II
DONALDSON GETS
INSURANCE TASK
Named as Permanent Ke-
coiver for the Pension
,' Mutual Life
READY FOR EXAMINATION
Work of Probing BookB of th
Compnny Will Beghfttext
j Tuesday
TTiotnfts 11. Donaldson, of 3)1 Walnut
strut, wtio lnca HI1 h liwn th pUI
ttputy tor nil llulitlitlon of lh Mat
Iniuranc iJonriment, has tiwn nntnstt ns
ptmnnt tecblver of Hie l'ilon Muhml
Ufs I nsuranca Company iy HIMo in
iurnc Commissioner J Dsnny 0 Nell.
Mr Donaldson wilt beeln lilt examina
tion of th wfkMl ikimimnjr's book next
TuMly. Thn examination, wliloh may
list tot l month or loniter. will bo marie
uri unit In lMIUburgh, w)isre tho home
ofllcai of tha company nro sltiiatiU or h
llttla poolroom ami barbershop.
Common Councilman Thompson, of the
rorty-lth Ward, wlw two weeks ago In
traduced i resolution In Common (Munch
asktnc fof n Inanlry Into tha business con
iIOM of tho folic Ucfienolary Aimoela
ion nnd rtnalon Mijlual. which was
"gnlked" In .Select Councils, anld today lie
would do nothlnc In tho matter when Coun
cils meet thla afternoon
"I Intcnri to leave tills entire matter In
the hand of ho insurance Department,"
Mid Mr. Thompson.
In Mllabtirgh ye.iter.lay U J. Kent, at
torney for Hi Penilon Mutual Life truur
ante Company, wna censurcit by Kedernl
JuflRe Charles I. Orr. who revoked the oriler
made last Monday appointing Joseph It.
Thompson, of Heaver, nnri tho Common
wealth Trust Company, of this city, re
ceivers for tho company Tho order re
Yoking tho nppolnlmenl of tha receivers
5H mado after JUdga Orr and Judge W.
. S. Thomson hail conferred In the matter
'This Court should not have attempted
to tnko this matter out of the hands of tha
D.iuphln County Court and would not have
done so If It hail beth fully Informed." said
Judge Or.
This statement from Judge Orr came
after Deputy Attorney General Horace W.
Varla had filed a petition w th tho Judges
asking that the order of revocation bo made.
Ut. Dals explained that the act of 1911
fare, the Insuranco Commissioner full power
(0 llquldata any or nil companies selling
insuranco Hint were found to be Insolvent.
Mr Kent contended that tho stockholders
were entitled to at least temporary protec
tion by the Federal court. ' "Tho Dauphin
County Courts." he said, "at tho Instance
of the Attorney General, hao used a steam
roller nnd run oxer tho vast number of
stockholder In this company. The re
ceivers havo been appointed, and surely
they can do no harm. On tho other hand,
tbey are protecting tho assets of tho com
pany and the Interests of tho stockholders."
HELD FOB JJUIBEllY ATTEMPT
Negro Electrical Bureau Employe. Ac
cused cd Approaching Officers
Charted Connors, a negro employe of tha
Ktectrlcml BUfc.iu, wax held under $500
ball for court by Maglntriito Ileaton In
Central Station today after It had been
testified by Hart nnd Klaetmau. members of
the vice BqUnil, that ho hud attempted to
bribe them Into "easing up" their testimony
against one of his friends, Who had been
arrested for conducting a speakeasy.
According to the vied Squad men, Con
nors approached them while v they woro
waiting to testify against Imla Cattolt, also
a negro proprietor of a restaurant at
Tenth arid Wood streets, Accused of soiling
liquor on Sunday. The case was up for trial
before Judge Uorman lit the Municipal
Court.
Hart testified that Connors offered him
110 td "go vaajr" with Castell. llart ar
ranged for Hlselmau til arrest Connors tha
moment ha handed him the 10. Connors
was taken Immediately before Magistrate
Ileaton.
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FRENZIED DUKINtt FIRE
Wilmineton Woman in Binning Homo
Attempts to Commit Suicide
WILMIJiOTO.V. Del, Dec. II When Are
swept her home at 11 15 Thatcher street
gnd caused i loss of $200, Mrs. Mdry
McComba became hysterical And' tried to
lash her throat with a razor.
ratrolman Collins rushed Into tho house
in time to seize the weapon and stop her.
The worrian was taken to the police sta
tion and held until her sanity Cduld be
looked Into It was found that she wne
merely suffering from nervousness.
