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Entered as eecond-clas. Matter at th Poslofflce, at Philadelphia. ra,
Under tha Act ot March 3, 1S7D.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1920
Published Dally rxcent Sunday. 8ubcrlrUem Price $8 a Tear by Mall.
Copyrlrht, ;182u, bv Public- Ldser Comrany.
PRICE TWO CENTS
RGDOLL IS CAUGHT IN MOTHER'S HOME
;
Dodger, After Thrilling Capture, Is Taken to Governor's Island for Court-Martial
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Washington, Jan. 7. Cloudy and
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iS.BERGDO.LL
THREATENS POLICE
1IW0LB
Woman Is Arrested and Held in
$10,000 Bail After Hear
ing in City Hall
AM GLAD," SAYS SON,
WHO WAS LOSING NERVt
He Is Found Scantily Clad and
Unshaven, Hiding in Second
t Floor Window Box
ftmr Cleveland Bergdoll, millionaire
Craft dofcer the government has been
tlailn for two years, was yanked out
o! a window box at 8 :45 o'clock this
morning at his usher's home, unty-
,nd street and Wvnnefield avenue
Grover was discovered cramped in tne
narrow box and covered with blankets
fiorernment agents pulled him out un-
mmoniouslr. One stuck n revolver
)n his ribs. Bergdoll threw up his
lands in abject surrender,
Two hours later he was on nls way
to Governor's Island, New York, in
etarje o army intelligence officers. He
will be court-martialed as a deserter.
Mrs. Emma Bergdoll. Grover's
mother, arrested on the charge o ag-
travafed assault and battery with Intent
;to U1I, was arraigned at Central Police
Station, City Hall, this afternoon, and
held in $10,000 bail for court.
The arrest of Grover," who is twenty -s!i
rears oM, endi a two years' chase.
His brother, Erwin, also a fugitive,
was believed nf first to be in the house.
A search participated in by thirty
trornraent agents, patrolmen and de
fectives failed to reveal biro. The
house is being watched to prevent 'hs
sttf'V' thefe- .
-Smiles -When Us'Over
Grover. modern '"man without a
country," recovered hi3 poise when it
was all over and he was on his way
with the police.
"I'm glad," he said. "The suspense
was hard on the nerves."
Grover Not Armed
Grover was not armed when captured.
Mrs. Bergdoll, however, according to
the police, wore a belt with two re
volvers. A Colt taken away from her
hen she was grappling with one of
the government agents was of .88 call
W, A second Colt found in the din
is? room, with a plentiful supply of
ammunition, was a heavy .44.
The Department of Justice men and
patrolmen vho made the arrests di
vided up the cartridges removed from
tie cylinder of the Colt Mrs. Bergdoll
lad in her hand.
Ever since the hunt last summer,
when the police descended on the house
with Department of Justice agents and
spent a whole day searcihng it in vain
for the Bergdoll brothers, they have
teen seeking quietly for a "tip" that
would divulge cither Grover's or Er
wia's whereabouts.
Watched Young Women Friends
Among other measures which thev
won was to watch various young women
wiw whom the Bergdoll boys were
oquainted. It is said that they learned
that Grover was home from such a
source.
Potaan Charles Macready, a
Runted man of the Sixty-first and
aompson streets station, got a glimpse
tt. iJ?J last niat and t0 hlm Boes
(U. fdiV accrdlng to his fellows, for
"actual .capture of the fugitive,
lnrt.: ePofed to Lieutenant Smiley,
LnV tbe districts and he in turn
Wephoned to the federal authorities,
tor S i VTCJVvorWDS out satisfac
SJ a.the fe,deral men already were
?Sgut0 mako n descent today on
f?ri.S hoses hcre they thought
Grr or Erwin might be in hiding.
e plans were to make a filmiilrn.
