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THAW TRIES TO DIE
KNlAUGHlHIiKE
Slashes Throat and Wrist as
Detectives Enter Walnut
Street House
EXPECTED TO II EC OVER
Stanford White's Slayer Wanted
for Alleged Attack on
Schoolboy
Harry K Thaw, sought li the pollio "f
tfie entlro rnuntry following Ul Indli tincm
In New York on uccusatlons thai In- h.nl
attacked a bo attempted suicide here this
nfternoun by slashing his thrwit ami "in
IliK mi nrtery In his arm Just ns tlrtectlvts
from City llnll, under the command of I in
fective Ijleulcnant Wood, wore nboiit to
placa 1ilnt under arrest.
Thaw's attempt nt suicide n made In
lih apartment house. 5200 Walnut sired
Tito detectives hail received word that Thaw
was In hiding in this elt Later Informa
tion fame that ho was In the Walnut inert
hpuse. The detectives hurried there in mi
nulomobilo Thaw, from n wlmtnk, nppni
cntly saw the detectives arrive As the
cHlcers gained cntrnnco to the hall he
lashed his nrm with the wcll-shnrpcnod
blade of n penknife nnii Ihcli line ked nt
his throat.
Tho detectives hurst Into the? room nnd
found Thaw bidding and gasping and half
lipping from a rhnlr. lie was covered
with blood and cry vvcuk. Lieutenant lo
tectlve Wood rushed to Thaw's side. He
managed to hind Thaw's wounds with hli
ami hli men's handkerchiefs.
"Send for Doctor Klrby," Thaw gasped
"Send for Doctor Klrby nt once "
"What Doctor Klrby?" Wood asked
Dot 'Ton KltlllY CALLIIU
"Dr KlHood Klrtiy. tit IJ02 Spruce
itreet." Thaw gurgled
Lieutenant Wood rushed to n telephone
and 'asked Doctor Klrby to come to the
houtio with nil puss hie stieed. Harry Thaw
has attempted suicide hero and wants you
to attend him." he said. Doctor Klrby
aid that he would hurry to the house as
fast as an automobile could lary him.
It took the physician onl) a short time
to cover the distance between his down-town
offlco and tho West Philadelphia apartment
house Theto he did (ill that he could under
tho circumstances to make Thaw com
fortahle Thaw re-iueslcd Doctor Ivlibv' to have
him sent to St Mary'N Hospital, which Is
nt Frankford avenue and Palmer street, in
tho fur northwestern section of thu city,
miles from the bouse where Thaw lay,
Doctor Klrby ordered tho police to have the
patient Immcdlutelv transferred to tho far
away Institution
A phone call to tho hospital was made,
nnd It was ordeied that u private mm be
prepared for u patient then on Ills way.
2S'o mention was made to the hospital au
thorities that I he patient was tho man who
has occupied the public eye of America on
and off for ten curs.
i:.pi:cthd to iu:covi:i.
The prompt treatment accorded Thaw by
Lieutenant Wood and tho further expert
treatment Thaw received at tho hands of
Doctor Klrbv, together with the fact that
Thaw's wound of thu throat was not deep,
and that tho severed artery was promptly
bound up before much blood was lost, makes
It Improbable that ho will die It was uti
ofllclally said that Thaw would recover and
that hi a short time, and that then lie
would be taktn to ."ew Voik to stand trlul
for vvhlpplng a boy in a New York hotel.
Police, authorities hellevo Thaw went to
tho Walnut street house after ho lied from
tho Hotel Uelgruvlu Tuesday morning.
Tho house Is only n squnie from Fifty
oeond street. "The liny White Way of
"West Philadelphia "
Captain of Detectives Ttate said he be
lieved the fait that Doctor Klrby, who Is
head surgeon of St. Mary's Hospital, is dis
playing exceptional personal Interest In tho
case Indicates Thaw's condition Is mora
serious than generally believed.
Thaw called his mother. Mrs. Mary Copely
Thaw, on the lone; distance telephone In
Pittsburgh tvvlco last night.
LATKST Ai 'Cl'SATION
Tho latest charges against Thaw followed
an alleged attack upon a ulnc-tecn-ycar-old
bty In a sound-prof rum in the Hotel Jlc-
Alpln, New oik (Ity, on I'hristnias eve.
Ho Is accused of having whipped Frederick
Hump, u Kansas City high school hoy, al
most to unconsciousness, after ho had en
ticed tho lad to New York on tho preten&o,
of educating him
Following the escape of tho boy anil his
return to his homo in Kansas City, his
father, u prominent trunk manufacturer,
began legal proceedings uiih the result that
tho .Now York County Oram! Jury on Tues
day returned Indictments against Thaw, uc
cuslng him of kidnapping the luil Coupled
with that chargo are two charges of as
sault. I 'onvi Hon on all charges could mean
a maximum of tirty-llvo cars in prison.
Accoiding to Frank l Walsh, formerly
chairman of the Federal Commission on In
dustrial Itelutions, Hie attorney for the
boy's father. Thaw's nciuantuiico with
young tlunp began In Hecembei, 101B, when
they met at Long Uracil. I'ul. Thaw prompt
ly offered tho boy a position In Pittsburgh,
which was declined
After their separation Th.uv sent ijump
severul leters, which tho hoy turned over to
his mother. Finally on December in last
Thaw wrnto tho boy offering him (SO n
month and cxpeuse-eltlier to tako tv job in
his plant nt Pittsburgh or to enroll for a
course in tho Carneglo Institute. A certMed
Check fur 5n was enclosed in Thaw's letter.
Al.I.KiiUD ATTACK
The father advised his son to take tho
Chanca at the Carneglo Institute, and ac
cordingly the lad started for New York
I to meet Thaw At the McAlptu Thaw had
reserved a suite on tho eighteenth floor.
