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COLBERT MURDER
BAFFLES SLEUTHS
Doesn't Know Who Killed
Model, Captain of De
i tectives Confesses
SECRECY CLOAKS BURIAL
Guards Keep Back Curious
Crowds to Shield Mourn
ers at Bair Parlors
Captain of Detectlven Tato admitted this
Afternoon that the pollco ilo not Know wlm
killed Maxlo Colbert.
Tho murder evidently is as much a mys
tery ns It wan on the day tho body was
found, desplto rumors to tho contrary.
Captain Tato was naked polntblanU:
"Do you know who killed Mazlo Colbert?"
"No, I don't." ho replied. "If t did. the
person would he hero under arrest."
This was after Captain Tate had called
out tho entire forco of tho Detective Uurentl
and assigned tho men to tho caw. Ho told
them that tho reputation of tho bureau do
ponded on a spoedy solution of tho murder.
After ursine them to action, he said that
tho murder "was ono of tho toughest nuts
tho bureau has had to crack In years."
rAWNED IIEIl DIAMONDS
It was also learned that the girl pawned
n, diamond la valllcro for B0 shortly before
her death to malto a ChrlBtma3 present to
a Philadelphia politician.
Secrecy shrouded tho burial today. Fu
neral services wcro held In tho undertak
ing establishment of Oliver II. Dalr. 1820
Chestnut street, but only a fow Intimate
friends wcro admitted. Guards wero sta
tioned nt tho doors, and every effort was
made to keep tho Identities of the mourn
ers unknown.
A large crowd gathered at the front door
several hours beforo the funeral, and It
required several policemen to keep back
the curious men and women, who pressed
forward, eager for oven a glimpse of tho
casket.
Thoso In charge of tho funeral follod tho
efforts of the crowd by taking the casket
out through a rear door. Twolvo automo
biles carried tho mourners to Holy Cross
Cemetery, whero Interment wao mado. Tho
automobiles all had the blinds drawn, and
a largo screen placed near tho rear door
of the undertaking establishment hid the
mournora from vlow.
BODY IN' WHITE SATIN"
It is known that tho body waH clad In
white sutin. Wlitto was tho girl's fuvorlto
color. There wero sevoral handsome floral
tributes, and It was said that nearly all
of these camo without cards.
Among thoso grilled by tho pollco today
was C. Emory Tltmnn, widely known In
club circles here. Ho was closeted with
Captain Tate and, according to the pollco.
admitted that ho knew tho girl, but could
throw no light on tho murder.
It developed today that tho Colbert girl
was engaged to bo married about a year
ago, but her llanco died suddenly. This
man Is known to have given her an auto
mobile which llgured In a. collision uptown.
Tho pollco havo found two wumon (uls
ters), who wcro ncaompanli'd from the
Bollevne-Stratford by a young man In a
tnxlcab last Thursday night. Aftor leav
ing tho young women at their home, the
young man Instructed tho chauffeur to
drlvo him to Fifteenth and 1'oplar streets.
Dr. Ucorge S. Ilrlcker, yiollco surgeon at
the Nineteenth and Oxford streets station,
believes that two men might havo been con
cerned In tho crime. This Information was
laid beforo Captain Tate, and ho ordered
that every chaulfour In tho city bo placed
under surveillance In order to learn If nny
of them havo been missing slnco tho girl's
body was discovered.
Tho doctor bases his bcllof on tho condi
tion of the body anil clothing. Ho said the
rooms wcro not In turmoil, and that report i
that signs of u tcrrlllo struggle could be
found on every hand wero false. Tho
apartment, he Insisted, was disturbed unlv
as much as would bo the case In nearly
even' home. Tho conditions ho found, tho
doctor Hays, indicate that when the tody
was carried from tho dining room to tho
bed, ono man held thu head while the other
carried the feet.
POLICE 'FLIER ASKS ARREST
OF MAN WHO HIRED TAXI
i Accused of Swindling Driver Out of
' 19 on Thursday Night
' Last
A flier calling for tho arrest of Bernard
TV. Lewis, son of Wenman Lewis, a promi
nent Pittsburgh lawyer, on the accusation
of having defrauded n taxlcab driver of
$IS In fares last Thursday night, was sent
to all pollco departments In the country
today by tho Detective Bureau at City
Hall.
Lewis, it Is said, was until recently a
representative of tho British Oovcrnment
In Philadelphia In the matter of this pur
chase of ammunition and other war sup
plies. A warrant has been issued for his
arrest. In tho pollco filer he Is described
os being thlrty-llvo years old, with black
hair, black eyes, "refined and cultured, and
a patron of cofes and all-night restaurants'."
Detectives Hodgo and Parrell bald today
that Lewis has been In town until yesterday
when he disappeared. According to tho
police Lewis met two sisters Mabel and
Ethel Kyo, school teachers, of i West
Springhurst street, Gurmantown. at Broad
Street Station, !at Thursday night. He had
made an appointment with them by tele
phone from New York. Thu police say ho
had been Introduced to them sometime
previously by a mutual friend.
Lewis, the detectives say, accompanied
the sisters to a theatre, after which lie en
tertained them at a supper at the Bellovue
Sratford. At about 12:30 p. m. Lewis is
alleged to have called a taxlcab In which
he accompanied the sisters to their homo
In Qermantown. From Qermantown, tho
police say. Lewis Journeyed to Fifteenth
and Poplar streets.
He left the taxlcab. telling the driver he
would bo back In a little while. The driver
la not certain that Lewis went into an
apartment house, opposite which the ma-
chine pad stopped, according to the police.
