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EVENING .EsffiDflEB-PHIEADBLPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915:
MASKED AUTO BANDITS
EOB THREE IN STREET
Dasli Ifp to Curb, Menace Wo
men With Revolvers, Seize
Purses nnd Escape.
Auto bandits, again hnvo made their
appenrance In the city. A machine raced
Up Totresdale nvcnuo Inst night antt
dashed to the curb beside Mrs. John
Moscbrook, 6901 Keystone street, nnd her
two daughter, who were walking on the
fldewolk. As the sneaking brakes Jolted
the- nlachlno to a Btop, (Our bandits,
mashed ahd holding henvy .revolvers,
jumped from the car and swung In front
Of )he threo women.
Deforo other pedestrians could como to
the rescuo or tho victims coutd niako an
outcry, the men, with A few curt words,
notched their purses and handbags. In
a twinkle they had leaped back Into the
car nnd dashed out of eight
The hold-up occurred near Jvlck
street, less than a mile from tho spot
where Jacob Miller, the slaer of De
tective Manecly, was captured yesterday
noon.
At tho first report Of tho robbery, po
llcemcn were placed on guard at loads
leading out of Taeony The bandits lode
In a large black car, nccordlng to Mrs
Mosabrook and her daughters, Jennie, 18
years, nnd Ella, M joara old
The men arc described ob bring about
CO years old. All were fairly well dressed
Detailed descriptions of them nre In the
hands of the police.
"yVo want your mono," one of the
men demanded Stilt dazed, Mrs. Moss
brook motioned toward the large hand
bat; her daughter, Jennie, was carrMng.
One of tho men tumed to her "flourishing
thorovolver
"fllve us that," he ordered The hand
bag was surrendered anJ the men then
snatched a small purse from Mrs Mois
bropk and another from her daughter,
Ella. They looked Into the largo hand
bag and, apparently angered by the small
amount It contained, threatened venBc
ancq If they wfrc Informed on
Then all four Jumped Into the car and
shot rapidly north on Torrcsdnle avenue
Mrs. Mossbrook and hnr daughters, dazed
by the suddenness of the hold-up, Mood u
moment undecided nnd then notified tho
pollco of the Taeony station
ROOSEVELT ACCUSES
WILSON AND CABINET
Continued from Tiute One
the Interest of the foreign corporations
owning or 'Interested In tho ownership of
the Interned ships. If It had not been,
then these ships would have bei-n specifi
cally exempted from the operations of
tho act. This statement again cannot be
denjed. It Is useless to nttempt to deny
It, and It would be mere folly to get me
to testify on tho matter, when my In
formation Is merely that which is patent
to every man of common sense who taker
an Interest In his country'n welfare, nnd
Is acquainted with tho course of current
events. There was no precedent for the
proposed action for purchase bv the Gov
ernment as It Is wholli distinct from pur
chase by private Individuals, and never
before has It been proposed thnt our
Government should purchase the ships of
belligerent Towers
"That tho purpose of the bill was the
purchase of the German Interned ships
was- In effect admitted by Secretary Mc
Adoo In his testimony before the House
icommlttce last summer, which testimony
was quoted by Senator I.odge In his first
speech In the Senate on the subject nnd
must bo famllar to you
.COKFlVICT OPENLY INVITED
"As for IYcsJdcnt WUson nn Secretary
Bryan knowing that this proposed nit
would bring us Into conflict ."With tlio
powers opposed to the power owning the
Interned ships, I can refer jou' to the
1 speeches In the United States Senate of
! Senators Lodge and Itoot and others. T
am informed that our Government was
officially or unofficially notified of thw
fact by representatives of tho foreign
governments with which we would no
brought Into hostile contact bv the
measure; hut whether or not this Is so
any man In a public position who did his
duty, who vyas (informed In any way of
the sentiment in the foreign countries
concerned about the measure or who had
read the debates of the United States
Senate or the articles in our own press
on the BUbJect could not poeslbly havo
Avoided knowing (hat we would have
been brought Into conflict with foreign
powers by the success of thp measure,
that In the words of one of your own
body, we were purchasing a quarrel with
even' ship. It therefore appears that
".First, PjealdenUWllbon and Secretary
McAdoo approved the measure.
"Second, that It was In Uie interest of
foreign corporations owning tho. interned
ships.
"Third, that the succcsb of the measuro
would havo meant the likelihood of em
broiling ua with the allied power.
"fourth, that all of these facts had
been stated 'again nnd again; that they
wert brought out at length In the debates
In the United States Senate and publica
tions of every kind; that the great benefit
tii the corporntlona owning the Interned
ship?, which; were, of course, foreign cor
porations, and the fact that the pur
chase was In their Interest, were matteri
of common nojorjoty to every Intelligent
man:, and that It In, of course, childish
to maintain that President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan and Secretary McAdoo
fltd not know theso faffs, which every
one else did know,
"What I have said, therefore. Is not
only literally true, but cannot be uuc
cessfully disputed In any particular. It
It baaed ore knowledge available to every
one, All the matters spoken of are mat
ters of common notoriety.
"To ask me to testify before your
committee on the subject Is literally and
precise as It you should ask me to
testify to the damaging effect of the
tariff bill on the American sugar grower
by removing the duty on sugar, or to
ahow that the amateur war with Mex
ico last summer (which resulted In a
greater loss of Ufa in the American navy
than occurred in the American navy
during the entire war with Spain) was
ended and Vera Cruz abandoned with
out obtaining a Balute for ibe American
flag.' My knowledge as to effects of the
tariff bill on the American sugar grower
la- liCtlstsna and elsewhere, as to the
-lueUda or amateur war with Mexico.
ft.iind-ttn&lly as to the ship purchase bill.
i m every case based on facta which
fire -matters of common notoriety, which
ark known to all intelligent men who
knoar anything of the subject at all.
which are derived from aourcea as readily
accessible to your honorable committee
as to myself and to all other citizen. I
have no more special knowledge to enable
me to testify about one of these mat
ters than about the others.
