'yrft-Wwi- r 10 "-W1 k iH A U H m mi n r.v W. ; ,' l- f ( i WJ "?'" ill' f M:-C if :f it' ' Ji j '( I BY 0 SJMtfl " II IIS ,,i llWAl ' ' iff ' 5 ' wv w; lU Schuck Confession Is Read to Jury ConllmiMl from Viutr One her that he had thw money, nml tint! planned to return It to tho bntik. Schtieh's Admissions Hepe.it oil That Hehuck hnd xhnwn Rime of the money token from I'mii'n body to Mr. McGarvoy wn revealed when Mle Anna Toon, of Ilninexpnrt, stcnogrnpher for Detective Pnrkcr, took t'le witness stand. Miss Yoon rend for nn hour from Rtcnogrnphic notes which slip had tnkrn of a conversation between County De tective l'nrker nnd Holuick Following Miss Yoo's testimony It wns announced that the ronfes.slon of James would be put lu cvldeneo ngnlmt Solutck. Sir. ("arrow protected vehemently Against the nt'mlfHion of the conversa tion on the ground thnt the "corpus delicti" had not jvt been proved. .Tustlce Kat7.eiib.ich lipid thnt the denth of I'atil and the commission of thr crime In Camden count had been established sufficiently. "Were you nnd .lamps together on the fith of October'" Detective Parker asked, according to the stenographic re port. "Was that the day of the world scries?" Schuck asked. When told It was, he answered: "Im not sure just what I did. I worked pnrt of the tiny Mr. Parker, whv am I arrested?" "You are detained here by order of the grand jury, llaymond, Parker an swered. "Didn't I give a statement to Prose tor Wolverton'il office V" nked Schuck. "Yes," replied Parker, "but you arc now talking to the Ilurlington county authorities." Said He Won nig Itet Schuck told the detective, in reply to a question, thnt he hnd had spent several evenings In company with Mrs McGarvey. "Did you show her any money?" asked Pnrkcr. "Yes, one of the.se evenings I was with her 1 told her I had won some I money in the world series games. I told . her It was somewhere around $2000." "Did you show it to her?" ' "Vnu T in it at 1invr Hnd eftmotrlidro round $1,100." "How did you get this money?" ' "Well, now, Mr. Parker, this Is a serious thing. I'd rather not tell now. I'd like to see my counsel, Mr. Car row." "The next dny, Raymond, did you mc Frank James?" "No." Denied Knowing Paul "Did ou know David Paul? ' "1 never met the man, Mr. Parker." "On the l.'lth of October did you go away with James?" "No." "On the Gth did you go nway with him?" "No. I was over at my lady friend's house thnt night " "You mean Mrs. Mc(!nrvey. "Yes." "How about the 7th?" "1 met my firl at her sister's house." "On the 0th. 7th. 8th and Dlh you did not see James?" "No." "What took place on October l'j?" "Jesse Sage came to my house he is the man who owns the bungalow with mo nt Clenienton. William T. Wood was there also." "Did you see James on the 13th?" "Come to think of it, he did come to the house on the l.'lth. He said he hnd been looking for me nt the office. He came in a car belonging to a friend In the village." Gavo Wife Only $10 At this point SrhucTs .-'scribed u trip 'he took with James to get a new scat for the Ford car. "Why did you go?" "Jnmes wanted me to." "What did you do with the old pent?" "We threw it out on the dump." . "Why didn't you leave it at the gar nge?" "We threw it nway where we made the change limes didn't want any one else to have the use of the seat." "D'li you give your wife $10 to say you I were home on the ."th aDd 0th?" "No." "Did you give her any monev nnd tnke Jt away again? "I gave her some money to keep for me." Detective Parker asked when the girl hnd found out thnt he was a married man. "Her family have known it for about two weeks, but the girl has known it since I met her." Detective Parker took the stand after the rending of the conversation and testified to the circumstances under which it took place. .lames Hears Pul's Confession Parker was m the stnnd hut n short time. Then Mis Ynos went back again to rend her note- of Schuck's confes sion, made to Detective Pnrkcr Novem ber 0, lll'JO. In tho Ilurlington cnuntv jail. Mount IIollj. James was seated in a chair plaped specially for him behind the jury box during the rending of the confession. rsow, Knymoml flttl lfTWlll ivhi T am?" Detective Parker beean. accord! ne I to the statement rend. i "les, sir. ' jwice. "You know Mr Fleetwood and you' , -VlL-ro -.v ro yon tli-xi . n mil know Mr furrow. And this Is Anna. of rnm.,lp" ' 'Turther than thu you met her last night Unymond, ou ,''r' ";')"'' "Owning road have been ordered detulned by the grnnd , 1'lllst)urg. "Yes. sir." jury in the investigation of the murder ' of Duvid S. Paul. There has not been "ffifi"'- nAn?:,5,,,.!,.:,",,.n- W of I"'".'"