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Entered a. 6eeon.CU.. Matte. at the Poitofflce. at Philadelphia. Pa.
under the Act o March 8, 1870.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1920
Published Delly Eict Sunday. Subscription Price 18 a Tear by Mall.
Copyright, 1020, bv Publlo TOedrer Company.
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IN PRISON CELL
pother Brings Delicacies and
Hopes He won x db uv
treinely Punished
'ftROVER ANSWERS REVEILLE,
u" .. miiniini
EATS FIRST AKMT "uhuw '
Slacker Draws Cell Near "Hard-
.Boiled" Smith inai may
Be Three-Weeks Off
f)L I Can't Get 'Em Up!"
Did Get Bergdoll Up
Graver Bergdoll learned something
this morning thnt 2,000,000 Amer
c,ns are beginning to forget and he
bd dodged for two years.
It was to crawl out of his blan
ks before daylight to the tune of
"1 can't get 'em up."
And he also learned what "fall
In" and "attention" signify, for the
knacks for military prisoners at
Gorernors Island are run strictly by
inny commands.
Mrs. Emma Bergdoll arrived at Gov-
trior's Island this afternoon and spent
nore than an hour with her slacker son,
Gtover C. Bergdoll, captured here yes-terday.
Before seeing him inhis cell, she
looked worried and expressed the hope
that be would not be txeremely pun
ished for a foolish action.
She carried a quantity of comforts
ind delicacies for him. She was ac
companied by two men with a number
ol bundles containing clothing and other
things,
Bergdoll is 4 federal prisoner, owait
ht court-martial as a deserter.
Mrs. Bergdoll was up at dawn today
ind took an earlv train for New York.
She is out on 510,000 bail on charges
n( assault with intent to kill, wnntonlv
pointing a pistol ana conspiracy to pre
Tent the service of a federal warrant for
search and arrest.
The mothci heard late yesterday aft
ernoon that Grover wanted to see her.
She said immediately fbat she would go
to, her draft-dodging son. Early (this
morning, almost before it was light,
policemen on guard outsideMrs, Berg
doll's home saw her leave,' ready for a
Journey. Her eighty-one-year-old
mother, who lives with her at Fifty
itcond street and Wynncfield avenue,
stated that Mrs. Beredoll had denarted
tor New York.
No Effort to Prevent Trip
!-,, ,'u cuuu wan luaue w prevcui iuis.
BtrtdoU's departure from, the city.
, Fe are not concerning ourselves
jtth Mrs. Bergdoll's movements,""said
Todd Daniel, superintendent of the
bureau of investigation here.
"I do not believe she will be pros
ecuted for the literature found in her
house. I know'no law under which she
conld be reached." ' "
The Department of Justice agents
found a three-foot pile of pamphlets
Purporting to be reprints of a document
fffllTlrt in Van Va.1, .. .n -..t1
....... ,u .mi xvir, apijaieuiijr a. ie-
port written by a British secret service
nni iq i.iovd tieorge, detailing how
thoroughly British propaganda had
UltQ hfilfl tTlf ArrtoriflOri miklU AninlnM
The capture of Grover," Mr, Daniel
m, snows mat it is impossible to
il,re American Government in
jefinltely. It would be well for
ewers brother Erwin if he would
ttte warning and give himself up."
Others in Danger of Arrest
Joseph O'Connor, the special agent
"tailed by the Department of Justice
irom Washington to search for the
&" brothers, is remaining in
1 elpM,a' and !t is believed he will
.!..! , uunc Ior E-rwin. utner
telJtives of the Bergdolls are said to
".'" u"ser oi arrest.
Hi S' .whvse sensational arrest at
rti.r . , .Qe enoea a two years
lir w her1pet cow and Prepare for
60'Sgi slck answered reveile
Island tt in.Fort Jay' at Governors
ffi- Se ot up at th 6nd of the
13 ..!.? uu,ana cneeriess cell, No.
fcbiaD1 had breakfast. It was
.""l ""my meai.
fcftM0, a. Le2.b"akfast, and
vttntiv or. ""veisatjon wnn tne
ZiLVJV antJ fro outside bis
WaC Dd the rr,,latt who sved his
. 'I'm glad it oil -, .. i
MSTriwlidn tl7. v"' UB V0JUO-
lef Ht, i , "" w- .u T4m
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tilt I i)Mni I i " B'vbu aiyseu up
si cidn t Vnow how tn K,,f ik
rottu."'"'1
lakfi v ii
Ti.. .LI vnaaces on Escape
XLiiJl ? Pmitted
m his ccii fT,; "." l.Q Da'couy out
fain.5?1.1 r an hour's exercise tt
bjtr,Za!:11S.1;nOwn as the "discinlinarv
i .,---., IJSlinHtf l "
n
Jroners are ken L S?,Ji. con?eiIined
'"csaneeVa-B hiin .tb,is ba"a:ks, but
KUft. re beiDS taken on Grover's
en htLp.Liso?er saw newsDaner nn.f.
ft. "I h'av7oaDswereo, every query
k w mo'rnlnt3 i'A." V
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ANOTHERDANSEY"CLUEw
' fctectlv,. Following Nevv Uad Ro.
