LJJJ ., J ,'J $ EVENING t-TSDGBB-I'HrtAtlELPHIA-. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, lOll. I FINANCIAL TANGLE HALTS DEPARTURE FROM VERA CRUZ France Lays Claim to a Por- J tion of Customs Receipts to Satisfy Loan to the Huerta ' Government. ' WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. - Representa tions made hy the ricnch Government regarding customs collections made hj U,S. REVENUE CUTTER WRECKED IN PAGIFIG SENDS CALL FOR AID Vessel, With 72 Aboard, Lands on Bering Sea Shoal Steamships Rush ing to Her. PEATTLK, Whsh., ?ept. 22 Two ships are rushing to """ rescue of the crew di" tho United State revenue cutter Tn homa, Milch went nshoro and was OetiPMl Funston ut Vera Cruz. It wns wrecked on a teef between AlKn nnd Pnl.MOrj today, mo postponing Atncrlcnn r Attu Islands, In the Behrlng Sea. Thd Uxncuntlon of the Mexican poit. t'ntil tin- llnnuclnl tangle Is utiirtvoltd Funston will not move Ills tmops. l'mt of tho collection nie claimed In French flnnnclets ns security for n loan to til" Iturrtn government. That these claims should be satisfied by Funston out of Mexican funds he has collected, with- ( out bing paid to a constitutionalist rep resentative, Is tho contention of tho Trench Government. Officials today disclaimed knowledge, nml trotted nt reports of a Villa "up rising" In Sonorn. All consular advices, It was statoil, point to cumpletc hnimon. between Villa nnd Carranza, It was polntetl out that Villa personally tele graphed such nssuinin.es to President Wilson only a few days ago. It was also . pointed uit that the succession of rumors of tumble between Villa nnd Carrnnza I oilgln.ited at 111 Paso, where n Iluertlsta , Junta Is and Ins been In operntlon. ec- I rotary of State ltryan leucnlly Issued n public warning against placing ctedenco I In the 111 Paso leports. , vessels, which were about ICO miles dis tant when they picked up the "3. O. 6." wireless call, arc tho Japanese liner Tncoma-Miuu and tho Noma Btoamcr Senator. A wireless dispatch from Captain niehatd O. Crisp, of the Tnhouia. picked up at sea nnd relayed to headquarters fiom Sltkn, Alaska, says the cutter Is In Imminent danger, hut It Is believed the nine otllccrs and crew of C3 on the ship can take to tho small boats with which the cutter is well supplied nnd seek safety on one ot the smnll Islands which dot tho sea In tho vicinity ot tin wreck. Tho Tnhoma Is a cutter of the first class. She was built nt Wilmington. Del.. In 190S nnd Is of S57 tons, with 1215 tons displacement and IK! feet In length. Tho vessel Is of steel con struction. Tho ofliccrs are: Captain I'.lehard O. Crisp, commanding. Flrt Lieutenant Thomas M. Malloy, executive olllcer; Second Lieutenant .lohtt .T. llutson, Sec ond Lieutenant Willi, im K Seimmel. Third Lieutenant Stephen P. Yeandle, who received n gold medal for heroism dur ing a hurricane off the Georgia coast three years ngo: Second Lieutenant of Enginceis Thomas H. Vcnger. Third Lieutenant of Engineers Francis C Allen; Third Lieutenant of Knglneers Walter Jt. Troll, and Assistant Smgeon H. M. Thomas, of the Public Health Service. WASHINGTON", Sent. 22 Messages to the revenue cutter service hen- todav. an nouncing the wreck of the cutter Tahoma in the Aleutian Islands, contained nssui ances that tho entire crew of nine otll ccrs nnd 63 men would be saved. "S. O. S." calls from the Tahoma were picked up by ships and wholes station along the Alaskan coast, and thf Japa nese liner Tnkoma Mam nnd the steamer Senator nre speeding to her rescue The Tnhoma Is one of the newest and best cutters in the service and fcai is felt that she will he pounded to pieces on the reef where she Is fnst. OFFICER GIVES HIMSELF UP AFTER SHOOTING TRAIN RIDER Man Falls With Bullet in Hip During Struggle. After voluntarily surrendering to the rollee Department, Special Officer Michael Curson. living at 2211 Eaht Clearfield street, employed b. the Heading Hallway Company, was hold in M5-0 ball at the Eelsrade and Clearfield streets police sta tion this morning by Magistrate Camp bell to await the recovery of .lames Mc Ginley, 20 years old, of Mil Fast