mmmzssmam ygfiBZl w V i H ' U ' THE WEATHER Cleudy unit somewlint Unsettled te night and Saturday; net much change. In tempcrattirej gentle northwest winds. Ti:)iiKnATiiKi: at kacii netrit fc NIGHT EXTRA uenttta T"H I I) 110 111 111! I 1 2 3 I 4 I C ) T41 141 142 4 44 1-1,1' 45 '0fr Bubltc VOL. VII. NO. 64 IN EUSED i;r TFILADWAY IN . MURDER MISSING r police Cot Proof "Al" Smith Fled After Peirce Was Slain SUPPORTS STORY RELATED BY SUSPECT AND HIS GIRL Petectives Still Believe Man Under Arrest Committed or Planned Slaying. FIND DAMAGING EVIDENCE, Military Brushes and Necktie of Victim Found in Baggage Have Yeu Seen This Man, Wanted in Peirce Murder? He is known as "Al" Smith. He l of medium height, nnd writhe lf0 te 100 pounds. Ills huir Is fair; his complexion ruddy. He Is rnther geed looking, nnd dresses well. A mnn who answers the description tf "Al" Smith, the "phantom figure" Jn the Peirce murder, tied preclpltntelvj from lodgings nt Eighth nnd Spruce I Streets, enrly Sunday morning, a fcw hours after the crime. ; Pn grent wns his hnte thnt he nlian-i (Innrd most of his clothing. Se lnte nnd I "'"'" wheels brought the nllcgc.l . , , , . . . ,. . ., , , ' murderers of Mum T.. I'eirce nearer te quiet wns his last visit te the ledg- . iMiilndelphin prison doers. Mnrie Wil ing house nnd his departure therefrem, i Hams (with many ether nllnses) clasped that re one heard him. I .,. e in.. ,-!., i r.. ,! Hut Sunday memirg it wns found i thnt his bag was gene. The name of the mysterious "Al" wns brought into the murder of Ilenrj T. Peirce, the Fert Wnhingten resi- dent, found slain Monday morning at , ii. nn-t,t t ennr -r....!,t u- Ids apartment, nt 200, Market street. p.v the pair the police supect of the murder or n part in it, l'eter T. Trend- j W and Marie Williams, the eighteen- ypar-eiu gin, who neu wim xreaciway In Pcircc'a stolen motorcar te Wheel- ,, , .1 -..,.- rt-.l ...l. M, , t In;, W. Va., wlicre both were arrested trn days age. Until today the police believed "Al." as well as "Jack," accused with him liy the prisoners, wns n mere product of Trendwny's Imngirifttien, invented by him te mystify the police and free him cf blame. Pair Described Him Well Trcadway and the girl both told a eircumstuntiul story concerning this "Al" Smith, who forced them, they Bald, te tukc him te the lodging house (it Eighth and Spruce streets in Peirce s car. I They described him graphically. They ald he get a small bag at the lodging house and hurried buck te the car. A visit te the lodging house at Eighth and Spruce streets by Detective Hean- ley this morning revealed facts se start-i ling thnt the detectives were compelled, i though reluctant, te change their whole . , , ' plnn of campaign. Immediately they enlarged the scope fit their investigation te include possi bility thnt "Al" nnd "Jack." named tdse by Trendwny, really were concerned Li the crime, and net phantoms. The whole, country will be combed fei the two men, who nre believed te be In Ohie new. Detective Ilennley interviewed Mrs f Chtist, proprietress of the lodging house, S1C said thnt en Friday she had rented n room te a young man whom Khc described us about twenty-six Je.irs old, of medium height, weighing Jibeut 1-0 pounds, having light huir tind n light florid complexion. This description e.vnctlv fits- that plven by the prisoners of "Al"' Smith. The ledger, the woman said, paid a Wick's beard in advance, and was given a room. He took his bag upstairs and l'ut his linen in the bureau druwers. Sent Laundry Away He hung n coat en a hook in the closet. After he hed been there a few hourshe came rather late Frldn afternoon he enme te Mrs. Chust with! big bundle of laundry and asked her te send it out for- him te be washed. She complied with this request. The ledger gave her his mime, nnd this she turned ever te tliu police, but they have requested that it be net made Public. The name is net "Al" Smith. The ledger slept In his room Friday night. He was away all day Salur !. During the day Mrs. Chu?t looked into his room te see If he was there. s she hnd net heard him. There was ' sigu of him. She made the bed and iMlul up the room. She saw that the tenant's bug steed in the corner and het his ether possessions were as he '""I left them. All Sntuiday night lie hud net come !" Mrs, Chust mid ether members "' her family were up until after mid night. There wits no sign or jeunil "' the new ledger. They went te bed "Winced that Iiu was net coming In "nt night. Sunday everything was quiet in the Kwm a it hud been the day before, Wra. 