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WEDNESDAY
March 7, 1917
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IS BURY GIRL
"ASFACTORY FALLS
jf jPiremen Rescue Young
1. Bookkeeper After Maca-
" . , roni Building Collapses
8a MEN FLEE TO SAFETY
The macaroni factory of Lulgl Verna, a
iiiii.Btnpv Viriftf nnri frame building at
.i 4," 1021-23-25 South Ninth street, collapsed to
i '? voy. falling Into n mass of wreckage about
' A .. ,.. .4 l.t.1. HHrl tkll-vl,,,- VpTHIl'd
' -aj c1lJ' 'u irii ins wuw u''"m .......,
T ,lghteen-yenr-old bookkeeper, iua wippom.
f 1431 Morris street.
Fdr an hour ana a ha'lf the Blrl lay moan
ing beneath the ruins whllo scores of fire
tnen, encouraged by 5000 persons, tunneled,
lifted and bored their way to her.
Once, when It teemed that thero would
bo a further collars of tho ruins. Father
Mundl. of St. Paul's Catholic Church. Tenth
and Christian streets, crawled In and ad
ministered the list rites of tho Church
to the girl through several feet of lumber
At 10:30 she was taken nut and hurried
to the Pennsylvan.a Hospital. She Is suf
fering from cuts, bruises, anil shock.
rtBAHOK NOT KNOWN
No reason ts known for the failure of
the building, but the authorities aro llives.
tlgatlng. .lohn KspoHO, the engineer of the
plant, noticed that tho building shook and
locked In a curious manner. Ho Jumped to
hlA lever, shut off tho power and then made
up the stairs for the ctreet, catling out a
warning as he did so.
Thirty-two men were at work In the sec
ond and third .stories of tho place. They
tumbled over one nnothrr down the stairs,
ome of them actually falling, and ran out
on Ninth street. The proprietor ran from
his office near the front of the building and
, behind him came the cashier, Kllomena
I'laeco, eighteen years old.
With a rumble and a roar that could i'
heard for a mile' the old building fell In,
raising a great cloud t dust and send
ing the people shrieking from neighboring
fcouses. Some onu turned In a firm alarm.
The polleo at the Seventh and Carpenter
streets station leaped for their coats and
twenty of them ran up to the iceno of the
accident, Soon the lire hells clanged along.
At first there was so much confusion
that nothing could be heard and It was re
ported that a rcoro had been burled. Then
a series of prolonged screams came up from
under the wrcckago and the llremeu went
to work.
"It's me!" cried the girl. "Ida C'ppola.
I'm clown here down this way!"
And aided by her directions the firemen
Anally found her about twenty-five feet from
liberty. Carefully they started to tunnel,
wprking easily this way and that, building
Up braces while taking nut tho debris lest
a further collapse result.
CHOWD CHEKI5S KIRKS! EN
At this time the crowd surged up shout
ing and cheering the firemen on. The po
lice had to light them' back. At last It
was found the, girl could be touched, but
she was pinioned against the radiator In
what had been the office. Doctors and
priests had come, hearing that many had
been killed.
Br. i:. L. Levitt was able to get hold of
the Kirl's arm and give her several morphine
Injections to relieve her pain. Still, how.
ever, she was moaning with pain.
"Send word to the folks," she pleaded
with those around tho building. "Tell them
I'm not dead ; tell them not to bother, I'll
soon tje, out."
It Was seen that she was firmly fastened
and a priest went In to her. Shortly nftcr
that the firemen succeeded In releasing her.
They had tunneled nearly thirty feet. As
she was borne out in a stretcher the
people began to cheer and shout In Italian.
"Is she dead? Is she dead?" At the Penn
sylvania Hospital it was said that she was
suffering metely from bruises, cuts and
shock. Heavy timber had miraculously
formed a kind of arch over her and kept
her from serious injury.
Shortly nftcr the girl arrived at tho bos
pital her mother, Mrs. Vlncenza Cippo'a,
was brought In. suffering from hysteria. The
suspense of waiting whllo her daughter was
released from the ruins had proved too
much for the mother, who had started to
tear her hair and run screaming about the
streets.
Ten-year-old Molly I'lccardl, 910 Kim
ball street, whose mother Keeps a trull
stand in tho shadow of the factory at Ninth
and Kimball streets, ran into the office of
the plant and rescued her mother, who had
fainted as she heard tho shouts of the
tnen Hiid felt the building begin to Fettle.
The wreckage of the building is of
nearly the same height as was the factory
before it collapsed. Many persons were
passing on both Ninth apd Kimball streets,
but comparatively little of the wreck fell
In those streets. The building, which was
an old one, just seemed to settle In the mid
dle and collapse upon Itself.
