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VOL. VII. NO. 123
Magistrate Is Chargod With In
voluntary Manslaughter
and Intoxication
HE HAD BEEN EXONERATED
BY CORONER IN ONE CASE
Magistrate Ilyron E. Wrlgley was
Mletcil by the Bnd jury today on
ctnrcci of involuntary manslaughter
,n,l operating nn automobile when
' The' charges grew nut of the donfii of
Ml Mnry 13. Hrady, of 722 Spruce
Itreet, who wns run down by Mngbv
trntc Wrlgley, driving bin own car
nhllc drank, according to witnesses, nt
F street and Allegheny avenue, the
Bight of October 2S.
M!i IJrnrlv was the second victim of
the mdRi'trnte's automobile. The other
,rs .T. IMI" Tnylor, thirty-three
vcan old, IMS Mentrr street, who wns
fatally injured Inst July In n coll Is on
between the car wihch he was riding
tn.l the magistrate's.
Wrlclev was indicted in spite of tin
"exoneration" given him by Coroner
Knlcht following the killing of Miss
The' magistrate qlinllnrly was "ox
nncrnted" nftcr the death of the first
T Although "whitewashed" by the cor-
omr in the inst Killing, .uiigisimic
Wrlgely was rearrested by order of the
dWrlrt attorney, plven u hearing and
heM In $.".000 ball for the action of the
wand Jury.
The mnglstrato will be Riven a speedy
trial. February 17 has been fixed for
thctrial date, and Judge Davis will
hear the manslaughter case.
Faces .Jail mid Fine
The heaviest sentence that can be
noted out in n case of Involuntary
uiiins'iiiichter is a jail term of two years
ami $1000 fine.
Anbtnnt District Attorney (jordon
win pirsent when the case was taken
up by the grand jury. All the witnesses
who appeared it the coroner's Inquest
wfre Mibporncd to nppear before the
grand Jury.
As a precaution Mr. Oorrtnn brought
with him n complete transcript of tes
timony nt the coroner's inquest. He
lit it be known tlint there would be no
"fall oilnw" on testimony, and liny one
who ehnnged his testimony from that
dun at the coroner's Inquest viouhl
be arrested on a perjury charge.
Find True Hill (illicitly
The grand jury found n true bill with
out delay lifter listening to the testi
mony of 'those who took the girl to the
hospital mid the doctors und nurse
who attended her.
Magistrate Wriglev's $."000 bail bond
was continued for his appearance in
(ourt.
As soon as the witnesses left the
grand jury room, they were tnkeu to the
district attorney's oflice by Mr. Cordon
and immediately ordered to mnke their
repositions in the ense. which will be
used for the building up of the com
monwealth s argument.
Then, to make doubly sure that there
would b" no sllp-up. cue of the nssis
tint district attorneys made out n sub
nnera for each witness during the time
the lfMitlnns were taken, and no one
n nhowtd to leave the oflice without
naving been served with a Hiibpocnu to
rcmppl his attendance ut the trial the
i-cuntoentli of Mils month.
Mr (ioidou said lie intended to take
no chances with the appearance or the
Minion) of Ins witnesses. Any one
who stays avay from court now will
be nuhjfit to arrest for contempt; any
une who ' forgets" or otherwise changes
the testimony given at the coroner's in
quest nnd repeated before the grand
jury, will be liable to prosecution on a
perjury clinrgc.
Swear He Was Intoxicated
In the llrady case several witnesses
testified at the coroner's inquest thnt
the magistrate was dtirnk ; that be
Welled of whisky: that he talked con-
lueUl ; that
name steadily
WRIGLEY INDICTED !
NDEATH0FW0W1AN
WHILEDRIVINGAUTO
he could not write his Frederick .Morris by M. I . urusti, l ei
thnt lie drove IiIh car In rtlliry 4. 1021."
fnhlnn indicating he had no control Inside the closrd gate scores of work
oter his muscles, 'men. retained to keep the idle nul
la spite of this testimony. Corouei ! cbinery in good condition, pressed
Knight L-ave the fnrv what niiiouiitiM
w tunning instructions to free th
niutlitnitc lie told the iurors to is
.."re uie testimony tlmt Wrigley was
'Irunk He told them that the unfor
tunate young, woman who was standing
'I'lietly In the stret with her escort,
Mi ting for Krigley to pass, was in the
urnni.' uml tl... ni...t.i... ......1,1 ..... i,n
nmi-d on the magistrate.
Assistant District Attorney Gordon
fins present at the coroner's inquest to
Wirticnt the commonwealth. He gave
ircu expnsslon to his indignant resent-i-iw.
at the coroner's action.
when tin., magistrate was "exonrr
ntcd nnd turned loose, his friends
iroviIH around congratulating him.
Urnntr Knight watched the felicita
ins with a benevolent smile. Mr. (lor
n turned towards him ami said, with
sruiiLRry gesture:
No politicians can Haunt justice
Mil be whitewashed when tlierc is ,ner-
i''"'" fsiiiiiony by physicians and
S w"sS!hunkE"tl,at MHRKtrilt0 Wri-
TRQLLEY CRUSHES" AUTO
cr Jammed Analnnt Pole at Eighth
and Chestnut Streets
tiliin ftpnir.u"V)moue t the Phlladel
to dj m , 1 w.'' w"8 ,lft,''K''l t noon
vl en I? hl,hth "'" (,",ut streets
N B iron Sf",07,',1 b,;twrpn U",,t,
the' cr J' nn'1 !' Ml'KVU polo ns
Street tl,r"," into t'hestnut
Kelt, 5..' ll11', trolIo- wn ttle
John rMcfvi1 e.troll(,y (,t tl,c ""
S lit steel 'T'' M,"rt,,,, " '"
c i uA,i wh'n ,10 tr,"lk hK,ml
m tS ' nl".':,r"ntl uuaware that
TSi r. .' "'"iui turn
v . ... Lull, iir , ...,,,.