., .i. ; :.;..".. "."''. r: I "I told jou the best part this after noon. "Do you want to tell ngnin. as near ns. you remember, whnt occurred?" I want to tell the truth. The time I wus to see jou I was going to tell you, but I but my nerve. (The prisoner was addressing this to Mr, ("arrow, his counsel, who was sitting beside him.) "Now go abend anil tell us." resumed Parker, "'beginning with the fifth of October." Warned bj Ills I-iwyr Mr furrow interrupted. "Knvinond, remember unj thing you saj will be used against jou in court." "Will I have to give it in detail?" asked Sdmek. "Give it as near ns jou can." said Mr. Parker "I mean concerning tills man. I don't enre about auj thing else thnt occurred bit ween these times, only loiiceriiing Paul und how he met his denth." might be u ed against "7. . 'V, In ', ' '" lll' "r l,e W!M ,"u,fl ,!' '" lt rZTiv, .. . . H. ! king sun ami stuff to' rub the blood ha5e to make ,, .tut-mou unless you I " ; f" " :lTt, 'u ln"tl e v T ! ? I off his cnr. Then we drove away. W. wnnt to Any statement jou make must tllve "",", "'", ' ,'!" ' n ' ' T. V i'V'V l.lf,.,T v"1! '!"' J'1' tlu mo.ne ""rove quite a distance on some roods be of your own free will, nnd must JTfnV l"'"".'. . . ' . V I"'1 l'".1""1 ''"l,'"(1 hN clothes , nnd hnd ulltl, wo cnlnp to n creek nnd the old bevolunturj. Now. do jou wnnt to tell .... d he d ten jou where to go.' drove down there .whnt next did jou do ,,,, as torn by Mr. James me on) tiling in the presence of your I U" (1 w. 1' , i Vi"- Mpw,,,J ',n, ,",', J ,,nt "'Kllt W" nCnt t0 Then we drove to Urooklawn." .ounsel; just what do', on know n bout , iro"' ' ymrg und then we went I'l, lu.Hphiu. ,.,.., "Do you know whnt creek?" tM . through Marlton and lie took me, or lien wus the next time that you ,.'..' '.,. . "n .,t .i... -oi. . "Well." began Sdiuck. "when I wnsienme biuk to Camden'; leaving the office mi the fifth, I ran into Frank Jnmes at Third i.ttil Arch streets, Camden, nnd I got in h - cnr. When he suw this man Paul lie told me that there wus u inn u lie wunle.l to see and to drive up. So I dune tip and .lames trot In the back of the car ami Mr. Paul not In the front of me. We were talking . about women and bioing some booe ' and Frnnk told me t drive him to the First National Hank. Fiom the First National lie told me to drive lilm to the ferry, bo 1 drove him to the ferrj uround I the bnrlc wnj wiiere me automobiles runout." Tills 111. line on .James "Whnt pnrt of tho machine did I'nul Ret in then"'" "In the biiine, the front. At thnt time 1 understood Mr. l'uul to say, 'There Kites n chit-ken of mine in tho trolley ear.' Ho that brought our conversation back ngnin to women. Ho when I ilrovu lu thu ferry I stopped and they ira talking about this woman and SNAPPED AT k9EMIh ,K3& K9PvfH. B!0- r m$MMMmmW': tin liliiKSKk fHIM SfljA yfKsK 3SlHii LH f 'JH BC4i V jjf ff v a1 jJB 3 JjT On the left Is Mrs. Alvah Srliucli, man Is Ucorge Wachter, I pulled out a cigarette to light it and back to this bungalow, what, if uuy I heard a bang and I turned nnd Frank, thing, was done with the money?" nail hit this man on the head with a hammer nnd pulled li 1 tit bnck in the bnck of the enr. nml ketit hentinir lilm ami saying that lie had double-crossed him. nnd then both of them hnd an argument ' nml I wns pretty nervous nnd they hat: an arcument about how lie had double- crossed him anil Frank continued to beat and thought it would not be safe to him." hide it there." Were the curtails on the back