Jluy fleld street, from a revolver shot In the Episcopal Hospital. On the night of September 17. McGlnley and a companion, Kaymond Sieger, of 30,13 East Thompson street, weio sighted In tho Allegheny avenue vards of the rail road riding the bumpers of a fast freight train loaded with valuable freight billed for New York citv. Corson, who was nccompanied by Special Olllcer Slcer. -were watching this trnln. which had been subject to hoboes and thieving train riders, who stole thousands of dollais of valuable freight Tho officers called on thp pair to surrender. McGlnlev nnd Sieger jumped, and a chase through the nrds began, the flee ing men separating nnd grlng In opposite directions. Curson nnd McGlnlev strug gled among n lot of boxes, and In the melee McGlnlev Ml with a bullet from Curson's revolver lodged In bis hip At the hearing Curson chared the revolver was accidentally discharged, and alleged that MoGinley attacked him with a blackjack ' ' i , , i - i ...I i ii, .-i I, i i i, MlllaMMMiMlWM lr-i MKXICtl CITY, Sept 22. Plans are bplrg completed today for a monster re ception to bo tendered to General Villa v hen he enters the city on Thursdav with 00 of his delegates, who will sit In i the convention that will choose a Pro- visional President. One bundled and thirty million dollars In new Constitutionalist currency was put Into circulation today. READING OFFICIALS PLANKING TO RID TUNNEL OF GASES Working Now on Project to Blow Deadly Fumes Out to Prevent Repetition of Phoenixville Accident. MRS. BRIDGET CAREY SPARE ACQUITTED OF THEFT CHARGE Accused Seven Years Ago of Poison ing Her Two Children. Without leaving the box: a Jury before Judge I3onnlwe.ll In the Munbipal Court today acquitted Mrs Bridget Carey Spare of a larceny charge Seven years ago she. was found not guilty of having poisoned her two children. The woman, through aid glvon her, lived quletlv until h"r arrest several months ago on the larceuy charge, This, her attorney declared, was trumped up by her husband so he could obtain a divorce. Mrs Spare was charged with steal ing JS.27 from Mrs L W. Uenkel of JTorth 40th street, and with the larceny of a gold locket from a boarder in Mrs Henkel's house Special o'tcers testified Mrii Spare ad mitted stealing the money and hud told them where she had arreted the locket Thoy stated she offered to pay bark the money. The woman a counsel showed that the policeman did not make a search for the trinket. Mrs. Spare acknowledged that she sought to make a. ttliment in the amount of the cash alleged n have hem stMtn, -'but explained that she had xrlcncet to much notoriftv In her trial on the charge of miirdtrtng her two children that she offered to pay the small amount to escape further pabUcit gha also testified to the enmltv of her husband. She denied omphatu ally that n ntd taken the monev or Jewelry Srom Mrs. Honkers house, where sue had t,ueu m ployed. INSANE WOMAN CAUSES EXCITEMENT IN STREETS Threatens Lives of Fassersby Until Arrested by Two Policemen, Her mind suddenly j,lvmj :-, Sji,., Jcsophlno Acuff. of 331 Itedm-r street, ran through the streets In hr uetghbui hood this morning threatening the life of every one she met. until anested by Special Policeman WigUim und Policeman Wegy, of tht 25th and oxford streets itu tlon. She was amsted on a uairant mvqrn out b her brother. Joseph Acuff. and his wife. Elizabeth Acuff, of J15 liedner street After a protracted struggle the oflkers took the woman to Magistrate Morris' cqurt at M0 1 Hidge avenue, who had an -jamination of Miss Acuff made by Ur Leonard Fres' "In. of 3'in Aspen street The latter said the woman was insane bhe was held under 00 ball for a further hearing and in the meantime ivmmitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital for Insane, at ma. and Market sirceUM nillcial.s of tho Philadelphia and Read ing UaUwav, when asked today what action would be taken by the munngi ment to prrvtnt a recurrence of the acci dent In the Black Kock tunnel, near Phoi-nl.willo, yesterday, In which three persons were killed, two being n'sphyxl ntd by coal gas in the tunnel, would make no repl.v. It