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Entered Becond-Clnug Matter at the Poetofflce, t Philadelphia, pa.
Under the Act of March 8. 1870, f
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1920
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HIMFMSF
pVer Legislators Spurrbd by
EVAonHmenfs Passage in
p Mississippi Senate
if, BECOME HOT RACE
BETWEEN TWO STAlfcS
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lyernoKTownsend Repudiates
Message Sent by Antis to
V) r xUmm I ndrrviatarQ
. OOUUICIII l-ttllir.-
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hfif
i ?nv (JEOUOH nox. nicuAiw
iv.r Ilel.. Rlorcn !. i.lic lowrr
IV -af ... eat
. nf the Delaware L.cgisiaturc win,
Is pfctcd, vote on the suffrage
nDdinftit today. Tho vexed qucs
. ' .1 .tinntlnii In DMawarc lnny
on oi " --- -
finally ncttleil bcrore sunnown.
Ti.m U a bare possibility, though,
.-- omo parliamentary traps have
v . . ..-. iU nntla Tt WOlllll
mm jet 10 ciramwj,w' .v. -.
I; '. rash individual who would at
ILpt lo tho present state ol party
Action started j:arly today among tho
' . ;". rrwnf..nd started the ball
lilllng by sending tho following tele
im to Governor Itusscll. of JHbsU-
Innl. nml the presiding oractre ui n.v.-
W. - ,!, ofntn In nrnpr in
"liniurp ui muj- " ,,, . , i
iL..t m ImtirpHMlon which the antl-
E." . . . ....!., in f.iantn rrtrnrrllnif
Uraltl""' B''8,, w ' -o-- "
e sltimtton :
r.i.irrnm sent vou yesterday by
:.. .ntt.uiifrmffn members of Delaware
miniature represents their Individual
,tin but thov nre absolutely with-
fit authority to speak an a committee
om this JiOgimnuirc. ue eiptivuc
. it at.-. ... iV a a nmnniL
Itnt, anil that it will he the thirty-
hifiro rn en Li iv inu hiiiuuku uiiitfti-
tin sinie iu " ,,
iinn will hn tlie tiuriy-Kcvcniu.
in n ,1,111 Inn tn hnvlnc the signature
rtlic novernor, the message was aigncd
ITnlted States Senator h. Ilcislcr
All, Secretary of State Everett G.
toon, William li.vons and various ns-
oblyinen favorable to suffrage.
Tli" tplesram referred to vcbtcrday
n nildreHsed to the speaker of the
ric of the Mississippi Legislature. It
u nijtiifd by Senator Oorjnley, Dcmo-
tie leaner 01 mo oenam, tiiiiuui
cNabb, Democratic leader of the
use, anil ltenrescntaiives joru anu
ml. rommentinc on 'Governor Town-1
nd's telegram today. Senator Gormlcy
.ui neiti'er tiio- governor nop outers
no pikjci me mcrwJijn yKiv tuniivu
JIIU HIV Hl'Ulillll'Ub Vl Vliu jvftiniu'
. .. "T I S
Republicans Itr Conference
he nll-Itcnnlillrnn confr'reiice lU'tllC
kme Courtroom, Is regarded as thn
: n;iommt hem in years, its nrsc
a; was neici vestcniay aiiernnon,
in,U ad ourned Until this mornlngi
tdprlrnl lt Itiinortarice from the. fact
I tilit tlio warring' elements In the
if were brought together. Tha news
t the Mississippi Senate had ratified
. amendment was the occasion for It.
remor Townsend. T. Coleman till
nt, I'nlted States Senator Hall,
uier rnited Stntes Senator J. Frank
, fieerctary of State Everett John
U Isaac Itnwers. cltv chairman of
llmington, Including all the llepiibll
n senators anil lnpiiibers were nresent.
Ratification was tbp only topic dls
Wd. The nrlnclnnl argument used
ku the anti-sufTrage Republicans is
Jt If Delaware defeats ratilicntlon, It
ui likely Jiand the honor over to lilde-
'Untl Domnrrntlp AlisnlNsInnl. which.
IfftraniH Nay. Is preparing to ratify. If
iisissippi beats ueiaware to this
'nor, It will give the Democratic party
e lrud before the country and be of
impose vnlun In ltn nrPNlfltitlnl rntn.
tin.
iriipre ar6 certain members who have
iciwi their hearts against suffrage.
argument that the .Republican pnrty
surtct has no effect whatever upon
c men. That equal suffrage is in
able and it makes no difference
thcr Delaware votes now or n year
foe does not weigh a pennyweight.
'1' will vntp neninHf nnffrnep till tlin
W flies.
file anti-NiifTrnclHta weri creatlv
ITtCned hv tlin rnpnn nt n tAlnfrnm
Democratic Floor Leader Mc,Nabb
e yesterdav afternnan from a news-
Per of Jackson. Miss., that ratlflca-
'n tta a flash In the pan and the vote
"rn on rescindeil. Another telegram
L nlflir (nmlnilniinn. Tantin1l 9
rt..L.fL.. "",". .Vrjv."" "."" .;
ivtl . ' '" """ l"ai me acuaie woiiui
Hi0 i,s actIoI- This kindled fresh
i m i ne oreatita 01 me suitragists.
