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VOL. VII. NO. 82
AMES AND
SCHUGK
OLLOWED
MURDER
BY WILD ORGY HERE
Taxi Driver Tells of Monev
Spent in "Party" en Girls
During Debauch
PAUL'S SLAYERS HIRED CAR
BY DAY DURING "SPREE"
Facts in Paul Murder
ami Trial of James
Victim David S. Paul, used
('(linden bnnk lycsscngcr.
Defendant Frank .T. .Tnincs,
autetruck snlrsinntt, nf Ilrneklawn,
X. J.
Trial Judge .TuMicc Katzenhnrh,
of the Supreme Court, nnd Criminal
Court Judge TCntp.
riace of Trial Camden CoUl't CeUl't
llOllRe. The crime rani wns murdered
October ."i in James' automobile. In
which he was riding with James
and Raymond W. Schuck, who is
under Indictment alto. The motive
was robbery.
A chauffeur for n Philadelphia taxi-
l. cab company described today the wild
Pu'pnrty" en which Frank .1. .Tnincs went
IHvith Rnrniend W. Schuck after the
I murder of David S. Paul. He was n
I witness at .lames' trial for murder in
Camden.
I Among the wnjs Jnmes found for
fllnglng'mency, according te the chnuf
Pfeiir. was wivlnc S10 nnlein In tlin
chauffeur, for blowouts, tipping hiii
from $i" te .SI." n dny, paying n dally
bill of $."0 for tiixicuh hire, buying the
I chauffeur a fur-cellared overcoat, and
upending money in large Minis for silks
nnd finery for a party of women met In
Philadelphia.
Tames turned away as the chauffeur
told tbe story of the days of riotous
and drunken debauch, and his father
and sister, who were among the crowd
In the courtroom, sat with bowed heads.
Mrs. Maude James, the defendant's
wife, nnd her sixteon-yenr-eld son, who
were present the liivt two days of the
trial, sitting near the prisoner, were
' net nt ledaj 's session.
Crowd Again en Hand
The courtroom was crowded, u en
the earlier days of the trial, wlilnli
opened Wednesday. The spectators
were net allowed en the main fleer of
f the court, but crowded the gallery.
, Women, as en earlier day, were in the
t majority nmeng the spectators.
(jcerge Jnuss. n chauffeur for the
(Quaker City Tuilcnb Ce,, told the story
e! James' "spree" in Philadelphia. lie
testified he had been called te an ad
dicss en Poplar street above Fifteenth
the evening il October 7, and then'
met James and wns directed te take
the defendant and two jeung women te
a pnwnsiiep nt tenth and iiinmpsen
trcets.
(lifts for t'liauftciir
There one of the girls redeemed a fur
fcent. Twe traveling bags wcie also
bought at the pawnshop, the witness
until, nml nm nf the elrls an "zested that
James should buj an overcoat for the
chauffeur. He bought one with u fur
cellar
Thev then went te Seventh und Pop
lar streets, where .lames bought three
pnlrs of women's shoes, u pair for each
of the gills and an extra pair for an
other woman who was net present.
Jpmes also bought three pairs of silk
Mm kings. They then returned te the
Pcplar street house.
.inuss said he then wns sent te buy
$10 worth of tued. and he had dinner
tlw.rn .ill. lumps nlwl the OI1I11I WOIIII'II.
The) iient the ecnlng, he said, singing
nnd dancing, and .lames told liim it was
a "blrthdnv part" he was giving.
The chauffeur said his taxi bill was
$1S and James gae him S", telling
him te come back again next dn be
tween 11 Mild l'J o'clock.
"T returned te the limine as di
rected," said the chauffeur. "Jnmcb
wns there, and Schmk. tee. There were
nlse two jeung women there.
"I was told te take the women wher
rrm tlu.i ii'iiite.l in i-n. I ilrnnned one
11 oil ii the 11(10 block in nfleenth street
land tlie oilier at Fifteenth anil Ment-
' geim r aienue. .latin's then itiMruetisi
I me te take him and Schuck for a ride.
i took llieiu north en Ilreud sticct
te the Muulcwird. and then they wanted
te go te ome suburbnn place te eat.
I took them le Fertside Inn. We then
returned te the iii. where we met one
ief the jeung women we had left, and
MBines gut out of the car and talked te
ir I'he weiniin then cot in the ear
with Schuik and .lames nnd we went
downtown At Snnice street we stenned
8ml tlie gul get out and went te tele
phone When she returned te the ear
We went te Twelfth and Wolf stieets.
where they were met by another woman
"I'd a man We then went te the
f'entlniinl en I'ukii S.I, Column (Inn
DRIVPRLESSAR HITS BOY
Parked Automobile star-tn .ir nwnr
1 p5. t I -. .. . . ..
- injuring tinna uix years uia
A driverleHs automobile ran down and
"iik,,.'1"1"1 Hansen, six jears old, of
'.",- "rtl"'! street, near his home last
SJKlit. eung Hansen wns taken te the
t,. . 1Pnt"r' Hnspltiil. where he wnsj'
'.nii ier eere lacerations.
lie auto is owned b Ilnrrv Mr-
;flli. lie told the nellee he hml nnrl.-ml
(he
rar in front f ,s home. While
J Is' "", sal(1- l' ,ml the hey's
Mream and muni., i. t .i',.
