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VOL. VII. NO. 83
Entered as Decond-CUan Matter at the Pnatomoe, t Philadelphia, P.
Under the Act 6f March n. 1870
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920
Published Dally Kxrrpt Kundoy. Pubnerlptlon Prlre fl a Tear by Mall.
t'opynirm.
1020. hy Public Iedrer Company,
PRICE TWO CENTS
PAUL MS LURED
TO HIS DEATH IN
KIT PLOT
James Collapses as Jury Gets
His Confession of Crimo
Roploto With Details
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF,
BUT FAILED, HE DECLARES
Aged Bank Runner Beaten as
He Offered to Protect Assail
ants Tolls of Hiding Body
GREED FOR GOLD IS EXCUSE
Insists Sohuck Shared in Plan
and Took Active Part in
Actual-Slaying
Facts in Paul Murder
and Trial of James
Victim David S. Paul, Camden
bank messenger.
Defendant Frank JT. Jnraes,
autotruck ealesmap, of Lawndnle,
H. J.
fMa! Judge Justice Katzcnbach,
of the Supreme Court, and Criminal
Court Judge Katea.
Place of trial Camden Court
house. The crime Paul was murdered
October B In James' automobile, in
which ho was riding with James
and Raymond W. Bchuck, who Is
under Indictment also. The motive
was robbery.
IeJr Thoto Service
MRS. MAUDE JAMES
Wife of confessed slayer of David
S. Paul. Bho ha remained
staunchly with her husband during
his trial in Camden
(The complete text of Frank J.
Jaraaa' confession of the murder of
David 8. Paul appear on page 4.)
"I hit Paul. Then Bchuck got hold
of him and threw him in back with mo.
Then Paul reached for his gun, and I
nit him with the iron."
Tmi graphically did Frank J. Jaines,
on trial In Camden Criminal Court,
eonfew the murder of David B. Paul,
the Camden bank mesaenger, who was
slain October 0 when he was carrying
$40,000 In cash to a Philadelphia bank.
The confession wba In James' words,
but not uttered In court by the con
fessed murderer's lips. It waa read
by the court stenographer, who hod
tnken the confession down in the Mt.
Holly jail, and James collapsed when
be heard It.
Tried to Kill Himself
.Tames' confession, put In evidence
(it the trial today, Included the star
tling statement that Ije had tried to
mnmlt suicide when he and Raymond
W 8chuck, Indicted with him for the
murder, were taking the body of the
uiirdered man to the lonely spot in the
iincs where It was hidden.
In the confession, also, James de
clared that the murder of Paul was the
iveult of a plot to rob the bank mes
senger, in which Bchuck had joined.
Sohuck will be tried later.
.Tames asserted that at first he hml
K'pented his act, and tried to have the
ictlm tnken to the Coopur Hospital.
He beat the man again, however, when
I'nul tried to draw a gun.
"I told Bchuck to drive to the Cooper
Hospital, and he never answered me,"
"id James In his confession.
"I sold to Paul : 'I am sorry for what
I have done,' and I said to Schuck,
"rive him to the hospttal. Hurry up,
he is bleeding.'
"Paul aaya to me: 'How are we go
ng to fix this up?' Hs saya: 'Tell them
at the bank that some one held me up
at th Market street ferry and you
picked me up.'
"Then he made another effort to get
' gun, and I hit him again."
This occurred, according to James,
'omewhere along Cooper street."
Tell of Paul's Death
m?." tf"edy waa completed, accord
nf?..H.tbe enfesion made by James,
atr the automobile In which the un
.onacloua man lay had left Forrest Hill
rk, on the outaklrta of Camden,
"topped W Fo"est HUI Pork we
n.L was '" exhausted from fright and
r7.T,ne,f"' nnd t0,d Bchuck. and he
i th',,TOn nd hit Paul twico."
PmL . p,.lnt ln t"8 confession,
prosecutor Wolverton naked: "Had
"i ?m ""? nment at that time?"
" ui i . ik.he d,ld "P'' PuI answered,
oal i f h'.,ke the money and let me
oa. In a faint voice."
Wi??B onAe ,onely Mnrlton pike,
inV3JLtTW'rd.the Jcrsey PncH' necrd:
mrerJani.r? confession, that he wns
SaSV ?,0 remorea and terror and
"it himself. 'd "0t UT t0 Bh00t Paul'
Denies Shooting Paul
aid".' j t.uthaf Ume was dt;aili J"me!
hi. '.d &" hojw intended to end
LhVn I"8, IIis UBnd trembled so
nthtis8neHh!:W'ntk,M,n0teVenBra,!-
The atory of the Paul murder, told
rvlfri 1,,s terrible details, seemed to
Zi ,D ,the heBrt nd brain of the
OMAHA DANCER AND FRIEND
DEAD IN LONDON TRAGEDY
Former Amorlcan Airman and
Woman In Fatal Strugale
London, Dec. 18. (Ry A. P.) A
sensational shooting tragedy In a resi
dential flat In St. James street, PIcca-
iiuy, was disclosed today when a
dancer, Miss Sophia Erica Taylor, aged
twenty-nine, nnd George Augustus
Kelly, aged thirty, of Omaha, Neb.,
were found shot. Kelly was dead nnd
Miss Taylor died shortly afterward.
