trti; .. 4j'vi - i . NIGHT Mo (emnfra. iienmcj aer Inlapjonlfilit aril rttMv4A decxc f! Coldest In. 1 f variable winds. BACH HOUR x itkrtrKnATt EXTRA fTvTTolii liiLLiLLiJJLl i f45 -1M fiO K1 HJrU( fhibBc EJ VOL. Vll. NO.. 144 Entered at Second-CIiM MMler strfhn Postnmce. at rtillndelphls, r. miM-i tnr iuv oi iiirca a, imv PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1921 I'ubllhed Ialv nxrrpt Hunday. Hulncrlptlon Prlre JO a Tear by Mall, r"iit"rlicht 1021. Iy Public Iediter Company PRICE TWO CENTS flKSSES THREAT 10 KILL IN 0' WAR AND IS. RIDDLE jhcater Man Held Despite Sob bing Ploa of Mother to Horse's Owner 0MITS $10,000 DEMAND IN BLACKMAIL LETTER TARGETS OP DEATH THREATS Harry T. Lamcy, of Chester, was tld today In $2500 ball for tno federal rend jury, charged with threatening kill Mrs. Samuel D. Kiddle and the Iddle raring phenom. Mnn o' War, , mite of n drninatio plea for leniency ,5. before Mr. Kiddie In the court ,om bv Lnmey's wh te-linlrcd mother. Just before the prisoner wnH led in , be arraigned before ITnlted 8tateH itnmls1oner Manlcy, Mre. T,nmey, n ,11 woman, attired In a plain black iat and dress which showed signs of car. tremblingly orose and walked istcndlly to the chair where Mr. Rlddln as seated. Team streaming down the woman h ire-etched face br she falterlngly nil--essed the millionaire horseman. "Won't you please be easy with my l.n?" she pleaded, i Disregards Mother's Plea The owner of Man o' War glanced ilckly at the woman, nnd then waving in hand a" though dismissing her, said : "Go awav. I don't wnnt to have atliing to'do with you." .Ir t.iinicy collapsed, sobbing, and t' i il from the courtroom by nn ucli limit of the prisoner. I-u wlin wns arrested this morn ,nt Chester by Fostnl Inspectors iirnUx and Iloltby, was then led in nil aralgned en the charge of sending letter to Mr. lllddlo In which he ireatened to kill Mrs. Kiddle nnd an o' War if his demand for $10,000 as refused. nottnriiit ivna tnuon. ns l.nmcv 'tre.I n hearing. Assistant Fnlted ntes Attnrni-J Webster Achoy took the isc immedlnlel before the fcdernl and jury, and an Indictment against imey in exported thin afternoon. Following the nrrnignment of Lamey, ho is twentv -five years old, his mother nt to the office of Chief Postal Inspec r I.eninrd and ngiiin mrde a plen In dinlf of her son. Seated in n t-rll nt the T'nited States nrsbnl's office before the hearing, nmn talked freely of his venture, Iding tliul the recent nttempt to blnclt nll M pinininrnt Plillndclphian led him i believe tlint the Kiddles would part itli $10,000 to save their horse and the It of Mrs. Riddle. "I now ee how foollMi it was," said nmev. "I hope m mother never lliuls lis nut, for if she docs it may "kill bar. !j fnther has been (lend for several 'ars. Once Worked for Mr. Kiddle "Three jenrs ago Mr. Riddle asked e for an estimate to do some electrical ork in Ids house. I furnished Mm le estimate nnd had a chnnre to see is splendid home at Glen Riddle. "When I heard how easy a prominent an here gave tin snine money to nro- it himself. I decided I would try and today after relating incidents that led ncKmnii tne muiiics iiy telling tliwni..- , . ....km,,,, of Fdrnr N. Lance. M kkkK tW VkkR TkkkkkkkkkBx . y Ha . i?f "S J . .i kfl :iS(iisEEKs j&A&&S&3&,&?1&v,.Mhvw..w. J ' Mnn o' War, tlto famous race horse, and Mrs. S. I). Riddle, wife of tlie horse's owner, who were threatened with death in n black mail letter sent by Hair) T. Lnmey, of Chester. Limey, wlioso photograph also Is shown, was ar rested nnd, according to postal In spectors, confessed MOTHER FAINTS AT GIRL'S HEARING1 TO RULE PAYROLL Wants Tipstaves' Salary Boo3t Bill Amended to Let Judges Set Scale DEVELIN MAKES PROPOSAL Collapses After Telling of Beat-, ing by Husband and His Death at Daughter's Hands J CORONER PAROLES ACCUSED i The mother of fifteen-year-old Tllza- betli Mabel I.ance collapsed on the wit- I ncss stand in the coroner's hearing room I would harm Mrs. Riddle and their underfu! horse. I never meant it. taugh. "In the letter I wrote last Tuesday told them they had better give n pnek :p containing ?1 0,000 In smnll bills ) I.nwson Fogg, a Negro boy who forked on the fnrm, The money was be loft for me by him nt the I,imn 'Stnflice. "Last Friday I saw Fogg coining .om the Riddlp house