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f VOL. VI. NO. 90
Entered as Second-Clans Mutter at th I'ostofflw, lit Philadelphia, Ta,
Under tho Act of March 3. 1879.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1919
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HIT MANAGEMENT
Charge Irregularity and Demand
Removal of Hoad of Lancas
ter Avenue Institution
SUPERINTENDENT DEFENDED
ROB
HOI
fSKm. ov I UCMRY QPATTFHRIinD
LI I Ju I IUIIII I h wn i ibiiwiw
Says Profits From Outside Busi
"ness Do Not Defraud Organi
zation Mills Conducts
Frank J. Grabowskl. 0510 Lancaster
fcvenuc, as chairman of beneficiaries of
the Pennsylvania Working Home for
Blind Men, Thirty-sixth street and
Lancaster avenue, has issued a public
nppcal, arraigning the management and
conduct jf the institution.
Particularly virulent are the sections
bl the appeal which refer to Frederick
H. Mills, superintendent of the home.
Kot only is MM accused by Grabowskl
nf tr.tcmnnnlli" the nffnlrS of the insti
tution, but his actions are alleged to
have the warrant and cognizance of
the board of managers.
Removal of Mills and remedying of
"unfair, intolerable nnd most deplora
ble eondltion"s arc nsked.
An Investigation also is urged, and
Senator Patton, of the West Philadel
phia district, among others, has been
petitioned for aid in this direction.
Says Mills Reaps Profit
Mills, it is et forth, maintains com
petitive broom fattnries, to which, it is
asserted, he diverts business of the
home. "He buys materials as an in-
Ut.l,1nl nttil telTu ir in himself lib SU-
nprlntnniliMil. nL :i higher rate," it is
charged. "He sells to himself part of
thc-produot of the home und resells it to
the public with resultant profit to lum
Llf nml loss In the institution.
in management, falsification ot records 1
Further ctugrges involve nisiioiiesiy
nnd Improper language on the part oi j
the superintendent. It is declared that
"Hits Institution, if iironerly conduct -
.l .m..1.1 I.A .nilillll- knir.Ullutll llllnl'."
vu, wuuiu uo -1VU....J .. . . , Vr.
in the two years oi me iaif war, n in.
taid, the institution should have shown
nt nrofit. The sunerlntendent is quoted
as saying: "We have got to have a
deficit or we can't get money by gifts
and appropriutiops."
Thc rcfernce to appropriations is held
to' apply to a charge that Mills "uses
our afflicted condition as a means to
aid him in obtaining large sums, of
money from the state, the city and the
generaj, public."
Say Mills Roasts' or Power
51111s also is accused' ofboasting-that
he "can twist the board of inanngeis
around my little finger," and that "Vim
ptcmbcrs of, that board will do any
thing I tell them to do."
Defense of Milln hud denial of the
charges made by (Jrabinskl against su
perintendent and board were made today
by J. Henry Hcattergood, a .manager
of the home.
"Mills, as sunerinteudeut. has the
confidence and approval of "the board,"
said Mr. Scattergood. "These charges,
in so far as they accuse him of profiting
from outside business, are true, but
they do not defraud the home. In fact,
they benefit the institution, us they
enable us to keep at its head a man
of Mills's capacity, which w1 could not
do on the salary paid to him out of
the home's income.
"I consider Mr. Mills a man pecu
liarly fitted for the position. He is a
humanitarian ns well us a business
man, with executive and administra
tive capacity. When we appointed him
superintendent he declined the position
nt the salary offered. He had been
more than twenty years in the liomp's
employ ns a sales agent. He could'
make more money outside than we could
pay him. To retain his services the
lie could"!
board suspended tho bylaws requiring
the superintendent to gte all his en
ergies to thut positiou, and enabled Mr.
Mills to eke out his income 'as lie hua
done ,by buying und selling broom
corn and other materials.
Nothing Dishonest In Practice
"There was nothing dishonest, noth
ing concealed in this action, nor has
the institution or its beneficiaries suf
fered thereby.
"Blind men arc difficult lo handle.
Their affliction raukes them suspicious,
and, being unable to see for themselves,
accept, all they hear us true. They
arc underpaid, as compared with sighted
workers, for they cannot work .as fas.t
or with the same aceurney.
"The present trouble, I believe, Is
due, in part to rival manufacturers.
Labor agitators among tho men have
stirred up borne of the disturbance. Ef
forts have been made to organize a
union among the men, and Grabowskl, I
understand, has been active in this
movement.
""Wo receive only a small appropria
tion from Councils and state, which,
with our other sources of income falls,
far below our 'needs.
"If it were not for Mr. Mills's out
side activities our annual deficit would
be greater.
"Speaking for myself and associate
managers, I can say that Mr. Mills's
conduct lias our entire approval."
Mills is operating two broom fac
tories, one nt Mascher and Jefferson
streets and tho other in aq upstate
towc.
Mr. Scattergood said these concerns
were known to the managers.
A meeting of the managers took
place this afternoon nt tho home, at
which tho fcuperintendent was pres
ent. The (Jrabowski appeal and Mills's
.reply were expected to furnish a main
topic of discussion. In advance' of the
meeting no statement could be' obtained
from Mills. '
HURT IN FALL ON ICE
Mrs. Harry McGowan, sixty-five
years old, of 17-13 North Twentieth
street, slipped on the Ice and fell at
Eighth street and Hunting Park ave
nue this morning at 0:45 o'clock. Her
head was badly cut In striking the pavo-
fient. She was taken to St. Luke's
Iospital. ,
Turkey Hash
Turkeu mH iinncrt Well, we should
smile t
lVfad increasing in moderate style.
Clouds a-coming with snoio in their
woke.
