1 k THEWEATKHt s Washington, Doc. 8, Cloudy to night wllti snow flnrrlco, TTOirrBATtmn at bach noun I B'j'tl jlO 111 112 I 1 I 2 I 3l 4 I Ol I n h 7 1 8 n jio io In )i2 i "T faienmg $luhttc Vtefoazz SPORTS EXTRA h VOL. VI. NO. 82 GIRL TELLS J TDMFAie Y SHE DIDN'T MEAN l Clara Bartel CollaDsoa Before Taking Stand in Own Defense. Sedatives Administered MOTHER PERMITTED TO SIT V AND hdl n r.mi nq HAMn tfliw- She Sobs Throughout Trial. Counsel Relates Incidents of Alleged Cruelty Rj a Staff Corrrsnmiticnt Dojlcstown, Dec. 18. Clnra llartel, Blxtcen-yenr-old girl charged with the murder of her father, took the witness sianti in ncr own defense this afternoon. " Wccplug, and iu a voire htiskv with emotion a voice scarcely nudiblc at first, even in the unnatural stillness of tho courtroom she told tho jury that sho had not meant to kill her father; that she had picked up tho shotgun which ho himself had taught her to use. in order to frighten him: that sha had not known that the gun was cocked and 'loadfd; and that it liad gone off in her nanus. AUittlc while before she went to the , .fctanl, witli head high, though tears . overuowecj her eyes nud streamed down her cheeks sho liad collapsed utterly, losing consciousness .for n moment. Spectators In Tears The courtroom was surcharged with motion. Women among the spectators fcohbed, ami men were not ashamed of the tears thnt they wiped away with their hands. Perhaps the most dramatic moment . of the tnul thus far was when the girl collapsed shortly after court resumed early this afternoon. Shn was sitting nlone near her coun sel, J. Hibbs Huehmnn. The principal witness for the commonwealth, Mrs. ( William Steinmuellcr. Clara's auut had Tcsumed the stand for cross-exnminn-,' tion. Exhausted by her emotions of the .morning, when she had sobbed at times almost hysterically, Clara was sitting dully in her chair, wiping her eyes now and then, and keeping herself in hand With visible effort. ' Suddenly she sobbed nloud, n long, ronvulsive sob that shook her whole body. And then she slumped in her chair, in collapse- riiyslcian Goes to Her Aid Dr- (h A. Parker, tho Rartel fam ily physleiau, who at the morning ses sion, hnd tcstiiled to finding the father's t body and pronouncing him dead, was "Hitting In the courtroom and hurried to i a tv uili n oiuut j.Jiiiu nun u rtuui rniu IP AtTinnw tli n rpviwil n rinteli- tnl'liitt .if 1 U(,.u.f. ..... ..,..,, .J...V. ....(, V. L'i ureqth, and exclamations of pity and icujuerii. jwt'iyi,- i.-jirjier uiiiiiiiusicrru a sedative as soon as tne girl liau ro .covercd from the faint, whiph lnst,ed but a' momenta --. -' Judgo Itynn waited anxiously until tho cirl was revived. Then court at tendants brought from the judge's t:hani-j uers a tug Heavily upholstered leather nrmchalr and nrrnnged it fdr the girl. She Ienned hack, with ejes half closed, and tho trial was resumed. Her mother and Jlrs. Nightengale, tho probation officer, were permitted to bring their chnirs into tho reserved space in front Of the jtidge's dais, and they sat there bdside the girl holding her hands. T, Ilibs lluckman, outlining thn de fense, declared that the girl hud not meant to kill her father. While the jury listened in horrified attention he told how the dead man hnd beaten his wife and daughter; how he hnd cursed them, nnd how he had finally ordered Clara out of the house to earn her own Jiving when she wanted to sell Liberty Bonds. Says Father Struck Her Mr. Huekmnn snid that llartel hnd struck and cursed Clara coutinunlly ; that ho had persecuted her from the tlmo she found some old love-letters hidden in tho barn ; that there had been a frightful scene in Mrs. Hm-tcl's bed room the morning of the shooting, in which Uartel had struck his wife. Clara bad broken down bpfore, dur ing tho morning session. It was dur ing the earlier cross-examination of her aunt, Mrs. Steininuller. Mr. Hushmun at that time sat dov;n bcsldo the weeping girl, and tried to comfort her. Sho threw her arms about his neck and laid her head on his Continued on Vac Ninnfrrn. Column Three -BOILER BLAST ROCKS ARCH ST. BUILDING; WILD RUSH TO STREET Windows Smashed and Manhole Hurled Twenty Feet Hoati ing Plaht Wrecked An extra effort to heat up tho sir story building at 1000 Arch street this afternoon was too much for the boiler, and a valve blew out with a loud cx- v plosion, Tho floor shook, the plate glass win- f " dow of tho United States Rubber Co. on the first floor was shattered and a manhole lid In the pavement was thrown twenty feet into the air. " There was n rush for the Street by tho people in the building. Everybody got out without injury. They returned later, but it was to cold and shivery offices, for the, heating plant was wrecked. Reserve Patrolman Perkins, who is stationed at Tenth nnd Arch streets, turned in an alarm as soon ns lie heard the explosion, but the. firemen were not , needed. K, R, Hartlctt, general man- ager of tho, rubber company, said it would be Impossible to estimate the dam age until n careful examination of the heating plant in the basement could bo made. The Weathervane Bnow flurries Tonight and Friday. Wind hurries And lirlngs a dry day, jSfp we'll willingly endure hlawlu rising temperature. Entered ns Second-Class Jlattor at the Tostomce, nt Philadelphia, Vn. Under tho Act of March 3. 