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Entered Secend-CIs Mutter t tli rottemwv t Philadelphia, Pa.
Under th Act of Mtrch S. 1B79
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Detectives Action Supports Ru
.. mer Man Blamed by Three
Prisoners Is Caught
GIRL AND MOSS DECLARE
TrtEADWAY SAID HE AIDED
''Beets" Changes Story and Ac
cuses Treadway After She
Sees Husband
PAL TURNS AGAINST BOXER
Suspect Taken Near Pittsburgh
Charges Fighter LI03
te Save Self
Marie Leves Rogers New;
Treadtvay's Girl Ne Mere
Marie FhllHpa-Williams-otc.-Regcrs
Is through with Peter T.
Treadway, arrested with her In con
nection with the Pelrce murder.
i'Whe is your husband?" the girl
was asked.
"Why, Ress Itegers, of course,"
she answered. "He's the man for
me."
"Then where docs Treadway get
off?"
"Treadway? Oh him. He's off
new. Nothing te it. It's Ress for
me."
Incidentally Marie admitted she
is a little elder than she said oho
van at first. Rhe was eighteen
j cars old according te her state
ment when arrestdd. She amended
this te "a little mere than nine
teen years."
i
A fugitive warrant was issued by
Magistrate Renshaw at City Hall today
at neon for the arrest of "Al" Smith,
otherwise known as Mnrieu Elliett, the
only one of the three men wanted In
the Pelrce murder who Is still at large.
According te rumor tlmt spread
, through City Hall when the warrant
was Issued, Smith has been caught
somewhere in the West
Captain of Detectives Spudcr jjenlcd
It, but the rumor persisted. H Issuance
of the warrant, stcmcdjte guarantee a
basis In fact for Ihfr'rumer, for a fugi
tive warrant Is prepared urily when the
pollce are nbe'ut te send n dctictlve out
of town te make an arrest.
The warrant charges Smith with
murder. All three of the prisoners,
here, Peter Treadway, Marie Phillips
and Jeseph Archibald Mess, agree that
It was Smith who struck down Henry
T. Pclrce mere than a week age in
Pclrce's ' apartment at 2007 MaiUet
street.
If Smith really Is under arrest, It
likely Is at Yoqngstewn, O., or near
that city. He was traced that far, and
police of every town and village, as well
as the railroad detectives, have kept
se strict a watch en avenues of cscupc
that he cannot have gene far.
Anether important fuetlevcleped to te
way wus that Treadway diad told Marie
Phillips and Mess n' short time after
the crime, that "vve (meaning Tread
way and Smith) killed Pelrce, utid I
turned en 'the gas."
This Is according te the girl's latest
statement, and agrees with the story
told by Mess, the "Jack" of the mur-
. .
iter, when Detective lsclshaw was
bringing him back from Pittsburgh lute
yesterday.
Detective Belshaw today revealed the
fact that Mess' confession agreed with
the statement Maria made after she had
been reconciled with her husband, Ress
. Rogers, a few days age.
"When Marie told us her final ver
sion of the murder," said Bclshaw,
' she admitted that It was Mess and
net Treadway who had fled with her
when the first blew was struck Oie night
of the murder.
Detective Uelshaw said her' statement
agreed with that of .Mess about Tread
way and Smith coming later te the
Walnut street lodging beuse.
The girl said Treadway told her
When he and Smith came Jn thnt they
had killed Pelrce and that he hed
turned en thn irna."
The second narratlve of the girl was
pt secret until new 'by the police,
"has net yet been given out In de
tail, but Detective Ilejshaw says It
confirms Mess' story.
A detective of the murder squad was
nt te Newtown, Pa., this morning te
took at a man lately come Ce work en
a farm near there. Chlof of Pollce
"cries, of Newtewn, called Captain
oeuder en the phone this morning and
Mm he had a man under surveillance
Who seemed te tally In almost every
JJJPMt with the description sent out et
. Al Smith, the lest of these concerned
in the crime sought by the pollce.
The description does net agree in one
particular, however." The form hand
has a bell en the right side of the foce
jn inch below the temple. Smith had a
en the right cheek. However, the
Police will "leek him ever."
,. Jeseph Mess will foce Treadway and
"8 girl today, and; as he says, "Jam
we lies down Trcadway's threat."
PIV.T3' yb.08e "rival last night from
Jltteburgh in, custody of Detective Hoi Hei
"jaw, was witnessed by thousands of
Pfrsens who crowded intd" Bread Street
BwHen, sleptwell in.cell Ne. 22 in the
S.iSm nt. fl-"1". BWte of the
"rdncsj of hl. -plank bed.
On 'Prolonged Spree
J?!.1"11 bee.en n prolonged spree,
Snt. n.?rviM " JanuM after his
SS: J .'i'W femPd almost 'rapw-
utile for him te teH a,pensccutive story.