Warmer tomonol and to mistake.
kw -' sSi. ? ISflSHSCYJSGSttSttBSttMTCim
MRS. WILLIAM K. CORKY
Wife of the steel magnate, She lias
returned to New York from a. set en
months' visit to France. Mrs.
Corey said that becauso of tho
scarcity of French labor It was im
possible to restore her chateau near
Paris, which has been used as a
hospital
EXCHANGE HAS RECESS
N. Y. Market Closes for 30 Minutes
Because of Transportation Delay
New York. Dec. 29. (Uy A. IM
The stock exchange broke nil prece
dents In its history this mprning when
ine interruption to local transportation,
due to a powerhouse accident, pi evented
most of those concerned in Wall street
affairs from reaching the street at
the usual time.
Reforc the opening time arrived Pres
ident William II. Remick announced
from' the rostrum that the exchange
would open nt 10 o'clock, hut immedi
ately take a recess until 10:30.
At 10 o'clock the gong sounded for
the opening, but was immediately fol
lowed by another hell beginning the re
cess and no transactions were made,
and there was no effort to make even
nominal quotations until 10 :!!0 o'clock.
About 100 brokers were on the Hoor
nt the regular opening time, less than
one-sixth of thoc who nrc usually in
attendance.
The outside market followed tho ex
ample-of the. exchange, business on the
Ttrnml Sfr.ef rurl, iiIkii lielliw nnaf Tullieil
from 10 tn lOtfO. The t'ousolldntcd
Rxchnuge was nlso closed from 10 to
..
10 .;;0 ,
Subwav, elevated and surfnee lines
wore nffected by the accident, and thou-
sands of persons were Into for woik.
LEAGUE COUNCIL TO MEET
Call for First Session to Be Issued
After Treaty Ratification
, Paris, Dec. :9. (lly A. P.) In
formal notice of the first meeting of
tho council of the league of nations will
probably bo .given u day or two after
the exchange of ratifications ot the
treaty of Versailles. Ambassador Wal
lace cabled the State Department in
AVashtngton Jo. thla effect a,ftej',Jthis
morning's Wettng" the' Suiire'me
Court.
It la still nn open question whether
tho formal cnll for the meeting shall be
Issued by President Wilson as orig
inally provided for, or whether it shall
be issued by Premier Clemcnccau, pres
ident of the Peace Conference. Thitj
question, "tin well as the place for the
meeting of the members of the council,
will probably be decided tomorrow.
COLD COMES WITH
CMniAt
blMUW
Early Morning Fall Also Accompa
nied by High Wind
Stinging snow, driven by a high wind,
greeted the early risers this morning, be
ginning about 4 o'clock nnd lasting long
enough to make it uncomfortable for
those who, coming into -the central sec
tion of the city to work, had to stand
on the corner and wait for a car.
The suow lusted long enough to cover
tue ground with a very thin layer and
ceased fulling shortly before !) o'clock.
'1C weatherman predicting there would
uu nu Ki"i Huuwiiiii uiiiiui; mi; ucai
twenty-four hours not nioi'e than one
inch. He commented on tho sudden
cold snap. From thirty-eight degrees
nt 8 o'clock last night to twenty-two
ut 8 o clock this morning wns the un
usual drop in the temperature. The
fall was steady. ,
The temperature will probably full
to twenty tonight, according to the
weatherman, and will l emu hi below
the freezing point until tomorrow after
noon, when it will moderate.
MOORE MAN CONSIDERED
Governor Sproul to Appoint Twenty
second Ward Magistrate
Governor Sproul will leave his home
in Chester for Ilarrisburg tomorrow,
where, it is understood, one of the first
matters he will consider is the appointment-
of a successor to Magistrate
Thomas F. Watson, Vnrc leader of the
Twenty-becond ward.
Governor Sproul said today that his
address of Saturday, iu which he said
Muyor-elect Moore's wishes would be
considered in the matter of all appoint
ments in the city, needed no amplifica
tion. The speech, he said, hnd been
properly interpreted. In the light of
the Governor's statement that he would'
consult with Mr. Moore before making
appointment, it is understood that Mag
istrate Robert Carson,' a Mooro man,
may ue cousiuereu lor tue post.
FIRST WOMAN BARRISTER
England Will Have Female Lawyer.
King George Approves
London, Dec. 2!),s (Ry A. P.) .
Mrs. Gwyneph Margory Thomson will
be the first woman barrister In tho
United Kingdom. Her application for
admission as a student for tho bar was
accepted by the benchers of Xiucoln's
Inn today.
The decision of the benchers was
reached following the giving of royal
assent last week to the bill which re
moved sex disqualification.
ATTACK ELECTION LAWS
Constitutionality "Is Questioned by
Counsel for Indicted Senator
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 20. (Ry
A. P.) Constitutionality of the United
States election laws was questioned in
a demurrer attacking tho Indictments'
against Senator Truman II. Newberry
nnd 134 others, filed today by Martin
W. Littleton, counsel for the respond
ents. The demurrer also sets forth
that a majority of he counts. In the
infiictmcniH no noi Y.'onniiLUE& nirwises
iuinat tie UAtMi SUfcw
SAM'L F. WHEELER
RETURNS TO FACE
SPECIAL HEARING
Convicted Lawyer Stakes Fight
for Liberty on Affidavit Al
leging Restitution
JUDGE PROMISES PAROLE
IF NEW EVIDENCE JUSTIFIES
Maurer Obtains Bench Warrant1
i
and Suggests Defendant Carry '
Appeal to Pardon Board
1 r
Parole for S. F. JVheeler
if Neiv Evidence Warrants
."If S.imuel 1 Wheeler, by
showing any new evidence to the
district attorney, can induce Hint
official to recommend a parole, I
will grnnt the parole." .liulgc J.