18T0. 15 Horses Freeze to Death in Cars That Arrive Here Others in Shipment of 40 Dying Crowd Watches Helplessly as Train Leaves West Phila. for Greenwich Point Fifteen horses, Rhipped .from Dela ware to Philadelphia in opcn-lnttlce stock cars, were frozen to death this morning on their way here. They wero consigned to n fertilizing plant nt Greenwich Point, nud were di verted to tho Pennsylvania Railroad freight yards nt Thirtieth nnd Race streets by mistake. Huddled together in an effort to shield themselves from tho biting cold, the horses, which were on their way to slnughter, perlbhed slowly ns the train raced north. Tho bodies, brown, dnppled gray, and black, with none of the slcckn"ss nnd gloss of youth, but with every evi dence of a long horse-life faithfully and laboriously lived, lay frozen nnd stiff, in this death trniu. The train. carried with it something more tragic than tho Siberian death trains because there could be not even the comfort of words among this silent, tortured trninlond. There were two carloads iu the con CITY HALL LOOP BILLipi Mitten Says Purpose Was to Handle Christmas Shoppers. Favors Dunlap Plan WANTS OTHER BILLS PASSED In. the face of n possible veto by Masor Smith, if the measure were passed, tho Rapid Transit Co. today withdrew its bill providing u reloeutiou of tracks around City Hall. Members of Select and Common Councils were informed iu n letter from Thomas E. Mitten, president of the company, thnt an alternative plan, sug gested by Chief Dunlap, bureau of high ways, calling for running of AlnrW-t street trolley cms directly through City Hall, should be coiyldcred. The withdrawal of the first plan was explained on the ground thnt the reloca tion .was desired to accommodate the Christmas rush and that it is now too late for that purpose. The company iu the same communi cation urged pnssngc of two other bills, one, the drastic one-way traffic ordi nance requiring all vehicular traffic to move in the same direction as the trol loVs and prohibiting pniking in tho cen tral section; tho other authorizing n loop at Gorgos lane and Musgrnve street, Germantown. ..'The tompany "also, .proiifflwl jin or., fliunuec permitting ,thcj removal ot tracks on Passyunk avenue nnd on Dickinson street, now unused ns a re sult of decisions by the Public Service Commission and the Superior Court. Trolley cars formerly run on Passyunk nveuuo cast of Sixteenth street urc to bo diverted to Snyder avenue. Tho company declares the chnnge will result in improved service. Passyunk avenue business men objected to the rerouting plnn. FORGOT SOMETHING? YES There Was a Fire Furniture Re moved Baby Left Upstairs Yes, something was forgotten, but what was it? Several negroes deliberated thusly this morning while they were reviewing the articles saved during u tire in n tenement house nt l."V?7 Lombard street, A quick inventory showed thnt they had saved the beds, the lefrigerator, the tables- and chnirs, the stovelifter, the scuttle, and Hut there sure was another thing missing. While tliev were deliberating Patrol man Shnnkliu, of the Twelfth nnd Pine streets station, groped his wav upstairs, and saw something protruding above the covers of n bed. It was a baby. "Come on. we have to go out," said Shanklin. "there's been a lire.", "Hah," suid the youngster, as his eves blinked. Hut he went iu Shank lhi's arms. HOW ABOUT IT, DANIEL? Did You Ride In the Beauty Corner or Not? Travel, travel little stars Jn your snowy 1'ullmttn ears, I ean sec my special chair Hut I hate to hurst in there, Did Daniel Lane, Penn student with the ticket to tho 0R'ontz School "Rcnuty Speciul." claim the popular sent when' the limited pulled out of Hroad Street Station this nftcruoon? He wns on hand. So were the Ogontz girls and their oli.iperoues. Hut girls got on nt North Philadelphia mid were holding tho hir when he arrived. lie had not entered the beauty corner when tho train pulled out. Ho bud supposed lie was the only man lucky enough to hold n reservation in this wonderful c.ir. Hut n number of others, one n navy officer, wero aboard, Mavbo thnt made Daniel mad. Vhero In1 Anally decided to ride is a inystery. It probnbly depends on how much nerve Daniel has. PRINCE IS WELCOMED HOME Was Struck by Similarity of English and American Life London. Dee. 18. (Hy A. P.I Sir Edward U. Cooper, lord minor of Lon don, 'today forjnally welcomed the Prince of Wales home from his visit to Can add and the I'nited States. The "cere monies took jdnco in the Guildhall in tha presence of a representative gath ering, including I'nited States Ambas sador .Tohn W.. Dnvjs, Premier Lloyd George nnd former Premier Asiiuith. Tho prince said the warmth of the welcome he first experienced in New foundland followed him throughout his travel in North America. He