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NAVY YARD TRAFFIC
UNDER RIGID ?ROB
Service Commission Orders
'Close Tally of Crowds With
Trolley Service
CLIMAX OF LONG FIGHT
A tally on nit trnfrie at Hip navy
yard won br-ciin totluv lit the order or
the Public Sxcrvlro ConiniN-ion.
The Rathc-rinsr. of data on pcrsous ni
erinB nud leaving thp yard is tbr com
miRsion'N answer to n recent nolltion
of yard cmplojcs for an Increase in the
trolley service. Mid to be Inadequate
The tallv will cover een day tlurlns
n week. Trnflie will bo eherked. hour
riy hour with the Tlniilil TranMt sched
ules. desiRued to meet the Mining trnHie
demand tbrouslinut the iho A i-an-riil
i-hrck on the number of enr arming
and leaving, and the maintenance of
their schedules is being kept.
Thirty service men have been detailed
as checkers at the several entrances of
the yard, and two checkers from the
'transit company have been stationed to
tabulate the passengers ns they alight.
Automobiles and their passengers are
being tallied in a separate count.
Jlcads are being counted both at the
jard gate and the trolley terminal turn
stiles, the difference representing the
number that walk or use the jitneys on
South Rroad street, or some other con
veyance, A. II. Jones, of Ilarrixburg. is here,
representing the sen ice commission dur
ing the tabulition. and the transit com
pany han K. D. Merrill, a traffic en
gineer, coJoperatUig with him . The
work of compiling the figures is directly
in charge of Hnsigu 0. II. McDonald,
aide to the captain of the yard.
Navy yard employes, after n long
local fight for improved transportation
Jto their jobs, recently took their case
to the Public Service Commission, ap
pealing to them to step in and force
an improvement in transportation con
ditions, which they declared were totally
Inadequate and indirectly a menace to
their health
Admiral I' !'. Hughes, commandant
of the'nayy ;iard: Captain C. S. Kempff,
captain of the jartl. nud A. li. Jours.
the representative of the Public Service
Commission, of Harrisburg, are holding
r .conference with officials of the I'.
R. T.
Krause Will Sei
Hearing on Monday
Continued from race On
collector. Last jear the six investigators
we hid at work saved the city S.'S.OOO.
"Thero will be immediate uetion in
this, case." said Mr. Holmes, "but we
intend to cive Krause a chance to de
fend himself "
The city would gain by permitting
Krause to draw his salary as children's
ngent without doing any work, asserted
Dr. Lightuer Witmer today.
Iane Is Sponsor
"it is a serious commentarj on the
form of government to which we are
subjected in Philadelphia." he said.
Hlkot avi Att itrtnklA rtld irnnflflnion Itlrn
IUUI till r-lllliuiiir I'm uniiimii in"
Mr. Iti- should have the power not I
finly to ouch for the moral character I
of an nptwiintee for such an important i
nlace as that of a children's agent, but I
en, to select one who is known to have j
no training for the duties which he will
e.called upon the perform, and wm i .
Hot Known lo oiner wnrNrrs 111 in" um
of children's wif-rp to hove any special
flijntifiration for the work
"I have nothing to s&y concerning
Mr. Krouse's moral fitness for his posi
tion, but 1 know something about the
necessary qualifications of a children's
agent.
"At the I'niversiU of Pennsylvania
it takes the psychological clinic at least
two years to train intMligeut oung men
and women, so that I can risk sending
them to make home visits to obtain in
formation about children from their par
ents and to reoort to in- on the home
conditions which they find.
"Some verv intelligent joung men and
women of good moral character show
themselves unfit for the work because
they do not display the requisite amount
o tact and good judgment or because
their powers of observation cannot be
trained in this direction.
Agents Are Trained ,
"The Philadelphia School of Social
Service is also training children's
agents. The Society for Organizing
Charity, the Children's Aid Society, the
AVhitc-Williams Foundation, the Muni
cipal Court and the truancy department
of the Philadelphia public schools nil
hnve some very competent cnililrcn
agents in their "mpioy.
TJe..Maor' tne BlB !MSt':1"'- fcdwin
JD. Soilenberger, secretary of the Clul- ,
dren's Aid Society, and the Men s So- i
ciety or me Heimenem iTcsoyiertau
Church have registered protests.
