ffVENINO LEpG-BB PHIIiADBLPnlA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY C, 1916.
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fU, S. TO REFUSE
SURRENDER OF
GERMAN PRIZE
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State Jjeparunuiiu uuuiuua
Appam Is Entitled to Im-
'. munity Under Treaty
CAN'T STAY INDEFINITELY
faperetary Lansing Inclines to
m Opinion Liner Must Dash
Out to Sea Again
WASHINGTON. 1eb 5
Great Britain will bo told thai she can
not have the Aniintn
The State Department liruTilrdilcd that
. a war pri tho Ilrltlih liner brought
Into Norfolk bj Lieutenant Herge and n
tirlio crew coiiib under tho provisions of
!.. niinn treaty of 1709. as amended In
ic Therefore. It Is entitled to tho Immu
nity that cornea under that document.
Cut Secretary Lansing Is almost con
vinced tint as a war 'irlo tho liner inn
not remain In an Amerlcni. port Indefi
nitely He hopes to discuss with tho Pres
ident Jusf what limitation must bo put
upon the present case And when he does
the decision will by communicated to tho
German Government Meanwhile Uru
tenant Borge nnd his men will he able to
provision the liner and get her In perfect
condition for n dnh to sen, should that bo
neccssarj Liter on
Although the United States ralllled Tho
Hague convention, few of the present
European belllRcients did And since tho
r began all or them have trampled
rough shod over tho most sacred of tho
agreements that were reached there Uc
cause of this fact tho United States will
not be compelled to p ij npy serious at
tention to tho fornnl demand, filed In
writing with the Ktnte Department bj
Sir Cecil Sprlng-Weo. tho Hrltlsh Am
bassador, demanding th.it the vessel bo
turned oer to representatives of her
owners.
Officials quietly pointed out today that
there were other considerations than mcro
International law that had to bo taken
Into account In disposing of the Appam
problem Popular opinion has clothed tho
action of the Germans in sending the
Appam through tho guard lino of Biltlsh
warships orf tho American coast with a
glamour of approval. Lieutenant Bergo
has been applauded for his courteous
treatment of his cnptlvcs To rob him
of his prize nnd turn her link to Hrltlsh
authorltj would be severely criticised
throughout tho country And officials
say that. Inasmuch as tho Pi usslnn trentj
has been Invoked by-thc German Am
bassador, It will be n most popular move
for the State Department to accept Its
provisions In settling this case
It was snld at tho State Department to
day tint a (omplcte decision regarding
the status of the Appam would not bo
reached befoie net week nt the earliest
The German llmbassy announced today
that all of the mails on tho Appam had
been turned over to the United States
authorities The malls had not been
opened or tampered with, it was stated
Prince Ilatzfeldt, counsellor of the Ger
man Dmbussv, returned here today fiom
Norfolk
EX-FIREMAN STILL IN TRIM,
SAVES FAMILY FROM FLAMES
t Frank Shecran Docs Heroic Work in
Fruit Store Fire
.Frank Sheeran, until a year ago a mem
ber of Engine Company M, C3d street and
Haverford avenue, today found his long
training as a fireman useful, when a flro
started In tho homo of David Shore, who
conducts a fruit storo at 55th and Spruce
streets, just across from where Sheeran
lives. '
Sheeran rescued Shore, his wife nnd a
woman who lived with them, nnd was
about to return to the burning building
to earn out tho Shore's two children
when ho collapsed.,
Shore lives on tho two Moors above
the fruit store Tho lire stnitcd In the
cellar and spread to tho lirst tloor when
It was discovered nbout 11 o'clock.
Sheeran was awakened by tho cilcs of
the Shores and, dressing quliklj, entered
the smokc-flllcd building. Ho led Mr.
and Mrs Shoro down tho stnlrstlrst, nnd
then carried out Mrs. Kate Nlchanucha.
It was discovered then that tho two
children, Irmn Shore, 7 lears, and Paul,
4 jears, were fUMU In tho building, and
Sheeran started back after them He
'collapsed as he entered the house, how
ever, and several minutes elapsed before
he could bo resuscitated.
