? vi WH '"" r- ' $$$ 1 ifr f,;' ' " 7" jtpv fT I I y -V y e're Going to Start a Limpin' Lim'rick Contest for the Kiddies Monday-See Page 2 i rij vm lEuentraj public ffieftger THE WEATHER Cloudy and Mlghlly colder innlgtit nlth lowest about 30 dcgree-il Saturday rVncrally fair; fresh westerly winds. TMH'KBATIfflK AT KAfjH 1IOI1B NIGHT EXTRA i , IHIOIU IV-i Ilia raTfiTEoi-U K Ht 142 a I 4 i n i jTV' VOL. VII, NO. 120 Egtertil as Sccond-rimm Mutter ot tlio PonlofHce. nt I'lillnOclphla. P. Unil-r the Act of March S, 1870 PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1921 I'uMIiihKl Dally Kxcppt Hundivv. Hul.r-rlpt'nii Prl.o M n Ycnr by Mull I'opyrlKht 1021 liv l'ulillr t.wtiw ''miiiinny PRICE TWO CENTS rETO OF BROWN FUND WILL TEST LOYALTY OF COUNCILMEN TO PUBLIC urch and Limeburner Hold Final Fate of "Spendthrift Bill" OORE STILL FIRM IN FIGHT ON WASTE BRIDE HELD IN MURDER PLOT Municipal Court Head Tries to Crack Patronage Whip to Assure Votes 1,000,000 ONLY FIRST ;hartor Provisions to Be Invoked in Disapproval of Plan for "Palace" II, MCOKfiK NOX MeCAIN Jurlcc Charles L. Hrown's S.I.- ho.000 It "ill lie S.i.flIH).fl(m bclore it finWiHl nnd furnished marble Mil irlpnl ('niirtliouso Is in danger. TV octopus has been wartng its nldrlpi in ii decidedly nervous nml Wl-ibi way during tho Inst forty- ht lmiir. Mayor Moore linn decided to vrlo the rfliminory Sl.ufm.ODO appropriation. He lm been again! the project since ( wn firl exposed by the KVf.NINti i'nui- LriH.rtt. Hi i" still against it. Hp will (r n;:nlii-t such toeklcss. un trained nnd indefensible expendl- lire of tlio people's iiintipy to tlio rnd. He toM eleven members of tlio f'ity ntmril llinl flirt yesterday morning. f lonfnciioo wns lipid in tlio office Ilirn tor of Public Works ('iipii. It wasn't ii stnr i-Iiiinibrp session. It is a gathering of councllnicn. with ;j or two exceptions, who Imd boon clf(i mi I lie nine platform lis the jo". M? . lulo'lty to Hip Interests ol ii people opposition to grnft. mid tlir uins nf lOMt'iicliir diiniiiuitlon of lillitltlplua politics. Some Forget I'leilgnt "Lei Other Side Worry," Says Mayor and II Isl "I hlivo nothing to any on tlio court million just now," said Mayor Moore toduy. "Let tho otlicr hido worry." And (ho Other Side Is "I don't think I'll go to Florida right, nway. as I Imd planned," rtinfidcd Counoilmnn Ch.irlio llnll, one of those who wants the county ooiiimlssioriers to spend thnt million bucks. "I think I'll wnlt for Coun cil's meeting next Thursday." AUTO INJURES 2 WOMEN; SAY DRIVER WAS DRUNK Younger Victim Was Hclplnp, Aged Friend Across Glrard Avenue Two woiiipii were injured when struck by tin automobile nt (Jlrnrd nicniic nnd Palmer ttrcot lost night. I'olirc sny thp driver of the car, wli wn arrested, was under thp Influcnoe of liipior. One of the wnmrn, MIhs Kute Medio, forty-flvo years old, I)."it Mnrlborough street, is in St. Mary's Hospital with cuts nnd,n possible frncturc of the skull. Her I'onditioii is serious. Mrs. Mary Carroll, seventy years old. escaped with cuts about tlio faop and bunds., and nflor troatirent at tlio hos pllal was taken to hor home, Piihnor street near (iirnrd nvonue. According to the liollcc. Miss Medio mid Mis. Cnrroll were crossing filmed iivpiiiip when tlipy wprp struck by the enr driven b Harry Stretch, fifty-live years old. Twenty-fighth stropt and Allegheny avenue. Miss McCuo was assisting .Mrs. (Jariull to cross tho street. With Stretch in tho enr wns a woman whoso name is cixon us Kintna (ilcnsoii. forty -two j oars old. 171 North Darien street. Stret.'h was held in ..".0(l ball b Mngistrutc Campbell in the Knst (Sirard incline station Iioiikp. The woninn wus released. SUIT TO END FOREIGN LOANS Hearst Applies for Injunction Re straining Secretary Houston Washington. IVIi. II. (Il A. IM Suit for nn injunction restraining Sec retary Houston, of thp Treasury Dp paitnicnt, from mnkin;; utiv further loans to foreign governments was brought in the District Supremo Court today by counsel for William Uandolpli Hearst, who acted in his capacity as a ciu.ru f Auvfat inlBjfc ' liKvfiiiB iiiiiMipgpiHL' w - . MWi4v zx&KBfflMtoK fflmmxk HPHHBqRK7 HUSBAND IE GIRL HELD IN PLOI Tl D BUMP HIM OFF l...!. r I'liulii Serl' KD.NA Ml KI'IIV ANH HHIt SWKKTIIKAUT After this nineteen year-old girl was held In $:50)() bail tiidaj. aeeuseil of plotting o "htitnp her husband off." the husband hissed her through thrb iirs of her cell. The boy shown here Is Charles Collitnn, soenteen years old, -t:t." Ingrrsnll sti pet. Kilua's sweetheart. ICdua's Infatlialliiu for him was responsible for the aliened dentil plot, of which C'ollltun notified the pollrc. 