Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, January 17, 1920, Final, Page 4, Image 4

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TO INVESTIGATE!
C. 5. ?es to Cross Border
of Russia in Locked Cars
Hclslngfors, .Tan. 17. (By A. P.)
Finnish authorities have Informed
the Tlussinn novlet government of
the plan fo send Alexander Berk
man, Emma Goldman nud their
comrades ncrom the border, but no
reply has as yet been received. The
Finns asked that Bolshevik troops
cease firiuB when the party appears.
'J'lie deportees ill be taken to
CVrlJokl, about two miles from the
frontier, in locked cars, accom
panied by a Finnish military guard
ntul a detachment of American marines.
FAIL TO EFFECT
TRUCE ON TREATY
New Conference Roaches No
Agreement, but Discusses
Minor Features
DIFFER ON ARTICLE TEN
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Btaff Correspondent of the Ktenlm I'ublle
Ledrer
Washington, Jan. 17. The complete
Collapse df the administration's coal
program is indicated in the facts that
are coining out regarding coal prices
since the, settlement of the strike
The administration's policy was that
the temporary increase of 14 per cent
iti wages granted to the miners would
be absorbed by the operators and the
price of coal to the public should not
be advanced The administration in
sisted that it had won a victory and
operators had yielded on all points.
Evidence is before the interstate com
merce committee of the Senate that W
per cent of the consumers of soft coal
in the country are being explicitly billed
for the 14 per cent iu the cost of wages.
The subcommittee, of which Senator
Fxelinghuyeen is chairman, will shortly
begin an Investigation of this subject.
The House is likely to appoint a spe
cial committee iu a few dajs ou the
subject.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of the interstate commerco com
mittee in complaints from the Public
Service Corporation of New .Tcrse and
other public service corporations at
Buffalo. New "lork and in wc-jtem
cities. These corporations ar" receiving
bills from the coal operators charging
them expresslv the old price for coal
plus 14 per e"ut additional cost of
wages. This is done under express
terms of the contracts under which soft
coal is 'sold to all the big users of
coal. These contracts provide that
the purchasers bhall nu for ans addi
tional in labor costs.
90 Per Cent on Contracts
It is estimated that 00 per cent of
oil the soft coal used in this countrj is
sold .uncle ...ueh contracts. The oper
ators nr.l b'orbing the advance in
wages on no ui o hkl " l1" taII s indicated bv one
coal mined It will be recalled that I , thlDti ,. .,-""
.T-.SAPretnn MrArinn in suimort nc i ot.toe.L'vnocra,Vc Ja;er3 working tor a
Doctor Garfield1 contention that the 3 h "e ,Sre?rraI1T ? ""
1?lt ft recoo? "me SnTTlXnSon11?
Sf Ih Mft-"aropS'li t'a'kV P"' were "hard-boiled."
"'The incree'd cost of the publ.c .err- J KILLS 3, WOUNDS 3 WITH AX
AnM-tortlci ..ill lift 11.1 SSP(1 ATI tO I ll C I
1-fe til ., lUn nilkllfl tftMl.O (.nil, -
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B tlio Associated Press
Washington, Jnn. 17. Another cou
ference of Senate leaders seeking a
compromibe on reservations to the
peace treaty was held today, but Sen
ators Lodge and Hitchcock, heading the
Republican and Democratic representa
tives, respectively, said no agreement
was reached.
Onlj minor features of (he dispute
were considered todaj, the vital issues,
including Article X of the league of
nations covenant, being left for future
discussion.
The negotiations, according to the
leaders, revolve about the so-called
Lodge reservations.
Republicans say there has been no
decision nor disposition to back down
on the Article X reservation, and that it
never will be modified as to principle.
Whatever else may bo suggested, the
Democrats hae no iutention of accept
ing the Article X reservation as it is.
