J Vrj,- lyor, iv-'-'.ltFvfi S-'fi,' ' M ft "? ,' 1 ,,f 77 ii'" ."op-'X.""?.!",' 'Sfc$j?V IE THE WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA. V- F.lr tonight followed by Increasing ,5 new Thursday contlnur.l moder 'iStt w"l Ken,l T"rUMa ,.vl,,,' W"' "!-..,iniK AT kacii HOOK uenmg Hi Troil-Jw"... r. .. i .. i . i Ent.red na-gug, fyc .y h.t.gne.t r-hlUdMphla. P.. rubllihd IlAllr V.xtfPt Bundyy. Pubjerlpllnn Price l r W i11' Copyright. 1P21. Iy public liUtr Coinp-iny PRICE TWO CENTS PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921 U. S. ASSERTS RIGHTS IN ALLIED WAR SETTLEMENTS fZjSflfxF .", i " V3 public fefrger TviL---NO. 175 Hughes' Program Plans New World Peace Involving International and Domestic Problems AMERICA PLACES YAP ISSUE UP 10 ENTENTE POWERS GASOLINE TAX BILL, BO BY SPROUL, PASSED BY HOUSE first of Program to Raise 30 Million Revenue for State Cots Under Way PAYROLL WASTE CHARGED BY ALEXANDER IN SPEECH ., staff Corrtttondtnt Hfiri. April 0. -? j reVCIlUO program gui. "" Mayor to Drive Out Clubs That Give Vulgar Dances Moore Promises Full Probe and Action When Association of Hall Owners Complains of Some Vicious Entertainments "" . .. .1 1.. ffftU1 i i Ln hi Mouse imoocu mv n- T.t.i measure, the first of the bills to produce ?30,ooo,uw i ...! revenue to come to n roll call. n. lu Is for one cent a gallon on gas I'tr-dx votes were cast against the ml. M. the roll coll llepre- Se W. C Alexander, of Gover T, Soroul'Vliomo county, attacked the tjfsprouin' . extravagant. Br d Harry B. McDerlttl cSraor Sproul'8 private secretary, oi l,Etc.l Itcprcsentatlvo Hugh A. srstho w ,to - to lnle,taiai(alnst the gasoline tax lincmc largely from independent llkn the Allegheny county delega r,Bdthe Democratic members. -fwt nUdphtem. Colder and Smlnk. vot rfmlnit the bill. TOflR . ".r.ru.rw,ri hr Rcnrcsentn- Chaplin, of Cambria," and Alexan- rk.nlln declared It was time to set .dawnlhe foot on state "travngance. Mr. Alexander followed with the Attn "There nre people on the state parroll who never come near Harris- "lam going to get the information I want, If 1 live." shouted Alexander. "I may not get It this session, but I mil ctlt HEW STATE SALARY RAISERS riii aivea Lieutenant Governor WQOO Increase Other Rlaea , , Htrrliburg, April fl.--(By A. P.) Bills, Increasing salaries of the lieu trnint governor and deputy secretary ot the commonwealth wero Introduced in the Senate today. That for the lltotenant governor, which would not tied the prencnt otiicini. is rnanc ;u, 000. in Increase of $.0OO. The salary of the deputy would be advanced from 000 to $11000. Another bill presented woum ux uic iilari of the secretary of the state ln faitrlal board nt $5000. Mayor Moore promised nn Immediate Investigation of dance conditions down town, following a conference today with n committee from the Philadelphia Dancing Association. Ho was much perturbed and ex pressed his severe disapproval of some social clubs and "knffce Matches" that obtain permits and give dances simply to make money and then give dances that nro objectionable. "Some of these clubs and 'knffce Matches' arc tho inspiration of vulgar nnd crude dancing," said 8. l Mur ray, of 1517 Snyder avenue, a member of the committee of dancing mnstcrs. "And South Philadelphia Is n hot bed of such erouns. Half n dozen fel lows who loaf most of the time get up n dance to make some money. They charge ndinlsslon nnd let it be known that the sky'n the limit bo fnr as tho typo of dancing In concerned. Condi tions nt nucIi dances arc deplorable. Often on Sunday Night "South of 'Washington nvenuc nnd east of Broad street, tho Sunday night 'kaffcovklatchcs' arc a customary means of mnklng money. "They nre given as house parties. Admission is charged and the crudest sort of dancing is engaged in on the first floor while a game of craps is in session on the second iloor. Home of the places arc little better than dives. "We as dancing teachers," contin ued Mr. Murray, "pay a small license; but wo haven't much business protcc- HIGH MINER No Trace of Widow Vt, AGREE 10 REOPEN PARLEY ON STRIKE tlon. Any one who wants extra money can stdrt a dance." Legislation