"' 1 fW.--"r , ,S THE WEATHER , Washington, Doc. 10. Fair tonight and Thursday, ftlgh northwest winds. TUMrnnATUBE AT EACH IIQtm i m ia i i a i 4 I 5 aer POSTSCRIPT I 48 142 130 135 I I ,B VOL. VI. NO. 75 Fubllihod Dlly Excspt Sunday, Subscription Trice JO n Tear by Ma CopyrlBht, 1U1H, by I'ubllo Ledger Company, PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1919 Entered aa 8econd-Clasa Matter at the Pontofflc, at Philadelphia, Fa, Under the Act o( March 3. 1870. PRICE TWO CENTS r lunik m ri l'' tfW F 1 ORDERFORARREST OF SECOND Mi IN DANSEYMURDER Prosecutor Issues Warrant for Sister-ln-Law of Boy's Alleged Murderer MRS. JAMES L WHITE SAID' IT WOULD BE NO SURPRISE ' Illness Has Prevented Action Before Two Already Held Maintain Silence A third arrest In the Pillr Dansey murder case will probaby do made to day. A warrant has been issued for Mrs. Susan White, sister-in-law of Charles S. White, arrested in connec tion with Billy's death, according to Prosecutor Gaskill, of Atlantic County, N.J. Illness of 'Mrs. White, who lives In Hammonton, has prevented the serving of the warrant before. t Mrs. White, who is the wife of James L. White, brother of Charles S. White, had previously said it would not surprise her if she would be arrested as a ma terial witness. Charles White and Mrs. Edith Jones, housekeeper at the White home in Ham monton, who is also under arrest, both continue to maintain silence. This morning breakfast was sent into, the jail for them. Fingerprints and a mysterious mid night automobile ride will figure con spicuously in the prosecution of the case. A speedy trial is promised by Prose cutor Gaskill, of Atlantic county. He said today he was prepared to call the "December grand jury and ask for in dictments as soon as one or more addi tional arrests on charges of accessories after the fact are made. Additional arrests in the White house hold are expected, although Prosecutor Gaskill maintains a strict silence as to the identity of those still to be taken into custody. "They might as well arrest me and accuse me of being an accessory as Mrs. Jones," said the father of the man accused of murder, Edward H. White, chairman of the Law and CTrder Soci ety of Hammonton, the organization that directed the search for the missing boy for several days. "The detectives intimated to me that the boy was not miiea outright, mit was nursed in ray home after being wounded. That could not have occurred without my knowl edge." Handwriting Figures "The action of the county authorities in making these arrests." continued Mr, White, , "was based on the fact that handwriting experts had said that, a letter pi condolence, received by Mrs. Dapsey, and written by Mrs. Edith L. Jones, our housekeeper, was in the Same handTCriMnir..fls n letter novtA ' from "Newark; N, J., shortly after the uiimppearance 01 jJiiiy .Dansey on Uc tober 8. This letter was aimed M. P.' "In It the writer said he had taken Billy in mistake for Biinnr Whlto. mv grandson, and that he Hvould soon have him west of the Mississippi, where it wouia be useless lor tlie combined de tective agencies of the world to en deavor to enDrehend him." This letter and others received from Newark arc believed by the authorities to nave Deen written by some one in Hammonton and then taken to Newark and mailed. This is the first intimation tnat the detectives connected the pris oners with the, writing of the-so letters. When Mr. White was asked how his son was connected with the murder by the detectives he answered: "They say raey oeiieve no inrew something at the dog and hit Billy instead. They think n stone or dahlia cutter's knife was thrown." Officers Go to Jail 'Prosecutor Gaskill and Detectives .T P. Wilson and Benjamin-Nusbaum, left auuuuc vuy cany wis morning tor Mays Landing courthouse, where the prisoners are confined. G. R. Bolte, counsel for the accused man and woman, said today that he would not attempt to force the state's nanu ny resorting to habeas corpus pro ceedings to release his clients. "We have nothing to fear," he said. "But we intend to go slow on this mat ter and let the prosecution show what it has. My clients are innocent, and I anticipate no difficulty in proving it. Wo-will welcome the trial as soon as Mr. Gaskill is ready to submit his case to the grand jury." An attempt will be made today to get Charles White.'Hhe accused man, to talk. The "absent treatment" was tried all day yesterday, none of the detectives bothering the prisoner. The only man who saw him was Sheriff Perkins, who personally took inj wmte s meais, our, old not taiK to him. Today Detectives Wilson and Nus baum will try and 'break through the imperturbable bearing White has main tained since the arrest. He appears absolutely uninterested. Expect White to Break This attitude, the detectives say, is a forced pose and may give way after they submit him to a strict cross-examination following the day of silence, Little "Billy" Dansey, who was three years old, was killed as tffe result of a wound from some gardening in strument thrown at his dpg, "Jack," or a kick aimed at "Jack" by White. ' That is the theory on which the detectives are working. Mrs. Jones, they say, helped White administer first aid treatment to the injured' boy, and