r TM T.t j. k i ' k-l 7. ' X .&tto&L "T 'WEDNESDAY February 28, 1917 WEDNESDAY February 28, 1917 tiifv Euentng itb$tt NMJCENSE FIGHT 'STRONGLYPRESSED NOTED POET-SCOUT DIES AUTO SKIDS TO RUIN AGAINST "L" PILLAR teVyT.W. McKinney, Beaten s &t 9 .. .. ENGINEER BLAMED FOR FATAL WRECK Failed to Heed Warning Sig nal, Says Express Train's Flagman HEAVY FOG ONE CAUE Belief Predominates Pennsy Tragedy Would Not Have Oc curred in Clear Weather ' for Mayor of Coatesville, ' Keeps Up War on Rum ODDITIES AT HEARING sv iil w , fitnesses Display Surprising Ig- norance When Questioned About Sale of Drink Bu a Staff Corrutondtnt WESI CHESTER. Pa.. Feb. i S. Fresh Ej- from hi political defeat In Coatesville, ).- the Rev. T. W. McKinney today Is sitting t ' 4NVt r ftA ,1,Ik i MAimKsl ?... It... .1 . v HID VlllCk Ufc MJUIIDCI IUI I1IC U I JT forces At the henrlnim In Hnntmnn t'ln jf Court hire for license renewals. The militant Methodist clergyman yes terday lost by 1S5 votes the Coatesville mayoralty to A. H. Swing. He heard the Hews last night and went to bed. He not up bright and early today and said to some friends: "I'm going over to West Chester and sit Mext to Dili Tregay to show them ("them" means his enemies) that 1 am still living and the flag's stilt up." Bill Tregay Is William Tregay. chief of . counsel for the no-llcense element In Coatcs- ' " ' . ....... Today the Hotel Taylor was llrst berore Judges ' Butler and Hause. The Hotel Coatesville Is next on the list, and then P Downlngtown's two drinking place:., the Pennsylvania Ho up nim the Swan Hotel. SX AMAZING IGNORANCE Some of the witnesses today were II. C. By, Thomas and M. C. Davis. both of Oxford; v warren weusier, oi v-oaiesviue, nno oiners. All were brought to testify against the Ho- fu, tel Taylor. , Tho most Interesting thing to an out sider who does not know the familiar an gles of the personal side that enters Into all these disputes Is the amazing Innocence of the witnesses. Thomas W Pierce, the fierce cross-c-amlner, who Is appearing as counsel for the owners of the Hotel Taylor, William Harner and his brother, would ask most of the witnesses: "Well, what was he drinking?" referring to some one the wttness said had been drunk. neu, i uoni Know, wouiu come me answer, "but It was something brown and was poured from a bottle." Or another one would say, "I can't tell, but It was poured In a very small glass and the man at the bar poured It himself " But none of the witnesses seemingly ever aw whisky so as to recognize It. Kven Charles Freymoyer, Coatesvllle's fin constable, said he couldn t recognize beer wnen ne saw it, tnougn lie could by tasting It It "looked like beer" to him, "or gin ger ale."' James Eppenhelmer and Larue Fraln. both of Downtngtown, were witnesses doubtful along this lint. Ono ndtlced that most'of the drunken men they said they aw In tho Taylor House drank only beer. Most of the adverse testimony today the defense had not yet been heard had to do with the serving of intoxicants to , trunken men or men known to be Inclined that way. As yet, only one name has been brought forward as a minor, ono Webster Gibson. His name was Introduced by Otis Belderman, of Coatesville. Hut It has et' to be proved that he Is a minor. His elder brothers. Frank and Willis, do not agree on this point, and the court has not allowed the introduction of tho family Bible as evidence. The father of the Gibson boys tertlfled yesterday he m'ght have been a little mixed up In "entering" the boys In me uipie. KranK uioson tnought what Is In the Bible ought to be "pretty near true," even If It Is written In. Judge Butler had to smile while the courtroom laughed. PREACHER NOT WHOLE SHOW Tho election of Coatesville yesterday Is almost as Interesting here as It Is In Coatcs rllle, because, of the holding of the License Court here at this time. The nature of Mr. McKInney's vocation has given many persons the impression that he had a monopoly on the no-llcense crowd, but that doesn't conform with what ono hears here. In West Chester one Is. reminded that Rwlng three years ago was the star witness for the no-llcense crowd and that yester day he got more no-llcense votes than did Mr. McKinney. The