t jfrnT Wi 'i . , . - H"'y - - I'- J. PICTURE SECTION INCLUDED IN THIS EDITION 1 I t c-1 '. rONE, FILIBUSTER, f DEFENDS HIS ACTS r' ' ytyissouri Senator, Under l v pire From Angered Na- H tion, Issues Statement fel -" r UmAHUD HUKKUH UP WAK Issue Also Wns Surrender of Congress's Constitutional Rights in Crisis (Copiriatit tu SI. l.nuln republic nnd T'.ienlng ST. LOUIS. March 10. The St. Louis llepubllc this morning fcrlnts the following statement of Senator William Joel Stone: "I took no part In any filibuster These re the facts: On the mori.lng of tho day the President addressed the Joint session if Congress, I'cbruary II, I i called to the White House for consultation with the president and was then Informed of the president's Intention to addrcsst the Con Kress that afternoon and to recommend the passage of the statute which has been the p subject of thin controversy "According to our Invariable custom the president and 1 discussed the subject with absolute frankness 1 told him thai In m opinion, It would be a serious blunder to (.take that step nnd cave him my tcasons t 'but evidently without convincing lilm I jlelt convinced that such a law If ran led nd enforced, would leid lnelt.ib) to war land 1 was opposed to plunging this country jtnto that 'horror of horrors' without greater provocation than we had so far experienced fluid In addition I was of the opinion that :puch a law would be In direct conflict with 'the nlaln letter nf the Constitution nf the Ifjnlted States, which Senators, as well as he President, are sworn zealouly to sup port and defend FEAP.L'D OUTCOMi: "I p-irted from tho President weighted ,rlth ominous apprehension, but without ny chango In my personal sentiments for 1hlm .He came, as jou Know to the Cap itol that afternoon and delivered his ad dress. I was igiven suggestion for n hill drawn In the Kxccutlvc Department. In tended to cryslallze In statutory form what 'the President had recommended In his ad dress. "Within two hours after the President Iliad spoken I assembled the Committee on (Foreign Relations to consider the messige nd the proposed bill When the committee assembled I laid before them tho legislative suggestions to which I hivo referred "Aycr some dl-cusslon It was iinaiil lnously decided by the compiltleo that be fore proceeding further the suggested Mil IBhould be printed for the u--e of tho com jjnlttce, so that each member might have copy for hl personal studj .Moreovei lit was said that Inasmuch as the name bill had been sent to the llouso for the con sideration of tho House committee, and (Inasmuch as the bill carried an appiopn.i tlon of SIOO.000,000 to be expended at the 'discretion of tho President, and since It tswas known that the (louse had for jears Insisted that appropriation bills as well las requisition bills should originate In that .body It was deemed best by the Cumtnll 'tee on Foreign Itelatlons that the bill should flrst" be considered and acted upon In tho House In order to avoid frletlun between the two houses "Accordingly, the committee, recessed un til tho following morning I had tho sug gested LIU printed as speedily as possible nd caused It to be distributed individual! to the members of tho committee within a (few hours after this recesj was taltcn AGAINST MUNITION CAKGOGS "When the committee met the nett morn ing, the bill, then In print was taken up nd considered Various amendments were offered.. Some of these amendments, for the most part of minor importance, were Wgreed to. I olTeicil an amendment ptov Id Ins In substance and effect that no American merchant ship armed or convocd by the United States' should be permitted to trans port munitions of war destined for de Jtvery to the armed forces of a belligerent Covernment ,at war with another Govern ment with which tho United Slates is at peace. "Tlie United Slates was then and still s, at peace with all the Powers at war ve'n with German Dlplomit c relations have been severed with Germany, but the relations of the two Governments am those et peace, not of war. Practically all men v,en the President, agree to that 'The transportation of war supplies to the Entente Powers by or through the aid pt any governmental agency would be In disputably a most offensive, unnatural act on our part and would In law be of Itself Jin act of war. 1o transport such suppl'es directly or Indirectly, through any public agency of the Government would be of- fe. Germany, but to all the other Central Pow ers with whom our relations of nmlt have Sot been broken or disturbed This would 5 "vwuia iiiuiiiuuiii nu irausponeu Eft nd delivered to the Allies would bo used ?i in common against tho armed forces of all the opposing Powers. It was to guard gainst this situation that I proposed my amendment. committl'i: