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EYlktoG PUBLIC LEDtEU-PHILAOELPHIA, MONDAY
PRINCIPALS IN COUNCIL'S PRESIDENCY FIGHT
IHstoin, Chief of Staff of Vonibrosky, Alleged Chief cf
Ico in River Forces Halting of
Gloucester Ferry Service.
Many Lato
Reports to Union Convention
Thnt Ho Yielded to the
Inevitable
Mrs. Arthur Hawes Escapes In
Wrappor When Merion
Homo Burns
Soviet "Ambassador,"
Under Arrost
"Red3," Found in Homo Hero
by U. S. Agent3
BIG "SLUSH" FUND RAISED! MUCH LITFRATIIRF IN HOUSE
SKATING ON SCHUYLKILL
HAS HOPE IN COMMISSION
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JEDS PUN FIGHT tCOMMUNIST LEADER
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FRIGID WEATHER LEWIS CALLS U. S. SOCIETY FOLK AID
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., Washington, Jon. fi. -Radicals taken
' In the government raids on the Com- f
i muulst and Communist Labor piirtios ,
have a,, machinery set for fight.ii,; ,1c,
jierately against deportation, it wns
announced today at the Department of
T....t
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Lawyers have been engaged in prno-
TiciUly every city whore raids wore mane
find officials nredieted they would take '
advantage of everj tehcniealitv until
their clients notuallv wore aboard tcssels
I n mi, 1 for their unlive land". ,
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rinse I'rlciul nf Tmtskt
Weinstein was Ukon Into eii'todv at
the "Itusesjan s0iet endi?." where,
he wns head of the diplomatic depurt- j
"JVu I'r-lVnUkv". I
'"luktilnn Mivipt minister of war. a few
ivu - m...i..v.- ..... . ,
years ago. ami is his chisc personal
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rtemi. lie was iu..m;r .u.i.u . . v.
isovy .itir. ine organ oi ine huwiuh m"
elalist fcler-itinn
cialist federation. i
Assistant Attornej denerul l.firvan i
today gae instructions to speed the
work of I'omiiletiiu; the chain of ei-
.- , 111 1 I 1.
iiciicc Willi w men nc iioin'. iu ih.iim.-
denortations certain.
Mr. t ! 1 1 r nn sniil Unit while the ov -
.Tnment believed proof of membership
In. cither of the foninittuist orsani.a-
rtons to lie sufficient unis tor depoiia- f
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lihood that many of the persons held
inight nttemnt to show they renounced i ;
their athliiitious puor to the gmrru-
Tuent'si declaration that the entire alien
teetaBership f the rommunist and t'uni- ,
invifilst Labor parties were dcportub.e
subjects. i
Habeas corpus proceedings will be
employed in a majoricv ot the cases
Mr. (Sarruu believed. He pointed out.
that; in times' past the department has
met. with habeas corpus proceedings as
mnuy as five times before its agents suc
ceeded in gcttiug an individual case
finally closed.
Keds !I:te Slush Fund
n . .. i i .i ,i ...l i
Privileges accorded the radical- under
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charge:
taken
gain
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trmnting to disper
have a "sltish fund." Mr. Oarvuu de
clared, and large amoTints of this have
tbeen made available for legal defense
,aud bail.
Reports of more nrre.-ts ilt-ihbVd into
the department today. These showed
that plans of the department to round
up the ringleaders of the two organiza
tions were continuing unabated. Mr.
i?rvan said
.hA.. RMffnrv "Wpinstein chipf nf slnfT fnr
".F !-.. ",kw1" ...... .... , . -. --- t.iii t. ill... it. .. :i, i - -...-
miJi ;jlfdwig C. A. K. Mnrtcus. self-styled , '" '""l "" ' ' " " K" " "eurinc
v vimbai.Mdor to the fnited States of the I J?'' ' f '"'V 'i UR.v,n'". ,,turn,.a.Ycr
!-., 'KuWan soviet republic, wns arrested on M "f. "' . ",1nu 1200 taV l'"l'
$? , n' deportation warrant nt New V.rk , ?uJr,ihlUurua "1,u '"" not yet bcea
Wp todav by assents of the Department of ', ,,,, ,, , ., , ,
Sly Justice. Wciustein is the most inlluen- , ...H, m.".1, ,,C ''"l1100 aal here
mL Ual Russian communist, next to Mar- ' J ' ' ; "- ' J omnnihlsts local.
M tens In mcrlc-i ?" '""""'S ""Ik aemir. n-t uiglit,
m iB, in Amerkj. bllt !,,, uf p , .,.0,.,. th,.v
is said. ier.sons neni on sucn ,,., ... . -,.i.. ,,i ., ,!.. , nils conieniiou, ue woum iii.c unu- uuu
s as have been filed against tho,e " . ""',' ," '" " ", 7HZ to show, hi-n where.
into custody in tlie--e raids niav i , . ,, . ,.ntil,.,i !t P.,KliH'. i Mr. l.altucy. again ou nis net. ue-
freetlom ...n S00n bond, lint the . --- .'.'V .Vr , "Vii; fr. h, i riu."-d :
o parties wlncli the department is at- i.'": f... .,, 7; lor tlie last two mouths mete nas.
'e. ate Known 10 - dccu auvenisiiiK .010 ou iu nn- uini
-iVh
eu the raids b2iin federal a;ents
were armed with 4000 warrants. Not
all of these have been served, but from
seven cities requests came today for ad
ditional warrants. Mr. Gurvun said
every agent from whom reports, have
been received in the last forte-eight
, hours declared he would serve all war-
rants assigned to him.
