ljjil w . yyjmv mnrr V W SA .. a vM J t-wt 2 LEWIS'S GUILT OOFCERTAIN, But Family Will Fight to Clear Suicide Son of Model's Death FATHER IN STATEMENT Will Spend Half Fortune to Break Evidence Chain Wielded by Detectives Tho potlco have declared Bernard Wes ley Lewis, of Pittsburgh, who committed eulcldo In Atlantic Clly, tho murderer ot Mazle Agnes Colbert. Lewis, who was wcll-nluented. refined and highly temperamental, detectives wiy, look his life when he realized that the mns3 of evidence ntralnat him wuh over whelming nnd that arrest and conviction )vero not to be escaped. Tho Atlantic City polleo ncreo. Captain Tate said the mystery of tho murder of tho artists' mod"! had been solved and he wns convinced Lewis was tho slayer. Tho flvo Philadelphia detectives working on tho case In Atlantic City In formed Chief of Pol'co Miller, In that city, that tho Investigation virtually was com pleted nnd that all doubts as to Lewis's Built had been swept asldo by. fresh evi dence obtained today. ' FAMILY WILL KIOI1T Meanwhile word wns received horo that members of the dead man's family In l'ltts KurRh will start an Immediate InvcBtlRit tlon In an effort to clenr his name Tho family Is prominent socially In that clly. Wenman A. Lowls. tho suicide's fnther, an nounced thnt ho would spend half his for tune If necessary to determine whether his Bon's death was due Indirectly to guilt or was tho result of hysteria. Devclot.nr uti today definitely fastened tho crime on Lewis detectives say. Among tho most slriltlnB were: , l-'lrst. Strands of hair found clutched In the murdered model's hand, tho police Bay, matched exactly hairs of the suicide when they were compared by Detectives In Atlantic City. Second. The suicide whs found to be wcarltiB a woman's pink silk undorMiIrt, which, detectives say. Is an exact dupll tfpto of others found In the Colbert's Rlrl's apartment. Third. Pictures of Lowls have been identified as those ot the man who ap proached an attorney in Norrlbtown lite nlBht after the murder, who said ho was Becking counsel to defend liliti on a murder charpo. Fourth. Tho collar and shirt found on the suicide were of the same size and nmko as the bloodstained ones f und In tho Bill's apartment after the murder. Fifth. The suicide's hand were severely Bcratched. The marks, tho police say, show conclusive evidence thut he hud been cn BaBod In a struKKle. and wcro mude evi dently by a woman's f.nrtrrnalls. Sixth. Curtain string torn from cur tains In the Blrl's apartment, evidently dur ing tho struggle, were found In tho pockets of tho suicide. , , Soventh. Further investigation has failed to reveal any other reason why Lewis should havo committed suicide, the police say. Ulghth. Lewis was the man driven to the Wilton Apartm?nts. Fifteenth and Pop lar streets, where the mid"! lived. In a taxi cab. This la substantiated by the Identifi cation today of the body by Elwood Powell, the chauffeur. Ninth. The polleo offer a motive for the murder In the t Ivory thnt Lewis needed money with which to pay his toxical) bill nnd demanded back the $400 ring ho had Klven tho girl. Ho tried to take it by fotco when she refused to give it up. Tho model was killed In the struggle that followed la Tate'a belief. DETKCTIVRS UETL'TIN Following their announcement to Chief Miller, the Philadelphia detectives In At lantic City unnounced that their investiga tion waa complete. They then returned In Powell's automobile to Philadelphia. Captain Tate said that besides bolus a man of culture. Lewis was also well versed In the law. as ho had studied It for moro than ono year at Yale. "He saw that ho wan up against it," Cap tain Tato explained, "anil he took the easiest way out of it, as many other men would havo done." Many of tho suicide's friends, despito the showing by the police, refused to believe that Lewi3 was guilty. They welcomed the news ot tho coming Investigatlm by his family. , , It was learned that both tho dead man s parents la Pittsburgh nro verging on col lapse. It was said tho news of their son's death nnd the fact that his name had been coupled with tho murder had been too much for them and both wero pros trated. , , Wenman A. Lewis la a wealthy retired coal operator. Tho Lewis home Is at 820 Amberson nvenue. In an exclusive section of Pittsburgh. It was said that Sir. Lowls would employ private detectives to run to ground any and every rumor or duo which might clear the son's name. On examine tho body of Bernard Lewis at Atlantic City, Petcctlve Callahan and others of tho murder squad found biuod stains on tho socks of tho dead man near tho ankle. This Information was telephoned to Lieu tneant of Detectives Wood by Callahan from Atlantic City. Tho blood was not due to the self-indicted wound of Lewis, said Callahan, and had been on the stocking for some time. There was no blood on that part of the stocking abovo tho shoes. 