AVillis Martin.
Hoping that an affidavit he has will
raise a barrier between him nnd the
county prison, Sumucl F. Wheeler, con
victed lawyer, will stake his liberty on
the outcome of n special hearing before '
Judge Martin lnte this afternoon. i
Wheeler, contending his innocence of I
the embezzlement charges of. which lie
was convicted last December, l cached
this city from New York this morning.
lie kept in seclusion, however, nnd com
municated with William A. Cnrr, a
lawyer, who has ngteed to net as his
counsel.
sllij.etK- fierre "Wheeler
presence
hen. lipcnme known, Judge'Muitin an
nounced his willingness to parole the
iaver if Whr'SluTd induce Yhc dls-'
trict attorney's otiice to recommend such ,
action. . .. .
lint soon niier umi ."'"""V
"ient, John 11. Muurcr,
Maurer, assistant ills-
'trict attorney, asked for nnd obtniueii '
f . . 1 il....!.. l.n.wili ii'nprniir
f rom Judge Miutin a bench warrant.
authorizing Wheelers summurj uni i,
The next move was made by Mr.
K'arr alter he nan oeen in mum-..-
.. . hi. ,.. ..!!..... Tw f'iii-1' , mine. I
IlOIl Willi WS firem. ...'.. .......
! Judge Martin's consent for n special
I hearing.
oii, ah .. Aivi.invii
mm. l,: mi'ril in AVhoeler's lila.v for I
Hbertv todav will be an affidavit said j
to have 1
Lewinsoli
ve been sworn to by Solomon A- I
clSunsirwa" 1 who avc Wneeler
the $Hj,000 which figured m the law- i Mavor Moore s administration. ,
yer's conviction. Lewjnsohn is further i Tierp is perfect harmony as to their
said to aver Wheeler returned the i fttire plnus among the eleven Inde
money to him. , . i pendent councilinen. They lime with-
Mr. Muurcr takes the position st00(j nu suggestloiih of lompiomise, and
Wheeler has been convicted, has failed nn wheedling schemes, to iiiduie them
in appeals for a new trial .and there- to j)rt,a; the ironclad ltile that they
fore should surrender at ondc nnd begin WIH vinm. together through thick and
sening the one year's sentence imposed tlli-ni T,s wheedling is still iu progress
lust July. . , and will continue until the official
Mr. Maurer holds that If the con--, meetiug for organization is held,
victed luun has uny new evidence, that . w ,,
such evidence must be presented before , lo (7''u.;,a"
the board of purdons. Rut pending de- --Do you suppose that if the iiic
cislon bv the board, he asserts, Wheeler
must begin serving his term.
n'l.n Kniivtetnil man's attornev hopes
'to keep his client fiom prison ny snow-
. j 'd jim-thi that the court can ie-
'open the case. It is said thut AVheeler
open the case, it n sum um. , . 1..-1-.,.-.
Will accompany .ur. wn i" w jim. ..
priviite chambers this nftctnoon.
rni. ..nf.... lillii tvllninnl Inst week
n-fused b hear argument for a nev trial
and Wheeler's bondsman was 01 dered to
1,,.... lilm In piimt so that lie might
I .:.. .,.....;,... .,f litu iirison term.
UI'KI" -v. -. " j
lVonei-lles Were Sold
Iiopeitlis Merc nom
William C. Uederuk, who g,re the
me address on Forty-sixth street as
. hnUMi oc.;nm by AUerier and 1. .
same
fi.
wife, was the bondsman for the con
no iiuiiu-uimi "'x.. ...
The properties at IK-U.-.-
iftv-second street were en-
ie 'bond us security. Tliese
victed mnn
27 North F
f.t ml mi 4hf
weic olil ami ueuoncK msaiipcurcu.
SOON TO DEMAND MISER
I Allies Await Day Treaty Is Effective.
1 - -
Wllhelm Afraid
l'nrls. Dec. 20.(Hy A. P.)-
-12x-
tradition of former Lmperor William
of Germany will he demanded from Hol
land us soon as the treaty of peat be
comes effective, according to a decision
reached by the HntMi and Iretwh Ouv
..ntu diva i lVlio iln PuriM.
"l) pa che from Amerongen suy the
former kaiser is greatly worried over
recently published revelations .
..nt.MII IKIIIII.IIII1N Ml; 1III.UU VI. uuj..u.
documents show his responsibi Ity lor
.. .,. ...AHi.l . lift lo i urnl nil
,, II. 1.. .1....A.1....
cuusiug me worm win, '" f - "
every afternoon to limiting ins ueieus,-.
which he will send to King Ueorge oi
England.
LEFT WAITING AT CHURCH,
VICTIM GLAD SHE ESCAPED
Miss Keeney, Who Expected to Marry Doctor William Grey
Vcrmilyc, Declares Incident Is Closed
Ry tlie Associated Press
Monson, Mass.. Deo. 2n.A-Miss Ruth
M Ketne v, a Rucknell University pro
fessor of Spanish, who was .left waiting
ut the ch trchc 'here Christmas Day
when Dr. Wlinum unj ,v......j. v-
N'e'w'York, failed to appear -for i thr
announceu wcuuuik, "" "
closed the inciueni.
Miss Keeney, with her father, George,
L Keeney, returned to their home nftcr
an unsuccessful attempt to interview
Doctor Ycrmilyo at a New York hos-
Th'ey said they were still unable to
explain Doctor Vermilye's failure o
appear for the ceremony. Rut with re
norts that Doctor Vermilye's second
!fo Is alive nnd he Is still married to
her, Mr. Keeney said he and his daugh
ter felt they were "well viil ot .the
whole matter and very thankful thut It
went no further.''
