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WOMAN IN LEAR
. Wbman of Mystery," Ruth
fj jThomasson, Became Mrs.
"fasconti in Philadelphia
MAGNETISM WON MEXICAN
Winning Ways Described by
Spruce Street Apartment
House Manager
Photo by Buck; from Underwood A. Utulgrwood
MRS. R. THOMASSON VISCONTI
From her latest photograph.
Tluth Vlscontl, the "woman of mystery"
In President Wilson's peace note leak probe
under way In New York today, formerly
lived In Philadelphia , In fact, sho was mar
ried here after a. lot of thrills and trouble.
Her Identity was established today by
William West, who mannged "Tho Spruce."
an apartment house at 712-714 Spruce
street, at the same tlmo that hlB wife hnd
a rooming house for young women at 1013
Spruce street. This was In 1911. Itccords
at City Hall tell of her marrlago here on
June 26, 1911.
When shown a plcturo of Iluth Vlscontl.
Mr. West, who now lives at Oreen's Hotel,
Immediately recognized her.
"She la the same woman," he said. "I
know that same old smile. Ah, she is a
shrewd one. 1 know It Is she, for I never
forget a face. She was not Iluth Vlscontl
when I knew her. She was Iluth Thomas
son then. But she was coming to my house.
12-714 Spruce street, then to see this
Prank Vlscontl. a Mexican, whom sho after
ward' married.' frank was a student at a
business college with his two brothers. They
were sent here from Mexico by their father,
who was a wealthy man. Uuth knew them
all right. Afterward they were sent home
from the college.
"The woman had tho most winning ways.
Mr. West said, "I tell you she I shrewd.
She has those winning ways, and she sets
a person's confidence.
"She knew "Young Vlscontl" was the son
of a wealthy Mexican who had been sont
here with his two brothers to be educated.
The boys were doing well In their work.
She kept calling on them at my house
where tho boys roomed until I ordered her
away. The prlnqlpal of tha college and
X had a meeting to decide what should be
flone.
"Finally, the three young men were sent
back to Mexico under charge of a guardian
to prevent any communication with the
woman." said Mr. West, "but when they
got as far as New "Orleans. Francisco, or
prank, tne youngest ot wie nuw. "
called himself here, slipped away from the
guardian and came back to Philadelphia
and married Ruth Thomasson. She wna a
stenographer at Broad and Chestnut streets
when she lived In Philadelphia."
Mr. West says he thinks Mrs. Vlscontl,
the "Woman of Mystery." has worked her
self Into the good graces of Thomas W.
Lawson. He continued:
"Young Vlscontl was craxy about her.
She was not pretty. It was just her win
ning ways. I do not know If sho Is living
.with her husband now. or anything about
them. I had not heard of her for years
until I saw the articles In the paper about
the leak probe. Then I recognized her In
stantly." Mt, West says that after hla marriage
to Miss Thomasson. young Vlscontl's father
"threw him over." and he says that "the
Woman of Mystery" obtained a posltlton
for him In a department store In this city.
Records at the business college show
that the three Vlscontl boys were named
Archangel, Salvldor and Francisco. Fran
cisco went by the name of Frank, accord
ing to Mr. West, who says he was n youth
of twenty-two. At the business college,
it was said the Vlscontl boys did not
remain there long, that they were not grad
uated, and that all trace of them had been
lost by the college. The latest city direc
tory contains no record of any one by the
name of Vlscontl.
Marriage license bureau records prove
Mr West's statements concerning the mar
riage of the Vlsconil boy and Ruth Thom
asson In this city.
The record shows their license was No.
267501. It was (lieu on June 26, 1911.
It shows that Frank Vlscontl, born In
Mexico August 14. 1SSS, whose home was
at Rosalia Station. Mexico, was married
June 26, 1911, to Ruth Thomasson, born
In Kentucky, September 13. 1885. She gave
her home address as 1013 Spruce street.
A note In Ink on the outside of the record
shows the marriage was performed at St.
Joseph's Cathollo Church. Wllllng's Alley,
below Fourth street.
BILL WOULD ABOLISH
DELAWARE LEVY COURT
Measure Introduced Today Provides for
Tribunal of Three Commissioners
as Substitute
$OVER. Del.. Jan. 2S. Should a bill
introduced by Representative Buckingham
Itr the House today become a law, the prea.
"" "m.'T4vy Court of New Castle County will
ba,sbollihed and a new court of three com.
jjlftsfonera provided In Its place. The pres.
ent Levy Court consists of seven members.
Tentative plans were made today (or the
State to welcome the Delaware troops when
they return from the Mexican border. A
Joint committee oC the House and Senate
wilt be appointed to make the, necessary
arrangements. The. Gentral Assembly will
also make arrangements to attend the in
auguration of President Wilson at Wash
iRSUM In a body
The Senate held "no session today. It
was reported that when the Senate oon-
v4 tomorrow the deadlock over the else-
(Upt of a chief clerk will be broken by the
TUrng,ml3 od independents formlsg a,
marking agreement Aooordlug to tha re-
Hft. Colonel Theodore Townsend. of Mil.
frtil, tA independent candidate for clerk.
' wH he elected tomorrow Senator Bar-
Ust, the newly elected president pro tta-
; of tha Senate, will probably name his
lr r&WW tomorrow.
