SIPwvpi Euettma public Hedge? NIGHT EXTRA ' THE WEATHER Wwltlngton, lift, 15. Fair tonight and Tuesday; continued cold. TEMrKHATUKK AT EACH IIOUTt rTTinio ii im i i a I a I 4"lsT I m I22 jan an I I I I i 1 VOL. VI. NO. 79 Entered ai Sccona-Ctniis Matter at the Postofflee, at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act of March 8. 1670. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1919 Published Dally Except Sunday, Subscription Price $(l a Teat by Mall Copyright, WW, by rubllo ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS WAR-TIME LAW VALID, E COURT i Mrs. Blake, Woman Accused of Hurling Mute Son Into Sea, Is Going Mad, Doctors Say DRY SUPREM Ette r If i l& l9 III iR REASON EBBS FAST AS SHE Hospital Authorities Indicate She Is Suffering From Effect of Drugs BODY OF DROWNED BOY WASHED UP ON BEACH Father, He?rt-Broken, Comes to Philadelphia May Be Seeking Counsel From a Staff Correspondent Atlantic City. Dec 15 Accused uf having cast her little pom into the sen as a sacrificial offering in the mail SHOUTS INNOCENCE hope her act would reunite Her with her husband, Mrs. Esther Blake is toss ing wildly upon her cot in the Atlantic City Hospital, battling to retain the thred of reason that remains to her. "Before God I did not murder my boy," she moans. Her reason is rapidly toing, say the doctors, bo a nurse hits quietly by the bedside watching her. As Bhe is under arrest charged with the murder, a policeman also sits by her, turning wearily away as the woman frantically reiterates her cry that no mother would kill her own ton. Tho woman is suffering from the effect of drugs, tho doctors say. " 'Bunny' came between my husband and me, but before God I did not murder my own son," Mrs. Ulakc insists. "He was kidnapped." Mother Tells Kidnapping Story Little James Blake, or "Bunny," as his family called him. was four years old. He vanished Friday. His mother declared that two negroes had held her up in Vcntnor and kidnapped him. Yes , terday, tho lad's body was washed nshoro at Ventnor. Mrs. Blake is tho wife of James Blake, Sr., an insurance broker with offices jn . tbe Commonwealth Trust ' 'Uulltlfns, Philadelphia." "Tho, only thins that can save my wlfa now," said Mr. Blake quietly, ii a pica of Insanity." r" MrBIake'. left the shore today, sup posedly to go to Philadelphia. It is rumored, that his purpose may be to engage counsel to defend his wife. It is said the tragedy really has brought the couple together again, after three long months of separation. "Mrs. Blake now is and has been mentally defective," said Dr. Louis Souder, coroner's physician, this nfter noon. "Only recently symptoms de veloped which would have led her to destroy her child. She still, however, . sticks to h6r story. "Sho was a nervous invalid before the boy's birth and afterward, and has not fullv recovered yet. I am mves- tigating the case upon the theory that she committed the act o wlucli she is accused upon a sudden impulse." "I don't want to bother y,ou now," Chief of Police Spraguc, of Vontuor, tnld Mrs. Blake yesterday after he read the warrant for her arrest as fke bat propped up in bed in the hospital, "but thin kthc matter over and tell me the The body of the child was found yesterday floating in the sea. "When you come back tomorrow you will net the same story I told yesterday and Friday night when two negroes beat ne and stole my child and pockctbook. That story is the truth," Mrs. Blake replied. The detectives have a theory now that Mrs. Blake walked all the way to Vcntnor from Atlantic City with "Bunny" on Friday after having visited her physician on Pacific avenue. Question Jitney Men Every jitney man and trolley enr crew in Atlantic City has been ques tioned, and none recalls having carried her on their vehicles. A search is now being made for any one who might have seen her on the Boardwalk. It is argued that she is a woman of strik ing appearuncc, and any one having met lier .walking about in the storm would have remembered the incident. The place where the body was re covered is about two blocks from the Ventnor casino and pier, where tho pockctbook which Mrs. Blake had re ported