5 DEATHS CHARGED GIRL'S PHONE CALL TO TOISON RUSVl'iENDSROBBER'SRAID Embrace Through Coll Bars Aftor Detective Testifies She Paid Him to Murder STORY IS A PACK OF LIES, CRIES 19-YEAR-OLD BRIDE Paid $10 on Account to "Hump Off" Hubby "This is all 1 could got now. nnd you will got Hie other !?".", without counting Mils ten." lend a unto which prett Mrs! Cdnn Murphy slipped last night to Detective llel shaw. boliotlng li'in n guiinmn, who would "hump off" her husband. "Now, within (lie next week." the note run on, "you can depend on this. So do it. right and you will get yours. Cut this up In smalt pieces nnd throw It nway at once." West Philly High School Lad Wins $100 Here's tho youngest of our lim' rick winners. He is only 1G years old and is a Junior in the West Philadelphia High School. His lim'rick is LIMERICK No. 47 A girl who lives out near Delalr Said, "I'm sorry the river is there; For the dogfish keep howling And the catfish go prowling They weigh anchors with fish scales, I swear." JUC'HAKI) M. SAMSON ,")913' Carpenter Street There's Another Limpin' Lim'rick TodaySec Page 2 I ' 9t MAN FROM MDQCO SAYS HE HAS PROOF OF GIBBONEY DEATH GERMANY WLLNG TO PAY 3B BILLIONS BURGLAR ALARMS tltwtii'M FlitV Ifawllftrl n flllft mi Qahixi. Certain f the councilmen hnvc gone ,Ilr,. u,mon to show cnuso I-Vbrnnrv JI nipletfl.i Inn I, mi the pledges they why nn injunction should not h ide during the campaign. They did ! V'l"nl,,.r,u "'"" prnylnit for an m- 1 f . I , I11I1CUIII1 lO 1MCVCI11 CSIilOIISHIIlPIU oi anj I Tor a Miiiety of reasons. farther credits to foreign governments. Some were under obligation to Judge Mr. Hear't also seeks to enjoin the sec 'roun for appointments. One council- ! rotary from making any further ad- n U . .t!t 1 ...l.t. I !..- ..! VII HITS 1111 ITIMIIIS UUI.1UV (" I lUf 1 1 NI1CU lOT d is eicdiled with having nine. ,,.,.,. ,,,.. ,.... .,.,i1.sJi,.i,i lhcr. tliej were the loudest-mouthed Siherin and oilier countries. kid inil I)lala5it champions of muni- i Anscll and I'alley nre councl for Mr. uonrsi. rul reform befmc election, had orders om their bosses to "go nlotig." etercla. t. conference was a prelim - pry i-Mniibli to tlio ligiit over thi rd im inn ry npproiriation of $1,000,- 00 for tlio Municipal Couit which ouncil has wited, and which tlio Mayor ropors to eto ItnassuppofP,! thnt tlic Mayor would kml his ei inea:e in Council at its fion yckterdii). lie did not. His ftlon fn Hithholillng the veto was as uclin surprise to his friends in Cotin- 1 as it wus to his enemies, the Vare nthigi'iit lo, hj Councilman Hall. There is tins to bo suid for the oppo- tiou, the Vnreites: cwrybody knows 'rc thev stand. They're agin' tliiv lJor Tliej make no bones about it. wrieiliiipa Hall ami (iaffnoy proclaim yfom the iiuiiM'tops ami shout it on An.l thei( ii. n contingent subs-prib- to am liaimony deals either. That union, iiiov ,... i...ss ,i. ),-,.. t Weali Ones W:ierln Jt' different with the weak end of e l Oil 111 lllllllnll' ritfiiri.i I1..1...I fnl. . r rnneis r. Hincli nnd AIpvU .1 imrburilfp, for instfllirP. A fnr IIiiMi wtumiHTi an.l siKinunil .1. (Jan atb another iiuutrr. AimMii'i tnrv. fi tn. ... I. " '" "JM'liK AH nnnls.w nf tl,. ,....,ii... ,,..: te tlint II 1,.. neeesMirv to ovciride c .Mnuir s veto of il,.. lu.ti.i.iiL ......IL. n Indleates t lint one man. or perhaps jo. will lio, the balance of power of v..v , ,m ii necessary to sustain the 10, (-ouneilninn Hull mim i, .,!.! ... i..,i.i H nm null .1., i i ...... ., ,i. H. 'i ; '"" '" niisi inree oi me f'Wd retiirm i oiiiii.Iiiui iln'ii i... fir bom 'hat until "i-nf.. ..... ....... i Itfr tllkto on the tongue of some of tlio linemen who .n. i,,.,i,..i ,.,.... r IlltlCil Oil . Mnv,.i-'u ..In.C,.... it AS fcWeer iiu l.i.i.,.. .i i .i..i n l.,.f. .i ' "" upon wii'ir P before tliry were elected. r J .yl'c cuaseiiMis that upon the vote IWO Or I lien nt tl,..t.. I.ltt '.llm.it.. .. mini- uitll-l -ni CUI 'une nien .11 .1. ,i. . limn run. V "' " "' l" n"- ' !n ?: "' "r ."" lieople's money. ,..irr ... llU, "',n of ,1,e Municipal "Urt !lipi-(lllin ' irnne s r it... ..1 ...... . ...i - ...i.i 11 111 11 .1rx1s .1 . "neOUIIICl- ii,.,,, nnill,.,il..t.. ..I.l L,1:. ::rr". .Mr""ii;',rMr. --...IT udin ,eeited their plat It Will Im . ,,,. , ., I'liicn wh 1 hi ,i..i,t,. .1 Im M. 1 nil' nil- ll!t-Mloll 11 ii SKIES TO CLEAR UP But Probably