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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1921
l'ubtlahed Datlv Etept Sunday. BuWrlptlcml Prle $8 a Tr ly Mill,
CnprrlsM. 1821, by Public Idxr Comptnr
PRICE TWO CENTS
f.Wiv t a,, ??5?r-sjTU
fgtf eming jfobltc ffiedger
m -
tlBDUPItl bHIt '
LIFE POLIGIESj
JIS DEBT PLEDGE
Iniuranco Men Say $100,000
Was Given ao Collateral
to Cover Notes
SON, HERE, INSISTS -
FATHER WAS DROWNED
Congressman Kahn Declares He
Is Not Satisfied Lawyer for
Bergeloll Is Dead
Anonymous Note to Kahn'
on Gibhonoy Disappearance
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. 0.
Hon. Julius Kahn:' '
Blr This hint, while'anonymous,
Is go for a personal reason, but not
from shamo nor fcaf.
The disappearance and reported
drowning of Clarence Olbbonoy was
timely. It was' a -good time to dis
appear, If, one had foreknowledgo of
nergdoll abiding place. ) But the
dinappearance Is no proof 'of death,
jet. Only the Identified body would
prow death, and If found now would
probably bo beyond recognition.
" Insurance policies carried by D.
cirace Oibboney, totaling more than
$100,000, were largely 'assigned to
others as collateral for the payment of
dtbU, it was learned today from In
surance men here.
The question of whether Gibboney,
counsel for Grover Bergdoll, was
drowned in Mexico December 28 last
or Is ill biding, and the report of bis
death (fictitious, bos been raised by
Julius Kahn. chairman of tne House
military affairs committee, at Wash
ington. Insurance -companies, with one ex
ception, .have taken the stand that Gib
boaey'a death has not been proved le
cUy, and have withheld payment of
the fortune in policies on his life.
Body to lie Exhumed
The body barfed aR Gibboney's in the
little cemetery at Champotan, Mexico,
will be exhumed in an effort to estab
lish the Identity beyond a doubt. '
Investigation today disclosed the
fact that at one time .Gibboney had
-arried $250,000 life insurance. Ho
1-ad surrendered all but $102,000 of
this, of course receiving compensation
("or the amounts surrendered.
Insurance men say that most of the
sum icmalntng had been put up for
'Icbls or to cover notes. It is said that
lean than a year ago Gibboney took out
a policy for $25,000 with the Massa
chusetts Mutual LJfo Insurance Co.,
and shortly afterward assigned the
policy sb collateral to cover n judgment
not. It is said by insurance men that
the same company refused to ihsuo him
second policy for $2Ti,000.
Proof Is Awaited
Representatives of the insurnnro
companies said they are ready to pay
the policies at any time, and urc, in
fact, anxious to get the business fin
.shed, but must wait until proofs nro
rubmitted which satisfy them that the
policyholder really is dead.
Among the companies in which the
lawyer had held policies at one time
or another are the Penn Mutual, the
Provident Life, the Equitable, the New
York Life, the Travelers ', the Aetna,
the Northwestern Mutual Life, the Oi
r&rd Life, the Mutual Beneficial, the
IWkshlrc, the Security Mutual and the
MaswhuscttH Life.
The insurance companies have pho
toatatle copies of a letter which Mr.
(ilbboney wrote, Christmas Day, to his
family from shipboard on a Ward Line
steamship . In the letter he said that
hla party hoped to push on to the lum
ber camps without delay, and be on
thfir way back to Philadelphia by
January 3.
KittW Dead, Sonnsjuts
D. Clarence Gibboney, Jr., son of tho
attorney, was in hla fathar'a office to
day and repudiated the idea that tho
jldr Gibboney was still alive and In
aiding, He announced tho plan to bring
the body home.
"I ,have been in touch with our State
Department," said young Mr. Gibboney,
and through the co-operation of our
officials, have obtained consent of tho
Mexican Government to the exhumation
J "7 father's body. The Mexican au
thorities have consented to waive the
health regulation which forbids tho dis
Inttrment of a body until five yearn
after death.
''If my efforts to jet this nermissioo
had not been successful through tho
mate Department, I should have gone
to Mexico City myself, and begged the
president of Mexico to let me remove
jy father's body, so that I might ldcn-
Ciutnind on Vm Twelr. Column O.
