EYENIHG EISDGEK-PHIEADEL'PHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIU 26, 1910.
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P fHNTON TOMORROW
ExcJk and Aides Will Take
XJpTConnelly's View on Sub
, Tfavrand City Hall Work
JLat Special Meeting
''ftjdfr KAME COMMISSION
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Advisability of Asking Business
Men's Advice Is P. R T. Agree
ment to Bo Considered
Connelly Report Summary
Keystone State Construction
Company not required under pres
ent contract to provide new foun
dation for City Hall.
Total cost of work under present
contract limited to $2,000,000.
Extent of new construction, now
held necessary, rests entirely with
city authorities.
Cost of such additional work
may be met by
First "Force account" Item in
present contract up to the amount
of $2,000,000.
Second. A now contract prop
erly advertised for.
Compensation allowed contractor
fojf delay during suspension of
work ordered by city.
The opinion of City Solicitor Connolly
regarding- the legal nnd financial condi
tions that should govern the resumption
of work on the Broad Btreet subwny Under
City Hall will bo taken under considera
tion "by Mayor Smith and his cabinet at a
special meeting In tho Mayor's ofTlco to
morrow. The regular meeting of tho Mayor's
Cabinet was held today, but owing to tho
press of other matters It was decided to
hold a special meeting tomorrow to dls
cum transit only. Mr. Connelly's opinion
and tho question of a new contract with
the Keystone State Construction Company
wero mentioned today at the confernco,
but only so briefly that none of those
present would discuss transit after tho
meeting.
Tho Mayor said ho would lay boforo the
directors tomorrow tho question of ap
pointing a transit commission of promi
nent, although politically disinterested citi
zens. Whether this commission should
deal only with negotiations between tho
city nnd the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company for an operating agreement for
the new high-speed lines or should also
consider tho work under City Hall, tho
Mayor said, was not yet determined.
, Transit Director Twining boforo tho
Cabinet meeting today said that his first
step would be to have tho engineers of tho
Transit Department Immediately begin
work" on a plan for the work now consid
ered necessary under City Hall. With tho
change from tho original plan of under
pinning to that of rebuilding the founda
tion walls, the engineering details of con
struction will havo to bo determined upon
before work can proceed.
CANT FIX COST NOW.
The cost of tho additional work, the Di
rector added, cannot be estimated until tho
engineering details of the work have been
studied and agreed upon. The added cost,
he Indicated, will be covered by tho "force
account" Item In the original contract with
- the Keystone State Construction Company
up to the amount of $2,000,000, and for all
additional work to cost above that amount.
It Is likely that bids for a new contract
will bo advertised for.
Tho opinion of the City Solicitor, given
In renlv to series of questions submitted
by Director Twining, makes It plain that,
tho Keystono State Construction Cpmnany,
in Mr. Connelly's view, is not required un
der tho terms of the existing contract to
rebutld the foundation walls under; City
Hall. The contract provides for the under
pinning of tho Hall and, according to Mr.
Connelly, underpinning cannot bo Inter
preted to mean rebuilding the walls.
The extent to which the reconstruction
not provided for under the orlgnal contract
BhaU be carried rests entirely with the
, city authorities, according to Mr. Con
nelly. PUTS IT UP TO TWINING.
In short, while defining the legal rights
of the city and the contractors, the City
Solicitor's opinion put squarely up to the
Transit Director and the city how tho
work shall be continued. Director Twin.
Inff may advertise a new contract; he
may permit the work done under the
"force accounts" Item with the figure of
12,000,000 as the limit of cost, or he may
have It done under an estimate made by
the, Chief Engineer of the Transit Depart
ment, subject to the Joint agreement of
, the Director and the contractor.
The City Solicitor's opinion also holds
that the Keystone State Construction
Company should have compensation for
expenditures made necessary by the sus
pension of work ordered by the city.
Mr. Twining had asked the City Solicit
or whether. If the city should furnish a
modified deslim of the central station
Under City Hall, so planned that the roof
of the station -would form the basement
Boor of tho building, thereby eliminating
all foundation rebuilding, the contractor
arid, his surety would be bound to carry
out this plan without extra compensa
tion except for the additional work at
the toed unit prices.
ilr. Connelly replied thO this question
was of too Indefinite a character to per
mit of a categorical answer.
"BEORGANIZERS" PLAN
FIGHT AGAINST IIEBEL
Conference at Bellevue-Stratford In
cludes Foes of Old Guard
Democrats
Reorganisation Democratic leaders from
all parts of the State are in conference
today at the Bellevue-Stratford. The pur
pose ot the meeting Is to outline plans for
the proposed fight against Congressman
Mlphael Liebel, Jr., of Erie, who is run-clng-
for National Committeeman In op
position to A. Mitchell Palmer, and the
"Old fluard" Democrats.
Mr. Palmer Is presiding over the delib
eration of the conferees, who Include
.Kmtnent men of .the party from nearly
very county Among the 40 or more par.
ticipanta In the discussion are Vance Mc
cormick, of Harrlsburg: Roland S. Mor-
rta, Democratic State chairman ; Surveyor
Kum, ot the Port of Philadelphia ; James
1 BtaUMlte, Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General, of Carbon County, and State. Sen
ator W, Wayne Hlndman, of Clarion
County.
