Mi!HyMM4UkMJ ,-miar "vvf i WR' ! KVEisiiNa I'OBLIU LiijUUJiiK i'HJLLAJLi!ijiilA, THUJflSJJAx, uiLOJUiMBJil-K UL, 1910 u t -. V V hf IT if. fe tiff- tr n YNOTSPROUL? ASKC0NGRESSW1EN ' innsylvania's Republicans in - Capital Think Ho 'Sizes Up' Well vKNOX PRAISES GOVERNOR Bv a Staff Correspondent Wlilntnn. Doe. 11. Governor Bprovil'n rlinnros for tho pmMiloncv fjjr nlshNl Mlhjcct matter for nnlmntcil tll-j-CUBlons nmotiK IVmnylvnnla nopubli catm in Conjrn-w tnilny ns nn nftrrinnth of vpRterdnv's tlevrlomiiPiits nml lust jilRhfn dinner In the Knlehh It vvn ngrwd that the Oovcrnor linil mnde nn extrnorcliniiril.v good iniir"Inn duriiiR Ms contart with pnVty "' h"eJZ the national eomtnlttrc inoctiiiR. T-hf opinion Mas unanimous that lie sized up" well. Representative ficorun S. (rnhnm. 1 of Philadelphia, is one of 1'" "''""J'; lleTC the Governor is purnlnK the runt course, resardless of whether or not ho Mpects to enter the convention next June ns an avowed candidate. Slcnifieancc is nttached to the fact that Governor Sprm.l has no 'nrinlwin tbc carrital-oniy friends He is eon -mended for Rood cense in kcopUiR out of fartional iishts in the tnto . James 1'rnneW Kutke. of 1' ttst urs I.. who tninled with the crowds in the Willard renewinc friend-hips forme, in Confess oikI iv hen he was Korretary o he national committee, complimented Governor Sproul. althoiiRh he clinRs o hj affection for Senator Knox as prct- drrrSpJonl is looked upon here as bavinc a good chance for the U epnD lican nomination should a dea.llock de relop in the convention. lie ,s seen only as n compromise candidate, how ever, without prospect of success ou earth ballots. , .,, The Governor was W;ribod n a genuine presidential possibility by heu ator Philander C. Knox, former secre tary of state. "Pennsylvania's Governor and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania have, indeed, been honored." Sir. Knox said. ""We know the adaptability and etti ciencv of our wise executive vvil uo certain to call him to higher honors. "Americanism" was the keynote of Senator Knox's tribute- to" the Gov ernor at the dinner given m Mr. Sproul's honor, by Peun&jhuniu con gressmen last night. "1 bae often been referred to ns a 'little American,' " Mr. Knox milled. 11T T ...Ml II... unn til nun tIin i om sure x win i.v i -v n ' , have bwn m dffcribrd referred to a 'biff Americans,' M ' IS ALL BEER FORBIDDEN? , i Supreme Court Expected to Decide Wat Questions by Christmas Washington, Dec. H.fHy A. P.) Interpretation of the wartime prohibi tion act to determine whether the manufacture of nil beers, or ouly t!ioc , that nre intoxicating, is prohibited bv that act. was asked of the Supreme, Court today in arguments on govern ment appeals from Federal Court de crees dismissing indictments ngaimt a brewing comnnnv in New Orleans and another in Hnltimorc. Roth companies linvc manufactured . 2.75 beet, claiming it was not intoxicat- ing. The court is expected to decide i all tbc appeals at one time before the I Christmas recess. I 344 "RED" PAPERS IN U.S. t ' Figure Includes 144 Published Abroad, but Circulated Here Washington, Dec. 11. iHy A P. i More than 200 ((editions newspapers ni published in tlie United States and 1 i others published in foielgn countries nn being circulated here, according to tin Department of Justice. The figures were submitted to tin House judiciary committee todaj b Representative Bjrnes, Democrat, of Houth Carolina, at a hearing on a Ml to prohibit and punish seditious m't nnd to close the mnil to those promoting 8ueh acts. The bill provides peuullic of $5000 and imprisonment for I'm jears. WAR DEPARTMENT ACCUSED Spent Millions In Illegal Purchases, Charge G. O. P. Congressmen Washington, Dec. 11. (Ry A. P.i Charges that millions of dollais had been expended illegally by the War De partment on land purchases after the armistice were renewed in the House today when a bill authorising expendi