Bt.?,ss?cnU ? twin's home at
Innu A..,n "o aware .county ; on the
Jffi ?J Ch.rle Braun, a brother. whoP
ChaX" .'iiname: " the home of
brothVri , i ' ac. iuount Holly, a
1 Z enr;i?,-IawV, and P. the Wynnefleld
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MRS. BERGDOLL ARRESTED PROTECTING SON
. Police Rllttlml Tn TTn...
lt ! vL'a tho bot liP came that Grover
tail 1'V-T at Wynnefleld house"
romsiJfl fued,inautomoblle;
lid frnfi"6? and Thompson streets
"atrom the federal hniMi.,.
a corrtoPn 'I010 afrlved fi"t "and threw
: coran around tho lnm, t .. r..
Wau of fWr!, assistant In the
kU .tt' Jn!5!u"9. a"ivcd with
man. ti .',?.. uuu". eo uor-
ilf a ?. e5Ugau5n- arrived with
,1 Justice agents o the eparynent
It was shortly after 8 o'clock. Mrs
wrttanea on raj. Two. Column Thres
Skating Today
Sehiinii-ni i ...
b! j ol . oetween Uolum
G"tInSe!raWberryManB,onbrld6
Concourse.
Hunting park.
fcJtartMll river above JTIat Hock
Mertnn n.i -i,. ,
t! " "Wll U1UD,
,lahickon creek,
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HARMONY SHOWN
Y VARE LEADERS
AND THE MAYOR
Charles B. Hall and Eduard
Buchholz Indicate Got
Together Spirit
PLAN EFFICIENCY SURVEY
OF MUNICIPAL OFFICES
City's Executive Opens Official
Door to All Members of
the New Council
Mrs. Emma Bergdoll is shown leating her home. Fifty. second street and Wynnefleld avenue, in charge of the
special policemen of lite Sixty. first and Thompson streets pollco station, following combat with city and federal
men lu effort to protect hci son, Grovel- C. Bergdoll, fromarrcst. Tlio son is shown In circle
RGDOLL SPENT
$13f0Q0jNFL!GHT
Draft Dodger Was in More Than
100 Cities and Towns Once
Arrested on Auto Charge
HUNGRY, HE IS GIVEN MEAL
Grover Bergdoll spent between $12,
.000 and $13.Q0O.j.n4bis two years' at.
tempt to avoid arrest as a draft evader.
Seated this afternoon in a JiUle-'re
taurant in Cortlandt stree't, IsWYork',
a federal agent on either side of him,
their eyes watchful, he ate liko a fam
ished man, and intermittently told of
his experiences.
"I'm hungry as a dog," he said once.
"This is the first bite I have had to
day." Bergdoll, whose stop for lunch was
made on his way to the army prison
at Governor's island, said that his
desperate efforts to escape the gov
ernment's clutches had led him all over
the country.
He was in Milwaukee, in Chicago,
Omaha, San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Francisco a hundred other cities and
towns and hamlets.
"And, my God, I'm thankful it's
over now," he exclaimed once. "It's
been a terrible time. I had about
reached the point of giving myself up
when they got me this morning."
Came Here Monday Nlglit
Grover said he arrived at hfs moth
er's home Monday night, having come
there from Wilmington. Sunday night
be spent at a little hotel between Wil
mington and Newark, Del.
"I jwas pounding my ear in bed this
morning," ho explained, "when I heard
a battering on the front door. 'Good
night,' I thought. 'They've got me.
And then I ran for that window box
and hid myself."
Bergdoll said he had just one nar
row escape from capture by govern
ment agenls. That was late in 1017,
the vear of his flight.
"It was out in Milwaukee, Grover
said, with a grin at the recollection.
"I 'had put my car in a garage there
and gone into hiding. Twelve days
later I went back to the garage. I
was nearly pcared-to death to see my
name, 'Bergdoll, scrawled on the front
tires.
"Tho garage proprietor came up to
me, a funny look 'in bis eyes. 'Say,
young fellow,' be demanded, 'where've
you been? There's been a couple of
guys here lookin for you. They waited
ten days and then beat it.' "
Grover said, laughing, that he had
riven the garage man "some song and
dance" and then bad "dusted out" for
Chicago.
Was Arrested In Peoria, III.
Once Grover was actually under ar
rest. That was in Peoria, III. He
was arrested for driving with the cut
out open. And brazenjy he gave bin
own name. Nobody recognized him for
the widely-sought draft dodger.
