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EVENING LEDGER PHIEADEEPmA', TUESDAY, DE0E3IBEB 7., 1918:
MANY HARVARD
MEN INDICTED IN
ELECTION PROBE
Students and Professors
Accused of Registration
Irregularities
DOUBLE WEDDING AT ELRTON
OP A NEW YOIIK AUTO PAHTV
DIVINITY MEN INCLUDED
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Dec. 7. Widely
known politicians of Cambridge, membcra
' of the Harvard faculty nnd Harvnnl stu
I dnts, including some who nro taking
courses In theology, appeared nt the of
fice of District Attorney Corcoran, In Kast
Cambridge, today, to submit to arrest.
They were notified they had been In
dicted by the Middlesex County Grand
Jury, which Is conducting an Inquiry Into
Illegal registration and Illegal assess
ments In Cambridge.
It Is said nearly 200 are Involved In
the Investigation of the Grand Jury.
Wn rants have been Issued for tho
arrest of' nine citizens. In nil canes those
Indicted were notified to nppcar today at
the ofllco of tho District Attorney.
Among thoso Indicted arc:
.Herbert D, Harris, a prominent lawyer
and politician
Paul U. Sabine, nslstant professor In
physics at Harvard.
Kenneth P. Hill. Itoprr-scntntlvp-elect.
nnd a prominent Cambridge politician.
Halo O. Knight, assistant to Prof.
William I). Munro, of the department of
Government nt Hnrvard.
Arthur K. Reading, lawyer, politician
and chairman of tho Wendell P. Hock
wood Campaign Committee.
Thomas K. Itlnekcr, of tho Hnrvard
Law School.
Tho Ilov. Edward E. Atkinson, Harvnrd
graduate, class of '83.
James It. Wild.
Sixteen Harvard students figure In con
nection with tho Indictments, six of
whom nre divinity students. An assist
ant professor of physics and a minister
nro also Involved In the Investigation. Tho
Grnnd Jury Invcstlgntlon hns been on
since the State election and It Is said
by somo that tho Indictments are Just
the beginning.
OTHERS INVOLVED.
District Attorney Corcornn said that
jtho following Instructors and students
wcro Involved, but nppcarcd to be In
nocent victims of the conspiracy and
.would not be prosecuted.
Alfred T. Larson, Instructor In chem
istry. Merrill S. Grant, Jlcthuen, a divinity
student and a graduate of Amherst.
Robert E. Bockwood, Instructor of ro
rmne! languages. Shattuck Fellowship.
James C. Simpson, Wlnthrop, divinity
student
Charles "Wodsworth, 3d, assistant di
rector of tho Wolcott-aibbs Memorial
Laboratory.
Norrls F. Hall, Ardmorc. Pa., Austin
teaching fellow.
Luther T. Hardwlck, Hardulck. Vt di
vinity student.
Frank A. Larson, KnoKVlIlc. III., a di
vinity student.
Holland F, Burr, Pomon.i, Cal., divinity
otudent.
Donald If. Whlttcmore, North Scltuatc,
Junior.
Douglass Stewart, New York, student.
Stokley W. Morgan, Nantucket, stu
dent. Malcolm P. McNalr, student.
Two prominent men In the business life
of Cambridge are said to have been In
dicted. It Is understood District Attorney
Corcoran will tako further action at the
meeting of the January Grand Jury.
The first arrest In tho inquiry was that
of Lewis a Gannett, Harvard '13, In New
York, He Is under $13,000 ball.
Licenses Also Issued to Several Phila
delphia Couples
ELKTON, Md., Dec, 7. A double wed
ding ceremony was performed hero last
night by tho Rev. George P Jones, of
tho Methodist Episcopal Church, tho
participants being Rudolph J. Hoerr nnd
Anna A. Cappcllo, nnd Jcshenstkl Elemer
Paulovlcs and Maud Holler, nil of Now
York. They arrived hero from Atlantic
City In nn nutomoblle after tho clerk's
ofllce had closed, but soon obtained their
licenses, and were married at the Method
ist paisonago.
Couples who obtained marrlago licenses
here this morning were mostly Phlladcl
phlans, as follows:
Charles Bernstein nnd Edith H. Tauz,
Louis Wolf and Mary Rhultz, Prentiss
It, Vail nnd Anna Belbow. Harry A. Carl.
Jr., and Margaret Nevln, John Fout and
Alice Cooney, David E. Pend nnd Cnr
rlo Cnrr, nnd William D. Houston nnd
Florence G. Heermann, all of Philadel
phia; Charles J. Sweeney, Glcnoldcn, Pa.,
and Laura Corrlgan, Stamford, Conn.j
William T. Southgate and Bcrtlm L. Wld
docs, Stanton, Del.
