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Undr th Act of March 3. 18TB
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921
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HOUSE GIVES BROWN
EXTRA JUDGE DESPITE
SALARY RAISE CHARGE
Municipal Court Head
Gains Victory by 126
to 58 Vote
ACTION CALLED BLOW
AGAINST MAYOR MOORE
Franklin Spencer Edmonds and
Harry Trainer Bitterly As
sail Measure
COLDER FAILS TO EXPLAIN
POINTS RAISED BY FOES
Foos of Scheme Show No Ne
cessHy for Passage of
Law Exists
CALLED BAIT FOR PRIMARY
Job Will Be Peddled Around for
Political Trade, Is
Charge
By a Rtaff Corrttftmiemt
Bhrrtsbnrir, April 28. Following an
ifrimonlouH debate between the rival
Philadelphia political factions, the
House today, with final adjournment
star, finally passed the ml, to add an
other judge to the Philadelphia Munici
pal Oonrt.
The vote was 120 for the bill to 58
gainst It.
The nassage of the bill was wanted
by the leaders of the combine, and its
passage Is regarded as a victory for the
combine over uc oiooro aamustration.
Renrtsentativc Franklin SDencer Ed.
moods attacked the bill when it came
up for final consideration in the closing
hours of tho legislative session amid tho
usual scenes of horseplay.
Attached as Salary Raiser
The Bouse calmed down and listened
rwnectfully to Mr. Edmonds as he us-
sailed the moasure as a salary raiser
and said it foold add aggregate salary
Increases for tho court judges of between
$40,000 and $50,000.
"I ask you to vote down this last-
hour attempt to pass a salary raiser,
urted Mr. Edmonds.
Senator Varo sat within a few feet
of Mr. Edmonds as the latter spoua
against the bill.
Representative Benjamin R. Goldcr
denied the salarT increase charge nnd
said to the members the charge was
"Insulting your intelligence."
Oolder said the bill has been submit
ted to Attorney General Alter, who
aid It "absolutely is not n salary
rl6cr."
Mr. Edmonds disputed the explana
tion of Golder and asked what the bill
was to do.
Colder said it was to provide tho
machinery nnd method for electing a
new judge, to which Philadelphia was
entitled because of the Increase in popu
lation.
Why Is that necessary when the
act now on the statute books provides
for tho Increasing of the judges when
warranted by population, and also tho
mttaod of creating a new judicial
place?" asked Mr. Edmonds.
Golder said it was sometimes neces
sary to notify, the Governor that tho
people wanted n thing done.
Edmonds Reads Law
"Philadelphia wants another judge,
th court seeds it, and in my estimation
Philadelphia should have the needed
judge," Golder replied.
Edmonds read the law of 1010. "Why
didn't it repeat the salaries, of 1010?"
asked Edmonds. "I ask you men of Cho
Ute who must pay tho increased sal
aries for theso judges out of the state
Treasury to vote against the bill."
Harry J. Trainer said a Philadelphia
Judge had told him the wording of the
bill was "cunningly devised to increase
salaries."
Trainer said the Governor should not
be humiliated, and quoted an address
by him to show Philadelphia had enough
Judges, and there should be no more In
creases. "This judgeship is to be peddled
around tn a primary fight," declared
Trainer.
Brown's Motorcar Allowance
lie charged President Judge Brown
now was allowed $ooui a year ior uu
tomobito use alone and said ho was al
lowed "more than a Judge of tho Su
preme Court of the United States."
Mr. Glass added the bill did not pro
vld salary increases.
After thn mil Won colled Representa
tive Grum, of Huntingdon, challenged
the vote of Barnhart, of Lebanon.
Renressntativo Fachcs. of Reading,
said Bnrnhart had gone out to telephone
and "asked mo to kindly vote nyo for
him."
The House broke out Into laughter
and It was some time before the merri
ment could bo subdued and order re
stored. Tho challenge was wlthdrnwn
when Barnhart appeared.
ARON BILLJjTJY MAYOR
Moore Says Beaten Measure Aimed
at Charter
Commenting on the defeat of the Aron
amendment to tho now City Charter,
Mayor Moore today said Its pnssago by
lbs Loglslnturo wotfld have greatly em
harassed tho ndmlnUtratlnn and ho
doubted 1f It would have received the
Ifnatnro of Governor Sproul if it hail
PftSied.
"The passage of this nniendmcnt
would have been n violation of tin letter
nd spirit of the new City Chnrtor."
Iht Mayor said. "It would hnve em
barrassed the administration hi it's pro
gram to clean the streets and wni un
questionably n bid for tho return of the
old contractor tiystem, now fairly dls
creditod. I do not believe, In view of
Ino Governor's attitude on amendments
previously suggested, thnt lie would
have, signed It even If It had reached
him'."
Actions of Legislature
at Sittings of Last Day
Bill grunting additional judgo for
Municipal Court parsed by House
despite charge that It opens way for
? GO, 000 salary inlcreaacs.
ctennto refuse to conslderresolu
Hon asking President Harding to
recognise Irish republic.
