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VOL. VII. NO. 104
FOR 1926 FAIR SHE
Drawings Submitted to
Commissioners Include
' Parkway
Art
WOULD UTILIZE BOTH
- BANKS OF SCHUYLKILL
Prof. Paul Crct, of the University
of Pennsylvania, linn drawn plan
Living tlio desirability of the Parkway
ml the bank, of the Hchuvlkill as a
lfe for the proposed world r fair In cele
bration of the inoth nnnlversury of
American Independence In 11)20.
Dr Cret's plan was presented by
..!.. Wrlplit Crnwford today at tlft
nrir.nlnth annual meeting of the
Fiilrinount Park Art Association, nt
At Ilellcvuc-Stratford Hotel.
Mr Crawford delivered an address on
n'xpM'a Fairs and their City Plan
ning Salvage." In which he told of the
influence of former great fairs In Amer
ica and Europe In enhancing the beauty
of the cities where they wero held. He
iirsed that In the proposed world's fair
In Phlladc'phia tho greatest possible ex
penditure be made on Improvements that
would bo of permanent value.
Would Um City Buildings
It was In his address that Mr. Craw
ford explained the plan drawn up by
Dr. Crot who has been associated with
the architectural school at tho Uni
versity of Pennsylvania for several
tears and knows Philadelphia thor
ouithly. He proposes that use be mad"
of the buildings which the city is erect
ing or preparing to erect along the
Parkway.
"The Art Museum must be completed
within Ave years," said Mr. Crawford.
inHnrslnir the nlans. "tho nubile llbrnr.v
and the auditorium, both fronting on
Logan Square, should be finished 7111(1
the proposed Municipal Court will be
another bul'dlng which could bo used
Umporarlly for tho fair. From Twcntl
cth street to the Fnlrmount plaza at
the Parkway's end. It is proposed that
four or five buildings on each side,
temporary in character, be erected.
"The birlllant opportunity of tho city
to use the Schuylkill embankments in
perhaps the most astonishing suggestion
of the report. It is astonishing because
the thing can so cosily be done. Dr.
Crct suggests the uso of both banks
of the Schuylkill beginning at Arch
ttreet and running north, perhaps, as
far as Olrard avenue," Mr. Crawford
continued.
It is proposed that a bridge be built
on the line of Arch street with exhibi
tion buildings on one side of it, as
parts of tho bridge itself. This would
hide the unsightly railroad bridges and
open a vista from the Falrraount plaza
down the river with the fair buildings
on each side.
The cast banlrofytllo Schuylkill 'fron
Arch street to tho Falrmqunt plaza In
to be the MidwayiPlasianee: to be built
partly over tho tracks of tho I). and O.'
jvumuuu. l ' l
The plan provides that tho west bank,
now occupied by abba'tolrs and other
plants, would bo acquired' by tho city,
the present buildings demolished, and
the tract developed with exposition
buildings which wou'd screen (he present
railroad yards and face, gardens and
terraces running down tofthc river,
Dr. Cret suggests that along the river
north of the Spring Garden street bridge
to Glrard avenue statc and national
buildings should be located on tho west
rank. The Art. Museum on tho cast
fide would be the :nrt center of tho
, fair. Dr. Cret proposes that a brldgo
be thrown ncrnsa rhn rlvnr from the
Fairmount plaza with some pretentious'
rrnitccturai feature, probably an im
posing cascade, on the direct lino of the
bridge on its west side. It is tenta
tively suggested also Mint if the uso
of more space Is desirable, the Lemon.
iiu tccnon lc reacnea by a bridge over
the river drive. It is also proposed to
construct a great . stadium pn'the side
of Snyder's Woods?
One of tho nrlvnntntfAa nt rhn rtlnn
Mr. Crnwford pointed out, would bo
the easy accessibility of the fair grounds
mm every section or the city, by trol
ley or railroad. .Now. railroad stations
readily could be constructed within the
pounds, nn.d the present trolley service
.could bo made to Berve more than ten
' entrances to the fair.
Five Advantages Illustrated
Advantages of thef'plah "of Dr. Cret
were pointed out as follows:
, The permanent Improvement of the
river bank.
. ?,' t're'itton of the mostsneeded new!
i ?Y ""ween worth ana West l'uiuv
uclphla, j. Completion of the Parkway.
Au opportunity to ndjust the com-
Continued on Tut BU. Column Tvyo
MRS. BERGDOLL MUST PAY
c9"rt Grants Attorney $10,p05 for
, Counsel Fees and Expenses
,nl .nry JV-Scott, attorney. ,v?on hi
vLtDi?eC0Ter cpunsel fecsfrom Mrs
r.nima Tlergdoll when aJriry today ru
iin IW, a verdict jn his favor for
,y,w.l.
