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PHILADELPIirA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1919
Kntercl
f-ciond-C'lRxji Milter nt th Pontofll. f nt Philadelphia, Ta,
Under tlio An of .March 8. 1S70
PRICE TWO CENTS
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iAYOR TESTIFIES
HE TOLD
TO GLEAN UP FIFTH
Kmith First to Take Stand
in His Own De
fense ORDERED POLICEMEN
KEPT OUT OF POLITICS
Told Director Wilson to Curb
Activities for Factions,
He SayS
IWAS NOT FOR DEUTSCH
fKncw Candidate Slightly, Ex
ccutivc Asserts Favored
Neither Him Nor Rival
" Offers better
Ordering "Hands Off"
.vfayor smith offered this letter,
Jti4ttn CnlmtAP I1 4 1-i n A'lreift
I ors,-:as part of his defense today:
' , rl'AnlH T nll ...... ..,... ln, tn
M- jiHaiu i (.nil juui iiii.'iiiiuii ii.
itho fact that employes under you
'must not hold membership in city
or ward political clubs nml must
not participate In politic.
"tt is your duty and mine to ce
that the law, whether wo like them
or not, nro upheld.
"Under the law you should notify
every man not to participate In
political squabbles. Violation of
these, instructions will result In sep
aration from tho service.
(Signed) "THOMAS Ii. SMITH,
"Mayor."
Anotlier letter offered In evidence
wast written lo the directors by
Joseph Smith, the Mayor's brother
and secretary. It lead:
"By direction of the Mayor you
will pleaso instruct the chiefs of
your various bureaus that no city
employes aro to bo excused on pri
mary election day (Wednesday Sep
tember 19). Respectfully,
"JOSEPH SMITH,
"Secretary."
Mayor Smith, on tho witness stand
In Ills own defense, testified tills aft-
crnoon that "he had warned Director I
Wilson repeatedly of conditions" In
tho Fifth Ward nnd had depended on
him to "seo that the pollccvverc kept
out of politics."
This was tho most striking testi
mony tho Mnyor cave. Tills U the
seventh day of his trial on Indict
ments charsinB conspiracy to violate
the Shern law and misdemeanor in
offlcelS"
llr.ljr Smith is beinc tried before
Judffp' Audcnried. Quarter Sessions
Koom.653, City Hall.
.' On. the stand Muyor Smith denied
fthatjhe had Instructed or encouraged
tho, city employes to go Into politics
In the Fifth or any other wards:
i,, Denied that ho had'lnstructed or
raouraged city empV es to go into
riMiUttcs In tho I'lfU jr any other
,rd8; t
yVfjDenled that ho h i agreed to aid
t canfiioacy oi ; aac ucuiscn ior
ifWect Council;
ivitsuei u iiini lie ever luiu .lames j
Vm .,- ,. ..1.1 .... 1,l
Mrtey Viae lie vvuuiu uuiw?o inn
!ndldacy for tho same oltlce, nnd
that ho (tho Mayor) had "started
wtho Vares" after Carey;
TV Denied that ho had given the
Wares permission to "go after"
'"Carey:
i Denied lio had told Carey and
I Jlsadoro Stern that ho would uso tho
jMpower of tho administration against
J Mr. Carey's cundldacy;
i Denied that ho was for Dcutscli
fr against Carey.
He testified also that ho had written
cinder... ate of September 12 to cachjof
Is directors, ordering them to Keep
city employes out of politics, under
ally of dismissal, nnd subsequently
a cablret meeting had told the
ectora personally that ho meant
ery word ho said In the letter.
Major Early In Court
Slt.iyor Smith reached the courtroom
iirller tban usual for tho opening day
' his defense. It was 9:15 o clock when
camo In, nut Director of Public
fety Wilson was there ahead of him.
cupylng a seat in tne iront row near
table reserved for tne Mayor s coun-
Mayor Smith apparently was In good
nor and full of conndence In what the
would bring, lie was smiling as he
ered the courtroom. He greeted Dl-
etor Wilson and took his seat at the
ansel table.
moment later Thomas Bobbins.
end of the late Colonel rtoosevelt
defeated candidate ct tbo last elec
for Congressinan-at-Uirge from this
trlct, came Into the courtroom.
yor Smith rose nnd advanced half-
to greet Mr. Robins, shaking hands
conversing bilelly with him.
rhe Mayorjhad Just returned to his
ce whenJKe Jury came filing In. The
r remained standing and bowed
; smiled, to tho Jurors. FIo of the
Ivb brjw'Cd in return, and two smiled.
ontlnufd on I'uir Flfttrn, I'otunin Flic
i WEATHKn.wllYSl
liirfj from the noithiccsl nre
Irrsli, .itrnnu ami stout.
Id of thr Month, name today
as tomorrow!
tonluhtt Ah, yes, uithout
ouot;
Vs lair enough! Bo tchv
tile borrowf
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DIRECTOR
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MAYOR SMITH
lie ent on llie tbiml today In liU
trial for alleged ronpiraiy to in-
late the Mierti law-, ami denied huv- I
inp plolted willi I'iflli Want poliic
in the priinur) election lliuppcry
FOOD PRICE LIS!'
