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VOL. VII. NO. 89
IB IN UPROAR
WHEN UNION SPLITS
OVER SUNDAY LAWS
Pr. Wood Charges Poor Aro
Robbod of Pleasures, but
Rich Are Not Bothered
MAYOR ASKED TO CONFER '
AFTER HEATED COLLOQUY
The Ministerial Villon, composed of
(11 the Protestant clergymen in the
i, was split asunder at Its quarterly
reeling nt the Central V. M. C. A. to
v over the question of Sunday blue
After the question Hart liecn npcnrii ;
I f'.ire the Fnlon. the Krv. D. It. Wood, j
U the Ovcrbrook Ilaptit Church, ac- !
h-, r-d certain unnamed members of
'robbing the poor of their pleasure and ,
!tn ine (lie rich to riot on Sunday." '
Tl.lx brought a sharp retort from
Die Rev. Dr. T. T. Mulchler, of the
Lord's Pay Alllnnee. In n moment the
hertlng was In nn uproar of dissension.
The Rev. J. M. 8. Isenberg, of Trln-
tT Reformed Church. Rrnad nnd e
nn"" streets, opened the controversy
fcTirti he Introduced a resolution ngnin
cnllinK on Mayor Monrc to treat with
the 'Vnmmittcc of seven, of which the
jtrv. Isenberg is chairman.
In this resolution, he pointed out
that the Mayor had made known his
tiiMi to cull n conference of clergymen
to tall: on Sunday observance nnd re
iueted the I'nlon to adopt the resolu
tion asking the Mayor to treat with the
committee he had refused to meet.
While Rome Iturns
Tins was the signal for sharp com
bunt from the Rev. Dr. Wood.
"We nre fiddling while Rome is
burning," he declared. "When this
P'tnt wave of crime is sweeping over
He country, why not give our time
tc Its suppression rather than bother
Vith petty infractions of law suehjis
Buntln baseball
"Tho blue lnws." ho continued, are
Attacking an evil in spots, robbing the ,
poor or tlielr piensiire nni uiwwi.ik .
the rich to riot on Sunday."
At this point, the Rev. Dr. Mutehler
Ijrose. ,, I
'It is
serious ' matter,"
IT. I
MnMiler declared hitting back at Dr.
Wood, "for'people to -.eek their own'
Interpretations of Inws contrary to the
Interpretations made by the courts." '
This brought nn outburst from the
Hit. Herbert Acute, of Temple Rap-
tilt Church. Twentj -second and Tioga
MreeK who supported the Rev. Dr.
Wood.
Raps Newspapers
Then Mr. Isenborg arose and accused
the newspnpers of having misrepre
sented the controversy to the public.
'The newspapers," he said, "have
tint given a clear presentation of the
meeting nt the Arch Street MethodNt
Church evcriil weeks ago, when tills
jnnttcr was first brought!; p for con
sideration, "The papers have mnde errors on
their front pages, and later have made
corri'eilnns Insiilc. On tills committee
of .even were placed men who repre
sented action already taken by the
diffircnt denominations in the ciy.
"1 am surprised that any one here
9-litmlfl qiieMlun whether or not to stand
br ihc lav ."
lie then denounced all attempts to
ri .olto the blue laws of 171)4. and said
tliey might well be called "the law of
30111. ' as the Legislature In that year
filled to revoke the 17114 law.
I he resolution calling on the Mayor
to grant an audience to the "committee I
of ."vcn" was finally adapted.
TRIED TO MAKE HUSBAND
JEALOUS; SHE SUCCEEDED
Now Vlneland, N. J., Woman Must
Face Suit for Divorce
Mr-. Heck MphsIi-Ic. nf Vlnelimd. N.
I i anted to make her husband jeal-
oi - o that he would pay more ntten- had him removed to the iianneninun
tun in hor. This morning he appeared . Hospital for treatment. Ihey returned
before Advisorv Master in Chancery ' to search his effects, in an effort to o
ire . ii; Camden, for a divorce on I cate his relatives, and while in his
KrmiiidH nt unfaithfulness. I room heard groans in the (.allngher
Mevdck. who Is tin. enntnin of an I woman's room. Ihey broke down the
oner boat, charges his wife was nil- 4
inlllifnl diirlng his absence, and says
he found letters, couched in endearing
'crnn, from Preston Jackson, of Vine
land, Mrs. Messick told the judge that her
ft iccil correspondent had written the
letters at her request and that she in
tended them to fall into her husband's
li.uid- in order "to make liim jealous
unil more attentive," The case will
cum. up on January 20.
BROWN READY TO RETIRE
C ilef Justice Will Hand Down Last
Opinions Friday
' liicf.Tustlee J. Hay Rrown, of Lan
JuMit, Pa., head of the State Siinremfl
''iirt is expected to hand down his last
opinions before be retires from ollice
1 Inn the state's highest tribunal meets
h 'ie next Friday.
