nn ' 'i' I mXAntilon?Jim. aFftlr and colder ioday Mil comorYow. TEJirEHATtlBB AT T5AC1I HOUR I 8 0 1Q 111 112 I 1 I 2 I 3 4 j 6T I 10 117' 18 118 IIP 21 I I I 'VOL. VI.NO.'94 EXPLOSION KILLS 5, AT L .Houses in Rising Sun; Del., Near Wilmington, Rocked and Windows Broken RANTIC WOMEN RUSH TO FIND LOVED ONES udge Bradford's Hotnft and fi Company Office Damaged. Shock Felt in South Phila. I v Iflve men were instantly kilted at 8 :55 o'clock this morning in a series of cr- I plosions which wrecked five small stone ) powder wills of the du Pont Company's Hagley plant, on Brandywine creek near Rising Sun, Del. The dead: Lunn Tinder, forty-eight years old, 503 pouston street, Wilmington. Calvin Swariwood, twenty-ritht years old, 831 Kirkwood street. Wil mington. Antonio Earnonillo, thirty-one years old, 1831 West Sixth street, Wilming ton. ' Giovanni Martini, forty years old, Sqnirrel Hun. Thomas AnscJmo, forty years old, Squirrel Run. Two or three persons outsido the plant were struck by flying debris and hurt slightly. Every person working in the buildings which blow up lost his life. It may be impossible to ascertain the cause of the explosion. Besides killing tho five men and de molishing five small powder mills, the explosion wrecked two dwellings in Ris ing Sun and the plant office, also in the village. Rocks Homes on Foundations The radius of damage extended far TiTHnd the neighborhood of the exnlo- siod. Reports of smasffced windows and ruined ceilings poured into tne nu Pont offices in Wilmington all morning. For thirty miles around tho b'ast rocked houses, knocked dishes oft tables, and broke the glass of doors and win dows. The home of former Federal Judge Edward G. Bradford, half a mile from the mills, was badly damaged, almost all the doors and windows being blown in. Judge Bradford has been ill, and suffered from the shock of tho ex plosion. Even in Philadelphia, notably in the southwest section, at Hog Island and Darby, th$ shock was severely felt. Fol an hour after the blast inquiries poured into the Ecctrical Bureau at City Hall and the newspaper officev The 'mills which went up n the ex plosion composed nne'of manv units in 1 ibe Brandywine plant. This plant runs I ,-Jor flye'mileS al9ngtheltistcri-Brandy mine, northwest of Wilmington, and at its nearest point approaching to within less than three miles of the" euy. riant in Small Units To prevent disastrous accidents the plant is broken up into small units, each consisting of press mill, corning mill and what arc known as whell mills. The explosion this morning wrecked one complete unit and killed every man working in that unit. There are some thing less than a hundred employes in the entire Brandywine plant. The first blast was in the press mill, where Tinder was working alone. The roof of the mill, which is not anchored on so as to minimize the force of a pos sible explosion, was seen suddenly into the air, followed by a terrific report Almost simultaneously the corning mill nearby went up, where Swartswood was working. With only a second's in terval, tho three wheel mills, where the powder is ground into granules,, ex ploded together. The other men killed were in these three buildings. Women Rush to Plant There Was tremendous excitemeut in the plant and the little towns nearby after the explosion. Many of the work ers rushed out, fearing moro explosions. The townspeople were in confutlou, their windows shattered, their crockery broken, their ceilings down. Worst of all, almost every homo had 0. member working in the plant, and the dreadful uncertainty of who was killed brought sobbing women and children hurrying from nil directions to tho plant office 'in Rising Sun. It quickly became known from the workmen who had rushed out of the mills that the damage hnd bee, con fined to tho five small buildings. Uulj two of the dead lived near. 'the mills. Their names were soon known to the townspeople and the worst of tho Sua pense was over for all but the families of the dead men- Under the leadership of Superinten dent Cloud the entire force of tho plant was got together almost' immediately to begin the search of the ruins. The bodies were quickly taken from the piles of .stone and wrecked machinery where the mills had stood, and hurried to the emergency hospital on the grounds. When it was found that life waa extinct the bodies were sent in to Wilmington. Attention was then turned to the iTm??8 done near the mllls- The once building in the town nearby was a wreck. The stone walls stood, but everything else was gone. The roof jas smashed, the partitions broken down, the doors driven in and the win flows blown out. An office boy, whose hamo could not be learned, was slightly cnt by glass . Nearby Ilomc Wrecked The heme of E. 0. Hamilton, the nearest dwelling to the plant, was wrecked likewise, only the four walls standing. T,he furniture and crockery " destroyed, the porch blown off and the roof -battered in. Mrs. Margaret Meyers, aunt of Mrs. Hamilton, was cut on the forehead by a falling beam, but not seriously hurt. mmlUon, a workman in the plant, es. caped injury. i The home of Walter Farmer, who is Pow a dn Pont official and formerly Vai th mill superintendent, was badly Cenllnned on Tara Sixteen, Column Twi Skating Today GBttee. Concourse. Hunting Park. WRECKS BUILDINGS DU PONT P NT V 1: Entered as Second-Clata Matter lit the rotnfflce. at Philadelphia, Ta. Under th Act of March 8. 