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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1015.
ffOMAN LAWYER
FAVORS TAKING TARIFF
OUT OF POLITICS
! Jli'ss Helen Varick Boswell Says
Question Is Economic and
Should Be Solved in
f Scientific Manner
I HAS NO PARTISAN PHASE
MIjs Ilel'n Vnrlck IJoswell. n pretty
i 'i niir.nctlvclv row noil woman lawyer,
ISdroswd a gathering of students nt
i T,mre University today on tho move
ment to take tho tariff out of politics. .
othoush Ml' Boswoll knows fnr moro
.bout the tariff question than tho aver
J rnin. and was able to answer tl.r
t technical questions nddrcssed to
Sir ho won more converts to her cause
11 her personality than her arguments
IL employed no notes mid wns rarrful
fn use no moro than her allotted time.
r,aulnB occasionally to glaneo nt the
rold watch on her wrist.
The men in the audience were amazed
i, the vast amount of Information that
I. hid nt her command; the girls were
fmores'cit by her beautiful gown. Miss
SmwcII has n soft, muslo.il voice, but
the could he heard In every part of tho
large assembly hall.
t iter In the day she addressed tho Civic
Hub but nt that meeting devoted hor
,'w 'entirely to a discussion of educa
tional auctions and matters concerning
nomen's clubs She Is nlso scheduled to
jpeak at the rhllomuslan Club today.
!he was Introduced nt Temple t'ntvor
iltv as tl"1 woman whom William It.
Tift had sent to Panama to Investigate
uncial conditions when he wns Scerctaiy
nf War She Is chairman of the I.duca
tlon Hepartment of the Tariff Commis
sion League, president of tho Woman's
Vorum of New "ioik nnd n piomlnent
(lourc In the Daughters ot the American
nevoliitlon. Her homo Is in N'ew York
city. Speaking nt Temple University sho
laid:
"The tariff Is nn economic, not a polit
ical question, and should not be subject
to the Mclssltudcs of polltlcs-of paitlsan
notion.
"Somo publicists of the hlRhest chnr
icler, who understand fully that our pro
ductive Industries have become too vast
and complicated, our commercial relations
too extensive for any committee of Con
cress of Itself to Set nt the facts which
should regulate tho fixing of a tnrlff, nro
uniting In an effort to wake up the general
public to this fact.
"And they nro doing moro thnu this,
they nro going on to show us, after wo
have rubbed our eyes and roused our
letvcs a bit, how wo can obtain this
'consummation devoutly to be wished fqr'
a tariff based on facts which have been
fairly nnd scientifically analyzed after
having been gathered by persons of special
training who understand that the sub
ject Is economic and sclentlllc, and not a
tariff llxcd by a committee of Congress
men, each of whom Is avncil by the sec
tion of tho country from which ho comes,
and the Industries of that section, and
uhose main thought Is not what Is for
the good of tho men, women and children
of the whole country, but whether his
particular constituency will send him
back to Congress next time If he stands
for such and such particular thing!"
FIGHT7M0VIE' CENSORS
RIGHT TO CUT FILMS
Court Is Asked to Construe
Board's Right to 'Slash"
Part of "Virtue"
A fight to overthrow the power of the
State Board of Motion Picture Censors
to amltrarlly "slash" lllms submitted to
them, was begun today, when representa
tives of tho Fianklln Film Manufactur
ing Corporation appeared befoio Judge
Barratt In Common Pleas Court No. 1.
to protest the censorship of "Virtue."
the tlrst film ever produced by that com
pany, which is to bo lelcased In Now
l'ork next week.
Tho Pennsylvania Stnto Hoard of Cen
orB was represented by Attorney Gen
eral Drown, who Is determined that tho
authority of tho censors shall bo deter
mined once and for nil. After a prelim
inary hearing of tho case, it was de
cided to adjourn until Thursday after
noon at 3:45 o'clock, when the producers
of the Dim will be given nn opportunity
to show their motion picture In City Hall
for tho benefit of tho Court.
At that tlmo May Ward, tho star of
the production, will be called upon to
testify as to tho Intent of certain scenes
in which sho appeals. J. Louis Hroltlnger.
chairman of tho Hoard of Censors, and
Mrs. E. c Nlvcr and Kills P. Oborholt
ter, the other members of the board, wcro
in court this morning, nnd will nlso ap
pear on Thursday afternoon. Tho exhi
bition will not bo open to the public.