Kelly served with the American air
force during the war and lately had
been connected with a prominent' Amer
ican advertising agency. Miss Taylor'h
maid Is quoted by nn evening paper to
day as saying that the tragedy occur
rcr last evening. Bhe. said Kelly had
been keeping company with Miss Tny
lor, but recently the latter had been re
ceiving the attentions of an army cap
tain. The maid declnred Kelly followed
Miss Taylor into the flat from the
street and shortly afterward the maid
heard sounds of a struggle. She Inter
vened, but a shot was fired over her
shoulder and Miss Taylor dropped to the
floor. Thero was another shot and
K'-lly fell dead, the maid asserted.
Kelly is said to have been the son of
one of the leading dry goods dealers of
Omaha.
By Thin Time It's a Cinch Thai
YOU'RE A LIMERICKER
You've struggled with tho leopard whom wo npottcd nt the Zoo, and
you read about tho fellow with the daughter
And tho carbarn and the sailor and the Bristol fellow who declares
the girls aren't dressing 83 they "aughter";
Today we print another one a limerick Incomplete and the last
line that it lacks,
IT'S UP TO YOU
You can turn "and twist the thought until it's nifty, nice and-v
neat, and
Win That HUNDRED DOLLARS
SEE PAGE TWO.
Some Xmas Stocking Gets
Extra Hundred Dollars
Two Limerick Winners Will Be Announced
at Once Next Friday Just to Make
Christmas Happier
FAYETTE COUNIY'S
ARSON GANG SCARE
PROVES MYTHICAL
Husband Wof Embezzler, '
Mrs. Bush Says of Banker
Declares Wilmington Defaulter Meant No
Wrong in Taking $200,000 to Use in Stock
Market Deals Children Miss "Daddy"
One Wandor-Wit Firebug, Frank
Kuma, Held Responsible
for Fires
WILD TALES FRIGHTENED
. A WHOLE COUNTRYSIDE
Today's limping' limerick Is going to
be nn extra Christmas present for some
body. Under the regulnr rules, which you
will find with the limerick Itself on
page 2, the winners are announced ex
actly one week from thg day the lim
erick Is published.
But, ns next Saturday will be the
Joyous Christmas Day nnd there will be
no Evenino IiEOOKR published, we art
going to make Friday n special day for
the fans and announce the winners of
both yesterday's und today's contests.
Bo. somebody who didn't expect it
will have his Christmas storking fat
tened by a neat little package contain
ing ONE mjNDRRD DOM,AR8.
That "West Philadelphia rhnp and
the fair 'Lillian, whos difference of
opinion Is related In the Incomplete
limerick today, will be the ones who
will furnish this extra holiday gift to
the fans.
"With us, of course, the absorbing
art of osculation Is absolutely obso
lete, yet we confess to a more or less
neademtc Interent In the problem that
confronts Rill Wilson.
We're, curious to learn what I.ll se,
to Hill and whnt Hill scz to Lit.
When he pressed his suit, did he
press to suit her? She repressed a
suitor but did the suitor press her or
didn't impress her or oh', well, you
sec our problem.
You fans can answer It, we feel sure.
Rut, listen, folks; for the sccoud time
and for your own sakes
Wntrii the time limit on answers
set forth -In -Rule 2, . Again .a .great
many answers hnvo come In too late
to he admitted to tho contest. Its
of them wero good ones too, but by
the time they arricd wo had already
plchrd the prize winner and were at
work on tho next one.
Conttnnrd on PnBr To, Column Threw
AHACK ON COUNCILICOURT IN CHICAGO
AROUSES BALFOUR! PRAISEO BY ROPER
BEAT "OLD OAKEN BUCKET"
Thi One Waa Filled With Tar and
Excitement for Shoppers
A bucket of boiling tar was over
turned by a workman on a building
operation ac mitin ana walnut streets,
at 0 :8!j today.
There was no Are, but
Somo one esw smoke and turned ln
an alarm from Ror 152 nt Ninth and
Oiiestnut st.-eets.
In flv minutes a collection of engine
and hose companies, trucks and ladder
outfits were scattered around the dis
trict near tho Federnl Building.
Borne thousands of shoppers hnd tem
porarily forgotten Christmas buying and
crowded toward Ninth, Chestnut and
Walnut streets.
And traffic was thoroughly tied up
on Chestnut street for fifteen minutes.
