. j , Vrr?j r-P v-ii Euenma jtufalic e&$er THE WEATHER Oenernlly fair tonicht, probably fol lowed by showers Wednesday? con Untied warm; gtntlo variable wind. TioirKhATttnB at KArif noun ' NIGHT EXTRA fS .0,110 11 1 12 I T2 j4 J I ' 'Till HK1 Hl.i 1111 T,i 170 77 VOL. VII. NO. 192 ISnUrtd Sccond-Claia Matttr at the Poitofllco. at Philadelphia. Pa. Under lh Act of March 8, 1879 PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1921 Published Dally Except Sunday, Bubecrlptlon Price 10 a Tear by Wall. X'oprrlKht. 1021, by I'ubllo Idirer Company PRICE TWO CENTS SPEAKER SPANGLER OUSTED AND WHITAKER SEATED Ousted Official, Pale and Trembling, Repulsed by State Police in Effort to Regain Chair ,pa( uwh-"'' GOVERNOR'S DEFEAT, OF GRUNDY IN HOUSE SPLITS STATE G. 0. P. Party Rent in Twain as Faction Fight Breaks Out STATUS OF PENROSE IS SERIOUS QUESTION . Senator Apparently in Sympa thy With Side That Suffered 'Crushing Defeat FATE OF KNOX IN BALANCE Governor's Victory Will AffecJ Federal Patronage and Fu ture Election Situation By GEORGE NOX McCAIN narrisburg, April 26. Tho great- split in the ranks of the Republican party in its history has been precip itated within the last eighteen hours.. The House of Representatives this morning by 131 votes twenty-seven more than a majority unseated Robert S. Spangler a leador of tho Grundy-Oliver faction, which has had the support and sympathy of Sen ator Penrose!1 and cfected Major Samuel A. Whitaker, of Chester, an out-and-out Sproul man, in his stead. This is tho first time in the history of the Legislature that such a thing has been done: The crisis was precipitated by the events of the preceding night, when Speaker Spangler declared the House adjourned at 12:15 a. m. with out taking a vote, in facq of the op position of the majority of tho .mem bers. House Hoars Spangler Trouble wns anticipated thin morn ing ns the outcome, but it did not ma terialize. Speaker Spunsler appeared on the floor of the House nt 11 :05 and de manded to speak on n question of per sonal privilege Tho newly elected speaker, , Major Whitaker, was in the chair, tho House bavins decided at 1 :20 last night, after electing Major Whitaker speaker pro tem., to recess till 10 o'clock this morning, Mr. Spangler malic an Impassioned address, defending his) course ns speaker for the last four months. He denounced what he termed the course of Intimida tion and bosslsm pursued by the ad ministration nnd declared that be had nothing to apologize for or regret. After attempts to expunge from the records all proceedings of the House under the new regime, which were voted down by large majorities, the House settled down to work. There are all sorts of rumors of legal proceedings to nullify the action of the Majority. Injunctions nndi appeals to the courts In the vnrlous forma arc being discussed. These dispatches to the EVEXINti Pi'ittio Lkuokii have for days past In dicated the present outcome. The at tempts of the minority under the direction of Joseph II. Grimily and Ocorgo S. Oliver to hold up bills In committees controlled by their adher ents, nnd the openly expressed deter mination of the Sproul ndmlnhtrntion majority to circumvent these efforts resulted In the crisis. It was upon the basis that the pro ceedings of last night nnd this morning were irregular, that the anti-administration men sought to overthrow the ttork of the administration majority by nullifying Its action. An Interesting feature of the situation is that every offlccd of the state Re publican committee, with one or two minor exceptions, was behind the nctlon in unseating Mr. Spongier. The Senate last night nnd this morn ing virtually suspended Its sittings, the senators crowding into the House, Mgerly attentive to the sensational events that were transpiring. Chairman Now a Witness Republican State Chairman Senator Crow occupied a prominent scat among the administration followers in the House. Senator Max- Leslie sat with the Allechenv iloloirntlnn. Chief Clerk Thomas Carvln, nn attache of the state committee headquarters, acted as chair, man of tho House before It called Major Whitaker to the chair. Moves for Sproul were watched from the executive chamber during tho day and messengers kept