- rVt jw tix $y " .T.Tr" .-,-',. 7 " ? J ( ," v .',.. ' -X'v ;-' '"i!' .. ,.?. ..W "j T ITi T ; 1MJ. :'r - ' r ,. -, . , "!.- Lim'ricks Are Like an Old tire and No Chains on a Slippery Street Can't Stop 'Em See Page 2 ' Aliening public ffieftger THE WEATHER Knlr null continued cold tonight: low est nboiit 10 degrees! Wednesday cloudy; slightly wanner j probably snow. TKSirKKATI'IllJ AT KACH IIQUlt NIGHT EXTRA r i" no ill Mii i i I ii I : ! -i I 5 I rr-nur.M H" rgo "" '21 ' ! VOL. VII. NO. 114 ifiiin hues hereto: purchase auto Mysterious Missive From Road ing Used as Evidence Against i "Billy' Brines PRISONER LINKED WITH PLAN TO BUY A MACHINE Roommate of Slain Youth Tells of Chum's Leaving Dartmouth to Come to Philadelphia DEFENSE LOSES TILTS,. Efforts to Keep Testimony From Jury Fails After Long Argument Facts in the Trial of William P. Brines On trial Wlllam P. Urines, U. of P. sonhomnre. The laln man lilmor C. Drewes, Brines' friend, n senior at Dart mouth College. Found phot to death October 17 on Mnseher street near City Line. Oak Lane. Place of trial Quarter Sessions Court. Room KM. City nnll. .Indite William F. Ferguson. Counsel For the prosecution, Assistant District Attorney fJordon. For the defense, Willinm A. Gray. A mysterious letter concerning the purchase of an automobile, which was f wived by Elmer ('. Drewcs, the Dart mouth College senior murdered in this city October 17, was offered in evi dence today at the trial of William P. Urines, the Penn sophomore ac cuse of the crime. Where the commonwealth obtained the letter was not disclosed, though it h believed to be the paper about which much has been said fro mtime. to time, found In t(.o pocket of Drcwes coat hert his body was (Uncovered in n lonely snot nt Oal: Lnno It tu tnl.l iimi- !. i.l in i , I is sail that the letter will be one or the turning points of the case against , the man who was Drcwes' chum, and is now mviiscd of killing him. The etti-r uiw ,lnt.J -,.,.,,.. n ...i and came from Heading, Pa. It stated that the writer had a car to sell that had run only l,"..' miles, at $1800. The reason given for the low price was that th? owner needed cash. The letter was signed "Samuel Magce, General Deliv ery, Heading, Pa." The introduction of the letter was only one of several important develop ments of the second dav's nroceedliiL's i before Judge Ferguson In the Court of! OiPr nn,l t,i i) -., n. jer and Terminer, Uoom 0...I, City ,Ia''- nrewes' H,oomnwto on Stand i -, .. . omiiacr was tne introduction us a witness of Howard 1,. Heath, of Dart mouth College, Drewcs' roommate, who told of a conversation with the slain student the dny he left college for New York, on hlH way to Philadelphia. William A. Gray, attorney for the defense, objected strenuously to Heath Siting the substance of a conversation which had taken place between him nnd Drones before the latter left. After both Mr. Gray and Assistant District Attorney Gordon had produced elaborate authorities, the court let Hiath testify. The fellow student of the slain youth testified Dreu'PS linil siwilun m.vnnil times bI1Ilt buj;,,1R ,, IItomobile and I tor.$X ' , , me a. the 1 Mil Hiid that "Hilly ' Urines had men-J,,,,,)," hll, King, "but she was not '"r1' f!n t0 ''!nl- ' .iidni'lleil. and I was greatly depressed. The first move In today'n trial was tnj I, 'iter l came to see me while I was call a sidebar conference over a dis-.still in a wheeling chair at home and I'M ie in evidence. Mr. Gra wished to owain a ruling against the mlmission Of lltirolv ft mil tn urn ft Hm I nt tili.mwi mwl hi ---.. lllll 'lltlllllll llllll llll t II I lit Mind Assltant District Attornej Gor wn both ailduced nnniernur. authorities t" prove tlieir contentions. Drewcs Clothes Identified At tup conclusion of the conference, ''VJ'i' a lasted from n few minutes past il until K).:iO o'clock. John Graham. 