"A bunch of hams out there," ob
served Grover, with a chuckle.
In Chicago Bergdoll fell in with
' another guy," whose name he with
held, and they went by automobile to
Hammond. Ind. There the axle of
Grover's big car broke.
"I shipped the old boat back to
Phllly," he commented, "and bought
another when I hit California."
It was at this point that Grover
told of the $12,000 to $18,000 his
flight had cost him. Who had supplied
him with funds, or how this money had
been sent him, ho wouldn't say.
"From Hammond I worked out to
the Pacific coast." he went on. "And
then I got myself a new car, and went
from city to city."
By easy stages Bergdoll finally made
his way back East. Fpr a time he was
In Vlrelnla. then in Maryland. Ho said
be was never farther South than, Nash
ville, Tenn.
Handcuffed to Guard
During the ride from Broad Street
Station to New York today Beedoll
sat in the smoker. He was handcuffed
to Sparks, one.of his guards. Few per.
sons )n the car knew the identity of
the unpawn yfcutn. in Jsreputahle
UtauwA.- TmottCataam',
Cortelyou Gives Police
Some Advice on Future
"The Department of Public Safety
w-ill be conducted from within and
not from without."
"Political prestige will gain no
man appointment, transfer or pro
motion." '
"Politics mu6t bo eliminated from
the police departments If there is
any doubt concerning this, T will
answer effectively."
"The lid is down in this city and
action, will Jia taken promptly against
any one who fails to enforce the
law.V
"Gambling, 'dope traffic and nufco
mobile thefts must end as well as
"any form of grriftitrHhc-rol'ce de
partment. " " -
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FORCEFRiWITHIN
Director Tells Police Leaders
Lid Is on Here Wll Not
Tolerate Politics
3 MILLIONS IN TAX
RECEIPTS FOR CITY
OVER THOSE OF 1918
GIVES SOME INSTRUCTIONS
City Levy Shows Greatest
Jump Reports Give Lead
of $1,012,207.40
City treasury reports an increase of
over $3,000,000 in tax receipts for
1910 as compared with IMS.
The report follows. For tax receipts:
Win $5T.,42S,0.'i0.r,G.
1018 $40,070,820.37.
Increase of $3,457,220.00.
Receipts from citv tax for 1010. $20.
S67.011.G2: for 1018. $28,855,704.22.
Increase, $1,012,207.40.
Keceipts from school tax, 1010. $10,
402,824.30: 1018. S10,137,507.4G. In
crease of $353,310.84.
Receipts from pergonal property tax;
for 1010, $2,787,210.11; for 1018,
$2,783,030.55; increase of $3,880.50:
Receipts from water rents for 1010,
$6,181,507.68; for 1018, $3,272,GS4.01 ;
increase of $008,012.77.
Receipts from delinquent tax for 1010,
$2,604,020.20; for 1018, $1,543,173.
80; an increase of $851,416.31.
MURDER PROBE CONTINUES
"Dark Horse" May Be Responsible
for Slaying of J. 8. Brown
Mt. Clemens, Mich., Jan. 7. (By A.
P.) Attorney General Groesbaek con
tinued his special grand jurv investi
gation today into the death of J. Stan
lv Brown in the belief be announced.
that further evidence might be devel.
oped implicating a second person.
Early today A date had not yet been
set for the arraignment of Llovd Pre
vost, who was charged with Brown's
murder in a warrant issued late yester
day. Prevost, a cousin of Brown's
widow and one of the dead man's clos
est friends, has been in custody a week
without a warrant.
The charge was lodged against him
following testimony that a pistol he had
loaned to his nephew. Stanley Pre
vost. was returned at Prevost's request
on the night Brown was shot and killed
on a country road near here.
LEAVES HOME FOR MOVIES
Police Hunt Flfteen-Year-Old Helen
Petrutonles Mother Prostrated
The police of this c(ty and New York
have been notified to search for fifteen
vear old Helen Petrutonies, 2224 East
Venango street, who. left home two
weeks ago to obtain a position in the
moving picture field.
