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BURLING SERVED
IN DIVORCE SUIT AS
HE LEAVES FERRY
.Soldier of Fortune, but Half
Hour Out of Jail, Meets
More Trouble as He Ar
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WILL GO BACK TO FRONT
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A half hour after his release from tho
Camden County Jail, Arthur H. Hurling,
member Of a well-known Philadelphia
family", was sercd with divorce paperB,
ns-ha stepped oil the ferryboat at Mar
ket Blrcet terminal, In n suit Instituted
by bis wife, Mrs. Florence a. llurllnK,
or 176 South 23d street
'Burling reccnllj returned from tho bat-
tleilolds of Inlanders nnd northern France, -
where he was seriously wounded, lie was
nrrosted nt Gloucester Jnnunry 21 when
ho was said to have threatened lo shoot
united States Immlgrntibn otllecrs while ,
Interceding for a young English nurso t
who had accompanied him to this ioun
try from Plymouth, England, whero he ,
had bcon taken after the second battlo
of the. Alsne. ,
Tho girl waB depot tva from New York
a week ago as a result of her arrest by
Immigration olllclals In this city. Hur
ling was detained nt Camden for "llnrats
to kill" until United Slates Commissioner '
Jollne dismissed the charges ngnlnst him
yesterday afternoon. I
While he was on his way to see his
mother, Mrs. Jnmo V. Hurling, a widow,
who lives at -the Ulttcnhouse Hotel, Bur
ling was served with the divorce papers.
"I'll not contest the divorce,' 'he said.
'Tin going back to Europe to light. 1
nm still u member of the French foreign
legion and will enlist in tho aeronautical
Ecrvlco."
When Burling Rot out of the hospltnl
and learned that the nurse was held nt
Gloucester, he went to the stitlou, and,
accordlnR to Immigration oITIclals, cro'itod
a wild scene. Stalking Into the offices of
tho commissioner, 1-3. 13. Groenaw.ilt, he
Is alleged to hnvo drawn a revolver as ho
demanded the girl's release,
Members of Mrs. Hurling' family nro
socially prominent In Chestnut Hill. A
sister of Hurling Is Mrs. Davidson Ken
nedy, of 2202 Wa'mlt street. At the Ken
nedy home, a member of the household
said Burling "had been disowned."
Burling studied In the veterinary de
partment of the University of Pennsyl
vania In lWI-0'i. He was born In San
Francisco and was a Texas rancher for a
time.
FINE ART EXHIBITION
ALL-AMERICAN SHOW
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and pleasing; Home of them fascinating.
And thero are 217 pieces of sculpture
The jury of selection, headed by Daniel
Qarbcr, couldn't have done much moro
for tho public. This accounts for the
large number of figure and portrait can
vases, pictures about which every one
can weave at least a little story. The por
traits lncludo many of otpecl.-il Interest to
Philadelphia. There Is one portrait of
Mrs. Henry S Paul. Jr . by Leopold O.
Seyffcrt. and the same artist's portrait of
Hans Klndler. violoncellist with tho Phlla-
dclphja Orchestra.
Hugh II. Ilreckenrldgc has sent his
portrait of former Mayor Itudolph Hliuik
cnburg, and Adolphe Dorle, the portraits,
full length, of tho two Cassatt children,
Alexander J. nnd Anthony J. r . which
hang on opposlto sides of a doorway. In
a very effective position. Julian Story
has two. splendid portraits, one of Mrs
Nicholas Blddlo and one of Samuel Ilea,
president of the Pennsylvania) Hallroad.
In the way of decotatlve portraits tho ex
mblt Bhows Daniel Garner's beautiful pic
ture or nts ctaugnter, Tanls, with a won
derful suggestion of wind and light and
air through the child's light drew, and
Mr. Seyffcrt, In a rather unusual manner
has done a full length of MIhs Gladys
Snellcnburg, with un excellent use of
light and contrasted color. In f-culpluro
thore Is an excellent bubt of 13. T. Stoles
bury, by A. Renzetti.
These recognizable and capablifjportralts
arei by 'no means the only point of par
ticular. Interest to this city, because tho
Wholfl exhibit seems to center nbout Phila
delphia, Mr. Redlleld's "Pennsylvania
Landscape" will be recognized by week
enders along tho Delaware, and will be
applauded. He has his customary winter
scene elsewhere, but this picture Is of
autumn, full of browns and purples and
violet hills, and the crisp clean air of
autumn through tho trees. Mr. Clarber
and Mr. Van Soelen (the latter has
learned from the former, it seems) both
paint along the Delaware. Mr. fJatber
being particularly fortunate in catching
mystlo blues and olive tints In his trees
and Bkles. Yarnull Abbott Is represented
and I'31izabeth O. Kreedley has sent a
bright little picture of tho flower market
In Rlttenhouse square.
If anyone Is going to quarrel about any
thing, which Isn't certnln by any means,
the subject will probably bo fieorgn
Bellows' "Cliff Dwellers," which received
n medal at tho Pittsburgh salon several
years ago and which leaves a trail of quiet
discussion wherever It goes. It Is a pic
ture of tenement life, ugly In detail, but
beautiful In workmanship. Mr. Bellows
also. ias a heroic portrait, a group and
& atudy In colors. All of them aro
fascinating works.