M'ay Deport SuuO
Nearly 3000 of those arrested hare
oecn neid lor deportation proceeding i
and because of the congestion now at '
Ellis Is'nnd, all of them cannot be con-
centrated there. At the ISutvau of lm-
migration it wns said that if army and i
navy branches at the island were re-I
moved mere would ue ample roam to i
concentrate all of the alien radicals who
might be deported.
Immigration officials would not dis
cuss reports that they would ask the
War Department for the use of either
Camps Mills or I'pton, N. . as a
concentration camp.
Congress had before it todav the re
quest of Attornej General Palmer, that
It take prompt action on a bill nro-
POsed bv him several months !i-,i mul !
designed to enable the government to
ifnal with citizens founil to be engaged
in radical activities. There is no fed
eral law under which the "parlor
Bolshevists" can be dealt with. Hun
dreds of citizens were taken in thei
raids Friday and Saturday and these
must be turned over to the state an- I
thoritles for trial.
TsotV ork. Jan. .". (I!y A. P.
tXintinuation ot the raids on common. I
ists was expected here todaj. About 000
warrants remained to he served. At
east fifty eight local branches of tliC
communist unci communist inhor parties order, ,-iiul H illiam w . iloper was
which btivc not been raided are said to chosen temporary president on the mo
bo in existence iu Greater New York, tion of Charles von Tagen. William It.
Immigration officials here sunj tnihi.t Horn was chosen temnornry clerk on the
they doubted whether lleds would be I motion of Mr. Wegleiu.
scut to a coneentrntl in camp. They I
nRsqrted Hllis Island was large enough ;
to accommodate all probable deportees i
as well as the great inlliii. nf immigra-
,tion if the ror"c id increased.
A concentration camp would mean
almost n duplication of the picsent
force. Ifesidcs. giiHrds, matrons and
olerks, a oninp would need a force of
immigration inspectors to conduct de
portation proceedings.
The lleds at the island tndu.v num
bered nbour 470. all but eight of whom
were arrested in raids in New York
nnd New Jer-ej Friday night.
Fifty three radicals from various
parts of Connecticut were taken
to Hartford in two special coaches ou a
rrajn from Waterbury. Mrs. Mary
Muruff, thirty years old, of Naugutuck.
wns escorted to the police station at
Hartford, while her husbaud. Michael,
W8 takeu to jail.
Clilta-o. Jan. o. illy A. P.
More than 100 alleged radicals arrested
In the, New eaisjs raids b.v state and
city authorities, todat were arraigned
'iu, criminal courl. and a special grand
jtlVy begun untangling the musses of
evidence sein-il at headiuiarteis and
nVeeting idnccs or obtained iu the last
live inoiitfis
. i Agents of the federal Department of
JuMlce spent tne any preparing evidence
for submission tomorrow at the beariugs
nt 221 lied aliens held for deportation.
'Officers today still sought for alleged
lleds for whom warrtuts were isued.
William I). Haywood, secretary of
jth.0 Industrial Workers, of the World.
unur teutonic to ii federal prispu, and
Joe whom stnte officers had searched
ltw New V'sr'f V-J). announced in a
'Jii Morning liewrpiipcr mui lie "oiiki our-
'5XT fwocr today.
' llll.wu.lli.ud nf rnefint .initilul tdt..
i Kieutti to the contrary. I wish to sny
'" llmt (hero bus been, is, ami can be.
K souucctlon between the comuiuiilst
: frtv of Awerloi. and the eoimuuuist I
latoc Jrty nnd the Industrial Work-I
$tll tfe World." Hsywwd sid. J
Aarou Vonibrosky, "01S Susquehanna
avenue, an alleged communist pnrtt
leader here, fur whom the fcdernl an
jhorilies bate been, searching since last
l.' Jig ZZ?S
early today. He whs caught by agents
"ho have been -vutchlng Ills home. '
Vouibrosky. who is a Itusslan. Is said I
to bo one of the chief agents In spread
i,,g radical propaganda around I'lillu
cicipiiiti. ue eluded the KOernuient
agents Salurda) night, After liis ar
rest today almost it wngouload of rndi
cal literature and "red" propaganda
v. lis, taken from his home.
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i ouimnssy ,t arrest is deemed n
miilicmiL-
expected to Unci tlierp. t f,,nn,l lir
J1"1 darl U"J told and not a "lied"
to " ievlu
Three ChurIK in Atlantic tit
..Heretofore the headuunrter, had" been
ii,, t.mlii nt ilnm,nitlmil, ...n..i I.. .,
Sunday nights and the agents de-
. .. , t-wi-v wi. ui.intNicii.iiii i- ii I'riitin
LelUeU upon the place expecting to
maKo .-
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department of .llHtiee Agent l.or-
man arre-ted three alleg.-d "Iteds" in a
ril( ,, tli. communist heudiiiarter.s itf
Atlantic City last night. The men nr-
rislinlnTn.lnuiBvrii.in. 'p...,.,!.. i,,i..
........ '.'.'..,. .j in, I ll-IJL.l 1(11.1
?.ey and Alexander Yarateni. They will
t K ,.ii in',"ilc,p lu,- ......
lie corrttlorr. nf the 1 Vilem! Itoilil-
in? were crowded today with friends
and relatives of the pri--onerH held there
f,. ilf..,riK. n.ej brought food and
mucii nieiature. Ilicj woie allowed
, kUc. , lirjMinPr., ,i10 toml ,ut llic
Utii at ti- wa- uHscated.
NS Kaec Immediate Deportation
r.ihl. eight uuiiatiirulized "Ued"
tiieI, j tbe federal clenn -up face quick
deportation, while more than twoscore
communist-citizens of those who have
uul hearings, arc expected to be prose
cuted under the state law.