the Governor Sojted on the events ns they proceeded, t Is said that n detachment of the state poiico wero In waiting in their hend quarters, prepared for any outbreak of wnysicni violence that might occur. Dramatic Scene In House The most dramatic scene fnl'owed Vt blinker's election Spnngler asked question of personal privilege and m in iront of tiic ilesK mnilc an Impassioned defense of his Mnnd which led tho majority to declnro his office vacant. This Is tlut unprecedented result of the most dramatic series of episodes Continued on ran flU. Column mt The Drama in the House Pictured in Brief Summary Grundy-Oliver forces, outvoted by Sproul-Crow men, declaro adjourn ment at ie:07 a. m. arid Speaker Spangler leaves chair. Sproul-Crow men instantly seize reins, elect Major Samuel A. Whit aker, -Sproul man, speaker pro tem, and rush administration bills out of "pickling vat." These meas ures includo Governor's welfare bill and Leslie nonpartisan re pealer. , N House is reconvened at 10:10 o'clock this morning, fifty minutes ahead of schedule, office of speaker is de clared vacant, and Major Whitaker elected to succeed Spangler. Spangler appears at 11 o'clock tries to take thp speakcrVchair, and is turned back by his successor and by state police. Spangler, pale and trembling, is permitted to address the House nnd says he would rather quit Legislature than to bo told by ctut sido influences what to do in House. Hess; Lancaster, moves to expunge everything'on minutes from 12:15 a. m. until 10. Motion fails. McVickJr, Allegheny, attacks pro ceedings as illegal, and Walker, Philadelphia, upholds them ns le gal. House proceeds with regular busi ness, with Grundy-Oliver men re maining, despite contentions of illegality. This legislative earthquake splits stato G. O. P. wide open, threatens prestige of Senator Penrose ond will havo unquestionable effect on approaching election of United States senator, for which Senator Knox is an acknowledged candi date. POLICEMAN'S ACCUSER HELD Man and Three Others Under Ball In Robbery Case Frank Ilrennan, Dorrnnee street near Moore, who recently licensed l'atrolmnn Montague, of the Twentieth nnd But tnnwnod streets station, of highway robbery, wus held today on a charge of entering tho drygoods store of Joel Wcln, Eighteenth nnd Moore strcct, on March 20. Kremiaii tcstlfled before the police trial board several weeks ngo that MmH tngue bed held him up while in plain clothes. An Investigation exonerated the patrolman. ... Ilrennan today was arraigned before Magistrate Dougherty, in the Fifteenth street nnd Snyder nvenuc station, with Michael Avalone, Mole street near Moore; Matthew Dougherty, Wntkins street near Moore, and Anthony Paran 7ano, Uroad street near Jackson. All wero held In $000 ball each for a further hearing May 1 after testimony wns heard w lileh' tended to connect them with the theft of $000 worth of dry i:6ods from Wclsa' store. CONFESSES KILLING 2 SONS Declares He Obeyed "Communica tion" From Dead Wife San Fnwclsco, April 20. (Ry A. P.) Following n confession by John Cornyn that he- hnd shot and killed his two sons, Arthur, seven, nnd Andrew, eight, the bodies of the boys were found last evening In the hills several miles from here. Cornjn. who recently was released from a state lioipltnl, appeared at the police station, his clothing covered with blood, to tell the authorities of his uct. Ho obtained tho boys from an or phanage. According to the police, be mid he nad been "In communication" with his wife, who died a year ago, nud that she "had asked him to send all nt their live children to her." Cornyn was mid to-hoo attempted to obtain pos session of two of the remaining three children after the shooting. FALLS DEAD IN RESTAURANT Riverside Man Dies After Drinking Glass of Milk John L. Tuohy, fifty years old, of Riverside. N. J., fell dead early touay In the Palace Restaurant. 