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.1. ARCHIBALD MOSS
Mess Is the second man arrested
for (he murder of Henry T. Pelrce,
at 2007 Market street last Saturday
a week. He wm brought here from
Duqursne, Pa., lest night. He says
lie struck no blew and today will
confront Ivtcr D. Treadway, the
first man arrested, who says he did
hit "Prince -
TRIALSSEPARATE
Confessed Aide in Paul Murder
Weeps as Lawyer Makes
Plea in Court
FIRST CASE STARTS DEC. 15
Raymond W. Schuck, cenfeRced
murderer et David S. Paul, Camden
bank mcsicnger, burst Inte tears in the
Camden Crlmlnnl Court today as the
climax of a session nt which it was de
cided te accord Schuck and Frank J.
lames separate trials.
James appeared stolid throughout the
session, but Schuck, who had appeared
greatly agitated throughout the pro
ceedings, wept as Justice Frank S.
Katzenbach re-entered the court room
te announce his decision en the appeal
of the confessed murderers' counsel for
separate trials.
When Justice Katzenbach announced
that the' men would 'be tried separately,
Sjehuck wiped the tear from his checks,
and quickly regained his composure,
smiling at James at, the point gained In
their favor by' the nlea.ef their atter-
neys,,'. ''CftfyV'' w fs;
Will Try James First
Justice 'ICatr.enbnch decided .Tames
will be tried first for the murder and
robbery of the bank messenger, whose
body was found bitried near Tubernacle,
X. J., en Octeber 5, His trial will be
gin December I5.
ScbucVfl trial will commence Jnnuary
5, according te the court's decision.
Affidavits supporting their plea for
fceparntc triuls were Hied by Jehn
Harris, counsel for James, and RusmcII
Carrow, Schuck'n counsel. '
Oue of their main contentions was
that doubt might be created In the
minds of jurors by- conflicting points
in me ucvciepmeni et a joint trial.
County Prosecutor Wohcrten op
pored M'paratc trials. He said the
men hud been together before Paul's
muidCr, during the murder and subse
quently, and thnt they should face trial
together.
Schuck Wears Heuse Slippers
After the argument, Justice Kntzen
bach retired te an antechamber for
fifteen minutes, announcing his decision
upon his return.
James' father was in the courtroom.
Beth James and Schuck were neatly at
tired in blue Kergc Hults. Schuck had
changed the well-pellnhcd shoes he were
Monday for n'pulr of house-slippers.
The men sat through the proceedings,
beparated by a vacant chair.
They conversed at Intervals with diffi
culty. HELD AS RECKLESS DRIVER
Man Was "Toe "Drunk te Stand,"
Policeman Tells Magistrate
Mike Zahllnski. of Eighth street
above Spring Garden, was held in $000
bail for the grand jury charged with
reckless driving while in an intoxicated
ceiulltI6n.
He was arrested early today at Fifth
and lluttonweod streets by Patrolman
Jeffries, of the Third street and Fair
mount nvcnue station.
Thn patrolman testified Zahllnski was
driving his machine nt thirty miles an
hour, und that he had no lights and
no license. The patrolman said Zah
llnski stepped in answer te a command,
but that he later tried te cbcape, and
was stepped only after Jeffries fired
several shots at his machiue, nuncturlug
a icnr tire. The patrelmaji declared
Zahllnski "was se drunk he couldn't
stand up."
"This reckless drlvlii" by drunken
men must step," said Magistrate Ilen
phaw, holding Zahllnski. The usual
proccdure of magistrates In similar
cases has been te Impose a small line.
BILLS PAID, MONEY LEFT
Republican Congressional Commit
tee Reports Balance of $38,653
Washington. Dec. 1. (Ily A. P.)
The National Republican Congressional
Committee came through Uie campaign
with a balance of $.'18,053, It reported
today te 'the cleik of the nouse of Rep
resentatives. The committee had availably n tetul
campaign fund of $758,5-14, the report
showed, starting the campaign with a
balance of $.111,274 and receiving In
contributions $710,275. It gave $102.
000 te the Rpnubllcan Nationel Com
mittee, used $.12,122 for cxpeuses, and
spent the remainder outside of the
balance reported In aiding In the In
dividual campaigns of members of the
n"v,.'.i02fl contributors included WIN
Ham H. Folwell, Philadelphia, $25,000 j
Jehn I). Rockefeller, $0000 j 'Jehn D.
Rockefeller, Jr., '$Wj00j Cernelius1
Vnndcrbllt. $10,000; I 'Jeseph .l
Widcner, Phlladelnltia, ?10,7W,
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JAMES AND
sen
ROBBERS RANSACK
APARTMENT; $5000
IN LOOT IS TAKEN
Thieves Get $1000 Ring, $3000
in Cash, and Silverware at
5431 Angera Terrace
ADMITTANCE IS GAINED
BY FORCING SIDE WINDOW
Robbers forced nn entrance te the
first-fleer apartment of 'David Gold
stein, at 5431 Angera terrace, between
7:30 o'clock and 0:ft0 o'clock last
night and escaped with loot totaling
nearly $5000.
Every room of the apartment was
ransacked, and the robbers apparently
had made a search for $3000 which they
obtained from a strongbox in a bedroom
closet.
David Goldstein recently dissolved a
business partnership and had received
the $3000 as part et his share in the
business.
Mr. Goldstein was out of town last
night. At 7 :30 o'clock, his wife, Mrs.
