TTrffittf rs "Monday" and money" Sound Much Alike 77is Wee Wtt BoM of 77iem Page 2 Euentna public Ifeftger THE WEATHER Haln tonight and Tuesday: rising temperature tonight with lowest about 30 degrees:, moderate easterly winds. TttMITKriATUnK AT EACH HOUIt r I ii no In tia i ziaTTOTt !fif .TB 40 H8 Ml 142 142 NIGHT EXTRA. t' See Begin ' i' " r1 W ' VOL. VII. NO. 125 HUSBAND KILLED, WIFE DYING, AFIE8 E Police Bellovo West Philadelphia Woman Shot Man, Then Attempted Suicide PISTOL FOUND IN BED WITH WOUNDED COUPLE Edward It. Manning Is dead nnd his wife, Nellie H. Mannlngf"" dying in the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital, as a result of a double shoot ing early today In the room where they !odnl. at 0314 Haverford nvenue. Tho couple were heard quarreling early Inst erenlng. Manning, who was a chauffeur, was delirious when taken to the hospital ind never regained consciousness. Sirs. Stannlng has been unconscious since dhe as admitted to the hospital, and is expected to die without' recovering conodousncRs. The police do not know whether husband or wife did the shoot ing but think it may have been the ,! hpcAiige of thu position of the pl.tol, whloh was found between tbo. two. Found Sido by Side Husband and Wife were .found lying side by side, both partly dressed, and bleeding from wounds In the bead. The police believe blood marks Indi cate tbnt Mrs, Manning was facing her 'hu6bnnd when the shot was fired, and that she fired It, shooting herself Imme diately afterward. Tbcy think tbo muscular contraction of her body after the shooting threw her body over on the other side. When the first patrolman arrived Manning's hand was near the pistol, and he was groaning and struggling. The police think he had tried to reach the pistol to protect himself. An earlier police theory was that he had shot the woman, and they thought this was in dicated by tho fact that the cistol lay near his hand. The police admit that no far they have no doflnltc evidence to prove which of tbo' two or cither of them fired the shots. Tho police havo been unable to learn much about the couple.- They have lodged nt the ITaverford avenue house, kept by Mr. ,and Mrs. Edward Groben, since January 0. Mrs. Manning some times mentioned a niece In thla city, but Mrs. Groben never heard her name or address. The police know nothing of the couple's relatives or antecedents. Manning was employed by a woman living on Woodbino avenue, Over brook. Heard Sounds of Quarrel Manning came home at 8:80 o'clock last night, seemingly In good spirits, greeted Groben andT.wenl; upstairs. The landlord and his wifo retired about 10 o'clock. A little later they heard what teemed to be the sound of quarreling from the Mannings' room, but it soon nbctded and the bouso was quiet. At 5 o'clock this morning Groben and his wife were awakened by the sound of two shots. They listened and then 'heard what they bcllered at Hrst was a man yawning loudly. When it continued Mrs. Groben decided it was some one moaning, and she got up to 6c what was the matter. She traced the sounds to the second floor back room, where the Mannings lodged. Tho door was unlocked and she went in when she received no answer to her lalls and knocking. The room was In darkness. She struck a .match. and what she saw sent her scTonmlng for her husband. Groben returned with her, and they found husband and wife lying on tho bed, Mrs. Manning unconscious and the man was groaning. Man Out of His Head Groben telephoned to the Sixty -first and Thompson streets station, and the ratrol was rushed to tho house. The wife was carried out, but the husband, though out of his head, struggled and tried to break away from the patrolmen when thoy tried to lift htm. It waa necessary to strap him to the stretcher to get blm to the patrol. At the hospital the surgeons said Im mediately that the wounds of both huB hand and wife were likely to prove fatal t any moment. Mrs. Manning was jnot in tho right side of the head be hind the ear; her husband in tbo right temple. Though Manning was con scious he was dellrloiui. nnd It u-nn Im. possible to get anything frota him. Ho h not spcoK npiore no died a lew BOUTS later. Mrs. Uroben said the couple had lived luletly onough together for the most p,8rt, though they quarreled occasion- CoaUniwl on ruga Funrteoi. Cotnmii Vaar ATLANTIC-PACIFIC FLEETS TO MEET IN' SHAM BATTLE Decks Cleared for Action Probably Off Coast of Chile On Board U. 8. 8. Pennsylvania., b- 7. (Wireless to A. P.) Wartimo loutine was observed today on battle snips nnd destroyers of tho United States Atlantic Fleet. Tho worships, which left Callao late Saturday, were steaming southward along the -Peruvian wist to meet tho United States Pacific Fleet, which left Valparaiso, Chile, on Saturday, headod north. The two squadrons were expected to m'u"1 nn tlme in a sliam bottle, ynicb would closely approximate ctm ution encountered In wartime on tho "Ku Hem, M.M4fnA Aueurto 11. Legula. pres h! J, l?M.' hfl8 Mnt t0 Admiral uiry..",J'v"80n commander of the Mi i.m F ?flt' B "'? expressing Ms gratification nt the ylait of the fleet to Peruvian write Peruvian waters. Santiago .Chile , FeK 7.