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VOL. VII. NO: 111
TWINING 10
FRANKFORD 1T LINE
Moore, After Conference With
Director, Says Ho Expects P.
R. T. Operating Agreement
TO TAKE CITY SOLICITOR
ON INSPECTION TRIP TODAY
Mayor Moore ordered the completion
of' the Frankford- eleinted "at the
greatest possible speed" today and an
nounced that he expected to ohtnln an
operating agreement from the Philadel
phia nnplil Transit Co.
The Mayor's statement followed n
conference with Transit Director Twin
ing. Mr. Moore, Mr. Twining and City
Solicitor Smyth plan to Inspect the
Frankford "I." this afternoon.
The Mayor said It was not certain
that the Philadelphia Itnpid Transit Cp.
would be the only bidder for the pr vl
lege of operating the clcva ted line),
which Is being constructed with public
UMr. Moore's transit statement fol-
" "Mnvor Moore and Director Twining
were In conference for some time this
morning over transit matters. The di
rector told of his being called before the
tinnnc committee of Council to bach up
the $20,000 appropriation for survey
work, and the Mayor told him to go
slow on that proposition for the present.
Wants More Information
"Th Major said he wanted more
information about the necessity for un
additional survey and more statistics
on transit matters, not only In the in
terest of economy, but the saving of
time. He said it was not clear to him
that the city got advantage out, of
Mime of the inquiries that were being
started, resulting in voluminous reportH.
"The Maor arranged with Mr.
Twining anil City Solicitor Smyth to
mike a thorough inspection of the
Frankfhrd T.' this afternoon. He In
quired of the director nbout the avail
ability -of funds for subway construc
tion and found that about $,"0,000,000.
If borrowed, might be used for that
purpose, but lip also learned from the
director that the present cost of con
traction of the subways and elevated
lines contemplated by existing plaus
would menn the expenditure of more
than $liri.000.000 nt the present time.
He suld this was n very serious matter
for the taxpayers to consider, although
he was aware that the transit service
was not sufficient to meet the needs of
the people at this time.
Will Talk With Mitten
"The Minor declined to comment on
the probnbilltyof u lease of the Frank -fofd
-yjbynbaJtapId Transit Co., ex
cept w say tliat' ho expected to secure
an agreement .from Mr. Mitten in due
course and would probably coufer with
him about It In tt-'tew days.
"The thlng'tliii Mayor has been aim
ing at is th'e completion of the Frnnk
ford '1 ready for operation, so that
tome tangible proposition can be made.
It Is not certain that the Itnpid Transit
Co. will be the only bidder for the
Frankford 'IV although that Is the
general expectation. However the big
task Is to get the Frankford 'I,,' Its
fubstations and terminals completed,
and that is what Director Twining hns
been Instructed to do and is doing with
the greatest posslbl speed,"
BENJAMIN JOHNSON DEAD
Banker and Father of Tennis Star
Succumbs During Night
Benjamin Johnson, bnnker and mem
ber of the Union League, father of
Wallace .Johnson, the noted tennis
player, and himself a life-long devotee
of sports of all kinds, died during bis
sleep last night nt Cynwyd.
Mr. Johnson was sixty-two years old,
and Is survived by his widow, two sons
and two daughters. He hns been in ill
health for (he lust year, though he had
hern attending to business practically
: usual about two weeks ago.
lie wn-s associated with Chnndler
Tiro. & Co. and was manager of their
bonrd room, having been with the firm
for many years.
Mr, Johnson, though interested in all
forms of athletics, was a "boxinr fan"
principally, and weekly occupied a rlng-
sine si'iit at one of the light clubs, lie
was well known to the fighters nnd the
followers of listlunit.
His sun Wallace was runner-up for
this year's national lawn tennis cham
pionship. BATTLE WITH THIEVES
Railroad Detectives Exchange Shots,
but Robbers Escape
Pennsylvania Railroad detectives
fought a pistol battle with four bau
hts in the yards of the Pavoula car
shops of the railroad early today and
ehased them away after they had begun
fining a freight car hi the rear of the
bops,
The detectives are Harry Marshall
and Forrest Wilson. Their attention
a called to the freight car by CJeorge
uowell, an employe on the Link farm,
trby. Hurrying toward the car, they
mw four men slinking away, Both
Maes opened fire, nnd the fight con
tinued until the bandits escaped in an
automobile. Later a motorcar, be
"evert to be the same one, was found
abandoned at Twentieth and Federal
streets. In the car was a stolen case
f cigarettes.
"BOOTS". wiiZfiix ALL
Qlrl Expected to Be Witness Against
Treatfway
.r,Pi "V00!8." It0"", the young
p mn lnvlved in the murder of Henry
nf.i lll"'P(lH to tell nil she knows
and PMr,,nw .T" "J10- l'1' A- Moss
t.inin '?r V- I '""''way "re placed mi
ti Ml early next month.
