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City News in Brief
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Food Boosters to Jail
WASHINGTON, Dec 2.
PRESIDENT WILSON Intends to
, urge letfslntlon under which
spccuTators in foodstuffs can bo sub
iected to criminal prosecution thin
In tha (event of existing laws proving
ine.rcctiva. mo president tins im
parted this purpose- to several Con
jrresnmen.
Roproscntativo Britten, of Chicago,
Will urge nn embargo on food as soon
as Congress meets. Ho hns been
Sromptcd In this course by tho
akors and Millers Technical Club
of Chicago, which hns adopted reso
lutions nfllrmlngi
"It is tho duty of tho nation In tho
first instanco to provido for and pro
tect its own people."
"WASHINGTON, Dee. 2. In response to
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' eemanas rom nn over tno country, (no
.' Government has decided lo undertake a
'" tlMldn-wljlo Investigation of the Increase In
food price, with n view to determining the
-eausea and particularly whother combine
tlona exist which are responsible for the
' feresent high coat of living;. Tho flrat step
lrt thla direction was taken when Alter
' ?' General Oregory designated Hoorge
W. Anderaon, tho United Slate District At
lornsy at lloston, to tnlto chargo of the
inquiry.
" Mr, Anderaon will havo complete, author
I Jty In tho direction of n force of Govern
.Hunt Investigators mid will follow up every
"lue to poaalbla combinations, of whole-
. MUera and dealara.
The appointment of Mr. Andernon for this
important duty la taken to mean that the
Administration la not Inclined to auppnrt
tho Proboaal of IlenrosentatiVn Fltztrrriilil.
Of New York. thi-,t an effort to reduce tho
. high coat of living bo modo through placing
1 - u t.,targo on tho exportation of food
stuffe,
, ".HI designation was nald to ha due
largely to hla work In Investigating charges
of conapracy to control tho milk aupply in
Boston, which attracted much intention at
, the department
J? The Department of Justice has turned
ver to the Federal Trade Commission the
RiCU developed In It Investigations relating
.to coal.(, Anti-trust proceedings In two coul
eases already are pendng heforo tho Su
preme Court, hut tho recent Inoiilrv in ..,.1.1
to have satlsHsd department officials that
even the normal price of coal la too high.
CONGRESSMEN GATHER
TO HOLD LAST SESSION
TWO TOt RINti rAn were foam! aban
doned In the northern section of tho city
by the police of the Fourth and York streets
station The cars had been stolen fcy Juy
riders, driven and then deserted, A large
Tale;; touring car was found at Oskdnle
Khd Marshall streets, bearing n Pennsyl
vania license, number S7SPI and the Initials
"J. II. It" on tfte door. The second ma
chine was a Ilulek touring car bearing a
Pennsylvania license number 6JJ77 and tho
InllHIs "II r. U." found nt Ninth street
and Uermantown avenue.'
PIIOVOST SMITH' lloMr. ptirrhs'e
rumi. to buy the house at 40X7 Tine street
for his use. suffered n lull during the past
week and the Amount collected so far re
mained at 150,000. The) mark li set nt
1100,000. Campaign manager snld Iho In
activity was due to tho apiroach of the
ChrlMmas holidays.
IIUilTO.V IIOt.MI.S "per-enslly ran
ducted" a large number of "tourists" In I hi
Academy of Music Inst night on a trip en
circling the globe, but visiting only tho pos
sessions of tlrenl Ilrltaln H!nrllng at I-m
don and rural f.nitln.iil, the home nf Shake
speare nnd 'the rarloua rattles. Ilin "lour
lata" were conducted throtiKh Hrotlnnd,
whera Melds of heather and Iich (.omnnd
were nmong the many Interesting features
A.MIIIHCAN I'KIIITINO Allll.lTV w
prated as every bit enual to that of Cana
dlnns and other inrmbers of the nnlentft
Allies In a speech at Toronto by General
Nlr 8am Hughes, denying reports that
Americans fighting for th Allies were not
unite tip In thn mark. Kir Hi in Hiighea
mentioned Corporal Joseph v.. Ilalca, for
merly of (lermantown. as nn example of
American gallantry In action.
A TALI. rilll.M Till! ir.tfin.V he rn
drUing kilted Patrick M(.rlenn on ml
York road near Ogouts. Tho uli-cli of
tho wagon passed over .MLfllcnn'H nc-li
i'iiii,.ni:i.i'iii, nr.MociiATN M.nit
I,S71.0J In tho rciciit ininiKiliiii In lln
city, thn account nied by IMwnrd !' Ilen
lils, treasurer, with the clerk of Qunrler
Hesslons Court shows Contributions to the
fund amounted to $13,719.
4
SOME 01 MANAYUKICS MILLS BLAMED FOR WATER'S TASTE
A MOTIII'.K'H HI.'IT lo rernrer the rni
tody of her child, who disappeared twalve
years ago, has been Instituted In the New
Ilmen, Conn., courts by Mrs Florence Pad
more, formerly of Philadelphia. Hha clo
claroa flfteen-year-old Dorothy Ilrlckley. of
New Haven, who has been tnkcircare of by
Mr. and Mrs. I'.ll Ilrlckley, Is the daughter
she has been searching for In six Htatcs
JOHN II. Mrl'AIIIIK.V, noted I'Mlmlel
phla art collector, Is recovering In Atlantic
City from nn Illness that was at first thought
to bo serloua Mr McFaddru I under tho
enro of a nureo, but Imprnird so rapidly
no was a iho to receive friends jcaterduy
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AMERICANS ESCAPED
CHIHUAHUA CITY FIGHT
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Left Town Before Villft At-
tneked Outlaw Forces
Outnumbered
ARMS EMBARGO ISSUE
United Statos Gunrtls Shipments Lest
They Fnfl Into Dnndlt
Hands
rho Inrjser picture shows how slowly tho Schuylkill runs pant Mnnnyunk, cnnblmir It to become luritid with tho
iliRrnnri'cs f various mills. In some cnRcs the discoloration nt tho end of n vent pipe, pictured in the circle, is
clearly visible. State health ofllclals nro invcstitfatinR tho discharge of waste mntter Into tho river with a view
to dineovprinj- Its relation to tho present unsavory taste of tho city's drinking wnter.
