrs. Herbert Lincoln Hark. Tbo guests Included Mr. nnd Mrs. Adolph Borle, Hamilton Bell, .Mrs. Charlton Yarnnll, James Crosby Blown and Mr. and Mrs. George Horace Lorimer. Mrs. Clark nnd Mrs. Lorimer accompanied the baron to Bryn Mnwr. ' IM WARNS N. Y. BOMB SQUAD a 1 Prosecutor Says Communist Party Would Overthrow Government New York, March HO. Assistant District Attorney Rorko. whose prose cution of Hairy Winltsky, executive secretary of the New York Communist party, resulted in the latter being sen tenced to prison for not less than five nor more, than ten years for criminal anarchy, announced last night he had ..-nrtiMl tlm nollce department's bomb sound that tho Communist party of America was seeking alliance with the Communist Labor pnrty for forceful overthrow of the government. i 8TOREHOU8E BURNS A storehouse belonging to Thomas Henry, southwest comer of Trenton avenue and Tioga .street, was damaged by a (Ire which started In the rear of the building .this morning. The build ing was tilled with cotton waste. The lire was extinguished after a loss nf 3000'to tho nroperty and material, jnuch of which was damaged by water,,1 TORNADO DAMAGE IN ILLINOIS DESTROYER LAUNCHED Miss Louise Hughes Christens Mc ' Farland at Camden The United States torpedoboat de stroyer McFnrland was launched nt the New York shipyard, Camden, today. The sponsor was Miss Louise Hughes, daughter of Rear Admiral O. F. Hughe's, rommandnnt of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. It was the second ceremony of the kind Miss Hughes; has performed within a month. She was the sponsor of the Panhandle State, a 12,500-tOn enrgo and passenger steamship launched nt the Camden shipyard March 0. In the party accompanying Miss Hughes were Admiral Hughes and Mrs. Hughes nnd Rear Admiral Charles Clark, retired, famous as a commander of the battleship Oregon, grandfather of the sponsor, and Mrs. Clark. Three friends of the sponsor, tho. Misses Dorothy Daniel and Helen Shoemaker, of this citv. nnd Miss Dorothv Candec. . of New York, acted as aides.' v ' The destroyer was named in honor of jonn .uci'nnnnu, a neimsmnn on car ragut's tiagsiitp, the Hartford, who!waa killed In action during the Civil War.1' The vessel Is the twenty-first of the destroyer fleet launched at the Camden shipyard. FRENCH BACK WILSON Great Armenian State, Expulsion of Turks Favored Paris. March 30. (By A. P.) It was said nt the Foreign Ofllce todny that the French point of view regarding Turkey and Armenia Is In agreement with that of President Wilson ns to the desirability of the largest Armenian state aud the expulsion of the Turks from Constantinople. The question is raised, however, as to how these ends can be achieved without the force neces sary to deal with the trouble certain to result among the Mussulman population. It would require a force of several hundred thousand men to bnck up a de cision to eject tho Turks entirely from Europe, a high official stated. He pointed out that the League of Nations, to which would naturally fall the obliga tion of dealing with the situation created by such actions, had no force at its command. Smyrna and the hinterland along that section of the Turkish const have been awarded to Greece by the council of ambassadors, according to the Matin. R. R. CLERKS PLAN STRIKE Norfolk and Western Union Calls Walkout for Today rnlumbus. O.. March 30. (By A. P.) Railway clerks of the Norfolk and Western Rallrad system at Ports mouth, Irontou and Columbus will be on strike by this afternoon, union of ficials announced today, to aid the clerks of West Roanoke in their de mands for the removal of two non union clerks employed there who are alleged to hav.e made Insulting remarks to a young woman clerk. KENTUCKY WOMEN TO VOTE Law Will Allow Them to Take Part in Presidential Election Frankfort, Ky., March 30. (By A. P.) Suffrage for Kentucky women in the next presidential election was as sured yesterday when Governor Mor row signed a measure passed by the Legislature. Action of the governor was withheld until the last day allotted him, it was said, in the hopo that another state would ratify the constitutional amend ment and thus give the general ballot to women throughout the country. The Legislature bill provides for a separate The' governor's secretary said the bill would have been vetoed ns unnecessary iu the event of rntiflcntlou of the federal amendmeut