hotels. It Is said, fig ured very little In the election and did not "have their vote registered." Mr. McKinney, In a formal statement to the Coatesville Record, said the election had been nn excellent thing and that Coates ville was fortunate to have secured as Mayor such a high callbered man as Mr. Swing. Besides the compliment to the suc cessful candidate there Is also the bald slap at W. L, W. Jones, late Mayor of Coates ville, who recently was acquitted of em bezzlement while In that office. The license hearings here, It Is expected, will last all week. WOMAN SLEUTH WITNESS IN "IMPOSTURE" CASE Private Detective Testifies Man Posed as Osteopathic Practitioner A woman detective testified against Ar thur C. Heltze, 721 Federal street, Camden, before Judge Boyle In Camden today, where the New Jersey Commission on Vice and Imposture Is prosecuting Heltze. It Is al leged that Heltze said that he was an osteopath, although he was not registered, a ' hjiu um jiui jiavo license, xno evidence tf la being heard by a Jury. Many physicians The chief witness against Heltze was ti MM. .Sadie Britton. who for fifteen years i i Has been a private detective, and who has ki investigated cases for the New Jersey Com & illusion on Vice and Imposture. She testl- (ea yiat sne applied for treatment at the nee of Heltze on May :, 1916, for con- rWon In the head. The treatment. Mrs. .Britton, whose homo Is In Trenton, N. J., ' coat her 11. wf 4 V Heltze, ln his behalf, acknowledged that sj) U mj w " wicuymu, juiu ueniea mat ne I;,, ever said ho was one. Ho said that In fri treating 'Mrs. Brlttdn for congestion of .... ..--. .... a.,...,..,, vswi.. l I.JV 4.QUIU sathy treatment. 'V, 7UNDRWOOD'S WARNING OF fOPULAK DISCONTENT Says Something Must Be Dona to Re. I ..''' '.Heyp Food Situation andPro- -, ,... yent uprising ''WAUHINQTON. Feb. 21. Senator Un- V 4fy&4. f Alabama, warned the 'Senate ythat unless sonwihfng Is done to re- Um feed situation the hunerv nenntn Uu country 'wllf organize and thai their Etar Will resound to the Capitol ''demanding lice. rtM m tbsj.ruB of the yoke of am mis mm. mr newts, - - si fsTMtt tft'MiHrol of the waS rssBoasHils for tlM shortage "UMT wars, s busy ship. -ttsal they were uh- HHP i ''Xihi tnfi?ilTlilHllllllllllllllllllHBill BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB(rSWm. aBsVaDSwSBBBBBBi BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaMtwlllBaaL .SwPtfJHHHMkk. J-T .-. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBainsEsm.j4 fflKtSMKtJ&A BBfiBSBBSBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBSBlSBRlBBBBBBBm fttSBifi "HhSLbHbSBkJbW? P" ,i. --"iMMBpTMiiffBBfXTllJiii JBy w Vl llKSBBBBBBBBBBr ttST vl SBSBSBSBSSSBBBBBBBBBT SBr Captain Jack Crawford, who succeeded Buffalo Bill as chief of scouts under General Custer, died today in New York. CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD, POET-SCOUT, DEAD Served Under General Custer, Succeeding Buffalo Bill as Chief of Force WAS WRITER AND FIGHTER NEW YORK, Feb. :8. John Wallace Crawford "Captain Jack, the poet scout" Is dead at his homo here today. Ho was chief of scouts under Oeneral Custer, suc ceeding Buffalo Bill, and was ucll known for his poems of prohibition and prepared ness. He was seventy years of ago and died from pneumonia. Captaln.Jack Crawford was born In Cam donagh, County Donegal, Ireland, of Scotch parents, In 184C. The family migrated to this country and settled In Mlnersvllle Pa. When the Citl War broke out his father enlisted and was killed In action In nn early stago of the conflict. Despite his youth, Jack succeeded In pass ing tho recruiting ofllcers and was assigned to tho Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volun teers. He whs severely wounded In his first engagement and while lying- In a mili tary hospital In Philadelphia a sister of charity taught him to wrlt. After the war he went West and became known as a daring Government scout dur ing the Indian wars. He acted as courier for the New York Herald and made himself famous by carrying the news of tho battle of "Slim Butte" 360 miles through hostile country to Kort Laramie. Ho was tho author of many poems on army and frontier life, und on nccount