Something of the difficulties the com
promise conferees have encountered in
REOS PLAN RETURN
'TO SAVE AMERICA7
Emma Goldman and Other De
portees Land From Buford
at Hango, Finland
BERKMAN TO FORM LEAGUE
nanies are in financial straits. Every
additional cost of supplies to them in
creases pressure ou them to advance
their charge to the people. The Pub
lic Service Corporation of New Jersey,
for example, operates a lot of trollej
lines. It complains of the shifting of
the 14 per cent wage advance upon
It because in spite of the fact trolley
fares in New Jersey have been advanced
It is having difficulty in paj its waj
With coal up in price this public serv
ice corporation as well as others will
have to raise fares once more.
With regard to the steam railroads
of the country the situation is not clear.
In some quarters it is said they will
have to paj the 1 1 per cent increase in
wage costs in their coal bills. At Di
rector General Hints's office it was
stated that certain roaus wincu were
paying under their contracts smaller
- rates than those fixed by the fuel ad
ministration on October .'SO had been
giranvTiermission to pay higher prices
up. to the level of the administration's
schedule The steam railroads being
ider government control, the coal
operators mav have hesitated to bill
them for the 14 per cent increase
Contracts Stand in the Way
Thus the administration's efforts to
check the rise in the cost of living by
stopping advancing price, m this kev
commoditj have alreadv failed The re
sult does no have to wait for the actiotv
of the presidential coal commission,
which has authority over wages and
prices. The. ctistinc contracts shift
additional costs of mining through ad
vances in wages on to the big cousum
ers. The big consumers, the public
Bervice corporations, furnishers of
transportation and power, gas and elec
tricity, will shift it to the public iu
higher charges
Even if there who pnj disposition
on the part of the President's coal
commission to make the operators shoul
der the advance in wages winch will
By Ihe Associated Press
Hango, Finland, Jan. 17. United
States army transport Buford, having
on board 249 radicals deported from
America, arrived here at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Finnish pilots could
not dock tie vessel and a German
pilot was summoned.
Alexander Bertmnu and Emma
Goldman, leaders of the dcoortces,
have declared they will not remain iu
Rucsia, but will "return to America
to save it."
The Reds on board the "soviet ark"
will be taken to the Russian frontier
by United States labor bureau and
immigration officials
After the Buford had been docked,
Rcrkmau and Miss Goldman led a pro
cession of radicals down the gangplank,
a large number of persons assembled on
the wharf, gazing curiously at the land
ing. The radicals made up a motley
throng, their faces bping full of curi
osity as to what their future wight
be, while there were traces of anxiety
lest they might be attacked after they
had left the protection of their Ameri
can guardiaus. Finnish authorities
will look after the safety of the de
portees. After they had landed, Berkman and
Miss Goldman talked willingly with
newspaper men. Asked to give her
opinion of her deportation, the latter
replied : "
It was melodrama to keep it secret."
"It was unfair and stupid," inter
jected Barkman. "l'ou can't kill an
idea like that. The Czar tried and
failed. He is dead and forgotten,"
Still Claims Citizenship
"Do you want to overthrow the
American government?" Miss Goldman
was asked.
"You need a new government," she
answered, "and I hope the election will
provide it."
It is Her intention to return to
America as soon as possible. She as
serts she became an American citizen
bv virtue of her marriage to Jacob
Kersner at Rochester. N. x , in 18s i
and declared the court decree issued in
1009 canceling Kersner's certificate of
naturalization was illegal. Miss Gold
man was divorced fron Kersner in 1SS0
but she claims this did not alter her
status as a citizen of the United States.
"As Nietzsche said: "The test of love
is the power of endurance,' she con
tinued, "that is what will be my lot
until I return to America. I will not
forsake Americans."
Asked what her plans were, Miss
Goldman said :
"I shall not impose my advice upon
the Russian government, but shall le
main affiliated with the Bolsheviki. 1
hold my deportation was an injustice.
Wc were not givcu a chance to prepare
for it."