with the pnek ;e and he gnt on the enr bound for Ima. 1 buarded the same car nnd sat i back of him. "I"" him get off at I,lmn nnd fnl wed him, but there lvero so mnnv her hiiHbnnd. by their daughter. The glrf, who killed her father In their home at 130 South llonsall street whilo defending Mrs. I.ance, was held respon sible for the former service man's dentil by the coroner's jury. f'orouer Knight pnroled the girl in custody of her counsel, John A. Boyle. The attorney was Instructed to bring his youthful client before Judge Krown In the Juvenile Court for admittance to bail. Mrs. niiznbeth I.ance. the mother, snid she was returning home about mid night Februnry '22. She is a practicing nurse nnd lind been working on a ense, she said. I,nnet met her nt Twenty- j fourth nnd Spruce streets nud began range pcopli. there that I was nfratd rail fnp iUn n.nA. "i. ii .l ' ... ... it.fUrlncr linr nhnnt mi itrniv lillrio ho ".ir, ,, ,,iP pmpie icit in tnelr T n ' aiting automobiles I went to the post-I kow- . . , , , . ,. . . Ice, but Kt lnoev. Appnrentlv MrH- hnnc" s,n,e(1 h,c ,old hm' ' left nothing there. ' band she meant to write to the nurse "I wrote the letter 'in my own hand- ""' inform her I.ance was mnrrlcd. Her riting. but did not sign It 'husband replied to this by seizing her "I didn't really expect nn thing, nnd I throat nnd virtunlly dragging her to aid It more out of curiosity than 'nnv- ' their home. In else I wns very interested to see The witness testified she ran to her T 'u10 '"''dies would tnke the affair bedroom and locked the door. Her nil when I miu the boy with the pack- I daughter was with her. Lance pounded ! I felt for a moment that I would , on the door und threatened to break it Me the $10,000. idown. She said she dually opened the .., was flrt-d Inst week from a ship- door nnd thnt her husband struck her, Miiaiag plant In Chester nnd was out then struck the daughter Another blow from her huslmnd s list, she testified, made her lose conscious ness. When she revived, she stated, the daughter was standing near the pros trate bod of I.nnce. "I stabbed him twice." she quoted the girl as sajlng. f n.. C t iivniur uuu will 11 m l.l J ,nt'ded money nnd felt tlile .w i-ameii wny to get. It." Troi Hy Handwriting Thu hnnrlurltlni. in th i, - .i Iter proved Umey's undoing, accord I to 1'obtnl Inspectors FiirnlbH nnd "Itll Wlln KnrL'x.1 k ri'U. 'uai arrest. Imunnr u,nu ..i.. i. !8S,,J.lMr"' alcDevltt. who r ,d the hnmey home for more than , "c'"ro the mnn was caught. J tie est hniiti. f.,rIl....l i... i Mr ttdille tallied with the writing the threat letter, nnd when the an- Mitles ttw Lnmey on tho snme car J .1?0!' . witn th" Package they '.. ier wnN 1'anded to a detective i L?' " M.r- IU',,11 received it. postal authorities were called In "ninth m Cy BiRncd a writ,en m,I(n,'kW',"r Proved to be the sensa idinVi ..'rBU rncln 8mo in 1011) ar ntl a 'HUt, ,lle ,lor8P " "ree-ar-old deelsi, ey defeated Commander r ni 1 1 ii ,,nrton in Canada last year '"wine annoiinri.il Mmt i. 1.0,1 n Wr Ln c." ai,y ,rillk- Th orse, w Kalloplng ff with huge purses. " to bo used to bred others of his Judge Brown's Home-Pule Proposal for His Court Judge Krown seeks to tighten his arbitrary grip on Municipal Court affairs by : Having state relinquish control over snlnries of court tipstaves. Giving Judge Krown the hole say as to pay for all officers of Munici pal Court, nnd not setting any limit to the amounts, Konrd of Judges would hnve say In other courts. He would do this by amending the Krndj bill increasing salaries of tipstaves from $2000 to 2800 a year. DIVORCEE KILLS MANAGER OF TIRE FIRM IN HER HOME Woman. Held, Tells Police She Shot When Man Became Threatening Chicago, March I. (Ky A. P.) Herbert P. Xlegler, manager of u tire company branch office hero, was shot and nlmost Instnutly killed early today by Mrs. Isnbcllo Cora Orthweln, for merly the wife of a wealthy St. Louis oilman. In her npnitment in an exclu sive north shoic residential quarter. They are said to have been friends since Mrs. Orthweiu obtained n divorce from her huslmnd six xenrs ngo. Kicglcr was nuu'rled nud the fathei of u llftcen .vcnr-old daughter. He had not been IMng with his fnmlly, but nt u downtown hotel. After qtietionlug Mrs. Orthweln, the police announced, she signed a stntemeut that she tired when Xlcgler attempted to force his way Into her bedionm. According to tin statement, Mrs, Orthweln had quarreled with Zlegler nt a cafe over another woman nnd they hnd thrown wine in each other's faces. Mis. Orthweln's statement said: ! Uo attempted to force his way into , my room and I threatened to shoot. He said. 