(By A. P.) r7),71VrBVlu.8h lBn. commander for AM"5. Un,ted Bttttes' Pacific dLW,h ,h Mt y!PIo on Sntur toft, i hls yttt In battle formation .. y ln. Pr?PU"ation for to wham en jagement wilh tho United States At && f,uadron' The fleets were - ttTchiwherofftbonorth- At..ajWiirole5s dispatch to President rVS' .AdmJral Rodman has ex, Scn.V nnd, ,PPle 'or the reception &wi .m lllP9 ,1nd thelr iwwnnd, Minlstr.! tn the ' ! and ad ration marked by oat tonal pros- - QUARREL IN HOM a,t.rrt B"d-g;Uye?Vjro,tomy)tgt rh. wtphi., r. Keeps at It and Gets $100.00 Prize Toduy'B lnnphV lim'rlck winnor, Mr. Clifton, has been a com petitor In .almost1 nil tho contests without oven getting one of Kls lines !?l0ISS,?,VtSS!5.,SJ?? bttllot8' Today he heads tho list and gets the ONE HUNDRED-DOLLAR prize. His lim'rlck LIMERICK NO. 43 There waa a young' shopgirl named' Grace 'Whose1 art was quite plain on 'her face; Her makeup and hair Made the customers Stare Till the boss said, "Aisle manager case' J. HARRY CLIFTON 235W.Rlttenhouse Street Germantowa There's Another Lunpin' Lim'rlck Today See' Page 2 SPROUL-PENROSE TALK STIRS SUB Governor Is Believed to Have Asked Aid for Constitutional ' Convention TO ' PRESENT BILL SOON Vu a Staff CorrMjiomfoit Harrisbtrrg, Feb. 7. Ooslp over tho qnrstlon of what "went on" In thetmpst recent conference in Washington be tween Senator Penrose nnd Governor SpronI Is tfic liveliest thing In Hnrrls- burg today. Informed opinion, putting two and two together, insists that tho Governor called on the senntor for the purpose of Insuring, if possible, pass age of the bills providing for the hold ing of a constitutional convention. Governor' Sproul Is confident that the. bills, will pass and that the final ses sion of his term will be marked by this event a a crowning achievement. It Is argued that the Governor would not be 60 highly confident unless the Penrose support was assured. Another point which seems to add color to this view of the conference) held Inst Friday night. Is that the -visit of tuo Governor to Washington just precedes the intro duction of tho bills for the convention Into the General Assembly. These bills are expected to put In an appearance this week. Tho opposition to the con vention, which is stTong, It is pointed out, can find some consolation in the hope of. defeating tho Governor ulti mately, when the proposals come dl rccUy beore the people In a statewide vote. Governor Reported Confident It Ih noteworthy tbut the Governor freely expresses a belief that the bills for the convention wiu pass tne nouse and Senate. He does not say as much about some other administration pro posals. Governor Sproul, nccoraing to his friends, is "politically weather wiso" and ho has had sufficient experi ence ns ft legislator to sense Just what may and what may not pass tho As sembly, It la also noteworthy that there Is not' much talk of the passage of os bill laying a tax on manufacturing corporations. Soma legislators see in this the germ nt m Men: namclr. that the Grundy men muy withhold their opposition to tho constitutional convention in the hope tlmt the battle for a tax on manufac turing corporations will not get too hot. It Is also believed here that the Pcn-rosto-Sproul conference may havo touched on the threatened uprWug against the stato administration's big deficiency bill. It will bo recalled tbut, In n conference In the Governor's office, tho bill was cut from $3,570,800.85 to 13,238,868.88 reduction of S3, 010.07. This bill has passed the House and is now in tne aenaw appropria tions committee. ,,,.., CeTtaln of the nntl -administration leaders, however, nro talking of recall ing tho bill to the House. They insbrt .V ."".. ..... ,J W. 14 l1 ...1,1. IDat tne mil enouiu or utiuum nun greater particularity. In this connec tion they single out the allotments to tho department of public grounds and buildings and tho department of for estry, which Is headed by Gilford Pinchot. Administration Criticized In the Ooveruor'a conference, the item for the forestry department was cut from $Cn,000 to $55,000. In the sec tion covering tho -department of public grounds and buildings there are two items one for ?560,000 nnd another for 8150i)00. With respect to these two Items, a Democratic newspaper has been .iiriinr prltlctxm asatnst the adminis tration, charging that state funds were ..nji .... thn rvinNrnirciou ui urivuioi.. ...,i .n htiiliMnsR. The answer of tate officials to these charges b that the state uses the buildings for much needed offices and