,.. Mcoi' -wed for $10,700. The
Ammo"8 ff b'f0 JudWjBarratf in
;.. Sc.il - for $10,700,
iIvptV .,'"", -"r'. o. v, anu was
5l3'fo the jury ate tmIbhIjiv. ir
wSSi J? Ofivo. ,houra n,,'',, teach n
"rd c 1 8 cl0 l08t sht. The
tlaTme.iJu7! ?ecl(lD(, Mr- Scott's foo
ParcTi s T1 bo I)ai'1 ' fu- but. they
0.005. y rcn,-hc1 thclr tnl of
dodlera r"g',0,1o.moiher ot " draft
IWln it:"ivnr Clend Hergdoll and
.win IJeredoll. can fIp,i !. f ii.
rsdoll, contested tho fee claim
ttCCBslvc
Next! , ? ;
Camden barbers' havo cut prices.
HW. tho new schedule:
Haircut N M
Shampoo .or. -"
r Tlpx remain tho same.
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Clever Line for "Movie" Lim'rick
MISS DOROTHY GERSON
3413 Rice Street
Teacher, ,SarUin School
LIMERICK No. 22
There is a young lady In Wayne
Who from movies can never refrain;
She goes night and day
And the doctors all say,
"Her trouble is heart and ptomaine."
,(Hart and Tom Meighan)
See the Llmpln' Lim'rick Today on Pago 2
SUICIDE OF GIRL
10
Sister Says Dolly Belfatto
Probably Spent Father's Oash
to Become Film Star
CALLED "SCREEN. CRAZY'
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JOSEPHINE IIELLFOTTO
"The movies lured my sister to her
death. Dolly was movie-crazy, and got
some of the wildest Ideas from seeing
pictures and reading the movie maga
zines," said Kntio Belfatto, an older
sister :of Jogenhlnc Ticlfatto, tho pretty
IWJvFWSrfetenwtt41
suicide' in' nerMiomeM ixs-V'Mountain
street. Jast-,niglit.'. ' ,
. "Thcro Is, only one reason' as far rts
TlrAn ft, fnr Imp fn flrpn think of tak-
iWg her life, and that was fear of a
scolding because 'she had lost. or spent
$25 my father had, asked her to keep
for -him. I don't believe she lost It,
and if she spent it it wbb to answer
some advertisement in a magazlnc.about
mov(cs. Yoji know hpw they say they
can inako you a great actress for a 'cer
tain spm.ot money. Dolly believed all
that stuff. She went to pictures every
day." sometimes afternoon and night,
too.
"Sho.h'ad no sweetheart, and nlj hftr
girl friends aro movlo-ttruck ike she
wnSi , ..4
Mother an Invalid
"Our mother hnsn an invalid for
about rive years ami is in a Knuniununi.
Dollv, thouglundr tho oldest sister, was
tho 'housekeeper and looked, after tho
younccr-'chlldren," continued Katie.
"Mf father gavo the "money to DoUy
two week ago, and when he asked her
for a Httlo of It .lasfnight she salt! 'All
right,' and, went up- to her room. I
waited in. the Jiall for her, as wo Verc
going out 'together.. She came down in
a few minutes and started out the door.
fv fntlior rolled and asked her if. sho
had tho money. She didn't reply, but
went upstairs again. Then wo heard
the shot. We can't find the money, nnd
so we think she must have spent It.
My father wouldn't hnve scolded her
for losing it, but he would have been
cross if ho thought she spent it answering-
moip nds."
Think They See Sister
As Katie talked, threo younger chil
dren hung close to her skirts and each
time tho bell rang interrupted with.
"Is that Dolly?" Imagination ran high
and one little brown -eyed brother with
his nose plastered against the window
pane, almost caused a panic among the
other kiddles bv turning and shouting,
"Hero comes Dolly, here comes ray
Dolly, alive." .,,,. ,
They were quieted by Katie, on whom
the responsibilities of the homo will now
fall. - ,
-TREADWAY. GIRL AND MOSS
INDICTED IN PEIRCE MURDER
Elliott Also Named In True Bill for
Market 8treet Murder
Peter D. Treatdway, Marie "Hoots"
Rogers, .losenh "Archio" Moss and
Marlon A. Elliott were Indicted by the
grand jury today for tho munlerof
Henry T, P;erco November 22 nt 2001)
Market street."
Klllott is still a fugitive.
Witnesses who have been subpenaed
to niipenr at tho trial Iricludo Joseph
D, Pclrce, 1521 North Felton street,
a brother of tho slain mau ; William
Taylor, of 1(320 Chestnut street ; O. A.
Delyon, 123 North Twentieth street:
Detectives Mulgrew, Hcanley and Mc
Farland, and coroner's physician
Wadsworth.