The driver waited eight hours for the re
turn of Lewis, it is charged, the taxieab
bill running up to J 10. At last the drivbr
liecame tired of waiting and drove uway
and notified his oitice that he had been
-beaten out of $19.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN DIES
OF HEROIN POISONING
Overdose of Narcotic Drug Provas
k Fatal to Participant in
"Snow Party"
An unidentified man died at the Penn-
'yjyanla Hospital today from an overdose
jf" heroin, alleged by the police to have
wen taken at a "snow party" held in a
louse occupied by negroes on Kteventh
treet below South.
Soon after the man staggered dut of the
louse, shivering and trembling as If at-
'' .asked by palsy, police from the Twelfth
and Fine streets station swooped down on
' the beuse and arrested three Inmates. John
u(er. jam uwu miv w ui. ?
were held in lM each by Magistrate
Berseit According to the police, the dead
& bad been snlnliig heroin for several
Jture before he colLapMd. He stumbled
out of the house and fell to the pavement,
tetu. oumiu. a la said, tried to rvlv
blTO wuh water irora . mmm
itad tuu mbkh t Ml
" im.SKv -2HHB
(.ENEKAL SAKHAKOIT
Commnmler of tho Htissiun forces
in tho Dolmidjn, whose army in re
ported to 1)0 in peril from n Teu
tonic movement that would c.i
dnntfor tho whole ntiisinn lino
northward.
WOULD CLOSE PAINT
WORKS AS NUISANCE
Injunction Sought Against Ilnr-
rlson Plant Foul Odors
Basis of Plea
City Solicitor Connelly filed n petition to
day in Common Pleas Court asking for ah
Injunction against tho paint works of Har
rison Brothers, at Thirty-fourth street nnd
Cray's Ferry road, on tho grounds that the
ptnnt as now conducted was u common
nulsanco and should bo closed.
A petition states that tho fumco from tho
plant have been tho basis of many com
plaints to health authorities from residents
In nearby sections of both West Philadel
phia nnd thoso cast to Seventeenth street.
The petition euiitlmiiH "Hie Issuance of
tho vile. Irritating, foul-smelling, stinking
odors from tho Harrison plant during por
tions of the day and night, when thosn
affected thereby are endeavoring to sleep,
constitutes In tho opinion of the Board of
Health a nuisance nnd was so declared by
a resolution of tho board. Residents with
in the affected district arc not able to per
mit their windows to bo oponed either day
or night and at a result tholr homes are
doprlvcd of ventilation and fresh air.
which deprivation seriously affects tho
health of tho occupants of the houses."
Connelly also scored tho company for
failure to adopt modern devices which, he
says, would eliminate tho odors'. The com
plaint probably will bo heard on January
10 before Judge Shoemaker Officials of
the company declined in comment on tho
petition when Informed of the action
MAN IN CAMDEN SAVED
BY UNUSUAL OPERATION
Hole Successfully Drilled in
Would-Bc Suicide's Skull
to Remove Bullet
A dellcato operation as a last resort to
savo a man's life, In which a bullet was
removed from the brain, was performed
today by Dr. Paid M. Mecray. resident
physician at the Cooper Hospital. Camden.
Tho operation wns successful and the man
Is expected to recover.
Tho patient. Benjamin Ilnrriat, fifty
four years old. 3735 North Marshall street.
Philadelphia, uttomptcd sulcido New Year's
afternoon nt Second and Mick I o streets,
Camden, by shooting himself In the head
with a revolver. He has been at the point
of death over since In tho Cooper Hospital.
He has a wife and sevoral children.
Tho bullet entered the back of his head
on tho lower right side, passed upward
along the brain and lodged against tho
i knit. An X ray picture was taken nnd it
wuh found imposlble to save his life unless
tho bullet was removed.
A hole was bored througli tho skull di
rectly over the bullet, which was then re
moved with a pair of delicate forceps. It
was also necessary to patch n number of
severed blood vessel..
When he recovered consciousness Hur
rlat was profuse in his thanks to the sur
geon and to the hospital authorities. Ho
promised to go home as soon as ho was
able and begin life over again. He had
been employed In tho Custom Appraiser's
store. Second and Walnut streets, Philadel
phia. Despondency over tho loss of this
position caused the suicide attempt, but
the old jot) has been promised him, and he
expects to l able shortly to resume his
former duties.
HOUSE STARTS HUNT
FOR LEAK TOMORROW
Wood, Who Introduced Resolu
tion of Inquiry, to Bo First
Witness
WASIMXOTO.V. Jan. 4. investigation
by thu House Rules Committee of the note
leak charges will start tniiiniruw with
Representative Wood, of Indiana, us the
first witness, tlte committee announced to
day, following u two-hour session
Wood Introduced the original resolution
demanding a probe, of reports that "high
Administration ofllcia3 or relatives of
high ofllcluls" profited In Wall street
through advance information of tho Presi
dent's note to belligerents.
Thomas W. I-awsun will be subpoenaed
by wire.
Marriage Licenses Issued in EIMtm
UI.KTOX. lid.. Jan. 4. Couplet procur
ing marriage licenses in Hlkton today wero
Joseph Thomas and Anna llapp. Walter
Pltterson and JIary ntfey, .Samuel Miller
and Jeannctte Cohen, all of Philadelphia;
John I' Sillier and Florence 1-3. Moore,
Roxbury. Pa. ; William 11 Messlck and
Alice U. Jones, Dover, Pol. ; Klmer Fonratt
and Rena Ricks, Trenton, X. J. ; John Jat
tros, Reading, and Lucy Wagner. I.owls
burs, Pa.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Jofan Holous. 1033 S. 20th at., and Liwy A.
Burke, to W. Homer l.
Jaine H. AiIaiiw. 330;! puree St.. and Anna
T4wsrt. ttili
IJurubrvy st.
WUIIaiu postliraeclc. 214" Corliss St.. Iinj IIUd
LUWraua. 3021 W. NorrU t.
OearBi; ET.qr4y.2sol S. 12th t.. and K.lUe
il Lyoas. X86S Harieln at.
