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DY BANDIT TO FACE
HIS.ALLEGED TUTOR
Lad
Who Robbed Pawnshop
Will Attempt to Identify Man
Suspected to Be a "Fagin" i
fELLS
TALE OF MURDER
j Araan me ponce noiicve nin.v w a
'podcrn r.igln. suspected of having
'schooled boys in n life of crime. wni
lodged in n celt in thp City Hall to
ds.y.
John Vulrrp. fourteen ein old. lio
"was arreted jestorday after lip throw
brick thtough thp window of Joseph
Hitler's pawnshop at 1'JS Market
8tre9t. will ho brought face to fnee
with the man in the belief that lie mav
'identify the man as his tutor in crime.
J A comrade of the boy ese aped u itli
VfclOOO. worth of jewolrj. which una
fnlseu from the window of the pawn
fhop.
The man arrested pave his name a
fjEdjWard Ilioo. and his address, as
Tranklin near Vine .street. Detective--Pill
and Nieland say Uioo is aHo known
ns "Fritzie," nml has a cruinnul rec
ord. TUec was held without bail fr u
further' hearing neit Triday. by Mag
istrate Meclear.v in the central station
today.
Denies Hoy's Tale
Hicc denied he had any connection
Vith the robber . lie admitted. how
Over, that a few dajs ago he met u boj
on Vine street, whom he bud Known m
a poolroom in New York, and that the
boy told film things "were coins tiup."
pe does not know a nether this was the
samp' boy urresteil ycstordn.v.
When arrested Ilice had 1100 in hi.s
possession.
John Valere had a hearing at the
House of Detention this morning and
was held for a further hearing; next
Friday.
"I'm afraid to tell all 1 know. ' the
Ind sobbe1. "They told me if I ever cot
arrested and squealed they would hit
for roe and-put nu put of the way if it
took them ten years."
i'Killed Man in New York"
The lad hesitated and then continued
his narrative
"My 'sane killed n niun in New
York," he declared. "There arc si of
"then? and thej all hate 'cats.' They
put grease and salt on their bullets to
make 'em sting.
"I know their names. Three are j
Irish, one is a Russian a'nd one a' Pole.
They shot a man while pulling a rob
bery in New .York. They shot him
through the door as he came after t
them.'
The bov said he had lived for a neriod I
in the Immaculate Yirgiu Mission in '!!'n M,ltlnr'- ,
New York ' '"' ,x, l'atiolmen also were ar-
John and the four or live other liiem- , raiKiieil before the magistrate. I.ero
hers of the band came to this cit last ""'' 'clcascd after thc had told their
week,4ho said, but had "pulled off" nor,,,r- "'."", "ffniy. and Dundon was
job previous to that of yesterday. The l".r",,Ml ln ,"' custody of his superior
police are skeptical. Tho believe the i ofheor. ,
gang is responsible for the series ofj Hearing Loom (lovulcd
wicdow-smashing robberies during t lie The healing room was ciowded.
week. j Many Chinese were in the audience.
Police Am Skeptical . Yong flee smiled dating the pioceed-
They also believe Valere freely joined I '""" !lMl1 ,no" ""' fixing ."f 5201)0
Ihe' band. '-Several times we almost i bail did not disturb his ccpiir.iimiH. ,
tripped him, vin iii his storv about hi Aornrdins to the patrolmen the tight
yjhole Range of Tagiiis,' " 'Lieutenant i "rnv mlt of tn' ir aH,,'nIt to arrest u
et Detectives J.estvange said. I "iing woman, whose identity so fai has
"The detectives have forced the boy to 1 "ot been learned, bul who Tong elainied
jive a fairly accurate description of hisl"s l'is wife,
'companions. Their rooms near the! Tong. in an ante-mortem statement
(Thirty-second street and Lancaster ' made to Magistrate NcIT at the flnhnc
arenue station house have been searched, i munn Hospital, accused the patrolmen
Several clues were found there, it is I of having shot him without cause, after
said, and further arrests an1 iwpccted I thej had tried to hold him up and take
foday. I his money. ,
Valere had stolon diamonds worth I The patrolmen c.'aim the shot which
about ?3."iO when he was caught. killed Tong was fired from the top of
' Miss Kthel Ruck, niueteen-yejr-old I n lliclit of stairs in n house nt !K',0 Race
Stenographer at the pawushop. fright- street by another Chinese,
ened the bandits off with a revolver. i Coroner's Physician Wadfworth will
I perforin an autopsy on Tong's body to
GIRL SCOUTS GET BUSY
Give
Aid and Comfort to Unfor
tunate on Anniversary
Fiftv girl scouts belonging to Troop
11, affiliated with the Simpson Me
morial Church, today celebrated their
ourth anniversary in 'rue ".scout"
manner.
- ooment them nuilo surgical dress,ngs
and rolled bandages nt the Northeast-
e.rn Hospital Others told stories to
th sufferers- in Sf PlirUtni.W I Ins. '
pital for Childreti And some sewed
or acted ac caretakers at the P.aldwin
Day Nur,serv Another group enter
tained th 'i" e liov. at the Roys
Club, Hani'o. nod Somerset streets.
