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&fyat Dutch Company,
ptindard'a Competitor,
Offers 74,000 Shares
jUf&ERWRlTTEN QUICKLY
&EW TOOK. Dec, I Another Amerlcnn
, ananclal milestone waa paWd yesterday
fwhin Kuhn, Loeb A Co announced Hint
74,000 ordinary shares of lha Itoyitl Dutch
(Petroleum) Company purchased will be
orl her anil 'the shares listed on the New
Yorft Stock Kxchnnie. The lloyal Dutch,
wltfi lt ally, the Shell Transport and Trad-
IfisrfCompany, of London. In the Btnndard
iOHCompany'a only formidable rival In the
'V$A'H 0" tn,d" '
,TtP jRreln irovernmenta and corporation
v hve sold, thelr.jbond In the United Btatea
'Jbefdra, bitt this lit the flrsVlme that euch
en Important Huropean enterprise hna
eouilit partner here.
f " Twice ovErtsunncniiwD
A- syndicate to underwrite the block of
stock purchaeed by Kuhn, Itotb Co. waa
Organlied yesterday morntmt nid In u fow
hours waa twlco oversubscribed
TJie 7,0p0 aharaa of 100 sullder par
yatuo (a guilder la equal to forty cent)
will tie depoelted In thn Ikjultable Trust
Company nnd the latter will Imuo nirnlnst
theae) guilder share Its trnet certificate
for 222.000 share In dollar denomination
A share of J00 truldera par vnlun la now
quoted In Amsterdam at mora than five hun
dred 'per cent of par.
TJie dollar share will bo one. third tho
ValUn of tho full aharee, and, It ls expected,
Willi be offered today or tomorrow, nt n little
beow $70 a share, to yield nbout nine and
cnehnlf pr tkn on the present annual
dividend blal Of forfy-nlne per rent. In
one quarter1 It waa aald thrt underwriting
prlcrt waa around, lot a. share.
The lloyal Dutch brcllnnry shares out
standlmr number 785,000, whllo there am
also) ouvtahdlnt- 3IM0O four and a half per
eenicumdjktlvo, priority eharea and a email
.mount of four per cont preferred aharc
BALKKD'STANDAIID OIL.
Early In lie latter the Iloyn) Dutch Com
pan- had to. takp special measures to pre
rent the Standard Oil Company, which had
In rain tried 'to cripple It, from irettlmr.
conlrol of tho capltnl stock, Therefora,
thosV) four per cent alinrea were created
They' may orily bo In the bonds of Dutch
' peoplo connected with the management,
Which controla Ilia company through spa
claf privileges concerning the election of
directors, .etc,
A statement leaned aaya
Tho Iloyn I Dutch Company, with Ita
altll la ted concerns, la tho largest and
'most Important oil conipnny In nu
rope, controlling nnd hwillng extensive
oil flAlda, pipe lines, etc., In the Dutch
Indies, the United States, Ilussln,
Kgypt, I'erela, ltumanla, J'nimmn,
Venezuela nnd Jloxlcd. The company
alio owns or controla through Ita sub
sidiaries n fleet of 292,970 tons. It
has no funded debt and no fixed chnrges.
Tho shares are ciunted In Amster
dam, and alnco 1,0 1 In London, whore
they wero Introduced by N. M. Roths
child & Sons, The company has paid
large dividends uninterruptedly since
1902. the. rata of tho past four years
having bcn: 1012, 11 par tent;
1013, 48 per cent; 1914, 49 per cant,
and jilt, 49 per cent.
NDDDH MONI.Y OFTM.V
Negotiations to bring the shares to this
country) have boon conducted for some six
months,. An -Amsterdam oorrespendent de.
BrJbsHhei.,oyaI Dutch Company, Itn oper
atloYis.Jotc., 'thuut '
'A jfttrt'df 'tho flhrfll Tr'nnaport (tho
lnrcoat Ilrltlsh oil compuny) capital
slock Is In the hands of tho linvni
t
UutCli Company, nnd Its operations are
fHtrrJodlon. Jointly with tho Hoyal Dutch
Company thrpugh Uii medium of sub
sidiaries (tho Ilataafscho I'ctroleum
filaatsciiappy nnd tho Anglo-tiaxon l'e
ti ileum Company), '
The wipo hugq combine Ja virtually
1 ntrolled by the Itoynl Dutch, headed
? the t?utcli oil king, Mr. Detprdlng.
While tho Standard Oil Company for
yeate haa'teonrined Itself to the control of
pip lines, the working of refineries and
Dt d carrying fleet, us well as to tho dis
tribution of Ita products, tho ltoyal Dutch
hair-also, from tho start, added to Ita field
of operations the outright purchase of oil
fields. Tnfs rounding out f Its iphere of
operatlpns. has made tho company Inilo
pendent br'nlt Intermediaries for produc
tion, refining, handling and sejllng
The Itbyal Dutch Company gradually
haa acqu,lred enormous Interests In the
United States, especally in Oklahoma and
C&!lfornta,w1iIch It has developed at a. cost
or mora than 130,000,000, nnd Is still ex
tending rapidly,
COP I&NS FOR LAbDER;
' Rt&CUES FIVE AT FIRE
Eraells Smoke, Discovers Blaze, Dashes
.ito Carpenter Shop and Savca
Orkney Street Family
A policeman's dash of save ml blocks to
ft carpentpr shop foy a ladder while a fam
llj slept on the second floor of a biasing
house saved flva persops early1 today When
Are was discovered In the grocery store of
LquJs Oreensteln, 1SS3 South Orkney street.
Mlleemnn Oreenberg, of tho Third nnd
Dickinson streets station, carried a mother
nnd Uaughter down tho ladder and roused
the family after his exciting dash before
tu MTlvaJ of the firemen.