Babett II. BajUy. U0 Bcbwood St.. and Atnu.
fkeeiwl. iarif. 7th t., ,
LeuU A. UberiMtiiky. -iOa PHlzautuut av.. and
ILirserot .Luiuiilyr 4S32, Wttluut M.
Aleuonea Cofcrobo. tot nicUlmiMi .. ead Siwle
Dl aiacamo. HOI Dlcklnnon w.
John A. B. -! N. SSd t.. and Ruth II.
Tubl. Biversiai . N J.
John II. Ocviic. 2410 K. OrUunu t.. sad Kthl
M. XjAMtmuu. Mil b. X-lVilM 91
Edser Kopjwi. hk: . . iio ei
an J Agui 5Jc-
2linus, I.W. p. ana (.
Daniel J. Kwyw4f, 32 Arnut t.. ami Beulah
V iloorx.57 HUb t.
Joecbla Ooiius. spa . Hsiicock t and Frn-
tiexke zirkowk. 30 N IStb K.
Bmiuil Bublu. 1TS3 N 33d it . and Sedle
Kuru. IS 10 N 32(1 it.
Ttauou TilshiiUD. 40 N SSth t . sad Trunin Ifi
H Uoore 1SSI KHitwurlb bc
i-'riuik J Vat -i.h L' ue IiiUnd. and Carrie
K Kubutd. i'l. ltUr.J O
OuiS' It-tiUjii 3u N' JutiiiHT sr . and Vlra
KuuiBusucr 23u ' Juulprr t
Ku..rd A ?;ni 1jhi l-a . end Eauly IL
WUaua tut N Frk i
uiLji H 0l.i 81. D,
v
'viiU. Pa . and Lucy
!fi. Sullijo. WU'Ot. f .
EVENING LEDaER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4,
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
SIKH. lllit.r.N (I.U.t.ATIN wr.l.tll In
her divorce suit nunlnit Charles M. Welsh,
tho millionaire bmker nnd clubman. 1ms
filed n, petition In t'ourt No. 3 nsklnit leave
to amend the libel. Tho amendment Is not
disclosed In the petition, but If undoubtedly
will bo revealed tomorrow when the matter
Dim
lln
comes up for lien ring
flTV AI'I'IHS'TMIlSTS today Itirtmlo
Wllllnm tlyrties, 2BJD North Twenty-fourth
street, Inspector, Hureaii of JtlBliwnys,
snlnry 11000, and t.lndii K Slyer, 6231 1 North
Wnrnoch street, teacher, Hoard of Itocrcn
tlnn. $80 a month
ll!.TII AH Till; itr.Sl'l.T nf it ffre-fiiM
nil flu'ht nt Twentv-flfth nnd Oerrltt streets.
-.11 the nlBht of liecember 23, occurred nt
si .ARnrv Hospital lute lint nlRht, when
Richard Rcadle, 1121) Wilder ctrcct. sue-
umhed to Wounds Indicted by nn 18-lhcll
nililto and n iniittiizliie nun. bomiiilck
1'i-uln. H20 Reed street, whs held without
ball to nwnlt the (mntirrV action.
(insr.itAi. nptni !.. srotT, rtiirf of
staff nf the I'nltod Htntes army, has nc
icpted nn Invitation to speak at tho annual
Poor Richard Club banquet, which will bo
held on ltenjamln Franklin's birthday, Jnn
nary 17, at the tJellevue-Strntford.
JASIt;. !', rtlOl'CIt, of tlrrninntnttn
avenue nhna fllraril nvehue, transerlblnt?
clerk In the nlllcc of the ReNter of Wills
for thlrty-threo yenr, and for many years a
member of the Republican executive com
mllten of fhi Sixteenth Ward, today re
signed his position and nuido application
In receive thu benefits of the .Municipal
PetiKinn l-'itml. Applications were nlio re
iclved today from seventeen other city im
ploycs for pensions
Mtl.r.IAM '. SCltfl.TiS, nf Ml West
Moyamcnslnrr avenue, was appointed to the
post of fieputy Coroner bv Coroner ICnlfjht
Indny. Ills salary will he. $1200 a year.
Sehttlts sticc. eds John Mehflns, who was
elected to tlte State I-cKisInture.
Ctlt.l.ROi: or 1'IIVSU 1ANS lias elected
officers for l!U7 as follows: Dr. Richard
II. Harte, president; lr, Wllllnm J. Taylor,
vice president: Dr. Francis It. Packard,
secretary ; Dr. John H. Roberts, treasurer,
and Dr. Frederick P. Henry, honorary
librarian.
i'iTTs!punii PI. ati: rii.Ass rost-
I'ANV will Rive Its employes life Insurance
pollclcn for an amount equal to their an
nual salaries. Only those who havo been
employed by the firm mnro thnn three years
are ellRlbte.
A ROM'S TO P.SIPI.OYIIS will be paid
by the Philadelphia Local Telofrraph Com
pany, of 135 Poiith Hecotid street. Those
In tho employ of tho company for ono year,
or moro. will receive a bonus of seven per
cent if they nro onrninc; lesi than $1200,
and six per cent, If earning more.
0 PALMS OP t'ONSf'll'.NCi:. arrnr.llnc
to tho pollco, caused Louis White, elRliteen
years old. nf 0141 Vorwood street, to sur
render nt the Twelfth nnd Pine streets sta
tion. Tho pollco say he admitted Mcallnc
$110 from a nurse to have "a Rood time."
lie was an orderly nt the tiermantown Hos
pital. rnrxiHlVSinVS ASSOCIATION elected
ofllceis for 1017 nt tho two hundred nnd
sixty-third meeting of the association nt
the Manufacturers' Club. The following
were elected: President. Thnmns Devlin;
vice president, riooruo K. Da'iles ; treasurer,
Joshua Thompson : secretary. Howard
Kvans; executive committee of five mem
bers. Walter Wood, Thomas II. Kynon, II.
