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Womon in Qormantown Orga
nize Loaguo of Citizens at
Meeting Today
PLAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY
The twenty-second ward brnnrh of
the American Woman Buffrapp Asso
ciation of Philadelphia county disband
ed todar to reorganize into the Twenty
second Ward Branch of tlio Pennsylva
nia lBKe of Women Citizens.
TnvitnHnn in 45(1 women in tile Ger-
raantown ward were issued and the
meeting was called for 2 o'clock in uie
i, w iuv,,i ti rnf rinnlor i
Street west of McKeauV At iio'efock ,
tea was served and the old organization
Tftnt out of existence. ... .
Mrs. George A. I iersol, chairman 01
the county organization, extended greet-
incs to the meeting, and Miss Jnnc
iampieu gave in c nisiorj '" ""l-
Irnge party in (iermantov.ii. whleli was
followed with a talk by Mrs
Lawrence Smith on the purpose and
work of the League of Avomcn Citi
zens. The Rermantown meeting is one of n
series of meetings to be held In wards!
tnrougliout tne city mat nave ueen or
ganized under the Woman Suffrage As
portation. The state ratification of both
the state and federal amendment on
Woman suffrage has discontinued the
former work of the Woman Suffrage
Association v.hieh now plans to con
tinue its organization for the instruc
tion and general preparation of women
In the use of the .ote.
New officers named on nn unopposed
ticket for election at toda's meeting
Include Mrs. M. P. I'dmonds, chair
man: Mrs. William 1. Gurlej , first
rice chairman, Mrs. John Miilltor,
second -vice ehairmnu , Mrs. Emmett
Carter, fourth vice president : Mrs.
Morris Lee, seeretarj , and Mr,s. J.
Gearing, treasurer.
Retiring officers an Mrs. Ralph
Raiguel, first vice president and acting
president, Mrs. Joseph Gabriel, second
"vice president; Mrs. Warren ltossert,
third vice president! Mrs. Joseph Wil
loughby, treasurer, and Mrs. Isaac
Kenderline, secretary.
Three prominent features of the pro
gram of the Ameiican citi7en.hip com
mittee of the It ague are ompu!sor.
cducatiou in every state for nil chil
dren between six and sixteen, nine
mouths of each jenr; education of
adults by extension classes of the pub
lic schools, and I'nglish made the na
tional' language by makiug it rompui
eory In all schools where eouises in
general education are conducted.
MANDAMUS" AGAINST CITY
Court Awards $63,988 for Land
Taken for Cobb's Creek Park
A mandamus for Slvt.OSS.O.'? was
tranted by Court of Common Pleas No.
1,. against the city, in favor of the
Commonwealth Title Insurance and
Trust Co., as damages for more than
twenty acres of land taken scleral
years ago for the Cobb's Creek Park.
The tract is bounded by Vine and Dag
gett streets, City line nveniie and
Seventy-third street, in the Thirtj -fourth
ward.
The claim was for ?10.".000. The
'jury of view awarded $B-1,400, and from
this the trust company appealed. As
sistant City Solicitor Michael C. Gog
lla defended the city's interests. The
Jury 'n he co'urt trial cut down the
award. The trust company promptly
filed a motion for a new trial, but
subsequently decided to accept the
Terdict nnd withdrew its motion.
TWO HELD IN CONSPIRACY
Men Were Arrested on Attempted
Kidnapping Charge
John Reynolds, Buttonwood street
nenr Seventh, was held without lail,
and Carter T. Walls, of Kingsessing
avenue, in $3000 bail, for further hear
ing by Magistrate Mcclenry iu the
Central Station today, charged with
conspiracy, Reynolds was held under
the additional charge of carrying con
cealed deadly weapons.
The men were arrested December 0
on the charge of attempting to kidnap
Mrs. Katherine Nlxdorf, 5012 Apple
tree street, who was employed by
Walls's uncle. At the time of the
arrest Wnlls said the whole attempt
was the plan of his uncle to force
settlement of a $1000 loan existing be
tween him and Mrs. Nlxdorf.
CHANCE TO DO GOOD
Gmergency Aid Asks Funds to Cheer
More Than 100 Destitute Children
Would you like to bring happiness to
the heart of a child this Christmas? If
you would now is your opportunity, for
there are more than 100 in the city who
were left destitute by the epidemic of
Influenza one year ago. and have since
been cared for by the Emergency Aid.
Tb.e Bpecial relief bureau of the Emer
jency Aid, Mrs. John Wanamaker, Jid,
chairman, js appealing for funds or de
sirable gifts to be used in bringing cheer
to these families in need. As tho per
socnel of the Emergency Aid has been
depleted since tho war ended, it will be
difficult this year to give attention to
all of its little wards, -but if sufficient
contributions are received ut the head
quarters, 1524 Walnut street, this
charitable work will be complete.