then either helped him remove the Ijody, probably in a basket used to cart dahlias in, or knew when he took the body away. "We are, not ready to take the public Into our confidence at this time," Mr. Gaskill said today, "but developments will soon end the susp&se. We did not arrest White and Mrs. Jones until we had sufficient grounds. That same policy will apply to other expected arrests." Says Clothing Was Dry "I mav say., however, that the safety pins used on some parts of the .child's clothing were as bright and shining as though they had just been dropped there, when the clothing and body were found. The metal fastenings on the garUrs and the steel clips that held the shoe buttons on were untarnished, "Remember, the) spot whero tht clothing was found Was swamn around where the atmosphere was damp and wnere ine moisturo wouia very quickly have affected metal of this kind. "This shows yry, plainly how Jong 'OttaUatwi ', Thro. Cfclaiaa Ttt PHILA. GIRL AT BURIAL OF MOTHER IS SHOT BY HER BOY COUSIN Weapon Captured From Ger mans by" Another Relative Is Accidentally Discharged Miss Dorothy Logan, daughter of Ar- mat A. Logan, 1100 South Fifty-fourth street, was accidentally shot by her cousin, Daniel Morse, ten years old, at Jfederalsburg, Md., yesterday, where she had gone to attend her mother's funeral. Miss Logan was nt the home of her aunt, Mrs. Gootee Neal. William H. .Morse, a cousin, was exhibiting a revolver which he hod taken from a German soldier during the war. After showing how the weapon is loaded, he placed it upon n table. JJanlel Morse picked up the weapon, swung it about his head and it was dis charged. The bullet went through Miss Logan s legs and into the wall. She will recover. Last summer MiSs Logan was struck by an automobile truck here, narrowly escaping death, andfiie ooy who acci dentally discharged the revolver was accidentally shot a few months ago, a bullet entering his abdomen and passing through his body. MOTHER IS LOYAL TO BANDIT SUSPECT Declares Boy Had No Financial Reason to Become, Auto Thief Police say one confessed Loynjty to her cightcon-yoar-old son, suspected by the police of being nn auto bandit, was evident in the do meanor of Mrs. Frnnk F. Mellon when seen today nt the Clinton Apartments, Tenth and Clinton streets. The boy, Walter Mellon, is under arrest with Joseph Gile, of fifty-second and Walnut streets. Both nre being held by the Lower Mcrion police. Mrs. Mellon is a motherly looking woman. "I cannot understand why my boy should do such a thing as he is charged with." she said. "He had virtually everything he wanted and appeared to be satisfied with his lot In life. I do not know what his motive could have been." "Do you think he might have been influenced by others or led on by the boy arrested with him?" she was asked. "No, I do not," said Mrs. Mcilon. "My son was not weak-willed; I d? not, blame any one else. Denies Any Daredeviltry It was suggested that a daredevil spirit might have prompted the boy to carry out such deeds. "I do 'not think so," said the mother. He always knows what ho is doing. I cannot understand it. He- has always been a good son to me and very kind He did not appear to be a dreamer and never liked to bo idle. While he 'was Industrious, he never seemed to find cmnloyment which was congenial." Mrs. Mellon said she had. not seen her son for three weeks. She returned from a trip to Washington yesterday and had been home but a short time when informed of his arrest. When questioned concerning Gile, the boy arrested with Mellon, Mrs. Mellon said she knew nothing about him. "We lived in Bryn Mawr until about three months ago," she said, "and my son may have met Mm out there." The police believe that Mellon and Gile met at the Haverford Preparatory school which both attenceu. After a thrilling race with n trolley car the Abington police captured Mellon and Gile. The police drove an automo hiln across the trolley tracks, which blocked the car in which the suspects werejieeing. One of the prisoners,, according to the police, confessed the theft of fourteen automobiles. Chief Donaghy, of the Lower Merlon police, saw the prisoners and said they compared with tho description of two men wanted for automobile thefts and hold-ups along the Main Line. He took the prisoners to the Lower Merion polico station. Several persons who were recently held up will see the prisoners. The youths were driving nn automo bile along the York road near Glenside when the car struck a rut and turned over. The car was stolen, it is said, from narry Lawrence, of the Merion Cricket' Club. Instead of remaining to right the machine they fled down York road and boarded a trolley car. Their suspicious actions attracted Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mobley. of Glenside. They telephoned the Abington police, and" Patrolmen Ferguson, Streeper and McXee jumped in an automobile and caught up with the car in which the boys were riding. After racing neck and neck with tha car for some distanco the police man aged to get a lead on the trolley and finally stopped it. The prisoners were locked up In tho Abineton police station. When Oile was searched the police say they found a revolver and a ouncn ot Keys. After he had been closely questioned