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Treadwax and one pretty slip of a L'hl. wlin bmirlif'fl. elintted nnd anK as the train from Wheeling, W. " "I'd into this city Inst night. The m mac ner picture ami name, ceupieu witll xlw Qf Tjen,,'w (al(le et ,,- aliases) in connection with a hldcelis crime, blazed forth en .front pages of ,"1. ..Kr. V " ' " ." . was jubt one thing that could cliase tile sparkle from her eyes and make the picuy ups lighten ler an insinnt. iiiat , was when she felt Trcadway was net ' Ln Ij nJ ,,,! l,f being treated as ci be or when he looked particularly or wen led. Gives Trcadway a Dellar The lights twinkling nbeut William Penn's feet could be seen when she leaned from her chair anil kissed Tread -way geed -by, at the same tlijie slipping into Ids hand a dollar bill. It wns half of the two dollars a Wheeling. W. a., philanthropist had given tier te buy her a Thanksgiving dinner. She bad the turkey dinner in Pittsburgh at M lISd theTI: lar nnd offered te "llin" te sec if she should keep the ether dollar or give it I te him. hlie laughed, brought terth a Dcmn . Iliniied. nnd wen They wen t let us be together much longer," whispered the man ever and ever us the train came into llread Street Station, and his long fingers closed sharply ever hers. He had shaved and brushed. His attractive blonde hair was combed back in u pompadour. His blue eyes were worried nnd his lips hud hnrd work te smile. Hut the gill just smiled nnd went en humming. Her shoulders swiiyed with the music nnd she winked suucily nt one of the detectives. Oh, by the way," he culled te him: "you're still my munager, you knew. Net discharged or uuything." Detective Helleves lien Detective II. I). Hcnnlcy laughed. "She's a marvel," he exclaimed. "She hflsu't given up for a minute. All day Oiintlnut-il en I'iikc Twe. Column One PEIRCE IS BURIED Interment of Murdered Man Is at Aidsley Cemetery Hurry T. Peirce. the manufacturers' agent, murdered last Sunday nt his of fice, 'J0D7 Maiket street, was burled ut 'J e'i lock this afternoon from his late home In Fert Washington Interment was luaile In Ardsle Cemetery. The sei vices, at the icipicst of the family, were strh tly private. The fu neral nildiess wns niude by the Itev. Italph I.. May berry, pastor of the Mt I'lcasant Baptist Church, of I.ansdule Tlinse meseiit included only (lie iiicm hers of the immediate family of the ictiin, and Included his widow and five ihi'diTii, his aged parents, nnd a brother-in-law hnd xister-in-luw. Parker ami Miss Mary Itenrse. The body was laid out In a plain black casket with 'antique silver handles. A siher plate en the lid bore the name Henry Themas Peirce. The date of lis death was net isncrlbed, as the undertaker was unceitain us te the ex- icl tunc of bis murder. Negro Hanged for Assault Wilmington. Del.. Ne . 'Jtl tHy A. P.) Ei nest Themas, Negro, twenty wars of age, was hiingid at New Castle county workhouse tins morning for iriiuiunl ussanlt upon a white woman. I, em Price, Negie, slayer of Policeman Zebley, of Wilmington, will be exo exe i uted ii' xt Fiiday morning. Swedish Minister te U. S. Dies Washington, Nev. I'll. H A. P.) W. A F i:kem:ren. Swedish minis ter te the I'nlted States, died at the egatien line today after u brief illness. He wus appointed minister in 101-, after six enrs' service ns secretary nnd counseller te tbe legation, during which period ue mnrnvi wuivuw juck bed, w le jwrylve. 1 TREADWAY'S GIRL ENTERTAINS PARTY young in years, yHHO-ceinpIctely verse(UjIpPn Stewart, who Jives across the in werldliuess. The words "murder,' street "trial." "prison" brought no lHckcr. Justice Stewart lenves five daughters, of fear or sadness te her face. There, Mnry r. nnil Ai.nn W. Stewart' who Postefflo. at Philadelphia. Pa. re ii a, is7n IN PEIRCE MURDER Timid Pedestrian Get Ha-Ha Frem "Bandits" A WEST I'lIILADELriHA pc detrinn wns nlmest lield up ns lie wns returning home early this morning, according te his wny of looking at things. He was walking nleng Fifty-fifth street, north of Walnut, when a big curtained automobile pulled slowly up te the curb beside him. He jumped buck, drew a revolver nnd ordered Its occupants te "Keep en going! Keep en going!" The.silvcry laughter of two w omen who were pulling up in front of heir homes In company with their husbands were the only salvoes fired in return. JUSTICE STEWART KILLED hl TROLLEY CAR ACCIDENT Fermer Independent Republican Leader Hit While Cressing Street t'hamlter.shurg, l'a., Nev. V.O. Jus tice Jehn Stewart, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, wns struck' by. n trolley car here last night nnd iu- stnntly killed. The nccident happs::! in front of Justice Stcwnrt's residence. He was returning home nfter n Thanksgiving ilinner nt the home of his daughter, Dr, lived with their father; Mrs. Charles I' arher. of Seuth ( arelma : Janet Qt...nrt n lihlindelnhiii newsnaner ....An.' .,",.. tt" . ' iV...."