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VOL. VI. NO. 74
Entered Second-Clan Matter at the Fottofflce, at Philadelphia, fa.
Under tin Act of March 8. 18T9.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1919
rubllihed Dally Hirenl Sunday Subscription Price 10 a Year by Ma'
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BILLY DANSEY SHOT
ERROR
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S THEORY OFFERED
Suggested That Hammonton
Boy Was Unintentionally
Killed in Dahlia Field
FARMER AND WOMAN
ARE ARRESTED IN CASE
Councilman's Son and Accom
plice Suspect Heldjn Jail.
Man Aided Hunt
Piecing together the bits o evidence
in their possession, the detectives in
vestigating the death of Billv Dansey,
of Hammonton, N. J., have.bullt up a
theory that the child was shot in mis
take for his dog while playing in the
dahlia beds of the "White farm.
Charles S. White, twenty-nine years
old, a dahlia farmer- nnn next door
neighbor of the Danseys. is in jail at
Mays rinding, charged with the
murder. Mrs. Edith Jones, housekeeper
for Councilman Edward H. White,
father of the prisoner, is alto in the
fall, charged witli Having Deen iicctrn-
It is known that .lacu, mite jouiy
Dansey's pet dog. was -shot while d g
glng about In the flnhlia fields. Tho dog
was only slightly wounded, was cared
for at the Dansey home and -was first let
run on October 8, the day Billy Dansey
disappeared. ...
Boy and dog, it is believed by the
county authorities, went to the dahlia
field, whero some ono shot at the dog,
missed, hit the boy, and either killed
him outright or severely -wounded him.
A little boy like Billy, say the de
tectives, could easily have been ilioved
about without detection in the big w 1
low dahlia baskets used on the White
farm. There baskets are 3 feet long
by 14 Inches deep and several feet wide.
!, iiul Afr. .Tones were arrested
by Detectives J. P. Wilson and Benja
min Nuesbaum.
More Arrests Promised
"There will be more arrests made in
the Billy Dansey case," said Prosecutor
Gaskill this morning at Atlantic City.
Just in what direction suspicion
pointed, or who the suspected persons
were, would not be divulged. ,
During the night and this morning
White was closely -auestloned at the
i!l r Mnvc T.nnrllntr. Both he and
Mrs. .Tones will be subjected to a further.
Avnmlnntlnn tnrlnV And asked to CX- I
lln Vertnin nctlons which led to thoJ
arrests'.
Tho'twoVare b'eld without Wl" to
....nt, thAfntlntiunf .thM-trrand jury.
This sWu not 'riottvBa'-fof 'more than;'.a
week, A. special sesslpn"to take "uifj
tne Dansey case is perns B,u"!sy,7i,f
The arrcs.t of Mrs. .Jones, and Wb.lt-:
was kept a secret lnlinmmoiitbn. lijcn
Mrs. Dansey, mother" of thcilwo-and-a-half-ycar-old
dead boy. wh6 saw the.
detectives drive away, with tne pdson
ers, did not know they were arrested
for the murder of her boy.
Other than saying that ANhitoand
Mrs. Jones had been under suspicion
and almost constant surveillance for
several -weeks. Prosecutor Edmund C.
Gaskill refused to talk about the case.
"It bears out my conviction from the
start that something was not on the
level in this case,1' he said. "I am
proud of the success of my men, who
have worked untiringly on the case,
'Sundays, holidays and weekdays since
the case began."
Promises Sensation j
tunries o. u uic luvhd wuai iioji
pened to Billy Dansey," said Detec
tive Nussbaum. "The boy was dead
at the hour White says he saw him in
the dahlia field. We are positive wo
have the solution of the mystery now
that he and Mrs. Jones are in jail.
Because it- would give away our hand
and prevent other' development in the
case, we cannot tell more at this time.
The developments will be sensational
motigh when they come."
The two detectives drove to Hnmmon
(on about dark last night, he explained.
Tbey went'to the homo of Magistrate
Strouse, and nfter swearing out the
warrants went to the White home by a
roundabout way and placed White and
Mrs. Jones under arrest. Neither
showed any emotion, according to the
detectives.
The Town Hall had been cleared of
spectators. The hearing there was- a
mere formality. After the two were
held the detectives cautioned Strouse
against talking' and took the prison
ers to Mays Landing.
Directed Searchers
White Is. supposedly the last person
who saw Billy alive. It was this man
who told tho authorities of seeing the
boy playing in the dahlia field about 10
o'clock on the morning of October 8,
and gave them thp first directions in
the search. The direction he said the
boy had taken as he wandered away
from the field was opposite from that
leading to the Folsorf swamp, where
ihree weeks later the skeleton of littlo
Billy was recovered.
nr,c.cori,llH8u t0. Nussbaum. Charles
vv?l Jr,fihe ther ,o! IittIe Charlie
White, Billy Danscy's playmate, for
whom it was-said early in1, the case kid
nappers mistook Billy, The detectives
would not einhlln rnmrilntnlv h,... ,t
first fastened .suspicion on the pair or
whui. uicir mrary wis as to the t me
and place of the littlo Victim's murder.
In ICeserve MilHda
White was a first sergeant In the
local reserve militia company, and
known, to all tho town. His father
Counclfman EH. White, is a mTster
painter at C328 .Market street, Pbjl.
adelphla.
lie Is about five feet ten Inches tall
and weighs about 140 pounds. Ho is
very dark, and remains Immovcd by
his arrest. .
Mrs. Jones Is ubout flfty-fivo yeara
Continued on Fu Tho, Column Tito
"Prove It," Cries Mercier
of "Ill-Treatment" Charge
QERUAVB aOMPLAIX IN TO.'
DAY'S INSTALMENT OF CAR.
niNAL MEROIEIVH STORY OF
THE WAR, PUBLISHED ON
PAGE 15, OF "ILL TREAT.
MENT" BY BELGIANS OF
PRISONERS OF WAR.
