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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
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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
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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
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