House concurs In Sennte amend
raonts to Woncr "dry" bill, making
It much more satisfactory to saloon
men, It modifies pennltlcsof Ilrooks
law nnd reduces lliceme fees.
Senate passes Jordan bill provid
ing for state commission to select a
site for a state fair.
House defeats Senate bill increas
ing lieutenant governor's salary from
$6000 to $10,000.
Senate passes general appropriation
bill after adding several items, mak
ing total $05,000,470.
lYliTPASSES,
BUT ISM IT
House Concurs in Senate
Amendments to Enforcement
Measure; Liquor Men Pleased
CUT FEES AND PENALTIES
Bu a Btaff Corrtttondnt
Harristrarjr, April 28. Pennsylva
nia's Legislature today finally passed
the "wettest state prohibition enforce
ment bill possible.
Before the House finally concurred
In the Senoto amendments, there was a
hot, fight among the liquor men. Some
were satisfied and some were not.
Tho brewers were inclined to kick over
the traces, but the latest word Is that
liquor dealers of the state are content
with the'blll.
The fee for license in cities of the first
and second classes is cut from $1000 to
$300. In third-class cities It is reduced
from $500 to $250 ; in other cities from
$300 to $lfiO. In boroughs from $150
tn $75, and In townships from $75 to
$40. There Is no requirement of bond.
Penalty for selling without a license
In reduced from not less than (HX and
not more than $5000 fine, and Imprison
ment for not less than three months nor
more than twelve months, to a fine or
not more than $2000 or Imprisonment
of not more than six months.
The penalty for violation of a license
is reduced from not less than $100 for
a first offense. $300 to $1000 for a sec
ond offense and S500 to $5000 for a
third offense, with not less than three
months." nor mure than twelve raontba
Imprisonment, to not more than $000
fino and not more than three months
in fall.
Prohibitions against sales on Bun
days, to minors or to portions of known
intemperate habits have been retained,
not more than ninety days' imprison
ment. The provision that Houses where
liquor Is sold unlawfully constitntc a
nulsanco and may bo abated is amended
to apply to places where liquor held by
Congress to be intoxicating is sold,
other sections provides that after the
passage of the act, "Any person who
shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale,
furnish, transport, Import, export or
possess any intoxicating liquor within
tho state for berevagc purposes, except
as hereafter provided, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
theroof shall bo sentenced to pay a fine
of not less than $100 nor more than
$5000 or undergo an imprisonment ot
not moro than three years, or both, at
the discretion of tho court."
A section providing that proof of tho
manufacture, sale, transportation or
other violations shall raise a presump
tion that tho same was for beverage pur
pores and the burden of proving tho
contrary shall rest upon tho accused
was amended in the House, so the bur
den falls on the accuser. It provides
that it shall not be unlawful to possess
intoxicating liquor In one's private
duelling, provided it is only for tho per
sonal consumption of the owner and
bis family and of his. bona fide guests
wltn entertained by him, which enter
tainment is not to be deemed an unlaw
ful furnishing.
The Senate amendment referred to a
section giving the right of search, orig
inally granted to mayors and district
attorneys. It coilflnes this right to dis
trict attorneys,
GUARD AGAINST PLOTS
Mayor, Cortelyou and Mills See
Quiet May Day
Mayor Monro. Director Cortelyou and
Superintendent Mills discussed plans to
day for preventing any po6s(b!o May
Day disturbance.
Word was received nt the Mayor's
office from James J. Davis, secretary
at labor, who nromlsed that Immigra
tion officers would promptly co-operate
with city officials In tlie effort to rid
the country of radicals,
"We nre going to make Philadelphia
a very unhealthy place for these would
ho dcstioyers of government," said the
Mayor.
He declared there would be no excite
incut on May 1, except the enthusiasm
Incident to the parade of the Veterans
of the Foreign Wars. He said there
had been a few more arrests of men
for distributing revolutionary literature,
and that they would be held until the
federal officers were able to determine
the deportation process.
FASCISTI SEIZE FIUME
Proclaim Provisional Directorate
and Declare Election Canceled
Paris, April 28. (By A. P.) Itnl
ion fnsclstl. or extreme nationalists,
have selbed the city hall in Flume
nnd proclaimed n provisional directorate
under the presidency of HlcardoOlgontc,
former mayor of thn city, says a
dispatch f'om Flume today.
The election of Sunday last, which
resulted In favor of the autonomists,
have been declared rnnrellcd. Complete
order prevails.
City Spends $760,000 In Week
Tho dty treasurer's report for the
week yesterday shows receipts of 500.
7,19.20 nnd payments of 700,510.00.
The balaurp, not including sinking fund,
is $1,531,021.37.
SCARED BOY DIES
IN HOSPITAL AS HE
AWAITS OPERATION
Wilmington Lad Succumbed
Aftor Hoaring Groans
of Pationts
SURGEONS WERE HOLDING
CLINIC FOR 300 STUDENTS
David Roberts, eighteen years old,
227 Sixth avenue, Wilmington. Del.,
while waiting to have his tonsils re
moved at .Tefferson Hospital last night,
without warning or any apparent cause,
felldend in his chair.