of his long hair was a well-known figure wherever he chanced to be. Many of Crawford's poems attracted un usual attention, ns they told In verse the experiences he had had In many parts of tho country His "Assault with Attempt to Kill," written about tho arrest of an old Grand Army man on the charge of attempted murder, attracted widespread no tice to the plight of the old soldier. Through the poem friends camo to the help of the Imprisoned veteran and ho was released On January 30, 1917, he was taken 111 at his home In Woodhaven, L. I., and his physician held little hope for his reccery. COP HURT AT PICNIC DENIED COMPENSATION Board Rules He Was Not on Duty Dur ing Accident Case Sets Precedent in State Though the rules of the Police Depart ment provide that a policeman Is on duty all the time and everywhere, yet when a policeman Is having a good time and enjoy ing himself, and through the fault of a fellow merry-making policeman Is hurt and disabled, he Is not entitled to compensation. So ruled Referee William B. Scott, of the Workmen's, Compensation Board, today In the case of James S. Dowey, formerly at tached to tho Trenton avenue and Dauphin street station Jiouse. On July 19, 1915, Dowey and a number of other patrolmen from his station, went on a picnic In Torrcsdalo, and while Dowey was standing on a barrel, ho testified, he was pushed off by another policeman and felt, breaking his right arm. Ho was taken to 'the Frankford Hospital and the boneh set. Later he went to the Jefferson Hospital for an operation on his arm. Shortly after ward he went back to work, but on Sep tember 26 he was discharged for disability.' Assistant District Attorney M. J. Mc Enery contested Dowey's plea for compen sation. Dowey said he Is now unable to do any work with his disabled arm. He lives at 2019 Monmouth street. The Dowey case Is the first of Us kind to have been brought before the compensa tion board, The first hearing was several months ago, when the case was held under advisement. THORNTON INVITES CLERKS Postal clerks, letter carriers pnd many other employes at the Philadelphia post ofTlce have been requested through a circu lar letter sent out by the private secretary of Postmaster John A, Thornton to go to Washington to parade at the inauguration of President Wilson next Monday. It la rumored In postolttce corridors that the Inritatlon was resorted ta because of the' scarcity of leyal Democrats of Phila delphia who have signified their Intention of appearing at the Inaugural, and It Is hoped that enough employes will appear in hlch hats to avert a.flizln when tho John kA.'TtarBty chib,' marches' past the Preel Mat staa-t. V '.';-.. j--v , ,iwta.iJ4. ik'h TWO-PLATOON FIREMEN BILL BEFORE SENATE Measure Unanimously Passes House Today Rushed to Upper Chamber Uu n Staff Correspondent HARRISnrr.a Feb. 28. The Mil prq ldlng for tho two-plntoon system for the Philadelphia firemen Is now ln the Senate. It passed third reading and final passage In tho House today The voto was unani mous. The incasuio -a as Introduced last week by Representative Isadora Stern. Philadelphia, and mis rushed through the House Both the Dunn and Perry bills, giving the State b approval to the purchase by the Federal Government t twenty-six more acres of ground for the Frankford Arsenal, were sent to tho Senate, today. Dunn ia a V.ire follower and perry, a. McNIchol lieu tenant Their bills ure Identical. Perry's bill was reported out of commit tee and passed first and second reading In tho House before Dunn's measure, which had been introduced flrt,t, was forced out of committee by Dunn's having the com mittee discharged. An agreement has been rfached between Dunn and Perry, by which tho two measures aro sent to the Senate together, leaving it to Varo and McNIchol to decide which representative vlll get tho honor. BRITISH AIRMEN SHELL BREBACH IRON WORKS Several Air Battles Fought Germans Wreck Eight Allied PlanesTeuton Flyer Attacks Transport LONDON. Feb, 28. Aii air raid on Sunday over the iron works at Brebach, Germany, was announced by the British Admlialty today There were several raid encounterc, the statement said, la which one hostile machine was de stroyed. BERLIN", Feb. 