Today's Developments
in National Capital
Amendment of the dry act to per
mit traffic In liquor on American
llncr outside tho thrce-mlle limit was
urged on tho House Judiciary coin
mltteo by passenger ship operators,
Henntpr McCuniber. nt u hearing
on the emergency tariff bill, said ho
will nsk ,that tho tariff 'on. wheat be
rained to lifts, cents u bushel because
of the elipnumiM iiiipott'itloii "l Ln
ndiaii wheat. '
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Kiienmg public Kedger
Winner of
ONE HUNDRED;.
DOLLAR PRIZE
I 'PLOT'
Polico Superintendent Calls
Federal Report of Bomb
Plans Incorrect
PARADE WAS CALLED OFF
Superintendent of Police Mills today
vehemently denied the assertion of
Walter C. Foster, head of the Federal
Department of Justice here, that radi
cals planned a night of bombing and
terrorism foe Philadelphia, which had
been postponed from last night until
tomorrow night.
Tho superintendent of police accuses
tin head of the bureau of Investigation
of "throwing out a smoke scrcep, nnd
Hn.vs he broke an agreement when he
did any talking nt all.
"The people of Philadelphia need not
bi nfrald to go to bed tomorrow night,"
aid the superintendent. "There won't
be auy bomb outrages. There never
were to have been any bomb outrages.
People were just as safe last night as
any other night. The radicals were
not planning to use tire and dynamite
to create a sensation anil solidify the
ranks of the unemployed in Philadel
phia. "The statement given out nt the Fed
eral Ilulldlng by the bureau of inves
tigation of the Dennrtment of Justice
Is entirfcly untrue. rThe facts behind It
arc these: there was a demonstration
planned for last night, but it was not
by any means an anarchistic one. Tho
plana called for a meeting at midnight
of the unemployed, and a tmrndo
through., .the., streets. Tbero wns-uo.
talk of violcnce;fiA"ii AvJtyvwW
- "Wo learned of tho plan indVtobK
proper precautions last,;, nignt. Tno
principal nctlda was to send extra! da
tolls of reserve patrolmen' to- all aM'
tlon hbuses. Those who wero planning
the demonstration learned that we had
done this, and' they called the1 demon
stration off. There won't be any
demonstration now.
"This was tlio whole truth.of the
matter. I might mention also that the
head ofs-the bureau of investigation
agreed 'with mo that ho had better not
say' anything about the demonstration
that failed to come off."
Superintendent Mills said that (the
radicals never' were weaker in Phlli
delphla than at present.
'"I never saw them so disorganized
and powerless." he said. "They are
scattered to the four winds."
At the office of the bureau of investl-N
gatlon denial was made ol any state
ment that anarchists planned to blow
un buildings or commit other outrages
in this city.
"We merely had some vague infor
mation from a very unreliable source,"
paid an official, "and even this was not
discussed for publication. The official
quoted never said what Is ascribed to
him in tho published reports. If we
had known of nnv serious plan of tho
radicals to blow up buildings, manifestly
it would have been Improper for us
to have discussed It." '
It was said at the bureau that Su
perintendent Mills and the federal offl
clnlH had been working amicably and
effectively, nnd that, as me superin
tendent stated the radicals were not
giving trouble nt present.
ANARCHS
DENIED BY ILLS
MINISTER FAVORS GOWNS
12 INCHES HIGH AND 5 LOW
Foot From Ground Not Immoral, He Says Another PrcacJicr
Says Men's Hearts Arc Worse Yfian Women's Dresses
Skirts may reach twelve Inches
above tho ground, but waists must be
cut not lower than five inches In the
back and five Inches low In the front.
That is the ideal dress for a woman,
according to the Itcv. C. P. Harry, a
Lutherau minister, who was the find;
to answer the questionnaire sent out by
the "Dress Itcform Commlttco," asking
for the opinions of 1100 Phlladclphlons
on whnt should and should not bo worn
by women, Judging from a moral view-
The preacher, who lives at 301 East
Gravers lane, objects to the sleeveless
gown, but conccdos the silk stocking.
The diaphanous or peek-a-boo waist Is
taboo and also the tight-fitting gar
ment which shows the wearer's form.
While Mr. Harry contended that the
prevalent dress of women Is morally
harmful because of the "exposure of
person," there was ono member or the
ministerial group who sprang to the
rescue of his intich-discusdcd sisters In
hlB answer to the dress reform commit
tee. In fact, he turned the tables on
i.l.i kvnilioc tnfin.
In answer to tho question, "Do you
believe the gowns worn uy wunirn v
Includes girls) of today are harmful
morally?" the rtev. A. J. Arkln, rector
of St. George's Protestant Lplscopal
Church, Indiana avenuo nnd Livingston
street, saysf
"There are other causes for immoral
ity. Not women's dresses but men's
minds and hearts are back of Immoral
ity, If drew is causo fori immdrallty.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1921
COUNSEL
ASH
AS BR1NDELL FACES
EXTORTiONCHARGE
Untermyer Accused of Preju
dicing Jury Against Building
Trade Council Head
COURT OVERRULES PLEA
OF DEFENDANT'S LAWYER
. . . . Ily the Associated Press . . . .
