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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1920
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Alleged Slayer of "Dave" Paul
Lese3 Nevel Plea as His
Murder Trial Starts
TWO TALESMEN SELECTED
BY NOON ADJOURNMENT
'Defendanf Calmly Advises His
Lawyer, Unmindful of Big
Crowd In Roem
Counsel for Frank J. .Tnmes, charged
tHUi the murder of David S. Timl. mode
a sensational but fruitless attempt te
overturn the Jurv pnnel. when his trial
begnn today in Camden Courthouse, en
the ground, thnt no women hnd been
drawn en the list of prospcctlve jurors.
Supreme Court Justice Kntzenbach,
who with Criminal Court Judge Kntcs
is trying the case, overruled the motion
made by counsel te quash the jury
panel, nfter an nrgument which lasted
forty-five minutes.
Twe jurors had been selected out of
eleven examined up until 12:.'I0 o'clock
today, when court adjourned for the
neon recess. The jurors chosen were :
Illrliard K. Newman, upholsterer, of
Merchanlvllle, fercmnn.
Jehn Daly, farmer, of Atco, N. J.
"Dave," the mini for whose murder
James is being tried, was n sixty-year-
old messenger employed by 11 Camden
bank, and he was killed October 2.
I when he was carrying $40,000 in cash
land $30,000 in checks from his bank
I te A bank in I'hlladelphia.
James was In licted for the murder
With Itaymeml W. Schuck, manager of
telephone company in Cnmdcn.
Schuck will be tried Independently.
The prisoner Is represented by Jehn
Harris. Prosecutor Wolvcrten and
Assistant Prosecutor' Hurling arc han
dling the case for the commonwealth.
James Net Nervous
James entered tfie courtroom very
quietly. Se little commotion was
caused by his appearance that many did
net knew he was there until some min
utes after he had token his plnee be
tide his counsel.
He sat at the end of the counsel tnblc,
v-ln the brass railing of the court,
his feet crossed, his chin resting en the
palm of his hand. lie wntched the
proceedings attentively, but with no
show of nervousness. He sat through
the morning session without the slight
est trace of emotion. He was dressed
in a plain neat-fitting brown suit, nnu
were a striped shirt with au olive-green
tie. He were no jewelry.
He is n mnn of medium size and
build with light, thin brown hair. He
has u long and rather sharp face, with
a pointed nose, well -formed jaw nnd
rather thin, ccnly bet lips. He is
thirty-six years old, but leeks n trifle
younger. He were geld-mounted nose
glasses.
The judges took their seats promptly
at 10 :35 o'clock. Hcfere the judges ar
rived the roll was called, 180 names in
nil. fnnliiilinr- witnesses for lirosccutlen
and defense and the talesmen of the
jury panel.
PpMuppiitnr Wnlvertnn encned the pre
ceedlngs and moved that the trial of the
indictment for murder against James
be tnkeu up by the court. Justice Katz
enbach then directed Sheriff Hatch te
begin the drawing of the jury.
Panel Is Challenged
At this point Mr. Harris, attorney
for the defense, arose and said;
"I wish te challenge the array, and
I submit herewith my written causes."
The paper was bunded te Justice
Katzcnbnch nnd turned ever te the
prosecutor, ordering that its contents
be Incorporated in the record. The
reason alleged by counsel was that no
women were inrlmlril in trie panel.
Mr. Harris nsked permission te place
several witnesses en the staud te prove
the contentions made in his challenge.
Fermer Sheriff Corsen and Jury Com
missioner Lcnnnn were summoned.
Mr. Harris' questions were directed
te show women had net, been drawn for
the panel, although legally entitled te
be in the jury. There wus momentary
confusion in the gallery, where the
spectators were seated, and Justice
Katzenbach rapped for order. The noise
continued, and the justice ordered that
the corridors outside the courtroom be
.cleared and n man! stationed In the
L corridors te keep them clear for a dis
tance of ntty feet.
Corsen testified that he nnd Commis
sioner Lennen had drawn the nnmes for
the jury. He was asked hew many
women were eligible for Jury duty, and
answered 25.000.
"Why dtil you net put any women
en the fist?"
"My thought wns that women could
net be conveniently taken care of as
Jurers, but I did iiet entertain any
bias as te race, creed, color, condition
or sex," he replied.
Commissioner Lcnnnn was asked
Similar questions and returned similar
replies. He said he had never hud ccr
rtaln knowledge as te the exact legal
. Diuvun in women, nor liau no received
any definite instructions.
