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PUNISH MEN WHO
LOSE BANKS' CASH,
SAYS WILLIAMS
Comj
ptroller of Currency
Seeks to Stpp "Breaking
From Inside"
WANTS LAWS CHANGED
Annual Report to Congress
Asks Power to Make Insti
tutions Obey Statutes
Laws Urged by Williams
to Protect Depositors
Provide prison sentences for in
fractions of the bankinR laws.
Prohibit bank officers from letul
iriR bank's money to themselves.
Empower the Comptroller to im
pose and coliect fines for the pay
ment by banks of overdrafts.
Empower the Comptroller to re
move officers or directors guilty of
violation of law or regulation and
providing that, followinR removal,
the injured bank may sue the di
rector to recover damages.
Limit deposits of banks to 10
and possibly 8 per cent, of the
capital and surplus.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 Strong recom
mendation for legislation providing for
the criminal prosecution of officers and
directors of national banks through whoso
negligence or wrongful actions stockhold
ers and depositors loao money, will bo
contained In the. annual report to Con
gress of John Skelton Williams, comp
troller of the currency. The report Is ex
pected to bo completed within tho next
ten days.
Comptroller Williams Is determined to
break up tho practices by which, he says,
banks "are broken from tho Inside." He
declares that depositors and bank stock
holders liavo a right to Insist upon legis
lation safeguarding their Interests against
criminal bank omcere and directors.
THE IIECOMMHND TiONS.
Tho Comptroller desires sufficient power
to enable him to compel banks niul bank
officials to obey the national banking laws
and tho regulations of his ofllco. Ho will
recommend legislation:
Limiting the amount of a bank's
money which may bo lent, directly or
indirectly, to one borrower.
Empowering tho comptroller to fine
banks and their officers for violation
of regulations and in some cases pro
viding prison sentences for infrac
tions. Prohibiting bank officers nnd direc
tors from lending their banks' money
to themselves.
Empowering the comptroller to im
pose and collect fines for tho payment
by banks of overdrafts.
Making Ineligible for re-election bank
directors who fall to attend a majority
of directors' meetings during the year.
Empowering tho comptroller to re
move officers or directors guilty of
violation of law or regulation, and
providing that, following removal,
tho injured bank may sue tho director
to recover damages.
Empowering the comptroller to de
clare a director's seat vacant If such
an officer, upon eloctlon. fails for SO
days to file his oath.
Limiting deposits of banks to ten
per cent, and possibly eight per cent.
of the capital and surplus.
Providing for the engraving, rather
than tho signing by hand, of bank of
ficers' signatures to national bank
notes.
Providing a feasible method for the
consolidation of national banks.
The comptroller is expected to add
some recommendations for legislation
of a punitive character directed
against national banks engaging in
brokerage business.
BADEN INCOMES MUST
PAY HEAVIER TAXES
Twenty Per Cent. Added ; Prus
sia nnd Saxony to Fol
low Example
BERLIN, Dec 28. The movement for
an Increase of taxation by tha German
States has begun with Baden, where tho
Diet has Just passed a bill Increasing the
Income tax 20 per cent, on Incomes ubove
2400 marks (about (550).
It wao (pointed out in the Reichstag
on Monday that Prussia and Saxony
also intend to increase their income tax
rates.
"The official periodical or the German
trade unions touay publishes a review of
the international situation," says the
Overseas News Agency, It declares that
tho Reichstag once mora has proved the
moral union of the German Parliament
with the Government to defend Germany's
independence and integrity against ene
my aggression.
"The Chancellor's speech, it says,
showed the readiness of the Government
to enter into peace negotiations and tli.,t
Germany does not aim at the suppres
sion of other nations. The Chancellor
clearly stated that he did not want to
prolong the war in order to conquer mora
territory.
"The Chancellor's speech was different
from the speeches of statesmen of enemy
countries. These statesmen speak of Ger
many's annihilation, while tha Chancellor
Ls willing to discuss a sensible peace pro
posal." According to a Bucharest dispatch, the
exportation of E0.1. carloads of grain
f various sorts has been finally arranged,
a satisfactory agreement on the method of
payment having been reached between the
German and Rumanian negotiators.
The third instalment of subscriptions
en the third German war loan, a 23 per
cent, payment, was due yesterday. This
makes 75 per cent due. As a matter of
fact. 53,1 per cent was paid in cash up
to December 15, according to the Overseas
News Agency.
