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V0L. VIL NO. 70"
Similarity of Scars Counter.
acted in Discrepancy in
Girls' Ages
"BOOTS" TO WIN IMMUNITY
FOR TURNING ON PALS
a wnn whftsn nnmc the detectives
will net divulge, believes thnt Mnrie
rhllllpi Rogers rany ec ncr iwugiuri-
iu-law.
ipi.. -w nhn In under arrest, with
Peter D. Trcadwny and Jeseph
"Archie" mess, denies mai sue nu
ever seen the woman.
Tt became known today that n mys-
V i.iT I.-J ...It.,! nn fnnfnln of
terieus tibivui iu ... -r
Detectives Souder yesterday afternoon
an" asked te see the R M held in the
ilaring of Henry T. I'elrce two weeks
.flat 2007 Merket street.
The visitor was a woman, elderly
ind of refined appearance. She told
Captain Souder Bhe had seen Marie s
pictures in the newspapers, and had
been Impressed with the girl's close re
semblance te her daughter-in-law, who
was missing.
Captain Souder permitted her te see
Marie, he girl looked at the elder
woman, then looked down and said:
"I never saw you before:"
similarity in Hears
The visitor told ex -Captain Souder
that Her daughtcr-ln-law had a bullet
wound In her arm. Marie 1b said te
nhew n war such as might have been
made by n bullet. '
The elderly woman told Captain Sou
der afterwards that the main discrep
ancy bb one of age. The daughtcr-ln-law
would be twenty -nine years of
Age. Marie says she is ten years younger
lhan this. . . .
The woman.- who has net seen her
daughter-in-law for some years, says
her son is seeking n divorce.
Marie will be the star witnesses at
the trial of Trcadwny. Mess and, if he
is captured, "Al" Smith, alias Elliett,
the three men chnrged with the murder.
The girl was In conference with the
district attorney's staff yesterday after
noon at the very moment Captain
Souder was giving out the text et the
confession written and signed by Tread-
waT-
May Get immunity
It is expected Marie will be given
Immunity by the state. Captain Sou
der and Detective William Bclahaw.
head of the murder Kipted and solver
of the Pcirce mystery, snld that the
gill hau net nargainea ler uer uwuuw,
but had agreed te tel the truth without
any premise of protection.
It Is likely, however .that when the
trial comes up she will be granted a
ewnnce, se that her case may be
heard separately.
Treadway's confession in very definite
language frees Marie from any blame in
the case, either before the attempted
robbery, which Trcadway seys resulted
In Pclrcc's unintended death, or nt the
time of the crime. ,
The district attorney's office realizes
that In the face of Trcodway'e cenfes-
it. na A l. C1 .wMMi nnlv rnnflrmn
a.uu ua lu UiC tt'--t ,v v...,, v...-- --
the prier statement made by Mess, it
would be next te impossible te Convict
the girl of murder in any degree.
Details Kept Secret
Marie was taken te the district at
torney's effle yesterday afternoon and
lemafned for a .long interview. What
was said at this meeting was net di
vulged. It Is known, however, that she
went ever her confession, made after
the had become reconciled with her
uiler husband, Hebs Rogers, se that
the district attorney's staff would un
derstand it thoroughly in all it details.
Treadway's written confession puts
all the blame for the actual killing en
Elliett, the man who Is still a fugitive.
Treadway says robbery was the only
motive, and that he had net expected
things te turn out as bad as they did.
Toward the end of the confession he
names Mess with Blliett and himself
In connection with the robbery.
"Marie did net knew that Mess, El El
leott aad I were going te rob hlra until
he saw them coming in behind her,"
re the words which apparently fix part
et the blame en Mess. However, the
context seems te bIiew that Treadway
Intended te exonerate Mess of all blame,
as elsewhere in the confession he re
counted hew Elliett had suggested,
when Mess was net with them, that
, we take him (Pelrce) for what he
his."
Facing Electric Chair
Treadway's disclaimer of participa
tion In the actual killing of Pelrce, and
Ms declaration that Mess was absent
when the victim died, will net avail
Jlther of them under the law if It can
he demonstrated thut all three were In
Plot te rob Pcirce.
Under the statute law of Pennsyl
vania, conspiracy te rob is a felony,
nd It is a principle of law widely
recognized that murder incidental te a
fHeny in murder n the first degree.
Though the detectives bedieve Mess
w" merely n "peer boob," he prob preb
My will be tried for murder in the first
degree.
The hearing in the case again has
en postponed. The prisoners were te
hare been token Inte Central Police
wurt yesterday afternoon, or this
morning. The plans hnve been changed
ajaln, however, and probably It will
he several days before the three get their
first hearing.
Hepe te Qet Elliet
t JhVm '4c,hM ,r( wn"mg in the hope
''" hm "" he raptured, nnd the
iu.r C(ln b brought te the hearing to te
jether. Detective Bclshaw is most
r te get Elliet's confession, se thnt
M can cempare it with that of Tread-
mess . Llllet has the advantage, proba preba proba
the'etrathree.rCni1 the cenfeMl of
theen 1 U' ,lct,ecllvcs in charge of
Z n?.se ,mve mai,a l'Mlc, Elliet Is
Hritl ght in: Tlc Benrcl for the
'"guive Is most active In Went vi
!Lt.0n1 .,,l' '..t pe ce e ' ev n
wd tfjV00"1? for '". "s it Is real
"i he has had ample time te nut n
SS'IS ,nl,C8 be?wcen ''""
Will Centrrm Class .
