w wr-. p " r'''yM(f,i ."Vr-Ai;,;'!. - . l, , ' V-.7 Ill ' W ' ' tf . ,, ?-fM- ' " -IT ' fy Notice How Bright and Cheerful Everybody Is Nowadays? That's LimerickitisSee Page -U THE WEATHER Cloudy and warmer tonight and Thursdays probably ruin or snow Thurs day; coldest tonight about 20 degrees, rKMl'RRATIIRK AT KACII IIOCIl "8 I n no in lis I l I 2 ) mm i2 i4 in jin 120 VOL. VII. NO. 109 Phlla. Senator'3 Fight, After Losing Place to Eyre, Holds Up Assembly GETS FINANCE COMMITTEE BERTH AT LAST MINUTE nv a Staff CorrMponrtonf VfMU1itiriv. Jnn. 111. Thr. lnnrr Wrangle and bitter factionalism over the committee assignments, centering about the chairmanship of the .Senate .nAMn.Allnna rnmmlrieiv Wfln frulf.rl nf noon today when the presiding officers of the House ann senate announced inc official assignments. Monnulilln the scramble Is on for the ven-doliar-n-dny jobs. The tight over me committees enme to a dramatic climax as the result of il nAulafiinf hnttllnir nf tlin friends of Senator Augustus F. Dalx, Jr., to try to regain inr mm reappointment to Srintlons committee nftcr It had been .cMirt to elve the nlacc to Senator Eyre, of Chester county. The climax, wholly unexpected and unparalleled In the record of the general Assembly, was largelv due to the fight wnged by Hich erd Wegleln, president of Philadel phia's city council. Vt h.n Ranntn clntn for committee (IK. (ignments which had been agreed on lust nlcnt oy tno lenuers, guinea ny State Chnlrmnn Crow, was revised in three Important Instances. Urlefiy the (ituntion is that: Senator T. Larry Eyre Is chairman of the Sennte appropriations committee. Senator imix Decomes cnnirmnn ox Ik. tnflnnnttnl flnnnnn enmmllrep. n nnst long held by Senator Crow, the leader of the Hproul-controiicu ticnate. Senator Slsson. of Eric, becomes chairman of the education committee. U.nnti Wnm.n,. lin,imna eliatpmnn nf the judlrlary general committee. Dalx Fight Strenuous Althnueh Wcclcin. Thomas W. Cun ningham and Senator Vare and other fr'enils of Senator Dalx are disap pointed that he did not win the reap pointment to the chairmanship of the appropriations committee, they arc highly pleaded over the appointment to the chairmanship of the finance com mittee. Senator Crow voluntarily rclln quWied his chnlrmanship of the finance crJmmlttec, a post regarded ns really the biggest in tho upper branches, and one truerally allntcd to Wio lender ot tlie Sennte. to satisfy the demands of Dalx and his allies. All this is due tn tne ncnt mnuc on Dalx's behalf a fight which has been on In real earnest for the last forty- fight hours, day and night n fight which Included conferences, long-distance te enhnne calls to Washington. nil a midnight train ride of Senator Dalx last night back from Philadelphia to HnrrNburg. The biggest leaders in the state or ganization, including Governor Sprou!. Lieutenant Governor Heldlemnn tiud bcnnfir Penrose, were brought into tile hurrying swirl of events which cul mlnnti I In the last-minute smashing of the Senate slate. Sessions Held Up Two Hours When the slate makers thought they bad completed their work they had the lit nf assignments printed. The changes had to be made on the printed lists and meanwhile the open ing of the Senate unit House was de layed two hours, from 10 o'clock until noon. No such scurrying hns been iftn In the state Cnpltol for years. Leaders, nresidinc officers, interested legislators and a small nrmy of camp followers threw the Legislature into a turmoil of wonderment as to what was going to happen. As the slate hnd been made mi. Senu- tor Unix had been assigned to the chair manship ot the judiciary general com mittee and Senator Eyre hod been named for the appropriations commit tee. Senator Eyre had insisted on recogni tion, because tin hnd been obi 1 red to Jitlnlrow his candldnte for speaker, Major Whltaker, of Cheater county, jnen Penrose succeeded in getting woul and Crow to give up their plan or naming Whltaker an speaker. ' Crow Acted Voluntarily It ns nn ugly tangle, and Crow Cat the Ciordlan knot by giving up hm most honored chairmanship. Crow now only tins the chnlrmnnshlp. Crow the committee on executive nnininn tlons Hut Dalx and his friends were not Wished. They set In Wh all speed to lueak the slate. They intimated if Dalx was not named chairman of he appropriations committee, the fcould "bust things wide open," and funtlminl on IMue riftren. Column One TOLEDO BANDIT CONFESSES TO KILLING TWO RAIL MEN Two Alleged Members of Hold-Up Gang Are Arrested Tnlc.lo. 0 Jan. If). (Hy A. P.) 