Commissioner of Immigration 1'lmer
A. Greenw.tlt. Deputv Commissioner
James J,. II i?hes and Inspectors Harry
(Jehringer, James littinger, William
Hcrkhardt. Carl Zimmerniau. Hurry
lleiss anu Henry Zeepfel today are con-
iiuuing rac cxaiiiinniioii oi inc alleged
ra(Hoaa iu th Federal i.uilding.
With eighty-eiglij. prisoner, almost
Twenty Are llelease.l
About twenty of the more than 400
icstcd here Friday ami Saturday have
i. aTal...i :. ,. ..i.. ..u ,,-iir, ii.i,.
hud hearings are out ou from S1000 to
o-.,.,. ,..ii t .i a n.
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haVe been able to "show that
agents
they lied sufficient grounds to warrant
me arrests ami luruier prucwumjn..
iissnif ii in iii'iiur in hi i i ii ti i 1 1 1 rn v . .. . ii in i
The hearings and culminations i nave '",.,. ttoin,,ut' wu -reeled with
been almost continuous. Iu spite of i -Lhl" ; stntuiKUt was reeied wiui
two full days' work, many of those ar- ""S"1"
rested are still in the statiou houses Pleads Giiiltj to Meam llolling
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where they were tiiKeu loiiowiug me
Most of those held after hear-
in Ati-iviiiTiensiner Prison, nl- '
thouirb few are being held at the itnmi
gration station in Gloucester.
Virtual all those taken come from
Ilussja. A small detachment hails, from
Lithuania and other central nud norlh-
"u Iv.iropeau countries.
I. W. W. Too Tame, Says Paper
Incriminating radical literature was
found on many of them. Une paper,
copies ot which were found oa several
suspects, advocated immediate uiid dras-
tic action. Ibt.i paper pointed the
linger at the I. W. W. organization as
favoring action that wns too tame.
b'ivc moic arnsts were made yester
day. Todd Daniel, chief investigation
agent in thia district for the Depart
ment of Justice, said this morning that
others will follow.
Attorney General Schaffcr, of Peun- .
-vhunia. has volunteered to aid the
fA.i..rui niith.,iiir..w ,,i ..vn.i- wnv in iliu:.
prosecution of the "lleds." The Plyun
law is tue state statute under winch
tho citucti -radicals may be pioscoutcd.
Council Organized
After Bitter Fight
j ( unlinunl from Tare One
loath, and a prayer wa-lljcit'en by 'he
oath, ami a
l!ev. Thomas W. Davis, chaplain of the
Mate simie.
Joseph Council called the meeting In
'lluec Members Affirmed
Mr. Hull then asked for a rollcall,
and all th" members were sworn, wilb
the circptiou of three, who nftirnu'd.
I hey arc William .tlcuoacli, .Mr. vou;
Tngeu and Mr. Horn.
Charles A Develin introduced a
resolution that the rules of the old
Select Council be adopted temporarily.
This was the signal for the start of
the filibuster, which immediately started
on Ihe Vare side of the house.
Mr. Gaffney staited the trouble when
be arose and declared there was no ne
cessity for adoption nf the old rules;
lint parliamentary rules would govern
the Ixidv until the permanent organ
ization was perfected.
Mr. Hall roe to a point of order,
declaring the rules were out of order
nt that tunc and that the only business
before the body was the perfection of
a peruianeut organisation.
Iloper llules, Against Hall
Mr. Iloper. in the chair, ruled against
hiui. Mr. Hall nppeulei! from the rul
ing. Mr. Hall quoted from the new
cit charter to support his contention.
lie dulled the minority was trying to
filibuster.
"The majority has the right to tem
porarily oiganize." be sUid. "The mi
nority WHnts them to act legully."
Mr. Hall added that the majority had
disregarded all legal procedure.
George Council, to whom Mr. Ilopcr
bad given tbe chair nfter his ruling had
been appealed, then put the question
to the loiineilmen and it' was carried
bv tbe tote of U to 10.
Calls Them "KImcii Wise Men"
Mr Hall, in a sarcastic mood, then
arose and said :
"You eleven wise men are greater
than Jefferson. Zeiglcr. Heed nud
dishing."
This statement brought applause from
the Vare bide.
Mr. Oattney, m
pendents, paid :
"Vou men have i
auurcfisiug me juuc-
adopd steam-roller
SHHfoisw 4- i iC( ' jo wfnhuubn.vr jbhhrws ip4rwjiet " ' . fau
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Irfdstr riioto StU
At (ho left Is t'liarles I;. Hull, Ui'o eandidule fcr president of the new i-llj Council, who failed to secure the
honor. In the renter is Illrlmrd esleln, Iiidrpcndenl, elected president of the new body by a Aoto of 11 to 111.
t the right Is Councilman AlcvW J. I.lnieburuer, who nominated the first president of Councils under the
new charter
Incth- and will put through :m thing
jou feel like without legal proceedings.
.Mr. Hull, who bud his desk t-tucUcd
high with law books, offered to rend
nti,rities on parliamentary proceedure
Mr. Ilopcr, who had returned to the
chair, then said they wanted to hold
the inauguration ami elect a .Mayor u
noon, aim postponed cuiismnriuion oi
the authorities ou the question , unti
later.
"Had jott gone about this in the
right waJ you would haw permanent
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nrriiiuzatiou. Mr. Ha 1 said
I'ranclH K. Uurch, the choice of the
lUUlliilllliLiir. .. ,'"
tmauee committee, men introduced a
resolution nrovidlnz that the body then
clirt a president for the full term of
Council.