V
WOMAN SAYS MARIE
LOOKS LIKE MISSING
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
entered as Secend-Ctntii Matter at th
nd-Claii Matter at the roa'emee, a
. TIhir tha Act of March B. 1HO
Harris A Ewlni:.
MRS. L.A HUE BIIOWN
'Selected as chairman of the child-
welfare committee of the National
League of Women Voters
"MILL" REEVE FOUND DEAD;
DEAN OF POLICE REPORTERS
Bedy of Veteran Newspaperman
Discovered In Yard of Heme
Millard Reeve, for mere than thirty
five years cenncctedwlth the Punue
Ledoer ns police reporter, was found
dead in the yard of his home, Morten
avenue, ltutledge, last night.
Mr. Reeve had been ill for some time.
About two years age be retired from
active newspaper work, and spent most
of his time at his Rutlcdge home. He
was sixty-five years old.
Frem office bev in the editorial de
partment of the Evening Bulletin, fifty
years age, Reeve became successively
representative of a news agency, nnd
later the best known police reporter
in the city. After leaving the public
schools, he was several years with the
Bulletin, and then went te Kew Yerk
with the Jehn Hnssen Kews Agency.
An accident while at work was fol
lowed by his return te Philadelphia,
and his connection with the Public
Ledeeii. He develeDed a faculty for
pollce reporting', and made a study efj
ttiat work, ills library et information
concerning noted criminals and great
crimes was complete in every detail.
City detectives frequently consulted him
regarding their cases. His work brought
him into personal contact with city offi
cials, and he knew personally virtually
ail the police departments heads in the
eastern part of s the country. , '
Police officials in this city gave
him a testimonial banquet April 27,
1010, marking his thirty-second anni
versary as a CPublie-' Ledoer reporter.
About two years age he was stricken
with a serious illness. Soen afterward
he retired en pension.,-
TAXIS GRANTED ROUTES
Agree
Net te Parallel Frankford
Trelley Line
Application for certificates of con
venience made today before Public
Service Commissioner Ilenn at City
Hall for hacking privileges in the
northeast were opposed by the Frank
ford, Tacony and Holmesburg Street
Railway Ce.
The routes ever which the taxi driv
ers desired permission te operate par
allel the trnckH of the trolley company.
After the applicants had changed the
routes te extend from the terminal of
the trolley line at Torresdale te Ryberry
Farms, counsel for the trolley company
withdrew objections.
An application for a certificate of
convenience was also made by Edward
J. Farley, who desires permission te
have a taxicab stand at Thirty -fourth
and Spruce streets.
After Farley had admitted that his
machine was driven at night for public
hire by Jeseph Green, Commissioner
Benn made it plain that only owners
te whom certificates were issued were
authorized te operate.
SMOKE OVERCOMES FIREMAN
$700 Damage Is Dene by Blaze In
Kitchen of Catering Company
A fireman was overcome bv smoke
during a fire which is believed te have
been caused by a defective flue shortly
after 0 o'clock last evening in the
kitchen of the D. F. McAllister Cater
ing Ce., ut 1337-80 Opal street. This
building faces en 1035 Reed street nnd
the fire was discovered by a pedestrian,
who turned in an alarm te the Twen
tieth and Federal streets engine com
pany. Firemen from the Fifteenth street
nnd Snyder avenue engine cempnny also
responded, nnd during the course of the
fire Hnrry Fraley, of this company, was
overcome by smoke, but weh revived in
a short time. The firemen gained con
trol of the fire within an hour. The
less Is estimated at $700.
Christmas Mince Pie
With "Kicle" Under Ban
Washington, Dec. 3. (By A. P.)
The flavoring of home-made
Christmas plum pudding, mince ment
and brnndled cherries and peaches
with alcoholic spirits is in violation
of the prohibition enforcement law
and such feeds are liable te seizure,
it was btated today at the Bureau
of Internal Revenue.
Officials explained that under their
interpretation of the enforcement net
culinary products in which nlcohel
is nu ingredient can be mude only
by manufacturers of feed products
who obtain a permit from the gov
ernment arid that suclj products must
contain less than one-half of 1 per
cent of alcohol. They also state
that the regulations, require that
such products shall net be used or
sold en the premises, and thnt this
effectively barred the housewife from
making Christinas feeds with liquor
in them. The regulations speci
tlcally state that permits Bhall net
be issued te hotels nnd restaurants.
Retailers de net have te have per
mits te sell culinary products con
taining less than one-half of 1 per
cent of alcohol obtained fren) author-"
feed manufacturers,' officials said,
OV -sif
yr
Poteme, at Philadelphia, Fa,
VOUTH OF 17 SHOT
BUT SAVES $10
Collector WeUnded Three Times
in Struggle Under Bridge.
Suspect Is Arrested
HOLD-UPS AND ROBBERIES
YIELD $10,000 IN LOOT
Bernard Herman, seventeen years
old. 6f 1242 North Sartain street, a
collector of the American Stores Ce.,
was shot three times by, a highwayman
nt 0. o'clock this morning, but fought oft
his uRsallant nnd saved ?2000 of the
company's money he carried.