'In no one of tho case U there peed of
special knowledge The facta are public
property. Every one kpow them. There
is no possibility of disputing them. To
ufc, m to come before your committee Is
precisely like asking Senator Itoot. Sena,
tor Jkodge, Senator Borah, Senator Bur
, ton. Senator Smoot and all the other
Senators who were opposed to tbe pas
tas! of the shipping bill, and to whose
IM)ieant shi arguments you have lis
jnl, to came before your committee.
tin f(M4 purpose could poisibly be served
by jf jining. All that I could do would
' a tf WK3.ie wun preaier empn&st wnat
r MM Mrels stated to you. If you de
alt Mm n argument against -what
I M mm. It l net proper to get me
ktsr ur Amputee. In order to make
"Tfura rM0tuUy
vnmnanx mm&vmvt '
PftlSONEIt HAD SMAtLroX
YES, BUT YEARS AGO
Lieutenant Calms Commotion in Po
llco Station by Timely Arrival
Any cop would rather catch a prisoner
than the smallpox, but when tho prisoner
nnd the smallpox are contained In one, no
bluecant wants to catch either.
fhls wan very evident at tho 10th and
Buttonwood streets station, today, when
a prisoner whose face showed evidence
of smallpox said he was from Mlltvlllc.
There was a dash far the door. The
morning Jury, mads up of people of the
neighborhood, tho prisoner nnd the
"copV nil ran togother
James Murphy, Magistrate tlelcher'tt
clerk, fell oft his chair, Sergeant
I,emalstre dropped n rIbbi of wntcr nnd
Magistrate Belcher himself was dazed
The man who bore tho dangcroui nvmp-
toms was William Carrlgan, who simply
went to the station house to sleep. Ha
was left standing nlone after tho simple
announcement that he lived In Mlllvllle
Fortunately, the prisoner got no further
than tho steps outsldo tho door when
Lieutenant Stinger arrived. Ho pushed
everybody nsldc. Including tho "cops."
When he heard of tho cause of tho com
motion he was not surprised
"I know Cnrrlnan," he Bald, "ho had
smallpox j ears ago, but he's cured He
lived In Mlllvllle vears ago bin
moved."
The hearing wan then continued
hu
WOMAN DEFENDS
LIQUOR SELLER
Testifies on Stand She Was of
Age When She Bought Drink
in Saloon.
A married woman, not yet 12 yean old,
nppenred In License Court toilny to de
fend Owen McGoIdrlck, a saloonkeeper,
W'Iicbo placo Is at tho southeast torncr of
Point Breeze nvenue nnd Titan sticrt,
against the charge of nolllng liquor In
girls lcsi than 21 enrs old
The woman is Mrs. James Kelly She
was called b nttornevs for the defense
Shu testified nhe was 21 enrs old Inst
September. The charge ngnlnst McGoId
rlck wn.3 that liquor 'was sold to her
Christmas Eve Agents Brounley and
Sullivan, of tho Law nnd Order Society,
nnd Nces nnd Hicks, of the vice squad,
said she apparently wns not of nge
Mrs Kelly testified she wns served with
two gin rlckcs and Borne other drinks
on the night In question. Tho case Is
Btlll being heard. It was the onlv enso
up bfore Judges Stanke nnd Patterson
today In the Llccnso Court.
.Tnmes Kelly and another bartender at
ttin inlnnn rlpnlnrl ttirit th ilnrt pninn
mnlntnlned there was for tho purpnso of
I Inducing men to bus- drinks They de
clared men frequently came Into the
place and plnycd the gnme without pur
chasing drink.
ONE MAN BURNED, TOWN
IN DANCER, IN FOREST FIRE
Tax Collector Loses Life in Attempt
to Save Property.
HUSTurs, .vinrcn sj. une man was '
burned to death and the town of Harwich
Is threatened with destruction bv forest
fires which are raging In different parts
of the State
V Tax Collector William Wood, of Groton,
lost his life when lie attempted to rescue
13 cowh from a barn set afire by a forest
lire that did J25.000 damage.
A huge forest fire In sweeping toward
the town of Harwich, on Capo Cod, nnd
600 men are fighting the flames In an
attempt to save the town.
MAYO'S CASE LV COURT
Miss Susie Wahlers Says Manufac
turer Is Father of Her Child.
NEW HAVEN, Conn , March 2T.-"I nm
the mother of a child, born January 25,
1913, and Vlrslnlus Majo Is the father of
that child."
In thlB statement, made on tho witness
Btand here today MIks Susies WnhlcrH
opened her suit for JM0O ngnlnst the
wcalthi manufacturer, whose love attaint !
were made public by the suicide of Lillian
May Cook, his stenographer
Tho accused manufacturer was In court
with hla counsel, Henjamln Slade. Tho
attorney objected to the question, which
would bring out tho dcnnlto statement nB
to tho paternity of tho baby girl, but It
was admitted.
AMERICAN WOUNDED
Former Annapolia Man Inj'ured in
Battle in France.
Friends In this city of Montague
Nlcholld, captain of the 1913 AnnapnllH
football team, learned today that hu had
been wounded in Franco, where ho had
been fighting as a lieutenant In the Eng
lish Itoyal Artillery. Lieutenant Nlcliolls'
home was at Spartanburg, N C.
A year ago he resigned from Annapolis
nnd-a few monllm ago he took the oath
of allegiance to England and vva com
missioned. He was wounded March 21,
but details have not yet been obtained
A request for further Information has
been Bent to the War Office In England by
relatives of the young man.
There la gloom among the "Chain
Gang" up In Richmond, for Ua leader,
Mike Gibbons, haa come to grief, Mike
was somewhat nurprfaed to learn that the
Superintendent of Pollco had sent a new
policeman to the East Olrard avenue sta
tion without consulting him about It.
