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Undor tha Act of March a. 1870.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1919
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WN IN MEXICAN CRISIS
Ernest L. Tustin Is Appointed by Moore to Be the City's First Director of Public Welfare,
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Will Fill Post Created by New
Charter, Which Split Health
Department
ACCEPTS POST DURING CALL
'AT NEW EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE
Disposes of Private Business In
terests to Give Time to
Public Affairs
Moore's Appointees
in Order of Choice
City solicitor David .T. Smyth.
Director of public health Dr. C.
Lincoln Furbush.
Director of public welfare Lrnest
L. Tusttu.
Ernest L. Tustin this afternoon was
named first director of the new De
partment of Public AVclfnre by Mayor
elect Moore.
The former state senator had been
Invited to call at Mr. Moore's office,
where the directorship was offered him
formally. He immediately accepted.
Mr. Mooro" later issued this statement:
"I have asked Mr. Tustin to take the
place of director of public welfare and
he has accepted. The department of
welfare presented a fen' more difficult
questions than 8ome6f the other places
because of beiug u new department un
der tho new charter and In which there
was much" civic interest displayed.
"Many excellent names were sug
gested, Including Edward Bok. Ellis A.
Ulmbol, Charles Tryon, II. II. Bouucll
aud I?, Ii. Tustin.
Somo"tfrit Candidates
'These names were nll-glvcn -careful
consideration, dame ot the gentlemen
.referred JW.not being candidates and
not 'desirous! oftaklns up the' aYduoifs
rlnHpfi of thivlrlenartment)- Senator Tils-
tin's name, has Jieen before me sinci;
election, and h,is (noonscmcnis nave
been fine. 'The Playgrounds Associa
tion and tho many other civic bodies
urged his selection.
"After conferring with him this,'
morning I invited htm to take the place
and he accepted. Wo will cooferlater
with Colonel Furbush about the rela
tionship of the two departments pf wel
fare and health, so that their work will
not overlap, and will arrange for the
organization of the new departmynt as
speedily as may be."
"The naming of a .director of public
welfare was pressing because no ap
propriation was provided for in the
mayor's budget as submitted to coun
cils. It was necessary to get on the
job at once, while, the finance commit
tee was in session or let tliu new dc;
partruent fjtand over for a whole year.
"I have personally kuown Senator
Tustin 'since he was a young man at
tho bar aud have'always appreciated iiis
energy and adaptability to public serv
ice. Disposes of Private Interests
"His experience in public welfare
work, 'includlrg playgrounds, should
commend him to public confidence. In
my talk with him this morninig Mr.
Tustin advised me that he had dis
posed of his interest in tho Hoskins
Oo. and was prepared to give his en
tire timo to the public service."
Mr. Tustfii was born In Ijcwisburg,
Pa., a sou of TYnncIs Wnvlnud Tustin,
one of the founders of Bucknell Uni
vnrcltr. He is a craduate of Bucknell
mid a post-graduate of the. University
ot I'ennsvlvanin. tic ucgsu practice ot
law in Philadelphia In 1SS7, and Is a
member of the National, Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia Jiar Associations.
He was elected to tho state Senate
In 1007 and re-elected in 1011. He is
the author of banking and pure food
Jaws, a member of the commission that
revised ejection laws,. and was chairman
of the Pennsylvania Commb-slon to the
Tnnama Imposition.
Mr. Tustin was recorder of deeds of
Philadelphia coupty for four years, a
member of board of recreation for niauy
years, and president for three years.
During tho war he was chairman of
the United States Speakers' Bureau and
organized every county ia the state. He
was president and is now honorary vice
president-of tho Playground Association,
and Ik a director of the child federa
tion. '
lie has been (or the last twenty years
vice president and treasurer of the Wil
liam II, Hoskins Co.. and managing
executor of Alexander Iteed & Co. He
ia a member of tho Pennsylvania Cham
ber of Commerce and a director of tho
Philadelphia Board of Trade.
He is vice chairman of the beard of
Bucknell University and of the Hahne
mann Hospital and College of Philadel
phia, and a director of tho board of
education of the Northern Baptist con
vention, Crozer Theolocical Seminary,
Crozer Hospital and Home, Chester,
Pa.
' Mr. Tustin Is general counsel and di
rector of the American Baptist Publica-
Hon Society and the Pennsylvania Bap
tist Kducatlou Society, and treasurer
nnd director of the Philadelphia Bap
tist Association and the Wlsler
Memorial Home.
