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"SEENBKORONER
Prewes P,uts dff Inquest to
Evidence"
LAYS BLAST TO GERMANS
Coroner Charles It. Drevs, of Delawnro
ruunty announced today Unit evidence of
.ueha'startllnff naturo had been unearthed
"" to the causes of the blowing up of tho
rddystone Arms Muntlon Corporatlon-worl;s
fMt i,e had decided to postpone the In
).iist Into tho deaths of the persons hilled
in the catastrophe until next Thursday.
Originally It was planned to start the In
ntiMt last Tuesday.
A statement !s.ucd by tho Coroner this
tnornltiB contains Intimations that the
Coroner's Jury which hns been Investigating
the explosion for two days has discovered
evidence of a German plot. Coroner Drewrs
aid the evidence was of n decidedly sensa
tional nature and would be of great Im
portance to the United States Government,
lie Intimated that all of 'the machinery of
the Government would be ret In motion
When ho filed his report.
The Coroner asserted that already he had
twelve Important witnesses who would give
"most Important" testimony. Ho disap
proved tho theory that tho explosion had
been caused by persona shooting from n
tnoloihoat In tho Delawaro Hlver, and said
be was now convinced that It was an "in
Ide job."
The Inquest will begin nt 0 a. m. next
Thursday In Klks' Ilnll, Chester, Tho Cor
oner's Jury continued Its Investigation to
day, taking copious notes and going over
every Inch of the ground at Kddystone.
Each Juror was supplied with blue prints
nd a careful study wns made of the
foundations of the buildings destroyed In
the explosion. The Jury was selected by
Coroner Drewes with view of making It
'the mpst competent possible, as much of tho
evldcico must bo of a highly technical na
ture.' On tho Jury nro a chemist, an en
alneer, an electrician and a real estate man.
John Braun, of tester, Pa., Is being
ought by the Chester authorities, who are
trying to learn tho Identity of the body
which was burled ns Kthel McCrackcn and
then disinterred by the McCrackcn family
when they positively Identified another body
ts that of theli daughter.
At the (Ime of Interment of tho supposed
Ethel McCrackcn, Rrnun, It now has been
found, said they were tmrylng his wife:
fcut they said they were sure of their Identl
, ficatlon.
' The 135th death from the disaster oc
curred today In the Chester Hospital when
Mabel Kurlght. of 12'.'3 South St. Bernard
Itrect. died.
Under tho auspices of distinguished
patrons a big benefit for the families of tho
unidentified victims of the disaster will bo
given Inatlie Korrcst Theatre Tuesday aftor
poon, May 1. Manager Harry Jordan, of
Keith's Theatre, has tho affair In charge
nd Is being assisted by F. Nixon N'lrd
Unger. HILL'S ESTATE $!S0,000(000
Report Not Denied by Counsel for the
Administrator
ST. PAl'L. April 19. The estate of
James J. Hill, the "Umpire Builder." noon
to be disposed of through the Hamsey
County Probate Court, will total a trillo
more than $50,000,000. This was tho re.
port from the State Capitol and It was
1 not denied by K. O. Ulndley. general counsel
. for the Great Northern Railroad and legal
, teprventatho of Louis W. Hill, tho ad
ministrator. Tho Stato Inheritance tax based on a
3 per cent levy, which applies to such
estates where widow nnd children are
heirs, Is estimated at $1,500,000. This will
tbc the largest over paid In Minnesota.
OFFICERS OF RESERVE
ORDEREDOTO TRAINING
Those in Philadelphia Must Have
Three Months at Camp
Niagara
THEN NEW EXAMINATION
.Inn , ' whn, ,lnvc ,,as?,:,, ,ht exnmlna-
1 ,. romm,ls?'" In the OHlcetV e
IV0"' VnlieA Sln,cs Ary. "Ill be
cVmn Ativ Br0P0 nt n ""' training
camp Jiny 8. These ramps will bo held
in .J0? '!:rtH-of the country. Tho men
Mil receive three months' Intensive train
m,nif,c.r whl.ch mother stiff examination
. . i . """ oeiorc tney rtnally are qual
ified for commissions.
it had been tho Impression that the ex-
.V" .::".. V1" cuiuiiuiues passed were as
woum nave to take, This belief has
been, dispelled. Tim mnn mu.i i,.i
and then face tho army board
their capacity for commanding
NEW TRAFFIC SEMAPHORES
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lort Niagara, near Buffalo ni
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and prove
men.