L. Haldcman, Walter T. MacDonald and
William T. Punning, of Chester, Pa.
SPl.AMIIIMi 11V ACIII inny root Ilenjii
mln Dover, n dyer, fifty years old, of 1 S 15
Orthodox street, his eyesight. Ho Is In the
Frnnkford Hospital. The man was carry
Democrats Aid Move
Against Brumbaugh
Continued from Pace One
tvvcen the Vnrcs and Jolin It. K. Scolt.
Congrcssmnn-nt-Lnrge, over the conducting
of the Cox campaign.
Ono of the Vnres is quoted as saying to
Scott: "This is tho last time you will get
me Into a thing like this." This remark
In said to havo beon mndo when the Vures
realized that Cox's battle was hopeless.
They Inthnuted that "Scott failed to deliver
tho goods."
Two former members of the Legislature
aro seeking tho post of Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings, vacated re
cently by Samuel B. Iltunho ut the request
of Governor Brumbaugh. They are William
S. Tunis, of Harrisburg. (iho served In
tho House in 19U0 and 1911, and Robert
Smith, nf Philadelphia, u member of the
Rous in 181)3. 181)5 and 1807.
One of tho reasons for tho unusual threo
weeks' rcce.:s nf the Legislature, it wns
suld, Is to determine finally whether tho
Impeachment talk Is to be realized Into
fact and action. One thing uppears to be
certain, that tho Impeuclimnnt bill will bo
put up to the Penrose majority In tho House
by the Democratic leaders. The Democrats,
both Old Guard nnd reorganization, will
suppurt tl.u bill ; the fui mer to help tho
Republican old Guard, and tho latter to
provide material for the gubernatorial fight
uf 1918,
In answer to all this the Vara lenders
have been asserting thnt Senator Penrose
could not control enough votes In the Houso
to puss any bill, to say nothing of 11 bill
lo impeach. They suld that tho ninety
five votci which Baldwin received in the
speakership caucus represented tho high
tide of Penrose strength. A majority of
the House, on tho other hand. Is 101. Rut
Penrose leaders said that It had not been
necessary to call on their support in the
caucus, that a number of Penrose men cov
ered up by voting for Cox.
The nftlciut Penrose figures are thut 130
members of the Housm, or twenty-one more
than a majority, will vote for what Penrose
wants Tliose aro Republicans, It was as
serted, and did not include Democrats and
others who could bu got on the log-rolling
or reciprocity basis. The Penrose leaders
said they felt confident oven of getting the
two-thirds vote in the House which would
be required to puss bills over the guber
natorial veto. They snld the Senato was
absolutely anti-Brumbaugh una untt-vnre.
That Penrose Is determined upon re
prisal created somo surprise. For In the past
factional lights were never carried into the
distribution of Jobs. Tlte precedent in the
Organization is that when n fight preceding
the organization of the Legislature lias
ended all wuuuda havo been considered
hoaled and recognition accorded the sup
porters of the defeated cause in both pat
lonago and committee assignments.
If reports fronvllarrisburg are true, Pen.
rose will carry his antagonism Into the mat
ter of committee assignments as well First
consideration In this important phase of the
organization of the Legislature wll, bo given
in the Senate, it was reliably retKrted.
Senator Penrose will (.onfe- with the
olllcial heads of the legislature In Phila
delphia on Saturday, when the matter of
patronage and committee assignments will
be gone over. Speaker Baldwin, Senator
Beidlemau, President pro tern, of the Sen
ate; Chairman Sprout, of the Senate Slate
romnjttee, and Chairman Woodward, of
the House Slate Committee, are expected to
attend the conference. The presiding offi
cer of each house names the committees.
The slate committees choose the Job
holders. Woodward, by the way, will un
doubtedly be continued as chairman of the
House Appropriation Committee.
Accused of Starting Five Fires
KKADIN'G, Pa., Jan. J. U. McFar
land, of Harrlaburg, a deputy State Are
marshal, Investigating the five recent stable
fires attributed to Incendiaries here, has
Itad a warrant Imucd for Joseph Closeraan,
twenty-eight years old, the suspec: held by
tho puliije, on a charge of arson Closeman
is also known aa Clawson. and ta believed
u be cither deranged or dupe fiend.
ing a pall nf dyestuff when ho slipped nnd
was splarlied by tho burning liquid.
POTII IJSTATR lin ninde nt e.telinn,tn
of equities with lvnlm & nrconberg In prop
erties owned by both parties. The Drant
wood nnd Rdgeton apartment houses, on
Pnrksliln avenue, and other properties on
Pnrksldo avenue, ns well as several houses
on Memorial avenue, were transferred by
the Polh Rslato In exchange for tho auto
mobllo salesrooms 2300 to 2.113 Chestnut
street, tho premises 01G-17 Market street,
southeast corner Fifth nnd Market streets
nnd the premises 1223 Arch street.
AIMII.I'IIIA 1IOTRI. In mnile llio sulijcet
of n den! whereby a first morlgneo of
$2,000,000 lias been taken on tho property
by tho Philadelphia Company for Guaran
teeing Mortgages. Tho Land Title and
Trust Company nlso hnn becomo trustee
for nn Issuo nf second mortgage bonds on
tho property amounting to $too,000. Ilnlh
mortgages nro mado by D. V. Prevail. They
replace a first mortgage of $l,RO0.00O, a
second mortgage nf SCCO.OOff and third mort
gage bonds amounting to $300,000.
CAMDEN
HIT oVRIt Till! lli:Al with i wnter
pitcher by a woman. John Fntrell. 21 North
Third ?trret, Camden, Is In tho Cooper Hos
pital, with concussion of the brain. Tho
pollco are searching fo his assailant.