Then the firemen went home and the
crowd dispersed. The workman ob
tained n fresh bucket of tar and went
back to work.
uric i r "" u" urnni oi me
not T?" V'C U7S " nWful that Ile co'd
2rM ir.t0 lo.ok on them. Ho was pale
tn. J,Utrai,,ht. when "ilng of
tiM. .uf.T'?" bBnn- snd nU nervous,
rnt. . ' ,ncreal a the monotonous
I,!", i"" "tenogrnphec reading sen-
i, I nt II KtT V" tPrr0r nddld "''
0"'JII Of blood anil hnrro- In ,.,!,. .
MAYOR AT DETENTION HOUSE
Moore Seeks Information for Deal
ing With Court Budget
Mayor Moore this morning made a
tonr of inspection of the nouse of De
tention with a view of gaining informa
tion on the various departments of the
Municipal Court In order to render the
moit competent judgment possible on
items in the budget dealing with that
branch of the city government. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Louts Jurist,
member of the board of managers of the
House of Detention.
Yesterday the Mayor held conferences
with a number of men nnd women In
terested or engaiced in juvenile or social
service work, amoi." whom wu's Mrs.
Wilfred K. Schoff, ft the Juvenile As-soclatlon.
20 STUDENTS OFFER BLOOD
One Jefferson Man Chosen to Save
Physician's Wife
Twenty students of Jefferson Medl
col College volunteered when Dr. Han
dle Rosenberger, of the college, said the
life of the wife of one of the hospital
physicians might bo saved by blood
transfusion.
Jacob Rltner, a first-year student, of
Hnstings, Neb., was selected. He is
now undergoing tho immunizing tests
and next Wednesday tho operation will
bfvpcrformed.
The name of tho woman has not been
revealed. Bhe is greatly weakened from
septicemia following an attack of ery
sipelas. "If she does not die within the next
five dnys, she may be given the crentest
gift of gifts life for Christmns
through the willingness, not only of
miner mil any one oi twenty splendid
young men," said Dr. Rosenberger.
CRUSHEDBETWEEN CARS
Man la Fatally Injured at Frank
ford and Lehigh Avenues
Alfred Rurgols, forty-one yeors old,
MOO Frnnkford avenue, was fntnllv
crushed, between two trolley oars at
Frankford and Lehigh avenues nt 7
o'clock this morning.
The mnn was taken to the Episcopal
Hospital, where he died nn hour after
admission.
BANDITS STOP TROLLEY CAR
of
British Statesman Resents Crit
icism of Secrecy on Man
dates Question
COERCION CHARGE MADE
Ry Uie Associated PreM
firm era, Dec. 1R. Charge by A. J.
Ralfour, Rritlsh member of the council
of the Lenguo of Nations, that attempts
were being made In assembly circles to
coerce the council on the question of
mandates, featured a spirited debate
In the assembly of the league here this
forenoon.
The assembly eventually adopted the
report of Its mandate committee, which
declared the council had adopted such
a policy regarding mandates that there
was no opportunity to discuss them
publicly before they went Into force.
The report also declared against the
recruiting of soldiers by mandntory na
tions in territories they were adminis
tering and against the exploitation of
the natural resources of such territories
for the benefit of the mnndntory powers.
Attack Led by Ceell
Tho attack upon the council was led
by Lord Robert Cecil, who criticized
the council's refusal to communicate to
the assembly the text of the various
mandates for the administration of
former Oennon colonics.
Lord Robert was followed by C. 3.
Doherty, of Canada, who expressed the
disappointment felt by the Canadian
delegates that no opportunity had been
given the assembly to examine the man
dates. "There will be no better test of the
sincerity of the league that the terms
. .. ,mBndntes and the manner in
which they are executed," ho snld.
Mr. Doherty warned the council of
the grnylty of the responsibility It had
assumed n withholding the mandates
from publicity.
Ralfour Defends Council
Mr. Ralfour came to the defense of
the council. The danger, as he saw it.
was not In the terms or the manner of
execution of Ihe mandates, but In the
liability of tho assembly to come Into'
conflict with the council which alone,
he held, was Intended by the frnmers
of the covenant to have jurisdiction
over mandates.
"I shall not feel bound, nor will my
successor In the council feel bound, hv
nn thing this assembly or any other
assembly shall do," he cried.
Many of the delegates appeared non-
Philadelphia Councilman Finds
It Far Superior to Judge
Brown's, He Asserts
6 DO WORK OF 60 HERE
Continued un rae Two. Column Tn
Masked Men Rob Passenger
About 500 and Escape
Kllzabelh, N. J., Dec. 1R. (Ry A.
P.) Three masked men held up n trnl-
lnv pnr hi'Mvcen Kllznheth nnrl Mnrlnw-
The climax came when James uttered I "'"'d .lntp '""J "'B"t. jobbed the twenty
CDn(. , . pnHigers of about ?500 in cash and
v-..... ,a ,ai. art v,Una jjj,!,, ticnpcu.
Tax Office Gets $2250
as Conscience Salve
Two thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars, In crisp bills of large
denomination, dropped out of an en
velope opened this morning by James
Fleming, a innll clerk in the olllce of
the receiver of taxes.