COLD HITS GLOUCESTER
Officials Shiver When City Hall Runs
Out of Coat
Gloucester's City Hall ran out of
coal today and for a number of hours
bhlverins city-officials were without re
lief. When they asked City Clerk Redfield
the causs. of the trouble he explained
he had tried to get coal from several
dealers, but had failed. -,
Just when things' looked darkest
enough fuel arrived to 'keep 'the fires
going for the day, with the cheering
Dews moru would follow.
.SIUN FEINRAIDSJRAIL DEPOT
200 Men Imprison Cork Employes In
Ammunition Search
Cork, Dec. 17. (By A. P.) Two
hundred Sinn Feiners raided the Cork
railway terminus at midnight, masked
men holding up the employes at the
points of revolvers and imprisoning them
for sn houc . ,The clerkg were driven
from, their officesvapd the engineers and
.firemen from theirsIocomotlres. The
signal men also were forced to quit.
The terminus Is only 200 yards from
the principal police station but the
rstd Disced unnoticed b.v the police of
ficials. It is believed that the raiders
wets seeking a consignment of ammuni
tion Intended for the coast forts.
Brakemau Kurt In Fell
Thomas Devlne, twenty-two years
old, of 2010 Morris street, a brake
man on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was
Wi from a freight train last night at
Greenwich Point His" left hip was frae
, turs Jn the 'U. 11? U n t 3t. Aenes'
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warns of coal purchases
Federal Chief Forbids Stocking Up
more I nan nuiudi hccub
Ii. W. Hnldwln, resitinl director nf.
the railroad administration, odvUejt
the industries from which the restric
tions on the use of coal hnve been lifted
to be conservative in their imrchases
and avoid stocking up more than the
minimum necessary.
If this Ih not practiced, the director
unrus. It will be necessary for the rail
roads handling the coal to defer deliv
eries to those with n sufficient reserve
on band, in order to nid tlios(. with nn
insufficient supply. Mr. Ualdwin "ays
ill his warniug that railroad freight I
agents still supervise nil coal shipments,
and by keeping in touch with the freight
agent of the road making I he delivery
producers cnu keep correctly informed
as to the exnet conditions of supply and
requirement of mij customer making an
older.
SAYS WIENER SPITED UNCLE
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'r,cnu Asscrts CaPtaln Attempted!
Suicide to Hurt Ketterllnus
Cantain Clarence Wiener, who shot I
,,,,.,( at ,he UnM in,1H,ria Npw
YnrL - . onrlr rratvnlnv mnminp. mm.
mtu,f fh(, aeril for the purpose of
punishing his uncle. .1. Ii. Ketterli
inns.
., jjouj .Sm-uce ctrcet. this !tj . aecclrd-
ljelS'ini. ,n HilntiiMl SwiifTor. ii rinse trfeinl.
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Although In left n note saying lie
committed the deed b-rniiM he had u
disagreement with his uncle. Captain
Wiener later expressed sorrow for niak-
jK SU(.n Ktntcment. it is said
nntnin lener s reemess spending, .
it is said, led to an estrangement be-
tweeu him and Mr. Ketterlmits and
the lnttcf, It is said, rebuffed any
steps toward a reconciliation.
PACKERS OPEN SESSION
Tristate Association Convenes at
the Hotel Adelphla
The Trlstnte Packers' Association
i,i,l n,n
first session of its annual
meeting this afternoon at the Hotel
.Adelnhiu. The convention will continue
tomorrow.
The address of welcome was made bj
i i r., 1 1 nii ..ii. t...i!tiii,.n rui,.. ,
ij, ii i vuiis-iii tui r'uiii-Mi' Mini wiiti i i - , - ,, , .
speakers were William L. Itice. of tliii i w.omP. tl'rp1S'. oul "r V'?, "'",'!
city; Arjn Dmies. of Haston. Pa.. ' nienlities. The women in the old man
nresident of thi Nlitlonnl Wholesale ! ngement earned on their elections for
Grocers Association; It. A.
Washington; S. I!. Haskell
Oakley, of
of Wash-
inglon. and H. A. N. Daily, president
of the National Canned Food and Fruit
Brokers' Association. A banquet will
be held this eeniug nt (tiSO.
LEAGUE EMPLOYE MISSING
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Disappears
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Kitchen Man of Club
After Seeing Physician
Charles Lovett. who had been em
plojed for some time in the kitchen of
the I'ninn League, has disappeared and
llie police are making un extensive
search for him.
Lovett had been suffering from blood
poioning and was attended by Dr. S.
Clifford Roston, 2240 Catharine street.
Realizing the ease was serious, the
physician made arrangements for
Loictt to go to Jefferson Hospital.
Lovett left his home, at lfiSil Winter
street, for the hospital on Tuesday and
has not been seen since.
Lovett Is a Lithuanian, and is known
to ills fellow countrjmen at Casimiri
Krninski. Seeral Lithuanian organi
sations lmo j'uiued in the. search for
him.
LIQUOR AGENT HELD
New York Man Accused of Selling
Valueless Certificates
Lewis Wolf, sixty yenrs old, of New
York city, who sajs he represents the
TTnited Distilling Co.. Inc.. New York,
was held in .$1500 bail today by Mag
istrate Costello at his office. -HOB
Frunkford nenue on u churgc ot sell
ing certificates represented to be worth
$1257 for fic burrels of whisky which
have been delivered.
