wt If j',1" rvrp7f itSt ' , -r M " . T !5jrfyMW y" far HUNDRED N THE WEATHER Pair tonight! lowest temperature about 25 decrees; Tuesday Increasing cloudiness. Probably ml" or now. TEMfKnATfRK AT KACU IIOUB -mi) no ill na I i i a i a .4 i b t IJ-Mt jgH law w m i3 iaa I VOL. VII. NO. 84 Penrose Supporters of. Brown Likely to Attack Mayor if Veto Ax Is Used CHARTER WOULD PREVENT JUDGE USING MANDAMUS Moore, in Conference With Smyth Today, Is Likely to Eliminate Many Itoms " DECISION DUE TOMORROW Roper's Probe of Chicago Courts Gives New Ammunition to Opponents of Salaries' Political warfare, with Mayor Monro llnfd up nualiuit Penrose supporters pf Prmident Judge Brown, of the Munic ..i rv,,..-t lnntnxl tnriftv With 1 11 fl 1 - citlons that the Mnyor'a veto nx would. hack out numerous sainrj- uruii m Jtt.no0.000 budget appropriation for that eostly tribunal. Sfnatnr Penrose, nt Atinntie i Ity. recently save his blnnkct Indorsement to the Municipal Court and bnlilly listed that if. the rourt's appropriation were cut Judge Brown would man damus for the money,, The Mayors veto or n pwi" nait of the court's appropriation, it is believed, would result In Judge Brown nrraying his lieutenants nnd political friends against the administration. Mayor Goes In Conference Thomas W. Cunningham, president nt the Republican Alliance, one of Judge Brown's friends. All the mem bers of Council, except Councilmen DfT-lln and Roper, have shown theni selvs friendly to Brown, who Is .leader of the Fifteenth ward. The Mayor and City Solicitor Smvth early this afternoon went into confer ence on the 1021 budget which was uatsed by Council. All of Mr. Moore r engagements for the.day have been can celed so he can concentrate on the 'Mr. ' Maror. it is believed, will ap prove the provisions tor ponus'.pnj n,.nt npxr. vmr. nltliouch no Is npnosei I tn i, hnnna nrtnrtnie. nnrtlculnrly fo countv ofBces where salaries ore fixed by the state legislature. ' Discoveries made in Chicago by Councilman Roper, who declared there that J230.000 should be cut from the Municipal Court's grnnt. have given fresh ammunition to opponents of the overloaded payrolls of the court. Probes Chicago Court Oeuncilman Roper went to Chicago lo investigate that city's municipal court on which the local tribunal was modeled. Mr. Roper found that the Chicago court is handling fnr more uses with a smaller stafT than in ('resident Judge Brawn's, trlbunnl here. Opponents of "what Is termed the reckless extravagance, of the court Miy that section 10 of Article XVII of the nw charter stands as a stone wall mulnit any mandamus action by Judge Ilrown. This section, in part, follows: "No liability .shall be enforceable against the city, by any action nt law in equity or otherwise, upon contracts not "upportod bv a previous appropriation of Council." and no payment niuy be enforced by nriy such action for services tendered to the city, or to any such department, officer, board, commission, trust, committee or other agency, un lew there shall have been a previous appropriation by the Council to pay for such services." The Mayor, it is believed, will an nounce his action on the entire budget tomorrow when City Council meets in regular session. Recommendation that the Mouse of Detention be returned to the hnnds of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas has been made "by Mrs. I.ouInc Jurist. Mis. Jurist has been for nearly fif, leen years a member of the board of managers of the House of Detention. Among the reasons given for proposing chauged control Is that the House of Detention is overcrowded, due to the cutting down of hearings to one a week under Judge Brown's rule. ROPER PLANS FIGHT TO CUT COURT STAFF -iil Dhpnlcl. to EVoifito Public I.rdper Chleato. Deo. 20. "I came to Chi eo firm in the belief that Philadelphia spcndlnr entirely too much on her Municipal Court system. I now kno'w Ms to be the case and I shall return knme with my guns shotted to the muz jn for the fight for reduced expendi tures. ' thus William W. Roncr. Phlln aeiphla city councilman, last night "ummed up the result of his three .rr . ",PctWn of Chicago's Mu nicipal Court. Mr. Roper wns nbout to ..r.1..n tr,ln '" Pittsburgh. 