W (?i ' '' y h .. , H C '4, f "l : THE WEATHER ' Washington, March ls'" n,n W clearing ni0" c 'cr tomorrow. TrJirKItATUKic at men iwure HI 4 jTrff?iir,7 ins ic I 1 1 a I LI I 1 ujmtnti i ublic me nrim t ' ' '" i i POSTSCRIPT VOL. VI.- -NO. 154 Entered as Sccond-ClAM JUtlrr t tho rolomc. nt Philadelphia, Ta. unaer me aci or Alarcn a. imp. KiESMEI WT TO PUN PROGRAM fi ampaigii l0 "" ,w &v;tfsi$Hewi - . a.j -. .v; j iM-.a.w. a. . wj i PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH '12, 1920 rubllshed Dally ICxeept B"ndav. UU'V 1RI11 flubnerlntlon Prlro JO a Tear br Mall. 1020, by Publlo Ledrer Company. PRfCE TWO CENTS for Ransloy in Third District Starts in Earnest innFRT GRIER EXPECTED TO BE MOORE CANDIDATE Llnlstratfon Followers Hold Conferences Mayor Wanted business Man k to PHILADELPHIA BIGGEST WATER WASTER IN U. S. 160 Gallons, or Four Barrels, a Day Usod by Every, Individual McCain Finds' SINGLE BREAKDOWN WOULD MENACE HALF OF SUPPLY MISS DOROTHY VOELKKIl I'rctiy ciglit-ycnr.old girl, who was found lalo lost night In a dazed condition in Sixty-ninth street terminal after mysteriously dis appearing from school New Administration Has Al ready Takon Steps' to Furnish , Adequate Service m.. i.i,t tnr iIik Renublfcan nnml- it! n To Congress from the Third kirS he represented for years nt dshfnston, was started in ram. ,i i. hr iho Vnrfi lcadcrfl mid those l IVVV , ,, . , l.!4ll lirnfd witn me ."oorc unmiuuu. Thli . morning Vnre sides . .mct i the Jieadquarters of the Republican i. fmmlttce. Eleventh and' Chestnut Ireets. and formally launched the ram tijn to win the nomination for Harry Htntiey. lormcr oiicrm uuu iic idtr of the Second ward. Senator ire is csrctcd to deliver the "oration "htday-" , , , . TnrfT or tomorrow the administra Ion forces will complete their plans. rigorous light against tun vares win miiincd out. Robert Gricr, real cs- te assessor and Moore leader of the ijHfcnth ward, has been ncrccd unon. Uowlng many conferences, ns tho anti ire candidate to succeed Mr. Moore Conercts. Further conferences are to be held r and tomorrow, it was learned Is mornine, before Urier formally ittrs the fight-. lie said this morning at Lc nas not yet prepared to rankc a tlcment. Kusincss Men Refuse The JIaror has been tryinc for Iftli to induce n business man or man- I'lcUircr to enter the field, but has hn unsuccessful. Business men pro- hsed as candlnatcs offered one ex- l.se after another as to why they should kit be candidates, finally the Mayor conferred with lired K. Burk. president of the Man- iicttircrs uiud, ana tnc situation was illy discussed. The Mayor would have ea pleated had Mr, Burk consented i be a candidate, but the latter nd sod his frictids that'hc would not mako ie contest. It is believed that Mr. uric will be n candidate for delegate uc Kcpiioucan national convention. In the absence pf a "business man sMdate." political adviicrs of the ijor have urged tho candidacy ot ner. It is understood that Urlcr will mounce his cnndidney'nrJd.lhat there- Itr the Mayor will indorse it- and nil iends of the administration will be pected-to work for the defeat of Ran. r. Isidore Stern, n lawyer ann tor er ttatc representative, is still a can- date, but friends ot tnc .Mayor expect m to withdraw after it becomes cicac at Grler is the selection. Varc Sum of Winning Snator Vare begins the fifclit for ansley with the declaration thnt the irmer sheriff Is sure to yin. Rnnslcy ill have tho support of the Vnr-Iittnc-srtln combination. The ndministra on will work to cut dowuithe inlluencc Senator Mnrtin.by backing John R. cLein. Jr., iudepcrident, for the Stutc nite from the l'ifth district, to slic ed Martin. Tt is believed that Mt- "ns following and 'fight wilt forrc artln to htirk dose to home, the indeenlii ward, in the battle. In addition to Mnrtln in the Nine- enth. llnnsloy will have the hcln of iiincilman Hetzell in the Kighteenth "i iiegnter n Wills aticclian iu the Mlfth ward Among the leaders with a largo fol ding who will be back of the ndmln 'ration candidate will be Hurry J. rainer in the Third, James A. Carey ioc fifth, John r. Connelly, former ! solicitor, in the Eleventh and Ellas brains in the Sixteenth wnrd. Ric iris in me .Moore nc min stmt on will ' Icml u hand under the direct dn Thomas W. Cunningham, president me ncpiiuiiran Alliance. "FLY COP" FOILS BIRD Wlie" Owl Trying Night Raid on Neat Learns Deadly Leason V Shontiltf- 111 Vitlni. UnmifA ln.t l.ht rhons that it sometimes taken u I' ii to eaten n wise bird, latrolmnn llarron. of tho Twelfth nnd mettreets station, Iieard n commotion 1 tree top near Twenty-third mid '" Streets nbnilt H m nn.t nn I... Stigatlnn ,ltsrnfnrn.1 tYint- nn ...1 ...n "ling a raid on u snnrrnw nnnrtmont at that address. Tho mnraudcr "naK ng a cicim-up when the patrol- :tl llred tun ttintn lirl..ln l.t 1I f ime to nn mil AS the rivini Drlmlnnl fnM l- 4U. .! 1 tho IqU' tin lirniiltin.l 4Xa 1MH. Ll n.( " .vM.t.u luuau 11I1MIU11U1 mo The less he spoke, the more he heard " wasnt 1 kn that . w!ko" l.l-.i it ..