TfQHmf'f mrn w,$f?9 r"w "SrV t JJWWfpT1'"' -w. r ;rej?" -W-' W"? 5"" I EVENING LEBaER-PHILADELrnTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1017 PENSION AND CASUALTY PLEA HEARD AT CAPITAL Insurance Companies Enter Ob jections to Receivership Appointments WILL BE JOINT RULING Commissioner O'NcIl Confident tixecp. Hons Will Ho Overruled nntl Ho Will Tnko Charge of Affairs IJAimiBni-nn. .Tan. 8. Exceptions to lhi rorolvorolilp clocrcM Brntile.l nt t ho re r,it of sinlo lnsitrniKV Commissioner .T. 5pnnyo-M.il In tlio cao of Hto I'eiis on Miit inl l.ifo Insiirnnco Company nml tlio t'n,"r i -.n.ii.-.lly Company nro l.cltiK nrutiot! in tii pmipiiin county courts today. "nmmlioncr O'Nell wont Into Court rnnfMont lmt I'l" pontpnllons would bo up held THp Btnplilmlileru of tlio companies irnvo n.lmltto.1 lartrer liabilities than chnr(?l n tlio units brotiRlit by tho H ato insornnrr r.ppartnient nml their exceptions arc in the nv of nine technicalities. Te.l hv l.vmlnn l Wood nml some of his trltml a few stockholders In each company .me nsked the courts to set naltlo the re-reiver-hip- mi tho Rioiupl that the Insurance net of fir. - unconstitutional mid that at ,,. pvenf" the Insiirntico poiiintlssloner ex cp.de.1 Ins iiuthorlty In nsklm,' for a deeree It lloltitlon In the renslon Mutual app I r,lioii l.er..r.. as receiver for the .Slate, lie l'ni' nwertaliied the truo status ut the com- 'Vlio eases nro so similar that the roiirt ,! inii-ider them Jointly and rullllKS In loth will he handed down at the same time. The Insiii.ince Department nml represen-tame- "f the Attorney lieneral's olllce who hue e..nn "er the exceptions prononnco i'., weak and say they will he surprised ' ..... 1... ... a. I I.. . ..I ' II ! ' tlirv -tie no! ovprriui'ii iiiiint:u..ivj tiir receivi-islnp ilecrees sustained. WILSON'S LATIN-AMEltlCAN POLICY CALLED FAILURE people of U. S., Never Held in High Esteem, Now Katcd Lower, Says Naturalist i:V YOrtK. .Inn. 3. Kmlllase Contil, t'o'tprnor "f the .Mexican State of Lower r'nlifnrnia. plans to seccilo his territory from MeXK'o and apply for annexation to the 1 nited Stales, iiccorilliitf to Dr. lMward A. halKlmrv, naturalist, who reRlstereiL at the KiilekeibucUcr yesterday arter an is.unu inile. fifteen-month cruise In his yacht WIh ilmn along I ho Central and South American coasts Doctor Salisbury, who was accompanied i n the Ioiib trip by Doctor Kinchart and his nife. Mrs Jlnry ltohoits Itlnelmrt. the nu thor. and Mr. and Mrs. Hex lleach. comes lack convinced that ninety per cent of the American trade hv '. up In South America lull r. turn to Uei- an and llrltlsh mer-chunt-i at the close the war. Another conclus . u reached by Doctor .Salisbury was that President Wilson's .iiethod-. toward the latin countries has been .. Hat f.Mlure. and that Americans, never lirld n a nation In very IiIkIi esteem, aro i.iav rated even lower. Doctor Salisbury aid that bis conclusion as to tho failure . I our foreiKii policy had "not been formed . i.t of political ensslp at the American clubs." but was the result of "personal imitaet with South Americans of high and I "iv degree " i KREWER TO HE SENTENCED FOR NO-LICENSE SALES "SNOW WHITE' CLEANEST BUM IN HOBO "KINGDOM," TURNS LOOSE A "DELUGE' Wrong, He Believes, to Keep Water in Captivity, and He Opens a Square Mile of Fireplugs Escapes as Cops Approach The police nre looking for "Snow Whl " "Snow While" 19 not nn, artist's ttioi.pl. nn author, or n inovld nctress He Is a bum. lie's known ns the cleanest hobo In llolmlatiil. To sit in a white bathtub with a enho of clean while soap In his hand nml n ciuimtlly of fresh while