Hot Springs Entries for' Tomorrow
Flrt race, rllln;. four.year-oIdB. fllllen and
Msrrs. 0 turlonifs Hroomcorn, 110; Virginia W..
110: (Htiraltor. 110; Yuen. 110; lilack Frost. 110
.Watch Your Sttp. tin; fommennla. 113: Hon"
Point. IIS; Smuegler. 113; Tantivy, 113; Uatlier
X... 113: Voluipa, 113.
Second rca. selllne. thrn-var-oId. B'.i fur
Jonst Th Ilaronen, 89; Slcnorette. 101; 'Canh
tip. 101: 8uptrnlni!, 104; Katlsfloil. 104. Ilpatpr
Hmlth. 104; Haxjrnut. 101; Ml Shot. 101.
11 Deer. 10s; Artelante. 100; Pluto. Ill,
. Third rare, selling, three-year-olds, M? fur
Innsn 'Velvet. 00: "Taxi, 1(0; Kdna V., 104.
Klttabeth Thompnon. 104: Tlunder. 104; Dahlia,
104; 'Walter Duncan, 100; I'erieui. 100; Spec
tre. 10; Clnco Colorado. 108; Sir Oliver. 111.
Fourth race, handicap, three-year-olds and up.
(1 furlong Indolence. 07: David Craig, 104;
Ilobert Bradley, 101; Aldebaran, 10(1; Hob Hens-
ley. lis; Old uoieDua. iu.'.
Fifth race. D Soto Hprlnjr Company Purae.
three-vear-olde and up. 1 1-18 mllea General
Pickett, 103; Ilaby r.jnch. 107: Woodtone, 10H:
llendron. 108; Polroma, 113; Pleaaurevllle, 114.
t NUth race, selling, four-year-olda and up. mile
and 70 yanla Chlvator. 101; Colonel MrNnh.
1113: Handful. 104; Kneelet, 105: KNinlsa
Waters. 10R: Transport. 1071 While Crown.
10H; Impreielon. Ill; llogart, 113; Stonehense,
. llHl Uoh Fox. It4.
Five pounds apprentice allowance claimed,
Weather, clear: track, good. ,
V ,
Havana Entries for Tomorrow
Flrat race, furlongs, three-year-olds nnd
e. claiming Stalwart Van. tti:, "Fonneraade.
.''': Otaero. mis "a. mil -.-ino Mucnacno.
i-.v' Gold. 100: 'Captain Hravo. jOH. .
;, S, Second race, II furlonga. three-year-olde and
'U b clafmlllB 'Chltra, 101; Moonatnne. l(lJ.
V ?laae 'oSnivTevelOJi 'Marly0'lirleii. 100: 0,14
t- oaa,. 100: K. F. Albee, 107: 'Ha'penny, 100;
It T&rdt,ra".t'610furlongs. three-year-old. and
. I ud. clalmlni-STherry lflle. 01; Helmet's
J K Ttaughter. Otj' 'Uinill.' 7; 'Ixxet Hey. llHl;
.jfifSftliTlOll Paulaon. 12I Flute. 104: Hob
SLosVnm, 101 Peaceful Star. 104; Envy, 100;
SSJ ?(mlty. 100; Waiurka. 108.
.fourth race-, a furonca. for three-year-olda,
WSlcsp. 300 Wyna Such. 103: Flecha Negra,
TStr Flare, 104: Immense, 100; Frlendleta,
llh race, 6W furlonga. three-year-olda and
acclaiming Ola Man Crlt. OOi ' 'ZalU 100;
jftterpe. 0f Ilefugee. 18 Utile Nephew.
i le)r parlor ior iiai jinan, ia.
lrnd"up. ctalmlng 'WolltaV- 87i Sleter
ff leUt MaiiifT.uriuB,.iv-j, iiiivr Jim. iuu.
HSlr.103l jamaa uaajefr, iv.il wnariea r,
ir. 'loKl BxMllbur. 100: Tatlana, 1081
Km Bounds 'a'wre'ntlce allowance claimed.
JilStJr. ,elWl track, heavy.
Y. KU C'AV WUteg.lUjwd by fire
Itofmwm- v- l 7-Hoomers
90 louna -w. ..--,-, mviMwii:
In, "-a.' yiii iwreiy eseapea' wim
naa when flre). brok' out early this
4mmI eotroy4 It lulas than, thirty:
Virtually' ,aonv or weir effects
sly AM Im flams stwtuiej.
tasa im SirrM
SCENES AT BUILDING COLLAPSE, WHERE
JUDGES HOLD OVER 'AWSfek mTSrW
FIVE LICENSE CASES f flEm Wf f 1
Dealers Declare They Had Re
ceived No Warning of
Remonstrances
ConiplaUits hy nttorne.vs for saloons and
cafe proprietors to the effect that they had
not been notified In time that tho police
department hud filed remonstrances against
them resulted iu postponing the License
Court healings on live cases scheduled for
today. Daniel Shorn nnd a number of oth
ers said thp'nnly Information their clients
hud that the police would object to grant
ing them new licenses was what they had
read In the newspapers.