Not Until Tomorrow, Weatherman Says "Cheer up," sn.s the weatherman, "it won't Inst forever." In other words, ho declares it will bo clear tomorrow, with brisk west winds. I lie temperature tomorrow will be 15 Others Found in Stupor After Drinking 'Bad Booze' in Old Tenderloin CORONER DEMANDS ACTION TIip death of five men nnd tin; find ing of fifteen men lying in a stupor on tlio streets !n the vicinity of Ninth nnd Callowliill street, nil within the last three weeks, is enusiitg n rigid investigotinu by police with the the ory Hull poisonous liiiior Is being sold. "It is n ciiino that 'murder' of tlii" kind is permitted In flourish." said Deputy Coioner Joseph Wnid. "The f!vo deaths hae been caused, posl i.oiipiii OMiminiilious show, by palpi tation of tlio heara or by some gastro nomicnl or stomnih disorders. This b ads me 10 believe that deodly drinks nre being sold in t lint section of Hie dty." The matter hn been reported to fed eral prohibition ngents, nml they have been asked to niil the police ot the Tenth nnd Iluttonwond streets station in running down the source of supply of bad whisky or nlhir liquor which innv he musing tins wnoiesiiie kiss 01 Thiof Who Entered Three Cer- mantown Homes Escapes When Police Arrive SHOOT AT FLEEING MAN I'rott.v IM1111 Mlirph.v. who paid Do teetio Itolsluiw, masipiei-ading as a gunman. RIO 011 account with 11 promise of ?"." more to "hump her husband off," wns held under SI'.OOO bail for court today by Magistrate Curr.on nt 'Central Stntlon. A hnlf hour Inter thp nineteen-year-old bride protested in t;ar.s to hor hus band, (icorge Murphy, of JKMI North l.nwrouce firoet. that the testimony of a Mwciitocn-yonr-olil youth who in formed the police of the woninn s do sire to "gel" her husband wns pack of lies." 1 "I'll stain hv you. kid." the hus band replied, "if that's the rjtsp.s, I'll stand by you through thick nud thin." The two were reconciled in tho cell room, separated by iron liars behind which she had boon lodged after Mngis tratc Curson held her in bail. She enme 1 lose to the liars nnd hor husband put his arms through, taking hor in his clasp nml drawing her face close, mi that t!ic kissed through the grating. Then he hurried off to try to inNc 1 l-o i I to st hor free. The story of the "plot" to kill tlio I unsuspecting hushniid wus told by wit nesses nt the hearing, principal mining Ministry of Finance Fixes Limit on Amount of War Reparations MAY ASK U. S. TO ARBITRATE GET NEIGHBORS UP Eleventh and Poplar Streets Center of Great Activity. Nobody Caught L. P. Sharpless, of West Ches ter, Declares He Saw Wit nesses of Drowning TALKED WITH MERCHANT WHO SAW DEAD ATTORNEY i:ideiioo that I). (inrcliee (iihbone.T nnd three friends were drowned in the liny of Campeeho. Mexico, on De comber ''H. i- in tho hands of 1. aw 1 once P. Sliniploss, son of 11 nillllonniie manufacturer, of West Chester, who has just returned from Mexico. Mr. Shiirploss talked with nn Anierl (ini who saw tlio (Jlhboiioy party start across (lie bay in 1111 open online during 11 storm, and also talked to a prominent Mexican merchant who later saw the bodies of tlio four American, lying on Hip beach nonr Chumpotnii Mr. (libbnner. Krnnk V. Sliriver, of 1!)'J(I Arch strict, and John II. Mnrk ley and Ills son. Lawrence, of F.Iniliiirst, 111., wore reported drowned i)e cetnber -'v I .-'QllSWJLiCl,'d -nnd lobbed three) t,m ,pl,iL..lflhhiilt-rind.!iilirletifrom homos In fierinnutownw Inst night, an.l ton. seventeen years' old. UlILVlngersoll made attempts to nil) live other houses. street I'hey wore detected at work-in one house, and prompt net ion 1 i n young woman brought the polite. Three shots about the same as today. It is "xpeetedLlifp to drop to lit) degrees tonight, becoming") All the men found by tlio police have warmer tomorrow morning ngnin. Snow Is reported in New Kng'nnd nud upper ew ork state. EDISON 74 TODAY Associates of Fifty Years Ago Help Celebrate Anniversary West Orange. N. J.. IVIi. 11. (I'. A. 1'.)- Thomas A. IMImiu. seventy -four years old today, was ns.slsted in oolcbrntion of tlio nnniversnry by the Kdlsnu I'lnuocrs. an organization com. posed of the inventor's associates of fifty years ugo. The pioneers, with their whes ami children, gathered early at (llonmont. the 1-Misnu homo In I.lewcllvn Park, anil bold a business meeting. Mrs. Kdison entertained the women nnd children while Mr. Kdison nud Ills "nnls." as be chose to call them, tnlked of days cone bv. Dinner was to be served for the par'v lu the afternoon, aftor which tlio pioneers were to help the Ijivcntor rend liis many messages of fe'icitatlon. shown the sumo symptoms, and hao boon sent to hospitals in 11 comatose stnte. The men who died woie either found dead on tlio sti-el. or died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. AMERICAN CATHOLICS AID Offer $5,000,000 to Combat Radl cals In Mexico. Paper Says Mexico City. IVb. II. (Hv A. P.) American Catholics have oflcictl core ligionists in tliis country S.". 