lMWMiiWf.J ., ,MJ ". r(l "1 c ftt 7fc ' - I ' , , " jijr ' ' -n Tfm'vi- -b ' . 4 pfra y$:r , ft People Seem Absent-Minded When You Talk to Them Nowadays-It's Limerickitis-See Page 2 THE WEATHER .1 id II ftMt , ftbout !' ' ,CerCM! ffrriTTTmTia I l I a at 4TTJ. hfjgfc'4-14-1411 ' ' ' turning public fed get NIGHT EXTRA. vol. viino Entered a. B.c,ndbC.5.. SASSTT . P.. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1921 PublUhed Dally Ejeept Sundiy. 8uberlptlon Trie 18 ft Ter by Mall. Copyright. 1021, by Public ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS Itate coal probers GET CHAIN Uti TO SHQW SOAKING" OF PUBLIC Lain Says Mountain of Material Awaits Leg islative Investigators b-PRICE INQUIRY REVEALED AS FARCE bonsumers Find That Promised Reduction of Cost Is Evanescent IfTUNTERMYER IS NEEDED Profiteering Not Velvet, but Real Hand-Woven Cloth of Cold By GEOnOE NOX MCCAIN Wadilnrion. .Tnn. 8. The proposed trcstlgation of the nnthraelto -coal pro fltuation by tlio 1'cnnBylvanIa frtolature will have n mountain of toiterlal from which to sift facts. If. when such n commission is ap pointed, it would engage ns Its counsel a-attorney like, say, Samuel Unter- ,w. M AOW 1.0IK. Willi UUH II1U IballdlnK trust in hnnd, I fancy things wold happen irotn hip very siari. Incidentally, sucn a uouy oi lnvesti iikrs mieht nick ui a few salient Mntus from the Caldcr committee of lie senate. ... It has been mussing things up for Ibe coal men in a perfectly scandalous itaj lately, tor inbinnce,. it nas just nntoTered the fact from the records that some of the'oonl geutlement profi teered as recklessly as though they thonjht such a thing as a day of rcck inutt could never come. Six dollars a Ion profit was what they got from the torernment. And your tTncIe Sam was taring coal from them by the ten of thousands or tons, 'lney snouia nave been decent enough, one would think. lo jke him the regular wholesale rates. Velret? No; Cloth of Gold .That tirofitccring Price wasn't vcl- irt. Not a bit of it. It was real hund- ron doth of gold, two- yards "wide) j ita a bullion fringe. " ' It they would soak our natcrnal gov- Irrnment in such fashion what would they not do to tho ultimato consumer in Philadelphia? aix dollars a ton wasn't tne nign tr mark, cither. Borne of these specialists in black diamonds went a dollar or two higher, 'it Is Intimated. It will be remembered that Inst Au- rust, as published In the Evexino Pcblio LEDonrt, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer informed me at his home in Stroudsburg that if he found the antlracitc operators were profi tferlng he would take action In the matter. He did take action later. Along in October be sent L Lowry Humes, iormer united States dfctrlct uttornoj lor western Pennsylvania, down to miaaeipm i to look over the situation. ine result was that the heads of all Today's Developments in National Capital Senator Thomas, beforo the Senate finance committee, which is holding hearings on the emergency tariff bill, made n plea in behalf of the ultimate consumer. ,1. It. Hownrd was summoned be fore a House investigating committee to explain u charge by him that the $10,000,000 Muscle Shoals appropria tion was defeated through tlio influ ence of largo corporations. L. B. .Tnckson, of Georgia, told the Hoiish agricultural committee thnt If prohibition of speculative "short sell ing" forces exchanges to close Con gress should crente a federal ex change. W. H. CLARK, BANKER, DIES AT WALNUT STREET HOME Had Been III Several Months Was Member of Union League William H. Clark, president of the Quaker City National Bank, died at his home, 4210 Walnut street, early today. He was connected with banking estab lishments for nearly fifty years. Mr.. Clark has been ill for several months. He is survived by his widow and three daughters, Mrs. Charles S. Wcstlcy. Mrs. C. P. Hand and Mrs. Philip Lenders, nil of this city. Mr. Clark was prominent in the Southern Transportation Co., Jcssup & Moore Paper Co., Republic Trust Co., Henrico Lumber Co., United Firemen's Insurance Co. and the Pcoplo's Na tional Insurnncc Co. He wns n mem ber of tho Union League and several other clubs. CHARGES CORPORATIONS GUIDED HOUSE ACTION Farm Bureau President Summoned to Give Explanation Washington, .Inn. H. (By A. P.) ,T. It. Howard, president of the Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation, was sum moned today to nnnoar before the House Var investigating committee to explnin a cnarge oy mm that a $i(M)UU,miu ap propriation for development of the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant was ile fe.ated !n tho Hoiibe "through the influ ence of large corporations who hne a selfish interest u maintaining fertilizer costs." Thn innlllri m nu nritnvAfl fifta. mom. hers of the- House-hndTereiTPdn-lotter from Howard in which his charge wan made and in which they were usked to notify (iruy Silver, legislative repre sentative of the organization, how they bad voted on the .