he is alleged to have made the confession. Gile said ho was the son of Dr. Ben C. Gile, of Haverford. Wen Doctor Gile was asked today if this were true, he said: "I have been pestered all night about that." Then, he hung up tht telephone receiver. A Revolver sim ilar to that found on Gile was used by tho bandit who held up H. E. Kahn, of Merion, a banker, on Sunday night. OWNER ASKS COMPENSATION Bumped Head In Own Plant First Appeal Rejected Madison, Wis., Dec. 10. A case In which the owner of a plant nsks, for damages for Injuries suffered when he bumped his head in his own plant, is pending before the Circuit Court here. A. A. Porter, President and general manager of the Wisconsin State Regis ter Co., Portage, Wis., asked for dam ages under tho stnte workmen's com pensation act. His petition was turned down by the Btnto industrial commis sion. Mr. Porter then appealed to the court. He claims that he is an em ploye of th? company, but the com mission hf Id hat he 'could not; be con Miure4 as' a wipW!, " rtt. . f t ' Iff flSP1'-' "" J'l-mt ji tT - i ' MOORE ID PASS ON BILL TO ORGANIZE Von Tagen Announces Hall, Vare Aide, Has Promised to Submit Proposals INDEPENDENTS FIGHT PLAN TO CONTROL BODY'S ACTION Say Methods of Procedure Should Bo Decided by In coming Members Mayor-elect Moore will be given an opportunity to pass upon all legislation affecting the organization of the new Council of twenty-one to be acted upon by the present Vare-con'trolled bodies. This announcement was made ldny by Charles H. von Tagen, independent member of Common Council, after he had obtained a promise from, Charles B. Hall, framer of proposed organiza tion 'plans to be adopted by the exist ing Councils and binding upon the new administration. Francis F. Burch, Richard Weglcin and Von Tagen, three independent members of the new Council, hove fought hard to prevent the introduction in Councils tomorrow of a bill outlin ing committees, etc., for the Council of twenty-one. Losing this point, they count upon tha Mayor-elect to prevent the adoption of any legislation binding the actions of the new Council. In discussing the plan to put the counfcilmanic questions up to Mayor elect Moore, Mr. von Tngen today said : "I told Mr. Hall it would be discour teous in the extreme to pass any bill binding the new Council unless Mnyor clcct Mocro wore consulted. He in sisted that he meant no discourtesy to the new executive nnd ngrced that ho shou'id be consulted as to proposed leg islation. Calls It Discourteous "I myself think it is discourteous even to introduce such legislation with out consulting the new executive, but it will be sufficient' if the whole ques tion"" of organization and rules is left with him before any final action is taken. "The bill is n clumsy snnke and. as I said before the Inaugural committee, ia niprMv to have the old Councils take over and dictate to the new what shall UIU1 WIIUL miUII 11VI- WIT uuut, Mr. Hall, chief clerk of Select Coun cil and a member of the new body, who will hnve the muc h-fought-over bill In troduced tomorrow, declared today that there is nothing behind the measure except a desire to aid and expedite the business ot tne new council. Suspicion "Unwarranted" "Unwarra"ntd'susrilelSrf''Ha'beeu di rected against me because of my efforts to-jget things under. way for the new Cofncil," said Mr. Hall today. "My action in preparing a bill for passage by the present Councils out lining committees for the new body is entirely proper. There is no politics in it. "The same thing was done when the Bullitt bill became effective in 1887. The same thing occurred in 1855 under .the consolidation act. "I expect this bill to be passed. It can be overcome by the new Council nt once if eleven members see fit to throw it out. It can't be binding one moment against the will of the majority. Hopes to Head Council . "I hope to be president of the new Council and in preparing this ordinance I only had one end in view, to ex pedite organization. "Do you think if I were playing politics I would come out In the open this way? I did not have to submit the bill to the inaugural committee. Had there been any intention of jam ming it through it could have been in troduced In Councils at once." Councilman Joseph, P. Gnffney be lieves the bill drawn by Mr. Hall is the "logical method for organization." "The new Council doesn't have to ac cept it," Mr. Gaffney said. "If the new body is not satisfied to have a committee on committees appoint the standing committees of Council, that power can be returned to the presi dent of Council. This is enabling legis lation, that's nil." Against Proposed Plans Mr. Burch, Independent councilman from West Philadelphia, and a candi date for the presidency of tho new Council, is bitterly opposed to legis lation by the present Councils for the new. "It is an effort to usurp the plain privileges and duties of the new Council," he said. Burch is head of a committee on rules selected with the approval of Mayor-elect Moore. So far this com mittee, whoso duties have been usurped by the proposed legislation, denies rules would bo permanent. Should the Vare-controlled present Councils insist upon deciding commit tee and other questions for Its suc cessor, there apparently