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EVENING LEJDGER-PIIILADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1017
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BLANKET INQUIRY
URGED BY PALMER
Democrat Says Ho Believes
Charges of Both G. 0. P.
Factions True
WANTS CONGRESS TO AID
"FIGHTING" A $35,000 FIRE WITH ROTTEN HOSE
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Proposals From Palmer
for Thorough Investigation
"pONGKESSIONAI. investiftation
- should be made of both Brum
baugh and Penrose, nnd of the
charges they make In the factional
flBht. .
"Uoth, I think, arc telling tnc
truth about each other.
"Since the truth is out, it Is due
the people of this State that condi
tions revealed by the telling be
eliminated.
"Charges have been made. Now
Is the time for some one to prove
them.
"Investigate Penrose nt Washing
ton nnd Brumbaugh at Hnrrisburg.
"If the Governor fnil to get a
'square deal' at Harrisburg let him
mil on the Senate ill Washington.
'There's real justice in Washington.
"If Penrose wants a real investi
gation and not a farcical one let him
follow us, the Democrats.
"Wo want no Pcnroso-pickcd
juries."
A. cnnKresslnnnl Investigation of both
Governor UrumhaiiRh nnd Senator Penrose
Is bcmi? urged b Democratic National
Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer.
Mr Palmer. In a rail to arms rolnoldetit
with the opciitnpt of liemorrntlr head
quarters for the cnmlmT Kiibcrnntorlnl cam
paign, propones Pint since Senator PenroBe
Intends to investlp.it" Ilrumhaush at Hnr
rlsburc;, the (iovenmr should, through Ills
friends In Conu;ress, call for an Investlcn'
tlon of Pcrrone In Washington.
"I bellovt that the charge hurled against
each other 's fie faction fight are triiB. '
Mr Pnltivr f:iM "I know Hint Justice ran
be obtained In W ishlngton. 1 would llku to
Bee buth set fullv 1-vcHtlgntcd.
"I wnuld haf Senator Penrose. Governor
Brumbaugh, Attnrncj !eneral Hrown nnd
others on i aeh side .' ubpoenned und asked
to prove the accusations the, havo made.
"If Penrose limits this Investigation to
the probing of the Covet nor and tho State
Department. It will lie very clear to tha
people nf this State that hi." motives are
purely pnllttr.il and that his profession, nf
reform and hotiscilciinlng "re hypocritical.
Mr Palmer's -1.1(0010111 was Issued after
announcement had been made, that p. niose
lenders wer oisiderlng the tetaln'iu? of
ex-Judge Janus flay linrdon und .lames
Scarlet, tho Cnpllnl graft Investigator, t 1
help a commission Invostlgato thu plltlcul
activities of the (Jovernor.
It was announced also that Cyrus M.
Palmer of Pottsvllle. probably will succeed
Thomas I-' MeNIchol js chairman of tho
House Elections Committee.
National Committeeman Palmer's call for
a congressional Investlga'lon of the Drum,
bnugh charges against Senator Penrose In
cluded a. suggestion that K. I.ovvry Humes.
Federal ni.strlet Attorney for western
Pennsvlv anl.i. successful Investigator of tho
brewers' "slush" fund, could be of material
service In that ngard Mr Palmer also
Bald that the Democratic mombers of tho
State Legislature would light straight down
tho lino to try to make the proposed Pen
roso Investigation of the Hrumbaugh ad
ministration as fair tnd exhaustive as pos
(lblo. Mr. Palmer said:
wha, no ai.u in powrsn
"Wo Democrats nt Hnrrisburg and Wash
ington will do all In our power to aid In an
honest Investigation We want 110 Penrose
plcked Juries, however Let us have .1
sharp, double-edged Investigation. If Sen
ator I'cnroso wants a real and not a fnrclcal
Inquiry let him follow us. Tho program
In this connection of our friends nt Harris
burg Is this:
"On next Monday night Representative
Barlg will call up and demand a rollcall
vote tm bis resolution providing for an In
vestigation of the charges made by both
sides In the speakership campaign. Wo
would hnve a commission on which Demo
crats. Cox and Il.Uihvlli followers would bo
cquallv represented
"If the Surlg resolution Is voted down,
then we will nwalt the Introduction of tho
esolutlon providing for the Ponrose joint
commission We will offer u substitute for
that, which would give equal repret.cnt.it ton
to nil elements IJT that In turn Is voted
down wo will Insist thut tho Democrats In
the House, and not Smatur Penrose, shall
name the pemneiats to hervo on tho Pen
rose commission
"Wo do not want the great Democratic
party to bo represented by Petirose Demo
crats or by Democratic crooks, and there
are such just us there are Republican
crooks. We want the whole commission,
and particularly the Democratic members,
to bo drcent. fair and unafraid No Pen-rose-picked
commission will make n real
Investigation
BETHLEHEM STEEL SEEKS
JERSEY PROVING GROUNDS
Applies for Permission to Gloss 23
Roads Between Mays Landing
apt! South Coast
ATLANTIC CITV. N. J.. Jan. 30 Per
mission to close twenty-two old roads,
many of which have not been used for
years, except by wood haulers and an occa
sional deer-bunting party scouting through
tho brush, bus been asked of tho County
Court by the Ilethlcliem Steel Company, In
connection with thu plans of that corpora
tion to establish a proving ground for great
guns In the plno barrens between Slay's
Landing and the south coast.
