Wgrncraf" The Picture Is On. Do You Khqw What Yotir Film Favorites Are Doifig? See Page 10 netting public Beftcjer THE WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA Fair lonlqlil nml Tuesday; rniitlniictl roId tonight ullli frost; slowly rising trim, ratine Tuesdays grntlc winds. Tl'til'KKATt'KB AT KACH WWII f s "nip"iirpg II 3 31 4 C -') $ ,1 ;n ..u !'" ! I" i-"' i i i i VOL. VII-NO. 170 Knlcntl n Heroinl-l'litM Mntler nt th- t'oMnnlrp, nt rjillndeliihln I'n I'mlci Hip Ait of Mmrh 3, 1870 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1921 I'lllillnh".) IJ'illv Hxrppl HUlKlni Coin rluht 1'iMt I HlllT' I'll'.n. ip'tr n l.n,l, IT rn 111 II r Cnmiiiliy Venr t.y Mull. PRICE TWO CENTS IAILROADS DESPITE BIG CUTS IN MEN AND ft 000 P. R. R. Men Laid I Off in Sweeping Curtail ment of Operating Costs 91,846 FREIGHT CARS ' OF SYSTEM ARtlULt palling Off of Traffic and Dis putes Over Wages Ana xo Seriousness loTHER RAILROADS ARE IN SIMILAR uunumiuim hig Divisions Combined and Other Heroic Measures usea to Make Ends Meet nv r-KonoB nox McCain . ' -.1 .i.,.ntin iq the ercatcst I The rnliroau n""." " ,. ,rf mot critical problem confronting lie nation to. n. ,..,,,, it In point oi untvcis... --- - JnKdes a" other domestic questions mf"1. . . .- iu .lenendent t, totrin itntmn ...ciliO f . S, lontei. fall In, -a tf. ine mciinii,i m ..nntrovcrsv over BMl the. nnn . -" "" thIs eXnuiaXuroadlsacon- Tlc.iouS example. om..tenth ,t the rail transportation in the coun trfc ..... ...i.-ni.ln Rnilroad i& r. "L. ' .'"'?: PThMullmr from ? a ;.SV iVmhloSthowestto 'P!". v.- i v Vnrt nn the cflHt. KKdonn Vl, "north to Wash Won l the ';..,. l,nncls the Sab1afiooffacUwi..pnvvc falhmr-t to wage earner, bus- r,OJ man, niiimiiaii.ri .... ipj eniren. 01,810 Cars Aro Idle ... ..!.ll.,nu nml vnrrlu over tlln SYS" .Xenlo today stored 01.84(1 empty mil die frclgtn curs in kuuu " ,. i mi:..., it t.. vUiinltxi. nr aillirc- -lite Jn,t wlint these figures represent. l0 exact ana popular nm-n . .-.. . ...i.. r ,..,,, ,n..o 7 nil miles lone. .in . i.. ..., ,.,., ,:,,. nt tlw. In. nil of a nun u i. hi. i. ... ",,, ; inn ui in... n" -" ---- mil the Minions lencth of box ears eon- dolx. eoke and othvr cars strctcliins tlroush Cic-tUne. Alliance, I'lttsburfili, rT...:.v....,, .,,! 1lillnililnhln. tile CB- bowe at the lear end would be moving int of :settark. .. .i. , n. MHn...o.f mitnlmr nr lillo fretcilt arson the stein H, unfortunately, In Pmnshania There are 10,0.11) of Uiem. . . , , , Eatern rnnuvnntii ainne. which includes the Philadelphia terminal, has the greatest milliner in any miikh- ",vJ lion-nioro than mere hit an i" hii nnti,t, nwii.i-n rifinii ..niliriiplnir llli- nois northern (lino and .tiiuuiRnn; 15.C.1!) of nil i Iii'-pph. 111.... 1.11 ,..i... loni-n ntmlpi1 ID flTlfl 1 lllt'M 1UM' iI i-i- ss'i w - train, the front (ml would bo approach- t it .. u .1 .tiiTjl tin in.earK wline ine rear cnu um " In lneter , , I It. i ...... ua.a Avnnrlntlnf.ll A eUlllllllUIl MfltT lit'.....- , nr. ,....- In the Ponn-U.inia Unilrnnd is found in its motlie power iiepnitnieni. When a loioiniitivi is Nldetrneked for want of me fur am leiiRth of time It is 'n-Min 1 ,,!,.. " 'l'l,,if Iu (tu i-nrl;lllir rrM are cnntPil ullii ulilte lend for protection nKiun-t tin- eieiueiiiH. Knclnes Out of Commission II .ill tl,. 1. i.w.llnu .11, f tt pntll it mi tin it it ininii i , i n ,m, .., ...... tri.vimt nml uliiio-liMitled nml laid nn ilh lmnr.li mer tlie suiidio s-taekN on twins- oier Hie M stein. Mere plared 'a on" ir,u', inej uouiii reiien irmu Rrearl Sine' Slut kpii to Wilmington. Tl.. - ! .!. . ... ... .ine' un lliirHM)llal. 1.1 ill i III, ll u nil ii tin it milt nf itlli. lnrninotlvps. total nf r,-,s in N. w .liisei. eastern, southern lj'1 lentriil Pi niis.ilvaniu, and the iaii' mi I'm initial nlone there llr w lmiiiu, ii, nf nil classes dead to the r:i.iri..-l mh1,. Oalj mx nf tin i-ntire number are n the ii(,i,, Limps, An tn.lin..i ..p .!. hi n !.. ... inn. in mi hi me inning nn in PfrUlmWc fMigi.t is slum n iii two solid ": hi leinupnitnr ears that lire on 'luinz nn n 1 1 it a resumption of liusl- M" 01 er tli Un till ilw linn. tl...... 1C1C ....!. .,. . :, " ..till- nil' ,n,o iiim' I firs in .,. ,...:.... i..i i-,, i i I,.,, '" ..iiiki nil, t,Mi nox nun wnunlii ,, M,,i I., rpL..,inp frelnlit irir.p(iriiiiii Knunlli ,.,,il,iin,.. . , .. ...ti m-jTi "'iiKiHPnuig as io rnllrnnil ji,, ... ti in iiiiiruiiii n It on ..it ,.i., .i. ii. i i.. . ".iiidllOIl t. . , 7 'iiik .in1 i rinisi miuiti 1 ft Cllllltiln .. . . .,.' '" '" ii piesi'iiinnnii nt ine Mn-roM,.r Mtiintlon. Hy ,nnn power t.S" "" ,""""" '''"nietit in the 'litem k (iiK.i.iii,,,. t. i,,i,i ,.,.,. Im . .. " ,,i. tii.i. -. ,,,,., tfn irnV. n wnl(''' boy gang . Scpteiiili.T '-" '). Inst . iiliicli perhaps ; of operations, -7!,.TJS persons, .icar there Merc irnrotiii.) -..-." uirii tlie pen einpliiMM lrc wen, M"-" ;il tills I'ajmlls l.npped (Inn-third In km. . i jMino ",,""" "result of ile- II kin.N , , ., : . '''"'"'''"-luring nnd tan i . ",:u'. " necitme neces- th .... ''." ' '" t'V 1. On the , toKoi Hns sotae " not rnntni... 