It was hero the night of his arrival that
the alleged attack took place
According to the boy, Th4W boat him
until his back and legs were covered with
blood When he had desisted Thaw or
dered Ids companion, tlvorge F. olljrne.
to guard the jouili until he returned Later
the boy. on the pretext of going to the
first floor fortl gas of boda water, escaped
and boarded a train for Kumwis city.
A man alleged to be O'llyrnas, Thaw's
bodyguard and companion, was arrested in
Broad Street Station on Tuesday on a fugi
tive warrunt Although young Clump has
been unable to Identify him positively as
the man who kept him prison after he had
received the beating at the hands of Thaw,
the prisoner Is being held under ball.
MOTHER IS SILKNT
Mm Mary Copeley Thaw, who has stood
by bw son through the parade of saniw
tMuw in which he has figured for mora than
a, decade, had nothing to say this afternoon
a Pittsburgh when Informed: of hi at
tempted suicide here
Her secretary telephoned that Mrs. Thaw
"has no statement to make at thhi time."
"i can bard) believe It possible myself,"
the secretary concluded
"1 am very sorry for bis mother that Is
all I can sa." was the comment this after
noon in New York of Assistant District At
VVBy IiUclt. In charge of tbe case against
jjjirry Thaw, when inforiusd of Tluw's
attempt at suicide
'1W05,7H Balance in City Treasury
The ekl statement of CU Treasurer
MeVw-h shows teipu amounting to
tlA'' -5 -- usywots muuttiiE U .-
fLit, ,ml Mumwi vi w, vv him w -
lci
iReL.
U.WttW Iv. Tll
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tin
city, this nlttTiKinii liy ciiltiniT his
throat und wrist.
U.S.FREIGHTRATE
LOWEST IN WORLD
George Dallas Dixon, P. R.
R. Vice President, Gives
Commission Men Data
DEFENDS 2.1 I D D L E M E N
Aiiierlcan freight rates im the lowest
In the world, according to ijcorgp Dallas
Dixon, vice president of Hip Pciinsvlvnirla
ttiillroad, who addressed the Iweiilv-llfth
annual conv'etillon of the National League
of Commission Merchants of the 1'iilled
.States In the llellcviie-Strotford today.
.Mr. Dlvon said that few Americans loal
iie how low freight rntcs really lire, nnd
scored splllsh dealers "who for a small tem
porary gain would upset tho whole ni
Lhlnery and system of our railroads"
After drawing a parallel between the
case or the conimissloiinen and railroads,
who, he said, had lo fight a similar battle
against criticism and public opinion, Mr.
Dixon suggested that the common rail
road signs all over the countiv reading
".Stop. Look and Listen!" should be changed
to-
".stop. Look nnd Think:"
"L feel that commission metchnnts and
the railroads of the country have a com
mon meeting ground," Mr. Dixon said.
lU:SC!ilIMIS COMMON HltOl'ND
"We ure both working In the same public
service, In the sense that each of us is plu
Ing a part In making possible tho econom
ical distribution of food products We con
stantly faco much the same dlllh iiltles.
criticism and even abuse. You aie daily
charged with being "middlemen." as though
it might be taken for grunted that being a
middleman lu Itself constituted uu offense
We, In the rallioad business, have contin
ually to meet the charge that our rates aie
unfulrl high, when the fact Is that they
huve been forced down unfairly low and
form, as I shall show luter, only an luftu
ItcBimul putt of the cost to the consumer
of the products which ou handle
"Now, as we know that these accusations
nro unjust ntjd unwarranted, nnd that they
nro often made for selfish reasons, nnd it
seems to uie that the time has come for
iHith of us tin commission men and the
inilrouds to try to obtain u fair and reas
onable recognition for the part we pluy
in the servlco of munkind.. There ure in
this troubled world today a number of
individuals who have conceived it to be
thoir mission to preach that only two sorts
of people count producers and consumers.
Thoy picture the products of the farm,
garden and orchard us moving in straight
lilies over tho map to thu people who out
them
"I wonder how many Americans know
how low their freight rates reully ure und
what n small pait they form of tho cost of
food, our freight rates tire the lowest in
tho world, but do people realize what that
means and the great advantages that it
gives them? The railroads of this i ountry
i.irrv u ton of freight one mllo for un aver
age chargo of three-iiuurterH of it cent, on
the Pennsjlvuulu Itullnuil we do it for an
averiige of six mills, which Includes both
high und low class commodities. The liilt
ish luilrouds, built and operated under fur
lighter natural diillcultics than our own.
chaigo nearly four times as much for carry
ing freight us tho Pennsylvania Iluilroud
does, and three times us much as tho aver
age of this country
"You would bo churged by a teamster
inoro to deliver any one of these packngeti
a few blocks from the slut ion to our huuse
tlian the railroads charge for the entlro
haul from farm to city often hundreds
and sometimes thousands of miles.
HCUllli TIIMPOIIAUV UAINS
'Shippers who, for sellhdi motives, seek
to have their own freight rules reduced
below levels that aro fair should realize
that any ndvuntuge gained that wn is tem
porary. They only succeed In weakening
the whole transportation machine nnd in
tho end this will react upon themselves
There are at this moment about 40,01)0
miles of railroad lu ibis country In receiv
ers' hands, and if the entlicly unforeseen
events of the Lurojican war had nut pro
vided un abnormal stimulus for tralllc. the
length of bankrupt railroads would, un
doubtedly, by Ibis time have been larger
by many thousands nf miles. This Is not
u healthy condition and not a good one for
the country to continue.
"The great economic problem everywhere
today Is not production, but distribution or
interchange."