- Hi' hid b.ng in ihest.eet.
I e net ,, iirit ,,, ,.,, ((1 llMp
: .,,., ,- , ,;1"'l"i: for ,11' "" '':.
liT.te 1 "1re '':'" "Is home. It
v.mUtu ime ft qi
Hntcrcc ns Second rinjn Mutter nl tht. Postemc, nt 1'hlMdctphla, I'a.
t'ndcr tin; Aft of Miircli .1. 1H7II
MKS. ('. T. (.HOT
.Mrs. (iretr, mIie lives at AM It
Ilrewn street, Is the llrst Philadel
phia woman .summoned for Jury
sen Ire. She has been railed In the
panel of January H for Common
Pleas Court Ne. S. She sas
women Jurers will be mere scure
nnd just than men
BEAT WOMAN CANDIDATE
FOR TOWNSHIP TREASURER
-
Commissioners Fall te Give Place te
Late Official's Widow
CoiiimisViencrs of I'pper Uarby town
ship eted almost unanimously ngalnst
giving a .?7(HM)-n-yeer job te a woman
Inst night.
Heward M. I.evc, township treas
urer for seven years, died early In De
cember. At Inst night's meeting a peti
tion with 1(!0 signers was presented te
the beard asking that Heward M. Ixive,
dr., his son, be appointed te fill the un
expired term.
Ilcfere a vote was taken the petition
was withdrawn and the request innde
that the strength nf represented in the
petition be thrown te Mrs. Heward M.
I.evc, the late incumbent's widow.
Supporters of Mrs. Leve urged Hint she
Bheuld nt least hnve the appointment
until the present term ends late in lUUl.
Commissioners of the township did
net exhibit any marked enthusiasm, anil
the inline nf Jehn J. Cnln, who has
been a commissioner for a number of
years, wns placed in nomination.
A secret bol'et showed eight votes for
Caiu nnd one for Mrs. Leve.
DRUG FIRMS FINED
Prominent Wholesalers and Retail
ers Guilty of Federal Violation
A number of drug firms were lined
bj Magistrate Iteateu nt P.lcvcnth and
Spring (iarden stieets station en n
charge of a violation of the pure feo'
and drug act. The warrants charging
the sale of gelatin containing sulphur
dioxide net stamped in accordance with
the law were sworn out by pure feed
agent llebcrt Simmers.
Valentiue II. Smith & Ce. were fined
ij(l.'l,r0 and ests; National Drug Stores,
01. AO, and Smith, Kline and French
?(i0 and eesls. The cases against a
number of ether concerns were ills
misled. Tlie defense in each case was
that the gelatin had been bought whole
sale in .New Yerk under n gum autre te
comply with fedeial regulations.
DRY AGENTSJN SCRANTON
Barrels of Beverages With Kick
Emptied Before Officers Arrived
Sctanten. Pa., Dec. I". Fighty
flvc government agents invaded Scraii Scraii
ten during the night and today are tak
ing samples of beer and hunting high
and low in all saloons for Honors with
mi ulcohellr content of mere than one
half of 1 per rent vniiety. The brew
eries nre being visited und samples of
the beer being taken.
Seme one is reported te hnve tipped
off the arrival of the revenue agents, nnd
it Is said there was u general empty
ing of barrels that contained hevernges
with n kick. l'i te early this afternoon
the agents had made no nrrests.
Mccormick visits Vienna
Illinois Senater Makes Unofficial
Call en President Halnlsch
Vicuna. Dee. ". (Ity A. P.)
Senater Mi dill McCormick, of Illinois,
who is making a (our of Kurepu, ar
rived here today and paid n lsit te
President Michael llnlnisch. The sen
ator said lie came in an unofficial
capacity te learn the extint of the
misery in cent ml Hurepe in order te be
able te co-operate with Herbert Hoemt
in relief measures.
It Is learned tin- Austrian (!ocrn (!ecrn
nieut will draw Senater MrCermirk's
attention te certain alleged nuemnlicM
and Injustices in the treaty of St. (!er
mnin In mi endeavor te obtain the back
ing of the Fnitcd States In u request
for beuudarj corrections and plebiscites
in certuin purely (jeriunn-Austrinn
dislilets given te Ceclin-Slevakia and
Juge-Slavia under tlie treat.
ECONOMIC SOCIETY TO MEET
Convention Will Discuss Problems
Confronting U. S. Business
Atlantic City. Dm- 17. (Ity A. P.)
-Pieblt'ins confronting American busi
ness men and interests at the present
time will be disi-iissnl at the coineutleii
of the American Fconeinie Association
whidi is te lie held here flem Decimber
27 te :je.
(.mentions te be i ensldered nre coal,
transportation, profits and taxation.
Today s Developments
in National Capital
A bill introduced hv Kcnieseiitntivc
Tieadway, of MnscaehusettK, provides
a tax of eue-i)uiirtcr of 1 per cent
en all bank deposits.
Itcprrseiitatlu's of several organi
zations of war veterans told the Sen
ate llunnce (eminiltee that former
i'ii e men piefer diieet i-iish paj
iicuts te ether forms nf relief
PfcsiiNmt Wilsen purchnHcd the
house of Henry P. Fairbanks for his
ishkuce after Mercb, i.