The single Individual chosen for honor
this year Is J. Alden Weir, who has
sonie 10 canvases In gallery II. They
Include portraits, one of tho artist's
father, landscapes and studies, all In tho
manner familiar to and admired by
thousands to whom other artists make
no appeal and by other thousands to
whom they do. Mr Breckenrldge has
dono a tone btudy. called "Ivory, fjold
nhd Blue," the study of a woman's torso,
with strange bhadnws, marvelous model
ing and a total visual effect which Is
satisfying, Robert Henri Is represented
by two attractive, wistful children. H.
O. Warshausky, not bo well known, con
tributes u study In humble lives which is
of great Interest and there aro two
hcenes, very effective, of Moscow and
Ytlno, by Leon Caspard.
A picture with a romantic story Is the
one painted by Mr. Chase In the 1870's,
nov exhibited for the first time. It Is
a large canvas In which the central
figure In that of Robert Blum, the artist.
The note of romance Is In tho fact that
Mr. Chase has Just bought back the
picture, 30 years after It was made. The
Inside story suggests a biography of the
painter, including his rise from artistic
poverty to comparative affluence.
pther paintings which will recall per
sonal' affair aro those of Thomas Eak
Ins, honored last year and again honored
this year, after many exhibitions In which
he. was neglected. The place occupied
br one of Mr- Kal.lns' canvases of last
year has been given to Joseph T, Pear
on, Jr. for hl "In the Valley." a sue
Cfaful landscape decoration, In which
Japanese Influences are felt, but pot too
tronsly, and In -which atmosphere and
light are exquisitely handled. The pic
ture hangs at the end wall of the right
gallerl, but It does not carry through
tjiesi, as many pictures, with the "stand
ing out" Quality, do. It U u discreet and
almost too refined piece of wrk.
The first effect of going through the
galleries is one of dizziness. In a neces
sarily rapid review the pictures will be
round to be the high lights of the exhi
bition But the more detailed viewing,
winch, the academy allows In the seven
weks of the salon, may give others the
c&ose'i pfacea. This year, as last, vlslt
t ti the exhibit during the week be
ctaawut Mar.ri a a HI be permitted to
VjM 6 ;ro pi.ti..-- t like but. giving i
le.'Vsr mi suite to me mnuiu'i
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LONDON UIIGES NON-PARTISAN
TARIFF COMMISSION
Socialist Congressman Snya Problem
Hns Been Footbnll Too hang
WASHINGTON, Feb. G Appointment
of n Socialist, a Hull Moose, a Republican
nnd two Democrats; as the personnel of
the proposed tariff commission was timed
todny ly Representative London, Social
r"x . Mla cach l"ut' Polling over
nOO.OOO votci shnultl have representation.
"It Is utterly absurd." Paid Tendon, "to
seek In the tnHrf a proper subject of dlvi.
slon along polltlent lines When selfish
Interests mako protection ilps.ir.il.in n.,111.
! 'c1nl ""Illations have been unhesitatingly
disregarded The ppnplc ran hardly get a
fair chance at rovlslntr the, inrirr ,ium.
wnrJ,- n problem with wlilch political par-
lies hnvo been playing football n. htimire.i
years."
ST. CYRSGOINGABROAD
FOR HELP, RUMOR SAYS
oUG VTnV Cnntlllr TTor Rictfrtv
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Mrs. Anthony J. Drexcl, on
Reports About Husband
London, too occupied with more serious
matters tn goislp about slrnngeis or even
about llself. win said to be the ultimate
deillnallon of Mr. nnd Mrs. St. Cyr, at
the linllevuc-Ktr.ilford today. The rumor
that tho couple would sail for Kngland
on February s, so that Mrs. St. Cyr could
seek the advice of her sister, Mrs,
Anthony .1. .Drecl, In London, and Mr.
St. t'yr avoid the Insistent approaches of
American Interviewers, grew and grew,
until the hotel corridors llrmly believed It.
There seemed to ho no othor way to
explain the continued presence of tho
couple In this city, in view of the fact
that when they left l'nlm Ileach It was
presumably with the Intention of hurry
In;? to New York to take some action In
reply lo the allegations of newspapers
that Jenn Harold I3dwnrd St. Cyr was
not the tight name of the vnung man, but
that he was, and still Is, "Jack" Thomp
son, of Waco, Tex , former newsboy, hab
erdashery snleiiuan and chorus man.
FARRAR BREAKS TWO
VOWS AND WILL WED
Prima Donna to Become Bride
of Actor With Whom She
Posed in "Carmen"
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SKW YORK. Feb. !".. Oernldine Far
rar, the American prima douwi, and Lou
Tellegen, outig actor, will be married In
New York next Tuesday noon, tho so
prano's friends made It known today.
In becoming the wife of Tellegen Miss
Farrar will break two solemn vows. Ono
was that sho would not marry until sho
was 10. It Is only 32 years ago that she
was born In Melrose. Mass, tho daughter
of Sid Furrar, a big leaguo ball player.
Tho other vow wus that she would marry
only an American. Tellegen was bom In
Holland. 23 years ago, the son of a Urcek
father and a French mother.