JOHN It. K. SCOTT STUNS
CONGRESS; HE'S PRESENT
Philadelphia. Congressman Abandons
Absent Treatment and Is on Job
for a Day
WASHINGTON. Jan 11 llepresenta
tlve John It K Scott, of Pennsylvania,
who with Representative Ittcbmoud 1' Hob
son holds the record for absenteeism, lav
ing been present but one day in tide session
of Congress, appeared on the lUxir today
He was congratulated by his colleagues for
tils appearance, .and other members rushed
up to him, asking how his candidacy for
Governor was proceeding
Mr Scott caine here on telephonic re
quest to be present to vote on ihe proposed
abolition of the mail tubes in Philadelphia
and olber cities
111 of ihe Philadelphia, Coagreasmea were
present eeoi (ieorge 8. Ujr4am, who Is
UJ, fca.vtus iwea rnaiynri to hi base with
''nrl sjBWlift St & ytV
EVENING LEDOtCR-PnTLABELPHlA, TnUUflDAT, JANUARY 11,
PENROSE WAR BOARD MAPS OUT
ACTION ON GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH
t nntlimeit from I'rtue line
h.iugh-Miigpp faithm will be flbwlutelv pk-
c-IiiiIpiI from miv recognition In the make-up
of the various rmnmlllcpn of Hip l.rgll-
laturr
VAIti: MCA' IIAHUKD
It nn determined Hint onlv Pcnrojp men
will head Ihe -nmmlt,pe that wl11 ,'nv(l
charge or Hip legl-hillnn Hint will mine be
fore the IIousp during Hip present session
Twenty-one members nf the IIousp who
had chairmanships last session nro Mill
members. Thirteen of tnem voted against
i.ildln for Hpenher. so It Is llkply thpy
vv.ll. lecelve little recognition In the elmlr-muti-hlp"
this spslon The plqht relurnini;
, ha.imin who volPd for Hnhtwin follow:
Woodninl. AlleRlienV. Appropriation I
i ioodnlii. VcnotiRo. Compare Hills: Mill roll,
Vrmiti.iioT Constitutional Iteform : Albep,
i, ,i, r 'oipatrv: fioodlinugb Cameron.
' .!.. .. a 1illiilnlt
I, ,.ii .ml Con : WllltflKer, ' nnii'i .
, .il. Simneler. Ynrli. LeglshitlvP
Ah
Public
iiiiliitmeiit . 'inns, I'linnneii'i
Ileiltli Hiinll itloli ,, ,
The nun who voted amtlnsl TtaMwlti nre
,11 VniP-lliiimlmiiKll r-illoWPi-H n ml are nl-
iiio-.t ii-itnlti mil to !' relippolntPil. Thpy
"lllb-liiii.iu Lnncniter. nitrlciiiliiiP'. Ifnff
,,., L111..1MP1. bunks; Hew. ,,:n"rn"1
mliiPM. Ith Hides. LnncnMer. pnhllc build-iiik-'
stivdrr. Wpstmoreliiml, Imrentl or
-1 itiMiics. currv, PhllndelphlH ; plot Ho rall
i.ik sliowiiller. I'nloti. piliirnllnii: rhomim
I- Mi Nichol. PhlliidPlphln. ptpctlnnsi
stppillp AlleghPii, tlshprlPi: Mcfuidy,
Hlnlr gpnioRhnl siirvpv: Wllllnm. Tlogn,
liiw and order Phillips. Clpnrfipld. Ilbrnryi
Cox. Philadelphia. mnnufnrtureH".
LANCASTI',15 MAY Re! ItMCOHMXIlD
II Is piiilinhlp Hint Lancaster will gel
some recognition. Rpprewntntlvp Wood
ward, chalininn of Hip "late cninnnllee of
Hip IIousp. Ii ih ipventy-llirep Jobi In glvo
nut Ten of thpsp must K" I" MemiRinplierB.
but Hie iiiiiiiIipi rtnei not IiicIikIp Hip oliliT
cleik 01 1 evident clerk or their appoliitpps,
the Kppiikpr'i clerks, the ottlclnl Hoiisp re
poitprs or the Iwpnly-one pngei The slate
iinnmltlpc nf Hip SpiiiiIp. which will be com.
posed of six member ntid which Senator
William C Sproiil. of Deluware. iv nil.
ihoi-i7.Pil to nptiolul. will be announced
within two or thsej da.vs, sold Senator
Sprnul toilny
Thine who paiticipaleil In hr-t night's
nppiiliig confiib iurliidpil Spimtor Ppii
rosp. State Si'imloi Spioiil Iteprespntativp
.Iniiici !' Woodwanl of Albglipnt . Chntlps
Johnson, nf Montgomery. Thomas II H111-
111. chief clelk of the llmni . Sneaker
win. Coroiipr S.iimiel c Jamison, of
Hald-I'llts-
35TH WARD CAR LINE
HEARING JANUARY 19
Commissioner Ryan Will Receive
Pleas and Answers to His
Questions
The Public Service Commission announced
today thntliinuni 19 It will hold nnnthci
hearliiR In this city on npplluitlnu of Tran
sit Director Twlnlnu for n certificate of pub
lic convenience nulliotlstltig the city to pro
ceed with the construction of ; ten-mile
surface line through Hip Thirty-fifth Ward,
from Krnnkford avenue and Ilililcc street
to tho city farms at Itsberr.v
Commissioner Michael .1. Itvuu will con
duct the hearing. At the first hwirlnu. In
HarrlsburR about a mouth uko. no oppo
sition was offered In the line, but, on the
contrary, a large delecutlon of Tlilrly-flfth
Ward residents, bended by Seleit Council
man HenrKP Miteliell, went to Hnrrlsburp;
In n special car to plead for the itrauliiit;
of the certificate
PAINTERS MEEf ING HERE
URGE TRAINING SCHOOLS
Pittsburgh Delegate Points Out
Necessity for Trade Courses.
Today's Program
The need for practical traliiinc In indus
trial fields Is a problem nccuplt)K Hie in
terest and attention of the Master IIouso
Painters and Decorators' Association, which
closes Its annual threo-dny convention nt
the Ilcllevuo-Slratford today.
Speaking on the subject of trade schools,
P ,1. Byrne, master painter of Pittsburgh.
formerly of Cooper t'nlon, Xew York, nnd
for many years connected unofllclally with
the Carnegie Instltulo r Technology, pro
claimed the necessity for practical educa
tion "Our Industrial schools must bo presided
over by practical men and taught by teach
ers who have had practical training. No
school can turn out experts direct from the
classrooms, but the students must bo taught
thoroughly subjects that can bo applied to
Industrial work."