!., . a Hat"monton Boy
Wiy. W5 received from Hammonton
'ift'lni'1" lowing out the lead
&"toonton last .i?,iom E.waraP near
"Jje boy, "as tnac ot the
& Weiurine?nt0r Gaskl" iPwba.
ft? to bVEIm. I? ' lh. Postponement of
:"""ce Baainac pi,..i EaJJtty lo state's
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BERGDOLL ON WAY TO GOVERNORS ISLAND
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Grover C, Bergdolla arrested yesterday in this city, is shown in the center of group, a ferryboat passenger, goiiis
from the Battery, New York, to Governors Island, where he is being detained. Bergdoll was cliarged with deser
tion and assigned to Cell 13, Fort Jay, which is on the jsland
BRIGGS
"ir
MAGISTRATE, DIES
"Judge," at 81, Was Oldest
Member of Minor Judiciary in
City Boomed Stuart
NOTED AS A "PEACEMAKER
"Judge Jimmy" Briggs is dead.
The eel of a long career' of Magis
trate James A. Briggs came this morn
ing at 2:30 at his home, 1144 South
Ninth street. The "judge," who was
eighty-one years old, was one of the
most popular' members of the minor
judiciary in the city. He was recently
elected foi a fourth term and anxiously
locked forward to reporting for duty.
'In nddition to the title "magistrate."
there could justly be added to hh uatua
"philosopher and raconteur." "Judge
Jimmy" was regarded as' a sunshine
magistrate. He seemed to delight in
raking others happy. ""
His advice brought harmony in many
downtown homes. Couples who entered
his court at daggers'" points often left
arm-in-arm, agreeing that "Judge
Jimmy" had the right idea.
Successful in Every Election
It was these ch&racteristlcs and his
popular following in all parts of the
city that brought the "judge" success
at every election in which he was a
candidate.
Shortly after the last November elec
tion he was stricken ill. He made a
hard fight for life, but a recent attack
of pneumMiia hastened the end. Out
side of the regular members of his
family the "judge's" last visitor was
John "Wanaraaker. Mr, Wanamaker
called yesterday afternoon to cheer the
"judge."
Magistrate Briggs was a member of
Bethany Presbyterian Church "and sel
dom missed a Sunday service.
In the troublous days downtown
"Judge" Briggs was a volunteer fire
man. He 'belonged to the Vigilantes.
Speaking of his experiences recently, he
said there were many thrills at fires in
those days, as the companies had to
fight for the plugs to get the water and
the flames were only part of the enemy.
Showed Unusual Initiative
Shortly after he had entered politics
"Jimmy" Briggs showed that he, pos
sessed one great qualification. That
was initiative. In the early nineties,
the Repuhlicuns in this city were won
dering who they would nominate for
Mayor.
tVlmmrr,t "Rr!fic cattle! fliA mfltfet-
himself. While all sorts of names were
boiling in tne political caumron, uriggs
brought out one that concentrated at
tention. The name was Edwin S. Stuart.
"Jimmv" displayed it on a banner. At
that time little was known of Mr.
Chir ovrent thnt he reoresented the
Twenty-sixth ward" in' Select Council.
After putting mis name in ciruuiuuuu,
"Jimmy" held a conference with Wil
liam Buchanan and Charles B.
irnA.rri ns.ltHf.nl wnrkprs in the First
uard of' those days. Tim conference
led to a larger meeting. J.neu tame
the nomination of Mr. Stuart and his
election by a big majority.
mL-i Tt Hvao rtnlitirnl nronnet
was soon proved, for the man he brought
out for the 'mayoralty subsequently be
came Governor and filled both offices to
the satisfaction ot tno people,
Recalled Meeting Lincoln
f "TiirlffA11 "Rrlcflra'fi most nleas-
ant.memories was.nis recollection oi a
meeting with Abraham Lincoln when
the reverea rresiaem vibucu wis cuy.
On this'occasion Briggs, then a young
man, made his way through a crowd
and clasped the President by the hand.