The blanket application presented to
County Judge Shinn unci referred to the
road (supervisors of Weymonth and Ham
ilton townships for a report covers overs'
highway of record tranvorsing the tract, ten
miles long und from one tu three mile In
width, between the lireat Keg Harbor and
Turkahne Itivers It is essential that If
slxteen-lnch guns ure to be tried out suc
cessfully there shall be no crossing of the
straightaway ten-mile range at any time.
The range. It Is said, will be greater than
tho proving ground of tha Krupp Company
In dermany.
Concrete gun bases already ure In place
nnd a tower for the uao of range guards
has been erected.
LEAVES ESTATE TO HUSBAND
Will of Haroness de Vaufrelan Disposes
of U. S. Property Valued at ?250,000
BALTIMORE. Md., Jan. 20 Tha will of
Marguerite Foster Da r hum Placatory, Iiar
oness de Vaufrelan, of Parle, was filed
here The estate is valued at i !60 000 and
ts left to her husband, who reuls In Paris.
Tb estate consists principally uf property
In tills city and Philadelphia, which was in
herited by the Baroness from her grand
father. William C Conine, a millionaire of
Baltimore. Her mother was Mrs. Alkman
U. fiuster-Barnara, wife of a former Urltleb,
Consul at Paris. Baron de Vaufrelan Is
fervtcsi with tbe French army.
. Reads Renew Suit for Back Alail Pay
- lASHJNUTOK. Jan 10 Railroad In
ittsia are preparing to bring a new suit
H JWVvw at proximately 40,SO.90 from
' ti Vuitfcd Btatea, claimed as railway mall
jsfcyv KbiciuIj tbe United States Supreme
C-jt lo d.uiing the railway divisor case
nt.-Bisd tuvtrs tbe railroads' claim for back
"Jp . 1 I- fTWlEPULsF
U ft 1- I RUSSIAN ATTACKS
Est, f at .';- .. TC1
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Fire, which destroyed forty automobiles and damaged n neighboring
market nt Twenty-third street, Hidge avenue, Columbia nvenue and
Montgomery avenue, today, gained such headway because of bursting
hose that the entiR; block was threatened before the firemen wore able
to get sufficient water tu gain control of the blaze. The upper picture
shows only one of the lines of hose bursting, while below is n scene of
the (ire with the hosemon helpless on top of the root of the market.
In tho meantime the lire was able to burn its way unmolested toward
the firemen.
Grayson Jump
Hotly Assented
Cnntlumil from I'aee One
power, is to realize the hoiM fears con
cerning possible dungoiH of M-lrctlon
"Tho promotion of Doctor Cravsnn Is
equal to a promotion of about Inn numbers
In tho line so fur as rank und pay are -on-cernod
"Admlinl tleorge Dewey received but four
numbers of promotion for winning the bat
tle of Manila Hay, and later, when by
special act of Congress lie was madf u full
admlr.il. 11 Jump of six more numbers
Naval Cunstruttor Hobsoti, for his bravery
In sinking tho Merrlmuc in Suntiugo har
bor, nceivi'd 11 piomotion of ten numbers
Hiar Admiral Kobley D Kvans. for his
gallant Koit Klslu-r action, received only
four numbers of promotion in reward."
Senatorial opposition to the promotion of
drayson is not merely along party lines.
Many Democratic members are known to
oppose It.