LIFE'S SAVINGS GONE,
SHE MAY LOSE MIND
"Admirer," Accused na Counter
feiter, Missinj,' With Her $1400.
Warrant InMucd
SAYS SHE WAS STUPEFIED
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WS't Hunrlrnrln. With "flnmn VrHn-,
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WASHINGTON, Deo. 2. Hundreds of
members of Congress, with hundreds of
'.."camp followers" In their wake. Invnded
-WailhlnirtOn InilllV in tntM t.n It.. ....(
i?&fi'h 9t ,ha n"on at noon Monday.
,l,s V , . . Datamtnwn hnlnla war (tll.H in ni...
-' With lawninkem. fhlf l.lnrM ..n.i n. ....... i
. ,Etlry attracted by the glamours of an
ifR."!?" M,l,lon ot Congrese, with a person
Blly delivered message from tho Prealdent,
, The Capitol la newly wanhed ami
renovuted, Waahlngton, used to being n
wa center for legislative and political
news, brightened up at tho prospect of u
lively If short session between tomorrow
ni March i, when will sound tho awan
ong of tho elxty.fourh Congresa.
HOIIKItT 1'. IIAIU'KII. who m lnlur-,1
last Tuesday by the exploaliin it n gns tank
In (ha cellar of the pharmacy of Farrow
Hi-others, Twenty-ninth street and Colum
bia avenue, died thla morning In the tier
man Hospital, Harper was twenty-ecven
years old and resided at Tnouty-elghth and
Oxford streets.
Till: CONDITION of Miigl-trslr "Joe"
Call was reported as critical today. Ho
passed a Kor night and friends aro apprehensive.
CITY APPOINTMIiNTK Indiiy Inrluile
Leon Plntnwsky, H27 Husciuehanna aicnuo.
Innpector, Ilurcnti of Wntnr. salary of
,1000; llernnrd Mogul, 1328 Month Heventh
street, Inaprctor, .Ilurcau of Water, T1000;
John C. Chain, 000 North Forty-clKhth
street, clerk. Ilurcau of Wutcr. 1800, and
John Patterson, 22 It North t'ber street,
extra clerk, Department of rluppllcs, 13 n
day.
HTr.AT.lSd lUtn.HNr.M w. tin, i.rru.i.
tlon ngalnnt Joseph Price, lfldt Wilton
street, whim ho ttna arraigned today heforo
Magistrate Ileaton In Central police court.
A watchman emplojcd by H llecknian &
Co., on tho fifth lloor of thn (lllbcrt llultd
Ing. Juniper and Chirry strccls, testllled
that ho caught Prlcil litlmlllnir m llw.
dresses last night Mnglntrnto llenton held
tho prisoner for a hearing In 1800 bull
News at a Glance
$
P0ST0FFICE PREPARES
, FOR CHRISTMAS RUSH
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&- .One Thousand Extra Men Will
Bfc,TJt i'-'trt n . ., .
v -jn i :ti-i-ir nn.n .n.an,.. ijni.
xsr ft44,jr kjujiui vyiiiua a i. uciiiiiri'.s
? ' to Lucky Recipients
C'?l -
f Tha Philadelphia Poatofrlco la completing
Plana to take on 1000 new men In prepu
-v-ration for the Chrlatinaa ruah, the lurgest
number ever taken on In thla city for tho
holiday emergency Seventy-five additional
iiviiiru-ucna win sisn uo commandeered In
' -ntlclpaUon of tho heaviest Chrlstmaa mail
the local ipatofnco bus had to deal with.
The additional men and equipment nro
piade necessary by the enormous Increaso
In the volume of parcel post buslnoss.
Eight hundred men were taken on nt this
time last year
Fpur hundred of the emergency forco will
p used aa aubatltuta carrlera. The remain
Wit 00 will be distributed among tho
thirty-eight branch ofllces. Moat of the new
men villi be taken from tho civil service
Ilita. A number, however, will be taken
,, rrom outside under a two weeks' contract
n "li1' waive thlrty-flva centa an hour.
.T. P. Johnaon. unerlnfi.nriAn n. .n..
fVSr Tjn '. roatmaator Thornton In making
. ..w.....v.o BiiaiictiinBiiia, as in previous
yOTS jnany notices and circulars will be
jerit out appealing to p4trona to do their
Christmas shopping- and matung early.
AMltl.l.U, l'., Ilrr. t, The VI IxHliorkon
Hro Compuny, of this borough, 1ms uwnrd.M
the contract for a two-story llrohnuso and
borough hall, on Ilutler avenue, to Henry
P. Schneider, of Philadelphia, for 13,t07,
work to bo commenced early next week and
..-umpicicu wmiin loo working days
'A.VC'A.STHH, 1'n., Ilrr. 3 Con.ti.ll
II, It. Ktelgerwalt wiih limllu li,lnr,.,l in
night when a tandem mbtnrcyclo, on which
wcro John Stauffer unit Alfred Heeler, ulmi
of Lancaster, ran Into Htelgerwalfs teuin,
throwing him from his buggy. The motor
cyclists wcro removed to.tho Uencrul Hos
pital unconscious Their condition, how
ever, Is not serious.
