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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7,' 1920
INSOLUBLE ISSUES
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AT WEST GROVE
WAR' WITH ITALY
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Peet-Warrior Keeps Italian
Deputles Toasting Shins for 7
Hours, Then Sees Thern
STAGES A DEMONSTRATION
Declares She Shet Hamen 'for
Sake of Thelr Sen,' Says
fexas Reporter
Fire at Jeseph Hinkle, but MI93
as Car Races Through
Traffie
Delegates Agree Only Time Can
Selve Some Problems
in Covenant
ARGENTINA BOLT STIRS U. S.
HE IS GRILLED BY POLICE
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NEW 'CONFESSION7 ROBBERS IN COOPE
BY CLARA SMITH BEAT PATROLWIAN
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TrleM, Dec. 7 The "state (f vvur"
Between the rcgcncv of Qunrnern nt
Flume nnd Ttnlv will net proceed. -nld
an nfllehit -.tiitemeiit clvin out In thi
beadUurtei of tinhrlele ll'Aiitiiinzin
ycfstrrdnv. It dcc'nred tliN iloflxlen hud
been reached bccniee D'AnnunzIe hnd
received a unto from the Itullnn ministry
of war Mntlnc thai (Tenernl ruvigl'm's
order, which brought about tin- poet peet poet
Ketdler'R dertivflflnn of it t!ite of vvnt
with Itftl. did tint hnvu the ehiirnctc
of nn ti'tlmntum
Member of nprlnl cemmlslnn of
Italian denude, which hns Interviewed
D'Atimtnzin In Kiume. left for Unmi
last night IWnr" departing thej znc
out a statement lit which they unld thev
Bad been received nffuhlj 1 "D'Annnn
le. who declared It wns elenrlv peMI'lc
te find a notation of the situation Seme
of the deputies Mild n -on'-crntieii
that thev h.ld hnpei -in ni;rcemen' eniibl
be reached.
'Te nbae-vcrn the reeentien civeri hv
JJ Annunzln te the vi-dtlnc denetiei ili.i
net icem n' nil friend Ij . In fnet. hi
coldness nnd unconcern nppi'iirH
marked III prnicrnm for the da.v un un
net uttered in thel- pretence, llticy
with his own iiffnfr. he kept the dele
gation waiting i yen hours before he
took time te tiilk te It, n committee of
DalmntlHti lrginnnrie being received
bend of the deputies from Heme.
The delegation nrived in I'iitme nt 10
o'clock Simdiiv, -i ml whs immedliitelv
driven te the pnlnce. but there vvn n't.
tlr aroused hv its arrival. The usual
formalities were eherved nnd there
was the envtemnry explanation of the
Tisiters" htifdnen te ouberdlnntes. jun
ax if the deputies had been erdinnrv
callers.
One of IVAnnunxle' aides flnnllv met
the delegation nml told it D'Aniiunzie
had net been ndvised that the deiiuflei
were mining Thev vere Informed he
Win busy and It was suggested thev
cemmtinieatp with one of IVAiinunzie's
assdstnnts. who entertuined them for
four hours with an exposition of tin
unchangeable attitude of IVAnminxle
en the treaty question
It was .r. eYVrk before IVAnnuiizie
consented te receive the delegntinu. Te
the delegates personally he was affable
nnd courteous, but notwithstanding his
politeness he gave no encouragement
whatever in the direction of n nettle
ment of the question. He asked peme
of them their views, and after explain
ing thnt his audiences for the day were
te Inst another three hours be dismissed
the deputies.
Meanwhile a demonstration wa. In
progress n n local theatre, voicing de
mands for annexation te Italy.
This demonstration was stnsed just
at the time P'AniunizIn ,, dismissed
the deputies whom he passed in the re
ception lin'l en his wnj te receive the
demonstrators. A- he Aid he he gave
the deputies n fermnl. cold nod. During
the demonstration they lingered like un
invited guests.
Frem the balcony D'AnnunzIe greeted
the cheering crowds, bowing, saluting,
smiling and waving te the throng, nnd
then addressing them.
Dining his speech D'AnnunzIe sold
Admiral Mille had broken his word te
the Dalmatians who were crving for
he'p, but that he I D'AnnunzIe) would
remain nnd "Ming his bleeding body be
tween Itnlj and Fiume."
Knife May Cure
Twe Bey Prisoners
CwittmiM from Puff One
laid, 'I am an utheisw I de net believe
there is uu t!ed.' "
llnkin lin .iumijs been precocious.
lie graduated from grammar school at
the age ..f eeen, and from the tune
he whh uble te rend deetei himi.elf et
clllfiively t.i bonks He neer went in
for athletics, never attended ball games
end ni'M i p'eyed with ether bevs.
He was employed bj Hregan as gen
eral messenger nnd bookkeeper hi u
calery of $1 a week. He started work
about thlrtren months age. and a Inter
examination of his bonks -bowed thnt
he began his thefts svsteniatienllj a
month t f t .- he was emple.U'd.