7"...u-ii men. n operatUo, ,n,." ',!"'i,'" '""'"' of m,,,- Kconnm. i.. .'".. '". "riciii wives. 'P ni H.nip,r " '""'"'in ko High ittom act ,lonwnrd to the ierv " kllll JT'!''in.mo1V"',1.,,i U"!!ron'1 hs"'" lie ill ...,. '" , ri,Klons," each tinder ""'"tin. i ,,.1,1 " ''"""",1 iiiiinag.T. Vl"ho,,kt '" ' """'iB'-r of the c,.. .itiB i, ,ii "" '" "" terr tor ""' '"- link,.; ""l 1V'",i,'"l "i- ate f,i. . . ., " ".' ''Kiounl mini. 1 111' I llllll.ll .. I . .. . fitti. .,,.. i. .. , . . "lv.lh'ou stiperin ....ii ii ii in i dieds of miles '"niliLiMi .. ... , t,"n - fl ..... .-v.,-. -Jfc.l. - ..l o lerntltnr fnrei.s nf ';:?',, ",,,,l,t ""'-tiiini. 1 .'.'... I,n '!'-'ml fetttlllPH is thnt ""''"'" of foices nnd tint ills- llr Plmili,.., ..t i . at ti. ," '" "iptoyes lie- ,f' ... ' '"I1."' olllrlahlom. among AT CRISIS OPERA TION Bill Would Abolish Railroad Labor Board Washington, April 11. (Jly P.) A bl)l to abolish tlic- raltrnnd labor bnnrd, now f utictiotiiiiR under the transportation net, mid place it ihitli'H miller tin1 Intcritiitc Com merce Commission, whs Introduced todny by Representative Tinchrr, Republican, Knnsns. Man, Arrested on Clue Given in Note, Convicted Despite Claim of Innocence GETS SEVEN-YEAR TERM A women's lend-penelled note, ex nusliie him n the bandit who had at tacked and robbed a drus-cist. indirect ly led to the conviction todnv of I.nu tence fJunrracitio, alins "Duty," of Thirteenth street ne.ir Christian, .TudR-o SIiiiII, in (Vnninnl Court N'o. 1. sentenced the prisoner to from seven to ten jenrs in the K.ii.lern Penitentinry after "Duty" had protested his was n case of mistaken uleiulty. llenjamln ,andct, 1(101 Clirlstlnn street, the druggist, testified that nt midnight .Innunry 4 he, was starting to close IiIk store when (.iiinrrncinn entered nnd asked for medicine. As I.nnders was nbout to serve him the man held n revolver to Ills hend. "I told him to take nnything lie wanted but not to harm me," the drug gist testified. "He otdored me to turn around and when I did lie struck me on the head." March 14. more than two months after the robbery, in which !j!li!0 wns taken, Landers received by mail the following note, scrawled in lead -pencil nnd apparently in n woman's Itnndwrit ing: "If you wnnt to know the mnn who robbed you nnd shot nt you, lie lives nt HIT South Thirteenth sttreet, nnd his name Is Duty." (iitarraclmi wns arrested early this month nfter police had Matched the Thirteenth street house for nbout two WCCKK. Although Cunrracino is only twenty -tjo yenra old, police say lie has a long criminal record. They sn he hns served twenty -two months in prison and thnt lie has been nrrested several times for stenllng automobiles and for conspiracy to steal. DIER MAIN LINE HOME IS DAMAGED BY FLAMES Valuable Paintings Saved, but Fire Destroys Banker's Furniture I'lame damaged "Hoxnood Lodge," the Ardmore hoini' of Hlmore P. Din, a banker, of this city, today while mem bers of his family were In Atlantic City. Lower Merlon police cairied valuable paintings from the house while (iremen fought Unities, which destj-ojed tapes tries, Hi or coverings nnd furniture in the music room, whore the blaze miis confined. Tlie tire started in tile cellar, pie siimnblj from crossed electric wires, according to members nf the Ardmore Pirn ''o. The flumes nlo through tin lirst floor nnd attacked tlie walls. Tlii' volunteers, nided by members of the Ardmnre Plie Co., cut nwny part of the mills uml the Mooring, nml after a hard light extinguished the bla.o Mr. IHir is u member of the banking firm of llugh"s & Dior, 1 lL'S Chest nut street. His fiuijiU is now at the Marlborough Illenheiiii, Atlnntic City. "SHIVERLESS SHIMMY" IS PLANNEDJJY TUSTIN Health Director Taking Steps to Censorize "Shaky" Dances Director of Public Welfare Tustin is preparing to slip a tight check -rein on tlie toddle, the shiiery sliimm.i nml other dances iu which feet pluy only it minor part. Mr. Tustin announced he will con fer tomorrow in his office with two per sons who are well iiciiiaiuted with the dnnce Rltiintion here, but the director would not disclose his plniiN. lie talked today with Chnrles II. Dalryinple, the Major's license clerk, who last jenr issued permits for .'WOO nriintc dances and for -TO dance halls. Mayor Moore entrusted the job nf supervising ilnnccH to Director Timlin after .prominent diinciiK Instructors here had told him of tlie competition staged at "ktiffee Matches" and In dancing plnces where "anything goes." P. & R. WAGE CUT REFUSED Stationary Engineers and Firemen Reject New Scale Stationery engineers, liieinen, ami other boiler room eniploies of the Phila delphia and Heading Itiiihin.i today flatly refused to accept a wage cut Thej met with P. M. Kalek. general malinger of the road, iu tlie V. M. C. A. auditorium at Ninth ami Spring (iarden streets. Tho cut proposed is '',T per cent for engineers nnd -7 per ijent for the others. S. L. Whitman, representing the Amer ican Pedcrntlnn of Itailroad Workers, and spokesman for the men, said: "It is a mere matter of form now to refuse wags cuts. The cuts proposed here for the .