.Many of the leaders from upstate
counties arrived at the hotel during the
morning, where they were met by the local
members of the party. About 0 were.
present when Chairman Palmer opened the
conference with an executive session. Pre
viously the attendants upon the confer
ence had been Mr. Palmer's guests at
luncheon.
At the conclusion of the conference-an-jMHweement
wll be made of the complete
tutu ticket of the Reorganized Democrats,
Cerso Fgsaily st Valley Forge June 2
The Corson family of Bucks and Mont
(MAary Counties la plaunlnif to hold its
Muwal raunloa at Valley Forge on June
1, th arrangement to be In charge et a
fjffliptttee. coiltav ot Charles Adanitoq.
Wa faU&dJeMeu Percy Corsm and
Qot Oorwo. PtrnvwU Meeting; Alan
CWwn. tif KoHHt At-, atul 8. Cameron
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t4BLjki Wf MAa-
POISON CANDY VICTIM
Hownrd Dopew (at top) Is dend
nnd his brother, Rowland Dcpcw
(below) is critically ill, the result
of eating tablets in mistake for
Easter enndy.
CHILDREN EAT POISON
FOR CANDY; ONE DIES
Two-Ycar-Old Boy and Brother
Swallow Deadly Tablets
for Sweets
Hownrd Depow, tho 2-ycar-old son of
Mrs. Ruth Dcpew, of 200.1 North Randolph
street. Is dead and his brother Rowland,
4 j ears old, Is seriously lit as tho result
of having eaten poison tablets in mistake
for candy. The children obtained a bag
of "Jelly eggs" last Thursday nnd plnccd
a quantity of them In a bottlo hnlf filled
with the tablets. Later they nto tho eggs
and bo mo of the tnhlcts.
They were taken to tho Stetson Hospital
nnd later to the Episcopal Hospital after
they bocamo 111 nnd were removed to their
homo on Saturday. Howard died yes
terday afternoon. Physicians nro unable
at present to predict tho outcome of tho
older boy's condition.
SISTERS IN DOUBLE WEDDISG
Young Women to Be Brides of Men
Met in Church Will Bo
Neighbors
A double wedding will be solemnized at
tho Summerfleld Methodist Church, Tulip
and Dauphin streets, tonight, when two
sisters will bo married to their sweet
hearts, young men whom they met In
church activities.
The sisters are Miss Lavlnla Clegg nnd
Miss Sara Clegg. daughters of Mr. and
Mra J. W. Kltchenman, ot 2318 North
Hancock street, Miss Lavlnla will marrv
.William Hoffman, of 402 West Dauphin
afreet, and Miss Sara will marry Louis
'Dieter, of 170 West Norrls street. Dieter
Is assistant secretary of the Summerfleld
Church Sunday School, and his brido Is
superintendent of tho beginners' depart
ment. The cerenjony will bo performed by tho
Rev. P. A. Sacks at 8 o'clock. The brides
maids will bo Miss Reba Hoffman, sister
of one of the grooms, and Miss Helen
Weber, and the best men Charles Hlgglns
nnd William Dieter, brother of ono of the
brides. The wedding march will be played
by Miss Adella Green, and the soloist will
be Mrs. William Yeo. The ushers will be
Ray Cooper, Milton Pierce, William Tem
ple and R. Stnnley Johnson.
After a reception at the brides' parents'
residence the two young couples will bo
"at home," the Hoffmans at 3835 North
Marshall street and the Dieters at 3827
North Marshall street.
SIR CECIL SPRING-RICE
GETS THREAT OF DEATH
Informed That His Safety De
pends on England's Treat
ment of Casement
NEW YORK. April 26. Warning that
the British Ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, would forfeit his life if Sir Roger
Casement, leader of the Irish separatists,
were not given by England the treatment
due a prisoner of war, Is contained in
anonymous letters sent out from Wash
ington and received in New York city to
day. "The British Ambassador, Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, has been Informed that any
treatment of Sir Roger Casement other
than due a prisoner of war of the highest
rank will be a sentence of death against
him and other English servants in this
country," said the anonymous warning.
The letters were mailed In Washington
about 10 o'clock last night, A copy uf
one of them was turned over to. the fed
eral authorities In this city today.
The warning was typewritten on plain
white paper, but the envelope containing
it was adressed In longhand.
WASHINGTON, April 26, Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, British Ambassador, when
Informed today of the letters threatening
his life, said he had not received such
warning. He said that no threats of any
kind against his life had been made so
far as he knew.
Embassy officials Indicated they would
take no action as a result of the letters,
but would let the whole matter rest with
the United States officials. It was stated
at the Postofflce Department and the De
partment of Justice that secret service
men already are working on the case
here.
Woman's Way of Obtaining "Justice"
NEW YORK. April 25 Mrs. George
Loerfler, of 140 Jamaica avenue, Brooklyn,
wfll appear in court again today on a
charge of desecrating the American flag.
When she sung Old Glory out of her
window upside dojvn, with streamers of
crepe, it so aroused her neighbors that
they asked her arrest, lira. Loeffler told
Magistrate Estexbrook yesterday her
action was prompted by lack of justice.