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suopatns to ask state nm
of (ha new Osteopathic Uos-
, wil'"ii W being constructed at Mlne-
jjA ng uaresu Krsetf. nave an
iliat they will carry tuair flght for
NM aunftu a4 al t tax Mgisis,
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City News in Brief
Till: POOH lllCIIAttlt til II held IK
weekly luncheon todni Captain William
11 Mills, of the Tralllo Squad ns Hie
prlnc pal speaker I In addressed Hie mem
bers of the club on how to leep(Tliitgs
Moving" llo stated that Hie nuloninbile
Iralllc In this cltv had tnrreed utmost
2000 per cent since 191 J' A S Murphv..
former Assistant Mrec'or nf Publli
Safety under Major Hlrtnknibiirg als,
spoke.
ST life K ll AN niiliiiunlille nl 1 wenl.v
sixth and Cumberland street". Marion
Spnngler, (lie .venrs old Is In Siim.n unit
Hospital, suffering from bruise anil i u"
dcorge Harrison. IS29 N'mth ,Twi 1n
street, who was drlv'tig the rjr thai an
her, surrendered to the police of iitp ren
ty-slxth and York streets station and
released on Ills own recoRnlran, i i nw
In court tomorrow morning The g.H 'ii
recover.
CITY AI'I'OI.M'.MIIM'H Iciilm inrlmle
Fred K. ltotli. BUS North Fi.uiih -i'-'
assistant engineer, Bureau ir lllgi "
salary $2100; Harry K Iteose zsm n" i
street, foreman, Bureau of Ilighvn" Ji
and John J. Peacock, 2S23 South tt.wm.k
street, plumber. Department t liu'
Docks and Ferries, ft a ila
ACI'inKNTAI.I.Y SHOT IN the llile.li.
Timothy Callahan, of 102B Walnut it. i
watchman on the steamship l.nllnl.iml i
now docked nt O Irani I'olnt I in (hi m
Agncs's Hospital. James Unrhei s i" u
of Savannah, tla . wits arrested fnii"im.
tlip shooting Harber ns rlraniiiK Hi
gun, and It exploded when pointed In th.
direction of Callahan ,
CHRISTIAN llMlll.WtllC I M mem
bers In ii debate hold In the Chun h of
tho Holy Trinity decided Hint "ilemorrac.v
shall prevail In their organization Tho de
cision ngnlnst "one man rulp" vvns nnnnly
applauded. More than 100" membcii were
present.
SASPOllTA" POltTllAlTS nre n cililhl
tlon at the rtoJcnbnch naileries. 1320 Wal
nut street The collection Includes studlei
of llavord Henry. David 15. Williams, the
Dcnlsons. tho Mitchell children nnd mem
bers of the Croser. Ilnberts. Hnlril. Starr
nnd Ilrlnlcy famlllei.
A CAKNIKlli: I.IHItAltv. "Ill b' erected
at FIftv-nrst and Chester avenue, on a
part of the western nldo of tho ICIngsensIng
Recreation Center. This was announced nt
a special meeting of tho Chester Avenue
Improvement Association The organiza
tion, co-operating with tho Forty-ninth
Street Station Association, has been work
ing to obtain a llbrarv fur (hat section for
flvo years.
womh.v niiii.i; itni)i:s' mkuitv
agents made 20.00(1 visits to the poor and
sick during 1910. nccnrdlriR to tho secre
tary's rpport. During tho Inst year mora
than 5001) nrtlclcs of clothlm; wero dis
tributed among the poor, and $1500 was ex
pended in the purchase of food nnd pro
visions, A nACIIKI.OIl AI'AKTMIIVr. IWIorn
stories In height, will be erected nt the
southeast corner or Walnut and Camac
streets, according to tho promoters. It
will Involve nn Investment nf $700,000 and
will bo backed by New York tlnanelors. it
Is expected the building will be ready for
occupancy by September 1
OCIIAX CITY riPIHMS t'l.l'll ii enter
tained at a dinner nt Bookbinder' by Frank
H. Stewart. The dinner was given to cele
brate tho victory of Mr. Stewart's team In
a lead-casting contest last summer. Among
the bpcakers were Frnest Spofford, assistant
curator of the Pennsylvania Historical So
ciety, and Captain Frank II. Tnylor
rllll.AHKI.IMIIA IWSMIMSIJII .nWi
tlon held Its second annual banquet nt
Kugler's. Tho new men inducted Into office
were Horry Stevenson, president; Itay Hor
ner, first vlco president; John Callagher,
city passenger agent of tho Southern Pacific
nallway, second vice president; William II.
Katz. tourist agent for the Fourth Street
National Bank, treasurer, and J M. Stuart,
secretary to the division passcnget solicitor,
Pennsylvania Railroad, i-ecretary.
A STOHK AVON A RATI: nltli an nin-
bulance which wati currying Mrs. Anna F.
Coyle. 830 North Stlllman Btiect. to tho
Northwestern Cenernl Hospital. The baby,
a. boy, was born In the ambulance at
Twenty-third street and Columbia nvenue.
The mother and baby are doing nicely, tho
doctors say.
I.IMII'.N SIIADi: I'All.M on Itiihrrtn
road. Bryn Mawr, Pa . has been purchased
by Hdward C Dale from Rowinan B. F.l
llson for a flguro close to $200,000. Tho
farm consists of a largo stono residence,
n greenhouse, a stable and fifty acres of
ground. The purchaser will raze tho
present house and erect one more costly.
