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QUARANTOTO VELIVOLI
ITALttSI ATTACCANO
LE LINEE AUSTRIACHE
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Lo Sbarco sullo Costc Albancsi
Compluto in Circdstnnze Dif-
ficilissimc, tra le Insidio
dellc Mine
L' Ertoisaro di unpiIete
110MA, 17 Dlcembro.
Come rleposta nll'artlgllerln nustrlacn.
cho nel fetorscorAI tiro' buI vlllnggl occu
tm.ll tlapll Itnllanl cllatruRRcndonc l'ablta
to, una formlJnbllo Bqundra ncrea Itall
ana di 48 nerbplant volo' ncl pomerlgRlo
ll mercoledl' suite llneo ill dlfcsn nua
triaclio In Val Chlnpotfnno gcttnndo la
mortc o la distruzlono nclte Unco del
nemlco.
Oil nvlatorl , Itallanl Insclarono cadcre
bombo su Chln'povnno c sul vlclno accam
pamentlo austrlaco, uccldcndo ccntlnala
dl Boldatf ,jicmlcl.
La nqUAilra acrca Itallana em. la phi'
Brando cho foso lri.il entrata In nzlone
iUl fronte ltnlo-nustrlaco durante la
KUcrrn c Rlt avlatorl si trevnrono apesso
In srnve pcrlcolo dl csserp annlentatl.
Poro" rltornarono tllttl soiua dannl alia
loro Vjasc dl opcnizlonc
Ad un ccrto punto cinque dogll ocro
plant Itnlinl.l dlscesero lino nd un'altezza
dl poche ccntlnala dl mctrl sfldando II
VlolcntlFfllmo fltoco del runnonl c dello
m tr.igllntrlclaUatrlncl c sparando sul
hemico con f loro plccolt railnonl u tiro
rnolclo c con lo mltragllatrlci In tnl
moda quest cinque avlatorl rlusiirono a
cOHtrlngere II .ncinlco ad nbbntuloiiarc la
trin ca cho cs'o octfupavn
DaH'uUlmo comunleato ultlclnln pul
b'lrnto n Hoina si rllcva che sono 1n coiso
ducill di artlRllcrla In Vol dl Cnncel, dove
gli imitrlncl bombnrdano le poslzlonl re
chtrmonto occupito Unull Itallanl e
pcidutc da loro sul montl dl Cadrla. Tra
Uriel sea e Monfalcone l'nrtlRllTla Ital
lana lia canponkglato convoRll c colonno
BUJirlacI In mnrcla, causnndo loro Rravl
iwidlte o dartnl.
UN PirtOSCAFO AFl'ON'DATO.
Olungo Tiotlzla che un sottomnrlno
r.emlco ha riftondato, sllurandolo, II plros
cafo Itallano Porto Said, dl B3f) tonneltate.
II plroscafq complva vines' tra Gonova
ed i portl uctl'Arnhln t del Mar ltosso.
Era 8tato varato ncl 15S1. N'on si luinno
per nra altij partlcotari circa I'altonda
mento, ma si' credo rlie 11 plrOlcafo sla
Ptato nttnecnto ncl Medltaciranco.
I'AIITICQLAIU SULU) SUAllCO. .
Si hanno ora partlcotari sullo sbarco
dc. a spcdlzlone Itallana In Albania. Lo
8v rco fu compluto In clrcostanzo illffl
clllasimo Lo navl da suorra austilachc
avevano semlnato lo coate dclV'Albanla-dl
un numcro Inllnlto dl Riosse mine che
avevano collocato anclio n dlfcsa del
portl albancsi
Quando II trosporto tie Umberto fu nl
fO'Klato, 11 cappcilano del plroscafo, Don
Parolln, Mfluto' dl sbarcarne se prima non
fossero sbarcatl tuttl quclli clic si trova
vnno a bordo,
Fin la quando II irlulstfo ionnlno nevn
dlchlarnto alia Ctmoin cljn l'llalla
avrobbt mandato truppc In aluto delta
Sc-Dla sll mittrlarl si mostrart-no uttl
vlsslml ncll'Adrlatlco cercando dl tutte
rcr nrpedlio lo almrro. Le mine crano
Btato "6Uo"eatc n cos!' breve dlstnliza
rutin daH'alti-a c In tnl numoro cht lo
navi pescamine itallnnc doveltcto staro
coHtantemente al lavoro pet aprlre la
st.-nda al trasporti. Ma ancho questo,
osnl notte, ptotettl dall'oscurlta' o dalla
r.eubla, gll austrlael toniavano al lavoro
c cjllocai'ano nuove mine.