New York, ,Tnn. 1,1. Counsel for
nobcrt P. Urindell. president of the
"building trades council," on trial for
alleged extortion, today failed In their
efforts to have a mistrial declared by
the court because fof "highly prejudi
cial" statements made by Samuel Un
termyer, in outlining the prosecutlon'i.
case to the jury.
Supreme Court Justice McAvoy over
ruled a multitude of objections and mo
tions made by Mi.rtln W. Littleton,
counsel for the defendant, and ordcicd
the trial to proceed.
Brlndcll's counsel contended that Mr.
Untcrmycr's stnlements to the jury were
"highly Inflammatory and specifically
prejudicial to the accused," and wcrt
for "no other purpose than to incite
hostility" against the defendant.
For nearly two hours Mr. Unter
myer addressed the jury, declaring that
frosccution would show thnt Brlndfll
wielded nn "absolute despotic power
over the building trades organization In
the city of New York," which he used
for his own "personal profit nnd gain
for himself."
The prosecution, Mr. Untermyer de
clared, will show that the labor leader
operated a "far-reaching and competl-
tlvo scheme to hold up building con
struction In the city for the purpose
of extortion.
The prosecution outlined the case on
which Tlrindell is specifically Indicted
charging hi mwlth extorting $5000 from
Max AroiiBpn, garment munufneturer
for Immunity against labor troubles.
This one incident Mr. Untermyer de
clared, was but a small purt of the
labor lcadcr'H plan to hold up building
construction by extortion.
Mr. Aronsou was the first witness
called.
ltrindell's indictment was aii outcome
of tho investigation by n committee of
the New York Legislature designed to
show the existence of a "building trust"
that had made ramifications in various
industries. Witness after witness testi
fied to conditions In which Drlndcll
was alleged to be tho principal, and in
which the latter was accused of order
ing strikes to hold up building' opera
tions' and.pt, exporting huge sums from
emllniVSrfQg, (to UinTnrlcwaf letting
' Many of these Anns fold the invest!,
rntorsUharthey had .been' "piitoUt of
Jiuslnm" by Ilrlndoll Mdictatorlal
method, and others' confeiRedJhat.tliey
Jifld followed practices 'not,' permitted by
law or ethics nnd -promised to nmmdon
such practices, whloh'they'unld had bcrii
prompted by .demands of, Urindell tind
hln associate!?., "v .,,,'.' '
, Mljllons of,, dollars,' it. was testified
iliirlno- Hin InveatltratJon: had been the
costly price ofotferations lh which the
hand of Brlmleli was alleged to have
been potent. "
Tho particular act.Iri which the head
of tho ilulldlng ATaues uouucu is in
llfed In the nrcscnt-.trlal was the al
leged ' extortion of ?50O0 from Max
'Aronson. building contractor, under a
.threat to can a serine oi iue work
men.-
THIS IS COLDEST SO FAR
Mercury HIU 22-and Will Go Lower,
8now on the Way
This is tho coldest day of tho season
so far nnd the pace for frigidity will
bo maintained tonigiu, snyu mo weain
..mfltt.
Th trmnernturo was 22 at 7 o'clock
this morning. Until today tho lowest
temperature for 1021 was recorded on
January 7. when the mercury dropped
to 20. A , , .
Tonight the temperature will drop to
20, tho weatherman predicts. Snow
probably will fall during the night and
tomorrow.
then there is no reason' why regulation
should be restricted to women only."
To the query, "Do you think nntlona
legislation should effect a change," Mr.
Arkln replies: "National agitation
should be directed to men. Clergymen
would only make matters worse in try
Inir to effect a change, and can best help
in these matters by leaving women
alone."
Ho implied that the churches of the
United States could better spend thefr
time crusading along other much -needed
lines than by devoting its efforts to
dress. . .
"Do you believe the extreme in dress
is worn by women to attract masculine
attention?" the questionnaire reads.
"Yes and naturally so. But man
must iibc his will," replies Mr. Arkln.
Then he concedes that perhaps women's
opportunities for marriage might be
affected, by the question of dress.
1 The minister says, however, that
dress has nothing to do with morals,
but morals rather have to do with
dress. An attempt for ministers to
actually lay down what should and
should not be worn by women ho char-
. acterlzes as "r.!djculous."
The dress reform committee is cru
sading in entirely neutral fashion in
order to display at a "bazaar for
the benefit of the nurses' home of St.