Chief Justice Rrown's term of
twentj. one years expires the first Mon
hi In January. He will be succeeded
"f chief Justice by Justice Robert von
MovhzlHkcr, of this city. Justice
Rrown'B place as n member of the
trilmnal will lie tilled by Judge Sylvester
' Sadler, of Carlisle, Pn,, who was
e.lcetcd Inst November to the vacancy by
'he expiration of Justice Rrown's term.
iiMii. n ro"ft assembles here Justice
" illlnin I. Schnffer, of Chester, former
attorney genera, will make his appear
niice on the bench for the first time.
i,uMice Schafcr was appointed to the
pupreine Court by (iiiwrnor Sproul to
mid office until November next, when
an election will be held to fill the place
"ii the Supreme Court bench made
'iieuut I,,- the death of tho late Justice
"lin Stewart, who wan struck nnd killed
1,1 a tridley car in Chanibersburg, Pa.
Ninety to Lose Jobs at Navy Yard
There will be a reduction in the
"erlcal and draughting force ut the
''iiKiie Islnnd Navy Yard as a result
','.', Hn order received there today from
"UMiliigtnn. About ninety men will be
affected by the cnrtnlliuent which fol
J''wh a 2!5 per cent cut In tho approprla
lien of the bureau of construction of the
Auvy DBuartment.
Unltrcd in Bccbnd.Clasa Matter at tho Postortloe, t Philadelphia, Pa.
Under the Act of March (J. 1S7B
Limericker Can Now Pay for Xmas Presents
Introducing:
HOOD GILPIN, JR.
133 St. Charles Plucc,
Atlantic City, N. J.
Reporter on Evening llullctin
HIS LIMERICK
No. 7
There was an old fellow in
Salem
Who said: "Bandits?
Why, down here we jail 'em.
We don't stand for the
capers
We see in the papers,
We cell poaching ueggs
when we nail 'em."
Ex-Service Man Is Winner
of 7th Limping Limerick
Hood Gilpin, Jr., Now of Atlantic City, Was
With Pioneers "Over There" and Later
Was an M. P.
Well, i'uilj.1 have H good Christmas,
all you fans''
And dldja limerick around the fam
ily dinner Christmas Kve nnd after
word nnd while you were trimming
the tree and hnnging up the stockings
nnd trying to mnke the children go to
sleep so Santa could come down the
chimbley and not be caught?
There's one chap down in Atlantic
City who had 'n better Christmas than I
he expected. He's picking up health,
down there and all tits family nre in i
other parts of the country, and he spent !
so mucii sending mem urc.MMiis mm nc.
was like the fellow In today's limerick,
lie was wondering how he was going
to "get by"' himself.
And then, the very day before Christ-
rims, he learned he had won the HUN-
Another Case of Drug Poison
ing Discovered AfteV Man
Becomes III
HAD ROOM IN TENDERLOIN
Marie Gallagher, thirty-five jeais
old, was taken from n rooming house
In Vine' street, west of 'Thirteenth,
shortly before midnight, suffering from
opium or cocaine poisoning. Her con
dition is critical.
DIscoverv of the drug victim s plight
followed the calling in of police to give
Attention to I'linther roomer wno had
been taken M'liously ill. Police heard
the woman's groans and broke down the
door leading to her room.
On n table beside the bed of the
woman were found a hypodermic needle,
gpnon and bottle of colorless llniu.
whlcb. the police say. is cither cocaiuc
in volutin or morphia.
The tenant., whose antecedents arc
unknown to the police came to the ine
street house last Friday. She engaged a
'room on the second floor, adjoining that
occupied by Claude Hemnielberg, a ship
worker. , . . , .
llemmelberg was taken ill in his
room yesterday, and police from the
station
rii'ventli and Vl liner sun-in
door and found the woman on the bed
semiconscious.
The pntroi made a second trip to the
Hahnemann Hospital. Physicians nt
the Institution diagnosed her case ns
one of opium poisoning, but police say
tho woman is suffering from the effects
of cither cocaine or morphine.