said he greatly enjoyed his first visit to tho United States, where he wns accorded tho hospitality for which tho Americans nre famous, Itcferrlug to the United States, the princo said ho was struck by tho fact thnt the life and politics of "that great country closely jreBctablcd our Qw.n'' signment, with about twenty horses in each. Only one of the horses in the forward car was dead. In tho rear car more than half had suffered to the death. A group ot men was attracted to the cars. They could do nothing. A gun would have been the best comforter for the dying, but no ono hnd the 011 thorlty to kill them. Soon the train pulled out of the ynnl. The dying in the cars were silent. Hut their quivering flesh was terrible proof of their pain. Just as the "train disappeared down the tracks for the Greenwich Point abattoir, Al Itenniug, n slaughterer for a beef pneking firm, came to tlic siding, Jle enrried a great ax. "Too late," the huge fellow said, .and lie snid It with a deal of sorrow, "I could have helped those poor animal." The Society for the Ptevcution of Cruelty to An mnls will ninkc an In vestigation of this method of shipping uuiuilim Jii s.viu iiiaiuvL. PERSHING IN RACE His Candidacy Formally Started by Former Currency Comp troller Dawes CHECK TO WOOD BOOM Hy CLINTON V. filUHKHT Man" CorrfKiwmlent or (lie ICvrnlne I'ubllc Tdirpr Washington, Dec. 18. General Per shing is in the race for the Republican nomination for president. lie is in the hands of his friends, ns General Wood Is, and liis friends arc iiushiug him. The Pershing movement will be launched in Nebraska, which means an invasion of Wood territory, for the politicians have been conceding Ne braska to Colonel Roosevelt's political legatee. The manager of the Pershing movement is General Charles G. Dawes, of Chicago. General Dawes is a banker in Chi cago. He wns controller of the ctir Tuey'under McKinley and has been ac tive iu politics ever sinfe. General Dawes was chief of the purchase and supply livision of the A. E. V., with headquarters nt Paris. He was one of the rght-hand men of General Pershing abroad. He is now demobilized and has returned to banking, in Chicago. The Pershing movement has. more over, the appioval of Senator Warren, of Wyoming, who Is tho general's fatbev.-ln-law.' "Senator Wnren is a very wealthy man. Ills support of Pershing, to gether with that of Mr. Dawes, insures nuother well -financed movement for the Republican nomination for the prpsi rtciicy in addition to those of General Wood nnd Governor Lowden. Pershing as a- Work to Wood Itoom When the Republican national com mittee met here recently it was recog nized Hint Wood must be stopped. Ap parently General Dawes saw that, too. Hence the psjcliological moment bus nnived for the promotion of the Persh ing enndidacj. its appearance insures what every one iu the iceent Republi can gathering hoped for. the develop ment "of a rival to Wood, enough of n national figure to challenge him in the preliminary running nnd bring about a nominntiou on the floor of the conven tion. Rivalry between Wood nnd Pershing is sharp. Pershing has alwajs stood in Wood's way and got the thing that Wood wanted. Pershing Alwajs Nosed Wood Out A certain coolness between these Roosevelt generals dates back fiom Philippine diijs. Since then Pershing has always nosed Wood out from the command of the Mexican expedition nnd Inter from the biggest opportunity thnt ever came to an American general since Grunt, from the command of the Amer ican expeditionary force to Prance. Even General Wood's ambition to go to France iu command of a division is sup posed to have been defeated bv Pershing who. nording to Secretary Hakcr, re fused to have 'General Wood under him. If Pershing should now nose Wood out of the presidency it would be the final net of the 'drama. General Pershing enjoys a freedom to appear befoie tho country and In cidentally acquire support that General Wood does not. Pershing is a general in the army, as such ho does about as he. likes, much to the, distress of4Gen era! March, the chief of staff. General Pershing is now touring the country inspecting posts' nnd camps on his ' own account, and subject to no orders, except from the President. He is now in Detroit. In a day or so he will be in Chicago. The development of the Pershing boom will be watched with satisfaction by the Republican organization nnd Nvitlrnnxi cty by the Wood promoters, The poli ticians will hope that Wood nnd Per shing will kill each other off, destroy the possibilities of a military candidate and leave the way open for one of their baby dolls. FOR PRESIDENCY RUM WORTH $2500 STOLEN FROM COLONEL M'FADDEN Thieves Drive Up to Bryn Maivr Mansidn in Truck Raid Treasure in Cellar While Servants and Family Sleep They've done it again. It seems no matter how hard a mau may try, or how deep ho hides iU-tamc-body or other will find his treasure. Lieutenant Colonel .T. Franklin Mc Fndden was forehanded, like lots of other people, but thieves have stolen 2.")00 worth of his good liquor just the