FIRE SCARE AT NORMANDIE
400 Questa Aroused When Crossed
Wire Sound Alarm
TMh.e 4,00. UMta of th Normandie,
Thirty.slxth aud Chestnut streets, were
jroused at 2-20 o'clock this morning by
the ringing of the fire alarms, started
wnen wires became crossed. Thero was
no fire.
n,lth.Bh tbuM was no lt excite
whnl mon,s urBU t!e majority of
7?ffiktw,5 tnw t0 ,oar from the
fl ..-""I J?PHr that, there was no
tot nl"M. d,d r,ench thc ,obby tho
B?nE '" P nd robes. A
wrf h.h V,Te?th fl00r' Proceeding t6
about mI tw t0Wuer' "fy anxiously
bIoS hoM-y'Si' Wubo was '0"wing so
W.i, MxM .bim he C0,lI,' not we her.
;;,.' bucrnrrUd on empty traveling bag
Ste1" h'lhf mistake for
notner hat contained valuables.
ha. th",",,,t for('c ,ln 'he hotel learned
oX5it.rm M been "nM 1,J
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Kxwuivii oquare ueacons
Lock Out Scolding Pastor
Former Fighting Chaplain Named Names,
Calling Two Pillars Sneaks and Another
Cigarette Fiend-t'Got Goat," He Says
The Baptists of the First Church,
Kennctt Squnre, Pa., havo locked out
their pastor, the Bcv. Elian Auger, an
overseas veteran.
He Is said to havo halted in the mid
die of a service to call two of his con
gregation sneaks and one of them a
cigarctU) fiend, and also Is declared to
have ruffled the feelings of the women
by remarking that "women have re
ligion and so have dogs."
In his own behalf, Mr. Auger says
he has bech called "un-Christlan," "a
bluffer," and "a liar," und declares
one member of the congregation is .a
"kaiser" who wants everything run
his way.
Refuses to Iteslgn
Mr. Auger refuses to resign, the
board of trustees t Bays he must, and
Kcnuctt Square has not been m upset
over anything since George Washing
ton was licked at the battle of Brandy
wine. The whole town is talking nbnut
what happened nt a memorable service,
Sunday before last.
"Just imagine," said Jesse D. Phil
ips, clerk of the board of trustees,
"right In the middle of the service Mr.
Auger pointed bis finger nt a prom
inent citlten and said, 'there is that
sneak, who has not been here for nine
months.'
"Then he pointed to my father, C.
Duer Philips, 'who sat just in front
STATE ENDS CASE
AGAINST1L0NEY
Fifth Ward Conspiracy Defend
ant Loses Plea to Have
Trial Ended by Court
EX-JUDGE GORDON ON STAND
Judge Barnett, who is presiding nt
the trial of Samuel G. Maloncy,
charged with conspiracy in connection
with the murder of Policeman George
Eppley, In tfje Fifth ward, in the Sep
tember primnriw in 1017, overruled n
motion made by the dcfendnnt'rt attor-.
ney today to strike out the common
wealth's eYid,f nce and take the
from the jury.
case
Henry .7. Scott, representing Ma
loney, madoa stirring appeal to have
the case quashed after the common
wealth had closed nt 11 :23 o'clock. He
contended there was no testimony in
troduced by the state to support the
charge preferred In the bill of Indict
ment. Following the refusal to take the case
from the jury Mr. Scott then opened
for the defense. He declared he would
show that he defendant was In nowhe
guilty of the crime charred.
Former Judge James Gay Gordon won
the first witness called by" Mr. Scott.
He told the Jury how he' hod been
brought into the Fifth ward case. He
said that he had been requested by a
committee of citizens to look into the
nffalrs of that ward and had been In
strumental in causing the arrest of for
mer Lieutenant of Police Bennett nnd
others before the'prlmnrles In 1017, and
that at that time they were held In ball
to keep the peace.
Mr. Gordon also testified that he had
drawn up the body of the nffadavit for
the warrants sworn out by Isadore Stern
for the arrest of former Mayor Smith
and iBaac Deittseh. He also told of
having been railed on the telephone by
Moloney, who said thnt he had some
special information to give him re
garding conditions in the ward, nnd
thnt he hud made a special trip to the
city to hear Mr. Maloney's story, and
nfte rhearlng It had been so Impressed
by It that he arranged for Maloney to
tell it to the dlBtriet attorney.
The entire morning was taken up by
the reading of the testimony offered at
the trial of DeutNch, Bennett and the
poltcemon who were convicted in the
Media court.
Clerk William II. Rogers then related
to the court the circumstances surround
ing the status of the ncse of Jimmy
Clark, "the man with the eyeglasses."