HIS ARREST KILLEDSJSTER
Man Held as Murder Suspect Freed
Mother Seriously III
Chicago, Dec. 27.UI.V A. IM
After the shock of his nrrest as a mur-
.inr uimnnct. had caused the death of
his sister. Mrs. Marie Kllsworth, and a
horinuH breakdown of bis mother, ns his
attorney alleged, Paul Hansen, who
surrendered Inst Friday when police
besieged ills homo, was a free man to
day. The police said they were unable
to connect Hansen wltn the slnylng ot
Paul J. Lnbew, a Jeweler, shot last
week during a hold-up.
iioncnn'ii klster was taken seriously
111 when Hansen was arrested ten days
ugo on a charge ot complicity in u roiv
i. Tlla uni'nnd arrest caused a fatal
1 elapse, the family charges. His mother
has not yet been told of her daughter s
death.
hadTake liquor permit
Two Men Held for Alleged Illegal
Moving of Rum
Thomas Shill and Nathan Fleishman,
of New Ilrunswlck, N. J., nnd Charles
Plehsla, of New York city, wl'l he given
11 hearing before I'lilted States f oinmts
Kloner Mauley late today in the Federal
Rililding oil a cnarge 01 iiit'iimi? uun-
porting liquor.
' fri. m..n were arrested Christina
dav in Wayne whl'e taking fifty cases
of' whisky to Raltimore. Ihey dis
played a permit Bigued with the name of
Charles K. Duffy, statu prohibition di
rector ot .ew jersey, ii umiiiwi
.!.., iinffv is a deputy collector of rev-
ciiuo and 'has nothing to do with issuing
liquor permits
When yqu.Jhnti of wrltliir.
WnMAN IS nYlNR. :
.. w.... ... .w - . ...,
NARCOTIC BLAMED
DUKD DOLLAR pri.e and he will 'get
it today, so his troubles nre over. He is:
HOOD GILPIN, .IIC,
IBS St. Charles Place. Atlantic City.
Reporter on Evening Bulletin.
This award was for Limerick No. 7.
Mr. Gilpin's verse, as completed, fol
lows: There teas an old fellow in Salem
Who said, "llanditst Why, doirt here
ice jail 'cm;
We don't stand for the capers
Wo see in the papers:
We cell poaching yeggs when ice nail
'cm."
T,
good play on "bell" nnd
A 1 CtlJ
cues'' eh? That line took n lot of
thought and It deserved to win.
So, now that Mr. Oilpin has solved
Continued on Piixn Two. Column Four
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LICENSES HELD UP
Judges Will Decide if Volstead
Law Annuls Brooks Act
in Pennsylvania
AUTHORITY IS QUESTIONED
All liquor licenses in Delaware county
were held up today by Judges Isaac
Johnson nnd William D. Rroomnll until
they . cah decide whether tho Volstead
act supersedes the Rrooks high license
law in Pennsylvania.
The situation created by the action
of the judges holds startling possibili
ties. It came nlsnit through a remon
strance which n Chester attorney filed
against the applications of three of his
fellow townsmen.
The judges had granted three licenses
for 1021 when tho application of Ed
ward P. Robinson, proprietor of the
Madison Hotel, Chester, came up.
James L. Rankin, a Chester attorney,
filed a remonstrance against the grant-
(tic nf tliA llponun nnrt iinfintinrot flint
he would file remonstrance against
granting licenses to William, II. Fuller-
ton, bottler, nnd t. rsnerelll, whole
saler. The attorney said the remonstrnnces
were not 111 toe nature 01 compininis
DELAWAR
COUNTY
..K.....m ""' ioi-i-fi"oiiin miu cur-i m, ,MP Dalmatian coast, have surrcn
ried on their businesses, but were In-1 ,,,,,.,.,, t0 itnlnu r,.K11inrs. after failing
tended to test a provision of the law. in ttempt to capture the Italian
Mr. Rank n contended that the state wars),ip Marsala. The volunteers
license law- had been nbrognted by the i,nlmed the vessel, but the crew re
passage of the eighteenth amendment Hjst,.( capture and seized twenty-seven
and the Volstead act. nnd hence it wns llf ihv i,.Konar!es, landing them at An
not wlthll; the power of any Pennsyl- ,.,m, an Italian port on the western
vnnin court to grant a license.- I K,,, f the Adriatic, sns u Havns
Judge Johnson replied that though he dispatch
recognized ine tact inni tne tirst section
of the eighteenth amendment forbade the
sale of liquors the secondHCctlon sprei- 1
tied thnt the sale of Intoxicants should
be unlawful lifter the stntes hud passed
concuirent legislation. Since no such
legislation has been passed In this state,
said .Tildes Johnson, there Is some ones-
tiou In ills mind us to the npplicnbility
ot tne law to ine matter or grant 11c
licenses. He said be believed thnt t-n
long ns the Pennsylvania license la,w is
In effect the courts would have to grant
licenses.
The court recalled the three licenses
nlrendy granted when Mr. Rankin
brought up his point, and asked thnt
briefs be xubmittcd. Tho court will band
down n decision Inter.
GUN-TOTERS SENTENCED
Camden Recorder Gives Jail Terms
to Four Men
Four men charged with carrying con
cealed weapons, or with Haunting the
wenpons in reckless fashion, were given
jnll sentences by Recorder Htnrkhnuse,
In Camden, today.
