;7-wi-j v-yw-m -fv -" c 'riytr: v s ' ' K o. i Most Litnpin' Lim'rickers Would Gladly Give $200 to Win That $100 Prjze-See Page 2 i. 1 HS u entttg jflubltc IRefrger th weather Fair tonight and probably Tuesday: ,rl(l"i-(nnlilil. Ion est litnj)cratiii about Jft dcqrrcs; fio.sli norlliwcs winds. I I'ttl-I.HATtllK AT JT.M II JIOUK s ii 'in iijiiJjJU 'J"l":"ri "i"' ,-" :i(f1;f7 filti '.".fi H7 las TtT) I i i i NIGHT EXTRA v'l . Fi.lR... ' ifffliunnHii iiiMHiiiPiii ' va. jl hin 1 VOL. VII. NOl 113 aisle 11 TOMMIES! 1 HER CASE Half of Panel Obtained in Less Than Two Hours Speed Is Surprise CIRCUMSTANTIAL PROOF RELIED UPON BY STATE; penn Stuciem. unmuvuu n Faces Trial for Life on Charge of Slaying Chum i LEGAL WRANGLES ABSENT Women Crowd Courtroom to Capacity as Prisoner Is Called to the Bar Jurors Selected So Far to Try William P. Brines ... -,. iM-........ ji. :..... lorciiinii. inmi . i hi "-.'. i mi ii ir TMrs old. I'iiuM company oi.i ploto.' married 11" Poplar street. Nn. 2, Jnseph Diiriiln, fifty-siv. Inb (iritorv worker, married and four chil dren. '-'"n 'ry '"l-,l"'1 s1-,''l- No, ". Milliard Slntnrr. fifty live. J.tieler ilnrii lite tears nt 212S Ridge irrnur - i I-..1. ...... M.it-t-nll' thirty-four, road. (Jer- ,.n, ft nnn lotlT limine I Hampton irnntown o, ft. lMill MIllllHIi ' third lnrfliitwt'niil draft' man. married. IMIP. ISftlltll I I" "IMII IM'1-1. n, fi. ( liarlps Seuill. Ihirt. ink' mm i I'd -I'M 'if"id tippf. ii r c. ...r..iL L nl lini'ii ulri'fi'rl hv I'J'.'.O ,-i in "i - - n'rliH tiH nflernaon of the panel nf twfhe Mini lm "ill dr-idr (lip mill! ot lnn nn e "f WiMiain r. 1 triiif-s. tin1 l'niTirii of I'pniikj Ivnnia sophomore ulio ik iliiiiitcd "itli the murder nl liih rlmin. I.lmer ( . Irewe. Haiimutitn TdllffC vrnioi nn Oi'tobi'l' 17. Tin' 1 1 ml opi'iinl at II ii elm k In Hoom n 1 1". Cnitil of (her and Tfrmlnfr hefore .lndgp Kiryiuoa. A li.inl ii ml Ion',' drawn nut fight had heeu (ippplol imi' the M'lpptinn of the jnr.v, mil thf far mat half the jury had been fbcen if in ji an hour and a half was i mrpiiM' In Imtli i iiinmntiwpallli and itftnti In nui'kiir n mil lo tJie iiir the com- liroawealtli - iepreteutatlp. Asibtant lOntntt tlornej (Imiloii. JinJieaKil libat thi' piospetition has only tlrcuin- Matrtil rvidi'iKp to piove that Hiiiips Immmitieil the niuriler. Openlnc K Delayeil Thir was an air of tensenes in the fcurctowdcd eourtroom when the name K "William T. Urines" was called hv I'bf crier Tbouch the.tiial had been Ithiduled for 10 o'ploek. it was delaved l'nnaTtMninl. .. .. . . . - iuiu3i uu uour. ana inn"' who Had fome to witness it cre hiireharsed ith impatience for it to get under way. woit of them had waited since before 1 o'clock to make sure of nottlnc Into lie courtroom. Those who did siiereed fa finding a seit in the overcrowded lonrt wero the lucky fow. Twice as rainy hn'l applied for admittance and Mm turned nuinr 'Pl.n... .... nn . ""J am-au iun- mu fitra eats put into the court before hA '!pcnPd' nn(' even with thia r.iiiuui; rapacity wore was not -"- .v, .,,,. luc uppuriinia, B u 'Hung oi tne trial was dclntetl wiusc it was necessary for Judge IVr- WlOn to nasi nn n rnimlui. r ...,.... Im V ' lbo Pr"oners were t --.. ..i i uun io pieaci. MojomfnslnK prison is greatly over- - i"'iiii iiini a iiik oaiPii or nBonrrn woi.. ....t .nii. ri.... j i"iii iniii iirineH to n t ,crK",n, pourt, which is a Jltl0Cllerv" ennrt Sn il,.. ; ...... .u 30t be nni nnii- t-,. int.. ii i i. i-.; .. . ,u ie iiii'iu iiui'K 'HIQ all U'hn nl.ort.l ..!! .. .... i : i "i Miiiij nni' tieu toctd at oni e im. " ,0,f;S, " '" WU(,n Urines' '.- ii , " "v i-iiiiio lorwani rtU . .'""' "l ,ho rear of "1P rollrt. -.. .. ,ur iron, we prisoners' cle- r.Vrn lipnd .,nc In... ..1 i 1 iL!. tntrnii, r :. i-u'iii-" niHlllil lull r'uraiii i' nml tlm unn..ni n.- IMn, - . ' ; iiuimutn puw lllll h, , . ' "r" " iui- jii i.-'i'lil.T I"' ,r" ' forward jauntily. Has Dapper Appearaiiro " ' n ,."1 Ulllmnt l-.. ..-.1 .... iilflt, , , , " "nn i' nun mi- outt . 