Harry Kellx. who Is appearing for the
police department, told Judges Kinletter nnd
Martin 'that he would see the license holders
wero formally notified, and the cases were
put over to next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Ten lemonstrunces were filed today by
the Law and Order Society, through I.
Clarence (lll.lioney. They an- directed
ngaln'U Nicholas Caparone, 801 South
Twelfth street, on tho allegation that Capa
I'onc used Improper udertlslng matter for
his saloon, and against William .1. Cahlll,
43 N'orth Slth sjrectw as selling liquor to
Intoxicated persons.
Other CJIbboney remonstrances are as
follows
Kllen M Ilore. 310 N'orth Fourth stieet,
accused of running n lendezvous for dis
reputable characters; Cecelia Mitchell,
southeast en: nor of Klghth nnd I'arrlsh
streets, alleged disorderly conduct In sa
loon; Henry Mullcr, southeast corner of
Klghth and Spring Harden streets, alleged
disorderly conduct and blackjacking of cus
tomer ; William T flails, Thirtieth street
and Columbia ave .ue. alleged Impioperly
conducted cabaret: Krank (Joetz, 7312 Hls
Ing Sun lane, alleged disorderly conduct In
saloon; Simon (lallagher. Forty-eighth
street and Lancaster avenue, alleged sale
of liquor to minors ; Morris SchlfT. whole
saler, accused of having sold liquor on Sun
day. DUNG AN AND M'LACHLAN
LEAD ENDURANCE BOWLING
Head Twelve Teams in Twelve-Hour
Contest to Last Till
Midnifrht
Ilugan nnd Mcl-achlau continued to hold
their lead at the end of the third hour of the
twelve-hour endurance bowling contest
being held at the Keystone Alleys, Eleventh
nml Arch streets, today. At the conclusion
of the sixth gnmo the leaders, with a total
of 1187. held a margin of 57 points oer the
second best team, Muller and Zurn, Anders
nnd Frlcko failed to keep to the pace that
gave them second place at the end of the
first hour, nnd dropped to seventh place.
There were quite a number of enthusiasts
present to witness the start of the first test
of tho kind held on public alleys in recent
years. Among the contestants are Klmer
R. Dungan, ex president of the National
Howling Association, and Charles Trucks,
ex-lndlvldual champion of this city, who, nr
a pair In 1010, won the twenty-four-hour
endurance contest. In the present contest,
however, they are not rolling as a pair.
Trucks having as n partner Harrison and
Inmgan being paired with MacLachlan.
Four prizes will be given the four teams
which topple oer the greatest number of
pins In tho twelve hours. It is estimated
twenty-five games will be rolled during the
tourney.
Summaries:
Dugan and McLathlan 1 1 S7
Muller and Zurn 1130
Harrison and Trucks H
Marshall and Itadcllfte 1111
I'rlck and riuest -. 1003
Flood and Daley ' 108K
Anders and Frlcke -; timi
Honman and Jones 107.1
I'rleatly and Dalton lout
Wolf and Klein loan
lllrdsall and Farrel oils
ltose and Meyer a(ji
CLARK COMES FROM REAR
FOR BILLIARD' TITLE
New Yorker Trims Fink in Sensa
tional Match of Pocket
Tourney
Charles Clark, of Jfew York, came from
behind In a great finish today and beat out
Morris Kink, Philadelphia, In a sensational
match of tho interstate pocket billiard
championship now being played at the Penn
Illlllard Parlors. 1E08, Market street. Fink
led at one time In the match by fifty points
to none at all for the enemy, but Clark
qrawled up, ball over ball, to win out by
the narrow margin of 125 to 108.
.In the other match Charles Harmon beat
out Joseph Kelley by the score, of.125 to 91,
The high run of the day was a. 36 run-off
by Clark. Fink had Zi, Harmon 22 and
Kelley 10.
James McCoy meets Harmon tonight and
Qeonre Clark meets Kelley,
ST. MATTHEW'S CALLS PASTOR
Rev. Henry "Walhey, of Wayne M. E.
Church, Asked
-The congregation of SI. Matthew's M. R.
Churcb. Fifty-second' and Christian streets,
"today extended a call to the ,Itev. Henry
Walhey.- pastpr of the 'Wayne M, B.
Chureet it ,"Wayne, Pa.
Tfce Rev. Hlehard lUdcllfte, present oc-
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Tho three-story macaroni factory of Luigi Verna, at 1021-i!-'J5 South
Ninth street, fell with a crash today, burying eighteen-year-old Ida
Cippola, 14IU Morris street, the bookkeeper, under the wreckage. She
was dug out of the debris more than an hour later while a crowd of 1000
persons looked on. The cross in the upper left-hand picture indicates
the spot where tho girl was buried.
