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WOMAN INVOLVED
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District Attorney's Chief In
vestigator Says She Helped
Romovo Student's Body
WITNESSES HEARD SHOTS
AND CRY SATURDAY NIGHT
Dartmouth President Says
Youth Led Exemplary iffe
, and Never Drank
A woman probably was In the party
that took the body of Elmer C. Drcwcs,
of 5235 Pino street, the murdered Dart
mouth College senior, to Maschcr street
sear City Line, and carefully placed
It mi the grass beside the road, whero
the light from a street lamp would shine
nn If. The IlOflv WAR fnitml VAntAlnw
morning. Drowcs had been shot In tkt
tmph
Major Wynne, head of tho district at
torney's detective force, advanced this
theory qf n wonian today. Three of
his men arc working with Detective Bcl
fhaw. liead' of tho niurder sqiiad, to
find the person or persons, who killed
the young student. DrtWcs probablv
wns shot Saturday night about 10
o'clock, and the body remained by the
i-'-Mde until t o'clock Sunday1 morn
ins. lice of tho Branchtown station were
aide to approximate tho tlmoof murder
1 another important clue turned up
tililnr. Thpv fnnnil t,trn ffimtttiu 1IIm
.... . .. " .!. HIUHlun living
la the neighborhood who had heard
emus, unii one 01 mem a cry, on natur
day nlght.
Youth Had G061I Record
It also became known today thnt
p.
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IteBStoiial llMN.SIISPFi;TFIll-W!te-,
; DETEGKW . J . OFM RUNNER Pll,
KffeMf Detective Believes She Acted as UBM1 I
BlSJaHP Confederate to Mon Sought MpSKSW
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KjK MANY SAW YELLOW AUTO iHf XT' 'jjjjM
RIH DRIVEN ON LONELY ROAD Kr' ll
''-''clflHHIH physlcians Say Messenger Who Wm jQflH
;&iWM Disappeared on October 5 I rJMBIU
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1920
Publlabed Dally Excrpt flundiy, Hubnsrlptlon Prlc 10 A '
' Capyrlcht. 1920, by Fubllo Ldr Company,
Tear by Mall,
PRICE TWO CEN:S.
BRITISH GOAL PITS
CLOSED BY STRIKE;
MEDIATION
URGED
ELMEIt C. DHKWES
DartmouUi student whose irastor-
lous murder tho pollco arc Invcs-
tlgating
ENGINEER
P. R. R.
SCALDEDTO DEATH
"Owl" Train Crashes Into
Freight In N. J. Locomotive
Rolls Down Bank
FIREMAN BADLY BURNED
Tho engineer on n Pennsylvania Rail-
road trntn frnm tM .11. X'. i- i.
it iiihu ueruinc Known today tunt '" "" i,c,v iurn
Drcwes had un excellent record at Dart-rwns s'ded to death nnd his fireman
mouth College, where hewas making' his
way as a student in the Tuck School of
AdminlHtration and Business.
Officials of the college said today
Drcwes's record was exemplary.
"I don't believe he every touched a
drink In hit life," said the president
of Dartmouth. "Though he did not
itand among the first ton In his class,
he was well up In his studies, o hard
tudent, and In every way a young man
who earned and deserved tho success ho
hd. He was extremely popular with
hi fellows nlo, who thought highly of
him ai n student and as a man.
"I have talked ' with many of the
students, and no one can thirik of a
posulblo motive for the murder. I bo
licvn and m6st of the' students believe It
mtut have been a case 61 mistaken Iden
tity." Malor Wvnnn frnlnlno,! dig fl,nn nt
a woman paving a hand jn the crlmo,
Easy fo ,Se Woman Hand'
"The body was laid so carefully in
lb place,- with feet , toegthcr, hands
towed on the breast, ttud the overcoat
tucked in warmly about tho knoes, that
it H easy to see a woman's hand in the
crlae; '
"The position .of the body near the
Ump leads mo to believe that It was tho
dMlre of thoso who placed it there that
it be found Immediately. Pcrhups the
oimg mon was Rtill alive, or the mctri
W" of the party thought he was, nnd
wanted him to get medical attention,
let they were unwilling to tako him
themselves to a hospital. -They were so
?m i of linvI"f hoIr names known. If
MJ theory is the correct one, that they
took a chnnce 'on' letting him die. This
?, i P y t0 ?volrt I'bHclty also makes
.look as though n woman were con
(crnrd, '
,,S'W, Dotocllvi. .Graham, or tho
liai kford pollco station, found tho
tii pi lmil 1,enr', 8ll0t8 Saturday
Mhl. They occupy tenant houses on
,.nnlafmPS 1"WT rHtute' nu extensive
hTnV; w;,'il;I, n,"s u,ons road
viicip the bodv was found.
.MrH. !!!,. !,.,. ...i.i ,
'nploje, as a oantak on the estate,
iui,1'1'1', "InuKhter were wnlking home
?!,? LmT ,,lnvinB ' to church In
?l,? V?.IrsItc0VCH sM t0lnj'. when
& ,?,,n(,t,'r hrnri1 tt 8llt- Tliey
I, 11 ,0ine', fen.rl"8 t0 investigate, ns
!L hd. '?. toV.c,y- The sound ca,nu
hcLi ,lirc,ctI("' ?f tho spot where
'He body wos found hours later.
