frfxwwy&i '.r " :'V,t. '.'.f T,- iL, THE WEATHER ' ShQwers tonight and Saturday; somewhat cooler Saturday; Increasing southerly winds. TEMrERATUBR AT KACH g0 llOlU' 12 1 2 3 JWW(H 0(HQ7 7Q 72 VOL. VII. NO. 189 IF II SH Of Too Busy to Discuss "Such Legislation," Which He Won't Approve POINTS TO HIS STAND ON "NO'CHARTER TINKERING" Vares Skidded, but Street Cleaning Amendment May Trick Way Through House ENDANGERED BY DELAY Backers "of Measure Were Drowsy and Put Schomo Across Late Bv n Btaff Correspondent Harrisburg, April 22. Should the Aron bill by any ovll chnnco sneak a dcviou3 way through the House and go before the Gov ernor for approval, Mr. Sproul would refuse to sign It This is the understanding here today, although the Governor himself says, for the public car, that he "will not discuss" this , Aron bill, which would give the Vares a new grip on the street cleaning business in Philadel phia. Mr. Sproul is errtphatic that he has too many important things on his mind to bother nbout "such legislation" as this, and he refers to his message to the Legislature, in which he said there should be "no tinker ing" with the new charter. The Governor plainly means this. fly OEORGENbx McCAIN Harrlsbuig, April 22. It 1b nn axiom In Philadelphia politics that "the or ganization never sleeps." But It Is equally a fact that it some, times gets drowsy and overlooks things, that Is the rase with the Aron bill. It wbk Just thirty-eight hours from the time thcblll was introduced by Sen ator Aron. who comes from "Uncle Dave" Lane's district till It wan rushed through the Senate yesterday afternoon. A place en the House calendar will be secured for It today very probably. Th bill changes the city charter by 'illy two words. The charter uses the word "may" In two places. The Aron amendment makes It read "shall." This Is the way the charter will read If the change Is mado: Provided, That any such work (street cleaning- and ash and rubbish removal) shall be done by contract when authorised by tho Council by a vote of a majority of all tho mem bers elected, etc., etc. Tho Mayor or the Council shall, prior to the first day of August of any year, in vite bids for such work. How Vnro Men Erred " Where tho Varo organization men drowsed was noglect'ng the Introduc tion of this bill until so late In the session. It will have to take a low Place on tho House calendar, and may pot be reached before adjournment ; that !, unless tho bill is "tricked" onto the calender and then, In the rush of. the last hours, It Jammed through when no body In watching. If the charter builders who were so solicitous for the new Philadelphia leg islation oro up to snuff they will have a committee nn guard hero all next week. It will be the easiest tblng for tho yere people to slin something over nnrt In five days undo the work of five lit:"" "' two yer ago. .l.1?. ,ittlc doubt that the repeal or toe full-crew railroad law will be accomplished. May Act Backward One of tho peculiar things that somo times bobs up ot legislative sessions has come to tho front In connection with this bill. It In nn amendment that uu.u noi oniy practically nullify tho repealer, but would give added effect to Continued on rai Twenty. ?olumn One Important Activities in Legislative Session Senate recommits Millar transit bill to pickling committee. This Is tho bill the purpose of which Is to end excessive rentnls paid by P. n. T Co. to underlying companion. Qovernor has dry enforcement bill returned to committee to restore moro of Its teeth, removal of which he bod previously yielded to. House passes bill replacing state Uucatlon Board with a stato educa tion council, Senate passes teachers' salary Increase bill, which now will be signed by tho Governor. Administration bill creating o wel fare department, In which soveral ex istent bodies would bo merged, will bo subjected of conference today and may bo reported out of committee Governor signs sheaf of bills. In H 'n,e '""easing pay of Phtla $2500 tlp,'tavC!, to maximum of inIi0UBlir,aMes, ?rade crossing dim B nn Lfa t JMe 0,'al"o-, Albert B. Illnn, of Lehigh j but the Senato U now expected to pass It and It may beeuu. law. It would cllimnato the crossings In fifty years. "" hundred and thirty bills, nn Proprlatlng $115,853,081. reported to House und passed, for first time. House defeats housing bill advo cated by Bute Chamber of Commerce. Hie general appropriations bill for fV fxJ,enw,.,5 ,H wportwl t House w third reading nnd recommitted to &RW u tn,f,a moro thau -.. iilLls TO GOV. SPROUL aui'sM.HM.kt;,m.titt n.v-.lW-.VK'.,niiyAJ2iaIftiJ1 HODIl TTT 1 IE Entered as flecond-Clm Muter at the Pottofflce. at Philadelphia, Pa, Under lh Act of March I, 1STB - , JOHN W. PATTON DIES Former Penn Professor Served In Council and on School Board John W. Patton, formerly professor In the law department at Penn, diet, last night at his home, 2223 De Laneey street. Mr, Patton, who was born in Phila delphia, In! 1843, was at one time a member of the Board of Education. He also served in Common