towels dangling about the room is tho happiest moment of l.ls life. To have n bath every day wits one of "Snow White's" ambitions. I to made enough money now nnd then by inendltiR umbrellas to get Into sixth or seventh class hoarding houses tml he was always phased out for taking full com. tliand of the bathtub. And so he became n drifter ttarly today he drifted Into the neigh borhood of l-'lfth and Lehigh avenue nod held a water carnival all on his own no rounl. He turned on nearly one mpmrs mile of fireplugs In tho northeast. He un corked every plug from Herbs to Lehigh avenue, and from l-'rnnl to Seventh streets. "Snow;" pnntends that It's wrong to keep the water In captivity and, If mole of It wero liberated, iium.iti beings would look limi" natural. "White" npproached each plug tenlthllv with a monkey wrench and gi.ihhed it l.v the throat. Then he turned the wrench heartlessly until the lire plug opened It. mouth and cried When the water KU-li.'il Westmoreland Man Accused of Violat ing Law in Fayette County Or der Issued for Arrest I'NION'TOW.V. I'a., .fan. B. Upon peti tion of former County Detective Prank McLeiigblln. Judge ,1. Q. Van Swearlngen signed an order for the arrest of Michael Horke. president of tlio Htirvku lirevl g t'oinpan. In Sinlthton, Westmoie.r-d County, to be brought Into court for sen tence on h cliargu of sclllnt,' liquor with out license. Allegations were made that the brewery of which Itorke Is president has been Bell ing liquor unlawfully liub'ayotto County. While manager of the Kureka llrowlug company in lull, Itnrlcu was Indicted on a charge of violation of the liquor laws. He pleaded nolle contendere, anil the case was allowed to stand upon u promise that the company would cease helling liquor III Fayette county. LIEUTENANT MUMFORD, WAR VETERAN, DEAD Had Record for Gallnntry Loft Souvenir of Imprisonment in Libby HABY BOY HUKXKD TO DEATH Children at Play Upset Lamp While Mother Is Away IJAN'fion. Pa , Jan. 3. Leaving the house for a few minutes last night, Mrs Kmmett Hazletou, of l'en Argyl. returned to find her flve-months-old boy burned to death in his coach. Mluclt stood near the tupper table. The baby had been left in charge of sev eral older children, ono of whom tugged lit the tablecloth and upset a lighted lamp, which toppled Into the coach and set tliv to it The boy was burned on the l..ily, face and head. A small cross carved from a bone, which lu got with his food In Llbby Prison, was among other things that Lieutenant ThnmtiH II. Aluniford gave his wife Just before his death today at his home. "fi North Thirty-eighth street. He fought with the Second Pennsylvania Artillery during the Civil Wnr, and was frequently promoted for bravery. Ills ilput.li was due to bronchial pneumonia and, according to Dr. W. O. Illggnte, can bo traced to tljr soldier's confinement In Llbby Prison. Lleutennnt Mumford was taken prisoner at tlio buttle of Chopin's I-'orni and soent more than six months In the prison which was famed for lis horrors. Only onco while ho wns confined In the prison was meat fur nished with meals. It was from this piece of meat that the lieutenant carved tho cross. This enabled him to pass the time nway and tho task required nearly six months. Mumford became connected with tho Philadelphia Klectrlo Company early In the '00s and remained with that concern more than twenty-live years. He organized Post O. A. II. ntul was also a member of the llrst class of the Order of the Loyal Legion. Lleutennnt .Mumford celebrated his llftleth nnnlversary of his connection with the (J. A. It. Inst May. Ilo Is survived by n widow, four sons nnd