Heard Two Shot'
t,f.!n'..1!fd.iM- i,u,lll,or. "'so occupants
' . X n 11 Jll t(,?.n,,t A0UfieS' I,Cari' tWO
Mots n lttle after 10 o'clock, ti,
U',?ie '"tont,,;, a,"l a moment later
vrr.VA, ,r i"u s"ot8 aml tho cry
found. 1,0lut wliero tLe body waB
driv..n8,i!!iaro?,n:rol0,rC(1 touring car was
H en down City Lino In the direction
wis fm,nhfr stT0Ct; whcro th no'iy
t irn.i ""' ,nn'' afti' a 'w minutes
"Jo clock Saturday night.
not nu.'ninn iwlmsc nhmc t'R police have
t'lm I, ..KPI 8ftve ,hc,r- ,,'s Possible
to din. I10 ,myHter'' Thy aro ei,kliis
w Identify the car and nd tho owner.
.West Illgli Cfraduato
traw'8:.'.'!". ?ln!'EJl..y?u."!. was n
Sehoni hi .c ,m I'litlauelphln High
u$n imIU' omo ,n I'''alelphla was
1 1 , , ,Me street.
liiiwn,Ct,v 1Jls'w aIo believes
m; m tLu ',robab'y ave when placed
.., C la'PPOSt.
m tik i!ndi,i,a,wl, by th0 car0 which
ttVdetwUro dl3l,osln th0 bpdy." 8a'd
round Zer.COnt wns ,I,ently tucked n
the dinl n,ieg8',.nf t,,0h to protect
nVlw L1,olH,h,n,v belleves Dicwes
WLhiHSni" ,,i8tan om tho spot
twtivo1 n. 0(,y waH found- A tb? de'
the marl,? r"cco,,"itrl":tcd t!'h case from
DdT0rnk,,ffou,ild 0Mb bdy nnd the
i Lh i iU' c,otl,'nB-. the student
kouse,.h''ndov,orB' caled out of tho
Put In thf ? the 8hotlnsr occurred and
Pron. wJ2nneBU of t'10 car- B"eral
U lnf f , concerned' In tho murder,
Ui ila 'V rc,'1' 'Of evidently some one
noth.hfe,,body42f t!l dr'ng man while
w t,.MC the ca,r' and Rt least two
tody St h?ve "Sf'ted In taking the
uouy out and arranging It on tho grass.
Blood Stains on Overcoat
tinlrOV.CifCon5 ,wa8, found to be blood
Koni A.tb" taln. bclnS " the lining
"hi hSS ,en.UT ot the hack, ns though
. uu ucen loiueu inside out.
burned severely early today when tho
train crashed Into n freight near Colo
ula, N. J.,
Edward Quail, tho dead engineer, wns
thirty-eight years old and lived at 2700
Brown street, this city. Tho fireman
Is Tony .Cravngllo, twenty-ono yenrs
old. He Is In the Itahway Hosnltnl
with severe bums.
Tho railroad company reports that
nil Pisscngcra escaped Injury.
The ncident occurred In n tog" at 2 :50
o clock. Tho passenger locomotlvo and
the baggage coach were overturned nnd
rolled down the embankment.
Two nf thn tvrfwVcl fi-filf M
caught fire and five apparatus was
summoned from neighboring communi
ties. J
Railroad officials said the accident
was probably duo to the fog, which is
believed to have obscured tho signals.
Tho freight train, n special east-bound,
had been .waiting at tho block for a
short time when .tho passenger train,
proceeding slowly on account of the fog,
smashed Into It.
Traffic whs Interrupted on the main
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad from
New York to Philadelphia for several
hours.
Tho freight train consiited of forty
four loaded cars. Its engineer hnd
raised a caution signal. The train
buckled when It was halted on the east
bound truck. The passenger trnln,
known as ?Jo. 250, wns composed of day
uuui'i!i- uiiu a uaggugo cur.
HOTEL GUEST ON RAMPAGE
Supposed British Soldier Throws
Heavy Objects Out Window
Kllrnltllrn. mirvnra clnuuivnin ..!
toilet articles were thrown into Wal
nut street nt Thirteenth by a guest on
mo nun tioor of the St. James Hotel
about 8 o'clock this morning. Tho heavy
olllcctl vinrrmi'lir mlucwl mnt nmna nn.l
men nun women parsing ny.
A mounted patrolman wan called nnd
hurried to tho llfth lloor room where the
guest, said to be n Urltish soldier, had
torn up everything In his room. Tho
mun wns subdued after n struggle.-
GIRL HELD FOR HITTING MAN
Young Woman Said to Have Beaten
Love Maker
ICnto Pasrak, of Monroe street near
.L'conu. wns neiu wiuiout uall by Mmr
intrnte Harrison, charged with Mrikiii?
Stanley Hulugnk, twenty-nine yean
old. of 311 Christian street, with n
bottle. Into Saturday night.
Hulugak U said to bo in n critical
condition at the Pennsylvania Hospi
tal, According to the nollce, ho became
too ardent while visiting at tho home
of Miss Pasrak, nnd she warded him off
with un empty bottle. She was nr
rested by police of tho Second and
Chrlstinn streets station.
A woman Is under surveillance todnv
In .connection with the murder of David
8. Paul, messenger, of -the Urondway
Trust Co., of Camden, whoie body was
found burled In tho desolate pine .woods I
near Tabernacle, N. J., on Saturday.
I'aui disappeared October 1 with
$10,000 cash and $12,G00 In checks
which ho wns carrying to the (Hrnrd
Trust Co; In this city.
The score of detectives nnd county
officials Investigating tho mysterious
murder have definitely agreed that three
mPM. flrttrtnt? nn nrnnfrrt.vnllnw dam! a a
ear, With n Pennsylvania license, took
l'ntll'fl Kn.1v (a tt.M Inn.ln .nnt nl !...