'ews of the wilcide fell like a thunder bolt In tho camp of the sleuths who havo been working unceasingly on the mystery since the model waB murdered a week ago tonight. The arrest of Lewis was to have been the first In the case. As It was. he escaped ar rest only by a few minutes, as the fatal shot was tired while he was locked In a bathroom on tho third floor of n boarding house at 125 States avenue, Atlantic City. PetectiveB were pouudins on tho door when he fired tho fatal shot. Lewis bad been under suspicion since last Wednesday. On that day a "flier" was sent broadcast for his arrest, though It was mentioned that he was wanted only as a material witness. One report Is that he went to Atlantic Clt.y Tuesday and, according to detectives, went into hiding at the rooming house which Is known as the States Villa. The house was "spotted" on word received from Philadelphia authorities, but no trace of the man wanted could be found. A tip was. received last night to the effect that Lewis could be found at the given address. SLEUTHS ItAP ON DOOR ptactlves Farley and TotUn hurried to the Uouae and were surprised to b informed Unit Lewis was uptalr. They raced up- 4 ". . .J I.Anflbl.iir mi Tawls'fl rlnir ln v fojmvod him that they wanted to see him fnc a. minute. "I'll b with you in a few minutes." Lwl answered, and suddenly the detec tives heard an adjoining- bathroom door bang and lock. BoUi detectives were pounding on the door when the shot rang out. Tbey then into the room, and to the bath. Lewis waa wrenched the door oft Ua hlngea and bolted livid when, they readied bis aide. iHus shot was flrad-from a twenty-two-aBUi nil Lewis evidently bad held It JEST to hi temple and pulled the trigger w'th a fiie-r of hi left hand. Judging ft..,n tae iK-sition of the body, be stavfterad 1 jrd the iii.or, mad ihen fell hadflrt ...i., t&j bir.mtt , tot bodv waa ike to unaartltBlBS e.MWrnwrr of JS sas, t WW - - i r i i tJKltNAKD W. LEWIS Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City. It will ho sent to Pittsburgh late today. Tho detectives mude a thorntigli search of the dead man's room. They said they found a list of Philadelphia telephono mini bora, whloli mlt'ht throw additional light on his actions while In this city on tho night of tho murder. One of tho numbers an tho list was that of tho murdered modol'.i telephone. Dr. Lewis 11. Houdcr, county physician, simplified tho Atlantic City end of the tragedy for tho Philadelphia authorities this morning by deciding that nn innuest wns not necessary. "It had boon so clearly established that Lowls killed himself Hint t do not believe I would be Justified In subjecting the county to the expenso of nn Inquest," tho county physician said. "I shall not order nn Inquiry unless the prosecutor's olllce can show mo whero It will benefit the ends of Justice." Doctor Sottdor's decision Is contrary to the views ot Chief ot Pollen Robert Mil ler. "It seems to Hie that In a enso so Im portant as this nn Inquest to establish nil the facts In accordance with law Is ab solutely necessary," the chief said, beforo lie had heard of Doctor Soulier's decision. Detectives K'.dge. llallahan. Mahoney, Fanell and Ci-.-don. of Philadelphia, con ferred with Chief MIIIt this morning and then went to the States Villi to Inspect the room where Lewis killed himself last night, and t) tnko charge or the slayer's effects. uonv pnoTonnAPiiun Pictures of I he deed 'nan vl.-e taken at Jeffries & Keatos's Morgue. Atlantic City, this monilt.tr. Under n strong gluts the Philadelphia detectives made nut what ap pear to be the marks of teeth upon tho diud man's right bund In addition to the tiriitchcs, they believe, were Indicted by time? lloberts's nails while she fought for her life. Tho manager of a telegraph olllce at the shore Is certain thnt u man who entered the olllce on Tuesday and made Inquiry n! to the cost of n message for money wns -..iTis. Tho man becamo depressed when told ouch a message could not be sent collect. HO left to obtain the sum re quired nfter stating ho was without funds nnd did not return. The poKcj in this city have askd the P'.ttsbu. gh authorit'es to keep it watch on mall reeelvtd at thj Lewis home. Detec tive. say they liro onvinoed thnt Lewis wrote a Ir-tttr of confession beforo commit ting suicide and mailed it to his home. The I'nlted States posrn! authorities also havo been requested to lend a hand In watching the mall. The polic decided today that the Colbert woman died of htranguhillon. MAY IMPLICATE A.N'OTlIEtt It was