MEDALS AWAIT CLAIMANTS
Adjutant General Hunting 4000
Guardsmen to Decorate Them
HarrlsbtirK. Feb 1.". (By A. P.i
Pennsylvania has more than 4000 med
als for national guardsmen who were nn
duty at El Paso and viciuitv in 10lt!
nnd the early part of 1017 These mr-d-as
were authorized bv the Legislature.
but before they loiild be distributed
many of the men were sent to France.
Many of the letters nailed to guards-
men came back to this country because
they could not be located oversees, while
others had to be returned because they
wcre killed in action in France or had
v.n cr,t tn hnsirtHnla Bn Hi,. ,1,,
been sent to hospitals. hlnee the de-
,nnhllfr.Rfion of the urmv the ndmtnnf.
nanitml's nfRrp has heen mflkinc ererv I
general 8 omre nas neen mnhing every j
ciiorr. to locale me mrii I'miiicu hi uie ,
medals and families of soldiers linyPl
been asked to help. '
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QUENCH THIRST AT SEA
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.inur !...... -. s...u.v.-,
on Outbound Voyage
on vuiuuuiiu Tuaa
Southampton, ren. i;i. usy a. coriey. Mia vin t
P AlrhnnHi the Cnnaril lini'r William Ileilly. SQiS Brunswick n . and
, ) Altuougn uie unurii untr , M A jiegenBDUrffer, sovs Urunick
Mauretauia had a record stock of lt
linuors on board when leaving New i nichard Adkm 150 yindoer at. mid lis-V-.t,
i.. lioro m .,,,. nn . tella E LuIlol. til Clrane i
prk, her loctter wire empty n ar- (.lllN T Johnson flJ.j h ,sth st aod
rival here. The bar wai besieged bv Mar Draneford Brvn SUwr, Pa.
thiratv tiassengers irom ine moment .
she passed outside the three-mile zone.
The Maurrtanla'ii stewards declare
that iucreased storage room for bever
ages is necessary for future trips.
Students Give Barrle Play
"duality ptreet," ,T. M. flurried de
liftUtfol comedy, was presented last
iteht lntbi auditorium of the Kenslng
tm High School for Girls by a cast
composed of the students. The char-
ictirs were well portrayed and met with
ttt annroval of a large audience. The
tWy Will PC rCl'CUlVU lUUIKHl.
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Gray Will Run for Legislature
Frank Gray, former member of the
KlAlUrO, null ui imcoiu i iij vuuurun.
ilttCCQ loauy inn cmidiuacy on inc.
iicsn ticnei tor nssruiDiyinan irom
rvnteenth district, comprising the
MMtl
Igtegb
f" fityrw ""twh (J'fi'S
W. P. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GRADUATE TONIGHT
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Assistant Director of Public
Welfare Roth Will Address
Outgoing Class
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA PLAYS
Commencement exercires of the AVcst
Philadelphia High School for Boys will
be held tonight in the auditorium of
the kdiool at Forty -eighth and Wal
nut streets at S o'clock.
The school orchestra, under the di
rection of H. 1 Hoffmeistcr. will play
at various intervals on the program.
The invocation will be made by the
Row William J. Miller. .Tol.u Lane
Evans, vice president of the class and
the fourth honor mau, is the snluta
toriun. The valedictorian is Henry
Thomas timber, treasurer of the class.
(ifOrge IZ. IJoth. assistant director
of public welfare, will make the
principal address. I
Members of the graduating class are:
Charles A. Adami. Stephen l.ouis
Hobman. S. Shaw Boswcll. Alfred
Hetts Ca'dwell. Herman B. CherW'y.
William Reynolds Clark, ,Tr.. I.nwrence
H. (dinger, Alexander Colville. ltd, '
Charles Randolph Davis, R. Stanlej I
Dp I.acv. John I.ane Iivans, Franklin
T. Field. Jr.. J. Arthur Fleming. I
Charles F. Fuechscl. Jr.. 1'lliott Funl;.
Nathan (Joldman. Willis B. Coodspeed.
Henry Thomav Oniber. Joseph H. Hud
ielhi. Xorman T. Hnrkins. William C '
Hesser. Frank D. Horn. (leorge Wil
bur Hornsby. T'liilip .To'-eph Hyniaii, j
Paul T. Jantxen, Schuyler V. Jenkins.