'V ,,1" " '"W"i "r ,. , " ,1" "lis runout, n h "1 Qllll n ori.nnl a... I ... r) ,.,,", "U tf ,,' 1,n1 b(,(!n n of ;" Bf.i,, initcn, of tho prlB. :rf I "'""' "ml in lnl'- H1, "P il.Kr..,! .... I.. 1. i . l,M .., i, up lnu )PCI1 on II " urns wiien nroucht to City M P , '",."r'"- lnrk brown .,iit, of k).n H iiik-iiui, wnieii lie woro i. i ii iniiri-ii io llp po- 'd lie , ,, , ,",1"r".nnrt P'od, eentiit ii, , , ",s ""ning was n ..""k 'I' hair wnu miiMiii- , u..i -''---'-MnsimiViS 'fn tit. "'.' , .ie nan on a i,U, " ''"nn wliito linen mllnr boy'1 "1,rl "tripe, and well-polishcd I Hrnifv .. i I' had hiln ' , .' "'? ' "inner than bZi .. on . ""' 111" liigh eolor had romnon " '.nt '" h" months of im- Jd "Ikftl .pnnjjiir ' Kr" UC" . No Wniurii on ,lun Iri'' and hu V."B. moot"'K between lh,rol.imS .ntllPt' ,,C!,.rr "O'1 'n " nn''renr ' ihPrBiW?s " brief "I'lo-bar !,tnt I)i. . "',""Sp I'erciison. As-' ,cPllnuih Aft"";!,eJ', (in,-,'n" '"! ' anv . utl8e torcuson. would . ien members of tho """"a " Pnw'lili. Column On," Knlcrrd n Second-Clods Matter nt tlio I'Mlnnlm, nt Philadelphia, Ta. I'ndnr the Art of Marcli 3, 1870 HH i WILLIAM P. ItltlNKS Penn .student who was plarpil nn (rial (inlay, charged with (lip mur der nf Klmpr ('. Drewes, a senior .at Dartmouth Mrs. Brme3 Clasps Youthful Murder Suspect in Her Arms as His Trial Begins WATCHES HIS EVERY MOVE 'nii'niiKhiiiit the courtroom where William I'. Urines wok on trial for mm'der today, and specially amouj; the eiKlit tnleswomen. who appeared for jiosih!. jurj duty, there had heeu Mnil ;iiB. chatting and a KPimrnl air of plecs inB f'Tcilemetit until the frail, white haired mother met her accused son. Carefully (.'loomed, calm and nlnicxt jaunt v. Urines imlered the room. He forp he had reached his neat a lillle woman in brown had thrown herself upon ilm. her arms I'linging about his neel;. and her hisses falljnp on his face as she iimimered "My boy." The aliened murderer smiled tendcrlv, Kissel .r tll K,-iiiy unclasped lii-r arms as he muicd lo his seat Mrs Urines wnu juicl l bad: to her chair mi the front low not Tar from her son. lliruuvu Hie entire morning her evc w-erc fastened on the hoy. X defnil of his altirc or attitude escaped her ea ser Kiize. rheei-s IVisouer yi(h Smile And her smile won cut icadv when' once or twice l. turned toward her. lor the must pari he bat immobile. Ills brown hair was -parted and smoothed perfectly. ,,.! hia dapper mustarhc wared lo the ptoper aiulle. His ihceU weie Hushed and his ,.,,.s were ..se His w,j, slender fin -iters p a ie, n tat loo on tho table rdjro beside him most of tho time. Until .Mothers I'rp.sent HIkIiI pairs of feminine ees viewed nim fiom the row wheic .sat the tales women, so, oral of whom had been en car to serve on the juty. All of them were excused by the court because fitv Hall does not have accommodation's for women who serve on a murder jurv where veniremen are apt to be held over nlsht. Lizzie Lopez was the onlv woman actually called, and Judge Ter' guson expressed the court's desire that no women be allowed to serve. Hut they nat there, watching the pro ceedlncs Their eyes turned from the defendant to the attractive mother slender ami well dres'ed. who sat witli relative. Then (raze turned (0 .Mr. and Mrs. Drewes, parents of the murdered Dartmouth student. Tho Drewes enme in earlv and were ushered into the second row. In a small hat, cloak and dress of black. Mrb IJrewcR yas head and shoulders taller than bur husband. She sottled herself with a sigh, threw back the crepe veil from her face bo slio might better study the crowd, nnd turned to Uillc with friends Soon bhe removed tier lint alintTri.. t.n . . '. """"HI. Ill" suuw.v nalr neatly waved and combed in soft .nn. one inn not bpeaK, nor did Mro. Urines make any motion of recognition whon the lntter entered on the arm of John II. Wiggins, her brother. Not merely because of these mothers and tho genoral nature of tho crimo was interest so centered in this trial. The women on tho jury panel and wltnosa list also drew attention. They wore n mixed group. Women Jurors Watch Closely "Miss Mnmo Crinan, lady," as sin Was llfited Oil thf tinnnl i. -!.. 1 1 ,, : : -.' i ' "iniiiuu iiuu listened eagerly to ovorythlng. Sho was nt.nllS HO .. U n I..A.I .... I .. 1 . . . . nl,k"i hinj'-iiiiiii-u iiuu nicniy urcRNcri. Dosldo her nat Mary Hughes, a petito young girl in fur coat and round gray hut that enhanced hor youtlifulnnsa. She wniled often. This was un adnture to hor. Mary O'Hara wab young, too, hut hor faco exprcsted Uia seriousness of the proceedings, Most? of. tho wome.n were oung, well drcNsp.il. teady to go on duty, eager to learn all they could .about this now Held opened lo women Tho court tipstaves enjoyed tho sen sation. The.j smiled, uh'speied instruc tions and jokes to the taleswomen nml nodded wisely to ono nnnther over the imefulucss of womeiil.lnd Facts in the Trial of William P. Brines On trial -William I' Urines, of I'. sophomore. The slain man Llmer C Orcwes, Urines' friend, a senior nt Dait mniiili College Pound shot to death 'October 17 on Mnseher stieet neur City Line, Oak Lane Place of trial Qiiarlei .Sessions Court, Hoom (IM, City Hall. Jmlcr- Wllllnm l I'pi guson Counsel 'i 'or -the il ii-ci'iil tun, A s.si-1 ii ji i iMMii'l Alloiiii'.i liiiiiliiu Kor (he defence, William A. Gray. JlIHERHEARlS i ! SON WITH SM LES 8,00010 LOAN OF CITY 5 1 Philadelphia Syndicate Offers Nearly $103 Per $100, Set ting New Credit Record BIG HOUSES OF NEW YORK EAGER TO GET SECURITIES This city's eredit was parried to a new high level today by bids for a $.'