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clouily ""'I cold tonight and Friday.
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VOL. VI. NO. Ill
r P. 0. GARAGE BURNS,
WITH $100,000 LOSS; J
1 CARS DESTROYED fSMS
Three Alarms Sounded in Blaze
at 46th and Woodland Ave.
, Neighborhood Excited
WILSON SCHOOL STUDENTS
DISMISSED AS PRECAUTION
Fireproof Doors Confine Flames
to Repair Shop, but Smoke
Fills District
A spectacular three-alarm fire, dis
covered at 0:30 o'clock this morning,
destroyed part of tho big postofflce
garage at Forty-sixth street and "Wood
land avenue, burning seven now auto
mobile!!, a great quantity of tires and
supplies, and doing damagcvcstimatcd
at $100,000.
Children of the Alexander Wilson
mblic School, .100 fcet'nway from the
garage, were dismissed by th arincipal
a few minutes after the fire started,
for fear the flames might spread to the
school building.
Tho whole neighborhood was excited
by the fire because of the fierce spread
of tho flames and the gtcat volume of
smoke which nung over tne section.
Children ran about the streets crying,
and women stood fearfully on their
porches, some of them with their house
hold goods ready to bo removed, watch
ing for the first sign that the flames
were spreading.
Garage Stands Alono
fortunately the garage stands alone,
removed by 'an open space from the
nearest dwellings on,Woodland nvenue.
This fact-and the 'efforts of the fire
men kept the flames from leaping to
the dwellings and the behool. The big
naragc, covering almost an entire city
block, stands in a depression. Thou
sands of persons crowded every point
of vantage on Forty-sixth street and
other streets overlooking the garage,
watching the work of the firemen
through momentary rifts In the smoke
clouds.
The garnge is a huge one-story build
ing of red brick, with a tarred roof. It
stands on the southeast side of Wood
land avenue between Forty-fifth and
Forty-sixth streets. It has n front
age of about 20O feet on "Woodland
avenue with a depth of 3o0 feet.
The building is divided into four
large compartments, with fireproof
walls and heavy fire doors." of approved
type,- Three of the compartments are
used for the storage of about 200
motortruck, used for the delivery of
V mail and parcel -post? matter,n:i.DP
Jourth compartment, in the southeast
...Ha.H nt ! KltttrllnfT III lIQArl tnt m.
S vuwin ui uir wuiiunibi ..? ...... .... . v.
pairs and painting, for storage of. tires
and accessories, and for the office of
the superintendent.
Fireproof''WalIs Save Building
The fireproof walls saved the entire
building from" destruction and made
it possible to "rescue most of the trucks
there at the time. There were about
100 trucks in tho three storage spaces
and seven new, trucks in the repair
"ompartment.
The fire started in the paint shop, a
room large enough for one machine to
be painted at a time. The cause of the
fire has not been determined. Two men,
V. C. Powers and John Armhold, at
work in the paint shop, discovered a
blaze among some paints in a corner.
They tried to put it out with fire extin
guishers, but the flames leaped so fast
and threw out such a terrific heat that
Hie extinguishers were ineffectual.
Robert Lafferty, assistant superin
tendent, turned in nn alarm. Immedi
ately the fire doors separating the four
(ompartments were closed, and the hun
dred drivers and' workmen, employed
about the garage rushed in to bavc the
ereat government trucks.
It was impossible to get the trucks
out of the repair compartment, in n
subdivision of which tho paint shop
stood, as they were not in running or
der. The flames spread so rapidly that
within fifteen minutes the entire repair
compartment was ablaze.
Tlijrtl Alarm Sounded
.Deputy Fire Chief Nallinger. who nr
'ived with the apparatus which re
sponded to the first alarm, immediately
turned in a second. Fire Chief Mur
ray came out in his machine when the
second alarm was turned in, nnd im
meHatclr rang a third.
The flames broke through the roof
... , , ufew minutes after tho fire
A.M 1,lam,PS '""aped high in air, and
rli 2s.?ls, untl "uint8 Rcat forth
'S,0' Vliek b,ark ""ok. which
?t riv?J? d?wn on lho burning build
I. ki.tn0 housPH f the neighborhood
J? the heavy atmosphere. There were
a score of short, sharp explosions which
fn ?"? i3 b,clied, by tbc burst
n? of inflated tires, kept ready in
K6rcr?om J,or trueUs which came in
h.n.t,irCrr1rplJbIo a?d hd to mako quick
t $'oooe destrycd were valued
Mml;e,divj.s.i0-n ,w.a,!s . sarage be-1
tlnn ..iVi . 1 rcu,not a me burning sec
jn seethed and roared like a furnace.
Job . nle.u "Pwevpr, kept at their
tr. 1 ",uV,aB ouc ie trucks. These
the l "?' un Woodland avenue, on
ke fK'l18 back,o the araK0 "J ou
mcfront luwns of neighbors.
aM Tf,riafVe.)vaB bulIt Feral yon"
km.'ll ,,hat V."10 th.ere 1,ave been five
Slty' ' extinguished without
FOUR DIE IN FLAJVIES
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-naieB Fire Drapei;lc8 of Coffin In
vynicn Woman's Body Lay
KnSniJ"1-, 22 ,("' A."l'.)Four
stroml l rCha-'Pl"asne I'age was
MiiS S "ml l,ho body wa lying
drBeneda,t':rS ,aml her nephew.
""MBotbowIfi"!'' ,.,pRtnlrs n,"'
1.1. . ."ul no reached hv vnnni..... .i.-
"ave them.
Cold and Cloudy '
vZt,MU.ri C0,d '',f"'' O'" -Friday ;
"- -",( uio TO,u oe ciaudi),
Entered ns Second-Class Mnttor at the Postofflce. at Philadelphia, Pa.