same. The crime" wns committed under cover of night nt the Hryn Mawr mansion of the former captain of the First City Troop, A houseful of bervauts slept, and members of tho family were equally oblivious while the treasure was re moved from the vaults beneath the bouec PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1919 MERCURY 4 ABOVE .18 Four Degrees Below Registered in Tacony, Willow Grove and Other Suburbs FRIGID WEATHER BRINGS SUFFERING TO THE POOR Skating on Fairmount Park Lakes Ice in Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers B-r-r-r! Below Zero! Look at the Thermometer! Tacony -1 below Willow Grove 1 below Germniitown Zero Hryn Mnwr Palmyra, N. J. . Jenkintown .... Nnrbcrth Moorestown, N. Norrlstown .... . . . .Zero . . . . Zero . . . .Zero . . . .Zero ,tiibove . I above Camden f nbovc' Cold of unexpected intensity gripped tho city today, and sent the official temperature down to four degrees, tho coldest December IS since 1S7I1. Unoflicinl teniperatuies from out Iriug sections of the cltv were ns low as four below, win. The cold resulted in suffering among the poor, and people whose occupations Keep them outdoors felt it acutely. Tho frigid wave has brought pleasure for thousands, however. There is skat ing on Concourse. Gusline nnd Hunting Park lakes, Kairmount Park, and on ronds in the subuibs. Iis clogging the Schuylkill nnd Delaware rivers. The lowest official temperature, that of four aboe, was recorded at 7 o'clock this morning. Thnt made this the city's coldest day in two years. Tho roldest December day on record wns the thir tieth, in 1017, with the mercury four below. At 4 o'clock this afternoon, the temperature had iscn to III. Tonight, sn.s ine weatherman, the temperature will bo about 10 above zero. Tomorrow the cold is expected to abate. Cloudy weather tonight, witli occasional snow llmries, is forecast. Trolley Cars Cold In those sections of the city where the morning mill; wns served curly the fluid wns a solid cake of ice in the bottle nnd hail to bo thawed for coffee. Although the coal restrictions hnye been lifted by the government, miiuyof the trolley cars liad a North Pole at mosphere. Passengers had some'oiiso lation in the fact that the cold would kill the germs nnd did not complain. The big drop in temperature inci dentally brought a deluge of orders to coal yards. Those with empty bins were reminded that wlnti : was really here nnd stinted to increase the sup ply ou general principles. Kerrjbont passenger huddled inside the cabins, ns the fierce wind on the river ndded greatly to the frigidity. Many small craft liad a difficult task in picking their way to whnres along the shore, ns nt ninny places the ice wns caked in small piles nnd obstructed progress. Hard On Traffic Pollen Postmen, patrolmen, letter carriers ami other outdoor winkers found flic cold had a sting which hint the trnllic policemen, nt their fixed posts, kept stamping their feet ami slapping their arms against their bodies to keep up circulation. Christinas shoppers scurried along the streets with cheeks nnd noses pink, but enjoying, nevertheless, the bite of tin- drj. bracing cold. Despite the bitter night applications from homeless persons for shelter were comparatively few. s Only two homeless men applied nt the Inasmuch Mission, 1011 Locust street. Fifty -sW went to the Galilee Mission, S2S Vine street, but Unit was only about' tho average since Decen ber 1. The relatively small number of idle and penniless men in Philadelphia this winter is pointed to ns proof of the prosperity ot tho city. The cold weather seems to have left :he West and Northwest nnd even Cnn ada for a visit to the East. Twenty-four below zero was the mark it Hnll's Mills, near Willianisport, Pa. It was 10 below at Shenandoah, Pa. Tills was the coldest December IS ou record in the Shenandoah region. Northfield, Vt. registered 22 below and Canton, N. Y., 20 below. Zero temperature wirfi reached at New York, six below at Hoston, 2 below at Huffalo and 8 below ot Albany. 32 I. W. W.'s CONVICTED Kansas City, Dec. IS. A -wrdicf of guilty on all four counts in the in dictment wns returned by the jury this afternoon in the cases of thirty-two members of the Industrial AVorkcrs of the World on trial in the federal court in Kansas City. Kan., on hinges of violating the espionage net. Ti-nel-a nt n ninf n,.l ..,,, 1. . , , , , ,, , 1? ot n mj'ortruck w01.p ,,ininiv visible the next tiny. It stopped behind some evergreens, nnd Hinder cover of the brush and hedges thn (lifevos ml. ruiii-rn upon uif nouse, lorcetl tlielr way into the cellar, and were con fronted hy rows and rows of bottles nnd demijohns. There was champagne. There wns wine. And in twelve demijohns was. it is whispered, some of the smoothest and finest whisky that cvV wus The thieves got it all, thlrt-live gallons of it. The colonel has put private detec tives on the case, and although the theft happened two weeks ago, no sign of toe lost liquid 'haBibicnidlscoYcredt , . . .1 -.... .... .... r COLDEST DEC CITY SIN 187 MISS. (iKORGIA