With them was a scrap of paper,
which nppeared to be torn from a
bookkeeper's ledger, bearing these
words written by a typewriter:
"For back personnl .taxes improp
erly made out due city nnd state
S'ja-iO."
To the clerk's ntnnrement no ad
dress of the sender was Inclosed. He
snld lie thought some one must be
Joking mid ho felt the bills and
looked at them closely befori: taking
them to Chief Clerk Dowdcll.
Mr. Dowdell said tho sum, which
Is tho largest that has ever been sent
Into tho department through the
nmll by a conscience-stricken tax
payer, represents a year's taxes on
more than n half million dollars,
unless it is the accumulated taxes
covering n period of years.
Special Dlopatch to Evenino Public l.ritarr
Chicago, Dec. 1R. "My obstr
vatlons have produced some astound
ing figures."
With those words. William W
Roper, chairman of the welfare com
mittee of Philadelphia's City Council,
epitomized his first Impression, nfter a
brief Inspection, of Chicago's munici
pal court system,
Mr. Roper nrrlved yesterday for a
three-doy inspection of the Municipal
Court, with a view to pruning expenses
of the corresponding courts Jn his home
city.
Mr. Roper expressed profound sur
prise ns to the amount of work being
daily turned out here with a much
smaller stnff than that maintained in
Philadelphia. He declnred he found six
stenographers In the Chicago courts
turning out much more work than sixty
in his home city.
"I nm very favorably Impressed with
the work of the Municipal Court of
Chicago," he said. "I have just hnd a
bird's eye view of this court, but I
found In this short time that it is busi
nesslike and efficient."
Cost Is IOW
"I am tremendously impressed with
the great amount of' business done by
the court at n comparatively low cost.
It has jurisdiction in all cases of con
tract, and up to any amount,, and In
all torts actions up to $1000. It has
Jurisdiction in nil cases of misdemeanor.
"I nm particularly Interested In this
court because it offers a basis of com
parison with the Municipal Court at
Philadelphia, which was patterned after
it, but which has only limited Jurisdic
tion in nn nctual comparison.
"My observations have produced
some astounding figures, J fln,j the
Municipal Court of Chicago, with twen
ty probation officers, hnndllng actually
rnou social cases than Philadelphia with
.'KM probation officers. I find the
Chicago court with six stenographers,
doing n larger volume of business than
Philadelphia with ten times thnc miinv.
"The judges of the Chicago court do
not seem to be Interested in politic, or
at any rate they are not given author
ity by law to make appointments ex
cept in the case of probation officers.
Chief Justice Olson expressed the opin
ion to me thnj even this Is a mlstnke
nnd that the probation officers should
not be appointed bj the court and that
the Judges should have no interest in
ptlltlcs.
Chief Clerk Elected
"The best indication that thev have
tired their appointive power wlse'ly and
economically Is the fact that thev have
seen tit to appoint only twenty proba
tion officers to handle the tremendous
business of the domestic relations,
morals and boys' courts, which nre
brunches of the municipal court. All
other employes of the court nre ap
pointed by the heads of the depart
ments. "The chief clerk nml tin. hnlliff .
both elected nnd they have the power
of appointment. The Judges designate
the numlier of positions needed by the
court nnd the heads of the departments
make the iictnnl appointments. Even
in this the chief justice has no such
arbitrary power as Is exercised hv the
head of the Municlniil f'nnrt in ni.n..
vdelphla. It takes n majority vote of the
tlilrty-nne judges to effect any admin
istrative judicial action."
Mr. Roper put in n busy mornlnir
Accompaned by Chief Justice Olson he
visited the offices of Chief Clerk James
A Kearns nml Hnillff Dennis ERan
where he spent the whole of tho time iii
getting acquainted with methods em
ployed by the office staffs in getting their
"It is n marvel of efficiency," he tie
dared several times and added: "PMi.
iidelphla, Indeed, bus much to learn from
the courts here." a
Ry OEORfiE NOX MeCAIN
I'nlontown, Pa., Dec. 18. "There
re no bnnds"of Incendiaries, organ
ized or unorganized, burning school
houses in southwestern Pennsylvania In
the patch of territory thirty-odd miles
square where Fayette, Washington nnd
Westmboreland counties meet."
This Is the unnunllfied 'statement of
(he stnte police authorities and the
county detectives? who have worked on
the nmnzing seipirnce of events from
the beginning.
From n strictly news standpoint it
may see'm regrettable thus to be com
pelled to demolish a fabric of such
state-wide interest.
Rut, even nt that, t'here'is still left
n picturesque foundation of sensational
incidents, weird happenings, and clever
detective work.