. Under tho Act of March 3, 1870. '
."MISS K. GWEX MARTIN
She is the daughter of Judgo aiid
Mrs. J. Willis Martin, and an
active Girl Scout. She slipped on
the ico and sustained a fracture of
a leg
MOTION TO CENSURE
SIMS IS LAID ASIDE
Senate Also Refuses Action on
Navy Probers' Appeal
for Counsel
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Washington, Jan. 2V (By A. P.)
The" Senate rejected .'!:( to SO today un
effort by Senator "Walsh, Democrat, of
Montana, to call up his resolution pro
posing to censure Rear Admiral "William
S. Sims for disclosure of information of
a "confidential character" in connection
with his appearance before the subcom
mittee investigating naval decoration
awards. There was no debate and the
vote was on strict party lines.
Previously the Senate had refused 31
to 31, with Senator Borah. Republican,
of Idaho, voting with the Democrats, to
take up the request of the investigating
committee for authority to employ
counsel, offered by Senator Hale, Re
publican, of Maine, chairman of the
committee.
Both resolutions now go to the calen
dar and u majority vote is required to
bring either before, the Sennte again.
SNOW UNTIL TONIGHT
Weatherman Expects Fal) to Con
tinue Throughout Afternoon
- -Snow,, not heavy but falling steadily J
i uxjiri'Luu uy me m earner liirreau to
continue here throughout this after
noon. Toward evening it is expected to
stop. It is thought that tho snow will
not exceed two inches.
Cloudy weather tonight and tomor
row is promised.
The coldest so far today was at 7
o'clock this morning, when it was 20
degrees. It was 22 degrees at 11
o'clock. The "Weather Bureau expects
that the temperature will remnin at
about 22 degrees until evening, when
there will probably be a fall to about
20 degrees.
M00RE'SPLACES FILLED
House Committee Names Darrow
and Watson to Vacancies
Washington, Jan. 22. Tho election
of John "W. Harrcld, representative from
Oklahoma, bv tho committee on commit
tees to the House committee on military
affairs to fill (he vacancy left by F. II.
Da Gunrdiii, of New York, precipitated
a strong undercurrc of protest among
the members of the New York delega
tion and the friends of uuiversal mili
tary training.
At the same meeting the committee,
acting on the choice of the Pennsjlvn
nla delegation, elected Henry W. Wat
son, of Langhorne, Pa., to the ways
and means commltteo and George P.
Darrow, of Philadelphia, to the steering
committee.
WORKMAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
Charles Kyle, forty-four years old,
of 2S2I" Anuin street, was crushed to
death today when 11 load of iron and
steel fell 011 him from a truck which he
was moving. Tin accident happened in
the plant of the Morris Wheeler Co. at
Thirtieth and Locust streets. He was
pronounced dead at the I'niversity Hos
pital. rrri - -y rn T
CHICAGO GIRL
t'liJL'lVJVy JXXlu
nTTn TT-v-n rTrnnTnT"iiT a r .r -r t
rSU I 1UI Id
She Takes Unwilling and Informal Ride in "Democralie City"
fFhile Father and Detective Hunt for Her
"Market street ferries." was the or
der given as a man briskly hopped into
tho tnxlciib occupied by Miss Mary
Gardner, of Chicago, "who whs waiting
for her father in front of the Belle-vuc-Stratford
lute yesterdav afternoon.
"This car is occupied! What do vnti
mean? Get right out of this cur. You
hae no right to get iu here!" ex
ploded the indignant young woman, as
the chauffeur started toward the ordered
destination. ,,,.,, ,
"I'm sorry I'm intruding, apolo
gized the gentleman, "but I'm in a
hurrv!"
"Well, this Isn't allowed in Chicugo,
where 1 come from." said Miss Gard
ner, as she gathered the valises con
taining money and valuable papers left
by her father about her feet.
"Oh, but It's being done hero nll the
time. Philadelphia's terribly demo
cratic, you knhwj even though it's Re
publican." suid the intruder facetiously.
Miss Gardner, who Is in her twen
ties, bugged her rorner of the car.
turned her back on the stranger and
remained silent the rest of the (lis
tuiice. ' ,.,,,,
"I'm sorry I annoyed you," said tho
strunger, as he alighted nt the ferries
nnd paid his fare. Miss Garduer made
it was the taxi driver who ventured
"Where to now madnmo?"
"You take me .pacis to tne ueiievuc
titnifnA ,,u fast ins vnu pan cer there.
I never' wns so embarrassed Fn all roy
PROSECUTION TRIES
TO CONNECT FINLEY
T
Maloney, State's Star Witness,
Describes Fifth Ward Thuggery
Financial Arrangement
HE SAYS HE WAS ASSURED
'LITTLE FELLOW'.WOULD PAY
'Jimmy Clark, 'Man With the
Eyeglasses,' Is Called
to Stand
Tiie commonwealth this afternoon be
gan its effort to link Councilman Wil
liam E. Finley with an ullcged con
spiracy to gef-the Fifth ward gunmen
out of town by placing "Jimmy" Clark,
the "man with the eye glasses" on the
btand. '
Finley. one of South Philadelphia's
representatives in the new Council, is
on trial in (Juarter Scsions Court,
Room Go;!, pity Hall, before Judge
Johnson, of T nion county, np'was in
dicted twenty-eight months ago for the
part attributed to him in the Fifth ward
election crime when Policeman George
A. Lppley was killed.
Clark's appearance on the staudiol
lowed a recitnl of the thuggery in the
tifth ward in September, 1017, by
James A. Carey and several of his po
litical followers.
"Butch" Mascia, convicted of secoud
degrce murder for the" slaying of Dp
plcy, nn acting detective, also gave his
account of events on that memorable
primary day.
, Piquant Touch to Testimony
A piquant touch in Mnseia's testi
mony hitherto unrelated, wns to the ef
fect that the revolver he fired on that
day he had stolen from the pocket of
a sleeping fellow-gunman on the night
before.