was learned from other sources, however, that experts of the company are making an Investigation into moans which can bo adopted so that neclditits of this sort will be Impossible in the future. other railroads- thioughout the country which have long tunnels on their right-of-way hove placed largo blowers In them which kt-p them clear of all gas, or nt least keep It down to a minimum, to that If a train becomes stalled in the tunnel passengers will be In no danger of as phyxiation. The dead are Charles T. fhnmbough, of 111', Courtlond street, Philadelphia, con ductor; Jumis V. Harlt-y, engineer, of Pottsvllle, and an unidentified woman, about 60 joars of age, believed to be Mrs. Moyep, of Heading. Those who were overcome and who aro In the Phoenix ville Hospital, where they are recovering, nre n. N'ewton Moll, fireman , George Bill man, Kast Hamburg, passenger; Burden Lisher. Muhrsville, passenger. Mis. Kd ward r, Lnvvler, of Tower City, wus also overcome. She was removed to a hotel In Heading, and has fully recovered. The accident wns tho result of train No. 37, the Wllllamsport express, strik ing nnd killing the nged, unidentified woman south of the Phoenixville sta tion. The onglneer, Jumes F, Harley, b tore tn train struck the woman, ap plied the brakes and the train stopped In th tunnel, the rear end of the trnln being at the south end. The train effr bing assHted by a switch englno pioceeded a short distance Into tho tunnel and again came to-a stop Engi neer Harley having been overrom" Fireman Muil went to the engineers assistance and was also overcome. WOMEN FIGHT PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Fence erected and end of building torn down by railroad employes. O fc 1 f I I.I ! WMIIMI WWMl Illl M WOMEN STAND FAST IN POST HOLES IN BATTLE OF CAMDEN Attack by Workmen on En trenched Position of B. PellicofT Resisted by Aroused Garrison. All of the vvnr news does not como fiom Europe, some of It comes from I Camden, whcio the clan of Pelllcoff Is , staunchly leslstlng the overwhelming ( foiccs of the Pennsylvania Rullroad In 1 war over property rights. Latest acr i vices fiom the fiont show that the ; inllio.id achieved a slight advantage last night when they stormed the Pelll offs lutiunched position In a s-eiics of postholes captuted it and elected a strong fottlllcatlon of posts In tho enemv's tciritory. Thoy did not follow up their ndvuntagc. however, and it Is said that although both sides nre guard In against olfonslve movements, media tion by the courts will llnully bo re sorted to to settle the battle. The Pelllcoff foiccs are under the com mand of B Pelllcoff. He Is ably as sisted bj H. Pelllcoff, .It.; Mrs. Pnnnv Hell nnd Miss Hthol Pelllcoff, daughters i ot B. Pelllcoff, while effective scout duty , Is being done by the commandct's son- in-law and nephew. The rank and file of Mrs. Fannie Bell, who established herself in a post-hole to hinder the ' tllp Pelllcoff forces Is composed of cm- in the defense of their father's property- railroad men in their work, and Miss Ethel Pelllcoff, who assisted her sister Twoim. ,.rt ,?,,,. a.,00'! y. ' at ------ -.v.. niiu nvin iiii. uiLii m- DUKE MUNY0N SETTLES S30 WATERWAYS DELEGATES WEEKLY ON WIFE HE LEFT i LEAVE FOR NEW YORK Son of Medicine Manufacturer j Notables to Address Five-day Con- Brousht Back From New York Duke Munvon, tn of Jumes J. Jinn yon. patent rncdh Ine ni.inufactuier, set- v. iiicn wus imncKen ny a Host of X'enn slvanla Bnllroad workmen, who stole it march on their opponent at 4 o'clock vcslird'iy morning, attacked the Pelll coff olllce and tore nway some two or thico feet from tho end othc building, which, they said, encroachrd on the tall load property. Tho concrete blocks were replaced with n wooden partition by the attacking party. Tho first warning of the enemy's ad vance received by the clan of Telllcoff wns when Mrs. Fanny Bell, who lives vention, Opening Todny. Phllidelphin'H repiom ntatives to tho seventh annual convention of the Atlantic tied n weekly allowance of JIM on his wife. ' Hooper Watciwnys Assoclutlon left Broad Alice Glllmnn Munjon, and their