Paul Page, an empleye of the Mc
Grath Taxicab Service, 1718 Fawji
street, who lives en Thompson street
near Hutchinson, was arrested en
suspicion In connection with the at
tack. Ownership of the closed car, in which
the assailant escaped, was traced te the
company through the license number
which nermann noted, in spite of
serious gunshot wounds of the leg nnd
arm.
The heldtlp took place under the
Reading Railway bridge en Nerrls
street, east uf Tenth.
Hermann had mnde Revcrul collec
tions and was walking west en Norris
street toward another branch store of
the American Ce. The closed car, con
taining the man, was proceeding slewiy
in the snmc direction.
Ordered te Raise Hands
As Hermann started under the bridge
the limousine was driven close te the
curb, and the driver jumped out nnd
approached the collector, ordering him
te put up his hands.
Hermann at first complied, but as the
higbwaymnn started te search him the
victim suddenly seized the revolver
which bis assailant had pointed toward
him.
The men struggled, and the robber
fired three shots from his revolver. Twe
struck Hermann in the left leg and one
in the left arm. Then the robber pro
duced a blackjack and struck Hermann
twice en the head.
Bhets attracted several workmen from
a nearby cealyard. Twe of the work
men were armed. Hermann's assailant
jumped into the nutomeblle without loot
and drove west en Nerrls street.
The armed workmen opened fire en
the retreating robber, who returned the
fire nnd escaped.
Hermann, who ran after the machine,
collapsed at Eleventh street from less
of bleed. He was taken te the Chil
dren's Homeopathic Hospital.
Find Abandoned Car
He save the. nellce a (reed descrfntien
of his assailant and also gave them the
license number of the robber's ma
chine. When detectivea traced it te the MAy
Grath garage, they learned thnt it had
been driven until 3.45 o'clock thin
morning by Jehn Dublel, of 1410 Delhi
street. He told the detectives he had
returned the machine te the garage at
that time, and had later seen Page and
nneher empleye of the garage washing
the car in front of the garage.
Later the limousine disappeared. It
was recovered at 11 o'clock, abandoned
near Page's home. Page will be taken
te the hospital te be confronted by
Hermann.
Cleth Mill Robbed
Bandits and burglars get mere thnn
$10,000 In meuey, cloth and jewels In
a series of held-ups nnd robberies in
various parts of the city during the
night.
The biggest haul was made by four
men who get S7O0O in cloth from the
Prudential Worsted Mills. Orthodox
and Large streets, after binding nnd
gagging the watchman.
Six Suspects Arrested
i Six men were held under $1000 bail
eacn, ter a lurtner uenring en ucrcm
bcr 10, this morning, by Magistrate
Ces telle, of the Frankford police sta
tion, charged with suspicion of larceny,
forcible entry and nhsault with intent
te kill in connection with this robbery.
The men arrested were Harry Rese,
twenty-five yearw old, nnd Jacob Miller,
twenty-eight yenrs old, both of Sixth
street below Snyder avenue ; Barney
Unniuli, thirty-two years old, Seuth
American street below Perter; Benny
Orenstein, thirty-three jears old, Lep
street below Wolf; Abe Morevitz,
thirty-two eara old, Perter fltreet near
Third, and Samuel Mitchell, thirty-two
years old, Eighth street near Snyder
avenue.
These men, with the exception of
Mitchell, were arrested by District Dc
tcctives Slavin nnd Dougherty, of tin
I'rnnkferd station, this morning, nt
Fourth nnd Perter streets, as they were
driving a large truck. This truck ifl said
te have been stolen last night from Cas
sidy's garage, at Fifty -eighth nnd Vine
streets.
Four of the men were partially iden
tified from photographs in the Rogues'
Gallery, ns the men who engaged in
the robbery by their victim, the night
watchman. Mitchell was later arrested
nt his home, where he wuh found In
bed. The police are Investigating the
past records of the six men nnd will
endeavor te trace their movements dur
ing last evcnlug.
The tailor shop of Charles Kopet,
102!) Diamond street, was ipbbed of
scleral hundred dollar' worth 'of cloth
ing.
The robber apparently entered the
place through an alleyway which gave
uceeHs te a rear janl, A window in
a rear shed was broken, Kopet dis
covered his Iesh at 7 o'clock tills morn-
feutlntiril en I'eun Twe, Column Te
CLUE TO MURDER OF BABY
Tiny Bedy Found In Sleeping Car
of Train Weman Suapeetd
Detroit, Dec. 3. (By A. P.) Police
here are searching for n wpmau they
believe mny be uble te threw borne light
upon the finding yesterday of thebedy
of a baby, wrapped In brown paper and
tucked beneath a berth in n sleeping car
of n train from New Yerk. The child
apparently was several weeks old.
County Physician Albert French,
who conducted an autopsy, said the
baby had been strangled and, he be
lieved, had been dead, about n nrtr
The woman sought' disappeared In the
kwiiumi nuu iicrr, viiiie in? ram crew
was calling th.c authorities.
RESISTING BANDIT,
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1920
Anthracite Trust Made
Househelder the "Geat"
Beest in Ceal Prices Didn't Touch Big Busi
ness, Where. Bituminous Interests i
Could Put Up a Fight I
Ily GEORGE
Veil Ynrlt. Ilm .1 WhAttin. ....
net the anthracite trust is a law unto
Itself is u question which the United
States Government will have te de
cide. And the government inquiry into the
operations of the trust or combine will
get under wny here tomorrow.