I-., . --..... ,wi iivi ,
h"i lev fc i,,,pu,,t1' the curb W.,i
'"lit lml w Vvl'' H .toward the side-
s:t;!;ss t,i,wull-l,tj
fc
degrees.
iini'ii
Kntered ns Second-Cl
SsWIpwrrsTS1 ,,w,Mphl'-
Legion Post Awards Him $100.00
Frankford Post No. 211, Anicri-
??Tn,x,IAc,?iJ!!' awarded the ONE
HUNDRED DOLLAR prize for
the Hmpln' lim'rick today. The
completed lim'rick chosen by the
cx-servico men wns written by
Ptiul D. Northrop. It follows.:-.
LIMERICK No. il
Said Til He the typist to Flo,
"I shall not have to work
long, 1 know;
Some millionaire's halter
I'll slip on ut the altur,
Then va'moose with the
'deer' and the 'doc'."
There's Another Lint pin' Lim'rick Today Sec Pane 2
HOG ISLAND
m
ITS WAR CAREERs'MURDLR DOCTRINE'
Brush Hands Over Four-Foot
Key to Shipping Board
Official
SCENE OF ACTIVITY OVER
Benson Praises Brush
for Hog Island Work
Washington, 1). C.
Matthew C. Ilriish. Philadelphia. Pit.
Please accept my congratulations
upon the completion of what Is un
doubtedly the greatest feat in enn
nect',)ii with ship construction in the
history of the world, and which
should remain ns i monument to
jour initiative. Intelligence and en
ergy as long ns the republic endures.
(Signed! W. S. HKNSON.
Hog Island, the largest shipyard in , p
the world, ended its brief but glorious
history this morning with n ceremony
far more simple thnn those which bad
marked nny one of the 122 latinchlngs.
The man who transformed a swiimpy
wasteland into n vast war industry,
instrumental in the defeat of (iermany,
hnnded n key to the yard to u repre
sentntle of the shinning board
,,,i
the shipyard, as such, wus officially
closed.
Shortly after 11 o'clock. Matthew C.
Itrush, president of tiie American Inter
national Shipbuilding Corporation, and
directing bend of the immense enter
prise, walked from the administration
illuming ncccniiiwiuieii u.v i- n-m-i n-i
Morris, authorized representative of
the shipping board.
Uebind the two men were the loyal I
associates of Mr. Itrush, who worked '
wlth him from the time the construe-
tion of the shipyard was begun.
Scene of Activity Over
.. , i !,i i.. ,,. v..
gate, the malnentriiiice to the shipyard.
As Mr. Itrush neared the gate he turned
and gazed wistfully over the great yard,
with its empty ways, all but deserted
buildings und idle machinery. Then be
turned nway und walked through the
gate, while the others followed.
At 11:45 o'clock No. II gate was
swung shut, symbolic of the official
closing of the yard.
A moment later Mr. Hrush handed to
Mr. Morris a lart'e four-foot key. fash
ioned of wood. The key was silvered
xiie iirocwsii.ii iii.-wun.. ... ..,.....,
I nnd bore the Inscription "Prevented to
I airitinst the cracks m the boards.
After Mr. Morris had accepted the
kev he drew from his pocket a fewel
"Here." he said, addressing Mr.
Urush. "is another key to the island, so
thut you can come back at any time,
for you are always welcome."
ll., ,!,..,, ,'ni'i, t,, Mr. ltntsli 11 solid
;o!d key. two Inches long, on which was being hatidn lipped by low-water jues
Migraved the inscription, "Fiederiek Mire.
cner
Morris to Matthew C. Urusl
Hog
Island, Pa., Febiuary 4. 1021."
Mother Pintid of Urusli
Near Mr. Urus''i during the ceremony
stood his mr.tliir, Mrs, Louis Dotid
Urush, and his thirteen. yenr-uld r" . . ... ,
nephew, tieorge Sabin Uni-h. Pride Dr. It. U. Mnccnt Lyon. 2 011 Wnl
shone in the mother's eyes 11s a sue- nut street, was in the lire. Dr. Lyon
....ssfnl lints was wiitten to his u.UHUiil . I""' " belongings und barely escaped
career at Hog Island.
Over the gateway to the shiny aid the
blue and white Hag of .JIM Stales
iConttiuiril on l'aicpTriit.lirrr. C11I1111111 Tii
I calleii, and so gl'id to hear he was
NO LIMIT TO WINE FOR SICK stifr. Unit I forgot to ask any ques-
, ., , . 1 tlOIIt Slit' HllKIa
1 j n!,,,,,,,,,, nr,i r-ii-. The Uou Air wns one of the oldest
Judgment of Pnyolclan Only F--, ,,,, ,in,.t hotels In the South. Located
tor, Asserts Kramer (,n the outskiits of Augusta, it was n
Washington, Feb. l.-(lly A. P 1 landiiuuk for years. It was of the
The amount of hard liquor a sick mail name g. iiera construction, appearance
mav acquire legally N definitely lixe.l and age as the his nric Stockton llotel,
by statute, but the only limit to tlie at Cape Miiy. Ui lit of frame, it fell a
'. , ..f l,, in. ninv ihtiiln is the'uuick victim to the tlniucs.
