J!J!?v"w h t-'' Of?? -- Ihn'ricks Are Making ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS as Famous as Nickel Used to Be-See Page 2 THE WEATHER Halii tonight Willi lowest (cmpcrnluro about ao.oi- H degrees: Sunday prob ibly fnlr and somewhat colder. " Tr.Mri:nATimi; at kach hock uTnjiolii I12TTT a j nn'fiS?5Wlflinr.3 nr. V0L. yil.NO. 124 GORTELYOU SUMS g ON lENDERLW 10 KILL IE PLO Release of Annio Cray Followed by Report of Plan to Turn 'Red Lights' On Again PATROLMEN ARE PLACED AT DOORS OF HOUSES . . .i!. iiorniiliio wns imposed to- to mi ten houses In tlio old "Tender foln" section as Director Cortc yptt's wcr to tbo clmllenw! of iio'ltlclon; nM to have obtained tlio rt lonee o wound among their henchmen thnt the ratrolmo " stood nt tho doors of liniuM Oil 00(1 Hired, i milium. ll " vil. Ninth. Cnllowhi'l nnd oblc nil dny. warning nil persons to .. .. ntlmr nnllcemen wi'l vc- licrc thee watchers tonight, nnil the houC8 will ho Kept unucr surveillance- s iht nnu uny. ... . , m nnilpo nunrnntinc has not been resorted to for month. It was au thorized by Diroctor Cortelyou. with Minor Moore's npprovnl, after the di rector learned of a plot to defy thn nil thoritv of the police anil overturn the avowed prlnelples of the administra tion bv .Viewing organized vice to creep back Into the city. Underworld I'act Formed Aernnlini to the nollcp. Annie Gray was only one of several notorious hire jincs oi u new syndicate of crooks, formed nftor Individual's had fought aid bctravod each other for months, then joined their forces. Thew crooks went to a powerful and notorious politician and laid their chsc before him. He told them that they might go ahead with impunity, as he would protect them. Director Cortelyou, hearing of the plans through Superintendent Mills and the bureau of police, hurried to the Mayor and lnid the plot before him. "They won't tic this administration to serve their political purposes," tho Mayor replied, nnd authorized the direc tor to "so tlie limit.' ' It was the appearance of Annie uray In her old haunts that aroused In the police their first suspicion of the re newed activities ot tnc croous syndi cate. Tor many years she had been on Callouhill street between Ninth nnd Tenth. She was reported as tho pro prietor of a house on Callowhill street above Mntn. Tlio investigation ordered immediately by Director Cortelyou broucht out the .story of the woman's pardon. Pardoned by President The police, pay thnt In n compara tively brief career Annio Gray has been arreted n score of times, yet never served n jail sentence until she was lonvieted tiitco months ago nnd given a lime month term in Moyamenslng. After serving three months she was released December 23, having been granted a presidential pardon by Presi dent Wilson, on the recommendation, It H mid, of Attorney Ocneinl Palmer. The renon ndanced for clemency was said to be that the woman had been useful to the government .Secret Service agents during part of the war. Frank I, Garbarino, formerly special agent of the Department of Justice here, but now assistant to Chief Flynn, of tho same department, and one of the biggest men in the service, wns active, it is mid, in getting the woman's freedom. United Stntes Attorney MeAvoy to day spoke very frankly and forcibly tbout the woman. "In ever) instance where the inntter m brought to my attention," said Mr. JIcAvoj. "I made it plain that I was ur.alternbly opposed to cither a com mutation of tentcueo or a pardon for this woman. "The pardon was urged because ot Jimo iitoibtance she was supposed to tare civen Garharino during part of the war when he was stationed here. MrAvoy Fought Pardon , "' oi.lj know about the woman that sne has been a notorious und persistent offends against the luws. 1 have no patience with her type. Of courso I oppojt'd tin paidou, but it was granted, dnibarlno, as I Tomember, ap proached me. only once about getting me ttomnn released. Ho brought the wbjeet up one day, but I mudo it plain mat I w(mi,i have nothing to do with ... mm in- was nut insistent." Hie womnn was bom m Russia. Some "J lne most notorious characters of the icnderloln are her friends ami mip- IZS1 f Slu' haii !l almost uncanny power of getting out of trouble. one ?n,?rl. i l -5car' bctvm'1' September na October, she was urrestcd ilvu times mine weeks, i,t invariably got out. WiiPaimo sent a formal letter to Mr. n.yM 1"'e,lllHt October, when there ';lk, of dcpurtlng the woman, and protected nfuinst sucli action. Mr. rw;,l0r."l.rlJp'1 tho lotlcr "ver t0 Il Wn V'U,''l0Ul who conferred' with wL? e.nt mu tl,en is3Ut'11 th0 loiiowing etutcinent : ownr"f,l;ply.t,0 "A llttncllc'l letter of an numii '" ho D,,lirtmcnt of Justice, n in mX h.ay tl,at 1 nm f the fo ?n,th,ttt 'ho, Sllid Annio Gray ,,i, up deported. In hii''n?1b,iPn ,n, Persistent offender ten 1LJL l,rtlc"' '" n this city for ins : nli(1,th, li'wt whic1' " run Jara,&.t,,e ,owest type of xwj Svn rf S aT,5nil townrd securing I nde s, ', Tn5 in ' "!. or can " h I'aJiniL 'y " 0VB'"nent official Klgo c I r-3u anMn w l knowl Mn hm.M i"? 