Insists Women He Represented
"I contend that It imikcx nn iiiir-.
lence whether the names of the women
twerp iru en me jury through malice or
Inadvertence," Mr. Harris said. "Their
exclusion, te my nun.i, Keeps the de
fendant from having a fair and impnr-
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OH! YOU LEOPARD! .
Hew many thousands of you limerick fans have struggled with the leop
ard's spots since Monday?
And hew many ran through the whole alphabet te get all the rhymes te
"Zoe" thus:
Achee Emu Itchy-koe
Blue Flu Kalamazoo
Coe Oluc Can't think, of an L
De Hulabaloe And se forth?
Well, ou have until six thin evening for the leopard and until tomorrow
evening for the Luzerne carbarn nnd until Friday evening for today's verse.
And remember, fans there's
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS DAILY
In it for somebody.
Alse please remember that we don't want original limericks. Wc want
nothing but the ONB LINK te complete the limerick that wc publish each day.
TUKN TO PAGE 2 TODAY AND GET AFTER THAT HUNDRED
Limerickitis New Invades
Hertter St., Germantawn
Father and Daughter May Have Less Trouble
If They Get Together and Win
That Hundred Dollars
Well, fans; we've been out te the Zoe
and up te the Luzerne carbarn in search
of tlnsc limerick last lines.
Today wc take a little run out te Gcr Gcr
mantewn te see the man en West
Hertter street and talk with him about
his domestic difficulties. Toe bad about
him. Of course some of you will take
his side in the family jar, but probably
most of you will try te make him leek
cheap because you favor the daughter
en general principles.
Ge te it. The limerick editors hnven't
any prejudices, one way or the ether,
se you won't hurt their feelings.
And, whether dad or the girl wins,
the fan who sends in the best last line
te complete the limerick will get ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Only please don't forget ; we don't
want the whole limerick. Wc want just
THE LAST LINE.
The amateur zoologists who want te
write about the leopard's spots have get
until 0 o'clock this evening te get their
lines in te the Evening Puiii.ie
LiKIHIKR office. The rooters for the
Luzerne carbarn have until 0 o'clock to
morrow evening. And you've get until
0 o'clock Friday evening te solve the
ES
Senater Fears Closed Mill and
Empty Dinner Pail Is
Net Far Off
BUSINESS NEEDS NEW BASIS
Su a Staff Ccrrtipendcnt
Atlantic City. N. J., Dec. 15.
Wages must come down ns a necessary
part of the solution of the problem of
putting the country back upon a sound
business basis, Senater Penrose declared
this afternoon.
Discussing the gravity of the ques
tions confronting the finance committee
of the Senate, of which lie is chairman,
nnd the ways nnd means commlttce of
the Heuse, which is holding hearings,
the Pennsylvania leader made gloomy
predictions for the future.
These arc some of his ferecasts:
"A general lack of employment seen
will be at our doers.
"The closed mill and the. empty din
ner paJl will be ns conspicuous as they
were in ISOfl.
"The future is disastrous. I hope
ifc will net be enduring."
Senater Penrose asserted the belief
that it is generally conceded cxccsh
profits tnxes will be abolished by Con
gress. The only "question is whether
a substitute means of providing the
requisite revenue can be provided during
the short session of Congress. He does
net believe this can be done in the short
time nvailablc.
Sees Hani Times Coming
"In my opinion we are in for a period
of very hard times and general business
prostration," Senater Penrose said.
"The situation is extremely complex
nnd difficult of nnalysis, but the fact
remuins a period of reaction Is bound
te set In from the high prices and ap
parent prosperity during the war.
"We hnvc very nearly reached a
point in the United States when wc are
being tnxed te the point of destroying
the sources of revenue. While the fed
eral .government has been running riot,
we must net forget that the several
stntes have been laying a very heavy
hand en industry, which reaches an as
tounding percentage of earnings nnd
profits when taken into consideration
with federal taxes.
"Perhaps the principal source of all
the ills which are likely seen te break
ever the country Is overtaxatien. In
ninny states abounding in natural re
sources and mineral wealth, these nssets
are deliberately abandoned en the
ground that there is no use in trying te
develop them te be confiscated by the
tnx gatherers.
"The sjtuatien Is appalling. It cnu cnu
net be exaggerated. We arc rapidly
reaching the point where men must sit
down In the cold light of reason, with
out any illusions, nnd reach a solid
basis. We cannot continue for ninny
months te go en ns we have been doing.