Iloots," It was learned today, will
. . VnnK ''lletelv under tin- In-
i mi ? ri,,,,u,l,ay. (In the stand. It
nii, she will stnte she knew nothing
ia. ,1 "mr,lVr ,""tl1 H," 1"1 I"1' ""
1 h dons i, ached Wheeling. W. Vu.
in Wheeling, where the fugitives were
Tre .'.. . I"'. , V" ".'' w""m " ""'rtH,
fcanay told her lie had kllred I'lercc.
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Entered atf SecotidClfiM MMttr nt thMnffle, at Philadelphia, Pa.
ituvr uir an ui
Singer Wins abim'rick Prize
LIMERICK No. 29
The fellow who goes out
to May's
Till midnight or much
later stays;
He keeps the light dim
Till her pa yells at
him,
"Watch the hands on
the clock, and not
aiay-s."
MRS. B. H. REEVES, 1633 Spruce Street
Tliere's Another Limpiri Ltm'rick Today See Page 2
HOT GUILTY' PLEA
Student Accused of Slaying
College Youth Arraigned '
and Denies Charge i
TRIAL TO START MONDAY
In a strong, high-pitched voice, Wil
liam P. Brines pleaded "not guilty"
today to the charge of murdering Elmer
C. Drewes, Dartmouth College student,
found shot to death October, 17 on a lot
on Mnschcr street, near City line, Oak
Lane.
Brines, twenty years old, dapper nnd
rosv-cheeked. was arraigned before
Judt-e McCulIen fn Criminal Court No.
1. lie held his bead high as he passed
six women drawn for jury service who
snt in the front row of Rcats.
The youthful University of Pennsyl
vania student Is listed for trial Monday
before 'Judge McCulIen. He has been
In Moynmenslng Prison since his arrest
soon after the discovery of Drewes'
body.
Proceedings Are Brief
The entire proceedings occupied ex
actly two minutes nnd twenty-five sec
onds. The accused mnn then was tttkeji
to the sheriff's cellroom on the seventh
floor of City Hall.
A motley collection of nllcged rob
bers, pickpockets, drug addicts nnd
larceny suspects were in 'the prison van
which brought Brines from Moynmen
slng Prison to City Hall. Brines smiled
nnd laughed at the antics of some of
his fellow prisoners, but snld nothing.
The young man reached the sheriff's,
cellroom nt 0 o'clock nnd wns token to
the room where defendants wnlt for
their cases to be called. Fifty min
utes Inter William A. Orny, his coun--sel,
entered the courtroom nnd asked
for Brines.
The lawyer conversed briefly with the
nccused student in the room set apart
for prisoners, then walked into the
courtroom with one nrm around Brines'
waist.
Women Watch Arraignment
There were many women in the room,
some of thcin fashionably gowned, as
Mie accused mnn walked past the front
'ow of seats and stood before the bar
'if the court near the Counsel table.
Brines wore a dark suit and n dark
green belted ovcrcont. He was clean
shaven and his shoes had n high polish.
The ends of the young man's mustache
were carefully waxed.
At 10:05 o'clock Levi Hart, the court
crier, ordered the doors of the court
room locked. The crier picked up two
bills of indictment, one charging
Brines with murder, the other with
manslaughter.
Neither Assistant District Attorney
James day flordon, Jr., nor Chief
Wynne, of the county detective stnfT,
was present when llnrt, nddressing
Brines, read the Indictments nsd asked :
"Having heard the bills of Indictment,
how say jou, guilty or not guilty?'
Knters Formal Denial
"Not guilty." replied Brines.
"Having pleaded not guilty how will
you he tried?" continued Hnrt.
Mr. Gray coached Brines to reply :
"By God and my country."
That ended the arraignment. Mr.
Gray bowed to the judgo and walked
with his client to the elevator at the
rear of the courtroom, going wth
Brines to the sheriff's cellroom, where
he remained several minutes.
Drewes' body wns found lying close
to the sldcwn'k of tho Masclier street
lot, and was partly covered with a light
overcoat. The hands were folded over
the breast. There was n bullet wound
over tho left eyebrow nnd powder mnrks
smudged the forehead.
In the slain man's pockets were $500
in Liberty Bonds, two checks for $200
each, more than $100 In cash, a watch
nnd jewelry.
October 21, u motorcar, later iden
tified as Brines', wits found abandoned
nt Chew and Tiilpehocken streets, Ger
mantown. Thu car had a stain resem
b'lng blood, on one side, An automatic
pistol with two cartridges missing from
the clip was found in the machine.
A warrant wns Issued for Brines the
day the motorcar wns found. The stu
dent was surrendered to county detec
tives October 25 by his counsel. Brines'
home is at 5118 Chestnut street.
SELECTED SENATE CHAPLAIN
Washington, Jan. 21. A lively con
test for the post pf Senate chaplain wns
settled today at a lonfereuce of Repub
lican senators by the .selection of the
Hev. J. J. Mulr, n Baptist minister of
Washington. He will lecelve $1200 n
year for n daily prayer opening the Sen
ate sessions.