They were Jacob Desert, of Ralti
more, three months in the rouiitj
prison ; Andrew Vim Dasehcr. of Glou
cester, one month ; Russell Rlanberger,
Gloucester, four months, and James
Wad'1, of Rurtiiigton, three months.
LINCOLN BODYGUARD DIES
Tallest Man In General Scott's Cav
alry Personally Picked for Post
Chicago, Dec. 27. (Ry a. P.) -Picked
by Prrsldent Lincoln to serve
ns 11 member of his bodygunrd because
he was the tallest man In General Win
field Scott's cavalry, Perry L. Austin,
seventy-year-old Civil War veteran ol
Waukegnn, III., died nt his home todnt
Mr, Austin served on Lincoln's hmlj
guard for seventeen months. He had
spent the Inst few yenrs lecturing in
fcchuuls on patriotism.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1920
CAPTURE OF FIUI
I
IS EXPECTED TODAY
'Am Afraid All Is Lost, Even
Honor," Says D'Annunzio's
Agent at Romo
REGULARS AT OUTSKIRTS
OF CITY STILL ADVANCING
Rj- the Associated Prevt
London, Dec, 27. Italian (iovern
ment troops nre slowlj but inexorably ,
closing the Iron ring around Flume. '
wliere Captain Cabrh-le D'Annunzinniid
Mu llftln fnmn ,.t I ! !.... ....! '
...1 ,.i,,.- i.Mii- in iriuiiurir un' niuini-
ing siege.
Reports from the Htv have been mea
ger, hut It appeared Hint the soldiers
commnnded by (ieneral ('.ivlallu bad
forced the D'Annunzio lines back Into
the outskirts of the city, and that the
full, of thptclt voiihl nqt .be long.de
Inyed. Fiumo, it Is expected, will be
captured today.
Land, and .kco fortes arrayed against
D'Annunzio began to move forward to
ward, the, .city, yesterday. Advices, int
dicated the grip they had taken had
reduced the legionaries in. Finnic to an
almost hopeless position. The land nd
vance was made from three directions,
and did not encounter any resistance.
The D.Annunzian soldiers foil back
ns the government troops moved ahead,
and It wna declared the poet-soldier had
directed Ills officers not to open fire on
the advancing forces until he had per
sonally given orders to that effect. The
Italian regulars were understood to
hnvo been under orders not to fire until
they were compelled to do so.
Crowds attempted to hold demonstra
tions In Home in fnvor of Captain
D'Annunzio last night, but strong de
tachments of royal mounted guards
cuorgcu upon nnd dispersed those en
gaged In the manifestation. D'Annun
zio's war cry of "Down with the treaty
of Rnpollo. was frequently heard.
The Incident followed n meetlne held
by Nationalists in fnvor of D'Annunzio
and the claims he has put forward as
conditions upon which he will abandon
his fight nt Flume, Deputy Fedcrsoni
made nn annres in favor of the poet-
soldier and was frequently applauded.
Later, several Nationalists, in re
venge for the breaking up of the dem
onstrations, decided to put an end to
a concert being directed by SergliiH
Koussevlsky in the AugiiKteum. They
formed In a column nnd entered the
building, crying: "Viva Flume Hall
ana ! Vlvn D'Annunzio !"
The concert was interrupted and sev
eral scuffles occurred between the In
vaders and the audience, which loudly
protested. Prompt intervention by the
police re-established order nnd only a
few arrests were made.
Rome, Dec. 27. (By A. P.) Little
hope that Captain D'Annunzio will be
able to hold Flume against Italian reg
ulars Is entertained by Slgnor Odenlgo,
local representative of the "regency of
Quarnero," who, witli several friends
nnd sympathizers, has been anxiously
awaiting developments along the Adri
atic. "I am afraid all is lost, unfortunately
even honor." Signor Odenigo said yes
terday. "All advices point to the con
clusion that we must abandon even the
last hope of being Italian, ns the gov
ernment has granted the port of Raross,
between Fiume and Susak, to Jugo
slavia under n secret understanding.
The Italian Government is now pre
paring to Accupy Fiume with milltnrj
forces nnd apply the treaty by forte.
Captain D'Annunzio with 4500 men
! cannot resist an attack by 20,000 un
less a miracle Happens, but it is a
shame.
Paris. Dec. S7. (Iy A. P.)
Fiiiman legionaries and Dalmatian vol-
.,. nt Zarni pnrt KOUth of Film(.
12-YEAR-OLD BOY SHOOTS
FATHER TO AMD MOTHER
Youngster Riddles Man When He
Quarrels With Woman
Tumw M..1 lnwl.ll fnr flln IllMt kf.VPn
' .,,,mthu nwnn nir to lu noire, ins
ill-treated and beaten his wife nt their
home. 171i." Moravian Btrect.