W1(EN THE CARDINAL ASKS
FOR DETAILS AND PROOF NO
utitBWW IS RECEIVED,
Chronology of Events t
in Billy Dansey Case
Oct. 8, 11)10 Oeorgo W. Dansey,
know n as Billy, two and n half years
old, disappeared from his homo In
Hammonton, N. T. Believed kid
nnppcd. Oct. 0 Searching parties begin
scouring woods and swamps near
boy' homo; $100 reward offered.
Oct. 13 Letter bearing this date,
mailed at Newark, N. J,, purport
ing to be from "kidnapper" of boy,
said Billy was taken In mlstako for
grandson of Councilman B. Ht
White, of Hammonton.
Oct. 28 Reward increased to
$2000.
Oct. 30 Detectives work on the
ory boy is buried near home.
Nov. 21 Missing boy's body, re
duced to skeleton, found on edge of
Folsom swamp, two" miles from
Hammonton. Child's garments scat
tered nearby.
Nov. 20 Inquest held. Bones
identified as thoso of Billy. Mrb.
Dansey Identifies garments.
ec. 8 Charles S. AVhlte, son of
Councilman White, and Mrs. Edith
Jones, tho councilman's housekeeper,
arrested, tbo former charged with
murder of boy, the latter accused of
being accessory nfter the. fact.
Dec. 0 Prosecutor Gaskill, of
Atlantic county, promises additional
arrest.
BROTHER SHOT BY MISTAKE
Youth Fires In Dark When Lad
Playfully Points Toy Pistol
Deceived by the glint from the barrel
of a toy pistol In tho hands of his
brother, Albert, eleven years old, Arthur
Swanson, eighteen years old, CIO Wolf
street, last night shot the younger boy
through the cheek, believing ho was a
burglar. The bullet penetrated the
cheek and came out near the car.
According to the police, Albert had
been plrtyjng in the yard with a toy pis
tol, and suddenly entered the darkened
kitchen. Tho elder boy procured a re
volver and shot. Albert is in the Meth
odist Hospital and will recover. Ills
brother was released In $500 bail to
day. Ho will have a hearing before
Magistrate Baker nqit Tuesday.
BURGLAR ALARM ERRATIC
Detail of Police Called to Dank, but
Find No Robbers
Sir patrolmen were sleeping peace
fully In the Media and Peach streets
station, v
Suddenly the telephone rang. It was
an ominous ring.
A sergeant picked it up yawniugly.
"Burglars, bank, Franklin Trust
Co.. Fifty-second and Market streets!'''
fild n voice.
I.Ike a. flash the) sextet of bluer
Wis were u their feet- They dashed
ill, in a. patrol (o the bank and Mir'
roiindejl it.
Ttir tliiM-n wnH nAfc a robber In felirhK
Th'erqfv'aB W.njcu ijiu't any had railed
ht thA bank. A "renrbsentntive of the
t.;. i.t.vi ..J . i.i'.i .. i ,
uaUA r1,! ,VmMJi rul' lu.l; K.iMui ajuriuf
was " onif !fnaitcrTiuiG,i$iqu?nna, ?vxne4
napicfioi gums fliS:"'-u u" vuc was
arpiijV ' "., i; ' " '
"&00 LBS. OF SUGAR FOUND
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Sweetening Located In Cellar When
. Police Arrest Two Suspects
Three hundred pounds of sugar, a
gross of soap and thirty pairs of rubber
boots, arctics and rubber shoes were
discoered In the cellar of u house on
Nineteenth street above Arch shprtly
before 8 o'clock this morning when two
patrolmen followed a man they saw
unloading part of the goods from an
automobile.
Patrolmen AVattfc and Lauihnn, of the
Fifteenth and Vine streets station, while
on their way to work, Baw a man
furtively take something from nn auto
mobile at tho curb in front of the Iioubo,
and enter an alley. They' followed him
and caught htm in the yard in the rear
of the house. x
Then, in tho cellarMhey discovered
his companion. There they found that
the men had abput finished cacheing the
sugar, soap, boots and rubbers. They
arrested both men.
At the polieo station they gave their
names and addresses as John -Devlin.
Forty-sixth street near Poplar, and
Zncharias Robinson, Fifteenth street
above Arch. Neither would tell where
they obtained the sugar and other
articles. .Both were held under $800 bail
by' Magistrate Grells for a further hear
ing'. AGED COUPLE GAS VICTIMS
Found Unconscious In Home and
Roomer Is Held
Gustavo Helm, eighty-two years old,
and his wdfo Margaret, eighty years old.
wero found unconscious from gas at 2
o'clock this morning in their home. 1120
Nevada street. Physicians say both will
recover.
The plight of the aged couple was dis
covered by John Both, a roomer, noth
notified a patrolman, who shut off the
gas and sent the couple to a hospital.
Both was arraigned this morning be
fore Magistrate Glenn in the Fourth
and York streets station and held In
$500 bail for a further hearing De
cember 22 as a material witness.
GIRL AUTO THIEF ON STAND
Florence Duke Taken to Mayo Land
ing to Identify Alleged Aides
Florence Duke, tho girl automobile
thief, who is serving a sentence of
twelve years in the Eastern Penltenti
ary was taken to Mays Landing today
to testify against three of her alleged
accomplices in extensive thefts In Peunr
sylvama and New Jersey.
Seymour Nathanson and hs two
brothers. Martin and Jeremiah, are on
trial at Mays Landing, dinrged with re
ceivlne stolen motorcars. They were
proprietors of the Boardwalk Garage,
Atlantic City, and arc charged with
using it for the reception of machines
that had been driven off by the twenty-two-year-pld
girl bandit.
The girl has admitted the theft of
about twenty motorcars. When con
vlcted, after her. arrest hertf.last March,
she refused to give tho names of her
confederates, but later accused the Na.
thnnsous and two, other men.