HARMONY KEYNOTE
WHEN DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE MEETS
l"JJEW JERSEY DAY" WILL BE
IlECOJIMENDED TO FIELDER
Chairman McCombs Pleads for
Co-operation of All Factions
and Burying of All Antagonisms
SEEK CONVENTION CITY
SCHOOL INSTRUCTION
CALLED ARTIFICIAL
Woman Says Mother's Lap Is
Most Suitable Plan for Early
Training of Young
Tho school In nothing but a wholly
artificial Institution which Is tho out
growth of tho parents' shirking their
highest duty to unload it upon pnld sub
stitutes, according to Ella Frances
Lynch, who addressed a number of
prominent Mnln Lino women at tho homo
of Mrs. Roderick P. Donaldson, nt Ard
more, today.
Miss Lynch, who founded tho School of
Individual Instruction at Atlantic City,
Is conducting a series of meetings along
tho Mnln Lino with a view to Interesting
prominent persons In tho reconstruction
of tho public school systems. Sho Is tho
author of "Educating tho Child nt Homo"
and ot several other books on child edu
cation. "Tho home, nnd the homo only, Is tho
fundamental basis of nil truo education,"
Miss Lynch Kild. "The mother's lap Is
a more sultablo place for early teaching
than the most magnificent and best
equipped kindergarten on earth. Tho par
ents are tho truo educators, and It Is
thlr duty to live up to It.
"Education can never bo Imparted In
bulk as a grocer dispenses sucar nnd
flour. Tho school at Its best can only
be an auxiliary. It Is nothing but a.
wholly artltlclal Institution which is nn
outgrowth of the parents' shirking their
highest duty to unload it upon paid sub
stitutes." Miss Lynch's talk was entitled "Start
ing tho Child Right." Sho urged that the
children bo educated at homo until the
ago of seven, and that besides the train
ing for the correct physical nnd mental
nanus, tho mothers should Informally
tcach their children "real poetry," so as
to fit the mind for greater things.
Mlssh Lynch will rIvo talks weekly
throughout tho winter at tho homes of
prominent persons living on tho Mnln
Line.
WASHINGTON, Dec. f. Pleas for co
operation on tho part of nil factions and
for tho burying of all nntngonlsms char
acterized today's session of tho Demo
cratic National Committee Thomas J.
Pence, of North Carolina, who was
elected secretary of tho committee, took
occasion to deny emphatically the re
port that ho and National Chairman
Wlltlam F. McCombs had quarreled and
thnt ho was heading n movement to force
McCombs out. Tho outstretched ollvo
branch quickly was accpted by Mc
Combs who, In n brief speech, also de
clared for party harmony.
"It Is a subject for congratulation," said
McCombs. "that tho committee meets
under such nusplclous circumstances. It
Is nt tho very opening of a Dcmocratlo
congress nnd this committee li in n posi
tion to co-operate most enthusiastically
for tho futuro success of tho party,
"Thcro must bo close and cordial co
oporatlon between tho members of this
commltteo If the success of tho democracy
Is to bo continued. Thero Is not a cloud
on tho Democratic horizon. Thero will bo
none If wo continue to co-operate.
COMMITTEEMEN PEEVISH
There wcro evidences of peevishness
amonjr many of tho committeemen be
cause of their failure to obtain seats in
tho house to hear tho President deliver
his annual message. Only n few mem
ber could get the coveted tickets, nnd
as n result the committee wns hearing
tho evidence In the contests that had
been filed from Kentucky nnd Oregon
while the President was nt the Caiiltol
It was accepted that In Kentucky Urcy
Woodson would bo seated until tho next
convention, when General Hiildcmau, the
contestant elected nt the recent State
convention, will then be given tho post.
While tho commltteo heard tho con
tests In executive session, tho delegations
representing St. Louis, Dallas nnd Chi
cago wero making a final effort to swing
tho committee. Tho St. Louis members
claimed a majority of the committee, but
their claims wcro believed to have been
a trifle premature, nnd until Dallas Is
eliminated tho tight between the Mound
City nnd Chicago will continue very
close. Tho members of tho committee
pledged to Dallas will hold the balance ot
power, nnd both Chicago and St. Louis
wero bending every effort to swing them
to their way of thinking.
EXPECT VOTE P.EFORE MIDNIGHT.
Systematic Boosting of State's Ad
vantages Planned
TRENTON, Dec. 6. The establishment
of a. "Now Jersey Day" will soon be
recommended to the Governor by tho
Subcommittee on General Development of
tho Stnte Board of Conservation nnd
Development, according to announce
ment today. This day will be for the
purpose of acquainting the public with
tho history, advantages and opportuni
ties of tho State through proper exer
cises In schools, articles In tho newspa
pers nnd such other methods ns may
suggest themselves.