Till! ('AMIIL.V ItOTAUV t't.t'H hit
elected officers as follows: President, Wil
liam J. Rtrnmtwltt: vico president, Voltiey
O. Rennett : treasurer. Uernnrd F. Rchroe
den secrelnry, Wllllnm A. Stewart; scr-gennt-at-nrtns.
J. !'. D. Slorgan.
I.ICIVOlt AT 1IAI.I.S mid other enter
talnments will not bo served after 1 n, in.,
according to a decision of the Camden Kx
clso Uonrd, which becomes effective on
Sfureh 1. All bars now nro forced to closo
nt I o'clock, but In the past special licenses
wero granted to servo liquor after that
time at bulls or other entertainments. The
board grunted 200 of 2.1fi retail llcenso np
plications. A VKKHIPT of SdOOO wim awarded .In
spph C Mctsgnr fr an Injury to his left
foot ngnlnst tho .Strang CUctrlc Compny
by a jury beforo Judge Lloyd In the Camden
County Circuit Court lute yesterday. The
verdict was tho largest awarded In moro
than ten years. Mefsgnr, employed ns an
olectrlclnn, wns Injured in a fall from n
scafforld whlln working on the Ruffalo,
N. V., City Hall In 1914. lie won repre
sented bv Judge William c. French. Tho
Injury, It was alleged, caused permanent
lameness In tho left leg.
CALI.RI) A IIVPOt'ltlTi: because lie
"hit the trail" during the Lyons campaign,
James P. May. of 531 Ray street, caused
the arrent of William Purlin, foity years
old. of E17 tinrlon street. Arraigned beforo
Aldormnn Sheridan. Parks denied tho
charge, but was ordered to pay tho costs
In the case
Till! I'll'TII WAItll Itepiibllean Club
election reunited as follows: President,
Amos Stauts: first vice prisldcnt, Robert
Henry; second vice president, Joseph C.
Maul l; recording secretary. Oeorgo W.
Nichols; financial secretary, Charles II. Kl
frcth; treasurer, ICIrby (lurwood ; trustees,
Peter II. Carter, David Rankins. Harry Day.
Albert Denlce, John Stnw ; houso commit
tee, Churles II. Fltiislmmons. Sr., Frank
W. Orecn. Wllllnm Lusarus, John Gilbert
and Frank Trunx.
ItnSIDR.VTS OI' riPTH. Mlcklo unci
Stovens streets slept In cold houses last
night because water from tho Hltchner
wallpaper tire, at 201 South Fifth street
yesterday flooded their cellars and disabled
the heating plnnts. Tho water ilamngo has
not been estimated by tho Insurance com
panies. $6,000,000 to Improve
U. S. Navy Yard Here
t'nnllniicil from I'uki tine
tural shop will place the Philadelphia Navv
Yard on par with uny of tho best private
shipbuilding yards.
The structural shop, necessary for bat
tleship building, will bo 700 feet long and
200 feet wide. The outlay of $1,000,000
roserved for it will make it 11 notable addi
tion to the city, officers said.
Tho building slip will be Olio feet long.
Its steel overstructure. which will be simi
lar to that of the New York Shipbuilding
Company, will permit work during In
clement weather, and will give the Phila
delphia yard better facilities for construct
ing wurshlps than thoso of any othor
government yard.
Work on all of the Improvements will
bo rushed simultaneously, said Admiral
Harris, who beforo becoming head of the
Bureau of Yurds and Docks was command
ant of tho Philadelphia Navy Yurd. It
Is eMwctod that uotuul work on the now
equipment will begin before February 1.
"Thu equipment provided by the outlay
will make League Island one of tho best
navy yards in tho country." ho said. "M'o
expect to havo ovory Improvement com
pleted so thut the keel of tho first ship
can be laid in March, 1918."
At C'liiiiiiandiint Russell's office at the
Philade'- hla Navy Yard it was said that
the imp uveiuents would be Installed In the
western end of tho yurd. uhlch now la un
develnjicd. LOCATION OF DRYDUCK
"Tho 1 loo-root drydock will bo placed
Just west of tho present dock" was the
statement. "Beyond thut, according to our
plans, the slip will bu Installed. The plate
shop, machine shops and other shops will
stand ut the head of tho docks."
liver slnco summer the naval ofllcials
liore havo been In close communication with
the Navy Department and many conferences
over tho proposed Improvements were held
Architectural engineers at Ixaguo Island
submitted sots of plans to tho department
und for Eovcral months theso plana have
been under examination. Tho final decision
of the department caused League Island
i.tlicers to express their elation.
Uleo was caused among the machinists
and other workers by tho announevment of
me uuvuncu in wages, wnicn goes Into ef
fect the llrst of tho year. The Increases
granted to tho Philadelphia and Now York
yurds wero larger than those at other gov
ernment naval bases, Inasmuch us tho pre
vailing labor bcale existing in private und
similar lines Is higher In these cities.
RIG WAQI! APVANC1J
Boilermakers, thect. metal workers, pat.
tern makers and riggers are among thoso
who enjoy tho greatest advances In wages.
Chief among the maximum advances are:
Carpenters from $1 to 51.32.
Joiners from $3.76 to ft.
Mulders from ?I4G to $1.21.
Plumbers from $4 to $1.10.
Sheetmetul workers from ?3.52 to II.
Shlpsmlths from $1 to Jt.St. .
Helpers from $2.21 to $2.18.
BollermaUera from $3.81 to $1.2).
Coppersmiths from $1 to $1.21.
Machinists- from $1 to $1.32.
Patternmakers from $1.21 to 1.32.
Riggers from $3.28 to $3.70.
Shlpflttera from $1 to $1.21.
Laborers fn)n $2 to $2.21.
Instructions have been lasuad to the
commandants of the Philadelphia and New
York yards not to take men on at the
minimum wage at this time while the labor
market is high. A rate between the mini
mum and maximum will be paid..
