EVENING LEDGER 3PEtILAt)BLPHiA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1916.
BftTOH SHIP ORDERED
U.S.S. TEXAS TO HALT,
IRISH LEADER DECLARES
CAUSE OF ALL THE TROUBLE
HUGHES BOOM GETS
"SOFT PEDAL"; ROOT
NOW IN FIRST PLACE
.Clan-NttiGael Speaker Says
American Captain Gave
p . Caustic Refusal and
,F Cleared for Action
Conservative Republican Sena
tors Want to Get Rid of
Jurist and Back For
mer Senator
OFFERS TO GIVE PROOF
HEADQUARTERS OPENED
jcta Never Made Public, He Asserts,
but He Has Copy of
Report
Some PoHMeinns Believe Leaning To
ward tho Justico Wns Intended
to Cripple Roosevelt
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BOSTON, May 8. That the 'Drltleh
btttlfsMp Vancouver accosted and at
tempted to halt the battleship Texas, of
tha United States navy, last October, and
that Captain John Hood, of the Texas,
cleared his decks for action In reply, wan
the nsscrtlon of William P. Lnrltln, -who
presided at a Clnn-na-Oael meeting Sun
day. ,
"Ii have the proofs of this assertion,"
Bald Larhln, "and I stand ready to pro
duce them. Not a word of that Incident
has been made public.
Larkln declared tho following telegram
"was sent to tho Secretary of tho Navy:
"October 26. 191S.
To the Honorable, the Secretary of tho
Navy;
"Sir X havo the honor to report here
with an Incident which occurred, an fol
lows; "At 3:20 o'clock on the morning of Oc
tober 21, while under full steam for
Hampton Itoads, wo received a wireless
from the British warship Vancouver,
which was accompanied by a British war
ship torpedoboaL The message Inquired
as to our destination and full particulars
of our complement. A reply wns worded
an follows:
'"Why tho holl should wo glvo you In
formation? Can't you seo our flag?'
Whereupon wo were commanded to flialt,
to which I replied by ordering nil decks
stripped for action. Within 15 minutes
from tho time I was commanded to halt
my5 decks wero stripped for action. My
men wero at their po3ts, and wltllout
further action, they proceeded on their
way. Hoping that I havo nctcd wisely
In the fulfilment of my duty, I am, yours
obediently.
"JOHN HOOD,
"Commander U. S. S. Texas."
WASHINGTON, May 8. Indications
TOO BUSY, HE KILLS HIMSELF
Boss Painter Couldn't Find Enough
Men for Work
NEW YOIIK, May 8. Alfred M. Fuller,
for 20 years n, boss painter nt Hastings-on-Hudson,
committed sulcldo there yes
terday because he had so much work on
hand he couldn't attend to iti
"I am disgusted with life, he said to
friends Saturday. "I am swamped with
thousands of dollars! worth of orders for
worttand can't And enough painters to
do It?'
Late yesterday afternoon Fuller's wlfo
heard a shot In tho bathroom. She
found hlm dead with a bullet wound
In his right temple. He formerly was
a Deputy Sheriff at Hastlngs-on-Hud-Bon.
and was well known throughout
Westchester County.
FOREIGN SERVICE MEN MEET
Old stone house in Kitchen's lnnp. Wissnhiek-nn. nrpnnlpr) hv thi
Mullen family, vho havo been ordered to move by the Park Com
mission so the house can be torn down.
MULLENS TO BE EVICTED
FROM HOME IN THE PARK
Willie Ready to Fight Commissioners, Who Order
Vacation of Little Stone House in the Woods.
Little Anna Sadly Picks Last Violets
Philadelphians Among Arrivals for
Veterans' Harrisburg Encampment
HAnniSBUItG, Pa., May 8. Several
scores of delegates from Philadelphia,
Keadln?. Lebanon and points near Phila
delphia arrived this morning for the fourth
annual encampment of the Department of
Pennsylvania, Veterans of Foreign Service.
Among early arrivals were Assistant
Adjutant General Charles A. Martin, Quar
termaster General Grove A. Andrus and
Historian Oscar B. Levan, all of Philadel
phia. Tho encampment will close Wednes
day evening.