She is described as a pretty girl of
the blonde type, large for her age and
with large blue. eyes. When she disap
peared she was wearing a plum-colored
coat trimmed with fur at the neck and
Her mother, Mrs. Anna Petrutonles.
has been prostrated with grief and
anxiety ever since the disappearance of
her daughter.
Pipe Oruan Memorial
A pip? organ, built as a memorial to
125 members of St, John EvanteHst's
Protestant Episcopal Church, Third
andjlteed streets, will be dedicated to-
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r,ivp,GaksA.k.
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"The Department of Public Safety
will be .conducted from within and not
from without'.""
.This statement was tnacje. today by
. cvvui ul i-uuuu ouieiv i.oriciyou in
a heart. to. heart talk with police cap
tains and "lieutenants at Citv Hall.
His message was that the police- de
partment must be all that the name im
pliesno more nnd no less. Nn nnlt-
j tics, no graft, no negligence were the
mgn points ju the straigbf-frpm-tue-shoulder
talk.
Many of the men grouped about him,
who have been subjected to the vicissi
tudes of politics for. years, listened in
tently to his remarks. There was sin
cerity in every word. It was plajnlv
evident that the new director meant
business. Assistant Director Ellis stood
by Mr. Cortelyou while he spoke.
No Attempts at Oratory
The director did not make any at
tempts at oratory or dramatics. Ho
talked to the meu in a conversational
tone as though there wat but one man
in the room.
It was probably the first time that
the newspaper men were admitted to
hear instructions to the police. The
conference was wide open.
Without wasting time Director Cor
telyou said:
"I want to extend to you gentlemen
the best wishes of the assistant director
and the director. You no doubt read
the morning papers and know of the
communication sent to mo bv Mayor
Moore. I'll read it to you."
The director then read Mayor Moore's
letter. Concluding, he said:
"It is unnecessary for me to say that
Colonel Ellis and myself intend to do
everything in our power to uphold
Mayor Moore in his administration of
the affairs of the city. We can only
accomplish this by co-operation of tho
police department with every other
branch of the city. We also ask the
police department to co-operate with
the oounty detective force and the gov
ernment officials.
Policemen .Health Officers
"Director Turbush, of the Depart
ment of Health, said he would like to
see every policeman a sanitary offlcer
and promptly report any violation of
the health laws. It is part of our
duty to do this. I hope when you
return to your station houses that you
will Bee that this message is conveyed
to every patrolman in jour district.
"I know of conditions in Philadel
phia. I have worked with many po
licemen in connection with my former
duties, and have always found the men
ready to co-operate. I know many of
you gentlemen now in this room."
"In taking this message to the men
under you I would like jou to call
their attention to automobile thieves,
dope peddlers, corner loafers, crap
games and gambling and disorderly
houses.
"I have been asked if it is the
intention of this administration to put
the lid down in Philadelphia. It is our
intention to do so. That decision car
ries with it the enforcement of the law.
Dope Feddlcrs Violate Two Laws
"In connection with dope peddling,
I want to call jour attention to tbe
fact that this is a violation of tbe city
and also tbe s.tato law. I ask the cap
tains and lieutenants to do ever) thing
in their power to aid the federal au,
thorities to bring about the apprehen
siou of those engaged in peddling done."
At this point, Director Corteljou
touched on the practice of grafting of
street peddlers and said that all ped
dlers who had a license should not be
molested He also urged rigid enforce
ment of traffic laws and said' it was
the duty of all policemen to make a
record of violations and accidents in
order that they may be well prepared
to- testify in the courts.,
"The men .will bo supported atall
CsftUeaUjoa .! !SWitita75i
A hint of harmony between the
clashing factions- in Council and an
efficiency survey of all city employes,
to determine their fitness for the posi
tions they hold, were outstanding de
velopments at City Hall today.
The hint of harmony came from
Edunrd "Buchholz, Vare leader under
Daxjd Martin in the Nineteenth ward
and a member of Council. He called on
Mavor Moorn. and then announces :
"I told Mr. Moore I believe the two
sets of Republicans in Council could get
together nnd gue the city good service.
The door is open to ail councilmen,
was announced today bv the Mavor.