of tho; "And then where did you go?" "He enr?" "Yes. on the bnck. Then Frank ' "" something nbi.ut he would hide It started to mi he was sorry. He was," home, and I recalled thnt my wife bleeding und he told me to take him to would be out nnd wc would tnke It to a hospital. So I backed the ear armintl I "' "I'uc and started for tho hospital and when I . "'d ynu take it to jour home?" got to Delaware aM-nuc he told me to "n .nnd put It in the cellar." go out Mnrket street, nnd he hnd his 'All of it.' , "Vs no. At the gun out und told me to diive up Market ttrcet to JJerawareavenue anil iroin Delaware avenue to I'enn and from Tenth to Eleventh on Penii to Market street, and then out Mnrket street to Marlton avenue When we drove about a half mile out Marlton pike to n road that leads to Forrest Hill 1 stopped and I pleaded with Frank not to go fur ther. And then he told me to go out further and thnt he was des perate and needed monej." Begged for Ills Life "Was Paul conscious then?" "Yes. If I was not mistaken then he said : 'Please let me out and take the money.' Ilut .Tames then ordered me to drive on. So we went on over thp bridge through Forrest Hill to Kaighn avenue, nnd out Knighn nvenue to Drowning rontl. nnd then to Marlton pike and then he started beating him again. He was beatini; him all the time. I was so damn nervous I didn't know what I was doing. Frank was then beating his head up. "fining out Marlton pike I was fo nervous I could hurtlly drive the car, so Frank jumped in front nnd demanded I let him drive the cnr. und 1 wouldn't nllow him " 'Wus Paul then unconscious?" "I couldn't say. We tliove a pretty good distance down the pike nml Frank tukes the gun und pulls it around, and I thought he wns going to shoot me, hut Instead of .shooting me lie shot tllrectlj nt Paul." In his fine?" "He must hnve, but couldn't snj , I was driving." "How many times did he shool "Twice. here were you then, a miie out "Further than tliut. id und No Sounds from Victim . niri v,. i.,.r i..... ..f.,,- ..,,, . "X Tltn'we wenton! Tllut wasVhe tinte thnt Frnnk told me thnt I was t. rather ho told me to take some but k road bnck of Medford. "Where did jou buj the shovels?" "They weren't bought that day. He told me to tnke the back road, so lifter we got on thnt I don't know wluit it wus we drove until we got to this pur tlculnr place I stopped thn car und he started to pull this fellow out. I was sick at my stomach, so he told me I hud better help him out anil lie said 1 had to. He handed me Pu'iil's font. I could not look nt him so I pulled lilm out, so after he was in there (the ditch where they threw him I we went back." Couldn't Ijook at Itotl "And you carried him up and put him in the water?" "I don't know whether there was water there or not. I louldu't look at the innn " "Do you know who threw the pair of glnsscs and the ense in tlnj creek?" "j threw them in there." "And then jou turned around and "No. we didn't.' "Whnt did vou do? 'o ttll the truth, Mr. Pnrkir, I don't know how wp vent there, but we got to the hull gnlow " "Whnt else did he use to kill him with?" 'That instrument a jiait of n sl.r'ng und a hummer "Did you see him throw them uvvuj '' "Only the spring. Thnt wus when In hit the glass mid broke the windshield.' men jou went on iiuei, to the mm Ka'ow at Cleioeuton?" "Yes tin ,,r "uy wit k we 50c 10 mining uu tiling over, nnd I kept snjing to lutti 1 tM.uiiin t ne nine to stunti it. unci l would hnve to till. Ait,l lie niiIiI if 1 tlltl lie would hve that I itot tbe snine dose nn lie. Ho suid: 'You were with me when It hnpiH'ned, nnd I will drug jou In It,' nnd other ruinirks. " (Hy Mr. ("arrow) "Hid be Uneaten jou witb the yiui when jou were driviui; up?" "At first " (Hv Mr I'nrUr) "When vou trot SCHUCK TRIAL lfo of the prisoner's brother, brother of Mrs. Schuck The Sougbt Cache for Itot "Well, he asked me where he could put the money, and I said, 'I don't know,' nnd ha snld, 'How about the bungalow?' nnd I said ht could do what he wanted, and tic changed his mind uiiiiKiiii'n .iniiies iook