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INQUIRY UNFAIR,
SWIFT CHARGES
Head of Packing Firm, at
House Hearing, Accuses
Hcncy
DENIES LARGE PROFITS
Says Nothing Is Wrong Willi
Meat Industry Except Pub
lic Prejudice
Washington, Jnn 23 Louis I' fcwift
president of Swift & Co todu) tistMctt
before the House committee hearing on i
pending legislation, recommended bv
ths Federal Trade Commirslon to rt,u i
late the packing lnilus.tr) Mr swift
nald the Commission's report nml the
Investigation percedlng It wire imfilr
He said th.t ' einless, offh mil ' Ht.iu
ments b frauds ,1 Ilinev, who con
ducted the Commission's; lnquir nui.li i
a s that the pickers profits were greater
under Kood Administration lontro
than prcvlousl), did the huslness ninth
Injustice He sild tint Swift & Co
made onl 1 70 per cent on euth dol.ir
of sales In the tlsc.il tir M18, when
they were under control of tho I'ood d
tnlnlstratlon, although In the cat lit fore
they had made 3 08 pi r cent
Concerning s-tattmitits that Swift
Cp, were spending ono Million dollars .i
month In an adiertlslng c.impilgn to in
fluence public opinion, he submitted .in
altldavit to show tint the firms t otul
publicity cxptntlituris had bee 1 "iino -000
In "twelve months ended Novembu
2, 1918
Denim Prlie living C olluslnn
Mr. .Swift, UKe the president of r
mour & Co, denied uti) collusion be
tween the pickers ami Mid tin wen
!.cenly In esmipctltlon with one .mother
Legislation such as tint proposed In
the pending bills, he slid would crip
ple the p.ulting lndustrv and add to
the present cost of foodstuffs Hi as
serted the InvesilKitlon of the Tideril
Trade Commission was c,rotslv unfiir
to the Industr.v, In that it give no np
portunlt) to the pickers to refute lil ised
testlmon) and tint the pending bills
Mere based on misconceptions md
nmountid vlrtunlh to Inss Kglslallon
"After an Investlrritlon of more thin
a ear," Mr. swift -aid, 'the trade
MmmlMlnn In till llllo to denV tll,lt till
profits of the pickers ate so mill tint
they could be wiped out without affect-
I,,.. th nrl. e nf IK, stock or the price or
meat h more th
, " ,-- -- , .....
Mi i frn tlon or a ceiu i
a pound It is illtllculi to ( how this
profit could be lnwir nnd theri l no
business that is conducted on such n
nnrrow margin
Xrtunll) I oe "-oniellmes. He "
,
"This profit also uuciuaus irmn m
to week nnd often buomcs i loss pur-
Ing twentv-one wnl.s of tin vmr ended
June 30, 1918 for c sample feiilftK.Cn
either made no monev at all or sufferel
an actual los on their leef optritlons
If there wire a combination It would
be worthless If It could not prevent
losses and If it would not result In more
than a hire minimum living profit I
The onlv thing thit Is wrong with
the picking liu-lius is the public Itn
nresslon that something Is wrong If
that Impression which his been created
by misstatements and the Inflaming of
public prejudlies i ould he remedied the
need for all this Uglslation also would
"There Is Just as much eno In the
railroads building hotels to taki care
of their passengers for evei il divs
as there Is in their operating branch
packing houses "
Concerning the alleged one-sldedness
of the Keder il trade nmmlslon Inves
tigation, Mr 'Miift said
Weren't Mloued to I.vplaln letters
"Scraps of piper and certain letters
from files were tilm to nnlnt iln
their
..Ai.. ..I,,..,, if ,. im(i ,n, nn
cumciiiiui! .. .,i...r. ,. ..i .. .v. ..... ....
opportune to isplain or introduce evl.
dence we tould hivi shown to nil) fair.
minded person thit there - nal com-
petltlon in Hie busnes nnd that no ir- Perintendent of public school". said tlie
legular nrr umements eM-t 'Hhn f"iiii '."" "i"1" '""'Jtutlon pupils
rteferrlmr lo a statriiient bv (hair- , rllltd o ni ilu the higher gndi
,cf "or; lor-f :rcl,l, a?" r txtvw
that the large pukeis forced wholesale priv .t, hornis
Krocers to huv their breikf.it foods on Tin mji-im almwcil tint m.inv of lhe
peaalt) of hilng i ut eff from other lines low j,r.ule mirkx mndi bv the Institution
Mr Swift sjud thit Vrninur who was ,,,,,'' . ' lud bv nbsi ni as i re
in the ral n business I , fore he entered r.u.'.t...?J'rc".u"tnt 'luir inline in the In-
.. . ..--..-
llln .nll llnCl.
,,.c i-..fc ,,'". ....- ,,.... ..
who hand.ed breakfast foods .'nd tint
If Armour should thrinun to cut off a
me inci iiu-uie .ii uw um. iiiinci
patron from meat unless ho bought
breakfast foods it would be a grind
opportunltv for s,,ft i ( o to get a
new customer
Levy Maer counsel for Armour . t-o
also was on th. stind discussing the
constltutloinlltv of th bid and tho com
mission's inquav
' Wlien the Kedtial Tiale Commission
took testlmonv nnd found a verdict of
guilty against the pickers do ou
mean to sa vour i Units got no ch incu
to replv asked 11 present itivo San
ders of Louisiar i
"Absolu'niv non. Mr Miver "-aid
"I made thiee trips to Wns-hlngton to
plead for the opportunltv but the re
fused, and giv. no reason Thev -.ent
ticores and stores ft examiners to go
through the flu s of rmour iS. lo and
took main letters
The witness said a mistaken inference
drawn from om letter referring to an
agreed price on lard compound was due
to the failure of the commission to take
other letters that would have explained
the price was flced b the food adminis
tration nnd not by tho oackers
"If OU Can regUllte private Indus
try. such as the paiking planta. then von ,
can regulate the manufacture, of hair
pins, rubber buots or an thing else ho
asserted
Representative Iiirklev of Kentuckv
came to the defenso of the commission
and sought to have Mr Maer sav
whether the commission lad acted il
legally "No law lovers tlm case si id Mi
Mayer. ' but I think the eomnnssion act
ed unfair! and anything thai Is unfair
is Illegal '
JUDGE McPHERSON BURIED
Funeral of Jurist in Second Pre
hjteridn Church
The funeral of luilge John U McPher
eon, of the I nlted states Circuit I ourt
of Appeals, was held m the Seccnd
Presbyterian hutch Tneiit)-flrst and
Walnut streets this afternoon lhe Itev
Dr. Alexander McColl pastor of the
church, conducted the serilces
The honorar) pallbearers were Judge
Joteph Buttlngton and ludge Victor H
Woolley of the I nlted States ( Ireult
Court of Appeals fhlef lustke J Hi)
Broun, of the Supreme i ourt of Penn
sylvania, President Judge lieon.e II
Orlady, Judge of the Superior Coutt
Judge William H Stnake. of Court oflnn cinrihi
wmmon rjess No is e-Attornev Hen-
oral M. Hampton Todd et-Senator Ilav.
rd Henry, hrancls . Lewis Henrv .N
Paut. Jr.. Dr Walter I. Zlegtcr Joseph
lellora nnd Albert U Welmer I
Suspect Cauiltt After Jewel Roliberv I
jusjicn tuufiii viier jewel noiiDcry
A thief hurled a brick throueh the
window of the Jewtlr) store of S Jacob,
non. 142 North fighth street, early to
day, and stole watches and Jewelry
valued at several hundred dollars The
craih of glass attracted Patrolmen
Barnes and St Ledger of the Uleienth
and Winter streets station, who ai rived
In time to see a man disappear nrouml
the corner. They gave chase and ar
rested the man as he was attempting to
hid some jewelry in a sand pile.