GOULD'S DIVORCE VALID
French Court Overrules Objection of
His Wife
Paris, Dec. 0. (By A, P.) The
decree of divorce obtained by Frank J,
Gould, of New York, from his wife,
Kditb Kelly Gould, was sustained in
judicial proceedings here today, The
tourt overruled, Mre. Gould'-t plea that
It ktHt jw iNrMlctlqn because of her
Wm otfct4-tbe- UniUd gtM,
PLOT TO KIDNAP
WOMAN ALLEGED
1 MEN ARE HELD!"
Prisoners Said to Have Con
fessed and to Have Named
Third, Who Is Now Sought
PRISONERS SUSPECTED
OF BEING MOTOR BANDITS
Both Held Without Bail Used
Guns in Effort to Escape
Arrest
An alleged attempt to kidnap .Mrs
Katherine O'Brien McNajncc, supposed
to live at G012 Annletree street, was
made early torlny bj two outig men'
strspected of being automobile bandits
As a matter of fact, Mrs. McNamee
doet not live in Appletrec street, but I
ih New Yprk. The Applet! ee street
house is the home of her sister, Mrs.
Frank McNnmarn
The men were arrested by three de
tectives, made quirk confessions, the
police sny, and each was held without
ball for a further hearing by Magistrate
Mcrlcary at fYntrHl Htatlou.
The defendants are John AV. Itey
nolds. Seventh and Buttonwood streets,
and Chnrles Walls, Tifty-fourth street
and Kingscssing nienue.
The prisoners had promised, accord
ing to the police, to abduct Mrs. 51c
Nnmco for $100.
Reynolds and Walls confessed, the
police say, that the kidnapping was
planned by a third man, n rclntitc of
the woman. Sirs MrNnmco had in
vested ifoOOO in his business, so the
alleged confession goes, and he wanted
her abducted so he could have the whole
thing for himself.
Met In Chinatown
The threo alleged plotters nrfl said to
have arranned details in n Chinatown
restaurant Then they bought reohers
at n pawn shop.
Next they obtained a big green tour
ing rar. with Pennsylvania and Cali
fornia licences
It happened that Ditrirt Detects es
Beccraft, 1 erguson aim hlnre were near
Kifty-sixtli and Appleirce streets look
ing for automobile bandits when tho
green car suddenly appeared out of the
darkness. It stopped before the house
at No. 15012.
Be.vno dsi ono of the two men la tho
machine, looked about cautiously, It Ir
said. Tbeu ho and Ills, companion
whiipcrcd. The detectives didn't like
the looks of tho car, 'They agreed that
it resembled an autoroobi e which had
figure'd in bevcral hold:vips. "
Hcecrolt. Ferguson ani nmre up-
proached the. car. , ' t s
Walls was the second man In the car.
Ho also displayed a Tevoher, it
linpffs.l iTI.a nlhfti. itatiintlvM tnnrln ll
iiie oiuer aeiecuvcs maao
flank movement on the men m the r
., rwni iii traorc'lnnrv r'fmfideiirn flist urernlls Mr. Sfhaffcr.Wiltl Jn part;
Bec'croft.ofItcfn'oldHV(Warce'dXCS 1"-
drew- firth , revolver. Jt Ik ertcinB0"J-l7 T(miTllli W'vntrr'lpnt '"i ' nfr-v ,w T"
that he stuef It .under tl nose of Bee- .Vernvhere tlm n'nTon?' Wl. ' tlcr.tncc of each others' opinions the
croft and Sad. "lou cit.' ' .. i t....t -n.. L....;- ',?... wisest itidgmeut. and absolute feurless-
nt on the men in the car... . tft t , Wilson mnli
thc weapons from their , ;,,nttJ1J famI'slWfor ,'" cL
Women were overpowered "'at "o stands lor, men saj .
and knocked
hnhtlK. Tho two men were ovcrnow
and driven to the Hlxty-nrst and
Thompson streets police btntion.
There, it Is said, they confessed that
thev had come out to kidnap Mrs. Mc-
Namec,
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Hearing at Central Station
Later thc prlsonera were taken to
Central Station for a hearing
Sibrc testified there that a preiious
attempt had been made to kidnap Mrs.
McNauiee
One of tho prisoners, accompanied by
thc third man in the ensc. Sibre said.
went to the woman's home yesterday
nffornnnn lnir sin. chtiEed l,em'v,iif u!H,
a revolver. P' Put it n little more emphatically
Mrs. McNamara believes tho would- al "no Bolshevism." But, no mntler
be kidnappers, it such they nro, madeow..pP"w,,1'1tI!e P?1"1'- Tn gathered
a big mistake I ln Washington bring back the word that
"My sister, Mrs. McNamce, in Now '" ,,ltion !l.nR K"p through soma pro
York, has considerable money," she ex-1 f0,""'1 expenenre. does not ike it and
nlained. "nnd it is possible that these i wishes to .get buck to the simpler and
men were looking for her, and thought
she lived with mc.
"I have a tive-ycarold daughter,
Katherine, who was left $5000 by an
aunt who died two 'years ago. But I
do not bclhne they were after tho
child.'
Mrs. McNamara denied that she h.d
1..,.,1 o n frm !,.. ki .,,.
day.
The police believe the 'prisoners aro
connected with tho bandits who held up
and robbed Mrs. Jacob Taylor, of
Fifty-fourth and Spruce streets, Sun
day night, nud who also robbed the
home of Benjamin Small, 01202 Wash
ington avenue.
ONE KILLED, ONE DYING
Two Otliera Seriously Injured by
Car's Plunge Down Embankment
Beading, bee. 0. One man is dead,
one djing. two are seriously iujurod,
and four havn minor cuts and bruises
as the result of u railroad accident last
evening neur Ijoralne.
All had been working at Klapporthal.
where a Beading Railway locomotlio
had jumped tne iracK. U'liey were !ca
ing for their homes in Birdsboro, when
the motortruck in which they were
'inknfenr aDd P,UngCU d"n
The dead man is Bocco Simon. Joe
Currot, ot turasDoro, simcred a Irac
turod skull and other injuries and is
.
U lfc
Little Drops of Whisky
at $833 Per Drop! What!
Have another one, boj-s, nt $8.'13
a tlrop!
If tho International Reform
League has ita way n pint 'will be
taxed $500,000, even If we do haw
a "wet spell."
This Is tho way tho expert ou
figures nt a shop where whisky waif
succeeded by ".75 per cent, nnd in
turn succeeded by nothing at all,
sums It up :
Thcrfe r0 ten drinks to a pint.