$10,000,000 proposal to continue construction of the Wilson dam, part of tho Muscle Shoals project. Howard said farmers were intensely interested in Muscle Shoals and that Ills organization, with a membership of 1,500,000, wanted the reasons for op position to the appropriation. SEAMAN TWICE ROBBED Held Up on Two Successive Nights. Suspects Are Held Victor O'Connor, a seafaring man, who stays at 14 Christian street when nshnrn In till fltr. nnn linlil nn nt thn k big anthracite companies ngrecd tn! point of n gun on Thursday night near nit lougings uiiu rcneveu oi iwu in cuhu. On Friday night he again fell prey to HIS HONOR IN FLORIDA ELD FOR MAYOR IN PLAN 10 MODIFY CIVIL SERVICE LAW One of Throe Commissioners Would Give Moore Adminis tration Greater Power HOLDS SPECIFIC CHARGE NOT NEEDED TO OUST MEN Another West Philadelphia Winner "Welcome," said B. G. Scwcll, president of tho Chamber of Commerce, to Mayor Mooro upon his arrival at Miami, Florida. This is tho first photograph to roach tho city showing tho Major on his holiday trip L AWYERS E UN AS JURORS Taulane and Scott Say Thoy Show Ko'en Judgment in Verdicts "NOT SWAYED BY FEELINGS io-operate with the government Tair-Prlre Committee COonPrntr fa n fino flnvIMn rrtf1 It founds bis. but it looks pretty small sometimes under the microscope of fact. It was then thnt the aforesaid opera tors uppointed certain gentlemen from uieir numDPr ns h fnlr-nrice commit- t. This committee was composed of B. . Loomls. nrpnldnnt Tnlilf.1. Vnllni- t'0'?0;5 ,T- n Kerr President Scrnn ?n Coal Co. ; .Tnhn Mnrkle. nresldcnt . B. Markle Co. ; A. S. Learoyd, as- Want tO lircsidpnt- T.ollll, Vnllotr nnnl nnd Navigation Co.: P. C. Madeira, frldent Madeira. Hill & Co. : A. 0. IMdson, president Weston. Dodson & n.-: "U S- McAnulty, president Fast loint Coal f o. It al n PPr tmnnslni. nMn Al yjlth. executive ability and coramer W acumen; the brightest men in the iQr UP It. frntn mo n lnnMnH u.i the humble ultimate, consumers at IAPnr!S?' !?1PB'!S1i"'lsniont on the ork of this dist nguWied body of cx wrts hand picked for tho job. on ;IiPiermlt ",c t0 fl,,0te from their S, ooc'al sources. aw anthracite bureau of Information, itl, . uuiviiu ui iniormation, nLu " 43 Chestt street Mladelphla, issued on January 1. i nTeCnnf,InclIintal!y' ifc w"yolJi a An Illumlnntlnn S)in.n. ' A to tho fnli- tirin . i ii lais. nimH.,- l" ''"". -"""neei. it Khrn it s; b i, nursn it adopted ""n It began to function : "rsoivca. Thnt m-.. r,l,l i i. Taridmnftnt,1"St.i,ct'' llB co-operat on '.? nm. t tln anthrnr fo Mr,tn,u i.. p IT '? '? wIco tho excessive Up. etc coal ,0 tho consumer, etc., Infect l?cla'!y of coune the UufrMiu0! ot thJ8 committee, tho Tu6 Onmmli. t ii. onSl ca,"ng before, it all operators '-ontlnurd on lio Tv, Column One COLDER WEATHER ON WAY 0ra6ter Exoects nrnr, on k Morning weather is coming by night, i r ua??' Tomorrow will be I nrobab v (nr rtwia fol t. - ''esrect, nbovo tho ooon i the. ,?anuar-v 8- Ky ""Is after Mther tncrroomoter was slightly 'ddTnlgrirnihe tMnperaturp will tako a lM Weather Frcahs Here, There and Yonder . jRi " at Oak Lane. "-imioes at .Tenlilnln.u,, the unscrunulousncss of a highwnyman. who relieved him of his watch and chain ho no longer having any money. On the description of the two bandits given by O'Connor to the police nf the Second and Lliristlnn streets station, Patrolman Lyfort early this morning arrested two men, John Burke, twenty- eight years, of Front street nenr Car penter, und Harry Green, twenty-six years, of Water street near Washing ton nvenue. At a henring before Mnglstrnte Hnr-. ricun Burke wns held without bail for court and Green was held under S1000 bail. CITY SWEEPS SIDEWALKS Will Clean to Building Line Instead of Stopping at Curb Streets in tho central section of Phil adelphia will be cleaned between bulld Inir lines instead of between curbs. riindcr tho new municipal street clean ing