I.ucnnl Hwalk. a Ilueslnn woman, living
nt 227 Hayrs etrret. Chester, may lono her
mind ns the result of norry over tho Ions
of 11400. her llfetlmo savings, her liniiip
holil fumlturo nnd her fruit In tho depth of
a man's professions of regard
Tho woman, who Is forty years old, tells
her story through nn Interpreter. In her
statement sho accuses Joseph Mrrjonskl, of
Philadelphia, nnd two other men of swin
dling hrr nut of her money, and has uworn
out a warrant for MrrJonaKl'H arrest. Do
teethes mo looking fur him
Investigation of the womnn'H story leads
tha Chrstei nutliorlllrs In suspect that tho
mans he accuses and bis aciiualnlunivi
who figure In the swindling gama limy lmo
been cnunterfvltsrs nlso I.uconl nsserfa
tlml. following her llrst meeting with Aler
Jonskl, sho was apparently stupellvd ilurliiir
a supper wllh him nnd his runipiinlons In
a Chesler np.irtmcnl house Later Merjon
sltl, she sas. Inlil her ho uh the omicr of
u machine which m.idu mouoy so that ha
did not luivc to work fur n living
Mcrjonskl, sho adds, took her to another
houso nnd shoucd her pieces of paper Inter
woven with silk, upon which ho pound u
liquid 'Ileal" money wnn producid by
this process, tho woman declares h'ovcral
immes were In tho room at tho time,
Admiration for Merjonskl'a skill ripened
Into conlldunco and when Joseph suggested
raring for her savings, thn woman con
sented to trust him with JI260, which sho
withdraw from bank and (ISO that had
been hidden away In her homo Hho sold
her furniture! for 110 und added that sum
to tha $1100
Joseph told tho rounding Lnrnnl, sho
saya, to puck her, trunk and nccoinimny
him lo lUltlmorc, whrro they wcro til bo
married. Merjoimkl wont out to hunt an
expressman. llu h.is not returned, nnd
savornl days' search has fulled to find him.
A warrant Issued by Alderman Carter Is
In possession of tho Chester pollco Tho
woman Is In such serious condition slnco
tho disappearance of her "admirer" mid her
savings that her phjalclnn Iuih been in ut-
tciuluuca twlco dully.
BAR LOCATION CHANGES
ATTACKED BY GIBB0NEY
Law and Order Society Head
Files Remonstrances in Seven
Cases Hearings Friday
MEMOKIAL TO FKANC1S JOSEPH
Rumanians Hero to Honor IVJcmory of
Lute Emperor
A special servlco In memory of Francis
Joseph I, Into l.mpcror of Austrln-Hungiiry.
will bo held hy the ItuiiianlntiH of Philadel
phia, nntlvcs of Austria-Hungary, Sunday
morning In thn Iluuiuuluu llreek Orthodox
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CAitl.lHI.i:. y r. s. in,,,, ,,r
Killed, several of these lurgo bucks, was tha
early toll of the opening of the hunting
season in thn South Mountain. About two
thousand hunters (n camps and those out
Tilt, n .tn awj.Hu In a I. ... ..-...a ....
.. .... ,.v.v ,, inu iiiuuiuuinH. ivtijutant miuiiuiH iii urn jauiimuiuii iirci'K viririuuo)
Ueiierul Powell led a camp Into tho ,Pno Church, American and Drown streets.
CIrovo section. Itiimnnlans anil natives of Austro-Hun
cXltl.im.i:. . 73" ,... Kn.r),..fr"m ""r ,"rl. ?f Philadelphia will
calf kicked over a lantern In the cow barn
to which repairs wcro being made, tho barn
on tha farm owned by C. S, Ilrlnton, Cur
llslo, and A, M. Ilowmun, Camp Hill, located
near, tho latter town, was destroyed by nro,
with all of tha season's crops, causing a
loss estimated nt moro than SJGOOO, iinrtlv
covered by Insurance,
MSHfm jiy
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CITV HALL DECOUATOIt DIE3
Frank N, Taseart, Noted Fresco
Painter, Succumbs Suddenly on Street
Sranlc N Taggart, a freaco painter, who
aworated the eourtrooma at City Hall, the
vn rwcuviun ruum ana otlur depart
'IH;. ""fl u.'1(-y on the street today
JfJfbsonUi streot and Columbia avenue.
io - w dj. joaepn-a Hospital, but
vta to revive him ware futlltx. '
'agaart. who wn ftrtv.Yo...a ,.. ,
wd at HtS North Camao atreet
Boen juggari was attached to City Hall
W frequently suggested that Biiiw ...nn
Vao tha tOWar bA Adorn.,, In M -. ,.
$t T,rt' WMa 'to pardon thi
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wncuuui pil,,rtT UN QUITTING
fe Aftnoy General Refuses Comment
&.fci Xtannrt TTII 1) 1
j,Z -" '-V fcV0jjaju
iJMy.lt Teg, Pee. Attorney Qanerat
ey'.-.:; "r ?? iinten.
.I--7ia """'"" u U"T n report that
K U known that hs ha tn!,i i. ., ..
WWUd rrtlre The eaot date of hii
tkua lm not been datennLnai, n
Bjaiplatl j-6giiui; Dicafliber 1.
8nm &ftt - return to f aa
W VMIMWM4 iMf ta:
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OA1II.IHI.K, Pa., lire. .To nveld the
trouble caused hy their children being on
the etreets, tho town of I.nolu will open
temporary schools until tho now building
being built to replace ono destroyed by
Are Is oompletod.