Each drink, therefore, would cost
$50,000 In tax.
There aro sixty drops to tho avert
'age ojrlnk.
Therefore, each drop of whisky
would cost $M3 in tax.
If yu are still thirsty, add to
this the cost of the whisky und then
go lack to the soft .drink counter,
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(c) Cllnedlrut.
Mits. iiltus s. day
Dauglilcr-In-law of William Hufm
Day, associato justice of tho United
States Supreme Court. She Is ono
of the most accomplished ami at
Iractho members of tho national
capital's social clubs
G. 0. 1 TO GATHER
Party Leaders, Confident of Vic
tory, Virtually Choose Timo
and Place for Convention
WOOD GETS FLYING START
n ci.ivrnv
W. (JH.I5KUT
Slnff CorrcMiotitlrn
f llio liMtlin; 1'nliPe
T,rttef r
Wnslilndtm. Dee. 0. Chicnco. June
N CHICAGO JUNE
S; that is iilmost certnlnlv the place The commission's organization was ar
nnd he date of the Henubliean national I complished witli a smoothness and ,
cncntinn. The convention will open I unanlmitj that boded well for c
on Tttesdav instead of Wednestlnv. so ' peilitmn of the important task refer-I
as to allow plent! of time for the trans- red to bv the iHtornej general,
itrtion of business nud avoid the Rittiir- , Aftrr Pjer had been offered bj then
day rush, in which contention generally Bet. Dr. Lewis S. Mntlge. pastor of
od ill'" llarri-btirg Pnsbjterian Church,,
The gathering of Itcpublirnni here "" was culled and rrtcaled the,
.iicoiie of the largest eter got to-ether i Presc'icr of n neteeu of the twentj-live.
OUTS r e nf n lilillnnnl n.n nnf inn f , .
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man i III ll. llajs's method of keeping!
v iii ncrson'-il tourli villi nnrlv
?J vw K hs" od r ,rn,-e.
erest in tho party 3s very keen
constantly
.lenders r
suits, interest in tun partyns very keen
runnier inrtor iiatHrnntriyuteii to the
Ni7n nr riiti pnrnprinir n nri r i n r c th n.
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is'Ti. hpIIf ',, n,, , Tion.,wi,,.,
, nn h .i.-,.,! prncl,ln( -n,n .i
. '... .. ' i'v.iii
.Nat inn Anxious for Uiango J
Tb MprM, the sentiment of the ,
, votrR In mnny ,u bllt ,t )nPnn8l
,, ii, ! i,, ,,! t .i. i
llllll VII' lt.U Ml Hint; ltlll.1111 111 I I '
,lern.-..rnHe Tl.e ..nil l, )
iVinerirnnism." meaning thereby n trot
ting back into safe constitutional chan
nels, so far as the relations believe be
tween the White House and Congress
are concerned, nnd an noitkinre of the
example of England nnd other European
countries so fnr as organized labor is
concerned.
Conservator but constructive" Is
another phrase used, and sometimes poo
I ra''p.r i'ly"ic 'iaja ot tne past
u This may be a vain hope AN hat linn
iiuppcuvu I" lliiriiua ua u ii-.uil OL llie
war no one mny yet measure, but what
ever it is. the country would like to
svipe it out ns anlinpleasunt nightmare
and go on as it onre was in ias bo
&f? i"V5" f ""'T'f,' ZS"
-'u V"""'-""',""ni '" "."'J i...".l;6.-
ed In this country.
The feeling is general that lo go
back to the Republican purty is to put
a lot of unpleasant possibilities forever
behind. This resolution dors not react
in its fullest, for ciery ono expresses n
rlesirn tlint "lustiro" should he doUr to
labor. The feeling is that the Repub--
llcan party will do justice to labor,
while tho Democratic party, in iow ot
its record in the coal strike, may do
anything.
"Any Republican Can Win"
The party Jeadors here in Washing
ton are conscious of this state ot the
public mind. They beliero it is too
firmly established .to bo changed by any
ueeideut of candidates or any Incident
of the campaign. The interest In poii-
Continued on Pain Tho, Column Two
i .. nnln mini tinm-rum
I M00RE GOES DUCK HUNTING
I
Mayor-e.ect's Party Bags Seven at
i Mouth of Potomac
'.,,-"l5,y;r,?'j.""revt ' "T
among other
, IIIIIIK" liur. ui.'llll .. .,,,i.i,.
Mr. Moore has Indulged in n little
duck hunting, whllcKiboard the 1'isen
ohr yacht. ,
Tlie yacht wus stopped oft the mouth
of the Pdtomac rl.vor.
Seven 'ducks wero bagged by the
Mayor-elect, Thomas W. Cunniugliiuii,
David J. Smyth und George AV. Coles.
Beyond saying that the Mujor-elect
had shouldered a gun the message did
not pay "who bhot tho most.
Neither did It state whether Major
elect nnd his party bugged "lame
ducks." WILL FIGHT H. C. OF L
Woolen Company President Plans
Chain of Provision Stores
i Lawrence, .Mass,, Dec. 1), (liy A.
I'.) William M. AA'ond, president of
the American AA'oolen Co.. today served
I notice on retail business men of tills
city that unless
'essential to uv
sharply and
u-mtlil set un
'tlon here on a Inrge scale to sunnlv em
, .... ... . .. . . -
ploy ol tne company witn groceries',
provision, fail, clothing, hardware and
prices ot cominoiiuieH tjtner propositions upproven were au j,is departure inr 1110 tiincii oiuies. .nr. ",": ( .'wiii S 1 , i-
ing were marKon tiowu arnltratinn agrrviiii-nv ueiwrrn mc p0) declarru rrrnner v. leinrncriiii nan ....".-...-.-.., ........... . , V ,
WHliln a snort lime ne tnerlran newspaper i-uDiisners- An, astonished mm niosi 01 nn miring 111s V;,,r 2 ""."' 'iTXu, 1 ."
n !(! ilnra nninlo. .r.nl.rinn nnil the Intpriintlnnnl Print. "... Hn-I "lie Is ii tlirtlrn liroilli,. Gillett is given 5100,000. her two
o;ner wvwfp.