1879. ' Oldest Hen in America Dies at Age of 32 Years Daniclson, Conn., Jan. 2. (By A. P.) Tho death of Eusatia Pallldani, aged thirty-two. years, a Spanish black hen, said to have been tho oldest hen in the United States, is announced by the owner, James Blancbard, of Dayvllle. In her youth Eusatia was a prize winning pedigreed beauty. AVhen fifteen years old her black plumage became white. She mothered a brood last spring and laid eggs in tho fall. AUTO RIDER IS HURT WHEN CAR DASHES INTO FRONT OF HOUSE Driver Becomes Confused and Sheers Motor Over the Side walkHe Is Held Allen Snowden, twenlv-six years old, COS Cathedral street. Baltimore, is in the Samaritan Hospital as the re suit of a peculiar automobile accident at Broad and Westmoreland streets early this morning. . William E. Heyl, ot Wynnewood, driver of the machine in which Snowden wns ridinir. told tho police ho drove into what he thought was another street and 'anded against the marble steps and porch of the house at the southwest corner of the two thoroughfares. Mr. Snowden and Mr. Heyl had been to a masquerade at the Gcrraantown Cricket Club and were returning to gether. Mr. Heyl is unfamiliar With the Tioga section and thought of making n short cut when he turned off Broad street. Rising Sun avenue comes into Broad and Westmoreland strecta nt nn angle from the cast at the intersection, and Mr. Heyl evidently thought it contin ped west of Broad in its northeast to southwest course. The machino was badly smashed' and the steps of the corner house and the norch were battered by the collision. Mr. Snowden was thrown from his seat und from the machine, alighting upon his head. He was badly cut and bruised. Mr. Heyl was not injured, outside of i severe shaking up. He was arrested and held in $000 bail for a further hear ing by Magistrate Price. JUMP IN REVENUES HERE Figures for 1919 $77,026,041 Over Those of Last Year The annual report of Internal Revenue Collector Lederer, of the Phila delphia district, shows nn increase of $77,026,041 for the past year over 1018. The report snows total receipts to the amount of $300,05G,070.23 as against $223,030,020.18 for last year. Part of the increase is due, tho col 'ector said, to the fact that the first in ternal revenue district and the ninth lhave been combined. SALOON 'MEN TAKE 'BRODIE' Camden Liquor Dealers Renew 'LI- censes Two Weeks Left Page Mr. Brodio and remove his brown derby ! One hundred retail and twelve whole sale liquor dealers of Camden have filed petitions for renewal of their licenses. Sports? wen, rainer. The applications were received today at the office of City Clerk Brown. The retail licenses cost $000 apiece and the wholesale ones $250. And two weeks until the sixteenth or the month ! FIRE ROUTS TWO FAMILIES Flames Ignite Party Wall of Cam den Dwellings Two families were driven from their homes by a fire in Camden last night. Flames from a gas range set fire to the wall between the home of Mrs. Afnrv Behr. at 1015 North Thirtieth street, and the home of Park Opp, at 1013. The families had to leave the build ings whilo the East Camden fire de partment fought the flames. The dam age was about $300. FIND FATHER SUICIDE Daughters Discover Shoe Dealer Dead From Inhaling Gas Two daughters of Henry Eberhardt, a shoedealer of 3407 North Second street, found hira dead in bed today. He had cdmmltted suicide by inhaling gas, the police say. The daughters, wondering why Mr. Eberhardt did not come down to break fast add smelling gas in the house, went to his room on the second story and found him dead. He was a widower, fifty-four years old. It was said to day that he had suffered for some time from melancholia. VANDERLIP IS DECORATED Grand Cross of Montenegro Be stowed on New York Banker New York, Jan. 2. (By A. P. Frank A. Vanderlip, banker, and Wil 'iam F. Dix, consul general of Monte negro, havo beeil awarded tho grand cross of the Order of Danilo I, the highest Montenegro decoration, it was announced here today. I recognition of financial advice given to Vanderlip s decoration is in King Nicholas nt runs u xew mumus ng" ana mac oi mr. ui. ior ma ociv- let to Montenegro here during tho war. TURKS PICK PEACE ENVOYS Tewflk Pasha, Former Grand Vliler, Heads Delegation Constantinople, Jan. 2. (By A. P.) Mustapba Reshla Pasha, foreign minister: Nabi Bey, former Turkish ambassador to Italy and a member of the committee which has been prepar ing data for submission to the Peace Conference, will, with former Grand Vizier Tewflk PaBha, form Turkey's delegation to mako peace with the Allies. ..... Tewflk Pasha, it has been announced, will head the'' delegation, which will be uccompauied to Paris by many experts. KTAUT TIIB FCnNACE WITII M8 nS of minr lnrnlou plan for dolnr and miklnK thlnira t homo. Iti January Popular ficlanc Monthlj All news Btaadt. Advt. 