Council. He was elected from the Tenth ward In 1881 under the auspices of the orig inal ohjmittee of one hundred. Mr. Patton wan in Council until 1880. He was n trustee and elder of .the Arch -Street Presbyterian Church. Mr. Patton Is survived by a widow, who was Miss Florence!. Crew, and by several chlldrenCtfJs?'' Mr. Patton jUWrson of tho Rev. Dr. John rattMPresbyterlan clergy man, of this city.' After spending bis freshman year at Penn no entered Princeton, whera he was graduated in 1803. He studied law at Harvard and in the office of John C. Ilullltt. He practiced law In the Arm name of Hand & Patton. In 1887 he was elected president ot the Mortgage Trust Co. of Pennsyl vania. He resigned In '1800 because of ill Health." In 1897 be was appointed to the new professorship of the practice of law. His first wife was Mary Illacklston, of Mlddletown, Del,, and there survives of this union J. Woodward Patton, Jr., Mrs, Lucius II. Ileers, of New York; Mrs. Schuyler G. Woodhull, of Min neapolis; Henry II, Patton, Jr., of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Henry It. Cart right, Jr., of New York. RnOTlT ARONJN HOUSE Bilf Contractors' Plot to Restore Contract Street Cleaning, Caven Says MAKES HASH OF CHARTER Th Aron bill Is n plot by contractor to force the city back to cleaning its streets by contract, said Director Caven today. Should this measure, which has passed tho Senate and now goes to the House, become n law, it would wipe out one of the.vltal provisions of the city char ter. Mr. Caven went on. "The city today Is cleaning the dis trict bounded by Columbia avenue, South street, and the two rivers for less money than tho lowest bid made by any contractor for the work, nnd It must be. apparent to the nvernge citizen that the work Is being done very much bet ter," Mr. Caven said. "Thore is not a doubt in the minds of the men connected with the bureau cleaning of streets that the municlnnl force Is much more flexible and better able to remedy any defects that exist. For examnle. this Tear thn central sec- tlonof the city Is being cleaned at night cue uiuimi (,'ururr nun 111 iubi yeura, and the department did this as a matter 6f efficiency. "But If the city bad to let the con tract, containing specifications calling for the cleaning of streets In the cen tral section of the city at ntght after May 1, it would not have been possible ns wo have done this year to start In n month earlier. Blow at Efficiency "If the amendment passes it will break down the aim of the Department of Public Works, which Is to build up an efficient organization to take care of the cleaning of the streets In the entire city anil to do the work at the lowest possible cost. The city might he confronted with having to dispose of Its street cleaning plant in ono year and having to buy it back the next, entailing a big los?. . . "The Aron amendment not only af fects street cleaning, but' the very Im portant matter of repairing strcuts. Tin city has just built nn exceptionally good asphalt plant to take care of repairs to streets promptly. In the past the city has been forced to let contracts for street repair work. Street repair con tracts have proven unsatisfactory. 'It is difficult to draw specifications properly In street repair contracts, since there is always a dispute as to the method ot measuring breaks and holes under the contract system. "Aside from this thero is a long de lay In repairing when n serious break occurs In a street, due to the time re quired to draw up such contracts. The building of tho municipal asphalt plant has dono away with all these problem, and the city is now in a position to make rcpnlis to streets an hour after required repairs are reported. 'Tnssuge of tho Aron amendment would be a step backward, which I am sure the cltizons ot Philadelphia, espe cially those who fousht for tho new charter, will vigorously oppoBC." Mr. White Gets Busy Thomas llaeburn White, chairman of the subcommittee on charter of the gen eral charter committee, says he will confer with the Dureau of Municipal Research on tho amendment sponsored by Aron. "Tho bill should not bo passed be cause it destroys the system provided by the charter for handling the street cleaning of tho city," said Albert Smith Fought, a member of the subcommittee. "As a member of the charter committee, I am of the opinion that the bill will not pass the House, and If passed, will bo voted by the Governor. Mr. Sproul Is In entire sympathy with tho purposes of the new charter." Frederick P. Gruenberg. director of the Dureau of Municipal Research and a member ot the charter committee, termed tho Aron bill "an absurdity." The charter as It now stands with re spect to street cleaning Ih a perfect home-rule measure, he said. The pro posed amendment would open the way to "fllmflammlng tho public again nnd again." Councilman Dovelln, nn independent, expressed himself forcibly In urging detent of the bill. He said: "Adoption of tho Aron bill would be a great blow to tho charter. One of the striking advances made by the charter was tho provision allowing the city to do its own street cleaning. It was the first step to got rid of tho contractor Influence in the city government, "If tto bill were passed and ap proved by the Governor It would have the effect )t paralyzing efforts of the Deportment of Pirblle Works and would cause a great loss in connection with tho plant that has been provided for street cleaning." JoIIImI Alnslhs Orchestra voa ovvr heard melody ana pep In combination. Dnoe to It listen to Its at dinner and after the theatre. Ilnterjldclpbla. Chestnut and loth. Jidv. i Euentha it T r.