Gertrude Goldstein, end Mrs. Venctta
Cehen, who eccumes the second-fleer
apartment at 5431 Angera terrace, left
their homes.
They returned two hours later te find
that the first-fleer apartment had been
entered ithteugh a side window leading
te the Ucdrpem In which the $3000 was
kept in a strongbox.
Drawers of a dresser in the Goldsteins'
bedroom were pulled out en the fleer.
In one of these the robbers obtained a
diamond solitaire ring, valued at $1000.
Theythcn ransacked the dining room
and carried away $200 worth of silver
ware. Mrs. Goldstein notified the police of
the Sixty-fifth street nnd Woodland
avenue station, and district detectives
arc Investigating.
While driving near Nineteenth street
nnd Washington avenue shortly after 1
o'clock this morning In his limousine,
William F. Family, of 2134 Wharten
street, was confronted by a lone bandit,
who drew a revolver, nnd after halting
the machine, demanded that Family
turn ever' his valuables.
Family gave him- $0 in cash, where
upon the man ordered him te drive en
down the street. Family reported the
robbery te the police of the Twentieth
nnd Federal streets station. The only
description Family could give was
thnt thn Imnillt unit wearlne an army
ovcrcent and had a cap pulled ever his
forehead.
DEMAND PRUSSIA SEIZE
PROPERTY' OF EX-KAISER
Socialists Precipitate Clash Result
Ing In Suspension of Assembly
Berlin. Dec. 1. (Ily A. P.l-DIsan
derlju scenes occurred .ln,jlmPjnislati
Assembly ytentjrfMlewttgUat?
en n motion prcsenten uy uie .Majority
Socialists which would transfer. preK
crty owned bytlic Hohenzellern fam
II) te thn Prussian Statn nnd would as
sign n suitable Inceme te members of
the fermpc reigning house. Se serious
was the' situation that the vice presi
dent was compelled te suspend the sit
ting. - Herr Ilcllnmnn, who introduced the
motion, nrgucd that for every million
marks paid te tile Ilohenzellcrns for
mer enemies of Germany would "claim
another billion in reparations'
He declared there wns no desire te
deprive the Hohenzellerns of n live
lihood, but that, strictly speaking, they
were net entitled te a penny nnd
"ought te be thankful for our mag
nanimity. ' He insisted there was
danger te the German republic in af
fording members of the Hohenzellcrn
family the "means, te pursue their .pre
tensions te the German 'threnJ."
Disorder began when Hrrr Kauf
munn, a Conservative, attacked Herr
Hellmann. The Socialists shouted and
one threw a paper missile at- Herr
Kaufmann.
HARDING BESET BY STdRM
Presldent-Eleet a "Geed Sailor" In
Rough Weather
On lteard Stcamslilp Pnsteres, Dec.
1. (By wireless te A. P.) Mere
rough weather greeted Senater Harding
and his vacation party today ns the
Pastores continued the liemevwird jour
ney, marked yesterday by a brief step
at Jamaica.
Soen after the steamer left Pert An An An
toneo harbor last night she ran into n
storm, which although net et dangerous
intensity made trnvel unpleusnnt for
most of these en Jpeard. Mrs. Harding
again today was one of these who re
mained in their staterooms, although s)ie
said she was feeling much better after
the Hhert sten ashore yesterday.
Senater Harding proved himself the
better sailor, keeping en deck most of
the day. The Pastores rounded the
eastern tip of Cuba this morning and
headed almost uuc norm ter .orieiu.
GOING D0WNI
Bread, Milk and Sugar Sold Today
at Reductions
Bread, milk and sugar arc en the te.
beggan. New prices for these three
necessities were put into affect today
by some dealers. Sugar, which for a
time hovered around the unprecedented
height of twenty-ilve cents a pound, is
being rctaucu at seven veuis in many
Btnr.
A one-cent reduction in the price of
small leaves et Dreau, anu a two-cent
reduction iu the larger sizes went Inte
effect today, as the result of an agree
ment reached with the bakers by Frank
B. McCiain, iuirprice commissioner.
Milk, also beginning today, will be re
tailed at two cents a quart less.
NEW GREEK DELEGATE
Fermer Foreign Minister Will Rep
resent Athens Government
Athens, Dec. 1. (By A. P.) Ellas
Tanas, former urecK foreign minister,
ift Athens for Geneva teduy ns renrn.
Hcntatlve of the new government iu the
League of canons,
rixiipral Paneu as. commander nf thn
Oreek forces en the Smyrna front, has
sent a report m uih gnvrrnmrnt ncre
declaring that Mustapha Kcmal Pasha
Is unable te attack the Oreek army,
the hulk of bis troops new being re
quired en the Armenian front.
Ann vnn a jnuan nr a mn
nmnk aedfry a. ''.. Ky Wyt Vrle
etkU Coronas. tOpi a ler H-liH4V.
N. Y. TRIES TO BREAK
GRIP OF COAL TRUST?
PHILA. STILL INACTIVE
Kings County Prosecutor
Palmer and Others Fizzle Out Im'petence
Here Derided .
lly, GEORGE
IStW nril. Hei- 1 P(.lla.1nlnl.U
Isn t the only city within a couple of
hours of the great anthracite fields
that writhes under the grip of the coal
trust.