Mississippi Action Startles
Hie. i'fTcct of the Mississippi action
It SUfirnpp tftnflfti- umV Iiaai. Itt(.ti1if
tieficial In Dpvcr, It has set the antl-
i-.Miiiuii hciuuors iiiinaing, uopes
r eutertalned thnr tt will cnln vntpa
in the question comes bqforo tho
fl 'fln.l t.j r.l.i.i- - ii.
cnu uiiiuiik iriruus 01 mo
I rage that there is onnosltlon to fur-
' e'y. They Uro of the opinion
v'n iii-Kisiniure nas Deen stiueu
long enough. Ono thing that Mis.
"PPl a action has done, it hns af-
eu antl,Buffrngc nepubllcans a flret-
i c-iusok it ro inclined, to voro pr
fxe on the ground that a national
fjeney forced them to.
" of the most significant local
"fM is tho action of tho State
fne. Senator James P. Allpe .lr s
Paper, in comlnir' out thl mnrnlnir
are towl for suffraga. Senator Alleo
;jn jiis never acnniteiy" declared
He Would votn. Up lins hppn lnlinol
th sides. v ' .
Up to Republicans
Dller thn Pilltnrlnl nintlnn II,. T
r." Rtnnlni. All. .,- I ..
how In hn !.... Al - n'...i.ii
'latllre In De aware to 'ratlrv'thn
re 1 amendment. The Issue fs.not
A local pub, It has assumed na-
W Pr9portIoris. Republicans arc
rr colnp in iinv.i'iii Ai.Aitf n inii
m hii;u4HB (..Club uv tlUltllJT
ng suffrage over' or the dls
PI nationally of "having a Ilepubll-I'-Mlslitturej
reject It. .Thera in but
lining for q Republican member of
p"(Tui assemDiy, who was elected
p. uatfobal platform favoring suf.
f, lo do. and that Is vote in favor
L'p ratification of the nineteenth
IIIK'IH. , '
uy Miould Republicans play Dem.
Cijntlnufdo re T0. Column f-o
IERSHING GETS
SUFFRAGE ISSUE S-4: 1
Hk.HHftAm Isvil- 'dsssT''.'.'. ?'.: sFs fVBDttvdMPISBk sMss -
General I'ci siting Was tho guest of honor at a double launching at Hog Island today. Two ships, the nrmy trans
port Chatimont and the steel fcargo carrier Capulln, left their ways within a half hour of each other. The above
picture shows Miss Julia 0. Stinson, of Washington, who was head of the nrmy nursing corpi In France, chris
tening tho Chatimont
PERSHING USES SAW
10 AID LAUNCHING
A. E. F. Commander Sets Prece
dent at Hog Island by
Helping Workmen
NURSE NAMES CHAUMONT
General Pershing 'set n precedent in
Ilog Island 3hip launching history at
11 :08 this morning, when he personally
assisted workmen In sawing the key
block which sent the cargo carrier Capu
lln eliding down Hie ways.
This was the second launching .he saw
at the ward today.
Shortly before 10:40 o'clock General
Pershing pushed his way through a
cheering crowd of at least 25.000 em
ployes to the launching platform on way
No. .10, where he directed Miss Julia
C,. StlniHon in christening tho army
transport Chatimont, named in honor of
thej 'French' town where he established
general headnuarters of tho A. E. F.
'From there jhe party went to way
Xa. ; Where, at 11 :t)H o'clock, ho wit
.OCRHcd. the.' christening of the cargo car
rier Capulln by Miss Charlotte Muhl
,bofcr, of Washington,' D. O., nn em
ploye of the- Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion., -
. ? Grease Covers Hand
Just before the "zero hour" set for
launching of tho Canulln the general
suddenly turned to a Hog Island official
at his side, spoke a few words and In
n momenj; ' wns clambering down the
.scaffolding under the craft. Going to
the point where workmen were pre
paring to saw tho key-block which held
the vessel In the ways, he grasped a
handle of the nppnratus and helped
sever it.
As the ship slid rapidly into the
water amid tho. deafening cheers of
the onlookers, the A. E. F. chief smil
ingly climbed back to the guests' plat
form, whero he was greeted by a num
ber of young Indies. His hands were
covered with grense from the ways, but
when the fnlr admirers offered to shake
hands with him he willingly obliged,
smearing them liberally with the black
tallow .
He then boarded a tug and was taken
for'a river-front Inspection of thn great
jard. Ho inspected the long line of
ways from the center of the Delaware,
expressing great commendation for those
responsible for the enterprise.
Returning to shore, lie accompanied
the launching party to the Hog Island
Hotel, where luncheon was served.
Ofllclald Meet General
General PerBhlng was met at the
shipyard by Matthew C. finish, presi
dent of the American International
Shipbuilding Corporation, and, Fred
prick Morris, representing the United
Stntes shipping board. ,
The party drove Immediately to the
slUpway, where employes of tho yard
.awaited the launching party.