Asks Reward and Is Jailed
After Herbert Gllmore, nineteen years
old. of 817 Tioga street, it la alleged, tried
to obtain a reward from Charles II. Spaeth.
of 632 Olney avenue, for having recovered
his automobile, which was stolen on New
Year's Day, he was arrested on suspicion
of liav log been the thief lie bad a preliml
nai hearing 111 the (Vnirul Pullce Court
-before Magistrate Mecleary this morntny
and a hafd m S6M0 bail lur eourt.
TRANSIT HEARING
SET FOR JAN. 24
Public Service Commission
Will Sit on Public Con
venience Wi'it
MEANS EARLY ACTIVITY
Now Draft of Argeomonl Be
tween P- R. T. and City
Will Be Made
Tho Publln Service Commission todav
holllled Transit Director Twining that a
public hearing would be held Wednesday
January 21. nt Harrisburg. upon the -itv -application
for authority to proceed nt om
with tho construction of the entire mst-m
of lilgh-Rpced lines with tho exception "r
the Darby elevated and tho spurs on the
llroad street tube.
Tho nppllcntlon for a writ of public '.;
venlonce granting the city such luithoittv
wns presented to the commission last i-n-tlny
by Asslstnnt Transit Director ileoig'
T. Atkinson. The application asks nuliior
lty to proceed nt once with
Tho Broad street subway from
League Island lo olney avenue.
The subway delivery loop In the cen
tral business district.
Tho Parkway-North Twenty-nlntii
street subway-elevutcil lo Roxborough.
Tho three-mile extension of tnn
Frnnkford "J." from Bridge to Hhawn
street.
Tho only part of the Taylor plan not In
eluded In tho applications arc the Darby
"L," tho tlermnntown spur of the nroau
Street Subway nnd tlte section of the I-rank-ford
"L" from Cnllowhlll to Market street.
Applications to proceed with the Darby
"I." will bo mndo an soon as engineering de
signs havo been completed by tho Transit
D.parlment No steps can be taken on the
spurs of the llroad street tube until c.oun
ells havo donned tho respective routes.
Tho completion of the Frnnkford "L"
southward from Cnllowhlll street hlngoa
upon tho signing of tho agreement between
the city and Rapid Transit Company.
Pending the final action of the Public
Service Commission on the agreement, Di
rector Twining Is going ahead with the con
struction work on the general system, lo
duy lie began advertising for bids for the
delivery loop In Arch, Klghth find Locust
streets. Tho work will be divided Into threo
contracts, known ns contracts Nos. .01,
202 and 203. Tho cost of the work will bo
approximately $0,300,000. Bids will bo
opened Fcbrunry 6.
In advertising for new bids Director
Twining bus explained that the letting of
tho bids Is contingent upon the action of
the Public Service Commission.
There havo been rumors of opposition
to tho granting or certificates for the build
ing of the three-mile fx tension north or
Bridge street. Tho extension wan tacked
on to tho original Tnylor plans In Councils
through the Influence of Congressman os
tollo. It has been charged that It was put
through to benefit politicians and land
owners. Neither former Director Taylor
nor Director Twining has ever given it his
Indorsement.
As a result of n srrles or ipicstlons sub
mitted to tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company by Transit Director William S,
Twining. Kills Ames Ballard, chief counsel
for the company, has been Instructed to
draw up n new draft of the proposed agree
ment between tho company, mure In detail
thnn tho proposition submitted to the mu
nicipal authorities two weekii ago following
tho conferences between company olllclala
and former Transit Director A. Mcrritt
Taylor. '
The original proposal wns merely an out
line of the essential points which- will bo
cmbod'cil in the lease of tho high-speed
lines. Director Twining. In the course of
his nnalvsis of this proposal, found several
points which were vague am! ambiguous.
To clear up nil points ho submitted a list
of imcstions t the transit company.
At tho conference, held in the olilco of
tho Mayor late yesterday. President Thomas
I-!. Mitten, of the company, agreed to havo
the answers to the questions put in writing,
nnd to this end Mr. Ballard was instructed
to prepare a more detailed agreement.
When this has been completed it will
again bo submitted to Director Twining for
ids analysis, and If found satisfactory will
bo sent to Councils for consideration nnd
action. The actual lease, which will prob
ably bo drafted by City Solicitor Connelly,
will follow the lines of tho new proposal.
lii discussing tho latest step In tho transit
situation the Mayor said:
"All parties to the conference are hopeful
of an early nnd satisfactory solution of
the problem of preparing a fair and proper
lease. A form of agreement Is being drawn
up by the attorney for the company moro In
detail firm the outline that It has supplied,
and this should be ready In about ten days,
and the city's report and analysis of It
should bo ready for presentation to Coun
cils In about thirty days."
FEEBLE OLD MAN FREE,
BUT SCORNED BY KIN
Herman Billik, Convicted of
Poisoning Vrzal Family,
Gains Pardon
JOLICT. III., Jan. . Herman Rlllik,
feehlo and etrleken from tho terrillo strain
of having been in the shadow of tho gallows
Rvo times, will leave tho penitentiary hare
today, pardoned by tho State.
Bllllk, overjoyed at hearing of his pardon,
announced ho would go to Cleveland to
night, where his wlfo und daughter reside.
But when Informed by long-distance tele
phone of Illlllk's Intention they weio horror
stricken 'We can't havo him here," Sirs. Bllllk
said.
"Wo don't want htm," broke In IHna, tho
daughter. "How did he know wo were
here?"
Ignorant of tho torn family tics, Bllllk
planned today that his daughter 1-Mn;i
should be married to "Jerry" Vrzal, whose
testimony convicted him of murder. Illlllk's
wish to take Vrzal into Ida family followed
Vrzal a testimony before the State Board of
Pardons last week, when ho repudiated his
testimony which bent Billik to prison for
tho murder of Martin Vrzal, "Jerry's"
father, and four daughters.
