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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!,
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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 '
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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
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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
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clnln representatives nnd others from
thnt state held n meeting nt which coin-
prehenvhe plans to further his interests
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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
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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
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MORE WH SKY IN DRY TIMES
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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-
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inous whisky business tnat ins nrm was
,1iln,. more rnnnil nn trnne unuer pro-
hibition thnn in ordinary times reeoives
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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.
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STEEL STRIKERS QUIT
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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
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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
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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
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. . ,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.
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.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
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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
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