New Yerk Is duplicating Philadel
phia s experience, flnly ever here tt
amounts te a crisis. Anthracite has
been selling in Brooklyn and New Yerk
as high as $20 a ten.
I get it as the unbiased opinion of
several coal men in this city that Phil
adelphia prices for domestic slies arc
te be boosted again in 1021. If se, the
profiteers are out te Tnakc a killing that
weud seem te be a recrudescence ut
the famous Vanderbllt episode ex
pression, "The public be damned."
If the confcrencexnt Washington to
day between anthracite operators and
miners, assembled at the call of the
President, decides te increase tlle
miners' wages further, Philadelphia
positively will suffer another bepst in
tne retail price et coal.
New Yerlf Derides -Philadelphia
I find n derisive Reeling among coal
rn.cn In, New Yerk toward Philadelphia
and PKIladelphlans. They are rather
Inelegantly regarded as "suckers."
Pennsylvania, despite, her whitewash
ing Of the coal pirates of the past, they
say, has' a1 remedy,, in her 'own hands
if she would but resort te it.
But that is another story.
There arc', or have been, no fcwei'
than f6ur investigations of the situa
tion in New Yerk. With enQ excep
tion, the Investigators have been run
ning 'round In monotonous circles.
They have been like a pack of terriers
chaslne their tails. They have been
awfully busy, but they get nowhere or
nothing. JNet even their tans.
There was the investiitatien or con
dilation net even coal men , knew
which it Is of Attorney General 1'ul
mer.
He assured me at his home in
Streudsburc last July that If the nn
thraclte situation warranted lt he
would Institute a federal investigation.
ftrlrlnntl'v thn warrant was there, for
he recently appointed E. Lewry Humes,
ACCUSLSTEEL MEN
OFARAODPLOT
v a . . . -. . ..
Crucible .Officials Indicted "for
. .Alleged Conspiracy. Invelv-
COMPANIES
ARE
NAMED
Ily the Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Dec. 1. A federal grand
Jury here today returned indictments
against Hrbert DuPuy, former presi
dent and chairman of the beard of di
rectors of the Crucible Steel Ce. ' of
America? apd f!eerge-A. Turvlllc. for
mer vice president ami sccre'tary-treas-urer,
charginft them with conspiracy te
defraud 'the Fnlted States Oevernment
fut of income and excess profits taxes,
said te amount te several million dellnrs.
Underlying companies of the Crucible
Steel Ce. of America mentioned in the
indictment are the Haleemb Steel Ce.,
CriH'Ible Stee) Mining ad Milling Ce.,
Hudsen 'Railroad and' Transportation
Ce., Penn Connecting Railroad Ce.,
Crucible Steel Ce.. Cruclbh; Ceal Ce.,
Crucible Ce., and the Midland Improve -menUL'e.
,
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CAPTAIN NOON ACQUITTED
Officer and Patrolmen Freed In Po Pe
i lltlcal Case
Acting Captain Jehn 'J. Noen, In
command of the Seuth Philadelphia
polite division, three ether policemen
nnd a political worker were acquitted
today of conspiracy te take an active
part in u political campaign iu loln leln loln
tien of the ne city charter.
Noen nnd the ether defendants were
tried before Judge Jnmes Harnett. Mib
stltutlng in Quarter" Sessions Court here.
After hearing the commonwealth's evi
deuce, Judge Harnett directed n ii-idl
of net guilt.;.
The alleged conspiracy .was charged
by voters of the twelfth division of the
Fourth ward.
Sergeant Jehn Merrow and Patrol
man Themas Hansen, of the Second and
Christian streets station, also were ac
quitted. They were charged with belug
politically 'uctlve iu thn Inst election.
In their case also the judge directed a
verdict of net guilty.
FAMILY WORRY IS EXCUSE
Alse, Hit Heuse Caught Fire, Says
Accused Motorist
"Why did )ou drle past the sema
phore? Magistrate Renshaw asked
Jeseph Kcnwerthy, of North Reese
street, arraigned in Centrnl Station en
the chnrge of reckless driving today.
"I've had n let of family worries und
my house caught fire recently," Ken
worthy said. ...
After Patrolman F.vans had testi
fied that Keuwerthy drove past the
semaphore hist night nt Rrend nnd
Arclr street, und appeared Intoxicated,
Kenworth) admitted he had hed "a few
drinks." He was held In $000 ball
for the grand jury.
MOTHER ABANDONS BABY
Leaves Child In buggy en Street.
Infant Gets New Name
A little blue eyed girl, two and a
half months old. became a parlor
boarder nt the Philadelphia Hospital
today bp,n,,"u nPr me'her abandoned
her last night. The baby was found en
Seuth Seventh street by Simen Kramer,
f 70.1 Seuth Fifth -street. She was
in u very presentable reed baby car
riage and was well dressed aud warmly
wrapped In a pink quilt.
A nole pinned tqthe quilt read:
"I am unable te care for my bny.
Who ever may find her please care r
h"BROKBN kKAUTED MOTHER."
Starts Real Probe After
NOX MeCAIN
former United States district attorney
at Pittsburgh, te "go after-'em."
