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FIRE FOUND NEAR
DEATH MILL AT
DU PONT PLANT
ill Yard Connected
tftli Scene of Big
Explosion
LOT NOW SUSPECTED
Jst of Victims Numbers Thirty.
Senrch Being Made for
Three More
"WlLMtNOTOtf, Dec. 1. Though du
I?ont officials today dented tho report
Ihat wnrnlnff notices hod been posted or
EhreiUs made to blow up the plants of
ho company, a scries of circumstances
flitch It Is almost impossible to account
(0r has strengthened opinion that the
explosion yesterday afternoon, which
wiped out the lives of 30 men and In
jured a largo number of others, was due
io soma outside cause.
Is'ot nil of tho circumstances connected
rwlth the excitement which held Wilming
ton yesterday have been mado nubile.
Li While tho dul'ont officials were still
busy making their Investigation of the
explosion last night, a flro occurred In
the lowei1 HsRley yard, connected with
the yard where the explosion occurred.
It was In a small building and close to a
powder mill. Picked man, who have been
with the company for a long time and
Fcan bo trusted In emergencies, were sent
"with extinguishers and flrc-kllllng chem
ileal to fight tho names, and thoy wcra
extinguished before they could reach the
powder mills.
Tho matter was Kent as nuiel as DOS-
fslble, and It wni not until this afternoon
that It became known.
This fire was followed this morning by
& fire In a bending mill at the Carney
Point plant. This mill was located in
plant No. 2. and wa.i n small structure.
Just how this flro occurred no one np-
t'pears to know. Tho only explanation
F,Whleh Is made by the powdor company Is
that such fires are Incidental to tho busi
ness of making powder and that It was
ticcidentnl.
I COnONER PLAN'S FOR INQUEST.
. Tho same exnlnnntimi in i-lvm, nf tim
Are in the powder in the Lower Huglcy
Yard last night, but the two fires, oc
curring within less than 24 hours of tho
biggest explosion In the history of the
Company, has caused a general belief that
outside influences were responsible for
the explosion which wiped out the lives
of so many men.
, Deputy Coroner Harvey E. Nichols this
.auernoon announced that It wos the In-
vnuon or coroner Lattomus and himself
I noia a thorough Inquest Into the causa
, the death of the men klllcil In thn y.
bsion.
CORRECT LIST OF DEAD.
The corrected list of dead follows:
'AMK8 HAinn, Jr.. 21, slnnle. Hcnrv clai.
BENJAMIN BAnHEn, 27. married. 221 South
an liuren street
M. .IIIHCOTTI. 17.
lELilEIt c. COMrso.V. Id. Henry (.'lay.
UAMKH EGNErt. IK, 12.-.1 Peach street.
M.- EL.MOTT, 17. Newport.
I2LMEH VOX. 21. lani rrh..inn, ,,
K, FISHErt. 17, Y. 41. C. A.
ps. UIIUB3, :a. 1-1, Linden street.
IJAIIES 'JEM5IILU 10. 1121 D street
KELSON. llOCATK, M, married. Rockland.
JAttHEJi.rETSE-Ail, 217 West 2d street.
fCKLLKHUIt, ns.-tltialt. Itockland.
I 22. ilnsle. 40)1 Harrison street.
IY. 18. 1122 West Gth street.
NOR. 24, single, :10 Kentmera rouil.
IC 17. II 11 Lombard street.
:STTU, 21, elude, Mill Scott street.
BlACK. 2. 'single. Snow Hill. MJ.
SIALIC 1U, Snow Hill. Mil.
PsON. 22. nlnrlc. 4718 Woodland ae-
illadclphla.
i.mi1'1l;l.I), -j3, married, ra union
f THAXTER. 27 slnisle. Portland. Me.
IMS. 17. 1320 West 7th street.
Pi MACE. B0. mnrrled. Henry Clay.
ICK HANRAHA.V, Hi, single. 102S Lan-
tr avenue.