"When I say thnt business will be
shattered, I want nlse te state thatj
generui iuck ui ceiiuujuii-mi win nuuu
be at our doers.
Foresees Closed Mill
"The closed mill and empty dinner
pall will be ns conspicuous ns in 1800
during the Wilson-Gerinun tariff lnw.
"The future is disastrous and I hope
it will net be enduring.
"Prompt relief must be afforded by
Congress.
"Searing wnges must ceme down te
a sane basis, nnd a protective tariff,
difficult ns it will be te frame one nt
this juncture, must be enacted te save
ninnv American industries from extinction."
WAGE MUSI DROP
DEM
PENROSE
domestic discord of the, Hertter street
man and his recalcitrant child.
Each limerick will be run en the
same basis. Yeu will always have
forty-eight hours after G o'clock of the
day tuc umerlcK is puDllsneci.
There will be an Incomplete, limerick
every day.
And EVERY DAY we will offer a
prize of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Everybody Writing 'Em
It begins te leek as though we might
have te offer our apologies te employers
before wc arc through with this thing.
People are all thinking mere about
limericks than they arc about business.
One of our reporters went Inte the
Detective Rurcau te ask Captnin Hemier
about the latest developments in a case.
"Developments?" exclaimed the cap
tain, "flew de I knew? My men
aren't 'detecting' any mere. They are
all tee busy writing limericks."
At yesterday's meeting of the Beard
of Education llmrrickitix brek out
badly. Before the formal calling of the
session te order somebody wrote a lira-
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IN FAYETTECOUNTY
Lumber Plant Near Fairchance
Prey of Incendiary
Blaze
WEEKS OF TERRORISM
' By llie Associated Press
Uniontown. Pa., Dec. IB. Fire early
today destroyed the plant of tbc Fair
chance Lumber Ce. nt Fairchance, six
miles from here, with an estimated less
of $50,000.
State police, who were hurried te the
scene, said the (ire was cleverly planned
They believe it was the act of the gang
of incendiaries who have been operat
ing In Fnycttc county during the last
few months.
The fire occurred a short tline after
the night watchman had left his pest
for home and when n high wind was
blowing ever the meuutaiu crest. The
blnze started in' the planing mill where,
according te the authorities, there was
net nn electric wire or a fire of any kind.
Terrer has prevailed for several
weeks in Fnycttc, Westmoreland,
Wnshfngten and ether western Penn
sylvania countries, due te a series of
incendiary fires. Scheel houses, barns,
manufacturing plants and ether struc
tures hnvc fallen prey te flames, the
origin of which could be explained en
no ether theory than that a gang of
organized incendiaries was at work.
The arrest less than a week age of
a foreigner known ns Frank Kerna,
alias Frank Smith, ou suspicion of
being implicated In the fires, followed by
his statement, according te the police,
that he has Impelled by an "irresistible
something that made him de It," ap
parently gives a clue te the cause of
the destructive blazes which up te n
week age had included nine school
buildings and nearly a score of ether
structures.
Later Kerna confessed that he wns a
member of an arson ring, with head
quarters in Przmsyl, Hungary. He de
clared that the ring hnd ageuts through
out the Tnlted States, whose duty it
wns te destroy the existlug order se
that n new world "free from disease
and all ether Ills of mankind might be
formed,"
Monday of this week armed men were
sent te guard the home of Mrs. Mnry
Miller, eged mother of the district at
torney of Fnycttc county. She hnd re
ceived a written threat that her home
would be destroyed if she fniled te vn
cate it.
Yesterday stute pollce were put en
duty at a theatre here where the annual
fnstltute of Fnycttc county teachers
opened. They will remain there until
the close of the .session Saturday. Ru
mors were current that the teachers hnd
received threats. The Institute has 02.1
members.
Wurning notes sent te school teachers
and ethers have sometimes been pre
liminary te fires thnt have caused a
property less of half a million dollars.
''Firebugs," busy with the torch, have
neen suspccicu ui muring jrayette and
adjoining counties in automobiles nnd
detachments of state police have been
patrolling large stretches of territory In
hope of catching them nt their work.
At one place In Westmoreland county
a school teacher was waylaid and the
keys of the building taken from her.
The snme night the school wns destroyed
by fire.
JAPANESE VOLCANO ACTIVE
ToUle, Dec. 15. The Asama-Yaina
volcano, ninety miles northwest of
Teklo, has been in eruption several days.
The ashes are falling ever a wide area,
Prof. Omnri, famous as a slesmoleglst
has been dispatched te the scene te In
vestigate the phenomenon.