thnt the total cost to the state will be lio more than If the money was pnm om us mnuKuv rm. t .!, nt thn Penrose conference. -.i ku,.n hpre In nold to bti another means of satisfying the critics of tho . .,., uin aua iint-iiitnf? ninv tint dovelop with any seriousness, as the House may not do much business to night out of respect to the memory of tho late Representative J. T. Foster of Venango. The effort to recall tho bill from the Senate may not be made to- "'inanWa public hearing In Phlla delnhla on the anti-rent profiteering bills will probably be mode this week by lleprcsontative Btadtlander, of Pittsburgh, chairman of the House com mltteo on municipal corporations. warn vou thlnlc of nrttliur. WOMEN ON JURY TOTRYfLONEY One Is Foreman in Case of Last Defendant in Fifth, Ward Murder ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY Tragic Fifth Ward Case Near Closing Cliaptcr Moloney's is virtually the Inst of the "fifth ward cases." The celebrated series of' prosecu tions grew out of the murder of Ue teitlve Ilppley September 10, 1017, by" gunmen Imported from New York. Thomas II. Smith, then Mayor, was arrested with William E'. Fin ley, councilman and executive direc tor of the Republican city commit joe; Police Lieutenant David Ben nett. "Ike" Deutsoh, leader in the Fifth ward, and Policemen Uram, Feldman, Murphy, Hnyden and Wirtschafter. Hmith wis acquitted : Finley was acquitted after the Jury had stood eleven to one for conviction. He dcd soon after. "Ike" Dcutsch was con victed and sentenced to prison. Ho fell dead when his case was being appealed. The policemen, including Lieuten ant Bennett, served jnll terms, nnd the gunmen occused of the actual thootlng were convicted of second degree murder nnd arc serving long priHon terms. One man, ".Ilmmy" Clark, "the man- with the eyeglasses," jumped ball and hasn't becu heard from since. Samuel G. Moloney, last of the de fendants in the Fifth ward case, Is being tried by a jury wltha woman foreman and a second woman member. Miss Hettle Grunlnger, twenty-two years old, and prepossessing in appear ance, who descrlbmj herself ns an "op erator," and said sho lived at 1445 South Fifty-third street, was chosen as No. X nnd foreman of the Jury. The second woman member selected was Miss Theresa Dougherty, an in spector by occupation, who lives at 420 Somrnenllle street, and la serving as No. 7. A third woman member of tho jury might have been chosen. Miss Bella Waxier, of 2128 North Thirty-second street, but she was challenged by the commonwealth. Moloney, through Ills attorney, Henry .7. Scott, pleaded "not guilty" to the charge against him, which Is merely n misdemeanor in spue ot its length, Lost of Eighteen Defendants Maloncy, last of the eighteen de fendnnts, was placed on trial this morn ing In Boom 200. City Hall, before Judgn Harnett, of Perry county. Maloney, ot the time of the murder, wsh Philadelphia representative of the Val O'Forrell Detective Agency, and is charged with having conspired with Michael Sullivan, now In Moyamenslng Continued on Poro Three, Cotamn Two YOUNG WOMAN KIDNAPPED AFTER Armed Intruders Force Way Into House, Beat Down Doors and Carry Away Girl One Claims as Wife By the Associated Press Whlto Plains, N. Y Feb, 7. Ro ports that two automobile loads of armed men, accompanied by a woman, kidnapped Mies Anna King, a New York girl, from Scarsdale, last mid night, after a fight in which pistols and a shotgun were used, were made today to the police. During the struggle, another young woman, the daughter ot Mr. nnd Mrs. Lewis Albohns, whose homo was In vaded to seize Miss King, narrowly eH caped being Injured by a revolver bullet. The Invaders, according to Mr. Al bohus, asserted that Miss King was the wife ot one of the young men in the party. Sho was taken away In one of the automobiles after a cak had been wrapped around her. The Albohnss aid they were aroused by ii banging at the front door, but the family, fearing burglars, refused to ro snond. f bj int,rjdra ttgt hrokiAfcnp .PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 7, 1921 CHARTER IS MADE SCRAPOFPAPERIN SPENDTHRIFT BILL Von Tagon Assails Giving Com missioners Free Hand With Millions BUSINESS MEN PROTEST AGAINST PALACE DREAM The city charter will be no better thnn a "scrap of paper" 'under the "spendthrift bill . .which .gives the city commissioners a free hand In spending $1,000,000 toward a Municipal Court "palace of justice," 'Councilman von n .... - xngen snni touay. "It t very definitely set forth In the ehnrter," he declared, "that tho Department of Public Works shall hove full direction of tho erection of such Lullillngs. "We should not havo been asked to vote for the appropriation to the Mu nicipal Court without hovlng tho city spllcltor's opinion on that section of the appropriation bill. ''There fchould have been