Mr. Hall moved to amend the resolu
tion bv sti iking out the words "for a
full term of Council" and again offered
to quote authorities to support his ob
jection. Mr. Deyelin stated there was always
an opportunity for differences of opin
ion and the question of parliamentary
lilies, and said "the other side did not
hae a monopolty on the question of
looking up authorities.
"We al o have looked into it," he
said.
Mr. (laffney then declared :
" elitillauge j on to produce authori
ties to back this resolution."
Mr. Hall said if he was wrong m
that there would not be any gug rule
I that everything would b.' fair i
eordui.ee with uilcs and the
fair in tie-
I charter
,. . -mi, ': "l Ul
1 iidimuixtrnt on. we
vert Mart ot this
have ti first-class
' demonstration of a steam roller, ga;
K' !'7.,,utc -- M
of tin- law.
"ion re pretty good at steam rolling
,.. V,r iin,,.. .,l,l.
A, Gaffuev. smiline. said :
I 'could pWl guilty to "hat. Uut
how is it right for one to steam roll and
I wrong for n not her': I thought we were
going to nave n new deck oi earns anu
every one would be given a lair aud
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square hand. ...... .
" here is this steam roller: asked
M.V Dcl'!iu- ,
Mr. Gaff uej answered:
"It s oecu strougij insinuateu oj
the presiding otucer that there is a
.steam roller being ucd to have the in
i nuguration on time
Eleven Still Prevail
At this point Mr. Hall said he was
willins to have the question of-legality
decided b.v Judge Audenreid. He was
still in his place on tbe rostrum.
"We don't want any proposition
from the other side of the house." Mr.
Von Tngeu said.
Mr. Iloper then called for a vote ou
the question whether the words "for
a full term of Council" should be strick
en out.
The ten Vure members voted that it
should. The eleven Independent votes
defeated the measure.
Mr. Weglein was then nominated by
Mr. Uurch, who said:
"1 desire to nominate Mr. Weglein."
Mr. Limeburner sccouded the motion.
Mtaclo Independent Caucus
Mr. Iiuchhol. then look the floor to
nominate Mr. Hall.
"The other side had a secret cau
cus, he suid, "to which tne ten men
Uere not invited. All nf this organiza
tion could hate been arranged in a
partv caucus attended by the twenty-
one members.
'I peter iaw anything like this in
nil my experience iwcmy-ouo nepim-In-ans
meeting apart iu different cau
cuses. "I'nder instruction from the caucus
which I attended. Ihe caucus of ten
men, 1 p'.cn mas." nominal nius lor ciicn
iifNCr-
"1 nominate Mr. Hall Tor president.
Mr Hull is todav the be-t qualified
man for president ot mis nmimnr. -lecting their candidates.
'Others may learn, but Mr. Hall has the committee if Sigmund J. Gans,
experience now. I said two weeks ago ' j0bert J, Patton and Simon Walter via
that I had no objection to Mr. cg- app0intr,j to wait on Mayor Smith to
leiu. If we cannot elect Mr. Hall, l,Fn, jf ,c hnd any communications to
nm for .Mr. Wegleiu. Mr. llrilhhow- (l0 ,,. r'outioil. There were no coin-
ever, is tne oesi-KuuMi niuu iu int
LM.in.. tn.io. "
business today
Wexleln Is Elected
The nomination of Mr. Hall was sec
onded by Mr. Guffuey.
A rollcall on the election gave Mr.
Weglein eleven votes and Mr. Hall ten,
electing tbe choice of the Independents.
Mr Hull, whose name was rend be
fore that of Mr. Weglein, voted for the
independent candidate. Mr. eglcin,
the last man on the rollcall, toted for
Mr. Hall. I
"That is the first break, said .Mr.
Gaffnev. referring to Mr. Hall totiug
for Mr. Wegleiu. Mr. Gaffney was
smiling. , , . .
"There huve been several breaks al
readv." said Mr. Devellu.
"This one wuu't be the last, Mr.
Gaffney answered.
.Mr. Hull, rising to ask that the vote
for Mr. Weglein be unanimous, said :
"I am sorrv there was not a caucus
called In which nil lleiiublicans could
gel together. We could huve seltled
his matter amom.' ourselves without
Ithrashiog it out in public. These aro
I private matters.
Mayor Forced Drniarration
I "The Mayor elect has deemed it wise
to inject liiimell into nuotner urnncu
of the government. He bus forced u
line of demarcation which we vegrel.
'If there arc benefits he is entitled
to them. If there are any penalties be
must suffer. ...
"I thought we were to have no fac;
tioiuilisni and no bosses, and I was with
him heart and soul, t'nder the mien
of politics I was not eligible for prcsl
dent, liut t took Mr. Moure literally
when he said the prlmarj slate was
willed off and men would be judged b
what they did afterward. I
"Hut this is the kind of harmony we
luiiO. One hundred and fort -nine i
thousand men oted for Judge Patter
son anil are to have their heads knocked
off."
Heady for War to Knife
Mr. Hall then spoke of the neuce.
which he said he would welcome, and
f . .,,. ,, !r .
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lie
war to the Aiilfe.
I.Ittlc applause followed his speech.
Mr. Hall and Mr. Gaffney then moied I
for the majority that the election of!
Mr. Weglein be made unanimous.