Kugene McKei , AVilliam Samuel
Magee. Robert Anderson Magowan
Samuel I. Masters, Carl Hamilton Mor- ,
gan, John Melvin Morris. Chester H. ate commerce committee late today to
Norton. Frank Bernard Off, Otto Ort- explain the proposed sale of the thirty
lieb, (leorge Clarence Powers. Jr.. ' former ("Jerniau passenger liness at pub
Franklin Harris Kcvdcr. Jr.. Donald 'lie unction here next Monday. Chair-
Woods Riddugh. 10. Russell Robinson,
William F. Roth, Jr.. Raymond K. i
fhuster. Albert Clarence Seibold. Mar
rus Simmons. AVilliam Joseph Steele.
Herman C. Switkay. Harold Root
Tarleton. Theodore Joseph Wnugh
John William iiarton.JtilDcir i;;rnc.st
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ntTuiTi i. minus. iiiimii
Lewis Edward Wunderlich.
Towusend Barr Young, John McAllis
ter. , ini,,irnn.
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Doctors Say Youth's Trouble Is
'Encephalitis Letharglca"
Louis Sismnn. n twenty -year-old
youth, who lives at 2012 North Twenty - '
second street, is suffering from what
doctors belice is a mild case of "en
cephalitis letharglca. " popularly known I
as sleeping sickness '
Di. Alfred Gordon, called in by Dr i
Suruuel Ringold, the family pliMdcian,
explained today that the young man's '
case was not the true "sleeping sick
ness" of the tropics.
IVonIc do not generally understand
this.' sBi, Dr. Gordon. "Ti-ey call it
'sleop'irr sickness, but it is not the
tnme d:
e that is dreaded in tropical '
The cases we hne had here
countrie
are capab i of being aroused and able to
take nounsliiiient. 'llus is n mild case
andthe patient is likely to recover.
Sisman showed symptoms of lethargy
after he had been ill with influenza.
FIRE OUSTS 13 FAMILIES
West Brownsville Boy Arouses Resi
dents Menaced by Blaze
Brownsville. Pa.. Feb. l'.. Thirteen
' i families, including fifty children, were
i niflrln !inmul.2 lit fit ltrnu. nvillo
early today when fire swept u row of
frnme houses owned by the Brown Glass
.. entailing a loss estimated at
s.'o.OOO
Narrow escapes and tlirilling,reseues
marked the tire, which was diovercd
in the residence of Emery Ozwarch by a
P R. It. call boy. who awakened the
Ozwarch family and their neighbors.
The flames, swept by a high wind,
Imped from house to house and within
an hour nine of the fourteen in the row
were in ruins and the families huddled
in little groups scantily clad, shivering
in the eollij.
The Pennsilvaria Railroad shifted a
train of empty cars to a nearby siding
and temporary homes were established
there for the fire victims.
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TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Ja''; t nron, losis., 2'i - and An-
juiiu II Kunpert. New Vorlt cln. and Eliz-
, t-t!i M Deiiin New Yoric rtty.
! - arolt . Ilumbprt. :.'4;.0 S Garni t St., and
ihoe jj j)0rlcy. L'134 B Colorado H.
ostDh C Conies. ?th and 'hpsinut Hts . and
SUrcaret 31 Sullivan. 510 S. 51th st.
Wl,,,am T Rejnoij,,, cemdm, N. J. and
.Marlr I. linod- llrlstol. ya.
OsnjrThnmaa. M Mates t . and Clliabeth
Alfred I Adami ir,;i.;. W Thompson at . and
larniA saunaer inou ' ilnerine it .
i lurlen Ochs, '9iU I'ulssl.i ue., and Katie
Ka.eMV?CB"rkVr North' Carolina, and Emma.
Philip y .Ioorhe-d. Washington. D i and
Rmerov Clary AVuahlnfrton. D. C
A,,x j- wt,e- 90(, K. ,.,,,tn,:or e,
Mary n Hanish 310 w. wiidey i
frank Toner 1.107 Parrlah St., and
and
.Marie
nanei j ... uum. Minrmrt.. .g.,
PauliIXi HUWrik. nalttmore. lid
OforBB A Shipley lllili Wrreii it anil
Sul A Hank 4113 Warren t.