which would make national suffrage operative. HARTS HOME TO TESTIFY General Returns on Order of Com mittee Investigating Cruelties Washington, March 30. (By A. P.) Itrlgadlcr General Harts, chief of staff of the American forces in Germany, who arrived today at New York, was ordered homo to testify before a House war In vestigating committee concerning charges of cruelty to soldiers In the prisons of tho Paris district during the time that General Harts was in com mand of that district. It wns said nt the War Department today that at the conclusion of his tes tlinony General Harts would return to Cobltpz, HOUSING MEETING CALLED BY TUSTIN Varied Interests Invited to Send Representative to Confer ence April 7 TO PUSH BUILDINGTPROGRAM A conference of organizations of many varied interests was called for the after noon of April 7 by Director of Public Welfare Tustin today so that a nrac' tlcal'planjfor thecrcctlon of new houtjc may dc wonted out and made eitective. '7TBeJcorifereHce'fr foelil(T inrildom Winston, of thejJucpnHjiicht ofTublic Ttr i.. i 'j.i i I- ... i .. irvrns, mvuen io nuciiu, uh were me representatives or builders' organi zations, trade unions, trust companies, housing bpdies and organized tenants. Tho organizations invited include: The Master Builders' Exchange, the Bilildlm: Owners nnd Mnnnzcrs' As soelatlon. the Contractors' Association of Philadelphia, the Allied Building iraiies uouneii, .Master numbers' As sociation. Others Included in Call National Federation of Construction Industries. District' Council of Car penters, Real Estnte Board, Chamber of Commerce, the Philadelphia branch of the American Institute of Archi tects, the Philadelphia Operative Build ers' Association The Board of City Trusts, Octnvia Hill Association, Land Title nnd Trust Company, Real Estate Title nnd Trust Company, Commonwealth Title and Trust Company, Philadelphia Housing Association, Tenants' I'rotccme Asso ciation, the Board of Trade and tho Manufacturers' Club. Invitations were sent to officials of the bricklayers', masons' and plaster ers' unions. Mr. Tustin likewise Invited John S. Clarke, president of the Autoeur Co., who lms devised extensive housing plans for Ardmorc. All those requested to attend the con ference were naked to pome prepared with suggestions nnd to be ready to en ter into tentative agreements that will lorm a practical bousing program. Calls for Team Work The Philadelphia Housing Association today issued a statement culling for team work nmong city departments in laying down a definite housing plan. It declared that tho question is a com munity problem and that the adminis tration should tako the initiative In solving it. "There arc several city departments, the association said, "uhich must work together if wo are to get worth for our money. The Department of Public Works nnd tho Department of Health obviously have common Interests in a constructive program. The Department of Public Welfare has powers broad enough to fill in gaps between the first two and supplement whnt they are au thorized to do, But these departments will not product) if each makes its plans by itself. If they are to produco they must get together, decide what they wish to accomplish, draft a definite program of work, and enili take Its definite share of that work," Situation of Great Importance The present situation, the association continued, is of tremendous importance not only to those, seeking homes, but to nil who have money invested in local business and industries. "The Housing" Association's sugges tlon is that there, bo organized a num ber of large housing companies which will finance their operations by issuing either bonds and stock or preferred and common stock, the dividend on the pre ferred stock to bo limited to (I per cent. The bonds or tho preferred stock should not cover more than CO per ceut of tho cost of an operation. The balaiue should be covered by common stock. No stock should bo issued except for its full face value in cash. The bonds or preferred stock would be gilt-edged so far as se curity Is concerned provided the tym panies ore honestly and cffleientlj man aged. It should bo sold to Investors. The common t.tock, which carries the risk of shrinkage in values, should be taken up by those who will profit by the main tenance and development of our Indus tries and business," EFFORT 10 FORCE VOTE ON SUFFRAGE FOILED AT