8"r,,!,Illli said Mmlf '?i,? J Interest himself n hor ' a w0"an of her type the. better." fiROUNDHOGJAY BE SORRY Pe7red nWeath0r' Nornlal Tem- rm i:vt"nj"nt!.J?,ubt ,(!uU 8lflte-'. il0'l lains. 'emperature, occa. . nm os hlow normal "' R I. EnU"d " gnVU'a.ffly PWW.1PM.. r Camden Man Gets $100.00 Lim'rick Prize Mr. Larson was awarded tho prize by a jury composed of ex service men who were wounded in Franco and who aro taking courses In vocational training hero. You'll find n picture of them on tho back page and some thing nbout Mr. Larson and about another lim'rick on Page 2, Mr. Larson's lim'rick follows LIMERICK No. 42 A romantic old maid named Miss Ricd Said, "I'm sure some bold knight on his steed Will snatch me from prison And soon make me hls'n," But Knighf8 steed proved a nightmare indeed. Thcrtfs Another Limpin Lim'rick Todau See Page 2 WASTE OF MILLION IPOLIGE CLASH WITH FEAREDBYDEVELIN Councilman Renews Fight on Ordinance for Building Judge Brown's Palace HANGING GARDEN ALLOWED $1,000,000 Frolics Free in Spend'as-You-Please Bill Councilman Dcvelln renewed his nttuck today on tho 1,000,000 gront toward the Municipal Court "palace of justice," which he says, under tho loose phrasing of the ordinance, can be expended as the city commis sioners see fit. The ordinance, as it refers to tho Municipal Court, fol lows : An Ordinance To npproprlute tho sum of thirty two million and fifty thousand($32, 050,000) dollars out of tho thirty three million (533,000,000) dollar loan, nuthoilzcd to 1 borrowed by ordlnanco approved October 1, 1920, and consented thereto by tho lec tors of tho City of Philadelphia on November 2, 1920, to the Dopart inentH of l'ubllo "Works. Public .Safety, Public Henlth, Public Wel fare, City Transit, Mayor, "Wharves, Doclo and Ferries, Com missioners of Falrmount Park, city Commissioners and City Treasurer. Section 1. The, Council of tho City of Philadelphia ordains Thnt th sum of thirty-two million nnd fifty thousand ($32,030,000) dollars out of the thirty-three million ($33. 000.000) dollar loan, authorized to ho borrowed bv ordinance approved October 1, 1920, nnd consented thereto by the electors of tho Cltv of Philadelphia on November 2, 1920, be. nnd thn same i3 hereby appropriated an follows: City rninmlNKlnnrrn Item 200 (loan). Townrd tho constiuctlon of building or build Inps for tho Juvenile, Domestic Re lations and other branches ot the Municipal Court ?1, 000,000 A freo hand is given the city com missioners in spending tlio $1,000,000 grant townrd n Municipal Comt "pal ace of justice," said Councilman-James A. Devclln today in n renewed attack on the bill now awaiting Mayor Moore's signature. Mr. Devclin, supported by eight col leagues, mnde n futile effort last Thurs day to transfer the appropriation from tbo city commissioners (niso known as tho county commissioners) to the Hu rcau of City Property, a division of the city government which is under council -manic control. Tlio Council has no authority over tho city commissioners, who are al lowed bv the ordinance to parcel out the $1,000,000 representing thn tax payments of thousands of cltUens, iu any manner they sec tit. Xo IJmlt of Cost "I don't think there arc nn restric tions in the ordinance," Mr. Dcvelln stnted, "except the wolds, 'toward the construction of.' At most, the city com missioners are restricted to tho erection of a building or buildings, but there is no limit placed on tho ultimate cost of the project. "My objections to handing the $1, 000,000 over to the city commissioners are based on three reasons. The first Is the manner in which the commissioners have spent $180,000 of the $100,000 al ready appropriated toward a Municipal Court building or buildings. "That money was used for xepnirs nnd additions to old buildings, which was entirely apart from the purposes of the loan and of the appropriation. "My second icason is that tho city charter places the construction of all public buildings under the direction of tho Department of Public Worh-J. ((notes Clmrrter "Let mo quote from Article VI, sec tion 3, of tho charter: The Department of public works shall have tho care, management, ad ministration and supervision