- ,'- COUPLE IN VINELAND Attractive Burglar, Armed and Crafty, Directs Crippled Man to Bind, Gag and Loot HER MOTHERLY INSTINCT ROUSED BY CRIES OF TOTS A woman burglar accompanied by n man who hhd n peg leg attacked Mr. and. Mrs. L. Ashton in their home In Vlneland, N. J., early today, and after binding and gagging them, stole $127 and Jewelry and escaped. Mr. and Mrs. Ashton received slight injuries and are suffering from nervous shock. A description of. the two bur glars has been sent to the Philadelphia and Camden police. Woman Thief Is Young Shortly beforo midnight the woman, who was about twenty-five nnd at tractive, called at tho Ashton home. 522 North Fourth street, and told MrsI Ashton her mother, Mrs. Eye, had met with a serious accident and needed at tention. The woman then left and Mrs. Ashton nrenarcd to leave tho hmiin Mr. Ashton arrived and urged his wife not to go. He said he thought tho mes sage was a trick. Mr. and Mrs. Ash ton then retired. The latter placed $127 under a pillow before going to sleep. Shortly after midnight thero was a knock at the front door. Mr. and Mrs. Ashton answered it together. The woman who called earlier was there; this tlmo accompanied by a man. "You better go to your mother," said the woman, "she needs you greatly." "lea, said the cripple, "you'd better uotn go." Mr. and Mrs. Ashton were about to shut the door when tho visitors drew revolvers. IJoth Were Armed "Don't move a hand," sold the woman or you'll regret It." "Keep quiet," the man added. The woman who appeared to bo di recting tho proceedings, then ordered Mr. and Mrs. Ashton to go up stairs. Husband and wife were forced Into their bedroom. Whilo the woman covered both with her revolver, the man tore sheets ami bound the ban'ds and feet ot the victims. A towel was then stuffed lu the mouth of each. "Toko the man to the back Toom and lock him in," the woman ordered. The cripple obeyed. Y hile Mr. Ashton was being taken to a rea. room, the woman burglar lighted a cigarette and sat down. "J bate to have to bind you." sold the woman to Mrs. Ashton, "but we can't afford to take any chance." Just then two children who were 'in an adjoining room started to cry. Mrs. Athlon moved as though she would like to comfort them. Showed Motherly Instinct "I'll take the gag from your mouth," said the woman, and you tell them everything's all right and to keep quiet. Don't say another word." The gag was removed for u moment and Mrs. Ashton compiled with the orders. The, children then remained quiet. The woman thief then searched every room in the house. She found the money under the pillow and then took K'V'iio! pieces of Jewelry. As the couple were about to depart, the woman took a $5 bill from the roll ot stolen money and left it on a table. The man and woman then left by a rear door. Mrs. Ashton managed to get to the wall and knocked against it with her fjot. Mrs. Mary Schcnley, who lives next door, was aroused and freed the couple. Flee Toward Philadelphia "I think they must have known we had tho money." said Mrs. Ashton, "for they were' deliberate and made no attempt to rbb any one else." The burglars went to Mlllvltle and from there took a tnxlcab to Camden. Chief ot Police Hudson, of Vlneland, traced them there and with the aid of Captain Humes, of the Camden police, nas obtained several clues, it was learned that a pair supposed to be the cripple and girl stopped at a Camden hotel several days ago The couple were In Millvllle Tuesday and registered In a Millvllle hotel as Mr. and Mrs. John mlth, ot New York. Tho man told several persons that he had lost his leg In the war and was now employed as a salesman. TICKLED LADY ASTOR She Tells of Delicate Sheet In Lux urious Country Home London, April 22. Sir Shirley Iienn, who describes himself ns "one of the male members for Plymouth," told an amusing story wben the Karl of Ply mouth was presented with the freedom of the Glaziers' Company. "Lady Astor," he said, "who Is a woman of great courage and nimble wit. once asked me why a certain gentleman had voted with tho Labor party. 'I can't think that he has anything in common with the labor people,' she said. 