ii w SfioWtnt UU ftfterneon,- dowdy-arid unsettled tonljtliti Thursday probably Mrt (tllfftitly partner tonight. tKJtPKRATtBK AT KACII HOUR " NIGHT EXTRA f8l 0 r-17 147" 10 11 112 1 2 1 1 l'4 I P. 48 Bl 07 0O 02 VOL. VI. NO. 188 Bnt.red , Second-CU.; ibttjr .1 th. Po.t.ffljj, at Phlld.pbl.. r.. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1920 Published Dally Except Sunday. Bubucrlptlon Price SO a Tear by Mall. Copyright. 1020. by Publlo Ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS Etienma Buhltt BMaer w ,. ' m " ' ' " ' t ' sjpfcrtf- M.rir in i iiiii ki 1 1 x . FKhrAKtWAKKHNIi FOR ARREST OF IT ON SUGAR CHARGES Grocers Are Charged With Vio lation of Lever Act on Prices FEDERAL AGENTS EXPECT TO SERVE PAPERS TODAY Retail Storekeeper Is Said to Have Charged 11 Cents Quarter Pound Warrants arc being prepared today J" I probably bo Issued, this after. ""for eleven wholcsnlo nnd retail S dealers, charged by the Depart mint of Justice with excess sugar profits violation of the .ever net. tvnnrtment of Justice ngents swore toS&s before United States Dig Met Attorney McAyojr. nnd ho war rants arc expected to bo in the bands of the United States marshal b offlco this Aimounecment of the Impending nr rests was made at noon by Mr. Mc- The affidavit sworn before him will tie placed iu the hnuds of United States Commlloncr Mauley, nud the wor sts will then bo Issued. Agents of the Department of Justice revealed tho nature of somo of tho cases blch they have made .out. In one case, according to the ngents, a grocer retailed sugar nt eleven cents a quarter pound, or forty-four cents u Snyder, one of tho sucr Invcstl Mtors, told of another ensu of n con fectioner who had bought sugar in large quantities from two refiners nt sixteen cents n pound nnd recently' had sold 0580 potiuds of his supply to a wholesale noeer at twenty-four cents a pound. When questioned by tho investigators, it is alleged that the confectioner took th stand that he had engaged in a le gitimate business transaction. According to Sn.tder, one of the men tn h arrested is the bend of n rctnll grocery linn, accused of selling sugar at an iiiegui pruoi. Evidence bus been iu the possession of Department of Justice agents for sev eral days, nnd tho lirst move' was jnnilc last nicht to swear out warrants nftcr Mr. McAvoy had been iu conference with Frank B. McClnln, federal fair price commissioner for Pennsylvania. Humors that warrants were to be served readied sugnr dealers und gro cers, and this morning lawyers repre senting men who hnd been investigated hastened to the fedcrnl building to learn what they could about their clients' status nt the district attorney's oflieo. 103D LAUNCHING TODAY 1 The Carenco to Leave Ways at Hoa Island This Afternoon Another steel mrgo enrrier will take ft tnltlnl tliti In tin. U'fltnrn nt the. Delaware at Hog Island this afternoon) bringing: the total number of ships launched from the world's largest shlp rard since August .". 1018, to 10,1. Lareneo, the Indian name of the new hlo. was selected bv Mrs. Woodrotv Wilson. Mrs. A. Jt. Patterson, of 0:120 Wood bins a.enue, Ovcrbrook, wife of the treasurer of the American International Shipbuilding Co., will christen the Cn rtneo with ehuinpagnc. The launching of tho Carenco, n vessel of 78ri deadweight tons, -101 feet long, with n speed of eleven nnd onc-hnlf wots, will bring the total deadweight topnsgo nf teel ships lauuehed at Hog Iilsnd to S07,:!7ii tons. SEES SIMS UNDER dIlUSION Pratt Says Admiral Misinterpreted Navy's War Mission Washington. April 21. (liy A. P.) -Hear Admiral Situs's criticisms of Of nay's conduct of tlio wnr worn "w on the false assumption that com batlng the (iermun submarlno campaign as the main object, Captain Pratt, former assistant chief of operations. Wined tuda before tho Senate inves Wlng roiumittop. ThO rlllef mission nf ilin Amnrlmn Wr, Irntl declared, was to orgnnizo M seriie nf supply -Slid trnnsportn n In conjunction with the army nnd P A'M'iieiin troops overseas safely '4sw!ftl. Jhc llritish g(,t the submnrine sit t on under control iu 11)17 before the Urtwd Mates rould luivo assisted, the UOessdec aicil. nnd lii. M If l. tl.n n,,,l SEEK TO DISARM CZECHS What thcLcvcr Act Is and What It Provides Tho Lever net Is n mcasuro passed by Congress durlng.tho wnr to en courage tho production, conserro tho supply nnd control the distribution of food and fuel. It remains operative until n formal promulgation of pence. Under this net It Is unlawful will fully to destrpy nny necessaries to enhance their price, to make any un just or unreasonable charge for han dling or dealing In nny Accessaries, to conspire, combine, ngrco or ar range with other persons to restrict tho supply of nny necessaries, to re strict distribution, to prevent, limit or lessen production to ndvnnco tho price, or to exact cxcesslvo prices for any necessaries. Tho maximum pcnnlty for viola tion s $5000 fine or two years' im prisonment, or both. GET LABOIMDN FARMS OR U. S. WILL SUFFER IN A FOOL'S PARADISE Secretary of Agriculture Ras- mu88en Warns of Serious Food Shortage Impending IYER IS ACCUSED OF CHECK u nniHb a Colflesh, Self-Confessed 'Boob' Clerk, Tells How 'Assets' of Bank Were Upheld RAPS PROFLIGATE SPENDING 4. IN SPITE OF DANGER SIGNALS Urges a Commission to Study Problem Says Our f roublos Are Only Beginning Waneae Would Guard Aaalnst At- tacks In Manchuria lurhlii Mm... i. ....i.. .....ii ... ... ii r: "mum, .Mini -i. tny ;'..J,,r",.,"l"iin,se authorities have do- S bf,11'ls,,m,''l- This decision is n '"Ull i the viiiiinit ,.1.,i. i.,.k i. Hd Ini.n.. --" Til iivinrrii vntll 81. .' ' ."'' ,,r""l,s ,lt llallar. t)IX I hliiil,,,!,! ..n r, , .i , . . atbe ii.i it. i . 