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VOL. VI.-N0. 151
ATTEMPTS TO CORRUPT
TESTIMONY ALLEGED
Attitude of Press Is Detrimental
to Draft Dodger's Case,
Says Capt. Campbell
Bi o tlaff Corrctvonitnt '
'Cwnors Wand, N. Y March 0.
Cbirres of "perjured testimony, at-
teapta to "nx" Bovcruiiiufc ..
,5,1 "blaicd newspaper reports injurl-
wl to the defense" new ones unu iu
i.j.. in n seusntlon effort ly the do-
fence from the court-martial of.Gro-
t Cleveland Hcrguou.
ti, rrnucst to bar the public was
0,de In writing by the draft-dodgcr
ivuir It was introduced into court
fc plain Bruce R. Campbell, Ala
Virr adviser, and instantly attacked
to Lieutenant Colonel Charles p. Crcs
Jj. trial judgo udvocato in chargo of
tlj'prosccutiou.
Bersdoll's case, Captain Campbell
contended, was being immeasurably In
toed by the attitude of newspapers.
He quoted one reporter ns having teaid
li would "take great pleasure In shoot
ill Dergdoll or nuy one associated In
Us defense."
Captain Hannny Protests
"Tkn filibuster is merely au n'ttempt
to Mi 6ecrct sessions so that the de
lime may iniroiiuce pcrjurcu witnesses
vis would be afraid to give their lying
testimony in open court," Captain Rob
ot E. Hannay, associated in the prose
cation charged.
Tie move to exclude the 'newspapers
tt a sudden one, nnd engendered a
wrbal fight thnt brought in the subject
cj radicals, Bolshevists, citizens, rights
and other matters.
"May it nlen.se the court." Captain
ICimpbeli said, "the defense suggests
Hit the court-martial be held behind
I closed doors.
"The presence of the press, ho said,
"is very detrimental to tbo'nccnscd, due
I U the attitude of said press. It Is dlfli
I tilt to secure witnesses la Philadelphia
lug will come here and testify with.au
EIU1UU UlVUUbU Ul IUB UIVILUUU Ml LUC
delphia papers."
He rcnucst for secrecy was fought
Inpnuiely by Colonel Crctson.
IThe nrosecutiou detires the fullest
ffHIcity and an open decision)" asserted
iVonel Cresjon .with beherocft.
"The regulating- provide for an open
BJrtititb. tbe-stinulatiSn that" It'cair
Uktld behlnd'closcd doors at the.option
e( the court,'J particularly where the
threes are of u scandalous nature.
1 am informed that this telcerrum
I shall read was sent br C. Clarence
uuooney, one ot thb- dctcnefo Counsel.
ine coionci quoteu tnc mesbago sent,
jesterday, by Gibboney, inviting Con
pestoan Iloyal C. Johnson to attend
the court martial for information rcla
tjn to Johnson's bill for arcvislon t
tie ecurt martial procedure.
"We want the public to know that
till is not a Prussianized institution
eenducted contrary to all order and
Wee," continued Colonel Cresson.
uunsel has claimed this is tho only
cue of its kind ever tried. That is
Jot the truth. I have tried cases iden
flctl to this. This selective service law
a a public law. The public has conli-
roM. the law This ,s not n country
M Bolshevists or anarchists where most
bm arc not trying to shirk or hide."
UibbOneV nsrrrtpil In ihn lnfonon fl,
ffi! f?r bis first public talk of the
"' He mid :
'Ian for tho fullest publicity In this
?' ai aays have been. ,1 wrote
sent the telegram to Coqgressman
'otMOD and I stand back, of every Oword
ui' d reiterate the message now."
,i i ? Aa ,a r ";y , ,Vcl n be rccr, chief coun
. n(,,r!,,0" n ardent advocate of
i rt.' i ' a10. erted Ho be loved
"tje fullest publicity.
..?."' OprninK Of todOV'jl RPSslnn nn
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SUSQUEHANNA ICE; J
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920
Published Dally Except Sunday,
uopyrigni. juu,
Bubncrlrtlen Price SO . tear by IUIL
by Publla Ledrer Compny.
PRICE TWO CENT '
FLOOD IS HALTED
Arrrfy FHers Shatter- 30-Foot
Gorge at Port Deposit, Md.,
With Wartime Missiles
LIKE EUROPEAN AIR RAID;
WHOLE DISTRICT SHAKEN
MISS JMBT JONES
KEV. J. EDWIN JONES
rastor of Bethany M. E. Church
and daughter, who discovered n
burglar In tliolr homo dt Seventy
sixth street and Itulst avenue, nt
midnight last night.
PASTOR CAPTURES
MIDNIGHT RAIDER
Bethany M. E. Church Minister
and Daughter'Surprise In
truder at; Luncheon
LOCKS HIMSELF IN STUDY
Do Havilajjd 4 Plane Drops 112
found TNT Charges gig
limbing Type Will'Be Used
Prom a mnff Correspondent
Vrt Deposit, Mr., MnrchvO. Army
aviators, hovering nt an ultitudc of 500
feet, bombed huge ice gorges in tlic
Susqtjchanna river this morning to save
the town from flood.
A pcHaviland Four, carrying eight
TNT bombn of 111! pounds each,
flew up and down the rhor, rolpasing
tho powerful high explosive nt regular
InVrvals.
The fir-it one, dropped nt 0 o'clock
in the middle of u orgi in the Sus
eiudmnnu ut Port Deposit, was timed
to penotrnle tho Ice before It exploded.
hen it let go the whole countrysido
was shake and tho wedged ice hurled
hundreds of feet in the nir, was shiv
ered over an nrea of halt an acre.
