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JMB S. tod DEAD;
mm ACTIVE IN POLITICS
Xeader In Reojrftan.znttoii oC
Slato DentocJlrntic Party and
in Business World
SUCCUMBS m HOSPITAL
JEI-E S. BLACK
DAliTlMOItia, Dec. SV-Jer 8. IJlack,
for many year ono of the foremost citizens
f York. died nt 10 o'clock this morning at
Johns Hopkins Hospital following nn III
nesi of nbout flv weeks from Intestinal
trouble, i
Mr. IJlack enmo to the hospital the
ttilddto of November, and It was decided
that nn operation was necessary to savo
hla life. Dr. J. M. N. Finney won attend
Intt him. Ito fallod to rally on noon ns watt
expected, and n second operation was do
cldod upon. TIiIb wns performed on Tucs
day. Immediately after thin nn Improvo
ment wag noted, and It wait thought that
tho patient 'would recover. Last night, how
ever, his condition liecamo nggravated. Illn
physicians then Kavo up hope of his recov
ery. Jero 8. Block always took great Interest In
Pennsylvania politics, and was credited with
being the ono man responsible for tho re
organization of lite Domocrntlo pnrty In
tho Stato. Ha organized tho Bryan Icague
In 1008. with "the rianlntnnco of Iloland
Morris and other party men, and, as Its
first president and national dclcgato, mio
ceeded In having the Old Guard delegates
unseated In tho Denver convention after
tholr victory In tho Stnto and tho State
delegation gtvon to Bryan.
In 1910 ho and liln colleagues dofcatcd
CoL James M. Quffy for National commit
teeman. Tho honor wns his, hut ho de
clined In favor of James Korr, ft friend
of his distinguished father, who died later.
JLatcr OulTey was chosen again by tho
National Committor Mr. Black's efforts
irlndo 11 posslblo for tho reorganization
wine nt the pnrty to triumph In 1011 nnd
irlvo tho Pennsylvania delegation to Presi
dent Wllnon at Baltimore
Last eprlnc he received tho highest voto
for Democratic dolegato-nt-large from
Pennsylvania, but was unnblo to atlond
the 8L Louis convention because of sick
ness. In 100B Mr. Black was cnndldato for
Weutennnt-Oovernor on tho Democratto-
Lincoln fusion ticket. UIm father, tho Into
Chauncy K. piack, filled thnt olllce from
?h! ..T" ", "n " chosen on
ImJ''0.1, Wl,"',. Ithan K- tIson nt tho
' Imor. ttnt 0,ecUon "" Oov-
PINANCIAI. HEVEllSES
tnj!1!1? h0 cnj?ye1 " most oxtonalva nnd
vcll.va pr,n,ctlS8. "y member of the
due rial rAnSttr ,lJlnC"'" "'VctmentB In ln
nf Vhl L??a h.0r ,nrPosltlon wero not
of the best, and ho becomo financially era
barrate.od. Tuesday. July o. 1910. ho nud
ft-WI ?f voluntary bankruptcy In the
IBs liabilities woro scheduled nt 1129,000
net mEI".? "4'75'b,- O' tho for"
S.'297'33-06 "Presented tho amount
he borrowed rrom. banks and Individuals,
nt V,?,...reniaL"aer nKSet" the amount
"ndMduals? lndon,d for corporations and
..T1.8 'I8 .'"8 Proceedings wero Instl-
... '.",BCK -Twa a lmlf Interest In J
ti.ii J""00 'na included In tho
Brookle farm, south of this city; 107 acres
I r.A1?I,rlnir Garden township, worth
stock of the aeneral Hoofing Company. In
order to protect his creditors and family
hV.7JCd TV00'00,0, rth "f Insurance on
his life. He said that the bankruptcy
course was decided on because several por
ing 0,btn,lne,'J iudement against him
h2. lJ.a. U cr!ll"0- " bo treated
alike. ICx-Stnta Senator David v. Kline
dlnst was made receiver,
nS'A. ?"iUva" "'" . -on of
w...uu.u, . auu mnry uawson Black, was
born Oc ober so. 1868. at the home of l.l
TOendlp HIM. Fayette County. He sptt
his boyhood nt the home of his parents. In
Bprina Garden township, a short distance
southwest of Tork. Ha obtained his pre
lim nary education nt tho York dolletlate
Institute and at St. Paul's School, at Co"
cord, N. II. In 1887 he entered I'rlnoeFon
University and wns graduated from that
institution Off one of the lenders of his class
1" S9h Z?0" aftV lenvlnsr the university
5.1il?.c,?d t0 enUr ,h8 leM' Pn"elon, In
which his ancestors had won famo nnd
nc,ion' Ho Vu"'d his studies tn tho
orace of A. N. Oreen, member of the York
County Bar, and was admlttod to the orac.
Uca of law at YorK In 1891.
PnOJIINKNT IN THE I.AW
Havlntf Inherited stron- Intellectual en.
dowmenu and possessine a mind oapablo
of eraiptne ths tntricaclos of the law, Mr.
Black soon rose to prominence In his ohosen
profession. His ability and attainments
became recogmlsed after a few years of
practice before the local courts and brought
him a laree clientage. Early in his pro
fessional career his '"counsel and services
were employed In some of the roost im
portant cases tried before the York County
courts, as well as the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania and the Federal cqurts. Mr
IJtaeS had been a close and dliltfent. stu.
dent of the law ever since ha entered the
bar. His analysis of legal questions and
his earnest and forceful manner of present
Ing points of law to court or jury marked
Urn a a natural )ea4er In his profession,
4viuig mo iiui tin yean ne nan won. dis
tinction tar bis legal acumen, his thor
ough comprehension of the law and his
success at the bar.
