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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
.U-BOATS RULED OUT
BY NEW WAR RULES
Undcrstas Boats to Give Way 10
Economic Weapon in Settling
Future Troubles.
NJ Associated prees 20 Every Evening

HF Ass1r1ate1 FFfe3 ~ EFtfF FFtfftfsk
London, Feb. 3 The abolition Of
submarines rs warshIps may be- decided
upon by the League n Nations commttc
during tho coming week, according ~ the
Paris correspondent of the Mail ~ Is
said that this WAS ono ~ several under
standings reached during the conference
Friday between President Wilson and
Colonel House. General Smuts and Lord
Robert Cecil, and viii probably be pro-
posed among the first planks Of the plat
form At the sessions this week, during which
IL Is hoped tho league's constitution may
be definitely formed
British and American delegates, repre-
senting tho biggest naval powers, are
said 70 have sounded al naval opinion on
this point II was suggested 'hat the
submarine might be used defensively
between the three mile limit Of territorial
waters, but the overwhelming sentiment
was that the E-boat must be abolished
outright
After scrapwng tho submarine, the
correspondent says, ut il understood that
recommendation will be made that the
economic weapon take the place Of ~
other weapons IN future wars. Respect.
ing disarmament, the league viii eudeavoI
to work out q scheme hy which the
armalnents Of all nations viii be gradually
c,lrta,led to point decided upon ~ beins
necessary for defense The league wi
try "a arrange this early enough ~ insure
that The financial savings thus gained VII
pay the interest on the wnrld's war debt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
FTUNE rs ITALIAN.
COUNCIL Tells WILSON
Associated Prea4 ~ Every Evening

= Aesocist~sI Preas - Every Evening
pars SUNDAY. Frb -prcsident viii
son and other members ~ the pelirc
conference have received from the Pri+si-
dent of 'he national cvuncil at Fiwrte
the Mayor of the cifv and members ~
the House - Deputies q memorandum
concerning the situation IN that tnrFn
which expects its fate to he decided tbis
week. The memorandum maintains HAT
unon the dissolution ~ Austria. FIurnc
hecatne an independent state, exercising
al state functions. - II had noticed all
governments oi Europe and Americs.
III he state n Fiumc Using its right
of self-dsterrnination decided 10 JOIN
Italy Tor national and economic reasons,
the memorandum says. The nationality
n 'Ffunre IL proven bv the fac, that aii
MAYORS and Deputies 0f thc city have
always been Italian. and the same holds
rue as 10 Iucmbtrs of the munlrIpni
council tll schools N Fiumc are Italian
The number oi children attending Croatia
SCHOOLS ~usak, ne ncighborinR |isv
,1llag y hardly one yer cent ~ The
total number " school children IN hrInlt
The ,Iugo-~lav commerce passing
through Fiume Is only seven per cent n
the whole tra nc OF the port. out OF The
total Jugo-Slav cxportatlon and mn
portatinn, l3 per cent passes through
Fiume. while - goes through Daimatlsn
ports which Italy has proposed shall r,
assigned - the Jugo-Slavs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
CzAR'S MOTHER HOPEFUL
SON WAS NOT SLAIN
Dowager Empress Refuses to Leave
Refuge Until She Learns Fate
of Royal Family.
Isy Associated Press TO Every Evening

