m wWfH'aw WPM1 '" w" r"'" "pp' l t.5 '' s . 4r& Ybw Jn on the Ledger's LuhMve Limping Limericks? If Not, Better Get inSee Page 2 THE WEATHER firmer ally fair nnri warmer tonight and Thursday with coldest tonight about 30 degrees; gentle winds. TRMI'intATURK AT IttCH HOUR &F NIGHT EXTRA uentng r 8 IIP 111 12 1 2 I 3 4 I 5 a-i 2fl 127 120 ino 3i iai VOL. VII. NO. 91 Kntered n l'lf Matter t the Ponmc. lit PMlftdtlphla, !. IlKlnr the Act of March ir, 1879 r PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1920 IMbllnhed IJaJtj- Kxcpt Sunday. Hub.crlptlon Prion in it Tor by Mall. Copyright. 102. hy IMiMIr I.rtitr Compnnj. PRICE TWO CENTS WINNER OP TODAY'S LIMERICK MAYOR ORDERS CLEAN-UP OF VICE IN BROWNS WARD; CAMPBELL BACKS MOORE AS ALLEGED HEAD LODIED OF $23,700 fityfftftfyw public mbntt MAN IS ARRESTED ARC ST. FOR SHOP OF DRUG RING HERE WITHIN 6 MINUTES Woman Heroin Victim Gives- In formation Against Supposed 'King of Poddlers' FIVE ARE SENTENCED TO HOUSE OF CORRECTION . man the pol'n-c cull "Tho King fcf t.ic Drug PyMIei-r." was arrested following the confession of a woman f ho all but died a the result of nn vrnioV6f heroin. Ho I.- Joseph Miller, and is said hy she police to be one of the most pow ri, lieutenants. If not the actual J .'i" of tho "drug ring" in this ci,.v- T'lOiigh arrested Miller Is not now In ti- hand." of the police. lie waa bailed o i .ilrroi-t Instantly ntter Magistrate ,.!', at tho Eleventh xind Wluter Mr m nation, had held hiin today for a fiuther henrliitf January 8. (ue startling swiftness with whioh JifUler'H friends bailed him out Is only one reason the police have for believing tluit h- In backed by powerful Influenco uith unliirltcd money. 'nattier la a mysterious tolegram, tended Lieutenant Clay at the Eleventh ami Winter streetn station, last night, 'a .hort time after Miller's arrest. Woman Aids Polke The telegram was unsigned mid read: Take care of Miller and we'll take cure of you try to let him go." Marie Gallagher, who says she ha been a" uwr of drugs for some time, made possible tho arrest of Miller by information she) gave the doctors and jinlice who wore summoned t" her bed e'de at the Hahnemann Hospital. The woman was tHken to the hojpltal from a house on Vine street west of Thirteenth In a stupor from an overdose of drafts. I.ntc yesterday the woman retrained tenHclousness. Magistrate Orells was csllcd In, a were District Detectives Tcrrls and Meclure. Tlie woman told them all the details of the party. Sho eald she had been a drug user for Some time. Lately, she told the detec tives, she bod been buying bcr drugs direct from Miller. Is Found in Tenderloin The detectives swore out a warrant nd hurried to nn address the woman bad given him as Miller's home. They found Miller standing outside a restau rant on Eighth street near Vine. The police say that Miller, who is twenty-nine yean old, has 'been con victed several tjmej of drug selling and hni served terms in the penitentiary. Tho'igh the police' believed that Miller nas one of the leaders In the sale of narcotics In Philadelphia, they were unable to arrest him. It was another of the many rases In which the "goods" could not he had on a suspect, though the police felt practically certain he Is jtillty. The police say Miller is the active head of a gang of eight men who do the "pushing" of the drugs. Miller neicr carries any of tho "stuff," and therefore the police hae been unable to prosecute him under the Harrison law. Miller told the police nothing after h i arrc.t. Nor did they find anj ivt dei it when they searched IiIj room. Although Miller Is out on bail the police are hoping to be able to catch at least some of the eight men cred ited with being his nctive assistants In the sale of drugs. Five Are Sentenced Tvo men and three women, arrested in two drug raids last night hy the po .Ve of the Tenth anil Buttonwood etrcts station, were sent to the House of Correction today by Judge McNlchol in the Morals Court. William Davis, thirty-four years old. a drnftsmnn employed by the city, and birf v.lfe, Mrs. Maude Davis, twenty se; en cra old, were arrested in their inurtment on Wallace street above Twelfth by police raiders. Tbey were eeeused of being "users," and the police found n hypodermic "layout" i.nl a supply of drugs in their posss- I)n!s l.i n lili'. finn-loohintr man. highly educated and apparently In good hnnlth. He said he had