Tho committed says that tho State
possesses many advantages, such ns a
largo consumption of agricultural prod
ucts, railroad nnd water facilities, and
good roads. Hut II Is admitted that i
there aro disadvantages also, such as tho
lack of a public marketing system, miles
of land made uninhabitable by mos
quitoes, unoccupied agricultural lands
nnd n lack of a proper public spirit on
tho part of many nblo men, because of
tho fact that their business Interests nro
wholly outsldo of New Jersey.
'POISON PEN DIPPED IN
IRE, MAKES ATTACK ON
ZIEGLERSVILLE WOMAN
Mrs. Lucas Schell, Former
Philadelphian, Wife of Hotel
Man, Told to Quit as
Lodge Member
A WIDOW IS SUSPECTED
CITY FINANCIERS MAY
GRANT TAYLOR'S PLEA
FOR SALARY INCREASES
.Subcommittee Likely to Make
Exception to Rule of 'Paring'
Down All Departmental
Requests
WILL DEPEND ON LOAN
(1RAHA3I DECLINES TO HEAR
WILSON READ HIS ADDRESS
Philadelphia Congressman Says It Is
All "Show" Remains in Ofllce
Tha name of Norrls F. Hall, of Ardmorc,
Pa., who figures as an Innocent party
in connection with the election fraud In
dictments at Cambridge, Mass., does not
appear as an alumni of tho Lower Merlon
High School, at Ardmorc according to
pfllclnls there.
Hall, according to the dispatches, holds
an Austin teaching fellowship at Har
vard. This fellowship carries with it a
J50O salary, and Is to enable worthy stu
dents to continue research work In chem
istry. The fellowships were established
by Edward Austin In ISM nnd there are
now 30 Instructors at Harvard holding
them.
BERLIN REFUSED
AN EXPLANATION
Continued from I'ace One
there will be no further effort made to
carry on the antl-munltlon campaign.
Both at the AVhlto House nnd Stato
Department today confidence was ex
pressed, that having made Its case In
the effort to compel the United States
to show cause why Boy-Ed and von
Papen must go, and having failed, Ger
many will accept the Inevitable without
further parley.
Press dispatches from Berlin say that
this Is the position already taken at the
Foreign Ofllce there, but up to a late
hour this afternoon no official confirma
tion had reached Secretary Lansing.
Itj a Staff Correapoident
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Becausc he re
gards President Wilson's practice of de
Hvlng his messages to Congress In person
ns "a show," Representative Georgo S.
Graham, of Philadelphia, sat In his ofllce
today, while the Chief Executive read his
paper before an audience that filled tho
floor and packed the galleries of the
House.
Mr. Graham said he could get more
good out of reading a State paper him
self than by listening to It read by the
author.
"If I were President a thing that Is
never likely to be I would not follow the
President's practice of appearing before
Congress nnd reading my messages,"
said Mr. Graham.
"I would follow the course of dear old
Jefferson by sending my messages to
Congress. That was one thing he did
that I can approve of."
Chairman McCombs snld that If pos
sible the committees would complete Its
business heforc adjournment tonight. He
said the claims of the various cities would
be heard late this afternoon nnd thnt ho
hoped n vote could be reached before
midnight so that n session tomorrow
would be unnecessary. Roger Sullivan,
for ninny years committeeman from Il
linois, sat with the committee today,
holding n proxy from Hawaii.
Thomas J. Ponce, publicity manager,
was elected temporary secretary of the
National Committee, forecasting his per
manent choice.
ARGENTINA CHARGES
URUGUAY AIDS BRITISH
Montevideo Used as English
Naval Base Ship From
Buenos Aires Seized
HOY DIES OF BURNS
Four-Year-Old Lnd Succumbs to In
juries Received While Play
ing With Matches
A 4-year-old boy died In the Jewish
Hospital as the result of burns caused
by a box of matches with which he was
playing nnd set his clothing afire. He Is
Robert Meyers, of Haines street, near
x-imeaun pine.
The accident occurred yesterday when
Mrs. Meyers was nrenarinir a. menl In tho
Ambassador von Bernstorrt positively re- I kitchen whllo the child was playing- De
fused to discuss the situation hevnnil nenth thn rilnlnt- rnnm tnhla u,.-l..
UUUUTIIIJ
fused to discuss the situation beyond
stating that Secretary Lansing's latest
communication had been sent to Berlin.
AMSTERDAM, Dee. 7.
Germany today granted the request of
tha United States for the recall of Cap
tain von Papen and Captain Boy-Ed, ac
cording to a dispatch from Berlin.
The decision of the German Govern
ment Is said to have been reached at the
Foreign Ofllce after careful considera
tion of tha matter. Count von Bern
storff, tha German Ambassador at Wash
ington, is reported to have advised such
a step, and his advice was heeded on
this matter In the same manner as on
others in which he has treated with t'.o
American Government.