To Organize "Friends of America"
Berkman is under contract to write
for an American monthly publication u
series of articles about former Americau
prison wardens, among them Thomas
Mott Osborne. He will also write u
number of Russian sketches, be said.
Asked if th Reds woulc labor or
would confine - activities to poli
tics, Berkmau r 'tiled they would be
cui,"'oycd in mines, but "naturally would
participate in political matters. " He
declared he would form a "league of
Russian friends of America, the efforts
of which would reciprocate those of the
American friends of Russia. Of the
latter organization he said :
"It has grown so emluentlj respec
table that even forme President Taft
is a member."
Wife of Capitalist Dies at Winteri During the three. day journey from
iiei wic u,usi: u uAiiciuci.v uuu
First Dry Law Arrest
in Veto York at 12:05
New York, Jan. 17. (By A. P.)
Four minutes nftcr the eighteenth
amendment became effective In Now
Tork this morning, 12:05 o'clock to
bo exact, a Brooklyn cafe owner
was arrested by an internal rcTe
uue inspector for selling n glass of
brandy. A bartender In the same
establishment was arrested a min
ute later.
This news traveled in underground
channels faster than prairie fire
fanned by a cyclone and In a thort
time the merrjmaking over the de
mise of Johu Barleycorn came to
a more or less abrupt end in the
greater city's cafes, restaurants and
hotels. Tho presence of 100 reve
nue inspectors in the white light
district and the knowledge that the
city's 15,000 policemen were watch
ing for violations of the new law
caused the saloonkeepers and others
to close their doors somewhat unceremoniously.
PIEiACCORDOTRA
ALLEATIEL'ITALIA
II Probloma Adriatico o di Flume
Sarebbe Stato Definitiva-
mento Risolto
Published unil Dlntrlbuted Under
PBttMIT NO. Ml.
Authorlred by tho ct of Oclobjr ft
IDtT. on file at tbe Postofllce of Phila
delphia, pa. p nunwaoN. ,
Po8tmatr General.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS MEET
Connecticut Farmer Also Destroys
Horses and Cattle Hangs Self
Brooklyn, Conn., Jan. 17. (By A
P.) Victor Lipponeu, aged fortj. a
farmer of West Brooklyn, this afternoon
killed three persons and scriouslv in
iured three others with nn u and then
hanged himself.
This morning he showed signs of
mental trouble and went to his barn
and killed six head of cattle with an at.
He returned later to his house and killed
a nurse who was curing for his wlte.
who four days ago became a mother.
The man then killed the baby, in each
instance using an u He seriously
wounded Mrs. Lippouen.
T-ipponen went to the farm of Chris
tian G. Ritler, nest adjoining, and
killed Ritter. He then went to the farm
of Charles Ray and wounded Mrs. Ray
and her daughter, Klsie Kimball, with
the same av. Both arc in a serious
condition.
Lipponen set Raj's barn on fire and
burned a pair of horses and a cow. Go
ing to the bam of Antonio Di Carlo ho
then hanged himself in the cellar.
MRS. W. ROCKEFELLER DEAD
Discuss Convention Arrangements.
Send Representative to Coast
New York, Jan. 17. (By A. P.)
Prior to a mectiug here today of the
committee on arrangements for the
Democratic national convention to bo
held in San Francisco next June, it was
announced that George F. Mura. an at
torney of Bridgeport, Conn., who had
been selected to serve as the personal
representative of Homer B. Cuinmings,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, would leave for tho Pacific
coast within two days.
Mr. Mara will stop off at St. Louis to
learn from James E. Smith, president
of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce,
methods cmplojed in staging tho 1010
convention.
Among the purposes of the confer
ence here today was that of considering
appointment of subcommittees on 'trans
portation, hotel accommodations, ticket
arrangements, etc. After the meeting
Mr. Cumuiings will confer with party
leaders in this city.
Two women, said to bo the first to
serve on a similar committee of cither
the Democratic or Republican party,
attended today's session. They were
Miss Mary L Foy, of Los Angeles, as
sociate national committcevvoraau from
California, aud Mrs. George Boss, of
Chicago, who served as chairman of
the woman's bureau of the Democratic
itional committee.
