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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2!J, 1915,
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AIR BATTLE
OVER PARIS
HALTS RAID
1 Second Zeppelin At
tack Beaten Oft by
French Aviators in
Fight Above Clouds.
pursue Invaders and Force
f- 'Them Back to Base Outly
ing Villages Suffer Slight
Damage, But no Lives Are
Lost.
Monoplanes Swiftly Advance to Meet
Dirigibles as Alarm Is Given.
Germans Spend Six Hours in Vain
Attempt to Bombard Capital Al-
lies Drop Bombs on Ostend.
PARIS, March 23.
After striving for six hours to attack
Tarls under cover of darkness, n fleet ot
K Uerman Zeppelins sped away to tne
B? ihnnri nt s o'clock this mornlnir with
squadron of French aeroplanes In pur-
i. 'suit.
Bombs wore dropped ty me uerman
alrrhlps upon a number of vlllngeo
round Paris, but their explosions caused
lio deaths, although considerable dam
age was done.
The Zeppelins nil escaped after their
renewed attack on the capital. They
were pursued by the French aviators as
far as the German lines, but there the
aeroplanes wcro forced to discontinue
their pursuit.
The second Zeppelin attack upon Paris
In 43 hours was first signaled at 9 o'clock
last night. Tho German airships, be
lieved to number eight, were divided Into
two groups. They attempted to approach
tho city from tho northwest and north
ast. . .
At the first alarm tho city wna dark-
( ened and a fleet of French aeroplanes
rose from their stations ana sec out to
meet tho aerial monsters. Tho Zeppo
llns retired, but Instead of abandoning
.their attempt to fly over Paris thoy cir
cled about the city.
Believing that the Zeppelins had re
turned to their base, most of the French
.viators returned to Paris, but three re
gained on scout duty. Shortly nftcr 11
o'clock ono of them reported sighting
Eeppellns over Vlllors Cotterets.
Onco more tho alarm sounded and the
lights of tho city, which had been re
lighted, were again extlngulsed. All tho
French searchlights were again put In
action, and the aeroplane fleet again set
cut to give battle to the enemy.
As the Zeppelins circled about tho city
they were pursued by the monoplanes and
i'bflvernno opportunity to turn their course
i toward the main section of Paris. Finally,
at 3 o'clock this morning, they darted
way to tho northward.
This time there was no abandonment
& bf the pursuit. Tho aeroplanes kept at
if. the heels of the big airships until they had
H' gnmoA the. Tltor AtDTin
St. Paul Fire Causes $100,000 Loss
ST. PAUL. Minn., March 23. Fire, origi
nating In the basement of the Essex
Building, today threatened the entire
loop district of St. Paul. Firemen, as
sisted by 200 students of the Nichols Ex
pert School, a business college, had tho
flames under control at 9 o'clock. Tho
damages by smoke and water is estimated
fet ?100,000.
THE WEATHER
FA I IV.
How In the world can one write of
feather or anything else on a day like
this. Here we sit with a whole pencil
In our hand and nnms nnd reams of
V .. " ' . . r ..... ....
jHtper oeiore us nnu irs no use just me
same. Our thoughts Just won't stay
"with us. Out ths window they slip,
'way. 'way over the roof-toDs. out into
1 1 the open country. Anywhere at all, so
us just that. Pine Notch, if you win,
but open country. And there we pitch
ourselves down in the warm sunlight.
Hl Tfm4
K Jjjth nice fresh springy smells wafted on
"jo cican invigorating ozone tnai una
bur city-weary lungs. There we pitch
ourselves nnd Just sit and think. And
But now along comes a Joy-killer and
Peeps over our shoulder nnd pulls us
back to the office with a thud. "Sit and
think?" he says.
"You mean Just sit."