The commonwealth succeeded in get
ting the primary election day narra
tiveMnto evidence over the objection of
William A. Gray, chief counsel for the
defense. Gray contended it was irrele
vant to the conspiracy charge.
Beside Mercantile Appraiser Carey,
the story of bloodshed nnd terrorism
was related on the stand by Louis Sil
verstein, recently reappointed a deputy
sheriff, and Thomas F. Greaves, a for
mer patrolmnn and constnble.
'llie commonwealth 'snrunc" its star
witness, Samuel G. Maloney, when court .
OoXn.njr.T
had called Clark, but court adjourned
for the noon recess before Clark was
questioned.
Finley and his attorneys sat appar
ently tense and eager as Maloney be
gan his testimony. They were on the 1
alert lor any surprise that the prose
cution ihad. .or. might hava.,iUrseyVejL.i
Finley ent Message Away
As Maloney began telling how he
met Finley in Senator Vare's office
xn September IS, the day before the
primary, the defendant hastily scribbled
something on a piece of paper and
sent it from the courtroom by mes
senger. Explaining thnt he had been visited
the day before by Isaac Deutsch, who
wanted eighteen "detectives" for the
Fifth ward, Maloney said Deutsch in
formed hiin the "little fellow" would
foot tho bills.
Maloney added, "meaning Senator
Varc." after telling of the "little fel
low," but his direct reference to the
senator was ordered expunged from the
record after protest from Mr. Gray.
Congressman Vnre was in the sena
tor's office, Maloney testified. The
witness said lie told the congressman
of the order he had for "detectives"
and nsked if the money for them was
guaranteed.
"Deutsch has enough money to pay
nil bills," Maloney quoted Congressman
Vure -as replying.
Maloney added that on leaving the
senator's office Finley followed him und
remarked : "Deutsch bus sufficient
money. Do not be afraid you will not
be paid."
"At 10 o'clock on the morning of the
primary election," continued Maloney,
"a man came into mj office and told me
a cop had been shot in tho Fifth ward.
Later my stenographer told me a 'Mr.
Smith' wanted to talk to me on the tele
phone. "I answered the phone. The man
was Finley. He told me to come to
Room 101 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
I went to Room 101. Tt was locked.
I went to Room 201. but that was the
wrong room. Then the hotel clerk told
me to go to Room -101.
"When I got to that room l-'inlej-
C'nnllininl on Viice hrientrrn. Culunin l'li !
rTnAT A r n JM rk I
KIDN APPED '
illlIYi A 1LJ,
I Illiy I lUiSiLfL, Y
Mfe, and if I knew how to get there
myself I'd neier get iuto another of
5 our 'democratic Philadelphia' taxi
cabs," the joung womnn exploded, to
the astonishment bf the driier.
.Meanwhile . II. Gardner, thcjoiing
woman s lather, hud succeeded in gel -
WITH GUNMEN PLO
ung me rooms nc leit ins- daughter to 'cued
engage in the hotel. When he came1 - -
out to help her in from the taxi he,1 n o urn eirUT im cmrnm
found the automobile, his daughter, also I U. S. MEN FJGHT IN SIBERIA
the valises with money .itiit valuable I -
papers gone. Alarmed. lie summoned
Detective Whitcomb. of the ltnli,.,,
Stratford.
While they were considering inrious,
clues, consilium; footmen and inrimh
drivers at the Broad street entrance of i
the hotel Hie taxi drew un nml riuu
Gardner jumped out before the machine
came to a standstill. Her father and
Mr. Whitcomb rushed to meet her and
get the baggage.
After she had told her storv and the
chauffeur explained to Whitcomb that
he had not looked at the man. -l,n,
m, mougin. to ue uer miner, .Air. (Jard
tier's face became w-rcuthed with smile
es
us ne tnrcAv ins arms aoout his duugh
i,-i .
"You may not he much tn lnni.-
deurie, but thank Heuven I've got you
buck. I wouldn't give you ud for
SII.OOO.OOO!" he ejaculated.
MIsh Gardner is a ery pretty girl,
Mr. AVhlteomb says. Ajd, judging
from the hundreds he seen gqing In and
out pf the. Uotel, he ouglij to know.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1920
Johnson Grabs an Issue
for Presidential Race
Free Speech and Liberalism, That's It Pal
mer Inadvertently Gives Calii or nian
Opportunity to Raise New Banner
Ry CLINTON
Muff C'orreKPondrnt of the
Washington, .Ian, 22. Senator Hi
ram Johnson's announcement today
that he would enter the New Jersey
primaries and make a fight for the"dele
gatcs to the Republican national con
vention,, and his appointment of Angus
McSwcen, of Philadelphia, ns eastern
campaign manager, are signs that the
John'sou caudidac has come to life
again.
There are other signs, the repot ts
from Nebraska, that that much-contested
state at present favots' John
son. Developments in Michigan indi
cate that Johnson may take that state
away from AVood.
The explanation of the revival of
Johnson is that the Callfornian has
fpund a new issue or rather found new
virtue in nn old issue. A recent re
action of public sentiment has aided
the former Progressive.
Johnson has been looking for an isue
ever since the campaign was in sight.
He chose the defeat of the tienty. He
chose particularly the six votes of Kiig
land and her colonies in the assembly"
of the League of Nations against the
one vote of the 1'nited States as an
issue. But, like Mitchell Palmer's is
sues. Ilirnni Johnson's isues died oil his
hands.
Free Speech and Liberalism
But in Blaying his own issues the at
torney general has quite unintentionally
furnished Johnson with an issue, free
speech and liberalism generally. He
culls it "Americanism.'' He has al
ways called his issue "Americanism."
even when it mennt primarily opposi
tion to six-to-one, and, in general,
keeping the I'nitcd States safe ut home
011 this Americun continent.
