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VOL. VI. NO. 421
RGHT IN COUNCIL
layout of Councilmanic Clern
ships Extravagant," Asserts
Horn, Independent
SAYS HE WON'T ACT
LIKE A RUBBbH siAivir
Eleven -to -Ten Advantage of
Mooro I nreaxeneu moi
and Lamberton Clash-
i-. no linen nttnnrl.
A session . . VJ ;?,,
HtASWcpthl .attoraoM .when the,
Ktvno members of the city's lcgis-;
rZtyhodv meet on the fourth floor of
City nail. .,i nnntosr. nmone
. lnrcc;l "' ' H,p Tortv-sixt
SS5 ami h- flurry between Sheriff
Sbto.n nd Coiinci man AJ W
Kentv-second ward, arc regarded as
LTrcWrent, that may Bwtr to the
r ?, it :":;,,:" ..
Thr inajoriii r.v,.. -- ----
ToTe p cs d nVof the Council at $3500
non'sindoriemcnt of the eleven admin
istration Oouncilmen. '
Calls Program Extravagant
- ii -n:ilto.vi T? TTnrn. nn In-
SK?Eaf
ri Uriel, win iiiuuuuti ...
lief that the clerkship program was cx-
?InaSaad"lition to tho piesidont's secre
tarial job attacked by Councilman Jo
seph I. lialtncy, van- "!"i'i "'"- .-
mittce clerkships at q.omiu i-utu ...uj u
nut tO a 0TC. ... m
"I feel that the layout of council
,,!,. rierkMiiM la extravagant," ns-
ISrtid Mr. Horn. 'LMy wto on the
clerkships will ue rccorueu u .""
best. I am not going to act as a rubber
stamp- . . ., i j.
"I am in the uouncn m voie utium
(nc to mv conscience nnd convictions.
If the minority arc right I will vote
with them, ji me lunjumj i" ,.(,
I nlll vote aguinst them.
Won't Be Dictated To
in,. tn.'iVtn nlprlRhlna. T nm not. pn-
Idj to indicate now how I will vote, t
-.11 a(. un aipfnlpil'tn hv 'nhnrlnv TTnll
nr by 'Joe' Oaffnry. Neither will I bo
dictated to oy tnc ower siac ot me
ibambcr." ,
Mr. Horn lefcrrcd to Councilman
Charles R. Hall, Vare member from thr
ci!nd district, who was the tinsuc
rfssful randidnte for president of tho
Council.
uuiuuia unit mi: uiL'Y;-uvti,vu uiic
'ip in Council might be, broken today
or in the near future on questions not
directly related 'to broad adniinistra
tioa policies were referred today to
FrSncii r. IJiireh, finance chairman of
'jUUIH'II.
"The principles I fought for during
the last s're years arc well Known,"
V. Tl..nt. ,1...1.... J (IT !...!.
lt. JMUUil uruiuit-u. X U1U UI1 IIIUC-
pendent, and I am going to vote as my
conscience dictates."
"Only One'Voto Lead" Caffney
r Councilman Gaffney last week
WUrnpH" thr nrf mint cfr-nt isn "Mn 4rIfi
that it was a majority by a slender
mirrin of ono vote.' In haranguing
i)su usl me program or councuraanic
iPrKfihinv Via nftSntnil m- Uni l. tnLl.
might be turned, and that the majority
m.&ht Ming to the other hide of the
"" "L viuiiviiiuuuiv ovn-iun ut-
Jn Mayor Jroorc conferred with Ricli
"rdcglein, president of the Council,
of the Itepublican Alliance. Mr. Mooro
youia not comment on the conference.
It was understood the Council clcrk
nlps wcie discussed.
Thetomaiiawk was still peeping nbovo
He ground today nfter the flurry yes-
vjiun, ufinrpn oneriu J.amuerton ana
vwuuciunan nopcr.
I CCnrrnllv env . Unl T l.n..A n r.nM
nil that ends it," was Mr. Roper's
uuitiii. wiiun u3Kca tnis morning it lie
Wing to smoke a peace-pipe with
In KhprtfF T JflHf( nMAl tt l-- J.,.a
ftn a laugh.
J7llJnt''s "he,", was Mr. Lamberton's
Winder. Then he continued : "I havq
v.l" "imuiie j. uau yesterday.
Nothing to sav."
i.i tcr AI.r I'nmhcrton gave the fol-
Mt Hinnfn ill. Ar. th. ...n
paused liy the fact that I tried to con-
li. mm lnat- so Iar s possible, ap
iPoiatments under his control bhould be
Bade among those who had been faithful
0 IIQ in tti. nn..i. .1 ji
- ... ,., u,t. ,mM. rulnpr man among
lose who formerly followed the Vnres
M are now trying to come in when the
witinV V V l Bluml on tnat prop
"lon, 1 have nnver nllmntl in
CottnciP'' C thC cmp,oycs o t,le ncw
.." " .al K(,tto between the two
ormcr iarBitv football players occurred
in tho hhprifrt.. r: tr-n n
rnnnn " ll ' uuice over
wancllmauic appointments.
With the Administration
At Mo v ii.i .
run.- . 'Ll",ls mrning councilman
n. t .not, incl'ned to discuss the
k7V i "l'ninuea tnat straws sorae-
Ki; r u,'h", ""J lnc wintl is
SjKi "Piled:
nil VcJ'.WUUmtl thc wind blow-
it belli .ul Uls aStions VYOuld Prove
it fetter than words could.