First Weman Jurer Here
Calls Sex Stern and Just
Mrs. C. T. Greiz, Handsome, Brown-Haired
Grandmother, Declares Feminine Judg
ment Net Affected by Pretty Face
Philadelphia's firRt woman juror Is n ,
grandmother though yeud never sus
pect It.
Mrs. C. T. Oretz, who received sum
mons yesterday te appear In Common
Pleas Court Ne. ", January .'J, for jury
duty, smilingly confessed that n certain
party nine months old In Chestnut 11111
Is privileged te call her "grandma" as
seen as he is able te.
The first thing you notice about Mrs.
(Jretji Is that there's net a gray line in
her soft brown hnlr. Her blue eyes
twinkle nnd she has a smile that might
win nny eleven obstinate jurors of the
opposite sex should they differ with her
en a verdict.
.Mrs. (rrniz sac in inn living room et
her home at All:', ltrewn street this
morning and made a swift surve of her
new duty.
... ,. ..
Women More hcerc
"I believe," she said, "that women
.-,. . .. .. .. . .i.
will no mere severe m tlielr
r judgments
thnn men. Fer Instance, I think a jury
of women would have tried bard te send
the kidnapper of the Ceughlln baby te
the electric chnlr. I believe, of course,
that women have deep feelings, but I
think it Is thesi! very deep feelings
that make their judgment mere severe."
The fact that Jehn Harris, counsel
for Frank Jnmes, confessed murderer
of Dnvld Paul, has nsked for women en
the jury te try James wns pointed out
te Mrs. (Jretz.
Hut she! did net believe women, even
mothers, would have a different ntti-
Treasurer of Wilmington Sav
ings Fund Arrested $100,
000 Bail Fixed
LOST MONEY IN STOCKS
Wilmington, Del.. lire. 17. (Hy A.
!') William Hush, secretniy and
treasurer of the Wilmington Savings
Fund Secietj, wns nnested this morn
ing en n wurrnnt charging him with
embezzlement of securities owned hv the
society valued at $200,000. At a hear
ing before a magistrate be was lield in
$100,000 ball.
The securities were hypothecated wl'h
a local broker te ceer margins en steelj
speculations. Officials of the xecielv
estimilte that about $120,000 of the
total has been absorbed by losses in tlie
stock market.
Hush, after his hearing tills morning.
In default of hail, was taken te New
castle county workhouse. He made a
statement te officers of the saving funds
society admitting his dcfnlentien and
giving the details of his stock market
operations, according te the nnlice. The
ntntement wns net made public.
i lie liusli tamil ha. long been prom
inent in Wilmington and the defaulter
is a grandson nf William Hush, years
age a leading morocco manufacturer of
this eit. His wife Is a daughter of
former I'liited Stntcs District Court
Judge Kdward CI. Ilradferd. They have
four child) en.
DIPLOMATS WON'T ATTEND
RECEPTION TO GREEK KING
Cabinet Will Net Invite French,
British and U. S. Envoys
Athens. Dee. 17. (Hy A. P.) The
return of Censtnntiiie, new en ills way
home from Venice te Athens en beard
a (Ircek wnrsliip, is eccup.iing the at
tention of the public te the exclusion
of virtually nil ether subjects. In mak
ing known some of the arrangements
for the ceremonies te arcempuny the
restoration of Constantine te the throne,
the cabinet yesterday stated it would
net Invite the diplomatic corps te at
tend, as it was known the Hrltlsh nnd
French ministers would net accept in in
vitutiens, and that Prof. Kdward Capps,
the American minister, would net nt
tind, as he had net yet been accredited
te tlie new king.
Itcperts from Thrace yesterday state
that (leneril .mbraknkis, in command
of the (ireek army there, had delivered
an insurgent speech in Adrinneple und
left with seventy officers, for Constan
tinople, Tlie official explanation of the Adri Adri
neople incident is Jhnt (lencrnl .ym
braknkls tried te start a revolution, 'but
failed berausc the soldiers refused te
support him nnd threatened him for his
attitude
HELD ON DOPE CHARGE
Detective Calls One Prisoner "King
of Drug Peddlers"
Kajmend (Sold, of North Kighth
street near Callewliill. and Frabiau
Hicli. of Ninth Kighth street near
(irren. were held in $li."i(IO bnll for tiial
at com I en chuigcs of peddling drugs,
(leld. cnlled by flinrle Lee, of tin1
vie" siliad "the Idug of the depn ped
dlers," and Kich were nrreftcd near
Sixth and Vine streets a few dajs age.
MOTORIST HITS MAN; FLEES
While crossing the street near Fifth
street nnd (iirurd nvciiiie Inst night,
Frederick (Jllnz. forty-eight jenrs old.
of 1'JU North Fifth street, was struck
I .... . i.l.ntinlillA nJf oiieahaI.. 1 t . .
ny uu iiiuiiiiiwuii.- pi-iuu'iy injurru.