'HOOKER. SO. married. S children. 1221
ft u 1 1 t a t
f.nSC'E I'LUA&ANTON', age not glen.
West 4th street.
Is'ITIOKS PLANTS HERE
GUARDED AGAINST PLOTS
Ml munition plants In this city and vl-
ty have well-organized and efficient
forces, which were established
tho plants began to fill tho war
Is. At the time of the mysterious
klons In the Bethlehem Steel plant.
Lildwln plant at. Eddystone. it was
led that nearly $51,000 was expended
ty to guard the plants In this city
tlnltjv Since then the guards have
Increased, and It Is believed the
'icifucturers are paying nearly $100,000
policing their plants.
Phe wages of the 1j0 men guarding the
Idyfltgne plan; of the Baldwin Locomo
. Company two weeks ago averaged
12.000 monthly. About 3M men guard the
u Pont Powder Works at Carney's Point,
J and 500 at the Bethlehem Steel
prks. The monthly payrolls aggregate
J.OCO and $12,000 respectively.
W WORKING FOR XMAS
FUNDS KILLED BY FALL
u.n
and This Morning in Elevator
Shaft
kr-old boy, working that he
La funds with which to buy
lireaents for his younger broth-
Iters, was killed at his place
tent when he fell down the
fr shaft,
tad fs Samuel Gurmunker, of 225
en utreet lit was engaged several
leks azo by Benjamin Levy, foreman
fror the Arlington Sample Book Company.
Iwha occupy several floors of the factory
Building at ia iiurket street. ine
roungstar'tt mother is dead and the
itherfl Rnanciai condition is sucn inai
cannot proviae more man orainary
ntartm to his family 'Sammy." as he
tit. known to every pupil who attends
i Tforttiern woerties acnooi, at aa ana
ren streets, decided to begin lire in
b industrial world.
Je -was filling and even eager to
Union HIS ruar wai un mntr uicmuti.
the household might have a few lux-
lit on the approaching holiday. He was
Jer tnan ever yesieraay wun me
bh-i and odd lobs that he was required
perform about; the place. He was last
Ml aUve at i o'clock, near the elevator
body was discovered this morning
Ea-igr'enee Dennis, the negro elevator
rtor. when ne appearea jor worn.
(ether was notinea ana nas oecome
; fcuni grief.
HARVARD GETS $109,000
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So mnny of the flock of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 810 Christian street, were interested in the window display in the florist's
shop, at 808, instead of in the words of religious wisdom, that the rector derided to shut olT the tempting view. The picture at tho left shows the
obstruction as it now stands and that at the right the source of all tho trouble.
MAGISTRATES TO PICK
LOCATIONS OF COURTS
Seventeen Will Meet Tomorrow
and Draw for Choice
of Places
Mayor Hlnnkciihurg sent a letter today
to each of the 17 successful candidates
for the olllce oT Magistrate and the 11
members of the minor Judiciary whose
terms have not expired, announcing that
the drawing for the location of Magis
trates' courts will take pluce nt 11:20
o'clock tomorrow morning at his otllcu
In City Hall.
I'mler nn opinion given by City Solic
itor Ityan, all .Mnglstrntc must take pait
in the drawing. David S. Scott, who was
elected a County Commissioner, has not
resigned as u Muglstiutc and lie will
take part with the others.
Tho Magistrates will draw from a hat
a number which will givo tho choice of
selecting a section for the location of the
courts over which they will preside. The
numbers run ftom 1 to "S, the number
ot courts.
It haa been the custom of Magistrates
before announcing the selections to hold a
conference before certifying tho results
to tho Mayor, who certin.es tho drawing
to tho Governor. The newly elected Po
lice Magistrate will enter upon their
duties next Monday.
U. S. TO PROBE PLOTS
AGAINST WAR PLANTS
Continued from 1'uce One
who nro suffering the greatest of all, be-
tnir thrown out of employment and sub-
Jccttd to danger, should form tlienibclcs
Into an investigating lorce. rney count
do more than any other agency to tlnd
out the causes. I favor Congress author
izing large appropriations for such an
Investigation."