A AN APPLY TORCH
MOORE
DECLINES
CABINET JOB BAII
City's Chief Magistrate Says He
Wants te Finish Geed Gov
ernment Jeb Here
STILL HE THINKS SENATOR
NAMED HIM IN GOOD FAITH
Mayer Moere declines te take the
part.
He has no desire te become n member
of the Harding cabinet he Intends te
stay here and finish the job he has be
gun. It was Senater Penrose who sug
gested that Mr. Moere would make a
geed secretary of the Interior. '
Friends of Mr. Moere saw in the pre
pesnl a desire of Senater Penrose te re
meve the Mayer from his present deml
nant position in Philadelphia politics
Alse, Senater Penrose's expressed
approval of Judge Brown as ruler of
the Municipal Court, with Its lengthy
payrolls, gave rise te .reports that the
senator sought -te -block a pnrlng of the
$1,000,000 appropriation for the court
by dangling the bait of high office before
the Mayer.
Mnyer Doesn't Believe It
Mr. Moere said today that he could
net believe there was any such purpose
when his nnmc was mentioned for cob ceb cob
inet preferment. The Mayer's state
ment in full follews:
"1 knew nothing about these rumors
except thnt they have uppeared In the
newspapers. If Scnntcr Penrose made
the statement attributed te htm, I ap
preciate It as a pern. "etnpllmcnt.
The senator Is a big m-ii in mitlennl
ceunUls, nnd, by reason of his fore
most position in rnnk in the Senate,
will necessarily figure in the big af
fairs of the nation.
"As te the suggestion that the men
tion of my name for a cabinet position
has anything te de with my action as
Mayer upon the Municipal Court
budget, I cannot believe it. I um new
making inquiries with respect te the
Municipal Court nnd ail ether depart
ments for which previsions hnvc been
made by Council In the budget, nnd will
act thcrceu in due course.
"I am net n candidate for any office.
but I am trying with some degree of
success te give the people of Philadel
phia a clean government and have set
tip standards which will induce them te
sustain a greater pride m their city
Women Praise Mayer
Mr. Moere has received many letters
In the last few lns from men am)
women who wanted te learn his attitude
tewanl a cabinet place.
Resolutions indorsing the city Admin
istration's work In this, its first year,
were received today by the Mayer from
the Republican women's cetnmlttee of
the Forty-second wurd. The resolutions
were signed by Mrs. William E. Oreben,
chairman, anil Mrs, Edward Snellen
berger, secretary.
The resolutions commended the re
sult of the first year and praised the
administration for having "a construc
tive program and proceeding along lines
highly bencficiul te.the citizens of Phila
delphia." '
EMPLOYE, WITH CLEAVER,
TRIES GETAWAY WITH CASH
Citizens Jein in Chase Before Pa
trolman Downs Man
Felrese Stitt, a Negro, led n patrol
man and a score of citizens a merry
chase south en Rread street from Co
lumbia nvenue late jesterday afternoon,
before he was finally downed and ar
rested. Stitt, police declare, was an em em
peoye in the restaurant of William
Hewell, Columbia avenue near Fif
teenth, lie left the restuuraut in a
hurry yesterday. In one hand-he had a
cleaver, and In the ether bundle of
bills nnd money, also some 'silverware.
The money and silverware belonged
te Hewell, but Stitt wanted It. The
cleaver als belonged te Hewell, but
Stitt wonted It also, as n weapon te
carve his way through any opposition
which might develop.
Anether empleye saw Stitt mnking
his escape and yelled. Stitt started te
run, with Patrolman Hinklc nnd ethers
in close pursuit. The Negro did net
have nn opportunity U use the cleaver,
and he threw the money into au alley
way, where It was later recovered.
BURGLAR ALARM FOILED
.Thief Dodges New Device and Gets
Diamonds
Diamond rings worth $800 were
stolen from the jewelry store of Leuis
fierwltz, Columbia avenue near Eight
eenth street, last ulght.
While Gcrwitz and his family were at
supper the thief cntend the front deer
of the store, avoided a burglar alarm
recently installed, and selected four
rings from a tray. According te a
report made te the police one of the
rings contained eighty-five diamonds,
another sixty-five diamonds and n third
forty diamonds In addition te a plain
geld ring.
In leaving the store the thief slam
med a deer the noise giving first
knowledge of the theft te flcrwitz, who
ran te the front of the store in time te
see the thief disappear south en Eight
eenth street.