BULLETINS
RUSSIAN CRUISER HITS MINE; BADLY DAMAGED
DKItl.IX, Jtarch 7. The Ilusslnn armored cruiser Ilarlk (or Itudlk), of lo.oou
Ions, struck a mine in Finland liny and was heavily damaged, Mild n Stockholm
dispatch to the Transocciin News Agency today. The Ilarlk Is at present docked
nt Kronstndt.
RUNAWAY BOY, SOUGHT FOR A YEAR, DIES IN CAMDEN
A runaway Charles K. Jones, seventeen years old who had been sought by
his parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Hairy A. Jones, of Wheaton, Mdi, for more than a year,
died today In Cooper Hospital of pneumonia. Up had been boarding at uOlO'enri
street. Camden. He told nurses at tho hospital that lie ran away because life lifr
tho country was "too slow."
FIVE HURT BY FALLS ON STREETS IN CAMDEN
Five persons were injured by falls on slippery pavements in Camden today.
Three were children. Hairy Stringer, thirty-nine years old, of 407 Jersey avenue!
dislocated Ills shoulder when he fell near Ills home, Klglit-year-old lllchni'd Gar
ret y, C35 York street, severed an artery when a milk bottle broke In ills hand after
a fall. The others were Mrs. l-illian Seaman, forty-one, of -111 Liberty street;
Victor Schludzlnskl, thirteen .years old, of 338 Lansdowne. avenue, and Samuel
Kohlmeycr, five years old, of 046 North Sixth street. All live In Camden. They
wero treated at Cooper Hospital.
DREDGE AND ICEBOAT MEN EXEMPT FROM CIVIL SERVICE
Positions with the municipal dredging plant nnd on the city llceboats were
exempt from Civil Service requirement today by the Civil Service Commission.
Director 'Webster, of the Department of "Wharves, Docks and Ferries, asked that
these jobs bo placed In tho exceptional .class, because employment of this kind Is
Irregular and required by tho city In uncertain periods, nnd the commission
granted Mr. Webster's petition. Tho change will affect 238 officeholders.
U-BOATS CUT FRANCE'S WAR SUPPLIES, BERLIN SAYS
RBItLIN, March ".Only four steamships carrying war material have reached
French porta from over-sea countries since tho beginning of tlermany's Intensified
submarlno warfare, the Transocean News Agency declared today, ' The manager
of the Cherbourg Arsenal Is said to have given this Information (o the Paris news
papers. At present, the news agency asserted, no munitions carriers are en route
to French ports.
KERN TO GET PLACE dN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, March 7. Former Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana, Demo
cratic floor leader in the Sixty-fourth Congress, Is slated to be nominated as 'a
member of tho Joint International Commission to fill 'a vacancy oxpected soon.
President Wilson Is Understood to bo ready, to nominate Kern as soon as the
vacancy occurs.
PAYS $50,000 OPTION FOR PURE OIL CONTROL
PlTTSBUnGH, March ". P, J. White, at one time a partner in the firm of
Sinclair & White, of Oklahoma, has paid f$50,000 for a thirty-day .option for control
of the Pure Oil Company. The option figure is J26.75 a share. The par value of
Pure Oil, Is J5, and tho stock Is selling today In the open market at 24V4. The
Impression Is that tho Sinclair Interests' may get the company, although Whtto
and Sinclair, It is stated, havo not been on friendly terms for a number of years.
URGE GERMANY TO USE "ALL MEANS" FOR, PEACE
TUB HAGUE, March 7. The C-erman Government is urged to adopt all means'
to obtain an honorable peace guaranteeing Germany a political and economic future
comparable with the sacrifices her armies have made In a resolution introduced
In tho Prussian Hprrenhaus (Houso of Lords) by Count Hoenseroech, according to
Berlin. dispatches 'today. Other members joined with Hoenseroech and supported
tho resolution. They pointed out that German, domination. of- Belgium and the
coast of Flanders makes Germany's position secure In peace, negotiations.
ACCUSED OF CLOTHING THEFT
Former Student of GIrard College Ar
rested on Visit There
William Griffiths, eighteen years old, a
former student of GIrard College, was ar
rested this afternoon, accused of stealing
clothing- from the Institution.
The boy. It is said, visited two students
at the college some time ago, and took a
suit of clothing, This afternoon, according
to V. D. Wealherby, an officer of lie in
stitution, Griffith's went to the college, again
and took clothing ff-om one of the bays
rooms. He was caught after .a chase and
MU.in U00 ball ior n further hearing by
la laaolearv. In mm (2aurai nonce
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FUNERAL OF E. E..PENNOCK
Services for -Gra'ln Man and ' Banker
Are .Held Today
Funeral' services were held today for
E. Eldrdge Pennock, heai? o r the grain
firm of Pennock & Co., and widely known
In banUIng clrcjes, who died of pneumonia
Sunday, eleven weeks after the' ileath of
his wife.