In a series of articles from the nn
thracite rtfgien some time age, I di
rected attention te the nctlen of Uie
operators in advancing the price of coal
$1 a ten te the consumers beginning
April 1 last.
The nctlen was arbitrary. Nobody
was consulted outside the select circle
of operating companies. Net the con
sumer, at least.
It was given out nt the time that the
increase was te protect the companies
n case the anthrnclte commission
granted an advance in miners' wages.
At the ,tlme thes. articles were
written, it was estimated that the in
crease, based en coal mined nt $1 per
ten.. represented millions of dollars.
This Bum during nil the intervening
months was drawing Interest for the
operators, net alone the trust, se called,
put independent operators who, when
it suits their interests, fellow in the
footsteps of the companies.
Househelder Dears Burden
The anthracite trust collected $1 per
ten from the consumers te pay a
seventeen-cent advance in wages
awarded them by the President's nn nn
thracite commission.
This increase in the price of coal, it
is new discovered, was one of the meat
brazen and Indefensible actions ever
undertaken by any combine in this
country, because the Increase vas Jcvled
solely upon domestic sizes the coal
that is used by the householder,
churches, charitable Institutions and
schools.
Ceal in what is known ns sttam sizes,
which ia sold te great manufacturing
concerns, industrial corporations and
the owners of great office buildings,
whose light nnd heat are supplied from
batteries of boilers equipped te use the
finest graded sittings of mine nnd wash-
STATE RIGHTS PLEA
Conference of Executives Hears
Appeal Before Leaving for
Philadelphia
.WILL BEQUESTS. OF CITY
Usurpation of the power and rights
of the states by the Federal Govern
ment was attacked again today at the
closing session of the twelfth annual
governors' conference at Hiirrinburg.
The ruling by the Interstate Com
merce Commission thnt It has jurisdic
tion ever railroad rates within the vari
ous states was the target of attack.
Governer W. L. Harding, of Iowa,
brought the sltuntien, which he de
scribed ns "Vrieus," before the gov
ernors. He referred te the iccent decision
whereby the commission assumed the
right te set aside the authority of the
Illinois State Commission in fixlifg the
rates agreed te he charged within the
state of Illinois en both interstate nnd
intrastnte traffic.
Sas States Must Fight
Governer Harding declnred it was
one of the things the state must fight
If they wish te preserve their own
rights and bring about "decentraliza
tion of governmental functions and ac
tivities. ,
"If the Supreme Court sustains this
ruling." he warned, "all state laws,
in se far as they apply te the railroads,
will be nullified."
"It Is n most serious situation, and 1
want e commend the three governors
who rnfsed their voices yesterday in
favor of decentralizing governmental
coutrel ei or the rights which inherently
belong te the states.
"If this was a bedv of township com
missioners meeting here instend of a
body of governors, the same pretest
would be ledged against n similar en
croachment of authority by the legis
lature. It Is net only the growing ten
dency of Congress te take away from
the Htates the rights and powers that
they should exercise that makes the
situation alarming, hut there is n ten
dency en the part of the legislatures te
take nwn from local communities the
right te manage their own affaiis.
"It is a step toward the deHtruetlen
of the ver) theory of our form of gov
ernment." Governer Henry J. 'Allen, of Kunsa
urged the governors te get netive and
prevent the appointment of "the pet of
n military group" lu Washington te
head the new federal mllltla bureiiu.
Would Wrltb President
Governer Allen mentioned no names,
but he said mere thnn half the gover
nors of the Union were united in favor
ing the appointment of a mini suggested
by the governors. He urged the gover
nor te write President Wilsen,
(ilfferd Pinchot. chief forester of
Pennsylvania, addressed the governors'
conferenco nt the cloning session tedn
en the forestry situation lu the nation.
He nnld the country was using its
forests four times ns fast ns the) gievv.
"The forestry situation," he said,
"In my mind, is the most seileus that
threatens our nation."
Philadelphia exteuds the welcome
hnud this afternoon te the governors
and governors-elect who have been at
tending the confluence.
Cnlviu Coelldge. Vice President-elect,
and governor of Massachusetts, will be
among the visitors greeted by Maer
Moere and ceuncilmeu when the speclul
trnlu reaches Mreud Str,eet Station.
The distinguished guests will be taken
te the Bellovue-Strntferd and at 3
o'clock will begin an inspection of the
water front. They will be guests nt the
Navy Yard, dipt tin Leuis McCoy Nul Nul
ten. the commandant, nud his staff
being hosts. '
The governors ami governors-elect
will be EtlCSts of the city this even I ni-
at a dinner in the Bellevue-Stratford.
Vare ceuncllmcn are tee busy te greet
tlie next vice i-reaiucm 'or. tne' United
jicutlu
an I'd xe-Twe, t'tdume Que
BY IOWA GOVERNOR
W
tf
NOX McCAIN
1 cry. were net subjected te the iniuim-
uen of the Increase, it wab placed
solely upon the Bheuldcrs of the domes
tic consumers.
The fuct has never before been dis
closed that the great manufacturing mid
Industrial intercsta were favored at the
expense of the home consumer, the
churclfcu, schools nnd elccmesjuary in
stitutions. Tlie reason for this discrimination is
that the great anthracite companies arc
and have been interested In pushing the
snle of their steam coal lu competition
with the bituminous coal of the west
ern fields.
