&"-" "a "wi'iyrJtV'V'' "'" '"" - f:.f,-;yp",",''" ?'-'rWJ&SZ, r i; ,a 'ftven This Weather Isn't Snappier Than the Limpin Lim'rick Lines We're Getting-See Page 2 ' THE WEATHER Fair nml not quite so cold tonight: Invveit temperature nliont 2 degrees; Wednesday cloudy nml wanner. rKMi':ATi:m; at bach iioi;r uenmoi public IBefrger NIGHT EXTRA s D no in i-J I i.l a a I 4,r. ! ,TTTi-i tin in in ;is i j jjvi,,,,,-, ,. ... -"".W.1" VOL. VII. NO. 108 SillK TAX ON COALTO BOOSTREVENUE S' Appears Personally Before As sembly and Outlines His Program for Progress QUIET DIGNITY MARKS LEGISLATURE PRECEDENT Governor Would Levy on Capital Stock of Corporations and on Signboards legislative Suggestions Given Assembly by Sproul Itevcntio Four cents tnx nl mine on bituminous mid nix cents on nn thriu'ite ; one to two mill tnx on rupltnl f"toclt of corporation now exempt from stntc tuxes on their ttock issues; 1 per cent in crease inheritnnee tnxrs j license tnx, five cents per Rtiunro foot on ntlveitising signs nml billboiinls. Education State Council of Kilu eatlon. In plnce of State Hoard of Education and College nnd I'ni vorslty Council. Increase state aid to public (.'duration. AnicrlrnnUution Kstnblish bmenu in Department of Public Instruc tion to cliininiito adult illiteracy . ' Highways Make all main roads .unliable at nil seasons; free nil toll bridge i In state. Prohibition Enforcement Brook lu should conform to Federal law Constitutional Kevlslon Give people present opportunity to revise, simplify and strengthen funda mental law. taghlnlhe Kenpportlonmciit Gen erul Assembly should divide the Ktatc into districts containing os ndirl.v ns possible equal units of population. I'ubllc Welfare Concentrate direc tion of pennl and chnrituble insti tutions at riarrisburg ; crente. -new Department of I'ubllc Welfare.' Soldiers' IDiius Amend constitution lo make bonus possible. Prist ncrs -Put all prisoner to work, distribute prisoners between l'li-tern and Western Peniten tiaries. Hospitals- Continue state nld to hospitals, Continue work of re linbilitntihg wounded and those injured in industry. Housing If necessary create a Housing Commission to study problem and suggest lnws. City legislation Don't "tinker" with new Philadelphia charter. Delavvaro Klvcr llridge Approprl nto state's share during present session Crime Wave Impose heavier sen tences, un,i f necessary, revlbe laws. "l o SUilf Correspondent Harrishurg. Jan. IS. In mi atmos Pliere t impressive dignity mid for maHf . in harmony with the fatness of the iiiimonwenltli, Governor Sproul toda delivered in person his biennial mcjsuge to the Oenernl Assembly. The address wns mude to the members of the House nnd Senate in joint session, the first time such n mcssjge has been v prevented in the history of the Legis lature. The f!oernor spoke from the speak er's rr.trmn in the huge chamber of the House He addressed a brilliant ns- emblngi of lawmakers, stnto officials nj oiLens of tbo coinmnnwcnlth. ami ng rtiioni were a large number of tlie r,,S e r anr-hUcd (doctors. 1 f'i'i .ii the House chnmber was tloifu' t ougii the note of quiet dlgnlt R" lr .wa.lnant. ("Ven.or Sproul's mcssaRO was rich '.suggestions for the session of 14)21 . I" 'tilled for tho enactment of pio Rris h-( legislation -for tlie enlargement Jlil Improvement of the school b.vstein. w cvnmple, and in pointing out the IfuMiiuve needs he did not hesitnte to 5WI nttejitiou to the need for ad Oilioiial revenues. I'rocress Depends on .More Hevrnuo "If we nre to do nny thing tlint is "' or forward looking," snid the (!nv "nor Instead of standing still or of '"""Mag the path of least resistance, nn sliall WH-iiue Il.vo to find mn.ii. ,1, ltd, ,i,l , '"' "' tin revenue suggestions was tbnt h tux of o,,e or two mills be laid "n " enpltal stock of manufacturing "Tp'irntions nt present exempt from "lbs lx,.Ni Tll(, (.llllintl,(, Mtl wmlI(, ulil le about .fltl.OOtl.OdO. This tax M affect the business interests a' "M under tba leiidershlp of Joseph U. i.rmnly president of the Peui.sy Ivnnla Mnuiira.tiiriM' Association. Such Kg , , lu" u expected to meet with oppo 'n from tlie (Jruudy interests. The vornor, however, has alternative -"WMIOiis vUlicil Uuntloti. may alleviate tin- Viinng t,e revenue uoi.i.wtt.ttiu n.... n.,.1. , 'Bit' tw,n ,,,,- " ail valorem tnx on con', four n ! " ,0U ou bi""luH mid eight ""H a ton on ni,ii,-,.u ii. . ...i... . in I , " ,v"u w,u 'uiucn, 'ense in the tax on collateral and ""tunics! on rnco ,llftn'n. Column Six h ntorcd as Socontl-Clto.,, Mltr nt th PnMonico. nt I'hlladelDhla r-a undgr h Act of March 3, 1870 ' ""aae,,ma' la Sproul Delivers Message Asking Greater Revenue (lovcrnor .Viionf, delivering hi menage today, said: (tcntlemen of the General Assembly : It Is not with any desire to introduce nn Innovation tlint I have naked