At noon, a Martin, bomber, measur
ing nearly 100 feet from tip to tip. will
leave the Aberdeen proving grouuds und
commence an attack from the air ou the
dangerous fry gorge with six TNT
bombs weighing 550 pouudi.
Trains annt-nnrlilne llm hnn nt Hurt
Deposit have, been warned of the "ulrl
ram. ami tic crews scan the skies for
inc uombcrs. juit ns tlic American en
gineers of 'ammunition trains did in
France.
, Gorgo Shattered to nits
By 10 Vo'clock, First Lieutenant
Eugene S. ESchudder. who was in charge
of the DeBaviland.Four, reported that
the gorge Jrad been shattered to frag
ments for rnoro than half a mile near
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
bridge, whjch crosses the Susquehanna
two anu oue-nait mues uoiow i'ort De
posit. '
The rfver Is one mile wide nt Port
The prcak-up of the Ice, which is
irom o?iuaen incues- to two tect thick,
choked In the urches of tho Pennsyl
vania and Bultimore and Ohio Itall-
Wtlon, raised Into- vutrA,v u n..
"Heme, won hrnp u, .i.r .. ,
Ijr ,' "" v.uiiii.-jui u rui-
Welnhergor moved agnln.t tho ndmis-
&lonyrre?Srdr 8,nn,P U th S',aC,!Cr8;
Weinberger JUsses Boat
BeMnt llfii . . . .
VhwCiV i tc,nDrrRer "aa missed the
WTedrhCa!?pbcl' B80cIata counsel,
M&3S2&)'!' .. "sumed at
After surprising- a jburglar in their
homo at1 midnight, the ttov. J, Edwin
.ipnes. or uetnany M, B. Church,' kond
his daughter. Metn. trnnncd elm nm
dcrjlnmrooin sndcaused .his-jcapturs.
xuufuve as Devcniy-Bixtii"sireetrwarid
Biilst avenue. '
A'jnan, who gave his name as fceroy
Bailey, twenty years old, Seventeenth
street be'ow DiampnH. this moruinir told
before Magistrate Harris Ki the Sixty
ninth street and Woodland avenue
police station how the suddcu appear
ance of Doctor Jones and his daughter
hud interrupted a midnight luncheon
In which ho was about to indulge and
forced him to lock himsolf In Miss
Jones' study.
, Doctor Jones and Miss Jones returned
home shortly beforo midnight nnd found
tho floor of the front hall covered with
motor rues. They investigated nnd .lis.
covered that the door to Miss Jones'1!
study was locked. Further InvcHtigu
tion rcveulJd that Doctor Jones's re
volver was missing from hi? stildy.
Realizing that the ncrson in the room
was armed, Miss Jones summoned!
neighbors nnd tho police while hei?
rather watched the door. Patrolman
fleistdors, of tho Sixty-ninth nnd
Woodland station, procured n ladder
and ascended , to tho window of thf
room from tho outside. 'Patrolman KelW'
,thcn took his position on tho insld?
,oi ine uoor, unu, wnn revolver arawn;
ordered, tie mau- to-.Biirrender. i
"Don't1 shoot.i I'll surrender," cnmi
eagerly from tho room nnd the door
Was opened. Bdllcy walked out unif
raised hlshunds'. .making no effort t
escape. v '
Bailey told Magistrate Harris tlin,t
he had lost his job, in u machine sliuji
and was pit qut of his, homo by hh
father. Ho had $14 ou him which he
admitted taking from 'the Joniyt homo.
"I was tired and hungr.v nni wantnd
a placu to sleep," hu .said. lie said
ho had tried several other houses li
tnenoignooruoo(i oeioro enucring in
Jones homo. Police- bay th( reecivei
several telephone calls of burglar, scare
irom tne ncigunoruopu iasi nigui
was held without bail for ciurt
ockuponWeinVrsarri
iri'-i le. ".anounced temporary with
Iiniture ODJeclion t0 tb" rubber stamr-
Colonel Oresson ni,i ti,. j ,
i'.r. ft records nt Ilarplshnr
D"? ffD.
lta.0M.f..W.ef- "'..Wtaaei.
riled . ij,i ,li i' ,.ga.1 "Snis. re
ifner.1'! .L elp.nhoned the adjutant
Wt II,7.,I?nf.lLaJ?.LnH .!?"
sshta-rrSii-ffi
!? Weinberger when
iwrued ho was on the 10:15
'" " l'M Two. Colnmn su
rrlntVn.r''!. ,hort?e of W8.
b rtt pLks mde U nes5ary
tZi?M the number f Its pages
ae 0fd CD,"m, for the pS
Sen W at"rCS t0 wh "
l.ff'11" tne has disor-
TWhif8 b,Uzard
Ho,, feIfur?AW.n . Passed
I fretfully omlH- paper ,s
X1! the EvE.
aJfiaSSS
?,?. Of It, WltaX1
t. Builei
SHORE VISITORS FLEE FIRE
Three Business Places In Hotel Se
riously Damaged
Atlantic City, March 0. Shivering
tenants and hotel guests got out first
and completed their toilets afterward
with the tcmperutuio below freezing
when a !?20,000 tiro early todny burned
out thrco business establishments in the
first floor of Moore's Hotel here.
A solid brick wall kept tho fire from
spreading" to the shoe establishment of
Samuol Schellenberg and tho Bankers'
Trust Co. . . '
B. F. Starr, proprietor oi tho Co
roads bridges below Port Denosit
Thcjfreshet of last week sent great
floes of the ice booming down the river,
to pile up in one of the worst gorges
cxperle need. SerioVis damage' and pos-,
slblo U ss of life was threatened.