? P" .; wr'-'-. nnd Dr. Helen Stewnrt. nnd a penburg. Arrangements for the fun eral will be announced today. SHOOTS BROTHER IN PLAY Bey, 8, Accidentally Sends Bullet Through Neck of Child, 7 James Dl Mottee, seven years old, 11110 North Kecj-e street, was shot by his eight-year-old brother Antheny, to day, while the:' were playing cowboy cewboy cowbey anil Indian th their father's re volver. Mis. Catliailne Dl Mntlee. who is the mother of seven children, ranging from two te twelve years uf age. left them in till- house while she went te the store. James and Antheny went up stairs and in a bureau drawer in the front bedroom they found their father's revolver. They then played cow buys, .lames wns the Indian. The gun was discharged accidentally by Antheny, the bullet pu.ssiug thieilgb In- b'-etlier's neck. The be rnn down the stnlrs scream ing, bleed tlnwin from his cars, An An teony, rcali.iiv what he had done, col lapsed. The oilier live t hildieu vierc tee frightened te call for aid. ( tni of the neighbors healing the wounded boy's screams, summoned the police of the licrmantewn und Lycoming avenues station who took him te the Episcopal Hospital, where he is In a serious con dition. MRS. DONALD EVANS GETS BABIES; QUITS HUSBAND Disagrees With Fermer Phlla.' Peet Over Spending of Her Inheritance Reunited with her biibles. but sep arated from her husband, Mrs. Donald Evans, wife of a poet who lived here several years age. today told the real steiy of a wrecked tomame which ended in charges of neglect and cruelty te her children being brought against her in New Yerk. Mis. Evuns wns i barged with hav ing left her two children, one tluee years old and the ether eight mouths, alone in an apailment for many bouts. An agent of the S. P. C. C. investi gated, and Mis. Evans was taken from her apartment, Jl'.i East Tenth sticet. New Yerk, te Justice Heyt's ceuit. After tellinic her story the babies were returned te her custody and she was permitted te ictiirn home. "I came into an inheritance recent ly," she said after the hearing. ' My husband would net let me spend the money as I wished, and us the icsiilt of a marked disagreement we agienl te sepai ate. I went out en Monday of this week te buy many things I wanted, including an automobile, with which 1 planned te take the children about. The report te the ciuelty of tlccrs was 'made by busybedics who oc cupy ether apaitments ii tin- same house. It Is true that 1 was thought less, but I did nut feel nny Jiarm could come te my childien. 1 never hnd te tely very much upon myself, se, pei -hups, I did net develop u proper sense or rcspeiisinimy Mrs Evans WUS Miss Esther I'm-- 1 fna fipmnvlv n ., Ii'iiu.ah I ... ..1..I I .v., "... .j .... ..(.ntvu, I u , Kill Her husband worked iu this city prier te going te New Yerk several years age. v , 7 7 ARK s Suva judeic of a ckiart aedf rjr, B. Mahn'.i, Key Wilt "A loreaa. 'tUel 3 or U-lBe 'rfu flmel ink ll QfftU Coreptt, PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26?' 1920 CASE ' T Opens Fire Only After He Was Badly Beaten With Own Club Arrests Four WOUNDED MAN MAY DIE . .V patrolman, seriously beaten by his I nHIl nltrli iie.t,nlilv fnfnllt' utwit nmr nf i four thugs who attacked him at 2::i( e' clock this morning ut Seventeenth street uml (Jlenwoed avenue. The nutrelniun. Jehn Mann, of the ..... ........ ,.,......,. ,..,, I,. ....v ..... ... Twenty-second street nnd Hunting Park 11 uenue station, did net tire had been knocked down. until heT He fired three times anil nil three hets hit Themas llreunnu. thirty-four years old. of Twenty-second street nnd Indiana uvemic. Mann nnd Hreuiinn are both in the Satiiaritan Hospital. Mann's sculp was cjit. his body terribly bruised, and he- silircrs,'frem .concussion of the brain, Hrennan's condition is said te be critical. Pntrelinnii Mnnn, although semi conscious from blows ruined en his head by one of the men who had seized the patrolman's club, struggled te his feet after he had fired three shots and held the four men until aid arrived. Three Arrested The three men with Ilrennan. who were urrested and taken te the Hunting Park avemiit station, are Peter Joyce, twenty -seven years old. of C.nrnet street, near Diamond; Frank Dough erty, thirty two years old. Mavlie'd street near Hread, and Frank Merris, thirty-four years old, of Lambert street near Somerset street. They were held under SlfiOO bail each for a further hearing one week from today . According te the story Mitnu told ether patrolmen, the four men were acting in a disorderly munner at the corner. The patrolman ujipreui heil and told them te slop their noise and go home. Finally he anested Iliennnn and stint ed for a box te summon a patrol. Without warning one ) Urennau's three comiiiuiieiis seized .Mann's club from its ring, uud the ethers are said te have sprung upon him. Munn was taken completely by