- -, ,,.., uirci, HOPES JAZZ:Ll JAZZ OUT Philharmonic Conductor Predicts Death to Excess .Syncopation Jazz mustc is just nn nntidoto for war worries, but no one can guess how long It will be por-tunn according to Josef A. IJnsteroack, wlio will conduct the remaining concerts of the Phllhnrmouic Society this season. "I nni n believer in good music for the masses," says Mr. 1'astcrnnck. "The jazz, grew out of the war. when people needed something exciting in order to forget their tinhnppincss nnd weariness, Will it last long? I hope not." Mr. Pnstcrnack will make his Phila delphia debut as a conductor on Sunday evening nt the fourth concert of the Philhnrmonic Society. ,A committee of fifty women headed by Mrs. William Inncs, raised the membership of the society from -100 last year to 1700 this yenr. DISABLED SHIP IN TOW ' 'What's the Matter With Philadelphia?' SIMS VAINLY URGED CONVOYS FOR SHIPS ARRESTFAKE POLICEMEN ii. ...... J'"-'" With Warrant anrl RnarrUr Are Held by Mafllatrato tlL I1 wflng, upeclal police- V linl I... I. ",""" Mill- lUUUUlML, lip "i night a ,8C nt 37 Pino 8trcet Min"11!1' th(; , brder. were Z- ot wspiraey to commit a 'almrr Vi Vi Ulc,r ""mes as iCdwnra itenlL8'";' Catharine; iei- iV T i i iuuu outn isem nri i rI,ec' "1 James Smith. Tenth l.i C: i ! ,a. W, James 'Monro. ori -w, iiiso was found on an upper NICE WEEK-END, PROMISE Sherman Says It will Bo clear n and Colder With Mi"'0' t week-end. In tho ."Jl" " ' "fl. to CO at Food Also Placed on Tyec by Res cue Vessel The United States shipping board stcamshin Tyec. which reported by wireless that her boilers were disabled and the crew starving, was reported this morning bound for New York in tow nf the stcamshin Lake Markhnm. The vessel was eighty-three miles' east of tho Delaware HreaKwatcr when dis tress calls were sent out yesterday. Tho Lake Markham reported having the Tyco in tow and headed for tho Del aware Breakwater yesterday. Orders were sent out Inst night later from Washington directing her to proceed with tho disabled craft' to New York. Tho radiogram also reported thnt tho Lake Markham hqd- placed a generous supply of - provisions on the Tyec. The Tyce, n'wooden steamship of 1526 tons, left Philadelphia for Fayal. November 12, Upd left Jj'ayal for Jfew York on February SS. PLANT TO COSTS MILLIONS Electric Storage Battery Co. to Build on Forty-Acre -Site The proposed' new plant of the Elec tric Storage Battery Co.. rit Cresccnt vllle. will cost between 151,000,000 nnd $5,000,000, according to an announce ment today by Mayor Moore. Arrangements have been made for a forty-ncrn tract.' about four miles from the present plant of the company, Nine teenth street and Allegheny nvenuo. Contracts for the new buildings will be placed with William Steel & Sons Co., who nre now nt wo'rk on tho plans. The number and size of the buildings have not been determined. The new plant will bo to take core of the expanding business of the com pany nnd not to- manufacture n new- line of nroducts, as has been rumored. SPROUL yHITS PA. SCHOOLS "Bad All Through," He Says, De ploring Scarcity of Teachers naltlmorc, March 12. (By A. P.) The peril thnt American is facing through n threatened breakdown in her entire educational fabric, due to lack of teachers, was emphasized by Gover nor Sproul, of Pennsylvania j Mrs. Her bert Hoover nnd other speakers at n meeting hern last night under auspices f Hm dollece Women of Maryland. Governor Sproul declared that in Pennsylvania schools nro "bad all through." . MAYOR ON INSPECTION TOUR Will Determine Necessary Improve, ments on Delaware Avenue Mayor Moore started on nn inspec tion tour of Delaware avenue at 8:45 o'clock this morning. Ho was accompanied by Chief Web ster, bureau of surveys, nnd it was liis intention to visit every section of tho thoroughfare with a view to deter mining tho necessity of improvements. Tho Mayor did not go to his office this moruing. starting tho tour from his home, 200 South Fourth street. PROBE "LOOSE" MILK Sale May Be Prohibited to Forstall Watering and Skimming Rnlr, nf "lnnae" or dinned milk in Philadelphia may bo prohibited to fore stall tho watering or skimming of milk. Chief Vogolson, ot tnc nurcau oi health, will mnko n report to the Do partment of Health on tho results of inllle i S ner eent of whirh showed wntereil or skimmed milk below the stnto requirement for butter fat. There have been thirty-four nroae nxtinnn iipninftt licensed milk dealers alneo .Tnnuarv 1. according to Chief Vogclson. About 2000 quarts of "loose milk arc sold dally in- the city. In vestigators of tho Henry Fhinps In stitute, at Seventh and Lombard streets havo been asked to aid in the investiga tion work. By GEORGE NOX McCAIN PHILADELPHIA is one of the great- est water wasters among the cities of the United States. Every ninn. woman nnrl Mi I III ta credited with using at the rate of four barrels of water every day. The per cnpiia consumption is 3UO gallons every dny in the yenr. We use 25 per ccnl more than New York. Wc hnve rcacljed the capacity limit in imininnR engines, reservoirs nnu in trillion plants. In summer it is"dnn gerous to use more thnn n certain nunn tity to (lush tho streets. If n serious brcak should come nt nny one of the pumping stations, or