() men iuvolieii is iintnir. as the ilu'hest nail receive the smallest cut. "We learn the whole matter will come before tlie railroad lnbor board iu Chi cago for decision, anil. In view of their decision in the New York Central case, we are confident there will be no wage cuts nf iini kind allow cil on the Heading system." I'OI.WIl W.VI'DK I'hlln. OMItn -II- Ufl l!ll" Truy Hid?. Polnml Hnrlne Unas CAn Jiin tt Muiiilun llnimo. (ip.n All Vhi llnuKlrla t. ull Infiirmallon nt ulium iniilirsi .I.J.i. - , - . ...1... ,, WOMAN'S TIP TRAPS DRUG STORE BANDIT Society Girl to Marry Wt "' ' ' v ' ''i nwy ' " -rs ' " s 'i :&'Z,z?&&r2i:.ii I'hnli' hi rilnillnHt MISS LICLIA OOHDON Dnuglitet of Ciencral (icorgc Har nett, who will bo married Tnirs. day to Hubert Dickey MISS LELIA GORDON TO WED Daughter of General Gedrge Barnett, Formerly of Navy Yard, to Marry Miss Leila Gordon, daughter of Gen eral and Mrs. George Harnett, of Washington nnd formerly of the Phila delphia Navy Yard, will be married quietly in Washington on Thursday to Robert Dickey, of Dnyton. (). General Ilnuiett is on the const and cannot nt tend. Miss Gordon will be given iu mar riage by Secretnry of War Weeks. She has just returned with her mother from n six months' stny In Paris. At the conclusion of their wedding trip the bride and bridegroom will live in the suburbs of Dayton. HALLISSEY 'CARRIES SMILE INTO AUTO THEFT TRIAL Case Against Corcoran Brothers Postponed by Judge's Illness For the fifth time In u year tlie trial of Charles K. Corcoran nnd Michael Corcoran, brothers, charged with whole sale automobile thefts was postponed todny until further notice. ICdwnrd T. llnlllsscy, suspended chief of police of llaverford township, who arrested the brothers tu February, 10120. was to be the star witness at today's trial. The postponement was ordered by Judge Audenrleil because nf the illness of Judge Joseph P. Mc Ctillcn. who wns scheduled to preside in Criminal Court No. .'I. Chief llalllssey. who is under bail on a charge of operating a motorcar while Intoxicated, carried a broad smile Into the courtroom this morning. A group of friends gathered around him ami shook Ills hand. "Not n word; there has been too much said already," Hullisscy re marked, when iiiiestioned about his ar rest last week at Sixtieth and Market streets. The chief last year recovered live machines said to have been stolen by the Coivornns. The brothers un to be tried on fourteen indictments. They live In Llaiicrch. SAVED BY TROLLEY FENDER Boy Knocked in Front of Car by Auto, but Escapes Lawrence Kessler, fourteen years old, nf UMM Susquehanna uventie, was dossing Tuciity-ninlh and Dauphin streets last night when an automobile, ill hen at n rapid rale, struck him and thtew him in tlie path of n tonic No. IS trolley car, nortlibounil on twenty niiith street. Scooped up by the finder of the trol ley, Kessler csciiped with minor cuts and bruises of tlie body. He was treated at the Women's llnineopathic Hospital. The driier of the automobile continued south nn Tweiitj -nintli street at high speed. WOMAN IS THREATENED $500 Is Demanded In Letter of Cam den Blackmailers A letter signed by the mnrk of the "Illack Hand," and deniniidins S."iiM), was received a few days ago In Mrs. Celalina Di Francisco, of .'101 Ml. Ver min street, Camden. Mrs. Di Francisco refused to heed tlie warning contnined in tlie cnmmuiii cation, not to "notify the law," anil Cauiden police lire working on th. inse. The litter rends: "We write tlii to notify .1011 to give us .,"00. A mnn will call nt oiir home, lie will mn. a pair of shoes, one black and one white. Without any words ghe him S.'itMl. Do not notify tlie law." Th- man has not culled at bet home to demand the money. GERMAN PLOT IN SILESIA Military Battalions Ready for Ac tion, Allies Aro Told Paris, April II. -(H.i A. P ls. patches received from I In allied com mission in upper Silesin which super ised the recent plebiscite Iheie. declare a complete German military nrgaiii'.n lion, with n full battalion in each (lis trlct, tins In liscovcted in this region. Tlu entire force, numbering twenty battalions, with a full (omplement of machine guns nnd other arms nml munitions, is icmly for action, the nies sages assert. Most of the Gm-iiiiiii functionaries in upper Silesia are alleged to be involved iu n plot to emplni foi'T, in case the German claims for upper Silesia aro I ejected bj the nllbd supreme council, WOMAN'S CAR HITS WOMAN Sophia Hojeski, thirty eight years old, HOT Pine street, Camden, was si ruck in n motorcar nt Mt. Lphrnim mid Tliiirninn streets, hist night. She mis taken tit!ie llnnienpnthic Hospl ml Camden, with a fractured leg. Tin car ii. is dilven bv Mis. Knimii Mick nliik. of 1-01 Sjcaiiime street, wife of a Camden nolicciiiiin, Mrs Mlcknlnk said Inr