Settlement was effected by Hirst & Mc
Mullln. A I'O.Y ('II AM; l'AltMi:it. .Iiilin I'nrr. of
Verreo road, is In tho Jewish Hospital in n
serious condition following an accident Inst
night, In which his farm wagon was struck
by a street car. Fnrr was driving on Sec
ond Street pike, when he was hit by a
north-bound Fo Chase car Hear Cottman
street. Both horses wero killed and the
wagon was wrecked.
A OBIlMAN STOMAVtAY. otto I'lpk,
who arrived In this city on tln Norwegian
bark Metropolis, nfter escaping from a
French detention camp, has been released
by the United States Immigration authori
ties. A position Ims been secured for htm
by one of the German societies
i
IIIIOADWAY Tlir.ATIli;. Hroitil lrrrt
and Snyder avenue, has been purchased by
the theatrical (lrm of Sahlosky & Mc
Guirk. The sale price of the real estate
is Bald to have been $250,000.
DOPE DIVES FLOURISH
HERE, CORONER SAYS
Scores in South Philadelphia,
Testimony at Inquest on Opium
Poison Victim
The alleged existence of scores of dope
dlvea In South Philadelphia was cotnmunl
cated to Coroner Knight and the police to
day at the inquest held over the death of
John Frank, of Pittsburgh, who died on
January 4 In the Pennsylvania Hospital
from opium poisoning
According to the tesimony. dope is being
peddled in certain sections of South Phila
delphia on an almost wholesale scale. Drug
"parties'1 are Indulged In. Addicts are be
ing lured there from all sections of the
city.
Coroner Knight said the inquest was a
revelation to him. He put the matter
souarely up to the police
John Ford, u negro, of 1303 Falrmount I
avenue, was held responsible by the Comae
for the death or frame .-jn prisoner was
held without bii'l to await the action of toe
drawl Jury
Coroner Knight aUo held three other
negroes two men aud a womau :ln $&f)tf
ball each aa material witneties. Tuey
were James Green and Carter Parker and
Ora Hill. SIS South hUeventh street, In
whose house tha- police say the dope was
secured
According to the testimony. Frank met
Ford at Eleventh aad 1-ombard streets
on the day of hie datb, and told the negro
be wanted "a shot." meaning dope
Ford, tber pollea any, told him that would
be easy it he had the coin lie then took
Krauk a the house of the Hill woman,
where tUy leuiui several other negioca.
Frank Set m lejeetkni ul heruiu. the ppli
say aaJ HjpJ 9rt 0 UUet sooie mnm t
L. hut are, ge WHOiJMtl '') lter fcf
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T5VEXIXO LEDOEH-PHIIjADBU'HIA, TUESDAX, JANUAEY 23,
TROOP G HELD aT ARMORY ON ACCOUNT
f ri m M i n . 9 tsw j&bmo?-' -"r jm-A mm .2. n .yim. .m?r- t
1 I
urn thrrntono i "(Hi nn imlplltuto -ay ot the armoi.v Tlnrlj sccntid street and Lancaster avenue, bc-
i-p thr wrmM iii i vntiulraw a complaint made !i Iho War Department Hint they were hcinif unjustly charged
their irviro u!iifirm. the tuvnlrymen of Troop O accepted their pay totlny under protest. The men charged
t in .mc i .ii. ilne tangled account, tronperi who enlisted after the President's call to the border
were charged twice for one uniform.
P. R. T. AWAITING
ISSUE OF CERTIFICATE
Delays Proposal Pending Appli
cation Before State Public
Service Commission
WILL BE HEARD TODAY
Mayor Says He lias Not Yet Heceived
Notice of Company's
Offer
Possibility of development at the hearing;
In Hnrrlslmrg tomorrow, before tho I'ublie
Seivioe Commission nn the application for it
certlflr.itc nf publ'c convenience for the sub-vv.i-elevnted
sHtem projected fnr Philadel
phia Is believed to be the underl.ving cause
for the delny In subinltllns I" Mayor Smith
the proposal of tho I'll Indeliihla Rapid
Transit Company for taking over and oper
nt'ng the city-built high-speed lines when
constructed
Mayor Smith today, upon bis nrrlvnl at
Cit.v Hall, was asked If the counter-proposal
of the transit companv has reached him.
"I have not seen It." be replied.
Questioned us to its probable nrrlvnl to
day or tomorrow, the Mayor answered: "I
do not know when It will be submitted tn
me. I have nn iden whether It will come
today or tomorrow. I have no appointment
to meet nnv representative nf the llapld
Transli Company today."
MAYOIt Wll.I, HTCnv PUOPOKAI.
Tho Mayor further said ho would look
'through the proposal thoroughly and digest
its terms before making it public He en
teied his private ofllce. where ho held a con
ference with Joseph P liaffney, chairmun of
Councils' Committeo nn Finance.
Kills Ames Uallnrd, general counsel for
the Philadelphia Haplil 'f'rniisli Companv,
was noncommittal when the subject of the
proposal was broached tu him today. "I
understand It is' to bo sent to tho Mayor
today or tomorrow." ho said, declining to
answer further iiucstlons as to tho exact
time of tho submission of tho offer. Mr.
Italian! will leave Philadelphia late todiy
for Harrlsburg, whoio he will represent the
company at tho commission hearing.