HELPS CONSUMER,
SAYS OFFICIAL
Chief of Markets Declarer. I'llltli-
I cation I'rcenl. Drillers Milk
in! I'Xiirliilanl Charges
I Uu rt Staff Corratpoiulciit
Vii.btni:tnii, .Ian "0 TIu piidttt
'bent to CoiiRiess by llie I'lnduce '.
elianKfl of Philadelphia, nsserthiK th.il
tho Hurejiit of Markets, tbioiiEli Its fair
I price lsit. Is attempt!?;; lo control foud
prices, feliows that homo Plilladelplil.i
ptoduoo ilealeis are lielng prevented b
, tb Eovreninent fiom eli.irKiliff the eon-
sumlnK jiubllo unwarranted lilch prices,
It was asseited heio todav by It. .1.
llrand, chief of tho Ihueata of Market,
f lilted States iirnuitment of Airilcul-
turc.
in KciiniK oui uuriair price iisis we
believe we nre. and I know' wo nre. fair
to the producers, tho dealers and the
constimers," said Mr. llrand "Wo vvoil;
out our list like this:
"We take the pi Ice the producer gets
mid allow a fair margin of profit for
the dealer befoio IKIng thn price to the
talned from u number of
Ultimate iniyer. 1 nese prices are on-
prcidiieeiH,
ilealers and stores and a fair aveiage
arrived at I-ranee," said captain Mvnnsoii, is ju-i
"Where the produce goes from llie I as Important as llie l'hll.iilelphla Kapld
wholesaler lo the retailer to the public j Tiansit inipanv "
wo take the average wholesale yilic, Captain Swauson said there was a
add a fair margin of propt for tlio n- lfty-llftv" isH.nslblllty for the aci -JrlTOll'sl
'' '" " f""' ' dents. Fifty per cut due to the motor-
' "Complaints nbout our fair pike lists ' men and .10 per cent duo to the motor
usuallv Kime fifim d.aleis vvlm are nn- drivels. lie said Hint T went.v-llrst street.
tnted thiougb publication of the llstslFeder.il. IUcklnson and christian streets
from running Hit Ir nilces awa.v tin
mil
CNtortlug fiom the public."
FLEE FROM RUSSIAN REDS
li c l' ci I I ij I .
Ketuces l-roni hlienktirsk Itelale
Stories of Massacres
Arelmncrl. .Ian. 2S. (Delajed) (lly
A. P.) Tho number of refugees tleeing
over forest paths in zeto weather from
Mienkursk lo the American and Allied
lineu Tio rill of tli.'it tou'll la inerofmlm-
American ited Cross representatives re- i of the elimination cf tlie car stop neatest
port that the plight of tbo refugees Is i his. home.
serious. t nehan was one ot the witnesses who
Thoso who left Hhenkursk after th"' testified todav
Sr'ni'acrel? !Kt! TX , A pro.est ""' -Ij'"",;
quarters Is still Inclined to doubt them. ! land avenyo "as made bv firtv-seveii
The refugees declare that tbo UolshevlUI .residents c-f the nelghbniliood of hlxtj -eontliiued
to shell tho town long after, ninth street and Woodland avenue and
the American forces withdrew, evidently ' presented to tlio commission by Ilehan.
not. knowing that they had loft. The. tIo p!ld he was compelled to make
ouiiinarumeiii iinaiiv- resu icti in me sei-
ttug utile of many buildings, after which.
it iu Eoi.i ti,.. ii.iUiK.eiki r,,i..i i .,.,.
shot .many of tho Inhabitants.
ANDHEWASJALD!
Sad Tale of a Straw Hat anil
Cruel Wind
Peace has Its heroes no less than
war. Two of them vveie tho c.vnusure
of all ees Ibis afternoon as they
strolled across Independence Square,
decorated with pcifectly good straw
hats.
Tho sight of theses harbingers of spring
Irritated the wind Hwlsh It went, and
swish went ono of the straw hats.
Persons to the right of the man, per
sons to the left of him, giggled and flut
tered; but onward went the hero after
his straw. Ho realized tlio danger
which confronted him, and It, and the
wind was cold and the hero was bald.
In the face of overwhelming numbers
be rescued It
The two men hastened away, loo
swift even for nlert photographers, They
were young men and looked qultn nor
mal. One carried u cane, tbo other a
wrist watch.
STOLE CAR FOR EXCITEMENT
Camden Youth Confesses, Saying
Motion Pictures Inspired Him
Kxcltetnent Act of exciting, or state
of being excited.
Incitement Stealing an automobile
and lighting a revolver duel with pur
suing patrolmen
The first definition is a la Webster.
Tho second Is that of Charles Durbar,
nineteen years old, Twenty-third und
Turner streets, who surprised the Cam
den detectives today by surrendering
and confessing to tlio attempted theft
of an automobile last Monday, lie
abandoned tlio machine and escaped
after an exciting clmse and revolver
duel.