3-12 North Eighth street, while drinking a glass of Tuohy entered the place about 12:30 o'clock. He slid from a rjialr to the floor after he had tasted tho milk he ordered. The body was taken to tho Hahnemann Hospital nnd then to the morgue, FIRE SCARE AT R. R. STATION Burning Paper Under Platform of P. R. R. Depot at Brldesburg A stray piece of newspaper which caught' liro under tho platform of the Ilridrsburg station of the Pennsylvania Itnllrnad at 0:30 o'clock lust night caused nlnrm among watting train pas sengers. Koiiin jme shouted that the station wns on 'ire nud turned In an alarm. Iteforo tho engines arrived, However, a railroad employe seised a fire bucket and extinguished tho blaze. No damage was caused. V ACCEPIS DEFEAT AS IMPASSIONED PLEA IS GREETED COLDLY New Presiding Officer Is Pro tected by Guards as Pre- decessor Enters LEGALITY OF MIDNIGHT SESSION PUT IN QUESTION Bu a Staff Corretpondtnt Harrisburg, April 20. Representa tives of state police turned back Robert S. Spnngler when be sought today to tako therchnlr of speaker of the House, from which he has been deposed. Repulsed not only by the stato police, but by the new speaker, Samuel A. Wbltagcr, and by the scrgennt-at-arms, Spnngler, who nppeared In tho House nt 11 o'clock, was turned back at the very steps leading to the chnlr be bad so lately occupied. Trembling, pal, Spangler Wheeled nbout an though to leave. Suddenly ho turned again. "Mr. Speaker," said Mr. Spangler, thereby recognizing Speaker Whitaker, "I demand the right to ptesideovcr the House." As he spoke Spangler raised his right hand and strodo toward the chnlr. "In reply," snid Mr. Wbltnker, "I ylll ny that, in accordance with the rules nnd lnw of the House, the office of speaker has been '''declared vacant nnd a new speaker elected. ' Demands Right (o Talk Swaying with suppressed emotion, shortly to break out In nn Impassioned speech. Spongier again railed his bnnd to Speaker Whitaker. "I rise," said Spangler, "to n ques tion of a pcronal privilege concerning thin assembly." "Second reading!" was the shout from nil over the House, us If to (dint out tho former speaker. Rut Mr. Spongier was recognized by a'Ti Whitaker. , He stalked to the space between the seats of the members nnd the rostrum. Walking up and down, with bonds be hind his back, Spnngler began bis ap peal to the "Independents" of the House, nnd concluded with n declara tion that he would abide by the deci sion of the chamber. Declares He Wns Fair 'I more than any ono regret the un fortunate situation in which wo of the House have found ourselves," he said. "Ah speaker, I havo tried to be fair as I pledged myself nfter my election. Reforc tho appointment of commltnecs wns announced they were submitted to the state chairman and the Gov ernor and O. K.'d. Whenever there was opportunity to help and assist any one, I have been ready. During the last week of parliamentary squabble, when every ruling wus made accord ing to parliamentary lnw, you members sustained me. Is there a member who can say I wan unfair? Is there n member hero who can say my treatment of him was anything disgraceful It is necessary for the speaker to preserve the dignity und Integrity of the House. I have tried to keen this legislative body Independent. AN hen, a Legislature today permits itself to be bulldozed and intimidated a crisis has n risen in re publican government, I had ten thou sand times rather go down to defeat than permit any clique of bosses to crush me. Have you been free agents or have threats been made to Intimi date you? .Telia of "Threats" "I have received complaints of In terference; Just recently a mail told me his appropriations had been threatened unless be reported n bill out of com mittee. Even the secretary to the Gov ernor came to the rostrum ond wanted me to declare myself on how I would iicciuc a point or orucrv "Republican irkucs are at stake. The House must either assist its Indepen dence or recognlzo certain bosses de termined to put two measures through no matter what harvpens. These bosse rare determined to put through these two measures (nonpartisan repealer anil welfare) even if they have to blow off the dome of the Capitol," Speaker Whitaker ordered Ids re marks Incorporated In tho record. Representative Hess,' Luncaster, raised the point of illegality of the pro ceedlogs of early this morning, when Wbltnker took the speaker's chair and Continued on Pair Nix, Column Thrro House Action Must Stand, According to Precedent After John R. Farr left the speaker's chair In the exciting sit uation of 