TO FEED GERMAN STUDENTS
Friends Arrarige te Qlve 30,000 Met
Meal a Day
Rerun, Dec. 15. (Ry A. P.) The
Aniprlrnn Friends' mptvIa tttMMtAA
............. .....-..- -... w will tU i 11 IT
announced today that .10,000 hungry
Herman sunirniH in tniriy universities
will hr furtilsheil n linf mliMnv ...Ani
beginning In January Immediately nfter
the Christmas vacation. The committee
new Is feeding 13,000 men nnd women
undergrnduntcs in eighteen universities.
.-no stuncni wnese income ameuuts te
mere than 400 marks monthly will be
rtvn thin relief. TnVHutlffflHnn Kv l.
committee disclosed thnt in a majority
et cases tins net meat win i the only
e'u' available te the peer students, The
work of the committee Is dependent en
vnluntnrv cnntrllmllniiH ntul M.ta ap
proximately $12,000 a month.
PENROSE OFFERED
WHERE PHILADELPHIAN WAS KILLED IN P. R. R. WRECK
HpMS"Ea'&MHittliiRC9MSfl8Bpate
William Preclier. 442 North Tlilrtyvserend street, fireman of the southern express, and former student at the
Northeast High Scheel, lest his life when he was burled under his loremotUo last night. After the train Jumped
the tracks near Merrlsvllle, Pa., Jehn Tallman, t."25 North Fifty-eighth sireet, the engineer was injured. The
express struck a broken casting. The photograph shows a wrecking crew at work
MAN DEADT 2 HURT
N WRECK ON P. R. R.
Fireman, F e r m e r Northeast
High Student, Fatally Crushed
Near Morrisville, Pa.
EXPRESS JUMPS TRACK
One mnn wns killed, two were in
jured and 'J00' passengers narrowly es
caped Injury when the Southern Ex
press en the Pennsylvania Railroad
was wrecked at 10:40 o'clock last night
one mile below Morrisville, Pa.
The wreck, which derailed the engine
and conches, was caused by the en
glne'K striking a casting en the track
which had failed from anrOter train.
William Precher. twenty-three years
eldr of 442 North Thirty-second street,
fireman, was dug from under the wreck
, ' iim hum i in mi Mti i i tun ii
age. He had been covered With tens or down te watchers and askeil the nnmc
coal. He died shortly after his re- of the town and the direction and dls dls
mevnl. His body wns removed te an tauce te Allinnj. lie gave no sign
undertaking establishment in Rrlstet. ' that the party wus in need of help.
He was a graduate of .ertncast itign
Scheel, nnil nlnved en the school feet'
ball team. He hnd been In the employ
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, as a fire
man, for three years, and wns trans
ferred te the New Yerk Division only
Inst week. His parents urc Mr. and
Mrs. Jehn Precher, of 2515 North
Philip street.
Engineer Cut nnd Rrulsed
Jehn Tnllmuu. of 1525 North Fifty
eighth street, the engineer, wns cut and
bruised, and (ieerge (iibbeuey, of tape (
Charles, Va., a passenger, received
Accerdinc te nn official renert from
Rrend Street Station nt neon today the1
wreck resulted from a peculiar com- ,
blnatlen of circumstances
Trnin Ne. 25!), due nt Rrenil Street
Station at 11.05 Inst night, left New New
Yerk en time nt f) o'clock. Shertl.
after 10 o'clock a freight train hnd
passed Pcnn Valley, nnd a heavy iron
part of a consignment loosened from its
fastenings and fell te the truck. Verifi
cation of this theory was found when
trainmen found part of a shipment miss
ing from the train nt Tddystene today.
The engine of Ne. 251) htruck the oust
ing, breaking n cylinder head and dis
abling the train.
Arrangements te move this train into
Rrend street were being made when
the New Yerk and Norfolk Express,
which left New Yerk at I) :05, reached
Pcnn Valley, The express slewed down
te pass the disabled train nn another
trnck and crashed Inte thnt pnrt of the
casting which projected te track Ne. .'t.
The engine, n combination car and two
dny coaches were overturned,
Passengers Cilve Aid
Trainmen rushed te the aid of mem
bers of the crew, pinioned under the
wrecked engine. A call te Trenten wns
met by the sending of n special truln
with nurses and plijslclans, but their
services were net required, except In
the cases of Precher, Tallman and Gib Gib
beney. Pnsengers in the Pullman cars were
thrown from th'eir berths and shakeu b
the impact. They joined in the rescue
work.