MANX KOK PHOMPT ACTION.
Representative James It. Mann, Re
publican minority leader, said:
"I favor prompt action by tho Govern
ment to determine the causes of tho ex
plosions nnd wrecking of American fac
tories. If we cannot protect our indus
tries at home, does any one believe w
could protect an American-owned ship
line?
"This Administration has shown a
weakness everywhere. Beginning with Its
first problem. Mexico, it has allowed tho
United States to become tho football of
nations' vengeance. Hut the Democratic
majority In the House Is not so largo and
the Democrnts ure not nil so subdued by
tho President as in tho last session.
Therefore, we may hope for congressional
action which will drive tho plotters from
our shores and allow American labor to
work In safety and American capital to
take advantage of a situation not ot Its
making."
BAILEY DOUBTS PLOT.
"I don't believe thcro Is a concerted
movement on the part of Germany to
blow up the United States." said Repre
sentative Warren Worth Bailey, ot Penn
sylvania, who Is conducting a propa
ganda against preparedness.
"These munitions plants are rilled up
with green hnnds and as a result acci
dents are more frequent. I am basing
my belief on this largely on the experi
ence in Johnstown, where wo had a seri
ous accident in a new plant for tho
manufacture of an ingredient of gun
powder. The accident was due entirely
to ignorance. Of course, like all excited
people, we are seeing things upside down
now."
KEKLE" OPPOSES PROBE.
"I have been slow to believe," said Con
gressman Patrick H. Kelley, of Michi
gan, a member of the House Commltteo
on Naval Affairs, "that the explosions
in munition plants were due to German
and Austrian plots, but I must admtt the
sries of such accidents is Inclined to
make one change his mind. If the ex
plosions are due to outside causes, I do
not see how the Federal Government can
do any more than it is doing to prevent
them. I would not be opposed to a Con
gressional Inquiry,"
THIEVES CRIPPLE TELEGRAPH
Service Between This City and Balti
more Interrupted by Breaks
Telegraph service between this city and
Baltimore was partly crippled early this
rooming by wire thieves, who clipped po
feet of wire at points between 60th street
and Woodland avenue and Holmes, Dela
ware County. The wires cut were those
of the Western Union Company.
When operators found that messages to
and from points South were not going
through shortly after midnight they re
ported the trouble and squads of men
were sent out to look for the breaks in
the lines with flashlights. Tests located
the missing ulres a,nd repairs were made.
"The wire, stolen will not bring the men
who clipped It from the polls more than
10P though, the holding up of the service t
and ttie repairs cost many limes tnat
sum This was not the first time wire
thefts have beer reported In that sc-
-dun, there Uavlns Seea a, similar case
reevnt raonui.
LEDGER-PHIL'ADEL'PHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1915,
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BUILDS FENCE TO KEEP WORSHIPERS' ATTENTION
'PUG-NOSED IiLONDE"
KIDNAPPER SOUGHT
Continued from I'tiite tine
that he will die as u result of lmptoper
feeding.
Wlllio Sndcr. 3 enrs old, sat in the
middle of his mother's parlor today nnd
howled for his lost bi other. To comfort
him, his mother told hint that the doctor
Dr. Georgo Kimmcr, who is treating her
had taken Louis away to "fix him up,"
Louis having been a bit Indisposed. But
Wlllio keept asking trlng questions
about how long it ill take to fix the
baby up. questions thnt arc haul ti
answer.
The mother of tin other boy, 8-year-old
Richard Aleeklns, who disappeared on
Monday afternoon, was In u serious con
dition tod.i nn a result of 43 hours'
strain. A duo was taken to her home,
2H9 South lilfcl street, by ,i motor.nan or
the Island turn! ear, who paid another
motiirimin of that line hud taken on his
enr an h-jcnr-old lad on Monnay night.
A negio who was In ehnrgo of him told
tho conductor to put tho boy off at 2ith
and Federal stieeto, the inolounau sitlil.