Cfeenberg waa passing the store when
ha nailed, ijOtoke. Dreaklng a window with
his club, he tried to enter, but smoke
enveloped i him. lis turned in an alarm
and then tried to rouse the family upstulra
by houtug. Alt his yells and beating on
tho door were futile.
Residing quick acttqn was necessary, ha
ran to thd shop and shouldered the ladder,
which n? nha,vy and, long, Oreenberg
made a ijulc1 run back to the house, where
tho fir tayLfprcad toi the aecotvd floor.
Oreenbertr put the ladder to the second-
story ironit wn?ow ana oiimuea; up. wnwe
Greeasteln, e$l Jtosle and Heckle, aged
nine and seven, to aiefy!over tha back
abed, $ho policeman carried the wire,
lllnnle, ainl,'a sixteen-year-old daughter,
Barab, dawn. tha ladder. The loss Is esti
mated at 1660". ATha origin is unknown.
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HEW0tftaT0KV
0PBN fo GREENE COUNTY
Hundred Barrels a Day Seems to Be
FM o -yVetfs
PlTTSfixmdlt "flea I. P. S IVako.
- 4sht. of th Atlantic neflnlng Company,
saM toditTiftt' new territory In oil bra.
etaolRX h4. fejeen tuund in Sprlnghlll town
ship, u?$ra County, and that three days
sr a, wbJJ hs struck on Oie ground that
preducvd 209 barrels tha first day, 110 tha
aon4 and. 1J0 tha third-
This apiHtar ta b tha flow of tha wall,
as rtpotta Irani there this morning Indi
cate a llttKi over s hundred barrel 4 day
Tr. wii Uj nJ by tha f'arnegia Natural
, QlUt Va
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subsidiary of the Carnegie
sfeMi
IkW 6k Allies' BuddIv Shin
tJSVr YOKJC, "bee t, Tha second flr
a. we on mpi carrying supplies
Jdlted Govaramaats was: dUeovered
,i i ard tu canaataa ftauoof!
-up a
nt ti
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MEN IN TOWN "REGULAR DEVILS'
WOMEN PUT BAN ON SHOW GIRLS
Colfax, La., "Scandalized" by Performers' "Kick-Ups,"
Prohibits Exhibitions That Depend Upon Presence
of Females as an Appeal to Patrons
COLFAXrap. f.o. On Htd tlh'tr,
tvetnty miles narlhterit of Altxitmlrin t-n,
KU A .Vnn Co II II Rtrttmbont trnplo.
Ttl, llxp ttnnk, Hmomlll. CnttU, hap; hnv,
cvrn, t'olnlam, pranut, rutin, melon, tpt-
ion, fie, produced. A prlculturtil scnool
From Aper"! Netoipaptr Directory,
COf.KAX, Tj, Der. Through tha
rouragrous Influence of the women of Col
fax than whom there ar no better In the
linUersir this town can at last hold Its
hoad up among dcnt people and bravely
defy any crltlclam that might be excited by
residents In other towns that have absolutely
not na much reason to be proud of them
selves as Colfax has to be proud of Itself.
It Is to the tasting glory of Colfax that
Its women reshlenta, arnndallxnl nnd msdn
to worry by Iho actions of some of tha men
who Ihe here when a carnival company
camo here recently, hse effected the paes
nge of a city ordinance prohibiting the
performance In this town of circuit?, street
oarnlvnls, vaudeville acta nnd minstrel en
tertainment whose appeal In even tho
slightest degree depends, on the presence of
women In the exhibition
The way some of the citizens of Colfax,
particularly some of the married man, acted
when tho last show came hern was the list
straw Men who had acquired the art of
freedom from embarrassment by nttendlng
other shows where women perfortnor ciime
nut nn thn singe and klrked up Ihrlr legs
sat In thn ory llrst row nt thn Inst show,
H0GAN BEATEN BY DRYS;
DROPS SALOON PLEA
Withdraws Application for Trans
fer us Anti-Saloon Forces
Produce "Ammunition"
A victory for the "drys" came suddenly
today at the opening of tha I.lcenso Court,
when the attorney for l'cter It llogan,
who applied for a transfer of his saloon
from CU North Fifth street to the south
West corner of (lerinuntown and I-IiIkIi
avenues. Informed Judgi llarrutt nnd D'ivIs
that his client would withdraw tho appli
cation Tho nntl-snloon forces had corns well
prepared with "ammunition" In tho form
of a 3000-slgnature remonstrance which 1).