I FORECAST
For Philadelphia and vicinity
Fair tonight and Wednesday; not
fnuch change in. temperature: wiorfer
p'e northwest winda becoming light
Mad variable,
. For details, see page S,
Observations at Philadelphia
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P&romater ..... "DT1
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&"$,'" 'l'a's't "J "houra V.W.V.'.'.' ..'.' "
JJumldity . v , g.i
fjinlraum temperature ,,,, ,....,.. 3il
axunum temperature ...,,,....,,,,,.,,, tT
p On the Pacific Coast
Par, Francisco .,, .Weather, clear, Temp. Bt
Mfl Diego ,,. .,..,, .Weather, clear. Temp. S8
Aln.o..n. f Jl. r..
BI Attn ,- .
It EXL"'? tomorrow ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8:58a.m.
Moon acta tomorrow ,,,,.,,, .",.," 2;Ua-ru.
Lamps to Be Lighted '
Autos and other vehicles.,..,, 0:35 p.m.
The Tides
i-SJ? JS'V .::-" 7.-V. ?
fun water tomorrow,, , 8:16a.m.
CHESTNUT tmtEBT WHARF.
;iU water TSTp. m.
swaa aster tomorrow S.Ma. m.
J, REBDV ISLAND.
Uh water 1:18p.m.
Hlh waier tomorrow, i 03 . m.
BREAKWATER,
fti 7 II p.m.
Hi water lumorrov,. 140a.m.
EJify.Sr w ismorraw ...,i .''
CHARLES ai. SCHWAB ILL
Steel aingnato Seeks Rest nt White
Sulphur Springs.
Charles M, Schwab, managing owner
nnd chairman of the board ot directors
of tho Bethlehem Steel Works, Is 111 at
White Sulphur Springs. Mrs. Schwnb Is
with him.
Dispatches from Bethlehem received
hero today stnte that Mr. Schwab went
South for a rest and that he was In an
extremely nervous condition. Mr. Schwab
visited several health renorts Inst winter.
PRESIDENT DESIRES HARMONY
AMOXfl DEMOCRATS HERE
Anxious Over Factional Fights, But
Will Kcop Hands OfT.
mo a. stiff connr.roKDEM.)
WASHINGTON, March .-President
Wilson declared today that ho was much
Interested In the Democratic factional
troubles In Pennsylvania. The situation
there hns bocomo Intense again owing to
tho approaching resignation of Bx-ltep-rcscntatlvc
A. Mitchell Palmer from Na
tlonal Committeeman upon his going oa
the Federal bench
The administration Is nnxlous to bring
about harmony In Pennsylvania and Is
hopeful that tho two factions will reach a
uuiniiromiso on national committeeman.
So much was expressed by inference to
day by the President. He was asked
whether he would Inject his Influence Into
the Pennsylvania situation, to effect har
mony. To this he replied that the situation
there Interested him very much, but he
was not on "tho Job." He mennt that he
would like to see harmony, but would do
nothing overt to effect it.
The President is doing everything to
harmonize the Democrats In New Jciaey
and N'ew York. Ho will shortly appoint
Samuel Iredell, a lawyer, of Urldgeton,
N. J Collector oi Internal Revenue for
tho flrst New Jersey district to succeed
Goorgo Hampton, whose nomination was
rejected by tho Senate.
COLLEGE PRESIDENT DIES
Dr. Alexander Cameron Mackenzie
Headed Elmira Administration.
KLMIUA, N. Y., March 23. The Rev.
Dr. Alexander Cameron Mackenzie, pres
ident of nimlra College for the last 18
jenrs, died today.
O'SHAUGHNESSY, LONE
IRISH TAR ON VESSEL
Won't Give Up Ship Even
Though Rest of St. Patrick's
Crew Are Chinese and Arabs.
The lone flguro of Terence O'Bhaugh
nessy hung over tho after rail of the
good British steamship St. Patrick as
she steamed slowly up tho Delaware
Hlver this morning, six days late from
Calcutta, Captain Alec W. May. Tho St.
Patrick was duo on St. Patrick's Day.
She carries a valuable cargo of East
Indian goods.
Thirty-one Chlnose, three Arabs and
Terence O'Shaughnessy man the St. Pot-
rlck. The 31 have been picked up at
various tlmeB In all ports of the seven
seas. Terence O'Shaughnessy was signed
on at Glasgow four years ago, Just after
tho St. Patrick slid Into the water for
.Yin Hm, limn
Tho single Irishman in the crew has
made a solemn vow that he will stick by
the ship until she founders or Is Junked.