Young Vrzal said ho was forced by tho
police to testify ho had seen Billik poison
tho coffee that was said to havo killed the
Vrzals. Jerry was fifteen in 1907. when
the crime was committed.
Bllllk was arrested after tho death of
Martin Vrzal ,a milk dealer, and his daugh
ters Mary. Tlllle. Rosie and Bertha The
insurance was collected by Mrs. Vrzal.
After being taken to the jwllce station and
questioned the was allowed to return home,
where she died suddenly. The police said
suicide. .
Bllllk, a Bohemian fortune teller, was
alleged to have Inlluenced Airs. Vrzal to
turn over more than 10000 to him. "Jerry"
Vrzal testllled that he had seen Bllllk poison
hie father.
Bonus for Columbia Workers
COLUMBIA. Pa.. Jan. !. The A. M.
Byere Company has announced that all the
salaried employes of the company will re
ceive a bonus equal to ten per cent of their
salaries, to be paid In monthly Installments.
Greek Envoy Resigns
JIA.VBE. Jan. 4. Spyrldon Levtdls. the
Uresk Minuter to the Belgian Government.
baa resigned tho Minister not beioir in
1 agreement with King Constantino's policy.
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AiXTMAN KNVtn To RAH
Count Tnrnow-Tnrnnwki, the now
Ambassador of the lunl Monarchy,
will leave Amsterdam on .January
13 with assurances of nfc conduct.
CARRANZA NOW SEEKS
PRESENCE OF U.S. FORCE
First Chief Springs Surprise in
Further Parley on
Protocol
WASHINGTON". Jan. -I. Venusllano
Carranza. through his legal adviser here,
today made n plea for the continuance of
tho American-Mexican Joint commission.
The first chief also threw moro light than
ever before on his attitude toward the At
lantic City protocol, upsetting many of thu
beliefs thnt havo been entertained here.
Tho appeal of (leneral Carranza to con
tinue tho commission to settle the many
differences between the 1'nlted States and
Moxlco will be forwarded to the American
members of the commission, it will be
acted on after the president has been con
sulted. (Jcnernl Carranza has communicated hero
the surprising statement, it became known
todav through Mexican sources, that ho be
hoves there Is more need for a protocol,
under which an arrangement could bo mndo
for a definite stay of tho American troops
In Moxlco thnn for tho withdrawal of the
troops. This statement Is explained hero
by tho fact that tho de facto Mexican C!ov
ernment never has recognized ulllclally tho
prerence of troops on Mexican soil.
Carranza representatives sprung another
surprise. They declared that tho Mexican
members of the commission bad repeatedly
suggested Joint policing of tho border and
the establishment of a neutral zone tlure.
but flint tho Americans had rejected the
suggestion, stating that each country inurt
tnko care of Its side of the border, while
tactlly reserving to American troops the
right to pursue "hot trails" of bandits Into
Mexico.
Another of (ienornl Carranza's objections
to tho Atlantic City piotocol. It was learn
ed, was the provision that, should u bonier
raid occur during the forty-day period
after rntlllentlnii of the protocol, while tho
American column wns withdrawing. It
grant the American soldiers Iho right to
remain Indefinitely. This loophnln to leavo
tho American troops In Mexico, Iho Car
lanza objection pointed out, would surely
result In bandits making a raid on tho
American border, to keep tho American
troops In Mexico und embarrass tho do
facto Government.
Tho Carranza suggestion that tho Joint
commission be kept alive lias not yet
reached the American commissioners.
Their action on it, ns well as the action
of the President, Is, of e-iursc, problematical.
Carranza representatives here received dis
patches today stating that Information had
reached de facto authorities In Mexico mak
ing it positlvo that the Administration
plans to withdraw (leneral Pershing and
dispatch Ambassador Fletcher to his Mexico
City post It Is on this information that
ticncrnl Carranza's suggct-tlim that the
commission bo kept alive was based.
TWO HURT, $100,000 LOSS
IN FIRE CAUSED BY I5LAST
Flames in Pittsburgh Plant Spread to
Seven Adjoining Houses Several
Blocks Endangered
PITTSBURGH, Jan. I. Two men were
Injured seriously and damage estimatnd ut
nearly $100,000 was done by fire, which
resulted from an explosion shortly beforo
noon today In tho plant of tho Hollldny
Chemical Company.
The explosion shattered windows for
blocks nrouiul. Tho flames swept through
tho plant nnd spread to seven adjoining
houses. For a tlmo it appeared us though
several blocks would bo devastated.
Chris Huber. nn employe of tho plant,
wits badly burned by the explosion, und
Robert Mclntyre. n fireman, was badly
hurt fighting the flames.
t2fi&&HSI$!l
Semi-Annual Clearance
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SHOES
Knowing as you do the exclusive style
and value of our shoes as well as all about
the advance in the cost of shoes you will
certainly appreciate the exceptional oppor
tunity offered during this semi-annual
reduction.
Our Women's Pacer Shoe, Formerly $5.50 tO Of)
Specially Suited for Young Girl ipi.tv
39 South 8th Q30 Chestnut 203 North 8th
COUNCILS FACE MASS
OF SMALL MEASURES
Bills of Financial Importance
Will Not Appear Before
End of Month
Measure providing for sewer nnd high
way construction during 101T. and other)
denning the location of gasoline and gs
lamps, were Introduced in Councils to.
day. Not until the latter1 pnrt of the month,
when Controller Walton opens I he books
of the city for Hie now year, will hin of
financial Importance make their uppearanre.