John W Snteney 11 N. 34th el . ond Mac
G l umr 1.' N Pariwm tt
Goorio Tavlor 11112 VV ThompBon it , and
Mary Miller L'03C Kllsworth at
Bernard H Vulsman 73.1 H nth at and
Yetta Schuchar. 3212 Arlington at
John J Htutz 103 W Luray t.. and
Illanche M ItannUter, 111 Maplewood ave.
Arthur K Ooldsby Little Rock Ark., and
Maritaret M WaUh. lift H 111 at at
ratflck II Klne, r.ftni V.ne at . and Abi
gail A Clark 2083 Bailey at
Elmer H l'roit Ix-aaue Ialand, and Eu-
itenle K Hrown 1117 Hlslnff Hun ave
Chartea Harris 11(1 I.ombard t . and
Marl Matthewa 1H2I J.ombard at
Ale l-t l"' Jr 3110 Kroad l . and
Marcaret X l.awle S722 N 17th at
Robert Prior 3B20 Warren at., and Bu-
renla Umb 32n Warren t
Ueorae Schultz 32S a 3th at . and nella
Seldman. 4054 t'arkild. at
lowli J Oruber It . 2431 W Clifford t ,
and uenruoe r ocns. toi .terinci
tioulevnrd
J&mea E Koyle 2010 Madlaon ar and
Daley C Herbert 354 I'rankford ave
Alx Bltwart. Jr J32fl N. 23d at. and
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JGVElsltfG 1JD3JJIU
Sinlcilfs of llie West Philadellilllil
Illgli School fur Boys will hold
(heir aunii.il coinmeiRTineiit exer
cises in the school auditorium to
night . Honor men and officers of
the gradiiatlii!; class are shown
above. In the circle in the left
hand, upper comer is ,Iohn It.
Kvuns. ico president of the class,
salulorian and fourth honor man.
On the top row, reading from left
to right, arc shown S, Shaw Bos
well, first honor man; Alexander
Cohlllc, rd, second honor man, and
Tuwnsend B. Young, president of
the class and third honor man. At
the bottom appear Herbert A. Will
ing, secretary of the class, left, and
Henry T. (iruber, class treasurer
and valedictorian, right.
PROBE PROPOSED
GERMAN SHIP SALE
Senate Committee Demands
Explanation From Shippingi
Board Because of Opposition
Washington. Feb. in. (By A. P.I
Chairman Payne, of the shipping board.
wu. requested to appear before the Sen-
man Jones said the committee desired
full information, owiug to the agitation
mrainst the sale
The International Mercantile Marine
has offered S2S.OftO.000 for the ships,
but nil private bids, for their sule were
rejected. Chairman Payne announcing
that he would not accent any single
I bid for all ships.
Chairman Pajnc has announced that
he has telegraphed Henry II. Rajmond.
I of New Y'ork. president of the Ameri
can Steamship Owners' Association,
and Charles H. Potter, of New York,
president of the I nited State Steam -
hln Operators Association, nssin
them to notify officials of their organi
zations of the proposed snlc.
awaiTfacts in murder
Chorus Girl's Brother Will Not Go
to Avenge Death Now
Nathan Altnian. brother of Mrs.
Frances Altinnu Stockton, the chorus
girl who was killed in Cle eland .sev
eral weeks ago. has reconsidered bis
decision of vengeance on Frank W.
Whitted, ex-soldier, who, according to
,im rin..ulnn,l TMir Iihm confessed that
ip j.,., u,i Bir,
-,,,, i,,,nii un minted esterday
, saving: "I am going to avenge that
.,;. if :. : :,, ,,,. ,,,.r Mntlipr
, . ... nml t ,ii(lr.-t believe at hrst
that she had been killed, but now that
Whitted admits he killed her, I'm going
back to Cleveland to see that he gets
I everything thnl is coming to him."
This mm mug at the Altmau home,
1-ltlS North Tenth street. Nathan de
dared he would wait until further word
t-huuld be received from Cleveland of
ficials before going to that city.
HELD IN DAUGHTER'S DEATH
New York Woman Refuses to An
swer Questions
New York. Feb. IS. (P.y A. P.)