Tho American diva's Kuropean tours
have left behind a string nf brokcu-
he.irted dukes and carls, who sought
her hand, according to her press agent i
and sho never denied tho stories. The ,
present romance began In California six I
months ago, when .Miss rnrrar and Tcl
legen wcro posing in "Carmen" for tho
"movies.
The two stage luminaries will honey
moon for Just 21 hours to Albany. That's
all the tlmo their managers will glvo
them away from rehearsals
200 ESCAPE FIRE
PERIL IN SCRANT0N
Casket Company Plant, Theatre
and Several Stores Burn,
Causing $500,000 Loss
SCRANTON. Feb. 5 -Hro today In the
Mlllor Casket Company's plant destroyed
the Snovcr Hullding, In wlilch was housed
the plant, sovernl stores and tho Lyceum
Theatre. Tho 150 employes of the casket
company wero rescued with ilUIlculty. All
tho lire apparatus of tho city fought tho
blaze, which was not controlled until
ufter hard tlghtln,-. The loss was $.7)0.000.
There were about JM persons In thu
Snover building when the lire started and
about n dozen In tho Lyceum Theatre
building. Those In tho ringer building
were saved by stretching planks ncioss
from the windows of that building to the
lire-escapes in the theatro building.
Tho llro is believed to have started In
waste paper in the basement. It shot up
through the elevator shaft and spread
quickly.
NEW SUFFRAGE HILL
TO BE OFFERED IX JERSEY
Designed to Give Women the Right to
Vote at Presidential Elections
TIIBNTON. N- J.. Feb. 5. - Senator
Charles O'Connor Henneeay, of Ucrgen
County, will introduce In the Legislature
Monday night u bill conferring Presi
dential suffrage upon the women of New
Jersey, It was announced today.
The suffragists base their right to Presi
dential suffrage by lejialatlvr enaotment
upon the second clause of the first sec.
tlon of Article 2 of the Constitution of tho
United States.
This clause isyi;
Each State shall appoint, in such
manner as the Legislature thereof
may direct, a number of electors equal
to the whole number of Senators and
Representatives to which the State
may be entitled in the Congress; but no
Senator or Representative or person
holding an ofllco of trust or pront un
der the United States shall be appoint
ed an elector.
The suffragists will push the Presi
dential suffraKO bill with all the energy
afta.hfwiice wnica inoy snowtd in set.
W(r IMUr refetpqdurn, bill Ihrousb. Uw
I legislature during three ucce4lvo terms.
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The hiindsomo Canndinn Parliament House was fired Thursday niht by
incendiary bomb. Five persons lost their lives, incl udinjr two women.
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"DEAD," SHORE CORONER LEARNS
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tho undertaking establishment of J. P.
Crowley, nt 11 o'clock, and viewed the
lemaliis of Mrs. Anna tVlcstlne Johnson
, e,f .0", ';r ift'JMii
I of the Ovcrbrook nfter her lingers hud
been burni-d to the bone. Her body was
a mass of bruises and lacerations, hut.
except for her charred lingers nnd a slight
scotching of her abundant liuir, boro no
minks of fire.
Coroner llnw, after swearing the Jury
beside the woman's body, to spnio no
j cliort to ascertain the maimer In which
sue ami outers came to incir ticauis,
slated Unit ho hnd made the woman's
body tho stnitlng point in ills inquiry be
cause she was tin- ilrst of the victims to
be ideiitillcd.
Idontlllcatlnn was mario by Charles V.
.icily, her husband. He is emplojed In
a shoe rMnbllshmcnt at 10JJ Chestnut
street, Philadelphia. Dr. I. K. Leonard,
ictlng county physician, dcscilbed briefly
the nature of the woman's injuries. This
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Hew dismissed tho Jury to await call.
I Tnklng of testimony probably will bo
, gin on TucmIiiv.
I Shortly heroic he whs called by the
1 Coroner, Kelly said his wlfo was Mrs.
Johnson when he married her hero about
sK weeks ago. She was a widow and
continued to use her llrst mntricd name
in business relations up to the time of
her death.
WIFi: OF PIIILADKLPIIIAN.
Kelly said bis wife's ninlden name was
Anna Celesllno Ferric, and slio was born
In Paris SH years iign. For some tlmo she
hnd loniliirtcd the Maihon do Paris, "021
Hn.-iirhvnlk, In pnitncishiii with Miss
Tllllo Minks, whllo he worked and lived
In Philadelphia.
Thu funeral of Mrs. Kelly will be held
tomonoiv morning at 11 o'clotk fiom the
Crowley undertaking establishment, 1003
Pacific avenue.
HUNDRICK.S' HODY IDKNTIKIIU).
Itepicseutntlws of tho family of Paul
Craig Hendricks arrived hero this morn
ing nnd identilieil hiu body, .so fur as
Identity wiih possible. Tho wholu corpso
Is charred, ns me the bodies of both Mrs.
Mott and Mrs. Cursed.
Coroner How has not et examined nu
Iron box found under Hendricks' body
when the workmen camo upon It in tho
ruins. Whether Hendricks was carrying
this box when ho crashed, with tho fall
ing Itoors, to his dentil in tho blazing
debrlc, of course, cannot bo detei mined,
but the police believe it mny hold viilu-
tinblo papers or oilier pioporty of the
young man. Hendricks' body was found
nt tho upper side of the hotel, about half
way of tho depth of tho building from
tho Pacific aenue front.
