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VOL. VI. NO. 82
GIRL
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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
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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
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,,., ,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
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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
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Gustino lake.
Hunting 'Park lake.
, Merlon Cricket Club.
Havferford College. pond.
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