.1 .!... l... !!.. li it. ' ..
where he is suffering from a cemi eui, ,'
flnenire of the rleht lee Tin. l ....
of" er machine Scaped "befe '"tie -
rival of police from the Fre and
Master streets station. mul
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Trappers Asked te Quit Werk
St. Mills, Dec. 17. (Hy A, P.)
Admonition te step trapping In m, ,.f.
fort te check the rapidly declining prices
nf law pelts was. sent te trappers
throughout the world today by the In-
tl national Fur Exchange.
I
ARK YOU A JiineunvA ciflARr
Rmnke Godfrey H. Mhn'i Key Weit HUNCn
OITALL Coreiui. IOCS .ier ii ; 15c ajv,
ill. wns LiiHcji i in.' mnisi'iTiL iinsiiimi t
ACCUSE BANKER OF iGlRL SURE FIANCE
QW WAGE WILL CM TO AID
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PHILADELPHIA, FIUDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920
tudc toward James than a jury eom eem eom
pesed wholly of men. There nre times.
Mrs. (Jretz snld. when women must
think about the ether man's mother.
Anether phase of the question nf
juries wns discussed. Marie Hegers.
the girl accused with two men of the
murder of Henry T. Peiree, snid slie
would never like a jury of women te try
her for a crime.
Kffect of Pretty Face
Mrs. (JreU agreed that no doubt men
would be mere lenient when the ele
ment nf n pretty face entered into the
question.
".Men leek nt n pretty face nnd then
say, 'Oh, well.' and give an env sen-
ieni;e. mie xiim. n-nrs also nine a
definite Intlilence en them. Put women
see beyond nnd through thai sort of
i thing, nnd they understand jiretty faces
land tears, and aren't bothered much
i,v lhrm, sj0 women judged by women. I
' am afraid, will be handed out strlet
,, ..i .t.i I., i ., .
iustlce
Mrs. OreU dNplayed the notice she
received from Sheriff Lnmberten and
laughingly pointed out that it said
"juryman" instead of "jury woman."
"I suppose if I bad young rhildren I
couldn't go," Mrs.' Gretz explained,
"but I hnve three grown dnuzhtcrs.
one of them innrricd, and I consider It
my dut te go."
Tne grnudsen is Jehn Frnneis Mc
Cleskey, son of Dr. and .Wis. Jehn Mc
Cleskey. of Chestnut I Sill. The two
daughters nt borne arc Carel! ic 1 ril
Marie.
Detained at Immigration Sta
tion, She Waits Patiently
for Bridegroom-te-Be
PROPOSALS UNWELCOME
.MISS ANNA K. IIKJHT
.Mis Anna K. Hight. twenty-two
jenrs old, u inir-haircii Weisn girl, is
waiting at the immigration station.
(ileucesti'V, for lier liiincc. He is C.
H. Majers, a baker, of Troup, Tex.
Miss lllght nrritrd en the Haverford
last week, and the undesircd publicity
that has been given her through her
detention line has brought six proposals
of marriage.
Speaking of her dilemma, which has
brought her te the crge of collapse.
Miss Hight said tenia :
"I've been awfully upset by the ar
ticles in tlie pupers. They sny I ar
rived here penniless; that is untrue.
My liniicu sent nle $,'100 for my pas
sage, and beside some of that which i
left I have mem1 of uiy own. I am
net waiting here for money, but because
jour authorities alwas take the.se pre
cautions with prospective brides when
they come here,
"My case, unfortunately, lias gotten
tee much publicity, and I'm almost
Dick ever It. The whole thlnp is reall
my fault. Yeu see, when the money
and letter renehed me ut my home it
was about tlitei- dajs before the sailing
of the llmertnrd. Mr. Majers wrote
me te book pasMige en the Haltic, which
left for New Yolk December s. I was
excited, of course, and ns I thought It
eer I decided tlie Haltic might net get
mi: here for Christians, und, with the
main idea of surprising him, I bnstih
made arrangements, and sailed en the
Haverford. November L'.'i.
"Your dlstanees mean nothing te me,
of course, mid Tieup, Tex., would eas
ily be a neighboring town te New Yerk,
no fnr ns 1 knew .
Net Hern In LIeiKnl
"The papers said I was born in l.h
erpoel, tee. Ne, indeed. I'm n Welsh
girl, and mv home Is in Degnnw, Cnr Cnr
nuveu, North Wales. 1 worked as n
tliep assistant in Liverpool, though, and
inn be some one get I lie idea from that."
liree niiy Ambuluiiic
When nsked hew she had met Mnjeis,
she replied :
"During tne war i drove a Hrlthdi
. . ... ...
!"'".?' ,,i,!ml1.",iUcr"l,VIr' M"Jels ",,H
i'1 I " I ultcd .States trnnspeit serv ee.
' i" ' w'lc wounded M.
Mfl, ,0 'J'T ' " ,,sl wl !l,y he.le "
number of times en furloughs, and my
parents and sisters liked him very much.
ll1 '"'' 1,lf-v ,l J'ct' ' haven't written
of mJ experience, nnd they think I nin
in Texns. I guess. I'll write them ubeut
It when it's nil ever. I rnn't believe
he has spurned me, but if it should turn
"lit that wn I'm sure I will never go
luili te in) Utile hone town. I'll tr te
get bend mid stay here ami weik "
As the subject of the proposals was
breached Mlhs lllght's pretty blue eyes
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Centlaatd en Pare 23, Cojeimi ier
X
ggk v $ jus d&tadSB
I.