Bodgcrs said Clark had vanished during
the course of his trial and was still at
large, ulthough the case against him
was carried through and he was given a
sentence of two years, which awalst
him if he is arrested.
WOMAN PROSECUTES SON
Mother Reluctantly Charges Youth
With Stealing Her $10
A mother appeared in City Hall to
day to proscVut.' her on for theft.
She was Mrs. M. Powell, mother of
Frank J. Powell, of 142fl North Fern
wood street. She testified before Mag
istrate Carson that her son had taken
u purse containing $10 from her bu
reau : she' chased him from the house
and he was captured by two cltlens at
Thirty-first street and Columbia nve.
nue.
"He has dlsappoitned me terribly. I
am sorry to Bay I believe he is no kochI,
and only severe punishment may help
him to become good," Mrs. Powell told
the magistrate.
Frank, who Is twenty years old, wua
held in $1500 bail for a further hear
ing February 10.
Bill Making Holiday
of I'qv. 11 Passes House
llurrlsbirrg, Feb. 0. The House
today passed the bill making No
vcrobcr 11 a legal holiday, to be
known as Armistice Day, without a
dissenting vote. Representative W.
II, Ever Dithrlch, of Pittsburgh,
sponsor of the bill, declared tho ob-
Ject was to make the day a general
holiday of all the Allies,
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of me. 'There is -another sneak,' he
said. That was too much for me. He
bad us all at a disadvantage, making
statement like that from the pulpit, so
I thought the time had arrived to go
back at him. I arose, said he had us
all nt a disadvantage, and had no
right to talk that way from tho pulpit.
"Yes, there was quite a commotion.
As I stood thero Mr. Auger lost his
temper nnd said, 'All right, you ciga
rette fiend.' It Is true I do smoke
cigarettes. Then Mr. Auger launched
Into a denunciation of ciinrctte
smoking.
Against Dancing, Too
"He is bitterly opposed to dancing,
too. Oh, this trouble has been brew
ing for a year and a half. ""Why, about
a year ago a young married man here
was dancing with his wife, nnd Mr.
Auger heard of It, and the next Sunday
he roasted that man for dancing with
his wife. Then he denounced dancing
generally. .
"His trouble Is he is temperamentally
unfit for the ministry. He makes the
most tactless remarks and this alienates
people from the church. A congrega
tion of 123 has dwindled to about sixty
persons. Now that is nil wrong. We
all of us have the welfare of the church
nt heart. Mr. Auger h-oods over little
things until they assumo great impor
tance in his imagination. Then he loses
Contlirard on I'm Thro. Column Two
YEI 10 BE FORMED
New School Head Wants
Study Conditions Before
Making Plans
to
WILL BE HERE IN MONTH
Dr. Edwin C. Broome, newlv elected
superintendent of schools in this cltv.
In n statement over the long distance
pnone irom his oince at East Orange.
J. J., today, disclaimed an impression
given out that ho. had announced any
plans of administration in the school
system here.
"I am not going to formulate any
nlans until T ' nn .Iia rMi,M ..!
have had nn opportunity to nscertafn the
iff "I a. "m nna. "aid Pr. Broome.
I shall not attempt to talk or act about
thc formation of teachers councils or
revision of salary schedules or any other
school problem' until tnen."
Speaking of teachers' councils, Dr.
Broome Indicated In n general way
that they had been found desirable.'
'Such a council has been found de
sirable in East Orange," he said. "We
have encouraged the organization of a
council of teachers there.
Looks for Co-operation
"The principle Is sound. Vou will
find thnt principle In nil Industry. It
makes for esprit do corps, and I don't
bcliove you can get far without it. It
Is Just as necessary as developing and
preserving morale in tho army.
"You can drive the American people
lust so far. Leadership is what eounta,
but It is far more djfflcult to lend than
to drive."
Dr. Broome believes thnt tho public
fircss is an aDsoiuic necessity in maa
ng possible some improvement In n
public school system. The question of
raising money to carry on the work
successfully, nn evor.prescnt problem,
is largely a matter of arousing Interest
in the matter, and for this purpose he
considers the newspapers Indispensable.
He also believes in making public
constructive achievements In the schools
as soon as they are made.
Asked about meeting n divided board.
Dr. Broome merely said: "We bhall
find nut ubont that."
Will lw Here In Month
He expects to come to this city in
about n month, or as soon as he has had
an opportunity to settle some pressing
problems in the East Orange system.