7'"-"K 'nrucipiueu iSJ."Ul,K ". lifli resulted In" twenty ::"VM iiMiHitieH. The ilchr l.?n i P. l,1,:,,,1 MiiKhHil bv the llu..."".."-,,ii 1'wnno I. ru u their fin envoi- tu iniiri'il LI.' ''HllS IlKOll MM .MM helattirlul"'V Uy ,"" '"lufnoo. but ('"tttaa.f '"" " 'i'tront heroro 'panol. ', M1,'"' win. captured the keit.1, "."V1"- l)llrl"K the melee 1 "uluu ') Pllved PUnoiiei-K cscancd. ORDER IS PRAISED tn Association Sends Mayor -etter of Th.inU lent scut mi open Th. .... ."'"Hen linn,-f,,., ,,,.. t.. "m of p.. " "nprovemi , M , Jniautowii has t n on i.i:"'' ' V"'r'. migrutiilntluir ?' "" iiiii l. i "' ,,,lr,;t,,1' Twliihiir ''Mted "l"''lt',l'i "t the IV.inkfonl The I,!.... .Hldent I, f ,i Kl"'11 '; ' ' I.ewN, "l "In .' ".""CIHIIUII. SllirL'cstH 'lato vlii7i,,,,,r l'l"B ' 1 haM' tin i-V"1.1 ,lu I'firy work ?ntriKtl.;, ,.,l",Kt""f t-ta-ct Mibwny ""nun connected with the PRACTICE OCCURRED DAILY Walter O. Colflcsli, on tho witness stnnd today In Quarter Sessions Court, testified thnt bo nnd Rnlph T. Moycr had ''kited" checks, to bolster up tho Lbooks of tho North Tcnn Bank. Colflesh, self ndmittcd "boob book keeper," testified all morning nt tho trial of Moycr, former cashier, who is charged with perjury in connection with the wrecking of the North, Pcnn Bank. Judge Davis is hearing tho case which Is in Its third day, and Assistant Dis trict Attorney Tnulnnc Is handling tho prosecution. William A. Gray is ap pearing for the defendant. Klhvood. II. Strang, "man of mys tery," nnd paying teller nt tho bnuk,l was tnken to City Hall this morning, to bo ready to go on the witness stand nt n moment's notice. Strang did not appear in the court room. Ho has been In Moyamcnsing Frhjon, awaiting sentence for his part In the wrecking of the bank nftcr n plea of guilty. Used as "Cat's-paw" Colflesh, describing how cheeks were "kited," said that ho had kept u per sonal. balance of from $40 to $Ti0 nt tho Northwest' Trust Co. IIi wnnlil uivo n personal checks to Moycr, he said, for D-mu or oiwu nt a iimc, anu .Moycr In turn would'jnvo him a-'cortiflcd check of tho North I'eun Trust Co. for the same amount- Uoitiesh would hasten to deposit this check to Ibis credit nt the West End Trust Co., nnd then Moyer would ensh tho check drawn bv ColfleMh on tho Northwest Trust Co., putting the nmounc to tno credit ot tiie iNortli Pcnn Bank. This kept up. Colflesh testified, until the Northwest Trust Co. learned of the game nnd put n stop to it. aioyer Knew that tne books were Im properly kept according to Colflesh. Judge Questions Clerk Judge Davis himself took part in the examination of the witness ut one point of the session to bring out clearly whether Moyer knew thnt monthly statements, prepnred by Colflesh did not take into account amounts drawn on cashier's chocks against the bank's dc-' posits in live other banks. Colflesh had just made the statement that each month be hnd nrcnurcd a statement based on the figures shown by the books. These included heavy deposits in the Corn Kxchungc National Hank, the Frnuklln Trust Co., the Union National Unuk, the Quaker City Xatlonul Bank, nil of Philadelphia, nnd the Irving Nntionul Bank, of New York. These deposits, according to tho wit ness, hnd been impaired by the cashing of cashier's checks, but the checks had not beeli entered on the ledger. "Did Moycr know this?" asked Judge Davis. "I object," said Mr. Orny. Judge Davis overruled the objection nnd put the question again to the witness-. "Moycr knew." replied Colflesh, "be canst! ho saw the monthly .statements, and nlso hail signed the cashier's checks." According to the witness's testimony, the books showed that tile North Penu Bank bad on deposit an aggregate sum of $218,8711.03, wliile In reality the do posits totuled only $3.,I,.'I10.17. Kept Track of Heal Figures "I kept tabs on the real amounts on deposit," said ('cillleih iu answer to Mr. TnuInnc'H iiuestions, "by noting them down on slips of paper, which I pasted to the edges of the proper pages in the ledger." Tlio bunk s bonks were in court, mid Colflesh turned the pages of the ledger and explained the figures, lie test! lied thnt when Mover demanded a state ment of the bnnk's condition as nf Juno 2 for tho state banking commissioner, mid ordered him to niter the books to make them bnlanee with n set of figures prepared, as ( olllesh testilicd yesterday, b.v the CMshier himself, it was neces sary to arbitrarily Increase the amounts "nn deposit with the other banks. The witness said he had added sums from $10,000 to $L'0,000 to the de posits shown oil the North Penii's boi'Ks. Strang to Take Stand "In the case of the Union National Hank," Colflesh explained, "the ac count was inflated SIII.IKM). I asked Mnjcr when he was