Now it means all this, of course, but
it means, first of all, free speech liber
alism, a curbing of the "nnaichy of the
rich as well as the anarchy of the
poor."
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer
was not alone in bringing Hiram John
son back. Speaker Sweet, of the New
VL- ml r. ..lsn ,li,l 1,1- ,,nvt ,wl
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AT THE NAVY YARD!
NFLUENZA CASES
r
Patients Ther? and EveryHaverford Man Plays Good Sa-
Precaution Taken to Pre-
vent Contagion -
DISEASE
IN
There are 100 enscs
the hospital at the
yard. The disease
This was confirmed today by Admiral
Hughes, the commandant, nnd Com
mander J. T. Kennedy, executive officer
at the navy hospital.
The first cases appeared forty -eight
hours ago, Commander Kennedy said.
So far, many of them are very slight.
No cases of pneumonia have developed.
Commander Kennedy is hopeful that
tho setting in of pneumonia will be
prevented. If so, he believes that all
the patients now in the hospital with
influenza will recover.
The appearance of the disease at the
navy yard is not considered a menace
to the' city. It is confined to service
men. Strict miarantine has been placed
!on the cases at the hospital, and by
Admiral Mk'hcs h order all social cen
ters and r!ier meeting places for the
men at the yard have been closed.
These measures are expected to keep
the disease from spreading among the
thousands of men stutioued at the jard,
nr lieiiiir communicated to the city
through the civilian navy yard workers. I
Influenza made its reappearance m
epidemic form three weeks ago at thy
Great Lakes training station. Ten
dns ago the navy medical authorities
at Washington sent telegrams to the
commandants of all naval slntlous
throughout the country, iidxising them
of the existence of inllncum at the
Great Lakes station, and warning them
to give special care to all cases ol
throat or nose infection.
The medical officers at the nuvj jard
haw been watching ccr since for the
first sign of the influenza's appearance.
Suspicious cases which lurned up J wo
dii.s ami were immedintily sent into
quarantine at the hospital anil have
been under strict ob'crMltioil sill
In its present form, the disease
crJ nK'" th, vl,rl.et-v uf "'Uuenza which
""l,our !.cvcr wln,er' lmv,,n,B WW '.'f
tm. nmiguant sjmptoms of last , cur's
enn leuiie.
Ulrrclor Furbusl., of the Department
"We liuvc sceu cases of iufliien.u
reported from the cit. at large," he
suid. "The disease is iu a very mild
form. The authorities at the nay
.Mini lime the situation well in hand,
and there is no need to four that it will
be spread through civilian employes at
League Island.
"Common sense dictates that people
tulte cure ot thcmselcs, iiowcw-r. 'tin
ordinary prevent iics are iu order. Avoid
ni'iiii ;lV Unit lnntnl if ffill dm ulnn i
cold. Fsc conunon sense in cm r. thing.
Vl'")U,T, I'll 41 iivmim it. -1W11 i' H iwir 11
He on the ulcrt. but do not be fright
C7ililnrt TrrinriB ntfrU)frh In CTi. I
tlonal Row In Baikal District
Yludhostok. Jan. K! (delujed).-' ( Hj
a pa i.'nnil.innl MeltHm. im, i.,.l.,..
out 'throughout Siberia. Americun
lorces are withdrawing irom along the
Suclian mine railway and are reported
to have been engaged in skirmishes with
Siberian pa .Nans.
A detucliment of Colonel Morrow 's
regiment Avhleli whs preparing to move
out from the Baikal district, was forced
to Intervene iu factional disturbances
yesterdu, according to a report from
tho Czech staff.
The only Americans noiv reinniping
in the danger zone, where disorders
are prevulent, are those belonging to
Colonel Morrow's regiment. Their nr1
rival here depends upon rnilroad condi
tions which dully are growing worse,
Tent Yonr Ennlne with the Kilinit
now ;o mi your automobl fcncln WHH
Borate"" r'JJ !nrc!: rrf 2S
ebrutry PnpuL
tBds, 4dv,
inly. All dwk
(MIL'D FUHM CLOTHES AND CASH TAKEN 5' K.r1' ''ce that Mr. Mart(!Ibeen i,pset, according to tlic Bardie's to change, the constitution,. ' fiwl?
.. .V&iimJM . .tf$l&tT om": - - .Even moral force, such organW4
t- ' JWrZ-&mZ i-.,lthoug.:.iv. Martin.-gnye uo.reiw. A -wir?le-.i message, from Captain tioiTlTj 'orderly masK.nfeetings. bo taMM
V. GILRKRT
firming l'lilillc
ulcer
a big part In it, by expelling the six
Socialist legislators. And Heibcrt
Hoover helped, too.
If Hoover could stand for free speech,
holding to the theory that American in
stitutions were staple enough to stand .
a little blowing off of hot air by the I
radicals, so could Ilhani Johnson. Lib
eralism l.eciime respectable once. Re
action lias been made ridiculous I13 tlic
extravagance of its fri"iid.
"Ill" Grabs' Ills Issue
So it is that Hiram Johnson has an
issue. He is the ouly one of the Re
miblican candidates who has that issue.
The rest of them were so busy tryitu
to outrival ench other in denouncing the
Reds that they could not foresee where 1
Mitchell Palmer and Speaker Sweet I
were going to land them Hiram John-
son, saw what was coming, grabbed the j Rs position points to a sharp po
issue and for the time at lent is going 1 litical light between Vnre and Moore
ahead spleni Idly.