On her first voyage the St. Patrick car
ried a full crew of Irishmen: that is, each
member of her crew was of Irish birth.
Ono by onn tho other sons ot Erin
dropped ' oft horo and there about tho
world, but Terence O'Shaughnessy stuck
to tho good old St. Patrick. Ho stood on
a patch ot green paint near tho scuppers
us the ship steamed up the Delaware to
day and puffed ot a corncob pipe with a
stunted stem and a blackened bowl.
" 'TIs a gude boat she Is," he enld, '.'even
wld the Clllstlals an' the Ayrabs. A gude
boat, an' I've been wld her this foor
jcar. an' shure I'll stay wld her while
she floats. Hut 'tis a hlllava bunch t be
afther mannln' the St. Pathrlck. it Is."
GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK
RY MINE, BRITISH BELIEVE
Vessel Disappears After Two Ex
plosions Aro Heard.
LONDON, March 23.
A German submarine is reported to have
been destroyed by a mine In the English
. . .em 11, - TTaatlnca Pltrlv tndaV.
A dispatch to the Star from Hastings
"At 6 o'clock this morning two loud re
ports of firing or explosions were heard
at West Hastings. Shortly afterward a
German submarine was obaerved about
three miles out gliding along eastward.
Tho vessel was partly submerged, and
her deck was sea-swept. Within a few
minutes the submarine plunged suddenly
beneath the water. She was not seen
aI Ms probable that she hit a mine and
the reports heard at West Hastings were
tho explosions of the mine and a subse
quent explosion on the submarine.
WOMAN HELP AFTER SHOOTING
Goods Found in Her Home Believed
to Have Been Stolen.
As the aftermath of a Bhootlng affair
. r. "... ni,M,Minhla vesterday after
noon. Mrs. Theresa Plzanno, 21 years old,
nt loth Hireci near wuihi " .... ...
11000 bail for court and her husband In
kt a hearing in the 15th street and Sny
der avenue police tton this morning.
Mary Dougnerix. -J '?"" ,"'." ", "-"
""'. ... . the victim of the
1. in St? Agnes' Hospital wlVh
fbul "t In her l.lp. The police say that
1 search ot the woman's rooms disclosed
a" large quantity of dress good., which
7hv believe had been stolen from de.
partment stores.
Fire Follows Fire
An hour after firemen had put put a
brisk blaia at the. Ideal Skirt Manufac
turing Company. North 2d street, early
Jhis morning, another alarm was turned
ft from the building ext door, at 6T
vorth !d stieet, occupied by Norwlck &
Son, women's suits. Both fires were on
the second floor, and It U supposed that a
ioark communicated from one building- to
the other Slight damage wa done In
"eh twUdlMT- The flr Is supposed to
have been causd by crossfd eleqtrtr
.wtrsSi
DEDICATION OF PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING
i
ITALIANS SEE RUSE
BY AUSTRIA TO GAIN
TIME FOR WAR PLANS
Vienna Government
Charged With Bad Faith ,
in Conducting Negotia
tions for Cession of Dis-'
puted Territory.
HOME, March 23
The feeling Is growing throughout Italy
that Austria has been dissembling In the
negotiations concerning Italian neutrality
nnd that tho reason no conclusion has
been reached Is that tho Vienna Govern
ment wantod to gain time In which to
complete preparations for war with this
countiy.
It id teoortcd that the Government has
stopped all railway freight traffic with
Germany by way of Switzerland it Is
believed heio that the General Staff hns
liad to change Its mobilization plans since
military secrets have been tevealcd to
other countries. Italian police have been
assigned, to Keep under surveillance Ger
mans who have entered Italy recently In
what aro regarded as suspicious circum
stances The navy Is now near full strength.
Twenty submarines have been added dur
ing tho last six months and 22) aviators
have received pilots' certificates recently.
Tho army now has 200 aeroplanes and 29
dirigibles.