Mr. .Humes went ; he Is evidently go
Ins vet. for Ihere have been rie out
bursts that indicated his collision with
anything tangible. Great hopes were
aroused, for Mr. Humes had done some
exceptionally nne werK in tne past.
. Much Neise, Ne Results
Then the "Joint committee en coal
for New Yerk city" rolled up Us
sleevM. It made what It modestly de
clares was "an exhaustive Investiga
tion." Possibly se, but It leeks as If
they were articles and papier mache
masks and made motions Instead of ut
tering syllables. ,
They made a report yesterday that
nobody paid any attention te. They
landed a swift kick at the anthracite
miners and slapped the operators real
hard en the left wrist. The committee
wen mndn. nn nt real estate men. build
ers, owners and brokers. A beard of
health man chancrened them. 'Possibly
'that accounts for the character et the
report.
The Senate committee en reconstruc
tion starts its Investigation tomorrow,
it seems innocuous and perfectly harm
less. Ovrr In Brooklyn there is a dark,
nmnnth.fthnvftn vntinf- mnn nf medium
size and ,wayy brown hair, who Is run
ning the 'fourth Investigation. It is a
sole performance, a nas de scul an
thracite, and it leeks like the reaU
thing.
The man Is Harry D. IcwIs, and he
is the district attorney nf Kings county,
which Is Brooklyn. His offices occupy
"iivii se nvwn,jn M.mtcr ,.( v-v'rf
the Philadelphia Municipal Court.
They are alt at work, though.
On his own hook, District Attorney
Lewis, as a result of the coal crisis,
went gunning 'for profiteers, cheaters,
geugcrs and false face men whether they
were operators, middlemen, sales agents
or what. Anybody In the anthracite
business was fish te his net
Then the district ntterney grabbed
Centlnurcl en race Twenty. Column Hfvrn
HELDra CASE
Man Taken te Media County
. Jail, for Questioning by
NO FORMAL CHARGE MADE
A servant from the Vlllanevn estate
of Ocergc II. McFadden, Jr., is a
prisoner in the Medie county jail, his
detention furnishing the latest develop develep
menMn the $300,000 jewel robbery Oc
tober 0.
The prisoner Is Jeseph Flnnlgim, a
servant nt the McFadden home for about
four month's. The mnn is being held en
a technical charge, pending develop
ments of nn investigation being made.
He wus tnken from the McFadden
home late last night, by policemen nf
the Radner township police, uuder Chief
Sweeney.
Officials directly engaged in the in
vestigation of the McFadden case were
disinclined te tnlk about this latest de
velopment today. Chief Sweeney ad
mitted that Flanigan had been "de
tained" and supplemented this comment
with the statement that "he is new et
Media, where he will be questioned. Ne
formal charge of complicity nr actual
perpetration of the .$300,000 theft has
been made," Sweeney added.
William B. Miller, insurance ad
juster, who has been identified with
the conduct of the McFadden jewel
hunt, said he knew that Flaniguu was
being held, hut would net discuss the
case. It is understood Mr. Miller will
co-eperntc with District Attorney Tay Tay
eor, of Delaware county, in the inqui
sition te which rinnugnn will he sub
jected within the next day or two.
Ne hint Is given whether Flanagan
may be directly or indirectly connected
with the actual theft or whether he Is
Identified with recent attempts made
te return the jewels' en payment of a
heavj reword. Likewise it is net in
dicated whether authorities beliei
Flunigun may be connected with the
Devercux una Ducll thefts in the dis
trict north of Philadelphia.
Seme time age a butler In the Mc
Fadden employ was "detnlned" for tome
duts und inter released 'from custody.
District Attorney Tayler said this
afternoon thut Flnnlgun would be
grilled early Thutsday morning, ns
there were severnl preliminary points
te be developed. "We'll hardly be ready
teduy te question the man, und I luic
no Idea at this time its te what will
develop from the examination," lie said.
Calls $500 Cheap Price
te Avoid Meeting Wife
A lead pencil and a pud of paper
were used today iu the Federal
Building by Assistant United States
District Attorney Kremp and Com Cem Com
mlsslener Manley, in their question
ing of Clurence Posey, a Negro,
wanted in Washington, D. C, en a
charge of wife desertion. Posey is
deuf and dumb.
Mr. Kremp wrote, "Better go
bnck end face the music."
Posey answered, "1 cannot hear
music."
"Flve huudred dellnrs bend for
jour appearance in Washington,"
wrote ConinisBien,cr Mauley.
"Flve hundred dollars Is cheap if
I get out of seeing my wife," was
the penciled answer,
Finally the matter was explained
Posey put "up the bend nnd left. "He
Is employed at a restaurant at Flf.
'teenth and Market streets.
an entlre building. There seem te be."6"'
as many people around jis there nre in x bere is much speculatl
NITADDEN SERVANT
SPAIN AND BRAZIL
OEEER WILSON AID
IN ARMENIAN ISSUE
League Hoartened by Presi
dent's Proffer te Act
as Mediator
U. S. INVITED TO SEND
MILITARY COMMISSIONER
By the Associated Press
Geneva, Dec. 1. It was announced
this afternoon thnt Spain and Brazil
had offered te Jein President Wllsjen
In his role of Armenian mediator. This
offer has been embodied iu the reply te
Mr. Wilsen framed by the council.