She declared her husband had deserted her
and the Health Department refused to
give his pay to her. )
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Transatlantic Line Adds Five Ships
Five large modern sbjamsbjps BJtve been
placed In service be.ween Philadelphia,
and London for the) Philadelphia Truns
sUutlq Una That announcement was
md yesterday by H. p. Barton, local
manage? ot Wtntm, WHby & Co.. Ltd.
.mnfmllifilP ?hl2 lilt Slna tk. tu,..
aw Mb weaJs $mtmm&.
"YOU DARE NOT" MAYOR SMITH TO
ENEMIES WHO WOULD DEFEAT LOANS
Conltnncd from Tste One
my friends will do tho same lo have the
voters vote right on the loan measures
when they como up for action May 16.
Any attempts to defeat the loan by any
set ot men will, I believe, meet with de
feat, nnd I have enough faith In the people,
of tho city to know that they will not al
low politics or nny other outside Influcnco
to weigh ngalnst the needs covered by the
many public Improvement Items In tho
two loans. I mean to contlnuo my fight
for the loans, despite nny attempts made
DEFEAT OF $47,425,000 CITY LOAN
AIM IN RALLY OF PENROSE FORCES
Fight in Sixteen Wards Between Vare-Brumbaugh and
Penrose-McNichol Factions Senator's Headquar
ters Opeiied To Sound Keynote at Pittsburgh
Organizations that will work for tho
defeat of the (47,425,000 general loan nro
being formed In nearly every ward In tho
city, following tho establishment of Pen
rose headquarters hero last night.
Select Councilman Charles Seger and
Harry J. Trainer nnd Chief Clerk Hall,
of Select Council, nro In charge of the
new headquarters on the second floor of
the Finance Uuildlng. Thoy were opened
under the name of tho Philadelphia Re
publican League, which will conduct tho
warfare hero against the administrations
of both Governor Urumbaugh nnd Mayor
Smith.
Tho new league will not Issuo a formnl
platform until after Senator Penrose has
sounded tho keynote of his fight against
tho Governor nnd tho Mnyor In Pitts
burgh tomorrow night. Tho plans that
tho Ponrosc-McNIchol faction will try to
carry out through tho league nro as fol
lows: Defeat of tho $47,425,000 loan for
general Improvements nnd deficien
cies, bo ns to hamper tho Smith ad
ministration nnd force a largo In
crease In tho tax rato to meet -current
expenses next year.
Support of tho $67,100,000 transit
loan. .
Agitation for tho Impeachment of
Governor Urumbaugh ' and Mayor
Smith.
Tho formation of a rlvnl Repub
lican City Commlttco nnd a "rump"
State Commlttco should the Hmlth-Ilrumbnugh-Varo
faction win nt the
primary election May 16.
108,000 MEN ON STRIKE
IN PITTSBURGH; RANKS
CONTINUE TO INCREASE
Three Thousand More Westing
house Workers Quit Jobs,
Making 22,000 From Pos
sible 30,000
24,000 COAL MINERS OUT i
PITTSBURGH, April 20. Over three
thousand men wero added to tho list nf
striking employes nt tho different West
tnghouso plants In Turtle Creek, East
Pittsburgh, Swlssvalo nnd Wllmerdlng
this morning. At the close ot yesterday,
strike leaders claimed that 19,000 per
sons, mostly employes of the Westing
house Electrlo and Manufacturing Com
pany, wero out. This claim was not dis
puted. When the whistles sounded at tho
plants of the Wcstlnghouso Air Brnko
Company at Wllmerdlng, this morning,
over 2000 of the workmen on their way
to th plant were Intercepted by strikers
nnd persuaded to remain out. There nro
about 6500 persons employed In tho air
brake plant, 3000 of whom work at night.
At the Union Switch nnd Signal Cum
pany, nearly 10t,u employes refused to
enter the plant this morning. The Shady
Side plant of the Westlnghouso intetesta
was also Idle, owing to tho failure of sev
eral hundred employes to report.
Strike leaders say this morning that
22,000 employes of the Allied Westing
houso plants are now out and that tho
other 8000 will be out before the end of
the week.
Many clnshes took place between tho
special guards and the strikers during
the early hours this morning. However,
no one was seriously hurt.
Approximately 108.000 men. Including
24,000 miners of the Pittsburgh Coal Com
pany, aro now on a strike In tho Pitts
burgh district.
GIRL TRIES TO DIE BY CAS;
NEARLY KILLS HER LANDLADY
Two Women Found Unconscious
House and Revived
in
Miss Irene Entz, 28 years old, of 133
West Duval street tried to end her life
today by swallowing poison and turning
on the gas In her room. The gas ut
most caused the death of Mrs. Walter
Lackman, with whom the girl boarded,
who was asleep In an adjoining room.
On the bureau in the girl's room was
found a note Baying, "Ask Oeorge why
I did this. He will tell you. I ask. all
my people to forgive me, for I have noth
ing to live for." The Oeorge mentioned In
the note, the police say. Is the girl's
brother, who llyes at 25 West School
House lane, Germantown. He declared to
day that he knew no cause for his sister's
act other than despondency due to Illness.
