fcTi jjh dim iS m1k .graiwy ,rm Tiiitor laWsi iSffBHiftilifc
,iill.
OTOYERS WIN FIGHT
ON CHESTER LICENSES
Ulectric Compunlcd Bent Saloons
Near Torminnl Boforo
Chester County Court
SHIP COMPANY A VICTOR
L(ifce Concern Objects to Bnrroom Neat
Plant Fivo Now fleas
Hejectod '. '-- '
-Tito fight on ths liquor licenses of Beta
"km county waged by Industrial establish
mnt with an nggregatp capltnllzatlonof
jit,lr,m'nrid tho tmjJerahc'Wce'6f
tha county It very near Ita close, with the
.result that ono new license has been
granted, five applications for new places
navo been refused, and two bid licenses and
Ays applications for new ones are still tin
decided. The lloense for the Mlllbourne
Hotel at Sixty-ninth street terminal, nsked
fdr by Emma C JJergdoll,, wl(l,ow( of tho
millionaire brewer, which wrt I bitterly
opposed by the traction companre; headed
by A. Merrltt Taylor, was refused, as was
also the license for a liolol at Fourth and
Morton Avenue, Chester, asked by John H.
Cochran and opposed by the Hun Ihlpbujld
lnc Company, The .one new license granted
Was to Robert B. Wright for a hotel built by
tho Frostburg-MoCluro rtoalty Company In
the Third Ward, Chester. A remonetranco
Was filed against this license by tho Bun
Shipbuilding Company, but no fight was
mads other than this. l; 3 " .
The Chester license wsVeontestodliy the
Sun Shipbuilding Company, with a total
capitalisation of $2,600,000 and the Abrr
foylo Manufacturing Company, with a cap
italization of tl.S18.C31. The Philadelphia
and West Chester Traction Company, with
a, capitalisation of fl.U8.900j and the Shll
adelphta. anil Western Hallway Company,
with a. capltallsa.tlonrJpf7)t,009,t)04firero.
ths two corporations which successfully op.
posed the appllcatljji,t0.r:rMf.ett,aCi mo
MlUbnurnA Hntal.
The old licenses stllL.Wilfl ukart.lbOft
of WlUlam Hughes, of the I'onn House,
llaverfdrd township, and, Chorion a, ITausa.
of tha Lamb Tavern, of Springfield town-.
snip, xnera was no romoruitrnnca'ngainst
either of these ptacus, nnd Judgo Johnson
gave no roasor! In court for the withholding
of the licenses, but It Is whispered that
there 'have boon many uutomobllo parties
stopping at theso places nt night and tno
matter has como to tho notice of the Court
Others held up aro those of Francis D.
Sharkey, a hotel llconss ; A. I. Helms, store
license, and Charles D. O'Donnell, bottling
license, all of Clifton Holgnw. ,
Others granted this morning wcro An
drew McCIure, Duttonwood Hotel, Darby;
James I Cocker, Oak Hill Hotel, and Annfe
ir. Conahan, parrotford Hotel,, both of
Upper Darby township; Slmorf Hhaplro,
store license, Third 'Word, Chester, ,v.
Others refused were EdWrird 'Wlhklns,
Fornwood Mansion. ,1 Upper -.Darby 'town
ship? Patrick Christy, utoro, Eighth Ward,
Chester; John l- Mahcr. atpro Jfppor
'Darby townohlp. All of tho' old licenses ex
cept those noted were .jrrantcd yesterday
ond It Is believed that those held up will
be decided cither today or tomorrow.
Nude Woman's Death,,
Baffles Detectives
Continued from l'ase One
tpectlon of the houso and had found small
charred particles of her clothing. Ha said
also that there were marks" of. burns on tho
floor matting.
'"Detective Drennan said he did not believe
tho woman met with foul play. 'The In
vestigation nevertheless, will bo pushed for
nil It Is worth," hi ridded.
ACCIDENT THEORY ATTACKED
Several other' officials do not nhare the
detective's views. '
Dr. W. F. Cootellb, of Dover, who was
summoned as soon aa the woman was found,
said today that every effort would be mado
to determine how she reached tho hallway
Whera she was found. Doctor Costello said
he saw no evldenco of a Aro !n ll, Place,
and he, as wall as the othors,was unable to
understand how she sot burned.
"There were no ulgns of a flra that I
could boo," Doctor Costqllo said. "Tha
woman was terribly burned, 'She was of
medium size and of ottracttvo appearance,
but her whole body was frightfully
mutilated.
"She had a massive head of bright golden
hair, but a good partt?-lthaI boen burned
from hor head and her features were-nlmost
uprecognlxable. She was unconscious when
I reached her. She was rushed to tho Dover
Hospital In on automobile. She died there
shortly after being admitted."
Doctor Costello aald the woman Was semi
conscious when first found, hut she only
moaned and uttered n. few Incoherent re
marks. Those who .questioned her were un
able to get any Information from her.
'The woman waa. foujul unconscious by
her employer, Thomas W. Morphey", Just
before-"' daybreak In tho ventlbule of the
hotel. Coroner Totten, of Dover, eaya no
ashes adhered to the victim's akin.
Sir. Morphey, who conducts the hotel,
said ho was awakened soon after 4 a. ro..
yesterday by a pounding on the front door
He threw on a bathrobe and I'haaUnfd
downstairs, passing .through the dimly
lighted reception room to the front door.
Ho opened the Inner door of the vestlbulo
and. stepping toward. the outer dpor.
stumbled over Mlas-Oreenir-bedyi'
' nvr- no anhwtcii vnmr ni'n
-.vv ,
Tho shock of tho discovery unnerved
iiorpney, wno is mora man sixty years
old. Ho hastily withdrew to the reception.
room. Having, regained seir-possesyiorCM
ilghted a lantern uiid aguln went to tha"
Vestibule, wnen tie railed to get any re
sponse from the woman, he phoned to Doctor
aCoatello, of Dover. , . .