WARNING HV CORONMR.
Coroner Hew took occasion to Issuo u
warning against reckless statements which
might havo tho effect of unjustly Inflaming
public opinion against tho owners of tho
Overhrook and public nfllclnls.
"It has been stated," he said, "that there
was but ono lire escapo upon tho hotel,
this at tho extromo rear of the hotel,
descunding upon rented ground. As a
matter of fact there wero two, tho i-econd
nn tho Mt. Vernon aenuo Mdo of tho
hotel, whero tho old and now sections
of tho houso Joined."
This confirms tho statement of David
Lawson, chief of the hullding department,
who will bo nn Important llguro In tho
Coroner's Inquiry. Lawson stated that tho
Ovcrbrook was properly equipped with
lire-escapes.
DELAY IN ALARM.
What Coroner Hew especially wants to
know Is why tho llrst Intimation that
thero wus u flro In tho Ovcrbrook reached
the fire department through Miss Stokes'
telephonic alarm at 0:06 o'clock. Miss
Stokes Is the telephone operator who sent
ln the first alarm.
If there had been an auxiliary alarm
box In the Overhrook. and Kpps, the bell
boy, or DeRay, the engineer, bad smashed
the glnsB at 1:15, tho department could
have been in action 20 minutes sooner.
The actual municipal supervision is so
arranged that the pulling of a lever used
on any lloor of n hotel Instantaneously
sounds an alarm from the nearest street
fire box.
Every room in tho Ovcrbrook was
equipped with a collapsible wire lire escape
affording a safe means of reaching the
ground, but not one of these was taken
from Its case so far as Coroner Row can
learn. This the Coroner and police be
llevo may have been due to lack of
knowledge as to the method of use, and
Mayor WlUUm Riddle, who will stand
sponbor for a bill to compel tho placing of
auxiliary boxes In every hotel, with more
than W guests, will urge also tho necessity
of adopting some means of making the
fire escapes something more than the
wholly useless expedient they proved in
the Oyerbrook case. One remedy sug
gested by tho Mayor today was the adop
tion of some method of Instructing every
guest in the location and use of tho es
capes when rooms are assigned to them.
WOMEN'S BODIES FOUND.
Tho bodies of two women, one that of
Mrs. Josephine Garsfd, of Philadelphia,
and the other that of Mrs. Thomas E.
Mott were recovered last night from the
ruins.
Throughout tho whole of the night,
under the glare of hastily strung lights
and In the presence of morbid crowds,
firemen, heedless of the piercing cold,
worked their way tvlth pick and shovel
Into the ruins.
Tho charred corpse of Mrs. darned wax
taken out be 'ore S o'clock. Shortly be
fore midnight u ruins yielded what re
mained of Mrs. Mott Then came a long
period o wjtltihig. It waji a.f ter 3 o'ctotdc
this mnrnlng when, tho searchers came
upon the remains of Paul Hendilcks, tho
Ilnvcrforil College graduate, koii of u
clergyman.
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
Alarming oports camo front the iil
hospital this iniiinlng as tn the condition
of two nf thu lour victims there.
Alexander Audiew, (II jenis old, of li.l'i
fhr 1st Itin stiii't. Philadelphia, nnd his
wife, niu out of danger. Hut nurses sold
that (Jeorgo llrcncker, 2" yrais old, of
MS! Chow street, (lermantown, who
Jumped and suffeied concussion nf the
bialn. and John McCoy, the West llo
bukcu coiitractiu, who had n rib driven
into his lung when ho plunged fiom a
fifth-story window, had missed a "rest
less nlglit." However, during the day It
was leported that Hi clicker had a chuiice
to recover.
McC'oj'm condition last hlght was so
encouraging that surgeons believed he was
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grlef-strlcken wife had arrived at his bed
side and he had lapsed into restful sleep
after identifying her. Tin- change to the
other side of the scale came at midnight.
FULL TO HIS DF.ATII.
Not until this morning wcro relatives
nble lo piece together the traglo tale of
tho death of Thomas 10. Molt, tho aged
lownii, who perished with his wlfo In tho
hotel he was helping his son tn buy.
Several havo been found who saw tho
aged man plunge backward from a fourth
story window whllo llremcn were but a few
feet nwny with n life net, the llrst taken
from a truck. The nged man hail been
soon hanging hack wind from the window
of his room, clutching the luce curtains
which were blazing on either side of him.
Helpless spectators wept when tho lick
ing fla'mes readied tho old man's bauds
nnd ho whirled backwaid nnd outward,
turning over twice as he limited to tho
sidewalk.
A few minutes later when nn extension
ladder was raised on the Pacific nvcimn
front of the hotel the body of .Mrs. Kcntt
could bo ieen within the room with
llamcs all about It. A fireman tried
desperately to enter tho window, but the
mirst of Uro was beyond human endur
ance. PR'UPRIHTOR I N.I L' RED.
Richard P. Mott, proprietor of llio ho
tel, had inndo ilespenito effotts to save
his aged patents. Tho llrst thing hu did
when Informed of tho fire, ufter rousing
his wife, wns to htirrv from tiieir room
on tho second floor lo that of the paients I
on tho fourth lloor. He .saw lo It that j
they wcro up mm dressing neinro runn
ing hack Into the hotel in unite others
mill sturt tlifin for the street.