When the new cop, who proved to be Joe
Bowers, made his appearance In a brand
new suit Mike looked at him and laughed
out loud. At first the policeman paid no
attention to Mike, This angered Gibbons
somewhat, and he pointed to the new pa
trolman and annoyed him in various
ways, much to the delight of a few lazy
onlookers.
Although Bowers had a blackjack and
a revolver, be let them lay undisturbed
in bU pocket. Walking close to Mike, he
led a. straight right to the Jaw and Mike
found hhuelf folded like a pretzel on
the sidewalk. The policeman straightened
Mike out and took him to the station
house. Not until then did the prisoner
learn that he had "run up against" an
Indian fighter. He alto discovered that
Bower while a member of (ho United
State cavalry used to chase a few
"rear" oft the border every morning
for exercise before breakfast. MigUtrate
Stevenson thought that Gibbons had been
struck by a freight trtln before be heard
the real pause As the prisoner had suf
fered enough, he cautioned nlm never to
laugh at tne law ana sent him home.
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A list pf names, of all the yood-natured I
persons ttwa Kew York aed Naw Ar J
POLCEilMiii
COURTQiIBB
CONFERENCE AWAITS
NAMING OF PASTORS
Attention of Members of Wil
mington Body Centred on
Prospective Appointments.
LAtmKL, Del , March 27. Aticntlon of
members of tho Wilmington M. 13 Con
ference In sesplon here, lo centred on tho
prospective ministerial appointments, but
It Is doubtful whether much Information
concerning them will be forthcoming until
they are read This probably will be on
Monday at noon. Bishop Cooko and his
cabinet have held a number of meetings
nnd havo gone over the list of namei
carefully Tho Bishop has expressed him-
self In favor of considering tne wisnes
of the people when they deslro a man
returned to them
Appointment of n pastor for Ornro
Methodist Episcopal Chruch, Wilmington,
has orrtipled some nttcntlon, ns that)
rhurcii Is nuxloui to hnvo a minister
from nnother conference transferred hero.
With one exception, tho church never hnd
n minister from this conference The
ralnry Is twlcn that received by tho
hlnhost-nsld ministers In the conference,
nnd naturally there Is a desire to obtalu
Ihe appointment Tho mlnlstcre will not
oppose nnother mnn being transferred
here, however.
The Conference decided to launch a
campaign In December, 1816, to rnlsc nn
endowment fund of $200,000 for the Wil
mington Conference Academy nt Dover
The Conference Education Society re
ported having expended $925 In the enr
for the nsslstnr.ee of ministerial ntudents.
Ettolrr dl Htefano, formerly connected
with tho Station Mission In Wilmington,
wns elected to Deacons' orders nnd will
he ordnlncd In the llnltlmore Conference.
Blnlr S Lntshnw, n Btudent nt Drew
Seminars, was elected to Elders' orders
nnd will bn ordained In Newark N .1
Numerous delegations woro busy today
Becking tho appointment of vnrlous men
who nre being urged for dlBtrlct superin
tendent of Salisbury District
It Is understood that efforts are now
helng mnde to secure tho Itrv. O P. Eck
mnn. rdltor of tho Christian Advocate,
for pastor of Grnce Methodist Eplscopnl
C'hmch In this rlt
(TIiFCOAST, NEW SHIP,
LAUNCHED IN CAMDEN
New Vessel a Notuble Addition to
American Merchant Marine.
Another Inrge steamship was added to
th American merchant mnrlne todas1,
when the- Htr.imshlp Gulfconst waa
launched ot tho Now York .Shipbuilding
Compans's plnnt. In Camden. Pcvcrnl
hundred persons witnessed the Initial
plungn of the veisol Into the Dol.iwurc
Hlvor Amonc tlmm wero ofllclnls of the
Gulf OH Company, for whom the vessel
Is belnf? constructed, nnd heads of tho
vnrlous departments of the shipbuilding
company Many were nccompanied liv
thelr wives mid dnughters. Tho new
Fprlntr sartorial creations worn by tho
fnlr fcox lout a touch of color to tho
scene
Mrn. M A. Connellv, of New York, wns
tlin sponsor of tho Uulfroast She wob
surrounded by a Kroup of frlonds. who
hnd i onie to see her smnsh the ribbon
bedecked bottle of wine ngnlnst the ves
cel s bow This she did In graceful and
forcoful st!e. Shrieks of sirens from
river crnft Kieetod the veHsrl na she slid
Into the water Added to this were tho
cheers of tho guests nnd workmen of
tho plant. A luncheon followed tho
launching.
Tho Gulfconst is a. tank steamship sim
ilar in construction to the Gulfoll and
Gulfstream. recently turned out by tho
Now York Shipbuilding Company Tor tho
Gulf Oil Compan She will ply between
i-ori Anmir Tox , anil UiIk city, carry
Ing about ;3j0,0 gallons of oil.
CHILD LABOR BILL
IS DISCUSSED HERE
Governor and Manufacturers,
Headed by Grundy, Hold
Conference.
Governor .Martin G. Brumbaugh held
a long conferenco with Joseph It. Grundy,
president of tho Pennsylvania Manufac
turers' Association, and other manufac
tuiera todHV nt the nelloviie-Stratford on
tin- Co hl!d lnboi bill, drafted h the
Governor Tho conferenco wns not open
to tho public. It waH granted by tho
Gov ci nor when tho manufacturers naked
for u second hearing on the bill.
Tho conferenco was held In tho Gov
ernor's suite. Attorney General Francis
Shunk Brown and Joseph P. Wood, a
member of tho Industrial Board of tho
State Department of Labor and Industry,
attended.