It Is a fact that a scries of early
mornlnir fires In rnnld succession hnve
terrorized neighboring communities, sent
uie mosi lantnstic rumors nyiug over
the country and led to the offer of re
wards away tip in the thousands of
dollars. ,
Allen Incendiary Worked Alone
Only live of those Incendiary out
breaks have destroyed public school
houses, though lumber yards, barns und
other buildings have suffered in equal
proportion. There have been sixteen
lires In all since September 20. The
secret of it reposes right here ln the
county Jail. A bullet headed, crop
haired, heavy - jowled Polish iron
worker, looking out from behind the
Jnll bars, told me In broken English the
stOry of his many crimes.
Ills nnme In Vrnntr Kiima Tfn lino
been In this country seven years. fhe
man is a pyromaniac; he is a degen
erate and n wander-wit.
A medical commission will ultimately
have to determine his responsibility.
Joan of Arc und her mysterious
voices had nothing on Frnnk Kuma, the
pyromaulnc, und the "voices" that he
told me lured him to go forth and burn
sclioolhoiises. lumber ynrds nnd, build
ings night after night. The convincing
evidence that the alien flreburg was
alone in his work is that he has been
confined in Jnll now for twelve daya.
Only oho fire of any moment has oc
cilrrcd.ln the conflagration area In that
time. After midnight, Wednesday morn
Ing Jast, nart.oTn lumber yard nt Fnlr
chonec, six miles from here was
burned. It was at once heralded ns of
iwHuiur) origin, it was not. It
wb i-aunru D'
the state po
ligation.
So wrought up are these communities
that every fire, no matter from what
cause, Is charged to nn "arson gang."
It Is a fine demonstration of the psy.
chology of the masses.
Declare Arson Ring a Myth
i spenr. several hours yesterday with
Corporal Edward E. Relsel, of the state
po ice, who was signed to the Investi
gation, nnd with County Detective
.vi.-, .ii. .liiiriinj, oi rayette.
Corporal Reisel is nn alwre ,.-nii .i..
- - --- ..., ..iii-i-WU
uimi, cooi-neiiuen voiinir (r,n.
........ :... i i .- " .""
i.r. ..,,. tic iooks more like a uni
versity sophomore than a stnte police
man. Peter if. Murnhr lu n ... , ..
keen-witted mnn 'of wide experience
with criminals of nil cmxses. He was
for years a sergeant In the state police.
their declaration that the ars-orr" Hue
is 8 niVtll Ik the rnitnle f n ,",""
,u.i .i.. -;-:,, " ". fitivui m-
n,,V.Z iV .iV ,ry "rt' Ulat has oc
curred in this region.
Corporal Reisel has had but four of
his men In the territory, but this has
been magnified until the imnreyslon has
gone forth that half a troop has be?n
engaged. p'll
It was Corporal Heisel who trapped
the pyromaulnc Kuma nnd got him to
confess. He handcuffed him In hi"
squalid room nt Webster before ho int
awoke and bundled him off to I'lilon
town. thirty miles nwny.
Yesterday. In a high-powered car. I
traveled with Corporal Relsel through
rlt0nVrS;,lHtrl.,,t- ,Tt wa'' tortuous
H nL m. mll,R ''"Nf'1 t intervals
with the blackened ruins of school
houses, horns and other buildings.
We visited Ktimn's room In Webster,
where the police -officials secured fresh
evidence of the man's guilt, a kerosene
can, matches, clothes nnd letters. On
n top shelf of a cupboard, he found
several bundles of thin sticks with holes
burned through them with wire. The
letters were In Polish.
"Westmoreland county" appeared
repeatedly In some of them, also ''Fnv
ette county." followed by half PR(.
of writing In his native language.
Had Rook of Etiquette
The fellow is n good nenmnti, but
he denied when arrested that he could
write Engl sh I,. wrote for me Jn n
good, legible ban. on a 8n of pnpe"
held against the Iron side of the nil
llielivsnre. "VI,., T ,....'" .Jn"
: ....... , ,jin null hiv
'.J ,
In
"Embezzlement is the wrong word"
in this brief sentence Mrs. William
Rush, oilng society matron of Wil
mington, summed up her attitude to
ward the arrest of ner husband yester
day for taking .'5200,000 In securities
to cover Mis plunge in the stock market.
"My belief in Mr. Rush Is un
shnken, because I know he meant to
wrong no one," snld Mrs. Rush, with
quiet confidence. "The best proof of his
honor Is that when he saw the way
things were going he Immediately told
what he had done. He cop Id have gone
on for months longer and taken the
chance of hnvlug things come out right
for hint. Rut he didn't."
While nil social Delaware was nstir
last night with the dramatic arrest nnd
commitment to New Castle workhouse
of the Wilmington banker, his wife
who was Jonnnn dti Pont Rrndford,
duughter of former Federal Judge Ed
ward !. Rradford, and it sister of the
late Mrs. Alfred I. dti Pont, sat quietly
at the dinner table seeing that excite
ment did not rob her three little girls
of their evening meal.