CAIU.IHI.K, r., Her. I. After brine
trailed over Ohio, Indiana nnd Illinois for
"'" iiimiihi", (.'.iincr vvatson. wanted here
for crimes charged by his duughters, was
arrested nnd brought to Carlisle from dot
t-UUt,
"MISSIONAUV SUNDAY"
Society on Propagation of tho Faith
to Hold Second Annual Celebration
T.hu" !!? W. for "' 'fopnKatlon of the
Faith will hold tomorrow Its second annual
celebration of "Missionary Sunday" at Hie
.Miiiv-a4ijHe
The sermon will be preached by th
night Ilev. Monslgnor D. J. Oercke. who
has spent thlrteirii years In the Philippine
Ialands and has seen and knows what mis
slonary life means.
Archbishop Prendergast will preside at
the celebration and give Jlsnedlction Jl0
..III ..A BautBlu 1... .1. B. BH
,.i -i Hia.ivai wjr mo ney J. Charlsa
Pavey. S. J of the Oesu. and the ltev. Ed-
ware Alien, u. ., or Hi. Vincent's, as chap
lalna. The Hev. Jamea K. Dougherty of
the Visitation, will be celebrant of the -,e-per
service; the Ilev Mlehael V lUlnr or
HL Hlliabeth'a, deacon, and the Itev. John
C. I'helan. of St. Thgmaa'a, sub-dseoiL
The Itev Joseph M. O'Hara. of the Cath
dral, will be master of ceremonies. All the
priests on ceremonies are directors of tha
aoelttles In their respective parishes.
The celebration will becln at -.-.is -....
the ceremonies this year falling on the
feast day of St. Francis Xavler, the patron
of the propagation. " ""
attend tho servlco which will bo cunducted
uy uio itev. i vv unvriiesliu
Tho Austro-lluiigarlau coiisulule slnlT In
this city will uttend In a body They will
bo u-crlved by tuolvo llumuntttn boys
dressed In their nntlvo costumes
The'cninmlltea Is cumiiosed of Mlh.il a
Marian. Theodora Croltor, John Uropsorean,
Thoodoro Ambrus und Peter Kuru
l. Clarence (Ilhbonny, president of the
Law und Order Koclety, hns filed In Quar
ter Hosslons Court ri'inonstrauces against
tliii changes of locations of seven s.iIooiih.
Thu petitions for location changes will bo
heard by Judges Ilarratt and Iluvls, com
prising tho License Court. In Itoom C7C,
City llnll, Friday.
Tho (Illilionoy remnnstrnnces uro against
tho following nppllcutloni.
Paul F WcIhh, Hiipo and Thompson
streets, to Tulla street and Allegheny ave
nue ; Anthony Miller. .134 North Third
street, lo- 3177 Illchmond street; Patrick
J Coon, 7I9 Kast Passyunk avenuo, In
Watt htrciit and Oregon uveuuo; Joseph 1
Hlnlrlker, 222S South Seventh street, to
Juniper and Hhunk streets; David K AVnl
UrH, on North Fifth street, to B700 llls
Ing .Sun avenue; .Michael Tcmklcwlci, f.17
.S'orlh Fourth street, to Thompson nnd
Wt-stmorolnnd streets; John Oooduvnge.
Second street und (Jlr.inl uvcnuo, to 2332
Orthodox street. .
HemoUHtranj.es also wcro fltcd against Iho
applications for truusfar of tho following:
Margaret Kerniin, Flflecnlh nnd Fllbort
streotH, to 110 South Fifteenth street; Kon-
stnnly Kehullx. 23tt Falrmount avenue, to
t8t!7 MelriW street ; Idn !'. Clegg, southeast
corner l-.tuet-iild nnd 'York streets, to north
west corner Hmorald and York streets;
Hugh lladwcll, 2213 Frankford avenue, to
Sixty-first street and I.lmwood avenue;
William Cartllng, 118 Market street, to
Sixth and Ilocklnml streets.
So far no remonstrance hns been filed
against tho application of William Ornhani,
proprietor of tho Hotel Jamison, Filbert
street nour Ilroad, for n transfer to Fifty
second and Sansom streets Or.ihnm's pres
ent location has been taken by tho city for
Parkway purposes. A previous application
for tho site he Is now scold mr was refused.
It Is expected that icsldants In tho West
Philadelphia! neighborhood will fllo objec-
iioni in uio iransror nuroro next Friday
Judges Ilarratt and Duvls. of tho Llcrnso
Court, will not attend tho mass-meeting
which will bn held In tho Mury Simpson
Memorial Methodist l.plscnp.il Church to
morrow night In further protest against the
granting of a saloon Ilconso nt Sixtieth
street anil I.nnmlowno avenue.
Tho meeting has been called hy tho Ilev.
1'r C. Kdgar Adamson. leader nf the op.
position again tho saloon Invasion Plain
will bo illscuiheil for tho taking of nn up
..(ul to a higher court, lloth I.lccnso Court
Judges have been Invited to attend. They
o...., ..-, niKiii inni iney vvonici not bo them
Judge Davis Is going out of town, be said.
Clarenco I). (Ilhbonny. president of tho
Law nnd Order Society, whoso attitude In
tho fight vns sovcrely criticized hy Doctor
Adamson, probably will b Invited Mr
fllbboney has declared bis intention nf being
present at tho mooting If hu Is Invltud
Tho trunsfcr to thu Sixtieth street addres.
was granlod to Michael J Ilurke. saloon
keeper, of 2100 Cullnwhlll street, after sev
eral months of strenuous opposition of tho
Haddington residents.
SOCIAL LION PROBED
AS LOAN SHARK HEAD
Federal Court in Chicago Hears
Charge AgniiiBl Frank J.