Saturday McDowell started another
I quarrel with Ills wife, and wns chasing
her around the room. Rally McDowell,
the twelve-year-old win of the couple,
1 had tried to prevent outbreaks at pre-
, vlous times, but had been pushed aside
nnd, say the police, hod been as roughly
handled as the mother.
Rut Rally had other Ideas yestcrdnv.
If he couldn't stop by his physical ef.
forts the attacks on his mother, there
'were other mentis
I'he "other means" in tills case hap
pened to be u si -shooter with a loaded
cartridge In every cylinder. Rally hnd
never practiced marksmnnshlp, but
when he finished the job be started In
the Moravian street home the gun wns
empty and bis father was lying on the
floor with six bullets in his body.
Surgeons at the Polyclinic Hospital
enid McDowell will live. Rally was
arrested and is in the House of De
tention, and he sujs he llred the shots
only In defense of his 1 .other.
The McDowells are Negroes.
WOMAN, "Tl 5,'bLEW OUT jSAS
Revived in Hospital, Insisted on
Going Home to "Do Dishes"
Chicago, Dec. 27. Mrs. Sarah
Quliin, who bays she U ll.r years old,
declared today she was "as well ns
usual" after being nearly asphyxhted
In her homo yesterday. She is believed
to have nbsent-iiiindedly blown out the
gas stove flames.
An hour after being revived in a
hospital, she insisted on going home
"Jo do the dlsh,"
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KIOIK NliAlt FALL
News of the fall of Flume Is hourly
expected. The city, defended by the
followers of Gnbrlele D'Annunzio,
has been surrounded, Italian troops
under General Cnvlglln having ad
anceil to tho outskirts of the city
from the north and cost, while the
Italian fleet blockades tne harbor..
At Zara. farther down the Adriatic,
D'Annunzlons, after vainly at
tempting to capture, an Italian war
ship", have urremleretl. '
P.R. R.'EXPRESS HITS
FREIGHT, BUT NONE IS HURT
Wrecked Cars Take Fire and Tie
Up Traffic for Hours
An express car and fight freight cars
were strewn over both tracks of the
Philadelphia, Raltimore nnd Washing
ton division of the Pennsylvania Rail
road following a reo.r-end collision be
tween nn express train and an extra
freight train south of Charleston, Mil.,
at .1:45 o'clock this morning.
Kxpress train No. 104. without pas
sengers, enroute from Washington to
Jersey City, crashed into the renr of the
extra freight train between Pcrryvllle
and Charleston, fifty-three miles south
of Philadelphia.
The engine of the express tore Its
way through the cabin nnd eight rear
cars of the freight extra, uprooting the
roadbed ami burying the twisted rails
under a mass of splintered wood and
steel.
The head car of the express buckled
nnd hurdled the wrecked freight cars,
adding to the debris. The wreckage took
fire following the collision, adding to
the confusion and delay in clearing the
tracks.
Traffic was restored on the south
bound track nt 7:40 o'clock, but the
northbound trark was still buried under
smoldering debris.
"FUJ" VICTIMS IMMUNE
'Not-Susceptible to Attack of Disease
for Several Years
Washington, flee. 27. (Ry A. P.)
Influenza attacks carry with them "a
definite immunity to subsequent at
tacks, lasting several years," according
to conclusions renched by the Public
Health Service after Intensive study
In the homes where the disease was
epidemic In 1018-11).
"Inasmuch as the epidemic of 1018
and 1010 affected so very large a pro
portion of the population," the state
ment by Surgeon General Camming
added, there woulil seem to be reason
11 til p grounds for bellevlnc thnt even
should 'flu' become prevalent here nnd
there (this winter) It would not assume
the epidemic proportions of the last
two Tears, nor would It rage in such
severe form."
Dr. dimming pointed out. however,
thnt there was nn wny of definitely
foretelling "whether this winter will
witness nny recurrence of influenza in
epidemic form."
GERMANY WONHMJISBAND
Allies to Discuss Refusal to Disarm
Civilian Army
Paris, Dec. 27.-(Ry A. P.) Ger
many's note refusing to disband the
Kinwohnerwehr, or civilian guards, in
Ravarla and Prussia will be examined
late today by the council of ambassa
dors, says the Petit Parlslen. General
Nollet. head of the Interallied Control
Commission in llerlin. hnd a long con
ference on this subject with Georges
Leygues, president of the council of
ministers, yraterdnj . A dispatch from
Muyenre to the Petit Paiisien states
the Interallied High Commission there
has reached a decision to break up all
German tiillltart organizations.
Newspapers declare that the meeting
of the Rrltish, French and Italian pre
miers wili be held c.irlj in January at
Nice.