The services consisting of the simple
Quaker ceremony,, were .held at the Pen
node home, '8728 Greesa. street,.. .Qerman.
town, at 2 o'clock this afternoM,'',' Brlj
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FOUR HURT WHEN TRAIN
STRIKES MOTORTRUCK
Glassboro Accident Laid to Au-
toists' Desire to Race, P.
and R. Men Say
Four men were badly Injuied sboitly
after noon today when a Philadelphia and
Heading Hallway train struck an automo
bile truck at Ulassboio. N. .1. The acci
dent happened at the ( 'las ton load cross
ing and, according to the railroad odlclals,
was the result of the man ill the truck try
ing to "beat" the train. The Injured are:
CIIAHMIS Di: VAVU Pitman. N. J.: broken
arm: Cooper Hospital, C'nmUen
WIM.IAM PCHAItNAlIMl. lent'-f.e yearn
old, filanjljoro: JefTernon Hospital. I'hllaJel-
Pliln.
WII.I.UM lKI.IIV, tnenty-two. Jeffereon Hos
pital. WIM.IAM OltOVIJIt. tivent-foi:r; slisliW In-
Juries: tal.en lo hH !ioni hi Classljoru.
The truck, which was smashed to pieces,
was owned by the Pitman Electric Com
pany, and tile four men were employed by
that company. There was no one else In
the truck .nt the time of the accident.
Itesldents of Glassboio living near tho
sene of the accident ran from their homes
and carried the men Into a shed, where they
lecclved first-aid treatment from Dr.
Charles Heese, of Glassboro. The train,
which was bound toward Philadelphia, had
stopped and threo of the Injured men wero
taken nbnarjl, A record run to Camden
was made. At the Mnrkct street wharf an
ambulance from Jcfferion Hospital was
waiting.
FEMINISM DOMINATES
"PRIZE BABY" SHOW
Cute Little Girlies, Six of 'Em, Toddle
Off With All the
Ribbons
Dozens of fat little boy babies who had
been entered in the beauty contest at the
Frankford Day baby show at Horticultural
Hall, held under the auspices of the Hetall
Giocers' Association, puckered thein baby
lips and sent forth a wall of chagrin when
It was communicated to their Infantile In
telligences, this afternoon that of tho 100
contestants the six prizes were awarded ex
clusively to girls.
"Boo-hoo, glug-glug." complained one
blue-eyed youngster, "removing a chubby
finger from his rosebud mouth which, be
ing translated, meant nothing more than
that this was "Woman's Age any way, and
sucli being the case what cpuld the most
pulchrltudlnous male Infant expect?
The first class Included babies ranging In
ago from six to twelve months, and tho
second class thoso of from one to two
years. The prize-winners were: First
class, Catherine Jones, eleven months, 3010
East Livingston street ; Violet Wilson, seven
months, 3306 Van Kitk street: Edna-Archer,
six months, C80C State street. Second class,
Thehna Xealls, fifteen months, 2072 Kings
ton street; Slargaret Mitchell, nineteen
months, 4525 (Jrlscom street; Francis
Gloves, eighteen months, 1601 Unity street
BRITAIN REFUSES PERMIT
TO REPAIR AMERICAN SHIP
Captain ,Spurns Demand That He Divert
His Vessel to Munition Trado
for Allies
WASHINGTON, March 7. That the
Urltlsh Admiralty is hard pressed for ships
to handle Its commerce .was Indicated today
by a case brought to the. attention of the
Federal Shipping Board, In which it was
charged that the British Minister of Muni
tions refused a permit for repairs to the
American schooner Matt,lo Newman, lying
in the harbor at Liverpool unless her owner
consented to the use of the vessel in muni
tloa trade for the Allies. '
The yessel sailed from a Xew. England
port late last summer for Liverpool with
a cargo of lumber. She was partly wrecked
in an Atlantic' storm, but made port. Her
owner at once applied for permission to
have her repaired, but was told that unless
he placed his boat at the disposal of the
British Admiralty the permit would not
bo granted. The master spurned the offer,
with the result that his vessel has beert
tied up In Liverpool harbor ever since.
T)ie board has advised the bwner to
hold on to his schooner as an act of pa
triotism, even though he Is losing money
on her every day.
LES DARCY NOW EAGER
TO MEET MIKE GIBBONS
T .