Shortly after he became a voter Mr.
Briggs was appointed to a clerkship in
u u..a nt Wfltfr. TTa TOna Into
elected to SelectCoundl from the Twenty-sixth
ward. He was first elected a
magistrate in 1002 under the Ashbridge
aominisirauuu.
In addition to holding hearings at
LI- aJVIaa t TCrilflri nnrt VftrtArnl ttat.
Ilia Ul- V -.w.. w... -VU.H. DV.yVbO,
Magistrate Briggs heard alj cases at
teenth street and Snyder avenue police
stauous.
His death, causes a vacancy which
will have to be filled by an appoint
ment by Governor Sproul.
In addition to-his widow, Mrs. Mary
J. Briggs, "'udge" Briggs Is survived
by three daughters, one son and a
grandson. They are Miss Sarah Briggs.
Airs. Mary Thesing, Mrs. Catharine
TA.n Tienri TlflfFfO flnrl .lam A
,SUrUMt,4fBm,jttfrVV4UL6rWVU.
R00NEY SITS AT CITY HALL
Appointed to Pennock's Place as
Committing Magistrate
. Charles P. Rooney has been appoint
ed community magistrate at Central
Station.
Mayor Moore appointed him today to
succeed Magistrate Pennock, who yes
terday gave up his work at City Hall.
Mr. Rooney has been a magistrate
since April, 1005, when he was ap
pointed by Governor Pennypacker for
one year. The following year he was
elected 'to the office. '
For his fifteen years of service he has
presided over Court No. 8, which is now
at 1610 Sansom street.
Magistrate Rooney is a Republican
and a great admirer of Mayor Moore.
"He's a wonderful man wonderful,"
said Magistrate Rooney. "I'm back of
him to the limit." .
Mr. Rooney lives at 2044 Sansom
street. v
MAYOR
BENCH
SEEKS POINTERS
Studies Petty Offenders at Cen
tral Station to "Get Line
on Conditions"
WATCHES THE DRUG CASES
PATROLMEN GET REWARD
Prize Money of S500 for Bergdoll
Capture tot Be. Split
Six patrolmen and the police pension
fund will Share in the $500 reward plv.
en by William H. Harman, president
of the Southwark Foundry Co., for the
capture ot urovcr Cleveland Bergdoll
Mr. Harman, who lives at 3 Wynne-
Vood road, near the . Beredoll hnm
passed that way shortly after the draft
dodger had been arrested yesterdav.
When he learned what bad happened
ne expressea gratincation.
"Bergdoll has been a source of nn
noynnce and worry to the neighborhood
for more than two years," he said, "and
I am glad he was caught."
He wrote a check for $1000 and
handed it to Todd Daniel, government
agent, as a reward. Daniel turned it
down and told him if be wanted to give
it to anybody to give it to the city
4.1 u !i..i .1..;- it ,r
imiiuuiicustvuu wa&eu lutur lives in mail-
inc the capture. -
Mr. Harman wrote another check for
S500. . He gave it to Patrolman Hut.
ton. A city ordinance requires that
a percentage ot rewards must go to the
police pension fund. $100 will go to
that fund,! and the balance will be di
vided between Patrolmen Hutton, Pat
terson, Cassidy, Fitzroy and Carroll.
TIED AN DBURNED TO DEATH
Arkansas Merchant Set Afire by
Robbers, Who Escape
Osceola. Ark,. Jan. 8. (By A. P.)
W. E. Hansel, owner of a chain of,
plantation stores, was Dounn to a post
and burned to death by robbers who last
night looted his store at Holt, near here.
Hansel's clothing had been saturated
with gasoline. The store also was set
on" fire.
Farmers, roused by a negro who dis
covered the building in flames, found
Hansel tied to a post in the building
with his clothing afire and his face
seared by the blaze. He died within a
few minutes after he was removed, from
the building.
Search by sheriffs' deputies and
posses of citizens is said to have failed
to establish a definite clue to the iden
tity of the men who committed the
crime. Holt, a farming settlement six
miles south of this city, is populated
largely by negroes.
HELD FOR ALCOHOL THEFT
Drug Store Porter Charged With
Taking Nineteen Gallons of Liquid
Albert James, twenty-four years old,
a porter employed in a Chestnut street
drug store, is being held by the police
on the charge of stealing uineteen pne
gallon bottles of grain alcohol. The
police are searching for an Italian
alleged to have purchased a quantity
of the intoxicant from the porter.
