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TOE READING' NEWS TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS The News Times receives full leased wire service in its editorial rooms. THE WEATHER Fair today and Tuesday. VOL. 10 No. 118 Times ed 1838 News Established 191 READING MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 19 19 TEN PAGES, EIGHTY COLUMNS TWO CENTS A COPY TATMtEN CONF 7 DM LOLEAOUE PLANS REGULATIONS READY His Finish FRENCH AND ENGLISH DELEGATES CONFER WITH WILSON CONCERNING FIREMEN'S ONION WILL HOLD DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL'S REQUEST NATION DETAILS OF LEAGUE OF Plans Have Reached Very Definate Form Proposition to Meet With General Support Demand for Expense Account Will be Settled Delegates Seated PARIS, Jan.

19 (By the Associated Press). Callers at the Paris White House today were Senator Leon Bourgeois, the league of nations specialist on the French peace delegation; Lord Robert Cecil, who occupies a similar post for the British, and Gen eral Jan Christian Smuts, the South African leader, who also has BERKS MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE READYFOE DDTf Little Real Work Expected at Sessions There This Week INAUGURAL DELEGATION The Reading and Berks representatives to the State Senate and Legislature will leave for Harrisburg this evening at 6 o'clock for the session which oonvenes at 9 p. m. State Senator George Sassaman, City Representatives James E. Norton and Walter A.

Ringler and the county representatives, Wilson Sarig, Horace Brendle and William A. Rothen berger, will be ready for the session this In the opinion ef the local representatives there will be but little accomplished at the session of the Legislature this week. The Inauguration of Governor elect William C. Sproul will be the big event at Har risburg on Tuesday. This will be attended by the local representatives, many of the prominent citizens of Reading and a big delegation of the members of the Republcan county committee and the Northeastern Republican Club.

State Eenator George Sassaman will present a bill after the Senate geta down to business to increase the appropriation to the Ge.i. Gregg Memorial from $18,000 'to $40,000. The statue to the late Gen. Gregg: is to be erected at some site to be se lected in Reading. There has been an appropriation of $15,000 made already, but this sum is not considered sufficient by the local committee, of which lormer Mayor Ira W.

Stratton the chairman. Representative James IS. Norton said last evening that he has been approached with reference to sev eral bills which he will be asked to present, but there ts nothing definite Just yet. There is likely to be a bltl pre sented by one of the local repre sentatives to require that the city, county and school taxes be collected from a central office. This will do away with the county tax collectors, who are now appointed for each ward in the city and who receive a considerable sum for their work.

The Reading and Berks representatives will have voice in the (Turn to Page Seven, Column One) BOARD COVERS PUT OYER ICY STEPS Stauffer Safeguards Entrance to the Police Station It's a wooden way from the Franklin street pavement down to police station now. In the past, many a fellow being led in to be slated up for a night in the cells has slipped and fell on the stone steps. Policemen have been known to fall and a few years ago Constable John Schaeffer fell and injured his back. With these accidents occurring every year the officials often promised to make some repairs, but it remained for Councilman Stauffer this week to see to it that the wooden steps were placed to prevent the slipping. a plan for a societv of nations.

President Wilson thus had opportunity to dlseuas the French ami British viewpoints on this question and to get farther ahead with I he work of reconciling the different projects with his own ideas. The plans for a league of nations have been reduced to very definite form. The general indications are that the statesmen of the principal rations are steadily drawing1 together on a structure which will have the support of all. the informal discussions having brought the community of ideas to a point where it may reasonably be expected soon to appear on paper. It is understood that the general plan which is now most approved in substance by all the parties con terned rejects the theory of the super sovereignty of an international police force.

It also contemplates the workintr out, as the devel (Turn to Page Seven, Column Three) GERMANY TORN BY ELECTION RIOTS General Strike Declared Leipsio, City Without Water or Gas at LONDON, Jan. 19. Grave elec 1ion riots are taking place today in Uemiany, where the people are voting to choose members of the National Assembly. A general strike lias been declared at Leipsie, which is without gas and water, according to Copenhagen advices to the 13x 'liange Telegraph Company. The deaths of Dr.