Says Next Irish Revolt Will Win
BOSTON', May 8. "When the Irish
army again takes the field, wiser and
stronger than before. It will not cease
until victory Is In Its grasp," said John
Devoy, of New'York, editor of the Gaelic
American., In on address on the Dublin
revolt before 800 members of the Clan-na-Gael
last night. "It Is only a question of
transportation that prevents 200,000
trained Irishmen here from going over to
help," he added. Resolutions denouncing
the execution of the leaders of the revolt
were adopted.
At breakfast this morning William John
Mullen, aged 7, gave himself over to
deliberation upon the most recent twist
of fato In tho affairs of tho Mullen family.
It cannot be said that William John was
exactly a rebel, but he was thinking
things, that, If properly touched off. could
be made Into splendid rebel material. Tho
Park Commission, for Instance, had or
dered tho Mullen family to vacate the
little stone house on a bend of Kitchen's
lane, upper Wlssahlckon, Mount Airy.
William John had been born In that houso
and the wholo of his seven years had
been passed In tho wrods and on tho hilly
nearby. Now "they" were going to put
him out, with his father and mother,
brother and four sinters. "They" wero
the members of the Park Commission,
who have decreed that tho houso shall bo
torn down In order that It may not In
terfere with the construction of a park.
So William John verged dangerously on
the lino of rebel philosophy.
"What's the mattor with you, boy?"
asked Mother Mullen.
"Are we really going to leave this
placo?" he demanded.
TVe have to." Mother Mullen said.
William John ruminated for a few
minutes more; then he delivered his ultl-'
matum.
TENT FOR WILLIE.
"I won't go anywhere clsei" he an
nounced. "I'm going to take fho tent that
you let me have last summer, and I'm
going to live In the woods near hero. You
can come to seo me when you want to
bring mo 'grub' "
Although William John, with his 7
years. Is ready and eager to battle with
the city of Philadelphia In dofense,of hla
Inherited rights, the other members of the
thcro Is no chance of us going to anything
'swell.' Wo enn't nlYord to pay oven $17
or $18 a month ront. Wo won't live In
tho city's tenements, for I have six chil
dren to think about six children who
must have tho fresh air. the woods and
the streams. I think It Is scandalous that
wo must move. Wo camo hero and found
this place utterly dilapidated. Thcro wore
no uoors, no windows and the roof leaked.
Wo llxed thoso things nt our'expense, and
wo havo worked hard until wo havo really
a pretty llttlo placo. Don't you think so?
Come, and I'll show you."
IT'S HOME TO THEM.
Tho little stone houso Is very small, but
tho Mullen3 have made an attractive home
of It. They have a garden of tulips nnd
hyacinths. Across the road, on this trunk
of a fallen tree, hay grown up. under tho
care of tho Mullens, nnother tiny garden.
From the kitchen door extends a bower of
gr. ens and on the cast of the house are
plar ted a dozen rose bushes, whoso beauty
uoon win Dioom in mo gooa old summer
time. "The big children don't say anything,"
Mrs. MulUn told her visitor. "They Just
keep In what they are feeling. Hut the
boys who nro old enough to know what
they aro losing nnd not old enough to
know how to repress their feelings nro
very sad. In the city they can't take an
express wagon to the top of a hill nnd let
It coast down like an automobile. The
boys have glorious times In this wood. I
think It Is ridiculous that the youngsters
should havo to give up all these sports.
I wouldn't have minded It If only I had
T n given until after the summer on
account of tho little ones. The whole
thing has got me so that I can't sleep
nights."
A-WVA SHY LIKE HER VIOLETS,
pllo up here that certain conservative Re-
publicans have a full-fledged Hughes boom
I for President which they would like to be .
1 rid of.
Virtually every conservative Republican
Senator among them Gnltlngor, Warren.