iifiildii" skidded its she attempted (o I llie Ionics. .,Tul.ft,s, B- - ' ' ' CROPS LITTLE HURT BY GOLD AND SNOW FARM EXPERTS SAY Doubt Any,6erious Damage Was Done by Snow and Low Temperature PENN BOTANIST DIFFERS: FEARS FREEZE IS KILLING iSnoM Inst night nnd this morning covered n M'lde area nroum Philadel phia, spreading ns much as sit Inches deep over parts of Delaware, and rnging like ti miniature blizzard In portions of New Jersey. The worst imp dnm nge wns in western Pennsylvania. The storm M-ns the only topic that Interested thousands of commuters this morning, worried over their fruit trees nnd vegetable gardens. They maj tnkc comfort from the word of practical fanners nnd specialists who sny they do not believe the freak snowstorm will do much dnmnge. One authority, however. Dr. John M. MncFarlane, professor emeritus of bot any at University of Pennsylvania, said lie fenred the storm nnd nccompan Ing low temperntures would have a disas trous effect on fruit nnd berry crops, lidding to the dnmnge done by the cold wenther of two weeks ago. "I saw some of the effects of the cold weather two weeks ago In a trip to the country Saturday," said Dr. MncFar lane. "I wa surprised at how severely the peaches and to n less extent the plums had 'been affected. The apples, pears nnd later cherries were also lilt." Dr. MncFarlane. said it would not be possible to tell the full extent of the torm until about tv, weeks, Hf snid he believed tree nnd brush fruits would suffer mW Winter w'lent, lie said, remains in good condition, and vegetn ble crops are not dinVagcd, The .New .lorsey Mtntc farm. ,u 1'ort Norrls, reported snow anil wind of grent intenr'ity, but the expeits there did not think the damage would be great, be cause the snow was some protection and the temperature bad not fallen below '-'."i ihgrees. Threo Inches of Snow in Newark Delaware College Agricultural F.x perinient Station, nt Newark, reported three indies nf snow, but tempera tures not far below freezing. Then, too. the opinion was held that the storm would not do very grent dnmnge. In some pnrts of Kent county. Dehiwnn , the snow readied a depth of six inches. DelnW.iro farmers doubt that the dnm nge miih great, however. Reports from Dover, Del., Indicate tlie grape crop has been damaged seri ously and some of the fruit trees .en dangered. As the snow melted farmers found their grape arbors in n blighted condition. The fruit Is wilted nnd vines apparently killed. , Grape raisers fear the ivliole crop will, bcruincd. Some fruit trees in tho neighborhood of Dover had n crust of, ice on their brunches, nnd In a few nses it was found the wood had been frozen through. William C. Itobcit. Momcstuwii, N. J., whose farm Is one of tlie largest iu Hurlingtou cnuutv. said he did not be lieve crops hud been hurt by the .snow or low temperatures. Apple orchards nrnunil Cilnssbnin. X. J., whcf tliTe wns n heavy snowfall, are In full bloom, nnd presented a won derful color picture of pink nnd wliili blossoms on a background of snow that clung close to the branches and foliage. South Jersey farms are two weeks ahead of their normal spring schedule witn crops. Practical farmers did tmt be lieve, Jiowcver, thnt the snow did am appreciable damage, save prrhnps in a few instinces where hotbeds weie left uncovcml. Northern Pennsjlviinia counties tuf frred more severely from frost than the iruit nnd vegetable districts c)f New Jersey and Delnwiire. Reports were ret rived from all counties this morning at the State De partment of Agriculture. Thej indi cated tlie fruit crops nf tlie southern and eastern counties of the state had escaped with a severe nipping. Tlie blnssnms In the centra! nml mountain counties, reports indicated, were almost uestrnjed A few observe! s prt-dif'fil that in their districts Inst night's mid Olid snow would complete the work of destruction begun by the March t old spell. Apple Orchards Hard lilt Dr. J. C. Snnders, thief nf the llti reati nf Plant Industrj , siml nt Hnr risburg today that some nf the apple orchards which csenped in the Inst cold spell were linnl lilt nj the piei nt nnd that sum estiiiintes il, ice the .vear'si apple crop nt one-third of normal in consequence. "We will be nimble to determine the real extent of tlie damage for some time," he said. "We have a-ked fm reports and it will then be seen how heavily Pennsylvania's on hards hnve been hit." Temperatures are due tn begin to rise again tomorrow, nnd it soon should be normal once more. The wiccn-t sent out from Washington today ngicc, with this prediction. Storm warnings iieie set nt II ..'10 o'clock toda.v on the At lniitlc const. There is a moderate dis turbance reported off the coast nf New F.nglnnd. In only two other Instances have there been appreciable faUs nf snou in Philadelphia this late Iu the month. Tlie fall here between 1:10 and il:!l," o'elm k this morning vvn four-tenths of nu inch. Two other Instances nf -now this late In April were nu the l.'ith ill 1R01! nnd the Hlth in 1KVJ. when