He did this, and today that neighborhood
was bcarchcd.
CLUES TO KIDNAPPER.
Tho police havo a complete description
of the young woman, about 13 yeais of
nge, who wheeled Louis Snyder away
from Kront and York streets Monday
afternoon, shortly bcfoio 3 o'clock, in his
bitty conch. Ills mother had gone. Into
a shop there to make a few purchases
nnd left him on the sidewalk. When she
Ictt thu pluce the baby conch una gone.
feho has been seen by live persons car
rying the baby, and their descriptions all
agree. Tho baby was Identified as Louis
because of the short dtess he wore
shorter than Is usunlb ucim by .so young
an Infant. The woman is about live feet
live, is slight of figuic, weighing about
110 pounds, und Is of fair complexion.
She wears u long black astrakhan coat
and a largo black velvet hat.
The young woman asked several per
sons to direct her, ami they noticed how
agitated she was. Tho tlrst was Mrs.
Lillian Hecioft, of Lii North Hancock
street, wlto lives opposito the spot where
tho girl took the bo from the coach
and loft It In tho street. That conch still
stands, a pathetic object. In a corner nt
tho Jth and York streets station.
A young woman mudo Inquiries nt a
South Philadelphia day nuisery concern
ing terms tor the enro of a baby, and
bho had n coach with her, but thu de
scription In this cane Is not conclusive.
Giorgo Magee. a dtlver. of 2'Jl Hopo
street; UMliam Hognn, 622 East Mover
street; William Wyntt l.l'l Norm 21st
street, and Hanks Youkln. 92c! South
Conestoga. stieet, also saw her.
The last threo named saw tho girl stop
at tho coiner of Tusculum nnd Cambria
street.s und ask nn old woman for di
rections. Magee was asked by the girl
yesterday afternoon at Front street and
Indiana avenue how she could get to
Kensington avenue und Cambria street.
She seemed hurried und hcartd unci on
the point of tears. The police have not
been able to trace her movements be
yond the point ot nrrlvnl at the bridge, at
Tusculum street.
Five detectives went to Tusculum and
Crmbrla streets today. That was where
the young womnn who ran away with
Ixiuls Snyder was last seen. The de
tectives, Ayres, Wistnr, Walters, Freund
and Hill, looked over the ground and
asked questions nt 30 or to houses, try
ing tJ learn If any one had teen which
way tho kidnapper went after she left
there, but late this nfternoon they hud
not been able to follow her movements
beyond that point.
ENTERTAINMENT CAUSES
ASSOCIATION HEAD TO QUIT
Dr. F. A. Faught Resigns Membership
in West Philadelphia Organization
As a result of the party staged for the
entertainment of the West Philadelphia
Business Men's Association on Monday
nlsht, when a woman performed a dance
clad only in beads. Dr. Francis Ashley
Faught, president of the association, haa
announced his resignation from that of
fice, and from membership In the organ
ization. The action became known following a
meeting of the Allied Business Men's As
sociation of West Philadelphia, held last
night In the same hall in which the dance
was staged,
Tomorrow night members of the asso
ciation will hold a special meeting to In
vestigate the meeting of Monday night.
The police of the 55th and Pino streets
station are also making an "investiga
tion." Chill Favors Arbitration
SANTIAGO. Chill, Dec. 1. The treaty
negotiated by Argentina, Chill and Bra
zil last May, providing for settlement by
arbitration ot differences which cannot
be adjusted through dlplomatltc negotia
tions, has been approved by the Chilian
Senate.
Adoption of the treaty la approved gen
erally by the press.
TOO LATE TOB CLASSIFICATION
BOAEDINO
UAZKL AE. 4108- vrta njr.dtfhsd Tom
jj4 kih wue, j-muu unuij wune.
DEATH AVOIDS MAN,
BUT TAKES HIS WIFE
Woman Killed While Husband
Is Congratulated on Es
cape at Du Pout's
Albert Williams was being congratu
lated by 1 1 lends today upon his escape
from death In the plnnl of the du Pont
Powder Company nt Wilmington when he
received news that his wife had been
Hilled by a trolley car.