It could not have been moro than three
minutes, persons speaking for Mott, still
under ft pbjhlcian'H caie today, say llitit
ho endeavored to iituin to the room nf
his parents only to llud his way barred
by u wall of Hume.
Mott barely had time himself to tenili
a window on tho Mount Vernon uvenun
side of tho hotel and drop to tho roof,
wrenching his back nnd spraining his leg.
Tho Injuries to his back may bo of u
serious natine.
Crossed wires Is the latest theory ad
vanced as to tho cause of tho deadly
bhizo. TThn belief now Is that defective
wiilng'set llro to woodwork hours beforo
a rush of smoke und Maine caused Kulh
erlno Stokes, the night telephone opera
tor, to sound the first alarm. It Is agreed
by Horry Darazzo, the night engineer,
nnd other hotel employes that the llumea
llrst were discovered In tho bakeshop,
which adjoina the boiler room.
"Tho explosion theory Is untenublo,"
said Kdward PfafT, clerk of tho Over
hrook. upon whoso ."from memory" list
the police checked up the victims, tho
register having been burned. "The bake-t-hop
had been Ins-pectcd and locked for
tho night at 8 o'clock. There was no flro
of any kind thero and tho gas supply had
been cut oft In nccordunco with a regular
rulo. I believe tho llro blurted thero and
burned up through tho partitions for
hours beforo It finally broke, through."
This explains the deadly spread of flro
through all four of tho sleeping lloors of
tho hotel In such n short time.
STOUCJH SEVERELY CRITICISED.
Thero was angry criticism today of
Evangelist Henry W. Slough, who told
an amazed crowd at the tabernacle last
night Jhat he saw in the Ovcrbrook horror
a warning from God for Atlantic City
to repent of its sins.
"Ood has spoken words of warning to
Atlantio City," Stough bald In an effort
to start a stanpede of trail hitters. "I
don't know what moro He has to say to
you than He has. God spoke through
tho sudden death of those men In tho
burning building this morning. Ood has
Ltpoken In this awful holocaust. Jle can
only speak In grace and Judgment."
The declaration had a repelling effect,
With 4000 people in the tabernacle only
27 responded to the evangelist's appeal.
NEGROES ATTACK VICE SQUAD
MEMBER ARRESTING' WOMAN
John Walsh May Have Fractured
Skull, Doctors Say
John Walsh, a member of the vice
quad. together with two other members.
was attacked by a crowd of negroes while
making an arrest at 11th and South
streets. last night Walsh received a pos
sible fracture of the skull and was said
to be ln a serious condition at the Penn
sylvania Hospital, whero he was taken for
treatment.
While the members of the squad were
making an arrest near 11th and Lombard
streets Walsh was bit pn the bead with
a blunt Instrument by some one in tbe
crowd that followed th policemen.
Albert Emerson na Franls Roblos were
arrested.
SHOOTS WOMAN, WEANED FROM
HIM BY "BILLY" SUNDAY
Convert Dying, Wounded by Her Cast
Off Companion
TRENTON, Feb. 5 Harry Todd, of
Dieden street, this city, angered, It Is
said, hccatiso Mrs. Carrie Van Mnrtcr
linil east him off as a result of the In-
Ilucnco of tho "Billy" Sunday campaign
here, today. shot the woman In tho head.
Mrs. Van Mnrtcr, who lived on Market
street, Is dying nt St. Francis' Hospital.
Tim pontile, who nro reported to have
lived together until recently, met this
morning nt Livingston nnd Jackson
stleots and Todd, whipping out n re
volver, llred a bullet Into her head. lie
escaped. A tabernacle convert's card was
found In the woman's pocket.
I'ltoto lv t 'tulem ood ft t "micro ood
wlint is believed to have been an
Tho damage is estimated at
the blaze.
VARES DETERMINED
TO DOWN PENROSE
Smarting Under Last Night's
Defeat, Leaders Will Con
tinue Fight at Primaries
It was announced in tho Vore camp
todiiv Hint another effort would bo mndn
at the May primaries to wrest tho lead
ership of tho ISd Ward from tho Pen-rose-McNIchol
faction, which last night
elected the antl-Vare candidate, Albert
S Henry, as a member of the Republican
city Committee to succeed tho late John
I! Llikens.
The ictnry of tho Pcnrose-McNichol
forces ner tho Vain men mid the inde
pendents, who were lined up with the
Vare candidate, was overwhelming.
Magistrate ilyron 12. Wriglcy, the Varo
i ..n'.,.;
I'llinioai
was defeated by a voto of
13 to 2a.
The battle In the ward committee
marked the Hist clash between the Pen-rose-.McNIcliol
loivcs and the Vnrc fol
lowcis since tho fight opened for dele
gates to the Republican National Conven
tion. Che tneetlnir of the ward committee wm
held In the l'!d Ward Republican Club,
tali street and Allegheny avenue. The
rivalry between the factions wos so bit
ter before tho meeting that one Penrose
follower was brought from tho Carney's
Point powder mills lo vote for Henry.