Clarence Olbboney, of the Law nnd Order
lloclety. Had In rendlnena Ministers, V M
C A workers and business men wero rcudj
to testify that 3100 Northeast High Hchnul
pupils punned the corner dally and that thn
saloon would bo ohjrctlouiiblu also because
the North llranch Y M C A Is nuirby,
at 1013 'West Lehigh avenue
Tho serlousnesn of thn (luestlon of dls
poilng of the saloons which mutt mine
from tho routo of tho proponed I'arkwoy
was commented upon by Judge llnrr.itt
"Wo ennnot ellnilnntn thesn saloons, be
cause they represent largo Investments nnd
oro business propositions," ho said when
objection was raised by business mnn on
riftaenth street between Chestnut and Wal
nut over the proposed trniiHfur of the submit
of Mnrgnret Keruiin from the northeast
corner of fifteenth and l-'llbcrt streets to
110 Houtli fifteenth street.
Tho application was refused "without
prejudice," Judge llarrutt suggesting that
nil saloon properties on the lino of the
I'nrkway co-opornta and present their ap
plication In a body nt thn March session
of thn court
Htuto Senator Sam Snlus, represontlng
Mary 15 Hall, drew flro from Mr Olb
boney when tin argued that thn pn'icnce
of Industrial plants at Hemberger street
nnd Allegheny nionue was n good argu
ment for transferring his client's license
there from 900 Ileuch street
"It would prolde n place for tho men
to get a glass of beer with their lunch,"
ha said
"Vn.i, thera nro Industrial plants there,"
ndmltted Mr. (llbboncy "Hero am the
names of six of them that lunit protosted
ngnttmt a saloon being permitted to locate
thoro "
Tha petition, which was one of sixty-nine
presented for retnll liquor license transfers,
was hold under nd fjement
Onn of the liveliest lights Is expected over
tho llfth application of John V Graham to
transfer his saloon llcenso from tha Hotel
Jiimlenu, Kllbert street west of Ilroad, to
31 South Kitty-second strcot, within a
stone's throw of tha West llranch Young
Men's Christian Axoclatlon. Tho holpl will
be raxed to maka room for the I'nrkway.
KISSING GOES BY FAVOR
OF SYMPATHETIC COURT
Vico Sqund Cop Finds This Out After
Arresting Young Couple Spoon
ing on Street
Policeman Nees, of tho Vico Squad, was
all attention curly today, when he suw
a young mnn nnd a young woman sitting
on a front doorstep at 003 North Tenth
street Ha "gum-shoed" within close range
Tho pair on the doorstep looked like nlco,
reapectnblo young persons, but thn slogan
of tha Vico Squad Is, "You necr can tell"
So Nees obeyed traditions and Avntched
Than nn awful thing happeneda thing
which made N'eea mutter under his breath,
"I thought so," The young man Inclined
his head and kltsod his young woman com
panion on the right cheek It wus u per
fectly t)ecent old-fnshtoned kiss, such as
any much-smitten young man might bestow
upon a sweetheart.
Nees pounced upon the pair nnd told
them that they wero under arrest. Tho girl
said she wbs Catherine Halnca, 1253 North
Newklrk street Tha young man said he
was Thomas Wining. 724 Wallace street.
They told tha Vice Squad policeman they
had been to a wedding near Sixth and
Spring (larden streeta and were waiting on
tha doorstep for a trolley
Ness took them to a potlca station despite
their protests. They were arraigned today
before Magistrate IJeaton In Central Sta
tion, on a charge of disorderly conduct.
"What were they doing!" Inquired the
Magistrate of Nees.
"He kissed her," said Nees, rather lamely,
"I did not think it wan a proper thing
to do on it public highway, so 1 arrested
I ham
The Magistrate burst out laughing, and
to did everybody else within hearing lie
fined the pair nnd then Immediately re
mitted lha fines,
"You are both discharged," aald tha Mag
letrnts between gasps.
With downcast ayes and blvshlpr cheeks,
Miss Haines murmured her thanks, and she
left the courtroom with her sweetheart.
WOMAN'S SENTENCE POSTPONED
Counsel for Wrs. AshbrJdBo Makes Plea
for Clemency
Tb sentence; of airs Marlon C Ash.
bridge, (fife ( Wilson C Ashbrjdga, oon
vloted murderer, who, with Joseph K.
Thompson, evsapd from tha Camden Coun
ty Jail last July, after shooting and kill
In? Isaac Htbbs and wounding Joseph Hi
lls, two Jailers, was deferred until next
Friday, by Judge Voyla, of the Camden
County Criminal Court
Mrs. Ashbrldg waa Implicated In tha
crime by smugfllnsr lata tha prison a re
volver with whiuh the shooting was dona.
AMernblyman Charles K. Wolvtrton. at
tornay fgr Mrs, Ashbrldge, mads a plea for
cJmcncy before Judge Uoyla today on tha
gTounds thatt (the woman has aurerwl
anuogh, as aha has been flva montha In
r iiy usu Bfs uepeiwffii, on
lumi vewg tu at the- present
M IUMIIWB4I grlsf X
KVKHING tf&Dmiil'MlLAbMjPUlA, lKlBAY. MOBMBIDB &.-
which had n lot of pretty girts In II, and
laughed and nudged eaeh other, and winked
when the theatrical women smiled nl them,
and by other coy ways tried to make be
lieve they thousht the men of Colfax were
1 "regular devlle" like the men with high
hat who hang n round stngo doors In the
city
Tim men didn't know they were only
dupes of thesn women, whn do that In
ery town the show goes In. How would
shows get nlong that didn't do that? It
was Junt pMIn temptation, nnd nothing else
Komo of the men epoko to thesn thentrlenl
women hflcrwnrd nnd they pent money
like drunken sailors nshoro after n long,
long time at sea.