"I would not hnve been disappointed
if I had not been elected," said tho
new school head. "I am not elated,
but there is a Bcnse of satisfaction in
having been chosen. I welcome an op-
twir.nnl.v nf .Ma Ttlnrl .n ' I. ..
chosen field, and am glad It has come
to me. I am not unmindful, however,
of the great responsibility it entails."
Caaenave Leaves U. 6. to Bury Son'
New York, Feb. 0. J. Maurice
Casennve, French high commissioner tc
the United States, left for France yes.
terdav on the steamship Albania t
superintend the removal of the body of
his son Constantino from near Ypres,
where he fell In battle In 101-1, to tho
family cemetery in Paris,
BROOM
E'S POLICIES
MAINLINE WOMEN TAUGHT
ART OF CATCHING BURGLAR
Chief of Radnor Township Police Gives Lecture on Crime j
Detection at Tea Party to
Cuptain Edward J. Sweeney, chief of
police of Radnor township, drank tea
with the Saturday Club of Wayno yes
terday afternoon.
As the only map in nn assemblage of
gently rustling gowns, fragile teaenps
nnd shining sugar tongs, the stalwart
custodian nf Main Line peace accred
ited himself nobly. Nothing happened
to his teacup or to his slice of lemon,
and let this be particularly noted : When
the gently rustling gowns closed in on
the chief of police of Radnor township
and plied him with questions he didn't
get hissed. He just set tbe eggshell
china carefully down and answered.
The occasion of Captain Sweeney's
visit to tbe attractive clubhouse was not
strictly social: in fact, tbe friendly cup
of tea was only a finishing touch to the
real feature of the' afternoon, The
cuptain came there at the Invitation of
socially anu nviciy prominent women
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Elected yesterday by the Board of
Education to head school system
here
GIRL CHOKED TO DEATH
IN BED BY A BURGLAR
Found Dead by Her Mother After
Discovery of Houae Robbery
Pittsburgh, Feb. 0. (By A. P.)
Pauline Gold, seventeen years old, was
strangled to death in her bed last night
by u burglar, who robbed tho house and
escaped apparently without alarming
any one but the victim of his attack.
Discovery of murder was made by
the girl's mother, Mrs. Bessie Gold,
who was making an inventory of their
home.
According to members of the Gold
family, Mendel Gold, father of tho girl,
awakened earlv this morning and
reached for his trousers to get a package
of-clgarettcs. The trousers, which con
tained a note for $500 and $8 in cash,
were missing. He became alarmed and
went downstairs and foutjd that a win
dow had been onrned.
Gold aroused other members of the
family and they found the daughter
dead in bed with finger' prints deeply
Impressed on her throat.
The house next door to the one occu
nlcd by the Gold family was also
entered nnd $180 In cash taken.
MAN WHO FIRED AT MOB
IS FREED BY MAGISTRATE
Carson 6ay Rloh't to Protect Self
and Home la 8uprtme
Magistrate Carson today discharged
ueorge ifuiier, uramps- snipyara
ploye, who fired a revolver to scare off iiw i nwnj -a
mob'Btttfflclng-his hbmolastBijmyt?WWWtlie,- combine-leaders, insist
nnd injured a boy. fiey are "in right" with the Governor.
"This man had u perfect right to
shoot--and to shoot to kill, the mag
istrate said. "Whether he would hnve
killed one or ten, the right to protect
himself and his family was and la
supreme. He, without doubt, felt his
wife and children were endangered, nnd
he shot to protect himself."
Fuller, a reamer at Uramps', was
chased by 300 strike sympathizers last
night. He ran into his home, at 2200
Mutter street, and 6tones wero hurled
by the crowd. Several men forced their
way Into the house and destroyed fur
niture. Fuller, fired a revolver over the heads
of the crowd. A bullet slightly injured
Matthew Baynes. A riot call brought
patrolmen who dispersed the crowd.
HINDENBURG SUSPECTS
Believes France "Hankering" for
Ruhr Region'
Ilremw, Feb. 0. (By A. P.)
Held Marshal von Ulndcnburg, inter
viewed here today, declared the French
were "hankering" for the Ruhr region,
a danger that must bo taken very
seriously. He said the military leaders
ot r ranee were uname to rm them
selves of their fear of Germany, doubt
less owing to France's decreased popu
latlon.
The Americans, the field marshal be
lieved, had altered their previously
hostile opinions about Germany. He
said he considered that bolshcvlsm In
East Prussia was clearly losing around
Von Hlndcnburg came here for the
purpose of delivering a speech at the-
christening of the cargo steamship
tiinaenourg yesieroay.
