if" ff -y b i' t f V THfe WEATHER' Washington, Ja" 10. Snow today and tonight; cloudy tomorrow. XnMI'KBATUnH AT BACH HOUR uentng Hubltc gfeftger ' NIGHT EXTRA j ,-s'H. rW I) 110 HI 112 1 2 3 4 I fi !-r . ,. . hii i'i in iiiriio i i ' lT4 114 118 I14 IIP I17 I18 ti VOL. VI.-NO108 Ent.rM a. fleconU-Cla.. Matter 8t thy Po.tofflco. it Philadelphia, Ta. under the Act of March 3, 1870. PRICE TWO CENTS PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1920 Published Dally Eierpt Sunii, nnb.erlntlon Price 16 a Tear by Mall. -iopynsni, 1020, by Publlo Leaser Onipany. DANIELS SAYS PUBLIC MUST HAVE ALL NAVY FACTS M '.t Gas From Leaking Street Main Kills Family of Four and Servant in Allegheny Ave. Home ft ESTATE MAN IE ANDSON ARE IIS OF FUMES Woman's Father Also Dies When ' Entire Household Comes, to Tragic End in Sleep BREAK IN PIPES FOUND TWELVE FEET FROM HOUSE Grocer Leads to Discovery of Disaster Patrolman Breaks Down Door Illuminating gas.lenking from a faulty ....t in wined out a family of five persons at 041 .-West Allegheny avenue cany u15 i"v","n' The dead : John J. Kelly, fifty years old, real tslate man. Mrs. Mary Kelly, fifty, his wife. Trancis Kelly, sixteen, their son. Morgan Sweeney, eighty-five, Mrs. Kelly's father. Mrs. Katharine McGinnls, fifty, n domestic. II 11 Duncan, district superintendent for the Spring Garden district of the 1'nitcd Oas Improvement Co.. believes the 8 came from n break in a six Iwh'main, which runs on Seventh street nd passes within twelve feet of the Kelly house. Mr Duncan thinks the gas from the break followed the house service pipes, and spread from tho cellar to the entire dwelling. The accident was the worst of several ttcent cases of gas poisoning ascribed to broken street mains. Ernest Klcy, n butcher at the north -nest corner of Seventh street and Alle gbenj avenue, was responsible for the discovery of the nccident. He noticed that the Kcllys' milk had not been taken in by 8:45 o'clock and suspected that something must be wrong, as Ordinarily they were earlv M-. ,4, . Metrical Bureau Doesn't Worry He called tin the electrical bureau and notifiul the authorities. Klcy says he told the police operator that he feared rtmpllung was wrong With the Kelly famik. "Well, what have wo got to do with thftf Klcy says the police operator answered, and hung up. Mrs. Anna Noc. 321K Xorth Seventh street, v.-aa in the butcher shop and her.rd the teleohone conservation. She and Kley talked the matter over and decided the had better notify the po lice. Mrs. Xoe went out und found Patrolman Paul Sehladensky. of the traffic squad, who lies nt S18 West AllfRlic-m nveniio. The patrolman lang the bell and knocked, but received no nnswer. Then he broke in the door. Instantly there was a powerful I'tish of gas from the front hall Though, the fumes' all but OTercame the patrolman, he held his trcath and made n dash for the nearest window, which he Hung open. He open ed windows as he went, dazed from the rffects of the gun. Meanwhile a hurry call had been sent jo the (iermantnwn and Lycoming po lice station, Police Captain Francis Cal lahan and Lieutenant John Bloomer responded with a detail of men. Search for Other Victims The house was searched from top to bottom, and patrolmen were sent to houses nearby to sop if the accident of the burst main had involved nny other families. In the cellar of the Kelly home was found the hnilr nf n n, 4n,.tni. tl, fi,.L, victim of the hunt's that filled the cellar then slowlj crept up stairs. It was evident that Mr. and Mrs. hclly had been aroused by the funics wd were trying to save themselves n they collapsed. ' The body of Mr. Kelly lay on the ,-,oor of tho second story front room, Wfre he and his. wife slept. Mrs. wily s body wns near the bathroom, ' io on the second floor. The body of '.trancis, the son, lay on the landing on the second tloor. fhe aged father of Mrs. Kelly lay .wad in his bed. Ills room was in the ar of the second floor. Apparently sjntli had come while ho slept. Likc- w, Mrs. McGinnls, the domestic, had ' killed by the gas during her ,'sieep. Neighbors Hear Loud Crash .Viehhnrs fim. tl,nt (,., TrAiina ,.... JmJoT? a.ml about tho house as late na I 'iOU O Olnr-k thlu mnrnltin A, nn. eS' y Mr and Mrs. Bernard Hirsh- fjoot. who I'uo at 030 West Allegheny If,""0 next door, fixes the time of the .suin.iy s asphyxiation at Komewhcre be- lilliiu ",la "curooni is opposite tne h:0room oil tilC Second flnnr nF th trtlki om.t'- l:ar'J' tllis morning the i fill i 'icnrrt " "infflcd