rumored today that tho police thought another man might bo Implicated In the murder, despite the suicide ot Lewis. l)y tupping the wires at tho home of the Misses Mabel and May Kylo, 221 West Brlnghurst street, tlermantown, detectives said, they overheard Lewis say that ho "knew nothing of the murder, but that ho knew the murderer." This seeming contradiction, the detec tives said, might moan that another malt besides Lewis might be Implicated. Cap tain Tate, however, was firm in his asser tion that tho mystery had been solved. The Misses Kyle were with Lewis on the nluht of the murder. He took thorn homo In a taxlcab from tho central section ot tho city and. according to the police, then drove to the Wilton Apartments. Many of Lewis's friends still say thoy believe him entirely Innocent, and beliero nn effort will be made to fasten tho crime on him because he is no longer olive to defend himself. iliss Mabel Kyle said: "Mr. Lewis was a wonderful man. He was rich, anil the police nro making n great mistake." LEWIS WENT TO CHUUCll On tho day the body was found, SUsa Kyle saiil Lewis went to her home lind went to church. "Ho neither drank nor smoked," she explained. It was learned today that a post-mortem examination of tho model's body showed that the murderer held her hands down whllo strangling her. Marks or tno fingers and prints of a mun's ring wero found on her wrists. Tho murderer thus foiled all attempts she made to tree herself from the binding silk stocking around her throat. Lewis evidently was bard Up. Ill his clothes wero six 1 bills and some small change. Tho clothes themselves showed signs of wear nnd tear. In his grip was a meager assortment of soiled clothing. Itegardlesu of this fact. Detective Ahearn, who camo up from Atlantic City today, said Lewis was a familiar tlguro on tho Hoard walk at Atlantic City, and always appeared to be well dressed and carefully groomed. Ho figured In a si-ntational flat light on the Boardwalk some time ago, Detective Ahearn said. Thoae who knet ilasie Colbert In War ren, Pa., say she had a grudge against society generally fur several years. While a waitress In the Exchange Hotel at War ren. It Is said, she fell In love with a young millionaire who patronized tho place. He was connected with one of tho most promi nent families In northwestern Pennsylvania. nut the match was broken through the Interferencs of her fiance's parents. It was then, according to a girl friend In Warren, that Mazle declared she would make bocfety pay. Shortly after tho marriage was called off Mazle left Warren and went to Erie. Little was heard of her there, and subse quently she came to Philadelphia. DOVER DEADLOCK UNDKOKEN Delaware Senate Situation Unlikely to Change Before Monday DOVER. Del., Jan. 6. The situation In the Delaware State Senate remains un changed, and there Is little likelihood ot a break In the deadlock on Monday, as has been rumored. The House and Senate met at noon today and Immediately took a recess until to morrow. Oldest Mexican Inilian la 132 MAZATAN, Mex. Jan. 5. TbbJ w. em town of Mexico claim as a resident a reputed oldest man In the world. Jose Juan Velasquez, an Indian, who. according to all record available, U ISt years old. Velasquez works daily a, a laborer. He ts fmiiUUtr with happenings during the III ddo rvulutko (or Mexican iadieiujeiwe feum Siata in mo-il. EVENING LlODaiR-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1Q17 LEWIS'S FAMILY WILL ' TRY TO CLEAR HIS NAME Father Regius Inquiry to Learn Real Cause of Murder Sus- pect's Suicide NO FAREWELL MESSAGE Parents Mope in Vain foi' Some Word of Explanation of Son's Ueotl PtWStttriirm, .tan. G. Every rltort will be made by the parents of tlernard w Lewis to clear tilin of connection with the murder of Mazle Colbert, in Philadelphia After recovering somewhat from tho slu-l. of tlie suicide of his son In Atlantic Citv. Wenman A. Lowls begnn nn Investigation today with the hope of learning whether r not tho dentil wns duo t guilt or tho result of hysteria. It wnn expected that todays malls would have brought some last word from Len l before he took hln life, but It Is wild th.it no fnrewell message wns received from him. Arrnngehientn for the funeral will lu made this afternoon. It will he private. PHONE rHSCON'NECTKD Absolute nerluslon Is being maintained by Mr. and Mrs. Wenman Lewis, nnd to avoid annoyance from the outside world the telephone connerted wil'i the Lnwli homo In Amberson avenue has been dis connected nnd no vl.