one daughter. The funeral will tako place on Prlday. Interment will be In Arlington Cemetery. It was near the spot on which the cemetery stands that Lieutenant .Mum ford was stationed during the war. when, under tiencral Drusse, ho hud charge of the defenses nt Washington McKLNLUY'S All) IN TUOUBLH Man Once Secretary to Martyred Presi dent Found in Hiver COLl'MEU'S, O., Jan. 3. .lames Hoyle. of Columbus, formerly American consul gen eral to Liverpool, secretary tu Oovernor William Mclvlnley, and until recently n member of the Slate Tax L'oinmlssluii of Ohio, was found in the Scioto lliver half drowned and almost frozen to death. When ho regained consciousness nt a hospital lloylu was unable to explain how he came to be 111 the river.- Physicians say that his condition Is not critical unless pneumonia should develop. .....it... ,.f l.'nirt't.iil zi ml :i former 11CWH- 4 in ...v- ... ...n --- -- - paper man of Toronto. Hoyle has for yenrs been active In Itepubllciin politics In Ohio. Maurice Itivcr Cove Oysters Scarce IilVALVl. N". J., Jan. 3. Owing to tho lough condition of tho weather the big oyster fleet has found It ulinost Impossible to dredge III the Maurice Itivcr Cove, causing a scarcity of the output In th. mail.el Kven here some of the restaurants 1 vm found It necessary to gut u supply fioni Chesapeake shores forth "Stints,' regardless of the xve.ith. i the police say, started to remove his .1.. th ing. The first nltnck wns made on itn lnn it plug nt Second nml Cumberlnml stieet Word was flushed to tile police tint i strdnfte man was trying to emulate tit. famous Psyche before n plUB In that neigh borhootl. Lleutennnt Keith sent two c"i out In a hurry. They sow Hip strntm-i- ' ting ready to bathe before the guhn u water, hut he spied the cops before thev g." too near nnd rati off. Ite tllsappeiiiMl m the mist of the mom. while ine con- -turned to turn off the liquid. In quick succession slmllnr enmpl.nnt ciime from Fifth and Lehigh nvelitic S.Mh nnd Lohlgh nvenue. Third nnd 1'iimbPil.md Fourth nnd Cumberland, Fourth and Muni ino.lon nnd many other places when- th people utiw "Snow White" trying to la i. bnlh nt the city's espeiuie, despite the lnun coin of water. The rolls kept n doeti pops lui-v i morning, They caught lleetlnR Blimp'' - -i "Snow While" In other sections, but lie -' them llrst In each ci. 'I'lie tegular bums who inhabit the "i rectloti" and count. pi Hon don t I'll" "Snow ' because lies t.i clean The lat time li" ' arie-ted he w.is brought heroic M.igMi.ite linker h.-n se.ir.lied the oul. th.ug f..uiid on him .'- ' cake ..f soap and n 'luii.wli towel U. OF P. MAY BUILD HALL FOR STUDENTS' DRILLS Military Committee Will Discuss Plans to Improve Course in Preparedness Training The question of mote ample provisions for the military training course at the I nl--rBltv of Pennsylvania will "' discussed nt an early meeting or the special mill Jury committee of the 1'nlversity trustees, which has charge of the organization i.r the course Xo definite statements could bo obtained from nnv of the member as to the recommetiiliillons to be made concern ing the needs of the military course, but It Is understood that nn armory or hull suitable for drilling will be asked for. The members of the committee are rieorgo Wharton Pepper, chairman: John C. Hell. John Ciidwahuler, Joseph tl. Itosengurteti and Dr. It. (1. I.e Conte. The needs of the military squad for n drill hall has been brought to the urgent notice of the authorities since the mining of snow ana bad weather, which has forced the discontinuance of tho regular drills. 