LAUGH AT COOKE'S ATTACK
Gas Director Declares Charges as to
Prices Are Absurd
Common Councilman William J. Mc
Closkcy, of the 16th Ward, and one of the
city's members of the Board of Trustees
of tho Xortbern Liberties Gas Company,
has characterized as "absurd" the charges
of Director Cooke that tha Councllmen
on the gas company's board have been
negligent In looking after the interests
they represent
Mr. McCIoskey today said that In his
IS years experience he had never heard
a. single complaint from a resident of
ihe Ilia, the 13th or the 15th Ward that
ae rata of service by the gas company
ws unjustly high. Making; charges, he
eteMved, seems to be Director Cooke's
weakness.
Director Cooke in attacking the gas
tzmtmnx asserted that the price for gas
; thousand, feet should be reduced froin,
f- la 8 vents, in a letter to Mar
"terburs he urged souncUmaclo ac
t w -r;;iy about I Us rfcji.'rtton.
SUFFRAGE VALIANTLY
UPHELD BY WOMEN
OF DELAWARE COUNTY
Lines Strengthened for Cam
paign for Equal Franchise
Which Will Be Maintained
With Unabated Zeal
DIVISION VICE CHAIRMEN
New
System Designed to
crease Efficiency of
Organization
In-
Those persons who believe that suf
frage for women hn been dropped Into
the discard since the great election liavo
only to look into the active work going
on In Delaware County to reallie tlielr
mistake A reorganization of the entire
county has Just been nceotnpllohed. and
a new system of dlilslon with a vice
chairman for each section hai been In
stalled. Tlili newer nnd better system
will put the responsibility on tho shoul
dors of several women Instead of onlv
one; It will train many women In native
suffrage work to the end flint when tho
campaign Rtarts ngnln the Woman Suf
frage Party will have trained workers
to carry it on.
At present the County Headquarters
nro In Media, but Inter they will bo moved
to Chester where the work will be mnlnlv
concentrated for the next four or tlvo
years. It will take thnt long In tho
opinion of the suffragists, to get Chester
fairly organized.
Mrs. .7. Claude Hertford, the former
County leader, who recently declined re
election In order that other women might
have the training and experience neces
sary for tho work. In speaking of the
Federal amendment, snlrt-
"No matter whether you aro working
for a Federal or State amendment tho
leverago lias to bo exactly tho snme. The
Kedernl amendment has to be ratltled by
the legislators, and we liavo no guarantee
that they will vote for the ratification
unless their constituents want them to.
It Is tho constituency that counts In the
final analysis. Suffragists do not real
ize that there Is no royal road to voting
nor any short cut: they have to get down
and work for what they want: they
must pay strict nttentlou to detail work.
Thorough organization work, precinct by
precinct, Is the only thing that accom
plishes anything. Whore the precinct
organizations nre strong suffrage will
carry, whero they are weak It will lose.
"Western suffragists," she continued,
"think wo waste our time with this de
tail work, but they do not understand the
conditions here. Compared to Eastern
work that In the Western States was
easy, they seldom. If ever, had organ
ized politics to work against them, nnd
they have a much smaller population per
mile than wo have.
"Our women do not realize that a great
political campaign Is like a great military
campaign and must bo perfect in every
detail If It is to succeed. Wo cannot elect
a leader by popular clamor any more than
men could nppolnt a commander-in-chief
that way, nor can wo win our campaign
by such methods. We must have thor
ough and systematic organization, women,
who llko good soldiers do as they are told,
and money to carry on our work.
"A little money laid nslde each week,
oarncd, saved or raised In one woy and
another," sho concluded, "should give us
a splendid campaign fund in 1919. In the
meantime we must work, nnd organize
and do propaganda work, so that next
time though tho work against us will bo
stronger, we will bo stronger still and will
bring victory to Pennsylvania."
ItOTARIANS FEAST KIDDIES
Wilmington Members Have 50 Poor
Children as Guests
WILMINGTON". Del., Dec. 23.Mem
bers of the Rotary Club of this city gave
a dinner today to M poor children at the
Hotel du Pont. One of the best menus
ever served at tho hotel for a similar
party was a big attraction.
Singer's Midgets, who are at Dock
stader's Garrick Theatre, entertained the
little folk.
LEWIS SAYS INTERESTS
FAVOR ROOSEVELT
Continued from l'age One
that Colonel Roosevelt can pose before
the masses as representing the people,
while he can have a private understand
ing with tho masters that he will repre
sent the financial interests. With this un
derstanding they would support Colonel
lloosevclt, notwithstanding the past
curses heaped upon him. These financial
heads aro for any one to beat Wilson."
"My Judgment Is, that when the time
comes for the nomination, Colonel Itoose
velt will demand a platform of principles
similar to that he ran on as the Pro
gressive candidate in 1912. He will have
to do this to maintain his honor and
confidence with the people Then the
bosses will desert him. They will find
he will not enter Into a trade to trick
the country. This will bo the end of Mr.