Williams told the story of this strange
mKttite of fnto at the .lolferHnn Hospital,
where his wife was ptonouneed dead fol
lowing a ttolley accident on Arch utieot
above 11th. The womnn was employed In
a hotel nt 10 Xurlh 11th street. Sho had
left tho liistftutlon nbout 10 o'clock, fo" a
reason unknown to tho pollco and ap
peal ed to bo In gieut haste. As slm was
crossing Arch stieet, about 1C0 feet above
11th, a ear was moving oast on Arch.
Falling to hour the bell she walked
diiectly into its path and was crushed
benentli tho front wheols. Tho motor
man applied tho automatic fender, but
without uvall.
A motoicnr was passing when the acci
dent occurred. Tho ehuulTeur volunteered
to take tho woman to tho hospital, and
she died whllo on tho way.
Her husband had been employed In Wil
mington for several mouths. Ilo pro
cured employment in this city that he
might return to his wife and quit his
job nt tho duPont factory, on Monday
night. He had been working in the I'ppcr
Ilnglcy jiuil, wheie ill men lost their
lives 21 yours nfter his departure.
Several friends were nt his apartment
thin morning felicitating hitn upon his
escape. " You'ie n lucky man," said a
neighbor, us a policeman ascended the
stepa to tell him of the ttugedy n half
sipiare nii. The husband went to tho
hospital Immediately, accompanied by his
friends. When he was culled upon to
identify thu body ho fainted nnd required
medical nthlstiince.
District Detectives Ferris and McFar
land, of the 11th nnd Winter streets po
lice station, nre conducting nn Investiga
tion. QUITS $900 FOR $3000 JOIJ
John II. Dictz to Assume Oflico of
Magistrate on Monday
John H. Dictz, of .1612 Princeton stieet,
a JWO-a-ycnr clerk in tho Bureau of Sur
vojs, today lesigned to tnko up his woilt
as a Polleo Magistrate nt un nnnual snl
ary of IS0O0, lie being ono of the success
ful candidates for that position nt tho
recent election.
Mr. Dletz will take part in the drawing
for courts at City Hall tomorrow and will
assume oflico on Monday.
JSB&KA
FINE STATIONERS
Christmas Stationery
Orders should be placed now for
Monograms
Address Dies
Coats of Arms
Visiting Cards
Book Labels
1121 Chestnut Street
MEN'S
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SUFFRAGE REBELS
UNITE AT CONVENTION
Continued from I'nge One
duly demands thnt some
action be
taken "
Dr. Huth Dceler then suggested tho
name "The Woman's- Freedom Guard"
for tho Insurgent faction. Thirty-five
negative votes wet cast and '0 unintui
tive.". Tho negatives were then asked to
leave tho loom.
Tlmt :i bolt wns narrowly nvcitcd is
the opinion of those who nro in touch
with tho cruclnl situation. Hourly the
Intention of tho Western leaders to doml
nato has been made vlslblo and Philadel
phia suffragists declare they will not bo
put In tho position of losing their Iden
tity. The tietlon of the convention this morn
ing In leferrlng the two amendments to
tho constitution back to a committee nnd
thus defer! lug their probnblo passage for
another yenr has angered the women rf
tills city and those of the nnthraelte
legion, who wished to seo Mrs. Chnpmnu
elected ns n reward for her work In tho
recent campaign.
FREEZING WEATHER HERE
Cold Wave From Great Lakes Drives
Balmy Winds Away
December 1 was ushered In by n cold
wave, which abruptly ended the "spell"
of mild weather -which has prevailed for
tho last few days.
A cold northwest wind, sweeping over
the Lake region, brought freezing weather
eostwnrd. Tho mercury dropped to 28 de.
grees Fahrenheit, two hours before sun
up, and was two degree) below freezing
ut 9 o'clock. Although the sky hnd a.
gray overcast appearance that hlnttd of
snow, tho weather man said that there
nro no prospects for snow in tho city
duilng the day. Flurries of snow fell In
northern New York and Pennsylvania
during tho night und freezing weather
was reported at mnny points along the
Atlnntlc seaboard.
