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MARTENS DENIES
A|D|NGPROPAGANDA
Tells Senate Inquiry Captured
Papers Were Not From
Russian Government
BELIEVES IN COMMUNISM
BY the Associated Press

Washington. March 20.-Cross -cx 2
animation of Ludwig {. 4. X. Martens.
Russian soviet agent in the United
States. was resumed before the Senate
investigating committee today with the
introduction Of set Of papers taken
from Louis Muller. courier en- route
from Moscow to the United States. at
Riga. March S. Wade II. Ellis. counsel
for the committee. said the State De
partment had secured the papers which
were the usual propaganda for a rcvo
luton in the United States.
Martens told the committee that he
did not know Muller. and that the prop
aganda was from the Communist party
in Russia. not the Russian Government
While he admitted that Leninc. Trotz
ky and other Russian officials were
members of the party, he declared that
it was not an agency of the Russian
Government
The documents repeated the usual
Russian appeal to Communists in
America, urging them to draw large
proletarian masses into the armies" to
establish underground printing plants
and workers newspapers. and to ''set
up factory committees The I. W. W.
was named several times.
Former Senator Hardwick. Of Geor =
gia. counsel for Martens. began a re-
direct examination of his client, obtain
ing first from Martens direct denials
that he had ever been n member of the
Russian Socialist federation in the
United States. or a member Of the Rus
sian or American Communist party. He
said he did. however. Subscribe to the
principles of communism"
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Deaths of a Day
ROBERT LAUGHLlN
Municipal Court Attache Was Long
Prominent In Politics

Robert i.aughIin, an attachc OF tue
Municipal Court. and for many years
prominent in financial aud political cir
cles, died saturday night at his home
24l0 Clifford street His death was due
TO complication Of diseases, lie had
been sick about thrc" months. -
About thirty years ago MIR. laughlin
was member of the brokerage firm OF
laughlin & McManus. This concern
failed in March. 1913. The failure
was caused. il is said, by the fact that
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ADMIRAL CR|T|C|zES.
j. s. SUBMARINES.
Too Small and Poorly Armed in
War, Grant Tells Senate
Probers
SCORES NAVY Department
by the Associated Press

Washington. March 29.-The navy's
submarine force was entirely inadequate
to meet the demands of war against
Germany. Rear Admiral A. W. Grant.
formerly in command of the Atlantic
feet submarine force. testified today be-
for the Senate committee investigating
the navy's conduct of the war.
The submersibles. he said. were too
small. of widely different types. Of
small radius of action. inadequately
armed and poorly designed as to
engines.
"It took nearly two years Of prop
aganda to get the Navy Department TO
realize the importance OF building sub
marines capable Of combating the 500
ton German Uboats. the witness de-
clared.
Admiral Grant said that soon after
America entered the war he was In
structcd to prepare and send fifteen
submarines abroad He told the de :
partment. he declared. that even II such
an expedition arrived at the Azores
islands safely. the vessels would have
to be laid up for repairs practically all
Of the time. as they had been since they
were commissioned.
Four submarines of the "K type
finally started overseas. the admiral
said. although one had to be towed be-
cause neither engine would run. He
read the log Of the trip to show the con
tinupd engine troubles and minor
casualties that characterized the
voyage.
When the submersiblcs reached the
Azores the K.1 vas entirely disabled
the officer said. the K-2 was available
for limited service. the X. . slightly bet
fer off. and the K-6 entirely ready for
duty. He added that pre-war plans FOR
the use Of submarines contemplated
their operation from bases on the
American coast. ,.
Most of the opposition to his plan
for larger SubmerSibles before the war
came from the Navy General Board
the officer said
When did you first begin advocating:
building larger types of submarines
asked Chairman Hale.
"In 1915" was the reply.
Did you receive any support from
the dcpartment:'
Il did not. ..
Did you receive any support from
anvbodv?" asked Senator rittman.
only from one member OF the gen :
eral board. the House naval comm'tte'
and officers serving afioat in SUP
marines" was the reply.
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RIOTS GRIP BERLIN,
CUMMINGS CABLES
German Capital Dark, Transpor-
tation ParaIyzed and Food Is
Scarce, Stetson Head Finds
DISORDER FOLLOWS REVOLT

