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VOL. VII. NO. 61'
POLICE CLOSING IN
UPON MAN AND GIRL
IN POP'S AUIO
Names of Companions of Vic-
tim en Night of Murder
Known, Belshaw Declares
ALL ROADS ARE WATCHED
FOR RED CHUMMY ROADSTER
What Was the Motive
in the Peirce Murder?
Was It robbery and were the man
nnd wemnn seen with Pclrcc profes
sional creeks who had pretended
they wanted te rent Peircc's apart
ment, then nttacked him?
Was it Jealousy? This is one of
the theories the, police are working
en. They believe Peirce and the
"blonde woman's" thale companion
may bave get into an angry alter
cation i that Peirce was struck down
In het bleed and that his slayer stele
his money and Jewelry te make the
crime leek like a robbery.
Or was it a combination of both
motives, the woman coveting Pcirce's
diamonds and plotting the crime, and
playing en the jealous feelings of
the ether man te make him commit
the murder?
The names of the man and woman
who were with Henry T. Peirce, busi
ness man, who was murdered with, a
monkey wrench Saturday night at 2000
Market street, arc known positively te
the police.
Detectives also have located an apart
ment house in the neighborhood of
Twenty-first and Walnut streets where
it is believed .the man and woman lived.
What is mere, in searching the apart
ment occupied by the pair, the detectives
have found fingerprints, and have had
these photographed, for comparison with
the bloody fingerprints found en the
wrench used te kill Peirce.
These are the important developments
of the day in the myscrieus murder
of Pierce, who was forty-five years
old, married and lived in Fert Washing
ton. Names of Couple Known
Detective Belshaw, head of the mur
der squad, located the apartment in
the fashionable section near Twenty
fim and Walnut streets.
It'was -Detoctive Belshaw -also who
tnade'the positive statement i.iut i..i
names nf the "blonde woman" and her
male companion had been established.
"They lire out of the city, 1 believe,"
Mid Belshaw. "I can say with some
degree of pesitlveness that the big red
'chummy' roadster is new fnr from
Philadelphia. Every garage in the city
has been searched.
"A full description of the car has
been sent broadcast, und it cannot re
main undiscovered long. The murderer
made a fatal mistake in making his
getaway in a car of such conspicuous
design and glaring color. Fortunately it
was possible te get se detailed a
description of the machine that any
garage man who read it and sees the
car for even a few minutes can make
certain of its identity. Te make the
liudhig of the car in a short time even
mere probable, we have learned that it
has a defectlve radiator, in censtnnt
need of repair. Going at the speed with
which the murderer and his comimnlen
must have set out from the city, the bigl
Mr ftnnn will npml iittpnffnti 1
Finger Prints Photographed
Detective Belsbnw, with detectives
from the district attorney's office, and
the police photographer, paid another
visit te the room where the murder was
committed this forenoon. They would
net say what they sought en this visit.
It is known that they took photegrnphs
of the bloody handle of the heavy
monkey wrench, which was used by the
murderer as a weapon.
The police nnve sent nut 400 "fliers"
te cities and towns in every direction
from Philadelphia, furnishing n minute
description of the powerful nutomehlle
owned by Peirce, which wns stolen, pre
Miiwibly by the murderer.
Detectives Kelly, Cunningham mid
Iilckersen, of the district attorney's
force, were assigned te work en the
ynM! today, with Detective Behhaw nnd
Ills assistants.
The police are using every source te
and the man and woman, the lntter n
blonde, who were with Peirce Saturday
Hight.
Seek Man and Weman
Detective Belshaw said he knew posl pesl
tlvely that n man nnd 11 woman had
been with the victim Saturday evening.
I believe jealousy prompted the
crime," said Detective Belshaw. "A
theory en which I nm working Is thnt
the man nnd woman who weru present
nt Peircc's dentil may have become no-
8110104 with him when they answered
Ik advertisement of nn apartment te
rent.
"lie wanted te rent the upper fleer
aeartmenf nf ia in-tct- ut.... i..
: - i t'Hil . I ruvri jinn u
te n couple who would tnke enre of the
cne room the den where he wns mur mur
deredeo that he could use it when he
us lorecci te stay In town.
..i.i mny bl ,m,t '' Pet '" tnncli
with some peeple who wanted te rent the
apartment, and his attentions te the
JMfe aroused the jcnleiisj of the bus-
"""; becoming te tills theory, there
may hnve been a fight In the apartment
aturday evening, and In the heat of It
the husband may have struck Pelrce
eyer the head with the wrench in hit
Bleed, with no deliberate attempt te kill.
Tried te Cever Motive
"Thereupon, If this Is the correct
theory, rcullzlng that the man was dead,
His murderer and woman companion
jeiiKht te cover up the crime by making
leek like robbery. They stele the
ead man's money mid jewelry and
JJirncd en the gas In the heater, se thai'
Jt would appear that professional 'yeggs'
'"; ,1'fen at work there."
J he police worked all day en what
premises te be the most Important clue
J In their hands. It was furnished
mem by a business man who was a
neighbor nnd .close friend of Pclrcc.
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Entered Secend-CUmi Mutter at the Pontemee. t Philadelphia, Pa.
Under the Act of March n, 1RTB
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HENRY T. PtilRGE
Manufacturer and clubman, who
was murdered In Ills apartment in
the rear of his Philadelphia office,
at 2000 Market street
WHY QUESTION AGE7
Vauclaln Is Finished With N. Y.