child In Stitet .Station this moining on a special i next to tho coal yard, was nwkacned by the non-fcupport piocecdlng for vvhUh tinin for .ew York, inoie than :i hundred the sound of the walls ot the forlress he was brought back heie fiom New strong. B.v the time the ttaln leached tailing under the violent bombaulment York. Trial wn 1,,'foro Judge Brown. N, vv York It had picked up nearU ) In the Domestic Relations L'ouit. I additional dob-gntcs fiom New .lirse.v After a mniried life of moie than ' cities and towns, twelve vears, Munvon left his wife on ' i'011" "l "" llvo -lays of the convention mm- i im- i- -Vint mi ii .'lit iii- itiiaiiiri PHILA. MASONS ASSIST AT MEMORIAL DEDICATION Several Thousand Persons Witness Exercises nt Elizabethtown. CUZAniJTHTOW.S. Pa, Spt The dtduatiun exercises of the John Il my I ),iiuan Memorial building ut the E uabethtown Masonic Home were con 4 . t, 1 ,.t u.ion K.day b tne Grand J-odrfc of the Pennsjlvanla Masonic Fraternity. Several thoutand persons wltnesbed the dedication including about 100 Masons A jirocfcsslon formed in the Grand Lodge Hall and matched around the oval lying t" the north of the building, parsing throwgh a double line of members of the order proceeding then to pavilion which had been erected over tho founda tions of the new building Here the exer cisis took place under the direction of Oram Mnsttr J. Henry Wllllami, of Philadelphia, who was assisted by all nftU'vrs of the Grand Lodge who were present. A feature of the exercises was the vocal music of the Philadelphia lodges, under the direction of Joseph Revnolds Combs, aud Instrumental music by the I.u I.u Temple Hand, of Philadelphia, directed b A Howard Thomafc. Following the exercises, dinner was served In the Grand ldse Hall The money for the new building, which is to be erected at a cot of $33,000, was willed to the Grand Iodgo b John Henry Paman, who was a member of the Wash ington Lodge, No 9. of Philadelphia. The structure will cover an area of d7 by SI feet and will be a three story granite cottage. Theie are at present 17 guests In the Maontc Home of ElUabethtown Since the institution was first established it has housed JU inmates, coming from 33 out of the 87 .counties of this State, Of that numbe. 33 have died. June it, 10t2. and foi several months she Heikshlro. ' The delouatis will view the was unable to obtain the slightest Inkling ;nst ami Hniloni Illvcrs, .Nuv York Bay ot his wheieabouts. Through u letter . and Hmbnr, the Staten island Sound and from a woman living on the ,ame p.em- n Bar w Perth AmbnXJ. They Ues Munyon was traced to an apartment inipPQi t)ie scenery nlong the historic hoiioe In New Vork. A detective armed i lludton by daylight and stops will bo with lequlsitlon papers from Governor made at West Point, Hudson, New burgh, Tener btought Munyon back to this city, i Kingston, l Poughkcepsle, Albany and For a short time Munjon wns kept In Troy Addies&es will be mnde at Albany Jail, awaiting entry of ball I iv seeietary Uanlels. ot tho Navy, and After his arrest negotiations were Secretary Lane, ot the Department of the started to adjust llnanc-lnl matters with interior, with the Governors nnd former Mrs. Munvon. When the cae was, colled Governors of a number of States, todav (ountol on both sides Informed -j-he Hist session of the convention wns Judge Urown that the wire had agreed iwM ,lis Hfternoon In tho Hotel Majestic, to accept $20 a week from her hus-band for N-tw ynik, nnd tomorrow the delrgatm the ipp,.rt of herselC and child This i 'vm boaid the lioat foi the rest of their arrangement was sanctioned b the court. Pnnentlnn. Members of the association I from nil tho Atlantic coast States will nt- BOY PLUNGES TO DEATH ,,nd IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT ' P00R HEALTH CAUSES Skull Fractured In Fall Through! WOMAN TO TAKE POISON Aperture Hidden From View. I Falling through an open elevator shaft Heard Her Children's Lessons Before in the Toon Building. V- North Sixth I Her Bash Act. street, where he had been employed, Al- nosP pPi,inman. 