of C'nnllminl on 1'iue Two. Column "if TOOK TEETH, NOT SHOES Thieves Disregard Footgear In Favor of Display Molars Thieves who jlmmed opened n show easo on the northeast corner of lenth nnd Market streets Ibis morning, ap parently had no use for shoes, on dis play there, as they only took a large assortment of deulnl work displayed on an upper tier of the case, 'Ihe stolen goods were the property of Dr. O. U. Algasc, u dentist on the second Uoor of tho building. Dr. Algase placed tho value of the bridges, crowns ond plates llllcd with gold tot th that wore stolen at $200. The shoes on display on tho lower portion of tho cabo belonged to the Itelszner Shoe Co.. necupanta of the Hist floor ot the building. netting LOUIS N. LARSEN 20G Cooper Street, Camden, X. J. U. S. OVER LIQUOR Lieut. McBride Ordered to Tell Why He Released Alcohol Seized From Men OBEYED COURT, HE SAYS The city nnd federal authorities again ire at loggerheads regatding the liquor "iiforcement laws. This time the federal ngenti accuse Lieutenant Mcltrlde, of the Fourth nnd Hnre strectR station, of usurping his power. He has been summoned to the Federal Ituilding to explain why he permitted fourteen barrels of nlcmol to be returned to the owner after the liollre pelred the precious liquor. The lieutenant, in reply, said today that the federal people didn't know what they were talking about, as the 'iqtior had been removed on n govern ment permit and the men discharged by n cltv magistrate At an rnte the cae is to bo aired before Commissioner Mauley next week. And here Is the story : , On January 14 tho pollen arrested Abraham Feinsteln. 100.: North Sev enth street, and Harry Fischman. liTil (Scrmaiitnwn avenue, while they were driving n truck containing tho alcohol. The alcohol was the property of John A. Seaman. 222 North Second' Hirer. At n henring before Magigstrate Orells. thp police say, the men were discharged after Seaman had Identified the men as his drivers nnd shown that he had government permits to move the liquor. Later the federal nuthoiltics rear rested the men. Today Feinsteln was held in $.1000 ball and Fischman re leased. At the hearing it was testified to thnt the liquor had been returned to the owner. Thereupon Assistant Dis trict Attorney Aeliey became nngrg nnd had a subpoenn issued. "This is the first case," he said, "where a city oihclnl bus taken it upon himself to return liquor after it has been seized. This wotk is entirely for the fedeial authorities." J licy don t know wlmt they are talking nbout," said Lieutenant Mc Itridc. "The men were identified as drivers of the eompnu which owned the uleofiol and the owner had a per mit to mote it." PASSENGER SHIP AGROUND Steamer Strands Ninety Miles North of San Francisco San Francl.co. Feb, 5. (lly A. P.) Thp steamer Klnmatli, bound from San Francisco to Portland with pas sengers, went aground at FHi Hook, about ninety miles north of here, early today, according to advices to the ma rine department of the Chamber of Commerce here. The steamer Curacao was reported proceeding to the Klamath's assist ance. GEDDES TO STAY AT POST Report That He Will Resign as Am bassador Vigorously Denied London, lb. ".. (Ily A. P.) Ru mors thnt Sir Auckland Gcddes, Urlt Ish ambassador to the United States, was contemplating his roi(gintlon from that post, which were received from New York jesterday, were today em phatically den.eil by his secretary. Tho reports were characterized as "non sense," and the secretary added that Sir Auckland would sail for New York on the Aqultnnia on February 15. BANDITS BEAT THEN RAM HIM IN ASH CAN Victim Struck With Blackjack, Overcoat and Carried, Thugs beat nnd robbed James Devluney, twenty years old, at Six teenth and Arch streets, nt 2:30 o'clock this morning then enrried their victim a half square and shoved him Into an ash can. Devinney lives on Pnrrlsh street nenr Sixtceuth. Half an hour later Devinney revived from tho effects of a blow on tho head, wiggled out of the ash can and made Ids way to tho Hahnemann Hospital, where he wns treated, lie then went to the Fifteenth and Race streets station, nml rennreil the hold-Ill), but the thucs with nenrly an hour's start had escaped. Dqvinnoy attended a party last uignt. no was on his way home, nud wns waiting for a trolley car when two men approached him. Devinney passed a pleasant "Good morning" to tho mon, and In reply was ordered to throw up his hands and a revolver was pointed at hiin. The hold-up men searched their vic PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1921 SAILOR IS KILLED AS CHINESE BATTLE TO LEAVESHIP HERE Members of Japaneso