Ho is a member of the Historical So
ciety, Sons of the Revolution, Colonial
Society, Union League, City, Univer
sity and Philadelphia Country Clubs nnd
J 'resident of tho Overbrook Golf Club,
n 18S0 he married Ella 3Iae Woodruff.
He lives at Overbrook.
Negro Lynched In Florida
Lalte City. lTa Nov. 0. (By A;
P. )t farmers' coming to this place to
day found tl)ti body of a negro hanging
to a tree .by tha roadside. An investigation-
disclosed that tho man, Sam
Sioley, jind beep lynched Iqst uight
by. 8 party of-whlto men. It wan claim
ed tfeftt b. tasulted. a young white
HIRD MAN NAMED
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KUNHST L. TUSTIN
Appointed director of public wel
fare bj' Mayor-elect Mooro today
JAILED AS FAMILY WATCHES
Man Leaves Wife and Babies In
Courtroom When Held for Theft
While his wife, with a year-old in
fant In her arms, sat in the Nineteenth
.and Oxford streets polico station this
morning, and his three-j ear-old son
clasped him about the legs, William
Wald was held in ..?S0O ball for a fur
ther hearing by Magistrate Grills. '
Wald, also known ns William HufC,
according to the police, left his home,
told his wife he was Koine out of town
for work, aud obtained a room at the
home of Mrs. tirnily Morrison. "I'M
North Twentieth street, about live
blocks away.
Monday ho disappeared. So did jew
elry and silverware valued at S500. He
was Arrested by District Detectives
Franklin and Thumb while trjing to
sell the silverware, which was broken,
to a jeweler.
HUNGRY -REDS" ENDSTRIKE
Two Women Among the Five Who
Ignore Breakfast Call
New York, Nov. 20.-(By A.. P.)
The hunger strike of tho "Bills Island
Soviet" was broken loday. All but the
of thfc sixty-eight radicals who had re
fused to cat since last Monday evening
eagerly answered the call for breakfast.
After the live-day fast they were
ravenous and were first in tho immi
grants' dining hall.
Those who continued the hunger
strike in an effort to have removed an
iron barrier separating them from vis
itors included Ethel Bernstein and Dora
I.ipkin, who were arrested in a raid on
a New York Russian headquarters. They
were the only women ou hunger strike..
The silence strike of the sixty-eight
also collapsed when word came that
the Department of Justice was provid
ing eight husky guards to force them
to attend deportation heariugs .here be
fore immigration inspectors. Inspectors
found no difficulty in getting radicals
to go from the detention room to the
hearing room when identified.
' FIRM HERE GETS SHIP
Lake Fansdale Assigned by Shipping
i Board to Recently Formed Company
TheLake Fansdale, a cargo carrier,
lias just oeen njioiteu to tne interna
tio'nal Freighting Corporation, Lafay
otte Building, by the United States
shipping board.
The ship will ply between Phiiadcl
nhia and France. The corporation.
which is but six months old, now hnV
a fleet of twenty-one ships, all working
out of this nort.
Three Hoc Island-built boats that
recently completed their trial trips have
been assigned by the snipping board.
Two, the Wildwood nnd the Crisswood,
will work between Mobile, rscw Ur
leans mid France, and the third, the
Scottsburjr. will worlf between Haiti
more and Liverpool,
IDENTIFIED BY SOCKS
Man Wearing Yellow Footwear Held
on Theft Charge
Ills fondness for yellow socks, It is
said, caused tho downfall of John II.
Yancey, whom Magistrate Grells held In
$000 baf) for court this morning on a
charco of larceny.
Yancey, n negro, roomed' at tho home
of Samuel Jackson, :31il North Albion
street. According to Jackson, Yanctfy
camouflaged a tour of Ills house Thanks
giving Day by a hunt for soap, saying
h.o wanted to tako a ba(.h. Later he
left, and is alleged to have taken with
him clothes, including n pair of yellow
socks, and jewelry belonging to Jack
son Jackson made his identification
of Yancey jos!tlvo this morning when
asked to do so by the magistrate,
"Certainly I l;uov him." insisted
Jackson, "I enn see my yellow socks
on him right now,"
JOY PUSHED FROM WINDOW
Plunges From Second-Story While
Watching Ybung Wrestlers
Elmer Lenaller, ten years old, tlllO
Nevada street, was seriously injured
last night when ho was accidentally
pushed from a window in the second
floor of Turner's Hall, Broad street
and Columbia avpnuo, bv two bnvs, who
were wrestling. According to witnesses
he was swept off his fret as a wrestler
made u nuick turn and was pushed
through the window, falling to tho
str"et.