As tho commander-in-chief stepped
from, (he macblno, a group of forty
former service men in uniform formed
around him. The crowd was bo great,
however, that in moving to the platform,
General Pershing leff tho soldiers and
sailors n the background,
A moment after General Pershing
mounted to tho platform Silas Stlmson
was escorted to his Bide.
"Do I say anything?" she nsked
General' Pershing.
"Drink the champagne first and then
crack the bottle," the genoral jokingly
advised licr. "You will say. 'In the
name of the headquarters of the A. E.
F. I christen you, Chatimont.' "
"I shall," Miss Stlmson answered.
At that moment some one In the
.lpnsn crowd veiled. "There she coos!"
Miss Stlmson turned nnd broke the bot
tle on the vessel.
Almost Forgot Words
The vessel was several yards down the
ways when Miss StImson remembered
Continued on Page Two, Column One
WOMEN FIGHT BLAZE
Efforts of Verjja, N. J. Auxiliary
Save Hemes In Brush Fire
The, women's .auxiliary of the Verga,
N. J.,, fire" department for more than
an Miotir fought .flames which were
sweeping" through 'the underbrush' and
threatening several homes.
,' The fire was discovered at f? o'clock
near tha homo of Clinton Robinson.
The women, headed by Mrs. James
Roberts and .Mrs. 'James Sayres, sc.
cured, buckets, shovels and hoes, and,
aftera'Jinrd fight, succeeded In' sav
ing the Robinson and, other homes. ,
Good Time (Joining
Sctcr, 6oji, give way to sorrow,
, for tho ouiioqk, jiiii j air;
Fair Ionlahl and Mr tomorrow
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lYhilcutoft IretiH jiltr tho air,
CHAMPAGNE SPRAY
DAYLIGHT PLAN IN ARSENAL
Men to Go to Work at 7:30 o'clock
Instead of Eight
Following a ballot taken among the
employes of the FrankfortF Arsenal, U
wns announced today that 2400, workers
In the plant will start work half an hour
earlier to effect a saving of daylight.
The ballot was on ffic question of
whether the workday should start an,
hour earlier and end an honr earlier.
Two thousand employes voted. Q( tlat
number 1300 favored the advance of an
hour and 700 opposed It. Colonel Wil
liam A. Phillips split the difference nnd
decided upon a half-hour advaneq.
Starting tomorrow tho plant will be
gin its dally operation at 7:110 o'clock
Instead of 8, and wIlLstop work at 4.S0.
Mayor Moore will probably not issue
a general daylight-saving proclamation
for this city as requested in a resolution
passed, yesterday by city Council.
The Mayor said he personally favors
daylight saving, but that he believes
the matter of beginning nnd ending the
working day is one of voluntary action
on the part of business houses, Indus
trial leaders and other employers.
CONGRATULATES HADLEY
Mayor Comments on Appointment of
City Controller -
Mayor Moore -was tho first man to
congratulate Will D, JIadley.thls morn
ing upon" htsiappolntment b'b city con
troller. The appointment was an
nounced yesterday by Governor SprouU'
iMiipioyes or the city controller's or
Acq gave the newly 'named controller a
large'iasket of flowers.
Mr. Hadley's commission has not y6t
uecn received, dui is dciicvcu to do in
tho mail. Until it is received-the now
controller will not discuss the appoint
inent of a deputy to succeed him. i
Mayor Moore said of the appoint
ment :
"I understand Mr Hadley was In
dorsed by many of our leading citizens,
who regarded the appointment In the
nature of a promotion nlong legitimate
civil service lines'," the Mayor said.
JNSPECT SEWAGE PLANT
i --1.
Mayor and Other City Officials Visit
Building
Mayor Moore. Director Winston, of
public works; City Solicitor Smyth and
Chief Webster, of the Uurenu of Sur
veys, this afternoon inspected tho city
sewage-disposal plant in course of con
struction along tho Delaware river be
tween Erie avenue and the Delair
bridge. .
It was the Mayor's first visit to the
plant, work on which was receutly re
sumed, nftcr having been halted by the
war,
NARROW GAUGE R. R. SOLD
Newport and Sherman Valley Line
Purchased for $40,000
Tho Newport and Sherman's Valley
Railroad, a narrow-gauge,' single-track
lino in Perry county, wns sold at noon
today for $40,000. The transaction
wns mado by the Real Estate Trust
Company, trustees. In the public sales
room, RoursQ Building.
W. II. Sponster was the purchaser,
acting for George II. Ross and R. M.
Gring, who represent the bondholders
of the road under the first mortgage.
All franchises of the company nnd the
property, renl, personal and mixed,
were included in the snle.
The road Is twenty-eight miles in
length and runs from Newport, Pa., to
New Germantown. Three small en
gines, two coaches, two combination
passenger express cars, five other pas
senger cars nnd sixty-three freight cars
make up the rolling stock.
The sale is mado subject to the ap
proval of the, Court of Common Pleas
of Perry county. Liabilities of tho
company are $0024.02. It haB been
In operation thlrty'ycftrs.