Tho Pcntose-McNIchol forces routed
tho Vnie followers two different times
dining Hie meeting. The llrst movo was
In e.HI Alfml W. Rrgel. of the 13th
division from the meeting, lie was ac
cused of activity In the Poller mayoralty
campaign.
Frank Fecney Is making strenuous ef
forts to lenin his former position as
chief of the Bureau of Elevator Inspec
tion. Politicians irgard his efforts as
futile. .
When It bornino known jesterduy after
noon Hint Director Wilson had asked for
the leslgnntlon of John It. Wnlter, Fco
ney rushed to the Dlrector'n offico and
to Senator McNIchol's office, and then to
the nfflii' of the Mayor. Moon after ho
went Into the Major's office Congress
man William S. Vnrc arrived and Joined
tho .Major. He came out smiling liefoio
Feciirj Fecney today would not discuss
Ills thnni'cs.
TATTD! 17 MAPIf ITTFfPnTTlJ
tilUl L1L ill A IV II rll1 llLflii
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Collings, of
Collingswood, N. J Hon
ored on Day of Jubilee
A gold-lined, silver witer pitcher, hear
ing u rough engraving of tho proposed
Penn Memorial bridge over tho Delawaro
River, between Philadelphia and Cumden,
nnd a tray to match the pitcher aro oc
cupying the pluco of honor today In tho
homo of Mr. and Mrs. Richard T.' Col
lings, nt CulllngHWood, N. J.
Tho pitcher und tray wcro presented
former Mayor Callings and his wlfo last
night on tho occasion of their golden
wedding nnnlversary hy tho Legislative
Committee of tho Delawaro River Penn
Memorial Hrldgo Association, of which
Mr. Collings is chnirman.
Mr. and Mrs. Collings, who aro both
past the proverbial thrre-scoro years nnd
ten, wero married for the third tlmo as
purt of tho golden wedding anniversary
ceremony, Tho Rov. Alfred Wagg, 1.
D., pastor of tho First Methodist Eplsco
pal Church, outdated. Ho was assisted
by the Rov. John It. Mason, of Camden,
and the Rov. Dr. Francis Collier, a re
tired Presbyterian minister. More than
300 relatives und friends wero present at
the anniversary.
Tho couple have two children and foul
grandchildren. Their children are Mrs.
Cla.ru M. Uyum und Issue X. Collings.
HOUSE RESHAPES FILIPINO
HILL l'ASSEI) HY .SENATE
Draft Expected to Meet More Nearly
Wilson's Ideas
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. - Administra
tion leaders today began to redraft In the
House the Philippine Independence bill,
which passed the Senate last night, 53 to
As passed, -with the Clarke amendment,
tho bill gives tho Filipinos complete In
dependence in two or four years, with
Insurance of their sovereignty by the
United States, unless the President should
withhold action for further consideration
of Congress.
The Senate bill was referred today to
tho House insular Committee, which has
a vastly different bill almost completed.
Changes In the preamble regarding tho
declaration (or ultimate Independence and
modification of the Independence and sovereignty-guarantee
features more clearly
to meet the Administration's desires are
expected in the House.
Catholic Give $8145 to University
Sums aggregating JSH3.13 have been
contributed by churches through the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia for the Catho
lic University. The churches in the city
gave ISS0S.3I, the country parishes ;R&79.
Silk Dealers Dine Tonight
More than 800 men wm o oresent at
the. tltb annual dinner th, qM AssocJ-
auun wi i'Bi juiiw B-KW wre Q,f w
York, tonight.
Ktff HfiS .
wy
dcat of the assqi
squawHV-aro
TCMfcM,
QUARANTINE IN il COUNTIES
F0LL0WSUAHIES OUTBREAK
Carbon, Cinrion nnd Armstrong Under
State Rule
HAimlSntma. Fd. B.-Followlng the
discovery of an outbreak of rabies among
dogs In sections of Carbon, Clarion and
Armstrong Countlfs n general quarantine
has been ordered by tho Stnto Livestock
. Santary Hoard.
. Jm r-nrbon County the qunrn
ln jjnucn c,unk and Penn P
quarantine exists
enn Forest town-
i.i on,i ihn bnrniurhs of Mntlch Chunk
nnd I3nsl Matieh Chunk, and all other
boroughs within the townships. In Clar
ion County tho quarantine extends
through Porter, Itcd Hank and Limestone
townships and- In Armstrong County In
Mnhonlng nnd lied Bank townships. In
this district the boroughs of New Beth
lehem. South Bethlehem, Hawthorne nnd
nil others within the quarantined town
ships nre placed under the Stato regula
tions. ' OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Testimony on Supreme Bench
Appointment May Be Sensa
tional, Committmcn
Believe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. - Public hear
ings will determine whether Louis D.
Hrandcls Is lo bo confirmed or rejected for
n place on the Supreme bench. This wnH
decided by the Senate subcommittee this
morning, when It arranged preliminaries
for the main hearings, which will begin
Wcdnesdnv. The henrlngs may approach
thu sensational, It is believed by commlt
teo membeis.
Tho lmpoitance of the Investigation
both ns a public matter nnd ns reflecting
on Hrartdcls' ptlvatc and personal char
acter Is the nvowed reason for the com
mittee's action. If Hrandel" wishes, ho
may bo prerent at all tho henrlngs or bo
represented by counsel.
