mt ww.aWjMiiiMiiWjuimiBWWW.a.i'iiW . -" :Jifcgffi?r.J?.'a.. ..i , i. . "VI ijJitlilMl-JB -w --- ' i vf THE.WEATHER Washington, Dec. 31. Fair today; cloudy tomorrow, probable rntn. TKMrERATUKE AT EACH HOCK LsJJLl1il IU 12 1 2 3 4 n NIGHT EXTRA uenm 'IJV tyv VOL. VI. NO, 92 Entered as SeconiLCInns Matter at the rnstnfflce. at Philadelphia, Under the Act of March 3, 1S70. ra. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1919 Published Dal" s -0111 Suriliy Buhwrlntlnn Price t a Year hy Mall. Copyright, 11)10, hy Public leaser Company PRICE TWO CENTS fflKtfflf tz uaet lT?v tl 3 AUTO BAND TS DOT WOMAN HOLD UP JEWELER Cirl Customer Foiled With Pistol as Storekeeper Struggles With Robbor 1503 SUSQUEHANNA AVE. SCENE OF DAYLIGHT RAID Shots Are Fired to Disperse Gathering Crowd as Stolen Motor Speeds Away A woman and three men, automobile fcandlts, held up the jewelry storo of Sydney Wclssman, 1503 Susquehanna avenue, at 10:40 o'clock this morning. Wclssman and a woman customer were beaten. The robbers, who escaped, dropped their only booty, n tray of rings, in their flight. It is believed that two of the men Jn the Wclssman hold-up attempted to vob a pawnshop at the northwest cor ner o Orntz street and Susquchnnna avenue, fifteen minutes earlier. rri. ,i,.n...,UiiD orrlvnil nt the Woiss- man store in a stolen limouslue. The woman was well ana qmciiy uresscii. Her companions 'ooked like moderately prosperous business men. Two of the men entered the store, ono carrying a suitcase. Tho third man and tho woman remained in the auto mobile. .... 1 After looking at a watch the men in the shop nsked to sen cut glass. They wero nervous nnd irritable. Woman Customer Kntors The arrival of n woman, said to be Mrs. nuth Kuslcr, of 2130 North Thir teenth street, u customer, did not im prove their mood. While he was examining a dish one of the men criticized it to-Weissman. His companion moved slowly toward the woman. , Suddenly the mau talking to Weiss man flashed out a revolver. "Throw tin your hands, he com manded tho iewelcr. Mrs. Kuslcr backed toward the door in terror. "I'll kill you if jou scream," snapped tho bandit nearest her. Weissman held his hands high. The bandit who had "covered" him reached swiftly with his left hand toward a tray of watches. The jeweler fell forward as if about to collapse, but his hands clutched the throat of the armed visitor. The men fell to the floor in a, desperate grapple. Fight on Floor As the men fought on the floor Mrs. tr.i..,. . -..Hi, a revolver thrust closo to her face, "screamed. The man stand ing by her struck her" on tho head with the1 butt of tho revolver and knocked her' down. Ho then went to the nid of his part ner, who was losing tho fight with "Weissman. He struck viciously at the jeweler with tho butt of the revolver. As tho plucky Weissman tried to rise, two more blows knocked him back to the floor. Three shrill blasts from the horn of the limousine then warned tho rob bers that polico were coming. Ono of the men ran from the store, while the other seized a tray of rings he tried to throw into a suitcase. His ! ... kn.l Tlm vlnn. mils.) nvOP mm wan uuu. j-uu .."b" ... v.... tho floor nnd the steps of the shop. The mull ruanuu UUIBXUC. Crowd Fired On A score of persons, attracted by Mrs. Kusler's screams, tried to closo in on tho bandits. Tho man who acted as lookout in the automobile ordered them back, showing his revolver. Oneor two persons showed a ten dency To nush forward, and as a warn ing, the robbers fired several shots over the heads ot tae crowu, men cscapca. The woman crouched down low in the car as it sped out Susquehanna ave nue. Patrolman Kravitz came sprinting up just as the limousine vanished. He sent Weissman to the Woman's Homeo pathic Hospital and took Mrs. Kuslcr to the office of Dr. John A. Boger, 2213 North Broad street. The jeweler had received two deep ruts on his head and face, and after being witched up, left the hospital. Mrs. Kusler had a slight cut on her head. Descriptions Are Vaguo The vague description of the robbers it has been nossiblo to obtain has been flashed to polico stations nil over the pity and in tho suburbs. The car in which tho bandits rode carrirv Pennsylvania license o. 4700 nnd fsfas stolen bv the bandits this mortinz. It was found this afternoon rbandoned at Thirty-first street and Unltz avenue. The car belongs to Cuylcr O. Hazlett. of 1720 North Felton streeet. 'Mr. Hazlett is a voung salesman em ployed in tho wholesalo department of a Market street store. Ills work lies in the central part of the city, and' be uses an automobile to make his rounds among the trade. He has Bcveral cuh tomers in the vicinity of Fifteenth street nud susqueuanna avenue. "Ho was at the house about 9 o'clock this morning," his wife said, "to get h sample cases, fortunately Ills car fully insured." The nolice believe that he left the machine outside of ono of his customers' Stores while ho went in to show his fcoods. One of the clues to the robbers is r brown velour hat, size seven, which one of the banalts dropped. The pawnshop nt Grntz street nnd Susquehanna avenue, which it js be lieved xWeissman's -assailants had planned to rob, is conducted by John Phillips. This morning two