Ashed Ho nid: "Wo mav keen our nine nlonn nml orderly, but patrons hnve only to go round the corner to be able to do ns they please. Wo ask for some sort of legislation against these so-cnllcd social clubs. Legitimate ones are all right." Ab a card in its favor tho committee gave the Mayor a placard advertising a dance to be given April 20. which It said was n "milt club dance." Mayor Moore after examining the license and collecting as much informtlon ns pos sible on it, said Imcmdlntc Investigation would settle whether the license would bu revoked. Miss Harriet L. Goldman, of the per sonal service bureau and elrls' service jburcuu, lfiOfi Arch street, added weight to .Mr. jiurrays nppeni ngninst tlic soclnl club. "Wo run n number of dance halls throughout the city," sho said. "In or der to give young people clean. nroDcr recreation. We have boys and girls come to us with stories of how they are allowed to dance In other places. Wo can control nothing so lone ns thev fenn go from our hnlls to" such places." Mnyor Appreciative Mayor Moore expressed his apprecia tion of the committee's information and interest in bettering conditions. "I am convinced," he said, "from what I hear that dancing is being car- Colliery Workers and Operators Heed Lloyd George's Call to Conference TRANSPORT WORKERS READY TO AID MEN Continued on Pace Four, Column Five BA WOMAN KILLED BY GAS of Invalid Found Dead In Room Home by Her Husband Mta, Mary Smith, sixty-six years old, who; had been nn invalid for twenty lean, wqk fnnnd ilend from ens nnls- oalug this morning by her husband. Harry Smith, nt their home, .1305 .Wh Potter Ktreet. The huabuml went to his wife's room at 7:10 o'clock this morning to bid her tood-bj before poing to work and found we room full of gas, and the cracks of doom nnd windows stuffed with raptr. ANKER N RIVER MAN PINNED UNDER TROLLEY FOR HOUR Connecticut, With Admiral Hughes Aboard, in Collision Off Fort Mifflin IS, HER SECOND ACCIDENT AUTO-JAMS-AGAINST "L'r Women Faint as Victim of Acci dent Cries Out in Pain Awaiting Rescue -1 SEIZE CARLOAD OF WHISKY 3ource of Natlon-Wlde Smuggling Syndicate Believed Uncovered Jafkjonvllle, Fla., April . (By A. '7. ! '"' ,llp capture here of a carlond un j ky' vnluc'1 nt moro thn" ?-r.ooo, hllcd a tomators, fn route from Per ne, Ha to Chlrngo, federal prohibi tion officials believe they have found tho owe of n nntlon-wide liquor smug fltar "indicate. MRS. HANNA GETS DIVORCE Wife of Dan R. Hanna Asked No Alimony From Husband -te. Wl" Al,riI A. P.) M. Mollv Pnvtnrfnn '...lnn TI.. L!fl"lll,y ANI,H smi'ted u alvorcc In the w r.L,nl.rt fr,,m I,an " Hanna, Hi..0 ,,n?,,n' Senator Marcus A. nanna. of Ohio. No alimony was asked. ar, .Hanna Is propwetor of the Cleve land Leader nnd New. AIRPLANE STRAP-HANGERS '"novation Crops Up n Service From London to Paris don hasnil,rl '-(I A- IM-T'on. linW. .1 known ,ht' strnp-hnnger atrnn. ),,. i ",ni nce oi acnni ornl ,lKJ"Bf S"" 'horded. On the mk. 7i.nf,,h.1 r(R"nl rltlh nlr "f tie ,i. ' ,n1rls H wus f0'""' that one three of rnr,ll,B p,nnei1 hnd uo " fr a"' t Its nns.Hciii:erii. tv. .J "1,uI' the Journev stnndlnir in FOLLOW THE CLUE of tho blood-stained Nina of Diamonds in "OFF many CARDS, Thrillinp- Mystery Story by XvJmhel Ostrander Which nenina on PaBo 27 in , TODAY'S . .. ,.54 The battleship Connecticut, flagship of tho fourth division of the second squadron of the Atlantic fleet, with Hear Admiral Charles F. Hughes aboard, collided today with the big tank steamship II. C. Kolger, laden with oil, off Fort Mimin. The Connecticut, one of the lnrgest of the new battleships, was putting out todav for tho second time for the Pan- nma canal zone, having been forced to return Jlondny because of nn accident. The Philadelphia Navy Yard received its first word of the accident in a radio message from tho ship. It rend : "Collided with steamer H. C. Fol ger off Fort Mifflin this n. m. Send naval constructor to estimate damage to Folrrer. "CONNECTICl'T." It Is believed tho accident was caused by a move of the battleship's navlgntor to avoid striking a three-masted schooner going upstream. The schooner is said to Have ciiangeu its