'feiiking up of the gang of gunmen "h'h killed two railroad detectives ln'la tiimn bus been accomplished, jwlleo nn Two alleged members of the bai'l me In Juli. ?"" "'"""'' Edward Foley, of Den l,,,,.i!"'i ("jalin has confessed and has bL'i. i ""t'1 "Irhnrdsuii. a Negro, iimi umliT nrri'.st. imil t, ..ilw.u i.ti, whit. hii-Ir "r. .hmn detectives of Pitts irgli and Cleveland are conducting n tea re Momi'. n ,,,,IP 1,,t,st developments In tnunl .. '.' InKt'",i1l'l fobbery and the U rfn", U,ul? HriinwIiT and A. h. -r,K' ,r.nllr"ad detectives. have o Iff ,,n!co, rlo-v is leclnred to men ,Vi"f,""",' tlie nnmes of the three w.hnr,rk,y,i!: 1,im w,,e" th ' Family W.iK T,l rri.. US t JV,lhh 1'"K In th" Kt,".u'H lire from n Kfnv-,, i.u IVMK-.lJ'c,r. overcoats about the mift altrn, neighbor turned lilESlB Tl UK TO LET SESSIONS START 4 pT KntrfrJ as Becond-Clam Matter t th Potofflp, at I'hltadclphU. r. Under iho Aot of March 8. 18TB No Opposition Flare-up Seen to Sproul Tax Plan Provisions Protecting Public Against Gouge Indicate Mild Fight by Coal Operators, Expected Governor Will Get Revenue By GEORGE Hnrrlsbunr. Jan. 10. No previous Governor of Pennsylvania ever sug gested such a comprehensive plan of work for a General Assembly as has Governor William C. Sproul In his mes sage to the General Assembly. It is possibly the most voluminous and interesting document of its kind ever read before a joint assembly of that body. The message contained about 10,000 words, and required Just nn hour for its delivery by the Governor. As I out lined in tho Evenino Poplio Ledoeii two weeks ago in the course of nn In terview with Governor Sproul, the out standing feature of his message Is the necessity for Increased revenue for car rying on the grent enterprise of tho commonwealth. There is no system of tnxation, or of increased taxation, that docs not tread on somebody's toes or skin the knuckles of some firm or corporation. Four Tax methods Named Four additional methods for increas ing the state's income to meet its neces sities were suggested by him In his message : A tax of four cents a ton of bltu minuos coal and eight cents on nn thraclto coal, which, It is estimated, PENROSE TO TALK "Showdown" in Political Fight Here Expected at Confab in Washington MOORE'S VACATION OVER WoJilngfon, Jan. 10. The long ex pected "showdown" on the compli cated political situation here is expected to develop today from a conference Mayor Moore Is to have with Senator Penrose, whose lieutenants have Joined n combine rated us hostile to the city administration. The Mayor, returning from n two weeks' vacation in Florida, reached Washington about 8:,10 o'clock this morning and almost immediately tele- IFUW..1.-M t. OrillltlU L I'lllllM M Ul'Ull-f inenis in we wunimnn 1'nrK nntoii aji appointment wns made between the Senator and the Mayor for this after noon. Aftermath of the light The senator recently has been fur nished dctnlhs of tho political war in Philadelphia by Thomas W. Cunning ham, president nf the Republican Al llnucc, and by Richard Weglcln, presi dent of Council. Cunningham was rend out of admin istration favor after Council killed the Mayor's veto of nurt of the huge Mu nicipal Court nppropriutinn. Wegieln and other so-called nilmiulstratiou "otineilmen joined with the Vare fol lowers In overridli.g the veto. Some time before tlie veto vote pointed coneluslvelj to those loyal to tnc administration the Mayor hud nn engagement to meet Senator Penrose, then recuperating at Atlantic City., It wns asserted at that time that Mr. Moore would demand n "show lown" in order to lenrn just how Sen tor Penrose and his lieutenants stood toward giving this city a more efficient n , more economical government. Hut the expected conference was not held. The mettlng today will be the first since the break in til" administra tion's, ranks in Council. In an inter view nt Atlantic City Senator Penrose was quoted us favoring the entire $1,000,000 appropriation for President Judge Hrown's Municipal Court. .Mayor Rojectod "Hint" The senator's Indorsement of the court wns regarded by practical pnlltlclons as i hint to the Mayor to adopt a "bnnds off" policy, Hut it wps "hands oij" nstend for the Mayor, and he slashed vigorously at the court's bulky payroll. The return of th Mayor to Philadel phia this evenlnc is expected to mark the end of the truce called when be went to Floridn. A renewal nf the war on the Hrown-Vare-Cunnlnt'ham combine Is expected to moke the political fur fly. The Mayor evinced little interest in the wrangling nt Harrisburg over Sennte ind House committee appointments. Whatever suggestions lie mny bnve to ubmlt to the Legislature, he snid, will be in the interests of the taxpayers only. "I am rendv for battle," he lepllcd when questioned about the situation in Philadelphia. "I am not worrying over what my enemies may do. Let them do