NOVEMBER 25,
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DISGRACED SAILOR
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k,'Man Found in Gas-Filled
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From .Maine
IDENTIFIED BY OFFICER
Papers Showing Dischnrgc for
Bnd Conduct Found
on Body
The man found dead with a woman
In ft gas-fllled second-story room nt 1224
West Moamenslng nvenue wns Identified
today as Hdwnrd Prince, of Cleveland, O.,
a dishonorably discharged sailor of ITio
United States battleship Maine, by Qunr
termastor Krnest Lidrldge, of tho Maine,
II 'was twenty-threa years old. The woman,
who tenanted the house, Is thoueht to be
Lillian Tollard. of Norfolk.
Hejecllng tho theory of a suicide part,
, the pollco said the general aspect of tho
case Indicated that the deaths were acci
dental. With tho pair, who had been dead
forty-eight hours, died a little brown dog,
poisoned by the gas.
Besides dishonorable discharge papers Is
sued by the United States navy, a letter
and other articles found In tho room com
plete Identification. Tho discharge, dated
November 9, bore the name of Prince, who
enlisted In 1914 and was discharged for bad
conduct, according to tho document.
' Acting Detectlvei Powers and QUI, of
the Fourth street nnd Bnyder nvenue sta
tion, who nre In charge of the cane, learned
that tho woman was known In tho neigh
borhood as Lillian Pollard.
Lillian Pollard leased Hie hoiiBe from
Thomas B. Hoylo, a real ostato dealer,
I) road and Porter streets, a month ago, at
the eamo time her husband Is said to have
moved to Chicago. A card bearing the
namo A. Benthal, with an nddreas on North
Franklin street; an amethyst, diamond
and pearl lavalllero and a ring, with tho
Initials "G. I. E.."'wcre other clues found.
When tho bodleji were found last night
by John McDrlde, who Uvea in tho house,
and Charlos Ferry, n. sailor, thoy called
Policeman Handforth.
Oas waa pouring from the loosened hose
' of a small hcator that sat n few feet out
'from a wall. On the floor lay tho body
of Prlnco, partly dressed. Under the
bed was ft small brown dog. And the
woman's body, also partly dressed, lay
across tho bed. Death apparently had
overtaken them several hours before Tho
policeman ordered tho two bodies to the
Methodist Episcopal Hospital, thinking that
by some chanco they might bo revived.
That the man and the woman had agreed
to die together was bolloved by tho police
because of a lettor, dated January 50. 1916,
to the woman, addressing her, "Dear Friend
Lillian," and signing the namo Mabol. Tho
letter expressed a hope that sho would get
her dlvorco soon nnd ioma from Norfolk
to Philadelphia on her honeymoon.
-Neighbors said that he woman had
moved Into the houso only two weeks ago.
It was beautifully furnished In mahogany,
with pictures and furnlturo arrangement
that Indicated It wns the homo of a per
son of some cultivation. In tho room where
tha bodies wcro found wero oxpenslvo
clothes hanging In a clothes closet and on
chairs.
COASTWISE LINER AFIRE ; .
PASSENGERS AND OREW SAFE
Merchants and Miners' Ship Puts in nt
Block Island
PROVIDENCE, II. I., Nov. 25. Tho pas
senger and freight steamship Powhatan, of
the Merchants and Minora Transportation
Company, bound from Bostoh for Block
Island, put In nt New Shoreham on Block
Island, eighteen miles off tho Bhoda Island
mainland, at 0:30 today, with a fire In Its
hold and a sharp Hat to starboard. The
flre Is now under control. How It originated
could not bo learned.
Passengers, especially women, wore evi
dently In great agitation, so far as watchers
from the Block Inland shore could tell.
Tho Boston ofllco of the steamship com
pany reports sixteen passengers and a crew
of forty-two on tho Powhatan.
When the Powhatan steamed Into New
Shoreham harbor with amoko coming from
her.portholes there was much excitement. A
coast-guard crew put out In Its lifeboat with
villagers following In dories and motor
boats. These volunteers Joined tho crew of tho
Powhatan fighting tho fire,
PRIZES AWARDED AT SHOW
Berks County Farm Bureau's Annual
Exhibition Closed
READING, Pa., Nov. 25. With the award
of premiums In tha various competitions, the
third annual corn and products show, held
In the Auditorium here under the auspices
of the Berks County Farm Bureau, came
to a. close today.
Miss Sarah C. Lovejoy, dean of women,
Pennsylvania State College, made awards to
women in canned and dried products compe
titions. A feature of today's program was a dem
onstration on grading and packing apples by
A, F. Mason, of State College. There was
an address on corn and potato seed selection
by Prof, W. H. Darst, of State College, nnd
Miss Lovejoy gave an address on canned
and dried farm products.
FIGURES IN TWO ACCIDENTS
Injured Hunter Hurled From Auto
Rushing to Hospital
POTTSVILLB, Pa., Nov. 25. Moses Mor
gn, a Mlnersvllle business man, figured In
two serious accidents In one day and la still
alive. "While hunting-, tha calf of Morgan's
'leg was accidentally shot away by a com
panion. He was given an antitoxin for tetanus
and hurried to the Miners' Hospital in an
automobile, but while on the way the au
tomobile struck a. bridge and Morgan waa
thrown out with great force.