The boy was taken to St, Joseph's
'Hospital, where It is bclieycd he- is
Kprlnuslv IniurA'l internally. An X.rnv
examination will be made to determine 1 1
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F NE OLD RUMPUS
N STATE POLITICS
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Trouble Germs Sown in Last
Legislature Are. About to
Bring Results
GRUNDY PLANNING FIGHT ON
CROW, KNOWING ONES SAY
This City May Be Scene of
Lively Events in Realignment,
It Is Predicted
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
There Is a movement on which may
cause an upheaval within the He-
publican party in the state. It Iior
been accelerated bv the defeat of the
Vare element In Philadelphia polities.
The germs of trouble, which were
sown several years ago, came to blossom
during the last Legislature, and reached
full fruitage 'in the triumph of the
Penrose and Independent forces over the
regular organization in this city.
The first number on the program is
the elimination of Senator William K.
Crow as chairman of tho Republican
state committee. This doubtless will be
follow ed by a realignment of forces nnd
a new deal all around in state poli
tics, in which Philadelphia will play a
conspicuous part.'
The entire program cannot now be
foreshadowed. It will bo shaped by
enminir events. There are charges of
ingratitude, attempted double-crossing
nnd failure .to keep gentlemen agree
ments involved in the affair.
Infrrmicntly in the past Joseph R.
.Grundy, of 'Bristol and Philadelphia.
has, been mentioned as being me in
spiration of noteworthy moves on the
political checker.-b.oard,. Particularly
during the two last sessions of Hie
Legislature did his name aud person
ality, figure in connection with certain
legislation affecting he large industrial
interests of this state.,
Wields Powerful Influence
Mr. Grundy wields a far greater In
fluence thnn his political opponents care
to acknowledge. As president of the
Manufacturers' Association of Penn
sylvania he not only assiduously looks
after its affairs, but personally keeps
his finger upon the pulse of legislation
that in any way nfferts his own in
terests, or the interests of his associa
tion. Senator Crow, of Fayette county, is
receptively n candidate for the United
States Sennte to succeed tho junior
senator, Philander Chase Knox, three
years hence. In view of this the seu
ator from the Thirty-second district has
been and still is diligently cultivating
the friendship of all Republican ele
ments in the state, for which his posi
tion as chairman of the state Rcpub
licau committee nffords ample oppor
tunity. Whllo cniaccd in this personal ag
grandizement it is charged that he has
neglected the great industrial interests
in the state, or, if not, haB at least
been lukewarm in his stewardship and
ready to sacrince mem 10 m uu jiui
,nnnl nrlvniltnPP.
The Interests in question -are those
in which Joseph R. Grundy aud his
friends are vitally concerned.
Ordinarily Mr. Grundy's Individual
interests might not bo rated any higher
than those of any other leading manu
facturer, but he is also the official and
AimrHnr tinwpr of the crcatcst ag
gregation of capital in the state, one
that lias contributed niumnuiiy luwniu
capitalizing tue succct-s ot xiue nepuu
itnnn nnrtv iii the nast.
Chairman Crow having been derelict
n nvivMitlve bead of tho Republican
pary, and Mr. Grundy being n' man of
influence and an indefatigable worker
who is credited with getting what he
goes after politically, it is regarded as
a fair conclusion that once he stnrts
out to acquiro tho political scalplock of
the Republican stato chairman, sooner
or later It win oangie ui ma urn.
Favored Measures Lost
Whatever clement of truth Is in the
assertion that Mr. Grundy nnd his as
sociation's ' Interests were cavalierly
treated at tho last session of tho Legls'
'lature, one thing is certain; measures
in which Be was interested and to whose
success ho devoted considerable time,
failed ot passage, notauiy iiiese involv
ing changes In the workmen's compensa
tion law ns to minimum compensation,
minimum period of medical servjee, etc.,
etc.
Relations between Senator Penrose
nnd Mr. Grundy nave always oeen cor
dial. In view of the former's potent in
fluence in the Senate. This naturally
arrayed the Vnre forces against any
measuro in which Mr. Grundy had a
personal or official Interest ns head of
tho Manufacturers' Association of
Pennsylvania.