if nny one or two of the great majns should burst, every Industry in ccrtnln .sections would close down ; every household, hospital and institution would bn without water. This has been repeatedly pointed out ns n constant nnd menacing danger. All prophecy nnd plons for n greater Philadelphia aro just,so much piffle nnd airy persiflage unless immediate steps nro taken to remedy this condition nnd vastly and permanently increase the supply. Once more the new administration comes down stage to tho footlights, holds up n restraining hand and an nounces in confident tones that, given sufficient time, thcro will bn "Water, water, everywhere, and lots of it to drink." ABETTER water supply or tho city is one 'of the big needs thnt cannot be denied or postponed. Colonel 'McCain in the present article tells something about ttio mistake's of the past and the new administration's large plans for the future. Mayor Moore informs mc thnt nl ready he has plans under consideration involving notkonly n greater supply of water in the immcdlnte future, but n sufficient supply for n gencrntion or more to come, . It is his purpose, lie soys, shortly to appoint a board of eminent engineers to consider the situation. The money is available, but nothing enn be done until comprehensive rind commou-sense plans havo been prepared. So much for the1 high Idcali of the Ainyor. It is a large project and can not be settled over night. The grcnt thing to do is for nil couecrned to quit tnlking and make a start. Do sortie thing! Get to work! . Once this proposed beard of engineers, or wntcr commission, has been np- ointcd there arc seven great problems must solve : First. Shnll we go to the distant mountains or foothills for our future supply, or shnll wc stick In the rivers nnd the Jlltrntion plan ns lit present: Second. If wc secure vntcr from the mountains shall it be filtered? Third. If mountain wntcr. then will it bo necessary to protect the water shed by patrol to prevent contamination of the streams? Fourth. Shall other means of purifi cation than at; present employed in our plants bo undertaken to remove the 1? EARLYjNTHE WAR Disregard of His Recommenda tion Moro SorloU3 Than Other Inefficiency PLAN TO ARM MERCHANT VESSELS MILlfARY ERROR Department Which Ignored Ad-; . yico Forced at Last to J Adopt It GEORGE . DATESMAN HAS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN . dcorgo E. Dalcbmon, who was' director of Tublic Works in tho Smith Administration, is ill at his home, 6007 Greene street, Qennaiitown. He suffered a nervous brenkdown Wed nesday at his office in the Franklin Bank Building. His con dition Is reported improved today. FIRE DESTROYS U S- STEAMSHIP BALABAC - 'PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, 'March 12. The stenmahlp Balabac, owned by the United States Shipping Bonrd, was tie. stroyedby fire here today. The cargo had been discharged and shVwas awaiting orders. The ship previously had grounded off the Venczuelian const nnd was in need of repairs. By tho Associated Press Washington. March 12. Disregard by the Navy Department of his recom mendations with regard to adoption of the convoy system jyas described by Ad miral Sims today ns "infinitely more, serious" in ita bearing on the war thnn other cases of alleged Inefficiency cited In previous testimony before the Senate Investigating committee BERGDOLLS PLAN MAYOR'S MIND OPEN ON CARFARE RISE TO ENLISI TOLD SENATE LEADERS , ARE! IN AIR' ON TREATY.SITUAIN Negotiations for Compromise onf Articlb X Causing Many . Now Alignments i REPUBLICANS WOULD MAKE' PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE Ashurst Warns Wilson Ho Must Yield Unless o Wants' to , Kill Covenant " l- 1 'V ' 'tis .-al A i?. Nobody likyiy ta Aiimimi sims said that early in inn ci0-t,i- WnrnoH Not to Join I Whilo Not Advocating Increase, the Allies were compelled by the sub- Army Uhder "Alias," unangea Me 5ays uuesxion onowu i Be Discussed Carefully Continued on Vagfi Hlx. Column Three GIRL, 8, IS FOUND DAZED iSTAIN Mystery Veils Disappearance of Pretty DorothyVoelker, Who Strayed From School POLICE INVESTIGATE CASE MURDER MYSTERY SAYS HE WAS ATTACKED Dorothy, Voelker, the: pretty eight-year-old daughter of Herman Voelker. buyer., in a department"storp,-wnndercd a dozen miles from her home nt 2207 West Venango street, nnd wna found dnzed lato last night In the Sixty-ninth street -.terminal. Capain William Leary. newly ap pointed to the Fourth frolice division, brought the child homo early this .morn ine. nod todny is trying to clear up some mystifying details ot the story she told. , k " "There is something strange about the ease," said Captain Leary this morning. "I have taken charge of it myself." He was nsked it he thought an attempt had been made to kidnap the ehitd. "I would not co ns far as that.' said Captain Leary. "but the matter will stand somn investigating. Dorothy, pale and tired, hut huppy to be homo again, told her mother enrly this morning thnt she hnd gone off with a playmate nnd later nan ueen given carfare to go home by the other little girl's father. , Dorothy had a headache when she left home for