'ri.a iva... i.ni.1 in the ooen air from the beginning of the course In October beenuso no sufficiently lurge drill space could be given In any of the I'niveisily buildings lis nt presc". roustriicted. Five hundred and twenty-seven students are enrolled III the course' under Major William Kelly, Jr., detailed from tho Culled States Wur De partment to take charge. At present the course Is limited to lecture work In the hall of the KnitlneerliiR build ing, and unless some provision Is inntle for ill ill space, it is feu red the students will .lose interest. It has been suggested that ar rangement be made tiy use the Commercial Museum as a drill Poor, other authorities 'eel that all effort should be made to obtain 5 tate aid Tor nn adequate armory similar to the plans of State College to ask $.llii,00i) Stale appropriation for the military work there. ' Bryan Laughs at Preacher's Story LA.S'SDALH. Pa.. Jan. 3 II. W. Hergey has received a letter from KvangclM Weigh-, who conducted a sl weeks' cam paign here, which snvs the writer dined with William Jennings llr.nn in Florida and that Mr. Ilrynn was much nniii-.d bv the ltev. Mr. Welgle's account of the at tempt to rotten-egg and kidnap bun here. Ju Ml .ddBik &. j mil . mfH JMSm 9BBf lL&&ir JSBhRkBvsI ai mm' mmmmm iwP'55 Ships for South American Trade N'KW YOHK. Jan. 3. Increased shipping facilities for the South American trade through transfer hy charter of the fast Mai lory freighters, N'eches mid .Medina, to the Lamport and Holt Line, have been iin nouncei' here. The vessels, which are 33U0 tons net, have been employed In the cotton trailo between this port and Oalveston. The charter Is for twelve months. It was an nounced, nt J67.500 monthly for each ship. It was stated they would be used In exclu sively neutral trade between ports of North and South America. Bridgcton Girl Ilescues Skater BniDCSETON', X. J.. Jan. 3. Miss Fannv Pollock, a high school girl, rescued a girl friend who had broken through the Ice. from drowning in Jeddy'a Pond. ROYAL ARCANUM DISSATISFIED MEMBERS Should Address H 143, LEDGER CENTRAL Ready Money United States Loan Society 117 North Broad St. 411 S. Bin it, 2S18 Cermantoirn ot. GAS APPLIANCES For Mechanical Purooses atlXD FOR CATALOGUE BFRCFR m KQ N 0i Cfeoet I Bill jtforkej j, Ktvitont JUalr IM. IL.D. a 'i j . - J sl 1BEL.GR For the Out-Door Han, This hbo U ktruof and ierv Iceuble tor all kind of rouxh rraiLr. SIadi of tflccted Kanxaroa fekln, laced, Uaed wlta beei wool. SS- $3.00 Leg Comfort ti.. i'.irl.,.-.. VeliiH. I.ef I'hrr. Mr.il. XliUI.-. nlleii l.ef mi.lle III,- ll1 ---I lll. ' 'Ml. M !- I IIU'SH.tBO ., t Iwl ' '! IM t tl- Corliss Laced Stocking A n I. nlitli' -.tii'l".!-! ,in.l l.'K treat. II. .-Ill tll.lt Klv.'H lllltll. 'Il..le tiilll t.,lt .in.l sill- hell. N" t-l.iHlle lu l.ln.l ...Uiisis tu .i.-r- i .milium Ulhout rul.l.. r l...iiiulerH us hisIIv .. II l.inel k-.'t SllJtle ....! fill IIUIIllllS Ml.l" I" XlUr uieiiHure. II T.1 ....li ;; two for mini,- h k. Willi. .ill a ml fin lii.-.cur.-tl free, or win- f.ir self iti HHiir- in. lit l.l.inl. N'e In. We ..Is,, in..l . .!.!. I. II..I belt. Ihell el.tMli. I to ei'l- I lli.ui- II 1.1 - .l.ill . a le I It Pchnn. Corliss l.imh Spcclall) Co. I-Jll 1.1 IS rllliert !.. I'lill.l . !'' Miite i:i n.ii ini.ui. . w.iimt tun. lfW rTriiiiiiiiirTiiiiiiiiiiirTFrnTHjjiiMmMjnrr Arthur MiddUton, the great bats of the Metropolitan, rins ing in direct companion with the Edison Diamond Disc. Music's Re-creation Will Make the Home Brighter MUSIC is the fourth great essential of human nature. First food, then raiment, then shel ter, then music. All people instinctively love good music. Those who seem to