-ltors are admitted At the home of Mrs. .toxeph Fmvell. In Ileochwood Boulevard, where the widow of Lowls and his little dauishter live, It wns loatnod that n message announcing the suicide was the only word received. Tho family of Lowls had not heard from him for moro than a month. When he left homo he did not take any clothes with him nnd had tittle money. Ho wns expected to return within a few days. Lewis's death and tho details lending to It cnino lis a great surprise here, ns he hud been held In high pstwm by residents of his Imme diate neighborhood. WAS l.V COAL I)r.H!.VKSS Lewis wns born in K'.iarpsvlllo thirty seven years ngo. After he was graduated from Khndy Side Academy, he intended Yale University, but did not graduate from there. t'pon his return to Pittsburgh in became associated with his fnther In the conl busi ness nnd was made secretary-treasurer ot the Lewls-Klndlay Coal Company, at Col Il"rs. W, Va., at the iw or twenty-one. This company was Inter absorbed bv a syndi cate and Lewis hem me interested In other Went Virginia conl companies. Three yenrs -go he went Into the brokerage business and later Into a local theatrical enterprise. This proved an unhappy venture and Lewis had some dltllciilty lth Mockholders In volving. It Is wild, n sum of nppidslmately fr.o.nuo. This wa- ndjuMed. but ftom thnt time on Lewis spent much of lii time 111 Inn East. P.R.R. SEEKS TO REVERSE COURT'S JUDGMENT Asks Rehearing of Hall's Suit for Discrimination in Freight Rates for Coal ACT OF 188:5 INVOLVED Uenrgument was heard In the Supremo Court today by the Pennsylvania, ltullrond Company lna suit brought against It by Samuel D. Hull, a conl morcliant, to re cover a treblo amount of damages for un lawful discrimination ngulnst him in freight lutes for coal handled between the anthra cite regions and this city. Hall's case has been In litigation since Atnll. 1913, and Is one of the Icnrgest claims for discrimination and favoritism. The original trial took place in tho CJurt of Common Pleas No. B. Justice Frnzler. of the Supreme Court, delivered an opinion last July giving Judg ment In favor of Hull in tlie sum or S2ts. 058.311. which Included the treble amount of damages claimed under tho act of ISSS. Following tills decision which was be lieved to be the final one In the case, tho Pennsylvania llailrond Company sprung a surprise by filing a petition tor a reargu inent. Among other reasons advanced for a rehearing of tho case was the contention that the act of ISSII. which nas invoked by Hull, provided penal damages for discrim ination against a shipper In the matter of rutes nnd ulso for discrimination In the mutter of affording facilities for transporta tion. Hall, It was pointed out. in his claim, did not base his petition for treblo damages on the proper provision of tho act. und that the Supreme Court's decision Avns not complete in reviewing the differences be tween a clulni for discrimination In rates mid a claim for discrimination In affording u slipper adequate facilities uf transporta tion. Francis Kliunk Drown, who with William Plndlay llrown, represents Hall, explained that the Act of 18S3 was passed to enforce tho provisions of the Constitution against rebating and that It Imposed duties on rail roads, tthich If violated, entitled shippers to claim u treble amount of damages In tliolr suits for losses arising from railroads extending favoritism to rival coal dealers. As to the techn'cul differences In the provisions of the act sought to be main tained by the railroad in the petition for rcargument, Mr. Drown said that they amounted to the sume "argument" or "pre text" used by the defendant in otlicr iiise He maintained that Hall's chum wns predi cated upon the proper provision r tho act and that tho opinion of Judgo t'razer last summer coxcred tho case fully. "This pe tition for reargument," the Attorney den ral said. "Is like a drowning man trying to clutch nt u straw, but 1 am sure the Btraw In this case la not strong enough to Kustaln tho nurnoso of this petition." John i. Johnson, who appearcil for the Pennsylvania Itallroad, argued that tho former decision in tho case lit Hall's favor did not entirely comprehend the meaning of tho difference between a claim for dis crimination In rates and .1 claim for dis crimination in affording facilities of trans, portaton. Mr. Johnson pointed out parts of tho opinion which ho maintained war ranted a review of the meaning and intent of tho law, especially the penal clause of the statute. Tho Court reserved decision. WOMAN INVOKES LAW TO MAKE FATHER PAY Jail Threatens Man Who Refuses to Comply With Order Awarding Her $500 Damage UAN'CASTKR, I'a . Jan. 5. Proceedings have begun In court to compel Byron Doutrlch to nay his daughter. Sirs. Maggie Weaver. $5QU, falling which he goes to lail. After a larceny suit ugalnst her by her father was dismissed for lack of evl dence. she sued him for