Mr, Blank was marrjed In 1881 to Isabel.
saWthtM of Frederick Edwin Church. New
York ojty. Four children were born to the
union. e4 follows: Mary, Isabel. Louise and
Jeremiah a. Mrs, Black's father was a
noted artUL At an early use he painted
the Full of Niagara on the Canadian stds.
Tats painting formerly belonged to lire
John Taylor Johnstpn collection. And was
later sold to the Coi-eorsn Art Gallery at
Waahlsgtoii for su.seo. Among the other
famous palatiag exeeWed by Mr. Church
at "idta of Ecuador," "Icebergs,"
fjfctaabgraio," "Damasojis," The Farthe-
Ktul "Kvenlnjf on the Sea."
ffcxsn after Ihelrmamage 6r. a4 Mrs.
Bteat tools, up tliin reldwe at Willow
nome. aw parents.
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CHRISTMAS GIFT GLUT
HAMPERS RAIL SERVICE
Trains, Weighted With Bundles,
Hours Late Into All Biff
Cities
PROSPERITY THE CAUSE
Serious congestion on the railroads of
tho entire eastern United HUtwi has re
sulted In the lata arrival of almost every
train entering Broad Btrest BUtlon and
Heading Terminal, and outgoing trains ore
ntfto being delayed.
One of the worst ,'lleups', In tha history
of railroads has been tho result -at the ex
tremely heavy traffltt Boston, New York,
Baltimore and Washington' are equally In
volved In the! dttncult situation, and there
Is no prospect of Immediate relief.
llnllroad managers say thoy cannot re
member any Christmas season or any
other time when so many peroons were
traveling In all directions! when there was
so much mall to handle and so much frelffht
and express to ship. They attribute It to
an abnormal prosperity.
At tho Heading Terminal outgoing train
nro leaving about rive minutes late, but In
coming trains nro arriving on nn average
of one hour Into.
TrtAINB TI3N IIOUBS UATC
.Several trnlnn have been from eight to
ten hours overdue. A similar condition ok
Isls at Broad Street Station. The heavy
winds of the last few days hava aUo added
to the difficulty of operation, according to
tho rititpntchers at both stations. The slormi
through which tho trains have been pass
ing havo Interfered with speed. It Is pre
dicted, however, that conditions will be
nearer normal tomorrow.
Ono of thoso who suffered from the delay
wns ex-President Tnft. lie enme to this
city yenterdny to attend the annual dinner
of the Now Knglnnd Society, nnd It took
thirty mlnutos for his train to travel from
tho West Philadelphia station to Broad
street.
Commuters' havo folt the Inconvonlenoo es
pecially. Ilesldents of Gennnntown, for In
ntnnce, have within tho loot few days been
using tha trolleys hecauso thoy wero faster
than the steam trains.
Ono of the remarkable features of the
general rush of business Is tha fact no
trouble has arlaen In tho local postomce.
Approximately 2,(00,000 packages havo
been' handled within a few dnyn and vir
tually no delay has been reported.
Of this numner 1,000,000 parcels havo
been dlnpntched from tho Twenty-second
etreot, stntlon to tho different carrier sta
tions throughout tho city. Tho remainder
havo been marked for shipment outaldo
of tha city.
GUARDS TURN ACCUSER
ON ARMY OF ACCUSERS
Pennsylvania Citizen Soldiers
Resent Criticisms Aired in
Washington Probe
CAlir STIIWABT, EL PASO, Tex., Dec.
28. Ttanklng olllcorfl of tha rcnmiylvnnla
Division' aro Indlgnnnt ns tho result of nt
tncltn against tho National Ouaril by regu
lar nrmy lenders.
Quardnmen of ovefy rank, flrcd by
chnrros being mnda before the b'enato Com
mlttca nt Washington, declare they court a
(ionlploto 'Investigation and chaltonge the
regulars to boar on.
Full responsibility for the shortcomings
of tho border mobilization aro thrust
ununroly, upon the General Htnff and Quar
termaster General's Department In Wash
ington. Supplies of ovory description, the lack
of which caused discontent In the ranks, are
declared to have been delayed months In
reaching tho guardsmen after requisitions
had been placed with tho aovornment,
Tho rcgulnr nrmy Quartermaster De
partment In KI rasa Is held blameless, the
guardsmen declaring trnnsfor of materials
wns mnda from depot to camp ns fast ns
thO trains brought supplies Into the district.
Tho Ounrd omcers unanimously declare
that tho cxccutlvo head of tho army In
Washington fumbled the distribution of
auppllca throuxh maladministration or fail
ure of contracts by manufactures.
Ouardamen hero, hidebound by tho mili
tary law which prohibits a subordinate- from
criticising his superior, aro already dls
cusslnc wnys nnd means of mooting the
army chargos In tho open.
Colonel Ooorgo Van Horn Jtosley, Chief
of Stntt, loft here today to nppear before
tho military committee at Washington, nnd
tho "boys)T throughout the division are anx
iously awaiting revelation of his attitude.
PHILADELPHIANS OPEN
"ROSAE CRUCIS" COLONY
Probo In Washington Roveala Move of
Residents Hero In Claiming Lands
in Wyoming
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Thnt n group
of Philadelphia residents known ns the
Order of tha I(osa,e Cruets has launched
a calonleatlon movement In Wyoming has
become known through discussion In the
House of n bill providing for onenlnr for
Homestead purposoa oc sections or nrld and
semlarld lands In western States.
W, it Hlle, who formerly resided near
Seventeenth nnd Chestnut streets, Phila
delphia, was said by Representative Mon
dell, of Wyoming, to be th6 founder of the
colony of I'hlladelphlans In 'Wyoming, The
Wyoming Congressman declared that Hlle
had entertained a homestead claim at
Bertha, Wyoming, and that ho how Is en
gaged tn obtaining other lands far residents
of Philadelphia who are members of the
Order of iloeaa Cruets, which ho founded,
Tha Information given' by Mr. Mondell
was In answer to the claims of Representa
tive J. Hampton lipove that easterners are
not given tha soma opportunity as others
to enter these homestead lands.