'He lives in the lap ot luxury and If you go to his country seat he puts you Into beds where the sheets. are so delicate that you are tickled all night with the blankets.' " INDICT NEGRO'S LYNCHERS Nine Georgians Must Answer Charge of Murder Camilla, Ga April 22. (Ily A. P.) Nine indictments hnvo been returned by the county grand jury In connection with the lynching lout January of Jim Roland, a Negro, said 'to be the first such findings in tho stato under what Is known as the "mob violence act." The charges oro murder nnd mob vio lence and all of the Indicted men. ex cept two, have been arrested and re leased on $10,000 bond, to be tried next week. Roland was shot and killed by a mob after he had shot and seriously injured Jason Harrcll, of Grady county. Wit nctKCH. testified before the grand jury, it lu stated, that Harrell wan making some Negroes dance, and that when Roland camo along Harrell tried to make him dance also. Roland, it was testified, refused to dance, whereupon botli pulled their pistols and began fir ing, Harrcll falling badly wounded. ifiS&i&Vt.ttlH'L: COOL WOMAN IF BOSSES ROBBERY OF f ', 'f - , v Bubltc PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 22 1921 Lawyer Dies M. TAYLOR 1'YNK. Widely known lawyer In Now York and director of several Philadelphia corporations victim of pneumonia M. TAYLOR PYNE DEAD Prominent N. Y. Attorney, Wall Known Here, Was 65 Years Old M. Tnvlor Pvnc. nromlncnt Now York attorney, active in the affairs of Princeton Unlversltj. of which he was a trustee, and well known in tnis city as a director of many Inrge corpora tions, died this morning at 203 Madison nvcnnc.'New York, of pneumonia. He was sixty-five years old. Mr. I'yne, a native of New York, was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School. For twelve years ho was general solicitor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Co. lip later withdrew from general practice and for the last few years had been directing the affairs of various large estates. In addition to being n trusteo of Princeton University he was chulrman ot Its graduate school committee, a director of the Lake Carnegie Asso ciation and a trustee of the Lawrence vllle School. Ills home was Drum thwacket, near Princeton. Ho leaves a widow and two sons. TWO BOYS KILLED BY AUTOS Two Other Lads Injured When Struck by Machines Two small boys were killed by auto mobiles and two others berlously in jured yc.itcrdny. The dead are Ray mond Corbctt, four years old, R84li; Woodbine avenue, and Raymond Wal ters, four years old,' 1022 North Uou vler street. Raymond Corbctt was playing near his homo when struck by an automobile driven by H. McChcsley, of 1147 North Sixty-fifth street. Raymond Walters was crossing Co lumbia avenue at Ilouvlcr street, and stepped from behind a westbound nuto mobile Into the path of a vehicle pro ceeding east on Columbia avenue. He was instantly hilled. Arthur I-lnley, twenty-live years old. 1722 North Park avenue, driver of tho automobile, and MdJhesncy are held to await action ot the coroner. Edward Marriott, six years old, 207 1Vf "!nmhrln tW.nr.--2n.na nlnrfntr nt 'Tftcond. street1' and. Columbia avenue when struck by an automobile driven by George Ayllng, .1423 North Hope street. Ayllng Is being held pending the result of hit injuries. Fred C. Romaln. 5014 Master street. was held under $800 ball by Magistrate Uarney, chnrged with running clown Jo seph Connc, nlnriycars old, 004 North Twenty-third street, last night at Twenty-fourth street nnd Pennsylvania avenue. The boy Is In the Medico Chlnirglc.il Hospital with a fractured skull. W. A. L. LAUGHTON DIES Insurance Man, Long Prominent Here, Born In Orkneys W. A. L. Lflughtnn, on insurance man, died yesterday at his home. 252 West Johnson street. His funeral will tako place there at 4 :45 o'clock Satur day afternoon. Interment will bo in Massachusetts,, where Mr. Laughton made bis home before h? came to Phila delphia thirty years ago. Mr. Lnughton had been for many years Identified with tho Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation of Ijondon. He had been manager of the Middle De partment ot the company, embracing New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylva nia, for thirty years. He was bom at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, and came to America when a young man, being first con nected with the company's homo office In Roston. He was sent to Philadelphia to tako chargo ot the business in this department. Mr, LuVghton was n member of St. Mangus Cathedral, Kirkwall, the Union League. Harmony Lodge, No. 42, F. nnd A. M. ; the Consistory, tho Chamber of Commerce and the White marsh Country Club. .He Is survived by his widow. FALLS INTO BRUSH FIRE Aged Woman Trips Over Branch and Plunges Into Flames Harrlsburg, April 22 (ny A. P.) Mrs. Inry Shecsly, eighty-three years old, a retired school tcarhrr of Dauphin, may die from burns received today when she tripped on a branch of a tree and pitched head foremost into a bpish fire. Thj aged woman, who bus lived alone since her husband suddenly disappeared moro than half a century ago, was burping debris from her Mower garden in which she has spent most of her summers. Mrs. Jacob Wlnegnrdner answered her screams, and was burned nbout tho face and arms In pulling her from the fire. She