Tho women of Colfax tried to closa Ihelr
eyes to these orgies nnd rntele, lnr they
rouldn't do II ""hey remembered wlnit
hPIened to J'lttsliurgh when minn of lis
millionaires got to flying nrnunil with dingo
women, nnd they derided II waa time to
step In nnd kep this happy nnd prosperous
town, wild Its unblemished hIMnry nnd
nonorauio iranitlr.ns, rroni going to wreck
nnd ruin, and so 200 ut them signed ti
petition demanding Hint tnn rlvlp authori
ties take tha measure they took to stamp
out vice snd corruption
This ordlnancj msy takn nwny some of
the spirit and hilarity of life In Colfax,
but ir thai h the sort of thing that would
bring people to Colfax Jimt looking for a
'good tlton and tint helping to detctop It,
then wo don't want that lype
COMMITTEE OF SENATE
HEEDS LABOR PROTEST
Delays ActiQii on President Wil
son's Compulsory Arbitra
tion Plan
WASHINGTON. Dec 8 Such opposition
came to the surface today ngatnat l'rral
dent Wilson's compulsory arbitration rec
ommendatlon that the Kenntii Interstate
Commerco Committee nftrr a long debate,
"decided to postpono action on thn nuggented
legislation until hearlngH mold lie held
Urgiuilii'il labor throughout the country, In
nrnis ngnlnnl thn proposal to prevent
strikes or loikouts pending Investigation,
hna demanded It be henril In detail on the
measure
Tho Senato Committee on Interstate Com
merco will carry out tho President's pro
gram. Chairman Newlnnds slid Consld
orntlon vwi i given n bill to forbid strikes
and lockouts on Intirsl.tta railroads pending
efforts by the KedcMtl Hoard of Mi-dlalloii
to tfTecl n settlement nnd a bill giving tho
President power to operate railroads for
military iurpoen when neieeHiiry, but no
action vv.is taken nt this time
Representatives of the labor group on
tho Democratic side of the I Inline headed
by Itrprrscritatlics Keating, of Colorado,
and I.mvU, of Maryland eny they villi re
fuw Pntly to vote with tho party If the
"rempuliory Investigation" plan Is madn a
part of the ritllroid legislation A caucux
of ihe labor group among tho Ocntlici its
wl'l be held shortly to plun tha light ugalutt
thn mensurc.
Thn compulsory Investigation feature of
tho President's recommendations, which Is
modclod after tliu Industrial disputes act
of Canada, will npllt both parties In tho
Housn, and imdnuhtetU) will precipitate tho
bitterest legislative atrugglo of tho present
session of I'ongrcss The tenders of four
brothcrhoodf, who forced the eight-hour
day law through Congress ut tho close of
the last session, nnd tha nlllcors of tho
Amorlcnn Federation or Labor, bended by
President (lompers, villi co-opnrutn with tho
labor group In the House tu mmlnri m,
light Itolli organisations nro on record an
lolontly opposed to tho Investigation plan,
nnd their leaders say they will bo able to
prevent lis enactment Into law. If tho
President really throws hln Jnrluaiica behind
It. however, there Is llttlo doubt that he
will be able to forte the measuia through
both houses.
TENNIS ftlAGNATES -DISCUSS
AMATUERISM
Important Questions Brought Up
by Evectitivc Committee in
New York
NHW YOniv, Dec 8 Tho United StntcM
National Lawn Tennis Association opened
one nf the most Important sessions of Its
cxlstenco here today Tho question of fram
ing nn amatour rule which would be ac
ceptable to tho majority "of pluyeiu wus
tho main topic of conversntlon Imfnre the
members went Into executive session.
There has been n lot of talk during the
Inst j car on the subject of amntutirlsm In
tonnls It was declared thnt Ihe fact that
Maurice 11 McLaughlin nnd Thomna 11
Ituudy hud opened a sporting gooc'i store
In San Krnnclsco would c-.msn tlu-m to
nutomatlcnlly become professionals Tho
reason for this was thnt those who made
these statements 'J.ild that the men were
cupltnllilng their lawn tennis pl.iilng ubll
lly Whether this was trua or not wus
one nf the matters to be decided by the
executive committee
Thora wan also soma discussion prior to
tho meeting on tha subject of Wallace
Johnson's status The fnmour chop-stroke
player hna been connected with tho tlrm
of John Wnmmnker In Philadelphia for
somo lime, and It watt a question whether
his status was the same as that of Mc
Laughlin nnd Ilundy.
"O. O.," OR ONCE OVER,
INDEXES OLIVER OSBORNE
District Attornoy Hns Ensy Method for
Identifying Champion Heart-
llreaker
NKW YontC, Dec. $ If any more of
"Oliver Osborne's" wlvea turned up to
Identify Charles H. Wax. Federal prisoner,
tha District Attorney's office today waa
prepared to recognise them without diffi
culty Mrs Matxle Mason Nya showed the
way
"Do you know any ona herel" asked
Assistant United States Attorney Wood,
when Mrs. Nye entered the room contain
ing the prlsa heart-breaker of forty-eight
States.
"Oh, yes, I knpw this specimen here,"
she replied coldly, indicating Oliver Q. with
her thumb.
As she left the; 'room Oliver, who had
been crestfallen JmL. a moment, straight
ened up and oallcdjafur her:
"She Is tha aniFone I ever did marry!"
Mrs. Nya shVgtill usea the name which
she waa given by Wax whan he married
her In Hoboken two year ago told tha
ojreumstancas of their marriage and her
story agreed with that told by Wax "
Killed In Explosion In Colliery
POTTSyjLLK. Pa. Peo. While at
work In a tunnel today at the Stanton col
liery, pearehere, a charge of dynamite In a
drill hole prematurely discharged, and fly
ing dtbrl crushed the skull and blew out
the byes of Anthony Procarp, aged forty
five, of Mount Carmtl He died while being
taken to tha hospital. A widow and four
enildren survive. JIU partner Antheny
Meack aged thirty-nine, slao of Mount Car
Mfj. Jffrd aetete i(U w the head aa4
&. W 4 ? v "HfeM
U. S. SCENTS PLOT
TO TIEUP FOODS
Conspiracy Said to Involve
Collusion of Transpor
tation Lines ,
CHICAGO IS CAR-CHOKED
WASHINGTON. Dec g Tha Govern
ment already has "damaging evidence" of
a widespread, Illegal speculation In thn food
markets of Ihe country, a high olllclal. In
timately connected with the food-price
prnhe, enld toilny.