This eveimif. the girls will meet in
the Kensington . ' A. for a
swimming meet and social evening.
False Alarm Causes Excitement
' Much excitement was
morning, IK a he neighborln
caused this j
1 of Market
Street und Delaware i. venue by a fal
(tlarm of lire wbi-h brought two tire
companies to the m ene. Jersey com
muters pansevl on then way to lenrn
the origin of the alarm, and for several
minutes there was a tie-up of trucks and
draya along Delaware avenue
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
William W Hilon HIM Vn.1i st mil Bllia-
beth MsiutIiM. !il3s i .uhiinni i
Harry Hvrtlir so., itg, hi Ami Mamc it
niCs-aner u.j. s. iwn t
Joseph It U.'lJwln I'mnlei V J and
Elslti "E TIodKHon 7.02(1 Wurr.-iBton ave.
John E rtrn'M.n I'lSt tl.mbrl.U.. jl , and
I-ucy J (.in-' h nlj-, luinbrldse at.
TOTIlUm J n,isnn i la-.- niavla at anil
Ijmra i: i. lb rjni Tiora at
Famucl vihui .-.iijii s,-ll0 t , ami Bessie
SJpevniU .' Yi-'l nt'
Samuel Zibeim tr ji Inderal at , and Anna
Umlln-k- '. ',! sai ft
Arnold 1 l u en 18-.ni l.-.th it . and
Marl, I i. r i, i- till fl service s.t
Jamca ln. i 1020 Uwn at and Joe
plum n.isl sTJ M Clllan si
Frank S Hon- Port Mifflin Pa . and Caro
line M Punt 1-.43 llarston at.
Stephen Washkill ailSfl W eutmoreland at.,
. and Jiillrf '.-.echa 314' Miller at.
Martin M -1'. itt 3t V Mh at and Anna
IlednliK 'jo S reell at
Maceo p i..iden Farrell Pa . and Kosa
Williams 8".3i V irllli t
Juliun Tav lor Ulant'i c'ltv K J,, and Jen
nie Merman 10'13 Pnrilar at
Gustnv Kruiman .'000 s Marshall at and
lteln fvnln i'-IL'" .s1, Marahail at
Hobert A f'm i -443 CirHta at , and Mar
tha J Caton I it W snrlnnflel,! ave
Qeorftf Frank .3.1,1 T.iaker at . and Hoae
Shraser, I4J.I s 7(li at
Oeorne rj llarrl ! 71n Johnson at . and
Sarah .M It.lnz" 1710 Johnson nt
Charles W hfir. 4ii'.'0 I.udlow at., and
Iluby Walton 1.117 N Soih at
Domlnlrk Moreiu 1113 H nth at . and Jen
nie Voir 1443 . (ith at
lleuton I Dunnlok Anhv llle Ohio, and
Miriam lwr fllen Mllla P.i
Nathan Veieman l!rii!7 V Douglas at., and
Ueckle !v ser lots, Jiferaon at
Joaeph ' 'ttr-hmlller 47S2 flllverwood t.,
and E . Km h 17 Grape at
John A ' hi.ie 1S2I Kllbert at , and Plor-
. enre Oaie ls.m i-hiilar at.
William Urimwood. lilis S Trailer at . and
nisle I-e I1CI7 W Columbia ave
George M Mm ir 1027 Olhe at and Us
tella V II.. k l.lin . n3d at
Jamea V o Urli i oOan I'edar ave . and Ger
trude t'rew r .10 S 19th st
JIarry Gordon HMn W York st . and Utile
Slillortky Ijini.aster Pa.
Carmelo Zul.o Hull Mirtlin st and ftoelnn
F t'omielll 1121 Muoru st
,Vyn u Uynot. Aldan. Pa . and Alien P.
llcain. Laurel bprlnirs, N J.
John I Harbin 1141 IJ (Hlorrl st and
Marv Kwald 1317 K Onford at
1j Hoy H. Fnrker 1H2S Koulkrod -t ,ind I
' and Mlllan Preheu 3441 Helen st
3'-ank M Henderson New York -jt and
Vera Marshall. 2101 N (J3d st
frank MrCann 1307 H S7h at . and Anna
r Holleran. 2-413 Pvpvtva tt
.Blraon Jl Pelts man. 301 tl Kenaineion ave..
. and. Minnie ClaWBon. 8413 Olrard ave.
IVriUUiu P Lee. 1041 Bonlls at and Eliza.
fe bfflll M Donovan. 1811 Juniata at
riA iilSS&t QojfPvW. 23 K Halnea at
and
-- .Dm Alrau mvvo ugwos
Kim Aid) KK'h
Held for fuilber hearing on sus
pic ion of being leader of lobbers'
gang operating In Philadelphia
CHNES
SOT DEAD
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I LI lUL.llL.Ull " IIVJI I
Fio-lir Rotwppii Pnlir inrl Oripn-i
rigiu Between koiiCs. anciunen-1
tnlf Roc-nltc Pmm AiMpmnt I
taio Kesuits t-rom mem pi ,
to Arrest White Girl
CELESTIAL, 6!, IS HELD
Director Cortelyou
Will Probe
Shooting
lames T. Cortcljou, director of
public safely, aunouueed this after
noon ho would prob" the shooting
of Lee Tong to the bottom.