Ullliriiitv .i.i.. .t
"sound and honest judgment; 01 111s
physician and, peihnps, the depth of his
purse.
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer,
in 11 formal announcement today, says
there seemed to be some confusion ns to
the quantity of wine thai a physician
may prescribe. To clear up all doubts
he lays down this' rule-
"Intil fintber orders physicians may
prescribe in their practice such ounn
titles of wlni' as they, in the exercise of
their sound nnd honest judgment, ileum
necessary In the particular ruse, If they.
In good faith, believe that the use of
wine as a medicine by the person for
whom It Is prescribed is necessary nnd
will ufiord relief to him from some
known ailment."
uentncj public me&ger
I'a.
Thnt i bv tllltfUu.lut
PAUL II. NORTHROP
Melrose Park, Pu.
John H. Mason, Jr., Assails Birth
Control Advocate Who Would
Chloroform Children
SUGGESTS SHE TRY DRUG
"A doctrine of murder" ns what
John II. Mason, Jr.. treasurer of the
Horner I'liropran itelief Council, to
day called the suggestion mme by Mrs.
Margaiet Sanger, of New York, in a
speech her- last night, thnt chloroform
be sent the starving children of Eu
rope instead of food.
Mrs. Sanger, who devotes most ot
her time to lecturing on birth control,
spohc before the Womnn'H Kconomic
Club nt a dinner last night at the Hellenic-Stratford.
"If. insfad of contributing .2..,000.
000 to feed the starving children of
Kurope." Mis. Sanger said, "tdc lien
or the I niteil States would send
out u ipiautity of chloroform to put
them out of their miserx . it would be
the best thing for the children und for
the future of the world." v
Mr. Mason wns indignant over the.
suggestion. lie prediited that in spite
of 'Mrs. Sanger's efforts, the people of
the I"tiiti States would be moved by
their chant and decency to snc the
lives of the starving Hiildren abroad.
"" that thc .light grow up to help ic-
otiiMiiiiiK' -urir n onirics unii me -onu.
1-nr be it from me to sit ill judg-
ment upon Mrs. Sanger's Mor trine of
murder.' She hns ii right to think her
way; hut nun I bi so bold ns to sav I
that those win
wouiil set the laws of
tioil aside to me are deficient, and pray.
vt,y ,,t ,mj ,),,. .loctriues to herself
ami ner like:
"i ,.,,t,or ,., n, hundreds of
thousimds throughout the countrv nlso
do. with Mr. Hoover. We shall not
fall. We will not stop until those lit-
t( ones are minb strong, not only in
body, but in mind and soul, and the
world shall resound with the merry
laughter of tl hildrtn of Kurone be-
f ,. .,.,.,. ,,,, j,,m M-1n,1,
support i's. ami di spite the efforts of
1 such as Mrs. Sanger.
"Toibiy Is the hour of constructive
woik for "Very man nnd woman, und
I not for de-truct'c effoit."
HOTEL AT AUGUSTA, GA., !
PREY OF FIERCE FLAMES1
Guests of Bon Air Driven From
Beds Many Rescued by Firemen
Augusta, (in., Feb. 1 (lty A. P.)
Fire swept the I ton Air tourist hotel
here in the earlv hmiis of this morning.
destroy i. ig that
most of the HCU
tincture nnd sending
uevts sciirryiiig to
stnels in .cnnti attire. Others, caught
on upper Hours, wrn tnelr exit cut oil,
were re.cunl b lircmen.
1 ue niae, iiu- origin or wnicn un
determined, was discovered by the night
1 left;, win. nroii'eil the quests. Some of
these were able to take away their val
uables, but others were not so fortunate,
as the tire snrcad rapidly, the firemen
The total los wns estimated at 51
litltl.ODO. The hotel as valued at
SMM.lMM) and the loss to the guestb was
cp I to total .20(l.(lllll.
Judge and Mrs. Itobert S. I.ovett, of
S'ew York, were among the guests.
as the Haines swept through the strue-
tare.
. tuSTlZ
"I was so CM'itcil wlien the doctor
, .
WOMAN CONFESSES THEFT
Implicates Husband, an Escaped
Convict, In Bradford Hold-Up
Bradford. Pa., Fob. 4 (Uy A. P.,
, woman captured late yesterday
after she and a mnii coiup.iuiou are
alleged to have held up ami robbed
Frank Dcluea in the bitter's meat mar
ket hen, confessed Inst niyht, the police
say, to her pnrt in the hold -tin. Sho
-ae her name as Mrs. Charles Uiley,
wife of the man who escaped after the
robbery .
When ynu think nf wrltln.
tlilr.lt ot WIUTINU. UK
Mb. W;& ' P
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it
CALLS SANGER PLAN
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921
i in i -- --ii , ... i .il
U.S.TOASKNATIONS
TODISCUSSPLANS.
FQII DISARMAMENT!