Mrs. Emily Margaret Favre. who shot
and killed her twelve-year-old daugh
ter last week nt their room in a hotel
here, was held without ball for the grand
jury today charged with murder in the
first degree. Her attorney's request that
she be transferred to the Tombs in a
taxieab was refused nud she bad to
make the trip in the jail van from the
Ilnrlem prison, where many fashionably
gowned women friends have been visit
ing her. bringing fruit and delicacies.
In eouit she waived examination, her
attorney saying she desired the case to
go to the grand jury without delay.
She declined to answer any questions
about herself and appeared perfectly-self-possessed.
Rev. Dr. Henry Spaeth
Tlif Hev. Dr. Henry Spaeth, son of
the lute Hev. Dr, Adolph Spaeth, was
buried this afternoon, after funeral
services in St. .Tohannis I,uthcran
Church. Fifteenth street, below Poplar,
where his father was pastor for a num
ber of years.
Doctor Spaeth was fifty years old.
Uis bodv was brought here from Florida
for burial. His mother lives at oftil
Mortou street. I
The funeral services tnis aiternoon
were conducted by the Itev. A, Stcinn
lis and the Itev. Clarence Krumholz,
of New York.
DKATIIH
CUTHHKrtTSO.N' v''t 11 '' I'neumo
nln at parents' residence, 1K30 JJ. 23d st ,
JOHN H huiband of Laura and son of
Moraie W .nid Mm A I'u.nberinon ui
33 Tuneral .ervlce and Int. private, Hon.,
K VANS Feb. 12 of pneumonia. KI.IZA
IIBT1I it. wife of Wm i; veils (nee Daeer),
axed ''! Services Mon., 2 p. m., 3383
West llarmer st. Int. private.
GAnDILL Feb. 11. at llalllmore, Md..
JANE R, (nee Iladcllffe), aged 47. Kela
tle and friends Invited to funeral, Mon.,
R a. m , from residence of Frank W,
Schlmpf. 3031 Colona st Mass at Most
Precious Wood Church Dam. Int. Holy
Sepulchre Cem.
lir.l.l' WANTKD M..I.K
CI.FIIK Young man, rellablo and areurato,
K-eble-Wey Hakim: Co., 2HS . 22d st.
RKAI. F.STATI! FOIt SALT!
1'fnnsilranla Karma
FAHM of 100 acres for sale; located In Mon
roe co Pa on main road 3 miles from
railroad station, 12 miles to Stroudsburir. the
countv seat no waste land; timber, fruit:
flno buildings, water In buildings, sacrifice
to prompt buyer For particulars address
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Weightman Hall Mass-Meeting
Is Demonstration for Re
tiring Penn Provost
PENSION IDEA IS POPULAR
Students of the Univeiity of Penn
sylvania gathered in Weightman Hall
this morning in a demonstration to
show their regard for Edgar Fahs
Smith, the provost, who resigned last
Monday.
Doctor Smith mudc a short iddrcss
to the students. John Lovitt. presi
dent of the senior class, and other
prominent undergraduates spoke.
The Franklin Society, a btudent
body which gave n dinner in the train
ing houe last night, made the affair
a testimonial to Doctor Smith.
Judge (leorge Henderson, the prin
cipal speaker, said the University now
stands at the great crisis of its exist
ence. A great new leader must be
chosen, he snld, and cither an endow
ment fund must bo raised or the Uni
versity must become a state-controlled
institution.
Ulie movement to pension Doctor
Smith through some special fund is
gainiug among the students and grad
uates. Some thought of the graduates' idea
of a worthy successor to Doctor Smith
may be gained in Wilmington uext
Thursday when the Associated Penn
sylvania Clubs meet.
TORNADOES SWEEP GEORGIA
Negro Girl Killed, Many Injured and
Property Damage Reported
Atlanta, Ga Feb. 1.1. (By A. P,)
One person, a thirteen -j car-old ne
gro girl, is known to have been killed
and a number of others injured in the
scries of small tornadoes which swept
sections of Georgia late yesterday. Re
ports of additional deaths have not been
confirmed.
Property damage was reported from
Irwin and Mitchell counties, but no at
tempt had been made early today to
estimate this report. The tornadoes
were said to have cut paths approxi
mately 400 feet wide and generally to
have swept distances ranging from a
few hundred yards to half a mile.