Tho principal objection to tho manu
facturers Is to the continuation school
feature of tho bill. Under this they
nre required to pay for ono da n. week
for nil children employed under 13 years
of nst, duilng which hours tho children
attend srhool For children betwenn the
ngea of U nnd 1G jcara one-half day
each weok Is piovlded. Tho Governor
Iiob made It understood that ho will not
maku any concessions to tho manufac
turers on the number ot working hours
provided for In tho bill.
Germans Levy on Lodz
AMSTERDAM. March 27 -A dispatch
from Berlin printed by the Telegraaf
states that the Russian city of Lodz has
been ordered bj the Gennan military au
thorities to pa a war tax of JXO.OOO.
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WJICLFS
leans was found In a book belonging lo
16-jear-old Louis Bernstein, of Jlanhit
tan. Louis himself was found on tho ten.
der of an engine which was Bpeedlng
through North Philadelphia Station, and
as passengers, arc seldom carried there.
Policeman Slcklnger pulled the boy to
the platform when the train stopped.
,Jha olume mentioned was the only
""j": " '"'" un me poy tramp,
and he said It was ery necessary to his
existence. Under the classification "Hand
outs were the names of numerous reel.
n.t8.?f thU cUy' Tna ,etter '"X" ""ant
.vtvtMef ,Wer.B, 01 tor "lb.,' while
X,iCu ln?lcat"l hat "grub and coin''
could be obtained.
Among other points of information were
the places where freight cars could be
boarded without trouble. There was also
a Hit of "eaiy pollee bunki," or, In other
words, police stations where a fellow
could sleep without getting "sent up" next
day. Good neighborhoods for making
touches on the street wero given in varl
ous cities, as well as cheap restaurants
where meals could be obtained with a
hard-luck tale. '
"tfhen the boy was brought before Mr
Utrato Emley at the Park and Lehien
avenues station ths "Judge" glanced
through the book and then returned, it
to him "Why don't you go homo and
work for a llvtoaT" he sjked. i
sh ray wy iiuina now, replied the boy
"All right, ma ths Magistrate, kwo
t got"
IIOKACE L. Moonn
Gcrinnntown boy who wns gun
ner's mate nbonrd tho submarine
F-4 which went down off Honolulu
Harbor.
BANKER'S AUTO HITS
B0YINPUSHM0BILE
E. W. Clark, Jr., Driver of Car.
Youthful Victim in Serious
Condition in Hospital.
I'hvslclnns nro using their utmost en
deavors lo aave tho llfo of 17-year-old
Hlchard Inslnger, of GJG Carpenter strcctt
Gcrmantowii, who Is unconHclous In tho
Chestnut Hill Ho"pltnl with concusulon
ot tho hrnln. He wns run down bv tho
nutomobllc of E. W. Clnrk, Jr., of More
1 md nnd Cherokee nvenues, a member
of the firm of E. W. Clnrk & Co., bank
orH, on McCnllum street near Lincoln
drive, last night. Young Inslnger was
coasting down the hill In n pushmobllo
with sovorul hunger companions when
rthi' ticolilonl happened
Mr Cl.uk was uunwnrn thnt he hnd
Btrurk nnvono until a pnrt of tho wrecked
pushmnhllc. vvhlrh lodged on tho fender,
foil and wns ground under tho wheelH
soino dlRtnnco from tho nrono of tho nc
Lldint Ho hurrirdl) retraced his courro
and found Dr. RadcllfTa Chcston, of Chest
nut nnd Owen avenues, taking the un
conscious south to the hospltul In another
nutonioblle Mr Chirk wns held In bail
this morning by Mnglstrnto Pennock of
tho Goim.intown station for further hear
ing ponding the outcome of the youth's
injuries
POISON DRAUGHT ENDS
CHOIR SINGER'S LIFE
Drinks Acid in Hanover Hotel
After Breaking an Engage
ment With Bustleton Man.
Hnn S Lingormnn, of Someiton, died
In Hahnemann Hospital tato this morn
ing nftor drinking arid several hours
earlier in tho Hanovor Hotel. His
body was Identified nt tho moigun by
Sllns Ilhoadcs, of Bustleton, with whom
Lingormnn had nu uppolntment Inst night
to sing in a choir In that suburb. Ho
fallod to kiep It and today Ithoadcs camo
to thin city to find out why.
Llngcrmuu left a Hhort note lo his
mother, asking her to take care of Ills
two children. Ho wan emplojcd by tho
New nuslncbs Department or tho United
Gas Improvement Company's Gorman
town ofllcc. Other emploes there say
ho appeared to he In good spirits last
night They know no reason why ho
should commit suicide.
After leaving tho olllco nt Gcrinnntown
last night, Llngermnu did not go home.
Ho registered at tho Hanover nt 11:45
o'clock, leaving a call for C.30 o'clock
this morning. A boy nt that hour wont
to tho room, nnd could got no nnswer
to knocks. Entrance to the room waB
gained by the us of a pass key. A
bottle that was labolcd carbolic acid
was in his hand. Ho died some hours
Intel nt tho hospital
2000 IN MILLVILLE
LOSE EMPLOYMENT
Continued from rose One
that the epidemic camo to Mlllvillo
through no fnult of theirs They believe
tho city should pay for tho vaccinations
Tho tracing of recent visitors to this
city from 20 or more surrounding townu
within n radius of 3) miles is still going
on Today's cstlmato of tho number of
enfes In this city Is about 100, but
I'efinlte figures aro not available
BUSINESS ORDKIIS CANCELED.
Numerous orders placed by out-of-town
firms have been canceled, it was Bald
today, owing to the opldcmla and tho
fear of Infection.
A large numbers of rommuters who
v crk In Philadelphia have been sent
homo by their emploj ers and told not to
lotum to work until they are. vaccinated,
They, too, nre grumbling at tho failure of
tho Board of Health to provide for Inocu
lation at the expense of the city.