disagiu:i:d The amendment was disagreed to by a majority vote, In tho committee And there after the rommlttee directed that tho bill s finally formulated should be Introduced Ihto the Senate as the committee bill, to be referred back to the committee as a matter of form, but with Instructions to re port the bill immediately to the Senate for ceron. I stated to members of the com mittee that I could not support the bill In the form agreed upon by the committee. Nevertheless, as chairman of the committee, I immediately presented It to the Senato for k4 reference apu at the very earliest possible t. . moment, under the rules, had it read the Thirst and second times by title and h id It .' referred tiVk to committee In accordance iWlth the. rules of the Senate. Immediately. V tinder the authority und on behalf of the i rommlttee, i reported the bill back to the fSenate for action. 'Thereafter, at the very earliest possible (moment, I had the bill laid before the Sen- -rfcte and moved that the Senate proceed to Ha consideration, which motion was agreed to on a vote of the Senate, That made the f bill thfl unfinished business of the Senate 'and, gave It precedence over all other bust- Mas., EXPLAINS WHV Hi: QUIT ? "At this point 1 stated to the Senate that candor compelled me to say what I had said Ja Hie committee room, that I could not port the bill In its piesent form, and tUMtt'il etpectcd to propose a material and cy: important amendment to It. I pro- r luruirr vu ray limb ill vne circunv 1 if n mac it wouiu De unjust to ijralf, aa( 'welt as to those who favored as t witar iur mo lo Kuruier manage a the floor, and that I denlred to turn ' tk management of the bill to the next atember of tne committee, air. k. Who had, stated (hat .lie would tt aa It was. I have heard no t r, KNcaoocK a -emoiency. in awnt of ta measure iM none ': mad this ataUmeat and to Mr, tUtaJWKlc I discussed It as n matter of public policy, I felt It my duty In the circumstances to make a tompleto exposition of my views and my attitude. At the close of my speech theio temalned nineteen to twenty houis of the session before tho hour of adjourn ment arrived. ' Ueforo beginning my speech 1 stated that when I had completed what I had to say I would be ready to bring the mil ami amendments to a conclusion by n vote "A few hours later when It seemed evi dent that a filibuster was on. 1 stated on the floor my desire and entire willingness lo have tho bill voted npoi at once So far as I cm recall this covers my entlie connection with the business "I did not at any time, bv an objection or othcrwlM, obstruct the legitimate con sideration of tho bill or stand In tho w.i of a vote' upon It I was. and am still opposed to plunging this country Into this horrible war If wo can honorably Keep out nf It Iloth sides have ruthlessly violated the ru's of maritime warfare as hereto fore understood and practiced I nhnppily It Is n truth of history that In great wars tho belllgeienls treat International law more as a fiction thin as an nuthorlt ac cording to their Interests and necessities 'The so-called blockade prescribed by German, to bo enforced through subma rines, Is almost only a paper blockade not an actual one, nnd the Herman Govern ment fs without right under Internitional law to lire without wnrnlnvj upon a inei chant vessel nnd destroy her and especially so without giving tho passengers and crew ever reasonable opportunity for safeguitd Ing theli lives fin the other hand l.ng land has defined bv metes and bounds in even larger area nf thn high seas tlnn (hat rovered bv 'he German submarine danger zone and has lined this grcU iren leaching fir out Into the r,icn w l with submerged mines which nie as dan geroiis to passing v ssels and huniin lic" as the submarine MURDER MYSTERY HINT IN SKULL BOYS FOUND Evidence Leads to Polirc Belief Thiit Head Was Hacked From Body The police started lo work toclnv upon what promises to be a first-class inurdet mvstcrs, which centers about Hie finding veslerdsv afternoon of a human skull b two small bns while the were playing In .1 jaW at Twenty-second street .inn Lehigh avenue The skull was wtapped In a Mdclish nevvspiper cHted about six months ago The skull hid not et reached the merelv bone stage, but contained evi dences which lead tho police, to believe that It was that of a man with red hair r.vldence also points to the fact mat u was hacked from the bodv and that theic hid been an attempt to dig a grave neai whirn the head was found Ijlwaid l.ifTcrlv aged eleven 2827 North Van Pelt street and William .schnilter 28 10 Noitli Van Pelt street, were the lads who made the gruesome discovery. They were plivlng In the ard of the Quaker l,.icn Compiny which is Inclosed bv ii eleven-foot fence The smokestack of the