Miss Entz was discovered by the hus
band of Mrs. Lackman, who had returned
to the house after serving a milk route.
Both women were revived at the German
town Hospital.
AUTOIST HELD FOIt ACCIDENT
Harry T. Porter Under $1000 Bond
for Striking Erneat Wrangle
Harry T. Porter, 318 West Johnson
street, whose automobile Injured Ernest
Wrangle, of 1402 Spruce street, on the
East niver drive, was arraigned before
Magistrate Stevenson, in the 39th street
and Lancaster avenue station this morn
ing, and Is under 11000 ball for a further
bearing.
Wrangle, who hires aut automobiles, Is
In the German Hospital suffering from a
fractured' skull. The accident occurred on
the East River drive, near Girard avenue
bridge, last night. Wrangle, according to
the police, was lighting the rear lamp on
his automobile when he was struck by
the automobile driven by Porter, who said
be did not see the man because of the
darkness. Both automobiles were dam
aged by the collision.
Fortune Left to Barber and Horse
NEW YORK, April 29 On condition
that be take care of an old horse for the
rest of its life Fred Rosa, a poor barber,
of 2)3 Jefferson street, Hoboken, is to
enjoy a legacy of 162,000 left to him by
an aunt, Mrs. Mary Rosa, who died re
cently la Poughkeepsie, In her will she
directed that her nephew receive J2000
ddliiu4 tar the upkeep of her faithful
olCLorse. Rosa says ho will see that the
&swal does nut J&ek tif comfort Four
w;Mi ago Koa tna , Jub at a time
WW h fear&i h& sad hU w4f aid tm
clU3B weuyJ hv? to 4p4 gtt dj lty
to hold their defeat over my head by any
.set of men."
NO HOPH FOR TRACE NOW.
The Mayor's statement today Is taken
ns a direct defiance of his political op
ponents and coming, ns It does, after n
number of long conferences with Senator
James P. MoNlchol on tho political situa
tion, Is taken to Indicate, that there Is no
longer hope for nny pence between tho
warring fnctlons of the Republican organization.
Mayor Smith's efforts to bring nbout
harmony In somo of tho wards whero bitter
factlonnl fights have been threatening havo
failed, It was admitted today, nnd tho lines
have been formed for relentless wnrfaro
In every ward that can be disputed,
PHNROSn INDORSI3D.
In the 18th Ward last night nn nntl
ndmlnlstrntlon meeting wan held nt tho
Union Republican Club, 440 Kast dlrard
nvenuo. Resolutions Indorsing Penrose
wero ndoptcd. Among tho speakers wero
Ror-ert Orler nnd James Dorncy, tho Pen-roBO-McNIchol
lenders In the ward, who
aro fighting. Select Councilman Hctzell,
John Vlrdln nnd Samuel Kutcllff for con
trol of tho ward, nnd ex-Coroner John W,
Ford.
Factlonnl fight? wilt bo waged In 10
wards, It developed when nomination
papers for wurd committeemen wero filed.
A surprlso wns sprung by tho Penrose
McNIchol faction when papers wero tiled
to contest tho leadership of Director of
Public Safety William H. Wilson In tho
48th Ward. Moro than 22,000 papers were
filed in nil.
CONTESTS IN WARDS.
Tho petitions established tho certainty
of contests for control In tho following
wards
Admlnlstmtlon-Varo ngnlnst Penrose
McNIchol, 3d, 4th, 6th, 13th, ISth, 23d.
24th, 31st, 32d, 37th, 38th, 12(1, 43d, 44th.
Penrose-McNichol against ndmlnlstra-llon-Vnro
Eighteenth, 21st, 22d, 2Dth,
33d. 34th, 40th, 43d, 41th, 4Gth, 48th.
STRIKE OF ANTHRACITE
MINERS IS INEVITABLE,
DECLARES SPOKESMAN
Secretary of United Workers
Predicts Walkout of 176,000
Men on May 2 as Result of
Failure of Conference
JO SIGN OF COMPROMISE
NEW YORK, April 20. "Tho fnlluro of
tho committees representing tho nnthraclto
miners nnd tho operators to ngreo on vital
points means ono thing a strike ot tho
17G.000 men In the nnthraclto fields."
Tho foregoing statement was made to
day by K. C. Adams, secretary to John
P. AVhlte, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, and official spokes
man for tho miners.
The final conference of tho subcommit
tees V-ns held last night although tho
subcommittee of tho miners met today
with the General Conference Commltteo of
the miners to go over tho situation.
Tomorrow both tho subcommittees of
tho miners nnd operators will meet with
their General Conference Committees to
mnko their full report on the deliberations
which havo been In progress for more
than it month.
If tno men decide to strike, as now
seems inevitable, a walkout would not bo
called before May 2, when a convention of
anthracite miners will be held In Potts
vlllo. Pa. At that time announcement will
bo mado of tho men's grlovnnces nnd a
tlmo will be set for the walkout
It was said on good authority that there
Is absolutely no chance for a compromise
in tho meantime.