. 000.000 thirty-year bond Issue, the highest. 5101!.niim. being submitted by n Philadelphia banking and investment syndiente against strong competition which included K. T. Stoteslmry's banking house, The Issue was oversub scribed nearly five times. The high bid for all or none was tnnde by ii group composed of the Franklin Securities Corporation. Klkins, Morris & Co.. ICdward II. Smith & Co.. Middle & Henry nnd the Commercial Trust Co. I'he bids, opened in Mayor Moore's oll'ite at noon, were in striking pontrnst with those offered for the last municipal bond issue of i!7,000,000 which at tracted many "piecemeal" -bids, but no "all or none" offers from syndicates. A syndicate composed of Droxcl & Co., Mrown Mros. & Co. nnd the Gunr ant Trust Co. offered $102.11 "subject to approval of counsel" for the entire issue. Mr. Stoteshury is regnrded as the dominating figure In Drexcl & Co. Kuliti, Loch A Co. Old Another offer for the entire issue cnnie from Dillon, Head & Co., and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., who offered ."?100. 0177. A bid of S102.R2 for the So.OOO.OOO of bond', which bear 5 per cent inter est from January 1 of tbis year. wu received from n group formed of Harris, Korhes & Co.. the National City Co., Montgomery iV: Co., and Graham, Par sons & Co. Mayor Moore announced that a total of sixty-six bids were received. Hep resentatives of nunvrnus bond houses were present when the offers were rend, dome bids being handed in nt the last moment. "This is intensely satisfying to the Mayor and the citizens." Mr. Moore told the investment bankers who were present. "It establishes the endit of the city of Philadelphia beyond per adventure of a doubt." Other ItluVIlercitMl Oilier bids received were: Cassat "& Co.. $3.1.000 at 100.2.1; Parsly Mros. &. Co.. $.1000 at 100: $.1000 at 101 .1.18: West & Co.. all or any part of SoOO.OOO at 101 ."!: Eighth National Hank. $,100,000 nt 100; Harper Turner. SI 00. 000 nt 101. .17.1: KoonU A: Co.. .100.000 nt 101.02; Corn Exchange National Hank. S200, 000 at 101.07.1: $200,000 at 101.2: $200,000 at 101. 12; $200,000 ut S10I.7.1; $200,000 at 101.71; Penn Nationnl Hank, $100,000 at 100: $100,000 nt 100 1-1(5: Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust. $.1000 nt 100: $10,000 at 100 and $2.1.000 at 100; $2.1,000 at 101.01: $2.1,000 at 101. .11 ; Colonial Trust $100,000 nt 101. . Heal Ksetate Title Insurance nnd Trust. $100,000 at 100..!. Charles I Seheerle, SI10.000 at 100..1 People's Trust Co., S.10,000 ot 100. People's Trust Co . $20,000 af'KIO. Hocnniiii?. Ciirrison .V I'n S'J.'.n Oflft at 100.1. Ninth National Hank. $10,000 nt 101. .17: $10,000 nt 101.715: SKI Iklrt nt lOl.flli; SI (1,000 at 102.10; $10,000 nt 12.no. Charles It. Wright. S.'I.OOO at 100.2.1. Kensington Trust Co., $2.1,000 at 100. Hebecea M. Nathans. $.10,000 at 100. Mioren & Co.. $(100,000 nt 100.12.1. Market Street Title nml Trust- fn $2.1.000 at 100. lourth Street National Hank. $20,000 at 100. Georce II. Stewart. $20,000 nt inn.7f-. and $20,000 at 101. Integrity Trust Co., $28,000 nt 100 and $2000 nt 100. Edward 15. Creighton, $40,000 nt 100. MAYOR NAMESENGIiMEER TO SPEEDFRANKF0RD 'L' Chicago Man Gets Post at $7500 a Year Valuation Hearings Continue To expedite work on the Frnnkford "L." Mayor Moore today appointed J. W. Dodd. of Chicago, a consulting Vu- L'ineer, to co-operate with Uirector Twining, nt a salary of S7500 per year. Mr. Dodd ban had wido oxperionce in elevated line construction work in other cities. Hearings in tho matter of tho P. II. T. valuations were resumed hofore the Public Service Commission today, and the testimony was largoly a cross -examination of J. A. Patterson, a P. H. T. realty oxpert, who placed appraisals on a largo number of properties In all parts of the city. With tho conclusion of tho hearing as rotates to real estato values, it is under stood tha P. U. T. will next present statistics of valuo applying to ''rights of way," ami it is intimated theso valu ations, us claimed, will be in the neigh borhood of $1,500,000. Dotorminatlon of the permanent rata of faro to ha paid b patrons of the P. It T. depends entirel upon the out come of the present proceedings, ns the present rate of beven centa per cash fare, or tour ueucis mr iwniy-nve cents, is a temporary arrangement, euectlvo un til April i. QUESTION MAN'S SANITY AssailanJ of Jeweler Will Be Exam ined by Alienists John Kelly, whose mentality will be examined, pleaded guilty before Judge MrCullen, in Quarter Sessions Court todn. to a