the Cleveland school, nt Nineteenth and Butler streets, ycster- day morning and nrrlved late. She says her teacher sent her back for'n note. She met another little girl, she says, and went home with her, staying fur dinner. "The little girl s papa gave me a nickel nnd told me to get on n Wear and transfer to a .13 car," explained Dorothy. Route 55 runs on German -town avenue and route W is tho Tront and Arch streets ear on Hunting Park avenue, it would take her nlmost to her door. ...,,!., "I rode nn to the end of tho line, she said, "then went through a gate nnd got on another cnr." Cnntnln T.lMirV tlllDKH StlC SOmCljOW got into the subway. He made n rough kfxli nf n turnstile, nnd the child rec ognized it. At tho Sixty-ninth street terminal a negro maid, employed by Mrs. A. D. Hunt, of Haverford, found the child in n dazo nnd took her to Mrs. Hunt. After Mrs. Hunt had tried to find n Voelker family in Haverford she called the police. A filer had been cot n.,i .lpsrt-IMnir tho little girl, and Captain Leary took the motor patrol ot the Hunting Park avenue station and went out after her. It was nearly 11 o'oclock when the child turned up nt Sixty-ninth and Market streets, nnd long after midnight when Captain Leary brought her home. ENGINEJRSJOCONFER Joint Committee Will Represent All Associations Tho joint conference committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers, thc Amerlcnn Society of Miniug nnd Metallurgical Engineers. American So ciety of Mechanical Engineers ami American Institute of Elect ricnl IJn gineers will meet here today nud to morrow. ... . i,'rr.rnai pneinccrs of t ii o country. representing u membership of more than 10,000, will attend thp conference, which will bo held nt the Engineers' Club, 1317 Sprticc street. Tlans will be considered nt the con ference for tho organization of tho na tional, state, regional and local en gineering nnd nllicd technical nssoela tions of America, with memberships totaling luu.uw marlnoH to ndopt tho convoy plnn for protecting shipping ncd thnt nn May 1 ho "urgently recommended" thai the United Statm clve its co-operation, but it wns uot until Juno 20 that Secretory Daniels replied' he considered American vessels having nrmed guards were sufer when sailing Independently. Convoy Recommendation Ignored The ndmirnl snld he ngnin urged the immediate adoption of the convoy sys tem nnd stated his belief that arming merchantmen did not offer sufficient snfeguard against submarine nttnek. On July I he received a cable outlining ntt entirely new plan of protecting merchant ships, foi-muiatcu in me Department. which he snld was widely at variance with the British nnd French syitems nnd which he cabled the department would be a "fundamental military error." re suiting in "direct assistance to the enemy." ' In answer tnc j.nvy uepnriniei i sun niitted another plan, he said, and nsked that he present it to the British ad miralty. He did so nnd was told that tho proposnl had been tried out by the Allies early in tho war without succesi und that the admiralty desired nssurnnce of American co-operation in tiie convoy plan so the first convoy might sail from New York July 8. Admiral Jcllicoe Alarmed About the same time Admiral Jelli rni. wrote him expressing grave appre hension' for the success of the convoy uvslorii' tinlefts . tho United States, .dc- cldedi'to" participate, tho ndmirnl stated. J Finally, on July 22, the. Navy Do- Mind, Says Reporter MET ERWIN IN CINCINNATI SOLVED, IS BELIEF. Prosecutor Thinks Mrs. Clara Sabor, Glassboro, Was Slain by Brother MAN KILLED IN. THE WEST Mystery as to the. identity of the. murderer rnf Mrs. Clara Sabor, whowusU)artmcnt.ai-ccptcd the convoy plan for sliot to death in her bed In the Sabor homo in Glassboro? N. J.. July 27 1010, apparently hns been cleared. Oscar B. Redrow'! prosecutor of Gloucester county, believes the woman was shot by her own brother, and that hn also seriously wounded their mother. Mrs. Jennie Krnsnc, sleeping in the bed with the woman murdered. The brother. Nathan Krasuc, twenty four years old. died this week In n western city, with n bullet wound in his lung. Prosecutor Redrow' would not divulge whether or not a deathbed statement hnd been procured from tho brother, hut lie stated positively that there was no doubt in his mind thnt Nathan hnd committed the murder. Robbery Alleged Motive The motive, according to Mr. Redrow, wns robbery. Sleeping in the Sabor home on the night of the murder wns Israel Krasne, father of the alleged murderer. The fnther had just sold n storo nt Wilmington, and was known to have n large sum of money in the home. Prosecutor Redrow believes the son. who, he says, had deserted from the Bcrgdoll Wants Bicycle, "but Guards Can't Ride llicyclltis" and not constitu tional psychopathic inferiority is the disease that U afflicting (.rover Cleveland Bcrgdoll. Deprived of his airplanes nnd motorcars, the draft-dodger has nuidc it known thnt lie wants a bicycle. However, it is ugainut nrmy regu lations for guards to do duty on blcj cles. Every day before tho court-martini-the" slacker scrutinizes the sport ing pages'to yet nil the