Beneath the surface there seems to
Tinvi heeti nil lllnm. n fnnuMpvillilp rrnn -
uinely progressive sentiment In the Re- out flat-footed in his opposition to the"
publican party, which was only waiting ! Mayor, he made it plain that he would
for the nuti-Rcd campaign to run itsl,,, wjtu ti,0 Vaies
course. The progressive sentiment lias, ... .... , ' , ,. , . ,
been calling loudly for Hiram Johnson. IIlM "ttitudc was learned after he had
if you may believe his managers. In ' indicated that he would suppiil Rcp
staUM whese the Republican voters are rescntative Mux Aron for the Senate.
radical uieie is n genuine .lourison ,
movement which assures his coming to
Chicago with more delegates at the out
set than any other candidate except
Geueral Wood, it is said
New Jersey was ,a Roosevelt hotbed.
The seeds were sown theie by the New
Idea men. The Johnson movement is
a real movement there, perhaps not
strong enough lo carry the state, but
strong enough, maybe, to divide things
so that the machine leaders niav be de
livered by it from tl embarrassing ne-I
cessity of running after and jumping
nbouid the ood bandwagon. They J
were on the point of doing this. I
The Nebraska situation is confusing.
A few months ago Nebraska seemed to
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ROBBEDBYSOLDIER
maritan to Stranger, Who
Loots Room
dier, whom he had befriended
Atlee met the supposed soldie
night in Broad Street Stat
the stranger's solicitation tlie
ie student j
nmifrflf- un, n i.n.l n.1 .,... ...1. ,.!... '
.... ...... .. ,., uuu im-u nlb. nun i
to f.loyd Hall at the college and gave
him. n bed for the night.
After seeing .that tho stranger was
comfortable, Atlee joined several other!
students in nnother part of Llovd
Hall The mm u-ns lff ,. . V
nan. me man uas left alone in At- i
lee s room. '
It was after midnight when Atlee,
nceompnnied bvhis.st,,,le,,t.em..! I
returned to hii room. Thev , nn, ,V.
nvan.ifn n l.,nl. i
j't. -, flit I. 4 J 1(11 VII '
Atlee found the rnn.n in ,lit..l i.
the stranger gone. He had sled tl o I
, sfrnni?ei- rnnn Tin I....1 .,.., ,.'
COLLEETUDEN
of influenza in I Chailes ,R. Alice, a HuverfoM Col- ,, ? ft, .' ."ii. ., " J"' Kf ffi.JLffiS,: . P"?'1?" of. F ,(. 'vhafan, tinned 10. a I would 'be punishable.... ''i
Phila,ielp;.ia navy !ege student, was robbed early this friends bMievo that he is rctirlhg "mi ! tJV "i 1 ' ft""? r"r "B": , ..., SP.n," K'.PI ftf
is in a mild form, morning by a man dressed as a sot- i "-"" of advancing years.- steamer I.udv Iinrier nr S .... . TTn . one hn is m ..! ,i,.. Jt-"
mil left it in a crumpled henr.1
at ojie side of the room. A platinum"
iiiiK.. i sunn, u siiecpskin cordurov
hunting coat, u hat, shoes, collars',
neckties, shirts, a camera and about .'."i
in cash wore missing.
The police of Ardmore and of Hav
er ford were notified nt once. Tin. ro.uls
leading from the colleges were sean-hed
nnd the stations watched without suc
cess.
Atlee, a sophomore, whose home
ltii,.ri., V r i i.i , '.,
his'm'ee'li'th"; WW !
"I wns u-nirlno- f..,. .. i..i...., i, ..'
he said, when the stranger upiiroached
inc. lie told me he had overstuied his
eave from a camp near Boston. I
bought a ticket for Boston fr hj, and
offered to give him u bed for the nij-lit.
,.'', "'"Jt"''! jnc his mime was Laurence
Mitchell and that his home was in
lijnn. Muss.
-ifVfr. .".p r,'ll,'hel Llojd Hull.
Mitchell told me tie hud been iu the
....'." r- "' , ,-i,-i,a, uit- c;i . .
that he had fought iu the Argonne
,li"' bppu " ! nnnl avIilSfi "-ni,,
mj self for a short time as a sp,c,
iu,., miu imer cuulcd iu the army and
I
helper ut League Island. Tim .i ..
... ... .,
showed me he could tie various kinds
of navy knots and tulked of -i ship
he had been on. But he had little to
say about the Argonne."
Atlee said tliut u friend saw the inun
early this nioruiiig dressed in one of
his suits. The stranger whs about to
leine (he hull, hut turned buck as the
student approached him.
LEAS BUSY EXPLAINING
"T1!- -. r l Ma ....
' "usc arrcis at i wentletli and Wal-
nut Contain Only Water
All barrels look alike to sonic people
nml tlinv till 1.1.-.I- ..nn.l ' '
...... ....,. mi, ,..,,i i.iiii.
I But there is Miuiethiiig imrticuhirh
bUSPICIOUS ahull I Imrrnls nf ,..,. .,:.
size and shaie ar.d ciidenee of liquid
Oiininiilu ""
liver since .liniiini-i- lit nil.......... ,.. .1...
neighborhood of Twentieth and Walnut
streets have been keeping watch 011 bar
rels demcred to the home of Arthur II
Lea, at 2004 Walnut street. Thev hnc
been uni-r'nil ni ,.,,l....u .. : ..
- y , -",m,s-, ,u i-iirious.
Jt w-iik rather embarrassing for th,.
Leas, just because they hud to explain
so frequentl ar.d defend the hi mi I
cense of the contents.
It was only water from the Chestnut
Hill home of the Lens. That's ul.
Mayor to Address Students
...111 ;..i' J".. .'V"rK ' 'nss of 10201
rL -,, , .. ,. ..