DOVER Foes of Ratification Show Nerv ousness by Changing Attack to Senate GEN. T. COLEMAN DU PONT ON WAY TO THE FRONT Hopes of Friends of Amendment Encouraged by Evidence of Family'3 Interest . By GEORGE NOX McCAIN Dover, Del., March 30. Interest in the suffrage amendment wns suddenly shifted today from the House to the Senate. It is taken as an indication thnt the "antis" nrc getting a trifle nervous over the situation nnd will en deavor to force action. In the Senate this morning Senator Gormley, Democrat, nnd the brains of his pnrty in the Legislature, arose and demanded that the ratification resolu tion be reported out of the committee on revised statutes nnd acted upon "on its merits." He declared that the peo ple's money was being wasted in n pro tracted session and thnt the resolution should be got out of the waj. There was, he said, evidence thnt the com mittee, of which Senator Walker was the chairmau. had no right to longer rctnln possession of the resolution. Senator Walker, who had Introduced the joint ratification resolution, wns in stantly on his feet. He said thnt It was a courtesy due the chairman of nny committee, nnd n precedent in the Sen ate, that bills and resolutions should be reported at the convenience of the chairman. He did not. he said, propose to be forced to report it, and that it would be brought out at the proper time. Senator Gormley smarted to replv when a motion to adlourni which had been Tireviousiv made hut not Dut. .was. c'nlled,ruirfeyir,8enaror' "Alice. ' ' is- senator 'uprmiey reiorteu in rawer hot terms to this, but Senator Alice persisted in his call and the Senate ad journed til) this afternoon. It Is said thnt Senator Gormley has declared that he will give the Senate no rest until he obtains action on the suffrage amendment. Outbreaks of a sporadic nature in the Senate may be looked for from this on if Gormley insists on his course. Tho Sussex county Republican sena tors nnd members who nrc holding out against ratification nnd blocking its passage are greatly disturbed by the re peated declarations that they are In a deal with the Democratic floor leader, Representative McNabb, to defeat the amendment. So deeply has the iron entered their souls thnt they are out In n hot statement todny denying they nre being led by McNnbb and the Demo cratic bosses. Their claim is that they are merely representing their constitu ents who oppose equal suffrnge. General du Pont on Way to Dover The suffrage cause has perked up its head this morning and is looking for ward with renewed confidence. This is largely because T. Coleman du Pont, Republican national commitsf eman from Delaware, is on his wny to Dover. The du Ponts linve sedulously kept away from the capital and the appear ance of T. Colemnn du Pont will be the first rnnirlhlo nvldenen that the nolltlcnl members of the family are taking nnl active nnd practical interest in tne cuunu of ratification. With General du Pont nnd United Rtates Scnntor Ball on the turf here in Dover something should be started within the next twenty-four hours. Hlghfleld Gets "Instructions" A clever trick wns plnyed last night by tho suffragists. There was a meet ing nt Centrevllle, in Scnntor High field's district, called by the "antis." The suffrnglsts attended nnd were In the mnioritv. They cantured the meeting. put forward their own speakers, and hod a resolution passed unanimously in structing their senator nnd representa tive to vote for tho amendment. Scnn tor Hlghfleld hns been "on the fence" according to public report around the Stato House. If on a final count tomorrow morning tho friends of the suffrnge amendment discover they cannot put it over when It roines to a vote, an attempt will he made to postpone'netion until next week. This can only be done by appealing to the Republican majority to give the amendmeut one more chance nnd not to follow Representative McNabb, the Democratic leader of the House. It will bo pointed out to tho Re publicans opposed to suffrage that tho odium of failure to give tho amendment ecry possible chauco will rest upou the Republican party of Delnware iu the eyes of tho whole country, for Delnware Continued on 1'aso Vour. Column Two Mississippi Senate Shifts and Ratifies Suffrage ilai-kson, Miss., March 30. The Mississippi stato Senate today rati fied the federal woman suffrage amendment, thus reversing the ac tion of several weeks