Firemen arrived on tho scene and enr
ried the children to safety.
MAY END "MARIE-ODILE" ROW
Director Wilson Will Hold Another
Conference Tomorrow
The controversy over tho production of
the play "Marle-Odlle" at tho Adelnhi
, Theatre probably will be Bettled definitely
, at another ' conference In the ofllce of
i Director of Public Safoty Wilson tomor
jsirow morning at 10 o'clock, when com-
i-raiuees rrom tho German and catholic
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riwreuea wnicn nave protesieu against
ioe piay will meet representatives of the
weaire interests
Director Wilson met tho committee
from thfi German nnrl flip Pntholln ho.
cleties In his ofllco this afternoon and
n agreement was reached that tho play
as a whole was not so objectionable and
that: the elimination of certain lines would
remove all cause for criticism. Director
Wilson, who attended a performance of
the play lost night In order to satisfy
himself, told the protestants that he could
"ot call the play objectionable, but that a
w of tho lines might be offensive.
It Is understood that tho theatre man.
Vsers will consent to tho elimination of
iew lines and that tho objections will
then be withdrawn following the confer
ence tomorrow.
(The protesting committee will be com
posed of the rtcv John 4. Wheeler, Peter
,: Hoban and Jumes J. Flaherty, Supreme
;Mlfiht of the Knights of Columbus,
f nrusen warns tiurbage collectors
t Director K'niaen nt Ihu TIaii.i t-l inpnt nt
public Health and Charities, toduy sent
a circular letter to tho private garbage
collectors of tho cty warning them, the
Present unsanitary method of collecting
IttarbftKO muni- hrt rpm,Hlpfl nr nrnsprlltlnna
-will follow, The letter says Investigations
ipve revealed h fnpf thn few of the
i.agons now lit use arc of the tjpe re-
fi.reu py aw tilat lne wagoii3 are fre.
I. fluently overloaded and that many of
m are hot covered tunllj, us roqmrcu
" Chicago banker 111 In California
ii n AEi,i;a ual , I'eo. o. -ueorge
il Remolds, president of tho continental
fjySQ. lies critically 111 at a hotel here
Jnbers of Mr Reynolds' family left
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Special train Mr Reynolds was strlokcn
Ma bronchitis developed, with Impair
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ADDRESSES ON MORMONISM
Ex-Scnafor Cannon, of Utah, to
Speak Three Times Tomorrow
Former Senator Frank J, Cannon, of
Utah, will address three meetings In this
city tomorrow on "Mormonlsm." He will
speak with tho Ilev. Dr. James S. Mar
tin, general superintendent of tho Na
tional Reform Association, under tho
auspices of which the meetings have been
nnanged Mr. Cannon nnd Doctor Mat
tlri have been speaking In churches
throughout the country In a campaign
against Mormonlsm, nnd the Philadelphia
meetings are a part of the natlou-wldo
campaign
They will speak In tho Heidelberg Re
formed Church, 10th nnd Oxford streets,
tomorrow forenoon, nnd In, tho Tlrst
Church of the Covenanters. 40th nnd San
son! Blrcets, In tho afternoon nt 3:30
o'clock The latter meeting Is especially
for West Phllndclphlatis.
MINERS'DEMANDS
TO BE CONSIDERED AT
MEETING ON FEB. 21
Operators Declare Presentation
of Their Side Is Not a
Rejection of Proposals
From Men
STRIKE NOT EXPECTED
AnthrnUto operators said todav that
tho statement published by them broad
cast In the newspapers w is not a rejec
tion of tho demands of tho men
It was merely a presentation of tliclr
side nl tho iiuestlon, they slid, In order
to give tho public a fair Idea of the sit
uation, as the miners' views were given
at tho tlmo thev made their demnnds
The men will m.iko thcli Until de
mands at a conferciRo of operators and
miners which will be held In N'ew York
on February 21
HAZLETON MINERS 1)0
NOT EXPECT STRIKE
1IA52LDTON. I'.i , Feb 5 -Tho general
opinion hero Is tint there will bo no
anthracite strike It was pointed out by
both sides that the operators have not
rejected the demnnds of the men, but
hnvo simply stated their attitude, ami
that there Is no change In tho original
plan of going Into conference February
21 In New York
Thomas Kennedy, president of tho Mine
Workers of the Hu7lctou district, has
Issued a statement In icplj to that of
tho operators regarding tho nnthrnclto
co.il situation. He savs tho claims of
tho operators nio mlslcudlng, and that
thej aro solicitous now about the public
becauso they want to use tho consumer.