Tonji i Institute, on the. hill Just bo
low Ifort Denosit. declared a holiday:
and, tncjSOO-boys-AwLirirlst with their
linstrijctors, line the hillside, tcrsuatch
Ubc spectacular air nttaik. Residents
rf Pojrt Deposit, which has a' popula
tion of '2000, lined' the river banks, us
did residents of Lapidum, on tho oppo
iito side of the river. At Pcrryvlllc
ifad Havre do Grace, business wasi
kfirtually suspended. wMlo tho inhabi-'
tnnts gathered on tho hillsides to watch
tie most destructive weapon of tho
world wnr turned to tho work of saving
ijfo nnd property.
Army Officials Elated
Army officials nt Aberdeen
were
elated at the success of the smaller
Vf-mber. Major General C. C. Williams,
chief of ordnance,
UNPREPARED NAVY
PMONGEBJAR
i panama canal alone
: ' Exceeds hog island
CHARGED BY SIS'
Distinguished Engineer Made
Comparison toShow Immensity
of Miracle, Says McCain
Admiral Declares Failure to Act BRUSH NAMED IN PROJECT
'What's the Matter
With Philadelphia?'
Promptly at Start Jeop
ardized Outcome
OF VITAL IMPORT TO CITY
Western Newcunper Union.
MRS. C1tBY EVANS,
Eldest daughter-of Mr. and Mm.
Llojd George, of England, who lias
Joined her husband In India, where
lie is on military duty
3000 LIVES-LOST DAILY
AND $100,000,000 SPENT
Few Philadelphians Realize Size
of Facilities of Greatest
Shipyard in Worfd
Denies "Attacking" Anyone andi
Praises "Magnificent" Work I
-' of Our Ships in 1918
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
XTEXT to the Panama Canal, Hog
V HURT IN CRAMPS FlRE
Workman Hit by Glass In Blaze at
Shipyard '
A workman was hurt in u tiro tbut
destroyed tho upper Door of u warehouse
at Cramps' shipjard lodnj. Ho was
cu( by glabs.
Frozen fire plugs made it necessary to
pump water from the Delaware to fight
the flames. Two ulnrins were sounded,
The firu started In u stationery and
paper storeroom of the warehouse, nt
tho foflt of Nor'rls strctt. It is attri
buted to crossed wires. Two thousand
dollars worth of stationery was do
stroved. No estimate of the total loss
could be obtained. About 100 clerks and
workmen fled from th building.
Two firemen leaping for their lives
were injured when the roof of tho burn
ing cigar factory of Sigmund C. Mayer,
nt 306 iCberry street, callopsed last
night.
One landed on a fire escape, nud the
other struck the roof of au annex twenty
feet below. $
Patrick Gainer wns tuken to the
Jefferson Hospital with his ankle
sprained and his back injured. John
Henzel. the other fireman, was treated
by nmbulance pbysicious and returned
to duty, Both arc members of truck
company No. '.
The fire did $75,000 damage to the
cigar factory, whirh occupied all .four
floors of the building. Much of the
damago was due to the flooding of the
basement, where a large quantity of
tobacco was stored,
MBSJOHN HANNUM DIES
' t By tho Associated Press
Washington. March 0. Rear Ad
miral Sims today told the Senate com
mittee1 investigating the navy's conduct
of the wur that the failure of the Navy
Department to net promptly on re com
mendations nnd to place the country's
entire 'jinvnl resources nt the disposal
of the Allies within six months after
tho United States entered the war pro
longed the struggle frtf nt least four
months. Ho ndded hnt it nlo un
necessarily jeopardized the outcome.
Declaring that 8000 lives were lost
and ?100j000,000 spent every day of
the wnr, tho ndmirnl said the conclu
sions fromhis statement were obvious.
Admiral films said JiIh criticisms were,
directed nt the navy's ork in 11H7 nud
"hfed nothinj to do with the magnificent
way the, navy funcUoned in 1018 uftcr
it really got into tbcwar."
Navy Unprepared In in 1 1
The nnvy, "bo said, was not properly
prepared In April. 1017, uud the nd-.
mluistrntive machinery wns cumber
some and inefficient. He denied that
his statements 'constituted "an ultnek"
on any one Vnnd charncleri7ed as
"ridiculous" statements that he wns
attacking civilian control of the Navyj
ucpurimcni wnifu, no tarn, wub ca
"entiul. "I nm at the wd of in curccr and
hnc nothing to glin nnd all to lose,"
Huid Admiral Sims',
He wished to be set right in the
c.es of the country 'and to refute wide
spread criticisms thit he Vatt "throw
is mud at the nnvy," Admiral Sims
declared. Ho said lie raised no ques
tion of tho efficiency of the nuvys
participation in the vtnr, viewed in its
entirety und without regard to the time
element, and was untble to adequate
express his admiration, for tho navy's
performance in the va ''In so far as
the machinery that controlled It per
mitted." Declaring that ho had raised ques
tions about the .efficiency of the navy
solely because he had felt It his duty to
point out'errors in naval administration,
Jjie admiral said he bad heen "much
THERE will be something very
seriously the matter if Phila
delphians let slip the big oppor
tunity offered by Hog Island.
Colonel McCain, in this article,
the eixth of the series on our great
and growing city and its unlimited
po88ibilitiee, telle something about
what engineers call the . biggest
undertaking in America after the
Panama Canal.
EFFORTS 10 BRINGS I
COMPROMISE!