plan. Pedestrians on Chestnut street above Broad -ivcro surprised today to see a "white wings" busy with his broom on tho sidewalk. Director Caven explained that the cleaners had been ordered to extend their operations to the sidewalks whenever they found papers or refuse llttprlnr them. Reports so far indlcato that under the new system tho streets of the central section of the city have nccn Kept grnt ifylngly clean. Director Caven said: "Wo hope to snow I'liiiaueipiiiuns that municipal street cleaning really means clean streets." BRIDGE BORING DOWN 54 FT. Engineers Believe They Will Have to Go Eighty Feet for Rock Engineers who nro making tho bor ings in connection with the, preliminary work for the Delaware river bridge be lieve they will have to go to a depth of ot least eighty feet beforo striking rock for the foundation. A depth of fifty-four foot has been reached at a point on Water street bo- low Walnut, nml so inr ipo engineers liavo encountered nothing but gravel of tho kind used in building operations. Preparations were made today to mnko borings on Itnco street above Wat,cr beginning Monday. ALCOHOLIC CASES INCREASE WOMAN VANISHES BLAME DRUG Nu Police Call Dealers Responsible When Smoker Fails to Ap pear for Hearing THREE "ADDICTS JAILED Onloi ntP ay Palmyra. Women are an emphatic success as jurors thus far, according to trial law yers who aro familiar figures in Phila delphia's courts. Assistant District Attorney Taulane, who has represented the commonwealth In many celebrated cases, had nothing but praiso for them today. "I have not tried a criminal cau as yet before a Jury on which women served," said Mr. Taulane. "but I have been before a jury with feminine members in a civil caHc. And I nniHt. snv I think the women nro very intelligent jurors. The gavo mo n verdict in the1 caso I tried before them," the assistant district nttorney added with a smile. "Perhaps the opposing counsel didn't tliliiK quite so highly of them?" wns suggested. "Yes he did. too," Mr. Taulane shot back. "Ho thought so higlilj of them that he settled another similar enso without bringing it to trial. And. more over, tho case that w'as tried offered n severe test of tho intelligence of women jurors. It was a highly complicated case, and the jurors needed brains to follow it." Much Depends on Colco of Women Mr. Taulane believes women jurors will be a contiuuiug success. "Of course," he said, "a great deal depends on tho choice of the right kind of women. It is conceivable that somo women have been so completely rut off from knowlcdgo of public mntter and business by their duties as wivrs and mothers that jury sen ice would bo n difficult task for them "But take tho women who ore oflico workers or teachers, and you will find them every bit ns keen as men, better in fact than many men who are drawn for juries. Another excellent character istic of tho woman juror is that the right is more apt to makn nu appeal to her than it is to a muu." "Then jou don't believe women will bo swayed by their feelings, rather than by abstract justice':" Mr. Taulane wns asked. "You must realize," the assistant rll(.triet nttornev countered, "that all juries aro swaed to some extent by ilmlr fpplinuH. Our ideals of justice are controlled by our feelings. Somo of the biggest court cases aro lost or won by tho atiuospnero crrnivu uy urn icsii inony. It would he hard to decide any case otherwise. John Jones goes on tho Contlruinl on 1'use Two. Column Four GROCER PLAYS DETECTIVE Statistics From New York Hospitals 8how City Far From Arid New York, Jan. 8. (By A. P.) Nearly twice as many men and women were treated in tho city's hospitals for alcoholism during tho last four months of 1020 as during tho samo period of 1010, according to statlstica made pub lic todny in a letter from Bird S. Coler, commissioner of public welfare, to Mayor H.vlan. During tho 1010 period mentioned S2 riscn wero treated In' the muii c paUHistWutlons, hh against jji huov wu, cues for , the left four pwaUia ojc 1P20J he wias. Sprinkling of Flour Around Icebox Leads to Capture of Alleged Thief A neat littlo piece of amateur detec tive work resulted in the arrest of at alleged chicken thief last night at tho corner of Seventeenth and Venango streets. , , , William Wigmore, who keeps a gro cery store at this corner, has an Ice box in the an: in tho rear of his store. In the icebox nro stored chickens and fish, depending on the season of the j ear and tho