'Where Philadelphia's Municipal -ourt should be an effectual weapon sraliist crime nnd lawlessness it is In tead a swarming hive wherein polltl '! Parasites fatten themselves at the Public s expense," he continued. "It seemed," said Mr. Roper, "that everywhere I turned In my Imestlgatlon M the Chicago court I saw where tho urt at home could be more economi wlly operated. Right off the reel I nt to say that about one-third of the employe of the court In Philadelphia would be trundled to the discard. Our Mnniclpal Court payroll could he "hipped $2f0.000 without impairing the eourt's usefulness." ,, J- S, Relief Workers 8afe In Kars . ConstaiitlnonU. ni. " i-ti- a '' -The American Near ICast relief "-raers in Armenia have been sent ay iliider tho personal supenlslon of Kl,ll Kenittl Pnshn( the Turkish nt oimllsi leader, 'and have arrived ?,,; T '1 .KB,i, Tanscniicasia. accord t to advices from Kura May. EXPECT SLASH IN COURT FUND: WHS RESULT I I 'I -, Knlcred aa Seconl-OU Matter ni, the VontniTlc. Bt Philadelphia, Ia, Under the Act at JUrcli 3. 180 . Limericker Wfio Won First$100.00 n. I). CHARLtiS 5222 Walnpt street looks happy with that check, doesn't he? vf . ': stytt -iiff- -'lV','nr(vf; A ; y ik.'twf'rv'wsJi XTsHV :;:t' .&y THE WINNING LINE A leopard who lived at the zoo Said, "I can't change my spots, that is true; And yet I do not Always wear the same spot; I've a JckylUHyde hide fur the zoo." itW&K ' " , ls.ili' J V ... . j.A- ' ' West Philadelphia Man Wins Limerick "Prize B. B. Charles, of Fifty Streets and of Spring Garden Institute, Captures' First Hundred T.imcrick Xo. 1. about the leopard ut the Zoo, brought in a lot of clever an swers. The job of the judges was a hard one becauso there were so mauy lines of merit to choose among. Tho winner is: . II, II. Charles. r222 Walnut street. Instructor of. ex-senico men at Spring Garden Institute, former In structor In Semitic languages at Uni versity of Prnnsjlvanla. Mr. ChnrleM today has n cheek for ONK HUNDRED DOLLARS that lm probably didn't expect when he wrote his winning line. At least, he couldn't have felt quite sure of it for, in a care less mood such as is characteristic of all llmcrickers, he said to Mrs. Charles : "If I win that prie I'll split fifty fjfty with you." . Maybe Mr. Charles doesn't remember .afcyfnjrftaot, but Mrs. Charles does anil mint' settles It. us all married men know. Bo it would be more accurate 4o say that Mr. Charles todaj has fifty dollais that he didn't expect and Mrs, Charlo has another fifty. Mr. Charles' winning lino was a clever thought and u good play on EMERGENCY TARIFF BILL UP TO HOUSE- Ways and -Means Committee J Votes Out Measure to Protect Farmers , BATTLE MAY DEVELOP By the Associated Press Washington. Dec. 20. The House ways and means committee today voted out the Fordney emergency tariff bill designed to protect the farmers and in structed Chairman Fordney to make all efforts possible to obtain action on it before the Christmas recels. In finally approving the bill, the com mittee made two changes. Lemons were ndded to the list and an import duty of one and one-hnlf cents per pound established. The rute on peanut oil wnB Increased from twenty to twenty six ents a gallon. Representatives In the House from the agricultural districts had previously pledged their support to tho bill, but instructed n committee to urge that frozen uud refrigerated beef, lemons nnd canned salmon be Included In the list of .imports on which high tariffs would be imposed. Call BUI MAkeehlft Action by the conference of members' from the agricultural districts came only after spirited discussion during which there were charges that the Hnusp com mittee had drafted a mnkeshlft bill and that certain commodities had been in cluded or omitted from the lilgh tariff list "as u bop" for different elnfeses of voters. Representative Young, a member of the wuys and means committee, who was chairman of the conference com mittee which drafted the report, told Continued on I"r Two. Cofiimn Hl ARTHUR B. PARSONS, DIES Friends' Relief Worker Was Aiding Poor In Berlin A cablegram received bore today an nounced the death Saturday of Arthur Bowker Parsons,, of Attlebnro Falls, Mass., in Berlin, whore he wns one of the relief workers of the American r rieniis service committee. , n-.. u ...... .1.1.... .,jr, l iliuwnn m mil 1,1 -i. Ill- ,11-111 n old. He hnd a nervous breakdown In November. He was graduated from llurv.ird in 1010, and after enguglng in Y. M. C. A. work went to Prance with the Friends' committee in 11118. He TPTurned to the I'nited States in October. 