some oi ic anil put it in his pocket." "How muMi?" "I don't know. And then, agnin, before we put it in the cel lur, he put some more in his pocket." "How much of the monev did vou take out of it?" Divided Murder oot "Up handed me some money, and I don't know how much there was there, to tell the truth." "AfprouimnteyV" "Two or three hundred dollars, lie passed the remark thnt I tnd better put it in my pocket so tha.t if it wns necessary to bent It we would have money. I nld I would not b'Mit it." "Wns any of that $1,100 thnt vou had on the sixth with it?" "Yesi it wns." Did Mr. Junius hnve any blood on his clothes?" 'Full of it. Whnt did jou do with the clothes?" "t'huuKcd-rOh, I remember now; we left the bungalow and came over around oodbury and stopped nt North Wood bury station und he used the telephone. I think be snld he was going to call up i.i limn-on s anu ne stopped at West' jille and bought n shirt, and I bcllev a ne Dongit a, tollnr, too." Clinngcd Moody Clothes ' "Where did he chlingc his clothes? t .... l.n...n ' "Wlii.se clothes did he get?" "He- fore he cuumjed his clothes be went to a I lauor at .ewton avcniip nnd Trenton und got n suit of his clothes." "Whnt did he tin with Uie clothes thnt he took off?" "nulled them up in a bundle nnd went in the jurd anil got a brick Put the brick in the middle nnd drove down to Newton avenue creek and threw them in the creek, suit and all " "Do vou know what he did with his shoes?" "No, he had no shoes to change lie must linxe hnd the same ones on " "Thnt duj, whose car was it jou were driving?" "Frank Jnmes', or I inoiigiii it was .lames', but 1 found it saw .lames? "(. staved in Philu ilelphiu all night. We both staved in Philadelphia nil night." "Where did jou stay?" "It was near Fifteenth strict. North. We got n machine und drove to a saloon and the chauffeur nml I hail u drink and he (Jnmes 1 vn in the back room with some women We stood there until we got almost drunk nnd I got in the batk room " Mr. Cnr row then asked : "Did lie know the women?" "I think tliej were ones lie just met there, lie went in nnd butted in." "Was thnt the place where vou stayed -ill night?" "No. We left that plnee that night, but where we went 1 don't know " "Yr.u got pretty full?" "Yes." "When was the next time jou saw .fnnie?" "I was with him tlmt dny." "The next tlnj the 0th?" "Yes, I didn't get up until Into ami we went out und took a walk somewhcies, but I don't lemember where we were Mv mind wn- li'unk all the time. 1 wanted to get awav trom lilm'.tntl I left him and went out to see tills girl." Went to Visit "His Kvll Marj" "Well, jnu wnit to see her the night 01 the 0th?" "Yes " "When was the next time m.u saw Jnmes?" "I went home nfter I left tin girl and the next morning, it wns around II or 11 :.'!) I met Frank." "And did vou have unv talk with 1111.' "les i were talking the whole thing over.1' ntl how loiiK were miu with him timi tlnj V" "Tlmt wax Thursday the 7th. I KiiesH I wns with hint until I met i1ih k Irl. ' I'utll uhout un hour before I met her." "flint tlnj, ditl he miv nm thing to jou in ri'xurd to helm; discovered or whnt jou Hhoiild do or he should tin'.'" "Well, I will tell you, Mr. Parker; on several oecnslmiH, I don't know when It wns, he kept threatening me, I mild we would get rnuglit. nnd 1 unld. 'What ...... i. :. ... .. i.ni. i.riiiiiT writ, mil niirii '. ...iii.iiii.-.i is the use of going on. You nre going to get caught.' And he kept, tnlklng nliotit leaving hero, nnd I told him to go bent It nnd I made up my mind that If ho left I would tell. Hut I wns nfrnld of him." "Well, did you bcc him the next day, or the 8th?" "Thnt would be Frl day. I did see hlitl Frldny, but I don't know where it was." "Well, nn Saturday do you recall seeing him?" "When 1 met hint on Saturday he had hired n touring car. .1 recall thnt on Thursday he took mo to n place where there were two women and they seemed to have plenty of whisky.'' "Do you recall where thnt wns?" "I will think thnt up nnd let ou know Inter, Mr. Parker. When I got lu this phicn Thursday nnd I- saw' this whisky. I decided to get nway from him and told him I had nn errand to do. I left about 2 o'clock nnd he hnd the telephone number of this West Phila delphia call and I kind of think he knew I wns trying to keep away from lilm for the reason that lie called on the telephone and this girl's brother-in- I II...1 . 