000, (Kill with which t mlial radicalism in Mexico, declines HI Niiclonnl, of this city. The newspaper asserts Cni'dinnl (ilbbons is a lender in the movement to assist Mexican Catholics in the pio posed campaign. Attacks made upon a parade of Cath olic outlis lu this city last Tuesday night' brought the feeling between the Radicals nud Catholics to 11 climax, and chin ges and counter-charges of plotting, which have been frequent on both sides, hove Increased since that incident. THINKS CARUSO CONDUCTS PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Friends' Select School Pupil Is Contradicted by Others, Who Say Kreislcr, Hoffman and Victor Herbert Wave Baton Here most people is I iki , ' ",1"1, ""'"''"Kly conspieti. ; r.,1 "i1' llu' "'iMei.ee of Ucorgc tell il '" "'",r""t chairman of the inaie.1 m, ,M (.Ill.llinl.i1. it,.t,', Nn -, .. . '''"'""I f the Important "ol ni'""11; "f ,'"""'ll. Iuh dc 'bee i1',""' ,li, ',"'". '" linn been ilf I,, , '", " K'T1 """ uiiplcasaii. vm . ..f','"!', 'I1" w'inon voters of ;," "iiauHiiii a. in- .I litter ,,,"""' ovl,"'"l '"'tcs n 1, L '" '' " nuicli as a man. "' W. CiiuuliiKhum havo lecn l v""d en I'(. to.celiimn Om May bo Kugono V. Debs is a naturalist, (iiibriti D'Annun.lo is the president of llrnr.ll anil Theodore Uoosevelt Is still Vice President. Nor -that a limerick is 11 kind of flower or n cut of hoof, that "a la mode" is n kind of food, that Cnruso is tlio conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra don't think 1 holiday." one student replied: "There may 110 one, nui wo never celebrate it. Mr. lliivlhind espial. led that Friends' Select being, of course, opposed to war. never recognized holidays coniniemor aling military or warlike events. twirl's Paper Hest Tin host pai.'r turned in by anv 1111 pil -was tlmt of Sara Kastburn. of Hut lu tlio minds of some pupils of ""dloy. Pa., who was C,ve.. a ma.;!; of Fronds' Select School all these Ihlngs i'v per cent, I he I. ghost mark arc t.ue nnd many more like Iheni. IH1Y1,!1,?:,1? & " .i7.Bi "i'1' ' l". wholujiowevor. according to Walter ;;f ; Nrl ' SlMecnlh street, whose wore tired nt n thief as lie Hod from the house In n pntrnlimin, but the man escaped. Police believe he is wounded. Tho thefts wore in a neighborhood whore thieves have operated in recent months and the residents are a'anned. In every case.-excepting one, the thief confined Ills operation', to the lust floor after forcing nn entrance through n window. Among the houses entered was that of Frank M. Kllnge. nt -IIM1 Knox street. The thief obtained Sl.i.."0 in money. He was hoard at work by Miss Isabello Hrown. -101(1 Knox street, nnd she in turn notified hi r niece, live ly n Ash by, -1018 Knox street. Miss Asliby called the police. Patrolmen nrrived in nine to see tho thief runninit tnwnid a fence nt the rear of the house. Patrolman Wilson fired several shols nt the man and believes one shot wus effeetiie. as the ninii staggered. The klingp family sh nt tliiougli nit tiie excitement nud shooting. The home of Dr. Willi.ini Mcl'iinls. (iroene and Logan streets, was entered and a gold watch and chain worth Sl.'O stolen. An inventory will be made to determine if oilier iirtnles arc missing. At tho home of fleorge Slrniib. -1111:1 Kaiser street. SI and two tinl Icy tickets were taken. Marks 011 the win dows at .Miss Iirown's homo showed an effort wns made to fmce nitr.inee. The home of lloheit Stuart. -UC'.O tii-eono street, was enteiod, A child was sick in this house nml iiie.uhers of the family heiitd fnolstcps oil the first llnor, but attributed the noise to some olio walking about, piokibh to obtain medicine for the ihihl. Later nn in vestigation w-as made h Itobert W. Stuart, a son, and when ho saw a man mining about, he yelled. The 1111111 ran from a rear door ami escaped. Dr. McKunis says two prior attempts to rob his home won- not successful. Two attempts lime In on iniide at the home of Miss Hrown. I lie home of Howard Hanson, at 4H-I1 (ireenc street, was siicd from robbery when Mr. Hanson