1010. and was married to Miss PleiiHiiuiice Baker, of Collwood, Fla., a graduate of Rnn Mawr and a niece of I Kthelbert Nevlli. of this city. They sailed three days after the wedding for (lermany. Both were feeding students In tho Berlin district. Ilnrklnc I Never Mien The hUhent quality nmoklnir inuturo and uiiarettea ob tainable. Thra It no substitute, All Dtolera. talnaulc Adv. DiOLLMl Prize . k '- . a atBBafP JbV Euentttq lublic meaner Sr- m' i YBBBBBBBH fa; --&uy M-i' '' IH iHkijBraiH ! ; - second and Walnut words and it had the added merit of being entirely different -in idea from all others sent in. Here is the limerick ns he completed It: A leopard who lived al the Zoo Said, "I can't chanpc my spots; that is true: Aud yet I do not Always trenr the same upot I've a Jekyll-Hyde hide fur the Zoo. About Today's Winner Mr. Charles has devoted his life to serious stud) of subjects that are among the deepest that scholars pursue and that seem a mot peculiar basis noon which to found a reputation as a writer of limericks. He. is exceuont'prootror wnat w" "?vej several times pointed out since thofsfafti of the contest, that the limerick fasci nates all classes of people. Mr. Charles was born in Wayne county, Pa., about forty years ngo and received his, schooling nt Salamanca, N. Y. After that he went to Cornell CentlnuM on Tate Tiro. Column Thrr N. Y. BANDITS KILL Victim Shot Down by Masked i Robbers Who Loot Safe PL, N TO DRIVE OUT CROOKS By the Associated Press New York, Dec. 20. The over-Sun day lull ,in New York's wave of crim inal violence was shnttered early today when two armed men descended on the Seamen's Mission on West street, com mitted another murder nnd robbery and escaped, . Taking advantage of .the fu t that the mission him" is virtually "deserted In the enrlv morning, the two thugs, enter ing unobserved, suddenly confronted the mission clerk with revolvers nnd forced him to open the office safe and sur render its contents of ubout S400 At this jjincture Jnmes Itlisscll. fltty jeurs old. entered the office. He nt temfpteil to Interfere nnd was brought down by n shot and died before the ar rival of an ambulance. told detectives that both robbers wore masks, and that Russell's murderer In a sllle'tlo4.0 MS r,VOlVer' "1 " The most sweeping ound-up of rooks and suspicious characters in the history of New York was under full swing today, when the city's no! c, force of 11.000 men was augment,! I by 4800 reserves In nn effort to stem the wave of crime that startled the metron oils lost wj-ek. More than lfiO persons .....,, mi in. uiijMirrnnr nrrets were iiinup, me ponce soy. Police Commissioner" Knrlght who eX!:-'1'''. is sued n( t'',.T.V"1 "-"""""J" 'roK and arrest him ,iii.- ... , If no iharge can be proved ninint iiim. the) will be ordered to take the first train out of town. A number of organizations called meetiuBs for today to iIIhcuks the sit uation and to take counsel as ,, whetfier they should arm .themselves Chairmen of the Amnrt... t'.:.." county ongonUutlonN in Krenter New -Jiork conferred., today with Nntlo. ol mrn coiiierrcu today wlth Vnl.ini -v,. .,.!. n..ii....i.i ' ."" ntioiioi .uiiiiiiuiiri MUIUUIIUI, of the I felon regarding plans for idai-Intr V.nAn former service men at the diHnnuiii r the police department in rombatlnie crime. The plnn. if n,lfm.i ...mi': submitted to Mayor Hylan, ' Baltimore, Dec, 20. (By A P 1 Fearing an Invasion of criminals ds result of the summary action ol the New "Vork police authorities In ridding the metropolis of ts undesirables, the Jlaltlmoro authorities have taken step, to meet it. The railroad stations huvi been put under increased police guard and other precautions taken in .,. an influx nf crlniinnls from Nev York or ouier vnn-, ii wns learned today. '.BBBBBBBBBBBBWiY!" .BBMBBM . . 'b . ss m bbbbbKIbbbIibVbbbbH bbHbbbbbbbbI bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBLH MAN MISSION Goes to a .- i PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,' DECEMBER 20, 1920 PLEA OF INSANITY RULED OUT; JAMES Court Refuses to Hear of Taint in Paul's Slayer's Family. Arguments Begun LIFE IMPRISONMENT IS ASKED BY HIS LAWYER Factsw Paul Murder , and Trial of James Victim David S. Paul, aged Camden bank messenger. Defendant Trunk J. James, autotruck salesman, of Brooklawn, N. J. , , Trial judges Jiisfico TvaUenuaeli, of the Sup'reme Comi. nnd Criminal Court Judge Kates. Place of trial Camden Court house. The crime Paul was murdered October t" 'In'Ja'mpV 'atitoinobllc, In which he wus riding with James nnd Raymond W. Schuck, who Is under Indictment also.1 The motive was robbery. Frank ,T. James' plea of "a tnlnt of Insanity In' the blood," was refused by rZZl mltted murder of David S. Paul, Cam den bank messenger, who was killed October