demands of tho trade. For almost a year the Wlgmorn ico box has been mysteriously tampered with, and numerous fat fowl and fresh ilsh have disappeared. Wigmore and his son Harry emptied n flour barrel around the icebox on Thursday night and went to bed. Ac cording to their testimony at a hearing this rooming beforo Magistrate Price, telltale footprints led next door to the shoemaker's establishment of Louis Last night Wlgrnora and his son kept watch and wcro rewarded, they say, bv discovering Cittrioul with his head half Insldo tho iccboxiF trying to remove n P Nfaglstrato Pri'co listened to the evi dence of this Sherlock Holmes of the crocery trade, and drctded to hold tpo n. . , i.. elfin i.ll fiirHii,, hliocliiuKvT in yy uv u "" ! ... -.. ' When Nellie Gallagher, who bnrely escaped dcatli by opium smokmg, De cember 27, failed to appear for her hear ing today, police officials said they were reasonably certain her absence, was ac complished by the "drug ring." Her ball was defaulted. TJio case of Joseph Miller, alias "Murphy," who was arrested on infor mation from the woman on chnrges of drug vending, wns also called for this morning before Magistrate (Jrelis at the Eleventh nnd Winter streets police sta tion. New bail was fixed nt $1000. "Poor Bum" Not "King" Miller nppeared perfectly calm at his hearing, wore his customary neat cloth ing and laughed and joked with tho police and others in the court room. Ho reiterated his iunocence of the charge, saving he was a salesman for n suit and cloak firm and wns obliged to work exceedingly hnrd to make a living for ills wife and one child. "I went wrong once," he said, "and sold drugs. I served three ears for It, and I do not intend to lny myself open to a second term for doing the sumo dishonest work." Ho laughed at IiIh being termed the "King of the Drug Peddlers' King." "I am nothinc but a poor bum." he exclaimed. I ni precisely five minutes' time ves terday three special officers niudn three successive arrests ot the corner of Fighth and Christian streets of men charged with being drug uddlcts. Three Men Sentenced At 11 o'clock Detective Myers took up his post on the corner ami had not been there for a minute before an un kempt and unliealthv mnu slouched up close to him and said: "Say, bo, have juli got two cubes V" (meaning containers of cocaine). Mjers replied he would bo glad to gel the man his cubes, nt which the de luded purchnser tendered the detective two $10 bill. The latter took the bills and arrested the man, who gave his name as John Hopkins, twenty - live years old. of Atlantic City. Tho process wns repeated twice, when Detectives Weller and Goldberg in turn took up tlio post and by 11 :0." o'clock two more ariests bad been mnde Dominic Masciantouio. tucntv-six years old, Fievcnth and Catharine streets, n"ked for "II" (moaning her oin) and got into a cell instead, as did Harry Lawiencc, thirty-eight years, of Ninth and Kace streets. At a hearing before .Magistrate llar rlgan. in the Third and De I.ancey streets police station, the three men were sentenced to threo months encli in tho House of Correction to break them of the habit. Three Moro Arrcslwl Acting upon information given them in an "underworld tiip." detectives last night broke Into a house on Mt. Vernon sticet above Tenth, and arrested three men on a charge of using drugs. They are Charles Stem. Herman Hermslehl and Alfred Quintan, all of Mt. Vernon street above Tenth. Three district detectives of thn Tenth and Buttonwood streets station made the raid, nnd confiscated fivo packages of cocnlne nnd a number of hypodermic needles. Stern nnd Hermsield were identified as men who have served prison sentences for peddling drugs The threo will have n hearing in tho Morals Court Monday. Charles W. Neeld, a member of the Civil Service Commission, is ready to appear before a committee of the state Legislature nnd urge liberalization of the civil service provisions In accordance with plans of Mayor Moore. Mr. Neeld made that announcement todnv in conversation with friends. Mr. Neeld, one of tho three commission ers, .said ho was wholly In sympathy with tho tho Mooro administration, nnd It was his desire to do all In his power to strengthen rather than hamstring the administration. Incidentally. Mr. Neeld made it known he believes the charge of "In efficiency when mnde by the proper city authorities, those most competent to judge whether or not an employe is doing his