'Hstrlet detective of tho Hranchtown sttttlon, took the witness Maud. (rahmn told of having gone in the "strict patrol to the scene of the mur w. He said he found the body of a "nng man ling with the head to the "orth, on the wot side oftho mud. He " dead, wit hu bullet wound in the forehead The witness related that the owrcmt lay about the lower half of tin boclv, tnrki-,1 under the right leg. Mr. Gr. then went over to a table where a argepuper bundle lay. Ah lie undid the t'Alne and removed the paper, whh h Tackled at his touch, every neck was iraneil to see what the bundle con-J-nlneil it proved to be nn overcoat dark mixed material, which the de wtive ideiitiilcd as that found oyer the D0(j , A pip,.0 of cloth about six inches "Ouyre had been cut from the coat, so 'Mat stains believed to be blood might analyzed. The detective (dentllled '. a felt hat. from which a square of mnt' rial had been cut slmlluih. lc,U v. w Wlis ,Im' 'inditloii of the Lo,,V- Mr. Goidon asked. Btlfr,m V?.h '"h- ",1(1 ""' 1oi"t,H '""1 "Wencd." Grahnm nnswered. tu'i,),,pl,l' "eeves, also a district detee arHii "'V euye n 'lescriptiou of the inftn found In Drcwes' pockets. .Vndlnr.'l,,t,,(','ni'!,,s "'"'""''.v. ooi,, from K ' n'ht"wn station, read ound S V,1,cvrl,t,(,,, lst ""' '""''I'-- "M " "ie body. The nrtlclcN them- tkntlnufa en l'aw mu, t'olumo Un lCnterol as Second-Clam Mutter nt lh rnttnrnr. nt I'lillaJelphla, P. Umlr tho Act nf Mnrch 0, 1870 I & r1' MKS. ANNIE URINES rh0' Mother of William P. Urines, Penn sophomore who is on trial for the murder of Klmcr C. Drcwes, Dartmouth senior. Mrs. Urines, who Is n conspicuous figure at the trial, was ocrrome by her emotions toda and wept during the morning session AMAZED AT ARREST ' IN DEATH OF GIRL Bristol Youth Accused of Mur der of Arline May Stout As serts His Innocence IS CONFIDENT OF OUTCOME - "I am confident of the oiitcom nf this trouble because I am innocent. Charles 1-Mwln King. Jr., arrested yesterday in connection with the death of seventeen-year-old st0, Inmlt, , llsV(.rtio. homo, ZtO Mill street. Hr Arline May 1011 toduy ut liis l!rUt..l Miss S'tnitt. a student at tho West 'Philadelphia High School, was found "'"" I'.ioiuT i. in nor inline. i....i Webster street, as tho result of a bill 'et wound. Her body was discovered by her father. Freeman M. Ktout. xlinrtly after u visit made by Kina; to the Stout home, .King, a youth of slim build, who shows the pallor of recent illness, is nninzed b the sudden turn of affair1-. He declared today that he did not really know with what he K charged. King was arrested on a warrant charg ing homicide and held under S.'iOOO bail for a further hearing Monday isi"" "f ',is, l'Kt-r as he stood at lier grae is lielieved to liave aetunted stout to caiibe King's arrest. The King hmne at lii-Mol is cozy and comfortable and th" general surround ings iiiuicate refinement. KingV father is duail and his mother conducts u little hoarding house. Her onlj hoarders at this time are three young women school touchers. King plnw-d with n fox-terrier and smoked n cigarette a.s he recounted his ai'tloiiM on tin' day of Mfss Stout's dentil. Hi- declared he was "madly in love" with the girl and as he -poke of their last day reinaiked that her death was a crushing blow to him. I.ov ut First Sight King Mild he met Miss Stout ln-t Apiil at 'i dance in Philadelphia. He said "il was u easy of love at tirst sight,'' and that they met frequently after that, lie was taken ill when they hud l.nnv n each cither but a short time and was -cut to the ItrNtul Hospitnl. when- lie underwent tliree operations ,i... xuit .)., eied me cuiisidernblj Leading gniduall up to the (lay nt her death. King said: "I culled at the house at 1 :!(( oMoek in the afternoon. Her mother, father and sister weie out. I left there at tt :.'!() o'clock in the owning, promising that I wou'il call again on the following Wcdiiesduj. As- I was leaving Ailim said she was going upstairs to write me a letter. "I went to the West Philadelphia station to take the S:17 train for Hris tol. IWhile waiting ut the station 1 called Arline on tl.e phone to saj gond liy once more. I called sowral times hut she did not answer. Called on Phone by Father "I concluded that she had gone out to pimt the litter to inc. I went home and retiied earl.N At HI :!IO o'clock thut night 1 was awakened 1 the telephone. The call was from Ailine's father, lie t-fld me that Ailine wiim ill and asked me to raw In. I returned to Philadel phia, uatliing her Imuie slmillj aftei midnight. Two men met me at the door and questioned me regiinling my I movement of the day. I thought it strange. Finally Mr. Stoul took me upstiiirs and showed me the dead Ihm1 I 'of Alllue. I wiih overcome with grief! ' and despair. ' i Again couqueriii, tin- tturs which I tilled his eves King added "Mr. Stout1 W'as very kind to ine and told lue In come often. M) neither xislted them laud cxprossi il sjmpathy. When I at tended the funeral of Arline, however, found a great change Her r.uully ' treated me coldly. 