"I will stand behind my men in
,iny act performed in the line of
their duty." said the. director. "Rut
1 do not intend to support any one.
patrolman or Chilian, in any viola
linii of the law."
l.ce Tong. Dot Race street, was shot
and Killed at - o'clock this morning in
a fight in a hallway at il.'IO Raie street, j
between Chinese and two members of
the vice squad. Patrolmen Arcagelo
I.ero and Joseph Duudon.
Ynic; (loo sit.-one vears old, 0"."
1 tit- -ireet. who. it is alleged, partici
pated in the light, striking I.ero with
u black i.iek. Ining to st-ib Dundon with
n iifiiknife and liuallv biting him, was
held under S'JOOO bail for court.
He is accused of interfering with an
officer and assault and battery with
i intent to kill, lie was given a hearing
P.'''.'.""-' .yasislriilo -Meelcurj in Central
day to lieleiminc wlietner the '-hot was
lireil at close range or from a distance,
and whether the course of the bullet
was straight in or dowuward, as it
would be if tired from above.
Patrolman I.ero was identified by
Tong before he died as the man who
had shot him Dundon. however, ad
mitted that he had tired a shot, while
T.ero's revolver had no expended shell
in its chamber.
,,,., spoke To Tlirm
, , '., . , ,, ,
According to the story told by the
patro'nien on the Witness .stand. Ihev
hup pasng !.! liacc street, where hoy
Wang Win el Co.. Chinese merchants,
. ui tin" first floor, and the upper
i noi-s are use( as a Chinese lodging
Ionise, when a young white girl spoke
to them from the doorway.
l'atrolauiii Dundon. according to his
storv at the hearing, went into the
hallw.iv and spohe to the girl, then
called I.fro. and the two put her under
arrest. She screamed, and YoDg Oec
rushed down the corridor. The Chinese
protested against the arrest, and there
was an angry nigumcni.
In it few moments a fight started.
Yong (lee swung a blackjack at Lero,
he testified, and ran out of the house.
Dundon followed
Thp girl was forgotten for the mo
ment and iniietly slipped away. i no
Chinese had taken refuge in the ball at
Il.'IO Uace street. The two patrolmen
rushed in. Then Tong. who appeared
finiii the street, joined in the fight.
1 liee. aieoiding to Dundon, lunged at
him with a penknife. Tt passed by
Dundon, niin-lng him narrowly. Dun
'ilnn crannied with him and the Chinese
bit blm.
Mint Fired 1'rom Stair Landing
Suddenly, according to the patrol
men, a noise was heard in the hallway
above, at the top of the stair landing,
and a shadowy form seen. There was
u tlash and a loud report echoing
through the hall.
Almost simultaneously Dundon filed
back at the shadowy figure on the land
ing. N'o other shots were fired. When
the smoke cleared n bit the patrolmen
eaw Tong lying on the floor. lie was
groaning. The uther Chinese sun en -dered
without further tight. The girl
was nowhere to be seen.
Tong was rushed to the Hahnemann
Hospital, where an attempt was made
lo save his life by an operation. It
was unsuccessful. lie died at ," o'clock
this morning.
A. O. of H. Heads in Buffalo
John O'Dea. of this dtj, national
ecretary of '.lie Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, anil Joseph McLaughlin,
past national president, are in lluffalo
today to attend the tnree-day session
of the national tinnrtl of the order, in
the interest of the S10.000.fl00 bond
issue to be floated in the "Irish Ile
public bond certificate drive," which
begins tomoriow. The national board
of the Ladies' Auxiliary will also
meet.
Gets $25,000 Damages From City
The jnrv before .Judge Monaghan toi
tlaj granted SLTi.000 to M Serfert, who
sued the citv for compensation nnd
damage for its appropriation of the
plaintiff's propertj at the northeart
corner or Kensington and Allegheny
venues three years ngo. The nronertv
was tukeu to make ivay for a station
(or the Northeast "Tcd,
EVENING PUBLIC
HEPBURN SAYS JOBS
E
E
New Streets Chief Assures Men
Places Are Secure if
They Work
GOES IN OFFICE WEDNESDAY
1 want all the emplojcs of the
Hureau of Street Cleaning to feel that
their positions are seeute as lonjr ns they
give me their co-operation and perform
their duties in an efficient manner," said
Donald M. Hepburn, newly appointed
chief of the bureau, this morning.
Chief Hepburn had just concluded a
conference with Robert C. Hicks, the
retiring chief, at City Hall. "It is my
intention, he continued, "to look Vjpon
'ull of them as good men m their ro
mp as the)
"As to the future work of the bureau.
1 am now making it suney, and may
have something to ay in the near future,
lt 's tl, (!lr,v fo1- ",p ,u M,v "mything.
Ui(,,lVi 01. Ult , llTl, Bl)nc into the
subject more Ihoroughlj."