Herse Shew Incident
"Closed as far as we are concerned."
Samuel M. Vauclaln, as well as ether
members of his family, held this atti
tude) toward .the incident of the New
Yerk Herso Shew last week, when
Little Fire Lady, entered by his daugh
ter, Miss Patricia Vauclaln, was dis
qualified. Concerning the matter of the dis
qualification, Mr. Vauclaln observed
tersely, "Why question a lady's age?
That's net a particularly gallant atti
tude." Little Fire Lady's dlsquallficn dlsquallficn
Hen, be It known, was en the question
as te whether the marc was four jears
old or only two, as the veterinarians
claimed.
Late last week the Vauclalns went te
New Yerk. They didn't go in connec
tion with the affair of the horse snow,
but te say geed-by te Mrs. William
Hamilton, formerly Miss Constance
Vauclaln, who sailed for Europe today.
SO IT'S G00D-BY, BOOZE
Ten Demijohns Poured Down Drain
at City Hall
Ten demijohns of. whisky and ether
liquors were '.'wasted" nt City Hall
today.
The liquors had been seized by vice
fcquad detectives nnd as this was fall
heiiBCclcaning day nt the squad's head
quarters, Roem 543, Detective Charles
I.ee directed the contraband be thrown
nway. -
It wns poured down the Insatiable
drain at the southeast corner of the
fifth fleer, used by scrubwomen and
janitors as u place te rinse their mops
nnd threw scrub water.
Men whistled Chepin and expressed
sincere regret as they steed helplessly
by and watched the detectives pour the
liquor down the drnln.
Many wondered where the ether end
of the drain wns.
BREAK HAT-SHOP WINDOW
Thieves Get $1,50 Beaded Bag Frem
Chestnut Street Stere
Thieves threw a brick through the
display window of the Dann millinery
shop at 1500 Chestnut street, at 5:110
o'clock tills morning nnd ebtnlned a
beaded bag valued nt .$150.
Mux Dann. proprietor of the estab
lishment, believes the thieves broke the
window te obtain a rare bird of para
dise plume.
lie believes the brick which broke
the window upset the stand en which
tlie hat was displayed and knocked it
out of the thieves' reach.
The window of the Dann store has
been smashed by thieves five times In
the last four months.
FAT THINKERS UNRYTHMfC
French Dancer Alse Says Thin
People Are at Disadvantage
Mile. Louise Le flnl told members of
the study class of the Philadelphia
Music Club, meeting in the Bellcvue Bellcvue
Stratferd today, that they were cither
tee fat or tee thin te understand rhythm
ureperly.
She declared they could net thiuk cor
rectly in connection with their music
If their bodies are out of harmony.
"As you sit nnd us you pose, se you
are," she told the women students.
She wub discussing Oreek dancing,
which, she said, is u remnrknblii com
bination of technique, plus mental and
emotional expression.
PEIRCE CHILDREN AT PL A Y,
UNAWARE FATHER IS DEAD
Widow Shrinks at Prospect of Telling Little Ones Story of
Tragedy Uas Net Yet Viewed His Bedy
The five children of Henry T. Peirce
spent this morning pluyln- en the drawing-room
fleer of their home ou Summit
avenue in Fert Washington, oblivious
nf the trnglc fate of their father ,whom
they have net seen slnce last Wednes
day. They were drawing pictures of the
house und nf each ether, and Verb In
high glee until n visitor arrived.
Three-year-old Lewis, the youngest
of the brothers, darted nut.'in the perch
as the deer was opened, but his uncle,
who was keeping a watchful eye en the,
boys, made him go back. The house Is
large and of frume. There is n bread
lawn in front, surrounded by a low,
stone wall. , , , . im
rpstnlrs. Mrs. Peirce, widow of tne
murdered man, wus trying te reconcile
herself te the violent death of her hus
band. But she could pt muster the
cournge te tell her children of their
futher's fate.
Hut Net Seen Bedy Yet
Thnt U whv tl)n children are being
kept In the jiemjlundcr the watchful
eye of nn uncle, ;
ireiJiPr v mi; iu.-
tier viciu.
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DEFECT IN ORDINANCE
MAY SMASH BROWN'S
JUSTICE PALACE HOPE
Gity Solicitor's Office Says Title Illegally Concealed
Part of Judge's Ambitious Plans for $5,000,000
Project, Arranged in Private Conference
BUILDINGS TO COST $3,000,000 WERE CONTEMPLATED
IN 1919, RECORDS SHOW, AND $180,000 FOR ARCHITECT
Legal technicalities may halt work
already started en President Judge
Ilrewn's ?5,000,000 drenm palace of
Justice en the Parkway, invalidate
contracts already let. and seriously
jeopardize Jehn T. Wlndrim's fees ns
architect for the ambitious projects of
the president judge.
The maximum -fees that could be col
lected by Mr. Wlhdrlm under his con
tract arc $1,80,000. Of this sum he has
already received, according te the
county commissioners, $2704.40.
The discovery of the legal techni
calities in question resulted from a
search Inte City Hall records today,
which also revealed that as fac back as
April 2, 1010, President Judge Brown
had conceived the Idea of the mrignifi
cent and expensive palace of justice.
There Is reason te believe, from a
study of the municipal legislation en
the subject, that the Judge evolved the
idea net long after he was named
president judge 'of the Municipal Court,
which was in 10l4 six years age.