The offer of Spain aud Brazil te
join In the mediation came during this
morning's session of the council. That
body left It te President Wilsen te de
cide If he desired this co-operation.
After further discussion of the note
in the council meeting this afternoon
It will go forward te Washington In
the early evening.
A letter te President Wilsen, accept
ing his offer te act as mediator in Ar
menia, is being drafted by the Coun
cil of the league today. Mr. Wilsen's
note, which arrived this morning, was
read te members of the council nt 10 :30
o'clock, nnd was received with marks of
liveliest satisfaction.
The President s arcentnnm prentrd n
great impression when It was announced
tedav.
"Peer old Europe will feel less aban
doned." was u remark made by a mem
ber nf the French delegation while dis
cussing tin matter. The news gave
tne assemmy great relief,
ni ihn Ar
inrniaii nilOhtlen lind horn me Itu hnr
. -.--- . . n
en ns te what
form the mediation of Armenia will
take. A. J. Balfour, n lender nf thi
British delegation, remarked te the as
sembly the ether day that, in order te
negotiate, it would be ncccwary te offer
Mustapha Kcmal, chief of the Turkish
Nationalists, something, cither money
or territory, and this remark is recalled
in connection with Mr. Wilsen's known
opposition te the disposition mnde of
some parts of Turkey by the Sevres
treaty.
The repljf te the American President,
it wns stated, expresses deep apprecia
tion of the President's acceptance. The
allied high commissioners nt Constan
tinople, it sajs, arc being consulted as
te the best way for Mr. Wilsen te pro
ceed. The council, it Is added, believes
there will he no great difficulty about
the President's mediators conferring
with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turk
ish Nationalist leader, who has been
making war upon the Armenians.
"President Wilsen's uctlen Is a big
step toward n solution of one of the
most.'serieii.s preblems before the as
se'mbly." wns 'lhewny Lord Rebert
Cecil characterized the American Presi
dent's acceptance. .
"Wonderful News."' Says Cecil
"That is wonderful news," he de
clared when tlm information wus given
him. "It brings lelief te all of us who
are trying te find a way te help the
Armenians out of the difficulty. Mr.
Wilsen's acceptance , is commendable
and worthy nf the best traditions of the
United States, which have ifiways been
a friend of Armenia and taken the lead
In alleviating her sufferings.
"The decision of President Wilsen is
net iu any sense political, from my point
of view, and cannot give encouragement
te these who wish te see the United
Stutcs in tln league. It is simply n
natural deelepmcnt of un old, human
itarian pnliry. '
Dr. Fridtjof Nnnsen, who had been
one of the first te become interested in
(.Armenia, und is a member of the com-
mittee considering dciclepmcnts in thut
ceuntrj, wns rather inclined te pessi
mism jesterduy. When he heard the
news today he beamed with joy.
"We hae found the man." lie cried,
"und the rest will be easy."
The council of the iugue bus unani
mously appreM'd nn invitation drawn
up 1. the mllltnry commission calling
en the United States te name a rep.
rcsentntive te sit en the commission.
The imitation, the text of which was
made public and cabled in news dis
patches lust night, expressed the iev
that the general consideration of the
subject of a reduction of armaments
would be "greatly facilitated" If the
Centlnur.1 en Vntti Twenty. Column four
FILM FIRE THROWS SQUARE INTO C0NPUSI0II
"NEW YORK, Dec. 1. Times Squaie, the bcnit of the -fiicnt
White Way," wns tlnewu Inte confusion nbeut 1 p in. t'"-,
when a film loom fire broke out In the qunrteis of n motion pic
tuie concern In the Lengncic Building. Mnny cxTin pieces of
fire npptxftfcuB -were summoned te check the flames' sprend.
SALVADOR STOPS IMPORT OF MANY ARTICLES
WASHINGTON, Dec 1. Te nllevi-Uc the Tiinnci.il ;, tint e .
the government of Snlvnder will piehlblt the Impeit after next
Jnnuary 1 of n number of luxuries nnd essentials, said aJvcei,
received today by the department of cemmeice. The piohTeItel
articles include passenger automobiles, bicycleb, motei cycles, shoes.,
wooden and wicker fmnituie, tiimmetl hats, silk manufactures,
tobacco, beer, champagne and ether spaikllng wines.
MINERS' WAGE UP TODAY
Joint Scale Committee Will Try te
Break Deadlock
Washington, Dec. I.- (By A. P.)
Secretary Wilsen was te confer today
with. the joint scale committee of the
anthracite operators And miners In an
effort te break the deadlock In the
pending wage negotiations. The miners
are asking for a general wage Increase
approaching that In the bituminous field
and also far an eight-hour day and
a minimum wage of $0 n day.