! Catron, of New Mexico j Curtis, of Kan-
, san; Drandegee. of Connecticut; Suther
land, of Utah, and Clark, of Wyoming-
has ceased the friendly emphasis which i
a short time ago he was placing on tho
Hughes candidacy and Is talking con- ,
fldently of tho candidacy of former Sen
ator Root. i
Most politicians believed that part of
tho Hughes boom coming from extreme '
conservative) sources wna Intended to crip- i
plo Roosevelt, nnd now the general Capl- i
tol belief Is that these men thlntc they j
havo the Colonel checked and wish to J
proceed constructively with tho Root :
movement.
Headquarters havo opened for Root, and
Senator Wndsworth, of Now York, Is giv
ing a good deal of attention to tho Root
campaign. i
Mranwhllo Justico Hughes refuses la
Indicate In tho slightest degrco what lit
would do with the nomination If It wero
offered him. Whllo ho Is silent and ap
parently Inacllvei attacks on Hughes nro '
to bo made from Progressive Republican
an well ns Conservative sources. Senator i
Cummins Is on his way to Oregon to mnkc ,
n personal canvass of tho State prior to
the primaries May 10. Hughes has been '
maJo a candidate thero by a Stato Su- ,
premo Court decision, which refused to
allow him to withdraw his name from the '
official ballot.
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RIGGS BANK TRIAL ON TODAY
Mullen fnmllv nrA Iprh nrflvlv rahnllinnu
Yet they, too, view with dismay the pros- I . Al,na was tho only ono of the six chll
pect of giving up a home which has be- d,re,n at home. She Is the baby. She pick:
Wholesale Grocery Plant Burns
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y May 8. The
' wholesale grocery plant of Snyder &
Fancher was damaged by Are today to
the extent of $0,000.
Police Court Chronicles
Work Is the greatest enemy of Elmer
Toung.
He hates It eo much that he never goes
near It, Should he find that It's danger
ously close he hies himself off to some
obscure nook where discovery Is almost
Impossible.
Young has been In contact with the
police on many occasions on account of
his laziness. He has many ways, they
Bay, of getting the necessities of life with
out employment Furthermore, he has a
fund of hard luck stories which would
bring tears from a statue.
Young has a different topic for every
neighborhood. Sometimes his wife and
children are starving to death la a stable.
Again, his little boy has to go to the
hospital for an operation and he hasn't
the money to pay for It, Should either
of these tales fall to go he combines them.
He has the wlfo and children starving,
the operation on the boy and for good
measure adds the distressing news that
the little family will soon be evicted from
Its stable home.
Young found recently that music was a
great asset to begging, and although he
Jtnew nothing abput It, managed to beg
an okl mandolin from a klndhearted store
keeper. He twanged It for many days
and by much perseverance managed to
longed to them for 13 years, and in which
four of the seven children one, a girl, Is
now aeau nave been born.
The Mullens have packed their household
belongings and are ready to move so soon
as they aro able to find another house,
unless the Park Commission should mean
while revoke the ouster decree of last
Monday.
This morning, when a representative of
the Eve.vi.no Ledoku called, Sirs. Mullen
was busy at the washtub. On the front
steps, within two feet of her, was Anna,
4 years old, putting together a bunch of
violets which she had Just plcked.
"I don't want to go back ti the city,"
Mrs. Mullen said. "Give me th i nods nil
the time. I love them. I lovo t be where
It Is quiet. And there Is no o-lier place
like this, no other placo llko home. When
13 years of your life have been spent In
a single house and when four of your
children have been born in it, you don't
feci as If you care to go anywhere else,
no matter how 'swell' It may be. And
Itlpla
ioicib una remscs to nave anything to do
with btrnngera. Tho stranger may have
her violets, but ho cannot have her hand,
unless he should happen to think of put
ting a nickel In it. Even then, however,
Anna's friendship In not won. Perhaps her
diffidence Is explained by tho order of tho
Park Commission. She knows something
of a tragic nature Is happening, although
she Is too young to realize Just what.
The total net Income for the family of
eight Is a l'-tlo above $16 a week. Joseph
R. Mullen 'he father, earns $10.E0 as a
gardener tor a Walnut street resident.