Ho saja tho conciliation boird Is not
tho body to settle differences, but that
the onlv way Is to hold a Joint conference,
such as had been ni ranged for February
21; that while the compmlcs want an
ngrccment for n longer term than two
j cars they havo twlro lnlsed the price
of coal within tho last e.ir, nnd now
seek to Involve the miners
SEES MISFORTUNE IN
INCREASE OF WAGES
POTTSVILLE. Pa.. Fob K William
Wllhelm, of this city, who, at tho ln
stnnco of the United Mine Workers'
leaders, nrranged tho basis of the settle
ment of tho 1000 strike, nnd who was ono
of tho four citizens' committoo to ask
for creation of the coal strlko commis
sion in I'M. said last night that tho
greatest misfortune that could come to
tho miners would bo tho granting of the
proposed ndvnnec In wnges
Ho believes It would tempt tho surplus
of tho labor clement of Europe, as well
as America, to rush to tho hard coal
region.
It would nlso mean. Mr. Wllhelm said,
two das a week nt the mines, instead of
four nnd six days under normal labor
conditions
The Increaso In wages In 1102 not only
brought an Influx of general laborers to
tho mining region, but many representa
tive of other trades took to tho mines
as moro piotltnble occupations.
"Tho demands of tho miners havo not
been rejected," tho head of ono of tho
largest coal companies said this morning
"Tho statement wo havo given out to tho
users of anthraclto coal Is simply an out
lining of tho caso we proposo to make
Tho question of accepting tho demands
of the men or rejecting them lies with
the public
"Wo will get right down to our posi
tion In tho com. so of our publicity cam
paign Wo aro tnklng the public right Into
our conlldenco and we want to hear tho
opinion of tho public "
PORTO RICO STRIKERS FIRED
UPON; APPEAL TO A. F. OF L.
Police Injure 21 Persons Workers
Demand Congressional Action
WASHINGTON. Feb 5 Police at
Juamadfez, Loiza and Hajamon, Porto
Rico, fired Into groups of striking Indus
trial Workers of the o, orld, wounding four
iv omen, two children and 20 men The
police also Micd upon the American Fed
eration of Labor Hall at Rayamon nnd
used clubs and bullets to Intimidate
strikers, according to a cablegram re
ceived by Secretary Tranlc Morrison, of
the American Federation of Labor, today
Tho message said 20,000 agricultural
workers In wretched circumstances havo
struck for better wages and an eight-hour
day, but that tho police are favoring tho
corporation employers Thousands of
workers In a mass meeting at San Juan
In the message ren.U,ested President
Samuel Gompers to call tho attention of
Congress to the present troubles and In
tolerable conditions
TRIES TO SINK U-JlOAT
Freighter, Flying Dutch Flag, Opens
Fire on Submarine
nfiRLIN. Feb. oT-' That an Kngllsh
nuxlllary cruiser, whllo flying tho Dutch
iUg, had attacked and attempted to sink
a German submarine Is tho charge made
In a btatement Issued b the Overseas
News Agency today,
"The submarine," sas the statement,
"signaled a Dutch ship to Bend boats In
order that Its papers might bo examined
This was done after a certain time, dur-
l.,..U tkn .iihma.liia rnmnlnPfl (in tnB
surface of the water, Then the supposed J
frelgnier trieu io rum me u-u,.
"In connection with these facts It Is re
called that on January 24 a French News
Agency loported that the French mall
boat Plata, without being attacked, had
opened tire pn and sunk a submarine At
tho samo time Admiral Lacaze of the
French navy, totatod to the Petit Journal,
of Paris, that all French trading Ships
had been brdered to open Are on or ram
submarines no matter whether attacked
bj them or not."