Hawkins' method was te leme out
cash i ntric trem his books and keep
the money himself. About i-even weeks
age, hnweei, hi. tried h mere aiiibitieus
eheine n.id it prove. Ins undning.
JJlegau hnd te gn nut of town. He
phoned tn the office te liuve Hnwkiiii
sent down te his house with a blank
check se that he could -ign it for tin
payroll. Hawkins appeared nt the hmise, 21,1"
Seuth Aldtn --treet. with two checks.
The leceud ere. In told hi eniidner.
vns for mine" erpi ,,e of th nlB e
TJnsuspcctinglv Hregnn signed them
both In hlnnk ami thought nothing mere
of the matii
Stub GUe I'irst Clue
Later another boekkeepi r t eitid the
ttub of this second 'heck which had
been tilled in te the order of If. M.
Mills and was for ,4."i0 An inestign
tien wns started, nml it was dcnereil
that Hawkins had deposited this check
III n bank. "Oniing an ai c ,i i: r hhii ,t
under thnt name and bail Inter with
drawn it aril add"'I it te bis pwrsennl
account in nnethi r hnns.
Hawkins spent his guiiis in week-end
trips te New Yerk mid in Inning things
that attracted him. One purchase uUN
of neme oil steik, which lu- picked up
for $P0 and which is new worth .l.'il.
He also bought fr un his employer a
$160 diamond ring for his mother' my.
Ing he had only MO saved up but wnii'ld
pay the balance in installments This
be did. puying with mennv which lie
f 'e. The methei returmd tlie ring
te Hogun this morning.
. inw kins n'se bought a .?!)(! muni
ece'.ie, a $12 objective lens for It nnd
n " i ge'il watch
I'hysicinns will remove Hawkins'
tonsils and will alsn stud.v the n te
nee If there is a possibility of an epern
tien lessening his criminal tendencies
Miehener, ihe ether be criminal,
who Is puzzling the officials, was
brought here Inst night from New Yirk,
where he was arrested He will be given
n hearing tomenow before .fudge
llrewn.
YOUNG HERO KILLED IN HAITI
Allentown Lad Who Fought Over
seas Falls In Skirmish
Allentown. I'a.. Pc 7 M and
JIrn. Jehn W Oberdeeter lnt night
received a telegram Informing them that
tltlr son. Jehn, 'ijed twntj, n inariui
ill Huitl, had been killed iu a nkinuKh
tyitb ban'iits
Yeung flberdnester hnd a geed fight
fun recerd, He enlisted at the t,f of
slventeen in the cnnt nrtlllerj and wus
In the thick of the fighting from the
Trsle tnreugli rjenne ierer te neuun
fin his return from France he went te
Ban Francisce and enlisted in the
marines. ,weclnc b? W1 l? ?1.'
beria; Inatsad he waa ordered te Haiti.
Mils. SA.Ml i:i. It. SCOTT
riiairiu.iii of tile Women's Itrpub-
Hem letnml tee of the Scwntli
wiird who addressed the Keptlbllean
City Committee nvcctlng today
Women Attend
City Committee
Cnntliiiicil from I'eire One
ln-t election, especially in the Seenth
ward. We were accorded every facilitj
possible fei recording the vote. In fact
I think we get even mere than our
rights. Ity wuj of appreciation I wish
te say thnt the women voters will de
their full share at futuie elections and
co-perente in eer) way possible te
bring about a fnir election."
The sentiment of Mrs. Scott was in
dorsed briefly by another woman mem
ber. Committee Appointed
Chairman Watsen uppelnted the fol
lowing committee te mnke Inmilry In
Washington regnrdlng arrangements for
attending the inauguration. I nema W,
Cunningham, William U. Inlght. Kich
ard Weglein, president of Council ;
Councilman .1. I'enimer and Rebert
Hirchnll.
Mr. Wntsnn snld that receipts of the
committee for the last yenr were $tl2. -IKS..".",
while the expenditures were
Sltl.tm.Vl.Y
.lust before adjournment Senater Vare
urged nil present te get behind the city
nnd state ndministrntieu in nil move
ments for the benefit "f both.
PROSPECTIVE MOTHERS
SAY DEPUTIESBEAT THEM
Charge Four Officers Used Brutal
Methods for Eviction
Mrs. Ilebeccn Seder, twenty -two
unrs old is in lied in a serious condi
tion as the result of treatment alleged
te have been received at the hands of
four deputy sheriffs yesterday, when
they tried te evict her. her mother,
Mrs. Helen Stein, who is a widow, nnd
two younger sisters from their home at
Hltl North Mnrshnll street.
I-"or stick of furniture was re
moved except the bed which young Mrs.
Seder occupied today, nnd that was
left by order of the doctor. The young
woman Is about te become a mother.