NEW AUfO ORGANIZATION
An organisation to assist In the recovery
of stolen automobiles, to eeek highway Im
provements and other measures for tha wel
fare of motorists was Incorporated under
tho name of the Auto Owners' Service Asso
ciation In Camden today.
Tha capital of the. association Is 135,000.
The Incorporators were Pinter Duffy. 303
llltchle avenue. West Colllngswood William
P. Shuster, 1733 Francis street, and John
Ilrlggo, of 129 Salford street, Philadelphia.
Tha association alio will act as a bureau
pt exchange far automobiles among- Its
members. It will conduct a special bureau
of recovery for Investigating thefts.
Tolice Seek Man In Killing of Woman
The pollca and three detectives of the
murder squad are searching today for a
man believed to hava killed Sailla Bethel,
a negress, thlrty-Ava yearn old, of 3935
ArUona utreet. He Is believed to be her
husbanf Shortly before midnight neigh
bors heard a. quarrel In the house, followed
by injuria and the slamming of a door, The
pollca were notified and tha woman waa
found dead amid a pile of broken glassware
With her throat cut from ear to ear.
MeClain Neutral on Speakership
LANCASTKR, Pa.. Dec. S3 When Lieu
tenant Governor Frank B. McClaln was
asked a to hla position la the contest
between Governor Brumbaugh and Sen
ator i 'enro, he replied, with a smjie: "Jly
aultad will tm one of benevolent neutral
lty." He Intimated that there was no dan
wit af tsetioMl line-ups la Laaatr
Camtr whsre, l,Wii tofittW,
isJTOJma mmimvmKAi)ffljmm baittkday, beobmbbb sa,
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Selected nrtlsts from tho Beck
Curtis Rulldlng yesterday with
VILLA TAKES T0RRE0N
AFTER EASY VICTORY
Bandits Find Carranzista Re
sistance Weak and Occupy Im
portant RailwnyPost
KI. TABO. Tox., Dec. 23. -Villa today Is
In possession of Torreon. tho most Im
portant railway center In northern Mexico,
At 1 o'clock tho bandit forces marched
Into tha city.
In an early morning nenautt yesterday
tho VllllstAs had met with n brief re
sistance from tho Cnrrnnxlsta gnrrlson,
which then abandoned the city.
Iteports of tho fall of Torreon were ob
tained by United States Department ngcntn
here during tho night nnd transmitted to
Washington. Denplto the silence of the
Mexican Consulate, United States authori
ties hero appear sure of tholr grounds.
Through underground sources, mining
men hero learned additional details of the
Carranzlsta dcfo.it. With six troop trains
tho bandit chief passed through Uermejlllo
after tho Oovernmcnt forces had hastily
withdrawn Into Torreon,
Led by Colonel Fernandez, tho Vltllstns
started their nttneks upon tho city through
Oomoz Pnlncto nnd Laredo before day
break yestordny. They met with desultory
resistance from tho Carrnnza forces, menn
tlme tho Oovernmcnt garrison, estimated
at from 1000 to 3000 moll, amounting the
city.
Several Americans la chnrgo of-three foreign-owned
enterprises lied for Aguns
cotlentes before tho attack began, Per
colvlng preparations for evacuation, tho
VllllstaH waited until rtho garrison of Tor
reon had escaped. Shortly after noon Vil
la's followers occupied tho city. All lines
of communication nt tho north nro now
held by tho bandit chief,
Continuous lighting hns been going on
tho last threo days a bIioit distance south
of Chihuahua City between a column sent
out by General Murgulu to halt tho Vllls
tas. In military circled hero tho latest 'move
ments of Villa aro being) watched with keen
Interest, OtllclnlH discern In tho reported
capture, of Torreon Villa's boldest stroke
a 'smashing1 blow nt tho nrmy of General
Murgula In northern Mexico. Murgula has
the Btrongcst forco In northern Mexico with
12,000. With this army eliminated, tho
bandit chief would hold undisputed owny
In the north.
By the occupation of Torreon Vllln pnra
lyzed tho, railways of tho ontlro northern
Rtn'tea of Moxlco. Tho city Is nt the con
vergence of a network of linen from the
lower United States border and north nnd
west nnd Bovo.ru communication with Mex
ico City. It Is In tho center of n rich and
populous district.
LEFT WEALTH STREWN
IN HUNDREDS OF BANKS
Doctor Calais, French Artist, Who Fell
Dead, Feared Some Depositories
Would, Foil
ATLANTIC CITV. Deo. 23. A task of
magnitude confronts executors of the estnte
of Albert Isadora Calais. French nrtlst nnd
litterateur, who died suddenly In hlo room
at a hotel here this week while addressing
Christmas greetings to friends. In many
cities.
The nged Frenchman, who had traveled
all over'the world, was haunted by tho fear
that ho might loso his wealth. Ho had con
fldence In banks as depositories generally,
but wus not willing to stake his comfort In
old ngo upon the solvency of any ono of
them.
Consequently, he started accounts In banks
wherever ha stopped for n considerable
time In the course of his travels, and as a
result his wealth, In said to be scattered
over tho globe from Porls to Hongkong,
back to San Francisco and New York. He
made considerable depoilu In bankH here
slnco his arrival three weekn ago.
Doctor Calais celebrated his seventy
seventh birthday nbout two weeks uim. ir
had a stroke of paralysis nnd lived In dally
expectation of another, which he was con
vinced would be fatal. Ills body was taken
to New York today for Interment. His
wealth Is to go to friends In America.