pl-ini rises diiectl from the ground at this point and is supported b re-en-fortementH which are long, plates bent around so that their edges nearly touch Around the base of one of these le-cn-foicements there had been a good deal of ground digging The bos saw some water In this ditch and felt up -the hollow re- enforcement to see where the w.ctei came from The pulled down n brick and short Iv aftei that thev came upon the head Jammed up a foot hlghei nnd more tlghtlv Young l.affert. whose father is n police man attached to the Itlclge and .Middle avenues station took the head home and put It In the back atd last night Inrdl realizing wliat it was llils morning Ar thur Uifferty, the father looked out i)f tho window and saw the thing He questioned his son nnd then took the head to the Itldgo nnd Midvnle avenues station house where It Is now Lieutenant Zimi nnd tho two district detectives are woiklng on the case and they will hive help shoitly from City Hill detectives SUGGESTS "ORDEAL" TRIAL IN LLOYD GEORGE CASE Lawyer for AlleKcd Conspirators in Scheme to Poison Premier Wants Medieval Test Court Refusci I.ONTiO.N. Match 10 Suggestion that trial Mi ordeal ' the medieval method b which a nrisoner s guilt or Innocence was determined, be used In tho cases of the four alleged ronsphators against the life of Premier l.lovil George, was made serl- ousl by counsel for the defendants today In summing up .1 ll mza, the Indian lawyer, who has been acting for tho ac cused declared the Government had con fessed -tho weakness of Its own enso by fall lug to nut on the stand the witness, Gor don, who gave the principal evidence to the pollen against Mrs. Alfred Jlason, Mr Mason Mrs Alice vvneeiaon ami Mrs Wheeldon's diughters He then suggest ed tho trial ' li ordeal "Do vou really inean that we should ask one of these ladles io walk barefooted over red-hot e-oals to prove her guilt or Inno cence?' asked the presiding Judge "Yen." responded Itlza "Such a suggestion ennnot bo entertain ed," responded tho Judge PICTURES OF GERMAN PRISONERS IN BRITAIN Two Full Pages Illustrating Treatment Accorded Teutons in Tomorrow's Public Ledger Two full pages of pictures of German prisoners In Kngland, showing the treat ment accorded these captives of war, will be contained In the magazine section of tomorrows J'ubllo Ledger, Through Sir Gilbert Parker the right was obtained to reproduce a selection of photographs from the book, "German Prisoners In Great Brit ain." Tho photographs were taken at six of the largest prison camps In Kngland Donlngton Hall, Alexandra Palace, Dor chester. Hapdforth, Loflhouso Tark and LCastcpte. VICTIM OP FREAK ACCIDENT Explodes in P. nnd R. Fireman's Pace as He Refills Reservoir CHAMBKHSDURG. Pa.. March 10. George P. Trulllnger, of Jl&rrlsburg, a fire man of the Philadelphiaand Reading nail way. was bady Injured by a peculiar ac cident In the Cumberland Valley yards here early this morning. The headlight on his engine went out and ho refilled the reservoir and tried to light It when the whole lamp exploded In his face. All his hair was bdrned off. Including his eyebrows and lashes, the side of his face, his shoulder and both hands were badly burned also. He was taken to the jiospltal la a setious condition. He may recover. FILIBUSTER TO SPEAK HERE Knator ?'orrl, of Nebraska, one of the twelve Benatora, who defeated the armed MMtraMtr bill 1a' the Senate, will give his Euening STORE WHOSE PROPRIETOR IS UNDER ARREST FOR SMUGGLING mMiimui?" " ""' f j90nUK& "WSsffWBIIIIIIfcBaijT i0sexL ??al?ijfe H iciir y ,. i iinnrv tinVinne lw.nil f tlm imnnriiiiir was arrested today by audits of Philailclplmins in an alleged plot to REBELS DEFEATED AT SANTIAGO'S GATES Government Troops Heady lo Enter City, President JUenoeal Reports ItvA . Mnich I" Government tioops hive mot the libels oulsldo the cllv of Muting", hive defi itc d them and are now walling l enlei the ell declared Piesldent Metioc.il this afternoon A detachment of American m nine! was reported hcie lod i to hive occupied tho city of Kan l.uls thlily miles distant fiom aiitligo It was expected the Amcrlcin foices would remain thcie until arrival of thn Cuban Government Hoops fiom Palm I Soriano 'linn the will ictuin to San tiago The destitution "f piopett bv the In surrectns continues timbalccl l)lp itches detailing 'bo burning of fields and of mills continue to arilve President Mcnoctl per sonally Js loser of 5700 000 Invested III plants which have been thus desin.jed Government olllclils claim to hive proof that the wholesale c'lmpalgn of destruction embarked upon bv tho rebels was oldered personally by Geiici.il Gomez the rebel chief now awaiting court-martial in Prin cipe Pthllcntl.it j The Cubans following Carlos Miguel d Ccsped colonel on the staff of