about the same amount fell. Though snow in April is unusual, it is not a record breaker. There was snow ns late as Mny rt. In ISils. Lnst night's lowest temperature In Philadelphia was lill degrees, registered at 4:110 o'clock. HELD FOR GIRL'S DEATH Frankford Woman Accused of Per forming Illegal Operation Mrs. Lstella Gilbert, fori -live .veins old. Brill strct, Fratikfonl. wu held without bail by Coroner Knight today to await tlie action of the grand jury, (dinrged with causing the death of .1 young woman by performing nn illegal operation up Miss Florence M Hoed Iger, nimtccii je.irs, Kleveiith uml Som erset streets, who died in tlie Hahne mann Hospital April !1 from blood poi soning. Miss Helen McDonald, of La Mottc. Pa., tesllll'd r;ain-l Mrs. Gilbert. ,.,, '' .t. Dies in Exile S?m1mS5KSTO?S?5 'v-. 1 KX.i:.MPKi:SS OF C.KRMANY Augusta Victoria, who died today at Doom, Holland, after a year of siillrrlng from heart attacks E T Former Gorman Empress Was Stricken by Fatal Illness a Year Ago Today TO BE BURIED AT POTSDAM Ily the Associated Press Doom, Holland, April 11 Former Empress Augusta Victoria, of Herman?, died here nt ft o'clock this morning. By a strange coincidence tlie end came just one ypnr after she suffered her first seri ous nttnek of heart disease. Former Lmperor Willlnm nnd Prince Adalbert were at the bedside when the former empress died. They had been called by Dr. Haesner, who attended, the former empiess throughout her res idence lu Holland. Death a Shock Tlie dentil came ns u shock to the dwellers Iu Doom Castle, as during Inst week the patient'- condition Inid seemed less serious. Nevertheless Inst Satur day Dr. Iloe-ner, nfter consultations with Prof. llynians, the Dutch henrt specialist, thought it ndvisnhle to send n luessuge to Princess Vlctorin Louise, the only daughter of the former emperor nnd empress, calling her to Doom. Tlie princess, who then wns in Vli'iinn, had not renched Doom when death came to the ex-empress tlilR morn ing. i- Last night the pntient was only semi conscious. She was kept from suffering by frequent hj pnilcrnilc injections, but her breathing npp"nred to become hourly more difficult. At ." o'clock this morn ing Dr. HacMier assisted tlie attending nurse nnd Countess vim Keller, nn old friend of the former empress, to adjust tlie patient's position so that she might become more cntnfnrtnblc. As the dnj bnlke breathing becnnie still more difficult for the failing pa tient, nnd her pulse grew wenker. It then wns evident to tlie phisicinns that the cud was near, and Dr. Haesner warned former I'tnperor Willlnm nnd Prince Adalbert of its approach. K-Kiiicr at Ucilside The ex -empress becnnie unconscious nnd her brenthmg becnnie fainter and fainter until at il o'clock life left her frail body. The ex -emperor stood at the bedside with bent bend as death came to his fomort, nnd lie remained in the room for some time afterward. ' It was while she was preparing to enter tlie house nf Doorn. the present home of the former emperor of Ger many, after her Imig residence nt Ainer otigen, t lint sjie was stricken with ivhnt nt the time wns believed to bo n fatul"nt tack. ThaC was on April 11. 1020 For a few das there were reports that her I tlentli wns mnmentnrilv expected, but she rallied, and m cninpnnled her hus band to Doom mi Mm l.'i last. Attacks nf her fatal ninladv recurred at frequent Interval-, "iieb applng her vitality and nullifuiig the measures tnken bv Mietialists to restore her f health. When her sou, former Prince Joachim, committed -tilelde In Berlin last Ju'y she wilt in such serious con dition that the newt of his death was kent from her fm a long time, mid It j, ,nj( h(. never h.iriied her hoii killed i himself, Late last autumn the foimer emnress' condition griulualli beuime worse, and nn Mweral occii-ions her children were culled tn Doom, but her strength wns such that she rallied luavely when the. end was believed imminent. Since tlie llrst of this car it luul been known that she was gradually sinking. London, Funeral s' Apul I v ici . 11 -- i Iii over the A. body P.) of the Cniitlniiril mi I'nc -l Column I'niir SELLS HORSES TO PAY WIFE R. J. Tapper Settles Arrearages on Court Order In Full Kn.Mnond J. Tnppii. f Sixtietli street and Glrnrd avenue, appeared iu Cittumnu Pleas Couri No 1 and pnid SHOD arrearages in Ins alimony. Ho said he wns forced in sell two of his horses iu mder to make the payment. Last Friday Tapper paid .IIOO on arrearage- nf S.'ihi which hod accrued at lite rate nf S.'IO a week, awarded n iillniony for the suppoii nf Mr-. Carrie May Tnpper and their three children. The Tnpper- vieie -cpariited Inst November. Mrs. Tapper lives nt 'JlH NortJi Sixtv-lifth street. Wh n Tapper pnltl SHOO on nccount last Friday, rlie court decidisl lie must pav he remainder of the arrearages In lo.hu or go to jail. Tapper's counsel will n-lt for a re-, ditctloii iu the SIIO n-witk order. Booze "Deadly Weapon" In Camden Frank I'inrio. Caipcnler street above Sixth, arrested