data possible on tin' six-dn hlcwlc. nice now in progress. PUBLIC MAY FORCE ISSUE Mayor Moore snld today that while lie was not ndvocating higher trolley fares the matter was one which must be considered nnd debated carefully. "Finances nre needed for extensions nnd equipment nnd general development of the trnnsit system, nnd the money must come from somewhere," he snid. He was discussing n statement made last nicht by Samuel M. Clement, chnir- man of the Public Service Commission, that demands on the Rapid Trnnsit Co. would mnko nn Incrensed fare necessary. Sir. Clement was addressing the Paper Trades Association. Mr. Moore said that he hnd intro duced the subject of higher fares nt a transit conference recently, hut thnt Thomas R. Mitten, president of the P. R. T., "lias liis face set ngainst n fare higher thuu five cents." troopships nnd inter heccpted ' it for supply vpssrls, the admiral testified, but only after great pressure had been hrolight'to bear by the-other Allies and after many valuable weeks had been wasted. Even ns late August 10, he said, he received messages from the department nskiug that the convoy sys tem be explained, although "for four months 1 had been exhausting my vo cabulary In attempting to explain the system. ' "It is very difficult for me to make clear to you now the desperation in which I found myself ulmost constantly during tho early months of tho war," Admiral Sims said. "I reiterate there wns no question that these recommen dations were right. Tho fact remains that they were Virtuuliy nil adopted in the end." BULLETS FLY IN CHASE Bluecoat Quartette Defy Time and Capture Two Suspected Bad Men Harry Butler. Burns street, tieni- Thirteenth, nnd Anthony Ner!, of Newark. N. J., were arrested enrlv this morning at Thirteenth nnd Thompson nrmy in December, 1017, entered the iHtreets nftcr a wild eha.se by four loom of his mother nnd siior imlln.-. ing his father slept there. When ho wns discovered, the prosecutor believes, the mother attempted to prevent his cscnpe, and the shooting followed. Immediately following the murder, which occurred nt 2 nVWtr in ih morning, Charles Sabor, the husband, doorway ...nn nMk.naii.wl TT , ... clrnnltt. mi.-, u.iiaiiu. no wus released later. nntrolmen of the Nineteenth nnd Ox ford streets station, in which mnn shots were fired. Both men were held under $R00 hail bv Magistrate Oswald this morning for n" further hearing March 10. Patrolman Fitzpatriek, hiding in n nt Fifteenth and Mnstcr streets, early this morning, saw the The mother, who wns wounded in the mP"'.ho testlied, rob n slot machine arm. was taken to Cooncr Hosnltnl and tnen waicuea me n pirpa p to steal Wh c sho was rnrnu-rino. .I. " n 'an automoDiie Btnnuing in tne street I 116 knra !..... i, " . E!t mIii ' blr YnVfL0 LWv: ""' r and Riin-inn-.-'.' ..."." tomor thl'?, Watchman In Baker Building Tells Story of Gagging .and Drugging 0. W, Nell, slxty.yeare old, 208 South Colorado street, night watchman in the Baker Building, 1520 Chestnut street, told tho pollco ot tho Fifteenth and Locust streets station- that he had been attacked by three masked men whilo on duty In the building early this morning. I In snld that tho men on entering had chloroformed and gagged him and left him lying on tho floor of tho building, 'rim unllen. after an lnvestlention. could find co evidences of forcible entry of the building nor ot., anything having ueeti PVw nliftW thc ,frccziBK PInt t0 y am omnr STOKES TO BE CANDIDATE N. J. Republican Chairman Puts Harmony First, However ' Trenton. March 12. Declaring that every candidate for thc New Jersey "BIb Four" delegation to tho Repub lican national convention should an nounco his choice for the presidency iu advance. State Chairman Edward 0. Stokes, today said he woud bo a can dldnte provided Ills candidacy would "' I V,i-.'...n -..-tv linrinnnv. will lift made the; distinct avowal that hi wh for ucneroi ijwm, ",; j-.r feigned recognition of u negro ns the robber. Later, she recanted and pre tended positive recognition of n Rus sian, arrested in 'connection with the shooting. Relievos Mother Knew nearby Three more patrolmen, iu plain clothes, Heil. Lncey and Ginty. were on duty iu the district, nnd happened iiIoiib just in time. All four guvo ehnse, the suspects running down Fifteenth t'o Tlmmnsnn htreet. nnd over Tlinmnsinn In i roheruior uciirow now believes thnt iThirteentn. me patrolmen nring nftcr the mother, bleeding from a wound In- them ns they rnn. dieted by her own son, refused to be- The whole neighborhood was aroused tray him to the pojlce, i by the fusillade of shot's. At Thirteenth Mr. Redrow says he has established the two surrendered. inc met that iSatlian. the on, was in i Glassboro on tho night of the murder, i . .f,,rt',or asserted todny that bul- ! lets in tho son's possession corresponded in size with bullets' lodged in the kitchen and hallway ot thc Sabor home. ESPERANZA SAFE IN PORT Ward Liner, Aground Yesterday, 1 Reaches Mexican Destination New York, March 12. (By A. P.) The Ward lino steamship Espcrnnzn, which went aground yesterday off the coast of Yucatan. Mexico, hns been floated and nrrived