1 did not visit llieni I again. Later, wlieu I suw m. nuine i connected with Ailine's death and I pointing suspicion to me I consulted a lawyer and he said there was no icuson ; that I should visit tin- family and lo do nothing about it. Mr. Stout asked me why I had not xislted him and I told him it was on account of his atiuuge 'itltltuile at.tlio funeral. ALLENTO WN MAN !N TROUBLE BEFORE Butterweck Said to Have Fig ured in Triangle Tragedy Ending in Suicide SAID SAFE WAS LOOTED Uu a Stuff Corrripoiite't Allcntoun, Jan. 'St. Harry A. Hut teryyeck, the builder yvho is said to hove obtained about 1,00(1,000 through duplicate moitgnges, figured In two police invcstigatlon.s here, one con cerned yyitli the "eternal triangle." no iMirding to City Detcctiyn .1. II. ion. Hutteryyccl:, now in jail on charges of foiger.y and embezzlement, yvas a target tlc years ngo for bullets fired by Milton W. Morroyv. of this city, yvho shot hi-- yyife, Mrs. Morrow, and later coininitcd Miicide, NInoii said today. The tragedy is said to have resulted from jeabci.sj of Ituttenveck. The double shooting followed an au tomobile tiip ui.ide hj Iliittcrweck and Mol-iow to Laiicuter. yvliere the yyiVcs of both men yyeic spending u lioliday. (n tlieir return her". Mrs Mornow lied from her home with a bullet wound, pursued by her husband, Nixon said. Hiitterweek is said to have hustled Mrs. .Morrow into his own house nearby. Nixon asserts Morrow chased the liui'dcr, firing seyeral shots Hf(er him. ltefore police arrived Monow returned home and fired two shots into his head. The other episode, according to .Nixon, occurred last September, when Hiitterweek reported limt his snfe had V'-eii robbed. 11- said it had contained M.IOO. borrowed to pay the interest on snine mortgages. Nixon ailddl t'i'it lie made nn inyesti ifntion. hut found that the safe had not been forced open lie and Chief of p,i lice P.ernhard. he r- iniimi.Ml. had strong doubts that there had bien a robbery. Operated In Lancaster It was discovered today that the operations of Hiitterweek etxended re cently to Lancaster The Iiiyc.vers who arc Invesfgating his affairs which are said to be hopelessly tangled, have not yet looked up the Lancaster operation, but it will be sub jected to a strict scrutiny to see if Hiit terweek cuiplowd the same methods wiih h he is alleged to have used in Al Icntown. 'Pill. I'll llntn ....,. ...- .. -"; - inuiij niiornevs at tne ICOMlt hllllse l,..r f,l. I., '.... i . "" "'"iioi( no rec ords oi the many- transactions in yvhlcli Jlllttetyyeek was engaged in ,1S long tiiieiT as a rmiiiicr. The investigators sa say they haie dug where the builder uj' mnii lustancci t'nntliiuril mi I'iibc Two. ('nliiiiia Twii COLD SPELL TO REMAIN FOR AT LEAST 36 HOURS Temperature Drops to 11 Degrees and May Go Lower Another cold spell tonight, with the timperutuic Inlow this morning's min imum of 11 .hgrees is ,,e prediction of Iorecaster lillss, who .es no lessening oi the cold snap for thirty -sK hours Tin' ollicinl inluimuiu this morning was reached at 7 o'clock, after u steady drop from 111 degrees at midnight. Other cities felt the cold worse than l'liil.t-deli-hm Albany N V., ,, ,.,,. zero; Moston hud a tint zero; S.ranton J above, and New Virk city 1 above Pliilndell'liia's weather has been g v ing a good imitation of a roller coaster for the last ten days. Starting win, fill murk on the Mth. the temperat . c sudden y hegau to shoot down und le.i.heil bottom at 7 degree,, the win. ter's .oldest, hist Wednesday. The following llgures show tile dwided "iumnlness of the ollicinl i,J ' lure: .lanuarj l-l- Fifty si degrees .lanuary 10 Seven degrees ' I Sunday F'ft -seven degrees, I Today P.lcwn degrees ' i Continued fair and cold H the oiln ial loiccast, with a temperature of in ,i,, grees. High winds will probably ac company the cold spell, , Uj,, lf sit miles an hour from the northwest was recorded In New York city last ' 'TMiUSt. Paul's Day. According to the tradition, a clear day today melius. 1 u happy jeiir to all. ' PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921 MOTOR LICENSE STATIONS THROUGHOUT STATE URGED Representative Conner Has Bill to End Delay In Getting Tags Uu a Staff CorrMponrtoif Harrisburg. Jan. 