Call to Be Issued Soon After
Harding's Inauguration,
Butler Intimates
ADMIRAL SIMS SAYS WORLD
WOULD WELCOME MOVE
It llio Associated Press
Washington, Kcb. 4. An interna
tional conference to discuss disarma
ment will be called by the Unlt-il Htutes,
Chairman Itntlcr, of the IbViso naval
committee, said today when the com
mittee met to henr the vIcwk of piomi
iient tinwil officers on the subject.
Chairman llutler did not hii when
the call would lie issued, but from bis
I line of questioning of witncs"es it was
assumed he thought the cull would ue
issued Minn after the Inauguration of
President-elect Harding. Mr. llutler
recently conferred with Mr. Harding ut
Marlon, O.
Rear Admiral William S. Sims, war
time commander of America's overseas
naval forces!, was the llrst witness ex
amined by the committee. With !cr
mnnv's nower rrnsheil. Admiral Sims
said, all nations could reduce their naval
armaments by half with safety, lie
added that he believed the nations would
welcome a call for a disarmament con
ference. ('ongress must determine national
policies before nuvnl officers can formu
late naval plans, the admiral said. He
mlded that until lie knew what those
policies were lie would not say whether
wiin a nnvy milt as large as wiai oi
nway. If, however, the United States.
intended to lely on its navy tor carry-
ing out broad international policies, lie
said, its sen power should be eipiul to
that of any other nation. '
Appearing with Admiral Sims were,
Ucnr Admiral Itrndley A. Pislcc. re
tired; Admiral II, K. Coontz, clilef of
naval operations; Hear Admlruls A. T.I
Long. Henry T. Muyo. W. I.. lingers,
Charles J. lladger. II. II. Jackson und
Major tieneral John A, I.ejeune, com.
manilnut of the marine corps, all of the
I
navy general board
with,
Jre.'it
idded '
mu.v '
Admiral Sims said lie agreed with,
tieneral l'ersliing that war with t
Ilrltalu was "inconceivable," but nil
,litif In, i'no1il linl film ndnn flu, fn
entiiely under any conditions, even if.
there were no enemy in sight. I
"You can't tell what will come out,
of Kurope," he said. "Nobody is go-
ing tu take l.is hand off bin gun." !
Naval Program Indorsed i
Specifically Admiral Sims advised the
committee not to stop work on the lllir,
building program. particularly the I
battlecruiscrs. He added tlmt American
submarines were inferior to foielgn-
built craft and that America was "e-
triinril liar v" behind n av nt on , e- I
velopnient which should be corrected,
with stress on building swift airplane
carriers tor the navy. 1 lie omce.r sig-
Bested that two of the scout cruisers
under construction be altered for this
niirmm.. ,
Admiral Sims said lie did not know
whether niiorait Mad displaced battle-,
shins, ns alrcrnft advocates have held '
because he was not sure that the air
tho rn ted States cou r afforil to have a' '" ' ,,"" i,,.V ,, vin l.ln ' if I ,, i "1 " " ,r '"" .n"c lnl". " """" r '"
navv second to nnv other. I "",.., 'M wint-'rH. '" , ""'" . , door. He failed In an effort to swing members of the snrne family to be of-
If the n avv were ma ntnined pureh ' , n!" ''1',(' dcteclve bureau, crencd , , nn, fpl, ,low tll M ft , ,
for defensllv purposes .Admiral1 Sim's ' -turo in 1111 nt Mr o- , p hnd H,10t ,lownward three stories "About a year ago Albert O Smith
...i.i .1... i-..i....i !,.-..!. i.i i ...r.. tan s reuuest. was vriticueit as usl- . u.i.,m i, rra mm nt n.n i. .,.,.. ...,i . nU ,,, ,.!., wwtnrv Hi, (u.lil tlmt no-
....... .......... ---. -- . - .. --iiiii
pine could do what was claimed for it.
"If they pi live as powerful as I be
lieve tliej will." he added, urging de
velopment of the air service. I would ' ., 'under .s.'OI) bail for court by Mag
eventually abandon major ships." , isM-iite O'Hrien. at the Twelfth and
" "
'SURE COULD SHOOT CRAPS'!
n , A . .. ,. ...
Prisoner Says Blind Man Felt Way
Through Game and Won
Two men were playing dice on Chest-
nut street near NiiUh at 2 :.'t(l o'clock
this morning, when Detectives (Jnv and I
ii..-- e ... ri 11 1 u'L.t... 1
.Ullllil.t t til till' ill' " IMII III Mi IlllUi .
streets station, appioache-l. I
Until men ran. One "faded" the de-
teetlves. The other was caught. He is
Harry Dawson, a Negro, of Wood street '
near Seventh He said the man he,
was "shooting" with was blind.
1 11, it wiimi t quite fair to shout
r TO shout
I craps with 11 blind man, was if" asked!
tlii-Miiclstriite tiielis at the station. I
"Maybe he is blind, but he cer-I
tainiy can teei ins way inrougii a
y can teei nis way inrougii a crap
game, And when it comes to running,
you just ink jour detectives if tliev
ever had a chance of catching him. That
blind man honked me for .."."
Magistrate tiielis sentenced Dawson
to three months in the House of Cor
rection. The blind man has not been
seen by the police.
$250,000 THEFT ALLEGED
Scranton Silk Company Says Thieves
Planned to Start In Business
Scranton. Pa.. Feb. I. Machinery ,
equipment and raw silks valued at
$2.-,l0 haw been stolen from nine
limits of the Dery Silk Co., in this
I cltv and viiinlty. according to state
meats ot nieniners 01 uie iiriu mm were
liere tills week investigating.