Wolf, who is known to saloonkeepers
as a liquor agent, it is alleged, sold five
certificates to Charles Gorruan, who
conducts a saloon at Belgrade, and
Clearfield streets. These certificates
were biipposed to b good for whisky
in bond. The certiiiatcs, it Is bold,
arc .alueless.
ACQUIT ACCUSED SKIPPER
Capt, Fergusson Did Not Endanger
Lives of Crew, Court Holds
After trial of two days and.n half, tho
government failed to prove that Cap
tain Robert Fergusson. skipper on the
steamship Boykin, had endangered the
lives of the officers and crew by intoxi
cation, and Judge Thompson, in the
T'nited States District Court, ordered
the jury acquit him.
The skipper faced six counts in nn in
dictment of putting the ship and the
lives of the crew in jeopardy while in
toxicated, but Judge Thompson pointed
out that the government had not pro
duced affirmntic proof of the charges,
and that while the captain may have
been intoxicnted. there was no evidence
that his navigation of the Boykin vnj
perilous.
600 MARINES BROUGHT HERE
Men Back From Santo Domingo to
Be Discharged From Service
Six hundred United States marines
nrrived at tho League island Navy
Yard todav from Santo Domingo on the
II. S. S. Prometheus nnd tho U. H. H
Bridge.
They were under the command of
Maior John Dixon. These marines en
listed for the duration of the war and
were brought back to the United States
for the pupoesr of discharge.
Another large detachment of marines
are 'said to be enroute from Haiti nnd
nre expected at the yard tomorrow.
FINANCIERS LEASE ISLAND
TO BEAT 18TH AMENDMENT
Catcay, Off Florida Coast, to Be Turned Into Veto Isle of Man.
Hydroplane and Ship Service Planned British Possession
Here's a bracer!
Some, financiers or philanthropists
are planning to open up a regular Isle
of Mnn off the Florida coast, which
will be something between a country
club and n life-saving station.
The 10th of January, the eighteenth
amendment and the nineteenth hole are
all mixed up on this little island that
n group of Philadelphia and"New York
business men is planning to operate
neit year on the world's mobt attrac
tive basisj s.
The idea is to-make the island a win
ter resort or a last resort for those of
us wUo are feeling the recent climatic
difference In this country and need a
change.
It will be entirely free from nil the
discomforts of home and should prove
an Ideal winter or summer or fall or
spring resort. It will be a place that
will cpme in handy most any time of
the year. , .
The Wand. Catcay. is a British rioir
EVENING- PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADfiaiA, WEDNESDAY,
NEW Y. W. C. A. ROW
Members of "Old Guard" Call
New Management Socioty
Women
TcRM
SELVES CHRISTIANS
"Does -it necessarily follow that a
society woman is not a rhristlan?"
This question raised n tdorm'nt the
meeting of the "OM tJuard" of the
Philadelphia Y. W. C. A. last night
which is stilt echoing today. It was'
asked bv Miss Pauline Newman, of the
Woman's Trade 1'tiloti League.
Miss A. McDoimal. chuirmau of the
meeting in the Wesley Building, wa
about to reply when she was warned
!,?. """'t 'l'rson(i Vrfawt, who
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Look out. Look out Don t on
s.wer that niiestlou."
Miss Newman's inquiry was made
after William If. Pence, attorney for
six j ears for the Y. W. C. A. "Old
5unrd." had made n bitter attack upon
the new "Insurgent" management. He
declared that one of the new directors
was present nt the coming-out party of
a debutante in u hotel recently, when
8(1-1 bottles of elinmpngne. were oon-
u,,i
Miss MeDomrnl. after consultiue with
Mr. Peace, decided not to answer Miss
Newman.
Miss Newman asked If she might put
another question, and Miss McDougal
again consulted Mr. Peace.
"We don't think you nre very much
interested." sho finnlly replied.
Mr. Peace criticized the Supreme
Court of the commonwealth in its deel
sion en the election which placed t-e
"insurgents" in power and ousted tl
"Old Guard."
"The old management really wu.,
that election," he declared, in loud
tones and with a vigorous gesture. "I
can say mat conscientiously, .iiie iict
ln,; forty-nine years they were lu power
'" n most informal way."
lie decried tue meinous ot tne new
wonii'n in gninlng the election, and as-
serted they were attempting to seen- '
larize the "5 ." under their mctroioit
tnn system of running it.
.Mr, Peace said the Y. W. C. A. at
liishtpciith nnd Arch streets "never got
a penny of the $500,000 raised for its
" "' J''af, "K"-" IIe declared that
sniiip nf llie nrnmiscM were iipxpp ttnid
and that thp rest was used lor build-
ings in other parts of the city.