Lancaster Police Help Needy
LANCASTER, Pu.. Dec. 23. Today the
Lancaster police forca distributed seventy
Ave baskets of provisions to poor families,
tha money being the ofllcera' contributions
The Third Ward Republican Club sent to
100 poor families as many baskets of pro
Visions, and tha Salvation Army sent out
baskaU with provisions for Christmas din
ner for 390 persons. Lancaster Lodge of
Elks sent out a hundred baskets of pro
visions that cost ft apiece.
President Host at Theatre Party
WASHINGTON, Dec. 33 The President
and Wrs, Wilson witnessed the vaudeville
is, u , iitxvt, ut , iuuii meairo last night
With them were Mr. pnd Mrs. Frond li".
Sayre, of Wllllamstown. Mass, the latter
formerly Mls Jessie Wilson ; Mr. and Mrs.
Rotfa Boiling, of New York, and Miss
Helen Woodrow Bones. The party oosupted
two boxes. Arrangements wer made for
the dteposltloa' today of 135 turkeys to
married emplQyes oX the White Hquse.
" ... .
Mrs. Jennie- W. Cadwalader
Mrs. Jennje -Watujea Cadwalader. the
widow of Captain Charles O. Cadwalader
and a Bister of William A. Wallace, who
waa a United State Senator from Penn
sylvania, died Thursday at her heme, isg
South, ITorty-nfth street, of pneumonia. She
waa seventy year old. Mrs. Cadwalader's
father was one of tha first lawyers to prac
tice in Clearfield" County. Her husband was
Conneowd with the Peaneylvania Railroad
at the tune of his. death. She will he burled
thi afternoon. She u survived by two
peoa and two dauxbtrs.
Enijrnvlntr Company'n forco entertained their frionds In tho auditorium of tho
their own vaudeville, minstrel nnd special offerings nnd drew tho plaudits of
a big throng.
MYSTIC ORDER PLANS
COLONY IN WYOMING
Rosae Crucis Applies for Grant
of Land to Department
of tho Interior
EXPECTS MANY MEMBERS
i
Philndolphlnn Lends Movement for Set
tlement Experiment in
Went
A plan to colonize part of northeastern
Wyomlmr under a cooperative agreement
with members of tho Anclen nnd Mystlo
Order of Ilosna Crucis, nn organization
founded, according to tho order's literature,
In 1G40 II. C In under development by
William II. Hlle. of 1728 Chestnut otrcet.
Mr. Ullo has submitted a tentntlvc agree
ment to tho Department of Interior at
Washington stating tho purposes of tho
colonization, nnd If tho application for
Government land In Wyoming Is granted
members of tho ordor throughout tho State
will get nn opportunity to Join tho com
munity. .
Membrra of tho order In the State havo
oskod Mr. Illlc to arrange tho coloniza
tion, ho raid today. About fifteen havo
thus far applied for membership In tho
colony, nnd ninny others nro expected to
Join.
Mr. Htto has already obtnlned tho tenta
tive Clovcrnmcnt grant of 330 acres nenr
'Horlha, Wyo, Ills son. William II. Hlle,
Jr., n grnduntn of the forcf.try department
of I'ennnylvanln State College, hns taken
another tract, nnd two other friends havo
applied for separate properties, Mr. Hlle
said, today.
When members of tho ordor heard nbout
Mr. HIIo'h application for land, thoy started
to plan for n co-operative colony, ho ex
plained. Hln presentation of the tentntlvo
agreement nt Wnshlngton followed tho re
quests for him to act, ho scld.
There nro only three members of tho
ordor In Philadelphia. Mr. Hlle nald, others
In the State being located In Pittsburgh
nnd other towns In western Pennsylvania.
Six million poreonn belong to tho order
throughout tho world, ho said. It Is tho
oldest Hocret and fratorniil ordor In tho
world, tho order's literature, declares. Six,
French Kings, threo German ISmpororB nnd
five Kings of ICncland havo been grand
masters In Itosaa Crucis.
Tho order was founded under tha Kgyp
tlnn reign of Thotmcs. In 1B0 II. C, It was
said. The order tcachos that Christ was
acquainted with Its mysteries.
Membership In the order Is "the open
doorway to those who would be conquerors
of welf," tho literature declnres. Denial
Is mndo hy Mr. Hlle nnd the order's hnnh.
lets, thnt Rosae Cruets Is a religion. Mr. Hlle
also explained that tho order was In no wuy
connected with Masonry,
"In Its six million members." said Mr.
Hlle, "tho .order embraces tho greatest
minds In the world. There nro hrnnches
and lodges In all the Kuroponn countries,
In Asia, Africa nnd thoro nro many In
Egypt.."
Tho order . was brought to the United
States In 1900. Thor Kelmalehte, of 80
Fifth nvenuo, New York city. Is secretnry
general of the order hero. Mr. Hlle de
clared there wero forty lodccs In the United
States.
WAR SECRETARY SEEKS '
$28,000,000 FOR GUARD
Daltcr Adds $11,000,000 to Request for
Clothing; nnd Equipment for
Jlen for Year
WASHINGTON. Dec, S3. A deficiency
appropriation of tSIMOO.OOO for the army
pn account of Mexican border service has
been submitted to tha House by Secretary
Baker, In addition, Secretary Baker sub
mitted a supplemental estimate of 11,.
230,000 to clothe and garrison 1(0,000 men
of the National Guard for a year begin
ning July 1. It was considered significant
In connection with the plans for retaining
the guardsmen In the federal service, it
Is understood tho strength of the irimrri
retained on tho' border pending further de
velopment In tha International situation will
he approximately 75.00Q men, making a
total forco of about 115,000, Including
regulars, compared with 200,000 there a
few months ago.
The supplemental estimate of Sll.2B0.Q0O
Is understood to Include provision for the
replacement of clothing and other property
Which the State soldiers brought with them
Into the Federal service.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
CJeorce BchwarU. -812 s. Rherldan at., 'sod
VmiUm n. Parlttt. Ilettlmore, la.. Slid Th.r
A, Kenny. Baltimore. Md,.