the privilege of coming before you In per son to deliver to you the recommenda tions of tlie executive as to some of the things which will require particular at tention during your session, but it Is with n iuirpoe of assuring you of the ill' appreciation of the Governor and of all of the departmental chiefs under Ills direction of the nrobleins which I are before you for Notation, nnd to I offer you our thorough co-operation in I discharging tiie responsibilities with which the people of Pennsylvania huve Intrusted you lu these, momentous I times. The service in which we are enlisted is n most Important one. It will do us no hnrm, in the .conteinp'ntlon of our work, to realize that Pennsylvania is one of the mighty states of the earth. Providentially favored with vast natu ral wealth and an unequaled position with respect to transportation and mar kets, our commonwealth ranks with some of the conspicuous nations of the globe lu Its population and resources nml is greater than ninny of them. The exposition of these facts must impress us with n deep senc of the op portunities which nre before us for service, the like of which oie given to comparatively few, and fill us with n patriotic desire to do that which is for lis to do with n zenl nnd carnestncssi worthy Of till! trust imposed by our , people And when we fully appreciate, tlint these nearly nine millions of Penn- sylvnninns whose work we arc here to ........ -., i.m-iiiuiu ii u.m., i,i i-11121-iiB unexcelled in nil ( liristcntlom lor loy alty, industry, real achievement, true worthiness of character and deotcd public spirit,- we shall approach our duties resolved that our vision shall not be limited nor our actions cramped by Individual or local prejudices, selfish considerations or- small politics, but that we shall give to this splendid stutc our best abilities as repiesentntives of nil of Us people in our ntlicinl obliga tions. Already one of the most highly developed states in the I'lilon or in the world in its governmental elliciency, our STATE HARMONY - DUE FOR BLOW-UP Legislature Is 5aeen as blttlll? - Over Sleoping Volcano as Session Starts NEW COALITIONS THREATEN 1J.V (JKOHOE XOX McC'AIX Harrlsburg, Jan. Is.- To those whose interest in state polities is only of the moment it would seem that nu uneon seionablc amount of valuable newspaper space has been wistcd in the last two weeks oer the squabble in tlie Alle gheny county delegation. Put Allegheny county menus Pitts- burgli. The flgiit is u scramble for, places that nay iiothiu; tively. Yet this scrai'uble much to do with legislation for spoil ', compara- will have this session and perhaps with the future of some prominent state leaders. It really is not Important whether Scnntor Max Leslie and Ids followers win or whether Editor (ieorge S. Oliver, leader of the anti-Leslie faction, tfl umpks. Hut it will mean bad blood mid hot lighting through the entire os siou. Humbles of Trouble More tliun ever today I v uiilil em phasize the fact that this Legislating is beginning business over a. sleeping volcano. It is liable to tear loose at any time. Tho Pittsburgh situation only ac centuates the crisis. If (Ieorge S. Oliver fails to get what he wants, he will parade the tlery cross of defiance and revenge aioiuid so high that all may see It. If Senator Leslie loses, his followers in the Pittsbuigh delegation will loim n fighting unit that will devote the com ing days, and nights to scheming the overthrow of every plan ids opponents may make. rnt ..r if......... J fitl...... llie lllli cinn "l uniihi; ,t. wii',i who is tlie son of former l'nitcd States Senator Oliver, belonged to tlint bleed of north of Ireland Scotch who lu far generations paraded the blsh nnds bare legged and never t'oigott nor forgave an I injury. Not by a de'll (' a sight. I Semaor Leslie, odd ns it niav seem I from current history stories of his po-J litical affiliations in Pittsuingh. w.is a country boy .'wrn of go Ily Methodist pnientnge ncai'Ttiiirver s I'eiry, thiity miles up the Allegheny liver. ' His brother is a lifelong tcetotnler, nnd one of the '.ending tempeiancc ad vocates of Allegln nv loiiiitv. The sen- j ator has a son i'l Princeton. Outside "f politics lie is sn es mnmici'ii'ior u pav ing preparation concern. Oliver of Fighting l'mnily The Olivers mii'V their great I'oituuc.l ..... ..i t m.il kl.ii-1. The lieilil of the I n o ., slenleli -Ii isli InuniL'I'linr .. i... i ....'i t,. vlli..liei. ciniiitv innrlvl u limn reil vears 1120 lie opeueu a I little saddler shop i" "' A.legiienv Hia- ('oiilltiiieil on I'hbi- l'lttmi. rnliimn Two FIRE SCARE AT CITY HALL Paper Chute Again Fills Offices With Clouds of Smoke Offices in City Hall early today weie filled with smoke and so were the eyes of officeholders. Pedestrians, in tlie central sections saw clouds of