attached to the $1,000,000 Item tho provision that It be subject to future legislation. I floored such action before the vote was taken, but tho suggestion was lost In the shuffle." y Mayor Mooru declined to discuss the matter today. The blanket ordinance appropriating ?32.050,000 for public Improvements, which Was passed by Council Thursday, Is now before him. This blanket bill Includes tho $1,000,000 for the "nalacc of justice." The Moyor may veto oil or any part of t'-is ordinance. Business Men Protest Vleorous objection is made by of ficlals of the Olrard Avenue nuslnesi Men's Association against the proposed "paloco of justice." ' "It Is n beautiful dream that the Municipal Court wants to realito with other people's money," said J. Lans ing Mines, president of the association. 'Remember tho cosfof the City Hall and how, that cost kept on mounting until the total far overreached the orig inal estimate. The same thing will be true of a Municipal Court building. Ni matter how much money IS" poured Into 'theprojoct, it will never be completed." Mr. Mines recalled that his associo tlon had protested against the appropri ation. Th,c protest still stands, he sold, and, If possible, the buslncss'mcn's bodj wnnts to make It stronger thnn ever. Calls Plan .Unfair io People "I don't think this plan Is a fair deal to the people at all," he con tinued. "Our ncoDle feel it Is . an outrage that taxpayers-. ean--b8" nelled to pay for this ambitious scheme. What do they need it for? They have buildings now, modern enough for the time being. And no one can success fully contradict the fact that taxes hero are heavy enough now." Henry 8. Martin, secretary of the association, was enunlly as outspoken. In emphatic languago ho said he wanted to register the protest of the association and of himself Individually against the $1,000,000 appropriation. "Especially," he continued," since the money is to be entrusted to the city commissioners. I have ho quarrel With tho commissioners, but I believe the money, If It must no appropriates, should be turned over to a city depart ment) 'under the 'supervision of the Council. Why hand over ft, big Bllce of the tax money In such a way that the purse strings cannot be drawn at altV Putton Gives Objections A big objection to the appropriation, Councilman Robert J. Patton said, Is that the money Is voted to tho telty commissioners. "Look whot the commissioners have spent already out of the $400,000 ap propriation for tho Municipal Court," he stated. "What is thrro to show for it? I thought the whole matter should be made the subject of future legislation and I so moved lost Thurs- Am " Opponents of the "palace of justice" plan say the $1,000,000 grant, big as ft is, simply drives an opening wedge Into the city treasury. It la estimated the "palace" would cost close to $5, 000,000 to complete. Councilman Develln reiterated his fear of and objection to tne orainancc. "I don't think there aro any restric tions In tho ordinance," Mr. Develln stated "except the words 'toward the construction of.' At most tho city com missioners arc restricted to the erection of a building or buildings, but there is no limit placed on tho ultimate cost of tho project. , it ., "Ms objections to handing the $1, 000,000 over to the city commissioners arc based on three reasons. The first Is the manner In which the commissioners Cvntlnurd on Pcc roortc-fn. Column Tm PISTOL BATTLE of the windows and one of them let n the rest of the party through the front door, which he opened from tho Inside. Albohns said that when he ran down the stairs and asked the invaders what thoy wanted, one of the men said he had come to get his wife, and desprlbcd Miss King. Albohns declared the young woman was under his protection and ordered the men away. His son then rushed up with ii shotgun and opened fire. The men replied with pistols. Besides wounding MIrs Albohns, they riddled the Inside of the room nnd narrowly missed other members of the Albohns family. Sweeping the Albohns out of the way the kidnappers rushed up the stairs to MIsb King's room. When sho refused to open the door thay broke up a bed, battered down the door and carried her screaming downstairs to a waiting au tomobile. The Albohns meanwhile tried to telephone for help, but foujud tho wrej cut, ,. . "With Oceans of Love," Arlinc Sput Wrote King "With oceans of love and a kiss on each wave" wns part of a letter written by Arllne May Stout to Charles B. King, Jr., of llrlitol, Assistant District Attorney Gordon says. The girl wob found shot to death In her home October 10 a few hours after King had visited her. Free man C. Stout, the girl's father, caused King's arrest on suspicion. Tho Inquest was held today. MAYOR DOESN'T BELIEVE GOVERNOR IS UNFRIENDLY Moore Says He Can't Conceive of Sprout's Aiding His Opponents Mayor Mooro said today