course suu denly. The Connecticut sidewiped the Fol gcr's stern, the contact occurring on tho starboard sldo of the battleship, just back of the forward eight-inch starboard turret. The collision carried away several feet of the tnnkcr's roll and damaged several frames nnd platoi. All the damnge was said to be above the water line. Several gunports In tho battle ship's superstructure were carried nwny .and one three-Inch gun was damaged. A board of Investigation was con vened on tho Connecticut. Commander Henry K. llossell, a naval constructor, was sent from the nnvy yard to the battleship in compliance with Admiral Hughes' request. It is estimated that several thousand dollars' damage was dono tho tnnker. On Monday the Connecticut, com manded by Captain Itnlph Knrle, set out fronv tho yard for Culcbra with the battleships Michigan and South Caro lina. The Connecticut had not gone fnr when her main air nimin broke down nnd It wnM necessary for her to come back for repairs. Admiral Hughes Instructed the com manders of tho other battleships to continue, promising to cntch them up. Hcpalr8 wero rushed on tho Connecticut so that It would be possible, nnd she got under way again this morning. Tho tanker hud come up the river Kprpral ilnvs nirn from Port Arthur, Tex., filled with oil. and was at anchor in midstream, wnlting n uenn. inn tanker Is a 4500-tnn ship; tho battle ship Is of 10,000 tons. SALOON SAFE STOLEN Robbers Take Away 8trongbox From Kensington Avenue Place A small safe, containing $0000 In cash, Liberty bonds nnd mortgages, was stolen during the night from the sa loon of .lohn Kecncy, 3441 Kensing ton avenue. Tlir iile stood in n room ndlMnln? till Lnrroom nnd is believed to hnve been taken away In n motortruck. ' MORE 8HOOTINQ IN MINGO Williamson, W. Va., April 0. (By A. P.) Many shots were exchanged Inst night without fntnl results by resi dents of Merrimne, u mining town, five mlleH enst of here, and unidentltU'd per sons concealed In the Kentucky hills, according to Sheriff Plnson, of Mingo county. rOI.N M'ATKlffl Plilln. Office, 412 Il'dl i:lil Truat nidr. I'o'Hnd Hprlnc Ilou. Optn June lit Mtnuon iiouu. upon aii nr, DO Emergency men battered nnd cut away pnrt of a trolley car today to extricate Carl McConncl, of Scrnnton, who was pinned between the car and a motortruck jammed ngitlnt nn "I' pillar on Market street west of Forty- Jirsi street. For an hour the twenty-year-old youth suffered In the vise-like jrrip which squeezed his body from Mic wnlst down. lie rctnined consciousness up to within ten minutes of his relensc, crying out occasionally from tho pain. After the crew of a trolley emergency wagon had knocked out pnrt of tho car 8 side the pressure on MeConnel's body was relieved. He was lifted out and placed on a stretcher. An ambu lance took him to the Cnlversitv Hom. pltal. Ho is suffering from n broken left leg nnd injuries of the right side. A crowd of scvernl thousand persons gathered about the Kcenc of tlie accident, which occurred nt 8:415 a. m., on hear ing the youth's cries. Patrol wagons Were cnlled from several West Phila delphia districts nnd nmbulnnces were present from the diversity, the Pres byterian and the Mixcricordlu Hospitals. .Mc'Lonncl was a helper on n motor By the Associated Press London, April 0. The executive body of tho Miners Unlona ths after noon accepted the government's pro poenl that tho miners' delegates meet ofllcorH of the owners nnd the govern ment to reopen negotiations for settle ment of the coal strike. The Mining Association, comprising owners of mines, also accepted the pro nosal. which was made bv Premier Lloyd Oeorge, In letters sent out this afternoon. No date has been set for the conference. Tho prime ministers letters called attention to his speech In the House of Commons "with regard to the dc ftlrnbllltv of the negotiations being re sumed," nnd concluded : "I desire to renent thnt the govern ment tenders tho use of its good offices for the purpose of bringing the parties togethr." Decision to support the miners in their strike was reached by the Trans port Workers' Federation nt n meeting here bv unnnlmnus vote, this morning. The