'You're not came.' nnd I fired." An inquest will be called. The po lice ate holding Mrs. Orthweln. LABOR MEN FIGHT BILL GIVING RIGHT T0SUE UNIONS Woodward Measure Attacked Before Senate Judiciary Committee liv n Staff Corrcipondent Ilariiftbiirj;, March 1. Senntor Woodwnrd's bill, permitting incorpor ated nssiclutlons, such ns labor unions, to be sued, came under the lire of labor leaders In a hearing beforo the Senate judlclnry general committee today. They said that they did not wont In Penn sylvania u repetition of the Dnubury hatters' case In Connecticut. Thomns Kennedy, district president of the Anthracite Mine Workers, of Hn.lcton, told the committee thnt if the bill passed he "would be compelled, as a matter of duty, to advise the 100,000 organized miners in the hnrd coal region to withdraw their savings from the banks," thus saving their homes from being taken away from them, as was done in the Danbury hatters' case sev eral years ago. Organized labor made n general as sault on the bill after former Judge Ulmiicr Hecbcr, of Philadelphia, had urged its ennetment. Judge Kcber, under cross-exninina-tlon by members of the committee, said the bill is aimed nt getting nt tho treas uries of union corporntcd associations. It would pave tho way for the injured parties collecting damages by first going nftcr the association and then the in dividual members if the treasuries were empty. Kcnnedj declnred thnt with the Woodward bill a lew, enemies of or ganized labor could hlro men of the I. W. W. type to stir up trouble in tin conl regions. "We have had eighteen years of un interrupted pence in the nnthracitc re gion btcuuse of our collective bargain ing' with the operators. There is no telling wlint would happen if this bill became n law," Kennedy said. Philip Murrii), international vice president of the miners, snid the 2:15,000 organized miners in the state arc ngalnst the bill. hs :d Man all rded 0 W nr is now In Kentucky. times Is the horse carefully " travels from nlnce to traae Y,,? .. ?hlch kilm.i ';"" nn ir mosu nunc- P'lntfl Wi 1 til. ,nnn,alu,.. .1... m. -..- nvMuuinni ill uiu FOUR AUTO BANDITS ROB ONE-ARMED MAN OF $4000 Jewelry Taken From Crippled Vic tim Near His Home A one-armed man was held up by four men in a motor nnd robbed of jew elry valued nt $4000 within a half block of his home at midnight. The victim is Ilcrnard Connor, .1024 Hamilton street, owner of a fertilizing ' bi"mess at Twenty-sixth and York! streets. The hold-up was nt Thirty-1 dcvcnth nnd Hamilton streets. Connor looked over his shoulder when be heard tho motor approaching. He saw it slow down, and three men Jumped out. With his only arm. his right, he struck and knocked down tho lending man. The others drew revolvers nnd threat ened their victim. One of them snatched a diamond ! stickpin from Connor's necktie, another took ofr a iiinmonn ring nun uie tiuni went throuuh his est Dockets und found n gold watch. The) did not bother with his wallet which contained !$4.r. I The hlghwnjineti left in their car audi Connor ran along linmlltnu street until OWCe thi. .naolm - .1-- -,. ,, . Jl.. I .. .....In. n.,.l .,.,.-,,,. I ,1 it,.. hnr I " '"H'l'H wie (teiiin uireais i uu iin "" " !.- mn.i..i i. !,m' ".nH '"'en given extra protec- driver to give chase The two machines sped out to 1 iirtlvtu mm itnriug streets wheio the banditti' car eluded the pur suing one v Jllddle home nlso is guarded !HAMP CLARK NO BETTER ,rnier Speaker Has Not Rallied Prom Last Sinking Spell hlngtnn Mn.nh 1 .!, A P.) in m iT' '""" of Hn'rescututlve it lv . rln.s reported uucluingcil - rhvli i ' ' 'rloolt ,,,lH "'"i ng by mh, i,.",;1 n,r' T,,',h" Sl""'i. whh le 1 i" "T. h0'"Me ot Hi" Demo. ,VC '"ijer all iilcht. 