he, was loss to understand rumors Indicating a hos tility townrd hltn on the part of Gov ernor Sproul. "These rumors have been rather per sistent," said the Mayor, I'but I have no knowledge of their authenticity nnd do not believe them. Up to this time the Governor has shown a decided frlendfhlp for the Mayor and his poli cies. "The Governor knows the situation In Philadelphia nnd Is familiar with the Mayor's efforts to clean up; our, nao on ether men versed in politics, he know the Job to be difficulty "Kr. thn Mnvor does not believe the Governor is opposed to the Mayor's rnllc!i in Phlladclohla. and he cannot conceive a willingness on the part of the Governor to be used as an instru ment to underralno the Mayor or to en courage factionalism here." Hie Mayor uccimcu to commune on rumors of the Governor's dissatisfac tion over his efforts to push tho Do wnre river bridge, except to say Tint nnc of the difficulties Is to get a quorum of the commission. "Most of those on the Pennsylvania side who arc atnte or city officials gen erally had other appointments when tin bridge commission met," ho said. "To m,M tMu nltuntlon nnd in an eftort to hnvc the work proceed ad interum, nu executive committee or te commission had been nppolntcd, to tho chairmanship of which the Governor appointed the Mayor. It was nis capacity at cimir- tnon of tola coramiwre, h wen as oy virtue of his office, thnt the Mayor went to Washington recently to get bridge plans under way." The Mayor said his last conference with the Uqycrnor on the bridge was friendly. Humors of dissntisfnetion were pipe dreams, he said. W. C. DEXTER, ARTIST, KILLED vjagarlno Illustrator Meets Death Under New York "L" Train New York Feb. 7. Wilson C. Dcx- Kter, of Woodstock, N. Y., Jumped or fell in tho natn OL on nnproacuing Sixth avenue elevated train last night and was killed. Traffic was halted an hour wtjlln firemen and a wrecking xcew extricated tne Dotty. Mr. Dexter was an artist, whose 11- JWiira.UW.Iwhaypappcarrd In leading mauaynen. (He leaves a widow ond twit children. The nrtlst owned o farm near Woodstock ond was a resident of the artists' summer colony In tho Cotskllln. It wuh learned that Mrs. Dexter, who was formerly Miss Fillcbrown, of North Brookfleld, Mass., left today with her two children for her father's home there. A telegram received at the hotel at 11:30 last night from Mrs. Dexter aoid: "Arrjved safely." WAS WALKING ARSENAL Camden Man Jailed for Carrying Concealed Qeadly Weapons Henry Gogare, twenty -three years old, 050 South Second street, Camden, was sentenced td serve six months In Jail today on the charge of carrying concealed deadly weapomj, by Recorder Stackhouse. One of Gogare's neighbors told the police Gogare had threatened to kill him, Gogare woji arrested and the police say they found two loaded revolvers, a supplv) of cartridges, a stiletto and u blackjack In Gogare's pockets. Gogare told the recorder he carried thi small arsenal for self-protection. "Whero you're going you won't need protective weapons of Uire kinds; you won't even need one kind," retorted Recorder Stackhouse. Lulgl Bcrranta, 323 Cherry street, Camden, also drew a sentence, but throe instead of' six months, for earry- Ine a concealed weapon. A Camden policeman heard Serranta as he stood on a street corner denouncing this coun try nnd Us lawn and arrested him. The revolver was found in his pocket. L-1 BROUGHT TO NAVY YARD Submarine In Collision Wednesday Off Capes "Carried" B5 Miles Lashed between two tugs, the United States submarine Tj-1, rammed lost Wednesday morning by the pilotboat Philadelphia, oft thn De'aware capes, was brought eighty-five miles to tho Philadelphia Navy Yard, arriving at 11:45 oVlock today. The disabled submersible was cradled on hawsers between the salvage tug Kalmla and the navy yard tug Modoc. The suction pump of the Modoc worked throughout the tortuoush trip which was begun nt 0 o'clock last night, keeping the engine room hatch dry. A collision mot was placed over the rom rr.cd stern. Lieutenant Commander Holbrook Gibson and Lieutenant Commander E. L. Cochrane engineered the salvaglg of the wrecked submarine. It will be placed In drydock In o few days for repairs. McGANNON AGAIN ON TRIAL 8econd Hearing of Cleveland Judge for Murder Opens Cleveland, Feb. 7. (By A. P.) The second trlol of Judgo William II McGonnon on a charge of hecond-de- irrfp murder In connection with tho fata) shooting or iinroiu m. ivagy on the night of May 7 last opened this morn ing before Common Pleas Judge Homer O. Powell. ROB BANK; GET 6000 PENNIES Sharon, Pa., Feb 7. (By A. P.) Drilling a hole eighteen Inches In diameter Into tbo rear of the vault of the Orangevlllo Savings Bonk, nt Orangcvllle O., early today. robber procured 0500 pennies, overlooked other jflruiey and eecurJtU's. nnd rqade their W -, Published Dally