It la expected, according to the Ber
lin advices, that the posts of military
and naval attaches of tha Embassy at
'Washington will remain vacant for tha
remainder of the war.
Falls Down Shaft, Breaks Spine
William SI. Kelly, 35 years old. tha
proprietor of a livery stable at 1443 Cherry
treet, fell down the elevator shaft thero
today. Ilia spine was fractured. Kel'y
was taking an ice, wagon from the first
to the second floor on tha elevator. He
had moved the rear end of the wagon
, from the lift onto the second landing
When one of the elevator cables snapped.
Ttio lift sagged under the heavy weight
ot the front part of the wagon, and the
Utter ran back onto the lift. The wagon
would have fallen to the first floor had
.It not been caught between the elevator
and the second floor. Kelly was taken
to tae Hahnemann Hospital.
tturgeeas Operate on Man Hit by Auto
X man who became bewildered by an
approaching- auto and waa run down at
Broad and Rockland street, was operated
; upon today at the Jewish Hospital as a
ruu or toe severe injuries be sustained.
He-la Charles Schnitzer, J 4 years old, of
$JH Eddlngton etreet- The accident
incurred yesterday when George Richard
son, pi nourtown, Pa., owner and driver
at the car, was unable to divine Scbnlt
. aer'jl batended fBoyetnenU and started to
cros Broad street The man wa hurled
through the windshield of the car HlxK
nrdaon wan held, wider 1300 ball by Magis
tral Pennock la the Germarttown police.
r-tau for a further bearing
neath the dining room table.
he screamed and his father, rushing Into
the room, found him creeping from be
neath the table In flames. After beating
the flames out with his hands the father
rushed tho boy to the hospital, but the
child died shortly after. The father la
still at tho Institution, having his badly
burned arms and hands treated.
ELECTIONS IN BAY STATE
14 Massachusetts Cities Vote Today.
Liquor Question an Issue
BOSTOX. Dec. 7. Fourteen Massachu
setts cities are having election today, and
In a majority a heavy vote la expected,
as there are lively contests for Mayor.
The liquor question Is also being voted
on.
The cities voting are Brockton, Fall
River, Fltchburg, Gloucester, Haverhall,
Holyoke, Marlboro, New Bedford, North
ampton, Plttsfleld, Qulncy, Springfield,
Taunton and Waltham.
"Will Produce Music From Rocks
A musical Instrument composed ot
rocks will furnish an odd entertainment
gjven by the Till family In the memorial
building of the First Presbyterian Church,
7th and Spruce streets, tonight under
the auspices of the Young People's As
sociation of the church. The "Rocko
phone" la composed of rocks collected
in the Cumberland Mountains In the lake
district ot England by William and
Daniel Till. When struck with a ham
mer these rocks produce a musical sound.
It took It years to collect the rocks and
make the Instrument, which has a com
plete scale of five octaves and is played
by four members of the company.
U-Boat Searches Greek Ship
MESSINA, Italy, Dec 7.-On Its ar
rival from Piraeus, the Greek mall
steamship Spetzal reported that It was
Intercepted by a large Austrian sub
marine and searched off Cape Spartivento.
Though there were some Serbian officers
aboard they were allowed to proceed.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 7.-Dlplomatlc
relations between Argentina nnd Uru
guay nre tenso today, owing to charges
made In tho Chamber of Deputies yes
terday that tho city of Montevideo, the
Uruguayan capital, is being utilized as a
British naval base.
The charge was made by Deputy Ze
ballos when he Interrogated tho Govern
ment on the seizure of the Argentine
steamer President Mitre by the British.
The Minister of Uruguay, who was In
tho diplomatic gallery, left the chnmber
nngry, nnd It Is expected that his Gov
ernment will demand nn explanation.
Deputy Kcballos accused England of
creating a procedure entirely new to
International law, which ho called "tho
right of suspicion," In dealing with ship
ping on the high teas, charged that
British ships had practically blockaded
tho River Plato since September, 1911
He then reverted to the selzuro of tho
Presldonte Mitre, asserting that Great
Britain had violated tho laws of tho sea
taking the vessel Into Montevideo under
a British flag, "though it has been
proved that the ship wns nn Argentine
vessel and the cargo was non-contraband
and destined for legitimate Argentine
trade."
"I must add," he continued, "that the
republic of Uruguay also has co-operated
In tho violation of assuming that the shin
Is the legitimate property of the British
Government, thus converting Its capital
Into a naval base for the detention of
Britain's prizes. Montevideo for the last
year has been a naval base for tho Eng
lish navy, and the ships of England use
It In contravention of The Hague laws."