It becamo known today that tho Duke
cVAbriizzl. commander of tho Italian
dreadnought squadron, made a secret visit
to Home last week and conferred with
Premier Salandra nnd King Victor Em
manuel. News of this vlfit was declared here to
be slgnlflVunt, In view of the reports that
part of the Italian navy will co-operate
with the Anglo-French fleet ut the Dar
danelles ns soon ns Italy throws off her
neutrality.
Trieste reports that concentration of
troops on the Austrian llttorni Is proceed
ing. Great activity and strenuous efforts
are being mado to obtain additional men
to fill tho gaps In the army at tho front.
An order was Issued Saturday summoning
all men up to 62 years capablo of serv
ing. These will bo drilled with utmost
haste, to be ready to depart to the the
atre of war early In April.
It Is calculated that In a few days
thero will bo 40.000 men In Trieste, In
cluding a number of well equipped Ger
man troops and artillery.
The Austrian defeat at Przcmysl was
given prominent display today by tho
semi-official newspaper organs of the
Government with supplementary com
ment to tho effect that the Austro-Ger-mnu
offensive In the Carpathians ap
parently had been broken. The police
dispersed a cheering crowd that gathered
near the Russian Embassy late last night.
Considerable significance was attached
today to Premier Salandra's declaration
at the adjournment of Parliament last
night. Several deputies objected to ad
Journament until Slay 8, asking for a
shorter recess. The Prime Mlnlstor as
sorted that the Government needed free
dom of nctlon nt this time without Parlia
mentary Interference.
NORWOOD FOLK SAVED
FROM FIRE BY BABY
Child's Coughing Awakens
Mother After Flames Aro
Beyond Control.
A coughing spell of a two-month-old
baby, who was being choked by, smoke,
probably saved the lives of Its father and
mother, Mr. and Sirs. Arthur S. H.
Heade, of 1W Leon avenue, Norwood, to
day, when a Are started In their home
and cut oft their means of escape. The
fire destroyed the house and only the
stone walls were left standing. The loss
is JS000 and many priceless heirlooms were
burned.
Tho flre Is believed to have started In
the basement or kitchen. At 8:30 o'clock
the baby was seized with a violent cough
ing spell, which aroused Mrs. Heade.
When she awoke she found the rooms
on the second floor filled with smoke
and heard the crackling of flames on the
first floor.
She called Mr Heade and he climbed
out of the second.story window and
dropped from the porch roof In front
of the house and went in search ot a
ladder. He found one In the yard of a
neighbor and hurried back to the burn
ing building. He placed it against the
house and his wife, carrying the baby,
descended,
Volunteer firemen of Norwood, Pros
pect Park, Folsom, Glenolden and Sharon
Hill soon had their apparatus on the scene.
It Is thought that the fire started nearly
an hour before the family was awakened
and by the time the firemen arrived the
building was ablaze from cellar to roof.
Ir. Heade Is employed by the J. Q.
Brill Company, car manufacturers. The
bulldipg was valued at JJ500. while the
furnishings, which Included a, number of
heirlooms from England, were all destroyed,
The upper picture shows tho
i throne nround tho building dur
ing the ceremonies, ot winch
these are the first photographs.
Below former Governor Tener is
shown making his address.
METHODIST PASTORS'
APPOINTMENTS MADE
AS CONFERENCE ENDS
Few Changes in Minitserial
Charges Are Announced
by Bishop McDowell at
Last Session at Norris
town. FUOM A BTArrcOimtSIOMlEM. 1
NORHISTOWN, March 23. Announce
ment of ministerial appointments for tho
coming year closed the seventh and last
day of tho 128th session of the Philadel
phia Conference of tho Methodist Church
this afternoon.
The meeting Is declaied the greatest
In tho history of the conference nnd
credit Is given to Bishop MoDowell, of
Chicago, for tho executlvo ability ho
showed as presiding officer. Addresses and
songs Inspired tho 323 clergymen In tho
closing moments of tho session.
Comparatively few changes wo.e made
In tho Conference appointments by the
Titsliop and his cabinet, and theie were
few surprises when the list won read.