TREATY CONTINUE I
Wilson's Letter Fails to End
Moves, but Prospects of
Agreement Are Small
1
WILSON DRAWS UP ISSUE
FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
I
Island Is the greutest undertaking
on this hemisphere.
The comparison was made bj u dis
tinguished engineer In conversation n
few days ugo. He was dlriihsing the
proposal thnt the city, or private Phila
delphia onpllal, tnke over the Island.
Its final disposition Is of vital Im
portaucc to the port of Philadelphia.
For months plans hnvc been mn
turlng nmong some of the great finan
ciers of the Hast for the piirrhnsc of
tho island. A handful of Philadelphia
capitalists are interested with a com
bination of New York and Boston men.
Their, designs are very closely guarded.
name of MS MaVtVw cTlVru h! 'H&SSSf ftpTSS " mffi
of the. American- International Ship- L" Wc"t"D shP3 " '"'
building Corporation, has been con
nected with this project. Mr. Brush hus
demonstrated such high executive ability
and power of .orgnnlrntlon thut it is
natural' his name should be put forward
in 8uh connection. He knows more
about llog Island, its present uluc und
vast possibilities tlmn any other muu.
He liuH,lhcd with It for u cnr nild
a half. .
His name lias also been connected
with other great linnnrisl concerns,
totnbly, a high official place in tho
National City Bunk of New York.
Four-fifths of the Philadelphians who
glibly talk nbout the purchase of Hog
Island knoW- nothing about it. Their
Impression is that It is a great ship
lulldlug plant. They ussociatc It with
the launching of vessels nnd u lot of
hip-hip-hurrah by thousuuds of grimy
workmen ,
They don't know whether they drive
rivets down there with electricity or
compressed nir; or both. A few, per
haps, und n mighty few, figure thnt with
nn oimeiidltarc of additional millions It
can bo transformed into n serviceable
property for tho city.
Ship Assembling Plant
It is not a shipbuilding plant. It is
ncre nrc
s on the
inland Up to the present sixty-one
different industries over tho United
Slates manufactured material that was
shipped here und nsscmblcd into great
ships.
Modified Draft of Article X Ac
cepted by Some Repub-1
' lican Loaders
(President Wilson's letter to Sen.
tor Hitchcock explainlnr Ills nttitui
rowanl treaty reservations Is pub-,
lished on Page Six.)
By CLINTON V. OILBEflT -
HlolT Corrrwondrnt "f Hie Kirnlng l'ubllc
I.eler
Washington, Murch 0. Tho PrcsJ-,
dent'n letter to Senator Hitchcock will
not end efforts nt n compromise designed
to bring nbout ratification of the peace
trenty. The motions which have been
made for some time pust will cont,lnu)v
probably with more signs of ylelding,"6iif
(ho parf of the Republicans. But theseff'
motions hnvc been largely gestures for'
It is the crcatest site in this countrr i political effect nnd there will he beneWU
for u vast terminal. It haK the largest ! forth even more gestures for political "ci-
Steel nnd Concrete warehouse In the I (w &
wunu. xins wuremiusc is equipped
with four floors, ruilroad tracks und
complete freight transfer sjstcm.
From the start tho islnud wus im
proved, uot for the period of the wur
but for all time. Thi- permaneul nd-
Contlnued on Page Tho, Column Tho
embarrassed by lwpllcatloiip o lasub
ordination and impropricty.y
ReseBis'Dhlded-AUegiimeA'A Charge
Pneumonia .Fatal o Mother of Attor.
ney General pchaffcc4rSv.
Mrs. John B. Hannunr. mother' of
Attorney GcnernWWilllain I. Schaffcr. characterized
of Pennsylvania, cued this morning.', uf n divided" allegiance" and of being
pneuinonln at her home, FourtcenUriind "pro-British," sajingtlint he happened
AValnut streets, Chester. She was sv- tol bc born in Canadu because bis
rnty-fivo jdnrs old and wns III only ten mother went there on u visit.
(hus. She was the wife of John B. ..If fh(,y dWn.t ,vaut u mu wll0 ua8
Hannum, n widely knovui lawyer in pro-Hrltish und pro-French to sit in
Chester. . the councils of flip Allien wliv didn't . Ilmv
Cfl TTnMH lfrV WV Wt tlWftl i 9 T .All id- ll m . ' ' .-. .
iUlOi 11UUUUUI V- UUill IU XiUIO
GlflBONEY OPPOSES COURT-MARTIAL SECRECY
GOVERNOB'S INLAND, N. Y March 8. D Clarence Git
boncy,', Philadelphia attorney, who is one of the counsel of
v Grovel Cleveland Beigdoll fncing couit-mnitinl here on chnrpci
o army desertion, during the attempt to exclude the public
from ttie hearing today said: "The defense will make tho
prosecution show what sinister motives weie behind tho threat
to jail this man who was so frightened by the threats tlint he
ran away.' I am, however, In favor of a full public hearing ca
the matter." The request to exclude newspapermen was made
by Bcrgdolf himself.
FIFTY KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN RHENISH PRUSSIA
I
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BERLIN, March. D. A, dispatch tvfiia. Henratli. .Rhenish
He alSo'vigorbusJattarfmt5'hcryx'S'-Ea at flftyiPer80tt8 ae tImatt'd havelost theli
aracterijscd asl "efforts to c&nIct me Uvos as tho result of a large boiler bursting in tha Khuiis-i
Wcitiualian elVctiicity woiks. The explosion Hurled ninety
vt urluucu.