f. ...,., Justice Kntzenbsch ruled that unleis the defense submitted evidence to prove that .lame was insane at the time he murdered Pniil. no testimony could be entertained tending to show that the prisoner's mind might have been un balanced when he committed the crime. Rxccptlons were askedand granted to this ruling, nnd nftcr John Harris, attorney for Janiei, had put Mr. and Mrs. John .Tnmes, father nnd mother of the prisoner; Mrs. Maude James, his wife, and Dr. Jennie 8. Sharp, the James family physician, on the wit ness stand, he announced that the de fense rested Its case. Nearly Ready for Verdict The prosecution immediately mnde a brief first closing address, In which a first-degree verdict was demanded, nnd Justice Katzenbach adjourned court for an hour's recess. It Is expected that the case will go WHrte-jury by 4 o'ciock tnis niternoon The prosecution rested. Its case nt 10:20 oMock, after two, .Ttytncssca had given testimony s to uwmportant,de. tails. Then the defense opened with a brief address by Mr. Harris, in which his whole plea was for mercy. He asked Uie jury to give a verdict carrying with it a recommendation for mercy, so that James might get life imprisonment In stead of the electric chair. The attor ney said he would back his pica with testimony to show that the defendant was Irresponsible at the time he killed Paul. The defense In this ense will be very ' short." said Mr. Harris, in the opening n.Mr n thi. iurv. and If you are not ' out of your present confinement in u ' very short time, it will certainly not be ' mv fnult. Two people nave neen m- dieted, charged with murder, and under the law. murder unless otherwise I proven, is presumed to be aiurder In the second degree, nnd the mirden Is 1 upon the state to show whether It be I first or second degree murder. I Asks for Life Term "Murder i nthe first degree does not necessarily carry with it the penalty of death; under the. law of New .Terse), tt is up to the jury to sny whether a defendant shnl lsuffer the death penalty or whether he shall be Imprisoned for life. If !.. ItfA linnrlhnnmpnt ivlilnti wo ' ask for, if )ou cannot see your waj ' clear to find a verdict of less than first , degree murder. We aAk that you find such a vccdlct. with the recommend ii,:l,t..: I tlon for life imprisonment. We base that upon thc facts there are now in evidence und upon the facts that we will attempt to prove. "We will show )ou that Jumes' grandfather iu 1882 developed insan it). "We will show ou that he died in March, ISiM), ln thc inbiiiic nsyluni, n lunatic. Boy Itolatlte a Suicide We will show you that a hey. wv was close nely related to James, on insi Bide, committed suicide nt Vine- . fnther's mil). N. J., a boy onli twelve )enrs old, feeling . that his mother und his inther had not treated him just right. "Now, on his mother's side, we will show you that she had two nephews, one of whom attempted to commit suicide in her house by cutting off his arm and t'gntlnaed oa I'nn Two. Column line FOUR NEW FAYETTE FIRES ATTRIBUTED TO FIREBUG i.--i i '--,., i. n.i...,i k., f onaricrui wu...K..7 i. uc..jrEU 7 UDSiruciions in rtoau uyettc City, Pa., Dec. 20. (By A. . . . p,) Following a series of fires which has alarmed Fayette and Westmoreland counties for two months, four fires, apparently incendiary iu origin, oc curred in this section early today, A barn belonging to Andrew Brown, presi dent of the Fajette City fNutlonal Bank, was fired in four different places and destroyed, causing a loss of $00, 000. The Charlerol fire company, which was summoned, was obstructed at in tervals of one mile with barricades of tar barrels and logs. Two houses In this clt, were dnm oged by fires, causing a ?.10O0 loss. They are the residences of (leorge A. Stark ond Fred Drc)cr. former mem ber of city council. The entire com mtinlty wob aroused. Stote policemen hod been withdrawn for special duty near I'niontown. Later In the day authorities here wore nfarmed thnt tho store and boarding 'louse of John Kanle at Gillespie, one idle from here, had been burned. The ihin used In firing .the Stark nnd Dreyer 'louses was used by the tncendlnry. The loss was .f.2500. T?hen you tlilnk or wrlllnc. inlnli o: WHITING. Adv. MAKES NO DEFENSE s. c-rri Eimericker .MRS. VIRGINIA GIN'IVAN Slio dlwl early twlay of opium pol suiting ut her home, Poplar street near Broad, a few minutes after she had been taken from a house on Melon street near Sixteenth. She was twenty-two years old. A woman and three men have been arrested In