sound, as of lloul noincntu later there was lnotiin " ' neynsicnea, uut nearci TlninE more. ... i f . , . Ijitht B.tte,:H"R tlmt "nytlilng serious was natter. flte1. """n1"1' Jn the hope that wans there pronounced her beyond j Canting,,! on fate Two, Column Five llFi Llln T.ni..i... , hd t ni i ,uf . nmnlttt'a tliat Blle ttrV h.flirt ,w;",h ,,er "innager be Bw,!iulco;!w lle, iler set into a Vas eon?.anVh.cr,.'0,,u,ctr' eou,el1 sl,e toleeh "', 1Ivc in, a sraa11 town ef another man's memory. "WMl, EVER GREEN" lli' H the new serial by Fannia Hurst l '"'th Marts n,li. ,.,. n .. ...., ,.,. JJKJO 44, .MRS. KATE PKENDEBGAST Died this afternoon at the Wom an's Hospital as the result of drinking wood alcohol. Her sis ter. Mrs. Mary Glenn, tiled Sat urday from samo cause, according - to the police Wood Alcohol Suspected Deaths of Pair in Ridge Avenue Apartments in POLICE ARE SEEKING SELLER Mis. Mary Glenn. 200G Itidgc ave nue, and her sister, Sirs. Kate Prendef gast, of the same address, are dead from what the police believe to be wood alcohol. " , j JJothictiiusjof tlic.pjjison werq, sent to the Woman's Hospital 'early this morning, Mrs. Glenn was dead when taken into the receiving ward, and Mrs. Prendcrgast, dying. Though the phy sicians made heroic efforts to save her, she died shortly after noon today. Iloth women became ill while drink ing the liquid at Mrs. Glenn's apart ments Saturday night, according to James Prendcrgast, husband of one of the victims. Frcndcrgast was arrested today by District Defectives Peacock and Der win, together with William McCloskey, of llerks and Judson streets. The men were charged with manslaughter and will have a hearing this afternoon at Cintral Station. Prendcrgast, nccording to the police, Closkey a, d tWauently dranl t after not give the alcohol to his wife, but that she saw him mix it with wntcr and evidently mixed some and drank it during his absenre from home. McCloskey, according to the police, stole the alcohol from the paint manu facturing plant? of II. M. Wachcr Sons &. Co., 1214 North College avenue. Mc Closkey. it is said, sold the liquor for $3 a gallon. The police found a bottle contniuiyg a bluish white liquid on a table in MrV. Glenn's apartment nnd took it away for analysis. The two women started drinking Saturday night, according to fourteen -vcar-old Mary Glenn, and became ill L yesterday. Awakening this morning, the girl found botu women unconscious. ' The girl ran downstairs and informed , Bernard Beiber, a tailor' on the first I floor, of her discovery. He summoned n physician. The doctor said he was prevented from going to the Glenn apartment by Prendcrgast. The latter, according to the physician, said he had scut for another doctor. The physician, somewhat mystified, left the place ufter offering to do what he could to aid the women. As he was leaving he advised Prendcrgast to send the women to a hospital, he said. Pren dcrgast then sent for Dr. John A. Mc Cormick, 1311 North Nineteenth street. He wns engaged on another case, and Prendcrgast sent the women to the hos pital. Mrs. Glenn wns dead before reaching there. Mr, Bcibcr said thathe last spoke to Mrs, Glenn Saturday night. She asked for a key before going out. Mrs. Glenn was a widow. In addition to her daugh ter she leaves a six-year-old adopted son. v. MAN HURT IN EXPLOSION Boiler In Willow Grove Greenhouse Blows Up The explosion of n boiler iu a green house resulted in serious injury to John Elliott, who lives near Willow Grove, flo is in tho Abington Memorial Hos pital suffering from a fractured leg and severe scalds on both limbs. His con dition is serious, Elliott occupies n property west of Willow Grove, near the intersection of Welsh road and Fitzwntertown road. tttrnm(lv cold weather of the last few days, coupled with tho high winds, made it necessary to "drive" the heating plant harder than is normal in ins ,rnhnuse. The accident happened early Inst night. The cause of tho bursting of the boiler has not been determined. Elliott hud gone into the greenhouse, presumably to prepare the fires for the night, and the explosion happened a fow minutes later. More U. S. Machinery for Europe Wnslilnetnu. Jan. in. (Br A. P.) BAD WHISKY KILLS 1MANANDSISTER - A further grant 'of .