Australian Changes Tactics After
Whitman Ultimatum in
New York
NEW YOniC March 7.Leeter Darcy
agreed today to meet Mike Gibbons and
his manager, Eddie Kane, to talk oVer
prospects for a bout between, the two m
Milwaukee 'or 'some other western city. Up
to, the time Governor Whitman placed the
ban' .on Darcy In .New York he refused, to
coiulderaibbons's advances, but the Whit
man aeciaion cnno uarcy's plans oon-
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mm. mzsstf xnU mtttr atl TntSSar 7 V ifflTT .'aTi
HOME RULE, EXCLUDING
ULSTER, BRITISH OFFER
Renewal of Debate for Im
mediate and Full Autonomy
Brings Government Reply
LONDON, Maich ".Home rule for Ire
land, with Ulster excluded from its pro
visions, Is tho Government's answer lo the
demand of Irish leaders for linnimedlate
homo rule. Picmler Lloyd George announced
In the Houso of Commons this nftornoon.
Tito Prlmo Minister Informed Commons
that tho Government 13 ready to confer
with Irish leaders nt onco with regard to
establishing 11 self-government for that part
of Ireland that clearly Indicates its ileslte
for homo rule.
Hut the Government, he added, is not
prepared nt this time to force the Ulster
counties to nccept home rule for Ireland
ngalnst their will.
The Premier's statement was called forth
by 11 motion made by T. P. O'Connor that
tho Government confer free Institutions
upon Ireland.
O'Connor bitterly recounted Ireland's
grievances, particularly dwelling on the
treatment of the participants In the icceiit
revolution, which, he said, "transformed a
friendly people Into one Illled with 'hitter
hatred of tho country." He advocated home
rule "for the sake of Ireland, for England,
for the Empire and the Allies."
l."l,RRS IN HER "NIGHTIE"
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TO EMinE DETECTIVE
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Seventeen-Year-Old Girl, Accused of
Thefts, Tries to Escape Over
Roofs Is Caught
Klight thtough an open window nnd
over a row of porch roofs In her night
gown followed seventeen-year-old Anna
Schultz'H lecognltloii of Detective Ayies
when Ayres called to surest her today on
dial Res of stealing money and jewelry to
a lolal of J 100 fiom tho home where she
was employed as a domestic.
The girl had been traced to n house on
Klexenth street below Cambila by Aytcs.
on complaint of William I. Peering, of &13
Catharine street, who said she disappeared
last Sunday with ?"! It) cat-it and Hie
Jewelry.
Ayres waited several hours outside the
house on Klecnth stieet for the girl to
come out this morning, mid finally entered
and knocked at the door of her 100111. She
opened the door, recognized Ayres as the
man who had been standing outside and
climbed out an open front window. She
woro only her nightgown and her feet were
ban-.
Ayres followed her out on the poich roof,
which was part of tho low on Kleventh
street. Tho girl ran from one to the
other until she reached the end nt Cambria
street. There Ayies oveitook her and she
surrendeied. She was then forced lo dress
and was brought to City Hall, where she
had a hearing today. Peering said he did
not want to prosecute the girl and she was
turned over to a court olllcer.
COURT ORDERS ANDRADI '
TO SUPPORT FAMILY
Professor in Industrial Arts School
Must Pay $G2.oO a Month for
Maintenance
Chailes 1'ieston Andradl, a professor In
th.' School of Industrial Arts, who was ar
icsted on the charge of deseitlon and non
support, was orderetl by the Pelaware
County Court at Media this afternoon to
pay his wife Jj62.50 per month for main
tenance of herself and one child.
Mrs. Andradl, who fonnerly taught iu
the same school with her. husband, said that
in tho seven years of their married life he
only spent thirty cents for her amusement,
although he traveled extensively abroad.
After leaving his wife some weeks ago,
Andradl went to lle at H21 Arch street.
The amount ordered by the court was
agreed upon by both husband and wife.
City News in Brief
CAUGHT nKTWKUN Car wlilch lie was
Voupllng on the Philadelphia and Heading
Hallway at Sucquchanna avenue, John
Fisher, of 2B3 Xeralda street, suffered seri
ous Injuries. He wns taken to the Kpls
copal Hospital.
Till: COltONKK'S .IUHV today exon
erated John J. Dougherty, of 251 Kast Tus
culum street, who was driving a motortruck
which ran down and killed Thomas Caiman,
nlno years old. of 29 Kast Wlldey street,
on March 1. The accident, which occurred
nt Front and Allen streets, was unavoidable,
the Coi oner's Jury concluded, after wit
nesses testified the boy had stepped in front
oe the machine before he was seen by
Dcugheity.
1IKUKST 01' A IIUM.ET nai received
by William B. Chamberlain, of Torresdale,
from his uncle, Colonel Thomas Chamber
lain, who died February 27. Colonel Cham
berlain was struok by the bullet at the
battlo of Gettysburg. He also left Ills
nephew two service swords and belts, his
uniform and a sliver loving cup.