Director Twining and Assistant IJlrector
Atkinson of tho Department of City
Transit, were likewise without dcllnlto word
of the probable arrival of tho P. It. T. pro
posal. The.v, too, are going to Harrlsburg
tonight, as is City Solicitor Connelly.
FlItST FORMAL ACTION' HY STATU
Tomorrow's hearing before tho Public
Service Commission will be the llrst occa
sion when the city-built and company
operated system of street railways, as pro
jected In the proposed pact with the P. It T.
has been lulten up In concrete form by the
Stnto commission
The commlssloneis are asked to grant a
certificate of public convenience for all ,the
linos embraced in the system, with the sin
glo exception of tho Darby elevated. This
latter branch drat to be built under tho
Taylor plan has been delajeil, owing to
some disputes over the plans, and no appli
cation on Its behalf has yet been made.
The delay In presenting the company's
scheme of partnership with tho city Is at
tributed In some quarters to tho likelihood
that tho commissioners, nt tomorrow's hear
ing, may Indicate, by their questions, some
slight deviations from lines originally laid
down.
A desire that the proposition may con
form to theso ideas of the commission, so
that when submitted It will be In full ac
cord with all requirements and encounter
no further obstacle, is said to bo the real
motive for the coniian's hesitancy In' pre
senting the plan to the Mayor for hla ap
proval. Pershing's Force
Quitting Mexico
Ci.iillnufil from 1'uisp (lim
territory unil stay inside of the Mexican
boundary this country must maintain o
pabslve attitude.
The embargo of munitions Is to bo
strongly maintained, olllclats say. Uow
ever, this is not expected to prove any
kerlous handicap to the Vtlllstas, Inasmuch
as ihey aro reported to be obtaining moat
of their munitions from Havana and from
supplies that were hidden prior to the Co
lumbus raid.
During his recent Inspection trip to the
Pershing expedition Ueneral Funston ap
proved all of the plans which had been
made by General Pershing for the with
drawal of the expedition. A copy of these
plans was' not sent tu the War Department,
but they are known to the Secretary and
to Chief of Staff Scott
So soon as all of tho Pershing troops are
back in the United States and have been
distributed to border stations where they
are needed, another batch of the National
Guard will b ordered home. It is known
that, unless something unforeseen shall
arise, Administration olflcUla are hopeful
the entire (luard will be back at home
stations not later than April 11.
WIDOW HUNTS A CAVE-MAN
Camden Younjr Woman Soured on
Drasey Philadelphia 'Men ,
Here's a. young widow who's looking for
a real live cave-man. No JSnglish-suited,
bespattad, carnation-buttonholed, wax-mus-taahlo
dandy for her. She is Mrs. Qerakllue
Trudell. of Camden- She has written to the
postmaster oX Houston. Tex . asking that he
put her in toueh with some big. strong,
rough man who wants a widow of twenty
three "I don't care to correspond with any one
wearing Kngllsb suits." she concluded, 'as
1 see luu man) of theut in FhJU4elDuia "
Ttw poetwaeter ama tiwoefl titf letter
r to ft .. to. hat? 9d a. mm
ef. th renjwiced else. Wreogifc aad rougfc-
WILSON .PEACE PLAN CHIMERICAL,
OPINION OF EUROPEAN NATIONS
I iiiiIIiiiiimI (nun I'uuc (In,.
II I" pointed out tluil there Is n teitnln
slgiilltrnntp in Ins dictum Hint It mut be
pence without victory so thnt tin future
lesentment shall remain
Declnred to be of equal signlUaurc is Hint
section flaying Hint the future must accept
Hip prlnclplo Hint (lovernments i evolve nil
tlieli Just power from the consent or the
governed. Thin would establish the princi
PARIS REGARDS PRESIDENT'S PEACE
SCHEME AS A LOVELY DREAM ONLY
PAII1S. Jan J.t TIip I'lemli mess Is
frankly crltluil tnilnj of I'lesulent 'Wilson's
ndtlress lo the Amei it-un Senate. All cdl
torials agreed In llie '.tner.il belief thnt liN
message may nnl he ithnut merit, but ad
judge it Utopian liec.itiKi- It is to bu applied
to (lertu.'iuy and iiun-iieimuiiisiii.
In well-Informed circles it vvns legarded
as most surprising "(lint Wilson still docx
not recognize the criminal from tho victim."
Olllclals vvhii prlvntely expressed their
view, held that tho American President's
International law scheme should parallel In
theory the criminal code
The Mann's comment was typical. It
said:
We agree with the principles Presi
dent Wilson has enunciated but thero
Is n portion of Immunity on which the
fact must lie forcefully Impressed that
It Is mcro delusion to think that pei
suasion enn bo effective.
"The declaration moves in (lie seipne do
main of theories." Uclareil the Helm dp
Paris. It ndds:
our friends ncro..s. the Atlantic im
oginlng our country Invaded nnd bleed-"
ing, must feel mid will understand It
BRYAN SAYS PRESIDENT HAS SOWN
BOTH WHEAT AND TARES IN PLAN
.MADISON. Wis.. Jan IS. William Jen
nings Ilryan is opposed to the I'nited States
Joining In n league of nations to enfonjo
peace. Commenting on President Wilson's
speech befora the Senate Ilryan tndav de
clared It to bo a "wonderfully eloquent ap
peal to tho nations nt war," but said Iho
President had "sown wheat nnd tares to
gether," unci expressed the hope that the
Senato would "reject tho tares."