".Mr. Weglein has as many fricniN I
on one side of ihi chamber as on the I
other," .Mr Gaffney declared. I
Mr. von Tiiffen at this point tie- i
ciureii wiui inijeli emphasis
I novel shirk a ficlit. If it must
be war. let ns have war." iiilendent of buildings. '
Mr. Iloper appointed Mr. Hall audi vviii:.,,,. tv i . n i i
Mr. I.luiebiinier to escort Mr. Weglein "1"'""' U'ck, secretary of the board,
to the clinir. The new president was ' s"kl today there were to be no chauges
sworn iu by .Mr. ltuchholz. Mr. Iloper so fnr as he knew in the superintend
resigned the chair to Mr. Weglein. encies A new nssocwlh sunerinlen.lent
.S,UZ I't' . " U' iu tt ?JH mS, edr'fflore
board of directors of a company with
two million stockholders and expenses
of more than a million dollars a week.
Ounce for Great Success
"Tho next four jears can be made I
the most Mioiessful iu the city's his-
torv. lie said.
Following Mr. Wegeliu's. addrebs.
Mr. ton Tnireu moved for the election
uev',of a permnueiit clerk for the term of
iiuiiril lour .wars. The phrase "for
the teiui of Council" prompted a tight
cm h time it was used.
We cannot elect a clerk for the
term of Council." Mr. tSaffney iinme
lintflv declared.
Kdvvanl Cox said they couldn't.
Mr. Hall agreed, saying it was no
time to ilect a clerk; that Council had
no authority to elect a clerk and that
if a clerk were elected he would have
o make a moral claim against the city
, to o uci1'
I'clton Elected Clerk 11 to 10
The chair ruled against Mr. Hall
aRnin nn(1 M,.. on !",,,, ll0lniLuU.,1
; t-)iii,i., Tr rnttnn !.-. m. i,;,.' ..i-.l-
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of the old Commou Council. Mr. llucli-
hoZ) fop thp minul.ity uumiuuted Ar-
thur It. II. Morrow, who was clerk of
I the old finance committee.
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ton being elected.
Mr. Devcliu then moved that a per-
geant-nt-arms be elected, again using
the phrase "for the full term of Coun
cil
Mr. GalYuey was again on his feet to
.protest.
Wittig wns nominaed by
Harr.v
J.
the Independents and Itobcrt McKlroy
for the minority.
Wlltli WL-eant!nt.nns
Wiltig siergeantlat-.yms
Once more the tote was eleven to ten
Mr. Wittig being elected.
IJoth Mr. I'clton and Mr. Wittig
were sworn in.
Mr. Hall then moved thnt the body
elect an assistant clerk. The notion
was postponed ou the motion of Mr.
Uurch.
The election of three civil service
commissioners, prnnled for under the
new charter, was then before the body.
Lewis II. Van Dusen, Clinton lingers
Woodruff and Charles W. Npeld were
nominated b.v the Independents. The
Vare followers nominated Mr. itu
Dusen, Mr. Woodruff and linuk M.
Ililer. Mr. Kiter was president ol tin
Cr",.: r"nm,wtou uu"'r "MDnylestownrinsV 'night'
Hlankenbiirc
Mr. Hall was again on his leet alter
, (lp nominations had been made
"It's a i heap political trick to put
'the naming of civil service commis
sioners, in the hands of Council," he
said.
i He then launched into a lengthy ap
peal for the election of Mr. Ititer be
cause of his past record.
t The vote was taken uud was the same
idevcn to ten with the Independents
muuicatlons, nnd the new i ouncii took
.:i -i .i..in.i. .1,:.. i,rin.n..
H rCCeSS UllUI U i lui i mi- ui i--i muni.
This was to cive the councilmen an op.
portnuity to cut luncheon before at
tending thc Inauguration of the new
Mayor. HOLD ARGUER AS SLACKER
Angry Words Lead to Arrect and
Draft-Dodging Charge
A few nngry words, uttered iu dis
pute, lead to the arrest as au alleged
draft -dodger of Joseph Stacb, twenty
live years old, "WW Archer street. Nice
town. John Dublack, Wi Yclhiml
street, caused the arrest.
When Stacb appeared before Magis
trate Price in the Twenty-second
street and Hunting Park avenue police
station yesterday, Howard Eeklcs, a
member of Draft Hoard No. ,'!", said
that he rccoguired the young man as a
draft -dodger. Sfach should have en
tcred the army in 1017, In the first
draff. Mr. Hckles said.
The prisoner explaiued that alter he
had been drafted he went to Johnstown
to work, believing that he would not
be accepted as n soldier.
"I have flat feet, he said.
"Arc you cure there was nothing
wrong with your heart'" asked tho
""rfineh was held under 81000 bail for
examination, January VS. The federal
authorities were Jrtforaayu me case,
...
I EDUCATION BOARD
TOELECTJFICERS
Miss Margaret T.Magui re, Prin
cipal of McCall School, Urged
as Associate Superintendent
NO CHANGES
EXPECTED
Members of the board of education
will hold their annual meeting nt I!
o'clock this afternoon for the election
of superintendent of schools, associate
nnd district MiTieilntenileiits and sillier-
! ' M tet T. Jiagui f ' hSu
, . .i. tr'p'.ii ji,i n. Liiii il. .!.,..
I hthKl
hoard rctiisc to
;ive their opinions on
the subject.
Hr. John P. Garber must, according
to state law, make nominations for this
and all the other offices. At the last
meeting of the board he had the names
of two men ready to present, but mem
bers postponed the appointment of Doc
tor MaeDovv ell's successor till January.
It is understood that Doctor Garber
himself w-ill be reappoiuted.
Nominations for sniiprint-inlniit nf
i buildings aie made by the property coin-
nuttce. John 1), Cassell is now d'irector
of buildinzs.
President, vice president, seeretarv
and treasurer of the board are elected
iu November iu order that thev muv be
organised in time to attend to levy
ing taxes and other duties necessary tho
fust of the year.
WHAT ARE RICHES, WHEN ?