Seme Delay Encountered
But the plans did net reach the point
of being put down in official writing
until last year. Then an ordinance
was passed by Council and signed by
Mayer Smith, Nvhlch contained the
seemingly Innocuous prevision for the
juvenile and domestic relations branches
of the court und also one for the em
ployment of nn architect.
It wns In a scries of private confer
ences among Judge Brown, the county
Traffic Blocked in Many Sec
tions and Thousands Are
Late te Hemes
GIRL'S RIBS FRACTURED
Six persons were injured In acci
dents due.o.jallpjM':ya8tjy!ptH9od;blln)l due.e.jallpjM':ya8tjy!ptH9od;blln)l due.o.jallpjM':ya8tjy!ptH9ed;blln)l
i'jg rain, nnd thousands were delayed in
reaching home because of trolley block
ades In the storm that swept the city last
night.
Delayed by stalled motertrucks and
ether heavy vehicles, unable te negeltatc
the city streetR, trolley cars crept along,
halting at Intervals.
Charles McCelIIe, fifty -six years old,
of 1724 Memerial avenue, was struck
and seriously injured by an nutomehlle
thnt skidded en Bread street nenr Gi
rurd avenue. He wus taken te St.
Jeseph's Hospital.
A motertruck, driven by Jehn Bcn
ner, forty-live years old. of 254 Seuth
Fifty-seventh street, collided with n
trolley car at Park and Columbia ave
nues. Rentier wns severely cut. He was
tuken te St. Jeseph's Hospital.
A motertruck struck Timethy Fowler,
seventy years old. of 770 Fulacc street,
at Third mid Chestnut streets, last
night. He was taken te the Jeffersen
Hospital, suffering from internal in
juries. Ills condition is critical.
Helen Luttrel, twenty-two years old,
of 4505 Lancaster avenue, fulled te see
an approaching automobile at Lancas
ter and Westminster avenues Inst night.
She wus struck und five of her ribs were
fractured. She was taken te the West
Philadelphia Homeopathic? Hospital.
Christ Kuel, slxty-feur years old, of
282S North Third streets, while crossing
Lehigh avenue at Germantown avenue
was struck by the automobile of Wil
fred Parker, of 1413 Peniberten street.
Parker took the Injured mnu in his cur
te the Samaritan Heltul. where h( s
suffering from a fractured skull, cuts
Of the scalp and general shock.
Following the accident Purker surren
dered te Putrelmat Lake, of the Pnrk
and Lehlch avenue station.
Miss Nellie Ceieugli, lifty-six years
old, 2830 North Sydenham street, was
struck by the meter owned and driven
'by Geerge W. E. Fester, of Melrese
Park, who rushed her te the Samaritan
Hospital, where she Is suffering frqm
u .frnctured fibula and hip- and generul
shock. The accident occurred near
Bread street and Indiana avenue.
Fester surrendered himself te the
police.
the body of her husbnnd until ,it Is
finally prepared for burial.
Late )estrrday afteniiMin, wlieu the
first news came te the pretty nnd
peaceful home in Fert Wushlngten,
through the dazed bewilderment there
rnme the desire te go directly te her
husband in death even as she would
hnve gene In life. And accordingly
Mrs. Pelrce came te the city.
But last night she returned te. Fert
Washington in the blinding rain, her
visit te town having taken her no
further than the elllces of Dr. Charles
Hawkins, the family physiclnn, nnd her
husband's best frfpiid. She had ar
rived in the company of Henry Peirce's
father and his brother, and It was
with them she finnlly left te make the
heart-breaking trip back home.
Heart-breaking It was, for hard as
was the ordeal she had Just been
through u harder e- still faced her.
Themas, Frank, Albert, Lewis and
Richard must be told.
Cannet Tell Heys i
"Hew nm I ever going te tell them?"
she repeated ever and ever again, "Oh
Centlnurd en 1'arr Twe. Column r0u7
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.dffiQBESStWK
6 HURT IN STORM
OF WIND AND RAIN
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1920
commissioners, Mr. WIndrIm nnd Wil
liam T. Cenner, law associate of Jehn
It. K. Scott, thnt the real work of out
lining the "wonderful plans" for the
Municipal Court wns begun. Mr. Con Con Cen
eor is counsel for the county commis
sioners. Neither City Council' nor the general
public knew anything of the Intimate
details of Judge Brown's plans, nl nl
theugh they were based en an ordinance
of Council.
The technicality raised ngnlnst the
original ordinance, a technicality which
has been sustained in the courts. Is
that the title of the ordinance docs net
state specifically the full purpose of the
measure.
The law requires thnt the title shall
be descriptive nf the purpose of an
ordinance se that '"snakes" or "jek
ers" may net be slipped through n leg
islative body.
The original ordinance, the basis of
the plans of Judge Brown, provides
S-Hie.wuuu for plans and work en build
Intra for the juvenile and domestic re
latlens branches of the court. It is as
fellows :
"AN ORDINANCE, MAKING AN
APPROPRIATION OF $400,000 OUT
OF THE LOAN AUTHORIZED BY
ORDINANCE APPROVED JANU
ARY. 7, 1015, FOR THE PREPARA
TION OF PLANS AND PRELIMI
NARY WORK OX THE cnvsTntrn.