"Virtue" Is a livo-rcel production show
ing the experiences of a country girl who
Is drugged and taken from a fashlonablo
boardlnj school by an admirer Numer
ous hair-raising struggles and cxi.-rl-encea
are gone through by her before sho
Is finally rescued by her lover f om tho
country. Tho censors put their ban upon
film aggregating one nnd o' half reels
of the original live.
Freeman Hernstein, manager of tho
producing company, announced today
that he intended carrying the fight
through to tho Supremo Court if the
company is not successful In tho present
hearing.
"The parts thfy have cut out aro not
Immoral or obiactlonable," he said. "Tho
censors have put an evil Interpretation
upon certain scenes that a minister
would not object to. It will ruin the
whole flint if their decision is allowed to
stand."
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
Steamships Arriving Today
Davis i"? '"' Clen,ues03' molasses. Galley,
,r,u.8'0r'j'u (Nor-. New York, ballast, Mun
on bteanikhlp Una.
Movements of Vessels
8irV. '"'' Amsterdam (Dutch). Ilottcrdam
??. "'mouth for New York, was II3H miles
iti f Ambroje Channel lightship at noon
-December 3.
,r- "ultlleht. Port Arthur for Philadelphia,
cernbe um"V WC,t ' TortUBa8 at T m- De'
,?"". J M. Outfey, towing barge Conemaugb,
rniiadalphla fur Port Arthur, was 105 miles
of feablno lUr at noon December 0.
I-?,," GWKlan IHIo for J'hlladclphla, was
-J4 miles outneat of Dclanaro Ureakwater
"O P- m. Decemler 0.
'r. Quntlco. Philadelphia, for Jacksonville,
as 65 mllu north of Tybce at T p. m. Decern.
Str, Uulfatrcam, 1'ort Arthur for Philadel
phia, Ha ta mlJca east of Band Key at noon
ifcceraber U.
Btr, Ktpaicne (Kr.), for New York, steamed
"om liordaaux runbcr 5.
, Str, llolrdale U'r,). tor Philadelphia, steamed
from CardlC lurcuiber 2.
Str. Uovlals (Ur). tor Philadelphia, steamed
irom Dakar December C.
Str. Amiapoll (Br.), for Philadelphia,
teamed fruoi illavaow December 4.
Mtr. Maine (Ur.). for Philadelphia, (teamed
irom London Dseeiiber 4.
str. Europa iltal.). for New York, steamed
Iroia Naplea December .
..Sir. AlUmalla, Philadelphia for Port Ar
nur, pauiid Baud Key at 4 P. m. December t).
Str. stalhelni (Nor.), (or Philadelphia,
'earned from St Vincent's. C. V., Decern
ber4. Sir. Berlin (Dan.), from Philadelphia, arrived
Panlllac December I.
Sir. St. Gotlurd (Br.), for Philadelphia,
teamed from Uoeton December 7.
.Bark MetropclU iNor). for Philadelphia,
ailed from Glatgow D. ember J.
,8cbT. Emily Aoderwui iBr J. Philadelphia for
'uUfax, arrived at "Vineyard ltaveo Decem
ber 0.
LETTER IN RED INK
SENT BY KIDNAPPER
Continued from Pace One
when the doorbell rang. Mecklns ran lo
me door, and came hack to the dining
room with the orange-colored envelope
in his hand. He wns pale as a sheet.
Mrs. Meoklns eemed to divine nt once
what It wns he held In his hand, nnd
snatched nt tho letter She tote It open
nnd unfolded the nmlnoiis-looltlng frag
ment nf urwspiper. When she saw the
red I nl; she stpadled herself by clinging
to the back ot n chair.
"Deir Sir," she rend, "your boy Is nil
rlsht (that's mv hoy-oh, what Is this!),
lie Is not 'n Mnrylnnd or Delaware, but
In Philadelphia." At this point Mrs.
Mcekins smnk lown In a faint and her
husband seized the letter, while hie. wife
wns lowly brought h.u'k lo consciousness
by ftinnlni; and cold water. Her husband
lead on:
PIN IDHNTll'IGS HOY.
"If you think I have not got him keep
thinking." Mere the father burst Into
ttnrs, and for a time could not go On,
while his wlfo sat In a daze. When Mr.
Mecklns reached the point about the
safety pin In the light side of tho boy's
trousers, Mrs. Mecklns exclnlmed:
"That's tine' Hut I forgot lo tell tho
police about that pin In describing Hlch
ard and his cloning for thorn. I used
that pin to keep his trousers nnd his
blouse together."
The letter wan mailed In tho dUtrlel
of .Station f), which Is In South Phila
delphia nnd In the section where the Mec
klns family used to live, nt 2Hh nnd
Amiln Btreets. one curious feature of It
was that It wns dated "Philadelphia, De
cember 7, WIS." That Is today, although
It was mailed at l:50 o'clock jestcrdny
afternoon.