,. nPni,ril ...in iue m. his new
duties next Yodllosdn
Mr. Hepburn is an engineer and live'
at ,'!41." Race street. His salary as
bureau chief will be ?4000 a year. Di
rector Wiuslim intimated that he ex
pected to obtain a higher salary for his
assistant.
This increase of salary for Mr. Hep
burn, it was said today, might be ob
tained by uniting the Rureau of Street
Cleaning and the Hureau of Highways,
as was done during the administration
of Mayor Rlankeiiburg. The bureaus
were separated again bv Mayor Smith.
Fred C. Dunlap, chief of the Hureau
of Highways, was called into the May
or's office last Saturday. It was then
report cd he was asked to present his
resignation at a later date. ,
WOULD SILENCE REDS
BY SIMPLIFYING LAW
Brother of Ex-President
Urges Removing Basis
Radical Attacks
Taft
of
New Wli. .Tan. lti.d'.v A. I'.)
Simplification of court procedure to re
move imperfections on which radicals
base attacks on, the American Govern
ment was urged by Henry W. Taft,
president of the New Yoik State liar
Association, and brother of William
Howard Taft, in an address at the or
ganization's forty -third annual conven
tion yesterday.
Mr. Taft stressed the administration
of justice to the poor in large cities,
w hich he said, had been bitterly as
sailed by radicals. Although admit
ting there was n '"wide disparity be
tween the ability of the richer and
poorer classes to utilise the machinery,
of tin law," he declared this condition
was almost entirely due to the rapid in
crease of the poor in tlni cities and
said the evils were rapidly being ior
rected. Conciliation courts and similar ju
dicial bodies, be asserted, have brought
"substantial progress in eliminating
both delay and excessive costs," and
afford "gratify lug evidence of the ca
pacity of the American people for cor
recting deficiencies in their govern
mental institutions."
Ititterly arraigning "the cunning and
insidious propaganda" of bolshevism.
Mr. Taft said educational measures
were the best meant, of combatting it.
STRANGERS TOO OBLIGING
Get Booze for U. S. Agent Police
Find Silver
The? were obliging
Phey mot a gentleman from the
South "in a lestaur ml near Fifteenth
and Chestnut stuets.
The southern gentleman looked ns
thonch he might be thirst).
Thej namely, Jack Wei is and James
Mitirath renienibeied the f.unuus ic
uiarks of the governors of North and
South Carolina. The men led him n
tortuous loute and visited -everal
saloons.
While all turec were walking down
Oirard avenue, near Fifteenth strpet.
cnrlv this morning they were arrested
b,v Patrolmen Moliride and ileyl.
' The gentleman from the South was
not the least alarmed. "I am i. M.
Ford, an agent of the Department of
Justice," he whispered. "These two
fellows took me for a inbe, so I thought
I would give them plenty of lope nnd
learn their game." Ford was re
based. A number of spoons and other articles
belonging to the restaurant where the
prisoners met Ford weie said to have
been found in their pockets. Thev are
held in SKI00 bail for a further hearing
by Magistiate (irelis
CLOSE CAU R)R3 IN AUTO
Escape With Slight Injuries After
Fall of 75 Feet Over Railing
Three men, who escaped bv inches a
fall of seventy-five feet in an automo
bile last night; are under arrest today
on the charge of reckless driving. The
machine knocked down n tree and
smashed through a railing on the boule
vard at Thirty-third and Master streets,
where nine persons were killed in 1012
when an automobile dropped over the
embankment. ' (
The three men sljghtlv injured were
treated at St. Joseph's Hospital. They
are :
Dr. F.dwin Barton, forty-three years
old, a dentist, 12.100 Columbia avenue,
the owner and driver of the touring car;
right shoulder dislocated.
Joseph McMabon, twenty -five years
old, 1S24 (jabot street, a machinist ;
abiasions.
Michael Murphy, thirty -eight years
old, -.111 Sharswood street, a bartender;
minor bruises and lacerations.
COOL COOLEY GETS 'COOLER'
Will Spend Five Days In 'Coop' After
Defying Electricity
"I am the original flaming anow "
Mike Cooley cooly made the state
ment In the subway at Nineteenth and
Market streets as lie jumped from the
platform to the tracks.
"I defy electricity," said Cooley
tooly. "Watth the sparks fly from my
body nnd learn the uselessness of elec
trocution and then "
Hut a trollej car happened along and
Cooley did not finish the switence. C.
it lilridincer. motorman of the car.
'grabbed Cooley and turned him over lo
Howard Kennedy, who was among the
passengers at the. station. Howard took
iio nlectrical king to the Fifteenth nnd
A'ino htreets police station, Cooley was
neat to tb "rooifi:" lor dta nays.
DEP
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The huge touting car. driven by Dr. Edwin Barton, 21500 Columbia ave
nue, after knocking down tree and iron fence, was stopped from : sitfly
foot fall by liea shrubbety, at Tlility-tlilrd ami Master streets last nighl
PATTERSON GIVES
LIE TO WESCOTT!