"So far as the Picsldent's speech sug
gests the tenns of agreement it Is entiiely
sound and reflects what I believe to be nil
almost unanimous sentiment." snld .Mr.
Ilrnn. "but I dissent entirely from the
proposition that this nation should Join in
tho enforcement of peace. In Kuropo. If the
nations will agree to tho terms suggested
by the President tlioy will not need our as
sistance In forcing It
"If I Know tho sentiment of the Aniei
Ican people, it Is hot conceivable that they
SENATE ASKED TO DEBATE PEACE
PLEA; WILSON MOTIVE DEFINED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Senator Cum
mins. Towa, offered a resolution today ask
ing that the President's address to the Sen
ate yesterday bo brought up Tor discussion
by members of the Henafo Monday.
Senator Cummins said It would be Im
possible for Mm Senate to take any otllclal
action on the questions Involved in the
President's message until the President has
submitted to the Senate plans for entering
Into the world's peace tribunal.
The resolution asks that tho message be
brought up Monday and that every mem
ber of the Senate bo given an opportunity
to express his views, vvlih an hour limita
tion on speeches.
Senator Stone suggested that the resolu
tion be referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, but later withdrew hla
suggestion when it was decided to delay
further discussion of the resolution until
tomorrow.
Immediately after cummins offered his
resolution. Senator Jones, Washington, Ite
publlcnn, asked that sections of the Demo
cratic platform of 1901 and 1313. relating
to "executive usurpation'' and "rights of
the States" be read
That Motion of the platform relating to
executlvo usurpation follows:
We favor the nomination and election
of a President imbued with the prin
ciples of the Constitution who will set
bis face sternly against executive
usurpation of legislative and Judicial
functions, whether that usurpation -be
veiled under the guise of legislative
construction of existing laws or
whether it take refuge in the tyrant's
plea of necessity or superior wisdom
That section referring to the rights of
the States reads:
We bejleve In the preservation and
maintenance in their full strength and
integrity of the three co-ordinate
branches of the Federal Government
the executive, the legislative and the
judloial each keeping within its own
bounds and not encroaching upon Just
powers of either of the others.
Following the reading by the .clerk of
the platform sections, the Senate without
further discussion of tha President's mes
sage resumed the regular business.
Some of the force of the President's ut
terance may b lost by refusal of the Sen
ate to indorse, his views laid before thtm
ester4sy- 1' la known that many Demo
iratls Senators re opposed to the idea. f
a, iMgW 9' uatiosp W eoXorce wjurtd peave.
It U im mpie $, ft"g
reeolutloH- mS- tndorssmsB l f n frfa
it nt bcc aote u( Deceinoer n. wiuin
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ple of dPinocrnc) In countries wheie II does
not now exist. It is nssi-rtcd.
For Komo time tlieio have been wattl
ing In Hip I'lilteil States that that country
might have tn go tn war before many more
years have elapsed. This has given r!so
to u certain trend nf thought here toward
tho belief that Picsid'tit Wilson Is nlmlng
to break up any hostile cnmliluiillim uf
foreign countries thnt have designs upon
'he pence nf the I'nited State".
Ih iiuiinssihlc for u ' join iinicservedlv
In tills voyage Into Uio iiztitc.
I.e Journal ileclared
President Wilson s haunted wfili Hie
llxetl idea of inaugurating the golden
nge ol universal brotherhood.
"An it is impossible to eliminate (ier
uiuiij." commented l,e Figaro, "there Is nn
chance, of bringing this magnificent Wilson
L'topla nearer by trying to conquer. Ills
message will provo a violent shock to the
horrible theory of pau-ticrmanlsm.-"
Senor Ucraiiger. In the Paris Midi, de
ck! red :
A pence which has for Its beginning
the greatest crime In history will not bo
ii Jmt or solid peace. Fhst, we wish
"sanctions and rcpirntlons." If Presi
dpnt Wilson accepts the indispensable
guarantees the futuro Is easy
l.'lnformatlon declared the message did
not distinguish between the nssallnnts nnd
thti violence of Unit assault, "nnd. tlieie
fore. inadequnlo end unjust Tor the latter."
Victory without icparatlons for the other
scandal "would be u singular pieludc to n
reign ot Justice." Hie editorial commented
bitterly.
should be willing to iml the American
army and navy nt the command of an In
ternational council which would necessarily
ho controlled by Kuropean nations, and
allow thnt council to decido for us when wo
should go to war. Such nil agreement, in
my Judgment would Imperii European
peace Instend of Insure It, because they
would sco in our unlimited resources n
means of advancing their own interests
with us bearing the burden.
' I havo moro fnlth In our ability to help
lliein by example than I have in our ability
to help them by Indorsing the Uuropean
plan of relying upon force nnd terrorism.
"In the President's appeal to them he
presents the philosophy of brotherhood and
co-operation nnd this Is inconsistent with
the proposition that It be backed up by a
larger display of force. In other words,
tho President has sown wheat and tares
together. I hope that the Senate will ap
prove of the wheat and reject the tares."
aroused bitter opposition and blocked adop
tion of tho resolution.
The Piesldent'a peace move was made
in the hopo of preventing the spring of
fensive. Heallzatlon of the enormous
bluughter which must follow ' resumption
of the European war on the scale now
Planned was a controlling factor in decid
ing on his address to the Senate. Officials
made Hits plain today while refusing to
comment on the suggestion that. If the
I'resldent's address Is literally Interpreted
he must believe that the final result of the
war must bo a draw.