ehargo aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill J, Hon nov, a jowcler, at 7M Sansom street. Saturday a week ago. Kelly had loft his wateli at tho place to be repaired and when ho called for it, drew a gun and fired three shots, one of which 'ti ink Itosnov in the head Ke'lv made , i .iinl'lin statement to ll m tm in thought the) intended to keep his watch, and that ho had been followed bj hold-up men, nnd therefore carried a pistol, 1 OVERSUBSCRIBED PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1921 Wine, Liquor and Mineral Water Schedule Passed Washington, Jan. 21. (My A. P.) Schedule II of the tariff, once n bono of contention among tariff makers, has fallen Into Innocuous desuetude in these bone-dry days. It covers wines, liquors nnd mineral waters, and as nobody had any oc casion to talk about tho two com modities now excluded from the country ns undesirables and nobody seemed to take much interest In mineral water, tomorrow's ways and means committee hearings on sched ule II were canceled today. Instead the committee will give additional time to the pending schedule G. SLAYER OF JAIL WARDEN ON TRIAL AT MOUNT HOLLY Junk Dealer Charged With Killing Jail Official and Another Harry Asay, junk denier, of South Burlington. N. J., was placed on trial before Judge Kallsch, at Mount Holly today, charged with one of two murders committed November ii. when the wnrden and a trusty in the county jail were killed. Asay is on trial for the murder nf W. Harry King, the warden. King was beaten to death, by Asay, with a poker. After killing King. Asay attacked Charles V. Martlet! , the trusty, and in flicted wounds from which Martlett died within a few hours. Ten jurymen selected for the case are : Harry Fox. machinist. Moorestown ; M. F. Clnyberger. retired, Lumberton; Newbold Prickctt, farmer. Red Lion; Saihticl 'Witherov. farmer. Murlington : Herbert Crowell, retired. Moorestown: Howard Poinsett, farmer. Wrights town; Howard Sharp, farmer. Chester field; George Hutchinson, machinist, Moorestown : George W. Huff, farmer. Delaneo, ami John J. Kenwood, grocer, Moorestown. Asay. who is said to have been suf fering from delirium tremens at the time of the double murdpr, bad been placed in a cell in the bnsement. He escnped and then attacked his keepers. DENIES PENN IS "WET" Dr. Pennlman Spikes Story of Boot legging Crusade Dr. .Install II. Peniiiman. acting pro vost of the Cniversity of Pennsj Ivnnia. denied today repot ts of the appoint ment of a special (ominittre to stamp out the selling or buying of liquor amoug university students, and asserted that lie felt moral conditions nt the col lege to be better than in the nverage community of similar size. "There is no such official as a 'dean of men.' nor is nny such office contem plated." said the acting provost, ie ferring to current rumors stating that such nn official had been named to head a body whose, duty it .should be to put nn end to hootlccriiur. "Conditions - nt Pennsylvania- nro1! probably the same as at all large edu cational institutions nnd certainly bet ter thnn in the nverage community of 12.000. which is the size of our ifni versiry." He explained further that there weie many organizations at the institution which made it their duty to see to the moral and physicnl welfare of students, but that no other such bodies had b-en contemplated. WILL OF MRS. SINKLER Widow Left $200,000 Estate to Her Seven Children ttmnted at $0.1. OOP. contained bequests ot So.-iOii to tne episcopal Hospital and $500 to St. James' Protestant Episcopal Church, Twenty-second and Walnut streets. Other wills ndmitted to probnto weie thoso of Josephine A. Hartley, 22.10 North Nineteenth street. $2.1.000. nnd Sarah C. Lefferty, 1114 Herbert street, $11,800. HELD PRISONER, GIRL SAYS Young Woman From Carlisle Ap peals to Police for Help Messio Schwartz, twenty-one years old. walked into the Detectivn Bureau last night, and told Detective Engle she hail been brought to this city from Carlisle by a man who had promised to ninrry her, that sln had been held a prisoner in a room at Thirteenth and Spring Garden streets, and that she had just escaped. Defectives were sent with the woman to tho room of Arthur Desne. ot the address given in North Thirteenth street, und the man wns arrested, after ho had threatened to shoot any officer who forced his way Into tho room. Later, when detectives learned the girl in tho, ense is a married woman, she was held to nppiyir against Desne when ho is arraigned totav for a hear ing, at the Tenth and Muttonwood streets station, on chaiges of assault and battery nnd carrying concealed weapons. KILLED ON "BLOODY TRAIL" Enston Man's Auto Runs Down Woman at Rlttersvllle