13 South Tenth street, beit Oivvev, 15 venrs old, of SSOS South tmmitted biilclde last night by taking Sixth strvit. was fatally injured tla , poison, iler hunhand. who Is employed nnd dhii shortly after being tnUn to at nB,( nt the Spreckle Sugar Ilellnery, tho pennsjlvanla Hospital Buffering fruni i r,.turned fiom work at 6 o'clock this a fracture of the skull. morning and found his wife missing. Ac cm ding to several witnesses to the ' u, asked his two children. Jo.-cph, 13 accident, t'uvvey, who was tnrrylng i-ev- Pars old, and Katherlne, 11 years old. eral extra laige packages befor, his face, i svnere he could Hnd their mother. They could not eo that tho elevator had Ijcen replied that she had taught them their suent up tu the floor obovo Just before ( school lessons and put them to bed Just he stepped into ine open Bpace. v tin ub usual insi ihbiu n v hm not a scream Covvey fell headfirst into the Pit. When his limp form was lifted from tho bottom of the shaft he was still living, and n record run was mado to tho hos pital in the hope of saving his life. At tho hospital the physicians saw at a glance that their services were pructlcally of no use, but made preparations for an Immediate operation Heforo the physic ians had time to operate the patient died. The voung boy wns the son of Oscar (' A t'ovvtv, assistant cashier of tho Pvolic Lbimieu Company Ken her since. Feldnmun went out In the back yard and found his wife lying dead Dr. It. P. Wllkinhon. 133S South Tenth street, was called, and pronounced death due to poison Mrs. Fetdnman had not been In good health for some time paBt and had been moloncholy over her Illness, but had teemed in good tplrlts last evemng. GIRL HORSEWHIPS MASHER Stoned Poodle When She Refused to Flirt, Spectators Hear, BOSTON. Sept U- Because Leo Smoke, custodian of the City Hall at Lynn, threw stones at her French poodle Cutey, Miss Nellie Ovid. 22, daughter of Mr and Mrs. ilenry C. Ovid, horsewhipped Smoke to day before a large and delighted assem blage on tho lawn In front of the build ing. The blows left welts on Smoke's face. "That man has been trying to flirt with me two or three weeks." she told the police. "I refused to have anything to do with him and he threw stones at i utey to get even with me " day of prayer and feasting, the only one ' (.'utey is trained to no many tricks and of the fall ccle of Jewish holidas l has won several prizes Miss Ovid say which is given over to constant prayer ' Vincent Astor baa offered her J2000 for ad centempUUoo. tta iog. R0SH HASHANA ENDS TODAY Preparations Begin for Yom Kippus, Day of Atonement, Rosh Hashana. the holiday piarklng the beginning of the Jewish Now Year, will come to a cloe at sunset today Final services will be celebrated In all sjnagogues and preparations will be be gun for Yom Klppur, the Day of Atone ment, which will be marked a week hence In contrast to the Jojous festivities of Itosh Hashana Yom Klppur will be a or the lallroad's sledges She quickly notified lr-i' husband of the attack nnd then telephoned to B. Pelllcoff, whoso headcpiarteis nie nt 1134 Princess avenue. Tho latter effected a rapid mobilization of his forces, but arrlve-d on the iceno too late to save tho main fortress, tho olllce. He then deployed his forces on what he alleges to bo the frontier of his teultory, nnd prepared to resist tho enemy's Invasion. Mrs. Fanny Bell was assigned to occupy ono post-holo which had been dug 1-y tho enemy preparatory to the erection of a large fence, whllo her sister, Miss Kthel iPelllcoff, was placed In nnother. From these stronglv Intrenched positions the women tuccessfully resisted tho .