Durbar said he got his Idea of "ex
citement" from tbo "movies" and the
reality cer.talnly fulfilled nil his expec
tations, but Ids conscience bothered
him, he said, so ho confessed,
COURT UPHOLDS PHONE RATE
U. S. DiMriet Rciirli Iiefuscs In
junction in Indiana Case
I Inilhuiupoll. Ind.. .Intl. 29,- lll.i A
1 pi The United States District Couit
has no Jurisdiction to grant an Injunction
against collection of tho now long
distance telephone rates ordered Into ef
fect by Postmaster General llurleson,
Judge A. H. Anderson decided here to
day. ,
The, temporary restraining order
acalnnt the rale In Indiana was' ills.
piveo,- - I'm .
. -- )
IP. R. T. OFFERS
i COMPROMISES
ON SKIP-STOP
i P r ohx ises Elimination!)
Where System Works ;
Hardship
DECISION IS REACHED
AT PUBLIC HEARING
ice President Tully Suggests
Business Men and Company
Get Together
SLOWER AT CROSSINGS
Army Oflieer Blames ol Aeei
denls to Motor Transports j
on Practice t
kip-stops will be eliminated whrr
ever It Is found the, work liann to the
public
Tills ilrelMon whs reached today fol
lowing a hearing of protests against the
1sMem before the t'tiblie Service Cntn-jmli-slnn
in Cinuiclls' Klnnine Chamber
City Halt
After It bad been rlmvv n th.it tlie
! sjslcm was Itiiliiei tly iespondblo fur
(irty-oiie nrrideiits between ears and
nriny inotcotriul.H Mine !. itobei.
Henry (1. 'I'lillv, ire 'presldenl f f tin
It.iplil Transit Coinmny. mod th.it tin
ininpniiv nml tin- I'nltei llisni;.m Mi'H"
AhMicl.itlon n't lugitlier and try t
com pi utilise.
.Mr. Tuilv said- "I eryisider Ibe 1".
U T. a public tenant and it Is inter-
1 ested In KtlliK decent service at it
low .orice 1 MiRRe't that the fulled
llnsiness Men nip'diit n loinniltli t"
confer with me and ntber olllci.iln nf
tb P It T
Lower sperd StiKfieteil
'Tills ccinmilttee will ko oxer roni
pl.ilutH eoneeriiitii; the sMem Wliorever
It Is found llie sl.lp-btop works liann to
tile piddle It will be eliminated"
i Hefoie tho iintioiinceiiieiit of Jtr
Tally, fills Allies Ilallard. attorney for
the P. It. T, alo lutlimiled that the
cnmnaii.v would leinljusi tne svsiein ami
1 hinted tli.it moloi men may no oiuere.i in
reduce car speed lo four lulbs an hour
' when i rosHlnc streets.
There was no sign of vlndlctivenersi In
.. attliudn of Captain swannon, oi me
f nlted States motor transport service I
iw. ..,t,i f iho tirtv-ono acchUnts in!"""1"- ' "l"
Irud.s. hut ho declared that the iiianv
accidents due to skip-stops caused him
to reroute supplies on the way to the
so u crs in riaucc woue u, iu ,.--
Inr transported through this city.
"Tb.i welfare of l.snn.iino men
in
the most dangerous thoioiighfares
w en
since tfi
adoption of the skip-stop
s-jstom j
Asked b.v Mr Ilallard If be though!
a leductlon in speed to four miles an
hour would help cllmh tile accidents.
,..ipt.lln sw.mson said lie thought it
, would.
llarilsblp m Cripple '
in.oe.li .1 Ilelian. a cripple, of GS.'.S
Woodland avenue, Is compelled lo walk,
080 feet to the nearest car stop bec.iue i
- .. .... , , i ,.
r "' ' , in o n'i , i. ,.
I Woodland avenue Hue anil elimination
ition
used
i oi tne siop ai riij -noun piii iu
turn much Inconvenience.
The witness also said that stops wcte
eliminated at Sixty-third street and
Seventy-first street, both of which me
business centeis iu that section of the
city.
Ilehan said It looked as though the
nnnld Transit Company ordered some
ono to make six stops lo the mile and
stops were sIhsIic
venlenccd the publl
CuinnilsHio
The Commissioners
Michael J. Rjan,
W. A. Magee,
The commission
mine wliether tbo
a convenience to
The United Uusln
tlon, In its protest.
Committee of T
the Philadelphia
nam did not go
service or convenience.
were .lot '" rponsiii.e 'mrly
g.eat loss of life. It was contended.
Attorneys for the nuslnrsj men tooK
u?. JhoU",.?",,0Lrllr: '.," .r. C"
wnnessca iium n n.uiu..n . r..w ,t,.,v
Inconvenience is causea ny tne transit
company's plan to make only sK or
seven stops to the mile.
A Councllmanio tiklp-stop Hearing,
i,.m Oils nfternoon liv thn Street Rail,
held tins aiiernoon, n 11 n niru iu. -
ways evommiueo results iroru un. uiut-
naneo of William T. Colburn. of tne
Korty-slxtli warn, wiuon is oravvn 10
retnilate tbo operation and stop of sur
face cars. It provides for full stops nt
all prlnclnil streets nnd for safety stops
nt those of minor Importance,
Tlie bill was once favorably reported
by the cotnmitteo planning the public
hearings, nnd was recalled with tbo
express purpose of giving T, 12. Mitten,
president, and other ofllcers ot the
transit company an opportunity to com
bat its provisions. Opportunity was
a , Cba es Peger
,,"",. ,k
".... f- '
given today by ciialrman CI
to all parties to bo heard
burn w 111 malm a second appeal for k
favotable teport on his nieasute
REPORT FORD RECOUNT MOVE
,, r 1 . f r . e
benate Recolulion Conies Oait of
CoilllllittCO Oil Party Vote
Wtmhliigfon, Jan. 29. (Ity A. P.)
