s t""( V ' V ,- -1 . THE WEATHER ueninej ffiubltc NIGHT EXTRA ,iJ Wastiliifitoui Jarf. 14. Fair and cooler today! fair tomorrow. TEMrEKATtmn at even noun rSToiio. 11 113 I 1 1 2 I a I 4 t n 21! 125 1 125 123 21 I meoder f VOL. VI. M. 104 2 FIREMEN INJURED , m. l DAMAGE $100,000 i?d One Victim Falls From Ladder, Breaks Back Second Over come by Smoke FIQHT BLAZE THREE HOURS AT RANDOLPH ST. PLANT Trolloys Tiod Up on Fifth and Sixth Streets Nearby Resi dents Flee in Nightclothos - One fireman suffered n broken back. ittOth?r is In tho hospital from inhaling tmoVc, families were driven lo tho street hi their night clonics and trolley trafli" was stopped on Fifth aud Slth streets by a fire which virtually de- ftroj-cd the factory building at lStf North Randolph street this morning. The building is owned and operated fcy the James H. Billinton Co. The adjoining buildings at 1D33-35-39-41-43.45 North Randolph street, also ope rated by the company, were badly dam ed bv the flames. The damage is cx pected'to reach 51OO.O0O. The lire was to stubborn that a local tall end five alarm?" were tent in for fire-fighting apparatus. The blaze be gan shortly before 3 o'clock, and was Mtinguiahcd about half -past 0. Falls From Ire-Coated Ladder Jlobfrt Rnblngrr, twenty-eight jcavs old, 41-t! North Reese street, was the f.nni.'in who suffered the broken back, ffo fell from an ice-coated lndiler. He ii !u a critical couditlon in St. Mav.v 'a Hospital. Thomas Tussy, thirty-eight jears old, North Eleiouth street, is in the fcame hospital suffering from in haling smoke. , A watchman employed in the build -iof discovered the lire, lie telephoned for the fire comnnny at Fifth and Uetks streets. The first alarm was lou'ndcd at 2:30 o'clock, and then in rapid succession as the lire continued tit fain headway, others were .sounded it 8:02, 3:34. 4:24 and 4:20 o'clock. AVhea the first company arrived the building at 1537 already was a mas of flauies and th6 lire vus communi cating ,to Uic other structures. Per jpp hvlnc i" the b'oek bounded bv Fifth, Randolph, Oxford and Jefferson streets and began to move their furuish Idjs. t.i the first excitement many resi dents of ijwellings near the, fire ran t6 'thu stieqt in Uie'r ujghtclollies. They yere c-i'mrd by firemen and pa tiolmcn and sent back tu obtain cloth- 1 ' Flfpmpn wppp hnninrpd in fltnir unrl; . by the cold. Water froza on tlic streets almost us f.oon an It fell. It Mas while leading u hose line up to the third floor, fire escape that llnbiii ?er slipped and plunged to the street, about thirty feet below. That he was notkil'ed may be because be struck an other fireman in bis descent. The other tnaa was shaken up but uninjured. Fight UIaioThrough Windows The interior of tho building nt l.rr,7 ras built of woodwork, nod the lire was o fierce that the firemen were unable to get Inside. They had to light tbc blaze from the outside through the wiu oows, doorways and holes chopped through the roof. " la the adjoining buildings they were able to conquer the blaze on the interior before it got a good start. A lumber I yard, owned by the company, which ad-1 jvmo mc ivaauuipii street lots ou me rear, was guarded cclustnutly. Several umea incipient tires were put dut be fore they got a itart. After residents of the neighborhood lecovered from their first panic they made coff"-' and sandwiches to distrib ute to the firemen. Others built bmall blazes in the street eo the firemen could warm thiir half-frozen hands or threw pen their homos to them. At one time fire engines were Uretched for more than two blocks on Wry 6treet around tho blaze. Hoses laid across Sixth and Fifth streets Mopped trolley traffic on those thor oughfares for more than an hour. Then JM hoses v.ero elevated over the trolley .d wires rind truflic was icsumed. toIUBibia avenue trolley traffic also as tied up. Nearby Factor' in Danger tim Llmber yQrd aml factory of the . tl fehein Manufacturing Co. nearby was guarded against possibility of be coming ignited by flying sparks, ihe James II. Billington Co. mauu- ".ciures spools, shuttles aud bobbins. ... Jowntown offices of the concern re at 113 Chestnut street. ,iaTv,stiiPtion showed that the tire wobably began in the basement of the building at 1537 North Randolph street, tt.. ? ? 'havings and wood stored "ere is believed to be the place where e fire originated. the watchman who discovcied the U h,Cr'atr,hh,att-. Tbo diaft ore !bl. rl the Eb?ft is Bv as ' Prob- a TkJ ..Aboilt t,oveu "'lutes is given thi.fi,.11"10, '""'wmii the discovery at Man,".'1 m U' C"tirc buIldlns s?OKd.k''mi,chlncry nml stoek "cre AS KILLS SHIPW0RKER Camden Man, Overcome at Yard, Dies In Hospital died I tmL11' fort'-two jcars old. in & ? Cof?11cr ''MPltnl. Cam- il,11 the ,,0,lJ of tt I'P V1: Ephralm. N. .1. la F.L?olt!LTVH,n be was overcome 'it afj Sht tad filled tioTO, IS-poH" as fumes from tlic fur- say, HUNqary TO GET TREATY Whtt'-JWlA- ?')he tb lirlU off tLllliuSar a,u ' J'tee nt lite S tsCC at " clock tomorrow WbUc rbe ecfmony will not be Skating Today Ouaflne Concourse RuntlnfTiirk Entered .a Bon4.Cf.M Matter w"-v .