The labor secretary Is expected te of
ficially communicate te the scale com
mittee an Interpretation of the Presj
dent's telegram requesting the reopen
ing of the,avardef the,Anthraclte Ceal
Commission whlph the President an
rdtqted last summer, .-, . '
PRINCESS TROUBETZKOY
Once known as the "most beauti
ful Red Cress nurs In Europe,"
Mrs. Wallace S. Schutz Is heart
broken because Captain Schutz
seeks nn annulment of their mar mar
rlage en the ground that her first
husband, a Russian, Is still living
and was never divorced
VALUATION ENGINEER'S
CONTRACT IS SIGNED
Rebert M. Fuestal te Receive $30,.
000 for Werk en P. R. T. Figures
A $30,000 contract wns signed today
by Mayer Moere with Rebert M. Fue
stal, of Fert Wayne, Ind., who is rep
resenting the city in the valuation of
the Rapid Transit Ce.'s sjstem.
Mr. Fuestal nnd about thirty as
sistants arc new nt work checking up
figures prepared by engineers of the P.
It. T. Ce. He will be the city's engi
neering representative when the valua
tion is reviewed by the Public Service
Commission.
On the valuation depends the nerrua-
nent trolley fure fixed for this city by
the commission. The present fnre of
seven cents cash or four tickets for
twenty-five cents Is temporary.
The Mayer nlse signed contracts with
Jeseph Fcrna1 for n branch sewer ou
Lancaster avenue from Fifty-sixth te
Flftr-nlnth street, te cost $81,000:
with Antonie Di Sandre, for a branch
sewer en Creskey street from Cambria
te Indiana avenue, te cost $7000, nnd
with Cunningham & Murray, for grad
ing Kip street from Tiega te Venango
streets, at a cost of $1000.
3 HURT BYRUNAWAY NAG
Perhaps Alcohol Herse Was Pulling
Made Him Fractious
A runaway horse today threw his
driver, Solemon Spear, Ttlli Dc Lnnccy
street, causing severe injuries, dragced
one patrolman, who grabbed the bridle,
kicked another patrolman, and disclosed
thnt the wagon it was nulling had two
barrels of alcohol nbeard.
Spear was driving the wniren north
en Richmond street wheu the horse
belted near Cumberland street. At
Lihlgh avenue Spear was pitched into
the street, landing en his head. At St.
Mary's Hospital it is believed his skull
Is fractured. One of his arms wus
broken.
Patrolman. Wilkinson, of the Bel
grade and Clearfield streets stntmu.
leaped for the runaway und grabbed
the bridle. He wns dragged from his
feet but held en, llnnlly stepping the
runaway about a block above. Lehigh
avenue.
Wilkinson telephoned te the station
house and Patrolman Krh wns sent ever
te bring the runaway In. The horse
pranced and reared, landing a couple et
kicks en F.rb's legs. After delivering
the horse nnd wagon at the station
house Krh went te the Northwestern
Hospital for treatment.
After discovering the two barrels of
alcohol en the wugen two district de
tectives were sent te St. Mnr's Hos
pital te learn if Speur had u permit
te trnnspert the nlcnhel. The man's
condition wns tee serious te permit
questioning.
DR. ArJMs7RTcTTlERE
Explorer and Wife Plan Trip te
Egypt Next Year
Dr. Alexnuder Hamilton Rice, truv
elery explorer und writer, and -Mrs.
Rice, formerly Mrs. (leerge I). Wide-
ner, eume here today from New Yerk
city. The ure te he guests of honor
nt :i ten thin nftcrnoen ut l.lkins Purk.
Dr. and Mrs. Rice ure going te
Europe in January and are planning n
trip te Egypt cnrlj next ear. Dr. Rice
suld he nnd Mrs. Rice will net "seek
ndventure" in the Innd of the Nile, but
vvill carry en lnbnrnterj research work.
SIXTH SUNSHINELESS DAY
Weatherman Sees Ne Hepe for Clear
Skies Today
This is Philadelphia's ulxth sunshine
less day The rain will continue ull
day, the iv cathcrmaty predicted.
The Inst time the sun appeared wns
en November 20, when it shone flve und
three-tenths hours. The weather man
would venture no efilcial prediction for
tomorrow-, but he said it might clear
up. and then ngaln it might rain
Breed, street at Montgomery avenue
showed the results of the heavy rain
this morning. The west side of Bread
street was covered with about ten inches
of water, and automobiles making their
way through It-dld ae amid a virtual
CRISIS IN
E
Iowa's Chlof Executive Sugi
gests "Finance Corperation'' ,
te Handle Credits jj
PRODUCTS CANT BE MOVED
QUICK RELIEF IS URGED
n 4 J'
Iu n Staff Correspondent
Harrisburg, Pn., Dec. 1. Governors
of twenty-three states nnd governors
elect of seven ether states took up con
sideration of th" crisis threatening the
country through Inability te move cr
ports becausn of the depreciation et
foreign exchange, nt the opening today,
of the twelfth nnmtnl governors' con
ference In the Senate chamber of tha
Capitel.
The opening meeting wns slew In
starting nnd the exchnnge of greetings,
enlivened by shafts of repartee, con-'
sumed the greater part of the flrsti
meeting.
Governer Simen Bamberger, of Utah.'
presiding, announced adjournment for
the luncheon which the Harrisburg!