surprise He trieil te ward' off the men's blows nnd backed into a doorway. The man who wielded thu patrolman's club knocked his lull iilf and struck him a direct blew en the top of the head. .Summoned Patrel As i in. patrelmun crumpled and fell the four men are said te have close, in en him, kicking him in the face iumI stomach. He drew his rcwilicr iiml I I fired three shots at his assailants. ime ei ine blieis strucK Ilrennan in tin' left breast and the ether two hit him in the legs. Summoning all his strength, the pa trolman get te his feet. Sight of their wounded companion cowed the ether tin oe men. Maun summoned a patrol. Patrolman Mann's body was a mass of bruises from the kicks and blows of his assailants, lie fought fifteen min utes uguiust unusual odds before draw ing his revolver, police say. ihe injured patielman was treated i at the Samaritan Hospital and hitei taken te his home, .ri.",rN niakemnre ' sticet, East (ierinantewn. i "I'm sorry 1 had te sheet llreiiuau, nnd I hope he will recover," suld Pa- ' trelmaii Mann today. "I used my revolver enlv as n lust I lesert. when llreiinun. felling me wiln . . " -.--. - --.,.,., i niiih 111 - 11 1111 1 mv club, came at me dec arng he would 1-iH lne, h I Hred at IWnie-nt First i "I list fir, ,1 1, pa eme,,, , ' scare . The!,", stt W 'Z"L ! leg and then tired a second shot at bis left leg. Th" shots Infuriated Hi cu min ami 1 believe he fully intended te beat me te death. That's when 1 fired again After I hit aim. Ilrcnuau walked around tin erner and sat down en a perch. 1 tinned ever and get te my feet, culling for a patrol. "The trouble started when one of the four men. acting disorderly, inn lowly escaped being struck by an an tomebile. "Ilri'iiiiuu. who wns drunk, said le me 'Did Mu see that you bi.mv i pretended net te hear him. He called 1110 a bum again and 1 told -him te l'i home. Then he lunged 11 blew ut me, which 1 dodged. Still 1 tried le per suade him te go home, mid when lie tried again te hit me I nrie.ted him Mid stinted for the he te summon a patrol. I did net cwu use my dub in dealing with Hreiiunti and the club n. tern frilin its strap when Ilrennan tripped me ami we went down en t lit piiwment together " Den Chews His Pants! Hr P.c J - . .. Four dollars was awnrded te Frank Prixiutllle, of JU2 Pine sti-ri, Cnmdeii. today by n Jurv of the ( amdi-n D's ti;ict Court for ilnmngen resulting wficn a'vk'teus deg ewiied.'Siy Kruiik t'tillnr laue'Xn nrlghber inlied prUutUle by ll, l'.,.. n,l tnra l.l Liew. PATROLMANSHOOTS THUG THREE IIS BRNES SUSPECTED WHEN HE FAILED 10 Mether of Slain Youth Tells Corener's Jury Suspected Student Dodged Ordeal $300 DEBT IS HINTED AS MOTIVE FOR CRIME Suspicion first was directed te Wil liam P. Urines, following the murder of Elmer O. Drcwes, Dartmouth Col lege student, when Urines failed te call at the claln collegian's home te view the body. This was revenled today nt n cer-. ener s innuest into the death of Drcwes, who wns found dead with a bullet in us head October 17 en .Mascncr street near City Line, Oak I.nue. Tle disclosure wus made by Mrs. Christian F. Drewes. mother of the dead man. whose testimony rnNed the pro ceedings te a tense dramatic pitch. After the slain student's body had been Identified nnd brought te the home of his pnrents.nt tVJ.1." l'inc street. Mrs. Drejves called Mrs. Urines, mother of the suspected youth en the telephone. She testified she nsked Mrs. Urines te cnll nnd see the body of her mur dered son. Knewing thnt Urines hnd been n chum of her son, she nsked Mrn. Hrlnes (e bring "Hilly" nleng te sec the body. Premlsed te t'ome llut Didn't "nilly and I will be ever right awuy," Mrs. Drcwes quetd the mother of the suspected youth s& replying Urines was a student at the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Drewes. in deep mourning, told the coroner Mrs. Hrlnes reached the house seen afterward, but that "Hilly" did net ( eme. She said she waited until night for the arrlwil of her sun's for mer companion. When he did net appear detestives investigating the case had their sus picions aroused and they begun a hunt for him. Previously .Mrs. Drewes had testi fied Urines' owed her seu SHOO. The Dartmouth college student had Informed his mother of the debt en October HI, the (lay he made a surprise visit Jm his parents and the day preceding the dia- e I.!. I.. .1 .1 !.!.'