Chiriqui Governor Assassinated
Panama, Feb. Hi. (By A. P.)
Governor Pcrrigault. of the province
of Chiriqui, which lies along the Costa
Rieau frontier, was assassinated last
night, according to advices received in
this city. It is said that Governor
Pcrrigault had befriended W. G. Chase,
an American, in litigntion over land and
that this led to his' assassination. Gov
ernor Pcrrigault was Panainan consul
general in New York city for a number
of years.
Gets Ten Days for Blocking Trolley
Charles O'Dallas. of 1207 Bainbridgc
street, was sentenced to ten davs in the
county prison by Magistrate Itenshnw
today for obstructing traffic on
Fiffhteenth street icsterda.v afternoon.
O'Dallas is accused of blocking trolleys i
from Iteed to South streets by refusing,
to turn his wagon from the car tracks, i Association Will Choose Next Meet
He is a negro. j ng pace and Adjourn
I Officers arc to be elected and the next
$2,000,000 Needed In France convention city chosen today by the
Two million dollars arc needed for ' Pennsylvania and Atlantic Seaboard
emergency work in the devastated re- Hardware Association,
gions of' France, according to Miss The convention opened last Monday
Anne Morgan, whq was a guest here in the Commercial Museum, Thirty
yesterday of the French War relief com- fourth and Spruce streets, and closes
mittfo and its subcommittee, the Amer- tltis afternoon. Reports of eommittcts
ican committee for devastated France. ' will he submitted at the final session.
Miss Morgan, who is touring the conn- , Sharon V. Jones, secretary of the as
try to obtain funds for relief work in sneiation, declared this morning the con
France, left for Pittsburgh last night. Sentinu has been highly successful.
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FiiUDAV,
Investigation of Profits to Be
Planned and Evidence Will
Bo Examined
EARLY ACTION IS FORECAST
Philadelphia's falr-nrlce .commission
will actively begin its work at a meet
ing this afternoon in the Finance Build'
ing. Steps will be taken for a complete
Investigation of prices charged in retail
stores of every description here. Evi
dence already collected will be acted
upon.
The Department of Justice ngcnls,
who arc working hcie under the direc
tion of W. C. Phillips, havo accumu
lated considerable evidence of profiteer
ing and have verified it, they assert.
Frank B. MeClain, state fair-price
commissioner, is organizing lair-price
commissions in Reading and Allcntowu,
Mr. MeClain made it clear that bet
is to have no more connection with the
local fair-price commission -than the
one in Allegheny county. All commis
sions throughout the state will submit
reports to his headquarters in this city.
Miss Jc.sMca Donnelley, tempoiury
secretary of the Philadelphia commis
sion, will handle its affairs from the
office in the Finance BuMdlng, Miss
Donnelley lias been executive secretary
of the women's food committee in this
city and will continue in that capacity,
as Mr. MeClain has approved of the
continuance of the committee to work in
co-operation with the one he lias up
pointed. Albert Kaitcr, president of the Retail
Grocers' Association, denied yesterday
that grocers were failing to reflect
wholesale price reductions in their re
tail quotations.
Mr. MeClain in 'n letter to Repre
sentative William S. Vare denied yes
terday that beef prices were seven cents
more in this city than in Pittsburgh.
Mr. MeClain said that a certain amount
of profiteering in meats exists in both
cities, but Philadelphia is the lowest
price beef market in the Fast.
NEWBERRY HAD ACTIVE AIDS
Witnesses Tell of Vigorous Methods
In Senatorial Campaign
Grand Rapids. Mich., Feb. 13. The
defense in the Newberry election con
spiracy trial today cross-examined Wil
liam McICeighan, former mayor of Flint,
who was under a sentence to the peni
tentiary in August, IfllS, and yesterday
testified that Richard Fletcher, a de
fendant, had told him if he supported
Newberry in the primary his case would
be reversed by the Supreme Court. Mar
tin W. Littleton, chief counsel for de
fense, showed that Ford had voters in
the fifth and sixth preclnts of the First
ward, in which McKelghau lived, but
the Kuters stuck to his statement that
the ward had gone for Newberry. Mc
Kcigbau denied that he had ever been
arrested for keeping u gambling house.