Closely following Mr. Buchholz,
Charles B. Hall. Varc leader in Council.
come to Maor Moore's office and was
closeted with him for an hour.
At the end of "the conference he
was smiling broadly and seemed in quite
a happy frame of mind.
"I called," said the A'are leader, "at
the invitation of the Mayor and had a
very pleasant chat with him. "We dis
cussed councilmaniq matters generally."
. Ten May Crumble
The prompt acceptance by- the two
minority leaders of the -Mayor's, invita
tion is viewed by Mr. Moore's friends
as indicating a crumbling of the solid
unit of ten opposition to the administra
tion in Council.
, Buchbote First to Respond
Mr. Buchholz called on Maror Moore
firstthing this- morning, and" although,
murr crB a score or more ot oiners
seeKing aumission'to the prnato sanc
tum of the new executive, the new caller
was admitted at once and rtayed for
borne time.
When he emerged from the confer
ence Mr. Buchholz was asked: "Did
you swear allegiance to the adminis
tration?" He replied with a "smile,. "Hampy
and I understand, each other. Wn hae
known each other for many years. We
taiKea nnout tonnclI not about jobs.
"I didn't ask him for anything."
Mr. Buchholz then toM of assuring
Mr. Moore of his belief that the coun
cilmanlc factions could get together,
and went on to say :
"I told him their side admitted they
didn't kuow it all and they accepted
some of our amendments when shown
they were wrong. That's the kind of
feeling both sides should show. I told
him if our side proposed anything wrong
I wouldn't vote for It.
Difficult to Voto No
"I have been voting aye for so many
years that now as a leader of the mi
nority it is going to be difficult to get
used to voting no."
Mr. Moore made the following state
ment after Mr. Buchholz's visit:
Mr. Buchholz and I had a nleasant
chat. I think there has been a little
misunderstanding among some of our
friends. There is no 111 feeling over
Council. I believe we will have a happy
familv. I expect to have chats with
Mr. Hall and other councilmpn."
Mr. Moore discussing tho Buchholz
visit, said: "We talked things over
generally and I believe we will all be
able to work together."
The Mayor was asked, "Does this in
dicnto a break in the ten minority?"
And be replied, "I expect them all to
drop in."
Councilman Isaac Hetzell, another
Varc man, was not in so harmonious a
mood.
When asked if he had received an in
vitation from the Mayor to call, ho
said querulously: "Why pry into pri
vate business?" When reminded that it
was public business he snapped: "Then
ask the Mayor about it."
Mayor Moore was also visited by for
mer Councilman Harry Trainer, who
called to pay his respects and to discuss
dirty streets in Smith Philadelphia.
The efficiency survey has been ordered
by Mayor Moore's cabinet, following
conferences between tbe directors and
their chief. Tho survey has already
started.
Survey Affects 0000
It affects approximately C000 cm
plojrs, a. largo percentage of whom
come under the civil service rule.
TJie announcement caused a sensa
tion in City Hall today, particularly
among employes affiliated with the" Vare
faction.
The administration, however, makes
it plain that the survey is being con
duqted with the object of raising the
standard of municipal efficiency.
Vare leaders asserted that any at
tempt to sweep their lieutenants out
of office would be met by lawsuits in
voking new civil service provisions of
tbe new charter.
They say that tho new charter was
designed to prevent men being removed
for anything but absolute inefficiency.
City Solicitor Smyth, it is understood,
will bo prepared to contest suits In
spired by political factions.
In the event of lawsuits growing out
of the survey and consequent dismis
sals, the curious situation would be
presented of Mr. Stnyth being counsel
at the same tlmo for the Mayor and
his directors and alto for the Civil
Service Commission.
The new charter specifically sets
forth that tbe commission thai be repre
sented by tbe city solicitor.
BARCELONA SYNDICALISTS SUPPRESSED
MADRID, Jan. 7. The syndicalist association in Barcelona
j- - , have been sujjpreased,by.iJhe civil governor there, accordmgto a
message from -Barcelona to El Sol today. One hundred syndicalist
leadeia have been arrested.