CHARLES II, SOMETIME ENGLAND'S KING,
ARRIVES INCOGNITO AND BATTERED
Merry Monarch, Whose Life Before and After His
Accession, Was Filled With Adventure, Mistaken
for Other Celebrities Before He Is Identified
r? MAY nQt.be gentrally known, but the
fact remains that Charles II, late of Eng
land, la knocking around tha streets of
Philadelphia. He Is in a very bad condl
tlon as a. result of hi many travels. Aside
front the face that ha lacks two eyes, a
right arm frpra. the elbow down and both
legi from the knee, he la physically per
fct He U cine feet tall and weighs 6000
pounds.
Ha arrived hero incognito November 12
and registered at pier 83. South Wharves,
a Itsunem of ancient Egypt Many at
the pier who taw the stranger denied that
t was Barneses. They said It was an
Assyrian dancer. Others better versed in
Rcsleot history were certain that the won
drous guest was some celebrated warrior
of oM Troy. Several pf tha loungers
julhered itunchly to the belief that It was
the bartl Homer.
Onto- when It was fenjHd out thr'dys
age that he wm Jeoklag foe BJehard W.
tn dealer i m&MM VW WaHwt
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wtmuty waaywa.
TWO DEAD IN GAS MYSTERY
Woman believed to have been
Lillian Pollard, of Norfolk, and Ed
ward Princo, ox-sailor discharged
from United States navy, who wcro
found dead in a gna-fillod room, at
1224 West Moyamenslng avenuo.
CARS ASTRAY, SLEEPERS
WAKE IN WRONG CITIES
Mixup at Hnrrlsburg Sends Pas
sengers in Wrong Di
rections St'NDUIlY, Pn Nov. 26. Sleeping cars
for three cities became mixed at llarrln
burg, and sleeping passengers awoke to find
themselves rnllon from their destinations,
The Plttsburgh-Wllkes-Barro car was nt
tochod to a train for Philadelphia, and tho
PIttBburgh-PhtladelphIa car was put on a
train for Hunbury, whllo n Plttiburgh
Washington car was sent to Philadelphia
alBo,
Rush orders wcro sent out nnd tho rars
wore sent Breeding In tho right direction
on later trains.
PORK PACKERS IN BANKRUPTCY
Eighty-Year-Old Firm Unable to Moot
Modern Competition
John Bowor & Co., pork paokcrs. In UiIh
city for moro than olghty years, was peti
tioned Into Involuntary bankruptcy yester-
dny In the United Rtntos District Court.
Creditors, with .claims aggregating 133,000,
filed a petition aBklng that tho concern bo
adjudged a bankrupt. Tlin net of bank
ruptcy Is nllegcd preferential payments.
Tho establishment la located at Twenty
fourth nnd Brown strocts.
According to Frank A. Harrlgnn, counsel
for tho petitioning creditors, the llnbllltleH
nro approximately f 48,000 and the assets
?30,000. Mr. Harrlgnn stndto that tho fail
ure was duo to tha Innblllty of the firm to
keep abreast of the times and moot keen
competition, duo to lack of capital. Tho
petitioners and their claims are! Fred
crlcka Bower, JtO,977.0G: John Frederick
Walch, 18138,21 ; E. A. Illnckshero & Co.,
$6978.23, It Is expectod that n, lecelver
will be applied for on Monday.
SECOND BIG TANKER LAUNCHED
Chester Company Sonds Norwegian
Concern's Boat Down Ways
CHESTIllt. I'n Nov. 25 Tho Gol.iu, a
401-foot, 88Q0-ton oil tank boat, built for
tho FrlthJ Sleswarth Company, of Bergen,
Norwny, waB launched hero at noon nt tho
plant of the Choster Shipbuilding Company.
Mrs. Krliten TIschondorf, wjfe of the
American representative of tho owners, was
sponsor. Thera wero few guests.
The boat Ih the second of ten ordered by
tho Norwegian concern. Tho Mnlmnngr
was launched last August. Tho tankers
wero designed by C. I. M Jack, president
of tho company. The Golaa will be put
Into commission In about two months.
CAMDEN COP DISMISSED
Slept
in Flagmans Shanty During
Shooting on Beat
Albert Blumenthal, of 520 Liberty street.
Camden, u policeman, was today discharged
from the pollco forco on charges of neglect
of duty preferred by Sergeant John Recder.
Clifford K. Deacon, chairman of the Po
lice Committee of Councils, discharged
Blumenthal from the force when he was
told by Sergeant Reeder that, on the night
of November 17, a negro had been shot
and seriously wounded while Blumenthal
slept In a railroad flagman's shanty nearby
Deny Deporting Employed Belgians
AMSTERDAM. Nov. 25. German advices
today strongly deny that nny but unem
ployed Belgians hate been deported for em
ployment In German factories. It Is ex
plained that If by chance some Belgians
who are actually nt work have been In
cluded In those transported from Belgium,
it la because Belgian authorities have failed
to furnish aerman officials with proper lists
of those unemployed,
The German Government, it Is asserted,
has taken "responsible measures" to return
those Belgians erroneously deported,
Charles II died in 1855. Ha had a lively
reign, preceded by a series of troubles and
adventures before ha Anally won the king
dom. He became heir to tho throne when
bis father, Charles I, -was beheaded to make
way for Oliver Cromwell, who died eight
years later. At his death, Charles assumed
control of the country.
It is the only statue of Charles In exist
ence today, Abqut 1680 It was seriously
damaged, when a large building, before
which it was standing, felt to the ground,
burying Charles beneath the ruins.
The statue was restored to Its original
state by a Scotch gentleman, who, because
of some strange dislike for Charles, kept
him boxed up all tha time and never onco
put him on display.