'"si night a meetinc of Germnntnwn
iW C Yas bcl', nt Fletcher
r.m,.. e"ntown and Maplewood
IWld.7i.Vi, "5 was,.1? 8Clcct legislat vo
'limmlt.r a.nd candidates for thc ward
ine Din.)! i . '.
ljonnT1' representative,
l'WtlnB Tt 8leaA Presided over the
lade , t n.V J3 t,nid an ort will be
'instead win if. i c"Promiso so that
an from th' tc,ctcd cil pniittee-
Vitson ,i!n APPralser Thomas F.
it Jiasur ."' the nepubllcan
tho meaVTi nna a Varo lieutenant,
o picscnt representative of the
la,RU",a"'''Rrre.tcd
r, a Ituwlor T, i i,Usear Tywcr-
:il Ialanf in m'ia Uom
t tha JllJ??00..bnll after being
' arrested i,1""10" Proceedings,
wl by ho rlifn "n "'ltment re-'
Chicago fo. "unty grand jury
mtfeffl overthrow of the
,vw.
ON CLERK MEASURE
MAYBREAKTODAY
Entered an Bccona.Ctt Matter at
f unoer xno Act oi
McClain Ready fa Wield
Big Stick on Profiteers
fie Is in Town to Name
mittee, and Has Great Hopes and Also a
Few Fears Concerning His Plans
By GEORGE
lOtmer l.leittfinnnt riniTAi-niM. 1n
Clain, with his warrant ns fair-prico
commissioner for Pennsylvania signed,
scaled, delivered and tucked safely -in
his inside pocket, is in town.
He is hero to appoint a fair-price
committee, but principally to hit thc
conscienceless profiteer an unearthly
wallop.
In the matter of a fair-price com
mittee, he hai already made a start
by appointing Mrs. H. C. Bodcn as the'
first member. It is the purpose of the
commissioner to distribute hU honors
impartially, and for this reason his
committee will be made up as fol
lows :
Three women, one purchasing officer
of thc navy, one representative of the
Central Labor Union, one man to rep
resent the business men's organizations
and three to represent large employers
of labor. The committee will main
tain headquarters at 708 Finance
UuHding.
I found the former lieutenant gov
ernor, director of the commission of
public welfare, not averse to declaring
his hopes, aims, desires, plans, and
even fears.
Expresses Himself Freely
Mr. McClain is always open-minded
and free to express himself. He is
hesitant about criticizing others, but,
depositing his scruples, for the time be
ing, under a glass paper weight on his
desk, ho said :
"You must not misconstrue the law
under which we operate. My price
fixing committee is clothed with the
snme power as those of thc old food
administration. The amendments to
thc Lever food control act extended nnd
continued the power of that statute.
This is not a political measure. It was
a Republican Congress that rejuvenat
ed it.
"Vi have full authority, where we
E
Safety Director Says Superin
tendent of Police Is Doing
His Duty
POLITICIANS IN QUANDARY
"Mr. Robinson, is doing his duty as
a police officer nnd as superintendent of
police of this city."
That declaration by Director of Pub
lic Safety Cortclyou today was regarded
as n virtual announcement that Super
intendent of Police Robinson would be
rctnincd In office under tho Moore ad
ministration, despite thc fact that Rob
inson had been forced out of command
of the Philadelphia police in 1018 at
the demand of the federal authorities.
Director Cortclyou's statcmenc waB
mado following a blanket indorsement
bv Mayor Moore of the management of
the police department by Director Cor
tclyou. Promptly politicians raised thc ques
tion: "What kind ot a deal is being made,
a part of which is the retention of Rob
inson?" Alliance Iicaders Silent
Leaders in the Republican Alliance,
thc president of which is Thomas W.
Cunningham, who have been support
ing Mayor Moore, explained that only
policy prevented their saying what they
thought of Robinson's continuance in
office.
Director Cortelyou's statement with
regard to Robinson, which tho direc
tor plainly intended as an indorsement
of the police superintendent whose re
moval under the fire of Colonel Hatch,
federal law-enforcement officer, was ono
of the sensations of the Vare-Smipi
regime, recalled a similar indorsement
supplied by Mayor Smith a few years
ago.
Director Cortelyou a statement was
made as thc climax to a series of ques
tions. He was bhown the editorial in
thc Evenino Public? Ledqeii of yes
terday, which, nftej discussing the cir
cumstances surrounding thc forcing of
Robinson out of office in the Smith ad
ministration, asked this question:
"Mr. Moore and Mr. Cortclyou, what
arc you going to do about Superin
tendent Robinson?"
Previously, in reply to questions from
newspapermen, the director said he had
nothing to say about Superintendent of
Police Robinson,
Why tlie Mystery?
"Have you read this editorial?" the
director was asked.
"Yes," ho replied. "I have noth
ing. whatever to say."
"Well," it was suggested, "tho ad
ministration Is willing to talk straight
forwardly about other questions, why
not about this? Whnt's the mystery?"
Again the director indicated he had
nothing to say.
"Director," it was suggested, "the
people would be better pleased if you
came right out and answered the ques
tion: 'Is Superintendent Robinson to
be discharged -or retained?' "
Then came thc director's announce
ment about, or Indorsement of Robin
son. It came with dramatic sudden
ness and In the midst of another ques
tion which was being put. It was ut
tered with nn emphasis unusunl in thc
utterances of the director.