work satisfactorily, should be sufficient to bring about the discharge of an employe. Commission Disagrco Mr. Neeld believes that this charge riiould be enough without tho supporting "KneclnVntlonn" which the other two commissioners, Clinton Itogcrs Woodruff nnd Lewis li. van uusen, appear in clined to insist upon ns a "matter of office routine." This nucstion, how ever, has not been officially passed on by the board of commissions. Mr. Van Dusen nnd Mr. Woodruff are out of the city today. This particular question came to the fore in City Hall in the last week as nn offshoot of the Mayor's loyalty drive. In certnin enses tho Civil Service Commission wna notified that employes were to be dismissed because they were inefficient. The directors who had the matter in charge then received word flint the commission deIred the charges to be more specific. Mr. Neeld takes the position that there nro clnsses.of work which enn only be fudged by flic description of "efficient" or "Ineffi cient." In this connection It wns learned in the Mayor's office that Com missioner Neeld had advised Mnyor Moro that in Ills opinion the charge of "Inefficient" wns substantial enough to wnrrant dismissal. Mr. Neeld's readiness to urge changes in the civil service provisions o( tho new city charter, in line with the recom mendations of the Mnyor, is expected lo give a new impetus to the XInorO legislative program when it readies Hnrrisburg. Up to this time the word has gone forth from Hnrrisburg that the charter was not to be amended In any way; that is, any important way. This wns based on the assumption that only tho Moore Administration and not those primarily interested in civil service was concerned in the obtaining of such amendment. Now. however, tho subject is placed in a different light. A member of the commission will ndvocate modifying the civil service provisions. Tho administration bill which will he supported by Mr. Neeld will be in troduced in the House by Harry J. Trainer, the new member from South Philadelphia. It is quite likely the bill will be considered in a public hearlug by the joiut committees on municipal corporations of the House ami Senate. They seem to writo 'cm just naturally over thero beyond tho Schuylkill. Here's another one who Rets ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for only a few words to com plete a limpin' lim'rick. Tlio wuy these prizes jump around shovvH that everybody has n chuncp. Hcrc'n the limerick, com pleted, which wins the century todny: No. 18 Now wc come to the year Twenly-Onc With coal fifteen dollars a ton; With the weather much . colder And the coal barons bolder, Be grate-full if you haven't bin done. Mm. Gertrude E. Home 603 N. 32I street. IP YOU'RE STILL OUT, YOU OUGHT TO GET IN TODAY. Sec the Limpin' Lim'rick Page 2 BOY BRAVES BULLET 10 PROTECT SISTER m KIDNAPPERS DANIELS EORBIDS SENATOR PLEADS REAL WEATHER PROMISED Generally Fair With Normal Tem perature Next Week, Is Forecast Washington, Jan. 8. (By A. P.) Weather predictions for tho week be ginning Monday aro : Atlantic, gulf states, Ohio valley, Tennessee, region of tho Great Lakes, Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys, Northern Hock.v Mountain and plateau icgloua Gruerully fair ami uprnial temperature. Want Mayor lo Appear At this hearing it is proposed thut representatives! of the city administra tion, headed by the Muyor, and also of tho commission, appear and state their views for the benefit of the Legislature. Commissioner Neeld said : "I would advocate that the appoint ing officer have a wider rouge of cholco when selecting men from the civil serv ico lists. At present he is restricted to the first two names ou the lint. As a matter of fact, tho third or fourth mnu might be really better qualified, even though the others happen to Imvo a higher nverage in thn examination. "Furthermore, I would give a very much wider rangn of choice in the mnt ter of promotions. Here ngain the choice is limited to tho first two on the list. Surely, thin is much diffeieut from those cases when a new man is to be annotated. Promotions arc made from tho ranks. The superior officer knows best ot all who is tittcd most adequately for the higher place, civil service exam inations to tho contrary notwithstanding." This subject of promotions, it will be recalled, reached a climax six weeks ago when tho administration desired to promote lieutenants to the rank of cap tain of police. Tho