Roosevelt In tho convention. These mas
ters then will turn to a candidate with
whom they win have an understanding,
but whose publlo record will be so obscure
that the people may be deceived In him.
Roosevelt will then announce his opposi
tion to such a man and such a trick and
tho people will beat the Republican can
dlate." Senator Lewis said, that the most Im
portant single factor In the Republican
Convention will be United Stales Sena
tor Boise Penrose, of Pennsylvania. He
gave as the reason that the electoral
vote of this State is the second largest
in the Union and every candidate will
seek It. In the opinion of Senator Lewis,
Senator Penrose will be able to deliver
it, and with him will go New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland. This block of
votes will be sufficient to nominate a
candidate, he said.
ROOSEVELT BOOM A 'FEELER',
REPUBLICAN CHIEFS SAY
Colonel's Supporters Want to See
How His Name Will "Take"
NEW YORK, Deo. 23.The Roosevelt
boom for the Republican presidential
nomination has been shot out through
the country by ardent admirers of the
colonel to see how It would "take," in
the opinion of several Republican Na
tional Commlttemen and party leaders
who are here to meet with National
Chairman Charles D. Hllles today.
Committeeman Charles A. Spies, of
New Mexico, who conferred with Hllles.
said flatly that he does not believe the
colonel has any thought of trying for the
Republican nomination. Committeeman
Ralph H. Cameron, of Arizona, said he
believed some of the colonel's friends
were trying to convince him against bis
will that the country was demanding
that he run.
"They think the colonel will toss his
hat Into the ring If the country warms
up to the talk of his candidacy," aald
Cameron "There are other gentlemen
who think the country's response to the
Roosevelt feelers will convince his closest
friends that toe Republican party chould
not nominate the colonel
Among the six Nat oual Commit eemen
t s6m the West gathering here it was l
& CfjKtetmng Xcggou (or n (KroiMcb fKUorlb
Hy ISAAC SHARPLESS
President of llaverford Colleire.
The translation of tho American revisers of tho song of the nngel3 at
the first Christmas is:
"Glory to God in the highest:
Peace on earth among men in whom He is well pleased."
isa.v an utt't.Ks
ADOPTS SIX CHILDREN
AS PLAYMATES FOR SON
And the Seven Have Come From
Massachusetts to Welcome
Santa in New York
NEW YORK, Dee. 23. A whole carload
of children well, tnnybo not a whole car
load, but there were seven, anyway
catno down to New York from North
Tisbury, JIaBs.. enrly this week nnd wero
met nt tho Grand Central Station by
automobiles and whisked around to the
home of Dr. nnd Mrs. Charles Russell
Lowell Putnam, 121 JJnst 38th street.
And these seven children are going to
liavo a bulllcr Christmas than they liavo
ever known. Patrick, 11 years old, Is
the full son of Doctor Putnam, who Is a
prominent specialist In children's dis
eases; the others nre his children by
ndoptlon. Threo of them wcro formally
adoptod yesterday under an order signed
by Surrogate Fowler.
These three wero too young a year ago,
when Doctor Putnam rescued them from
sickness and dull surroundings, to know
Just what tlielr adopted parent's celebra
tion was all about, but they aro now
so keyed up by long-discussed anticipa
tion that when Friday midnight comes
they are likely to tear out all the bricks
In tho chimney In their anxiety to greet
a mythical old gentleman, nnd smllo In
me raco or one not so old.
This will be qulto as nmuslng to t..o
delighted Patrick as it will hn in hi
father, for It was Doator Putnam's de
slro to surround his boy with playmates
that provoked the organization of this
continuous circus.
About a year and n half age Doctor
Putnam, In his visits to the numerous
hospltnls of whoso visiting stafTs ho was
n member, was attracted by Emma and
May Pendleton and Arnold Bartlett. As
with the others when Doctor Putnam
first saw them, they were very III. Hut
under kind and thoughtful care they be
gan to bloom, and when they were fully
recovered Doctor Putnam announced
that they would qualify.
Tho seven children spend moit of the
year nt North Tisbury, Mass., where
flvo of them attond school. Each year
Doctor nnd Mrs. Putnam bring the chil
dren down to New York to Bpend tho
Christmas holidays.
Sarah Bernhardt Improvinp;
ANDERNOS. France, Dec. 23. Mine.
Sarah Uernhardt's physicians admitted
today that tho famous actress had been
seriously 111, but declared sho Is Improv
ing rapidly, considering her uge. Sho will
remain nt her villa here until completely
recovered. Sho expects to go to London
early next year.
plain that there was no sentiment favor
ing the colonel. They all expressed tlu
belief that tho Republican party could
win with Roosevelt, but, according to
one Western leader: "We're not going to
win with Roosevelt. Neither Taft nor
Roosevelt will be able to swing tho next
convention."