The usual nmsi of comparatively unim
portant measures, which turn up the firm
of every year, will provide busltft-ss for
committees during the nett few months,
but ns Iho city has no money to spend th
labors of tne members of Ihe Finance c un.
mlltee are likely to bo light for some tm,a
to come.
ono of the financial measures taken up
was a resolution authorising tli" payment
of tho Increase In wages resulting from the
decision to pay laborers at Torrednle 2 60
n ilny Instead of f2. The men Mrui-k for
more money. This piece of legislation
amended appropriations nlrendv made so
as to mako possible Ihe Increased payment.
Among the measures passed todav were
several that provide for grading streets in
the suburban section of the rlly, improving
a score or more country roads, placing on
Ihe clly plan tunny streets thnt have long
been In gcnerol use, nnd others that revlia
flic lines nnd .grades of streets already on
the general plan of the city.
Entire Russian Front
in Grave Danger
Continued from I'nito Ono
fore Focsanl and Bralla. which screen
(lalatz. are under Teuton fire.
The result of tho fighting of the next
few days will tell whether the Teuton drive
can bo Mopped nt this point or whether
Bralla and Focsnul arc to frill and a ictreat
Is to be made beyond Hip Kerelh.
t'nless thqTeuton advance can be stopped
within the next few days the whole Russian
front will be III grave danger. The front In
Moldavia, constituting the left wing of the
whole Russian line, Is now Its weakest point.
If it were turned tho whole Russian lino
would havo to fall back and Gallcla. the
Ruknwlna and nil the Austrian soil Rus
sia now holds would have to be abandoned.
CUTS OIT SONS WITH $1 APIECE
Will of Eliza A. Manning Probated by
the Register
Two sons of Kllza A. Manning. 3335 D
street, nre cut off with bequests of one
dollar ench In tho will of their mother, pro
hotcd todav. Tho estate, valued at 13200,
Is left to relatives,
Other wills probnted were those of Dr.
George W. Bailey, 3001 Walnut street,
which In private bequests disposes of prop
rty valued at $30.000 ; Caroline Mchlan,
1!)0C Brunner street, $11,350; John Arm
strong, CHI I North Twenty-first street.
$5700 : F.sther P. K. Keen. 2121. Hunting
Park ineniio, f ."200 ; John Kelly. 173 Calu
met street. $1000, and fieorge W. Cecil,
3017 North Twenty-second street, $3800.
T"-'i-!'-X'l,:L'". CI.ASNirit'ATfON
I1KATI1S
"lll.lCKl-:U. .bin. I. Ol'STAV AUDI. I'll, non
pf Cli.irlen W Otnrkor. Servlcps lit fiither's rrsi
ilPliee. ".'Ill Northeast Uullleviml. Prl , 2 p. m.
Int. private.
UltlfUVOl.D. .Ian. :. RI-IZA THACV widow ,
nf William A. OrlHivold. Funeral services. Frl..
I p. in.. Church of St. I.uke and the npiphnnr.
Int. Krle. Pa.
wnitvi'.ft. Dee. .'I. WH.t.lAM. Iiu-bnnd of
Sophia Werner, aired HO. Relatives and ffleniti,
V. K. U. A. Post No. 2l Admiral Prince Iteln
rich Yearly lleni'flclnl Asindlllon and the I.led
irtnf"l. Invited lo funeral. Hun., s . tn . 2131
C, 1.M nt. Int. private. Oreertmouiit rem.
(lAItlHTY. Jan. 3. MAItOAIIBT OAnRITY.
vrtiliw of Bdwnrd Unrrlty. llelntlvi nnil friend!,
also Haered Heart Snrlety of tit. Ann'H Church,
Invited to funeral. Jlon.. H:3il n. in.. I'liiM Hitter
si Solemn reoulem mars nt St. Ann's Church,
to n. in. Int. New Cathedral Ccm. Auu
funeral.
1IAI.MTRAI1. .Inn. 3. T'.MMA O.. wife nf Wll- .
Hum If. Ilnlstend (nee Mnlyon). Relatives and
friends Invited to funerul services. Sat., a .
in.. I'll' N- loth st. Int. private.
l'Al'CBTT Jan. 3. AIXXIH H. I'At'CETT,
aced ' Relatives and friends Invited to fin
irul. Sat.. 113 B. Market Ht.. West Cheater,
2 P. in. Int. prlvnte.
HUM.. Jnn. ). at .1:30 n. m.. MAIIOAIIET
K llC'l.t.. tiBid SI. Due notice of fum-ral from
IKis N. -pith at.
HITIMTIONS YVANTKB I'lC.MAI.I!
HTKNOtlflAPIIEIl. exp.. Home know! of book-keepini.-.
hlcn school sruduate. null Heed Bt.
COMPANION Young I!iisllah woman desires po
sition as companion to lady or mm; slrl: Mil
onjectlnna to traveling or country. I' 727,'
Ledxer Office.
iiki.p vanti:i PKJIAM! J
(llltl, fur Beneral houneuork'. experienced; swl
wueea. email family: rtferenca required. Cll
till I Cedar uve. ,
HUM' WANT!:!) MAM!
1,1,'ei .l.'l? mill linns,. mall, whit-
fur small fara-
IU- In rnuntry: referem-o required
I'nonf.
OKonU 10SII for details and appointments
Al'TllMOnil.l-! WASHER Public irnrneo. ojtr
sober, experienced man with references for
ublllty need nppl ; waxes J 13 per week.
liEWRKS. 1122 Chestnut si
STOCK HAl.BSMAN Reputable canrern wishes
several salesmen lo plare a portion t Its i-sp-itul
stiM-k; liberal eaimni union and parmaiient
position to producer. Apply loul Lomrnon
wealth HUE.. b:3il to HI. or .1 to li
IlllAUIIi.MI WANTM)
j.AUY employed desires board In strictly private
family, sivo ralen. P 72(1. Idser Offlce
3.90 and 4.90
Values up to $(.50
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