men, ono wearing a 1 brown hat, entered suddenly. They ffimed astounded to see a policeman Jlire. , "We just wanted to pawn a ring," faltered one of the men who produced a diamond ring be valued at $200, but he didn't leavo the ring and the men hurried out. Oct Hotel Booze as Dividends ritlsburgli, Dec. 31. (By A. P.) Distribution of its large stock of wines find liquors as a dividend to its share holders was announced today by the Pittsburgh Hotels Co., operating the Wl'llmu Ponn nnd Tort Tin Hotels hiire. When ymi think of wrttlnr, think t WHIIIMa,.rwtdil Description of Bandits' in Jewel Store Hold-Up Bandit who fought with Sydney Weissman, five feet right iuches tall, about thirty-five years old; has largo nose nud gray hair. Man who drovo tho car and acted as lookout is thin and pale. Third bandit is about forty years old and five fct three inches In height. Is of swarthy complexion and has a quick nervous manner. Woman was well-dressed and not unattractive. TRAIN HITS TRUCK; I KILLED P. R. R, Express Wrecks Auto at Moorestown, N. J. A Texaco Oil Co. gasoline tank truck was demolished, the driver killed and n Pennsylvania Ilailroad locomotive smashed at 0:20 o'clock this morning when a train for this city hit the truck at Moorestown, N. J. The train was going sixty miles an hour. There was no flagman at the crossing. The track was being driven across tho tracks at the Stanwick nvenuo sta tion when hit. Tho loeomotivo struck the truck squarely, driving it nlong the rails ahead of it until the engineer could bring his train to a stop. The driver, Henry Bccht, thirty-five years old, of Hast Rivcrton N. .1., was decapitated. His body was thrown many yards nwny. Fear that tho spilled gasoline might become ignited caused railroad officials to halt nil trains as they approached the scene of the accident. WOMAN DIES FROM POISON With Borrowed Dime Buys Solution and Ends Life, Police Say With ten rents which she borrowed from n neighbor, Mrs. Ttkln ISzbuto- wich. 2."43 North Mutter street, boucht poiBon to end her life, police say. She was found dead at her home last night by Stunley Gritzcn, n boarder. Before drinking the solution, accord ing to the police, which she bought nt a nearby drug store, Mrs. F.zbutowich donned her best clothes nnd put her home in spick nnd span order. She then drank the mixture and waited for death. For many mouths Mrs. Kzbuto wich had been suffering from heart dis ease. She was forty-two years old. 23 WARS N0wIegWAGED Mott Tells World Convention of wceu ior unriBiioii uoucra I)es Moines. Dec. 31. (By A. P.V The call of Christianity to the colleges nnd universities of the world today is for "leadership," John It. Mott, chair man of the executive committee of the Student Volunteer Movement for For eign Missions, snid at the opening of its first international convention in six years hero this afternoon. "Twenty-threo wars are now ac tually being fought as an aftermath of the great war," Doctor Mott asserted, nppealing for "builders of the now or der." REITERATE JENKINS CHARGE Mexicans Testify U. S. Consul Was Friendly With Kidnappers Mnvi.". r.Uv n .11 (II.. a i Reiteration of the charge that W.' O. Jenkins. United States consular aceut at Pucbla, was seen in company with Federico Cordova, the bandit said to have abducted him, during the period that Mr. Jenkins says he was being held by the outlaw was contained in a tele gram from the governor of Puebla given out by the Interior Department here todny. Government witnesses, it is said, have "proved" that "friendly relations" ex isted between Mr. Jenkins nnd his al leged captor while they were nt flic, villages of Santa Maria and San Bnr nabe. Mr. Jenkins, it is declared, was not blindfolded and was uwaro of the location of the place where he was hid den in spite of Mr. Jenkins's clnlms to tho contrary. The telegram added that the second Pucbla criminal court was continuing its investigation of the case. MR. KANE STEPS LIVELY But Not WUhout Angry Glare at Motorist Francis Fisher Kane was stepping precisely across Chestnut street at Ninth this morning when suddenly n touring car poked its long nose out from tho fnr side of a standing trolley, and aimed directly for him. Tho federal district attorney gave n nervous clutch at his leather brief case nnd executed n delicate shimmy, In - stantl.v followed 'by a neat end run. Sprinting wide, he escaped the fender of the touring car by a margin of inches, i Three federal investigators, tho coi nnd with a ninety proof glare of ro- ' lector stated, have been assigned to proacb nt tho offending vehicle, resumed 1 his way to tne i'eccrai uuiiuiug, some- what ruffled. MAKE UP YOUR MIND TQ WED IF YOU VJSIT HER TONIGHT With the Dawn of Leap Year on the Horizon, Fair Philadel phia Girls Will Exert All Their Wiles to "Save" Themselves Proposals will be accepted tonight by an unusual number of hitherto "dis engaged" Philadelphia damsels. In many u darkened parlor, fair hearts will palpitate while maiden brains devise wnys and means to bring 'him" to his knees In appeals to link her lnte in entangling alliance that shnl: lead to the hymeneal nltnr to last "un til ilcnth do us part," or the divorce court intervenes. For "watch night," in