20 FAMILIES FLEE
Neighbors of Poley Plant, North
Marshall Street, Routed.
Damage $90,000
HALT SPREAD OF FLAMES
TO ADJOINING BUILDINGS
Ten firemen were injured, n score of
families were driven from their homes
nnd $00,000 damage was caused by
fire whieh nt midnight swept the four
story brick barrel factory of Feley
Hros.. 7K1-71K North Marshall street.
The Injured firemen were cut or
bruised by sections of a falling reef,
rhey were treated nt the scene hy am
bulance surgeons of the Hahnemann.
Itoesevelt, Jeffersen and St, Jeseph's
Hospitals and returned te the fight.
Intense heat from the bnrrel-fcd
flames drove the firemen back and broke
windows In houses en the oppesito side
of the street.
A wntehman discovered the blaze at
the rear of the second fleer of the fac
tory nnd wnrrheuse at 11:5." o'clock.
Hy the time firemen arrived the flames
hnd gained great headway and were
sweeping up through' the third fleer.
All four floors were packed with
bnrrels nnd lumber. The first firemen
te nrrlve saw the flnmes were beyond
their control nnd gnve two mere alnrins,
bringing twelve engine lempnnies.
Hnrrels piled high en the first fleer
hindered the firemen In reaching the in
terior of the burning structure. There
were four five-ten trucks en the first
Meer. Firemen were able te save one of
these.
Flames Leap Street
Flames quickly swept through the
three upper Hours of the factory burst
ing from the windows in long tongues
which leaped across Marshall street
and threatened surrounding buildings
and homes.
Adjoining the burning buildings en
the south three families were asleep in
an "nrtment neuse.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Michael Siwaik and
their two children were sleeping en tlie
third lloer of the apartment house, and
en the second lloer were Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Cnetzaphie nnd their year-old
daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Lekisky and their three children.
Firemen awakened the endangered
families and enrried theuj te the .."ret
in their .night clothes. They were
cared for hv neighbors.
As the Haines gnincd headway nnd
burst through the reef, they ignited the
reef of the btiildiiiir of the Iljdre Sub
mersible Corporation, 720-722 North
Marshall street.
Fifty automobiles en tin1 first fleer
of tliis building were driven te safety.
The top lloer wns damaged te the ex
tent of S 100.
I'lremcn Near Death
A seore of firemen bad u nairew
escape from death or injury when the
reef and upper stories of the warehouse
collapsed. The flienien had removed a
number of barrels from the first fleer
better te tight the flames, when the top
lloer gnve way.
The boom of the collapsing fleer
warned the fireme'i and tin1 fled te the
street just as the hundreds of burning
barrels fell te the third tloer and car
ried it and the second lloer down.
When the lire was at its height smoke
I filled Marshall street from Fairmeiint
I avenue te Ilrewn street. Man families
h ft their homes, taking their valuables
with them. Twe women near tlieiblaw1
remained in their homes and uade
coffee for the firemen.
Patrolmen were d tailed te the fire
from nine distriets.
Mrs. Themas IlershNer, of 71(1 North
Marshall street, wns driven from her
home b the fire. She carried her pet
deg ami cut in her arms, but abandoned
her money nnd jewelr.
The cause of the tire is net known.
CLERGYMAN-GOVERNOR
WARNS EDITOR HE'LL SHOOT
Attacks Must Cease, Says Flerida
Executive, or He'll Use Shotgun
Tallahassee. Kla.. Dee 17 -i P. A.
P. I In an open letter gnen out today
the Itev. Sidne ,1. Citts, governor of
Flerida, threatened te go te West Palm
Ilench, Flit., with a "denhle-bnrreled
shotgun leaded with buckshot" and
lui'.e a "final settlement" with Jee L.
Km man, president of the Stall Heard
of Health and publisher of the Palm
Heach Pest.
The chief executive wrote he wns
tired of L'armnn's "tyrami, arrogance
ami big stick bossing" nnd that this
is the last warning."
The letter followed publication in
Knrnuin's paper of mi aitide attacking
the goMTiier in connection with rein
statement of Kdgar ThempMm as suite's
ntenipy nt West Palm Ilench.
"I am net going te let ,ou rule and
boss me ut our whim and pleasure,"
the governor's letter said. "I am n
nmn nnd stmicl u n man's place, and I
de net run nway from nil West nm
Henchers when they hang me in elhgy
us eii did when they bunged ,en.
"If ou publish one mere ' mien m
jour paper like this last one or bother
me or m business or my children ,mv
mere I will go te West' Pnbii Huiih",
nn., iin inj iiouuie-earreled shot
..in, iu,,T-ti ..nu initikMiei ami na.e n,
tinal settlement with ,n ' i
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WILSON PURCHASES HOME !
Buys H. F. Fairbanks' Heuse at
Capital for $150,000
Washington, Dec. 17. (H i. , ,
'Uie purchase for President Wilsen of
the former home here of Henry P, Fill -banks,
L'lllO S street. X. W., wns an
nounced b It W. Ilelling, the Presi
dent's brother in law. The house will
be the permniient residence of the Pres;
dent after his retirement from ellice
March 1. Mr. Hulling said the prop
erty would pass into possession of Its
new owner February 1! or before.