Chamber of Commerce served when
Governer W. L. Harding, of Iewi;
asked perralfsien te bring before the
conference for discussion the situation
Which he described n "nnnnllln,. " rl
te the inability te move corn, cotton
and the products of the mills and mines
for expert.
"The fnrmeru lit tlm nnllnn ...111 nuJ'
XPORTS
BY LOW EXCHANGE
GOVERNORS HEAR
duce less next jenr than this nnd we
will be faced with a greater stagnation
than new impends unless some reliefs
is provided," Governer Harding warned.
Urges Finance Corporation
Te get the discussion before the geri
erners when the conference resumes.
Governer Harding rend the follewl5N- ?
'Creation Of n finnnce rnrnnrnttnn'
under proper management and control'
and under the supervision of the FedS '
cral Reserve Beard, would seen sta
b,Iizc, , foreign exchange but primarily :
would make it possible for the United '
Mates, through the extension of credits
under proper conditions nbread, te re-
Jievc conditions of overproduction at
home nnd nt the same time relieve tHc
danger of shertnge nbread.
"The immediate effect upon the
ceyitry at large would be a healthy
stimulation and nt the same time avoid
ance of the speculative tendency, as the
control of the extension of credits would
necessarily involve the control of prlcea,
se fnr as the services of the corpora
tion were sought by producers and
manufacturers.
"The plan would break the dead-i
lock new existing en corn and cotton
and ether products of the farm, and
of our mills and mines, where, by the
reason of present exchansp cnmllHnn.
and lack of credit abroad, buying power
Is almost lacking." if
Governer Harding nmM;ibed rahchi Qt
the depreciation of foreign exchange as
due te the $10,000,000,000 owed this
country bj her allies.
Ills plan would provide for the amor
tization of leans, nud would provide
for leans funded ever n low rate of In
terest for a stated period of years '
Governer Snreul received an ovation
when he was Introduced te welcome the
visitors. Governer Bamberger, of Utah,
described hint us "the governor of gov
ernors of the United Stntes." '
During genernl discussion' following
the morning's pregrnm. Governer Sprout
suld he planned te set nn example te
ether stutes in urging extensive park
legislation.
At the coming legislative session,
he said, he could ask that Presquc Isle,
n peninsula reaching into Lake Erie,
be made a state park similar te the his
toric reservations of Valley Ferge and
ashingteti's Cressing.
States loosing Rights
Representatives at the session were
told this ceuntrj is drifting toward "
centralization f nil authority te Wash
ington. ,'
This declaration wns nuirii hr ftnv- -
crner R. A. Cooper, of Seuth Cnrelluai
The drift nf power nnd responsibility
te
inc iiunenni cniutHl. linverner
t oeper said, is due chiefly te the fact
mat slates have failed, te n consider
able degree, in perfnrtning the services
the public lias demanded.
Fears Ivs of Individuality
"Our states, unless they bestir them
selves, will net prove indestructible'.
If we continue in the way we have
been going for fifty years there is grave
danger that we shall lese one of the
elements of strength In our national
life, iinmelj. Its political Individuality, t
"I confess te jeu that It Is difficult
te saj definitely what should be done
in order te decentralize. The problem
is net one te be discussed iu detull. It ,"
Is rather a school of political thought,
n phllosephj of life. The first step,. e
therefore, in effecting the ends Implied
by my theme is te get the decentrali
zation thinkers out in the open und de
vise u line of thought and uctlen which
ultimately will check the Hew of all au-v
therity te Washington nnd bring back
te tlie severnl states that part of It
which cun best be exercised by sub
divisions. We ure drifting toward cen
tralization beeuuse the people will It,
or nt least they de net check it. We
shull drift back the ether way when
people ure se minded. The problem is
one of education " v
Scores of stenegru pliers from the Cap- r
Itel tilled the gallery of the Senatp
(hniuber, while stute eliicinls und burcSu
chiefs occupied the seuts along 'the
uisles. State policemen flunked all the
entrances te the Senate chamber.
Governer Bamberger Injected u bit of
hiininr into the opening of thn meeting
bj saying he owed his election "te the ,
fuct that women vote in Utuli."
These Already Arrived
Besides these mentioned, the govern
ors nt the conference uret Governer
Muri'iis II Hnlcemb, Connecticut;
Governer Jehn G Townsend, Jr., Del
aware: Governer Juntos P. Goedrich.'
Indiana; Governer Henry J. Allen,
Kansas; Governer Jehn M. Parker,
Louisiana; Governer C. E. Mllllken,
Maine; Governer Calvin Cbelldgn Ma;
sachusctts j Governer Albert O. Ritchie, .
Mankind. Guvetnur Samuel R. Mc-'
Kelvle. Nebraska; Governer J, lfr.M,5
Bmtlett, New Hampihlre; GeveriW ' s ,
Kdwnril i. i.uwarus .-sew jersc'jr;
Governer Themas N. Illckett, Ne
Carolina; Governer Ben W, 01'
Oregon; Governer J, ll. A. Reber
Oklahoma; Governer Peter MerbVcti, " ':
Seuth Dakota; Governer Ferclrnl W.
Clement. Vermont, and Governer Kk- -..i
W.V,VH., . ... ."- ' -- -WP - VW
ert D, Carey, wyemm.
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