ture of more than $0,000,000 at ucarh two score posts was taken up by a vote of 207 to 71. Republican members asserted the post-armistice expenditures weie illegal because the department used funds a; propriatcd for war purposes. Demo cratic members replied that the expend) tures were made to carry out contracts made during hostilities. GREY TO RETURN HOME British Ambassador Going Back on Leavo of Absence Washington. Dec. 11. (By A, P.) Ispount Grey of raltorien, British ambassador to the United Htiites. noli. tied Secretary Lansing today that he was returning to i;ngianii wry soon ou leave of absence. Whether Iord Grey will return to Washington Is dependent upon the pos sibility of his being able to nrrnngc his private business Interests anil upon the decision of the British foreign office ns to whether he alone can carry forward the great projects for common action by America and Great Britain In reorgan ization of finances and commerces and international relations. I,ord Grej has been in America less than three months and expects to leave about the beginning of next jear. l!ecati"c of his personal interest In American affairs. Lord Gicy desires to make another visit to America, In a iiilvnte cipnciti. If lie does not return in an nflii ial status. ACCUSES LIND OF" PLOTTING Wilson's Former Agent In Mexico Called Carranza Propagandist Washington. Dec 11 (By A. P.) In his tcstlmoiiv before the Pall com mittee of the Senate, V. !'. Bin klev, an American law i or long resident In Mexico, ilesi-rilicd John Llnil, ome President Wilson's .special agent in Mexico, us n "Canniiza propagandist," and charged that while I.iml was at Vera ('nil! he had an iinsuciessful ne gotiation with u colonel In the Ilucitn ai my to overthrow Ilucita anil admit' Zapata troops to Mexico Cltj. The tes timony was Riven in private, but u de scription was Rheu out todav. II. 1,. Hall, another American, de scribed by Bucklc.v as a "personal rcp ii'sentatlve of the Piesidcnt," also par ticipated In the ne otiatlons, the wlt uess said. Bucklcv testllied that In private conversation I, hid attributed nil the evils of Mexico to the Catholic Church. LA F0LLETTE STILL TALKING Quotes Cuyler in Third Day of At tack on Rail Bill Washington, Dec. 11. (By A. P I Living costs would be iucicased bv en actment of the Cummins iiillrniul bill bemuse of the inevitable advauic in fi eight rates It would entail, the Sen ate was told toilaj by Senator I,a Toi lette, in opening the third day of his attack on the measure. T. D" AVitt Cuvler. clinlrniiii of the Ilailva Incentives' Association, te.ti lied. La I'o'lette declareil, that the loail uiuld not opeiate on present lates with the present scale of wages ami cost of material. "Mr Cuyler snid he did not think tin government could operate them, either," the Wisconsin senator added, "but it Is doing it, and If the government le tnins contiol it will soou wipe out the deficit." Jury Disapproves "Blue Laws" Biltimorc. Dec 11. A jurj in tin criminal couit today voted its disup. proval of the infin cement of the mi called "blue laws" when a veidlet n" acquittal was letuined in favor of Ben iamin I. Jnffee, confecloucr, who v,to inliitiv1 foi- selling cignrs and soda water on Sunday. Vlneland Mason3 Name Officers Vineland, N. J.. Dec. 11. Yiurhiml r n.' Vo (IM T-'i'ee a"d Aceenti'H Masons, has chosen these officers for the j ear: Chailes Murtz, worshipful mus ter; John Bailej, senior warden; S T" Uov Marshall, junior warden- A L. Williams, secretary ; William Pfeffcr, trens'ip'r: G V. Smith, trustee. FEDERA L CONTROL ATTACKED BYEDGE New Jersey Senator Says Gov ernment Operation Is Ruin ing Business of Nation DENIES ANY BIASED VIEW "A government which lias so palpably demonstrated that it cannot run Its own business can't run yours,' said United States Senator AValter H. Kdge, of New Jersey, to fiOO business men last night at the hvelfth annual banquet of the Philadelphia