Senator Harding. Republican, of Ohio,
said today
"I do not know Doctor Urayson. I un
derstand be Is a very, very good physician.
"It must he very OlBcoiiraglng to thoso
In the service who are striving for promo
tion on the merit systom'io have a presiden
tial favorite, especially In a case of this
kind. Jumped over their heads from lltw
tenant commander to rear admiral "
Senator Mount, Hepubllcaii. I'tah. said'
"Sir. Uniysoii may bo an excellent phy
sician. 1 do not believe his appointment to
be rear admiral will be confirmed. He has
rendereil no conspicuous service that Mould
Justify jumping him over the heads of so
many others."
Ken.itoi- Ashuist. Arizona, Democrat,
asked his opinion, wtnked. laughed und re
marked that It looks "awfully stormy
uhead."
CHILD MAY CLEAR MYSTERY
OF HER MOTHER'S MURDER
Girl of Three Slay Exonerate Man
Hold for Slaying of
Mrs, Turmno
Kltli:. Pa. Jan. J0 Cecilia Turrano
three yeais old, may clear the mystery sur
rounding thu murder nf her mother, Mrs.
John Turrano, for which the police are
holding Thomas Mundeun Hhortly after
the murder which occurred at the home.
H Wallace street, the child was found
groping In the cellar, half stunned and she
refusedjto speak
However, one lias broken her silence now
and tho few words ebo saW may clear
Mundeun.
"They threw me downstairs," aha said-
"Who did .'" she was asked.
"A man." was her simple reply. When
asked If the man was tho ono who lived
In the home, meaning Jluwlwn, the child
answered, "No."
Secretary Itedfield'a Sister Dies
I'lTTSFlKM. Mass. Jan. SO 5tls
Julia V. Itedfleld. sixty-eight year old,
sister of Secretary uf Commerce William C.
Jtedfleld and - of the most prominent
women In eastern Massachusetts, died early
today.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Karl M. Williams, HI! ' U" " nd Maria
dT Smith 115 KtJttnW St.
Harry E WUuwr Ss K York K.. and Mry
Evk.1 Id. '3l UiUelUuM St.
10 i.Uuhiur. T'oliuubus O.. and flora J.
Sarteii Chestnut llfll. Pa
Jacub Flslel U3 VHnor !.. and Maryjanaa
Okslessa I&'a lllln.r at
BliaUkwi iwliuu t. 17 stiles at.. an,l y.kLa
Zaemba. 33T1 StlUs at
Jan SuSa. tSO Stile at . and lUnJanua
C4warti U4aaraai. ties Ktlsamoot at , aod
"auia Fruacak. t54 Eihitauial u.
Frederick J Xaosutif 302OS IWs6 av . aad
Piullue F Puuu 31IM O at
Jotin B W.aerh'jue S. iv y.irk city und fcier-
!,i . . WrUlt JiOO Ij vertaux ar
J ,. 1 Sjl'l. 1.1 N'urtll at J .4 Mtr l.eo-
1. u ii 1-.JT WburlLin st
jukryu J- UuUlbvia N E cor B2-1 ana Sanaons
ats and. Kv KTaltx 1W N tanJulva st
Forty Autos Lost
as Garage Burns
(Viniiliueil from l'.o:e One
IT. ri 1 inspector, saw the Humes and
turned In an alarm. A- soon as Battalion
Chief t'leuiemi m lived be turned in a second
alarm
There was no chance to save the garage
or Its contents, and the tin men bout their
efforts to wive the PuriiicrV .Market and
nearby houses which were threatened. 'A
detail of police from the Nineteenth and
oxford streets Minion helped tbe firemen
in saving the thicutcned residences. A
stable In Wclghtmuu street, next to the
burning garage was in danger, und the
niaiiuger. lUiuy Chute, led out twenty
horses and removed ten wagons. The stable
was nly slightly damaged, though, and
the real loss was loullned tu the garage
und everything in it
Heverul firemen hud narrow escapes from
being strut k und buried by limbers and
debris which fell from the third door utter
the tire hud been almost extinguished.
William Crook und his son Walter, nf
IU1I JudMin street, who persisted In break
ing through the polhe lines in 1111 effort to
find an automobile which they say was In
the garage, were urrcsled by orders of Lieu
tenant l.iltle, tf the Nineteenth and Oxford
stieets station
The garage vvhltli is mainly u one-story
building with a three-story end U owned
by the Kearle estate It was built many
yiars ag" as winter uuarters for IJurmnn'3
circus It was later used us u car barn,
then as a farmers' market, until recently
It was turntd over for garage purposes.