stolen by two- negroes who she also says kidnapped the boy, was found Saturday morning wlt,h the 'contents untouched. The discovery of the body bore out the theory p the police after the pocket book was found. So certain were they that tho woman had done away with her son that on Saturday night Chief Spra gue went to her homo at 231 Oriental avenue and accused her of the crime. She was under tho care of a physi cian at the time, having buffered a nervous breakdown after "Bunny" dis appeared, but she .denied the charge. But Chief Spraguo ordered that every - available patrolman and detective be placed as a beach patrol to lpok for this body, so confident was ho that his theory was correct. End Ceaseless Vigil Ceaseless vigil by the coast guards had not nvalled. Patiently they had E laced the wet sands looking seaward, ut finding nothing. Then fate; took a hand. Samuel Blair left his home nt 41 Essex nvciiuc, Mar gate City, about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and braving tho driving rain nud wind, went for a stroll along the Boardwalk. , Blair saw a tiny bundle rolled about Jn. the heavy surf, washing sliorewaul, now drawn out again by tho undertow. Continued on Pare Tho. Column Tito The Weathervanc Fair tonight; Tuesday JaW; Cold, and Iright Evcrtl'chcre, JYe'tt and northiceit lrec:ca Woio. Dope for Wcdneiiayt I tlunno? DROWNED KN. . .. . v... - .:,J..(..7nr1?'. .-' . v ... , ...?.. Jjf& ;.?A'..t..Stt'tj.jay Atlantic Koto Birvlro At the left Is, Mrs. Esther Miller Blalie, who Is under arrest In Atlantic City, charged with casting her four year. old son, James Blalie, Jr., Into the ocean. Tho aboe picture was talten last summer at Vcntnor. In the center Is "Bunny" Blake, tho drowned boy. At (ho right is Mrs. Blako's little daughter, Esther EWELER FIGHTS ALLEGEDROBBER Third Attempt to Hold Up Place of Louis Hass, North Tenth Street, Is Disastrous MAN HELD AFTER CHASE 'G-corgo-.Donnelly, Twelfth street near Thompson, tried to hold up Louis Hass In his jewelry store at 1430 North Tenth. street, today, It is.allegcd. Hiss was working tieliinil tbe counter". when Donnelly entered the store. Don nelly, it is charged, shoved a revolver Into Hass's stomach and told him to hold up his handsi But Hass's store was robbed of $300 a month ago, and his front window was smashed in two weeks ago, and the intruder made him real angry. He leaped over the counter and grappled with Donnelly. They threw 'each other around and did more damage to the store than tho proverbial bull in a china shop. Hass sank his teeth in Donnelly's left linnrt nnd linnc n. He tried to force him over toward the' safe, where he had his own gun, but he failed, lie managed to roll tho two of them oyer to a bucket of ice-cold water standmg underneath the cooler. Near enough, Hass freed one hand and dumped the bucket over Donnelly's head. The bucket stuck find tho water drenched the nlleged highwayman. Just as neighbors, attracted by tho scuffle, rushed into the store Donnelly succeeded in extricating himself from the, bucket; lie hurled it at Hass s res cuers and ran from the store. Mrs. Julia Young, who lives upstairs, heard the poise of the fight and rushed down the back way to the corner saloon for sonle help. After the robbery of a month ago, she told Hass she would feel better in the future if sho had a gun. He bought her one. Mrs. Young shoved this gun into the hands of one of thoso who entered the store, from tho rear as Donnelly was leaving from the front entrance. Tho man with the gun fired, and shattered the glass transom over tho door. At Tenth and Jefferson streets, he met Albert Sarbrey, superintendent of the public baths at Eleventh street and Girard avenue, When Sarbrey saw Donnelly, drenched and with blood streaming from his hand, he decided to try to cotch him. He hit him over the head with a garbage can, but Donnelly kept going. At Eleventh and Master streets, Donnelly ran into O'Donnell nud Crooks, of the Eighth and Master street station. They arrested him and he will have a hearing today. Donnelly, when he was searched, car ried a lot of ammunition in his pockets, tho police say. IRISH BILL TO 'BE DELAYED