Of real prospects of compromise there,'
remain none. President Wilson nan'
really fired the first gun of the poljticsl'
campaign. It is as if the resolutions
committee of hU purty convenfloj al
8utj Francisco hud ulreiidy reported. The
purty doctrine bus been declared. And
Democratic senutors, no mattcrJjow
anxious they inuy bc to get the treaty
out of the HO), have to bear in 'mind
Hup Francisco in every step they take.,
They will have to be regular and. the
the test of regularity is nn unmutllnted
Article X. . . I
In the negotiations Senators Watson,
Republican, und Simmon.s.v Democrat,
nrc carrying on the Republicans were
on the point of jielding a little. The
party position ou Lodge's reservation
was that this country should assume no
obligations under Article X. Mr. Lodge
is on the point of narrowing thnt deci
laration by enumerating the obllgatloiaf ,
w hlch the United States will not assume
under (the article. A
Republicans Yielding Slightly- '
The enumerated obligations, it is trde,,,
include all the imnortant oblicatlotMi
und itisu little difficult to think of the
obligations that the United BUU
would be left free to assume.
mnr.in ., vi
another' sixtecuth ,x nu
cicntiy pressca.
Incbj
it euwi'
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twn, Pn., November 10, 18-1-1. u daugh
ter of General William II. Irwin and
Mnry Edmistou Irwin, ner father was
for many ycara adjutant general of
Pennsylvania. He commanded a bri
gudo in tho Civil War nnd fought iu all
tho battles of the Army of the Potomac.
Mrs. Hannum wus twice married, the
mother of ten children, eight of whom
send u pro-Gcrmau with u trunk full o
bombs t" asked the udmirul.
Declaring that he was "sord cm
barrussed" by reason of lack of con
lidence nnd co-oncrullon from the Nnvy
Department during the most tr.viug dujs
of the war, Admiral Sims said ho re i
pentcdly asked the department' to re
Ileve him if he had lost Its confidence
The admiral was the first witness ut I
; CHESTER WILL GET HAZLETT DEMANDS
KTviie 1,I,csldw ,AUornf' Gclicrulltlie opening of the inquiry, und whcnl
Schuffcr these aro John II. Hannum, i mj conludcd reading a. prepared '
Jr., former district attorney of Delil sliitement the connnltteo rcceMPil until
ordnance, U. o. A., tele-
cranhed permission to use all the bombs
available, if necessary. Thero urc
thirty tons of T N Tborabs nt Aber-
deeT?' tt -n a, oiutU , n '"" iormcF "'strict attorney of Uelii statement the committee recessed uutil
D. II. Boddcw. a civlHah extwrt on vuiro county ; Mrs. I. Hazlcton Mirkil, tomorrow without eross-questloning
nir wurfare, will direct tho llight of the of 220-t Do Lnnccy street, this citv; i.:ra i
huge Martin plauc. He will be accom- . Mrs. Gcorgo M. Carter. Hownrd K. I .'.,.. , . '
pauied by a pilot and observer. Ilaunnm und Miss Elsie B. Hnuuum, of tritlclxed Only First Months of War
A, liplirht of 1000 feet Will be main- Chester: Mrs. firorirn L. Dnvls. of St . Tils stntemont set fnrll, In .Ixluil liU
.-- V ." .. . , . ,.. ..mi"."' . -- i;"" ." -.-.--- . - , -- vv r --."... ..... ... .
tained by me larger piauc, bo ii win i.ouis, nuu Mrs. wnnrton li. uonaiu
not be affected by the concussion of the ou. of Scursdale, N. 1'.
now erf nl bombs. Tho ice is gorged for she was a prominent member of the
n distance of two and one-half miles First Presbyterinn Church of Chester Summarising his criticisms, the wit
unrnRvnnnki PPntovrniiNPii
I IUUL um UUUU nuuu U I UUUMUIL
Sun .Shipbuilding Company Ad
vises Mayor 600-Foot Struc
ture Will Be Built
Throws Down Gauntlet
Roper Asks Investigation
or Public Retraction
to
criticisms of 'the Navy Department's .. ..
iu' theVar C0Dduet1UR -,ar-ldm,tlmi T0 AID PORT," SAYS MOORE, ALL' IN DUE TIME, IS REPLY
below Port Deposit.
WARRANT FOR LT. NOON
.v.
anu greatly aumireu tor ner unrisimn in ss empunsizeo unit no dealt with oulv
kindliness nnd good deeds
Police Officer Accused of Assault by
Joseph Del Rossi
Mnglstratc Carney, Sixteenth uud
Vino streets station, issued a wan nut
toduy for John Noon, polico lioutennut
of the Sccoud district, Second und
Christian stieets.
Lieutenant Noon is charged with as
sault nnd battery by Joseph P. Del
Rossi, S01 South Seventh street. Del
Rossi nlleges thut Lieulcuunt Noon
cursed him, knocked him down und bad
him arrested March 1.
The man had gone to the licutennnt,
!, niieees. to intercede for his father-
lln-lnw. who vas in trouble.
MEXICAN KILLS AMERICAN
Clerk Shot Employer in Back, Wash
ington Learns
Washington, Murch 0. (By A. P.)
Raymond Corcoran, nn American citi-
eii.lwuH iMuriirn-u uv ma .in'Aaiin i ,'enerallv in letter to 1
f,"Y0uJ?"T.""S50 ''.-I "hieh they had dlsregn
I .1 t I "-i"i'"". . j uct upon In the eu
from tho American consul ut Nuevo Again ufflrraing that
JateUO. ,. ,. nt l,l.,ll.mr,ntlr
ni.tlllu nt iU. C.. Cl.It... 11.11 1Iam.J.. . -T, 1. 1T..I...
the first Six or'clght months'of the war. . T,f C PHter told Mnv or Moore o 1 ,1,. I "?"un
"during which the Allies barely es-, duv that he comnnnv
caped defeat." In that period, he sni.l.' sVn.Jt a drydoe7of on. fiW "o 000 Ilopcr und munded an Immedlato nnd
"the department violated numerous , fpot. lo """thorough investigutiou of his oiiice hv
euici:u)iui6i;ij uuu iUlluuilIL'lllUl firm
cipies ot wur.