Ktrt Sunday, !ntyrmM, luai. by GIRL'S FATHER FAILS E E Parent Had Insisted Bristol Youth Shot His Daughter, and Causod His Arrost CORONER FREES CHAS. KING AFTER DETECTIVES TESTIFY Charles Kdwin King, Jr., of Bristol, today was exonerated of criminal re sponsibility In the death of Arllne May Stout, his slxtcen-yenr-old sweetheart, who wni found shot to death In her home Sunday night, October 10. King was discharged from custody by Chief Deputy Coroner Sellers after a colorful hearing, at which Freeman M, Btout andMrs. Clara J. Stout, the girl's parents, were important wit nesses. f'rntriU nndofl tllB Coroner S COlirt- room because of unusunl features of the case. King's orrest on a charge of homicide had been caused by Mr. Stout because the father said a grave side vision of his daughter made him suspect the suitor. King, attired In nn oxford gray suit and wearing heavy tortoise shell spec- tacles, appeared dazed when Deputy Coroner Sellers ordered hltn to stand up ond jhen diRchnrged" him. A few moments earlier Mr. Sellers had di rected n verdict that death was due to a gunshot wound of the heart received In a manner unknown. Embraces Mother After Verdict Thu liberated youth turned and em braced his mother, while a score of his friends from Bristol applauded tne ver dict. Those who applauded were re buked shortly bv Mr. Sellers. "It Is pretty hard for me to say anything," King declared, as he left tho courtroom nrm in arm with his mother. "I know I am Innocent nnd I hoped to be nble to prove It." The father's chenrge against Kins collapsed when Important details of his testimony were contradicted. b other witnesses, including Dr. -WiUlwm H. Wailswortii, coroner s pnypicinn, ami William Belshaw, head ofClty Hall's "murder squad." A dramatic feature of the hearing came when Mrs. Stout, a cripple, who walks with thp aid of a cane and crutch. i.i -. -. .. , broke down and wept on the witness stand os she related how tier uaugn ter's body had been found. Mr. Stout, testifying, sold that on the night before the tragedy he had forbidden King ever to enter his home again. He nsscrted there were no pow der marks on his daunhtcr's body, and that the revolver, bis own, was lying four feet away from the couch, on which the body rested. Detective Contradicts Father These statements were contradicted by Detective Belshnw. who said there were powder marks on the body nnd that the pistol was on the couch near the girl's left hand. It hnd been testified Arliia wos left-handed. Dr. Wadsworth, besides testifying to the powder stains said tho flesh n round the wound was scraped as though the barrel of the' weapon had been pressed lightly ngnlnst the breast. Mr. Sout. a mechanical engineer, wns the first witness. He sold he first met King in September. 1020, and disliked him. On October 0, ho testified, he ordered the Bristol youth never to come to the Stout home again. Mr Stout, his wife and theh- younger daughter, Gladys, went to the shore for n day's outlnj?, be contlnmd, and re- turjyu nome atiout i o c;oci, uctooer 10. He noticed a .light In the house before he entered. Found Girl Dead on Couch Arline's body, tkf father testified, was lvlnc on a couch, clad In a niehtzoun. ,He hist thought she was asleep. When tie uihcoverrii tne wound ue unticeti tnnt the bullet had not pierced the gown, but tlmt the nightdress uppnrently hod been lifted before the shot was fired. Mr Stout said he found his revolver on the floor about four feetf rom the couch. One certrldge had been tired, he Continued on l'iip Thrn Column Tliri-v N 1RD R CHARGE sum XONERATED FREE ENTRY OF NEWSPRINT PAPER URGED WASHINGTON, Tob. 7 riee entiy of newsprint papa 1'iom r t ui.'ii countries ns well as Canada wna urged today before t'.i Hou-a Wnys and Moans Committee by American lieuspnpei i 1 rib. Thoy replied to the piopuMil mndu Suturdny by mv.s pi ml manufacturers that the duty on new&piint bo mnde $15 a ton, except on that coming from Ccunula, which would enter flee. 196 FATALITIES IN JANUARY IN STATE INDUSTRIES HARRISBURG, Teb. 7. Theie weie 100 fntnl accidents in J nu y hi Industries of Pennsylvania, uccoicllna to a summary l , i Lj CommUsionor ConnclUy, of tlie Dip.utinau of Laboi i i. . .lu.Uy. Sixty-two of Uiem oucturcd in millh mul t a l k- -uv. aunUred in minus, and thu rcbt on inlhoaila or ulihtlcb. x i ,,.10 y had 31,. Lnckuwnnna 20, Luzorne 22, and Philadelphia la, wualiuii in industry, while tliiity counties had uouo at all. STOWAWAY SENT BACK John Milton Said He Was Philadel phia Chauffeur A ntuwawav, uhn gave his name as John Milton, nnd said ho hod formerly been a chaufteur in this clt , wns found on tho shipping board steamship Nockum when seven days out from London and sent back to ICnglnnd on the (Siilmba, met on tho high sens The stor.x was told by J, P. Spauld Ing. ruptoln of the Nookum. which docked here todaj. The captain sutd Milton said lie wns u Finn by birth, but hnd been natunill.ed in this coun try nnd. Inning been cost adrift penni less in Knglnnd, stowed uwoy on the Nockiim ns the on!) uterus, of returning to, tui WinUp. BubterlDtlon Prlra ill a Year by Malt. Public ldtr Cnmrany r ff.