1800, when tho Legisla ture was deadlocked on the election of M, S. Quay, the House next day stood by the record. It wns main tained that the Houso could nbt go behind the record. Tho question wns raised again re peatedly during the session of 1001, when Speaker Marshall, after many sharp practices had been resorted to, ntno'inccd that "you cannot go be hind the returns of the House," And on appeals from his decision the House supported Marsha.ll, who wns elected by the barest of majori ties and in the closest of situations. In Legislative Row iDHFsSSS88sH ROBERT S. SPANGLER SAMUEL A. WHITAKER Representative WhltaJier was chosen speaker pro tem of the House last night In a wild sceno after Speaker Spangler had arbitrarily adjourned the session and quit the chair BRITISH RAIL MEN DIRECTED NOT TO HANDLE COAL Union Order Attempt to Starve Na tion, Says Sir Eric Qeddet London, April 20. (Ry A. 1'.) The National Union of Rnilwny Men hns instructed Its members not to bundle coal from colliery sidings or from over seas, Sir Eric (Icdden, minister of transportation, announced in the House of Commoim todny. He chaiactcrlzed the order as n grave step. Such coal, the minister said, was ab solutely necessary to the lift of the com munity, as It wns needed to produce a fair minimum for household use nnd to continue the essential public utilities, such ns sewage, water, gns, electricity nnd transport. To prevent thr delivery of such conl, Sir Eric declared, wns un attempt to starve tho notion, nnd no government could allow the nation to bo to co erced. REFEREES ORDER WAGE CUT Cleveland Garment Workers' Pay to Be Reduced After May 1 Cleveland, April 20. (IJy A. P.) Wages in the garment industry here will be reduced 0V6 to 1U V4 per cent, cfTectlvc May 1, under u decision handed down by tho board of referees main tained by the Cleveland (iarment Man ufacturers' Assoclntlou nnd the Inter national Lmlics' Garment Workers' Union. The referees also ruled thnt every regulnr worker shall be guaranteed forty weeks' employment each cnr, to be divided Into two periods of twenty weeks' each, and one week's vacation with pay. The wage reduction is n return to tho scnlu of July, 11)10, und Involves 0000 workers in forty fnrtorles. MOONEY IS SUSPENDED Acting Lieutenant Relieved From Duty Following Charges While Acting Lieutenant Henry R. ' Mooney, of the Twenty-eighth and Rlt ner streets station, was testifying nt Superintendent Mills' olllec today against live patrolmen suspended on the chnrgo of flghtln govcr credit for ar rests of radicals, six poolroom owucrs entered the superintendent's office nnd charged Mooner with bribery. They alleged lie had systematically demanded money from them, threaten ing to close their poolrooms If they failed to "come across." One man said Mooney had misappropriated n pig which hnd been placed In n poolroom window for advertising purposes. Suerintcndent Mills suspended the acting lieutenant nnd ordered him before the Civil Service Commission for trial. Ho then detailed Sergeant- John J. Mul len, o fthe Twelfth nnd Pine streets sta tion, to Succeed Mooney iik acting lieu tenant of the Twenty-eighth and Rltuer streets station. Ho Instructed him to "strnlghteu tho district out legardb'ss of political al legiance," declaring the district wnlt badly demoralized 'and "utterly dlsor gaulncd." WOMAN, SEES DROWNING Man Falls From Skiff at Pleasant . vllle Trying to Set Sail Atlantic City, April 20. Bridge i rimer i.vvi inim laie yesicrdav aft ernoon nnd this morning with h'ls son dredged the bottom of the Thorough fare under nnd nenr the second bridge of the Plensautvllle boulevard in on effort to recover the bodv of a man seen to plunge from n skiff. The lxiat wan picked up and a hat was found in It. Mrs. Trtiltt. wife of the bridge tender, said she saw the man fall from the boat. He bad taken down the mnst and rowed under tlm bridge. When be reached the other side he stood up nnd was re placing tho mast and sail, when ho seemed to trip nnd went overboard. He made a struggle to reach the craft but failed. " d CLERK SHOT IN BACK AS HE FLEES POLICE HE BELIEVED.THUGS Employe In Bourse Near Death Following Accidental Discharge of Patrolman's Gun SERGEANT AND 2 OFFICERS DRESSED IN PLAIN CLOTHES Ernest Taylor, twenty-six years old, 8.15 North Fourth street, the only son of a widowed mother, wns shot so se riously that ho Is likely to die, when he ran this morning from three patrolmen In plain clothes whom he mistook for highwaymen, Peter Osmnn, patrolman of the Third street nnd Fnlrmount avenue station, who fired n bullet which pierced the youth's lung, wns nrrested and given a hearing this mornlni In his own station house before Magistrate Magncr. He wns paroled In tho custody of Lieuten ant Sttckel for n further henrine Mnv 3. 