' : H'&mtii0i&w' M.-- faienfng Ihtbitc IMzbzt NIGHT EXTRA FMNTJUVCIAX THE WEATHER Washington, Dee. 10. "Fair and con tlnutd cold today and tomorrow. TKMrKBATCltE AT EACH HOUB I 8 0 10 111 12 1 l 2 I 3 I 4 0 ' IS 'IK 120 21 123 23 I I I I ift. VOL. VI. NO. 80 Entered a Second-Class Matter at the rontndlce, t Philadelphia, r. Under tho Act of March 3. 18711. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1919 Published Daily Kxrept Sunday. Hulmerlptlon Price f(l a Tear by Mall. CopjrlEht, Wilt, by Public I-edner Company. PRICE TWO CENTS W (" vs w ft- Id If' lf ' l I m l&: Nf I tr t H l w 5? r. w SUA DELUSION?' MRSLBLAKEASKSOF Accused Mother Gives First Hint She Knows Child Was Not Stolen SAYS CHILD RAN AHEAD AND MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER Talks Freely to County Physi. cian Who Asserts Woman Is "Insane Bi a Staff Correspondent Atlantic City, Dec. 10. "Was It delusion, doctor?" Mrs. Esther Miller Blake, charged with murdering her fivc-yonr-old son "Buddy" by throwing him from the Vcntnor pier into the icy waters of the Atlantic last Friday evening, asked this question of Dr. L. It. Souder, At lantic county physician, when ho was questioning her. It was the mother's first admission that the wild story of an attack by negro kidnappers, cobbed out to a startled woman whom Mrs. Blake had (summoned by ringing tho doorbell of a house in Vpntnor near the scene of the boy's death, was not the true version. ' "Wus it a. delusion, doctor?" she nsked. "You mean the story of the negroes?" Doctor Bonder asked quietly. "Yes," she answered pitifully. "Was that all a delusion?" "We shall have to dismiss that ttory." said the doctor, "because you know It is not true." "Well," she said, throwing her head back wearily on the pillow. "I thought that some one grabbed mc. It nil seems bo long ago." Mind Is Slowly Clearing Slowly the mother's mind is clear ing. Memory of tho net of which the police accuse her has not returned. She knows her boy is dcud, but protests that uq mother could murder her own child. Sho knows that she is charged with murder. Apparently she is grop ing in the mental darkness of the last few days for n, spark, of memory that will reveal to her the true story of her boy's death. ' t Her first glimmering of what might nave happened came last night, when she talked wjth Doctor Souder. She repealed and apipliflcd 'the sairie story today In a further conversation with him and with Dr.- Johu T. Beckwith. She way never romp to trial for her cnilds murdco. The physicians and roijnty officials arc considering the tvis ctyra of calling a commission in lunacy f examine her. Mho might bo sent to ,fln. dsylum without trial, or, ,if tho prosecutor po desires, slid might be tried no mutter what the verdict of such a commission. Headaches, so .severe that she carried . no recollection of whut took place dur i ing them, figure in the strange case. She had such a headache last Friday, "If the kidnapping blory is.not true," sho fcaid to the physicians today, "and it is as truo and vivid to mo us any occurrence could bo, I don't know what took place last Friday evening, when I had a headache. ''I did not kill 'Buddy.' Any mother Itnows that I could not have doryp such a thing," sho repented. Recalls Old Delusion But she admitted the possibility that It might bo a. delusion. Sho told of a visit to n sanitarium several years ago. At that time,, she ijaid, she accused Jiurses of attacking her. Later the churgo proved false, but the delusion still clung to her, she suid, and she Mill has n vivid impression of heV feel ings under the attack. x She told Doctor Souder for the first time today tho cause of her husbuud's lescrtiou. JJer frequent delusions, coupled with the fuct that she had threatened his life and was highly tem peramental, caused him to (tako their two children, "Buddy" and Esther. She insisted that if her sou was not kidnapped she had u delusion to that effect. "Might he not hove escaped you and run out on the pier at Vcntnor?" Doctor Koudor asked. "He might have, but I don't remem ber such an occurrence," she replied. 'And then' ho might have fallen or crawled into, the .ocean," the physician fciiggcstcd. "He' was awfully fond of the water," hc replied, "awl might have done that. "Vc always had trouble keeping him away from the water'." For Doctor Soudor's benefit she re peated the story of the attack and kid napping by negroes. It was essentially the same one she told Friday, -and she repeated that she remembered It per fectly. May Be Paranoia Victim Following the talk with Mrs. Blake Doctor Souder expressed the thought that sue is sunering irom paranoia or delusional insanity. ' Dr. 8. Bnrbash, phydcian in charge of her case at the hospital, said Mrs. Blake is in fair physical condition, but that she continually complains of real or imaginary ailments. "Sno is in me same condition as any other nervously high-strung woman vould be under the