Try Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Paris. Feb. 3.-Dowager Empress Marie
Feodorovna of Russia has clung firmly
to her belief. that Der sons, the former
Russian Emperor and Grand Duke
Michael are not dead that many of her
friends have been won over to that view
and rumors IN the European press con-
cernng Nicholas Romanof's s alleged
whereabouts are attracting much atten-
tiOn.
The aged Empress resolutely refuses
to leave Russia until she learns positively
az the fate Of her cons She continues 10
live simply ut Malta, Crlmea, declining
invitations to visit the King and Queen
of Rumania md even her sister. Queen
Mother Alexandra of Great Britain.
Lieutenant Colonel J " Boyle for
morIy of the Canadian Militia. who was
commissioned by King Ferdinand at
Ruinania to visit alta with a ship To
induce the Douagcr Empress to seek
safety in Rumania, recently arrived IN
Paris and told The Associated Press that
the Dowager Empress declination was
most affecting.
Although her optimism has possibly
been based on the fact that much unfavor-
able news has been concealed from her.
Lieut.. Colonel Boyle says her hopetnlness
Is convincing
Lieutenant Colonel Boyle says that
a report of an investigation made by Czech
officers on the murder of the former
Empcror's family, which Is the only re-
liable source OF information, established
that buttons and jewels belonging to the
former Emperor 5 daughters were fotnd
in the ashes where the bodies of the entire
Romanoff family were supposed 10 have
been burned
In Leut. Col Boyle opinion. tins is
not conclusive evidence.
CIinea now is comparatively quiet
and the Dowager Empress has IN ade-
allatc guard Of old officers to protect her
against local Bolshevi~t demonstrations
Since tho allied fleets entered the Black
Sen there have been no disturbances At
Yalta, and food is plentiful there
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
ROYALIST TROOPS ROUTED.
Portuguese Monarchists Lost Heavily
Under Fire. Paris Hears.
tied Press 70 Every Evenlng.

By Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Paris. Feb. 3 Portuguese Monarchist
troops are retiring toward Estarrcja with
the intention Of falling back to Oporto,
following their defeat at Agucda III the
province of Beira The royalists are
reported TO have been forced 10 retreat
preeipitousIy to avoid development and
lost heavily. according to atlyices received
here.
Machada Santos has introduced a bill
in the Portuguese senate excluding
Nonarchlst Senators and Deputies At
Oporto public officials have been gwen
three days to adhere to the monarchy.
Such travellers as have succeeded in
getting from Opotro to Lisbon are SAID to
tell contradictory stories, some maintain
ing that the Monarchists are making
headway and Others being equally con-
vinced they are losing ground and com
pare the present situation at Oporto with
the time of the seige of 1910.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
STRIKE TIES UP LONDON
TRAFFIC IN SUbWAyS
English Capital Faces Critical
Week for Industries: Br;tcn's
Troubles Growing.
nv Assocla,eri PRESS - Every Evvninv


London. Feb {.-The strike fever
which has become epidemic IN the United
Kingdom. spread to London today and
the present week promises 70 he critical
nd,lstriailv for the metropolis 4 fnw
strikes have occurred in tho city during
the past few weeks. such as that of the
Thames-sidc ship repatrcrs and that Of
the BARRIERS. but the seriousness ot The
situation was not brought directly home
10 Londoners until this morning, when
they found the entrances 10 the principal
tube stations closed 70 them owing to
the midnight decision of the employees
not TO move trains to-day unless hall
hour luncheon interval were allowed
them in their new elght-hour day.
The four tubes affected are the central
London tube, which carries heavy
tra'iic west and east, and brings many
OF the citv workers 10 their business; /;
the central tube artery, nort4 and south;
the city and south London, which con-
meets with the chief railway stations and
piccadllv. and the BruEnpton semi
circular system. which carries thousands
of traveler> daily.
The electric system of the London,
Brighton and south coast railway, whicn
serves many of the important suburbs,
such rs Richmond, vas also partly stopped
while other railways with similar services
were threatened with stoppage There
fore onlv two underground lines and
the Hampstead railways were operating
this morning in the district
TIE buses and the street cars were
still running thi, morning, but tor some
time ihes, have been unable 30 aoEe
with the ordinary traffic. beca'isc OF the
shortage of buses and cars and OF men
IN oOeratc them
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
TRUCE FOR CzECHS
AND POLES IN HOT .
COAL FIELD WAR
Allied Commission Arranging Set
tlement OF Controversy; Military
10 Occupy Disputed Region.
CZECHS MAKE STRONG BID
ny Associated Press 20 Every Evening