Empty Chair at Table
There was a bit of Christmas red in
the center of the table and the children
In their dainty white dresses looked like
part of a Christmas picture themselves,
only a sadly Interrupted one. At the
bend of the table there was an empty
chnlr and no one could soy when
"daddy" would return. I'psUlrs on the
second floor of the spacious white stucco
home there wan another child asleep, n
baby boy who was born only n month or
so ago. A fifth child Joanna, the old
est of the Rush children, was killed a
year and a half ago ln nn automobile
accident.
It was there with the other little
girls around her in the artistic dining
room thnt Mrs. Rush consented to talk
nbout her husband's arrest. As she
spoke she quietly ministered to their
wants nsslsted bv n solemn butler who
softly wended his way In nnd out of
the room. The oldest of the little girls
was about eleven.
"They have called It embezzlement,"
Mrs. Rush said. "Thnt Is the wrong
term. The Inst thing In the world Mr.
Hush meant to do was to Injure any
one. The real explanation of the ensr
Is lie was caught In a net of unfortu
nate circumstances. I hnve never
ACGUSEANQTHER
IN WILMINGTON
GAMBLING ORGY
C. F. EASTMAN BLAMED
FOR CHURCH'S LOSS, TOO
Presbyterian Body's $21,000 U.
S. Securities Went in Stock '
Market Operations
LIBERTY BONDS MISSING
Con tinned on re Three, Column File
-...... non nut. ii
by crossed electric wires, as
olice discovered upon Invcs-
HARDING HAS OWN I POLICE 'MUFFLER'
WORLDUNION PLAN ON PJN1ARKS'
Reveals That It, Is More Favor- Frat Boys Too 'Musical' After
able to Pro-Leaguers Than
Bittor-Enders
Ry CLINTON W. flILRERT
Stun Correspondent Kvenln PnMIe resteer
Copvrtpnt, J9I, bv Public l.rdptr Co.
Marion, O., Dec. 18. President
elect Harding hns his own plan for the
association of nations nnd the confer
ences here consist of his submitting this
plan to his visitors, listening to their
rriticlsm nnd suggestions and winning
their npprovnl If possible. This he made
clear in his talk with the newspnper
correspondents yesterday afternoon.
The Tliirdlng plan is a little more
Clubhouse Seance With
'Pop' and Girls
Two youthful students whose spirits
bubbled over because they were going
home for the Christmns holidays had nn
encounter with the police early todaj
which deprived .them of liberty for n
few hours.
The celebrators. Ned Bmlth and E.
F. McCnbe, were arrested enrly this
morning by police of the Thirty-second
street nnd Woodland avenue station
after they had left n fraternity house.
The police say several girls left the
house at the same time.
McCabe and Bmlth hnd gone two
favorable to the prn-leaguera than to blocks when then suddenly decided
the bitter-enders. This was nnnnrent
.from the President-elect's remark when,
after he hnd said that Colonel William
Jennings Rrynn had, on his vlfrit here
jesterday. approved It, some one re
minded him that Senator Fall, who is
an Irreconcilable, had also approved
It. Mr. Harding responded: "Colonel
Rrynn would nnttirnlly be more favor
able to my proposal than would Sena
tor, Fall."
they must have some reading matter.
A bundle of newspapers nt Thirty-sixth
street nnd Woodland avenue seemed,
Just the thing.
The students, picked up the news
papers, left there for a store, and
started for their rooms wlththe bun
dle. It was then that a trailing patrol
man invited them to "fell It to the
'Judge'."
Magistrate. Harris today gave the
Official of Explosives Concern
Says Whirlwind Is About
to Be Reaped
la blled;WhDlayM:S tne". market
on' WrtTn.v 'faMlHr'nliT Investments
Mr. Aryan is a strong pro-leaguer, j students the option of paying .?7.r0
He made his position clear earlier In I each, fine and costs, or ten days in "the
the day when he said that he had orlg- Jug." They paid the fine and returned
Inally advocated the acceptance of the i to the fraternity house, where older
league covenant without reservations,
although he had been from the first op-
poseo in Article .. lie Old so. he de-
students laid down some fine points of
fraternity house law to them.
Acting I'rovost Pennlmnn soTd today
jiisirs in ine peace call me to cort
niriuHiiw llisiryor mill eevn mn T...I
to malk fire on the Donora Lumber
nrd tc Co. Tl.es Justes he got name
usef Iukswskl and this building .-nil
n Polish Lnnttleh.' nnd then tne wrii
Ing drolled off Into several lines of
Polish. '
The humorous phase of Corporal
Relsel s search of the cnrpetless, un-
iirmii; iinimn Hie IllSCOVerv of one
solltnry book. It wus In Encllsh
bound In red cl.-.th and wrapped looselV
In an old newspaper. It Knve evl
deuce of much handling. It
titled "A Ro.K of Etiquette nnd flood
Mnnners. How to Act at Dinners
Weddings nnd Snclnl Functions ' ' '
The fellow was evidently prepnrlnir
to become a iyroinnnlnc in (rood so
ciety, llie s'ory or Mima's criminal
career begnn Bentemher last. On the
night of the 2flth of that month, fires
were started In four, lumber yards, one
moiiir n..u I'uni-r-inanr in Honors,
and n a rarage In Webster. Kuma
who lives In two rooms over a barber
shop in 'rt ebster, while working In the
steel works at Donora, was chnreed
with the crimes, arrested nnd taken to
jail In Oreensbiirg. nP was confined
dared, because he believed that the most he had received no official knowledge of
important tning to un was to enter the the "High jinks" episode. If he docs,
league. Changes In the covenant could he added, he will turn the information
dc maac niierward. Then it Dccatne
npparent that the Senate would not ac
cept the covenant without reservations.