NEW COAL SCALE PEBATED
Bituminous Operators and Workers
Fix Tentative Contract
New York, March 81. (Ry A. P.)
A tentative contract was approved to.
day at a meeting of a subcommittee of
bituminous coal operators and workers
appointed to negotiate n new wogo
agreement, and it was considered later
by the general scale committee.
John Ij. Lewis, president of tho
United Mine Workers, said that tho
scnlo committee might alter some pro
visions of the tentative contract. If 1
no alterations are made If will be signed
today and bo in force fpr two years.
In general its terms follow the award
of President Wilson's coal commission.
TURKISH RISING RUMORED
Revolt Directed Against Allies Re
ported Sweeping Country
Paris, March, 31. By A. P.) tfhe
breaking out of a revqlutlon nil over
Tiirknv. excent in Constantinople, di
rected against' the Allies, is reported
cording to a dUnatch from Ilnsio to the
f ii.ilJssstfti - ifsisMk
AT LAUNCHING
CORTELYOU WANTS
BOXING CENSORS
Director Suggests Local Com
mission Until State Organi
zation Is Created
NAMES BIDDLE AS HEAD
Steps are to be taken by James T,
Cortclyou, director of public safety, to
create a boxing commission In Philndcl
phia until such a body for the state
of Pennsylvania is organized. In' sub
gesting a local body to be responsible
for the- cleanliness of boxing in this
city, Mr. Cortclyou names Major A. J.
Drexcl Diddle, nfl thq mnn-nround wh6m
such n commission should bo built.
"I am lirifnvor of a boxingcommis
sion." said Mr. Cortclyou today. "I
am Informed there is nt present n
legislative act existing which permits
tlie lorming ox a boxing commission,
nnu-i will look it up tq see what nap-
Sened (o it. I "will' support such a com
lisiion. ' t : , "
, VThero'fs a boom comlne in all snorts.
hnfcmiirnrOsiifBnniPffew'thltigs'lIko
wo xcmucr-iiincitic uout, won t ncip it
any, tor uieir own ucnrnv mosc m
cnargc or Doxing in this city should lni
prove conditions.
"A suggestion hns been made that
until the. .State boxing commission hns
been ''organized n local commission be
appointed, a commission built around
such a man as A. J. Drexel Blddle-to
insure tho pubhc good clean sport.
"I havtf this plan under consider
ation, but I am devoting my time now
to improving and rhniiciiiB our niespnt
police regulations on boxing where ever
it is necessary to insure good clean
sport.
"Our boxing regulations have been
commended by police of other cities nnd
in pnrt have been adopted by police
of other cities. During the lust ad
ministration no attempt was made to
enforce theso regulations stringently,
and that has been the trouble.
"I will talk the matter over with
Superintendent' of I'ollco MilU, nnd I
nm hopeful 'that It will bo only n Rhort
time before boxing will bo promoted in
such, a way that there will be no more
occurrences ljke that of Monday night."
In picking a local commisiion and
revolutionizing conditions in the sport,
Mr. Cortelyou said, he wns considering
Continued on l'atc Two, t'oliimn Four
CHICAGO STRIKE SPREADS
City Council Endeavoring to Settle
Municipal Crisis
Chicago, March 31. (Ry A. P.)
The City Council will meet today In
another effort to solve the city's finan
cial difficulties, brought about by de
mands of municipal employes for in
creased salaries and to fiud a basis for
settlement of a strike of more tunn 1000
City Hall employes nnd other groups of
workers.
Clerks, stenographers and bookkeep
ers who wnlked 'out yesterday, para
lyzing municipal business, picketed the
City Hall today. s
City firemen, who threatened to re
sign unless granted increases, met to
day to take action. The president of
their association announced that 1)0 per
cent of the flreincn would resign If they
wero refused nn increaso of SHOO a year.
Scyenty-four food inspectors decided
to strike today. x
Collection of garbage had ceased as
tho result of a strlko several days ago
of 200 garbage handlers, v Two hundred
sewer workers were" called on strike to
day and members, of the engineers,
draftsmen and architects' union an
nounced they were prepnriui: to strike
unless wage Increases were provided.
WOODS HOLE GETS READY
Prepare "Summer Whlt$ House" for
President's Arrival June 1
Woods Hole. Mass., March 31.
Uy A. P.) Members of the White
House staff were here todav arranging
for tho arrival of President Wlhson
nnd his official family about June 1.
At tho request of Joseph Murphy nnd
Edwurd W. Smlthcrs, secret service
men, who nro representing Secretary
Tumulty, real estate agents and other
citizens made a survey of the town with
a view of obtaining accommodations
for several hundred clerks and admin
istration attaches. i
Homes were sought for Rear Admiral
Grayson, tho President's physician, and
Secretary Tumulty, and plans wre
made tentatively to establish the execu
tive offices in the government buildings
occupied by the marine biological labor
atories. Theso buildings are only a
Bhort distance from Juniper Point,
where. President Wilson will occupy
mo uenuuui summer resilience oi
Charles "j Vraqe, minister to China,
wfcLSEuhT Ml', Grand Rapids, Wis., 7213
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P. R. T. LOSES POINT
AS ATTACK IS MADE
ON RENTAL REPORT
$767,833 Figure Opposed by
Cliveden Official, Who Men-
tions $10,000,000
BRIDGE FROM CITY HALL
TO STATION PROPOSED
New Suggestions Madoin Move
to Relieve Congested Traf-
fie Conditions
Complainants won a point before tho
Public Scrvico Commission today when
they declared incomplete the total of
rentals reported as paid to underlying
companies by the Rapid Transit Co.