The stove which is believed tu havo
caused the fire was Installed In the Baraga
only yexterdu).
"PAPKK I)AYS" IN SCH0QI
Wastp Collected by Pupils to Huy Art
Objects for Rooms
Paper days" for all the elementary
schools of the city uere announced today
b Dr. John p. Ilarber. superintendent, when
lie sent nut notices to the principals asking
them to set aside a day each week on which
pupils should be requested to bring waste
paper to school The collections thus made
will be sold and the money used to build
playgrounds and buy art object and mov
ing picture machines fur the schools.
The notice to the principals was author
ized by the Hoard of lldiU'uti.ei ni its in
dorsement of the pape saving lampugu
The school children will be axked to ui
lect waste paper from their homes and, the
homes of neighbors and bring then- col
lections to school on "paper day. ' The
principals will make reports on the sales
at the end of tho year. The waste paper
gathered from the school rooms by Janl
tois throughout tho city last ymr ma iaI
JSQQO.
Delaware Legislators jjeet
POVKH. Pel , Jan. SO. perfunctory t.
slons of the House and Striate wer-j heW
at noun today, it is now reported that
as a result o( the conference of regular
Republican Senators, to be held at Wil
mington tonight, a plan will be formu
lated to thwart the proposed fusion of
the Democrats and lndepentlem-j on Mon
day. It is understood that to block tho
Independents the regulars will offer their
support to a Democrat for president pro
tempore, but it la believed here that the
Democrats would rather Join the Indepen
dents than the regulars.
Fireman Killed in Seattle Iilaze
SKATTIiK. Wash. Jan. 29 Fred C.
tilllham. battalion chief of No. 2 Seattle
Fire Department, was burned to death to
day in a fire that dest roved tile Grand
Theatre building: here today Nine other
firemen are known tu be Injured, and It
is feared hospital reports will Increase
this number
Slavs' Efforts in Moldavia to
Break German Line
Fail
STRIKE IN CARPATHIANS
Mackcnscn's Forces Occupy
Nuiiesli, on Screth
River
HK'tl.IN. .luri. 20.
Desperute efforts are being made by the
Eussiuns in .Moldavia to break the lines
of tho Herman and Austni-IIuugurlati
ttoopii.
Tho War Ofllce in lit report today on Ittl
inanliui operations miNI that numerous at
tacks worn mudn by the Itussinns In the
Carpathians und all were pressed home
with tho utmost vigor At one point thu
Ilussiaus penetrated 11 Herman position,
but wore driven out after bloody hand-to-hand
fighting.
Field Marshal ton Maokenson's forces,
lighting their way forward In u bllsscard.
huvo captured the town of Nunestl on the
Hereth lllver. j
Four hundred additional ltttssn-Hiimunlun I
prisoners have boon captured. ,
Nothing important has taken place nn
tho eastern front, tho War tullce announced.
Tho lust twonty-four hours on tho Mace
donian front havo been calm.
Ul-mUN. Jnn. 20.
British patrols were active last night
near Wytrchaeto und La Ottssce, but their
attacks wero repub,ed, tho War Olllce an
nounced piday.
Iletween the Ithlne-lthone canal nnd tint
Poller. Wurttemberg troops carried out suc
cessful recuuuoiterlng enterprises.
PAI11S. Sin. 20.
A violent artillery notion m the region
of Plesses de Hoyo was tho only activity
reported from the west front today in the
otticial statement Elsewhere on tho front '
it was unlet. j
Girl, Kcnrimruiiled, Swallows I'nisnn
POTT.STOW.V. Pa., Jan. 2U. Myrtle 1
riuest sixteen yours old, of South potts- 1
town, swallowed two bichloride nf morciiiy
tablets. She hud been rcprlniantl.il by her '
parents, it Is said. She Is expected to L- '
cover. 1
REV. P. F. O'CONNOR
DIES AFTER OPERATION
Member of Holy Ghost Order,
Long Identified With Work
Among City's Negroes
UtiV.'l'AlUlCU I'. U'CUNNUR
Tho ev. I'atrlck K uVunnar, V. S Sp..