Berlin is a city Of darkness. strikes
and bloody rioting with virtually no
food and with all transportation sus
pended. according to Colonel J.. Howell
Cummings. president Of the John II.
Stetson Co. who cabled his observa
tions here from Vienna today.
Colonel Cummings Is on business
tour Of Europe. In leaving Berlin, he
was obliged to Hy by airplane TO Dres-
den. Saxony and thence by train to
Vienna. Conditions are improving out
side Berlin. he declared.
The overthrow of the short. lived
Kapp government apparently has done
little to restore order in the one time
capital Of the dethroned kaiser's en-
Ipirc.
Colonel Cummings said conditions in
Berlin were incredible and were grow
| ing worse. There is continuous rioting
he asserted. The manufacturer saw
many killed or wounded in the riots that
that are sweeping over the city.
| All labor was on strike, he continued,
and the Communists apparently are in
control and strongly organized. Those
in his party were the last persons to
leave Berlin, as the Communists at the
last moment prohibited fight.
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PICKS CLEANING EXAMINERS
Men Named to Conduct Tests for
Street Bureau Chief

The special examination committee
to conduct the tests for chief of the
bureau of street cleaning of this city
has been selected by Clinton Rogers
Woodruff. president of the Civil Service
Commission.
Tho examiners will be- Morris L.
Cooke. Director Of Public Works under
Mayor Blankenburg; Strickland l..
Kncass. William Easily. former pro =
fcSsor of engineering Of the University
OF Pennsylvania and Wilson Deily,
chief examiner of the Civil Service Com i
mission.
1t is announced that the examination
will be competitive test. open to en- :
ginecring men all over the country and
the written tests will be non assembled.
1t will be conducted wherever the appli :
cants may happen to be. The oral tests
will be held later in this city. Lieutenant
Colonel Earl r. Morden. provisional
appointce for the post, will be one OF
those to take the test.
The examiners will take into consider
alton experience, character. and tech :
meal training and equipment. The post
now pays $4,000 per year. with IL
per cent bonus, but an ordinance is now
pending before Council to increase this
amount to $4,000.
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Electrical Workers to Meet

The commercial department branch
Of the Philadelphia Electric Co. will
pePt tomorrow night at 1000 Chestnut
street. W. l.. Nodell will discuss Gen
eral Lighting Practice" and G. n. Re
gar will talk about'"P. Il. Co. Lighting
Service" The main section OF the
meeting will be held on Tuesday cvc.
ming. April 6. at the New Century
Drawing Room. 124 South Twelfth
street. w. Warren Giles will speak on
"Americanism. - The Glee Club will
also render several selections.
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pennsylvania laws governing divorc,
were declared too lax today at the onen
ing scss;or or ho yo,uI,. MI.
.n..,.,. "'H ',,'"s W
''."ouoN fri'n"S "t ihllad'Iphla and
vicinity.
Educating the nublic was said n h,
the more effective method of bopdIino
the divorce problem than rrvising tbs
laws Reference 10 thr divorce law.
was in the minutes Of thr ronrescntnIiy,
meeting. read and approved.
The Friends approved Of strict on
forcement of national prohibition. The,
also approved of legislative measure,
designed to abolish capital punishment.
The meeting disapprovcd Of universal
military training. suggesting that phys.
iCal training be substituted. A protest
also was lodged against the so called
sodition act.
Sessions are being held at the meeting
house. Fourth and Arch streets.
Reconstruction work accomplished
by the American Friends in Europe ant
the need of men and women to remed,
the present material and religions chaos
in the world were discussed this morn
, ing.
The meeting onenpd at 10 o'clocl
with prayer by Zebedee Hainos. Of West
Grove. Pa. Attendance AT the opcninc
session was smaller than usual. david
II. Forsyth acted as clerk Of thp men.
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COUNCIL TO FACE
$l5O,OO0 DEFICIT
$35 for Flowers Among Other
Items to Be Considered by
Committee Today