Yes, When Burglars Drop Demijohn
on Stone Steps
".More to lie desired thau great
riches."
That's the attitude of two modern
burglars who broke into a llosemonl
home yesterday b.v forcing the cellar
door. They stole two demijohtis of ten-jear-old
"ointment."
They overlooked jewels ami nimbi nn
effort to open the safe. The demijohns
of wliisuy apparently drove nil thought
of anything else from their minds.
ISut-
One of the precious containers was
knocked against the stone step as Ihe
mcn ,, breaking and spilling its. ,-ou-
'tents.
I Thomas McKcan is the owner nf the
whisk mid the proprietor of the house.
WANTS MORE CHURCHGOERS
Doylestown Pastor Says "Social
Register Preferred to Book of Life"
"People are not so nations to have
their names iu the book of life us they
are iu the social register."
Thnt is the thought of Her. Charles
W. Haines of tlioe Doylestown persons
who do not attend church. He ex
pressed it during the course of his st
inon at the 1'irst UnptM Church,
Half the people of Do.t lesion ti are
noble, upright and honest," lie s;n'i.
"Uut thev don't v;o In ihurcli. Ninety
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wvr ran i on- t-nuii-n ini-iiiurrit an' mil
In ak,.i, ii,.i,i
.M ,.JM, .. l.'M,,. .
Muny persons went to the church last
night with the thought that Mr. Halucs
might make another attuck ou the
"forty-live," Doylestowu's c.cliiflvc
social set.
PHOENIXJTRUST OPENS
Successor to North Penn Bank
Starts Business
The Phoenix Trust Co. opened today
af Twenty -ninth uud D.iuphin streets,
taking the place of the wrecked North
Penn Hank.
The trust company has taken over
the North Penn assets, but will not
make the payment to depositors. Pay
ment will be made by the Stnto P.ank
ing Department when the examination
of the books is completed in about two
months. It is said that the depositors
will receive at least "o per tent, with
a possibility of more.
There was no ceremony nt the open
ing for busiuess today. Former Slate
Senator John J. Coyle is president of
the company.
The new company wns organized un
der the supervision of the Stute Hank
ing Department, represented iu Phila
delphia by Colouel Fred Taylor Pusey,
MISS 2EISSE DIED OF GAS
Coroner's Inquest Today Expcc
Verdict to Agree With Autopsy
The coroner's Inquest into the death
of Miss Pauline Zeifse, who was found
dead ou tbe first floor of tho apartment
hoiiEC she conducted at 1017 North
Thirteenth ttrcet Friday evening, will
be held today or tomorrow.
Jr. Willium S Wadsworth. coro
ner's pbysicinu, following nn autopsy,
announced that the woman and her
dog had died of coal gas poisoning
Willium Kmnlley, who found her
tody, who Is under $500 ball us ti ma.
tcrlnl witness, will bet exonerated, It la
said, by- tho police,
Frigid weather, which blocked trains
and trolley Unci and nffected ferry Hues
ou the rhcr, caused delay and suffering
this morning.
Thousands of employes were lato for
work, and firemen were kept busy tit
earh morning blazes. The tempera
ture, which Mined from SI to Z de
press this morninc. will not go higher
than "0 during the day, the weather- i port of acting President .Tohn h. Lewis
inau prdeicts. The river and its . bor- iuruj .Secretary-Treasurer William Green
tiering industries were especially afHctcd at the special miners' convention here
bj the intense! cold weather. today.
N'o boats were running this morning n'h'c report reviews the miners' con
on the tiloucester-I'hihidelpliia line be- tro.cr.sy from the dnto of the Cleveland
cause the rapidly thickening ice com- convention up to tho present time, Few,
pletely blocked movement mi the river, jf nn,( developments not already made
The Peerless, which is due to leave public are revealed, and there is not
the Gloucester slip at 0:20 a. m.. ttic slightest hint that another strike
started on scheduled time, but wns jg ronteuiplated,
forced to turn back after setting only T1C international officers In their rc
nbout forty feet out into the river. The port ,.talc ti,al HIBh hopes" arc en
passengers disembarked and took trolleys tcrtaineJ that tho decisions to be reached
for Camden In order to cross the river. , b ,,, commif,slou of (hrce appointed by
.Many of the Miipynrd workers nt the v- ,,, t Wilson nw, be fair nud just
".. I1' "I LU ,f 'VI."efl ? to meet .with the general approval
:."... "f.i,.;r ,.. . u7,; wAn
1 UUBV Vt. IHL ' ll " ) imvt "iiii
i into it it n xi n i-in
in.i Vn J. ..( ,.n
Hip l'pcrlcps nul uot
vvurffnp ,
ey wtre lorien
,7 t e CamiVn i frrrW. Iloj Island
and Luiguo Island workers were siml-
Inrlv incouveuiencctl
Two ice boats went down the river
early in tho morning and opened the
channel without any difficulty. It was
announced nlong the waterfront that
the Delaware is in n worse condition
now than it has been iu for n number
of ears, nnd another day or so of the
present cold snap win tin up river
traffic completely, those familiar with
nnriltlmiH sav Hie Timber. Man
tua and Woodbury creeks are also closed
lo navigation today. The temperature
tilong the river nt Gloucester was S
1 degrees above.
I There is skating on ull suburban j
I Tinmls unit lakes nnd on some parts'
of the Schujlkill. river above Mana-
.Mink. The following temperatures were
leeorded in siiuuroun ) minis tins morn
I :... Pnnli !'. iihnve: Itnilnnr. It nhnve?