'd "' liMlJ, " i - - uenrog HALL GETS VOTE 'Loyal Legion' Indorses Candi dacy of Seventh Ward Leader for Presidency MORROW CHIEF CLERK; MARCUS AS ASSISTANT Platform Includes 'Bill of Rights' and Denounces Imputation -of Bribery Attempts Charles B. Hall is the candidate of the ten "Vare" members of flic new Council, ns announced this afternoon. These ten, called by Hall the "loval legion. ".met in caucus in Room 408, Citv Hall. Others on the slate of the Vare mem-, bers, with which they intend to com bat the candidacy of Richard AVeelein and other1 members of the independent state touows: Chief Clerk: Arthur R. n. Mor row, now clerk of tho finance committee. Assistant Chief merit: Joseph Mar cus, now a committee clerk. Sergeant-at-arms: Robert McBlroy, now scrgeant-at-arms of Cojnmon Council. The ten minority members voiced their regret that District Attorney Rotan had not instituted a searching investigation of alleged bribery of councilmen-clect, so they might place in his hands "the name and acts of a man very close to tho new Mavor." During the meeting Air. Hall was called to the door. "What is the name of 'the man very close to the Mayor, he was asked. "If the district attorney wants to know, I will be clad to give him the name, answered Mr. Hall. "Is it David J. Smith, the newly annointed citv solicitor?" he was asked "I have nothing to say, I will tell the district attorney anything he wants to know," was Mr. Hall's answer. He shut the door and joined his colleagues, the loyal ten, in caucus again. Adopt "Bill of Rights" In their "bill of rights" and htate meut on tho bribery charges, tho "loyal legion" said: "Although nominated at the primary election, upon the Repub lican ticket, and although the success ful candidate for Mayor visited our re spective districts, and urged our election with his own. although elected with him upon the same Republican ticket, and although we have repeatpdly an nounced our readiness to support his administration, a line of demarcation has been drawn, not by us, but for us; therefore be it resolved, that we, the remaining ten Councilmcn and regular Republican's, incaucus assembled, do declare. We shall support all measures proposed by tho new administration which are for the benefit of the people of Philadelphia,, and oppose all acts whichiu-selfish'0r-dctrimcntal to their best" interests. "Wo favor tho strictest economy .in the Council and in all departments. "We have no favors to ask, expect only fair play, and will unitedly resent all attempts'to discriminate against us or nnv of our constituents. "Wo condemn the political trick which, in order to deter our eleven col leagues from free and voluntary action, placed upon them without any founda tion in fact for it, the stigma of cor rr.ptionist. "Wo regret in this connection that thero will not bo instituted by the dis trict attorney n searching investigation of alleged bribery of councilmcn, so that we might place in his hands tho name and actb of a man very close to the new Maor, who has indulged in that cow ardly form of bribery -intimidation." Stand on Chil Sendee As for the Hall platform, it includes a committee on committees for the new uouncii, no coinniuu:"i iu uu uljliuiuh-u by the president of that body. "A finance committee that will con sist of the whole twenty-one a com mittee of the whole. "Chairmen of committees to be chosen by the committees, not by outsiders. "Wo believe the civil service article in the new charter should bo admin istered by high-class meu, men who are not only familiar with the require ments of the position, but who will re move politics from the commission. "Vc shall oppose for the civil serv ice commission and for all other offices and positions, men who are selected for tho sole purpose of paying political debts." This is construed to be a declaration nt r mrnlnst the Moore civil service commissioner sluteli upon which arc- Clinton Uogers wooarun, ennnes n, Neeld and Common Councilman W. T, Colborn. JELUCOE VISITS WALL ST. Brokers Cheer Brltl.it Admiral, Who Is Guest of Schwab New York, Jan. 2. (By A. P.) Admiral .Tellicoe, retired first lord of the British Admiralty, who has been making a tour of Canada and mapping nt o nnml nollev for that country. today visited the New York Stock Exchange as tne guest oi amines ;u. Schwab, chairman of the board of di rectors of the Bethlehem Steel Co. The ifdtors were erected with cheers by tho brqkers and clerks. Business was temporarily suspended as they were shown through the exenange. Ottawa. Jan. 2. (By A. P.) Lady Jellicoo will leave here this afternoon for New York to join her husband, Ad miral .Tellicoe. She was ill and unable to accompany the admiral when he left litie Wednesday. MUM ON PRISON PROBE Sproul Not to Divulge Report of Penitentiary