nindo many ef lifts to free himself of the crating for o-ug.i, which he bad used nine years I nt each time had been forced to go nack to them. "I hate shut miNrlf nn for days. ' ektd In a room alone.' he told the JJiIgc, "In nn effort to tight the thing out. Hach time tho craving bus been ton stronir. thniieb 1 huvn none nB long 3 ten or twelve days without yielding.' Iloth Are Glen Six Months "I am going to help you break away t'otn drugs before they break you," aid the judge. "I am going to send 'ou to the House of Correction for six months. You will get proper care anil ould be Impossible without medlral aid." Dials seemed terribly distressed over tue length of tho sentence. Olvc nie a chnnco, Judge," he aeygeil. "I can break the habit in u moath." "No," answered the Judge; "you f too fine a fellow for me to be lenient -villi you. I'll send your wife long for the same period, and you bnth will thank me when It's over." Meehtin Dennon, arrested with his wife Mnry In their room nt 72.1 North Mi'vcnth street, was nccused by the Police of being a "pusher" o.- vendor y drugs. The Judge excoriated him be ""c passing sentence. U is men of your tjpe who are more nr less reNimnslble for tho crime vue sweeping Philadelphia and other 'arge cities," he said. "You ply jour leinrlouH trade openly and In defiance ot the law. Not onlj thai, ou prey on tho virtue of the Inuoccut. I'd hold you in bail for ourt, only that you Probably would get out and go back to P'di ling. Ho I'll send you to the Cor action for eighteen months." Mrs. I'ennon wan given six months. Mamie Mcl,oiiRhlln, arrested as a "user" In "e fame house, was given nine months. uJiW 'TAfK ''ITORinA NPKriAr," IliiVtV R" lt cc' lcw Cnwtnut'it J.f Jgr. f JwV H!rvo Miss Margaret Hates, "whose last line ior a limping llraerlek ,waa awarded the prize by a jury of women from the Strawhrldje & Clothier store, was snapped yesterday ut her typewriter In the office of the Royal Taper Co. in Ilryn Mavrr,' Her heme is at 0020 Walton avenvle, West ThlUdcTphla Girl Stenographer Wins the Ninth Limerick Prize But They Didn't Know It When They Cast Tlwir Ballots at Strawbridge & Clothier's Representatives of Various Departments in the Store Picked Stenographer for Prize-Winner rhotograph of the woman' linvr Ick Jory who chose today' win ner will be found on the back page. This Is sure Ladies' Day in the limer ick contest, fans. All you fellers take seats away back In the hall and keep mighty quiet or, they may get the Powerful Katrlnka to act as bounqcr and put 7ouout, . First, the Judges who; awarded the prize announced today were ten jroung women from various departments in'the Strawbridge & Clothier store. Second, without; having any unmes op thr'llmcrlckff and with no way of know ing for whqrn they were votinf, they gave the prize to another woman. The fprtunate .winner Is: MISS MAItOAKET DATES, S020 Walton .averme. West Philadelphia With noynl Paper Co., Don -Mawr. It was a great day yesterday-for the, Iftucricit editors, we'll say so.- GIRLS SAVE LIVES OF BOYS IN FIRE Find One Crying on Floor After Other Is Carried to Street. Screams Rouse Brother MOTHER WAS AT MARKET Two little girls, discovering a fire in the home of one of them today when her mother was out. saved the lives of trx-n Hmsller children and awakened nn older boy who was asleep directly oyer! the flames. The fire was in Rie home of Mrs. Mary Kirk, 2707 Helen street. Mrs. Kirk hnd gone to market, leaving some clothes pinned up to dry dn a line In the kitchen. Lily, her twelve-year-old daughter, was sweeping the dining room; John, five years old, and Peirce, two years old. were playing about the first floor, and Edward, nineteen yearn old. was asleep In a room upstairs. Lily suddenly saw flames in Uie kitchen. She picked up John and ran with him to the street, screaming for help. She returned for Pelrcc, but could not find him. Helen Wilson, thirteen years old. who lives next door at 2705, and is Lily's playmate, heard the scream and came running Into the house. , "I can't find Peirce." said Lily. Helen put her heart down and ran in through the smoke. She groped around a few minutes and found the baby, crying on the floor. She picked him up and carried him outside. Then the two girls kcreamed for Edward, The smoke wh too thick for them to mount the stairs., He heard them In time, and came running down the stairs. The children