Lackwanna Hopes for Peace
SCRANTON. Pa, Feb. 6 -Members of
the Mine Workers' Union are not alarm'd
over the statement Issued by the coil
operators "This is simply a feeler thrown
out to s how the public stands, sa d
District President Dempsey today, "and
we arc not worried ' e are going ahead
with our preparations for the conference,
and do not expect any trouble whatever
V), of course, espeet opposition to ou
demands &ut do apt anticipate either a
strike, ox suspension la fast, we are.
bjful c,f a, jjeaceful asre nt.
Plioto lu International Film Service.
PussciiRors of the captured British liner Appam, photographed on their arrival in New York from New
port News last night on the Old Dominion liner .Jefferson. Seated nrc Sir Edward Mcrowcthor, Governor
of Sierra Leone, British West Africa, and Lady Merewcthcr; standing, left to right, are Miss Elsie Under- ,
wood, Mrs. F. T. Fitz-Patrick, Miss L. M. Benson and A. S. Mortogardato, Police Commissioner of
Sierra Leone.
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SISAL TRUST PUZZLE
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
Loath to Use Sherman Law
Against Cornering of Mcx-
"ican Product
WASHINGTON. Feb. :-Thc Depart
ment of Justice today f.ues tho unusual
situation of having abundant evidence of
tho existence of a new triibt nnd vet be
ing in doubt ns to Its ability to piosecute
the combination under tho .'hot man untl
tiust law
The new-combin itlon Is tho sisal trust
Sisal Is the vegetable fibre used to make
twine for ngrlcultifT.il uses, such as reap
ing and binding. Sisal is grown almost
exclusively In Yucatan, Me The trust,
which ndmlts that It has cornered the
Mipply, Is a Spanish-Mexican organiza
tion. Unable t flnancp Its corner. It has
enlisted the support of a sndlcatc of
American banks, chieflv Now Yotk and
New Orleans Institutions, nccordlng to the
evidence beforo tho Department of Jus
tice. Attomej Gencrnl Gregorj Is consider
ing tho problem of whether tho combina
tion, which has for Its object tho corner
ing of n foreign-produced and foreign
owned staple, comes within the Jurisdic
tion of American anti-trust laws
loveIits!vay
after fifty years
Peter Lohr and Mary SJead Re
vive Long Smoldering Flame,
So They Will Marry
After a friendship, graduallj ripening
Into love, over ,i period of m ve.irs, Peter
Lohr. 67 jenis old. grandparent of sK
grandchildren, and Mrs Mary Stead m
years old, with four gr.indchlldion, will
ho married on February 17. hi St Horm
ventuin Chuich. 9th and Cambria streets,
by the Hev Hubert Hammcke The mur
rlago license wiisvtakcn out todaj by the
couple Tho wedding will bo vcrj nulet,
nnd only close relatives will attend tho
reception, to be held at 2S27 North Cros
key street, the homo of tho bride-to-be
Fifty years ago, Mr. Lore met two
schoolgirls who wero Inseparable chums
Two sears later, he mairled one of the
girls, and tho other acted as a brides
maid at tho gaj wedding The guests
shouted nnd laughed as they danced the
Vliglnla icel and the polkn, and the
jouthful bridegroom, tho gavest of nil,
was almost unmindful at the time of
thsnd fnco of his brlae's chum -Now 4S
j cars later, two years after tho death
of his wife, he has discovered that the
pretty bridesmaid of long ago also had
love In her heart for him, and so they
aro going to be married.
Mrs Stead married shortly after the
marriage of her friends Her husband
d ed five years ago The two couples had
been closi friends during all the years,
and with tho death of the husband In
ono caso nnd the wife In the other. Mr
Lohr nnd Mrs Stead were thrown moro
closely together till finally Dan Cupid
drew their white heads together and
whispered his secrets.
Mr Lohr Is a retired business man He
and his brldo will reside at his homo. 3509
North 12th street.