$10,000,000 for mnihlnrry to be exported to England, France, Italy und Belgium wns on- Inounctd today by the War Hiraucv 1 Cwporation.. FIRE IN PALMYRA ES; RESCUE 11 PERSONS -7 Robert StacKhouse Saves Nine Children, Fainting Woman and Wife From Flames WHOLE TOWN THREATENED; OUTSIDE ENGINES ASSIST Frozen Water Plugs Hamper Firemen in Fighting Blaze. L'oss Is $50,000 Fire destrojed four houses at North Palmyra. X. J., this morning, dam aged fifteen other homes nnd for a time threatened the detraction of muc'i t.f the town. During the fire, which was dlscovcied at 8:20 o'clock, nine children aud two women were rescued, Ilobert Staekhousc. who was made homeless by the blaze, made the rescues. Several of the children were In their niglitclothes. Fire engines from nil the surround ing points were summoned to help fight the conflagration, but were hindered in their work by frozen water nines. Wood fires had to be built around the plugs to thaw them out before water could be obtained to fight the blaze. The fire began in the home of Mrs. Thomas llarrett. at 430 Cinnaminson avenue. Mrs. Rarrett was burning paper in the kitchen of her home trying to thaw out frozen water pipes, when the woodwork in the room became ig nited. Afatcr vainly trying to extinguish the blaze, Mrs. Barrett ran next door to the Stockhouse home, at 432 Cin naminson avenue, for help. Mr. Staekhousc ran back with her to the Barrett home. Entered Building Three Times Mrs. Barrett's six children were in the house. By this time the building, which was a frame one, had become a mass of flames. Stackhouse fought his way throueh the blazing building three time -to rarryiand load the frightened ciiilnrcn to safety. Then he had to carry Mrs, Barrett, who followed him in nnd fainted, to safety. Screams from his own home then at tracted his attention. Ho ran there and found it also in flames. He saved his wife and three children by carrying two of tho childicn, and leading Mrs. Stack - house and the other two. All the children were taken to .the homes of neighbors aud clothe. In the meantime the fire had com municated to the two frame houses at 424-2(1 Cinnaminson avenue, occu pied by John Lawson und Hex McCros son aud their families, respectively. Fought Incipient Fires Fire engines were summoned from Riverside. Burlington, Moorestown The firemen bad to stand by nnd con tent themselves with fighting incipient fires that started from sparks alighting on nearby frame buildings and homes until the water plugs were thawed out. One of the worst of the smaller fires damaged the homo of J. Franklin Kline, about a block and n half from the main fire. About fourteen other homes were s.ightly damaged. The high wind car rying the sparks for blocks thrcntened the north end of the town. The wind had caused the fire to spread in a surprisingly short space of time, nnd when the plugs were linally thawed and the firemen obtained water. the Inst two houses to catch fire were almost burned to the ground. Flames Destroy Homes Both the McCrosson nnd Law son families were able to get from their homes without danger, however. Vir tually the entire contents of their homes and of the Staekhousc aud Bar rett homes were destroyed by the 'flames. The Bed Cross, Home Belief, Visit ing Nurses nnd other welfare organi zations had representatives on the scene to look nfter the families made homeless by the fire, but sympathetic neighbors volunteered to care for them until more adequate arrangements can be made. The damage to the four houses de stroyed bv the tire'nnd the furnishings lost is ;:aced at about !)!2r,000. The damage to other buildings wns compara tively slight. A block of houses on the other side of the avenue was destroyed by fire about twenty-five years ago, DISTRESSED TUG RESCUED Klckapoo, Caught in Gale, Coming Here for Repairs The 1'nited States Shipping Board's 4,'00-ton wooden cargo carrier Klcka poo, bound from Smyrna to New York, which was reported in distress oft Chesapeake bay last Thursday, has been rescued by tugs and will be brought to this port for repairs, nccording to a statement made today by the board offi cial A wire icccivcd by the board late Saturday announced that the Klckapoo was shipping water rapidly ut the mercy of a nasty gale a few miles off the Five Fathom Bank Lightship. Ship ping board tugp were dispatched to scene and the Klckapoo was towed to shore by the Atkins Hughes. Her condition is such thnt a continu ance of her trip to New York is ren dered impossible. The Middle Temple Murder Tliis clever detective story by ,1, S. Fletcher begins today on page 23, This is the story that gave so much pleasure to President Wilson, giving him the necessary relaxation from the cares of state. Don't fnll to read the firlt Iu-HtnllmcnL DESTR0YS4H0WI "Siflce-" Galore