WELSH BABBIT KILLS WOMAN
Society Leaders Poisoned by Partak
ing of Dish
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Dec. 7.-Mrs. E.
Reed Whlttemore, prominent In society
here, is dead through the eating of a
"Welsh rabbit In the home of Mrs. Hayes
Q. Trowbridge, another society leader.
Several other persons were made 111, but
are now out of danger.
Medical Examiner Scarborough said the
Welsh rabbit must have been made from
Infected cheese, and that in Sirs. Whltte-
aVoubVt0maChl p(Un brouebt
An exception to tho general rule of
"paring" down nil departmental requests
for ISIG Is likely to bo mado by the mem
bers of the subcommittee on appropria
tions of Councils' finance Commltteo In
the enso of Increnses asked by Director
Taylor for trnnslt experts nnd other city
employes who will tunc a part In the
great transit Improvements that will ex
haust the 13,000,000 provided In tho f30,
Oto.000 to be voted on February 8.
When thn members of the subcommit
tee met In executive session Inst night
nnd again today they faced tho task of
cutting estimates by more than $3,000,000,
and It wns understood that no new posi
tions would bo provided for, with tho pos
sible exception of places nnd Incicnscs
that could be taken from loan moneys
and not Horn current revenues.
Director Tailor's plea for tlio retention
of the firm of Ford, Bacon & Davis, con-
'sultlng engineers on the subuny, nnd for
snlnr Increases for hlft chief engineer
nnd others engaged on the trnnslt work.
Is being given nttention becauso tho snl
nrlcs, under tho Inw, could nil come from
loan money. Tin; estimated cost of re
taining tho consulting engineers Is $00,000.
Tho engineering, administration nnd su
pervision of new trnnslt work may bo
eliminated largely from the annual bud
get, as applied to current expenses, by its
payment from the loan. For this reason
tho needed engineers could all bo paid
without Councils being called upon to
provide anything toward tho Item.
Director Taylor lifted a weight from tho
minds of the worried city financiers when
he declared that ns much as J1S3.000 could
bo pared from tho expense Items of his
department by applying the Item to tho
loan, as Is dono In prlvnto and corporate
business enterprises. Tho largest In
crease asked by Director Taylor is In tho
salary paid to Chief Engineer II. C.
Qulmby. This official now receives $G0OO
a year, nnd it is planned to double his
salary, in view of tho Immensity of tho
undertaking over which ho will havo
supervision during tho years that tho
great transit Improvements aro under
way. Other Increases asked In tho budgets
Include material additions to tho city's
lire fighting and police forces of tho
city. These would have to conio out
of current revonues, nnd tho action of
tha flnnnclers on the&e increases. In ad
vance of their reporting out the annual
appropriation bills, Is unknown.
Members of tho Subcommittee on Ap
propriations today declared that It will
likely bo possible for them to report on
a. number of the appropriation bills nt tho
session of Councils scheduled for Thurs
day. At this session it is likely thnt tho
bills for tho county offices will bo report
ed on, while thoso for tho moie Impor
tant municipal departments will be left
over until next week. The monster task
of providing for all departments must bo
completed beforo tho close of the year.
Mayor-elect Thomas B. Smith will con
fer with Sir. Taylor today or tomorrow
anil will discuss with him tho Taylor plan
In general and tho proposed subways and
elevated lines In detail.
Ril tl Staff Correspondent
ZtIXH,KnSVIt.LD. Pa., Dec. 7. "Poison
1'cn" letters sent to Mrs. Lucas Schell,
a former Phllndo'lphlan nnd wlfo of tho
hotel proprietor here, have set this town
on edge. The letters, which nttnclc her
In scathing terms, wero Bhovcd under a.
side door for threo consecutive nights.
They nlso ndvlsed tho woman to quit tho
lodge of which sho Is n member, saying
thnt "women of her character nro not
wanted." The notes were signed "Mem
bers."
Tho town Is divided ns to who sent tho
letters. Some of tho vlllngcrs think thnt
irrtnlu "members" sent them, whllo
others nro of tho opinion thnt they wero
Font by n ) untie widow from another
ton n.
Mrs. Schell, who wns recovering from
n serious illness nt the time, suffered a
rclnpso. Her husbnnd, Lucas Schell,
formerly of Howard street nnd Susque
hanna avenue, Kensington, vowed ho
would "get" tho offenders. He took tho
missives to tho chief of tho lodge, who
wns paying n visit In the town nt tho
time. Tho chief of tho lodge, which la
known ns the Knights of Friendship,
pnssed It over to tho hend of the wom
en's nuxlllnry, known ns the Companions
of Friendship, of which Sirs. Schell wns
n member.