Quando II Ho Umberto urto' contro una
mlna, esso era preceduto da una nave
pescamlne. Ad un tratfo si vide una
enorme onda sollevarsl o si Udl' una
tremenda esploslone. II cacciatorpcdlnlerl
Intropldo. senza attendcre che lo altro
nilnr fossero pescale, si lanclo In aluto
del Vi Umberto ed esso stcsso urto"
contr-i un'altra mlna.
Don Parolln (u l'ultlmo a lasciaro II
plrouoafo, I'roprlo mentro orII stava
per lanclarsl In marc dal vaporo die
afforidava, vldo un voldato che anneRava
e non aveva la clntura dl salvataKRio.
Kenza esltare- un sol minuto egli si tolso
a sua e la getto ul soldato.
KELLER IS HELD
IN TRUNK MURDER
Continued from 1'aRf One
that showlns that MuNlchql had bor
rowed $2000 shortly beforu he disappeared
Tills money was never accounted for. It
was "Keilcr who got McNIehol, then half
his ago (Keller Is 47 and McNIehol would
bo now -5 If .he had lived)', to form the
Keller Leather Goods Company, 432 North
l!th street. In v,'hlch Keller was nom
inally foreman, In the latter part of 1913.
The first witness at the hearing of
Keller was Miss Agues. McNIehol, a
pretty Rlrl of 15, who lives tilth her
brother Bernard ut "35 Corinthian ave
nue. They are second cousins of the
murdered man.
She safd that a few dayti after her
cousin had disappeared she was asked
by Daniel JfcNlchol's young wife, Mrs.
Mario Jennings McNIehol, to help look
for her husband. She went to the laundry
of Connery & Kellor, ns they had heard
that Keller had gono into a new busi
ness after the disappearance of his em
ployer. It wffS 10 "o'clock In the morning, but
the door of the laundry was locked and
she could not get In, although the place
was open for business the day before that
and the day after.
It struck her as grange that she could
net get In nnd Imrulred In the neighbor
hood -without result. Her brother testi
fied that he had seen Keller later and
asked him If he knew nhere McNIehol
was, but could gee no satisfaction from
him.
SEEN DIGGING IN CELLAR.
Then Connery' testified. He said:
"Keller and I wont Into the laundry
business Hie Ked Star Wet Wash Laun
dry, 4062 Frankford avenue the first week
In April, 1914. I put up 00 and he put up
K00. That was our capital. In the sec
ond week of April I went down Into the
cellar one afternoon and saw Keller dig
ging" a hole there, a few feet from where
the body was found.
"Why, what are you digging. ,t;hat hole
for" I aked lilm.
"Keller answered, 'I'm digging this for
a concrete base for a new boiler we
ought to have. In here.' "
LAWYEIt TESTIFIES,
William II. Hepburn. Mrs. McNichol's
lawler, testjed that he had called on
Keler shorty after McNIcho's disappear
ance and asked him If he knew where
Xhe rnlaslng -man' was.
"I believe he'4 In Detroit," said Keller.
"What make you think so?"
"Because John A. Wade. McNIehol'
partner In the leather goods business,"
eald Keller, "lives there and I Imagine
he's gone to visit him,"
Detective Belshaw testified and dis
played various exhibits. Including the
notebook round, on the body and by which
it was Identified, and articles of clothing
found on the body. It was shown that
McNIehol had bought his blue auit of
clothes at LlpshuU's. 901 Walnut street,
and the clothing had been Identified by
the tailors.
PRISQNEIVa WIFE PALM,
Mrs- Keller gat neatly dressed In tur-
kanr with plumes, fur Coat and dark suit.
She was Impassive during- the testimony.
Keller evidently feared sha would break
iown at the eight of the exhibits, but
be did not. He glanced nervously around
t her, hU one sign of any nervousness
i.throusbout bis ordeal.
yoUowlns the detective's testimony,
Vfclch dealt with (he finding of the body
4 tho idt'nUBcatlon, Keller was held
1ou: bail for the Coroner's Inquest
'int btieJc to his cell la Qty Hall.
tgtcbet, it -mi learned, hit- borrowed
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fMOO from the Real Estate Titto Insur
ance and Trust Company three months
before his disappearance on March V),
1914 Ho mortgaged -his properties nt 1S2J
South Front street nnd Ml3 Catharine
street for fhe purpose. He did nbt put
the money In bank nnd there Is nothing
to show that ho put It Into the leather
goods business, lit which ho was associ
ated wilh Keller nt 432 North 12th street
What became of this moncy7 Did Kel
ler know what became of It? These
questions he police are determined to
solve, the most Important In Ihls quick
developing case slneo the rinding on Wed
nesday at noon of the body.
TALE OF HAD CHECKS.