Karl Lieb knecht and Rosa Luxemburg appear to have made a deep impression in provincial towns and to have led to demonstrations and street fighting, it if! reported. At Leinsie a. mob is said to have confiscated the evening editions of the Leipsic Tageblatt. Zeitung and General Gazette compelling those papers to publieh a declaration deploring the "murders in Berlin" and blaming the government for them. Strikes and demonstrations are reported in Pucsseklorf and other towns.

Airmen were flying over Berlin today and bombarding the city with pamphlets issued by all the political parties, it is reported. LEADERS RETURN FROM CHICAGO Maurcr. Stamp and Weasner Hack from Iabor Conference. James II. Maurer, president of the State Federation of Labor; Henry Stump, president of the local Fed crated Trades Council, and James YV'cssner, of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers, who were representatives at the labor conference at Chicago when the James Monney case was considered last week, returned home on Sunday morning The convention decided upon ,1 strike throughout tho coun Iry if Mooney is not granted a new trial or some favorable action taken by July 4.

of a a air to of of of of THIEYES ABANDON READING MACHINE PEACE CONGRESS REGULATIONS ARE GIYEN TO PUBLIC Law of Procedure Detailed Sixteen Clauses Number of Delegates in RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVE? PARIS, Jan. 10. Following are the peace conference regulations, which were made public officially today: Section 1. The conference assem bled to fix the conditions of peace nrst. in me preliminaries or peace and then in the definite treaty of peace, shall include the representa tiii'es of the belligerent Allied and associated powers.

The belligerent powers 'with gen eral interests, the United. States of America, the British empire, France, Italy and Japan, shall take part in an meetings and commissions. The belligerent powers with par ticular interests, Belgium, Brazil the British dominions and India China, Cuba, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hcdjas, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Portu gal, Rumania, Serbia, Slam and tho Czecho Slovak republic, shall take part in the sittings at which ques tions concerning them are discussed. The powers in a state of diplo matic rupture with the enemy pow Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay, shall take part in the sittings at which questions concerning them are discussed The neutral powers and states in process of formation may be heard either orally or is writing when sum moned by the powers with general interests at sittings devoted espe cially to the examination of ques tions directly concerning them, but only so far as these questions are concerned. Plenipotentiary Delegates Section 2.

The powers shall be represented by plenipotentiary dele gates to the number of: Five for the United Slates of AmericR, the Brit ish empire, France, Italy and Ja pan; three for Belgium, Brazil and Serbia; two for China, Greece, the King of Hedjaz, Poland. Portugal, Rumania, Slam and the Czecho Slo vak republic; one for Cuba, Guate mala, Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, Nic araguua and Panama; one for Bo livia, Kcuador, Peru and Uruguay. The British dominions and India shall he represented as follows: Two delegates each for Australia, Can ada, South Africa and India, includ ng the native state; one delegate for New Zealand. Although the number of delegates may not exceed the figures above mentioned, each delegation has the right to avail itself of the panel sys tem. The representation of the do minions, including New Foundland, and of India may be included In the representation of the British em pire by the panel Rystcm.

Montenegro snail be represented by ne delegate, but the rules concerning the designation of this delegate Bhall not fixed until the moment when the po (Turn to Page Seven, column 'three) UNITED POLAND SEEMS ASSURED People Prepare For Business Boom Paderewski Cements Factions WARSAW, Saturday, Jan. 18 (By The Associated Press). United Po and appears today a new country with every mind turned to the fu ture and trying to forget the past. It is as if the people had come out of a nightmare. Now theiK faces are smiling and the business men are beginning to make plans for the boom they are sure is ahead.