. ..t ins, uihi.1 " me iiiiiiiiii ei I lie ill.. A charred remnant of a letter, recov ered from an ash heap in the basement of the apartment house at ."M4N Chest nut street, win re Urines lived, was shown te Sirs. Drcwes. The sorrowing mtither wns able te de cipher the words "your pnl, Elmer."' a the bottom of the charred letter. She ' identified the handwriting as that of her son. The charred letter was part of n number of burned papers recovered by detectives in the nsh heap. Saw Brines Itny Gun i l',,!..., Iliili,..nii .. Cllliiln L.,,.t.... n.l tt, ,,'f- .. .,,i , -. ,,, .1 , ,,,hii -lliuriil .l VIEW DREWES BODY XrwK?.OThH;hi.;:URGES BACKING FOR MAYOR ceinpanied Brines te a pawnshop where a revolver wus puchtised. The first purchase was unsatisfactory, he said. I and luter niiefher wennen was obtained. The first witness was ClifTerd Kelly, .'Willi Sansein street, who identified the body. He was followed by Christian Drewes, father of the slain man. "My boy mine home unexpectedly," he declared. "He arrived between (!:.'!0 ami 7 o'clock en Octol . - 10. "I gave him a SL'OO U.cck and a S."00 Liberty beud. He wanted the funds te buy mi automobile" Tbe patents of the slain collegian are of Danish descent. Their testi mony wus given with a marked accent. Their home is at fWII." Pine street. Weman Elect rllles Crowd The next witness electrified the court room with her recital. She was Mrs. Helta Fillmore, who lives in a cottage en the Fisher estate, which bounds Maschcr stict, betwen Queen lane and City line. "I was leading the night of the mur der." she said, "and it was verv quiet. My husband was in bed, asleep. I heard nervous voices talking, as though some one was holding en te somebody ele. Ttieii there was a cry of 'murder' or 'help,' und the sound of a fall. Then I heard a shot. "I said te myself, 'That sounds as though somebody was hurt.' I listened. Hut 1 did net go out. This was around 10 o'clock." Coreiu r Knighi' questioned the woman, and she eplained thnt because of the manner In which the bushes grew along Muscher street, if the automobile had gene past the Iteevcs' house, she could net have seen it. "The front deer, which is a wry large one, was wide open." she said, naming the deer of her house. "1 could hear ewrythlng plainly. livery thing was quiet. 1 heard semelsidy utter a long drawn-out, 'Oh.' jusi like that." As Mrs. Fillmore iniituteil the wail she heard every one In the i u leaned forward .... Mrs Fillmore insisted she heaisi it .id bein only skylarking, and did -- .? I... (.1... Imiui., i 1111'llk.T ir itii "el "'lv'. "" , V ''"" , "Did this sound come from the place I where the body was found next morn- , l"KV VZwt KlM " "'1' "V"' .,..,, llllP. it .1,.. I....I 1, ,1,1 the coroner evei thine she -"' - . had heard. 1 "Yes." Yeu hi aril no velm-les' "Ne. 1 beard no chicle or quarrel. , Twe Wllnessis, Absent 1 Mrs. Themas lteeves wus called. She was net in the room Anether witness absent was I 'limit's Sihless Warn n E Weed. (Wl'J Chew strejjt. Centhr'eil en I'iikc Tmt Ihr1 ('iiliinin HAM0N DIES FROM WOUND Weman Supposed te Have Shet Oklahoma G. O. P.1 Committeeman Anlmert'. OUIsi.. Ne. ''i - ,jj a. P.I Jacob 1. H.immi, Itcpiililiciui 11,1 Itienal . eiuiuitteeiiinn from llkliiheiua. I who was wounded here last Sunday night in 11 letel room, died this morning Lit s !" o'clock. I Aiierillug te Frank L. Ket, ,, hi, 1 business manager, the wound resulted 'from the ' aci idenliil discharge" of n revelwr wbicli -Mr llauieu was cleaning Following the death of Mr. Humeii, Carter county authorities redoubled their efforts today te locate Clara rjmlth, of llingllng. Okla., charged with sheeting Mr.. Ilainen lu a local hQtel last Sunday night. .-. .iv..'- . ,-. . -?1hli u, - Published Dally Except Sunday. Copyright 1020, by Here's What Mayer Moere Faces in a Lene Fight Against Evil MAYOR MOOHH is just new the target for mere personal attacks than any mayor in the last twenty-five years. Every gambler, Ktrcct boekmuker, ambulance chaser, dlvckeeper nnd ether Influence for evil that swells the under world of the Ht is rejoicing In the fray. The mlimrU in city Council, as membeis of the iity geveinmcnt, for tunately make their attacks openly. There- is, however, u background of ether forces mere insidious because tliey , work under cover. They arc the held- . ever members of the Varc machine that j held positions in cltj departments either by virtue of n rigorous Interpretation of , the civil service law, or through the complaisance of directors nnd burenu heads appointed by the Mayer. i They form the battalion of what have , been described as "the borers from , within. Theirs is the secret mission : the mouth-te-ear ges.ers who spread rumor and play the spy. . Ilesf.lc Hntteric I'mniisUril Within the lust thirty duys. however, every battel y of opposition bus been I unmasked. The Mayer new knows who I is for and who is against mm. i His uttcinpt te purify the police force , and free it of an clement that rendered It the tool of self-seeking politicians and petty bosses is furnishing an ex cuse tin n series of verbal pcr-nunl at tacks upon him. It bus taken en the cl .uaclec of a crusade. It Is the old clement trying te tur