"I will say this," said thc director
with snap and force In every word,
"Mr. Robinson Is doing his duty as a
Continued on Tnte Fourteen, Column One
BERGDOLLALJJNISTS MEET
Outline Plans for Examination Into
Draft Dodger's Sanity
Tho army lunacy commission, ap
pointed by Lieutenant General Hullard,
at Governor's Island, N. Y., to probe
tho sanity of Grover C. Rcrgdoll, met
this morning to outline procedure plans
for tho first meeting on February 24.
It was announced that tho following
officers, all attached to the army medical
staff, rouHitutcd the commission; Col
onel Rcan, Colour! Duvall nnd Major
linker.
Following the meeting no statement
wpifld be made,
ORT
LYOU BACKS
ROBINSON
the Poitofflce, at Philadelphia. Ta,
Alarch 0, 187U.
a Full Fair-Price Com
NOX McCAIK
discover nrnfitdnilno'. tn litinff the lirof-
Heer into court and punish liitn. Wo
expect to work In conjunction with the
agents ot the Department of Justice,
who began investigations in Philadel
phia yesterday morning.''
"How will you go about the work
of discovering profiteers?" I inquired
with discreet curiosity.
"Wherever we find n dealer, whole
Bale or retail, exceeding thc prices fixed
by our committee, it will be prima facie
evidence thnt he is a profiteer. He will
be required to submit proof that be is
not profiteering. He will be compelled
to show his books, or make a state
ment, to cxonciate himself.
"This is the procedure we hnve fol
lowed In Pittsburgh, where a number ot
profiteers have been prosecuted bv
United States District Attorney H.
Lowry Humes, who, by the way, is
a live wire."
Few Convictions Secured
"Have you had many convictions in
Pittsburgh?" s
"While we have had n number ot
cases in court, I regret to say that con
victions have been few." he said, with
a deprecatory smile. "There was a case
of one of the largest dealers in Pitts
burgh, who appeared to be a profiteer
but whose books showed that he was
not.
"We are not going to do anything
hastily in Philadelphia. This is not a
campaign of oratory. Talk docs not
count. We must deliver the goods, and
we nre going to be sure ot our ground
before we proceed."
"After the Pittsburgh merchant who
was alleged to be u. profiteer had been
exonerated in court, was there nnv les-
titution made for thc injury done his
business?" 1 asked, with considerable
interest.
The former lieutenant governor's rc-
Conttnned on Vase rourtecn. Column Two
L9
SISTER, 1, AT FIRE
Mother in Hospital, Children' Are
Alone in House When Blaze
Is Discovered
TURNERS' HALL IS BURNED
Bravery and quick action on the part
of nlne-jcar-old Mary O'Shaugtincssy
saved her two-year-old sister Catha
line from possible suffocation today
during a fire at their home, 0112 Rein
hart street, shortly after twelve
o'clock.
Thc two children, together v ith
their brother John, seven years old,
were alone in the house when the fire
started. Their mother is ill in a hos
pital. "While all were playing Mary detected
smoke coming from thc cellar. She
went down to investigate, and brother
and sister followed. All were driven
back by smoke and flame. Telling her
brother to run to thc street, Mary
picked up her little sister and gioped
her way to the front door.
Neighbors Care For Children
v;nViinpo (nrtl- nlmtfip nf flip children
nnd turned in an alarm. Several women
living nearby helped to carry not the
furniture and thus saved much of it
from damage.
For a time the home of Mr. Oliver
Dallas. 0114 Reinhart stieet, was
threatened, but the dwelling was saved
through the good work of the firemen.
Tho fire caused a loss of 300.
Two firemen were overcome by smoke
during a blaze that destroyed the in
terior of Turners Hall, 2530 North
Fourth street, and for a time threat
ened surrounding property today.
The men were William Morgan and
Ramond McCombs. both of Engine
Company No. 25. Thev were trapped
in the interior of thc building nnd were
found lying on the floor unconscious
by other firemen.
Fight Way to Windows
Companions picked up the two men
and fought their way to the windows
of the second floor, from where they
were rescued by ladders. After the
men were safely in nearby buildings it
was some time before physicians in
attendance were able to restore them
to consciousness nnd sjjnd them home.
The fire was discovered about fi :30
o'clock this morning. No person was
in the building and the flames had
gained great headway before the fire
men were summoned.
When the engines arrived they found
thc interior of the building a mass of
flames. For a time it looked ns if the
structure was doomed and thnt the
flames were sure to communicate with
surrounding properties.
Firemen were stntioned on nearby
roofs to fight back the advance of the
flames. Several persons living nearby
began to move their effects from their
homes,
Tho firemen finally gained control
of the blnzo nud extinguished it. The
damage is estimated at $15,000. The
fire is believed to have been caused by
an overheated furnace. The flames
gained their greatest headway in thc
big auditorium in thc building.
GUARD HAS ODD PRISONER
This Bird Was Found Hanging on
City Hall Window
He was hanging on the window sill on
the sixth floor of Citj Hall.
A sergeant, of the guard beard his
appeal for help and dragged him to
fcafety.
He was a peculiar individual of dark
gray complexion and small in stature.
Ho mumbled something that sounded
like "look nt tho rube" when the ser
geant asked him what he was doing in
such a perilous position. He wns slated
as "A Bird" nnd placed in n cell for
his own safety.
The prisoner turned up bis nose at
bread and milk this morning, but read
ily ate u dish of corn.