In leas- than an hour the physician
arrived. Mr. Morphey meantime had ob
tained clothlnir and Miss dreen had been
carried to her room. She waa still uncon
scious. While the physlofah applfea,frea't;
went the hotelkeeper kept phoning In an
effort to get an automobile. A neighbor
Anally sent one and Doctor Co.itollo and
his patient were hurried; In It to the Dover
Hospital Efforts there to save' her life
were vain,
ACCIDENT. (UYk'BlfbtniJR' ..'.
Alfred T. Oreen, of Chester, a brother
of the woman, said today he believed that
tits slater died accidentally,
JIo. declared, however, that an investlga.
tion,' which will start this afternoon at
Lake Derunark, might shatter this belief.
fFuneral services for Wise Oreen will be
held at her home today. They will bo con
ducted hy tho Rev. ". B. Harnett, rector
I Christ Episcopal Church, sRldley Park,
b" Oreen was . a daughter of Mrs,
Hbubeth, 0. Oreejiof Rldlp). ParkHer
Uwr was tho lateWTlltoav H. arean7.1io
Ofle time had a, braaa foundry In Chester.
"DRYS" MEET IN KENTUCKY
MdmW Convention Will Hear Bryan
Outlioo Campaign Plans
KOTON, K. ( Dec. ST-T-SDed-J
freo. St. LouJa- and Chleago' 'and
an from all part of the country
fxi for this ptaca tonight with ev
wwan4 mepibera of the Students
I jntarcoiutlate Prohibition Aso-
,'s nattooal contention here tonjor-
W- 1, Vnaa m to be tho big feature
tttiw woetlnif, and It ut planned to give
fte Coiawoner ihe organiia-tkin's assurance
IhAt k ha Us cocjpltt support In Jus
tjgUogy fKtffelWtton kM, Wr, jtijan U
w
Mexican Situation
Ncaring Crisis Again
Centlnoed trrnn Fsee One '
tho conviction that tho Unlled States may
soon b forced to lake more strenuous steps
In Mexico than over before.
Although It Is certnln that Carransa has
failed In Iili ffjirts to check brlgandagn In
northern Mexico, It Is slated oulclally that
this Government has not yet made up Its
mind to repudiate him. It Is. however, tak
ing every possible step to safeguard Its own
Interests. There will bo no new Columbus
raids, The War Department has taken steps
to make that certnln, It Is sold, pending
whatever moves the Htnto Department may
mono,
WOULD RKCOQNIZI3 VILLA
Secretary of filnto Lansing said he was
not yet fully convinced that Francisco Villa
was nt tho head of the prrsent movement
t northern, Mexico, However thero Is a
wlnfr tilsposltlon Among odlclals who all
along hnva opposed truckling to Carranxa
to fnvor tho recognition of the chiefs of the
various bands operating In Chihuahua nnd
other northern Mexican States as revolu
tionary lenders nnd not Ifondlts, These
officials nnd among them aro some of tho
members of tho Cabinet also favor send
ing Ambansador Designate Arredondo back
to Mexico on tho ground that Carrnnia has
galled utterly to meet tho requirements
upon which Ills recognition ns tho do facto
head of tho Mexican Government was predi
cated. Secretary Lano made It plain that tho
failure of tho first chlof of tha eonsttm
tlorfatlsts to reply to tho American demands
did not termtnato the efforts of tha com
mission. Ho pointed out thnt means of
communication In Mexico nro difficult, nnd
thnt thero In a possibility thnt Cnrrnnzn's
final stand on tho Atlnntlo City protocol
hnn been dispatched already, accepting or
ttjofctlng tho terms of tho urlglnnl protocol.
NOTHING FROM CARnANSSA
Secretary Rojo, of tho Mexican section
of the commission. Is In Washington nnd
will Inform Mr. Lnno ns noon as ho Is notl-
fled nf tlin arrival nf Cnrrnnzn's expected
,'fh(ssai?o. The lasl Information given Mr.
i.ano irom win Mexican pecrcmry wnn inni
"ho" had nionrd'rfotfitnV froth General Cnr-
ransa. t ,
m UylilHnU hero nro Mcli lofts' to understand
tho statement otrmnntlng rom New York,
ftttrlhntrd' to Luis' CMbrorii, tttnlrman of tho
Moxlcan section of tho commission, that no
tlmoVhod been set fOr tho final nnnwer of
Cnrrnnxn on whether ha would accept or
reject tho'.protocol. It .la In direct contra
diction of ,11)0 understanding given the
Moxlcnn representatives by tho American
section- In I'hlladolnlila elulit dtiVH ncn. Mr.
Cabrera's fcryptto stalcmcnl that the next
move Ih up to tho United State.i Is llkcwlsa
a complete puzzlo hero.
VILLA AFTER T AM PICO
TO FORCE INTERVENTION
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 27. That Villa's
objective Is Tamplco nnd that tho bandit
lender Is swiftly sotting tha stage for an
attack upon that Mexican seaport wan
Indicated In reportu obtained today by
Unttsd States nconts hern.
ifk T.i TtVllrli n .fTtlnf nTi fl ! frti M I, I . u tk.An
received, authorities here are Inclined to
lace'epl Illio report that Villa forces nro now
In poesosulon of Sun Luis 1'otonl, hnvlng
cut off.cbmmunlcatlou between Tamplco and
tho Jvost. Military mon hero believe that
a separata force of bandits must have gone
Bouth If tho city Is now In Villa's bunds.
'Ofilocrs closo'to the bandit chloftaln told
forolgners In Chihuahua City that Villa
planned to take Tamplco and forco Interna
tlonal,compllqutlon, and action ngalnst tlin
Carrartzlstn Government by tho Unite'
Btatos. Fuel for the English fleet Is drawn
from tho oil fields In that region. Villa
believes England would lmmodlntely forca
the United States Government to act If tho
oil oupply was cut oft.
' In tho"absen6o of direct reports. United
States ngentn hero" declared In all probabil
ity Villa will next move upon Saltlllo and
Montoroy, the only points of any Importance
between his" present base at Torreon nnd
Tamplco. Prlvati dlspntches from Quere-,
taro statQ that tho Carranzlstu Oovorumcnt
la making tho greatest effort to round up
bvery .available man to throw Into tho cam
paign 'against Villa In the north. .AVIth tho
rnllwnycut. at Pnrf Luis Totosl. progress
of tho Oovernment forces north will be
hindered.