Tho youth was sitting outside a large
operating mom where clinics were In
progress. Suddenly he was seen to be
come deathly pale. His body twitched
for a few seconds and he slumped back
in his chair lifeless.
A post-mortem operation performed
on tho boy's body showed, according
to Dr. W. H. Jones, chief resident
physician, that he had a condition
known as status lymphattcus. This, he
explained, was an enlargement of cer
tain tissues in the body which rendered
him liable at any time to sudden death.
"It might have been the thought of
tho coming operation or fear, said
Dr. Jones. "Persons suffering with
this malady are always prone to con
vulsions which usually cause death."
The physician explained that the ton
sil extraction was to have been done
under local anesthesia, but that even
this had not been applied prior to
Robert's death.
A clinic was in progress at which
thirty-eight minor operations were
being performed by twelve .noted Phila
delphia surgeons before about 300 medi
cal atudents. Eleven of the cases had
been operated upon. The young man
was '- be brought into the operating
room next.
The strange death was not made
known until this morning. Dr. Jones
had called Coroner Knight on the
phone and bad told him that it was not
a corner's case as the boy had been
under treatment at the hospital for a
week suffering from heart disease.
The fact that the boy had died was
kept from other patients In order not
to alarm them, Dr. Jones said. The
body was wheeled down to the hospital
morgue sb quietly and quickly as pos
sible and the remaining operations were
performed as planned.
The clinics marked the annual meet
ing of the section on ontology and laryn
gology of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia.
The operations included frontal sinus,
by Dr. Nathan P. Stauffer; maxillary
sinus, by Dr. George B. Wood, and
radical mastoid, by Dr. S. MacCuen
Smith, as well as several tonsillectomy
operations.
Others who operated are Dr. It. Rid-
Bath, Dr. Curtis C. Reeves, Dr. Ralph
atler and Dr. Benjamin Parish.
HARDING SEEKS REAL PEACE
Nominal Peace Won't Do, Ho In
form Middlesex Club
Boston, Anril 28. (By A. P.)
Hope that the United Htates would soon
effect real progress toward a substan
tial peace was expressed by President
Harding in a letter read nt the annual
dinner of the Middlesex Club last night.
"General Grant's advice, 'Let us have
peace.' is a peculiarly proper theme."
the President wrote, the occasion being
a Grant anniversary observance. "The
world has had nominal ncace for a con
siderablo period now without many of
tne advantages and Deneiils or peace.'
BOY, 3, KILLED BY TROLLEY
Police Guard Crew of Car From At
tack by Crowd
I'orgno tarco, tnree years old. was
struck and almost Instantly killed in
front of bis home, 1012 South Fifth
street, by a trolley car last night.
The child left his mother a moment
bafore and toddled onto the tracks di
rectly In front of the car. The car
crew was forced to Jock up the trolley
In order to release the boy, who was
dead when extricated. He was rushed
to the Pennsylvania Hospital and pro
nounced dead. Police had to intervene
to save the car crew from rough hand
ling by the crowd that collected. Thomas
Mallory, 1829 Ingersoll stret. the mo
torman, was arrested and held without
ball for the coroner's Inquest.
JUMPS OFF FERRYBOAT
Passenger Leapt Through Window
and Is Drowned
An unidentified man who had been
reading n newspaper in the cabin of the
ferryboat Beverly suddenly jumped up
and leaped through an open window
Into the Delaware river today as the
Iwat was drawing awny from tho foot of
Market street, Camden.
Thn frrvbont wns stonned. but the
body did not come to the surface.
ELOPING GIRL,
AS ARRESTS HALT ROMANCE
Pretty Washington High School Student Located in Hotel Here
With 20-Ycar-Old Youth Tells Brother She Loves Boy
Alma Doyle, pretty slxtcen-year-old
Washington high school girl and daugh
ter of a well-to-do merchant, and John
Dudley Wilson, twenty years old, "clerk
In the Treasury Department at Wash-
Ington were arrested as elopers ot 1!
o'clock this morning In n hotel on Flf-
teenth street near Race.
Detective McCullough, of the Flf-
tccnth and Vine streets station, and the
girl's older brother. John Doyle, went
to the hotel and confronted the runa-
wnyn, who left Washington Sunday.
There was a dramatic scene as the
brother confronted his young sister.
She agreed to go with him nnd the de-
tectlvc, end the elopers were taken to
the morals court, ot iwciitn ana vtooiijjic men communicated wmi tne girl'
streets, where they will be given n hear
Ing tomorrow onore juugr .uuiuuui,
There were tears In the girl's blue
eyes us she protested her love for Wil
son. She wore a brown coatsult, gray
suedo slippers, with stockings to match,
and a brown tam-o-shanter, from be-
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FREDERICK II. SEWARD
Sixtocn-year-old boy, who died to
day from aa injury received four
years ago when he fell on a fence
BOY HURT FOUR YEARS AGO
DIES AFTER 20 OPERATIONS
Fence Picket Penetrated Lad's Ab
domen While at Play
Frederick II.- Seward, sixteen years
old, 2007 North Grati street, died last
night In the Womcn'H Homeopathic
Hospital of injuries received four years
ago. In that length of time the lad bad
undergone twenty operations, and In
spite of almost constant suffering re
mained cheerful.