Denies That He Refused to Aid I
I
Salvation Army Drive Until
He Was Told to Do So
THOUGHT VARE GAVE 0RDERi4
Judge Patterson insists Many D.
Wesoott l'ed when he told women at
the School for Citi.ensbip yesterday
that the judge refused lo accept the
chairmanship of the Rnlvution Army
drive until ordeied to do so by Con
gressman Varc, over the long distance
telephone from Washington.
Mr. Wesoott. defeated Demoeiatic
nominee for Mayor, and unmcjl for the
lionril of i-eL'istralioii commissioners,
ins-'Mcd tod.iv that the incident did
happen, and he i'sued a statement tell
ing just how it did occur.
"I want to sjy, first. Hint this story
is a lie." said the judge. "I want
to say, secondly, that if it did happen
and Westoil lunrd it, lie must b" a
pretty cheap skate to go out and tail
about 'it. Thirdly, I think it was a
pretty lotten thing to bring in the
Salvation Army into any discussion of
the matter."
Mr. Wcsentt. incidentally, rcpcati-d
this morning his statement that the
heads of departments! in the drive weie
all Varc men. "That shows how the
drive was usfd to gain political puv
tige." he aiu.
"To show how the will of n imlilic.il
boss is carried out. I said Judge Pat
terson, who was the highest type of 100
per cent patiiot. was induced to run,
and that it was riimmor. political knowl
edge that Judge Patterson did not want
to assume that burden, and that every
one in political activity in Philadelphia
believed that to be the case, and I per
sonally believed it to be true, tiecius
in the Salvation Army drive. Judge
Patteison. by his wonderful patriotic
work dining the war, was exhausted and
tired out, and that we waited upon
him to try to persuade him to take the
chairmaii'-hip of the executive commit
tee of the S'alvatior Armv drive
"We were all urging him to become
the chairman, because we all considered
him the best man in the city for that
work and he did not g,ve his cousent
until he was requested to do so over
the telephone bv some one whom we all
believed to be Congressman Yaie. talk
ing over the long-distance telephone
from Washington."
TENTH DAY OF SLEEP
Marine, Victim of Sleeping Sickness,
Watched Ovec by Relatives
John II. Crawn. a former maiine,
began the tenth day of his baffling state
of coma this morning in the I'resbj
terian Hospital. I'hjsiciaiis believe
be is a victim of "sleeping sickness."
The former seivice man, who is
twenty-two jeais old, 'and lives at .'!
South Fiftieth stieet, fell asleep on
Wednesday of le-t week. All the re
sources of medical science have been
employed since then to uroue him.
rhjsicians have been able to leslnie
partial consciousness for about a half
minute at a time. Hut after answer
ing one or two qi estions the joiing man
telapses into a state of coma.
Members of the joung man's famil.v
who live in Virginia have reached this
city. They are leniaining almost ton
stautly at his bodt-idc.
TO COUNT MICHIGAN VOTES
Senators Will Tabulate Ballots in
Newberry-Fod Contest
Wa-sliington. Jan. It!. Hy A. IV I
Hallots cast in the Ford-New berrv sen
atorial election in Michigan will be
counted by five memherj of the Senate
elections committee to be appointed bj
Chairman Dillingham, in connection
with the Fin-d-Newbetry contest. Dp
ward of -100,000 votes were cast, and it
was expected to take tlnee weeks to
get the ballots to Washington.
Further committee action in connec
tion with charges of fraud and irreg
ularities made bj omisel for Ford was
deferred today until after the trial of
Senator Newberry and others at (Jrand
Itapids.
Alfred Lucking, tounsel for Mr. 1-ord,
nnd Stuart Ilanlev , counsel for Sen
ator Newberry, met the committee and
discussed procedure. Senatoi Dilling
ham announced that the subcommittee
would be nppointed later.
"DRYS" CONTINUE FIGHT
Suggestions That Legislative Confer
ence Disband Not Followed
Washington, Jan. HI. fllv A. I'.i
The National Legislative Conference,
described as a clearing house for the
legislative eltorts ot various (irv or
ganizations, voted today to continue its
labors until details of prohibition en
forcement are completed. Suggestions
that it disband were greeted with shouts
of protest from the floor.
Officers were ie-elected, including
Howard II. Itussell, associate superin
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League as
president and Anna A. tiordon, presi
dent of the W. C. T. I'., vice piesident.
Influenza increasing In Chicago
Chlraso. Jan. 111. (Hy A. P.)
Pive hundred and twenty -five new
cases of influenza with seven deaths,
wpip reported as developments of the
twenty four hours ending at 10 a, in.
inilnv. The number is nearly twice that
reported yedtcrday wlirn 280 new eaees
were rvpov-fd' Ninety-three new jweu
monte itm ?vtb twelve death were
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Test Memories of Veterans With I
Families and Service in
Other Countries
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BUSY AT LEAGUE ISLAND j
Memories of naval officers at the Phil
adelphia Navy Turd arc iM'ing severely
tested during the present eensus-tak
ing campaign. Many of the veteran
commanders have big families. Some
have seven or eight children.