The individual consumer uses enlv
the various hIzcs known ns domestic,
viz., egg. stove, chestnut nnd pea.
These are the grades that fill the win
ter coal bins of' every home in which
nnthrnltc is used as a fuel.
What nre known us the Btcnm sizes
buckwheat, barley, rice and ether
grades, a grain coal washed from culm
banks and the dustlike Nlftlngs from
breaker screens Is the coal that enters
into competition with the bituminous.
The Increase of ?1 a ten was net added
te this grade of ceai.
This indictment, therefore, stands
out conspicuously in connection with
present prices of coal, that while the
home owner nnd tenant, the churches,
schools and charitable institutions using
domestic sizes of anthracite were com
pelled te pay an increase of $1 a ten
beginning last April, the great manu
facturing corporations were exempted
from the impost.
Te add te the action, I am informed
that this steam coal, which escaped
the increase in price that the domestic
consumer is compelled te pny, is the
most cheaply produced grade of coal
mined or washed by anthracite open epen open
ters. Opens New Investigation
The equity of the situation would do de
mnnd, it would seem, thut this grade,
considering cost of production and the
character of the consumers, would bt
the product that should first be ad-
Continual en rote Thlrtjr-tvre, Column One
POLICE! TESTS
-Names
of Men With Bad Rec
erdri; Mostly Highwaymen,
Stricken Frem Lists
msm&mm
Names of approximately thirty men
who passed the examination for ellgibll-
ItV for finnntntmfttlt nn nn.PVman In ft.A
Police Bureau were thrown out by the
wvn tservlce Commission today, when
it was discovered the men had police
records.
Most of the niPIl trlinftlt llflmna n,a
crossed from the eligible Hit were high
waymen vvne apparently Rought te up
held the laws for the violation of which
thcV hnd RprVPll time nnv.nrtln(r ti
Charles W. Neeld, Jr., a member of the
commission.
In making application for the exam
ination, the men dWmlssed from consid
eration took nntll thnt tllev hn.l itnvnr
been arrested en serious charges.
air. .Neeld said he would take the
matter up with the ether members of
the enmmtticlnn lTn lnillrnt,.l .lint I.
the future men who falsify in making
application for civil service examina
tiens vviu ee prosecuted ey tne uintrict
attorney's office.
"It is evident, thnt n niunt hi. verv
careful in considering applicants." said
ur. .M'em. "i nave given mucii innusiit
te the disclosures in lonnectlon with
the thirty men rllHniimpfl nritl hnrn pmi.
sldered having the district attorney
preHecute men who commit perjury by
claiming 'clean' records when the ure
convicted criminals."
The eligible list for patrolmen, made
public by the commission today, showed
thnt 114 men passed the examination,
twelve tailed anil rourteen men who
filed annllrntlenu iliil tint Inl.e th . .
amliiatlen.
HINT CANNED GOODS BOOST
Packers Selling at Great Less New,
Officials at Convention Here Say
Officials of the Tristate Packers'
Association, in session at the Adelphia
iieiei teuay, eccinrcd cntnicrs are tak
ing a less new, nnd th.it new prke
tcaies are ineviiiuiie.
According te Ami Bennett, of Frank
ford, Del., president of the axseciatlnn,
ennners nre receiving for tomatoes
packed In quart cans "n price which is
forty cents less per dozen cans then
the actual cost of production and with
the tin containers thrown In free of
lest." Packers cannot continue busi
ness unless there Is n revision of prices,
he asserted.
Three hundred men from Delavvaie,
New Jersey and Mnrjlniul. all directly
interested in feed pieduulnu and dis
tribution, through nffillntien, with the
association, nre nt the conference.
Sneakers nt the morning scilen'vvcre
E. J. Cnttell, city statistician, who wel
comed the delegates; Walter J. .Hiars.
et Ohillicothe, O., president of the Nn Nn
tlenal dinners' Association, nnd Rnlnh
Dallln, of Bellnlre, Md. C. M. Diishlcl,
et 1'iiiuess Anne, Md., is the secretary.
Are White Lies
Justified te Win a
Weman's Leve?
Read What Happened te One Man
Who Told Them In
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I'ublliheJ Dally Uxcept flunJiy
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MAY TAKE VOTE TO
Clause Held Net te Guarantee
Territorial Integrity of
New Members
ARGENTINA LIKELY TO QUIT;
BRAZIL TO STAY IN COUNCIL
By the Associated Press
Geneva, Dec. 3. Presentation of u
resolution eliminating Acltlcle X from
the covenant of the League of Nations
before the end of the present session
of the assembly would occasion no sur
prise here. It was declnred in some
quarters when the assembly began Its
meeting thin morning.
Assertions were mnde thnt yester
day b decision of the committee en the
admission of new states, which held, in
effect, that the article does net guaran
tee the territorial Integrity of any mem
ber of the lenguc. represented the view
of n majority of the delegates at the
picscnt meeting. This interpretation
nud the postponement of the consider
ation of ceitnln chnnges in the cove
nant were the principal topics of con-
vvriuueu iicre teuay.
TheSe PhntirrPn It'llff.ll YTtA.n n.nnA.u1
by Scandinavian cetntries. it was said
in nowise prevent consideration at this
Session nf nnv nthn. nmandm.nt. V
W. Hewell, a Canadian delegate, brought
yiiiN eiii cieany ev questioning A. J.