National Vnion of Rnllwaymcn third member of the Triple Alliance ts expected to support the strike If the government's negotiations fall. At a meeting of tho Triple Alliance this nfternoon, at which it had been in tended to determine what notion should be taken to support the miners, a de cision was postponed. J. II. Thomas, general secretary of the rallwaymcn, merely announced thnt tho Triple Al liance had "considered how best to ns slst the miners in their struggle," nnd thnt "the miners answered satisfactor ily all the questions put to them." Disorders Throughout Scotland Disorders were reported today from many districts in Lnnnrkshlre, Scot lnnd. At scvernl mines the striking workmen interfered with pumping op. criiQnsrjevenn nrrcsm were muue. Disorders which began yesterday in the coal mining town ot Cowdenbeath, in Flfcshlre. Scotland, became more so lions at midnight Inst night, nnd in a series of melees with tho police a num ber of (.trikers were Injured, says n Central News dispatch from Dunferm line. The message states tbat several policemen wore wounded. The rioters repeatedly broke through the police cordon and succeeded in cut ting electric light wires, throwing the town into darkness. Welsh miners nlso nre reported to be developing nn angry mood nnd threaten ing oulclnls and workers nt collieries who remained nt the mines to conduct pumping operations. Fear is expressed that several mines nlrendy nre In such condition thnt It will take from six to twelve mouths to put them In working order. Affects 500,000 Transport Men The National Transport Workers' Federation comprises thirty-five affili ated unions with an aggregate member ship of about n00,000. A strike ordered by the federation, if It became gen erally effective, would cull out nil types and classes of workers engaged in trans portation by road, rnll or f-ea. These worKerH include the street car ;t!BPslv iKrMn hHPT vf.'i'- ioi iBr 'Ha tBkMH'S 'Bl HVl4"i"4 hI mliiMriPr sSEIi-J? i v, 19 Ai MP ' tb8pjkw' iKi HBmivt-fVABpl a !PpJwfA ?- rfti ' WR-. .)& cS' "?PPPPPPPPPP lMMppi NEW HUGHES NOTES New Envoy to Paris OUTLNE HARDING FOREIGN POLICIES Amorica's Approval Declared Necessary to Decisions Aris ing From World Conflict. PARIS RECOGNIZES JUSTICE OF WASHINGTON'S CLAIM International MBS. A. N. RANKING Who may liave committed sutcldo after her disappearance In Now -York last Friday WEGLEIN STAGES SOI FAST WORK Quick Results in Getting Elec tion Bills Reported Savors of 'Frame-Up' on Develin PLAYS 'PRACTICAL POLITICS' truck driven by S. (J. Brndey, 4i8,'oll""ctorM' motormen, taxlcab drivers, Grace street, Scrnnton. The truck wns on the north side of Market street and Brndey drove toward tlie middle of tho street, intending to pass on the south fiide of an "I," pillar. McConncl was on tho left hand running board of the truck. The trolley cor, westbound, with Mo tormnn Price nt the controller, struck tho motortruck and wedged It ngninst the big iron pillar. McConncl wnn pinned tightly between the two vehicles. Cnntnin Smiley, commander of the West Philadelphia police division, was riding on an enstbouud trolley enr nnd saw the nccldent. He Jumped off nnd sent calls for patrols and ambulances ami for the trolley emergency wagon. When the collision occurred the Im pact loosened the Iron wheel of tho emergency brake on the front plntform of the trolley. The wheel Hew off and struck Mrs. Kate Jordan, colored, 4400 Aspen street, n passenger. Floyd Sllllck, 41) Parker street, Scrnnton. nnothcr helper on the truck, escaped Injury, ns did Brndey, tho driver. truckmen, englneuien, trainmen, water men, lightermen, bargemen, stevedores, freight shunters about railrond yards, hostlers ot freight terminals, canal watermen, various classes of Kcncrn! laborers, fircmeu. stokers, dock work ers, ship stewards, cooks, vnrlous vo hlcic workers and u miscellaneous as sortment of other auxiliary service workers, uch as coal trimmers, boiler scalers, stokehold laborers and tugboat men. DRY DRIVE BEGINS IN N. Y. Police Ordered to Begin Enforce ment of State Laws Today New York. April 0. (By A. P.) Saloonkeepers who derived comfort last night from the fact