According to the police, James, a
negro, whose home is at 'Ninth and
Buttonwood streets, took the alcohol,
one gallon at a time, while sweeping the
store in the mornings. Each morning,
they say, he would take one bottle and
secrete it in the basement and remove it
later. He will be given a hearing in
the Central Police Station tomorrow
EXIT SKATING
Rain Spoils Winter Sport Fore
cast: Ralni Ran, Rain
There' is no skating In Fairmount
Park or the Schuylkill river today.
Following the approach of warm
weather and rain the ice in the, various
skating places has melted until it is
in a dangerous state, "
The places affected ' are Schuylkill
river, Concourse lake. Wissibickon
creek and Hunting Park lake.
Light rains Will continue during the
rinv. jcrordine to the wathp lui
and heavy rain 'is ' predict!, for to-
tal?ht. . ...
Mnyor Moore shared the magistrate's
Dencn m Central Station this morning
with Magistrate Mecleary.
The city's new chief magistrate lis
tened intently while Mr. Mecleary heard
the usual run of cases, the Mayor oc
casionally prompting a question asked a
defemlnnK
"This )g n coart for derelicts, and is
urn ueai piuce x Know ,ot tor a mac to
get a line on city conditions nnd the
work of the police." the Mayor said
after the hearings were arlinurnpfl.
And besides,"-he continued. "I am
Chief magistrate. Magistrate Pennock
quit City Hall yesterday and it is even
nneviMn i1,h T . : i t .
f""""c "" mignt De: cauecl on to
hear cases, so I thought I would come
uc.c uuu sci some pointers.
Mayor Moore, his coming unheralded,
arrived in the Central Court at ten
minntps tn in AffA. ., -I ,. ,
71 j r v: " , "-"-' " ouuri consul
tation in the back room with Magistrate
-V.VW.....J me uvo enierea tne court
room and at 10 o'clock sharp William
Apherholt, the crier, called the court to
order.
of the bench, with Mayor Moore on his
right and Charles Renner, court clerk,
on his left. The first case heard was
"l A"?e J- aui, twenty years old,
5J4 McClellan street, charged with
stealing a fur coat valued at $275 from
the automobile of Mrs. Julia Labino,
Chestnut Hill, yesterday.
Interested in Drug Cases
Paul was held in $600 bail for court
by Magistrate Mecleary, Mayor Moore
nodding his approval of the verdict.
Several times during the succeeding
twelve hearings Magistrate Mecleary
and Mayor Moore conferred before sen
tence was passed.
Several cases in which alleged drug
addicts were before the magistrate
seemed to be of special interest to Mayor
Moore. In each case of the kind he
prompted Magistrate Mecleary to ask
leading questions to the prisoners and
patrolmen testifying in an effort to find
out more about the illicit traffic.
The Mayor selected a typical day in
the Central Station. Virtually (be whole
gamut of minor offense charges was
run off before him and he got a very
fair idea of how the court is con
ducted. He saw Arthur Johnson, no home,
arraigned on suspicion of stealing shoes.
Hugh Cunningham. 17 South Broad
street, tentifiod that a shipment of shoes
made to him In December had not ar
rived. Johnson was arrested at Dela
ware avenue and Pine street yesterday
with a pair of shoes answering the de
scription of some of thoe stolen. John
son was held in $500 bail for a further
hearing next Thursday.
"Was Great E:vperience"
He saw common ordinary drunks
stood up and sentenced, despite the
fact that this citv nnrt , ...i. e .l:
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country are supposed to be dry.
u vus a creat experience," he said
when court adjourned after three-quarters
of an hour. "It was the first
time I have visited the Central Sta
tion for many years and I xertaiuly en
joyed it."
' He neglected to say that it was the
Sin 5ln'l.forum,an5' 5ears a Jla5r of
Philadelphia had condescended to take
. ... w .uu wwn ui mat court
and study the conditions of the cltv
.-a imi i ijtriutu uj me men and
women brought there for their lreariugs.
TO CONSIDER SCHOOL BIDS
Board of Education Plans to Have
Two New Buildings
Bids for the construction of two new
public school building at Ninth street
and Oregon avenue, 8nd at Seventieth
street and Buist avenue, probably will
be considered by the Board of Educa
tion at its next monthly meeting, Feb
ruary" 10.
Plans and specifications for thn ,,.
structures will be completed hv i,.
buliding department within a few days.
o iucpc 1'iauo uaw uirtauy oeen ap
proved by the hoard, bids will Iia Ad
vertised for immediately. That will
slve plenty of time for them to come la
before, the regular board meeting.