& ,. MRS. MA I'D WOOD PARK Resident cf Boston, fonnw fltair inan of the national eouvulttco of tho National Amc.lcuii Woman's Suffrage Association, who spohc at toda's class in tho citizenship school of the Pcnusv Iwtnla League of Women Citizens in Wlllicrspoon Hall. S Also Converse and Read News papers During Speeches, Bos tonian Tells Students IT'S ALL WRONG, SHE SAYS Just think! Congressmen chew U in ?sot only that, but they converse while speeches are being made on tbc most serious subjects, and some ecn chew tobacco, and still others read the newspapers during business hours. Mrs. Maud AVood Park, of Boston, for four years ehahnian of the national committee of the Xationol American AVoman . Suffrage Association, which was largely instrumental in getting the federal suffrage amendment through Congrcts, spoke 'todoyj at the cilUcnship school which is uMng hcldrdaily by the Pennsylvania League 'of AVomcn Citi zens in Withcrspoon Hall. Mrs'. Park outlined the clumsy procedure of bilsj-. lies'! in Congress and explained ' the methods of nominating rommittecs. "New machinery is badly needed in Congress," said Mrs. Park. "The new members are- supposed to be Eeen and j not heard when tbpy first arrive and after a few years, they have grown so stupid that they forget what practices they believed were wrong or inadequate. To Name Commit tco "But it is uot fair to bold the men responsible for everj thing that happens in Congress when the constituents make nr nrotest ncainst the practices. Every - oue who has isitod Congress knows that men talk, chew gum or tobaecoor read newspapers while important questions "( imiiK uisrusu u - v.. Tivmtv.iirn wnmpn vvi'l be annointed on a committee of the Department of Public AYclfare. according to Director Tustin, who spoke ut the school. "The Department of AYclfare unites all the humanities except sanitation, and health and it is a department in which women can be used with great effect, said Director Tustin. "The House of Correction should bo made-i house of reformation, and we propose to appoint a man specialist on men cases aud a woman specialist on women cases. Women in this work should have as much to say as men. AA'e want to in vestigate the communicable diseases at the House of Correction and keep the patients there until they arc cured, pven if we have to ask the court to hold them after their sentence has cx piicd; and wo want to see that the men nnd women are emploed, so that they will have something on which to build when they leave." To Organize New Bureau Direct- Tustiu sitid that three out of every four drug addicts under the care of the city were women, and a special departmeut for their care was being planned. Among other new plans for tho department is the organization ot a bureau of social service, which will study tho negro problem, the foreign problem, tho conditions of women nnd children and Ameiicauizntiou. I'nder Ameri canization, it is planned to establish a department of legal aid to assist the foreigner who is frequently harassed by contracts into which he hns entered under a misapprehension., This work in tho city of St. Louis is conducted by fan rtl,. voir law students, who under- take tho cases iu a kind of legal clinic watch gives mem cii-i-ii-m.u mm is credited to their course. Director Tus tin hopes to establish a similar ar rangement with tho aid of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania and Temple Unl- c rfs ity Mrs. J. AA'illls Martin urged the unmnn to nfiilhltC thl'lllscU'CS with BOmO political party. "Don't try to keep Independent," said Mrs. Martin, "and think that jou will leservo your vote for the best man. If jou do that, you will be forced to chose the least worse candidate. Join some party and start with tho primqrles in selecting tho candidate that you want to fill pub lic office EXTEND AUTO LICENSE TIME Sproul Said to Have Set February 1 as Time Limit ( Governor Sproul has announced that automobile licenses for 1010 mav ba used until February 1. accordjng to Theodore II. McCalla, ot 25 North Juniper street. "I saw the Governor at 0:30 o'clock lapt evening," said Mr. McCalla to day, "and ha announced at that time that a econd extenalou would ba made on the old licenses until the first of next . Became of delays in getting ouMhv lioeB and Hccn$e pa.tr,an JWn y J CONGRESSMEN E GUM I M th, I'Mtofflce. .t rhil&detphla. Pn. v wi .niarcn if, lBflr. IS MAYOR'S REPLY TO VARES; OFFER Political Peace Plan Out of Question; Senator and Friends No Rivals, He Says WOULD INVOLVE CONDITIONS IMPOSSIBLE OF SANCTION Senator Salus Lodges Com plaint Against Police in the Fourth Ward Mjajor Moore announced today that he docs; not annrnve the neacc plan offered to the administration on behalf of the A'arc organization by AA Trceland Kendriek, recener of taxes. In a shorUsninshin" statement the Mayor brushed nside the political olive branch and again declared that the A'are organization has no terrors for him and that It stands for things he cannot countenance. The receiver of taxes waited on the Major a few days ago and held a lofag conference in the interests of harmony. The answer of the Mnyor was anxiously awaited. When it came today it smashed all bODes of A'are followers that there was still a chance of harmony and a split in the awnrd of city positions. A'arcs No Rivals, He Says "The administration