by AbsHfthtfrt fFf7sa 70 livery Evening
Paris, Feb 3-Thc allied cornmissio<l
which leaves for Poland next Saturday
to adjust controversies between ihc POlet
and Czecho-Sloyaks over the Tescheu cosI
fields has arranged truce bctwcen thf
two uatlonalitlcs pending the arrival 81
The commission md personal Tamina'ioH
bv the situation there
The arrangement prrscrIbcs the Fcgiont
whore the Poles and Cz0chs arc 81 czerci+
civil administration and military ri
c'Ipation and regulates the operation anti
disposition of the output nf the unneg a
soon az possible after its arrival the corri
rnasipn ,sil 70 ~ Teschcn 20 examine fho
matter a. ssuc This. although inioH'
unknown ~ the outside world has lc4r
9 very important and dangerous factIf
affecting relations irtwcon the Dcwt
created states
title - the blchy ~ Tczchen s ii
VOWED N ihc controversy Jhis Dich
wss formerly part of the cro7nispds h
Austrian Siesia and has e population ~
Jess than joOyr Il Is about thr sir h
Rhodo lsl8nd II 7 valIiab'c bccsuee r.
coal i produces IS the only coal vii hin 'hr
/ boundaric~ If either Poland ~ Cyorhr
Slovakia whlrh will coke and !. b. n
garded AZ Indispensable 70 tho u9n,ifac''ir
/ ing ,ntrrczts uf each state
n he Czechs' claim rests On suzeranit-
exercised over the country hv the kinrs y
Bohemia ~ the fourteenth century eo,
tho fart that cooking cpal u more rs
scrtial ~ them than 70 the Poicg Thc,
point ont that tn railroad rinnin,
through the district 10 tho only connecting
link between two arctions ~ Cyrcho
Slov1kia
The Poles on The other hand hold 'tIs
thc section should ~ divided adn,
chronological lines This -vstem r1itlr
give them control
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
Boil LSHEv|STS TAKE K|Ey::
POLES TURN TO FOE
Cxechs Trying TO Get Possession Of
Poland Oil Lands; Thousands
Died From Cold.
NV Associated Press to Every Fvsnlns

y
Warsaw. Friday, Jan. 3l--(By wire
less Via Vienna )---kiev has been taken
bv Bolshevlst troops. Gen. pctlura $
troops partially going over 10 tho enemy
The Ukraine government has been
moved from kiev 10 Ninnitza, 70 the
southwest Railway communication with
klev is clt 81 ~ kovcl, where there Is q
body cf German troops attempting TO
keep order among dIsordcrlv Germans
who arc retiring from [ kraino. The
Czccho-Slavoks arr bitterly denounced
here because 81 recent events ~ the
Duchv Of TeSchCn
Lieut. Reginald Foster. Of he America
army, representing the peace commission,
IS reported to have asked pr r. 6 Ma
sarvk. President Of Cyechn-SlovakIa,
it the Allies had given permission for
the Czechs to attack the Poles Dr.,
Nasaryk Is sand To have replied IN the
negative, but Is reported 10 have added
that the territory IS necessary for the
development of Cyecho-Slovakia
1t Is runorcd that the Csecho-Slovaks
planned Ia get control OF Polish OIL lands
in central Galicia and that they have
already made bargain with this object
in view with the Ruthenlans.
DR. Stanislaus tirabsl1i, q member Of
the Paris council here, declared to The
Associated Press recently that Dr. Masary
told him long ago that there was never a
possibility Of trouble between the Czechs
a nd Poles Or Grabski stated that his
sister, Mrs. Sophia kisdram. an author
and member Of the TeSchen committee,
was arrested AZ her home At Dombrowa
and her Young son was killed by tie
Czechs lie says that six other boys were
shot by the Czechs for resisting
The cold wave here has resulted in the
deaths OF hundreds, especially babies
who were frozen 20 death while being
transported on railways THIS probably
refers TO refugees fleeing to Warsaw Il
escape from the advancing Bolsheyists)
Telegraph lines and railways IN tbs
direction ot Vienna were cut BY the
Czecho-SlovakS last Thursday
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
TOMATO GROWERS
IN SOUTH JERSEY
IN THE BALANCE
No Eccision on Prices Until Alter
the Meeting in Wilmington
Tomorrow.
STILL TALK OF $50 A TON