Alleiitoun, Pa.. Jan. 24. Karl Sny der, of Eastou, was held under $2000 rail ny tne aiicuiowii pone todny on a charge of manslaughter in havim? hist night inn down Mrs. William Good hill with -Ills automobile on the Wll Ham Penn highway near the Hitter ville State Hospital. HiH companion. Miss (Juice Yahros, also of Eabton. was held under $.100 ball as a material witness Mrs. (inodhile, who was sixty -seven years old, is said to have stepped in the path of the machine Her skull was fractured Snyder Mopped after having struck her and called a doctor Mrs. Goodhue was taken to a -hospital wheie she tiled an hour later. The fatality occurred on the "bloody train." between Allentown and Hitter ville. where Miss Ella Rlegd, of Hrvn Mfilwr.ilL?c"u,,r nm (,mvn an,l klll'p-l Miss Mabel 'Ihompson. t the same plare hist yeni William Gottsehalk of Eilslni' an down ,t -dinnl -l,. ' i year ago at almost the iiinnm,i William Hodgers. of South ncthlolirmi ran down ami killed two women with his automobile. The will of Airs Ella Mrnck Sinklei- 'n''' """ 1P was considerei to be lie ,""T,," . , ,",WH :l""' ,n i,M . . , , widow of Wl n'rt. Sinkler of lOnV; '''"' lo could most clearly and con- ", '! pIiyM.-lnn. Im was "TimnflM Senator K-nwin , ,, ,-,l tl,.,t I - would todn I nl CiMl Tlall T ,p Li ! sardinp wpaiatlons hefoto the confer- '" . Mingliampton. V Y. Lat-r he - '" ,n,cm..n.ndin was , apportion mated at U)0 000 was lift L 1 f'"" The financial and economic po- flain.e,, he lived ,n 1'hilailelph,., pa- krs funds " ...t.... ..' and two ifmiBlilPrs Mrs Vi?,U lv M siti",, f I'r""',c "'"I ! l ""?" llo May,, r-ad todm of ,Sl i,o,obs f ( ongr s TnnnnrCl? tlntioii of loans in America were coa- of "Tiinolln Jones .,,! m-alle, that Advocate, ot the logis',,.,.,,. . on. odd The wIll'ofllannnhT Koekorsne, ee,. ''"''I in the preparations niHile by the "" njquaintnn.e of that name lived m "' Hie vote would be w-,v ,w, Pri- of 1800 South FiftvseVetUh street e-' I.m" ' cnbi't',, ,0 '? " ''" ot 'S.1,om,;l,1 ."."'" '," ' " lawpltiil a',dt- polls ,aken by both -,.e. showed PREMIERS HEAR MILITARY CHIEFS Marshal Foch and Other Allied Loaders Report on Ger many's Progress ISSUES OF VITAL IMPORT BEFORE PARIS CONFERENCE My the Avsorlafed Press Paris, Jan. 21. Representatives of Great Mritain, France. Itnly. Melgium 'nnd Japan gathered iiero today for a confercnec which seemed second In im portance only to that preceding the signing nf the treaty of Versailles. The principal figures of the meeting Wo David Llovd George. Mrltish pre mier, nnd Arlstide Mrlnnd. who Inst week assumed the pot of president of the council of the French republic About these men the negotiations of the conference are expected to revolve dur ing the coming week, and it was be lieved that when the conference will hnvc finnlly adjourned, the allied world will have settled questions long pending nnd long threatening serious complica tions, not only between ally and enemv countries, but between the government's vhicli fought side by side ngalm the ccntrnl empires from 1011 to 101S. The importance of these subjects rank as follows: Reparations, disarmament of Germany, enforcement or alteration of the trenty with Turkey, relief for Au tria and policies to be pursued in deal ing with H.issin. All of them were questions on which the different par ticipant nations were more or less di vided, nnd the settlement of which wns viewed witli great concern. The conference, which virtuallj was a meeting of the supreme council orig inally formed during the Peace Con ference, began at II. .10 a. m. The discussion of (iermau disarmament was first on the program. At 1 p m. tho council adjourned, nfter having deiiited nearlj all the time of its first session to hearing Mar shal Foch. Field Marshal Sir Ilenrv Hughes Wilson, of the Mritish imperial staff, ami General Maurice Nollet, head of the French military mission in Mer lin, on the disarmament question. The conference was opened with a speech of welcome by Premier Mriand. The afternoon session was set for -4 o'clock for discussion of disarmament by the members of the conference. German Disarmament Discussed The progiam for the day, which, of course, was but provisional, called for consideration of tho subject ol noai-de-livericff. the arrangement made between the Allies and Germany nt Spa expir ing on January .11. It was forecast that the Allies would endeavor to leach a new decision on the subject as rapidl) as possible so that German) might b notified before that date. This business, once out of the way. the conference would be free to devote all its time and enerfies to the question of reparations, which was evidently the most important to come before tin meeting and