The new schools aro to be alike, the
estimated cost of each beicg $400,000
Ech will contain thirty-two rooms and
an auditorium. Both have ample plav,
eround enacei .according in .Trv,n r
PhmU uptrltdt.pi; inflltIB7
CORTELYOU PLANS
POLICE SHAKE-UP
FOU EFFICIENCY
Director to Look Over Vare
Transfers for Political Rea
sons and Make Changes
S0UDER AND ROBINSON
SUMMONED FOR TALK
Chief Also Calls Captains and
Surprises Them With His
Knowledge of Work
Director of Public Safety Cortelyou
announced today that the police de
partment faces a reorganization in the
interests of efficiency. Announcement
of many changes is expected no later
than tomorrow. .
He said tht he is particularly looking
over changes' and transfers made In the
police department to aid Vare political
interests, and that men would be kept
In the service for "police work only,"
and that those in particular districts
because of their political value and
activities face dismissal.
Calls Souder and Robinson
He summoned Captain of Detectives
Alfred I. Souder and Superintendent
of Police James Robinson to his quar
ters on the second floor today and had a
long talk with each. During the con
versations the whole situation in their
respective depattments was gone over.
The director was searching in his
questions and wanted to know the ins
and outs of various matters within the
department with which the superin
tendent and the captain had no idea
he was familiar.
In addition to these two prominent
police heads, Director Cortelyou also
summoned the captains of the various
police precincts in the city for con
fabs.
With each of the captains he went
over the situation in their respective
districts and suggested changes in the
interests of efficiency. They, too, were
surprised at the knowledge he had of
the intimate affairs of their divisions,
Many Wait for Interviews
At no time during the morning was
mere less tnan a dozen persons wait
ing for interviews with the new direc
tor. His energy was unbounded and he
stated several times that he" would con
tinue to work day and night if neces
sary until all thought ol crooked police
was banished from the city.
He would not give specific instances
Of changes contemplated but intimated
that the first changes might be ex
pected tomorrow.
Director Cortelyou's emancipation
proclamation to the police was read
at the rollcall in the various district
stations this morning. It had already
become known to the roatrOlmen
through the medium of the newspapers,
however, and its effect at "jacking
them un" in their work was notice
able at the various magistrates' courts
this morning, where more prisoners than
ordinarily were up for bearings.
Director Cortelyou said he had
received no report on why Lieutenant
Benjamin Savage, of the Thirty-ninth
street and Lancaster avenue station,
had not reported at City Hall jesterday,
according to orders, but said the mat
ter was being investigated.
Lieutenant Savage, it is said, has been
active in politics in the district in which
his station is situated,
MAUD POWELL DEAD
Noted Violinist Fatally Stricken on
Eve of Concert
Uniontown, Pa., Jan, 8. Maud
Powell, violinist of nation-wide cote,
died at the Titlow Hotel here at 11 :30
o'clock this morning. Death was due
to acute indigestion, physicians said.
Madame Powell was suddenly taken
ill while eating dinner at the hotel last
evening. Her husband, who was in
Pittsburgh on business yesterday, wns
summoned to her bedside.
Madame Powell arrived here early
yesterday afternoon in preparation for
a concert last evening at the Uni
versity Club. The concert was called
off, following announcement of the ar
tist's illness. More than 1000 tickets
had been sold. Madame Powell had
just started to eat her dinner when she
was stricken and collapsed in her
chair.
This is the second attack Madame
Powell suffered in the last six weeks,
the first havinr occurred in St. Louis.
November 27 last, when she col
lapsed during a concert. At that time
it was said acute gastric conditions
wro tho cause of the artist's illness.
CONVICT CHESTER SLAYER
Councilman Falls in Faint
Under Pressure in Caucus
Man Holding Out Against C.olbum on Civil
Service Slate Slips Unconscious From Chair,
Lamberton'8 Housecleaning Awaited
By GEORGE
No administration, possibly, in Phil
adelphia's history has come into power
attended by such unusual and dramatic
situations as that of Mayor Moore.
No one knows thii better than Mayor
Moore himself, unless it be those of the
inner circle. By the inner circle is
meant the co-workers who labored with
him to tho perfection of his policy.
The unit rule in tho new Council is
the keystone of the administration
structure. Yet on two occasions it was
in danger of ruin. The crisis came
among the eleven not over the organ
ization .of the new Council; it was
reached in the selection of three civil
service commissioners.
For severs! davs. in its formative
period, the new administration was in
very deep water. are organization
leaders wore aware of the situation.
Thev fostered the personal dissensions.
They shot benzine from every direction
upon the flame.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff and Lewis
H. Van Dusen had been virtually decid
ed upon as two of the new commis
sioners. The name of William T. Col
burn was suggested 'as available for the
third place, with Charles W. Neeld as a
dark horse.