............ ..... .....i.im in ,'iii,-ii exercises In
tlie Girard College Chapel at 7;,lo tins
evening. Muyor Moore will make the
address of the occasion. Dr. Cheesmau
A. Herrick, the president of the rolleee
will present the diplomas to the grad
uatlpB class, and the valedictory will be
Mlyerod 1 by the first honor wan of the
ctass, Charles Scbaefer.
uniform and left it in a crumpled heiiftl'.,1" "" ,. .'..?"" ,u "' luo n lolng thirty miles east of here, six of
Published Dally Hxoept Sunday, fluhnrrlr-tlon J'rli-e JO a Tiar by Mall.
Copyright. 1920, by Public Lwdjwr Company.
Senator martin i
wniinr nrnnminr ;
VVUli I uTbUtlhUL
MOORE AS LEADER
Split Seen in Party as Vare,;
Leader Indorses Max Aron iPi'i' ?'""'," J'010 Ncw lorU
for Senate
SAYS LEADERSHIP WILL BE
SHOWN AT NEXT PRIMARIES
M..j!j.i. i- i :-.. r
Of
VUllUIUaiG 10 1-lbULGIIUIIl Sl
David H. Lane, Twentieth
Ward Chieftain
Senator
Dave Mai tin refused today
to leiognize Mavor Moih-c a
... i.ii1i:,.1111 .... !,, i
tl" ; epulilitnu pnitj in 1,
as leader of
hiliuloltihiii.
followers at the snriug primaries-.
While Senator Mai tin did not come
Mr. Martin said he Would not nirniii be
a candidate, and he said Aron would
be a good man to succeed him. -
Aron is a lieutennnt of David II.
Lane, leader of the Twentieth ward
nnd city committee chairman emeritus.
When asked definitely how "Mr. Lane
stood toward Aron. Mr. Majtiii replied:
"Mr. Lane and I are genernllv to
gether." No Comment on Aron
Aion was first elected to the Legis-
lature in 11)1." to fill (h
unexpired
term of John II. Riebel.
During the trnnsit controversy in
1017 Aron gained notoiiety. On June
2," of that year he carried the Salus
transit hill uway from the Legislature
""" "cciaring ins opposition to uie
measure. s nll exeuse tor his uction.
-ron said at tnat time, "tlic peojJle 01
Philadelphia are against the Salus bill
and 1 am with the people."
. . i . .. . .. .... . -
.Mr. .Martin made no comment today
asked.
"That is a matter to be settled iu the
'spring primaries," lie replied.
'Will you be with the Varos then?"
"I will b wjtli the Republican or-
h,r, l""" . Ba",1 V -""" ,.
cal? SUIA Car
ters n City Hall. Those quarters are
located HI tile OftlCC Ot Register of Wills
James L. Sheehau. Activities in that
l,w..,lif,. ....! !...1I. l.. l,r ,1 i!
Senator Is ".", Years Old
He waK aib0 collector of internal rev-
... . .
eiiues ami register or wills Detorc Belli;
elected to the state Senate.
i ouimeniing on nenntor .Mart
tin's de-
cision to
... . r .1 ...
m. ... ,.iii ,ii iiii. kiiDiinn.ii
i race. Sei
mtor Vnre s-ill
"It is to be regretted that Seuutor
JIurti" will uot be a candidate for
re-election, although I have known for
,hc lllKt two ycar.s tlint llt wnnlf- ,
be. With his lomr political ns well
. . .. .
,ls legislative experience, the city and
htulr '!M"S one ot t"e .most nble sena-
0".."" -er sat in the upper chain-
UCTi
I 1 t 1 it I
'V1,11 "ho thought would be
he n
good
?" '"tt-,i-. UW, ''' M:Tt"' s I,,la,T'
. . '.; . . r -
V,1 ....
said it was too early to
''''sm'-
ss his sue
ITAtlAN STRIKE FAILS
Government's Steps and Public's Ad
verse Attitude End Tie-up
Rome. Jan. 22. - lis A. I. Hm-p-
fin i kionu nt rtn, iriiiiun i.'niirxM,,,!,,)
and the aiherse attitude of the public ,
..,. 1 l V U.I (III IIHIII1II ,IM I I UIIICIIL
s.-eiiieu iu nuvc iiniiigni uikiiii u laiiurc
"V'- '"? "V ., , ,1
.. " '" "'"' ...," u.ujuujua iu
rue ltnslil . te ei, innt. ti tul
iclegiuph
.' work.
sen ices lias voted to resume
sation switched to the local situation, after having foiled iu ail attempt to to nctive violence against the govern.
I Are you ready to recognze S1'"1, , take the disabled transport in tow Of- mmt', nnd thcse Provisions have ben?
I Moore as leader of the Republican party t 'c me m. auieu nanspoit in tow. ui- , ,,ttU(.I;o(1 nh to wvnet Tfjc SterUmr
liu Philadelphia V" the senator was I finals ot the Navy Department here i hill. ,,nssnrl hv l, Bot i, i, .t"
ALLEGED "SOLDIER" ROBBER OF STUDENT ARRESTED
Charles Mitchell, "soldier" alleged to h.nve Tubbed Charles
B. Atlee, Haverford College student who befrisrtded him. wn$ ar
rested today by detectives when waiting for n tinin at the Read
ing terminal. Mitchell admitted his identity, and led the detec
tives to various places where lie had disposed of Atlee's posses
sions. Wo was then sent out to Haverf..rd under arrest.
PREPARE TO TUNNEL UNDER MOUNT BLANC
V
CHAMONIX, Switzerland, Jan. 22. French "and Italian
engineers have arrived here to make studies on the ground for a
tunnel under Mount Blnnc, directly joining France'; and Italy.
Both governments have voted preliminary credits to commence
ork. .
TWO HURT BY FALLS ON ICE
Aged Woman and Young Man Sus
tain Sere Inlnrl..
bevere Injuries
An nged w (mum and u man arc suf
fering from severe injuries today, ic
eeived in falls upon the Ic sidcwalkr.