A spcclnl meeting wns cnltcd, nnd Miss
1, Milan Krnft, flnnnclnl sccrctnry, rend
the three letters to nn nudlcncc of CO
women. Several members objected, say
ing it was not proper for letters of such
u uaturo to be read In nn open meeting.
Tho letters were rend, however, nnd tho
women who objected left tho room.
All present disclaimed nny knowledge
of the sender of tho notes, nnd resolutions
wcro adopted acclaiming Sirs. Schell n
member In tho best of standing. The
matter wns then dropped, Sirs. Schell be
ing convinced that lodgo members had
nothing to do with tho letters.
THE FIRST LETTER.
Tho first letter, which merely advised
her to resign from tho lodge, follows:
Dear Sirs. Schell:
Can't you see by tho way decent
pcoplo treat you that you nro not
wanted In tho lodgo any longer? You
aro no crcuu to our onfer and you
should tako tho hint beforo nny action
Is tnken. "MESinERS."
When Mrs. Schell paid no nttention to
tho note, believing It the doings of n
Jokor, n second letter followed, which,
according to Mrs. Schell, contained ob
Jectlonablo lnngtinge.
A thhd letter. Just as bitter and scath
ing, according to Sir. Schell, followed,
mentioning tho nnmo of Mrs. Henry
Chrlstman, n neighbor nnd n member of
tho nuxlllnry. Sirs. Chrlstman denied
nil knowledge of tho noto today, and
said that sho nnd Sirs. Schell wero good
friends.
According to SIlss Kraft nnd other
members of tho lodge, suspicion now
points toward n woman who had been
visiting Mrs. Schell. This woman, a
young widow from a nearby town, is
also suspected of .sending Blmllar notca
to two" girfa In that town, nccordlng to
Miss Kraft.
Shoitly nftcr tho notes wero found, tho
widow left for her homo, and hns not
returned to Zleglersvllle. Sirs. Schell first
suspectel tho womnn of sending tho let
ters, SIIS3 Krnft snys, but later retracted
her accusations, Whether they wero sent
by her or by members of tho lodgo Is now
tho subject of debate over every back
fence, In every saloon and on every oc
casion that gives tho slightest pretext
to refer to It.
Tho auxiliary made arrangements to
havo a Norrlstown detective seek the
sender, but Schell refused to have the
Investigation made, saying ho wished the
matter to be dropped.
"It's nil over, and the sooner It Is for
gotten tho better," he said today. "I
don't want a lot of Investigations nnd
rows going on around here. It would
hurt my business. Everybody knows us
from Norrlstown to Zleglersvllle, nnd
even In Philadelphia, and thero Is no use
bothering about tho matter, I don't be
lieve the person will write any more
letters sinco they seo that It does us no
harm."
nblo conduct. The name of Harvey
Buckley, son of the general storekeeper
and ex-sheriff, was also mentioned in
tho notes. Buckley denied nil knowledge
of the notes nnd also said ho knew SIlss
Tcrger but slightly.
Tho letters began to come to tno
Tcrgers, via the side and Dacn aoor,
shortly nftcr Buckley had walked home
from church with Miss Yerger. A second
noto followed the first, more defamatory,
nnd also accusing Mrs. Ycrgcr, tho
mother, of objoctlonablo conduct.
Sirs. Yerger bcc.amo 111 from worry over
tho letters, which continued to nttnek her
nnd her daughter. Ono of the letters, nc-
I cording to Sirs. Yerger, fell Into the
hands of Fred senmoyer, mo sumon
ngent, who took It to tho poatofuce nnd
read It to every one. A girl, greatly em
barrassed by the languago In tho note,
left tho building In rage. Tho Graters,
who wero great friends of Sirs. Yerger,
were amazed that any ono would try to
break Up a long-standing friendship by
such means.
Sir. Ycrgcr, who In a school teacher,
nnld no nttantton to tho notes, partly, ho
said, becauso ho had no money to push
nn investigation, nnd pnrtly because ho
thought It better to let It drop.
Tho letter to SIlss Kllno attacked her
reputation and nlso that of her mother,
Sirs. Emma Floyd. Both girls. It Is
snld, nro known ns model girls to every
one. Suspicion points to tho same
woman who Is suspected of writing tho
letters to Sirs. Schell. It Is nlso said
that they aro In tho samo handwriting.
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATS
AND PRESIDENT CONFER
National Committeeman and State
Chairman Prevent Party Outbreak
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. President Wil
son today had a short talk with Robert
S. Hudspeth, Democratic National Com
mitteeman from New Jersey, and Stato
Chairman Grosscup nbout New Jersey
politics. Ho told llio Democratic loaders
that ho did not Intend at this tlmo to
Interfero In tho situation, nnd thnt tho
muddled politics In his Stnto must crys
tallize beforo nnythlng could bo dono to
bring harmony.