tookT-etugo with n neigh bor vthjlf the firemen tried to save their home. The damage is estimated nt .iinoo. Mrs. Kirk returned. from market just as the firemen were through. She went to the neighbor's where the children were, und fainted. Today's Developments in National Capital A request by Attorney General Palmer for $.'100,000 for prohibition enforcement waji not Included by the House appropriations committee in framing the sundry civil till. "Uncle Joe" Cannon broke the record for service, In Congress, having been a member of the House for neatly forty -four years. Exciting scenes .occurred before the House census committee when south ern congressmen took Issue with wit nesses who charged that Negroes are prevented from voting In the South. TlTe terhal clashes took place at a Jiery'lMf. pn thiKi-qnswj'onal reap. portloiuiiciitbllJ M Today's Winner Miss Margaret Dates, 0020 Wal ton avenoe; with Royal Paper Co., Uryn Slawr. HEIl WINNING LIMERICK n No. 0 In Frankfortd they're hoping to get That "L" running some day, you bet: When we hate departed. The thing may be started, But each Xmtt wt hear Noel (no "L") yet. t Wo went over to Rtrawbridgo & Clothier's, and met John .Taekson, the general superintendent, and he took ui Up to one of the private dining rooms Hnd there we found .he bad gathered ten young wpmen. ' Wejust took 6ne look and we decided then, and there that the Job of bIng limerick' edltora wasn't 'as bid as we are heginping to think, It was. , The Jury picked by Mr, Jackson con sisted -of: Mia Mary Meanej-, of 200 Uppln cott avenne, Ardmorcj credit depart ment, fifth floor, MIm Row Sanderson. ,of '1400 North Fotton street; 'neckw'ear department, first floor. Mia Bydnor Walker, of 1707 Rit tqnhouse.streett personnel department, fourth floor. MUrCatlHne Rosa, of 2720 Dorer street; infants' department, third floor. Miss KdHh M. Boyd, of 828, South Continued on Po Two, Clujnn Fot Relinquishes Authority as Terms for Capitulation Are Discussed TRUCE NOW IN EFFECT D'Annunzio's Prospective Bride to Remain in Fiumc Venice, Dee. 20. (Hy A. P.), Signorlna Lulsella Iiaeenrn. a well known pinnlste, to whom D'Atinun zlo has shown marked-' attention", went to Flumo some months ago, where she him been awaiting the conclusion of D'AnnunElo'a divorce proceedings against his present wife,' with the expectation that thls'would be followed by her marriage to the poet, noth of them have written freely of their relntjoni, nnd she is quoted as saying she would not lenve Flume, no matter what the fate of the city might bo. adding that she preferred rather to die by the ene my's sword. By the Associated Press Rome, Dec. 20. Captain Gnbrielc D'Annunxlo, says the Corrlere Delia Sera's Abbazla correspondent today, has handed over his authority to tho com munal council of Flume. A conference for the purpose of ar ranging the final cessation of hostilities between the regular Italian forces of General Cavlglla and D'Annunuin's le glonarles was set for this morning. Meanwhile, all military operations bnt been suspended. General Caveglla will arrange the conditions of peace with a delegation of the council. The truce was arranged during the night and will continue until the con clusion of the conference. Mayor Ulcknrdo Glgante. of Flume, and Cap tain HostwohtiiVl, In whose hands D'Annunxlo placed the defense of the city, will be the spokesmen for Flume. D'Annunnio npparcntly Is being Ignored. D'Annunr.ian logjonarles at Flume set flrp to a powder raagozine In tho Raclnn Vnlloy, nouthrast of the city, Monday night, accord ing to a report from Abbaila. Thr ex plosion, wnich .occurred toward mid night, set fire to the woods surrounding Flume to the east, and great clouds of black smoke rolled down over the city. In some quarters the belief waa Continued on rtr Jfiur, OotAwa On Ann tou aji'ikir nr a iiiar' D'ANNUNZIO YIELDS TO FIUME COUNCIL ujr.li.t-, tf- au. He; 5. tie U i uciaiiu, ' , w '- e , , Men Escape Before Police Sum moned by Alarm Appear Get License of Suspicious Auto W. PHILA. STORE ROBBED; MANY OTHER CRIMES $36,800 Is Thieves' Harvest From 3 Places Last Night $2.1,700 Value of furs stolen from 708 Arch street. $10.000 Value of furs stolen from 3f8 South Fifty mini street. $8100 Value of Jewelry stolen from home of C. D. floodmnn. Furs valued nt .2il,700 were utolen nt 4 o'clock thin morning from the ntnro of the Export Furriers, nt 08 Arch