Ihe worrying." Mr. Moore looks fit for a fight and admits he feels as well as he looks. Ills progress through the Cnpltol about noon was a continuous ovntfon. He visited the floor of the House shortly before the session met, but refused to wait for tin) t body to convene. From there he went back to the office of the finance committee. Sees Former Collengues Mayor Moore called on Sneaker Gil- I'tt, Majority Leader Mondell, the steer ing committee, was greeteil by Minority Leader Champ ('lurk in Statuary Hall, nnd was given a rousing greeting nt the office of the ways and means committee Continued on Tag Two, Column One FIRE IN BANK BASEMENT Corn Exchange Is Threatened by Blaze Which Starts In Cellar Fire in the basement of the Corn Ex change National Hank, Second nnd Chestnut streets, late last night, wns confined to the room in which It started, after threatening to break through Into the offices und linnkiir,' departments on tho mnln floor. The fire, which is believed to bnve been the rcbii't of spontaneous combustion, was in n pile of waste pupcr und wood in tlm cellar. The firemen hod a twenty-minute light to hold the blazo to tho basement, but were successful, although smoke In heavy volumes nop. red iuto the banking department. The loss Is sMght, 0 WITH MAYOR TODAY Euenmg public ffiefiger NOX McCAIN will yield additional revenue amount ing to SIU.UIKI.OOO. The Imposition of a tax on the capital stock of corporations which are now exempted from the pnyincnt of state taxes on their stock Issues, particularly manufacturing corpora tions. The value of their capital stock, including the capital employed by outside corporations which oper ate in this state, is about S1,rQ0, 000,000. A tax of one mill upon this would yield about $,1,C00,000, and two mills would produce about $7,000,000. An increase of 1 per cent upon the collateral inheritance tax, making the rate (J per cent, Instead nf Ti nt present, and 3 per cent upon direct inheritances, which would yield nn estimated revenue of ubout .?'J,G00, 000. Readjustment of the low govern ing estates of nonresident decedents owning property in Pennsylvania, so that other property, In addition to their holdings of stock of Pennsylva nia corporations, might be subject to the inheritance tax, to yield 5500,000. A license tax of 5 per cent n Continued on I'nur Knur, Column Two E TRIESTOEND LIFE Girl Says She Was Deserted by Husband Four Months After Elopement WAS ABOUT TO LOSE JOB An Elkton bride of less thnn n rear ago, deserted, she said, by her husband, tried suicide by drinking poison in Camden, today. She is Mrs. Francis Watson, eighteen J ears old. After separation from her husband she hns been enrnlng her live lihood doing housework for a Camden family. Facing losrf of her employment, nnd having received no support from tlie man with whom she eloped to Elkton, she became despondent and drank jiplspn, she said. Physicians, nt the Homeopathic Hos J"'"! foved her life, and she later told Citv Detective Wlielnn her storv. "I mnrried Francis Wilson, several years my senior, in .March, 1020. We cloned to Elkton and were mnrried. Things did not go right after we re turned here, nnd we bnve not lived together since June 2.", our married life lasting less thon four months. "So, in order to get the necessities of life for my husband has not given me any support I have been employed nt H,S!) Kenwood avenue, doing house work. It was not the nicest job in the world, but it meant n living nnd home comforts, nt least. "Then, n few days ago, I learned I was to lose my place. It preyed on mv mind. I did not .know whnt to do nnd I drank the poison as n way out.' the "way out" did not seem so en. tiring to the young woman while th" physicians were fighting to save her life nnd she is glad, now, thut she will live. BOY BANDITS CONFESS Leader Says Four Youths Terrorized Community by Hold-Ups Chicago. Jan. II). (Hy a. P ) The vigilante committee of iivde Pntk. an exclusive South Side residen tial qunrter, organised to (ouibnt rob beries In the neighborhood, was pre paring to disband today following the confession of four youthful hlghwny men In the Hoys' Court thnt they hnd been responsible for more than 100 hold-ups In tlie district. Fred Loomls, eighteen years old. in a confession given out by the police snid "we worked six nights u week and mnde it a rule never to mnke less than seven robberies u night. We nc quired n lot of guns and used them to intimidate victims, although we would hive hated to shoot anjbodj." Twenty -five pistols weie found In Loomls' rooms, the pollen said. Vic tims of the robbers told the police that nfte- being held up they were wished, n polite good-night und provided with ear fare. The