Whn you think of wrltlnc,
tblnk of W1IITINQ. Adv.
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IS MADE BY BRINES COURT TENNIS TITLE
ifcj frjj,tf!ii'kWni,i Aa, tf.i. ffu-.iMa flj -.,'. 4 -
Euentna Jublicfeiger
amrcn , JojW
J.
Defeats Soutar, 5 Sets to 1,
Winning Two Sets Today,
6-0 and 6-2
CHAMPION IN FINE FORM
Jay Gould, open court champion of
America, successfully defended his Inu
rels against Jock Soutar, professional
champion and challenger, in their com
petition at the Philadelphia Ilacquct
Club, Sixteenth nnd Wnlnut streets.
The final score was five sets to one,
Gould hnving won both sets played to
day. He defeated Soutar In three out
of. four sets on Wednesday.
The champion made a runaway of the
first set today, shutting out Soutar,
fl-love. Gould continued to show form
in ,the second set. winning the first four
games, which gave him ten consecutive
victories for the day.
Soutar bolstered his nlnv In the fifth
game of the second set, winning 4 to
2" and also held the upper hand in the
next set, i to 1, but liould came tlirougn
In, the naxt two8 to C and 0 to 3, after
hard 'playing by both men.
" The first set follows:
nnaT bj$t
Qould 444B 4 is
Soutar 2 0 3 13 1 90
SECOND SET
OouM 44 44218 8 JJ
Huutar 011044A 3 IP 2
Throughout the two sets today both
Gould and Soutar rilaycd at a ranld-
Tiro'pace. In their endeavor to hit the
hull in the first set both fell down, but
Xerc .up without taking the count.
, HQiitar got a great start, scoring the
first- point of the first game. However,
Gould sorift got the challenger out of
position, and from the utset there was
hardly any doubt that Gould would re
turn the victor.
. Though Gould came off in front by
a margin of three to one on Wednes
day, the score by no mcnuH describes
the closeness nor intensity of the play
throughput tho four sets pln)ed.
Gould nil but dropped the first eet
when they alternated on games with
Soutar displaying nil he knew in tho
way of a slashing, deft and smashing
attack. The professional champion evi
dently felt the disappointment of losing
the first set, for lie fell an easy victim
In the second, 2-0, almost before ho
was nware of wl at had transpired,
Soutar settled down In the third nnd
won the set, and but for n poor start
looked like a winner in the fourth,
which would have made the athletes
start from the same mark today, two
sets all,
Soutar however, won unable to pre
vent the count from going 2-5 against
him in tie final set Wednesday, and
his corao-bnek. which brought the set
almost but not quite to S-nll, wns too
lute.
On the short end of the set score,
Soutar wns also on the short end of
the betting today.
it
i4BS. 'ri V$HBB
GOULD
RETAINS
SOCIAL BOYCOTT" IS URGED
TO CURB DRESS VULGARITY
Colonial Dames Hear Unusual Proposal for Elevation of Social
Standards in Philadelphia
The Colonial Dames, co-operating
with other patriotic and civic women's
societies, have started a movement to
raise the social standards of Philadel
phia, A tentative program, drawn .up at
a meeting yesterday in the old Wlstar
house, 400 Locust street, for the pur-
Cose of discussing ways and means to
ring about tho change, proposes :
Committees of women to act ns un
official censors for plays and posters
detrimental to the moral fiber of young
folks, The committees would ask aid of
the Mayor or other high officials ;
A possible "social boycott" of those
who rcfuso to conduct themselves in u
manner befitting womanhood ;
A committeo working in conjunction
with fashionable dressmakers to en
drnvor to remove vulgarity In women's
dress,
( a Speakers Eliminate Gloss
i At the meeting in the historic man
sion, rich with memories of old Phila
delphia, there was no attempt to gloss
qVer the seriousness of the situation.
. Vulgarity in dress, dancing nnd gen
ernl deportment were held up to the
searching light of day.
Tales were told of young society folk
who at parties broke up china Just for
i
MiiUiJt.' .)WiA&Stt'&&
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921
WOMEN RESENT
JURY EXEMPTION
BECAUSE OF SEX
New Voters' League Insists
Duties Must Go With Full
Citizenship
URGES CLOSE WATCH ON
WORK OF CITY COUNCIL
Members of the Pennsylvnnln League
of Women Voters, holding their lntr
count.v conference nt the headquarters
of tho Kmergency Aid, 210 South
Eighteenth street, expressed resentment
nt the movement to exempt women from
I jury srvlce because of their sex.
I Mrs. John O. Miller, of Pittsburgh,
I state dialrmau of the league, urged the
women to mnke the most of their op
portunities to participate in govern
ment. Mho iilsn ilomnnried that women
bo flven their full shnre of the burdens
of Jury service, ns well as the privileges
of citizenship.