Authentic reports received here today
tell of tho capture of an entire division of
CarranzlstiiM. numbering 2200, by Villlstas
at San Pedro, following tho fall of that
city. Tho Oovernment troops were being
rushed toward Torreon to reinforce thu
garrison" there, but wero cut off and taken
prisoners.
MEXICANS APOLOGIZE FOR
CHRISTMAS EVE FRAY
OflteSnls Promise to Provont Recurrence
'"" ' of Outb'reSks" on Border
WASHINGTON, Dec, 27 Confirmation
of Moxlcan attacks upon American soldlem
at tho border Chrlstmns 13vo reached the
War Departmont today.
Between 1,00 nnd 200 machlne.gun bullets
wera tho reply ,to an attack upon an Ameri
can outpost, wires Ocneral Gcorgo Doll,
Jr., from El Paso, nnd representations
have been mudo to the Mexican officials, who
have promised to prevent recurrence of tho
outbreaks. General Rcll also reported
that soveral days ago American officers
wero fired upon at Knbens, nnd that the
otllclnls at Ouadaloupe, who wero responsible',-'had
apologised, Jailing the offending
Mexicans at Juaret.
Coneral Pershing reported that the
Christmas Htorm whleh swept the encamp
ments of the punitive expedition, destroyed
seventy-five per cent of the force's tentage,
WrCcked wireless miUfs nnd damaged a Held
hospital and other uunuings.
Hoped It Was Dream,
Waned Hiisband Slayer
Continued from l'sxe One
t,lnupa "Ho was the sort of man that
would get mud when he was drunk. It It
wasn't one thing It was another, This
time. Is was a. shirt that I had given him
forka. Christmas' present.
QUARREL OVER SHIRT.
"It had black stripes In it." the poorllttla
woman was pahetlo In her details, "lie
gave me five dollars for Christmas and I
fJlvljled It up between the three of us. I
'bought tho boy a shirt, I bought myself
some underwear and a box of handkerchiefs
and I bought some underwear and tho shirt
for him.
"lie said the men where he worked made
fun of him In It lie was drunk ond mad,"
she reiterated. "I though he was going to
kill mo, like he's tried to do many a time,
J couldn't got awuy from him and I grabbed
tho drat thing I laid my hands on to help
mssplf. I wish I was dd Instead of him."
Richards, according to hi wife, was em
ployed aa a laborer In a warehouse at Front
and Catharine streets. Ho made 112 a
week, of which he gave her It. Out of
this sum, she paid the house rent, bought
tio food and. clothes for the family of
three and provided her husband Swith car
fare. The 16 that he kept, she declared,
was spent for drink.
WILL, ASK PAIL '
The momtilthat h spent away from him
she stayed .with a friend who has always
been kind to her. Mrs. Ada UeClurg, who
came today to kUw and omfqrt her In her
sell.
At a hearing today Mrs. Richards was
held to wait the coroner's action. Her at
toroey. Benjamin Goodman, said ho would
endeavor to obtain a writ of habeas corpus
nnd get hor out on ball, which soma one
moved by tho pathos of thu woman's plight
baa pledged.
The bos', who did not anuui- In eourt
ggjydgy-. m a ww. msmo
BVB3SOT0 MDaEK-PXHLAD!3Ll?HIA, WEDNESDAY, D32CMBMt 27,
779,000 AUTOS, U. S.'S
0UTPUTF0RHALPYEAR
Fedbral Statistics Show That
Every Seventh Fnmily in
Country Owns n Cnr
NEW YOIIK, Dee. 27. If you aro n
seventh son or daughter you should have
an automobile. Every soventh family In
tho United States owns one, according to
figures given out today by tha National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
Its census, based on a count of automo
biles last June nnd the estimated production
since that date shows J, 500, 000 cars In tho
country today. The population of tha United
States Is 102,000,000 or 26,000,000 families
on the Census Bureau's basis of four per
sons to a family. Flguro out the car average
yourself.
The production of automobile. In tho
Unlled Slates for the first six months of
ISM was 779,000, according to figures of
the Chamber of Commerce).
Tho total number of earn registered In
tho country on July 1 waa 2,932,4K4. of
these New York hnd the greatest number,
259,105, Ohio wan second with 208,706, fol
lowed by Illinois wllh 201,767, Pennsyl
vania, 189,082, nnd California, 187,510.
It Is estimated that the distribution of
cars produced during tha Inst half of tho
year will give New York 40,000 or a total
of .100,000 ; North Dakota, 3.1.J69 ; Vlrglnln,
31,272; Deorgln, 31,25!); Maryland, 20,888;
Tennessee, 21,437; Oregon, 26,110; Florida,
23,000; North Carolina, 24,400; Maine,
24,027t Alabama, 10,977; Montana, 19,580;
Rhode Island, 19,427; South Carolina,
18.000; Mississippi, 16,500,; West Virginia,
15,771; New Hampshire, 14,837; Louisiana,
13,594; Arkansas, 12.300; Vermont, 12,873;
Idaho, 10,009; Utah, 10,729; Arlsonn, 9743 1'
now .Mexico, ezziij Wyoming, cno; Dola
ware, 643St District of Columbia, 6268
Navada, 3900.
MEN OF SCIENCE PUT
WAR UNDER MICROSCOPE
Eugenics Urged ns Preservative
of American Standnrd at Close
of European Conflict
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Mitra the red
god of war- ui under tho mlcroscopo of
science today- Four thousand of America's
leading sclontlsts nro attending tho con
vention of tho Amerlciu Amiociallon for
the Advancement of Hclenco nnd ench nnd
every scientist Is finding n war nnglo to
his own particular branch of sclenoo.
Robert De C. Ward, of Harvard Univer
sity, told tho members of the American
Genetics Hocloty that tho war would make
ougenlcs n necessity In America.
"Immigration In thn noxt few decades
after tho war will bo of a lower mantnl
nnd physical standnrd than It hnti been In,
tho past. l'lKrenlcn will 1) the remedy,"
raid Ward.