The treatment received at the hnndi
of the deputies is the tnlk of the neigh
borheod. Mrs. Stein. Mrs. Seder nnd
Mrs. Lillian Stein, n dnughter-in-Inw,
also about tn become n mother, nllegi
that they were knocked down nnd benten
when they refused te allow the deputies
te enter. Abraham Nnwnk. 141(1 North
Marshall street, said he saw the women
treated like se many cuts nnd dogs.
David Pndimnn. 1411 North Marshall
street, with his two daughters, wus also
dispossessed, but today they wre ntile
te find shelter at the home of a relative
in West Philadelphia.
Meyer CVihen, 1IUO North Marshall
street, is said te have been the owner
of the two houses, but su.vs he had no
hand in the eviction and did net notify
the herlff. The women -n he sent
two dispespr.s notices Inst week.
Mrs. Stein explained that when she
rented the house from Cehen four
months age he said she might put ceul
In the cellar anil stay there nil winter
Cehen slut he sold the house in August-.
The names of the deputy sheriffs re
main unknown.
POLICE MUST EXPLAIN
Mills Suspends Men en Whose Beat
Safe Was Robbed
Following rebberv Siturday night
or Sundnv morning of n five-nnd-ten-'ent
store nt 4fl22 Lancaster nvenue.
Sunerintendeiit Mills today ordered two
patrolmen who cner thnt bent te ap
pear hi fore the civil service trial beard
nn charges of negtrct of dntv. The men
are Geerge II Arment And Albert .T
Stokes, hnt'i of the Thirtv ninth street
and Lancaster nenue station.
Superintendent MP's learned that
eer cening at closing thin the man
iger of the store Albert Palmer, rolled
the safe tn tin front of the place and
left it under bright electric lights with
in twntj feet of the show window
ttheie It could easily he seen f I Olil the
stri-M Mills iisierts that one of the
Urn pitinlmeti should have seen that
i'ii safe had been tuken away beeaucc if
was a j i(i rt of their dut te try the
front deer and leek into the store
whenever they passed.
The inbliers mined the t.ufe, opened
il iiuil stele about .D00.
Hunter Shet by Trap Gun
Siriiiitnn. Pa.. Dec. 7 In tripping
r n small wire that crossed the path
en n runwin ill the weeds In l'lke
nuntv jestenhy. Len Hemh, of Haw-
li i.'iusid a trap gun, tied te a tree
tn eplnde. The iltlllt of the gun
"iruik the hunter m the Hugh and some
if the slmt perfnrlitcd the intestines,
ntliiti'.g uijuiiea that probably will
prove fatal The gun was n home
nan' nfleir, feiirtien un lies long nnd
iniiile of thne iiuirter-inch iron pipe.
Priceless i '. S. Documents
in Danger, Says Celby
Washington, Dec. -,ijjy p j
The eriginul copies of the Declur Declur
atieu of Indi'peudeiice and the Con
stitution "nil- in griue danger from
ti r ether mishap," Secretarj
Celh declares in a memorandum
transmitted te Congress in which he
asks for un appropriation of 2."i,IMKJ
te be used net mil) te provide pro pre
tectum iiguiuit 'hie, water unci vio
lence," but in exhibiting them "dur
ing business hours" te the public.
The documents, the secretary savs,
are stored "In nn etillnary safe of
thin steel, proof against neither fire
nor water, which stand In the 11
brury of the State Department, ne ne
eesnrily surrounded en all sides with
the combustible material usually
found In libraries,"
Hy the Associated I'ress
(Jenen, Dec. 7. -1'lnnH for co-epern-(Ion
nn tfchnlcal orgnnintlens of the
League of Nations b representatives of
Armenia mid former Husslnn stBtes,
though these states are net admitted
te full membership In the league, were
discussed In the as-embly of the league
tfi.lnl. PI.I II !. .-I....I lA -
today
i inn mi: me irincipiii ueni en
the agenda, having been brought Inte
prominence by the decision yesterday et
the committee en the admission of new
t tales.
Tile tssembl) also continued the work
of luying n working basis for the league
which would enable it te ninctien ns
flllelently as possible, pending the time
necessary te get a clear Intepretntlen
of various matters and te note the
practical effects of the iutrlcntc system
b which the nsembly and council
dovetail into each ether.
Insoluble Problems; In Covenant
The most enthusiastic supporters of
the league new admit '.here are prob
lems in the covenant which seem, for
the moment nt least, beyeud solution,
since it is impossible te tell hew pres
ent nrraiigriiient lire going te work
out. The general policy adopted seems
te be te let time work out a solution
of some problems.
D'-ci.slen wus reached by the commit
tee en relations between the assembly
and council lnt night te annlv this
policy te the contested point an tu
whether the word exclusive should
be eliminated from the second of the
four general principles enunciated by
the committee as a working basis for the
league. This sentence reads at present :
"The assembly has no power te mod
ify derisions coming within the exclu
sive competence of the council."
The committee decided te recommend
that the whole paragraph be dropped
from the report rather than prolong a
discussion which might he fruitless.