UNKNOWN SHIP IN DISTRESS
Steamer Sends Out 8 O 8 Calls From
Mld-Atlantio
Boston. Feb. I). By A. IUAn
urgent distress call from nn unidentified
steamer In mid-Atlantic was forwarded
nerc toaay uy tne rreignter West Im
boden bound from Rotterdam for Gal
vcnton. The calls were heard early tnst nih.
The position of the vessel was given as
m norm, -ju.-ju west
Tune of Rustling Goivns
suppressing crime in the township. All
this he discussed, and in addition ex
pounded valuable home truths about
burglars, the r habits and customs. In
going about the looting of homes. It is
safe to say that not it woman who at
fended the meeting went home without
a valuable lossoa about outwitting
thieves tucked away in her mind.
Many Offer Services
So deeplv impressed were the women
in the audience that at the close of the
talk many came forward and personnllv
offered to all In their power to help keen
the township free of crime and crim
lnaiBt They offered to play the part of vol
unteer detective whenever Captain
Sweeney mlghj happen to need one.
The particular advice of Captuin
Sweeney was this;
"When anything happens In the
Coutuiutil w J'waiCiYdts odium mi,
6-YEAR TERM URGED
TO
Campbell Would Forestall
"Clean-Out" by Having Ten
Serve Longer Period
MOVE WOULD REQUIRE
AMENDMENT OF CHARTER
By a Staff CorrttpondcHt
Harrisburg, Feb. 0. Philadelphia
combine lenders are entertaining the
novel suggestion that the present dom
ination of City Council by their friends
be "perpetuated" by a lengthening of
tho terms of half the members. This
would require an nmendment to the new .
city charter.- '
Lengthening of the terms to six years
would continue ten members In their
$5000 jobs and forestall an "vholesale
"cleaning out" of the couneltmanlc body
by the people in the municipal election
of 1023.
This latest idea of the combiners is
credited to Magistrate William F.
Campbell. He advanced it at a confer
ence in the rooms occupied by Thomas
W. Cunningham nd B.lchnrd Weglcin
president of City Council.
Wanta Ten to 8erve Four Years
"That's the way it should be," said
Campbell, "half to serve four years nnd
half to serve six. This woutd provide
for the continuity of a constructive
councilmanic policy and incidentally re
lieve several members of the more or less
Immediate prospect of being obliged to
search for new means of nerving the
public."
Combine leaders are not certain just
how far they should go with "Judge"
Campbell's suggestion.
They may 'decide to regard it us an
other revelation of the subtle wit of
the northeast leader. However, there
Is no question but that the Campbell
idea Is making a bit. They like it, and
in reply to questions insist it would
be legai, if only there is the necessary
"nerve available to put it in the form
of a bill." Combine leaders are espe
cially nlcased with the idea of having
their friends continue in power in the
municipal government for two years
nrtcr Mayor Moore's term expires.
There is reason to believe, however.
that the framera of the charter would
oppose the plan. And Governor Spronl
is on record as onnosed to. anything in
the way of a substantial change in the
cnarter,
Pleased With "Harmony'
After their latest conference with the
Governor, Judge Campbell, as spokes
man for the delegation, said:
"The Governor Is very much pleased
with the situation in Philadelphia. He
likes to sec us all working in harmony,
with our feet under the name table."
"How about the Mayor's table?"
Campbell was asked.
"Oh, we'll have them under there
yet," was the ready reply.
Campbell is scouting for federal pa
tronage for his friends. He announced
he is booming N. E. Lindell, of the
Forty-first ward, for one of the posts
as prohibition enforcement chief. Mr.
Lindell is associated with William D.
Disston in the independent leadership of
the ward.
FIND LONG-LOST FATHER
Phlla. Women Greet Parent After
Separation of Thirty Yeara
A magazine article about their father,
regarding whose existence his two
daughters had known nothing hince an
estrangement thirty years ago. brought
about n touching reunion in Sew York
last night.
In the minds of ihe two women, who
were about four yearsold when laBt
they had seen their father, and now
are matrons and residents of Philadel
phia, Thomas Andermn was a ne'er-do-well.
They knew he" hnd committed
crime that had Hent him to federal
prison for ten years.
To their great Joy the parent and his
daughters embraced last night, in the
Emergency Home of the Salvation
Array, at 12T West Thirteenth street.