Agnes Hospital, which Will be held
at Eighteenth and Morris streets the
week of January 31, actual gowns
designed according to suggestions em
bodied tu letters from clergymen of all
deiioniinationa' in Philadelphia',
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lLiMiiiLiiiiiiiiiin M WA
LIEUTENANT W. II. LA'NGDON
American naval engineer who was
slain by u. Japanese sentry yt
Vladivostok
WADE SENTENCED TO DEATH
FOR MURDER OF NOTT
Young Milkman to Be Hanged May
20 Before Sunrise
Bridgeport, Conn., .Inn. 13. (By A.
P.) Sentence of dentil today was im
posed on l'lwood B. Wade, convicted
last night of murdering George E. Nott
in his home here last August.
Judge George IUnimin in Superior
Court directed that Wndc be hanged
before sunrise May 20, 1021.
, Wmle's mother held up splendidly
throughout tins ordeul of the trial, but
was not permitted in the courtroom
when the jury reported. The young
wife of the defend'nut, who lost all con
trol nnd screamed hcartbreaklngly In
the courtroom, remains in the Bridge
port Hospital. She was taken there
after Tuesday' outbreak.
Ah their fntlior lay In his cell thesn
long last four months tho two chil
dren of Wadejuiye thought uL their
"sIcIt-deddyiniLttio'l.pspital.'T.TJiat
,. th&, story loTdfyhe baby, Kifort.
three, nnd llttld' Ucrfru'ito, livo Every
day!,they ImVc wrltteii on bluf-llned
tablet paper n letter to their "sweet
daddy" and hoped ho would soon be
well and back homo with them.
rh'eUrnirdcr1.of Nott, who was a pro
fflsslonnVgrimbler on n smnll scale, tiok
place in his home on August 20. It was
unusually brutal, his body being cov
ered with blows from' an Iron bar nnd
cn'tfl from n butcher's knlfo. Wade, a
young milkman, had been Infatuated
with Mrs. Nott for sonic time.
HOLD-UP IN CAMDEN HOTEL
Two Men Raid Bar. Injure Bar-
, tender and Steal $20
The barroom of the Big Ben Hotel;
Fourth and Market; streets,, Camden,
wns raided by two Negroes this morn
ing nnd tho contents of the cash register
Btolcn. , . ,
r Elinor, Drum, the bartender, had just
oncned the .bar when tho two men en
tered and asked for beer. While he was
passing out. the "one-half of 1 per
cent" one of the customers jumped over
the bnr. Tho other ran around It. and
knocked' Krum to the floor, while his
companion rifled the register, which
contulucd nbout $20.
Krum was taken to the Cooper libs
pltal suffering from bruises of the
shoulder. Benjamin Casper Is proprie
tor of the hotel. '
LENINE MAY BE DEAD
Man Called by Name Premier Once
Used Expires In Moscow
London, Jan. 13. (By A. P.) A
communication from Moscow announc
ing the denth of M. Knrpoff, member
of the supreme cc6nomIc council of So
viet, Itussla, is quoted in a Berlin dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph here,
received by way of Paris today.
Tho supreme council in Moscow con
tains no person named Knrpoff, which
1,4 an old pseudonym ot .Mkolul i.eninc,
the Soviet premier. Some; of his pub
lications bear that name.
v Tho' Jewish News Bureau, a New
York city news agency, on January !
annouueed receipt of a dispatch from its
Moscow correspondent telling of the
dangerous illness ot i.entne.
THIEF, MISSES DIAMONDS
Hopie ,of Miss Mary Van Duoen
-Robbed of Cash and Watch
A thief entered the home of Miss May
Van Duseu. 8320 North Smcdley street,
yesterday, nnd escaped with $110 and u
gold watch.
Several diamond riugs which Miss
Von Dusen had left on a bureau in her
room, were overlooked by the intruder
in his search of the house. Neighbors
said they saw a boy, about eighteen
years old, on the porch of the homo In
tho afternoon.
i i i
SAFE BLOWN AND ROBBED
$1300 In Liberty Bonds and $500
In Cash Stolen
Alientown, I'., Jnu. IB. (IJy A.
P.) Sofo crackers last night blew open
the safo of tho J. A. Hupp Paper Co.,
this cite', securing $1300 in Liberty
Bonds and $500 caBh.
Police authorities say it was the work
of professionals,
Published Dally Except Sunday,
fcopyrlKtU. 1B21 Vy
Churchmen to Demand
Clean-up in Atlantic City
Laymen in Methodist Congregation, Aroused
by Militant Evangelisfs Charges, Will
March to City Hall This Afternoon
Hprcfrtl Dlsnntch to Evening l'ubltc Ijtdatr
Atlantic City, .Inn. 13. Laymen of
tho Flrnt MetlindiHt Uplsropnl Church,
one of the litrgeNt congregations in the
esort. voted Inst night to march upon
Ity Imll thiH nfternoon. (
They wi demand of the city commis
sion, which tins been taking a stand
pat attitude, tho immediate, suppression
of disorderly houses and gambling and
a clamping of the lid upon smoking by
women and objertlonnblo dancing In
Iionnlwnlk cabarets.