'Jfi, Stale Ilepre sentntlve Patrick Conner, Philadelphia, announced today he yvlll offer a. bill making It mnndntnry for thn Illghwny Department to establish branch ofllooi all over the jdate for the sale nnd dis tribution of automobile license tags. Conner yvill ho barked In his fight for tho bll'. yvhlch probably yvlll be op posed by the Hlghyvny Department, by Hlchard Weglein. president of Coun cil; Senator Dnlx and Thomas G, Mor ris, former magistrate. Morris yvlll aid Conner in lining up nrvesary votes so tins Governor yviil have n chance to pass on the proposal. Speaking of the bill Morrl.H said . "These offices should be established in Philadelphia and other cities and townH In the stnte. Only In this yvay can we eliminate the delay and confusion which nttends the present method of distribution. "We u'l recall the difficulties auto mobilistH had at the first of the year, when they yvcre unable to get their tag in time. Drivers were arrested by tho score In Philadelphia and the inade quacy of the present syptcm yvas sharply brought out. "Why, over in New .Icrt-'cy, I under htnnd, you can buy theni oyer the conn ter In Cnmden or any other place nnd don't huve to se,nd to Trenton and take n chance of not getting your tags la time to preyent arrest. "I um sure uutoinobilistK nnd busi ness men oyvning cnmmercinl vehicle"! and trucks yvlll be glad to support Mr. Conner nnd his bill yvlth ull the foreeq .nt their command. The idea is to make it mandatory on the state Ilighyvny De partment to establish these branches." Conner hopes to havij his bill ready today. i CHASE ENDED BY SHOTS Prisoner Admits" Being With Crowd That Assaulted Men John French, of Hror.d street, Oak Lane, yvas urrested ut 12 o'clock this morning after lie had been pursued and shot nt several times by Detectives Heller und Waters, of the Park and Lehigh avenues station, Frencli yvas seen with several other men .it Germnntoyvn nvenue and Ve nango street. The detectives suspected the men had attacked John Reynolds and his nephov , George, of Tentli nnd Wallace streeti, in front of a restaurant at ."OlM Wallace street, early Sunday morning. John Reynolds is in a serious condition at St. Luke's Hospital. When the detectives ordered the men to halt they ran north on Germnntoyvn avenue. At Frle avenue four of the men disappeared. Tim detectives fired nt French nnd lie surrendered. At u hearing before Magistrate Glenn today French admitted he had been yvlth the gang which attacked the Itevn- olds. lie yvas held in S.ri00 ball for a further hearing nest Tuesulu; . , NOT BRIDE 0FC0L BEATTY Wilmington Girl Did Not Wed Avla tor, Mother Admi'ts Denial that her daughter had mar ried Colonel (Jeorge lleatty, former member of the Hritish air forces, wan made yesterday by Mrs. .Tolin Shiny. Hcntty yvns arrested in Wilmington, Del.. Inst yveek. on a charge of non sitpport oi n minor child, following a rumor of a secret marriage to Mis., Lil lian Sli.iw. assistant clerk In u Wil mington bank Mrs. Slaw, up to the present time. ,.u iniu'u .... u .. cr .iniiBiijer marnea tl.n nvlntnr. nnil nwl vn.lnnnv lI... l.n.l V ',. , ,..... ....... -... ...... done so to stop gossip." lleatty -yat arrested on Friday last in St. Louis on the previous charge of r.onsiipport and the additional clinrgcs of jumping ball in botli Wil mington nun Washington. Mrs. Shaw also denied that the woman witli lleatty in St. Louis yvas her dnughtu. ONE SLIP TOO MANY Banana Peel Expert Finally Slides! Failed to Appe.ir Into Jail Do Valera had been Ii lug for mourns A pretended fall on a banan.i peel i il1 thU country prior to bis "diun yvhlch had won money from railroads i pearance last Noy ember. It yvas pub and trolley companies throughout the "'' announced that he yvas resting at Fnited States resulted in the arrest J" ""disclosed place in this country, and conyictiou of a Negro in Camden I U'l'ry llolnnjl, secretary of the Ameri- today. , This neculiar species of swindle nr. i disclosed to the Camden nollee in the I ease of Charles (ioldemas, thirty -live I "v.' years old. who yvas taken to the Cooper! '"', ,)o alera did not appear at the Hospital Sunday night suffering from "leti"g. About .lanuary 1 it was an alleged internal injuries received in a i n"'"cil the missing president had full nn a Public Service Co. cur r.,.1.1... leached Ireland safely. mas nut In a claim for SKI. and bis .In. i tyctioii resulted following an investiga tion. He yvas sentenced to six months , In jail ctiargeii with obtaining money' under false pretenses. In a confession which (Ioldemas mnde , to detectives lie admitted lulling woik- I c,l the siime tilck in Alllwriukec, Chi- cagn, i, os .yngeies ami other western i It, es. He also eootesse,! .. I I. .".,.", tamed ?