Men In this district havo becTi taking
their examinations nt the armory of the
tirst ( Ity Troop and at tho University of
Pennsylvania, other examinations havo
been held at Governor's Island, New York,
aim eisewuere.
e ordered to
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Kalis. There thev will in. iiir,,,.i, ,..
months course of "Plattsburg" training
that will demonstrate either their fitness or
unfitness to lead mcn t,c field.
Men who have not yet had a chance to
train, and pass tho preliminary examina
tions, It is believed, will be allowed to at
tend these training camps, taking the final
examinations with the other men at the
conclusion of the training.
This arrangement will assure those In
authority that the officers to whom will bo
entrusted the raw levies of troops will be
capable of handling them. It Is not the
Intention. It Is understood, to have nny man
commissioned who would be apt to make
serious and costly blunders that would im
peril the success of operations and result
In unnecessary loss of life among the troops
they are trying to lead.
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STRICT ANTI-DOPE LAW
IN STATE SEEMS LOST
Last Hope Is in Thomas, of Lu
zerne, Who Must Make
Fight in Committee
FIGHT SEEMS CERTAIN
OVER BRADY'S WILL
Battle by Brother and Sister
"Diamond Jim" Is Now
Expected
of
NEW YORK, April 19 It Is believed
to be a certainty that tho will of James
Buchanan Brady, bequeathing about $5,
000,000, will be contested by his brother
and sister. The contest will be brought,
It was reported, on tho ground that "Dia
mond Jim" was of unsound testamentary
capacity when ho made his will on Jan
uary 16 last.
Ills brother, Daniel M, Brady, from whom
he had been estranged for nineteen yoars,
was bequeathed $100 in tho following para
graph: "My said brother Is a wealthy man
and there Is no necessity for mo to leave
him any substantial sum of money or prop
erty of any kind."
Mrs. Hattlo Mathieu, of Kast Jnffray,
N. H., Brady's only sister, and her son by
a former marriage, .Olendyn Cloran, each
received tho Income on trust funds of
$2,'., 000 In the will. Both Mrs. Mathieu
and Daniel M. Biady were In conference
with ex-Justice Morgan J, O'Brien, of
O'Brien, Boardman & Piatt, and havo re
tained him as counsel.
Daniel M. Brady Is president of the Brady
Brass Company, of 95 Liberty street. His
wife was n Singer, of the family which
made n fortuno from the manufacture of
sewing machines.
GIRLS TAKEN ON BY P. R. R. AS CLERKS
AT BROAD STREET; OLD RULE BROKEN
.Unwritten Law Has to Go on Account of Scarcity of Male
' Help Men Chuck Collars and Don Overalls More
Pay in Big Industrial Plants
Girls are going to get their chance now
Jn Broad Street Station.
For years there has been an unwritten
law that the Pennsylvania Railroad should
employ none other than malo clerks. To
quote one of the ofllclals, girls "dldnt havo
a show," and all female applicants were
refused and smiled upon 'indulgently. Now,
It appears, men don't want to be clerks and
the corporation has to call In tho, women.
"We are confronted with one of tho
greatest famines of clerks that wo havo
ever experienced," said an official of the
company. "They are going to the munition
works and Into Industry. It has struck
them that tho biggest pay comes these days
to men who work with their hands. They
havo cast aside their coats and collars and
buckled down to manual labor."
Already tho company has taken on sev
eral hundred women clerks. This has been
going on quietly for several weeks. Olllclals
of tho company, however, deny that it Is
caused by the war. The majority of women
thus far como under Ocneral Manager
Kllsha Le. In spite of tho fact that they
are as efficient as the men. however, they
ilo not receive the same wages.
"Girls cannot expect to Jump In on Jobs
nnd get tho same pay at tho start as tho
men got," said ono of tho department heads.