tree,t,,!n. spite, of ap automatic burglar alarm system. The thieves worked so rapidly that six minutes after the alarm had been set-off 'by thMr chtrance, police 'and detectives, who came hurrying up in automobiles, found the place strinnedof some of 'the most valuable pieces. The police believe the robbers escaped in a big. touring car, en In the . neighbor hood at about the time the men rauBt have fled to avoid the police. D. H. Stechcr, of 2U2 South Dfuluh street, li proprietor of the store, trad ing undr the name of the Expert Furriers. Fearing burglars, who have been active In the fur district, he took every precaution against theft. He In stalled nn automatic burglar alarm, con; nectlng electrically with a central de tective agency, and kept the .front doors double-locked, with a heavy outside padlock as an auxiliary protection. Thieves Drop Fare The location Is In tho heart, of the fur district. Ilatween 3:43 o'clock and 3:55 o'clock several special officers and at least one patrolman passed the place and saw nothing wrong. Some time be tween 3 :S5 o'clock and 4 the door lock was smashed, the padlocking system rendered useless when the hasps were pulled .out, and the thieves got busy. The burglar alo,rra was set off by th,e thieves on the dot of 4, and six minutes later the men 'detailed from the head quarters of the burglar protection cdm- Sany and patrojmen from the Sixth istrlct were in the atore. Showcases had been emptied of their stork, A long rack, loaded with fox fur products, nad been pulled from its fastenings and stripped. The thieves ,ln a burry to get away dropped three val uable pieces of fur on the sidewalk. Hare Auto's License Btecher's own Joss Is placed ut $18,200. Because his establishment carried the burglar alarm system, an uncie, S. Welder, who has a fur store at 018 Arch street, has been sending, eaah night, the more valuable pieces from his stock to the Stecher store. Iite yesterday, Weiner Kent several pieces, worth about $5500, to the Continued on Vain Vour. Column Thr SKATING AT MERION Cricket Club Pond Thronged at First Ice of Year la Used Steel is meeting ice, and the gay shouts of red-faced skaters arc sound ing over the ponds at Haverford Col lege and the Merlon Cricket Club to day. The biting cold of last night made the ice right for skating this morning and hundreds of lovers of the sport thronged these spots. Hoth the Merlon and Haverford ponds can be reached by taking the "L" to Sixty -ninth street nnd the P. und W. to Ardraorc, or the Paoll local on the Pennsylvania to Ardinore or Haverford. Those who enjoyed tho skating ut the Merlon pond this morning were Mbs Doris Dexter, Miss Natalie Davis, Mrs. C. F. Ranks nnd her Min, Ciayton Itanks, Jr., Mrs. Holsteln Fox. Mm. George W. II. Fletcher and MIfs Joy F'etchcr. 'The park lakes are showing only nn inch of Ice, which meant no skating today. This was the second coldest day this winter, with the temperature at 21 de- f:rees at 7 o'clock, llut the cold wave n passing. Generally fair and warmer, Is the forecast. TILTS AT HOUSE HEARING Southern Congressmen Take Issue With Negro Witnesses Washington, Dec. 20. (By A. P.) Charges by representatives of the Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored I'eople that Negroes nre unlawfully prevented from voting In the south led1 to somewhat exciting scenes today ati me ururuiK ut itiv ouuii; euuauN luiii- muter on the congressional reappor tlonment mil. Southern members of the commlttc took Issue with the witnesses and one of them, Representative Bee, of Texas, declared he was "tired of sates being on getting Into UCIK'l. VIIC Ui llic njn-.-utuii:, IHTinirilt. !)(( the discussion and Chnlrmnn Hlem.l finallv told him thnr If he did not n sit down he would have to leave the room. Help German Children In addition to one hot meal a day supplied by the American Friends, (10,000 German children on Christmas Day were each treated to in large W'elhnaehtsknchen, a Christmas cake shaped like the American Friends' serv ice committee ktnr and covered with red and brown sugar. Rain Again Halts Davis Cup Matches Aoculaad, Dec. 2ft. The Davis cup lawn tennis matches ngaln were postponed here today because of rain. If the weather clears It is hoped that the opening round in the singles will be played on Thursday. sKJm x fWW' 'it y I ' (sHHI'n JBk. I JAMES McCARTNUV Cornell student who is missing from Ithaca.. K, V. IJe