heard a noise and saw a 11. an trying to force open a window on the lir.st fioor. Ity thctimcMr. Hau-oiii li.nl obtained his rcMiUer the iutriiilei- had gone. A side window of the homo of Wil liam Scrnnim 40IO inane street, was foricd, but nothing was taken with the exception of some raw eggs. A buck window 011 the lower llnor of the home of Mrs, F. It. Datesnian, at IIIU'J fircone, street, was also tampered willi. CORK MAYOR MUST QUIT U.S. Sail Today or Be Arrested and De ported, Is Order Washington. Feb. II. illy A. p.) -Should Donul .1. I'Callaglian, lord mayor of Cork, who ciiiiic to tills coun try without a piissiioit. fall to cao today, a warrant fur Ills arrest ami itilujiowe lavxiaml. W, IlnvYTaiiil. principal, the answers showed n coiiimendalilo knowledge 01 current Incuts. These "were a few of the answers in tlio general information test glcn to Ti0 students, those just entering their teens and the upper-class girls ami bos, whoso age Is just below the twen tlcar marl... The qui, was g veil in tiie' school building. Sixteenth and (iieriy si reels, last Friday. Some of the answers the general pub lic however, woii'd surely agiro with. To' the query of what was the longest day In the year one little girl answered briefly, "Sunday," Asked what was meant by a "naval rait' was The nwriige for the seniors was highest among the boys, being (',(( nml a find ion: tli" girls' average was 51 and a fraction. lu the Junior school Kli.alioth Me Cloy made (iO'..., the best mark, among lite girls, while Harris (i, HavMaud lopped ail the other boys with Ii.'!. Mr. Havlhiiiil, commenting on the qui.'., said: "The object of the test is to slimu 'ate observation and to interest the stu dents in current events and topics out side the regular routino of class work. Tho test tblH year was an unusually Continue! on l'uso To, Column Two Collitou is the hoy who told the po lice tlio girl wns iiifntuntetl with him nml tried to get him to buy her poison so she might kill hor husband, get his life insurance nml run nway with Colli tou. Tlio girl showed the utmost .composuie (luting tlio hearing. She was allowed to sit in the prisoner's dock inst-ad of standing as men prisoners must do. and she draped her arms uoiiehnlnntiy o wi the iron rail beside hor nnd took in the proceeding with disdainful air. Smiles During Hearing She seemed not a bit ill filed in cloth ing or spirit In the night spent in tho cell loom nt City Hall following her arrest last 1 xoniiig She is a brunette, about fixe foot seven inches lull nml weighing perhaps 1!J0 pounds. She hns black linir, very brown eyes nml pleasing I'enlnros, A sot of flashing white teeth were reveald when she smiled once or twice during hearing. Mrs. Muipliy was dressed in a lino black fur coat, dark blue satin dress, black silk stockings ami black sntin slippers to tnnlcli. The costume, ex pensive lookiui; nml in gootl taste, was set off by 11 large dark lint. She smiled hroiiill when otliton. on the witness Mum!, iclatcd that she had suggested to him that if lie would buy poison, she would "slip It" to her hus band in his food. She lost some of hor air of disdain, however, when lie testi fied 1liat site wanted her husband killed. Collitou did not know that the girl was married. When Miirnhv was testifiing she .studiously molded looking at him: how ever, her oes iion r left witing Colli tou s fine while he was on the stand. He looked eveiwwh but at the girl. both while he wn- testifying urnl after ward. Helshaw Tells of "Plot" Detective HcMiavv was ilie first wit ness. He said Collitou had come to him last Tuesday . and told him Ills tory. Ilclshaw suggested that ar rangements be I'liule for lilm to meet the girl and po-e as "Pat." a mythical gunman from Heading. Collitou agreed. "Wo w to lave met at Fifth and Arch streets Wedi. eilav night." tliodo tetthe testified. "I was there at 7 :H0 fonllmnsl 1111 1'iige Tw-iit-lx, Column Thru. I PATROLMEN ARE STABBED Men Escaped, but Three Later Were Arrested on Charge Jnnios .1. Teevin. of 7'.'l"i Tulip stieot, a mounted patrolman of the Tn couy station, nud Thomas Kynu, of 701'J Tulip sweet, were seriously stubbed by one of llip-o men they en countered nt Longshore and Tulip stieets at l-:."il oVI ick this morning. Hyan was stabbed three times in the chest, nml Teevin, in saving his fliond's life, received a Mali in the back which punctured his right lung. Shouts of I lie Injured iiicn hroii'hl icsidcnts of the neighborhood to their aid. They wore taken to the I riii.kford Ily Hie Associated Press Hei'llu. Feb, II. The ministry of finance has reached the coiiclusiun' that the utmost sum Ccrmnnv can pav in reparations is iri(l,f)(IO.IHIII,llllll marks liioiiiially $:'h.7.".M"0.0I0). litis to in clude all she has so far paid in cash ami goods, accordini: to information nil n 1 which the Deutsche .pitting says it bus iioeivcd from II special source. This loO.OOO 000.