heavy siuoke ciununtiug from lower windows and feared the municipal structure was endangered by fire when they saw u chemical engine dash into the court yard. There was a fire, but nothing dan gerous. The waste ptiper chute in the nnitlieiiht section was again responsible for the scare. Waste paper from different offices is "shot" to one central compartment by means ot tlie cnuie. vimcium iiiinu win bltisto may hnve started when some one threw n lighted clgnr or cigarette butt into tbo chute. in penon to the l.egiilntvrc at noon Film Co. here todnj. material strength should make It cast The charred bodies, apparently blown not only to malnlnln that position but through n window of the plant, were to Improve it, nnd we must set our-i J',uliV hr-sldo the tracks of the Central selves to n course of steadfast piogrcs- ! Huilroiid near the factor, i One lippar slveness whidi will bring to our citizens. eiitlj was that of a woman, those blessings of an enlightened civil-. Mreinen worked dcsperatelv to check izution which they deserve and which , 'he llames and iecuo others who might they have the means to possess. bo inside the building. Ten injured It Is not mj purpose today to nmke persons were taken to tin Buyoniie any detailed report of the operations of' Hospital, the various departments of the govern- ' Fifteen persons were inside the build- went of the commonwealth, except in J so far as those operations relate to the matters which will now require our nttentlon or which hne led to develop ments affecting questions of immediate public Interest, l'ermlt me to say, how ever, with much pride mid satisfaction, tlint without exception, thanks to the particularly able public servnnts whose efforts It has been our good fortune to have been able to command, our ad ministrative organization lias functioned admirably: the many changes and Im provements authorized by the last Leg islature have been cnirled out; the public work along constructive lines bus been extended and developed, nnd, bet ter than nil, the state's diversified ac tivities have been brought nearer to the people In every section of the state and have won their general commendation ami approval. It Is a noteworthy fact that depart ments as n whole were operated with in the limit of appropriations granted two j ears ago, and that the only defi cits of moment nre in the Department of Public Grounds nnd ltillldlllKS. tlirniitrh Higher costs of lnhor. fuel. supplies, rentals and the provision for housing the expanding forces of state ,(., ves. nml n tie nr ntinc ileiiart- nient, where the extraordinary costs ot paper and typography have exceeded the estimates in spite of our efforts to re duce to a minimum the printing re quirements by eliminating useless pub. Mentions. (.ratifying ns this situation is in the immediate departments of the state gov ernment, the extraordinary conditions prevailing throughout the country with regard to the cost of living and main tenance, and which have affected every Continued on I'iibc l'ourtrrn. Column line "NOT GUILTY" PLEA GIVEN BY "BOOTS" . Liir in Peirr.fi MnrrAr Annoflral in Court With Treadway and Moss Tt .' t4HMt4 "IS FIGHTING FOR MARIE Marie "Moots" lingers, Treadway and Joseph A. peter n. Moss nil pleaded not guilty today before Judge, ..v. i,, .in, l.i llllllillill ll'llll. IO HO' ill ami sue now tins nu appearance ol son- ' oiisncss of purpose. She no longer poses for the benefit of the .crowd. Her up pareut sangfroid has given away to nn attitude of one who realizes her situa tion Is a serious one. lMvvln M. Abbott volunteered to net as her counsel during the brief pro I erecting of eiitciing a plea. I .minus 1.. Cogau volunteered ns Treadway's counsel, nnd William F. Perkowit lipli'sented Mo-s, As the three were lid into the couit room and faced the bar the court crier read the bill of indictment foimally chargiug them with Peirce's murder, "Mow sav you, guilty or not guilty?" tlie court crier asked after leading the indictment. lu unison the tlnee nnsweied "Not guilty.;' "Pleading not guilty, how will you be tried V" snid the omit crier in a monotonous voice. "Ilv Ooil and my country," tho three Mild. "Mav (Joil send you a iil'o deliver nee," read th urt elier. ending the proceeding. Although aM three were indicted for murder, onlv Tic.idvvnv will be tried for nun der. Marie lingers and Moss will lie tried ns accessories after the fact. Tlie trial will prob.iblv he scheduled for next mouth. Ilefore she was led back to her cell in Moyaineiisiiig orison. "Loots" de clnrcil that, acting on the udvice of friends, she had dei hied to make no further attempr to save Treadway, but would "look aftir Marie." "I've bciii in almost daily rnmmii nicntlon wi'h my people," she said, "and I lealiye I've been foolish and rather wild " Her mnnner and her volie weie