Uvea at 482J North Marvine street HENRY FELL LEFT $125,000 TO HOSPITALS AND CHARITY Churches Alio Are Remembered by Union League Member Hospitals of the city and Protestant Episcopal churches in America und Kfa'glahU' ore' bequeathed approximately $125,000 under the terms of the will of Henry, .Fell, . yeh,o , lived at the I'nlon League, and who died December 22 In Atlantic City. . The. .will, .admitted .to probate here today, disposes of an estate valued nt over $200,000. - . The Children's "loapital, Twenty second and Walnut streets, will receive $30,000. Other beqneats include $5000 to Hahnemann Hospital, $5000 to Jef ferson Hospital, $3000 to 'St. Mark's Protestant EpUcopal Church. Sixteenth und Locust streets, for chnilec, to be studded by Mr. Fell's jewels; $1000 to St. Clement's Church. Twentieth and Cherry streets ; $50,000 to the Nashotah (Wisconsin) House ; $10,000 to the So clety of St. Margaret; Boston ; $20,000 to the Society of St. John the Evan gelist, Crowley, England, and $1000 to St. Cuthbert's Society, London, England. After naming 'several nephews and nieces as beneficiaries, If. Fell directs that thr residue shall be divided among the Hahnemann Hospital and St. Mark s 'KmTl '4? "eoVeSho died I In Delaner Hoanlral. -Was admitted toi nrnhntV bWieaihW S0500 to relatives Letters of administration wrre granted .. . ... .. - -..- . --'.n -.-i - . - ., excoutnYa of the estate or. Thomas, n. Eaton, 4025 Larchwood avenue, whose estate la valued at $12,000. " PAT O'BRIEN, AIR HERO, , SLAIN, HIS KIN CHARGE Declare Woman Had Threatened to Kill Supposed Suicide ,. Mornence, 111., Dec. 20.-Relatives and friends of Lieutenant Tat O'ljrlen, hero-aviator, are" npt satisfied with the verdict of suicide rendered by the coroner's Jury in Los Angeles, where he was supposed to have shot himself. Mrs. Clara Clogg. his sister, and bis brother have begun on Investigation In which they will be qssisted by all his friends. They make these charges: That Lieutenant O'Brien was threat ened With death by a woman on four separate occasions. That Virgil Moore, an aviator friend or O'Brien, once wrested a pistol from this woman when she was trying to kill O'Brien. That O'Brien did not write the "death note" found near his body, but that it was written by his slayer. That there were no powder marks around the wound. That bis personal possessions had all disappeared. 2 WOMEN BURNED TO DEATH Fatal Pleaiantvllle Boarding House Fire Blamed on Incendiary Atlantic City. Dec. 29. (By A. P.) Two women were burned to death in a fire, which e.irl today swept the three story boarding house ow neil by Harry Risley, of Pleasiintville. One of the bodies Is still in the ruins. The dead are Mrs. May C. Mellhenny, aged seventy seven years, and Mrs. Bridget Mul downey, aged fifty years, of 1 Fleming avenue, Atlantic City. The building was wrecked and the estimated damage is about $12,000, partly insured. Smelling smoke, Risley got up at about 4 :30 o'clock, and upon entering the kitchen discovered flames eating through the floor. Through his fnilure to procure water either hy reason of the pipes having been frozen or the water being turned off, the blaze made rapid headway and soon enveloped the interior of the building. The fire Is believed to have been of incendiary ori gin. CDRpp UCDC PRflUPQ PATAI arnCt Merit rnUVES PAIAL West Chester Man Diss After Drink ing Llqudr In Philadelphia Samuel Mujbcrry, sixty-five yeare. old. u plumber formerly of this city. SVViTEtit i.t . "Tr 8f. " , wus found dead In a rooming house in --, ..,. .. . . ... - , t ' "irani wuoiiKii uriiiiiiuj; wmir ' I "w.n inixiure. wayoerry was in " "' "" l",r iree weens nso nnd re turned to West Cheater In nn Intoxi cated condition. Shortly aiterward he was taseu in. An autopsy showed poisonous matter in his stomach, but there Is no evidence as to where the beverage wns obtained. ROBBERS SENT TO PRISON Stiff Sentences Given Men and Women Who Stole Taxi H. W. Bourne, William Reick and George A, Bruce, of this city, left the Chester county prison today for the Eastern penitentiary, where they will remain for terms ranging from five to ten yearn. Leona O'Toole nnd Btssle Mallow, their companions, will go to a home at Muncle In a few dsys to serve like sentences. All also were .fined $300. The members of the party weie con victed of beating Harry Ward, a Phil- aaeipnia taxicao uriver, and taking his I cur which was afterward lecovered lnen Invcstltntlnn. He believes the woman ?l!