prefer "popular" do so only because they have been denied the opportunity of hearing the great artists on account of the expense. jJie Diamond Disc NEW EDISON Phonograph places the talent of the world"s greatest artisti in your home at a nominal cost, bringing to even the most humble the inspiration of the great artists" living voice. No mere talking machine can so stir your heart, for the hdtson Diamond Disc is the only instrument that re-creates the soul of music. Our moderate termi make it easy for every family to own an Editon. Ludwig Piano Co. 1103 chestnut St. CAN'T MAKE SCHOOLBOY APOLOGIZE TO TEACHER Jersey Commissioner' OreWs Ho- in'stntcment of Pupil Who Had Been Suspended TUKNTOV. .In". HwlnrlnR Hint 11 impll In tho tmhlte trlinol nf the Stnt n..l l. er.mtmtll.t1 tO ntolol' t0 II teiK'liprTor nn offetitP. Cnlvlti X. Konitnll. si.ito School t'ollHMtonw. toilny ortlcrl tin- r.'lli-tnti'mrtit of tiilWnnt tlo.nl. ft tn .lent in the Kixth BrailP of Hip wliroit III thp iii.ioi.Kh "f llorRptinphl. UorBPti County It ! .ill. rpiI Hint tloyil nctpil rtiorpwirrifiiily 1.. IiIm tuielier, Minn eiprtriulp Morton, No v.nil.er 11 In. wliprcnpon hn xi an rpiticnteil t.i iipolociiip for his conilin". Up i.riiinil nml wnt 10 thp prill- . .,. . . ......... ...,,1 l.t til. t.o l.p lo-r.it. land l IP'H el'fH l.i. ."" " . , ih.it he uonlil-iilioloRlstr to 'I s Morton tho in t ili Up rptnrnrii 10 irin.ni, noncvpr. it... next inornliiB lth n notp from hl 111..H1. r -,iln Hml If I"' wrf npnin rp .1.1. -i ii to iiiioIobijp hp wiih lo rpturn homp. The li. i-i;ciillehl School tlonril, nl n mipplrtl ..1. . HUB Novcinlipr IS, prrtnltlPtl KiUviml In ,111111 to Hchnol tpmpormlly until Hip Itonnl . 11I1I InvestlBilti Hip itilittrr. hut nt a mcrl. nut Nint'inlH-r 21 iiilopteil 11 rpsolullon dp , ..mm Hint If Kilwiiril 1II1I not npolottlp .! ..nee Iip wnr to Iip ii.irtiileil nnlll wich 11 1 me 111 lie iliil npolonli'.p I'lie iipolouy lelntell to Hie net of lip- nnncc." nay fommlssloncr Kenilnll, "nriil thus cunnot lip Hip primary reason for n nus pptiilon Trnrhrrit or Hoards of 1-Miicatlon ennnnt inalip n rulp provlilliiR for Hip pii f.irrniipnt of nn npohw. TIip offonsp on the part of the pupil Is Hip primary tliitiR that must hP tnhrn into ronslilprntlon A pupil mnv voliititnrlly npnloclap for nn offetisp. Up cannot, hnwrvpr. lip lnnilp to npnlnslze for nn ofTonso. The only punishment for ills olieillenio Hint Hip law provides Is misppn iiloti or PNpulslon from school It iloes not proli1c thnl n pnpll for n certain net can lie suspended nnd nt Hip same time can he forced tn mnke nn apology. The hoard, therefore, had no rl?ht under Hip law to sttstirml Udnnnl Iloyii rrom sctinnt nnu nt the same tlmp In say Hint Iip could not re turn until he had flpoloisljed to the teacher for his conduct. In other words, there was it double punishment provided llrst, sus pension, which the law rernisnlxps ; Kecotid. 11 forced npolnuy. which Hie Inw does tint ipcnnnlitp. The error the hoard made was In not mnltlnu the suspension definite In time. If ttdwnrd Itoyd had t.ilutitnrllv npoloRhteil to the tencher for his misconduct, the tencher may or tuny not hne accepted the niHilony as proper nmetids for the offense cointnltted In school She still would have the HRht to suspend him It Is a very doubtful pmctli'P and one that has ted to n (jreat deal of trouble lo base the suspension of 11 boy from scliool on the limiting of nn np.ilopy, for It will appear thai If he refuses t.t ninlie nn npolony then he will hnve been I'l-pendoil hecniise of (he refusnl mid not I . muse he has committed an offense nttitlnsl the Rood order