This unexampled action for church
men In Atlantic City is to be taken
in consequence of exposures made by
iu jicv. Thompson McKInncy, an
cvnngellBt, of CoatCHVlllo, Pa., a former
I mhidcliihlan, during the course of
a revival.
"I could tcllyou of things much
more startling than any I have spoken
pf thus far," the evangelist declared In
his sermon preceding tho laymen's in
dignation meeting.
"I cou'd tell you thlnes nbout your
high school bojs which would startle
you. I hove with mo here a letter
from a mother. She writes: 'Every
word you have spoken about conditions
in Atlantic City Is true. I know it to
my sorrow because of ray son.'
"Some of these peoplo at city hall
seem to be densely ignorant nbout what
Is going on In Atlantic City. Up to
this hour l have received no invitation
Official Reports to Tokio Say
U. S. Naval Officer Fired at
Vladivostok Sentry
TWO VERSIONS OF SHOOTING
By the Associated Press
Tokio, Jim. 13. The Japanese offi
cial report of the fntal shooting of
Licutciintit W. II. Lnngdon, chief en
gineer of the United States cruiser Al
bany, by a Japanese sentry at Vladivo
stok, in the early morning of January
8, agrees with the Japanese press re
ports that the sentry s shot was pre
ceded by n revolver attack upon the
sentry, according to Major General
Sato, of the staff of the minister of
war.
A bullet fiom Llciitennut Laugdon's
revolver pushed Jhrough the. sentry's
sleeve, nndt offer" firing U'e shot the
Heutennhtrnnoff 'nnil was shot in the
back, the general said 'the report stated.
The sentry who fired the shot Is being
court-martialed, it is announced. Gen
eral Ql, tho Japanese commander nt
Vladivostok, immediately sent the offi
cers of the Albany nn expression of his
regret, and the minister of war also
cabled his regrets.
Washington, .Tnn. 13. (By A. P.)
Secretary Daniels conferred today with
Acting Secretary Davis, of the Statu
Department, lu an effort to expedite
complete officiul reports of tho killing
of Lieutenant W. II. Lnngdon, of the
American cruiser Albany, by a Japa
nese sentry lit Vladivostok.
After the conference Mr. Davis said
"tlm State Department was seekintr the
fullest reports from its agents nt Vladi
vostok. The American consul there al
ready' has been nked for n more coin
pleje,nccmint thnn thnt received yester
day, hut no reply has yet been re
ceived 'from him. Meantime the Navy
Department is endeavoring to get fuller
reports from naval officials at the Si
berian port.
' Whether' a protest will bo lodged with
the Japanese foreign office will depend
upon the facts as developed by the In
vestigation now in progress, it was said
at the State ucpartinent. Wn the basis
Continued on I'uko Fourteen, Column One
JAPANESE DEFEND
LANGDON'S SLAYER
PLANNING "DEPORTATION PARTY" FOR ORIENTALS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. A deportation party is being organ
ised by. immigration authorities to go from Nwe York to the
Pacific const to gather up all Orientals now In custody of the varl-o--8
TnYiiigiatioit burenus for deportation, it was said today at tli"
Department of Labor. Officials said no nation-wide round-up of
Oriental incliglbles In the United States was contemplated because
Orientals illegally In the country were being apprehended con
stantly and in so thorough a manner that there was no reason
for any nation-wide movement.
MURDER PROSECUTION FINISHED IN 45 MINUTES
NEWPORT, Ky., Jan. 13. Alter only forty-five minutes of
testimony, the commonwealth rested its case iu the trial cf Justus
Murray for the killing of Howard Phillips, his business associate
nnd boyhood friend, in Newport, Ky., last October, in the Campbell
county, Kentucky, court this morning.
FALLS 400 FEET TO DEATH
Scranton Man Tumbles Down Mine
Shaft Leaves Nine Children
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 13. Irn Kline,
forty-two yearn old, and the father of
nine children, while supervising the
construction of a pipe line that was to
carry water to fight the fire in the cen
tral shaft of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western IUilroad Co. here, uus
htruek on the head by a piece of pipe
todny, mid toppling Into the mine open
ing met nn uwful denth, Every bone
lu his body was broken In a four-hundred
-foot fall.
Kllue's father-in-law, James Wal
lace, wns among the seventy -three men
who went to their death In the Pan
coast mine fire ut Throop ten years ago.
8uberlptlon Pries SO ft Year by Mall.