Aid Ashed for righting Typhus
Sir fJeerge II. Pester, of tlie Cana
dian ilrlegntinn. stirred the assembly
by an eloquent appeal for u lien against
the typhus in Poland and the Near Knst
in general. Cnn.adn nnd Slam, he re
marked, were the only countries thnt
had responded with cash contributions
te the call of the council for aid.
"Let it net be said that the flood
gates of sympathy are closed," he cried
"Let it net be paid that the sensibilities
of the world have been dull te such im
perative calls."
A member of the Indian delegation,
the prince of Nnvnn.igar, added te Sir
(leerge's appenl by giving a vivid de
scription of the ravages of typhus in
the Past. lie deelaied the world was
feeing in tl is u graver emergency than
the situation in Armenia.
Dr. Prldtjef Nnusen. the Norwegian
delegate, said thnt the typhus could be
eiTectively fought with the price of two
torpedo beat destrejers, lie proposed
the naming of a committee te get the
money.
Berlin. Dec. 7. (By A. P.) The
Verwaerts, the Socialist organ, repre
senting the largest party in (Jermany.
discussing the withdrawal of Argentina
from the assembly, expresses the be
lief that this action presages the disso
lution of the League of Nations in Its
present form nnd the formation of "a
new nnd mere democratic league, em
bracing all the civilized nations of the
world."
The newspaper characterizes Argen
tina's decision te withdraw as "a noble
exploit," which it says probably wns
mnde possible only by the Seuth Ameri
can republic's remaining aloof from
"the general corruption of the war."
In conclusion, expressing the hope
thnt .vther nations will realize the sig
nificance of Argentina's notion, the
Verwaerts sa.vh, "the Versailles League
of Nations is dead. Ieng Ihe the true
league."
Uln Janeiro, Dec. 7. HU A. P )
Praise for the Argentine delegation nt
Oenevn and criticism of the Brazilian
representatives there was voiced by
Deputv Nnsdmente In the chamber of
deputies here today . He declared the
Argentine mission proposed a step that
wns supported by Brazilians nt the
Hague conference in 11)07,
Other deputies defended the Brazilian
dclcgatiuu, pointing out that Brazil was
a signatory te the treaty of Versailles,
whereas Argentina did net participate
in the frnming of that pact.
ii'..uih.imi TVee 7 Bitter indie-
V l-,llliifct"t '',, . :"
ntitlen is felt In White Heuse quarters
ever Vrgentlnn's desertion of the League
of Nntlens The feature of her ac
tion which arouses the liveliest interest
in Washington is its possible effect
upon the Unpenning visii ie nrni-iiuuu
of Secretary of State Celby. It wns
..-! i. L,if-tfiiktei1 vesterdav that
sernni'si -..' -..-. ..
President WINnn might be constrained
tO gO tile lenglll Ol cillireilllK .111. .11-
by's visit te Argeimna.
-.- 1.. n ,l((.TinLtlrtn In vVnslitne.
ten te attribute Argentina s action tn
pre-fSermun influences It vv'"! t"m
t. ii. it- will lie recalled, that
nill'lins ,n-t. --.-- -- -- -
the German minister's celebrated
"snurles vcrsetnu isiinn iuun u
trace) manifesto emanated during the
German submarine campaign.
LEAGUE COMMISSION
HALTS WAR IN NORTH
Warsaw, Dec 7(By A. IM
Virtual completion of its original mis
1 . . .,...! no ineiliiiter between (Jen-
sinil ni mini - - - .
ual ZellgnuskiV new state of Central
Lithuania nnd tne ivnvne ";miu i-m
,ij v.,- the I.emrue of Nat ens
commission of control upon its arrival
here tednv
The nrtr.istlre negeunieu ueiween me
two governments hns become effective
1 t. evelmnpe of nrfsencrs hns be
gun while both sides, which were pre
pnring fei prolonged warfare, have dis
cet'tltiued tne ineDiiizniiPn .ei i-wwwn
previously called te the colors.
Suggestion bus been made by the
...., ...,w,n tn Geneva relative te the
i-'iiiiiiiir -- - , --
details of the proposed plebiscite te de
cide en the allocation 01 icrrnery i lie
commission will remain hre for a week
or mere, awaiting Instructions nnd
holding conferences. The league's in
tvrnatlnnal iirm.v, which will he under
command of Colonel Chnrdlgny, chair
man of the control loiiiiuisslen, is new
being assembled
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OL'TKn?" JN On I r 7 F;5ftA "neil
TON wlf- of Jehn W Ouiemen Kunrl
tarvlrix frl 11 ft in nt elftcr'R rtaitnc.
'Hi W. HertUr st.. Ofrmnmewn Inl pri
vate HAnnts en rw a. ki.lk.v (n vi$e.
widow of Krnk lUrrls Kunrral rvlcs
un Vil at S p m . at hir latr residence.
ni".i neminu it .luimyunK int inn
C-herch Cern
WAl.TEn.--Al Wett Cheater, Pa , en
Dec. A. SAMl'Kt. M. WALTER. In hi Bttii
year, ervlcee at hi 1st rtildenee, S20 M.