more senses than one, is the I've of the enr of grace, 1020. Enthroued upon a cozy, nlUowcd settee, many n fair daughter of this city of homes will await with trepldntion tlm touch of the finger and the responsive ring of the bull that foreshadows a ring on the fiuger of the belle. Must Work Fast For unless sho contrives or connives to bring him "In supplinuce bent" nt her feet within that "darkest hour just before dawn" of n new year sho lays herself open to the charge of "popping" the question herself. And whnt self respecting, up-to-date young wo au would wish to bo cluBscd as having usurped male pre- CHARGE MURDER AGAINST BAD BOOZE IN, SAYS CORONER; 7 i Knight Would Go tho Limit in Prosecuting Venders of Wood Alcohol Concoctions FOUR MORE DIE HERE FROM POISONED LIQUOR Unscrupulous Ring in City, Profiteering in Death, Is Belief of Officials The charge of murder should be lodged against all peddlers of wood alco hol whisky, Coroner Knight declared to day in announcing his belief there is nn unscrupulous ring here profiteers in death selling the poison at high prices. Th.e coroner's condemnation of illicit booze vendors was coupled with his announcement that an autopsy would be held iu the deaths of four persons, three of them women, at 102!) Columbia avenue. The contents of two partly filled bot tles found in the Columbia avenue apartment are being analyzed by -the city chemist. Police believe the fiery potions were brought from New York city. Believes Potions Mndc Here "I believe there is an unscrupulous organization here distributing bad booze," Coroner Knight said. "I also believe a whisky substitute is being made here with wood alcohol as n base. If the persons responsible are captured they should be charged with murder." As Deputy Coroner Paul mid city detectives wero investigating the deaths on Columbia avenue, other de tectives were searching for nieii snid to be offering "whisky to snloonkeep crs. The four persons found lifeless nt the Liolumbln avenue apartment hail ap parently been dead since Sunday. They were identified us : iMi.-A7I1..I,f,.r.l:.,.-'iIc yrn" old. who lived iu the apartment Mrs. Emily llirley, thirty-live years olil vr York citv. Wllllim P. Oats, forty years old. 1 1T. W'1 Viv nvcm,"'- . . . Miss Mnrv Uilou. nbont twenty-five ,ycarH old, ot jcw iorK. Hhe was visit ing Mrs. Davis. Tist .Seen Alive Saturday The four were last seen alive late Saturday hy Charles F. Cohen, owner of the apartments. He conducts a grocery store next door. I.nto Satur day night. Cohen said, Oats showed him n bottle of whisky as he was cnter iuir the apartment. Mrs. Davis occupied the apartment ou the first floor rear and, tho entire second floor. A number of visitors came to the apartment Sunday and knocked, but got no respons-c. Yestcrdny the suspicions of Mrs. Harry Sterling, who lives on the third floor, were aroused and she notified the police. Patrolmen Dovlc and Brcnnnn, of the Eighth and Jefferson streets stution, forced the door of the apartment. They found the two older women on a bed i'e Jounger woinnu on a couch nnd the man sprawled ou the floor as if he had stumbled into the room and dropped in his tracks. Says Ho Saw Drinking At 11 o'clock Saturday morning Richard Hirsh, plumber, at 1130 Co lumbia avenue, was called to tho Davis apartment to repair a stove. The four were drinking at the time he .called, Hirsh stated Inst night. Hirsh ac cepted two glasses of the potion. "It drove me orazy," Hirsh said. "I went home wild nnd sick. I had to run around. Never did I hnve anything like thnt stuff," ho exclaimed. "I tried to work and couldn't see what I wns doing." Papers found iu the apartment aided in the indentiticntlon. Mrs. Davis has had a life replete with tragedy. Her husband was Dr. William N. Davis, 'of Reading, Pa., who died in 1885 leaving an estate of $3000, which was left in trust with Mrs. Davis for her three Lhildren. Theso three, Jucob, Emily and William, died within a short time of each other in 1007. Collector of Internal Revenue I.ed ercr announced today his office is in vestigating all cases where it is sus pected wood alcohol has been sold for beverage purposes. All offenders de tected will be prosecuted, he said. One explanation for the illegitimate possession of wood alcohol, Mr. l.edercr believes, is that employes of barbers, perfumery makers and others licensed to obtain wood alcohol may be stealing , the poison for home-made ilrinks. I probe the four deaths in a Columbia , avenue upartment, bcllovcd tt to be due to I wood alcohol. rogative to the extent of n marriage l roposalV In these days of sex ciptali ti, which is sinonvmous with feminine superiority, "popping the question" "see pop." ns the Century dictionary nualntlv lists it Is one of the few veryv few, masculine prerogatives re tained liv the male of the species. Tomorrow Brings Ix-an Year With tomorrow's advent enters n vejir ritnimun,.l Tf she cnllliot Pinlce hhn onilei-i..iiwl what slie wants him to say nud romper: his acquiescence in tier wish tonight. small cunncn mis sue 01 controlling ills i thought, word ana action hereafter, when the two hnve been made one, and she is that one. So tonight is the night of nights fnr the hopeful maiden, nnd woe betide her who lets her matrimonial fate "wait until next year." Afroinmii.i! rnmr. vv last nioiit You ean prevent It On of many naw Idraa for the motorist In January fopultn Sclent Monthly. AU news etanilj. vicli). ' can year, and while the sobr quet of " ' ,,7',., VV ,;, """.:'"";. "leap year bride" may not bo distaste-' n"'' t "' Lp'th It , ,T""n 1 fill, perish the thought that .ury occu- ' " " J P"i he ,1 "V "!" 