The Rev. G, W. Izer's appointment as
Superintendent ot the Northwest, and
tho Rev. G. W. Ilenson's assignment ns
campaign manager for tho Ministers'
Aid Endowment Fund wore two of tho
changes announced.
An nddress by Bishop Henderson, ot
Chattanoogn, Tcnn., urging a systematic
campaign by Methodists throughout the
United States, for growth In every
branch of their activities, was one of the
stirring speeches made In the Confer
ence. WOMAN 8UFFRAOE INDORSED.
Resolutions wero adopted In quick
succession as the last minutes of the
annual meotlng drew near. Ono of them
Indorsed woman sultrago and was passed
without debate. Another authorized tho
payment of Conference foreign missionary
Concluded on Page Two
MOKEMACHER MOCKS BLISS
AS SECOND SNOW DESCENDS
Satisfied Onions Bristle to Prove There's Another Fall
Due "Ere the Winter Ends" Citizens
Corroborate Prophet.
"Twice In the same place." said Simeon
M. Mokemacher, long before dawn today,
when he was aroused by the hoot of an
owl. He stuck his head out of the win
dow of his house, up near Andalusia. He
saw a few scattered flakes of snow. The
proprietor of the only patch of onions
with hair that bristles In the whole wide
world went back to bed. He was seen
hours later by a reporter.
"Shucks," he said. "I hate to take ad
vantage of your weather man Bliss thU-a.
way. But he's got It down In his rec
ords that It snowed up to Reading yes
terday. I s'pose he'll say I was looking
through my hat when I saw snow flakes
up here in. my garden patch, this morn
ing, but you come on out and see If the
onions don't bristle."
Ho stumped across his hidden garden
and uncovered an onion. Then he whipped
out his magnifying glass. The hair on
the peevish vegetable wag waving gently
back and forth. Mokemacher chuckled,
"What did I tell you?" he said, 'you
know, but I'll tell you again. I said forae
time BO there'd be three more snow
storms ere winter ends. Now we've bad
two ot "cm. and there another on the
way. If there ws.'n't the catena would
AT SAN FRANCISCO
MUSCOVITE VICTORS
FIND PRZEMYSL CITY
OF DISEASE AND RUIN
Conquerors Begin Entry
Into Fallen Galician
Stronghold Honors of
War to Be Accorded
Heroic Garrison.
VHZCMYSL COMMANDER'S
LAST CALL TO OAltltlSOX
In n futile cfjott In nrou.ic hl.i
tinoiHi to ono last haiionct charge,
the Auitrlan commander Issued a
most stirriiiy appeal as follows:
"Heroes of the Austrian a) my, I
now announce mu last summons.
The honor of our army and our
country demands that I lead you to
place with points of steel the Iron
circle of the enemy. Then we shall
march on until tie Join a nearby
Austrian army. Wc liavc shared
our last provisions. IPc mtc.it open
tho icay. Wc shall open Itt"
PETROORAD, March 23. General Soll
manoft's besieging army of 150,000 men
began entering Przcmysl early today.
Tentative terms of surrender wero agreed
upon late yesterday at a conference be
tween General Kusmanek, the Austrian
commander of the fortress city, and Sell
nmiiolT. The War Ofllco has not mnde
these terms public, but It Is certain that
General Kusmanuk nnd the remnants of
his disease-ridden garrison, will bo ac
corded full honors of war.
Red Cross nurses attached to the Rus
sian army preceded the vlotorlous Slavs
Into Przomsyl. Secrnk Hospital units en
tered tho city before noon yesterday and
began administering to hundreds of Alls
trlaus. These wero wounded In the last
desperate sorties of the garrison and had
been tumbled Into houses with scarcely
any medical attention.
Tho condition of the Austrian defenders
was pitiful. Though the garrison had an
adequate food supply until a few woeks
ago, nearly all the Austrlans were suffer
ing from lack of heavy clothing.
The uniforms they woro when the siego
was begun last autumn were In tatters.
In the last few days all kinds of animals
had been slaughtered for their ment nnd
the garrison would havo faced starvation
within 4S hours.