safelv nt l'mirrosn. .ucxico, eanv louay, according to a i tne iiosinmi. wim me no s condition message received by tho lino here. wns somewhat improved. He can he The passengers suffered no incon- aroused for short periods and seems to veniences. I recognize his name. ILLNESS BAFFLES DOCTORS Seven-Year-Old Camden Boy Wakes Only for Short Periods Physicians ut Cooper Hospital, Cam den, nro itunblo to diagnose tho strange illness of Christopher Gurteheff. Scen veors old. who was. admitted to the hos pital Wednesday. The boy recently had n nervous break down. Last Friday ho became drnws) in school and finally slept. Unable to nrotiso him his, parents summoned u physician. mis moriunu, it was announced nt ACUTE shortage of newsprint paper brought about by storm-tangled transportation facilities in New England, particularly Maine, where thc Evening Public Ledger gets its supply, has obliged this paper to rcduco thc number of its pages, nnd to discontinue temporarily sonio of tho features to which its readers aro accustomed. Tho otitis nguinst which the paper manufacturers are battling aro mado clour in thc fol lowing message just received from tho mills: We havo been muking strenuous efforts to secure cars to keep our product moving, but tho situation has been steadily growing worse, until nt this time we have 100 carloads, say 10,000 tohs, of paper stored at tho mills. Thcro havo been days at a time when wo have, been virtually snowed under nt the mills, and these severe snowstorms in tho state of Maine have" badly hampered the railroads. Wo are hopeful of nn improvempnt in tho situation at an early datb, but wo had another bad snowstorm last Saturday, and not a single car of paper has moved frorjrour mills in tho last forty-eight hours. Howcver.ievon in Maine, spring is noarovith relief, and when this brief period of embarrassment ends, tho Evening Public I.vnn win t i ii j -i.- ..n....... ii . ... ..: . . - - ..... .Ml-, i rneaiuiejy feature tnose icntures it is now rpgrctimjy omitting, Slu n SI ii J! Vorrcttiondent Ciocrnors Island. N. Y.. Murch 12. Grover Cleveland Bcrgdoll. millionaire deserter', spent much ot the tunc tne United StuteH was engaged in nrtivc wrr with Germany, looking for a milii tnry' cnmp.-Vthat suited tils' exacting tastes.' according to his own story. Walter Cnpelli, n Philadelphia ncwit pnpermnii, who interviewed Bcrgdoll after his capture nt his home, Fifty second street nnd Wynnctield avenue, Ove'rbrook, told nt the drnft dodger's rourt-miirtlnl today BergdollV own story of his flight. Grover's military trial began in or hln Hull. Governors Island. Eastern Dciun Uncut Iicidiiuartcrs, on Thursday of last week. This is the seventh dny of the trial. He is represented by Harry Weinberger, head counsel, and captain Bruce R. Campbell, military counsel. Lieutenant Colonel Charles ('. Cres sou, trial judge advocate, directs the prosecution. He is nssisted by Captain Robert E. Hnnnny und Lieutenant Thomoji 11. Heffcrnan. Eludes Government Agents Bcrgdoll fled from place to place iihout the country in nn automobile, according to the story Cnpelli testified Grover told. In Milwaukee at one time the Department of Justice ngents watch ed his car'for ten das. On the twelfth Grover took It nnd escaped. In Peoria. 111.. Bcrgdoll a. nr-rosti-il for sneediuc and civen n ciiib- stone" hearing. He paid n line of S1,". he told Cnpelli. and rode away, first giving the sheriff lis real nntne. Rergdoll told Cnpelli he drove fioni Chicago, where .on one occasion he isited one of the main rnilroad sta tions, just to Bhow the "ticks," ns he called them, that ho could wulk by them without molestation, to an army camp in irg.nia to enlist. Vhcn he reached the camn he found it occupied entirely by artillery, he told Capclli, according to the letter's testi tnoo.v. and did not enlist. Aunther thing thnt prevented, him from enlihting, he said, was the fact that n soldier he met told him that he would be punished severely if he culistcd uuder nn assumed name. Then Mergdoll. Cnpelli said, told or mi automobile ride across the lounti-j to Texns where he visited n number of aviation posts. He posed ns it tour ist. The aviation ramus did not ap peal to him particularly, lie sajil, so he did not join up. (il.id of tho AriiiiKtiie "Nobody celebrated the urmistice, both the fake and the icnl one, with more enthusiasm nnd genuine thankful -nev. tliiiu I did." Capclli testified Uergdoll told him. Grover nnd Rrwin met once in t'in rtiiniiti. nccordiug to the story of Cn pelli. That was the only meetiug Berg doll told him of. the witness testified. The report that Bcrgdoll was hnn dled roughly nud given no ehnnce to clothe himself nftcr his arrest wns re futed by Cnpelli, who told of a cap tain of the army Intelligence division who gave the deserter his own over con t lo keep .him warm. Bcrgdoll was i handcuffed nt the time. Cnpelli snid. The druft -dodger seemed to think tho fnet that he was clothed in nn olhcei- s uniform a huge joke, the wltuess said. Cnpelli also said the cap tors of Bcrgdoll had taken him to a restaurant to get something to eat as soon ns they arrived in New York with him. even before they took him to Gov ernors Island and puf him in Castle illiiim. tho prison. Cnpelli was grilled by Captain Camp- brll. 