down the admiiiisliatieii. There is ample o'cusien and great id reason for this. Mayer Moero bus i gei leliberntely laid himselk open te nttiuk. He has been forced te court it. He has net cMided It in the , light, -t. He 1-. the storm cc'uter of a battle that was foreshadowed months age. HALL POLICE PLAN New Criminal Court, Mere Pa-1 trelmen ana tquipmein is Need, He Says M ' imlrelnien and delei tue ineie cnulnaieiil In bin1, them ii and Mj - : ... . ; ' :.V;f'"I, nnls was unrcd today by ni,..u. inrnn, li.,tnn ,i ii menus, of reducim? crime. "" " "" ' " Mr. Hotan advocated sincere support of the Mayer and the director of nubile safetv In the big task which confronts them and declared that the establish ment of the metropolitan police district suggested by Councilman Charles H. Hnll would net answer. Regarding the metropolitan police district. Mr. Retun said ROTAN DISCOUNTS "That preposition is se much involved " uravicie s breast, and ordered him te' Manchester, Kng.. Nev. .'fl. illv A. with legal technicalities that I de net turn ever his valuables. j I. i Vho lord mayor and chief een- ciin- te talk about It. It is a question Purely, said Ciirnvicie "I'll give stable of Manchester, acting with au- whether or net fhe munt ysurreumUng you my pockctbeok. which is m mv hip therity from the home secretary, issued Philadelphia under the metropolitan pocket It cenrnlns nil my money " an erdei today prohibiting the meetings iivstcf. would have te approve of the As he made a motion as though that the Irish self-determination plan The leal thing te de is te reaching for the pockctbeok. Cnrnvici,, League hud proposed te held Saturduv stiengthen the bund of the Mayer and suddenly grabbed his assailant's revel- and Sunday. It was at these meeting's Director of Public Safety se that tbeviver and sought te turn it aside that Arthur Griffith, founder of the will have the men and equipment ado- Ihe man purled the trigger et the re- Sinn Fein, who was arrested in Dub ipmtely te deal witli the situation iil.velver, but tne shell failed te explode. I lin this morning, had premised te speak, bund. .. ll,en nruii.-h. sei.e.l the highway- Th" authorities explained that ther Need of Mere .Hen "The fait of the matter is th.it we need mere policemen, mere detectives, mid meie equipment te hurl; them up. In Phihidelphl.1. we bin nh :tV."H pu- licemeu. whereas New .n";. I unuer- stimiP has II 000 nn : furthermore ri it ti 1 m we have a gre.ili'i street mileage imin New (11 1 The s, ,,f the city uml the sltua tleu demands that we have mere men. This Is 11 local problem, which Philu- ,l,.l.,l,,.i should solve fur ilM'll The electrical bureau should have 1 n..r., iiii.iiev te spend se that its serv ice could be Increased and be enabled te make quick signals and telephone calls. We iiii'xht te be able te patrol the main reads lending ut of Philadelphia se that all siisplileus automobiles leilld le stiipped. ,, , . I dun I mean te make a wuueii city like in the elder countries, but wn night te huw mere men, se as te mete 'closely (oiitrel ingress and igress. We cuun.'l dprinat new eecuuse ,. .,., i 111 11 1 ii 11 ir r 1111 1 ....--. tUllcc Will Ce-operate ,.u eir 0 w ,oil . tll ,.,, ,im,,ul t the u.inesi w ith all ether .lepurtmcnts in be effort ,., tamp out .run. I ,,, ','.... 1.1".. .1 1..,. ...,., .... .,!.,. juiij;i's iisixiiim 11111 "'. 1 "e .,,,,. in, 1 1 criminal court. I expel that thci will grunt the request. If the ltnunl et .'Judges cannot spare one of tinir mcui- ners ,,. t,s ,.w ,iirt. tl . an. under bring in one an act of the Icgisiatui of the judges from up the slate. "We nied this in u c irt. The prisons are tilling up with criminal- and we cannot put them en trial quick enough There are tee many murdcis and we eiltiunt get the nun del ci tried quiikly enough. One of the best deterrents feri nil sorts of crime is a speuly trial, and a long sentence. I am going 10 1 urge that before the beard of judges. see murder done and the murderer 1' guishes in Jail. A great deal of geed 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 1 i" rin inn ntrii i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. would be done l speeih lustice The same condition prejiis after every wai. and, of course, the high prices have something te de w it It it Hall Threatens Mayer Smarting under the terms "biK buby" and "bluffer," applied te him by Maver Moere, Councilman Hull today threat ened le invoke the law against the city's executive The Vare lieutenant's rn was aroused particularly ever the Mayer' reference last Wednesday te the sec tion at Tenth and Lembard streets, In Continued f(n I'ma Twrnt-llirt',Ceuinn II HiihucrlDtleti Price 10 a Year by Mall. Public tdter company. An Analysis by Geerge Nex McCain At. no time since Itis inauguration has