"I have many friends In the part of
the cltv this letter was mailed from."
said Mr. Meoklns, "and I may have en
emies In my old neighborhood, though I
never Isnw ot It when I lived there."
He wrnpped the letter up carefully In
a newspaper on the suggestion that the
llil: marltn should not be rubbed, especlal
l thoe on the back of the letter, which
were ctenrly those of lingers or thuniht.
lie hurried with the letter to the Colli
stiect and Woodland avenue station.
A caiful examination wns made of
both cnvclopo and Inclostire, and they
were photographed and copies of the
linger prints wero made. The llrst work
of the pollcj was to Investigate the
neighborhood of the place where the
letter was mailed. Tho kidnappers hntl
t" hours start on them, but the poller I
wero Inclined to believe they had not I
left the cits. ,
HOY SHUN WITH AUDl'CTOH.
The news about the letter enme to I'ltv
Hnll while l.leutennnt of Detectives Wood
was In conference with Detectives Lynch
i m
and Timlin, who aro In charge of the
search. The letter nt once confirmed sus- l
plrlons the detectives hnd had that they
had been watched while at work In the '
vlclnlly of the hoy's home. This also led
to the belief that several men wero In the i
plot to kidnap the boy, possibly In the I
hope thnt the city would offer a reward
fur his return.
It was possible that there were several I
persons In the plot: nt least ono to watch
tho detectives, one perhaps to mall tho
letter, while a third wns In charge of the
bov in the kidnappers hiding place.
Tod'iy the detectives learned more about
the conditions under which tho boy wns
abducted. Ho wns last seen by his fam
ily plavlng on a pllo of yellow sand at (list ,
street and Klmwnod avenue nt 3.20
o'clock on tho afternoon of Monday,
November 3. An informant later told ,
thu police that 2" minutes after that time I
he had seen the boy walking cast on
Woodbind nvemio with a man. That I
must have been at 3: 13 o'clock.
This witness told the police a more
complete story today. He said the boy
wns crying and seemed to be trying to
get nway from tho stranger who held
his hand tightly. The man had his Ke
doia hat pulled down over his brows nnd
had his coat collar turned up so that
his face wns hidden.
The Informant told the police thnt he
was going to Interfere nnd ask why the
man was abusing tho lad, whom he knew
well nnd today identified from a photo
graph of Hlchard Meeltlns, but ho said
he thought the stranger was a relative
of the boy and so did not want to meddle.
Lieutenant Mnrple, of tho C3th street
and Woodland avenue station, announced
today that he would appeal to Director
uf Public Safety Drlpps to have blood
hounds assist In the search for the boy.
M.irplc, when ho made this statement,
hud not hcnid of the letter from tho ab
ductor, nnd It was then his belief that
tho boy might have perished In tho
meadows In tho vicinity of 73th street
nnd Woodland avenue.
The mysterious letter received today by
tho parents of Illclmrd Mecklns explained
to tho police the hints they have re
ceived from various nu triers that a re
ward might bo offered for tho discovery
of the hoy by Councils, as was done in
tho case of Warren McCarrick.
MAN NEARLY SUFFOCATED
Ho Slept in an Air-Tight Room With
a Stovo in It
Stephen Swnnson, 27 years old, cm
ployed by (JottfrleiJ .haul, u butcher, at
"COO Germantown tcnue. Is In a sorious
condition in tho Samaritan Hospital as
tho rss'-'c ft sleeping In a room whero nn
oil stovo was burning. Swnnson was
nearly suffocated when found by another i
employe early today.
Swunton'H room formerly was used as
n beef refrigerator. It is zinc-lined, about
10 feet square and almost alr-tlght. Its
furnishings consist or an iron cot, one
liimn nml Til.-mv beef books. I-lst lltght
Swnnson was waincd about sleeping with
a. stovo In tho room. "People do not dlo
so easily," ho said. Today, however, ho
has changed his mind.
MAN SHOT TO DEATH
Black Handers Said to Have Killed
Workman at Pittston, Pa.
WlhKKS-HARHU, Dec. 7. While on his
way to work at an early hour today,
Joseph l.'lda, ago 31, was shot to death
on LaGrango street, Pittston, by two al
leged Hlack Handers, who crept upon
him, fired without warning and mado
their escape without detection.
Ulda was Implicated In tho murder of
Tnv.o T.ntirr In Plttstnn. HOnlfl months
ago, and for this tho Black Hand Society '
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