I.avorablo report on the resolution for
invAKlitratlnn nf tliA Itloliliriiii MiturhAn,...
Ford penatorlat campaign was ordered!
tortay y tho Senate Contingent Kx
d whether It incon- - ...... .... ..,., Pn.-ntinn nnd tlio Mnrslmll blonds .... . i.i-.n n'clo.k am few who don't ...,",".'' "'"'", called upon io answer mis argument
'"''" ."'""" ....... I..., , -- --.". ,B0 1,,CM,a ",."', , , When , America; ;",'":; bv the statement that the American
John S. Hilling and "The soldiers will not be disinfected.' , mg out ot tnis licaty, supported by ..,,,, nered the program oi ncu..n. . . ,p. , .ui ' ,, 'V .1 . K. ,01' 0,l( """"""'V: .-i""-'-. " einm.
he said, "and tho public must avoid firitish South Africa which is de- I ouV voted unanimously to carry out' ,-, ,.;" '' " nboUt how ,l4re? Vi.W , "'i nb' 'hen ??'
was asked lo deter- contact with them Wo will give the IJr,l's.h ,l" , .r' ' l. S "C he program. As snon as the resolution ' ser frecen 1 hh.h'J ?"ny aml so tl'orlzPd M the league, unless the
sklp-stop system was pcople plenty of chance to see the boys, I manding, in addition, tho Geiman 'disposed of, the House adjourned, , , " nl" Wo? evn .?y Camo one co,ony was aW l n,,nnCe lt"lt
the public. Rn-ithwrst. African dominions. ' me- n. seesloii less than twenty mln- na,hv nn, , 'LB,cJr,?, r.p.r"slo"s f tJ'm- Tho plan has not progressed to a
pointed out that the llie atlliuoe oi inr uominions un- ,, ,,..d over todav especially to give 'I lie newspapers of'tht. i. , made to nssigu particular nations to
lilrteen picked by PD ANTC UfillDC RUT fl TC PAV dnnbtedlv is rnibarrnssitirr tn ' . u .V, , , .volution a fltfi read-' iende.lv of w ii,.i. ..... .."?.a" eak ,llPh0 CUardlaiiships. In the case ot
K"Jroe,oaror - Z " Premier Lloyd George, but he ta'InV" . li BAJJiM ,li oTnS-r,
Bne Comaltt ttrlot party wU.j th PhJla(J9llrW
' "
COI ONKL JOHN KoiinnsoN
- -1 -1 a 1 1 1 ileliarkatinu olliicr at lln
lioken, i' in 1'hil.iilelpliia to aitt
(Colonel It, W. I'arker. in i li.irpe of
army opcraliont here, in llie !e
li.irknlion of ironpf on llic tr.iu
porl H.ierfonl, due here tomorrow
HAVERFORD DUE
TO DOCK HERE AT
9 A.M. TOMORROW
Troopidtip Is, Repotled
J5p Neariii"; llie Dela
ware (..ape)
lo,
PARADE AT 10:30 O'CLOCK'
Ye.-iel h Hringinp 2096 Mem
bers of Ameriean Expedi
tionary Forres
The transpott llaverford, cairyhiK
:0fl6 members of the. American expedl
tlonary forces, Is near tho lie law are
Capes. It will dock at n o'clock to
morrow morning at WiirIiIiikIoii ave-
inuo wliarf.
r'viieet tr,
unlve at
Thursday
Capes at 0
it fl o'clock,"
wan the message leceivrd this afternoon
j from the commander of the llaverford
,)y ,, ,,, young, nianiiger ot tho Interna.
tlon.it Merchantlle Mat hie, owners of the
i vessel.
The llaverford will p.i-H quarantine
nnd proceed to Manns Hook whein It
will anchor for the night It will leave
Ihero at 7 a m. for Philadelphia.
Army and navy officials anil Mr.
Young, at a conference this morning,
arranged with the quarantine olllclals at
Ueedy Island to allow the vessel to pass
through quatantlno wltlioitt a stop. The
definite tiino for
landing was then set
at 1) o'clock.
I'Hrnile '-liirls at lllinn
About an lour and a half will be
consumed for the landing of the troops,
and at 10:30 o'clock they will form In
pitado and march to Iiroad Street Sta
tion where tliev villi entrain for Camp
l"l for demobilization.