'HlO only thine the crns..nvii,,,!. nation brought out was a little more de tail of Revgdoll's seareli for nlun r. I.ost whore the war could go pu without his being molested, nnd the fact that Mergdoll snld something nbnut flight costing him npproximatel $i:i,000 Mrs. Emmn p. Bergdoll, mother of the slacker, urnyed on the island short ly before 10 o'clock. She was nccom named by D. Clarence Gibbouey, the Bcrgdoll fnmlly lawyer, who is noting in nn advisory capacity at the trial Mrs. Bcrgdoll carried her ermine muff but n capo had taken the place of her ermine nnd sealskin coat. This wns Mrs. Bcigdoll's first nppear auee nt the cnurt-mnrttal thin ul. She hai been buy in Philadelphia, Mie Cenllmir4 on Van Two, CVIatmt yMr Washington. .March 1! could tell todny 'what wns happen in t lie -treaty fight. So many cross currents have np pcarcd in- tho negotiations for an ae ceptnblo compromise on Article X that even Senate IcaderH nre, nt n loss to understand where the -pact it drifting Republican lenders consented yesterday to changes in the wording of the din putod rescrvntion. hoping tottnile their scattered forces, but wcrejtot' entirely successful. .. Meanwhile Democratic' ndvocntM 'of inn ngreement. undertook to work for tKH substitute, clnlniinp thli-tv votes for it. but Senator Hitchcock neutralized their n.rTn.rtu In tnitiA rfnf tit- rilllvltlfr hi followers to support President Wilson'jj stand against qunlifying the clause, "With thc uncertainty .existing on both sides it remained to be seen whether the Republican pr Democratic mild re's-' crvationistn would introduce the sub-1 stitutc Or if it would be submitted to ' the Senate nt nil. How Senators Arc Grouped Thc Sennte grouping ns the result of the day's events is ns follows : Thirty Republicans who arc willing to follow Senntor Lodge in nn effort to rcneh u compromise which will ratify thc treaty and which, if Mr. Wil son docs not nerent it. will make, him responsible for the death of the treaty, Four Republicans, namely Frelinu huyi.cn, Ball. Sutherland nnd Wnds worth. who fear that in modifying th original Lodge rescrvntion they 'will play into the hnnds of the President Thirty Democrats, led by Senator Simmons, who want the treaty ratified. Hut there Is n portion of 'that group that wants ratification even if it In not acceptable to the President nntl wh"rf therefore nre in close nccoM'with .the . M M1S I X' .Tr ' ii m v. . :m t nwh t ' ilW -nNgi . .Al tt v Hi Matter Open to Debate "Other cities hnve raised fares above five cents." buid the Mayor. "Wash ington lias tickets four .for a quarter jl0ljer jiepubl icon's in desiring to -pairf When wo were down in Charleston, th- "buck" to thc White House. S. C. before I became Mayor, 'attending the Atlnntie Deeper Wntcrways con vention the fares went up over 'night. "I think' the nuestidn audit to be -i- bated. bys nil concerned the traction people, -city officials, taxpayers nnd other citizenfO' Mr. .Clement was nsked as to the propriety of n member of tho commis-' sion giving his viovs on n subject which might later rome before him 'for formal adjudication. "I do not see nnythiug unethical about it." he replied. "I was talking us nn individual." Mr. Mittn declined to discuss the matter. In Iiih address Mr. Clement said: "The nickel of today cannot buy what it ilid a few years ago. Its pur chasing power now is relatively about two and n half cents. It is obviously unfair to expect the P. It. T. or nn.v other ppblic service corporation to get nlong ns well as they once did on the five-cent fare. The Navy Yard list Thirteen Democrats ' who make ur what; remains of the ratification without" rni'rvAtinn frrntin ntill lirhl in 'hand.bti the President, and Senator jfltchcocfc. -i7 Borah Claims I'enrose A-"?, .. . 1. T-.l.- ! ' X.'A liepunncans una ucmui-rain immn is m l - fit Members of that group rititioutir-ctl they would be supported by senator ltn rose, of Pennsylvnnia. but such nn ex- uression emanating directly from the, Pennsylvania senntor could not be con firmed Four mild rcservntlonists who still seek to dibposc of the trcnty in the Senate through compromise reservation. Thc nttitude of those senators who want the treaty ratified in nny forni, despite the President, was brought forcibly to the attention of the Sennte yesterday by Senator Ashurst. 'Where is the itrarr treaty?" said Senator Ashurst. "Why is there no vote unon thnt treaty? Eighty-two senators wnnt n trcnty. Are nlghty-twi , to be overridden by fourleen? I nm just v 'fl "For instance. I was called with the' ;. ,3,, Inn. to n Lodw other members of the Public Service " . T w in" lie Senate Commission a Tew days ago to go to the rr , rC5-riPS- of Mf. Wilson's Philndelphm Navy W.I at League Is- .,.'; ,J Mr. ,,,!-,.- v,,.wH or jjr. land nnd investigate charges that the , ,"i," iv views service of the P. R. T to the yard Is H,.,.e '.cork,.s: .! .P. Ji .... n.