connection with the case COMPANION IS ILL -; r V Alleged "Dope" Party Leads to Arrest of Woman and Three. Men ALSO NAB "UNDERTAKERS" Mrs. Virginia Oinivnn. twenty-two yenrH old, of Poplar street near Broad, died at hjMhoinc nt 5:lfi o'clock this morning of opium poisoning, a few minutes after she hod been taken from n house on Melon street near Sixteenth. Jeanne Bonsor, of Twelfth street nenr Girard uvenue. a clerk employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroud. Is seriously 111 In the Hahnemann Hos pital, the other victim of the opium party. She was ablo to give, n statement to the police which lee) to the arrest of the proprietress rjetress of tie; ( house ,.4 which y .Is! ea)aN4jHnvftJtakm place t ho.part nnd Three men who were present Hold All Without' Ball All four were held this morning with out bail by Magistrate Carney, or! the Twentieth and Buttonwood streets sta tion, for n further hearing. They are charged with "aiding and I abetting and, furnishing drags instni- , mental in tnc uentn ot Virginia Hint- un. or DavM. iinrl thi horlmm inn.a of Jeanne Bonsoiv as the result of using .., -- -.7, M .... ...,.. ...... ... iL,"' "' . , , . Two other men were arrested after they hail posed ns undertakers, accord Ing to the police, and gone to the roon room where the tleud girl's body lay. They are held on suspicion of larceny under $1500 buil for a further hearing at noon. The two men held on the larceny charge are Kdward Regan, twenty-two enrs old, of Twenty -eighth street near York, nnd Kruest Stabler, twenty-one years old, of Franklin street near Oxford. Magistrate Carne) said "tjiere may have been a conspiracy between these prisoners and the men who arranged the opium party. It may have been planned to first ,o "0 thc K-,rls ,m(I robf thnn 'afterward" i Drujr Clerk Nabbed The fatal "dream part)' took Dlace t n u(1UBl, run bv Florence Smith, at- I '"" to the statement of Miss Bon- sor nnd thc police, This was the woman held without , bail. Fred Slocum,' a druggist's clerk. of Wallace street neur sixteenth ; How ard Raymond, twent.S -seven yenr.s old, of Twelfth street near Fairmount uve nue, nnd James Richards, twenty-five years old, of Warnock street near MontgoQiery avenue, were the others held without ball. It wr.H testified that the two srirls. nccnipanled by Slocum and Richards. l,yV "'V i' , i ' ,'J. ml.luight. According to Miss Smith's testimony, Slocum suggested the opium sinnUini.' . . At l:,10 o'clock, Mrs. Oinivun be i un-( violently ill. According to Mis? Smith. Slocum fled from the house. She testified she then summoned Mnx Davis, who lived at the Poplar street house, and ho took Miss Glnhnn home. Posed as I'ndertakers Dr. M. P. Cochran, of 2120 Mnster I'treet, was called in. He pronounced .Miss tilnivan dead, and said that death hnd been due to opium. . i.nier .urs. inomns arey. nronrle- - . , ,. . - : ..-.. . u i MiSS (iinivan died, telephoned 4o the 'police of the Twentieth nnd Ilutton- ... n iii.iim- v ii.i p wood streets station, nud told them 'hree men had entered the room where iirs iiiiuruu my ueau posing as undertakers. She said they were act ing Niisplciniisly, When patrolmen arrived, the three men hnd left. Later, Stabler Is sold to have returned. He was arrested. Regan was found in a resfaurant nenr by. He was Identified by Mrs. Carey as one of the three men who had posed ns undertakers. SHOOTS BROTHER AS BANDIT ' Aroused by Robber Tales, Jersey Mart. Fires at Suspect i .vtiirrlstown, in.. .!., Oei. 20. .(By A. 1lyA, latiomi n the i'. ! Arouseu uy reported depred of hold. up men nnd burglars ii neighborhood, rrederlck Brian erl toda) fired a Bhot at a suspicious-looking man outside his mother's cottage In ToWnco, near here. Approaching the suspect who had fallen to the sidewalk, he discovered that he had seriously wounded bis tri!iicr, .rciiiuiuu urjau, ABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBWI IgHH 3 bbbbbbbHkIbbbbbbbV l t'K' '- si, AS'' . ifi; oi IKlV'1 '" mi'iTifi ' - MgMn fi K s SSBV aBBBBBK&.l J? 4MV Aid- IHiBiBMBBlBBMBBB 't B'J'4 bbbbbLbbT. j t-Xt & i lt B ttaWBBBBBHPUbBBHLfaBW V f kiBW isWlfMHIRr7iTBBBk'; h KfHaB?MBiPsflfliH raflkk-'HIDBBaHMflkaBBBBLT'i FbbKbbVLHHbbbK f tBBBBMJKBnBBBBBBflnH'd LLLLhbIhLbbhbIbMbS OPIUM KILLSGIRL Toddy- Published Iall' lUrept Hondaj CopyrlKht. 