in sinking contrast to the gill who i hnleil tin' detectives on the long ji.uruev fiom Wheeling. W. Vn. "I feel confident," she continued. "Unit 1 will lie exonerated when I it lit I lil'lillKUt ID 11' at. I'eiliaiH J slioiilU lie , censured for not telling the truth when I I was first aricteii. nut I was more or less under the domination of Tread win at that lime "Since niv imprisonment lu Moyn ini using I have been advised that I ,, heller 'take erne of Marie.' nnd that I intend to do. I nlso hope that Moss gets off, because this poor fellow is just as Innocent as I am," it was miiioiiuieil this afternoon by the district attorney's office that new Indictments are being prepared and will lie returned by the grand jury this mouth iigalnst Marie and Moss, The second Indictments will mnkc it poss blc to tl.v them on the charge of having been accessories after tlie fact and will i;lso give them nn opportunity to turn state's evidence. Swls3 Reject Internationale Heme, Svvitcrlanil, Jan. IS. lit) A. P. I Iteiectlon of Moscow's condi tions for adhesion to the Third Inter nationale line been vntul by the So cialist party of .Switzerland at a general conference, hold here. Tlie conference ast .'11-0 votes for rejection of tho conditions n against 01 li for their acceptance, dictment charging then, w'th the inurder ; HassyunK Avenu- nome of Henry T. Pierce, manufacturing rep- Mrs. Anna Sender, sixtv ye.irs old. resentative, who was found in bis ' of 170" 'West I-nssuiilt avenue, was apartment. L'OD'.I Market stret, on the I held up in h' i home; by a well-dressed morning of November " nun. beaten with u blackjack and rob- ,. . ,, ,,'.., bed late yeslerdnv afternoon, ne.-ord- Marie Idgers . clad in the sMme in t(1 p.,,,,,., ,,.,.eive.l by Superiniend rriaroon suit which she wore nt the t.,,, f I'olice Mills toduv. time of her an est at !ng, . Vn., j, sieroder is being treated in her appeared u changed woman. i,m,, fr sevei bruises about tlie head. Weeks of confinement in Moyamen-ing ' Her nssail.int. who was well dressed. Prison liad left their pallor on her face, v represented himself us an InMirnm e col- PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1921 TWO KILLED, TEN INJURED 1 IN FILM PLANT EXPLOSION , Bodies of Dead Blown Through Win- I dow and Building Wrecked by Blast HnvMine. N. ,1.. .fun. 18. illv A. I 1'). Two persons were killed nnd more I iniiii ii-ii weic injured lu nn explosion I nnd lire in the plant of the llellows lug when the explosion occurred. In stiuitly the structure was wrapped in Haines. Several nearby buildings caught lire, hut were saved by prompt nrrival of tire apparatus. The lire was caused hj the Ignition of films, which flared up with a blast that sbitttcicd windows in the vleliilt. MOQEL LODGER GONE Also Clothing and Jewelry Worth $275, Property of Landlord Kilgene Cyr, thirty -live ears old. popular habitue of the Y. M. C. A. at Fifty-second and Siiusoiii streets, and n lodger at the home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry It. Ucnnlsnn, ")."."() Sansom strce.t, disappeared jesterday after, a month's stay at the Keuuion home, tnkiug with him ilothing and jewelry not his, valued at S-7.1. Cjr.cnme to Hie West ItrmiHi Y. Mi C. A., u month ago. lie presented a membership card Issued by the Pitts burgh,' 'Pa'., "Y.." and asked ' fitr" a room. There was no vacant room nt the '. M. C. A., but Mrs. Ueuuisou, swim mlng'iiislfucfo'r there, rented a room to the strai.ger. Cjr was lcgarded as a model lodger. lie was employed here as a clothing designer. Yesterday, when .Mrs. Henuison went home, she dKooNcred tlint n new S". suit, cjght shirts, three pairs of trousers. ( a sweater, iwo Miiciy iiixurs. u uriiiu and clasp, a suitcase and brief case be- longing to her husband, were missing. ! together with Cyr. Three shirts, marked I "T. II. Nnsoa" and a sailor blouse, ; were ich in ins room, wiie noiiiieu me police of the Fifty -fifth nnd Pine streets station. TEMPERATURE DOWN TO 13 Severest Cold of Season So Far, Won't Last Long The coldest of the winter ! Today nehiced tlint distinction by a mnigln of seuMi degrees, the ofticiul thermometer showing 1! degrees nt 7 .o'clock this morning. Another cold 'night tonight, and thin a decided rise tomorrow is tlie torecavt A stiff wind from the north wns given by the forecaster ns tlie intiiu reason for the cold snap. Albany had a low mark last night of 1 dcsm'cs below zero: Syracuse had 10 iilegrsejij.below i, .New York.., .il .above, lWlmrgOValfr?e -anti Atlantic! ''City l.i above. WOMAN BEATEN AND ROBBED yr8 Anna Scroder Attacked In lector. Sin. went to get her insurant i book she owed. Mrs. Si roller she offered the money to ami Mil wnii n said, and when lit in he drew a iiiacKiacu nun strucu her with it. She fell halt illii onscious III 11 clilllr mm ner iisstuiinn