false arrest, claim ing J2000 damage. Arbitrators awarded her J500. but this has not been iiald. Heading Ex-Mayor Leaves S102.000 ItUADINO. Jon. 5. Former Mayor Thomas P. Merritt. who died ten days ago, left an estate valued at 1162.000, uccord lng to the petition on whteh letters of ad ministration were granted to the widow by Kegister Wert Tiere today, the former Mavor havlrg (eft no will The estate In- ..i,i.. JltS 000 n per nai properi . any .Ann ln -a.l c.lnl- a nit will ffrt rt Ihn wktewiiml t a broth, Howard UwUt, L of the Bittentuiuse Hotel. PbUadslpiOa.. CHAMPION EL., ,:, .v JK nine i i i. ,. ... world ion Watci'bury wants to eat or tinulng to play with the other. Wh con CENTRAL EMPIRES PRESS MOVES TO END WAR BY NEGOTIATION Cnntlniicil from Pace Hue llerlln. The following points nro made In tho dispatch : That the Herman (iovcrnmont wishes n quick pence to save the economic situ ation. That the military situation of tho Herman allies Is not regarded as dan gerous. That pressure In favor of peace has been exerted upon the Herman (lov-ernmi-nt by the C.overnmotits of Tur key. Diilgai'la and Austria. The dispatch adds that the conscription of civilians for war service In !er innny. coupled with tho food shortage, has caused discontent. London was waiting today publication of REPLY OF ENTENTE ALLIES WILL SHAPE WILSON POLICY Ha a Staff Carrrspomlritl WASltlNOTON". Jan. 5. In high circles today It was emphatically denied that President Wilson was about to assume active and aggressive steps to force mediation in Hurope. Stories published this morning to the effect that the President was about to send another note befoio re ceiving a reply from the Kntento nations to his note asking for their peace terms, was charactermed as ubsolutely untrue. Tho situation, It was explained, wus simply this: Tho President can do nothing and will not make another step toward peuco until the Allied nations answer tho lecent noto addressed to them. Their reply may bo such as to cause him to issue another note, and, on tin- other hand, it may inako un other note inadvisable. In truth, the Presi dent has no definite plans now as to pro ceeding In what be regards as a most Im poitnut negotiation nnd ono which the neu tral world and most of the fighting nations desirs to see successful. It was also assorted In olllclal circles that while tho President lias not given up hope of Influencing peaco negotiations, yet tin developments did not seem to forecast immediate, success. What Mr. Wilson du slres to do is to bring the warring nations Into negotiations. It Is his aim to remain friendly to ull tho nations at war. and to offer mediation whenever he may bo reason ably sure that mediation would bo accept able to all belligerents. That ho should send a note now or immediately after the Kntcnte reply Is received has not been considered In any way. That bu may do so is probable, but that Mich a decision lias been arrived at Is not truo. State Department olllcials nro greatly disturbed by statements In tho morning papers, as well as tho speeches In tho Ken ate. They do not deny that tho moves of the President aro being embarrassed by both, and it waa intimated today by one prominent oflloial that pontics was being played and tho result may bo the falluro ot tho peaco negotiations. In tho last three days there has been much said about what this Government pro poses to do as Its next step. President Wilson nnd Secretary Lansing havo said nothing about It whatever. They still aro acting In secrecy. Tho President, admitting that ho doe3 not yet know what action he will take, has told no one, with the pokslblo excep tion ot Colonel 11 M. House, what is in his mind. At tho conference between tho President und House yesterday the two discussed tlie 0,uestlon ot the Prehlde-'t sending u further peaco communication cither in formal diplo matic style' or ns a conlldentlal message through American diplomats abroad. Despite otlleial silence, however, there has been a sudden and vast amount of "In formation" forthcoming from "somewhere" and thnt "somewhere" is suspected to bo "Teutonic circles.' omciais tranKly believe. Tho only tiling that Is definitely known la that the President still feels that the door to peaco remains open. He discussed with Colonel House the next move, which admittedly depends upon tho Kntento re spouse to his first noto to belligerents. On the tenor of that reply also will depend whether this Ooverninent officially forwards tho answer to Uermany, and the German reply to tho Untcnte Allies. Should any loonhole bo seen and every effort will bo made to find one these icpllea will be forwarded In due order, probably with a suggestion from this UoverHment designed