0man, In his own defense, said tho shot which Injured the victim wus fired accidentally when he tripped over n curbstone us he reached to grab Taylor. This story was corroborated by Patrol man Edward T. Davis, who was on duty with Osmnn when the shooting occurred nt 2 o'tlook this morning. Makes Ante-Xlortem Statement Taylor Is In the Children's Homeo pathic Hospltnl, where he Was rushed ry tne patrolmen niter the shooting. He made nn nnte-mortem statement to ,n notary public. The surgeons say that lnyior s condition Is serious. The story of the shooting ns the victim viewed it Is known for the present only to the notary. It wns not brought out nt the hearing before the magistrate. His family, however, nnd friends believe he mistook tbfl patrol men, who accosted him nt Third nnd Noble streets, ns he wns walking home early this morning, for highwaymen, nnd only ran the faster when they shouted nfter liim and tired. Ho Is employed ns a clerk in the Philadelphia Rourse. His mother, Mrs. Emma Tnylor. who lives with him at the house on North Fourth street, also Is employed part of the day In the Rourse. Young Taylor Is widely known In his neighborhood ond bears an excellent reputation. He is n mem ber of St. Paul's Germnn Lutheran Church, North American nnd Ilrown streets, of which the Ilev. George von Rossc is pnstor, and nn active worker In the church Sunday school. Those who know hint say bis only diversion was to go occasionally to dances, nnd It Is believed he wna returning from one of these, walking because he did not care to wait for n night line enr, when be wns accosted by the patrolmen. Patrolman Telia Story Patrolmun Osmiin, who admitted doing the shooting, and Patrolman Ed ward T. Davis, testified nt the hearing todny before Magistrate Magner. Davis said that he nnd Osmnn, with Sergeant Hogan, had been sent out in plnln clothes to watch for radicals trying to spread Bolshevist literature. It was about 2 o'clock, Davis'tcsti fled, when they saw Taylor walking north on Third street, and decided to accost him. "I threw back my coat and showed him my badge when he came near," wild Patrolman Davis, "just so thre wouldn't be nny mistake. I told him to holt. Instead of dolm- mo 1m u,,,llml ind walked on. We followed nnd cnlled to mm to- stop, instead of obeying he took to his heels nnd ran. We followed after him." Patrolman Osmnn. when sworn In bis own defense, agreed with this version of tho story. He said : "Wo fired In the nlr scvernl times, thinking, it would frighten the man and bring him to a stop. Instead he kept right on running. 1 hnd my revolver in my hand. I wns catching up with him. and as I got within a few feet I reached out to seize him. I hud my revolver in the other hand. As I reached I tripped aud fell just behind him. The full set the gun off, aud the bullet went Into his back. He dropped, und Officer Dnvis nnd I picked blm up nud sent him to the hospital. I hnd no Intention of shooting blm, and It was purely an ac cident." The Injured youth's mother tnlkcd with her son for a few minutes in the hospital today. "He told me he had been to a dance In Camden," Mrs. Taylor said. "When he reached Third and Noble streets, lie saw two men standing under nn awn ing at the corner, "My son said he suspected the men might be bandits. As be passed he said one of the men shouted : 'Hold up.' This led him to believe they were goln to rob him nnd be replied, 'Nothing doing,' nnd ran as hard ns he could, "Then my son said he felt n sharp pain nnd heard a shot and he fell down." CRAIG'S DAUGHTER APPEALS Fight for Share of Estate to Su premo Court Mrs. Edith Craig Werner, 4700 Ones ter nvenuc, whose claim for