The question of exempting women
from service on Juries wnsbrought up
hy Mrs. T. S. Fillmore, of Northamp
ton county. Senator Hockct, of Eas
ton, Northumberland county, Is spon
sor for n bill which was the first In
troduced at this session of th( Legisla
ture, providing that "nil female elec
tors lie exempt from service on juries,"
provided they wish to be excused.
Do Not Want "Favors"
"Do we want cIuhs legislation in our
favor?" asked Mrs. Fillmore. "We
have the right of citizenship; should
we not also perform our share of Its
duties? Why should wo bo exempt
from Jury service if men arc not?"
Mrs. Fillmore's words brought forth
a strong round of applause from the
200 women, from all part of Pennsyl
vania, assembled for the intercounty
meeting.
Mrs. Miller, from the chair, ex
pressed the thought of thj women who
had applauded.
"It is high time that women serve
on our juries," she said. "Go Into the
criminal court, as I have done. You
will sco there many cases which have
to do with young women, and which
wou'd be tried ordinarily only before
a group of ribald men.
Mothers Influence Needed
"It is high time that mothers go on
Juries. We are not obliged to Mr
Hacket for trying to exempt us. Any
sensible judge will release a woman
from Jury service It necessary."
Mrs. Miller advised the women to
form committees irr their communities to
keep watch on the actions of their local
councils. She told of the experience of
Pittsburgh women, who formed a
"councilmanlc committee," which meets
an hour, In advance of the sittings of
cut council nop wpen me lawmaking
body is in Bcsslon remains to attend the
proceedings. Later the women" discuss
legislattvt-'icU of council,. mml.whcift
they consider it necessary to not'hsI
tntc to Interfere, going to the council
men or city officials to register protests
or suggest modifications.
"As an example of the sort of ef
fcctlvo work women can do," said Mrs.
Miller, "I might recount the experience
of tha committeo wltn regard to tho cost
of cleaning the court house. They found
how much It cost a year to clean a
square foot of space in n model office
building, which always was Immacu
lately clean. The cost a foot n year
was found to be twcuty-clght cents.
"Then the women investigated the
cost of cleaning the court house. It wns
learned that the cost hall been seventy
Ave cents a square foot, to keep it
dirty."
Must Learn Election Tricks
Mrs. Miller said that the redisrict
ing of counties would give women u
golden opportunity to get on the elec
tion boards f their dlvlslns. She urged
that each board have two women. She
said the next step would be to organize
a school for women to show them how
to count ballots, so that there could
be no chance of error when they act as
election officials.
Mrs. Sarah D. Lowre, head of the
Phladclpbia county branch of the
league, spoke of the charge that women
are trying to build up u political ma
chine of their own.
"We are going to form a machine,"
sqjd Miss Lowrlc, "but It will he a ma
chine for the cducntion of the voter. I
would be perfectly willing to sit at the
feet of Senator Penrose to find out how
it is done."
Speakers this afternoon will be Mrs.
F. Louis Sladc, director of the second
region of the league; Mrs. George Gell
horn, of St. Louis, vice chairman of
the league, and Mrs. James Htarr, Jr.,
of this city, who will speak on "The
Anna Howard Shaw Memorial."
"the fun of tho thing." It was said
that in many Instnnces domestics re
fused to serve longer In homes because
of the behavior of the young people.
Mrs. James Large, president of the
Colonial Dames, presided ut the meet
ing. Mrs. L. Webster Fox represented
the national president of the Daughters
of the British Empire In America, Mrs.
Frank Hutchinson. represented the
Daughters of 1812. Mrs. Edward Bid
die, president of the Civic Club, came
as its spokesman.
Mrs. Blddle called upon the women
present to pledge themselves to take
active pnrt In a movement to call n halt
on vulgarity In dress nnd the modern
dance. She asked for moro rigid censor
ship of motion pictures, higher grade
drama, nnd for music that would ad
vance the development of a steadying
Influence to counteract the symptoms
of decadence.
.Mr. Norrls Hits Vulgarity
Mrs. George Dallas Dixon seconded
tho resolution, and It was unanimously
approved.
George W. Norrls, governor of the
lederal Ueserve Bank, urged a social
"boycott.
"Such a boycott would have
a wholesome effect on bringing about
Contlnurd on ! Twrntr, Column lour
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Undorwnml & Underwood
MKS. ANTOINETTE SCIIIPA
New photograph of famous Itnllan
tenor's wife. Sdilpa has been given
ii contract with I lie CIiIciirii Opera
Co. by Mary Garden
MAN AND WOMAN HOLD UP
GIRL; STEAL BANK DEPOSIT
Victim Describes Assailants as Old
Looking, but Young-Acting
A man and woman described as "old
looking und old-drcsed," but wltn the
agility of young persons, snatched money
and checks from a fourteen-year-old
girl yesterday afternoon nnd made their
escape.