Public Ledger Company
to go to city hall and pivscnt my evi
dence. I bolicve It Is time for us to
go there without nn Invitation.' ,
There was talk In the laymen's in
dignation session nbout laying Dr. Mc
Klnncv's pcNuinally collected evidence
before the new grand jury, which has
five women among Its members, one of
them Mayor Uader'B wife, if the city
commission does not see fit to clean up
the city. , .,
"I am glad to know that Justice
Black has called the attention of the
graud jury to the chnrges we have
uttered." said Mr. McKInncy. "It Is
altogether right that the grand jury
should Investigate. I shall be glad to
place all of the evidence In ray pos
session before It."
Mr. McKlnney assured his auditors
ho was not a professional reformer. ' I
came to Atlantic City to conduct a re
vival," he said. "Prominent men in
this community told mc about condi
tions which should not be tolerated. I
went out and found their statements
true. Then 1 told you about them, be
cause I felt that the people should
know whnt Is going on. Before I came
here I was told the 'lid' was on In At
lantic Olty. I find it is very much off.
I don't know of uny place that can
better a'fford a clean-up."
The laymen's visitation to city hall
was fixed for 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Pastors of Bcveral other churches vol
unteered to take part.
PATROLMEN SAVE
One Fights His Way Through
Flames ThreqTimes to Res
cue Little Ones
SMOKE OVERCOMES MAN
Unusual Record
of Fires at Night
Vive children rescued at ,02."; Emily
street. ,
Two children rescued nt 2431
South Ninth street.
$20,000 fire nt North Americnn
Button Manufacturing Co., Palmer
and Howard streets.
$12,000 loss In fire at Philadelphia
Hoiiscwrecklng Co.. west side of
Schuylkill river, near Spring Gar
den street.
Seven children were saved by patrol-
mon nnil lnsn pstlmn'ted nt close to $.r0.-
000 was sustained In four fires In various
parts of the city last night.
Five children were snved from being
burned to death by an officer of the
Fourth nnd Snyder avenue station, who
three times dashed through smoke and
flame, after their father, Jacob Chcw
dernoff, had failed In an attempt to res
cue them.
Flames started in Chcwdcinoff s
home at 025 Emily street, and awoke
all the family except the live children,
who ranged In age from one to ten jenrs.
When the father found his children were
still in the burning house hi tried to get
back to the second-story room, where
they were sleeping. He wns driven back
by the thick smoke and Humes.
Patrolman Arrives
When Patrolman Melnrrigan nt rived.
he wns able to penetrnte the Haines nnd
brought out the children, two nt a time.
Two small chlldrcu. asleep while
their mother waM.at the "movies."
were rescued by two patrolmen of the
Fourth street nnd Snvdcr avenue sta
tion when flume burst out in the lionw
of Joseph Trengor. 2131 South Ninth
street.
Anna, seven years old, nnd her
brother Ned, thirteen, wero asleep in
Continued on Pukb rourtren. Column Threr
THIEF SNATCHES HANDBAG
Man Approaches Woman on Street,
Grabs Arm and Gets $3
A man lust night snntrhed a handbag
from a young woman. Miss Stella Im
hof, 234 North Horton street, while
he was wnlking on Haw street between
Ilortnn and Sixty-second. Miss Iinhof
gave n description of the thief.
The innn seized one of Mls.s Imliof's
hnnds nnd grabbed the bag. It con
tained $3,
The young woman told the ixilieo of
tho Sixty-first and Thompson streets
station that the man wns of dark com
plexion, about five feet six inches in
height and heavy set.
Cardinal niuhonn Vree All Catholics
to uia Uio MANUAL.
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but Because Display Wa3,
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Gtnir Cnrr'pondrnt Evfnlnr Public Tl&!
Copvrloht, latl. Vv Publle Ledger Co. t
Marlon, Jon. 13. Approval of th
cancellation of the Innugural cclcbrai
tlon plans was typical of the treatment;
which Mr. Hnrdlng hns received from
the prcsH nnd from the public since hjs
election. "
Heports reaching Marlon are that tho
country regards favorably what 'ho is!
doing here to solve domestic and for'
eign problems, as well an In plckln
his cabinet. These reports are mostlj
brought In by scouts and observers from
outside, for Marlon is rnthcr cut off
from the rest of the world. Only a fev.V
of the greater newspnpers of the-ccsim-try
come here nnd those In not largo
numbers. But the general opinion here
is thnt the President-elect is making tf
koii impression. ,"
There wns evidence thnt the approval l
of the simple inaugural was rccelvedT,
here With nlensnrp. Tlio nnnfrnttilntnrtr
telegrams wero made public and Mr..
Hnrdlng was plnlnly delighted with .
them nnd with such newspaper comment
as was reprinted In the Ohio press.
But the telegrams to Senator Knox ami
ha ward B. McLean were not sent be
cause they would be popular. Mi.
Harding thinks rather less about pop
ularity thnn do most Presidents. Ho re-
i i'i0 K0 " witM t,ic inauguration
festivities becuuse the scenes which weriV
going to attend his induction Into office;
promised to be "unbecoming."