MRS. JENNIE D'OLIER DIES
Aunt of Legion Commander Falls
Down Steps
Mrs. Jennie D'Olicr, aunt of Frank
lin D'Olier. national commander of thf
American Legion, fell down the steps
in her home, 1510 South Nineteenth
street, last night nud died soon after
word. Her head waR cut, but Dr. John
P. Turner, who was summoned, said
death was due to heart trouble and no,
to tho accident.
Mrs. D'Olier was eighty years old
and was the widow of John D'Olier.
She left no children, but is survived by
u number of nephews and nieces, in
cluding William L. D'Olier, tho en
gineer, of 1R3S Girard avenue, and Mrs.
S. Merrill Weeks, of 810 South Forty:
eighth street.
BLOCK CROOKED INSURANCE
State Commissioner Tells Rotarlans
Office no Longer Is Political Adjunct
That the State Insurance Commis
sion is run ns a public benefit nud not
n political adjunct, was tuo assertion
of Thomas B. Dounld'son, Insurance
Commissioner of Peunsylvnnia. today at
the Rotary Club luncheon in the Belle-vue-Stratford.
"Since April. 1010. 80,000 nnnlica-
tlons were made for agent's licenses to
sell insurance, the speaker told tho
Hotanans, and in order to prevent
crookedness, complete questionnaires
must be tilled out by nil applicants.
"Crooked insurance companies are
no longer possible," he paid.
STOVES CAUSE TWO BLAZES
Firemen Kept Busy In Northwestern
Section of City
Two fires nt one time kept firemen in
the northwestern part-of the city busy
this afternoon.
The first blaze was discovered at the
home of Mrs. Virginia Delgran(e, 2052
Clearfield street. The fire, which caused
about $1500 damage, is believed to have
been caused by a detective heater.
Whilp the firemen were battling with
the flames at the Delgrande home, a
blaze started at the home of Abatno
Fivorabti, 20.11 Indiana avenue. The
loss at the latter fire, which wis caused
by explosion of nn oil stove, was about
$200.
START NORTH PENN SUIT
Equity Proceedings Against Stock
holders Begun by Fisher
Bunking Commissioner Fisher, In
charge of the defunct North Penn Bank,
has begun equity proceedings against
seventy of the stockholders, asking the
court to decree that the defendants, un
der the law, are liable for an assess
ment ff 100 per cent of the par value of
their holdings in consequence of the in
solvency of tho bank.
The par value of the shores to which
the defendants subscribed is $100. The
defendants' holdings range from one to
twentv-fivo shares, an' aggregato of
COO shares.
wide, and has been leased by the new
company for a term of years. It will
boast a hotel, a golf courst and othnr
good features,
It is forty-two miles east of Miami
and fast hydroplane and boat service
will be put In operation between It nnd
the dry mainland. It will bo a half,
hour's flight and a boat ride of a couple
hours from Miami.
According to reports that are circu
lating about the new resort the first
sight to greet the eyes of the tired trav
eler as he alights from the hydroplane -bus
will be the world's greatest bar
Two hundred yards of mahogany a'nd
brass will stretch away before his en
raptured gaze. After he has been re
vived he will be led along the 200 yards
and each time he takes a drink win
count a first down. The score will be
posted on tne casn-reglster a(; the
further end of the playing field.
One of the strict rules of the Island
Is said to be that no departing guests
Will De auoweu ro laise, punaiej or ;tacK
STARTED OVER WINE
ALLEGED SWINDLER AND WIFE
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MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM A. MOOUE
A long cliaso for Mooro, former husband of I'ajno Mooro,
of "badger" fame, ended hero today with his arrest. Ho wa.s found by
detcethes in tho home of his present wife in West Philadelphia. Mooro
Is safd to ha,o been American consul nt Capetown at one (line
World-Wide Chase
Ends in Arrest Here
Continued XYojn Pace One
the stock to him on the ground that he
intended to develop the company's busi-
ess.
Sold Stork and Disappeared
"He told stockholders ho had ob
tained all the insurance business of tho
DuPout nnd the Bethlehem Steel inter
ests and offered them the trbasury
stock at $20 a share. The stockhold
ers, who had been gel ting 10 per cent
dividends over n period of jcars, were
glad of the opportunity to buy.
"After disposing of the stock which
had been entrusted to him by the com
pany Moore disappeared. He got a job
as salesman for a refrigerator concern
and went to. South America.-
"- "no' has $18,000 in a New York trust
compuny. When it was learned he was
leaving South America to see the Wil-lard-Dempsey
fight, his New York ac
count was attached on the assumption
he would go there to obtain betting
money. Mooro appeared thcro nud tho
trust company notified a iNew lork linn
of lawyers who were interested .in the
case. The cogs slipped somehow and
Moore got away. lie hud been on the
jump ever since."
Mr. Ilaydock asserted Moore was
able to send $25 to his wife everv week
through an ingenious scheme. He said
the accused man had his wife enter n
complaint before Judge Brown, ot the
Municipal Court, charging desertiou and
nousupport nnd nmkiug known that
Moore had tho $18,000 account in New
York. The trust company there had
been given power of attorney and when
a court order of $2o n week was made
for the wife the trust company sent her
the monej.