Fletcher's activity in Newberry's be
half was emphasized in the testimony of
Dr. Hugh A. Stewart, a former state
senator. Witness said Fletcher warned
him that the Newberry committee "were
going to beat every man who didn't sup
port" the latter. who, Fletcher said
"wants to be United States senator
bad" and "will spend a lot of money to
get it." Stc.vart ran "on his own
hook," he said, without regard to New
berry's candidacy and was beaten at the
primary.
Littleton's cross-examination of
Stewart in which he brought to show
that the witness had received money to
circulate Osborne petitions, was stopped
by the court as irrelevant.
Several other witnesses gave testi
mony along the same lines.
$20,000 SAFE WORKS FIRE
Plans for Many Contracts Destroyed
in Richmond Street Plant
Plans for many safes, which were to
have been made for firms in all parts
of the country, were among things
destroyed in a fire which caused about
$20,000 damage late last night at the
plant of the Remington-Sherman Safe
Co.. (122-HSl Richmond street.
The flames were discovered by Pa
trolman Hanish, of the Fourth and York
streets station. He forced his wav into
j the building and notified the watchman,
who summoned the firemen.
For more than four hours the firemen
battled with the flames. The south
end of the building, a three-story struc
ture, was destroyed,
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SEVERANCE JOHNSON'S
Special investigator und correspondent
ot the Paris i'canc Conference
THE ENEMY WITHIN
You must read thin remarkable book
to understand.
The Caillaux Case
Ileeal3 all the ramifications of the
Great Conspiracy to Corrupt tmd
Dcitroy France.
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SPROUL LAUDS ARMY
SCHOOL ESSAY TEST
Governor Urges Participation
by Pupils and Praises Enlist
ments Value of N. C.
Harrishiir?. Feb. 13. (By A. P.)
Governor Sproul has issued a statement
urging the co-operation of the people of
Pennsylvania with the War Depart
ment for the success of the national
essay contest to be held in the schools
on February 20.
"A national contest upon the pnrt
of the school children on n subject of
such vital importance will be of untold
value to the nation, not only from nn
educational standpoint, but also from
that of recruiting the army and of the
Americanization of our citizenship,"
says the Governor.
"At this time I wish to direct jour
attention to the need for and benefits
cvf enlistments in the United States
army and the Pennsylvania Nationnl
Guard. The opportunities for physical
development, for educationnl and vo
cational training afforded in our new
democratic peacetime army should be
an inducement to every Pennsylvanian
who is unencumbered by home or busi
ness ties to enlist.
"A strong army is not only an in
surance in time of nationnl stress, but
an investment yielding tenfold in the
upbuilding of the country, its homes
and prosperity when we realize the
vastly increased personal efficiency of
the discharged soldier upon his return
to civil life. Fortunate, indeed, should
the man consider himself who has the
privilege of serving in our democratic
peacetime army.
"To those who arc not free to take
advantage of the benefit of nil enlist
ment in the United States aimy, the
urgent need of an efficient state militia
should serve as a call to the duty of
every Pcnusylvaniap to enlist ,in our
National Guard."
PLANS MITCHELL BIOGRAPHY
Tulcott Williams is at work ou an
authorized versiou of the life of the
late Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, widely re
mcmb.rcd as u physician and an uutlior.
Friends of Doctor Mitchell interested
in making his life history complete, arc
requested to send the originals or copies
ot interesting letters trom nun to Doc
tor Williams, at 423 West 117th
street, New Y'ork city. Doctor Mitchell
wrote "Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker,"
"The Adventures of Francois" nud
many other books.
THRACIAN MISSION AT CLUB
Envoys Urging Annexation to Greece
Will Be Guests Today
Members of n Thracian mission, in
this country to urge that Thrace be an
nexed to Greece, were the guests of
the City Club at u luncheon today.
They will also speak at the Church
of St. Mary next Monday. They will
remain in Philadelphia until Monday,
when they will go to New York. Later
they will tour the lurge cities of the
country.
The members of the mission arc stop
ping at the Dcllcvue-Stratford. They
hac brought with them r. resolution
bigned by ,'i6.",000 Greeks in Thrace
asking that the country be freed from
the tulc of Turkey.