Ittsh at., Thurad&y, 11 o'clock.
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FUktiiS HmfUHEj SAW l tmz.dmlt Siifv t sill mflSi I
Uey.sisiS3TriesewKi
IiUer I'hiite Service.
II Is the business or these three ertirers te sec that autelsts ltcep within bounds of the law nnd that highwaymen
he eliminated en State Heute Ml, with headquarters at West Greve. Left te right, Samuel Moltculief, K. T.
Hunter and Edgar Strange, all members of Troop K
BANK HEAD TO DENY
HIS RESPONSIBILITY
Michel's Defense Indicated by
Counsel at Trial in North
Penn Case
1000 ACCOUNTS SHORT
Leuis II. Miihcl's defense against
chnrges that he permitted the North
Penn Hank, of which he was president,
tn receive deposits when it wus in
solvent, will he thnt he could net be
expected tn knew the ncceiints were
falsified.
This defense wns indicated today by
Jehn R. K. Hcett, ntteruey for Michel,
in cress-exnmining witnesses for the
prosecution. The trial is in ltd second
dnv at City Hall.
Twe witnesses for the prosecution
today were Philip N". Goldsmith, the.
expert accountant who was called in
consultation te untnng'e the hunk's
affairs, nnd Frederick Uemshcr, in
chnrge of the bank for the state bunk
ing commissioner from August II, 1010.
te June. 1020.
Mr. Scott sought te show hy question
ing the witnesses that the books had
been falsified in se elaborate a fashion
that the bank president, who is net nn
expert accountant, could net knew thnt
the figures given him by subordinates
were incorrect.
Tell of Worthless Notes
Much testimony wns given ns te over
drawn accounts ami worthless notes
held by the bunk as collateral.
Mr. Goldsmith testified that an "L.
II. Michel" hnd overdrawn his account
SI 0.000. In reply te a cpiestlen as te
whether this wns the defendant, he
answered cautiously (but "he had the
same initlnK"
Later, however, he revealed that the
checks were signed "Leuis II. Michel,"
and produced and identified four of
them for $1000 each. The checks, the
witness sai, were net charged against
Michel's account, but carried u pencil
notation tJiut they were te be charged
against the joint account of Michel und
Ralph T. Mejer. These checks hail
never been sent bnck te Michel, the
witness snid, but hud been found in the
bank.
"A mnu is net responsible. Is he,
for the disposition made by a hnnk el
checks after the.v have left his hands?"
nsktd Mr. Scott.
Mr, Goldsmith admitted the responsi respensi
blllt.v wus the hank's, but pointed out
that these checks hed been found in
the bank, nnd it wns customary te ic
turn canceled checks te the writer of
them lifter thej had been paid. One
check wn. identified ns hiivin' been
charged Ie Michel's own account. Jo Je
seph Teulanc, assistant district attor
ney in charge of th" prosecution, wanted
te knew whether there had been n pen
cil notation in this case, tee, which
might have been changed. Mr. Scott
objected te this fpiestien nnd wns sus
tniued. Point for Michel
The witness, under cress. ex-nmlnn-
tien, admitted that there wns nothing in
the dally statement or general ledger te
malt
Michel suspicious of the bank's
state
Hemsher. the second exnert witness.
asserted thnt of 4000 accounts 1000 were
overdrawn.
"These everdrufts were written en
the Individual cords used in the hnnk's
system of bookkeeping." snld the wit
ness, "and any one picking up the cards
mild see the state of affairs at a
glance."
The witness vvai questioned at engt h
about worthless paper held os collateral.
In several instances. Air. Ilmn-her tes
tified, the bank held the worthless paper
of firms which hnd fnihsl as long ns
two jenrs before, nnd continued te carry
this paper en their hooks at face value.
"The Absecon Land Ce. borrowed
S10.000 en its own stock as collateral,"
the witness testified. "The company
failed n year before the bank collapsed,
.vet the note was given full value en the
books."
The Anex Machine ( e., according te
the witness, borrowed n letnl of $211,000
e
n two netes: fui'ed subsequently nnd
in Id fifty cents en the dollar, and wn
I'll
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AUTOMOBILE SHOW
December 6
aj-l. models
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Moving plcturi-H of fameuH Pike's Peak Hill Climb nnd reela
showing factory operation in our sahsroem cuch evening,
OI'KN TIM. 10 1', VI.
KVEIIVHOIIV WKl.tMMIK
LKX1NGTON MOTOR CO OF PENNA.
W. A. Kuser, President
I.exlnstnn llldr.. SM-833 N. Ilread Hi. '
IHKiXJ.rriT'r " r i -
VMrmim-"-
v, t - .SK -
curried ut 100 per cent en the bank's
100KH.