By a Staff Corrttpondent
Ilarrisburg, Dec. 20. "We have not
heard from my father sluco his supposed
wedding date, wo do not understand his
actions am! we do not know what ad
justment of family affairs there will
be." .. .. ,
The snenkcr was Mrs. K. R. Raines,'
daughter of Doctor .ami Mrs. William
'Grey Vrmuye. i8""? 'uca VQ
i v.we... -- -r; :...... ..,,.,, ..
TUSTIN DECLINES DINNER
i - -
New Public Welfare Head Declares!
H. C. L. Is Prohibitive
A public ofllcinl lius declined n testi
monial banquet because of the high cost
of living.
Rrnest L. Tustin, recently selected by
Mayor-elect Moore tn head the new do
partmrnt of public welfare, is the man
to establish this precedent.
Friends In his hnnie ward, the
Thirty-fourth, planned a banquet in
honor of his selection to the highly Im
portant cabinet post. In a letter to
.fames L. Waldln, chairman of the
Thirty-fourth ward Republican execu
tive committee, Mr. Tustin suld :
"Win, ilm rnst of suenr. butter, eggs
nnd other necessities at almost prohibi
tive prices nnd in view of the fact that
1 , .,,, f 1.1 v unlitlciil ft lends in the
Thlrty-foiuth ward arc receiviug sal
aries not only Insufficient for the faith
ful work which they are performing,
but also not large enough under, the
l.ich cost of living to glvi tneir lnniinci
the support and comfmt which they
deserve, any nddltlnnitl outlay, even for
n,f' Jf'nJXrefo". 1 must respect-1
fully decline the function until n more
f....nnnkl iiinfk.lHUtV
favorable opportunity.
Independents Intend to Select
Chairmen of Committees
and Employes
OPPOSITION PLANS TRICKS
'
Uy GKOKRK NOX McCAIN
The anti-Vare fo.ces wi.l oiganlze
the new Council of twenty-one 'I hi''
is a foregone roneliisinn. Likewise
they will do H wtlioul assistance from
tlp opposition. Tliey will select their
own chairmen if onimlltees, officers
and employes from president down to
doorkeeper. Ordy tiutcd men iill bo
iilneeil pn uiiavl.
T, .,.. ,- n, ,,. nnl.lo..
n im- "- "" ; -
their piesent at. nude m oppo-mon aim
. . ... 1.. ...... ...
ileeiile In po n oiur I1CV arc wi'lC'iuiv 1"
do so. but their assistance
1101
needed. If th-y eleU to name nu op
position ticket, a prhtlege which the
minority aiway holds, they will have
the meiancnoiv u-nu'iii " "
inevitable (IcteAK
llesides it will ouly widen the breach
that now exists between the factions,
cut o from prosctlve places under
I people had elected a majority ot the
I Council they would have shown us. uie
mlnnritv. nnv mercy.' said one ot the
eleven while discussing hid miiiu
-Xot on your life. This is politics
,10t ohil's play. I've talked to ull o
situation
ics and
1 lt .nil
110c ciiuc imuj. - ...... ...... ........
men uuu ' 1 mh.'v.. .w -...
il:(. .1 stoue wall put up with cement.
ti. ... me Hie ilavs of the titiul stru-
pgi,. moves before 'the oignnizutior. of
Council. There are sonic surpilsp in
.inn. 1
..,,,. ,,.,....- Hint will Itididitc that not
t lllllllv, IIU me I ui- uinnurm,
," ....- ';-, : , ... .. .1...;,.
all the political brains are on their
Mm, lnovcs tmt nmJ si,ow. just
0W ni-adviseil was their action in de-
t.,llinB ,0 provoke pol.itical vendetta.
There 1; rather c ever - ';
ciiuniiug ,w""K m.Hui.1.1 ,........ ,
whJch they hope to each th e majority
fc their guard and ultimately benefit .
I their faction. It is, apparently, to.
throw down the burs, propose u general
Tn";. " It
e. aiipi i i
. -f .!. I.. I ,-.... n nt. ,.,if till.
'mujority slnte, and even gi
caucus iii uic '",. ..',,,
ivuiril mem -
,1 ch e -
nVrsotus.
suppoit. .iieaniiiiie iniiivii
tiers of the minority will nppi
VAREAIDIN COUNCIL
WON'T BE REQUIRED
'; ''" ', "", , ,-, "' forlenue Depurtment hus ever had to .cope
' MSIUIILI iiinmiii... ........ .-
r Msianc . ,,- .?
i mnees in me uiKuiimttiiuu in vimnvi ,u
pimm iu "" ""i"' ,""". ...
whom tncN mui oe luieresieu. i 't. .-.-v.. . ...... . . ---; r
This nctlou will of couise furnish , in comparison with the money mude
a pretext for the Vure councilinen later from illegal maiiufuctiire it liquor, he
on to upproucli majority membeis with said.
requests for usslstuuce when itul ques- I Mr. Porter added thai more moon
tious come before the body, on the pica, shine" whiskv was being mude iu the
"1 helpid you at the orguniution to city of New oik thun m ull the rest
elect so-ami-so, and it is only fair ou. of the imintry combined.
' . '. " ""
til ' ' l nn ,,,, u
i,i us politics. It only succeeds whei
., ... .....I.,..,.,. .1... ...I...C ..ml 'I 1111
- u , . ot dcveloned that time urc
i nny
- . ... .,..-.!.. i. ... ......
r gudgeons in me iiiuepeiiuri"
ity. The Vure men are fishing with
(.'oDtlmird on 1'ace llttren, I'olmiin l'he
appear for his marriage Christinas Day
with Miss Ruth M. Keeney, of Mon
sen. Mass., Miss Keeney says.
He was found later in the Cumber
laud Street Hospital, Rrookljn, and
then It wns disclosed "that he had a
wife livirtg, and iu Ilarrisburg.