TION OF BUILDINC.S FOR THE
Continual en Tiiie Twe. Column Unt
CLASH OF LEAGUE
UP
Dispute Probable Over Respec
tive Powers of Council
and Assembly
ARMENIA
PLAN INVOLVED
:
Ry the Associated Press
Geneva, Ner. 2.1.A clash between
the council nnd the assembly of the
League of Nations en the question of
the carrying out of the assembly's reso rese reso
lutien of yesterday for Intervention in
the Armeninn situation loomed up as a
possibility as the assembly met for to te
day s session.
The subject nf Armenia was enrlv te
the fore, the chairman announcing' the
make-up of the committee te examine
Inte the details of the eventual Inter
vent en. The committee was headed bv
Lord Rebert Cecil, of the Union of
Seuth Afrlcn delegation, who Is n strena
proponent of help for Armenln. and had
?r1 .its, '"crshlp list likewise Rene
Ivlnnl, of France, w)ieh eloquent plea
yesterday swept the assembly into un
animous npprevnl of the resolutions for
action en the subject.
The ether members announced were
Senater Henri Ln Fontaine, of Bel
gium; Dr. Fridtjof Nanscn. of Nor
way; Henerie Piioyrreden, of Argen
tina, nnd Slgner Rchunzl, of rtnly.
Vital Issue May Arise
The order of the day for the assembly
contained several resolutions of nn up'
pnrently innocuous chnracter premising
In themselves no siich sensntrpnal in
terest as yesterday's session developed.
Hie possibility wns seen, however, that
the fullure of the council of the league
te act last Ulght en the Vlvlnnl resolu reselu resolu
tlen might proj-eke another debnte en
Armenia and raise the entire question of
the'relntiens of the council and the as
sembly. The respective powers of these hedies
Is looming up as one of the biggest
questions before the nsseniblv. The
clash en this subject would nnturnllv
come in discussion of the report of the
organization commission. In regular
course, but It could easily be precipi
toted by refusal of the council te carry
out any resolution of the assembly.
It wns known last night that the
council lind met, but had token no
action with regnrd te the Armenian
resolution, and Mr. Bnlfeur's attitude
nftcr the meeting was taken te indjente
that he was In no hurry te urge the
council te such action.
Revision Cemes te Fere
The subject of revision of thecevcnnin,
of the lengue came up again at today's
session of the assembly.
II. A. Vnn Knrnebeek, of Hellnnd.
addressing the delegates en his resolu
tion that a committee be charged i.ith
the study of the revision of Artfclc
XVIII en the registration of treaties,
hehl that the article wns new subject
te" th ree different' Interpretations as te
the legality of unregistered trentles. He
urged revision of the article te mnke
its meaning clearer.
AUTO AND TROLLEY CRASH
Man Fractures Skull In Accident
and Is In Hospital
In a collision between a motertruck
and n trolley ut Pnrk nvenue nnd Jef.
fersnn street, Inte yesterday, Jehn lien
mr, RM Seuth Fifty. seventh stieet,
wns thrown te the street and his skull
fractured. He is at St. Jeseph's Hos
pital. Ilenner wus riding ou the sent of the
truck wltli the driver, Milten Apple
gat1, of (flusshore. N. J., nt the tlme
nf the accident The truck was dam
aged, but Applegatc escaped Injury.
Applegate was arrested, nnd today
wns held under $3000 bnll by Mag
Utrate Carsen nt City Hall, for a
further hearing November 30,
8ugar Takes Anether Drep
New Yerk. Nev. 23. (By A. P.)
The price of sugar took another drop
ncr? leuuy went ine cencrai nugar lie
lining ue. reiiuccn its list prices te t
basis et H.Uer line granuiatM"-"
low vrenmleW the season..
liners lewwf their quetatl,
uVr, 1 If A'JhkJI
BODIES
LOIS
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COUNCILIN favor!
FULL REVISION OF
REALTYVALUATION
Finance Committee Approves
Sliding Scale of Percent
ages in Assessments
STORMY SCENES MARK
MEETING AT CITY HALL
Council's finnnce committee nt a
stormy session today approved n resolu
tion, recommending a revision of assess
ments en renl cstnte nnd increases en n
percentngc basis where such increases
are Justihcri.
The session wns continued from enrly
last cvcnluB nfter hundreds of taxpay
ers exasperated ever big jumps In therr
assessments liau appeared yesternny dp-
fore the committee and demanded relief.
In sharp contrast, the meeting today
was nttende denlv by members of Coun
cil nnd a few ether public officials, but
factional warfare llnmed out and
charges and ceunter-chnrges were tossed
about the meeting room.
The measure approved by the com
mittee teduy was moved by Rtchard
Wegleln, president of the Council, and
was nn amendment te the resolution of
Councilman William McCeach. which
urged the Beard of Revision of Taxes te
return te the old assessments.
Vete Is 8 te 3
Mr. Weglcin's amendment was passed
by a vote of 8 te 3. Ceuncllmen Mc Mc
eoach, Hctzell nnd Walter dissenting.
It follews:
"That the Beard of Revision of Tnxcs
be requested te cnrcfully exuminc nnd
review nil increases in nsscssments en
dwellings, proposed or mnde for the
year 1H21, nnd in such instances where
Increases are incquitnlilc, lower tnem
se that equity may be done, The Coun
cil recommends thnt where assessments'
have been increased, said increases
should net exceed 10 per cent en dwell
ings new assessed up te nnd Including
$.1000: snld increase should net exceed
l.r per cent en dwellings from ever
S5000 te ljin.000, Inclusive, and Bald
increases should net exceed 20 per cent
en dwellings new nsscssed mere than
?15,000, modified In each Instnncc by
any special information or data in pos
session of the beard."