SHIS. AXNi: W. l'KNFICLD, wife of the
American Ambassador to Austria, has con
veyed six properties at 906 to 916 North
Broad street. Including 909 to 923 Carlisle
street, to Jesse L. Shepherd. The total
assessed valuation Is $117,000.
JOINT COMMITTKK to Foster Com
merce via Philadelphia will meet tomorrow
afternoon at the Bourse to receive data 011
tint use of the port collected from shippers,
exporters and Importers and to consider
suggestions -for Improving port facilities.
A call to all constituent, organizations to
send delegates was se.nt today by Kmll
P. Albrecht, general secretary.
IlKKAMIUtS OF l'KKSIDKNT 1V1I.SO.V
will be arreBted, according to Instructions
issued to city detectives. Lieutenant Wood
said threats against the life of the Presi
dent or any public official or mailing let
ters containing threats In a crisis such as
the country Is now facing were dangerous
A fine of J1000 or five years In Jail or botli
may bo Imposed on any one convicted.
llOI.ANU S. MOltlllS, Demoeratle State
leader and ex-chalrman of the Democratic
State commltte, Is ill at Atlantlo City
Ho is said to be suffering from overwork!
SIRS. T. SHEEIIY SKEFriNOTOV
widow of the Dublin editor who was shot bv
ordenot a British offlter during the Irish up.
risings, will relate her experiences next
Monday night at a meeting at the Merlon
Cricket Club, .Haverford. The mketlnr is
being arranged by Main Line pacifists.
MBS. ELIZABETH BBOffNE, one of th.
oldest native-born women In America cele
brated her 101st blrthoay anniversary at
her home, 1948 North Twentieth street.
ONION THEATRE ''TICKETS" will ba
accepted In place of currency at the benefit
matinee at the Nixon Theatre In West Phil
adelphla next Friday to.be given to help rot
nuco me iiie.ii.w9H v '"' aii vegetables
U.aoceDtsd.at Was hanau.ela" SH
win
WEDNESDAY
March 7, 1917
TS
POISON PLOTTER
BLAMES SLEW
First of Quartet Accuspri 3
Conspiring Against LloflM
1 ouiiea .1
DRUGS ASKEDF0R DOGsj'l
As weird a s.'ory or'?teuKSJ4l
ui- rur was auribll cd to lt, t.I,.""W
to a close In old Uallev .1,1. ...cl C1W
this
when the Crown,
rown, through Attorney TV!
. Km lb l 1 . "Ulny fJeifil
erai ir F. 1
11 "".' ","0 S case aMiJAal
i.ii 1 1-1. accused or connlrin . ""
rentier Lloyd. George and MuImJI W
Henderson,
MIWir
."iriVKnisS
1
... r'1'0"' A''-'" .Hetty Wheeldon aVi?.
nouncTln l'oS' ?.
persecut.on by " , ""JJil,!" T
"able linking of purely CrcunUntl.T
AIr.. Alice Wheeldon. eldest of th. '5
?.flSI"01'' was "' "r ln.M M
I DICCKIVKD BV SLKPTHs A
..l!.lVvo.'-e !hat 1'isnector, Gordon. .'
':;,...' '", .""'; 'rPuchF.i '" ns a -wi
".llliuuil Ull ll-i:i I II' n llttlllrifa. '-I
V6'1"" ."' ". character as a secreTS
ii'n furfur ,,i,,i . .....!.. .- .. . -"-n.,
poison will, which to Mil certain a?'
gun, ding friends of hls-o her "c0nsc, I'
"?"' W'rtwl,o e, e ImwffiT-
..,"" ..''" r""8l I" ODlalll frnm V..C1
III .... ' '-"J.1
Jinurlsnn,! ct
concentration
camps,
that they mljkt
rm.llir. l
Subtle poisons, a drnn of ,,.1,1.1. .1.1
cause death If inHoduced In 1, wound wl'
revealed as the tools by which the fou'rbW i
George" and .MInlMer AUhuT 7J
JZKtp.rrW,,lte,""dta-S2;
The Ciown called two expert toxkolJ?
BlstH and pathologists. Both dellwrtfft
bewildering analysis of the effect of'irLU
poisons found by lnsneclnr 11., 1.... 2.?1
of Scotland Yard Iu the no..in- VrH
Alke Wheeldon. Ms Hetty WheeMan .SI
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Mason, the quarttt
on trial for the nolson ulnf H '"."