in Camden for curry ing collcenlnl deadli vveapolis, was held under $."00 bail for court hi Recorder Stackhoiis.. today .It Is alleged that Plario was cairying it hag, when ar rested, containing whisky. He may have to face the federal authorities nn a charge of violation ot the prolilliitiou Inw . -jit 5l' ,iC ? mmMgzs&&ji s EX-KAS HEAR DISEASE i MERICA A RK OF ROADS AS NEW One Path Leads to World Trade and Other to Self- Sufficiency RESTORE RULE BY PARTY; HARMONY IN FOREGROUND H ('LINTON W. OIMIKIIT MntT CnrrrMxiNtti'nt HtNilne I'nlillr l.nlirr Wiislilngtmi. April 11. The most important vrmn of Congress in innnv ! ivenrs. nml with the exception of that i willed dcelnnd win' in 11117. perhnps the most iiniiortnnt In tin1 history nf tlie coiintr.v. began nt noon today. Today's activities were devoted to the details of organization. Tomorrow will see the real work begin with the message nf President Harding which will throw tin. first light upon' the policies of tlie new ndinlnitrntlnn nnd set the tasks for the national legis lature On what is ilone in tlie next few months will depend the future of world relations; the economic recovery not onl.v of this countrv, but of F.urnpcr the success ()f the Hnrdlrig administra tion and perhaps the integrity of tlie Republican party. Tlie session prom ises to be one of the longest in recent times. It -tarts under favorable nuspices, with i'vitj body wishing the new nil-iniiti-triitlnii will, nnd under the leader- shin nf a Pi.-idpiit who 1- popular and who pns-esses unusual tact nnd com mon sense, if not some of the more shining qunlities with which recent executives have been endowed. I'nlty of Artlon Promised In spite of difficulties over patrnnnge and n di-ngi cement over foreign rela tions tlie hai ninny between the executive utnl the lend, rs of Congress promises unity of action which will result in ac complishment Party government more nenrlv ex ists in Washington just now than it has ill tWO decades. And nothing but good sen-,, nml good will will lend the executive and the Icgislntuie -afely thioiigh the bewilder ing muss nf prnblcms which confront the nation at tills time. . One lias only to rend this list to see 'the magnitude of the task that lies before Congress and tlie administration at this time: The making of peace with Germany, Including tlie much-disputed Km res olution and the highly complicated ques tion of internntlonal organization; tlie long-delayed ( olnmhiiin treat) : eco nomic legislation for this country to liquidate the after effects of war, in cluding a revision of the taxes and the tariff nnd. tlie relief nf the railroad-; thirjIlvUiigruLlon quest ion ; tlie sn'di. ri bonus: the establishment of a budget, the present tentative svstmi not having worked well; the reoiganizntioii of the executive departments; the merchant marine problem, and disarmament There nic tunny other problems lesser than these, hut still large enough to keep any ordinary administration busy. At Hon Promised by President Action upon most ef the-e questions was prmni-eil hy the President and bv the Republican pnity during tlie cam paign. Some of them limig over from tlie last administration. An attempt to solve some of them was made in the last month of the hist session of Con gress, but they were passed over us a legacy in Mi Harding mid his admin istration biinu.se of pn sit.itial vetoes or from a d'-uc of the Republican lend ers iu Cniigre tn net under the lender-hip of a Reptib lean Pif-iileiit. With sin Ii ii press of questions be fore it ilfluv ..ems to be the gl cutest danger that .oiif'onts the Uepublii an party. Cnngu i- weakly organized in both lii.iu.li. s It. ill leinli rsliip i liicl.nig. Statesi, in his,. i-ion is want ing in both hrci. In- The inajoriiv which the pain in power has iu both brain he- I. iinwiildi. and though i.ui linie party g..i. i mucin re-tnreii in form one v it nl clem, nt of pain mivcmmi nt disi ipline-i , iiittug. There is no one In sny ' do this" mid it Will be done 'I In- Ini I. ot' ..illicit ily any where in Cnnllnuril nn I'nce -It, Column Tun CONGRESS MEETS TJDGMENT AGAINST J. P. MORGAN ESTATE AFFIRMED WASHINGTON, April 1 1. Judgment!, obtained in Delawme courts, by cxecutois of the estate of the Inte J. P. Morgan agnlntt James A. Ownucy for $200,000 will stnnd ns, a resuTl of the de cision todny by the Mipieme court. With the judgment the lower courts had Issued authority for the sale of sufficient stock held in Ownbey's name to cover the obligation. SPANISH PRINCE LEAVES CHILE FOR PANAMA SANTIAGO, Chil-s, April 11. Infante Fernando do Baviein. who came to Chile as a representative of King Alfonso of Sptin, to attend the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Strait of Magellan, has. sailed for Paunma on board the Spanish battleship Espana. When the ship reaches Balboa it 'vill go into tliydoek to be cleaned and repaired, and ntterwnrd will touch nt ports of Colombia and Venezuela. The Espnn.1 wint ashore while u'tmu ing to Valparaiso