boj s were bound over to the grand jury. SKATING ON PARK LAKES Open Gu6tlne and Concourse on Winter's Coldest Day T)da Is the coldest of the season so far. The frigidity put ice on many local and nearby ponds. There Is skat ing on Gustine and Concourse lakes, Fairmount Park, for the first time this winter. Tlie temperature wns 7 degrees above zero ut 7 o'clock this morning, or 0 de grei's lower than ut the same hour ves terdny. Cloudy and warmer is the prediction for tonight nnd tomorrow, with ruin or snow likely tomorrow, SUED IN BANKRUPTCY Petition Filed Against War Hero by Jack Norworth, Actor Chicago, Jnn. in. (Hy A. P.) A petition in involtintun bankruptcy was filed today against R. Gordon Mills, decorated for wilorous conduct in u French escndri'le, mid sole owner of the stock bioheriige firm of Gordon Mills & Co. He was expelled from the Chi cago Stock Exchunue two diijs ago be cause of Innbilit) to meet creditors' claims nnd nt thut time announced he had turned over all assets to u commit tee of creditors. Jack Norworth, nctor, filed tho peti- tlmi. llKHet'tllli- Dint Mill., ...... 't ..'.., -.-"W .. .!.,,,i1 ,, il kl Villi .?100 with which to buy securities and i uini iocs hicks were nurciuuecl but that Norworth never received them. Wnen you think nf nrltlnc. 18-YEAR-LO BD PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1921 Keystone View Co. MISS MARION COOK She will bo mnrried tills afternoon to the Enrl of Minto, son of n for mer governor general of Canada. , Miss Cook's home is In Montreal, where the marriage will talio place 3-MILE WALK IN COLD NOT COLD AS TROLLEY CAR Woman and Son Have Long, Lonely Trudge After Auto Burns Mrs. F. L. Drexel, 1535 Toplnr street, nnd her son had n three-mile walk in flvc-nbovc-zcro weather late lost night, when their touring car was damaged by lire in Springfield town ship. Mrs. Drexel nnd her son were re turning to Philadelphia over Church rood. At n point nbout one mile enst of the Ilcthlchcm pike the motor oock fired nnd tho enr cniicht tire. It was in n lonely section, and the woman anil her son, unnuic to siHiimon aid, were compelled to stand by and see the car wrecked. They started to walk to Edge Hill station, two miles nway. In the face of a bltine cold wind they finally made their way to the stntlon. They just missed n trn n to Pb ndelnhln. With the next trnln at Edge Hilt nor. due for more than nn hour, Mrs. Urcxcl nnd her son hnd a walk of another mile to n point where they boarded a Glen sldf division trolley enr into Philadcl lihin. arriving home after midnight. "I did not mind the wnlk in the cold hnlf so much ns I felt the ride in nn indicated trolley car. It was an ex perience, however, which I do not want to Bee-Tcpeated again nt least not on the coldest night of the winter," de clared Mrs. Drexel today. FIND "FAKE" BOMJIn TAXI But Police Take No Chances With Package Blame Joker A proctlcal jokrr Is believed respon sible for a bomb scare at the Hruad Street Station tnxicab stand nt S :'M) o'clock this morning. A shoe box wrap per tn milium paper, found in a cab, was opened gingerly by detectives who found in It three other smaller empty boxes. The shoe box w;ns discovered in a 'orner of tlie cub by Patrolmiiu Hnlzley, Eleventh and Winter streets station, who was assigned to ride on the ma chine. The chauffeur got n bucket of water and Hnlzley set the box in the bucket. Hoggerty and McFiirland, district detectives of tlie Fifteenth nnd Vine streets stntion. opened the package. Mc Farlaud holding it on his lap while his companion carefully untied the string and I'cmoM'd the paper wrapping. LONG LEAP HIS LAST Man Takes Drink, Jumps on Side board and' Dies An unidentified man entered u saloon near Sixth nnd Cnllowliill streets nt 2:45 o'clock this morning und began drinking with several ucquulntunces. Without nny warning lie guve a shout and leaped to the top of a sidcbmii'l which stood against the wall. When lie was lifted down he was dead. The body was taken to the Hahne mann Hospital, and then to the morgue, where nn effort is being made to iden tify the man. A postmortem will be made to determine the cause of death. I 4812 'SLACKERS' CONVICTED Palmer Reports Operations of De partment Under Wartime Laws Washington. Tan. 10 (Hy A. P.) Convictions hav been obtained in 5720 of the 17,'IOn en es prosecuted by the Department of Justice uuder wartime luws nnd 11250 of tlie cases still are pending, Attorne General Palmer said today biforo the Senate Judiciary com mittee, which is considering proposals for general iimne-ty for persons con victed under the espionnge ami other war acts. A total of 21121) cases "were disponed of otherwise than by coin lo tions," the attorney