After breakfasting he was sent to
the headquarters of his brother and
sister pigeons who live on the roof of
City Hall,
RESCUES
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1920
GAS OVEMES 30
PERSONS; LEAK IN
Patrolman Arouses Families in
12 Homes After Noticing
Queer Action of Light
HAD TO BREAK INTO SOME
HOUSES TO WAKE TENANTS
U. G. I. Crew Tears Up Wishart
Street in Attempt to Locate
Source of Fumes
Gas Tragedies Grow
Todnj Thirty persons overcome
by gas at WMinrt street, between
Kront and A streets.
Yesterduj Mother killed nnd
four overcome nt ",21" Hope street.
.Tanunrj 11) I'nmily of five wiped
out when gas from a broken man
nt Seventh street and Allegheny
avenue filled the home of John J.
Kelly, at 041 West Allegheny ave
nue. January S Nine persons victims
of a leak iu the gas mains near the
home of .Mrs. Ressic Turnbull, .1P.21
Waterloo street, and thnt of Stan
ley Crisltlnski. at .1325 Waterloo
street. All recovered.
January 7 Gas main break at
Memphis and Gaul streets results in
death of AVilliam Read at 2S12 Gaul
Btreet, and illness of innny persons
living in the neighborhood.
United Gas Improvement Co. of
ficials declare the breaks in gas
mains to be due to exceptionally
cold winter, lesulting in the freez
ing of the ground to unusual depth.
Heavy trucks, running over frozen
maRs. it is said, cause vibration
that breaks the mains.
More than thirty persons living in
twelve houses on Wishart street, be
tween Front and A, were seriously af
fected by gas escaping from a leaky
main today.
Patrolman Sautter, of the Front and
Westmoreland sticcts station. is
credited with rescuing the families be
fore thc gas had done anything more
than to make them ill or scmi-con-sciousr
Thc patrolman was passing thc corf
ncr of Wishart and Front streets, when
he noticed n gas lamp in front of thc
house ot.. Johnson, Hanson. .140 East
WifcTuir,tr "street, -flicker nnd then
nlode.
Going to the lamp, he smelled gas,
and wns convinceu mar 111c main ruu
ning through the street had been
broken.
He knocked at the Hanson door fur
some time without getting nn answer.
Hanson, who is n fireman of Engine
Company No. 42. was away fighting n
fire at Fourth and Huntingdon streets.
His wife, Mrs. Mildred Hanson, wns
overcome bv gas, and his cousin, Joseph
Furguson, wns so nearly overcome that
he did not nt first hear thc policeman's
rapping at the door.
Furgiison nt Inst opened the door nnd
Mrs. Hanson was carried out of the
house.
Across the win. at 151 East Wishart
street, the policeman nroused George
Schrauk, who found that his wife. Mrs.
Catherine Schrank. was unconscious
and his brotlicr-in-lnw, Joseph Drpjer,
stiffening from the cfTeots of gns. Mrs.
Scnrank wns rained from the gas-filled
uou'-e.
He had tn fnrco his way into several.
of the buildings When he got in hi
throw up the windows nqd then left
to care for those 111 the other homes.
After arousing the block, he notified
the police station and the IT. G. 1. Co.
A corps of phjsicinus was hastily or
ganized in that section of Kensington.
This corps soon was ic-enforccd by
three pbjsicians sent bj the gas com
panv
Far ninre than lun limns Mm ,lnnin, 1
were busy treating persons nffected b I
thc gas. Mnn.v of the thirty-odd men, 1
tt nmnn n Mil nliillron n am la.!..f.1.. r I
fected, :but all refuscil ! tn go to t hi 'hSil
MAN
BLAMED
pitai, ail are expected to recover. '
A gang of workmen from the gas Dry Agent Here Would Spare Sensl
company is digging up the street in an' . ,, , .
effort to find the leak. The leak, work- I tlve Feelings of Offenders
ers sa.v. must be a big one as the odor! Roy L. Dailj. federal prohibition
of escaping gas is plainly disccrnable I agent for Philadelphia, said today that
u i'ii nn nn- upi-n si reel
Many of the families in thc bloik have
moved from their homes temporal ilv,
until the leak is discovered and repaiied.
nanny any 01 inose aiieciecl b the gas
are tally rccovcied lis ct. s '
OMrtlAf no Dam Tf-iMnnnMii 1
bNOW OR RAIN TOMORROW
Temperature Is Expected to Drop.
37 Degrees at Noon Today
Snow or rain early tomorrow morn
ing is expected bv the weather bureau
Tomorrow will be colder than today.
The weather prophet expected that
today would be fair, but the edge of
n southern storm hung over the city nt
sunrise nnd would not go away. Theie
was n henvj fog in the early hours, so
heavy that the Cit Hall clock could
not he seen nt close range.
Driveis ot automobiles in the streets
nnd officers of vessels moving in the
river had tn exercise watchful caution
to avoid accidents
Rising f 1 0111 !!4 degrees at two
o'clock this morning, the mercury
readied 37 degrees at eight o'clock, and
remained at that point until noon,
SIX DIE OF GAS POISONING
Newark Hotel Owner Is Arrested for
Criminal Negligence
Novvaiu.. N. J Feb. ,. (By A. P.)
Six men were found dead of gas
poisoning in a small hotel here today
They had been sleeping in ono room,
three on ono bed, two on another and
the sixth 011 11 rot.
Dej Grann, a Spaniuid. owner of
thc hotel, wns arrested on a charge of
manslaughter by order f County Phy
sician Warren. It is alleged ho was
guiltv of criminal negligence In allow
ing tho use of defective gas fixtures.