Won't Be Introduced In Present Parliament, Says Lloyd George London, Dee. 15. (By A. P.1 Pre rcniicr Lloyd George announced In the House of Commons this afternoon that ho Irish bill would bo introduced at this session of Parliament. H prom ised a statement on Monday next giv ing an outline of the measure. Replying to a question of William Wcdgewood Benn, Liberal, as to whether tho government intended to continue military repression of Ire land until next car, the premier, ninid cheers, said it was the intention of tho government to maintain law and order. IDEAL WINTER ARRIVES Clear, Crisp Cold Proves Boon to Holiday Shoppers Ideal winter wcatliir prevails today. After alternating between 22 and 23 degrees, 'the mercury started to climb toward uoou, possibly to make it a lit tle moro comfortable for the Christmas shoupers. . . , The temperature was SO at 1 o'clock, with indications of going still higher, Ave must not be too optimistic, how cer, the weather man says, as the mercury will settle down to about 25 tonight. Fair weather is predicted for tonight and. tomorrow; BOY, HIS MOTHER AND SISTER $2.15 TAX RATE AND $54,000,000 BUDGET APPROVED BY MAYOR Smith Signs Bills, Which Sanc tion Third Increase in Toll Since He Took Office Mayor Smith this morning signed both the bills making tho 1020 city tax rate 52,15 and the budget apportioning tho $54,000,000. revenue which will ac crue from this and other sources. With seventy cents added for schools, Philadelphians will now pay taxes at tbe rate of $2.85, the highest in tho history of tho city. This is1 the -third rise in rate since Mayor Smith took office-. When he was inaugurated the city rate was $1. The following year it was Increased to $1.25 and in 101S to $1.75. The old educational iate was fifty cents. In signing the tax ordinance Mayor Smith said he fell the now rate should be ample for all the needs of the Moore administration. The signing of the budget by Mayor Smith assures the carrying out of Councils' bonus plans for city em ployes. SWAPS BOOZE FOR ART GEM Rare Tapestry Cost Saloonkeeper One Quart of Whisky Pittsburgh, Dec. lfi. The back room of Fritz Ucberle's North Side saloon may hold a fortune which waff purchased for n quart of whisky five years ago. The fortune is in the form of a fourteen foot art pane.l believed to be the work of Jean Houore Fragnnard, for whose panels both Henry C. Frlck and J. Plerpont Morgan paid fortunes and some of which now hand in Friek's Fifth avenue mansion, bequeathed to the city of New York. Professor K. F. Savage, of Carnegie Institute of Technicology, has pro nounced it the work of Fragonard. The panel is called the "Campeigne Bargue." In one corner the name of Fragonard is woven into the tapestry. WHERE WERE ROBBERS? Whole "Army" In Search But No One In Jewelry Shop There were two cops, two detectives, two lilght watchmen nnd one passor-by, yet they failed to catch one burglar. It happened this morning. Two detectives, disguised as citizens, drew two long revolvers of tho 'Wil liam Hart type and groped their way up tho rickety stairway of a jewelry shop. It was on Chestnut street near Eighth. The passer-by saw the two sleuths. Not knowing the difference between n detective and a burglar he told the two cops. They were re-enforced by the night watchman as a matter of precau tion. And so the armed forces of the law crowded tho buildiug. After much prediction, prophecy and forecasting one thing was decided upon unanimously by tho invaders and that was : The front door of the shop had been left open. HORSE HURT, WAGON BROKE Vare Truck Runs Into Backing Vehi cle at Broad and McKean A Vare , truck ran into a bakery wagon of M, Itomanoff. of Fifth and Ilcefls streets, at Broad and McKean fctroets this afternoon. Tho horse was severely injured, and the wagon smash ed. Tho truck was uninjured, Following the collision the steering gear of the truck locked, and it ran up on the pavement. James Mooney. driver of the truck, was arrested and held under ?400 ball by Magistrate Baker for a further hearing, next Mon day. FIRE IN APARTMENT Firo in the apartment of Captain Edward Zlegler, a naval officer, on the third