AUSTRIAN "SCAPA FLOW"
Ships to Be Surrendered Badly Dam
aged at Cattaro
Geneva, Jan 17. (By A. P.I
Austrian war vessels, which, under the
terms of the peace treaty, must he
handed over to the Allies, have under
gone a second "Sca? Flow" but on
a smaller scale, according to a tele
gram received here front Turin.
The dispatch states that the allied
naval commission which arrived re
cently at Cattaro confirms first report
that the Austrian fleet had been seri
ously disabled.
The Austrians were said to have
destroyed or removed tlio principal
parts of the machinery of the ships,
rendering them incapable of naviga
tion, only the hulls remaining in good
condition. Repairs, it is said, will re
quire several months before the ves
sels can be made ready for the sea.
The fleet includes one battleship,
three large cruisers, four torpedo
cruisers, twelve torpedoboats and some
smaller craft
The Austrians arc declared to have
acknowledged thu damage, but to have
blamed the Oecho-Slovaks and the
Jugo-Slavs. The ships eventually will
be towed to Toulon nnd Marseilles for
repairs.
Da due giornl, in conseguenza dello
sciopcro dcglt impicgati dello Regie
Toste, Telegrafi c Telefonici, non
giungouo tclegramml daU'ItaJln. Da
quanto, pcro. glungc da Pangl m.P10
arguire cho in quel clrcoll politici e
diplomatic! prcvale.la tendenza n con-
sldcrarc dcfitiitivamcnte rlsoluta in
questione Adrlatlca c consegueniemcuii.
quella dl Fiume. . .
Si dice che l'accordo rnggiunto tra
Lloyd George, Clcmenccau a 1 On.
Nitti e' tale che non potra' csscrc
modlficato nc da parto del Prcsldeutc
Wilson, ne' dal Jugoslav!.
II testo dell'accordo sulla questione dl
Fiume fu comunicato alia Delcgazlono
Jugoslava a l'arigio questa lo comunlco
a Belgrado, in inodo che una risposta al
rlguardo per l'acccttnzloue a no del
l'accordo predetto doveva glungcre In
Parigi nou piu' tarili di leri, vcncrdl.
Fino al inomento che scriviamo nessun
telegramma ha scgnalato la risposta dct
Jugoslav! e si ossicura enc nou miyvui
Home on Jekyi Island
Brunswiik. Ga., Jan. 17 (By A.
1. ) Mrs William Rockefeller is dead
at the Rockefeller winter home on Jekjl
Island, near here.
Mrs. Rockefeller left New York n
week ago for .Tekl Island. Her death
was vcrj sudden, it was said today at
the offices of her son, William G. Rock
efeller, and was caused by heart dis
ease. She is survived by her husband, n
brother of John D. Rockefeller, and by
four children, William G. Rockefeller
P. A. Rockefeller. Mrs. D. H. McAlpin
:iinl Mrs. M Tlnrtlev Dorine. &hp wns
be granted and which will eceed the J b-iru Mar li VI 1S44. and before her
14 per cent provisional increase, me mnrriagc in li04 was Miss Almira Ger-
existing contraus lor aDout : per aldiue Goodsell. During her life she
contributed to hundreds of plulanthro
pies and of late jears, notwithstanding
her age, took an active interest in war
relief work.
rent of the coal stand in the wav.