a share in the estntc of Hugh Craig, Sr.. was re jected yesterday by Judge Thompson in the Orphans' Court, bus instructed her counsel, Judge W. W. Porter, to carrj the case to tin Supremo Court. Judge Porter said today thnt a strung dissenting opinion made the case look favorable, "It Is louhtfiil If It will come up before next Jnnuary," haid Judge Porter, but I feel confident of tho i ii iconic." Mr. Crnlg wns prominent socially in Philadelphia aud n iiU'liiber of tho First City Troop. Mrs. Werner, knowing Mm ns (ier father, endeavored to prove that a common law marriage existed be tween him and her mother, ' Jolllrat Rinsing OrchtMr. ion ovrr hrar melody and ii In comblnttlnn. Dane to n Msttn V III at rtinnor and atltr Ih. ihantra, Uiil.l AuVlphlu, Climlliui utui 131U. Aitt. New German Proposals Open Way for Parleys Note to President Makes Favorable Impres sion at Washington Issue Revolves Around Juggling on Reparations IJy CLINTON W. OILIIKUT HtnfT Corrrspondent Kvrnlnr I'nlillr I.riUrr CotvrlaM, 1DH III t'ubllc Ltilger Co. Washington, April 20. It Is officially announced thnt the German note has been received nnd Is under considera tion. Presumably It Is being discussed In the cabinet meeting. It is generally believed here that the note will lead to a reopening of nego tiations with regnrd to reparations ond that this country will sit in tho new negotiations. The circumstance recnll the notes exchanged between President Wilson nnd Germany preceding the nr mlstlcc, except that tills time the Pres ident In keeping the allied powers up prised of the steps he Is taking. At that time one note succeeded nn other until finally Mr. Wilson obtained from Germany the concessions he de sired. In this case, If tho note now here Is tiot wholly satisfactory, Ger many will be told so. nnd n further communication- invited. In the eud, If she has not nlrcody, Germany will iiinicc a proposition which will become a basis of new negotiations. In this sense it Is safe to say that negotiations will bo resumed. Expect Harding to Consult Allies The expected course with regnrd to the present note, unless It' proves dls- clearing up, Is forPrcstdcnt Harding to I consult with England, France and Italy about Its acceptability US a basis of AMBLER ACTS ROLE OF WAT TRIAL Smiles at Women Jurors Bring Quick Challenges From Tau lane in Bank Case TALESMEN FINALLY PICKED Charles A. Ambler's attempt to "vamp" two women cnlled for jury Kcrvlce when his trial opened here to dny led to swift challenges from the commonwealth. The trlnl of the former state insur ance commissioner nnd former speaker of the House of Representatives opened at 11:12 o'clock before Judge Henry on' nrrests of scores of radicals throughout charges linked with the North Penn 'the city last night. Bank crash. According to the story of Acnting Ambler, jaunty, plnk-complexioned Lieutenant Mooney. of the Twenty- and smiling, looked up quickly when ! eighth ntfd Rltner streets stntion, John Miss Mnrgnret Glnsgoe, twenty-three McGoldrlck. one of tho patrolmen, tired years old. lilllll Maytiroolc avenue. 1 1 member of tiie jury panel, wns called for Interrogation. The defendant smiled broadly at the young woman. She looked directly intu his cos for about two seconds, then smiled in response and turned her bcud nwn. "Challenged peremptorily," cnlled out .Wistant District Attorney Joseph II. Tnulane. Tries It Second Time Ambler's smlle which was in evi dence for every talesman called, grew broad again when Miss Itose Grcenburg, twenty-two years old, 322.r Fontaine Mrrct.'wnH called. The young woman had a cold and could speak only in n whisper. Mr. Taulane showed solicitude for Miss Greenburg's cold. He Miggcsted that perhaps it would inconvenience her if she served on the jury. Replying through a court officer, who relajed her 'ontlnunl on I'ltur Tno, Column Mi JUDGES RESERVE DECISION IN M'COACH SUIT Judges Barratt nnH Rogers reserved decision today following: n hearing in the suit of former Police Captain David McCoacli to get his position back. McConch was found guilty by the civil seivice trlnl bonrtl last year of charges of permitting vice and gaKibling In his district, and ordered his demotion to a lieutenant GERMANY ASKS THAT