circumstances," he aid, "I am not prepared to hazard an .opinion as to her sanity, and will not be until I study the case more fullr." Mrs. Blaka told the physicians she sad been subject to delusions (or many years. "I think I have gained her oonfi. dencc," said Doctor Souder in telling of the Interview. "Sho suid sho thought I was honest and that if she had any thing more to say she would send fori mo." William Sprague, chief of. police of Vcntnor, will ylsit her this afternoon In tho hope that sho may further mod ify her original story. Doctor Bonder's questions, asked Continued on Face Two, Column Two TJig Wcathervane Fair and continued cold tonight "With rn,ceit iciiidj a-blow'tng, Wednesday weather fair and, orlfiht. ThurtiatT Thert a no kotofg. li KIDNAPPING STORY ill i iiwfn How Mercury Dropped in Philadelphia Suburbs Degrees .Nnrbcrth i 10 Paoil , 12 Bala 14 Dryn Mawr 14 Ardmorc 1G Gcrmnntown 10 Jcnklntown 18 CITY SHIVERS AGAIN Mercury Drops to 16, Forming Ice on Ponds; 8katlng Prohibited With tho temperature down to six teen degrees for about three hours this niorning, Philadelphia is having another "coldest day" of the season. Ice is forming on the ponds, but sknt ing is not being permitted today becnusc it is not thick enough for safety. Eager skating enthusiasts were tele phoning to the parks and elsewhere this morning, seeking places at which they could enjoy the sport. A cloudless sky and clear, though cold, nlr encouraged Christmas shop-, pert). DOGS GUARD WOMAN'S BODY Mistress Found Dead In Home,- Pets Snarl at Police Miss Ida Baizley, fifty-five years old, who lived alone at 844 North Ninth street, was found dead in her kitchen last night. Two dogs stood guard over the body and snnricd nt the police. Jacob Levin, a grpcer, 842 North Ninth street, told the police Miss Balz ley had not been seen since 5:30 n. m. last Saturday. Police believe deatli was due to heart disease. Few ol the neighbors knew Miss Baizley, who is believed to have a brother in this city. According to Al bert Sebold, 075 North Fifth street, whose wife had a slight acquaintance with Miss Baizley, she had a fear of burglars, so kept two big dogs in the house. THREE DIE IN PISTOL FIGHT Doctor, His Brother-ln-Law and An other Killed In Family Brawl Columbia, S. C, Dec. 10. (By A. P.) Dr. J. II. Pratt, a physician, his brother-in-law, John Bell, and Koyall Cotton, of Charleston, were killed in a pistol fight Sunday' night at the coun try home of Mrs. J. '. Bell, near St. Stephens, according to reports received here today. Doctor Pratt, after returning from church, is said to have found young Cotton at his mother-iu.-Iuw's home. Pratt, it Js stated, fire'd - nt Cotton, whom ho had warned to stay away from tho house. He then went, to his room upstairs. John Hell . came into ' the parlor, and being mistaken for Pratt by Cotton, was fired upon, 'He fell with' a bullet. in uw heart. Pratt returned to tho roonf and mortally wounded Cotton, but was himself shot four times by Cotton and died soon afterwards. JUDGE SPEEDS UPTRIAL Tires of Verbal Voyages of Mate in Skipper's Case "Speed up" was the order given by Federal Judgo Thompson today to United Stales Attorney Kane In tho prosecution of Robert Ferguson, skipper of the steamship Boykiu, on charges of jeopardizing Uic lives of the crew through drunkenness ou n voyage from Havre, France, to this city. Grovcr C. Fretwell, first mate of the. Boykin, was a whole day on tho wit ness stand, vividly recounting the swearing proclivities of the skipper while under the inuuciico ot cognac, ami ordering things doue no sensible seaman should, nnd ho started to go over the story again today when Judge Thompson, tiring of tho verbal voyages, ordered more steuni up. - . PROBE OF MARTENS ASKED Kenyon Requests Senate to Investi gate Soviet Envoy Washington, Dec. 10. (By A. re investigation, of the activities jind status of Ludwig 0. A. K. Martens, self-styled "Russian soviet ambassa dor," with headquarters in Now1 York, was proposed in a resolution introduced today by Senator Kenyon, Republican, of Iowa, It wus referred to the foreign rela tions committee, which would make the inquiry. CHILD DIES OF BURN8 Elizabeth Marts, four years old, 023 North Front street, Gamden, died early today in Cooper Hospital as the result of burns received when her dress caught fire from tho kitchen range, near which she played. The child's mother iyially beat out Uic names. GIRL 16, WHO KILLED FATHER CALM AS TRIAL APPROACHES tiara Bartel Attends to Household Duties While Throngs Crowd Doylcstotvris Courthouse Case May Open Tomorr'oiv From a BtajJ Corre'J'ondent Doylestown, Pa., Dec. 10. Waiting for the call to court, shttecn-year-old Clara Bartel, charged with tho murder of her father last summer, busies' her self with little household duties at the home of Mrs. C. K, Nightingale, pro bation officer. In dark skirt nnd fresh middy blouse with leather belt. Clara herself an swered