General Gome went to the vvut. garbed In their Tuxedo evening clothes and weie capttned nnd brought to the penitential v hero In thoso hiblllrnenls 'they Mid the levolt was precipitated as a result of the di.scoi ci of the plan bv the Government. The hurried from theli homes did in Tuedo suits and rushed to Join Gomer Describing the Placentas bittle thisc prisoners said Gomez wan asleep In Ills hammock when word came fiom the hills of the fall of the rebel positions and tho Gov ernment loops' success Goiiicv. leaped from his hammock to his hor'-c but hu encountered Genera' Collizos cavalry nnd was taken prisoner WORLD PARLIAMENT . AS A PEACE KEEPER Professor Nathaniel Schmidt, of Cornell, Urges International Tribunal at Constantinople A world parliament, prcfciabl located In Constantinople, made up of u body of men representative nf nil governments and Independent states, consisting or a Senate where there will bo cciu.il leprcsent.illon for each nation, and a lower houso giving eyich state as mail representatives ub It is entitled to, using Its voting population men nnd women as a bisls s the on! solution for a lasting world peace, said Prof Nathaniel Schmidt, head of the semetlr department of Cornell 1 ulveislt, tills morning In a lectin o on "Tho League of tho Nations" Ho hpoke in the llodcph Shalom Temple, Broad nnd Mount Vernon streets Professor Schmidt said the Idea of world government Is of recent birth, while that of world arbitration goes back to Jerusa lem, to tho prophet Jsalah "War." ho continued 'tan never be abolished by war, but onl b arbitration Never will any ono be able to conquer the world, as war has proved Its linposslblllt " Professor Sihnildt has no faith In a League to Knfoitci Peace The ttoublo In the past Willi tho nttempts to form such an international league lies In the fact that any nation In tho compact would have the right to seteelo and If ono had such u right, ten in inoro had tho same right und agiln the same old conditions would obtain. Professor Schmidt was also In favor of an International Supremo Court, but said at first the composition nnd functions of n Supreme Court as wo know It could not bo comprehended generally. Professor Schmidt's preference of Constantinople as the scat of the International tribunal would, he said, satisfy all parties, Including both Hngland and llussln, and its central location at tho Junction of Kurope and Asia, with. Africa only a short distance away, made It Ideal. BROTHERHOOD HEADS TO MEET ON THURSDAY CHICAGO, March 10, A meeting of the heads of the four railroad brotherhoods with the operating heads of the railroads of the United States , will he held at the Grand Central Terminal, New Vork city, 10 . m. next Thursday, according tq nn announcement hero this afternoon The request for a meeting. It was stated, had come from tho brotherhood heads and asked that the meeting be held Irrespective f ostnlilishmcnt lioiirini? Ins name und the Department of Justice on suspicion smuggle goods from the interned German Yard. Henry Rohner, German, Held in Plots Here nnllnued from I'jiRe One btllivid In ln. n tilled in Hu aiie-d- Hill IV I'ollowinc lb' grilling agents also -.tilled afler Inn women who nude fie iiuint visits to tin inlerneil ships II i sihl tint 1 lilted Sl.ilis !,eiict service men p celled iiifotm ition lli.it these two wo men e urled "iiimiinltimi aim ml the boats 'Ihei- woniMi eilliil at the Nnvy niil on at least dozen dlffeicnt oecskms It Is slid c ifli tlnn timing lingo bundles .Most of the trips vicie made III il tiisltab On rrhruuv 'I. i woiiiin nirlvtd at tho v.ml In n t il and asked ptiiiilsrioii to visit thn Interned liners She was informed tint shn eoiilil not mi .ibo.nil unless she had a lelillvp mining the new She ob tained however the name of nne of the ollliers who-.e wife n fides ill hls cltv and through this woman obtained a permit It was developments of tills nitino tint forced the 1 nlled States ngents to both Insli and dei p sitrcc tndiv In ordei, to aid In the louncliug up of tlm toiispiratois ( lilef Postal Insptctor .lames T Colli lou and n half ilortu assistants were on hand In lend help City News in Brief MIIJI-IN SO(li:T, Pennsylvania branch, has decided to send orders of gro ceries at Hastei to as many needy indl vidu.tls as funds will permit A special sale of the articles made bv shut-ins will be held In tho Helgr.iv la Chestnut street west of Hlghteenth March 28 VlltS. .insi:ill I.. SMITH, n former Hi j n Mnwr student has returned to her nlma mitei to pic id for funds to help the rescue work of the I'rcnch-Amcrlcan com mittee for tho protection of children H costs twent cents a clay, or $6 a month to feed and lodgo one chuo Contributions may be sent to Joseph Llndon Smith, 33 Mount Vtrnop strtet, Boston (.I.OItt.l. I.. MTscili;, rrrnrder of the I nlvcrslt of Pcnnsilvaiiia, has started a movement to In Ing the birds back to the campus Ho suggests that drinking foun tains and food houses bo placed around the grounds Win on the sp.iriows who drovo the song birds away Is also suggested. MlllVAI.r. s-jnni, (OVIPANY has pur chased a tiact of ground at the southwest side of Wlssahlckon menua southeast of Unbelts iivcnuo from thn Manor Iteal Kt.tlo and Trust Company for $72,250 Tho ground t has beionie the siln for n large machine shop and an odlco building which have been erccttd and nro now equipped and icady for commission IIUlr.llT 1:I.MI;M10HP delivered nil Illustrated lecture on (lowers nnd children at the Academy of Music Youngsleia of man lands wero shown at work and at pla The msterlous process of plant growth was also portraed, a revelation mado possible by tho motion-picture cam era Tho lecturo will bo repeated this afternoon nrnusvi n ,ito s, iuti:i!r.it, of Pennsylvania In an address before tho Superintendents and Foremen's Association of tho Philadelphia. Shoo Industry nt a meeting In tho Hourse, declired that an adequate, tariff wall to protect ut least our home market for our manufai turcrs follow ing the war is most essential A merchant marine which will carry our productH on terms as favorable as those of other nations was advocated A Mi; It I CAN ltr.ll CKOSS hit. orgnnlied a chapter at Mount Airy Seventy-seven membeis have been enrolled The following oniccis were elected: Chairman, Mis. Horace It, Burell ; secretary, Miss Dorothy Hetjnermani treasure Mrs. Gcorgo A. Henrlch. (1. A. M'llvVAKZ'S tuy uliop at 1008 Chestnut stteet, M selling out after fifty eight yeats of business O. A. Schwarz, senior member of the firm, apd Henry G. hchwarz. Junior partner, announced that the cutting off of German Importations was the thief factor In Inducing the firm to quit. Cll.Wtl.r.S J. llllMll.i:, of Andaluila, Ducks County, will sail for Bordeaux on the French liner Ilochambeau today to en list In the field service of tho American Am bulance for a period of six months. .He Is twenty-six years old, a graduate of Prince ton and the Harvard Law School, 'lie has been associated with his father. Charles Blddle, In the law firm of Ulddle, Paul & Jones, 63$ Chestnut street. 1MOHT OVER MILK TAG ent r.dward Seise, of E175 Ludlow street, to tho West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital, suffer ing from a fractured right arm The milk tag, wrapped In tin foil, was lying In the mud at Fifty-second and Market streets. Somebody shouted, "There's a dollar." In stantly there was a 'rush arid the fight fol lowed. r,OW.KI II, MITI!,TJK on,,of i;d- watu jJ,(Binitn.4ntu oi mo uhjikuuc idu iCe&ger riZ5i'SMJ?rrssi located at Fifth and Ruio streets, or hemj,' concerned with other vessels at the Philadelphia Navy KEEP UP FOOD PROBE, MISS SANVILLE URGES Commission Must Maintain Un abated Vigor to Accomplish Result of Value. inlcs. the Cjt I nod Commission keeps to lis tai-l, wllh iih.thiteil vlgoi. It Is slmplv wasting its time and' will oulv follow tin coiiisc of the avei ti,e publlt i ommissloii in tills lomittv whli Ii Is to go up like i locket mid ioiiii down like a stick unend ing to the belief of .Miss I'lnnnif S.iuvlllc. who w.is one of the sp iKcih ut a snu pnsltmi on Phllidtlphl i s 1'onil Ijii'stlon at the Cllv Club luncheon tndav AIlss S'uivllle Is n Hu inbei of Hu I'ood Comniisslon niul an aulhnrll on the vvoik Ingiiian's sidi of the fund pioblim 'I ho gicalcr put of hi i addiess toil i consisted of n icvlcw of statlstlis showing the III uiase In prices and the map natively "inillcr inert .i"n Iniagc 1)1 .Minim i: Tavlm of the I nlveisllv of l'tmisjlvailla said thyit the i c was no hope of informing th" pooiil c I isses in of teaching them to oat economiiallv unless the ilch aie willing to lead tlm way In actuil example Instead of mcrel recom mending icinedles Hoi lor Tfivlor spoke on 'How tho Gei mans I'nntrolltd the food (Jucstlon ' In spite nf gleat oiifuslon at tho beginning of tin war in tleimiuv, the Government bo said, stopped much of tho wasto of pc.iciful times liv i si ibllshlug gnat cold stmagf plants, diving pi lilts for vtgctahlcs and (dmatlng against wasto In domestic households Cold-stoiagi plants In this tniiutiv must be umli i the- innliol of the'lntcrst.ito Com merce Comniisslon to pit vent speculation, ho salil Pioftssni I 'I) de I, King nf the I nl vtislt of Pi iiiif. li.ml.i, iicoinmendcil .t sstem of gieat muulclpil markets at whfih public Hit used 'iiui tiuiiteiH would coutiol nilcs He sliowttl how Philadelphia could It am b stud lug maikcts in the Kiiroptati cities wheio facllltlts of transportation, storage anil dlstiihutioii kept the pi ices of product ut tho lowtst posilble