1020. by REFUGEES RESCUED Childen on Trip to Italy Forced, to Keep One Position ' Twenty Day3 J YANKEE PUSH AND SMILE ! BRING ORDER OUT OF CHAOS By the Associated Pros Venire, Deo. 20. The American fleet in the Adriatic will net us Santa Clnus for more than 20,000 persons includ ing Italian and Russian children, the t miter neing among tlie refugees re cently disembarked along the Dalma tian const. The beneficiaries of the fleet's Christmas spirit will receive toys, randy, fruit, clothing and shoes, done up In small packages. The Russian children, just landed in Dnlinatla with their fathers and moth ers, who escaped the Bolshevik sweep in Smith Russia, suilered Intolerable hardships on the voyage. They were packed In the ships so tightly that they were unable to move? with hundreds In (he holds among the coal nnd other sup plies, standing or sitting in virtually the same position for twenty days. Care For by Americans As no nrnvislon hnd been made fur I their arrival in Dnlmntla the American neer undertook the worU of curing for them. Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, commander of the American warships in the Adriatic, whose, headquarters Is In Venice, received news of the plight of the refugees from the Olympla, his flag ship, and immediately began the work of relief. He authorised the fleet to do what It could, meanwhile telegraph ing to American Red Cross head quarters In Paris for help. In response to his appeal he received a telegraphic allotment of 2.r0,000 francs. The Olymnia was then stationed at Ragusa, on the Adriatic, thirty-eight miles northwest of Cattaro, Into which place thousands of refugees were pour ing. The Americans started the work of organization In order to care for the refugees. Kitchens werp set up to pro vide food nnd baths and houses were furnished. , , Requests were sent to Admiral An drews for vaccine and other medicines and he Immediately sent men to Milan to buy the necessary medlrants. All were loaded and reached their destina tions, Alohir t.he nalmrtfian const In thirty-six rhoi!w,"rnlt,d States de stroyers taking them aboard at Venice. "Push and Smiles" Meanwhile, at Cnttaro the I'nited Stdtes destroyer Ciiaiidier was hnridllnfc thousands of other refugees In the same efficient manner us characterized the work of the Olympta, unjjcr the direc tion of Caiituiu H. h. Wvman. her commander " wnH J1"1' a Ilttle " American P,",11 we used," said Captain Wytnan. " M"rh. "? u r pumi und smile .... ... in r tew uayu tae wnoie organization was working smoothly. Then the Jugo Slav Government came to the rescue and took over part of the work. GAS KILLS TWO MEN Found Dead After Tube Was connected From Stove Dla- Investigation by the police has deter- ' mined that the death by gas of Joseph .'iiiii-i Mini ,, iiiittiii oiaiiiiitnK.v, ni ,iit Wood street, last night, was accidental. Miller and William Stanbasky, at r14 Miller, who was thirty-fie )ear.s old, I was a lodger there. Stnnbnsky, who was ' twenty-eight years old, apparently wns visiting the mnn. It is not known ' where Stnnbnskr lives According to, the police, the men were sitting on chairs, with a smull gns stove, such as is used for cooking pur- poses, between them. The tube leading rrom w" Bus jei nnu Become ueiaciieu 'ro.m the ."Jove. . " ."S" V?."' JST'l"' "l - '"! house, found the bodies. I hey w ere ?,ron",',Tl1 ,Wa, Ht 'hp Hahnemann Hospital. STARVING RUSSIAN BY AMERICAN NAVY LAWRENCE, Mass., Dec. 20. Designers and eugrttvers of the Pacific Millb Trint Works, who, with the mnchino printers, struck Filtlay r.gninst the- 1 1-0 per cent reduction in wages letuis.eci o work todny after flllsg a formal protest against thc cut with the iiiiU inrnasenu.it Thr pilntr.-.. 7.ty in number, rruinuicd cut. and announced that they would appoint a committee to confer with tho mill oi'rlci.Ua. RUSSIAN SHIP FIRED ON BY FRENCH LONDOlJ, Dtv. SC The Russian ship Zcliiah wns rlred upon recently by a.riench toipedoboat destroyer five miles from i'oti, in the J31ntk Sen, nccordhig to a wireless message from Moscow vodny. Tho iUjpnti.li ,uiJ& that roreign Minister Tchltcrln Una dcmiimlcd an expauntion fiom the rrench govcrnnieut nnd hua claimed compensation for the. damage douc th evcsscl. GOVERNMENT WINS IN SPAIN Monarchist Parties Obtain Large Majority In Yesterday' Elections Madrid. Dec. 20. (By A. P.I First repots from me general elections held ln aPll,n esterday Indicate n govern - ment victory. rtmHlelal estimates nre that the majority for the monarchist lmrtles will be large. The Socialists attribute their poor showing in the industrial centers to the recent campaign of syndicalists against the workers' participation in the elec- tlons. Although voting is compulsory, tens of thousands of workers simply cast h'ink ballots. Tit uir of Madrid roaurnrd sir-Jlon-R " Uwo Socialists. YOU NEXT?