in City Hall Today Lieutenant Echtcrmcycr, of Sec ond nnd Christian streets station, suspended following investigation in Morris rase. Warrant sworn out for arrest of Patrolman Abraham Schwartz, ac cusing him of assault and battery In samo case. Three patrolmen of the Fifteenth street and Snyder avenue station James Chase, Antonio Haroni ,and William Kogan suspended for par ticipating in alleged saloon row. Herbert M. Oram, chief clerk in Mujor's office. Smith administration "holdover," dropped by Mayor Moore. Archangclo Lcrro and Joseph Dundoii, patrolmen attached to the vice squad, were held without bail to await the action of the coroner, charged with shooting Lee Tong, Inst Friday. . STATE-WIDE HARMONY EXPECTED BY MOORE DESPITE PARTY SPLIT Tentative Slate Agreed Upon Said to Name Charles A. Sny- ,der and Samuel S. Lewis Mayor Moore looks for harmony throughout the state this ear despite the split in the state ranks due to Joseph K. Grundv's ficht nzainst Sen ator William E. Crow. ' "I expect everything to be har monious," the Mayor said today, "as a result of the conferences at Hiirrisburg. my conference with Chairman Crow and my conference with Mr. Grundy." A tentative slate has been agreed upon, it is said, with Charles A. Sny der, now auditor general, as the can, didato for state treasurer, nrid Samuel S. Lewis, of York, as candidate for auditor general. Lewis, who is sunnorted hv Onimlr. is now chief corporation clerk in the auditor general's office. This slate bowls out Samuel C. Jamison, coroner of Pittsburgh county, who was the Grumlr Icandldqte for state treasurer. BRITISH WATCH BLACK SEA Warchlps Sent to Guard Interests During Red Advance Multn, Jan. 10 (Delayed) (By A. P.) Orders were received Thursday night for a number of naval vessels to leave Malta for the Black sea. Vice Admiral de ltobeck sailed today on board rlje battleship Iron Duke, accompanied by the destrojers Scrnpis and Steadfast and the steamer Hibiscus. Every other ship available is preparing to leave on Sunday, Idled to its capacity with stoics. London. Jan. 19. (fi A. P.I With regard to the Mnlta dispatch re ceived horn tndnv nnnniincltn- nn nti- parently important naval movement, the j admiralty said it "mny be taken fori granted" that the ships in question were going to the Black sea to protect British subjects and interests in case they were seriously threatened by luc Bolshevik advance to the coast. Odessa, chief port on the IShuk sea. was reported captured by the Bolshcviki several days ago. BOARDWALK HOTEL SOLD St Charles, Atlantic City, Goes to Washington Syndicate Atlantic City. Jan. 1!. Kcfcree Clarence L. Cole today approved the sale of the St. Charles Hotel to u Washington syndicate for Kl ,2."0,000. Frederick C. IBM an. nn attorney, who represents the purchasers, declined to ! maUc public their names. The St. Chnrles Hotel, one of the lending Boardwalk hustelries. was thrown into bankruptcy last summer, and Edward A. Grosscup, of Newark, was named receiver. Bccciver Grosscup had put the hotel, on a paying basis when the offer from ;"" , '.";'u ,ul""'nl urouK'1 ':- Washington was received and Beferecte . 1 Cole held the approval of the sale I ,iTniniii nui-m .. under advisement. A stockholders" "TRICK" SUITS AGAIN? committee sought u postponement, so i that they themselves might possjblj ,. .. n-ti ,c .. pay the debts and luuo the hotel re- Desl9ners Are Boosti"3 'Em, but turned. The stockholders tailed to sub- ' " Tailors Are Skeptical rait a counter-proposition. Thc ,, h decide "what the voiimr t redltors with accounts aggregating nearly S2."0,()00 will be mud in full Lwitli interest. Stockholders will re ceive approximately thirty-five cents on the dollar. The St. Cltarhs prop erty was recently appraised ut Sl,7,"i0, 000. SNOW TO LAST ALL NIGHT "Several Inches" to Fall, Says the Weatherman Snow, which began falling about 8:o() o'clock this morning, will last thiougli thc day und tonight, thc weatherman says, "Several inches" will fall. lidding to tho two or three inches nlrcnd.