"Our honeymoon day3 are over, nam
Mr Lohr today "Wo'ro Just going to
end our days qulely here,"
ONE LONELY SLOT MACHINE
Small Haul Made by Burlington Po
lice in Raid on Gamblers
BURLINGTON. , N. J. Teh. B.-One
lonely slot machine found In the cellar of
a barber shop on East Union street was
captured last nlghtr by Chief of Police
Shumard and Patrolmen Shlnn and Horn
in a tour of Investigation of alleged gam
bling places ordered by Mayor Mount.
In poolrooms visited the police report
ed they could find,' no trace of the
machines supposed to have been oper
ating there prior to a week ago, when
the Itev, T J, J. Wright, pastor of the
Broad Street Methodist Episcopal
Church and president of the Interchurch
Federation, called attention In a sermon
to the fact that officials fiad failed to
suppress gambllns-
Floral Gift for Police Lieutenant
Lieutenant Howard Lawson, one of the
police oftlclals affected by the transfer or
ders of Director of Publlo Safety Wilson,
received an unusual testimonial this aft
ernoon when mr assumed charge of the
Y.in -.. WoAtmnrAtiLnrl streets station.
At the rollcall the men of the 53th and
Oxford streets siaiion, iw " u,
in command for more than a year pre
sented him with a hi floral horseshoo as
a token of their appreciation of the treat
ment they have received. The horseshoe
la ttve feet In height nd ! m4 up at
pink, and white carnation
PASSENGERS RELEASED FROM
(JIRL AMAZES ACCUSERS
Her "Ddby Stare" Stuns Men With
Wai rant Charging Forgery of
Morphine Picscriptions
Miss Mamie Wilson, demure, bliic-cjcd,
21 smill, chic, with a bab stare, be
witched the United Stales authorities nt
the PostoIIlcc Ilulldlng today until they
couldn't believe she was the person
wanted in Haltlmoro accused of conspir
acy In the making nut of M0 bogus pre
scriptions calling 'or morphine
"Then- must bo some mistake," they
Mild but with a sigh thej vvcio compelled
to take the warrant for hei an est nil Its
face value, and so she will go back to
llaltlmoie She waived a healing. Miss
Wilson hunlcdlv left n.iltlnmro two
weeks ago, nccordlng to the police there,
following the arrest of another joung
woman nnd a doctor This other oun
woman got a piescilption foi moiphlno
from the doctoi , then she forged fco mnnj
similar prescriptions that tho Baltimore
tendeilolii has been supplied with mor
phine for months to come, in violation of
tho Harrison act.
Miss Wilson was arrested last night
at 13th and Walnut streets by District
Detective McF.irland
"NO TRESPASS" SIGNS
INVALID, SAYS COURT
Law Must Be Quoted on Them,
Decision in Woman's Charge
Against Reading Employe
ALLI3VTOWN Pa, Feb BIn dis
c lunging Ilntrj . Lelghton, ,i Heading
n.lilwaj section laborer, accused of tres
pass bj Miss Marj Il.iuer, of C'cntci Vul
lej, the court hero to day ruled that her
trespass signs did not conform to the Invv
Former Assembljman Claudo T Iteno at
torney for tho jlcfcndant, was sustained
In his contention tli.it trespass signs must
quote tho law and aro worthless If they
merely saj- "No trespassing "
The decision Is Important In Its effect
on tho perpetual feuds between fnrmeis
and gunners Miss Bauer complained th.it
the railroad cmplojes, In addition to nils
chlevously destroying propertj lu a pettj
way, constantly nagged and taunted her
PROBE SLAYER'S SANITY
Alienists to Test Oklahoman Who
Killed Saloonkeeper
The sanity of John F Anderson, who
shot nnd killed James It Campbell, a sa
loonkeeper, at 2Jd and Market streets, is
to bo tested by alienists lnprlvato Judge
Audenricd, In the Court of Oyer nnd Tei
miner, granted today tho petition of Wil
liam A. Gray Anderson's attorney, asking
thattthe examination be made without the
presence of tho Commonwealth's physi
cians, as has been the custom.