From the first, physicians held out
very little hope to the boy's parents,
Mr. nnd Mrs. William E. Seward, but
an he received tcmnorarv relief and even
progressed to the point of attending
school for two montns tncy toon nean.
For the past year he had been confined
tn htn hed In the hosnltal and every
thing known to medical science was
done to save his life.
At the time of the accident Frelerlck
was playing with n number of children
in the vicinity of Eighteenth nnd Dia
mond streets. Climbing on to the high
picket fence thnt surrounds the
Church of the Advocate on the north
west corner, he fell and a picket pene
trated his abdomen.
FRANCO-AMERICAN AMITY
CERTAIN, VIVIANI FINDS
French Envoy Confident Yap laauo
Will Be Settled Peaceably
Paris, April 28. (By A. P.) Rene
Vlvlanl, France's special envoy to the
United States, spoke most optimistically
of the future of Franco-American rela
tions in Interviews with Paris news
papermen, printed today, following his
return yesterday from America.
"I bring back more than the hope,
the certainty, of the very early close
collaboration of France and America,
both on diplomatic nnd financial
grounds," the ex-premier is quoted as
saying. "The sympathies of tne im
mense majority of the Americans are
whole-heartedly with the French."
"There is no reason for fearing that
the dispute between the United States
and Japan over the island of Tap will
be settled otherwise than by "peaceful
means."
"I am confident," h. added, "that
1 am bringing a plan for the reorgan
ization of Franco-American co-operation."
"INSIDE STUFF" HERE
Two Patrolmen Drank Seven Qlatsca
of Hooch Saloonkeeper Held
Two patrolmen today testified they
each drank seven glasses of whisky, a
glass of wine and two glasses of beer
served, they Baid, Sunday at the saloon
of Michael Fclyk, Brunnef street near
Nineteenth.
They were witnesses nt a hearing
given Fclyk bofore Magistrate Price, at
the Twenty-second street and Hunting
Park avenue station. He was nrrested
last night on n warrant charging him
with selling liquor Sunday and without
n llrenfte.
Patrolman Cunningham testified he
bought four glasses or wnisKy nt tne
saloon Saturday and returned Sunday
with Patrolman Berk. He said the
whisky was of good qunllty nnd wns
sold Tor twenty-nvc cents a kiubb. .wig
istratc Price held Feiyk in $400 ball
for the grand Jury
AUTOS CRASH; WOMAN HURT
Mra. Ethel Kessler Taken to Hos
pital After Broad St. Accident
Mrs. Ethel Kessler, fifty years old.
5S23 De Lancey street, won hurt at 11 :lfi
o'elock today when two automobiles
collided at Broad street and Hunting
Pnrk avenue. Her skull Is fractured.
She Is In 8U Luke's Hospital.
Mrs. Kessler was riding in a ma
chine driven by Mm. Dorothy Moeran
nky, 1235 Wlngohocklng street, and go
ing west on Hunting Park avenue. As
the car turned Into Broad street It was
struck by nn nuto drlveu by Norman
Nordtck, thirty-three jenrs old, 413
Cottman street.
Mrs. Kessler was thrown into tho
street. Her companion escaped with
slight cuts on the nose. Nordcck was
not hurt, but was arrested.
16, IN TEARS
neath which her bobbed brown hnir es
caped In fetching wisps.
According to tho girl s story, Wilson
and she eloped with only $17 In their
, possession, Iter, she snld. she obtained
i $10 by mall from her sister. Wilson
declared he had no money since
they arrived hero, but the police say he
deposited $20 In a Philadelphia bank,
Detective McCullough noticed the girl
and Wilson when they first appeared
In his district. He Inquired as to their
.identity, and was told they were from
Washington,
I McCullough then got in touch with
the Washington authorities and learned
'that they were searching for Miss Doyle,
fnmlh Hiid the brother came to this eltv
last night.
Following the arrest of the elopers
the girl's brother called the father, John
Thomas Doyle, over the long-distance
telephone. He left Washington Imme
diately for Philadelphia.
T
24 PER CENT CUT
IN WAGE MAY 1
50,000 Mon In Various Trades
Hero Not Expected to Ac
cept Reduction
"LOCKOUT," NOT STRIKE, IS
PI AM flP TUP lAflRKPRQ
rL8W up mc wurmeno
A cut in wages of workers in every
hrnnrli nf thn tmltrllnfr tndllfltrv. flvpr
nvlni ni.nriv oa n nf nn,l iftilAti '
will affect npnrlv KO 000 men Mnv 1
Win auect neari) wr.mw men .inj i,
nm u- animuncni oy uuiim.uk irmn-s
.lll 1 1 1- I.. .11.11..- A I
employers this afternoon.