All tho dead were Spaniards, rive
arrived here vesterday tn work In the
shipyards. The sixth had been In this
country one month.
WILSON NARROWLY
ESCAPES INFLUENZA
Doctor Grayson Takes Extra
Precautions on Account of I
President's Bad Cold t
Hy the Associated Press
Washington. Feb. .1. (Ry a p i I
President Wilson contracted a told
scleral days ago and had a narrow es
cape from inlluenn, Rcnr Admiral
Grayson said today. Every precau
tion is now being taken to protect the i
president, Doctor Grajson explained.
?0dST Vml'ttcTo tVr"!
Wa,ingSOnfori,, sot "tfnfe. "dX '
Grayson intimated in discussing reports
from various sections of the country,
concerning impending trips. With the
President steadily improving. Doctor
Grayson said he thought it would be
unwise to change his couibc ot treat
The President's improvement from
week to week is noticeable, Doctor
Grayson continued He is allowed to
walk from room to room on thc second
floor with thc nid of his cane, but so for
hns not been permitted to venture bo
low the stairs out of his wheel chair.
IN RUINS OF BLAZE
Man, Missing Sijice Wednesday,
Thought to Have Perished
in N. J. House
BELIEVED ALONE AT TIME
The ruin-, of a dwelling destrojed bv
file nt Lain el Springs. N. J.. Wednes
day night nie being seaichcd this after
noon to learn if its lone occupant wns
burned to death.
Frank R. Markforte, 1142 South Al
lien street, this city, today informed
Piosecutor Wolverton, of Camden
county, he believed iiisibrother George,
missing since Wednesday, wa in the
house.
According to Morkforte. his brother.
a prosperous building contractor, bought
the Laurel Springs residence nnd had
planned to install his family there. Thc
fnmily is now said to be in New York
citv.
The brother who bought thc piosecu
tor's aid said h had an engagement
Thursday with his brother. They were
going to New York, be said, tn bring
the building contractor's family to Lau
rel Springs.
On Wednesday night the Laurel
Springs home was destroyed by fire.
Mftrkforte said he believes his brother
was trarped in the burning house and
(hut he lost his life. He 'has not seen
Jiim since, he asserted. The man's fnm
ily reported he bad not arrived at icw
York.
Mr. Wolverton assigned a detective
to investigate. Volunteer firemen at
Laurel Springs raked through the ruins
this nftcrnoon.
P.R.R. WRECK DELAYS TRAINS
Sir Oliver Lodge Detained by Col
lision Near Trenton
Trains between New York and Phil
adelphia were delajcd for more than
an hour this morning by a freight
wreck at Lawrence, N. J., four miles
beyond Trenton, nn the New York di
vision of the Pennsjlvania Railroad. No
oue was injured.
A westbound freight tlain. made up
FIREMEN SEEK BODY
nf empty cars, buckled when the brakes I age" iu Moscow. The first president
were applied, two ais leaving the I of th" commission wis tuc tenilile IV
tiacks. The wreikngc was spread over I ters. 11 Russiin butcher notorious at
tracks one. two and three, completely! one time in the east end of Loudon fur
tving up eastbound traffic nnd scri-' his niminal euiloits. but he has been
nnsH interferini? with traffic coinir west latch superseded bj Djcijinsk. a s8n-
Several New York tiains from Broad 1
stieet had to b" canceled, while 11 long 1
line of trains nut of New ork waited
for the wreckage tn be cleared away.
After an hour's delay the tracks were
freed bv wieeking ciews from Trenton
and Philadelphia, slinrtlv after 1
o'clock.
Sir Oliver Lodge. I'.ntisli scientist,
was in tho 11 o'clock trniu fiom New
Aork, on bis waj to Philadelphia to at
ipml n innrlirnti. tils tmin wns nm. nf
those delnved bv the wink
MAN, NOT TROUSERS, LIABLE
no tear need Do cntertulncd uy men
caught with "hip liquor" as to whethci
or not their trousers would be seized'
'as "vehicles" in thc illegal carrying of I
the stuff,
"It is nhsurd tn succest such
thing." said Mr Dai! "The man
himself is the vehicle, and the assertion
that tiousers might be 'appiiehended' as
uie vcnicie in me vioimiun is uit;n;i
is
nn attempt to poke fun at the nuthori
ties." 1
Mr Daily upheld the ai tiou of the j
Chicago authorities in arresting Cliarlcs
N. Thomas, Chicago bank president,
last Saturday night, when it is alleged,
he poured liquor from a silver hip-pock
et flask nnd passed it around among
friends nt a cafe in tiiat city.
ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT
Shipyard Employe Charged With
Striking Worker With Club
Following a light during thc noou '
hour at the New York shipbuilding
arils today Domiuick l'ondiiln, twent.v
four .veais old, 507 South Third street.,
Camden, was committed to jail b
Mnvor Andcison, of Gloucester. 1
Fondiila is charged with strikinr Jo- '
soph Atti, 038 South Sixth street, Phil-
ndelphla. over the head with a heavv
club. Witnesses declare thnt nfter Atti
was knocked down Fonilula jumped on 1
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'"!.' "a,taKp.n '0 the Homeopathic I
Hospital in Camden, vihere it was stated
he is suffering with seveie lacerations
of the scalp and contusions of tlie
body.
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The Wcathcrvanc
The days seem dark and glum j
doicdy.