With Commissioner Clement presiding
In City Hnll, a continued hearing was
held on the complaints o Inefficient
service mndc by the Cliveden Improve
ment Association and the United Dull
ness Men's Association.
Transit company officials had been
asked to make public the rentals paid
subsidiaries, as well as the federal
taxes the company paid on behalf of the
subsidiaries.
Frederick P. Ballard, of counsel for
the company, stated nt the hearing thnt
the rentals totaled $7,303,015.,-.". He
said ho could not state the federal
tacs for lost year, as the totul was
not yet available.
Mr. Ballard added that the 1018 fed
eral taxes paid by tho transit company
for the underlying concerns totaled
$707,833.10. That sum almost equals
the amount the company Is required to
liny the city under the terms of the
1007 contrnct. The company last fall
asked the municipality to remit that
payment.
Figures Aro Objected To
C Oscar Bcaslcy, representing the
Cliveden Association, objected to the
rental total quoted bv Mr. Ballard. He
said the actual rental was close to .$10.
000.000, arguing that the rental should
Include tnxes, interest on bonds nnd
other payments mndc by the transit
company.
Mr. Bensley virtually was upheld by
Commissioner Clement, who directed A.
Howard Jones, the commission's assist
ant engineer, to take the return Bhcct
and tabulate alt tho liabilities incurred
through the underlying concerns.
Testimony by tho complainants closed
shortly beforp 1 o'clock. The next
hearing was fixed for Thursday of next
week, when the company will make its
answer.
Overhead Bridgc-,(Sugges(ed
- Mr. Joues'told the commissioner of a
conference hejield yesterday with Acting
Superintcndcnfeof-Policc Mills an'Irehiet
D'unlan of thfe, bureau of. hhjfWa:HMr.
.Tones paid in his report' to F. Herbert
Snow, chief engineer of the commission,
he said that an overhead pedestrian
bridge from' the west plnzn of City Hall
to Broad Street Station had been sug
gested. x
R. II. norton, traffic engineer for
theURnpld Transit Company, offered
maps Bhowing the comparative flow of
traffic on various bsuy streets.
Ircprefccntntlves of the Oak I.anc Park
Improvement Association asked that
the trolley line on Fifth street be ex
tended to Onk Lane. They said simi
lar requests had been made for the last
tweiity years.
James F. Lewis, of the Cliveden as
sociation, pointed out thnt the Rapid
transit Co.'s report showed thnt $121,
000.000 was invested In property. That
sum, ho said, equalled $180,000 per
mile nf the compnny's system.
Keductlop of the Bubwny-elevated
line from that total, he continued, would
reduce the mllcago value to $1J0,000,
while a further deduction of 20 per cent
representing depreciation would lower It
to $120,000 per mile.
When Mr. Bensley asked that the
company bo directed to report the num
ber of trnek miles not used, Coleman J.
Joyce, representing the company, as
serted that Its forthcoming rcp'ortwould
Itirludc no trackage not In use.
Mr. Joyce's reply led Commissioner
Clement to rule thnt the company need
not report tho number of miles of truck
not in use.
Quotes From 1017 "Report
Mr. Lewis, resuming his statement,,
quoted from the company's 1017 re
port which showed Oil miles of track,
whereas last year's report showed f70
miles, a decreaso of thirty-five miles.
Mr. Ballard objected when Mr. Lewis
rcuinrked thnt public utility stockhold
ers wero protected In their Investments.
The compnny's attorney pointed to
several cities whero transit companies
went Into receivers' hands. He added
that Investment in transportation com
panies was "risky business."
Mr. Lewis cxnlnlned his remark hv
asserting the companies would not have
failed If they had not been overcapital
ized. Ho pointed to the absence here of
Jitney competition as a measure of pro
tection to Rapid Transit Company
stockholders. Tho company, he con
cluded, has no rival here, and it can,
if necessary, petition the Public Scrvico
Commission for an increase in fare.
The tho conference yesterday between
Mills and Jones, Mills called attention
to tho congestion of trnflic at Thirty
eecnnd nnd Mnrket streets.
Tho suggestions to remedy conditions
wero :
First. Continue all cars that now
turn southbound on Woodland avenue
from Market street along Market street
west to Thirty-third Btreet, at which
nolnt they will be diverted south over
Thirty-third street.
Second. Turn Routes 3, 20, 27, M
and 23, which now cross Market street,
the idea being to turn a portion of the
tripper service on each line at some
point on tho edgo of the delivery dis
trict, and thereby reduce the present
intense crossing interference.