Sudden Opposition Springs Up
Suddenly opposition to Colburn sprang
up from an unexpected source. It was
relentless. One councilman refused
under any conditions to vote for Col
burn. It looked as if the slate would be
smashed and the unit rule with it. From
3 o'clock until 7 the fight went on in
an office near the heart of the city.
Arguments, entreaties and impassioned
appeals were ineffectual to move the
obstinate councilman. As hours went
by the pressure Upon him became
greater.
Then came the dramatic climax.
NOX McCAIN tr
In the midst of a hrnted discussion
the councilman slid off his chair to
the floor in a dead faint. He was
picked up, and carried to a window,
where football tactics were resorted to
to restore him.
It was the most unusual and thrilling
political episode, possibly, in the his
tory of the city's politics.
Lamberton Has 'Em Guessing
When the little conference adjourned
that night the slate for Civil Service
commissioners was complete with
Neeld's name, and It went through as
agreed upon.
The fact has not been concealed that
Sheriff Robert E. Lamberton has been
giving the practical politicians some
disturbing half hours. He has some
thing like 332 offices at his .disposal.
It requires, in round numbers, $209,
000 to run the office.
Sheriff Lamberton has been one of
the youneer Independent leaders for
years. His integrity Of purpose and
his determination to give a clean ad
ministration have never heen mios-
tioned. It is the practical side of
ms appointments that has given cause
for worry.
Announced a Housecleaning
He has unhesitatingly declared that
mere would De a Housecleaning when
he, came into his own. The deadwnod
in the sheriff's office was doomed to
go. .bmclency was to be the Keystone
of his administration.
.But while Sheriff Lamberton will
sacrmce no iota or his independent prin
ciples or reverse himself on nnv iWl.
ration, he is not closing his eyes to
the necessity of strengthening the or
ganization which has come into power
with the avowed purpose of giving Phil
adelphia a square deal.
There has been a vast amount of
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MAYOR WILL PUSH DELAWARE BRIDGE PROJECT
Pushing the Delaware river bridge piojtct, developing Oie
port and providing a permanent industrial exhibit, possibly on
the Parkway were outlined among th niins of his administration
today by Mnyor Moor, addressing members of the Chambor 62
Commerce. The Mayor and his directors were given a tumultuous
welconi by the business men who pledged their support.
HUGE DEFICIT IN OPERATION OF ITALIAN WIRES
ROME, Jan. 8. Discontent among the postal, telegraph and
telephone employes or Italy continues. The minister of-posts has
refused a urtherIncrens2-of salary on--thc ground-that the ad
ministration 61 these services already represents an annual de
- deficit o more than 300,000,000 lire (about S60,000,000).
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COOLIDGE ASSERTS
Declares, in Inaugural Address,
Government and Industry
Should Be Humanized
URGES NEW STANDARDS
William Neeley, Negro, Murdered
Man and Wounded Five Persons
Media, Pa,, Jan. 8. A jury today
found William Xeeley, a negro who
shot and vkilled Alexander Baxter, a
white man of Chester, and wounded five
other persons with shots from his re
volver last October, guilty of murder in
tne tirst decree. xiie snooting occurred
in the McNicholas saloon, in Chester,
alter ivceiey was retuscu a drink.
After he had killed Baxter. Xcelev
shot another man in the barroom and
went out Into the street, where he 6hot
three more men and one woman.
The negro pleaded self-defense, do.
claring that ho was shot at by the bar
tender, and to protect himself returned
the fire. This was rebutted by the
ctramou wealth's witnesses, who showed
that Neelev was shot by Officer Talhntt-
who stopped hira with a bullet when be
was escaping.
FOUR OVERCOME BY GA8
Four negroes were found imMnt.i..,.
from illuminating gas this mornimr at
1B00 South Opal street. Herbert
Mercy, twenty -two years old, who was
sleeping on tho second floor, is in the
Polyclinic Hospitul. The others. Mrs
F.thel Hicks and her children, Robert!
five years old, and Helen, .fifteen months
old, occupying the flrt floor, were re
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By the Associated Press
Boston, Jan. S. The need of hu
manizing government and industry and
of maintaining obedience to the law
was stressed by Governor Coolidge iu
his address to the Legislature today, in
augurating his second term. He urged
more effort tn production and economy
on the part of both state and indi
vidual. "The duty that government now
owes the people," he said, "is to re
duce their burdens by payiu? off the
obligations that came from the war
rather than imposing additional bur
dens for the support of new projects.