Anderson, who Is .13 jears old and Is
a member of a respectablo family In Aril
more, Okla, shot Campbell on tho evening
of September H In the hatter's place of
business. He was arrested in a hotel at
5th and Market streets. It Is expected
that physicians from the defendant's homo
town will, testify for him
Accused of Medaro-Suarez Murder
MEXICO CITV, Teb B Two phjsi
elans who held autopsies on the bodies of
I'rancesco Madero and Jose Maria Pino
Suarez, the murdered President and Vlco
President, wero arrested today on a charga
of having been concerned In the double
asasslnatlon
Injured Acrobat Improving
William Oertle, the acrobat, who fell
from his trapeze during a performance of
tho winter circus In Convention Hall
Tuesday night. Is Improving In tho Samari
tan Hospital, It Is expected that he will
bo discharged from the Institution the
latter part of next week He lives at 242
West 33th street. New York city
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APPAM
SEVERAL HURT AS CARS
CRASH IN RUSH HOUR
Women Scream and Men Dash
for Doors at Twelfth and
Ridge Avenue
Two men avcre scrlouslj Injuj-ed and
hover.il other passengers cut b glass
when two oars collided today at Uth
street and lJldgox avenue The nccldent
occuired shortly ooforo S o'clock when
I hundreds of persons were on their way
to work nnd both cars wcro crowded.
A car was running east on Spring Gar
den and" another In a northwesterly dl
icctlon on Itldge avenue Thej struck
jiach other at the point whcic Illdgo
"avenue. Spring Garden and 12th 'streets
meet, one of tho busiest corners In that
section of the cltj Wcmcn screamed as
the Impact throw them .'rom their scats,
and men rushed towurd both ends of tho
ca In an effort to open the doors. Two
policemen, Slook and Martin, of tne 10th
nnd nuttonwood streets station, who wit
nessed the accident from tho pavement.
Jumped on tho cars and opened the doors
They succeeded In quieting the pas
sengers Samuel McConncll, or 1S21 Callow hill
street, and Benjamin Cohen, of 2331 Lo
hlgh avenue, were Injured In tho crush
and cut bj- glass They refused to bo
taken to a hospital and were sent homo.
Other passengers visited phjsiclnns In
tho neighborhood and wero treated for
minor Injuries. Tho nccldent dclajcd
traffic for more than an hour.
CAMERON MAY GO TO SCHWAB
Ex-Dctcctivo Chief Mentioned for
Bethlehem Post
A rumor to tho effect that Iiobort D
Cameron, until recently captain of tho
Phllndelpnla detective force, had been
offered a post ns head of the police de
pjitment of tho Bethlehem Steel Works
by Charles M Schwab was circulated to
daj At llrst the former detcctlvo captain
snld he had hc.iid nothing of either tho
ofTci oi the rumor
"I'll let ou Know if nnythlng happens"
ho said later "I would rather not feaj
.nothing now "
Cameron i of used dlrectlj- to deny tho
rumor, but said he had mndo no dcllnltc
plans foi the future.
Tho rumor was cxtenslvo enough to In
cludo tho amount of compensation, which
was said to be J 1500 a year. As head of
tho Detective Bureau ho received 2500 a
year.
Director Wilson, several weeks ago,
asked for tho resignation of Cameron us
c.iptnlii of detectives
BAIL JUMPER CAUGHT
Alleged Pickpocket Is Captured in
New York
Through tho activity of Lieutenant of
Detectives Theodore Wood, one of two
alleged pickpockets, who Jumped their
ball In this city two weeks ago, was
caught today In New York, and will bo
brought to this cltj". Morris Brown, 40
jeais old, was captured His "pal," Sam
uel Itubln, 21 j ears old. Is still at large.
Both men were held under Jidl ball at
the tlmo of their nrrest. The ball was
furnished hj Samuel Moskow, 925 North
32th street, who was obliged to foi felt
jieoo when the men disappeared
Mine Workers Are Confident
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb B The lead
Ing mine workers of this section doubt
tho reported refusal of the coal operators
to grant any concession to the United
Mine Workers of America on the ground
that tho demands have not been officially
presented to the coal , operators. The
mine workers assert their union was
never In better condition financially and
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SHOT HALTS MAN
Policeman Wounds Prisoner After
Chase Through Alleys nnd Back
Fences
One of n trio of early morning ccle
hrators, who hvore wheeling n pushcart
around the streets In a spirit of fun, wai
shot In the right kneo today by Police
man John Schneider, of tho 20th nnd
Federal streets police station, following
an exciting chnsc through nllejs nnd over
bnck fencei.