will be little need for tho Burch committee .on rules. SCHOLARSHIP HONORS HERO Established as Memorial ,to Charles Henry Flske, &d Cambridge, Mass., Dec. ,10. Charles Henry Fiske, Jr., of Weston, Harvard '1)3, has presented to Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1000 for the es tablishment of a scholarship in mem ory of his son, Charles Henry Fiske, 3d, Harvard '10, to be tenable by an American student nominated by the president and fellows of Harvard Uni ersity. Charles H. Fiske, 3d, was mortally wounded on August 12, 1018, negr Flsmes, where he was serving as a sec ond lieutenant in the 111th Regiment of the Twenty-eighth Division. This is the second scholarship in his honor, his parents having established oneat Har vard last sating to enable a French student to m his education here. 8LAV8 TO RESIST INVASION Vienna, Dec, 10. (By A. P.) Tele grams from Agram report that the first and fourth Jugo-Slav army corps arc moving toward Dalmatla and northern Albania. The Serbian Government, the message states, has explained that this movement is a precautionary measure against any attempt at occupation In nnlmntla or Albania by the Italians. NEW CITY COUNCIL which Jugo-Slayla would b? eb,l)j;ed tochairman of, the meeting, fdllpwlng tbe resist forcibly. nTflC1AAmwm7iMUMvulEAwvXvvsri' 'mi&ft. . ft, GOVERNOR SPROUL Republican national oommltfeo in He delivered an address before tho Washington today LIPPINCOTTS LEAVE FOR SISTER'S BEDSIDE Brothers of Mrs. Powell, Who Killed Daughter and Shot Her self, on Way to Denver George Llppinoott and Rowland Lip' plncott, brothers of Mrs. Emily R Powell, who killed her ten-year-old daughter nnd then shot herself jester divv, nre on thoir way tp Denver, Col., whero the tragedy occurred. Mrs. Powell is in n critical condition in a Denver hospitnl. She has a ballot wound in the head. Physicians there say she has a slight chance to recover. Horace G. Lippinrott, of Wyneote, father of Mrs. Powell, was greatly shocked by news of the shooting nnd is in seclusion nt his home. Edwin S. Powell, who was tho hus band of Mrs. Powell, is in San Fran cisco. Ie could give no reason for his former wife's act. "We were divorced eleven years ago in Denver," he stated. "Tho first I heand concerning her since the divorce was earlv today when my sister noti fied me Mrs. Powell had shot the little girl and herself." To well at one time was reporter. U. S. ENVOYS ON TRANSPORT Polk and Other Delegates Await Starting of America's Engines icf tw. 10. Bv A. P.I Frank T, Pnlk. American undersecretary of state; Genoral Tnskor n. Bliss and Henry White, the last of the American peace delegates remaining in France, arrived here at 11 o'clock this morning. They immediately boarded the tfins pqrt America, on which they will sail tnr Hiff TTnlted States. They left ,J7irlsUnst nigb't and, wre I bidden lareweu as, ie """' Premier Clcmence'au, Marshal Foch. Ambassador , WallaOe, the Earl of Derby, the Japanese ambassador and others. . . ,,, A shout of "Long live America!' was given ns the train departed. "TIGER" GOING TO LONDON Will Confer With Premier Lloyd George on "Serious Questions" Paris, Dec. 10. (By A. P.) Pre mier Clemenceau will go to London to night to confer with Premier Lloyd Georgo. on "serious questions of the present hour," according to several newspapers. , M. Clemenceau while in London nlso will confer with Signor Seialoia, tho Italian foreign minister, who nt present is in the English capital. It is understood thut Lloyd George is still urging a meeting of the Supreme Council in London, while M. Clomen ceau persists in his position that the work of making peace, which was bo Eun in Paris, should bo finished here. SIGNS DAYLIGHT SAVING Mayor Makes Ordinance a Law De spite Protests Despite the action of Congress in re pealing the daylight-saving bill. Phil adelphia will advance its clocks one hour on tho iast Sunday in each March, and keep them ahead until the last Sunday in October of each year. Its own daylight-saving ordinance was signed yesterday by Mayor Smith nnd is now a law. Tha" Pennsylvania State Grange, at it forty-seventh annual meeting in Pittsburgh, yesterday passed a resolu tion asking the Mayor to veto the ordi nance. The resolution was introduced by Thomas F, Biddlc, master of the Bustleton Grange, and was indorsed by Charles .A. Row, master of the Bucks-Philadelphia Grange. FELIX ISMAN DIVORCED Actress Obtains Decree From Former Phlladelphlan Hazel Allen, now playing in a New Tork theatre, has obtained a final de cree of divorce from Felix Ismnn, widely known real estate operator, who formerly lived in this city. Mr. Isman' and Miss Allen wcro mar ried in New Rochelle, N. X,, June 0, 1014, They separated-two jears ago,' Miss Allen starting hor acticu for di vorce in November, 1018. The final decree was signed Novem ber 20 last. The decree awarded Mrs. Isman ro-.' calls the divorce granted October 20, 1000, to Mr, Jsman's first wife, Irene Frizclle, an actress, wholr present stoge namo is IrenoiFenwick. Mr. Ismnn was married 1o Irene Frlzellc in 1000. WOMAN SOLDIER TO SPEAK Sergeant Ruth Farnam to Address Rotary Intercity Luncheon x Sergeant Rnth Farnam, who saw much service overseas with tho allied armies, will speak nt the Intercity