The committee of twentv-three. com
posea or representatives of every huild
Intf trntin .ninlnr.ri' n.nl,filln'n In !,
city, meets this afternoon nt the Master I .
Builders' Exchange. 18 South Seventh '
street, to submit a report on the pro
poseu new wage scale.
Jloth sides, employers nnd employen,
predict that the wage reductions will
not be acceptable to the workers. Dan
iel McKcnna, head of the Council of
Allied Building Trades, a labor organi
zation, said:
"Tho men will not strike, but will be
forced Into a virtual lockout by the
employers' demands."
Edward P. Flannery, chairman of
the committee of twenty-three nnd u
Sromtncnt builder, said that tho re
uctlon, which averages exactly 23.03
per cent, was nrrlved nt on the basis
of lower living costs.
"In fact," said he, "living costs
have fallen even below this amount.
Figures made public by various agencies
show that a dollar now will purchase
37 per cent more than it would In
June, 1020. Again, while last year
living costs were 104.50 per cent above
those of 1014, now they arc but OO
per cent higher than the pre-war level.
Labor Leaders Stubborn
"While labor representatives admit
ted that living costs were less," con
tinued Mr. Flannery, "they took the
stand that labor had never gotten
enough money and they would not sub
mit to any reduction.
Mr. McKenna sold that labor was
willing to bear Its part of the burden
of business depression, but objected
strongly to tne manner In which the
employers had fixed wage reductions
wiuiout. consulting tne men.
Would Arbitrate Reduction
"For thirty-five yearn I have met
with employers and we have been able
to satisfactorily adjust the matter of
wages," said Mr. McKennrt. "wo were
willing to meet with our employers last
September, and at any time since. It
is unfair of the employers to make this
contemplated decrease without a con
ference." Mr. Flannery denied the charge made
by Mr. McKenna, that tho men hnd
not been consulted. He snld numerous
conferences had been held between em
ployers and employes and that it had
been found impossible to get the men
to agree to the"reductlons.
The committee of twenty-three was
formed last July at a meetlnlg of ull
building trades employers. It has spout
a long time In preparing the proposed
wage reductions, and according to Mr.
Flannery, feels It has acted fairly.
CRIPPLE IS ROBBED OF $112
BY THREE AUTO BANDITS
Was Taking Money to Bank When
Held Up
Highway robbers, operating a big red
rondstcr, took $112.00 from Lawrenrc
Cottman, nineteen years old, 24 North
Thirty-seventh street, yesterday at
Broad street near Jiickson. Cottman,
who can hardly speak because of an op
eration which crippled his face, and
who Ik unable to work, sobbed out this,
morning: if l couiu oniy worn to pay
KnMr h mnnv hr ant from me." lie '
was taking It to the American Bank!
and Trust Co., Passyunk avenue, to '
deposit for Joseph Greenberg, a grocer. ,
KiJ7 Wolt street.
Greenberg said this morning there
was some delay In reporting the matter
because it was thought Cottman might
i... in.i ih. mnn ht h.. .t,,,.i, ... iii
(. Tin on I.I n Mr llf-lvlnv nnrfl. nn
Broad street swung over to the west
sldo of the street as he was walking
between Wolf nnd Jackson. The money
wns In an inside coat pocket. Tho car
stopped, Cottmnn said, and two men
got out, while a third remained nt
tho wheel. One pressed n revolver to
his side nnd searched him while the
other stood in frortf. of them to screen
the robbery from view.
Cottman does not work for Mr.
Greenberg, but has often performed er
rands of trust for his brother-in-law,
he declared. "He has cnrrlcd as high
as $500 to the bank for him," said the
grocer, "nnd ho insists his story of
the robber)- Is true. He says one of
the bandits was dressed in brown
throughout, and the other had a blue
coat and vest and brown pants. Dis
trict Detectives Cammaclo and Gurt
nre Investigating.
HOWAT DEFIES UNION ORDER
Kansas Miners' Chief Opposes In
ternational Federation
Pittsburgh. Kan.. April 28. (By A.
P.) Alexander Hownt, head of the
Kansas miners union, has rejected the
demand of the international union that
he order hack to work striking employes
of the Dean Coal and Mining Co,
The demand was delivered to Hownt
yesterday by a committee sent here by
John L. Lewis, international president
of the I'nited Mine Workers of America,
to Investigate the strike.
BITTING IS TALLEST CEDAR'
Phlladelphlan Elected Unanimously
as Shore Convention Ends
Atlantic City. April 28. The Su
preme Forest of Tall Cedars of Leb
anon closed Its annual convention here
tnrinj with the election of officers. It
will meet next year at Newark.
Artie Hitting, of Philadelphia, had
no opposltioit for the office of Hupremo
Till! Cedar. Judge Henry Egner. of
Newark, was elected Senior Denutv Tall
' Cedar by unanimous vote.
DAYLIQHT-6AVINQ DILL DIES
Washington, April 28. (By A. P.)
The House interstate commerce com
mittee voted today against reporting out
nny daylight-saving bill at this time.