A year before the present war an archi
tectural soolety lq London oame Into pos
session of it. bt pwlag to conditions caused
by tha war Tra SWiged to salt the statqary
to Mr. Lean. Villi the result that Phil,
detphia is new, turner! by CamIm's pres-
VILLISTAS HURL THIRD
ASSAULT ON CIUHUAHUA
Crucial Stage of Battle for
North Mexican Capttnl
Now On
LOSSES TO BOTH HEAVY
Trcvlno Believed Unable to Hold Out
Against New nnd Vigorous
Attack
1,1, PASO, Tex, Nov. 25 At 1 n. m
todny Vllllsta bandits hurled their first at
tack upon Chihuahua City from the north
By B o'clock charges were launched upon
three sides of thn ton and a rush of In
fantry was mnde upon tlio bntlerlos on
Santa Horn Hill in an attempt to silence
tho guns.
Consul General Andrea Oarcln at tho
Mexican Consulate made this nnnouncemPtit
at noon
Itcportx reaching United States Govern
ment ngcntR hero Indicated that the crucial
stnge In tho hattlo for possession of Chi
huahua city had been reached.
Tho silencing of batteries upon S.-inta
Hosa tllll, commanding every part of tho
city, Is nrccssnry before nny buildings or
lioNlllonn In tho city ton become tenable
for the attacking force.
I.osioh In dead nnd wounded bo far ad
mitted and announced by General Gonzales
nt Juarez stamp tho hattlo for possession
of thn city as nno of tho most stubbornly
fought and bloodiest battles of thn Mexi
can revolutions.
Unless ro-enforceinents reach General Trc
vlno from tho south, t'nltcd Hlntes au
thorities hero bellexo ho rannot hold out
much longer against tho bntidlt attack.
All attacks In tho lart few clnjn hao
boon cautious and apparently with tho ob
ject of drawing as much fire as possible
1'AKBNTS OF TKUANTS FINED
Sixty-throo Sorvcd With Warrants on
Complaint of Attendance
Supervisors
Hummonen for sixty-three parents, tlio
largest number oer served at ono time,
wero Issued by Magistrate Htovcnnon this
week on complaint of tho attendance super
visors of tho publlo Kchools. Thirty-one
answered tho summoncs this afternoon nt
his olTlce, ,1947 Lancaster nvenue, Flvn
paid a line nnd costs, two paid costs nnd
twenty-four paid the servlro of tho war
rant. Many reasons were advanced for the tril
nncy, most common of which was neglect
on tho part of the parents to send boyo who
woro cnrnlng good wagon In factotleH to
school, Hovcral inothcrn testified they did
not know their children wero not In Mchuol
until tho warrants wcro sorvod on them.
They bald the chltdron bnd left for school
In tho morning nnd returned nt the right
time In tho afternoon.
"There nppcars to bo nil Inc'rcimlng ten
dency on tho part of children to play tru
ant," bald Magistrate Stevenson, "and via
must adopt mcasurca to toi It "
PISTOL DUEL OVER LOTHARIO
One Woman Dying, Another in Prison
After Quarrel
SCUANTON'. Pa., Nov. 25. Ono voinan
Is dying and another Is In prison following
a pistol duel between Mrs. George AV, Sny
der, thirty-six, nnd Grace Crosble, twenty
six, In the Snyder homo nt Moscow last
night, Thn women fought over George tV.
Snyder, wealthy local wholesale fruit deal
er, who la alleged to have been leading a
doublo Hfo.
Miss Crosble wont to tho Snyder homo
and told Snyder she wanted him to marry
her ns he hnd lived otf anil on with her.
Mrp Snyder claimed Snyiler'H lovo nnd got
u revolver and fired two bIioIh, one at her
hudband and ono at Mlsu Crospio; Imth
missed. Miss Crosbte diow a revolver and
shot Mrs. Snyder JUBt abovn tlio heart.
Snydor and tho Crosble woman wero ar
rested nnd the wounded woman taken '.to
n hospital,
Miss Crosble enmo hero from Mnlono, X.
Y some months ago.
INSOMNIA PREVENTS 11IG FIKE
Sleepless Woman Gives Alarm in At
lantic City Hotel Section
ATLANTIC CITV, N'. J.. Nov. 25. Mrs.
Mury LIpplncott'H Inability to sleep early
today in her home adjoining the lintel
Geneva, Atlantic and Michigan nvetnies,
proved a fortunate thing for tho owners and
tho occupants of the hotel. Chancing to go
to a window she saw tho reflection of fire
In tho basement of tho Geneva. Mrs. Lip
plncott called an nlaim to a mini passing
In the street Mremen aroused tlio guests
In the hotel before turning their attention
to the blaze in the basement. It hud
started from it defective furnace ami pprend
so rapidly that another fifteen minutes'
headway probably would hnve meant com
plete destruction of the three-story hotel
structure.
A general nlurm brought other engine
companies, for tiio neighborhood is a con
gested ono. Tho loss to tho hotel will not
exceed J3D00. Byron GettlH, a tailor, lost
$200, nnd Fcldstcln Brother, tobacconists,
whOHO store In In the hotel building, lost
about J3U0.
SCHOOL FOR NEGRO MEN
Adults Organize Night Class and Pay
tho Teachor'3 Salary
WOODBUUY, N. J.. Nov. 25. A scoro
or more of negro men, from twenty-five
to forty years old, will go to school during
this winter. The Board of Kducatlon has
granted tho use of a room In the new bohool
for negro children under the conditions
that the men engage their own teacher and
supply their own books. Sessions will be
gin next Monday evening.