Investigators Word was received from Harrisburg today that Governor Sproul would not make any report nt present concerning results of the investigation of the Board of Charities info conditions at the East ern Penitentiary. Tho Governor said he would mako a detailed study of the report made by tho board before issuing any statement. In a few days tho .Governor will ap point a magistrate to fill a vacancy in Philadelphia, due to the appointment of Magistrate Watson as mercantile ap praised. He will also make several ju dicial appointments in western Pennsylvania. FOR COUNCIL HEAD IN VAROTE CAUCUS t - ' mublxt PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920 Political Outlook in State. for 1920 Hints Lively Time Plenty of Factional Squabbles Loom Munici pal Affairs Under New Charter of Most Local Interest By GEORGE NOX McCAIN Tho outlook for city, slate and na tional politics for 1020 is decidedly muggy. Iu fact, it may be described as scrambled. To Phlladclphians, tho practical working out of the new charter prom ises to bo th& one thing of paramount interest. It will bo overshadowing in its importance. It is now apparent that there will be, for some time to come, nt least, no cessation of fnctional politics. Those who like that sort of thing, no matter what tho motive, will be entertained to their heart's desire. Tho adoption, by the majority of eleven in the 1iew Council of twenty one, of the unit rule offers little bopo to the Vare people. They arc up against a stone wall. The opportunity of "bor ing from within" under the unit rule is reduced practically to nothing. Must Fight From Outside From now on they must light outside the breastworks. For the eleven Independents, with Richard Wcgleln as president at their head, will present a study of nb n,Kin intorpst. Thev will soon dem- onstrntc their individual capacity for leadership. Each one is now a com manding figure in politics, a district On tho Varo side Charles B. Hall is .fnln ,n nctm. II nnsltlnn Of lCader- ship in purely politicnl work. Joseph P. Gaffney, who has demonstrated his ability as an authority on municipal finances, will doubtless instnntly detect anv weakness in the policy ot tne ma jority. With Isaac D. lletzell they will Victim Attempts to Recover MoneyJust Stolen From Card Pjayers 14 SUSPECTS ARE SET FREE Bandits shot and killed a man shortly after midnight when he recognized one of them nnd attempted to grab him nnd fight for the money the bandit had just stolen. Talacil Ahlimo, thirtv-cight years old. 327 Earp street, is dead, n victim of his own pluck. lie was killed in the home of his friend Benetto TMssa, 10-4Q South Reese utrcot. ' ,, Fourteen suspects, who were arrested hv Dptpclive Ilacgla and Sergeant liocscli, tinder the direction oi mtuuen- nntiKern.l, nr the seventn unu-varpen-ter streets station, in a nearby Italian boarding house shortly after the murder last night, were discharged ntier a care ful Invpstiirntinii bv the police this morning. Mrs. Maria Tissa. wife of Bcnettp Tissa. who was a witness of tho shooting, testinen tnnt none oi me suspects had entered her home last night. Woman and Child See Trngedy Aldimo hnd called at the home of Tissa last evening to pay a New Year's vis t. Tissa's wife and his son BANDITS KILL IN 'WHEN DO WE EAT?' WHEN RECOGNIZED SHOUTATHANGING Joseph, fourteen ears old, were nlsoinThe quiet In the death chamber became the room. Tho friends were playing. absolute for a moment. Then the cords when several knocks were heard noose blipped over the murderer's head. nt the door. I From one of the higher tiers came a "Who's thero?" asked Tissa. strident shout: "Friends " was the replv. "Wheat do we eat?" The door'was opened and' two masked Tier by tier, cell by cell the cry was and armed men entered, one tall and taken up. It became n roar ubove ,i, ti. wk Thov rnnde tho oc- which the wardens' voices could not be cupants of the room throw up their I hands and men iook -i irom iuuim and $15 from Tissa. "I know them, Aldimo is said to have exclaimed. . The man turned on him und cried, iu Italian: "You've been talkiug about me enough." np fired and shot Aldimo squarely through the head. The bandit and nis companion fled. Tissa and his wife quickly spread the alarm. When the police arrived tljti house and street in front were-crowded with curious men and women, l.ieu tennnt Kerns nnd his men quickly made their round-up of suspects. Belleie Robbery Not Real Blotho i Tho police arc now inclined to the theory that robbery was not the prin cipal motive in the attack of the baudits on their victim. Aldimo, who has a wife and a step son, had not worked for some time. He was a man of good reputation, and so far the police have not been able to learn of any threats made against him. ATTEMPT TO KILL BRIDE Shots Fired Through Store Window at Woman Man Held Two shots were fired through a store window last night at Mrs. Jennie Cnlla brae, 2710 East Somerset street, a bride of a month. Both bhots missed her. After the nlleged