Mnckcy, Polo Player
ALLEGED DUPE ON STAND
CHICAOO. Dcp 2. Further Investiga
tion Into the workings of thn nation's
gr.ntest loan-shark syndicate was sched
uled for today In the court nf Federal Judge
Idindls following rcvclntlnni that Frank .1.
Muckey. polo player, jachtsinnn. traveler
nnd social lion. Is Its nllegcd head Mnckey's
aged mother, .Mrs C M French, of Itcods.
burgh. WIh , Is Iho Ilnanclal backer of tho
concern, according to testimony heforo
Judge Lnudls, nnd It Is In her nnmo that
all transactions appear.
I'red lluttmnn. Chlcngo iji.uiugcr for tho
syndicate, was tho witness who nno-m..,',.
tdlj (lln-losi.il this Information during tho
bankruptcy 'stilt of Hubert Ilutchcrson, u
railroad employe, who s.ild lin li.ul imr.
rowed 1100 from tho lonn agency, which
had tried to collect J3IC In repnvment.
Tho syndicate lluttmnn reluctantly ad
mitted, began business on 5100.000 loaned
Mai key by his mother Now, ho said. Ihero
are nineteen companies with forty br.inclies
In Chicago and tho Mlddlo West Ho wa'i
unable to rsllmato tha syndicate's earn
ings, but said managers of the various
olllces wero paid salaries of SI 2.000 a year.
Mackny li well known In i.l.iia nn.
clal centers nil over thn world In 1005
ho and his wife env -, in.i.Oii,... n,iu i..
which tho late King Kdwnrd of England was
a participant. Tho l.ito King nnd Queen
Alexandra havo been feted hy tho Mnck
eys. Ho lias homes In Chicago, Now York.
California and Florida Hla London home
is tho nmous Ileuuchump Hall.
HANK HOUNDS OUT CENTURY
Philadelphia Saving Fund, Largest in
Country, 100 Years Old
-nJ',?. J'hlladclphla Saving Fund Society,
1 00 Vvnlnut utreet, "the mother of American
savings banks." und thn largest Ilnanclal
"'"i nn niiiii in inn rniinfptr id inn
years old today No olllclal celebration Is
being made nt tho hank, nor aro any souve
nirs In tho form of Uo gold pieces being
given out. although tho assets of Iho society
exreed the deposits bj JIB. 000.000
A dinner to celebr.Uo tho occasion will
lie given nt Iho personal expense of thu
president. O. C Purves. nnd tho board of
managers tonight at thn Hellovun-Strntford
to about fifty financiers of Philadelphia nnd'
""Hi v-lltVO.
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 2. General
Gonzales, commander of tho Cnrrntt
7lita nnrrlson nt Junrcz, nnnounccd to
day thnt n heavy colunm of Govern
ment troop under General Murgla
reached Chihuahua City clurlnir the
nlsht, flnnkliijr the city on two nldes.
.Murtria Imd heen ordered to attack the
city, Gonnles snld. At the Mexican
Coniuntc here Consul Bravo slated he
hnd no Information of the military
movements of General Murclo.
WAMIllNnTO.V. Dec. 2 All Americans
hnd left Chihuahua City heron the Vllllsta-i-nrrnnzlsta
fighting began there. Htnto De
tmrlment representatives on tho border
wero told by nil refugees with whom they
miked, tho Department nnnounccd today.
Thn refugees told olllclnls that Villa had
ordered no looting nnd Hint they believe no
fi relgncrs, except two Chinese, had been
Killed.
DrtnllB nf tho see-saw fighting thnt pre
ceded tho fall of Chihuahua City wcro told
by refugees lo (lencrnl Hell. They were
forwarded to tho War Department. The
story showed thnt from Thursday to Mon
day the advantage swayed from one sldo to
the other.
VILLA OUTNILMI1I.U1.D
Fighting wna tho moit despernto around
Ilin tMinltrntlurv nnd Iho H.intn llosa hill.
Ilnth changed hands two or thrco times Ih
tho several days' struggle Trevlno Is said
to li.no had 0000 men and Villa half as
mnny.
"Villa attacked Thursday nnd fighting
continued nil day until dark." said one
refugee. "Tho fighting continued again Fri
day all day. Villa entering Into tho center ot
tho city, vrhcro there was Blreet fighting
Frldny night ho took Santa ltosa bill nnd
Saturday ho entered farther Into tho city,
continuing the fighting until Monday."
Another refugee said:
Tho lighting ntnrted Thursday nt t
p in. from thrco directions, first from
the waterworks, second from Ccrro
Coronel nnd third from the direction of
tho roundhouse. At G p. m , Sunday,
Santn llosa battery ni captured by
the Vllllstns, and tho fighting continued
until Monday, when tho penitentiary
was still uncaptured.
.Military Information In tho dispatch was
withheld, though nrmy ofllclals snld tho
situation provided no new monnco to tho
border.
AP.M.S HMnARGO
Tho American embargo on shipment of
nrmi ncrosa tno Herder promises to become
u live Isauo between this Government und
Jlexko.
Carrnnxa's advisers here secretly aro dis
pleased nt tho United Statos regulations,
which, thoy claim, In practice (though not
theory) pi event Cnrrnnzlstas and Vllllstns
from getting shipments
Tho Mexicans say frankly n lack of
nmnimunltjon was solely rcsponslblo for
reveises nt Chlhuahu.i City. On tho other
hand, American olllclnls hint that tho Car
lunzlstnH h.ul sufficient ammunition, but
thnt the Vllllstns havo wrested It from
them
As tho embnrgo now stands, this Gov
ernment can mnko special exceptions for
passage of Bhlpmenta. In nrnctlce. Iii.w.
over, nn. is rurcly none, for fear such
shipments may fall Into bandit hands nnd
provo n boomerang
It wnH learned today that Ambassador
Arredondo had cnllcd tho situation to tho
attention of Secrctnry of State Lansing.