Tonight is classed as "partlu
cloudy."
r,rc we have flroicn a short day older
)Yc may have "rain or snow and
colder. '
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TERROR
1ST
LENINE EXCLAIMS
Even Russian Premier Bows to
Djerjinsky, the Robespierre
of Moscow
BOLSHEVIK BUREAUCRACY
IS SIMILAR TO CZARISM
Revolutionary Tribunal, Created
to Crush Capitalism, Now
Overawes Masses
Big Gap Between Theory
and Practice of Soviets
Atlual uarliiiqi of thc fujii'mi
soviet fioteinmait haic Inounht
pniuful dhillusionmrnt to nn 1(71101
nut hut ircH-mcnvtnn muioiity in
America ir10 imciZ to think socialism
tra n nnnnccn for nil economic ills.
II, l Ifoipoth is tcllinq thc fncls
(ihout Iluaua with a directness that
n ninKinn both friends nnd enemies.
Tim is the third of a series of six
mlieles. Tomonoio'i subject will be
I "Thc Moscow ISitieaitcinct.''
By B. F. KOSPOTII
"pedal Corrennondent of the Hi mine rw.le
j.euner in nmizenanu
Copurloht. 10:0. ij the Public Ledair Co.
Gcnea. Feb. .",. According to thc
I thcoiy 11 f bolshevism, nj practiced in
Russia, the rule of terro1- the dictator
ship of a few all-powerful leaders is
to cense as froon ns "capitalism" anu
the "bouigcois classes" have been difi
nitely annihilated. Capitalism that i3
to say. commerce and industry is dead
in Russin today and the middle classes
aic utterly cowed and degraded, yet Le
nine and his associates maintain their
dictntoiship unchanged
Whatever ideals some of the Red
I chiefs may have owned originally, thev
nnc now without exception acquired ft
REGIE
MUST BE PITILESS
tate for absolute power and no loug-r 1 the ai to general agieement. De- ,ieK showing thnt during thc last twen
enteitam nny thought nf ielinquilung tails of the reserintions become less t.i-five icars dmiral Sims had served
it. Instead of the communist tatc nut- important when it N known that the, about sixteen 'rears on shore duty and
lined 111 their v ritinis thev have crab- 1 foreign nations are not greatly con- ininc ears at ea
lish'sl 111 Russia n new buronueiatic :ib- ccrncd just what resenations this coun- i.e. ' i'ii. . 1 .
solutism differing fiom C7arira only m I try adopts nor in what language it ex . , ., arply did he take n sea trip,
that it is based, not on thc "div in" I pi esses them said the secictarj , leferring to the ad
rights" of kings but on the no lew' One strikin" effect of the letim- , n, m'ra' s "ork ns c,om,mandcr. of the Unit
papimanrt ilnmn nf Minkm anil m- .. 1 J ,i ", 1 tl,f . lw IS . . Cl states nnval forces in European
dMlX nhraolwr Manrt"n a"" ' , rcvnal of he Johnson amendment with 1 waters. "that in his book he tells a
The rntnrflUuaUon in the soviet re- nnRi V the .voting power of England storj nf one of the few times he was
public todav Wcharactcii expressed prnbablv in afloat, going with the British admiral,
imuiic "iuui n uuHiuiuui u) uiii nc form of a reset witinn. Tin .Tnlm. i. 1....1 1 i 1 1... i .ii..i
abysmal gulf between isolslievlk- theory
and practice.
The rule of teiror has become a per
manent institution bei auc the Ro1ip
viki are still iis they ach in thc be
ginning, a minority of the Russiin peo
ple nnd consequently cannot maintain
their government except by fqice. I c-
ninc is quue imispoKen on 1111s suujei i.
nn a C71..1- r !
munism. renpic who protest against
acts of terrorism commuted bv us en
tirely forget what the term dictatorship
means. In all languages it means sim
plj a nil' of terror K is alto evident
that when thc .evolution is most in
ilfltiger. fhe di'-tatorship must be most
pitiless."
The instrument that exercises this
teimrism is thc famous extraordinary
commission for thc preveutiot. of ioun-
tcr-i evolution, speculation nnd sibot-
cuinaiy and somber inq'iisiioi of thc
Toruucmndn tpc
Tliiougii ins control or tin inmmiv
sion. which is neither more nor less
than a vjst secret -service organization
with innumerable aud invisible rnmiti-
Mlinns. Dieriinskv wields tremeiidniw '
occult power. Even the most powerful'
commissaries lear nun, lor his spies arc
cvcrvherc and keep him informed of
all 'heir secrets, lie is pnpularlv re-
rinded hi .Moscow as tlie real ruler ot
the citv.
' Djcrjuisk" asplics to acl the part of;
an liiionuptible moralist in the midst
.1
Conlln ie,l on Pas- I'onrleen, Column Two
TO DEMAND EXTRADITION
cniidiieiit ouio ui nar i m "" uimui nn- iiuu .lunnson win pros and cons, and if he makes a mis
"Thu dictatorship of the prolelar- b relieied to nlign himself with his take his error of decision is not im
iat," he says, "consists in a permanent, 'urt-), je is seeking the nonnnntiou mediatch followed b disastrous re
state of war against the foes of co.i- or le I re-.ideuc. from the Republl- M,ts. At sea particular in subrnn-
PARIS, Feb 3 roimei Ciown Piinct riedeiick William
and soveial' other sons of the ex-Kaisei head the list of SO0
Qeimanb accused of wai ciimes by the Allies anil whose cxtia
ilitlon will be demanded. The li&t will be handed to Barca
Ku.it von Leisuer, the German representative heie, this afternoon.