MWVItV RKYHl RN MRS. REYBURN TO WED i Former Wife of W. S. Reyburn Gets ! License in New York A marriage license has been issued in New Yoi I. to Erwln Albert Morse, son of Chillies W. Morse, the steamship man. and Mis. Gcorgle Maury Ileybnrn, ot Washington. AVhen they obtained the Incuse- hist Sntiirdnv the couple told the clerk that they planned to be mar ried nt the Rutgers' Presbjterian Church. Seenty-lhlid street, Monday. At. the chinch information rcgaiding the wedding was refused. Mrs. Iteyljurn has two children bj her former nuirringe. She wns awarded their custodj in December, 1!)17, when she obtained a divorce from William Stunrt Rej burn, son of former Mn)or He) burn. Mr. Morse said he was thirty -one )cnis old and desetibed his occupation al "shlpbuildii.g." This is his tiist inn n Inge. Mrs. Re) burn gne her age as twenty-eight. In .lime, l'.lll, she married Mr. Itc)burii ut St. .Iphn's ICpIseopal Cliuiili. Washington. Mis. llcUiurn was awarded her di orce on the grounds of "intolerable citiellv," WOOD SEES "RED" PERIL Tells Colorado Legislators Allen Agi tators Cause Labor Unrest Demcr, Col., Dec. IS. (Hy A. P.) Indifference of the au'rage American toward the performance of his civic duties and the willingness of (he "red" alien and the agitator to usurp the functions of local government are fac tors iu the wae of unrest which it sweeping the nation. Major General Leonard Wood told niembcis of the Col orado Legislature toihi) . "We have been attributing much of our unrest to tho ranks of labor," said General iiood, but during my lerents tnuel.s tlirougu tlie riot koiics I hne learned thnt IVi per cent of Americnn workiuginen iif straight. In nviny in ptd m-trybKw' i ex, H hey-rnro. frunrlcr .thc domination "of the agitators, who are re sponsible for most of the unrest. "The remedy that can bo most ef fectively applied right now is u strict supervision of immigration. "Tho American Legion enn he looked upon ns a bulwark in (he nation's in dustrial life, and to the members of the Legion is going to be delegated the task of suppressing the treasonable ac tivities of the tabid alien. In event no other means of suppressing him can bo found." ASKS BRITISH SHOWDOWN Lloyd George May Be Forced to Ex plain Foreign Policy London, Dec is (Hy A. P.) Sir Donald MiicLean. Liberal leader in the, House of Commons, today opened "the way for deb.ite in the course of which Premier Llo.d George is expected to ubihc nn important statement On the government's polh) affecting a number of ipiestinns. Speaking on the appropriation bill Sir Donald demanded thnt the people be taken into the government's: confi dence rcgiiiding its foreign policy. He requested information especially relative to the arrangement for tho defense of Franco nnd also regarding the position of the allied and associated powers con--cerniug the Adriatic situation. Fur ther, lie demanded to know whether Russia was to lie left absolutely alone. PREMIERS TO MEET AGAIN Lloyd George, Nittl and Clemenceau to Discuss Flume London. Dee. is. (Hy A. P.l Premiers Llojd Geoigc, of Great liri tain, and Nitti. of itnl), have been in vited to meet Clenlenceau, of France! and possibly an American representa tive in Paris, in the couise of a few days, it was stated here todav. An ef fort to settle the question of Finnic is the purpose of the meeting. . BIG MONEY TRAILS 25-1 and 20-1 Shots at New Orleans Follow Grove A In First Race New Orleans, Dec. 18. Xodesto nnd Dewltt, long shots, trailed Grove A., who paid -1-1. in the first race at New Orleans toiln). Zodestc and Dewitt were started to pay 2."i and 20-1, re spectively, to win, but paid well any how. riRST HACK rlulmine purse $500, mulilen tvo-uti ul.i.s (I furlongs lrue A.. IVI l'oni.'4lPl S to S 7 lo 10 Nr.i.lcnte. Ill (lliiri -'." in 1 10 lo I ft to 1 Uewllt, tin. PnulPS !ltol S to 1 4 to 1 Tlmo. 1:15 1-1 Nahhotnh, Virginia U'Or 1 Stonily, Hetty ('urr Osden tllrl. Ludy lone l'rincebh Lou. On Ill&h and Kmma J. also ran. SECOND HAi n, claiming, pursa $300, for threc-yrai-olds and up. five and a half fur longs; American Uai,n 111. Walls. ... . 10 to 1 4 to 1 2 tu 1 Numbo Jumbo 111. Uuxton , B to 2 ecn 1 to '.' ,lrili Plotter. 101. Helnl<l 12 to If 0 to 1 ft lo 2 Time. 1:07. hnuictasll, OnlcO. D.lnchli ,,., ,irjtU Mlllll M, !ert Thuritlnn .Mara Tom Valerlo vst Scarpla II and Mack l)urnr lo ian . HAVANA RESULTS FinsT JIACJ3. purse JrtOO. threes car-olJ nnd tip; natmlng. (lw and a half furlongs. llctcrly JnmcH 10J tniaetia Al Hudson 11(1 3 tu 1 0 to 3 3 to 5 Ormen . to V X to 1 4 to.1 Hoin 110, 11 tlarm-r 3 lo 1 1) to it 3 lo ,i Time. 1,011 1..1 Unwise Child Tidal, .Minn Iitn, Iron Po itnd ArtlHt ulso ran. French Deputies Elect Deschanel ' Paris, Dec. IS. (Hy A. P.)