What has happened in coal i.s what
would have happened if the industry
hart becii left alone to settle its dis
niitB to suit itelf. The onemtors and
pbTbvmlanirrrti ffi; NEWSPRINT PAPER INQUIRY
i -price had to so up, wages would bavn
been advanced, me auueu 'ost snnteu
to the consumers of coal in higher
prices
' And o Vir lis coal, an underlying
.product, affected industrv and trans
portation a new cjrle of Inch prices
M'Ould have been started Ktidently one
has been. The public service corpora
tions are complaiuin; to call attention
t"r)- their straits When Congress fails
to afford relief thev will demand higher
fares and rates from the public The
higher price of coal will bo un argu
ment of the steam railroad nonipnnies
Palmer Seeks Information on Carry
ing Out of Decree
Wasliineton. Jan. 17. (Bv A P i
On application of Attornev General
Palmer, the Federal Tiadc Commissiou
has sent nmvsptitit manufacturers, job
bers and publishers questionnaires, ri
spouse to which will aid it in deter
mining the manner in which the terras
of the final decree in the so-called
newsprint paper case are being ob
served Tlie rrimmisMnn in niiplienlnr will ,if-
when they demand a revision of their i tompt to develop whether the mauufae-
K-bedules, ns tney win ue compelled to i tur, fs have actuallv produced the dailv
do when prnot" owuership is re-es- J tonnage of newsprint paper ; how much
I of the tonnage has been sold to job-
urs, dealers or consumers, and at
vi lint pi ices; and whether the jobbers,
neuters or other middlemen in reselling
to the small publishers of the country
have observed the maximum tomniio.
sious fixed in the ngrcement
tablished.
MORE WINTER NEXT WEEK
bT, BRYAN WELCOMES DRY ERA
Low Temperatures to Continue
With Some Snow
Washington. Jan. 17 (By A. P,)
Weather predictions fur tut week
ginning Jloudav. are .
' f(v..i. 1 Af..t.ll (.In..,!.. .,..J i . .
v . i,orLU, ,, """ "- iis . secretary Daniels Also Speaks at
lair urst nun unii.iwuai -ii, - f.-i-uiju - , , .. , ... . .
half; low temperatures will continue Celebration In Washington
South Atlantic and east yulf nates, Washington, Jan. 17. (By A. P.)
fair first hulf occasional rains tetond i Prohibition becume the law of the na
half ; temperatures falightly below uor- lion today
mal earl in weeli , uearl.v normal there- In Washington, long ago made "dry"
after. ' by a special act of Congress aud "drier"
- Ohio Yallcv uud Tennessee : J'nir and bv wartime prohibition, the coming into
continued cold carlv in week followed effect of the new law meant little nud
by occasional snow or tains until near the occasion passed without unusual
dose, temperatures will average below Incident except for celebration meetings
formal. held bj reform organizations. At tho
lurgot of these, participated in by re-
FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW "olfZuZ
I Jennings Brjan were the principal
Incipient Blizzard Departs From, speakers.
City
gerous because mines in the Baltic have
not been removed b.v the German Gov
ernment, according to various ofBcers of
the Buford, who left the boat f"r a visit
to this little town.
The deportees had a monotonous voy
age, which was made more irksome bo
cause of stormy weather when they
tould not be given their daily exercise
on deck. Their greatest pleasure seemed
to be singing Red songs. The radicals
were forbidden to bold meetings on
deck, but made up for lost time when
Confined to their quarters.
hunenntendent Martin Berkshire, in
charge of tho prisoners, had to warn
Berkman and Miss Goldman repeatedly
that they were prisoners and not pas
sengers or guests.
DROUGHT CLOSES JAILS
Four Massachusetts Towns Find
Lock-Ups Unnecessary
Boston, Jan. 17. (B.v A P.) The
jail population of Massachusetts has
diminished so rapidly during the last
few months that county jails at Lowell.
Taunton, New burv port and Fitchburg
have been ordered closed.
Twenty-live county institutions
which lmvc accommodations for C400
persDns housed n dail.v average of ouly
L'.IOO during the last month. In addi
tion to prohibition another reason as
signed is high wages.
Three Boston men who drank wood
alcohol mixtures at John Barleycorn
obsequies last nigbt were in hospitals
today.
AID EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
CHARGE MUTE SLEW GIRL
Louisville Police Arrest Married Man
as Slayer of Park Victim
Louisville. Ky., Jan. 17. (By A P.)