cannot deal on a fifty-fifty basis with any opposing political organization," the Mayor (.aid. "The Mayor doen not regard the so called A'are oipauization as a rival of the administiation. There can be no compromise on tin's basis. If such a settlement were affected, then the ad ministration would have to compromise with some political conditions it could not stand for." The Mayor left for Harrisbuig this afternoon at 1 oVhyk to be one of the guests at a dinner given to congressmen bv Governor Snronl. L Important political business will be .taken up with the Governor while he is in uarnsourg, nc Mayor earn. Tlic tilling of two scats on magistrates' nenencs anu a scat ou tlic bench in tho Orphans Court, made vacant bv the death this week of Ju.dgo Edward A. Anderson, will lie discussed. The A'aies arc expected to be left out in the cold when the appointments nro announced. -Tlic recommendations of the chief magistrate are expected to bear much weight with the Governor. Salus Charges "Intimidation" Tlio Mnvnr rnpplvpil n lottpr frnm Senator SamuelAV". Salus, Yarc leader of. 'the Fourth vvard, complaining of .political activity by .officeholders and the Intimidation, of city officeholders by Moore pnliticnl.'workcrs., , IIq. said Josephf tdftilucci. ft. Moore worker;, was organising a pplitical club in the Fourth ward and was going to city officeholders threatening them with discharge unless they join. Senator Salus ,said the police arc in politics in tho Fourth ward and should be taken out. This action, he said; should have been taken long ago. Humorous," Moore's Comment The Mayor expressed the thought that "Sam Salus complaining against political officeholders engaging in poli tics" as tho "height of humor." Ho nnswcrcd.'Seuator Salus's letter nnd told him that he would be clad to investigate 'the complaints if the Senator would call at Ulty null anu lav the matter before him. The Mayor expressed confidence in the ability of Bartilucci and Eiifcenc Alessandroni. assistant district attor ney, his leaders in the ward, to "take care of themselves. DROP SENATE SEDITION BILL Members of House Committee Say Measure Is Too Drastic AYashlngton, Jan. 14. (By A. P.) The Sterlinir anti-sedition bill, passed by the Senate last Saturday, wag set aside todnv bv the House judiciary committee, which substituted for it the House measure, onginnny , (iravu ny Attorney General Palmer. Members said the Senate bill was too drastic. Apt Inn of tho comm tcce forecasts ex tended conference discussion, should the House uphold it, before final enactment 01 a senilion mraauro. Durinc Senate discussion of the Ster ling bill attack was directed chieily nruinsfc sections authorizing tho post master general to bar from the mails publications violating the terms of the act. It was contended this would set up a degree of peacetime censorship CONCESSIONS FOR RAIL MEN -1 t British Government Insists on Basis of Former Offer, However London, Jan. 14. (By A. P.) The government is prepaied to make conces sions to railunymcn on tho wage ques tion, but is unwilling to give way on the general principle upon which was based its recent offer, rejected by the men's representatives. Sir Erie Ged des, minister of transport, told n dele gation of rallvvayraen to this effect at a conference this, afternoon. J. II. Thomas, the railwaymen's leader, will lay the government's modi fied propositions before the body of del egates tonight. SUSPECT HAD REVOLVER Benjamin Tnnsky, nineteen years old, of Second street and Kalghn ave nue, Camden, and George AVwd, sixteen years old, of Gloucester, were arrested in Camden today by Detectives Fitz simmous and Guthrie, charged with the larceny of several hundred dollars' worth of jewelrj from the store of Mitchell Brothers, at 1210 Broadway, Canideu. AA'bcu coufrouted by th do tprtlves, Tansky drew a revolver, they say, but was quickly disarmed. GROCERS ELECT OFFICERS James Hewitt was elected president of the Grocers nnd Importers' Kxchnugc today at a meeting iu the Bourte. 'Mar vin M. Evenson was chosen flrstvlco president: John S. Enghart, secoud vico president; Alexander Henry, treas. urer, and John IS. Foore, secretary, rrhn memliprs elected to the board of directors are: Frank Halpen, Samuel, Sharp, J. P. AYarner, H, A. N. Daily, Alin Ltbln. Robert Stewart. H. W, Talnan. A. AV Trabis, tf. H wash. RalTV OUjbrfer, Jules )tromeyer, and COMPROMISE PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1920 Liebhnocht Was Killed One Year Ago Tomorrow .11,1. 