The witness testified the Preadvvn.v
Laundry Ce. owed .ft!000 en notes and
tf"7;i in overdrafts. When the bunk
crashed, the witness snld, it was impes
'Ible te llnd even n trace of this com
pany. Thin is one of the smaller prob
lems of the bank's nffaiis never solved
by the Investigators.
SCOUT BABY BOYCOTT
women Here see Ne Insurance
Against War In Plan
Prominent Philadelphia women today
branded ns a practical impossibility the
marriage nnd baby boycott advocated
by Mrs. Jesse Markayc, president of the
Mihvnukce Women's Pence Society, te
secure the, world against future wars.
It was Mrs. Markuyc's plan that
women remain unmarried or refuse te
bring children into the world until some
means is found te guarantee that these
children be protected for nil time against
eacrlflcn in wur.
"It is perfectly preposterous," was
the comment of Mrs, Tdvvurd Piddle,
president of the Civic Club. "Se ridicu
lous that It becomes an absurdity."
"There are net tee ninny children
in the world," said Mrs. Jeseph Gnz
zam, of 2(d Seuth Nineteenth street,
"and their mere presence heie does net
cause wars. The trouble is women de
net take the responsibility of their
children ns they should. Tolstoi in his
diary says, 'Public opinion is the
strongest thing In the world; stronger
than armies.' Women control public
opinion, therefore women's influence is
the strongest thing in the world.
"If women vvetlld educate their chil
lrrn te respect nnd obey the law from
heir inrllest days then there would be
ie mere wars."
COAL CONFERENCE RESUMES
Joint Wage Scale Committee Again
Meets at Reading Terminal
Conferences of the joint scale coin cein
ulttee of the anthracite operators nnd
-liners were resumed today nt the Head
ing Terminal.
Themas Kennedy, of Hnxlelen, chair
man of the miners' committee and
president of district Ne. 7. United
Mine Workers, authorized this state
ment ;
"We have about finished our argu
ments in the ease and the answer of
operators should he forthcoming very
seen."
In behalf of the claims of the miners
for a readjustment of the alleged In
equalities in the present wage agree
ment, Percy Tetlevv, a Ftntisticlun,
presented figuies te establish the asser
tion that, under the present scale,
wages nre net sufficient te maintain n
family us it should he supported.
Claims of the miners nre vlrtuiillj
embodied in n l.'t per cent Incrense, with
a minimum of $0 per day and nn eight
hour day.
IS ROBBED AND BEATEN
James McElhef Is Victim of Four
Thugs
While walking east en Vine street
shortly nfter 1 o'clock this morning,
James McKlhef, twenty-four years old,
of 28112 Germnntewn avenue, wns nt
tacked by four thugs near Eleventh and
Vine streets, who robbed him of $2
is he approaches the
corner of
i Eleventh and Ine streets McLlhef no
ticed a large touring car drive up te
the curti tieartiy. tine man jumped out
of the machine and turning en McKlhef
hit him ever the head with a black
jack. The ethers also hit McKlhef as
he was lying upon the pavement. They
then drove jwuv en Vine, street.
He notified the police of the Tenth
and Huttonwned streets station.
REGISTERED MAIL STOLEN
Four Pouches Taken Frem Menen
Railroad Station Near Chicago
Chicago. Dec. 7. (By A. P.) Four
pouches of registered mail were taken
from a truck et u suburban Menen
rnilread station here last night, oc ec oc
cerding te a report te the police. A
pedestrian found three empty tern
pouches and reported his discovery te
the police.
Posteflice authorities state the "mail
was routed te Hvnnsville, fhd., from
Chicago. The value of the contents of
the pouches has net been determined.
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Detectives Visit Baltimore Where
Prisoners Say They Remained
for Twelve Hours
CLUE TO ELLIOTT THERE
Detectives from City ITnll Tvent
te Rnltimere today te check up en the
stories tnld hy the prisoners in the
Pelrce murder once during the twelve
hours they admit they were In that
city.
It Is nl believed the revolver which
Peter D. Trendvvay Is said te have used
and which he declares was thrown
from the automobile nt a point near
Cliften Heights has fallen Inte the
hands of n boy hiker, possibly a Bey
Scout.
Ther-c vvere the only developments
in the case since the hearing yesterday
of Jeseph A. Bess, Marie Rogers nnd
Trcadway, who were held for the ac
tion of the coroner. Thev arc accused
of murdering Henry T. Pelrce at 2007
Market street.
Dctertlves Hcnnley and Mulgrew went
te Baltimore today. Trcadway, Mess
and the girl say they arrived In Balti
more about 8 o'clock en the morning
of November 21, nnd stayed at a house
iu Pennsylvania nvenue until about 8
o'clock that night. The object of the
detectives Is te verifv this nssertien.