Disagrees With Gratr.
In spenklng for the amendment, Mr.
Weglein said:
"My amendment is in line with the
fairest recommendation thnt can be
made te the beard of revision of taxes.
We hnve no province In the mnttcr ex
cept te rccerameiid. Simen Urntz, pres
ident of the benrd, said I was a geed
assessor. I agree with him there. He
also is reported te have said thnt my
sliding scale plan iHiilleanl. UP course,
I must disagree with him en that.
"We had a large crowd here yes
terday und I noticed the people who np
iienrcd before us spoke in terms of ner
centages, and I feel It would be mere
just te make increases nn n errentnge
basis rather than by certnin sums. I
hope, trust, yes, except, that the beard
of revision will be guided by the rec
ommendations which wc send te them."
Councilman Cenncll said he agreed
with Mr. Wegleln und thnt he believed
the president of Council had diagnosed
the situation correctly
"We ceuncllmen did net hear any
thing about fnilure te drag up ns
scssments en big buildings until late
in the afternoon," he declared.
McCeach Attacks Amendment
Mr. McCeach attacked the Weglein
amendment. He said he did net see
hew It could hnve results.
"We ceuncllmen would be stupid,"
he nsscrted, "if we could net see where
the injustice is in the amounts assessed.
The small property owner Is the one
who has te saddle the burdens of tax
ation. We only hnve a few tall build
ings nnd they pay only n small pre-'
portion of the taxes.
"I am going te offer my original
resolution In Council this nfternoen,"
Mr. McCeach continued.
"Mr. Cirnt!! hns said Mr. Wegelin's
plan is Illegal . This amended resolu
tion only lenves us a wny te get from
under."
Addressing Chnirman Burch, Mr.
Weglein retorted :
'1 would like te nsk Mr. McCench
if he thinks it is lrgnl for Mr. (Sratz
te say he would put the assessments
bnck te where they were, if n certain
man said se?"
Hall Joins Discussion
McCeach hesitated a few seconds nnd
replied: "Ne."
Ceuncllmnn Hall, who is net n mem
ber of the finance committee, joined the
discussion.
"Mr. Oratz said thnt In a jocular
mnnner," he declared.
"He hns been a pretty consistent
joker," commented Ceuncllmnn Ven
Tmcpii.
Clinirmnn Burch: "If the remark
was made in n jocular sense no man bus
a right te take tills joke out en 2,000,000
people.
Ceuncllmnn Ven Tngen declared:
"New thnt he bus been caught," ap
parently referring te Mr. Grntz," nnd
t'liese minting him have been caught, it
is a joke."
Mr. Hall rose belligerently.
"I won't htnnd for anyone calling
Mr. Orntz n Jeke," he shouted,
"I won't let anyone put words in mv
mnuiii, i iiiun i say .tir. iirniz was a
Jeke," retorted en Tngen, who uj
penreii aueui te nunue uis desK.
"If some one did put a few words in
his mouth It wAuld be better for him,"
shot back Hull.
Mr. Ven Tngen stepped forward
quickly. "I object te Mr Hall speak
lug. lie is net n member of this com
mittee," lie declared.
"I am a citizen nnd n ceuncllmnn"
wns the way 1 lull met the verbal jab,"
nnd I have n rightl'te be henrd in this
public forum Mr. Orntz is a public
nfflcliil and has been one for sixty yearH.
lie has been u father te the public school
sjsteni here."
Ceuncllmnn Hull lauded the publrc
services of Mr. Oretz nnd then revert
ing te the assessment question said thnt
10,000 house owners have obtained ap
peal blanks from the assessors,
15 Sentenced for Breslau Attack
Urcslnu, Nev. 23. (By A. P.)
Fifteen persons, necubed of the recent
attack en the French consulate here,
have been found guilty, ami have been
sentenced te terms varying from one
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FACTORY WORKE8S PAID LESS THAN OFFICE EMPLOYES
ALBANY, N. Y., Nev. 23. Fnctery office empleyes in New
Yerk state received $2.13 mere a week during October than did
the factory werkcis, according te n report made public today by the
state industrial commission. It shows thnt factory office em em
peoyes averaged 931.06 a week, as against $28.03 for the factory
workers. Salnvics of office empleyes Increased 14 per cent since
October, 1010, compared with n gain of 10 per cent in the earn
ings of factory workers.
SPAIN TO SEND VOLUNTEERS TO VILNA
JtfADRID, Nev. 23. Announcement is made that- the de
tachment of Spanish marine infantry, which will go te Lithuania
, us a jjnrt of the allied force that will maintain order during tilt
prepscd Vilna plebiscite, will be composed entirely of volunteer,
it is t.ald the men will be given special equipment, as Spanish
tioeps are net accustomed te such cold as may be expected nt Vilna.
10 SETTLE POLICY,
i
Harding's Choices May Be De
termined by Marien Confer
ences Next Menth
TREATY COMPROMISE SEEN
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Staff Correspondent Evening ruMIe ttUer
CeptTtaht, 1910, bv Public Lriaer Ce.