- ou the ground. The storm is accompanied by low temperature. At 11 o'clock this morn ing, the mercury registered 14. The crest of the storm, which came from thc Ohh Valley, is expected to night. ON TRIAL AS TRAITOR Frenchman Accused of Betraying Edith Cavell to Germans Paris, Jan. 19, (By A, P.) Georges Gaston Quien, convicted and condemned to death in Sentember Inst on charges of having had treasonable dealings with the Germans and having ! betra,ed to tl.m, Edit). Cv,l. the English nurse, appeared befoiea court martini for trial for t-c n-eond time, todnu "ii, The" Court of Appeals set usltle I new 'trial vfaa'or4erd VMfV" vuvuvuvh WJI vtuuici; UUll II I WARRANT SSUEO F CASE OFDR. MORRIS Cortelyou Orders vSuspension of Lieutenant Echtermeyeri Who Kept Schwartz in Uniform PHYSICIAN IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION AT HOSPITAL Assailant Expected to Be Ar raigned in Central Police Station ' A warrant was issued this afternoon Uf r-!i ti.ii r -n . , i i I at City Hall for Patrolman Abraham' Schwartz, under suspension for nn nt- j tack Friday on Dr. Samuel M. Morris. &!.. ...i,, .....:.. ni,.,. i OR PATROLMAN IN superior Lieutenant John F.Echlermeyer. also is under suspension, is charged in the warrant with "willfully, maliciously and wickedly committing assault and battery and aggravated assault and battorj" on the physician. The document authorizing the natrol- mnn's arrest, issued .bv Magistrate I Meclcnry, was given to Major Samuel Wynne, chief county detective. Schwartz is to be arraigned in Central Station for a hearing. The attack on Doctor Morris oc curred last Friday evening in front of the Franklin motion-picture theatre. T4T South Third stieet. The theatre is owned bv Samuel Morris, the father i of Doctor Morris. j Condition Is Serious The injured physician is at the Xorth- ' western General Hospital in a critical condition. The loft side of his face i is paralysed, it is said, and lie lost , hfs hearing in the left ear. Schwartz is said to have pummelled the doctor nboutJ the face and head and then arrested ' him for assault nnd battery. i John Burke, a former special officer at the theatre, was also attacked and I arrested by Schwartz" Friday night l when Burke went to the station house ' to protest against the physician's nr jest. The police, say Burke was arrested 'af number oP'tlmcs oiTminor charges. Director of Public Safety Cortcljou. who ordered the lieutenant and patrol man suspended, examined the report submitted bv Kchtcrmeyer this morn ing. The director refused to make the report public nt this time. The public safety head was infotmed that friends of Schwartz were defending the latter's attack on Burke in the sta tion house on the ground that Burke had "n bad record." "Let us assume that Buike lm,l n ibad record, the director replied. "What has that to do with the slugging of Doctor Morris?" Neither Lieutenant Lelitermeyci nor the patrolman had been ordered before the police trial board up to noon todaj The director indicated he would mm pletc his investigation before wrderiug the men up for trial. Continued on Duty Director Cortelyou on Saturday night ordered the suspension of Schw.utz. But the accused patrolman continued on duty iu uniform Sunday. The direr' or aui ncnwnrrz remained on duty yes- terdny because his order was misunder- At'the hearing yesterday. Magistrate! imtier lequested that the wan nut foi Schwartz be obtained from some other magistrate. He believed it would be "unfortunate" if he were asked to conduct the hearings both of the patrol man and the men the patrolman accuses. The Morris-Schwartz incident was the first case of alleged police biutnlitj since the new administration assumed power. Director Cortobou acted swift- i ly m the matter, llis suspension of Lieutenant Kehterineyer. based on nog ' left of duty, is regarded as the fore- runner of a campaign to purge the po ilice bureau of thuggery. Plans for n wholesale shifting of liru- " '".."'"f"?"5 Von u,p ,,,ai, will wear" each season the American lesigneis Association are trying to, stage a return to the dark ages of dics-ing, Just for a change or something they are pulling for pegtop trousers, bell sleeves and other bar baric features. But the tailors of this city have a cheering word to sny about coming stjles, The. don't believe that the public will fall for any of this old-time stuff that the conspiring designers are trying to work off on the "natty dress ers." They believe in the common sense of the tullored public. The) mij that thc extremes of new styles will only hit the cheap trade and that doesn't count. JOHNSON CHOSEN HEAD Chamber of Commerce Holds Elcc tion Tribute to Trigg Alba B, Johnson was unanimously elected president of the Chamber of Commerce for the ensuing jear nt a meeting of tho board of directors of that organization, '.icld this morning in the Widener Building. Xo other name was placed iu nomination. N. B. Kelly wus re-eleeted general secretary. Blchard L. Austin was re elected treasurer, Ernest T. Trigg, the retiriug prcsi- '" l,v the l"l .ftb ,ilne b,","rt' ' J"L ' L"f. uciiE, wus presented with a silver serv- (i as n token or nppre serices at tho IhmhI nf V" "T.'vrJ01 'or ue inst tnrc. years. tViiiii... i nV ' V111 ',' v?.us"n.' William A. Law and Howard B. French w?rc ,eJ,',, vlcc l'rcwill'"W' ..,, ...,., ..,.