1 , Berlin, Jan. 11. (Ity A. P.) Independent Socialist- leaders plan to continue demonstrations which yesterday resulted iu the killing aud wounding of scons nt the Reichstag building whenever the industrial councils bill is up for debate. It is expected the climnx will he reached tomorrow, which Is the anniversary of the deaths of Dr. Karl TjipbkTrpcht and Rosa Luxem burg, radical leaders, who were slain while being taken to Moabit prison. MR. SHALLCROSS'S FIND Learns That Hasty Statements 'Look Different' in Print Thomas Shallrross, of the Board of Education, has mlded to his store of wisdom. He has discoveied that hasty statements "look different" when the appear in print. lie spoke wisely to a reporter about this. "You'll lcaru," be remarked, with a judicial frown, "that things people say look" different in print. They don't sound the same, and you won't use them." Last week, Mr. Shalleross exclaimed, impetuously, that if John AYanamaker goaded him, he would have tilings to tell about the board's finance committee. What ho said was printed in the Eve- kino Public Licdqeu, mid then. Mr. Sliallcross decided ho hadn't said any thing of the kind. Yesterday be made public a letter to Mr. AA'anamaker, who has resigued as chairman of the finance committee. He told Mr. AA'anamaker he had not made the remarks attributed to him. Later, Mr. Sliallcross was asked why he had repudiated the interview "I always say -ton much." he ex plained. with1 charming frankness. "I am alwa.vs calling people liars, and cussing them, and sn.ving things. But I don't mean anything by it." And then Mr. Sliallcross grinned geninlly. "It made a good story, didn't it?" he asked. TRUCK BREAKS INTO SHOP Three-Ton Vehicle Smashes Window and Walls In Wild Ride A three-ton oil truck suddenly decided to order a suit of clothes when it wns passing Benjamin Shmerclsou's tailor shop at 44 North Sixtieth street nt 10 o'clock this morning, nnd "stopped in" with disastrous results. The big truck, heavy-laden with oil. careeued up on the sidewalk, plowed through the plateglnss window, fes tooned itself with cloth of man weights aud colors, and findiug the tailor was not iu his shop, went to hunt him in the dining-room nt the rear. He wasn't there, so the 'front, of the Mruck started dow n the cellar to investigate. Besides the window, two. brick walls made room for it ae it entered. Also the dining-room floor 'gave it the light of way. Gas and vvatcr; pipes likewise. L"uckit.vTorShmcrclson, he wasflfi the second floor, and the trunk couldn't climb.stalr.s. Paul II. Smith, of Twen tyifirst aud Tasker. the driver, escaped by jumping. lie was given a hearing before Magistrate Harris and held un der $300 bail for a further hearing next week. He said the truck became un manageable. FIRE IN DOUGHNUT SHOP Workers Try to Save Clothes as Smoke Gets Thick Cars Blocked AYhile hot doughnuts were sizzling in their grease in the Johnson Doughnut Shop, nt S23 Chestnut street, at fj o'clock toda.v, and customeis in the rear were catiug doughnuts and coffee, smoke began pouring from the basement. The ten employes tried to get downstairs to save their street clothes, but vvcre driven back by the smoke. Then em .ployes and patrons ran to the street, "leaving Hik doughnuts to their smoky fate. Burning flour made a thick smoke, and the firemen had a hard time get ting their chemical hose into the buse meut. Final! tho fianiPs were subdued. The damage was slight, but tiolle cars were held up on Chestnut street as far west as Fifteenth street. HUMAN FLY ESCAPES FIRE -- Trapped in Burning House, Reaches Safoty by Hanging From Cornice Overlooked by rescuers when lire started Iu the building at 012 f'arrish street early today Mux Tiest, tbirt cight cars old, slept in a roonv ou the second floor until choking smoke awoke him and escape was rut off by fire and smoke. Fiest opened the vrindow of his room aud crawled out. It was too far to jump and no one was near with a ladder, so he lowered himself until he clung with his hands to the stoue cop ing and worked his way to the adjoin ing house nt 014 Parrish btrcet. There he lifted himself in a window. The blaze started in tho rear of the notion store of Samuel Goodhartz ou tho ground floor of the building at No. 012. The flames destroved the rear of store and part of the second story. Damage is more than $1000. GoodhatU says that the firo may have started from a gas stove iu his stole. ARTHUR H. T0MLINS0N DIES He Was Headmaster of Swarthmore Preparatory School Arthur Hibba Tomlinson, owner nnd headmaster of Swarthmore Preparatory School since its organization in JSH2, died today at his home. 200 Chester road, Swarthmore. Death followed an eneamin condition brought on by an operation performed last February lunerai scrfices win iiniu 1 nuay afternoon, nt " o'clock, from Mr. Tomliiifon's home. Interment, which will be private, will be at Media, Pa. lib is survived b.v his widow, two daugli--crs and two sons. Mr. Tomlinson was horn January 20, 1850. at Makefield, Rinks county. Pn. He received his education at the AA'est Chester State Normal School ami later took the degreo 01 Daeueior 01 science ai the University of Michigan. He wa mnrrled to Emma Tolor Fjle, ot AVcs est Chester, in jfaur He taught iu various 1 riends' Schools and was principal of the bchools at Calvert. Maryland; Oxford, Pa.; the l-vleiirl.s' Academy ut Locust A'allcv. New York, and the Abingtou Friends. School at Jenklutown. Pa. lie was president of the Swarthmore National Bank from 1004 until 1011, nml was treasurer of tho national ex- 1 ecutlvo rommuieo, 01 lue nenus' a tionsi i-cw .vuBirrajifB, Ijf- was a member of the liicklre branch of the LAMBERTON FIRES FIVE VARE MEN; MORE TO FOLLOW Two Devolin Supporters in Four Reappointed to Jobs All Last-Term Martyrs 7 NEW HEADS WILL FALL AS AX DROPS TOMORROW Those Faithful to Republican Al- liance Will Benefit by uiean Up in Office Robeit E. Lambcrton, shetiff, will swing