WOMAN TAKES HER LIFE
Former Teacher Fires Bullet Love Af
. fair Is Alleged
LONG BBANCH, N. J Nov. JB. Jennie
Nastasla, a handsome woman, twenty-five
years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Nastasla, took her life late yesterday
by firing ft bullet In her temple. Until a
few weeks ago she was a teacher In the
Belford publlo school, near Jted Bank, but
resigned owing to an attack of nervousness,
(aid t be due to a love affair.
Jack London'i) Ashea to the Winda
SANTA ROSA, Cai., Nov, 25. The ashea
of Jack London wera taken today tu Glen
Kllen, where tomorrow they will be scat
tered to the winds, to find their last rest
ing place In the "Valley of the Moon,"
Simple services, memorial rather than re
ligious In character, will ba conducted by
Mrs. Charrolon London, the author's wldoy,
and s, few clos friends. '
New Pacific Mail Ilase at San Diego
BAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 25. Plans for
tho establishment at San Diego or a. marine
base and a naval supply depot have been
made publlo by Lieutenant Ernest Swan
son, port commandant, following tha re
ceipt pf a dispatch 'from 'Washington that
the Navy Department had asked Congress
to appropriate 1,600.000 for additional
I'aclfia coast naval facilities.
Member of Bucktails Diea
LEBANON, Pa., Nov. S5. James J.
Coyle, for ft quarter century Justice of the
Faaee in Lebanon independent borough, U
daa4 at tha age of seventy-five years, CoyU
waa the ta.it, Labnonr number of tha. fa-
t
Wqu i.'eniij'iviinia ucujts.
.SAILOR DJR0WN8 AS LINEft'S
WHEEL RirS OPEN LAUNCH
Party, Returning From Shore Leave in
San Francisco, Upset
HAN FltANCISCO, Nor. 26. At least ono
nnd probably several sailors of tho United
States supply ship Glacier were killed to
dny when a lunch In which fifty to seventy
five men were returning to the Glacier from
shore le'nvo was cut In two by the paddle
wheel of the Southern Pacific steamship
Apache.
Tho accident occurred when the Glacier's
launch, departing from pier 16, attempted
to negotiate a narrow passage betwoen
the Apacho and n naval barge. A strong
tide swept the launch nprftlnst the Apncho
nnd tho steamship's Rharp paddle wheels
ripped out tho launch's side. The boat
Bank Immediately.
Half n dozen launches rescued most of
tlio victims. The body of ono mnn, his
head crushed, also was picked Up
Tho number of missing cannot bo de
termined Until an accurate chock of the
Glacier's crew has been made.
THOUSANDS OF TOILERS
GET WAGE INCREASES
Trust Company Employes and
Mill Workers Share in
Bonuses
NEW YOHK, Nov. 25. Based on an In
quiry which disclosed that the employes of
tho Central Trust Company nro paying
from twenty-flVB to thlrty-flvo per cent
moro for food nnd clothing, a ealory In
crease equivalent to from thirty to thirty
one per cent has been nnnounoed by tho
company. It will continue as long ns the
high cost of living ronttnuci.
Onnloyes of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art receiving nn annual salary of $1200
nr less will bo paid a live per cent bonuy
lit December and during 1917 will receive
a ten per cent bonus, to bo paid monthly.
PITTSFIKI.D, Mass., Nov. 25. Wage In
creases of ten per cent have been an
nounced at tho 'laconic, I'ontoosuc, Itun
sets and Berkshlrn woolon mills In this
city, tho Sawyer-llegan Tfooton Mllhi In
Dnlton and tho IUnsdalo Woolen Mill.
About 2500 nro affected.
BBISTOIj, It. I., Nov. 25. A ten per
cent wage Increnso foi moro than 3000
employes of Its local plants has been an
nounced by tho Nntlonal India Hubber
Company.
ItKADING, Pa Nov. 25, Tho Carpenter
Steel Company has announced that be
cause of abnormal conditions which In
creasa materially tho cost of living It has
declared an emergency wngo of ten per
cent of tho ordinary monthly earnings, pay
able until further notice, to all Its mill and
office employes In Beading. This wngo bo
comes effective December 1. Tho company
employs about 2000 persons.
OFF TO SEE ARMY-NAVY GAME
Crowds on Wny to New York Jam
Broad Street Station
Footbnll filled tho atmosphere every wheio
in Broad Street .Station today us throngs
of enthusiasts descended upon tho station
to board trains for tho Army-Navy gamo
this afternoon. About 1000 persons left for
Now York.
Tho sudden onrush of tho crowd wns so
great that the Pennsylvania Railroad found
It necessary to add xectloni to all tho
trains running on tho regular schedule In
nddltton to thn many special trains ar
ranged for tho day. Socloty, pretty girls
iliosseJ In heavy furs and men with rugs
over their arms Jimmied tho station.
It is estimated that about 72,000 persons
will attend tho Ilarvard-Yala game In tho
Yale Howl lit New Haven, whllo iiriange
inentH have been mndo to accommodnto
r.0,000 persons In the Polo Grounds, Now
York, whero tho Army-Navy battlo will bo
staged.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF CITY
Republicans Cast 194,103, With Demo
crats 90,800, Including Ballots
From Soldiers at Border
Judges Barratt and Ferguson In the
Klcctlon Court havo concluded the otllclul
computation of tho returns of tho recent
election, and today tho romputcis reached
tho following grand totals of the votes
cast In the city and by tho soldlors on tho
border for thu various candidates :
Presidential electors:
Democratic, 90,800 (Including soldier
vote of 187).