During the last hu
participation in tho v.
policies nnd nctivlties
incut were "identical iu
Politically that is their game to play.
They will wish to establish the fact la,'
thf voter's mind thnt not they, buT Wil
son, was the obstacle to compromise;
thnt they offered concession aftctf con,
cessiou only to have them rejected hy
tlic Democrats. Their case Ik the Prcslj
dent's obstinacy. .
On tlic other hand, the Democrats
will continue negotiations. They wilL,
wish to suy, out we listened to an im
i Republicans had to offer nnd what; they
offered was nothing. Even with their
utmost concessions they meunt to 1(111
the League of Nations
How lone these nccotiutiotis will eo
,on it is impossible to predict. Proba
bly not long, tor both parties in the
Senate arc anxious to get the treaty out
of the wn . Vnlcss the Republicans jtee
some hone of ratifying the treaty and
forcing Mr. Wilon to pigeonhole It,
they will probably be glad to lay the
treaty aside uud seek to pus a resolu- .
tion declaring the war with Germany
ended. .
Tho object of sucb a resolution .is' t ,
M'purute the Leugue of Nations question
from the pence question and to force'Mr. '
Wilson to take tho responsibility for
preventing peuce if be chooses to in
ject tho resolution. Tho passage of
such a resolution is not impossible,
though luiprnoauic.
Hv tho Associated Press
'onlnl Delicatessen Co., narrowly cs-l fjillu.ieston. W. Va., March 0. Stato
caped suffocation when lie was trapped FSenator A. R. Montgomery, listed as
on the third floor of the" burning block. l J Lj.sffr,iKist. nnlvcrt, iu Chnrles-
a. M
rro
-
TTn fell from n Intlder while belnu res
cued and is In tho City Hospital.
The blaze is said to have started in
th renr of the Colonial DelicafeShen
Co. It spread rapidly into Moore's I
iiotei, on one sine, anu mo ciun uuu
suit establishment of Max Katzingcr
on the other. ,,
The property recently was sojd by
Joseph Galupo to William I. Segal, a
fruit merchant. Segal planned tho re
moval of the present buildings and the
erection of a brick and stone businoes
block as soon naxistiqg leases expired.,
GRANT NEW STOKES TRIAL'
Rich Socialist's Conviction Under
Espionage, Acf Reversed
8t, Ixiiils, Mq.. March 0. (By, A.
P.) Tho United 8tatca Circuit Court
if Appeals here toflayi reversed the vcr
Uct.by which Mrs, Rose Pastor Stokes,
veulthy New York Socialist, was con
Ictcd In Kansas City lj June, 1018,
f violating, tho es'plonngo act, and re
'nundcd'.tho case for new 'trial.
Mrs, Ktokcs was eontenced to ten
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V y
v- .
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SjiI
euo. ...... . 4i.i,.,i,i
rA..n.nn ...nU t.,-.lt.i f .i. """ ""';...."'"'".""""''
o . r V " .',""' . icsponslb lit es," but I
Santu Ccrtrudls Mining Co., an Ameri ()f '..llm,0Mna mcthods i
WIH tWULCIlli M-tl . tlVllll.(l. .IVMW nf ,.... nn n Uu !. rh
Trin s1rtTt tiAii' itrtilrti n tfAtif n no nlil I '
,rC".w rM i ' fK" ::. i causes thereof niay bo
c;." u.:.., T... .I, .,... .'", v "" "i mirui Sims sum:
nBr w ""," i .. ! um wro nni, 0 Vere pre- they hn concluded
1 pared, und if wo hod plans before und 11n,,n.t, for tno construction
I'll ANU Hi iKvSlii yiJI HfJl . tl.nsn nnuodncecf on nnner some time! 'T'."'?? is 11 part of the port
John (. Pew. nreHirlent nf tlm nn. 'the law I'nminlllnn nt f'n.,..ll 1.
If of Vmerlcan !'i""-Y "".' J; V VVV' Jr" r,lmir'nau ",f li'1 retraction of charges In the (Jer- Chances of Agreement Faint '
nr. he said the t Z t his' morni'ne ' "'"' !,,,,,1,0W1., ncllma.. of useless job- Onl, Mr. Wilson bus prevented, a
of the depart-1 ,ll:.vvJ"..t',iLm0",'.U.!- .,...,..,... ..... '"' h1.1' l c?unt- officer rntlflcutlon of the treaty. The latest
substance, uud ,. nrn nwur. 1 ' im., ...lr; "?.rlc" " H1 lie investi- I Lodge., compromise, enumerating the
econimendntlons w i;,i i, i" . , " " 7,"1" ,'" "V0 me.- wun louncilmuu , otuigutioiis tins country declines to as-
rded or falbsl ol,varo." MaJor Moire ' nn foifc I .5Xb M' .R?!?? .u')0" Ul" de-, Mime, hud brought the trenty iu the
r er months.' 'Ihl- tlm rnnfiniTi.n , i . " ""?. "l '"' "w conmiutee i uo-ence oi woru irom iue rrcsiueni. to
the main issue 'vZ TrtZTu... n .. ..,.., ., N w'J for thl nftenioon. I within three votes of ratincatlon. But
of peruana!, there Is a grent one under' construe , K ., VrfrM:".!"L .!Ln W,U'!l "' w,""?raw,,h?Acutf?!! ?"".??