-. , v I W'ome accidentally, PHILA. MAN LOST; T Half Blinded in Military Service, Is Thought to Bo Men tally Unbalanced 'WANDERING MOTHER SAYS James A. McCurtnej, twenty -four years old, world wnr veteran and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCartne, 4822 North Marvine street, is missing from Ithaca, N. Y.. where he has been attending Cornell University. The search for him wns extended over ' New York and to sections In central j and eaRtern Pennsylvania. His mother dees not believe he was it victim of foul I play, although she concede the pos. i niuitii, sop oeurvrs pn.YMrai irounies which had their origin when he was in the service have affected his mind, and that he is vanucrlng about or Is ill iu an Institution somewhere In this state, McCartney V efforts to be of service, to his country led to nothing but mis fortune for him, and ended In his (allure to be sent across the sea to France, as had been his hope. He tried to enlist, but wns turned down because of a de fect In eyesight. He was later drafted, passed nn examination, und went to Camp Orcene. He was attached to n hospital urrtt. I'.nrly in ItUK he n.s Hinted at an operation and IiIj right eye t became infecW and for several months he received medical tre.itment nt Cump Greene and Camp DIx. I A little more than a ear ago he was' sent to St. Agnes Hospital In this ' city. Three operations were performed, To save the .sight of at least one eje, the right optic ,was removed from Its socket. The sight of the left-was saved. but It was weakened, necessitating the use or neavy-lenscd eyeglasses. .fcSEMT Htate Co, s ruling Mr- Colleuo and later 'rrra ra irneu university UT vocational training n poultry ..,,! raising. He wns Interested in the work nnd hoped to berome owner of his own poultryvralIng business. McCartney wrote l)ts parents on De cember V lie woid not be In Phila delphia for Christmas, that he Intended to go to Laccjvllle. Pn.. to he the guewt of Dr. J. Beaumont, and would comt here for New Year's Day, ex pecting to remuin with his parents und I eight brother mid sisters for n short, time before returning to Ithaca. He left Ithueu December 18, but did not reach Laceyvllle. A telegraphic message wbb sent from Laceyvllle by Dr. Beaumont to his father. When no news developed until December 21 a search was started. "Wandering," Says Mother His mother said today thnt a younger brother had gone to Ithaca several days ago to aid In the hunt. "I do not think at this time James has been n victim of foul play," she said today. "I do not overlook the possibility, however, for he may have had quite some money with him. T think his mind hns be come affected from worriment over his physical troubles nd he has cither wandered somewhere, only to be taken 111, and Is lying in n hoopltul. We're hoping every minute for some definite news." SIcCartney is described as being twenty-four years old, five feet ten Inches In height, weight ICO pounds, dark brown hair and brown mustache, closelv trimmed. Whan liif uin nt I Ithaca he wore a gray oxford suit, soft brown hat and brown shoes. SEVERE 'QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA Willows. Calif., Dec. 20. I By A. P.) An earthquake, so severe that It aroused nil Inhabitants of the town, oc curred here at a:i, this morning u fnr as has been reported no damage re- it" suited. CORNELL STUDEN PAFIEIf WON'T SEE PLEET MANEUVERS WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Secretary Daniels will be unnble to witness the first jolut miueuveis of the Atlantic airl Pv i fleets at Panama Bay nad off the west coast of South Amu f next mouth, ke announced today, because of hearings In Cougi. on tic naral appropriation bill. He had hoped to wlinc-. t'1 ruobilUation to round out his term as bccietjiry. ALLIED PREMIERS TO MEET IN LONDON OR PARIS PARIS, Dec 20. Because of the labor situation hi Euslind. vbieh makes uccessaiy the piesence of Pnmc Mml-t. i i - George in London, the- next confcieute of the Allied Fiemieis wi'l tdlsc place In Loudon oi Pails, nnd nor at Nice. It is n (, y v'"sps.pei'b hctc today. GAS OVERCOMES WOMAN She la Found Unconscious by Hus band Her Condition Is Serious Mrs. Apna Curry, forty years old, was found unconscious from gas in n room on the third floor at (137 North Hleventh stret, at 8:30 