Every Republican chieftain at the Wal
drof denied vehemently today that any
Important conference had brought him to
New York. The Westerners declared they
had dropped off in New York, en route
homo from the National Committee meet
ing nt Wahhlngton. They said they had
"paid tlielr respects" to Hllles. but denied
tho Roosevelt candidacy was under dls.
cusslon. They didn't think it significant
that Incoming trains brought only Repub
licans hostile to Roosevelt to town, in
cluding Murray Crane, of Massachusetts;
Victor Rosewatcr, of Omaha, and Senator
Roles Penrose, of Pennsylvania.
The Arizona National Committeeman
suggested that a "dark horse" may run
away with the Republican nomination.
The others fought shyly awny from ex
pressing personal preferences among the
big field of candidates.
"Out In Nevada," said Colonel H. n.
Maxson, .'.ational Committeeman from
that State, 'we play poker with our cards
close to our belt unit its time for a show
down. That's a good game to play when
you'ro looking for a Presidential condl
date." Maxson lunched with Chairman Hllles
today. It was understood that Penrose
would see the national chairman later In
the day.
ROOSEVELT TO ISSUE
CALL TO I'EXNSVLVANIANS
BOSTON. Mass., Dec. 23. The Boston
Advertiser, In which Charles Sumner Bird,
former Progressive leader. Is largely in
teested. prints the following dispatch from
New York:
"Ex-President Roosevelt will again
throw his hat in the ring about March
1. Until that time he will remain pas
sive. This statement was made last night
by a close personal and political friend
of the ex-President. Here Is the manner
In which the situation will likely shape
up:
"Colonel Roosevelt will endeavor to
kee silent virtually until afte New
Year's Day In January he will Issue
a bugle call to the Pennsylvania Pro
gressives, who have stood so nobly by
him. In Philadelphia. On February 12 he
will talk to the Illinois Bull Moosers in
Chicago. Following that he will go to
the West Indies, where he will remain for
three weeks or a month, resting up for
the battle that is to follow Vp.j. his
return, it Is declared, the ex-Presldcnt
will openly admit that he Is a candidate.
"Ormsby jIcHarg, who took a promi
nent part in Colonel Soose'elt's cam
paign in 1912. said last night:
"'I know that Colonel Roosevelt plans
to becorni a candidate for the Republican
nomination In many States. You will
And him fighting in tbe open In the Minne
sota primary on March. It He win brat
. Weeks In Massachusetts, Sherman m ;m-
nola, Smitfe iu Slicaljgiu ana
in Iowa,' "
UUSUMM
Peace on earth of the highest sort
is limited to those whoso lives nnd
spirits aro such thnt God is well
pleased with them. One can hardly
doubt that every succeeding Christ
mas shown an increase of tho num
ber, nnd herein lies the hope of
Christianity. However much ar
rangement ."or conciliation and arbi
tration may easo Ihe conditions,
internal rectitude is the only perma
nent factor which will creato lasting
peace, slow though the progress muy
be. When this becomes sufficiently
pervasive, labor wars and interna
tional conflicts will cease, nnd what
ever of almsgiving is needed will
become the spontaneous pleasuro of
kindly hearts. In the long run the
best work is done by those who live
lives of contagious reconciliation;
and hero is n lesson for our Christ
mas season.
Hnvcrford, Pa., December 20, 1015.
NAVAL BOARD MEMBER
QUITS TO RAP WILSON
Henry A. Wise Wood Says He
Can't Stand President's
Weak Policy
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels's re
fusal to make public tho recommenda
tions of the renoral board of tho navy
stirred yesterday tho Iro of Henry A.
Wise Wood, prepnredncss advocate, who
Is a member of tho Naval Consulting
Hoard, nnd Alan R. Hnwley, president of
the Aero Club of America.
Mr. Wood sent his resignation from the
Naval Consulting Hoard to Secretary
Daniels so that he can bo free In future
to criticise the "dangerously weak naval
nnd military pcCoy of the President,"
while Mr. Hawley sent to Senator James
W. Wadsworth, Jr., to Senator O'Gorman
and to tho 24 Now "-rk representatives In
Congress a request for nn Investigation of
Secretary Daniels' suppression of tho
original report and a demand that It be
mado public In tho interests of tho
country.
Mr. Wood, who Is chairman of the
Conference Committee on Nntlonat Pre
paredness, nttacks Secretary Daniels for
having substituted his own knowledgo for
that of the experts of tho general board.