assistant rector of the uburcb of Qur lidy
of t)i Jllessed Sacrament, Broad and Kair
mount avenue, died early thU morning after
an lllijess of two days. Hl death fullowed
an np ration
father O'Connor was held In high esteem
by the clergy and members of the parish,
lie was an energetic worker, and with the
Rev. Thomas J. Turk, re-ctor of the chureit.
did much to Improve the condition at the
negroes of the community, by whom the
church was largely attended.
father O'Connor, who was thirty-eight
years old, was born In the diocese of Kerry
Ireland. He studied in the College of the
Holy Ghost. Pittsburgh, and subsequently
completed his theological studies in i'arls,
where lie was ordained on October 23, J30g
Us came to this city in September, 130V.
and was for one year a professor at Corn
wells. He then became assistant rector of
the Church of Our 1-aUy of the lllessed Sac
rament and was alUOied tu that church
for the last seven yv-aia '
Tue funeral will take place on Tuesday
morning-
i I A visit to the Chalmers exhibit at
H the Automobile Show 'may save i
H you $160 on a 5-passenger touring
1 car or $180 on a roadster. Because I
1 the price advances to' $1250 for 1
H both on March 1. This is a "last i
I H look" at the old price 1
IM Chalmers Motor Co. of Phila. 1;
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ADMIRAL DEWEY AT REST IN
ARLINGTON WRAPPED IN STARRY SHROUD
Cniilliniril from P.me linn
tho enmiti-M engendeted by the conflict of
80S have been softened iy "me.
tliltKlde of the lewe Homo ine cmim
brigade of midshipmen from the academy
nt AiinnpollK waited. They escorted the
body to the rotunda of the Capitol, where
the "final nnd pUbllc funeral services were
held. The mld-mlpmeh had not been ordered
to Washington. They were present In tic
coidunce with the last iniiicst of the Ad
miral that they "come as ft lends."
AM. MKADS U.VItKU
The hi .use went through htrcels lined
with people, all visibly Impressed with the
HMlemnllv of the on anion Kvcry head
was uncovered as the body passed, while
nil business establishments along the line
had closed their doors.
Thu procession slopped at 'ho east front
of the t'apltol Them aeveuil companies
of bluej.fcl.cn formed an armed ulsle,
thiough which the sailor casket-bearers
boio the body.
In the center nT the tutundu. dlteclly
under the gieat dome, was the catafalque
on which had rested the boihes of America's
martyred ITcsldonts. Lincoln, tlarfleld nnd
McKlnley. On it was placed the body of
tha dead Admiral, anod It rcHtcd there
through the linal funeral services Aiuuud
the body were lows of seats for tho Presi
dent, his Cabinet, the .Supreme Court, the
diplomatic corps. Congress und others in
vited. The Sennto nuil the House, which hud
met In tegular form, matched to tho places
reserved for them In tho rotunda. After tho
services they teltirned to llteir chambers
and adjourned out of respect to the mem
ory of the d!Minguished deud. The Supremo
Court also met in Its chamber and moved
In a body Into the lot inula and to its sec
tion, headed by Chief Justice Kdwurd liuug-
liis White.
I)l:M.iai;iMXTS' KNVOYK THKItK
UepiesenlatlvoK of the Kntcnlu and Teu
tonic tint Ions were in the diplomatic sec
tion, the first time since tho lluiopeun war
began that this has taltin place.
Time was not the slightest evidence
that the men who once were ilosest of
fi lends, but now ure the most bitter of
ciiciiius, iccoguizcd each oilier,.
The general public was unable to see
.in) pan of the funeral exetcises.
The public funcrul services were oon
dui ted bv the Hev. John It Krnjsler, chap
lain of tin' I 'tilled States navy and licet
chaplain of liewey's squadron at tho time
the battle of Manila Ua. The muslo serv
ices were conducted bv thu iiiterth-pait-mental
double quartet, composed of Mrs.
Walter clawler. Mis. Mary Slnrler Howie,
Mrs Walter Held. Mrs. Albert Al. Jack.on,
Mrs. Jack Howie, Ulchaid Hacking, liirl
Carbaugh and lleorge lUrbeit Wilson.
They suns "land. Kindly Light." and
"Abide With Me."
BWOIW PUT ON CASKKT
,o euplogy was pronounced Here, as
at the Pewey home, the ritualistic hcrvico
of tho Cp!bciiial Church was rigidly ad
hered tu. After the casket hud been cart
ried to its place the Admiral's sword which
was presented tu him by Congress, and
his four-slurred tlau ie placed upon the
casket.