csenneii. FUNERAL OF MR. CLOTHIER Simplicity Mark3 Service at Wynne wood This Afternoon Simplicity marked the funeral of Isaac II. Clothier, prominent niembei of the Society of Pi ic ikW nnd a f milder ot Sli nvv bridge ei Clothier, which took place at his home, iiallytorc, Wynne wood, this afternoon. Mr. Clothier died Satuitlay morning. Tlie friends' service wns conducted ut the house and Dr. Alexander (!. Summings read Mr. Clothier's favorite passages from the Scriptures. Pour sons and two grandsons of Mr. Clothier were pullhcnicr. Thev an Isaac Clothier. Jr . Moiris T,. Clothier, Walter Clothier. William J Clothier. Isaac Clothier, fid, and Isaac Clothier Devi. Mr. Clotliiet's favorite hymns, "Abide With Me" ii.nl "Nenrei, My (iod, to Thee," were sung during the service by Herbert J. Tily and employes of the store. Inteinieiit was in West Laurel Hill CemetPry . TWO MEN HOLD UP SIX Armed Highwaymen Get $100 From Saloon's Cash Register Two Negioes hfhl s men at buy in the saloon of William l'tndy. Swiiusou and Cllllstillll stieel-. lit tl'Iill o'( lot I. hist night, ohtnineil SI I II I from a nisi, register ami ci aped after cm liangiuf several shots with, two patrolmen. Purdv was behind the bar wn"n the two men entered. 1'ive customd, weie standing along the bar. One of the men then lined tli. cus tomers against u wall while the othe" lentil il over the bar. bucked Purdv away from the cash lczister and ohtnineil us I contents The robbers then tied from the ba loom with the proprietor nml patrons lit their heels. As the plllsiiers pressed them thev turned ami tired several shots, continuing cast on Christian stieet The Mercury's Tumble Since .) '. M. Yesterday ,-, p. Ill "1 tl II. Ill II - p. iii - 7 ii. m i:i II p. in. ... -" S a. in II U p. m '-'1 0 a. in 14 1 a. in IS 10 n, ni 1." 0 n. m 17 II u. in 1," It n. ii) I" 1- n 17 1 a. mi .... Ill 1H(. m 1" r u. m 10 Up. m. ... 38 I WIRE CODE SAVES TREASURER'S AIDE LOCKED IN VAULT i Arthur Brenner Telegraphs Through Doors in City Hall Office Prisoner 6 Hours CHIEF CLERK TO RESCUE FROM HOLMESBURG HOME Assistant City Treasurer Arthur Premier, foily-iive years old, of l.'.HD Somerset street, was locked in the darkened, airtight vault in the city treasurer's office from t o'clock yes terday afternoon until 10 o'clock last night. He was liually rescued after signal- i 'lug in Morn- telegraph code, through taps on the wall of the vnult to the , night watchman, who summoned (leorgei . Mqrrisou, chic clerk of the office. I the onlv man besides Premier who. knows the combination of the vault. I Itoth Itreiiner nml Charles Hock-I wiild', 'the night watchman, nre former clegrnpli opeintoi's. It was Premier's custom to signal in the Morse code by mean's of a"g'ne' hitch" when he desired to he admitted to the city treasurer's office .nt 'night, This custom enabled I he imprisoned man to communicate with the watch man from the depth of bis living tomb, and when Morrison, after a record run from Ilolmesburg, thrust the heavy oiulilp doors of the ault open, he found l.roiniCr leaning weaulv against the ij of a stairwiM in tin vault. Kept His Head Mrcnnci- retained his presence ot mind throughout the onjeiil. Ho slept ,,art of the six hours, nnd when the air became so Milling that he became, drowsy the prisoner opened drawers nlotiir ' tint sitto nf tho l:iri?e vntltt to I release additional air. Tin- vnult is lifty feet high twenty- , five feet wide nml thiity feet deep. There are two doom, one inside of the other, eudi with its own coinplicated ; iinhintition, and each door a foot l ! thick. I It is the custom at tlie treasurer's" ! ollice for cashiers and clerks to place 'ieir dav's collections in tlie vnult each afternoon between v.."0 and ".." o'cloi l. At I o'clock yesterday aftermion. Charles Mcdwnj . of lid" Kit.vvnter street, receiving teller, looked hurriedly into the vnult. shouted to the cashiers, asking them if they had all turned in 'Jieir collections and then closed the heavy djors. ' 'Was Hiiilting Paper No one hiul seen Premier enter the vault. He was on n circular balcony searching for n pay warrant, which had In en le(iicslcil ii few minutes before closing time, over the telephone. Prenner heard Medwny ask th" cashiers if everything was all right. 'I'he assistuut tieasiirer shouted with all his might not to close tlie doors, but before he could reach the entrance of the vault the doois swung shut, unto matically plunging the vault into durk uess. IticniuT run to the doors of the vault, shouting and thumping against the massive slabs of steel. Outside the cashiers and eloiks wire prepaiiug to lose the ollice for tic day, ignorant of lircitner's pii'dicauient. No one tliscoveied Prenner's plight until the night watchman heaid 'a miitlled tapping from the intirinr of the vault six hours later. 