Ha said ho was James Hunter, thirty.
flva year old, of Llpplncott street near
Vinciccntu.
FARM COMMISSION QUITS
Si Mi'inliers Hesigu in Hotly to
Ghc Sprotil Frpp Hum.
lly the .iioiircleii Veil
llnrrlslmrc, Jnn n SK members
of the .State Agricultural Cominls
sion todav tenilered their resignations
to Clovernnr Sprout so th it he may halo
it free hand In the reorganization of the
depirtment This union was taken bv
1 1 halrman H V White and Henry T
Moon, M i: Hushong, Alln J (llllllli n
C W Newman and (i H. l'axton I he
remaining member, (liorge M ratter
son was not present todn)
Tho resignations conclude Willi till-
statement
This action Is taken with highest per
sonal regard for jou nml the rineweil
expression of our nbldlng Interest In the
cause of agriculture In our Stale"
The lioiernor did not Indicate whit
he would do
HOOVER DENIES
AIDING PACKERS!
Replies to Attacks Made in
Senate Hearing on Food
Relief Bill
HELPED t'. S. FARMERS
Direcls Attention to Swift &J
Co.'s Charge That He Cut
Thou-Prof,,.
Paris, J.m J3 Herbert llnoier in
di tlatl denlid the ilnrgcs made in
the United Stntis Senite In debate on
the JlOnoOOOOO food bill tint he had
worked In the Interims of the Amir-
linn
packing Industries
l app-irentli eim-gi In a new light
as the friend of the ( hlcaco packers I
nld Mr Hooier ami the i-tine mill
oi lugs a nport from Swift .l Co hi mi.
Ing the- food .idmlnlstritlon for reducing
their profits bv $in nnn nnn in the last
M ir I Ininglne the pickirs would not
niN'Hci in- ii niiii i irim ni uc i fr cnos
Mi Hiwnci snlrt h. hid worked t
im i iu ire rii il to American tinners
and to protei t nnll piekirs
The attack on Mr Hooier In the Son-1
ate w is undo b enemies of the bill to
appropriate Jinn nnn nnn to f(P(i Kuro-
pe ins other thin Inh iblt mts of the Cen-
trnl Powers .Mr
' is the nnn who w
Hooier was assillod
ould have charge of
I -penning this monev
T ..tl...
u'Miir i
liso he viiil ih it 1 i om.
mitted a crime bv holding the ( itr'ier
joint nnfirenei of firmern mil
lepn-icltv
im lives or roriv puKers as well as ,, shootings mil other crlmis of rob
tirlnglng tie pickers together with rep-1 uri and vlolomo
resrritatlves of the Mllid governments He deil in s further th it til mv of ihi
for the lllrno. Ilf snltlni? rm n nrln . I r..- .i...
tntt . , " " i""'iui.'ii tiiicritii iiir iiu,' imi'iii" Hit-
. M...ri ni porK Hint vvr-uld give the
Mnericin finners a sunn- de il and a
dltrlbut on f oidirs llm would protect
mallinckus
e .ven Inve tried to oht iln the
innnnu inre or thise war arr ingementH i i-ldered thev nre doing well 1'iople b ive
through tin arml.llie period and the I false notion that the crime wave Is
opening of other markets b. cause the I locil to this citv '1 his Is not the vise
American fiiimr did his dutv and pro.! llverv ilav I git r.pnrt- from heuls
dunil the goods I of detective bureaus thioughout tills
'If the merleiu farmer and the I part of the lountrv. In titles big and
small puker now feel that tluse ar- little Kvirvwhere it Is the nine Mnrv
rangemintH are wrong. It would b, the 'of shontlnts mil hold-ups and the
greatest burden off our bliou'di rs If we ,
could know It qulikh The llrlt'sh
aovernmmt pirtleularlj is anxious to '
1 e nlieved f.om thfe r nngtmtnts ' ,
hrrnmn nvsantnnn ,.... nnn..
DEFENDS HOMELESS CHILDREN
s Uri"Iu as 1 hofe More Fortu-i
P '. "lire i uriu
uiiir. jitvs .-jjiciKer
nirco thousand children of a total
'r in ono troni Institutions In this rltv
itendmg th nili,i lonls f.ilbd to
Piss the i prides In the list s hool
term l i ndlllg to th," lennrt lOierlntr .1
"-""n bv tin '-ocl il Utp,r(ii Hurt ill
.,.' i"i!-"icu u, ihh i om rence oi in-
Mitutions for tin i ,r lmi inlniiiir of
j ,llulrcn jr ,'hh0 ,$ J J, lnn'1 )fc
Ch imber of leimtmrie, vtittrdiv
Dr Oliver P i ormnm associate su-
nuiiinnnu inn, i i i. ..!....
,L -'I." " .1 - M ll-uil, IC
represent-
lnK InP uo ir.l of lleiih suuistt.l
thiro might be n posiihti of a wnli.r
tn llu eiuirr inline aus that villi nermii
inc th n. ..,, , u,lv.
ihfldren n. t ii'u t lis ill to at t mil school
when lomlng ft ,m ,i home where there
is an IntlrnMn in which Infect. d rhil.
dro." Jna '"' isolaud This question
will be discussed villi the Uo ird of
Health
Lar Injures Man; Driver Held
ir:",.ki,T?""1', ? "an' avnue and
-chujikill line drlvei of the automobllo
that ran down Willi im v.,o. .i....
eltfht viars old, of c.und. n w is held in
15110 hill tod iv bv MaglMtiti , ,;rli.
i. .. ";-""" '"I'l'rii.u lesierilnv ,n
I Ifteenth and Diamond streets oc-t is
In a critic il condition ,lt the omens,
Homcopathlo Hospital Tooniei sir.
tendered to the polln In the i enli il
Sta'lon ' "
I !-! n isifslllla ti h ihiiah. .1
Deaths of a Day '
Thonue M. I oeke
Thorn is M Locke fomur cuv loip.
mlsioner. died at his home C15 siirtii
-evenin Pireci vesiercia. following a
short Illness Iln .,i ... . " .
that office, from l:o to isr,. ,,..'"
i - -." nn ms
eight-nlne jears old
Mr Locke came to this uv in 1850
nnd engaged In the groceiv buslress Il
wis born In Ciloucester N J He served
vcverit venrs as a member of the school
board of the Twelfth Ward and later
a elected a member of the Hoard of
i hiruies and Correction After his sec
md term as citv commissioner, he re
moved to Burlington i ount, N j
where lie served as a member of the
-mum uuuu iiuu icinesenieti Hurlinc-
..... cu..i, ... ...V .,v jerse) House of finullv isciptd Ho wns litei irrested
V-embl, In tho tesslon of 188.' bv Detectlv.s yuile) and Prlnz Thirt).
or twentv Mars Mr Locke was prcs-s.cond ptieel und Uoollmd nvmue
, dent of the Odd I clloim Cemetery Com-' -.tntlon
1 pany, and twenty-die years ho vvus pres
Idtnt of the Philadelphia Spiritualist , urnr DCWDJlir em iriTOO
Society Atone time lie was Mce prem- NEW REVENUE SOLICITOR
I dent of the National Association of Spr
Itualhrts tif the Vnlted fatates nnd Can! i D. M. Kclleher. of lou.i, dnlcd
ada and wan one of the organizers in.i i v ! . w i n u
a former president of the lnn,"vanu I ' "iMirfi! Ralliilltllie
I Association of Spiritualists VV i.hliitnn, J.m .1 ills pi
Mr Loclvo was ti ettran Mason anu ' v KrUthtr of l-oii I lodge la,
ririd fellow He was im ....