The entire service in the Capitol lasted
twenty-five minutes A feu distant rela
tives of the Admiral were present, but the
immediate members of the family did not
attend the service. Pram ll'Stt until 12:30
all business establishments in Washington
were closed us a mark of respect.
Pollovviug tho services in the capltn! the
funeral proc. ssion formed to escort the
body to Arlington. First came all of the
: adablu mounted iwllce of Washington.
Then on the right of the Hue was the entire
brigade of midshipmen. They were fol
lowed by the provisional brigade of murines
and bluejackets from the battleship Ar
kansas and the cruisers Mayflower and tiol
phln. Olrectly behind the military followed a
urriago containing Chaplain John B.
Prnzer.
Tho luidy of Admiral Dewey, on a cais
son flanked by fourteen body bearers from
tho liolphlp and the Mayflower anil a color
bearer tarrying the Admiral's four-starred
flag at half-stuff, followed. The remainder
of tho funeral procession was made up as
follows :
The family of the deceased, members of
the Hoard of tho N'avy, survivors of the
battle of Manila Ray. officer and, enlisted
men of the army. navy. Marine Corps and
Coast Ouard on duty In :he vicinity of
Washington: the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy, the
President of the 1'nlted States, members of
the Cabinet, the Supreme Court Senators
und lteprvsentatives ; distinguished persons
invited; Civil War and SiwuhJi War vet
erans ami other organisations.
Arriving at the mausoleum, final funeral
services were said by Chaplain Frailer. The
body was then carried within Immediately
tbe brigade uf midshipmen was lined up at
attention, while from tbe guus of the senior
cooiiany a salute of three volleys was fired
Simultaneously from the saluting battery
at fort Myer an admiral's salute of nineteen
guns was uiven. Then came a pauM, and
u stalwart figure, whose service coat sleeve
was alnmst hidden from slgb by service
-trioc -.tipped forward to the t. p fctep of
the mausoleum It vvas Chief Mas.ter-at-Arms
Charles Mitchel, who was with the
admiral on his fhiKhip nt Manila Hay.
His bugle vi. is ipiicUly pressed to his lips,
nnd the melancholy sound of "taps" came
sweet and clear on the crisp winter nlr.
Tile admiral was at tSt.
LEAGUE ISLAND MARKS
OIJSEQUIES OF DEWEY
Flutrs nt Philadelphia Navy Yard to
Fly nt Hnlf-Mnat and Salute
to Ho Fired
From sunrise to stmiet today lings on all
I 'tilted States ships and buildings nt the
Philadelphia Navy Yard nro nt hnlf-maat
In honor of Admiral ('eorge Dewey.
At noon, nineteen slx-pounder , minute
guns wero fired by the navy ynrtl battery
on tho Delaware water front, at tho edge of
tho aviation field. They wero discharged
by u sipind under enmmnnd of Lieutenant
Commander Hubert Leo Hussell, command
ant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, In the
presence of detachments nf niailnes nnd of
fleet.s from each vessel stationed at the
)nro.
Patty llimlon. nxe of the men who helped
fltb the salutes, served under Admiral
Dewey at the battle of Mnnlla Hay. Ho
has been in the service twenty-seven yours
Other men chosen for the task wcie Chief
liontswuui's Mate W. A. Mnedonald. twenty
heven years in tiio imvy: C. J. U. Iietihler,
twenty-six years in service, and J. Johan
son. In the service twenty-nine years.
No drapery whatever wna placed on
nny liovernmenl ships or buildings ac
cording to departmental regulations. A de
tachment of 400 marines from the various
ships went yesfrday to Washington lo
tako part in the fum-ral of Admiial Dewey,
Thu bell In Independence Hall tower
tolled from 11 o'clock this morning until
II -30 o'clock In honor of Admiral Dewoy.
Tho order for this was Issued vesterday
ufternoon by the Director of the llureail
of City Proper! v From the moment that
the admiral's Duly leaves Washington tho
bell will toll each minute for half an hour.
Two men worn required to operate the tope
Tho lust lime it was tolled was ttpoti
tho occasion nf tho funeral of the late Mrs
Woodrow Wilson, in August, 19H. n has
been used In a similar manner a large num
ber of times ever since tho funeral oxeiclses
of Chief Justice John Muishull, in 1835
when the Mbeity Hell was used for tho
last time.