He made his Jackson Day plea that
President! Wilson should yield and agree
with the Senate upon reservations Je-
Contlnunl on Pace Two, Column Mix
over to Dr. Emory It. Johnson, dean
of the Wharton School, where McCnbe
nnn Mnlth are students.
HEARS FROM SWEETHEART
GIRLS EXTINGUISH FIRE
with 'fund of 'the savings society.
Eristmnn. who lives at Rrackex, t
fine residential section of Wilmington,
was KurjuonwM'-rrrjTrr hi 'hnm todays
to thetoffice of Andrew O. Cray, an at
torney with offices ln the dtt Tont
Rulldlng.
Mr. Gray conferred with Eastman
regarding the alleged shortage In the
church funds, which have been in
Eastman's keeping since last soring,
when the First Presbyterian Church
nnd the Central Presbyterian Church
were amalgamated.
Eastman entered the lawyer's office
with a brown paper parcel. After a
prolonged session, the accused man left,
accompanied by a church trustee. The
parcel had been left behind .
Eastman nppeared to be crushed In
spirit as he hurried down the corridor
of the office building.
"Absolutely nothing to sny." he mur
mured in reply to questions. Asked If
he could make restitution he said: "I
can't say; I don't want to sav any
thing."
Welsh Girl Detained at Gloucester
Receives $25
Miss Anna E. Hlellt. the cnmelr
Daughter! of South Warnock Street LfiLrLiVVl' .'"I? b7.'. ,0,Hi,",,
" . . . , . . i the immigration stntion, Clniicester, for
Merchant Check Flames ten days, received $2." and u letter from
A fire at noon today in the home nnd her intended husband, C. R. Majors, of
tore of Jacob Tarln.'Jtri.'i South W'nr- Troup. Tex.. Inst nicht.
nock str'-et, caused by nn overheated i On receipt of a satisfactory report of ', afternoon.
furnace, was brought under control by the man from the (ialrestnn, Tex. im- ""p ,n'd mp he had
Says Eastman Confessed
Mr. (!rny. who is a trustee of the
church. Inter said Eastman had told
hlm of the nilssimr bonds vesterdav
taken the onrItt
the ownei's ilnuchtcr. Ida. with buckets' migration office, the clrl will h.'.' nor. from the church's safe denoslt box at
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in wui'M. iiiii-iiiioiiirr iiiiiigiuer, nose, j initira w iiroceeu to ner destination ' ' mmi .miihiiiiu nans, lie nilmlt-
ran in turn in me inarm.
The store and dwelliiii; j u two-storv
brick building, the home of the Tarin
mnn nNo told me that
fnmily being ucd ns a notion shop as
wen
iiiitira in iiroceeu to ner destination. "' ' '""" '"'ii'iini nans, lie nilmlt
An impetuous desire to surprise her"''1 '10 took Liberty bonds with a face
fiance cnused Miss Hisht to take a snh,p of -t ,H0 and lost them through
ooni iwo weens herore the appointed I ' -i""n.
time, and the prolonged detention hah ! . ,, r , ,!
I been the outcome.
16 REPORTED DROWNED WHEN SKIFF OVERTURNS
CHARLESTON. W. Va., Ic. lS.-Sixteeu men ire lepo'.ic,
to hnve been ill owned when n skiff In which they wcie crossing
the Kaunwhn River, ovei turned nt Spring Hill, near here.
FOREIGNERS LEAVING TABRIZ, PERSIA
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. IS. Owlug to the thieiucninp, Bol
shevik invnsion, the foreigners, in Tftbvlz. uoithwebteiii Vers.1'11. .n
clutling the consul!,, hnve loft that city, .iccouliiiy to ndv -os i:xi"
the region received heie. Tho American lelief workois have re
moved the refugee cnnip to Hamndau.
LEWIS RE-ELECTED HEAD OF MINE WORKERS
JNBTANPOLIS. Ir.,1.. T)rc IH.-Unnffieinl leturns ucoivd
from all ovei the country indicate the le-eleetion ot John L
Lewis, ns incident f the Unlio-l Mi.u- workers ot Ameiicn ivJ
uoueit ii. iiaiiui. a Washington, ni-.-o.duif to a stntei
ft oni intei national lieadqunrtiis toiiny.