point He stltl that the cost of carting piotlute from the fielght .inls nt 'thirtieth and Chestnut slreits" to tho commission dis trict on Dock street is almost JIOOOOII a year '1 he only npposltjuu to .1 municipal inntkcl svsteni ho said would bo fiom tho vv hole sale commission men. SKYSCRAPERS' BUILDING f EXPLAINED IN LECTURE Thomus Hall, U. oi P. Profeh.sor, Dis sects Problems in Architectural Construction The evolution nf the tall building and In leicstlng tacts concerning tho development of sk scrapers generally wero given this afternoon at Houston Hall In a lectuio on "Some Problems In Aichltccturnl Copstiuc lion," dcllveiid by Thomas Nolan, professor of architectural construction of the Uni versity of Penii8Ivnnla llhc showed how the growth of the high building was mado possible by tho Intro duction and rapid development of struc tural steel, liic-proof materials and ele vators He also compared tho 1 ir'go build lngs of today with those of other deludes, phowlng how much better results were now obtained over smalei arcus. Previous to 1885, ho said, tall buildings weio not more than eight or ten stories high Professor Nolan concluded his lecturo by showing numerous lantern slides of many of tho largest buildings recently erected In tho big cities of the Hast nnd West CAPTAIN JOHN G. MUIR SUFFERS SERIOUS FALL Cashier of U. S. Subtrcasury riuiigcs Downstairs at Custom House. Taken to Hospital Captain John Orovcr Mulr. cashier of the United States subtrcasury. fell down n Might of stair at the Custom Houso this aftei -noon, severely Injuring himself. Frlonda picked him up and hummonlng un ambutanco fpjm tho Fourth and lie Lancey streets station, sent hm to the Pennsylvania Hospital. He wbb knocked Unconscious by the fall and his head was badly cut. Captain Mulr, who in a retired olllcer of the United States Marino Corps, lives at Pelham Court, Qermantown Rev. Francis Collins Dies in Hospital NOnniSTOWN, Pn Majch 10 The Itev Francis Collins, a retired Methodist minister, died In the Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, last night of pneumonia lie was horn In Pittsburgh sovcnty-tWo jears go rat yoara ub ii rwiiMW witn Hl G. D. LIPPINCOTT YACHT HITS ROCK AND SINKS . - Atlantic City Millionaire's $100,000 Pleasure Craft Goes Down OIT Florida NO LIVES REPORTED LOST Owner nnti Wife Hn.il Gone Home by Rnil on Account of Lattcr's Illness The $10 000 jaeht Aeldgtln, owned by Geoigo I l.lpplncott, a millionaire of At lintic ( lt inn nn tho rocks oft Ma port, rioildn at Ihe mouth of the St. Johns lllvcr tod iv nnd sank In thirty feet of water. No lives ate irportcd lost Aboard the craft was n i lew of nine Owing to tho lecent Illness of Mrs Lip pint ott the nunc! and his wife, who had been sailing along the Florida coast, decided to make the ttlp north bv train, thus avoid ing tho oatnstiophe The are now at their home 1J1 States avenue, Atlantic City, eigcilv awaiting further Information con cerning the ncht 'Hie ship was untlet the tommand of Cap tain s'mllli ami was efi intilo fiom Miami to Phllidelphla when the crush occurred Cap tain Smith statetl that the approach to the Jetties was misjudged nnd the ship struck a I uge lotk at high tide ' The vcldgjtha was built less than a car ago .ind was known all along the Atlantic toast as one of the best equipped nnd most handsome arhts afloat She had n length of 110 feet Mr Llpplncolt is a member of the Atlantic t lix ineni i iuo nnu ine .ev ork acht Club MICHAEL MURPHY, OIL MILLIONAIRE, DEAD Rose to Wealth and Influence Through Own Initiative, En ergy and Business Sense Michael Murphy piesldent nf the Pure nil Comp.ui man times a millionaire and a mill who rose In tho top through Ills own Inltlitlve tiled today at his home In Over brook after a week s Illness His death was tine to pneumonia His wlfo and members of tho family were with him In his last moments Mine than thlitv ears ago Mr Murph obtained employment with tho Atlantic Pe nning Compinv He watched evel detail of the business and resolved to (rn every sl.ige of It Lntet be went lo West Virginia and othet Stales which Were promising In th. oil line nnd did considerable prospect ing on his oivn account Often he was In tho siddlo for das at it time As n result of his Investigation many aucs nf oil land were opened and tho in tlustiy took a fresh lease of life. In addition to being n man of cneigj. Mi Murphy was shrewd In a business sense and most of his vcntuics brought big finan cial leturns. About twenty cars ago his name bcCamei piomlnently identified with tho big oil In terests of llto count!, and he was soon Linked among the millionaires. Despite his bus life he alwas had time to listen fi appeals from thoso not, so for tunate. In n quiet way he substantially altjed many chailtles. Ho