Hepubllcniis, 191,103 (soldier vote, 609).
Socialist. 4716 (soldier vote, 4).
Prohibition, 874 (soldier vote, 0).
industrial, 48.
Single tax, 1.
Allies to Sell Short-Term Bills
Ni:W YOHK, Nov. 23. J, 1'. Morgan &
Company announced that the Urltlsh and
French Governments have authorized tho
sale here of a comparatively small amount
of short-term bills with maturities from
thirty days to, six months. This Is a novel
fonn of financing by the Allies In this
country. Tho bills probably will bo avail
able for purchaso on or nbout December 1
at rates probably running from 3?; to 4H
per cent.
Germans Say Many Poles Enlisted
BEHMN. Nov 25. Polish nowspapers
report that many roles from nil classes
of the population have enlisted in the Po
iUh army. Wednesday was the first duy
for volunteering. Numerous bureaus were
onened In Warsaw and In other cities, at
which members of tho Polish Legion gavo
Information to tho recruits.
Victor Company Buys Jenklntown Plant
temperatures throughout the eastern naif
of the country are below the normal
The Victor Motor Company has purchased
the nlant of tho Wharton Switch and Signal
Company In Jenklntovvn for 592.000. The
property Includes eight buildings and
twenty-five acres of Und.
NEAR-ARTISTS' CONCENTRATED ART
UP FOR DENUNCIATION TONIGHT
Society of the Not-Quites Subjects Itself to Limitations
and Defies Criticism, With Prospect of a v
Delectable Lunch at the Finish
THEIIB are many "near-artists" In Phila
delphia who admit It.
Furthermore, these near-but-not-qultes
are going to have an exhibition. It will
be held at the Sketch Club, 835 South
Camao street, tonight.
Unforunately there are many restrictions.
No picture may be more than two feet
square. On account of tho space limit
those near-artlsta who had hoped to paint
the Battle of Ypres had to concentrate
their embltlon and offer such things as HA
thin man eating a cheese sandwich" and
"A man ot uncertain direction communing
with a lamp post."
A private view of several of the pictures
shows that some of the almost-artlau have
vivid Imaginations, Thera Is an optimist
eating a crab a cupldisb. coupto courting In
an elevator, a, fat man of cafe complexion
reading poetry to its wife and a waiter
refusing a tip In a restaurant.
But oru of th near-artUU are nearer
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LABOR UNIONS PUT OFF
ACTION ON 8-HOUR DAY
American Federation Convention
Takes No Stand, Lest Presi
dent Be Embarrassed
lULTIMdnC. Nov. 25. The American
Federation W Labor today refused to go
on record against efforts to obtain the
eight-hour day by legislation.
Instead, the Federation put tho Issua over
for another year, during which a special
committee will confer with transportation
workers' organizations.
Desire not to embarrass President AMI
son because of his work for an eight-hour
day for railroad men was the apparent
reason for the convention's action,
.ttf nn nnrtln,V a lltintlnn." (l1nrpd
Mnyor-clcel Thomas Van Lear, of Min
neapolis, representative of the machinists'
unk.ii. "whero n president of tho United
States has sensed the sentiment of labor
better than our own organization has In
the last two conventions."
Ho referred to tho fact that tho last
tno conventions havo gono on record
against efforts to obtain tho shorter work
ing day by legislation.
There was little discussion, Tho vote wns
HG to r,2 for deferring nctlon one year.
GIRL FORCED TO WED
GETS $5000 VERDICT
Orphan Says Farmer Who
Abused Her for Years Made
Her Marry
LAVlti:.Ci:VII,LK, Pa, Nov. 25 A
Jury In Supremo Court at Ulmlra, N Y.,
awarded to Mrs. 'Florence Stock, of Carrs
Corners, a verdict of $5000 against Welby
Updike, a farmer of Judson Hill, Jackson
township, this county.
Mrs. Stock testified that sho was taken
from an orphan asylum In Pittsburgh to
the Updlko farm la 1901 by Mr. nnd Mrs.
Updlko. Sho swore she was forced to clean
out cow BtablcB, pitch hay, nnd oats nnd
help build fences nnd Updlko horsewhipped
her povcral times nnd also beat her with
n strap. At the ago of fourteen, sho said,
she was outraged by Updlko.
During her resldenco on tho Updlko farm
Grovcr Stock nnd four other orphans were
there nt arloun times, In 1914 the de
fendant, she said, acknowledged himself
responsible for her condition. Sho testified
that Updlko sent for Grover Stock, the
orphan who had cotno of age nnd returned
to Now York. Stock came on, and the
day ho nrrlvcd Updlko ordered her to put
nn her bcit clothes and accompany them
to nimlrn. whtro Bho and Stock were to
bo married.
She testified Updike told her If xho didn't
marry Stock ho would horsewhip her. May
9, 1914, she, Stock and Updlko went to
Klmlra and Hho and Stock were married
and poon after n child was bom. Updike
wns ItM father, sho swore.
Updike denied every ullcgation. He has
resided near Daggett for tlilily-fivo years
and Is proxpeioui,
DKATH RATE DECREASES
Mortality Figures for This Week GO
Less Than for Last
Week'
Deaths throughout tho city during the
week numbered 476, ns compared with 53G
last week und 453 during the corresponding
week la;t year. The deaths were divided
as follows: males 242, females 234, boys
60. und girls 47.
Tho caiibes of death were:
Typhoid feir ,. 1
Hrurlt fever 1
Diphtheria and croup .'.