- n,i,-uut v."... .!.., I, .,-, -,,, ,li i, - Outbreak in Navy Traced to Feud of Rival Factions Sims's Criticism Recalls Letter of Admiral Fiske in 1914, Which Hastened His Retire- j ment Benson of a Different Type j By CLINTON V. GILBEUT Stan" Correspondent of the i;enjns Public I.fdErr I Washington. Jan. JO. The row ; term of office. lie had disposed of the j which bus just broken out in the navy! admiral leading the first, and he implied ( is the old unti-Duniels, anti-Benson , confidence in his ability to dispose of low which has been going on beneath j the admiral leading the second, litj the surface nil the time siucc Secretary reality these two rows, culminating in, Daniels replaced the group which had I the letter of Admiral Bradley Fiske in doiuiiiiiti'il the nnvv under Henuhllcau I 1fl14. In which he criticized tho navy administrations and brought forward in tliuir place another faction, Jus own fa vorites, Headed by .Admiral Benson. The group then displaced had coinc to the front during the Koosovelt admin istration, having in its turn displnced a previous group which had earlier oc cupied all the important navy bureaus in Washington. And curiously enough tho man who I(,'i fie light which brought into power what might b called the Hooscvclt lp ,", Davy ,vaN the hamP silI1S) then a inptain. who now. us admiral, is leading the fight upon their successors. the Daniels group, more particularly alOIIllt ill HVllWll, tVHUi nui 1H, tali; Dill wns chief or operations, the most im portant buieau chief iu the depart ment. Secietary Daniels, iu speaking of his experience in office, today said, in ef fect, he had had two rows during his CORTELYOU PROBES SURLEY ANSWER OVER WIP.E James T. Cortelyou, director of Public Safety, has begun on investigation of tho charge that an electrical bureau operator answered, "Well, what have we got to do with that?" and hunj up, when a neighbor called up to say he feared something' was wrong in the home of John J. Kelly, 641 West Allegheny avenue, where five -persons wcro killed by leaking gao. OPPOSE 'PENSIONS FOR SPANISH EX-MINISTER .MADRID, Jan. JO. Marquis De Leir.a, minister of foici-i affalis, has presented in the Senata a proposal to terminate the granting of pensions to former ministers. As a result of f roqusn, caangea.in-ministrie5, morq.hanJ,50.iornier .ministers are dngv-. ing peustonD of 7000 pesetas each per year. .Every man who has enfer' Keen in a Spanish cabinet even for au hour, is entitled to a pension. JOHNSON PAINTINGS Widener and Price Inform the Mayor of Damage Seek Fund to Restore Them URGE ART GALLERY SPEEDED i Some of the paintings iu the John IG. .lohu-nu lollection haw been dam I nged. 1 Tin- b"'-aine known trduy when Jo i senh A. Widener and Eli Kirk 1'iiec. ' member- of the city art jury, called on - oi wie cuv kii .lur , calico imi Monte in City Hall to u-k for i Mn..r an impropriation from Council to re store n tiumbcr of the pictures which weie injured, it was said, by poor stor age conditions and moving. Th" ll-n urzed immediate action in the building of the cit art gallery to bou-e the collection. i Both of the.-e suggestion- met with I the hi arty approvnl of the Mayor who line hundred thou-aud- dollnis wa- loted by thoMa-t Councils for the erec tion of a suitable art gallery In which ,.. .ivlillitt tlirt M,.l:c '11, e AIm.,11. ft- v" l - .."". " :- - j or- a site in the parkway tor the building and will try to get early ac- tion on the project. ANOTHER AMNESIA VICTIM Thinks He Lives in Reading, Pa but Is Net Known There Beadin", Pa.. Jan. 10. A v'ctini of shell shock, an unidentified soldier who say- he is a Beading boy. ha- been found at Xeuiil. O.. but he is not known here. lie i eld his address might he "M'2 Penn -trcct. in this city, but theie is no such number. He doe- not know his nnmi', although he believes he belonged to the Second Division. l'n til relatives or friends can be INJURED IN STORAGE iceis unit (lie collection siiouni ue niuvvu , tlinr zins? bin, t, i.l. .,.,. ... ... iV i to a suitable place where people can I validity of not ,,:. I, ., ,Jn,. i I , ma,p rPa,'-v U that time, or whether It ,ee the pictures. - I also oMhe en force me c ' ' ' "aS imPHnut l" "tai" ""p ,0 Pr" The (ollc tion i at mc-cnt in -tor- i ilri.fs f,i01i t ,.,!.'; r .i tm ollr coasts, were, of course, matters age in West Philadelphia, where it was i tin Tthode KU il n oritlei , H" of " "trute. taken nthr the old Vonmils had ,1c- 'the alidity oi the ri tiflraMn,, ' r J?" 