STATE COMMISSION
TAKES UP REVISION
OF
Lewis Named Secretary and
Special Committeos Are Ap
pointed Start Conferences
CAUTION IN WORK IS
URGED BY SCHAFFER
'
Women Enter Debates Judge
Whito, Veteran of 1873 Con
vention, Honor Gue3t
Subjects to Be Considered
in Constitution Revision
Prohibition. Woman Miff rage. In
come mid inheritance tnxes.. Wider
range of titnble Mlbieets. Home
rule for citicF-. CotiMllIdntlon Phil
adelphia courts.
Prnlsinn for Philadelphia metro
politan area. Ilrprnl of preellt pro
.iiinns relating (o hpecinl legisla
tion. TleclnsitieatIon of counties
and cities. Ilrdtiction of number of
ehetie oflieerK in Mtriotis counties
and co-ordination of present stale
goern.nent departments.
-
tin a Hlnff CnrrcMinnilctl
lliirrislmrs. T)if. O. "If our Insl; Is'
noil .f.,r.r,.t .. 1 (tin m-nneles
' "
which shall follow nftrr us and the ,
people in putting their filial approval on '
..1..., . t... ii '!.... - i. i..t....lnf. I....n in-
i,iiui r.nuii iiae im uriiuiiitK" m i- m
da J will be doing not only Ptnnsjlva
uln but constitutional government
j J'S Tt,
rue
words rpitomUrd the expected re
sults of the constitutional revision com
mission which he railed into session in
the senate chttinlier of the ptale capital
lure this morning
Illy iim-li-t'l 11 uiiiiiiiiwn.
llfllll'l I . ". llll' nillllllinniiru.
irns H. AVooils, serretarj of the'
- ,t
.Commonwealth, rfad the gubernatorial
Ipflnmntion ,nd rommission of the
'W sn.l ad.ninlsteretl thyoath to
,, l u.. ...., P I
those members prrsent.
Iif-mlliug the rommisslori to order,
in arrhing nt the conclusions which
wp deem to lie rlslit
Dr William Draper Lewis, of Phlla-
dolphin, wits elecltd secretary nt n sn-
ur5' r'00 I1" month "with the con-
o M(i ,i()U,rll,ir.. ,, Innljon of
George Wharton Pepper, of Philndol-
I'1""- . ,, , . , , a
Chairman f-chnffer named John S.
F sher. of Indiana, and Udwnrd J. lax.
tit AOrtlinmptoll. US IllCmDCrR Ot 1 11 0
.. .... ,m
committee op organization, the chair
man being designiitrtl as u member.
Hampton L Carson, of Philadelphia,
then-moved for the appointment of fie
committees to consider related subjects.
Commit tors Aro Named I
Chairman SclmfTor appointed the ,
committees as follows:
Bill of rights, legislature and legislu- ,
tion and the executive. A Mitrhrll I
Palmer, chairman : George C. Alter,
John S. Fisher, Chester J. Tyson and
AV. I. Sehnffer.
Jtidiciarj, impeachment, oaths of of
fice, etc.. Hampton L. Carson, chair
man y Mayer Stibbcrger, John ' P.
Kelley, V. .1 Fox and .Innics Gay
Gordon.
Suffrage und chiclions, public officers,
county officers nnd new counties,
Francis Newton Thorpe, chairman ;
Isaac Sharpless, AVilliam B. AA'ilson,
Mrs. John O. Miller and It. L. Munce.
Taxation, corporations, lailroadsand
canals Gtorgo Wharton Pepper, chair
man: Gilford rinchot, T. DeWitt Cuyt
lor, Junies H. Reed nnd 13. J. Stack-
Kducatlon. militiu, cities and amentl
mentp F.dgar F. Smith, chairman;
John 1'. Connelly, Charles II . F.nglish,
Mrs. Barclay II. AA'arburton und AVil
liam Perrine
The committees remained in session
almost two hours and resumed their
work alter n nriei session oi tne i-tnu
' -'The absentees wero T, DoWitt Cui-
Icr, iJdgur l tins rnwn, .1 nines uay
Gordon, of Philadelphia; Dr. Isaac
Sharpless, ot Hnverford; Secretary of
Labor AA'ilson ami Attorney General
Palmer.
Governor Sproul was not present,
but thu spectators comprised reprc
Kntn lives of urtuully eiery department
land state board in Hnrribburg. A pic-
I . " Lfl. r A.lno nrt nil.ln.l 1 it
tUrCSfJUe I'll ui iuiui nun uuntu UJ IUU
finiilnufd on I'ue Two, Column Three
44-HOUrTw'EEK INT921
Ppessmen's Union Decides on Reduc -
tion or nours
Kiuwllle, Tonn.. Dec. fl.-(By a.1
p,.)Aii agreement to establish the
fortv-four-lioiir week- In JllL'l was ap
proved by the members of the Inter
national Prlutiug Pressfiien's and As
sistonls' I'uion of North America, by
nTnuJority of ten to ono, according to
nn official announcement here today of
tlld results of a referendum voto cast
in .November
1.. n,.Mnnn'i nnd Aslslnnl TTlnn
", '''""" - v i:; -::".. v'vui
CONSTITUTION
'Metnbor;0 oTVhV wmmltfcT wW "that I Mrs .1 dl, Martin wife o . ,, dge , wl below w.
various sections of the constitution. I Mnrt hi i . i-" ' r . she lay asleep In her mother apart-Country the last twenty-four hours re
such, as those renting to taxation, Phlln I V.dX ,i.i wninen will ,,"'u '" the fashionable Capitol Hill ,.oni0d virtually no change in the gCP-
greater incusure of home rue for cities, ral act it ot i a ". ' . . iesideuce district of Denver. , I , ,itnati,jn.