the headsman's ax tomorrow- a dozen A'aie followers' from their jolx,."1 In the 11 npps of the decapitated clansmen of the A'ares Sheriff Lamber ton will nppoint men who helped carry the election under the banners of the Renublican Alliance Tour of the new appointees, named 1 Director Hi 1 bush. Mc.NiciioI. who was by Sheriff Lambcrton today, arc polit ! a "-Jl'w of the late Senator James ical martyrs of tho former regime. All ! P. Mi-Niehol. and who scived as an am four, followers of Senator Penrose or I bulanee driver in I rnncc, was appointed his lieutenants, were fired by former by Director Tustin. sh.irr nnnciiav !, i,n tnnV nfTipo. Al- Mr. Snivtii's opinion was pent today though Lambcrton is an Independent, 1 and filled the major jobs In the sheriff's ! ouicc with men high up in Jiwepcnucnt ranks, ho is restoring the four ho named ( today to their old jobs as an act of j justice. It is believed that the re- 1 maining jobs will be given to Rcpubli f can Alliance men. First Tho to Go ' Names of five of tho dozen who will be dismissed tomoirow were announced by Sheriff Lambeiton today. The are : 'James J. Parker, assistant execution 1 clerk, at $nio a year, including bonus. He comes from the Tlurtv-sixiu warn, which is a A'are stronghold. Charles G. Phillips, writ server, at S1200 a cav with bonus. Also from the Thirt -sixth ward. , Charles Liehfricd. prisoners' guard, $1200. He worked against Magistrate AVilliam I . Campbell, Republican Alli ance leader in the Twenty -fifth ward. Roland R. Davenport, clerk. .1320 with bonus; Twenty -sixth ward, which is Congressman A'nre's home ward. M. L. Schaeffer, process server, $1440 with bonus, lie is from John R. K. Scott's Fourteenth ward. The men whose reinstatement was nnnounced today by Sheriff Lambcrton are the following: , AVilliam II -AValkcr. Eighteenth ward, who becomes a clerk at S1320. a year. Ho was fired by former Sheriff Ransley because he siood by Robert Grior. Renublican leader In tho Eiaht- penth ward, neninst the A'ares. s AVilliam Lecdom, Eighth ward. Jfle becomes -a writ server nt $1200 a year, the position from which he was dis missed becausp he was a follower of "Buck" Devlin in Senator Penrose's home ward. Uevlln Follower .Gpfs Job Frank Murray, Forty-fourth ward. He also is reinstated in his old job as writ server at $1200 a year. He was fired for fighting the A'ares when Rans ley became sheiiff. Hnrry Pagan, Eighth ward. He is another writ server at $1200 a year. He lost his job in the last admiuls tration because he was also ono of "Buck" Devlin's followers. The principal jobs in the sheriff's office, save in certain instances whcic former incumbents were retained, were filled by Sheriff Lamberton from amoug the ranks of the Independent leaders. In appointing "regulars" to the re maining vacancies, Sheriff Lamberton is giving recognition to the work done I trict Attorney Gordon maintained he by tlic Rcpublkuu-AlliuncC in the elec- 1 was not prepared to proceed separately ti'on campaign. witli Roike's trial. AA'hen Sheriff Lambcrton took office When Mr. Logue offered to naive his he made it clear that certain of the right to 1 separate proceeding Mr. Gor men in the sheriff's office would have I, ion agreed to tr all thru' together, to go. They have had two weeks to That evoked a protest from Ritchie s look for other jobs. I attorney, who stated that neither his Names of additional appointees to I -lieut nor bis witnesses were 111 court fill the vacancies created by the dis- because of the prdsecuting official's no missal of the A'are men in the slietift's I 1CP that the case would not be tried office will be announced tomorrow. todu. Four water-waste inspectors iiKo .v. petty larceny case was under way were cut from the city p.iroll b Chief wUpU Judge Johnson ordered the Rorke Davis, nf the Bureau ot AVater. The trial to proceed. The court ordered men, whose names were not disclose d, the accused lawvernud legislator's case were appointed uciler the Smith ad-. be called immediately afterward, ministration. ' - MOURN FAITHFUL SERVANT MAYOR ELLIS LEADS Negro in Family 65 Years, Dies. Body Lies in State After serving members of one f.iniil for sixty-live ears, Mary L. l.morv , a uegro, is dead nnd is l.viog in stale 111 the home of Clement R. Bowcn. at I is.-, Baltimore avenue. She died yesterdav ot the age of seventy-five .vears. She wns never married. AA'hcn she entered the home of Mrs I Bowen's father, the late John T. White, 1 Sr., she was only eight years old. She served Mr. White until his death and then cutei'ed the home of John T White, Jr., remaining until his death, when she went to .Mrs. Bowen's home, Mrs. Ilovveu said toda.v that Ihe family grieved over the death of the aged woman as though she were a relative. Funeral services will he held tomor row evening nt the Bow en home. $6000 FOR DEATH OF CHILD Award One of the Largest of Kind in Camden Court An award of ?0000, 0110 of the larg est ever given b.v n jury in a Canideu court for tho death of a child, wns made toda iu the Camden Circuit Court, before Judge Lloyd, to Oeorgo Smjth. Sr., of Twent -seventh street nnd Pleasant avenue Mr. Sinjtli'a son, George, Jr., wns killed Novem ber 2, 101S, by a truck of the I). IJ. Martin Co., beef packers, of this city. The original nward was S31.10. when the case was first tried, and Mr. Sui.vth ut once appealed. BURNS FATAL TO CHILD Little Girl Dies After Bonfire Innltes Her Dresses Anna Parks, four cnrs old, of 0OS North Niuth street. Camden, died in Cooper Hobpltal today from burns. The little girl was plajlng with somo qtber children nt a bonfire near htr home lant night when her dress caught fire. Before help reached her ska was liadly burned on the head and body. - Physician at the hospital made a haAl ptruRKlOa-iMi; tr life-, M rubllahed Dally TJxcept Sunday. 