Great numbers of soUllors, although not
ntnictcd with any dlnense, will ovontunlly
como to tho United States, maimed, crip
pled, enfeebled by exposure or mentally
unntablo.
"It Is In tho highest degree un-Amorlcan
for un to permit any such Inllux of alien
Immigrants as will make, tho process nf
nsslmllatlou nnd of amalgamation of our
foreign populations nny more difficult than
It nlrcndy Ir
"It Is our duty ns Americans to help the
discontented millions of Kuropo and Asia
to stny In their own countries and to work
out thoro those problems which our foro
fathors worked out for uti hero "
Dr. Gcorgo P. Kunx told tho members
of the American Philosophical Association
that trade In war munitions had already
started a movement for tho standard metric
system of measurement, nnd he urged It
an u great help to American commercu In
the Inevitable struggle for trade which
will follow In the wnko of world-peace. A
national movement for thu standnrd motile
system was ndvocated.
Marcus M. Mark., president of i tho bor
ough of Mnnhnttnn. talking cm '"daylight
saving," contonded that tljo sitting forward
of tho clock's movement would have great
economic vuluo. He mnlntalned that tlilu
movement would be n, factor In making
American commerce moro efficient and
thereby aiding In,ooinpetltion with Kuropo
for trudo after tho war.
Oeorge W. Perkins, flnnnclor, and chnlr
man of the New York city food commis
sion, spnko on food distribution, and tpolio
of tho effects of the war upon food prices
nnd supplies In tho United Btntcs.
BETROTHED GIRL SHOT
BY MARRIED LOVER
Philndelphian Then Kills Him-
self After Murder in
Buffalo
Morris Golden, a brushmnUer, thirty yenra
old, a married man with n wife nnd three
children living at 013 North Orlonta place.
tilts city, shot and killed himself in Huffalo,
N. Y today after shooting n young woman
with whom ha wait Infatuated, according
to woixl received In Philadelphia to'day.
The young woman who was killed by
Golden was Kophla Snltxer, twenty-two
years old, of Uuffalo. She was to have
been married tomorrow evening to WlUlam
Stnnowlskl, also of Uuffalo,
Golden left this city after bidding his
wlfo and children farewell. He eald no
was going to Huffalo to see If he could
obtain n better position,
Mrs. Golden this afternoon, through an
Interpreter, said that her husband was In
fatuated wth the SnlUer girl and that
ono time he had deserted his family In
order to elope with her. On the eve of
his elopement, .according to Mrs, Golden,
he returned to his family and becanio recon
ciled with them,
According to dispatcher from Uuffalo,
Goldon pleaded with the Snltxer girl to
break her engagement and elopd with him.
When she refused to comply lie shot her
through tha heart and then shot himself,
dying Instantly.
Defer Placing Oakley Paintings
IIARRISBURG, Dec. 27. Placing the
Oakley paintings at the Senate chamber
has been postponed until next spring,
owing to the condition of the walls. Five
paintings have bten sent here, and It was
hoped to have them In place for the open
ing of the legislative session. .
Found Deai Along P. R. R. Traek3
LANCASTER, Pa.. Dec. 27. Tha bodies
of two unidentified men wero found early
this morning lying in the srpw along this
Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near Dlll
meyer. They apparently had been struck by
ti train. The case Is being Investigated by
Coroner Steffy, of Ralnbrtdge.
' Two Wills Probated
Wills probated today included those of
Kdwln Payson Borden, 2031 Spruce street,
which In private bequests dispones of prop
erty valued at 1150.000, and Sophia Berg
mann, H7 8t CJhelun avenue, tf -00, The
personal property of tho estate of Brama
A. Htwbotd has been appraed at 1(7,
035.61. Apartment House Inventor Dies
NSW YORK, De S7 John Pullman,
builder of the, drat apartment house in New
Yol$ be'' the
Ivll War.
nas iwcs vw -
ffs," tho ii
iM( nauses
&"Kl8
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CLEON C. KROUSB
Son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Clarence A.
Krouse, of Hnddonfloltl, N. J who
sailed on Christmas Day to join tho
American Ambulnnco Hospital nt
NculHy-sur-Soinc, Frnnco, Ho wan
entertained nt dinner on Sunday by
Mrs. Cnrstairs, 80 Mndison avenue,
Now York, Amonpf thoso present
wcro Stcwnrt A. McDowell, Jr., of
Philadelphia, and Count Felix John
Du Tnr, who recently arrived in
this country nftcr having been se
verely wounded during servico nt
tho front.
City News in Brief
ri.I.MFI.AM.MI'.I), It Is alleged, out of
a diamond ring, valued at G0, nnd four
dollnrn In monoy, V. G. l.vans, HI North
Dewey street, today caused tho nrrost of
John Cnrboiil. thirty-five years old, 928
Ninth Twelfth street. Tho lattcr wus l0ld
In $500 for court by Magistrate lleatnn.
I.vuns alleges that Carbonl Illmnammcd
him during a coin-matching game In a
aloon. Tarbonl told tho court that Kvnnr,
was simply a "hard loser," and ho offered
to return both tho ring and the money.
IIAf.lMVIN I.OCOMOTIVK WOltKH re
ceived orders for forty-throo now loco
motives during tho weok ending December
23. Thirty nre for tho St. Louis nnd San
Francisco Hallroad, ten for tho Contrnl
Ilallroad of New Jersey and threo for tho
Union Pacific.
a'Ati I'OIHOMNtl rnuard the death of A.
Matrlz, twenty-two yenrn old. a sailor on
tho United States battleship Montana, today
at tho Hahnemann Hospltul. Mntrls was
found unconscious yesterday In n lodging
houso cm North Tenth street near Vino
street. Itefore retiring Matrix opened th
windows In his room from the top and
left the bun burning. During tho night tho
wind blew out tho gaslight.
Ill.V. MOIlKnT O'llOYM, chaplain of
tho First Pennsylvania Cavnlry, has re
signed from tho National Guard becauso
of his duties as pustor of St. John's Re
formed Church, Fortieth and Spring Gar
den streets, llo returned from tho border
last month, after flvo months of service.