The price paid was net made public,
but It is reported te have been in the
neighborhood of SlfiO.OOO. The hejise
was built ubeut four jpars age and Is
of Colonial brick and limestone. It is
surrounded b grounds that take up
iiearl half a squaie and is raised well
abevu the sticct level.
When you ihtnU of irrltlnr.
tiljik et WmTIKCI. adv.
FIREMEN
HUR
COOPERAGE BLAZE
I'ubll-ihcr. Dally nxrrnt Sumlny.
('iipyrmni
lltliO. by
SURELY, YOU'RE
Almest makes you forget your Christmas shopping, doesn't it?
BUT
It ought te make you shop mere nnd forget the limits of your
pocketbook
BECAUSE
If you win nnd everybody has n chance the limits of your pocketbook
. will be raised by
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
SEE THE LIMPING LIMERICK ON PAGE 2
Girls' Dresses Puzzle
Limericker in Bristel
He Wants te Knew About Today's Styles, and
the Fan Who Tells Him Best Will Get
That HUNDRED DOLLARS
Many answers both te the first and
second limericks arrived the morning
after the close of the contest nnd were
necessarily excluded. Contestants mast
ob.scne the time limit stated In Kule 2.
Why is it flint all you limerick fans
like te take a "slam" at the girls? We
notice it in one out of ever five last
lines that are sent in. If there's the
slightest chance te drag the dear crea
tures in, the limerick fan does it.
Funny part of it is, most of the
knockers nre the girls themselves.
And here. In today's limerick, a fel
low up in Hrlstel stnrts it again nnd
fairly invites you te step forward and
say your worst.
We want it distinctlj understood tbnt
we aren't taking sides in this ques
tion. Speaking "pus'nai," we're pretty
strong for the girls ourselves nnd we
wouldn't for the world sry anything
against them if we thought it would
get back te them.
Hut, judging from the nnswers that
nre being sent in te pnst limericks,
there seems te be n general impression
somehow that girls' skirts nre tee short
and their cellars (what d'ya meua, col cel
lars?) nre net high enough nnd that
they use artificial means te attain that
wonderful color en their checks und thnt
alluring redness en their lipa und the
charming shades of their hair and eh,
and everything.
We sny that seems te be the general
Impression. AVc hed n't noticed it our
BANDITS LOOT SAFE
Crime Wave Extends te Police
Headquarters en 125th
Street
THREE STARTLING MURDERS
ISy the Avseclated Press
New Yerk, Uee. 17. Criminals -tended
their operations te the municipal
limits Inst night when they blew e en
an old fashioned sate in the" West U.'tli
st net iiiurt nnd looted it of S-IMIO.
This tigurntive snupping of lawless
t'ngi'i.s under the ery nose of tlie mu
nicipal authorities came as a sequel te
a twent) -four-hour period distinguished
by no less than three brutal murders--one
including n .'5100,0(10 jewelry trre
robbery the slaying of a police li.-u -tenant
and a series of crimes of lesser
magnitude, the combination of which
brought forth an appeal te Governer
Smith te take action te curb the "crime
wre."
The murder of Kdwurd W. Andrews,
a wholesale jaweler in the heart of the
1'itlli avenue tdieppinir district, was
spictnculnr. Three bandits shot nnihj
lubbeil him te death, gagged and hound
.1 I... .. J !.. .. ..I!,..
Ibey weTellecting the.; loeT.ind. hen
snui.lereil leisurely out into tin milling
ciewds en the avenue.
Tin ee arrests were made this morning
in lennei tien with the slaying of Po
lice Lieutenant llorteu. These being
held an- Riiimn Ilroeks. Jeseph Cnv.l-
naugli nnd Michael Leres-ch, brother of
.lescpli Leresch, whose body wns found
in Miclincl's home carl today. Tne
HroeLs woman had been shot in the
elbow, supposedly while Lieutenant
llorteu was exchanging shots with the
eicupants of the fleeing uutoinehlle. etic
of whom wns a woman. Loreseh is be
lieved te have been struck down ut the
same lime.
Aid it. solving I In i ne wns eilVred
the elice by n chauffeur who I his
morning declared be was the driver of
tin gangsters' machine.
Michael Lerewli denied h had been
with his brother during tlie night, as
serting he had been nt work. The llrst
li.timiitien he hnd that something as
ninlss, be declared, wrs when he iv
turnid te his Ilroeklyn home earl 'his
meiuing und teunil the Hilly ilrc-v'd
I bedv of Jeseph stretched en the lloer of
la bidroem.
PHILA. MAN IS KILLED
IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT
A A a VA , M
Edmund Berger and Anether Man
Reported Dead Near Frederick, Md.
F.ilmund Herger. (Kill Xerth Seven
teenth street, nnd another innn, a
negre, were killed in an automobile
accident near Frederick, Md., today,
according te a telephone messnge re
celvisl b Captain of Detectives Houder
at City Hall.