floor of the building at 2323 Ger mantown avenue this morning caused $2000 damage to the furnishings and property. The blaze is believed to have originated in a defective flue. Mrs. Zlcgler was absent at tho time. The firm of Brill Brothers, tea and coffee dealers, which occupies the first ami second floors of tlt building, bustalncd no damage - ikifc,3v, kv' y ytyyc? sffiwv "vSbsub" i sx CONGRESS BATTLE IN THIRD WATCHED All Eyes on District in Picking of Candidate to Succeed J. Hampton Moore , WILL BIG MAN BE CHOSEN? By GEORGK NOX MrCAIN ''The Battle at tho Third" is the next great struggle ahead in Philadel phia's .perturbed politics. Tnere is to ue neiuier nsKing 01 nor giving ot quar ter, I understand. While Senator Edwin II. Vare has not publicly espoused the cause of any one of the three congressional candi dates, who, cop in hand, stand nwait ing his good pleasure, it is equally a fact that no candidate has been even considered by the opposition : nnd there is to be no unseemly hurry In the final Selection. Whoever may be the choice of the Moore Republican leaders, one thing Is certain, he will be n representative citi zen who will not only adequately rep resent tlfe district but who will be In intimate touch with itn pmnt lru1nttri.il and mercantile interests, Preferably he win do a manufacturer ; a business and not a political congressman. Philadelphia lins miffprivl lit Intorvnla for years from an overplus of political congressmen. Not nil are of that charac for, to be sure. In one or two instances there have been selected political con giessmen who would have been greatly out of place even in the back row on tne lett-liand side of the House nt Har risburir. The concressmnn wns not in blame. It was the boss who placed him. I'tllinue nill.l npprfl rn tnrn int r!,A tiling To do is to send a big man to i-cmgrcss auu Keep Mm tnere. Planned Attoch on Mooro J. Hampton Moore is an example of such a system. His long service nnd aoimy maue mm the most valuable as set of the Philadelphia delegation. Yet with this fact staring the politicians in the face Mooro was marked for slaughter two years ago. At the eleventh hour the lenders, thoso who opposed him, had an attack of political chil blains, and removed Sam Salus, their experimental candidate, from the zone ot action. If Mr. Moore had failed in the mayoralty contest this fall, even the dilettante In politics knew hlstermerltv for presuming to be a candidate was to cost him his congressional office as representative from the Thir.d if it could bo worked. A part of tho general scllcme of n new deal In Philadelphia Republican politics involves the election of a con gressman in Mr. Moore's place who will, minus the mayor-elect's years of experience nt Washington, size up to him in point of ability. ANo in the power to command the highest respect and confidence of his confreres in Con. grcss. A ward politician cannot do this. The Third Congressional district is worthy of such representation. It is one of the greatest manufacturing centers in the Unrted States. The man who represents the Third district represents the port of Phila delphia. Its waterline along tho Dela ware Is not' only the port of entry for our international commerce, but it is tho harbor for the coastwise traffic coming to our threshold. The new director of Wharves, Docks, Ferries, George F. Sproulc, as secretary of the board of navigation commission ers, imparted through tho columns of tho Evenino ITjiimc Ledokh last August the impressive fact that Philadelphia is tho second port of importance in the United States, It is ahead of Liverpool in tho volume ot Its maritime business. Port Has Forged Ahead The port of Philadelphia has forged forward with Brobdiugnagian leaps in the last thirty years. The business of that day could now bo handled by one tenth the number of ships. Where a cargo of 1000 tons of sugar then was tho exception a 10,000-ton cargo Is now of the commonplace. The Third district's approximate pre war industrial output was valued at more than $400,000,000, based on avail- Continued on Pare Two, Column On Whin you think of wrltlnr. think of VPHJTlSO.ildv: j-s- MATY