attempted shooting, Mrs. Cnllabrae caused the nrrcst of C. l. u. ocicireiu, r,ust. ceiwer Mreei, who will bo nrraigued today before' i.TllB ..,,.,, nr PnnstnntlV n,t KWAtf 'Ud I " aSouand'SLnfof Clearlield streets ftnt'0"- nvs which are for the purpose of alle- According to the police, Coeldrettik latillK the ,ml,islncnt of the crimin al. was an unsuccessful suitor of the joung forBetting and losing entire sight of tho woman and became enraged when she protection that Uie inw-abidlcg ami married, peaceable citizen is entitled to us against Mrs. Callabrae was in a store at 'u,cso human parasites. Somerset and Salmon streets making "if one-half of tho energy now spent sevcinl purchases when tho attempted , sympathy on murderers and crim- shooting occurred. inala would be deoted to the families ! of the Uctinis aud tho other half to MO EMBARGO ON NEWSPRINTlbringins t0 justl.co the brutes who have NU ClYlDHnuu un ntvvornnv I i Woltea out the Iives of law-abiding and Canadian Pap'er Mills Export Big Quantities to U. S. Washington, Jan. 2. (By A. P.) Authoritative denial of rumors that the Canadian Government contemplated an embargo on the expo'rt of newsprint paper ha been received by the Bureau of Commerce. Cnnadlan mills wero said to be'Tuu- niug at yapaclty, turning out about 2775 short tons daily, of which 0"6 per cent I.. .niii,l mntf rt It- Ia t 1. ii TT..I1..1 r is exported, most of it to the United States. be the three musketeers of -the antl admlnistration forces. There is not a department in tlte new city government that will not furnish its share of interest, if not of sensation, before the year comes to a close. Public safety and public works loom up ns the banner bearers in this prospect. Director-to-be Cortelyou imparted a new nnd unique slant to nis prospective relations with the department of tire by his introduction by Dr. Da Cobta to tho men. in tne domain of polico and detectives it is a foregone conclusion that there are a number of flat feet pounding flag stones these gladsome new jenr duys who will be in other occupations ere next vu'etide rolls in. This is exclusive of "plain clothes" and "districts." "For the good of the service" is very likely to become a familiar expression I imagihe. Changes In Police Ine liable There is a large hope in the heart of tho diiector of public safety that is to be, that his tactile influence can ac complish mucl in worknig reform in tho ranks. And his reputation aud ex imnle will go far. But changes will be inevitable on tho force. The freedom fiom political domina tion nnd forced political assessments. coupled with increased pay, will be a stimulus to greater efficiency. Just the snmc there are some whose surface re form will last about as long as u lump of ice in August on a tin root witu tho mercury registering.OO in the shade. Of John C. Winston at tho head ot public works tho most, perhaps, will bo expected. There is so much that w ill be left undone; so much to do. His Continued on Pare Six, Column One Slayer Executed Amidst Strange Roar of Calloused Chi- ' cago Prisoners HEEDLESS OF SUFFERING By the Associated Press Chicago, Jon. 2. An experiment in psjchology wns tried today out ot the county jail, in tho grizzly dim hour of dawn, when 200 prisoners were forced to witness the hanging of Raffle Dur rage. murderer. Hardened orimiuals selected from among other murderers and felons whose expiation is nofryet thfc gallows were placed in cells, tier on tier of which surrounded the square in which the scaffold had been erected. It was the contention of Sheriff Peters that the sight of the gruesome trappings would have a most salutory effect upon those in whose life might come future temptations to slay, to rob or to burn. And so firmly Sheriff ChUrlcs W. Peters believed, in the efficacy of this idea that he persisted in it despite tne protests from scores of persons who thought the scheme unnecessarily brutal. Prisoners Roar for Food Accordingly, the stage was set in the death chamber, uurrage was led tortn. heard The trap was sprung. Durrage drop- ped into the space beneath the scaffold dead. "When1 do we eat?" was his requiem. Sheriff Peters declared after the exe cution that Governor Frank O. Low den's secretao telephoned the juil and asked legarding pluus for the hanging, but did not object to the sheriff's pro gram. Just before the execution the receiver of the only telephone connecting the jail with the outside world was removed from its hook in Jailer Davies's office. It wns reported that this action was I taken to preent a possible repriee of I tlir. .x-itwlnfnrinil inlln lit- flip Inst minilto when asked for nu explanation, Jailer Davies smiled aud said : I cau't say whj it was done. You see the telephone is out of order." Sheriff Peters later issued a statement answering critics who opposed his ac tiou. The statement reads as follows : "In my opinion the modern coddling of criminals by well-meaning but mis guided, sjropathetiCj theoretical teform crs and self-constituted organizations