Ho writes In part:
"Whero tho General Board recommends
that our navy bo mado the equal of the
most powerful In tlio world by 1925. and
offers tho program for 1917 withheld by
you from the public which tho board
says will accomplish this If continued In
subsequent years on a similar scale, you
have arbitrarily limited the board to a
given sum for now construction, and thus
have forced It to substitute for this a
program which In reality Is not Its own,
but that of yourself, a. civilian, who on
such Is wholly incompetent to Judge how
largo or what our naval forces should bo.
"Llkewlso the Secretary of War, not
withstanding Ills often expressed deep In
terest In preparedness, has not had the
courage to support tho recommendations
of tho General Staff of the army, Tho
staff consists of our most highly trnlned
experts, yet he, also merely a civilian,
has cut Its recommendations to pieces."
Mr. Hawley calls the report Issued by
Secretary Daniels "an Inadequate plan
mado by order of the Administration, as
n compromise with such members of the
Democratic party who, like William J.
Bryan, Congressman Claude Kltchln and
W. W. Bailey, advocate limited arma
ment.
SUIT TO FORCE PUBLICITY"
OF TEXTBOOK CO.'S AFFAIRS
Rozier C, Bowman Alleges Frauds in
T. J. Foster's Concern
Alleging fraud In the sale to him of In
ternational Educational Publishing Com
pany stock, Rozier C. Bowman Ins
brought suit for 1500 damages against the
International Textbook Company, In nn
effort to force full publicity of tho affairs
of all corporations floated by T. J. Fos
ter, of Scranton. The suit was Instituted
yesterday in the Municipal Coutt.
In his statement. Bowman alleges that
In December, 1911, he was induced to pur
chase stock in the company by H. S.
Chambers, a representative of the con
cern, on the basla that the company was
earning 7 per cent, on Its preferred stock.
The textbook company, which owns the
publishing company, knew that the repre
sentations made by Chambers at the time
were "absolutely false and fraudulent" In
that the publishing company was not
earning dividends at the time and the
accounts had never been audited, accord
ing to the statement.
Th sutt grew out of the opposition by
Foster to allow the stockholders any in
formation with respect to the financial
condition of tho company after dividends
were discontinued last April. The state
ment declares that Foster refused to let
either the Stockholders' Committee or
public accountants go over the books.
A few weeks ago the minority stock
holders declared at a meeting held in
Camden that 110,000,000 of reported assets
had disappeared entirely, and appointed
Alfred S. Wright chairman of a commit
tee to force full publicity of the books
of the company.
Mr. Wright today declared that the
suit had been brought at his instigation
chiefly for the purpose of bringing tho
"textbook crowd" out in the open.
DU PONTS GET LAND HERE
Title Conveyed to Comply With New
Law
The E. I. duPont de Nemours Com
pany has obtained possession of a 21-acre
tract of ground on Penrose Ferry road
near Church creek, In the 10th Ward,
but it has been explained by officials of
the duPont company that there its no In
tention of erecting a plant for the manu
facture of powder.
The land was conveyed to the company
by Alexis I. duPont, who held the title
because of a law forbidding corporations
without the State holding title to land
In Pennsylvania, The law has been re
peated recently, however, and the land
baa been conveyed to the owners.
Dancing Teachers to Dance for Kiddies
A dance frolic will be held this evening
at White's Dance Palace, 15th street be.
low Chestnut street, under the auspices
of the Philadelphia Association of Teach
ers of Dancing. The proceeds of the
affair will be donated to the Children'
Hospital for the Christmas entertainment
of the Inmates of the institution The
committee in barge of the affair u ram.
posed of II D. Wagner, Charles UcCrea
tsa ai niuie.
WILSON'S TAX PROGRAM
TO BE MODIFIED
Democrats Inclined to Heed
Protest Against Including
Combustion Engines
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.1. House Dem
ocrats have decided to fling by tho board
one of President Wilson's suggestions for
raising revenue. U Is his tentative plan
for taxing Internal combustion engines.
Congress began to hear from "the coun
try" Just as soon ns the President's mes
sage wn9 printed. Every farmer who
owned n gasoline engine, with which he
opernted his fodder cutter, his separator.
Ills churn or pump, was up In arms The
response to the President's smtgestlon was
so Instantaneous and vigorously negative
particularly from tho farmer. In addi
tion to the expected protest from the auto
moblltst that Administration leaders In
Congress decided It was polltlcat expedi
ency to drop the proponed plan at once
Tho proposed tax on gasollno Is still an I
Isiue. Certain members profess to see In i
the recent sensational rise In gasoline
prices an effort by the Standard Oil Com- ,
pnnv to create a sentiment against Mil
plan of raising icvrnue. The gasoline
user now paying from 20 to 21 cents a
gallon, according to locality, would raise
a terrific roar If the Government pro
posed to add on two or more cents a gal
lon to this prlco ns a tax.