Tracks 2, ! and 4 were tern up, and
traffic was Interfered with for n time.
Wrecking crews today ere clearing up
the debris.
Morrisville is about six miles from
Lnnghernc, where, n Philadelphia and
Reading train leaded with immigrants
crashed into a light engine eh the ulght
of December 4, Lnnghernc"' is en the
Reading division. One passenger was
killed In this wreck nnd thirty-six were
hurt. Morrisville is a town of nbeut
2000 inhabitants, directly across the
Delaware from Trenten, nnd Penn's
Valley is the nnmc given te that sec
tion of the outskirts of Morrisville
about one mile west from the central
or business section of the town.
BOY'THEARING DELAYED
Elliett Mlchener May De Sent te,
Glen Mills j
Judge Rrewn, of the Municipal ,
Court, deferred action today in the cuse
of Elliett Mlchener, the young West
Philadelphia boy who took $-1500 from
the Rahlwln Locomotive Ce. nud had
a eay time In New Yerk before he wns
L arrested.
Juilge iirnwn snitl tie would conduct
no mere public henrings in the case of
Mlchener. An attorney Interested in
the case expressed the opinion Mlchener
would be sent te Glen Mills until he
becnine of age.
Today s Developments
in National Capital ;
Payment of a cash bonus te former
service men figured prominently nt
a hearing by the Senate finance com
mittee en the Heuse compensation
hill. v
BALLOON HITS MOUNTAIN;
THREE MENJNOWBOUND
Aid Cannet Be Sent Because of Bad
Reads and Floods
C.letcrsvlllc, N. V., Dec. !.-,.( Ry A.
P.) Reports today from Welis. Ham
ilton county, state that a balloon carry
ing three men, nnd believed te be the
crnft which left the Rockaway navnl
air station Monday, crnhed into Ferk
mountain, three miles north of the vil
lage, Monday ulght.
Recnuse of had rends and swollen
streams aid cannot be sent at this time.
Other reports say the balloon dropped
into Sarauac lakr.
f The balloon passed ever Walls at 8
o'clock Meuduy night, headed north-,
ward and tljliig at an altitude of 200
ieet. A member of (in. party cnlleil
" ,H rcneriru mat nuer iiiiuiik r
mountainside the party built u tire te
attract the nttentlnn of persons en the
opposite side of the Hncnudnga rier.
and thnt a man attempted te cress the
stream, but was forced back when his
beet capsized In the swollen stream.
Ferk mountain Is situated en a point
of land between the Lnke Plcnnnt and
(irlffin branches of the Snciiudagn river.
Te rescue the men necessitates a trip of
many miles ever reads snowbound in
many places
LOOK OUT FOR COLDS
Weatherman Warns
That Warm
Temperature .Will Net Last
l ne weiitner man issued a warning i
inilnl1 in ilinun lllitlif1iillkliiiilw it tin'
iciiu.i tif limn ii(titi nuiiiiii ii ' I
think summer has returned. "In a Yeung Man Accused of Breaking
day or two the weather will return te !.
normal and then they will he the suf- t lnte Downtown Stere
fcrers from colds," he said. Ocnrgc Towns, twentj -two jenr old.
temperature of 4S degrees was reg. was discovered in the clothing store of
istered today, which is about seventeen j R. Trap, at 15U North Tenth street, at
degrees above that of the same da Iast,12:;t0 oVeck this morning by Pctee
jear. There wns a tlurrj of snow fn tives Smith and Rrecding," of the
(crimintnwii this morning. Eleventh and Whiter streets- station.
Fair weather is predicted for tonight According te the detectives, the man
nnd Thursday, with the lowest tempera- I had forced the front deer and was pre-
hire about
i.i decrees ten lent, and
diminishing westerly winds.
HOPE TO IDENTIFY DEAD STRANGER
GALVESTON. Te:cns, Dec. 10. A vctitti iv -lu- l.r- e
t'..e lu ly of nn unidentified mnn t'e"..;il N .e JIt ' '
I'cmleieil by the colonel's jury until after tlie nnivel here of Mrs
Jehn P. Hnmmill, from Ottawa, Cm : i 1., i
d'sclesed what wns considered by the police te hv p i ., , . , ; .
however, that the body wns that of Jehn P. H.iu. mil, vhj h .
bleu missing hm Ottawn bine Xi' .