The Board of Health Is still attempting
to maintain the quarantine on 13 houses
with only live men, and no one Is ablo
to say that the quarantine is being ob
served. There Is nothing to prevent per
sons In the quar&Titlned houses from leav
ing while tho inspectors are elsewhere.
Mlllvllle merchants ara losing thou
Hands ot dollars dally, it la estimated, as
a result ot the epidemic. They fear It
will take months to regain the business
that has already been lost, and there Is
much grumbling at the Board of Health
for its failure to size up the gravity of
the situation earlier and get It under
control.
There Is criticism of the board for its
handling of the school children. Free
vaccination for them at the City Hall
will be provided toaay. out the citizens
contend that all the children of the town
should have been vaccinated by this time.
They complain the health authorities
have been dilatory,
A census of the children to see Just how
many havo been vaccinated Is being taken
today. All not Inoculated within the last
few years will be sent home.
The State Board of Health at Trenton
today postponed the tuberculosis exhibit
to be held In Camden tomorrow because
of thesmallpox epidemic.
Warns Against Covetousness
Covetousness I one of the most danger
ous sine according to the Rev. Francis
M- Talt, of Chester, Pa , who spoke today
at the Lenten services in Old 6t Paul's
Protestant Episcopal Church, Sd street,
below Walnut The speaker said Juda
Iecartot'a end was a striking example of
tbe dangers of covetouinees as the be
trayer of tho Messiah was a man ot op
portunity and had not been ordained for
COOKE WANTS CITY TO
GIVE 5-YEAR CONTRACTS
Bills to Be Introduced in Legis
lature to Establish New Sys
tem. Director Cooke, of the Department nf
Publlo Works, will endeavor to hnvo the
Legislature give Philadelphia the prlvllego
of letting contracts on a flvo-yenr basis
for lighting, telephone eervloe, garbage
disposal, removal of ashes and street
cleaning.
Ho contends that, under tho present
one-year contract 8) stem, a monopolistic
condition has arlnen, especially In public
IttrhtltKr nmt varVictir rllannflnt. nml Hint
I contracts on a. ftvo-yenr basis would at
j tract capitalists willing to make cx-
pcnuiiures ior compctiiivo pianis unuor
tho longer-term ovstem
Two bills, prepared under the super
vision of Director Cooke, will he Intro
duced In tho State Bcnnte Monday night
by Senator Owen Jenkins, of tho Oormnn
lown district. They will ho referred lo
tho Committee on Municipal Affairs, of
which Senator Edwin II. Vnro Is chair
man Senator Varo Is tho largest street
cleaning contractor In Philadelphia
One of the bills Is exclusively for ex
tending tho garbago contract to a B-ycnr
term The other bill Includes the gnr
bngo contract with extension of the other
nnmed public contracts to live years Tho
forms of tho bllln have been npproved by
the law department of the city.
Proposals for the 1016 garbage dis
posal contract were asked by advertise
ment today nnd will bo opened April 8
nlno months before the start of the work.
SLAYER UNMOVED
AT TALE OF CRIME
Continued from I'ase One
Miller's confession, he tried to get 'away
from Detective Harry E. n. Tucker on
Thursday night, after Tucker, with
Maneely, hnd nrrestod him for farceny.
When Tucker seized his neck he pulled
out nis revolver ana shot Into tho nlr.
Immcdlatnly after, when tho detectlvo
reached Into his revolver pocltct, Miller
said he "lost his head" nnd fired point
blnnk at him
Detective Emanuel doscrlbed Miller's
story of how ho went Into n rcBtauinnl
at Gth street and Erie avenue nnd wan
nsked by n detective who woh there, he
sold, why he hnd no heel on one of his
shoos. Ho replied that lie vvnn lint-footed
nnd wore no heel. Tho detective, ho
eald, walked out
Miller averred In his statement, after
his (.ipture jestordny, that ho inspected
Hint dotoctlves were in the motoi enr
which trailed him nt Toircsdnlc, nnd
which contained the detectives who el
ected his finest He gavo up IiIh revolver
nrtor he wna tnken Into the mnchlne. It
wns not found on his poison whon he wns
nrrestod nt tho railroad station, boin-f
hidden In tho hollow- of his back. "I
wouldn't hnve given up until every bullet
waa gono if I had met ono of jou ulono."
ho told tho detectives. "You nro too
miinv for me, nml I might ns well sur
render." Chnilcs I'fcll. or 1212 East Cumbria
streot, whose Information to tho police re
sulted In Mlller'd arrest by Dcitectlvo
Maneely and Tucker Thursday evening,
told how tho two MIllcrH. Louis and
Jncob, camo to his home lie round them
there nnd knowing that Jncob wnn wnnt
od by tho pollco for larceny, telephoned
"Miller walked away with them ns If he
woro going to n bnnquet," Pfell testified.
Later, ho Bnld, Louis nmo running Into
tho Pfell home nnd ynld, ".Inkle bus Bhot
tho detectives'"
J. G Gnynor, a special olllcer of the
Ponnsylvanla Railroad, told of meeting
Miller on the mUromr trnckn nnd oidcrlng
him to stop nnd oxplnlu IiIb tiespasHlng
there. "Ho would not answer me," Gny
nor said, "and when I persisted, he pulled
his revolver nnd fired. Wc exchanged
shots ns we ran, ho firing threo and I
five."
After being pursued by Gnynor he dis
appeared in tho building of tho Frnnkroid
Dye Works.
John nej nolds, tho first man to icnch
Tucker after tho Hlioollug fiom which ho
will probably die. lives nt 2123 East Hnm-
bria Btrcet Ho ran to Tucltei'a Fldo nnd
the detectlvo murmured, "I am a de
tective. Thnt fellow shot inc."