This ofTlelal explained that the Investiga
tion so fsr tended to show "a gross abuse
of tho Irannportatlon facilities of the coun.
try"
It Is aald the Inquiry so far shows that
"certain lnt rests, nbln to control to some
extent th movements of large numbers of
firlght isrs. have been acting In vicious nnd
lllegnl collusion" to withhold food supplies
from large mirkets notably at Chicago
These charges arn considered deeply
significant. In view of the conference es
terdny between George V Anderson,
special awdetant to the Attorney General. In
ctmrge or me i-euerni iooii prone, ami com
missioners Meyers and McChord of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
Additional significance Is attached to the
charge In view of a statement by the Amer
ican Hallways Asnoclatlon today that more
than 28.000 freight cars are held up at
Chlrngo nnd Detroit, awaiting unloading
It was staled nt the White House that
much evidence sought by tho Administra
tion has b-en laid before the President In
the Inst twenty-four hours Until every
Invellgntlon Is completed. Iiowover, the
President will formulato no plans for rem
edies When ho Is ready, though. It was de
clared, he "will strike (illicitly nnd strike
haul, If striking la necespury."
LARGER GUNS NEEDED,
SAYS ADMIRAL HADGER
Toll Nnvnl AfTnirs Committee U. S
Must Hurry to Keep I'nco With
Uuropcnn Powers
WASHINGTON. Dec 8 Steps In naval
ronetructlon which the Unllnd States must
Immediately take to keep puco with for
eign nnvlcs were pointed out to the House
Nnvnl AfTnlrn Commit ten today by Hear
Admiral diaries J lladger. of the Naval
General Hoard
Ailmlinl Iliidgir told the committee Hint
Japan Is constructing n battleship which
will inrry twelve tlfteen or nlxteeu Inch
guns rnurti'cn-luch, flfty-cnllber guns nre
the most formidable armament now on
Amorlcin liiitllvnlilp Great Ilrltnln has
ships with nfteen-luch guns nfloat The
general board. Admiral Hiidger cxplulntd.
it commends Hint thn battleships to be i on
Htriifled In tho building program for the
presnnl icir mount twelve nlxleeii-lnch
guns dlsplacn lo.ooo tons rath and attain
u speed nf from Iwciity-mie to twenty. throe
knots Ho said fornlgn nnvles nlresdy are
working "ii the development of guns In cx
i ckh of slxtci n Inches
SHOTS AND BLOOD SPOTS
FURNISH BRIEF MYSTERY
Detectives Trail Missing Farm
hand and Solve Riddle of
the Night
Three ahota rag out In tho darkness that
enveloped the lonely farm of Oeorgn Hem
merle, on the west bnnk of the Schuylkill
Itlver above Penrose Kerry llrldga When
morning broke blood spots wero found on
inn ironi porcn or trie rnrmhouse nnd tho
"hired man" was missing
Thn pollen nf tho Sixty-fifth street nnd
Woodland iivenue station lost no time In
Jumping on Ihe tracks of thn mystery. De
tectives Prlntx and Qulgley, assigned to
tho case, hustled down to tha farm
'Whcre'u tho' mun?" Hcmmerle waa
naked.
"Don't know."
"What's his name?"
"Don't know. Ho wus hero only two
days "
"When did ho IciveT"
"Wednesday "
"What ubout this blood ?'
"Don't know what about It."
"Did ou hear tho shots?"
"No. I don't hnow anything nbout It "
llut things took a serious twist when It
wns learned that the man now emplojed
by Hcmmerle nnd tha missing man had been
rivals of long standing for tho Job The
former waa questioned. He declared thnt
ho was Ignorunt of the missing man's
whereabouts Nelghbom hlntod at mutder
Digging parties vvera organized to hunt for
Ihe body.
Tho mystery wns exploded early today.
Following n slim clue, Prlntx and Qulgley
went to a house near Second and Mlltlln
streets Inside, snoring peacefully was
n sleper, corresponding to tho description
of the missing man. It was Indeed he
The blood T Ho took two chickens with
him when ha gave up his Job and killed
Ihrm on the porch before ha left
The thots? Homo one shot at u pruwlfng
dog
REAR ADMIRAL MERRELL
DIES VISITING DAUGHTER
Health Had Been Breaking for Several
Weeks To Bo Buried nt
Annapolis
NUW LONDON. Dec. S Hear Admiral
John Porter Merrell, retired, died here to
day In the apartment of his daughter, Mrs
It. D Johnston, In the Mohican Hotel. Due
to old ago, hla health has been breaking
rapidly for several weeks.
Tha body will be shipped to Annapolis
for burial
Admiral Merrell came here November 12
to visit his daughter and son-ln-lavv, who
Is a paymaster at the United States sub
marine school here.
Hear Admiral Merrell was seventy years
of age. He was born In Auburn, N. Y
September 7, 1141. He graduated from the
United States Naval Academy In 1817. He
had been a rear admiral since HOT. having
received hla appointment from President
Itoonevelt, and was retired by law a little
more than a year later.
WHEEL MILLS EXPLODE
IN PLANT AT DU PONTS
Nobody Hurt When, Ona Blast Occurs
and Shock Causes. Second.
Heavy Damage Done
WILMINOTON, Of I. Dec I Through
an unusual coincidence two '"wheel mills"
near aach other at the Hsgley plant of the
du Pont Powdar Company exploded this
morning but nobody waa nearby and no
body was hurt
The mil la were heavily damaged and nev,
oral hundred pound of powder consumed
Cause of the tlrst explosion la unknown, but
tha cond one la supposed to have been
paused by the Brat.
Jersey Cops Seek Wire Thieves
HADDONFIBLD, N J , pec. I, The
police are co-operating with detectives of
tha Dell Telephone Company la an fffert
to trap wire thUva who. have been operat
ing along the Uarlten Pike far a week, A
Sf. mKimuHJti&J&k $ h
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
IllltKCTnn tlATKMMV, of Ihe Depart
ment of Public Work"", today awarded a
contract to the Me.Nlehol Paving and Con
atrnctlon Company for laying ""j-"0"
water pipe In Hoekland street and tha
Northeast lloulevard The amount of the
contract Is (84.600.