28. German fliers on Monday shot down eight enemy aeroplanes, It was officially an. nounced today. Six of them were destroyed on the western front, one on the Macedonian front, and the other was brought 'down when It attempted to attack Sargemund A German naval plane In tho northern Aegean Sea successfully bombed a hostile transport ship, the ofuclal press agency an nounced. The machine returned safely ln spite of violent shelling and pursuit by' two hostile planes. VETERAN CITY WORKERS RETIRED ON PENSIONS Surveyors, Employed 30 and 50 Years, Will Be Paid $1200 Annually Two old city employes tills morning sent their resignations to Director of Public Works Datesman, nnd will accordingly re ceive for the rest of their lives a per cent of their salaries In pensions. They were Joseph Mercer, 1925 North Broad street, for fifty ars employed as a surveyor by the city, and C. A. Sund strom, 4B34 'Chestnut strect.'thlrty'ears In the city service as a surveyor. Each of the men received $4000 a year, but, as tho pension law provides that pensioned mu nicipal employes shall receive one-half of their salary, but not more than $1200, each will recelvo $1200. SUPPOSED CORPSE REVIVES CHESTER. Pa., Feb. 28. Prlscllla K. Thompson, a nrgress, while visiting her aunt, Mrs, Joseph Reynolds, at Brandywlne Summit, was seized with a spasm. At tempts ' to obtain d phyululaii fulled, and after an hour's suffering the woman ap parently died, An undertaker was sent for, and Just as he was ' about to begin the embalming process the supposed dead girl revived. A phytlclan said she had merely been ln a ftate of coma. False Fire Cry Causes Panic ,C CHESTER. Ta,, Feh. 28, Several women fainted and general confusion 'prevailed when'; a cry of f'flre" was sounded In the Washburn Theatre. Cool-headed ushers, and other attaches ..anions (lie 1200 In the audience ended a panic while. the orches tra played. "The. Star Upangled'Banner." To add tathe exqltomcnt, an alarm' of Are was VHtPLII W l -M J1 .... T-", i- Four Theories Advanced to Place Blame for Wreck 1 Engineer of freight disregard- cd signals he should have ob served a mile and a half west of scene of smash. Block signal system failed to work. Fog obscured vision of engineer, resulting in failure to stop train when he saw flagman waving dnnger signal. Brnkcman of express failed to set brakes properly. Failure to obey a "caution" signal caused the Mt. Union wreck on the Pennsylvania It.illro.id, which cost twenty lUes, It was concluded today by Investigators tof the In terstate Commerce Commission and the railroad. Although the Investigators have made no formal report. It Is known that they 'be lieve the fast freight caused yesterday's disaster when A. T. Cook, the freight en gineer, ran past the warning signal. Tho block signal sjstem was working, In their opinion f'ook, who Is at home at Harrlsburg with a fractured ankle, probably will be ques tioned further today. The Public Service Commission also Is Investigating the acci dent. Conflicting statements by the engineer of the freight train that plowed Into the Mercantile Express nnd the flagman of the express Itself have so far hindered the probers. In unearthing the real reason for the first big accident on the Pennsylvania system In vears. While the stories of the two men di verge widely It l" considered very likely that nothing would have happened had the night been clear. The flagman, S K. Jacobs, of Harrlsburg, said the engineer, A T Cook, disregarded his waving lantern. Cook says the block signal he had passed showed clear Absence of the fog, traffic men say, would have removed any uncer tainty as to whether lights on the signal system showed white, green or red OFFICIAL DEATH LIST While three separate Investigating bodies were sifting possible causes of the wreck, the wreckers sent out by the Pennsylvania Hallroad had succeeded In removing tho last of the bodies from the mass of Jammed Heel. After the last body had been le moved, the corrected list of dead was an nounced today. Additional identified dead were Mrs. A Delllng, of Cleveland, sister-in-law of Ches ter A. Minds, former Penn football star, who was killed with nine relatives; Frank Landry, twenty-elaht