PENALTIES BE REMOVED BERLIN, April 26. Germany, in her new reparations pro posals, declares that the present proposals are only capable of being carried out if the system of penalties now in force is dis continued forthwith. She insists that she be freed of all unpro ductive outlays now imposed on her, and be given freedom of tntdc. JUDGE SWING, OF OHIO. DIES OF PARALYSIS TJINClUNATI, April 20. Peter F. Swing, formei judge of tho Circuit Couit ot Ohio, died here last night, following- a stioke of painlysls buffeied two week's ago. He wns seveuty-blx yeais old. Judge Swing berved on the bench from 1885 to 1015. WOOD'S SHIP NOT ARRIVED Wenatchee Believed to Have Been Retarded by Fog Yokohama. April 2(l.-ill A. P.) The Antci una steamer Wcnatcliee, which recent l suffered engine tioubh nnd is being towed into poit by t',e steamer Edmore, although expected at the breakwater brie at 2 o'clock this morning, had not arrived up to T :'M) n, in. It Is presumed the ismIh have been retaided by tin heavj fog hanging oer the hn). ' Major General Leonard Wood, who Is on his way to the Philippines to In vestigate conditions for President Hard ing, Is aboard tho Wenntchec. negotiations. If they arc ready to ne gotinte upon It, this country will trans mit the German proposal to them, prob ably without reeommendntions, nnd leave it to them to reopen negotiations nt which this country will be repre sented. If tho unofflclnl reports from Rcr lln ns to the nature of the Germnn pro posals nre borne out by the examina tion of the note Itself. It is believed here thnt the way is now open to re newed negotlntlnus without further ex chnngc of commuulcutinns between Washington nnd Berlin. The nmnuut which the Gcrmuns sn.v they are offer ing differs by so little from the amount the Allies demanded nt Pnris thnt It ran hardly be dismissed without con sideration. But. nfter nil, ns at the London con ference, there is great room for differ ence of opinion ns to how much Is in volved In uu offer or a demand. Every thing depends upon the Interest rate emplojed working out capital values. In the negotiations to dnte the Allies nnd the Germans have approached the subject from different ends. The. Allies, wishing to make their own people, nnd cspcclnlly tho French people, think that reparations totaled n large sum, unvc demanded a capital sum. but have fttI'1 l annuities spread over forty Continued on I'ne Two. Column Two FIVE PATROLMEN Fight Over Credit for Arrests of Alleged Radicals in Raid BULLET GRAZES ONE'S HEAD Five patrolmen of the Twenty-eighth aud Rltner street station, alleged to have participated in n general fight over credit for nrrests following n raid on n bouse nt 22.'t2 Moore street nt ,. o'clock this morning, were suspended today as an iiftermath of the general o bullet which grazed the scnlp of rn trnlmnn Albert (). Beech, nnd necessi tated his.removnl to St. Agnes' Hos pltnl. According to the noting lieutenant's stnrv. based on the report of a. street sergennt, the five pntrolmcn left to guard tin Moore street house after eleven men and srwo women, alleged radicals, had been removed, had a heated argu ment ns to w ho deserved credit for th;e arrests. General Melee It is alleged n general melee followed in the course of which McGoldrlck fired his revolver. McGoldrlck was severely beaten in the fight, according to the acting lieutenant. The other three patrolmen, none of whom was injured, were Arthur J. Murphy, Jr., Thomas W. McClafferty and Daniel A. McCormiek. McClnf fcrty is a motorcycle patrolman, but was 'detailed for special duty at the Continued on I'iik Tun Column Thre RIOT OVER WAR CRUELTIES British ' Service Men Checked Rush for German Lawyer lAindnn. April 20. illy A. P. ) -A riot wns checked outside tin Bow Stieet Court todin at the luncheon adjourn ment of an inquiry into ucousatioiiH of, cruelty nnd atrocity ngulnst German i army officers. A great crowd of former set vice men had assembled and several rushed to ward the German counsel for tin ac cused, Herr Schioder. and his friends Coiibtnbies succeeded in tesiuing tin Gcrmai'H ami escorted them to the Savov Hotel, the crowd following the party ROW SUSPENDED ami TO FIX REFf ATI t Agreos to Abide by Decision of