Since the llaverford Is moving at the
rate of about fourteen knots per hour.
tb" naval authorities estimated that the
IISI.,'1 ,i,'ioi lie ''i ,' Mill, i.fi.i i.iiii,-
live miles off the lioiawnre Capes at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
Colonel John Hobertson, assistant to
the troop movement ofllcer, conferred
with Colonel H. W. Parker this morn
lug regarding the parade and arrange
meats. . tL
II will l.llie iii'.iiiL une- aim line-null
hours for the troops to debark," Colonel
rtobertson said, "and tho parade will
I follow about lO'tfO o'clock. A route
I to be decided upon this afternoon at a
conference between myself. .Superintend
self. Superintend -
n and ltobert D.
the Conn. II of
taue tlie troops to
out of I'nlleo Hoblnson and
Drlpps, hecretary of
i National Defense, will taKe the troops
' li.n.il Cl.nAl Vi.illmi i.,.ern Ip.ilno u'lll
, ijuu ..... w, .........
he ready ror inein. i.very i-oMiier "llo'v,..
Is phsslcally able will marih in the NC"
parade,
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, ,.;."; .V.""', ' v ;',. ' r '. '
' fortv-elElit-liour week to the workout
. I" "tVPilllH nextt5londj.j. ami in the
KVSM !i!e.
SS.'JatVoVa ail!!
iccnt luai uhjiu mis
vvorlelncr of lonucr h
nav lis eininuia ui ine one vi nun. aim
a. i.aif.
This Is the substance or the compapv's
, 1 - ." 1 . 1,.. i 1 .. - .
answer iu hb en..iu,, 1., iimnuT. we
,,,. Hame time the comuany refuses to
. th(, fifly-four-liour wage for the
Ki,orter hours, but says It will give forty-
eBhi hours pay for fcity-eight liours
work.
HEADS BIG BELGIAN HOSPITAL
Lieutenant Colonel Wnlsli, of
Philadelphia, Medical Director '
Lieutenant Colonel William II. Walsh, )
of tho Medical Corps, United States '
army, has neen appoiniea general inedl-
' U "'rector of the great children's ho..
i pital and sanatorium toJ establlsbe.
I Jin tbo estate of La Princes .lo l.lnge
1
on the estate or La Prlnrese do Llnge,
Ijt itocliefoucauld, at lf.iudutir, near
Mons. Hulghmi, accoidnig to advices Jusl
received heie.
Colonel Walsh, before entry of Atner.
Ic.i Into tbo war. was a Philadelphia
nllVHlclllll. SPCClllllZlllg ill llOSp
.cVioii. organization and man,
land executive secretary of the .'
specializing in iiospiini con-
igcnie'iit.
nnd executive secretary or me American
Hospital Association. He reorganised
and was medical director of the. I'hlla.
delohla Contagious Disease Hospital nnd
the Philadelphia Children's Hospital.
ind aUo, was chief reiWent phyalclwn
MUC4 WBVij
i i.i)jonri iiuut-i tmi .iib ijuimi .i ndiii- Australia inU NCV AOaiann ilVC (MiulrmiUi t. """'"" ono inapi i.tdn . ii-iii , - line ,
rr rre.ent ,() ,,. pllhUo llol ,0 ,, ln ....act " .' ' . s""" . i tl t. " ' l loulo l.avv and order Committee. n,'nt"p"" '" .1 Ailh"m' " s time I Pi-"'., contemplated that the "manda.
nit the heating ate. with the men. lu""l"""s "f"' "'""' "' "" "' I,. ,r,i tho resolution up tor urn reauing iei icans nri (v . . , ou"" tl,e or . . , y lr ".,
ess Men's Assocla- t'ontlnunl on Tute 'Iwo. Column lour I i wblsiwr if Rlleirlsne- ,han a Point where any attempt has been
The Committee Allicneail ooieil Hills wie ermnelled to sunuort t hem. 1'rm.w1 .-.. i,..entor r I ami I '"'I .. ,.' '"" '""generally when ... ,7i. n, ..nmeinns rrn.i..
JAPAN ASKS
RECOGNITION
OF EAST RULE
Would Sacrifice Claims to
Establish Monroe Doe- ,
trine of Orient
SECKET TREATY RISKS
TO BALK HER PLANS
Dominions. Italy and France
I'rgc Annexations to Gain
On if Ends
OBSTACLE TO LEAGUE
Success Depends on Wilson's'
Ahility to Compromise
Claims fn
My CLINTON W. filLUXRT
sttlff t'nrrrf.Mindrnl of (hi l;flillic lllb.
He l.rilcer Ui tile Tome lldf.
Kiitimi In l.nrnp
tty Fprrinl t'.nhlr
t npvtrllf, "111. by I'ubJn l.rrl jrr In,
I'aris, .Ian. 'JO. Japan's insistence
that the Japanese "Monroe Doctrine
of the Far Iibt" he reeopnized on
tin equal footing with the Monroe
Doctrine of America as a funda
mental of the lenrjuc of nations is
tho ic.iI linsis of the argument over'
lie Pacific Island:, now occupying'
llie whole time of the "liig rive" at
the Peace Conference.
Japan has icfu.sed to accedo to
the league of nations, even in i
piinciple, until this question of her'
status in her own (oilier of the
world is determined.
Meantime, the discussion grad
ually has come to involve tho whole
problem of the disposition of Ger
man colonies, which, in turn, reaches
to the issue of hclf-dctermination.
It is hecominp; apparent that
the degree in which this question,
raised by Japan is settled will de
termine, largely tho effectiveness of
tho league of nations.