Estimates ot the number of Austrian
prisoners taken vary, but a dispatch from
Icmberg states that moro captives wore
tnken than was flrst believed and that the
number may reach 100,000,
When tho Russians entered Przemys!
they found It a city of death, disease anil
ruins. All the horses except those owned
by nrmy officers had been killed for food.
Foul wnter 'nad caused an outbreak of
typhoid fever. Tho hospitals were full of
sick, wounded and dying. The streets
of tho suburbs wero ridged with mounds,
where dead soldiers had been burled. Tho
great forts wero masses of wreckage,
having been dynamited on orders of
General Hermann von Kusmanek, com
mander of tho garrison.
Although the victory was a big one, It
had cost tho Russians dearly. It Is es
timated that 150,000 Russians were killed
and wounded during the mouths that the
fclego went on. Not only were many
Russians killed by the efficient lire of the
Austrian gunners, bu the fierce sorties,
where attacker and clofendar fought hand
to hand, resulted In heavy casualties.
Toward the last the Austrlans grew
prodigal of ammunition. It Is supposed
thnt the officers saw that surrender was
Inevitable nnd decided to hasten It by
expanding all their ammunition In one
great burst of cannonading.
be qulot, and ou can see for yourself
they're still a inovln'."
Mokemacher sat down on his heels llko
a Turk or a tailor and toyed with his
watch chain. He leached down Into the
cuffs of his overalls and started to feel
around for more five dollar gold pieces,
because once when ho was a boy he lost
a coin of that denomination and found
It again In tho cuff of his trousers. He
wears the only cuffed overalls In the
world.
"It's a funny thing about this connec
tion between animal and vegetable life"
he said. "That's my life study, you know
Some day I'm going to have the whole
secret, but I won't tell what I know now.
Why should I? But I will tell you part
ot It, I'VHi found out what relation
human beings are to onions."
Mokemacher was abjured to tell, but he
refused. Ho Just chuckled something
about "one more snow storm ere the
winter ends, you mark my words," and
pointed the way to the path through the
tangled saplings and underbrush that led
to the outside world.
Mr Bliss, late today, obstinately refused
to admit that It had snowed. Citizens of
this city to whom credence must be given,
however, declared that homeward bound
from the theatre and "movies," last night,
they encountered stray Hakes In this
town.
LATI3
BMAIiLrOX IN- CAJIPEK
Smallpox win discovered in Camden today wlieit E. H. aoodwjD, a
rcnnsylvaiiin Itnilroatl braltcmnn, nt rived fiom Millvillc, wlicrc lb.o
t'lt-ciiiie lirts iiccii inovnlcnt, nnd was found to have been stricken with
It. Up whh put in the gnrngc of Camden's new Municipal Ilospltal
which has never been opened. A nurse was becured in this city,
Other employes of the road with whom he came into contact will bo
vjroiHiitcd nud their quartern quarantined.
Tcu or 15 discs of smallpox have been dl&covcrcd at MillvlUe.
OnJviu haa been complaining of feeling ill for aovcral dnye. Ho
-u.. uAimhictl by two iihyuicluiw fhia morning and they diurjuooeH
lii xiliuvut no umtillpox.
SECRETARY M'ADOO'S
CONDITION SERIOUS
Head of the Treasury Depart
ment, Recently Operated on
Has a Backset.
WASHINGTON, March 23. Tlin condi
tion of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
Is "vciy seilous," It wns Btnted at his
ofllco today. This gave rise to tho belief
among his acquaintances that the Secre
tary sulTercd a relapse following his re
mnvnl to ills homo from Provldenco Hos
pital, where he underwent nn operation
for nppendlcltls. A rumor wns Bet afloat
that the Secretary nlao was suffering
fiom hernia.
No admission of tliese reports would be
mnde at the Secretary's ottlce, but It was
stated that the wound necessitated by tho
operation 1ms not healed nnd that tho
operation wns performed under unfavor
able conditions, as Mr. McAdoo had held
out against It too long and his vitality
was low, following tho winter's hard
work.
BILLIARD CHAMPION
ACCUSED OF FRAUD
Joseph Mayer, Who Won the
Union League Tournament,
Accused by Hotel Man.