Since tho Willard-Dempsey fight.
Moore's movements have been traced
through a sister in North Philadelphia.
Detectives say Moore once was
American consul nt Cape Town. He id
also said to have managed Kid McCoj,
when the boxer was iu his prime.
Moore's first wife, now Mrs. Fnyno
Strahan Mooro Lewis, was the daugh
ter of the lute Chief Justice Stratum,
of Oregon. Her mother was Saiah
Wilson, one of tho famous Kentucky
Wilsons. After her futher's death her
mother took her to Atlanta,
When twenty years eld she went to
New York to itudy art and there met
Moore. Then came the episode in
a New York hotel in wtilch Martin
Muhon, who was "found" with Fayne
Moore, is said to have given Moore n
check for $50,000. Mooro never had
a chance to cash it. Both he nnd Fnyno
Mooro were arrested a. few minutes
after the check was 'written. Mooro
was sentenced to nineteen years and fclx1
mouths in Sing Sing, and was paroled
alter six years.
After Moore's conviction, the then
Mrs. Moore was,, n prisoner in the.
Tombs awaiting trial (when she was re
leased under bonds -furnished, by Charles
K. Blaney, who wanted her to star in
a sensational melodruma. The indict
raent against her was never pressed.
Later she bobbed up in London ns a
Gaiety girl, obtained notoriety In Paris
by hurling a bottle at n marquis in a
restaurant who was staring nt her and
subsequently married Henry D. Lewis
who was reputed to own the famous
Khnberley and De Beers mines in South
Africa, tho biggest in tho world. She
had obtained n divorce from Moore in
South Dakota while Moore was in Sing
Sing.
BRITAIN CANT "BAR IMPORTS
Decision Against Government Re
garded as Highly Important
London, Dec. 17. (Byj, P.) Jus
tlce Sir John Sankpy, of the King's
Bench Division, declared today tha gov
ernment possesses no power to prohibit
the importation of certain goods, and
that therefore its proclamation to this
effect was invalid. The judgment is
considered one of tho most important
ever rendered against the government.
The case in which the decision was
given concerned the importation of py.
rogailc neld from the United States,
which had been seized on its arrival.
Mayor Gives Oranges to Cabinet
When Mayor Smith was in Florida
recently he bought n dozen crates of
bit. eolden. iulcv oranges. At the final
meeting of his cabinet today he gnve
each director a crate ot the Florida
beauties with his Christmas wishes.
Mayor Denied More Pay '
Chester, Pa., Deo. 17. -City Council,
In eitra session yesterday, rejected the
Menslck ordinance, introduced at tha
request of Mayor-elect Uomsey and
tailllnp fnr nn InrreasR. of wanes. of SAOO
fin
SAY MRS. POWELL
IS FIT FOR HEARING
Alienist Asserts She Will
Ablo to Stand Trial
Tomorrow
Bo
Mrs. Lmily Lippincott Powell, who
shot nud killed her daughter Jacqueline
and then shot herself in the head at
Denver, Colo., was examined today by
an nlicnist appointed by tho 'county
court there. , ,
Dr. George A. Molenn reported he
found. JVfrs.iv Pim-cll InCcood .con'ditloc
and that she will he able to stand the
hearing scheduled for tomorrow nftcr
noon. A Denver attorney, Stephen W.
Kyan, has beeu nnnoiuted ns Mrs.
Powell's" guardian until her sanity is
determined.
Two brothers of Mrs. Powell, George
Lippincott and Itowlund Lippincott, of
this city, who left for Denver after
learning of the tragedy, hac returned
to Denver from Colorado Springs, where
Mrs. Powell's fourteen-jcar-old son,
Horace, is a student at a boarding
schools Horace is to go to Denver next
Friday for the Christmas holidays.
THREE HELD IN THEFT
Men Accused of Accepting Articles
Taken From Wagon
Three men were held by Magistrate
Cowurd in the Seventh nnd Carpenter
streets station today charged with re
ceiving fctoleu goods. They au Samuel
Sheuder. Tomer street, held in $1000
ball; Harry Shapiro, Sujder avenue,
nenr SWth, 1000 bail and Louis
Camnrotln. Christlau street near Sixth.
$2200 bail. All were held for n further
hearing Monday.
According to testimony the goods nl
leged to huvi beeu received by the men
wer stolen from n team on December
4, at Teuth aud Yiue streets.
Investigation led the detectives to
the home of Camurotla where they found
some bolts of linen, crepe de chine,
several bulls and 'i box .of on, elopes.
These, goods wcio identified by Hurry
J. Auerbach. a dealer at Second and
Market streets, as belonging to him nud
as being part of tho load he shipped
on' the wagon from which they were
stolen. The detectives found Sheuder
and Shapiro iu Cumurottu's home.
' MILK BY PARCEL POST
Postal Official Also Advocates Send
ing All Foods by Mall
"The delivery of milk to the consumer
by means of the parcel post wan advo
cated last night li) James I, Blakslee,
fourth assistant postmaster general, iu
an address before the Ilotury Ciub at a
dinner -In Kuglcr's. He also urged
that the government appropriate
51,000,000,000 a year for the mainte
nance and construction of good, roads
throughout the countty and increase
production in tho rural districts.