Craft in Fierce Revolver and Club Fight With Police ONE MAY HAVE DROWNED; THIRTY ARE UNDER ARREST Chang Senng, a young Chinese sailor, was shot In the bend nnd killed early this morning when members of the Chinese crew of the Clilcfuku Marti, n .Tnpancso sugar steamship tied up at Christian street wharf, made a dash for liberty. Illn Poi. another youug Chinese sai lor, was shot in tho leg when ho tried to run down a hawser which was hold ing the ship to tho wharf. Ho turned back, but mnnnged to climb down an other hawser and escape. He was picked up by tho police n distance from the shit), treated nt the Methodist Hos pital, then taken to the Fourth street and Snyder nvcnuo station. Another man is missing. Tho police do not know whether ho is drowned or mnnnged to escape into tho city during the rough nud tumb'u light. Thirty other members of tho crew were ar rested and taken to the Second and Christlnn streets station. William ltelshuw, head of the murder squad, was sent to take charge of the Investigation. Tho master of tho ship, who had been in New York on busi ness, arrived this morning, having been sent for hurriedly, nud brought an In terpreter with him. Detective Ilelshaw questioned the of ficers and crew through the interpreter. One Important bit of evidence brought out wan that the nlot to mako a dash for freedom apparently was devised three mouths ago, when the ship was at sea. At that time. Itelshaw learned, the key to one of the hatches disappeared. The whole ship was searched for it, and the men questioned, but no trace of the key could be found. This morning, ufter three months, it turned up, It was on the inside of the hatchway, In the lock. It had been used to open the door to let the crew, who are locked up every night in port, mass quietly on deck for their dash for llbortw The Clilcfuku Maru, carrying a big cargo of sugar for Philadelphia and New York, was consigned to tnc .ortn At- i suction of nir from the engine, I.dword lantlc Shipping Agency and Corpora- I Van Orden. a resident of Devon and Hon, with othrea at Third and Walnut formerly president of the Asphnlt Roof streets, this city. The ship arrived es- ng Co. of New York, was ground to terday. ' " v " dehth "nt Devon station lns-t evening. Made Warlike Preparations ! Because the boat was manned with Orientals, nnd theie Is a hcavj penalty for permitting any of them to hind un authorized on American soil, tho con signees went to u detective agency, at 120 South Forth street, and requested that tho ship be kept under heavy guard while in poit. The following prlvnto detectives were put on duty yesterday : William Stew art, Arthur Holmbold. Geary Keller, Charles C. Howe, Joseph J. Dumph) and Frank Ilrcwcr. Dumphy was on watch alone early jesterday afternoon, his mates joining film later. While he was n'onc on the shin he noticed members of the crew making what seemed to him warlike preparations. Some of them were busy sharpening axes and wicked-looking knives, arm several tried to leave the ship, only to be tinned back by the detective. When the other detectives came on duty Dumphy warned them of what he had seen. The six men decided thnt three should stand guard on deck and three on tho pier. Dumphy, on tho deck all day, was made one of the pier guards. Howe was stationed at the cane plnnk, with another man on the dock ' nearby to re-enforce him if necessary. The six guards sensed impending trouble. Tried Rope -walking It came when Hing Poi, who t nine teen years old and lives in Singapore, made a break for freedom. With two ili.- uiuaitnH '.. ... ..' m ...... m,. u;.- iVC'llUUlICUU IC'UUVi , cent rolled e- under his arm, he spuing tm -mitai said there "have not nimbi) on one of the thick hawsers and been any official propositi on the sub ran townrd the pier, just like a slack- je t lh.it would In any way bind this wire performer. Dumphy tried to turn ! c . e imient m- the fondgn governments the man back, then drew his revolver other than the agreement of the for- ind llred. ine i uinesc stumuied, turned and ran back. In the darkness It looked to Dumphy ns though he had fallen Into the water. Illng Pol was repotted missing Inter in the morning, and the police arrested him, limping and weak from loss of Mood, ut Fifth and Jackson streets. Patrolman Joidou made the arrest. The shot seemed to be the signal for an attack hy almost thn entire crew. They massed on the deck and mnde a lush at Howe. Many of the Chinese curried knives; several had short and very sharp "tong" hatchets. Tho weapon used by the majority was a club, Contlnurd on l'ucc rfcur. Column Two AND ROB MAN Relieved of Money, Watch and Senseless, Half Block tim, taking SL'7 nnd his watch nnd chain, worth .