An Increasing sentiment for a henvy
Inheritance lax Is apparent among mem
bers. There Is also considerable opposi
tion to the bank check tax suggested by
the President.
McNICIIOL'S WATCH WAS
PLEDGED IN PAWNSHOP
Continued from Tnge One
was taken from tho scene of the mur
der, wherever that was, to another plnce
before being finally removed to 4W2
Krnnkford avenue.
Another Important development is the
statement to the effect that a large
wooden packing case, similar to the ono
containing the burled trunk, wns removed
from ISIS Wenslev street, where Keller
formerly lived, late one night In the
spring of 1911. This statement was mado
by a womnn living In tho neighborhood.
Two witnesses sought by the police In
connection with tho murder may bo ar
rested today. Ono of the, according to
the police. Is "Ar loiinc. a brother-in-law
of Edward Keller. Tho name of the
other has not been UMo.ed.
Young has been traced to Pittsburgh,
and although tho detectives were bnflled
for a tlmo In tracing him further, they
assert that his trail has now been found
and thnt little time will elapse before ho
Is placed under nrrest. It is thought he
will bo nn Important witness, for It Is be
lieved he wns In the building, nt 4062 Ken
sington nvonue, whero the body wns
found, nt the tlmo of the murder. Ho
was employed as a pneker In tho leather
factory.
Young, the pollco say, mav be able to
shed some light on tho latest develop
ment In the case tho finding of nearly n
bushel of lime, said to be llko tho lime
with which McNIchol's body was covered.
In tho cellar of the house at 1S18 East
Wcnslcy street, formerly occupied by
Keller as his home.
DISCOVERY OF THE LIME.
Tho discovery of tho lime wns mado
by detectives accidentally. It was scon
through n hole In tho sldo of tho cellar
wall by detectives working on the case.
Occupants of the houses said they did not
know that tho llmo was there. A clicml
cal examination will bo made today to
determine scientifically whether the
llmo Is of the same kind as that which
was found over McNIchol'B body.
A piece or cement, nbout 2 by 5 feet
In size, had been removed from tho floor
of tho cellnr In Keller's former home,
tho detectives snld. and had been re
placed. A search of tho ground beneath,
however, failed to throw any light on
tho murder.
Tho pollco liavo not established definite
ly the fact that McNlchol was shot, al
though they aro confident he was killed in
this way. There Is no doubt In tlielr
minds that they will bo able to provo
legally that tho dead man was McNlchol,
for they now havo the assertion of Dr.
W. R. Maretta, n dentist, who Identified
fillings In the mouth of tho body as work
ho had done.
MORE DETECTIVES ON CASE.
The pollco aro working harder than
ever on the case, they say, and District
Detectives Tyson nnd Barrett, of tho
Frankford station, liavo been relieved of
other duties and assigned to work on tho
case with Detective Bclshnw, of the
murder squad.
Keller, who was In a cell In City Hall.
has been taken to Moynmenslng prison
at tho request of his attorney, C. P. Ster
ner, who asserted that attempts were be
ing mado by tho police to have the man
under arrest chunga his statement by
planting "stool pigeons" In tho cellroom
with him.
KAISER'S ILLNESS
REPORTED GRAVE
Continued from l'lifc One
consequence of the character of the Ger
man ruler's illness, and it wns even re
ported in Loudon one time that he was
dead. The authorized statement fol
lowed, however, on December 10, that he
had Improved, and It was not long after
ward that he resumed his usual activi
ties. Apparently his illness Inst year was
the result of the strain he had been Un
der and the hard work he had done dur
ing the early months of the war. It
was noted as far back as September, 1911,
that he was not looking his wonted self
Accounts of supposed Illnesses he was
suffering from were circulated from
time to time, but these were almost in
variably disproved, and there is little to
Indicate that at any time except during
last December he was really ill enough
to be forced to deviate from his rou
tine. KAISER'S DEPOSITION ASKEI)
BY GERMANS UIMlINfl PEACE
ROTTERDAM, Dec. 23.-A Christmas
manifesto, calling upon German soldiers
to quit the trenches and depose the
Kaiser "from the throne he has fouled"
was Issued today by an organization
called the "German Humanity League."
It was signed by Karl Iiernsteln and nine
others.