- ... .. UVUj .v n,u IWUtl D(VI. lib LilW
headwaters ,of tho Itancocas creek bo-
vwecno ocioci: nnu :io o'clock last
Friday afternoon.
ThfV mtlrflnrorl lilm Ttrltlitn iiita.ili..
four hours before he was burled, exam
ining physicians believe.
Detective Ellis II. Parker, of Bur
lington county, will not dMlosethc
name of the woman under surveillance.
He believes sho may havo been a con
federate of the bank messenger's mur
ders, nnrl thnr nhn lifrnil lilm rn flint,
clutches.
Residents Saw Auto
flhnrlpq -Tfinf!. nf VInr-intfnrn- wlin
traverses tho lonely nnd all but im
passablo road from Friendship to Tab
ernacle, along which the body was ex
humed by duck hunters, drove over the
road on Saturday morning.
He declares that tho tracks of tho
yellow car are the only ones made on
the road by an automobile in the
last month. Residents of Friendship
saw the service car take to the un
traveled roa'd nt 3 o'clock Friday after
noon. Residents of Tabernacle, at the
ntlia, nn1 F 4l,a fnoil aflur tY.fi Aittn, nn
bile quit tho road and proceed toward
Mount Holly an hour nnd fifteen min
utes later.
Detoctivo Parker believes tlie three
mm pnrr!H lio mnn'o hftnV In n hnr
'which had betn placed on tho rear of
tne machine h chassis.
The automobile had been n touring
car and hnd been coiiverted Into a
roadster. -The rear of the" chassis ihad
oecn stripped nnu two boxes had been
built on.
TllA (HI, Itf .iMIfl.lltniT OH A.n..l k.J
Of u tvnn used fnr tnwlnt- ilUM-,l-a.
1,'iliues.
Alter arriving nt the loneliest dpot
along tho secluded road, Detective
Parker hH"vns thn. .men firnt trliut f.
dig a grave with sticks, but were forced
10 noanuon mis pian when they en
countered numerous rnntq hnd Ktnmna
of trees.
k Returned With Spade
H( hello VM HlPV then hid tlin lln.lv in
the underbrush and proceeded to Tabor-
nnnln rnftirnltio. in thn annt T.t1n
night with n spade with which lo dig a
griivc ior mo oouy or uicir victim.
His theory is partially supported by
the testimony of residents of Tabcr
nacie. who sny thoy were awakened at
10 o'clock Friday night by tho cut
out of a motorcar, again taking to tho
lonely road, leading from Tabernacle
to Friendship.
It was ro unusual for motorists to
use the Friendship road that several
residents of Tabernaclo went to the
windows and peered out, believing tho
occupants of the automobile had bo
come confused nnd were on the road by
mistake.
A fnrmep rnturnlno' rn Afnimt lTMlv
from Philadelphia at midnight Frldny
night pass,cd a yellow automobile near
Mcrchantvillc. The yellow enr was
speeding toward Philadelphia.
A man and his wife, who llva nt Yin-
ccntown, six miles from Tabernacle,
told the pollco they were In their nuto-
tnnhlli. nt Tnliernneln nt .l.lf. ....tnnk ....
Friday afternoon when the jellow nu,
tomobilc, containing the three men,
drove out of tho plno woods and started
for Mount Holly, which Is in the direc
tion of Philadelphia,
This mnn testified he had followed the
yellow car for three miles. Ho gavo n
minute description of the automobile
and tho three occupants. They ap
nenrcd to be nhnut thtrtv vmit-u .LI
I . -. .".." - ., JV...O V....,
wore daric clothes and caps, which ap-
penreu w oe greasy.
Ho testified that one of tho three men
was seated in one of the boxes on tho
rear of tho chassis. Residents of
GEORGE K. DATKSMAN
Director of public works, under
Mayor Smith, who died nt his home
In Gcnnnntnwn today
FORMER DIRECTOR
DATESMAN
DIES
Succumbs to Long Illness at
His Cermantown Home Was
in City Service 30 Years
WAS IN SMITH'S CABINET
Oeorge B. Dntcsman. director of Pub
He Works under the Smitli administra
tion and Identified with the bureau of
surveys for almost thirty years, died
today at his home, C007 (Ireene street,
Germantown.
Mr. Datcsman wns fifty-seven years
old. Ho hnd .not been In good health
since retiring to private life last Jan
uary, and-had been seriously ill since
last March when ho collnnsnd -iiiio
r superintending construction work at the,
new btanley theatre, Nineteenth nnd
Market streets.
Since his general collapse, Mr. Dates
man had not been able to leave his
home. A week ago, ho began to fall
rapidly
Jie is surviycd by a widow,' Mrs.
Nannie Gould Datesman, nuiU three
(Mtors.Mrs. Tv. O. lW1!5tt,iVV,S
.CWiJJtifer Towrischd and MrsrllbwHrjl
Dignnn, the latter living nt San Fran
Cisco.
Was Pensioned Uy City
On June 10 of this year Mr. Datcs
man applied for n pension of ?100 n
month on the grounds' of pcrmnncnt nnd
total disability. The pension was grant-
eu ut ii iiicewmr 01 inp saiety tiimi com
England Faces One of Greatest
Economical Crises in
Its History
VALUE OF POUND STERLING
. DECLINES TO $3.44
Labor Leaders Declare Settle
ment of Trouble Is Possible
Within Week
Uy tho Asosclated Press ,
London, Oct. 18. Tho British conl
Industry today was at a standstill:
After months of negotiations between
the miners nnd the government, In
which neither side wns willing to con
cede tho crucinl points, the pits are
closed nnd Great Britain seemingly is
facing, economically nnd otherwise,
days unenunlcd. oven during the world
war of industrial chaos.