going to lix up that $4:1,000. He told me later, .Moycr told mo to keep the books at they were." By GEORGE NOX McCAIN Ilarrlsburg, April 21. "I'm almost afraid to sny whnt I think." Professor Frederic Ilasmussen, sec retary of agriculture, made this reply to my question as to what ho thought of tho food outlook. "Wo are living In a fool's paradise. The people arc spending money right nnd left for nonessentials nud luxuries. We nrc getting poorer Instead of richer, no matter how much money wo may have. "Pennsylvania olonc this yenr, ac cording to the statistics In this denartr- ment, will produce 4,000,000 bushels less wnoat-thnn'sne Hid in 1010. Taking the country over there will bo propor tionate reductions in nearly every state. "Tho United 8tntes Department of Agriculture has issued n warning thnt a worldwido shortage of wheat Is Im minent. Our troubles nrc just begin ning. Supposo next year It should be the same? Thero were 100,000 cnttlo sold last year by our farmers nt less than cost. They were compelled to feed corn at sixty-five cents per bushel that could have been sold in the market for $1.50. Our dairy herds arc diminish ing. Harmful Effect of "Strikes "Tho country has just emerged from a railroad strike that paralyzed trans portation and created fear and unrest everywhere. It was a strike in whnt is called nn essential industry. If there were a country-wldo walkout of miners for n brief period there would bo another similar disturbance of economic condi tions because it, too, would affect not only one, but many essential industries. "The careless nnd unthinking do not rcnlizc that agriculturo is the most Im portant, nnd by far the most essential, industry in the United States. Over 13 per cent of the population is engaged in it. The entire population is de pendent upon it for existence. "In Pennsylvania today thero are 81.000 farms thnt nre undermanned, or only pnrtlally operative, for want of labor. Lack of sufficient help for three or four weeks in seeding time nlonc means millions of dollars loss to the state and diminished-crops. "A transportation or industrial strike comes with a rush and temporarily de moralize!! conditions. It is different in ugrlcuiturp People hear of a shortage of labor on the farms, but bccausc.lt Is not Impressed upon them with the force of nn Industrial walkout ar strike, they do not appreciate the danger that menaces them. Danger Signals Unheeded "The effects of a strike disappear In a few weeks; It requires years to recover from agricultural depression and from decimated herds nnd flocks. Tho people nre going on today, in spite of warn ings anil danger signals, until tne crash comes nnd we. awaken to discover that the country Is short of food with no immediate supply in sight. "Tho sociology of such n labor con dition as now prevails is in itself n dangerous one. The lnbor nf n farmer is not, confined to a set period of hours. Ho works anywhere from twelve to fif teen hours a day; longer than that at certain seasons. When he sees other men working fewer hours nnd nt less exacting labor, makiug big wnges nnd spending money right nnd left for lux uries nnd nonessentials, he begins to feel thnt he, too, should ease up: work fewer hours by cutting down production and cultivating only part of bis farm. Such a course leiscns the food output and curtails the production of necessi ties. "But tho farmer made money during the wnr, did he not?", I suggested. "Grant that, but did not every other class of labor? As u result of the war hundreds of thousands of young men were tnken from the farms. They hnvo returned from the wnr nnd have gone Into other industries, and the fnrmer is unable to keep up his pre-war produc tion because be cannot compete with the wnges offered by them. "There can be only one outcome from such a condition, n food storage catering perhaps a period of years. "An instance that has recently come under my personnl observation," Pro fessor Unsmussen went on, "is that of a manufacturing plant in the western part of the state that sent its agents into Dauphin- county and offered men engaged in ngrlculture $7 to $8 a day. As an added attraction tlicy agreed tn pay them $1 n day for their time tthile waiting to be cnilcd to their employ ment in the West. They were helping few' m FREDERIC BASMUSSEN .. Stato secretary of agriculture, who warns of food shortage impending as people are living in a Fool's Paradise ARREST CUDAHY MANAGER Oliver Saunders Charged With Meat Profiteering at Brooklyn Now Yorh, April 21. (By A. P.) Tho fourth arrest in a few days of .Brooklyn managers of big packing bouses for alleged profiteering camo to day when Oliver II. Saunders, manager for the Cudahy Packing Co., was tnken into custody charged with selling fresh beef nt excessive prices. It was alleged he sold nt thirty-four cents a pound ment similar to that which a few days before he had sold at twenty-nine cents. Ho pleaded not guilty nnd wni herd in $2300 bnil for examination Mny 3, CAMDEN BRIDGE BILL UP, New Jersey House Begins Consld eratlon of Hershfield Measure Trenton, April 21. (By A. P.) The House reconvening today began consid eration of the Hcrshticld Hudson vehic ular tunnel and Caindcn-Philadelphia