DEADLOCK IS INTENSIFIED BY WW Demand of Business for Relief, However, May Force Sen ate Compromise UTTERANCES OF WILSON BRING "REVOLT" IN PARTY Delay Would Mean Carrying of League Issue Into Po litical Campaign By CLINTON AV. GILHEBT MnfT ( orrrpondrnt t llm KTcnlne 1'uhllr l.Mlefr Washington, Dec. l.". The purpose of the President's latest statement upon the tieaty is political. The aim is to place upon the Republicans responsi bility for the failure of the pence and the dangerous financial conditions which are beginning to make the business world nnxious. The White House statement follons: "It was learned from tho highest authority at the executive office today that the hope of the Republican leaders of the Senate that the President would presently make some move which will relieve tho situation with regard to the treaty is entirely without foundation. He hns no compromise or concession of any kind in mind, but intends n far as lie is concerned that the Rupub licnn leaders of the Senate shall continu to beitr the undivided responsibility for the fate of the treaty and the present condition of the world in consequence of that fate." Tho statement is the President's own. T'nlike most of the utterances of the White House since the President's ill ness began, thiR one is leported to have been dictated by Mr. Wilson himself. So far as can be learned it was not made upon anv one's advice. It was npropos of nothing in particular. It surprised the President s followers' in the Senate, although some of them had had intimation of it for the last few days. "vimt had been predicted before Christinas was the resubmission of the treaty by the President. This pre diction had been made almost officially. But the President has chosen to take the rather technical groiind that the treaty js still before the Senate nnd that re (ponsibilitv for action upon it lies with the Republican leaders. McCnll Blames Republicans Along with the President's state ment comes the clatter of ev-Gov-ernor McCall. of Massachusetts, ad dressed to Senator Lcnroot. Governor McCnll is n Wilson Republican. He is sitting in the Industrial confer ence here. He is utterly disliked by Senator Lodge and only less so by the Republicans generally. Mr. McCall seeks to fasten responsi bility for the defeat of tho treaty solely unon the Reniiblicnns. The two state ments will not add to tho good temper Mir spirit of cnnipiomlsc among the Re publicans in the Senate. In spite of a desire to compromise which exists widely in the ranks of both parties In the Srnato. the dead lock has been Intensified by the Presi dent's latest utterance. The President looks rather to the next campaign than to the situation in the upper house in trying to fasten respon sibility upon the Republicans. Plays Into G. O. P. Hands The Issue is slowly shaping itself. On the one side the Republicans nrc saying that the only immovable and un pnmnrnmlslncr nnrtv' In the controversy all along hns been th President. Every one else, they say with n certain degree of truth, was willing to yield. And they gave the President s own state ment, Ills speeclies on the western trip, with which to ronvince the country that he has all along resisted compromise. His latest utternncc plays into their hands. He hns "no compromise or con cessions of anv kind In mind," it de clares. The Republican opposition to thp treaty is craduolly shlftine Its ground. Its position now is that it docs not wish to kill tlie treaty.- It merely intends that the country shall hnve an opportunity to vote upon it in the national election before being com mitted to the lengue of nations. On the other hand, the President is contending that the Republican party is solely responsible for the defent of the treaty. The question of who killed the treaty promises to be as enduring as the question "Who killed cock rob in?" But everything now tends to ward fixing responsibility for killing the treaty rather than to working out an agreement upon the treaty. Business Men Urge Action Against the long delay involved in making the treaty an Issue in the next campaign the financial situation is oper ating. A very definite drive on the