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JJ. S. Oil Man in Mexico
Fresh Outrage Reported as Nation Demands
Capture of Other Murderers 20 Americans
Slain Near Tampico Since April 7, 1917
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By the Associated Press
Washington, Jan, 7. Gabriel Por
ter, an American citizen, in the em
ploy of Penn-Mex Co., was shot and
killed by a Mexican federal army offi
cer at Tuipam on December 21, ac
cording to adviccsf received by the State
Department today from the American
consul at Tampico.
Ihe conrul immediately was ordered
to report further information and, if
tbe circumstances warranted, to urge
the local authorities in the Tampico
district to arrest and punish the guilty
perron
This makes a total of twenty Ameri
cans killed in the Tampico district by
Mexicans since April 7, 1017. Eighteen
were employes of American oil com
panies Yesterday the consul at Tampico re
ported the murder of F. J Honey and
Earl Bowles, oil men, employed in the
Tampico fields. v The. State Depart
ment immediately instructed the em
bassy at Mexico City to urge the Mexi
can Government to take prompt steps
to bring the slayers to justice.
Similar action by the department in
the case of Porter was expected when
the consul had reported additional in
formation. The dispatch yesterday said Roney
and BOwles, both Texans, had been
murdered near Port Lobos and that
their bodies were discovered January 5.
They were employes of tbe Internationa)
Petroleum Co., and were supposed to
have had the company's payroll when
they were killed.
Final action of the Mexican Govern
ment in the case of the two American
sailors imprisoned at Mazatlan since
November 12 was reported yesterday to
the State Department. The two men.
the consul wired, had been given retro
active sentences of two months, which
will bring about their release Janu
ary 12.
Mexico Citj, Jan. 7. The appeal of
William O. Jenkins, American consular
agent at Puebla, for nullification of his
release on bail was denied Monday by
Criminal Judge Guzman, in Puebla. Ac
cording to Jenkins, the $500 bond fur
nished by J. Salter Hansen, another
American, was given without his knowl
edge or consent.
HOOVER LOOMS BIG
FOR NOMINATION BY
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Will Bo Chosen as Presidential
Cundidate, Says Member
of Cabinet
LULL IN M'ADOO BOOM
AS COMMITTEE GATHERS
Hope of Revivifying Organiza
tion by Supporting Former
Food Chief Grows
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REFUSE TO ALLOW MRS- BERGDOLL TO GO 07N BAIT.
Mis. Emma Bergdoll asked to be permitted to go her own
bail wnen SlagisUate Pennock held her under a 810,000 bnnd foi
court on charges of ns&nult and battery, with intent to kill,
wantonly .painting n pistol and conspiracy to prevent the execu -lion
of a search warrant. This was refused. "Then Mr. Hfill
will have to go my ball," she said. Before the hearing she tolJ
the matron at City Hall that ''tforl was her attorney."
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9 MORE POISONED
I
Y LEAKING GAS
Patrolman Schrock Breaks
Down Door and Rescues Vic
tims in Stupefied Condition
ONE DEAD, 19 OVERCOME
?inc more, persons were victims of
gas in the northeastern sectiou of tho
city today as a result of a leak in n
gns main. Three of them are in the
Episcopal Hospital and the others arc
nt their homos.
The alertness of Patrolman Schroek.
of the Front and Westmoreland street
station, probably saved the lives of at
least seven of the victims today.
The persons in the hospital arc Mrs.
Bessie Turnbull. of 3321 Waterloo
street, and her three children, Eliza
beth, sixteen years old ; Roy, thirteen
years old, and Thomas, si years old.
Earlj this morning Stanley Criskin-
ski and his wife, of 3325 Waterloo
street, smelled gas fumes and started
to investigate. They went into tbe cel
lar, and while looking around he struck
a nutch. Immediately there was a flare
and a slight explosion.
Neither of them suffered injury, but
the noise brought Patrolman Schrock
to the scene. Knowing that gas was
escaping from n main in tne neighbor
hood lie proceeded to awake the resi
dents in the vicinity of the explosion.
Ho broke iuto the Turnbull home
after repeated calls brought no one to
me uoor ana lound tne occupants in
bed in a semiconscious condition. He
sent for the patrol wueon and thv n-irn
taken to the hospital.