- on two dliTerent occasions ' i. on. ine i iiiiniiei inia an, lien, in- Today's Developments in Motional Capital Senator ("aider gave the opinion that the public was mulcted out of a billion und a half dollars last year by men in the coal business. Ile'ap peared before the Senate committee consideiing Ids coal regulati'". '"I Sroretari Payne sent Cliairman Jones, of the Senate couilueri e com mittee, ii copy of a letter in which P. A. S. Franklin, president of the International Mercantile Marine Co., Mated that neither the Hritish (i.,v erniuent nor any other lluglish in terest had any old ml mer his com pany ClilToi.l Thorne, representing farm ers' oigaiiizatlons, urged on the House agricultural committee legis. Intloii to eliminate speculation In grain futures. Anthony Camiuettl, commisisoner general of immigration, told a Senate committee that the I'nlte.l States should co-operate v i 1 1 1 foreign KoV. eniineiits to prevent departure for America of inadmissible aliens. Acting Secretury Davis gave the Senate foreign relations comuilltco further facts regarding cable landings ut the Island of Yap. Fanners will reduce their produc tion ii Cougios fail, to give tariff piiilcction for crops. T. w. Morrcli. of Colorado, told the Houkc wuis and means oominltlee. DE VALERA SHIPPED E SKIPPER DECLARES1 Engineer of Vessel Also Says, Irish Republic Head Went as Stoker ' VANISHED WHEN OFFICIALS IN ENGLAND EXCLUDED HIM Knmon De Vnlera. president of the Irish republic, who shipped into Ireland past the guard'ng rordon of the Hrltish, may have shipped from tills port as a stoker on a Hrltish freighter. Apparent continuation of this came today from officers of the ship. "flurohl Merry," with n pursport presumably issued by the local Hrlt'sh consulate, left Philadelphia on Thanks giving Day as a member of the "black gang" on the Southwestern Miller This is the man bclleycd to have been De Vnlera. Cupta'n .funics, Williamson, master of the freighter, which is now taking on cargo nt the Port Itichmond piers, said a photograph of Do Valcra yvas that of "Harold Merry." the stoker who. he says, "jumped" the ship in London. Chief Fng'neer M. C. Hunt, of the Soutlnyevtcni Miller, who has direct supervision over the engine and firernoin creyvs, also was positive In his identi fication. Says There's No Doubt Shown a photograph of De Valera. he said there was no doubt De Valcra and "Harold Merry" yvcre the same man. On the passport "Merry's" address yvas given as Long Island and his nn tionnlitty as American. Most of his fe low stokers on the Southyvcsti'ni .Miller were Kngllsh. yy lien tne rsoiithwestern Miller yvus loading cargo for the voyage begun Thanksgiving Day, "Merry" loitered uooui tne snip tor two days. He wore rougn cunning una a buuerctj white sailor's cap. He was final j signed for the trip at the Hritish consulate with three other tiicmen who wen- procured by the .Matthew A. Hanley Co.. ship ping ngents, Walnut street" near Front. l)ltl Ills Work Well On the two weeks' trip across the At lantic, "Merry." yvho had signed for n "pay off" nt London, went through the regular routine m the ship, helping to feed the fires anil giving no cause for suspicion among other yvorkers in the K1....I- ....! iiniLti "ri.. ii..,, n ., ...... . ; . ,- ,,, ,.,.,., ri'i'.iiim ui,i I .Merry anncared to be a man of education. He once remarked to Chief Kngineer Hunt that he had been in Mexico. When the Southwestern MUlcf nosed into her dock in London "Mt-riy" tried to land, hut he was bnrrcd by'l'nglish Immigration officers. They ba(d their refusal on the ground that he yvas an undesirable alien. I Shortly nftcnwird ".Merry"' di-np- peared yyithout collecting the pay due him for tin- trip. " 'Merry's' passport seemed all right to me, commented ( aptalii William son today, "but it didn't ceni right enough for the Hritish officials, who rr fuw, t(, ,,., ,,,, , , ,,,, ,(r . . . ... ... '. ' . ,,P on ip wiuie yve were tie. up In Lou- ,, Wp Kt mV(1 ,,,, ,'.. At the Hritish consulate here officials had no recollection of the man yvho shipped on the Southwestern Miller ns "Merry." I'p to December 1, niisiilutc officials