the doorbell today, but was not allowed to talk with visitors. She has -found a stanch friend in Mi's. Nlghflngale, who has asked her to visit her homo rather thau'go to a hotel or detention houso while sho awaits trial. "The child is so sweet and simple, It Is too bad for her to havo to be put among htrangers who would question her character," said the probation of ficer. Not Allowed to See Strangers "Because of orders of the court we have not ollqwcd her to talk with any 'one. Wo went for a walk Humluy afternoon, but that Is the only time Clara has been out since sho came here nearly a week ugo. I liko to havo her with me." . , For the most part Clara has remained calm nnd self-possessed, according to Mrs, Nightingale only now and then expressing a youthful wonder concern jni hr act of last suawer. v L WEAR SHE SAW FATHER KILL 18-Year-Old Married Woman Gives Damaging Testimony Against Parent in Court ASKED 'DO YOU LOVE HIM?' M DON'T HATE HIM,' REPLY, Crowd in Doylestown Courtroom Hears Tragic Tale of Fight. Jealousy Is Suspected Dojlcslown, Pa.. Dec. 10. Tf IIair II. Adams, of (Juukertowii, goes to the electric chair for the murder of Cbn stable John P. Weltzel, it will be large ly on the testimony of his own daughter Mrs. J. Arthur Jones, eighteen years crlil, who has been married two years,' took the witness stand in Adams's trial today nnd described the fight in the barn on the Adams place in which Weitzel was killed and the .an now on trial for Ills life so severely wounded that for a long time he lay at the point of death in the ISl'thlchem Hospital. The daughter told of hnving seen the two men fight. She swore thnt she had seen her father fire and his antagonist full. She told how her father, severely wounded, had struck his enemy over tho head and face with a hammer. Doesn't "Hate" Her Father "Do you not love your father?" asked Major George Ross, who is defending Adams. "Well, I can't say that I hate him," the girl answered. A large crowd heard the girl's dra matic recital, drawn from her by Hiram II. Heller, the district attorney. It wns the first dramatic moment iu a trial. , The commonwealth opened Its case against Adams yesterday. The shoot ing of Weltzel occurred June 10. Adams had been living apart from his wife for some years. According to the story told immediately after the shootiug he had tried to remove n buggy from the Adams place, where his wife lived. Weltzel, the console, whose home was near bv, interfered. The fight followed, it is alleged. Weltzel went down with bullets iu his head, left arm nnd leg. Adams was wounded iu the fight, but tried to get away, but wns cuught. Another development today was tho introduction of a possible lAotivc of jealousy. Chief of Police Rhoads, who arrested Adams ufter the shooting, testi fied toduy that among omer i lings AKims until when no wus urrcsicu ; i Well. I'm clad I got him. She won't see him touight. ' .Sorry. He "Didn't. fieMIer,"- "I'm sorry" I didn't get her nt the same time," Rhouds testified, Adams said. l , , Neighbors testified also at today s session of Court. Sharp contradictions hi testimony developing today promised n hard fight during the future days ot the trial. Charles Jacoby, n witness for the common wealth, testified he had seen the shooting from u window of the home of Mrs. Annie M. Forks, and that Adams had shot first and not in self defense, as his attorneys claim. Mrs. Forks followed him immediately on the btuud, and swore that the win dow rom which Jacoby testified lie hud witnessed the shooting is so obstructed that it would have been impossible for liim to have sren it. Mrs. Forks was cross-examined for un hour by Major Ross. MOORE TO SEE CORTELYOU Mayor-elect's List of Afternoon Callers Includes "Others" Mavor-clcct Moore will talk this af ternoon with James T. Cortelyou, who bus been persistently mentioned for di rector of public safety. "I am not making any announce ment, however," Mr. Moore added, em phasizing thnt his mind wus not made up. He added that lie would see ".Mr. Cortelyou and others." The Mayor-elect expressed a desire to go into the councilmunic situation ns early as possible. It is believed he will confer in a few days with the members-elect of tho nqw Council, with a view to co-operation. Mr. Moore said he had an open mind regarding the presidency of Council. A n.nn Mil ffllllTK tflHllV U'PfO Wll- linm R. Nicholson, president of the Lnnd Title and Trust Co, ; Henry Starr Richardson, county commissioner, nnd David J. Smyth. but other court business is not finished, and the Bartel ense probably will not be called before tomorrow afternoon or tho next day. All of Bartel's relatives are "here and have bten patiently sltriug in tho court room waiting for the case to begin. Mrs. Amelia' Bartel, eighty-year-old jnotber of the slain man, sat surrounded by her daughters and sons-in-law, who live in Oxford vnllcy. near the Bartel home. They are bitter against Mrs. Charles