Up to a year ago ha was chaplain of the
Twelfth Ileglment. but when It was dis
banded ho was transferred to tho cavalry.
A I It). MAS HKKI.nTON mil uneartlird
by a steam shovel which was at work ex
cavating at the old Rodney mansion, nt
Germantowii nvenuo and Duval street. It
Is thought that tho bones are thoso of a
Revolutionary soldier' who was burled In
the cellar of the house.
"THE NATIVITY" wan slvcu In Iho hall
of St. Kd ward's Catholic Church, Seventh
nnd York streets. Tho play was written
by Monslgnor Robert Hugh Ilonsou and
crodltably produced by young mon and
women of the parish. Among those In
the cast were Agnes Fay, Francos Moylau,
Joseph A. Gavin, William C. Hayes, Arthur
J. Donnelly and Joseph li O'Loughlln.
Nearly fifty priests, Homo of thorn from
other cities, wcro present.
DHYIIOOK NO. 1, at the riillndelpbla
Navy Yard, sprang a leak whllo work waa
In progress on the armed transport Prairie.
ANTI-AIKUIIAFT GUN platform U lieltir
mounted on the battleship South Carolina,
now nt tha Philadelphia Navy Yard. The
platform Is located near midship and will
carry a rlllo capable of firing at extixmo
angles of elevation. This, It is said, is one
of the Improvements schedulod for tho At
lantic tleet, which will place them In fight
ing trim equal to thoso of foreign nations.
COL HYI.VliKTI.lt HONNAKON, Jll.,
cashier of the Customs House, Is confined
to his bed nt his home, 3439 Walnut street,
ns the result of n fall on the Icy sulewulk
Thursday morning. He Is now seventy-two
years old and still suffers from the effects
of a bullet wound received In the Civil War,
IIOLI.RK SKATING party wa- cltuu by
Mrs. Walter Jackson Freeman for her sons
W. Keen Freeman and John Freeman. The
party, held In n rink at 390( Market street,
Mas attended by moro than S00 happy
youngsters home from school for tho holi
days. CAMDEN
OLEMHtfOY FOR WILHON ASUIIItlDflK,
who Is awaiting execution for the murder
of Elizabeth Dunbar, a chorus girl, last
January, will bo opposed by I'rosecutor
Kraft, of Camden County. Mr. Kraft said
today' that no mercy should bo shown to
Ashbrldge, who Is scheduled to be electro
cuted during the week of December 31.
Governor Fielder, of New Jersey, to whom
Ashbrldge's father yesterday made an ap
peal for clemency, today sent a communi
cation to the prosecutor asking for all (he
facta In tbo case.
STICKING riQ8 proved unlorliy for Zlba
Cook, fifty years old, a farm hand, who Is
in the Cooper Hospital suffering with
severe lacerations. He had been sticking
pigs and his clothes were covered with
blood, the sight of which frlghtsned a horse
he was driving. Tho horse kicked him sev
eral times. 1
CAHHYINO .V UailTUI) LAMP, Jhu
Wohlrab. seventy-six years old, of Pauls
boro. felt an the stair of his home and
was badly burned on the body. The lamp
exploded and set lire to his clothes. He is
In Cooper Hospital,
A StlVlMJWY rAVEML'XTS-ae the cause
of serious Injury to Mrs. Isabella Williams,
sixty-four years old, of Tenth street and
Central avenue. Tho woman fell while
shopping1, and suffered a fractured arm and
bruises, She was taken to the West Jersey
Homeopathic Hospital. .
pKLAWABB UIVHIl peon Memorial
Bridge committee is opposed to a privately
owned' brldga across the Delawqre, to con
nect Philadelphia with Camden. Plana to
span the rter backed by private capital
were announced recently. Th bridge and
tunnel commissions, of Philadelphia, and
Camdta will meet to oxabanga views at the
mm .HtfujMW ?. ivmmtv
it.
BIBLE STUDENTS ARRIVE
FOR TWO-DAY SESSION
Country-Wide Assembly of Col
lege Professors to Meet nt
HaverfofM
Biblical scholars frorW colleges In this
country and Canada arrived nt Havefford
College today to participate In the fifty
second meeting bf the Society of Biblical
Literature and Kxtgenl. Prof. Morris
JastroW, of th University Sf Pennsylvania.
Is president of the socUty, and will preside
at the meeting. lie also Is to be one of thr
principal speakers, his subject for today be
ing "Constructive Elements In the Critical
Study Of the Old Testament"
A feature of the sessions of particular
Interest to the public Is toa a lecture to
night by Dr. Immanuel Ilentlnger, of Mead
Tills Theological llemlnnry, on "Life In
Palestine, Past nnd Present." Doctor Ben
singer, who lived nnd studied many years
In tho Holy Land. Is considered the author
ity on modern Palestine In this country.
Another spenker tonight will be Prof. War
ren J. Moulton, of Bangor Theological
Seminary on "tileanlngs from Ccsirea."
The sessions today will be preceded by
tho annual meeting of the mansglng com
mittee, of the American School of Oriental
Research at Jerusalem. Tho work of the'
school has been Interrupted by the war, but
plan are to Ira made for tho future. The
delegates will be the guests of JIaverford
College at dinner tonight.
The program for today, following Doctor
Jastrow's paper. Includes "A Collntlon of
Home New Testament Fragments on tho
Basis of tho Textus Receptus," Professor
Stearns; "Alcohol In the Blblo," Professor
Hnupt; "The Worship of Tammut," Pro
fessor Peters; "The Involution of the
Asliern," Professor Barton; "A Carved
Palestinian Tablet Inscription," Professor
Moulton.
CALLS POLITICAL CLUBS
LEGALIZED SPEAKEASIES
Judge Gorman, Sentencing
Carey Carboy, Vino Street,
Criticises Legislature
Charges . thnt many .political clubs aro
formed, only to bo run aa "speakeasies" for
tbo Illegal sale of liquor, wero made today
by J initio Gorman In tha Municipal Court,
In sentencing Cnroy Corboy, mannger of
tho Jtousovell Jtepubllcnn Club, 6834 Vine
street. Carboy was found guilty of selling
llijuor without a license, nnd was put on
probation for two years.