-r-Paul Deschanel was unanimously re-elected .president of the Chamber of Deputies todan Published Dally Hxcert flundar Stilmrrlptlon Trice 1 a Year by Mall. Copjrlaht. lull), by I'uhllo Ledirer Company INDEPENDENT SPLIT IN COUNCIL BATTLE Wish Is Father to Dire Forebod ings and Leaders Are Not Doing the Talking MOORE ISN'T FORCING HIS VIEWS ON ANY ONE Cunningham Appears Undis turbed Regarding His Posi tion Penrose's Hands Off Hy GKOKGH NOX Mi CAIN i The attention of the politician, for the time being, is directed toward the problem of the organization of the new 'oiincll. It takes n place, iu point of interest, beside Ihe question of the suc cession to .1. Hampton Moore in the Third Congressional district. There have been rumors that n split was imminent among the eleven Inde pendent councilmeii who form the ma jority of Hint body J that every dav sees the ihnnccs of Charles H. Hall, the regular Republican candidate for the presideiicv, improving: that two of (he Independents wero ut least luke warm iu his sunpnrt. It is possible thnt tho wish is father to the thought with the gentlemen who mrenil sucli melancholy forebodings. There bus been, it is true, some friction, but nothing more than might be ex pected where certain units in the vic tniinus faction fancied they Vere not getting till that was coming to them. As for n wide open split it is n dream. leaders Not Talking There has been, in the first place, loo much irresponsible and foolish street corner conversation. The leaders arc not doing the talking. They have not done any. The gossip that Mnvor-elecl Moore is tr)ing io force his views and candi dates upon t lie Independent council' men is sunct heated air. It would he strange, indeed, if Mr. Moore wcie not deshous of having the councilmanic mnjoritv help him work out his well-defined plans for a greater and better Phllndeliihiii. All his ap pointments thus far have been with this purpose in view. lie hits had a number of conferences w'itli the couneilmen -elect. Several of them drop in to sec him every day. To nil of them he bus expressed a de sire for their hearU co-ooeration and invited their support. Thnt lie has nersistentlv uttcmnted to bias their views in favor of any particular can didate is not the fact. Neither is it to be supposed Hint his colleagues ou the Independent ticket, the new couneilmen. themselves a po tential part of the new charter ad minfsraflve HjMtcm. -would rush ahead pell-mell nnd organize without consul tntion with the Mn,or. Just as the Mayor will take no definite step af fecting the cit)'s interests without con sultation with members of Council. Cunningham Not Disturbed Thomas W. Cunningham, of the Al liance, is not disturbed ill the slightest ns to his own position as a lender nor his relations with the Mayor-elect, lie is going along perfectly satisfied that equal justii e will be done lhove who fought on the Independent side. There will be individual instances of dis nppointi'ient, no doubt, but "Tom" ('uniiinehnni estimates political iesult by general averages. As for Senator Penrose it can be given on the best niithniity that he has not in am wa) sought to influence Mr. Moore in the choice of his cabinet. Suggestions t lint Mr. Cunningham is to' dictate appointments or pass upon the avitilnhilit) of candidates can be pigeon holed just where tliev pmb.iblv belong by those who b"sl know J. Hampton Mooie Political dilettantes who imagine thnt Mr. Cunningham will not be consulted and his opinions nnd suggestions given tin1 ciiiefnl consideration they deserve are out of touch with the situation. Mr, Cuiininchtim deserves this consideration. He is the head and directing power of a lcprcscntativo political organization; just ns (lenige W. Coles is likewise tiie executive bend of a potential organiza tion of light-minded citizens who gave Continued on Pace Nineteen, Column One IS PURELY A DREAM $2,422,071 E- B- SMITH ESTATE ADJUDICATEr Adjudication iu the estate of tlie late Edv.-ald B, S.ulth, Philadelphia banker and clubman, has been handed doxvn by Judge . F. Solly ih the Orphanfc' Court At Korristovru. HU peisonal estate had been inventoried at $9,428,071. His wife lecelves the household roods, horses and stable equipment of the Gwyned Vnlley estate, valued at 910,000, the contents of the house at Nineteenth nnd De Xancey streets, valued at $10,000. $25,000 cash, and the' Qwyned Valley and Philadelphia real estate. auto hits wo6An; driver rushes away Aii unidentified woman, well-dressed, about thirty-eight years old, leceived n probable fractured skull when struck by an hutomob.le at the cornei- of Lancaster avenue and FIfty-seccnd street, .at 3 o'clock th(s afternoon, he driver of the cav did not stop. Tho womau is iu a semi-conscious condition in the "West I'bijadclpliia Uomepatholc Hojplal. MAY DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT .Reports of General Election In Great Britain Revived Loiidoir, Dee. IS (Hy A. V".) He cent predictions that a general election will be held in tlie near futtiro are levived by several newspapers in con nection witli minors cuneut in the parliamentary lobbies. Parliament will be piorogued next week until the second week tn Feb ruary, when, according to widespread belief, the govern pent will immedi ately prepare, for u dissolution of Par liament and nn election to test tho country's confidence In the coalition