general added. The largest number of cases arose from violations of the selective service act, under which -IH12 persons were convicted, chiefly for failure to register for the draft, the attorney general snid. Of the cases pending SSKI are for alleged violations of thnt net. Mercury's Low Records Made in City's Suburbs Tncntiy Oak Lane Chestnut HIM Willow Grove Mnorcstown, N. J Ardmore Ciillingswood, N. J OgonU Darby Mercbantville, N. J Hose Valley, Pa Official low record for Philadel phia was 7. Other cities: Ilnrrlsburg, ! ; New i..,n, . , ..........1,1, , u, .; nc ni Warmer in West, Chicago repot t lug 28 j St, Louis, Jill, ami Kunsti lorK, -i; JNnrtlillelcl, Vt, 21 bc'ow. t I8I1U ,Clty, 42. HARDING ENDS TASK AT MARION TODAY; L Two Weeks of Vacation in Flor ida to Precede Important Decisions WILL BE FREE FROM , WORRY OF VISITORS Uy CLINTON W. GILBERT Btnn Corrrnponrient, Ienlnir TiiliUe Islirer Copyright, lotl, hj J'uMlo heiorr Co. Marlon, Jan. 11). Today Is the last day of work at Marlon. Tomorrow, after the Elks' celebration nt night, comes the departure for the South and for n fortnight's rest nnd play in Florida. After this there will bo more con ferences, more definite In purpose nnd more businesslike In character, in which the cnblnet will be actually picked, policies will be agreed upon with Con gress lenders and the inaugural address written nnd dlciihssed. Mr. Harding goes South by the way of Cincinnati. Chattanooga, Atlanta nnd Jacksonville, nnd thence to St. Augustine, Flo., which will be his win ter base until he returns here just be- fore inntieuratlnn to an to Wnshineton with n party of Ids home folks for his induction into office. The two woeRs' piny will be taken up with houseboat Ing Jind Mr. Hnrdlng will be the guest of Senator I'rolinghuyscn, of New Jer sey. Stnrting from St Augustine and going south through Floridn, along the Indian river, nnd stopping for golf nnd fishing. Mr. Harding will be free from the strcem of visitors who bnve been forcing their advice upon him or ask ing for jobs for themselves or their friends, which kept him busy from early morning tin late at nignt ncre nt Marlon. Conferences to He Different The conferences in Florkla will be different from those here. They will not be allowed to take un ull the Presi dent-elect's time. They will be with men who can really help him to pick his cnblnet nnd to come Into agreement witli lenders of Congress upon tho dif ficult questions of policy relating to tnxation ami revenue. Mr. Harding will talk to tho best minds who come to St. Augustine re garding the League of Nations, but lie will do no incidentally. Nn real prog ress can be made with n foreign policy until he enters office. He is deadlocked in the Sennte. There Is nn present likelihood of his gettting Republican votes ror nny pinn wlilcli will lie nc centnble to the Democrats, nor Demo ocrntlc votes for any plnn acceptable to llepub leans UKe senators Knox. Hornli. Johnson nnd probably a majority of the lCenulillcans. Mr. Harding must he President nnd approach Europe before he con work out n policy, If he ever succeeds In doing more thnn pushing through Knox's resolution ending the war with Germany. On the cabinet much remains to be done in Florida. Four places are cer tainly vacant Interior, Nnvy, Com merce nnd Lnbor. There is not even n tentative occupant of any one of them in sight. Only two places nre surely filled: State, with ex-Justice Charles E. Hughes, und Treasury, with Charles E. Dawes. ' Two other places are probably filled, the attorney generalship, with Hurry M. Dougherty, and Agriculture, with Henry C, Wallace, of lowo. The war portfolio is in doubt, for it is not cer tain thnt John W, Weeks will accept the post. The postmnster generalship remains in doubt, despite published re poits, for some uncertainty hnngs over the nppolntment of Will II. Hays to this piace. Has Had Too Much Advice After the end of the houseboat trin. Mr. Harding will bnve to get to work and liiiisb up his cnblnet. reconciling ns best he can nil the confilctiug inter ests that have been revealed in the con ferences here. Conditions here hove not been favorable to making decisions. Mr. Harding hns had too much advice. A man who listens to everybody cannot make up his mind. In ndditlon, there is the task of de termining upon the policies by which the party pledges of economy and tax reform may be met. At present, ns lu the case of the League of atious, Mr. r.nR bus only general ideas. He Is iiil 1 1 1'limii,, , .'lib mi mi; iiiiiini in lliiw to achieve it lie is much in the dark He is for other taxes thnn the excess profits taxes, but what other taxes he does not precisely know. 