The White House Itself was mute on the
subject. For the present the President has
said his last word. He Is now waiting, to
w-e what Interpretation will be placed on
his message by thpse most vitally con
icrned the parties to the war
In-order to offset as much as possible the
inevitable attacks on the President's speech
an Interpretation of It was permitted to be
come known toda by a high State Depart
ment ofllclal. '
The position outlined by the President it
was-declared, is not Intended In any way" to
nlS-n? ,h1. S""eU Sa,es in ?" Wangling
alliance. It Is merely an extension of the
principles of the Monroe Doctrine to the
whole world. It will prevent encroachments
on the territory of smaller and weaker na.
tons throughout the world, the otllclal de.
clared. as the Monroe Doctrine operates for
the benefit of countries of the AVestern
Hemisphere. The statement was made In
Mich quarters that It must be accepted a"
the Administration view
Hundreds of letters and telegrams uoursd
in on the White House today 4n,mtStlSS
President Wilson on what was fenned for
the most part as "the greatest State paner
of moderate tlmtf." There telegrams came
from all over the country.
When the President sent to American
diplomats In belligerents' countries conies
of the address, he established a new record
in long-dlatance secrecy. The text of the
speech was sent out from Washington a
week ago yesterday. The President did not
lay his plans to address the Senate until he
had received word from every belligerent
capital that the address had reached the
American representatives there. The last
o be heard from was Ambassador Elkus.
in Constantinople.
Jail Sentences for Slan and Woman
HAnmSBUIlO, Jan. 23 Lewis S. Fauat
and May E. Hirnessey, who figured In more
than a score of robberies here and in other
olties, were sentenced in the Dauphin
County court to long penitentiary terms.
Faust's sentences, In the aggregate, consti
tute a, minimum ot not less than eleven
Ii
re and ulx auialsi and a. maximum at
wi Jfr- r Wmy wu give
t l than three and not nor fhu six,
jesre.
1017
ENGLISH WANT PEACE,
DR. SHARPLESS FINDS
Press Misrepresented Wilson
Note Only for Time, Says He-
tiring Haverford President
OXFORD STUDENTS GONE
War Has Virtually Emptied DormU
lories, Which. Recruited Soldiers
Now Are UsiiiK
Impressions of Enfflantl
on President Slutrplcss ,
fpiIK English spirit Is more friendly i
a toward the, Unileti states nnti
1 peace now than it was six weeks
Press of Entilnnd seemed atitaB
onlatic toward Wilson peace note of
I December 18 at first. Now it- is
I friendly.
' No students except foreigners and
, cripples at Old Oxford today.
1 All professors under forty-one
' ycara of age are rendering war scrv
i ice.
I England has given four times ns
i much ns tho United Stntcs volun
tarily toward the relief of Belgium,
exclusive of contributions made by
the Government.
phnlogrnph llluitrntlng thl nrltcle np
penrr on tlie buck imge.
Things havo changed materially In Hug
land In the Inst six weeks, according to
Dr. Isnne Sharpies, president ot Haverford
College, who has Jusl returned from a six
week trip to llnglntul. nnd who jicems tn
think peace Is n?orcr than evet.
Ilff says the antagonism of the Ihigllsli
piess nnd pubic toward the Wilson pence
note bus vanished In Its plnco Is. he says,
a better feeling toward the United Slates
and a movement for peace sliorger than
thero has been since the war begun.
I3ACII MISi:iJPItl.SBNTHD
"When the now famous President Wilson
pence note was Hist sent lo F.nglnnd."
said Doctor Shnrpcss it his ofllce In Hav
erford Collego tnda.v. "It seemed to me thnt
tho British pi ess willfully misrepresents!
the facts the contents of tho note. Uut
soon after the Allies sent their answer to
the United States, it seemed tojno. .theio
was n giadu.il change until now tlhliik tint
the press and the public nre mole friendly
toward tho United States and Its talk of
pence than they have been since the war
began."
Doctoi Sliuiplcss has been In Uugl.ind
in searcli of professors for two new depart
ments of philosophy and history, which ore
to be added to the Haverford faculty In
the near future.
"Wp will nped three new professors tor
these," said Doctor Shaipless. "and was
In Hngland at old Oxford and Ciiubrldgo
look ug over material "
There aro no students ai Oxford or Cam
bridge now except foreigners and cripples,
nccnrdlng to Doctor Sharpless.
"It Is sad to go through those halls whom
there were 400(1 students before the war
and realize how many of them will never
return." said Doctor Sharpless today. "And
thero are no professors under forty-one
there either. They are cither at tho front
or performing war dutj somewhere The
collego doimltories nre used for quarters
for young men who are being trnlued to be
sent to tho trenches. They aie dillled nnd
trained on tho campus '
i:nc,i.and i.irtmiAi.
The m'fch-piaiscd aid of the I nitcd
Stales sent to Uelgium is exaggeiated, ac
cording to Doctor Sharpless, who hays that
Knglnnd has given four times as much as
tho United States, voluntarily.
"I refer simply to the money given by
Individuals,'- said Doctor Sharpless. "Up
to date J2SS.O0O.OOO has been given toward
Belgium relief. The United Slates lias
given $10,000,000 voluntnrlly. There was
ono large contribution of $1,000,000 from
tho Rockefeller Foundation The lest lias
come, mobt of It, from people In moderate
circumstances In Mniall contributions. Kng
lnnd nnd Fiance have given voluntarily,
nnd then, too, the Government has voted
money for relief purposes In spite of the
many other drains on tho national treas
ury. The amount given by the United
States has been exaggerated. AVe aie not
doing as much us wo think we aie."