-.i.i n ll ini'iiu ui t tj i- i i'f tin in nn iii-i rnuHinc unduo inronvonlcnco to the cm . ploycs anil to looK mto the request of I (tin wniiannmnnf s A f- lwi Innn tllllf liml 1111' ftM l ' "Mil III ll41 1IS )11' 111 (IV IH11J been built inside the ynrd during the war !) operated by the transit company "We were told that the government was to build three big ships ut the yard ; thnt 17,000 persons already were .mnlnpul nnrl ttiof fifVlf. m nf n i.i'nt.f nn I rui,iuu ...... j.. .-..-... ' .". ...... tlor expect n nnai vote on ly would he given worn ny tne opera- bcforc tomorrow nt the earliest a mi yet we lounu milt ixi opcr who hns loyally followed him. I ml cmnly declare to him this morning: If you wunt to kill jour own child because tho Sennte straightened its crooked limbs, jou must take the responsibility and accept the verdict of histoi.. ' Todny the trcnty will he taken up again formally, though the leaders do not expect n final vote on Article X tions- nte that loop the traction company would be forced to spend $-iu,hh) that it otherwise would not hnve to do. "You cannot expect the trnnsit com pany to extend its lines to take cure of i the navy yarn, tne nears-HneoucK plant in Frankford and the Northeast Boule vard population nnd other such projects and do it on u live-cent fare. You can't put the burden on the company. I speak as a disinterested individual aud as n public official. "You must have nnd give more con sideration to n concern thnt bus devel oped, under the inanngrment of R. T. Stotesbury and Thoiiins E. Mitten, from n bankrupt organization to the best transit corporation of nny city in the United Slatea." DISABLED STEAMER SAFE Lake Ellithorpe Towed Into Halifax After Battle With Waves Halifas. N. S.. March 12.- (R A. P.I The disabled steamer I.ike Elli thorpe, owned by the United States shipping board, was towed safelj into Halifax hnibor last right by the Fur ness Line steamer Miiplemoro. which since Inst Sunday has attempted to res cue the vessel adrift with a broken pro peller More than seventy -five tons of fuel oil were pumped on the wnteis iu the vicinity of the Lake Ellithorpe in mi effort lo pncifj tile waVcs. A wireless message was sent mil nxk ing ships lo watch for the tinwler .1 tit - laud in the vicinity nf Novu Scotia. I Two dories, ore of which contained the ' body of tin boat's mate, hnve iteen t found. FATAL MALADY IN PRISON ! Two Dead, Five Blind, In Danne mora; Cause Unknown Albany, N. Y., March 12. (liv . P.) A mysterious malady, which' has caused tho death of two prisoners nt Daniieinoi-a prison, caused five to be como blind and twenty. live to partially lose their eyesight within the past week wns reported lost night by Superiu tendent of Prison Charles l Ituttigun upon his return from the prison. Mr. Rnttigun gives Jlttlc credence to theories thnt the men worn poisoned either by canned goods or wood nlcohoi, MERED1THJN FIRST SPEECH Urges Increased Funds for Depart ment of Agriculture New WU, March 12. (By A. P.) Iu terms of the advertising maungor, Secretary of Agriculture Meredith told the members of the Merchants' Associa tion of New York today nf his umbltion to increase the output of the depart ment's chief product, service. It wns the first address niaile by Mr. Mereditii Mine his appointment and summarized llie work dune by the men in his de piirtiueut, while nt the same time urgiug the advisubility of increasing rather than cutting tin- appropriations for cair.ving on tin1 work. He deplored u tendency to discuss "waste, craft und soft sunns"' nud com mended the loyalty of employes in his. department. He insisted the personnel of the department wus free from politics. Out of 21.000 positions, he snid. there are only four that are not under the civil service. Attention wns called to the difficulties thrown in the wny when nttempts were made lo obtain larger appropriations for the work and he pleaded for n broader comprehension of the needs of thc de partment. In concluding Mr. Meredith snid lie desired that the people i.f America know what the department is doing, so they uuil themselves of tt service to n greater extent and that tho work of the department may ho still further broadened und extended. i, DRY LAWJCAUSES EXODUS Emigration Exceeds Immigration as Result of Prohibition New York, Murch 12.- (By A P.) Prohibition is causing so mnnsr foreign -born to leave the United KtaU that emigration is exceediug immlgr tlnu, nccordiug to Congressman Issfc Siegel, u member of the Mouse lint grntlnu cnmmltlre. Kills Island records today showed that" immigration since Jununry 1 totaled ,":U)0(). while 01.000 persons left ton country. Most of tho latter huyo goW back to Poland und Czttho-Slovakia to stay. While a desire to live in rcjuveMfcfcl homo lands is a factor in emlgriitlfia, Mr. HIegcl believes that prohibition is thc principal reason. Inability to, buy lierr 'V niuv, nn oujn, nan rrcaiU PWI anierauir m icciing anwar lereim 1DH- residents, th; fyX KA -15 H M'G 'JJ1VJ1 J ..IN !i .ti - c)u- tnkon- aud ore luNlnetl to doubt the rfj i "I tMB' story. 1 v.. , , ' ' ; r , "ii i ' ' a . . i v ... einX ,fc- . . i ...jrtT ..i - '5"i --I rVi 1 ;Mv ,.-, .-'o r . i,'
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