1 '?' pnnt of n "beauty corner" in the heart H" tw? i" -i nid ib n!' ""f' -" ot a giiUnnt swain would permit her- "m .'' hoi 1 n , ., won")"", ff"' 1 r" sclf to bo dubbed a lean year ntonosni.t. !T1'rv woro 1,lltl uml" ?n()n 1)"11 ,a' f"1. Coroner Issues W anting to New Year Revelers "New Year celobrntors tonight should exercise girut care if they plan to drink nuj strong liquors. Supposed whiskies or wines, bought from bootleggers, muy ho tho 'liquid death' whn-h Is spreading blindness nud death over the coun try. Unless great cure Is exercised, Philadelphia may have 11 long list of fatalities tomorrow. The last night of the dying year may bo the last night on earth for many 'wet' eclebrators." Coroner Knight. SETS RECORD HERE Total of $22,094,588,655, Net Gain of 10.76 Per Cent, " Is Shown $2,202,197,860 IN DECEMBER Hank clearings for December and for the jenr 1010 broke nil i coords in the history of the Philadelphia Clearing House Association. The turnover of cheeks through the clearing house for the business month ended todny reached the unprecedented total of $2,202,1 07.SG0. This was the second time the Philadelphia bank clearings exceeded the $', 000,000.000 mark. The previous biggest total was $2,004,070,000 in October. Compared with December. 11)18. the bank elenrlngs show nn increase of $-i20,779,0S0, or a gain of 10X.2 per cent. The clearings for the full twelve mouths reached the grand total of S22.0rtl.ri88.flVi. compnicd with a total ot $10.710,0!)2,4s:i in 11118, and $17. 11)7,7(50,388 in 1017 The Increase over last year was ?2..".77.r90,172, or u net gain of 10.7(5 per cent. The payment of the last instalment on Federal Taxes hiMiied in the record- breaking turnover for the month, while the high vnlues fur commodities swelled settlements all the year. It is n striking illustration of the lie- tiiendoiiH volume of business done t t.n..,.Un..l t. ..... 1 -1 I...M. -. )K -'. f "s taken by Philndel- plnu business and banking interests. The following table shows the clear ings by months during the present cal ender year compared with those of I01S: . loin ' Wis inc."& .Tan,... Jl.832.170.231 Sl,r.22.S27.(lln K1.R4 'D. . . March Arll. May. . .1 utio. .Inly.. Aub. . Oct... Nov. . Dec . . 1.47.1 11.1112 l 223.3o.',,imr, in.n.4 1.427.m.r..17 17.51 l,730.2SII.."i2C. l,(i3ii,:i20,on7 1.7L,n,.'.T,113 1830,4Sl,0tO l.u.is.-iiis.Hrts 1.P11.9D 1.474 2,0114,(1711.001) 1,01H,007,M)3 2.202.197,800 l.ri7ll,S2.'l,2IU 3.45 1,711,1)45,42(1 0.84 1.70(',3nil,173 8.11 l,7S.SI2,7Hl X.77 l.mn.uii.nii! io.m l,SS(l,41ll,nlJ 11.04 1.7X1,704 327 7.10 1.772.41S.771 10.52 TotHl. 122,09 1. r,S8,6.-5 10,71ll,Ua2.483 10.70 REV. DR. H. F. GRAVATT DIES Camden Pastor Served First M. E. Church Fourteen Years The Rev, Holme F. firu-ntt. pastor of the First M. E. Church. Camden, for the last fourteen years, died at the parsonngo cnrlv today of heart disease. The Rev. Mr. Oravatt had the dis tinction of holding one pnstornte longer than any other Methodist minister In Camden. He was recently invited hack for his fifteenth jenr. He was nn active member of the New Jersey Conference nnd chairman of the city drnft board of Camden Ills work during the influenza epidemic is said to have been the cause of his physical breakdown. Ho leaves a widow and two sons. He entered the ministry in 1800. In 100."5, after holding pastorales in De lnnco. Red Bank, Atlantic Citj and Millville, lie came to Camden. MISSING, LEGALLY DEAD Heirs of Woman Who Vanished In 1912 Seek $13,000 Estate Morrlstown, N. J., Dec ,'!J. (Bj A. P.) Under a New Jersey law which provides that a person cm. be declared "egally dead seven years after disap pearance, about twenty heirs of Mary O'Neill, this city, are todai awaiting division of her es'tate, valued nt $13,000, She disappeared in Julv, 11)12, and jSurrogate William II, Thompsou has decided that she now is legally dead. Miss O'Neill, an elderly woman, dis appeared under circumstances which never have been explained. I'ocnhontas Lake was searched for her hodj , the house In which she lived also' was searched, but failed to yield any trace of her. It was suspected that she had beer, killed to gain possession of tho money she wns known to lime, but the appraisal shows that if she wns killed for her money tho guilty persons failed In their purpose. AUTO KNOCKS DOWN MAN Driver Held Without Ball Victim In Hospital While trying to cross Biond street nt Fi'bert this morning, Ilerinnn Dors heimer, sixty-three yenrs old. 1700 Cieen street wns knocked down by nn nutoniobile. His skull w'ns frnctured nnd cveriil of his ribs were broken. He wns taken to tho Hahnemann Hospital. Arthur A. Marshall. (i-J33 North Twentieth street, was arrested bv Re serve Patrolman Leslie, He wis held i-itliont ball bv Mncitrnte Mecleary iu the Central Police Court. CHECKS STOl EN FROM MAIL Two men emnloved bv W I'niser Horton, of Cn"owlilU street were ar raigned in Central Station tod'iy. ehnrged with opening Mr. TIorln'mnil and taking clicks. The.