LouU fH..fcivvlf. .131 Colln tt., nq Clara.
M. iUnnUr . Stt2t N. Stanley !. ,
M'lvJllu J. Iioytr. NK, I'a., sad 'Utbtr D.
crwinv, Aliemawn, ;
vuiirita
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Kathryn B. M:NcbtrUi, !f.'23 Alice it. '
'Milam Ityan. 1705 Klnwy St.. sad Maty Mar,
alia Arcadia, at.
uenjamin rreceitr,
120 Laurel al.
and Auna,
roaaman.
miu
p. via a
it.
jsawar
iwurd A. Oiwii. M Retort at.
nah k Ijmi. 4233 I ulrmount a v..
rt at., and Ifan-
WafUr v.. tiralih. An'mom. I'a., &ud Qiadva L
Armor. Ardmore, P. .
.Uraham M tat-'aatt. 3337 s. lotb at., and
&ophl& Ourln. SOlS 8 Pth at. " '' ""
'. YsfiVrftft A.rtU " 4 ' " -Oarl
Trull. lttU Mrrtlewood St.. and Vera Fel.
katlts. InatPwtjj rt., '"" "
PtUIlp Uarkewlti, SRW PUklweo t., and Btael
Welenun, SOS blcHnaas at. '" '
Andrew IWndrlckaoa, SSSfS KranMord ava.. and
(luU Kraft. aS Vrankford , ' J"
OUcocao
fv ' "r TTZ "
j(Xlt'k.'1 tret. aod Jh Medrt.
IQtUira, Oefi p tnaa, .,
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sad Aroalla
Paul
rs?a"it,Bffijt-
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lM!&h.- $ &J&&M
GIRL'S MURDERER
MEED AFTER 9 YEARS
Joseph Wood, 25, Who Killed
Ethel Vovins, Will Spend
Christmas at Home
Pardoned by the New Jersey Board of
Pardons after serving ntno years of his
thirty-year sentence for' murder. Joseph
Wood, twenty-flvo yenrs bid. will spend
his Christmas with hln parents In Cnmden.
Ho accompanied his father from tho Rtato
prison In Tronton yesterday afternoon.
When sixteen years old. Wood killed
Kthcl Vcvlns, a nine-year-old Camden girl.
Hho was a playmate and the two had been
jjnthcrlng coal on the railroad tracks. They
wnndcred Into n cemetery, where ho struck
her, and fearing her threats to tell her par
ents, he killed her with n hatchet, then cov
ered her body with nand.
Durlnc hln boyhood he wnn Indifferent
to school nnd learned only to write his name
and read nllghtly, hut In prison he de
veloped Into a model man, anxious to study
and do hln work In tho world. Hla be
havior In prison nnd his determination to
live down his pad led tho Pardon Hoard
to reloasa htm.
A total of 112 paroles woro granted by
tho Pardon Ilonrd yesterday. Including four
murderers. In addition to Wood. They nro
Tllchard SJmpson, of Halem, .nlxteen years
'old; Anton drochewskl, Camden; Charles
Powell, Monmouth, nnd Bartholomew Zad
nowlex, Mercor.
ARGENTINE POLITICIANS
GRIEVE AT LOSING JOBS
Fivo Thousnnd Placeholders Who Do
No Work Suffer Under Busi
ness Regime
United rrri Hixclal floufh American Srrvice.
I1UKNOS AIHKS, Doc. 23. Great lamen
tation Is heard In Argentina official circles
today becauso'tho now Government, headed
by Prceldent Irlgovcn, Intends to stop on
Jnmrnry 1 the salaries of all national em
ployes whoso services tho President does
not consider ubolutoly necessary., '
Tho uiiotllclal estimate Is made that about
G000 Jobholders throughout tho country will
be affected. Tho number Is considerable,
considering that Argentina's population Is
only 7,000,000 to 8,000.000, but oven tha
employes themselves know thnt great num
bers have done absolutely no work and
that nobody has worked anywhere nearly
up to hln maximum rapacity.
As an Illustration of tha manner In which
tho members of tin Irlgoyen regime have
been "speeding up" tho Government depart
ments. Minister of Finnnco Salaberry sud
denly dropped Into the custom house Just
after midnight a few days after he was
nppolnted. Such a tiling wns never heard
of before In tho history of South America.
City News in Brief
CAPTAIN (IROlim: TII.MPKHT, of tlm
Fifth Police Division, which comprises West
Philadelphia, was given n nurprise Christ
mas party this nfternoon In the Thlrty
cccond street and Woodland avenue police
station. When ho went Into tho station he
was surrounded by Lieutenants Ilpnton, Sav
pge. Blading, KHSi and Hansel), who pre
sented him with nn Imported equipped suit
case. Lieutenant BoHton made the pre
contatlon speech.
1'AH.ISQ FI103I TIIK IIOOI" af a trol
ley car In the repair shop of tho Philadel
phia Itapld Transit Company nt Forty-ninth
street nnd Woodland avenue, Illchard J.
Canavan, thirty years old, of 23J0 Wilder
street. Is In the University Hospital in a.
serious condition. It Is believed hla back Is,
uioivci.
8TUU0R 11V A TnOI.I.KY OAH nenr lil.
home. in EsBlngton, Thomas Huhn, fifty-J
eignt years oiu, wns pmicu m tno car and
rushed to SIxty-fltth street and Woodland
nvenuo, where he was transferred to a
patrol wagon ta be taken to the University
Hospital. He has a broken leg and cuts on
the head. '
HIIOKH MAPE OP OI.AZI'.n ItlD bare
Increased fifty centa in price owing to the
activities of Herman submarines. The In
creased freight rates from Calcutta, India,
whence the leather comes, and the added
high war rlilc Insurance owing to th.