Lieutenant Hnmllton, of tho 21th dis
trict. In which tho shooting occurred, said
In his testimony that It vvsb only Miller's
change of clothing which enabled him to
go as far as he did beforo ho waa cap
tured yesterday. ,
DETECTIVE TELLS STORY.
Detectlvo Ulrlch told of arcsting Louis
Miller, tho murderci's brother, nt 907 Mor
ris street, and then icturiilng to the Bel
grade and Clcarllcld Mreot.s station.
whero nn automobile wns obtained nfter
It wob learned that Miller wus making for
Nownrk, N. J. Every railroad stntlon be
tween Frnnkford and Torresdalo was
visited.
In the Torrchdalo station Miller wan ar
rested as ho nsked for a ticket for New
ark, and was taking tho money from his
pocke.
Handcuffs bound tho slayer to two po
licemen, when ho was brought Into tho
Coroner's courtroom, packed with specta
tors. Thirty policemen lind detectives
wero on guard around tho walls of tho
loom and In tho corridor outside. Whilo
waiting his turn to be examined, ho
stared nt tho floor for IB minutes without
onco looking up. After ho was taken to
tho prisoners' dock, ho studied tho fnecs
of the witnesses nnd tho Jurymen, but
did not onco look Into tho faces of tho
spectators
During tho examination of witnesses be
foro his own ense was called, Miller wnb
moody for some time. Ho flrit showed
Interest In his surroundings when testi
mony was given regarding tho death of
Jacob Andres, who committed suicide
when ho was nbout to be arrested by de
tectives. Andres, It was said, held a re
volver and deliberated for a moment as
to whether to shoot the police, after on
Instant's delay turning the gun on himself
and putting a bullet In his brain. Miller
fidgeted as this testimony doscrlbed tho
action taken by another man In tho con
dition which faced Miller Thursday night.
Tho young prisoner has lost most of
tho Jaunty air he affected vesterdav.
when he confessed to hoping to emulate
come of the crimes of Sew York gunmen,
who had befriended him while he was
In that city spending tho money he had
obtained from loot taken from the home1
of Mrs. Emma Dergdoll, at S2d street and
Wynnoflejd avenue.
The former sailor looked tired and worn
nut lie had a bad night. Until mid
night ho had paced his cell in the Central
station, crying and sobbing, At times
he shook tho bars of the door of the cell
and begged for a cigarette. At mldnlsht
he fell asleep and failed to awaken untlt
a short time before he waa summoned to
enter the dock in the hearing room.
When ho awoke at 8 o'clock tho first
thing he asked for was a cigarette. A
night's refleoUon over the seriousness ot
his predicament appeared to have shaken
his braggadocio. He trembled when ho
was led from his cell and refused to eat
breakfast
This was taken at the hospital yeater
day. Today the wounded detectlvo hod a
sinking spell He grow Weaker and was
unable to talk to his wife and, son, who
remained at his bedside.
Three women and five men, arrested
early yesterday morning by Detectives
Moffett and Murrey, of Camden, when
they searched a home at 31S Church
street, where "Jake" MUler, the slayer
ot Detective James Maneely, was believed
to be hiding-, were arraigned before Re
corder Etackhouee in the Camden police
court today and held under ball for court
While or tne women caught by thi
MiU denied they knew Miller, DoteJ;
tlven Moffett and Murrey said that a
man answering the description of Miller
was seen going Into the houso the clay be
fore tho gunman slew Mnnecty nnd
fatally Injured Harry Tucker,
When tho police went to the Church
slreet house, early jestcrday morning,
John Knox, tho alleged proprietor of tho
place, looked out of tho window nnd
called out:
They wero questioned by the iletec'"ves,
who believed that either Lillian or Mbcl
Knox, daughters of the alleged proprietor
of tho houso, wns Miller's sweetheart,
but they both ontcred emphatic denials
At tho h carina; this morning, John Knox
nnd his daughter, Lillian, wero held under
W ball for court as tho alleged pro
prietor of tho disorderly house. Mnbel
Ktiut, 18 yenrn old, another daughter;
iMrs. Ellr-abcth Ilomphlll, William
Itodrlck, Clarence Francis nnd John Mc
ifurrv, blucjnekets from tho U. H. 8.
Dow res, lying nt League Island Navy
Yard, nnd John McCreedy, a lodger, wero
each held under $.0 ball for court, an
witnesses.
VICTIMS Ft-NKRAI.
Captnln of Detectives Cameron, follow
ing n meeting In his ofllce with membcis
of the City Hall detective staff this after
noon, completed nrrnngeinenls for the
funeral of Detective Mnneelv. which will
be held on Monday, from his late home
at 3064 Enst Thompson street A special
committee was appointed, Including John
Plnkorton, chairman , John Redding, the
oldest special policeman In the city, nnd
John Mahoney, the latter the dead man a
working partner from tho tlmo he wna
nppolnted a detectlvo.
Mayor Blnnkcnburg, Director of Public
Safety Porter nnd other department
hcnilH, with Huperlntcndent of Pollco
Robinson, arf cxpoeted to attend tho
funeral. There will nlso be a delegation
of 5(4 policemen nnd detectives, headed
by tho police band Harry Cave, iipcclal
policeman from the 21th district, nnd
Dotoctlves John Mahoney nnd Wllllnm
Brown, nil close poisonnl frlcndn of tho
slnln mnn, will net us pnllhenrorB, with
threo friends of Mnneely's family Floral
orfoilngs costing upwnrd of $.V)0 hnvo been
ni ranged for by the police
From City Hall the delegation lo the
fitneial will rldo In n upeclni street enr to
tho Maneely homo. Tho guard of honor
will nlso nccompany tho body to the
cemetery.
23 LICENSES GRANTED
AT N0RRIST0WN TODAY
Judges Swartz and Miller Still
Have 27 Applications Under
Consideration.