Influenza 2
InfuiitllA -inirnl).ilti(.,k. .1
TubnroulaMK of lunKf R7
Tuberculonlx mnmlnKltl 'J
Other forms of tuberculoid r,
t'nneer and malignant tumnrn 40
Apoplexy nrul softenlntf of hralo 1-
Orimiilc dlsenHi'n ot henrt , 0.1
Acute brourhltlfl ; , 4
Chronic liroiichttla. . ., X
Pneumonia HI
Hrnnchopneumonlu 17
Dlaearev of resplrntory njMeni n
IilflAites of ntomach a
Ularrhoa and enteritis i"J
Appendlcltl" and typhlitis 'J
Hernia n
Orrhol of liver 8
Acute nephrltla nnd llrlsltt'a dl'eaie 0
Noncancerous tumors and disease of nenltal
orsani . 2
Puerperal nceluenta 1
Comrenltul UVulllty and mulformatlona 31!
Senility H
IlntnUlde "J
All other violent deaths 2
hulclde 3
All other dlirusea ft
Total 470
Wilmington LoaeB Motor Factory
WILMINGTON, Del.. Nov. 25. Abandon
ment of plans for the erection of a factory
nt Gruhbs Landing by the Victor Motors
Company, of Philadelphia, has caused con
siderable disappointment here. The com
pany hus taken tltlo to eight factory build
ings and twenty-live ncres of land In Jen
klntown, formerly the Wharton Switch
Workn The price Is said to have been
(92,000.
Teachers Seek Prohibition Law
CHAMininsnURG, I'., Nov. 25. Tho
tuta parsed resolutions calling on tho Leg
teachers of Franklin County Institute passed
resolutions calling on the Legislature to
pass a prohibition law. A retirement fund
for teachers Is advocated and n minimum
wage ot (00 n month.
Sunday Concert Wins nt York
YORK, Pa.. .Nov. 25 The City Minis
terial Association has appealed to Mayor
Hugontugler to prevent the holding of a
concert by the York Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, to which admission will be gained
by tickets sold during the week. The
Mayor declined.
McKlnncy's Resignation Accepted
CAMP STRWAirr. Tex., Nov. 25. The
resignation of Lieutenant Edgar McKln
ney, of Sheridan Troop. First Cavalry, has
been accepted by the War Department.
Lieutenant McKlnney u from Tyrone, Pa.
Business reasons are assigned.
Many professional and business men have
entered th exhibition, and there will be'
an abundance ot prizes.
Among tha contestants are Dr. A. C.
Abbott, who says his picture will have
nothing to do with germs; Doctor Cupid,
the dentist, who, it Is said, draws teeth
better than pictures; Adam Peltx, the sculp
tor, who absdrts that he will not be out
out of any prizes; Yarnall Abbott, the finan
cier,, who says he will not draw any .checks ;
Charles I'rUmuth, who la In the brass busi
ness, but not too forward In regard to art;
Henry Longcope, of the University Exten
sion Society, and Francis J. Zlegler, the art
critic.
All the exhibitors have the courage of
their convictions, and have Invited art
critics to come and distribute their de
nunciatioa Like the real artists, the nfear-artUts'
exhibition will end with a lunchand a
good one, too. i
Those of the near-artists' club who do not
submit a nlctura will hava to !div II.
I'rha heroes who fearlwsly display tbir
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City News in Brief
AnTItttR HUNDEHSON, for many years
a member of the Public Ledger art staff,
was n guest at n farewell dinner last night
at fha Pen and Pencil Club, Eleventh and
Walnut streets, given by his coworkers. Mr,
Henderson leaves the Public LRDann to go
to a Chicago advertising agency.
TOUR IlUXnnnn former papllt of the
Krlends' Central School, Fifteenth and Itace
streets, attended the fifteenth annual re
ception of the Old Pupils' Association of the
Institution In Horticultural Halt last night.
Short addresses were made by Robert Bid
die, president of the association, and D,
John W. Carr, president of the school.
ritAKK J, CUMM1SKBT, chief of the
tlurcau of City Property, who was operated
on n week ngo while 250 ot his employes In
City Hall prayed for his recovery, is Improv
ing steady In St Mary's Hospital, He has
been critically HI from pneumonia,
News at a Glance
Al.r.KNTOWN, I'a Nor. 28. Mm. John
Leh, widow, seventy-eight years old, died
from the effects of burns suffered last night
when, after filling an oil lamp, she tripped
over a piece of carpet and fell against tho
parlor heater
JIATFIKM), Not, 2b. Twenty-six
hundred turkeys wilt ba sold at .auction on
Monday, Fourteen hundred will be dis
posed of here and twelve hundred nt Sou
derton. DUNCANNON, I'., Nor. IS. The Duo
cannon Sabbath School will observe tho one
hundredth anniversary of its founding hero
With a three. day celebration, beginning to
morrow nnd continuing Monday and Tues
day. ItUADING, !' Nor. is. Analitant Dis
trict Attorney D. F, Mauger's home, at
Douglnssvllle, below Reading, was broken
Into during the night and four suits of
clothing, 115 In cash nnd a lot of Jewelry
were stolen. Tho family was absent and
tho houso was ransacked from top to bot
tom. EVANGELIST ATTACKS
DANCING IN SCHOOLS
Would as Soon Have Children
Infected With Cholera, Says
Camden Preacher
"Dance f you want to, but be consistent,
nnd when you are dying don't send for n
preacher to come and pray for your soul,"
mild the Rev. Dr. Mllford H. Lyon, who
Hayed actors, actresses, the theater, dancing
nnd card playing In his sermon on "amuse
ments" at tho Tabernacle In Camden.