-W.ri rKi fT' - n'V- -V-"-'- MRS. GUY SPIKER English girl, who was one of tho principals of an International war romance, cstenlay celebrated tho first wedding anniversary. Sho declares her marrl.igo Is a happy one GUY SPIKERS CELEBRATE Brother Gives Dinner In Honor of Their Wedding Anniversary Baltimore, Fob. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Splkcr. who were the principals of nn internnttounl wnr romance just one year ago, celebrated the first an niversary of their marriage hero last night. It was u private homo affair, but a joyful one, and was held nt the home of Mr. nnd Mrs. I'erley Splkcr, who were almost equally imiwrtant figures In the love quadrangle. Perley Spikcr, father of the "wnr baby," of which Mrs. Guy Spiker, who was Miss Emily Knowles. nn English wnr nurse, is the mother, decided to give u dinner to tho bride and groom of a jcar ago in order to quiet the rumor that the marriage wns not e hnnnv one. Brother Guy Spiker nnd his wife de clare they arc very happy and nothing Is further from their minds thnn di vorce. Mrs. Spiker echoed her husband s sentiments. She said "We love each other devotedly and are building up for the future." Tho "war baby" has been ndnpted by the Perley SplkerH but spends about half his time with his mother. He Is now n robust. Ught-luUxed boy ond is thriving nicely. PREPARE ANTI-BOMB BILL Assembly to Be Asked to Pass Meas ure Providing Penaltlpa By a Staff Corrraaosdcitr Harrisburg, Feb. 7. A bill to pre vent the manufacture and use of death -dealing bombs has been drafted nt the instance of Dr. Francis I). Patterson, chief of the division of luciene and en- giiid-ring In the Department of Labor and Industry. It may make its ap pearance in the Legislature tonight. The proposed act calls for the impo sition of prison terms running from five to twenty -five years for persons found guilty of having bombs in their possession or using them. Dr. Patterson has a companion bill which requires every person selling or giving nwny explosives within the state to keep an nccurnte journal of each sale or gift, also the quantity of explosives thnt have been distributed. . " i SHIP OWNERS COMPLAIN Norwepian Co. Denies It Was Over paid for Craft Seized by U. S. Washington, Feb. 7 illy A. P ) Vnpeorln; os the representative of Nor xwc'iin ship owners. Chnrles S. Haiglit, of New York, told the Hoube eommlttie investigating shipping board operations todn thut his clients deeply resented the charge of Martin J. (Jlllen thnt the leoeSved .y-'.tKm.iHMj iiv excessive paj euts In settlement of clnlms crowinir ! nut of the commandeering by the gov ernment of ships building foe them in this cnuntr when the ('nited States entered the war. Mr Ilnlcht said tin total damages paid. $34,000,000, ueie not excessive, nnd that if n one had nny grounds o be agiieved it n the shipping in- teiests of Norway. iWALBERT DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF Sworn In by Director Cortelyou to Succeed Ross Davis Battalion Chief Jncob Wnlhert us today sworn in by Director Corteljou ns deputy lire chief, to succeed Ross l)als, now chief. It was almost seven enrs to tin day since Buttaliou Chief Watxrt reci Ivi-d his Inst promotion, from foreman to bnttnlion chief. 'Phot promotion wns won February I, 101-1. Deputy Clilef Wnlhert Is fifty-nine yenrs old nnd lives lit JlOIii) North Tenth street He was appointed to the bureau of lire .Iviue 1, 1HS7, nearly thirty -four j ears ugo, was advanced to assistant foreman (now n lieutenancy), In 1S0S, was mode a foreman In 1000, ond was advanced to bnttnlion chief February ! Wit HH -.JV.. PRICE TWO CENTS MONDEL WANTS L U. S. TO LEAD WAY House Leader Says Agreemont Is Needed to Avort World Bankruptcy GERMANY'S COURSE SEEN. AS'A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE By the Associated Press Wndilngtnn, Feb. 7. An Interna tional ngreement for limltntlon of nrm ii in en ts Is absolutely essential to tho uvoidoncc of bankruptcy by some of tho moro Important nntlons of the world, with Its ntteudnnt mensureless confu sion and distress, Representative Mou dell, of Wyoming. Republican House lender, declared today before the House niivnl committee. If on agreement is not reached in the near future, Mr. Mondell sold, the. fault vlll he thnt of America, as in former dnvs the fault was that ot Germany. He milled. however, thnt there was no time to work out the problem before the change In admlnlb Irntions next month. "The fnult will lio ours," ho as serted, "because ns wo are the only great notion which could