Urjn Muwr. 3 above; jenkinlown, .'!
above; Narberth, -1 above; ('.vnvvjd,
-t above ; Oak Laue, -1 above ; Tucony,
1 above: Conshohocken, -1 ubove; Hav
erford, i"i above: Manayunk, 5 above:
S vi"snr Imnro fl nhovo '
above; Swaithmore, ti above-
rr'it
EctVtlWUCtKC li.ll LS
.4 . .
SPnYPS lit ItlPXlCn
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Coiitlnuril from Page On-
first occurred nt 0:4." o'clock Satuiday
evening and lasted five minutes. The
sdfaTlVp.nwrverVbHef!
but of terrific intensity, and was nc
companied by terrifying subterranean
noises. The third thoek, at 11:01
o'clock, was discernible only by the seis
mograph. Indesrribablo Panic Ensues
The panic in the capital among the
iznorant classes was indescribable.
Many of the people fled from their I
homes and llocKcd to the diuretics, xnc
Indians in the suburbs hurried to the
shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Late reports received here say that
(he death list in San Juan Cosconiate
jiec was augmented as a result of the
collapse of the church tower, which
crashed in upon the crowds gathered
inside the edifice to pray followiug the
first shock.
Vera Cruz city is without water,
while the lighting systems nt Ori
zaba and Jalapa arc out of commission.
A report from Orizaba says it is be
lieved two trains, one bound for Mex
ico City and the other for Vera Cruz,
were derailed by the shock.
Alarm was caused in the large cities
especially. Marine disturbances have
occurred off Vera Cruz City, and there
were some casualties there, although
the number is not kuown, with consid
erable destruction of property.
The damage in Mexico City was lim
ited to cracks in the larger buildings.
There were no deaths and none of the
inhabitants were injured.
Say Volcano Caused Shocks
While the government observatory
has not dceidedywhat caused the shocks,
reports icceivcd from Cordoba, slate of
Vera Cruz, assert that thev were due
to the volcano OriubiK although the
meager dispatches contain nothing re
gatdipg n possible eruption or of u vol
canic disturbanc.
The two huge volcano near Mexico
City - Popocatepetl and I.vtiieciliuatl
have shown no signs Ol dislurnaiicc.
Ihe shoejis wore ten heavily among
"g
of
the town- nloic the ridge valley
Mexico, whil
the capital, which is iu
the center of the valley, tvus not nf. York.
letted wvereh. Miss Florence Whiting, winner of the
Two tillages. Teccelo and Couztlan, ' second prize, lias been a student at the
in the state of Vcva Cruz were virtually j Academy for the last seveu years and is '
destroyed. Heavy casualties bate re-j registered there this year in the illns
sultcil. according to late press reports tratiou course. Her home ia at 11?
received here. Knst Walnut avenue, Mcrchautville,
l'roiii Toluol. Cuernavaca and N. J.
Ptieblu come terrifying stories of panic. Charles S. Garner, for four years a
S chl i amaze was done to the poor v
eousir
oustrueteii iiouies ot tne poor people.
i ii,,i., f,.;.,,,
i anu' reigniu
Ml various cities and
villages iu the slate ot t era Cruz,
where the people left their homes am
spent the night iu the streets.
AMBULANCE KILLS WOMAN
Speeding Motor Strikes Mrs. Buch
man as She Crosses Street
Airs- Hannah Huchman, fifty-fite
years old. 1S20 South ptreet. died in
the Polyclinic Hospital last night after
being struck by an ambulance of the
rnlvcrslty Hospital us she was crosring
South street a short distance from her
llOlllfi.
The driver of the ambulance stopped
and rushed tlm woman to the nearby
Polyclinic Hospital. She died a short
tinio later.
Jack It- Sollott, 507 Green ftreet.
driver of the atnbulauco, was nt rested
nud held to await tbe action of the
coroner. The umbulance was answer
ing nn urgent rick call at the time of
the accident.
NOTHING NEW TO KNIGHT
Coroner Enters on Third Term With
Many Good Wishes
One of the county oflicluls .beginning
n term in office today .-bowed absolutely
uo signs of nervousness.
He was Coroner William It. Knight.
Jr., and he was beginning bis third
term iu that position. Coroner Knight
took his oath of office on Saturday be
fore Judge Monaghan, of Common Picas
Court ,
Many visitors railed at his office in
City Hall today to wish him continued i
success iu office. Ainoug them were1
Senator and .Mrs. Liivviti II, Vare
Mr. Knight was the recipient of manv
, (loral gifts and mess.iges nf congratuln-
' IIimi onil ii nil iclslif.a Tlsn rTniAiiiM
i M in iiihi n (.it ii tiiiivri ii', A ti I U I j
fifth Ward Uultcd liopublican Club,
his home organization, tout an Impos
ing Moral piece.
Hy the Associated l'rcss
Columbus, 0., .Tan. fi. International
officers of the United Mine 'Workers of
America, in agreeing to declare the re
rent miners' strike nt an end, "decided
to submit to the inevitable, though pro
testing In our hearts against what we
iciiced to be the unjust altitude or
our eovernment." according to the re
oC 0V membership."
'1T...v.Kn.B ..f (lin
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JlltlllUt 0 Vt H'V
commission are highly praised and do-
nitl,rci1 '" mcn of "'" cliaracter,
io,... , . ,fc. -..!,i.ii,, nt imlns.
'l"...!" the consideration of indus-
" uuest.uus.
Test Willi Government
International officers, tho report
states, rcnlized "better than the mem
bership of our unions the purpose nnd
determination of tho federal govern
ment" and decided to accept the plan
proposed by President Wilson, which
called for an immediate increase ot 1-1
per cent. The original demands of the
miners called for nn increase of CO per
cent In waees.