1 lie tapping spelled out (lie In till lar igiiul which Prenner used when be I wished to attract Hockw aid's attention to the gate leading to tln rity trens , urer's office. The watchman then knew , Itienner was imprisoned. i lie telephoned to Moinson, fourteen I mihs way in Holmesbiiig, and within 'half nu hour, P.icnner wn libeiated, 'He is apparently no worse for his e I perience. Asked why lie bad not lommunh nted tint comblmitiou of the vault to the watt limiiii by means of tin tupping, he said thut only Morrison and be weie ('(intlnHril nn Puce Tun, (dImiiwi run U. S. ACTSJN CRAMP STRIKE Charles Fury Named by Labor Do j partment as Conciliator ' Charles Furv was iippoinieil loilnv by the Department of Labor in Wiishing- ion as coin Ilintor in the strike of ship- i builders at the Crump ship yaids Tlie I appointment followed a ieiitest hv James O'Cotinell. piesldcnt of the Metal 'Trades Dcpuitmcut of the Ameiinui, l'cderatioii of Labor. , llefiisnl or the ( vamp ' o. to renew an ngreeuieiit with the metal trades unions lesiilled In calling the strike of the employes at the plant, and in .1 sei ies of statements and counter state- 1 'neiits by ollicials of tlie plant ami the I union. I'iiIoii ollicials claim iloOO men have. wnlked out. Plant heads assert only 1 17011 have left their places, and that l.'iOII replacements in these ranks bus prevented virtually any reduction of i production at the works. ' I'nlon ollicials have at lacked the statement of .1, II. Mull, pioident mull general mnmiger of the plant, and de vhue untl'iie the statement of reasons for refusing to renew the agreement. I In turn Mr. Mull charm tcrUed the at- i tack of the union ollicials as "utterly' a falsehood." I PAUL REVERE UP TO DATE . Policeman Catches Trolley Car and, i Recovers Woman's Money j i A mounted policeman, galloping lor four blocks ufter a trollev car, reign mg in his horse, forcing the uioto.-iiuin to stop when lie flipped with hi s i-'uh' on the door and finding ami letiiiuing' to its owner an envelope containing j ,41000 in bonds, was a melodramatic lu- i blent witnessed by pedestrians and car j riders on Chestnut street today during I the noon hour. I Mrs. I , It, Giierrui, when she left it, car nt Twelfth and Chestnut stteets, misled the envclom'. She told IlatrJ , Hamilton, of the mounted siiind, end 'he immediately guve chase to the trol- I let' telltlll. till, ttillotlll In follutt .11 tint - j , -n -' ..... .. ... ....., ... ,,,u next car. A man in the first car had found tbo envelono und returned it to the woman whvu sue arrived, I'ubimlied Dully Kxrcirt Hunrtny. CoiiyriRM, 1021, War Veteran Wins Today's winner is u member of Prince - F6rhi8 Post No. 7, American Legion. The prize .hh awarded to him by n Jury from the Nnvy ItccruitinR Station, lfilii Arch street. His lim'rick is:- LIMERICK NO. 26 Said Jim, "That new fur coat of Lil's Gives me shivers and shudders and chills; It lets in all the breezej At .the necc and the kneeses; Marm-ot-tcr fur-bid her such frills." There's Another Lint pin' Lim'rick Today See Page 2 AUTOIST DRUGGED AND CAR IS STOLEN Man Left Unconscious.in Street- C o if-Vrc i I Committee Recom After Being Chloroformed mends $10,000 to Start Re- by Robbers lief for Jobless VICTIM LOSES HARD FIGHT; I Unn ,,,,, -, Ijlltll,,nri, srrPol W1M , . ,' , ' , . i ''hlorofnrnie.l by two men at Hftv-flfth, nud Wiilnut streets, nt ii o'clock this i nioining. robbed of his automobile and I left lying unconscious in the middle o.f the street. The robbers ccape.!. In addition to stealing the car they took a small sum of money from Onld, Gold was driving east on Walnut stret when he noticed two men standing on the corner of Fifty-fifth street. One i nppenred to be dlreetlns the other as to an address In the neighborhood. I As Gold was tiriving by one of tlie ( cities stranded here : nn employ incut ex- , strnngers remarked : "PerhaVs this niau I change for men und women : temporary! can tei you." work for persons until they obtain' One of the men then asked Gold (o ' steady employment ; fnmilv aid : hospital1 stop. fnnd nursing aid and children's aid. When the car wns halted both men1 . i jumped on the running board. As Gold i imuni Against Oruiter.s ieaned over to lienr their ciiestions one At the committee meeting were Mrs. grabbed him by the throat and the other J. Willis Martin and Mrs. John C. held n bottle of chloroform under his Groonie, wjlio ntinotiuood that the Liner- nose. Despite the odds against him. Gold j fought the robbers until completely over- powered by the tliug. , When Gold regained consciousness his car was gone and his pockets were turned inside out. The thieves took everything but a few personal papers. A patrolman found Gold on the side walk und tnok him to n drug store where lie was treated. Gold snid that his assailants were