maintain enormous estnblishmcnts on lnnd nnd sea without bankruptcy, without being con demned to henr indefinitely ond add to today's frlchtful loid of national debt, it Is our duty to lead the way toward relief fioin the present and future bur dens of warlike expenditures, which, irkome nnd oppresive to us, would be unbearable to other nations. America's Duty to Iead "More thnn thnt, It is our duty to lend tho way, because, strangely enough, we ar-i the only great nation thnt since the world wnr hns officially token a position favornble to the increase rattier thnn the decrense of armaments and warlike expenditures, nnd the one no tion In which, I fear, there Is a really dangerous- sentiment In favor of In creases rather than decreases of mili tary .establishments ; a sentiment lim ited, it is true, to the number of pcoplir openly avowing it, but a sentiment nevertheless deeply planted, shrcwdjy calciimtlng, rui'l very persistent. Mr. .Mondell attacKcd tne executive deportcents of the government for their advoency of increased naval nnd military forces and assailed particularly Secre tary Duntels' proposal for n navy sec ond to none. "We hove not followed Secrctnrj Daniels' ambitious program, he said. "Wo shall not follow it. But thai program Is a message that goes out te: all tho world from alleged peace-loving, .nnnniillturifttk America ns the official announcement of the administration, accepted abroad us a mandate to, ii not an expression of the will and pin; pose of, the American people. "It is true that the government ol Japan, stirred and spurred by the jtngc sentiment of the minority opposition, was compelled to nnd did mnke nn an nouncement of a plun nnd program ol naval construction, which, while smal, compared to ours, wus virtually impos sible of accomplishment in the condi tion of the Industriues, tho trade anc the finances of the nation. But tliil remains a.s jot, In the main, merely ait announcement, diminutiw Rolnnd foi our monumental Oliver. "As to l?nglnud, her statesmen ani) her people, have had the good sense te decline to he carried off their feet ol impoverished in their icsourccs by nr effort to imitate or follow the fanta-tlc pogrom outlined by the ndinjnistration. Against "Impracticable" Schemes "I nm glad to know that there un mniu voices raised in fat or of tin chccklnir of the growth of militarism II arcues well for the future. I hove i suspicion, however, that nil of the voice) we hao heard raised in favor of In ternationul agi cements are not whollj sincere "1 can not help being suspicious ot a certain I.iss of people who fervent.' urge international agreements for dis armament. Complete disarmament u not possible, unil one of the most ef fcethe wi- in vtlmh to hend off thwart, sidetrack nnd defeat u reforu moeineiit is through urging it in l manifestly iinptneticnble wuj." "I have no disposition to destroy the imv," said Mr. Mondell, after he (in ithed rending his prepared statement. Naval Program Defendid Repieseutatlve Britten took vigoi ous issue with Mr. Mondell scver.i. times. He particular)) challenged tin 1 louse leader's statement that the host naval judgment of the world had de clarcd the dreadnought to be obsoleti nnil protested against Mr Mondell'i assertion that in the world war tin British bnttl" th et ' hovered cownrdlj' nt Its base because of fear of nlrplanci and submarines Representor e Towner declnred hlm self as opposed to any "naval holiday" ngreement or nn effort t tho Unitrt 5-tnti's to disarm before the other pow ers took similar action lie urged com pletion of the present naval bulldln program, but no authori.iition for sul. stnntiol additional construction, unci s serted that, "contrarj reports notwltli standing, fin at lliitaln's naval budg for tills cnr wim nearly 5300.01)0,000." GEORGE H. FRY DIES Retired Carpet Merchant Passo Away at Home George 11 Frj , retired carpet mer chant and inumbcr of the I'nion l.pnguc died early this morning of a heart at tack ot his home, "i!5 South Forty second street. Mr. Fr retired from m tive busitie In lOlS. when lie was o member of th firm of Frj . tJhiux and Hall, retnl corpet dealers Two jears ago he wa Invalided by an attack of apoplexy um never fully reiowred his health. H was In his seent -first1 yenr, havini celebrated his birtlidai on Friday. Mr Fry was born In Columbia, I'n coming to this citj jours ago to entu the carpet business, later having In terests It) many firms and becoming ui expert In thnt Industry. lio is Kiirvlved by his wife, n dough ter. Mrs. Walter T limner, and a son J. Y. Diet Fry. Funeral services wil be held Thursday from the liiunu, siv Interment will be made lu West Lauit Hill Cemetem IN DISARMAMENT M IvWil k c .T- Jiili. . Jt,J- V."rtA'tfri,v-, (.lurtufr V jif Vf V.Vl ntti.iAi& JCll V LM&) M . l, i
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