Wushlngten. Nev. 23. Harding's
cabinet, ns well as his foreign policy, I
Is likely te be developed In the ceuwe '
f , - t . I in , f,in
of the conferences te be held at Marlen .
ui'Kmmni; neceiniicr 4.
At the present time, net only hns
the cabinet net been chosen, but tile
President-elect has net discussed it
even with his closest political friends.
Men whose nnmes are en everybody's
lips ns most likely te sit with the President-elect
de net kn!w whether they
are te be nppeinted or net.
One reason for this undoubtedly Is
thnt the secrcteryshlp of state Is the
most (limcuit emce te nil. ami uic man ,
for that pest probably will net be of"- ,
THEN PICK CABINET
nlteiy chosen until tne rresiueni-cieci firm for the cnrrvinB 0n of contraband
hns worked out nn agreement In the.,,, , ,, rn,,ltni.. It wn(l Hnl(! te
nartv or as nenr nn nereement as nc'i,0 . i. . i. i.i..
, v .- .. n,i,L , uavu k""M n juik'" mui u ivu null?
enn-upen the course te pwue hte b, wntllar nenrlv io.eon.000
regard te the League of Notions. Th .i,arM i the ' schlcslnL'eV Trier
new scrretnry of stnte must be In sub- V p" ncniesinj,tr, lner
stant ill iiiTenl Willi party opinion im (4T ' ... . ,. , , .,
decided at the Mnrler! conferences. I l the government.' said the
Naturally, if the party, for exnmple. t turner chancellor, 'what has been done
sheu'd decide te tnVce n "bitter-end" In the case of the banking tlrm of Hln Hln Hln
positien In fnvnr of outright rejection ner, Herghlnnd &(.. which has been
of the preent treatv nnd Lcnguc of ' accused of smuggling. I demand thnt
Nations nnd the creation of n new people known us smilggglers should be
nssocintlen. ex-Sennter Heet would no HOUTcly punished."
be the must iivnllnble mnn for the chief ! Heplylng. Dr. Wlrth, minister nf
pest in the cnhiiiet. In thnt case. Sen- (finance, said the public prosecutor had
nter Knox would tit better, if bis health net concluded his Investigation of the
permitted him te serve. .Sinner, Iterghhind & Ce. case, but he
... c.... n. iri asserted that the banking houses men-
Secretary of State Cemes First tlone(, .,,, pvJ(k.ntlv ,.u);ilBel In smug-
If, en the ether hand, the policy 'gltng capital out of the country,
ndepted ns a result of these conferences "The government," he continued,
favored the entrance Inte the present "learned a few days nge thnt millions
league with umcnilments, air. ltoet(0f its cash and securities were standing
would fit nnd Mr. Knox would net. te the credit of C.crmnii subjects with
The secretary of state probably will the firm of Crusher & Phllllpsen. in
be selected ns a result of the confer- I Amsterdam, nnd that these millions had
ences. His finmc may even be con- gene there through nn intermediary in
sidered nt them, since the party i , contravention of Germnn laws. The
divided en the subject of who shall have .public prosecutor started nn inquiry Inte
this pest, just as it is en the question ' the flight of this cnpltnl. and the firm's'
of the policy te be ndepted. The ether I hooks have been seized. Proceedings
places in the cabinet wnlt In some nrc pending ngnlnst n number of persons
ijiensure upon this place. for gee- i wm sent money te Hellnnd, but I nm
grnphlcnl nnd persennl reasons, the unable te give exact details. It is eor eer eor
Impertnnt positions are net likely te tie TVCt that among the persons having ac
filled until It is decided who shnll be counts with Crusser. Phllllpsen & Ce.
secretnry of stnte. ' nrP members of princely houses, nnd
Fer exnmple. ex-Sennter Sutherland sme of the Hohenzellcrn fnmllv. The
cannot have n pest in the cnhlnet nj' flnanrp department bus been instructed
signed te him unt 1 the question of the'tn ,emnnd security up te the highest
premiership is decided. If Mr. B.net Is
net te be secretnry of state. Mr. Suth
erland seems the most probable eholce,
or te tnke It frew the geographical
angle, If New Yerll does net hnve the
chief cnhlnet position, some ether Im
pertant pest is likely te go te that
stnte.
Fer these reasons the selection of n
cnblnet Is involved In the coming con-
ferenees nnd may be discussed nt them. I
Mr. ' Hnrding being n mnn who seeks
party ndvlce en nil questions. The
conferences nre likely te tnke place
with one or two men nt n time.
There will net be n mnss-meetlng
of Ilepubllcnn lenders nt Marlen. The
men who hnve been Invited hnve been
nsked te come when they enn en or
after December 10. A complete list
of the names of these Invited is net
avnllnble, nniPlt Is prebnble the lnvitn-
Centlnurd en Ttr Twfnty-one, Column Three
W0"mANSH0T IN HOME
Twe Soldiers Frem Service Scheel
Held for Killing
Carlisle, Pa.. Nev. 23. Uy A. P.)
Mrs. Julia Drewery, thirty-five yenrs
old. was shot nnd Instnntly killed in her
home here lust night. As the result of
an investigation the district ntterney
of Cumberland county is holding two
soldiers from the Held service school
here en suspicion of being implicated
In her denth. '
When Inst seen nlive Mr. Drewery
wns entertaining two soldier.. Heln!
tives en the second fleer of the house
heard a shot liri.il nnd found hei life,
liss body en the fleer. Twe men were
henrd running from the house.