bridge bill over which both chambers of tho Legislature have been at odds concerning tho advisability of a direct state tnx to meet interest payments on the proposed $28,000,000 bond issue, rcprcseutiiiBthis state's shore of. the projects. Tho House also will consider the ap propriation bill which has pascd the Senate nnd scvernUvctocd measures. The .Senate, recessed shortly before noou to allow the Republican majority to go into conference on the Hcrbhflcld bill. NOYES AGAIN HEADS A. P. All Members of Board of Directors Are Re-elected New York. April 21. (By A. P.) Frank B. Noyes, of the Washington Star, was re-elected president of the Associated Press nt n meeting of the board of directors hero today. Calvin Cobb, of the Boise (Idaho) Statesman, was elected first vice presi dent nnd J. Lawrence" Home. -Mr., of tho Rocky Mount (N. C.) Telegram, second vice president. All members of tho executive com mittee were re-elected. They ure : Frank B. Noyes. Washington Star; W. L. McLean. Philadelphia Bulletin; Adolph S. Ochfi, New York Times; John It. Rnthom, Providence Journal; Victor F. Lawsou, Chicago Duilv News; Charles A. Rook, Pittsburgh Dispatch, and Charles Hopkins Clark, Hartford Courant. BWILLS ESTRANGED WIFE, SHOOTS HIMSELF Restaurant at Eighteenth, and Arch Streets Is Scene of Mur der and Suicide Attempt- COUPLE HAD SEPARATED; QUARRELED OVER MONEY Customers Heard Man Upbraid Woman; Then TWo Shots; Slayer Is Dying FREE SLAYER CONVICTS ARMY TRANSPORTS SOLD Chicago Concern Buys Two Ships Used by U. S. During" War The Yule nud the ('harles, two con verted coastwise steamers that did their "bit" during the war us tiuop trans ports, were sold hero today bj the naval bureau of appraisal and sale,' ilie price tor until was m.iJ.i.uuii "" k rei.iu i i ,. - "" i .1,,. .., id a V ''euiteil Htruetiiiv nt I.V...V! ' Pun-miser was u. i . i-nriey io. ot ...-, ikii-iin,.. - ',.. .,, I.,..,.., iv'iiu i'iimni-,,11 rit.t I'.iuuitiu IVIIIlllK". - ,.' ............ .... ,.-.-,,-. will be used oil the Pncill mst. Moth ships fniiiici'b Milled between New York nud Huston. The ('hurlc was kiiiiwu as the llanaiil until it was taken over by the government. Whon jou think nf wrlllnjr, Uiink o mUTlNU. Adv. "Th lit n i.','.i Ii Ih'I"" 'I ') II ti III M ,Z V Mfr... 'iirn ii in. -'; iistMMi nt 1'iv ii "ipr Anting present;. 'idem iinsitimi i, i ..tn ii in .i... ,n. '..:.". "". "" 111111',., 'i.wiiu mc i i a. II usf T",1?' ""' '"' win-Hi p) nf' .l",U l'lii7 mM"' " Continued on Pan Tho, Column Tlirrp AMERICAN S.HIP SINKING British Tug Hastens to Rescue of Steamship Wayhut London, April 21. (By A. P.) A report to the Llojds shipping agency today silts the American steamship Wa.tliut is sinking iu latitutc -17 degree north, longitude 7 degrees ttcst. A tug is on the way to the assistance of the dlbticshcd vessel. " New York, April 21. (My A. P.) The steamer Wayhut Is a wooden ves sel nf 2831 tons gross, owned by the shipping board and under operation of the Mallorj Line in trade between Hoi - giuiii, 1-ranee iiiiii'iiibrnitar. miic rarn ried a crew of about tliirlj men and was built iu 1018. The position given by the steamer in her S. O. S. report is approximately 130 miles southwest of Brest. MARRIED ONE WEEK; KILLED Raymond Merrill Is Victim of Auto Accldeilt In South Ita.Muoml Merrill, an automobile salesman formerly nf this city uud a bridegroom of a week, wus killed ch tcrtluy when bis machine plunged down an embankment nt Alexandria, Ya. When news of his death reached his bi-ide. Avis I'liinmlngH Merrill, nf Rich mond, she snid her husband once had ixnreiieil n desire to be burled in Phila delphia nnd that the body would be brought here. Merrill was twenty-three yenrs old, nil Is survived by a brother, Robert M. Merrill, of Ma city, a. 2 Camden County Men Among 6 Re leased Served Long Term for 'Joke' Among 'fcjx murderers relensnl r,.. stnto prison today liy the court of par dons iu Trenton nrc Frederick Coursov and Harry DnfHeld. both of CnntnYii county, the latter serving fifteen tears ami tio former thirty years. The-e young men were received lit tlm ut.it.. prison here in November. 1012. . it wns alleged that while intoxicated they planned the lioldint? on nf ,,,,,, William T. Styles, ''just for a hirfc." they said, while Styles was escorting a joimg woman, said to be his sweet heart, to her home. In the "pretended" hold-up Styles was shot anil killed bv Coursey. Courscy ami DufTield, were tried for murder In the first degree, convicted and sentenced tn death, but tin; court of pardons at the time com lnuted their sentence to iuipriuoumeiit. One week after sho hnd opened a restaurant to support herself, Mrs. Caroline F. Avery wns shot nnd killed this morning by her estranged husband, Frank Avery, who then shot himself, perhaps fatally. The donblc shooting occurred at 8 :-15 o'clock In tho kitchen of tho restaurant nt 3801 Arch street. Two shots were fired, one bullet oiercing tho woman's ornin. Bho wan (lend when a patrolman reached her a mlnuto later. Husband nnd wlfn hnd hem nennrnteil for several weeks, according to other lodgers nt 1737 Arch street, where Mrs. Avery hnd n room. Avery roomed nt oatM tinestnut street. Mrs. Avery recently filed suit for divorce