"I find that even some schol teachers
aro teaching tho children to dance," Doctor
Lyon said. "I would as lief have a teacher
Infected with small-pox or cholera try to
teach my children us one who Bpends his
or her evenings around the card table or
on tho dance floor.
"I can say, without fear of successful
contradiction, that the llfo of tho average
actor and actress Is notoriously vicious nnd
corrupt.
"The more husbands an actress has had,
the greater her stage repuyitlon, and the
bigger crowds she draws. Tho more n
player has flcured In Immoral scandal and
In dlvorco courts, the greater seems to be
his popularity In the theatrical world. The
great majority of plays nro notoriously
vIoIouh and corrupt in their tendency. The
unfaithfulness of a husband or wlfo in their
marriage vows li made a BUbJect matter
for roniedy."
(illlL SCOUTS HOLD IJAZAAIt
Give Practical Demonstration of Thch
Accomplishments in Works of
Utility
Five hundred Philadelphia Cllrl Scouts
are giving the public an Insight Into the
practical things which the airl Scout move
ment does for girls, at the bazaar and ex
hibit which they are holding on the ground
floor of the Hale Dulldlng, Chestnut and
Juniper streets,
Tho glrlH will be divided Into troops.
They have set out tho floor to resemblo the
camp which many of them nttended Inst
Bummer at Torresdale, on the banks of
the Delaware Itlver.
Now In the liciyt of tho city, where men
nnd women and other girls thoy want to
Interest In their movement can sec them,
these girls nro showing what they learned
In camp. They start fires without matches,
and give "fjrst aid" to the Injured.
The windows of the building luvo been
arranged to show tlio various prizes won by
the girls during tho last year.
In tho bazaar proper there are fish ponds,
booths with candles und fancy articles, a
fortune teller and then, too, there are some
features which are a surprise and aro not
being told.
ELOPING COUPLE FOUND
Northampton Youth and Girl Discov
ered in Elmira, N. Y., Barn
NORTHAMPTON, Pa., Nov. 2!. Bes
tie Mohry, fifteen years old, and Stanley
Luts, twenty-one, eloped a week ago, Tho
couple were discovered .late yesterday in a
barn at Elmira, N. Y., by police from Corn
ing, N, Y. Luta was sent to Jail and the
girl, who was 111, was taken to St. Joseph's
Hospital for treatment.
At the same tlmo Lutz and tho Mohry
girl disappeared, Fred Nagle, a former
member of a minstrel troupe, also disap
peared with a girl whoso name la not dis
closed. Miners Lose Middle Bone Claim
IIAZLETON. Nov. 25. The contract
miners of the Westmoreland colliery of the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company have been
refused the rate pf thirty-six cents per
lineal yard for working middle bone In
veins In a decision handed down here by
Charles P, Nell!, umpire of the Anthracite
Conciliation Board, He declared tho scale
was given only In rare and Isolated in
stances. Ship Arrives to Inaugurate New Line
Tha Jonancy, the first ship of a new line
of freighters to ply between Philadelphia
and Mediterranean ports, has urrlved here
to take on its Initial pargo. The service
la being inaugurated by the Federal Steam
ship Corporation, of New York. The
Joiuincy will sail next week. It la docked
at Port Richmond.
Aged Circus Musician Dies
READING, Pa., Nov. 85. John Row,
ninety-two years old, one of the oldest mu
sicians In Pennsylvania, died at his home
here today. He was a native of England.
He was With the Barnum &' Bailey circus
band for mum- years.
Boy Bootblacks Arrested
A squad of reserve policemen left the
City Hall last night nnd descended upon
(he boy bootblacks who were plying their
trade in the central part of the city. As
a result sixteen boys were arrested, all
Under sixteen.
HITZ-OAKLTON, J10.V. MOBNINO, DEO, 4.
Stad Leifson
COWTBALTO
Rebekahvan Brunt Coaway
AUTO FOUND
Bodies of Joyriders May Be Pin 1
,1 ! nr t. .. I,K1
lunuu in murine, folice
Believe
STOLEN TAG WAS ON CARJ
An nvflrfiirnrt miir.mnki. . .
merged In a quarry stream nt'the boiled
n forty-fool rrnhnnt,,,,..,. ..,.. P01'0 of
r.vn ..j u l . ,. V1' .Wl Morten'
tho pollco a omewhnr;,.,?"r' h 'W1
solve. ' "'ry tol
Tracks leading to tho quarry show o-J
the occuoahts of tho ,-.. ... ..., "olr ,ht
cut from Morton avenue when Tlfe?S
denly plunged into the stream. The
believe the ace ilpni i, ,,..., ". Wllce.
iinv nih n.r.i-.; . , "'".".""" "n nuiri.
rssasssKsaa
As tho enr was probably going . J
occiiM.nl I. T .'Taftl
wero trapped In Iho cn KfrofTs to4Z
the machine will be made Immediately
The top of tho car, barely appearing abmJ
tlio llrfnr nf Mo ,u.l.. ... ' '..'
Frank OrVf 709 ari.r.tJrifffi!
filfttance of others who happened alonr ihl
linnA (Air Wnn .. -"t illf
This llrrnn tvna rta.1t.i -
Ayers, n. papcrhnnger. of Klghth Hretltni
.. , , ,.,,,;,, Mur-uiunea about
.tho tag, Ayrcs said he believed the Uitm
delphla several months ngo,
police learned that .' ("nTe.? ffi'3
,..... ....., uni mo i-aiace Quran
operated by County Commissioner wim.V.'
this In the car wh ch now Hp i h ..."'