Third. Certain cars of Routo 40.
operating north . and south of Market
street, to be turned short north of Mur-
Continual on Tnte Two, Cvlumn I'lve
HARRISBURG HAS 75,917
State Capital Census Shows Increase
of 18.3 Per Cent Population
Washington. March 31. (Bv A. P.
Population statistics announced today
uy tiio ucnsiiB itureau liiciuueu:
Hnrrlsburg, Pa., 76,017, nn Increase
of u.jiii or in.a per cent over miu.
MISSISSIPPI HOUSE TAKES UP SUFFRAGE TODAY
JACKSON, Mi&s., March 31. Ratification of tlie fcdcml
woman suffrage amendment will be taken up lato today by t'o
House of the Mississippi legislature. Speaker Connor, after con.
fcrriug with House leaders, announced he was willing to have
the ratification resolution, passed yesterday by the Senate,
brought up for. direct action without reference to committee.
CANADA LABOR MEN SEEK RELEASE OF LEADEKS
WINNIPEG, March 31. Plans for a convention here attended
by delegates from all parts of the Dominion to devise mcau3 of
liberating seven leaders of last year's general strike from jail
were announced today by James Law, secretary of the 'Workcis
Defense League. K. B. Rubsell is bcrviug a two-yCor term for
seditious conspiracy njul six others are awaiting scntcucc. Tho
convcatlon has been tot for April 11. It is planned to dr?v up
a "Labor Dill of Ulyhtt."
FRANCE REFUSES
L
Won't Permit Berlin to Send
Troops Into Ruhr Neu
tral Zone
REBELS RENEW ATTACKS
By tlie Associated Press
Paris, March 31. The request of tho
German Government that it be per
mitted to send troops to the Ruhr dis
trict, in the neutral zone near the Ger
man bonier, has been denied by the
government of France.
Conversations over the German re
miest hnvp been in progress between
Premier Millenind Jind Dr. von Mnypr,
the German charge d'affaires in Paris.
M. Millcrand esterday indicated he
would givo the German charge an early
reply and it was handed to Dr. von
Mnyer today. The reply read :
"Replying to your note of yestcrdny,
I havp the honor to confirm to you the
conditions which tlie government of the
French republic desires tn subordinate
its cventtinl authorization to permit
German troops to enter the Ruhr val
ley "Such au authorization, which would
constitute n derogation nf Articles
XLTII and XLIV of the treaty of Ver
sailles, could be justified only by im
perative and evident necessity. The
commission charged with the control 6f
the execution of the protocol of August
21. 10,10. hns expressed to me, as I in
formed you in our conversation yester
day. Its formal opinion, confirmed nlho
frpm other sources, that military Inter
ventifln In that region at present would
.bo.uselfciS aJMveJl.-attdahg'ordus. .
"""Thiis". cirrumsta'nQfs dq not'pp.rriiit
me at thia time to grnnMhc rentiest of
your 'government. I must, therefore,-
reserve mr definite reply to the propo
sition which you made me yesterday."
Premier Millcrand concluded bv ex
pressing the earnest desire of the French
Government to do everything not In
consistent with the defense of French
Interests to facilitate the tusk of the
German Government.
The direct negotiations between the
French and German fiovrrnmpiits. with
out the participation of the other nllles.
are regarded here as of extraordinary
significance. The German charge made
his request for permission tn send troops
In the Ruhr region to the French Gov
ernment alone, and to M. Millcrand as
premier of France and not as a mem
ber of the Allied Supreme Council.
Premier Mlllernnd's refusal of the re
quest Is in-the name of the government
nf thn Frpnrli ri'iiiilillo. without nllnsloti
to the Entcnto powers.
Berlin lias evidently hecn under the
Impression thnt permission Would be
granted Germany to use troops for the
Contlnurd on Vnen Tho, Column Three
SOVIET AGENT'S CASE UP
Deportation Hearings of Martens
Behind Closed Doors
Washington, March 31. (By A. P.)
Hearings on the wnrrant for the de
portation of Ludwig (.;. A. K. Martens,
Jtiissian soviet representative in
tin.
ITnltpil States. lifL'iin nt the Dennrrmpnt
of Labor today behind closed doors'.
Such hearings usually are open.
Assls'tnnt Secretary Post is conduct-
ing tlie proceedings, anil a brief was ,
submitted by the Department of Jus
tlco asking for Martens's deportation.
Tlie soviet ngent wns represented by
former Senutor Hnrdwick, of Georgia.
Mr. Post announced tlmt Inspector
Shell would report his findings to him
and that the entire case would be re
viewed by Secretary Wilson before a
final decision was renched.
J. Edgar Hoover, of the Department
of Justice, attended the henrings, hut
after It was adjourned until Monday
he said Mr. Post had ruled that ho
could not question Martens.
ATTACK ON CORK BARRACKS
Rifles and Petrol Bombs Used by
Irish Raiders
Shlbhereen, County Corlt, Ireland,
March 31. (By A. P.) More than 100
armed men attacked the police barracks
at Durrus, seven miles southwest of
Bantry, County Cork, with rifles and
petrol bombs Inst night.
A portion of the building wns blown
up and two policemen were wounded,
one seriously.