Tho miners and operators failed to ar
rive nt an ngrccment on three vital points,
one of which wns recognition of tho union
and the collection by tho operators of tho
union assessments.
Tho men demanded a 20 per cent. In
creabe In wages and to this the operators
offered tho following counter offer:
A 5 per cent wngo Increase with a re
vision of working hours which would
mnko the ultimata increase qulvalent to
12!j per cent.
Representatives of the miners tako the
stand that If a strike comes It will havo
been forced by tho operators. On the other
hand the operators assert that the men
have Insisted upon demands which tho
anthraclto business doesn't wurrant.
AVILKES-BAKUE MINERS DON'T
WANT STRIKE, BUT WILL FIGHT
Insist on Union and "Check-Off" Say
It Is "Now or Never"
WILKES-BARRE, Pa,. April 26. Mem
bers of the United Mine Workers of
America are not pleased over the possi
bility of a strike In the anthracite fields,
but they are determined that their union
shall be recognized. Recognition of the
union ia foremost in the thoughts of the
miners for the reason that the granting
of the "check-off" means the preserva
tion ot ma organization,
The feeling throughout this section is
tnat an eight-hour day ought to be granted
and that an increase in wages should be
made. But the miners want neither of
these without full nnd complete recoent
tlon of the union, which means the "check
off," Now that the union represents al
most the complete force of workmen, the
miners are determined not to accept any
peace terms mat ao not carry with them
recognition and the "check-off."
Miners generally will stand by their
leaders on this Issue. The cry has been
made for many weeks that "it Is now or
never on the question of recognition and
the "check-off,"
SCHUYLKILL 3IINERS
READY FOR GREAT STRIKE
Reply of Operators to Their De
mands Unsatisfactory
POTTSVILLE, Pa., April 28. The re
ply of the operators to the demands of
the United Mine Workers is regarded In
this region as making a strike Inevitable.
The foreign-speaking miners are especially
determined to go out. They have been
kept under the leash with great difficulty
by the Mine Workers' leaders, who are
keeping up a campaign to prevent them
from going out
The leaders themselves declare that a
strike will ensue unless more favorable
terms are tpffered the miners.
The locals are occupied electing dele
gates to the convention of the three dis
tricts In this city next Tuesday, and the
candidates are of the faction dema,uA
lng better terms or strike.
300 Cases of fileasles in Lancaster
LANCASTER, pa., April 2? Measles
are epidemic, to such an extent here that
two of the public schools have been cloned,
end. it 1 feared that others most be closed.
Tha health authorities report inor than,
three 1iub4w1 jksm exulting.
rti ' " J
ROBERT P. IIABGOOD
One of the spankers today before
the State Editorial Association,
whose third annual conference Is
in session at the Hotel Walton.
PENNSYLVANIA EDITORS
FAVOR DOUBLING PRICE
OF 1-JCENT NEWSPAPERS
Adopt Resolution Urging In
crease Unless Cost of Labor
and Material Is
Reduced
PUBLISHED AT A LOSS
A resolution to Increase
the
prlco
dally penny newspapers to
cents
Pennsylvania, unless immediate reduc
tion In publishing costs follow, wns
adopted today by tho Pennsylvania As
sociated Dallies, In joint conference with
tho Association of Weekly Newspapers, nt
tho Hotel Walton.
That tho action wa3 Imperative becauso
of tho high cost of paper, metal and labor
was pointed out by J. H. Zerbcy, of tho
Pottsvflle Republican; II. P. Hnbgood,
of tho Bradford Star, und other speakers.
Tho resolution reads as follows:
"Whereas tho cost of tho manufneturo
ot newspapers In all departments has so
lncroascd that it Is Impossible to publish
and sell a dally newspaper for one cent
a copy without a loss, therefore bo It
"Resolved, That tho publishers of dally
nowspapers throughout this State publicly
give notlco that, unless there bo Imme
diately a great material reduction In tho
present prices of labor, mechanical mr
terial and white pnper, the tlmo has ar
rived to change tho price of tho one-cent
newspaper to two cents a copy."
Tho following ofllccrs wero chosen by
tho daily editors: President, E. J. Stack-
pole, Harrlsburg Telegraph (re-elected;
first vice president, Gcorgo J. Campbell,
Legal Journal, Pittsburgh; second vice
president, W. L. Taylor, York Dispatch;
secretary-business agent, Wllmer Crow.
Tho Executlvo Coinmltteo was Increased
to 12 members, who wero elected as fol
lows: R. P. Habgood, Bradford Star,
Chairman; William L. McLean, Philadel
phia Evening Bulletin; J. Denny O'Nell,
McKecsport Nows; J. II. Zerboy.i Potts
vllle Republican: Robert Gordon. Waynes
boro Record; C. N. Andrews, Easfou Free
Press; Charles R. Long, Chester Times,
John W. Rauch, Reading Eagle; Walter
Fosnot, Lewlstown Sentinal; E. R, Stoll,
Pittsburgh Newspaper Association; A. M.