civil service lists wero headed in a number of rases bv mon whom tho administration knew to bo at variance with the administra tion policy. Yet the ndmiuistrntinn policy of severing tho bond between po lice and politics, it was conceded, wus nctually hamstrung by the narrow pro visions of tho charter. Hence, Mr. Neeld urges that the range of choice be wider, so that the right man, known to bo qualified, may "be selected. Sorry for .Misunderstanding In tho oflico of the Civil Service Commission regret was expressed that there seemed to be anything like a mis understanding betuceu the commission and tho city administration. It was asserted, for example, that the coiumis slon really desired to help rather than hinder tho administration. Suggcstious uiuile by thu commission to tho direc tors, as iu tho matter of the charges of inefficiency as u basis for discharge, wero made, It was explained, for the purpose of making certain that tho dis charges would "stick"; that thu ad ministration later on would not be con fronted by n lawsuit to bring about tho reinstatement of tho discharged employes. ALIEN SHOT IN STREET Mysterious Murder Committed In Sharon by 3 Men, Who Escape Sharon, Pa., Jan. 8. (By A. P.) Santo Monoca, who came to Sharon from Lowcllville, O., several months ago, was shot to death early today vvhllo on tho street nt tho boundary line between Sharon and Farrell. Mystery surrounds the cause for tho shooting. Three men were seen run nlng uwuy from Muiufcti as be fell, but no nr.re.ts bare been nude i AIRINJO TALK Must Not MaKe Public Any Ac count of Their Flight to News papermen, Ho.Orders FLIERS LOOKED FOR TODAY By tho Associated Press Washington, Jan. 8. Orders ot the the Navy Department to the three navy airmen now making their way back from the Canadian wilds not to make public any account of their flight from Hocka way Station ami subsequent experiences until their official leport has been sub mitted will stand, Seciitary Daniels said today, despite the appeals from news papers nnd magazines which have reached him. The otlicial account, he added, would be lnado public as soon us it was received. "Since the men nro paid by the gov ernment nnd were traveling in govern ment service nt the expense of tho pub lic," Mr. Daniels said, "I believe the story ol their experience should be available to all the people before any exclusive stories are given out. I do not think It would be fair to let some newspapet get a 'scoop' on such a story, just because it cm nfford to send a cor respondent nu into Canada and offer n big sum for it." Mr. Daniels said one paper had au thorized the representative It sent north to meet tlv bnlloonists to offer them $10,000 for a signed exclusive ncoount by any one of the trio or by all three. Cochrane, Ont., Jan. 8. Uxpectancy that the three wcatlier-butteted naval balloonist from Uockaway. N. Y., would emerge before nightfall from the snowy wilderness thnt hns enfolded them since they dropped to earth on December 14 near the Moose Factory trading station pervaded this outpost of civilization with tho break of dawn to day. Whether the trio Lieutenants A. L. Kloor, Jr., Walter Hinton and Stephen Farrell would end their perilous ad venture at thn Mlssanahl river trail's end at Mattice. 110 miles west of here, or nt Clute. only u few miles awav. still wus unknown. But the majority of the little armv of newspapermen, photographers and Canadian mounted police sent out to meet them are staking their hopes on Mattice, and have set out for that town, leaving Cochrane al most deserted. They based their decision on n be lated story told for the first time last night by the ludlnn runner who first brought out tidings that the neronauts were 'safe at Moose Factory. Before he Continued on rime Two, Column I'll FOR CONSUMERS Thomas Declares Result of All Appeals Is to Stick Buyers HEARING ON TARIFF BILL By tho Associated Press Washington, .Inn. S. A plea for consideration for the ultimate consumer wns mnde today by Senator Thomas before the Senate finance committee, which Is holding hearings on the House emergency tariff bill designed lo pro tect the farmers. "It strikes me," said Senator Thomas, "that some consideration ought to be given the consumer. Everybody conies hero appealing for help. Everybody is in n bad fix. But tiiQ result 1h always the same stick the consumer." IC. D. Loos, nppenring on behalf of California lemon growers, had asked for a tariff