from Punta Arenas, wheie the final teicmoiUes of the celebration took place but was floated after a few days. DESPONDENT. ENDS LIFE Ridge Avenue News Dealer Slashes Wrists With Razor lf-pollii.i 1 fill Illness . pomlcni i mil illness . en hi iii.itlics t .Mill i lis tlie yllse wi the suicide nf Willi nu ,-linstei. tifti- eight years old. ptoKint f .1 cigar store and newsstand who was found dead icsterday wiili In- wii-l- shi"heil in his plan, nf bu-iii. - .it 'Js'lll Ridge avenue. lle-ide Sinister'- bodi e.is In- riiniir Sinister wti ili-ci.l.'le ill.' In o'llel'-ill - law, Jut. i'1- Jasper, .lis. i;i I neinn win. went to the -tin t in ;; I In Sun day hi in- . lit. Ih.ni , iit.ni.' ti.rn MlllTIMi .,l'i;ilS .idv. Today's Developments In National Capital Siti -seventh Coiigre-s, assembled in . xtinordinnry essiiui. Mote than I'-iOO bills were pre--eiiteil In the House. Gillette wns ic-electeil speaker. TI icrgciiev tariff bill will be (all. il up Wi diicsdn.v President Haidliig's message will he rend tomoriow. A bill to abolish the iiiilinad labor board was iutioducid b Hepiesentn tive Tinchcr. Sccretarj of Labor Davis sought ligislnlioii- to put "teeth" into de paitinent's efforts to settle labor dis putes. The State Department im-lvcd u iiiemoraiiiltiin fiom Gnat Itritiiin suggesting tlillt tlie I'tnteil Slates up pniiit a toiiiilii-sioner tn ninfer witli the British oil commission with the view of adjusting Hie Mesopotamia!! oil dispute. S TO OUIT U. S. Secretary Orders Deportation of O'Callaghan if Not Out of Country Before June 5 UPHOLDS WILSON RULING Washington. April 11. I'nder orders issued today by Secretary Davis, Donnl .1 O'Callaghan, lord ninyor of l orl.. who arrived in this country ns a stownwav hist Jnniuiry 4, mny be iIp portcil bv immigration officials nny time nftir June ." should he not lenve the country before that time. The Irish nflieinl, who cnine to the I'nitetl States to testifv before the com-mis-inn of the committee of one hun dred investigating conditions in Ireland, is given sj'.tv (lavs to leave tlie country ftnni the date of the decision of tlie State Department holding thnt he wns not entitled to nsyliim as a politicn1 refugee This decision, it WOS disclosed tndav. wits handed down April fi. In n formal statement dealing with O'Cnllaghun's case. Secretary Davis said he .accepted the ruling nf his piedciessnr that O'Callaghan was a seaman mid ns such entitled to a ren sntuible time in which to rcship for n foreign port. "I have no doubt," said Mr. Davis, "that O'Callaghan will comply with the logic of the sitii'ition nnd icship ns an alien seaman within tlie rule." Dublin. April 11. (By A. P.l A battle raged for twenty minutes tills morning around the Northwestern Hotel. In the north wull section here, when civilians armed with bomb- nnd firearm- fiercely attacked the hotel, uheie government ntixlliailes are quar tered. One of the n-sililltiug party was killed ami -.vernl wounded, two of them seriously, A number of the auxiliaries are be. lieved to have been wounded during the fighting. The attackers began their nnslntignt n- the ilnckivnrker- were proe Hug to tin ir plan's of employment. Romhs. poison gas missiles and bottles of petrn' weie hurled into the hotel preeiueti.. lifter nhi. Ii rilles nnd revolveis were used fre.'lv from three sides. The nux iliinies. t.tk. u In surprise, sprang m po.nts ..f inn'age, -nine of theni in pn -jinniis mid engaged in a brisk twenty minnie I. nil. until re-eiifnri i-iiients nr -rived Tli' nl'iitkers th. n withdrew. baling it qiiniitiiv nf botub-. (oik Ireland, . ti '. Mi April 11 i P.i A. !M .let. -lint at dm light o: woiii walking ulnng 'l ye ti rdni m . a street n tl 'ns Kllllorej , dp ip d Liter ill the lli'ie. Until nf tl III ill' IlilV. FIRE Fire .l..ts,., l'le-s i:il.htll AT 8TH AND CHESTNUT In I.. !.. I i.. I 1 M I's ! ti liiiildin.'. I" II -l.l I e this niMHi'ii" iv. b . it i I s ..,, , illliVl.tt , s . . t ,1 . .1 ..I 110 ,.. ining .lll-ei 111 of the I otm i ..I nl in I. sti-i.nis pi.olfi.nlil I ii'i 'nek to die. I bet. ire an oi w '.n h i nn.' An t I I Wlls dan age l II III 11 1- 11 en i qinckli I'Miusin-lii .lllinllllteil tn M'tHI. Ill COLD SNAP CAUSES BLAZE Germantown Family Lights Log in Fireplace Fire In Night Result l.liii. I, ii'tini) no the part of Hubert .sqirunnco mid his wife ni cried a serious lire lit then hi. too. ."