" ----- " "V 1 IUI nil
Is survived Yy hlj widow who before
her marriage in 1889 was Mis Jennie
Oallovvav, and l four duughtcts bv his1
.,l.,l V... 1,1. ,. !.!.. ....-'
nisi, mux ut,v na 1UJ1CTUI will on helfl I
'
, , ,, . . ,,
Jaroli Horekley Ilaiitl
Jacob llott Kiev Hind a . hen isi
died
at his home 1217 .North fleie.m, -...'
"? T,"'l,u . nluT, a" '"n'st of a week,
ot pnrunionia Ho was a son of J si
K Hand an old Phlludelnhin i,i..
Mr Hand became ill one day after Ids
return to this citv from Vancouver 11
C und Seattle Wash where he made
nssavw for a mining lompanv He was
nn expert assaver of platinum and
palladium Mr Hand was a member nf
the College of Pharmacy Alumni Asso
ciation, having been graduated from that
Institution In 1871 with honors
He is survived by his wife Margaret
W Hand whoso brother was ttie late
John W Ke), of Xorrlstown, who was
Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery Coun
ty, and four sisters. i-
EVENING PUBLIC
"DOLLED UP" TO IMPRESS AMERICAN GIRLS
-tji.iMi. , .n.,.,iwju,wtgi,i,'.h v. vv.fc. . ..... -. ...?-, . .'
Wlien tlic-c I'rcnili dilnr of dip tniriliaiit Ai lljnliqiie. nnn in port, potcd fur their pictures toila llie
initoil on lookitis "jut riplit." The explanation was that llic "like American girh" and wanlcil lo nnkc ii
fuiorjlile imprc-Mon as ihcj paraded C.lie-tnul street this afternoon seeing lhe siplits
nT nrnn nrkTTTn
BLAMES CRIME
ON WAR PLANTS
i
j ., .. ., .
' OtieC liptaill rOlldef ba S
Clobin" of Industries
Is Cause
.
AFFECTS OTHER CITIES
ni 'I I I I TV ft I II
Philadelphia Aot OlUV H.lMllg
Epidemic of Robberies
He As-serts
I' iptaiu
of Pitectlvis Soudei blimes
of irlme which Ins I cen
tho w lie
HVvetMlng tills iltv mi the shutting down
of big w T InduMllis
III sivs I'hiladi Iphl i Is not the oiilv
to report 1 irre IniriT-es In lmld-
voung -dope users who Invc tumid
' to irlme for the Hrvt time
I The pillio are doing their be-t to
ilnndlu tin sitmtlon, sild ( tain
louder this aftirnoon Ml things c n-
nullities of motor b indlts Towns that
nevei lit ml of a hold-up In fore are now
having them
rl , , rlmllmN
i Wlien the big war lnnu-ims wert
'flourishing , u, rn,,,, m miT m.
tounirv, uireu oj ine nign w.ikip - mi
' noun ,ronks tooK ohs ln llu munlt'on
nIanls others who went to work for
the time being
wire voung victims of
tin 0H hiblt
When the w ir pi mts iloscd thee
men w.r thrown out of work The
Ii id s mt ive rv nli ki of their earnings
nnd the oul . rooks tuttud bull to thtlr
fm nn r iilniln il w ive for a living, while '
the voung.r fellows got mone uiougn i
to fill themselves full of coke' or h. roln,
land thin, when iindir the Influence of
the drug 1 ei inn crlmln lis
cv.iai additional hold-ups were re
port, d to tho polico lodiv
Jocular stranger entered the cigar
ctme of Hanv lilnsburg soutliuist eoi-
ncr w cut v-.ei ond und ( liestnut street"
and nfttr fp.ikhig llglitl of the
weather laughlngli told lilnsburg to put I
up his h inds
oureonlv kidding said Ulnsburg
.No I menu business sild the vis.
i oi and drawing a rtvolur, lie held
it i lose to Cinsbuigs head
Tin rtranger then oened the cah
legl-ter and tvtracled JI3
Irant Johnson, eighth and I.oinbiidi
stiicts wns Ik id up bv a hlghw,i)innn
it 'lentil and Lonin ird sticts Tho rob
ber took Jnhmon h gold watch and $7
It will be n sad Kid store whin the
hlghvv ijincn who held up oinellus Mc
Ilrlde, 001 Locust street i.irlv this1
Morning, imct to divide their h iuI
Mt.nr (,11-trnr.l In lie
McUilde-, shortl nftei 1 o clock a in
strolled down I.leventh street on his
wit home utom (.listentd from Its
ristlng plu t n bis tie
I Two figures glided up i. him ne ir
Walnut street nnd ono of them applied
the 'strong-arm method while tho
other stole Hip glittering stone
Mi Ilrlde veiled loud and long Two
patrolmen fr nu the fifteenth .mill must
'streets station respondtd lhe liigiiwuv
men sepirjttd one going eut on i
nut sunt tno otner dashing Into .in
.inirtmpn! tinilin nil llin r-oinffr 'llm
patrolmm parted likewise, and give
hase lhe men et iped
Then one of tho patrolmen took M
Ilrldos mine and address 'Sow what
did OU lose" ho asked
Millrlt). swelled bin chest und looked
sitpfltd flft)-cent sticliplii lie re
plied After ho had bought tob.m in ti e
store of Mts frtdu 'llllm m Soni inns
avtnue Montgotner) dunis of spring
street, attempted to hit tho woman with
i rock and rob tho store It is ehatged
Mrs uiiim.m battled with Adams, who
""" nominiueu in iresnieni vvnson to
j.. . !...
"U I" "" '
soll tor.f ih Intern il Hevc
nm Huiom sinseedlng Bullan
tln. of Hoston who r signed
NO CIIKAPM. PAIYI.i
., ill.-. ir . t
rrucs I ikelv to (.onlinue Hull, Muter
Painten rn Toll!
The fl.nl se-sloii of the Pcnn.iH. I
iate Master Painters ami Decorators
Association Ihlrtv-fltst annuil conven
tion is being held todiv nt the Hotel
Walton
At the nnnuil banquet in the Hotel
Walton last night the mister painters
listened to an exposition of trade con
ditions by n J Cornish president of the
N'ntlonal Association of Paint Oil and
Varnish Manufacturers Mr Cornish
said he did not think prices would come
down but would remain at a point
about "0 per cent higher than they uere
before the war Other speakers were
Thomas A. Daly and the llev Robert
Johnston. Ernest S Trigg was toast-1
master,
LEDGERPHILADELPHIA', THURSDAY,
AWARDED THIRD CITATION
Lieut. Thurston
Wooil Killed
I While Aiding r.dlen Comrade
I N'otlie of the third citation for hriv
en of Lieutenant Thurston V. Wood, an
artlllfii odlcer killed In action mar
leri w m received toil 1 bv his filhrr
'iptaln V A Wood T S rttluil
hml of the HvdroRiaplili Hun in heie
' Mijor (inieral I.ejucne lomnnndn of
the hetond Division made the citation
ion septcmhet 12 eomniendlng the oung
I I'hll lililnhlHii who was twentv one
'veirs old for 'feulesslv remaining tin
nr hIii llllri to npnlv first aid to
UWT ltrme
ixiioinilug mis sirvue on .iinv -l
l.ltuten mt Wood was among the erv
first Ainerli.iu soldieis iltcd In the world
wat 1'irlv last sear he was mentioned
for heioli action in ruihlng from his
dugout crossing an area under hi aw
fin and rescuing a woumltd I'miili
mitlilni gunner
At t Ii iteau Tlilen v he made a din
gtrous in innnlssmte undei hi iv fit
locating ,and posting the batteriis nf his
regiment the Twelfth Held rtilli rv
Tor this work he ticelved his tccolid il
lation
I.li uten int Wood graduate 1
from
West Point in 111
He went to 1 rami
In I mil in, I'll 8
1'iOS shuttle striet
His home was at
COL. BISHOP, WORLD'S
GREATEST ACE, HERE
Ai.itor Downed Seent-lo
German Planes and Won
'I hirteen Decorations
loliintl
nishop winner of the
VJC.-.U en,s two nistlngulshed Strv-
lco .viuiila and ten other decor itlons for
aerial vlctorhs nrrl,t i n.iu 1.1.. !