Mrs. Vcrmilyc, who for three months
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Raines, in this city, is prostrated.
She lias been unable to receive visi
tors since she read In New York papers
of Doctor Vermilye's' curious tungle,
und much of tlie time has remained iu
bed.
"We are all much shocked," said
Mrs. Raines, a comely young matrou,
who received cnllers in her comfortable
apartment at 2210 North Third street.
"Father put mother on the. train to
come here, just throe months ugo. We
Iiave heard from him regularly and
there hus been no hint of any thing out
of the ordinary,
"I myself have henrd from him re.
cently. Of course, wo are investigat
ing. My brother, Dr. John Vermilye,
nf Atlanta, Cm., Is looking into the
mutter.
"Mother wants to return to her home
in Brooklyn, us soon as possible, hut
as yet we feel she is uot able to travel
''a for Miss Keeney. I knSv noth'
jng about her, I do not know how
: ---.r. ;--'r ... ...
things wm bo Bea.-
P.iP.AMTIP DMIhin
Jjpi
PLANNED FOR SALE' m (xreyiJetirement
nr nmnnu uimni!ea'e Politics Dissipates British Hope of
Ur rUloUN WHIoixYl InfmitelU Closer Relationship With !
America as Aftermath of War
Brooklyn Undertaker, Alleged
"Kingpin" of Ring, Already
Under Arrest
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
CHARGES TO BE PRESSED
Greatest "Get-Rich-Quick" I
Scheme Revealed in "Liquid
Death" Probe
lly the Associated Press
1 New York, Dec. 20. One of the big
igest tound-ups of bootleggers and
maimfnf turern of illicit liquor ever made
I in this country is impending us a re
suit of the wnj of death and blind-
'lies which has' followed the sale of
'
iHiisoiHMl liintor. Daniel
1 T'nrtor
iipcnNuiK im'Hmiup K(nt lor t HO -Now
o,. district, uouncedtod
today.
is sttfli-
.ient, Mr. Poller said. t hold Adolph
Pniiarelll. a Miuihuttnn wine und liquor
un.leitaker. und Samuel K. Saleeby, a ''""'J",',' ,. , . ., ;,,, i
iirm.iiUii .ir,i,rivt dm nlli-ireil Tiriticl- "mn. Of the younger generation he is
J.ns i I tl. .IKtrlbu? m of t.oisotio.is 'listiti. tly the ablest and strongest, lie
Co n'NefKifgimul on cfiSr" of K to quote Mucaulay's dmructrrta.
0,1 ,i,, .,ii,r,w ''on of j onus (iladstone, the rising
The men : ' leing held incommuni- j Jiw" t !" mow. open-minded Kng
...! i.."; ... ,.,'. f.....r:..i.. i u ,.!.,. I, ' slmien of tho old ruling class, who see
K K .,
iJ'"'. cmnmi
They were arrested curly today
ininissioiier.
Called "King-Pin"
Uiiinunelli, including to II. P.. Dobbs,
u federal agent, is the "king-pin" in
tlie wood alcohol traffic. PunareUi,
who, according to the federal agents,
iniiile a clean hieal "t his part 111
handling the beverage, said when nr-
rested : ... ,
"1 ntn glad jou got me. I will tell,
all 1 know, but for Cod's sake don't '
send me to Connecticut. 1 I'on't want
t., 1i., ImMieil Al iiuuie has been 1111b-
. 1 ,. . . ', .. ,1. 1 :. ,1.1
Hslieil 111 Ull llic iiiiein iiiiu " wn...
mean ceituln iieutn.
According to Dobbs. Pannrelli, m ex-
lllunnlioii, suid Hint he hud been ap
proached b.v a man linnied Solsberg,
of Hnitford, Conn., u friend of ills, to1
procure some Christmas "booze." Pun-
nrilli then got iato coinmunicatiou with j
Romanelli. Dobbs suid, and finally
Saleeby , the druggist. ,
Pauurelli suid he believed that twenty
barrels of the "whisky" hud been ship- 1
tied to lluitford. ench barrel containing ,
between toity anil nun gauous. me
price paid was from S1000 to SI.IUO a
bunel, he suid.
Refuse Release 011 Hail
Hull of $..O.0fH fffr immediate release
of Pauurelli already has been refused.
Mr. Porter said. When the men are
arralgLcd, Air. Potter declared, he
would ask the coiiiiuissUmer to set the
hull ut fJJiO.OOO for each defendant.
Twenty levenue ugents today made 11
careful beardi of the premises on
llleecker stieet occupied by Puuiirclli .
and took away with them everything
thnt would hae the slightest bearing 011 1
the case. j
An indictment charging conspiracy to
violate the wartime prohibition law is1
being drawn uguirst Pauurelli, accord- 1
ing to Joseph Mulqiieen, Jr., assistant
I'niteil Stutes district attorney.
Similar charges me being prcfericd
against three Italian giocers oil the
lower Kust Side, who weie arrested by
feilenil niMiils today and brought di-
rectlv to the Federal Jtuildiug. They
g. ihey
,-. aimim. Liceu.lat, ,, Ainedlo Oelomu
. , , , ,,
ll11 , )mlp thl, !ln.0,ts Mlill
tlUltll(,v fn,, hv,,nt hands of ulco-
I KVufteei: burreK of sugur at U -
o ueiomii
iiiin's nluco of business
'"J ' J J- I " "J ln! s
ban els ot wini in m.i s
(jet -Rkli-Quick ScIk
and eiuht
cellur.