The child was Minnie Uossick. 1021
North Thirty-first street, where her
father conducts n shoe lnco manufac
tory. She was given $20 In cash and
three checks of small denomination to
deposit In the Northwestern Trust Co.,
at Twenty -Uiird street nnd Columbia
avenue.
The girl was accosted at Twenty
ninth street by the man nnd woman,
who nuked the direction to a certain
street. While the girl was trying to
tell them they knocked the shoebox In
which she had the money from her
hand, grabbed it and ran.
As the day before the girl had de
posited $200 for her father, it is thought
the bandits hnd watched her. Accord
ing to the girl, the man and woman
had gray hair, and were dressed as old
persons, but ebe insisted they rnn like
young ones. ,
MAN FIGHTS' HIGHWAYMAN
AND CAUSES HIS ARREST
Breaks Bandit's Strangle Hold In
Struggle on Callowhlll Street
Strong-nrm methods of a nighway
mon failed lntc last night because Earl
Scltr. refused to be robbed.
8elts lives in North Marshall street
near Spring Garden. He was returning
nnmp from tnetneatre nna.n $e raachta
Marshall and Callowhlll streets a man
jumped from a doorway and grappled
with him, throwing hU arm around
Seltx'a neck And attempting to choke
him.
8eltz, hnd in his possession a large
sum of money nnd, ne told the police
nfterward, "I did not intend to lose
it without putting up n battle."
Scitz managed to trip the hold-up
man, and as they rolled to the pave
ment Seitz broke the grip around his
neck. His cries were heard by Zlcgler
and Bullnrd, of the vice squad, who
were a square away, and they ran to
where the men were struggling.
The hold-up man tried to break
away and run, but Seltz prevented his
escape. When taken to the Tenth nnd
Buttonwood streets station the man
gavo his name ns Joseph Stelnmetz,
Sixth street near Spring Gurden. He
will be tnken to the City Hall for n
hearing before Magistrate Meclcary.
WIDOW'S HEART SOFTENS
Mrs. Dean Lets Fiancee See Body of
Estranged Husband
The body of Perry II. Dean, taxicnb
Inspector of the Quaker City Cab Co.,
killed In the bomb explosion last Mon
day, wns taken by nls wife early this
morning to Hrandywine, Md., to be
buried today In Hollywood Cemetery
In a plot with his mother nnd father.
Late yesterday afternoon Mrs. Julia
Dean gnve instructions to the under
taker who had the keeping of the body
to allow Mrs. Gertrude Uickard, the
woman who at first claimed Perry's
body, to see it.
Dressed In the deepest mourning, Mrs.
Hicknrd spent nn hour yesterday weep
ing beside the body. Shortlv nfter she
had left the undertaker's Mrs. Dean
arrived, wee ring simple clothes, but not
widow's weeds.
Mrs. Dean, who is a trnined nurse,
hns had ninny expressions of sympathy
and offers of aid from her former pu
ticnts. Funeral services of James S, McKee,
the second victim of the explosion, were
held this afternoon.
A detail from the Hnylc Butcher Post,
American' Legion, of llnddon Heights,
render full military honors at the
ceremony nt McKee's home, 10,'t Sev
enth avenue, Iladdon Heights. The Rev.
Joseph Manual, rector of St. Barna
bas' Protestant Episcopal Church, this
city, conducted tho services. Members
of the Sunday school of the church acted
as pallbearers. Interment was at West
minster Cemetery.
SEEKS LIGHT ON ARMENIA
President Wilson Addresses Com
munication to League President
11...1.I..J T n, v . .
TuniiiMKimi, juii, ai, my A. I'.l
T.nnt4 itn.. i .- . '
. caiuciu i iirim huh m'iu anoiner com
munication regarding mediation in Ar-
lunnln HvnalilnHt Tli....... At
X,U,l.l H m- I.VtlKUl' in niioiiH,
When President Wilson accepted the
Invllnlln. nf .1... l..n...... i . ..'
...........11 .., in,- nnyiir ih-i. !(, n ,)p.
dlator, he requested tho council to in-
uii-iiir muni' i-iiurnu hi procedure, nut
no reply has been made, und it hns
liflAn Ultanaufnil tlint -,. .
" "."i.i yum, urriiiixc oi tile
chaotic condition In Armenia, the league
may deem further attempts at mediation
nt thlu limit InitYlirullnnt
nenry .unrgt'nillllll, wno nas been
named by the President ns his represen
tntlve, is still In the I'ulted States
awaiting Instructions.
BlfclM.'' Train rt. l,u.. no ,.' '
iiilcki'iri tlmei Iv W. Phlla., 8:33 p. m. dully
.Vtluntli Ow.i Line. 10W ijht.tnut It.iiu
lljM,mvl
Published Dally Except Hun1y.
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npyrlsht. 1P21.