Bartel and the family of the man who was killed. Mother Grieves for Son Thn aged mother says she has slept scarcely at all since her .son's deatli. "Charlie," she said, "was my only boy and the last to carry our name. Ills own llttlo boy died and his three other children arc girls. The old woman lives with her daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam C. Stelnmueller, both of whom were with her today. Mrs, Clara Miller and Mrs.i Minute Mclicesc, two other sisters of tho slain man, also were here. Thev talked with any one interested In the trial, eagerly taklug tho part of their brother. Tho Bartel case, which has aroused tho farmers for miles about to fevered Interest, win Do hearu nctorq Judgo Wil liam C. Rvan. The, murder occurred In tho town Pf CONSTABLE IN ROW Cwtlfciinjl MI V Tmu f ohmwi mt Shivery Weather UBk -81 SBIIbSShl w my,j. W II II l"l I I'l 1 1 III WWII M B Sv O " rffffrnf''fiffBl1rWffMMiMBffff ilaB"'" iEe8Re&9lae1SlBDlllllfllaff--K itHBIIIIHr' 1H cw -1 LedKer Photo Serlco HARD TO DO Keeping warm on a "coldest day" without an overcoat is a diflicult task, even over a boiler-room grat ing In the p:icincnl DORPAT DECISION DELAYED Bolshevik Official Goes to Moscow for Further Instructions Dorpat, KsthonU, Dec. 10. (By A. P.) Instead of returning to Dorpat yesterday, it is learned thnt M. Kras sln, Bolshevik minister of trade uud commerce, who last Friday announced Ihnt he must consult with his govern ment before answering the Esthoniuns on tiieir final frontier proposition, pro ceeded to Moscow from Pskov, where he went last Saturday. Therefore the meeting nt whlclr it is ejtpccted the fate of the negotiations between the Esthoniuns nnd the Bol shevik representative will be determined bus been deferred for a luy or two. WOMAN DIES IN 100TH YEAR Mrs. Catherine De ArmonBorn in New Yjrk June 10, 1,820, , Mrs. CiiHic'rine De Armon. who was In her 100th year,- died today at her home. J!23 Locust street, where she hud lived more than forty years. airs. 1J( "Armon was born In Kcneen county. New York, June 10, 1820, nnd came to this city in 1878. Sho lind a remarkable memory uud easily recalled many incidents in tno nation s ear .v life which she hud witnessed or heard discussed. She is survived by two daughters, Dr. Emma W. Brooke and Mrs. Georgianiiu Cooke. Doctor Brooke and Mrs. Cooke live at the Locust street uddress. SAVES WOMAN AND BABIES Passerby Carries Them From Smoke- Filled Home as Stable Burns A woman nnu her two children, ouc nn infant, escaped death from siiffocu tiou early today when they were carried from their smoke-filled home by Thomas Hayes. 2&"2 North Fifth street, who heard the mother s cries. Tho woman is Mrs. Hugh O'Neil who lives next loa stable at 2."illl North Hope street, which burned today with two horses. Dumuco wus .()(). Tliu stable was owned by David Marion and Lewis Gonlan. (iordau wus repairing his automobile in tho stuble when it caught fire. The Homes spread to some buy. The children urc Edna, two mouths, ami Agues, fifteen months old. SUGAR B1L,L TO BE REPORTED House Committee Favors Continuing Presldent'3 Control of Prices Washington, Dec. 10. (By A. P.) An amendment retaining in force the provision of the food control law giv ing the President authority to control the prices and rcgulute the movement of sugar was upproved today by the House agriculture committee. Favorable report on-the Senato bill continuing the .United States sugar equalization board through 1020 wus ordered. POLICEMAN KILLS BANDIT Interrupts Hold-Up In Which Victim is Probably Mortally Wounded Cleveland. Dec. 16. (By A P.) Patrolman Tnkacs" shot and killed u bandit, said to be Arthur Cameron, enrly today while Cameron and n com panion were holding up John Vnnikus, a restaurant keeper. In tho exchnnge of shots Vanikas was shot through the neck nnd probably fa tally wounded by ono ot the bundlts". The second robber wns, captured. BELGIUM NOT A NEUTRAL VVIII Refuse to Return to Pre-War Status, Says Brussels Paper Brussels, Dec. 10. (By A. P.) The Belgian Government will refuse ab solutely U return to it stuto of neu trality, according to the Independence Beige. Declarations soon to bo made by Premier Delacroix on the subject will specify the government's viewpoint, the newspaper adds. WOMAN DIES AFTER FALL A fall downstairs proved fatal to Mrs. Mamie 1)1 Paolo, fqrty-three years old. C03 Marlyn road, before midnight Trtt tr1if Hit A H tori uliriftivr afi.M,. ward in the West Philadelphia Home opathic Hospital from a broken neck. Mrs. 1)1 l'aolo una Just nut her children to bed, and was on her way to the cellar to take down lomc clothes Which he had hanging up, to dry. In the dark fcho ullwwd nt & narrow step and T T Refuses Indefinite Continuance, However, as Renewal of Walkout Is Possible HOWAT MUST ANSWER FOR 'NO BEER, NO WORK' STRIKE j i . ji t: ai:ii Grand Jury at Indianapolis Will Proceed With Conspiracy Investigation By the Associated