In the homo of Paul Hasselman, at
3323 Waterloo sheet, tbe patrolman
found Hasselman and his wife and two
children in bed. He awakened them
with difficulty and got them out of the
bouse. They complained oj having
headaches.
Occupants of scores of homes ,iei,r
Memphis and Gaul streets have been
ill from the effects .of gas which per
meated nearly all homes in the neigh
borhood. Yesterday the gas fumes took
a toll of one death and eight seriously
affected. The dead is William Read,
of 2S42 Gaul street.
Today the U. G. I. has renresentn.
tives going throuKh the nffected HUtrlto
distributing antidotes for gas poisoning.
Two Held In Automobile) Theft
Charles Thomas. Perrv street. .,i
Albert Peels, Rodman street, west of
Thirteenth, negroes, charged with the
larceny of an automobile belonging
& AwA n I!rter' ""I S', f,ormer Jul
W. v . Porter, were held in sinstn 1,-11
each at a further henrinr- har i,
htra,t Grcllalu the Fifteenth and'vine
Wrwty: rtattea Uila-'uornUjs,
MARTENS'S ARREST
IS ORDERED BY U.S.
Warrant Issued for Deportation
of Self-Styled Ambassa
dor of Russia
REDS ARRAIGNED IN N. Y.
n Associated Press
.Washington, Jan. 7. A warrant for
the arrest and deportation of Ludwig
C. A. K. Martens, self-styled ambassa
dor of the Russian roviet government,
has been ordered executed by the De
partment of Justice.
Martens, regarded, officials said, ns
tho real leader of the Communist partj
in the United States, is said to be
in Washington. His arrest is expected
soon.
Determination of the government to
take Martens into custody was definitely
made after all evidence which had a
bearing on activities of the Russian
soviet bureau m New York had been
assembled by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Garvan While officials would
not disclose the nature of the evidence,
they held some of it promised to be
sensational.
Martens came to Washington nearly
a week ago from New York and with his
secretary and other assistants has oc
cupied a suite at a local hotel less than
three blocks from the Department of
Justice. Tho signatures on the hotel
register are those of S. Nuorteva, who
said ho w-BR Mnrtens's secretary, and
who last night made public a state
ment attacking tbe Department of Jus
tice. .wU?Tteva' in his statement, declared
that Department of Justice agents had
"actively participated" in the prepa
ration of some of the plans of the com
munist parties on which tho "persecu
tions now are based. lie further
charged that "the chief figures in such
celebrateu bomb plots were agents of a
similar nature."
Official comment on the' charges were
unobtainable at the Department of Jus
tice, but privately some of tbe officials
said they regarded the charges as "hu
morous. To provide a place of concentration
for the radical aliens taken in the re
cent raids the Department of Labor to
day took steps to reopen Ellis Island,
N. Y., to its full capacity.
Assurances have been received that
bufuclent funds will be forthcoming
from Congress to enable the bureau of
immigration to handle tbe deportations
without difficulty. ejwuu'on
New York, Jan. 7, (Bv A. P )
Ludwig O. A. K. Martens, Russian' so
viet "ambassador," whom the Depart
ment of Justice is seeking to arrest on
a deportation warrant, is in WaBb
ington, his bureau here announced to
day. Despite this ktateraent. every
haunt and associate of Martens is being
CsHaoji" Tote TUna. Ceiwsa 0a4
By CLINTON W GILBERT
Stair COTTewpnOent of th6 Etenlni FnbU.9
Ider
Washington, Jan. 7. Herbert O.
Hoover is In the back of everybody's
mind as the Democratic national cotn-
mutcc gatners nere today. .A member. J?
of the President's cabinet said to mn''r-
crats will nominate for President win
I not be at the Jackson Day dinner. He
is Herbert Hoover."
This was merely a" personal express
sion of opinion, no doubt, and docs
not in any way reflect the opinion "of
President Wilson, but it is typical o
the Hoover talk that has been growing
in volume for a month past, and it
has been accompanied by a singular
recovery of confidence by the Dento
cratic party.