-.ttac,k of tho Invaders all day long. Their lino of supply wns kept open by privates of tho Pelllcoff forces, who brought mcnls to them at noon and again at night. Finally, however, the attack became too heavy, and, after an nil-day vigil. In which il. Pelllcoff and the other mem bers of his staff allege they received M-ugh handling, the railroad's forces dls lodged them from their position nnd erected the posts and ft portion of a ten foot fence. NURSE DENIES SHE TURNED CHILD FROM HOSPITAL Corner Told Bnby Burned With Matches Had Received Treatment. Slater t'lantelln, of the St Agues Hos. pital, denied before the Coroner today that Mary Pelllcome, an ll-months-old baby. who. the parents assert, died after being refused admittance to the St. Agnes Hospital, won turned away from that Institution The child had been hurtled while play ing with matches, and the father claimed be curried the baby to St. Agnes' Hos pital, but was told to take her to an Institution nearer his homo Ho took the child away, and she died several hours later. He did not deny the state ment made by the sister to the effect that the child had alreadv received medi cal attention when he brought her to the hospital. The nurse asserts that, knowing the child had been treated, she did not hesi tate In ndvislng her being taken to a hospital more convenient to tho Pelll come home, while other witnesses testi fied that the baby was carried about jo much when It should have been rest ing that death was to be expected. Others testified that the mother had taken the child to a police station and then to the Mount Sinai Hospital, but would not leave It there KEEPS LEG AND DIES MIDDLETOWN, N Y Sept. 21-Ro-malne Bcnseley, of Montague township, N J , is dead, because he refused to let doctors amputate one of his legs. Ilen selev's leg was hurt by a log that rolled on It When informed by surgeons that am putation would be necessary in order to cave his life, he refused to consider the 4vlea and diefl a. inert time alter. NEW EPOCH HERE AS ARMY OF MEN BEGIN WORK OM SHIPWAYS Impetus Already Felt in In dustrial Fields Drydock at League Island Now Nearer Realization. An army of men were put to work to day at the Philadelphia Nnvy Yard- to erect the tdilpways for which Secietary of tho Navy Daniels and Dliector of the Ucpartmcnt of Wharves, Docks and Fer tles broke ground yesterday. It Is ex pected tho shlpwnya will ho completed In several months, nnd then tho keel of tho new transport will be laid Immediately. The stnrt of the fdilpwnys has given an Impetus to Industrial fields. It means tho employment of carpenters, machinists, shipwrights and a host of other skilled Inborn s, to say nothing of tho unskilled laborers benefiting hy tho decision of tho Navy Department to build Fedornt ships at the League Island ynid. All were Jubilant today, nnd those employed on the work struggled manfully under a glaring sun to prove Hint Secretary Daniels was not wrong when ho said tho best skilled Inborors of the country could be found in this city. Shipping men also expressed their unanimous approval of tho project and enld that In addition to tho work given workmen of this city the navy yard has received a wonderful boom In the transition from a repair to n shipbuild ing yard. This Is regarded ns an open ing wedge In the fight for the 1700-foot drydock, since a shipyard without a drydock Is greatly handicapped. After ft ship Is completed on tho ways and launched It Is cssentlnl that sho bo placed III a drydock for a complete over hauling. Philadelphia 1ms numerous advantages over any other port on the Atlantic coast. Thnt of being tho only fresh water station Is expected to convince Congress that the drydock should be located here. "JOE" CALL AT LAST DISMISSES HIS THREE STRAW BAIL ALLIES Tell ant Magistrate Forced to Gillman, Fishman Gross to Get Out Aron's Clean Bill of Health. .Magistrate "Joe" Coll today notified District Attorney P.otnn that ho had dis missed from his olllce Joseph Fishman, "Juke" Gillman, hla former Constable, and Samuel Grrws. The dismissals aro tho result of pressure brought to bear on Call by the District Attorney follow ing the latest ttraw-ball scandal origin ating In the Gliaid avenue Maglbtinte's ofllcc. This ends the active Investigation Into the chaige of Isaac Friedman, of 1120 C Irani avenue, thnt his name had been forged to a ball bond. Tho District At torney fold today, however, that ho In tends to keep si careful eye on Call's olllce In tho futuio and will hold open tho present ense for further Investigation should there appear a good chance tu get further evidence. Call, who Is n close friend nnd fre quent