COP CANT CATCH HUflOEU
Pottavillo Policeman, Disguised ns
Woman, Hindered by Skirts
POTTSVILIiB, Pa Dec. 21. Tho hug
ger who v (till raced half a. score of women
while they were shopping still eludes the
police.
Trapi were) set to catch him by dressing
Policemen na vs'omen. When tho hugger,
deceived by tho female attire, approached
ene policeman, he was" chased, but tha cop
found that skirts were an impediment to
rapid gait, and tlie man readily escaped.
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HOME OPEIU COMPANY
GIVES FINE "TROVATonE'
Capital rerformnnce. of Goovl Singing
nnd Acting Wager Audi
ence Dwen-cd
The Philadelphia Urand Opera Company,
whleh on Memlay atarteil Its enterprise
;r giving thla etty grand opera ef Pfo
femlonal merit and high standard with n
brlekly mnvtag and -oeally etnetent pre
entalhjn of "laMta." last evening courted
emarleon, In Its eecand onertng, with the
Metropolitan. Tli tooal "II Trovatore." on
fifty rents to it pt Mwle. had many
merits that even II opera eonnot aitr
ma. The proper representation of ffalvatore
Cammarano't melodrama tlmpoeelbte In
plot, but with Hhat oime-rmvet thrills and
shivers'! et to tllueeppe Verdi's melodle
(earlr Nerilt. but how tuneful anil ear
tickling ) retpilrea abova all ehe enthu
alaam for what they are doing from alt
the twrlleipantB, and thla attitude of fresh,
frank Inlere: is pre!iy what l lacking
In suelt etar iTfoHii.tties as that given
at Uroad ami t'nplar streets a week ago
TllooiUy night The iJcal "Trovatore ' last
night had It almundlngly The Metro.
loll(nh of N'ew Votk haa n right to offer
U the stamlbya of tho repertoire In a
smsoii of weekly productions. It place la
to give our opera lovers and connoisseur
hovelllea absolute or relative by way of
revival. The place of a home company
equipped to present adequate opera and
tilled with the verve and vigor of new
eml'tlso can Justly Ihi deemed tho main
tenance of the standard repertoire with ah
oivnslonal flyer" into the empyrean of the
new and unusual
There should be. there la. a definite plare
for n company that can nlve such capital
Performances as thla week's "l.uola" nnd
"II Trovatore" I'hllidelphla apparently
ha not yet awakened to the fact that It
hat it chance to support to tuccesa kn In
stitution that give tho osntmuntly lt "
opm and provide facilities for tl Pr
alio education of tha younger generation.
Palermo. I.ureo, Hi tlallfrt, Malnt. Ora
numerous cltleo either totally unknown
or merely geographical name to tho aver
age Phtladelphlan- support Hielr own
operas wu thla city do tho came, and wtn
ItT That Is tho mieetlon whloh M agitat
ing Mesora. itooonbaeh. Kahn atwl Mar
tini, who have Inaugurate! tho PhtladelphW
Urand opera Companv The lst apttel
tlon Is not ospreseel In verbal lr;
though lhat Is a balm to tho nNll ' "'
Impteoarlo and nrtlst. Lot Is shown Ixot
In term of box-otUoe iMtronage ahd oub
aertptlona tor soats. Thlt t the klml
appreciation lhat must tio shown If this
excellent eoason to ta run Its courie. "his
hi the kind of appreciation that has not
been given yet In sunk-lent quantity.
PoMlbly theeo are mottera outalda the
provlneo of a review Well, thero w a
lierformanro of "II Trovatore," and It w4
n gowl one. Lively movement achieved
theatrical effects ami i pervootve was the
eeneo of drnmath) motion tlt the con
Rlomeratlon of Verillan melodlrn got far
from tho "roneert opera" whloh 11 hao.lieon
oalleil Maestro Martini breaaht Illrt
heats and passions to tho score, ami hi
bohd raught them and eommuntcalwl them.
The chorus eang In tune and time The
principal wero ttoter Kernvblnl. a soprwno,
ho evcellenl lower tonen bevnm some
rfliat strident Up the settle, but whoso ms
slon of temierantentAl ferwr made her
(minora an nppenling nml believable per
vinago. Margaret Jarmah. a meno of
lueclous quality ami tho mletrven of a
marked theatric instmrt . Korrret Lamont.
n perannahlo younc tenor, whoeo voice Is
freih, full, freoly liroduml and soeel even
in ringing nMn, ami Manrldi Alnetn.
who has tho Invaluable aseel of a good
Iwvrllone and effective Mane method.
They all took 'Trovatore '-seriously, not
superiorly or sneerlngly. thy wero suh
JeCtlve. not detached from th opera.
W. It. .
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