"HO UI Llll-I.
Afternoon Ho went to the 1 hllidelnhl i
Vim i,i . . "ii inintieipnii
Navv 1r,l nt I.e igun Island as the
cuest of Commander e'obuin. In charge
oi me lerlil naval factorv thcie
Colonel Ilishop is known s the
worlds, greatest ace He has to his
officii! ciedlt seventv-two rienn.in
planes, with unnlllcl.il records of prop
aim thlrtv
more Colonel Illsnon will
tell of his w ir experiences at
nubile
ictuire m tn
Uid.mt of Musi.. .1...,.
unrv so. on Mr fighting In V landers 'm,1,rnr'" "ild was ..Ulcd to the stand
fields asthe (list witness
He spoke f.ellngl todav of the gieat ,, T1",1 lL" t(,mnillec was iiiiciu on get
seivlr. R, the llliil nrmies 1 v , , " f ",s "" "" tnal I'lo'lu. tlon and
Vmerlian filers Ho had three Amfrl-," "f,ccrt"'" "''"I"' " wis being
c ins In his vquiiilion limited to the mirkct dim mils was evl-
vn.l thiv sure did home greit work ' I
he
-'1111111 iiii-u - i ne Americans ,r..
"".'""'KB? of ,N.w
,.'!!m,a"1 '""ehines
olk uliii gut fiftion
itrldei who vias
'iiinii in tne nn and inllihiii, of
i nic.igo, vino brought down tin Herman
plnnes iho hrivs wire verv pojiular
and ve In th( squ idron uferied to
them jh the thrte musl.eteers
The till l Olnri, I llmlw.n i. ,.u ,n i.
1 i.im for l.ng md ho determined to
attimpt p, bung down one more Cer-'
man alimin hi fore his demrturo nt
noon At 1 in his inn nine left the nir.
niome '. ;-, ne met III
flerm.m
,"k i-.iiiz in ii nines nnn one Herman
..,. . . I
two-sealer, just . ist of Ploegst. erle
Plunders lie shot down two fiouts
nnd so suiiissfnliv thfisiil two othets
thit th.lr pilots los. thtlr heads and
rushed their inutilities into each othei
tollup'lng In mldilr
olonel Hishop then niiuclied the t,ei
mun two-seat.r shooting It down hi
(lamis dpHpiti tlio utternnt of the Hfib
sfuut inuchlni to Int.ieftK I ailing In """" '" sll" thit tin l.ehl-h Viilliv
Its utletnpt the hist Certnun in iclilne "'l'1 "iu"t " ktiplng tiown the pro
llivv aii.i), stiilng tho vigorous imr- ductlon itltlteiuv.il not piipiud u, om r-
sun or i o'onei lllsimp who returned
to the airdrome in time fm luin heon
turned
und to
ittb his tr sin
ROBBED OF HIS SAVINGS
Jt.lli.lll, Who Di-tl ll-ted li.Illkf.
I.OCa S.lTO .111(1 Is Hciltcil
I wo Itilians iiticketi fiantlsio
i Ippo t truekwalker of the Pennsvl
vinli lliilrii.il neat Woodhuri todav
tobled him ef t70 and left him lvlng
uneoiiMioUK on the tntks He was so
bldl beat, n the pnllrt bill.ic ltP t h,
not reiover s,,erlff llmdrlt ksou ant!
a puss- are looking for bis assjiUnls
1 ilppi had no faltli in links Mnnv
of ids frlentls knew that ho i irried all
ir'ous'crr s ft r.,T3S3 t,tt r -r f.i.ri
bv a fellow wotkmai. nil of the po. kel K,n0" '"B ,'"'," " '""'nB I""1 '"J.H
of his i lothlng were nit out Uh as hlgli us ?l 10 pr ton of toil I
iilppo rigaiiieil conscluusness foi a mined lit also untltr tho question-I
few moments ami give a description of Ing of the coriiuilttic ttstlllul that nouo
his nssallints to tho police He vnslof tho lomp mv's linnl wuh being rrfor- I
men uiKen io tne nomn oi j.r narr)
"lurk
10 HEAR LABOR HI.AD
I clt 1'rankfurler f peaks 'loilu)
ul
Traile lloily Luncheon
lehx frankfurter, clnlrmun of ti
vi ar labor policies board will address
llierii nn.- I'lVO lit. ni. ii, nut-no
lumheon and to bring their friend
V" ,,eal1" 0n'rer ' ( llarP'"
t..rl-l...- Tnn "1 Mnl,,, ini... i.
ML-an'' AsslsuTnt Comlu'lssiSne'r f
Health, toda) assumed charge of h,i
department Colonel Marlln, the lie v
.nmnilBulnrtaf Inrinallt. fi lit linplva.l 1.
(ommlsslorier, fnrma,Ily nuthnrlred D
Me Lean to u(t 111 his absence Mijru
McLean has been In the surgeon gen
eral s office of the arm) for Iln. last I
eir
I
I Itnller Sluier Die of full
Holler Skater uiei oi l all
I Harrv Beard, twelve )ears old 1S28
North Hroart street, died In the Kplsco.
Pal Hospital from Injuries received by
falling and striking his head on the
irurb, while roller skating near bis home,
members of tlm I'll I idelnhla rhnmlus "'"" '" " .' . . '"r,1 " mm whs
members oi tno i in eipnia hamb. r h .,....,. ur) . , Mie bruntli strini!.
'the 1 e e ue-StVatford I el Is inl '"Otortruck at n, crossing in II,,1
n'reYndustHnl "Mini!. '", 'PlC n tB IZ.L' "1 ,
All members nf the Chamber of I nm thlrtj-flie .. of Met let lull Itoviii nd
...-.-. ...- i .. .. i..i ... ..-. ..' lieorce luuen. igeo uurii-two or Huifc
i e
.
I SENATORS PROBE
ANTHRACITE COAL
Pott&ville IiKjuiry Que&-
tioiih Companies on Re-
htricling Output
CIKARirS S1.10 ROYALTY
Chase Denies Lehigh alley
Refused Lease lo Irecnt
Production
I'nllkillle, 1'h . Inn .. - Mime.
v.irdniiiun, MNslsslnnl and lined Ml.
"',". ""' '"ln londuelnl tlnougli tho
mining dlstr'cts of the western end of
i-enuviKiii e-ountv. awaiting the arrival
of Smators MeVartv, r)regon and
Minis .tw .viexho
n n inimiilHin f
lnvetlgitlon of the various coil tracts
inn uie condition of the toil Imlustrv.
chirgts itiniirnitig which hiving been
iinde from .Wu nrk and othei points,
as to the snrcltv of the coil proilui t
Prominent opei.itots an preint W,
J lllch lids of the l'hll idclphin nut
l.eidlng ( mi ;, nil linn Compinv S !J
"irrinir. of I.ehli-h Coil U,. Nivlgil
lion I'ompan.v , IVeil M Ch lsci- of I.i
lilfch Vallev f,i I'limpiiuv , Krcd Zerbev,
Miigston Cn.il Coininnv- Indepi ndent
Operators Utorge I! K K, r and I I)
llealun arc suhpoen ltd .is Were all the
toregolng, mid are pn snt
Ollili lals of the fnlted Mlnevvorki rs
I"', V" ",'.. ."Presenting r. nun miners
J Z'PrZX tt
session Is b, Ing hi Id is crowd. d with
representitlvts mid leu ,1 ,,i, i.,,.. ..r .u.