I nthls city, nllcglng cruel nnd oarnnrous treatment. They Una owned the Chestnut street house, conducted ns n boarding plnec, but sold It several weeks ago. The bubbnnd rctnlncd a room there. Mrs. Avery went to the Arch street house one week ngo. She rented a room, nnd on tho same day leased part of the first floor of 1801 Arch street, which had been fitted up as a restaurant. Quarreled With Wife Avery called at the 'eating place several times iu the Inst week. It is said, and each time quarreled with his wife. Several customers said they heard him demanding money. Avery this morning walked into the place while his wife wns in the kitchen. Several customers were enttng a Into un-uKinsc in tno outer room. Ptlffinir nt n Innr. lilnrV rlm. nn.l ...In, his bauds In 'his pockets Avery strode uiii-K io me rear room ncd confronted his wife, who wns nlone. Avery wns beard to upbraid the wom an, nnd then two shots rnng out. Pa trolman Boyle, of the Fifteenth nnd ' jus l, street stntlon, was on the corner of Lightccnth and Arch streets. He ran to the restaurant nnd back to ths kitchen, where ho found Mrs. Averv huddled near the door with her hus band sprawled near her. Wifo Killed Instantly Tho cienr was clpncliml tmtiv-.,. i,n man s teth nnd n revolver wns gripped in one hnnd. Boyle snid. The pntrol man biimmoned a patrol wagon. The llinn nnd tvnmnn rp tnbn.. fn i. Mcdlco-Chl Hospital. Physicians said the wife had died instantly. Averv had n bullet wound in his head ami nn- Avery was nbopt forty-five years old and his wife tvus about forty-three jenrs old. i Ihe couple had two children, Mrs. Grace Pepper, 3224 Market- Rtrect. eighteen years old, nnd George Avery twenty-three years old, who is married and lives in Brooklyn. He is n rail road contsructor, n trade followed by bis father. Israel Michaclson. n tailor. 1803 Areh Mroet, was working in the rear of his place when he .heard the snots. He tele phoned for a patrol wagon. Jumped Through Window Jnmes Withers, a negro waiter, and Pfnottn Milburii, u ncgrcs, were em ployed in Mrs. Avery's restaurant. They had formerly worked for her nt the Chestnut street boarding house. When iiie notH were hred Withers jumped through n window. Clarence Hheppard, 1731 Arch street formerly wns employed by the Averys. He snid the husband frequently flour ished a revolver at the Chestnut street boarding house. , "I met Avery about 12 o'clock Inst night nt Nineteenth nnd Mnrket htreots," Sheppard said today. "Ho told me he had the bullets for his 'gun' and he showed uie ,u blackjack and a flask of liquor. "I did not think nnything of it at tho time because he had bullets for that gun when I was working nt the Chest nut street boarding house." GERMAN BUDGET SHOWS LARGE DEFICIT BEWiIN, April 81. Expenditureo of 40.000,000,000 marks to which may be arjded tho railway and postal deficit pf 12,000, 000,000 oro provided for In the budget for he fiscal year of 1020, which was ad before the budget committee of the national assembly by Doctor Wlrth, minister of the treasury. The ordi nary budgef shbwed revenues amounting to 25,000,000,000, but expenditures totalled 27,000,000,000 so there is a deficit of 2,050,000,000. MINNESOTA'S FIRST WHITE CHILD DEAD AT 86 LITTLE FALLS', 4linn., April 21. Lyman Warren Ayi, eihty-slx yearB old, said to havo beea the first white child born in Minnesota, died last night of hente disease. He wu'utn in Jiyic, 1634, in -what iu now Pine county. He fought In the Civil War, later becoming prominent aa a surveyor and author. U. S. BAN ON RAILS HALTS FRANK L R. R. Administration Refuses to Permit Manufacture, Mayor Advises Transit Body Head MUST AWAIT PRIORITY PARKER WINS IN LOUISIANA Former Progressive Chosen Governor on Democratic Ticket Mnyor Moore made public today the' fact that the Frankford elevnted line cannot be completed because the United Stutes railroad, administration nt "Wash ington has refused to permit the Beth lehem Steel -Co. to roll the mils needed. The raiirond ndmlnistrntion has re fused, the Mayor explained in n letter written to Colonel William P. Bnrbaj chairman of the transit committee of tho Chamber of Commerce, nud made public by tiie Mayor, on the ground that the railronds of the country need the" rails. This despite the fact, which the Mayor points out in hi.s letter, that tbp ma terial needed to complete the Frank ford elevated coulil bo produced in a "couple of dujs" at Bethlehem. Mnyor Moore wrote the letter nftcr a conference this morning with Colonel Barbn, and immediately ufter issuing it went into conference with Cougressmnn Darrow. who hns been trying to get tho railroad administration to modify its ruling. Mitten Sees Executive Thomas 12. Mitten, president of the P. R. T. Co.. wns to have talked over the transit situation with the Mayor nils mornins, nut the conference wn postponed because of two other conflict ing engagements of the Mayor's. It is understood that Mr. Mitten nnd the Mayor will ccfnfcr tomorrow. After informing Colonel Burba in Ills litter that the director of transit has advertised fur proposals to complete construction work on the Frankford elevated, nnd thut the work will be prosecuted vigorously, the Mayor says: "A statement appearing tn