Press Indianapolis, Dec. 10. Charges of contempt of court against eighty-four officials of the United Mine Workers of America, with one exception, were continued today by United States Dis trict Judge Anderson until such u date as it is deemed ndvisnbie to bring the cases again before the court. The exception is the charge against Urxnndcr Howat, president of the Kansas district of the mine workers, who is charged with continued violation of the court's injunction against fur therance of the strike. Attorneys for Howat, who is under SIO.OOO bond, were Instructed to have him uppear in court Monday morning, December 22. Government attorneys charge that, since the agreement reached tir Hip miners lust week to end the strike on the basis suggested by Presi dent Wilson. Howat has been instru mental in ending the strike in the Kan sas region in so far as it affected men called out on October 31, but bus suc ceeded iu keeping out men ivko were on a locnl strike prior to the general strike. Judge Holds Club Over Miners The motion for contiuunncc of the charges of contempt was made by Henry Wnrriim, general counsel for the United Mine Workers, nnd wns concurred iu by the government. The nttorneys took the position that resumption of opera tion and return to work of miners in compliance with tho agreement reached here last week constituted compliance with the court's order for ending the strike. Judge Anderson said he was unwllliug to continue the cases indefinitely and indicated that they probably would be called up again within a week or two for a report us to whether the miners weic continuing in their obedience of tho injunction. Judge Anderson nsked for an ex planation of u statement by govern ment tttlornevs that u "beer"' strike was in force in Kansas. "No'Becr.-No Worli"Striko- Tn this case, it was stated, members of some of the Kunsas locals took the position of "no beer, no work. It was declared such actions by locals were not considered strikes by the interna tional bureau, but merely "stampedes. A part of the Missouri miners urc in volved in a locnl strike in sympathy with th- Kansas miners. In asking thut tho status of the ihurges be such that they may be brought up again at any time. Dan A . SimniH, special assistant United States district attorney, declared thut there was a possibility of au attempt to renew the" strike of coal miuers if the repoit nt thn cniiimission to be annotated by .President Wilson does not meet the Vnprovul of the miners in geucrnl. .Investigation of chorges f violalluu i,w i.ntli f.r.erulor.s und miners is sched ot tun ijrviT hi iv mm iiuu-MUP. u. .- u'led to begin here tomorrow with the empaneling of a federal grand jury. This inquirv. government officials stated to day, will be nuliou-wide and will mil be confined to miners and operators if it is found that any other persons hne conspired to limit production of coul. WHlilnclon. Dec. 10. (I5y A. P.) Virtiiull normal conditions iu the! distribution of coal huve been restored. The railroud administration today began delivering all coal as billed, except in some few emergency cuse, where diver sion will be uece-Miry. The order reduc ing by -" per cent the amount of coal permitted to be coked u1m wns re scinded. , . . Annninlnient of the commissiou to investigate wages nnd prices in the coul mining industry will not be made be fore Thursday, It was said lociay ac mc U'litin House Attorney General Pul- mer is in Uliuois uttending a high cost of living conference, and the commis sion will not be named until after his return to Washington. Production in tho bituminous fields today rapiul.v approached normal, with i)Q to 0." per cent of the men nt work or reudv to return. Production is rap idly ou the Increase in Pennsylvania. Mining in Ohio is estimated at 75 per cent, nnd is expected to reach normal today. . . Virtuully all restrictions on the use of fuel were relaxed toduy. , . Pittsburgh, Dec. 10, (By A. P.) All but two or threo mines in the Pittsburgh district were in operatiou today, uud it wns expected at United Mine Workers' headquarters that these would be working tomorrow. EDGE BILL GOES TO WILSON Conference Report on Export Trade Measure Passes Senate Washington. Dec. 10. (By A. P.) Tho Scnato adopted today the confer ence report on the Edge bill authorizing organization of corporations to extend credit in Kurope to stimulate export trade. No record vote was taken and the measure now goes to President Wilson. Senator Gronnn, Republican, of North Dakota, of the Heuato banking committee, spoke In opposition to the conference agreement. , ' TWO AUTOS STOLEN Two automobile robberies were re ported to the police today. A car l.plnuirin? to R. Relnhnrdt. 