AX AUTOMATIC HIMUSKt.INO sys
tem Installed In tha building of the Globe
Ticket Company, 112 and 114 North Twelfth
street, this morning extinguished threaten
ing flames The firs started In Ihe bail
ment In the rear of the building Automnttc.
sprinklers threw streams of vvnter upon
the tan and turned In an alarm of Are
When the fire apparatus arrived the flames
had been entirely extinguished Tha losa
was small
MAOIftrrUTK "iOB" I'AM.a enrdltlon
showed no Improvement today He ha
been critically III at his home, 1017 North
P.lghth street, with one leg ofTected by
gangrene Physicians hope to save his
life by an operation, but his condition Is
such that It probably would Hot b ad
visable to perform It today
Tim Ct'V.vltll I, INK lis snnnunreit
the reslgnstlon of Charles P Kamner. for
many ears msnsgrr of the line's New
York otllre The strain of tho lost few
veers Is said to have placed n heavy
burden on Mr Sumner's health and
strength He will be succeeded by T.
Ashley Sparks, of tha firm of I-'unch,
llye A Co
RIGHT IICNOAI.OHM were ! from
destruction by firemen early this morn
ing, when flames from thn burning house
and piggery of John Lafferty, Stamper's
lano west of Stonehouse lane, threatened
to set them on fire The piggery was
burned to the ground and part of Ihe
house was destroyed
IMtillT CITY M.WlIHTIlATi:. hare been
appointed by President Magistrate Cownrd
to go to tlsrrlshurg nnd oppose every meas
ure Introduced at the seinlnn of the Legis
lature to curtail tha powers of the minor
Judiciary Thn delegation comprises Magis
trates Hogg Ystes Watson. Collins Har
ris, Mcclenry, KIAenhrown and Wrlglcy
Tltlllt'Ti: TO Till: MKMIU'.ltH of the
Plrst Ward Republican Club for "rolling
up" a big Republican majority at the last
election waa given last night by Magis
trate George K Hogg leader of the ward.
In the form of a shore dinner nt nook
binder's Congressman William 8 Vare,
Stale Senator IMwIn II Vare. Judge
Monughnn and Itecorder of Deeds James M
Hailctt wero the guests of honor.
Till! rlllMT I'NITKI) I're.liyterlan
Chinch at the southwest corner of Ilroad
and Ijomhnrd streets, has benn purchased
b the Quality Amusement Conipnny. of
New York for a prlco reported to be about
lUOOO Thn property will he altered Into
a theatre for the use of negroes
IIIVOUCi:, DIKI'.AHi: nml wsr will be
eliminated by the development of tho science
of eugenics nccordlng to Itabhl nil Mayer,
who spokn on "Iova and Kugcnlcs." nt tho
6000 MILITIAMEN
TO LEAVE BORDER
Eighteenth Pennsylvania Regi
ment Among the Units
Ordered Mustered Out
WASHINGTON Dec 8 The War De
pnrtment todny announced that nbout 0000
guardsmen had been ordered homo Ilo.n
the border to be mustered out The unlta
to be returned nre
eighteenth Infantry. Pennsjlvanla
Division headquarters. New York
Ambulance Company No I. New York
Held Hospital No 2. New 1 ork
Signal llatlullon. New York
llrlgado headquarters. New Vork
Second Hnttallon Hnglneors. New orlt
Ilnttallon A. Held artillery. Olnli.
Plrst Ilaltnllon, Held artillery, California.
Klrst llatlullon, Mold artillery. Missouri
Ambulance Compunj No 1, Mnsenchuyetts
Second Infnntry, Idaho.
Tlrst Infantry, Iowa
Klrst Ilnttallon, (leld nrllllcry. lown.
Signal Company. District of Columbia.
Ilnttory A, Kansas
GIFT TO WOMAN'S MEDICAL
SENT FROM CONSTANTINOPL
Workers for $2,000,000 Fund Gratified
by Contribution Krom Dis
tant Turkey
The dlstnnce to which Influence of the
Woman's Medical of Pennsylvania reaches
wau emphnalxed this noon In the clover
room of the Uellevue-Strntfonl, when 200
. ,rk- In the X200 000 campaign gathered
there for tho "get-together" luncheon were
i tl th" Amerlcnn College for fllrli In
Constantinople. Turkey, had sent S10 to tho
fund It was given In memory of Dr Fran
cis Umlly Whlto, a graduate of the Woman's
Medical . ,
The letter containing the money said that
In thn near future, that college expected
to liavo ti medical department, and that It
will send to the Woman's Medical College
of Pennsylvania for Its , Instructors A
IS 000,000 campaign Is now being conducted
for that college in Ihe Orient Two mil
lions of that amount Is to go to the medical
department, .
Tho largest junount reported thla noon
waa from Mrs. Samuel M Vauclnln. wife
of the vice president of the Daldwln Loco
motive Works, who gavo JB000. William
Ilovver. of the Ilower Chemical Company,
gave J1000: tho Union Petroleum Compiny
gave 1100, a woman friend, whose name
is withheld, gave 11000; Charles F Jenkins
gnve 1230, and the following each gave
sums of MOO or mores Mrs Edith A.
llrunker, Mr. nnd Mrs. C S, Illnchmnn.
Susan O, McFurland. Miss Alice P. Had
ley, Mr and Mrs Caleb 8 Greene, Dr.
Susan W Wiggins, Mr and Mrs Harl It
Putnam, Mrs Kdward A Schmidt. Mr. and
Mrs. T (1 Cooper, Dr Inex Phtllnlck, Dr.