New York. He is not a penniless man
depending upon charity for an ex
istence, but nn ordained minister and
one of the most prominent Salvation
Array workers in New York state.
When the two women, Helen and
Gladys, were four years old their
mother and father, then living in
Washington, separated, the. mother
keeping the children.
McGANNON JURY COMPLETE
Three Women and Nine Men to Try
Cleveland Judge
Cleveland, Feb. 0. (By A. P.)
The jury that Is to decide the fate of
Judge William H. McGannon, on trial
for a second tlrao charged with second
degree murder In connection with the
shooting of Harold O. Kagy, was com
pleted this morning.
The jury Is composed of three women
ana nine men. aixty-nine talesmen
0 ited. th twe,ve J,,rora
Dr. Finegan Gives High
Praise to Dr. Broome
Dr. Thomas E Finegan, state su
perintendent of public instruction,
today paid a high trbute to Dr.
Edwin O. Broome, the newly elected
school superintendent in thin city.
"I have known Dr. Broome for c
good many years," said Dr. Finegan
"He is an educator with n fine train
ing, a man of fine character and
spirit, and has many fine qualities,
We are going to give him all the sup
port we can.
"I think that everybody inter
ested In the schools in Philadelphia
should give the incoming superin
tendent nil the support possible nnd
should do It whole-heartedly."
TIGHTEN
GRIP OF
COMBINE IN COUNCIL
Wife Uses Husband's Name He Wins $100
Mr. Whitney wins the
$100 prize today because
when his wjfe sent in Beveral
lines for this lim'rick she
signe'd his name to them
thinking that she would play
a joke on "friend husband."
Now Mrs. Whitney wishes
she had signed her own
name. The winning lim'rick
was1:
Limerick No, 45
When Belle first went out
on the ice
Her skates didn't seem a bit
nice;
One circled creation.
One tried aviation
Belle's "pins" were not
"safety's" device.
Thert'a Another Litnpin' Lim'rick Today See Page 2
VICTIM
F MURDER
ROBBEDJF $8000
Man Found Slain Near Ardmore
Identified as Pantaone Decola,
of League Street
CARRIED LARGE CASH SUM
The possession of $8000 in gold is
thought by the Haverford township
police to have been the motive for the
murder of an Italian, found dead in
a field near Ardmore last Sunday, his
throat alit from ear to ear, oho hand
clasping a sanawlch nnd tne other
raised as if to ward off a blow,
The man was identified today as
Pantalone di Nicola, about fifty-five
years old, of 017 League street. This
information was telephoned Chief Hal
llsey, of the Haverford township police
force, today by a neighbor of tho mur
dered man, Joseph Spcnona.
The body was found at about noon
on Sunday by Joseph Phero while
walking through n field near Ardmpre
avenue and the Philadelphia and
WesternJlailwny,
-' ThowvweTOthree'Blit8 in the man's1
throat, the largest thought to have
been made by a stiletto inserted at the
base of the skull and carried around to
beneath the chin. His head was lying
In a pool of fresh blood, while both the
meat and the bread of the Bandwich
was still fresh. These facta led Chief
HalHsey to uny today he thinks the
murder was committed early Bunday
morning.
Dl NIocla's pockets were turned inside
out aud buttons were torn off his cloth
ing where some one had evidently at
tempted to find out if he carried a
money-belt nbout his waist.
Phero reported his discovery to Chief
HalHsey and the body, unidentified un
til today, was sent to an undertaker's
at Lansdowne.
The murdered man was fairly well
dressed nnd according to the family on
League street, worked as a laborer.
This family said he had left borne
before daybreak Sunday.
An Jnquest will be held tomorrow at
Lansdowne before Coroner Edward L.
Donnelly. '
Child May Have Fired Home ,
A fire on the third floor of the three- t which Is awaiting the, Mayor's signa
tory brick dwelling of Joe Anticolo, tUTe n-0" discussed. Mr. Devclln
nt 1110 South Eighth street, caused sev- ouKht in committee and on the floor
eral hundred dollars damage this morn- of Council to have the $1,000,000 ap
ing. Anticolo has a son three years old ,'Iop.'la.,Aon .v.n,0, to ,,le Department
who (luring me morning was playing
on the top floor and who, he says, may
have struck a match and set fire to the
house.
YEGGKEN LOOT AMERICAN STORES SAFE
Thieves forced the roar door of the American Stores branch,
at Twelfth and "eloa streets, and cracked the safe -with a cold
chisel, crowbar and sledge hammer. Receipts of f 171, left in the
safo last night, were taken.