Ofiicials of the company declare that
the men responsible for the disappear
,...., of the munis were about to em
.. , e .1... ,'. 1 .
bark in the silk iiiiiniifacturing business
and that they Had completely equipped I
a plant and were about to commence I
iperauous.
Wnrrants nave ne-n issued ior uie ar-
rest of ten. men. Ill eged to liaie lieen
iniiiliciitcil in tlie theft. Two of tl;
..' 1 .i.t.. ,. --..1 1 .t 1
niieiieii 11111 i. s , 1 1- in muk vh ,,- j , , ,
illnh.11 '",'' ... , , ,, .
A b eriiinn Mnltii ami neni cacn under 1
S.'itlOII ball foi uppearance in court.
. -- -
lAICC OUT IM UARMPQQ
Wlrt rUI IIM hAttlMtbb
Woman Saya She Was Hitched to
Cultivator Fed on Rutabagas
Scranton, Pn , Feb. 4 Kilda May
Warden. 01 .Moscow, in uivorce court
tmla, charged that her husband. Am
brose Wnrdell, bitched her to a cultiva
tor on tho farm ami made her live all
last winter on rutabagas.
A former wife of WardcH's testified
that she got 11 divorce after Wnrdell put
her In'iinrness on the cultivator.
nighty -four divorce case down for
a hearing before Judge Maey today
are being heard at the rate of twelve nn
hour.
.MILKS II. KITTS
Mayor of Mrle, who Is central fig
ure in uprising of citizens against
alleged prevalence of lco and ciimc
LEAFLETS ATTACK ROTAN
AS
ADCCMTCC nCCIPIM "
ABSMTLE 0FFICIAL
Distrlct Attorney Scored for Winter :
. ., i
and Summer Vacatlono
An attack on- Samuel P. Uotun, an
"an absentee district attorney," was
made today in leaflets received through
the malls by court officials, county de
ter fives and assistants in the district
attorney's office.
The printed leaflets, signed by John
U. Hays, "director of the bureau of
municipal information." discussed the
trial of William P. Urines on a charge
of niurilcring ICIiner (.'. Drewe and com-,
meiited thnt Mr
tot an was "in the I
lorida during the .
otauge groves of
tl'tlll
The leallets ndded that during his
jeais of service ns county prosecutor
.Mr. ltotan lins tried no major cases per-i
sonallj. Ills summers, it wns said, are
i,),. ne i10 ,iiirlcr nttoinev's
. ,1ni,.i nurnoscs as Mr.
. ;',,, V r,1r.
1 ltt II r 1 1 i ill i rt i ' - ..... .,.
Officials who received the leallets said
tliej never heard of Hays. The "direc
tor is not listed in the directory or the
telephone book.
,., ,, ..,, ..,,
JEALOUS WIFE SEEKS DEATH
Woman Hurt by Attentions Hus
band Showed Party Guest
uiwitir nr r in sn.iuiifir,, nr I ill? liiiiiiiiLiiilis . n.i.i ,i.n ... i.n r.. r .1... ..i . i ,, .,., i. ,. ,.i- r... ....i
Following a party in her home, Mrs.
Anna Xicka'onis. twenty-seven yenrs
infectaiit. ..
The woman's act is laid by the police
to jealousy over the alleged attentions
of her husband to one of the guests,
Immediately after the guests had de-
parted earlv this mnrninji Mrs. Mck -
nih js suid to have upbraided her
husband for his alleged interest in thei
guest. After the quarrel the husband
retired, but was awakened about 4:40
o'clock by lis wife, who informed him
she had taken poison.
Nhkalonls notified the police and
is wtle was rusneil 10 rue .ueiuoii.u
Hospital. She is expected to recovci .
ACTRESSES HELD IN THEFT
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Chorus Girls Under Ball for Alleged
Robbery of Another
M Ilim lt,lrratt. twenty yenrs
, .'..'., V, m i.,..' ,i... " t..n . .
old. and Miss Mathryn Ituike, twenty-
il I ll l .wi .Ullllll ll jri'i v" .
two sears old. two chorus girls, runrgeu
i with entering the apartment of Miss
1 Lucille Poircr, at a Proud street hotel.
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inn .'iiri ii i i: ii. sicui iio.'. .'. ,-.'
i'ine streets station, today.
A ;r.llu- to the police Miss Hiirk.
lind Miss liarrett went to visit MNs
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1 Oil I 1 . Ilisi, ll 1 Hill n la.., ...i.'ii. ...,.
J' u'i;mui for W111P tim. Whon the,
iirrid at the hotel Miss l'oirer was
I'li-eiit. and. lsilice say, the girl visl-
tors jjirned entrnnce to Miss 1 oirer s
room i way m i. . 11..M...1. "'".'
u-ix'ii ftrnwriMl HUM' l oi ,ui
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-uppiy ot lingerie ..s w... ..;;. ........
for rcmuuil trom the room. Ibis was
the second hearing o the case.
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SEVERE QUAKE RECORDED
n .,,- O 11- - 1..-.U
' remors '"" ""," ""1" u' """"
Inaton Last 1 Hour, 17 Minutes
Vnsliiii"roii. Feb. 4. (Us A. P.1-
A severe c.i; tliqilillcc sliocK, wlllcli liegun
at .'!:2.s and lasted until t :4fi this
moiniiig. was leporteil by Father Fran
cis A, Tondoif, director of the C.eorge
town ' seisiunloglcal observatory. Tho
disturbances wen- indicated by the in
struments as being 22011 mill s south
of Washington and reached its highest
intensity at '' :IW.