the morn ing pnpers. suggesting that the road might be finished nnd iu operation by December l.i, induces me. however, to say that there arc certain hindrances even in the mntter of construction, tn which it is fair for the attention of your committee to be drawn. For instance, there is on my desk this morning n copy of u letter of the director of the I'nited States railroad ntlmiulstration in Wash ington, 'lated April 17, forwarded to Congressman Dnrrow, who has been conferring with the railroad administra tion at my request, declining to permit the Bethlehem Steel Co. to roll the rails needed for the construction of the Frankford Elevated Railway, because of the 'legal ami ph.tsicnl situntiou. ns well as the necesMity for tlm rails from the point of view of safety of opera tion on the lines of the railroad to whom It Is to be delivered.' Award Karl' In Year "The contract for the Frankford Ele vated track laying wns awarded early iu the year, to the Snare & Triest Co., which had registered with tho Bethlehem Steel C11: 'nn order No. 1021 C.T.,' for rails which I 11111 informed the Bethle hem St'eel Co. could roll iu a couple of dn.ts If it had permission from the United States railroad administration. This matter ttns token up by mo with tho adininistrntion.shortly nftcr the i-nntrnct was awarded, but the then director general of railroads. Mr. 1 lines, under date of Febninr.t II, regretted that tho railroad administration could not waive its-priority, and the new ad ministrator, Mr. Max I'helcn. and staff maintained tho Vame attitude up to April 17. ... ' "Of course we' have 11 contract and the contractor is ready to go on with GERMANY APPEALS 0 LARGER ARMY NEBRASKA RETURNS BOOST JOHNSON'S PRESIDENCY HOPE G. 0. P. Nomination Now Vir tually Hinges on New Jer sey Primary Tuesday BRYAN RUNNING SIXTH, BUT IS GAINING HOURLY Wilson Administration Scores Point as Palmer Apparently Carries Georgia Asks Allies for Standing Force of 200,000 and General Staff's Retention , FRANCE OPPOSED TO STEP Primaries Shoiv Trend of Presidential Race The results of yesterday's pri maries iu Nebraska nre stilt uncer tain. Hooyor headquarters have been opened In Chicago. Wood's malingers claim their can didate will defeat Johnson iu New Jersey next Tuesday. Cummings will bo temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention. Harding hns left Ohio to cam paign in northern Indlann. Wood speaks today in Chlllicothe and Portsmouth, O. Johnson argued against the League of Nations in n speech nt Indianapolis-. Lowden, nt Wnshington, defended the action of Republican Senators on the treaty. Palmer apparently has carried Coorgia. ttlth Watson second nnd Smith third. By By tho Associated Press Paris, April 21. Cermnny hns nsked the interallied conference nt Snn Kcmo to iucrenso from 100,000 to 200.000 men the standing army provided for fior mnny of the terms of the trcnty of Ver sailles. The request was contnined in n note hnnded to the French foreign office Inst evening with the demand that it b sent to the Supremo Council nt San Itcino. Tho note set forth thnt nn increased force was necessary for the maintenance of order in the interior nnd that, fur thermore, tho army would not accept an older for its dissolution. Tho note further rcoucsts thnt Cer mnny be nllowed to retain the entire general staff and corps of officers, which 1 means the entire framework of the ac tive army. I It proposes 'thut the forces she H permitted to mointnin be divided as fol- I lows : Twelve divisions of infantry, with n' complement of nrtillery; three divisions I of cavalry r five special brigades, com- I posed each of two regiments of infnntrv anil two groups of artillery. The note nlso asked for one battalion of heavy nrtillery for each division nf infantry 100 nirplanos divided into eight groups and four special companies of troops for railway work. Two Other Note Kcccitcd Two other (Sermon notes wore handed to the foreign office at the sumo' time. The first referred to tho diHlmniliiionr nf the civic guards, us demanded by the I wn Allies. Germany, on April 1!), pro- I w-o sented this note, announcing the decl-l'e' sioii to Uisuniiil the guards, to General Nollet, bend of the allied commission of control iu Berlin, and it already has been made nubile. 1 no second note embodied request ' "ir,'teu in Indiana, tthlch has n popit thnt the Reichswehr force in the neutral '"tinii responding to about the same po zone should bo fixed nccording to the 1 liti('"l impulses ns tho people of Ne niimber of men instead of the number of brnskn and Kansas. Thero arp so many units, and thnt Corninnv l,. nil.... ...i ... candidates in tho race iu Indiana that havo eleven batteries of nrtillert instead ' " v','m, impossible for ant 0110 to got of two in the neutral zone. " , ll "lajontv over nil. as Johnson np- 1 CLINTON W. GILRKKT Mnn CorrrMwndenl of Ilie Ktrninx 1'nbllo " Washington, April 21. The only thing clear in the Nebraska primary re sults nt this writing is the apparent' Johnson victory. Lnter returns from 5--the rural districts will probably increase Johnson's lead, as bis chief strength ' biy with tho fanner-follow ers of Sen ator Norrls und the Nonpartisan League. With less than oue-fiftli of the re turns In, Johnson bus about 12,000 votes to Wood's fs'OO and IVrsbiiig'H H.JU11. in me JlitcheooK-ltryan fight, which is also attracting the eyes pf me nation, 1110 "j-cerless Lender ' is running in sixth place amnng eight candidates for the four Democratic del- egotes-at-large. Bryan, however, la. guining ns country result)? pour in.. The Nebnihka.reiiltbutbielly inters ostlng ns showing tho swing, in the West at least, away from Wood and itvnrd Johnson. A few weeks nco It ns gonornllt conceded Hint Wnni! mild carry the stato. The turn In brushn becilll nt tho same time na the turn toward Johnson began In Mich igan, and it was much accelerated by " that lesiilt. Probably the same thing is to be In French oflicinl circles .