(1(1(1 marks would be paid off in thirty years, under the plan outlined by the newspaper's informant, who also ijt quoted u declaring tint t tlio pioposnl to pay it will bo submitted to tin' authorities at Paris for the purpose of learning whether the coming London eoiifoicn in reparations will permit of its consideration, along with the al lied proposals adopted at the recent Paris conference. (The proposal that Ccrmnnv be icauircd to inn 11 war indemuitv of Jl'it.llOO.OOII.Olltl gold marks Cs.-,:i.-MlO.OOli.dtKli. in installments extend ing ovt- a pctiod of forty -throe years. was adopted at the meeting of the Allied premiers in Paris on .I1111 uary '".. 1 In the Dciit.i-h Zciiung nrtioo the suggestion was made that the London conference might he post pom d in 01 dor to give the now Wasliiimton government an opnortiinity to pnrticinuto. Hefusol to allow certain of the Cer man counter-in onosals would tesiilt In ficrinnuy absenting herself from the Loudon ((inference, srt for March I. the newspaper declares it has learned. It adds that (iermanv would then sug gest that the I'nitod States be called 111 as an arbitrator for the purpose of prevailing tho entente from adopting I measure" such as an invasion of tlio I lllllll- distiict. which it declines would I be looked upon by (iermuuy ns'tin net I of war which wou'd positively destroy the treatv of Versailles. I The suggestion thnt the Fulled Stato- bc invifd 10 mediate fails to mouse enthusiasm in the conservative Die Post, which express) s fear that the Auieritan verdlit in such 11 case would be more likelv to incline toward th sum the Lnlenie is( demanding. "Amer ican mediation would only be wclcotiici" says iiit newspaper. 11 we coulil as certain 1I10 American attitude in ad De.ith Report Questioned Heeni sc of his cciiuection with the defense and later the escape of fjrour C. Hrrgdoll. and because several In surance companies refused to pay llf insurance until further proof was sub milled of his dcntli. doubt was expressed this week as to the truth of the re poit that Mr. (iihhnnoy I1.11I been drowned. "I lime discovered conclusive proof Hint Mr. liibboncy and tho throe others lost their lives in the liny of Cam poehi.." Mr. Sharpless said today, nt West Chester. "I returned to New flrlonns from Fronlera. Mexico, with IMwanl A. 1. ... ..r....i.i ... ..a., ..l.nncrs I "i""'- chicle iniycr tor 11 large ( In- 1 ,,", '" " , . . cigo ID-Hi.-' Mr. Sharpless tinned. witli tho robbers of today, hurried by ..,,,, iIri, f N Yk f POLICE. SEARCH IN VAIN Residents in Hip neighborhood of eleventh nnd Poplar streets pnssetl n sleepless- night from midnight on when burglar alarms announcing attempts to roll two pawnshops in that section rang out their stirring message in tones that could bo hoard for squares around the shnns as the gongs rung out. Neighbors, hurriedly dressing, flocked to the scene, while many not so particular about this detail, c.ime just as they happened to he Progrosii. Yucatan, on the iime boat with Mr. fiibboney and tlio others of his party. Tells of Hiring Canoe At Progresn Mr. Wood and the Hie first shop attacked was that of 1 (iibboney party look automobiles to Morris Hitch, southwest comer of ( Mcrida. .uoiitan. and from there prn F.leveiith and Poplar streets. The cccded to Cniupeche. Arriving at Citm aluim went off about midnight and con-1 peche. Mr. (iibboney, .Mr. Sliriver nnd tinned fur four hours to make tin-, the Mnrklry hired a canoo. a sniall night hideous. Tlio news finally reached ,nn,snJ dugout, paddled by two the police station at Light h and 1 home m,tiVcs. and stnrted across the bay of t.i .irxnU A 1 let nil of liollcc wnsl.. 1... ouicklv assembled and hurried to tin .,. . i 1 scone. I lioy cncircteo me imuit iim gradually .dosed in on it but nfter n long vvnil. discovering nobody 011 the promises, they summoned the proprietor on tlio photic Nothing Missing Tin-store was unlocl.od ami the place Protesting j h,,.,,. ,miivc tongue, scan hod. but nobodv was found nnl,tn' nalixi- oltoxi-rl .rIi't-. Ilefo-c iIict nothing was missing. lliete was l'" , cached San Pablo, their intended do--sign of an entrance linking been nt- tiiintiou. the frail canoe was over tcmnted and the conclusion wu that tHrmM nm n fl)1Ir f tio Americans . . . t ...I." I,...I liAi.n ntlniiiivtnil .... a --wniiiiivv Jon linn "' ..... ...I,.