Judgo Gorman-declared that tho olty whs
"honeycombed with political clubs that nre
spcakcnslcs opeiatlng In connivance with
those who should eliminate them." With
tho charter system 'clubs become' legalized
opcnkoasles of the Wards, he said.
Ho accu'ed (he1 Legislature of failure
tu enact proper laws against speakenslos
and of making It easy .for political clubs to
sell liquor. In order thnt tho power of tho
clubs would not bo 'Impaired.
At Carboy's trial It was testified that lie
ran the place On Vino street ns a real po
litical club nnd that the club llconse hung
nbovo tho bar. It developed that nil the
club dues and funds went to Carboy him
self. - ,
Judgo Gorman criticized tho Legislature
In these wo) dn: .'-
"Tho hlghl moral ItCrSi pure Legislature
In making tho law governing tho salo of
liquor on Sunday probably had In mind tho
usefulness of chnratered clubs In polltlcul
life." .
Legislative Caucus
Urae'A to Assist Citu
rentlniMatrrtaV.ftacV One?, N ' ' '
eratlopjj'of 'jLojboT-, to the effect that tho
majority, of the executlvo committee of the
Federation liad voted to oppose Baldwin.
Tho official Penrose announcement of tho
proponed Invcstlga'tfons, which many poli
tician's, felt would b.4.,deyeloped by tlio.heat
of fjrQtQiial; jjombat, to the Impeachment
stagervks'thotjilgli light of the day, Mean
whllel'the. rlyjtl candidates. Cox and Bald
win, qpenqdthclr headquarters at Harrli
burg, re'a'dy for the last lap In the race.
BROWN'S REJOINDER
Another worm development In tho State
wide contest was a rejoinder from Attor
ney General Brown to the nttacks mado
upon him by Senator Sproul, manager of
tho Baldwin campaign. In n statement Is
sued last night at Harrlsburg the Attorney
Gotieral charged, that Senator Sprout's hands
wcro tied andj, his Voice silenced In the
State Senate when It came to voting for
taxation and revenue measures, because the
Sonator was financially Interested. Reply
ing to the Pennsylvania Manufacturers'
Association, Mr. Brown uald that the asso
ciation was not the author of the work
men's compensation and child labor acts,
but that It worked hard to have compensa
tion bills passed which could ba declared
unconstitutional,
LKADHRS MKHT TODAY
Today, In this city, aonsatlonal features
are expected to mark the caucus of tha
Philadelphia delegation. A call to this
caucus was sent to each Senator and Rep
resentative yesterday afternoon by special
delivery. It will be held at the headquarters
of the Republican City Committee, Eleventh
and Chestnut streets, this afternoon at ?
o'clock, and for the purpose, said thi call,
''of considering legislation of vital Im
portance to our city, and to express a pref
erence for ' Speaker of the next House of
Representatives."
Mayor Smith may attend and tell what
he thinks the city should get from the
Legislature. Senator McN'Icliol will also
bo on hand, ready, he announced, to stand
up boldly for the rights of "the people,
the State, his friends and himself." R
was freely predicted that the Senator, an
advocate of the election of Baldwin to the
speakership, would supply some excitement,
even though the delegation to the House
Is believed to stand twenty-four for Cox
and seventeen for Baldwin.
The call to the caucus was signed by six
of the eight Senators and by twelve of
the forty-one Representatives from Phila
delphia. The six Senators, all Vare lead
ers, were Senators Vare, Salus, Patton. Mar
tin (Senator-elect), Jenkins and Smith. The
twelve Representatives were Hecht and
Reynolds, frtm Mayor Smith's district J
Cummins, from Oermantown; Dunn, Frank
ford; Connor, Tivonty, ninth Ward; Woben
umlth, ,Twe,nty-frBt .Ward; Curry, Seven
teenth und Eighteenth Wards; Thomas F.
MoNlchol, Thirtieth Ward; Walker, West
Philadelphia ; Aron. Twentieth Ward j Fuck
ler, Thirty-third Ward; Arthur, Nineteenth
Ward.,
p&SROsiya statement
Senator Penrose's announcement of the
leglxJatlVA ."Lexeme" was contained in tha
following statement:
My atjteution. has been called to the
statement of Attorney General Brown,
Which Irdlcatea a condition of panic
l which Is not In harmony with the
cheofulness that ought to prevail
diir'ng the holiday season. I do not care
to get lntfr'n dliwuaslon with him, be
cause t do not recognize, hlra as a
Republican. He has all his life been a
Deiirujofat, and only recently attended
Democratic conventions. He Is the vahl
attorney of the principal street-clean- ,,
Ing contractor in Philadelphia aud of
other Interests, and is working in har
mony wllh, them as Attorney General
wider the present administration.
Mr. Brown has si way been paid
handsomely In a professional way for
his service by contractors and corpora
tions. He has received many- thou
sanda of dollars from tha State of
lflpj
iMti
of special employments. In ft way that
has threatened scandal and has been
frequently resented by those who pro
tested against his exlravagapt demand.
These fees are not easily ascertained
from an examination of the reports tit
Iho Auditor General, because Ihey are
corered up under the designation of
attorney fees, but at an early oppor
tunity, doubtleus, the voucher will be
required nnd will show that several
hundred thousands of dollars have been
paid to Mr. Brown nnd his associates,
often for nominal Work. In tlin ense
of tho Revenue Commission, to which
reference has biren made, his charge
tor professional services was soma
150,000, moro or less, which the com
mission grudgingly was Induced to pay
him.
Mr. Brown has never participated In
the councils of tho Republican party
except as an attorney for some one,
nnd his appearance before a Republican
audience In a campaign would bo
greeted with derision.