- ., '' ' i-l ' COUl'l Good-by, Old Year! Incrcasinn cloudiness, (olloucd hy rain. Or tnow. This dope or tomorrow just gives tis a pain You fcnoio, Wni-nicr tmilpht Klitto the ioulh winds Mote. 1919BANKGLEARING 1 I 11'...,. I nnn Ltfiinf ln. n'l.t.l. ....n.i.,.1 , INDEPENDENTS WILL AGREE ON COUNCIL HEAD, SAYS MOORE Mayor-elect Predicts Friendly Choice of Wegloin or Burch M00RE SUPPORTERS IN NEW BODY OF 21 GO INTO CAUCUS Bribe Case in "Status Quo" and Eleven Are Still Loyal, Next Executive Declares i "It begins to look ns if the council- mrn will probably determine the issue I between these two men," commented l Mayor-elect Moore this afternoon, re ferring to Richard Weglcin and Francis P. Burch and the presidency of the new J Council. ! "It looks like a fair and friendly con test," Mr. Moore added shortly before the eleen Independent members-elect went into caucus to ngree on a Council president and other officials. "What about the bribery rumors?" he wns asked. "That Is in status quo and the eleven are solid," he replied. The Mayor-elect held a sories of con ferences todny with Thomas W. Cun ningham, president of the Republican Alliance; David ,T. Smyth, next city solicitor, nnd members of the Council, including William 11. Horn and Robert .5. Patton. Horn Is Disappointed Councilman - elect Horn professed mock disappointment because no bold, wuked briber had tried to cross his imlm with gold. "I went through City Hall courtyard with my palm open and hrlil behind my back. But nothing happened. T even hung my overcoat up and It (Hit no good." Tim Mavor-elect impressed on his rtiuiicilninnir callers that they must set tle the Council presidency and other questions among themselves. A deadlock over the ptcsldcney of the new Council was said to exist this afternoon. Richard Weglein, of the Seventh dis trict, aiKK Frank F. Burch, of the Fourth district, arc contenders for the Council prcsidenej. Five of the eleven, are reported to favor Weglein nnd an equnl .number are said to be for Burch. I 'Ihe deciding vote will be enst bv the eleventh man, who. before entering the caucus, said he had an open mind, nnd hnd not decided definitely which candi date he would support. Ratification Monday Night Whateier choice is determined on this afternoon by the Independents will he ntinalMptiany next when the I ouncil organizes. The adrninistratlon supporters among the members-elect hnve a majority of one In the Council. The nlliged attempts to "reach" at least three Independent councilmeu elect, discussed hy Major-elect Moore, were said to have bien planned to split tlio administration majority and make a majority caucus impossible. The publicity given the bribery ru mors by Mr. Moore, it was asserted todny, drove would-be "corruptionists" to the tall timbers. The charges are now in the hands of William Findlay Brown, first assistant district attorney. Various Rumors Afloat Little credence was given today to rumors that efforts might be made to "lure away" some of the Independents to prevent their appearance when the Council organizes on Monday next. Senator Vnre. who stated he did not believe the bribery rumors, Inter ex- plained the reason for his disbelief. He said he didn't see ninny politicians I around with money enough, or interest' enough iu the situation to go around buying up coiincilmen. The eleven Independents have agreed to udopt the "unit rule" in oting on administration measures, a councilman said todnj. This will assure Mayor elect Moore unbroken support in his plans for a furtherance of the city's interests. ZONE-FARE CASE DISMISSED Governor Runyon Absolves Utilities Board of Montclalr Complaints Trrnton, Dec. ,"1. Charges of neglect nnd misconduct in office submitted by the officials of the town of Montclalr to Coveinor William II. Runyon against the Public Utilities Commission iu rela tion to the issuing of authority to the Public Sen ice Railway Co. for the iustnlling of the concern's original zone faro system, with a demand that the members of the commission be ousted from office, were dismissed today by the governor. In brief the chnrges were failure to consider the public interest, arbitrary approval of the 70110 fures without hear ing nnd notice to the municipalities and npproal of zone fures without appraisal of the propei tj of the utility and be fore the submission of evidence of value by municipalities. HOLD REINSTEIN'S WIFE Lusk ' Committee Orders Arrest. Husband Alleged Propagandist Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. .'Jl.tlty A. P.) Dr. Anna Reinstein, wife of Boris Rriiisti'in, at one time reported to be n member of the Lenine-Trotskv cab inet and said to he in charge of propa ganda in foreign countries, was ar icsted here today hy officers acting under direction of the Lusk legislative investigating committee. After bol). questioned by District Attorney Moore she wns taken, to the 1 ouiity jail. PLAN BRYAN "COMEBACK" New Yorkers Want Him to Spaak1 There Before Spring Primaries New Yorli. Dee. .M.