. -r. H-iin l nil;
', i H "t'111'!' coiintv, which are
w iglng an Indeinndcni fight to lomni I
the coal comp.nles to ,m t,.,s oi.Und'
""'Iniul b iprts to lie valued nt a.
oiiuon ami a ninrtir of dollirs
Tour fi.nl Krglnn
The Senatorial Committee tnuipltttd
Its totii of the io.il sictlons of the lower
portion or the ,,,imiv at 11 o clock
md. nt thit hour. Hred M Clias.. p..,.
eri,l nnn lger of the I (high .ill.i i n.,1
;'"'' "',' "lp "n" "' approMmitelv
"'".' aires in various sctlons of the
"""l", '"'"ubh me qui stionlnK of sen-
uui in tit, who asked Mi- in,,...
whether more eoal could not he pro
duct d and morn minis opmid In the
terrltori of his coiini inv Mr . i,.iu ...
plli it tint it could be done but that It I
as nni tieenieu ulvis.ibli When ibked
vvhetlnr the compinv wis limiting the
prndiiilloti of i-jul, Mr f has ii plied
the toinpanv was iirodueliu- s,nii, i..
' ,0 ""'' tlio iiiitl.ot dt niimcl
t.ellng lllc m.vnlile.
,,.. K '""""''"
"". lKsl ?m"K or Mi I h isr hi
ti,,.
scout-,;."' .i.n.u uie inrorm uion tint
tilt
i.'in nun ii, in Lining s'l.iiin ii ..,, '
lojultliH f..i tho '-.Itslnc.ci tia.t'b"-!
twi.n I'ottsvlll.i md Mliiersvlll.. but
furtlier iiuestlonlng bj t, tommlttin
t illtd In suppij Hi. teisoii win this I
jti.ut Is not bilng dtvilopid I
I In the case of tht Milpm in i oul
i.impinv it li.iiiit.Kin vvhlih was nfus-I
ii nn iMcnston of its It ist . iffoilsl
were, in uie bv the nttoi nei fm nu , ,.
' " "" """ ,,M,r '"" ,he quistion w.i'
isked If tho Uusi hnl nm l,n refus.
d prlmilllv In cause the Milpm in I om
Pinv shipped tin mil mn tin Peiinsvl
v.iulu lints Instiutl nf t .thlgh ul
I. v inmp im the holding torpor itiiui of
iln 101I lands of tht l.t higli Vullt v t oal
linils Mr i huso icplltd tint was
not tho riuson I
'lhe i Nniulnullon of Mi i huso as a
wlioio wa Intendtil to show tint the i
luinpiuv did not npeiuie Its llms. It-j
i iue the iltnianil for i jal did not w u. i
taut suili protnluit
r.lriirtl Vcrnl ( itlltil
lamis Arthbilil Jr totiutv uent lor
th. ejlrind fstuti tin hoMIng toinp inv
of loiisitlirublc ml 1 mils In the Ma I
l..n... V.llln .. ... ,1... ..,.. ..I,
sif.i. i be iil- tht mm ess on Hint Hi. i
Mntu would do this work
TRAIN KILLS TWO I TOG
Ilnril Man
on Motorlrurl.
After Crutlt
Mi
s-ing
tnlnnlnnn, l'u Jan 23 Two men
are dead und a third Is missing as the
were Inslantl) killed their lieatls being
t rushed M Cohen of lrvln who was
riding on the truck Ins not been lo
t .it 1 slnie the crash
iscuner me i. ... i. nor uie triiCK
""MX Th''A A'K
''nonLThl. fof s.-veral ml,?or ,.
,r,r?P","Klb,e 'ol B"cra' "'"" --
ClOeillD,
.Neither the tinin trew nor the truck
(lid Man Drops Ueail at Work I
John Krankenburg sevenl) vears old '
nroppea aeaa inmv ai tne mill Kfie
Moiks, 3217 frankford avenue where
he hud been emploved for a number of
)ears Death wns due to apoplexy, ac
cording to Police Surgeon Zlegler, of
the Belgrado and Clearfield streets po.
lice station. Frankenburg'a body was
removed lo his home, 291T Belgrade
street.
JANUARY 23, 1919
WAR COURIER HIT
AFTER 3 ESCAPES
Returning Philadelphian
Ran Often Through
Shell-Swept Fields
TWO COMPANIES BACK
Men From 79th and. 28th
Divisions on Transports
Reaching New York
Hurled three times bv shells nnd
flnnlly put out of nctlon when tho
brldgcworlc of his teeth was broken so
he could not use his gas mask, Private
Patrick Collls, SC46 Hace- street, one
of tho many Philadelphia nnd Pennsjl
vank fcoldlers who have Just arrived
at Xfiv York on transports from France,
considers It rcmarkablo tint his; life
Ins been spared
Men have been shot sown nil around
him by enemy shells nnd machine-gun
builds, and iih a runner between bat
talion and regimental hendauartcra he
had to pass through fields of nnlmed
and dlng soldiers' Another runner was
killed at his Bide, and once, an ofiVer to
whom he was about to deliver a, message
was blown to bltx b) n, shell,
Transports which hao arrived at
New York with men of this city and
.State aboard are. the Manchuria, Cretlc
nnd Orzlba Iho Mellta mis aocked at
Boston
Two companies on the Manchuria
llu llfith nnd Sixteenth Casual Com- I
panles ivcro composed of PcnnsM
vinlms There were two oilicers and
118 men from this Mnto In tho .Six
teenth Coniptny.
Merles of Heroism
'lliese viero men from the Twentv
eighth nnd Seventj -ninth, Pcnnslvanlu's
two famous divisions, nnd they told
in inv stories of heroism
Private John htratton. 21121 South
Tenth street, told of a terrific hand-to-
hind battle at Chateau-lhlerrv, In which
., , , . , ., ,, . , ' ,"h linn ctimiiukt.1 vyitij iiviii inr ,11111-
the Americans forced lhe Germans backiutes to nalt an ,,our llto n rf.cninB
with bivonets In the same battle .their business places Hlvcr ttaffic was
Private llalph I.ittletleld, of Kensington, 'nlso himpered
lell Into ,i shell hole In n semlstupor A rain center just west of here and
from gis, but fought on, picking ol.lght winds caused the fog the flitted
iiirmun wiih bis reintier States Wcithcr Bureau aiinouiued lhe
his revolver i "--' ..viniw, ..ui,.i, (.uun.... ...v
, it ifuniip nf i-e.leral f"K ' "'Pectcil to tontlnue tliroughout
,in II K.itnar, of lederalthe lH nm, ),ossll)h tonlBhti
of ( ompnnj r ll.tliln-! Thp enveloped the Delaware Illver
C'nrporil All
street member
finln was gashed twice within three
weeKS anu wouiiueu oine u siu.iijut'i
Among the oilicers returning on the
Manchuria was Captain 11 J llnllagher,
Ir, a Philadelphia lawyer, with otllces
at 7 South Ninth street Ho was at
tached to tho quartermasters depart
nent and hail supirvlslon over the dis
tribution of supplies for the southern
pons of frame
( aptiln Walter C Morris of Wajne.
teturneil nfter servlie In tho technical
seitlon of the nlr service
Several wounded officers whose homes
are ln Philadelphia were also on tin?
trinsport One was Lieutenant Jack
All m, of 2inG North Third stieet, of
Coinpanv H, of tlio Seventh Inf.mtr),
who was wounded by a machine-gun
bullet and gissed it Chateau Thlerrv.