Kxccpt for tho pump mon and- other
employes who ngrco to keep tho mined
free from water and otherwise in good
condition for a resumption of work
when tho strife is ended, nil tho miners
were Idlo today.
Persistent reports of efforts to settle
the stride partly relieved the spirit of
anxious uncertainty of the British na
tion today. For the moment, theso re
ports seem to have greater basis In hope
than in actual Information.
John Robert Clynes. former food con
troller, and one of the most modcrato
of tho labor leaders', has expressed con
fidence in n settlement within n week,
if both pldes could be brought together to
discuss calmly the controversy. He nd-j
vocates as a basts of agreement the
granting to tho miners of half their de
mands, and the submission of tho re
mainder to nn impartial tribunal.
T. II. Plintnnu trnncpnl antKatniv rtf
.the National Union of Rnllwaymen, also
nas raauc moderate statements, ami
both these men nru roHcd upon to do
their utmost to shorten the strike.
Value of Pound Drops
One effect of the coal strike upon
financial London has been the weaken
ing of tho pound sterling, which has
dropped to $3.-14 on buying orders to
cover actual and prospective coal ship
ments from United States to Europe.
The effect has already been seen on
contlncnal exchanges, all of which
moved against Great Britain" late last
week nnd which were again slightly
weaker today.
Newspapers contrast tho nttltudo of
Clynes nnd Thomas with that of C. T.
Cramp, president of the National Union
of Rallwaymen, who has given sig
nificant warning to members of that
union of tithe serious situation which
will -bo pveated If the miners nre de
feated.V They also call attention to
n Wtcranep by. another prominent la
borltrEdwiif Bevln, secretary of the
Dock Workers' Union, who, In a speech'
yesterday, accused the government of
having engineered tho strike and
charged It with doublo dealing.
Government's Position
TllG linsltioil nf hl f-nrurnmnnt n
gardlng the strike Is entirely different
irom uiai 01 jui, wncn it intervened
between iiwnnru nnd minora tn cnttl..
the uisputc. The government, as n re-
EXTRA
WILSON ASKS HARDING TO TELL
FACTS ABOUT FRANCES OFFER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. President Wilson today nddrcascd n
lcttor to Senator Harding asking the Republican nominee to con
firm the statement of Saturday that lie had been approached "iu
rmnllv. hv a renresciitativo of the French Koveinmei.t iclr.t..,.
to a new association of nations. Quoting from a dispatch dated St.J
IrtUls October iu, purporting io rujiotE uic statement of Senator
Harding, the President said: "I need not point out to you t.ie
grave and extraordinary Inference to be drawn from auch a state
ment, namely, that tho government 6t France, which la a msmbei
of tho Xcaguo of Nations, approached a private citizen of a natlot
which Is not a member of tho league, with a icqucst 'tlint t...
United States lead the way to a world fraternity.' "
RENTALS OF P. R. T.
DEFENDED IN COURT
Owen J. Roberts, for Lessor
Companies, Attacks Service
Commission's Jurisdiction
EXPECT RULING ON FARES
MORE CORK HUNGER
STRIKERS DYING
SENATE'S CONTROL
ALMOST CERTAIN:
TO BE REI
1LICAN
11
Clearing of Situation in Wis
consin and Utah Removes (
Doubts of Leaders I
G. 0. P. LIKELY TO WIN ,
MOST DOUBTFUL STATES
Only Unprecedented Cutting of
Ticket Can Bring Loss
of Majority 1
Death of Fitzgerald Will Prob
ably Have Bad Effect,
Physicians Assert
Stft.-EifittlfcMiSj
man wns mentally nnd physically in
ciiniiruiiit'ii
Contlnutil on Pace Hrtrntrrn. Column Two
cnud onrm,, Hevrntecn. Column Four
Uli,ihiL?!fcfl,e t"ntfrwir ! hard. You
kt th. rik Y,h,n ,014 " "Way Down Our'
" w CiMtnut Btr(t Otxro lloO'i.JaSv.
MOTHER STUNNED BY NEWS
OF SON'SSTRANGE MURDER
Flowers Used to Mark Elmer Dretves's Homecoming Suddenly
Turned Into Unexpected Funeral Wreath
"With roses still red nnd living from
tho feast that celebrated her son's im
promptu homo coming Saturday even
ing, the mother of Elmer 0, Dewcs, the
youth whose murder is mystifying the
Philadelphia police, sat hewllderedly
grieving today, mourning in u happy
llttlo home suddenly converted into n
liouso of death. Not the vludlctivo
mother, not- tho carefully reasoning
woman. Only nn old-fiishiqned heart
broken mother with tho grief that has
no human expression sweeping In great
gusts over her heart.
Brief hourp ago he lived. Today ho
Is gone. Gouo forever. That Is tho
supreme thought tho .realization that
her boy, so alive and so loved, is no
more.
In broken English tho Drewes are
'lrAtluli tlin linrnnvrwl nintlim. nniii.A.l
out her heart this morning to neighbors
wno uicu in aim out oi ino pcaceiui llt
tlo homo nt 6235 Pine street.
Onlv Hntiirflnv hn u'lin hern " cil.n
VU..T .. . ..,, .... ..a ..w.v, II. .u
wept. "He burst into tho house calling,
'Oh, mother, I'm so hungry. Hnvim't.
you anything to cat, mother? And I
was so happy that he was hungry and
I could give him what he wanted. I
said 'yes, I have a big roast in the ovcu
nearly done.'
"Then he went out for leo cream.