1 ..!.. .. .. fit....! IIIW I'lllll'ii me Hi nvr m-.ici n uu v.iihih avenue nnd told me thnt a man by the name of Frnnk James had culled up and wit tt I etl me to cull him nt once, and when I left the place nt thnt time he gave me the telephone number." Kenrcd James' Threat "Do you recall what It wns?" "No, sir. So I called lilm up and he wns under the influence of Hnuor nnd told nte I would inve to cpnic to him "at once or he would raise hell. Wc hnd an nrgument on the telephone, nnd 1 liting up and went bnck to Oirnrd"nve line. Suppose I should make nn error in this, could I correct it, because 1 want It right?" "Yes." "If I nm not 'mistaken late on Fri day night I met Frnnk with two girls, nnd he. nt that time, had the auto. I think it wns on Frldny night. .When I met him I wns in n nefvous condition nnd he Insisted that I drink to brace me up. He drove In the country look ing for n roadhousc, nnd when we got there It was closed, and then he asked the chaufTeur where we could go to put up for the night. The cbnuffcur drove us to two places nnd wo couldn't get in, so finally he drove us to n hotel, to Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. Wc stayed thcro nil night." "Whnt names did you register un under?" "I couldn't tell you that. He told these girls we were two Chlciigo ball players." "And what did it cost you for your room?" "I couldn't tell you that be cause I think Mr. Jnnics paid the bill." "Did you get breakfast there?" "No. While I was out buying n omb and brush Frnnk and his girl were dinving their breakfast and all I had was n cup of coffee. Hy the wny, when I woke up I wns all by myself. The party I was with got up, got dressed nnd went to work, I guess. Oh, yes, Frnnk told the chauffeur to come bnck the next morning." "This wns when?" "On Saturday. When he came bnck. wc took a ride, but I don't rccnll whnt hnppencd thnt morrilng or nfternoon. If I nm not mls tukeu, lie took the girl home nnd then wc took n ride, and the chaufTeur, he ami I had dinner, I should judge some where arpund II o'clock, nt a roadhousc. I nm not ncipiainted with the road and don't know where it is. I nm not sure whether 1 nm right on that ride or not, I might want to correct It later. "I left Mr. James on Saturday night to see this Philadelphia girl. I didn't see him nny more until the following Wednesday morning. He came to my home nfter he learned thnt I wns sick in bed." Thought Case Was Over "Did he tell vou how he knew you were sick?" "He said he had gone to the otliee and they told him I was home sick in bed and as lie had nn errand to do in the neighborhood, he thought he would stop in und see what the trouble was. I was getting up nnd the knock came nt the door, nnd it wus either my wife or sister-in-law that let him in and he enme upstairs, saying thnt he had gone to the prosecutor's office and that everything was all right. For me to hold my nerve und get my self together; nnd he hnd a roudster with him und told me, or asked me rather, to go with him, us he wns go ing to get his cur nnd I could drive one of the enrs if he got it ; so we drove to Albi.-on's gurage ut Mount Kphrulm. 