With next seasons tomato crop hang
ing in the balance, says n dispatch from
Westville. n J. Gamers and growers are
busy strengthening their organizations
and planning for further conferences,
at which il is hoped by both a,des that
some amicablc agreement may be rcach-
ed over the price of canhouse tomatoes.
A conference at Wilmington, during
the past week between the 1rl-otatc
Gamers Association and representatives
of the. tomato growers ot New Jersey
Delaware and Maryland, the dispatch
continues. failed tp bring the farmers and
hackers any nearer tn terms than DC
fonr The canncrs will hold another
meeting Mt Wilmington tomorrow
A. Il Kohlor, Of Westviller president
of the South Jersey Tomato Growers
Association, composed of rcpresenta-
tivps of The five county organizations
which have been established during the
past few months IN Burlington, tam
den. Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland
counties. saws that Tho canning house
operators havc 50 far given the growers
no hint of what they intend 20 DO N regard
Ia the demand for 20 n ton for next
season s Tomatoes.
President kohler saws that tho or
ganlzatton III tho five counties nave
n combined membership Of 1900 Of
the biggest growers, representing =
large proportion uf the tomato acre
agr. which IN normal times oNcceds
$500 acres. or an average season S
production Of 10000 tons Of tomatoes.
The growers have duclSed the Sher-
man antitrust Law. which prohibits
combinations to fx prices, by having
each member of the ASSOCIATION decide
individually that he wants $50 ton
for his tomatoes No official action has
been taken hv the ASSOCIATION FIXING
the selling price Of I matocs hnt rcpro-
sentativcs Of the growers have gone
before the Gamers and told them what
the individual grnwer wants
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
NEW ENGLAND WORKERS
START ON 48 HOUR WEEK
Where Demand Was Not Granted
Operators Quit. Observing
New chedule.
Nv Associated Press to Every Evening

boston. Feb. 3.-Opcrativcs in textile
mills IN many sections Of New England
were working today on basis of IS hours
a week, . reduction of six hours over the
schedule which had long been IN effect
In most cases the reduction in working
hours had been agreed to by the mnnu-
facturcrs with the stipulation that tho
operatives should receive Is hours pay
and time and half for overtime work
In centers where the request for the
shorter hours had not been granted work
ers generally had been instructed hv their
leaders Ia report as usual but To quit after
they had completed eight hours work
and to continue this plan day by day
In only one city, Lawrence, did tho
operatives hold out for the same scale of
wages for the shorter week as had pro-
vailed under the former Ji-hour sched-
ule
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
ARRANGING DINNER.
Chamber of Commerce to be Host
to legislators and Other Guests
on Lincoln s Birthday

Plans are progressing for the dinner TO
he rendered by the Chamber of Com
merce to the members of the Legislature,
on Wednesday, February u. While the
legislators will be the guests of honor.
they will not comprise all of the guests
Of the evening The Others are: Governor
Townsend and the State officers, Mayor
Lawson and City Council the State
judges and Levy Courtmcn from New
Castle county
A speaker OF national Importance IS
being sought. and it Is expected that the
dinner ~lll bc one OF the mos, auspiclous
in the history Of the Chamber Of Com
merce. The committee Of arrangements
comprises Josiah Marvel, A ID Warner.
,Tr-, W @ Taylor, Fliuo God Souder Joseph
Bancroft, Charles II Ten WeegeS. c II.
BRIGHAM John r Lambson and John :
Roseeli
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
KINDELL'S CONDITION SERIOUS
Injuries to Assistant Fire Chief Give
Cause for uneasiness 10 Friends