Sarah, aged 18, Is the oldest child. Em
ployed In a factory, sho earns $5 a week,
from which 60 cents must be deducted for
carfare. Tho same amount, for the same
expense, comes from the salary of $2.10
earned by Mary, who Is 10. Elizabeth,
aged 14 ; Joseph, aged 8, and William John
all go to school. Cella died 11 years ago,
when she was 2 years old. Sho was the
first of the children to be born In the lit-
- 'muita that the Park Comls
elon wants torn down.
Three Officers Faco Porj'ury Charges
Brought by Government
WASHINGTON, May 8. -The trial nf
Charles O. Olover, William J. Flathcr and
Henry II. Flnther, president, vlco presi
dent nnd cashier respectively of tho Rlggs
National Bank, on an Indictment chnrging
perjury, will begin In Criminal Court No1.
2, here today, boforo Justice Stddons and a
Jury.
The Indictment grows out of the suit
brought about a year ago by the officials
of tho bank for an Injunction to restrain
Secretary McAdoo, Comptroller Williams
and United Slates Treasurer Rurko from
doing certain things which the bank of
ficials alleged In their bill wero Intended
In furtherance of a conspiracy on the part
of the Treasury officials to wreck the Institution.
Shoots Boy Who Annoyed Him
PATERSON, N. J., May 8. John Nell.
17, of 145 Hamburg avenue, is dying at
the Patersnn General Hospltnl with a rifle
bullet In his abdomen, and John Wajnler,
of 339 East 10th street, was arrested in
connection with the shooting, and la In the
Passaic County jail, held without ball on
a charge of atrocious assault. Nell and
n party of boys from tho Paterson Ave
nue Methodist. Sunday School were on a
May walk and were annoying Wajnler,
who has a camp along tho Passaic River
at Slngac. To scaro them away he shot
at them with tho rifle, accidentally wound
ing Nell.
plclf out "Home, Sweet Home," Pennies
and nickels came In faster than everfVnd
Young waa decidedly happy.
But the money he collected feeemed to
bulge his pockets all out of shape and
was a nuisance to -carryr-WTTu v58Sh per brother, BaiuarTcmul,mu, M'lg
bis financial hurden he Invested his earn
ing In varicolored drinks, which are sup
posed to keep one 'optimistic. He also
bourht an pld soldier's cap, which added
4gnlty to his calling::
But hla thirst grew in proportion to his
dally returns, and finally Blmer waa In
spired to add a song or two to hla dally
program.
He was holding a concert in the neigh
borhood of Frankfort! avenue, and Bridge
street, much to the disgust of passersby,.
when a policeman stopped the show' and
took "Elmtr to tie Fraukford police su
tloa. WasWrate. Boris bad seen Wra fre
ffflentlr' Un. He- s,-.rtd hla old. lear
An rtftry xu4 rU1 all Iw wastod waa
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LOVE FINDS WAY, AS USUAL;
YOUTHFUL COUPLE MARRIED
Parents Who Stopped Elopement at
Last listen to Pleadings
SEAFORD, Del., May 8. The deter
mination of Edward Chlpman, 16-year-old
son of Clarence Chlpman, of Blades,
and Miss Linda Collins, 15-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. nnd Mrs. John Collins, also of
UladeB, to get married finally overcame
the objection of their parents and the
youthful couple were united In matrimony
by the Rev, Joseph Price at the parson
age In Blades-last evening.
One week ago yesterday the boy and
girl eloped, hiring an automobile and be
ing driven to Harrington, where they
boarded a train for Philadelphia. The
father of the boy, learning of the elope
ment, had them detained at Chester and
heldthere until his arrival. He brought
them home Monday, since when the chil
dren had pleaded so earnestly to be al
lowed to get married that the parents
finally consented.