-;.. u,,r,. iinnvncd. 'I lie two nntives. ex- "They were caught in n storm ond the natives put intvj Cfiampotnn. Ac cording to Mr. Wood, tlio elder Mr. Murkley became ilnpntleiit. and ilo-pitc efforts of the natives til dissuade him. he ileinanilcd thnt the (rip across the It.ty be continued. Si-ntcelv had the police gone lo 1 he 'tntioii house and the lurk izetis 1 i-elniiied to their beds, when another ,i'niiii so undod from tin- pawnshop of I Abraham Haas. 11-7 Poplar street. 1 Again the neighbors Mocked out. Many of them quite ln py bv this time, diil not caic how tin) appeaiid nnd 1 otliei's in ih- same condition did not .coin 10 iiotiio lliem. Again tho samel detail of poliic lirovc to the -1 em mid the si ond shop was saiioiiuded. Aftor 1 an hour s search the proprietor was summoned and the place 1 ittercd. but again no one was found ami nothing was mi,ssiiig. The s'linh this Time, howivcr. bc- ict-i stvimmeis, were saved "Mr. Wood has n descriptioii of the whole dinster. writtin in Spanish, which in- got fioin the inroner at Cham potnii He also has statement- from other natives. Mi. Wood expressed his intention of giving this evidence to Hie Marklev family. "l'.efore leaving Mexico I al-o talked to .lose Kims, a reputable mahogany denier of Cnriiieu. who is our represent ative 111 Mcxii o. vancc We do not want to repeat the mistakes f 1IHS..-J Paris. 1 in. 1 1. 1 r.v .. r. 1 i.oui- 1 Loucheiii'. who as minister nf th.. lib- j euitod iiginiis assisted Picmler llriaml mid tin other iiienilier.s of the allied ..- I picm 111n.il in fixing t.e (ieriuan repiuaiioiis. 1 xp'.ained to the Associated Picss toilnv .ii- iletliiltiou of (ieriiiniiy "s J p.-ivnients 1 1 her exports. 1 "It sients 1I1111 the icrnis of the vn- I ( (intlmiisl on I'UBr Twnit-sl, ('nliintn lite lliulles on Hencli Two Days "Mr. Kivas stated that he had viewed the bodies of the four victims, and Hint tln.rn . iiv 1111 iliiii,) .if rlwiii- lili.titltv trnyed unmistakable signs of an at-;n said thev lav on the beach for two tempt) d otitr.it I he back door of, days hefoie the ni rival of the coioner, the slioit show ol luniks of a iiuiiny mid 1 , ,inir muilition was terrible. Nil- it is believed tin liuigla.s wire ii,. .,..,,., ....p., ,;,, ,i ... .listnrli dm ... : 1 . : - bodies until the coroner nrrhei.. "Mi. Hivas alsn talked to one of the surviving natives who was in the canoe when It was capsized and v ho stated positivelv that all of the Americans woie r..ti..... .1 ..re 1.. .1... ..l.,,,!.,,, ,,1, ..... I , 11 iklli' II' i. ''il I',' 111' I itisnis ...til III, 1 The Haas .hop has been the object of attention bv burglars thru- tnne with in the la-1 three months (III the tii-st i.rcasii.11, .laiiu.trv I I, the lubbers so tired Slot I in jewelty anil otlicr iirlielcs. The sound sit, mi .Inuunry -s. n.'tiol theni S.'iKl in gems. fill both tiles elisions the shop n not titled with a huiglai alarm. Tin. 11 Unas got bu-y and an .ilaiin was in stalled. . depoitatinti will lie i-siicd iinmcdiately .' Ilospitiil. '.Meantime their assailants hntj lied. Moiinled Patrolmen Hlaker nnd Deneen, who rcspoiided to the ciies nf tho wntimhd men, saw three mi'ii run- it was said at the Department of Labor. ( I'Callaghiiu. who caiiie here to (es- Illy liclorc Hie couimissiou ol the enm- niltlee of one hundred investigating nlng from the some. They gave chase conditions in Ireland, was classed ns , ond after 11 race of live squiiics nrrcstcd 11 seaman by tvereturv Wilson and .lohii An. iuli.no, thiriy-ono years old. given until tii.lay to sail for a foreign of Trenton iivonup near Orthodox port. strict; Steve Soronti. twenty -two ('(inimeiiling upon reports Hint the yems old, of the sumo addicss. ami Imd mayor had announced In New I Ton Konoli, twenty-nine years old, of York a program of extensive speaking jTnevviiwaiinu nonr I'nity street, engagements in the Fulled States, hi Arraigned before Magistrate ('nsicllo bur department olhchils said they , tit tlio Frank!. ml avenue police station thought this pwlmhly wus a cover to conceal O'Caliaghun'x real Intention of leaving for Kurope as secretly us poa-aible. this morning Hie piisomu-s denied anv connediou with Hie stabbing, but were held in ?1000 bail each for a further hearing, lost This iiiitne also told Mi Hivas of Mr Marklev 's insistence that the journey in ross the buv be lestimod b fine the storm had abated " McGANNON NOT SLAYER. WOMAN WITNESS ASSERTS Declines to Answer Questions to Save Herself From Disgrace Cleveland. I'i b. II 1 Hv A P. 1 Miss Mnrv V.. Neelv. star witniss for th.