DCCISION A SURPRtSi:.
Tho decision to hold public hearings
came as a surprise. Several members of
the committee urged that on nn appoint
ment of such vital importance it would
ho unwise to conduct tho Investigation
behind closed doots. Mr. Hrandels him
self Is undeistood to have been In favor
:!u1U,;.c,at!o,nsC8tlB,al0n "' "l3 "" "
iiunllllcallons.
Tho subcommittee sorted through a
huge nllo of documentary evidence relat
ing to Mr. Hrandels' record ln tho so
called "shoe machinery trust" case, In
the i.-illi o.icl rate cases and In the famous
Halllngcr-PInchot controversy.
CHILTON'S STATEMENT.
Senator Chilton, chaliman of the sub
committee, issued thu following state
ment: "Thero was a full meeting of the sub
committee this morning nnd tho docu
ments and letters sent to tho commltteo
nnd members thcieof were considered.
There wero somo matters tiled before tho
committee which, in tho opinion of tho
committee, should bo Investigated, and
tho committee decided thnt tho nearlngs
should bo open unless otherwise ordered
by the Sennle. The adjournment was
taken until Wednchdny, February 0, 191G,
at 10 o'clock a. m , and tho chairman was
directed to notify thoso who oppear to bo
cognizant of certain facts material to the
Investigation, and those who had expressed
a desire to make charges to be present nt
that time."
I 'curings will begin Wednesday, when
Clifford Thome, Iowa Railroad Commis
sioner, Is scheduled to bo present. From
that tlmo on any one who has any reason
to offer why Hrandcls should be confirmed
or i ejected will bo licnul by the sub
committee. Ono chnrgc against Hrandcls has been
heard and answered, it Is that he is a
religious "apostate."
Opponents, it was learned today,
charged nt the first hearing that ho had
hcoretly abandoned tho Hebrew religion,
dcHpito his continued leadership In tho
Zionist movement, and had become n
Unitarian.
This charge was denied both orally and
with documents by Dr. Nathan Alpert,
a Washington Jewish editor.
OPERA DIRECTOR, HELD
FOR FIRE, RELEASED
Continued from Page Ono
plies uro inudo that close watch must be
kept on all suspicious characters.
There was some Indication today that
marked differences of opinion hnd devel
oped between tho Canndluu police nnd
members of Parliament us to the cause
of tho fire that left Parliament House a
smoking heap of ruins. Tho Dominion
polite intimated that they had little faith
in tho theory that the conllagratlon was
started by un Incendiary, but members of
Parliament hinted that If tho police re
jected this theory they would force an
Independent investigation
IColonoI Percy Sherwood, chief of tho
Dominion police, refused to comment on
tho icport that certain paillamcntary
leaders were considering tho introduction
of u resolution culling for un lnvestlga
tlot. of his work.
SURE FIRE WAS INCENDIARY.
'It was apparent that In nny lssuo be
tween the police nnd legislative authoil
ties the latter would have the support 'if
olllclals of the Ottawa Fire Department.
"Tho llro was unquestionably of Incen
diary origin," Bald Flro Chief Ornhnm.
"I urn certain that It was deliberately set.
I distinctly heard five explosions, such as
I havo never heard at a llro before. In
my opinion they were caused by bombs
or Infernal machines of borne nature."
Chief Graham attilbuted tho rapid
spread of the lire to the fact that these
explosions occurred at different places in
tho building, and that each one was ac
companied by a now buist of llamea.
300 Reading Railway Laborers Strike
NOUUISTOWN-, 1M., Feb. 5. More
than 300 laborers, employed by the Read
ing Railway to do repair work on the
main line between West Conshohocken
and West Manayunk, went on a strike
today for un increase in wages of 10 per
cent. Many of the men ure employed In
the extcnslvo yards nt V'oodlane und
Shawmont. The foreman In churge of
the gangs went on strike along with
them. There was no difficulty nor threat
of trouble.
Rich WchardSfAimanac
uVdvertise
T
ATI IC rTfWIfiC!Tf
nuuwnuiwois 1
NAVY CODE SAFE, BUT
SIGNAL BOOK IS GONE
"Mischievous," Say Officers, of
But It Won't Bo
"Fatal"
MYSTERIES OF
CODES'
What would happen If the t'nlltd Sin 1
went to wnr on Monday, and It was !
denly realised that on Sunday the pmH
lirtrl r.naAealnit C 1iA - ' . , H"
AtIa . .'
fct KA.llliln.l 4n tiAfft m (ill
rtt ffillmt inn lnltl rT i
rnemv would nt mipo nnn n, .i- t. ln'
II. - Allntitlrt f1l n--..... VU,C
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it i .1 r s 1 w,Lin,:1"" nnd Uu
llanlfln flnnl I i Alnslfn .. .1 ...
, ..,...,.. ,,w , i'an.i, .nut inoy UQI.
hnvo gone, leaving both coasts unori
tccted. ""
For
theirs not to icnson wliv. ik-iJ
not to mukn reply, theirs but to do km,
they're Jold and let the nation dleV iJ
the rule of obedlcnro that Is n much ih , i
rule todny as It was nt Halaklnvn. g i
Is Imnnrfnnt Hint the eenrnl a ...'"
navy he not lost. !