Success cun be attained only by making
work un urt and that can bo dnuo only
through training, according In Prof. Leslie
W. Miller, of the Pennsylvania Museum
and (School of Industrial Art.
"It is the duty of every man In indus
trial fields.' he said, 'to train those who
ure to come after him in the principles that
the history of oui industry has taught him.
Success made possible b the nttulument of
ar comes only from training."
An Invention was described to the asso
ciation today hv the Inventor, It H. Perrv.
of New York Ity means af it. wood or metal
can be covered b u coat of pure metal
lead, which will be impervious to dampness,
will make ihn wood iioncombustible, nnd Is
u nonconductor of electricity, so that a
houso which has been given a coat of this
metal is virtually insured ugulnst lightning
The metallic coating is applied with u
spru) and can be made utmost any thick
ness Ai cording lo the inventor, S-IOOu of
an inch will lie sultlclent for Ihe outside of
a house. After It luu been applied less than
half the usual number of coals of paint will
be necessur). Another field in which great
use may be found fur it is the painting of
submarlno and aeroplane prupellers
A lecture describing every step in tho
manufacture of white load, one of the most
fundamental materials of the (Minting In
dustry was delivered by Dr. John A.
eich.ieffer. of the ISigle Plcher Company,
Cincinnati, o. The lecture was illustrated
by moving pictures of the work from tho
mine lo tho consumer,
LANCASTER FAMILY'S
TROUBLES MULTIPLY
Brothers Freed of Mail Fraud Arrested
911 Charges of Nonsupport arid
Fulso Pretense
Troubles of the Incaster family se)ii
to multiply.
After the charges again! Albert 1 and
Ueorg'e P. Lancaster, accused of using the
mails to defraud, were dropped, they were
rearrested tody by City Hull detectives.
The former was accused of nonsupport of
his wife and bab) and the latter of obtain
ing money under fuUe pretences.
The brothers together with their father.
A Kllwood Lancaster, were in business at
490 Chetout street They made a specialty
of buvlus up various little business estab
llsluiisuts for persons who Iiad money to
Invest Jt was charged by many coinpUln.
auts that the Laiicasiers. after receiving
an advance fee or deposit never attempted
to tarry out their agreements
The father uaj convicted in the I uited
States DUlrlet Court yesUrday before
Judge Thompson in coonetlioD pu tfei
oes h. UK"ut AiJxrt- K LmUr,
the jkjUc say-lve b aSl vaatribttteA to the
tupport of bis wife la 6tx moitlw.
hiirgh: Mn.x t! l.plle, of Pittsburgh: llep
rpentallvo William J. McCnlg, of Alle
gliptiy, nm StatP Senator Clarence llnck
miin of Hiieki
TIip nlhPr memliprs nf Hip Penrnie 'war
bonn!" will nrrlvp today They Ineludp .State
.Senator .lames P McXIclint. Auditor Mpii-prnl-plert
Chnrlen A Snyder, Kclitivlklll ;
Wllllnm H Lleb. firbuylklll:' W Ilarrv
linker secretary nf Iho Itepiibleait Slntft
ComtulllDP: Ktnlp Senator T Larry Myro.
choKlrr, nnd possibly Stntis Chalrninn Wil
liam II. 'Vow and Stale Trensiitet -elect
ttnrinnn M Krphart.
Senator Penrose today explained the
cnthering ns follows' "f only rnmo down
l.pfp to Rpt sAine freMi nir "
The conferee explained that II won cus
tomary for Ihe organisation rhfelmiifi to
meet during the nrst recess of the tRls
lutiire nml dlrt'iisi mntters of moment per
tulnltig to Hip session Thpy did not ex
plain, however, that foi the first time since
the Vitrei rose In power In Philadelphia,
thi downtown leaders vvpre not Invited to
tnkp pnrt lu the letcs deliberation'.
Speaker tlnldwln today made Hi first
tnlk oh "Party fully" Hint has been heard
since Hie present factional fight storied, Itn
raid: "t never fnVnrid fiielionnjlsm on the
llnov of the House, n It IhterfelPi Willi
vise nlid cnnl-liPBited i-onslilprntloii of Slate
nfTnlrs I pvph oppose pmtisnn controversy.
The b?st thnitglit nf both fncllotis nnd both
parlies ilmiild be written Into the statules,
nnd with 11 dlspbiv or fncHmmllitii nnd
inrHianshli Ihesp resulls nre Inipoosllile.
If Intense faclinnnl inuiripls of pn'rllsan
feeling he cnued In this session, It will lip
because of no ni t nf mine t
"It Is wise Hull tho dlfferpnl drpartrrpnts
of the Millie RoiPitnnPlil inform Hip LiRis
loliirp full.v 111 te the needs nf rpvenup to
conduct their activities. TIip depart ihpiiIs
pinst also snllsfv Hie llnuse that these
brnnchPK of governmpnl nrp wisely nnd
econnmlcnll.v mnnnRpil before Hip ninntwi
rpipicstpil arp ngrepil upon b.v Hip Leglslu
lurr. In my oplninn, the best wii.v lo satisfy
lh members will be to give them potnplpp
stiilciiiPtilH of nil cupendltiircs and resiilli
ohtained In the lii'-t two ypars We slloinil
also know wherp tho revenues of Hip state
went "
Thp liptii'Mrnts who Iuivp been seen on
the lloardwalk during the preliminary con
ferences, are claiming Unit they will demand
an Impeachment trial of the flovernor. No
Democratic lender would agree to be minted
on this howcer. TIip Dpiuocrats, just tho
same, insist Hint the real Investigation pro-
ceilings against liownior lliiimbnugh and
the State nilmliil' tuition will he brought by
them
SLEUTH GOES TO QUIZ
SALESMAN ON MURDER
Will Interview Cleveland
Traveler Who Saw Man Leave
Model's Rooms
Tho police will Investigate cwr.v anglp of
tho story told b.v II. c. llrnw 11. of Cleveluml,
a 1 1 incline salesman who said he saw 11
heavy-set man Jump from Mnzlo Colbert's
apartment window Hie night the model was
murdered The pollio said so todn.v
City Hull Detective. Hugh A.wcs left
fur Clevelund lo Interview llrown. The
Detective lluroau has wired Cleveland for
moro Information. The police hi Cincin
nati also huvn been requested to find .1. M.