T
IN HEARTJF CITY
Victim Fires Four Shots at
Fleeing Highwaymen, Who
Escape
BANDITS OVERLOOK $100
WATCH AND 2 DIAMONDS
Bandits held tip nnd robbed Arthur
W. Lnrsen, of Sioux 'Falls, H. D.. of
75, at Seventeenth street nnd St.
.Tames place nt midnight.
Larson fired four shots nt the flee
ing highwaymen, but, missed. One of
the bandits, returning the fire, put u
bullet in Lnrsen's right arm.
Larsen, attempting to nttrnct atten
tion of two motorists, wns nearly nm
down by the driver, who In turn thought
Larsen was n hold-up mnn. Lnrsen es
caped Injury only because he fainted
nt thnt moment from loss of blood, nnd
dropped to the street. '
Police arrested Lnrsen nn n techni
cal charge of carrying concealed
weaponsi until his story has been In1
vestlgnted further. They ore not In
clined to accept his statement that two
Philadelphia bandits were satisfied to
take only his money and leave him in
possession of n $100 gold watch nnd
chain, two valuable diamond rings and
a loaded revolver.
Larsen Is in the Jefferson Hospital,
under treatment for his Injured arm.
He will have a hearing nt City Hall
later.
Motorists Fear Hold-Up
Gpon-i. Hlnnphtvr (11.14 Trvlni- utrnnt
and B. K. Megham, 0008 Mnrket street!
were uriving uortli on Seventeenth
street, nt 12:U0 this morning. They
heard five shots. At St. James place
they saw a man In the middle of the
street waving a revolver and signuling
them to halt.
Slaughter was at the wheel. He
tliouglit It was a highwayman, and in
creased till' MTllW nt Mo TO, Af tl.nf
instant the man in the street crumpled
up in a neap, tne revolver spinning ten
feet away as he fell.
Still dnlllltflll. Hlnilflltor utnnniwl Ma
car. Stopping only long enough to ae-
curt- n iiionaey wrenen as a defensive
weapon, Slaughter Jumped from the
machine, followed by Megham.
They found Larsen unconscious with
blood flowing freely from the wound in
the right arm. Patrolmen Moore,
Withington and Armstrong, of he Fif
teenth nnd LocuBt streets station, who
had also heard the five shot, hurried
up and nlded in reviving the injured
man.
When Lnrsen wns able to speak, ho
Eald he was in Philadelphia on a busi
ness trip and was registered nt n Mar
ket street hotel near Sixteenth street.
He had attended n show last night
nnd Inter went for nshort walk, he said.
On Seventeenth street two masked men
stopped him, nnd nt the point of a re
volver demanded money.
He gave them $".'. Then, he said,
they ran. leaving him in possession of
bis rings, watch and revolver. As the
men sped down Seventeenth street Lnr
sen drew his own revolver nnd fired four
shots at them.
Shot Through Ann
One of the two bandits halted long
enough to turn and fire once nt Lnrsen,
the bullet taking effect In his arm. Lar
pen continued to run after the bandits,
but weakened rapidly from losi of blood,
and nt Seventeenth street nnd St. James
place the motorcar of Slaughter ap
peared. lie was tnken to the Jefferson Hos
pital in Shiughter'H.uiaehlno The pa
trolmen, it is understood, say they heard
tho four shots In close succession, fol
lowed , by the fifth nt an interval of
possibly twenty seconds.
But because they think it unlikely
that the highwaymen would be satisfied
with money and leave their victim In
pobsessipu of severnl hundred dollars
worth of jewelry, they have p'aced the
South Dakota man technically under
arrest on a charge of carrying deadly
weapons.
SOUIH DAKOTA MAN
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MARION H. R0DGERS DIES IN WASHINGTON
Marlon Itlnehnrt Kodgeis, vice president ot the Alexnndrin
Iron Woiks, in Washington, find member of an old nnd prominent
Gennnntown faimly, died at his home nt the cnpitol todnv. 'C
body will be biouglu to the home of a sistei. Id-, W'U'n.i
Sauter, G320 MeCnlliim. street, for sexviccs Monday nfternootu
TYROL MAY VOTE ON UNION WITH GERMANY
BERNE, Switzerland. Jan. 21. Independent action by the
Tyrolean L.angtng on the question ot union v. ith tj .. w
prospect, according to Austrian dispatches Tin Luiu tag, th. :
vices state," decided yesterday to hold a plebiscite ou ihu que,i. ..
.1 the Au&utan govtiumcnt does not uit on it oy next .non' .
1200 IN TOLEDO BREAD LINE
Free Meals Given to Unemployed
Men Thousands Hungry
Toledo. O.. Jan. 1 "n- a i
The first freo meals served to unem
ployed men of Toledo todn were tnken
advantage of by more than 12)0 nppll
Cfnts, it was announced ut the Social
?lc?i!'(ilcrntl0"' which ih KlvlS "l"
Jtnrw llVAt'lRi
The meals were served in a public
mnrK':U,lno,- , rlc alo were luued
for 1000 pounds of llsh an,j lofl pecks of
potatoes for the men to take to their
families.