poker companion of Senator James P McNIchol, through whom he secuies his political iticngth, will bo requlicd to show that tho new stoff of assihtnnts he lilies in place of Gillman, Fishman nnd Gross .iie not of tho same .stamp, ac cording to tho District Attornc), CLUAX BILL roil ArtON. Another phase of tho fake ball scandal was reviewed today by Mr. Itotan, and Max Aron, the attorney for Friedman, received a clean hill of health. Aron pre sented to tho Municipal Court u letter from New York purporting to show thnt Frank Bohrer, n defendant charged with keeping a dlsoiderly house, who had dis appeared, had enlisted nnd gone to Vera Cruz. It was testified by Mrs. Friedman that this letter wns "fixed up" by at taches of Call's olllce so that her hus band would escape forfeit of the ball bond of JUJO for Bohrer to which Fried man's name wus signed. Friedman can not lead or wrlto F.ngllsh except his name, nnd this explains, why he did not discover until latei that the signature to the ball bond was a forgery. "Mr. Aron explained In detail his con nection with tho case,' said Mr. Itotan, "and I believe what he told me. I con sider that his part In the case was en tirely ethical and that no criticism can be directed against him In any way." Mr. Itotan was asked to explain why It was necessary for tho District Attorney's office to do the housecleaning for Magis trate. Call. It was pointed out to him that other Magistrates manage to keep their offices In order and he was asked if Call had made any explanation. The District Attorney catd It was a source of constant surprise to him that ho had to watch Call so closely, nnd that the Magistrate failed to clean out his office without orders to that effect. Mr Itotan also explained that, whllo he could use his Influence to bring about the barring from Call's olllce of Gillman, Fishman and Gross, ho could not take any steps directly against Call without evidence Implicating the Magistrate. IIOMR OF STRAW BAIL CASES fctrnw ball scandals have been emanat ing from Call's olllce for years, but It was not until a comparatively recent date that any success was had In breaking up the practice. Gillman now is under in dictment nnd awaiting trial on the charge of extortion. A new trial was granted to Fishman after he had been found guilty on the same chaige, and this re trial Is pending. Several other former attaches of the office have been found guilty and sentenced or are awaiting trial on various charges connected with struw bail cases The order to Call to dismiss Gillman. Fishman and Gross was issued by Mr Itotan at the conference they held last Saturday. Previously Call had promised to keep Fishman out of his office, but had failed to do so. He tried to defend himself by declaring that he simply per mitted Fishman to use the office in his real estate business, but the District At torney insisted that the man be kept out in the future. Today Call notified the District Attorney that the connection of the threo had been severed. BOYBRAVELYWAITS.fi END OF LONG BATTLE !j TO SAVE BDRNED LEG 1 . j Little Hero Hopeful That j Removal of Bandages To- , day Will Show He Is Not to Be a Cripple. KENNETH REDAMAR A wide-eyed and hopeful little hoy sits on an Invalid's chair In the sunlight at tho Frankford Hospltnl today. With a toy dog clasped tightly In hln arms h mutely watches white-clad Burgeons and nurses as they go from cot to cot com forting nnd relieving. Willi Impatience ho Is waiting until they come to him nnd unwind bandages from his legs; for what Is found beneath will determine whether or not tho little boy will ever wnlk and play llko other boys or be a hopeless cripple with ono leg cruelly bent. Tho child's namo Is Kenneth Redamar and ho Is only six years old. Ho lived with his pnionts nt C031 Torresdnle ave nue until e.iily last Fcbruarywhen he was carried into tho hospital with ono les chnrrcd and burned nnd swathed In soft stuffs. Playing with schoolmates about a bonfire, Kenneth had either fallen or been accidentally pushed Into tho blazing pile. Frightened, his little comrades ran away ctylng, and Kenneth was left alono