party of business for the ratification of tho trcnty can be seen louny. urns move probnbly Is not organized. It is prohn iilv nnontnneous. It snrfiics from cer tain anxieties business men feel over the situation witn respect to loreign ex change, Business men are deeply concerned. Tho letters which senators aro receiv ing tndav timing the ndontion of the treaty aro totally different in character from tliose mey rcccivru a monm ago. A little while ago college professors. Continued on I'nro Two, Column SU Nearby Temperatures Early This Morning Jeukintown IS Lansdowno 17 Narberth 14 Paoll 14 Tacony IT Gcrmantown 17 Bala 18 PRES STAND $300 Spent in Wild Time; Boy Gives Budget to Court An Itemized Account of Escapade of 3 Youths Is Submitted to Recorder in Camden $30 Taxi. Bill, Clothes. Re volvers and Trip to New York and Camp Dix Are Included A precedent 'as set fur the nnnnis of jinenile delinquency this morning w-lien three joutlis. one of whom had purloined $,';(I0 in r:mh and one $,"10 Libert) Bond from his father, filed with the 1 pi order an ilemi.ed statement of expenditures. All nioncs evpnnled b.' the trio was nceounted for except thnt which went for fond, and I he ins explained thnt the) nle m tniirh and mi oflen thai nothing slmrt 'it an milling machine could IniM Kepi tub mi Hie "catw." The bo. s nr ulciifiue Szgebnkwie.s, fouiteeii .wars old. of 1127 Mount Lpli raim iiwmtc : 1 ,0111s Wo.tkowich, fif teen jpiim old, of III 1 Mt. Vernon street, and Alexander Zebrmski, fif teen years old, of 1010 Liberty street, all of Camden. The) were arraigned GALE HAMPERS EFFORTS TO FLQAT TITREE SFIPS VINEYARD HAVEN, Macs., Dec. 15. A northwest (?iic today hampered efforts to float tluee co.il-laden steamships vdiicTi weie tossed ashore hy the storm in Vineyard Sound yes teiuny. The ships were bound fioni Norfolk for Boston. U- S- VINES AID FRENCH WINE GROWERS PARIS, Dee. 15. -Experiments made by Professor Daniel, of Rennes University, In a vineyard near Bonnes in planting hybrid vines, obtained by grafting American vines on the ntive, p.io reeposlble for the hope bf the re-establishmet of -wine, growing in Brltanny. Grape culture was ended therq 'forty yeais ago by plant lice. .. AiViER CAN RANCHER! WOMEN RELEASED BY VILLA1 Brigand Yields Captive Without Ransom as U. S. Takes Action RICH MEXICANS ALSO FREED U llio Associated Press K.li'le l'nss. Te.v.. Dee. 1,"i. Vrcil (!. Hugo, of K Paso, manager of the .1. M. Dohie ranch, pear Muziiuiz, Me.w, has been rclens"d b the VlllMns who had held him for SlO.Oiin lausoni. ac cording to advices received here today. No ransom was piid. T,ifn-in t!r,, nf Tliif.n'ft rnlenso vll 4 ,i,,', ,,,... ,1.1, .., ..... ........ ..... contained in a telegram received by the t nrrnnza garrison at iieorus enun from (ienernl Alfredo Rlciut, conmnud- lug ne of the columns of government - . . , 1. .,. )iii ., lorces sent to lme-renr ine i"isuis Several wealthy Mcxicnns, taken with Hugo in the icicnt raid on Muzuuiz nnd held for S."(lO() ransom each also were released without payment of any mono)', the telegram stated. (i. M. Kni-iiS'n Mexican consul here, made pub lic the telegram. Washington. Dec 1.". flly A. P.I ftefore learning of Hugo's release the State Department todav directed the Aineric-in embassy nt Mexico City to make representations on the subject to the Mexican f!n eminent. The embassy nnd the Amcrlrnn con sul at Kncle l'nss were instructed to mnke nn independent investinntion of the incident nnd n'so to investigate re ports thnt the Yilli-tns carried off an other American mimed Phillips. The State Depaitment said: "Two American citis-ens. Frederick Hugo, innnni'er of the hacienda Ln Rucias, near Miiuiife. In Ccmhuiln. nnd a man mimed I'liHHi. understood to be also 1111 ciiimIoo of that hacienda, are reported t be held bv Villistas for ran som, according to dispatches received by the Department of State. Hugo Is said to be held for ransom of 10,000 "The Department of State has taken steps with n view to action by the Mexi can federal authorities for the release of the prisoners. "A dispatch to the department says that refugees report that Villistas evacuated Muzquix