Commission in Now Note to U. S. PROPOSES ANNULMENT OF ALL OLD OBLIGATIONS Berlin Offers 50 Billion Cold Marks, Amounting in Annui ties to 200,000,000,000 PART AVAILABLE AT ONCE Teutons Willing to Assume Al lied War Debts to America By the Associated Press Berlin. April 20. An arbitration proposol by Germany for determining the total nmnunt due from her on rep arations Is contained in tho reparations note forwnrded to Washington. A clause in this note says: "Germany suggests the appointment of nn unbinsed commission to fix the tntnl sum of her war reparations, which she pledges to accept as binding nnd to enrry out In good faith." Germany, adds the note, would wel come nny suggesHons from the Amer ican Government for further negotia tions or for changes in the present pro posals. "With the ncceptnnce of these pro posals." soys the German note. "Ger many's other reparations nnd obliga tions will be nnniilled. and all German pVlvnte property In foreign countries be released." Would Pay Billion Mnrhs Now As evidence of her good faith, says the note. Germany Is prepared Imme diately to place at the disposal of the reparations commission 1. "0,000, 000 mnrks In gold, silver nnd foreign ex change, nnd Sr.O.OnO.000 gold marks In treasury notes, redeemable within three months in' foreign exchange or foreign securities. The text of the clause in the note ttnling the amount Germany Is rendy to pny rends ns follows : "Germany declares herelf rendy to epgnge to pay for reparations a totnl of ,-iO.nno.OOO.OOO marks gold at their present value. Germany is equally rcad to pay this amount in nnnuitles adapted to her productive enpacitj up to n total of 200.000,000,000 marks gold." Germany proposes M the note the issue of an international loan, the proceeds to bu placed nt the disposition of the Allies. On this lonn Germany would pay the interest at -1 per cent nnd provide for nmortlxutlon. The mi u of tin reparations total not covered by this international loan would be provided, to the limit of Germany's enpaeit. l pajnicnts in goods, ma' terials, et cetern. Co -operation In Hjcstnration "German is disposed." sas the note, "to allow the Allied power, to participate in Germany'! economic nnd financial amelioration. Germany will co-operate with all her efforts in the reconstruction of the devastated regions, so thnt she may nrqult herself as quicKiy as pnsNiuiy ot tlir sums re maining unpaid." I An security for tho credJ accorded her. the proposals state, ) rmnuy is willing to plrdge public rii 'lines nnd piopeitus in a manner to b 'etermlned b.'tuec n tic ron 1 1 in ting pnilie-. Germany, "in the event the 1'nited States and the Allies so desire, is will lug. according to the extent of her u"hilit and capacity, to assume tho allied obligations to the T'liltcd States." sa.s another clause In her counter pro posals. "G'rman." continues the note, "takes upon herself the obligation to rivngnUo ns binding the decisions of on international commission of experts upon her capacities. "If It is be'ievd by the American Government lent nnnthiT form of pro posals would mnki the matter easier to liandli. the German Government nska Ibnt it be untitled of tin point, on which mollification appears desiiabie to tho American Go, eminent Welcomes I'. S. Suggestion "The German Government also would Aclcnini nn suggestion from the A'nciiinn G'lvernmeni. The Germnn Government is too ilcplv convinced thnt tin- peace and well-being of. tho world nre dependent upon n spiiil. moderate und lust solution of the reparations pioblem nut t.i do everything possible. so that 'he I'nlteil States shall bo In a! ontlmiril on I'nre Tho Column (tno RAIL PROBE STARTS MAY 10 Road Executives Will Be First Wit TIN nesses Called Washington. April 211. (Bj A P.) Chilli man CiiuiiiiIiih. of the Semite in terstate commerce cotiuuittee. announced todii Unit the general Inquiry into rail road conditions would begin May 10,. vitb ruilwiM executives us tin fi -If I est!" I I 'mi ! ! n m . i S ? I :A i tt -"Of frijgSfrly.JB a&"8ik3ifrW Vfr- stltf-y- tejLXibJ&i,? , ..-. mifr.-A.Wi).W-, .fejAi 's , V.l. . I...'!', i 1j- ff.X" . . ts. 4. -w a .VjLys .ms,"- 1.u. .LtWlM .... Li -L'it
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