that, dciplto a widely heralded police drive, things wero "as usual" with dispensers of Il legal drinks got a shock today when they learned tho police drive had not started, but would start in earnest today. Hu a Staff Correspondent HarrUburg, April 0. The Klnsteln theory wns translated Into very prac tical politics in the Scnntc todny when tho new Wcgleln legislative committee got on the job to show Councilman Develin how to nchicve results In the state. Capitol, Blehard Wcgleln, president of City Council, nnd his coterie caused Sena tor Klnsteln, chnlrmnn of the Senate clectloHH roninilttc, toxoid' a hurried "meeting" nnd report out to the floor of tho upper chntnber five Philadelphia election bills. It wns nlso arranged to hnve these bills passed today on first rending in the Senate. Never, in the opinion of the oldest legislator, was there ever such efficiency shown. It aroused the suspicion in the minds of Independents that something had been framed up to demonstrate virtually how good the Wegleln com mittee wns and how bad the Develin committee was. Recently the job combine In Council became jenlnus of the fact thnt under the rules, Mr. Develin. the foe of ju dlelnl extravagance, was the officinl reprrsentntlve of Council nt Hnrrlsburg nnd ns such wns in charge of the hand ling of measures here in which Phila delphia wns specially interested. Walter In a Maze Tho Wegleln committee consists of Mr. Wegleln. chairman, nnd Council- men (Inns, Cox nnd alter. The com mittee 'arrived iu the Senate chamber about 10 n. in. They worked .o fast that Councilman Walter, "Dave" Lane's friend, seemed to be In n maze nnd was Inquiring as to the where abouts and activities of the committee. The first thing done by the commit tee wns to find Mr. Kinstcin. Council man Cox, a former member of the Leg islature, who knows the ropes, went riirht out and found Mr. Kinstcin. Mr. Klnsteln steered the members of the Philadelphia committee Into a little room oft the henate chnmber. He pre pared to call a meeting of his com mittee, but he was the only member present nnd further this particular room had been commnndeercd by tho fish nnd game committee, .ur. ttinsicin was game, however, nnd nt once escorted the Philadelphia committee to another room. Then began another hunt for members of the Senate committee. Finally Sen ntorn Schnntz and Smith wero brought By tho Associated Pren Paris, April 0. A note of considera ble length from Charles K. Hughes. American secretary ot state, has been received by the French Foreign Office through the Amcrlenn embassy here. The document, which bears the date of April 4, affirms the rights of the United Stntes In nil settlements arising from the world war. Identical communications were sent ti the British nnd Italian governments, it is understood, with notice that the text will be issued at the State Department In Washington immediately after all the interested governments hnve received it. It wns learned In official circles here today that tho communication bears principally upon ihe action of the coun cil of the League of Nations last De cember in approving the mandnUs passed upon nt that meeting. Thec included the Japanese mandate over the North Pacific Islands, taking In the island of Ynp. The note also outlines the policy of the new administration regarding ques tions arising from the war, nnd de clares the approval of the United State to be necessary for a llnnl settlement. A disposition to recognize the jusllci of the Amcrlenn claim was indicated in officinl quartets. The reservation Is made, however, that It was scarcely possible to give the United States the right of veto In the settlement of ques tions, which necessarily were discussed In the absence of representatives of the .AibcrlcnrXSavrmnent. - The renly will probably cxnress the Intense satisfaction of the Alllts If tho United States Is disposed to resume col laboration with them In the settlement of war questions. "Pertlnux," political editor of the Kcho de Paris, who appears to have hnd access to the no'te, declares he con siders it means that America declines to recognize any decision of the Allies in the Treaty of