$00. Then Devinney was permitted to lower his hands while ho divested himself of his overcoat, on or ders from ono of the thugs. As ho passed the overcoat to the thug Devluney partly turned. The thugs probably thought he intended to run and givo nn alarm, for one man promptly struck Devinney two blows on the head with n blackjack. That wns all Devinney remembered for tho next thirty minutes. When he recovered consciousness ho wns Jammed In a big nshcan at Sixteenth nnd Ap pletrco streets, n half squat c from where tho hold-up took place. "It's bad enough to bo robbed. It's worse to he insulted oy being compelled to tnko off your overcoat and give it to a thief. But It'is simply to think of what they did to mo nftcrwnrd carried mo uway und shoved mo Into that darned Hshcan." woh Dcvinnoy's bitter comment to the police. 1 -v. . . M KATU1NA TltASK KATRINA TRASK WEDS AGAIN Authoress and Banker's Widow Married to George Foster Peabody Saratoga Springs. N. Y.. Feb. fi. (Ily A. P.) Mrs. Kate Nichols Trask, authoress, known in literature as "Ivnti'lnn f -nut " tvnia mnrrlnil lirpf todnj to George Foster Peabody, of apw ork. . operations ot inn nriny uir nurvn;,-, She was the widow of Spencer Trask ' urged immediate unification of all nrmy, banker, whom she married in 1874, nnd navy and commercial aerial nrtlvitics who was killed In n railroad accident and reiterated his belief that the uir iu 1110!). ship had made capital naval essols Mrs. Trask is the author of "Under useless. King. Constantino." "Sonnets and, General Mitchell urged the substitu Lrlcs." "Lessons in Love," nnd man) tion of enormous nlr and seaplane car other novels and verses, her latest pro- I riPrs to accompany the light vessels luieunn, wituouE tue wans, ueing published In 1010. Mr. Peabody is a former member of the Trnslc banking firm, but retired in 1000. He is a director and vice chair man of the New York Federal Reserve Hoard, formerly national treasurer of the Democratic party, senior trustee of Hampton Institute nt Hampton Va , and a member of many clubs. EDWARD VAN 0RDEN KILLED BY TRAIN AT DEVON STATION Father of Mrs. Charles Trumbull Was 79 Years Old Drawn under the wheels of a Peon- slvnnia Railroad express train bv the -Hr- an urilen. who was seventy ' nine years old, had jut alighted from a local train from Philadelphia, nnd was waitimr on the station nlatform for 11 cab when the express came along. It Is believed he was standing too near to the edge of tlie platform und did not see the npproa-hing expie-s. Mr. Van Orden was n member of nn old New lork family and the father i of Mrs. Charles G. Trumbull, of the i Gladstone Apartments, this citv, and I of Mrs. Maniet Covell, wife of Captain illiiim ( oven, of Hwnrtliiuoro. A son, Albert Van Orden, lives at Mfitclair, N. J. For the last year Mr. Vim Orden had made his home with Mrs. F.lla H. Fister In Devon. Ills wife died Inst summer nt Point Pleasant, N. J. He, . ., , . , , had been visiting Mrs. Trumbull prior j Angry Man Disconnects Thirty In to the accident. Mr. Trumbull is editor etruments In Dispute of the Sunday School Times, with offices Wirn ,., ,, Telenbnno Co fni!,l at lOIll Walnut street. FOREIGN NEGOTIATIONS UP TO NEW ADMINISTRATION Secretary Houston Will Not Proceed Pending Change In Office V!i.-lil.i-nii Fi.h K Mtv A T A lefiee from Sccretnrv Hniihtmi' ,,f the Treasurv Department, snvinc be ! would not during the remainder of his li in il. i e pinned with any further liit.inr .i' ni'irotiittions with foreign pnv- eriiments was read In the Senate todav i , i ,i-e. of Massachusetts,, the1 ,-igii govt .nnients umtained in their de 111111111 obligations held by the United States to give long-time obligations, if requested, in exchange therefor. VINEGAR REPLACES BOOZE Substitution at Wlldwood Subject of U. S. Investigation Atlantic City. Feb. fi. Neatly the entile police administration of Wild wood Is to be summoned to Atlantic City to utideign a grilling before United States Commissioner Lewis in an effort to ascertain I lie identity of the culprits who replaced with vinegar, cider and substitutes $1,1,000 worth of lino whisky nnd gin 'ihe liquor had been seized by federal ngints during a raid t Wlldwood some weeks ago and placed under guard in Wlldwood jail cells. Fight lesidentii of Wlldwood also have been seixd with writs to appear Wednesday attemoon. The names are withheld. They are to answer charges of selling liquor in violation of the Volstead law. It was the whisky and gin found in the possession of these eight which mysteriously