, THREAD FACTORY SPEEDS DP WORK
I'AWTUCKET, R. I., Feb. O. J. and P. Coat3, thread mauu
i actus era, announced toduy that all departments would hereafter
be opeiated forty-eight hours a week, and that a night shift would
bo started 1n the spinning department. For some weeks several
l: the departments have been operated only two or three days
(i wed:. The plant employs 2500 on day work. The Wcypoyset
Company, of Central Falls, also announced trat a night shift would
btt run in their wardloc and spinning departments employing U0O.
YOUTH ENDS LIFE BY GAS ,
Had Pried Cap From Pipe Found'
by Brother-ln-Law
Sidne Rrenzel, nineteen years old,
was found dead from gas today In a I
third-floor room nt 203 South Thirty- I
third street, the home of Henry Kra-
Jeski, his brother-in-law
Krnjeshi called the youth at 0 o'clock
this morning. When Brentel did not
reply the brother-in-law ascended to
the third floor and smelted gas.
After hp forced open the door and
found the brdy be saw thn Rrenzel
had pried a cap from a gas-pipe,
Krnjeskl, a plumber, told police his
brother-in-law was weuk-mlnded nnd
had i" i .iNv.ll' tU.-ea'cu -d o kill him-
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S10 Essex Avenue, Narberth, Pa.
SAYS COURT BILL
Powell Evans Declares Depart
ment of Works Has Authority
to Erect Buildings
ore 1 , euvTU n I HI 1 n M '
OtfcK SMTIH UrlNIU N,
There is no basis for misunderstand
ing in the city charter, which places
authority for construction of public
building in the Department of Public
Works.
This opinion was expressed today by
p0Well Evans, secretary of the com
mittee which framed the city charter
Mr. Evans shares the opinions of
others who have protested against the
"spendthrift ordinance" which gives the
city commissioners carte blanche au
thority to spend $1, 000.000 toward n
Municlpnl Court Palace of Justice.
Council passed the ordinance last
Thursday.
"The people's money should be spent
by the people's servants in this city,"
said Mr. Evans. "The people who
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&UbS h?d "" id" !fjr!!:
be spent for any so-called
project. In view of the very plain
language in the charter it's difficult to
conceive of any one misinterpreting its
meaning."
No Need for County Government
When reminded, of the contention of
some councilmen that the intent of the
provision in the charter relating to
authority for construction of public
buildings was Hot made clear, Mr.
Evans said :
"I think it is very clear in the char
ter but It may suit Borne Interests po
litically to have the division of city and
county. With other members of the
charter committee I do not believe we
should have a county government in
Philadelphia. There is no excuse for it
and it only complicates . matters and
gives opportunity for controversy.
"The charter was framed by thoBe in
terested in the progress and welfare of
the city. 8o the best interests of the
people will be served if we follow the
charter."
Councilman James A. Dprrlin mn.
t terred today wjth Mayor Moore.
T
Is believed the "spendthrift" ordln'.n-
of l'ubllc Works instead ot tn (,
county commissioners.
James Collins Jones and several other
.
ContlnarJ on r Tvrrtrp. Column Fonr
WILSON INTENDS TO REST
Will Seek Quiet, but Won't Aban
don Interest In Public Affair
Washington, Feb. 0. (By A. P )
President Wilson will seek rest and
quiet for a time upon his retirement
from public life next month, but he
will continue to take un active interest
In public affairs, his secretary, Joseph
P. Tumulty, said today.
Mr. Wilson will seek to avoid pro.
jectlng himself into politics in such a
way as to embarrass the Harding ad
ministration, Mr, Tumulty added, but
"he will continue to be available to
newnnanermnn ihrnnsh ut. .....
und will attend the theatre and take'
dally. iULsjuobJIg ridssu
VIOLATES CHARTER
FIVE IN SEIZED
T
U. S. Agents Arrest Gang Here
After Trailing Alleged Leader 1
From Chicago '
SAY COUNTERFEITS AIDED '
ILLICIT LIQUOR DEALERS
Secret Service stents last nigbt nnfl
this morning arrested a band of fir
alleged counterfeiters, said to have boeli
flooding the country with bogus Ipternftl
revenue stamps, such as are used ori
bottled whisky, and seized 100,000 of
the stamps and the plates from which
they were printed.