Pomeroy, Chumbersburg Repository, and
R. H. Thomas, Mcchanlcsville Journal.
Discrimination against Inland newspa
pers in tho paying of advertising bills by
the Stato was charged by R. P. Habgood,
of Bradford. Ho referred to the holding
up of payment of bills for constitutional
amendment advertising by the Auditor
General, and subsequently tho passage
by the Legislature of a bill authorizing
payment, which was vetoed by Goernor
Brumbaugh during tho last sessions of
tho Legislature, He urged the newspa
per proprietors who had not been paid to
unite In refusing partial payment.
HYPHENATED COP WINS
SPAIN VS. BRITAIN BOUT
Anglo - Hispanic Outbreak
Aboard Ship Here Harks
Back to Old Row
Spain openeda long and bloody war
upon England some centuries ago because
a British gentleman cast a slur upon the
pedal adornments of a Castlllan queen.
Spain and England fought today. In the
persons of three lusty tnrs representathe
of each belligerent, over the footwear be
longing to a son of sunny Spain.
The deck of the sugar ship Rio Clara,
at Balnbrldge street wharf, served as the
arena of the bloody fray. Matters were
foreboding fatalities when Policeman Mul
cahy, an Irish-American, Injected his hy
henated personality and subdued the com
bined forces of battling Spain and Eng
land. Several hours of durance In stuffy cells
at the 2d and Christian streets station
had smothered the bellicose spirits of tho
combatants. Magistrate Imber effected an
Angio-Hlspanlo alliance through his pa
cific and neutral overtures. Amicable re
lations re-established, Robert Matterson
accepted the vehement protestations of
Serafeo Ferentos' undying friendship; John
Searrlght nodded approval to Maronto Sla's
tearful remarks (which he didn't under
stand at all) and George Lenquest con
sented to become again "amlgo caro" to
Vlncento Rondo,
Captain J. E. Grant, of the Rio Clara,
completed the reconciliation by permitting
the six sailors to resume their places
aboard his ship.
The casus belli was a pair of boots.
The three Spaniards, on shore leave, were
returning to their ship early today, One.
of them had a pair of boots under his
arm. He and his mates were In high
spirits as they ascended the gangplank.
A gallant English sailor attempted to
assist the bearer of the boots to gain the
deck. He took the boots from under the
arm of the Spaniard. The proud blood
of old Castile arose In hot Indignation.
Curses and fists flew as British heart of
oak responded to attack of Spaniard
chivalry.
Captain Grant vainly quoted his name
sake's prayer to "Let us have peace" and
then called for Mulcany, Mulcany'a
prowess nearly equaled the world-famous
feat of the little weaver of Dhuleek, who
downed seven at a blow, for It ended the
battle.
The Rio Clara was a "peace ship'' to
day. Man, 82, to Wed Siater-in-Law
TOLEDO, O.. April It. Calvin Barker,
ft, left here last night for East Orange,
N. J., where on Wednesday he will marry
Mrs. Frances Z. Vlot The brldo-to-be Is
a sister of Mrs, Barker's first wife, who
died here a. few years ago. She Is more,
than 70 yean old. Mr Barker U presi
dent of the Frost & Chapman Company.
Inmtltnf-fl Hfr Vint r,raukt-lu n.U)
here, but latterly baa made fear Itovvt wtthi
a. nn .Tmumh. n East OntnA
p.'-, w. r r f. Tf, i-- m
WIDOW OF'VICTIM
OF TRUNK MURDER
WEEPS ON THE STAND
Mrs. McNichol Breaks Down
While Giving Her Testimony
in the Trial of Edward
F Keller-
CHARGES VARYING TALES
Prosecution Completes Its Identifica
tion of Body Found Buried
in Cellar
The pretty young widow of Daniel J.
McNIchol, victim of tho Kensington trunk
mystery, broke down nnd wept today ns
sho wns testifying nt the trial before
Judge Bregy of Edwnrd P. Keller, her
husband's former business partner, who
Is nccused of the murder.
Mrs. McNIchol, with her heavy black
veil thrown back to mnko her voice nudl
blo to tho Jury, was relating, In n low
tone, how Keller, seven months after her
htiibnnd's disappearance, reported that
McNIchol had returned, when her voice
becamo choked with nobs.
At Judga Brcgy's sugcstlon sho discon
tinued her testimony for 10 minutes to col
lect herself. ,
"Keller told mo that Dan had deserted
mc," she testified. "On October 20, 191G,
ho cntno to my houso and said he had
located my husband In New York nnd got
$10 and somo clothes for him. Tho next
clay ho said Dan wns at his house, but
that ho wns In terrlblo shape." Her volco
faltered here, and, ns sho described the
picturo Keller has drawn of her husband's
condition she liroko down completely.
When sho hepumed sho Bald that Keller
tho next day told her that McNIchol had
left again.
The first direct attack ngalnst the de
fense was mado today by the Common
wealth, which has virtually completed Its
Identification of tho body found In a trunk
In a cellar nt 40G2 Kensington avenuo on
December 15, 1915.
Presentation of this phnse of tho caso
camo suddenly nnd dramatically, while
Bernard J. McNIchol, of 765 Corlnthlnn
nvonue, cousin of tho missing man, was
tcstll'lng of conflicting stories told by
Keller nftcr tho disappearance of McNIch
ol, who was a nephew of Stato Senator
McNIchol.