Marshall, another snlcsinuu. who with
llrown is said to have witnessed the escape
of the nmn
Despito the testimony of the Kylo nixlets
that they detected scars on Ilernard Lewis s
hand the day after the murder, and tho as
sertions of Captain Tate and District At
torney Itotnii that Lewis, who committed
suicide in Atlantic City, was thu murderer,
detectives admlted again today that the
m.vslcry Is hy no means solved
Detective Oscar llrown left today for Now
llrltain. Conn, to see otllclapi of tho Co
lumbia Lock Company, In a further effort
to Identify tho keys found in tho murdered
model's apattment,
llrown, who told of witnessing the man's
escape, said ho was convinced Lewis was
not the slayer The man llrown described
weighed about 190 pounds and was prob
ably between thirty-live and forty years old.
llo had 11 full fnco and wore a largo dia
mond In his shirt front, llrown said
Tho salesman nlso said h saw tne man
the next day 011 11 train going to Wash
ington He had not yet heard of tho mur
der nnd thought little of seeing the man
nguin.
District Attorney llotnn after examining
many witnesses In tho case said today:
"The chain of evidence pointing to Lewis
ns tho slayer of tho Colbert girl has not
been weakened.
"We feel certain he killed her, hut as et
we have not been able to ascertain the
motive of the crime. Tho tpiarrel may
have hem over money matters, or thtougli
Jealous), or' many other reasons. There
Is no doubt in my mind that Low Is killed
tho girl."
I.0SKS 10,000 IF HK WKDS
William J. Sweeney's Will Makes Con
ditional Bequest
Leaving nn cstnto valued at more than
Slo.nnn in trust for n brother, und an aunt,
the will of William J. Sweeney, who died
at Ihe Mnjestlo Hotel on January 2,
provides Hint In case the brother of the
testator marries ft certain young woman,
the trust shall be- revoked.
The conditional trust, created In Iho will
probated today, is made for tho benefit nf
John J. 11. Sweeney, 1313 North Fifteenth
street, and in inss of Its icvocution the
money will go to tho five childieu of tho
testator's sister
lu disposing of her estate wliii.il is
valued nt $18,ono. the will of Minerva C.
Shelley, 2131 North Twelfth street, makes
bequests to two brothers, nieces and other
relatives, and leaves the remainder to tho
Herman Iteformcd Congregation. Miuth
west corner of Tenth und Wallace streets
other wills probated today were those
of Caroline Coryell. 1513 North Fifteenth
street, which In private bequests dUposrs
of property valued at 1112,000; John Mc
Culliigh. 2C2 North Klfly-flfth street, J35 -000;
Thomas V. Mlddletun. 3310 North
Proud street, J29.500; Krancis Stokes. 701
Locust avenue. JIG.000; Hubert liilllllun
2813 Pratt street. J870O; An.nl.i O Ja.k
bon, 0371 Drexcl road. JI700; Mary Millet.
457 Leverlngton street. $3650; John Jen
kins. 2228 South Twentieth street, $3u60,
Anna Crandell, 710' North Sloan street
2850. and Ilclnrlch II. Kurczyna, 2620
Uast Somerset street, J2575
VARE RIDICULES PENROSE
BOAST ON PATRONAGE
State Senator Declare Hiu Friends
Will Be Taken Care of in Legis
lative "Handout"
The boast of the Penrose-McNIchol fav
tlon in the .State1 Legislature that tbe Vare
Drumbaugh supiorters will be ignored in
the filling of places by the House Slate
Committee was held up to ridicule today
by State Senator Kdwiu JI. Vare. The Sen
ator, however, would make no comment
upon the conference of the Penrose "war
board" In Atlantic City last night.
"At Hie very most," he said, "the-e are
only fifteen or eighteen places, of an ni
liortance tu be given out to Philadelphia
My frWiuU need not fear. They will be
taken care of "
The Senator who Is confined to hi"
Ambler home with an attack of grip, said
he was feeling o 111 today that he did not
wUi to eiuer iotu ny dlcoueaton o' politks
If hi pnysicun wuj permit IM senat
iauHtds to BO te Hut SfriMW, Va., tomorru
t jecupwatti,
'
C0RNWALL1S SUNK
IN MEDITERRANEAN
HOOO-T011 British Hattle-
shi) Toi'iiedoctl Tuesday,
Aclmii'ally Announces
IK OF 750 CHEW MISSING
Seaplane Carrier Also does
Down in the Aegean
Sea
LONDON. Jnn It. The British baltle
slilp t.'ornwnllls H.10 Inns) wns lor
tMNloeit nml sunk In tiro Mediterranean Sen
on Tuesday, Hip Admiralty announced to
day. of the crew of "on men thirteen nrp
missing. ' ......
The Admiralty also announced that Hie
seaplane carrier Ilenoychreo wan sunk lo
day In CnstelorlMn linhbnr. This Is mi an
Islnnd In the Aegean Hen. bi'loliRlhR to
Turkey nnd occupied I Hip Allies early
In the war
The cornwiillN wns Imlll in 1 1" I
was uipiihle of .1 spcid of nlnelecn
nnd was Hi.'i fnl in letiRth Slip 1
Kritpp niiimi nnd the following auns
twi-lvp-liHh, twilvc mx huh. twelve
Inch, six tin ii -pouiiiters, four toipcdo
She
knots
11 tried
('our
"RONE-DRY" LAWS
MAKING HEADWAY
Prohibition Slates Aim to Pre
vent Shipment of Liquor Cor
Personal Use
SUPREME COURT SANCTION
Uu n mntf t'orrrspoiitlt ill
WASHINGTON. Jan II e'lRhts for
"bone-drv" Irgi-diitlnn In nil prohibition
States where the Importation of Intoxicating
lljiuoio for pptsonnl use now Is permitted
nre to bo started I mnied lately ns a result
or the dpchlon of the I'nlteil States Supreme
Court tlilx werk In the Webb-Kenyon case.