"On the eve of Christmas, when tho
bloodstained mouarchs are exchanging
messages of peace and good will with
the sovereign pontiff at Rome," read the
manifesto, "our brave soldiers are still
fcheddlng their life blood as the pawns of
a ruthless clique, without shame or pity
for the widows and orphans of the father
land. Our homes are still being desolated.
"This campaign la not waged In lawful
defense of German territory, but to sat
isfy the Insatiable and savage greed of
Prussian conspirators.
"Today the German name is the scorn
of civilization. The German flag has be
come the emblem of Infamy, aerman
chivalry Is burled In the trenches of
Flanders and the village grave plots of
Uelglum.
"We 'Wo loathed by all honest men.
"Napoleon failed. The Kaiser must
fall. There can be no peace until he U
deposed from the throne he has fouled
and bis fellow-conspirators have met
their fate at the hands of the consti
tutionalists." Child Hurt Playing Santa Claus
Nine-year-old Annie O'Connor tried to
play Santa Claus. around the chimney In
her Home, ::iz norm jm street, toaay
and In the game fell off a chair She was
badly cut and uent to the Woman's
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Political gossip says he will be
appointed Transit Director in n
few days, succeeding A. Merrit
Taylor.
TWO BOYS ACCUSED
OF HIDING WITH LOOT
Saloonkeeper Says He Discov
ered Them on Fourth Floor
of Home Two Escaped
Two lads of Innocent face and mild
mnnncr nro nt tho House of Detention
awaiting trial today accused of being
members of a gang that for mouths hns
been stealing clothing nml other articles
and storing tho booty on tho fourth lloor
of n saloon building nt 8th and Vine
streets.
They nro Henry Burmnti nnd George
Jones, 15 and 10 years old. Ilurmnii lives
nt 1019 Vine street and Jones r.t 52S North
Sth street. A slnglo glnnco r.t either of
tho youngsters would Indicate to the
average observer that thoy were model
members of a Sunday school clnss or per
haps "teacher's pct3" In a grammar
grade.
They wcro arrested on Sunday by Hugh
Clark, proprietor of the saloon. For
many weeks, nccordlng to the pollco of
the lllh and Winter streets stntlon, the
boys have been living on Clark's prop
erty. They obtained entrance, It Is Bnld,
by smnshlng n trap door with a hammer,
climbing to tho roof several times each
day at the risk of their lives. They ore
accused of stealing articles of slight valuo
continuously, placing tl.o loot securely fh
a fourth-floor room.
According to Clark ho and his wife go
to tho fourth floor less than once n month.
They use that part of tho house only for
stonigo purposes. When Mrs. Clark com
plained of noises upstairs her husband
searched tho entire house nnd discovered
four boys lying on tho floor. Ho seized
tho two boys who nro now nt tho House
of Detention. Tho other two Jumped from
a fourth-floor window to u porch roof on
tho third lloor. Then they escaped by
a ralnspout, disappearing from the sight
of Clark within a minute. Tho lads aro
In custody of Thomas G. Parrle, chief
probation ofllcer of tho Juvenile Court.
4000 IN SECURITY LEAGUE
Great Start Mado to Gnin 100,000
Members
Tho National Security League is todny
pressing its campaign to obtain 100,000
members In 15 days In this city, nnd
workers In tho Philadelphia branch aro
encouraged by tho fuct that they have
4000 new members nlicady on the second
day of tho campaign.
It is felt now confidently by tho mem
bers) of tho branch that tho national
congress of branches of tho Security
League, scheduled for January 20, 21 and
22, will bo held In this city, and tentative
arrangements have been mndo for the
rental of tho Metropolitan Opera House.
Tile congress was first scheduled to be
held In Washington, but these plans have
been changed.
Aged Man Found Dead in a Chair
Alexander McClurc, 75 years old, was
found dead this morning In a lodging
house at 325 North 2d street He was
found sitting upright in a chair on tho
first floor by Thomas Hughes, n clerk,
whom he had told last night thnt he did
not think lie would live through another
Christmas. McClmo was pronounced dead
or heart disease at the Roosevelt Hos
pital. $1501 for Relief of the Belgians
Tho receipt of $1501.61 Is acknowledged
to day by C. C. Harrison, Jr., & Co.,
treasurer for the Pennsylvania State Com
mittee for the Relief of Delirium. This
makes a total of 21,360 09 received,
Rkhtiardlirrianacl
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Modern Science Breads the
Spell of Fairy Legends
The wonders developed by the inventions land dis-
coveries of the twentieth century have stripped Vantasy
of its glamour and a practical world finds interest in
fact rather than in fiction. Do you realize that tence
has made the fairy tales of old seem trite and upinter"
esting? In Sunday's Public Ledger, Joseph Jefckson
Compares the wonderful feats of the magic carjiM oi
the Arabian Nights with the achievements of th.
plane of today. His comparisons show in a sinple'
clear wav lUSt how far science has nrocressed. N
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VILLA AND COMRADES
FLEEING TO ARGENTINA
HIS BKUTHKR ARRESTED)
General, Family and Followers!
win uo to iNew urieans and
Embark on Liner Will
Run Cattle Ranch
HIPOLITO SEIZED IN U, S.