London, March 31. (By A. P.)
The House of Commons passed the sec
ond rending of the Irish home rule bill
today. Tho vote was 318 to 01.
CHAMBER SUSTAINS NITTI
Votes Confidence In Cabinet, 250 to
195 D'AnnunzIo Unpopular
Rome, March 31. (By A. P.) The
Italian Chamber of Deputies last night
gave Uie cabinet a voto of confidence,
London, March 31. (By A. P.) -Gabrlele
D'AnnunzIo has Issued n
manifesto nt Flume, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from that
city, bltterlv deploring that his officers
permitted the publication of leaflets
urging the proclamation of a republic.
' A nonulnr rising Is ex nee ted. ns ti
pcoplo .of Flume, it is asserted, are
zlo, wli
j - ki
ot uie arnitrary ruie or U'Annun
who has imprisoned more than
his opponents, M
GERMAN APPEA
HOOVER OR WOOD?
PROBLEM OF G. 0. P.
Dark Horse in Barn, Door
Locked and Key Thrown
Away
POLITICIANS ARE WORRIED
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Staff Corrrnpondcnt nf the Ktfnlne Tuhllc
I.ilr
Washington. March 31. With Her
bert Hoover's announcement of his will
ingness to accent a Republican nomina
tion, the presidential fight in the pnrty
becomes more complicated. No one could
predict what would come out of the
Chicago convention before Mr. Hoover's
entrance Into the race. And prediction
today is more difficult than it was yes
terday. Last week the situation indicated
the oominntinn either of Wood or of n
dark horse. Today every one you talk
to. if he is not committed to one of the
minor candidates, says it will be either
Wood or Hoover.
The Hoover condldncy is not wel
comed by the Republican politicians
represented here in Washington. They
do not want his kind of cjuidldnte.
"What can we expect from hliJT?" nsked
one of them today. "A bucket of ice
water." They say that he will not
be uomlnated. But they have had sev
eral guesses at the nomination already
and they have been guessing wrong.
Two or three months ago they said
that General Wood could not be nomi
nated, nnd they said so for the same
reason thnf they now affect to dismiss
Hooycr. namely, because they did not
want Generar 'vj'ood. The politiejans
have difficulty, in making thcmselves"'be
llerc thnt an) one rati be nominated
whom they do not want.
Harding and Lowden Disappear
Today they admit that Genprnl Wood
may' be nomlnnted. Thpy see in him
the moft formidable contender for the
Republican nomination. The two men,
Ilnrdins nnd Lowden. who they thought
o few weeks nco had better prospects
of nnmlnntlnn than Gcnernl Wood, have
now vlrtunllv disappeared from the race.
Neither of them is now regarded as u
llkelv i-i'imlidnte. The politicians do not
nbxnliitely dismiss them. In the bnppy
huntinz ground of political dreams the
profcHsionnls talk of possible con
tingencies which may result in the nnm
Inntlon of Harding or Lowden. but they
do not count upon such contingencies
All this change in the politicians hns
been brought about by the show of
trength Genprnl A ood has made in
the Minnesota anil South Dakota
primaries and by the reports which
come from other states that future
primnrles are likely to continue the
demonstration. Should Michigan nnd
Nebraska go against Wood the politi
cians would re-estimate the possibilities
at Chicago and begin once more to
think of combinations thnt would ro-
I suit in favor of their preference, Hard-
ing or Lowden.
t All this shnu'R linu linzr lu thn TtnJ
publican situation and how little real
control the professional politicians,
whoso views prevail in the national
capital, have over what will happen at
Chicago.
Should Mr. Hooycr's announcement
ho followed by great evidences of popu-
hir support, should, for pxomple, lie show
f"0"' strength in the primnrles of Jyi
Ignn nnd Indiana, the nnlltielnns u-nuM
reluctantly admit that he wns a formid
able contender for the Republican nom
ination. Cannot "See" Hoover
But for the moment at leat they can
not "see" Hoover nml they do -not want
to "see" him.
Should a deadlock come nt Chicago
Mr. Hoover's chances of nomination
would be good not so good, the poli
ticians hero say, as tho chances of
Wood, but still they would be good. In
case of deadlock the politicians say they
would prefer Wood to Hoover. They do
not like Wood, but they like Hoover less.
They know Wood better than Hoover.
He has been In the Washington atmos
phere under Republican administration
and has established connections with
Republican senators and congressmen.
He has, moreover, his relations with
Republican business men. And in the
Wood movement nre certain of the Re
publican machine men. He hns his cou
nectlng links. Hoover has nono.
Hoover Is a rank outsider, viewed
with suspicion as such. So say some
political observers here. Hoover's en
tiance Into the rnce helps Wood, tend
ing to reconcile the organization lu nlm,
as tho choice of evils from the profes-
Continued on Tare Twrnty, Column To
WANT PRESIDENT RACE
Wilson Asked If He Will Qualify
In Georgia Primary
Atlanta, Gn., March 31. (By A,
P.) President Wilson, wns asked If
he wished to qualify as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for PresU
dent In a telegram sent him by Secre
tary Gardner, of the Georgia Demo
cratic state committee. Request that
Mr. Wilson's nnmo be plnced on the
ballots for the primary to be held April
20 has been made In a petition signed
by 118 voters and filed by H. B. Bay
knr. of Atlanta,
Robert Lansing, former secretary of
state, and Senator Reed, for whom
petitions htive been presented, also were
asked by Secretary Gardner If thev
fiviBueu lo-quuiuy.