NO NEW RIVER OR HARBOR LAW
President Tells House Committee Such
Appropriation Must Bo Cut Down
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. President Wil
son will not sanction any new rivers nnd
linrbors legislation, ho Informed Hcprc
hentutlvo Pparkmun, of Florida, chairman
if tho IIoum) Commltteo on Itlvcrs and
Harbors, today.
These appropriations must bo cut to tho
bone, tho President said, in effect.
Lancaster Hunter Shot
I.ANCASTnit, Dec. 1. Lancaster
County's tlrst gunning accident of tho
soison occurred yesterday, tho last day
of tho season, when Harry Fry was seri
ously Injured. He stepped on a loaded
gun that fell from his brother's hand. The
shot entered his stomach.
WALLETS
CARD CASES
HIP BOOKS
THREE FOLDS
Plain, Gold Mounted
and Monogrammed
Chestnut Street
BRAND WIIITL0CK VISITS
PRESIDENT, MAKES REPORT
Refuses to Say if Cavell Case Wns
Discussed
WASHINGTON', Doc. l.-Hrand Whtt
lock, American Jtlnlstcr to Belgium, to
day made his report In person to Presi
dent Wilson, at the "White House. Tho
two were closeted for 0 minutes, nt tho
conclusion of which Whltlock d eel hied
to comment on his report or If It con
cerned tho Cavell case. ,
Whltlock said, following the conference,
thnt ho would Icnvo tonight or tomorrow
for Toledo. From thoro ho will go to
Cloveland for n visit with his mother.
Ho also said he might run down to
French Lick, Ind., for a. few days, beforo
returning to New York to snll for Rotter
dam, on December 2S.
PLOT SHIPS ORDERED
TO KEEP U.S. LAWS
Continued from Pnitfl One
to his homo oflico regarding the ngt ce
ment. This time the court excluded tho
answer on Prosecutor's Wood's objection.
"But we cannot produce that cable
."!,' declared Hand. "It Is In the Ger
man Embassy. We cannot get those
papers. Tho reason Is that they nro in
code. If ono produced them here nnd
translated them, tho world would know
tho code. Tlmt Is why they nro locked
In the Kmbassy."
liuctia then told nbout tho chartering
ot tho ships. Ho received cabled Instruc
tions from Hamburg telling him exactly
where In tho Atlnntlc to send IiIb charter
ed vessels to look for German warshlpj.
Tho wholo procedure was carefully map
ped out beforo war was declared.
Uuenss paid ho spent nbout $100,000 of
the money of tho Hamburg-American
Lino In his war enterprises nnd undertook
obligations aggregating $1,500,000. Of this
nbout $1,000,000 wns for charters and sup
plies and J..00,000 for Indemnities for loss
and damage. For all this, Hucnz said,
he received no ndvance fund from Cicr
mnny, but In November, 131 1, ho was no
tified that $1.00,000 In ihreo drafts for
$500,000 each were deposited to his credit
with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
KOKTTEH ON STAND.
Georgo Koetter was tho second witness
for tho defense. Ho Is supervising en
gineer ot tho Hnmburg-Amcricnn I.lno
nnd n German subject. Ilo received In
st Mictions from Ilueii;:, he said, about
Heading out tho Htipply ships. Guns char
tered tho ships, Koetter bought nnd paid
for tho con! and Hnchmelster bought tho
supplies. Koetter said he hired all tho
supercargoes and gave them their In
HtiucllotiH. These, ho snld, told tho super
cargoes wlicrn to ptocced and what Ger
man warships to look out for.