December 1il. and under the personal command of Fran cisco Villa left for the Pnlomas moun tains, stating that they would await the arrival of tho ransom money nt the hacienda Mnnchos in tho mountains Pinos, near the Chihuahua line. Muz quiz was ransacked aril almost every thing movable, including horses and mules, wns taken from tho Americnn owned rnnches nt Mariposa and Las Rucias. "A number of reputedly wealthy Mexicans are said to'have been carried off. Mexican federal forces, under Gen erals Ricatit and Peraldl, entered Muz quiz after thc'illlstas evacuated," Hera Arc a Few Items in B ml gel of Boys' Frolic Three pairs shoes, $21 .B0. Five pairs gloves, $21. Three pairs trousers, $20. ,"0. Shirts nnd ties. $11. One room, one night, $l.fi0. One room, one night. $.1.50. Three levohers, $lS.iiO. Ammunition, $3.D."i. Fic tickets to New York. $11.00. Two tickets to Philadelphia, 5.-.SI. .litne) fare. $.111. Two watches, $5, Two fobs, $"). Suitcase, $5. before Recorder Stnckhoube in Camden this morning on the charge of theft. Martin Cnmpole, twenty-two years old, of 1010 South Tenth street, Camden, was also arraigned charged with re ceiving inone) known to him to have been stolen. Valentine was the financier of the three adventures. It was he. it is said who took the money and went forth with his companions o see life. The bo)s ,hnd beeu arrested last Thursday, Valentine in New York nnd the other two in Broad Street Station Continued on Pace Two. Column One WHENSTAGKFALLS Laundresses Near Death or Serious Injury as Iron Pipe Crashes Through Skylight AT 12TH AND SANS0M STS. Pour women employed in a laundry nt 120." Snnsom street, had narrow escapes this afternoon when part of an Iron smokestack, broken by the wind, fell through a sk) light and struck the wo-kroom llonr. Mrs. Alice McMullin. one of the emplo)cs, had been working nt a table directly under the skylight. An open door sent cold nlr swirling into the room, nnd Mrs. McMullin stepped to the door to close it. Ah she did the skylight wns shuttered by the stack and fragments of glass and iron showered down on the table and floor. Three tithcr women, working neaiby were not missed being struck bv the fragments. Tho laundry is operated by the Child chain nf Hstaurunts. According to the police n steam pipe extended half the length of the stack. Kscnping steam, the police say, corroded the iron stack. A puff of wind blew over the upper part of the stack. 2 WOMEN SHOT AND KILLED Daughter of Ono Critically Injured In Family Row lennnettc, Pa., Dec. l,"i. (Ry A, P.) Mrs. Anna Snrn nnd one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Sylvester, were shot nnd killed toda) and another daughter, Lena Sam, was probably fotall) wounded, at 1 1) do Park, near here. State pglice are seeking S)l ester in connection with the crime. The authorities explained that Mrs. Sylvester, who had not been living with her husband, recently wen tto reside nt her mother's home. Sylvester appeared nt the house today, the police said, and during the quarrel which followed, Mrs. Sara was killed first. Mrs. Sylvester was next shot down. and Miss Sam was wounded in the bacK wni!e trying to escape. LLOYD GEORGE WARNS REDS Must End Civil War Before 8eeklng Peace With Britain Ixmdon, Dec. lfi, (Ry A. P.) i-rcmier j-iioyu corgo explained to the House of Commons todny the refusal of James O'Grady, Ilrltlsh representative at Copenhagen, to recelvo pence, pro posals from M. Litvluoff, tho Russian soviet representative, Tho premier said that if tho Ilolslm. vlkl wanted nCnco they must iirst mnke peace, with tiio people with whom they were warring uencrni uenutln, Ad inlral Kolchnk and tithcrs. N DANGER (NATION WILL STAY DRY; APPEALS OF WEjSjm Congress Still Has War Powers, Highest U. S. Court Unani mously Finds DECISION ON BEER CASES EXPECTED NEXT MONDAY Constitutional Amendment Su. persedes State Laws, Bran- deis Announces Ry Uie Associated Press Washington, Dec. 15. Wartime pro hibition was held constitutional today by the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision. Thus vanished the hopes nf many for a wet holiday time. No decision was rendered on the cases