The si istnogiaph record IndlcntciJ a
I disturbance cen more severe than that
recorded 1 le. emi.er ii. last. 1 lie scene
of the December disturbance was never
definitely istalillslied.
Father Tun I'.rf estimated that to
day's di-turbuuee probably was ia
South Anieriia.
TO RESTORE STATE HOUSE
City Plans Improvement of Historic
I Structure
Preparation "I plans for tlie restora-
. f ,),,. hiMoiic state house at Fifth
,, cbcstniit ticts; for the Cltv Hall
anm,x at ,,, 111M n,,,, utreets. and
1. ., ,,ropoei conyentlon hull at
-,,.,., ..,,., nm the Parkwuv was
. M ,,
The Minor insriicteil John r. H
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ui.,1,1,. ,.!,, iirctiitei t. to eon so f III
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rector Caven before beginning woik on
the plan.
'"l'lu- stare house has fallen into rlls-
,s0 ,, pv,.n disgrace through lack of
funds," Mr. Moore said.
WOMAN CRUSHED BY CAR
Mrs. Mary Marshall's Leg Ampu
tated to Save Life
Mrs. Mary Marshall, sixty-eight
years old, of - Summer street, slipped
and fell under a trolley car on Third
street below Arch at noon todny and
before the car could be stopped her left
leg was crushed,
Sho was tnkeu to tho Jefferson I Ins
pltnl, where physicians amputated the
criibhtd lee just above the ankle,
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Anna Xicka'onis. twenty-seven yenrsi The Injured man sank into a chair
old. of 112 Conurroe street. Mannyunk. ' beside the foot of the shaft for a mo-
attempted suicide, the police say, by l mei.t, then S't up and walked to where
drinking the contents of a bottle of dis- mmho of the building employes were nt
I'uWIthfd Dully r.ncept Sumlay,
Coi.yrlKht insi l.y
WOMEN OF ERIE IN ARMS
TO OUST MA YOR AND HALT
ORGY OF VICE AND CRIME
FALLS 8 STORIES, :
THEN WALKS AWAY'
Heed Building Elevator In
spector Only Broke Few Ribs
and Burned Harids
DOCTORS ARE ASTOUNDED
Arthur Outland. forty-sis years old.
'" ''"- Urown street, superintendent nt
the Heed llull.llns. nt lttir. 1'llbert
"rri't M "Kt stories down an ele-
vntor shaft there today, yet was nblt
to walk, unassisted, afterwards.
Outland in the Hahnemann Hos
pital, where doctors nre holding him
for fear of internal injuries. Several
of liis ribs arc broken and lie has cuts
and bruises of the head and face.
The superintendent got on the freight
elevator for an inspection trip. When
the car was passing the fifth floor it
begnn to tremble, nnd Outland found
u wnuM not tnpnnA f ,he t,(mtr,,,H
Ab he wns slowly passing the eighth
floor, he managed to get the elevator
,ioor open and tried to scramble out
jjc got clear of the elevator as It passed I
able of the elevator and hnd nresence '
of mind enough to grab il to try to stop
himself.
His Iwrly wns checked with so violent
n jerk that his arms were nlmost nulled
from their sockets. Crasninc the steel I
rope, he continued to fall, the friction
burning his hands.
The pain of the friction burns was
so intense thnt he involuntarily let go j
ngain, nnd once more fell.
Though he lauded with great vio
lence, ho was able to get up and walk
out of the shaft, which he. d'.il quickly,
fearing the elevator might come down
again and crush him.
work, directing them to L'ct h'.in a taxi
tab.
He was able to walk into the accident
ward at the hospital, nnd the doctors
scarcely could believe him when he told
them he hail fallen eight stories. He
is expected to recover.
HARDING BEHIND SCHEDULE:
mitierrn -rn TriAini
MAY THANSrcR TO TRAIN
yacr)t victoria Has Trouble With
Mud In Indian River Flats
Palm IJeacli. FI.i.. Feb. 4. illy A..
Pj - rnl - .s Presi,lent.ele.t Harding's
houseboat ictor.il can shake the jinx
which has followed her since she left
M , Wediiesdu morning, her com.
patiy probably will be transferred to a I
"'r -v iiim-u ii-mire in utot m e ,
them bnck to St. Augustine on schedule
.t
tune.
When she began her third day's sail
ing this morning the Victoria bad lost
full day because of troubles with mud ,
Hats along her course in the lnd.an
Kivcr. During the night she wns at
t.nchor ten miles below Palm Ilencb. and
much of the day the President-elect
nnd his party hnd promised to spend
ashore here playing golf and calling on
freiiiN. The houseboat cannot run at
night, and it will require good luck and
uninterrupted sailing (luring the day
I light hours of the next two days to;
et her bin k to !st. Augustine by Sun
,llix ,.,t. which is the time limit set
by Mr Hnrdliig on his vacation cruise
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I I luring his stop here the President
iilut iirrangrM to take lunch privately
I nnd to keep away from the crowds
about the Palm Uracil hotels.