of two cents a pound on lemons. Senator Thomas inquired whether, if this rate was fixed, the growers would not develop a monopoly ns a result of barring out Italiun lem on exports. The witness insisted no such effect could be expected, explain ing that more lemons were now stored here than at uny time in ten years. "That may bo true," said the senn tor, "but that is a line example of what is being asked of Congress everybody who has something to sell is seeking to exploit those who hnve to buy. "Some lnny' need relief, but so does the consumer. If the relief you seek is granted and this nppllcs not only to the lemon industry but to all In dustrie the pecuniary relief comes out of the consumer. "Why, the only things the consumer can buy" cheaply now," he added, "arc corkscrews and 'postage stamps, and he hns no need for corkscrews." The witness said the tariff nought was intended only to carry the lemon producers over tlio emergency. BURKE'S SUCCESSOR NAMED Guy F. Allen, of Maryland, Nom inated for Treasurer of U. S. Washington. Jan. . f Hv A. P.) Guy F. Allen, of Somerset, Md.. was nominated today by President Wilson to be treasurer of the United States. Mr. Allen, who hns been assistant treasurer, succeeds John Burke, whose resignation wns acceiited yesterdav bv I the President. Battles With Puny Might an Armed Men Raid Home Oppo site Moyamonsing Prison BANDIT GANGS BIND AND ROB; FOUR SUSPECTS HELD Michael Angeliite. fourteen years old. braved thn guns of six bandits who had held up his home nt supper time Inst evening, risked a bullet lo dodge out of the room, jumped a fence and gav the alarm to the Moyamonsing Prison across the street. Tho bandits fled A little later some nf the same gang, it is believed, entered u Chinese laundry not far awny from the scene of the first robbery, gaggeil tho proprietor, bound him with telephone wire und rifled his pockets nnd the till. Later a gang of five men, perhaps the same which took part in the earlier hnld-uns. kidnnnned a man near Sev enth nnd Callowhill streets, carried him into a house and robbed him. Ilobucd Near PostolTice A fourth daring hold-up was staged at 5:30 o'clock this morning near the postoffice, by two men. Two prisoners captured by detectives are believed to have been the robbers. The Angellnc family were about to eat supper at their home, lOO.'l Reed stret, at 0 o'clock last evening, when eight meu entered the house. All wero armed. Michael watched his chance and suddenly jumped out of his chair, dodged to a side door and before the surprised bandits could stop him was in the yard and over the fence. He begnn to yell "Police!" and "Murder!" shrilly, and the eight men fled us fast as they could go. Thought Bandits Kidnappers "It was not money. It was An toinette, mv baby sister, they came for, I nm sure, ' said Michael. Surrounded by Lena, ten; Joe, seven; Antoinette, five, and his mother nnd father, ho re cited the incidents. "It wns about 7 o'clock, and mv mother was getting supper, my father was sitting oy the stove, where she was cooking, nnd us kids wero there, too. I heard the latch rllek nt.t.hi front. door, and almost at onco the gas wns turned out in thn dining, room. There is not u very good light "here." and Michael led the vvny to the kitchen. Aided by the younger children hf proceeded to place chairs as they were when thu drama was enacted, and to the nccompnniment of many sugges tions given iu his native tonzue. and countless plcturesipie poses on the part oi tnc ininiiy. .Mlelinel continued: "But we could see six men with their eyes covered by masks. They all hud guns, and before we could yell three of them called to my father to stay in his chair and keep quiet. One put his revolver to my futhcr's mouth and one at each ear. Another held his gun up against my mother." At this juncture Michael stopped long enough to ask his mother, in Italian, to show the bruise left by the gun. Wanted to Save Sister "We all kept pretty still, but when one man reached for Antoinette, and put his hand over her mouth and held her tight, J just couldn t stand it. One look nt black-haired Antoinette, with great, dark eyes and rosy cheeks, explains in a measure Michael's devo tion. "I ran to take Iier nway from bim, and another threw nu ngalnst tho wnll. Somehow Antoinette got under the tnble. She wus there after it was all over. She is so pretty, and we huve no money, so they must have come for her. My father is u day laborer, and lias been without work for threo months. We are poor. "Lena, she fell on the floor when they first came in, you call it falntedV She was so scaled My mother kept saying to them, 'Kill me. but we hnvn no money.' You sec, the men all hollered, in Italian. 