Mrs. Mary White, seventy-live years
old, of 210 Shedakcr street, fell ut
Fifteenth and Summ
inuuystreets. Her left
shoulder was fractured. She Is at the
Hahnemann Hospital.
Charles Overbeck. twenty-seven
yeurs old, of 112 North Seventeenth
street, fell at the Baldwin Locomotive
Wthhs morU,n8. ,. le(t wrU
tt9WZ
LEAVES GIRL HE HIT
Driver 8peeds Machine After Drag-
glng Victim Twenty Feet
MIkm Mnnde Hoadle.v. Old York road,
' near Wyncotc rond, was struck by a
motorcar on old York road last night,
dragged twenty feet, and left dazed. The
driver1 of tho ear speeded bis machine
I nnd flpd.
I A' second motorist, believed to he a I
.New York salesman driving to Philadel 1
phia, picked the girl up and took her to
JHT lluinc jilt imii-iur( ".i. -"
lWnuft mimlicr nn his cur.
' He told the family that he had not
seen the accident, though he was- fol
lowing ubout twenty yards behind the
other carl His lights picked up the
"Si1 WAtt '!lheroa, bTto !
j;hmc-hoseJ",l!n'; ft1' S.;hLrteauLui '
several hours liter that physicians, re-
vive.l her. ttne naci many cms auu
:"..... ' f' ,,,i i.n,i.. Iimi m, t,n
- fnrm ni
U1UIS. " '" ..
injured internuliy. .
The young woman had been to Jenk-.
intown and wns walking home. The
accident occurred at a point where there
is no sidewalk, and tills is partly blamed
by the police. The girl's father is
superintendent of the Kills D. Williams
estate near Jcnkintowu. i
EIGHT LOSE LIVES
I
e.ll D C.-,. D.. Cl,:
SmallBoat From Rescue Ship'
Overturns Attempting to
Transfer Passengers
A DING POWHA
menv, or uny ot the laws or authority"
thereof, or to cause the overthrow or
DESTROYER SPRINGS LEAKi"-;4'0" l.u" 5orInK.oElaw ?r ??
By the Associated Press
Halifax-, N. S. Jan. 22. Fight lives
were lost when a boat from the trans-
port Northern Pacific overturned yes-- j
terdny in an attempt to transfer pas
sengers from the disabled transport
lA1'1l,l.n,. n. r.r.i..ll'i... .n nf..n..o nf I. ..
steamship Bardie, which 'arrived here
. .
' this morning.
'pi1( it.,,,;,.-., nni,.,.,. ...:,i u,w sl-ite
Jwi lit .- ollueis said this state
""" """ '" " nu -! '""-'w-
said they had no ret'ord of this mes
sage.
Three
I -three hoats were sent from the
' Northern Pacific toward the Powhatan,
"but were recalled because the seas were
- heavy to transfer passers from
the disabled steamship. One of the
lints f.liled tn return nri.l .. fnit.l
SitntMs- ileatrnve,. .n-,t -,-,i ti,nt.if i,...i
. ,-..v.... ....... ..-.v. ...,. ,,uu
announced that there Avas noclianie in I
, tne condition ol the ship and that a
'ulr'J I-"D"-
New York. Jan. 22. (Iiy A. P. i-
A wireless message today from the armv
iruiisnu l i-ou-n iimi. oisnrte. nr soti
transpoit Powhatan, disabled at sea
i about 201) miles south of Halifax, said
. .... - .-. ... .....
!.... .1... .!........ L..1..., ..... . . ,
iwuL in,- u.-:m.iu., ui- ouurKc.v, wnicu naUi
been standing by the Powhatan, was
"leaky" and would be forced to return
to port. The const guard cutter O-sipep
hus reported 10 ne Hearing the i'mv-
baton's position.
SIX DROWN A3 SHIP SINKS
han Juan. I'orto Rico. Jan. 22. The
sni,i, 1....1, n!..- "" ,7m," .
.miihuiii uui t wiiiiiii . hi mi itiui.-in ri
Cuba, foundered early Tuesday morn-'
ing thirty miles east of here.
jtlie tliirt-six sailors drowning
- - v . - . ....... ... ...... .w ... .'.,.".3v,. ... .,,,.-1, ,c,u, :.
neayy surl as they uenred shore iu two Strikes and cessutions ot work. Gom
sinall boats. The Condor wenlhereil nop. sniil. nre ,u,tl,in" mm-.. .... In.a'ti.nn
'heavy teas for twenty-four hours before
going down.
DECLINES MILITARY POST
Colonel 1'icderick A. Sujiler, recent M
... ....i .. i i n -
IlIIIIM'll III il I'll I I I II It 111 lt r r. . .. .
Pcuiisyhamn Nulional Gi'mid,' has de-
c luce the p,i5t, Co one Simler Im..
I?""" 'Waul Jn Bc'lhathi:
uusiiu-ss iiuiies will
not permit him to
give the military office the p,per a
tention.
OPERATORS DEFY PALMER
Alabama Owners Refuse to Namej
Committee to Meet Mlnrr 1
.
Rlrmingham, Ala., Jan. 22. (My A.
P. 1 Denying that there were unv
grievances to settle will, 11,0 ...
- - "
the Alabamu Coal Operators' Associa-
tion today rcmseil to appoint u com-
pilttec to meet AAitli a similar commit.
tee of miners in accordance with 1, re
n,,est nf Uin-n,, f. , 1. ,
quest Ot Attorney General Palmer.
Officials of the Fnited Mine WoikcrHi,,f '"Banlzing the Philadelphia commlv J
in this district hnvn i..,...i ...... sion and steps will be taken uf . .a
tain coal operators refused to ,11 J
back men who . ' oSt on il.i Jl?
.ffig, Vi7A!