to continue the negotiations a step further toward the goal. It Is known that the Administration be lieves that the Allies are absolutely sin cere In their Implied determination not to do any peace talking with their enemies around a Uorman-suggektcd secret confer ence table. Allied diplomats have made It perfectly plain to tills Government's officials that their home Governments believe Internal conditions in tho Central Umpires are vastly worse than any one imagines, and that despite what one Allied diplomat today described as "Germany's bellicose peace talk," Germany does want peace afjer she lias bad time to educate her public "down to real facts and away from triumphantly worded War Olllce bulletins recounting sur face victories." These Allied diplomats. In this connec tion, have told some Government officials Germany's real reason for such persistence la desiring to give her terms confidentially, U that the rulers ot the empire, having made the public believe implicitly in their tSalma of ultimate victory, -realuse that this uue public ' might not umkr stand J A"SLBffr term .find then be compelled to show to jjgqj anMU LONG-DISTANCE PIANO PLAYBR BEING FED ..I....1 : imiictr for (in drink he is either fed by another person or takes the food wit! i ono ha ml I Ui to The photograph shows ,11. A. Sheets about to raise a cup of coffee to tho pianist's lips. tho Allies' reply to President Wilson's peaco suggestions. Tlie note itself may bo handed the Alnorlcan Ambassador ut Paris today. Arrangements for simultaneous publication from Washington and the Allied capitals will probably delay Itw text be coming known until early next week. rnoillclal but semiauthorltatlve explana tions that in the Allies' reply attempt has been mado not only to list tho Ideals for Mlilch the Allies nro fighting, but to con nect these Ideals with certain concrete terms upon which n basis of peace discus sion might lie possible, have added Interest in the text here. tho public the flnai terms minus innny demands and with many concessions ndded." A MEN DM ENTS IMPEDE RESOLUTION VN PEACE WASHINGTON'. Jan. B. Action by the Senate on Indorsement or noiiiiidorseineiit of President Wilson's nolo to belligerents was pushed farther off to day, when Senators .tonus and N'oirls Intro duced nmendmentH to tho Hitchcock Indorse ment lesolutlon. These umemlmonts and oho other intro duced by Gnlilnger must bo considered and debated before the original motion comes up. Tho Jones amendment reads: Itesolved. that tho Senate ap proves and strongly indorses tho re quest by tho President in tlie diplomatic, notes of December 18 to tho nations now engaged in war that the nations state tlie terms upon which peace might bo discussed. The Norrls amendment reads: Itesolved, that tho Senate ap proves and strongly indorses tin- action taken by tho President in sending tho diplomatic notes of December IS to tho nations now engaged in war in so far that such notes recomineiid that tho nations stato tlie terms upun which peaco might bo discussed. All of tho amendments wero offered by itepunncnn acnniors. LATIN-AMERICA SPLIT ON U. S. PEACE MOVE CnllcJ Press Si'cclat ,S'onli .linrrfrau Srrvtee, IIUMNOH AIUHS. Jan. 5. Intimations from I.ondor that Argentina and Urnzll havo refused to Indivso Presi dent Wilson's peaco noto to Kuropeau bel ligerents wcru denied today on tlie highest authority. Dispatches from Hrazlt asserted that tho expiesslons of disapproval of the peaco noto reported from Secretary ot state llar bosas wero purely personal nnd did not seek to typify tho Ilrazlliau Government's attitude. Officially It was admitted hero today that lack of joint action by South American Governments will probably provent formal Indorsement of tho American note unless further developments facilitate such u Btep. Links Wilson Kin in Peace Note Leak Continued from Pace One session. 1 don't know Mr. Tumulty and thought ho might deem mo Insolent if I went to sec him." ANOTHKK LIJAK SOUHCK llepreseutatlvo Harrison tried to lulus out that representatives of tho Wall Street Journal and Financial America wero pres ent at a Lansing conference when reporters wero told In advanco that "there would be a big story later In (ho day." Wood said ho "hadn't heard about that." Ilurrlson then tried to find whether the news of the noto could not havo como back fropr Kurope before tho stock market broke. Wood said he thought it could. He did not know whether IJaruey Baruch gave money to the Democratic campaign fund. He was sure, though, that the leak talk "was not an effort to retard tho President's peace move." BrtQKEltS MENTIONED Wood said rtalph II. Hartley, manager of the Oshkosh, Wis., branch of tho brokerage house