On tho day of McNIchol's disappearance,
Mnrch .10, 1914, tho witness snld, he went
to tho factory of tho Keller Leather Com
pany, at 12th and Hamilton streets, nnd
thero saw Keller nnd Young, the latter tho
much-sought missing witness.
"What was Young doing?" Assistant
District Tnulano asked Bernard McNIchol.
"Ho wns making packing enscs," was
the reply
"Did they make packing cases thero?"
asked tho Prosecutor.
"Yes," responded tho witness. Ho then
described the cases he saw being put to
gether. They were similar, ho said, to
that inclosing tho trunk In which McNIch
ol's body was found In tho cellar of a
building formerly used by Keller nnd Mc
NIchol as a laundry. The wood used was.
pine nnd TS-lnch thick, ho Bald.
Keller always seemed anxious to volun
teer information about McNIchol's disap
pearance, he said. Tho witness continued
that ho nnd James Sutton, a near relative
of tho missing man, naked Keller where
McNichol was on the day ho disappeared,
after ho had failed to keep an appolnt-mo-it
with them.
"Keller told mo that Dan had Bono to
Norristown to collect somo bills," tho
witness said "Tho next day he said may
be ho had gone to Detroit or joined tho
navy. Then ho said there were 'bad actors'
In Norrhtown nnd that my cousin carried
a lot of money. Keller told mo that Dan
trusted him and showed mo Borne papers
which looked like deeds
"I hnppened to bo there when Dan's
wlfo called up Keller on tho phone and
asked whero her husband was. Keller told
her ho wns nil right, that ho had eaten
lunch with him tho day before ; and when
I asked him about It ho said It was all
right, that he had lied to Dan's wlfo to
smooth things over."
Thomas Hal I man, a Collegcvllle at
torney, testified that Keller told him Mc
NIchol had gono to Norristown to see a
lawyer; that was March 31, 1914, tho
day after the disappearance. Hallman
said ho represented G. J. Claymer. of Col
legevlllo. who was to finance the removal
of tho Keller Le'athr Company to College
vllle by advancing money on a mortgage
on McNIchol's house.
Tho lines which the defense will tnko
wero not Indicated by tho cross-examination
of tho witnesses. )t wns said on good
nuthorlty that tho man who wns reputed
to havo seen McNIchol six months after
his disappearance would not bo produced
by tho defense as a witness.
James S. McNIchol, an undo of the mur
dered man, testified that owing to repre
sentations made by Keller ho caused the
police to nbandon tho search for McNIchol.
"Keller told me on April 11 that Dan
had been seen In Now York and Implied
that he had deserted his wife," he said.
"Believing this, I told the police to discon
tinue the search nnd for the same reason
my nephew's wife began a suit for deser
tion." CRUEL BLOW TO WIFE
Detectives Arrest Husband'' on Old
Charge at Prison Exit
Mrs. Charles Miller waited in vain at the
wicket gate of tbe Eastern Penitentiary
this morning. She had ben there since
daylight to welcome the man who four
years ago had been snatched from her side
to serve a sentence of not less than eight
years on a charge of forgery. Through
her efforts Governor Brumbaugh only a
few days ago signed Miller's pardon, nnd
the faithful wife wished to be first to wel
come him back to liberty and homo.
But her vigil was futile. Lieutenant of
Detectives James Scanlln and Detective
Clark approached Miller, as he emerged
from the exit gate. Before the wife and
husband had recognized each other, Miller
was again a prisoner. An old warrant.
Issued at Carbondale and also charging
foregry, was served by the detectives, and
Miller was taken to City Hall, pending his
return to answer the-four-year-old charge.
Less pethetlc, but similar in many re
spects, was the fate of Augustus Leonard,
a negro, of Camden, N, J, He also left
the Penitentiary this morning after com
pleting a sentence of two years for robbery
-in Media. Indictments, covering ten rob
beries In Camden, caused his rearrest and
detention for trial In New Jersey.
WOMAN ENDS LIFE WITH GAS
Mrs.
Ida Fitzgerald Found Dead in
Bed by Her Son
Mrs. Ida Fitzgerald, St years old, who
until a month ago conducted a cigar store
at her home, 1301 N. 63d street, was found
dead In bed, with the gas turned on, by
her son, Richard L. Fitzgerald, of Yeadon,
Pa., this morning.
Early today the son, words employed
in the upholstering department of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was notified by
neighbors that his mother had not been
seen for nearly a week. The son went
directly to the house with Policeman
Luby, of the 61st and Thompson streets
station. They smelled gas as soon as they
entered ant) upon going to the second story
middle room found tbe mother dressed In
blao andk lying on the bed.
Dr. Frank Bacon Iancock was called
In and said that Mra, Fitzgerald had been
dead for at least four days. After giving
up the cigar store Mrs. Fitzgerald kept
roomers, but they left a week or ten. day
Ago Rod silica that time aha l.d ljvd
alone.