StnTo gmerninent, suffrage and other result in H. u ; '," '' party VifVa r ,, , -"trr shooting the child .Mrs .Powell ,orVnh dtVon to the drastic measure
matters, hud been considered, but that ngemcnl f t he worn. i .irtj , t , ,im(,,, ,, ,(b t admIn,gtra
ub cmicluslniis had been reached nutl I ,'"s h VJ! 1"rb.lrtn , state rhnlriuan Hlet entered her left ejc. She wus u to ,,1(nserve tlie bituminous coal
pos-lbly would not be for several .lays. " ANiirb u kmi t.uimittee, lu'r.r,rU , " , '.'us-Pitul. lMippl, of ,1C linton. the railroad nd
1 The committees on taxation nnd cities !f he " " -n, .,,,., intineiit of , ,Mr.s' ' !"ol,' Vatotr- "l"1 Mr; , ministration inatlo further sweeping cuts
hel.1 u joint session during the after- '" 'VJIVtr , u. d probab - also of ' PP"entt. lh.e at ' .Stonehouso " , , ,inssenscr traig. Beginning tomor-
uoon, ;Irs' ,tc, of 100 is "- Mr. Lippincott is senior jmr -,.,,' nenrly 300 through, local i,ndsub-
u t . ., , Mrs. Martin lo tne ''"""" ,'',,. ,,,, nor of Lippincott and Co., wholesale I . ,rnins will bo discontinued on
.. ' Palmer Among Absentees forecastle thc miouucemei it to la that, 0 Xorth Dclawnre ,, I ''..VVl rentrul and the Pennsvl-
antl an ngrrcyicui. utincru rtuuiojinEi I shall n'wnjK rviuin ihciwiji "
printers of the United Spates and Oan- aH adding, "I wish I might bare u
4i,tin4 tbeiuttrustloiwl.ijrBiiuUatJosJiiallar oW age," M
Physician and
in Jersey Swamp, Is Belief
Two Pliilct. Men in Gunning Parly Missing
Since Saturday Companion Returns
Here A fter Futile Two-Day Search
A pli.isieinn of this i'IIj nud Ins gun
ning rompinmn, mi-KliiR sitn-o Snlur
ia niglil, in o lx'lli'Ui! to be low in
the ;niii and Milt hole:, near Si a
Ilrei'Zi'. ,1
Dr. William .1 1'ItnpnlrH.. ,'ilMS
North lli'oail slru-t, is the mining
pliysii'i.ni lliw roiiipiinlnn Is Pf derld.
Simiiifiiv. Tulii Ktn'ct abi' I'riuirtou
menur, Tm'oin.
,T tliinl nii'iiibrr of the gunning pait,
Jewis Stcinliiiiiscr, iiol'J Xortli Car-
;ie street, bus returucd to this nty
mum n ii wiH.-I ci-i),ii .in i hi .. iiihiii.
and Sunday for his lost companions.
Steiulinujicr, propiictor of mi uuto
mobile repair phop, is n member of
the Kpjrtniie Vnclit flub. Tnrnnj. He
nwnt a mntorlxial in which the three
men tiirtci) Siitiinl:n from ISridgetou,
N .1 mi a duck bunting tripQ
tiuimiitg All Vfttninon
"Mi liml betn guuning all S.iturdn
afternoon," paid Stoiiiliausor tt)d:i "I
wap nt the' whrid of ni boat auil liad
Iter pointed fur Ship .lolin Light. We
had tnileil nut tit '' n 1 1m I, Saturday
ino-niitg for MridiMnn Late Saturday
1 afternoon I un. tired nud neipj and
muM lime iloed off
' .Mmitt (! o'l'loel, Sattirdaj ecuing
I riHol.c and fotlinl the boat nticliorcd
in hhallow water near Sen ttnezc.
' about fifteen mil' from Itridge(uii. I
' was nliiue in the bout.
"1 turned the engine ocr anil start
ed out fur inidstieuiii A 1 had drawn
'out from t-hoie about llfl f"' t I li.ard
'noctnf l'it'patrii'U auil Mr. Kinitnnus
linthlil' illi'
It wilt) loo uari. to Kce, uui
J tried t.i Jilt ti back
"P.ul Hit "iigine -lulled and 1 hud
to drift. Illl.llll Inillllll,'!
throi' miles
uAl....
.it l '.iliimi until I ri tirlintr(1
.,; ,,, ,..i .il,1i n,,,,. m.iIhh before
li;iu i
I found it Ihhim- II was tlie lioine of
.ii tieirri
U negro. Dam nilltow, who nan nil
iintnmolillc. Wliirnw drove me to thu
home of Albert Oantlj, at Limping's
FIVE CITY FIREMEN ACCUSED OF THEFT -
Tive city firemen, charged with taking a quantity o wear
ing apparel from tho store of Epstein, Laison & Co., 320 Market
street, 3uring a firo wer.e ordered today to appenr before the
Investigation Board of the" Bureau of Fire.
AMERICAN SCHOONER ABANDONED AT SEA
JJEW YOBK, Dec. 0. The
(.g woolen, 077 tons gross, tronx West Atiicau pons tor new xorK
kat. &&!x$ SarS? D? 5lail0ealiypl0ef ,ha6 e'en abandoned at sea,
S i5iin'g$'3'n, t6iort rccclvi'llierotudayiriiV'fiiice'.w'unaer-'s
ytXU wnteist
R G. 0. P. BODY
Mrs. Barclay Warburton and
Mrs. J. Willis Martin to Bo
on National Committee
SECRECY ON APPOINTMENTS
., u .Sliiff fwrri'Mio'iiti'ii!
Washington. Dor. !. PonnH.vlwiniit.
which heretofore bus not been repre
sented nn the excoutho committee of
the ANoiuen s nutionul Republican com
mittee, will win such recognition on the
new council of one hundred which bus
been organized to allow the women of
the country to iiu"t v. Mi the national
Rr publican eommitte.:.
(lfy; f ofio-whig n coiiferonce in theronms
of .'n-i e liniinan
" ImZ'i tit s are" PennsUvania will
llltllt liiii'ii" ' .,.. ...
Announcement, "i tii . ....... .-
tin.n iiii renresontntlics on tuts toun-
Hae t.o ".I1"' '"'...... Tiri,ilniini
oil nf one h
untirtu leuiiiiiK ., i"
lUi rtii.-sfc .., - -r . ,
"" ' : h , en iuvitotl by tho
.- . . .nn iitfinord urn i nn iiiii
iiatiminl li'iiilnrn t "" V. ' .f"nK
ence 111 iMiiti"" '",' .,,
r .. ii il 1 tl1 II1PII S III.