Lieut, mint All in was In service for
nine montn .ms ueioro ne icii nome
he was giaduated from the Temple
f nlversity
Lletitinant John M PoMer, St
liivhls. of the SKtli Field Artlller), was
shot to the foot vvhilp fighting on the
Picirdv front on April 20
mtnig (Ill's Woumleil
Among the wounded Phlladelpluans
ivlio fotiglu with the Twent) -eighth Di
vision from the time it renched the front
lines until tlio litter part of October,
when It distinguished Itself In the Ar
gonne forest weie Sergeant Harry
Jackson 1708 Dickinson street: Ser
geant John I. I ronln L'OJ North Slts
seventh Htreit, I'orporal Itivmond
Campbell, ,1:8 Diamond strtct; Corporal
U'llllaui Dciereuv, 15C Jamestown
striet, Prlvntcs Charles Schevmu JJD
fist Westmon land street, Patrick II
Murphv, 3517 North Ninth street,
Michael J Cull inev 1 r 3 2 Tucker stieet ,
Joseph Divls, 22' Wnkellng street;
John O Learv til".(i Wheeler Htreet,
IlHrmnn W lube 1023 West Columbia
avenui ; J .1 CJIIlisple 813 fist illrard
annuel Willi uu f MoUrlde. 13G .Mt
Keiin street, llonioud S Matlievs, 103J
fist Orlnns street, Charles Hutt, toil
Susquehanni avenue Joseph Crov, 101 o
South lt'indolph street; frank L Mc
flrutli, 1833 North Twent) -i Ighth
strttt. Allien Illitlr 2101 Itltlge ave
nue, and Carl f Tabln 5317 Spragg
street
Debirkillon of troops and all wotk
on the pier int nuspeuileil shoitl) after
the Cretlc docked here todiv. when the
1 odv of Ser-t int llllum J Phillips,
'lumaquu, Pa. nf the Headiiuarlers
Companv of the Klftv fifth Coist, Artll
ler). was cirrltil down the gang plank
b) fout of his formei comrades
Bar Hero Kin
from Reception
i eiiliiitit-il rrtMl) I'ase line
kitchen lounging loom and writing room
have been tilted UP on the second tier
of tile Washington uveuue wlnrf to
curr) out the pi ins
Manv prominent Phllueielplnuns me
on the juhllte cell bratlon commlttet,
members of which were announced b)
Mi W idem r )esterdn) '1 he committee
follows
Tlinimi. P Vrmsironcr 11 l Vitrrhuri
lul-i i hnrlrs V udnrlfil l.lnirtl r
l.l.l. linn Jnhn t 11.11 I oloiifl I Xlile
lteiiHnn Itev llnrv llorkonltz lllrhnn lo
sM.ri M 11. rr Major Anlhnnt J l 11 ddl.
. ii huh iiiiiii- in.rriM u iiocMUK
iSeV.nu'
I llollne 1, lunrii IV lok llnUKTIIPUr
nui,.iujr-, (llllll 1 ,1.111 tlH.lPr Jl DITI fIHj
iMHmit nniinin t hew K VV ulttr t 1 irke
Morris 1 I Inthler It Diusoii l oteiiMn
Ih. Iln llr IIUHmll II Conwll Jsyi'iiiU
31 Henri Itrlnton l oxe Jr J lloueli i uQI
itilnuii I'lrun II k i"urlt I rn Wilt
I Ull.r llr Jotin It tltaier Asneiv DUe
lUoruo luillas Iilxon lanrns tiolmon Arch
bishop Douslirrti u IV i Prex. 1
ll'nn s Drinker Jr J i: I)ur
hum lohn ' J)iei i. oriri W illkini.
lumra 1 Ivermn, Ir , samurl s t els, lumin
IBtli I'lsher Jnnies Salerl Hmnufl
s - Islier Nulhsn I' t ul t II IV IV I'ru
zier Jofepn p cliitfnn John IV llearv
VVIIIIiin P Deal Hll V Olmhol 1M ird
It (lleiienn llnllts rloitfrei IV 1
ilrilwin Juhn eirlhtiel ItoUmnn K eJrls
run lohn ' Oroomi Phlliu Oot-np
l WllllnB Mare Dr llnrlfs I lltrt
I llurrlain Hear V.hnlrnl I 1,
Helms Iisvaril ll-nn Mmur-1 h Hotiaion
I hn y lluneker P I'einli. rton llui.hlnson
I iMrlea II IiiBrrsoll Waller I Junnej
Tht. tuna 1 Jalinei llioinita J lertrlea Alt.s
II JohtiKon w H Jon a f Perr Keallnv
Dr VV W Keen htlwarrt Keenall Hliinej
JV kellh Philander i Knnx Ilirlman I
kutin 1. I I.afferii Arlhur lu-a Jaino I-
e-nnon John I leuls Jamli 11 Kir Iln
liilli. II I lot Krank II Moss John II
viiiaon tUorii. H vtiSiriden ll.nri Pratt
Mt kean IV llllam 1 Vt Lean M ijor Nor
rna li Mt Lend I Idea Man Ii (- II Jlnrkliam
Irn J VV 1 I a Martin I nil n Mills i i.
Mltrliell rtandal Vlorsan prtnshemll Mor
rii Itobert I. Mnninomeri Arlhur Ne
I old i' H .Nenboid William II Nlrholiton
Irtiiard A Nfppei i h IV Packard
I.eiila II I'arsnns i! 1'ua.y Pnaamure John
M I'atteraon Holes Penrose (leorKe Whar
ton Pepper Hon Willi un II Torter Haniuel
Itrn Ihjhon Jthl.ielanikr Oneti Hob
.r'" Tt1"";!1" Itoblna rrank Itnma
Joseph 11 Itosensarten l,ei , Hue
lienjamln fluah Arlhur IV Hewall llioinaa
Shalltrosa Jr tiavld K Kmllej Lduar
fain Himth Maor Hmllli Joseph Hnel
lenl.urir Oovernor Sprout K T rltoteatiuri
Hoberl K htrawlirlda-e iMwlu H btuart
former Judee Murr HuUlerzrr llrneat T
jrina iisi.es iron l.rneat L TUStln
vnessriuer inn lieiisseiarr, 1. A
,,
Valkanburr. Coiisresanian ir Himn.i i
vsurlaln. Hr Ban er tleneral r. iv 'e iv.i
Ur, John IVanainaker Barclay II ' w'arnur.
ton, llllllam O. Warden, Harvey M, W'atti
George D WWenrr. Jimtl M Wllleot. Hon!
c Itrtnre Wolf. Charlton Varnal) Joaeph K.
Wldener, thalrman, Ilobctt U. Drlpps,
relsry, '
BIDDING GOOD AT WOOL SALE
Large Vnricty Apiiin OllVrctl ul
Auction lodtiy
s... i... en .. ...i .1 it.n .t. nnn. ooo '
Ullll U 111)111 OV J, CI 1-VHl ' ,,iv - ." .
pounds of lleere nnd 175,000 pounds ot
pulled grease viool put up at govern;
ment ntu tlon at the Manuinc-iun;'-'
f'lnti vnslprtlsv una Knld
The' auction was successful In every i
mv, nnd the presence nf more than '.oo
bidders nnd Ihelr efforts to comer irge I
supplies of the stock were n departure
from the previous nuetlons, when the
few bidders wanted only enough to tide
tnem over
The wool was bought by the govern-
ment nt a time, when It was needed for
war purposes
Charles ,t Webb & Co , of this city, ' ; ,
were nmong the local buers Among , , wn ii Te
the out-of-town buyers were the follow- i Senator h Stand Will HaVC Jit
Ing' Pnssalc Uorsted Spinning Com
pany, George W Watt Woolen Coin-' f., Moltp.lTi nf
pany, Acme Worsted Mills. Highland, CU Oil WiaKC-Up 01
orsted Mil's, Empire Worsted Mills.
meriCMii Wnnten CntnnnllV Woonsocket
Worsted Mills, Centerdalo Worsted Mills'
Charlottesville Woolen Mills, Korst
mann . Huff mi n Company, C'ev eland
Worsted Mills, Pacific Mills. Vvon ester
fc Co, Inc, Jamestown Worsted Spin
ning Company nnd tho New Jerse Wor
sted Spinning Compan.