After running down several clews
police here last nurlit arrested John II
Mueller, a deaf mute, on a chaigc of
murdering Miss Rebecca Loveall,
twenty-one, also a mute, whoso hodv
was found almost decapitated in a local
public park last Tuesday.
Richard Laird, night chief of police,
and two patrolmen went to the Mueller
hfltnn nnrl ntirs.t!nnnil l,in knvnrnl linnet
hflfnro iho clmrfrn w:l nl.icivl n-ninut- '
him.
Mr. Mueller, who is married, admitted
that he had known Miss Loveall, but
denied that ho had anything to do with
her death. His wife has stated that she
asked Miss Loveall to lemaiu away from
their home.
dctta risposta bara giunto, saranno
fatti noti i termini dell'accordo sulla
scabrosa questiona Adrintica.
La Delcgazlono Jtaliana a Parigi ha
ufficialmeute sraentita la notizia data
dal giornale il "Temps," becondo a
quale I'ltalia uvrebbe rinnunziuto alia
sovranita' sopra Fiume.
IOn. Nitti, Intervistato da un corri
spondente di un giornale. avrebbe dl
chiarato cho montre per un dovcroso
lroi.lu. mm t-lt trn nnsStbile. COlUUni-
caro i termini preeisl sull'accordo che
stato raggiunto sulla qucsuoue un
utica, tra lui, Lloyd George o Clemen
ccau, pure autorizzava a dire che eglj
era rljnasto fedele alio sue prcccdenti
dicliiarazlonl c cioe' cho 1 nccordo
raggiunto era tale da assicurare e salva
guardaro l'italia nita' di Fiume ,e
difeuderc questa contro quulsiasi msi
dio. Gli Allcatl nvrebbcro mostrato dl
cserc animati dalle migliori intenzloni
per roggiungere l'accordo in parola. av
endo riconosciuto che Fiume per 1 lta
Ha ha uu valoro morale c non economico.
Parlando della Lega dclle Nazionl.
la cul prima seduta ebbe luogo acl
giorno prccedente, 1'On. Mttl clicliiaro
die l'italia in essa perseguira con la
sua cousucta onesta' c lealta d intenti,
per (lucll'ideale di pace c dl giustiziu
che deve regnare tra 1c Naziom grandi
e piccolo.
COAL SCARCITY HITS MILLS
Youngstown Valley Plants' Closing
Will Make Thousands Idle
-louugstown, O., Jan. 17. (By -A.
I.lThc Youngstowu Sheet and Tube
Co.. emploviug nearly lfi.000 men, be
gan shutting down its plant hero today
owing to a shortage of coal.
The coal shortage, which has been
causing curtailment of steel mill opera
tions in nearlv all plants here, is likely
to cause further shutdowns, company
officials said.
LAUNCH BIG CARGO CARRIER
Sun Co. Sends Over Its Twenty
first Ship
Chester. Pa., Jan. 17. The Sun
Shipbuilding Cu. launched its twenty
first bhip today. It was the Cajacet.
i ll."00-ton cargo carrier, built for
the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Mr. II. H. Thayer, Havcrford, Pa.,
wife of an official of the corporation,
was the sponsor.
MAIL AIRPLANE WILL
RACE WITH DEATH
Carries Antitoxin From Chica
go to Naw York to Save Chil
dren Poisoned by Olives
Chicago, Jan. 17. (By A.. P.)
Carrying a precious tube of antitoxin
an ncro moil plane took the air nt 11 :45
a. iu. hero today In a record-breaking
flight to New York, where the anti
toxin is needed to save the lives of
three nersons d.vlnc from the effects of
botulic poisoning. The plane cut across
Luke Michigan and raced toward Cleveland.
The call lor the antitoxin was re
ceived nt Urbana at 1 o'clock this
morning In a message from Dr. John
Rlcgclman. medical examiner of the
Bronx, which said the package must
be In New York in less than 24 hours
or it would be too late. Because trains
do not make the trip quickly enough, it
was suggested the antitoxin bo for
warded by airplnn".