Klllett Is said te have borrowed $25
from a tnxicab chauffeur in Baltimore
who was en old acquaintance, uctec
lives have learned that the fugitives had
one meul In n restaurant near the
rooming house nnd that a quarel de
veleped between them and several men
nt ntietlier tnuie.
It was nlse intimated that u brother
of Marien A. I-llllet, the third man in
the ense and the only one net under
arrest, lives somewhere in Unltlmere,
nnd while there Heanley nnd Mulgrew
will investigate this phase of the case.
It is new practically certain that
Trcadway threw the broken and useless
revolver from his machine as It sped
ever the Baltimore pike past the farm
of r.llwoed Dickinsen, just south of the
point where the pike Is bisected by
Bishop nvenue. It was opposite this
point the suitcase was found, and the
confessions of the men agree the suit
case was hurled from one side of the
car nnd the revolver from the opposite
side.
Detectives have searched for forty
eight hours for the missing revolver,
but have fulled te find it Detective
Belshuw believes the useles wennnn
hnR been picked up, possibly by n Bey
Scout, or a youngster en a hige through
the country und is new being used as a
pln.v thing or has been thrown nslde. He
urges that if anyone in the Cliften
Heights section has found an apparently
usclchs revolver, en or since November
21, thev will immediately communicate
with authorities at City Hall,
Carge Pilfering Increases
New Yerk. Dec. 7. -An alleged In-
ercusc in pilfering of enrge shipped te
the west cnesl of Seuth America mav
result in marine Insurance companies
withdrawing from writing this form of
policy, it was said here today by n
prominent insurance official. With
ordinary marine risk insurance new at
about per cent, nn additional 1 per
cent is charged for policies covering
theft nnd pilfering.
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Chestnut and Juniper Struts
Christmas Gifts That
Are Welcomed Most
A JevOeled
Bar Pitt
Breech
Bracelet
Finger Ring
Wrist Watclt
Pendant WatcK
Or any ether gift sent from a house known te be
unique in dispensing enl supreme quality,
acquires, in the estimate of the recipient, a
sentimental value quite beyond its intrinsic worth.
CLOSING HOUR 5:U0
By tlie Asseclulcd Press
San Antoitle, Te.., Dec. 7. P. M.
Bess, a local newspaper man who last
night sent out dispatches from here say
ing thnt he had conversed near San
Antonie with Miss Clnrn Smith, sought
In connection with the fatal sheeting of
Jake Ti. Hamen, et Ardmerc, Okla.,
nnd declared she had given him a state
ment admitting she shot Hathen, was
taken Inte custody by police early to
day, questioned for nn hour nnd re
leased. Bqss was detained nt-the request of
Russell B. Brown, county attorney of
Ardmerc, who asked that his story he
Investigated and that Bess be held as
a material wltnesw If neccssarj'-
The story told by Bess of his inter
view with Miss Smith, according te po
lice, followed somewhat her statements
te B. W. Sallis, of Dallas, the chauf
feur who drove MIm Smith from Dal
las te Cisco.
Bess, who is an emploje of the r-en
Antonie News, said he hud heard in the
hotel lobby last Saturday that Miss
Smith was in San Antonie, and through
acquaintance during his previous em
ployment in Oklahoma, recognized her.
While a companion fixed two flat
tire en Miss Smith's automobile Bess
said he took her te a nearby farm house,
nnd there, he snid. she told him she
had killed Hamen. Arcerding te Bess.
he declared she was willing te face any
just judge or any Jury of women.
At the conclusion of the conference,
Captain James Duncan, of the police
department, stated that he wns inclined
te doubt the newspaper man's story.
Chief of Police Mussy directed a
telegram te Attorney Brown advising
him of the interview with Bess nnd
requesting information ns whether the
Ardmore ntitlm'-lties wished further ac
tion In the cnee,
Ardmnre. Olila.. Dec. 7. (By A. P.)
While the search for Clara Smith,
wanted in connection with thn fatal
sheeting of Jake h. Hamen, centered in
San Antonie today, where she Is alleged
te have confessed te ft reporter, two de
velopments in the case characterized as
important by County Attorney Brown
were made known here. The first was
the delivery te Mr. Brown of a suit of
clothes taken from the private offices of
Mr. Hamen. The suit was sent by
Fiank I.. Ketch, business mnnnger for
the slain oil mngnetc, In response te n
request by Mr Brown that he be given
the clothing Mr Hnmeti verc at the
time he vtas shot.
The ether development wns the an
nouncement by Mr. Brown that Dr.
Walter Hardy, director of the private
sanitarium where Mr. Hamen died, and
who treated him for the wound, had in
formed him Miss Smith visited Mr.
Hamen nt the hespitnl the day after the
sheeting. Docter Hardy was quoted ns
saying that he knew very little about
the interview, adding that the nuise
who was en duty left the room while
the visitor was there.