PENROSE SPENT $2500
Campaign Expense Account Shows
Only Contribution te Party
Senater Penrose's expense iiecnuut,
as a candidate for re-election in the
ate aimpiiigu. filed today at Harris
burg, shows expenses ,( enl S2.100.
This sum represented n contribution
te the Republican state committee.
Comparatively speaking, therefore,
snld politicians, Senater Penrose was
elected te a fifth term in the I'nited
States Semite for virtually nothing. The
contribution te the state committee wns
the senator's nnrinnl contribution, It
wns explained, whether he vis a can
didnt" nr net
In the campaign for election for a
(mil th twin, six jenrs nge, the senator
was obliged te mnke an Intensive
automobile campaign ever the whole
state and spend considerable funds
This time he faced no serious oppesi-
;ion
Male or Thankurlylnr I)r rumnl.i.
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St.-, Opera Ueiut i-out
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Subscription IWe 0 a Year by Mall.
Public ledger Company.'
SMUGGUNG PLOT
LAID TO ROYALTY
Hohenzellerns and Others Ac
cused of Sending Millions
Frem Germany
BANKER 'PATRIOT' GRAFTER
Ily the Associated Press
Berlin, Nev. 23. One hundred emi
nent persons, among them Crown Prin
cess Cecllle. Prince Eitel Frledrlch.
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.Tenchim, Count Itadel n nnd PrJ
Wnn,a nn,,7,wllI( ,,,. miKgp
the lnte Prince
ncese
mnirslftl te
TTnllnn.l mn.n. ..! 0'J lfV AiA
.ai..(u. lliuiirj itjfK1 'H.lliiin fcUv.innitVUV
. mnrks, asserted Hcrmnnn Mueller,
former (.erninn chancellor, in the
Itclchstags yesterday.
The former chancellor Interpellnted
the government relative te the activi
ties of the firm of Crusser & rhllllpsen,
bunkers, which is declared te have car
ried en nn extensive busine in smug
glinc property out of (Jermnnv.
It wnr. nsscrted thnt the head of the
banking firm had been enrolled in the
Oennun army nnd wns nn geed termn
Wth th nobility, nnd that the concern
hnd "been known publicly ns a specinl
possible figure from customers from the
Crusser bank.
"When one reads the list of people
who did business with this bank he
must blush with shnme. It hns mnde n
strange impression te lenrn thnt princely
personages employed the Crusser firm ns
n letter-bearer. Kvcry effort wns mnde
te apprehend Crusser by surreiindlug
his office, but he wns warned and suc
ceeded in escaping."
Professer Knhl, a niemter of the Oer
miui People's party, declared Ilerr
Mueller was "trying te threw mud en
the Hnhenznllerns nnd the monarchy."
He asserted Crusser hnd only once vis
ited Crown Princess Cecllle In order te
hand her n letter from the crown prince
The Hague. Nev. 23. (By A. P.)
Denial of nnj complicity b ex-Crown
Prince Frederick William In the re
ported smuggling of cnpltnl from Oer
innuy was entered for both the former
crown prince und his ndjutnnt. Majer
Ven Mueldner. today by u member of
Fredcrhk William's suite.
The relations of the former crown
prince toward the bunker Crusser. the
informant stated, arose from the fnct
thnt Crusser was the first man who
placed himself at the disposal of Fred
erick William after the latter hnd tied
across the Dutch frontier, the hunker
aiding the fugitive in his financial dif
ficulties by lending him 5000 florins te
tide him ever the first period of his ex
ile. Since then, it wns added, the ex
crown prince has paid his wev from
funds which he received from former
Kmpernr William,
HIGH TIDE HITS BOSTON
Backed by Easterly Gale, Water
Submerges City's Wharves
Bosten. Nev. 23. (M A. P.) A
tide which, backed by an easterly gale,
nttnincd u rise of twelve feet, ran ever
wharves en the waterfront today,
brought confusion te shipping nt
nnehnr nnd caused washouts en rail
road trucks nleng the shore. It uns
the highest tide of the year and the
stlffest gale. The wind reached a
velocity nf slxtv miles an hour en Imr Imr
ber gauges and enmc freighted with
rujn.
Only three vessels nppreached the
pert during the forenoon und none of
theHi reiilil ilnck nmlfr flm ,Mi,wlIlnnu
Itnwbents displaced automobiles S&IL
conveyances en Wlnthrep thorough?
lures, aiie seii opine ever tne wall
there, the wnves reselling n height of
forty and fifty feet, and inundating the
streets adjacent te the shore. Houses
were flooded. At Wlnthrep Bench a
new tiler was destroyed nnd renilltUn.
revere se badltljst school sessions .were
auaimuucii. m .
warehf which
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COURT KILL THREE.
Return
Who
Fire of Sinn Feinera
Seize Arms Other
Casualties Reported
BRITISH SPREAD DRAGNET ,
FOR OFFICERS' SLAYERS
By the Associated Press
nuhljn. Nev. 23. The Dublin Eve-
nlng News tedny published news of a
sensntinnnl incident which Is nlleged to te
hnve occurred yesterday morning in the
Kxchnnge Court, resulting In the denth
of Itlchnrd .MeKce. peter Clancy and
a man mimed McCnlune
These men, nccerdlng te the newsv -paper,
were nrrested during the week
end nnd kept in n room of tne Kxchnnge
Court pending transfer of the prisoners.