And Wo had sneh n time. Ynn ran ton
tho roses. They aro still thero on tho
ti.lili. Fill.... .. .in . '
uiuiv. j. in- were jor iue uirriidity ot
tho young lady who has Elmer's room,
but It seemed liko n rfgular feast for
him.
"After supper ho camo und throw
himself' down on tho couch with face
Iu tho shade of thnt lamp light so and
ho was very happy. Ho was telling mo
how well he and his mint were dolnc
with the cntlug club utiuchool, 'ButJ
s so goon to get homo, mother, he
said."
Mrs. Drewes stopped, unablo to go
on. I can't 'Can't seem to realize he
is gone. Then then ho said, 'Ah,
mother, It's good to havq a homo to
eonio to. That's why I love to come.
It's homo to me.' Thoso were about
Ills last words to me."
Then tho mother who was snatched
so suddenly from tho hnppy normality
pf a peaceful home life showed just
how really all mother slm was. "I
I dWn't want him to havo nn automo-
Was Horn in Easton. Pa.
A native of Enston. Pa., Mr. Dales
man was graduated ns a civil engineer
from Lafayette College in 18&I. He en
tered the cinnloy of the city with the
Burenu of Surveys shortly after his
graduation.
In 1888 he retired from the city's
service and engaged privntcly in en
gineering until 1801. when he returned
to the Burenu of Surveys.
Mr. Datesman was assigned to duty
as assistant chief engineer of the bu
reau In 1012 and acting chief engineer
five times for periods of from one to
tlllce months. He n nlun i.ntiunlrlni.
Onsllieer for Keu'ncn.ilisnnt.'ll wnrlr
Among his other activities .Mr. Dates
man wns associated in the design nnd
Hlinorvlnlnti llf thn vnrinnu -mtlIti unrIni
of tho Burenu of Surveys, Including (X)
miles of mnin and branch sewers, cost
ing $111,000,000 ; concrete river bulk
heads and tho Aramlngo cnunl improve
ment, which cost Sl'.KJO.OOO ; three
river piers (two double-deck recreutlon
piers), dredging operations nnd rock re
moval in tho Delaware nnd Schuylkill
rivers, which cost $2,107,000; uvoid
anco of grade crossings nt North Penn
Junction, Walnut lnno and Chew street,
nnd the Pennsylvania avenue sewer
construction work, costing $1,110,000.
Kepresciltcd CItv Ahrn.ul
Ho Minrod'in tho management of abo
lition of grade crossings in South Phila
delphia and the construction of bridges
which cost .MU.utMJ.uuu. i
In 1013 Mr. Dutesmnu was commix-
Mnneu oy tne ainyor. to represent the
city at tho International building trades
and scientific accessories exposition at
Leipzig, Germany, and to make an in
vestigation of public works and espec
ially modern methods of sewage ills
posnl in European cities. He visited
foity-flve cities, Investigating tho har
bor improvements, boulevard nnd pari;
improvements, subways und other civic
improvements.
He was n member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, the Engi
neers' Club of Philadelphia and the
Amorican Public Health Association.
position of the directorate of the mining
inuusiry, uio minnces ot which It con
trols, and consequently It is Interested
in the prpsperity of the eo.il trade,
which is yielding a large sum to the
exchequer.
It is maintained 'the government
wholly supports the premier's intimated
rcndlnrsB to explore every avenue
toward settlement, and will fncilltato
almost any movement toward tho re
opening of negotiations. Such n move
ment. It is suggested, may be started
nt t()ftnVR IMOeHncr e9 tlin nni.ltnmiinf.i.
committee of the trade union conference
with tho executive committee of the
Labor party and labor leaders in Par
liament. The trnnsriorr. wnrknrt nn.l Mi.. ..nil.
way men were evidently marking time
umuy in uic muuer or mniung the fate
ful' decision whether they would lend
their support to the striking coal work
ers. They appeared Inclined not to tiike
precipitate uctlon pending possible pro
po'inls from some source upon which tho
government and the miners could ncgo-
tlnte.
The country awaited anxiously u ro
port from tho meeting held this morn
ing of tho council of transport workers,
which Includes more than twenty
unions, covering the dockers, the. bus
nnd tram workers, the commercial rood
transport men nnd tho conl trimmers nt
the ports. The council, however, nfter
a private meeting, adjourned until to
morrow without announcing its policy.
.Meanwhile J. T. Thomas, John It.
Clynes and other promiuent labor
You MayGue'ss
tfie Reason
His was tho bravest deed sho
had ever seen and suddenly she
hated Olga.
Did alio lovo hirn? Ruth didn't
know but sho knew sho couldn't
.et Olga havo him.
West Wind Drift
It takes a wounded ship to a
desert Island, where many won
derfur things happorj. .
Georgo Barr McCutchcon's
gifted port tolls you tho stpry
which begins on Saturday in tho
Evening Public Ledger
It Has Never Been
Printed Before
Continued 'ori'l'axe Seventeen, Column One
CRACKSMEN ROB SAFE
IN BOARDING HOUSE
OF $15,000 IN LOOT
Jewels of Various Descriptions
Aro Stolen From Residence at
672-74 N. 11th Street
Safecrackincr emoi-to v, nu itii
ore searching for robbers who blew a
safe nt tho apartment house of Miss
.uurgaret yxvelll 072-74 North Elev
mh street late i Friday night, and es
ca.ed with $15,000 worth of loot.
Hie robbery wos not disclosed by the
polico until this morning. Mistery sur
rounds the affair.
Miss O'Neill keeps a boarding house,
nnd apartments at tho Eleventh street
address, ncccrding to tho police.
" oniuruny night sche reported the
robbery to tho police for the llrst time.