1 stopped und he went lu nnd got his car. and then he asked me If I would drive to Nicholson's gnrnge and buy a cushion." "Where is that located?" "Kirkwood. Ilefore I got there, he wns lending with hi cnr and he stop- ... .1 .... n AHn.H..n.l nn.l t.iltl n n n ...if IM1 OH l I MP'nilMHI fllltl ...l .11 n p,. v a usiiton nno come uiick anu meet nun at that place. When he told me to meet lilm nt this cross roads, I went to Nicholson's garage und bought a cush " ,'jnd paid. I think. $10.50 for u rear 'J-hlnn for a rord car. fhen 1 rP- turned to the crossroads. When I met Frank he told me he hail bepii down nt some stream nnd had had a lot of trouble trying to wash the blood oil his ...... .i !,.. if i,n o,,ti,rut.w ,.! car, ami thnt if the authorities Itnu taken his car all bets would liavo been off willi lilm. I omitted telling jou thnt Mr. James bad torn the card boaid from the doors of his car on the nfternoon of October 5, nnd threw it in the bushes where the body was. Then lie said he would drive to n garage nt Itrooklnwn. Mr. Jnmes put his cnr wait a mlnuto! I nm lenvlng something that occurred. After Mr. James told you tomorrow. At Hroolslawn, nfter he ut the car awnv. he wus talking to hi wife, nnd after the convcrsntlon he 1 drove me hotnp." Hurled Victim's Dody "Then on the morning of the 14th 1 . worked und told the stenographer aboul half-past 1 or 2 o'clock I wns going out for n wnlk. I walked ns fur ns m.v sister's. After tnlklng to her and m ' stepmother for awhile, I walked on home, went in the bock way, and when I looked out front Mr. James was there, with his car, and he told me I would have to go with him to bury the bod ( of Mr. Paul, as ho had no ono else he i . .1. ..1 .1-- .1 1,1... 1... nHltn.in,l jibY bbbV rMaY! ' i - aaa -JaH ! 4bbV bbbV INK PENCIL Those who find it easier H welcome una perreci writing The Pencil that writes with ink. It never leaks or clogs. Its Iridio Platinum Point lasts a lifetime. YEO & LUKENS CO. STATIONERS PRINTERS BLANK BOOKS Now at 12 N. 13th St. 719 Walriut St caoc 30E30E 30E30E coultl rely on. t told him that I could not do it and that it would tnnko ma sick. Then he told me I hnd to do it, that he wouldn't be able to do it alone, mid thnt as 1 hnd gone that far 1 would have to' go tlio rest. Then we drove: to Mcuforu and bouttlit two shovels and n rnke nnd from there to where we had plncctl Mr. Paul, llcforc wo got to the plnco where Mr. Paul was the rnkn was thrown out on the road. He said, 'I .just bought this for n bluff.' Then when we reached the spot I told Mr. Joiiies I could not go In'and look nt Mr. Paul nnd ho told mo to hold my nerves, to conic In, and he would hnnd me his foot nnd to help him to pull. which I did till we got to the end of inc roau, nnd 1 told him 1 couldn't go any nirtlier, no lie said, 'Well, Hell, 1 will get a rorsj and drng lilm there with tho machine, "1 walked nway and James tied the rope to Mr. Pnul nnd the bnck of the nuto, nnd took his body near where lie was burled,. Aftr he loosened the rope on the car he tried to pull lilm -and he couldn't, ami he called to me. I went bnck, looking In another direction from Mr. Paul's body and helped him pull it to a little embankment. Then I got sick nt my stomach and walked nway again, nnd Mr. Jnmes put lilm lu the grave nnd covered him up. He then called to me nnd said he was nil in; thnt the body was covered up, that I would not sec him, nnd for mo to come bnck nnd help ftiovcl the dirt on him, which I did. Mr. Jnmes drovo up the hill nnd turned around nnd started bnck to Camden. Wo had gone prob ably a mile or more when he reached back and threw one of the shovels) out in the woods. ''After wc had left Medford I threw the other shovel out. I don't know where wc were. Tolls Where .Money Was Hidden "Then he drove mo to Colllngswood and refused to take me to Camden, stating that I could make Just as good time then on the trolley. He wns through with me then. I could get on the trolley. I think It was on the 11th that I intended to take the money that I had hid in my houso and throw it in the tloor, but my nerve failed me. I took the money from the houstrto an other place nnd buried it, nnd It is there now as far as I know. I hope It Is there. Wc had belter go there first tomorrow. Mr. Jnmes told me where he hnd hid some of his, nhd I think I enn find thnt tomorrow." "When wns the next time that you saw Mr. James?" "On Saturday nfternoon, 'I should judge about 2 o'clock, on the 10th, he and his wife driving out Federal street. I don't believe Mr. James saw me, Just pnssed in n car and I wns walking. That was the last time." "Now, Mr. Schuck, is this