"Healthful housing, wholesome food,
sanitary working conditions, reasonable
hours, a fair v33e for a fair day's
work, opportunity full and free, justice
speedy and impartial and at a cost
within the reach of all, are among the
objects not only to be sought, but
made absolutely certain and secure.
"Government is not, must not bo,
a cold, impersonal machine, but a
humane and more human agency, ap
pealing to the reason, satisfying the
heart, full of mercy, assistius the good,
resisting the wrong, delivering the weak
from any impositions of the strong.
"We need to change our standards,
cot 0! property, but of thought. If we
put all the emphasis on our material
prosperity, that, prosperity will perish
and witb it will perish our civilization.
Emnlojer and employed must find their
satisfaction not in a money return, but
in a service rendered. Industry must be
humanized, uot destnned
"Them are strident voices urging re
sistance to law in the name of freedom.
Tiey are not seeking freedom Wen for
themseUes they have it ; they are seek
ing to enslave others. Their works arc
evil. They know it. They must be re
sisted. The evil they represent must
be overcome b the good others repre
sent These idftis, which are for the
most part imported, must be supplanted
by ideas which are right. This can be
done. The meaning of America is a
power which cannot be ovprcome. Pros
ecution of the criminal and education
of the ignorant are the remedies.
"It is fundamental that freedom is
not to be secured by disobedience to
law. Government must govern. To
obey is life. To disobey is death."
McNIchol's Nephew Gets Job
Bernard J. McNicbol, 1224 Fair
mount avenue, a nephew qf the late
Senator James P. McNichoi; today was
named as chauffeur for the Department
of Welfare. Director Tustin onnnnn
the appointment. McNichoi win nn m
JHuftfiCfi driYit.la .France.
IREATY INDORSED
BY DEMOCRATS
Senators Seeking to Nullify It
Declared Unpatriotic by
National Committee
SCORE LEADERS OF G. 0. P.
By tlie Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 8. Resolutions in
dorsing the treaty of Versailles and de
nouncing as unpatriotic the attitude of
senators who would defeat it directly or
by nullifying reservations wns unani
mously adopted todav by the Democratic
national committee in session here.
ine arrogant" Republican leader
ship of the Senate was denounced ns
having earned the "contempt of the
world" by throttling the treaty for
seven months, and the Senate was
called upon to "quit plaving politics"
with the question of ratification.
Reviewine the legislative record of
the two Wilson administrations and
the manner in which the war was won,
the resolutions also expressed gratifi
cation that the President was regain
ing health aftpr a breakdown "due
largely to his efforts for world peace."
Contest for Convention
The resolution were adopted at the
committee s puacEennial meeting to se
lect a time and place for the 1020 con
vention. The chohre will be made late
today, with' the rare between Kansas
City and City and San Francisco, and
with the supporters of the latter claim
ing they have enough votes pledged to
insure beyond question the selection of
their citv.
Concerning the peace treaty the reso
lutions said:
-'l'e a$rra our approval of the treaty
of Vercailles and we condemn as un-w-ise
and unpatriotic the attitude of
those senators who would defeat its rat
ification, either directly or bv over
whelming it with reservations that are
intended to. and will have the effect of
nulhfvmg it.
"The failure of the Senate Republi
can leaders to offer or to permit consid
eration of interpretative resolutions
that would preserve the general purpose
of the treaty and to permit its ratifica
tion condemns them to the criticism of
the nation and to the contempt of the
world."
Pat Thcmselvea on Bach
The resolutions said that when the
Democrats came into power in 1013
they found "the nation in a condition of
comparative industrial and commercial
depression" and with "the banking sys
tem in the hands of a, few men at
whose will panics periodically oc
?di . IL!.dMtb"1. '.'" and
j H Z,, cllr" or fuxtecu years
under Republican rule without any re-
-i.!I:.r"!lfe!?l,.SSnilUw." the re.-
w.mwvu,. ivuwuuB, ine uemocratlr ad
ministration entered immediately upon B
vigorous constructive program." add-
H0PE BRYAN WILL KEEP
RADICAL WING IN PARTYj
Politicians Unable to SubduiK
Boom for Hoover for
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By CLINTON W. GILBERT '
Staff CorrftDondtnt nf the Evenlnc r-abriij i
lodcer T
Washington, Jan. 8. The indorse"
ment of President Wilson by tho Demo-1
cratic nntipnal committee is the 'key to
the whole Democratic situation- '
It is a Wilson party meeting here.and!,
the Democracy is a Wilson party. Tho
hold of the sick man in the Whlte-Housa
upon his people is extraordinary.. He
has the power which a President always
has and something more. '
He has more authority in his party
than Taft had at the close of his term
You must look to Roosevelt when he was'
nominating Taft for a parallel, and tjus
is the more " extraordinary because
whereas Roosevelt s administration was
successful and popular. Wilson's ad--ministration
has been steadily declining;
in favor until now It is one of the most
unpopular of recent administrations.