WYOMISSTNG 07i.JIALS ROBBED
FADING, Ta., Feb. !. Autonubile I'obhci"? visl'erl Wyo.
mis 11 , Heading's f.i'.hionalile tubiiil.. at noo.t ted-.,", held trp t1, '
,1s at the point o? leOnlvcn, ",nd tot nway with conslclercbls
' .-.ml bonds.
! V?HUS FORCES SOVIET TROOPS TO TJSBAND
'K, r'o. 4. Itn.v!,-i, o; 1-, phrid aruon;, :'-' l"M:,,i"
:. rr.tratod near Kaiue:,.pt7-rjd',lsk, in the porrrnrr.erit of
a-c. .-jltitcd he. 0i-.' -i. i ':.'. r.---...'i..o , , ;v f
,'i i.iplomall cucTes in Paris to 'ay front T id'ablc -0'-rrc.
... a:led :.j diminishing rratly the dr.nfcv cf An eventual
l l tho BoUheviki upo:. Itii'.untii.i 1:1 tht orin;.;
DAUDET DECLINES CHALLENGE 10 DUEL
.i'.'.'j, Tob. -L Leon D.-iud.-t, prominent toynliai, haj dicliucd
1 '1 1 -.e of Paul de Cass:.ii,j for a rliiel. Daudti dismiss
. 1.. 1 i? r.s a .s 10-cj.i io ;;.?;. o.: I .'u,'. s tj -. thai ! e .'.i 1 ;
r imii ...'. 1 1., '.,i ra'"i. 1 ..u.iiif .':u 1.
..) v.:'.;.. o deputies wheie Bo Cbangnr.e, a. Eouap.itisi, had r.n
,ut i....:ui with Daudct couccn.iii" wai scivic .
TRIES TO DIE AFTER "SPAT"
C.nnyrimn Man Fnunri Ciwrr.nmm hul
Gas After Quarrel With Wife
Mahlou Alloba.li, twenty -eight years
old llltC Pearl itreet, Camden, at
tempted suicide last night after a quar
rel with his wife, tlie police say.
Allobach Is in Cooper Hospital, suf-
fering lnui gas poisoning. According
t lhP poliie be returned ,0 bis home
from the New or!t Shipbuilding Co.
plant, where hn is imploy el ns a special
officer, and after a "spat" with Mrs.
Allobach. cut t the bathroom, closed
the door and opened the gns jet.
Tl. man van found by his sister unit
t.iUc 1 t fie hospital, where it wus said
bin condltlou is not Bcrlou?.
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Hubucrlrtlen 1'rlre 10 ft Tcftr by Moll.
1'uMlr t.nldcr r'nmMny
AGED MAN WEEPS i
AT B. & L TROUBLEi
!
Makes Final Search for Missing
Books of Association Closed
by State
SAYS SUCCESSOR GOT THEM
W. II, Hnvls former secretury of the
Home Providers' Huildlng nnd Ioan
Association. 3S0U South Hroiiil street,
cloned by the State Hanking Depart
ment, broke down and wept today ns
be told bow he bad turned over nil the
books and records of tho association to
n new secretary a year ngo.
"Why hns this trouble come upon
me in my old age?" Davis said. He
is scventv-two years old and lives nt
ri02S Ciilar avenue. Hank examiners
report that the old books ot the asso
ciation cannot be located.
"(lod knows I have turned over nil
the books I ever hail III my possession."
Davis continued. "At the close of each
year I put the records In wooilen boxes
my home here.
Quit ns' Mutter of Honor ,
A venr ago I resigned ns secretary, l
My brother. A. It. Davis, had been
made treasurer of the association
sltion for two months nnd then wn
eleujed vice president. He called here
nnrt got some of the books. T.nter.
when ficorge Koehler, 40.5 North Sixty- i
third street, was chosen secretary.
Koehler came here and took away all
the books left. I gave him every book
and pamphlet concerning the associa
tion that I had.
While his wife patted his shoulder in
an effort to calm him. Davis cxclnlmed :
"This Is killing me. I can't stand it."
He told n visitor to come with him to
the collar where the books bad been
stored.
-lllc jormcr secretary poinien in n
corner of the cellar where he said the
book - filled boxes had been placed. As
,, j,,,,.,, nbnut he noted a small trunk
n ft wllelf. Davis got the trunk down
The former secretary pointed to n
excitedly and rummaged through it.
hoping. he said, that some of the books j
might be there.
Profits Swept Away
After the fruitless search he repented
thnt be wns sure ho had turned out
nil the association's records. ,
"The association wns solvent when
I resigned a year ago." he stated. "In
vestments had been made In renl estate .
that later proved to have been mcr
valued. This prai tlcally wiped out thr I
profits, but the association was sol-
vnt.
Kxnmination of the affairs of the ns-
soelnlion is being made today. I
Investments in overvalued real estate i
during the war-time really ;, bonni is ,
given us tlie cause oi tin- action t me
state llnnkius Department In ordering
t,e closing ot tlie Association, r.xamin-
ntin f the affairs of the association Is
, proceeding today
A report J y a st;,t examiner on De.
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iiurr -4 iui rtviaii-u nil' u.suriaiKiii
had assets of .in.-i.7r.tl.22 and llnbllltb
of fltili.'.-i.JlS, nn impairment of about
S 1000.
I'.mklng Commissioner John S.
Fisher, nt HnrrNhiirg, ordered William
S. Smith, one of his deputies, to clo.se
up the association's affairs. Smith
wns placed in charge of the North Pen n
Uank after its cnllnpse.