-See Page 2 tfebserlpllon Price I" a Year by all. Public Mnr Company, ' -if Philadelphia Is Urged to Aid Starving Chinese Philadelphia Is urged to open its ran ,frln with scuuine Christ- i'ii innn ffenerosltv In tile cause of the starving millions of Chinese for v.hoin President Wlson appealed two weeks ago. ' I'ntll further announcement is made, the local committee, of which (leorge Horace Lorlmer is presi dent, Mrs. George Wharton Pepper, treasurer, and Miss M. Carey Thom as, secretary, desires that all con tributions be sent to Mrs. Pepper in rare of W. II. Newbold'rf Sons Hi Co., "ill Chestnut street. The money received will be used in the purchase of food for some of the forty millions of men, women and children In the five northern provinces who must receive assist ance up until the. next harvest or starve. EIGHT CHILDREN RESCUED AS FIRE DESTROYS HOMES Ashland Heights Families Driven, t. aAm lu f,w niare From Beda by Early Blare Two small, homes were, burned nt i o'clock this morning at Ashland ir.i.L.. in i- u.ni..n.rr onun. ...-...,. u ,, "-"" " ' tv acroni the SchuyBclU river from West Manayunk The houses were those of James Gregory, at 28 Washlnuton avenue, and Kdward Devllls, 30 Washington avenue. . I , , Mr. Devllls discovered the fire in the rear shed of his house, and after an In effectual effort to extinguish it gave the nlarm and then ran upstairs to get his wife and three children from the house. All were In their nlht cloth inr and were sheltered by neighbors. The flames then spread to the Gregory home, from which five children were resoucd. Volunteer fire companies from Cyn wyd and West Manatunk saved other properties adjoining. The firemen were hunittcannrct br lack of water and were compelled to use chemicals In fighting the flames The loss is estimated at . ..I''. $10,000. 30 PER CENT CUT IN WAUtS Men's Clothing Manufacturer An nounce New Wage Scale .. . - i. r-. . ort TO.. r Wage reductions averaging about 30 per cent under tho union scale prevailing In h men's clnthlnc industry since No vcmber, 1010, were announced today by the Clothing Manufacturers' Associa tion which made public Its new piece work wage schedule. I ndtr the pleceworic rates tne an nnnncrment stated that the workers V .- st:.t -. Mr.4l th "' '"nLrivhe'selthe are on niecework out" by the manufacturers he manufacturers. MIQQ 5MITH Tfl SURRENDER Mlbb smmh iu sunnciMucn ' Woman Accuaed of Killing Poll- tlcian to Give Herself Up El Paso. Tex.. Dec. 20. (By A. V.) Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith, father nnd mother of Clara Smith, wanted In.Ard more. Okln.. in connection with the death of Jake Hatnon. wealthy politi cian, said at their home today that they had heard from their daughter nnd that she hod decided to give herself up nnd face charges. The mother and father refused to say where Clara Smith was. but said her attorneys hnd arranged for her to face trial. They denied that she had been round in Ihihunhun. nut said they ex pected her soon to be in Kl Paso. LEHIGH PETITION REFUSED supremo Court Insists on Sopara .. . r l,on rrom Auxiliary nanroaa ume ' Washington, Dec. 20. (By A P. )- , rne Miprcme uourt today refused I petition of the Lehigh Valle) Railroad asking the court to reconsider Its dp. cision requiring separation of the Le high and the Delaware, Susquehauna nnd Schu)lklll Railroad. COLDEST DAY THIS FALL Low Mark Set Just Before Winter Arrived Officially The lowest temperature this l,nr was registered at K o'clock this moru- ' Ing, when 20 degrees wus recorded nt I the Weather Bureau. The low olnts , previously were 27 November l.T audi ! J. yesterday. , , , f,,r,"("l,Hter wiy It will continue Idinnce of the herinometer rliln. .. 1 above freering It w ill uS.. ! tomorrow " W"nn cold today and tonight, with little ch1 rm.. iiiiuorrow. Winter sets in officially at 10:17 p. in. tomorrow, the winter KnUi. . .!.i will rf.!1!. -l"fi f ih yr5r" 'l'hr Hu" will rise at i :20 a. ni. and set at l:.'il II in 1 NIGHT EXTRA PRICE TWO CENTS. POLICE ASK PROBE 'fl OF FEDERAL AGENTS AFTER "DOPE" RAID i i Captain Tempest Says Justioo Department Man Opposed $25,000 Drug Seizure DECLARES BEACH SOUGHT RELEASE FOR SUSPECT A $2fi,000 drug seizure by police her is the basis of a demand on Chief Flynn, of the Department of Justice at Wash ington, for a sweeping investigation of the activities of federal agents in con , m. of navies. muw,m """ "" Assistant