A nna Lukens and John O. Oarrett
The llev Dr Floyd W. Tomklns, rector
of Holy Trlnty Church, addressed the
workers and told them they should not
hesitate to ask people for large sums. He
emphasised the fact thai they were not
beggars, but benefactors to the community
GIRL MAY BECOME HEAD
OF RAILROAD IN SOUTH
Grace Jones, Heiress to $35,000,000
Estate, Probable Successor of
Her Father
OUl.Fl'OnT. Mies., Pec. The Oulf
and Ship Island llallroad may have a
woman president after Monday when the
directors meet at Buffalo. Miss Grace Jones,
pretty and heiress to the W. 000,000 left
by her father, Captain J. T. Jones, who
died Wednesday, haa been managing her
father's Interests, Including the railroad,
Since he was taken III. She has done so
well her retention Is expected.
When employes were on strike recently
It waa her Interference that Induced the
men tu return to work-
TOO LATK rem PLAbHIWOATIOK
nilATH.H
" K03SKAM Do. X UKUTHAIliWKAM,
widow of Isaac tUssksm, la Uuuleb, 0fujnr,
5, .
HKLV WANTED SULK
STTSNOGIIAI'IIEII VVnll. om Aral class' raale
ttaeersstaer Aptdr Bmslerauii Offle. IUjb-
Arau v ewuiwM rt
-. st C-.t-SklUs. AdoIv LuitLa V
&E "r ' --.. .-,- w
tap, -s.
f n in m-seB- -J i Tptr - .. . oau
1010
Lyceum lntituto meeting in the Teller
Memorial S.hoolhoue ilroad and Jefferson
streets. The Uar by Anton Tohekoff
waa presented by th 8tag Society Tlayers
nfter lha address.
1111)1 FOIl 0260 army sllekers were
opened at the Schuylkill Arwnnl today as
part of the Government's program of
Chrimm-ia 'shopping" 'or the soldiers on
tha Mexican border and lwhr, . Con;
tracts were awarded for 1O0.060 P''", "'
woolen giovea and 20.0M suits of woolen
underwear jesterdny In addition to the
800.000 suits recently contracted for. H as
for S50.080 pairs of cotton breeches tor In
fantry ami 200.000 pairs for "0Vn,e,."JT:
Ice will be received December IS and for
40.000 slickers December l. The Gov
ernment la encountering a scarcity of ma
terial A r(II.MMON IIBTWEBtf a metnrtrurk
and a trolley car at Itlslng ";
Germantown avenue sent Christian Ijaoisjld.
forty eara old, of 1404 North Thirtieth
street, driver of tha truck, to the Samari
tan Hospital, where he la suffering from n
fractured rib
Tin: sovn or nr.t.AWAnr. held their
twenty-fifth annual banquet at the nellevue
Stratford last night Kx-fJornor L. C
Stokes, of New Jersey, epoke on The Lack
of National Unity" Other speakers wero
Oovernor-elect John O Townsend, Jr. of
Delaware; the Rev John Hanley, I. L Me
mnn Leonnrd c DIM and former Con-
gressmsn Lav In L. Handy, who was toast
master. Tha Rev Dr Henry A. Waller, president
of the Lutheran Mlnlsterlum of Pennavl
vanla, at a reception given In his honor by
nearly 600 pastors and vestrymen In ethe
Adelphla last night, called upon Lutherans
to "avoid the vagaries of lha age" nnd
"stick to the bedrock of the Lutheran faith "
Doctor Welter haa been called the "J.uth
eran Ulshop." owing to the extensive powers
vested In his office
The t'nlted Slngera of rhllsdelphla cele
brated their thirty sixth anniversary nt tho
Hall of Iho Philadelphia Turngemelndo.
Ilroad street and Columbia avenue, last
night The program lonslsted of choral
numbers, sung by Individual societies, n
inn's chorus, rendered by 3E0 singers
More thsn 15000 was rntsed nt a bridge
party nnd dance given In aid of the Hogle
vllln Sanatorium for Consumptives, a non
sectarian Institution nenr Morrlstown. N J .
at Mercantile Hall The monej Is enough to
core for ten pntlenta for one year
CAMDEN
CONnill'.HHMAN WILLIAM J. ltltOWN-
IMI, of tho Klrst Congressional District,
has received so mnny applicants for ap
pointment to West Point that he has de
cided to hold an examination to choose the
appointee Tho Civil Service Commission
will conduct the examination January 10.
Ir. tho Camden postolllce Thn Klrst Con
gressional District comprises Salem, Glou
cester and Camden Counties
FREE LOVE IN HIGH LIFE
CAUSES NEAR-TRAGEDY
Japanese Woman Writer Stabs
Author as Three Live To
gether at Shore
TOKIO. Dec 8 A near-tragrly Involv
ing two prominent members of the women's
movement In Japan and nn author of tin-tluu-wlde
reputation, has thrown Japanese
social end Intellectual circles into a tur
moil. f-akayo Oeugl a socialistic author ami
novelist. It In the hospltnl with a dagger
wound In his breast, nnd Miss Ichlko Kam
Ichlka, n champion and agitator of woman
suffnige, 11 In Jail, chnrged wlnji nt
tempted murder The Incident also has In
volved Mrs Noycs Ho, twcnl-tuo, con
ductor of n woman's magazine In a blase
of notoriety, and hns given tho conserva
tive prtss causo to launch n campaign
against the perils of "socialism, advanced
thought nnd free Iovo."
All tho principals nro highly educnted.