cabinet. . - COAL INQUIRY DELAYED Commission to Be Named This Week; Hearings After Holidays I Washington. Dec. 18. (Hy A. P.l -The presidential' cnmmis'ddn to invest! gate wages and prices m the bituminous coal industry will be appointed this week. Attorney General Palmer said, to ih. but It will not begin work until after the Christmas holidays. Mr. Pal mer explained Hint the inquiry could not I begin until otiicial reports showed that the miners hail returned to work. Tie attorney general will appear to j morrow before the Senate committee which is Imovtignting the circumstances surrounding the Indianapolis agreement wliii li ended the strike. Indianapolis, Intl., Dec. IS (Hy A. P. ) Tlnv International tonwutloii of the 1 lifted Mine Workers ot America will lie held ill Indianapolis if called to meet on .Iniiiiarv 111 or thcn-iiftcr. but if before that time it will 'he held in Columbus. ,(). This announcement was niiide. today by John L. Lewis, act ing president of the mine w inkers. SENATE DELAYS SUGAR BILL Foes Prevent Vote on Broadening Powers of Federal Board 'Washington, Dec. IS. Sugar legis lation received another setback in the Senate today, when advocates of tho bill! to extend federal control and li censing during 11120 were unable, be cause of the protracted opposition de bate, to bring to n Mile the House amendments bioadenlng the powers pro posed i for the United States bugar equalization boaid. Senntor 'Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, .again sought the Senate concurrence in House amendments, hoping for. a xotc before the railroad bill came up. -Senator Ituusdell, Demo crat, of Louisiana, .who led the oppo sition, declared the hill proposed to "inflict awful punishment" ou the sugnr industry' alone. The sugar legislation, said Senator Gay, Democrat, of Louisiana, hnd stiffened Cuban quotations mid would forte the sugar hcaid to buy at famine prices If enacted. He predicted normal conditions by Fcoruury. , Attorney General Palmer was asked iu a icsoliilioit passed today hy the House to leport by wiiat authority be fixed sowiitcen and eighteen tents ns the price 'for the Louisiana sugar crop. HcprcsetitotiNo Tiiikhnui, Republican, of Massai liiisetls, author of. the reso lution, snid living costs had increased yilln.00O.000 because of this price lix iug. SHOPPERS SEE FIRE" SCARE Rush In Chestnut Street, but No Blaze, at 'Boothby's Ciirishnus shoppers in thei neighbor hood of Thirteenth and Chcjtnut streets momentarily forgot their missions in the excitement caused 'by the roar of the fire engines and the clanging of the bells ns a 'host of firemen urrivcd at a building -on Chestnut street, near Thirteenth. Hoothby's restaurant. Tlie street was blocked for fifteen minutes by spertntni.s, waiting for "something to happen," but the fire piovcd u flivver. An exhnlist fan cov ered with oil and grease, which was being, removed from tlie lcnr of the building, had 'caught lire, and same excited person hud turned in the alarm, Tlieic was no damage. HERE'S REAL TOUGH LUCK Salem, Mass.,, Folk Walk in Zero Weather iWhen Trolleys Stop Salem. Mass.. Dec. IS. (Hy A. P.) Suspension of virtually nil trolley servioc on the Salem division of the Fnstern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. to'day forced thousands' of 'residents of this city. Ueverly and Peabody to walk to woik in be'ow-zero weather or to lidc iu crowded, uuhentcd motor miises. ' . The tie-up was in nmirdanoe with the decision of the public trustees of the. .railway torTcurhvcl the .cars unless the cities revoked nil jitney license PRESIDENT BRAVES. COLD Spends Half Hour Outdoors'' and Works on Important Matters Washington, Dec. IS. (Hy A. P.) Intense .mid ami au.oiorcnst sky did not preM'iit President Wjlson from spending his usual lia'if hour todu) on the soutU portico ol tlie White House. This was the fourth nnniversiir) of the wedding of the Picsident and Mrs. Wil son, but no telebrntioii wiis-jirrnnged. Mr. Wilson began work early nnd was understood to he engaged on mutters of importance, an announcement toncern ing which was expected during the afternoon. DISCUSS SCAPA FLOW AGAIN French Cabinet Officials Report, but No Decision Is Reached Paris, Dec. IS. (Hy A. P.l The ipifstlon of whut (iermany should pnv for siuklng the Scapa Plow tleet wus again before the supreme council to day. Louis I.ouclfetir, French minister of recmistiuctinu. ami Georges J.evguea, minister of mat ine, reportctl on the dis cussions )esterday between the allied and (ierninu experts. No decision was reached. One more boundary question was set tled by the council today wien it de lineated tlie frontier between f!nll,.ln nnd Hukowina. Chuueellor Kcnnec, of'i .lunui.i, jiuvjuk r.