John It. Cowelj, city emergency labor
commissioner, today reiterated a state
ment that "at least, in cun ...i in
Toledo are mighty close to the starving
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Bobicrlptloti Price 10 a Year by Mall.
by Puhlle Ledger Compnny
Will Harding Have
a Hanna or a House
9
A study of presidential in
fluences by the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER'S staff
writer,
Clinton W. Gilbert
after six weeks' close con
tact with Mr. Harding at
Marion.
Cnimriohl, 1011, bv I'ubtie Ltdatr Co.
.Marion, Jan. 21. This Is an attempt
to give the impulsions of President
elect Ilnrdlng formed In n six weeks'
stay at Marion.
It Is commonly snld thnt Mr. Harding
will mako a successful President If the
right Influences surround him nnd h
poor one If the wrong influences do.
That is more or less true of every
President.
What ore the influence? about Hard
ing? Six weoks at Marlon fall to dis
close any dominant influence. It is a
frequent observation made by those who
have watched him thut lie "has no
confidants." That appears to be true.
He has not ono whom ho trusts entirely
and tc'ls everything.
He Is feeling his wuy among advisers
as he is fcellug his way in the picking
of a cabinet and in' the adoption of
policies. Ho makes this man a con
fidant on one subject and that mnn a
confidant upon another. But he has
a cautious habit of checking up on bis
advisers. Even fraugbcrty, who is
closer to him than any one else, seems
often to be checked up Independently.
For example, the men who surround
him In the Marion headquarters are not
by uny means all Dnughcrty men.
Senators Not Dominant
Tnko tlm possible or probable in
fluences in order. What of the "Senate
oligarchy"? You don't see anything of
it in Marlon. There is not a sign that
tho Senate or uny senator has auy spe
cial dominance over Mr Harding's
mind or cnaructcr. His friends in the
Senate are not generally in the ruling
' group. They arc generally good fellows,
(like Frelingnuysen, Hale nnd Elklns. or
men in the second rank of power like
Fall and New.
There are Indications thnt if the Ken
ate trien any oligarching it will find
Mr. Harding pretty obstinate. He
warned the Senate of this when he made
his farewell speech to it iu Washing
ton, and during the whole of that stay
hi the capital he treated snators like
a man translated to another and higher
sphere. Concerning the Sennte. Mr.
Harding is on his guard, consciously or
unconsciously. The making of the is
sue of Senate oligarchy during the cam
paign had something to do with this.
There is already an issue between
Mr. Harding nnd the Sennte on the
League of Nations. The President-elect
is headed In one direction. The ma
jority of the Republicans in the Sennte,
under the leadership of Senator Knox,
is going in another. Mr. Harding knew
when he came out here all about the
Senate attitude on the league.. He had
talked to Knox He had talked to
Borah and to Johnson. Hp had, more
over, kept in touch with Washington
by sending Hnrry M. Dauirhert there
repeatedly to discuss mal-crs with tho
senators.
Ignored Senate Attitude
His knowlclgc that the most influen
tial members of the Senate were opposed
to him on the league did nut deter him
from proceeding in the conferences here
with his league plan. The senators in
"the oligarchy" wanted no organization
among nations beyond an international
Contlnurd on Ip Twenty. Column Two
"GRANDMAS" LIKE AIR TRIP
Nebraska's Women Electors on Way
to Capital With Votes
Des Moines, la., .Inn. 21.- i Bv A.
I Weather conditions this morning
.VT, unfavorable for the start of Mrs.
II. II. u heeler and Mrs, Draper Smith
ou their nlrplane trip to Washington
to deliver Nebraska's electoral vote. It
was planned to start the nlr journey
as soon ns cot UtiniiH permitted.
It doesn't "n oneer at all." said
Mrs. Draper Smith, of Omaha, aged
slxty-slx, ditrlhing her experience In
the first part of the journe
"Doesn't the ground look neat from
"P there?" snld Mrs. II. II Wheeler,
of Lincoln, Neb., when they urrlved
here Intp vpstpnliiv nn.i .., ..... i t.
Hier daughter ami grandchildren.