5007 Kits- worth street, valued at $700. and one belonging to Thomas Graff, 2501 North Twelfth street, valued at $050, were btoieu yestcrnay. THIEF GETS SUGAR Among the robberies reported to the police today was the theft of a barrel and a Halt PI sugur irom io rainiy ine- tory ottbe Hullng etatc, 023 locust UR POSTPONES 1NER CONTENIP GASES EXCEPTONE lsbrm.i Europe Waits I Wrangles I Powers Wavy About licans or Democrats by Taking Sides. Expect League or Alliance By CLINTON W. GILBERT Sinn" CorrexiMinileiil of Hie Ihenlne Pulillr Iedxrr Washington, Dec. 10. The "hands I nnd the issues were to go over to a new off" attitude adopted by the English, Congress nnd n new President, both Re Trench and Italian pieiniers in London ' publican, then England and France means Unit the European world is going to statu) hv nml wait until l'rrsl dent WlNnu nnd the United States Sen ate s-ttle their political dispute. It is the mil) nfe policy for them to take if the wMi to have America pnr- " "iioio wiiii titem iu me worm ni- fairs. ;iite situation here is full of dyna mite. Had the European powers indi cated a willingness to accept reserva tions, had they been impressed by the long aigument filed with them by some one who is interested in effecting n compromise on the league of nations on the basis of reservations, they would have irritated the President. Had' the) intimated nn unwillingness to ncicpt leservatious. Republicans in the Senate would have charged thut they were interfering in Ameiicaii nffnirs. The one thing nccexsnry to kill the treat) is for the European powcis to show their hands on one side or the other iu the political light. (On Saturday the Paris Mittin published the statement that the Al lies would nccpt some reservations on the treaty Tills statement lias been neither nfliinied uor denied offi cially. 1 Want Lcigue or Alliance The actual position of the European pow ers is prob.ibly this : They want ilmc all other things American partic'p.itluu iu world affairs jointl) with thcuiM-lvcx. They do not great 1 care whether this participation comes in the forn of a league of na tions or iu the fm in of nn alliance. If President Wilson should win then America would enter into world nffairs through the league. If he were beaten VAST INCREASE IN CITY PROPERTY VALUATIONS HAREISBURQ, Dec. 16. Total valuation of property for taxtnlon In tho third class cities of Pennsylvania in 1019 reached tue record breaking total of $913,120,474. This Is more than SlOO.OOO.OOO above lust year's total, according to statistics of the "u:cau of municipalities in the Department of Internal fiaiis. ErTe leads with more than $00,000,000; Wilkes-Barre is second with $70,000,000;" Reading third with $07,000,000. Harristmrg and Johnstown are next with $02,300,000 each and Alientown follows with 60,00,000. NW SPANISH CABJM1X TO VISIT CORTES -it ' X.VDHID, Dec.- 10. Tfcirnow Spanish cabinet-formed fcy . .n.itllwl Sfllayar to replace the Toca nibilstry, decided , ;, to pcufct' ll?elf ho the Cirtcs luc&day, December 30. PATROLMAN SHOI Goorge Willing Says Alleged Auto Thief Fired After Trio Left His Car PRISONERS THEN FLED George Willing, of Hast Gravers lune und Ardmorc sticel. Chestnut Hill, told Indii) how Patrolman Abraham Sliuw wus shol last night -while Mr. Willing wns driving the policeman anil his two prisoners to the station house. "I was vMtiug some friends in Chest nut Hill." said Mr. Willing at the of ilce of Charles D. Burney & Co., with whom he is connected, "when Putrol maii Shaw came to the house and made inquiries concerning a car standing nt Chestnut aenue and Gerniantown road. I told him it was my car and he then asked if two joutig man ho had with him had nu thing to do with it. When I (old him thev had not I was informed that the. had attempted to drivo the machine away " t the pntrolniau's request I start ed out to diiif him and his prisoners to the station. Kvcrj thing went well until we leached the Chestnut Hill s a Hon house when the patrolman alighted with the nrisouers uud asked mo to look nml see if they had left anything in the car. . , , ., t "While I was looking in the ear I heard a shot and looked up to see the men running iu opposite directions and Shaw lying on the ground groaning. I nut the wounded man in the car nnd hurried him 1" the Chestnut Hill Hob- P Mr. Willing said he could give no de tailed description of the men, as it was dark nnd he did not see them closely He suid, however, they were about nineteen years old. Patrolman Shaw's condition is reported to be serious. KILLED TWO ASSAILANTS u.miihi, Partv Attacked Dec. 4 In Ireland Resisted Effectively London, Dec. W-- A. P.)