Balfour, of Great Britain.
The committee te which was referred
the question as te hew te cheese the
four elective members of the council of
the league had net reported. The ques
tion is whether these members shall be
elected ler four .veais or two. and it Is
still being debated whether their termR
of efficii should begin fiem the fiist
cntr.v of the council into operation, or
from the piesent meeting of the usem usem
ely. If the latter idea prevails the four
representatives must he elected here.
The chance of Brazil returning te her
place en the council is considered ex
cellent, but Greece, it is thought, will
lesej her place.
The interpretation that Aiticle X
does net guarantee the territorial in
tegrity of new members una iipm.ntn.1
by the proposal of Giuseppe Metta. of
the SwIrs delegation, who asked that If
ui present Hiatus et Austria were
changed Verurlberg be permitted te join
Switzerland. The text of the inter
pretation follews:
"We cannot recommend the adoption
of the proposal put forward bv M.
Metta. We are indeed efthe opinion
that the entry of Austria into the lenguc
will In no way prejudice or affect the
question se raised. Wc ennnet help
adding that the suggestion thnt admis
sion te the league should have nny such
effect appears te arise from a .ulscon .ulscen .ulscon
structien of Article X. It cannot be
tee emphatically stated that Article X
does uet gunnintce the territorial in--Vj&ty
eL-uny. uieiiiber efjliejeague.
Alpat deesMshn-cdnu'rjrrtrrtSifet-nBl. nr.
grcKRien en, terriftfrralrtnfegtfty.lnjid the;
iiuiuii-ni independence ei any mourner
of the league nnd tnll upon the council
te consider what can be done te resist
such aggresien. "
The committee en the niiniNsieu of
new states today tecemmended unani
mously thi admission of Cesta Rica
int. the league as u sovereign state.
The United States and twelve ether
countries have recognized the de jure
government of Cesta Rica, it was
pointed out.
The general committee of the leugue
assembly met this morning for the pur
pose of fermulntlng plans te speed up
the work of the nssembl.v with u view
te its.coinpletlen b.v December 10 or 11.
Sir Eric Drummond, the general Kecre
tnry of the league, informed the com
mittee het believed it would he almost
impossible te complete the unfinished
business before December 18 or L'O, but
the committee decided it would attempt
te end the present session b December
11 and will urge all the commissions te
get their report-s in hnpe for submis
sion as quickly ns possible.
AID OF U. S. SOUGHT
IN DISARMAMENT
Washington. De,.. ;i.Tlie invitatien:
of the Lensiie nf Vntlmw ti... - i.
I nitisl States name n ilelegute te sit
in u ions iltutive enpacitv with the
lea e i in i illusion en mmnment wai
received tmhi) nt the State Department
Officials theie suid the government had
net jet come te n decision en the ques
tion of representation en the commis
sion. The text of the invitation ftem the
league fellow h :
"The council of the League of Na
tions, acting en a uniiiiitmiiis iccom iccem iccom
nieiidutlen of the permanent militarv,
naval and ulr commission of the league,
passed at its meeting iu Geneva en
November 25, invites the Gov eminent of
the 1 nited States te name represent!!
tlves te sit en the commission in a con
sultative 0'ipacltj during the studv by
the commission of the question of the
reduction nf armaments, n stucl.v which
the council hns requested the commis
sion te undertake forthwith.
"The piMimiueiit advKei.v commission
was constituted by the council of the
league at Its meeting In Keine lust Mnv
and held its rlrtt session nt San Sebns'
tinn in August The commission i nt
present composed of the militurv-'. n.nnl
nnd neriitl ethceis of-states represented
in the cemieil of the league. Its de-
clsiens ure purelj nclviser nnd net iu
...... .,.. ,i,.,. , ui iiiev represent
the common technical judgment of the
experts or mini e-euiitrles.
"It would, of course, be perfeetlv
undu steed that the piesfnc,. uf the lep
resmitativis nt ihc United Sdit.'s would
lu nn wn commit the American Gov
(untlminl cm l'aice I'mir, Column The
COLBY SAILS TOMORROW
Secretary te Leave Hampton Reads
as Harding Arrives
Washington. Dec 3. (By A. P )
Secretai Celli, of the State Depart
ment, will have Hampton Reads fen fen
Seuth America tomorrow at about the
same time thut 1'iesldeiit eject Harding
uriiiTs theie from Panama .Mr. Celby
will leave Washington ut 4 p ni t.clu
and will transfer te Uie battleship Flor Fler
ida off Old Point Comfert abuut 10
o'clock tomorrow morning
llefere beardliig the presidential
jncht Ma flower with his staff, Mr,
Celby will be eutci tallied ut the Pun-'
American Union by eliplemats repre
senting the Seuth American countries.
When you think or wrltlni'
thin of WHixiNU. Ud ' N
LEAGUE ASSEMBLY
DROP ARTICLE TEN
flubnorlDtlen Irlc 10 a Yir by Mall.
I'ublle I-edaer Company.
Status of JFiVsen's Enpey
te Armenia Defined
Washington, Dee. 3. (By A. P.)