Iterlin, Dec. 27. The effectives of
the German army hav- been reduced to
100,000, in accordance with the Spa ,
ngreement with the Allies, it was ofli- '
dally announced jesterdaj. I
SOVIET BREAKS WITH POLES i
Peace Parley Definitely Called Off,
Says Moscow Dispatch I
Copenhagen, Dec. 27. (Ry A. P.
The Russo-Polish pence negotiations at
Riga have been definitely broken off, '
says a dispatch from Warsaw today. (
Adolph Joffe, head of the Soviet dele
gation, declnred Russia's international
situation was so good that It was uu - 1
neccsaary to trent further with the
Poles.
Emerson Hough Seriously III
Chicago. Dec. 27. (Ry A P.)
Kmersou Hough, the author, who was
removed from his home to a hospital
lost week following several weeks' ill
ness, was reported today to be in a
serious condition, Phjsicians said
double pneumonia had developed and
that he spent a restless night
Today's Developments
in National Capital
Secretary Hoiuton told the Senate
finance committee the bonus bill if
enacted would cost $2..tOO,000.000.
Republican and Democratic lenders
In the Senate clashed over the emer
gency tariff bill. Senator Hitchcock,
declaring the measure "wiicldal,"
proposed thut It be sent to the com
merco committee instead of the
Jiuaucr, committee.
I'ubtlahed Dally Kirrpt Sumlny.
Copyright, into, by
MAYOR HOLDS WHIP
AND CAN DEFY NEW
COALITION OF FOES
County Offices Filled to Over
flowing Mooro Has Patron
age Lash to Wield at Will
PENROSE JOBS ARE
ONLY SMALL FACTOR
Women's Support of Chief Ex
ecutive Worries Brown-Cun-ningham-Vare
Combine
THEY LIKE A FIGHTER
Public Reaction Seen Against 5
Alleged Reform Councilmen
Who Helped Override Veto
Ry GEOIWJK NOX MrCAIN
As matters stand today in the politi- 1
nl game in Philadelphia. 'Mayor Moore
has the whip hand.
Whether or not ho rprnina if ,1..
pends altogether upon his dispensing
with the (.erviees of the unfaithful and
Incompetents In his official family.
The logic of the present situation is
with him.
A hasty view of the field docs not
favor this assumption. A close study
of it, however, reveals nt once the
streugth of his position and the de
fpctn in the new coalition of Rrown -Cunningham
-Vare.
The Mayor has three yenrs yet to
eorve. For three years therefore the
triumvirate can hope in vain for the
light of his favor to rest upon them.
He will have no jobs for their hench
men. The county offices, which are ex
empted from civil service rules and con
trolled by the Vares, are carrying all
the placemen possible now.
In Judge Ilrown's Municipal Court
the odd mixture of drones nnd workers
arc packed In so tightly that their
heads are sticking out of the windows.
On the other hand, there are hun
dreds of plnccs that can yet be filled by
the Mayor. He has a lot of patron'
nge to dispense when the time comet,
to shake the plum tree.
Can Strengthen Own Lines
In thU wuy he ran strengthen his
owu lines of battle.
Tl e policemen nnd firemen can be
taken nut of politics so far that they
will never get bnck again. There are
no political .contributions permitted
now from h'tft' 'hitherto prBflttibU
source.
The Mayor has declared relentless
war against gamblers. The rich graft
thut once flowed from this source is
bone dry. Every few days sees a
round-up of tin horns. There is book
making In a sneaking way, but there
are no big prosperous faro, roulette
or stud games running for which pro
tection money is pnld.
No man, no matter what his official
position, can guarantee protection to
nny gammer or Keeper 01 o oisorueriy
I house; that is, as a result of collusion
with the police power.
1 For three years to come, therefore,
the new combination will feed at a
mighty slim table.
There Is no money to be derived from
old corrupt sources. The junta has no
fios:
ce.
ositlons to otfer ns rewards for serv-
The new combination comes into
existence badly handicapped in these
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two vital respects.
Its one great hope is Senator Pen
rose. He controls the federal patron
age of the state. Rut even this holds no
great assurance of aid.
Federal offices in Philadelphia, ex
cept the postoflice, are usually tilled up
with appointee from neighboring nulli
ties. It is uhnut the only way of re
warding the faithful in the rural dis
tricts. Resides, in these various offices there
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HITCHCOCK ASSA'LS
WASHINGTON, Dec, C7. 7? imMicnn nnJ De.uocr.f
in tho Sennte clnshetl today ovi t t'u ll..u-e riri -ency i
Senator Hitchcock, Democratic IctcUr. ilnracteiiad tl
nn einbaiHo measure nntl a hocking piopoMt jon"
Aiuciican comineice. He propc. d th.it tho bill 1
commerce committee.