'Some of these things he will have hi know before he writes his inaugural. Others he will have to know before lie writes his messnge to Congriss (iillcil in special session. Most of the real work remains to be done in Florida, except in the case of the League of Na tions, which must go oer until after the new President is in office DEATHS EXCEED BIRTHS Vienna's Slaughter of Innocents Causes Decrease In Population Washington, Juii. ID. ilt A. P.) An actual decrease of IMHIO lit the popu lation of Vienna dining the first si mouths of 11)20. due to child iiiortnllt , Is shown in figures made public tmlaj by tho American Keil Cross. M'here were lo.ll.Sl biiths .md 20,121) Infant deaths during the period und 2171 other children died in their first jear. About one in ewry four deutlis in the city was due to tiiben ulosis, the an nouncement said. WOMAN GIVES LIFE TERM , First Murder Case Ohio Judge Has Heard Three Women on Jury Cleveland, Jan. Ill (Hv A P.)- Common Pleas Judge Florence IJ. Allen EAVES TOMORROW t mill V enteiie,il l!,.t...,. l ik. Illl 1SS Ul'il II ICIUIIoriirv inliiin.lii,,. .-.. . Air nil riff fne Au o... n... ; ', '"'- ....'until i, nn; , v ., ,,',, ...j..... ....,,, , .- ---- .w. .-,iuhvio wui Imprisonment after n jury containing ''',, Lt r Hdin . restraining thei The first "Notice to Aviators" cor I three women found M.umin guilty of 'ern I nioi, Telesn,,,). I'o from respond,,,,. , . tilm, , , , , r,, .'.N, ,, second degree murder for the slaying of IniulliiR t he 1,1 ls, Hrazll-Harlmdos , .Mllrm:rs." hns bee,, , ived at th Henry Thompson lost TIi.,k.sglWg h nt M a n 11a rnltwl Stnrw hwlnVni hi. ..ITu " , .r. I)n- "" '"J"1""""! '" lestrnli.s the the Hourse It is u n , , thU , 1.1 , ft was Judge Allen's first murder CT,l!,,.nrf!n,wl,':,n! i1',1? ,1,m n,,",w ' " " "" - ' " " t I cafc- between Key West mid Havana n con. navigation of ,. iV , , r i ip-Mvjiu'u. .......-.(Ijnltcd Statftj army. r ' Published Dally ISxcfpt flunilo)'. CnpyrlKht. 1921. Another Insurance Man Wins &&&&, f5?.ri ? Another Limpin' Lim'rick Is BUT SHESAID 'YES' Doylehtown Heart Balm Seeker Admits She Did Most of the "Agreeing" WASTED 20 YEARS, SHE SAYS Tlu a Htaff Corrfspnmlent Dojlcstown, Pa., Jan. 11) "Did Erwin S. Hillegns ever mnke n formal proposal of marriage to you?" former Judge Harmon Yerkes asked Miss Laura Heller, of Quiikcrtown, when her suit for .$10,000 "heart balm" was resumed here todny before Judge Ityan. "No," nnswered the witness, "but I told him I would mnrry him." "Then you proposed to him"" asked Judge Yerkes. "No." sold the witness, "that was not my place to do." "Then you were nfter the 'gelt' the money?" insisted the iudge. "I wns not." MUs Heller nnswered indignantly. "Hut during tlie twenty years he called on me he kept other men nway." Mourns "Wasted Time" Miss Heller, n tail, slender woman, clad in black, alleges in her miii for breach of promise that Hillegns, u re putedly wealth) cigar salesman, of Qunkertown, "wasted her time" for twenty years nnd then married a girl almost half her age. Mrs. Hillegns, jouthful and viva cious, was in the courtroom during tlie hearing this morning. She refused to coMineut mi the suit against her hus band, saying "he has got too much notoriety already I'm not going to add to it." Mrs. Susie Drusbr 'i. a friend nnd neighbor of Miss Hd took the stand for the plaintiff du in.' tlie mornlnc session mid ti Id of automobile rules she had taken with her husband, llilleirns und Miss Heller to the Delnwure Water Gap. "Did you ever see Mr. Hillegns em brace Miss Heller''" she was asked bj former Judge Yeikes', "No," she replied. ' thing to it." This answer e.iused laughter in tlie courtroom nit the next a liiirt of Hegan Story Monday Miss Heller, who is fort -three enrs old, began the story of her shattered ro-' malice to a Jury In the Common I'lens Court of Doylcstowii on Mniuhiv. Incidentally, the uiry is one that in cludes one woman, Miss Winifred C-i lnban. of Hrlstol. the first of her sex from Hacks county so to serve. According to lls H 1 er, she met Hillegns In the cigar faitoty in i.Miak ertown, where they both worked, about twenty-seven jeais ago "Mr. Hillegns kept company with me over twenty yenis," she dci hired. "He cume to see me ever week, un less he wns sick, nnd sninetiiiies every day. If lie was not working he would stop in during the morning, nr the af ternoon, or the evening, taking me for walks, auto rides, chinch soeiuls nul the like, und be always treated me finch." "How ions would he stay when ho came m "( miii?" the examining law yer asked. "Any time from ninln'ght on to I o'clock In the mornii'5." was the np' Although this keeping company" begun so many years ago, it was not until uliont two years ago th.it