'Tll"ro "lu' ',0 llrerru- of opinion ruled that the Johnson home on South amendment ami .ilW,. thnt li ... ''"' ! betwe-u naval officers as to these mat ltroad street was not a suitable place 1 h I o "ta "no fl"n" lover' ' ,U .' ',f"os' ter. but there i nothing about this big to house the paintings. Ml o fif.i, ' ' ' ..VV0, "mVv n,ut" , Job thc mny did that I am not only lound he is being cared tor b) the Bed " 'oiiiinamlnients mid our crimlnnl Cross. He said he had been confined laws iuterfer- with men's passions, np to the army hospital at Denver. Col., pelitcs and desires, wt ilmr ttni ct., ,.i au Institution for the special treatment af lung cases. 3 DEAD, 4 HURT IN FIRE ' Blaze Destroys Barrack Housing 100 Civilians at Maryland Arsenal Baltimore, Jan. 10 l Bj A. P. ) Three men lost tbrir lives und four o hei severe seriously Injured, one prob- ably fatally, in a fire ; which destroyed a barrack housius 1(X emplojcs at Edgcwood arsenal near Aberdeen. Mil., ZirWlVl).!.,,. for unnrcpnreclncss. and now m mo Sims letter criticizing the department for dilntoriness nt the threshold of war nnd after it had. really begun opera tions, wer successive outbreaks of the same disturbance. The reorganization of the navy under Roosevelt brought forward a number of brilliant officers, including Admiral Sims, Admiral Bradley Fiske. Admiral Cameron Winslow. They wer'e a more aggressive, militant type than men who'm Daniels preferred to them, of whom the more important were Admirals Benson and Winterhaltcr. Two Forces Not in Sj nipathy Witli the Sims, FisUes nnd Winslows the present secretary of the navy had little in common. Mr. Daniels is a fol lower of Bryan ; to this day, even nfter Continued on Fnce Two. Column Three WILLTESTDRYACT T Rhode Island Allowed to Con- test Validity of Amendment and Enforcement NO DATE FIXED FOR HEARING By the Associated Press Washington. Jan, 10. Validity of the federal prohibition constitutional amendment i- to bo determined by the1 Sii'ireinc 'nr(. which todav grunted the ' Rtnln .if Ttlt,wl flo...l : ,;- , ' ; ;' " .""- 11-1..1111 icrtui-.-iuu jo J institute original proceedings to test it1 unci enjoin lis cntorcement iu that state I he pcrmi ion was granted by ( . . '.' r! ")""" tunc w 11110111 comment or without fixing a date for hearing argument,-. Alntinnc , i., .1 . ,-, . -Motions lo nring the -nit were li ed by Attorney ,. Hi!!'. .Uil'0, of F,1?',( lespoilSC to u resolution island, in response to u adopted b the state Legislature They allege N , ,nt t ,' 'an imS" K "iisurnatory. unconstitutional and !"V', , , . i .mimic isianu was one of the sta that refused to ratifj the nniemmeit , J juuimjii. Bhode. Island was one of the states DRY LEADER WARNS FIGHT IS NOT OVER IN SUPREME GOUR New York. Jan. 1". il'.j .. p., . "We wanted cwry ship In America The nroh'hitioii :iine'iilii"iit wn- 111,-,'nn.i thnt was lit for use. We utilized the ' the noc.ilo'riie tndnv bv John l nuv) yiuds. cmt.v private yard -every-Kramer, federal prohibition onforce-' thing was pressed almost to the breaking nielli rnnimis-iotipr. in ini address nt the' annual meeting of .New York 1.W-... men under the auspices of the nti Snloon League. i "The nassions, the nnpetites and the de-ires nf men." he snid, "made it nec essarv for the promiilgntion of the Ten ''iniunndjiii'iitK now embodied In Hoh Will. Xotwithstnnilini' tlm f.. ... ,i.... ti. .. ,. -. "' '. '"'"! ' nni' lll'e obeed by 'the renl mass f,will see thnt the naval iidniinlHtrailou ' the American people. So i am sure lis hceii efficient." it will be under the federal prohibition , ?,X!"ent m"1 u' "Mvs cnnct0,1 u,or- i Mr. Kr.linor irnvo wnriiinw flm .lrt... lar support would be necessnrv for ef- will. cciiieiu oi prohiuillon, Wlllhun II. I. Andl'I'MOll. slllln lii, .. tendeni of the Anti -Saloon Lentriie. nf New Yolk, said! "Tit" rent prohibition nSht Is lust , starting. The quip f the hninuroiis ' wcekh last win or, after rntllpatim, I that the pmhibltlouUt'i l,iv '1 no.. .idmlHsWn to . fw nhf wm SENATE TO MAKE COMPLETE PROBE OF SIMS CHARGES If Results Are Unsatisfactory, Secretary Promises Inquiry by Naval Board DANIELS HIGHLY LAUDS WORK DONE DURING WAR Commander of European Fleet Was Subordinate to Ad miral Mayo A Senate subcommittee has been or dered to make a complete inquiry into Admiral Sims's charges against the Navy Department. Secretary Daniels announces that if the investigation is not satisfac tory to the public a naval board will make an inquiry. Every naval document is open to the light of day, the secretary declares. Admiral Sims, testifying today, de clared his opinion in recrard ta medal awards remains unchanged. By the Associated Press Washington. Jan. 10. 