BUILDERS
0 ORDER
Ruhr Seizure to Precede
Reparations Settlement
Occupation Will Pave Way for Agreement, as
Germans Wonft Meet Allied Demands
Until Force Is Used
Ily CLINTON W. GILBERT
BtafT Corrrnpondsnl Kvrnlna Pnhllc Ledger
CowrtoM, Hit, bv Public Ltdotr Co.
Washington.
April 28. Secretary
Hughes is waiting tn hear the position
of the Erizllsh and French Governments
on the Ocrmnn note throuih their am-
ibassadors here. There are certain In-
formal formalities to be observed.
From ,,, nPWgpap(,rH thp f,tatc De-
pnrtment knows that Premier liriond
has sent certain instructions to Ambas
sador Jusscrand convoying the French
objections to the German proixisiils.
Entiallv from the nress It knows that
lMr I,'oyd OM,r8c "n informed the
UrU,, pn,ii01T,n ,. ,i. ,,nl,rri-nt.
"".- ......-.. .... ". " .. .--,--
tv of those nroposnls.
Informal v he Knows thut Ambassa
. . . . 1 ' .
dors Jusserand and Geddcs regard the
proposals ns Impossible from' the point
Ilf vlpu flf tliolr EOVCmtneiltS.
it remnlns for him toMenrn wlthvqunl
Informality wtint tnelr governments
after reading the note In the press, think
about It,
No Action Before May 1
Ambassador .lusscrand Is nut of town.
So nothing Ik likely to bo done about
the note before Mny 1, when the French
move Into 'the Ruhr beslns. unless
the German Government, hnvln'g also
read In the press that the note has
not pleased the French nnd British, nnd
that It Is not likely to be transmitted
to Paris and Iondon by Mr. Hughes,
should proceed to write another uof
suppicmnetary to tne present one and
Improving upon It.
The only people who nre likely to hi
In a hurry to get something done be
fore May 1 and prevent the forward
move of .the French, troops into the
Ruhr arc the Germans. Probably the
general Iden in allied circles Is silmmed
YOUNG GIRL SLAIN
14-Year-Old Roedsville Mis3
Found Fatally Shot Fled
Home With Brother
YOUTH RECENT CONVICT
NpteM DUpatch to Extnlng Public Ltdotr
Iiewlstown, Pa., April 28. Ermn
Rhodes, a pretty fourteen-year-old girl
of Reedsvlllc. near here, was found
fatally shot, lying nlone the main road
between T.ewlstown and McClure, Sny
der county, nt 0 :30 o'clock last night.
She died u few minutes later nt the.
nntrlit- 'nrmliniiun ef Tnttn W TTnfrtnflri!
COUNTRY
RAD
without" regaining consciousness." Threel thefluhln IVnvlvanln. we'rV in" the '""V"' ?r-Uni C' "W '
revolver shots which shattered her Jaw' long column thnt filed by to pny a rr,rll,nK the German reparations pro
just below the right ear caused her, rommander-ln-chlef's honors tn thelposals:
death. , President ns he stood with Secretary! "I v.-ry much regret to sov that thev
She wns seen less than two hours be- 'Denby and a party of official,, on the' hnr,,, , ,. ,, , 7
fore walking through McClure toward bridge of his yacht, the Mayflower. are thoroughl.x unsatisfactory, and I
Lewlstown with her brother. Reed A low cloud curtain screened the sun- w,n had been possible for me to say
Rhodes, twenty yenrs old. who was light from the pageant, softening the that they niter the situntinn."
dressed In n soldier's uniform nnd Rrlm lines of deck nnd turret, but adding "They are belnz exnmlned verv care
carrlori a 32.40 repeating rifle over his." bint of near sk to the somber Pic- I fll ' i,, ,, ' T.v, i . .ui
shoulder
Rifle Nearby Not Fired
This rifle, but with no cartridges
Tli Ls rile, but with no cnrtrldacs
missing from the magazine, uas found
beside the dying girl by W. E. Weiand
nnd his family, returning to Lewlstown
In nn automobile.
The girl had been carried a distnnec
of fifty yards from the sint where -he
wns snot. one wore n mans cap,
mncklnnw. union suit of man's sumlei
wear, man's hnlfhose nnd a blue shirt
Identification of the body was made
nt noon today by the sorrowing mother.
who has been estranged from the irliM's
iuuht. .h- .......-. ,...,.,.. - ",
dnuchter at the office of oroncr Bnrr.
According to the authorities .the girl
lelt per npme insi rriunj wun ner
brotner, uno recently wat uiscnnrged
imm uu- iiuiiuiuuuii ocioiiiiuii'i j,
I alter serving n term in connection wim
i the robbery of the Burnham Bank.
I They went tn n schoolhouse near
McClure. made vacant by the pmlliic
III tllO sCllOOl terill. OCCOrillng tO till-
; authorities, and lived there for three
days.