DISASTROUS FREIGHT
WRECK AT WILMINGTON
Twenty-two Cars on B. and O. Smashed
and Traffic Blocked Loss
Placed at Thousands
WILMINGTON. Del., Jan 22 Twenty
two freight cars were wrecked, merchandise
valued at thousands of dollars ruined nnd
traffic over the Baltimore and Ohio Hall
road passing through this city blocked
when a through freight of thlrty-ono cars
bound from Philadelphia to Alexandria, Ya.,
was derailed at du I'ont street and Gilpin
avenue today.
Traffic, both passenger and freight, was
switched over the tracks ot the Philadel
phia, Baltimore and Washington road. No
one was hurt. It was the worst freight
wreck Wilmington has ever experienced. Ac
cording to railroad ofllcials It was due to the
breaking of an arch bar that supports the
axle of a coal car.
PETROLEUM EXTRACT
TO CUT GASOLINE PRICE
U. S. Commerce Department Finds
New Methqd Produces at Six
Cents a Gallon
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 Whether or
not the Federal Trade Commission Is suc
cessful in bringing down the price of gaso
line by Government pressure, the price will
drop as soon as the new Illttman process
of, extracting gasoline from petroleum resi
due Is put Into operation on a large scale,
according to information obtained at the
Department of Commerce. This new method
has been the subject of further experiments
by the Bureau of Standards and can now
bt made to produce gasoline at a cost of
six cents a gallon, it is said.
An American company lias been formed
to exploit the new process and shortly will
be manufacturing on a Urge scale In the
United States and abroad.
In addition to gasoline, benzine, high
explosives, and a wide variety of dye. photo
graphic llavorlng and medicinal chemicals
can be recovered from petroleum residue
under the new process, the department said
today.
The
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rkls iiarfc on aoois Guarantees
(lis fllyle. Quality and Voice.
(Yd ' vT
ComeWhile the Selection isStillCood
At Th9
' J .gift Cheta, St.
AddrtrnftM
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COAL PROBE RESUMED:
DEALERS DEFEND ACTS
Had to Boost Prices December U0
or Quit Business, Somp
Tell Rotan
BUYING CARDS ADMITTED
South rhlladelphlans, Said It! Have A.v
. sumed Kcsponsibility, Sny Cause
Is at Mines
District Attorney Samuel P lloian io
day resumed his Investigation into th
alleged conspiracy of certain Philadelphia
dealers lo raise the price of coal on Decern,
her 10. On that date coal advanced Ivventy
five cents a ton, and In South Philadelphia
It iiai discovered thai price cards had been
distributed prior to the ndvanee
Prominent coal dealers nnd members nt
the Philadelphia Coal Kxchange wilt h
examined today by the District Attornev
nnd Assistant District Attorney Taulane.
One nt the witnesses Is J. Krncst ltlrhnrds.
president of the Newton Coal Companv
wh'oh controls virtually a third nf tho retail
coal business of Philadelphia (libera whu
will be called are Simuel Crowell. ot the
Newton Company: Jnmes M Kellv Irens.
urer of Hie Coal Mxchange . Atulv l.elter,
a illrcclor of the Coal Mxcliange and
Geolge Sprci'p. another director Speed
formerly conducted n co.il business of Ins
own. which was purchased by Hio Newton
Company.
It Is understood tint Hip llndiiiK" of ilm
Investigation thus far indicate strongly lliat
there vvns nil understanding among certain
denlers III South Philadelphia to raise Hie
price of coal It Is said some of these have
admitted they contributed monev for the
printing of price cards nnd helped distribute
them. On Hie other hand, tnese dealers
havo submitted testimony tending lo show
It was' absolutely necessnr.v to raise the
price to remain In business. Kverv one nt
tho dealers has testified that, although the
wholesale prleoMif coal has not ndvanced,
they are unablo lo obtain sulllclptit quanti
ties to meet the demand. They have also
shown that tho advanced osl of labor and
sujiplles has cut their prullts to almost noth
ing. One dealer said Ills profit had been
ci't to nineteen cents ton Another said
hip yards' were empty 'and he had not le
celved a ton nf coal from Hie mines in ten
ilavs Still another declared he was behind
S.'iOO tons In his ordcr.
It Is understood tin." Ipstlninnv imlu'ntes
Hint tho cause of the present high prices
lies nt the mines I'licro Is nn Indication
Ihn.t Philadelphia Is no receiving Its normal
supply of coal, and It has been suggested
that the coal supply of this cltj Is being
st.i-.led so thai largo nuantltles of nnthrn
clte 1nn be shipped abrond and to anada
SEKK COKNET THIEF
Musical Cops Ordered to Stretch Ears
for Sound of Instrument
Theie aio a number of musical cops on
the foice of the Fifteenth nnd Loiust
sliccls station, nnd each ono who knows the
toot-toot of a cornet from the squeak ot a
violin has been detailed to stretch his ear
for tinces that Is. aerial traces of u inn
slcal thief who smashed a window with a
brick early this morning In front of the mu
sical store of B. J. Alberts, I2t South Ninth
street.