o'clock this morning. Her husband, Peter Curry, made the discovery on bis return from work. Gas was flowing from nn unllghted stove. Mrs. Curry was taken to Hahnemann Hospital, where her condition Is said to be serious. Detective. Titus, of tho Tenth and Tliitmin-ond streets station. mnHntr.1 streets Who's Next? 77mc poltfiraJ leaders hate rallied under Mayor Mnore't bottle flap: Magistrate William F. Campbell, Twenty-fifth ward lender. Congressman -elect .Tames .1. Con nelly. Campbell's chief aide. Andrew W. Froerch. Alliance leader of Forty-second ward. David T Hart, antl-Vare leader of Twenty -third ward. William D. Dlsston, independent leader of Forty-first ward. N. E. Llndell. political chief of staff in Forty .flwt ward, Harry J. Trnlner, Penrose leader of Third ward. Ellas Ahrams, Alliance leader of Sixteenth ward. John Flsler, Ipdependcnt leader of Forty-sixth ward. Councilman Robert J. Patton, Alliance leader of Thirty-third wurd. AUTO ACCIDENTS FATAL JfJ MAN, 65, AND BOY, 11 Kopel Shenkln and Richard T. Don- nelly Die In Hospltate Deaths of two persons injured in automobile accidents wteral days ago were reported to the coroner's office todny. Konel Shenkln. sixty-five reaVs old. of 2020 South Percy street, struck by an automobile nt Sixth street and Sny der nventie on Christmas Day, died late last night In the Mount Sinai Hos pital. Following the accident, police of the Fourth street and Snyder nve nue station, arrested Morris Smith. driver of the machiui, and he is held to await the action of the coroner. -Richard T. Donnelly, eleven ytars old. of 1434 Catharine street, died late last night In the Hahnemann Hospital. The cause of death whs given as "blood poisoning, causd by Injuries received in an automobile accident." Young Donnelly wns struck by a machine In the central section of the city, about two weeks ago. LEADERS SEE PENROSE Hurried Conference Called at Shore Before Senator Leavea Officials nnd men prominent in poli tic from Pennsylvania hurried to At lantic City this morning for a confer ence with Senator Penrose. On the eve of SvnAtor Penrose's de parture for Washington, the conference Is recorded as markedly significant, and la believed to have a direct hearing on the legislative program (o he followed at Hnrrlsburg in January. The leaders went to th seashore on special Invitation from Senator Pen rose, and at noon were waiting at the Shelhurne to go Into conference. None of the Pennsylvnnlans would commept on the purposes of the meeting and It Is expected the conference will continue until lnte In the day. Mr. Penrose's guests included Sam uel S. Lewis, of York, Pa., auditor general-elect , Robert S. Hpnngler, speaker of the House of Representatives at the last session, and Senator Pen rose's selection for that post nt the next session: William B. Gallagher, clerk of the Senntp; James Woodward, secre tary of Internnl affairs; Harry S. Baker, secretary of the Republican state committee, anil William I. Mr Caig. prominent politician, of IMtts burgh, Pa. "SAM'L O'POSEN" DEAD Famous Comedian of Old School Dies In County Hospital Lqs Angeles, De-. 20. (By A. P. M. B. Curtis, an actor known through out the country years ago for his char acterization of the drummer In the plnv, "Som'l O'Posen," died today at the County Hospital, Curtis killed a polleeman in San Francisco twenty-five vear.s n .in,! u..i-.i .. :,..., .l: --': ui luiiiLii uii nn iiiuai ifi i ill- rnnriri' in murder only after spending most of Gie money he had acquired on the stage. $7000 FIRE IN CAMDEN Three Men Escape Uninjured When House le Damaged Fire early today caused damage amounting to $7000 in the home of Frank Hltehener. wull paper manufac turer, at 310J5 Westfield avenue, Cam den. Patrolman Hurlock, answering a call from an excited householder living in the neighborhood of the Hltehener house, discovered the fire, which started in the cellar about 1 o'clock this morn Inr. Hurlock awakened Hltehener and Carl Gruue and W. 8- Abbott, who were at the Hltehener home, All escaped from 1 tile house, Uninjured, ' '' ' ' . . ". ' ; l 2MU WlMaftS Police Told to Purge Sec tion Ruled by Municipal Court Judge LIEUT. MARPLE SENT TO RID 15TH OF CRIME Will Test Power of New Hostile Alliance to Protect Its Followers NORTHEAST CHIEF CHANGES Powerful Leader of 25th Ward Turns on Vare-Brown- Cunningham Group The uprooting of vice, gambling and "blind tigers" in