luncheon of the Rotary Club today In the Bellevuo-Stratford. Five hundred rotations arc expected to attend the luncheon. Harrjl Jordan,- will introduce the presidents of the Atlantic City, Cam den, Chester, Lancaster; Reading, Tren ton, Wilmington, Wilkes-Barre, Beth leliem, WUllamsport and Baltimore club, -.woman u, 4,irfzey win act m luncheon. iSPROUL'SKEYNOTE ! CALLS REPUBLICAN' i PARTYTOBATTLE Tells G. 0. P. National Commit- toe What Nation's Duty Is in Crisis PUTS AMERICA'S NEEDS FIRST IN IMPORTANCE Constructive Work Must Take Place of Muddling Idealism - k Ilu a Staff Correspondent Washington, Doc. 10. Governor Sproiil, of Pennsylvania, in n stirring I speech before the Republican national convention, today sounded n keynote calling th'c pnrty nnd the nation to battle for a. restoration of the rou. "truotive work in developing the coun- try along lines to greatness and pros- i perity. In trenchant terms ho exposed the muddling inefficiency and "idealism" that marked tho present administra-, tion's handling of grave problems nrls-1 I az rTnm tj, nr Ho commended the patriotic zeal of the Republican masses is sustaining tho government during the period of hostilities. A feature of the Governor's address wns his declaration that there was no room la this or any other country for alien agitators who perverted the prin ciple of liberty. Governor Sprpul said : "The Republican party faces the ap pronrhing campaign with devotion and confidence.. It comes forward to the contest with clean hands nnd n stout heart, convinced that upon tho termi nation of the issue to be fought out next year depends not only the progress but the snfoty of the republic. "No political party in nny country has ever better justified its right to existence nor witnessed a more thorough vindication of the policies for which it has stood through all its history than lins the Renuhllcnn nnrtr nf in. J day. Aitnougu it was not in power nt the time when the great crisis of the ages broke upon the world, its pa triotic citizenship, its leaders and' its press rallied to the support of the gov ernment wholeheartedly nnd without question, and Its men nnd women led with voice and hand and substance in the sacrifices ot the war. "In tho face of many administrative actions which seemed almost like at tempts at baiting the Republicans of the country, ta-.ninke political capital.ior.tli a opposition, 'It Way ie said, to the ever lasting credit of our party and its men nnd women, that never for a moment was there any faltering, nor even ques tioning, until our arms had triumphed. It would have been easy to have erred in n time like this, utner parties in . dorsed Senator Harding for the nrcpi the country have at times put par- ,iential nomination. Eleven of the tisanshin above patriotism, but wo may thirteen Republican members of the take pride in the fact that Republi- House from Indiana held another meet cans in a time of nationnl crisis knew jnK ro (.rf00t their plans on behalf of no party lines in tneir amy to meir country. Republican Initiative Vindicated "In the days of trial Republicans saw. too. how their plans for the in dustrial and economic development of dustrinl and economic development of the nation nnd the encouragement of American initintivc nnd enterprise . A..:siri tmtintivn rind nnrornrun worked nut for the salvation of civili zation. The great industrial organiza tion of thia country which was a de cisive factor in brenking the hold of the enemy was tmroly n creation of Re publican foresight. Tho unity of ac tion among the people of nil sections in their response to the call to duty was the result of the fostering care of more, thnn half a century of Republican poli cies, "The strong nnd well-equipped navy and the other organizations for de fense, which had not been dissipated during the jears of Democratic neglect, were likewise an inheritance from Re publican energy in governmental mat ters. The Republican party had bv Its progressive enactments made possible n great, devoted and fundamentally well equipped national foroe which could bo thrown into the contest when needed most. Ready In Diplomatic Crisis "And tlie representatives of the party nre just a.i aimoug and as willing and I ns ready to settle the diplomatic and ...... . .. - .. . social questions growing out of th'e i war as they were in determining the Ifsue of force. The Republican ndmin Istrations of McKinley, of Roosevelt and of Taft, with those great ministers of foreign relations, John Hay, Ellhu Root anikPhilnndor Chase Knox, had made tlio'l'nitod States a power In the movement toward the program of inter"- , national understanding. ! "Those factors and these influences I nnd tho groat Republican maiority in I our citizenship, ignored entirely in the I negotiations for peace and security, have nevertheless endeavored to co-op-erato in tho conclusion of tho matter, with only sucn limitations as win pre servo to this republic Its full right to ' ,.,.,, ", .:- --:: ....,..-.,, ,.,,.