And yet, while in thn midst of big
problems for Uncle fcam. they must
quickly answer the census taker. Many
officers while in the service of the coun
try have lived for somewhat lengthy
periods in other countries. Like a
tlash thev must remember the places
whole Mary, Tom, John. Harry or
Phyllis were born. In some instances
the children have grown to manhood
or womanhood.
Therefore memory must be exercised.
That is why Charles V. Kiley . census
enumerator assigned to take the records
of the men stationed at the yard, finds
bis work tedious.
In such instances Mrs. Admiral or
Mrs. Commander is proving a valuable
ally. She recalls immediately that Mary
was born in China, while Tom was born
at San Francisco.
Among others at the yard is a French
maid. Kiley must bring an interpreter
to extract the information from her. as
she speaks no English.
There are three other census takers
at the yard. One takes the census of
the marines, another goes over the re
ceiving ship and a fourth takes the cen
sus of the other ships.
Two of these craft will shortly start
on a long trip overseas and the census
stinted here will not be completed until
these ships reach the Mcditenanean.
Incidentally one lieutenant com-
mander at the yard heard that it cost
three cents a head o take the census
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when the latter fiuished his cross-exam
ination.
URGES OPERA SOCIETY DRIVE
Ernest T. Trigg Says 1000 New As
sociate Members Are Needed
Frnest T. Trigg, president ot the
Chamber of Commerce and of the Phila
delphia Operatic Society, addressed the
members of the Modern Club in the
ballroom of the Acorn Club at Kilfj
Walnut street this morning, urging
them to support a campaign to add
10U0 new associate members to the roll
of the operatic soeietj .
He told the club that the New Cen
turv Club and other women's organisa
tions were taking an interest in the
effort to strengthen the operatic societ.v.
"The chief purpose in this effort to
find 10(X1 new associates members," said
Mr. Trigg, "is to make it less difficult
to fill the Metropolitan Opera House
when the societ.v produces an opera."
He explained that the society was not
in need of nione.v . but that "psjeho
logical reason" had caused the decision
to make the fee of an associate member
?1." a j ear. AVar tax will increase this
to J?lt!.r0. I'nch associate member will
be entitled to six tickets to the opera
annually.
WEBSTER MAY BE EXEMPTED!
Move Made to Have Him Excused
From Civil Service Test
(ieorge S. Webster, chief of the bu
reau of surveys, und foimer director of
wharves, docks and ferries, will prob
ably be one of the few city officials who
will be exempt from the competitive ex
amination before the Civil Service Com
mission. Mi". AVebster formerly held
the position he now occupies.
The question of his exemption came
up before the commission today, and it
is the first matter of this kind they have
had to consider. Albert Smith Fought,
of the Civil Service Reform Association
of Pennsjlvania, said he believed others
would not enter an examination against
Webster anyway, as he is iindoubtcdlj
the best qualified man in the city for
bib position. Mr. AVebster has been
in the municipal service nearly a quar
ter of a century. Clinton Rogers AVood
ruff, president of the commission, an
nounced that the question would be
taken under advisement.
INVALID ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Cuts Throat With Razor Rather
Than Go to Hospital
Rather than leave his home to go
to a hospital, Daniel Kane, forty
two years, cut his throat with a razor
last night in his home, in the rear of
02,'! South Second street. He was found
by his wife, Margaret Kane, early this
morning, unconscious from Joss of
blood. Police of the Seventh and Car
penter stieets station removed him to
Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he is in a
critical condition.
Kane has been an invalid for several
j ears. Recently doctors advised flis
removal to a hospital at Unmliurg.
Pennsylvania, fo- treatment. The pros
pect of leaving his wife nnd two daugh
ters proved upon his mind und is be
lieved to be responsible tor his attempt
on his life tne police say.
BARGE SUNK IN RIVER
A barge loaded with ,".2."i tons of coal
is sunk in the .Delaware river below the
new piers of the I'nlted States (Junr
terinabter Department at Creenu.lei,
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Point, oecord'ng to a government warn-
ng, ine coai neioiigs to n, K, Avail-
Inic, of this city The barge, U under
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JANUARY i6, 1920
TESTIFIES RORKE
TOLDHIM TO LIE
Witness in Trial of Lawyer Says
He Changed Story of Mur
der on Threat of Jail
ADMITS HE SWORE FALSELY
Testimony in which William K.
Itorke. u lawyer chnrged with suborna
tion of perjury nnd conspiracy lo secure
false verdict, and now on trial for
that offense, was accused of threatening
send n witness to jail unless he testi-
ed falsely in court, was heard today.
The trial of Itorke is being held in the
Quarter Sessions Court before Judge
Albert Johnson. The charges nga,inst
Itorke crew out of the trial of Anthony
aught, charged with the murder, ot a
policeman. Three witnesses, it is
charged, altered their testimony after
they had been induced by llorkc to do
so.
After Assistant District Attorney
(lordon lead the testimony of Frank
Soorza, of lOUl I.atoua street, the man
himself was placed in the witness's
chair. He has been in Moyaniensing
l'rion since November 0, accused of
perjury.