Tho Administration, however, gavo no cvl
denco today of planning any alteration of
Its rules.
TRADE PERIL SEEI
IN FOREIGN PAC1
Combinations to Get Bij
Prices tor lioods, Ke
' port 'Says
GREAT GRAB AFTER WAM
Commission Urges Revision ofl
Laws to Aid tho Big Ex
porting Houses
WASHINGTON, Dec 2. Tho Federal
rrncio commission louny gave to tno publli
n view or me worm-wide trade war h
which tho United States Is preparing t:
plune.0 nt the conclusion of the struggle?
In Hurope. It Is the thoUsand-pago reixi1
or tne commission on co-operation fi
American Hxport Trade. It shows win
Is wrong with present American cxnorl
irndo conditions, where foreign nation?
nnvo superior incuiiies ior auvancing thtlfi
trade, nnd, finally, points the way to "
new irauo supremacy ior me united Statu
Hy means of export combinations an,.
foreign trade cartels business Interests of
foreign nations maintain secret agreements
whereby they do not weaken each other by
i-unii'i'iiuK iiiiiuiiK uiomseives, uyi rw
oporato In getting tho highest prlco for
their goods, the report says. Hacking these'
organizations nro highly efficient banking
niiuu.iui-- nnu Kniiiping unos, tne whole
fabric working together to advnncn the. .
tionat Interests.
In tho faco of this situation the mnnu-
.iic.urcra ami exporters of the United States
find themselves unorganized, engaging In
competition resulting In bitterest solMnJurj
devoid of proper banking nnd shipping facll
llle and therefore nlmn.it whniiv t .u.
mercy of unscrupulous foreign comblns)
lions, the report assorts. i
,-T,h0 ,rv!rcd,y f,or ,,lls "'tuition, says thai
lederni Trado Commission, lies In the lm-
VILLA MENACE GROWS,
SAYS CARRANZA CHIEF
Thu Philadelphia .Saving Fund .Society
has distributed J7B.000.000 lo hundreds of
thousands of depositors : Its deposits during
ji rentury havo nggrcgated J605.000.ooo- It
has nt present J131.O00.000 on deposit 'bv
20.1,000 persons, which Is said to b 100 000
more than tho number In any other bink
In the United Stales Twelve' Inlerpr tors
nj-e employed to talk to customers of foreign
.Man Killed hy Jitney in Lebanon
Ll.IlANON. V . Dee 2 John Cochran,
a Cornwau and Lebanon ltallro.id Company
freight handler, was run down and almost
Instantly killed by n Jitney while h"
crossing n street on his way to work
Cochran was the third member ot his fuiu
lly to meet violent death.
MISSING AVIATOR
BELIEVED IN CUBA
Harvey W. KayH Became Drug
Fiend Through Woman's
Influence, Wife Says
wmwismmmmm
Fired Deliberately at Boyn
Suburban polloe are trying- to traee a
man who deliberately flrsd a load of bird
"l0,t5,t i511!?. " "lten ysar. old,
awl Wehard MlehaeL his fBUrtB-yg,-uS
bretaer ef Fort Wartiagten. ThTtS? bSS
wev plariwi muM trsp, ah, gf
3T.x Trjrsr. yg w vy wau
jjOtfSitffi
Acquaintances of Harvey W. Kays, tfto
Philadelphia aviator who It Is alleged de
serted his wife and four children, bellovolie
has fled to Cuba,
Kays was the associate of Ilaron von
Flgyelmeesy, a local aviator with a series
of daring flights to his credit. When Kays
disappeared the Hsron's ,11000 plane dis
appeared biso, it is Iielievea the machine Is
hidden In the eJty. It was undergoing re
pairs when Kays disappeared, nnd therefore
not In serviceable condition. Warrants for
the aviator's arrest havo been sworn out
by the wife,
A person who had been Intlinn,,. a,. n.
Kays said yoeterday that Just prior to the
aviator's disappearance he had talked con
siderably of giving up flying and taking ud
autq racing In Cuba.
A woman with whom Kaya Is alleged to
havo eloped Is known as Jo-enhin. m.
dano, f"'y employ! as a menleurlst
J ?ld ' h "fe Of a well-to-do
Philadelphia mn, who left her on ucoount
ef hsr oonduet
Aeoordlng to Kays'a wife, who Uvea at
61 41 IWtlmore avenue. Kays had beeome
a drug adlot through the mnuenee ot this
Walla. 5 Miles With Broken Arm
A frftlHured arm and dUtocated ahoulder
did not U.t.r Benjamin ale, tvvejve y
old. of SI litastwlck avenue, from wiuk
Ing Ave ioUmI, the University Hwtful
aijd to apply for treatm.at, Tli boy f,l
n?it ,S! A t . .'-"ourtfe
T. 7 i. -"-- nvau yesterday
Hospital Bturttaiaiw mitjnM l the Ud'a
Ktluek, mi situ' h. iuui raadt.Ji .t5". Jrr. f
Sfjffii!' to " WH wMm
KILLS SHERIFF; ARMED
POSSE SEARCH WOODS
Storekeeper Shoots at Ofllcer
Called to Arrest Him, Then
Makes Successful Escape
DANVILLK, III., Deo. 2 Armed possea
ure searching tha woods east of Cayuga, Ind ,
eighteen miles southeast of here, for Mark
Wright, who shot und killed Mai tin Jones,
sheriff of Vermilion County, ImL
Tho sheriff was called to Wright's store,'
three miles northwest of Cayuga, to arrest
him on complaint of relatives, who stated
that he was threatenlm? tn km m.v,....