Friends q Assistant Fire hief Frank
r I\iudell, who was injured GA Friday
night ID 4 collision between his auto
mobile and Clief Hyndmans. ;. while they
were responding to false alarm Of ire,
are beginning ID feel uneasy about MIN.
The homeopathic Hospital, wherC he
was taken after the accident today re-
ported him about the same as Yesterday
and said that be was a pretty sick man.
kmdell's injuries are Of An internal
nature. When the collision occurred he
was thrown clear out Of his ear toward
tho pavement striking an irou bitching
post. the iull force ii Thc impact beng
spent ;,pon his ahdomcn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
MORE TEXTILE WORKERS STRIkE
Arc Refused 81 Hours Pay For ~ Hours
Work

By Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Lawrence, Mass, Feb 3 3-Tcxtilc
orcra,i q in large numbers joined in n
strike today to enforce demands for "a
hours pay for IS hours work under the
nov weekly schedule which had been
generally adopted hv mills here The
strike. however did not develop the
general demonstration that some leaders
had predicted
Picket lines were established about
many Of the mills but thcre were no dis
orders Except twoor three plants which are
operating on curtailed schedules. all the
mills opened under tho new IS hours
basic week This change, although &C
companicd Ivy reduction m pay. met the
demands Of several unions, including the
mule spinners and weavcrS, and they did
not Join in the strike.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
REDS STRIKE TURhESTsN
ALLIES GUARDING PORTS
Associated Press 70 Every Evening

Br Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Constantinople. SUNDAY Feb. 2-in-
formation has been received here of much
disturbed conditions IN TurkeStan, where
Bolshev1st activity Is prevalent and
where some 10000 German cnd Austrian
former prisoners remain.
Fighting has occurred vi h Bolshevlsts
in the northern region but details are
lacking General Dcnekine's army ID the
region of Ekaterinodar. TO which the
british mission is attached IS making good
progress. but In the other patrS Of south
eastern Russia the situation remains IN
changed at least as regards the interior
where the Bolshevists are supreme
The Russian BLACK Sea ports sre safe,
owing to the presence Of Allied warships
but communications between rorts and
the interior country are rendered difficult
bv the BolsehvIsts
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
BELFAST FOOD SUPPLY
CUT OFF RI STRikER~
B, Associated Press 10 Every Evenng

b. Associated Press 10 Every Evemng
London. FEB $ The presence Of
large bodies Of troops IN Glasgow IS be
lieved to insure a con tinuance Of the pres
ent state of order there. but at Belfast
the second week 81 he strike begins,
according 10 reports received here with
increased unestsincSS.
For eight days Belfast has been t.sIng
candles for lighting and most Of the public
services have been Al a conn tie standstill.
The curtailmcnt d the Iel supply Is
causing, considerable suffering and 81
indefinite prolongation Of these conditions
is considered impossible
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
THIEVES STILL ACTIVE.
Last Ell ort to Rob at Claymont was at
Home of Tersnt of John Mullen.

Thieves who have been causing q reign
OF terror to the citizens Of ClayInont
continue their activities On last FRIDAY
night they made an attempt To break into
the home Of tenant Of John ID. Mullen.
This was the second attempt TO break into
the place bur on both occasion the thieves
were frightened away
In their attempt on Friday night they
awoke a man LIVING in the building, and
he at once got out Of bed and made an
investigation. but found that the lntruders
had made away. Their tracks were
plain in the mud and their were finger
marks on The windows where they had
tried to open the window
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
VERCOME BY GAS.
Aged Couple Found PROSTATE IN
East Fourth Street
House.