story that you have toh.1 me the truth, ns near ns you enn rccnll?" "Ah near as I cun recall, .Mr. Pnrkcr, thnt is the absolute truth, but there nre some things that might enter my mind and I might want them corrected. This statement thnt I have just mnde completes the story with what I told jou last night audi this nfternoon." Labor Unions Open to Suit Under Bill ContlnuMl from Irko On before a jury at Fort Smith, and rp suited in n verdict for $200,000 which, when automatically trebled by the pro visions of the Shcrmnu rust Inw the basis of u judgment for $000, OIK). The T'nitcd ' Minp Workers mit up $800,000 of Liberty bonds nnd npprntpd to thp higher court, which decided against them. The onse, was then carried to the Su preme Court of the I'nited States where it now lips. Affix ts All Organised Labor The Woodward bill will apply to nil elnsses of unions, miners, steel work ers, rnilroad men, garment makers, building trades and every organized class of workers in the state. The measure has attracted no atten tion up to the present except from a few labor organizations. The state Chamber of Commerce has been taking n igoroiis but quiet interest In Um bill. Several thousand dollars lmc thus far been spent in sending nut Information nnd propaganda on tho subject to mem bent. Manufacturers of the btate anil em ployers of labor generally, who nre ln sisting upon the open shop nnd nre backing the general movement in thnt direction, nre behind It. It is, in fnct, the first concerted effort in the genernl onen-shon movpinput to obtain legal ennctinent ,ln its favor! in I'ennsylvnnln. The result will unquestionably at tract attention all over the country. As I have pointed out, thp measure strikes nt trade unions for the reason thnt their immunity from legal proc esses, us organized bodies, hns rested on the fnct that they are not Jneor- .,... .i I1";"1" " Scnutor Woodward's bill makes them Do we serve you? Wo Handle Only the Very B 2240 Lb, to Every Ton For Over 30 Year We Serve You Right OWEN LETTER'S SONS A Yard That Hat No Equal Trenton Ave. and Westmoreland- St. to write with a nenril will tt device. 30E30I ill IIUAL M lltll Kranhford a 150 KrjrMonr Kail 233 II tOE30I iono VrwTTk II PJ.,.'i,..r,..P-l--.J. -- Bit o ggS222BB d pwmmmBBBBBBBBBF Bw o u r I0E30 lliihle to sclxure of tlit'lr treasury fund and where thin does not satisfy n judg ment secured against th,em, the prop erty and hotdlngaof individual members may bo seized and sold to tnUsfythe judgment. v The national association of manufac turers recently sent out n Questionnaire to Its 4400 members with the question.! "Are you In favorof legislation im posing legal responsibility on trade unions?" ltcpljes were rpecive'd, it is said, from 00 per cent who answered in the affirm ative. Senator Woodward's bill is thcref6rc in Hue with this decision of the manu facturers. Wage Cut Needed to Resunie Building Conllnnrd from rate Onn creases as costs incrense, "hnd lack of confidence in the stability of values In buildings constructed nt present costs. "To relieve the housing shortage and ultimately reduce rests, buildings must be built, lluildings cannot be built without a reduction of Construction costs. To reduce construction costs re quires n reduction of material prices Including the high price of the use of money, contractors' and builders' profits, nnd labor costs in tho building trades. " "llultillng materlnl prices have soared beyond nil conscience. During the Inst few months there hns been a downward trend, but materials still remain at the highest range of any group of com modities except oil products. The ma terial manufacturers are beyond .the horizon of the local builder and con tractor, "Summing up the situation, the nc tunl volume of business in the United Stiites-has declined from the penk in the first part of 1020 to the first of the ycur, about 30 per cent. Living Cost Drop "The cost of living, nt the high point reached in June, 1020. wns .104 per cent above 1014. On February 1 it had declined to 81.2 per cent above 1014. Since January 