The career of Keller una revealed with
greater detail today, it was declared
by Mrs. Michael Jennings, mother of
the victim's wife, today that Keller
visited her homo nt 866 North 22d strc6t
several Umes since McNIehol disappeared,
saying. that the missing man was In New
ork, alive and well, but In great need
of'monoy. She said she pave him on one
occasion J 10 In cash and on another n
Check for 2S for her son-ln-lnw.
Then she boenme suspicious and re
called tho IIS check, bo when Keller went
td the bank he could not get the money.
Detective Belahnw said that he had
traced had checki and believed that Kel
ler was Implicated In tho attempt to
puss nt least one of them.
WHEItU IS THE 00?
David J Smythc. former Director of
Public Safety, counsel for the McNIehol
family, said today that the disappearance
of the $2000 wns "very msterlotts Mc
NIehol, He said, could hardly have spent
the money In the short time between the
time he borrowed the money, on Decem
ber 18, 1913, and tho day of his disap
pearance, March 30, 19H
One link In the chain of mysteries wm
cleared up today. Edward J. Connery,
who was a partner of Keller's In tho
Red Star laundry nt 40f2 Frankford ave
nue. In tho cellar of Vthlch the body wns
found, turned up todny. It was at first
belleied that It might bo hla body which
was In thi: trunk. Ho wns cloely ques
tioned liy tho detectives at City Hall
ns to his dealings with Keller.
WAS COUSIN OF J. P. McNICHOL.
McNIehol uns the son of tho late Ed
ward McNIehol, for many years a tip
staff In the Court of Common Pteas nnd
before that a city contractor. He wns
a cousin, twice temoved, of State Senator
Oilmen P. McNIchnl He was the son of
Edward McNichol's iltst wife. His fa
ther's second wife Mas Miss Sallle Dur
hnm. .Ulster of the Into lrael Durham.
Keller has engaged Clarence P.
Sterner, an attorney with ofllcea In tho
Land Title Dulldlng, to defend him. Mr.
Sterner said todny that he would go bo
foro Judge Flnlettor in the Court of
Common Pleas todny to ask that a writ
of habeas carpus be granted for the re
lease of'Kcllcr.
It wns not JIcNlchol's body that wns
found In tl i- trunk, Mr. Sterner declared,
and both he nnd Mrs. Keller said that
they would produce witnesses nt the
proper time to show that McNIehol la
alive today and living In tho West.
MISSING WATCH A CLUE.
The chief points which tho police say
they have against Keller ars these. That
certain pieces of leather xtrapo were
found In a hou'-e he formerly occupied
and they are of the snme kind of leather
as that found on tho trunk In tho base
ment uf the dismantled nnd unoccupied
house nt 40iJ2 Frankford avenue, thnt the
plnce where the trunk wan found wns
once used by Keller ns a laundry, thnt
McNichol's gold watch and diamond ring
are missing, nnd thnt, according to Mns.
McNIehol, Keller enmo to her home, St6
North 22d street. In October, 1914, or seven
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months after tho disappearance of her
husband, and said that McNIehol was In
New lVk and badly In need of money.
She gait the man money nnd clothes and
never saw him again until yesterday In
the City Hall detective bureau.
This, story Is vigorously denied by
Keller, who says he has seen McNIehol
allvo within the Inst two months.
PUT UNDER "THIRD DEGREE,"
Considering the strain that he Is under
Keller spent a good night and slept well
when ho wns not being taken to the de
tective bureau to be put under the "third
degree" and when he was not being In
terviewed by his wife. Ho was awakened
six or eight times before midnight when
tho detective") thought of some hew lino
of questioning.
Tho notebook of McNIehol, articles of
clothing and Other things found in tho
trunk with tho body, were displayed be
fore tho accused man nnd he wns naked
to handle them nnd closely scrutinized ns
ho did so.
Hut to nil Inquiries and Intimations ho
always snld, "I Know nothing whatever of
this crime."
There wns a dramntlc scene In tho
otllce of John Norrls, of John Norrls &
Co., hosiery makers, Enst Madison ave
nue. Kensington, before Keller gave
himself up yesterdn).
"When the detectives come," said tho
wife, "I wnnt you to tell them tho ex
act truth."
"I am Innocent of any crime," Keller
answered.
"If you know anything nbout Mc
Nichol's murder I ndvise you to ro out
nnd get a revolver nnd kill yourself,"
cried Mrs. Keller, according to detectives.
Her husband laughed nt her, and shortly
after this the police arrived, nnd he uas
taken to City Hall.
WIFE VISITS HIS CULL.
Last nlRht Mrs. Keller, In an agony of
nervous suspense, visited the cell of her
liusunnd several times. At midnight sho
was saying to lilm:
"For heaven's sake, tell the exact truth
to me and to your lawyer. Do you know
anything of this crime? '
"I suenr t know nothing of It," replied
Keller. "Calm yourself."