there been an hour when Mayer Moere might net hnve secured pence nnd tran quillity for his udininistratien. The wordy minority in Council could then have been silenced. The "borers from ulthln" would have censed te bore. A 0litienl peace as trunnuil as n mid- August neon would bat settled ever City Unll. I The forces of decency nnd morality I would have been forced te go further nlleld than u Sabbath observance tiues- ,()n though, had he yielded. They we, have had te battl" against the qut,t demoralization of the youth of ,hp pi,v Mcere. as every politician, pcn. neus).,p,.r n,,lf vscry r M, ( flnRw. ml Je m,. t,c of Philadelphia knows, ceuid months age p,IIT,laMii freedom from attach, fr(m HyUplavinK th ,,,, IleItr.)0n. By deserting the htandiird of geed govern- mnt (ln(ler whirh hc w(w elected. Hy ncq,liwicIn?( ether Mayers have done, , ,)p ()f nn .. ,,.,.. nn(1 .rniittltl peiieemen nnd petty isdl- tlcilinH fe grItft un,j b0)it,cs t0 run i,(s ministration. Has Kef used Compromise Mayer Moere is n fighter. He ha re fused In compromise or deai. I.very obstacle tluiL could ness'blv be thrown in his puthway has bein flung there in the Inst I'en months in a quiet way. They fnlled. New the fight is in the open. His opponents have become des- ixrnte. There are no mere "fat pickings." In previous administrations a Ikiss outside of City Hall hud te be seen before nny contract could be awarded, a policeman Centlnurd en I'iikc Mvlrcii. Column line OF HIGHWAYMAN Footpad Pulls Revolver Trigger! 1 t in ecunie, out shell r-ails te Explode POLICE SEARCH HOSPITALS loin, Cray icie, of 72." Kimball street. ,,,,, -I . l,., l. . - , i " n.ui-ft ri'iiivrr irniu tup luiriii of a e who held him up en Ment- rose street near Twelfth ut IL'iUO nVlneU - ' .... . .... - " ,,.j, mill klivil U1L of the highwayman. iiiim mnr .,,. nn.i ,K..n Ki, ..... el fi, , fi the lingers Cnrnvicle nlighted from n southbound Twelfth street car and was walking east en Montrese street when the higlnvnv - ii"' "mi .nun iiiu suiiuews or a perch and halted him. The man shoved a revolver ,.n.n:a. man shoved a revolver neninst I ,1111111 anil tney went down. grannUm; j aravlde reported the attempted held-up te the peln e of the Seventh and ' l arpenter strcet.s station, lurnishing " ,de.Tiiitien of his ass-, hint who ..h- """ '"'"'" I , Hospitals thtougbeut the ,iv have I1H1111 luiltti,,.! t . . V,. it... 1. 1 "': ..n.-.i u; ee "11 me ioekoui ler " -"" """ iiiiKiu api'iy ier treatment "" '" "'J'"'" ui'iine ., , RECOVER LEVIED GOODS . wwwsJ Man Who Removed Articles in Sher- p Iff's Charge Is Arrested ' Valuable -,,,-ids and an iiiitem.ibile ! wj,jrIl in, ,,,,,, re,Ved hy viberr I'u'l tenmiinti. nft-r the had' been h ,., ' UM1M ,, lllk(M1 iuiill,r ,,, p.llHllin ,f !"' sheriff, have been recovered En- I ti nmenn wns placed under ari.-t im.l eiil 111 niki Mill by .Magistrate Wrlglej, this morning, en the ehiirsc of larcem nnd reuiiiying propel ty lth intent te defraud creditors. Ihe arrest of Entenn.ann was nunli by Deputy Sheiiffs Werblun and Heep. nnd Officer Winnlne ,n' the T'lilrn ...u . district, near his residence, at' 2011, North Hutchinson street The gissls and automobile were reenwred en a faun I near liur.'liville. Km Us county When arrested l.utehiiiniih said he bad been Ihmg .it i"lie Hutchinson street address with a woman who claims te be his wife, although he is married te another woman uhe bears his name and r.sidi'N nt ft."!',", North Thirteenth strict. IN BITE THUMB 1 bishop of the I niteib Meceses of Gal Weed-Alcohol Seller Sentenced way and Kllnim-di n The bishop New Y01I1, Nev Ull 1 K A Pi1 warns Sir Hiiuuir th his own life und s Jehn Remanelh. Ilnieklyn uiuli'rtaker. "'""' of ether clergymen have bee who was convicted of the larceny of threatened, ,11111 that the Irish executlvij 1(100 gallons of weed alcohol, which M responsible for their safety. was alleged te have caused the dentils' of 100 persons in Connecticut and, ANOTHER BOMB AT CORK Massachusetts last I hristmus. was te- dav sentenced te serve from three and 1 . 1 .. ' !' '" ' .''' ,";v,,; '" Mut' " pr'M'" years at hind labor I Man Killed in Aute Smash Dewr, Del., Ne 'Jil -l.dwaiil .lulnh was killed and Miss Mary Massey se riiuish injured last night when the automobile lu which they were riding was struck by a Norfolk and Western expicss train at n 1 ressing t Cneiweld, Del Twe ethr occupants ,,f tln rar Jehn Smith and Mi- Esther Gillespie, escaiied with slight injuries The party were returning from 11 dance ut this piave te meir ngtnes in Muillc rsve, Md. tt hotel, thrtr or inula U nlayt. rtine reataurant whrv,r lle In nlay4. rtiiiet tliciiiwnt hit PRICE TWO CENTS TGRI Sinn Fein Founder Whisked Away in Lerry After Being Seized in Bed MACNEILL AND OTHERS ARE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY Hy the Associated Press Dublin, Nev. U(i. Arthtiv Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein organization, and acting president of the se-called Irish republic during the absence In America of De Vnlera ; x Prof. Jehn MacNeill, Sinn Fein member of Par liament for Umdenderry city nnd form erly n profc-ser in the National tTnl versify of Ireland, together with a number of ethers, including Prof. Mnc Nelll's son. were arrested today by the auxiliary police. A statement Issued from Dublin Cas tle, the sent of the government, witll regard te the Griffith nrrest, rend: "Arthur Griffith was arrested at his residence In St. Lawrence read at 2 u. in. A inrge quantity of literature was taken from his house. Xe arms were found. He was in bed at the. time, und wus tuken away in a meter lorry. He made no statement. Ills ar rest was effected without trouble." Among these arrested, besides Grif fith and the MacNellls, were Jeseph M'''rldc and E. J. Duggan. Sinn Fein inemners et Parliament, respectively for the et division of County Maye and the south division of Dublin. Mr. Griffith yesterday disclaimed any responsibility for the epi rations of th se-called "murder gang." Asked if , there was a murder gang, he replied: "Yes, in Dublin Castle, which sad dles the Dail Elrennn with it. The Dail ' Eircnnn hns been suppressed by the ' government. When the representatives I of the Irish people no longer are hin I dercd by Great Ilrltain's nrmed forces from freely assembling nnd conferring they can, nnd they will, assume re 1 spensiblllty. se far as the Irish people j ure concerned, for maintaining peace and order.'' ! Mr. Griffith ussertcd thdt the policy of repiisals was "deslgn"d te break the A FFITH ACTING PRESIDENT REPUBLC spiri,t f the in.h people, but the enitfjj result hns been te implant In Irish j hearts hatred and bitterness that will last inreugn centuries. Mere shootings are reported from various parts of Ireland. A soldier ami n civilian 'were shot (lend near Phoenix Park gates, Dublin, en Wed nesday night while the vicinity wns under military patrol, ! ,A,':,liVf..,! ln1 u'",eu"t , ,of the I IHfiilV lillb llliUll, U IHMlMfllUD.J if..Uw.wi .mm, v..i,.(t,.A,i . n .nin.M 1 P.ieket. pointing te the civilian: "That'll t"" mn. . llie picket is then said 1,1 Imp.. t.-l l.fl .. llrn.l 1,1111 t,n Mn H.t.. .... ...... i" nui- Mi'-u, n limits. iil- iiJUiit wuu , Iirev(ll te b(, ts0istnblp j(1,Ien ,n rivIijan !clnrhe Anether picket, henrlng the shots. ra,m' "pen tl'0 Krenp nml' I)eulnK fir. i ,!V''JSml te '",ve "flll-d Lance Cor- ling leree I Then the mysterious woman disap i peared. had reason te annrebend the hnlillni.. of such meet I . hrem h of the , affection. I such meeting would (enduce te a pence und promote (lis- Londen. Nev ,0 -fHr A P Th Irish office, in stating this neon thar Aithur Griffith hnd been arrested in Dublin nt 2 o'clock tills morning, said no fei mal charge had yet been pre fcrnsl nguinsf him He was taken nway in a lorry te a destination net made public. Final military honors were paid her today te the victims of Sunday's as sassinations in Dublin. Londoners by 'sands massed themselves in the ets along the route of the funeral 1 jt-psslen from Husten station te estmiustiT Abbey and the Wesmin sfer ('athelle Cathedral, where the im posing religious ceremonies were at tended bv representatives of King (ieerge, bv Sir Hiimnr Greenwood, sei retarv for Ireland ns chief mourner. and Premier Lloyd Geerge. Andrew Kennr Law, Austen Chamberlain, ether cabinet members, distinguished military 'hiefs and ether governmental officials i and relatives of the victims. . The Heuse of Lords yesterday carried the second reading of the Irish home rule hill, p jeering n proposal for adjourn ment. The committee stage of the meas ure will be started next Wednesday. Denunciation of the "horrible goT geT ernment eutrhges te which the people of Ireland are subjected"! voiced In a long letter written te Sir L.unar Green wood 1 hief secretary for Ireland, by the Most Reverend Themas O'lW, I we rersens rvuica ana 1 nira in jured In Irish Plant teri.. Nev 2d. illy A. P. 1 Twe persons were killed nnd a third was injured m unether bomb explosion today at a plain where u number of pernena were employed. 1 On the night of November 2.1, a. bomb was exploded in Putrick street, wounding nearly a score of persona, tw of whom died later in a hospital ) Miner Robbed and Murdered Clrurfleld, Pa., Nev. 2fl.WasU AnU sevik, a coal miner, of Aultman, la Indiana, was murdcre-d und rebbij wltliiu iiOO feet of his home lunt'uUk ' A PCll teiimiumiiBVvl WIUV HI I ' in tiXt fctU'J y-:L7h:.i h ;,-,., e. & , .., vim. .: 3BW.-, . ,r B iJ . .... ...lt .4. .LjtHB-mfl-.- - . -. 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