TRIED TO KILL LITTLE GIRL
Struck by Rubber Ball, Boy Attacks
Girl With Knife and Wounds
Own Brother
An, ordinary little rubber ball aroused
the primeval Instinct to kill in the breast
of John Guarranno, according to the police,
ana inn )s wny nis Droiner, Alicnael, of
1311 Webster street, is dying In the How
ard Hospital with a deep knife wound
pear the heart
Laura Wallamona, 12 years old. and
playing catch last night with a rubber
can, opposite their home, 1231 Kimball
street The Guarranno brothers were
walking on Kimball street and passed
near the brother and sister Laura tossed
tae hall to her brother and It struck John
Guan-anno on the cheex. Enraged, It la
alleged that Guarranno drew a knife and
lunged at the Wallamona girl. The knife
mhssed the girt, but penetrated the left
breast of Michael Guarranno. John
was held without ball to wait the outcome
of bis brothor" Injuries.
Will Succeed Rector Kennedy
BOMB. May l.Pope Benedict has
appointed Monslgnor O'Hers, vice regent
of the American Collecu In Rome, to be
eeadjutr to JUetor KwwiejJyv WW the
LIGHTSHIP HIT BY LINER
IN FOG REPORTED SINKING
Shipping Men Unable to Explain Ac
cident Crew Removed From
Fire Island
NEW YORK. May 8. The steamship
Philadelphia, of the American-Hawaiian
Line, was In collision today with the Fire
Island Lightship. The lightship was bo
badly damaged It was reported to be sink
ing, and her crew was removed. Fire
Island Lightship was anchored off the
eastern coast of Long Island to warn mar
iners of dangerous shoals In the vicinity.
Despite thick fog which prevailed, mari
time men wero puzzled by the accident, for
the lightship was equipped with! a half
ton bell which could be heard five miles.
The first message received from the
Philadelphia stated that the lightship was
being towed tnto port. This was soon fol
lowed by another saying that the crew or
the lightship had been removed, and that
Bhe was sinking. ,
Sothern and Marlowe Banqueted
NEW YORK, May 8. New York gave
last night In the Blltmore Its second tes
timonial dinner to Edward II. Sothern
and Julia Marlowe (Mrs. Sothern) on the
occasion of their retirement from the
stage. It waa under the auspices of the
Twilight Club and wns attended by about
900 persons, more than twice the attend
ance at the dinner given by the Civic
Forum.
Struck by Baseball, Dies
NEW YORK, May 8. Vlncenzo Oc
chlpltto, 28. of 407 East 12th street, died
yesterday In Gouverneur Hospital. He
had been struck on the left breast by
n baseball nnd his heart had been rup
tured. At the time he was In front of
136 Norfolk street watching boys playing
ball in the street.
U. S. Money Orders Confiscated
BERLIN, May 8. Sweden, according to
the Overseas News Agency, has protested
to Britain against the Illegal confiscation
of at least 15,000 money orders sent dur
ing April from the United States to
Sweden.
Kaiser Agrees to Release Priests
ROME, May 8. it Is learned that the
Kaiser has granted tho request of Pope
Benedict for the release of French priests
who have been taken prisoners while
lighting aa soldiers for Franco.
PHILADELPHIA UWYER LOSES
PLEA FOR SIR, ROGER CASE3IENT
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U. S. Government Refuses to Ask
Britain for Clemency
Sir Hoger Casement has won a point
and lost a point in his fight for life
against the charge of high treason pre
ferred by tho English Government. Dis
patches received from London by
Michael Francis Doyle, the Phlludel-
Ohio, lawyer, indicate that.Rir Hmr ha l tvae eeiarvewxlH
won his light for a civil trial Sir Rojrer I K,emce,coinlorlz,
tnrSTlrfeated aa he landea: In IrelamTST "S"HW?Mir
uid iioa.ii.ui a uorman expedition before
martial law was declared in that coun
try. For that reason he will be given
a civil trial.
The Irish lawyer lost a point, how
ever, when it was learned that the
United States Government had refused
to make a plea for clemency in his be
half. , Doyle and Mrs. Agnes Newman,
Sir Koger'a sister, went to Washington,
where) they saw officials of the State De
partment and the British Government.
Sir Roger is now in the Tower of Lon
don, awaiting trial
Rumanians Oversubscribe Loan
LONDON, May t The Bucharest cor
respondent Of the Times telegraphs:
Tb Rumanian ttMi.QM llMOO.oflo)
Internal loan has bees oversubscribed."
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