- rintorm n its own affairs nrcnnlfni. ti 1 its need and the. wishes of its people, iu urenmuiitu ,,. vm luunuiuuuu uqu i OUT IHW.S. Tarty 's Constructive Program "It is essential, however, that approach the next campaign not In an I attitude u cnuuinm, uui. in u spirit 01 constructive suggestion. The people i everywhere are aware of the conditions ' now prevailing. Everybody is critielz- I ing and lamenting the administration's weakness. What we must present Is a new constructive vision, a plan which, will lift the nation out of a slough of! inefficiency 111 which it Is flounderlnr and put it back upon the right road to progress. "We must prepare not only to clean up the governmental mess in which wo find ourselves, but we must lay our' plans for lestoring our nation to the position of respect which It once held in the minds of the other peoples of the earth nnd which, goodness knows, It should now. more than ever, be en titled to hold' in view of the achieve ments of our brave defenders on land a"nd sea. "Wo roust change the opinion held by so many people abroad that we are a nation of four-flushers and bluffers, who do not know what we arc talking about, and who would seek to fdrce our haH-considered views upon the jest of TWO BANDITS ROB WOMAN IN STORE OF $100 Two bandits took $100 from nn apron pocket of Mrs. Jennie Silverman, 322 Fitzwater street, this morning. The woman keeps a drygoods store at that address. The men posed ns customers, then one suddenly gripped her throat while the other robbed her. Both escaped. JOHNSON AND DUNN LEAVE BASEBALL MEETING NEW YORK, Dee. 10. Ban Johnson, president of the American League, and James Dunn, the president of the Cleve. land club, left the metting of the board of directors shortly after it had been called to order here this morning. Neither would commit himself, but it is taken for granted that a split has been brought about in the rank;s of tho American League. They showed no Intention of returning to the meeting. G.O.P. CITY PICKED TODAY, Chicago Likely to Be Selected, With Session Beginning on June 8 SPROUL -TO MAKE SPEECH B tho Associated Press i Washington. TW. 10. Tho time and ' place for tho 1020 Republican nationnl coventinn are to be selected late todny by the nntional committee nt its qundronnl.il meeting here. The odds for the convention honor before the mooting convened seemed to rost with Chicago, but tho St. Louis delegation is keeping up n vigorous fight nnd declares it has a rhnncc to win. Discussion of tho probable date centered about the first half of .Tune with many nf the loaders urging that Tuesday, tho Sth, lie .selected for the opening Contiar to custom, cnminitteo of ficials arranged thnt the sessions of the committee be open to the several hun dred party lenders who nre hero ns guests of the committeemen and to the public generally. In addition to hear ing the claims of the cities asking for the convention, the committee nt this open meeting planned to listen to key note addiosses bj (!oernors Sprnul. of Ponnsjlvaiiia, nnd McKelvie. of Ne braska, nnd Mrs. Medill MeCn-miok. connected with the woman's division of tho committee. Dot'Tinl'i'iiIon of the ecimcntinu place end I line l ylrtnnllv tlin only bn.sinefls to be trniH.iotod and the committee official- t-.tltH Ht ''tiiniilrte it late today. Tomorrow, however, there will be a meeting of state chairmen. Republican representatives from Ohio nt a meeting yesterday unanimously in Senator AVntson. rriends of Senator Sutherland, of West Virginin. also became active last j campaign for his' nomiuntinn nnd dis-I tribiituig among tlie committeemen ,,,, .1.1, ... .:,. ,,r ii , ,,, nr,:,i,,n. llm,l. n w, vir. '.. .. . clnln representatives nnd others from thnt state held n meeting nt which coin- prehenvhe plans to further his interests .. 1 .... a. t ! are uimernioou to nave i)cenconsmcred, i ' GALE HIT CITY EARLY TODAY High Wind Brings a Drop In Tem perature A enlo swept over Philadelphia at O'.IO o'oloek this morning. For about an nour rne wino oiew nr lorty mill's nn hour. Tiv S o'clock the wind had fallen to fifteen miles an hour. At 4 o'clock a heavy rain wns fnlling and the temperature wns Hiirtv-fivo de grees above zero. It looked as though Philadelphia would see another warm, foggy day. At 0:30 o'clock came the "big" wind. This blew nway fog and rain. ,U S o'clock the temperature was inrr vtMiMiL ut'kirrn At the same hour tho ' tMnporntur(, nt Harrisburg was H1, fm'lr u,,Krws nd nt Scranton ,"tJ ni ' The weather bureau looks for freez- convenhon ing temperature before tonight. There , olfersberger, 3014 Sansom street, sus may be snow, but this is uncertain. tn,nn, R racture oE the. leg. The neei Conditions nre such thnt there may be ,lf.nt oocurre(l nt Thirty-sixth street and anv sort of quick change. , j.owc)t(m avenue. Hngen surrendered The cold wnve.is expected to remain . tle ))0noe, here until Friday or Saturday. i ........ ... rr.w -rn.r-r. MORE WH SKY IN DRY TIMES ,, ', British Firm Shows Canadian Busl- ness Increased Under Prohibition In.lnn. Doc. 10. (U.V A. f.) A meant etfltpmOIlt 1)V tllO honil of 0. fa- ..... ---'---. - ,, . . . , ii inous whisky business tnat ins nrm was ,1iln,. more rnnnil nn trnne unuer pro- hibition thnn in ordinary times reeoives remarKnoio connriniiiM'ti n s" ,,.-,,. rOttirilS JUSr piinilneo. mn pnw.m i.ir following ligures on spiru tMuni 10 'Canniln In the last three venrs: ', wpl To November. 1017. 52.