taught in the Dau phin schools more thnn forty years. New Cwtle, Pa., April 22. Mrs. Minnie Douglas, aged fifty -three, died en route to the Shcitango Valley Hoh4 nltal, of burns received this morning" She was alone In the kitchen at her hom(, and passersby, attracted by her screams, found her with her face bur ied In a smaH cot, her clothes ablaze. There was no fire of any other soft found in the room. Arrested as Wire Clipper l Thomas Pechlo, of Carpenter street near Ninth, was arrested last night at Gcrmantown and Highland avenues, and today turned over to the Mont gomery county authorities, charged with clipping copper wire from tele phone lines near Fort Washington. Ho hada bagful of copper wire valued At Ve, BULLETS WHISTLE AS BANDITS LEAD Three in Motorcar Captured After Thrilling Dash Down Broad Street COLD LEAD PIERCES COAT OF ONE; EACH IS HELD Three armed men In a motorcar led police a chase on Broad street early today In which many salvos of shots were fired. The fugitives, George W.ood, twenty eight years, old, TwentyflAit street near Porter; John Dolnnd, thirty years old, Eleventh street near Federal, and Harry-Coons, alias Harry Carly, twenty-one years old, of Darby, wcro ar rested and arraigned before Magistrate Oswald at the Nineteenth and Oxford streets station. The magistrate held them tinder $1000 ball each for a fur titer hearing April 24, so police could trace the car they used and see if It were stolen. Created Disturbance Patrolman Tratnor was approached by a citizen shortly beforo 0 o'clock this morning and told three men In an au tomobile, had been driving through the neighborhood and creating a disturb ance. Tho patrolman caught sight of the men and called to them to halt and for answer one of tbem fired three shots at him, all of which went wild. He ran up to the car and emptied his revolver into the tonncau. One ot tho bullets struck Doland, passing through his overcoat, coat and vest, but not even cutting his silk shirt. Tratnor jumped into a passing ma chine and ordered the driver to pursue the fugitives. They dashed down Ilroad street, the parto'man reloading and firing, and the men in the speeding car ahead returning tho fire. Two Moro Patrolmen Join in Chase Motorcycle Patrolmen Conlcy nnd Boone beard the shots and Joined In tho chase. The three men abandoned their car at ett and Stiles streets and threw their revolvers away. The patrolmen pursued the fugitives on foot. Tralnor caught Doland; the motorcycle men caught the others. Five bandits in a touring cur at tempted to hold un and rob Frederick Gensel and B. S. Weaver, officials of tne 3Imortal Ilulldlng and Loan Asso ciation, in front of the Northwestern National Bank, Broad street and Fair mount avenue late last night. They were outwitted and obtained only a few books. Went to Bank Near Midnight Gensel and Weaver, at the Memorial Association, went to the Jiank shortly before midnight. They summoned Law rence Andrew, tba watchman,- and, fol lowing a regular ctlwtn4ia.nd(;d the re ceipts of the association ."'amounting to about $2100, through a little wicket gate in the grilled droor of the bank. Just as Andrew extended his hand for the money a touring car with five men arrived. Three of tho men remained In the car and the other two drew re volvers and ordered the officials to throw up their hands. Despite the fact that n revolver stared him' In the face Gensel shoved the bag of money into the watchman's hand. The wicket gate closed with n snap with tho money safe inBlde. "THEY WOULD A-ACTING GO" Desire to Appear In Movies Leads Two Youngsters Far Astray Francis and Phillip May. both in their early 'teens, left their home, 15H0 npring Harden street, yesterday after noon and fared forth into tho world to become "movie" stare. At 2 o'clock this morning they were found near a motion picture house at Levering and Mansion streets, practicing tho mlrthmaklng pranks of comedy screen actors. District Detective Green, ot the Mnnayunk station, discovered them by the intermittent blinking of a flashlight which each was UBlns: on the other In imitation of the projector light. Questioned by the detective, they said : "We are planning to make the rounds of all movie houses in town, then we will go out on the road. All the time wo will study the actors wo see. nnd some day we will be like Charlie Chap- Jin. - "And what will your mother think of thntvv ashed Urcen. "She'll Just have to bear it," was tho reply, "lou know a man has got to go out and face the world some tlmo." Their great ambition was not din- pellcd by the presence of the police, for on the floor of the rollroom they con tinued their capers. They will do re turned to their parents todrty. ROBBERS GET $200,000 Armed Bandits Raid Chicago Jew elry Establishment Chicago, April 22. Two armed ban Idts today entered the J. J. Rclngold jewelry concern on the fifteenth floor of a downtown building and, after forc ing the owner nnd a traveling salesman Into a private office, escaped with cash and iowcls valued by the owner at $200,000. Mr. Rcingold nnd I.eroy I'resent, son of the head of a diamond importing company in Rochester, N. Y nnd traveling representative for tho con cern, were the only persons In thn n "when the bandits entered. They were secure! ily bound ami the bandits spent time In rani-neklng the place. some BATTLE RAGES IN" CAFE Customers Attack Chinese Walter, but Land In Cells John R. Walsh and Charles Bates both of Fifty-third street abdve Colum-' bla nvenue, became so provoked at n waiter In a Chinese restaurant, at (1011 Market stieet, last night, that they at tacked him with sugar bowls, knocked him down and kicked him, It Is charged a ho waiter, Wong Leung, was un-' coniciouj, when taken to the West Phil adelphia Homeopathic Hospital. III skull ih believed fractured. Wcish and Bates were held today In $1000 bail each by Magistrate Pricef r m'umj -,y ,-M-"V J frffl" atfv A ,t -JV.S' POLICEWILDCHASE "4fJ IT ' If -i 37'3' S V 'IBiWWi Wf ' '"! ' Off,' ledger Tubtlelied DallV Kltctpt fi'inday Li opyrUM. 1021. by U. S. REJECTS BERLIN PLEA; SEEKS TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW REPARA TION PARLEY America's Stand May Cause Entente to Alter Its Pro posed Course PREMIERS NOT LIVELY TO IGNORE SUGGESTIONS French ' Regret That Hughes' Reply to Teutons Was Not Categorical Refusal ny the Associated! Press London, April 22. Dramatic effort on the part of Germany to Induce tho United States to arbitrate tho repara tions question between Berlin nnd the Entente governments, nnd the refusal of the Washington government to ilt In judgment on the merits of tho vexing problem, hnvo lent new interest to the conference at Lympnc on Snndny be tween Premier Briand, of Franco, and Prime Minister Lloyd George, of Great Britain. The expressed deslro of the United States that there be "an Immedlotr re sumption of negotiations" has brought into the situation a new element, as ic had been popularly supposed the two premiers would merely consider plans for further occupation of German ter ritory, and not a renewal of exchanges between London nnd Paris and Berlin. The new factors entering Into the situation make it probable that Mr. Lloyd George and M. Briand will find themselves called upon to mnke some sort Of answer to the implication in the United States note to Berlin that fur ther negotiations should be commenced. Military Plans Complete It is known that military authorities of France have perfected all plans for the occupation of cities and towns in the industrially important Ruhr dis trict of Germany, and have formulated economic penalties that will be put Into operation when occupation of these plaecB has been completed. Germany, at the same tlmcshe ap pealed to Washington, sent 'n com munication to the Allies rejecting the demand that the gold holdings of the Relrhsbank in Berlin be deposited be fore May 1 in either Cologne or Cobleni ns security for reparation payments. These holdings amounted to 1,001,51)8, 000 marks on April 15. On the other hand, tho German ship ping delegation has reduced by 2,500, 000 tons its estimate of the amount of shipping turned over to the Allies under the ersalllea treaty. Valuation Cut Down The Germans originally asserted that 4,000,000 tons of shipping, valued at 7.000,000,000 gold marks, had been turned over, but she has notified the Entente that an alternative valuation on a lower basis will be submitted soon. Dr. Walter HImolis. German fornlmi minister, will speak in the Reichstag nexr. jionaay or Tuesday, nnd will answer questions ns to the allied de mands and the position taken by the Berlin government. It may be that during his address he will outline the terms Germany will offer the Allies In her nttemnt to avert an Invasion of tho Ruhr region by the rrencn nnn tne enforcement ot nddl tlonal penalties by the Allies Paris. April 22. (By A. V.) French officlnl circles expressed disap pointment today tnat tne American re ply to Germany's request for mediation was not a categoric refusal, oh had been expected here. 'I he regrets were mlti- gated, however, by satisfaction that the United States was displaying an active Interest In the reparations question. The American answer is interpreted here ns an invitation to wcrmnny to resume negotiations with the Allies. It is thought thut the communication in dicates that the United States will not continue the conversation with Gcr mnny on this subject except In accord with the Allies. Secretary of State Hughes is understood in authoritative quarters here to have assured Am bassador Jusscrand to this effect. Germany's appeal to Washington caused little surprise here. It had bpen more or less anticipated, and was taken as evidence thnt Berlin had reached the limit of her powers of resistance. Absolute confidence thnt "America Cm Continued un t'asr Twrntr. Column Five ARMED ROBBERS STEAL $5000 FROM CHAUFFEURS BUFFALO. N. Y April 22. SeVenty-flve chauf fours weic held up in their clubrooms hero 'early today by four aimed men and lobbed of S5000. Tho robbers escaped in nn automobile. U. S. MAY PARTICIPATE IN PERU'S CENTENNIAL WASHINGTON, April 22. The United States would be lep rcsentod by a commission nt the coming- centennial colcbintion of Peruvian independence under n resolution reported fnvoinbly by the Sennt foreign relations committee on recommendation of Pi ehident Harding. SMALLPOX SHIP QUARANTINED AT NEW YORK NEW YORK, April 22. The French stenmer Itoussillon from Havre wns held nt quarantlno today after the ship's officers had reported death of a child from smallpox April 20. The 17S steer age passengers were transferred to Hoffman Island for vaccina tion and observation. 