contributed regul.uly to the support of many Catholic institutions and homes nnd could always bo counted upon to give generous aid in an new venluie of charitable purpose. Mr Murphv was alwa opposed to being In rfhe limelight. He disapproved personal public 11 of all kinds and could never be induced to poso for u photograph In addition to his connection with the Pure Oil Compan, Mr Murphy was presi dent of tho United States Pipe Lino Com piny, a director of the Producers and He flners Oil Company and also of the Key stono Telcphono Compan Ho was a mem ber of Post No 1 G A ft, nnd tho Phllo patrl.in Society nd other organizations Ho Is survived b foil! sons and two daughtcis His sons aro Matthew V Mur phv, Michael 13 Murphy, John A Murphy and Joseph L Murphy His daughters are Mrs .1 V Sheahati nnd Mrs. John J Gal lagher .Mr Murphy was born In northern Pcnn Shanl.i and was seventy-six years old Tho funeral will lake place on Wednes day Solemn high mass will be celebrated at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdcs, of Bali Interment will Jio in the Old Cathedral Cemetery ASKS OUTDOOR JOB FOR TUBERCULAR MAN Iniloor Occupation Detrimental to All Family, Associated Charities Says A man who has acqulicd tuberculosis Ihiough eighteen years' Indoor work and transmitted It to his children wants a new chance for life through nn outdoor Job. To help this man, whoso wlfo nnd four children nnd tubercular, the Itev. Zed Ifet zell Copp, general secretary of the Asso ciated Chailtles, Camden, Issued an anneal today for aid. The destitute family will die unless It can make a new home In the countiy nt a higher elevation above the sea, he said. His plan Is to obtain for tho husband, who Is thirty-two years old. an outdoor position ns gardener's helper or car. pentcr so that the ramlly may stay to gether In a healthful location. The Itev. Mr. Copp vouched for the man's Industry and sobriety. i . JURY CRITICIZES MINE COMPANIES UP STATE It Urges Measures Against 'Pollu t tion of Rivers With Refuse SCIVANTO.V, Pa, March 10. In Its re port to court today thearnnd Jury severely denounced the practice of mining companies In polluting streams with silt and refuse fiom their operations. ' The Jury calls the attention of the State authorities to tho local situation and urges immediate action to abate the nuisance. ' Elkton Marriage Licenses IXKTON, Md , March 10 L'lght couples were granted marriage licenses here this morning. They wer,e: Walter P. Oross and Henrietta N. 1-ager, John Kearns and Wini fred More, Gluseppl Volant and Mary Pea col, Clarence A. Puhl and Lottie I Ilubln, and Walter Jacksln and Llslo Helsler all of Philadelphia; Leroy 12 Ollllard, Phila delphia, and Minnie C Hherman, Lancaster; Clarence nateman. Norrlotown, and Helen Miller, Conshohocken. Pa. j Frank Davis Wilmington, ond LthelJarrell, Viola, Del. ' . r , Named Guard Cavalry Inspector WASHINGTON, March 10. Secretary of Jf7ar Baker today designated Major Ilob ert C William, of the Fourteenth Cavnlrv- us lnnctorlnitruor of he. National SATURDAY March 10, 1917 BRYNMAWRDENIES GIRL HIT GERMANY, President Thomas's Arb,,i anl Says Miss Stannerf Made No Criticism ill ".. N. Y. PROFESSOR ACCUSER Chums Also Dispute Allegation! btudcnt Scored Her Fatherland i Denials were made at llrn Mawr Col.fi lege today that Miss Muaia Alexandra Sunn pert, of Germany, had made derocalom'1 statements about her Tatherland white ihr J wan a stuaent at eiryn Mawr, w The denials came from Miss Isabel SJid-Jjl rllsnn. nanlilnnla tn tip 1 in.... ,,. ttffl piesldent of the Institution, and from firiyj churns of the German student following charges that Dr. John A Mandel, hai ofHJ the denartment of chemist rv nt v-, v.., H University, had reported to n ministerial mn rector In P-eilln that Miss Stanpert hj4l mado statements 'ilctrlmenl.il to the Gtr-il man cause " fi NO PUBLIC CfUTICISM "So far as I know," said Miss MaddlsoiU "Miss Stappert never made any Matemenuti that could he construed ns being antno.f nlstlc to Germany Of course, I 4o notl know what views were expressed In herl private conversation. pM Ttivn Mawr cirls -alio knew Miss kiiA1 pert during the six months that she waaati student at the college said that none- ofo Miss Stappert's opinions weto detrimental? lo (Jerniiny On the other hand, they mU,sU sno was ardently pro-uorman. rj The letter of Doctor Mandel was written! January 5 lo Dlrektor Schmidt, of Berlin,! the clay aftei n lectuic which Mlsi Stan.. pert delivered beforo a German society ljTj ;ew voih, ucscrioing economic conditions In Germany ' Tgl . .... fiij Miss Slappeit who now is living en Iorl-thlrd street Jjjtw eon Ninth and Tenth; avenues, .New vorh, leu urn -viawr imrae.j dlately nfter diplomatic telattons wenl severed with Germany. She told her elrlf friends that she could not accept tuition I iioih a couege in a country wim vvwen her f 1 nation waa not on good terms , JJi HttftB O.V SCHOLARSHIP -1 i-t "Miss Stappert was a student here on I German scholarship awarded by this col-1 IaiIa 'I .