(H)0 gallons infnn, value t'48,000; to November, 101S. .r)00 j' j ,s ,,n0 . ,0 xVcniber, mis. TiOOO ,, i t7lhn nnd to November f S'io"? i r Ann ,.,11 m, Ta ue f 10T 000 10in- lir.,000 gallons, alue ti..,imu. "". ..niirnn nin-r" STEEL STRIKERS QUIT . . ,, ,, . . 4000 Men at Wheeling Vote to Re- turn to Mills Wheeling, W. Va.. Dec. 10. (By 4V. P.) Two thousand steel workers nt the Bellniro plant of tho Carnegie Steel Co. last night voted to declare the strike off and return to work nt once. Tho mill will be opened within, five days, it was reported. Tho workers, at last night's meeting, heard the report of the Bellniro strikers' committee on opera.. lion of Bteel plants' throughout the country, and then tho vote to return to work was tnken, Ry a vote of three to on more than 2000 employes of tho Benwood Mills of the Wheeling Steel and Iron Co., in session lat night, decided to return to work. It was rpected the Benwood works would resume operation within WBCK AM DESTROY R.R. POWERHOUSE Damage $25,000 in Blaze at P. and R. Structue, Broad and Huntingdon Streets MAN HURT AS ROOF FALLS Fire destroyed the powerhouse nf tho Philadelphia and Rending Railway at o'clock this morning. Tho damage was in excess of S2.1.000 Captain' Meyers, of Firo Company No. 32. was injured when pnrt of the roof fell. Six firemen who were with him were not injured. A heavv piece of timber dropped upon Cnptnin Meyers's hand. He was treated at the Samaritan Hospital and Inter returned to duty. How the powerhouse caught fire is not known, although two engineers were nt work there when the flames started. When tho firemen reached the building tho interior tn in flames. Captain Meyers entered the first floor with his men to get nt the. blaze, and it was then thnt the roof fU. Tho fire ruined four dynamos in the powerhouse. Those furnished light for the signals nnd stntions nn the rail road from Columbia avenue to Nice town. It will be necessary to find some other source of power for use tonight. Some of the stntions burned gns early todny after the fire. No interruption of traffic was caused by the blaze The recent order dis continuing part of the service owing to the coal shortage took off all trains that would have passed about the time of the fire. CHARGE SUGARWASttSXOLEN 300 Pounds Found In Basement Taken From Freight Yard The 300 pounds of sugar discovered in the basement of the boarding house nt 125 North Nineteenth street yester day were stolen, it was alleged by the police today, from the freight yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Thirtieth and Spring Garden streets. The people of llnnovcr, Pa., are re joicing because tho long-delnyed sugar shipmi.nl wlu r(,a(n them nfterall , TllL' sllf" aml thirt?' 'inirs of Mer """ "'""" "" " ""'' '"""."VT fi 10 me ponre, wvie i,iirn iium u ui-ifciii . car Monday night. Two men who were car Monday night. Two men who were nrrcstcd yesterday while carrying tne Km's 'rom un automobile to the Mnc- teenth street house. fr.n.t Tf nKiiicnti tw The men were Robinson, twenty-seven years old. of 145 North Fifteenth street, nnd John Denne, twenty-six years old, of 810 North Forty-sixth street. THREE HURT ON STREETS Little Girl and Boy and Young Woman Are Victims Struck by a street car nt Columbia avenue and Twenty-seventh street Inst night ami carried a short distance on its fender. Catherine llrennnn, six jears I nl,l 171P, North Tanev street, was only slightly bruised. 'She wns treated nt St. Joseph's Hospital. Knocked from hi.s bicjele by n motor delivery wagon, Willaril Nile!, fourteen years old, 1610 North Hutchinson street, sustained a fracture of the leg. The accident occurred last night nt Broad and Mnster streets Struck by an automobile driven by ""'""" JilvuA"ul' '. t"i .'" ii.Mii tt nn.:...-.- .LiI .......... 'Thirty-third NAVY TO SELL EGGS 18,000 Dozens to Be Offered to Pub lic Here at 60 Cents Arrangements are being made today to sell 18,000 dozen eggs, received yes terday ut the Philadelphia Navy Ynrd, . ronsumers nt sixty cents a dozen T .,. ... , . . . .!.. .,.. .i . . ,k0' wprc ga,t , corn bccf nnd cheese. As tho Christmas rush of candy manufacturers for sugnr is about over, it is believed that there will be more sugar on the market within tliOjJiext week or so. & Robert Simmers, agent of the Mtate Bureau of Food, is watching the denlers who bought cundemned rolled oats, bonus nnd sugar from the navy. He will see that they remove all impurities In putting the food into usable form. BOY HERO BURNED TO DEATH Imprisoned by Flames While Try ing to Save Livestock Bradford, Pa., Dec. 10. Louis, the soven-yenr-old son of Jr. and Mrs. Clarence Closscr, of Simpson, near here, was burned to death last evening when n bam on the farm of his father was destroyed. The father and mother were In Brodfoid, and Louis, n younger brother and Mr, Closser's mother under took to save tho livestock. Louis's escape was cut off by the flames and his charred body was found after the bulldlug hail ben reduced to ashes. i ,, ... .Whin y'tra think ot writing. tbluk w WHlTlNO.