"The delivery or food tothe con
sumer by parcel post should result in a
big saving," he said, "particularly In
the price of milk in New York city.
This saving Bhould be not,, less than
four cents a quart, which would amount
to a tremendoub sum in the sggregutc"
von buelowngIorome
Gentian Ex. Ambassador 'Hopes to
Get Old Job Agalrt
Itomo, Dec. 17. (By A. P.) Gior
nale d'ltalla announces that Prince von
Buelow, former German ambassador to
Italy, will urrhe In Itome next week,
accompanied by Princess von Buelow,
returning to the villa ntilch. they own
here.
It was reported in a disnstch from
Lugano, Switzerland, November ,17,
that Von Buelow, who has been residing
there, would leave shortly on a diplo.
matic mission to Borne, the understand
ing being that he would ultimately be
appointed permanent Gcrmnn ambassa
dor to Italy.
BRITAIN TO FREE SEIZEd'goODS
Washington, Dec. 17,(By A. P,
Sreat Britain is prepored now to re
leate American owned goods solzed
during the war. upon the establishment
of their American" ownership flt the
time, the goods werohlnne'd. Th State,
Department was so sdyisea today 'by (Im
DECEMBER 17, f919
MRS. BLAKE TESTED
BY SANITY EXPERTS
Commission Refuses to Reveal
FindingsWoman Will Bo Wit
ness at Inquest Over 'Buddy'
MURDER THEORY DOUBTED
ity a Btaff Correspondent
Atlantic City, Dec. 17. Mrs. Esther
Blake, former Phlladclphlan. accused
of having thrown her five-year-old"
son "Buddy" Into tho ocean last Fri
day, was examined by n commission in
lunacy this afternoon. ,
She has been summoned to nnnear
ns one of the witnesses at the inquest
into tne ueatn ot lier ciilld. Ttio in
quiry will be held tomorrow night.
Physicians believe she will be su,ffi
ciently recovered by that time to attend.
Doctors John T. Beckwlth nnd C. V.
0,'arrabrnnt. appointed by Judge. Robert
H. Ingersoll, visited Mrs, Bloke at her
bedside In the hospital this afternoon
and questioned her at length
IS'o Trial If Found Insane,
They refused to disclose after the
examination whether or not thev con-
sidcred her sane. Edmund C. Gaskill,
Jr., county prosecutor, already has an
nounced inni. u bnc is najuuged insane
she will not have to face a jury, but
will bo removed Immediately to nn asy
lum. Dr. Lewis I. Souder, coroner's phy
sician, was to have been one of the
Bpecial commissioners in lunacy. As he
ulready has talked to Mrs. Blake sev
eral times, and has formed this opinion
that she is suffering from paranoia,
Doctor Beckwith. a mental expert, was
selected in his place. .
The summons for Mrs. Blake to at
tend the inquist enmens n surprise. It
will be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow eve
ning in the recorder's room ut city
hall. All persons who have any first
hand knowledge of the case have been
subpoenaed to appear.
James M. Blake, the dead child's
father, will be one of the witnesses
nt the inquest. It iff expected that he
will explain more fully than has ben
revealed before the reasons iwhy he end
his wife separated.
Donald Kiddle and Mrs. Florence
Riddle, son and wife of former Mayor
William Riddle, have been summoned
also. Donald took Mrs. Blako to the
hospital in nn auto after she had col
lapsed on tho porch of Mrs. Benjamin
Fox's home. It was Donnld also who
found Mrs. Blake's pocketbook on the
Ventnor pier, ffomers Endicott, Mrs.
William Gilmore aud William Pepper, a
trolley car conductor, will tell of Mrs.
Blake's nctlons when she boarded n car
with "Buddy."
Doubts Murder Theory
"I am not satisfied with the police
theory of murder," said Dr. Souder
inrlnv "Althnnch the. stories told mo
b.v Mrs. Blake in several examinations
have conflicted, they lend mc to believe
that possibly she did not tnrow mo
child into the bch."
Shortly nfter the special commis
sioners in lunacy questioned the mother
this afternoon, "Buddy" was to have
been laid ot rest in the family lot iu
the Druid Ridge Cemetery, just outside
of Baltimore.
The little casket was put aboard the
10 a. m. train for Philadelphia, then
transshipped immediately to Baltimore.
.Tames M. Blake, the father, and Mlsa
Maud Miller, sister of Mrs. Blake, ni-
"oinpunicd tne uotiy. .ure,. .iiara .uu
ler, tho grandmother, remained to care
for little Esther, "Buddy'!," sister,
Tvho is ill.
Plans for runeral
Arrangements had been made for
Eugene Blake, grandfather of the dead
child, nud other relatives planned to
meet the body. The funeral was to be
held from St. John's Episcopal Church,
Mt. Washington.
RICHES IN DEATH"CHAMBER
Woman Reeluso Had $3150 Cash.