NOrtrtlSTOWN, Pa , March 27. Judges
Swnrtz nnd Miller tlilo morning granted
23 more licenses Twenty-seven nnnll-
cntlons still mo under consideration
Those granted arc
WHOLESALE
ConBhohockcn Nicholas Talone, Quig
loj'a Liquor Store, 110 East Elm street.
RETAIL.
Coiibliohoclten John A. Harrold, Wash
ington House, Louis Rein, Montgomery
Hotel; Patrick Meaney, Market Houso
Hotel, Harry J. Williams, Keystone Ho
tel, John J. Crimean, Central Hotel,
Daniel J. Hoey, Forrest Houbo; John
Snutcr, McCIellnn Houbc; William J.
Kecre, Lafnyctto Hotel, William J. Ford.
American Hotel, Daniel F. Cojle, Ward
House Hotel; James P. Scanllu, East End
Hotel; Bernard C Qulmi, French Roof
Restaurant.
Krnnconln Matilda l Hartzell. Rising
Sun Hotel.
Frederick Lucas Schell. .Icglersvlllc
Hotel.
Morclnnd Nornh McEvoy, Fountain
Hotel, Willow Grove.
West C'onshohocken Jnmcs I. McGulie,
.Mntson Fold Hotel. Felix M. 0-Brlen,
Rising Sun Hotel; David Fan or, Mingo
Hotel.
Moreland Fied Elirenfort. Mineral
Springs Inn, Willow Grove.
Worcester Frank Brimncll, FalrvlewH
Inn.
Springfield William Gcrtslnuer, Spring
field Hotel, Flourtown.
Whltcmnrsh Elizabeth A. Lcntz, Wil
liam Pcnn Hotel, Spring Mill.
CONSHOHOCKEN HOTELS OPPOSED.
Tho licenses granted today wero fo,
nil thn hotels In Conhohockcit, except to
Majul Mny for the St Clulr Hotel, and
William Toner for the ConBhohockcn
Hotel. Both theso hotels wero remon
strated against by the No-Llconso
League, May, because of alleged unfitness,
nnd Toner for wnnt of necessity.
Tho court reopened the May ense, fol
lowing testimony (submitted ut the Soar
ing yestordav, wherein It was shown that
n witness ng.ilnst Mny had betn given J23
by Jnmcs t'rnwfnul, n bondsman for
May. to slay away from the Llccnso
Court A fuithcr hearing will be fixed
next weok.
Fivo cnes wero hcfoie tho Court on
petitions to amend applications. Thoy
wore thOBo of tho Veranda House Hotel
nnd FrnnclH Hayes, wholesale, Norrlfl
town; North Wales Hotel, American
House, Royersford and the Jeffcrsonvlllo
Hotel, In Norrletown township.
MISSTATEMENT ALLEGED.
In tho case of tho Jeffersoiivlllo Hotel,
It wan alleged that u "misleading ntato
mtnt" had been mado In the application,
when It was Bald that "Tom" Brown mid
not the Adam Scheldt Brewing Company
owned tho hotel.
"Wo want to gtnnt nnd will gnint the
llconsa If we bco our way clear to do It,"
said Judge Swartz.
In tho petition for tho license for the
Ameflcan Houte. ItojcrBford, It was not
mated on tho faco In which vvnrd the
hotel was located. Counsel for Mrs.
KraUBC, the applicant, told the court that
"technicalities should not be Invoked to
ruin a man's business; that Royersford,
being a Btnall community, was sufficient
specification."
The llccnso for the Veranda House Is
withheld because the application said the
hotel was owned by the estate of John
Tyson, without naming the executors or
administrators.
EPIDEMIC DISEASES SWELL
DEATH LIST OF THE AVEEK
Grip, Influenza, Measles nnd Mumps
Attack Children.
Juvenile epidemic diseases and crip
are prevalent throughout the city. Five
deaths this week were due to Influenza or
6rlp.
Measles caused II deaths, and 322 new
cases developed this week, the majority
appearing In the downtown wards. Chick.
enpox and mumps each developed 208 new'
vases uuring tne weeK,
Although tho number of typhoid fever
cases in the city Is comparatively low,
eight new cases being reported, there
were two deaths due to typhoid. Ninety,
three deaths are ascribed to diseases of
the heart.
The complete list of causes of death
during the laut seven days la as fol-
TypboM fever .... 3 III. 10
Mea.Us ji Appendlcitl. and'
Scarlet fvr 1 lyDhlltis t
Diphtheria, and ' n.rSii , :::::::: ?
."OUP 3 Cirrhosis of t b
InBuenia a iiy.r . .
Kplderalo dlteaaea .. 1 Acute n.DhrlllV Vn ,i "
lKir10" 0t u,R,B"t'. dj.e.e,7
lung . ... .... DSKoncajicaraua tu-
Tubyrouloua meoln- mors and othar
CUM ;. ..... 1 dlataat or th
Forma of tubcrculo- sonltal oraana. . .
ala ....... 4 Futrptrtl acDtloae-
Catwer and malic- mla '"
nant tumora . 80 Other puerparal ac
Apoplexy and aoft- cldants . ..
48
uid7 ox Drain
16 Congenita! dtoillfy
DUuii ot tb
"Mil
Aoute bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis
Pneumonia
BroachopacumoaM
DUtaaM of tha res
v..... uiioruia
W tlona . ..
6 Old lie .
S3
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I
8
1 Homicide
,
All other violent
33 daatb
SuleliJ
T All ether dlicaica
S Total
untary yim
w 01 ins
DM I
PRESIDENT'S ENVOY
FAILS IN MISSION OP
PEACE FOR EIJROpl
Colonel E. M. Hnnoni. im ,
to Capitals of Belliffr.d
Nations Unproductive IhI
Efforts in rc.,' At. l
.ii,, .fioout
vjessation 01 War.