Among the 515,000 worth of articles
stolen, she said, were two pairs of dia
mond earrings, several gold meshbags,
rosary bends mudo of diamonds and ilia
mond lavallleres, in somo of which w'crc
two and three curat dlamouds.
The robbers used nitroglycerin to
break open tho safe.
Threo men wlin Hvml in ti... .,,....
house severnl v,.nlu nf... .i i .
tiro sought.
The contention that the underlying
compnnles of the P. R. T. Co. have
"laid down all their nublic duties" and
are not subject to the regulntory power
of the Public Service Commission wns
advanced before the Suncrlor Court to
day by Owen J. Roberts, of counsel for
the underlyim: oomnnnies.
A full bench sut in tho Superior
i ourt room on the fourth floor of City
Hall to hear thp case of tho under
lying compnnles, which wns brought be
fore, that body on an appeal from the
jurisdiction of the Public Service Com
mission. Mr. Roberts opened the pro
ceedings bv plrlnt- n litatnrir nt thn
lenses entered Into between the under
lying companies nnd the P. R. T.
Final Lease fllnde
Mr. Roberts to)d how those leases
were made for a nerlod of from thirteen
to Yifty years. In 1805, he said, the
lessors were gathered Into -what was
known as the Union Traction Co., nnd
In 1002 the Union Traction Co. made
a final lease to the P. It. T. Co.
After reading the complaint of the
i mini itiiiiiess jicn h Association nnu
thn ('Hl'fflpn Tlimriwiiltipnr Avsnntnflnn
In which the city has joined, nnd which
usiieii ior nu invcHcigaiioii ol the un-
derlllfl? rntnlmlltnu Ml- Ttnlmrta tinh
up the uuchtimi of the propriety of the
Ti..i.ir.. i. ,.... ., v . ; .. ..
& iiuui' rrv t i iimmiKHinn h mrisitit,.
tion fiver the renMlb.
&yJfcWivttilllJthnt tho unuerl.iing
...', ii....,,,- iH-e- nu luiiKii engaged iu
imuiie Kcrvice. 'nicy arc non-operating
companies, he said, and have laid down
their public duties. Ho declared It
would bo unconstitutional "to tear up
tho existing contracts" with the under
lying companies.
Fears Burdensome Costs
These companies, ho continued, ap
pealed from the attempted jurisdiction
of the commission becauso the pro
ceedings would take years and "im
merse the underlying companies in the
burdensome expense of thousands of
dollars."
'Thpr urn twet mnin nMnBftnn Tw
Roberts declared. "They arc: Under
a fair Interpretation of tho public serv
ice company law. has the Legislature
f-ivp!l till. ,,mimtu..ln,i ,tnv tr.l.. ....
up these agreements with the underlying
compnniesV
"Has tho Legislature any power to
give the rijht to so tear up these ugree-
uieiiis ;
Mr. Roberts then rend tho public
service coiupaii luw of 1013, which,
he said, does not bring a compnny
within the purview of the Public Serv
ice C'niiiuiNtion uii1sm that company "is
dolns luisiiiess such n uperiitins a rail
road, n telephone sytein, a canal or n
street i all way."
"Now I usk the court," said Mr.
Roberts. "Iuie we any employes? Do
we servo any public''"
r?nsel ttprn nltml wlinrn IHlMtn .....I..
"- ...... ........ j.t.u..v, oi-. , ice
companies had leased their properties
to oiner compnnies in wiucu attempts
to hold tho lessor companies for negli
gence of their lessees hnd mot with fail
ure.
Would Qiui.sli Appeal
Enrlv tn flip nrneppfUni-u T:.. ......
,. ... ...- ,- . .nu UVlUt
Evans, counsel for tho Public Service
Commission, made a motion to quash
the appeal of the underlying companies.
Mr. Roberts nld he would not argue,
on that motion, hut would lot Henry
1 Tlpnivn rln til Tn Tlrmt'n lo nm.H..1
for another of the underlying compan
ies. The seven judges listened intently
to the nrgumeuts nnd made many notes.
i.rncsi x. i.owengrunu, assistant city
solicitor, was present. He was pre
pared to enter an argument later In
the proceedings. City Solicitor Smyth
was not there.
Public Service Commissioners Samuel
M. Clement, Jr.. and James H. Beuu
left here for Hnrrlsburg this morn
ing to leport to their colleagues on
the fare hearings they have held. An
opinion bus been prepared by Commis
sioner Clement, in which Commissioner
Bonn hns concurred. The commission
meets this afternoon.
"I cannot say whether n decision will
be reached today," said Commissioner
t'lement before leaving nt 10:25 o'clock
M'SWINEY HAS GOOD NIGHT
By the Associated Press
Cork, Oct. 18. The denth last night
of MichAcfFItzgcrald, first of the eleven
hunger strikers in the Cork jnil to suc
cumb to the results of their fast of
moro than two months, probably will
have an extremely bad effect upon the
other hunger strikers, according to tho
jail doctors today. Although tho men
occupy separate cells, it is difficult to
keep news of what is happening from
reaching them.
Joseph Murphy. Scan Hennessey nnd
several of tho other fasting prisoners
sho UW 8 tb end i3 cxncctea
Hennessey's fnther, who was visiting
thu prison yesterday, said he and a
?i?nif0f ot '?r rcIatlvcs. on learning
Eii?. V'.e r,,r,' but nt before they
had finished Fitzgerald was dead.
l-uicnael Fitzgerald was one of the
Sn. m.ei on a hunger strike in tho
LorK jail whose cases for a long tlmo
nave been a source of wonderment on
tnepartpf medical authorities. Nearly
a month ago Dr. Pearson nnd Dr.