RAILWAY YARDS AT EAGLK PASS, TEXAS, CONGESTED
r.AGLK PASS. ly t,. Dc, .!'. Tin Southern I'acili" Rn'ui
yaids he;o are congested with t i.il ib j u 1 . Ii.i, ,i ,
oi" tho leeent stiike of coal mlncis m the sfue of CualiJil.-.
though thu stiike was bertlerl tn..i v. .: . .-n. m
i 'sumed ,it a iii'tmai pj'i.luiuo.. ... ,i t i. i. . u
flooded condition of the mini", aiconllug to npoits u;s.
AUTOS DESTROYED IN FIRE
Six Horses Saved In $15,000 Stable
and Garage Blare
Six horses were saved but three
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strowd in n fire which burned the burn1
r ml 'garage of Ixmls Corbln nt Haver-
ford nvetuie and City line, late yes-
tcrdny.
Wal'tcr Love, of Sixty-fourth street
motortrucks nun ii i.MuiiiK i-i ,-n- in
and City line, who keeps several of his
horses nt Corbln'n stable, went to the
Corbln place yesterday afternoon to see
his stock, ne uiseovcreu a nre blazing
In n corner of the barn, He summoned
Corbln ond the two, with the nld of four
of Corbln s employes, got the horses out
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snieiy. nicy nt-re miiiinc to save the
motors, however The loss is estimated
at 10,000,
Kubscrlptlon Prlr 1(1 Tear by llll.
Public Ledror Company.
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RAYMOND POND
City landscape gardener, whose of
clal licad was lopped off today when
Mayor Moore opened his war on
his political foes In City Hall by
having Director Caven demand
forty resignations
FIRST SNOW AND SLUSH
CAUSE TRAFFIC DELAYS
Wires Down as Rain Turns City's
White Mantle to Mud-Colored Coatton of thp Christmas "truce."
Trains and trolley cars were delayed Raymond G. Pond. landscape gar
and slippery streets caused many accl- j(iPner in the Public Works Department
dents to pedestrians and motor und j nnrt knoWD. as the city forester, is among
horse-drawn vehicles In a post-Christ- j th fortv "firra" by Director Caven,
mos storm which began last evening whn nnnnnced his action after a coun
with snow, which later turned to rain. ioi of war tnH morning, presided over by
' A' sixteen-mile wind drove the rain I Mayor Moore.
down upon the city all night. Many I Others nt this conference were City
wires and signs were blown down, add-'.Solicitor Smyth, Director of Public
ing to the confusion. A heavy fog on the , Saf t rortPij.011 nnd Mr. r.,ven. Tht
river caused mnny dolnys in the ferry ,,." , ,, , , ,
schedule. ' Pu"'le works director was the only of
The temperature began to rise nt 8 ficial who would talk after the session
o'clock this morning from .'15 nnd was ,.mpd.
38 nt 11 o'clock. The weather man I ,, . . . . ,
predicts temperature slightly above Thp meat-chopper has started to
normal until nightfall, when it is ex-work." Director Caven declared. "The
pected to drop below the freezing point. , edges have ben sharpened. I have al-
One of the worst trolley tie-ups
caused by the storm was on Route 48.
A large section of the trolley wire over
the southbound track at Twenty-ninth
street above Clearfield gave way just
as traffic wns heavy with early morn
ing workers.
Cold wave warnings were ordered to
day by the Weather Bureau for the
Ohio vnlley, Tennessee and the east
gulf states. The bureau's forecast said
much colder wenther would overspread
virtually all sections cast of the Mis
sissippi river within the next thirty
six hours except New Knglnnd.
Snow was predicted for tonight in
the region of the Great Lakes, the
unner Ohio valley and the north At
lantic states, probably continuing to
morrow over much of this area. Klso
where in the states east of the Mis
slssippi generally
fair weather
was
promised.
FEUD ENDS IN SLAYING
Fatal Shooting Occurs at 11th and
Ellsworth Streets Man Escapes
Ending an old family fued which had
l,u lm,nnttnn in Ttnlv Anfiinin ,11
Michele. forty years oid. of Kllsworth
street near Ninth, shot and fatally
1 ii 1 1-1-1. iirui . r-111 11 uiiii luioii
1 .ounlled j)nlli,. , Vn,.,.117.0, twenty
eieht. of Lntonn street near Fifteenth.
'at H :40 o'clock.lost night, at Eleventh
I nnd Kllsworth streets, according to the
police.
j The wounded mnn wns tiiken to St.
i Agnes' Hospital, where he died nt 2
o'clock this morning. He made an ante
I mortem statement to Magistrate Wag
ner, in which he told of the family
fued.