Association of Manufac turers' Representatives Jn the Bellcvuc Stratfoid. And Senator Kdgc emphasized the fact that he was not expressing "partisan bias" when' he made the statement. "I am absolutely, fundamentally and unalternblj opposed to the government of the I'nlted States entering into busi ness thnt can and ought to be conducted by the brains of expert men of affairs," he said. "The government can't run business. Toilnv It is trjing to turn back the railroads witli a $000,000,000 deficit, a loss imurred in only two years between the amount the government agreed to pay for the loads and the amount actually made, nml a loss which taxpavers will dig deep 111 their pockets foe before it Is cleared uu. Besides thltf net loss of one-half billion, the govern ment must pay for two cars' deprecia tion of the rondi ami for one other bill of S2."0.()00,00() appropriated to rail roads. The government's function Is to co-operntc with business, not to run it." Scnutor Kdjre said the I'nitod State cannot nlford to ileal too much In ideal ism. "I agree with Piesidcnt Wilson that we should not evade the new re sponsibilities of peace. I see the possl. biUtj of good in a combination of na tions to prevent war, but we must linvc an anchor to windward before we ac cept any new responsibilities, "I'd like to see the peine treaty out of the way. Hanging fire like this, it interferes with business. And oui gieat intere-ts nbioad, if ouly from u selfish standpoint, which is a very impoitant standpoint, make certain relations with nations overseas necessary. We can't cist without our $10,000,000,000 an mini export business, and we must get '" k that $11,000,000,000 loan over there. Some folks want us to wipe that debt to s off the slate. I don't. We can get it 'iaik bv using common busitiess sense; bv using the 1300 ships of our wonder ful merchant marine ; by rehabilitating Kurope ns quickly ns possible; by try ing through legislation to enlarge our bunking sjslein; by establishing forr 'ign banks to take over foreign bonds mil to pay them in cash right here in America when goods nre sent overseas." 1 GRAHAM MOVES TO AMEND Phlladelphlan Would Change Bill Governing Suits Against U. 8. Washington, Dec. 11 Representa tive George S. Graham, of Phllivfclphln, in the House Judiciary committee tills morning offered n motion to nmend the Jones bill permittli gsuit to bo brought against the government for injury or damage caused by government vessels other than luivnl craft by elvlug courts power to transfer such cases to np piopilate jurisdiction on motion. As" originally drawn and passed by the Senate, suits could be brought wherever the complalinnt lived! I'nder the Gr.ihnm amendment they could be trnnsfetied on the government's motion to nnv court of claims hi tin United States. RED PERIL OVERLAYS TAF1 Bolshevist Leaders Could Not Upse This Government, He Asserts New York. Dec. 11 (Hy A. P.) Danger of bolslievlsm is past in Amer ica, William How mil Tuft declared be fore the Yale Civic Club, "because the leaders of dissatisfaction have found that they could not turn this country Into n Bolshevik government." Mr. Taft asserted that the Industrial situation wus becoming rational and tliitt world eoudltious would shortly be settled tluough the1 pence treaty, which he piedlcted, would be ratified. VILLA SEIZES T HOSTAGES His Men Loot Mexican Town to Avenge General Angeles Eagle Pass. Tex.. Dec. 11 By A. P.) In icpiisal for the lecent execution of General I'elipe Ansel), 100 Villistns early Tuesihij attacked the town of Mtixsttiz. state of Conliulla. looting thi stores and seizing several prominent citizens for hostages, iiecoiding ro In f""Miiitiou icielveil here today. TO EXPAND AIR MAIL Save Coast-to-Coast Line Would Two Days Washington. Dec. 11. (By A. P.) "in ther details of the proposed exten sion of the airplane mail service to the "acific coast and to Atlanta and estah lhnient of a new