Deficiency bills totaling $50. OOO will
be placed before Councils finance COM
mittee today. among them the famous
S35 for flowers for a sick boy at the
House Of Detention. There will also
be ordinances providing additional ap-
Preparations for the Civil Service Com
mission presented.
Included in the deficiency bills are
items that caused considerable discus
sion at a meeting of the committee on
law and municipal and county govern
mpnt about week ago. One is So
for flowers. Window Bryant. Chiet
clerk Of the county commissioners. told
the committee on law that Henry =.
Richardson. superintendent OF the
House of Detention. had said he had
purchased the flowers for sick boy
at the institution. That. however
since has been denied by Mr.. Richard e
son. Another is for Sj6. .047 for the
board Of prisoners Of Philadelphia
county in the Eastern Penitentiary
That amount. Mr.. Bryant told the
committee on law. was necessary in ad .
dtiou 10 the SEQ 900 appropriated by
Councils. to dcfray the bill presented
by the penitcntiary.
The requests Of tho Civil Service
Commission 10 bc considered comprise
$40 900 for the classification of munici .
pal positions and the Standardization
of salaries aud wages attached to them,
in accordance with the city charter. an
appropriation at an annual rate of
s26. 900 for the enlargement of the ex =
aminng division of the commission and
the in rpase Of the salaries o. the pres .
tnt examiners and $4,000 year for a
division Of hearings nPcpSsitatpd by the
requirement of the charter that the
commission act as a trial board for the
bureaus Of police and FIRE.
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DAUGHTERS SLAYER mad"
Canadian Woman, Would.be Dancer,
Committed to Asylum

New York, March 29.-tBy A. P.)--
Mrs. Emily May Favrc. who shot and
killed her twelve year old daughter here
February Z. has been adiudged insane
and committed TO Manttcawan Hospital
for the Criminal Insane. a commission
appointed TO examine her announced to q.
day.
Mrs. Favre came here year ago
from Chatham, Ontario. ambitious to
become dancer, evidence presented the
commission disclosed. She had in
herited large sum of money from her
father, the commission reported. but
at the time she killed her daughter she
was~in straitened circumstances. She
told the commission she intended to
commit suicide after killing her
daughter, but her mind became a
blank.
For two days and nights after the
shooting, Mrs Favre slept beside the
body Of her daughter.
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BERGDOLl ADMITS
HE BR|BED GUARD
Stacker Tells Officer He Gave
Corporal Marked Money for
Acting as SmuggIer
WITNESS AT COURT MARTIAL

spcc'di Dispatch 70 he Erentro Public Ledge,
New York. March 29.--Grovcr Clevc
hand Bergdol switched from the role
Of defendant to chief witness at court
martini today an Governors island.
with corporal of the guard rs the
prisoner.
The Stacker accused Corporal Kaufr
man Of demanding and receiving money
for smuggling letters and packages into
Growers cell in Castle William.
BerGdol has been locked up since
the close Of his own general court mar
ttal on charge of dcsertion from the
army in time of war The verdict may
bo announced late this week.
{ Kaufman was in charge Of the guard
which kept close watch on the draft
dodger According to Bcrgdoll. tho cor
poral arranged to bring him letters and
packages without tho knowledge Of the
commanding officer of Castle William.
Rergdol says hc crossed the cor
rorals palm with gold several times
and then decided to pull tho strings
tight around his moncybaC. The othcr
day. after Kaufman had left the cell
the slacSer sent for an officer He said
he bad just given Kaufman marked
81 bill.
The corporal was searched and tho
marked note was found. according to
army officers. Kaufman was arrested
on the charge Of receiving hribo.
The accused soldier faced summary
court. martial this morning in Corbin
Hall. in the same long hearing room
whore Bergdoll through counsel battled
desperately TO win freedom for himself.
Resentment among the rank and file
OF the infantrymen on Governor Island
ran high today against Bcrgdoll. Stool
pigeon and "snitCher" were some of
the epthPts the privates hurled at the
draft Pvader
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FRIENDS MEETING
RAPS DIVORCE LAW
Prohibition Is Approved at Open
ing Session--Urge Physi-
cal Training
AGAINST SEDITlON ACT
AGAINST SEDITION ACT
"Quaher-H eek Rainy
W eaihcrman Denies II

The weather bureau is always up-
setting traditions-pvcn reliable
ones like Quaker Week always be.
ing rainy.
The weather man smiles calmly
and says that in the past this week
has been as fair as any Of the other
nifty two, and that tho present week
promises to be- fair cnough-aftcr
today.
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PACKED IN ICE, FISH LIvE
oourney Here In Frozen csk. T,
No Effect on This MuIIs,

A much needed snoozc was sbo,,
only visible effect on a fish ipclosod
cake OF ice for a week. accordir.
Addison Foster. a Darby business =
who offers to prove this assertion
exhibiting the fish, one of tho m" mn
variety. s inches long, and quite aiya
Foster says that he got the fsh Al,
with a barrel of oysters from Chin
league, Va. a week ago. Tho 4
which had been packed In ice. resnon
to treatment very readily when dun
out. and availed itself gladly of ths
portunity to swim which the merrb
afforded.
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James Taylor