Inherited $60,000 From Parents
Investigatibn by tho police and cor
oner's oflice today showed that Miss
Ida Bassel, tho reeluso found dead at
844 North Ninth street, had inherited
$00,000 from her parents and had
?3150 in the house with her at tho time
of her death, although the appearance
of the plncn at first indicated sho had
died in want. .
In the six-room house she occupied,
she had a quantity of new furniture
which had never been taken frpm the
wrappings. ' The rooms were cluttered
with old newspapers.
Miss Bassel had lived nlone for years
and had been dead several dcys when
her body woh found.
Deputy Coroner Ward, who has
charge ot the coroner's investigation,
is trying to locate a brother believed to
live in this city.
CANADA HALTS CASH ORDERS
PostofHce Affected by New York Ex-
change Fluctuations
Washington, Dec. 17. (By A. P.)
Because of extreme fluctuations in
prevailing quotations for Piew lone
exchange, Canada has suspended tem
porarily the issue ot money oraers on
the United States, the Postoffice De
nnrtment. here nnnounced today. The
suspension will be "for a short period,
until conmtions Decome bomewnui more
stable."
Postmasters in this country were in
structed to pay postal money orders is
sued in Canada whenever presented,
except those bearing a date subsequent
to December 17, 1019.
.CLEMENCEAU DONG' WELL
Paris, Dec. 17. (By A.-P,) The
condition of Premier Ulemenceau was
reported to be satisfactory tins morning,
His "physicians, however, ordered, hitn
to remain nt borne for several days,
The doctors' bulletin read: "'.One pro.,
mier's condition is very satisfactory, but
ho must Htill take rest."
VVITHERSPOON IIAI.U
THE SCHMIDT QUARTET
IN CONCERT
rnlDAT EVENING. DECEMBER 10X11
JTIokftB, J1.B0. II, 78c. B0u
Now on VI WlthprnonnMll Hor Ofllo
nNANciiAr,
FIIRTZ JtKAI.TY. CXI
Tlw follow Inir bond" No. S7-:
Ji&ve bttn drawn, nnd aro cat
T-10a.108-109.ie2.
allri Inr navmn,
for payment
ntm will lte
and accrued tntrt. Taymenta will 1
made on ino iirsi our w wniarj. auu hi
the nffico of tho Ileal EntAto litis Inauninra
Trout Co. of (Philadelphia, Ta.. B23
Chestnut street, after which data all Inter
est on these bonds will ri,
If, E, CAMPimm.. Treasurer.
made on tho first day of 'January, 102O, at
nr.ATiijL
HIIADUOV. Dec. Ill, at Pasadena, Cal..
THOMAS Bn.ADI.ET, fprpierly of I'hlladsl
Phta, seed 77. Due notice ot funeral wl.II
be clven
MAIITIN. Deo. 17. CATHERINE A. fnee"
Kirk), widow of William R. Martin. Hela
tlvea and friends Invited to funeral. Sat.,
R:S0 a. m.. from 600 N, Holly St., cor.
Westminster ave. Fiottmn mass of requiem
Church of Our Mother of Sorrows, 10 a. m.
Int. Holy Cross Cetn Auto service,
REARtCK Dec. 10 URIAH II. REAR.
ICK, Relatives and . frlsnds Invited to
funeral. Bat., a p. in., irorn maj --iun st.
runeral. Bat., - p. in., irorn hjjj -fciun st..
Roxborouah. Services In Talraare Memorial
&
CHELSEA'S BIG HOTEL
PROJECT IMPERILED
Broak Betwoon Linnard and
Straus Interooto Threatono
$20,000,000 Entorprlso
Atlantic Clly, Dec. 17. Projects for
now hotels for Chelsea contemplated by
the Rltz-Carllon, Linnard and Straus,
hotel interests may he sidetracked ' or
shejved as a result of a break between
tho Linnard nnd Straus syndicates, no
cording to reports which aro causing
much concern here. The nmount In
volved In the enlernrlncR is rf''ft (Ml .
000. '
Linnard recently disposed of his In
terests in the new Ambassador, fore
runner of the projected colony of sky
scraper hotel palaces In the Chelsea
district, nnd is said to be out of the
$20,000,000 enterprise o which he was
the most enthusiastic supporter. The
Straus interests nre to go ahead with
a largo addition to tho Ambassador, but
the fate of the remainder of the big
enterprise is bsid to be in doubt.
Restrictions adopted years ago by
an association which planned Chelsea
to be a cottage resort exclusively arc
snid to be responsiblp for the holding
up of plans for the proposed Ritz-Carl-ton
hotel nt Belmont avenue, to cost
$7,000,000. These restrictions were in
tended to guarantee a sea view for all
cottagers and consequently forbid build
ing within twenty feet of street lines.