upon which much le pended. Mriand Frees French Claims Mriand. it has been listened, owed III IIIIHIi II MT Iflll ii'-i in u, n ' ii his selection as French premier to the German linancinl and economic ex perts may be .summoned to this city before the conference hns continued very long. The contention of Piemier Lloyd George that the conference fix the amount of indemnity to be paid bv Ger many, which, is opposed bv I'remier Mriand. wno holds that the' amount of reparations be paid the allies should be determined only on the basis nf what Germany can be compelled to CoiiMmml on Pom sit roMimn Four GLOUCESTER MAYOR PEEVED Tired of Having Prisoners Acquitted, He Sends Man to Jail Mayor Anderson, of Gimp ester, to day sentenced Charles Casey 71" entv eight years old. to serve sixtv dins and to pay a line of $.10.7.1. "I'm tired of sending cases to court only to result in acquittals. Whenevci possible. I'll dispose of eases hi im posing my own sentences." said the mayor, in handing the stiffesl punish ment that has been meted to am pris onee yet arraigned before the Gloueostci official. Casy was charged' with attempting to steal an automobile owned In Elmer Lathan. of Camden. Saturdo-.' night: wrfli hurling a brick through a restau rant window and disrupting the peace ful atmosphere under which some fif teen diners were hnvlng a late supper und with resisting polite who tried to arrest him. QUITS SHIPPING BOARD Chester Rowell WIN Become. Mem ber of California R. R. Commission Washington, .Inn. 21. i t A P i- Chester Howell, of (Vlifurmn mi-in-j iiiiiiij ns ii iiiemner of the nen ship ping board, effective immediate!-. It was announced nt the Wluto House that In- was leaving the board to become a member of the California Railroad Commission. . 1 .. " '"tt'M Mr. Howell. n Republican, was up. pointed by President Wilson on Noveni ber Kt ns a member of the board for a term or two years. Tho nominations of the seven members of (he hoard arc now before tho Senate and whether anv nf them will be acted on remains to be determined. Liverpool, Jan. 21. (My r Auckland G;ddes Mrltish 'amlms dor o he Cnited States, who was lied to 1,-ondoii ten dnys ago, landed re this morning nt 8 o'dock He do llied tc icceive newspaper correspond - Whtn you think of -wrltln. think of WHlTINd7"i35: "r, ON DISARMAMENT i iiiiiii-' im'iiiii- i in- ii i iiiMi toiernmciiis. ' --' - ......... ... ..'-m,- .. .. ..-n.... .. n - i- .... -u ff Published Dally Kxropt fiindny. Kuli.rrlptlnn Prim in n Year uy Mall. e'npyrlRht. It'-'l hy Public lditnr Pomp my Wins $100.00 on 30th Attempt This ia C. A. Hayes, of 220 Center street, Haddonfiold, N. J. Mr. Hayes is n model of persistence nnd optimism who should be en shrined in the hearts of nil litnpin' lim'rickeis. Twenty-nine times Mi. Hayes tried to win the ONK HUNDRED DOLLAR prize- and failed every time. Today his thirtieth attempt wins and he 'finds himself famous. LIMERICK No. 31 Miss Kulhermc WHbcrforcc Waitc Said she'd go to the theatre with Nate; So the dear little girlie Started dinner quite early, But F8 made K8 LS i the DS. "". :S mf '(f&liZi'iV''ax! ''Z'fnvZ??-. JbM. - - 1.. There's Another Lim'rich Today Maybe It's t YoursSec Page 2 FIND STARVING MAN DEBATEON PACKER IN CHURCH TOWER Honor Graduates of College of rnarmacy Mere was Delirious The young man font d starving and j ii t delirious in tho tower of a New York . , , , . church has been identified as Harry Major, nf Sheffield. Pa . an honor giad- tiate of the Philadelphia (Allege of Plmrmai, in ,hc , I,, of 1010. While the twenty -three-icar old pharmacist ns in tho tower, suffering from cold and the lack ot food and wntcp ii 1,,-ntlm,. n... f .... searching for him in the hospital's and police sintiiiiiH of New York. .Mayer passed through this citv two weeks ago bound for New Yoik. where he hoped to obtain work as a pharma cist. When lie hn.l ut.nnt nil Ms r.,...i. but a' $20 hill borrowed from j,;, ' omnnss m, s iniPstigatifm of the pm k brother, he took refuge in the tower nf I '" "idustrv was an ex-parte inquiry the Eighteenth Si i col .Methodist Epis '"i"' ,M' 'be i nmmis. ion's .barge of copal ( hurch, New York. in'uiimj was has, only on circnm- Tin disioveri of ilir sf-irvins wmng ' N,,",,",l ''v idenee and tinwai lanlcil in drug cleik bordered on the diaiuatic a" i tvrt'y r'- services were about to begin icsieidav ! ' '"' packers- h.iie not agmeil to per in the churph. the pastor, the' l!ev. M. ' pontage of purchases ,,f hw-sto, u. Sen C. Wainn. heard a noise in the little ' ",or Shinnr declarc.l '',e inmh-tli.