'Joseph Mayer, national amateur billiard
champion, was held In 75O0 ball for court
today by Mnrfstiate Pcnnock at his of
fice, CWH) Gerniantown avenue, on charges
of obtaining board and lodging with in
tent to defraud, preferred by Robert M.
Ilrysnn, proprietor of the Bryson Hotel,
at 12th nnd Market streets.
Ball was provided for Mayer by Patrick
Donohoe, of 336 North Sixty-third street,
proprietor of a billiard room. Bryson
alleged that loans to tho amount of f 1C0
had been mado to Mayer from June, 18H,
to January of this year, In which period
ho had paid no board to the hotel. Prior
to June of last year ho always paid his
lilll promptly, Bryson testified. Mayor
made no statement.
Mayer won the National amateur cham
pionship a few days ago nt tho Union
League. Ho Is one of the most widely
known and export billiard players in the
country.
RESOLUTION' PROPOSES
ELECTION PROBE IN STATE
Liquor Interests' Part in 1914 Cam
paign Would Be Investigated.
HARRISBURG, March 23. Representa
tive McKay, of Crawford County, Intro
duced In the House today a resolution
providing for an investigation of charges
that vast sums were spent in tho 1911
campaign In Pennsylvania by liquor Inter
ests to bring about the election of candi
dates opposed to temperance legislation.
Tho resolution provides for tho appoint
ment ot a Joint committee of three mem
bers of the Senate, four members of the
House and thn presiding officers of ths
two branches "to make a full Investiga
tion of all tho circumstances and trans
actions connected with the alleged vio
lations of the election laua of this Com
monwealth by the liquor Intercats. In
cluding nil moneys expended and the
manner of expending such moneys and
such other matters pertaining to the al
leged violation of the election laws as
ma seem to the Joint committee "perti
nent." The committee Is to be vested with full
authority to hold hearings, compel at
tendance of witnesses, require checks and
doc'iments to be produced and to report
to the present session of the Legislature.
BODY' OF MURDERED MN
FOUND JAMMED IN CLOSET
His Wife, With Whom Ho Had Quar
reled, Is Missing.
NEW YORK, March 23.-The body of
Tonko Pruchlparlch, of the Bronx, was
found Jammed Into a closet with his
throat cut. head nearly severed and both
eyes gouged out early today.
A caller made the discovery. Tho man
had been dead nearly )! hours. His wife,
with whom ho had quarreled, is missing.
AMERICAN TOURIST SHOT
BERMUDA, March 23. George B.
Montgomery, of Buffalo, N. Y, out sail
ing with his wife and two friends, was
shot by a bentry Saturday when they went
too close to the Uland on which German
prisoners are held.
When within or near the prohibited
area a sentry challenged them. Appar
ently this challenge was disregarded. The
sentry then lired a warning shot, which
severeli wounded Sir Montgomery. A
military court ot Inquiry has been called
to Investigate the circumstances ot the
case. The Governor of Bermuda has
called at the hospital to Inquire regard
ing Mr. Montgomery, who Is progressing
favorably.
Jitney Bill Passes Second Reading
HARRISBURG. March 23.-Senator Pat-
ton's "Jitney bus" bill, giving the City
Councils of cities ot the flrst and second
class, and the commissions of cities of the
third clans, the powers to regulate and
license Jitney buses, passed second read
ing la the Senate tody,
BULLETINS
TENDERLOIN FOLK
RIOT IN "ARSENAL"
"Blackie" Hits Proprietor in tha
Ear With a Pudding After
Insulting "Ma."
Tho chivalry of tho Tenderloin flared
up today when one "Blackie." alias
"Wrinkles," walked Into "The Arsenal,"
nt 10th and Winter streets, tho much
raided rcstnurnnt, and, according to th
potlce, insulted "Ma" Shields, tried and
trim friend ot drug fiends.
ThlngB began to happen at once. John
Jdortln, tho proprietor, ordered "Blackie"
to got out. "Blackie" picked 'up a. plate
of hot rico pudding nnd threw It at Mar
tin, who ducked. "Blackie" then throw a
bread pudding, also hot. Ho had tha
range this time and the pudding stopped m
In Martin's car some of It.