A few weeks ago the Democracy was
in the depths. The break with labor
bad occurred. It enme on top of what
every Democrat knew to be the aliena
tion by the Wilson administration of
the western farmer and the larger busi
ness interests of the East.
Industrial Policy Failed
The hopes had revolved around an-
pealing to the industrial centers A- . JS
the East, but with the failure of the 3fl
President's industrial onferenc. and1 "iirjB
Attorney Genelral Palmer's il' consia -Ja
ered. rcscjt to tuc injunction in the wtVW '--2
strike, tne industrial East'appcared'lost "
to the Demoerncv. Nothinir remained - . ,'"
but-the-Sonth-.- - "''. tf
xioover e-name oners a grcacv uope, .
He is a bis figure, inspiring confident.'
He is not a p-irty man and so lie does
not suffer from what everjthing wear
ing the name Democrat suffers from.
If Hoover is nominated it will not be
because he is a Democrat, but because
he is Hoover. And if he is elected
it will not be because he is a Demo
crat, but because he is Hoover.
With Hoover the Democracy get'
away from itself and its record, without
disavowing President Wilson. Hoover
has also the advantage of his old food
administration organization, which was
largely Republican,, but intensely loyal
to Hoover personally, and he has -also
u very considerable support among the
clubwomen of the couutry who co
operated with the food administration.
X'nf Tnm,lnM lirf J I. -Dill, g!n ..
..u . iuioi 1,1,11 1 uiuuiuiu ,ym
It is considerations such as these.,, fpt
wuiui Hie respuusiujc lor iqe rapm - -.-
grow tu ot tne Hoover sentiment. It Is
not popular with the professional poli
ticians who are gathering here. They
never like going outside tfe ranks "for
a candidate. And they dwell on the
fact that they do not know, even,
whether Hoover is a Dgmoorat or a
Republican, but necessity to win will
in the end force the professional poli
ticians to abandon their prejudices un
less they can find some other more
available and at the same time more
agreeable candidate.
And on this possibility the. most sig
nificant indicntjon Is the lull of ac
tivity in behalf of William G. McAdoo.
Mr. McAdoo is a man who does not
want to run for the mere pleasure of
running. His reputation is such that to
b" nominated for the presidency with
no possibility of election will add noth
ing to it.
He has been studying the prospects
of Democratic success without com
mitting himself as to taking the nomi
nation, and if one may judge by out
ward signs, the result of his study has
not been reassuring. There has been,
a marked lessening of activity in ha
behalf in- recent weeks.
McAdoo Agents Missing
When tbe Democratic national execu-'
live committee met at Atlantic City
Mr. McAdoo's friends were present' and
bus in his behalf. Up to this moment
no McAdoo agent has appeared in
Washington in connection with tjie
meeting of the national committee and
tho great dinner.
Former Treasurer Still In Race
Trlends of Mr. McAdoo are authority'
for the statement that he is not out of
the race for the presidency, but they arcN.
not sure that be will make a light for it.
xie 19 vmii;uiijk iiuu wuiiiuk, auu lie a
certainly no farther in the race today
than he was two months ago.
Mr. McAdoo's friends say that it is
the newspapers which are creating this
Hoover movement. They recognize IU1
force. They recognize that Mr, Mc
Adoo has relatively lost ground. He
is not tho dominating figure in tha
Democratic situation that ha opce whs1,
largely uy virtue 01 nis own disinclina
tion to run unless ne tuinks toe cou
try really wants to make him I'resido
Mr. McAdoo might still procure tils
Domination If he went' about it -with
characteristic energy and deternii'
tion. The Hoover sentiment is un
canized nnd politicians prefer to
food administrator a regular DemocrA
But there js no sign of Mr. McAdes'd
actively seeking tho nomination. 'V'
fTalms. A.tlra fa.,1l.l..
The only active candidate of la?ri 1
ance is Attorney General PaIwrJi Ittt w f
the attorney .general Is likely to txhHlt ''''
hluuelf by his own efforU. The nnml 1
feeling is that tbe antl-Red wwtwtet,
like the retort to the ourU la SSSsd r '
strike, kaa ben a tirlfe' eeM,Hii f
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