-vti(v. MINERS RESUME SESSION MAY END BIG STRIKE TODAY Acceptance of President Wil son's Proposal by Coal Workers Expected RADICALS CAUSE DELAY BY OPPOSING AGREEMENT Curtailment of Train Service In East Goes Into Effect 1 By the Associated Press Indianapolis, Dec. 10. The general committee nf tho United Mine Workers of America reconvened shortly before 10 o'clock (11 o'clock Philadelphia time,), this morning for further consideration of President Wilson's proposal for end lug the strike of 400,000 bituminous coal miners of tho country. It was generally expected the pro posal, providing for the immediate re turn to work of Tflo miners at an In crease of 14 per cent in wages and the appointment of n commission of three men to adjust wages, would be accepted before the conference adjourned for the day. Steady resumption of work is pre dicted in the face of strong opposition which developed yesterday and which probably will prolong argument for and against the President's plan. One man high in the councils of the miners' uivon early todny, however, declared that the conservative element in the onferonce was in the majority and that I nn nttempt to end the strike wns cer I tnin when the question came up for i final vote, ' Acting President John L. Lewis and I Secretary-Treasurer William Green. I who npproved the proposal when it was submitted to them in Washington last Saturday night by attorney General Pnlmer, yesterday made a fight for end ing the Rtrike on the basis suggested by the President nnd their supporters' voted down a motion, it was said, tp take the plan from consideration of the gen eral committee and refer It to the locals of the organization Jfor a vote. This action was believed to reflect the strength of the advocates of settlement nnil to foreshadow final victory for them. At jesterday's meeting it is under stood the committee members were di vided into two or more factions, one of which strongly favored adoption of the new proposal, and another of which op posed nny settlement other thnn that embodied in the miners' early, demand. A third division, it was said, took tho position that as a general convention, of the miners hndfqrmUlated the"dc' mands nnd ordered the strike In the event the onerntors refused,. to grant ,, them, a general' session would be rAX quired.,toLatltrike?X?W! Washington, Dec. J.0 (By A. P.)- Tense interest was manifested In offi cial circles here today over the outcome of the meeting at Indianapolis of rep resentatives of the United Mine Work- ers of America who have under con sideration President Wilson's propositi for settlement of the bituminous coal strike. Coal operators were here today to resume discussion of the President's proposition. Although there was no formal statement it was intimated that the operators objected to the provl I sion for retroactive wage awards to tho I miners without increases in the price I of coal. ' As a coal conservation measure the I most severe curtailment of passenger train service ever Known was cnectlve todny with extension of the fcdrenl roll road administration's saving order to the eastern region. It was estimated 1,1,000 tons of coal would be saved dally by it and that until the end of the present week it would be necessary to save an additional 200,000 train miles daily. In New York city, Lewis Nixon, public service commissioner, said he had taken steps to enforce the fuel-saving order and it would be put into effect immediately, although New York's white light district was ablaze with almost its normal glow last night. Pittsburgh fell its first lightless night Inst night when nil electric signs were cut off. Kansas City's amusements today were permitted to open for four hours a dny, 7 to 11 p. m., under a new ruling by the coal committee which had closed Contlmifd on Pace it. Column Thro TUSTIN OFF FOR WEST i Will Study Work of Welfare Depart ments in Other Cities Ernest L. Tustiu, who will be di rector of the new Department of Wel fare in Mayor Moore's cabinet, left last night for a tour of western cities to study constructive social Borvlce work. Mr. Tustln said there are certain, cities in tho West where municipal wel fare departments have been strikingly successful nnd that there are others where such departments have failed. Ho will study both with a view to mak ing Philadelphia's a success. HOOVER BLAMES PARENTS Undernourishment of Children Due) to Ignorance, He Says New York, Dec. 10, (By A. P.) Fifty per cent of the undernourishment found in children of the United States is duo to sheer ignorance on tho part of the parents, Herbert Hoover, former food administrator, declared in an ad dress before the National Child Wel fare Association, He added, however, there was no need for alarm over the number of undernourished children in this coun try, ns outside of the big cities such conditions were rare. The speaker expressed the belief that there was no danger of a revolution In the United States because of the Jilgh standard of education, although, he commented, "It is far too low at that." Fate of Twenty 8alors Uncertain The Hague, Dec. 10,--(By A. P.) Tho captain of the American steamship Liberty Glo, which was wrecked o Tcrschelling, Holland, sent a messaje to the Associated Press last night say ing that It was uncertain as yetwjietMr the twenty missing members of Ut crew were saved." He saldt "8 fu as I know they are still drifting at - ,r V $ nj ft. . oatlnuttl vs rt Xwv.CelaMa Xbtf t a , Trit -. -..'
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