Japanese Xot Selfish
The Japanese aro not selfish in
the sense of joining in a scramble
for the small morsels of the war.
I It is indicated in Japanese circles
hero that Japan is ready to give up
Kiau-Chau to China and to re
nounce ownership of all other Ger
man dominions if she can gain
recognition of her own Monroe
Doctrine.
What Japan wants is assurance
of freedom for Japanese colonisa
tion and tiade in all undeveloped
legions of Asia and the Pacific,
with recognition of Japan's domi
nant power in the Kast.
America already has tecognized
the Japanese Monioe Doctrine in
the ".iinsing agreement, ulc just
before the Allied intervention in
. T , , T .
i Kussia. It Is the Japanese hope now
1 10 make this recognition interna-
: ,
final.
Secret Treaty Interferes
' Tho situation is complicated, how
ever, by tlio secret, treaty between
I Great Britain and Japan, made in
ln. ; ( u n-lHel, i-.v,:..
1917. B'V'"P to the British Kmpii'O
1 all the Herman islands in the I'aciric
j of the e(uator, leaving all thoso
' . , , .
north of the equator to Japan. This
....1
VVOUIIl
give to iintam the hamoan.
.-. . ..
i inn Ai niu-ii ti. i.i ir;n
UUMIltlt nilllltltUl-J 41111 Din-
iS CS " th.. "rit,!h :,0mininS'
, uccauso recogn.uon ... mo I'hcII.c
war treaty would he 11 nrecedent
. .. w F, ., .,., , -. .
to allow French claims in Syria and.
Pa,C!sUnC- , ItaI S0Ckin(? JUE0"Slav
. .. , ., ,
territory, nas tne same attitude as
v,.n.,e
.. .
ti :-, i.r.in.. ..... .
I'lcsiuvui. . noun
S Sitting be -
Continued on ruse Two. Column n,e
Smugglers!
Hold, bad fellows up on the Cana-
dlan border.
Fighting!
Lots ot It when law and authority
clash with lawlessness,
Love!
N"o ntork life is complcto with
out it,
Next Monday
That's when Holman Day's fas
clnntlng story begins In tho rjvns
INO runuc I.EPaF.n. Don't forgot
to read tlio first Installment of
, THE RED LANE
Jl
more; violins, am in .1 nn.iii ir ,-.. .,.i.j 1 ,i,i n... e,i vein,...- ,. .. """' wain-'
" ' - i. i, I l come UP l"i "in. i '"" " "" on on ine i lrmi., .ma , i ... . ....
AMERICANS WILL INSIST
POWERS ADOPT WILSON
PROGRAM FOR COLONIES
HEROIC NURSE
ARRIVES HERE
ON FREIGHTER
M
re. l.i belle . Sli.iu. Itroken
in Health. Heiiinm Alionrd
l'Vli Taiisig '
llir briilth broken bv the llpors "f
Ichtcen months In the war one, .Mrs
Mn belle W. Mi.i 1,11 fniliiott ale.
line, lltachmniit Jla'H, nil army mirs,
who was llie unlv American woman
actually on the open flrlnc line with
the diiiiglilmix, arrived hcie this after
ni'oti 1 1 1 mi otciFias on board tho Amer
ican uiereli.iiiliii.iii fell T.usl
Mrs hih.iv" was .iMiiipanUd by Mli-s
Kailii inn- llutton if Meehanlcsvllle, N.
. auolher nlmv nurse, who has been
n active servile in Plant" Mnce. last
September Thoj sailed from St Nnz
ai re fianre, on January II. No other
iasai;e belnc available for them, the
were e'Slcmil to tbo captain's cabin on
Hie freighter, which brouirht hack a
i arpi of automobiles, Heel rails and
ojimtt iin.isier's supplies vvhleb were
not in, Mill by the armv after the slcn-
me of ih" armistice
Mis Shaw went forward with the
troop,, in ovcrv advance made by the
iinili in anny "se.pt tin' one encase
tic ii t at I'nttKin She was constantlv
I undei -hellllre and on iiinneroiis oca
lions wis tnliilsterlnc to s, k and
I woiiinled men In Held hospital when
tlerinan iiirtiirii were dolnc their best
mo boioh them. ith i very advance
made, hy the Yankees, Mrs Shaw said,
'the (terniani! let.illaterl with attacks by
nlr and by shellflre on the hospitals
i behind tho lines
SHIPW0RKER COMMITS SUICIDE
George V. Sherman, an tnipluyc of the New York Shipuuild
ins Company, committed tu!cldc today liy Inhaling jras at his
uoarcuUE' house, 12M Broadway, Camden. He lived at 021
Moss street, Reading.
STATE GETS INJUNCTION ON PHONE RATES
A preliminary iujimctlou. ro&tralulujj the Bell Telcpbouo
Company from charging tho iucreased telephone vatts. oidcrcd
by the Feder.il authoritivb was. Usutd thife aTteruoou by toe
Dauphin Couuty court, on petition o: Attorney GeuuraT ScuaU'ei.