Battiscombe. the jail physicians, ex
pressed profound amazement thnt tho
men who were abstaining from food
v ire still alive and conscious. At that
time i the physicians said that except
for the devotion and care of the nuns
In attendance upon the prisoners It
wns certain that several of them
Would fohg since have been dead.
All tho hunger strikers were de
clared to have been reduced to a se
vere degree of emaciation. Tho facial
cmaciutlon of Fitzgerald at the time
was declared to bo most pronounced.
By CLINTON W. OILBERT
Staff CoTTTHDondent Kvpnlnc Pnbtto Udnr
Cosirrtoht, mo, lu ruWa Ledotr Co.
Chicago, Oct. 18. Itepublicon con
trol of tho United States Senate has
now become almost certain. Two
factors havo made it likely. One i
tho cleaning up of the sltuntlon in
vysconsln. It Is now vlrtunlly sure
that a Republican will succeed Senator
Lcnroot. It may bo Lenroot b!mslf,
or It may bo James Thompson, tht .
a JoIIette Independent candidate.
But Thompson, If elected, will net witH
the .Republicans in organizing the Sen
ate nnd upon the League of Nations.
Another factor is the probability of
Senator Smoot's re-election from
Utah. It is understood that tho heads' ,
of tho Mormon Church, though them
selves Democrats and supporters of the)
League of Nations, wish to see Smoot
In Washington because of Smoot's In
,iSnco in thc Republican party, which
tlwy expect to win the national election'.
The Democratic candidate from Utah,
M. II. AVclling, is a Mormon and morn
populnr in Utah than, Smoot. But the
church Is sensible of the advantage of
being represented by a senator as much
In thc Inner councils of the Republican
party ob Senator Smoot is.
If Smoot is elected, tho Republicans
are not likely to lose a single Rcat which
they now hold. They may lose seats
In Indiana, In Iowa and in Missouri,
but Harding is expected to carry ths
Republican candidate through to victory
In those states.
Will Mako Some Cains
On tho other hand, the Republicans
are fairly certain of gaining scats la
Kentucky, in California nnd In South,
Dakota. Thev Iiv nlv tn i.i,i ,-.(
-I states they now IuA tn n.fin .. l
trol of the SenntciBr if they lose- theyJ -have
only to wiJfn equal numbcr'.of
seats 'to retain dFitrol of the Senate, Z
And their prospects of gainings look
better than their prospects of losing: 1
It may bo that La Follctte and the
Nonpartisan League with whiehhe Is ,
co-operating will have tho balance "of '"
tiunvi iii uiu oenaie. ii ia Kollctt's
London, Oct. 18. fBv A. P )
lerrenee MacSwiney, lord mayor of
t-ork, passed a very good night nt
llrixton prison, according to n bulletin
Ipsucd today by the Irish Self-determination
League. It is Bald he slept
well, but seems to have caught a slight
colli, ivory precaution Is Deing taken
tn mi..nif Un .1..1 .
r... . " uvc'ul"ncni.
Thn Ipnirnp In lnfOH i...it,i
-..- .. , ... ; uunciiu, says
a doctor has told MacSwiney his condi
tion is becoming more precarious. When
he becomes unconscious, the doctor is
snid to have declared ho would feel
bounflto do all he could to suvo tho lord
iv'l-'i'i'i'i'i'i'l'fllBMrl i.im
far iis'Tff' could while he was uncon
scious. MacSwiney is quoted ns say
ing that if any attempt wns made to
feed him under such conditions he
would again commence his hunger strike
ns soon as revived.
In Ml lirncitllf titntn t .....
weakness," thc bulletin says, "this lord
mayor naturally feels such nctiou of
.ceiling nun wouiu only prolong his tor
ture. He wUhcs it known, however
that he is perfectly happy. If thero is
any nttempt to feed him while ho is
unconscious, ho will recommenco his
hunger strike ns soon as revived, and
whether life nr ilentli fnr lilm ..! i.i
co'mrades is the outcome of the present
airuKgic, uiuy iiuvo won their bnttle
' and evacuation of Ireland by the
'-my will follow very soon."
NEW PATROLMAN SAVES LIFE
Police Recruit Dives In River and
RescuesChester Man
A newlv recruited pntrolman saved
Joseph etcracck, of 10(1 Holland
street. Chester, from drowning roster-
uiiy iiioruiiig wnon me Chester man fell
into the Delaware river, ut Vine street
Joseph Itnmson, the recruit, ut
tnched to the Fourth and Rnce streets
station, wos on the opposlto side of
Delaware avenue. Ho ran to the
water's edge and dived to Weterneck's
rescue.
The man wns unconscious when taken
from tho river. Ho was revived at
Roosevelt Hospital. Rumson gradu
ated from the police school two weeks
ago.
FOG BLANKETS NEW YORK
1
x-
lia
there will bo ono vote lost to tho,TtC-"UiVi1
Inr Itcnubllcans. TTia KnnmirMlMV
League will elect a senator, Laidi
Who Will rnto HI n T?An,iMlnnn frjn-
North Dakota.-nnd'theyuiay elect omP')-vH
iiuiy Kcott, from Colorado, who wIB.r
rate as a Democrat. La Follettej"'
Thompson, Ladd and Scott mny hat
thc balance of power in the Senate.
RIm nf tilll. l ,ii .. . ..
Chtimut St. i!w UousTv;, 1jj5iI,nHn.tlSS.