1 there have been large and continuous retail reductions which are causing n further decline in the cost of living, which, by May 1, should hnve reached n point from 25 per cent to 30 per cent below the peak. "Wages in many industries have been reduced from 15 per cent to 30 per cent. Upductionij nr continuing. Business failures nre Inrge, and unemployment has reached a very serious stage, and wns on the ascent at the beginning of the year. "Wholesale prices for rnw materials hnve declined since the peak in June, 1020. more than 40 per cent Manufac tured mnterinls have declined in some whnt less per ccntngc, nnd retail prices are following. There is n wide range between wholesaler and retailer, und this gnp should be closed up to girmal within tho next four or five montAs. "Itent remains nt : standstill In this city, 0"i per cent above pre-war level. TclU of Living Cost Ethclbert Stewart, United States commissioner of labor and statistics. principnl speaker at the morning session today, declared the lowered cost of living to date has no material benrlng on the wages paid bricklayers and enrpenters. "The cost of food has decreased hut .", per cent from the penk. This menus, in effect, t.he snvlng on food nmounts to but $21 in the family of the average brlcklnvcr and rrnentcr. With all this talk of lowered wages being nn inevi table sequence of the lowered price of food ami living, it tloesn t require any great imagination to sec thnt only a very small wnge cut is needed to 'level' conditions with the 3 per cent lower food price," he declared nmid loud ap plause from the labor wing. Mr. Stewart presented statistics to show the wuges of brlcklnyers nnd car penters kept pace with living costs from 1013 to 1010. Then he declared that from 1010 to the time when the peak of high living costs was reached in 1020 the wages of these trades, even when in creases given were considered, never caught up to the price of living. Since July, 1020, the 3 per cent drop has come. Caruso Is Weaker; Condition Critical rnmlnurd from rate One grenter part of last ntght. While not minimizing tne gravity of his illness, the physlclnns indicntcd that If he THHERE is no single" quality in motoring' more valuable than the quality for which the Cadillac is most noted th'e quality of traveling . indefinitely without giving a particle of trouble. NEEL-CADILLAC COMPANY 1 42 North Broad Street CADILLAC passed tho crisis today he hnd n fair chance of reepvery. The tenor wns nble to sleep some Inst night and his temperfltiiro wns lower than nt nny time since he suf fered the serious heart attack, follow log pleurisy, lntc Tuesday -night. He also wns able to take light nourishment. His grim determination not to die-, ns expressed to thosa nt his bedside, Is helping prolong life, the physicians de clared, ' Pasquale Amnio, baritone of tho a " mBv fiave you Dined and Danced in THE BOX? AT THE RITTENHOUSE 22d and Chestnut Sts. IIANCB TO THK MUSIC OF THE TIERNEY FIVE 1 Luncheon I'Utters. nts up. Also Bee- "r H clut (1 Lunriiron nd SI.SS Illnntr or tr ! Hrrrlccn I cart. HBBBBB yy) f29ElHE simplicity and con L&BrJ venience of a soft" lead-' f m 1 pencil, with the perma nence and legibility of ink. Carry it anywhere in pocket j or handbag in any position. It is always ready, always, de pendable. Nothing to break nothing to wear nothing to get out of order. Guaranteed forever. 2 kinds long and short 2 colors black and red Prices: $3.00 up At the leading dealers BiJB' A sBJ v B w Bfl BA f THE INK PENCIL Thomas De La.Rue & Co. Lid. 33 West 42nd Street I WfrVjygCV Metropolitan Opera Co., left thT npnrtniciitR at the Van Icrb fiff " 4 n, m hlrf fnoe mrathr d n ,L1,'- TTn on 1.1 Pn,,..,. . it, . " "1 Sln'liti .. indeed." "'" ',0,nvcfy Mrs, Caruso hns not leff i,.., , '3 bnnd's bedside since tht' first sn 5 '"""I ....... n'.i.. i..i.. "" rsi severe m. rein ctHoT vo'iln'r'l lierilocK 01 sleep. It Is mid Vh.iT' ginning to show the terrible cIm b' strain, but she mnnngetl to e "'V from her husband. 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