Says, Ho Told Truth at Inquest
The witness stated that he hnd told
the truth ill the coroner's Inquest which
was held into the death of the police-
iioin loit hnd hern induced liv Ilorke to
change his testimony before Judge
Itoirer.s nt the trial of the man ac-
cuscd of killing the policeman.
"I told the truth at the inquest, "
he said, "but 1 lied before Judge Hog-
-TH."
Kuestioned many times by the dis-
Jr'c,Mfl,,rneearS2-lno&o
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part of J. Washington l.ogue, attorney
for Itorke, the man gave the following
account of his relations with Ilorke,
proceeding the trial on November 0, nt
which the perjury was committed.
"I saw Ilorke three times, before the
trial." he said. "The first time was
the last Tuesday in October. Felix
Cordula and Frank Nichola -came to
my home and made me get into a taxi,
and they took me to llorke's office.
Itorke said 'this man is no good, you
will have to get all three'
Charges He Threatened Jail
"On Monday before the trial 1 met
Joe Kitchie and Cardula with Michael
Cunnio and Tony Gencroso at Ninth
and Christian streets and we came to
Korke's office.
"Jtorke told us not to say what we
had said at the inquest, but to chai.ge
our testimony at the trial. He said
to say what he would tell us to say . lie
then told us that if we did not say
that Zanghi was not in the saloon nt
the time the policeman was killed that
he would send us all to jail. Then
Ititchie said he would kill nic unless I
did as Ilorke said.
While the assistant district attorney
was reading some testimony before the
jury he noticed a committeeman in the
division where the foremun of the jury
lived sitting inside the railing where
the lawyers' seats are. He asked the
man to leave the courtroom. The fore
man of the jury is John Carey and he
lives at 1407 liainbridge street.
RED HEARINGS HERE TODAY
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Nine Radicals Examined 120 Await
Action in Moyamensing
I Kin!ll 10nrinK!, for the alleged Iteds
' nmstcd by federal agents here in rc-
i w raids on their headquarters were
held before immigration officials in the
Federal Building today.
Nine of the prisoners have been given
their 'final hearing, and 120 more are
I,i Mm nniensini urison iiwnitinir notion.
The findings are sent to Wnshingto, I
where it is uetcrmletl which ot the
prisoners shall be deported. According
to Todd Daniel, chief of the bureau of
investigation, Department of Justice,
hero, it will take about two weeks to
conclude the hearings.
DESPAIRS OF FINDING GIRL
Brother of Missing Chicago Social
Worker Abandons Search
Chicago, Jan. 10. (Bv A. P.)
Search for Jeanne Anna DeKay, miss
ing since December IJ0, will be aban
doned by her brother, John DeKay, Jr..
lie announced hei'c todaj . DeKay said
he had run down scores of worthless
clues. He rejected the theory that the
gill killed herrelf while despondent.
Since Miss DoKuy diaapponiod from
Hull House here, where she came from
abroad to taki up social service, hun
dreds of persons in many different cities
and towns have reported that a person
answering her description had been
I seen.
Her tnther, Jonn vvcsiey u.ivuy,
llws J?ae
Switzerland.
! TODAY IS "FANATIC FRIDAY"
I Clarence Glbboney .Says All Coun
tries Except U. S. Have Liberty
Today is described as "Fanatic Fri
day" by D. Clarence Oibboney, presi
dent of the Law and Order Society of
Philadelphia, ln n statement given out
in New York on the going into effect
of the prohibition amendment to the
United States constitution. Mr. fJlb
bonev savs that joung Americans fought
and died "that personal liberty ami
political independence might be assur
ed to all of the peoples of the earth
except America."
Here, he savs. "we have given way
to a subsisted oligarchy, a self-erected
dictatorship, known as the Anti
Saloon Jeague."
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DAVID STERN
Identified at Central Police Sta
tion as one of thrco bandits who
nibbed the jewelry store of S. S.
Wetssmaii, Fifteenth street and
Susquehanna avenue, on Decem
ber 31.
IN JEWELHOLD-UP
Shopkeeper Testifies David
Stern Struck Him vVith Black
jack in His Store'
SAY INTRUDERS BEAT WOMAN
One of four men suspected of being
responsible for recent robberies in this
city who were arrested br detectives
last night was identified in the Central
Station today us one of the members
of a gang that attempted to rob a jew
elry store nt Susquehanna avenue and
Fifteenth street on December .11.
At the time of the attempted robbery
a woman was beaten by the bandits
when she interfered with their opera
tions. The man identified at the hearing is
David Stern, who gave his address us
Slevenlh street near A'ine. lie was held
without bail for court by Magistrate
Mecleary u1 a hearing today. He wab
identified by S. S. AVcissman, proprie
tor of the jewelry store, as one of the
three men who entered his place on the
day before New Year's and attempted
to hold him up. Miss Ma'rjorie Kugler,
of 1010 Cumberland street, was in the
store at the time and wiis beaten se
vcrcly when she assisted AA'eissman to
fight off .the bandits, she testified. AVciss
man was also beaten.