tho recogultiou tion ut the nnvv nnl hut wo nned 1 t, "b"""i nuuu o.v nun- w no were conuucuuK vnc ucKouauon".
n the execution ' u coinlnerdulMlock for inrgerCsl?lpCs'! ' & U,?r." W "e" ugo before p.ofess to see no reason W,y the, should
e "fundamental "Tho Pew Bros., who have made i ' nt Ji LJ1" unesiigu- nni now Bo ou, uieorsi opinion wiw
removed,'" Ad- i u big success of the Sun Shipbuilding "r 11 sist ThHr mV i I ,, " 'T f,"",u"":u ""J P"";?
i .., ni,tt ...i..i..i .,!.!., . .A insist mat Mr. Roper make uh well us tho Renubl cun nurtr In the
, ..lid, ii V.IHOWI, fiiivinvi, mi; iiiin Jiiiiu- nnl.l l.t n r..fvnnlHn - .1... "i I . .
rrnngS:!r,b,,rC ", (ret5nct'on of ? nriw ufte? ' Senate
of u drv- h i.nr,!,tlRntes the,m- !18 ''C did when lie i ment a
or u urj mn lo the churges in the first instance," Presi
e port of tfT ""IIv m , .. p?ln
TRAIN IN SUFFRAGE RACE
in.. .....n. n .....i ir .. rtA.l.i..n .1 .... . .i . '.' "... hwi oviiiiii nir inn
.itter we declared war, und it such plans ,",', " , ,',. ," , V. u ' iii V t insinuations nnd will not tnlerntP nn
'were in accordance with the policy 'dock is estubllshed there it will be hope- sidestepping on tho port of the fJw
, which was actively and nctuully pur-,"'," '',"s '!?rti . ... ,,. iiiantown rounciluinn. -If he shoun nnv
i sued ut the end of tho first six or eight , i'" . "'.'" "- l l" '" "ln " dlsposiUon to evudo the issue he hus
months of the wur. then is it not a I fnr Point.ng the wnv. It is u part of riilLi-l. I will force it." "e '""'
n- i...f nh ,i. rnrnnu ....... our general ncltutlon nud us one shin- ..
' ... -wr. ' . t. .. rrJii r . r .... i r .
Vnlo n CSt yiraillia . nmi tr ftt UV UWVSIUU OH nonrctl- r "-, ,. "u.r" '",.'",,. "vnrd has followed another on the Dela.
.lnnt rrnimd BlocllHurrvina From Wat i in the war r.ouo atvtho end of this six!"nr ,rlv,er ,? moy Finw P'ft one,
(lent Irrounas uiuuriurryui r rom w LSI ,, ., t .. . .,. ilryilock to follow unother. until these
iuui.il-,i--iu-v ui'i'ui c-iiuui vn iu uur liuiii
nre provided ..for ull the ships that come I
nnd nre in uecd of rcpnirs." j
P. R. R. TO SETTLE CLAIMS
nu mTi; -: v. :.,,. ,wi i,
ton today, anu " v""""vv "
onnoiiants of the Anthony amendment
?haPt Twould break the deadlock in the
flena el this afternoon and allow that
body to adjoin., before Senator Jesse
A. Itfoin, the suffi agist who Is hasten
tai Wrrti froin California, could nrriv
to voloVor ratification.
Senator Montgomery some time ago
sold 1 Im West Virginia holdings nud
moved ti- Illinois. Ho never resigned
?m liiWnate. however, and his uamo
W u Wied ou rae roll Uut ng t e
Glared thVyuld oppose his vrote on,
ho grounY thut lie is no longer a rcsi
lent of tl-o state, and the oppos ug
party "aldtthej would fight to have IiIb
vote recoitiled. ,
Senator RIoutgomery refused to stiita
hit i attitm ; toward tho amendment. It
was evident, however, from tho high
glee with which his appearance u
Charleston, was hailed by nntt-suffrago
lenders thill there wo sno doubt in their
1 1.7,: - hnn hn would vote.
It was skid that antl-suffrage leaders
Imd plamieVl to baye Senator Montgora,
. i r ,i.n ou .,,,...11. 'i
I I CUU I'l vliu liinb iiiuuyii
then to force consideration of u motion Unsound Methods Cause of Delay
.L!LnJ,1.B',!.H,m?nt- Senntor.Mont-' ..0rantinB tlmt (hc ,.ork o( our uavy
Kr7;nJr?e-V7'Krii.?i" 5?""' .? uecessury und wa, based on sound!
X.,,TZ.;, ii o . , policy aim .military principles, It is
T?HcniT?yJin0,SWit.hi0 nafV01"1 n.llHputublo that if uny dcluy occurred
not bo In session and the resolution to , ,,ttlnr thnt nollcv Into effect thnt
endorse the amendment would have been 's VercbyP prolonged, ami asa
acieatcu. conMqueucc, lives and icsourccs ueed-
lesslv sncrltlccd.
vincngo, .vinrcn i.- uiy A. V )
"If such Ib not the n-use, that Is,
Senator Bloch. the MffrnsUt. who is if the wqrk of our nnvy wus uot ucces
hastening ; to Charleston, , . Va., In an hry, ,cu our naval contribution did
.attempt to break the padlock in the) limouut to much.