Eiueat i--i'-il
MAN, 80, TO WED WOMAN, 70
, contXietl on l'ar Tiro. Colunw"!)
Camden Resident and Brlde-to-Be
Doth Married Before
Arc made no difference In il... .
m f ... 1H..1 i "iiuiin-i-
oi iirnrKi- mine, eigntj years old
of Rrondway nnd Jackson street, Cam
den, who today took out a license to
mnrr) seventy. ear-old Ellen P Mur
gan. 1207 Puvonla street.
Rlttle is a widower, his first wife
havitiK died nbout a year nm Ti. .....
Jnnective bride has also made one pre-
thiub inuuir nm, uimriinony , Her
first husband died twelve years ago
The aged couple niet a few months
ago, and It is said to huve been n
case of "love at first sight." Thev
will be married tomorrow and ure as
happy ov r that fuct as h couple of
twentv. ycnr-olds. '
MAY BE WHITE CHRISTMAS
Cold Weather, With Chance of
Snow, Forecast for Next Week
Washington, Lc. is. i Ry A
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Monihi) are: North nnd .Middle
Atlnntlc statrs, cold, generally fr,
but with u probablllt of snow or rain
Tuesday or Wednesday.
South Atlantic and East tlulf states.
generally fair and cool, but with a
j.robablllty of rains Tuesday or Wed
nesday. Ohio Valley and Tennessee, generally
fair and cold, but snow or rain is prop
able Tuesday nnd Wednesday.
Region of Orent Lakes, cold, unset
tied and locul snows.
ithernlMi his nccouilts ut the chureh
would be found in good shape ' "
The first blow for the assistant treas
urer of the HcreulcM Powder Co. came
with the following statement, signed
bj H. H. Eastman, treasurer of the
company-who is not relnted to the
n.-ouseil man. The statement follow :
"In checking over the nccnunts of
Charles F. Eastman, assistant treas
urer of the Hercules Powder Co.. a
shortage has been dlscorered The
amount involved is less than JtfO.OOO
and the manner in which the shortage
dp eloped was by the taking of Llbertr
Rondx from time to time to be used In
connection with stock market specula
tion in which Eastman was engaged.
"It appears that these speculations
bale covered a period of several years;
but that the taking of the company's
proper! has occurred onlv during the
sst jenr. Charles F Eastman has
been in the employ of the Hercules
Powder Co. since the time f its or
gaiiizatinn at tie beginning of 1013.
during most of which time he has oc
cupied the position of assistant treaa-l',rer.-,
V,0 lH not '''"''i in any way to
Ii. II. Eastman, treasurer of the com
pany. He Is under bond and the entire
matter is in the hands of the bondlnr
company."
Reaping Whirlwind Now
In commenting nn the ,lUoin....
Mr. Eastman, the treasurer sal,! h.
believed the alleged embezzlement waa
"tho result of a wild orgy of specula;
tion" for which "the whirlwind Is now
umiut 10 in rciipeii.
No warrant bad been obtained for
Eastman s arrest this afternoon. David
.1. iieinnanit, attorney general of
Delaware, who netw nu ..l.li.f ... .1
I ... ' .. v..,, , iminri-utllir
1 1 fiflu.r wnllld nil, ,,....., .... i
1 " mi.-, it un any nnase
Continued on I'mro Threw. Column Throo
TATTOOED MAN DIES
'Jack Howard,' of Clrcua Fame, Suc
cumbs to Pneumonia
John H. Thomas, forty eight yearn
?!' ,Kn,.,wn '" the clrcua world as
Jnck Howard, the tattooed man." died
yesterday In the Philadelphia Hospital
of pneumonia.
He marched in the bonus parade last
.-muirnii nnu iuicr cieveloiKi pntu
utoiiia.
Embezzlement Charge Against
Hercules Powder Official Fol-
lows That Against Banker .
Another alleged embezzlement garr
Wllmlngtnn a fresh shock of surprise
today, after tli commitment to the
workhouse of Wllllnm Rush, secretary
treasurer of the Wilmington Saving
Fund Society, nccused of stealing
?200.000 from that institution.
The new revelntlnn was In 'the an
nouncement by the nercules Powder
Co. that a ?.rin.000 shortage had beta
discovered In the accounts of Its as
sistant treasurer. Charles F Eastman
who Is said to have "plunged" In the
stock market with heavy losses.
On the heels of the powder company's
announcement, officials of the First and
Central Presbyterian Church said that
nbout 20,000 In Liberty Ronds ennnot
he accounted for on the books nt the
church. Mrl Eastman has been treas
urer of he-church since last spring.
Follow Easy Money Em
The two alleged embezzlements are
said to be the fruits of nn crn of "big
and easy money" In Wilmington, the
center of the explosives 'industry, which
nmassed millions and millions of dollars
when for four years death -dealing
forces were the!firt"necesitj' of tbe'na
tlons ntrwa'r.',, f v. v" t'T ?
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