toll and well built.. Thev wore long, dark ulsters and dark caps. One of the men had a cane. HALL IN WEGLEIN'S PLACE Seventh Ward Member Will Preside Over Council Today Councilman Charles It. Hall will pieslde over today's session of Coiin (II at the idpicst of ltiihanl Wcglein. president of the body Mr. Wcglein Is in llnirisburg in tlie interest of legislation affecting Phila delphia, He is especially interested in a proposed bill to iloat short-term bonds for rcpnrlng streets, Mr. Hull was tlie Vale choice fm the presidency o.f Council, but Mr. Wcglein, legnrileil as an admlnistrii tion supporter, won out. BARCELONA THREATENED BY FOOD SHORTAGE BARCELONA. Spain. Jau. 18, Food retailers of this city sre rjrently nlarnud at the civil governor's threat that He will nitl' letsly Imprison all who infringe laws regarding- food prices. Sev eral hnve announced they intend to close their stoves, owing to official "persecution," and have canceled orders they placed with wholesalers. This may result in a serious food shortage in this city. Sarngossn Is without meat, due to a strike of butchwa SPANISH CABINET TO RESIGN TARIS, Jan. 18. Decision to resign hag been reached by the Spanish cabinet, according to a Madrid dispatch, quoting informa tion received In political circles at the Spanish capital. It is de clared Premier Dato will band the resigiiation of his. ministry to Alfonso upon the UJns's return to Madrid from Seville today. SHORE TRAIN KILLS WOMAN Mrs. Joseph Stltes, Cape May, Meets Death at Winslow Mis. Joseph Stites, wife of u plop inent iltien of Cape May, N. J , und, daiigliter-lii-lnw of Samuel Stites. president of tlie Cape May board i f education, was killed by a tram at Winslow Ji'tietinn on the Atlantic Chv division of tlie Philadelphia ami Head ing Ituilwii) hist night. It Is supposed Mrs. Stites wils le turniug to Cape May on the tl o'clock express ami thut in changing cars at Winslow Junction to the Cupe Ma i gau when she was ut (he age of twenty -".vision tiain, she became bewildered nix. Shu viblted the L'nitcd States In V incu ui ciobo inu iracuij, Subucrlrtlon Price 1(1 n Tear by Mall. ly I'ubllc lediter Company Lim'rick Prize CHARLES T. KOGEKS, 817 S. St. Ilernnrd Street. Clerk: 1513 Riice Street." CITY STATION TO AID VINE ST. HEADQUARTERS Lsrablishmeiit of a municipal (dear- ing house at 17.'t!'. Vine stret to give aid io Philadelphia's unemployed was decided upon today nt'ii meeting of Council's committee on public welfare. I which rc( oimnMidetl a $10,000 appro- I priation for initial expenses. Activities of nil welfare organi.a- t tlons in the citv will he co-ordinated under tlie Department of Public Welfare I to lessen distrcs samoiig the jobless anil their fumilies. At the siune time pre cautions will be taken to prevent the I ltrhttitnlli. I.lli. fi.,.4 tli.t l.tii.i fr.it.i "sitonelni:" on tlie cltv. The plalis included the. furnishing of triiusnortntion to residents of nther geiicy Aid wns ready for action. Karl Dc Schweluitz. gtncrnl secretary of the Society for Organizing Charity, nml t olonel Ilrevver. of the Salvation Army, IlKo nttended the confeienee. "Our object," Director Tustin stated, "is to help the liiiemployeil without making Philadelphia a niccca for tramps and the criminally inclined. There arc 1000 beds at the House of Correction for tramps, but we do not want to send decent men there." In describing the growing pressure oji . rescue homes and bulging houses Director Tustin snid iipplicantious for lodging lit 01 1' reel e home l"Mpe, from l-.'l to I".." a day SltiinLcn Called Serious Colonel Pi ewer told the ommit'iv the situation is set-jims but no ii'uiiu ing. Minn men temporarilv ilovvu but not out. be sold, would he satisi,,l with chairs at night in u warm pla ". Kvcn this small accommodation, nc suitl. would tend to keep them frym beeuiug mid stealing. The Salvation Army otlicial ,snj, 1,,. dill mil ntlvocate soup kUidueiis. it would be far better, he snitl, i, ,ro- , vide help in the homes of the Uliem- iibned. ,Mr Dc Schwemif. told of a icci n: i ulilliill line C.intltllletl on 1'itKe l'uu, BRESHKOVSKAYA VERY ILL 'Little Grandmother of Russian Rev- olutlon' Has Breakdown Pnri.s, Jan. is. i Ity A. P. v- ,,, dame Catherine llieshkovsk.iy.i, "tlie little giuiidiiiother o( the Itiissiuu jew, lilt Hill.' ' will) came to Pilris leiently fiom Ittltheuin to at lend the conteienc'e hcie of the remnant of the old J(1s slim tluimi, is seriously ill in the Rus sian hospital at Pouloguc, near Paris. She was taken to the institution last week suffering tioin a gtiueinl break down and a heart alTcetion Mudiiine llreshkovskayn Is in her seventy -seventh j nil mot nit ic voiiuiiiiiiiry lit uv lues tie fIUlll. UNEMPLOYED HERE PRICE TWO CENTS TAXI STRIKERS BY Entire Murder Squad Comb3 City for Men Who Caused . Two Deaths in Blast SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN ' RAID RELEASED LATER' Poolrooms Used as Headquar ters for Striking Chauffeurs Ordered Closed POLICE GUARDING CARS Detectives Try to Trace Men Who Put Infernal Machine in Auto " Superintendent of Police Mills blames strikers nnd strike svmputbizers for the bomb explosion which killed two nnd injured sic shortly ufter 7 o'clock Inst night in the garage of tin' Quaker City Tuxifiih Co.. P'l 1 Arch street. Those who lost their lives were: lame.s McKec, twenty-four-yenrs old, electrician. Haddoii Heights, X. J.; i killed instantly . 