Under the trulee.Of hypocrisy and tho
brood vision, the effort thai has been
made to give the psesent Administra
tion the sole credit for the legislation
passed at the lost session of the Legis
lature relating to c?ndlttons of labor,
compensation and other humanitarian
measures, and ths effort to represent
any element of the Republican party
ns being IrrefOnclllably opposed to
these measures Is without any founda
tion. When the present Governor was
elected every' one In the Republican
party wanted to give him the fullest
opportunity to make good his pledges
and bring about the enactment of legis
lation for the betterment of the people
of the Commonwealth. Many Senators
and Representatives In the Legislature,
regardless of their Individual judgment
and opinion, loyally went along with
the Governor on his whole program.
It was only after tha Intolerable sit
uation developed that the Governor had
surrendered to a faction of the Repub
lican, party headed by n Philadelphia
contractor and had ceased to be the
Governor of a whole people, treating
everybody fairly, that tho present' fac
tional difficulty arose.
The present contest It a protest
against these Intolerable conditions,
which are detrimental to the party and
humiliating to the Stnto, and that re
sentment will be shown effectively and
unmistakably In the election of Mr.
Baldwin as Spenker on January 2 next
SENATOR VARUS ANSWER
In answer to Senator Tenrose, Senator
Vare said:
The difference between Governor
Brumbaugh's administration and the
Penrose people occurred when Senator
Penrose callod at the Governor's offlco
In tho Bollevue Court Building In Phila
delphia two years ago and agreed with
the Governor that his friends would
support Ambler for Speaker. Penrose,
following this conference with the Gov
ernor, went direct to his own office nnd
vent ChnrloB Johnson, tho then Mont
gomery County lender, out to bring
Amblor In, and he, Penrose, then nnd
there. In tho presence qf Johnson,
pledged his support to Amblor.
A few days later, however, Penrose,
with his usual underhand methods, was
canvassing ' for votes for Baldwin
against' Ambler and when the Governor
discovered this he took up the Ambler
campaign and forced his election, Then,
as now, Penrose's only support In
Philadelphia camo from Contractor
James P. MoNlchol.
Iji so far us tho humanitarian legisla
tion l.i concerned, namely, the child
labor law, workmen's compensation nnd
other measures designed for the benefit
pf our working boys and girls, as well
ns adults, I repent Mr. Grundy and a
few other manufacturers, backed by
Penrose, not only opposed It to the limit
nt tho last session of tho Legislature,
but at every session In my time, and I
first went there In 1890.
"LET HIM INVESTIGATE"
If Mr. Penrose wnnts an Investiga
tion, let him Investigate what was com
mon rumor around the State Senate
two years ago that the Penrose or
ganization hud received largo sums of
money from Grundy and his associates,
with the distinct understanding that
there would he no legislation in favor
S,
of tho working classes. Including wom
en and children. Many of the Penrose
Senators gave ma that reason for their
Inability to support tho child labor bill
when I was canvassing for their votes.
It Is a lato day for Mr. Penrose to
complain about Attorney General Brown
when It Is well knoWn that he was tho
close ndvlser of Penrose, Durham and
McNIchol for twenty-fire yours, nnd
Mr. Brown withdrew of his own voli
tion because of the underhand methods
of Penrose.
This contest Is between Cox, and his
splendid record on the one ilde, nnd
Baldwin, and his bad record on the
other, and I haven't the slightest doubt
about the result.
MOTOR CRUISER PATROLS
ATLANTIC'S BACK WATER
State nnd Town 'Warship Hunting
Shellfish Rniders Sanitary
Inspectors nt Work
ATLANTIC CITY, Doc, 27. Already
possessed of a navy comprising forty life
boats, manned during the summer season
by 100 guard for the protection of tens of
thousands of buthrr. Atlantic City has fur
ther augmented ita fleet by placing In, com
mission a motor cruiser to police the
waters back of the city for tho enforce
ment of sanitary regulations.
With a crew of two men and an arma
ment of shotguns to be used only In case
of emergency, the cruiser Atlantlo City
today began patrolling Beach Thorough
faro and all of Its tributaries from Shelter
Island down to Vent nor, From these
waterB bay men have been taking shelinsh
In Bplte of warnings that they may be
Infected through the pollution of the back
waters.
To strengthen Ihe arm of shore authori
ties, thd Slate Health Commission has
empowered the crew of the patrol boat to
nifke arrests In tha name of the Statu
when defiant watermen In fast motorcratt
succeed In escaping from the Jurisdiction
of the city. At the same time sapltury in
sp&tor began a crusado against dealers
hero who aro suspected of buying flam
mid oyaters from tho proscribed waters
for sale here or for shipment elsewhere.
E. C HOOVER APPOINTED
MERCANTILE APPRAISER
Had Foiled- Twice aa Candidate or
Treasurer of Schuylkill County
on Republican Ticket
POTTSmLLB. Pa., Dec, y7. Kdwln C.
Hoover, u merchant of this city, a Repub
lican, today wan appointed mercantile up
prajsajf fur J8.?. by (he County Commission
era,, vHe was twice -an aspirant for, the
Republican nomination ?or County Treas
urer, but fjilUd, li cp.h Instance. Notwith
standing defeat at the primaries, he always
remained active for the success of the
Hemibllrati 'sndldatee.
Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge H. Morgan were re
ft p n -td v-aid n n matron, respectively,
of the county prison. ,
Paul W. Houok, .if Shenandoah n raferr
und -r tlM ''"ipasatlnii act, was reap
pointed chief clerk, and Stat Senator and
Auditor Oenerabelect C A. Snyder, of tnl
city, waa reappointed Solicitor.
South Dakota U Snowbound
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Dec, 87. The
worst storm In years la raging over tho
wesurn and central part of the State,
acctwllpg to reports ber. A heavy gale
ts dfiftJej; tha now widen fell early to
day nnd railroad traffla is badly crippled.
Abr4n, . D., reported , UH of ,wiv
tmatf p fow ysctetday.
CHESTNUT ffl&wf
WATOPffEBtWlS
Residents There and In Mount
Airy Lack Lavations Work.
men Repair Brenk
Mllllonalro society folh In tjntwr r-K
nut Hill and Mount AliyV taftS.
the common folk, to go tokhelr omceTtM
wlthAt their usual morlng tavau?ri
cause of k break In the water miln. U'
A twenty-year-old cast Iron nln ..
ng that section of the city. .praVhSL
Wls'.'a'h.S'otcr.r -ES
According to Carlton HL Davta r.M.. -
Water Bureau, the mUhap, wSlU 4,
that hare occurred1 recently ,, ???
the age of the piping. r dn
The Chestnut Hill main ts mads of ...