Patrolmen and pedestrians who wit-
newd the shooting pursued li Michele
west on Aniiin street, but ho escaped
EMERGENCY TABlTF VJhT
V!
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ROB AT "BRIDGE OF SIGHS"
Three
Hold-Ups Reportec
der
Very Shadow of Tonj
New Yorli, Dec. 27. illy
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for
.now tor siartcii its crime
December 27. 1020, with the of
three robberies under the famous
"Rrldge of Sighs" connecting the
Tombs with the Criminal Courts Rulld-
'"B-
William L. Trafford. n denutr court
clerk, reported thut Friday night two
men biding in the shadow of the bridge
bad taken his watch and $l.'l.
Probation Officer James Russels re
ported the same night two men released
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on probation bad been robbed of $40
and si, respectively, as soon as tl
had left the shelter of the Criminal
Courts JJulldiug.
PRICE TWO CENTS
41 HEADS FILL
. JIS MHYDR OPENS
CITY HALL
Public Works Department Is
First to Feel Moore's Ax.
Pond Among Victims
ALL DISLOYAL MUST GO"
IS WARNING FROM CAVEN
Moore Presides at "Drumhead"
Court-Martial as Decapita
tions Are Started
MANY MORE ARE SLATED
, Beginning of Shake-Up After
Taunt by Cunningham That
Threats Are "Bluffs"
The headsman's axe flashed in City
Hull today, striking off forty heads in
the Department of Public Works and
opening Mayor Moore's war on hostile
political leaders.
The magnitude of the resignations
demanded, announced as only n begin
ning, daggered the jobholders as they
rontlTrrl tfin hitrttent ithnfru.ttn in fiftppn
I waK ,,. ., thp ..
ready nuked for about forty resignations
in my department. I asked for them
before I went In to see the Mayor.
Disloyal Must Go
'This much Ib certain. No one dls
ployriitto the administration can stay."
Director Caven said that he would
not give out the list of men who are
to fie dropped for several days.
"The letters have just been sent,"
said the director, "and it would not be
fair to the men to give their names at
this time."
Director Caven said that even more
resignations would be demanded iu the
Public Works Department, including
. those of some engineers receiviug from
1400 to S2000 a year.
I The upheaval "broke ' shortly after
Thomas W. Cunningham, president of
the Republican Alliance, who was re
ptidinted by the Mayor, announced his
belief thnt the Mayor was only
"hlutling" about a shake-up and that
th, pollticnl storm would sweep out te
'sea without damage.
Cunningham and other political lead
en, also believed that the Mayor would
sidestep on the Municipal Court veto.
It was the smashing of this veto lust
Tuesday with the aid of the so-called
administration councilmen that led to
the Major's declaration of wnt .
I-irger Fry Await A
As the Mnynr's nx swung it was evi
dent that minor emplojes would feel its
blows before the blade slices off several
, nblnei heads known to be in danger
Director Cortelyou hnd no comment
to make as he hurried from the Mayor's
office He said he would see the Mayor
1
'i,r.nn later in the dav.
Corteljou to Act Next
Sweeping changes in the Public
S.ifety Department, affecting numerous
subordinates, are expected this lifter
noon. Announcement of the "readjust
; - ment" there is Ilke'y to follow immedl
ntelj after the second conference be
'',, twren the Mayor aud Mr. Cortelyou
,., Oliicials of the 'high command" who
are reported in dnnger are Colonel
1 Thomas Riddle Kills, assistant dlreetoi
t'-f ,of public safety ; Director FurbusU. of
the Health Department, and A Lincoln
Acker it purchasing agent
protege, ( ouncilmnn Gans,
the six so-c.illed administra-
len who helped to over
signed to save more than
the tnxpnyers' money.
the storm signals tiew In every
in the big municipal muidiug it
wns noted that K. L. D. Roach, secro
tar of the committee of seventy, wac
i active about the Major's ollice. Roach
is believed to have data on the political
activities of maiij jobholders
1 Costcllo Room Is Spiked
Reports that Joseph K Costello, chief
of the bureau of claims, would be named
as assistant director of public safety
were given a setback today. It was said
that Mr Costello had been advised to
remnin in the law department.
Councilman George Connell, one of
I the "faithful six," was a caller nt the
1 Major's cilice. Mr Connell desires
I the' post of electrical bureau chief fol
George W. Cams, of the Torty-second
ward, formerly in charge of electrical
work at Hog Island.
James r .ilcl.auxhlln. chlet of the
ehs'trieal bureau, was at his office today
for tin- first time in some dais He has
been ill ut his home
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was ol
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I'ond In Office Seven Yearn
Tim demnnd for Mr, Pond's resigns
tiou us landscape gardener came to hie
office after Pond had left fur his home
at f004 North Fifth tercet. He reported
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