Ml. Porter declares that
. . o sunn
sale of
I .vhlsl-i
alcohol
Miico prohibition became clfectlve hus
constituted the -greatest "get-rieh-
quick" scheme that the Internal Rev-
I v ,,., .,,,.. of fa,!P (,n ,,, min-
, ,,,,
....... - ,
,r tii,u ,,,i n.iuto illuiiioiiils wns mild
rue i.oiiiii oi neiiiui uus ussirihii
fifty extra inspectors to investigate sules
if noisonous llnuor. Chemists iu the
depurtment liuvc been ordered to suspend
I viituullv
all oilier worn in onier in
unuiyze suspicious-i
Uy police and reven
i . t ..... ,
ookiug liquors seized
enue agents.
One Deatli ut KlUabeth
One death from wood alcohol was ic
ported ut RlUubcth, X. J today. Two
more cuses of poisoning were reported
here today .
Reports of additional victims of
wood alcohol continue to come iu.
Deaths are occurring in niuuy oectious
of the F.nst, and ns fur west us Chicago
libations of the "whisky" have resulted
fatally.
Dispatches iroin i nicopee, iuus., suy
f - 1IU ..l..rt,.t, LVnutonn nrrnwlu linvn
lieen iniide. Chlcokee lins hud thirty-
deaths, including two women ;
ie, ten; Springfield, four, in-
.one woman i Hadley. three;
seven di
Holyoke,
eluding
Cuutlnurd on l'rfft lirurn, oliiinn SU
Ynncl Rifkin was the life of her
husband's tailoring business. When
she found thnt she had only a year
to live she thought first of his future
buccess.
"WOULD YOU?"
You will find the first instnlment
of this one-week serial ou Page 13.
There will be another chupter to
morrow, but tho suspense of wonder
ing how it ends will be over ou Sut
urduy, FANNIE IIURST
Is the author of this nppeullng
story. Her ability, power of de
scription, and brightness of style have
beeu proved by tho two preceding
serials, but this present story Is food
in a different way.
search is ueing couiiuueii ior peisons, .n "I .nMrfv.seco d street, the
theie connected with the poisonous west side o U!'f,P nJ ran In fro nt
liquor trnllic, which has resulted in the person walking b lima m ran '
de'uth during the Inst few duys, of fifty- suddenly u " ,,? ', Pn 'but tl cri
Anglo - Saxon
ly CLINTON
sinn" rorrrspoiMlmt of Ilm
Wahlnglnn, Dec. 20. The retire
ment of Viscount (trey as Hritislnni
has'iidor and his departure from Wiish
iiiglnn tomorrow murk the end of the
HiitWi dream of greatly changed and
lltriti.ii, and the United States following
peace.
Dining all the peacemaking at rnris
i-ngbmd was obsessed with the future
relations of the Anglo-Saxon world.
The lcm-tie nf nations meant to the
I'nglish, especially to the liberal I'ng
lish, an Anglo-Saxon world. It meant
an understanding between the liritisli
empire nnd the United States and a
close co-operation between the two in
the long future.
And when it came to selecting a
successor to Lord Reading, who had
bien ambassador here during the last
J cur or so of the war, but who had
to return home to take up his duties
Ins lord chief justice, theie was a great
I seaiching of heaits in London. It was
I i'.Ii il. il. .. !.. I ,,f lliltiuli nm.
M ll'1" imll mi- ni in .miiim "
bussndnr was only second in Impor
tance to Hint of the premiership ot
I.ngluifd. A man of piemicrsiup nun
"- -ought. And the r
-"V1 iM lto,,,;r, ( l'"
tirst desiie vtas
I here as am
msMidor
- t tt Etf .:
ine classes, hut who hope that a com
1 promise 11111 be made which will satisfy
labor, but which will preserve much of
' the best of old Rnglnnd.
I.lovd George's desire to remove from
the Held a possible rival may have hud
NO "HAMSTRINGING" OF PORT PLANS WARNS M00UE
Mnyor-elect Moore served notice this afternoon thnt no
"sinister Influence" would be peimitted to hamstring port de-
' vcionnienl uuiing his atlministiatlon. He spoke nt the Ronvd of
Tinue luiicheiui in tho Relleviie Stratford Hotel,
' BELGIAN SHIP GOES DOWN WITH CREW ON BOARD
HALIFAX, Dec. 20. -The Belginn stenmslilp Anton Vnu
Dricl has been wrecked west of Cape Race nnd nil her cicw
perished, according to wireless dispatches leceived heie today.
WARRANT FOR WOMAN CHARGED WITH KILLING BROWN
MT. CLLTlIENS, Mich., Dec. 29. A wnnant cliavgiaff
Bentiice Workninn, alins Cecile Vester, with the mmdor of J.
Stanley Brown, shot to death in his automobile lnbt Tuesday
night, was issued today. It was based on n story told by MiCs
Gladys Suiniiit, of Battle (Jieek, to Chief of Police Straight, to
whom -he said Miss Workman had told her she Intended to "got
Biown's money nml ling- IT I have to kill hlin."
ROBBERIES BRIDE
KEEPWEDDINGRING
nRrio-uf Fufis. Hand Over
j
"S"1
Pm-coi"
rse.
. Wife PI
,
Thief Commands.
Pleads for Gold Band
FAINTS AFTER THE HOLD-UP
"Now blight eyes, hum! mer lour
pui-sc." was the command g'nen to Mrs.
Mm Hums, a young bride, of i!'JV."2
Chestnut street, bv un tinned man on
Thlrtj -second street near Chestnut.
Tlie hold-up occurred Saturday night,
but was not repoited until today.
Ali.s. Rums hnd gone to Thirty -second
und MniUet streets from her home for
groceiics and was letuihiug alone.