Iron and at various points the, h.
elghty-nlne breaks. This p "Ai "
from the Upper Roxboreugh Pun?DTIJ'S,,r
tlon. and among tho thousandTorlS'
which It feed, are hindsornXUS 52
Phlanr f thB m0,t prom,nffi
Tho weather Is believed to hi. ,.
vn!mlWS f the Me tod-V"
when the break was reported i7i.
Water Bureau a gang of "Cm
to work repairing ths break. MewwMbV
some of the homes and Industrial esuhtt.il:
ments received an emergency supply from
a parallel pipe on Rax avenue, nttorku
cYpTg iLatff"
DENY ALIBI OF MAN
ACCUSED OF MURD
Police Officials Say Defendant
Was Not Under Arrest on
Night in Question
FLKMINGTON, N. J Dei 27. With tha
Introduction of a Rahwny witness this
afternoon tho State will conclude Its eat.
ngalnst William McLoughlln. alias Jaha ,
McLoughlln, for tho murder of Richard J.
Hylvostcr F. Cosgrove. a detective. tettU
fled to a conversation he had with Jtc
Loughlln concerning the defendant's where
abouts on February II lor;, when Mo
Loughlln said lie stayed nt the Ntcatown
police station In Philadelphia. MeXouthlla
described tho turnkey as being small,
whereas he Is vory stout. The officer's
desk was described as being on the wrong
side. Lieutenant Alexander M. Johnson,
In charge of the Thirty-sixth Tollce Bit.
trlct, known as Nlcctown, testified that lle
Loughlln was not confined there on that
date.
Joseph Jacobs, theturnkey of the Nice
town station, was positive that McLough
lln did not come to thepollce station on
that night
Herbert II. Baldwin, a Newark chemist,
who examined the blouse and overalls, found
near a rock whore footprints led from ths
Wyckoff farm, said he discovered blood
stnlua on the garments. Tho authorities
discovered the clothing while following
footprints In the snow. They led up thnrugh
a ravlno and were eventually lost oa
the Buttonwood Cornuer and Zlon Road.
COMMERCE BOARD WILL
TAKE 1" FREIGHT PROBLEM M
Calls Railroad Men Into Consultation
on Subject of Cnr Shortage
WASHINGTON. Deo. 27. The Intri
state Commerce Commission tomorrow wllli
put to the test Ita latest .attempt to assuror
further powers ovecthe American transpor
tation system, not expressly Invested In It' ,
by Congress. Representatives of American, ;,
railroads have been summoned to appear' "i
before the commission to show cause whTj ,'
that body should jnot Issue drostla, orders '
requiring the rnllroads to handle cars la
accordance with the commission's dictates,
with a vlow to clearing up the car short
age and car congestion situation.
The commission has no express Jurisdic
tion aver the movement and distribution
of freight cars, but as a last resort In
clearing up the present serious transport- I
tlon situation It has taken a leap In tin f
dark and will attempt to settle the difficul
ties on assumed authority. Tho commuv
slon now lias a recommendation pending
beforo Congress asking that It be Invested
with speclflo authority over car movement
25,000 ACTORS PLAN
STRIKE ON NEW YEAR
Vaudeville Performers Seek Closed
Shop, Threo Shows a Day, He- x
duced Booking Fees
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. Twenty-five thou
sand vaudeville actors, affiliated with the
White Rata Union of America, will strlKJ
New Year's Day unless a new agreement
Is effected between tho union officials ana
the managers boforo that time, It wa an
nounced here today.
The actors want a new style contract,
ciuaeu BitoiJ. vurctj dt "
day week nnd a reduction In booking astnir
commissions to nve per ceni.
MARRIED TWICE, GET&
LICENSE TO WED AUA1K
r Donviltn Taaniul Toiiav by Ma
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nicipal Bureau to uoupies rrom
Samuel Abrams. atxty-etght years P&
an auctioneer, of 127 North H''
street, "who was tics married before, tew
obtained a marriage license to wed "
K. Mende, age forty-eight, of 61 J Nor
Rlghteenth street. Mrs. Mende .!
vorced from her husband r Common r"
Court No. I on the eighteenth of this rnonW.
on the grounds of desertion, Abrams nrij
Wlfo died In 105 and the second In
other licenses Issued today arai
Jam.. C. Thompson. MM W Boawr..t it.
OtnSrT UC"".o'-H:i3d st.raad Mrrtu
... lla, OAfBl a 9lirtl tat. i .
CVrti. HirJvtel 20 U.tth St. ana J"-
&ttM& 1-th .... ad ftU
J!ontomry Hewitt. UY"?V!'SLFit'
Edith B. Arm-tron. eool .J'"'."00 ," nf-
Vlncrnso DltUaan. 74 Christian at., ana i'
fala Zopp. T3 Christian st. . g,,.
IVIiliara II. Har.tn. N.w York CItr, WW "
Wllttsm H. Ke. Che.tnut IIlll. fa., and
lh l:WDr. Chutnut Hill, Fa. . vu.
WUusm E. Iijlhard., e . st. and w
aArg? W.TlhSaU.: 'BAft-oVr ?s "
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Ja!UrauUr. IS33 a. Darln at. ana
WlUlam J. Uciaiar. 1I8 liutltr St. na
P atilisvUt. U15 ltlr at. ,-j tjUJta
Duncan Orant, 2JU W. Ha't t "" ""
llowttl. 8000 N. Blllas st. . nirtta
Edward Hayts. Drodklyn, N. T-. aa" ""
Smith, 0730 Orn at , . . iiittla
Paul J. Cook. "SO Woodstock si . and
I. l-urKr. Isoo. Woodstock si.
Porter, l&iiu 8. Llndauwood st . f..ia.
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rlua Locktr. WW H Uo-t.B ave. rt j.
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