Afttr suppblng the ships, Koetter suld,
the supercargoes were Instructed to
pioceed to their ports of destination,
teport nnd nwnlt Instructions.
l.lke Itucnz, Kotttcr knew nothing of
the $750,OiW received by Kulenjnmpf from
tie; Deutsche Dank to be deposited to the
credit of Captain Hoy-Ed. Koetter said
ho hail money of Boy-Ed's In his
possession nnd acted ns a rort ot banker
for the Captain.
STREET WORK APPROVED
Improvements in Many Sections of
City to Cost 100,000
Members of the Highway Committee of
Councils todny npproved a bill providing
for the paving nnd grading of sections of
P0 streets, many of which nro located In
suburban sections. Tho bill will bo sub
mitted to Councils nt tomorrow's session
nnd tho proposed work will cost tho city
more than $100,000.
The paving and grading provided for In
cludes all of the work contemplated nnd
arranged for by tho present ndmlnlstra
tlon nnd covers most of tho sections from
from which requests for such Imptove
ments have come.
At a meeting ot tho Survey Committee
of Councils, a number of bills providing
for plncing suburban streets on the city
plan were npproved, together with a hill
calling for the laying ot a number of
main and branch sewers In various sec
tions of tho city.
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GR0VER BERGDOLL HAS
ONLY $30,000; MOTHER
HOLDS BULK OF ESTATE
Surprise Sprung in Trial When
Young Man Displays Deed
of Trust for From $800,-
000 to $900,000
EXECUTED LAST OCTOBER
Money Retained by Defendant in
Sanity Suit to Pay Off
Debts
Grovcr Cleveland rtergdoll. whoso men
tal fitness to mnnnge his largo rstnto Is
questioned by his brother, diaries A.
Dergdoll, sprung n surprlso In tho Court
of Common Plena No. t beforo Judgo
Shoemaker today, when lie. produced tho
copy ot a deed ot Irust assigning his en
tiro estate, with tho exception of $.10,000, to
Ills mother. Mrs. Emma C Dergdoll nnd
Ills attorney N. If I.arzalere, of Norrls
town, who nro named ns trustees The
duration ot the deed of truit Is five yenrs
Dergdoll, who was called to tho stand
by Joseph Gllflllan, nttornev (6r lih
brother, said that the deed was executed
on tho ISth of October of this yenr and
explained thnt tho cstnte was valued at
between $?00.000 nnd $000.K10. He had re
tained tho $.10,000, ho said, to cover his
own expenses and to pay any debts Hint
ho might hnvo Incurred prior to the exe
cution of tho deed of trust. No debts
could bo collected ftom I he principal of
the estate under the deed, he told the
court.
Tho exlsletiro of the deed nt trust wns
brought nbout under tho questioning ot
Attorney Mr. Gilllllnii. who nuked Grover
whether his mother owed him nnv money.
Dergdoll leplled that she did, but he did
not know how much.
"Is It $100,000?" Mr. Glinilnn suggested.
"Yes."
"How much more'.' Is II $:00,000'v
"Ves."
When question ns to where the Ilgurct
might tun beyond tho $200,000 mnik, Herg
doll replied by pioduclng a copy of the
tlecd of trust.
Dergdoll appeaml nervous when culled
to the stand. He kept his legs crossed
nnd wntched the stenographer Inking
notes. Occnslonally he frowned
Dergdoll's memory seemed to be faulty
on the questions nsked bv Mr. Gllflllan,
most of his replies being "t don't know''
or "I'm not sure."
Dergdoll, under questioning, snld he
had attended the I'nlverslty of Pennsyl
vania law school, but was not permitted
to take the examinations becnusc of his
fnllure to comply with gwnnnsium re
quirements. He also snld ho had np
penied beforo tho fncultv on ono occa
sion becuuso of a pnper thnt ho pub
lished whllo nt the I'nlverslty.
"Humor and Humorists
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A Lecture by
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The Philadelphia Humorist
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humor, nsldo from tho Instruction
received.
Tho first of a scries of six lec
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JinitlSTS OF THE 18TH CEN
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wniiXEsn.vY. one. i, s i m.
St. Joseph'H College Auditorium,
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