Tho wounded man li .Tohn McCllntoek,
20 years old of 414 aienwood avenue. He
Is In the Polj clinic Hospital
At 23th and Federal stroM nt about
3 30 o'clock thli morning, Policeman
Schneider saw three men wheeling u
pushcart They seemed to be In a happv
mood Several pu'dicnrt'j iccently have
been rcportid stolen In the neighborhood,
nnd tho policeman's suspicions were
aroused He called for the men to hntt,
but thev abandoned the cart and ran In
different dlrectloni Hchnelder gave
chnio to McCllntock, nnd tit 2Sth nnd
Oucnther streets the policeman drew his
phtol nnd shouted, "Halt, or 1 11 lire
Just as Schneider uttered the threat
he slipped on the Icy pavement, nnd the
revolver wai discharged Mrf'llntock fell
to the pavement nnd was taken to the
hospltnt In the patrol of the 20th nnd Fed
eral streets station McCllntock nnd his
two companions hnd been attending a ball
In Tasker Hall, 7th nnd Tasker strcotr
On the pushcart was tho name of Ueorge
Dokenwadlc, 1223 Tasker stieet.
WOMAN DIKS AS SHE TALKS
OF 8EASH0HB HOTEL FIIIB
Dlnzc Occurred Only a Few Doors
From Her Homo
ATLANTIC CITV. Feb G Miss Jen
nie Cooper, bookkeeper for the AVIlson
Dalrj Conipanj, fell dead nt her home,
21 Mount Vernon nvenue, nl 1 : 10 this
morning whllo discussing the Ovirhioolt
flro with her mother A plijslchin gave
the cause of death ns heart disease, In
creased by the excitement of the lire
which occurred onlj n few doors from
her home
Miss Cooper, who was 12 years old, had
been suffering from heirt disease foi sev
eral weeks, according to the phjslUnn,
nnd was conllncd to her room part of tho
time, but the Illness wns not consldeicd
scilous During the turmoil of excite
ment earl jestcrdaj morning her condi
tion rapidly grew worse
FIRE AT BRILL'S WORKS
Several Thousand Persons See Com
pany's Squad Subdue Flames
Flro In a one-story brick building on
the propertj of the J. Q IJrlll Cat Woiks,
nt 62d street nnd Woodlnnd avenue, last
nlsht drew an excited trowU of sevcr.il
thousand persons to the pl.ico and bt ought
out several lire companies In West Phila
delphia. 'I ho llro was put under control by tho
corporation's flro department beforo the
city apparatus arrived The usual rumors
of bombs and spies were current, us the
corporation lins been making munitions
for Hurope The origin of tho lire was
unknown nnd tht loss trifling
OTTO T. MALLORY RESIGNS
Mayor Reluctantly Accepts Decision
of Recreation Board's Head
Otto T. Mnllorj, president ot the Board
of Recreation. In a statement last night
said .Major Smith accepted ills resigna
tion jestcrday only after ho had urged
him repeatedly to remain ns a member
of the Recreation Hoard Ho was
prompted to tho step, ho said, because he
felt his eight years of s-ervlce on tho board
warranted his retirement In favor of
some other person No politics wero In
volved In his resignation, Mr Mallory
said
RUBLEE'S CHANCES GOOD
Democrats to Ignore "Courtesy" in
Confirming Him on Trade
Commission
WASHINGTON, Feb B Democratic
leaders are determined to insist upon con
Urination of George Itublee, appointed by
the President to ho a member of tho
Federal Trndo Commission desplto tho
objection of Senator Galllnger. of Neiv
Hampshire, Mr Itublee's home State
It Is customarj- for tho Senate to reject
nn appointment when a Senator from tho
nominee's home Stato objects, but In Mr.