Willi III!" llllll D
publican nuuoi-ti i.,,.,......--
morrow
.MI'S " ilium, " -
have also been iuvitid to u diniicr to
be given tonight bv Miss Hay, the
..-.....' i.,iinil cominittcc chuirmati,
Jtrs Wiirimrioii
ami Mrs. Martin
..-.., n,ln.
women e iiuiimiui """"' ..u.u,
i !.... r.f ihe women representatives
it. .1 -;,is stiites.
Tho cnuneil of out' hundred, the mem-
hershin of which will ne anuounccti 10-
morrow ly AVI1I llus, the Republican
nil iniil chniiiuau. will be the women's
emVi t ernirt of tlie men's Republican
i natlouul roii.mlttoe
j nal0Uu
poLK LAUDS CLEMENCEAU
Aged French Premier Astonishes
American Peace Envoy
ii.-l Dec. 0. Frank L. Polk. un.
der secretary of state antl head of the
morloan peace delegation, jesterday
ba"e farewell to the French and other
newkPiiper correspondent on the eye of
..,.. -Il.,l ,in,l Inti-ieatlnir nt nrlinni
i.nv ill I uiib, i ," .... I'luiii..-
TWO PHILA
WOMEN
.. A...,,,, HP. llillllll.l ' ...-.. lllllt'l .1 -,11,, 1I'I,I ...... -,
. .. .. ii i nn ii'.iiirrs uip iiir uiu.v . t-. n 1 i.. i n r ' -- - -
inn? '"'?' .- "" ,:v:. .."".-: v.vru ati. t,,i. -hh, irn. r -i.,-a
Friend Lost
,lmrf. (Jnndy had a telephone and i
from there T nhoned tin and down the
shore, telling every one I could reach to j
ktep a lookout for the men."
Hunted for Men Sunday a j
Steinuiu-er said he bunted all day
Sunday for his mleing companions.
Onru he telephoned to this cltv to learn I
it thej liml returned home. He said he I
linallj got his engine runnlug and f,ct
out for the wieht rluh nt Tucon .
Steiuliauscr enlisted the aid of Jo
seph S. Phulen. .".(l-'fl North Broad i
street, a brother-in-law of the missing!
phjkJcian. Phalen iind Steinhauser to- ,
tlay asked the City Hall detective bu
reau to help in the search.
Charles Srhwnr, head of the missing
persons bureau, assigned Dettetive
Haenlev to tlie rase. Haenbj, Steiu-
liauser. PliHlen and H. Paul, a nephew
..t t-,., 1-. t .... 1, lnf, fn. lt.l,lA,A,,
to resume the ' n-urch'tlirre today of thc strikc ot "100,000 bttumlnoua
It was planned to stHt-t this sft-,roal miners was confidently predicted
crnoon from Bridgetnu In Hteiuliauser'R hen the executive boara and scale
motorltoat and proceetl to the point I ..,,.. ... , . ,
where the men were heard Haturdaj minittee of the miners met to con
niglit. 'slder the proposal of President Wilson,
lletrrthr Schwar Raid todnv there ' already approved by John Ij. Lewis,
was a itinrt nt whislo on Iwmrd when ' noting president, and William Green,
the hunters started their trip. serretarj -treasurer of the United Mine
According to Steiuhauser there are ' Workers of America,
numerous salt holes and quicksands Miners and government officials con
nrountl the point where he heard the tinuetl in their refusal to make public
men railing lie fours that Doctor I itz- tho terms of the proposal on which
liatiick and Simmons mav hue stum- lint.CH tllP ot,tromc ot tllc Btrlko- jiowi
T,'1 lntV,r',?,?.OH,e,nSselv,e"Cr0 uu'i. Attorney General Palmer said
" tocor"ngriIir llJ with bin , " "-e a statement to make
'" Mi" Frank'n"', mother of S'lmmons. ! Tt,lf' ,irst hlW today toward a settle
is waiting at her home. 71ir. Tulip mPnt ,?s postponement of the contempt
stieet, for tlie return of her son. She Pmeeediugs against the miners and tho
bus with her his nlnc-month-old boy I Kram jurj investigation of an alleged
linbv. nnl his daughter Buby, eight j conspirnrj between miners and
von in old. by a former wife. Summons's I "Porutors.
serotld Wife llietl with influenza. loutng f'loserl Seslni, nf Mlnpr.
a lwti-d!i-iilil bain. Mrs. Pox has j .. ' 0M.U """ " Miners
i,i. t,1iriiip. euro nf the liiiiiron ev,.r ' "f meet nig of the miners this aftcr-
since.
American schooner Orlando V. '
.E
KILLS DAUGHTER, 10
i
Daughter of Horace G. Lippin
cott, in Denver, Murders Sleep-
MRS
1Y WELL
illg Child, According tO Report ' fro"Sc "debits cither was going
Ion or in prospect, it was reported that
such work probablj would Tie import
TRIES TO END HER OWN LIFE'W"1 in tlic f,,rp of tlu' a,lv"w athI'
iniDO IU EIMU ncn UVVl uru omitimis In Kansas, where it was
4 l.opetl soon to see 100 carloads of fuel
, . ., ..... ml.... frt, onvernl flflVS
Mrs. Ijuilt It. Powell
,lnu.,liler of
tmugliicr oi,,
Horace G. Lipplncott, of Anrnte, and
sociallj prnnilncut, shot und killed her
ton -jear-uhl daiiEhtor .laciiueiiue antl
then shot herself through the rje today,
acrorillng to tlispatcnes nom m-nrr,
Colorado. .... I Driving snow accompanied the fall
Mrs Powell, who has been In lug in,. t(impcralurcs in some places ami in
the West for the Inst two jcur.s. and Vlontiina a train stalled Sunday nt
who 1ms separated from her ht-sband, is, slin t, wns fast itl Rtx,foot
said to be in a critiful condition. s. f The passengers were token into
The following unto was found in Mrs. , ","".'. however
ow s apuumen, auer tne , (
' "is!l Mtl 1 'Iipi1 J millt hnpl
, known what has nlwnjs been wrong
u'lni mv 1irotlie rrinrn T loreil ,iennl
- - - -- i--i-"
the more I alwius hurt them.'