ago, when the amendment wns rejected. The suffrage amendment was de feated lu Mississippi on January 21, tho Semite vote being 31 to 1(1 nnd the House votu'TOO to 2.1. If the House reverses its action, as the Senate has done, this Democratic stato may be tho thirty-sixth, uud deciding, state to ratify. BERGDOLL "MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY" Grovcr Cleveland Bcrgdoll is a man without a country. The dishonorable discharge from the army carries a penalty of forfeiture of citizenship. Bcrgdoll cannot again vote unless the President pardons him. The slacker, moreover, loses all civil rights and he cannot sue or be sued ; cannot buy or sell property nnd has less status as an individual than an emi grant coming to this country. ALBANIAN BANDS MASSACRE CREEKS BOSTON. March 30. Greeks lu North Eplrus lie bc'.DS massacred by Albanian bauds. accorJlns to n c:bk? r "' eclved today by the National Pau.Eplrotlc Union iu Ancrlce Tbe message came from Janina, the capital of southern Eplrus. CENSUS RETURNS; INDIANA TOWN SHOWS DECREASE "WASHINGTON, Mirrb 30 Population ttctlitlci iu nounccd totlay by the Census Bureau included: Haunjbil. 7Tn 13,000; Tayloivillr, Ills.. 0,800; Belleville. Ills.. 21,741; Jcf. fcrsouvlllc, Intl., 10.09S (a decrease of 311 or 3 0 per ceut): liaJdmaJlca, N. Y , 9.27G; BUavia, N. Y , 13,011 . Corvlcad, V ,Y.. 13,20-1; LocUport, N Y., 21 30b; Clciuva N. Y., 14.0 IS; rre4 crlck, Md.. 11 066, and Cllu'on Iul 10.1M52 RUHRREBELSYIELD TO BERLIN TERMS Accept Stipulations Except One on Surrender of Arms and Ammunition ACTION AGAINST KAPPISTS By the Associated Press Essen, March 30.' Ml stipulations of tno Berlin government relative to a cessation of fighting arid 'maintenance of order inthe Ruhr district have been. accepted," with, one except jon, by the I centrui committee in cuargc qt ami-' government 6peratlons here, according to a notification sent to Berlin last night.. Exception wns taken In reference to the fourth condition regarding the sur render of arms and ammunition. The government was Informed thnt this con dition would be accepted if construed in accordance with the Bielefeld agree ment, with the understanding that agreement will be fulfilled. The government. In sending Its ulti matum to communists In the Ruhr dis trict, stipulated its conditions must be accepted by today. Otto Dowensipen, military commander of the Reds, who has just come from the front, told the correspondent that the continued existence of the Reicbs wehr would mean another European war. Another member of the directing committee said the committee wns thor oughly determined to subject the mines to snbotucc if the ueicbswelir marched Unto the Ruhr district. The Reds, he declared, would Kill their lamiucs iimi themselves before surrendering. Berlin, March 30. (By A. P.) Chancellor Mueller told the National Assembly yesterday thnt "the renction ary elements In the army will be swept away with an iron broom." Proceedings ngalnst supporters of the movement led by Dr. Wolfgnng Kapn, in the reactionary revolt of March 13, have been begun by the government. Former Under Secretary of Stnte Fal kenhnusen has been arrested at Bran-denburg-on-Hnvel, nnd proceedings have been commenced nt Kiel ngalnst Ailmlrnl von Leentzov. former governor of Kiel, who is under arrest. Major von Winterfeld nnd others, who weie implicated in the revolt, nre also made defendants-by the government. Rewards up to 10,000 mnrks have been offered for information lending to the arrest of other officers who hae fled. This list includes Lieutenant Genernl von Estorff. who was in au thority at Altonn when the revolt oc curred, and who favored the Kaiinlst regime. Major General Ledebour is also being bought. Paris. March 30 f By A. P ) As surances have been given bv the Ger man wovernment thnt it will not send Into the Ruhr vnlley more regular troops than nre allowed by the terms of the Versailles trenty. A German delegation called on Premier Millerand lute inst night, told him the Gcrmnn troops in the Ruhr district did not exceed the number allowed and declared no more such troops would be sent there with out authorization from the Allies. Receiving tnemberx of the French press Inst avcnlng, M. Millernud de--clarcd If the Germnns violated the terms of the trenty by sending a strong armed force into the Ruhr district, Frnnce would occupy part of the neutral