the Fifteenth ward, w-here Judge Brown U leader, was or dered today by Mnsnr Mooro, who sept Lleutnont Grant Mnrple to command the Twentieth nnd Buttonwood streetir pollce station, which covers the ward. Almost nt the same hour n blow wns dealt the Brown- Vnre.Cunninghnm combine by announcement by Mngfo trnte Wllllnm F. Cnmpboll thnt he. us leader of the Twcntv-flfth ward, will support the Mayor in the battle now roaring nlong the whole political front. The Mayor has singled out the Fif teenth wnrd to make n tet nice lir. crushing vice and gambling under po litical protection nnd has ordered Lieu tenant Mnrple to let no guilty man es cape, no matter how highly placed in official or political life he may bn. 1 The Mayor's graphic instruction , were given to the police lieutenant in Mr. Moore's office in the presence of Director of Public Safety Cortlyou. Mayor's Instructions The Major said: "We are sending yon into this dis trict beenuse of your good record In the department to do straight police duty. You are not to be influenced by poIi tlclnns of high or low degree. Your orders are to come from your superiors which means the Mayor, the director and thoe in charge of poliee details under them. Conditions In Fifteenth Ward "The district In which jou are going Is said to have bei subject to political Influence. Reports that come to us give reason for belief that gamhlcrs, vieo protectors and Illicit liquor dealers and maker have obtAlned a foothold In this district. "It may not be different from some of the other districts, hut we are going to make it test in this district and put you in charge. We want no spectnculnr raids, nor anything done hazily and without sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction of offenders. "If you are obliged to make a raid he very careful about the men you select ' lo " "' work, but If you nre right let '" Hum) niun csvupe, no matter how nigh or low he may be in official or political life. "You will he itnen spoejnl offii era of your own choice nnd scrgen-its upon wliom y,.u f,.c wm ,.an .rt-ly With these forciw at your command, .v.. ..,., n ' in t i iui-i n n im-i,i . r .i . over which It Ih etmvt,,! ,,, ,?.., .".. we oenellcent Influence. We want the officers and men to fed that their jobs o., i.,,.. ,.,- ,,.,- x-norm their dutv I and that they c.ln disregard politlca'l .meddlers without, feur of Interference 1 at the front." . Thr Mayor Intimuted thnt the Vlnth district would 1m made u test eiu' of a ne order f pollco oversight ami turn the continuance of gambling or vice proie.'tini) in any form would be dmcly v.utohed. ! MarpVs Record Lieutenant Mnrple wus in command of the Sfond und Christian street ta tiun during the Blankenburg admiuis tatlon and "cleaned up" that section at the time, und iiIho for n time !m prmeil conditions in the Fourth street and Snwler inenue nnliee dNtrict During; thr Smith administration, no a i or, Mnrple was transferred to the police boat Ashbridgr, where he wan rot In a position to clean up vice. Re- i ccntly he has Ix-cn asslgnid to the of- ! dec of the superintendent of police, par ' tlcularly In the work of cleaning up low dance halls. Hi hnd the Job of inspecting about 20(1 dunce halls to see 1 tlmt no lnmiorallt en-tit Into them. Magistrate Cnrnpliell's espousal of he Mayor's cause against the successor of the Vure machine is the first big blow so fur dealt the new combination which lured six councllmen formerlr I administration supporters into its i ranks. Magistrate Campbell, regnrded as one of the shrewdent old -line poll tlclnns In the city, has a dominant in iluenco In the northeustern tier of wards. Congressman -elect Tnmea J Con nelly, Campbell's chief lieutenant, also announced himself for the Major. A. fillip of Interest attnehej to the congressman-elect's announcement, be cause he Is now a court officer In Judge Brown's Municipal Court. Didn't Know of Fljht In an interview today which ended with Magistrate Campbell's assertion that he would call on Mayor Moore and City Solicitor Smyth, the Twenty fifth ward leader was osked : "How do you stand In the fight?" "What scrap U that?" be countered, "The fight of the Muyor against the (.oulliiutd jii I'iibc Xnrutr, luma TIvm ,---! ,l , - f? ' - -Aw i n i ... ' . . " i '. ' fnfv.i fj. i tr : y ' ,iL-J fTi.i.7. , li itlli ., . . i : r . : lii i
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