jearn old, of Brook lyn, and F. S. Wagner, of Pittsburgh. Dis crepancies caused by misspelled names also were cleared up, CIK1WDS VISIT SCEN'E Curious crowds from neighboring towns arrived at the scene of the wreck this morning and gazed at what remained of the mass of scrap, just as thousands did yesterday. Tho crowd was so dense yes terday ns to cause railroad police to shield the wreckers removing bodies from public gaze with long strips of cloth. By daybreak today the wreckage has been fairly well cleaned from the tracks and traffic was nearlng normal. More than twenty hours elapsed from the time of the wreck until the last body was re covered last night at half-past eight. Be lief workers could see tho bodies, but great dlinculty was experienced ln remov ing them. Tho task of Identifying tho dead was a severe one. Not until late yesterday was this completed. About the wreck and the undertaking rooms to which the bodies were hurried thero were many heartrending sights. James A. Minds, the wealthy coal operator and the father of Chester A. Minds, was early on the scene. To him fell a terrible duty. He , was forced to view the body of each of the members of his son's and son's wife's family who were Killed, who had left his home yesterday to attend tho funeral of Mrs. Mlnds's father at L'tlca, N". Y. Mrs A. Segur Delllng. the sister of Mrs. Minds had been a bride only a short time, while Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Fan ning, the Wisconsin victims, were on their wedding trip to New York. Frank Landry was on his way home from St, Vincent's College, Loretta, to New York. HOLDS ROADS TO CONTRACT B,and 0. and B. and P. Must Con tinue on Rates on Stone Freight Judge Flnletter ln Common Pleas Court No. 4 today granted an Injunction to Cal ender I, Lelper, a stone contractor, against the Baltimore and Philadelphia Hallroad Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road Company, restraining the defendants from boosting freight rates to the plaintiff and compelling them to comply with an old contract. This old contract fixes the charges for carrying the products of Lelper's quarry, near Media, to Colllngdale and Chester, Pa. Camden Boy of 16 Held as Thief Mrs. MajSklne, 674 Division street. Cam den, fainted today when she heard Recorder .Stackhouse hold her son, Walter SMne. sixteen years old, to await tho arrival of authorities fr6m Paulsboro, N. J where he Is wanted on the charge of stealing a bicycle. Young Sklne was arrested with two other youths, Charles. Moloney, sixteen years old, of SIS Sycamore street, Camden, and Raymond Grlffee, eighteen years old, of 832 Locust street. Camden, who also were held, The bicycle stolen belonged to' James Keys, 221 Sycamore street, Camden. Railroad Officials Promoted SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa., Feb. 28 Announcement has been made ,at the pany's office, of the appointment of Super intendent I II. Shlpman to the office of chief engineer and Assistant Superintendent Charles M, Brown to the office of super intendent. ,TI)8 changes will take effect March 1. . , Maryatt.B. Paxson" Burled Maryatt B, Paxson, son of Sharnless M. Paxson, Justice of the .Peace of.West.Ches' ter, wno aiea on tunaay,-was nuriea today ln West Chester, He was thlrty-elht Veara old and ia survived by his wldew.-who was Ailall itlec, Jvrmriyitfjrm&ttk L si'Li... : 'L-X'J' I : ,,L i' f'stljilisto toiUll'l 'JK? 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Mr Black, after conferring with District Attorney Rotan, said he came hero to look over the statutes and see If there vvero any by which Thaw could bo held In Pennsyl vania. He Indicated that he was disgusted with the proceedings aimed to prevent the extradition of Thaw to N'ew York cltv "N'o matter what his inrnlnl condition may me," said Mr. Black, "Thaw should bo taken back to N'ew.Yoik nnd tried. Steps for the appointment of a lunacy com mission could bo inndo thero during the trial If a man can commit a crlmo nnd lilt from State to State, and then be de clared insane, what is the law coming to?" Asked If ho thought Thaw was Insane, Mr Black smiled. "1 have my own opinions." he said, "but I'll leave It to