Nine-Day Trolley Blockade Broken
Doylostown, Pa., Feb. 13. After
being snowbound for the last nine days
the Doylestown, Newtown and Bristol
traction company's lines will be open
late tonight. The entire line was crip
pled as a result of the recent blizzard
and the company suffered a heavy loss,
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Senator Fall, Committee Chair
man, Is Needed in Washing
ton for Treaty Debate
BANDITS' CAPTIVE SOUGHT
By the Associated Press
HJ I'nso, Tn Feb. 1.1. The Sen
nte foreign relations subcommittee in
vestigation of the Mexican situation has
been suspended for nt least two weeks.
Senator Fall, chairman of the com
mittee, yesterday received a message
from Senator Brandegee, the third mem-
her. urging that Scnntor Fall return
' ...nH ni.i.nn(lt t.nnlol In nnnnrptlnn tvlfll
the renewal of debate on the peace
treaty.
Informal representations against the
decree of the Mexican Government ex
cluding from Mexico American citizens
who testify under siibpcna, will bo made
by the .embassy nt Mexico City on in
struction from Secretary Lansing. Ac
tion was prompted by the refusal of
passport -vise to-Henry Forres, follow
ing his appearance before the committee.
Mexico City, I-cb. 13. (By A. P.)
Mexican troops are actively pursuing
bandits who recently captured Joseph
Askew, an Amcricau, at Gomez Pala
(io and carried him into the mountains,
according to semiofficial information re
ceived here. His rescue is believed to
be imminent.
Three negro deserters from the Amer
ican army have been captured near Na
cozari by Mexican troops who arc con
tinuing a search for four other desert
ers near Canancn, according to a re
port received at the War Department
here. Orders have been issued to pre
vent other members of the same outfit
from entering Mexico should they nlso
desert.
Following the appearance of two
United States airplanes over San Isidro
Nnica, Chihuahua, orders have bcou
issued to watch carefully for the ap
pearance of others and capture the
pilots if they land. A new protest at
Washington is being formulated by the
Mexican Government.
NAVAL BASE FOR CALIFORNIA
"Most Pressing Need," Daniels Tells
Visiting Delegation
Washington, Feb. 1.'!. The navy's
"most pressing need" is the establish
ment of a naval base in California, Sec
retary Daniels told a delegation from
Alameda, Calif., today in accepting ten
tatively a deed for a base site at that
city.
Mr. Daniels said his acceptance of
the offer was conditioned upon appro
priations by Congress for the necessary
consj Miction at Alameda.
Admiral Coontz, chief of operations,
nud members of the Helm board, who
have conducted an extcnsic investiga
tion of existing naval bases, were pres
ent duriug the conference.
Continues Trip After Injury
Although he was badly injured when
he fell on the ice at Ocrmantown and
Chelten avenues last night. Albert Dar
rah, sixty years old, of 10,'i2 Harmon
street, boarded a passing trolley car.
He collapsed after he had ridden about
thirty minutes nnd was taken to the
Frankford Hospital. Physicians there
say he is suffering from concussion of
the Drain.
PROBE OF M
HALTED 2 WEEKS
J.E-GJWELLfy.
JewklersSilversmiths Stationers
Chestnut and Juniper Streets
Designing Engagement Rings
A Line of Endeavor in
Which it Has Long Been
the Privilege of This
House to Specialize.
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SUSPECTED1 OF HOLDUPS
"Great Big Man" Will Face Shop,
keepers at Hearing
William Wolf, twenty. throe years
old, who is believed to belong t0
prominent family of St. Mary's, pa
was arrested last uight on suspicion of
having been the gunman who recently
held up three stores in the center of
the city. Ho was arraigned before
Maglstrato llooney this morning h
Central Station, nnd held Under $000
bail for n further hearing Monday.
On Monday he will bo confronted
by the men be Is suspected of Imvint
robbed. They are Abo Cohen, jeweler
of 014 Market street, held up ni ,i '
point of n pistol February 0 and robbed
of .friO; D. Stern, of the Philadelphia
Art Co., at It) North Ninth street
held up February 0 and robbed of $50:
Guilford's haberdashery shop at 14"n
Chestnut street, waif held up and rnh
bed of $200 January 31. All C
robberies took place at (I o'clock nt
night, and were committed by "a gre
big man," according to the store,
keepers.
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