And for ono terrible moment. te 0u,
day. tho Nnvy Department thoUBM h.
secret code hnd been lost' And found l!
"enemy!" For while there is no enemV
strictly speaking, there In alwan ,
theoretic enemy. Tho theoretic enemy h
any other nation, for even War SetrJ!
tnry In the world treasures the soerefiTf
every other War Secretnry ns ho would
his own. He treasures them more thin
his own nnd sometimes pnjs gold to n
one mean enough to soil other peoolt'i
secrets to him. va
Hut after that tcrrlblo moment of i0..
penso there camo the news, to the gMii
relief of our Nnvy Department, that It
wasn't the navy's secret code that Wu
lost, hut only the hattlo slgnnl book,
That was not bo bad. "Perplexing," nli
naval ofllrers stationed In this city todat
"exasperating," they grunted, bin :.'
fatal." "'
"SLCRKT CODC" RKALLY HKCnCT.
The "secret code" nnd the "battle tig.
nnl book" nro two different thlnn
though the dispatches from San Frul
Cisco lolling about tho loss of the boon
from the torpedoboat destroyer Hull uj
tho terms Interchangeably. The "secret
code" (nbout tho only thing In this frt,
country's nrmv mill n.-iw Mint la a.u
J-hlPtolpVlSSS, "statu"'',,, T,
from Ht.lton to station nre sent. '
. .. ... ...w , , , , " --- " avwicif
It Is known to only two officers on cch
warship tho commanding officer and Im
executive ofllcer. It Is kept In a safe j
tho cabin under lock nnd key, and It'i
worth your life to go peeping nt It If im
are not ono of those two aforesaid offlcrrj.
This was not what wns lost on thi
Hull. It was the "battle slgnnl book
that wns lost. Every olllcer on ever;
ship has one of thoso. Tho hook Ir ustl
to direct the movements of ships In tit'
tlo or In maneuvers and to signal to each
other. It Is not used In the very Impor
tant directions thnt ;omc to and from
admirals and Secretaries of the Narf
directing major movements of the fleet;
However, tho lieutenant and cnclgnjj
charge of the Hull uro leported to hati,
been ordered to Mnro Island for couri-
martial. Tho lost book will be replaced
by a new set of signals, which must it
place the similar book in every ship U
tho service.
TRICKED BRITISH ADMIRAL
What happens when a navy's "secrtt
code" is lost was demonstrated In tin
trick played upon tho Rrltish shortly nftef
the beginning of the war. If any nation'!
secret code were to get Into the hand!
of tho enemy, of courso It would be Km
land's. And the Germans got hold cl
England's navy's secret code That tru
a minor detail for the uennnn spy iri
tern. Tho Kaiser would havp beonjlqr
oughly disgusted if nil of England's itcttl
codes wcio not always in his hunds. "That
wns a more detail which n German aecrtl
agent would not have dreamed of out
look In g.
Now, the Goeben and the Brcslim, da
man cruisers, wero bottled up in itu
SlrnllM nf Messina hv the ltrltlslt Medl
tcrrancan squadron, commanded by Ai'I
mlral E. C. T. Troubrldgo. The Admlrtt
was sitting in his cabin ono fine day,
when an officer camo to the door and
tainted. Tho Admiral received from IU
hand a message, which had come by wln
less. Ho solemnly opened tho messaj
which read:
"Permit tho Goohen nnd tho Breslau t
depart at onco. Do not enpture tha
Ktratecin reasons. Exnlalll later
Or words to that effect Hut there U
no doubt about tho Import of the roe
sago, for when tho Goeben and tho Hre
lau steamed out from the Straits of Me'
hina tho English dogH of war let then
co. while all the word wondered
Then London sent for Admiral Tru
bridge. Ho folt deeply honored. Ho aw
been long In tho servlco und felt that It
was high time that he should receive Wi
signal reward. He had polished up tt
handle of tho big front door all the waj
from Southampton to Calcutta ana w
expW to bo placed In charge of IM
rnnil-'nprl tlpptH.
"Wliw nm I nr honored"'" asked ttl i
Admiral, by means of tho secret codj'l
isoi oy a secret cooo uuv in pium -i'--camo
hack tho reply:
"We don't wuut to honor you We'wayt
to court-martial you. What we reallf
want to do Is to spank you."
"Hut hero Is tho messnge1" hhoutedJM
Admiral Anil lift illsillaved tllO SUTC
enough ordor that had como In the weft
code, telling him to let the lioeoea m
tho Hresluu go. And bo he was exo
crated He had only dono his duty W
.. .. ..i..ntA t.inn. ,iun xja liml Kent t? :
his duty to the exclusion of everythlnj
in the world, including common w
So he will probably get his reward no
England nftor nil.
JUST WHAT HAD IIAPPENHU
What had happened was this The W
mans, having tho British "secret" cod 9
their posschslon, looked about the woM
U'linn Ihn urn r utnrtPll In SCO llOW !"?
real damage they could do to the eneraf J
before he learned that his secret cano -!
,i Inni-n, uor-rrtt ThdV KHW tWO lierf-fCtl
good cruisers certainly doomed to olE!'H
In the Straits of Messina So tney ".
the trusty British Admiral the IJM
message, and he promptly obeyed the tr
man order.
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