Itublee's caso tho Democrats plan to trj1
to Ignore "senatorial courtcsj-."
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
902 Chestnut Street
Stationery
.tcsca
ITALY'S' ATTITUDE
IN THE WAR
Since the war began Italy has been the object
of criticism and suspicion. Certain French and
Russian newspapers have even asked whether
Italy could have made a secret, treaty with Ger
many. B. Canfield Jones, an American, has
written an article for Sunday's Public Ledger
setting forth the difficulties Which made Italy's
course seem insincere. He contends that though
the reasons which dictated the Government's
policy may be obscure, no non-Italian is compe
tent to pronounce judgment thereorj. The article
is of more than ordinary interest.
TWO BANDITS'SJIOOT
BARTENDER IN SALOON
AND FLEE WITH $75
Masked Men Hold Up Lntc
Loungers nnd Wound Em
ploye When He Attempts
to Shield Register
ROBBERS ACT QUICKItf "J
I Two masked men shot nnd woundej,
1 Ihc bartender of li II Von Hook s
saloon, at 427 Hast Clearfield street early
i today held up the patrons nnd escaped
with $75 taken from tho ensh register
I The Injured man. Harry nichl, of 3134
l.oudlnot street, received two wounds In
the side when ho attempted to lock thd
cash register Ho Is In the Kplscopal
Hospital, where it was said todaj that
his condition is ns good as could be ex
pected. The saloon wns nearly emptj nt 1
o'clock this morning, with two or three
late loungers preparing to go home, when
suildcnlv the swinging doors (low open
and two men, wearing large black masks,
dashed Into tho saloon
"Hands up!" they oidctcd All obeyed
hut llichl, who was behind the bar Ho
made .1 movement ns If to guard tho cash
i register ivlien two shots inng out. Ono
of the robbers coveted the patrons vvhlla
the other rifled tho cash register. It wi
all over In 60 seconds Tho pollco of th
Front nnd Westmoreland streets sta
tion were given meagre descriptions ot
the men
FATE OF JlltS. M0I1K, ACCUSED
OF MllUDEH, NOW WITH JURY
Verdict Expected Today on Killing of
Dr. C. F. Mohr '
I'llOVinriNCi:, It I . Feb B. The fata
of Mrs llllzlibeth F Mohr now rest3 with
the Jury which heard her trial on a charge,
of having hired tlireo negroes to murflar
her huMiand Dr Charles F Mohr.
The caso went to tho Jury nt 10.10 to
daj. following tho ihargoof Judge Stearns.
The 12 men will consider also tho evidence
ngnlnHt the negroes. Brown nnd Spellman,
charged with the actual killing of Dr.
Mohr. A vcrdltt Is expected beforo n(g'it
fall
WILSON A "MOVIE" ACTOR
k
Photographer "Puts One Over" and
Gets Pictures by Trick
KANSAS CITY. Feb B -Scene, rnll
load station at Topeka, Kan , President's
train pulls In "Movie" photographer,
Ignoiing ordei against taking pictures of
tho President, exclledlj cranks oft sev
eral bundled feet of film Four Scciot
Servkc men lush up and hiss: "Hand
over them pictures!"
Camera mnn. In tears, gives up tho
negative (Iluslncss here of destroying
the ev idencc ) blcuths hold the offender
until tinln begins to move. Strange grin
chases uvvnj photographer's tears. The
negative lie gnve up was a blank. The
tllms will be shown here todaj' unless
United Stales ofllclals lntcifcic. These,
are only movies tnken on tho toun
Strike Ties Up Porcelnin Plant
LISBON. O. Teb S 'Tho porcelnin
plant of H Thomas & Sons hero Is tied
up because 350 men struck when they
were not granted shorter hours and
higher wnges.
British Seize Dutch Ship
LONDON. Feb B. The Danish stcnirlar
Arnold Macrsk, with a cargo of oilcake,
bound from Savannah and Norfolk for
Frederlckshaven, has been taken Into
Kirkwall.
H. Spencer Grover
Grace Conkle
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