zone, whether the Allies agreed or not. "Rotterdam, Marcli 30. (Bv A. P.) Extremists at Dnnzlg hnve sent an ulti matum to Sir Reginald Tower. British commissioner there, demanding tho re moval of troops and threatening n gen ernl strike if their demands are not com plied with, nccordlng to a dispatch to the Niewe Rntterdamsehe Courant from Hamburg. Sir Reginald Is said to have embarked his troops on an English war ship in the harbor. There Is a strong Bolshevik movement in Danzig, accord ing to reports. U. S. STEAMSHIP GROUNDS Deal, England, March 30. (By A. P.) Lifeboats were hurriedly called out early today to the relief of a large steamship Deiicveu to do an American, stranded, on Goodwin Sands, sevcu miles pff the. coast. POLAND AND RUSSIA READY FOR PEACE Bolshevik Foreign Minister Ac cepts Offer to Begin Parley April 10 WOULD MEET IN ESTH0NIA By the Associated Press London. March SO. George Tchlt chcrln, Russian soviet foreign minister. lias notified I'olnnd of his willingness to open pence negotiation April 10, n Poland had suggested, according to a wireless message from Moscow today. M. Tchitchcrin suggests that the meeting be held somewhere in Esthonia. The Poles had asked that the negotia tions be conducted at Borisov. on the Bereslna river between Minsk and Smolensk. A war office communique issued Inst etenlng describing the capture by the Bolshevikl of the town of Xovorossisk snjs thnt by strenuous efforts nf tin British nnvnl rrufr n lnno nnmW me iiussmn wiiuntcer forces embarked nt the Inst moment on various ve.e!s waiting in the poit. Genernl Dcnlkine. the communication adds, refused to consider nn nrmistict or to avail himself of British nid to secure his personal safety, embarking on a Russinn torpedoboat destrojer when tho evacuation wns complete. Some rear guard fighting oicuned be ty'en DcniMiie's troops nnd the Bolshe vikl during the final pnit of the exnrua tion. The British mission embarked safely with Its membership intact. Wash In nt nil. Mnreh .'tfl fllr A T 1 Poland will call upon the League of .Nations for allied re-enfon ements. It was sulci nt the Polish legation lure, if Bolshevikl armies thieuten to break the Polish eastern line of defense. While France is understood to hnve given tacit promises of militurj co-operation, the change in the situntiou In Germany hns made the extent of French nid doubtful, it wns said. Unless the Bolshevikl western front wns materially strengthened. Major General Brjnk, Polish m!litar attache declared, the present Polish legular force could hold its own. The sweep of southern Russia bv tho Bolshevikl m lil ies, however, made possible the stroug ic-euforcciiient of the Bolshevikl west ern armies. Warsaw. March 30. (By A. P ) Russian Bolshevik forces which hate been uttacklng the Polish front in Po clolln have suffered severe losses nnd nt points hnve withdrawn to the east ward, says an offieinl statement issued nt nrmy hondqtinrtcis. Polislr troops hine pursued the enemy nud hnve re taken terrltorj which was lost iu the suvage fighting of last week, it is snid. Fighting on all fronts is reported, but it is heaviest In Podoliu nnd in the region of Retchitsa and IvulcuknwiU, northeast of Mozir In one of the re cent Bolshevik attacks two ei:emj regi ments were nnnihilnted nnd it is re ported the Poles have taken slxt pris oners nnd the colois of the -122d Bol shevik Regiment. A battle between armored trains took place east of Denmilu. it is said. The trains were onl 200 feet apart durlii'c the combat, nnd it is snid the soviet foiceS were obliged to withdraw, having lost several cars nnd suffered other se vere losses. lu Volhynln, north of the Pndolhin front, the Bolshevikl nre attacking one point nnd then shifting suddeuh to nn other sector in nn effort to find n wenk Joint in the Polish armor. The Poles, however, are reported to be holding their own on nil fronts at ptcsent. 