ill couple 1 eeaiiie engaged. Mis Hei'r" i said, "inl it wns in tlm fall of 10H that Hilleg.is lig.in mgle-tinj I er nnd paying ntt ntlon to other women The estraugenu ill that ensued !a tu.l unlit the follow In : .sprn;. when it V.is patched up and Hi legus resinned Ins frequent visits to the Heller home. About n year ago he mnrried Miss Gladys Slaydenskl, u stenogrupher, ulso of Qunkertown, nnd it was then thnt Miss Heller, broken -hearted, de cided to bring suit against him. CABLE COMPANY ENJOINED Western Union Temporarily Prohlb- lted From Landing Line In Florida N,w York, Jan. 10. iHy A p , , leileral .luilge Augustus N Hum! to ;HHnB HE DIDN'T PROPOSE: flubaerlptlfin Trie IB a Year br Mall. by l'ubllo Ledger Company LIMERICK No. 27 A Manayunk girlie named Mln Was tall and most painfully thin; With her car puffs in style She had no room to smile But could wink, and her friends would Pckiru KENT PACKARD 434 Walnut St., Insurance Agent. Printed Today See Page 2 TO REPORTAT ONCE Immigration Officials Notify Counsel to Have Him at Norfolk Promptly IRISH RAIL MAN TESTIFIES tiy the Associated Press Washington. Jan. 10. Counsel Donni O'Callaghan, lord mayor Cork, who arrived In tills ivmnlrv for of r," ccntly without n nossnort. was directed today by Secretary Wilson to deliver the lord mayor "promptly" to the Immi gration inspector nt Norfolk. The secretary of labor's order was de scribed by Labor Department officials as merely the formal notification to Judge Lnwless, in whose custody O'Cnl Inghnn wus placed by tho Departihent of Labor when he was paroled, of the secretary's decision JnKt week that 0 Callaghan was a "seaman" and o i:'li- should reshlp on a vessel bound abroad. It was understood, however, thnt in directing the prompt surrender of the lord mnyor, Secretary Wilson was in fluenced by a conference jesterdnv with Acting Secretary Dois, of the' State Department, whose order of deporta tion lias been ignored by the Lnbor De. partment.-- This conference wns held after the regular meeting of President Wilson's cabinet, but it was reiterated that the President had reaffirmed bis decision not to interfere in the contro versy between the two departments. Officials of both departments said the immediate sin render of O'Calhiglian to the immigration Inspector in Norfolk would compose the differences which have developed over tlie method of ex clusion of OVnllaghun. State Depart ment officers declared, however, thut us a result of this controversy it was ex pected that a full understanding would be reached in future ns to tlie authority of the State Department in immigration cuscs. Kefiisal nf Iiish railway men to enrrv nrined English troops nnd ammunition was a mistaken policy" und was working economic ruin in Ireland. 1 rank Dempsev. chnlrmnn of the I'r ban Council of Mallow and a locomo tive engineer, said today before the unofficial commission investigating Iiish conditions. Decison of tlie rail way unions to operate troop trains was due to this dlseoveri and not to an weakening in their determination for au Iiish republic, h,. added. "The Irih i pie depend on the railroads to transport nil food nnd other nis-essities." he said. "When we refused to tarry their armed troops and ammunition the English authorities sent over bout loads of lorries to trans port tliei rtroops. Hailwav men who refused to opernte troop trains were dismissed, nnd the roads were badly iriinneo win- ieopie w i re , hUU'jIillg and our stand was nut ln cause Therefore we abail(oni Dempsev described four raids home by the Hritisli military. New York, Jan II.1.M It, ,!...,, I ...,. ...11.1111, .-'-'..," Ai, . ? -5 . 1 .11 mi lo De nlero, soul todAjB' U might be some (loutit when lKoi O ( allaghun lorn mayor ot i oru, would be surren dered to the lminigratl'in authorities nt Norfolk as ordered In Secretary of La bor Wilson. Mr. Holnnd said the decision rested with O'Ciillaghnu s counsel, who hnd lit'ott sted iiL'ninst ileum nit Ion nf tin. jord minor O'Calliigbnu wa registered at a New Yoik hnvl toiliiv but he niiilil i.ot be found tli re this noon NC-5 "SUNKJBYJ3UNFIRE" Unexplained Radio Message Tells of Destruction of Plane San I-Vancisco, Jan. 111. (1U A. p Tlie naval seaplane NC. who h was forced down nnd wricked during a group tiaial seaplane flight iroin San Diego to Hiilboa. ciiunl zone. ii. is , sll. i.. by the'imwil radio here today. '''',' N" ''M'hinatioii of tlie message wUs riccived. ORDER CORK MAYOR NIGHT EXTRA PRICE TWO CENTS BIG FIRES SWEEP LOSS fflJOOP Help Summoned From Boston and Other Towns Center of City Suffers ' INCENDIARISM SUSPICION FAINT, POLICE DECLARE ly tho Associated Prow Worcester,4 Mom., Jan. 10. ThU city was spotted by fires early today with a loss that ran upward of $1. 