The decision makes It possible for States to
deny every Individual In the Commonwealth
tho use of nnv Intoxicants, and prohibition
leaders nre alieady planning to reach Hint
goal.
Acording to the decision of the highest
lilhunnl liquor uinnot be shipped into dry
territory lu violation of the State law, le-
gnrdless of tho provisions of tho Conitlttt
tlon for iinicstrlcteil commerce between
States. Consciiuentlv if a Stato law is
passed for absolute prohibition it will not
bo possible for the individual to have liquor
shlppnd into diy territory for his personal,
use
Onlv thipe States have "botip dry" con
stitutional provision') at Hip present time.
They ure Oregon, Idaho and Arizona, but
II. c Dinwiddle president of the Antl
Saloou League of America, and others as
sociated with him say the States that havn
nbollslicd the salonni are rapidly growing
to favor "bone-dry" provisions Wayne II
Wheeler, general counsel for tho National
Autl-Saloou League, said today that tho
decision of tho Supremo Court will have tho
effect of heading the fight thioiighout
prohibition tetiltory toward "hono-dry"
legislation.
In several States during the lust elec
tion attempts were ni.idii to slip a knife
blade under ' Ihe lid" and raise It a bit,
but In cvciv Instunco that fulled. In P.114,
when the State of Colorado voted dry tho
city of Denver voted wet by lump This
5 car an attempt was made so to modify
the prohibition law that the sale of beers
and light wines be peimltted. Denver,
which voted BOOO against prohibition two
jeurs before then, voted this time 19,000
against this 'casing up" policy. Portland,
the. which was against prohibition origi
nally, this tlmo voted for the "bone-dry"
provision Spukane, Seattlo and Titcoma
have made similar 1 hauges
BURKE SALOON PROTEST
AGAIN IN COURT TODAY
Property Owners and Others to
Testify in Hearing of In
junction Plea
Judge Shoemaker, In Common Pleas Court
No I. will hear testimony today In tho
county suit brought by four adjoining prop
erty owners nnd "five thousand residents nf 4
West Philadelphia to obtain un Injunction
against tho establishment or Michael J.
Ilurho's saloon at Sixtieth street and Laps
dowuo avenue,
Hurko was granted a transfer of his Park
way license to the Huddlngtoii site by
Judges Ilanatt and Davis. In grunting
the license, tho Judges reversed their for
mer decision. Their action caused protest,
which has taken the farm of injunction
proceedings
Thp Court is asked to enjoin tho opening
of tho saloon on the plea that u liquor
licen.se business is "nil offensive occupation,"
such us is prohibited in u restriction in the
original ileed to the property.
Counswl for llurlto asked that the hoaring
bo held yesterday, when tho application for
the' Injunction was made by the remon
strants. Juilgo Shoemaker, however, (lxed
today for the hearing
I'. It. It. Conductor Killed
i:iHI IlAIllHHt, N J., Jun II -Charles
II. Wnck. of Camden, fuity-llvc years old.
u conductor on the curb mm mug freight
on tho Ptmisvlvaui.i ltailio.nl was in
staidly Uillid hen this morning while n..
ttaill wiis dulling Mlhotigh Hi.- a. . ulcnl
oci urred ilucitK in rimit of th, d, in,i time
weic 110 in witiii , Wti. K - b ,l heni;
ditcoveicd Ii, Mil, tin liu k bv a ),udfcib.
mm
To
1127
isiMiijAMXjAjx azm
1917
PENROSE CALLED PURE
AS SNOW BY M'NICIIOL
Stiitc Kenntor Lauds U. S. Sena
tor KxlravaRantly at Uaix
TosUnionial Dinner
S1I13EHAN OUTDOKS HIM
HeKlslcr of Wills Declnrcs "Urealcst
Leader" Coultl Have Ucen
Kleetct! Presitlcnt
Ilottrjueln of Superlatives
From MctXichot to Penrose
G;
It E A T 13 8 T leader ttcpublicnit
nartv over had.
' Jinn with character as pure ns
driven snow. , .
One who would brine Pctmsylva-
nln back whore it belongs.
I Ilepublicnn without it poor.
Kenntor Penrose was characterized ns
"Hie greatest lender the llepubllcati parly
evbr hud." nnd n gentleman who. Ensealled
on every himd. has come out untarnished
with n character ns pure ns Iho driven
snow," by Senator Mc.Mchol In nn nddrces
Inst night nt the testimonial banrpjet lo
Kenntor Augustus I. Dalx, in honor of Ills
re-election. In the Majestic Hotel.
Kenntor McNIclml declared that Senator
Penrose had Intrusted his political assets
In the Slate nt large to "a man who was
supposed to be one of Ihe most virtuous
gentlemen In Ihe Commonwealth," nnd that
"Ih'ereiipnn tho doom of advice nnd partici
pation In the affairs of tho nartv and the
Slate had hrpii barred and closed in hl
face b.v Ihe same stent lemun. who gathered
about him an opposition to put the Senator
mil of business."
"Hut." snld McNIclml. "on Tuesday of
Inst week Penrose was again triumphantly
vindicated and Hie reins of leadership In
Penns.vlvnnln nro again In his hands, this
time to stay "
SlinWIin NO KldilT
Senator McNIclml took evey opportunity
to laud Senator Penrose to the skies lie
made no direct icference lo tho expected
Penrose legislative nttitck upon Governor
lliuinhaiigh. As a result the five hundred
business men and political workers from
the Seventh Senatorial Ulstrict, who canto
expectant of heaiit.s war talk, vveio dis
appointed. Senator McNIchol showed no
more light than a lleeccd lamb in the winter
wind
"I do not aspire to leadership," declared
Senator McNIchol emphatically, referring lo
n compliment paid hitri by Register of Wills
Sheehnn, who said, "he will be tho great
lender In tho future political life of tho
city."