TEACHER NOT OUSTED
AT BIDDING OF DOCTOR,
SAY SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Buckingham Managers in Slan
der Suit Deny Erdman
Caused Miss Cora Ful
ler's Dismissal
HER SEX ONE OBJECTION
Superintendent Swears Ho Thought
Man Should Tnke Her Place
as Principal
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., April 26. Direc
tors of the Buckingham schools were called
to tho witness stand this morning In the
opening of the second day's henrlng of the
110,000 slander suit of Miss Cora Fuller,
deposed principal of tho Uucklnghnm High
.School, ngalnst Dr. W. S. Erdman, ot
Buckingham, Pa
Miss Fuller ntlcges that Doctor 1'rd
man called her a thief, accused her of
appropriating school and church funds and
wns Instrumental In having her ousted ns
principal of the school. Tho directors
denied that Doctor Erdman used any
Influcnco In regard to Miss Fuller or
school matters. Horace Crouthers, ot
Buckingham, n director, denied Hint Doc
tor Erdman told him, "If I had my way
sho might got a school In the backwoods."
He also denied that he snld Doctor Erd
man was neither n director nor a trustee
of tho BChools, but kept them straight.
Former Judge Harmnn Yerkes, attor
ney for Mist Fuller, declared tho purpoio
of theso questions wns to show that tho
stutements mado that Doctor Erdmnki
brought no lnlluenco to benr wero un
true. J. II. Hoffman, county superintendent
of tho Bucks County schools, testified thnt
ho recommended n chnngo only to get h
mnlo principal to replace Miss Fuller.
When Professor Hoffman stnrted to ex
plain, Judgo Ycrkcs said, "Wo don't want
a speech "
AUGUST W. B0MBERGER,
CASHIER OF MINT, DIES
Was Member of Bar, Writer,
Lay Reader and Au
thority on Birds
AugUbt Wight Bombcrgor, cashier of
tho United States Mint nnd a member of
the bar. Is dead at tho Gcrmnn Hospital
after an Illness of sovernl weck.i.
In addition to his Interest in legal and
financial affairs Mr. Bombcrger found
tlmo to write n number of periodicals, A
local publishing house recently Issued a
book of his poems Ho wns also greatly
.Interested In rellgloUH nnd charltnblo
work nnd was n lay reader In the Episco
pal Church nnd a member of tho Board of
tho Brotherhod of St. Andrew.
Mr.' Unmberger nlso devoted much tlmo
tho study of birds und their character
istics nnd was president of the Audubon
Society of Norristown. He was a man of
considerable Initiative, and had a pleasing
personality which proved a vnluablo asset.
Ho was born in this city November 1,
1SC4, und wns a sou of tho founder nnd
first president of Urslnus College, tho Rev.
J. H. Bombcrger. His death occurred
yesterday.
Mr. Bomberger wns graduated from
Urslnus In 1S82, and immediately rntorcd
tho law ofllceB of Henry K. Boyer, A.
Haller Gross and J. Qulncy Hunslcker.
Ho was admitted to tho practice of law In
1886. When his former preceptor, Henry
K. Boyer, was appointed superintendent
of tho United States Mint nt Philadelphia.
Mr. Bomberger entered the Government
service with him, and later became the
cashier of that Institution.
In 1888. Mr. Bomberger was married to
Mary T, Kratz, daughter of Hon. Henry
W, Kratz, for 10 years president of the
board of directors ot Urslnus College,
president of tho National Bank of
Schwcnksvlllo nnd a resident of Norrls
town. Mr. Bomberger Is survived by a
widow, four daughters and two sons
The funeral will take place on Saturday.
Services will be hold at his home, 558
Stanbrldgo street, Norristown.
WIDOW SUES FOR 510,000
Druggist Sold Her Husband Poison
Tablets Without Prescription
SCRANTON, Pa., April 20 Margaret
Llewellyn, of Peckvllle, near here, today
sued Thomas O'Conner, a druggist of Jes
sup, for 510,000 damages She says O'Con
ner sold her husband, Thomas Llewellyn,
poison tablets without a prescription.
Llewellyn committed suicide with poison
a year ago.
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181S, JENNIB W.. widow of Dr. A Harah
berger. Funeral aervtcea at the residence of
her daughter. Mr. J. C. Armstrong, 4 Bryn
Mawr avenue. liala. Pa,, on Friday, at
2.30 p. m. Interment strictly private Car
riage will be at Bala Station to meet train
leavlmr Broad Street Station at S I'-i p. m.
LONU. Suddenly, on April lit. lUltf. JENNIH.
widow of Alexander Long, of Shainakin.
1'a.. at tbe residence of ber daugbter. Mrs,
P W Cannon. SIS Woodland terrace. Rela
tive and friend are Invited to attend tbe
funeral lervlcc. Tbunday afternoon, at U
o'clock, at the Oliver H. Ualr Uulldlni 1S20
Chtatnut street. IntermVat at convenience
of famUy
CQIX1NS. On April 25. 1B10. WILLIAM R.,
on ot Faumore fad tbe lata Frsdj 1J.
Collin, lo bU 19tt year Relative and
friend are invited to attend the funeral
aervlcca, on Friday afternoon, at 2 e'Uoelc.
at hi pareBt's residence, 181 North 2Jta
atreet Interment st ill Mortah Cemetery,
Friend, may vie nuaaUij Tniraday avapfia.
from to 10 o clock.
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