At this nftcrnoon s salo the following
wool was offered Two million three
hundred thousand pounds of territory
wood, 200,000 pounds ot Texas wool,
370,000 pounds of scoured wool, 100 000
pounds of greasy combing cape wool,
!)0,000 pounds of greisv carding wool,
10,000 pounds of Australian wool, 1,000.
000 pounds of South American wool and
90,000 pounds of tops.
MAN HURT IN CRASH;
FOG HAMPERS TRAFFIC
Suburban Trains Running Be
hind Schedule and Ship
ping Is Tied Up
One man was Injured as the nsult
of n crash between a tiotley car and
an nsh wagon In tho dense fog which
enveloped the city eirlv toilav. The fog
prevented the motormnn of a north
bound eleventh street car from seeing
the wagon at Ucienlh and Locust
streets Ton Vlnclilo, tho driver, was
thrown to the street His Injuries were
trented at Iho Jefferson Hospital
Th6 fog delaved suburban trains on
both the Pennslvanla nnd on the Iteid-
nm, t,VCapes, and serlouslv Interfered
with murltlme actlvlt) to nnd frrm this
port
Hi ports from Hreakwutcr, Iteed) Isl
and nnd Marcus Hook Indicate the fog
Is particularly dense Steamers pi) Ing
the Delaware have anchored, waiting for
the fog to lift. The Aintrlcin tte unship
Ftllx Taussig, from St N.izilro. duo to i
arrive here totliv has not been reported I
and Is believed to l. waiting oft the
coist until tlm weather ilears Ihei
Taussig Is tarrv Ing a number of tisuals, I
lnnlnil.it- lmi Tliwt I'rnvq nu.c.u
eluding two Ked Cross nmsis
The sttamshlp oiklmd. which came
up Hrcukwater on Tuesda), Is still nt
anchor at Mircus Hook
STOLEN CARS RECOVERED
, Accused Men Catlllt Willi
Ma.
chine of Hugh Roberts
Thieves who stole the mtomoblle of
11 A Uichimn a btoket of Jenltln
town, list night from Ilroatl and Locust '
streets abandoned the nnchlno todav i
with a broken wheel at Tenth street and
Washington avenue The machine was
found bv Deteitlvn Hardlmon, of the)
Seventh and Carpenter streets station '
'lhe police believe it was taken bv jo) - i
riders. ,
A mm who gavo his name as Lent
Lippold of ( hicigo, wns unested todav
and charged with stealing nn automobile I
belonging to Hugh KobertH, an ittnrncv.l
while the cir wns btandlng nt Tenth nnd !
Mr-rket streets
Hoberts was complaining to n reserve
policeman about the tin ft of the earl
when he saw the machine coming downl
Market street Lippold won driving and,
two sailors frank Mcdnth and George
II Hoffman accompanied him
AH will Iibm n hearing todiv nt the
centr il polite tourt " I
TO RESTORE SEIZED PROPERTY
C.irrail.l Said to B Prcnaiilli;
Manifesto lo Return Lands
1,1 Paso, Te, Jan 23 Picsldent
I ill i aura Is pit pat Ing .1 manifesto
icstoiing nil confiscated piopcrty to
tlm oilgltml ovvneis tliiougliout Mex
ico, uctotdlng to nn uitlclo published
I In La Hoputilka. n Mexlcnn dnllv
here opposed to Cnii.uiiu, and tied
Ittd to an tttimincd Melcan Citv
vievvspapci The decreo will nlTitt all
ivropeit) seized tluting tip i evolution,
Including that confiscated by State
governments milltU leaders und
t,e
11 itlon il government, tho inllcle
st itetl
Tlio owners or thcli icptt sontntlves
u 111 be invited to ictuiii and lecelie
this lestoied pioperty, the ntticle
nddeel If this lieeomes effective It will
tostoie tlio great tattlo und ugrlcul
turnl ostites In northern Mexico to
(lencral Lulu Tcrinzns, now Hi Ing in
cllo heie
HOLU-LP KAIt CI.AMONT
:cioiul in Two iNighls Marking Dela,
ware Cilv's Keign of Terror
W ilnilnstnn, Del, J.m .'1 Iheielgn
of terror nf highwnvmen In the vlclnltv
of Cla)mont was m irked last nlglit bv
or.ollier linl.t.llli HiIm hoini- tlm ttivnn,!
' nlgkt '" succession thut robberies nnd
assault line tahen ince mere Last
night s victim Inst his p.i) of two weeks
und his iiw was broken
The citizens, thoroughly ilnimed bv
lhe Inci casing frequenc) of i rimes nf
violence are talking of petitioning the
iHelawnie Legislature for the establish,
ment nf a Stnte constahularv Mean-
'time. Impromptu ilgllance committees
are being forjnrd
I List nicht Clifford Klsher nn einpn)e
, of the .Worth Brothers Steel Work
was held up beiteti and rohbed of $1 's'
his wages nf two weeks He Is In the
I ospltnl Tuesdav night William I'd
wards emploved bv the National Anl
line Cnnipvnv, was lumen and robbed
of $15 He Ih In the Chester Ilnsililtl
'severe!) Injured Both hold-ups h-
.curred at virtually the same spot on
Vernon road ('la)inont
lOUA.'h MARRIAC.K MCKNbKS
Wltllnni eirannff 1412 Poplar at
i: Mrformlrk UU I'milnr u.
and siara
Thomiis V Hfstoii itii challiain il
I Sarah Hunter JlOlt Waterloo a
William MrBtiah .MIT hharaiinnd SI
I J.II.H. M llrl.hlf.US U.n N cma
I Ktliiartl f Trillion vtontreal i an
I Marsnret I JndBe JIJH VV allure si
and
nnd
t
and
, t narira v uevinr ituj luskor SI anl I jr.
rle r K.'lvii. inn Meei t ll"'
, Harrv It Humphries I7 Jasper at and
Mailon Pitilson r.TJS rulln at na
Nleoli. I)l rim., .tl-.l Heltj.r at. and Julia
l'aper.1 .'70111. Somerset l '' """'
Samuel tioldl.er .'JU S rth at and Jen
tile I'ohen SKI VVInlmi l " "n
. I leon K f.reene, IMS, H laplml n .i
Pearl I llarrj 1111 S 1'apltol hi
I ,l1Snl'$mK" n t s7t l'arrlh ' "nl w ""b'r
W'olf" Heluer 711 S Mb at and Annie
Kntharteln 111) Itltner st n Annt"
'Itvman Ileran Camden J ami Lillian
Paras 7!H Tasker st ' '""" ,
Harm llleks 21nn Naudiin n and Mat t
i ii
lie uanirs .i.i.t iaier SI
rank IV Illllklfiilci Sftsf IlUnnaton st
and Victoria Kiildlak .'il.'7 IVcatniore
i rrank
Philip Maltliky- ssj Quean at . and .Mollis I
Knltorf, 431 1-ltlwattr at oill
n,Vr. ?,"fJ"jlc."?.4.,. :l"ln' ' nd.