"I wish only lo continue ns n loyal fol
lower of the greatest of leaders. Senator
Penrose. He Is a man who has been as
sailed 011 everv hand, but ho has come out
untarnished, ..'Ith a chntacter ns puto ns
tho driven snow
"I havo been urged to put some pepper
in my speech." said Senator McNIchol. "but
in our hour of victory It Is only right Hint
we should have some feeling for tho van
quished. I am here only In Vay that you
men will Hud before the session of the Leg
islature Is over that tho fear which exists
that tho next tlovcrnor will be a Democrat
Is unfounded.
'Tho Legislature under the leadership ot
Senator Pentose will enact such laws that
the people will be satlslled. We must con
tinue unceasing wur for tho henellt of tho
people and the Republican party."
Senator McNIchol's luetics wero so im
warllko that h even quoted poetry some
verses from a current publication, which
concluded "He never crushed 11 fellowinan
Unit he might win fume" Incidentally, this
was the llr.it time that Senator McNIchol
ever Injected poetry Into n speech In his
political caieer.
Itegister of Wills Sheeliau, who spoko
Just before McNIchol, becamo prophetic.
"Wo had n Ihnchman for Muyor, and
then wo had .Smith. What wo need Is it
good Irishman to set tilings right, and 1 am
tho candidate for tho job." said Mr. Slieo
lian. MAN ENDS LIFE WITH
LOVE POEMS BESIDE HIM
Disagreement With Wife Cause of Kd-
1 win T. Ayers'a Suicide, Police
Authorities Believe
Poems of love vveie found near Kdwin T
Ayers ns he was dving this morning from
self-inllictcd wounds nt Ids hoarding house.
0023 Yocum street. Lfforts of Policemen
We'nver and McCloskey, of tho SKty-llftli
sircet nun vvoouiami avenue station, to re
vive nun enmo 100 pile, ntul ho died before
IiJh ndiQlltanca to tho I'nlverslty Hospital,
Tho poems were written by ids wife,
trouble with whoni was the cause, the police
say, for his act Included among them wns
a letter from his wife saying the children
would Uko him to tome back, if possible.
This missive wus written in December, nnd
Ayers had gone back home, but tired, and
returned last night to tho place whero he
killed himself. A vvullet with $35 and a
rabbit's foot wero nlso found In tho loom
Police aio endeavoring to locato his wife'
said to llvo near Fifty-seventh street nnii
Woodland avenue.
WAUNS HIM AGAIXS'IMVIDOWS
JuiIbo Gives Advico to Man Wifa Says
Ho Needs It
"Keep iivvny from ordinary widows, and
especially from thoso nf the grass variety
That wus tho advice given by Itccorder
.stuekhnusso today to a slxty-two-yoar-old
mail, Paul Harrick. UM3 North Twenty,
fifth stieet. Camden, who was arraigned
uccui-ed of dcteition nnd noifsupport.
liariiih's wife said he had not he. n i,,,.,..
liia home foi three mouth- c cpii.st,(
a -pulal predile. tt.m foi widows she said
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KELLY EXPLAINS
RATES POSITION
Goes on Record Thai Vic
lory for Jersey Cities
Would Aid Port Hero
PRECEDENT WOULD HE SET '1
Chamber- of Commerce Secre
tary Points Out How Local
Interests Coultl Profit
N II Kelly. Rpnernl sectelniv of t;
Chamber nf fommercp, wpnt nn remrd as
to Hip chamber's attitude 'todav hv i..yltir
Hint If Jersey I'lly and other tioithcrn New
Jersey ports nre surcc.iful lu etnb!ihin, M
ntllfreretiH.il in the rrplght i.itp bet vcen -M
nin. n,,,1 Vn,., W.l, nllli... 1.. , 3H
,,,-, tmu .,,, .1,,,., ,-,,,-. !,. IIUMMg ha
lighterage or lertnlnnl chnigpi ndiK! or
subtracted lo the present schedule of iate.
It Would undoubtedly prove u distinct ad.'
vntitnge to the port of Philadelphia
lie explained that Vevv ,Inr"cv . iiBht for
n iPitdJustniPtit of the 'freight tat.-. n(,
Philadelphia.;.-! light lmiitiuch lh.it 11,, ()n,,
tlnn of the city was nppiirenilv pi nrp and
Hint pvpti If Hip iiiIps vveie Inweinl n wmiM
give Philadelphia Hie opportiiniiv nl v, uitiir
such n lel.itlve ilHTecentinl a m w erlsti
between Ihe New .leisev illlc. ami Phl&.
dolphin. Mr Kelly I lepri ecutlng Hio inter
esls of. Hie pott of Philadelphia nt tht
hearings being conducted bv s-pi , ,,, ;x.
ntiilner Wilbur La line. ,h tn th, ,.
soiubly of the state I'hninhei or i ,,ini..r..
ft New York.
vvnen iticstinneil whelhei the
.lemur
right was also Hip light of
Mr Kelly replied
Plul.nlPlphU,
"The New Jersey right I one tiKi,t , ()I,
laimer: T.ho New 'Jersey i ilb i ,,,. u ingt0
ma
divorce
rrelght.
present
ute iprmiiiai rnaigps rioni I In
If these charges are mhb d :,, it,.
rate It will lei Plillniblnlii.i rnin
n pve-ieiit iiiiTeretitlal ovci c V
ik
"At the present time we hi, ,, two.
cciu liiiicreiiiiai irom wesiriu point
New Vorlt.
over
"If the tormlnnl charge-, win, h til( ,ai.
roaiLs estimate as three cents per hundred
pounds, is subtracted rrom th,, prcem er
Vnrk rate. It would make the s, hcilule to
New Jersey cities one cent les n,a (ho
rate to Philadelphia. This would allow
Philadelphia to light ,fot a iom ipnndlnR
reduction over Jersey t'ltv. hciau-c we ar
I'.lnety miles closer to the West
"We are watching the cake nin-rullv Sn
that nothing will Jeopanlle the int. rehts ol
Philadelphia. If the Interstate I'ominjrre
Commission divorces the tPimlfi.it i barrel
from the present rates or make additional
charges it will benefit Philadelphia cither'
way.