Onugl went to tho seaside for his health
Mrs. lto accompanied him Miss Knmlchlkn
followed them and spent several dus na
their guest nt an Inn It Is said they all
occupied the same room On Thursday
morning Miss Kamlchlka stabbed Onugl
with a dagger and then went quietly to the
police station and surrendered.
j " OVER KKESGtfS SnTl! liLKVATOU yl
l 5c & i 10c Store , , ,,, OIt STAIUS Hf
USEFUL HOLIDAY
SI0ES & SLIPPEiS al Cot Prices
Women's Smart Boots STL45
The Shoe of the Hour $3
rfttJ.acii and whln combinations with patent or black kid
B?ie and B tVE COoU "tyl" to chooa8 from- AU
Other Styles, $;.98 to $4.95
women
era
Real
pompons, high
ana u to ti.
xv Slipp
I Vs. ik with
V aV V 1 1
fN. "W U
700 pairs Boys' High g.f
Cut Storm Shoes at. . l.tftlf
Ilia boys' del
and black.
Sizes 10 to
2 at,
Tan and
soles. AU
JX (l to
r? 2
f84y. fcr-- .1 a
iHfeW4l
MORE SMITH "PAP"
SEEN IN BOND BILL
Mayor's Firm May Be In
duced to Accept Added
City Business
NEW PAYMASTER SYSTEM
Will Iho National Surety Company bond
the twenty-seven city paymasters who next
jear will disburse 113,500,000 In salaries.
If n bill now In Councils revising the pay
roll system of the city Is adopted' This
question was repeatedly asked around City
Hall today, but In the absence of Mayor
Smith no authoritative answer could be had
Tho Thomas II Smith ttondlng Company
Is agent for the National Surety In this
city, and since the election aa Mayor of the
mnn after whom the -concern la named, the
company hns done the bulk of municipal
bonding business Tho Mayor Is no tonjer
head of the company nnd has frequenUy
referred nil Inquiries ns to Its policies to
the men who succeeded him ns mntingera.
In nn Interview today. Charles Lloyd
now president of the Thomas U Smith
Company, said that he had not heard that
this business, ns provided In tha bill, was
created for the benefit of the company. He
said he only knew what had been printed
In thn newspapers
"We handle that sort of business.' uta
Mr Lloyd, 'hut we have not decided any. .1
IIiIhh nl.mi ....t.. , -l.. lLI .. . . - . '
""" '"" "k Kinr mis pnrncuiar bit.'
Mr Ltojd was asked If the business
would bo ncrepted If offered, and he replied
that ho didn't know whether It would or
not.
Tho hill to have a single paymaster ap
pointed from each department to whom
warrants shall bo drawn rather than to
linvo each man prerent an Individual war
rant, was Introduced by Select Councilman
Charles Keger, lender of Ihe Penrose
MrVlrhol forces, and Is looked upon ns a
political move to have Mnyor Smith treat
with the faction that has been shoved to
the background by the Vare activities This
Councilman Segor denies, and his explana
tion la that he introduced tho measure at
the request of Controller Walton to relieve
that otllclai'n department of n great real
of unnecessary work Under the present
sj stern Controller Wnlton has each month
to sign moro limn 12 000 Individual pay
warrants, nnd a groat ileal of bookkeeping
Is necessary In the department, which. It Is
snlil, can bo done nway with by paying th4
departmental anlarles to one man In each
department to be appointed by the director
In charge
The bill ns framed provides for one cer
tain clerk to have a blanket warrant drawn
In his name, he In turn to make the neces
sary disbursements It provides that all of
the clerks eo appointed shnll bo bonded, thd
cost of such bunding to be paid by the city
Critics of the proposed leglslntlon say that
It Is Incomplete In that It does not speclfl
cnll point out Iho method by which tha
clerk chosen to recoil c the funds shall pay
them out
Thoic who would hnvo It understood that
the move to nppolnt departmental pay.
mnnters hns never been considered one to
provide business for somo bonding con
cern, declare thnt the bill was Introduced
while the -Mayor wan nway on n hunting
trip nnd nltogethcr without his knowledge.
On tho other hand. It It contended that
ns tho company with which tho Mayor hs
nlwnyi been Identified has dona tha bulk of
City Hall business for tho Inst year, the
new business will naturally drift to the
Thomas B. Smith Company with a corre
sponding profit In revenues to the head of
the municipal government and others In
terested with him
I'hllndelphla Boy Steals Auto
ATI.ANTIC CITY. Dec 8 After an ex
citing automobile race across the meadow
boulevard nnd n. half-mile dash on foot.
In nn effort to escape, Milton Morris, fifteen
years old, of C65 Park avenue, Phlladel-
ijiuu, i.iii nn., u iiuuioniaii in iiia nearly
of Pleasantvlllo lukt night, nnd was ar-
rested for stealing the nutoinob.llo of Dr.
Samuel A Corson of 2005 Pacific avenue.
The boy said ho wanted to get back home,
nnd had no money.
Charities Hencfit by Jinn's Will
WILMINOTON. Del , Dec . Under thr
will of Itlchard Patzowsky. who died here
recently, 12000 goes to tho Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society, 11000 to the Hebrew
Charity Association and 11000 to the Asso
ciated Charities.
Spaec?al Price . $1 .98
Smart looklnir with lonp. vmn Ith.v nl.ln nr
French heels and turned soles. Sixes
30Q pairs Women's QkQfi
Spats. Special Price tfO1,
In white, grey, awn and champagne.
Women's Holiday QA,
PPers at,.., Bt
Just the thine for these cold raorninga, In felt
,fiSm ' wWt "nd
If lit, with atmna 4 k.t,1. J hi,
buckles, in tan
$1.98
'
13 and
400 pairs Men's Holi--f 61g
day Slippers at, . , J.et5eF
black Romeos and Eyeretts: flexlblo
sizeS,
Mark'shoes,6" 2 to 4-95
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