Thero nro two Interesting contests on
In New Jersey next year, tho election
of a successor to Senator Mnrtlne and a
Governor. Governor Fielder hns been
considering mnklng the run for the Sen
nte, as Is II. O. Wltpenn. Tho Adminis
tration, If showing preference In any
way, favors Wltpenn. After tho talk
with tho President tho lenders went over
developments with Sccrctnry Tumulty.
Tho latter listened to their review of con
ditions, but made no promises.
JEWELRY STORES ROBBED
in
Watches Valued at $350 Stolen
Shadow of City Hall in Early
Morning
Two Jewelry storo robberies were re
ported to tho police today, ono of which
wns committed In tho shndow of City
Ilnll.
A thief enrly this morning Jimmied
open n showcase belonging to I. Press
& Sons, nt 13th nnd SInrkct streets, nnd
stolo 41 wntches, vnlued nt $330. The rob
bery wns committed between 5 nnd fl
o'clock this morning, nccordlng to the
police.
The police of tho Bclgrndo and Clcnr
flcld streets Btntlon nro searching for tho
snenk thief, who yesterday entered tho
Jewelry storo of William Elssler, of 2003
Frankford nvonue, broko open a Bhow
ense nnd took 17 gold watches valued at
nbout $300. According to tho police, the
robbery wna committed between noon
nnd 4 o'clock, nnd tho thief operated so
quietly thnt Elssler did not hear him. Mr.
Elssler snld that a bell on tho door,
which wnrned him of the entranco ot
patrons, was broken.
CHAMPION HEN LEAVES
THE CITY IN TRIUMPH
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"Lady Eglantine," After Rccen.
wuu ivi.v, wiicupies a spe,
cial Car for New York
"Lady Eglantine." the champion tr,
laying hen, left tho city this morn,-'
after receiving attention that would hiw
tickled many a more human organlim.
She wns a passenger In a special PuliW4n
on tho 9 o'clock train for New vott
whero sho will exclto admiration In th.
Palaco Poultry Show.
Sho left her quarters nt the U0tl
Walton nt 8:30 nnd rodo In n trlumr,hl
procession to Broad Street Station,
escorted by rt group of mounted pollc
nnd a score or more of prominent poultry
men, breeding exports nnd last, but not '
least, her own, A, A. Christian, sir
Chrlstlnn, however, dcclnlms moatir
that his prldo has to stop with tk
ownership; ho rotuscs to accept n
credit for her romarkablo egg-Uyinr
prowess. Her cgg-laylng record was miJ. '
under tho nusnlccs of tho T!nlt,i e..."!
Government, ns it were, for alio has bein
under tho wntchful eyo of tho nuthorltUi
at tho Delawnro Agricultural College.
"Lndy Eglantlno" hns the record of
lnylng 314 eggs In 353 days, tho nveraw '
weight of ench egg being two ounwi
nnd their combined weight 33 poandi.
Sho laid her own weight each month.
Tho nrlstocrntlc hen, who la a Blnirlj.
comb, White Leghorn of tho bluest blooi
nroso In responso to a 7:30 "call" and d!
scended from her suite of rooms to tht
lobby, whero sho ato brcnkfnst, whlli
scores of persons looked on nt a respect
ful distance. Her breakfast consisted if
a dnlnty dnb of oatmeal nnd tno dozci
grains of whont. After a brief nudlenci
In tho lobby, sho wns assisted to her sa
tomobllo by her owner, who knows her
well enough to cnll her "Hggy." ih
pnradc, made lip of notnblc poultry
fanciers, nttractcd considerable attention
lndy Eglantlno will occupy n suite at
tho Imperial Hotel, New York. Her horn.
Is nt Greensboro, SId.
Prominent Wilmington Man Dead
WILMINGTON. Del.. Dec. "-Alfred D
Warner, who died suddenly last nkht
jrurn ncuri uisensc, will no UUritd ThUrj
lny. Ho was chairman of tho Executiri
Committee of the Charles Warner rv.
pnny. a f3.OOO.0O0 lime nnd coment concern'
director of tho Philadelphia, Baltimore
nnd Washington Ilnllroad Company, the
Wilmington Trust Company, tho Wil
mington Chnmber of Commerce, the Wil
mington Savings Fund Society, the Ferrli
Industrial School nnd tho First Unitarian
Church. Ho was ono of tho most In.
flucntinl men In Wilmington.
Business Men Entcrtnin Ladies
The North Philadelphia Business Men's
Association held their nnnual "Ladles'
Night" Inst night In Robinson's Hall,
Oermnntown nvcnuo and Juniata street
Tha association is considering tho estab
lishment of nn nutobus line on tho North
east Boulevard.