is one of the greatest causes of the present crime wave iu this citj. Their inter ference with the vigorous enforcement of tho law has destroyed the fear of punishment by criminals to the extent that it is no longer a deterrent to the further commission of crime to be in carcerated in our penal institutions. Opposes Coddling of Criminals "A large number of prisoners openly acknowledgo that they would prefer to be incarcerated in the county jail, where they are better fed and where sanitary conditions are Jar better thuu , ,,; ii'-,v lrnm".. peaceful citizens and darkened forever the lives of others, this would be happier and safer world to livo in." GANG RAIDS IRISH POSTOFFICE Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 2. (By A. i-.j iiic ijimericK postouice was raid"d about midnight last nlehr. ! twenty masked and armed men, who mea several tnousand pounds fu cah and mnnev nrderR. Tho nnstAffii-A .i.a numbering twelve person, was held up - .a.I1 it. mM1 ... t i. S maiama until the pillage was completed. Mili tary forces occupied the postoflice today. r" ;? p&i-' - Published Dally Except Sunday. Copyrlaht, 1020, by STARTS HERE IN GREATESTCENSUS About Half of the 1826 Enu merators in City Begin House-to-House Canvass AGE, COLOR, NATIONALITY AMONG QUESTIONS ASKED Also Do You Own Home, and Is It Mortgaged, and Are You Married? Here Are Questions Census Takers Ash Sex. Color or race. Agc nt last birthday. Whether single, married, widowed or diorccd. Birthplace of person enumerated and birthplaces of father and mother, giving nnmes of both country and province if foreign-born. Occupation, specifying trade or profession, also industry in which employed. Whether attending school. Whether ablo to read. Whether able to write. AVhether able to speak English. Whether home is owned or rented, and if owned whether home is free of cncuinbiauce or is mortgaged. The census men and women arc nbout today. They started out early, going to headquarters, getting sworn in, re ceiving official identification cards and being assigned to their districts. Then thej hurried off to begin ringlns door bells and interviewing householders and finding out the things Uncle Sam wants to know about his people. The worK will take about a month. Each enumerator was given a slip of paper telling just what streets must be rantnrsed, and outlining the area for which li or she is responsible. About half of the 1820 enumerators began work this morning, nnd by to morrow all will be hard at it. Each district represents about 2000 names. I The Philadelphia area is known us the first census district of the countrv. und the count hero is supervised by Robert J. Keegan. Superintendent of Police Robinson has notified patrolmen to reassure any householder who is uucertaiu about the status of the enumerator who may call. This is expected to help matters greatly, cspeciully iu the foreign language dis tricts. Thus the official count of Philadel phia's noses began. And every assortment of nose in every nook and cranny of the Union, and in Alaska alid Porto ltido, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa and the Panama Canal Zone is being added to the grand tally of the most ambitious statistical campaign ever conducted in the world and called the fourteenth decennial census. Supplementary Inventory The inventory of the. nation' popu lation will be supplemented by a com plete inventory of the nation's re sources its mules, factories, furnaces, farms, forests, oil and gas wells, wheel barrows, locomotives, sheep, horses, mines, quarries, houses, fields. And the country is divided up roughly into 400 zones to facilitate the count, with nu office and staff of enumerators in each zone. The enumerators will ask questions concerning tin- ngc, color, nationality, relation to tho head of the house of each member of every f amilj . A record will be made as to whether the home occupied by n family is rented or owned, and, it owned, whether it is mortgaged, as to whether the member is married, single or divorced. igle or divorced. Citizenship statistics will record the i . r itnfinn t ,,, iTt,it,i , vehr of immigration to the United States, whether the person is natural ized or an alien, nud if nuturulized, the year of naturalization. Census-takers will check un the amount of schooling had bv each mem ber of the family, and whether the pcr- Coiittnurd on I'ane Three. Column Tu -- --1 3 iCedaet COUNT OF NOSES NAVY YARD HEAD COMPLAINS OF P- R- T- SERVICE Formal complain was filed by Admiral Hughes, commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, against the P. R. T. Company, oefore the Public Service Commission, because of alleged "intol erable" trolley service to and from Xeague Island. The cars, the admiral states, are crowded to an "indecent state," and vroik men have left the government employ, because of inadequate tiolley service. Officials of the company expre&sed surprise over the complaint, and said they would gladly meet the Command ant's charges before the