involving the constitutionality ot the Volstead law, tho piohibition en forcement net framed to carry out the intent of the prohibition amendment to the constitution. In pusslng, however, Associate Jus tice Rrandeis, who read the decision, did hold that the prohibition amend ment was binding on the states as well as the federal government. War Powers Still in Effect1 The court entirely reversed the con tention of tho wets that wartimo pro hibition wns outside tho wartime powers of Congress and pointed out that war time control of food and railroads still were in effect. The decision added one. of the final milestones to the long fight to make the country dry. The court will render opinions again next Monday at which time the beer cases -arc expected to be decided, after which the court will recess until Jan uary 5. The prohibition constitutional amendment will become effective Jan uary 10. Upon tho court's decision Xjn the pro hibition enforcement law will depend whether the federal government has at hand any legal means for making th amendment effective. Will Keep Country Dry The constitutionality of war-tiina prohibition, however, tho drys aro colli lident, will keep the country dry until the nmendmeut is carried into effect by law of its own. The decision of the court today was made on appeals from Kentucky and New York, Dissolves Kentucky Injunction In deciding the war time prohibition question the Supreme Court nlso dis solved injunctions restraining revenue officials from interfering with the re moval from bond of about 70,000,000 gallons of whisky valued at approxi mately S7.kOOO.000 held by the Ken tucky Distilleries and Warehouse Co., of Louisville, Ky. Federal court decrees In rscw- lorK dismissing proceedings brought by Dry- foos, Ilium 4c Co. to compel internal revenue officials to permit the with drawal from bond of whisky for bev erage purposes were affirmed by the court. Justice Rrandeis said the government did not appropriate the liquor by stop ping its domestic sale, as uie way was left open for exporting it. Justice Rrandeis said there -was no basis for the contention that President Wilson's statement in his message vetp ing tho prohibition enforcement act that the war had come to an end was a proclamation announcing the termina tion of tho war. Text of Decision Justice IJrandeis's decision in part follows ; "The war power of the United States, like its other powers and like the police power of the states, Is subject to ap plicable constitutional limitations; but the fifth ninendment imposes in this re spect no greater limitation upon the untionnl power than does the fourteenth amendment upon state power, "If the nature and conditions of a restriction upon the use or disposition o property is such that a state could, under tho police power, impose it con sistently with tho fourteenth amend ment without making compensation, then the United State? may for a per mitted purposo impose n like restriction consistently with the fifth nmendmeut without making compensation; for prohibition of tho liquor traffic is cont ceded to be an appropriate menus of in creasing our war efficiency. "Rut no reason appears why a state statute, which postpones Us effective dnto long enough to enable those en gaged in the busiurss to dispose of stocks 011 hand at the date of its enactment, should be obnoxious to the fourteenth amendment; or why such a federal law should be obnoxious to the fifth amend ment. Property Not SeUeil "We ennuot say that seven mouths and nine days was not n reasonable? i" 'i Continued on Tare Two, Column Tbr 'WET' STOCKS FALL QUICKLY Wall Street Reflects Decision of Supreme Court ' New York, Dm in. (Ry A. P.) J Wild trading in tho United States Food . Products Co.. which has largo stores ) of liquor on hand, followed receipt in Wall street of the uews that the United j States Supreme Court hnd declared war- time prohibition constitutional. Thft J stock, which had been selling a feiy minutes before nt 78 to 8J, Jraiilcdl- ately dropped to 711. United States Industrial Alcohol wm ' less severely affected, losing about tw' points. 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