14 HORSES ARE RESCUED Man Aided by Patrolman Takes Animals From Burning 8table Fourteen horses wero saved from death last night in a fire that partially destroyed a stable at the rear of tho house of Alexander Medley, 704 North Forty-fifth street. Medley was looking out of a win dow in hls'home when he noticed smoke Issuing from the htahle. He called Pa trolmun Johnson, of the Forty-second district, and the two succeeded In re moving the fourteen horses stabled there. The loss to the building was bout ?1COO. . (fou fluhirrlntlon Prlc IA a Tear by Wall, Public r.dtr Company Secretary Hughes Noto Replying to Berlin The text of (Secretary Hughes' an swer to Germany4 reparations plea follows: "This government coultf not agree to mediate tho question of repara tions with n view to acting an um pire In Its settlement. Impressed, however, with the seriousness of Uc issues Involved as they affect the whole world, tho Government of the United States feels Itself to be deeply concerned with the question of obtaining an carly and just so lution. This government strongly desires that there should be an im mediate resumption of negotiations and reiterates its earnest hope that the German Government will promptly formulate such proposals as would present a proper basis for discussion. "Should the German Govern ment take this course, this govern ment will consider bringing the matter to the attention of the al lied governments In a manner ac ceptable to them In order that ne gotiations may speedily be re sumed." BELIEVE 'BIG BILL' IS HIDING IN U. S. FOR MAY DAY PLOT Federal Agents Comb Radical Cen ters for I. W. W. Secretary Chicago, April 22. (By A. 1M Federal officials today announced they were requesting exhaustive investiga tions of Headquarters of radicals in various cities throughout the country in tho belief that "Big Bill" Haywood, I. W. W. chief, reported yesterday to have fled to Russia, was being con ccoled in this country in connection with alleged plnns for a May Day demonstration. Application for fnll pardons for four I. W. W.'s convicted in Chicago with Haywood were made today to the De partment of Justice by their counsel, Harry Weinberger, of New York. The department was told there "was not a scintilla of evidence" to show that the four men were guilty of vlolntlon of the esplonuge net or of conspiracy to ob struct the draft. The men arc Charles Ashlclgh, of Now York; Jack Law, of Pittsburgh; Vln rent St. John, of Chicago, and Gio vanni llnldazzl. of New York. Haywood, who disappeared just as lie .was about to bcglu a twenty-year penitentiary sentence for obstructing this country's war activities, must sur render by Monday or his bonds will he forfeited and he officially will become a fugitive from Justice, the United Stntis district attorney's office announced to day. "Big Bill" was out under bond of $15,000, nnd under the law double thnt amount had to be scheduled by Iiif bondfmen. William Brnss Lloyd, wealthy member of the Communist La bor party, scheduled $20,000 and the bnlnnco was furnished by several per sons. I. W. W. lenders yesterdny received word that Haywood had reached Russia, but they said they believed he had gone on a personal mission. Efforts are being mado to reach him by coble. NO AGREEMENT BY JURY Fall to Decide InConspJracy Case In volving Three Men Tho jury that yesterday heard the tes- ' tlmony in the case of three men accused of conspiracy to rob a tailor shop at ,1220 West Moyamcnsing avenue report- ' ed to Judge Shull In Quarter Sessions ' Lourt tills morning they had been un I able to reach a verdict and were dis charged from further consideration ot the case. It was charged the defendants, John Mornn, 2231 South Fifteenth street, George Boynton and John Garvey, of the Y. M. C. A. branch at Thirteenth nnd Shunk ntreets, confided their con spiracy to rob the tailor shop to Mount ed Pntrolmnn John McCIosky, of the Fourth street and Snyder avenue sta tion, nnd promised him a rewurd for protection. The hearing of testimony wns completed lute yesterduy afternoon and the Jury retired to deliberate. Court was adjourned until this morning. THREE DEAD IN AUTO CRASH Three Others Injured When Train Hits Car on Grade Crossing .Montreal, Quebec, April 22. (By A. P.) Three persons were killed and three others injured when their auto mobile was struck late lnxt nlcht liv n southbound Delaware and Hudson Rail way train at Hughes Crossing, near La colle. Tho dead are Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Bcaudln, of this city, ami their Infant granddaughter, Leoun Blair. The child's rarehts nuil a friend, the other occu pants of tho car, were not seriously iujured. JVbn you think of wrltlnr, think ot WIIITINO-Mltfv, 4 ' ...