SHIPPING SHOWS GOOD GAIN
HERE DURING NOVEMBER
47G Vessels Arrived From Foreign
and Domestic Ports
PAYS $250,000 FOR A RUG
Mrs. Alexander II. Rice, Formerly
Mrs. George D. Widener, Pur
chases Rare Specimen
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Hire, it wnB
learned today, has purcha-ned u Ispahan
rug, which onco adorned tho palace of
tho Grand Slogul nt Delhi, India, and
paid JKO.000 for It.
Mrs. nice was until recently Sirs.
Georgo D. Widener, and, by her Hist mar
riage, a daughter-in-law of the late P.
A It. Widener. That Innnclcr thought
it nothing to spend a quaiter, half or
tlircc-quirtera of a million dollars for a
rare painting. Slrtt. Illce's tnste, how
ever, runs to tapestries.
The rug was sold to Sirs, nice by
Duveen Brothers, of New York city, and
Is In her Newport villa. It Is ono of tho
finest specimens In tho world, and was
made In the 18th century. It measures
K4 by IS feet.
GRATEBSFOItD STIRIthD.
Gratcrsford, a town four miles from
here, noted for Its popularity in summer
among tourists, is also stirred up over
"Polhon Pen" letters that havo been re
ceived by SIlss Florenco Yerger and SIlss
Frieda Kline. Silas Yerger 3 known as
J tho "village bello" and It pretty. Miss
I Kline, who Is nlso pretty. Is nttendlng the
. Philadelphia Business College, In Phila
delphia.
Tho lottnrs which were received by tho
gills in tho summer and fall were par
ticularly bitter In their denunciation of
tho manner In which thoy were alleged to
havo acted. Miss Yerger was the object
of three of tho notes, while SIlss Kline
got but one. According to Sirs, N. A.
Yerger, mother of tho 18-year-otd gin,
they were, written to promote 111 feelln;
between the Yergers and tho Grators, a
next-door family. The Graters' name was
mentioned In two of the notes as having
accused the girl. Florence, with objection.
Driver Hurt as Ice Wagon Upsets
An ice wagon owned by the American
Ico Company turned over nt 2d and Chest
nut btieets today when a front wheel
snapped off, shifting the load of two
tons of Ice to one side. The driver,
Thomas Lady, tl years old, 2010 Sloore
street, was hurled to the street and
pinned under the wagon and the cakes
of Ice. A crowd soon gatheied In re
spouse to the man's cries and men lifted
the wagon from him. He was taken to
the Jefferson Hospital by Policeman
Lane, where he Is suffering from a broken
right arm and other Injuries.
TOO EATE TOB GLASSIFICATIOK
BOOMS FOB BTOT
JXcK'tit, iVXtiuaS&XS MsTTt room,' 34 floor
front, H moatu, 4th Bear ream, I(V
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Business through the port of Phila
delphia showed a gratifying gain, accord
ing to tho report of tho statistician of tho
Commissioners of Navigation, submitted
at the monthly meeting of that body to
day in the Bourse.
Tho report In part follows:
"Tho list of vessels nrrlvlng from
foreign ports during tho month of
November shows nn Increnso of 23 vessels,
and In the sailings for foreign ports nn
Increase of 13 vessels over the same month
last year.
"The arrivals from foreign and coast
wise ports during tho month of November
numbered 476 vessels, with a tonnage of
810,001.
"The foreign nnd coastwise sailings for
Nocembor were 470 vessels, with a ton
nage of 760,329 compared with 410 sail
ings with a tonnage of 7S3 for the same
month In 1914.
"During the month C, 7.28,512 bushels of
wheat, rye, oats and barely wcro shipped,
an Increnso of 3,007,8:5 bushels over that
of November of tho preceding year.
"Tho coastwise trade shows an Increase,
in tho receipts of cotton, crude oil,
lumber, rosin and sulphur, when com
pared with the receipts for the same
month last ycur.
School Teachers and Janitors Insured
LANCASTHIt, Dec. 7. The Lancaster
School Board empowered the Finance
Committee Inst night to Insure nil teach
ers and janitors ot schools, In order to
meet tho requirements of tho new work
men's compensation law. Plana wore also
made for the establishment of continua
tion schools.
There is no sub
stitute for the
man who snokes
Rameses Cigarettes.
He himself will tell
you so. He finds no
satisfaction in any
other cigarette when
he happens to be out
of his special brand.
It's as if there were
a Rameses Club an
informal organiza
tion of men who are
loyal to Rameses
Cigarettes. They
wear no emblem.
They have their loyalty
only as a common bond.
They smoke only
Rameses, "The Aristo
crat of Cigarettes," be
cause they find in no
other brand the full
flavor and distinctive
aroma that Rameses
alone possesses.
No man who once be
comes a member of this
Club ever leaves it.
Which is another way of
saying: "Nobody ever
changes from Rameses."
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