the alienists." Mr Black will a'k pel mission to attend the hearings of the Lunacy Commission which will meet at the olflco of Ellin Ames Ballard, general counsel of the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company, -' p. m. on Match 12. Sheriff Ransley appointed the following men to servo on the Jury which will determine Thaw's sanity: Cieorft fleasey, rlerk In Common Pleas Court j Daniel Connelly, a real estate broker; (Jeorge Mjers, an attorney; Harry Mace, Assistant Director of Health and Charities, and Everett Schofleld. SENATE TACTICIANS PLAN PASSING BIG REVENUE BILL Night Before Roll Is Called on $450, 000,000 Measure Will Withdraw Amendments Flu a Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Feb 2S. Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee, seeking to avoid an extra session, have agreed that tho night before the roll Is called on their revenue hill to lalso $4.'0, 000,000, they will withdraw all ,ommltteo amendments and demand :t voto on tho measure Identically as it passed the House. If the Senate passes the bill without any change It will go direct to tho President for his slgnatuto and thero will bo no chance of further delaying Its final enact ment. By a vote of G9 to 21, the Senate this afternoon killed the Underwood amendment to tho revenue bill, providing for a flat tax of, two cents a pounU on oleomargarine, to replace the present tax of ten cents a hundreg on coloied and a quarter of a' cent on uncolorcd oleomargarine. FREE LUNCH UNDER BAN IN LEGISLATIVE BILL Measure Would Itfhibit Gift of "Any thing of Value as Premium by Saloonkeepers Bu a Staff Correspondmt HARRISBUna, Feb, 28. Free lunch In saloons and at bars will be eliminated, If a bill Introduced In the House today by Rep resentative William T, Ramsey, of Dela. ware County, becomes a law Ramsey Is regarded as one of the official representatives of the liquor Interests In the Legislature .and his bill Is therefore re garded as an ofllclal measure advocated by the liquor dealers and saloonkeepers. The bill would amend the act of June 12, 1913, which prohibits the granting of any premiums by liquor dealers or saloonkeep ers, so that "nothing of value" could be given. ANTI-SHIPPING BILL NOW OPERATIVE IN DELAWARE Liquor Banned From Lower Counties by Express or Other Delivery DOVER, Del., Feb. 28. Governor Town, send, having signed the Loose antlshlpplng bill, which Is now operative, the Adams Express Company, through Its attorney, R. It. Kenney, 'of Dover, today announced that all liquor shipments ceased this after noon. , Any liquor shipments remaining In the express offices after C p. m. today will be returned to the consignors. ' ATLANTIC FLEET SUPPLIES Battleship Kansas Xeaves Navy Yard With Cargo The battleship Kansas will leave the Philadelphia, Navy Yard this week with a cargo of supplies whlah will be ..distributed to. the ships attached to the, Atlantic fleet. The Kansas will then proceed to the Paclflo coast via the Panama Canal. At1 the navy'yard reports were'eurrent today that the Kansas. -would perform' IHitrol duty Jn.the FaoMlc; ' ,. , ,',"' .' , u Market streets early today a motorcar Uj'jIUl 13 Ul LI1U lUUIIVCL BUttb jiuuli;u City News in Brief C1T.Y ll.U.I, lir.TlICTIVIlS today went to Rrooklvu to examine n number of stolen automobiles which were found concealed ln a garago at Vernon nnd Stuyvesant ave nues. It Is believed that some of them are Philadelphia machines, Harry Sheridan, 1S19 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn, Is under arrest. Tho Brooklyn police hay he has confessed to stealing thirty-one automobiles. TWO UOIlSnS attnrhed to a moTlng van inn down Carpenter street from Eighth to Seventh street this morning and collided with the patrol wagon of tho Second and Christian streets police station, which was standing nt the latter corner. The step -and ono of tho wheels of tho patrol wagon were torn oft and tho runaway horses vvero badly Injured. HTIIUCK IY AN" AUTOMOBILE nt Fif teenth and Oxford streets, J, A. Dawson, of 151 North Sixty-second street, sustained serious bodily Injuries. He was taken to the National Stomach Hospital. Carl llenkle, of 04 Conarroo street, driver of the car, was