One of the most significant facts is that the prices of commodities in the markets and stores are beginning to drop, Just as they did in Prague last November with the inauguration of the Czecho Clovak government. Subscriptions to the new loan amounted to 7,000,000 marks the first day of the canvass and are mounting hourly. Even those parties which have not been entirely cemented by the efforts of Ignace Jan Paderewski, premier and foreign minister in the new coalition cabinet, who has appealed to his countrymen to be Poles first and party men afterwards, are now forgetting their old differences. As an instance, the Conservative parties of the three Poland met today and agreed to pull together in the future. The Socialist parties, which united their differences in or (Turn to rage Kv Column Tw Another big: meeting' in the history of the Firemen's Union will be held' this evening, when the resolution, passed by City Council a few week ago calling upon all of the Are com paniee to present an Item of expenses to the department of pobha safety by February 15th will be generally discussed.

The action of Council followed a controversy vita the Riverside Fire Company, which objected to operating the Are enihie which wag turned over from the Marion Company. Council passed a resolution requiring; the Riverside Company to maka a definite statement as to whether it' was about to dispose of its horses and refuse to operate the engine. The company submitted a reply, stating that the action toward selling the horses was not written in the minutes ef the company meeting. On the same day that this resolution was passed by Council the resolution requiring all of the companies to make up a statement of their expenditures for the past year and submit it by February 16th was passed. When the firemen apked for $1,000 in increased grratuitles for 1919 a statement was submitted with the request to show Just what it cost each company to operate for a year.

The law committee of the Firemen's Union upon the refusal of Council to grant more than $300 in increased gratuities took a stand, declaring that the entire department should quit Just as soon as the 1919 gratuities were exhausted. After the statement was submitted to Council showing what it cost te operate the companies, there were many questions asked by the firemen when Council came back a few weeks later asking for the statement. by February 15th. In the minds of many of the firemen it looked as Council questioned the system of bookkeeping. The controversy over the gratui tis grew to such an extent a few (Turn to Page Seven, Column One) A SORELY INJURED SOLDIER RECOVERS Corpora! Charles L.

Boughter Writes of Wounds Suf fered Over Ther Having his Jaw bone fractured and. rebroken twice and reset and later suffering from an infected foot wa the trials of Corporal Charles Boughter. son of Rev. C. E.

Boug. ter, 1435 Perkiomen avenue, pastor of the United Brethren church, Boughteer is now in Base Hospital No. 20 somewhere in France. Corporal Boughter further stated in his letter that at one time the doctors thought it necessary that his foot be amputated in order to save his life, but was elated over the fact when he was informed that his foot would be spared. I walked with the aid of crutches for several months, said the young soldier in his letter, but now I can walk without them which makes me feel that I will soon be on my way home.

Two more sons of Rev. Mr. Boughter are in the service. Sergeant Kephart Boughter. attached to the Field Hospital, No.

308, and the Sanitary Train No. 302. The third son, Corp. Russell Boughter is located at Carlisle, Hospital No. 31.

nursing back to health returned wounded soldiers. since February 19 until he was sent to a base hospital. He said old Company I sure made a 'name for that organization and the people should be proud that they arc residents of a city that sent out such a company. Before sailing for France, November 14, 1917, the company was changed to Company A. 149th Machine Gun Battalion.

"We landed at Winchester, England, December 1st, and passed through Southampton and over into France. The first town at which we stopped for a rest was Le Harves, and then moved on to the famous village of Liffol Te ietite. the hlrthp'acr of (Turn to Last Page, Column Three) SIX DIE IN FIRE AT PHILADELPHIA Exploding Oil Stove Starts Blaze Two Others May Die fnuAUEUPHlA, Jan. 19. Six persons were burned to death and two others fatally injured tonight in a Are that destroyed the home of Nicola Napolitano, in the southern section of the city.

Three of the victims were children of Napolitani and the others were Patrick Mar tlnelli and his wife and child, who occupied an upper floor of the house. Napolitano's other two children were so badly burned that it is feared they cannot live. The; fire started during the ab senc.e of Napolitano and his wife and is believed to have been due to an exploding oil stove. SYNAGOGME IS EXTINGUISHED Second Blaze Within Month. Still Alarm to Rainbows For the second time within a few weeks fire broke out in the Kesher Israel synagogue, southeast corner Eighth and Court street, where blaze was discovered this morning shortly before 1 o'clock.