5ubTlptlnn Price 10 a CopjrlElit. 1920, by I'ubllo ledger Company. Veterans of War May Lose Jobs by Ruling on Charter WO Appointments Made During Smith Regime Are Affected by Smyth's DecisionTwo of Men Are Moore Selections More than one hundred appointments of former service men made in the last administration, principally in the police and lire bureaus, am affected by City Solicitor Smyth's decision today that the new charter supersedes the soldiers' preference act. This act of the Legislature of June 12, lf)J!l, permits the nppointinent of former service men regardless of their standing on civil service eligible lists. Thp now plinrtpr nf .Tlinp .V 1ft10. directs heads of departments to select I1"miiicl'p nuiii iih uiBb tu uuiuvn uu ellaible lists. This nrovislon. Mr Sinj th ruled today, abolishes the special privilege accorded former soldiers, sail ors and marines. Two appointments made in the Moore admiulstration were declared illegal by the city solicitor under his interpreta tion of the charter act. One is that f Robert E. Coylens chauffeur for the uuituu ui liuaiuiuis 111 ui iiukiui utuaiv mcut. the other that of Bernnrd ,T. McNichol as chauffeur for the depart ment of public welfare. Co.vle. a former boldicr. was named by to the civil service commission. After reading it members of the commission GORDON QUITSTRIAL 1 , . . i,.j n..,,,i Ordered by Judge to Proceed With Case Assistant District Attorney Leaves Courtroom OPPOSES LONE HEARING Ordered by the court to prpceed to day with the trial of AVilliam P. Rorke, law.vcr and state representative accused of subornation of perjury. James Gay Gordon. .Ii., assistant district attorney, picked up his papers and the indictments aud left the courtroom. The assistant prosecutor's action vvas said to be without precedent in the local courts and resulted from the efforts of counsel for Rorke and two co-detendnnts to obtain separate trials. " Indicted- "with" IVorke' worfJbsep1i Ritchie and Felix Cardnlo on-charges of conspiracv and subornation of per jury resulting from alleged tampering with n witness In a murder case iu which Roike was counsel for the de- fpiirhllir. .1. Washington I.oguc, counsel for the accused law.ver, obtained a severance last Frida for his client. Ou Monday counsel for Cardnlo was grunted a sep arate trial for his client. These unlooked-for moves caused Mr. Gordon to notify attorney for the three men that the case would not bo tried to day. Mr. Logue, accompanied by Ritchie and witnesses for the defense, appeared in Quarter ticssious Couit No. 2 today where Judge Albert AV. Johnson, of Lewisburg, Pa., is substituting. Rorkc's counsel insisted that the trial coin not do nosinoui'ii. ,iwiui n CAMDEN FIREMEN IN FIGHTING BIG BLAZE 1 p. Destroys Factory Formerly r,lc u""va ''J J Used by Government Dam ages Another Structure Ma.voi Ellis led Camden file. fight ers tliis morning against a spectacular blnzc which destioved a big frame building at Twenty fouitli stieet and Mai lion pike. East Camden, and badly damaged au adjoining buck structure. The buildings were etnptv. They belonged to the Caff re y Carriage Co.. and during the war were leased to a New A'ork firm which built motortrucks for the government. The damage is estimated at S20.000 The frame building was completely burned. A brock povvoi house with 11 fifiT foot smokestack wns pnitly de stroved. A bonfire, built b.v bos, is believed to hnve started the lire. The fire binned fiercely for au hour, fanned b.v a strong wind Thrro alarms were tunic 1 in before it was extin guished. The building stood alone in n meadow. NUN SAVES CHILDREN Leads Class to Safety When School Building Catches Fire A nun led a class ot small childieo to safclv today whc. tiro wus discov ered In the basement if St. Jchosophat's Polith Catholic parochial school, urate street above t'rrss street, .vinnayunu Tlipischool ianlto. was burning ever grceusaiid Christmas trees in tho fur nace, 7 The flames got beyond his con trol am. communicated to woodwork iu the basement Denso volumes of smoke rolled up the stairways. All tin classes but one had been dismissed for tha noon recess. A nun, teaching the remaining clus, detected the smoko nnd led the chil dren to the street. jjk The loss was cstltna.'flst.at several OF RORKEIN ANGER Tear, by Mall. would make, no comment other than to say they would be guided by the city solicitor's ruling. , ,. The health and the welfares depart tnent directors were notified that the ruling annulled the selections of Coylo and McNichol and they were advised to make other selections from the available eligible lists. The status of policemen and firemen