U-boat blockade have sent the prices up,
according- to a leading Philadelphia manu
facturer. -
CAPTAIN McP.UlDKN, of the Third
PollCQ plvlslon, received a burned Ivory
and ebony silk umbrella from tha lieuten
ants In the various station houses In his
division last night, as a token of their es
teem. The presentation was made by Lieu
tenant James Buchanan, vf tho Twenty
elBhth and Oxford streets station.
IIAKOIXO riton ItAFTKItN la tha al.
tin. the body of Benjamin Bradunsky, of
Carmel, N- J., was found today in a hquia
on Seventh street near Callowhlll. He la
said to hava become despondent because
unable to find employment. He leaves a
widow nnd several children.
HClluyi.KILI. MVKU roue thirty Inches
above the comb oT Flat Itock Dam at 4
o'clock thla morning. The rise, which la
due to the heavy rain and meltlpg snow,
U reported to have dpna little damage.
The water l receding.
. CHHISTMAS OIVTH In (he form of an
increase In wegea of twenty per cent have
been given tq the unskilled laborers) em
ployed by the Surveyor of CuxtonuuVnd
whoywork about the city's plera. The in
crease waa granted by tha Treasury Da
partment la Washington and will boost the
men'a wages froia U00 to IS0 a year,
CBOSSgD WIBES la the plant of the
Reno UaaufaoturlB? Company. 159 North,
Twelfth tft, today, atoned s flr that
cauaad damaze aa.uuntimf to Sioqo. The
sjsstoye l 1 bulldliij- In wftti-,
xoie
wall mm BONUSES
LULL FRENZffiOJRADERS
Givlnp; Takes Place of Wild
Flurry Characterizing Opera
tions of tho Week
GIFTS SET NEW RECORD
Clerks Attempt, on "Short Day," ( to
Clear Up Duslncss Unsettled by
Govdrnment fftpcra .
NBW YOltrr. Dec 33. Wall street re
Jolced that today was a two-hour day. It
needed time to get back Its head after tho
dlxzy whirl of the last week. Hetween
counting their bonus payments, tho clerks
tolled desperately seeking to clear up the
tremendous mass of business Incident, first
upon Moyd Oeorge's speech; then upon
President Wilson's note : next upon' feecre
Inry of Stnto Lansing's first statement nnd,
finally, upon the Lansing second explana-
Tho exclemenl had quieted down ft llltlo
by today, Vtlvlng brokera and speculators
nn opportunity to digest the charge mndo
by a congressional resolution that eoma
ono In Wall street was able to "make a
killing" by ndvanco Information on tha
President's noto.
Operators expected the market to calm
down from now on but brokerage houses
were still holding the snfegunra or ue
mandlng big margins for trading. So-called
Investment traders wero hunting for bar
gains, reflecting the general opinion that
tho rebound was now on the way.
What Wall street wns most Interested In
today, howovcr was the golden "shower."
Today Iwas distribution day for tho
bonus which most firms granted their em
ployes, and the bdnua In almost every case
was far In excess of any grntultlea hore
toforo. In some cases It ran as high ns
twenty-five per cent of tho employes' snlnry.
An active market such aa that of the last
woek means moro commissions to brokers
moro profits.
Tho other sldo wns In the announced
failure of a certain curb broker, forced Into
bankruptcy by a number of small creditors
tho sprl of "small fry" manipulators who
niiffered most by tho shrinkage of tho last
few days.
THREE DIE, MANY HURT
IN CHRISTMAS CRUSH
Two Men Ground to Bits, as Thoy
Bore Gifts to Children,
by Locomotive
Three persona nro dead nnd several seri
ously injured ns tho result of automobile
and other nccldcnts In nnd nbout Philadel
phia In the last twenty-four hours.
Two men carrying hbmo Christmas pres
ents to their children wuro literally ground
to pieces under nn express train nt Clifton
Heights. Most of thoso Injurod were Christ
mas shoppers. Tho high wind was Indi
rectly responsible for tho three fatalities.
Tho two men killed by tho train wero
Michael Pruss and James Dlcarlo. of Clifton
Heights. VThey woro employes of tho Primes
Chemical Works, at Prlmos, and having
drawn Christmas bonuses, wero taking
home presents. They walked along tho
tracks of tho Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Itallroad and had their heads
dawn on account of tho galo. Thoy failed
to hear or see the approaching train 'until
It wan too late.
Tho third victim was an unidentified man,
who was killed by an autotruck while
crossing Callowhlll street nt Fifth, late
last night Lloyd Wnlker, a negro, of 720
South Mole street, driver of tho truck, Is
held without ball.
Tho victim was about sixty yearn old.
He had gray hair nnd a brown mustache
and weighed nbout 17G pounds.
Iftvo men wero-taken to the Kplccopnl
Hctpltal today after the automobile In
which they wore rldlnrr to tie navy ,ynrd,
where thoy are employed, was smashed by
a street car at Sergeant nnd Memphis
streets. Ilobert Penly. 1831 East Firth
street, sustained n broken collarbone, and
Wllllnm Wolgol, 2127 Kensington avenue,
was Injured In the leg. The other threo
sustained only lacerations. They were Jo
seph Patterson, 2534 Collins street; Ham
ilton Wilson, 2520 Kmerald street, and Wil
liam Lyons, 2540 Kmerald street,
'A woman hurt In a motor crash at Fifty
third street and Baltimore avenue gave a
romarkablo exhibition of grit and pluck
whon carried to the University Hospital.
A portion of flesh olght IncheB square waa
torn from her scalp and face by the glaa
of a windshield. She calmly sat and talked
with the physicians, who took forty stitches
In tho wound. The plucky patient was Miss
Charity Ayros. thirty-eight years old, of
St 30 Angora terrace.