George Merigo, a driver of the Rainbow company, saw smoke pouring from window on Court street. Upon investigation he discovered the flames and notified Chief Nicthammcr who responded with the Rainbow chemical. The fire was caused by a hot furnace in the cellar. It was necessary to rip up part of the floor get at the flames. LABOR FOR Ki'Ron PARIS, Jan.

19. The possibility that the demand for labor In debt crushed Kuropean countries may cause a slackening of the laws for the protection of workers will he the starting point of the consideration the subject of international labor, which was placed yesterday on the conference programme after responsibility for the war and punishment the crimes committed during hos tilities. Pl'RlFYLN'G METZ PARIS, Jan. 19. The purification Metz from German undesirable elements' continues under the best conditions, according to a Havas News Agency despatch from that city.

The latest convoy sent out from Metz included Prof. Haenleln, the Royal College faculty. whether his extradition could be demanded. The authors of the report give a long argument against the bringing of the ex emperor before a tribunal of common law, because lvs will commanded but' his hand did not execute. Ttiev sny th the principal offender and that therefore he could only be punished as an accomplice.

An international tribunal consequently must be found They consider The Hague arbitration court founded at the 1899 conference incompetent to try the emperor, as the court was meant for cases where no penalty to be ap (Turn to Page Sevei Column Seven) FOUR TROOPSHIPS WITH 4992 YANKS REACHNEW YORK Large Number ot wounded Soldiers Aboard the Vessels CASUAL COMPANIES NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Four steamships, thoir decks brimming with American fighting men, hundreds of whom gazed upon the home shores from cots and convalescent chairs, passed the Statue of Liberty today, bringing home 4,992 heroes. When the hospital ship Comfort, bearing 371 sick and wounded, en tered the upper bay, she was hailed by echoing cheers from the throngs on shore and the strains of "Home, Sweet Home" from a band on board vessel carrying Mayor Hylan's Committee of Welcome, As the Comfort came abreast, the Lady of Liberty a great crowd arose from her decks, crowded to the rails with soldiers in bandages, supported by crutches and canes or seated in easy chairs. Through the port holes of (Turn to Last Page, Column Three) YOUNG ENGLISH PRINCE IS DEAD Youngest Son of King George Passes Away at Sandringham LONDON, Jan.

19. Prince John, the youngest son of King George, died at Sandringham last night. He had been ill for some time. An official bulletin Issued this evening says: "Prince John, who since infancy had suffered epileptic fits which lately had become more frequent and severe, passed away in his sleep following an attack at 5.30 p. m.

Saturday." The prince wag possessed of exuberant spirits. He was the rime favorite of all classes and the idol of the servants and tenants at Windsor. It is said that he was the favorite brother of Princess Mary, who loved to romp with him, The prince was born at Sandringham, THREE PRISONERS GET TEN DAY SENTENCES Sunday Morning Visitors in Police Court Get Vacation Three prisoners who appeared be fore Alderman Dumn in police court on Sunday morning were sent to jail to serve terms of ten days. Mike Walsh, arrested by Policeman Lar kin on a charge of begging In the vicinity of Twelfth and Chestnut streets; Charles Blue, arrested by Policeman Knop at Seventh and Franklin streets, on a charge of fighting; and John Lynch, arrested by Policeman Hohl, charged with being intoxicated and disorderly were each given ten days. FRENCH AVIATOR LANDS ON ROOF Succeeds in Test Prior Establishment of Air Station to PARIS.

Jan. 19. Jules Vedrines, the aviator, today won a prize of 25,000 francs for being1 tho first airman to land on the roof of a house druing a flight. Vedrines left Issy Les Moulineaux at 1.20 o'clock this afternoon, notwithstanding a thick fog, with the purpose of attempting a landing on the roof of the Galleries Lafayette, a large department store near the St. Lazare station.