of Thompson &. McKlnnon, of Chi cago, received u telegram giving a tip on the peace note. William H. lloberUon, he said, told him Lampion Brothers, of Chl ctgo, sent u tip to their Lafayette, Ind., branch. The Itepresentattve had "heard Baruch had Information ot the note two or three days in advance." Thin brought his men tion of alleged conferences at the BUtmore with Tumulty. Then be mentioned "u Mr. Boiling, brother of the Pren dent's wife " But he did not mention any wrong-doirg by anybody He mentioned Warbu g a tx former member" of Kutin. Loeb and I'jni jjiiuy. when be said otto atm received in-tgroutUen. rtitwirffitiinii' irriiiitrriMfrf BiffWftWil hour : mid seven minutes i.5 considered Citjjtews jnJMef. CITV AIM'OIST.MCNTS today lllililde Henry I). Dnglt. ild, IBS Pine street, alihl toctuiol draftsman. Department of Transit. Hiilnty $1 100. and Dr. Anna ('. Young, 111" Lancaster avenue, assistant school medical Inspector. $000. , STDIJIN' KINGS mined ill $."0(1 were found by tho police "f tlie Klfty-fifth and Pine streets elation lodnv In tho room of Newton S. f'lark. at fi:il7 Chestnut street. Clark was a boarder at the Chestnut iti'eet address, nnd during tho last two weeks other boulders have been complaining of missing articles of wilue. Clark was held In 5500 ball by Magbtrate Pennock. I'IDIll.lTV Tltt'ST COMPANY bun granted additional compensation to em ployes of ten per cent on tho salary each einployo received during liliti, and a special additional compensation of ten per cent. No oWeers of the company arc 'Included In this action. KAI.I'II ISIVIHIlt Mill glle the llr-t nf his eighteenth annual series of January organ recitals in tlie Church of the Holy Trinity, Itlttenhotise Sipmre, tomorrow aft ernoon at :!.4fi o'clock. The program will include comp.iHltioiiM by De llocck. Pnixano. Iiach. l'lgar. Handel, Lvmaie, (ioimod and Kinder. Hem go H. Kmes, baritone, will ass'st. l'OltlllliN MAIL 1ms Iihtciim'i! slme tlie German U-boat eumpnigii has abated, nc- ording to. Postmaster John A. Thornton, who sn that tho mall directed to forolgn countries from this city has doubled In the liist six mouths. Tho largest bulk of the outgoing matter is being sent to tho Allied Powers of Kurope. while mall to the Central Powers has been tho samo as usual. CAPTAIN JOHN P. VlftDlIN, president ot tho Pennsylvania and Delaware Pilots' Association has been re-elected for hi:! nineteenth term. Other officers elected follow: !'. W. Poynter. treasurer; George H. Wallace, secretary, and S. T. Dallev, Alphunzo Dennett, II. D. Hand. John 11. 11. Kelley, Kied Conwell, Krcd Ilurton, It. C. Chambers and A- W. Marshall, directors. HIE. W. V. Ki:i'.N, who owns the prop erties nt 1727-JO-ai Chestnut street, has added to his holding by the purchase from Genevlovo C Weruway of the adjoining property. 1725 Chestnut street. The as sessed vnluutlun is $00,000. .STAHUlN't! MAY PltOVi: FATAI". to Krunk Declilo, twenty-seven years old, of (27 Alter street. Tho wounded man is in tho Jefferson Hospital. Tho stubbing oc curred at a mill In Darby, when Declilo replied dellantly to his boss, Paul Pessano. Pessuno was hold by Justice Baxter to await tho result of the stabbing. lMlILOMATHIlAN SOCIUTV of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania will upplv for a charter for mi Intended coiporatlon In tho Court of Cunimon Pleas No. I, January 22. Tho character and object of tho organi zation is t promotion of a literary and drainatlo s y among tho students uf tho University of Pennsylvania. rAitr.wi:ii. to missionaiiius was given In Temple Lutheran Church, Fifty second and llaco streets, under tho auspices of tho Lutheran League. The ltcv, und Mrs. Kphralm Cedar will sail for Uuenos Aires Saturday t- engago in missionary work. Mr. Cedar is tho first missionary to bo sent to South America by tho Pan-Lutheran Missionary Society. j 11;- II.M.SI.Mi:it hTAMIAltn SHOHS ' PJ ' K iimflii ,i ...ii You Young Men Should See These Shoes of Style and Quality at Moderate You'll s,ec hlioes so fur ahead of the shuts sold elsewhere that you'll be astonished. All the New Models $3.50 $3.75 Tan J Calf SS HE BIG SHOE STORE is able to offer the young I men of Philadelphia footwear, the assortment of styles is numerically superior and the models arc representative of the best in style, appearance and comfort. A full complement of sizes and widths assures perfect fitting and absolute satisfaction. You will save yourself time and money by coming direct to Dalsimer's. 