Today, when Keller wns arraigned be
fore Magistrate Pennock In City Hall,
Clarence P. Shcrn appeared In Keller's
defense, and David J. Smythc, former Di
rector of Public Safety, represented the
McNIehol family. William H. Hepburn,
Jr., was there representing tho young
widow of tho murdered mnn
Sho Is a remarkably pretty woman, 11
years of age. She has n oung child,
which wns born after McNichol's disap
pearance. She collapsed yesterday when
she Identified the body of her husband,
but bore up well under tho Htrnln todny
Sho was before her mnrringo Miss Marie
Jennings, the daughter of tho lat'
Michael Jennings, who wns a coal denier.
She has been living wltii her mother at
the latter's home, SG6 North 22d street,
slurp her husband disappeared.
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I links of evidence. McNichol's body was
identified through a notebook found In
the dead man's pocket Hernnrd Mc
NIehol, a brother of the victim, nnd alls.
Mc.Vlrhol Identified )t after It had been
treated with neld In the Coroner's ofllce.
A powerful chemical, the namo of
which Coroner's Physician Wadsworth
will not reveal, nnt used on the notebook
to make legible Hie typewritten entries.
It was thus that the name "McNIehol"
was deciphered nnd enough other details
to make the Identification certain. It Is
believed the murder wns committed in
October, 1911, and not shortly after the
mnn disappeared. March 30, 1911, Keller
Mas shown the hntebook and admitted ho
hnn oftfii seen it In hh employer's pos
session fie was manngcr for tho young
leather good? manufacturer.
Keller wns twice McNichol's nge when
they met In the latter part of 1913. He I
47 and McNIehol would bo 26 now If ho
had lived. Keller nsked the young man
to form a leather goods compatiyj
"Ton have the money, McNIehol," he
Is reported to hnvo snld, "and 1 have
the bralni."
So a company n formed, called tho
Keller Leather floods Company, hut Kel
ler was not a member of tho firm. The
firm Included McNIehol nnd his cousin,
Edward J. Wade, of 3915 Wnlnut street.
McNICHOtS MSAl'I'tJAIlANCB.
Tho company's plant was nt 432 North
11th street, near Hamilton. "The firm con
tlnued In busln.s until enrly In March,
1911, when It dissolved At the end of
tho month McNIehol wns missing and his
disappearance wns reported to the police
It was two days nftcr her husband's dis
appearance, according to Mrs McNIehol.
thnt Keller came to her nnd Bald he knew
hef husband was nllvo and would turn up
safe, nnd nftei this npparontly true In
fo! nintlon the search wns abandoned for
th" young man.
MHS KnU.KUS DRKtAL.
"Daniel McNIehol Is not dead, lie 13
allvo nnd at the present time living some
whcie In the West," said Mrs. Keller to
day. "When tho proper tlmo nrrlvcs my
attorney will produce several witnesses
who will swear that they snw Mr. Mc
NIehol only a few months ngo.
"It Is absurd to believe that my hus
band killed Mr. McNIehol. My husband
hnd nothing to gain through his death
but everything to lose, because they were
the best of friends. The pollro nre trying
to make a goat out of my husband."
Mrh. T.urenn Keller, 3." years old, lives
nt 3119 Finnltford avenue. Sho sat todn
In tho ofllce of her attorney, Mr. Stcrnci,
In the Land Tltlo Dulldlng.
Mrs. Keller, who Is a pretty young
woman, woro a brown skirt, a black
Jacket and blue turban lint with n red
plume, said sho had wt her hiishnnd
six years ago and that they wero mar
ried In New York city nftcr n courtship
of nbout a year.
"I know that my husband hnd nothing
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to do with the murder," snld she "1
know that McNIehol IS not dead My
husband Is n good mnn. We lived hap
pily togcthor. He has ho bad habltd and
seldom, If ever, went out at night except
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IX AIjIjEUED OPIUM CASE
Wlfo of a Chinese Also Throws Away
a Mysterious Box
George lllong, n Chinese who was nr
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Ing opium, tried to cat somo of the evi
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prisoners this afternoon when they wero
brought before United States Commis
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nt tho renr of their restaurant nt ltth
nnd South streets by Deputy Internal
Itevenue Collectors Glover nnd McDov
Itt. Mrs. Hlong, tho white wllo of one,
threw a mjstcrlous box down a hole In
the wall when the Government ngents
eiileicd. They nttcfnptcd to dlslodgo It
with revolver shots, but failed.
An opium layout nnd largo can, be
lieved to contain opium, wero found In
the place. lllong declared thnt this con
tained sauce used for mnkltig Chinese
dishes. To prove his nsscrtlon he drnnk
several mouthfuls of It nnd would have
swallowed It nil If his captors had not
prevented lilm. Two bottles of liquid
found in the house were used for
"shimmy ache," according to Sing.
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