stated, a man would have bad no trouble shipping for a "voyage out," but sinco then all members of a new have been required to ship for a round trip unless able to istablisli their identity and give good reasons for their desire to Inud in Fiigland. ean ( )inuiission for Irish independence. HER LONDON . J stilted he stated he would iirodu. e lie alera at on Christmas '.' meeting ill New York .Speculation ran around in circles, when De ,il".M s piisene. in Ii" I was made known. ( '.injector, s weir so far as to hint that he had reaclied'there in a siibniurii r that In had shipped to some F.uropeun port md thence had reached his native counlty h airplane. Late last year De V ilera was slop. ping ut the Waldorf-Asioria in New- ."" . '""'' "lucills lo.m.t stilted I ber'lU iked out Mom tin r. .sot em- ui;..i..i.. of the Irish p lllse.l ... comment oti the possiiii. ,,f lie l alera s iiuvini; shioneil tnnn this port on Thanksgiving Day, ey..pi to 'point to a newspaper art" Ie of some weeks ago. which said De Val.ru sailed i on Noveinht r L'."i. NEW DISARMAMENT MOVE Senate Asks Facts on Plan to Halt Building by U. S. Washington, Jan 'S . Hi A P . -Another step in the m.. lenient looking , to a reduction of world n.iial building ttas taken today by Senator llorah He introduced nnd the Senate adopted .. i.soiimou calling upon the Senate I nnial an mm committee for informa-' tl.ill whether it would be feasible ti.f advisable to stop Amernnii naial build I ing tor six months. ' Senator Horah annoiiin ,-,i he planned to offer later another resolution pm tiding tor "Investigation of the entii.. question of naial il-sarmaiueiii. ' i In liitro.lii. ing bis resolution tnil.ii , Senator Horah said he desired to know , , whether the Senate committee hail giten uny thought or hml any information ie- garu ng tne Mimrci of redue ns iinwil construction. Bonfire Sets House Ablaze The porch roof of the ho of Hum Ileige sta.l. .tMI.'l Cainbridgc street, was slightly daniaged by fire before lulon today, caused by sparks thing from a bonllre in tlie sti t. An alarm was i -iied in and fugiiies extliieuished the blaze. Published Dally ICucept Sundaj. Hul.irrli'tlnh I'rho JO a Year by Mall. Copyright, ll'lll. hy I'uhllr le-ihcrr Com piny Lim' richer' s $100 Will Pay Xmas Bills Here's another fan who has tried and tried and tried for that ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR Prize and fulled. But today she gets it and she's happy. She's going lo pay her Christmas bills. TAME RICK NO. 32 Bill Fisher, who married Annette, Said, "The honeymoon's still on, and yet. She is all right for looks, Hut, Gee! what she cooks Doesn't fill me except with regret." There's Another Limpin' FINANCIAL SURVEY OF EUROPE ORDERED Premiers Order Inquiry With Forces Opposing Crow Forming Reference to Austria's Eco- Coalition Which Appears Dan nomic Situation gerous to Sproul Program DISARMAMENT PLAN DRAWN Ily the Associated Pies l rails. .Ian. 'S After rejecting a I I""'"' " mill iM- U-lllllU M'JiMir'IU 'problem over to the League of Nations-. 'i, Allied Sunreme ('olliicl tin m de- culci hi appoint u (ommissinn to um :e a thorough inquiry into the entire ques. tinu of the economic situation in Ilu rope, with particular reference to Austria. Tlie council took this action in view of the opinion of tlu confer-es that, as the Austrian situation involved the ei -tire Iliiropeaii economic situation. It yvas advisable to haie it thou .uglily in quired into by the most competent reo resrntutlvf.s of the allied coiiutriis n!,. tniuahlc. These representatives it yvas liicidi-.l yvill be Sir Hubert Home, presulei.r of the Hritish I'.oar.l of Trade Louis Louclieiir. Frencli ministir of liberated regions: Sigimr (iiaiinliii. the Italian economic expert, and. prolcibly . the ministers of coiniHr. of other allied countries, including Helgium. The commission was nppnititnl this forenoon. It was .piited to nn-er be fore the day 'i:i over and expedite its work in ordi r that definite I isiutis might be taki n before the close of the confeience h. ie Financial Proposition Not Aiceptctl During tie .Ii-. ussion in tli uiieil today the gem ml opinion was deilope. thut it yvas tiseles, t,, try to do am thing for Aiistn.i. apart fiom the snlutiou of tile ccoliiillilc problems of the ln"gl- boring couiitii's. with wlibh Austria's future is hound to be closely connected, mid the Miggcstiou from the Austrian section ol the reparations lommissioii for an adiuiee to Austria of .',",.. 