?.' .hlu. fa"lll'-. "."" entering the store.
right shot the sheriff, killing him In
stantly, flred several times tit Thomas
Simpson, who accompanied the ofllcer. und
aaaiaMlaA.i n .V... ....... '
PRESIDENCY OF CUBAN
REPUBLIC UNDECIDED
Four Weeks After Election Charges of
Fraud nnd 'Coercion Keep
Result in Doubt
HAVANA. Pee. 2 With charges of fraud
and coercion filling the air, Cuba U still
waiting to know who waa cho-nn Tr,.i,ia,ni
at the election held four weeks ago. in
two provinces new elections will have to be
held. It (teamed eertaln today that the
result will not be known for weeks vet
Troepa and munitions are being moved
about by tha government aa a warning that
order must be preserved. Manual Varona
Suares and the Liberal Mayor of Havana'
were to have taken office today, but the
demand that several city precincts 'be re
counted postponed the ceremony
Elgin Buyer Down TVo Centa
JR?"V. ? -4 of tatter
BRITAIN RECONSIDERS
TARNOWSKI QUESTION
Vienna Says United States Feels
Sure Austrian Ambassador
Will Got Safe Conduct
i ..-- i ipi-
LONDON, Dec 2.-.VIscount Grey. Ilrlt
ish Foreign Secretary, and attnohea of the
I-orelBn Office, aro giving deep conslderu.
Hon to President Wilson's rwiuest tot re
consideration of Fngland's refusal to grant
5S&1.00??urt lt Count Ta"10kl. tlw new
Austrn-IIungarlan Amli.nn,i. ... ..."
the Vr, d state, unmolested A tXram
from Vienna Indicate, that the UnUttS
Statw had notified Austrla-Hungary thiu
S-SSr u'a .."?.- ? nw
th TiThi i v "'""" 'M1 J" rem-eeentatioiw on
IStoTiS rrdo,nXChttnet4, bHn Wa"'
SEEKS ELOPING DAUGHTER
Broker Goes to Elkton In Hope of Find
Ing Her
With team streaming down hie cheeks
John U Craig, of 700 Ohelten avenue Ger-'
mantown, walke4 Into the olliee of tb su
perlntendent of police last night and wild-
"Please ImJn me to set hik7.'L.
ter. I think that she ha. .toped t0 iSkton
with a worthle. bum. I want to g ,,"
Craig Is a member of the firm of Jni,
F. Cwlg ft Co . broker at U J Itouth From
street Hla daughter Susanne. lVMvenl-
years old and a girl of striking wuSu?
he said Craig belle vm they took Hu It To
p. m train for Bl-ton Il
For an hour and at an expense of nn
Crete telegraphed eaeh mmiwerat iktoi
tbjt hto daughter was undsjr age. Wtg -
LL I'ASO. Tex., Dec. 2. Tho situation of
tho Carranza Government In northern Mex
ico Is "desperate" following the capture of
Chihuahua City by Villa, Gonoral Gonxnlos,
roinmnndor of tho Government forces nt
Juarez, admitted to friends today.
"If Villa attempts to hold tho northern
capital," Gonzales said, we will bo able to
convcrgo from three sides with heavv
forcci and nutilhllato the bandit army. Hut
Indications uro that villa Is making rendv
lo move ngaln. Wo havo bis channel of
eicapo toward the south closed with our
troops at Morcusltas."
Military olllclals hero point out thnt Villa
probably will-move westward along tho lino
of tho Mexican Northwestern Hallway after
evacuation of Chihuahua City In order to
rcorganlzo his forces and prepare for an
other swoop All mUltary authorities agree
It would bo almost impossihlo for tho bandit
..li. in uoiu uio city against a determined
ussault unless thoy wcro well supplied with
artillery and ammunition.
Search for Villa sympathizers among tho
Juarez garrison waa begun today, when It
lint, illttfarti'nraat lit,., nil .. a . . ..-
vvei-o disabled en routo the breech blocks
having been removed,
Fears of an Immediate bandit uttuck
upon Juarez wero lossonod by reports of
preparation for evacuation of Chihuahua
vi.j mj ,uu Malum urmy.
mcdlata revision of Atnerir-nn i-,, -.,.-
ra,?ur,r!.e:-l""h I'oylly'.beset 1
""".' " " "' "" irauo conspiracies of
foreign nations. Is harassed nt homo by
restraining statutes which threaten him
with punishment If ho attempts to fight
tho rest ot tho world with tho wenspons
which nro uicd ngalnst him.
ii.'i-,noni.mlMlo,n stronB'y recommends
tho legalization of export combinations and
cartels for foreign trade, with tho definite
restriction that no such combination ohall
usn Its organization to operato In tho terrl
tory of tho United States nnd bring about
monopolies hnrmful to America's people,
A tremendous amount of evldcnco of tho'
trade conspiracies and discriminations
which havo been practiced against tho Unlt-
"""" " lorcign nations Is contained
In the two volumeH comprising the report.
Tho report says that the rest of tho world
has forged ahead of tho United States be
cauto this country has been nbsorbed In Its
domestic concerns While the American
nation, not yet wholly settled nnd with Its
Interior resources undeveloped und furnish
ing a Job for Americans for many years to
come, hns been trying to Bcrve Its own peo
ple, tho old countries of Hurqpe. crowded
nnd "finished" from tho Industrial, agricul
tural and cconomlo point of vlaw. have h.n
forced out of their homos to make monoy )
out of other countries This has given A
HlAtll tllM land -. 1 . . .. T ' -J
...vim ..it, .vim iii aureign irauo, is tne com
mlsslon'a explanation.
Hrlefly. tho remedy of the FrJ.ni Tr.,i.
Commission fpr tho Ills ot American foreign
tlUUU in.