After she handed over her poc ketbool;
containing S'J2, the bandit, who wits
unmasked, lore away her fur neckpiece
ami looked for a necklace. Not finding
one he ordered the oung woman to re
move her gloves. She wo-e n wedding
i-inir The bandit tried to remove it.
but desistul when Mrs. Hums pleaded
W'Tlie'rol.ber hurried away. Mrs. Rurns
ran t hei home und fainted on the
doorstei. when- she wns found il few
mlnut.- later hy her husband, George
i . .. nliinilier.
"Mv 'husband nnd I had been shop
ping" Satuulav evening," Mrs. Hums
laid today, "when we returned home
about 11 o'clock I recalled we hud for
L'otten to get brcud.
"I went to a store ut Thirty -second
und Market sheets, got the bread nnd
wns walking down Thlity-second street.
I heart footsteps behind me and walked
faster.
-w nllti fll fill 111.1.
"The handit .. pusheil
me into the
shndow nnd suid Now, bight es.
l,nnd over your purse T to '' ' '
would Klve him everything if he would
lct"AfteV I "ot thf '"'T n,'"1 t0.rc
I .v mv neckpiece he ordered me to
r.kn off mv gloves. He tried to take
ofmv-weddlin. ring, but I pleaded with
1 im and he allowed me to keep it.
"The robber was n young man, nbout
twentv-tvvo Jicurs old. lie wore a
shabby brown overcoat. I an. sure I
Iniilil knew him again If I snw him.
uUhouRl. I wis terribly frightened and
excited at the time.
Police of the Thirty -second street
und Woodland avenue station wcro no
tified of the robbery.
Russell H. Conwell III
..., n rim, inui lie nttock. His illness.
while not very serious, Is sufficient to
keep him confined to the house. He
will rest at his home for the remainder
ot the vvecK.
'(
Vfbta you think nf wrltlnr.
,l.n
..... I ...nc 1 llssili:: u il,....,,. i'ii i.i.
. Dr
Dr. Russell II. C.mwc 1. pastor of
nuptial Temple nnd president of 'I em
pie University, is ill at 1.1s home 2020
Kv.a itr.ni, I street. He is suffering
World Dream
W. GILHKRT
Kienlnir Public Lnlrer
something to do with his wish to send
Lord Robert- here. Rut. in any case, i
the choice of Cecil showed the standnrd I
Rngland hnd in mind for the post ut
Washington
And (Veil wns admirably calculated
to fill the place, lie is an idealist who
made almost n religion of the league of
nations, interpreting It as an organiza
tion for the Anglo-Saxon regulation ot
the world and Anglo-Saxon regulation
conceived in the spirit of President Wil
son s lirst ndvoency ot internal organi
zation. , Lord Itobeit wns. moreover, the closest
friend of Wilson nt Paris. Jle Is an
extraordinary man, n sort of cross be
tween 11 Puritan nnd n Cavalier, with
the religious fervor of a follower ot
Cromwell, together with the graces, the
knowledge of the world and the prne-
ticul governing sense ot tlie best ot the I" ' """-J lu'i'"""i.' uwurn-u mni
Rritish aristocracy. i attention today 011 a plan said to have
Had the Rritish notion of 10-opeia-I been accepted by the mild reservation
lion and friendship between this country I Republicans and bv a number of Dem
and l.ngland been realized. Lord Rubeit ,., (..,., ,1 .,, ,1 ,.
would luive made u tiemendous im- I ,,. '" s fm rntilicatlon with three modi
pression liere. lications in the fourteen reservations
Cecil refused for personal iciisons and , approved by the Senate majority at the
Grey was chosen. Grey was ot ptemier aS. M.ssj0I.
rank, one of tlie great statesmen of: ' .' ' , ,.,
Rnglnnd, a famous und liberal foreign! l,1 "'ree changes, which some scna
miuistcr, a convinced league of nations 1 tors believe would make the reserva
man, 11 constant worker for pence before j tlon, acceptable to two-thirds, -denl with
the great war began, untainted with , , , , ' ,,
the secret trenties or with tlie diplomacy V'0 Preamble declaration that the quall
whicli makes association with Rurope so lications must be acquiesced in by the
disquieting to Americans. other power", with Article X nnd with
,. , ... , , ,. .. ,. ,, , Shantung.
Grey's Mission to I . S. Failed
Rut Grey's mission here has been .11 Relleie Lodge Will Yield
failure and 11 disappointment. It win 1
not merely thnt he could not. owing to
the state ot Mr. Wilson's health, be
receiod by the President, lint the dis-
('ontlmiril on Tune 1'lftfui, f'litimm I'uur
IBOY KILLED, 1 HURT
IN GAS TANK BLASIiiSSsg:
' Fumes Exnlode in Emutv Car at
. .
Second Street and Ore
gon Avenue
YOUTHS WERE AT PLAY
A thiituii-ear-old Inn was hilled
today nt Second stieet und Oregon ave
nue when fumes in uu empty gasoline
tank cur exploded. Another boy was
slightly injured.
.fumes livers, i stem's lane. Mm tins
Village, in (south Philrdelphiu, was the
boy fatally hint, lie died in u patrol
wagon that was taking him to the Meth
odist Hospital.
William Ynrdlc . of Slmic house lane,
was leportod to have been slightly in
jured by the explosion.
livers and several of his companions Washington, Deo. 2!. A non part!
weie pluying about tunk curs of the I sun movement Is under way here to
Haltimoie nnd Ohio Railroad. It K he- invite ex - President Tnft to W'lshi'ig
lievcd one of the boys struck u mutch I '"' to niV,lia' ' 'J10 J""?'5' "tuation.
while the youngsters were ou top of a ! A petition is in fiiculation uniong the
cur 'senators Inviting Mr. Tuft to come
There was a flush and u lour and , k''re. So fur the only signers are Sena
livers wus hurled twenty vards. His ton Hankliead nnd King. Democrats,
clothing was utlanie when he struck the '""' Scnntors Nelson and McNury, Ite
gioiind. William Myers und Jnincs Mi- i publicans.