This was conspicuously demonstrated
by the Vnro attitudo of opposition dur
ing tho last Legislature,
It was a generally accepted fact that
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The Weathervane
Jtain tonight and rain tomorrow, ,
Warmth tonight tho town may
know,
tiouih and louthweat windi may lor-
mm
Strength a$ cheerfully thay blow,
HATCHING
REPOR
FOUR HELD IN SUGAR DEAL
Brothers, Perth Amboy Grocers, Are
Charged With Profiteering
Four brothers, wholesale grocers of
Pertli Amboy, X. J., were held in ?10,
000 bail each for court today for the
alleged sale of sugar at "unjust rates."
Tho brothers arc Isadora, Isaac, Philip
and Herman Greenspan.
Agent Itamsdcll, working under the
direction of Todd Daniels, chief of the
Department of ."Justice in this district,
made the ni rests. Ho charges that on
October 10 the biothcrs sold '1701
pounds of sucar at twenty cents a
pound to George l.oupoulns, and on
N'overber 15 they bold 15 000 pounds at
twenty-one and ouc-liulf cents to
Pnprcr & Zohn, and 2000 pounds at
twenty cents to the Palace Confection
ery. The three firms are in Trenton.
The men were held bv United States
Commissioner Dclaney, in Perth Am
boy. WHERE DO THEY GET IT?
Court Asks Question of Two Over-
Joyful Prisoners
Magistrate Trice asked two prisoners
the same question today in the Twcuty
secotul street and Hunting Park avenue
police station. It was: "Where did jou
get it?"
The first mau, James Conlev, of
.uuiKic street, uunre trcsson, iunna
yunk, wouldn t tell, nnd decided in a
modest way to senc three mouths in
jail rather than rceal his secret. The
magistrate, winking at Ins clerk, sen
tenced the man, but a few minutes later
sent him home.
"Thanks, Judge," the prisoner said.
"I'll come back and " vmi some tint'
If vou renlly want to get in on It."
The second prisuiier, William Hart,
of Brown street. abop Sixteenth, de
clared he "got It in the navy yard,"
aud he didn't seem to care who knew it.
He was a "cop" there, he said. The
magistrate advised him to get another
job, voicing tho opinion that he could
uot "handle drink." The prisoner dis
agreed with the court, and was held In
SHOO bail for a, further hearing Mon
day. DANSEY INQUEST STARTS
Eighteen Witnesses to Be Heard.
Coroner Promises Quick Action
Coroner's inquest over the hkclcton
supposed to be that of Billy Dauscy, the
uiisslng boy,for whom a naton-wide
search hud been made, began at 1 o'clock
today in Hammontou, N. J. There arc
eighteen witnesses' to be heard.
"If the evidence disclosed necessitates
the arrest of any one, urrcsts will be
made immediate!)." Coroner Cuuuinc-
ham suid.
Numerous letters have been received
by the coroner, uddrcsscd from Newark,.
N. .!,, which offer solutions of the
mystery surrounding the death of the
three-year-old boy. Coroner Cunninc-
hanf said that no attention will be pnid
to these letters unless evidence brought
out today warrants it.
.uemocrs 01 me jury are: .1. u. Hit
ler, foreman: John L. O'Donuell, Peter
Tell, Harry Mottoln, F. A. Burdick and
Harry Croasdalc.
The child mysteriously disappeared
from his home on October 8. No trace,
of him was found until last Saturday,
the skeleton of a small boy was discov
ered in the woods near Hammontou bj
huuters. -
WOUNDED, SHIELDS CHUM
Boy Accidentally Shot Refused to
Tell Name of Companion
Loyally shielding his chum, Robert
Moore, fourteen jcars old, 3817 Sep
vlva street, was found lying badly
wounded near Penuypack rrcekSunday
night, refused to tell who shot him
until the police unearthed evidence aud
solve the mystery.
The wounded boy is in the Fraukford
Hospital. Until yesterday ho main
tained that ho was struck by a stray
bullet as he walked along the shore of
the creek. The police, however, found
two ritles hidden in some bushes.
Qne was the property of Charles
McLaughlin. 51004 Cedar street, Moore's
chum. McLaughlin and Moore then
told 'nnt M001,0 wns s'10t when Mo
Luughlin's gun accidentally exploded as
they were walking together.