GENERAL TELEGRAPH STRIKE ORDERED IN TIEXIC0
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13. The teleniniiht i- .u.cl - ai.eu i.j .i
en the national rnllwnys lmvu ei tiered a guieuil lmmeciiile striisj
which, it is fetucil. will pmnlyzi. a.l the .' i
17 LORRAINE MINERS KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH
S-UtULGUEMINES, Len.uut, Dec. 13. Sevemt-'en nun-is weie
L I.ccl i.i ' twtnty-t'ivc injuiecl today wh'en a nam en wiru tiny
V l'i'. '"-n UM-.. i ty .ui 1 .1e it iirh i ,
way bt.uleu iu Greutzwnld neai hcie
GIRL FAINTS ON STREET
Yung Weman Collapses Among
Shepperi at Window
While viewiiiE an exhibition of
Christmas gifts iu a store window en
Chestnut street near Ninth, shortly
after 11 o'clock this ineiiiing, Miss
Ethel Ferd, tweuty-one jenrs old, of
5121 Cedar avenue, was the victim of
a miming niiucK ami icn te tliu pave
ment unconscious.
A large crowd of lieliduy shoppers
rushed te her old, Miss Ferd was
taken te the Jeffersen Hospital for
treatment in the automobile of W
Fluke, of "!i:i Seuth Twenty-first street.
Whin mu trunk cf wrlllm
tbiek et wmiiNeT li35;
THIEF BEATS GIRL
Al DOOR OF HOTEL
i
Fert Washington Calls Meeting
te Hire Patrolmen After
Early Evening Crime
THUG FLEES WITH PURSE
Miss Mary Ames, a telephone opera
tor of the Ambler exchange, wns
knocked down and robbed a few steps
from the deer of the Fert Washington
Hetel, nt 8:45 o'clock Inst night.
The robber felled the young wemnn
with a blew of his fist, and nfter seiz
ing her purse, containing $10. escnped
in the darkness before friends' of the
girl arrived in response te her cries for
help.
Miss Ames is a nlcht ouerater at the
Ambler exchange. She hnd just left the
-cert v nslilngten Hetel and wni stnnd
Ing near the bridge, waiting for a trol
ley car, when an unseen assailant
struck her en the side of the head with
his fist.
The girl was stunned by the blew,
which knocked her te the ground. As
she lay, semiconscious, the robber tore
n pursp from her grasp and escaped
through the darkness.
It wns several minutes before the
victim wns able te shout for help,
finest nt the hotel rushed out te her
nld. She was carried Inte the hotel,
where a phjsicinn dresed her injuries.
News of the assault caused a wave of
indignation In Fert Washington nnd
citizens joined the Ambler state police
in a search for the girl's assailant.
Indignation ran se high in the town
thnt n luiiHs-ineeting hn been called
for tonight, at which funds will he
raised te hire two special patrolmen for
duty in the town after dark
TRAPPED AT TRAP'S
iiarini: te leue with n liiimll,. ,.,,(,.!,,
' iug two suit, and an ewrcuat.
CAMDEN GIRL MISSING
Leaves Nete for Mether When She
Leses Employment
Leaving home because she had lest
her position and feared te tell her
mother, Mabel Ilariman, a Camden
girl, has been missing since December te.
Her mother, Mrs. II. Hiitlmau. ll'J.'i
Elm street, repotted und nsked the Cam
den police te aid iu a searih. Shi said
her daughter, who js seventeen jcars
old, returned home last Saturday, packed
some of her belongings in a suitcase
and left.
Later the mother found u note In
which the k'"I told of losing her em
ployment, nnv in which she stated: "I
am going te earn my own living.1
CHATS AT MARION
GIVE LITTLE HOPE
OF U. S. IN LEAGUE
, rujuuni;uii uuuuuia rvjjjjutii u
Fj a L 1 1 fcA I j n J n t a a vt
Be in Faver of Harding'3
Plan for World Court
REFERENDUM ON WARS
SUGGESTED AS "FEELER"
R CLINTON W. (J1LRERT
SUIT Cnrrrepnnilrnl Kirnlna: Public I.rd
fopvrteht, ISO, liy Public Ltilgrr Ce.
.Marlen. O., Dec. 15. President
elect Harding's statement te the press
that the conferences hi far held Bhewed
a common ground te be ensler te reach
than many had thought, Is taken as
confirming the Impression here that he
and ex-.Senntnr Reet hed found them
selves net far apart en international
policies.
The remark followed closely upon the
Reet conference, the met Important
conference up te the present, nnd one
which developed every outward Indica
tion of harmony.