According to the agents, the five ma
have been operating for several aontfca,
and are responsible for the countarfeil)
revenue stamps used by bootleggers l'jj
virtually every large city of the counter
One man, who is said to have acted
as "salesman" and distributor for the
alleged counterfeiters, was traced fro
Chicago to N'ew York and thence to it
printing shop in Philadelphia, where h
was arrested at 30 o'clock last night.
The arrest of the four others followed
this morning. J"
Prisoner Seventy-five Years Old ,
The men are H?nry Glanelle, seventy
five years old, of Pittman, N. J.,' who
conducts a printshop , on Third street
near Race, and his two printers, Isaac
Pierce, of Mt. Vernon street, Camdea,
and Morris Itnbin, of Otter street neap
rorty-tniM, tniscity; Kan Weiss, wno
conducts a printing shop at Sixth street
near Spruce, said to be the distributor
sto 4lrih am1 n1 Tin g f IIma ba
denier in barbers' supplies, on Fifth.
street near Moore. '
Following the sudden appearance (at
several cities of large quantities ot tha
counterfeit revenue stamps. Secret
Service men were placed on the case.
Welse, the distributor, was all bo
overtaken by the government agent U
Chicago a few days ago. He evaded
them and was traced to New York.
Secret service men followed biia
there and discovered his headquarter.
He was operating in a fast automobile,
and the agents borrowed a more speedy
machine from a well-known manufac
turer. Watched Mm at Work
They followed Weiss' automoMW
over New York, it is said, witnessing
the distribution of the revenue ataws.
Yesterday afternoon Weiss drovt to
tins city, witn the agents at a atacrect
lHtieehlnd .him. He went to
etprintrnVstabllshmen of Glanelle,
tie
n
North Third street.
At 10 o'clock last night the waiting
n gents saw him leave the shop bearing
two snitcases. Tlicy arrested bim and
seized the suiteases. in which, they say,
they found 3000 fake stamps.
At midnight, with search warrant,
they raided the homes of Glanelle,
Weiss and Milraan. At Milman's home
they seized .1500 stamps and arrested
him.
Three More Taken
This morning agents were waiting at
Gianelle's office on North Third street
when he, Pierce and Rubin arrived.
They were arrested immediately and
taken to tbe Federal Building.
According to the agents, raids on the
men's homes and establishments netted
at least 100,000 of the counterfeit
stamps.
All five of the men will be arraigned
today before United States Commis
sioner Mnnley, charged with conspir
acy to counterfeit and with counterfeit
ing government stamps.
Chief Moran, of the Secret Service
Department at Washington, announced
this afternoon that recent raids have
disclosed liquor bearing internal revenue
stamps and brand labels so cleverly
counterfeited that the bottles could not
be told from those regularly withdrawn
from bond, except upon closest examina-
tion.
Analysis of the liquor contained m
i some of the bottles, Mr. Moran said.
showed that the contents were adulter-
nted with ngencif-s In sufficient qnn-
titles to kill.
I BILL TO BLOCK VICE WAR
: OF MAYOR PASSES HOUSE
Leaders Speed Measure Giving Pris
oners Hearing by "Home"
Magistrates
Dv '1 Slag Cerrrspwdrtit
Hnrrlshnrg, Feb. 0. Representative.
Roweis' bill limiting tho jurisdiction ot
Philadelphia magistrates and aimed at
the vice and gambling war of the Moore
i administration Is running on high
. speed.
Tbe lenders have apparently decided
, to rush the bill through so that its pro
visions may be available as soon a
' possible. It passed on first reading is
the House today.
The measure appeared only two day
ogo, nnd at tht rate it is going now,
will piiH sthe House next week and go
, to the Senate unless some real objee,,
I tlon is entered. Few hills are meeting
i with such expeditious action.
Under provisions of the bill, the po
lice would be obliged to take prisoners
to the magistrate in the district "where
I arrests are made. Philadelphia police
I find that this practice often hampers
their work that prisoners are quickly
treeo. H hen such a course is teareo,
the police take the prisoners to City
Hall.
RUSSIAN WOMEN EXECUTED;
Eleven Members of "Qreen Army"
Accused of Plundering In Crimea
lialalilnvn, Crimea, Feb, 0.--(By A.
P.) Madame Rndo, chief of n band In
the women's military organization (n tho
Crimea known as the "Green Army,"
has been executed, together with tea
other members of the band, It Is ao
nounced here.
Tne women were accmed by the BoU
shevlkl of organizing so-called soviet
as a pretext for plundering expedition
and of indulging in drunkon orgies.
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