(ho German ' -vi' , mr " "" "n" ,'r!",,S I requests ure considered as nieiely one "",,',, i" 1 i- -.-.,. imoro move in the systematic olTcushe ' 1',"",,ts f,r"". Indiana inilicnto John- ugninst the treaty of Versailles. It "," '? "'vll'"ng great strength there. uns iininti.,1 ..nt :.. .lis ., ... ., : "he Indiana result w bo affected hv t-l... 11M if (icrmuiiy were allowed tn retain the Ki-iicrui sum and the turps of lli cers the German unity would differ from the army of 11114 iu nothing hut the facility with which the rank and file could be mobilized, the frumctviuk be ing niwn.ts iu readiness to bring the full strength of the count r to i fightiui; bear. 1-rnnce, it was indicated, will stout ly resist any conces.sfiuis uffei ting tin strength of the German 111 nit- or tin framework of the organization as stipu lated by the ticatt. Ijihtison tutory in Nebraska. J New Jersey Is Strategic Stato But the Wood Johnson fight will lenllj come to 11 head in New Jorsev u't Tuesdaj. It is on this state that the Johnson campaign is centering Its units. .New Orleans, April 21 iHv p 1 l wokK, nut hi' is without rails ai Although returns are not tet comiileti' ''",im,t proceed until' he obtains thei John M. Parker, who headed the Pro' ' nln hoiwful .tluit priority. nnk-i-smi grossive party as candidate for v.. ho waived In the interest of the Frunl president Iu the 1010 election ,,', ,Ml1 elevated, but think it is prop elected governor of Lonlsi.1,,.1 ,.,.'.. .... 1 that .tour committee and the publ "'"i' "i nn- .-Miprcnie .tilled 1 oiiucil says 11 dispatch to tho Petit Pnrisien Premier .Millcraud has refused t. , .'. I to this plan, it is said. . the .uglo-Itnlmn program would in- emtio iiisariiiamoiit of l.enniinv under ' -Miiisim ami the Old Guard threat of blu kudo and tho simultanemi- likoli 1" eliminate him. iiiniiimi-iit L.11 .vf .. ....IS .. e 1 ., . t'njtiiu.l.. .. on the Democratic ticket liter J. Stew- i-"1 V c'uoiicau. Tho tote OVERALL ARMY INCREASES' 50 CONSHOHOCKEN MEN JOIN "Blue Denim Blues;' Battle Song of Foes of ? ve ;,- Stroimer as Club Forms Ask Wnmon . W- n..- . r. The skies will clear tonight .and in - " " -"' uviiim uresses 'inaiions mi' should be informed of these wnr condi tions which still prevail. FINE WEATHER COMING "Fair and Warmer" Sign Hung Out by Local Forecaster April showers anil sunshine ir. alter nate doses throughout this afternoon were proscribed tnda.t b Doctoi IIHss iu an effort tu help the t inlets up from ineir wiuier neiis. Tho whole bat tort of senatorial I speakers headed h.t Itorah is plating I upon the New Jcri-et voters. As in I Nebraska and Michigan, Wood was once law uj off in tho lead iu Now Jersey. j Jnhiisiiii is undoubtedly closer to them totlat than ho was a ftu-tniirlit nm In. Britain and Italy Agree nest oter the high cost of living is Miid Withdrawal of allied troops from I '" "' "(Tot-ting New .Ici-se.t, and this Is part of the Rhiiielaiid in consideration helping Joliuson. of immediate execution bv Germaut nf ""I "" "" '"'re attempts to prttlict "am win jinppon m .New .lerset. ir lohusoii heats Wood thole Wood's chum-is will he gone and it will be hard to preient Johusou's nomination iu Chi cago. If the lesiilt there is close, hut with Wood a winner, the gcnctal may slill fail in Ohio, Indiana ami Mart land, and in that t-ase a combination of would be certain financial obligations of the trout) ' of Versailles is proposed lit Italy anil ' Grent Britain at the San Homo cou ld """"""""', imiii-.v in roeoin 111a-. in 01 nor wurtls. swooping t ictnries , .tlon, sn.ts the Matin which adds that, for W.,. in New .lerso.t, Ohio, Indiana in view ot M. Mllleriind s iefu-al I,, ami Miiithuid would he likolv tu nom . join them. Premier Nlttti aid Llt.td mate Ihe general. Sweeping 1 1, tor ies '' .V;?,Kn ",,',',1"", nUU ,", ,"',,'iM iu '"'- fr J-diiis..!? in N.' Jorsot. India aid ic ,,nB m,t """ l-rjnjjolK. M.u-tland w.-uld nrobablv nom ii mto the San Remo. Aptil 21. 