NO NEWBERRY REPORT YET
Grand Jury Doesn't Announce Find
ings In Election Probe
Hi-nnil Ilanlds. Mich.. Nov. 20. (By
A. P.) No report came this morning
from the federal grand jury which is
investigating the Newberry senatorial
campaign ot 1010. Tho only indica
tion that n return might be iminineut
wns tho fact that when the jury nd
'Inurned for luncheon it announced that
It would reconvene a half-hour earlier
than bus been Its custom. There wns
a rumor that the investigation might
extend over to next ween,
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AUTO INJURES CAMDEN MAN
Frank Miles, of Twelfth and Carpen
ter streets, Camden, was knocked down
and injured bv an automobile near his
home today. He was taken to Cooper
Hospital, bruised upon the legs aud
nip. Benjamin Razzens, 1178 Lans
downe avenue. Camden, driver of the
motor car, will appear at a bearing
later today.
QUAKE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
Paris, Nov. 1211. (By A. P.) A
slight earthquake shock lasting seven
seconds was felt at 0:-10 o'clock last
night at Cannes in the Riviera. A
heavier shock was experienced half au
boir after midnight at Folx, forty-five
miles south of Toulouse, at the foot of
tho Pyrenees. Only slight daroago was
done at cither place,
46,000 OWE INCOME TAX HERE
Collector of Internal Revenue Lcder
er announced today ho had forwarded
noticcB to 40,000 residents of this dis
trict calling for tho payment of the last
installment ou tho iueome fax foe 1018.
The taxes, due December 15, total
jibput $afwv,vjw4
45.000 FANS SE
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Monster Crowd Jams Into Polo
Grounds for Annual Service
Football Clash
MIDDIES LIGHT, BUT
HAVE FAST ELEVEN
Many Celebrities Present at
Kickoff Neither Team
Enters Fray Unbeaten
Array Narr
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irnTiff uiiii. . . ifrifiuklp iinrrny 117s
llrlnlitrr (102.). Irft nuiril Denflrlil (1st
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Mnrnlmll. Ilimnril. Time of nuiirtr IS
duuuic", ciicii. lime 01 Knme. -z p. m;
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
fporls JMItor Kienlnt Public Lrdirr
New York, Nov. 20. The brothers
in arms are rivals in snort todav.
The Army and tho Navv flew at pneh
other on the gridiron of the Polo
Grounds this aftevnoou at 2 o'clock.
The battle between the two branches
of our Uncle Sam's fighting corps was
the first sluce they joined forces to
whip the hordes of the Hun. Thcie
has been no game since 1010.
Always uu event that called socictv
aud sportsmen, tho natncijttf season
has the added glow of njWJi,, that
comes from a pcriiTffr'Tnforred
quietude. The middies and the cadets
are uuliblingeovcr with the spirit of
tho fray.
Service Men Galoro
This city is crowded with service
men. One sees everywhere tho blue
of the rravy nnd the khaki nr'tlip' grnv
of the army. The Navy was tho. favorite
today, but there have been few' bets
placed at odds. Army men have suf
ficient confidence n their lighters to
pjace even money.
Tradition seems to be ngainst the
Middies. They have not won n con
test against th.elr brother fighters since
11)12 and never have they been able
to squelch the land battlers at the Polo
Grounds. But Navv inrn H.n.. i,nt
Nineteen. nineteen is'their year.
I'nacu uiimour uobie. the famous
western tutor, has n splendid scoring
machine iu his Annapolis team, one
good enough to vim up n total of 202
nnlnts in seven came this veur. The
Middies are light but fast, and for this
teason th, i-mbrjo officers of the sea are
backing their team to their last collar
button and things like that.
Capacity Crowd
The Polo Grounds was packed to
capacity and more than 45,01)0 persons
wqro in the stands. All the tickets
for -the contest were sold, and ac
cording la report only a few were in
the hands of scalpers.
Tho normal capacity of the Polo
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WJLSON MESSAGE TUESDAY
President Will Discuss Many Prob
lems) Especially Industrial Crisis
Washington, Nov. 20. (By A. P.)
President Wilson'd messago to Congress
will not bo transmitted until Tuesday,
it was said today at the White House.
It is expected to cover u wido ruugo
of subjects, with particular attention to
the industrial situation.
The President has been working on
tho message, for two weeks, dictatiug to
a stenographer iu his sick room.
Because of his illness the President
will find it necessary to depart from
his custom ot delivering his message in
person.