disappeared. FIND BOMB IN BUILDING Death-Dealing Machine Found In Second Street Coat Factory A crudely-made bomb containing enough explosive, according to the po lice, to wreck half a dozen buildings, wns found ou the third floor of the building, S20-SU0 South Second street, nt 8:30 o'clock todii) . Tho second tloor of SU'8-.tO South Second street Is occupied by the firm of Fred Givit.; the third floor by Sam uel Klein, and the fourth tloor by David Cohen and Samuel Melniick, nil hut manufacturers. Klein found the bomb outside the door of his place. He gave one jell nnd ran for n patro'mun. A detail from the Second and Christlnn streets station removed tho bomb, the fuse of which was purtly burned 'ubllshfd Dally Uxceot Sunday t'onvrlKht 1H21 T RESOLUT! E No Justification, He Says, for Reducing Minimum From 280,- 000 to 175,000 Men DOOM OF DREADNOUGHTS SEEN IN BIG AIRPLANES Hy Ihe Associated Press Washington, Feb. 5. President Wil son today vetoed the joint resolution di recting the AVur Department to stop army recruiting until the force is re duced to 17i",000 men. Returning tho measure to the House, the President said lie was "unable to see in the condition of the world nt large or In the needs of the United States any chnngo" that would justify a restriction upon the minimum enlisted strength of 2S0.000 men provided for in the re cently enneted army reorganization bill. Armv advocates of n united nlr serv ice carried their fight today into tho cumi) of the enemy. Appearing before the House naval committee with n number of aides Urigadlcr General Mitchell, chief of of the lleeUn pluce of battleships and l.ntlln xrtlicnra talS?hr:t. with our present avia- iSrS.f.'.K KS nrcXny'vcs' scl. armored or unnrmored. that comes within 200 miles of our coast. With airplane carriers housing nt least thirty planes we could extend this area far out to sea " Chairman Butler interrupted to re- riH KriT nrei 'SMA what had become of the money appro- printed for aviation during the wnr. "The people are determined to know and they will know wlmt became of the SI. 400.000.0(H) appropriate! for theIirma1;, V'" V row n the Senate iiidleiarv com- mieeCH'u'.tedMdar V'tt 'fficiiX Trlt.,l Reed's bill proposing to prohibit further i loans hy tlie J reasury to foreign gov ernment'. As soon as the committee met Seu- ntor Overman, of North Carolina, moved to refer the measure to the finance committee, but Senntor Reed strenuously objected. Chairmnn Nel son said the Treasury Dopaitmcnt had in I'liii-M-ii mn ii, uiuiti- iil-w lliiviujll'a Ul loans to the allied governments. Senntor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, asked the committee to recommend n measure thnt would "forbid the sec- lelnry by statute" or exact n positive promise from him "not to loan another, dollar. PUTS PHONES OUT OF GEAR to remove n junction box fiom the rear ponh roof of his home nt lUS South Sit-ieond street. William V. Ruth rnuff disconnected the wires and put about llnrtv telephones In the nelg I horhood out of coiumiss on. Tie in cident occurred Inst Tuesday. In he,- husband's absence today Mrs. Ruthrn'iff said telephone repairmen hail I'nm.ist'd the porch roof. Mr. Ruthrnull, she said, made several attempts to bine tl10 .company liny for repairs to the roof. On January 15 he notified tlie ooninany to remove the junction box; "My hush md noted fairly nnd square!) iu the matter," Mrs. Rutli rnuIT said. "It wasn't a cise of spite or of damaging the company's property. He didn't chop the wires. He simply disconnected them." PRESIDENT VETDES IN N OR SiViALL ARMY SWISS GOVERNMENT ADHERES TO NEUTRALITY BERNE, Feb. 5. It is understood here thf.t the lcquest made 'oy tha league of Nations for permission for international troop on tluir v.ay to tho Vilua plebiscite aiea to tiavcrse Switzerland probably will be withdrawn. This is in view of the attitude oi the S"'..i government, which had been indicated ns opposed to such pcimis&lon, because of tho desire not to penult In any way a i'.VU'u''. iiom GwlbS neutrality. HUNGARY WON'T CONSIDER RETURN OF M0NxRCHY BUDAPEST, Teb. 5. Premier Tcleky, replying to an iuter ji'.' ten in the assembly, tlcclaied tho government piopo&ed to climiuatc the question of rstorr.tiou of the monarchy fiom pailia mcntaiy iUs.cu.sion and promised to prohibit any person irom disseminating piopagandn on the subject. The assembly then, by a vote of 110 to 17, approved the government'. dccibioii. QUAKE STIRS UP VOLCANO Popocatepetl Unusually Active, Due to Earth Tremors In Mexico Mclro Clt), Feb. 5. (By A. P.)