William Cloud, aged % years, and his
sister aged 81, were found overcome with
gas III thc rear third story room OF the
home Of L. jofolnann, i09 East Fourth
street, today. Up until noon the woman
had not regaincd CONSCIOUSNESS and her
condition Is critical, but Cloud Is IA 3
better way
The couple weru found by fellow
employe Of Clouds. who went to the east
work. When the man got no response
to his knock on Cloud door, he broke in
and found the old couple lying Frustrated.
The police were at once notified and
Patrolnien Reese and Nirden rushed the
lungmotor TO the scene but seeing the
condition OF the people took them TO the
Delaware Hospital.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
THOUSANDS SILK WORKERS OUT.
Paterson Employees Find Doors 10 Mills
Closed This Morning.
ssociatei Pre,s 70 Evors kvcnins

Ey Assoc1ated FTe.s 70 tVcFH hvcninR
Paterson y J Fob. S.-SCveral thou
sand silk workers were locked out of their
places Of employment when they arrived
this morning at $50. . halt hour later
than their usual time Of repairing for duty
The employees IN refusing 20 enter tho
shops At : clock thus began their fight
for "a hour week, in accordance with a
compromise offer made by the men 10 the
manufacturers last week The manu-
fsciurers refused to agree 70 this offer
and tn, doors OF some Of their shops were
closed when the employees did not arrive
today a. the customary hour, The
number Of employees affected, could not
he estimated carly today Should all
the silk shops close, thirty thousand per
sons would be thrown out OF work.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
INDORSE BILLS
Ministers o. K Prohibition. Minimum
Wage and Educational Bills Before
LEGISLATURE

The Methodist Ministers Association
today indorsed the prohibition bill, and
also unanimously indorsed request to the
Delaware Assembly, asking that the
amendment 10 The Sunday amusement
law be killed"
At d meeting Of the Ministerial Union,
following the meeting Of the Methodist
Ministers, the same action was taken on
the two measures noted an in addition
the ministers indorsed the minimum wage
bill and the educational bill, presented %
the Legislature by The City Committee
on Public 1ducati"n
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
L. :. MAY SUPERVISE ELECTION.
Liberal Party Votes 10 Turn TO Ameri-
ca for Fair Ballot.
81 A.eo..ial,4 . lo - LIealng

3 Associated Press 81 Etcsy Eyening
Havana Cubs. Feb 5.--S>hould con
dItions warrant sction. the Liberal parN-
will cal upon the United States 20 super
wise the next Cuban Presidential election.
This was decided upon early today BY th'
national assembly ot The party after j
long debate.
The petition vii not he presented sJ
once but viii be held by nc executive
committee until il is apparent that sIpe--
vision is necessary guarantee 81 the
purity o; The suffrage according - IN
announcement made BY the assembly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
FIRE AT LIBRARY
Bursting Boiler Sets Building Afiame at
Maple and VanBuren Streets.
Damage to the extent Of 81 500, covered

Damage 10 the extent OF 81 500, covered
by insurance vas caused by fire in the
Polish Library and Baby Welfare Station
Al Maple and Van Buren streets, shortly
before Ii o'clock tins morning. Tho fire
started when boiler in the basement of
he building bursted.
]. +. Yasik, who was near the buildin,;
at the time, seeing the danger at once
sent in an alarm from Box No %, the
district companies responded and soon
eytinghuished the blaze. The work OF
the fremen was hindered by the great
amount of smoke that came from the
building.
The building is occupied by the Polish
Library and the Baby Welfare Station
There were some expensive articles il
the building but these were not damaged
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
ORDER AGAIN AT BREMEN.
Workers Army Willing 10 Surrender
Guns and Ammunition,
b. Associated Press to Every Evening


Basle, Feb. 3-The Peoples commits
saries at Bremen have declared themselves
ready to withdraw in accordance withthe
German governments request, and the
workers army Is willing to hand over its
arms and ammunition to the Soldiers
Council Of the Ninth Army Corps, which
has undertaken 10 maintain order in the
city, according to advico> received here