Mismanagement ltlnmcil
1 In his report on the association's con
dltlon last December the examiner said :
me noons nt tills association nre
in such a deplorable condition it is a
most tedious task to get information.
OinrlnurU on l'.icr Trnt.-tlirir,('lii.nn live
LEWIS AGAIN HEADS MINERS
Howat Defeated for Vice President
by 11,766 Votes
lndbuiaisilis, Feb. 4 1 Uy A, F, 1
Official canvass of the recent vote cast
for officers of the Fulled Mine Workers
ot America, completed here today.
showed the r lection of John f.. Lewis
as president by a majority of (id 7.10 !
yotcs over Hubert II. Hnr.in. of Was,,. '
tiliRton state.
Philip Murray, vice president also I
. was re-elected. defeu(inK Alexander'
I Iwat by 111,70(1. and William (Jreen j
I was unopposed or re-e'ectlon us sec. j
rctury -treasurer, The three officers be-
1 gin news terms o two jcaru each on I
April 1 next, I
i
NIGHT l
EXTRA Il
' - Lill
PRICE TWO CENTS
STS 5 Si
Red w
MAGISTRATE SLAIN
IN RESORT AS CLIMAX
Governor Asked to Send State
Police to "Clean
Up"
SPECIAL PROBES ORDERED
Grand Jury to Make Inquiry Into
Alleged Supineness
of Officials
Uy GEORGE NOX McCAIN
Erie, Pn., Feb. 4. The most star
tling conditions thnt possibly have
evuJ. deveoped jn nny larffe pcnn
sylvania community prevail todny in
this beautiful city of Erie, with its
1UU.UUU population.
All the clean, decent, law-abiding
people arc strupjflinir against n
' combination of city officials who, If
allegations made against them and
! through the local newspapers are,
true, hnvr? hnd no ominl in thin atatn
, .
'" 'Lclih. ytars.
The dope peddlers and roarl thieves
of Philadelphia have their counter
part in other offenses against civili
sation in the underworld of this city.
Here are some of the principal
events thnt have led up to the situa
tion of today:
Wartime conditions brought tho
i underworld to the front in Erie, with
;f, roA ui, ui i uf
,cs rert "K""- gamblers and boot-
loggers.
Gv tho cf,r..lesncss or conniv-inee
, Crtr-'ess,lcss OT connivance,
T D0'n. i city otlicials, this Cle-
ment hns been in the ascendancy for
months. Its nollutine hands have
reached inside the official circle.
The mayor is charged publicly
with incompetence, nnd worse, and
his resignation has been demanded.4
Tragedy of the "Death Car"
The city solicitor was held by a
coroner's jury charged with driving-
n 'Month cur" tVint l.-illo,l t, mr,
, , . '
aft(ir which he is said to have sped
away in the darkness
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- i'"""- umviai, mc i.'uuuih
police magistrate of the city, was
snot anfl unip.t nn c,t n;V,f ,
SnoC anrt k"lc" on Sunday night two
' eehs ago in a isegro bagnio in the
.red - light district.
ti-.!..
Within the last few days two uni
formed policemen were found, ac
cording to their superior officer, in
toxicated and beatinir two women in
nnother resort.
1 A public mass-meet ing with a vast
(owrllow, attended by thousands of
1 citizens, has demanded the resignation
j of the Mayor.
.Spurred to laggard action, the City
Council has onleinl an investigation of
the mayor end tlie police force.
Judge Itossiter has ordered a grand
jury investigation into the scandal
which involves mnnj official names.
j ine uieiiit or l. no county hns ap-
pealed fn tiovertior Sproul. through a
1 delegation of lending citizens, to permit
1 the state police to undertake an in
I vestigntion and issist in gathering
cidenoo against the culprits.
I City Police Demoralized
I As for the police department of fhu
city, it is regarded as l-ing completely
1 demoralized.
j It should be snid at the outset that
politics do not enter into the question of
tins deiiiandeii invi'stigntlon and puri
fication Deinof'rnfH and Hepublicnna
are working hand in hand, just ns th
oflicinls involved embrace men of both
parties.
The white light of scandal beats
fiercist. though, on the mayor of the
city. Strange stories arc to be investi
gated as ti his alleged connection with
the underworld.
His name Is Miles U. Kltts. He Is a
former 11. ember of the Legislature, a
Diuiocrat and a henchman of Michael
I.icbcl, DemiM'nitle boss, ex -member of
Congress ami political autocrat gen
erally .
I.iebel's figure rises as the sinister
background in this sordid story of a
splendid little city's degradation.
An expression 1 redited to the boss in
connection with conditions and the chief
officials here, Is "The damn fouls went
too far."
The people I discover In talks with
their leaders are going farther So far
that in the last icsort they may carry
their appeals to the very Senate of
Pennsylvania.
A historical recital in detail disclose
these facts.
During the wnr F.rlo, noted for ltd
varied indiutrles, became one of tho
country's main workshops. Thousand!!
"f w"rU''7i "'I'.1"''1 here from adjoining
' l,!' "me'Xalnt
Jezebel, the tin-horn gambler, the card
sharp and later the bootleer,
Kj'd-IW't resorts crow tied each nthr
" U""M fr,,'l,"",e,1 t recti, while faro
rnniluurf on i-utr 2o,CuluroiTTtti
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