Yesterday they were seen leaving the
ConltniHd on I'm Tne. Column Tho
E. 0 MOSIER'S 0VERBR00K HOME ROBBED
The home of Eugene O. 5Co3ler, 6439 Drexel road, OTerurcsjfc,
wns entered by a eneak thief while the family was avav and
lewelry valued at $100 and ?5 in cash taken, the police reported
today. Carrie Angler, a maid, discovered the robbery yesterday.
Mi. Mobiei- is an Insurance man.
NELSON ASSAILS KNOX PEACE RESOLUTION
WASHINGTOH", April 28. Senator Uelson today attacked the
Knox pence resolution on the floor, characterizing it as "unusual,
halting, equivocating and only a partial and plecmeal work."
His opposition scattered hopes for a solid Republican liue-up for
the resolution.
SHIP BURNS AT SEA 5 CREW SAVED
HAVANA, April 23. 611ao Freeman and his crew of fire
nieji were saved when their bark with a cargo of gasollae burned
fitty miles from Havana, according to messages received here last
nifiht by port authorities. The veasel was ea route from Jamaica
m Key Weat, Fla.
ALICE GENTLE TO WED
WIM Become Orlde of J. R. Proeb
stel Today
Santrt Crui, Calif., April 28. (B
, JM A marriage license was Issued
here jesterday for Alice Gentle, gcawl
opera singer, and Jacob It. Proebstel, a
native of Oregon. Both gave Now York
city as their place of resldeiuc, The
muVrlage will take place today
Miss Gentle wns granted a llnul de
cree of divorce hero Mouday from
Robert Bruce Gentle, on grounds of
desertion. The case was not contested
by Gentle.
CMIWN NWHT AT I1KAI-X AHTH OAFK,
nroid and Ulrard v. tiouvrnlri Sunrina.
e?r-
up In the remark of M. Briand thnt
his troops would help along other men's
negotiations.
Speculation goes nn with regard to
Mr. Hughes' possible replj to Germany
nftcr he has heard what the French
Government has had to say to M. Jus
serand nnd the British Government to
Sir Auckland Derides. It will hardly
be more than nn announcement tn Iter
line that the German proposals were
so lltmrreptnlile to the Allies thnt he
could not transmit them.
This will not close the trnri'aetlnn.
Berlin still has before her Mr. Hughes'
original offpr tn transmit nny acceptable
nroposnls. In the press Berlin will
knnw the allied objections tn the pres
ent offer, for this Is diplomacy curried
on through the pros, ami when It wishes
to make n new and better one tire wire
will be open to Washington.
Negotiations Arc On
The prnrctts of negotiations over
reparations Is on, with the French Gov
ernment sending here a noto explain
ing In detail Its reasons why the latent !
German proposal, of which It Is not I
officially cognizant, is unacceptable to
France, nnd with the British Govern- i
ment asking directly of Berlin nn ex
plnnntinn of the terms of thnt proposal.
of which It, too, Ik not officially cognl- j
xant. These are negotiations just as
effectuul ns If n-conference were being
held In London ulth the Allies nnd
this country and Germany present.
Every Indication points to the con
tinuation of these negotiations, to a
successful conclusion. The fact the
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FLEEI'S GUNS ROAR
SALUTETOHARDING
President Reviews Atlantic
Squadron in Grand Spec
tacle Off Hampton Roads
SHIPS SPICK AND SPAN
By the Associated Press
Old Point Comfort. Va., April 28.
The Atlantic fleet, bringing back n new
record of accomplishment from its south
ern drill grounds, passed In ceremonial
review orore President Harding today
as It entered home waters in Hampton
Roads
frt -. U !. i.i . i
iuri-. ror uie licet worn tne serious
gray now need in peace and war alike,
and decks were cleared nlmost as for
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a.
t It was a few minutes past 0 o'clock
wli.-n the Pennsjlvnnln, passing the re.
'viewing ship, opened up the thunder of
her presidential salute, nnd b.'fnri- the
twenty-one guns hod been spent the next
"i1 in une mm up tne nnng wane
xne .unyiiower s naileries spoKe,
.Salutes Make Steady Roar
The cannonade continued in almost
unbroken
ten roar until the review was
Crews of the battleships manned
Us in living walls of blue as the
ov,,r
me ra
i,i,..
fighting craft steamed bv. On the ipinr
ter deck of each tho marine guards nnap
p,.,l to "present nrms" opposite th
, Maj flower and the bands plnved tin
the "Htnr-Snangled ''(. h,'r ",l,nrn.,l"n Proposals. In corn -urn
tl... nn.ul.lnt.flnl pHnno with the request of the British
I npen'ng nnn. nt
Unnner. in ret
Jacht paid the proper honors to the
senior officer mi each pacing shin, fir-
Inc a s.ilute. however nh iii fhe ppiin.
sylvnnln. has asked for further explanations and
It wns Mr. Harding's first review if! 'he interchanges are continuing, al
nny part of the nation's seapowor since 'hough thej are said to be entirely In
he assumed office and It was the nnvj's formal
Continue! on 1'uip T.i, Column Mrtrn
TINPLATE MILLS TO REOPEN
Brighter Industrial Outlook Seen In
Shenannn Vaiipw
Shenango Valley
Slurnn. P., April 2. I By A. P.)