DRY AMENDMENT
MOVES ONWARD
Vickcnnitii Rp-olutiun Has
Firsl Reading in
Legislature
NO DISSENT TO PROGRAM
flu ii ofnrroirrtpiisfetil
llHrrMnirg, J.tn :!. Without anv dis
sent fiom either "wets" or "dr.vs" the
Houte agreed this morning to a dclnlto
plan of action on tb
' . i....,t
tlon amendment.
national prolilbi-
I The tciccrmau icw.iuu.mi .u .......
' the amendment was given a first reading
i n,i .. , m,(le a ppeelal order for sec-
I '" "aa " '"'p ,,'
.....1 am imrn it'ii.u I,,
"""-.. ,.,, , . shen ,hP lc,o-
'-
' ,iT"" lllo'nih
IllllOllllOfll
the
i.ilive
i " ' , ., . n, 1S8. Df IMiiladclph
' Vi.-.e..nre nrov Ides for the appoint
- tlle governor of a cominhslon
- nent be nor o cm, m,
"fuel "rec. of ,ho Common-
wealth.
,r., ..Ommlsslon would be clother with
..,. ordinary powers. It would be em-
.A.,...--
.. wcred to hold hearings and subpoena
' ' .1 ,.r,m,.il the nnpearance or witnesses.
,,,. .itles would bo to provide for nn
e.iultable illstrlbullon of foodstuffs and
' fuel tlx prices, et a maximum price
ium reduco tlie cost 01
marketing
, ,.. i,i nt s?n.nnn in carry
,rniiiieie.
.. nnornnrlatlon of KCOOO to carry
on tho work of the commission Is pro
vided for In the Nil. Two members of
the commission aio to bo appointed
from the Senate and two from the
House The commission would bo em
Lowered to travel over tho Stato and
hold hearings at any point it may des
jgnatc. Check on roodituff Sn!f
The other bill provides for the proper
libeling of footstuffs sold by weight nnd
cirricd in containers The weight of
such articles must be marked clearly and
correctly on the outside of tlio container
and must be exclusive of tho container
llself
A renalty of f 100 fine is provided for
the Hrst Iolatlon and a fine of not
Continued en r.lo Two. Column Two
Whtn you thlnw of wrttlns.
i ,ms 4 -riUTua-u'
K
i.i.i.. Mniiav night at ? an o chick ! , jorltr of ih r: .. .. ." "",n "
JUGO-SLAVS FIRE
ON TEUTONS WHO
HAIL AMERICANS
Kill Kiplit Gciniaiis in Austrian
j Tovmi to Mud Welcome to
1 I'. S. Miion
London, Jan. :3 (Py A P ) -German
residents of M.ulmrp, a town In
Sljrl.i. Austria matin a demoiiHlratioii
In the streets ot lli.it to'vu Monday In
honor of the arrival there by nlrslilp of
an American ml-foii bonded bv olonel
Miles AicordliiK to mi fxvhance rrlf
graph dirpati h from Vienna, the action
of the (liTinans urouped lieneral Miijstcr
the JiiKo-Sl.iv cointiiander. who ordercu
the people to disperse .
When bis oulei was not olle'll. tlio
dispatch add, lw (ommatided bis troops
to tire, with the lesntl that eiKht persons
wero killed and iiiiinv Iniured
TWO HURT IN MOTOR CRASH
"l?SnSM-.7S W'!
Tm nerRonu uoi.i nalnfullV IlllUred
a loiirliip ear cWniolislied and a heavy
triu k bndlv ilainaceil when two cars
met head-on The collision occurred on
Crown Point ro.nl mar Westville. N .'.
shortlv after inlrl iiiulit lodav I
IValters. of I'aulsboio, who was ih iv IHK
the toiiiini; inr. wa. thrown "U anil
hadlv tut and bruised about th. heart
and iiodv lie wnn taken to Westvlllo In
a passing car ....
Mrs lavld Cameron. :7t2 Arthur
avenue, Camden, was llie other pel son
Injured. She was rldlnc nn the seat of
u l..;,v.- trileU ,,w lle.l liv tho nrlh Calll-
den Stereee i 'ompanv, "driven by Samuel
Moltne.u, camiien. and receptn nriiise-;
and contusions when sho was thrown to
the crouiid hy the Imp let.
RHINELAND STILL
LOVES EX-KAISER
I Majority of Germans "Want
' Him Back on the
Thr
one
SYMPATHY FOR EXILE
By i:nwi I JAMI1.S . I
Special Cable , Kt rning Public Ledger
l nvunqht. lilt hy V. y Timet Co.
lohlenr. Jan. : 1 tills citadel of'
couscMatlsru, tl-is nurs-ery vt Pan-Ger-I
oinnism. where the fjerman pats
American on the back nnd hates
the
the
imeriean in hia heart, manv
5' a tear was
shed over the lilrthilav
of Wllhclm If.
for they lmn him here on th
nnse.l ,iele l ,"-" '"- IIC
IIPnn.A.1 1. . j .
f,,... n , .-ii., in,., id
nan
e and the people freniiemi.. ,, ,
precaution to cut eff h, ',, c
tlie
ui mis cei 111,111 rev oliltlun, ' tile news.
paper says.
1110 alidlcatlng sovereigns
are ellber living among their people who
treat them as tho foremost citizens, or
., , i.. ' 4l '"any s"iPathlzers be-
bind.