-tower room once used as a study cussed incniorandut i of peicoutagi s Dr. Wairen. Willia.n Craw-foul. il,i taken from pai lep lib . Mr Smoot sa'd. sexton, nnd several meniliets of the i mi- I was a basis for colli-, turn nf punt tiimls gregation ascended the tower stain as ,,x t'"5 packers to fight harmful Icgi-ln and found .Mayer on the Moor in-a do . . , - "num. He was taken to the Mellevu. tied nsi his missing brother "I couldn't tind woik." H.-irri told his brother. "Winn I had spent all mr money evept tlm $20 went to tin church and found the room in the tower Id bin i want am . ihe family to kuow the tix 1 was in. t.lTJ u,y0'nWT,) nl.r',lAer ,,"nV take bin. to SI,, fin- d as .oon as he has recoveied sufiicient i to make the tr p. Harry took two pti7es, one in chemistr. another in matcn med.en. when l,o cradiLited here luo icirs ,,-..o II, i receive. honorabl. nunti.iu in scleral other subjwt.s. MAYOR SEES TRIBUTE TO CITY IN BOND DEMAND 'No finer tribute could be paid to the city of Philadelphia than this," stated Mayor Moore today after the 35,000,000 munic ipal bond issue had been oversubscribed more than five times. "It indicates thnt the high tide of Interest rates has been leached. For this administration it means much. We will soon be ready to proceed with new nnd important construction works, bo:ls foi which are now in abeyance awaiting loan money." TRAIN BANDITS GET ONLY $9 FOR EFFORTS LOUISIANA, Mo., Jan. 24.-Four masked bandits, who held up a Chicago and Alton passenger train near here early today obtained ?0 for their efforts. Locked vestibule doors kept th robbers out of tho sleeping cars and coaches, the fireman con tributing the only money obtained. TJie bandits escaped. The train was enroute from Kansas City to Chicago. SNOW CHASESJISS SPRING Below Freexlno Temperature lb Promised for Tonight Snow flurries were reported limn various parts of the city around today while in others the sun peeped enth torlh from l-irtre einnnsou ..f ol.,. r. ' . " ' "-"'i'. blue sky It is riiinoicd that the weather ni.iii is at a loss to account for the strnngi actions of the elements recently . and doesn't know which way to turn for his next prognostication. Yesterday, being tho warmest in of this winter, as well as of au winter during the last ten years. w.i si,ts i,sfitnccr!ins to the ureii'i d tlio .mm tndax w wd to , add in its bdu.ldlemet TonMit . ... 1 "'" A M PI I 5j5?gj BILL NEARING END ;.. Osll. .-:..... I.. id' ICS CollUSIOn'by Big Smoot Den F.ve" on Final Dav of Discussion .. ,1,,, ..uuli. . ,, .' IUC lSsOCtalCll I TPss w-.lv , . ... ' .isiiiiition. .1 m ii . "I. I)., "nin tie Until dm s ,emtc ,,,, n. lull ., ,'-n '"''' (l1' " packing iinbist-v Si ualor Sl""r" '"! i-'d duirg f .illusion and ZZ': ' ""' Voiing on the measure ami a nend , men's, which will follow the debut' . w'l! ""'" "' ' I'- ,'" under i unntiim m ' Ilgreetiienr leached M'lir.ll weeks iim ''"'"J s,'"n"' '"' '" '" a. tc. iwi liours carlie,. tliuu usual, to c: -n tin,., f-.r ' 'i """"'"", ' "as agreeu to v,u tin ! ,l,'1'nn ' live irlinutes foi --.i-ii senator beginning at 2 o'clock Senator Smoot said the Federal Trade 'in with sinators hsjed n doubtful" to determine the fale nf th.- legislation, about wbiih conttnvor h.is rai"l fur ten enr The lull up for disposal tml.n ,. known as the Grnnna bill. ham- boon ropoitcl b Senator Gronna as ! s,b- ,"u", f,,r ,l"' K-nyon-Kcdri.-k bill Thl. ,;rnnn mens,,,,, provides f, fed- ., ,.i,; f ., , ', " t. B. ,? , ' ' ",' T' V""k" JIn.r,,v, "'"""'."".. .."-. other agen ' " '" ",r ""'"l lllsrr In ., n,.w goxeiiimi in livestock inmnii.Miui of (.nllniiiil en I'.icr sk Colunm I In,-,- NOTED ENGINEER A SUICIDE Max Everhart Smith, 72 Years Old. Kills Himself New orli. I.m I'I , I'i p. M3 Fwihurl Smith, seventj tw.. war. old and . iti'Jv .rnn.,nc,.t ',, ' ' ' '" tiiilte.l siL.et.li. It, .1 i.i... .....1. . j. - . -" ... .tun ninny .ii In. East Fifti iiuhti, .,,,.,! hoini lll relntiw's "III III.'. Wile lLtll.,1 nm of any niutiw Amiriling to his p, -ician In bad been m giHn health for Ins age Mi Smith .in entjiniei, ull, ,V(I i, s.. t . iiiiiii in i iinstrin tin,, nt i he r.,u V.'H: "1 .'"".s ."" ":'. " il. Fad- id inrm-s i nun ii. -is i'iiiiiic:ii PIIICJD TWO CENTS SCHWAB'S $260,000 VOUCHER FOUND IN AUDI! SAYS MORSE Accountant Admits, However, He Has Not Seen It Personally ANOTHER FOR $18,000 FOR PAUL D. CRAVATH ALLEGED My tile Associated Press New York. Jan. 21 Perley Morse. wlmse accounting firm audited the book i.r the Methlehem Shipbuilding Co In hu unpen red before the WnUi. corn tt,,. inw'stignting affairs of th I lilted States shipping board. He rnr l-obonitril testimony of Colonel E. II Abadic tnrmer general comptroller, colli pi ling diicovcrv of a voucher fm S2'!0(iOii alleged to finer personal ex i(n-c-. nf Charles M Schwab for Oc tobei 1!Uv Mr "Morse said lie told Colonel