-dly A. IM! William Jennings Brian has hi en in- i vitcd In the New York Brwri League I to arrange a date prior to the spring primaries iinon which he can address i a mnss-meeting in .undlson .Square Garden. Frank II. Winder, secretary of the lesgue announced last night, I According to reports, it Is hoped by Mr. Brynn's ndherents to make the 1020 gathering something on the order ,f i. Voiix'Vu-'." ileuionxtratlon In .tho Garden thirteen years ago when he returned from a year's absence abroad. Dr. Witmer Doubts Spirit ' Photographs Taken Abroad U. of P. Professor Says People Must Be Shown Before They Will Believe in Sir Arthur ! Conan Doyle's Pictures. Dr. Lightncr Witmer, head of the de partment of psychology, University of Pcnnsvlvnnln, in a statement written for tho Evening) Prm.ic Lr.norn, says in substance that people are from Mis souri and need "to be shown" before they ran believe thnt Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1ms received actual photo graphs "ps)chographs" is the official word of his dead son. Hecent dispatches from London have brought word that Sir Arthur has mm spirit photographs of his Bon tnken by a certain William Hope, nn English nrtlsan, with a remarkable clairvoyant power nnd nn equally remarkable camera. Doctor Witmer's statement rends "Sir Arthur Connn Doyle firmly be lieves that a renl ghost wns leally photo graphed. It is difficult to believe in ghosts, it is more difficult yet to believe they can he photographed. Hard to 1 telle) o "Psychology is too cnutious to assert that an.) reported occurrence is impos sible. Fift j years ago the report that a man had flown from New York to AVnahiugton would hnve been too Im probable to be ci edible. Today the re port is accepted without question. To photograph the spirit of one who is dead is nt the present time too im probable to be lightly believed. "According to Sir Conan Doyle, n ghost, though without a body, lenves a picture of his body in lieu of a visiting card on the photographic plate of a camern ; in other words, n spirit, an immaterial thing, produces a material effect. Men hme sought to prove the power of spirit over matter ever since we hae bnd human records, but with out success. The Indian mystic still suspends n ball hy n string from the celling uud then claims to set the ball swinging by n mere art of will. "Spirit photography, if accepted, would carry us far. If a ghost can DAMAGED TAG ,0N BANDITS AUTO WRONG CLUE 'ihe motorcar used by the armed bandits who tried to rob Samuel Wcissninn's, jewelry shop at 1503 Suesquehannn avenue this, morning wns not stolen from Cuyler C. Hazlett, department store salebman, as the police TTrst supposed. The ear, found nuandoued at Thirty-first street and Baltz avenue, bore n mutilated license tag. The numTjevs left on the tag were "iTOO," the number of Mr. Hazlett's license. ' The police hart not yet identified the machine used by the bandits. BRAZIL REFUSES TO "" 1110 JAnLiIiO, Dee. 31. ou iorcffju cspitiii iriYe.ted In ROTARIANS ADOPT I i Mr Chevalier Plays Dad to Sixty Boys and Expects to Carry Off Prize EATS WERE BIG FEATURE Who wouldn't he a proud and hnppv father with thirty such kids as Charles W. Ilainbridgc. superintendent of the flcniiiintow.n Bois' Club, supplied for Albert 13. Chevalier to take to the Ro tary Club's luncheon today? It was a "father and son" affair, and Mr. Chevalier, who is general manager of the Barrett Manufacturing Co., hasn't any sons of his own. Lnch member of the club who had a son over fivo j ears old was invited to bring him to the luncheon at the Bclleuic-Strnt-ford, and If he hadn't a son he was to go out and borrow one. The man with the grentest number of sons uill get the prize. And Mr. Chevalier bnd sixty of them there, thirtv from the West Phi'ndelphin ls' High School, nnd the thirty (lorniiintowu kids. The West Philadelphia schoolbojs were 11 bit grown up, but the urchins from (iermnntown weie nt what their mothers would call "a trouble-oiuenge." Which menus they hnve as much pep ns nnv three men. Three of these kids were red-hended, one of them so red it hurts jour ejes, according to Mr. Bainbridge. There was a fat bnv in the collection, "skinny" was theie, nnd there was 11 long tall hoy too, and some little short ones. It was a job feeding those kids, that is, getting them fed right, with no cor ners for an) more, and the Rotnn Club was prennied to undertake the con tract. There were dozens of kids there, real sons and borrowed one. In fact. Thomas Trotter, sales miinnger of the Scott Paper Co.. brought thirtj of hi" kids along from the paper woiks. The daddies listened to two speeches, one bv I'dward V. ('unwell, general at- toril(') ol Hie ' v i'"K hi-(imi him-iii ,11 the American Railway Express Co. His tlwtmo WfiH "1 Sidelights on the KxitrcMS RuMiiosis." The Re. Carter Ile'm .Ii.iies. the chairman, spoke upon "Dad uml Son. Ihe amiir was miner ui rcetlou o'f C. I'.dnin Bartlett LIVE WIRE KILLS YOUTH While cleaning a lightning nn ester in a substation of the Public Service IUettrie Co.. of Camden, enrlj today, Bold Norcross, nineteen yenii old, of , 1 Ill's Hroatiway. liiiihivii. cuine in ion tnct with n live wire and wns electro cuted. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital, where ho was pronounced dead. 5o r.sn nm isroni tion nn "What Can You Do with an Wectrlc Fan In Winter?' In January. Popular ficlenc Monthly, AU news stands. Adv, SONS FOR TODAY produce n photograph of himself, whv can't he explode a bomb? If spirits hnve become more nctivc in human af fairs since tho war, ns some assert, pcrhnps they are responsible for the recent bomb outrages which the police hnve not been able to explnlu, but at tribute to radicals. If a ghost can come into the room nnd shnke you by the linnd, why enn't he wring jour neck? Is No Joking Matter I kin7ili'o,,n?ket7hpKiF!Bht ASaJnst 'Southern Party both good and bad. interfered very ex tensively in human affairs, lhree hun dred years ago iu some countries if you did not believe thnt witches were witches and ought to be burned jou were likely to be tortured and burned yourself. If some spirits are guardian nngels. others are demons, of which the chief is his sntauic majesty. Tho devil has np- penrcd to very ninny people in inntewnl fnrm nrwl fliori. ia nrnn n vnrv , lr.tnllr.il report of ills having contracted a mar- ringe with a human being "If everybody were to believe reports like this of Connn Doyle's, we should soon get back to the unreasoning cred ulity from which we have so lately emerged. Indeed, the witcli doctor who will put n spell on jour neghhor's cow or chnriu nwny the evil spirit that is milking your cow dry is still with us. He is only waiting for mankind to give credulity a free rein in order to earn agnin nn honest livelihood instead of a meager plttnnce tainted with fraud. Offer Was Refused "It is not likely, however, thnt the witch doctor will ever come into his own ngain. The world conflict between reason and unreason is probably settled so far as ghosts nre concerned, but the same battle 'now rages in the field of economic politics. "Some years ago I saw a mind Continued on Tnire Tour. Column Two TAX FOREIGN CAPITAL Tho bill levyiug a 5 per cont tg. ifizTi tra, rejected by the Senate POMERENE SEES HOPE FOR TREATY After Conferring With Lodge, Says "We Are Going to Get Together" Wll Qfl W vviuoupj MAY INFLUENCE By CLINTON XV. GILBERT stun Corresismdfiit i( the lcillnc rulillo Jjlicer Washington, nee. .11. I'rospts ts for treaty compromise have apparcutlj been brightened ns a result of Senator Lodge's, conference witli Senator Pomerene. The Ohio senator appears to be a go-between Lodge and Illteh tock and this is the nearest the princi pals in the treaty fight hao come to gether. After Ceplltf- Stmmtr.r 1 rt.lm, Snnnln, Pomerene said: "Wo arc going to get together." He refused to discuss details, saying that it wns premature. Apparently no agreement has been reached, but Sen- ator Pomerene, who is acting with the Hill Knowledge o Senator Hitchcock. after conferring with the Republicni ...... . ..,,.... ,.,H ....it uit; i.riiuuiii till i ------. , t .. i , I. lender bus reached tho conclusion that ! '" I,(" "i1"1'' is ,.,int "r";. ""' ' 1 llic diireiences between the two lu.el 'lent's illness uuous subordinate of his reconcilable. , lime he-u active iu .Mr. Palmers be- Mnny persons familiar w'lth thi-balf. It ) ill be recalled that ono of ..in.,- f i,..n. i.,.i i ..,. .i.i I the nlb'ied uilevauees of decretory to be the enso for a long time, but the big obstacle has been that the two men could not be broocht to denl ulil, r.,.,,1, could not be brought to deal with ecah other. l-;nch was engaged in a six month' effort to split the pnrty of the other and win over enough votes to make up two-thirds of the Senate. That effort is still gnuig on. But the meeting between Mr. Lodge and Mr. Pomerene is more promising. At Inst, through an agent, the two prin c!imls In the fight are being brought to gether. I The plan of Mr. Hitchcock is when he has obtained the best terms he can to go to the President nnd urge their acceptance by the President. No one I knows what the President's real atti tude is. A fear that he would prove obstlnnto, and that Jie would disavow the work of any Democratic senator making concessions to the Repub'icans has stood ill the vnv of Mr. Hitch cock s dea'iug with Mr. Lodge. And prnbablv in this iuhtance the use of nil unofficial agent like Mr. Pomerene is an act of caption. If Mr. Hitchcock rem lies nn under standing with Mr. Lodge through Mr. Poinerene or directly, the general be lli f here is that the President will have to accept the rsul. If he doe.s not the prompt passage of the Kno: IOXjTC esolution repealing the declaration iar will follow. If the President ffjects lia the league of nations, but it will avoid the Republicans will go luto the nu- all reference to a third term, tiounl campaign blaming the President The President has been advised tb for having caused tho defeat of peace. I follow this course and probably his own Suggestions made to Senator Hitch. I instinct leads him to it. It is felt that cock by Senator McNary, of Oregon, a lom'e he had eliminated himself as lender of thu mild reservationist group possibility, his remalniug power in tin Continued on I'oto l'our. Column Two' Continued ou I'te 3nr, Ciwnc 9m DEMOCRATS ROW OVER FAVORITISM SHOWN TO PALMER Marshall in Letter Resents Boost Given by Administration and Committee