At II. a it... ,1ia n.iAnlii nun irna mnrlp.
(hc rPp0rt continues, it wns pointed out
to tile n,incr.s' leaders that the strike
ne striKC
''crsy p.0--
1 had passed from a mere controv
t operators nnd mini
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ncrs over the
ssue between
t'h supremacy of law nnd the ability
nf h oternme.it to enforce its man
dates and decrees
Tti other words, it was no lonECr a
controversy between cniploycr nnd cin
plojc, but instead a test between the
strength of a group of working men aud
the government itself. i
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in reiiorr. Niuie.s iniir. hl lup 11111c ul
I''-" ClCTcluntl convention, when the'
striko or(cr ,cntntlvoly 5ssurUi ..
iouo t-'011k' foresee the turn events have
taken and the necessity iu meeting the
new and unexpected situation which'
I have arisen. It has been found quite j
I impossible to follow the rigid and iu-
flexible policy laid down at me uievc-
land convention. We have been forced
to adjust ourselves to n changed situa-
tion, uot contemplated or considered
I ""--
were ndunted.
"The Lever law. a wartime measure, I
is still in effect. Under its provisions
the government exercised its wurtimc I
powers and was fully supported by the
judicial, military, legislative and execu-
live blanches ot tho government.
Declare Course Justified
"The court construed the Lever law
to mean that where two men agreed to
quit mining coal they were guilty of
a conspiracy and subject to the punish
nient of the Lever law.
"We are, confident that it was not
generally understooi by our member
ship that these wartime measures were
still iu effect or that the Lever law de
nied our membership the right to strike
or npplicd to them in any way what
soever. "We have endeavored to meet the
most trying situations ever presented
to the officers of a labor organization
in a broud-miudd, constructive way.
We could uot afford, at any time, to
substitute feeling for judgment when our
reasoning powers dictated a right course
of action.
"We would be unlit to lend you or to
act tor jou it we did not decide in a i
crisis to follow a policy which our best !
judgment convinced us ould best protect
the interests of our vast membership
and those dependent upou them. AVc
have made our decisions bnsed upon
existing circumstances and facts. We I
are confident that time will vindicale '
our every act and justify the course we ,
have pursued."
ART STUDENT WINS PRIZE j
Academy Pupils Figure In New York
Awards
Two students of the Academy of the
Fine Arts were winuerH in t lie second
competition in the drawing of the John I
Arnistronc Clialoner Concours nt the
National Academy ot Desicu in New
suiuem. m un- .tcuuuiiy oi tne tunc
Arts, was giveu liouorablc mention.
J. E- Oldwell 8f.
JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS
' CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
PEARLS
$500 DOG IS SUFFOCATED
Members of the household of Arthur
P. Hawes, Merion, were drhen into the
bitter cold scantily clad last night by
a-firo which destroyed the first floor of
tho house and damaged furniture and
paintings to the amount of ?20,000
Society folk of Morion formed a
bucket brigade vhilo awaiting this ar
rival of the firemen and kept tho fire
from spreading moro rapidly.
Pat, a $300 Airedale, owned by Mr.
Hawes, was suffocated by smoke iu his
kennel in the cellar.
Tho fire started early in the cveuint.
Mr. Hawes was sitting in the first floor
living-room, reading before the fire
place. Mrs. Hawes and the two ser
vant girls had retired. Suddenly
tongue of flamo burst through tho floor
near where Mr. Hawes was seated anj
smoKe poured into the room.
I v w-
i iim iJ(....a..ii..u-.T..i... ,
-'" " uurncu upstairs where ho
i nEsisteu bis wire to the
I s lm i-iii.n,t i :.i n..
ground floor
She rushed out into tho cold clad h,
' ";A .
coat niiH cud. .u-
pers and went to tho home of a nelt-L
bor. Jlr. llawes thm got the servanlt
out of the house.
When the fire companies arrived
twenty minutes were spent in thawine
out the water plugs. The Narberth
company, which was the first to nrrive
got their lines on the fire first. The
Cynwyd and Ardmoro companies fol
lowed nnd the tiro was soon gotten un
der control. Tho damage was confined
to tho first floor.
After the fire had been extinguished
SCrvanls went into tho house again a
retired. They were routed for the so
UUU 11IU mi: i.uiiiouiljl'S null K'lt, tj(.
lid
oud time, however, when the smo derini
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tiuin "in iitiiu. i ou .saroci'tli
lire company returned aud put out the
fire iigain.
FAVORS MORE "BEAUS"
John jVanamaker Says Girl Should
Have More Than One
.
Monopolistic beaus heard with dis-
,nay toJay thut ,i0iin Wanamakcr had
advised girls to have more than one of
them.
Mr. Wanamakcr gave this advice In a
talk yesterday before the Sunday school
of the liethuny Presbyterian Church
vt lien ne reierrcii 10 "oeaus, l.e was,
, speaking of the Hcthnny Hrotherkooil.
i "I say best beau ndvisedl. I think
a girl makes a mistake when shv has
only one. xncy ought to have at least
several," he said.
GIRARD RUNAWAYS RETURN
. "
Cold and That Hungry Feelln' Cause
I change of Mnd
, ciirard College is a whole lot better
than drifting mound in the cold vvitli-
. out any thought of where the next meal
or night s lodging is coming from.
That is the thought of tiirce nm.
aways from the institution who arc hack
there now, having given themselves un
to the police of Lancaster.
The boys Clair Gardner, fourteen
years old ; Henry Polnrd, fifteen years
old, and Norman Summers, fourteen
years old escaped from the college by
sliding down u drain pipe attached to
one of the buildings. They left on
Friday.
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