Two gills lu New York whose par
ents and two brothers died after eating
tainted olives, and a youth, who also
was btrlckcn, can escape death only
by use oi tnc antitoxin, intending pny
sicians at Fordham Hospital, New
i'ork, believed,
Cleveland, Jan. 17.i At 3:30 p. m.
nothing had been heard from the mail
plane carrying the antitoxin, and it
was said it would be utterly impossible
to start a plane for New York this af
ternoon, because of the danger of land
ing in the dark.
QUIET RESTORED IN BERLIN
PROBE SOU RULE
. OF ARMY PRISON
Hundreds of Radical Workmen Are
Discharged by Employers
Berlin, Jan. 17. (By A. P.) Oou
ditions in Berlin now are normal.
Twenty-siy radical labor agitators
were arrested csterday, charged with
complicity in the rioting of Tuesday.
The owners of tho big industrial es
tablishments have voted to proceed re
lentlessly against radical emplojes who
arc found guilty of instigating strikes
or browbeating workers. Fifteen hun
dred men have been discharged because
tbey failed to appear for work on the
anniversary of the killing of Dr. Karl
Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg.
The second reading of the emploves
councils bill was completed by the Na
tional Assembly yesterday,
MRS. ROOSEVELT HOME
Returns From Health-Seeking Trip.
Son Stays In Brazil
New York, Jan. 17. (By A. P.I
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt today com
plctcd a round trip to Brazil for the
benefit of her health. She left New
York on November 19 and returned
here tpduy on the steamship Vauban, on
avhichishe had departed.
Her son Kermit nccompanied her to
Rio Janeiro from New York, but re
mnined in Brazil in connection with a
coffee-house venture in New York city,
on which he and his brothers have cm
barked.
Overheated Flue Causes Fire
An overheated flue is baid to have
been the cause of a fire this afternoon in
the home of Mrs. A. Carroll, 12o4 South
Forty-ninth street. 'Woodwork on the
first floor was damaged nod some of the
furniture was burned. The loss was
estimated at several hundred dollars.
Testimony at Counterfeiting
Trial Alleges Committee Gov
erns Disciplinary Barracks
ONE MAN BEATEN TO DEATH
Kansas Clly, Jan. 17. (By A. P.)
Following the testimony of wit
nesses that the federal disciplinary bar
racks nt Fort Leavenworth, Kan., were
governed by a "soviet" committee with
the approval of the officers iu charge,
Judge Johu O. Pollock, of the Kansas
City Federal Cotirt, yesterday ordered
Investigation of tho bnrrnck's.
The testimony upon which the court s
order was based was given at the trial
of eleven former inmates of tho bar
racks charged with being implicated in
a plot of nation-wide ramifications to
print at tho barracks and circulate
fraudulent treasury certificates.
"The honor, dignity mid stundlni: of
that great department of the govern
ment (tnc war tiepartmcut) has been
besmirched by the evidence that has
been given at this trial," said Judge
Pollock.
"Of course, if it should be determined
the evidence is false, tho Department of
Justice will provo guilty those giving
that false evidence. But if the evidence
Is true it must not be said in our
country thut we turn over any part of
it to anarchy or the soviet form of gov
ernment." Accordlnc to the witnesses, the "so
viet" or "conference committee," as it
was Known, was lormeu utter a general
strike of prisoners at the barracks in
January, 1010. Tho strike, witnesses
lestilicu, was tne r.csuit or unrest one
to the dlscharce late in 1018 of 113
conscientious objectors.
Tho committee, it was baiu, wnicn
numbered 35 or 40 members, soon be
gan assuming' authority and within a
short time bad full control of the bar
racks. It was brought out that while the
general strike was in progress tho pris
oners hud demanded that "they be given
a government of their own." The com
mandant, who s no longer in churge
at the barracks, it was asserted, ac
cccded to tho demand.