WEEK'S -WEATHER FORECAST
Temperature Below Normal In First
Half Unsettled Later
Washington, Nov, 20. (By A. P.)
Wcather'predictions for the week be
ginning Monday issued by tho AVeathcr
Bureau toduv are:
North and middle Atlantic states:
Fair first half of week except probably
snow Mmdav in New Ihigland, with
temperatures? below normal, probably
much colder Monday and Tuesday. Un
settled with rains iirobubiy second half;
temperatures nearly normal.
South Atlantic states and cast Gulf
states: Fair weather indicated; tem
nernturen considerably below normal
first half and nearly normal second
half.
"PolilicalTrip to Moon"
at Paris Peace Parley
A thing called "bunk" was a
big factor in a "PolitlcaV Trip to
the Moon" taken by diplomats at
tho Paris Peace Conference.
Clinton W. Gilbert
wrltcji in
HaientngJublic ledger
TODAY
"The Story of a Soul's Advcn
turo with the Words aud Deeds of
Woodrow Wilson."
READ IT
Turn to page four and learn how
the "roob influences Its leader just
as the leader Influences tho mob."
Al
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NAVY
GRIDIRON BATTLE
7T
A. B. C. NATIONS MAY MEDIATE
IN MEXICAN CRISIS, CHILE HEARS
Santiago. Chile, Nov. 20. (By A. P.) The Nneion today says It has
learucd fiom well -Informed diplomatic circles that there is it possibility of
mediation by the governments in the A, "B. O. group (Argentina, Brazil and
Chile) with the object of composing tho difficulties that have arisen between
tho United States and .Mexico over the case of Consul Jenkins.
STATE REVENUE BREAKS ALL RECORDS
HARIUSBURG, Nov. 20. Auditor General Chniles A.
Snyder today announced thnt collections of state levenue made
through his department fov the fiscal year ending' today had
leached $52,001,709.84. This breaks all lecords. It is nlmort
SS,000,000 ahead of the high water mark established by Mr.
Snyder for the fiscal year of 1918.
GERMANY URGED TO MODIFY ATTITUDE'
PARIS, Nov. 29. German democrats unci socialists are
urging the Berlin government to modify its attitude relative to
piisoneis of war and reparation for ships sunk by their German
crews in Scnpa Plow, according to dispatches from Berlin pub
lished by the Presse De Paris.
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RED CROSS ASKED TO MAINTAIN WARTIME RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The American Red Cross hao
been requested by the Seeretary of "War to continue the reli
ticms with the peace time army which it developed with the
service during -th recent emrgncy, the War Department an
nounced today.-
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MORE THAN 100 DIVORCES GRANTED IN GEORGIA
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 29,-rMore than 100 verdicts in di
corce cases were returned yesterday by juries in two divisions
'oT Superior 'Court establishing what court attendants -said ww
a lecord. More than 400 divorce petitions remain on the docket
of undefended cases. Georgia laws require two verdicts with a
lapte of time beiore tho final decree ia granted.
SOFT GOAL HEADS
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50 Operators, in Secret Session
Here, Working Toward Inde
pendent Agreement
FROM CENTRAL PA. REGION
Soft coal operators of central Penn
sylvania are meeting in executive ses
sion at the Bellevuc-Stratford todav to
discuss, it is said, an independent agree
ment with the 20,000 miners of that (lis-
trict, who walked out within the lust
twenty-four hours.
The conference is entirely secret. The
20,000 miners in the central Pennsyl
vania soft coal district remained at
work awaiting an adjustment of wages
by tho Washington conference, but im
patience with the action of the govern
ment, say the strikers, forced them to
withdraw from their work today.
About fifty operutors from the thir
teen ccntrnl counties surrounding Johns
town are in conference. It is planned
to continue the sessions over Sunday,
if necessary, until an agreement is
reached.
Bepreseutativcs of the union miners
said the miners In the area around
Johnstown would refuse tho 14 per cent
increase agreyd upon by President Wil
son's cabinet.
Operator) in western Pennsylvania,
which is a part of tho central competi
tive field, will meet Governor Sproul
hero Monday to discuss plans for pro
tecting miners wishing to return work,
according to information received to
day. Those in close touch with the situa
tion regarded this as the first indica
tion of nn attempt to break the strike
in tho highly organized ceutral field.
It was expected that general plans for
nil four states included in this field
would be discussed when tho operators'
wage-scale committee reconvened In
Washington Wpdnesday.