NEWSPAPERS INCREASE
PRICES TO MEET COSTS
AU'oona and Homestead Journals
Amonir Thoso to Boost Prico Be
causo of Popor Market
' AI.TOONA. Pn., Dec. 23. Tho morning
Tribune, tho morning Times nnd the eve
ning Mirror, ull tho dally newspapers In
Altoona, has announced thnt, beginning
January 1, tho price would be two cents
per copy, or fprty cents a month.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec. 23 Tha Bir
mingham News nnd the Birmingham led
ger, afternoon papers, announced today that,
cfTectlvo January 1, their yearly subscrip
tion rates would be advanced $1 because. of
tho Increased coat of news print paper. The
Birmingham Age-Herald also has Increased
Its subscription price.
LONDON, Dec. 33. TJie Times, which
recently raised Its price from two to three
cents, has notified Its readers that thera
will probably bjr a further Increase, owing
tn the restrictions on. tho Importation of
paper and papennaklng materials and tha
shortage, of labor. It announces that it
Intends to maintain the present slie and
advises the revival of the old custom by
which news agents arranged that eaoh day's
copy should be shared by several Iondon
households nnd finally mailed to the prov
inces or abroad.
HQMKSTRAD, Pa.. Dec 33 The Dally
Messenger,' the only newspaper publlahod In
Homestead, has announoed that after Jan
uary 1 tho price of the paper will be raised
tq tWP cents.
THOMAS HOLCOMB DIES
Former Delaware end United States
Treasury Official Succumbs' , "
NEW CASTLE. Deh, Dec. 23. Thomas
Holoomb, seventy years old. native of Now
Castle, and son. of the late C. P. Hulcomb.
d)ed today at AuhevllU. N. C. He was a
fp-aduate cf Harford Iaw Cillego, member
of Legislature from 1875 to 187T, .Speaker
pt the House In 1I7S. and Recorder of
Deeds from 1878. to 189. He was ap
pointed, to Treasury Department during
Cleveland's seoend administration, and was
nn officer In tha Comptroller's olnce of the
United States Treasury. He Is survived
by hla widow and a daughter. Beta. p.
Jlolconib. The funeral will ba Tuesday at
New Castle.
SleJico Wearing Freedom of Press
QUBRETARQ, Mexico, Dec. S3. The
Constitutional Convention adopted the first j
part of tha article providing fpr the freedom J
of the press. The convention adooted aril- f
cle providing that no retroactive law which j
will work ta the prejudice of any pcrsun I
al he eaaeted and prohibiting "tradition !
iw uolltiai offenaea and inij)rlomcnt for I
JitU. , I
STBTSOiVSWORHBH
FT-"
fJHU 1
WJ
gethght-hourbI
Will Be Inaugurated Wut.
ginning of New Year. 1
umer Howards
STOCK FOR EMPLOY
TTfltlnt flit.lMM !!.. . . .- E
erfatcA rtKflr. e-i . . "u?4ffi
,..- UIlurea uutm
rtmonjf ljoyal Men
Announcement of the estaWuhn. J8
elght-hour working day. tTglnn1. &!
1. J-D17, wn ono of l&52ci!Em
urprl. today nt the plant of is?S
Htetson mmn. Mi.. "' JtLl
hhls In the world. ""' "
. " mpany also announced Its ivJsM
to distribute 3tE shares CfSSIS!
sum of money atra were dltrhti '
J. Howell Cummlnrs. w..m.. f
company, told of tho eight-hourly igll
In an address delivered this nwnufti ii ffcrl
nudltorlum of the workers of theiSlS
announcement mi m.ii -j,v r.TBl
asm. """" """ s
"Beginning with tlie flret o the yr!
as soon IhereMtef as we can adlSi
setven to the chnnae." mm hi wn
day basis, which means that yea m sS;!
forty-elght hours per week Instead e(SS
two nnd a half hours, without or dSsfl
In the "Woekltr vnn. "f?9J
siioitTisn nouns
'The management rccognltj, tiii lul
your company has always been la us2j
In such matters. Not many yeeni
you wera working sixty hours a weex. t2
number of hours waa redurrd i. v"?
and moro recently to fltty-lwo sal's
ll.llf fim, a. m..I, M.lt - .. . .
-"-' ""h, nun no CRaftnila
tho rata of wages, vtS
"It has boen decided that the workinifl
will be from 7:10 In the meTBlnt'(J
o clock In tha afternoon, with Ibe fcw.1
forty-five minutes for lunch, and na. 521
urday from 7:30 to Ilili, ThU smfcaS
ment for hours will allow an .t.. .-1V
the morning, but, moro Important tnuf&uj
It will permit of you leaving your haeM
and proceeding to the factory at a'ttaJ
when thd cars aro 'not so crowded, to'tlli
tho trip Can bo made with a gnaler dim!
Hon that prompted tha change in twm.1l
It has boen suggested that, darlns'twi
summer months, forty-eight hours h, MtA
up In nvo doys of the week, VoluS!