Craw, workmen, with -Mounted Patrol- ' '1'kc Idea is to have Mr. 1 aft address
nuili Hutchinson, extinguished the a public meeting ou 'the league or na
flames in liis clothing. tious. to be held in some lurge hall like-
It was at first reported some one wus the Liberty hut here. Rut this meeting
in the tnnk car, which was but slightlv I is rather to give occasion for Mr. Tuft s
iliimuged by the explosion. Thomas I visit. The leal hope of those who are
vv lsiey , a iiriiKemun, put on u gas musk
and went down through the trim in tlie
car root, lie touiul no one iu the car.
ihe dead hoy wus u son of Joseph
F.vors, a printer.
Mfl II R I ARflR RFvni IITinMlcock and his failure to recognize the
.. . s,. ,,w,, ,,w. v.wu . iwi.1
Only Uprising Will Be Against Prof
Iteering, Says J. B. Andrews
Chicago. Dec. 21). John 11. Andrews,
secretary of the American Association
ior i.uiior i.cmsiuuon. 111 uiicressiug the
miming session nf the thirteenth an
uuul convention of the organization here
today, expressed the opinion that there
is no ilanger of aj labor revolution in
this country. '
"The only revolution impending Iu
the United States Is one against profi
teering," he said. '-,
Farmers will be compelled to adopt
new mechanical devices to combat tlie
high cost of labor and tlie growing
scarcity of fiirm wnikers, m-cording to
an address by Raymond Olney, editor
ot an agricultural paper at St. Joseph,
Mich.
Skating Today
Gustine.
Coucoiirsc.
Hunting Park.
HOPE OF RATIFYING
TREATY REVIVED
L
I Three Modifications of Senate's
1 Fourteen Reservations Meet-
iAjtin AnnKua
lnB WltH Approval
... ...
LODGE AND HITCHCOCK
MAY ACCEPT CHANGES
Preamhlp Arirlo Y mirl Q,nn.
reaiTIDie, AniCie A and man
tling Provisions Would .
Be Affected
R the Associated Press
Washington. Dec. 20. Reniibllcan
nti Democratic senators working for
. . , . , .. ,
The mild group believe tiint Senator
Lodge, the Republican lender, will be
willing to inula' these changes nnd that
henutor Hitchcock, leader o the Demo
crats, also will be satislied with them.
It was snid, however, thut neither ot
the party heiids in the Senate had yet
expressed a final opinion.
Ciider the new preamble suggested,
the Senute reservations would be re
garded as accepted by the other partlex
to the treaty unless specific objection
were niiide within a limited time.
I Would Alter Article X Resenation
The wording of the Article X resor
ption would be changed so as to elira
1 lnate the language which President Wil
, sou snid he would regard ns a rejection
of the treaty und ti substitute nn af
, Urinative declaration that the article's
' obligations are accepted with the un
1 derstuuding that future congresses shall
1 he at liberty to decide questions of peace
and war.
I.unguuge which some senators have
icgaided ns offensive to other powers
would be modified in the Shantung res
iMlhough compromise talk on this and
other mollification plans continue
umor.g the senators, remaining litre,
there aie so many absent that no con
crete action is expected until the Semite
leusscmblcs uet .Monday.
The pieambl" of the Lodge resolution
ol r.itificulion. which it is proposed to
modify, pruvided that ratification was
not to bind the United States until
the reserwitions ndopted by the Sen-
i ate h.i.l hi en .iccepted by an exchange
of notes by nt least three of the four
principal allied nnd ns-ociutcd powers,
I Great Rrituiu, France. Italy nnd Ja-
' pan.
The ieseiv.it ion ou Aiticle X pro
vided thut the Fnited States should
uiilifary or naval forces under any
hi tide of tho tieaty unless Congress
should so provhl
, Thp Hmll
tuiu reservation provided
that til" Fnited States should with
hold its assent to the uiticles giving
Shantung to Japan und reserve liberty
ot action with respect to nny contro
versy which might arise under the
articles hetwce.i China and Japan
JAFT MAY BE ASKED
TO AID TREATY TRUCE
Nonpartisan Movement Afoot to
Have Him Act as
Mediator
Its CLINTON W.
G1LHKRT
1 Mufl I'orrfM dent f tlie
I l.r(lctr
Jienlns l'ubllft
i .signing tin pennon is miu .nr. xmi
will be able personally to bring about
i u compromise, nniis are noi yei mu-
lured nnd the pioject may lull inrougu.
The mild reservutinnlst Republicans
, vorv i.nnatient with Senator Hitch-
itiintlou and
I accept substantially tlie
Lodge reset vutloiis. If President Wil
son does not soon authorize mm to do
tills the mild reservutionists urc likely
to serve notice on tlie Democrats that
i thnv imii.t act nromntly or sec the lias
I sage of the Knox resolution for ending
i the war
l'he. -desire to sec Mr; Tnft here
springs from the difficulty of dealing
with the Democrats, nobody being able
to see Wilson and Seuntor Hitchcock.
The idea that Mr. Tuft and Mr. Hitch
cock might together see the Presi
dent is an old one nnd is probably back
ot the present petition.
MEXICAN REBELS UNITE
Kl Paso, Tev., ?. 20. (Ry A- P.)
Mexican revolutionists are working on'
a plan for unity of military command
and alms, with tlie first stop the scttluf
up ot a de facto government, necordlng
to reports hero today.
Followers of Fruuclsco Villa said he
hud been agreed upon as the military
leader by eastern and southern rebel.
Their chief aim nt present is to obtain
control of tlie oil districts ve, U cm
coast or Mexico, wnere mey, would set
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