HARLOW II. CURTIS DIES
SUDDENLY OF PNEUMONIA
Jinny Years Active in Newspaper Work
Hero and in Now York and
WilmiiiKton
WIUMINUTON. Del., Jan. 20. Harlow
H. Curtis, for many years known as nu
active newspaper worker, died suddenly
from pneumonia today in Delaware Hos
pital here. lie was born March 3, 1SC7
at the Curtis family mansion In Newurk'
Del, and was edututed ut tho Newark
Academy and Delaware University.
He was a life member of the University
Club, ur Philadelphia. ""vrsiiy
Mr. Curtis served un editorial staffs of
tho Philadelphia inquirer, Bulletin nnd
Public U-dger, New Yi k Hvenlng Post
and t.very livening, Wilmington.
Charles M Curtis, Chancellor of Dela.
ware, is a brother.
Abuut live years ugo lie retired from
active newspaper work and made his homo
with his mother, Mrs. Harriet u Curtis,
at Newark. He vvus deeply Interested In
humanitarian work, and for many .years
served as secretary of tho Delaware tlranch
of the K. P. C. A. His funeral will bo hold
Monday at St. Thomas's Episcopal Church.
Newark.
ri was Mr, Curtls's devotion to friends
that cost htm his life. Although suffering
from a severe cold he Insisted upon attend
ing tho funeral of a departed friend and
contracted pneumonia, which resulted in
his death.
SCHOOLMATE OF DEWEY
DIES AT ADVANCED AGE
Commodore Robert L. Phythian, Re
tired, Succumbs at Annapolis to
' , Paralytic Strokes
ANNAPOLIS. Md, Jan. 20. Commodore
Hobert U Phythian. II s. N, retired, a
graduato of the Naval Academy in the
class of P56. two yeuis prior to that of
the late Admiral Dewey, and Superinten
ds uf the Naval Academy from ISU0 to
19 1, died at Ills home here shortly after
5 o'clock this morning He was eighty-one
years of age. and liad suffered two strokes
of paralysis recently.
Commodore Phythian spent two years at
the Academy as a fellow student of Ad
miral Dewey. He went on the retired list
in 1&97.
Commodore Phythian was born In Penn
sylvania, but spent his early yeare in Ken
tucky, and was appointed to the Naval
Academy from the latter State. He U sur
vived by bis wife and two daughters One
is the wife of Commander J It. p pr ngit
of the Navy and tlie othar of Charles g '
Hoi.kwaUer of iaducah Ky wliu jeo.gned
from the Navy a few years ago I
RIDDLED BOAT KE ACHES
U. S. POUT; FOUGHT U-BOAT
Hritish I-'rcirjhter Hit 20 Times in Bat-
tie With Submnrino in
Mediterranean
:Vi:' YOIMC, Jnn. 20 with her hull
ilddleil with twentj-slx sin II holes the
lirltlsli steniiiKhlp I.liidenhall nme Into
port todny nnd hqr crew told nf a lively
rutitiltiB flBlit with a Herman i-ubiharlne In
the .Mediterranean. For mr,i than two
liottiH tho titideisen IlKhter fiursitcd the
frelfihter, while ulio m.ineuviretl and took
clRhtj-Mlt iiliota ut the P-bo.it with a
twelve-pound cannon, mounted on her
Hlern. nn sho lied. Klnnllv the visSl. escapei!
when Hhe Hllpiied behind nn island near
Palermo and thu submarine lost eight of
her.
Captain IIukIi Jone.i substantiated hh
wtory by poliitlnp; to a Hhell r.unmpil In the
wall of the Htevvaid'H cabin ami jinlnted to
other Hljell-made holes thiouRliout the
boat.
The Hpcod of tho two .ships was about
the name, Captain Jones x.ild and the sub
marine never was nearer to tin- lantlenhall
than two miles. None of tin- sin Us from
the Urltlsh vessel struck home The twclve-
polinil cimiiiiii was 1emov.1l 1 the stern
of the boat at I'lliuiltiir as sho left the
Medltcrrutieau.