State Department officers snld to
day that a misconRtiuctlen had been
placed upon their statement yester
day as te whether President Wilsen
would act officially or personally In
naming n mediator te act for him In
nn effort te settle the trouble be
tween the Armenians and Turkish
Nationalists. They said the Presi
dent would net personally und net
ecinlly in appointing n mediator,
but explained that It would be diffi
cult, of course, te differentiate be
tween Woodrew Wilsen personally
and eh President of the United
States.
Should the negotiations net be
concluded before Piesldcnt Wilsen
retires next Mnrch 4, the mediator
uppelntcd by him would continue te
act ns his representative
HARDING MAY SPEND HIS
WINTER IN "DIXIE LAND"
8enater Prefers te Stay at Marlen,
However, If Practicable
On Beard the .Steamship Pastores,
Dec. 3. (B wireless te A. P.) Coel
weather gieeted President-elect and
Mrs. Ilnrdiiig teda.v. The steamer
PabtercR, en which they nre returning
te Norfolk from Colen, was off the
Carelinns this morning, and in spite of
a heavy wind from the north she was
making geed headway.
Mr. Harding and his party appeared
todej clad In wanner gnrments, having
dlsTarded the white suits they were
while in the tropics.
As Mr. Harding neared the United
States there was renewed discussion
among his companions regarding the
possibility that he might cheese some
ether place than his home In Marlen for
conferences en the League of Nations
und ether subjects which jnust be
thrashed out before he assumes office.
He has been urged b.v some friends te
sp?nd the winter in a southern state,
where there ure better hotel ami railway
facilities, which are assuming some im
portance in view of the number of call
ers expected te wait ou the President
elect. Het Springs, Va.: White Sulphur
Springs and various Flerida reserta
have been suggested, but it was Raid
today no decision had been reached.
Beth Senater and Mrs. Harding are
understood te favor remaining in Marien
during the coming winter if practicable.
Newport News, Va., Dec. .1. (By A.
P.) The master of the Pastores. which
is bringing President-elect Harding and
party back from Panama, advised
steamship company today that his ves
Hel should reach Old Point quarantine
nt 0 o'clock tomorrow morning if the
present weather continues.
BANDITS ROB MAIL CAR
Twe Masked Men Qet 100 Regis
tered Pieces at Minneapolis
.Minneapolis," Minn., Dec. 3. (By A.
J)-Twe masked bandits entered the
mall car of a Chicago, Milwaukee nnd
St. Paul passenger train just outside
the clt) limits this morning, bound
the crew nnd csenped with 100 pieces
of registered mail after jumping from
the moving train.
The three clerks in the car were ly
ing bound en the fleer when the train
stepped nt the station. Police believe
the bandits were picked up by an auto
mobile after they jumped from the
train.
TROOPS GUARD PRISONERS
Protect Negroes in Jail Which Meb
Tried te Storm
ItnlnMi. N. C Dec. 3. t By A P )
Goldsboro, where a mob last night
stormed the v eyne ceuutv courthouse
in nn unsuccessful attempt te obtain
five Neirrecs en trial for the murder of
a white man, wns guarded today b a OOO.OOO was enlj just laid,
machine gun company of state tioeps with regard te the Federal Re
The town was reported te be quiet kcive sjstem the financiers who will
One man wns wounded during Inst have most te say about the new admin
night's attempt te storm the courthouse, hstrntien'H pellcj hove nothing but
which wns defended by a handful of praise for its operation. In general
citizens. Colonel Jehn D. Langsten. thev opprevo thoroughly actions of
one of the defenders, said the man the present Federnl Re-erve Beard since
ueuimi'u ii- .in. . u uiiuri iireu e.v u
member et tne meu, and thnt the court-
heue "garrison" did net return the
tire from the crowd
TO ACT ON PROVOST MATTER
Committee of 100 of Alumni of
Penn te Meet December 21
The future of the University of
Petinsjlvnnin und the question of the
next provost, will he laid before the
committee of one hundred of the nlumni
of the University en December 21.
That is announced b.v Herace
Mather l.ippincett, secretary of the
General Alumni Society. He said the
subcommittees en policy unci en pro
vost of the committee of one hundred
had a' joint meeting en November 30
and concluded reports which it will
submit te the parent committee
Pans for an endowment nJ
been referred te the committee of e
hundred.
MAY CONTINUE FUND PROBE
Kenyen Committee Seeks Authority
te Continue Campaign Inquiry
New Yerk. Dec. 3 (By A Pi
tutlwiiltv i fin lift mm it a in t nut Inn ttt
into campaign expenditures until next
March 4 will be asked of the Senate
IN the committee headed bv Senater
Kenvon. of lewn, vwich has been eon-
cluctiilg such nn iiirt.iry since Inst Ma
Lewis te Be Counsel
for U. S. Ceal Prebers
New Yerk, Dec. 3. (11 A P )
District Attorney Lewis, of Kings
count), who reported te the Depart
ment of Justice that he had dis
covered in Broekljn evidence of
profiteering In coal, has been ap
pointed counsel te the Semite com
mittee en reconstruction and lepio lepie lepio
ductleu, which tomorrow stints nn
Investigation heie into anthiucite
prices. Thin inquiry was ordered
at the request of governors of New
Unglnnd state".
Senater Cnlder, chairman of the
committee, snld Mr Lewis had con
sented te net for the hed in New
Yerk, but he wuh doubtful whether
h eceuld spare time from his ether
duties te go te Washington.