BITTERNESS ENGENDERED IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE President Remains Silent on Third Term By CUNTON XV. HILimilT Stun Ccrrmpoixlmt or thr fiifnlne Public I-lcfr Washington, Dec. .,1. Feeling Is growing in the Democratic pnrty over the favor the administration nnd tho Democratic national committee is al lfged to he showing to the candidacy of Attorney (icncral Palmer for the Democratic nomination for the presi- Ulcncj. This sentiment is likelv to come to a head at the Jackson Day dinner here, or immediately afterward. Viee President Marshall bus written a letter to the chairman of the Demo cratic national committee protesting against the machinery of the party being used to aid the candidacy of Mr. Palmer. The Vice President, his friends say, has done this, not because he is a candidate for the uomlnntlnn himself, but because he thinks the bitterness being engendered hy the aid to Mr. Palmer is full of danger to the Demo cratic party. McAdoo and Clark Bitter Two Democratic candidates who are leported to feel bitterly about the favor being shown to Mr. Palmer are ex Secretary McAdoo nnd Congressman Champ Clark. The friends of both these candidates here in Washington are bitter in their comments upon the at titude of the Democratic national com mittee nnd Fomc members of the ad ministration toward the Palmer can didacy. .Mr.. McAdoo's absence ftfom tho coming Jackson dinner is attributed to his Irritation against the Democratic national committee. This may be only a guess, however, for Champ Clnrk. who is equally aggrieved, is on the list of speakers at the dinner. Rumor attributes to Bernard M. Bnruch and Thomas Ij. Chudbourne, K the two most active supporters of Mr.- McAdoo's candidacy, the intention to moke n fight after the Jackson dinner on any favoritism anywhere, either. In' the Democratic national committee or in the administration. They, according to this report, will insist upon a free" field nrul tin fnvitr fnr nntr f.nt,,l1.1tit.. '...' Tltm' ...111 If lo ......I ,nn1.n fV.t PAuIj&Jjb: -..-,. .. ..., .V ... UU..., ,.,UU. ..? IfyUW- ojicmy, n neecssarj-,. h J vn up bs- McAdoo. Palmer Clash A sharp jealousy has crowi tweeu the McAdoo candidacy and the Palmer cnndiduM . This has led to cur- ions clash. The attorney general has refused to proceed in the courts against the packers. The southwestern crtttje raisers are bringing suit ngninst them, asking thnt the government take ac tion nnd that the proceedings he re nioied from the hands of the attorney general as an improper person to con duct them. .Mr. McAdoo appears as counsel in tills suit for the cattle growers, attacking Mr. Palmer's fitness ns the public rcpresentatiw. Moreover, it is clear fiom various circumstances that the Demo ratio na tional commlttoe, or nt any rate its chairman, Homer Ciiniiniugs, is active Ij engaged in trying to prevent the Democratic pnrty from entering the na tional campaign as n southern pnrty. .Mr. ( uinmiiigs, it will be remembered. used his influence hist fall to procure the remowil of Postmaster General Bur leson, the strongest political influence surrounding the President, from the cnl).Ilt,t A later instnmc of the national com mittee's activities of a similar sort is its interference in tin leadership fight iu the Senate wlieie its influence has been cast for Senator Hitchcock iicnlnst (Senator I nderwood on tin ground that the uurtv could not afford to enter the campaign with u southern lender of its lorccs in the Se'inte. Oppose Southern Dominance Apparently the national committee is ihterniiucd to oppose southern domi nance iu the part) wherever possible. This may explain its preference of At torney General Palmer s candidacy 0 i that of Mr. Adoo. Mr. Palmer is the chiif northern candidate for the Presl- dency. ...,.,, I Mr- McAdoo, though now n w ' Yoiker, is a Georgian hj birth and a oiitheruer in his political association. So far as the adininistrntiou is con- it med, th utmost charge thut is likely 1'a,lt'- " ho decided to resign, was , existence of a cabinet cabal ot ' liich Attorney General 1 aimer was the heml. President Wilson's personal prefer ence of Mr. Palmer as his successor has not been indicated. And the fact that the President does not intend to take himself out of the race for the presit deucv shows that he menus to control the nomination himself. There will doubtless be u reckoning for a great many political doings that took place during his illness and ou the theory thnt his day was done. Drive Against Ciimmlngs The letter of Vice P'resh'ent Marshall and the talk of the friends of various candidate,, ludicuto that theie will be after Jacksou Day sonu thing of a drive upon the Democratic national committee uini especially upon its chnirnmn, Mr. Cunimings, Mr. Burleson and Mr. Un derwood. An nnti-snuthern policy Iu the Demo cratic party, while bold and perhaps at this time politically expedient, has its dangeis for the man who heads It. President to Send Letter The President will, in all probability. send a communication to tho Jacksoa Dav gathering. This letter will dls- ' enM issues, nnrtlcularlv the treaty and 41 vi ess.- 0 f"t 'Vdj .-- . i
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