)
. . . . . .1 -
I , ,?. " ' "" '??." ur" '.or?
IniHlnihs with his fathor, nml Rowland
: .,. . .... ..
I .ippincott. lH.i siotitlt i;igliteentii street,
'member of an iniestineut llrin in the
I Real llstate Trust liiiilding.
.. ... . ...
t. t, r,,alA "!,
At. Itnv land I.lnnlncntt s this after-
..,'"' ... I lnln.t. l..f -.1 ..(
, ., ,m,,B i,,u, , ..a, iUi.,.,ihU .
the
the famllv had recehetl no nrhate nd
ne tnsj hic it .rum imnn, m c"!"
lces ot his sister's ullogod not.
..iir. i.ippiurmi unuctt tutu, ins fisier
hud been married for fifteen jonrs nutl
that .luciiuellno was her onl child. Her
husband is ttlwlu Powell, lie said, but
Mr. Lippincott has no knnn let gel of hfb
whereabouts. Thc couple hud been son- I
orated lor some time, ho said.
Mr. Lippincott said lie understood his
gisler liml been delicate for a long time,
nnd tliut sho hud worried greutiy out
the Reparation.
.Speaker Glllett Inherits $100,000
Worcester, n ass., Dec. St. 1 y A.
P.)-8poaker Frederick II. Glllett. of
'the Nutlnnal House of Representatives,
. - -- .---,
daughters. MISS 1 mncOS III
Helen Hoar
Km . . -., ,u .. 1
5100,000 och nod. An annual Income ofj
'58000 froin, iNitruet fund,
Ml STRIKF MAY
END TODAY; FRIGID
WAVE GRIPS WEST
Hunger and Distress Spread in
Sub-Zero Weather Eastern
Sweep Forecast
MINERS CONVENE TO ACT '
ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL
Acceptance Predicted Court
Cases Postponed Industries
on Half-Time Basis
By Hie Associated Press
Indianapolis, Dec. 0 ScMement
iiiiuti ts cioseu iinu mere was no xn
tlicatioi ot thc length of time tho miners
would consume in discussion of tho pro
posals. Miners' officials, however, ex-
I pressed confidence that thc executive
, board and scale committee would ap
prove any 'course which had been ac
v reptablc to Lewis and Green. These
minors' oflirials agreed in their Wash
ington rnnferenre to urge the proposal
ns a basis for settlement of thc tie-up of
the coal industry.
Ii the face of the expected settle-i
iiii-mi, i'uri 4itiiuiiiinirmor uurnem, ai
I Washington, put into effect today (he
most drastic regulations for fuel econ
omy since the restrictions of 1018, re-
' dueing the nation's industries virtually
, to one-half time basis.
I 13vcn if the strike wcie settled today.
I he declared, fuel-saving measures would
be nocessnrv. ns several weeks would
bo required before the nation's norma?
supply could be restored. ,
Sub-Zcro Weather Grips West
The most seyero weather8 of the wir!J
ter. with sub-icro temperatures nrt
further-depletioufof the diminished coal
reserve, gripped nearly all of the tJoun
try west of the Mississippi river, with
snread southward and eastward fore
cast for tonight and tomorrow.
Districts whore thc fuel reserve at
ready virtually was exhausted wCW
chief sufferers today from thc swoop
of low temperatures. At Butte, Mont.,
with f.0 degrees below 7crn. hundreds
were reported in distress, suffering from
hunger and cold. A prolonged period
ovtr the whole rountrj is indicated,
the weather bureau announced today
Zero temperatures spread over Colo
ratio. AVyomlng. Nebraska, Kansas,
Missouri, Wisconsin. Minnesota, the
Ilnkotas. northern Iowa, and parts ot
other western states Severe inter
ference with tho moiement of coal from
tlie Colorado mines was caused by the
cold, temperatures in that state rang
ing from 11 to lfl degrees below atcro,
the latter mark being reached at Den
ver. Storms interrupted Colorado
trains. At Caspar, AVjo., the tempera
ture wns 18 below zero.
In Kiinsas, Missouri. Arkansas arid
.... ,..t - ...1....... Mi. .!..., I., ,1,intfiprN
''" lUhfll mis. ii""' n ......-- .-
.... i,. i ,,,,,i,,r nlienmfctnnees
linC Ul-'fU "um1" ,..... -.-
that heretofore had caused a cessation
.. ifti,n
Should the cold snap be protrarted In
those states reports said much sufter-
,: i, i, ,wti
At Lander. AVyo.. it was 34 degree
irlfro zfr, 20 below nt Livingston,
...L .. j.i. o-. kAlA... .nnnrli, Irnm
none, wun ."i "w" - - r
. in, In enctern flreiron. Great.
"ii""'o i' - -r,,,V rtf -W
had a temperature of 38
I vania lines alone,
Ctiiitempt Cases Postponed
I . . i L
Hearing on tne marges oi contempt.
of court tiled against eiglitwour gea-
' AH..t .,! riutrlel. ollielnls ot the I.nlted
Mine Workers, ot Ameru-u wan posi-
pont-d ponding the outcome of the meeN
i I . ' , .
lUg OI llllllCin.
,p)l(, ,M)Stponeiuont was until next
TueMluv morning and wus granted by
Judge A. B. Anderson on motion
ofij;
t'diillniifil on ram Two. Column l)n
Crank Up the Old Mill;
Gas Tank Is New Coal Bin
Detroit, Midi., Dec. l).,-(Ry- A.
P.) One of the largest automorlle
plants in the city, compelled to cloiiA.
by, tho orders of the national fuel
administrator, will attempt to r
open tomorrow with gasoline fur
nishing the motive power to operats"
its machinery.
Hundreds of automobile motors
will be hooked up to turn the fac
tory wheels.
Kniployes In twenty-one depsrt
ments have been ordered to return
tomorrow1.
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