nppdintcd under the soldiers' preference act presented a knotty problem to the civil service commissioners. It was un hesitatingly conceded that men who served in tho army or navy are of the type needed in the city's service. ' Tho city solicitor's interpretation of the law may make it necessary for men now servinir as patrolmen and firemen to undergo civil service tests again. But nothing definite regarding such proce duro was decided this afternoon by the civil service commissioners. The civil service section of the new charter provides that credit be given former service men who take the tests. The act stipulates : "Ilonornbly discharged soldiers, sail ors and marines, who have served as such in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States, or in the National Guard of this state, shall be given full credit for their experience gained in such s'ervicf , having due regnrd for the position for which tbc examination is held." DANIELS'S RELATIVE .S. Commander Bagley Wants Only Decoration Awarded Others Who Performed Same Service RENUNCESD 1 The Reichstag temporarily adjourned SIMS WRITES NEW LETTER! amid great confusion. President Fchr. leubach was obliged to leave tho chair. Ity tho Associated Press AVasliingtou,' Jan. 14. Commander David "Worth Bagley, brother-in-law of Secretary Daniels, has cabled tho Nnvy Department requesting that his name be considered only for such dec orntion as was conferred upon all cap tains of destroyers serving in the war zone! Commander Bagley. whose shipt the .Tarnli Jones, was torpedoed and sunk during J;he war. wns recommended for n- Navy C"ros-iTh.r thT""wardecoratTons board, but Secretary Daniels awnrded him the Distinguished Service medal along with the captains of other naval ships destroyed bv encmv submarines. Commander Baglcy's cablegram to the department follows: "I request that mv name be irirpn consideration only for such decoration as was awarded to all captains of de stroyers that served in the war zone." Commanders of destroyers serving in the war zone were awarded the Navy Cross. Secretary Daniels said today that the message would be referred directly to tho Knight board, now reconsidering the whole question of naval awards, for such action as the board might sec fit. Commander Baglev, who is serving as naval attache at The Hague, recently cabled the department thnt European newspapers had published statements that Rear Admiral Sims had charged that Commander Bagley received his Distinguished Service medal because of favoritism of Secretary Daniels and that the widespread publication of the report had made the continuation of tne (iiscnurge of his duties as naval attache extremely difficult and emb.ir- rassing. He requested the department to obtain a denial from Admiral Sims and to make an effort to spread publicity for it. aiu wide - In his letter to Secretary Daniels de clining to accept n Distinguished Service medal awarded to him, Admiral Sims made no reference to any specific awards, but did express obiectiou to the awarding of Distinguished Service medals, to officers who lost their ships while officers on his staff for whom he had recommended the Distinguished Service medal received lesser awards. Admiral Sims has written another letter to Mr Daniels headed "Some Thought About Lessons of the AVorld AVnr," the secretary said toda. adding that be had not read all of it, but in dicating that it dealt with the general question of n.iwil morale and efficiency and was "controversial" 111 tone. RUM SLEUTHS LAY PLANS Agents Assigned to Enforce Prohl bltlon Bill Confer Tomorrow J court of tho building. Federal agents who will have charge I Rillo and machine gun fire was opened of enforcement of prohibition in Penn- on tho mob at ," :40 o'clock, aud lasted sylvatiia, New Jersej and Delaware, five minutes. It was most severe arounti will hold a final conference here to-I the west portal of tho building. Later morrow with L A Crossen, supervis- the correspondent of the Associated ing agent, before actively leginnlng the ' Press counted nt bast twenty men tying fight against the "wets" Saturday. I in the outskirts of TIergnrtcn, appar- TI10 prohibition amendment to the I ently wounded. When the troops began Tinted Slates constitution goes into firing the crowd ran pell mell in all dl effect ut midnight between January 1.1 ' rections. .- aud J.iuunry Hi Beginning uext Sat- I One guard was killed in the fighting urjiny. me which upon me. uiiqit sale or hiioiioiic nquors win op much mor rigid than during the period of wartime proamnion Mr. Crossen and his assistant, Major Roy L. Daly, mo mnkiug 11 stud of the territory in the Phila delphia district so as to be In pos session of information with which to outline 11 plan of campaign nt thn con ferencc tomorrow with their assistants. NA'BS FUGITIVE OF 10 YEARS Detective Here Remembers Pictured Face of Alleged Murderer Remembering for ten years u pictured faco seen in reading a police circular is the uchievenieut credited to Detective ncaicy, loiiowiug tan nrrest hern of i ren npeuerr, u rrgro. on tnr charge of killing tbc sheriff in Birminghnm, 41 1U. After thp sheriff was slain, circulars wero sent to ull parts ot the country. In passing 'Eighteenth, and