held without ball today by Magistrate Tracy to await the lcsult of Dawson's Injuries. .lAcon nnnii's pons,' inc., f thu city, Is among the names In the additional list of firms that have offered their plants to tho Government In case of war, Usucd by Secretary of tho Navy Daniels. , I'lRST rnlZi: nf s;r0 lm been awarded to a Philadelphia-educated artist, Burton Keeler, at the decorators' competition being held by the Friends of the Young Artists Society In tho studios of Mrs. Whitney, 8 West Eighth street. New York. Second prize of ?lf0 was also awarded to a Phlla delphlan, Miss Alice Riddle. riiii.Anni.rniA x r. w s r:vn:niAN has been appointed head of the publicity department of the Chamber of Commerce. He Is W. R. D. Hall, for three vears stat istician of the State Highway Department at Harrlsburg. He will assume his duties March 1. CAMDEN THE r.CON'O.MY HUII.niXO and I.o'an Association has elected T. Yorko Smith as secretary to succeed the late John J. Bur leigh, who held tho position for twenty five years. THE TtKV. II. 11. WIE.VNl), of Bedford, Ta., has accepted the call to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, of Parkslde, Camden. The pastorate was felt vacant by tho death of the Rev. W. C. Brubaker. A MASS-MEETINCI of Pollah cltliena of Camden will be held today at Burzynskl Hall, 1230 Chestnut street, to protest against the high prices of foodstuffs, Tlir.OIlOIti: T.. MCKKRI.BI.V, of Phila delphia, will glvo an illustrated talk on tho Canadian Rockies, under the auspices of the Epworth League of tho First M, E. Church, tomorow night, COP BRAVES SMOKE IN TWO-FIRE RESCUES Carries Sleeping Man and Small Chil dren From Blazing House in Southern Section Several persons vvero saved from probable spffocatlon this afternoon by the quick ac tion of Policeman Green, of the Fourth street and Snyder avenue station, ln a fire which damage;! two homes n the southern part of the city. The policeman saw smoke pouring from the windows of the home of Charles Van Gill. 2H3 South Front street. He burst In the door, and groping his way to the second floor, found Van Gill, who Is a night watchman, asleep. Without pausing to awaken the man the policeman carried him to the street. Meanwhile the smoke was pouring Into the home of Max Lelghtman, at 2145 South Front street. Green ran Into the house nnd carried several of the Lelghtman children to the street, As a heavy snow wag falling, they were sheltered at the home of a neigh bor until tho blaze was extinguished. HOUSE VOTES 400,000 N FOR FOOD PRICE PROBE Borland Amendment Giving Fund to Federal Trade Commission Car ries, 247 to 168 v WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. The House today passed the Borland amendment to the sundry dlvll bill providing 1400,000 wherewith the Federal Trade Commission shalli Investigate enormous food prices, The vote was 247 to 158, and the sundry civil measure Itself passed without a rec ord vote. Asks $1,000,000 tor Food Relief ALBANY, N. J., Feb. 28. Senator Co4 iiuo, oi mew rorK, introduced a bill appro priating $1,000,080 to bo placed at the dis posal of the Commissioner of Foods and Markets to relieve the emergency food situ ation aa reported from New York city. THree Postmasters Nominated WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, President Wil son today nominated the following post, masters; Pennsylvania Charles K. Rurii.i Clayfc)urjn',.-S-Uth,lB. Phelps, Iiudlow. New -JasMiav Arliitor TV Aimlaitn aA..j TT'Tr " r pwf '"f ( w(-vwnn was wrecked against one of tho up- JlllUs BRAKEMEN CAUGHT ROBBING FREIGHT CAR Police Trace Them by Flash- t lights After Street Lights Are Extinguished Following a fight In the dark with -six railroad policemen, two brakemen were captured enrly today while robbing freight cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Front nnd Federal streets. The men first extinguished the lights of neaihy stieet lamps and those on the, switches, tho police say, nnd under cover of darkness approached two cars which wcri loaded with valuable goods. Hy watching the blinking flashlights of the al leged robbers the police mannged to keen on their trail, Thonolso of cracking wood was heard nnd then