Uetter shipping facilities.
Hotter foreign bnnklmr facilities
Hotter methods of obtaining trade Infor- 'V
IIII11IUI1.
Legalized export combinations. t
Legalized American combinations to buy
nbroad. ,
Hvldcnco of uufnlrness to Americans In
foreign trado has bocn collected by ths
commission. Ilecause Americans must uo
foreign telegraph, cablo nnd shipping fa
cilities, all American trado uccrots readlly
fall Into Iho hands of competitors of other
nations. Americans have so few foreign
banks that An International money trust
of tho L'uropenn nations has unchallenged
control of tho foreign flold and discriminates
ngalnst American foreign traders, according
to the report.
i .iHitw oi uvea ring uu u,iui...
KlUw
TAFT ASSAILS LABOR THREAT
"Ono Bip; Cloud on Our Horizon," Ho
Telia 'Merchants
PIlOVIDi:.'C!3. R. I Dea 2. -The
danger to American economlo strength
through lie tendency of union labor to
place Itself above law and order Is ono big
cloud on our horizon when we look to the
llaV In rnllf.W 11,1 a. ,..l,l .a,.! .. "i l"0
President Taft Inn .ddr'SHh."-.:
her of Commeroe here. He continued;
"The highest tribunal In the nation has
been notified that unless the AdamsoS law
lu ll.ll.ol.l .lata It.............! .. . . --. .a IT
j- a......... ...a, ....-niamwii riiroa strike will
bo enforced, It Is a threat to starve the
nation Into submUwIon. The decision re!
suiting may be the proner onj; but the
means contemplated aro wholly wronu .?
vvo havo a railroad strike all forces pf pub'
llq opinion and public action must be called
Into play to forco ohedlence."
DRIYER HURLED FKOm"eNCINE
Frederick Mussel, of No. 3D Company,
.uoy nuvu rrneiureu HKull ,
Vhil speeding to a. flre. Frederlek MusmI
forty-nine years old. 7928 nidge em?e.
driver of auto fire Engine No. 39 was in
jured. probably fatally, early today, vv. "
Im rear axle of the engine broke at ijrver"
Ington avenue and lechln street.
Mussel loet control of the engine. whit.
erashed head-on Into an iV,n gi"?l w'.-fh
driver -wag thrown to the ground and ifr
fara.1 lunlhin .-.I .. . l . .." ,H SUr-
Hospital In a passing automobile
The ttre was in the yard of Jacob Saxamla-
tk"" Maln r"L Th4 &"
GIRL IS BADLY BURNED
IN TURPENTINE BLAST
-s
Victim Heats Oil for Medical Purposo
When Explosion Ignites Her
Clothing
Whllo preparing hot turpentine with
which to massago her mother's back, Miss
Mary Drudlng was so soveroly burned this
morning that physicians nt tho Methodist
iuhiuuu jear sue win uio.
Miss Drudlng, who Is twenty-five years
old. lives at 28 Wolf street. Sho nrose
early today and went to tho kitchen to
bent tho turpentine with which she In
tended to relieve the, pain of her mother,
Mrp. Anna Drudlng.
Tho gas stovo did Its work too well, nnd
suddenly there was an explosion, nnd the
girl vvns nflame from bead to foot. Her
screams summoned her brother Louis nnd a
boarder. Miss Anna Hell. While MIsa Hell
beat out tho flumes, tho brother ran to the
corner, nt Fifth and Wolf streets, and
brought back Dr Adolph Relchman. Ho
tent the girl to the hospital In the Fourth
street and Snyder nvenue station patrol.
Then Miss Hell fixed up tho turpentine
and massaged the mother, who does not yet
know that her daughter was Injured.
SEEKING JOBS FOR JOBLESS
Lancaster Chamber of Copmorco Opens
Bureau Under Stuto Auspices
IiANCASTHn. Pa., Dec 2. An employ
merit bureau was opened today under the
auspices of tho Lancaster Chamber of Corn,
merce In the rooms and In charge of Its
secretary.
It will bo under tho direction of the State
Department of Labor, It Is the first labor
bureau in Pennsylvania to bo operated by
a Chamber of Commerce.
A considerable number of unemployed
applied for Jobs, showing that all who-want
work aro not employed.
TOD LATH 11IH CLASSIFICATION
IKKLIHIOUS NOTICKS
rrotetni KplmjMil
ST. JASII-SV. riU'BCll. 22d end "Walnut
tlWa, J'"'. J.".,N MOCKKIIKJK, K-Ctor
.,?r.t .Sundny n Advtnt. Dtcemtwr 3 B a. m-.
Holy Communion 1 10.30 a. ro . Horning pry-'
r. pUIn, 11 a. m.. Holy Ommunlon. wllh
s.rmoni p. ra Evenlg I'rayer, cborst.
wl'h sermon, : a. m. and S.li n. ro Uun.
day School. llUhoinln)Ivliir. of firsxll. will
j" "vaua;!-! ircacor si ins u a, ni.
jJTTlce
!UV3
DE.VTIIS
ldJ5ta!s?'5?.' fna A. M, Apollo Lodse,
Tum. 3 p. m.. 3310 N. 16th st. Jnt private-
'tHWSS. . Stwd Monday v
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li itesers. asd 71. lul.tiv..- n,i fri.nj.
buibind of Kate
employes Jjlrd. Sclwber 4 Co.. SM o4 Uarktt
WontanjKIlled on Way to Funeral
POTTSVILLE, P., Dec. J M Riir,
W.I.U. of NewtowoT waT uitamly 5u2
wWU on her way to attend the fuMnd 7t
SUwara KeUy, of M1Vhi WwKiSf
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8A.SSJ. WANTBD to .,rv milk ront.s
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