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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
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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..
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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.
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BANG ON TI)E IVORIES
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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 ,,
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