Sjnipnllij for llt-Kiilarr
After referring to last vnr1. .,.v.
tlons erf the Kaisers birthday the tn .r
nal says
"He Is spending his
Is sixtieth blnhilav
lie'i., '"..'
in a foreign country
Rhine.
i J'frn tint sin i. ... . ... I
Some there will be." however, who 'JiV'1" complete annexation of former
' ' .,,,11 ',.., .v'.iii.i anr, i anim .
1 mini, or mm wttn loyalty and venera.
,i.. i . ...... " . .."""
.iu., un 1:1 iuiiiici "..j.-, especially when
they consider tho sad situation oeen.
pled hy C-ermany at the present time
"It Is not likely that the hope, which
is Hill secretly cherished by many per"
sons that lie will return to the throne
will be realized. On tlie other band we
trust tbat tho misfortunes which seem
to await him In the future will nnt n....
take him. may his declining years he
ri-u- hi ..I. ..o...... . -,. ."unuinga man tit
present seem likely " 1"
The Coblenz ZcUuhk has a long edl-
toriai. tno 10110 01 which ir shown by
this
"It has been said that Justice Bnd
truth are the exponents of revolution
Then let the revolution admit that the
Kaiser was In no sense of the word
responsible for this war."
Further' on It says; "We always
thought, da we still do, that the thirty-
iK nti'lM tf rUlemu CehHM'
'
tUA "
Op)osition lo Four
teen Points Prompts
This Action
DANGER TO JUST
PEACE IS FACED
Supreme Couneil Instructs
Allied Mission Leaving
on Polish Inquiry
LEAGUE WOULD RULE
German provinces
Enlontc Desires to Annex Tc.
i"w i.tims io j'ay war
D
amazes
HEAR
BELGIUM TODAY
Turkey nnd Armenia May
Conic Under American
"Wing for Protection
Hy thr A.nociated Press
'iris. Jan. 2!.The future of the
-olonles taken from tie. many has be
'ome one of the most Interesting prob
lems under eonsldetatlon by the Su
premo Council of the Peace Confer
ence. Hearings are now being given by the
council to members nf the conference
and to colonial experts. The council,
at tlie same time is proceeding with a
general policy which shall bo adopted
by the five great Powers.
At present, it appears that these
Powers Intend to dispose of tlie sub
ject, confident of tho approval of Its
decisions by tho conference itself.
The hearings Iiavo already progressed ;4J
lo the stage where tlio existence; of Y il
Mews greatly at variance with Presi
dent WiNon's fourteen points hare
been disclosed.
This iloveliipiiienl lias determined
(ho Ameriran delegates to remind the
other Powers of that fart and to urge
tho adoption of the American plan at
the ery outset, in order to Ueep the
rhal claimants tlhln the bounds of
fairness.
Plan For League) Control
This plan, which was discussed Mon
dav and Is rcceMng Immediate further
consideration, looks to international
ol of the colonics, backward na-
alllles and tribes by Individual
Powers or hy ngents to be known as
".Mandatories" of the league of nations.
These agents am to derive their pow
eis from tho league and to act en
tirely on the lines of Its policy.
Theso guardianships nro to be dis
tributed by tho league of nations; so
It again happens as in tho case of
many of tlio projects of reform that Its
successful application Is wholly de
pendent upon tlie consummation of
the league.
Onn argument against the league's
control of the colonies advanced by
the nritlh colonial officials was that
tho "mandatories" might feel them
selves saddled with enormous financial
responsibilities In an effort to develop
their wards, and jet be subject to
criticism In the event that they failed
to bring them forward.
League Behind ".Mandatories"
President Wilon himself, felt
Robert Collego
because
I con ietion among tho Turks of the
disinterestedness of America, It might
naturally llrst take upon ttselt the
' nr in,n .,011. inn
R lurney in
l.UIU'i . - -' H-wia fiift-
tlon ot Turkey's former provinces,
including Armenia.
Tho whole project Is still subject
to complete readjustment. Neverthe
less, it is reit ny home or the dele-
gates that, if tlie league of nations
' l naciltmciil rvn fl H!l ai fT rraoitnM -A
in jmwunvi " ...-. w "-v.w"l Hum
discrimination, tho groat Powers may
ho ulUim- to abandon their nln fne
I Herman colonies ami sections of late
enemy States, nllhough opposition Is
expected froni tho colonial govern
ments to such a scheme.
The supremo council of the Feac'e
Conference had beforo tt, on assent-,
bling today, tho Polish question ntK
tho Instructions for tho Allied mission
tn Poland, rollslilnud Czechoslovak
representatives nro to appear before
, ho council.
, . r .
' Hegarded as Oennsn Asset
financial consldei-utlon have entered
largely Into tna discussion ot the ln
inenntlonalizatlon of tho German col..
....... u'lilel. liavn bean cenerallv 'n.
of the
garded as the chief asset of Germany, JA
In bcttlliig war claims. x j(j
While jupmi nas mauo it ciear lnsl "
she Is willing 10 return ma awwu
territory Included tn tk Kku-OhM
concession to ChtM, sUjktmtg J
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