Sifperlntendent of Ponce Tempest, who seized the drugs in a raid on n holism on Twenty-second street nfnr hfnv.D MyH thf H,tuatIon rfPmant1s n proDc by the head of the Department, of Justice's investigating force. -, Many of the crimes of violence com' (mltted here by bandits are attributed to i ,,, . . ,,j(. ,, ...i.,.,. , ,t. ,,. the use of "dope," which for the time neing gives its users a reckless dis regard of consequences and n false cour age which causes them to rob and kill. . The drug raid led Mayor Moore to announce today that legal measures will be taken against owners of prop-.' erties used for vicious purposes If, enough warrant in lnw is found fr such action. Accuses Justice Agent Captain Tempest said that when he entered the Twenty-second street bouse yesterday Carl Kruger, a Department of Justice agent, tried to block the raid. Kruger is an accredited agent of the department, assigned to the Albany dis trict, but is now on leave of absence, according to the agent In charge in this city. Two padlocks were on the do9r of the ..w .-...... n., T.b.E (U HV . room Tempest sought to enter. As he , was about to force the locks, the assist ant sunerintenrient aasprta. Kfiivar rar?r ,rom DOihTJ, rm ln e t0UM The agent asked TemDCst what he was. doing in the house. When Tempest showed his credentials nnd announced his purpose, Kruger said he could not mase tne raid without a search war- nt. CpUln Tempest shoved the "ide after telllng him he should co-operate with the police Instead niniiiTing;. Kruger Arrests Man After the big "cache" of drugs had been removed to Citv Hall. Krnter I ki..l. l 4 Ull -11 rt.." , 1 " . . .t ,3- . - " iieu oiivcr nun uvrn itx'kca in k Cltr Hal. cell Captain Tsmoest .was T,slon hfrei but slnc tnna(t.ntd t0 ' the Chlcnto offlce. n"eh n this city to testify be- fore the federal Brand jurj. now )n wf. slon. Commissioner Long and Colonel , Beach, according to Tempest, wanted Sliver released. Tftey said they, naa S'J.100 bail for the prisoner, furnished by an unnamed Bondsman. Captal. Tempest said he was willing to have Silver released on the federal charge, hut there was a state charge against him also. The alleged peddler was arraigned to da) in Central Station before Magis trate RenshaV and held in $10,000 over tj,e neated protests of Henry M ball for a further hearing January S Stevenson hln cnuniiel Cantain Tcmnest. the only witness at the hearing, showed three wnstepaper baskets filled with bottles of alleged narcotics. He said Cohen Is believed to be Aaron Oosh, of New York, fiiien's counsel railed against hold ing bis client, lawyer Is Rebuked "This place has ceased to be a cart of justice," he, declared. He was re- had been fixed at $10,000 Stevensoa Duiceil D) tne magistrate. vv nen ou said : "You may us well make (t a million." Captain Tempest informed his callers that Silver would remain ln a cell until the police had Investigated him tha4 oughly. Magistrate Asked Helens Soon afterward Magistrate Harry Jj Imtvr. called at City Hall and sought to gain Silver's release, lmber an rnounced he was ready to accept bail far the prisoner on the state charge. Cap. tain Tempest again refused to give Hd ver his liberty. Captain Tempest today cited cases In the last two or three years where ccm I vlcted "dope" peddlers have escaped with light sentences. He gave as on l instanre the case of a peddler who had a big supply of "dope" in a boun in Ixigan. this man was given thirty days in jail, Tempest said, after his case had dragged along for months without trial "Nothing can be done to brak up this traffic in drugs," Captain Tempest de i dared, "unless proper punishment is given to the peddlers convicted. The stuff they sell is demoralizing and has a direct relation to banditry and other crimes." 1 Mayor Issues Statement 1 The Mayor, indlscussing yesterday's raid, said : "Did the owner or lessee of the Continued on rate Twe. folama Tkre Tofay'.s Developments in iSational Capital The Fordnej emergency tariff bill was voted out by the House ways and ineuiis committee and Chslrmna Fordnei Instructed to make every effort to obtain action before Christ inns. Chiiirmun Siegel, of the House cen u!arlt7 ." " com Xtee YnVor. rnnctment of the Siegel reapportion- ment bill proposing an increase fa the slse of the House to 48-1 members. Delegations representing women's organizations seek pnsnage of Shep-pHrd-Touner maternity bill uy tha' iiui ulise. " S' l, A-wsla. On.. Asherllle. N. 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