Aba die iniler whixo diicition the audit wns 'carneii out. of the discovery nf the , voucher bv one of his accountants aiM of the ixiMcnco of other vouchers. On of these was for SlS.dOO paid to Paul I l Cravath. attorney for the Methlehem coiiipanv . nnd was charged to over licad. he sjiiii i Colonel. Abadic Informed While Morse vaid he and not seen the CriiMith voucher, it was reported to him In one of his men and he mentioned ti lo Colonel Abadic after the audit ha I been enlii.l off hi Chairman Payne. The mi fher. he told the committee was entered m the trial balance which Ins auditors nre conducting, under the heading i.l "administration and expeii in general." Mention of the vouchers , un made to Colonel Abadic. Mr. More ' '"M'lnitnd. ill connecton wth other ,gs m,Hi included the voucher of Sis.000 to Mr Cravath. This charge. 'be said was for attorney's fees 1 (Questioned concerning the $20)0.000 windier he said the number of It was 1'iVi. A memorandum was attached to the windier, showing that SUIO.OOO was lo be charged to snp construction, lie said , The matter was . allcl to the atten tion of one of the lletlilebcfn einplnw b one of hi nieoimtants, and the slnrt buildiuc employe, he snid, told his nuil' tor that the amount already had been disallowed. Mr. Morse explained that when the nu it was resumed his firm had fie j auditing of only the material and lain I accounts and the Held work for the ovc head wns to havj'. boon handled bv tb auditors nf the emergency fleet ".oT" porntinn. His firm, however, was to hte genera' direction of the work, but this plan, lie said. wa not i at tied out (. Mien's .statement Denied The statement 0f Martin .1. l.iH"n. formei assi-tanl to the chairman of no boaid. in his testimony before th.- . .nn mittec, to the effect thnt Mr. Mm so hud agreed that the item was not charged to ship construction. a d. tiled bj the w itiiess. Mr. Mm so declared he had no knowl edge of how the item was handled on the books of ,he building corporation aftn his work was interrupted The contract for tne audit, lie said was mad' with Colonel Abadic on .Innn- ary H AGAIN REPORT LENINE DEAD Rumor of Russian Premier's Demise Repeated in Berlin Paper Cnppiiliiigpu, Jan 24. i Hv A P i Ui-poits ot the death of Nikolai Lenin, tin Sm p i I.iiisiiui premier, are per -i-ting. in cording to a IleKingtors n p.iiih to the Merliugske Tidendc ,n, tin- tint i llolshcvik provs claims to Imi" further ei nlencc of it. These nov. -papeis teg.inl as signricanit. adds u . dimth. the fact that Lenine has n..r atti tided several nsent meetings ..t i... Soviet giixernment otbcials. all of whi.n Miti' prespii-il over b Leon Trolzl, i, minister of war. Hi cent rumors of the death of !. ' me apparently originated in the fact tl n the death of an "M. Karpoff" was .inniui iced from Moscow louplod with the stnteinetit that -'Kiiiioff" as on. ..! I eilllie's pselidoninis It was ex pniiiiil latci howew-r tint tie KarpolT 1 .is,, demise occurred was a Russian i In'll'lst attliohi-d t" Leililie s ollli in staff Later ippotts, rui it oil lit tt .n of 'lie llelsingfors I 'openbagen iinite asscrtpil that Lenine was ill and hud In en oriec. to take i lot,-, rest Report o! tl.e iIhii h of Lenine and of iirii.eil nttacks upnn li.in Inn.' hion -o fiPipiont in tin n.i-t ti.n. v. iir- linn lliei are now n il with d. . ule.l res. 1 1 , J WAGE CUT ANNOUNCED Carmen of Albany. Troy and Othee Towns Notified of Reduction Mh.inj. N. Y.. Jan 21 Notices of n icihi'tion ii wages from -,tv cents t.. t.otv lite cents an hour effective Janu niv '.'! wco served on street cur em i.lnies of the I nitod Traction Co to In Tbe com, .not operates ,n Albaui . I roi Rem-ki-lnci alet i hot Water toid ('nhi.es ami lirpen Island In its noti.es the cMiiip-iiii sins thnt it s.iflerivl n loss .f 527 2"l in opei i ting expenses for die last , months of 1020 and nM..rt that a recent ro'" e. isinii of tho PiiIiIIp Serine Conimis sion wil1 furl her decronso the gro li w-ii'ie f llie . ompalil In nol lesslh.ii. .s.-.ll III Ml a tour I'tider an iigronirnl roa. lied on Jul 1. I.I2U. ibe . inplori . it ei gni'ii mxi , i cuts an linnr This imocmoiit tertni noted nti Now mhi i I last, hut the om pant i iiiilinn.il it pending a fare ile i Ision bt the conuiiHSiiii, Today' . Dei flopmt'iits in National Capital 'I'he Senate entered upon final d. bate on the bill In tegiilnte ,e in. it packing industrv A wit., will fit I liken at 4 o'clock M 2.1 per cent ndm-tui,, n ,.(! mates for the foreign service was recotnineiidpd by a rnuunlltce in pre. seating the consular bill to the Uoup, I .Ji I I ,ii L...' fn.'fi"''Jt'.-K'ri ! t V J -i 1 ny-j isj'ifjil, .tr.. 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