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SAB DENIES HE
DREW M000 FOR
Colonol Abadie's Statement Dtf
dared "Unqualifiedly and ,'
MONTH'S EXPENSE
Maliciously False" ," 11
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PAID OWN WAY WHILE
IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
By the Associated Press
New York. .Inn. 21. Charles it;
Schwnb appeared before tne Watok
congressional committee this .morning
nnd denied testimony given yesterday
by Colonel K. II. Abndle, former comp
trnllni. nt Un TTnt.n.l Qa.. V.I.mI..
t. ..... . ..a ill. iiii.il .j.uii;'. niij.iMt
bonrd. to the effect that Mr. Schwab's
personal expenses ror uctoDer. lHlfl,
amounting to .$200,000, were chnrged to
the shipping board '&
Mr. SHiwnb declared the statements
were "absolutely, unqualifiedly Ab4
maliciously fulse." nnd that he person-.
ally pnld nil his own expenses duriitf '
his term of office as director general
of the Kmergency Fleet Corporation
Fulled to Collect $1 Salary
Mr. Schwnb said that, although n
wns supposed to receive a dollar a year
salary, he did not even collect that, an
for his travels from shipyard to shlpr
ynrd. while nt the head of the fleet cof-5
porntlon, ho nsM-rted he never rccelvet!
uny compensation nnd did not wapt
nny. &
Mr. Schwab admitted such a voucher
as that charged by Colonel Abadle 'might
have been paid to him. but declarM
it was nt for the purpose claimed tjy
Abadle und no pnrt of It wns charged
to ship construction. His ncceptanc
of the position us head of the fleet cor
poration, he told the committee, m
only nt the urgent request of the chair
man of the bonrd and President WI1-
In accepting the place, he declared",
he insisted that all matters connected
with his own shipbuilding companies
be handled by other members of the
board.
Kugene O. Grnce. president of tft-8
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, last nlgkl
denied that improper payments htff
been made to bis company by tho' ship
ping bonrd during the Incumbency l
Charles M. Schwab as director-general
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
wumiiei .vimuie, wno ngnin loolc tn
slnnd, said he regretted the necessity
for connecting Mr. Schwnb with tb
voucher, and expressed the hope it wa
nn error nnd that Mr. .Schwnb wouM
be clenred. r
Asked further concerning the voucher
Colonel Abadle reiterated his prevlott
testimony thut information conccrnlMr1
It had been given to him by Mr. Morse,
of Porlcy Morse & Co., accountant,,
employed to audit shipping boord book.
He said the charge wuh entered M
'overhead" In the mnin office of tha
Belhlehem Co. and $100,000 was
charged to ship construction. ,
Ttie witness in reply to a questioa
admitted tnat Mr. Morse had told him
how the other $100,000 had beea
spent, but declined to repent whnt he
l ,. ,n ,oltI und H,,id ll concerned
the Bethlehem corporation only. Mr.
Schwab. wLo was sitting nearby, spoke''
up and suld "You me ut perfect lib
'rtv to give that information If you
desire.
Befuse.s to BevenI Information
Colonel Abadle. however, said It waa
given to him confidentially und that fee
would not repent it.
I .Mr. Nchwub was called before the
, committee nt his own request nnd In
j errupted Colonel Abadie's running tea.
I tiinony to enter his denial. Chairman
......... u'liwrKni ii was tne tirst time
such n procedure had been followed Jn
the committee.
The ohnlrmnn nlso asked Mr. Schwab
to uppenr nciiln next Tuesdnv to tei
tlfy concerning mutters relating to the
h.P",l,B SnrdV II wn" mn'1'' 'ear!
however, that he was not being called
Z' ? ."M b M"n " "PPtr at
any time the committee desired.
SECRET AGREEMENTS
IN TRADE DENOUNCED
Washington. Jan. 21 (Bv A P )
Secret trcntie.s trn.le rights were
denounced ns underlying t.uNe8 of w,
today by Alexander Legge. ecneral
manager of the Internatlonnl Hurvester
Co.. speaking before the convention of
the .National Merchant Marine Asnocla-
"We hear a good deal today about
leagues and world associations by which
wori,i ,,oace may be established." said
Mr. Legge "None will be effective un
less t s founded upon elimination of
discriminatory trade practices. It Is the
underlying cause of International dis
agreements, and Is becoming more and
more tho cause of conflict between
nations."
Pleading for closer co-operatlon be
tween the government nnd American
business, Mr. Legge said ho did not
champion government ownership or con
trol of business, but believed It vital
that there be a more friendly working
understanding.
"American industries must have tho
support of the government," he said.
"During the wnr they worked hand la
hand and no sacrifice was too great for
the business man. The system of vol
untary co-operation accomplished bettor -results
thnn in any other nation, not
excepting Germany. If that was poa
Mble- In time of stress, why not in tlm
of peace?" J
The American merchant marine need
ed commerce mid ciunmercr needed the
merchant marine, Mr Lrgge said, and
both depended usin the government's
policy.
ALMOST LIKE JUNE
It's Over 50 Today, Almoat Wartn
Enough for Bummer Headgear
Tim temperature today was above tb
SO mark an unusually warm January
day, and in striking contrast with tie
7 -above-zero weather of Tuesday,
With a normal temperature for Jaa-
uury 21, of !tl degrees, today's weStfestr
is rare for January, but not a record
The mild weather will continue otr
tomorrow The weatherman says tbstt
Is ii possibility tonight of light ratal-fall-
t.'
An cbvious conclusion temperatvre
SO--exit skating
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