Although there Is no report of any tnu
,....... u. ..t.-.i,-i uciiiB missing, it tin
belief of tho pollco that the car was tela'
by Joy-riders and that thoso who took tht
machlno are still pinioned within It.
nenpirn llnmliinH !. II...
avenuo near the scene, climbed down the II
vmuu.Mt.uuiK. tuiu wuiKi'u .orounu the rei-I
chine, wearing hip boots. He said he poked'
n long stick In tho machine and around!
It, but discovered nothing that would ln-1
rllnntn thnt nnv 1n,1lAa .. in ,.. .... 1
Harrison also took tho license tag from thel
back of the machlno and gave it to the
nnllrn ! ft In nmv In ltn nn....i. ..
Kedlngton, a twelve-year-old boy, who says 1,1
,.c u6 ....a an vii nun uy me police.
BEQUESTS TO CIJAItlTY
Little Sisters and St. Vincent do PauljB
society .uenciit
Bequests of. $700 to tho Church of Sum
.luiiii 1110 uhpusi, aianayunx, -Q0 each to
tho Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo and
tho Little Sisters of the Poor, Germontovfn.
nnd $100 to St. Vincent de Paul's Society
connoctod with tho Church of St. John the
Buptlst aro Included In the will of Cath
arine Collins, 4011 Techln street, which
was probated today. The major portion of,
.1.. I1AAI ..In, a l.f, I... .. .,-..-.,-. .-'
1110 f.vvu coinio ivii uy liiu UCIXUCUI gUCS
In r-Alntlvon.
Other wills probated Included those of j
Annie Itandolnh. Baltimore. Md.. which In 'A
private bequests dispose of property valued :,i
III 4,u,ifuu , .ii y v. iiriu, .iiv iurin JT-ll-trfnth
ntrnet. S19.400! Jumps Tvnnwlnn 119ft
North Klaiitcenth street. 38290: Clifford H. M
Wnrron n9(10 OvftrlrrnnU nvftniiA tfi$AA,
Anna K. Davis, 171 West Louden street, g
18000; Cntherlno Comber, Thoroughfare, N.
J., 17300: Charles II. Oultfuss, C33S Qlr-
nrd avenue, $5800 ; John Ruselng, 2014 J9
North Orlanna street. $1200, and Jmc
Deveney, 191G Bnlnbrldgo street, $2200. 1
FACTO 11 V FIRE COSTS $20,000; '
Locomotive Sparks Believed to Have
Kindled Bnrrett Manufacturing
i Company Blaze
) A tank filled with tar at the Barrett
Manufacturing Company, Thirty-sixth street
and Cray's Ferry avenue, exploded, set fire
to six other tanks nnd one of the com
pany buildings, nnd endangered the lives
of ten workmen. The loss was estlnutea
at t20.000.
Daniel McKenty, n fireman of engine -company
No, 1, was overcome by smoke
nnd two negroes. Isaac Foote, 2U5 FU
water street, and John Campbell, Shtroa
Hill, were slightly Injured.
It is believed the fire was caused by -
locomotive sparks Igniting dry grass along
siding. The fire started about U o'clock
last night and after an hour's work by
virtually the full lire fighting force of
South Philadelphia, the flames were untler
control, ,
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Musician Sues Theater Company
ALLKNTOWN. Pa.. Nov. 25. Andre M.
Welngartner, leader of tho Bethlehem Steel
Band, has started suit In attachment for
$3274 against the United Picture Theater
Company, of West Bothlehcm.
Physician Stricken on Auto Trip
POTTSVILLK. Pa.. Nov. 25, Stricken
suddenly with nn epileptic stroke In tm
city, Dr. David Wutklns. a physician of
Woodlavvn, Philadelphia, Is In a critical cott
dltlon at tho Pottsvllle Hospital. ,;
TOTIAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES 1
Leonard n, Beaton, 44S.1 CJerm-ntown ave.i Bjl
Kthel M. Lord. 44S3 aermantown ve. .IS
M.ith.w Hlrrroion. New Urunnwlc-, N. J ma
Mabol 8aunder. New IlrunewlcK, N. J. - ,,
Bertram 11. Mautner, New York city, n4 M
P, Hlnger. WOO Locu.t St. ...... ... ,J
cArr;..t.....n-.
Inard H .? .Ml. iiietVr it., and S.nvh
Co 1 na. 1131 u. iipntsomerjr . T.ibm,n.;
lloeei Haffren, U23 Jtaoe at., and la I.lomu.
.,, and Cirri"
a nit Ifarrlrfit
v Murnhv. M20 N. Howard t. . ...
Waller if. Williams, IH!! lUrrlwn .
Pa'-l B'? H-r.nd H
"n.V.,,fi.'.."?M"N."3d at., and ChrUtW
,,21 3J.mii2?i.?? emu elntart av. . -,
'Mary J. Vatea, SOlli AyonUaW ai. . . ,,u
Coleman Jonnaon. auJi iii-v - t
JolTilr' f J .c,hH
H.Brrrp7bavU. 1MH ChurVh St., and O.rtrWfl
" . vr u ll.un tfaurri. In. . ti.-M
wf.V..V.rYttn 'iiSa Paul at., and J" 'T4
J. ??ek,aaWan"niOSS'burfor it., and !
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Antonl Truenei. zuuu uuv - j
AIlytof. S00 Wtlmot at. ,, Ul,U
Antonl . Lachowslxc 4800 Stile, si- ano
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aula aod rouua ow00-?-.,
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