000,000. Two business buildings on Main street heavily stocked with merchan dise were burned out n few blocks south of City Hall, a score of tenement structures were overrun by sparks that cnused roof blazes, nnd guests nt the Hancroft nnd New Park Hotels, situ ated between the business and tho tenement district, prepared to follow the tenement dwellers Into the zero temperature of the streets. While this epidemic of flnmes engaged all the city's apparatus, another fiery spot developed several blocks northeast of City Hall at North Foster and Union' streets, where the woodworking plant of the M. K. Smith Corporation vol. burned with n loss of $100,000. The origin nf tlie principal fires was not definitely determined, but the pollea, said they had only the faintest suspldoa of incendiarism, of which rumors wer rife. The fire area was too grent to bo adequately covered by the city's fire fighting forces uud Hoston, Clinton. Mlllbrldge und Westboro were called on tn send additional nppnratus. The flames Bkirtcd the building of tho Worcester Evening Post, but were kept nway by n curtain of water. The con sequent cellnr flood put the paper's pressroom out of commission and spoiled n large quantity of newsprint. The first fire stnrted in tlie Knowles Hulldlng, nt Main nnd Ciintham streets, two blocks south of City Hall. A hbrb northwest wind picked up the embers and scattered them hut the center of the citv. As far as known, there was no lots f'f life, but there wns one sensational rescue. Leslie G. Klngbo-n, manager of nn automobile agency, wns rescued from a window ledge on the seventh floor ot the Knowles Hulldlng. A seventy-flTe foot extension ladder wins put up and he was taken down by firemen. DIES SEEKNGALMS Beggar Pawned All but Old Straw Hat to Buy Food J. McCulIough. of n.'IL'O Morris street. Germnntown. walking along Cnllowhill street nt Ninth ubout 11:30 o'clock this morning, wis accosted by a beggar. The innn woie nn nrniy shirt, tstrnw hat, blue denim oi -rolls, no underwear and no overcoat. He asked for aid, saying; lie had pawned bis clothes to obtain money so he could buy food. He asked for money for n cup of coffre. "I've walked the streets all night, for I had nowhere to go," he said. While MoCullouyli was reaching for Ills money the man swayed, staggered into the street, and narrowly missed be ing run down by a trolley car. He fell on the opposite .iii.'e of the street. Ef forts nf pass'Tsby to revive him failed. The motor patrol of the Eleventh and Winter streets stul ion responded nnd hurried the man to the Hahnemann Hnsplt il. where be was pronounced dead. He was nbout forty -two years old. PLAN ACTION IN INDUSTRY Caven Among Those to Take Part in Four-Day Conference Tlie first of the i-lements involved in the plan of the industrial re'ations com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce for the holding of ii public i onference of four dnys for the purpose of setting the wheels of the construction industry In motion, nnswered the invitation of the committee this morning Frank M Caven, director of publlij works of the city , announced that he would co-operate with the industrial relations lommittee in Its effort, would take part in the meeting nnd would lend his suppmt to any p'oii that wag evohed for getting industry in action again Diru'tor Caven had bis-n invited along with other high Ity nlhciuls for- the double reason that the city should be represented und also that lie Is respon sible for huge construction projects of the cit, inanv of which now are held up bv the sum,, conditions that huvo iiiusi'd a stagnation of this widespread industry'. KILLS 3 OF HER CHILDREN Deranged Woman Then Ends Hop Own Life With Shotgun Winchester, n Jan Ml (Hv A. P l Mr. Mary (ih-nu Hicks, wife of Stnuley II Hicks, shot and killed three of her four ihlldien early today at her home near here, tin n killed herself. She was mentalh dctniigid, due to n recent attack of lulliicimi The mother used a shotgun nnd the position of the bodies indicated thnt tho children had sought to shield themselves, Today's Dvvelopmen ts in National Capital Opposition of coal operators to tho Cahier bill was olced before the Semite iiiimiifiiciiires i ommlttee by J. D A. Morrow, vice president of the National Coal Association. Attorney liineral Palmer told the Senate juilliiar committee that con victions ha. i lieen obtained In 6720 cases under wartime laws and 0i.50 I fse lite still pending The ngr mini) al nopvopriutinti hJij i iiiylng .;!.!, "i 1 7. Hi.", was reported to the House President llson sent to U. Hen nte nominations (,f "imo postmasters. 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