The thief passed b.v high-priced violins
and other viilu.ib'le sound producers nnd
took a $75 cornel, tho best In the window
lie, evidently knew the value of the in
strument, and the police think he knows
how to play, and will glvo himself away
by tooting popular airs or hymns before
he gets awny from the district. The cor
net was of silver nnd built for K flat
Paymaster Blackjacked and Robbed
HIUDGKPOHT. Conn.. Jan. 23 Uound
nnd gagged, after being blackjacked. John
L. llrllls, assistant, paymaster of the Dullard
Machine Tool Company, was early today
robbedof $3000. The robbers escaped
TOD I.ATK I'Olt ('lahSII'lt'ATKlN
IIKAIIIS
STOItV Jan .3, WAI.TI'll I . son nf Jciinl
ami lute Joseph II. Storv, aceil 2.'l IMntUn
and friends. VVRHhlnKton Camp, N'o 31". POM
of A : lllghlunil Park Kire Company and em
ploy, h of the 1 anil W C. Traction Co in
vited lo services Hnl , 2 ill p m . I-luwrLti
lerrare. l.lanerch. Va. Int. Fernwoort Cem
ItemHlna may lie viewed Krl , 8 to In p m
Autn fiinprnl'
l.VN'CH Jan 2! .SAltAlf A. wlfo of
Mlchut'l J. Lynch itelatlves Hnd frlnri also
II. V. M. Modality ami Kacred Heart Soi lety nf
SI Anne'a Church Invited to funeral. Krl ,
8.30 a. in 23&H K. Tucker at. Holemn requiem
maaa ut St Anne's Church, 111 a m Int
New Cutheilrnl Cem. Auto funeral
(JAI.t.ACIIIi:U Jan. T2 JA.MKS li.M.I-A-GI1E11,
huaband of late Kllen Uallanher (nc
Cavanaugh). Relatives and friend, atao mem
bers of Captain 1'hlllp It. Hchuyler l'oat. No.
nl. 11 A. 11 : Supreme Lodge, "ithlelil of
Honor": Delaware Hlver Tow Hont Mn iai
tain John Tailor Circle. No. 4t. II of A In
vited to services. Krl . K 30 n in . ,-53.1 B.
Norrla at. Ulch max at Church of Holy Name,
U a. m Int St. Mark's Cem . lirlstol. Pa
OAIIDNBU -Jan 23, JONIi! I OAIID.
NKU Ineo O'CoiVorl. wife of Philip It Gard
ner Audubon. N. J. llelatlves and frlendt
Invited to funeral. Prl . s p. m.. from parlorj
ot Mra J llarton llacphereon. 3-KU Walnut
at Int Mount. Morlah cem Auto funeral.
Remains may ha viewed Thurs , 7 lo 10 p m.
I'UICICU -Jan an, at hla fulhor In ,aw
residence. '-'(10 V Walnut lane Oermantown,
I'ltKUBIHCK DBNNISTO.S'. husband of louli
Dulllgan Porter and son nf Mary and late Wil
liam Porter. He Utlvea and frlepds. faculty
ffAslnVaf ffVrU.'Io"5 WlnmS.rvV.eV.
ttnM01?Vr'ir.r,.2.levv FltKonniCK bus
bend of Irena Moono. lato of Atlantic Illy,
N. J., at New. Smyrna. Kla
i-OOPKH -lan, -'S. at 311th and Harms si"
vhaiiki. vv. t'dui'llft Relatives and friends
.n,V? tfuyW ffiff'ffidgTOi cUVa,1...
iBtMrt.US.raod.Jnb.J.n 98. ADAM Me
l.UAN Relatives uml friends, also Retired
Men'a Association. Veterana' Association P r
Division, and employes of the West Philadelphia
hops of tha Pennsylvania Railroad Invited Is
funeral services. Thurs . a p. m . 3833 Wallace
at Int at Ml Morlah Cem. Remains may l
viewed Wed . from 7, to 0 p, m
VVABBON Jan. 23, at Atlantic Clly S J.i
RKUBCCA WASSON (nee VVatsonl widow of
Robert Wesson, used 80. Relatives and friends
Invited to funeral services. Frl . 2 p m at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Alary belly,
1S133 Moore st . Phlla. Int at Ml Morlah Cem
Rimalns may ba viewed Thura eve. at -U
M TlioSlAH -Jn 22. WAI.TBIt I THOMAS. '
i...-K3n,i nl viurtha hnowden Thomas, aged 4a. f
Relatives and friends Invited to services. Thurs . . I
2 If. JSU-. 2037 North College aye Int prlval J
HELP WANTED FKM.U.K
CIIU.DNURSU white, wllllns to assist ltgbt
housework, good reference required, liberal
time off; IB. PhoneQtn. U285 II
WAITRESS, colored, flfst-class. wash and Iron
labia linen, sleep out. reference required.
3S01 Chestnut Jt
NIIItSB wanted for care of two children, aged
3 years and 10 months; must ba experienced
and have best of references; permanent plce
with good wages, dermaii preferred, vacancy
after Feb. 15 J1 O HO- Wjrnnawood..P.
IIKI.P WANTKI1 MA1.K
SALESMEN wanted who are thoroughly "perl.
fnieil In machinists supplies Address tl '
Ledger Central,
Semi -Annual
Clearance Sale
Greatest of Bargains
Everything That
Men Wear
Widener Bldg, Arcade
1338 & 40 S. Pawn Squsuro
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