- AnnounrementH recited tnd.'i by of.
ficlnlH ot mills in the SheniuiKo Vallev
put the industrial situ.ition in brighter
light than it has been for months.
Orders have been riiclved from Puts
burgh to put in operation sit hot hills
of the Mercer works of (lie Ameilrnn
Sheet and Tlnplate Co. on Mnj 1,
rmplo)iiig about live hundred men fur
nn indefinite neriod. Sixteen hot mills
nt the Farrell worki of the conmnin.
employing ubout one thousand men.
win iveniuc .uuj-
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T T 1
W
BERLN
Will Aid in Occupancy of Ger
man Coal Fields if Nego
tiations Fail
LLOYD GEORGE CONDEMNS
NEW GERMAN PROPOSALS
Leaves Door Open, However, for
Teutons Despite Fresh
Evasions
GERMAN REPLIES 'SKETCHY'
50 to 75 Year Period for Pay
ments Now Suggested Su
preme Council to Act
British and Belgian
Envoys See Hughes
Washington, April 28. (By A.
P.) Sir Auckland Geddes, ambas
sador from Great Britain, conferred
with Secretary Hughes today, arriv
ing at the State Department shortly
after noon. The Belgian ambas
sador, Baron de Morchlenne. nrrlved
nt the department before Sir Auck
land left.
They were the first of the allied
envoys to see Mr. Hughes since he
laid the new German reparations
proposals before them Informally
last Tuesday.
By the Assoclsted Press
Iyondon, April 2S. The prime min
ister, Mr, Lloyd George, declared in
the House of Commons todny that tho
British Government wns committed to
action, so far as the Westphallan coal
fields were concerned, If the German
reparation proposals were unsatisfac
tory. He added :
"It is not for me to say whether an
other opMirtiinlty will be given Ger
mnny or not."
Mr. Lloyd George made this declara
tion when pruned as to whether Great
Britain would be committed to nny
course of action before the Commons
could debate on the question.
During his talk In the Commons,
' " ... i....,,...-.,,,!- m hub
moment by the financial experts of all
the Allies who ore in London." con-
" ' "
tim"'1 Mr- I'lo-v'1 wrK0- "Therefore,
' would ho very sorry to ex press a
definite opinion, but I am afraid them
is general unanimity ns to the complete
innd"fiincy of the proposals made by the
German Government."
i ne premier sum tnnt ueiaiis or uie
'proposals tor the nperntlon of the West-
plialian coal fields were examined by
the conference of allied experts, and
l,a' , ' "''".V" ,nf, ,h 3 """V" W0UJd
l'lniri''f'rc the interallied conference to
b-. '"',1 J"" 'r,1,J ' ,. ,,r- U'7' VT.
said h" doubted whether a decision by
I the Supreme Council would be taken
before Monday or Tuesday of next week.
(ie'iiinn.x's nttempt to clarify certain
foreign office jeMrrduy. was said In of-
hf" circles today to have resulted In
een greater confusion, (.rent Britain
German Proposals. "Sketchy"
The picM'iit position of (.rent Brit
ain is understood to be that the pro
posals are still "sketchy "
Ah the outgrowth of the British ouery
of jesterdaj. Germany it is stnted. now
suggests that the annuities extend over
a period of from fifty to HevPiity-flvo
ears, or even longer, Instead of the
forty -two jcars originally mentioned.
This Is declared in official circles to bo
a sample of the "evasive methods" of
German, which cannot be allowed to
continue.
Great Britain has- requested Informa
tion In regard to the proposed inter
national loan, which it is declared could
not he floated at 4 per cent, according
to the German terms.
Germany intilimteri thnt she would
not ask ileriuetlniiH for payments nl
renuy made, except for the rehabilita
tion of northern France, If the Allies
iceepteil settlement on the basis of 50,
(M'HI.IHKI.OIMI marks offered. This at
first was regarded as a concession, but
the if sue was evaded when the British
Foreign Ofiice pressed for n direct an
swer concerning It
Belgians Frown on Proposals
M. Jnspnr. the Belginn foreign min
ister, and M. Tlit'iuiys, Helgian min
ister of duniin1. hail a confereniv here
Ibis forenoon with Iiuis Ioucheur,
French minister for the devastated re
gions, and afterward conferred with
Sir Laming Worthington Evans, Brit
ish K'cretnr for war nnd Edwin B
.Montagu, seeretary for India.
1 Later the Belgian representatives
were quoted h Iteuter's Limited as
I stating "Iii the most emphatic manner
I thnt the had been unanimous In the
decision that the latest German pro-
posnls wre not even wurtliy of discos-
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lii'imiinj hud advanced in a riclibcrnta
uttempt tn deceive the, public This
was the total sum of 2(10,000,000,000
fold mirks which the) offered the Al
lies. The Belgians declared this figure
wns eiitireh misleading. The only real
figure the Gtrninnr were offering," they
(ontlnurd on 1'ase HtrtittrrnTcolnmo Oas
Cardinal OIMna Ursod .All Othotlen
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