VOU Itlleht h-ivn llm n4t. AH oAIZ.
a holiday, without. In nnir wav i.m1
ring With your Income. There Is, mrm&
.,u......., mi. mini in tnis SBIJutMU
and It will be considered at the (jMiiJl
time. ''Tji
In regard to distribution of iharu'effl
... ...fc, ..,. .uiHiii,nEl HUB , KS
"iour board of dlrectorAhiia dMt '.wiT
tho policy Inaugurated by Jlr. Stetaoa tfl
employes bq perpetuated and at the latl
mooting passed a resolution recomnnndlBii
that tho stockholders bo requested to pUal
nt tho disposal of tho president and bcarjf
of directors 366S shares of common toc
now In tho treasury unused, said itodc tel
bo Issued from time to those mnlnm'!
who, by their loyalty and devotion to ilntrj
havo proved themselves worthy of the'duil
iincnun in ueing numbered nmone theetoci-3
uoiiicrs or our company. The stock wBla
bo Issued to employes under such tW
and under such conditions ns the ortatdKll
nnd tho board of directors may, Jn IhilrJ
uincrcnon, (item navrsaoie, ,xn
The J. B. Stetson Company has lirjl
tho regular semiannual dividend of l.wrl
cent on the preferred and the usual JtsiS
nry dividend of lo pet cent en the ownKoal
stock. Tha usual July disbursement jMj
tho common waa 10 per cent. Beth drrfi
donda nre payable January 15 to stecjtj'rij
record JnnunrV Ii. . ?w
. ,v
tcio rvri! van ciAssirjctnosV
HtlUiEKi:i;i'INO ArAKTMKfM.tr. .
THE WARWICK
ltnufcltprln? Flate, 1000-10 Baninin iUTeDVy
em flrejsroof bulldlns; every modm mru-f
Itnrs for houankeeplnss oloytlor. tlKntl
wairr. eiecirie usnta: pueue omrnj rwu i
bulldlns; acrvlce optional; rtnU, 9594 lOifJt
lir war. Aw
WltlTEfllDE & Jfcr.ANAHAtf, 15th end Raa3
IIEI.P WANTEI FtatAl.fi
llOOKICKUPJln; naalatant far araunt eantll
ledavr: nrmannt ncaltloni arfdren In ewl
hendrrlllnir. slvlns reference, exrtrienti w.
aalary etperted, with phone numtrja!Ni
'younn lady for clerical work, 11 M), Mult
ucnirai.
iii:m
WANTEI JIAtE
Clenernl
INCUKASK VOUU SAI.AIU Enroll now.1
tnmobtla claaara cnmmfnc" January, J.
Mechanical and Bltctrlcal at 3 and 11 P.O.
hT. V, ,n, ll-na.l nnrl flnrlne lanfn fttL'5
HITUATIO.VH WANTBD 1UUJ ,
KAWYKn, . wants poaltion In law efOct ,
In rrodlt and collation iltptrltmnt cf twd
naai nouao. $i Hi. leaser "laca.
tOST AND rOlINI)
OOLD WATCH loit, soln to 10th and arM
VU,; key Cfiitcnnlul fob.
arq mure jj
tugrria jn
Bids,
T-a
-Kf--
, DRATIIH
CItlBTtN. Dec. 22. MARY E.. Widow eljjfc
hum' Cflalln, ,ucd 03, iujatlrea and Mt
invliid to funeral. Tu.. in. m.frwi!M
ruidenoe of her aon-tn-law. William drfc;2
Frankford ava.. Itolmeabure, Hervlcoa asiiW
at cman'jil Church, iioirautmrs, a p, m,s
WAltnKN. I)e. 3d. at Harrlabun. Vt-m
JOSKPH Y. AVARIICN. funeral t aptluM
MIM.nn. Sudd.nly. De. 53. KATIIAMMt
J. .MIUUKIt. widow of JTdrlca W. WJ
itciaiivia and rrienaa uiviieu ip ";'? JrHT
f'.fm,. ai diis yi. xnarapasn ai. m. r";
Inifton lm.
HAI1N. Dc. r. CHftlSTIAN Fike.
luir u. iiann; ot xsiv uonon a .
liotfr's Bakery, Invited to aertcee, Tn. V,
jn., at parlors of Decider Aiasuire. i
liOth at. Int. m-lvatn. . M
mt.r.Kn n a maiiv a . wWS
W.lhlnctnn lilldn n nA snvhtar af t&B
ICenrr Walllnir. Itelattvea and trlend; la"
to aervicea, 'iui
srandaon. H. Y.
Coateavtlle, Pa,
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si t w.rtAuar
Murren, JJ tl liw w.
I'lIILLD-i). n. 33. Itev
Mil n lh lata ThAmaa 1 ll
DAVID m
aged St. Inla of Stroudalmrr l'a B'
ana aiaryj.
and friends Invited to funeral frvi?'iJ
'...,...M W. .!,-- Bi .'KIV,,-. -. "'.Tit
Ved.. lee, 37, 3 n. m Ini IiJ
tte ' tr". Htrouaaourtr rv,rJ.v'aiw
Henry St. Davta. seed tSS. HeU'lvra ttA
aullnJ . ! -- .la.ll tint Si tC
tVliVa l lUUVIVI lviam, owe. t -7..V
uhm.i eaiMfu a. l.
YAnOKn nc. S2. bxxwev. fcaw
ilarsarit U. Yarger (uee llarlb.iljni"..R"J2I
or lata, sainuet anu r..ii ""Ki,.-
Drun.r). of llaaslavllle. Pa., as.-d ,"!
and frlenda Invited Ij vlnv reunjln. Jfigfi
V II. JO.
S3tu :;. tAtaben
W ii-.'.v.'
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f HANKOnU,
Dec. 23. ANNlt; P. HAS
wite ot iiarry w . ""-UZ
friends Invited to funeral e rrteey. TJJ
p. m.. Imaoand's reaidencu. MIIK rfE
lot, private. North Cedar luu J '
inoblfe. Kemalns may tn. ira J
Jsmes V. Giri-y., aed 3. !
Utter, from 731 a. Suth t
..i dut thiM TPV!Wi"- -
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Hot Water Bottle
and Ice B&gr
Tom druxs-Ut will glaoiy .".'I
bot-HTter b- th h,l,w,'LSr
trM outckor ,ud.tte its ViTvTk ,
ture looter t'oeiwvau- K". TtUasae -1
ua xtta woric oi wv. mrn
Price $15 ovJ
3au u OH.wffK Eeoklel ,
. write ror oa'f-
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