Anether announcement by Mr. Brown
said that he had been consulted In re
gard te the calling of n grand jurv te
investigate the sheeting and that a peti
tion for calling the grand jury was
being circulated. StHte laws provide
that wbrn such petition signed by fif
teen qualified voters is filed with him
the district judge may call the grund
jury. Mr. Brown said he would be
"very glad te assist should the petition
be filed."
AUTO HITS CARRIAGE
Three Hurt In Collision Near Sea
ford, Delaware
Seafprtl, Del., Dec. 7. An nutonio nutenio nutonie
bile driven hv T.ee Williamson, of Del
mar. collided with a team owned by
Norris S. Short, a farmer near here,
resulting in the Injury of Williamson
nnd William Deshelds, who was driv
ing the team, and his wife.
The accident occurred en the Seaford Seaferd
T.n'irel state highway, a quarter of
mile from Short's home. Williamson
wns thrown from his car bv the col
lision, receiving nn injured iirni and n
bad shaking up. IKshelds nnd his wife
suffered cuts and bruises and were also
hndly shnken. The lights en the auto
fnlled tn work nnd caused the accident
Beth the nutoniehile und the carriage
were hndly wrecked, but the horse es
caped Injury.
Democrats te Revise Rules
The necessity of calling n convention
te revise the rules of the Demncrath
party in this city was discussed at n
special meeting of the Democratic cltv
committee last night. A resolution was
unanimously adopted renucHtlm. .v,
ward committees te pass upon a reselu
tien. The object of the change In th..
niii-s is iu inuvnie ier women repre
sentutlnn in both the ward and elt
vnrd and cltv
committees.
CHASE IMPERILS VEHICLES
A patrolman was severely hurt while
chasing two thieves In a Rtelen auto
mobile through the after-theatre traffic
jam en North Bread street shortly after
11 orcleck last night.. r
Patrolman Jeseph Illnkle Jumped en
the stolen machine at Columbia ave
nue. One of the thieves tried te sheet
him but missed. The ether thca
clubbed him ever the hend until he fell.
The thieves entered Paul's garage'
Bread street near Wnllace, and "cover "cever
,lng'' the Negro night watchman, took
.a 93000 coupe. When they drove It
Inte the street, the wtitchman followed
.and gave the nlarm.
Reserve. Patrolman Kvnns, at Bread
street nnd Ridge aveuue, commandeered
the automobile of Jehn McCermlck of
New Brunswick, N. J., and chased the
stolen car.
Cars In Wild Rae
The two automobiles raced wildly up
Bread street, recklessly threading their
way through the heavy trnfflc. At Co Ce
lumbln avenue both were forced te step
by the congestion of automobiles.
Evans signaled te Htnkle, en duty
there, te step the coupe ns it shot from
among the automobiles and chase 1 neresi
Columbia avenue iu violation of traffic
rules.
Hltikle Jumped en the running heard
and clutched the driver about the thrent.
The mnn drew n levelver nnd filed,
missing Illnkle. The, bullet broke a
plute glnss store window.
Then the driver's companion clubbed
Hiuklc ever the head until he lest his
6rip. At the same time the automobile
struck the curb en Bread street near
Berks, und Illnkle was thrown off, suf
fering u fracture of the leg and ether
Injuries.
The men In the stolen coupe then
outdistanced their ether pursuers, and
made geed their escape. Hinkle wns
taken te his home, where his condition
is said te be serious.
looses $25,000 in Gems
William Sclbel, a jewelry salesman
from New Yerk, reported te the Cam Cam
den and Philadelphia police that ?2r,000
in diamonds wus btnlcn from his inside
coat pocket en a Camden trolley car
yesterday afternoon.
The salesman had visited several
jewelry stores in this city and Cam
den. Detectives believe some pickpocket
saw him offering his wares and then
followed him until he get a chance te
ideal the gems.
Heibel snld he was jolted severely by
a fellow possengor in the trolley car,
but uttnehed no significance te the Inci
dent until he went te his next customer
und found the jewels missing.
William Onrvey, a chauffeur for the
Liberty Tuxicab Ce., of COO Weed
street, was held up by two armed high
vvnymen at Dclnvvnre avenue and Pine
htrcet nnd robbed of ills machine, valued
nt $1700, and several dollars. The
robbery was immediately reported te
the pollen of the Second district, and a
short time later n suspect was arrested
nnd the machine recovered. The pris
oner, who gnvc his name as victor
Reth, of Regent street, was caught with
the stolen machine nt Delawnre nvenue
nnd Queen street, arcerding te the po
lice. Later in the day he was ar
raigned before Magistrate Hnrrigan and
held without hnil for court.
Samuel Ilalfen, twenty venrs old,
457 North Fifth street, a Western
t'nlen messenger, was chased by a
Negro at Eighty-eighth street nnd Tin
leum nvenue late Inst night.
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Bulbs for Grewing
in Pebbles and Water
Whlte Nnrclnsui, 7c ech;
dot, 00c; $1.00 per 100.
Chlneen Lillet, 20c each,
dot. $2.23.
Pebbles, 10c per quart.
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