- state in the Mmml trial nf Judgi' William 11 M. ( in. 111. oi, chm gol vvith i-iMiil il guv tinirdcr fur the alle.-eil hilling of Harold ('. Kagy . 011 the wit ness stand for the stale today, said .luil.'c Mciiannon did not kin Kagy ami icfti-eil to answer .my questions, j ".liidgi M. (in. nn. 11 1. not guilty of 1 the murder of Harold C. Kitgv." sin said. "I refuse to answer any ques tion, hecause in so dung I might dis- 1 grace o, iucriniiiiiiti' mvseif." Fffoits nn tin. part of County Prose 1'iitor Stiiiiii.il to pin Miss Nc..y down 10 her testimony in the first McCnn noil trial was hlncUed by oiijccthuis ft mil defense attornevs, which were stlsliiiu.-d by 1 lit" ciilllt. At the lir-t trial of .ludgc McCan 11011 Mis. ii.y tcstit'nd that she fol livvnl the judge's ni.toinnhilc to the t scene of the slny'ng on the night that Kag.v was shot. She testified she .uvv paxtics x'Otcd agalust tho bill, expreb&lng fcar& that thu ret,tJic- 1. ludgc Mcfianii.ui. Kagy ami .lohu W. .i.i.'ii- me ui. I'liinrii previously ac- quilieil of the si ling of Kagv -leave Mi 1 iitnnon's iiiitoin ibile, and thai .. few 1.1 mites later he "siiu Mi I iaiiuoii take sonietl itig from bi pocket S'nitilla mulish il.eic was the Hash of u sjiot and Kagv tell forward.' Tc-iifvmg at the lirst trial Mrs, No-lv iinlaiol Judge Miiiiiunou of. fete I h It In lhe "l.i I, 'i p uer luotitll shut," and -woie she hn.l made an iiffiu to tin judge 10 take 1 hi hhiuic for III.' I. Illl'llel llTM'lf ANNIE GRAY SEEKS FREEDOM ON HABEAS WRIT Anuio Gray, notorious resort keeper, who is awaiting Ucpoitri tion at the Gloucester Inainigratiou station, signed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus today lu a final effort to remain in this country. Her attorney will file tho writ in the United States District Court at Trenton tomorrow. Tho Department of Labor at Wuihinyton has refused the woman's appeal for a ruhcariug. SWISS VOTE TO RESTRICT IMPORTATIONS BERNE, Switzerland, Feb. 11. The Swiss Nutiouul Council ha-j adopted, by a vote of 80 to 03, a bill restricting importations, ub a meusure of protection for homo industries suft'eriug from btacnatton. Some members of both the radical and conservative tlous provided for might result iu the raising of prices. FIREBUG SENTENCED 'Torch' of Arson Plot Given Eleven to Twelve Ycni'3 .III) oh Sklllllllk. "I New iilk. Was cnlivichd todav ol i-ltiiig lite to the factoiy of Joseph Ihkhi Co., i:i:t HI7 Noilli Seveulh stieci. .latiuary "It, and sentenced d Iroin eleven lo twelve years liy Judgi Mmuigluin in (Juarier Sessions Com I N'o. I . Skiilluik p'oi.dcd not guilty, but when Hilled 1 poll to tes.ifv in his nun bchull ndiiilltcil he hail sol hie lo lhe liiiilillug v. lieu he and aiiolhct- inaii wcic pit 1 t" oil silimi for the job Skill nik' n.iit'i r In tin- 1 rune has not been 111 nslcil. BANKER IN COMATOSE STATE Phila. Physician Attending Atlantic City Victim of Sleeping Sickness (ieolgc T Lippllicolt. u.illolllllc At 'antic Ctv banker, stricken aboiii ilnee weeks ago Willi sleeping sicklc-ss while anoai'd ins mill 111 riorum, is in a . itlil.l 1 01. (lit 011 at the home of his brother in-law. William II. Hnitlctt, 111." South Lllieion avenue. Atlantic. City. Mr. 1 -ii 11 1 1 is in a couiatosc state nun -cciiBiii.c 110 nit.-, iir is mouse. i,.,.i f -e. rcliirv of In. 11,11-1 !. . . '. . ... ' ...v. at I-I-..U a. .nervals mid n-d Hi .P.isidtuit llnidnig, acioriling to noma L0WDEN WAIVES NAVY POST Declines Portfolio Offered by Hard ing, His Friends Say V 'iwlllniiliiH I'.iU II ill. t II I II l-1,llll " I'. I 1111 t . Ill I I' I '..... . I I. .. . lilt t I iiiiiii i Mim-.iii lirtiM, ill IIIIIMMI, fl.lK C 1 )Ill-r('l II 11(1 IIIIH flCflllH'tl tho if tun frit mN In iv. Xn tou Ihinl: or wrlllni. Uiluk ut "AimiM!. Aiv. , wood l( ixirtij. ol rjnj Spruce street , mis cuy. mis oeen cm leu 111 nnd satli - 1 thut while Mr. Llppineott'iJ coud tiou ".?,",,"" .T;VJ.,2.uit'I'0f,,,A H'BriAT. is cr tka . he hines for lmnrovemeiiO I i' ? '".".''l ,rr -.""'.V,'. .'.'"''". AtUntto 1. -. i' ft ) V ;t yisAij'nOti.l u-1t A.f, L.-VV if , il VA&S ).. - - - . - - -.-- v.w - t ivvn lli,Hl)Ul l.didV&
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