(;& it NIGHT EXTRA PRICE TWO .CENTS Harding, Refusing to Mediate; Stresses "Just" 'Solution In Suggesting Now Discussion ALLIES MAY STRIP FORMER ENEMY OF HER ASSETS Victors Likely to "Throw Gem many to Wolves" for Own Restoration ' By CLINTON W. OILnERT Staff Correspondent livrnlnr Puhlte I.rd(nnT Covvrioht, lilt, bv FubHo Ledger Co. Washington, April 22. The United States, In a prompt reply to Germany's appeal to President Harding to act as mediator between Germany nnd tho Al lies on tho question of reparations, re fused tho request, but expressed tho hope that the German Government would present proposals ob a basis for the renewal of negotiations. The American note is taken here to Indicate not only the government's de sire to see the reparations question re opened, but a wish to participate In a conference with tho Allies and with the German Government upon it. Mr. Hughes speaks of obtaining nn early and just solution. The adjective "just" has repeatedly been applied by both President Hard ing and Secretary Hughes to the sub ject of reparations. But there has been no disclosure of what this government regards as Just reparations, what criti cism it makes, if any, of tho sum which the Allies arc now trying to collect of Germany by the militnry measures which they arc now planning nnd which involve nn advance nnd occupation of the Ruhr coal region nnd of the indus trial cities of which It is the base. For the sake of a better understand ing of the situation it Is necessary to recall that the treaty fixed a -certain basis of reparations to be worked out In detail and applied later by tho rep arations commission. At n conferenca held in Paris some months ngo the Su prrme Council, using the figures pre pared by the reparations commission, demanded of Germany the payment of about $.-"1,000,000,000 over a period of forty-two years, plus a levy of 1214 ner cent yearly upon Germany's total ex ports. Could Not Legally Collect Germany at a conference held In London refused to agree to pay this amount. As the treaty made repara tions pnyoblo In thirty years, nnd as tbo Allies spread them over forty-two years, the nmount fixed nt Paris and subsequently demanded nt London could not legnlly be exacted. Threfore, ,the Allien fell back upon the basis which Germany agreed to In tho treaty, which Involves n larger sum than thnt fixed at Parin and rejected by Germany, to be pnld In thirty years. In place of tho export levy of 12V4 per wiit. both England and Franre have, bj domestic legislation, lnld an import duty of r.0 per cent upon all German goods coming Into their territories. This creates nn Impossible situation. Germany is asked to pay an enormous nmount of money and nt the same time n prohibitory tax is levied upon Ger man goodK Imported by her creditors. As the trenty contemplated nn adjust ment of reparations by the reparations commission, in the light of Its inves tigntlons. in a sense reparations still re main to bo fixed, although the Allies have legal authority In the treaty for proceeding as they nre proceeding. Mr. Hughes' words, "a just solu tion," are not, therefore, to be taken as a criticism of tho work of the Paris' and the London cnoferences which fixed $.1(1.000.000.000 plus the 12 per cent levy so much us n criticism of the fail ure to agree upon un equitable basis of settlement such nw the Versailles Treaty It-o'f contemplated. No Definite Opinion on Total Sum A to the amount of reparutlonH which Germany can nnd should pay It is doubtful If Mr. Harding and Mr Hughes have a definite opinion. During tho latter port of the Wilson administration Normnii Davis, who wuh umlei secretary of state, had been one of the economic advisers of the American delegntlon to the Pence Conference. Mr. Davis hud settled views. He regarded tho $.-.0,000,000,000 fixed at Parih and Lon don as excessive nnd beyond Gcrmany'H ability to pay. He regarded the 12', per cent levy ns Improper, since It tend ed to clone the mnrKets of the world to (Sermnn goods. His iutlucuco upon the present ad ministration was nothing more than to suggest certain doubts In Mr. Hughes' mind. In general It is be lieved hero that A.--. Hughes inclines to plnce ut a higher figure both Ger many's obligation to jmy und Ger many's capacity to paj than did Mr, Duvis mul the WlUmi admlulMtratlon. But as Mr. Hughes expert h thnt tho Cunllnunt on I'.ise Twt-nU. Culuian MIX Todays Developments at National Capital Nnval bill appropriating $,I!H1,000, 000 for construction of capital ships and reducing personnel of imvy re ported to House. Representatives of Importers at tacked currency revaluation provisions of emergency tariff bill before Senate finance committee. A m w ,)& ycrcf VJit
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