James Taylor. for many years gar
diner at the Germantown aimshouSe
died today at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Frederick KrOmm. He wa'
eighty two years old. Mr.. Taylor wa
born in Nottingham. England, and came
to this country in 1861. He engage
in the dyeing and cleaning business al
Germantown avenue and RringhurS'
street and twenty three years ago be
came gardener at the almshouse, from
which position he retired last month
He was wdower and is survived h'
three sons. six daughters. twenty
grandchildren and four great graudrhI.-
drpn
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Boy Hurt In Camden Crash

When an automobile and a trolley
collided at Kaighn avenue and n
street, Camden. yesterday morning i i
Kellar. 1878 North Twenty fifth str,
Philadelphia, one Of the occupant,
the machine, was injured about the
and head and taken to the Homeona,
Hospital. NJ. o. Kellar. father of
boy, who was operating the automob
was arrested on a charge Of opcrat
an automobile without license, !
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Mrs. William p. Ellison

Mrs. Ellen Frances Ellison. widow of
William p. Ellison. died yesterday at
the Aldine Hotel, Mrs Ellison was IN
her eighty eighth wear. Before her mar
riage she was Miss Ellen + Walker.
She was a member Of the Daughters IT
the American Revolution.
Her husband was n upmbcr "f the
firm If John r. Ellison & Sou,. whole
sale wOoleus. -. % South Sixth street .
which was established by his father.
John r Ellison, in l>23 William X.
Ellison. member or tn" firm. Is her
son. Mr.. and Mrs William =. Ellison
formerly lived at l5gG Walnut street.
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JOHN J. HUGHES
Norristown Banker and Sportsman
Dies at Ace Of go Years

Norristown. Pa, March 99.--.Iohn !.
Hughes. banker and sportsman. died
SATURDAY at his home here. aged ninety
years. He was one of the founders of
Peoples National Bank. of which he
was a director and vice president. MIR.
Hughes was born IN Upper Merton
township. where he followed farming
and cattle dealing.
He owned an extensive estate on the
edge of what is now the Gulf Mills Golf
Club links. the scene Of some of the
largest fox hunts in the East. there
being as many as $50 riders at one meet
ing He had his own hounds and horses
aud was considered one of the best fox
hunters in the country. Six children
AnrNiNp
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Robert J. Evans

Robert J. Evans. a retired Contrac- =
tor. and one Of the founders of the
First Brethren Church in this city. died
ut his home. 210S Arch street. at ! 40
o'clock this morning. He was eighty
three years old.
Mr.. Evans was born in this city. a
son of Rowland c. Evans. With his
father he engaged in the contracting
business until thirty years ago. He
leaves widow. who was Miss Mary
S. Supplee. of Green Tree. Montgomery
county. and two children. Miss Mar
garet W. Evans and Rowland {. Evans.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday evening at s o'clock from the
sons home at 1902 Pine street. In
tcrmpnt will be at Green Tree.
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Mrs. Josephine c. Ewing

Mrs. Josephine Croft Ewing. wife of
Francis T. Ewing. died early yester
day morning in her home. 100 West
Hortter street. Mrs. Ewing WAS born
in Lancaster, the daughter Of A. !.
Croft Of that city. She is survived by
her husband and three children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
TroIIeys Collide, 2sd and Morris SITS,

Trafic was held up for about twenty
minutes this morning, when route No.
1S car, coming north on Twenty third
street. collided with route No. 20 car
on Morris street. pushing the latter off
Ihe track. Both cars were proceeding
slowly at the time and there were but
was done.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
NewsdeaIer Dies Suddenly

Taken i'll Saturday night Knauss
Endy. newsdealer at Thirty second
and Market streets, was removed to his
home at 1926 De l.ancey street. Yes
terday morning his wife went to call
him and found him unconscious She
called in DIR. A. Lampe. of Fifty sec
ond and Pine streets. but before the
physician arrived, Endy died.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
WIS Probsted. Inventories Filed

Four wills were prohatpd today Ms
follows: MahOn Il Rackman, 1924
Green street. $4,000; Antoine Ripgen
wald, 591 South Third street. S7lOO ;
James Waters, l6l South Nineteenth
street, $4,000; Albert r, Nerkos. 1906
were filed for tho following estates /:
Milton Bptelle. $3S.2l5.41; Robert
Wilson, S30. 400 % John l.. McAtee
S72,3 80, aud Margaret V Fisher
St4 l46.SS. Letters Of administration
were granted for the estate Of Elizabeth
Jones. 2sO2 North Twentieth street
$1,000,
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Funeral Trust Smashed