Tho call for the .meeting said the
purpose was to harmonize details of the
proposed 14 per cent wage advance', but
methods of bringing tho strike to au
end were expected to be tho most Im
portant subject considered.
RAIN APPEARS AT LAST
Begins After Two Days Tempera
ture Climbs to 50
Bain, expected In Philadelphia for
two days, fell shortly after 12:.t0
o'clock today, tho Weather Bureau of
ficially announced. The weather, the
forecaster said, will be disagreeable for
tho rest of the' day. Tomorrow more
rain is expected.
The temperature at noon today regis
tered fifty degrees above zero. It is cl
1ccUd to be warmer tomorrow.
SEEK WAGE PAG
TESTIFY LEIB GOT
BLANKS A T CAP TAL
Clerk at Harrisburg Furnished
Mercantile Tax Receipts to
Politician, Witness Swears
EVANS IS CROSS-EXAMINED
The prosecution in the trial hero of
William S. Leib. Srhiiylkill Vounty
politician, today brought out through
witnesses that duplicate state tax re
ceipts, alleged to havo been forged
and sent to tho Merchant nnd Evans
Lo,. of this city, were given tho de
fendant by a state emploje at Harris
burg. The duplicates, it was testified, were
given to I.cib in blank form. The sig
natures on them, when they are alleged
to have been received by the Merchant
and Evans concern, are not those of the
persons purported to ha.ve signed them,
It was shown.
Leib is facing a charge of falselv
uttering aud making the receipts for
mercantile corporation taxes from the
local compaio, and devoting the nioucy,
in excess of $."000, to his own use.
Trial to ContlnXie. Monday
Trial in the case becan vesterrtsiv l,e.
fore Judge Johnson, of Union county,
in room 053. City Hall. .TunVn .Tnhnnnn
is substituting in Quarter Sessions
Court. The trial will continue over all
day Monday and probably longer.
James D, Kvnns, vicn president of
tho Merehnnt & Kvans Co., was cross
examined today by counsel for tho de
fence. AVilliam A. Carr, of this city.
and former Juilgo John F. Wheden, of
Schuylkill comity, Leib is beiug prosc
cuoted by Assistant District Attorney
Maurer and Deputy State Auditor Gen
eral William I. Swope.
Mr. Carr. In opening the cross-examination
this morninir. oucstioirpiJ Mr.
Kvans about the nonpayment of state
taxes by tho Merchant fc Hvans Co.
during the years 1014-15-10 and 17.
The witness explained that in 1014 the
state changed its method of assessment
and when objection was raised a test
case was taken Into the courts. Pendius
tho court decision the witness said hi
company paid according to their old
custom. The test case was lost in 1018,
aud bis company notified to pay the
extra assessment, amounting to ap
proximately $7000. f,
Leib, who Is managing director of
the Schuylkill Traction Company, in
which Mr. Evans is interested, was ap-"
pealed to,i the witness said. The de
fendant was asked to takp the matter
up with slate officials and Vee if u
compromise could not be reached. I.cib,
at that time, wus a clerk in the House
of Itcprcscntqtlvca at Harrisburg.
I.cib, it was t-ald, notified the local
concern .that the state would accept
7fi per cent of the amount. Checks
far approximately $r000 yerc for
warded to I.cib by the company, Mr,
Uvans said, Leib, the witness added,
was pot. In ,tho employ of the local coin-
CoatlaijM ca JPaca Tm.'Ce!sm Xhr
ANOTHER CITIZEN
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Oil Company Official Shot by
Carranza Soldier, Who Goes
Unpunished
ULTIMATUM EXPECTED
AFTER FULL INQUIRY
Washington Believes Relations
at Breaking Point as Result-.,,,
of Many Outrages $
Washington, Nov. 20. The Stat
Department has not altered its deter
mination to enforce its demand on tne
Mexican Government for tho prompt
relcnso of American Consular Agent
Jenkins, imprisoned on the charge of
conniving with his" bandit caritors.
Beports of lighting in Mexico Cit1
between adherents of President Car
ranza and General Obrcgon, presiden
tial candidate, arc denied by dispatches,
from the Mexican capital, thug remov
ing for the present uncertainty as la
the future stability of tho Carranza
regime. .
On lop of the already delicate Mexi
can situation was th report of thcinur
dcr of another American,. W. M. Wal
lace, oil man, who ivas shot down by
u CarranziRta soldier. This combined
with tho Jenkins case, was nxpectecl"
to spur the Stale Department to strong
diplomatic action ncalnut lh Pa-m..