000,(1(1(1 yearly fr ten years, guarautcd ('uiitlniitil mi 1'nKe s. ( ultimo four BANDITS r-T.T $30,000 T.T TOLEDO Jcwclty -to. nnd fost. ai C. J hi. 'Vv. lv d l i, m ..1 'noi-c v' s'1(Vl1 ASKS DAM C1S FOR ShlP SUXK BY GLRMAN SUB WAsiiuraic '.i .:.,.'.! m ; fiom the jjnv.i'.ii i ui .i ti.i) -..iK 1 y ' in;1 tlio war v. .is ,.i .', u ; ;., (. l( -. ... it P, . . ;. , . ., , . ':..:i iln I.-....,.! ,s.-, in, . ,t j.r, ,,. wuich. ivl::le iu.ee .m',..f,i; ip,,,;, Jinr, Porto I;.d. :-.' .-.; , v a . ... t iii it .... ami ',,1., Lii jv :;,.., j ,v v , WILSON TO RECEIVE COX Former Candidate to Visit Presh dent Tomorrow Wiisliiiiglou, .Inn. L'.'i. i Hi 1' ol lie llhi. soli r lioiernor . w ill he re.'. J allies M Cm, ,,f led by President il ton, oi row ,it 11 o'cloi k. ii was an ii' mi ii. . .1 today at the While 11 llsl' This will be the second nst of th form, r I too. r-iii" picsideutial . .. i.li dale the 'lie lute lloiise. th. Ii r haiii.g l mi made soon aft, r y. I was iiomiii.ii It Mill Fl'.lllel., o Ills, July. Mi ' continued lod.i.. to r from Di'inocral'c li'mb-rs calls other Mrs. days. ei.e i .1.1 Mi. mis it Co iilau ii i.slungtoii II . ,,,,, lu teiuaiu here icicral Willi Lim' rick Today See Page 2 OLIVER MAY ENTER G CROW ILL; IS PRAYED FOR Hy (;KOIcr;K NOX McCAIN Ifarrishurg, Jan. ".". The bitter nni uiosities lired of the dissatisfaction oyer i the assignment of .ommittco chairman- I hips in tlie Senate )asl yveek lmvei cointuence to erystal!i7c and take deiln- ite form ' An analysis of 'he sanation at tli". time phn allorments were beiiig made udiiaid the le'ginning . iiieuouai. line-ups that won. have a marked effect in deterniiiiln.' legislation at this, session. The iiliic-s i Allegheny county, angered In the triumph of the l.e-dic faction, went .a-k home deti riuii'id mi i.-inis.ii", i neir jioini oi nttuck was .'senator and H. i 'row . of State Cliairman William Fnii'tte i mint i . and inci dentally (iovemor Sproul. it was uinlersf that their rirst at tempt would he to proselytise utid gain adherents to their .'iue aiming niem bcis from the western ountic. The seen,, foilm (i:1 shifted to ti.e ca-tern part of the -fate where a more powerful I'oiilitinii . to be fonn.d. Advances inn,, hem mine, tetitatb by the l)!lier to In ufenuiit- of Jo H. (irtindy, preshb nt of tin- Pent 1'iy, epli lanin Miiiiiitin tiire-s Association and uncoinproniisin.- oppot ent of Sennin i ricy, looking to a 'iiiiti.-titi.iii ..f forces. t.oir .Miiiiuf.icturrrs xrnng I nit Mr. 'irun.l.i lias a ht.i ul.sti ntinl following over tin- -tat. 'I'M comes through the Muup.ict I'r.'nn.ation of the manufacture! s' nin iiitioi.. and ...In prise Democrat ;. as well a Kepubli. ans. Whateier nun be the pollthu' .lllli iarioiis of the individual tiiemii. is of this asso, iiitii.ii. tiny are i. m,t n t ,,. I'mitlliliril un I'iiks Twrlie. ( ulu.iin line CX'S 0" 1 f.: j)n ;,r! .'Ut lllioll'.l . m.l cu -to tli i '. l Pfin.i ' 'i ''. i i.ntt .l.ii' BOLSHEVIKI OUELL MUTINY Fatal Disturbances on Lettish Fron tier Reported From Riga loiul.ui, Jan. 'j.-, . u i , Mniet Hiissian troops m ,' -lika. n. ur the Lettish ir.iiiii. - l n noinni,.,! .. . 1. 1 1 1 . ii.hi iiireii scleral ci.iiiioi-s.ii a s dispatch to th" .. li.uiK,. 'I', (' tron l ipenhagen iiuotn, from ItigH s.l t II 'giapb lull Ices The uprising i. .,., t.. hi,i, IMelleil by I. but -in, liar ,, lurhun.es ur. deciurid in huic . n i, ported hum othtr dislncls Ti1(M an said to bine been due to tli . , , ,, lhi sul.liei s ii r. huugii and ill , ',( 1." n for. 'd ie.Uisiiioii. inMii tilliii;'- in PACT WITH RUNDY '.in ...Mi-id lUU.SClI flotlllg I cnilians. aamni; PRICE TWO CENTS BILL WOULD RIP OUT SCHOOL BOARD FOR ONE TO BE ELECTED Measure Offered by Senator Cray Provides 11 Members at Salary of $7500 GIVES WOMEN PLACE BY ELECTION FOR FIRST TIME Senate and House Start. Legislating After 3 IPcelcs State Sennte and House start rcnl legislative, work under urmlstico terminating job bickerings which have occupied thrco ysccks of ses sion Almost '.lOO bills, a neyv day'a record, yyere launched in tin two legislative branches last night. Senate gets bill yyhich would rip out Philadelphia school board nnd provide for election of members by people Another bill aks stute commission to participate in plnns for 19110 world's fair here. Heprcsentntive has measure to force State Ilighyvny Department to open branch auto license tug offices in every city. Stat" bureau to collect und dis tribute data on crime is proposed. Hi-apportionment program gets start Hill of Senator Kyre enabling triet raiUvays companies, under certain provisions, to ncqulre other oinpanies, yvould pave yvay for nderljing companies to take over P H. T. and end tight on "high rentals " Si mite committee acts fnvornbly 'ii Dai- bill amending city chnrter ii short-term bonds can be issued to I'epaye streets and purchase fire ap paratus. Ill r Ptnff Corrripondnt llarrlshurg. .fan. 