John r 11
"V ZZI' "('iF f:inil PI. -i
T ?I 11Vo'j.-. I
and Jei
T.'n"l," ?'m at..
VARE LINES UP
WITH "DRY" MEN
Support of Prohibition
Amendment Hard Jolt to
Liquor Forecs
. ,-.
RATIFICATION
CERTAIN
Committees
By a Slatt Concspondent
llurrlnburg, Jan 23 Announcement
b) Senator Vare, of riilUdclphla, that
he and his followers In the Senate and
House would support the national proht
billon amendment virtually Insures its
rat flcatlon by the Pennsylvania Legis
lature. The histe with which the necessary
number of Stntes have ratified tho meas
ure and tho ratification pledge given
by Governor Sprout, when a candidate,
ire believed lo bn responsible for the
decision of Scmtor Vare to join hands
with tho "drs"
fp to this time tho "drs" have
claimed nlnet-nlne votes In the House,
exclusive of the Vare delegation, and
nineteen In the Senate Tho Varcs have
thlrtv-ono votes In the Houso and six
In Iho Senate from Philadelphia,
It requires 104 votes to ratify In the
Houso and twenty-six In the Senate The
Vnres can cisllv dole off enough votes
lo swing tho House for ratification. It
Is pointed out, nnd tho announcement
of Senator Vare Is expected to Bvvlng
several votes In the Senato which here
tofore luivo been considered 'wet'.
Senator Varo's announcement Is n se
veie Jolt to the liquor people, who have
been hero In force slnco the opening of
the Legislature They have been con
fldent the amendment would bo rejected
Vnro's announcement nlso Is expected
to make radical changes In the line-up
between Iho "wets' and the 'drjs' on
Iho Senate and Houso law and order
committees
Senator Situs, a Vare man and a
'wet," heads the Senato Law and Order
Committee. Before Senator Varo made
the declaration In favor of tho amend
ment the line-up of the Senate commit
tee was ten 'weta' nnd four "drs"
It may be. also, that the resolution
will not be sent to this committee In the
Senate, but bo referred to a committee
with more "drs' in Its make-up
ATTORNEY GENERAL
NAMES ASSISTANTS
Hnrrlshurg, Jan 23 Selection of the
new deputies of W. I Shaffer, Attorney
Oenenl, havo been announced by the
Oovernors office, hut th ,... .
I. . ' -."'"to
' nouneed nem m n .,! .
, ITuf :,lro .n0'.n.B,url,,rise'.. Iw0 of
' , --.-"' "i ... c-.s nnunK urown.
I formerly Attorney General, are dropped
. aid two retained, as had been expected
l iiouerc i.nwtnrop of West Chester,
I former)) a Judge, was named as first
deput) attorney general In place of W
j II Keller, recently appointed a Superior
I Court Justice,
I W. M Hargcst, of this city, who has
been nn additional deputy slnco the
Tener Administration, was retained, as
was nlso fmerson Collins, of Wllllams
! port, who served through the Drumbaugn
Administration
B J Myers. Lancaster, succeeds
(Harry K. Doughertv, nn additional dep
, uty and William I Sivope Clearfield,
suceeds Harry Trenk, Pittsburgh.
DRY FEDERATION
WILL NOT DISSOLVE
IlnrrUliurg, Jan :3 At meetings of
the Pennsylvania Drv p-ederitlon It was
I decided thit the fetleritlon shn'l keep
its nrganlzitlnn Intact, even though the
Legislature rntlf) the national prohlbl.
I Ion nmendment It plans to back legls
litlon looking to tho passage nnd en-
, fpnement bv the State of more prohlbl.
tlon legislation
I Officers were elected as follows- Pres-
Presidents, Mrs fl'a M. George. Beaver
, A !$ w! ffift'.S'
nieiii vv i. i-orter. Xew Castle. ii
ulelphla,
and II. H
NegleV. I'lltshnrirh
er, frank H Robinson, Pittsburgh, sec'
retnrv s 13 (Jin. Pittsburgh; ,.tnf.,itv(
treasur-
Identify Point llreeze Bodies
'Iho two charred bodies tnken fiom
the Schuvlklll River have been Identified
nt the morguo bv M Z fSran.ril.i ".?!?
Is connected with the oil tankers which
.. in ... ,.. ,,, ,ln.,,-n iiifit inurseiav. an
Blrger larsen and L'rneBt Bloomsbraiid
Thev are said to have been firemen and
oilers nn the tankets Raold Amundsen
md Kjobenhaven 'lhe body of oiaf
Hanson twenty )ears old. a sailor on
one of the ships, was recovered from
the liver vesterdav afternoon It was
found wedged ln the pilings under the
wharf "
rni riis
in. t rt.n ran J2 i.onu iikirsn
Inee MrK) widow of Jaroh Ileuter and fiA
Itelatllea and friends Invited to funeral seri
ivrs Sat J p in .'IS Apalei bt OermnnI
town.. IM private. IV eat Laurel IIillTi?
HHNIll Jnn
:n
1 Hl.l.KN 11
(nre
ei .'inne llarl.or. V
impiilstle) ii f 0f
Danltl I. Henrv
Inl
str'eii) private Prl
in no i i rosn
rtODOKIts Inn 12 LIIl iivn
11)1111 ItOIXIhlts idow nf John s lod5
ers IteKlli.s a... I rrB. .-.T..'. '. Il"drr.
:- -." ...... ni'.iufl iniiieii in sen.
Ices Sat
mn In tan
w nn i . r'"'''nee nf her
IVnliork at
......,i. n iiiuetrnoi; Mil X
inl private 1 rlenda mav rn
Irl eie from s until
in
IPiT ii." J.oj'.nii
W A 1 1 H I oat Ort .0 betiieenRltz I art
ton and I1I1J Walnut at .. tllamond I brri
let iiatrh rertanuglar shape rnntalnliis IS
dlunonds pnreil lielel, Mark line., koehn
tnniement eli-ht llcne cas lls. 1 lVnl
r, ,l If e,,ipne,1 ,n L- t .,,..... ,.'.'" '
"'"..'j ".".. ;.r ?." -iaii .
Co,
. . , ... '. in wniu m n
IlllllVtS I OH RI-.N T
IflTH HOI N Tno rooms furn liouseknc
IS nn m no e mum I ' .o .... . i."K"c'
furn1iht(l
- . . . -.: . ." i" ,, Tiiiinie i.n.
mnoor fi un.I Janitor umlce
IIIMNhss OPPOKTI MT1I.S
I itisi CLVSiS meat markel llxlurea In
rludlllK lash rea-tater nlso bora. .,n,i
w.sou No rii UnterprlsB rutter ",", "n
ter with l.-hidi liiwl meat or douth inieV
with 1 birrel .arvrlt Howe track seal" and
Mull vi niton st Hie must le sold th la ti mi,
cirri e Bros Hun (lermantown ave '
Seashore
Excursions
TO
ATLANTIC CITY
Ocean City, WUdwood,
Cape May
EVERY SUNDAY
ThIII Further Notice
t 3I A. M. from thrilnut or Hsntw
Blreeta XtttT. Keturnlns Uata 12
shore I'OlnU DilS V. Jl, " "
5p JLao
ROUND
TRIP
War Im t0 Addlttasul
: ..i..;-, ..lurKe itanhin Jr , Wilklns-
nUVei:. J mV: JI" InnkMn : J Dennv
).NelI. McKeesport. the Rev Charles
VJiilim, I'ltWmrcli; MrR J o Miller.
Pittsburgh, Lex X Mitchell, Punxsu.
uowne), lind Jonn w- Klnnear IMtts:
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