Harding's "rnbecominc"
The public should become acquainted
With thnt Word "lllilipcnmlno Tf
j as characteristic of the new President'
'?.s 1" President Wilson's schoolmnstcrly
i"May I not." Mr. Harding never c.
presses ins disapproval without resort
to the word "unbecoming." The jar?
features of the proposed inauguration."
would hove been "unbecoming." TkoT
HARDING'S DECISION "
ON INAUGURATIONr
SHOWS GHARACTEft !
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i-Ai-cnnive press-ugenting of the pro
posed festivities was unbecoming. Art
excessive concentration of the B'Jt
light upon himself is unbecoming. Alf
forms of sclf-advertlsing are unbecomi
ng. Public quarrels with the unrightr
cous by which many politicians have
gained vast plaudits would probably
ijoem unbecoming. Many of the arts' of
popular success are probably unbecom
ing. So though the next President doubt
less likes the approval which was show
ered upon his refusal to nllow the ia
nuguratlon to be wgUa nn excessive:
spectacle, you do fjASnd him -credu'- ..A
Qiisly. attentive - tdipfcnt the - counfrj! 4i
is sayln nbput whaTflc.xayH'rfhd U9i3i
He i not an 'attentive rtcwspobetrt J
reader, by which I mean that heXdoesf ,,.
not send every morning for the great 'J ' ,
newspapers of New York. Chicago and ft
Philadelphia to see whnt they thlnlc V
uoouc nun. lou do not find nt. head
quarters any system fur rllnnlnr- ,U
torinls or news dNpntches and placing
before him tlioe that perhaps be ought
toread or might be interested to read.
Tart of this is due, no doubt, to tho
ntmosphcre nt Marion. A small town.
Is reinarRably sufficient unto itself. The
big papers come to it a day or so Into
and nre not interestinc readinc. It hnH"
its own pnpers, usually not i more tba J , ij
They1 doMbr?urecd, the inew'papcr reifrj ' rj
ing hnbit ns'drt thjj uiore;)h,ninerous anil
inrger unities or tlifi-.MggHr cities. ?
Independent of Public" Opinion
But pnrt of It is due to a certain:
independence of chnracter in Mr. Hard
ing. There are two kinds of'lndepemji
ence. The country has heard much of
the independence of political organiza"
tion. For more thnn n deendo the most
popular bonds have been rather unruly
members of their parties. They havo
been classed ns Independent, but they
hnve not been so Independent of front
pnges nud editorial pages and of all j
the signs nnd portents xif popular opin
ion. Mr. Harding has not been so itv- '
dependent of pnrty organization, but'
there is n eompensntion. If it is one1,
thnt he hns been much more independ
ent of thnt which one may hear by
keeping one's ear to the ground. Prob
nbly he thinks this posture "unbecom
ing."
The result is thnt he doerf not rend
newspnpers : nt lenst signs are wanting?
here that In does rend newspapers
ns Theodore Roosevelt used to read
them. Roosevelt rend them In nbund- .
ance, ns he rend everything else la
abundance. Hi was n devourcr of first
pages nnd had mi Inordinate appetite
for first pages, ne used to say It made
little difference to him whnt appenreil ' -on
editorial pnges so long ns ho could in-
fluence whnt wns printed on first pages! V
He watched the press nttenttvely add ,
had a sort of sixth sense for knowing A A t
nil that newspapers said nbout him ami A1 '
what It mennt. President AVilson also
followed the press rnther keenly, hut x;
without Rooievelt's cnthnllelty. TJrf i S
wanted to know the first tiling In tnrt .
morning y.lintcertaln papers were sayi-'","5 ,
ing nbout him nnd his policy. v
Wilson Head Friendly Press '' '
Thev were mostly pnpers which supw
ported him. chiefly the Baltimore Sun, '
the New York World, the Newark. N
T.. News nnd the SpringfHd Henubli
cnn. Ever, body In the White nouso
read whnt the muster rend. When yo;t
rend tnem in mr HimniHg soino one wij.1
sure to tell you what the SnrlngflnM
Republican or the Newark News had
just said about the President and his
policies.
Of course, th s sort of reading had
tho defect of being perhaps ton acres,
able. H if P'ensiiut to hear from thoio
who usually ngiec with nu. Rt i Q
not so faulty ns nt first slitht ft seemil
Fnltiuui un- in wiiiimiH in n friend and
when the President found that one ni
his favorite newspapers iHsm-mixi ...ilil
rM? ,y wit
him, as they often did, he knew thai
there was a gcnuliiu opposition 2:
fronting him. m
Mr. Harding may develop n h,,
Interest in what tho nubile saya fflE
him when he Is In tlio WhlK n'
Ills feet aro In pleasant places nm Tt
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