1 Ih A P ' " ""n""l":'1"! ',", """ "' ""' w'. Is Arthur . I. Balfnur. Ill itish'meiul.e,- ,. "" '"'"'"d ' Ohio, the League of Nations oteco, v . , , ' IMX" .""suits ii. these states oil, who has been acting as th,. i.r,.i, ",,K" "".., "' nomination of a coin- We tirf wcftrln Via fur.liUHlncitn. An' we'rn ttrnrln' 'em for play; We weiw 'ell In llin bunrlilan Ami when the nkleii are Krity. Ami li'-n the nlnhl time loinrth, Anl the nun luih lnk to iphI W" tun iisp Via an p:Juni.is Vc, nti-rnlU are lust! lrro8pctle oilo uf the Utt'rull iJrisatle "Tho Blue Denim Minos," the new limp "rag," is growing louder and more Insistent as a dismal dungaree dirgo or khaki kn.'ll to profiteers iu men's clothes. The overt ure iu overalls is spreading through tho city, state and nation llk-o cooties through a dugout. Swains of the nourishing nearby town nf t'onshohockeu are the latest recruits n the army of proletarian protcstnnts ngnlnst prodigious profits. "Overalls pockets have some icnson for being," said one exponent todnv. "whereas, if a man huts 11 regular khIi uud pa.ts for it about the only pocket be needs is the one for his handkerchief." Fifty young men havo joined tho mw overalls club at .Censkobpckcn,' They have elected hate elected officers and will attend i ml game .1 Philadelphia Sat i.rtlay 1 their new lodje uniforms. u"mmj "' hocle,, "lib" ,rrel J ff the Consho mm,. ,.'." ,:..'"."' has bee. ippoiiiieii to Interest the uiiu- iii'llllll CIIIU women iu a habiliments are 'urge i:. Neitzsi Traditions n men's ".us i-iiiiiM-u iu meir vei-v mni. 1,.. i, dlcs.s upheaval. :,. .?.'-.,0,x!h,',J that tomoriow will in. ,... ideal dav for souiothiug terrible to him. pen to the protorblul office bo) 's granil mother. Iucltlcntall) . the oflice ho. boss can get the gulf sticks and business engage, ment excuses road) . ,1.1... ni.t .. t ..... been 1 ' '" """'"' lorccasi inr loinorrnvv is l '"fair and warmer." Todii) 's teiiiner. ature was seasonable. ,t 11 n't lock the mercur) was hnvciiug around ."(( nml was rising stoadil.t. -'.dcr of in rniV;;; ty ofAs l'' vniilii. would have the mei 1 .. J ' " frilly collars, velvet coats ami I-, in ," bookers, white silk hoV? "' , "$Sr and buckled h- .... I(u ,L-oes. .Mr Neitzscho thinks the contentiomil evening dress of the male is vert- so and iccoiumen.ls more dash and io",- Ho does not see the honor .' Iiigtliessed us waiters." . ...ij n.qio im men will bo bravo in M-i- 11 iiiro c 1 .- im m,,i,i . . -, .. .-I,,!, ,U. enough day .. Denim foe overalls H wh,n nt f,.. live cents a yard today, tho overall Trice" V S Uo ciIec't on "l" P. R. R. BLOCKED BY WRECK Twenty-four Freight Cars Demol ished at Mapleton Huntingdon, Pn.. piil 21. Hit P.) TriiKc on the Middle Dit isi.in of the Pcniisyltuuin Itailroad ttas sus pruili'd this morning bt n serious f'-eight wreck nt Mnpletuii. eight miles oust of hero. A westbound freight twis unvki-d b) n broken wheel nnd an cnsthoui.-l freight plungcil Into the wreckage Twint) four cms ttoio tlcumiiNiif.,1 n... debris belnir nlleil lilvli ..,, nil 'r. .... tracks. The roadbed was torn ui for Imlf n mile. (niitliinril in I'lice Tn, Ciiliinin Thrrr ARMY MEN CANTIP HATS. Baker Rescinds Order Forbidding Soldiers to Doff Caps The swagger 1'nltoil Stntovnriiit uf ticer and the gallant doughhn.t hmo a cause in comiiiuu for icjuiciug- luihu Fioiii this tune uu neither of them shall bo embarrassed at but in,, t,. ,..., ,, Sll) s 1.... ., & . vniilii nn suiuii' 10 me tan- si u'miii meeting, fur Secioiai) uf War Maker has set aside the ruling fin bidding men in uniform to duff their tap-, under aut oiroiinistn noes. "It is mitt up in tho iuditiilual linker. "And. ton know what we'll ,in." ,.,.1, n bronzed seigennt at the iccruitiii! nf- iico iitiuit. 'tt o 11 tiiKe '0111 off CIllll'H. Illhl lll. lllll .,ll.... ..11..... " I.'. ..I. I..... . ' ..M.iiu.ii-iii vaisis in anil) ciicosi -,-. iiie ........ .1... ...... f.. I ..1 . '? '"' ..... ,1.1 in., 11 ..it, 111. uui uinn necailsei ..djk in uu- nun us, niMiitcii, oill liecauso the funnel icstiiction originated iu the Gel mail arm) . P. R. R. Dockmaster Fined Jeisc t'lly. April 21 (Mt A. P.)- William Piersuu. ilockmastei- fur tho Peiiiisvl.tiuia Miiilroud, was lined S.'O todat nn n t-nuiifor-cliiiigo .,f nssuutt uud hattci-t uiadc . one uf tv.u strikers whom In- iieciised of assaulting him when he ejected him fiom the railroad yards 011 April 10. The magistrate dis mUscd the charges against the wtrikerb. pinmjsc cimliilate, witli the prohahllition of .Inliusoii and tho Old Gimnl co luperating in his sehs-tlnn. Of n these I slates New .lerse) is the most vital, for tleii.itc lesults will bo dlllicult. if not imiussibli. to obtain Iu Ohio and In diana. Wood -Johnson Ismip Clear-Cut New .Inset is a straight-out light he twien Wood and Johnson, with no other candidate iu the race and with the ma bine split, parti) siippuitiug Wood and ( antliiiiril 1,11 1'iit-e Tun, 11I1111111 tint SHIP $5,000,000 IN GOLD The I'inluilclpliia Mint this wr sliipii."l S.1 nun 01)0 iu gold to the sub. tieiisuit at Now York, milking u total of SI." Illlll.lllio that has been shipped tiom hoio to Now oik sti fur this Imilitli In lnt..li tl... ...1.., .1.1 ,,,1 iniiii rllllllll'll S2iMMl(i,00(l iu gold In Now York, nuik. uii iniiii iiiotoiiii-ni since .-iiiiroli 1 Hill. MeillllSO Of till, l-llllrnn.i which interfered with tho mm..,. ment of cxpioss tins the shipment of goltl this week was made by parcel post. Cheer Up Still the ututhei'n riiiviln-iluuilu. Tumuli t. iumtiriuip, mitetr!tut rluililll. Still th iriiiit boir hyht ami oaUt irlinl .! thv di (1 Mie iriirmcr $oi What, unir. it. . JM y ' ', 1 ' ti f ri M , '.in v .' 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