Lombard streets yesterday Detecffvo Ilealcy saw Hpencer andnecognized him as tho negro who is wanted in Alabama. Tho police- gar Spencer has confessed, llnvll .al,....,.... - U.feV l-UVOV ' i PRICE TWO CENTS ? Machine Guns Mow Down Racft ical Mob Attacking Reich- stag Building AT LEAST TEN KILLED; MANY PERSONS WOUNDED' Noske Rules With Iron Hand After Troops Disperse Soviet Crowds By tho Associated Pres Berlin, Jan. 14. -Tho government has proclaimed martial law in all sec tions of Germany following the moh. demonstration yesterday afternoon, in which at least ten persons were killed and many others were wounded by ma chine gun fire from guards in front of the Reichstag building. Gustavo Noske, the minister off de fense, has been appointed commander-in-chief for the greater Berlin district and Brandenburg province. Street pa rades, meetings and demonstrations off all kinds havo been prohibited. , Seize Soldiers' Rifles Provocation for firing upon the crowd was furnished by its attempt to storm the west entrance of the Reichstag building A score of men attacked bcv-i. eral guards and wrenched their rifle away from them just as soldiers rushed up, and then general firing began. AA'hcn the mob ran into tbc street fronting the south side of tho edifice soldiers stationed thcro suspected they would be attacked and immediately opened a fusillade. but was unable to coutrol the situation Members of various parties engaged in violent recriminations and members of the cabinet left the chamber. A .shot fired from a point directly In front of tho Bismarck monument en tered the huge glass door leading to the) lobby, which was crowded with agitated deputies. The bullet passed n few feet from the spot where tho correspondent was in conversation with Herr Brxesc- mann, a National Liberal member of the Reichstag-, -t-1 Troops. plperfo CrowilMJS4'"'l When the troops dispersed the -crowd BERLIN BLOODSHED BRINGS MARTIAN LAW IN GERMANY outside the building they extended flieir h cordon in tne direction ot Later, aea Linden, where throngs filled the street. Au officer who chanced nlong was er verely beaten by the crowd. The mob. organized by extremists as a protest against, the, industrial conn cil's bill known as the) exploitation law now before tbc Reichstag, began to gather yesterday morning. By noon every street leading to tho Tiergarteti was crowded with masses of people carry ing red flags and placards. Anticipate ing a demonstration before tho Reich stag building the authorities had sur rounded tho building with public se curity guards nnd machine gunners who bnrred approach to the edifice. An time passed the crowd was Joined by striking train employes aud soon in flammatory speeches were begun by agitators. When the Reichstag convened at Jt o'clock the crowd surrounding the build ing was estimated at 40,000, and new delpgatcs of workiug people, enrrvimr red flags and banners inscribed with tho words, "All power to the Soviets," con tiniiPd toarnvc. Troop re-cnforceinents an huge motor trucks w ere added to the guards on duty, but ouly one urrcst had been made since I noon. Tho man taken into custody is said to nave shouted: "Down with Noske'." Shooting al Close Range Attempts were made by the guards to quietly disperse the mob, but "it was heedless of warnings. At last tho mob. regardless of the ninrbiD Runners and othpr defenders of the building made a rush agaiiibt the police lines, trying to disarm the guards aud disable tho machine guns. AVhen it was seen the mob could not be checked m any other way fire was opened. The shooting wa. at e.lose range and the front ot the buildiug was littered with dead anil wounded. The most sevpre casualties were inflicted on the crowd which ap proached from the Simoiistrasso side ot the structure. Order was soon res stored. The Reichstag continued its sitting until ii o'clock, nt which time it watr - announced ten bodies of persons killed. 1 and several are missing. Reichstag In Uproar At the sound of the guns, mpmnw of the. lower house ot the Relcbstse left; the'usscmbly chamber, and crowded into the lounging room, where tbero was intensn excitement'. Last night Noskn'a troops placed riflemen with a barbed wlro cordon throughout tho downtown streets. Tho Reichstng square was given n re-en'-forced patrol. The. Witlielnistrssso wa( barred to nil traffir mid tho government; building was virtually inaccessible ex rent to thosB employed (hero. The Unter Dcu Linden entrance tof thn Hotel Adlon wag cloaed nnd drk eticd. The members of tho Assembly wore not molested an they left tho Reichstag, building after adjournment was taken. Paris, Jan. 3 J. (Hi A. F.).-Mar-tlal law baa been crtqlarrd throughout; Germany with the exception ef Be vnria, Raxony, AVuerttetabcrc and Baden, according; to Berlin advice's, Cllnnii iiitiAa t t(avt 11imn wow 4Ih !- f. A t-. , l ttmwr i a A linn IvAfAB A Jl rid.tnii J stag Building In Berlin yenterdny tw ' noiLccinru were kiursi anu iwn urtu i missing. Ten others were wouc 1 Twenty memlwH of tha crowd yTW ,",' "W71" j jradv ihHd. Men grawu8ui, 1 an- ' v I Society of Ftnds -M9f , w Jf, iurv ;;"Wv. " 1 uuminwaoiws. k .n- l V 1 t ' 1 !.. ?w , r? ,,.y a
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