16 INJURED IN WRECK D. R. and P. Passenger Train De railed at Savan, Pa. Punxsutawney, Pa., March 30. A P ) Sixteen persons were injured, four of them seilouslj, when u pnssen ger train on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Ruilioad was derailed nt Savan, Pa., this morning. The en cine. two bnccaKO cars nnd two ciiiiclies left ine- triy-K a special train curry ' ing doctors aud nurses has been scut Xroui here to the scene of the wreck. RCH DESERTER SODS IN CELL AS T Draft Evader Automatically Loses All Citizenship Rights. Now Man Without Country WILL DIG DITCHES AND DO OTHER MENIAL TASKS Penalty Surprises Prisoner's Counsel, Who Consult Mrs. Bergdoll Regarding Appeal Bv a Stuff Correpondtnt Governors Island, N. l' Mnrch 30. Grovcr C. Bergdoll is guilty! Five years imprisonment nt hard labor and dishonorable discharge from the nrmy Is the draft dodger's sentence. The slacker slumped in utter collapse, and sobbed nnd whimpered when the verdict was announced nt 1 o'clock this afternoon (12 o'clock standard time.) The pennlty, announced nt the East ern Department headquarters carries with it forfeiture of nil pny and allow ance's due or which may become due. The sentence is to be served at the At lantic branch disciplinary barracks, Fort Jay, Governor's Island. Licutennnt Colonel Chnrles C. Crcs son. trlnl judge advocate, who prose cuted Bergdoll nt his nrmy court mnrtlnl trial, made public the finding of the trial board nnd sentence nfter Lieutenant Genernl Robert Lee Bullnrd, depnrtment commander, reviewed the ense nnd upheld the trial officers. Fnder tho nrmy statute of 1R5H1, Colonel Cresson snld Bergdoll automati cally loses all rights of citizenship. The verdict and penalty were read from nn offieinl bulletlu to Bergdoll in ids cell in Castle William, In the dls clplinnry barracks. The severity of the .verillft oierwlieImir dhn kIupWw hiw1 ho HE HEARS VERDIC 1 ' '.KB.,W counsel, expressed surprise aCrjh "? sentence. He gave a long expressive whistle when told of tl penalty. Will Consider Appeal "This is no time to talk." he said, "but .loii can Nay that I will consult with Bergdoll und his mother about the ndwsnbility of an appeal." , Bergdoll wns found guilt) on both the i count nnd specifications.. The charge nf.wn violation of the fiftv-eiihth article of war. The hiiecillcntinim nccused Bergdoll of deserting on August 8. 1018. nfter due induftion into the national arinj ; fmline to repoit to the adjutant genernl nt linrrisbtirg, nnd remaining a fugitive until January 7. 1020. when captured In his mother's home. The formal erdict rend: Thnt Bergdoll shall "be dishonorably discharged from the nrmy ; shull forfeit all pay nnd allowances duo or to become due. nnd shall be confined at hard labor ' ut sl"'11 l',n(' as tho reviewing author! tii ma direct for t'wo years." The disc ipliuurj bnrrnckx designated by the review ing authorities is the same building in which Bergdoll is now con fined. Ordinarilj prisoners at Fort Jay hnve n rather easy time, but the Phila delphia slacker hns earned the ill-will and dislike of the guards by his tattling tnctlcs Guard Court -Martialed At least one gunrd who helpod Berg doll obtain little luxuries wns court martialed on charges preferred by the milllouaiie, und the otheis are leery ut showing him uny of the little fuvors I g'uerall given prisoners. Bergdoll will work. His tasks will iiu hide digging trenches, paving stieets. working about automobiles, cleaning horses and other menial tnsks on the island. He will wear u bine denim outfit of overalls nnd jacket, nnd be mmked by u big white number painted across the bnck, Bergdoll's cell in Castle William Is n dreun uffnir. It is small and over looks the small circular court) ard of the ensile. Some favored prisoners are given outside cells overlooking the bay. including a fine view of tho Stntue of Liberty. The millionaire was not so fortunate. Beigdoll's "up-stage" attitude also bus won him the dislike of other pris oners. His apparent thought thnt he was above them, added to the fact that most of them art fighting men from Frnnce, confined for minor offenses, has made him erj unpopular "Five sears' tough sledding, with both guards and other prisoners riding h! m nt ever chance," was the way onu man expressed the sentence. Arm) officials in general believe Berg doll was ver.v lucky in gcttliig off with siieli n "Unlit" sentence. At 12.1." o'clock KitkiIoII. ii nnneil guard, wns marched from ('a William past "Snupsud Row," a hui dliiiss occupied by nciiicnminl officers, to departmental hraduua There llergcloll was prescutecMVUtli ft full copy of the testimony nt tlicWourt martini. It Included seven volumes, containing more than MOO pages. Cap tain Bruce It. Campbell, Ucrgd'jU jail j3 m rf i !,J 1 ?l 9 n A 1 "-Wj sir i nilfrCr 1; 'ffilnr -H r(JflKSf m , U t - v r l. i' n , &'Jfc$i A'
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