This almost -forgotten obstacle, it Is
declared, would make necessary the re
drafting of tho plans for tho new ho
tel. BALKS AT MARRIAGE PACT
Now Junk Man Is Sued on Betrothal
Contract Ho Signed
After n formal contract of marriago
had been drawn up before a notary be
tween Mrs. Sarah Brotman and Abra
ham Gobinsky, a junk denier, Gobineky
is said to have refused to carrv out its
terms. Now he is being sued tar S10,
000 by Mrs. Brotraau, in Camtnon
Pleas Court No. ,'1.
Mrs. Brotman is a widow with two
children and the defendant is n widower
and has several children. The com
plaint sets out that the defendant, after
paying court to the complainant for
one "year, refused to go on with the
betrothal agreement. Gobinsky ex
plained his refusal to marry bv saving
that his children objected. Judge Fer
guson issued a capias for him, fixing
ball at $000.
Recount In Ohio Dry Fight
Columbus, O.. Dec. 17. (By A. P.)
Ballot boxes in npproximatcly 1000
Ohio precincts, or one-fifth of the state,
will bo reopened. November's vote
upon ratification of tho federal prohibi
tion amendment will bo recounted to
determine whether the "wet" victory of
Fotne 400 votes wns the true result of
the election.
J.E.G-tfDWEI'$($
JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS .
Cigar Boxes
Cigarette Boxes
Of Silver
beautifully etched, engraved
or engine-turned, and sur
mounted by a knob of jade,
lapis lazuli, turquoise mat
rix, malackite, agate mou
tonne or carved ivory
.A nexv" and exclusive treat
merit. For Christmas Gifts
E. P. DUTTON-& CO."
recommend for Christmas presents
The Dlcltcns Circle By J. W.T. LEY. Illustrated. $6.00.
A .picture of literary England that is the delight of Dickena
lovers. '
Art and the Great War By ALBERT E. GALLATIN.
"Just the record that lias been needed." Royal CortUsox.
With, 100 full-page plates, three of them In colors. $15.00.
The Little Flowers of St. Francis
Exquisitely illustrated. $L5.00.
30 plates in colors" after paintings by Eugene Burnand.
Lad: a Dog By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE. $2.00.
An ideal book to give to any one who loves a' dog.
A Dog Day By WALTER EMANUEL. $1.00.
With deliciously amusing three-color illustrations.
Mare Nostrum By VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ. $1.00.
"Stands supreme in contemporary fiction." New York Times.
Conrad In Quest ol His Youth '
By LEONARD MERRICK. $1.75.
"One -can read it again and again, always with fresh satis
faction." ,
The Man Who Understood Women
Aid Other Stories. $1.75,
The Sun declares Jt: "Leonard Merrick's best book."
AChlneseWonderBooItBy NORMAN H. PITMAN. $2.50,
Genuine Chinese tales illustrated in color by a Chinese artist.
These books are obtainable in any
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MAYOSMTSIN
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22 CITY ORDINANCES
Provide for Opening Stroots and
Acquiring Land for Two
Now ParkB Hero
COST TO BE $500,000
Mayor Smith signed twenty-two or-
dlnances this afternoon, most of them
providing, for the acquisition of land
for park purposes or tho' opening of
streets.
Tho ordinances will entail an ex
pcndlture by the Moore administration
of approximately $500,000.
In signing the ordinances to open
streets Mayor Smith departed, from a
custom which he has followed up to this
time.
He persistently refused to sign ordin
ances to open streets in the past unless
they contained a proviso setting forth
mut iuc uwuers o. mu ."UiIei.fttjw
wrougn wnicn tno streets were 10 uo
opened, dedicated tho- land needed to
the city.
One ordinance authorizes tho appro
priation of land valued at $100,000 it
tho Fifteenth ward for park purposes
aud another authorizes 'the city to
take o.cr a plot of similar value in the)
Twenty-first ward as an extension to.
Fail-mount Park.
Tho opening of Sansom street be
tween Fiftieth and- Fifty-first streets is
provided in ono ordinance. 'A proviso ten
dedicate tho land to the city wa8,strick
en out.
Other streets to be opened arc : Mub
grave, Washington lane to Johnson!
street; Walnut lane. Seventy-third ave
nue to Cheltenham street; Chester ave
nue, Sixty-sixth to Sixty-eighth street
and Rising Sun lane. Roosevelt boule
urd to Olncy avenue.
Ordinances providing for the paymenj
of $78,301 to the Barber Asphalt Par
ing Co., nnd $87,388 to the Union Pav
ing Co,, for recent street repairs, werd;
approved by Mayor Smith ,c
BLACK CAT HIS HOODOO
Fearing Accident, Andy Threw Mllli
Bottles at Animal
"nvcrytlmo n black cat crosses mj
path, I havo an accident."
That's how Andy Traper, twenty
one years old, of 3118 Miller street,
explained why ho picked up several
milk bottles from the doorsteps early
today and chucked them nt an innocent
cat. Threo black cats crossed his life,
he said, and be fell heir to two accidents
and lost his job immediately after.
He was arrested by Patrolman Qrln
dorb, of the Belgrade nnd Clearfield
street station, and wns discharged to
day by Magistrate Wriglcy, who-warned
him hereafter to dose his eyes when ho
spied a black cat.
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