Commission. MOTHERS PENSION FUND TRUSTEES NAMED HARRISBURG, Jnn. 2. Governor Sproul today named these mothers' pension fund trustees for Clarion county: Mi tt. F. Whitmer, Mibs Anna Graham, Clarion; Mrs. WA I. Mc Dowel, Kuok; Mrs. W. H. Houghton, New Bethlehem; Mlsg Hannah Fox, Foxburg; Mrs. J. C. Craig, Rimersburg, and Mr.,. G. B. Fasenmeyey, Leeper. BOY'S HAND TORN OFF Workmen Stop Mac,;Vne and Save Victim From Furrw Injury A machine in the plantVif the Victor Talking Machine Co , Camden, closed on the baud of Willis Harvey, nineteen years old, 1737 Arch btreet, Philadel phia, this morning Tho boy was unable to free himself und was on the point of being whirled around to what seemed certain death when other workmen stopped the ma chine. His left hand was torn off at the wrist. He is under treatment at Cooper Hospital. TIIB POCKET TVPKYVRITKR Tou work It with two flnxera. See Janu ary Popular ScUneo Monthly, Juat ouC All - ,,.,.,, wT"jwnvs '' Subscription Price 10 a Tear by Mall. Publlo Ledrer Company, lhv4.w n(WwvhMMMvA(hwvWMM-: Central News COL. CHARLES LYNCH, M. C. He has-been designated as chief of the recently created historical div ision in the office of the surgeon general of the U. S. War Depart ment. Colonel Lynch will handle all matters pertaining o Uio medical and surgical history of' the world war N JEWEL ROBBERY Attempt to Pawn Wedding Ring Leads to Pursuit and Capture POLICE SEEK MALE FRIEND Kathcrine Breuuun, a pretty and stjlishly dressed joung woman, of Ells worth street near Twenty-second, is be ing detained at City Hall to explain why she had in her possession a ring be lieved to have been stolen by the ban dits who robbed the jewelry shop of Sydney AVcissman, Fifteenth street nnd Suj-quehunna avenue, on Wednesday The detention of the young woman re lirrtti wVif fiVirttif- fli tmi nil flirt hi ( - ' - 4 ,. T., . , . f npss o Arthur Illtch a Pawnbrokers clerk A few dramatic incidents preceded her arrival at City Hall. Miss Rrennan, according to the, po lice, entered the; shop of Morris Ritch', Eleventh and Poplar streets, this morn ing und asked for an advance on a wedding ring, which bore several char acteristic marks Arthur Ritch, sou of the prpprietor, noticedthat' Jt com pared with a ring listed in the Wciss inau robbery. Ho Questioned th(t.Svoman guardedly and tried to hold her in con versation while he notified the police. Miss Brennan decided that she would not pawn the ring nnd left the place. Ritch followed her to Broad street and Fairmount avenue. There, he says, the woman met a well-dressed man. They talked for some time and the man, after assisting Miss Brennan to board a Ridge avenue car, went down Broad street. Ritch ran after the car, but when he caught up with it the conductor re fused to open the door, ultch then ran nrnirlrT n till fctrtrwl -i tlift trnnlfo TTrirl i; , n his i,ml l.n told th,. mnt ine up liis hands ho told the motormun to stop. He then told the -conductor that one of his passengers had attempted to pawn a stolen ring. A patrolman wns summoned and Miss Brennan wa I toKcn to uity tiaii . She was not slated aud the police surrounded her .detention with ronsid- ernble mystery. After she had been closely questioned, it is sold, tile name of the man whom she met after leaving th pawnbroker's shop wns loarnwl nml tw0 letecivcT are hunting for him and c" ? "ellc, es.are jiuniing ior mm. Although the ring possessed by .Miss Brennan compared with one taken from the Weissman store, Captain of Detec- . ... . " - . -. tives Sotider expressed the bel ef thnt f on " the" 'home o . on North Thirty. Vm:j ,-: .!!.;?.. it had been stolen Mrs. Mabel Finger first street, which was robbed yesterday morning by burglars. BUDGET SYSTEM SURVEY Internal AJfalrs Department to Make Inquiries of State's Municipalities Harrisburg, Jan. '-'. (By A. P.) The Internal Affairs Department U planning the first complete survey of the operation of the budget system in the municipalities of Pennsylvania Soon after-the organization of the va rious city and borough governments on Monday, queries will bo sent to those In charge of the finances asking about their experience in operating under the bureet system nnd tho sums carried for the new year. It is the plan to issue a report on the subject and also to prepare such data u,v uv umircu ujr tne constitutional revision commission.' " . tfpl'T$i!r'''8M i idiY'59lB: (:'KJI GIRL IS QUESTIONED atwffr 'n; v 31 PRICE TWO CENTS"' r. -. J CANDIDAIE-BAIIEK' , . SEASON NOW OPEIfctf STARTED BYBOMKj Aspirants for Presidency ffaoi'M Grilling on Oulstending j National Issues ' .. A FIRST STEP IS TAKEN , IN JOHNSON'S BEHALF Irish, Labor, Liquor and Leagua Questions Will Be Pressed j r -1 By CLINTON W. GILBERT f ' Staff Correspondent of the Eventnc Tobllfl Washington, Jan. 2. Senator Borah's letter to Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, asking where ho stands on the lengtie of nations, Is s sign that the 1020 baiting of candidates has begun. The labor unions have also begun