-viuku uciion ior lUO relief of the Austrian people, will leave Paris tonight.. PRIQE TWO CENTS DEMOCRATIC CI IN SENATE WILL BE Hitchcock - Un'derwood Fight's Result Will Clarify Treaty Situation - NEBRASKAN CONFIDENT AS HE CALLS CAUCUS Lodge and Administration Leader Must Get Together for Peace Action h Uy CLINTON' W. OIL1IKRT Stair Corrcspon'ilont t.f llio l'.trnlnc TiWlo Ijerfffer Washington. Dec. 18. Senator Hitchcock has called n Democratic caucus for Saturday to choose the leader of the Senate Democrats. Senator Hitchcock is confident. Ills supporters clnim twenty-four votes for him as against eigleeu otcs for Senntor Un derwood with Carter Glass, of Virginia, not tnking bis sent. The southern vote, which goes mostly to Senator Underwood. Is divided, the older nnd moro influential southern members being claimed for Senator Hitchcock. Among his supporters are said to he Senators Simmons. Swan son, Overman, Hoke Smith, Fletcher, ot Florida, and Culberson and Shcp pard, of Texas. Tlie western senators generally nre for Senator Hitchcock ex cept Senntor Pittmnu, while the few eastern Democratic senators 'are re ported to favor Senator Underwood. To Clarify Treaty Situation The settlement of this leadership fight will clarify tlie treaty situation. As it is now the Democratic senators ar pulling in nil directions. They are all working for u compromise, but without authority. It is necessary to deliver practically the entire Democratic vote to any compronii.se to Insure its passage. To do this requires the delivery of the President ns well, for there are ap parent'v enough Democratic senators who will ote only ns tho President de sires to secure the defeat of the treaty in case the result is displeasing to the President. Senator Underwood can deliver only a small fraction of tlie minority to bd.t radical program of passing the peace treaty tvithnut regard to the league of nations.' -The Various other senators who are forking for a- comnromise are like the mild rrservntionist Republicans in the earlier stages of the treaty ne gotiations. They have their own votes to dispose of-, but no others. And Sen ator Lodge is now in tho position that Senator Hitchcock waif" in earlier ih.the-' treniy .tiglit. The men who come to. Inake term with Mr, Xodge, must show him they have the votes. 'TJier must be able to do whet Senators MrCuinbcr, Kel logg and JI. Vary were never nble to do in dealing with Senator Hitchcock. ' Knox Proposal Doomed One may dismiss the Knox proposal lo separate the treaty froni the. cove nant as impracticable. There will i wnvs be enough Democrats loyal to the President to defeat that proposal, even should Republicans like McCumber, McXnry and Colt be willing to vote for it. An) thing less than this will lose the votes of the bitter-ender Repub licans witli their Democratic allies. To carr) it will have to have substantially the whole Democratic vote. That Is I i say, ,that to carry it will have to command the acquiescence of flip Dem ocratic senators who vote ns the White House tells them to vote. To talk of ii compromise being ef fected which takes the situation out of the hands of Lodge and Wilson is to talk moonshine. Viittinll) every vote that Lodge con trols and ei cry veto that Wilson con trols must be thrown to the compromise. Two very obstinate men must reach an agreement. All the present voluntary efforts by other men than Lodge and Wilson represqntntives serve to draw the two sides nearer together, but ill tlie end the dealing must be between Lodge anil Hitchcock, if Hitchcock is elected lender. 'The principals must get together, otherwise nothing will happen. Compromise is Probable The real thing that stands in the wny of the treaty is tlie constitution. When it was provided that a treaty must com mand two-thirds of the Senate, u nearly impossible web wns established. No im pel tant treaty on which there is room for difference of opinion will eer get through, the Senate, except after a long dispute.. If it were not for the sheer necessity of milking peace with Ger many, the piescnt treaty would not stunil a ghost of a show of ever being adopted. . That necessity is likely in the end to I force a compromise. Hut when you at- tempt to count the votes and realize that i action lequircs it meeting of minds be tween Wilson and Lodge, you realize the difficulties, i Such efforts at compromise ns are be ing made now have been going on for months. Hardly any one of influence has come to Washington without his particular program of compromise. The League to Etiforce Pence has been busy Continued on rnso Nlnetffn, Column Two t CUBAN SENATE FAVORS PAjtf House May Delay Vote on Treaty Until U. S. Takes Action . Tl-ivnim. Dec. 18. (Hv A P.) An- i provnl of the treaty of pcae with Ger- niauv was unanimously -vuieu uy me Cuban Senate last nightThc pact cani not be brought befortvthe House before. January 1!. when the Guban Congress will reconvene following the Christmas holidays. Strong opposition is expressed in the House. Several representatives, eape-. chilly Liberais, oppose s consider!- tion until Ghal action is taken on th treaty by the United States Senate. Skating Today .Concourse lake. Gustino lake. Hunting 'Park lake. , Merlon Cricket Club. Havferford College. pond. Darby crccli, " rfJ CHOSEN SATURDAY iV n ft'iiS -,. j "V V, '3
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