Canllnueil on rei Setrnlern. Column M
THIEVES VISIT LANSDOWNE
Enter Six Homes and Get Small
' Amount of Loot
Thieves entered six homes iu Lans
downn Snturdnv nnd Knnilnv ,lni,u i
tooit small amount of money, jewelry
nnil rlnthlnir. Thev nrn tlinnnl.f .. i
operated from nn automobile and to have
tiHcd the telephono method of iliidlng out
whether the different families were at
nomo ociore eniering tne houses.
At tho homo of Robert Hunter 5
North Highland nvenue, the thieves got
$."0 in cash, but overlooked SilOO in
church funds which was In Mr. Hunter's
possession. Other homes entered wero
those of tho Misses AVoolman, 12 North
Highland avenue; 11. J. Decker, 5(1 Rast
Stewart street, and C. L. Shurtlcff ""
West Greenwood street. '
When you think of irrttlnr
think o: WUITINaildS;
Nine Steamships Unable to Reach
Their Docks
New York, Oct. 18.(RV ,v P )
Dense fpg blanketed New York' harbor
again tliis morning ami for the third con
secutive day shipping suffered delays.
Incoming essels wero stopepd outside
tho harbor nd nine steamships thnt
had reached Quarantine could not dock
Among these were the Stockholm. I,m.
handle Jtate, St. Paul and Carolyn.
HELD ON BURGLARY CHARGE
Man Is Caught After Chase Through
Back Yards
Oeorge Raisin, a negro, Thirty-sev-cnth
and AVnrrcn streets, wns held
without ball for n further hearing by
Magistrate Hnrris today in the Thirty
second street and Woodlnnd avenue stn
tion on a chnrgo of burglary.
Raisrh wiih enuplit l.i. 'l l.... ..,. ......
Oeorgo F. Boston nfter a chase through
inns, yams nnu over lences. Ho wus
foul litdlllir In n linn ...in,, II,. I.. .
ruscd of imving entered tho houso of
Mrs. Ella Court at U717 Ludlow street.
Doubtful States
The following states now represented ' ffl
y itepuoucan senators may be classed
as doubtful, Connecticut, where Sena-
tor Brandegee, Republican, is likely to
be re-elected over his Democratic op
ponent, Augustine Loncrcun ; Indiana, '
where Senator Watson, Republican, Is , .
likely to beat Taggart, Democrat;
Iowa, where Senator Cummins, n
miblican. Is llkelr to beat Claudn Por
ter. Democrat: Utah, where Senator
Smoot, Republican, is likely to beat
M. II. Welling. Democrnt, nnd Mis
souri, moro doubtful than thc others,..
where Senator Spencer. Republican, is
likely to beat Breckcnridge Long,
Democrat.
And the following states now repre
sented by Democratic senntors may be
rlasscd as doubtful ; Kentucky, where
Richnrd F.rnst, Republican, Is likely
to beat Senntor Beckhnm, Democrat,
for re-election : Cnltfornin. where.
Charles Shortrldge, Republican, Is
likely to bent Senntor Phelnn, Demo
prnt Smith Dnkotn. where Peter Nor-
beck. Republican, is likely to beat
U. S. G. Cherry. Democrat; Maryland,
where Senntor Smith is likely to beat
O. E. Waller, Republican; Idaho,
where Senator Nugent. Democrat. Is
likely to beat Governor 'Frank Gooding,
Republican, and Oklnhoma. where Scott
Ferris, Democrat, Is likely to beat J.
W. Herrold, Republican.
In addition, Colorado, now repre
sented by Senator. Thomas, Democrat,
is so doubtful thut no prediction Is
possible. The Nonpartisan League
has captured tho Democratic party in
Colorado nnd nominated for tho ScnaU,
jilato is S. B. Nicholson, who won after
n hard ngnt in hip primaries, ocna
tnr Thnmnn lin fllpd n nn Indetienileiit
Democratic candidate. This makes two
nnmrtrfltld ..ntnllilntpe tn thn flptrl Ttllh
looking nt it another way. It makes
two conservative ennmuntes against
ono radical. Moreover, there Is faction
alism among tho Republicans. South
Colorado, which is likely to go for .
Harding, may elect a Democratic ben- -s,
ator.
.May Possibly Lose Senate
Tho only quest Inn Is, how far be
hind Harding Republican candidates for
senator may run in tho doubtful states.
If the cutting this yenr is normal all
the itepuoucan senators wnose eiecuoii
Is indicated in the preceding forecast,
will win. If it is extraordinarily deep
Brandegee, Watson, Cummins and
Shortrldge mny lose nnd the iicpuou
cans may lose the Senate.
Record differences were thoie in Kan
sas in 1010 nnd California In the snrne
vcar. Kanbns went for Capper, Repub
lican, for senator by 101.000; for wit
son, Democrat, for President, by 40,
000 California went for Johnson, Re
iiiihllenii. for senntor. bv nearlr 30O.
000. nnd for Wilson, Democrat, for
President, by u smnll plurality. Any
Rttih different o between tho head of the
ticket and the camridato for senator on
It us these would mean tho defeat of
the Republican candidates for tho Su
ale In threo or four states.
Congressman Graham to 8peak - JL
iVUKl vanmuii iivwikc n. urnuau3t
representing the Second Pennsylvania
district, will deliver an address to tht
Young Republicans nt their head-.
(iiiarters, 217 South Broad street. "1
V...lMa,l... nlnl.t Til., ...I.I ...III t' V.t1
"Vlial Issues of the Presidential Cam
paign. "
Oranberrr Hne ! a mot V-'
appotlslng rllh with bnt m W
nyforra. Mako It wUli J2tmo , J-1
.Cranberrlti. A.tv. Jtfgj
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