"Colonel" Taken From Southern Pa
cldc Train at San Antonio by
Federal Oflklnls
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Dec. 23-Hlpollti. M
Villa, brother of tho revolutions !.... !
wan taken from a Southern rein ..,.'
hero last night by Federal authorltiM 3
miu lutritll lip,
EI, PASO, Tex.. Dec. 2,1.-rnitert si,,..
Consul Thomas . Edwnrds. of Jur.t '
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,.t.u iraiciunj lor sierra Dlanca,
where he expects General Francisco Villa
to cross from the Bustllloi ranch wlui
General Joso Rodriguez nnd tils 40 i,,,
guards. They wero expected lo jrosj
some time Inst night by Consul Edn.M.
who was oideied there hv th af.i. ,. i
partment to cscoit Villa throuAh thi il
Tnlted Stntes to New Oilenns, according m
to Mrs. Edwards, who Is acting Contul "Si
In Juarez. ' 51
Vltln is mnklni? lila tvriv. In ,1.. ...
on hotsebnek and the progress of his com vi
pony Is necessarily slow. i
Tickets have been purchased here it VI
local railroad nnd stenmshln nfii i v .e
Orleans, over the Texas nnd ParlAc IUII
roHd and from New Oilcans to Havana.
Cuba, by boat of tho I'nlted Friili ivJH
pany line. The sailing lime, according to
the railroad ngent, la Satin day mornlnr 4
nnd Mlln Is expected to take the train
tonight or Friday In order to Join Mi
family In New Oi leans by thnt time. Mrs.
i."8 i urrm up ma nnu ncr Hlster-ln-law,
Mrs. Carmen do Villa, wife of Col.
onel Hlpollto Villa, airlvcd In New 0r
leans yostctdny afternoon.
Fiom New Orleans they will r0 to
Havana and fiom there sail for Huenoi
Aires, wheio Vllln through locnl land
agents, has nrranged for the purchase ot
DOCK) ncro cattle ranch stocked with cattle.
Ho will manage this and employ a (lum
ber of his former commanders and body
guards as vanucros. Villa has been ai.
sured by courier that he will have a
safe conduct through tho Un ted States
If ho brings the SO American.' from tn
Modern Lumber Company mills to tho
border with him. Consul Edwnrds li
known to havo this permit with him and
will deliver It to Villa when ho brlnti
the Americans across.
NOTSEBklN(. "DELEGATES
Brumbaugh Not Trying to Get Stala
Support in Convention, Mayor
Elect Intimates
Mayor-elect Thomas D. Smith, upon his
return from Hanisburg, where he played
golf with Governor Brumbaugh, Intimated
that tho Governor might inako no at
tempt to enpturo tho Pennsylvania dele
gation to tho rtcp.ubllcnu National Con- v ,
vcntlon. nnd that' tnero would be lwr .
mony among all factions of the Kepub- ,,
llcan party In tho State when It conies -to
electing the delegates next May. u,
"Is It truo that Governor DrumbaUta -4
Intends to make a fight for national dele-an".
gates7 no was aaxeci.
"l do not think the Governor has
rtt1 IfrifAtitlmt ' iAntln,1 ttiA YrtitAM-
1lii, if to I nt tn Mnvnp.1nnt tn
social one, nccordlng to both Mr. imtb , 1
nni-l Mia flnvnrimr. Thov rlnntofl ihit H 4.
anything except golf had been dlscuised. ' "'4
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DEATHS
ANIinrtHON, On December 23. 1918. SUS
ANNA K wldrnv of Qeorxo V Andenon,
nKCtl DO years. Relnllvpn hihI frlendf art in
tted to nttend the funeral sertc0. on Mm
ilav. at 1 p. m.. nt her line renlJmce. 1K0
West Olrard nvp. Interment prHt t
Lnurcl Hill. ,
SMITH. On December 23. 1015. SAMUEL
11. SMITH, nurd 81 e.nrs. Itttatlvet in)
friends ot thn family, alio Stephen Olrard
I-oduf, No. KSO, F. and A. M.. or Invltsd
to attend the funeral, on Friday afternoon
precisely nt 2::t) o'clock, from the Jlaioni;
Home. ;rti.i .-Norm nronu St
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Interment at
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