-It Is learned that two of the men who on December 4 attacked a hunting party while traveling in motorcars in the Gar- ron district ot ireiuim vj ....m. , the party's fire, according to the Daily Mall's Dublin correspondent, but the bodies have not been located. The correspondent asserts that evi dence In such cases is removed In nn ulmost miraculous manner, aud many of the local doctors are sworn to se crecy. The hunting party Included II. V MacNamarn and his two sons, Don ouch D. V. O'Brien, son nnd heir of Baron Inchlquln. nnd Lady Beatrice O'Brien. The attacking forces consist ed of armed men wearing disguises. The call of special consdib'es to Dub lin "Castle i ascribed to fear that the tegular police piuy "" uuumimh,' um AT STATION DOOR MAY LOSE MR1J0NS Mf up ur jurti. While U. S. Over Politics Antagonizing Repub would put their money upon the French nlliaiice treaty nnd count upon this country's participation in European af fairs on thnt Imsis. A defeat of tho league o nntions probably does not mean America's re turn to its old policy of isolation. Only a few extremists like Senator Borah nre in favor of that policy nnd regard it us practicable. And, moreover, the great business in terests of the country, to whom the Re publican pnrty ulwu.is listens, urc strongly in favor of this country's par ticipation iu world affairs. Only in that way do they see the opening of world markets to American trade. Tlie j'.uropean powers will take no chances of alienating either the piesent administration or the Republican party. Premier. Played Clever Game Lloyd George nnd Clemencenu played tho game cleverly. They hnvo two strings to their bow, a league of nations and nn alliance. Moreover, the Euro pean powers are used In waiting upon the decision of the United Stntes. The logic of events from the outset forced us into the war on the side of England nnd France, but it took us three years to make up our minds to enter it. nnd the logic of events none tho less forces us into participation in .world nlTnirs. As Lord Robert Cecil once put it, the United States can no more refuse its obligations than con Id England re fuse hers after the Napoleonic wars. This means thnt a nntion gets so big it cannot keep out of world affairs. While the European powers wait, a combination of the victors exists, with Continued on Pnee To, Column FUe PHILA. LIQUOR IN Supremo Court Decision Will Ruin Many Saloon Men. Bankers Hit on Loans HOTELS "OUT" BIG INCOME Philadelphia's hotel proprietors, li quor lirms und saloonkeepers, fucc losses amounting to millions, it wus suid toduy, becuuse ot tile Supreme Court decision upholding tho wartime prohibi tion uct. In the bonded warehouses iu the Philadelphia district there are 1, -100,000 gallons of whisky, representing about $10,000,000. Liquor firms hereulso have whisky iu bonded warehouse iu Mary land, West Virginiu, Kentucky und other states. It was intimated toduy nt the Fed eral Building that whiskv in bonded warehouses would bo put through a "iccluiniing" process so that thp pure nlcohnl could be used in manufacturiug plants and for other purposes When asked ubout the report that Philadelphia banks hac lent money to liquor deniers on United Krnti.a bonded warehouse receipts, Newton W. i orson, cusnier ot tiio Corn Exchnnge National Bank, said : "There is a lot of talk going around that the banks hnvo lent large sums ou warehouse receipts, but I do not know of any such loans. The Corn Kxchungo Bank has made no such loans. If there lire loans ou warehouse receipts I do not think the total amount is large." Robert M. Drayton, of Goddard, Groome & Drayton, said: "The sweeping away of the property uud the businesses of thousands of good cltizcus, in something unheard of before iu u civilized country. "We have virtually bought the goods irom me government Dy Heavy tuxes im no provision nas oeen made to pro teet'us from the loss even of the money we have paid to tho government in taxes. "The fight will now bo centered upon the constitutional amendment. It -will be attacked us au invasion of personal liberty." Some hotels hero will lose henvily. It .was estimated that three or four hotels have lost the prospect of rcsumlni? n business which mennt an uggregate of from $50,000 to ?70,000 a jnonth to them nnd will have heavy stocks of liquors in their 'cellars which they cannot dispose of. James II. Pearson, president of the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association, said the executive committee of the organiza tion would meet this afternoon to con sider whut ran be done. ''The trouble with the country is that we have sent a lot of schoolboys to w nsiiinsion, commemet; ,ur, rcarson, "They urc of tho Mf-you-don't-speak-to-me-I-won't-speak-to-you-kind," Some of the liquor firms and naloon men think of presenting claims to the Court ot Clulintf, la wasliiugtcni. SUPREME COURT ' ASKED TO RULE ON DRY AMENDMENT New Jersey Liquor Dealers Re quest Permission to Test Its Validity WOULD HAVE INJUNCTIONS AGAINST NATION AND STATE House Committee Opposes War Time Bill's Repeal Wets May Sue U. S. Whisky Seized by W. Va. Stolen From Capitol Charleston,. W. Va., Dec. 10. (By A. P.) Seven hundred pints of whisky were stolen lust night from the West Virginia Capitol here. The whisky had been confiscated by the state prohibition department, nnd wns stored in lockers in the state house until legal disposition could be made of it, By tho Associated Press Washington, Dec. 