The Mull nlleges thnt the prisoners
seized nrms stored In the court and
attempted te escape.
It also nlleges the court guard wns
fired en and. returning the fire, killed
the three men. Clancy, It is snld, wan
nmember nf the Sinn Fein "inner
circle," which hns been directing recent
operations of the organization. McKee
wns nn expert en expleis, nnd Mc
Cnlune Is snld te hnve been an officer
of the republican nrmy. .
Train Sen-Ire Resumed
All train services In nnd out of Dub
lin were resumed this morning nfter the
city hnd passed n quiet night following
Sundny's bloodshed nnd the rnldlng ac
tivities of esterdny. The curfew la-w
was strictly obeyed.
The night. However, did net witness
nny let-up in the work of the military.
whf were continuing their minuter
search of the city presumably for sus
pects in connection with Sundnv's as as
sassinntienfi. Before the curfew hour,
several of the streets were surrounded
bv barbed wire bnrrlers nnd the sol
diers examined nil persons passing.
Streng military pntrnls manned,
every bridge nnd rend running out of
the city of Dublin Inst night. All ave
nues of egress and ingress were closed,
nnd even persons holding nermits were
net nllewed te irass lines drawn through
the outskirts of the city.
Reports reaching the center of Dub
lin during the evening Indicated that
virtually the whole military establish
ment In this district' of Ireland was
employed In maintaining this cordon.
Explain Croli Sheeting
Crnun fnriwu ,.lttl, ...nm n rl.1
Nl'nrk en Sundny afternoon in nn effort
te arrest alleged .tunmen were fired
upon by jiickets-.nnd as a consequent of
the resultant fighting the crowd Inside
the park-sfunptjiled, said a statement
IssdetT.ntJgMilWjCnstle lnte Inst night
in refetsind-Wtlltr incident nt the nark.
"It had been arranged," snld the
stntement. "thnt when the grounds had
been surrounded en officer with a mega-
FLEEING PRISONERS
inline wen in nnneunce te tne crowd the
intention of the military te search per
sons in the park for arms, because it
was the belief that men associated with
the murder of fourteen officers Sunday
morning were hiding In the crowd. An ,-
officer was detailed for that purpose-"
but before the crown forces would ap
proach the field they were fired tipea
by pickets. Thus the whole plnn was
upset and the crowd wns stampeded.
There is geed reason te believe some of
the shots were fired ItiRide the grounds
for the purpose of crentlng n panic,
which would nllnsv the men wnnted te
escape, as many of the undoubtedly '
did."
Deny Troops Were Fired On
The Onellc Athletic Association has
officially denied there were any pickets
at the grounds or thnt anybody fired
en the troops.
Wleman Clarke, of Teledo. O., pres
ident of the American Olass Workers
Union, nnd Themas Mncreadv'. super--intendent
of the Phoenix fSlnss Ce.,-
Monaca. Pn., visited Croke Pnrk today
and inquired into the circumstnnces nt
ti tiding the disorder of Sunday nfter nfter nfter
neon. Mllitnry authorities tedny comman
deered the city hall for troops, nnd ths
men occupied rtll the offices except these
nHsicned te the town clerks. It wns ex ex
plnined the legitimate work of the cor
poration would net be Interfered with,
but thnt the place" was wanted for the
accommodation of soldiers. The lord
mayor is arranging with officials te
seek ncconimedatlons elsewhere.
A possible nttack upon the Mansion.
Heuse wns fenrcd by the lord mayor
Inst night, since en previous occasions
It hns been under nssnult by troops. He
npplied for police protection, expecting '
metropolitan lmlicc wenld be sent, but
military officers stilted none nf these pa
trolmen or ordinary policemen were
nvnilable. and sent "Black and Tan."
which gnve rise te it belief that the
Mansion Heuse hnd ugaiu been raided.
The Central and Kxchnnge Hotels
were both cleared of guests today a'ud
nre occupied by soldiers. Officers, re
siding in private houses, have been re
called te their barracks.
In general, the life nt Dublin Is ap
parently unaffected, street cars were
running today, nenrly nil shops were
open nnd theatres and amusement
houses weii doing business.
Cars Carry Machine Oims
Forces engaged iu searching resi
dences and business places were accom
panied b armored cars which carried
Lewis machine guns. Men charged with
nttaeking n'military patrol were court ceurt
mnrtluled at Marlborough barracks te--dny,
and warm tributes were paid by '
attorneys en ench side tn the integrity
nnd fair piny displayed by Captain
Bngall ene of the officers slain en
Sunihe morning.
A creamery nt Dhnrrew, near Ne
nngh, County Tipperary, was burned
this morning, ullegedly by uniformed
men. Police nnd mllitnry officers'
searched residences nnd the courthouse
nt Nenagh and nrrested we officers. It
Continued en Tate Twrntr-nt. Column Twe
JUSSERAND RETURNS
French Ambassador Arrives AfUr
Vacatler Trip Abroad
yew Yerk,,. . 23. (By A. P.)
suder te the CiOted States, arrived hem
today en the amshlp Lb Havele after
a stay of Kevfy months abroad.
The ainbasl V- left here July 8 t or "
a vacation trV-'whlch was interrupted
when he was sent te Warsaw as a mem-. kJ
br of the French mission. A 4
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