Uy CARL W. ACKBRMAM
Copyright, 1MB, by United P....
,, BERLIN March ,!
x-rcnmoni wiisona newest eftofi .
bring about a cessation of liotllili-.
UltrnnA tin v. -1,1. .... CS ,a
""' "" "- "" aiiurc Colonel w
St. House, of Now York, the 1're.ldJ?
personal emissary, v. Ill Mvo lierllti fof
Switzerland tomonow, convinced thf
HvanA nnflrttlnllntin nf it.. ... ...
out of question. ' ?
Despite denials from WMhlniioiS
Colonel Houso camo to Europe on a miiii
mu.i m in-nix-. i ,Carn rrom aiithorimiT1j
nourccB that ho was sent by Prtja(nt
Wilson to sound tho governments at mJ
nnd learn through Informal IntertWa
wnrincr mere was any possibility of'!
truce nnd a pence conference beforo thai
spring cnmpalgnB caused more blood tol
now on mo naiiioucius or Europe.
Colonel Houso conferred with Sir hi
vvnrd Grey, England'B Foreign Secretary;!
with tho French Prlmo Minister, Iitnel
Vlvl.inl, nnd finally with Herr Von Jseon'l
Sccretnrv of German Torelgn Affairi.'J
vvnn nu possioio courtesy nnd npprtcia.'
Hon of President Wilson's kindly Interest, j
Colonel IIoiipo hns been told there Is no
possibility of a pence compromise at thlil
time. a
It wns reported In diplomatic circles'
hero that Sir Edward Grey was disposed"
. i..t. ........ ,i. ... .1 .
uj lunn m(juii nm HUKKcnuon or a conferi
enco of tho vvnrrlng Powers null e..'il
ably. President Wilton's cmlsnry brought'
that word to Berlin '
But while Colonel House was engaged
n 1(1. flic...! nfflnlnln Ol. T., .. . . ..
ered a hUtor attack upon Germany In a"I
public lecture In London, assuring hli'sj
iienrerB, according lo reports published
hnro. flint tho Alllon w,ra atAMiH., ,.
crush Germany at any cost Orel's BpeechJ
knocked any lingering chances of peace
Into a cocked hut , t
Tho German peoplo were never more i
confident of the successful outcome of th
war. A recount of the second war loan i
howed thnt a total of $2,3",WK),0OO ttas'i
nubscilbed, and aroused the greatest en-1
til lie In Cirv III ilnUnrtimiMit aI.-I.. 1
viior-io-i uutiilllou llUICt j
b'avlnors batiks thimichnn. thn trnik-.
land nre cioudrtl with members of thi
probable that a still greater total' will be i
rc.-tc-ncn. oecnuKe me unto ror closing the .,"
subscriptions hns boen extended until
scribe. vI'
MAN TRIES SUICIDE
IN FEAR OF MURDER
Victim of Stabbing Attempts to
End Life After Receiving;
Threats.
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An Italian, who durlntr his two years'
residence In this country, hai been In con- j
Btnnt fenr of death, as the result ot 1
lovo affair In hla nutlvo land, tried to
commit sulcldo thli mornlne He wa
found bins across his bed In a boarding
houso at 122J Monti ow street, by two chil
dren of tho boarding houso keeper, who"
loved him, nnd havo called to him etery,
mornlnir, "Timo to get up, 'Uncle Joe.'" j
The man, Joseph Morablto, 3." vearsold.
is In the Howard Hospital In a critical
condition Ho had told Mrs Antonla
Cntrone, the proprietor of the place, thatj
ho feared to go out after dark, and that'
no was won led by threats which rami
to mm almost dally.
1
"Uncle Joo" waa the pet naino Blvcn th,
Itnllun by Paulino Cntrone, who li
eara old, nnd her brother, Frank 5,
jenin old. He plajcd with the clil'dren
and brought them toss nnd candy, They
loved him dovotodlv ,;
Today thoy found the door of his room
locked They tailed their mother and
she unlocked tho door When they en-1
t Alni1 lint fiMlnrl tlin infill 1 1 1 1 rnn f Mftllfl. 4
vavk llli-J IUMIIU KliJ IIMHI hiivuii"vi"-ijjm
with blood f loin a bullet holo in his mouthwl
Btulnlnc tho bed.
Frank G til en Ih sorvlnir a two years'
seutenco for Htabbjug Morablto sevcrla
monins ago. Tne victim saw turn uuiku
was but one of a gang who sought hlsjj
llfo. Ho gavo Mrs. Cntrono the impres-j
lon that a feud had arisen between hlnij
nnd tho gang following a lovo affair In j
Italy.
"The Glories of India"
Thn rSlnrlon nt Iliilln" ulll 1)0 tllO SUD
Jcct of nu nddresB In tho Commercials
Museum this afternoon l Samuel Aiacni
Pnprlnn 'Plan Inltirn lu nun nf tho COUftel
hof free Illustrated lectures given under j
tho direction of the museum
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
vv'AniMWiTrnV. iMnreh 2T.
J'or eastern Pennsylvania Fair tonight, J
slightly warmer In north portion, Sundays
fair and warmer; gentle to moaeraio "ij
wlnrln hprniiitncr vnrlnhle 4
For New Jersey-Fair tonight. SuikUM
fair and warmer, ,j,n.l
Tho cold wave spread over the mldtHU
and north Atlantic slope during tho lait.
21 hours, causing a drop In ternperaturtj
of about SO degrees 3
It Is also considerably colder In tnsi
Tennessee valley and thence soutnw"ig
,mi.,4 intn t.vdu Thn t emoarflturfsl
are rising in tho Lake region, the "PfM
central valleys and tho far worinj?'i
T.lt-ht ralnu n r a rnnrtri nulls KtlCtW
from the Southern States, while jr
skies prevail across tho northern nan vj
the country,
II. a. Weather Bureau Bulletin
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