Senate on. tho Anthony amendment, left
Chicago ut noon on a srVclal train for
"It did amount to u great deal as
The usual running tim fnr tin tri..
from Chicago to Cincinnati is eight
hours, but it was expected the special
would cut two;lioursvoff this time! An
other special train will Im in xvlitin..
hiiU?hffsa frJ ? 0B fci8 w i-
urns ihjuj Y' '-. Vi "' ' iTT T s .TW
I ' .JX,'&.r$t A'.L i lLiA1Ii'.4'.
M MI 111 C Wi . ' 1L JL4UJ& I. ni'B, '(ul. J WmUlHHHdW,-i'
J K-jt.i A uiimmmmmmkLdi.i -.' - iii-j
Cincinnati. He expects to reach i M '.7 om JT.'. "" i li ? U,
Cincinnati at 0 o'clock. ' '"ot'v0 ? ,c ', V,at ui
Senntor Bloch Intended to mnU ri, 1 .oml . nietliotls cnuHetl such delay, and
trip In nn airplane, which had been ,lmt ey noum do recoguized In such
wtTrvJTh,VMmsbMn7at" .. ls3U0 ,s ,ll0t ot nutionll,
u. in. from Cnllforuiii .objected to her I
husband traveling thnt way, and the
speclul train wa3 arranged a n cost' CHARGE PRAYER BOOK THFT
Si100, Thej,!r trlp would have cost' Charged with nttemptlng to steal a
box ot prayer books. Joseph llutlcr,
of Race street near Eighth, was held
today under $500 ball for court by
Magistrate Mecleary a,t Central Court.
P. R. J. MeGnrvey saw Butler1 attempt
to steal the books from a. truck nt
South rfpnjBquuro and Juniper yttteU
according ,jttt, the police,
' M' ' .
jmmkm.A.l
.too,
Board of Directors Empowered at
Stockholders' Meeting
Power to settle all claims and other
matters growing out of federal control
of railroads was vested in the directors
. . "l " iiiiis ivnnia nailroad. at the
Mrs. Thornton Gets Pointers From annual nweting of tlio stockholders lo
Tom Cunningham tl- ixx AVitliox-iori; Hull.
"Jddge-Tom Cumringham, president , fethn Gbft vv'as'u&ul.
and his hut ut u rakish oucle. vhen n , slumnni it ti,.-i, .. ., ..
fashlonnbly-clad wouinn entered the suggested that private ownerahtomurt
headquarters of the .Republican state prove itsel so capabl- nH to cmni un.l
connnltteo, t f500 South Broad street, continued public eouvcnec Ili
'"The '"Judge's" feet came down nnd which was idopted. " re!'0lUtIPU
hu laid the cigar aside. ' One umpired and fifty stockholders
"I am Mrs. Walter S. Thomson, were presest. Snnutcl II. Ron , resl-
chairman of the Wonieu's Republicnn dent, presided. '
city comnuiiee, sniu ins visitor, "und -, -
"GOOD MORNING, JUDGE!'
1 have come for pructlcal pointers
Mr Cunningham recommended a real
AHHAnlVllMlVIl flltlltflff lMal .... .1 .. I i . .
urKUUiwtuwH ititiniuu. (irti null Pirv m in
a.. . . , I WOl Fill Ull
committees. And what s more, he Is r" ' V. .
nernte with tlm ......-.. "'"O oerii I
FLIER SAFE AFTER FIRE
Captain 0. I Christlue. 20-i:i North
stiect. who was believed tn
to come buck and meet the ward leaders,
Magistrate Campbell, Jimmy Carey.
Andy Frosch and tho rest.
Mrs. Thomson said they would come.
Beforo .they do, "Tom" Cunningham
- . t.i .. ' i iiiLvn nrrn i rrnnsr nt th ri.. i u
going io ca-opcraic iu tnr women ifili nil 1. 1 U r iuprun
was heard rom todav. Fenr t, i.i.
safety was ielt by Captain Chrlstino'H
relatives herb when he was not heard
irom (oiiovvtpK the fire. The nvjator
Old
his
wlU banish Vr?an office WT$ J&tWftr? &&oll
dtnclng njmpbs and such, X toSer. Ti V te,epbono b
nnd the chonces of an uirce
arc slight. N
Ident Wilson s letter Is n cam-
iiuien ihK-umcut. It is h decluration'of
his party's position in the comimr na--
tiouul election, und in making his Issue,
the President hus dniio well to make J t
broad. The negotiations in the Senate,
were nnrrowing the question down
to mere verbiage. Mr. Wilson kepv;'
out of these iiegotlntlous und was fre
o sw eep tin in aside.
To him it is not u qucktlon of "unlfls
or until" which divides the pnrties.'but
n question of principle. It is "shull,we
euter tho league in such n way as to'
exercise our full influence in it nnd'.glv'
it vitality or shull we not?"
The President has used the Adriate
und other Supreme Council develop
ments to prove that limitatlouN upon
rntlniid an l'aur Two, Column' On
MITTEN VISTTS MAYOR '
Rapid Transit Problems and League
Island Loop Service Discussed
Thomas K. Mitten, president of the
Rapid Transit Co., was with Mayor
Moore for two hours todny, conferring
oq proposed improvements to transit
service.
They discussed the Lcugun Islmd1
loop service und proposed extension Hot
serve the Roosevelt boulevard section,
Following tho conference, Muyor
Moore wild:
"Mr. Mitten and I have been golo
over traction (natters, and have been
discussing extension to lines, including
the proposed new line ulong a part of
the Roosevelt boulevard, und tho League
Island service,
"We will bavq further talks, hoplor
some conclusions may be reached with
respect to extensions, We did not -,
fully Into the Trafe. fry MbJwt
toaar" rr..' r,.
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