Dr Theobald von Bethmann-HoUwegr nnd Genemls von Hinden
burg, Ludendoiff and Mnckensen also nie on the list.
MRS. STOKES ARRES1ED FOR SYNDICALISM
NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Mis. Rose Pnbtoi Stokes wns. nnested
hcie today upon telegraphic lequest of the police of Chicago,
wheic she wns indicted last month chmyed with cilmiunl
tyncUcnlism. She vns taken into custody iu the municipal coun
after she had finished testifying at the tiial of benjamin Gitlow,
icnnci ITcw Yak assemblyman, chained v. ith cnminnl anaichy.
"HEATLFS9" NAYs FAP.F M Y
nCH I LCdd U I 5 rALt N. I
Health Chief Trying to Avert Strike
of Stationary Engineers
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Eftorts to avcit the strike of stationar
engineers and firemen, scheduled for to-
morrow morning, have been unsuccess-'
fill. Health Commissioner f'oneln nil
announced nfter a conference with lintel
proprietors, real estate men nnd office
building managers
He said that he viewed the situation
with "apprehension" and unless the
walkout was prevented by adjusting the
demands of the men, lives and property
in the city would be menaced by the
"heatless" days. T e health commis
sioner will try again tday to effect a
settlement.
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.10.SEPIUJS DANIELS
Secretary of the nay, who appear
ed today before the Senate investi
gating subcommittee, defended the
awards of nainl decorations made
by his department, and took em
phatic issue with Admiral Sims
WILSON ONLY BAR
IN WAY OF TREATY
nK,t Mo., A,. 1
Democrats May Accept Lodge
Reservations if President
Doesn't Interfere
POLITICS PLAYS BIG PARTi
B CLINTON XV. GILBERT
nian correspondent of Hie
I of the Kvenlns Public iY""! V V, ,"' 'orni wars. urmun
redrer strated ability of a high order, ' Sccre-
v,ici.i...i i' 1 n 1 n
Washington, I eb. .! Only Pies,-
dent ilson can now prevent the rati-
ficntion of tile ticatj
The atmosphere has bceu cleaied by
lscount Grei's letter U hns nuenpil
I son nm(.ndmei.t comes n 1
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.KK.1-IIUII' 10 i.ngianu man noes tlie
vt7ri.0 frr.S:tVatl0n' ' "" Mlb'
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I he revival of the Johnson proposal
nnullu tin. n.i In. n .ntn.n .f .!. r..
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iijiuiu .viiuiui- 111 me iiouge camp. 1
And with him mnv come back some of
the other 11 reconi liable
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""r" . ""r ol ""'"at'ns tlie
trent has not iccommended itself to
the majontv of the part It is pro
mg a source of weakness 111 his ,am
liuiii in si-tt-iin smii's
Johnson Avoids Treat j Issue
lie has shown a disposition iu Ins
statements to voters ricentlj to forger
his desire to defeat the trentj and tn
cmpliasi,e other issues. This- was es
pecially true 111 the states of Michigan
and New Jersev. where the Cnlifnniian
found thc one gicnt obstacle to his
winning stiong support was his posi
tion on the tientv.
He niu.v weliome an oppoitunitv to
make himself icgular by aiccptiug his
pait.v's position on the treat, and if
h" is allowed to wnte the icsei 11ti011
, t , ,
amendment in regard tn the vnting
power 01 1 nc isruiMi empire, lie mnv
accede to Mr. Lodge 111 legurd to the
other leservntious.
There will now be nn disposition to
keep Mr. Johnson's name off the treat
1 no icni uini ne nn.v ucromo 11 loimid
I able candidate for thp pipsideuc.v. bv
participating in, sliaping the treatv. is
I passed. I lie part miinaseis
have
, measured Mr. Johnson's stiength.
They
Know that he cannot folic his unmin.i -
It ion upon them. And his Issues will be
Continued on Page fourteen Column Pour
OF EX-CROWN PRINCE
FIRE SWEEPS TOWN
Mames originating in Restaurant
' Spread to Adlolnir.ci Bulldlnns
i.lens K.-ills. v v. svi. . ,. 1
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. rue starting in 11 Greek res-
I taurnnt todnj threatened with destrue -
tlon the business center of lludsor
1 rails
Three block nf 1,H,II.. 1.....
been d
,.tt-,i,n,i i. in . 1 , I
cstrocd by 10 a. m. and the fire
.. nu - nn .!... fni 1
u. ninnsui),, inu ioss was expected
to cxieed $.'00,000.
'Ihe Middleworth tcnemeul, housing
200 persons; a large furniture store nnd
fifty smnller business places were de
stroyed Firemen from this city and other
nearby plares were sent to assist the
small Hudsor Falls fotcc. No loss of
life or injuries was reported.
PRICE TWO CENT3
DAN
COMBATS
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Declares Officer's Judgment on
Awards Influenced by 16
Years' Land Service
FAVORITISM IS DENIED
IN DECORATING BAGLEY-
Secretary Asserts Sims Slightecf
Admiral Wilson After Dif
ferences With Him
Bj the Associated Press
Washington. Teh. It. Taking up tbci
1 contentions of Hear Admiral AVilliam
S. Sims in thc matter of naval medal
'awards point by point, Secrctnrv Dnn
icl, in his appearance today before
the Senate iinestignting subcommittee,
took direct and emphatic issue with thct
admiral Planked b. voluminous rer
ords from the Navy Deportment, tho
secretary went into detail in explaining
changes he made in conferring decora
tions as recommended by the command-'
' ing officers of thp navy and by the
(Knight board of medal awards.