PRICE TWO CENTS
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IN FINANCIAL PLAN
OF NEXT PRESIDENT
Republican Financiers Believa
Funding of Floating Debt
Is Necessary
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD '
UPHELD BY G. 0. P. CHIEFS
Ily CLINTON W. GILBERT .,
Htnfl- Cen-wiwndrnt Evnlne 1'uhllc Ledirer
Copyright, me, iv Puttie Ltdetr Ce.
Washington, Dec. 3. A new Victory
lean refunding the fientlng debt of the
country or a large part of it will be
one Important step In the finnncinl
Policy of the incoming Republican ad
ministrntiqn. Seme of the financial nelviRcrs of the
party who will Influence its policies
are of the opinion thnt this lean should
take the fund's RCrlnl bends, a certain
amount te be retired ouch cnr.
In any case the leading financiers et
the Republican party believe that the
most thnt can he done te relieve th
chaotic conditions of the money market
is te fund ns much as possible of the
floating debt. They have no sympathy
with the attacks en the work of the
Federal Reserve Beard or with various
proposals te modify the Federal Re
serve law In bchnlf of certain interests.
They want; te get the government out of
the money market as a short-term bor
rower, where. In effect, it competes with
ordinary business, paying what -imeunts
te, with the tax exemption, Cai per
cent for menej
.Must Face Problem
The present administration ha
shrunk from refunding the outstanding
certificates of indebtedness, which in
the form the floating debt takes, en
account of the low price of the existing
Irsuch of Liberty bends and difficulty of
Rolling further beuds nt the interest
rate of the outstanding Victory bends,
But the new administration has te faca
the refunding nreblem in any event.
Nearly $1,000,000,000 worth of war
Raving Htnmps fall due in 1023, and
some of the war leans also mature in
that year, se that the Republican ad-,
ministration cannot long postpone the
refunding problem nnd may as well meet
It boldly at once by refunding the
floating debt, especially as this will im
prove business conditions and help th
money market.
Anether pelut in the financial policy
of the new administration is likely te
be a cut in the mounting costs of the
Navy Department by a reduction in ths
futuie building program of the navy.
The war has left the world in control of
the great sea powers whose navies were
greatiy increased. Naval building pro
grams were greatly enlarged. We shall
be building for several years yet war
ships authorized en the theory that the
war might last several years longer
than it did. And the ideas of naval
beards everywhere as te what should be
built for the future have grown ex
ceedingly. Republicans looking about for a
means of reducing taxes can find noth
ing se hopeful ns u restriction of nary
building. One suggestion is thnt Pres
ident Harding, In negotiating an asso
ciation of nations, should propose whnt
is called a naval holiday, a cessation
of building for n period of yenrs in the
Interests of cs eunm .
Disarmament bristles with difficulties,
being icluted us it is te the League of
Nations controversy, and Its effect en
taxes will net be immediate, for the
country is committed te large naval ex
penses under the three-j ear program
adopted during the will, ler example.
.lie i..el nf n imtili. rrnUir tn et sje..
i the war in tne dimcuit times et chaotic
money conditions unci overstrained
ciedlt
The regard the troubles through
which business is passing ns necessary.
Wise pieducers in many lines have
taken their losses due te the pi ice re
adjustment which had te tome
Retailers Must Face .Music
Wholesalers te a less degiee hav
taken theirs When retailers' de their
pint, the process nf leadjustment will
be complete and business vv 111 be able te
resume en n new price level.
Before the new administration take
office, en effort will be made te relleru
the furmers. This will net take the
form of nn.v impairment of the Federal
Reserve s.vstem, but rather of an ex
tension of the authority 0f the farm
lean hoards It is proposed thnt thcsii
jpanls shall have the authority te issue
nns upon farm products, instend of
nereiy, as new , upon inriiis.
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-i, ...- ,.ii.. tim r,, .nn, inn iniii; urrnh
pinched In the existing crisis because
most ni iiieir puper is net nvullatila
under the law for rediscount In the
Federal Reserve banks Cattle paper,
for example, is tvve-ear paper and net
sufficientl) liquid for banking purposes.
Under the proposed amendment te the
farm lean law, the farmeis' paper would
net.be the bnsis of circulation, anil tn
Inflation of curreuc.v would result.
Therefore, fi lends of the Federal Re
serve H)stem ele net oppose the plan tot
the relief of fnrmers thieugh the farm
lean beard
Hanger te Reserve System
The threat te the Federal Reserva
si stem lies net lu the fnrm proposal us
it stands, but in the ilemiinds of business
Intel est s thut if the farmer Is te bt
aided b law. the ulse nhall be aided.
This was voiced b Senater I'dgp In .1
statement csterduv. The only way ut
niding inuiiufnctureiH and dealers In
the crisis is bj relaxing the Federal Re
serve law, or forcing the Federal Re
seive beurd te add an inflatienist policy.
The Fceleral Reserve law is going tej
hnve Its severest test In the present!
session of Cengiess, which probably
cannot be held down te the mere pas
sage of appropriation lls. The pesli
tinn of lending Republican financiers ia
fuer of the law ami tbe beard is Im-i
pertuut But the pressure upon ills'
beurd from Congress is going te be
enormous, especially us certain senator
and representatives from the Industrial
centers threaten te defeat meanures at
the relief of the former unless they are
accompanied by some aid te Industry.
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