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LOYALTY-THE ISSUE jCHICAGO COAL MAN
AT WISCONSIN POLLS ! QUIZZED BY POTTER
"La Follellei&m" on Trial at
Senatorial Primary Eyes
of Nation on Fight
Mnrtl.on. HI... March 11
The political rca of Hip nation toda
are watching Wisconsin n speclil .Sena
torial primary election Because of tho
loyalty Issue at stake. It li resardert
as the most Important primary election
In tho history of the State
It Is the first 'oIk' rcfeiendum on
the Nfitl-nal Admlnlstratlon'H action In
ndWsing America's declaration of a state
of ar with tho Imperial Herman Uo
rrnnient The lite Ren Uor HuhtliiR.
Democrat. a lKorous and militant
mpporter of the President's policies until
his tragic death seeral months nco.
while his colleacuo. Senator La Toilette,
has been the most pronounced exponent
of pacifism at the National Capital and
consistently opposed the Administration's
course In promotlnc Hie spirit aRalnst
Orman aggression that resulted In the
declaration of list April which ranged
the United btatcs among tho tcnn of
Kalserlsm
Hustings- death created a acancc In
Wl'consln's senatorial if presentation
Hoiernor rhlllpp was estopped 1j enn
Mltutional ptoUslons from making an
ad-Interim nppolntment, and toda s pri
mary election Is for tho purpose of
choosing candidates for Hunting's un
expired term. Lit 1'ollettc uas con
demned recently by a largo majoilty In
both branches of the Wisconsin Legls.
lature, after a prolonged and exiltlng
debate. In which he was Inanded as
"traitor" by somo of hij irltlcs. ami he
professed eagerness to hnr the people
of the State pats theli judgment on his
course In opposing war with tieiniaii
Tho nepubllcan candidates tnda are
James Thompson, who Ik running mi a
platform urging "lgorous puseiutlon
of the war so long as It shall he neces
sary," but has Ia Toilette's Indorsement
and Irln 1j Lenroot, present member
of the House, a zealous exponent of the
war. Joseph K Dales Is a Democratic
candidate, and an rlnenth-hour devel
opment in the campaign was Hie action
of a number of prominent labor leaders
in announcing their support of the latter,
whose nomination Is expected oei Pr.
Charles McCarthy b inan leading
, Democrats Tiieso men sn the are
eupportlng Daics because ho gao great
erltc to labor while a member of tho
Federal Trade Commission
Both Dale, who resigned the chair
manship of the Federal Trade Commis
sion to enter tho senatorshlp battle, and
McCarthy stand on a loyalty platform
The latter has armed himself with a
rote from Presidential .sctietary Tu
multy, assuring that tho administration
would tako no pirt In the imitest
Ruppoitcrs of I.enroot claim that ever
vote cast for Victor 1, Hergei Socialist
will be a ote for the Immediate recall
of the American troops fiom Kranec,
11 DIFFERENT CRIMES
IN STATE PARDON LIST
Will Come Before Board Session to
Be Held at Harrlsburg Three
Homicide Cases
Rarrlibnrr, March 19 Eleven dlf
ferent crimes are represented in the
twenty-four cases listed for the March
teeslon of the State Board of Pardons,
which will be held here tomorrow. In
some eases, applicants for recommenda
tlon for clemency have been convicted
of additional offenses Three of the
applicants were lontlcteil for homicide.
One application contains a plea for com
mutation of a death sentence, while
another Is a second-degree case and
the third Is manslaughter On the list
of applications for rehearing aro three
homicide cases and on the holdover list
are two second-degree cases Six ap
plications on tho general hearing list
are based on larceny and six on bur
glary, while two are on felonious entrv,
but In most of these -cases there are
duplicate counts of larceny and some
charge receiving stolen goods Assault
and battery, arson, forgerv and embez
zlement are somo of the other crimes,
Philadelphia has seven of the new
cases, two reheating cases and cme held
over. Berks and Montgomery have two
each and there are a number of coun
ties with one each. Including Lehigh,
Delaware. Cumberland, Allegheny, Perry,
Adams, Luzerne, Northampton, York,
ochuylklll and Lackawanna
Former Senator Heacock Dead
. Joseph Heacock, former Stato Sena
tor, of Wyncote, Is dead at the ago of
k'venty-three years, following a minor
operation performed at the Prebvterlan
Hospital. Heart failure vvas the cause
of death Mr. Haurock was widely
known In the Old York district and had
extensive business interests: Ho vvas
president of Hie Joseph Heacock Com
pany, and treasurer of tho Tlorlsts" Hall
Association of America He served as a
Democrat In the State Senate from 1910
to 1314, He Is survlvedby a widow, a
con and two daughters.