John Webster, assistant scientific analyitf
to the Homo Office, and a pathological rvl.f-
st or repute, testllied he received froal
l hlef Inspector Pnrkor. r.r c,n.., ..J
a box containing four glass vials. Two kiji
.-.... ,,u,c Mrycnnine. hydrochloriti?
and two a substance similar to curare !
poison fojinerly used by South American,!
for tipping their arrows. ir i-nv i-v,-i..,3
evidence of tho extremely poisonous natural
of these drugs. ",
PATHOLOGIST'S TRSTIMnvi-
Dr. Bernard Henry Spllsburg. natholerlaW
ror the Home Onice, corroborated Doctor-
...n irauiiiony. jjo estimated that 1
naif a. grain of the stryahnlne hydroclilonli
would be fatal, but said there was no erlW
dence of tho exact amount of curare necei- t
.,..y iu i.iii, 3 it was a rare poison, 1-i
thoilcli iritnv,,,, n e .,--.., ' la
"" ' " "t cAiii.-iiie ueauunesB, ?
Thtough both Doefnin Waher.,. nj e.11. -S.
bury tho prosecution Identified the foufll
glass vials. Later the Crown will connect!
Ihese deadly poison carriers with the de-i'l
fense through Inspector Booth', who poMafl
as a friend of Mrs, Alice Wheeldon andll
-....., ,.w tuiiiiuiuii in ine auegea plot, r-i
celling the poison, It is claimed, from lier.S
. Testimony adduced vesterdav Indleiteof
ltP,'!llA I, AH n..nl.1..& l ,1 ., . . , 1
that the conspirators among whom Alfred.
.uaun is an expert chemist knrwn ai ti
toxlcologlst. planned to poison Lloyd GtornS
by a iiolsoned nail driven into his boot
niuiB a was iett outside the door of,3
noiei room for cleaning and to do awij
with Minister Arthur Henderson by ftesl
tratlng his .skull with u poisoned nallS
SCOTLAND YAnD KVIDBNCE W,l
After laying the ground for its ait W,
revelations as to the various nolsons. this
- ,! ire.i luuuecueu wmi eviaence 01 uit,
Scotland Yard agents, who worked on lite:
case, to show Intel change of letters and'
telegrams between the four conspirators 19
proie their complete complicity Krldenct'
was offered to show how the detectives kent
check on every letter mailed by the quartetJ
copying such messages nnd rcscaling. Sei
eral of the letters, as revealed bv the Crown.'
discussed a mysterious "parcel" and Its d-1
lav in arriving nt Mrs. MncAn'c linme Thlil
parcel, tho Crown proposes to prove, conia,
tallied the poison. M
i-onslderablo amusement was offered In
the reading of several letters written bj
MJss Hettle Wheeldon. Although a school
teacher, she adopted an Illiterate style In
writing. One of these slnngfly and In mil-'
spelled phrases told about various activities
or the War omce nnd bitterly assailed varl.
ous Government officials. Later a clDhff
code was adopted for such corrcfpondence.V,
tr, i.... . , . .a
u icui-i rcau;
That damned Welshman (referring to,
Lloyd George) has not got into power.
God strafe his blasted eyes. Ain't the
whole caboodle nice?
HARRY CLAIR WINS SPECIAL!
POINT BREEZE SHO0W
Gets Straight Run of 20 Birds Against
a Fast Field of
Trappers
Harry Clair, of West Philadelphia, wnl
the special twenty-bird shoot of the Pofotl
Breeze Gun Club today with a straight real
of twenty birds. George Elber was second"
with eighteen.
Davie Paul, Hoffman and Esola wtfifl
tled tor third with seventeen birds aplecfcl
MURDER CLUE IN CHANCE WORE
Detective Overhears Remark That MtM1
Solve Tragedy
A chance remark mado by John Carti?
of, 3084 Jasper street, may lead to the
murderers of flimuel Jenkins, of Jf,
Howell street. On the night of Kebrurr
17 he was found In a dying condition t
Torresdale avenue and .Bridge street. Wl
said that he had been shot by two nif
after thev had tnhhed him nt Ills ltlontT. 'it
Jenkins died about ,two hours after the,
Detective Relahaw. wlin Im been l"J
vestlgatlng the case ever since, happen W
be In the neighborhood -where, the prime,)"
was committed this afternoon and "'&
passing a saloon heard Oarr say he knewa
all about the hold-up. He took Carr J
City Hall. He was held for a further her3
Ing .tomorrow by Magistrate Mecieary j
tne central police court.
500,000-Gallon Wine Cargo at N. V.f
NEW YOnK. March 7,. The Atlatln
Transport freight sWd Minnesota', one of wj
largest vessels ftvlnc- the American fl'l'i
arrived here today from the Paclflo cotl
witn a cargo consisting principally of wx
000 gallons of wine. She also carried ralelM
ripe olives and figs. The Minnesota camel
iiuuuBu uiq 'iimuna uanai.
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Bible School Workers Meet
QLOUCE8TKH q?TY, T. J March 1,
The Camden County Sunday school work!
last nir.ni nem their semiannual conrei
In the Gloucester Baptlut ;Church. , P'
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