10. Permission to institute original proceedings to have the nntiounl prohibition amendment de-' elnrcd unconstitutional and New Jersey ami icoerni uutiiontles enjoined from enforcing it, was asked of the Supreme Court today by the Retail Liquor Deal ers' Associuton of New Jersey. This wns the first question ns to the validity of the constitutional uniendment to reach the Supreme Court. George W. Tucker, of New York, presented the motion, together with n printed brief prepared by the association, and the court will announce whether permis sion to institute the suit will be. granted. In addition to enjoining enforcement of the eighteenth amendment the nsos ciution also would ask an injunction against enforcement of tho Volstead prohibition act. Defendants named in tho proceedings were the state of New Jersey, which refused to ratify the constitutional nniendmeut: Attorney General Pultncr,, Joseph I,. Bodine, United States attor ney for New Jersey, and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Daniel ('. Roper. The association's brief alleged that the constitutional amendment was an interference with the state police low ers, a violution of the fifth constitu tional amendment, which tirnliibits the taking of private property without just compensation, thut neither Congress uor the state legislatures had Qiithoril ty to propose or ratify the amendment'. and that tlie amendment when passe ny me xiouse dm not receive tue su port of twp-thirds of the members' -BH- th'eonstitutionprovide"s. buffi two, thirds of the menfbera present, ' An unfavorable report on the bUtife repeal tue wartime prohibition law vyas ' jj- orueicii louuy oy uic uouse uprjcuiiurw t j committee by n vote of 1(1 to 3. Rep resentatives John T. Rainey, Democrat,- of Illinois, aud Voigt. of AVfs consiti, and Ward, ot New York, Ro publicans, cast the negative votes. The only argument for the repeal was made by Representative Rainey, who urged a wet era until January 10, when the constitutional dry amendment becomes effective, so thut people of small means might lay in a stock for medi cinal uses, nnd the government might get ?."i00,000,000 in revenue taxes. "Since the Supreme Court has de cided the wartime act is constitutional, we milvt submit to the inevitable," saiil Mr. Rainey, "but men of wealth have luid in stocks to run them for .tears, nnd those of less menus should liavc some opportunity." New York, Dec. 10. -By A. P.) Lawyers representing large liquor inter ests in New York intimated today that a civil action against the United States Government might be the next Btep ip the fight against prohibition. Com. penxation for losses estimated at $300, 000.000 may bo sought. Tho lawyers said tnc Mipremo uourt decision virtuully conOscuted liquor held here. Some unofficial quotations today were: Champagne. $225 u case: im ported brandy, $150 a case; Scotch whisky, ?250 a case; rye whisky, 15 a, bottle und benedictine, $30 a quart. Chicago, Dec. 10. -(By A. P.) Four thousand of Chicago's 0000 saloons will close their doors or go into other business, on January 1, according to an estimate today by M. ,T. McCarthy, secretary of the Illinois Liquor Dealers Protective Association. "We really ex pected to see the saloons open up after the Supreme Court action," ho said, "und the decision upholding wartime prohibition took the pep out of the owners." McCarthy said the closing January 1 would throw 12,000 men out of enj' ployment. Louisville, K, Dec. 10. (By A. P.) Watching one of their last re maining hopes for n brief "wet" spell go fluttering away by the decision ot the Federal Supreme Court, Kentucky distillers and former snloon proprietors todnr are deeply troubled. Elwood Hamilton, collector' of In ternal revenue for Kentucky, and Dis-, trict Attorney W. V. Gregory an nounced that prosecution of violators of the war-time net may be undertaken shortly. TUeso persons, selling liquor under protection of injunctions, stopped thoir soles yesterday immediately after the Supreme Court dissolved their in junctions. St. Louis, Dec. 10. (By A. P.) i Motions to dissolve the temporary ln junctions issued against the district at torney nnd tho collector of internal, revenue here on December 5, restraining them fro'm interfering with tho sale of whisky, were granted by United States Judge tons in court nere touay. TO FIX PARIS LOAN DETAILS France and Britain Will Arrangs Proposed Issue In England Paris, Dec. 10. (By A, P ) De tails of tho French loan to bo issued In Eupland, as announced In London yesterday, have not yet been decided iipou, but will be fixed bv agreement between the French and British Gor" , erpments, it was stated in a, wt4'toJ ' su4, todr fey Premier utemmnim . ? ' ' 4k ft 5 r-1 J-1 '! M ( : :! ' 4 1 fl -V t . 4 V 5l m ft w wwt wppji inrw, , (i ' . ir . --". ff H v . U 'V- J . m H- . -. ,i XT V'iv &IJ .i . 4 r. ' TiKJi. flj,. JU X. JL&H i TJ
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