(H.I (Ynu-ou street,! (ii'imtlliliiwii, enrly tn.hiv Tlie eoh I wcntlier caused them tn light n lire in I the fireplace ju the parlor of the house! last night During the night it is he lled tile file cumiuuiiii llfed Itself to' .oi-t- in tin ellillg. I Tl mp'e were nw likened by -iinikn i ' ii iiriug nlo theii beornnni Sp iianci with Inn Let- of water attacked tin blare while his wife phoned for lire men. The blaze wns finally extlngiiisheii with a loss of $100. DAVIS WARN RK MAYOR B7THCQNGRESS BEG I N S SESSION; FLOOD OF BILLS More Than 1200 Measures In troduced in House as Special Assemblage Opens GILLETT CHOSEN SPEAKER; M0NDELL G. 0. P. LEADER Emergency Tariff to Be Called Up Wednesday Hear Presi dent's Message Tomorrow MISS ROBERTSON CHEERED Bergdoll Probe Resolution Pre sented Senate and Lower Branch Galleries Filled By the Associated Press Washington, April 11. The Sixty seventh Congress nsseinbled''prnmptly nt . noon todny nt the call of President Harding for its first, session, expected now to continue probably until fall. Fxcept for tlie reorganization of the Hoti-e and the usual flood of bills there, todnv's meetings were somewhat per fiinctorv, the Congress marking tim until the leieipt tomorrow of President Harding's first message outlining ills views as to the miiiiy important prob lems before the iiutionnl law makers. This Congress is the tlr-t controlled bv the Republicans to meet under u Re publican ndniinistrntiini in n decade. The Senate previously had been or ganized at its special session which be gan Inst March !, but the House pro cisileil to its organization by re-electing Frederick II. Glllctt. of Massachusetts. ns speaker over Claude Kitchin. nf North Carolina, tlie Democratic candi date. The vote wn- on strictly party lines and Mr. Gillett was elected by an overwhelming majority. Frank W. Mondell, of Wyoming, was re- looted HepuMicnn floor lender, while Representative Kiti bin became the Democratic lender by virtue of Ids nomination for tlie speakership. He succeeds the late Champ Clark. Galleries Applaud .Miss Robertson when Miss AMee M. Ri.brrtsor, Repub- Nearly all of the 4!l," member- werf piesent for the opening. The crowded House galleries luoke into applause liciin, of the second Oklahoma district, tlie onl.v woman member of Congress, mine nu tfie floor. Shi carried a bunch of red roses. Miss Rob. it-nn wa- one of the more than 100 new member-, most of them Republicans, win, answered the first tollciill. Most ot them stood in groups behind Speaker Gillett when he took his plnie to lie snout in. More than IL'iid bills and resolutions, many nt which failed to get through the last s,.-siiui, were thrown into the hi. pp. r'nlig befoie th,- Ilmi-e got under way. There wen un .i a. ivs.dutions in tlie lot. this hi In.' held h.n k to await the view- ot Preside!!' ll.inl.ng Right lit the top nf the ll-t of bills wa- tin- Fnidtiey emergen, i tariff vetoed by Mr Wilson, but brought in nnler aim tin r name, precisely iu its "M form (Vc.t ivithu t. palatum mak ing it eft. -tvo six months ni-tcnd of ton It will l. lulled up Wcilno-dav uiidi r a Iv. J- .b n un piog'nin providing for it- p.i -,IK, , proDnbly by Wednes day night Hi pi i se ui.ii if A.-kcrmitu. of New .let-sei. in in n pr,.pi.-,il i.,r daylight saving in tl,. on .tun tune zone by setting th" .'.i i. iih. ml "lie Imur dur ing the - in un i i ninths. Hl'pre-flinliio I'o-tii. nf t Id if . of. fend ii lie 'i-in- fot the pnyiin'iit of Civil War pi-ii-inii- iiinnthlv instead of pill! lel'ly W ouM Probe lieigiloll ('use I'nlike the opening oi t In- hist Ciin- gll-s. till fe U.'te few II. 1 I st !t loll 1'es- ..luti..ts Tie K.ilni i. -I. bin. .n tor the in. -I g itmn nf tli r-eapi ot Gi'nier i'. i.l.ui.l Beral-dl. the Pliilutlelpliin iitutt iln.lg . now iii Gi i many , was in t o hopper at n o'i, P.. "nic of thv huge numb, r ..f He 1 ii. a.'.- in hot 'i 1 1.. II. us, ami S. unto '..is ii ail to istiibli-h sii-calleil I In-li he, strips" in . u Il llolisi be 'u.1,1 t'le H lillb'li till l.llti Dlllio. inn? s' . s ti. imitlnvi nt HcpuMi. mi tie iii l.l- b. ,ng spni.il ill tb"se -trips of tl.- ivi-i- tbiiti 1 lit lit bills nitro- III. i. in th" House 1 1 Mill wen pi it nte, ivlti'i in t .f the n iiiiiiikIi'i we e old lulls r. nrtn.il . n. ill U..I1 - lll-n were crowdei), the in. n'o. vtetnliiig fur outside of the door- - veuti -eight sfiinti.r- an--wired thi roll . n'l ifter the I'tesident's inflnmiition . nlllng the et a se-nion had been read Two new senators, Peter Nmiicik. .if South Dakota, and I ltd . lllllsillu. t.f New Me.xno, weie swi.ru lu by Yiio l're-iilent Cnolidgc Senators Lodge. th. Hepiiblluin lendei , ami llit'lnnik. Ho luting Dem nflillic bailer, weie minx d bv tin Sen ate i niumittei. to in t with a similar cnllllllittee troll! the lloll-e III lliillfllug Pic-nleiit llurding that ('ongre.s wus (onllniKil no I'liss Tito, tniiiini Oik. Harding Prepares His Message to Congress Washington, April 11 -(Bv A. P i While Congiess was assembling todnv President Harding denied him self to i alters ami worked nn the message he will deliver tomorrow iu person tn n jiunt set. Ion of the Sennte anil 1 louse For iiimii tears Mr. Harding has (inquired his speeches and other doc uments in long hand nml he is fol lowing this custom with his uifssnge, wilting with a lead pencil and turn ing the titil-heil pindtict over to Nte iingiiiphei's. It wns Indicated that the message would not be complete until tonight or po.sjbij tomorrow, . i J. tl m 'Cf Hi ' 'fV 7l'S ;i.ja A J ?M 4 tv :f? ytnigw tsf. ! ,.ft , . , -v rt n ,',.Ul.'ij
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