'Money or your life!' " etP, JJUd 15 SUICIDES DAILY IN BUDAPEST FROM HUNGER BUDAPEST, Jnu S. Cold aud hunger nve causing an average of fifteen suicides daily in this clfy, nccoidlng to nu official state ment by the Budapest police yebterday. One of the lecent suicides waa that of a former army officer who brought home a scanty supply of wood and provisions, kised his wife and thne children and then took poison. SPANISH ARREST BOMB OUTRAGE SUSPECTS MADRID, Jan. S. By A. T. The police of Tortota have ar k ltd tluce syndicalists who wero discovered uiakiug dynamite V Mil's, in the vlcluity of the River Ebro. The arrested men, ac L.iding to the authorities, admitted they were the perpctratoib of i -it dynamite outrages. WEGLEIN TO SEE PENROSE RAPS REFORMATORIES Mayor's Opponents to Confer With Senator on Phlla. Political Row Itlelmrd Wegloin. president of city Council, went to Washington today to consult Senator Penrose on the politi cal situntion, which has been compli cated by Mayor Moore's declaration of war on the combination. One purpose of the visit is to discuss proposed amendments of tho city's char ter. Mr. Wegleln advocates a change to enable tho city to float short-term loons for street improvements. It is reported that Thomas W. Cun nlugham, president of tho Republican Alliance, und President Judge Brown, bf ilia Municipal Court, will join Veg ieia In Washington thw cvcnU Prisoner Says They're "No Good." Asks to Be Sent to Prison "I served six months In oue reforma tory for larceny ; seventeen months in another for larceny, and six months in a third for cutting a boy . "Hetorinatorles are no good Send V ure-Brow u-Cunningliaui me to statu prison this time. Maybe il win no me some good. Walter Williams, a Ncgio, of South Second street, Camden, talking to Re corder Stackhouso today, Is tho man who condemned reformatories as "no good." He was arrested charged with lar ceny of clothing from tho homo of Jinn.. Gallics, hia uncle, and when nrrHlmioil before the recorder said he wanted to go iu pinto prison instead. 4U wu held under $500'bull. Boy (Javo Alarm Michael was reticent about telling of his own bravery, but finally said: "After the muu shoved me against the wall I slid along to the kitchen door, and with mv hand back of me, like this," and .Michael illustrated it. "and raised the latch very quietlv. One of them saw me and yelled. 'Run quick, before the cops come" " When I got in the yard I called 'Police!' and "Help" but none came The men run to Federal street and my mother nnd I after them, but they got liwav on a truck. My father went upstairs for liis gun. but it was too late " An hour after the affair at the An- geline home Charlie Loin, a Chinese, who has a laundry at 1l.r0 South Thirteenth street, wus working in his front room when two meu came in nnd asked if he had imv silk shirts. 'or sale. He said he had not and they 1 ' after staring about the place. - A little Inter the two returned with four others, all armed They forced i.em to go with them into the back room, gagged him and tied his wrists with telephone wire they ripped from the wall They took ." from his clothes und if'-'fl more from the cash drnwer When thev had gone Leni struggled to his feet and went upstnii. to u room occupied by William Purtiell, a uegro, Contlnui-d nn Time Two. Column Two DOG HOLDS TO THIEF'S COAT But Garment Tears and He Escapes, Leaving Cloth Reminder A Great Dane watchdog, owned bv Jiinies II. Hopkins, Silllo Seiuinolo street, pursued and i aiuht a thief v ho attempted to inter the home of M W. T'lighy, at NCI.I Seminole street, yes terday The man mnuaged to escape minus the tail of his overcoat Mr. Tlngley who is controller of tin International Mercantile Marine, and his family are away. A servant in thn Hopkins homo saw a man trying tu forcn a shutter of tho Tingley homo. She screamed for hnip, and the thief rau across tho lawn nf tho Hopkins home. Tho watchdog overtook bim and de layed him for more than a mlnut ! foro tho man could struggle free. l'rl. Umnd Urtck fortgviyttomoiroiy.44a3i. Wl ' ' n ,r aW' v. a . i j&A4$2&)' W4 t ' . !.&. f jiit &vLiLj ,.-tSi'iT; a !&A.
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