Fifteen men and women In the rear
room of tho restaurant thereupon charged
for the front door, Intent on wreaking
vengeance on "Blackie." The latter man
aged to keep a few Inches ahead. In thelf
progress the 15 men and women smashed
the show cases, overturned and damaged
eoino of tho chairs and tables and upset
condiment bottles and plates all over the
floor.
A man ran Into the Uth and Wlntef
streets police station at 10.45 o'clock. Act
ing Sergeant Fogarty was behind th '
desk.
"Riot." said the man. Jerking his thumb
In the general direction of lOth'and White
streets.
"Convery. Bellerby, Gottlieb nnd Doyle,"
roared Fogarty.
The four bluecoata named hurried to
"The Arsenal" and found It strewn wtth
wreckage. They searched rapidly .through
the first floor and then started out on the
trail of "Blackie." Men and women
standing outside the cafe pointed the way
ho had taken. .'
Ordinarily tho Tenderloin will not do
this. Its habitues stand mute,,whle tha
police rave, as a general rule, but
"Blackie" had violated every ethlo of
his kind In annoying their best friend.
The police were told at "The Arsenal"
that lie had thrown a chair at "Ma"
Shields, who Is G5 years old. She Jives
at B3j Winter street. All her time is
given to helping the unfortunates who
havo fallen victims to the drug habt,
The trail of "Blackie" led into China
town and then disappeared. But In a
few moments the word had spread,
throughout tho district that the man was
wanted, nnd the police say ho will bo
captured as soon as ho leaves his cover,
HEAD OF WILSON
COLLEGE RESIGNS
Dr. Anna McKeag Announces
Her Retirement From Presi
dency of Women's Institu
tion. Dr. Anna J. McKeag. president of Wil
son College, and one of the most widely
known educators in the country, re
signed today at a meeting of the board
of trustees In the Rlttenhouse Hotel.
At the meeting It was said that every
effort was mado to induce Dr. McKeag
to reconsider her action, but without
success. Her resignation comes aa a
great surprise, as the Institution has
prospered nnd made considerable pro
gress during her administration. Several
of the trustees, In commenting- upon her
action, said that her decision to leave
tho college caused the most Elncere re
gret, aB harmony had always prevailed
between tho president and the board,
TRIED THRICE TO END LIFE
Girl Would-Be Suicide Recovering In
Hospital,
Mamie Lees, a pretty 19-year-old girl"
whose home Is at 1SG3 Westmoreland
street, is recovering at the Episcopal Hoa
pltal after making three attempts to end
her life last night, according to the police.
First, tho young woman made prepara
tions to drown herself In a tub; then she
turned on the gas, but left a window open,
and finally swallowed poison, The last
attempt would have proved successful,
but the young woman wept to tha horns
of her uncle, Arthur Clark. 3109 Mutter
street, and told him what she bad done
Ho had her sent to the hospital, where ,
stomach pump brought her put ot danger
She said she was despondent over dolhr
homework and because of the Illness of
her father,
JUDGE ROAN DIES OF CANCER
NEW YORK, March 23,-Judge I S,
noan, of Atlanta, Ga., presiding Judge
at the trial of Leo M. Frank, died $t the
Polyclinic Hospital early today, follow
ing a long Illness due to cancer
The KenBingtonian Says;
Eddie Fatbeimcr $ undecided at fa th.9
make of M ltS car. If As doesn't 6uji a.
limousine for a thousand As Will rfcfe in a
Jltnev UtiJ for a nickel.
LOST AND gOTTNP
UOST Friday, lotn. la going from inttrtst
dealt at tha Wcdern Saving Fund, to tt..i
Academy ot Mmlo to tutb and CJir jive,
a putm coatatBins baakoote And eiiaS
Reward U rttunud to I. in, Ladstr Ctstiit.
t,OST-Saodair, sMo scarf," vicinity 4S!h. i
Wajyitf; wward. Katuta, to 4881 Walnut
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