JERSEY HOLDS ALLEGED
SWINDLER WANTED HE
C. S. Baker, "Promoter," Faces Charges
of Stock Frauds in Atlantic
County Also
ATLANTIC CITV. Jan - - Hopes of
Pennsylvania authorities to gi t possession
of tho person of C. S link, i a nattily
dressed promoter, urrcsted In re for the
alleged swindling of risldints of Norrln
town through tho sale of hjiulsoni.lv lltho
giaphed stocks, which are e.ilil to be worth
less, went by the board todav w In n Judge
Shiun vacated nil order uiidei w In. Ii linker
vvas held in $2000 bail mvii.iI iI.iv ago
to await extradition
The Court thereupon niihrwl tin ."intuit
nieiit of the promntir to M is Landing
prison to stand trlnl on a subs, qu, i,r . harga
lodged by Slnimnn How en ,i vvialtbv re
tired resident of Minotnhi. tins i.himv anil
n grand Juryman Hmwn mi- th.it lie be
came so lujpresseil with the mi ntatlona
of linker na to the large Hv id i !- to be
derived from tho stuck of ,i Vw York
musiciil corpointion that he ixi hanged $600
for a block of certillcales
llaker. who has beci In tail In re since
liln arrest on the Pennsjlvan'.i ih.iii: was
taken lo the county prison Hi, morning
Before going ho said he expe. t. d to arrange
hl affairs nnd procure his nlu in the
near future.
Court Permits Removal of Jtodies
UANCAHTl'Il. Pa, Jan -'" ' mt today
authorized tho removal of the b .dies fronj
tho Moravian cemeterv. vvhih is to form
imrt of tho silo of Lanc.i.stei s n post
olllce. to tlrceuwnoil ccmet.i n s - many
were burled between 1750 nml I'm" I le If
anything, will be found of Piem "f the
nearly SOO Interred. 551 were ihildren under
twelve years of age.
Coach Driver Falls Dead at Funeral
WH.KnS-UAimiJ. r.t. Jan - nawel
Howell, driver uf a funeial nuili fell dead
In the Plltston Cemetery tod.n !l- was
seated on tho coach and waiting for the
mourners to leave, when he suddenly fell
forward. Ho was dead when friends
leached him Heart failure 1. briusved '0
have been the cause of death
too ivru run i'i.hiru tio.n
jiiivriis
I.AMA1NA Jan HI llOMKMi'V 'fa !
Mlrhaill.sirislS.-V.iie.14S I"-'v
frluinbi Invited to funeral. Mon t 3D a m.
JOIl N 4 th t. Solemn requkm mm our
Lady of P.imtwll Church. 10 u tn lot Heir
"THstiME-iii. uuiia nm-iiKino w
ef i.-noch Hell Kunerul servk " fj'f'f'.'
Prank 11 Hell 107 Coulter mo Ardmore r .
J"il,OOT-LJ,K,n JR iVaH?!.?!.- IUT ."
Uelatives and frlenil Invited to tervlcte. Tire
2 p m . 2T24 N 10th t Int private ,
" hMlTlI -Ja.. 17. W1U.IAM K bu.tiaad of
,uanV;a,B'i'alnh -JTZ .""Vcrcl0
,",i.ii?v'i1lVnii.i.IiAM c Lwrri n rfw
isiae and Hanna H Uoyd Puiwral j.n tow.
Church uf the Ascenslun. IJroad and Souttt !-,
SUVUldllT At Yonk.rs. NY Jan 18 L ?A"
liUl. WHKJHT. huaband of bouUy
Wiisht Int private at Columbia Pa M"11
Jsu 'i'.
JIKI.1 WANTED M 11-15
CLKUK In publUhlnc bouse 18 "
1: years hlth whoofeducalion. opportunity 10
tain prlntliw bu.iriM 9u'a.al.0?ieet
operate miowrlltr: chanc-e tvt auvanrPBi""
I ISO. lorUjier Office.
MAClllNlivrs Wanted. flrt-cla e?"
?'blualiU concern, atate ae -K'in jt
wtuiru Uat euiplojed and salary di reo.
04J, caivMvr i-miiBi
UUl'MUMAN willing to do plala 1 coeklrw jaPJ.
iieaa or PI ipioo preferred Apply twa "
nlBF or Sunday attarnoon Cr Van P0"'
bill. Leiier Cuatral
71i3 iioer cor Ml Airy p
IIIJLI WAflKIl 'KMLB
1 HA.MHt.U work and waltlmc, l"r r-nari jy
Apply lieOt IViiiim ave. Uenaaun, nro ji
f itollay. route 03.
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