Versailles, by the Supreme Council or by the League of Nations. Ho asserts that tills is a grave attitude on the part of the United States. r,,ippZ', VVVj!VVVVVH?'Sl . MmMc ' MVSVSVSVSVSVsW K. vvvm A ' JJjKft vbHvbvV.' ' JB. ' v!SIft HvSvSvSvSviv'aHB' Note Holds Controversy Is Not With Japan Alone Peace Still in Making NEW NOTES PROTECT U. S. RIGHTS ABROAD HnrrU lc Ruins MYKON f . IIERRICK Who will be appointed ambassador to France. He will accept the post HERRICK TO ACCEPT POST OF AMBASSADOR TO PARIS His Formal Nomination Soon to Be Made by Harding Wnshlngton, April 0. (By A. P.) Myron T. Herrick has decjded to ac cept appointment as American ambas sador to France, n post he filled under President Tnft and which he occupied nt the beginLlng of the world war. Mr. Herrick's formnl nomination will be made soon, and he will go to France In the early summer. Mr. Herrick wns offered the post some time ngo by President Harding, but was reluctant to accept It becnuse he felt he should devote the remainder of his life to pcrsonnl affairs. How ever, he has decided to accept the po sition ns n duty In view of the present noalfloii of world affairs. Word lias come from Paris that the appointment will be received with gen eral satisfaction. Mr. Herrick will pay the rent for his embassy building personally, unless somo State Depart ment fund can be used. - NEW PROTEST TO BERLIN Allied Note Objects to Barring of Ship From Kiel Canal Paris. April . (By A. P.) The council of ambassadors today approved the draft of a note to Germany pro testing ngainst the refusal of access to the Kiel canal last month to tho British steamship Wimbledon, bound for Dan zig under charter of a French company nnd londed with war materials for Poland. The protest recalls thnt the treaty of Versailles declares the Kiel cannl shall be free of access to the ships of war and commerce of all nations not nt war with Germany. Washington, April 0. (By A. P.) New notes on the subject of inundates have been sent by the American Gov ernment to the governments of Japnn. (Srent Britain. 1 ranee and Itnly. The notes are understood to be very similar. The occasion for preparing them Is said to be the receipt of Japan's reply to the originul American note, sent by former Secretnry of State Colby, pro testing ngninst the Japanese mandate over the former German Islands in the Pntifio north of the equator. State Department ofnciuls refused to discuss the new documents, but It was learned that they were broad enough In teims to cover all American rights growing out of the world war. The new notes form a part of the ANYBODY OWN IT? of llonUItU A nil Information t Adv. ' ovo addrau. Kensington Railroader Wins This man is thirty-seven, single, and his business is "chasing" freight shipments. Duo to tho gentle languor which has steeped our railroads in sweet desuetude for some months past, ho has had .very lit tle In fact, nothing to do. Congress has not granted him any subsidies, so he has llmerickcd. A gentlo but mischievous jury of eye-arresting Indies threw the block on him t'other night and his orders rend: "Proceed on express track to Cth and Chestnut streets to meet Limerick Editor." He did. LIMERICK NO. 93 There once was a great movie star, Who started in life tending bar. He couldn't spell cat ' But what cared he for that? Stead o' beers he draws cheers, near and far. Kids, Jingle While Single! There'll Come a Time When You Can't (Ask Dad, He Knows). Opposite the Funny Page Every Day ' PKrw&il .RvW KV lai.LVlsBV W J EDWAKD McCLUSKEY, 1727 Blair Street Kensington Continual on I'ace EVur, Column Tn Where, Oh, Where Is Owner Those 125 Cases? , Since prohibition agents confiscated 12.1 cases of whisky, valued at $14,000, in the butcher shop of Harry Steldle. nt 1017 Bldge nenue. on February lil n vain effort tins been made to find the owner of the stock. At n henring before United States Commissioner Mnnley In tho Federal Building jestcnlay Steidle was held under S.hK) ball to-cive the asents n chance to hunt for the owner of the vnlunble goods. Steldle. according to the agents, ex pressed nmazement when the stuff was uncovered In his cellar and diselnlinrd