Madrid. March 20---CBy 4. P.D--
Decision To abolish the monopoly On
funerals in Madrid has been reached by
tho city C"unr,l In future all burials
will no open IN competition ~ under
takers.
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Berlin UItiR,atun1
for Spdrtdcans
Continued from Page One

zone "t occupation. without any per
mission from the Allies. has been re-
"elred by the French foreign office. The
subject, il was stated. will probably
conc mp before the Supreme Council in
London. Tn" Frenrh say they can find
no "H"ps" whatever for the sending OF
troops into this section.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29

Essen. Marcn - cdplayed)-OBy A.
PD-prQsprctS Of speedy peace in the
revolutionary workmen's movement in
the Ruhr region seemed bright to-
night. following a conference of repre-
sentativ"S of the Berlin trades unions
and the Communist authorities. There
were signs Of disrOrd in the wOrkmpn $
army and a conflict between the military
and civil leaders Of the movement. and
the conference declared strongly for
supremar' " the political leaders.
DIR. Phui Levy, president of the Com
munist party Of Germany, denounced
the commander in .chicf Of the work
mrn'N forces, Herr Leitner. and the
army itself in opposing an armisticc.
a Al attempt az military dictatorship.
The conference decided to demand
courro Of all arms and ammunition,
with seizure Of the munitions plants,
particularly the Krupp and Thyssen
WORKS To fOreStall the possibility Of
the g"r"rnmont> : rejection of the con-
ference proposals. the threat Of ger
"ral strike vas Incorporated in a reso-
'UtioD Th" conference. representing
the cNerurIve Commuters Of fifty nine
cities and districts, agreed. if ucrcs-
Sar}. ~ Isr all posSibl" means 10 effect
a mo~r '"rup'ete general strike.
Among those most hopeful Of set
',omrut va, Doctor Levy. who told the
spOndrur that hc hoped for peace
by Monday or Tuesday by the latest
He declared Lie party could rot win the
fight ~ present I'VE cannot fight
single handed against the rest Of Ger
many he SAID.
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Major Biddle Tournament
p,,.rs.ns;.,s wsssss. dH.id hPrs Pss.LP,i,,, Ply
PkILA. JACK O'BRIEN'S
I.ss sss ' < fi"ss RIs,I
The Holly chieftain., 1920-06-10

department Oh the lHlellOf, United
States Land Office.
Lamar, Colo, May II, 1920.
To Agnes X. Rule, formerly Agnes
X. Johnson, of Dodge City, Kan;
Hartman, Colo; Holly. Colo, con-
testee:
You are hereby notified that Jacob
+. Welda, who gives Holly, Colorado,
as his postorfice address, did on
February II, 1920, file in this office
his duly corroborated application to
contest and secure the cancellation OF
your Homestead Entry No.---,
Serial No. O14771, made August %,
1914, for Lots 1924, S l-2 NE
IA, S IL NV Ia, Section 3, Town
ship 22 s., Range AZ w. 9Th Principal
Meridian, and as grounds for his con-
test he alleges that Agnes X. Rule,
formerly Johnson, has failed to main
tain residence on said land; 20 the
extent OF seven months each year Tor
three years; that she has failed to
cultivate the amount of land reIuir-
ed to be cultivated by law; tnat she
has been absent from said land ior
more than two years last past; that
she has removed the fence and all the
buildings from the land; that the en-
| try has not been earned, and that all
these defaults continue to this date;
that her absence was not due 10 or
caused by service in the Army or
Navy of the United States and that
she was not engaged by any organ
tization for offense or defense au-
thorized by Congress during any war
in which the United States may be
engaged.
You are, therefore, further no.
titled that the said allegations will
be taken as confessed, and your said
entry will be Cancelled without fur
ther right to be heard, either before
this office or on appeal, if you fail
to file in this office within twenty
days after the Fourth publication of
this notice, as shown below, your
answer, under oath, specifically re-
spending to these allegations of con-
test, together with due proof that
you have served copy Of your
answer ON the said contestant either
in person or by registered mail.
You should state in your answer
the name of the post office to which
you desire future notices to be sent
to you.
R. ]. McGRATH, Receiver.
Date of first pub, May 27, 1920.
Date of second pub, June 3, 1920.
Date of third pub, June 10, 1920.
Date of fourth pub, June II, 1920.