-- Mount Popocatepetl jesterday was i roused into unusually vigorous volcanic activity by the earthquake which on Thursday night shook the isthmus of Miuantepec, destrojmg much prop erty and piobublj causing the deaths of many persons Indians living ut the foot of the mountain wire much disturbed hv the nppearanie of smoke wreaths around' the summit, fenriiw u disastrous tro I 1 11 1 III ' mor Thuinln night's cat tlmuake was felt ih tilU'tlv in the citv of l'm.1,1,, i and t.us noticeable hero. I flulnrrlptlnn I'rlcc JO a Tear by Mall. bv 1'ulillc l-i-duT Company STATE POLICE BEGIN ! ERIE VICE PROBE ON ; ORDER OF GO VERNOR H PREIE WARNS GERM Do Not Repeat Folly of 1914, but Accept Terms, Lloyd Cwrge Advises WON'T TAKE CHEAP GOODS Hy the Associated Press Itlnnlnghnm, England. Feb. f. Pre mier I.lovil Oonreo in n vnfch here to day, deniing with the recent meeting of the allied Supreme Council, said that before the last election he laid It down Minf flnrmnnv t'-nu ,MMnllf timiml tft TlrtV for the wanton damage she had inflicted. but that one could onlv set from a debtor what bo was catmble of nayinc. Ho asserted, in this connection, that I Germany must not be allowed to pay j in n way that would injure the country , receiving payment by chenp goods, for example. The ocasion of the premier's speech was his receiving the freedom of the cty- p',p VC1S the movements of the state Mr. Llojd George pointed out that police, who, it Is confessed, have been Geimnny. being temporarily bankrupt, i sent to this city represented u baffling difficulty to the I ,,.. , " "xperts when it came to the question mey are. their rank, how mnny of her paving outs'de her own frontiers. n number, nnd the work they are doing With all these difficulties in mind, he nro presumably known onl'v tr, rJ' nWl. Ihe Allies had reached certain con- rnnr s , ,,. ?n,y to ,Gnr chHons last week nnd had presented a ,. r nnrou'. -Major Adams, chief of bill which was framed on the basis of ,l10 tp police, and Sheriff Fox, of ""man prosperity, ji t.ermany w.i OOt prOSpOrOUS SllP COlllcl IlOt PB.T. BIl'l ' ' -re prosperous she could and ' ' "r. Simons Dr. Simons, the German foreign mill- ister, was an honest and sincere states- """ nnil he had sa d that he meant to -arrv out Gennnny s ob "Ration f I ho , ros-lhly cnu'd. cont'nued the premier, j Simons had comnlaincd that he had , "" - '- '" S! I "2 .:"T", 'l01'. L5-. , "?U" ,r ."" ! ''J'00 P.'',, fhe war and on peace they would soon come prosperous, the premier pre- Kd. -ur- J'' 'iKP A'"" " """V,,, t .ll'hrif li "be'inlX, bv I'assion und npe.it the fo'lies of 101-1. W- -f & , ! Britain and France, and he considered it Intolerable that the guiltv country, which has escaped damage during the war. shou d also bear a lighter burden of taxation than her victims. tt,ir,ln Ve, IMrHnMmf The burden imposed upon Germanv bv the nllied council, he said, was I "ot etravagnnt lor the first few years, the premier d'i lured, it was not womnn voters' leasue and the male clti cipial to the pensions bills of Ung'and I ..,, nR!,,-,, ,i,, , , L .,, .. , , and France. It was not a question off1 " nSsistl"K i best illustrated imposing economic slavery of the Ger- . '" ",e manner in which they have gone man worker, he iiiMsfd. Somebody about the preliminary work of start. i..i i,., fr- ti,,. ,i, . i. nti. ,.;., ,.r , ... """ ,..,.,,,,, ,.n,i si,()l,i, it. he nske.l. 1... I . , . f T... . , . . ... tin, worucrs oi i rauie, wno nau resi-te I '"" v '"'"".' umier tun the foe'' .circumstances is n very impnrtnnt one. Dr. Simons has the light to present ! Several men interested in the investi nliernntive proposal. Mr. Llojd George ,,, , , , , luv " euncedeil. but if thc-o proposals repn- "!'tlou Imvp assured mo that plenty of snted a men attempt to avoid pnv- funds are available, ment. the Allies would not tolerate This is not a religious or ordinary them At Spa. he said, he hud had an rpfnrnl .,.., ,, . , .. ' un.ny fe.d'ng that behind Simons were r,m 'n,"l'"",". It is popular. Men men of P.m. b-it the nouniptlon of and women who never before bothered powtr bv the provoker, of the war could ' nbout politics are in it, not for polities' not be ii.Minltte.1 The mvonl must be llK but for t k f , sheathed for al' time. he dt dared ' ., " lUv '""" ou Nothing would hnrden the allied pisiph -rie. against Germany more than the feel- ' That there is consternation among ing that sh was still animated by the , tllosl, nlHcials who a.e nude,- Mispicion, idea of (noting treaties ns they treated .. . , . , , . '"""' thoe of tifty or sixty ars ago-as "si raps of piper. "Our claim i a righteous one audi with Councilman Tlioma-, Mnhnffcy as exrd1.Ume..'''f'',', i,',' Mr' 