catechizing the candidates upon anti-strike legislation. Replies on this subject will bo forthcoming in a few days. in addition to these two subjects im f tncre win be a whole series of quetH jHkA'I uuhh. anis is going to De a great Will Want, trt linnw Tvlinrc. lin unnrlMaaa1 stand on the Irish issue. The ljq.uH$Ji . ipui ,a uj uu uiiuua uuuiiuaieu UlKJ,r'3tf enactment of laws in various 8tatoV"Xi permitting the sale of light wines nnd, beer indicates. Either anti-saloon neonb or th toi--. sonul liberty people will probably b demanding to know where candidates ior i-resioent nnd particularly candi dates for Vice President stand on this question. Opposition to League Limited The query which Senator Bofah has1 addressed to Governor Lowden and will address In nnn-ni "nr,i i rcssing only to the extent that the Jfefc .won uuu utner racial ote is interested "'JNi in the answers. There is pnly limited V opposition to the league amonr Amerl. yc cans who Have no special interest "In I .lirnnnati rtnftl:A.. . Governor Lnuvlpn ! r- J Jsi will probably reply that they favor P an Americanized" league. Tbat is a Jt vague phase couched in patriotic Ian'-" T4l BiKe. it will put the candidate in.BB-' 'TV unassailable position, except so farWt M Johnson are concerned. TJioso -ivfco Kl lA.iciuiBLB 11KG .SPnntnm Un 1. .1' . iTM want to see the league totally rejected,,?' W3 Will TirtP tirt. 4!. .1 ' - - :T? . .... c MUMini wim anyuusc. ', short of an nut n,l .. .;iVJ of President Wilson's work in Ejwfe'4 G. O. P. Won't FJ,ht J:W,S .But the Borah-Johnson grouNrtSW have little choice when it comes to tro. ThY R.,Mi"1rvSJ," P!eBi!jr vfc i l. it' . " "-uuuiuuie will -un r SSrfi,y Rtan&i u a.Aompromige "V reached meanwhile, on a nlatferm- de claring for nn Americaniied league, and even if no compromise, is reached tho Republican party will hardly commit itself to a rejection of the league. It will probably, declare for the Eodg reservations in (that case. And the Democratic party will of course;, be ceu , more pro- league thau its .opponent? Thus if the h ttpp.Kno ,..jt, .i. rJa llVr, nrotest they will have b "V. 3 start a third party movement. And. mi " jE one believes for a moment tbat a third, party opposing the league is possible. -r . t-V '""!" -uurnu never uroKc from thf "e',"?"cnn .".'. 'en n 1012. He is im oriuor witii an orator's temperament including the orator'a usual caution in action. And benntor Johnson has had lira imoi mini par,ty movements. Ever' since his advent in the Senate, he has , llOPII rinvntloip oil l.ta .... !... i "" bwn H-nil, nil , . :":.r.i ,""'" I inc regular '""b' i" oecom- I Johiiion Campaign Movement The Borah IPttrr !- , ... , 1 4, V- ral,npp uulTi further ahead into 'ffi , t!'e national campaign. Johnson is the ' lanti-eacue eHnrllilnfn if . " j.S i maries rather than further ahead into Willi- I l(J HIT l-HIlII1IIIirn Mn ID en R nitolv i-nmmlttl n.,tn.f T 1 I a ' p , "" "" p,"K,"'nst, lhe Ie?ue' X,,h", V" E? tI . T" " 7"".." -"' ". ira unii- ' -Kue sentiment ns exists," lie" tnonght he n? ,'?&u,e in ?PPsin5 the cove- !"". "' his issue has failed, but his oest nope is to go forward upon the line he bus chosen. That accounts for the Borah letter. It is n Johnson cam paign movement. The present is perhaps the most nearlj embarrassing moment the bitter-enders could choose for asking Low den and Wood where they stund ou the league. The fate of tho covenant is in doubt If the league issue i4 postponed und the Knox resolution goes through, the candidates would take their position on the treaty, in vie of all the facts. To answer now is to answer a little blindly, Johnson und his friends wont to make tho issue now and contrast his posi tion with that of the other candidates ns sharply as possible, so that If tha compromise fails uw the Knox resolu tion goes through, Johnson will be able to take advantnge of whatever anti league sentiment then develops. LOWDEN QUIZZED ON LEAGUE VIEWS , t Washington, Jan, 2. Republican senators- who want tho' peace treaty und the league of nations cmeuant binashrd at any cost haye opened their campuigu to compel Re publican presidential aspituntc to com mit themselves ou tho Issues of tho hour. Senator Borah, ono of the aicb pricsts of the bitter-ender hierarchy, has sent u peremptory letter to Frank Continued on Paae 8 litem Column JTour BRYAN BOOM INCUBATING Friends In Michigan Hope to Bring It Forth at Democratic Primaries Detroit, Jan. 2. (By A. P.) WJ1 Ham JenntuKS Bryan will be entered In Michigan's presidential preference prf mary as a candidate for indorsement M Democrat nominee for President, ' ,; eordiue lo. local menus or inn rnet ' i. secretary vi luic, Petitions in Ills lavor. wlilrh will quire only 100 names, will hi W eto-'fa, culatlon shortly , it was wl, mV primaries will be held April'; ), U1,.,1 vntl 4fall .- " e ,ti A M a i S: 5& m VM i 5 rVfi tbu4 rfPbfty:2J M sT& A . aSX&L y- ewj-THej ' t i L . s,$?$si"it l tv r7 Vv wmrnr. j, iAK t
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