Acciihcd of Blocking Slate
Fuel Head's Orders First
Case of Kind
LECTURE TO RUMANIAN JEWS
STOLE LOADED TRUCK
CHARGE AGAINST TRIO
Prisoners Unable to Satisfy
Police of Ownership
of Dry Goods
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leorge c StoUes eastern manager of
tho Tort Dearborn Coal Company, of
Chicago, mid Norfolk, Va , appeared be-
foro William Potter, Federal fuel admin
Istrator for PcnnsvlvanlT, to answer
charges of attempting to Interfere with
the ruling c of the administration
This is believed to be tho first case
on record where a State administrator
lias tailed a loal dealer from another
state to appear before him Representa
tives nf tho Bergner Tngcl Brewing
Cotnpanv, of this cltv, also were present
at the hearing
Tollowlng a complaint fiom the brew
ing concern to the State administrator
tint coal received from the Tort Dear
born company was Inferior l.i mialltv,
two carloads were condemned by Mr,
Potter after an Inspection A telegram
notifying tho Norfolk shipper to this
effect was sent and an exchange of let
ters followed
"We have never sold coal subject to I
vnur discretion or Inpectlon and can
lot see bv what law oi right oU be
lleve It to lie In our province to In
spect oi icjeit out shipment,' a letter
to Mr Potter lead
About Jtoi) In demurrage charges on
the two cars his accrued since the
coal was condemned
Mr Potter lias the case under advise
ment
REFORMED CHURCHES
OPEN COUNCIL TODAY,
Closet Relations in Missionary ami
Benevolent Work Sought by 7 Bodies
Tho Council of the Reformed
flmrchH. representing seven of the
Reformed denomlnitloim In Hie United
Stales, will open a two-dav conference
In tho Wltherspoou Building this after
noon The business before the council
will bo rhleflv connected with the clorer
relations of these seven churches, espe
cially in connection with the administra
tive work of their missionary and benev
olent boards and agencies.
A number of important matters per
taining to home and foreign missions
and the ministers' sustentatlon funds
will b" discussed hj the churches all I
oi which noin inn rresnyterlan system
The delegates will como from all parts
of tho country.
Red Cross Workor to Tell of Condi
tions Abroad
Major Bernard Tlexner, of the Ameri
can Red Cross mission to Rumania, will
ho the principal speaker tonight at a
meeting of the Philadelphia Council of
Rumanian Jews In tho Bingham Hotel
Eleventh and Market stretts
The speaker will tell what he has seen
and witnessed In Rumania, and will give
a graphic account of the economic con
dition of the Jews In tint countrj He
will also speak of the manv Interviews
he haa had with King Kerdlnand and
Rumanian statesmen, and what thev
1 ave told htm of their intentions toward
tho solution of the Jewish problem
The police believe that In the arrest
of threo men early tocriy with a truck
load of drv goods, valued nt about JSOOO
they will be able to place the responsi
bility for tho recent robberies In manv of
the drv goods and habercHfhcry stores
throughout the city
The men, who described themselves as
Tlyman Cohen, thirty-three ears old
Sixteenth and Tasker streets; Samuel
Bernian, thirty-five, Hlghth and Vine
streets, and Nicholas Porreca, thirty-five,
Kieventli and Wharton' streets, were
held In J2000 ball for a further hearing
hv Magistrate Persch In the Twentieth
and Fltzwater streets police station.
Shortly after midnight Patrolmen
Johnson nnd Laffert noticed tho three
men. with a motortruck loaded with
dry goods, standing near Broad and
outh streets Tho trio started the truck
and moved south on Broad street until
they reached a garage at Broad and
Tltzwater streets, where thev unloaded
the goods and started nut again
The policemen commandeered an auto
mobile and followed the men They were
arrested when thev could not sitlsfy the
police as to their reason for being out
so rarlv with the motortruck The
told conflicting stories as to the ownei
ship of the goods so the Magistrate de
rided on tne neavv nail to cie th
police a chance to Investigate
Boiling Tea Scalds Child
While her mother's back was turned
Catherine Stark, eighteen months old of
.19 North Twenty-first street Camden
was badly scalded today when she tip- I
ped over a pot of boiling tea She was '
taken to the Cooper Hospital, where doc-1
tors sav she will bear disfiguring maiks
all her life.
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Navigation nnd Motor Work Added
y to Curriculum
Two new wai courses piactlcal navi
gation and motor sen Ice prepaiatlon
have been adopted b the fac lilt of the
Unhersltv of I cnusc Ivanh
Membeis of the factlltv In charge of
the navlgithn ionise ate Do, tots Bar
ton, llahh, o sliaughnassv and Shubert
W A Sloan an Instructor in the de
partment of mechanical engineering, has
charge of the motor course
Classes will leceive Instruction In
these c&ursei everv Tuesdaj, Wednedav
and Thursday afternoon An aircraft
course also Is planned. It being the In
tention of the faculty to prepare all
students for some kind cf war work.
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