all knowledge of ownership of the liquor. Continued nn J'uxe l'our. Column Hrven HARDING AVOIDS HASTE Tells Women He Will Not Be Pre cipitate on Urging Disarmament Washington, April 0. (By A. P.) President Harding told a delegation of the Women's Pence Society 'today thnt although he wns cnrefully considering the problem of a reduction of arma ments, 1m had not yet fully canvassed tho situation and did not propose to take any precipitate action. The delegation, headed by Mrs. Charles K. Russell, of New York, asked the President to call nn international conference on disarmament. SCOTCH MAY BARE KNEES All Others on Detroit Starje, How ever, Must Clothe Limbs Detroit, April 0. (By A. P.) The ntro owner joined tho performers yes terday In answering an edict by the po lice censor which put unclothed knees, even of Grecian dancers, under the ban. "Some stagefolk," the censor de clared, " hnve been golug too fnr, and it must stop." Ills only exception was in national costume, such ns the Scotch. The performers nnd theatre owners, in turn, have asked city offilcnls to clear the streets, particularly those leading from theatres to hotels, of the "Johnny nuisance," The censor nlso hecamn the target of many quips, micIi as suggestions thnt he exercise his powers on the other side of the curtain, expressions of fear that ear mill's might yet be required ou De troit stages, and reminders thnt cloth elope, was not a murk ot decency. ARGENTINA QUARANTINES BRAZILIAN CATTLE BUENOS AIRES, April 0. The Argentine government Is pre paring n decree prohibiting the importation of cattle or forage from Brazil as a result of the appearance of the epizootic among the cattle herds in the southern states of Brazil. The government's action follows a similar prohibition Imposed by the government of Uruguay. VICTORIA BEER DRINKERS MAY PAY HIGHER FREIGHT VICTORIA, B. C, April 0. Beer drinkers of the outlying districts of tho province may bo required to pay added freight charges for their beverage undert he liquor control act, It was said today. Hard liquor will be sold at a uniform price in all govern ment stores. GETS BERTH IN STATE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT HABKISBURfJ, April 0. Jacob C. Arbogast, formerly tiens uror's accountant of tho Public Welfare Commission, has been appointeclc hlef of the office of maintenance of the department ot forestry, succeeding A. E. Strode. ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS STILL HARDING'S IDEA V By CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Correspondent, Ktrnlnc Public IeAwi Copyright, till, bv rubtfc t.tiotr Co. Washington, April 6. It was re vealed by the State Department this morning that notes identical with the note on Yap to Japan had been sent to all the great powers which participated in the Peace Conference at Pari?, namely, to Great Britain, France nnd Italy. The controversy over Yap is not, in the view of the State Department, with Japan alone. It is with all these powers. This is in accordance with tho fundamental position of the administration that this country has lost no rights as a co-belligerent. In the administration view we are still sitting at the tnblo at Paris. Peace is still being made. This country, one of the most important of the belligerents, has never ac cepted the determination of the Paris conference. It is still nego tiating, still insisting upon the right ful pacification of the world. To Settle Many Problems A statement In the authorltnttve In formation given out after the cabinet meeting yesterday has not been suffi ciently emphasized. It wns that the administration would not consider tli International problem apart from tbt domestic problem. . Thin minnc that ns n Hart of the -. peace which" Secretary Hughe aims to negotiate will be the settlement jnot tnerely of German reparations, which Mr. Hughes in his recent note left open, and the association of nations, but all the questions in which we arc pecu liarly interested, such ns mandates, cables, oil, world trade and shipping. Secretary Hughes' policy virtually en visages a new peace of the world. It s an ambitious program. A separate peace