.t t. i.-C " -'-?y " ' mvn
PRICE TWO CENTS'
1 PALMER PROPOSES i
NEW SEDITION BILL';
NO DEATH PENALTY
tute for Sterling and A
Sterling
Graham Measures
31
20 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT,
$10,000 FINE AS MAXIMUM
Goinners Dfirlarfs That Prosnttt
Plans Would Make Free
Men Slaves
w-7(
By the Associated Press
Washington. Jan. 22. Disapproving
both the Sterling and Graham sedltloi
bills. Attorney Genernl Palmer, in ji
letter today to Chairman Campbell, of
the House niles committee, proposed u
new measure which would provide 1nR
not exceeding ijilO.OOO nnd imprison
ment of not more than twenty years for
persons convicted of nttemhtinir in nm--
throw the government or of acts of viol- I.
lence against the government or its crjty ,
ployes or agents while in the discharge X
of their official duties. '
.'r ""-aiill-r also WOI11U prOIUtHC
writings or teachings which constitute
sedition. The bill says that "whoever
Willi intent to levy war against the
I nited States or to cause the chnn")fcr
overthrow or destruction of the governi
hMuiwuj,uniuuivui, ur i oppose, pre
vent, hinder or delay execution of nnr
law of the 1'nited Stares or the free per'
formance by the Fnited States Govern
ment or any one of its officers, ugcntft
or employes of its or his public dutv,
commits or attempts or threatens' to
commit any act or force against any
person or any property or any nct of
terrorism, hate, revenge or injury
I O fffl j ,, Sf tl,f IIPPCriTI ..,- 11Tmnf1 nt n..
I SP.7r' "PV,4 or ""PJC "fthl United
n u -n. suuii lie fjeeinnri .,,! rr er virtt
i tion "
, ..... . .
Graham Bill Declared Too Stern
The Graham House bill nrovldes ),
suneu on tuc ground war it would pel- fM
UP a Pl-es.s rensnrsl,ln in norm., ilmn nA ,1
for riMipr rnntnna S. -efM
-i, Toi,.,. .i:.i ., ur it.- A fi
' committee in person, as hnd been CS- S
' Pected. His letter was read after Sam,V.
j&O, MZ&$&.
Hailed the Sterlin" and Graham n&M&r
ures. wliinli l,n Win-.,.! ,....,.1.1 .nZLifM
nil ..lnusou ,f l-v..... ..-..1 '.nn ..i. L,viAf
, ---. ... ...w... ...... n..iiK w
peoplc
Fools in Congress, Sas (Jonipcrs
reactionaries and fool
hate me, but none hate
as these people whos
activifies have been
been branded ns 'Red "
"What do you mean by fools in Con
, "?.' Chairman Campbell asked. I W
.' nm atrnid I would be guilty of lese M
.- ..
jnajeste u l mentioned any name!?.
l.nmitllPQ PnTilinrt
,, ' Y. l-i-"-'i
i nc i.riumin meas-ire Mould nnlte. 'all
free men slaves," Gompcrs said.
Centering his attack on the provision
of the bill prohibiting tho circulation of
an literature and periodicals of radical
nature, .Mr. Gompcrs said tha work'ers
of the Fnited States were seeking in
dustrial changes and the improvement of
s0'" nd moral conditions
social and moral conditions, and thet
i . . i.jtt .. it . . t . &
' r 1 '" . ,. ,"".. J'' "l..L"c 1,M l m0ral
J ' B l"'""'"'"-.
Declares Strikes Tjnifj Progress
an aspiration bv working people for bet -
ter liviug conditions. Countries where
there are no strikes are the most back
ward, he added.
Asserting that fines and imprisonment
were proidril now for overt acts, the
witness said the bill hud one purpose, to
make restrictions; to afford punishment
for things now lawful,
I "Although laborers inaj be unor
ganized todn," he continued, "they
might organize tomorrow, because they
w-unt belter conditions and better life,
1 Such a movement must be of the mass
I character; the. could uot go into cxecU'
lic session. I'mler this bill that would
I be prohibited."
' "Such meetings would not b& unlaw
ful under this bill." suid IteprescnU-
j tivtKnrll. Republican, of New York.
I In rep! Compers charged tho bill
. might eeu prevent u plan to elect the
President by direct popular vote.
"F.wii adiocac of 11 change in the.
ntl.llllllln.. ' l. ...1.,., .... I , I . i
uiiniiuimu, uv iiuuril, would DC pUl
isliuble unilep the bill."
1 Declares 1my I'mieccssary
! "The intent of the bill." Reprciet
lio Snell interjected, "would not
. iect'iiiij one unless guilt of force w
1 violence.
'There is no disposition lo puuisli aoy
one except for pb.isicnl force," Chair
man Volstead, of the judiciary commit
lee. said. "There is nothing to prohibit
moral force, no disposition to take away
rights to organ ire orderl or to udvocatc
change of go eminent."
, "That would be for the coiirtH to ae-
' cide." Goni,ers replied. "I have bad
experience that assurances- and under
standings uf lawmakers huve Iwen re
- versed by courts on si-ieral measures,
I "At any rate, this legislation is iiofc
needed. Because there are a few fillly,
, rampant, aIcious people Iu the country!
I il isn't ticeessary to include cverv nao.1'
NAME PRICE BOARD TODAY
Mayor to Submit Names of Com.
mi..inn u,m.i
,,,,.0iw,, .w l,,S,M . X
, Ma.ior Moore may name the Phlf'l
phia fair price cominiKHiou lodu'j; '
1 names will be submitted to Il' i . JWa
1 Mel 'Inlr
' l'i,,,"yl
Mr McChiiu. who has beei, In thT
I ""stern purl of the state arranging thf
Yf,"'Y,tll.,'rP; i """'t! hack In Phil,.
ilclphia tonight or tomorrow nmrnloif,
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V I,!lIi',lt,l,lll1' front food prHI .1
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