1 Ihe, nnval secretary outlined to the
committee the two chief differences be-
it"00" nis 'ews and the views held bv
Admiral Sims in the awarding of mod-
I ais. 'I life were at variance bh to the
1 importance of service at sea compared
with service on shore and differences
sni nr tii -il1li Ml W lH-Llll'l il UiailU"
uished service medal should be awarded
under am circumstances to ,u com
mander of n ship sunk or seriously
damaged bj enenij submarines or mines.
Asserting thnt Admiral Sims, wbils
on shoie duty both in the Spanish-
4 :AM 1 1,1 11.,
Itnrj Daniels said "the position of Rear
, A,lmil.a simR Jn placinB ghorp dutr
above sea duty in the danger zone is.
,no doubt, influenced by his own record.
Calls Sims a "Shore Admiral"
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niiu-i 111 cuiiiiiiuiiu 01 me rtiiHTir.iu ui;-
. stiojers bused on Qucenstown."
' As justif.x ing his contention that In-
'diiidual duties ashore are necessarily
f Secondar importance to duties afloat,
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..ir, ianiels asserted:
On shoie n man decides impor-.
taut questions in the quiet of offici
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,ine wnrfaie. the communder.. like all
ills mp. js jn nm,netit peril of death,
-h,. muat mn momentous decisions
' , the flash of a single moment, often
when his ship has been attacked, and
when c ooluess and poise are necessary
to s,ie the lives nf scores anil hun
dreds of men A mistake iu this
emergency is fatal to an officer in com
mand at sea '
With this as an impelling reason, the
secrctarv said he disapproved of the
disp.uil.v between honors to men asboro
nnd afloat, as recommended by the
Knight board and iiccoidinglv reduced
or eliminated .1 numbci of awards for
shoie sci vice
.Sims slighted II. B. Wilson
11-1 -111 11 I lllllil.lllV-i 11' 11 I.' ..III. it
tveen Ue.it Admiral Sims and Admiral
Personal differences developing be-
Ileniv 15. Wilson, foi mer coinmander of
American 11.11 nl forces off the. Trench
coast, wcic followed bv the omission of
Adinir.il Wilson's name from the list ot
olhcers recninmi tided for medals b Ad
miral Sims, the committee wns told by
Secrctarv D.uilils
"While Admiral Suns rei ommended
vniiti" nllieers who served well in minor
post fnr Distinguished Service Medals,
, and everv othei flag nfbrer under his
comninnd fnr the same honor. ' said Mr,
Daniels, "lie omitted that distinguished
1 admiral, who commanded all American
naval forces ofl the I rench ions!. Kcar
Admiral Wilson, now commaiider-ia-
'hief of fhe Atlantic licet.
"When the histnrv of the war is
wrilten. Ad1111.il Alisons service will
'stand us high .is that of Sims. Mavn,
1 Ileiisou or llodm.iu
Win u it was decided to appoint Ad
miral WiKtm ciiinniiiiiili'r in-i hief of th
' Mluiitic fleet. Secii't.irv Daniels said,
I Admiral Sims wrote a letter nf piotcst.
Thai ill tciuing the loiitempliiU'd ap
poiiilincnt as a ' verv giave mistake in
deed." the lettei i ailed Secretary
, D.uiiels's attention to the "trouble
, iimiial WiImiii gave nie in the dis
I'liargi' of mv duties
"l utleniptcil to correct 11 bv personal
letters." Adiniuil Sims s lettei said
I "Ailimial Wilson intici.ed not onlv
this orgiiiii..ltniii, but me peiMinjII , in
eluding that most ilestrm live of ..all
' 1 ritlcistns. the impugning of motives "
Kefcrilng to Rear Adinnal Sim" s
1 I unllnurd on Pace Imirlerii, ( nliinin n
' TRIES TO GET RING BACK
Man With Revolver Loses Nerve,
Though, and Runs
, "When in Wiiibt-inn ' appeared to
! be Hie iiintln ut Albeit .Mi-ilenu. a H)T!I0,
'imcfteil todav after deiiiandiiig return
' of a iliaiiioud ling bellevid to huvc been
IMulcn ,, , , ,
Anoidiiu lo 'l' peine vlerlenu tried
to pawn the ring liit Tridn at Tenth
nnd Smith siieets Tip. looker recng
nied it ns orn- stolen fiom 11 jewelry
stou the night before lie tried to de-
tain Mcileiui The negro ran
Toda.v Meileau ih said 10 lime re-
lrn,., to tin- -tore and drawn 11 re
, voiv,.,. He deinniiileil. it m said, the
l icturii of the ilng he had left on the
! counter I'ridn befoie his precipitate
flight
" "'c pawnbroker watched thc vvn-
...,.- m,,i ,.f ihn ..u,,n v,.-!..,.,,
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suddcul lemcmbered his motto nud ran
again He was tollarcd n few yard
away b.v Patrolman Jetiklus, nf tha
Second and Christian streets station.
Thc negro is to be arraigned on a
charge of assault and battery with in.
tent to kill Police are trying lo con.
nect him with the jewelry More robbery.
The prisoner gave an nddrens on HpriKe
btreet near Fifth,
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