"1 don't evpect a p.uticular lot or tr.iubli
so far ns Philadelphia Is coin ertied flia
commission will never change the relation
of rates that now exists"
Prom the representatives of the Phil,
delphla trade bodies who aie attending Pit
hearings It Is learned that the question ol
rates Is lo be tnl.eu up bv Hie uunniiulen
today anil In anticipation of tins qupsiinn'lt
Is understood that a rate expert will b
fccnt to the session from Philadelphia
It Is the plan of the plnladt ipliiu con
tingent attending the hearings to play a
"watching gumo" until all the Important
factions In tho New Jersey i.itc tnse lm
presented their testimony tinlesn the posi
tion of Philadelphia and its intcrets art
nttacked.
Tho Chamber of Commeice. the Philadel
phia llonid of Trado and Hip Commercial
Kxehiingo havo filed Intervening petitions
with the Interstate Commeice Commission
which gives them the privilege of taking
testimony, cross-examining witnesses and
protesting In behalf of the port pf Phila
delphia. Fire Whistle for Every Citizen
ItKAUINCI. Pa. Jan II- Residents of
Temple, this county, will be furnished with,
pocket vvhlhtles to be used as alarms In
case of llro or need for assistant t in other
oxtiemlty, and an assessment of $1 a head
will be levied for housing tho new fire
apparatus, according to plans made at a
meeting of tho Muhlenberg Township
Housing Association held todav
I.tither 1). Hradley, Cartoonist, Dies
CHICAGO, Jnn 11. Luther n llradley,
for nutny ears cartoonist for the Chicago
lially News, died of heart disease ut hli
homo here.
'ipd i.ati: rim ci,ssiri( vims
iii:tiis
HAW Jnn. III. WILLIAM I
RimtllH Hnx. aseil h7. ttelatn
ml
i,r ut
f i lenm
a rl.
Invited lo services. .Sat . Jtp in .it
ihnie. W. M ll.ix. Jr. ,Vs Wiiu, .ii
uleiiwontl ('ni
VMTTIJ Jan. II. I'Sl'Alt Hull II nciiot
Hie tale Itlehunl and Marsiird Win, It, litafl
anil friends invited to m, rv I, . sai I p m ,
in Hi,- llllv.r II Hair lllilu ls-n i ., cnui t.
Int PJrnvvnotl Cent ltemalns mu I- viewed
Prl . from 7 l lo p. m
rur.i:r jnn ti, tiimiti.i:. v
IIB.d h,V nt Hill I I'llPBIUUt Kl IP
friend InvileU lo serviii-H. Sat II
ihe nllv.r II ll.ilr lllilu !-' i
Jnt prlvHte
MllltltIS .Inn. II. nl Merivii I
PI'IIVIIM widow nf Caspar VV Vlu,
I IlhKP.
,ei. and
in it
OI1U1 ft-
VS.NA
... U 60.
nun iiottin or funeral iuv,n
KVANl Jan II. WII.I.MIVV V ni.inir c
Wills M Hvbiis. liKed 113 Itel iiIv.-b i ml fnrndi
IllimhirH of Ilthtehem ll.tlitiit iIhikIi invited
lu funeral fervtces. Hat . 'J p in i Miiiniol
siin-ln-liiw. t'tiarles 11 Llean L'747
Itn ilrteumuuut Ccm.
A LltV Jnn 11. in Avuv
ni'Pl.UV AVllllV. fBlln-r uf Vji
,UIE It.
. ml W.
I.miptl 8.
t.-iiiri., or fnesiuut uiu. ri
-MCnit.VV Jan. HI. in l.ivl, si. i - RAII
ANN SIl'KUAV, HBed 7 I-iin.nl rvlcw.
sou's reMldeni e. Heartf" 1' .M'jri o Js tirf'1
I, Dojbutiiwii Jan. 13, II .lo , in Im W
&lurlah IVm . .3ii p. in
iir.i.i' w.M'i:i i kvi i i.
UIHL tn liltulery of private iiritiluin pl-in' vnoi'
em vvnrlthu; comlltluns Appl VIi lenttstti.,
IHO W Homursvt.
Illll.l' WANTLII VIXI-I.
MACHINISTS All-round Nml i la iim, tllnlill.
Aipl Sir Hvtjnojer LMO VV cm r t it .
IIUYH. HI to IS ycltrs. to work in iiw .illn !
iipiHiriuiiltr for advaiieetiii in VIi b, hnoer.
'HI. W Unm.raal
SI0 W Hiimerset t
KSII'l.tHVIKNT llil.Ml
NP'IIUl
lilV'U llalnbrlitse .1 hu
nip, Iw'i a
1 ri4 Hif llltll Itli'll llllllUlillli II i tilllll
tu Sill. L-'renth. I in h I Is h. Orriutn h n nur.
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iiarlurmalds i hmntx-rmit lH k wanwo
PrulPKiant and Herman imiLr iuuudr.t bj
I'iirlormaiits. uuttu. ir fi i h. in ur u
wattlnw rtiuuu lxuat .'KfU
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PALM BEACH
AND
EARLY SPRING
MILLINERY READY
GEO. M. KEEBLER
1428 CHESTNUT STREET
ALL WINTER MILLINERY
REDUCED BELOW COST
3,50 and 5-00
FOR HATS FORMERLY FRK ED
10.00 lo 30.00
V er