The roof, which is wide and long and without ob. structions on It, has previously been proposed for use as an aerial station in Paris. Vedrines flew over the boulevards and slowed down as he passed over the bank building, opposite his destination. Here the aviator shut off the power of his engines and skimmed the parapet surrounding the roof by only a few inches. The landing was a spectacular one, and, although the machine was slightly damaged, Vedrines was uninjured.

When the machine came to a standstill, Vedrines waved his arms to a spectator on the bank roof, yelling "There you are!" The roof is fourteen metres in width and in length about twenty five metres. The width of the airplane used by Vedrines is twelve metres. After the flight and the successful landing, Vedrines said he never had the slightest doubt about its success. He added that he intended to fly around the world. YOU CAN'T MAKE A MISTAKE in buying your wall paper at Earl's Semi annual Bargain Sale.

Painting. Prompt service. Karl's, 525 Penn gtrC STEAL ANOTHER Car of Henry Kulp is Deserted Near Pottstown Sunday Morning POTTSTOWN AUTO GONE Bold automobile thieves who stole a big car owned by Henry R. Culp, 723 North Fifth street, from In front of the Armory on Saturday night and abandoned it about 10 a. m.

Sunday near Pottstown are believed to have stolen another car from in front of a Pottstown church In broad daylight and made good their escape. The theft of the car owned by Mr. Culp from in front of the Armory was committeed on Saturday night between 10.1a and 10.30. The theft was reported to the police, but the thieves got out of the city immedi ately. They must have run the car all night, and at 10 o'clock Sunday morning it was found abandoned near Linfield The car had been run so hard that parts of the machinery were burned fast.

At 11 a. m. the car owned by John R. Saylor and which was standing in front of a pottstown church was stolen. It is believed that the same gang of thieves which stole the Reading car operated at Pottstown.

The Saylor car bears license No. 27610. The Reading police were notified of the theft at Pottstown and there is a countrywide search In progress. ARABIAN PRINCE Df PARIS PARIS, Jan. 19.

Prince Feisal, a son of the king of Hedjas in is in Paris awaiting Instruc tions from his father concerning the appointment of two delegates to represent the Hedjas kingdom at the peace conference. Colonel Lawrence, who accompanies the young prince as aide, expects Feisal himself will be chosen as the first delegate of the kingdom. BURGLAR SCARED OFF There was a burglary scare at Allendale on Saturday night when it was thought that thieves visited the home of Frank P. Gaul, contractor. Raymond Moyer a stepson, heard the cellar door slam and saw a man leave the building.

He notified the members of the family who were at a neighbor's and an Investigation of the home was made, but no trace of the thieve could be found. COMPANY I BOY DESCRIBES FIGHTING AT END OF WAR Sergeant" George Gring Home on Furlough From Bass Hospital FRENCH EXPERTS SAY SPECIAL TRIBUNAL MUST TRY KAISER League of Nations to Create New Court Extradition Cannot be Refused Sergeant George A. Gring, a member of old Company National Guard, weary worn of the many battles he figured in. which caused him temporarily to lose his voice, returned home Sunday morning from General Hospital No. 17, lo cated at Azalea, N.

C. The young soldier was invalided to this country October 13. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gring.

of 325 West Greenwich 'street. Sergeant Gring js the picture of health, the result of his outdoor life. In speaking of his experiences last evening, he stated that he had been in service either in tho front line trenches or held in reserve right in back of the front line PARIS. Jan. 19.

Some points in the report to which Premier Clem eneeau referred when he said he had consulted two eminent Jurists on the penal responsibility of the former German emperor, were made public today. The report was drawn up by Ferdinand Larnaude, dean of the Paris law faculty, and Dr. A. G. De Lapradclle.

professor of rights of nations in the. same faculty. The object of the inquiry was to Investigate from a purely juridical point of view if the crimes committed by the German government, and army involved the penal responsibility of the former German emperor, what trioy 0' should judge him and 1.1. il 'fiili'ii'friei.