Policemen Roberts and Dapper saw the thieves enter the fiefght car. When the cops entered tho car the brakemen wero piling shoes Into a large bag. They dropped the bag nnd attacked the cop. N'olso of tho scuffle attracted the other police, and at tho point of 4 revolver the robbers surrendered. They proved to he John J. Moore and John J. Hogan. Moore has been employed vvltli the lompany for nineteen years and Ilogati for nine jears. They had been ifgaided as men of ex cellent character. At n. hearing before Magistrate Imhpr each of the pjlsoneia was held In JS00-b4il. for a fuither hearing Tho rapture of tho men was the result of plans made hy Captain Blackenburg, of the Pennsylvania, Railroad police For sev eial weeks largo quantities of goods havs been missed shortly after cars left the river front. Blackenburg obtained a clue which led him to believe that the cars were lobbed at Front and Federal streets. He and the other policemen went there late last "night nnd waited seveial hours before the brakemen arrjved, In searching Moore's home at 3051 Mount Vernon street, It Is said, tho police found drygood3, clothing, shoes and other articles valued at several hundred dollars. Mrs. "Moore, It H said, told tho police that her husband abused her nnd she was getting tired of it. She is the mother of four small children. The police say there "Is another woman In the case. No stolen goods were found at Hogan's homo nt 1522 South Marsden street, Mrs. Hogan was shocked on hearing of hr husband's arrest. BOY MURDERERS GET CHANCE FOR LIFE i Governor Respites Mottern and 9 Mninna Ponrlincr Tlisnnsitinn of Bill Against Death Penalty HARRISBURG, Febt 28. Governor Brum baugh has again spared the lives of Henry AVard Mottern and Ernest Haines, Jefferson County boy murderers, scheduled to die In the electric chair on net Mon day, The Governor granted respites In both cases until May 7, and In a statement he Issued said that "ln view of the fact that appeals are now pending ln tho Supreme Court further respites will bo Issued from time to time If It becomes necessary to per mit Mottern and Haines to exhaust every legal opportunity to Avoid tho death pen alty." ' At the same time It became known that Governor Brumbaugh Intends to permit no murderer to go to his d?uth In Pennsyl- vnnl.i until thA T.efrlRlfltlirn hits decided One way or another the fate of the bills alrtied , HI Hie UUUUMUIl Ul I'dl'llUI iJUiiJPit".-. -"' 7 before the Assembly. Eight men are -.,'; Ing execution. Two are scheduleu vo. 'A on March 12. Forty others convicted of mur' der In'the first degree In the various courts of the State remain to be sentenced fit to havo dates fixed for their execution. Res pites are expected to Le granted ln," cases In time to stay execution. rtant-AattntntlfA l.Miunril W. WfllS. Ol - Philadelphia, father of the original Wells ,J htlla In nhnllali ranlt.-ll nunlshment. I'8 ,A Introduced a pew measure Into the House a of Representatives, which. Is Raid '" ""0.VH tne .apprqvai ot Attorney ueneruj u.y.---and several prominent lawyers " P" poses the abolition of the death penalty, but comprises several features which amwer objections to the original bill that con tained no provlslonby which murderers sen tenced to life terms In prison, could be Pre vented from obtaining pardons on nirosy evidence. , .,,.- rm... -.a-.. Km it i. .-n.At.,1 wilt take m 4I1U.1.UVV Mill, Ik n AfVb.vu, '"-. , -- fJtU place bf i.rto, old orfes. Introduced by r'31 wens ana Representative iiess. m "- r-. ...... '., ...in i. i. .ii iiti.1 hood tno bill which will be reported from the JV dlclary General, Committee as the blly" UUUMHIl Cttjim jjuiuaiiiiivui. - ""--! a by the subcommittee on Judiciary 0e"?r.'2 In court room 3. city nan, i-niw'"-on Friday afternoon of this week l pected to be confined to this new measure. A cl-l- QI.-1 rtnt Approve oaiu ui cjicki , - ,Vi,sj . LEBANON, .,Wh?! WJE ' American iron and aiei '""?: .iii; Company of its Ibanon nnd ""; plants to the Bethlehem Steel Company ' ratifled'at a special meeting of, fhe waey noiiers)iia,ivr,.2ji.purvn ? f.iM.,..'r:r. . "v. . .ki. Stfl.wi'SBV! . 1 ' n m jrt jsa ip- jl&ki
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