In terrible agony until policeman cairlcd him home. For a long time physicians feared Ken neth would not get well. The child lay still nnd white among tho covers. Nurses sometimes cried because he suf fered so much pain. Persons maivclcd at the bravery and patience dlsplnycd by so small a boy under such trjlng cir cumstances. BltAVDUY WINS BOY'S BATTLE. It wns this biavory and patience which finally tinned the tldo In favor of the child's recovery. Kenneth began to convalesce. Ills laugh of glco over gifts of fruit or flowers bi ought cheer to other little patients In tho wnrd. His sunny smile wus a lesson In fortitude. Ho became a great favor ite of all persons nt tho hospital. Sick folk raised their heads and spoke to him n stho boy was wheeled by on his way to the sun parlor. Then came tho day when Kenneth tried to walk. What was expected to be for him the dawn of happiness was turned Into it day of despair, when tho watching doctois saw tho child's leg wns bent. Skin had continclcd underneath the knee and Kenneth wus unablo to stretch his leg out sti night. Then tho surgeons took counsel to gether, and tlecldcd as a last lesort a rare and delicate operation would bo performed In nn endeavor to straighten tho bent leg. Kenneth wus told he still had another chance His mother, who huel been almost a dally visitor to the hospital, and whoso grief was even great er than that of her son when It was feared he would bo permanently lame, silt by the child's cot and held his hand while the two talked of the new chance for complete iccovery. The small pa tient onco more took an Interest In his toys. Again his childish laugh rang through tho ward. At last the day for the operation ar rived. "It is true that I nm going to run and piny again, Isn't it doctor?" tremulously asked the child. And the smgeon who had heard so many ques tions just like Kenneth's smiled at the boy and said, "We'll see." CHILD'S SACRIFICE. So they wrapped tho littlo sufferer In blankets and wheeled him to the operat ing room. Thero In tho presence of men of science small pieces of skin were cut from tho good leg of the unconscious child nnd grafted where tho skin was drawn and contracted, underneath the knee of the leg which had been burned. This wus last week. Today the bandages will be removed nnd both Kenneth and thoso who have token such nn Interest In him will know whether or not ho will ever be able to run and play again If tho condition of his leg shows the operation to have been n success, the boy will be out of the hospital In two or three weeks. DANCER HURT IN A FALL Falls to the Stage nnd Is Taken to Hospital. Jessie KennlEon. a fenture dnnrer. per forming lat,t night with n partner at the People's Theatre, lost her balance and fell heavily to the stage She was re moved to the wings, where nn effort was made to restore her to consciousness. Sho was removea to tne episcopal " pltnl. whcie physicians pronnumed her Iniuiy concussion of the brain, but after tho dancer hail recovered consciousness this morning a further examination re vealed that this was not so The Injured actress was jtmoved from the hospital to her boarding place. C0MMSSSI0NERS APPOINTED Members of Philadelphia Presbytery Will Attend Meeting of Synod. The Presbytery of Philadelphia, at Its meeting late yesterday afternoon, P" pointed the following commissioners to tho meeting of the Synod of Pennsyl vania to bo held in Krie, on October M Clcrgmen-Thu Revs. William P " ton. George P. Horst. II Preston c Henry, II Clay Ferguson. Edward Bowman. Henry E. Jones, Frank AUrner. J B. Raymond, Robert Hunter ana David Kerr Kldcrs-Alexandcr Henrj' Benjamin Daniels, Charles A "''! Captain W. W. Wallace lll'"a, Graham, Frederick Troxol William a Crozler, Marshall S. Collingvvood, I " Huckins and John Lamon The meeting adjourned to reconvene next Monday afternoon for the furpo of taking action on dissolving the V" toral relations between the R'v,h.y Robert E. L. Jarvis and Betew Church. i JgtjjtejWtooiNJ. :' ,,-r::: :--' ---,--..- BMMBf??V'ir'',iiiiynr-i,wii"rr"'TfiaMMTffllMr -I
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