1'nlcss the Senat" investigation of Bear Admiral i Sims's charges of failure of the Navy I Department to co-operate fully with the I Aljies during the war is made to the , entire satisfaction of the American people, an inquiry will he made by uaal board. Secretary Daniels an- . nounced today. He added thaf "no organization in thei history of the w'orld ever did a better job thnnthc American navy." I While refusing to discuss Admiral Sims's letter of criticism of the depart ment. Mr. Daniels indicated the admiral frequently dashed with the department through his insistence that more de stroyers he withdrawn from troop con- 1 fra In a. ,,.... ,I.k nnl!n.ilnnl.lH . ...... 7 ... auiiiviib itir miiiauuuiuiiii . . I r,l..i.u in rii.nnn... ...ntniu j Com oj ing Was Chief Duty "The paramount duty of the Amer 'lean navj. Mr. Daniels declared, tyilt to protect the passage of Amer ican troops lo ICurope, and the safe guarding of merchant shipping, vital as that was recognized to be. necessarily was secondary." Secretary Daniels emphasized that, contrary to n popular impression. Ad miral Sims throughout the war was sub ordinate to Admiral Mayo, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic licet. He in dicated that on the question of the dis tribution of destrojers strength, as well as on other questions. Admiral Slmswas oerriiled by Admlrnl Mayo ns well as the department. "Evcrj naval order, ccry document bearing on the navy s war activities. iigiit ot day' and the more thoroughly the .Mr. Daniel.N continued. :.. .. n in entire recoid is hud before the people of this country the greater the pride thej can have in thc achievements of their nniy The country will be eu tirclj reassured when matters are brought to n showdown." isims's Uut) to Obey Orders Sccrrtar) Daniels Said that in the fir-t -umincr of thc war Admiral Sims w.-i- gien thc title of comma uder of the I'uitr (1 State- naval forces in European wrtcr-, but that, as 11 matter of fact, "hi- duties wcro not afloat." "The bu-iness of Bear Admiral Sims was to ob.'v ordeis," declared the sec retary. "His duties were to make rec ommendations. gle us all the informa- tion and nil the facts anil then carry out in-tructious fuun the department 1 he countrj nnd the world know 1 Ireatlj thnt the job of the na.v waj verj well done. Whether on the Mitll of io r. ih -,!, f ,,, ,.,. ,,, I particular date, we should' or should ,, (,.. ,,. wn ,nnnr l,strnvei.H tn n certain place, or whether they could be w""!,s "V"" , 'r for t"" the IM'",,1,, "' Amt,ri,n lo ku0NV ljout' Pressed to Breaking Point "There wasn't a minute during the ar when we didn't do everything we pssibl could to increase nanl effort and naval craft to fight submarines and protect our troops. c ordered 2f0 de- tuy aw there' wasn't n minute dur- ' ing the war that work was uot pressed to (lie full ciiinicit of le cniintr. point lo imstcu things 'Kcar Admiral Sims must be rcoulred to establish every criticism he has inads of the department. "I have been secretary of the navy now nearly seven )cnrs and I huve never hud nuv trouble at all since I have been lift t. but sometimes some rear udiolrtl has broken nut. I think -about two, but I never had uns controvcrxy with ths first one. But when the emoko blows nwii) I huve no doubt that the public Plan toiuplele invi-itlnatloii At the Kniuc Ilmr that Mr, Daniels made public hU statement a drclnion, was mude by the full Henute Investi gation comiulttrc that complete invcutl j giitlou of Hoar Adiulrul Sims's charge I ngulust (he Navy lrpurtmcnt' crmdui't I of the w.ir wll1 he ciiitductcd bv a sub- ' ouui'ilttop now luitilriiig into 'lioawiii'ii of mivnl drr'iuijIoiiK its Minn an 11 com plHen lt present task A motion of tfoiuitnr I'Jttmi'.n, Ucim. oiut, Of Nnniln, to ImVu o xipnratft si. HI a V Wbr.it you think nf wrltlnr. (hink t wniro.-i4nI;. Ml ah oi tne ,vkuhis were ciTiiians. rrn, ." a, 'K v" , j H J-- "- . J" PH P , - . ,, v., V. . ,,il r-. . V . j-
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