Wilson May Choose Candidate
Wilson's hold on his party is like his
hold upon the Democratic minority in
the Senate. There is talk of revolts,
but the revolts never come. There are"
men who are restive under his control r
but they dare do nothing but gather in(
the corners and whisper. Every indlcaJ"
tion Is 'that Wilson's control wiH last , ,
till the convention has done his work:
that he will choose the candidate and
write tho platform.
In administration circles the Bryan
movement is welcomed with confidence'.
The feeling About Bryan in general is S
pxactiy like tb.e feeling about Bryan in,
Xebraska. Bryan's activity in the
party., talking, agitating, appealing to
his old radical followers, is a source ot
strength ,to the party. The Democracy
needs' Bryan just as Wilson neded-hlnv.
JU U1.1 UlBb UUlUlUtOUUUUUi -A. UtWPC
every vote it can ge and Bryan Xiacd' .7
A . a. .1 n.l.nUt .till mnntill .DlMviil-' Dl1
But Tebraska is safely in the hasM.JLs
of Senator Hitchcock. He anurfr
fripnttw nri Confident that thev can.'ltf l.
their grip upon the state. JO'li t'f
There is q, feat that it winvjyT
away into Jiryan's nanus, xcerworj
why not welcome Bryan with-ffl
he can bring? 5Che ol.d maxim that W&fe.
nAMeBKiT (nf nil "tn hnnf iflPPHr iij
to avoid hanging separately influences.
Hitchcock in Nebraska 'and Wilson in,
the natioc. with regard to Bryan's, re
newed activities.
Able-iou Check Bryan
If Bryan gets too strong or too hos
tile f Wilson machine will run over
him in the nation, the Hitchcock ma
chine will run over him in Nebraska.
If he goes too far he will be stopped in
Nebraska. '
If he seeks the Nebraska delegation
to the national convention as a candl-
date himself, he may get it on sdffer
ance. But. if it should become neces-
Borv for tfcp W'ilson organization to
put a check upon Bryan, the peerlsjAw.i'
leaner win kcl ma uiuu woy
rseDrasita primaries.
In this mood ot supreme connancn
the Democracy is glad to have Bryan
active again. Ilis voice means pub
licity to the party. But more impor
tant, the Democrats hope to retaic cer
tain liberal and rn'slfcal support which
Wilson's course nt Paris and the at
torney general's course in the coal
strike ha$ tended to alienate from It.
The President has followed a middle-o'f-the-road
course tending constantly
toward greater conservatism, and as a
result he has given away the radicals
and liberals without, howev.fr. gaining
the confidence of the conservatives
Prominence of Brynn in the party may;
hrinff hnrk certnin radical SUPnort. Sa
the President is glad to have the qld
partnership of his first administration
1 restored, but he intend" to keep his old
secretary of state in his place as the.
leader of one wing, and a minor wing,
in the party.
Democrats Still Hopeful
Th hones of the Democracy -ar&
founded upon the passing of the present
reactionary mood or the public me
leaders here admit that for the time tbo
swing is toward the Republicans, but
they do not believe H will continue.
They believe lhat befoie the campaign
goes far the liberal sentiment in Vai
country will recover lost ground.
They think'that the Republicans wlllf
go so far toward reaction as to drive ft'
great body of voters back, to the Democ-1
racy. They think (hat th Reoublican,
overconfidence wiH lead to mUtatas,
They by no means roace'e the election.
They are full of fignr.
Entertaining the idea that, tWp will
be no place for the radicals oV ertsu1 the,
librals on the Democratic party", tba ,
Democrats are glad to see Bryan actlvefir-
He will &, thev think, a sort of aMUr-. Vi
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in danger of losing to the labor rarty,oit
to the Socialists that Democracy is tku
right and proper place for people ot
generous popular sympathies. I
Commoner Useful Decoy
Bryan in other words Is a -very uffttui'
decoy. And the men- who passedftbe
Wilson resolutions today and staged tb
Jackton dinner so that the President
could get in the limelight are confident
that they can keep Bryan only a decoy.
Among the politicians here the noofir'
sentiment is not regarded with fvr.
The professionals do not like a maa.iffer
is not of their crowd. The partlaw''"t
not want a candidate whose parttMMMn
may not bo 'wwt
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