The plan, witnesses testified, worked
satisfactorily until tho committee de
veloped into "a strong-arm" squad,
using force whenever necessary to ob
tain their wishes. Prisoners were club
bed freely, and one man, it was stated,
was so badly injured that he died.
Robert Jones, prison p. inter, testified
beyfscaped -from tho barracks Anr!! 1
bo declared. "About twelve of flft,'
men 'went over the hill' cach day w.
called it 'cornfield clemency.' "'
T.fililta AT. rttitn.., t.. -i x
Conn., was found guilty and John Co.. '
way, of Hatticsburg, Miss., uot ,,.
today on n charges of cousplrncy t0 ntl. i
- v..u. Muuuiuvui treasury cor
....0. ". ui acquittal for nine
rrxlefptlflnnla nl n.t. i. '
- " ""ivnveiss w'as re
turned ut tlio direction of the court Th
nllnrnev for llin 1f.i,.l...... . "
court for "protection for the nieu wl,n
...UOi n-vuiu iu mo uiscipnnnry barracks
to complete their bentences,"
"Ifanc of these defeudunts will 1 .
turned to that institution under L
present circumstances without nn . i
from this court," said Judge fef"
Camden Sinking Fund Grows
The . sinking fund commission of
Camden met today nnd examined 11?,
securities on hand. Their report a,,.
that the amount of the funds' LI
from 510,022.30 in 1S07 to $2.0$ ar.
in 1010. There is a cash b Uitiee '
$200,000 and the remainder is i,.,?
curltles, which caru 4 per cent.
Samuel Houston and
Colonel John Gribbel
together with j Jacob S.
Disston, Col. Louis J. Kolb,
Mrs. Drexel and other
prominent Philadelphlans,
- have their cars equipped
with
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for automobile windshields,
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Finn Resigns as Police Clerk
Peter' I). Pinn, 10:i4 Palace street,
who has been a clerk in the office of
Captain of Police Callahan, in the City
Hall for eight ears. resigned today, to
take effect January Bl. He will become
captain of the private police force of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works. He
was formcrlj a patrolman.
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A course tn Commercial Spanish under
the direction of Senor W. H. Hoppln,
Vice Chilean Consul, will start lues
dav, January 21. Tlio Btudy of Spanish
will picpare you for travel In South
America. Call or wrltu for particulars.
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Central Branch, 1421 Arch St.
American Red Cross Gives $10,000
to Distressed Mexicans
Washlngn, Jan. 17. (Hj A. P.)
Appropriation of $10,000 for the
immediate relief of earthquake victims
in Mexico was announced today by the
lied CroRS. Pending arrival of a rep
resentative of the society, the money,
vvhith was cabled toda.v, will be used by
the American conbul at Vera Cruz as he
mav see fit.
The Red Cross also announced that a
unit of relief workers was being as
sembled for dispatch to the scene of
disaster.
-Mercury Rises
The incipient blizzard which vmted
.-dfc fl.. ...frMjtiBft lincj lAnflvt Ail nl
'pSX' '"fair weather is to coutinue over to
morrow,
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"FLU" ON SPANISH SHIP
Vessel Held In Quarantine -Go-ricusly
Sick Sent to Hospital
New York, Jan 17. iBy A. P.)
bout tbe limit of cold reached in the
noxt twenty-four hours the lemperu
lure rose from L'O decrees ut S o'clock
KiLm dtertes at 11. but the weather
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Topic "litallnir the World's Wounds
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Speaker REV WM HAKNF.1 WWER
I'antor Holy Trinity Presbyterian
Church
Topi Opportunities, and How Men Meet
MuMo by Instrumental Trio
bololt. Mr. rrederlck Hackenberr. Bar-
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wnen Bne arrivcu loaay irom uarcc
lona aud other Spanish ports. Four
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vulesecnt.
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and the serious cuses were pent to the
quarantine hospital ut &vinburu
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