line between St. Pnul, 'iniicanolis and St. Louis, within the next J car, were given to the House uost 'liee committee today by Assistant "ostmaster General Vnicgcr. With the new lines in operation Mr. Praeger s-iid the deliveries of coast -to coast mall would be speeded up two davs. rmsH BILL D ELAYED AGAININCOMMONS Introduction of Home Rulo Pro posal Is Postponed by Visit of Clemonceau SINN FEIN LEADER ARRESTED By the Assoelatfd Press London, Dec. 11. The Introduction of the Irish bill In the House of Com mons was ngnln "postponed today. An drew Bonnr Law, spokesman for the government, announced that. In conse quence of the visit of Premier Clemen cenu of France, Premier Llo.vd George would he unnblc to bring the measure forvvnrd either Monday or Tuesday, and he could not suv whether it would be introduced next week. An impromptu debntc on the Irish situation took place In the House of commons tonav, vnen William nen innnil, Nationalist member for Water ford, Inquired of Mr, Bonnr Law whether it was u new idea to enforce conciliation bv coercion. This question followed Mr. Bonnr Law's negative reply to the question whether the political offenders In Ire 'anil would be released before the in troduction of the home rule bill. James Hogge, Radical, said he tlioucht that if the government wns earnestly seeking u settlement such a oncessioii would be useful. At this, nn Ulster member interpolated the remark Mint it would be desirable to clear the ground by a discontinuance of the "pro jrani of murder and outrage." IPRAME S ES ? Mr. Ilcdmoud responded: "It would bo better tn elene thn irrniim! hv rn. moving the originators of the policy of ncuon la ireiand." .i . tn'B Mr. Bouar Law remarked that it was most deplorable that direct action at the present moment wns.inw- ?.er;i He would bo very glad, he said, it Uic originators thereof were cleared uway. Itcfcrring to the Irish loan. Chief m-crcinry .uacrnerson declared it was for the purpose of propaganda for the "Irish republic" all over the world. Dublin, Dec. 11. (By A. P ) 'illnnV!s KcIly' B,tm Vfu member of the House of Commons, was nmong those arrested in u raid by the police and the military today. The houses searched Included thnt of Count Plunkctt, who was absent at tho time. Kelly was served Tuesday evening with a police magistrate's order to close the Sinn Fein headquarters. Tho order was not obe.ved, the headquarters still being open when tho raid took place. That's different! It's different because no other cigarette maker in the world can even imitate these full-bodied rolls of the richest, mel lowest tobacco ever grown in Turkey. fcgATT- Lincoln Drive begins where Falrmount Park ends and Fui'rmount Park is known tho world over. On Lincoln Drive arc beautiful homes wonderful building sites. Itight now we have an unusual building site on Lincoln Drive that is bounded by three streets The location is superb the price right and the day you see it you'll set the architect busy planning that Home of youra there! T tsfEATJTflPU' A-. 2 Select the Man's Gift from These Rich Scarfs Men' neckwear a larger asiortment than ever. Rich, luttroua silka and silk knitted neckwear by the thousands. $1 to $5 EEIbRT 1204 Chestnut St. 11 S. 15th St. 1119-21 Market St . NHEIM LLINS&(2 Chestnut and 12th Sts. 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A A Safe Deposit Box Would Have Saved $650 PiE DAILY papers recently carried an account of the loss of $650 worth of Liberty Bonds, be longing to the wife of an American soldier in France. For $5 a year a small per cent of the value of the bonds- she could have rented a safe deposit box here large enough to keep all her securities arid' other valuable papers safe from loss by theft or fire. Commercial Trust Company City Hall Square West Member Federal Rewrve System :4ki. MMsHV i. , , ft ,1 'tt P c o v w 71 1 3 a ta k m V'
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