of the schoolroom " Th ipnimlssUiner thinks the boy's mis ipf"l..ii has been punishment enmich for liii i.fTensi' and orders his reinstatement I.OKD KOSKUKUY e'litunlii hoars a story that ho will miccccil Sir Cecil SpriiiK-Kleo s ltritish Atnbnsstulor at WnsliinRton. Mnn's Una Ilroken by Jlolnrrycle o cine bus bent! found whereby the miilorcvcINt who knnckeil down Hoy Wal ters. ITl'S lllnlr street, may be found. Wal ters was on hl way to work at the Mi.lvale .Steel I'nmiHitiy and was struclc nt the liitciMe.il.. 11 of lluntlne Park menue mid VeniiiiRo tl.ct. lloth bin Iprh were broken. Tlicic were many witnesses, hut they were nil so excited they forgot to note the motor cyclist's license number, and the driver did not loiter Ioiir. Wnlters was taken lo St. Luke's Hospital J. E. Caldwell & Co. Chestnut Juniper South Penn Square DIAMOND LACE PINS BAR PINS BROOCHES &'zs &r- e Mi u.-.;'i wm'm t ''.. ,.Biy. ?''. ..- I. -o... '. '.'. .XS.-A m'i.'r .' .- : f Vx WiS-' v.'y.,M wv-.: '" m IXU txsi tea SUM EEEi tad oaa tea ess Utl rem BO IS BE) EJ3 ESU ma tat vm BI2d oat exa IBQf rvn wa QUI am iaa na aca em an iaa EMI BSI tea eo3 can TVRAT1V -r vXi JL $JKJ JUT JL xHJLA tJ.1 JL jL yu wnaia tuoaccu BiDe can tell you what a -rf-y-&1-Tiy--rf io crn'irw'i-w HDIInlA.mi IwT d-JUXJB fjDILm. T -r.Hfa& lfirfa&rft HP HERE can't be any better pipe i tobacco than VELVET be cause it is the best of good Burley cured in Nature's way. No one has been able to equal Nature's method of curing tobacco two years' ageing in wood en hogsheads. It is slow it is expensive, but if you will try a tin of VELVET today you will know that it is right Get clearly in your own mind just what qualities you want your pipe tobacco to have. Then give your old pipe a chance to prove to you that VELVET fills every one of your requirements. Make any test you like; com pare VELVET with any tobacco you choose and the sooner the better. Ujtjait'ilifeJtADo&acco Gx. 10c Tins 5c Metal-lined Bags One Pound Glass Humidors cut put 9 WSffljeSS U31 till ESQ BUM V.T3 "" sea t22 Dl cxa BOX EH KtXI tsx eat iaa ua ita C2X tei ma C3 raa mm ma m uj aa BB m xm EKI cai tea BSI BSI ma Bffl ma Itu tea Efl BZ1 CXI EB 130 ESQ KB ba Ma (SSI urn xta Eta eta taa mi RSI till em A Bargain Is a bargain, only when you pay less than you expected to pay and still get the Quality you were looking" for! And that's the kind of Bargain you get at this Reduction sale of Perry Suits and Overcoats I The value to you of a reduction sale is in the character and quality of the merchandise, not in the lowering however much of the price. Some things could never be a bargain at any price and clothes of indifferent tailoring, poor fabrics and limp style is one of them. J The chief difference between a Perry Reduc tion Sale and any other sale whatsoever is the character of Perry Suits and Overcoats. Not only the character of the individual Suits and Overcoats, but the character of Perry stock s the richest both in number of gar ments and quality of fabrics ! There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of rich, luxurious Overcoats, for example, in our store this minute, of fabrics that may not be duplicated for dear knows how long! If you have a lasle for the finest clothes it's possible to tailor, you can blow your self today and know you've got a real bargain.' $15 and $18 Suits and Overcoats, now $13.50 & $15 $20, $22.50 and $25 Suits and Overcoats Now $18 & $19 And so on up to the finest Overcoats made at savings of $7, $10, $12 on each Overcoat PERRY&C0. "N. B. T.1' 16th & Chestnut Sts. i yjiiiiiyL '-- 1 ( HG MHM Hii VINEST. FMUHUJL n--iif fcrft . - - "jTgj