"I will say, however, that as soon as wo are
sure that they will prove as ctllclent ns the
men wo will advance them."
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Signs, mounted upon iron stanchions, wore located today nt nil crossings
along Chestnut street within the "traffic zone" for the guidance of
pedestrians nnd drivers. The signs are operated by the police similarly
to those now in use on Droad street.
Hu a Staff Corrtspontltnt .
iiAnmsmma. April 19.
The hope of enacting a stringent nntl
narcotic law In Pennsylvania this .csslon
apparently rests upon tho shoulders of Hop
resentatlvo David Thomas, of I.uzernc,
Thomas Is tho third member of n sub
commltlro of tho Itnuso Committee on Pub
lic Health and Sanitation, which has charge
of drafting the "compromise" nntldope bill
that Is expected to be finally passed by this
Legislature.
There arc only three 'members of this Bub
committee. One of tho other members today
explained that Thomas Is tho member "who
Is not Interested." In answer, ho said he
would fight for a stringent law Tho two
other members arc both druggists and mem.
bers of tho Pennsylvania Stato Pharma
ceutical Association. They are Theodore
Campbell, 'of Philadelphia, and Frank I.
Smith, of Pike County.
The result of the public hearing on the
"done" bills HOW hpfnrn tlin T.r.la1nfiifn
which was held two weeks ago. wns that It
wis agreed to have' "some one" draft n
mensuru that would combine the two good
features of all four measures that have been
Introduced.
Iteprcsentatlve Slgtnund .1. nans, of
Philadelphia, chairman of the Public Health
and Sanitation Committee of tho House,
after the public hearing, appointed U t
Walton, head of the Pennsylvania State
Pharmaceutical Association, to draft the
bill.
With two druggists on the subcommittee
of three that Is supposed to direct the draft
ing of the "compromise" measure, the ad
vocates of n stringent anti-narcotic law see
ttlo hope of obtaln'ng the legislation they
desire for tho benefit of tho Stale
In tho meantime, the Whltakcr bill,
which was drafted by the committee of rep
lesentativo citizens of Philadelphia who
spent tecral months making a thorough
investigation of the "dope" situation, was
Indorsed today by Judge 'W. it. Si 'THttm
son, of tho United States District Court of
Pittsburgh. .
in n letter to Representative Whltaker,
Judgo Thomson said:
"In my opinion there Ib no doubt of the
necessity of somo such legislation, as the
narcotic drug problem Is rt matter which
should be dealt with by tho State under Its
pollco power.
"The Harrison act of Congress docs not
appear to have been drafted ns carefully
nnd skillfully ns It should havo been to effect
tho beneficent purposes which Congress had
clearly In mind.
"Itelng engaged In n trial continuously
since the copy of your bill wns sent me, I
have not had the opportunity to examine It
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seem to meet, tits' r
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has just recently, succeeded In.'iilmMH
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iici:ir viuiiiuitiiii mo uinum iriune
lis auenuam uaiciui eiiects. Any. It
tlon, Hiaio or nauonai, wnicn m
minimizing the drug habit. Is unque
beneficial.
Reading Man Asphyxiated
READING, Pa., Aprlt 19. David B,-
fer. sixty-six years old, a real estate oa
and promoter of several suburbs, was f
in nis ueuroom aspnyxiatca by gav.
jet was paruy open, uoroner Norton
elded that his death was accidental.'
BERLIN, N. J., RESIDENT
ASKS NEW TOWN NAME
Urges Governor Edge to Help
American and Anti-Prussian
Cognomen
Get
TRI5XTOX. April 19. George Q. Tyson,
of Berlin, Camden Count j, employed with a
Philadelphia millinery company, has writ
ten Governor Kdge asking him to become
Interested In changing tho names of Merlin
and N'ew Berlin, to something more Ameri
can. Mr. Tyson suggests "Pine Itldge" for
Derlln.
"Any name Is better than that which
savors of the stench of Prusslanlsm. a
trong stench In the nostrils of our State,"
said Jlr. Tyson In his letter to the Gov
ernor. It will be suggested to Mr. Tyson that a
county Judgo, ns well as the Legislature,
has the power to change tho name of a
municipality.
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