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Government, which has been warned reW;
I'laicui y againsc mistreatment of Amcrl
can c tizeus. ".m
Mexico probably will be called" upon J
for a showdown once and for all If th,?
repeated killing and molestation ofiJT!
American citizens ronilnj. .:r"'
American conRnlm- mani ..main. . -j
fined in prison on what Amerlcan'nfVi
fieials believe are trnmpedup.riiarMS?
iThHtatfD(artinert,hnSw-nSia
plainly that nnniAipnfnH Unnv&fMVHl
will not divert the government from it &
course of dealing with a serious ihtferA J
nauonui question. V.
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Secretary Lansing id conference wltli
Mexican Ambassudor Bouillas yester.
day, put the issue flatly before him
nnd explained pointedly that the Ameri
can Government had demanded action
and not words in the Jenkins' affair.
He is said to have further explained
that unless the Mexican 'Government
acceded promptly to h& country's de
mands, the relations between tbe fwo"
nations necessarily would be seriously
affected.
The State Department's formal reply
to the Carranza message may be dc-1
lajed several days pending the accu
mulation of verified facts dealing wjfa
the Jenkins case, and other affronts.
When the reply js framed, it is expected
to contain more than a mere request nnd
tl.e government will be prepared to
support its demands to the limit
light Americans have been kiUeqV.ht
Mexico within the lnstcw mouths and
government officials and members "pf
Congress hnve expressed indignation
over tho nppaient laxity of the Mex
ican Government in dealing with the
millnwrv $
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ine point to ue cieartii umuiu naj
nn.tn. 1.1 ..I.BCmIiIa 1 fill. ATfivlDTI hIIa..
gutlon that "Jenkins himself has signed''
contradictory statements regarding tue
kidnaping of which he was n victim.
The judge has had ample foundation
to suppose that he was guilty of th?
crime of falsifying judicial declaration
and this has caused his imprisonment.'
The State Department, while contents
plating no retreat from its diplomatic
position, wishes to establish an unques
tionable case of legality and right, and
for that reason will not take precipitate
action until the Mexican Government
shall have had every opportunity to,
prove Mr. Jenkins's alleged criminality.
George T. Siimmerlin. American charge
d'affaires at Mexico City, has been in
structed to request of the Mexican Gov
ernment a copy of tbe indictment and
evidence against Mr. Jenkins.
In the course of his call, Ambassador
Bonlllns was told of the killing of ant
other American by a Carranza sotdleft
aud given a message to transmit to hi
government more forceful and direct -than
any which has been dispatched ia
the long history pf Mexlcnanegotiatiorip
The manner of Wallace's death wasf
described in the following 6fficlal stato
metit by the State Department:
"James Wallace, an employe of Ra
oil compuny at Tampleo, was kllleif by'
a Mexican federal soldier near Potrero
Jl T.tirin nn AVednpsilflV. VnTfmhpi t?ft
Fm& - Nrtment's information Is. tht
the& was unwarranted. Tbe nrop .
dercr tins uot been taken 'into custody?
"According to tho department's; ad
vices tho officer iu -charge of the troQp
camped in the vicinity claims thatc
Wallace had provoked tie murder. 1h
department has been informed as' th
result ot Investigation that a mule 6a
which Wallace was ridng to Ids plac'
of employment Killed at a machine gun.v
which it was passing, overturning th
I Wallace, the. bullet striking1- htm 'J
tih-nU MlUn.., Kim Inetntitlv.'
Ittis hard'fofr.-officiiu'fj hero to under
stand bow a soldier .belonging 'to 'tS
nntnnnuv and under the control mW
proper officers at ie6t was npfarreatal J
following his crime. Some sort of ,,'.
ficial inquiry, however perfunctory, it' ,
appeared here, was vaped fori Th ,m Jj
lni not seem annronrlate in the wl
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lace case, nor uura uiut qmer jaraur i m
excuse lor pauuitH inasquernaiuc ut
federal uniforms appear to fit Jthlt(ni.'
Mr, Wallace Js- the elg ith American
to lie Killed ju iuexicg tsmce wiy
wnen Uflrrauia wa wurfieu inBfc'jiii
murders of Americans WDuld MftrifMntT
allcet- tne, reiaiiyos yty-wyo yiiy ubimw
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