Cards bearing Herger's nnme and ad
dress were found in his pockets. A
certificate for 7000 Germnii marks was
also found In a coat pocket,
Mrs. Herger, at the Xerth Seven
teenth street address, mid she was con
vinced the dend innn Is her husband.
She snld he had carried the certificate
for the marks when he left this citv.
Mrs. Herger weut te Frederick th'is
nfternoeiU
According te the police authorities in
FrederlcK
ik. the nutoiiieblle currying thpl
n skidded en -n snow -covered
id, overturned. The ueBre hast
two me
reAil nnd
net been, idcntllledi
N NEW YORK COURT
flulnrrlptlen Prlr 1U n Ycnr by Mall.
1'ulillr I-'dRKf Company.
LIMERICKING
selves. Net us. We wouldn't ay it in
print if we had. .....
Hut this chap in Hrlstel started te
nay something about them and we arc
curious te knew whnt it was. he we
print it for the fans te decide.
Why They Are Called Umcrlchs
In every book of limerick that you
see you w'ill find n preface suvlng thnt
nobody knows bow the term "limerick"
really originated as applied te this par
ticular form of verse. Nobody seems te
be quite sure.
Hut the start of this contest in the
Evenike I'riiMC LinxiEK lias brecglit
from a reader a letter which explains it
in a most interesting way :
Kditer Limerick Contest,
Evening Ledger :
Why is a limerick? Every one ugrees
thut it's a rutchy name but wherefore
ami whence?
Here's the answer: Seme thirty years
nge the convivial members of a small
club In Hartferd. Conn., were nccm nccm
temed te gather of nn evening before nu
open fire for n "sing," One of the
favorite songs wns nn Irish ditty, the
refrain of which ran thus :
"Won't you come, come up.
All the way up, from Limerick?
Won't you conic up. come sill the way
up,
Come nil the wny up from Limerick?"
It wns seen discovered that verses of
Continued en I'iibe Tnu, Column Onr
TAX ON DEPOSITS
Heuse Gets Bill Providing for
Levy of One-fourth of
One Per Cent
BILLION IN REVENUE SEEN
Uu a ptnjy Cor rrspeml',tit
Washington. Pec. 17. All bank de
posits subject te check or withdrawal
by ether method, with the exception
of deposits in mutual savings Institu
tions, would be taxed one-fourth of 1
per cent at the time of deposit under
the previsions of a bill introduced in
the Heuse today by Representative
Allen T. Treadway, Republican of
Massachusetts. The bill is the first
measure te be introduced in Congress
providing for a direct capital tax as dis
tinguished from a tax en income.
All ether revenue measures new in
effect or pending before CengresV accept
the income of tlie individual or ior ier ior
peration ns the basis of taxation, (ier
mnny, among the Kurnpean nations.
"'" "'i,nl ""
revenue measure.
Draft of Hill
Following is a draft of the Treiulway
bill:
"There shall be lcied, assessed, cel
lected and paid uient.lly te the collec
tor of internal recline in the district
where located, by every national bank,
trust company, private banker, broker,
Institution, firm or corporation receh -ing
money en deposit, subject te with
drawal by check, cas or ether method,
except mutual savings banks, co-operative
building and lean associations and
s:jenr associations, which nre organ
Vccu und operated exclusive) for tlie
benefit of their members, a tax of one ene
quurtrr of one per centum upon nil
moneys deposited b depositors te their
credit In the a bine named institutions
This tn shall be charged by the insti insti
ttitieu rreching the Mime te the de
positor ami proper record thereof shall
be made en the books of the bank and
voucher given tu the depositor at tlie
.time the deposit is made.''
Iteprescntnti.e Trcudwa. who is a
member of the wiis and menus com
mittee, characterized the plan us a
turnover tux en deposits.
"Nothing could be simpler or mere
eas,I administered, while at the same
time bens grentl productive of rev
wiue," he declared.
Large Kevenue Sen,
nfV.TnJ?LrT"..0:.,!'?.'l'ir'll..r
J ",:"":'. ""' " mni tlie amount
transactions for the icon miii cjb.i
804,020.000. J r " Ul W-
'.l tax of 01'-liin"-ter of I per cent
of this amount would have brought it
Jhe'vUar 1 in1,T()0'",,,2'a,' ""MUZ
the jrnr 11111) showed mere than nor
mal transact ens in vn '.."..
business which would he nt lenst ?Ven
00,000,000. This would produce at one
quarter of 1 per cent rcven.. ni
per cent rcyenue of
N BANK PROPOSED
r,i u, , cieiirmg neuses of the
I tilted States for the imp mm .
K1ST.0I11.II41 1.000.' Assu'i, g "& w
per cent of the transactions of th' coun
try did net go through clearing houses
-I ! I'sfli.wiJU. Illll k-lllr .
51,000,000,000'
PRICE TWO CENTS'
lUIIPUfQ AMn DflflT
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CHIEF RIVALS FOU
HEAD OFCABINET
Harding Favers Ex-Justice, but
Is Dubious About Knowledge
of Foreign Affairs
I
ROOT'S STAR BRIGHTENED
BY MARION CONFERENCES
Hy CLINTON W. GIMIKRT
StnlT ( nrrmiKinilrnt Kvpnlne I'lilille JittM
CopirleM, I0S0, Iij Public J.cduer Ce.