'TIS A F13AT 'U&Z&tt ht-a HAVE YOU HEARD 'EM if BANG ON TI)E IVORIES ,i No? Then You've Missed af Musical, Muddled Marathon 1 for Championship , ON FIFTY-SECOND STREET 1 And tho Odds Arc Six to Five Thai1 Jack Water-bury 1 Will Win ' i Calch-as-Catch Can Contest Keeps Piano Plajjcrs on Jump pONTERT For piano marathon vJ championship of the world, solar system nnd universe. Staged Fifty-second street be low Market. Champion Jack Wntcrbury, coj. mopolitc. Seeker of ivory-batloring crown Larry Huntingdon, of West PhiladeU pirn. Utiles Catch-as-cateh-cnn. Started Thursday at noon. Will end When ono drops over. Liniment for fingers nnd arms Two quarts. tint along Kitty-second street, whero they , are never bo busy they cant stop for in fioiir r.r so to watch n professional blind mini umpiring n rnt light, citizens wcr bi ing odds nt six to five tills nrtertinon that Lorry HiintlnriRou would "drop off like a tl" under the strain of battering the ivories in the Great International Two banded Piano Marathon. I'p and down the bleak thoroughfari they scurried from weather that wa at penetrating ns the Installment man nnd from wind that howled like a llulgarlan wildcat calling for Its mother In th seclusion of Jimmy Goodwins grape nrbor, nt r'Ifty-sceonil and Ludlow streets, they nifercd wagers. It did them no harm. Thorn who wanted the short end desired nlong with It ii thousand or so shares of . lletlilehcnt Steel and the Mint. Tho effects nt tho twenty-four liouri' batter Is beginning to tell on the contest-, lints. They regard each other with baleful eyes, the champion. .lack Wntcrbury, look. ' lng with disdain at bis rival from ills com- ' fortnblo scat In tho window of tlie Towers ' Piano Stoic, lit 21 South fifty-second street. Instead of playing lively tunes, they havi.( switched to n drab monotony of funeral marches. livened occasionally by a Wag--noi lau spasm that frightens peaceful can from slumber Into hasty (.prints in the rain., They began to cherish hatred for each other. Tho day Is in perfect accord with their desires. It Is not qulto dark enough, however; neither did the rain como down. In sulliclent torrents. Their feelings, so they informed quel- . tloners, wero such as they would set fire to nn orphan asylum without tho slightest . hestitatloit. They said they would bo just' i ns ready to do anything within reason, how i ever horrible It might seem. Their backers il.i not share this pessi mism. "Tho boys are nil right." thoy say, "just a little lack of sleep. They'll be all right when they get used to It. The second day Is belter than the first They wers u little bashful, too. Nobody came out to see thorn last night, except everybody west of tho Schuylkill. They like crowds. The only rny of boo- for tlie contest, appeared on the dim r.r.1 darkened horizon ' this afternon. Leo I!;-J-v rushed to Jack ' Wateiiiury und whlspti.-.' something In his ear. The champion brightened. "Say It again," lie urged, sport shirt flapping In the breeze. "Huntingdon is playing Chopsticks." , "Tho Hitter end Is nigh," quoth Acl.v and started off -again on "Jn the Shale of, V the Old Apple Tree." DEBT, WILSON'S GREETING TO NATION, FOES CHARGE J Kopublican Publicity Board Assails J Proposed Bond Issue to Meet - Treasury Deficit 'C WASHINOTON. Jan. 5. "Tho Wilso'a Administration's Now Year's greeting U.J the nation is a bond isi-ue." was the state-1 meat that the Itepubllcan publicity asso-J elation, through its president. Jonathaafl Bourne, Jr., mado today. jj "h'rom tho White Houso comes word thati this course has been adopted to meet an J emergency." says tho statement. "AaJ emergency Is something uiiforcseenry whereas the present condition of tho na-! tlonal strong box has been foreseen andfl predicted since the passage of the Domo- cratlc tariff uf IDlfl. The country will have to pay these bonds. The Democratic party ' will have to pay fur them in another way. -; i run lath roil n.ssirn'.vriox ,, SlTl'ATIONS W NTI.D MAI.K DIlAtTSMAN. " yrs.' IXI. , Kheet ITU'ttll. ft 4 "S .7 in!., liai.r. ,?l sru.liuie f both, prart tol j sh'ni exl.: licrui.ile. P TM, Leiho-r ""fj iini.p WANTKII FiaiAIJS. J iTu.NO.S ii nd rertltle.iteH; souin; luUy. '"""'fflja ' In miidhiis. eiiBrKvlnii iin.1 1)"C LhlK I und certlfli-ut-a Ulllotts, 17th and belUHu, iiurnwoitK. whin. sin. V.rui,'"i55!1'iy"!'ep.Bo:i lonu'etont. no washing: 'J In 'an!,I',;i 'ijfi llux SOI. Ooverbrook, or phono Merlon w evenings. - - - " lllll.l' WANTKII MAI.K viii'isni MAN wanted for rteneal worn; oym tirpferrvd ; must ho pnoii iemutn. w a ....I l.'iiuU I'nrn I llllSlinril. N. J. 1 M"llM:HSiinil riifemaktrii. "Pv.teJl !...,.. .. ..-i- tjoiiiiucirt Itrnnza (0.i ill tins h.ii, uvuimiii.i r- und Mifflin els. Prices ' Slender. raXUh model; new i'noIU'i l0"1 an tmmatchable choice of TO VVt rKKT Shoes and Hosiery 1204.06-08 Market St. 1 a Black SJs0 Calf yK " W&fi
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