-M tit Srn.l.ftBnn , CU ... .:- ithc, rum ina ...nwuiomi ,3110 was ft gradualh of the University of lYankfort,, coming here last October 1 he scholarship,!. which amounts to $110 a year, is one of j our l.uropean scholarships Appllcatbi for It Is mado through tho Minister of TAi-' cation In Ilcrlln and the German consul,! here Miss Stappert, who was a jour.r.1 milef t-lrl nml .1 fnlr sfllrlent. restpnnri hp 4 scholarship nnd went to New York to trl'iJ to take passage tor per uome in tiormaw. i The, girl-Is remembejed by her frfendstii In Denbigh Hall, her dormitory, ", J vivacious ano iiopuiar siuuvui, vvnuso uit-j i flculties with tho Hngllsh language" and A American customs were humorous She followed the International situation closelj 1 as an adjunct to her studies In polities -oj itlltl 1IUIIIICMI nillCIICt; t, IIT.ll Mlluilia,l. 1-1 latlons were severed, students said, pne, rushed Into 'a room occupied by some, of; m her pro-Ally friends and exclaimed drat maticaii : n .., ,..,. CI i greci iny enemies -.j Doctor Mancel, who is in cnarge ot mi Carncglo Laboratory, declared that Jill. letter was purely a personal one, based oaf, what he had heard about Miss Ktsppeni 'fl statements. Onbelng told that the young woman aaldv It was under an American nnd not a German i fnnnrlatlnn thnt shn wns sent here an el-Pl fhflncrn sehnlni Dnetni Mantle! t.ald he Sent tho Information In the belief that the fundsl.'l for her Instruction wero provided from Oer man sources. Doctor Mandel asked several times l"wfrjl the letter nau neen procureu tie siaica It was the only letter lie. had sent to a German offlclal conveying any information Doctor Mandel said that he had neieij reeplveti innnpv from tlm German Govern ment or any of its olllclals, and denlellf emphatically that lie had anything io u with the German nronaganda In this coun-. try. Ho was not a German, he said, but J had spent n number or summers mere anoja bad ma nv friends in Germany. He MWai that ho ha;l no connection with any Cr-j man. rtffnlat nf nthertl'tnf. 111 tills COiintr,1 but admlttcl that ho had formerly tew,j well acqualiittd with Doetor iierum a Th. .mi (, iiAmjin enu lilt-lllV Indignant 1 nt Professor Mandel's letter and said nfj misrepresented tho Tacts. She had acuveim j only one public lecture In this country, "1( . ... -.. .! .. ,-, j .1.. ......1 In Ihi saia. jn inac sue aeciareu miu tijuivd -"-- highest terms ot Germany and the cconomlejjj conditions she told of vjer0 only thf'-E .(...ii!, ...Aii bn,,u,i It, fnis rountry. To rll lecture, she said, was delivered on 'Mjj uary 4, the day beforo Professor Mandel J! J letter was written, beroro a uernwn BUV"".S In New Vork. Miss Stappert said tnaij things she had uttered In the UnjW had also been said In tho Prussian vWY and sent' to this country In news diM Mtii,.. ti, iftpr nt Professor Mandei.i she feared, would plaM herself and ntfi family in a ery bad ligirt in uermanj. iiiioTiinna in army "I would like Doctor Mai.del to lead IMjj copy of the lecture, which I have nere. l,a,tt,lnl T cM anvllilllir thnt should HOI have been said," she asserted with Indlr nation, in slightly accented English TW i i. .i.. ..!i n-p eirhllnr in the German army. Her family lives jt known "Miss Stappett herself graduaiea. ..f i.. n lt a nl fOrl imm ne uerman univeraiiy w "- beforo comlntr to America. 2 T liit.flir. lamia Hkuh 1nvur.' tthfl & "for the rieoplo there' were all very EOMfe to me. I am very fond of' America anflt. l Americans. Tell me, If things get any w between the two countries, will I be Vf iuttH tiara?1 'H BAR ASSnriATIOTvT AIDS ATLANTIC IN FIGHJ City Delegation Will Go to Trenton M Protest Against Bethlehem Test Ing Range in County ATr VTm rttn.tr 1l-.h 10 'Til ..winniie. C11 1 iiv. -- ,.n County Bar Association today lined UP '"j Atlantic, city In Its right witn tne w-j pver tne eatabllshment of a big lesiin by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Mays Landing Atlantic City will en? nMlB.afl.n n it- t.jiHM .es-lal and R01' men and bankers to Trenton on M.n?'ii3 urge tno passage of Senator iHcnan"'.: Which, it Is exnee.tf.il. will causeMhe v9 hem company to abandon Its project. -j Mays landing officials will go WW hearing to protest pgalnst the bill.--fi"! Ing that the range will maRc thine bo"9 ' a poor sectloi) of the county. The bar association today apponlJ commitie to formulate a movement renvovai. or tn county. l w wist m UT U4lr Or-Rtil Lf AUM9S ww U IU " AMftMiB CttJf W Mm
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