SMl-
HOOVER TO RUN
FOR NOMINATION
ON CmiCKET
Former Food Administrator
Says "If Demanded of Me,
IWill Serve"
DEMANDS PARTY ADOPT
CONSTRUCTIVE PLATFORM
Message to California Adherents
Explains His Position Re
garding the Nomination
FAVORS LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Wants Treaty Adopted With
Reservations "Safeguarding
American Interests"
By the Associated Press
San Francisco, Calif., March 31.
Herbert Hoover today had plac'cu him- '
self before Republicans of the country
an avowed candidate for their presiden
tial nomination, though n receptive one
only. In a telegram to the Hoover Re
publican Club of California he an
nounced last night that recent develop
nicnts in the peace treaty situation,
"stagnation" in adjustment of the coun
try's economic problems nnd urgent
representations concerning the situation
in California had Impelled him to con
firm "the notion my Rcpubllcnn friends
have already taken without consulting
me."
The former food administrator re
iterated his assertion that he would not
seek the nomination, declaring ho would
accept it only "If It is felt the issues
necessitate it and it is demanded of
me." Classifying himself as "naturally
affiliated with the Independent element
of the Republican party," he declared
as conditions precedent to his support .
of that party In the coming campaign
it must adopt a "forward-looking, lib
eral constructive platform on the treaty
and on our economic Issues." proposed
measures for sound business admlnlstra-
tion of the, country, "be neither reac
tionary nor radical In its. approach to
our great domestic questions" and' ,lbi
backed by men who nssuro constimms-
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wujrw,. liJlulWS,-,,
..44. 4iuua.ui-t;iurCTi lur uuuiJuon oi-
the peace treaty, including theLcngue'
of Nations covenant, wfth reservations
"safeguarding American tradition and
Interests, as opposed to the extreme
view against any league at all. He as
serted he stood os far from President
Wilson's "extreme position on nnrtici-
pation in purely Europenn affairs" as
he did from complete rejection of the
league.
Mr. Hoover's letter
Mr. Hoover's messoge follows :
"New York March 30, 1020.
"To Warren Gregory,
"Merchants' Exchange Building,
"San Francisco, California:
"I had not wished to enter, nor could
I hitherto see any real public service by
entering, into partisan political discus
sion, more especially pending tlie clari
fication of tlie diverging views of the
different groups lu the pnrties on the
great new issues. The recent develop
ments over the treaty, stagnation lu ad
justment of our grent economic prob-
lems, and particularly the raauy urgent
representations thnt I have received as
to the situation in my own state, con
vince me thnt it is my duty to confirm
the action that my Republican friends
there have already taken without con
sulting me.
"I understand thnt there is a great
wish among tho Republicans of Call
fornia to have opportunity to express
themselves in favor of the League of
Nations, with proper reservations safe
guarding American tradition nnd inter-,
csts, as opposed to the extreme view ad
vocated against any league at all. I
differ just as strongly with this view
as I differ with the extreme pvsltlou
taken by the President on participation
In European affairs. This issue is
whether, with reservations protecting
our position, we should join the moral
forces of the world to reduce the dan
gers again growing around us or whether
wc will, by pretense of nn insularity
that we do not possess, sit by In the "
face of growing armies, navies, national
antagonisms, reaction or, In reverse,
the spread of Bolshevism, through much
of the world. That would be tlie de
feat of the hopes for which our sons
were sacrificed in the war.
Many Domestic Problems
"Entirely nsldc from this moral
Idealism of tho league and thq danger
to our own ultimate peace, the solution
of our domestic problems, such as the
size of our armament, reduction In tax
ation and the prevention of agricultural
and industrial depression nnd conse
quent unemployment, is dependent on
stability nbroad and on our access tn
the world's markets, which today are
emlangeicd by discrimination against us
through our inability to exercise our
veto under tlie. treaty. I believe It is
the transcendent service the Republican
party can render to the nation to settle
a league efficiently designed to give us
these national protections.
"No one should be ablo to dictate the
policies of great parties, yet every man
and woman hns the right to deride what
issues and measures ho will support. If
the Republican party, with tho Inde
pendent element of which I urn naturally
nffiliated, adopts a forward-looking,
liberal, constructive platform on tho
treaty and on our economic Issues, nnd y
If the patty proposes measures for
sound business administration of the'
country, and Is neither reactionary nor
radical in Its npprwh to our great do
mestic qtiestlonsnd Is backed by wen
who undoubtedly nssuro the consumma
tion of these policies and measure, I
will give it my entire support. While I
do not and will not myself seek the
nomination, If It 1 fet that the issues
necessitate it and Jt W demanded of me
I cannot refuse service,
"HERBERT. HOOVER."
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