'S.. bill which if enacted Into law would almost iin- mediately rip out of office the present i niiiKiiepiua school board ami suhstl tute an elective board of six men nnd the women has been offered in the upper chamber by Senator tiray. of Philadelphia. The Cray bill is only one out of a host 0f lim., wileh poured Into the House Und Senate Inst night. Many of the bills affect Philadelphia particu larly. ."senator (Jrnj. discussing Ids school iir( biI (,,,. Nli(, . "I hnve been moieu to introduce thin Uieiisure because I believe'the present , school board of Philadelphia hns sig nally failed It now is appointed by the board of judges. Its authority therefore is deb-gated authority and it is not dire, tli reiponslble to the people and it i the i im of this bill to make the board more responsiic to public opinion "Public opinion. If able to express itself in direct elections of members of the school board, would not tolerate such a condition ns hns existed over the -elect,on of a school superintendent." "Do you think th present board la too autocratic':" Senator (iray yvaa UsU.'d. "Fiidoubtedlj it is," was the quick r ply . ("iht-s Women .1 Place ('.nit inning Senator (iray said: ou will notice that the bill speclfi cally provides for the representation of women on the board Women are In politics Therefore thei should be rep resented on the board "Wonuti certainly, as the guides and .uurdiiiiis of children, can safely be en tnisfe.l with a direct share in the sen 1 Kin of school direclois and m the inun agenient of tile schools "The aim of the bill, n .i large seu". i to t;et res ilt We are not g. tt't g them now " This is tlio first bill presented to the I'l-ntisilvania legislature which yvould. o curd direct and spo'ili, r ignition f.ir women 'I he bill would apply to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The tirn.t bill product d a sensation mining pl.ihn. iphiiuis here when they aught the full sirfiulu .ine of tie pro posul. s-enuior Nn. i .lei lite. i today t" com iii. nt on the bil There ure strong ndicntioiis, howeior. thut the Vnre foices will not oppose the measure, de spite the fa.'t th it some yars ago Senator Vun f,, iC t against tlie direet c!i ton method on the gioiiu.l that the schools won l. be dnigg.d into pnrtisuu, or lu.'tional polites ."salaries for Hoard Memberi In this .onne.'tioll there is inlerestlnB gossip abioa.l to th- fl'ei t that if the .lire, t e'u'iiion method of i Loosing mem- . hers of tin s. Inn. lim ard wire in force I r Martin (. Hrumhii'igh for. liier'i -up. r'nti ad. ni of w hoois and loiiner lioiernor, .ml. b, chosen Contl.iuisl un l'ur Twrlir. ( niiiinn l'our HARDING WILL GO ASHORE FOR GOLF THIS AFTERNOON Party Will Probably Delay Fishing Until Arrival at Miami K.i'liltdgc, Ha., J.iii M'i ntj A. P ' l.eai ing l. r. ui 1 this forenoon. I'lesnii'iit eh i I llardiiig's houseboat, i. tin ui is xpr.'le.l to reach pro lift i liii'es t.. the si nth, in time to tierinit th" pas., ngei-s to go ashore for a gain.' of golf dm mg the afternoon The si hi'duli It tin dm again called! for Ie nut el siu'i'ig and it is now x pected thai t!" p. nty mil delay ita iishing until aft"i airnal at Miami asliingtoii, Jan 'J."i i, . i i Mr. I Ian ling ui... Is in Washington to w.i.d ii offa rs of the Harding home lor. I. nlai bi'-aiiie a member of tJt I'oiiiii.itiee of inn on the suffrage me n oi ml statue whi. h is to he Installed in I he I'apitol loiunda 1'ebru'irv IS ilr- Harding also interrupted ., iniiseholil iiinIi long nni(tn today tn iitlend ittend an Informal limehion tendered t i. group of friinds The wife of tha re id.'iit e'ect plan to leave for yfJ I I oll in ilitl or Inn. prior tn lolnl.- PI 1 f V & Mr Hiirdlng I n Florida " t . Wt 'b I "J --,,yd , . .!..
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