Marien, (),, Dee. 17. Ex -Senater
Heet's prospects of being appointed sec
retary of Htnte have brightened since
his visit here en Monday. The confer
ence removed from the Prcsldciit-clcct'n
mind several misapprehensions he hnd
regarding Itoet and revealed the sub
stmitlnl agreement between the two
with regnrd te the League of XntienB.
Hie result Is that here in Mnrien Reet
is new regnrded ns a distinct possibility
for the chief pest in the new cabinet.
Mr. Hnrding'H mind is net yet made
up. According te the best information,
the choice for secretary of state lies
between ex -Justice Hughes nnd ex ex
Senater Reet with the chances appar
ently favftring the former. Senater
Knox has apparently been eliminated
and Dr. David .1. Hill is only a remote
possibility.
The selection of Reet is being strong
ly urged upon Harding en tlie ground
that no ether appointment would re
ceive -kicIi general public approval as
would his and en the ground thnt Reet
has the special knowledge which it will
be highly important te have in the
State Department, nt the outset by rea
son of the immediate importance of for
eign relations under the new adminis
tratien.
It is being said that If Harding ap
points Hughes he will start with n sec
retary of stnte who hns no familiarity
with foreign affairs. As Harding him
self does net pretend te an acquaintance
with matters of international policy, his
administration would be weak during
the first few months until Hughes could
gain command of his field.
Public Demand for Reet
Fer Reet it is urged that mere public
demand has been manifested for his ap
pointment than for the uppelntment of
any ether man te any pest nnd the
President -elect is considering carefully
what will be the public attitude toward
liis choice of cabinet officers. He Is
extremely nnxieus te start off with se
lections that the country will upprove.
He asks his visitors net only what is
their personal attitude toward the men
lie has in mind, but hew they think the
public would receive them nnd he has
agents reporting te him the public
opinion with regard te the cabinet.
Anether argument for Reet is his ex
traordinary qualifications for whnt will
be the first difficult task of the Harding
admlnlstrntleu. Mr. Reet knows this
task as no ether Republican certainly,
and probably no ether Aincrlcnn, knows
it ; be has an adroit mind unusually
adapted te diplomacy nnd he bus legal
skill which will be useful forming the
uew association of nations.
Against Reet is Harding's known dis
inclination te appoint him, springing
probably out of some misunderstandings
during the campaign nnd festered by tbe
inergetic nuti-Roet campaign. This
disinclination wns se strong thut Hard
ing said while in Washington recently
that he did net intend te appoint Reet
te the cabinet.
Much in Faver of Hughes
In favor of Hughes count his youth,
his energy nnd industry his great
ability nnd the public approval which
would undoubtedly fellow his appoint
ment. Moreover, Hughes' appointment
would net nreuse the opposition in his
party that Reet's would. That Is an
Important consideration with tlie Presi
dent -elect. Mr. Harding further per
sonally inclines toward the ex -justice
and weu'd like te have him in his cabi
net. The only factor operating aguinst
Hughes is ills lack of familiarity with
foreign affairs.
The cheii e of the cabinet is full of
centlicts like this between Harding's
personal inclination, tlie pressure et
public opinion and the claims of per
sonal friendship. The President-elect
is having a hard time t lilting himself,
the pub'ic and his frieuds. The attor
ney generalship is u point nt issue.
There is little doubt that all the un
certainty whether or net Harry M
Dougherty is te be in the i nbiin f arises
from a conflict of this sort.
Mr. Harding evidently wants te ap
point former Senater Geerge Suther
land ns attorney general. He knows
that this would be a highly successful
appointment, that it would be ap
plauded by the bur and approved by the
press of the country, but there ii
Daughert. Harding ewes everything
political! te Daugherty. In addition,
if Harding has a real friend nutsidu of
his old Mnrien neighbors, it Is Daugh
erty, nnd there is net nny doubt that
Dnugherty wnnts te be attorney gen
eral, but Dniigherty's appointment ni
attorney general would net be publicly
approved as Sutherland's would.
Harding Will Meet Dnugherty
Taking it from another aspect,
Daugherty ought te be in the Harding
cabinet. Harding will need him nt his
elbow, having greater confidence in him
than in any ether man. Daugherty has.
moreover, u leng-stumliiig habit of
tnlkiug frunkly, extremely frankly, te
Harding. Kvcry President ought te
hnve about a innn who will tell him the
downright tnith, forgetting sometimes
thut be is President
Hew will this conflict, like the con
diet between inclination and responsi
bility ever the secretaryship of state,
be worked out? There nre theso who
leek nt the long personal relations bo be bo
tween Harding nnd Daughert). the po
litical debt which exists between the
two and who say confident! "Daugh
erty can hae unything he wnnts; he
will be attorney general. " If thut U
se, Daughert) does net knew t nnd It
is uew six weeks since election day.
Sneak Thief Robs Weman
Miss Ltsmii Rlttctiheuse, of 01BT
Torresdule avenue, wuh robbed of S20
by a thief who opened her handlmc as
she was standing In front of n moving
picture theatre where she Is tinpleyed.
David Lee wan arrested several hours
later by Detectives Heea and Feumirt.
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