with Germany or with nny one else is utterly inconsistent with it and not to be thought of unless It falls. It conforms to the Iden which Secretary rail expressed nt Marion after confer ence with Mr. Hardiivr that the nntloni of the earth would get together nnd re write the treaty of Versailles. It Is not not so much n rewriting of thnt treaty that Is in mind ns a sup plementing ot it. a settlement of the grave problems thnt It left unsettled, nnd In the light of two years' experience under it. Of this program the cornerstone Is the State Department declaration that this country had forfeited none of Its rights ns a belligerent. Harding Motes Cautiously w Not having accepted the treaty of Versailles this government regards It self ns In the position virtually in which it was nt Paris, able Ui repair the mis takes thnt were made there. This Is the reason why Mr. Harding means to move slowly with the Knox resolution. He wishes to tnkc no step which separates him from the late co belligerents of this country. Once he does this it can no longer be Mild tbat this country hns forfeited none of Its rights us a co-bellgerent. He will by the very net of making n separate peace nbnndon the rights on whose importance Ihe State Department strnnglv insists, those gained by helping win the war. Also any program of real pacification of the world involves co-operation with Great Britain, France nml Italj, the victors of the Inte war, who today oc cupy a dominant uisition in world affairs. A real pacification of the world nn only bo worked out Jolntlj with them. Announcement which comes from scuntors with regard to the interna tional policy of the administration nre to be taken with a grain of salt. Only two or three days ngo It wns lenrncd oa the highest authority thnt Senator BEATEN BY PROWLERS Gloucester Man Blackjacked by Thugs In Hospital Yard Charles Pierce wns nt Inched nnd severely beaten by three men whom he discovered prowling in a yard nt the rear of n private hospital conducted by his mother, on Brown street near Kssex, in Gloucester, nt 10 o'clock last night. Plerco saw the men In the jnrd and went out to Investigate, The victim of the attack was taken to Cooper Hospital In Camden, His head nnd fnco were cut apparently by a blackjack, SEARCH FOR MRS. RANKINE Police Drag East River for Body of Rich Widow New York, April 0, (By A. P.) Police toduy began dragging the East Blver near Queenshoro bridge In expec tation of tindins the body of Mrs, An nette Klngsley Norton Itnnkine. wealthy widow, who disappeared last Friday evening. She was last seen near the Manhattan approach to the bridge when she dismissed tier limousine and chauffeur. Search of the city by detectives has failed to reveal the slightest traco of her. The .police now fear she may have committed nuicinc in a lit ot uespon dency. Contln-ml on Pm, Tour. Column Thrc MAN SHOT BY PATROLMAN DIES OF WOUND IN HOSPITAL Brought Down by Bullet While Try ing to Escape With Beer Truck A gunshot wound of the right leg, re ceived last Wednesday, when he tried to escape from the police with n beer truck, caused the dentil of Thomas Welsh, twenty-seven jears old. of 2T15 Monmouth street, at II :.1(l o'clock tills morning in thr Northeastern General Hospital. At noon la?t Wednesday. Welsh. wh police said was intnxlcuted, jumped on n beer truck nt the saloon of Frank Mahoncy, SM4 Richmond street, and proceeded up Richmond street. About thirty patrolmen pursued Welsh through Port Richmond, and ha was finally halted when struck by a bul let, at Cedar and Cambria streets. The wound was not considered serious and Welsh appeared to be recovering, Com plications arc believed to have devel oped. Mounted Patrolman Royal was ar rested today iu connection with Weloh'i death and will have a heurlng at Cm tral Station. Th. r WH btit 11TINO PA rllln .papsr v. J l "J mm aai-nWNf .ia wmmi It WA imaii !SS1 m IIiMufyTn mm "nl'4" lit tflrVB AfMTriEI. Ml! VJfliftr.3 m m mx3 tm I m m m asi J i. i, f i I Ji-.HHtiv.i1i4 tntf,j,aMa V'W AiH.miMJt ww.Wtl, AtVliv ;,V "J .c hl.tJk,tl?iA-,J! -X. . i .'ait&LifrJiimti is ,s 4gg .-,l" A
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