1 Perry II. Dean, thirty -one years' old, .inspector of vehicles, 1012 North I'ninkllii street. Died at tlie Hahne mann Hospital shoitly after admission. Those seriously hurt lire : Kdvvurd Hartley, thirty-seven years old. inspector of meters, li.S'JIl West i'letclier street ; cut-, und bruises. II uhtifiipinn Hospital. I Klchard Kelly, twenty years old. LM4I! North Sixteenth street, eyeball 'cut by glass, cut on bend, face and I body. Jeeerson Hospital. . 1 Pour other men hurt were not sent , to hospitals, us their injuries wcro 1 slight. Their mimes were withheld. , Scouts Kiidical Theory Sufc.'rintcwlent of Police Mills snid I he wns convinced thut the outrage was ' perpetrated either by strikers or sym pathizers, the latter possibly radicals. Assistant Miperlntemlent ot l'ouce .Tempest nnd Detective Pelshnw, head of tlie muricr snund. are giving their entire time to running out clues. The whole murder Miiiuf Is engaged in the work, Though Superintendent. Mills di- counts th theorv that radicals Solely "ere responsible for the explosion, lift is running out this angle of the crime .,, ,, nfit's outruge wns the climax of a scries of acts of violence nguiiist the drivers and the company's cars. Several bombs either huve been found or exploded in tnxicabs. 1 MILS FDR I Tlie police are looking for Jnsepn Kizls, Catharine street near Second, who was arrested January - when dis tributing radical literature nenr the (Junker Citty garage. They believe be umj'help them in running down the gui'ty persons. Kizls hail a hearing before Magistrate Mecleary. held for a further hearing it week later, and then discharged, as he. said lie had distributed the circulars for "some one else," and did not under stand what thev were about. The clrcu bus were in Knglisli und the suspect spoke only Hussian. TemiH'st Kxamines Fragments Tompi'str had fragments of the bomb at his office today. These consisted of live bullets of thirty -two caliber, cvi dently packed in the bomb, nnd two pict es of casing, apparently galvanized pipe, two inches in diameter. There were also fragments of the knit woolen gimiient in which the bomb had been wrapped, either a stocking or a knit woolen jacket of very dark brown or hl.ick. Captain Tempest said three uneje ploded bombs of tlie same type, but larger in si.e, had lioen touml by pa tiolmen at various times within recent weeks ami brought to his ollice. Ite icnt'y ho caused the three to be taken carefully to the river and dropped in, tearing siiiue tine would shake them nnd i ause nu i xplns'ion I iiion Leader Denies IHaine Ali'Minder Maguire, business agent for the taxi drivers, vehemently repudi ated the bomb outrage, saying that it was tin- work of radicals who are seek ing lo destrov union labor 'l'he striking drivers belong to Lo, nl 111! of the Taxi Dnvi rs and Individual Owners I'nioit This, in turn, is part of the Intertiatioital I.rotherhood of Teanistets, and as such ntiilhitoij with the A I', of I.. "I can't find words to sav what I think of th, outiiige." said Maguire who is widely known in local labor tircle-. "The men lespoiisihlo for it are nmrdiiers and hanging Is too good for .ilicm I will go the limit, and so will everv union man. to seek them out and hiiiul them over to lustice "'i'he explosion was the work of radical-. Tl'-y nre trying to disrupt the 'abor movement. I'd rather lose a Coin strikis t h tin si. our bovs do limit's like that. "Only last Sunday night nt our meet- ( niiilniii'il tin I'li-o rmir. Ciiliiinii One Believe Oulrtiaes Committed by Strike Sympathizers SoviTiber 0 -1'ive men attacked one sent to hospital with fractured skull. Detcmbti s Si persons injurrtl in lights one man blinded by acid. December lo Dr. A. A. ('allies, chief mediilll ilispector, cut when hi hk was hurled through window. Dei ember 1!0- Two tiulcabs blown up .Inii'iiti'v i "Smell bomb" in tux iiali at UiU-l'ui Itoli. Jiinuaiy Tvvn tlrivets In lured -one iitun's hand lilovvn off by bomb, another badly cut .Itinunrv 17 Two kH'ctl, six hurt in bomb outrage Twelve- tnxlcabH have been stolen and wrecked, I J rf i (,Rilr-mxMi' - ih:2li22i LtlW,',iv..o-. . V,.l-Tt- iS'.i t.,'S fft ? t ll.jl".)
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