Resides Mr. Reet the President-elect
las telked chiefly with Herbert Hoevei
und ex -Justice Hughes. These three
men have been regarded as among the
strongest supporters of the League of
Nations among the Republican lenders.
Just what they said te Mr. Hardlnfr
hns net been disclosed and the confer
ences urc held In such n way that little
confidential information leaks out. A
visitor is met at the station by Mr.
Hnrding's secretary, Ocnrgc Christian,
and taken at once te the senator's home,
where he remains closeted for a few
hours. When his train time arrives he
is conveyed te the station In nn auto
mobile, sometimes by Mr. Harding him
self. The press gets u formal view of
the visitor in the shack which serves as
newspaper headquarters, nud which is
In the rear of the Harding home.
World Court Plans Taking Shape
Tlie statements made te the press at
these interviews mny, of course, be
taken ns a fair indication of the views
of the conferees; nnd if they nre, these
three distinguished advisers who repre
sent the opposite pole of party opinion
from the "bitter-enders" hnve had little
te say for the Lengue of Nations.
Mr. Reet, speaking te the correspond
ents, said net a word for the league
and devoted oil his time te the discus
sion of a world court a project that
interested President Wilsen little at
Paris.
Mr. Hoever, who was once strongly
pre-lengue, indicated In his interview;
nere mat tne league weuiu nave te pi
greatly modified te be acceptable t
him. nnd Mr. Hushes sucecsted a nesl
tlen that would net be hard te jcceadU
with that of the "bitter-enders."
Tile, whole Republican luarty hu
evidently swung steadily further away
from the lengue. This process hlw
gene en rapidly since the election. TheJ
meeting of the assembly at Wcnevn h'
net hnd the effect which advocates of
the league hoped it would hnve of
strengthening faith in the present or
ganization. Harding Distrusts League
President-elect Hnrding's known dis
trust of the lengue has lw.d its influ
ence upon the men who come, most of
whom are first of all geed party men
desirous of finding thennelves ns much
in agreement with the party's natural
leader ns possible.
All of these influences hnve acted te
make tin agreement in the party upeu
an international association, which,
even though it mny preserve the pres
ent leagne in some of its features,
would bear little resemblance te it.
Frem Mr. Harding's statement it may
be assumed that the conferences are
working toward a world court and some
sort of a conference of nations
The suggestion put out yeste-dny by
Colonel ieerge Hnrvpy thnt nations
agree te submit declarations of war te
popular vole must net be taken ns an
iiltcrnatiw program. It became known
today that Colonel Hnrvey was net the
author of this suggestion, but was
merely chosen te sponsor It before the
public Tin' Idea in Issuing the Hnrvev
Cnnllnuisl nn I'aur Tnrnt)-iir, ( uliimn Nix
WILSON PICKS M0RGENTHAU
FOR ARMENIAN MEDIATOR
Fermer Ambassador te Turkey Re
ceives Final Instructions
Washington. Dec 15. - (t A. P )
Henry MerKcnthnu. of New Yerk,
former ambassador te Turkey . has been
selected lit President Wilsen te net ns
bis personal represenlntit e in mediating
between the Armenians and the Turk
ish Nationalists.
Mr. Mergenthnu conferred with act
ing Secretary Davis, nt the State De
partment, today, receiving final in
structions as te hiH mission The de.
pnrtment, lieweter. hits net yet heard
from the League of Nations in respense
te the President's recpiest for further
information as te procedure.
Mr. Mergenthau is expected te bs
gin his work as seen us the President
has heard further from the League, of
Nations, which invited him te name n
niedinter. In lib. work Mr. Mergentbau
will have the moral support net only
of the I'nlteil Stuffs, but also of the
principal Allies nnd associated powers.
CAN'T PAY INCOME TAX
New Yerk Man, Owing $700,000
Today, Says He Can't Raise Meney
New Yerk, Dec 15 Mere than n
score of Individuals whose 1011) In
comes called for federal tax payments
ranging from .$ 100,000 te $L K00.000
yesterday declared te William II Ed
wards, collector of internal revenue.
I their inability te meet the last quarterly
payment ei tne tax, uue Unlay in one
of these cases the quarterly payment Is
S700.000.
The score or mere of big taxpayers
referred te arc only n few of these who
have requested time extensions. It was
snlil at the collector's ellice. Mr Ed
wards' mall and telephones hat'e been
burdened with appeals from persons In
etcry line of business, who, the collector
salil. "seem te hate felt the pinch of
the business depression nud the tight
Hess of money .'
AHK YOU A jrilfiK or A riOAHf
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