The three, men arrested with Stern arc
Frank Panzeca and A'incent Gesino, of
North leventh street, and James Abelc,
of North Park avenue. They were
held in .f.'IOOO bail each for a further
hearing Friday.
Stern has a police record nnd has
served a term in the astern Penitentiary,
the police say.
He was arrested last night at Fif
teenth and Market streets, and letters
found on his person, the detectives al
lege, led them to the rooms of the other
prisoners. In Stern's room was found
n blackjack, a loaded revolver and some
furs, the detectives say. A quantity of
narcotic drugs was found in Abcle'a
room, they declare.
AVcissman was positive in his identi
fication of Stern, saying that bo was
the man who struck him with a black
jack. DAVE LANE IS ILL
Has a Cold, but Condition Is Much
Improved
David II. Lane, veteran political
leader and sago of the Republican city
committee, is reported today as rest
ing comfortably at his home, 1400
North Thiitecnth street. Mr. Lane has
been ill for several days, nnd last
night his condition was reported to be
critical, in view of his advanced age.
Assertions that Mr. Lane was suffer
ing from a heart attack were denied
today. The Twentieth ward leader's
ailment is said to be a cold which set
tled oil his chest, but is jielding to
treatment. His condition today is an
nounced as much improvod. Mrs. Lane,
who lecently recovered from a brief ill
ness, is attending her husband.
Chicago Children Teach School
Chicago. Jan. It!. (By A. P.)
Children from the upper classes todav
tutored fiOOO primary grade pupils in
Chicago public schools. Because of the
small bularies paid school teachers, said
the superintendent of schools, a short
age of instructors has been caused.
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IDENTIFY SUSPECT
J. E Caldwell c(o.
Jkwkixhs Sjlvehsmiths Stationers
Chestnut and Juniper Streets
The signet Ring
In biblical times, a crude form
of signet ring was worn as
the pledge of obligation and
friendship between the tribes.
The signet ring of today bears
the initial, monogram, crest or
the club or fraternity insignia
of the wearer.
The device is engraved upon a
flat table which may be a sap
phire, ruby, garnet, topaz,
tourmaline, an emerald, an
amethyst; or of hard onyx,
lapis lazuli or plain gold.
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A DEMANDED OF PIT.
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Cliveden Association Wants
Straight Five-Cent Fare and
$1,000,000 Improvements
ASK PROPERTY VALUATION
Expenditure of. $1,000,000 on Mw
cars, radical chnnges in the P. n t
Co.'s schedules and a five-cent Vn.V
with universal free transfers ,. J i
mantled by tho OHvcd?., ffiprJ
Association in a hearing before i?
P,,blicinService Commission Tdy ,h,J
Tho association, through Joseph V
Lewis, its president, asked that tU
company bo compelled to submit a vol,,'
ation of its property. This would show
tho association contended, that tlietirZi
ent earnings ot the company are nrl.J
quato to justify the improvements nsk.
cd, including tho universal free trans-
Commissioners Samuel M. Clement
Jr., and Jnmes H. Ucnn heard the test!
mony of members of tho improvement
association. A decision will be civnn
inter by the entire body of the commia,
sion. to which the commissioners who
heard the case today will make a report
nt Harrisburg.
Mi. Lewis," who is a civil ...i....
employed at Hog Island, conducted tha
case without tho assistance of an at.
luiut-.v. jjins Junes xaiiarci, represent
ing the company, cross-questioned th
association's witnesses.
Residents of Gcrmantown took the
witness btand to testify to the present
inadequate schedules maintained by tho
transit company and the ovcrerowdin
of cars.
C. C. Kmbcrlcy, who lives on Johnson
street and is employed downtown as r
salesman, testified thnt be had kept
count recently on Route i? cars from
Eleventh cud Sansom streets, where hj
is accustomed to board them.
"On January 8," he said, "the cat
on which I rode showed ninety passen
gers ; tho next evening the number was
120. I have counted fares to as great
n number as 174 nnd 200."
DEMPSEY CASE TOMORROW
American Legion May Leave Matter
Up to Draft Board
The war status of Jack Dempscy trill
be taken up nt a meeting of the supreme
council of the American Legion at the
organization's headquarters in Indian
apolis, tomorrow. It is believed that of
ficials of tho American Legion will not
interest themselves in the case of the
heavyweight champion and leave the
matter entirely up to the draft hoard.
Colonel Franklin D'Olicr, national
commander of the American Legion, and
a Philadelphia!!, leu this morning for
Indianapolis, where he is due tomorrow
nt 7 A. M.
Before leaving Mr. D'Olier refused to
make any statement for the press.
Woman's Party Luncheon
.Airs. Agnes Morey, state chairman of
the Massachusetts branch of the
National Aroman s party, and Mis
Katharine Lubington, president of the
State Suffrage Association of Connec.
ticut, were speakers today before the
local branch ot the national womans
party. The Philadelphia organization
held its annual meeting itud luncheon
nt the Acorn Club. Arork for ratifica
tion of the federal suffrage amendment
was the chief topic for discussion. Miss
Mary Ingham presided.
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