1''"-'1 CJ"or" jolmirninn and Attorney S. I, Gibson Tlie m rimer declared tbnl tl.i-innnv must fulfill her obligations as to lis'. armament Mnce the armistice she lmd made great progress in disarming he coneuleil, but she still h.i.s too much C'ontlnuisl nn Pace I'mir. MAYOR ON SHORE PARTY Moore, Smyth and Caven, With Wives, on Double Celebration .via) or .Moore and Mrs. Moore, Cltv Solicitor Smjtli und Mrs Sin) th and Hlrcctor Uiven and Mrs. Cnven went to Atlantic Tin- t,nv (- .. i... V .., ., ,, . " ",lu 0i cat" as the Mavoe exn n ln,l i i of two anniversaries ..,,-. . .., ...ww, ,u uuiiur The city solicitor and his wife wcie married nlueteen jears ago today. DJ. rector Cnven was htt). eight )eur'h old jesterday. The party left Citv Hmi . .. . . ... W -..! WIU'J " J," o clock in two motor i 1(1 ..!....!. ... . " V,,,B' ",ly w,u rui this cveuiuc. B'Xi'.AW'O-iHDKJf Tonui.t- ,aoth a NIGHT EXTRA PRICE TWO CENTS Sproul Acts After Detec tive Agency Calls Clean Up Impossible Task MAYOR LOSES FIGHT TO ATTEND INQUIRY Kitts, Barred by Attorney From Council Hearing, Threatens to Break In PUBLIC ALSO EXCLUDED Woman Witness of Murder in Resort Protected From In fluence of Officials y GEORGE NOX McCAIN ,' ,' , " "" on ' ! ' '" or t1"' leaders in the purification of ric. Pa., Feb. 5.StPrreor on !,. x.n.. county. J , lf.,, ., .. . , " ' Uu U nt least wo o countrhave lookelf thTfi7hT ovV the reque?t of some determined and wealthy citizens. One of these nB.n , llwMlleiI .. ',, CSC flRe,n " "" to undertake a commls- slon to furnish evidence. The reason assigned was, that no ft 'act. were uncar'thcT tho authorities with a subservient po- I ''C.C force nt 'r disposal, would be able to Intimidate witnesses and con trovert testimony. Things Going to Happen With the state police on the job this will be impossible. The power of th commonwealth is behind the reform or ganization. Tho fearlessness und de- w-iiiiiiidiiuii ot tnc trooners is a mat- , ter of general knowledge und of stntfl nri.i ,, . .. .. h. " , , ,? I I,ri"0 "ml oncp ' Iw Into thl sordid I Til OS 1 f llin U' II honin 4 I t i. ' ..". " '"," "' I'l"-n '"1U Hl4 T.nnl liftln 1... ,.nt.i .t. .. ' ,.;"' o ueu,pw "' merit re J"P practical method adontcd bv ths ". l"""-l'- I lll ntlPtlnt, rf nnn.... l- 1 "s ' v"" "l ,r"m developments jesterday i and today. l lie committee of councils as counsel, held a meeting Thursday afternoon ('.ills Major Mistaken Major Kitts stated that as nviyor ., r. he was ex-oflicio a member of eveiy I coitncllmanic committee. Counsel Gil- Json, representing tin- people, in an offi--ial opinion, said the major wu, mis taken; no ordinnnce existed that mnde hint ex -officio a member of any com mittee. Coining hack at this statement. Mayor ) Kitts was quoted as suying that he ; would smash in the doors, il necessary, 'to attend the investigat'oa Aiuhow, j the investigation is i,i? puo.ic. The j publli should be admitted, but only the newspaper lep.irters vorc permitted I within the (hauibei. i Tho pjroterlicics of the probe will 'come later. Tlie local newspaper press is authority lor the statement that al- ready there Is sufficient evidence to war rant a idenning up of the police force. Attaiked Ily Paper The best outline of the tactics of ! Mayor Kitts is given in the Erie Times, I which, iu descilbing the frantic efforts of the major to block any investigation, saj s : ' "Mnrnr Kitts is a keen ps.vehologist , nnd knows full well that as n generni rule, peopio in sunordltintc positions talk fieer when their superior otlieers are not piesent or within hearing, thnu they do when those officers, like tho major, are present Major Kitts real ize this fact, and his action In ,P minding to be present is simply in lino with the geneinl policx of upparently insisting upon a so called legal right but in reality, blocking tho cnmmittci In its efforts to get ut the truth of con ditions " The three daily newspapers (n (his citj. the Morning Dispatch, and the '.' O tlio. -Moriiiuif yi. 1. veiling Ileiald atid 'I lines, are Imoklnff ,. ...r.... ... e i'. ... ""CKWff Il. ,.l.l 1 r .-: ' up the etfoits to foicti u showdown and purii. Lin- i ivj The further nptinrent effort of tho city authorities now Is to make th deatli of Police Justice Mnran In a Negro resort lust week n case of acci dental shooting. Even with this nc iMimiiiished. the odium of the official's death in such a place cannot be removed Something like 103 policemen connti tute tho city's force. Tho dctectlvei ar JToti m 1 i .... ,.8V Bw lim DanM.-virfv, Continued on I'aio rour7C.lumn 1'T.
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