'II.',! ;"""' "'"' Lf" Patient had not a ll" ,ll" 'l"kiC spell of yester- THIRD CARUSO OPERATION Singer Rests Comfortably After Pleural Cavity Is Opened Now York, Mnich 1 (Ky A. P.) Hnrico Caruso, who recently wnH crit ical!) ill from a henrt nttack following pleurlsj, todii) underwent n third op eration, this for removal of pus from the pleural cavity. Ills physicians an nounced ho now was resting comfortn-bl). Ill a Staff CorrcMpondcnt Hnrrlsburg, March 1. Representa tive William J. Brady of Philadel phia, today moved to place his salary raiser bill for tipstaveo on the post poned cnlendar when it enme up in the I louse for final pnssnge. The sponsor's action looks to observ ers like the llrst move toward killing the bill which, if eunctcd In it present form, would cost taxpayers of Phila delphia on additional $100,000 n year for tipstaves In the common pleas, quarter sessions and municipal courts. Krndy -said that later he will offer an amendment to reduce the proposed maximum from $!2S00 a year to $2500. Tho maximum under the present law is ?2(l00. Mennwhilc, Judge Brown hopes, while the bill is on the postponed cal endar ,to hnve it amended sj as to provide no limit to the salary. The judge wants the salaries left to the "discretion" of the Board of Judges. The judge has been told thnt (jinvernar Sproul let it be known he would not sign a bill which puivided no maximum figure Judge Brown plnns to confer with Governor Sproul nnd explain bis Ideas of home rule. Judge Brown describes his amend ment ns carrjlng out the principle of home rule It would mnke him the head home ruler of his court. "Homo Rule" Says Judgo Judge Krown proposes that no maxi mum be stilted in the bill. "Tho figure," explained the judge, "should be left to the Hoard of Judges," In the case of the Municipal Court, the figure would be left, under the pro iioj.ed amendment, to the president judge hlmbelf. , Literally speaking, Judge Brown's umendment would permit tlu Bourd of Judges In the case of the nmrts of Com mon Pleas and Quarter Sensions nnd the president judge of the Municipal Court to fix any salary for tipstaves they eared to, Judgo Brown Insisted, however, thnt neither himself nor the Board nt Judge would "think of fixing any exorbitant salary.'' "I believe in home rule," snid Judgo Brown," I would ienve It to the Judge-.. I Intend to currj out that thought in connection with the snlnries to prnba tlon officers in the Municlpnl Court, whose salaries 'are now fixed by state law. I would have the salaries tixed b Council, and 1 hope to hao such an amendment offered next week to the Municipal Court net." Vnro Arts for Deielln Senator Vure, interestingly enough, offered In the Senate Inst night, mi the request of Councilman Jumes A. Devc Ho, u hill which, if I'liactcd Into law might provide the people of Phllude phin with a chnnce to recall their vote on the last lonn bill by which they ap proved n million -dollnr allotment for Judge Brown's Palace of JiiNticc. Scnntnr Vuro is n political ally of Judge Brown. Mr. Oevolln Is the lead ing opponent of wastefulness iu ap propriations to the Muuiciinl "Juurt. The circumstances added zest to the general interest in the bill, as well nlso .is the fuel that Mr. I)eelln unite a letter to Senator Vnre asking him to hpiuisor it. The bill would permit a majority of Council to order a lefeicndum vote by the people on the question of allotting tn some other project tho funds voted for the Municlpnl Court, for example. It was noticed that Richard Wegleln, president of CKy Council, was cloely ktudjlog the provisions of the bill, ANTI-BOLSHEVISTS GAIN Foes of Soviet Obtain Partial Con trol In Petrograd ParU, March 1. (ny A. P.) At least partial control has been secured In Petrograd by nntl-Kolshevisc forres, according' to' thu,Frnfh foreign tiffico todny. This it declared had been re liably established through Information received from tho French mission In Hclslngfors, Finland. The extent of the successes won by the opposition to the Kolshevlkl however, was uncertain, It was added. There have been many defections among the nolshevik troops because of shortngc of food, the mission reported. The recent uprisings in Moscow hnd been "stopped for the moment," ac cording to the foreign office's informa tion. The French Foreign Office advices are In line with Riga dispatches Monday which reported rumors from Moscow thnt the Soviet authorities in Petrogrnd hnd been overthrown. There were no direct ndvlces on the subject, however, nnd Russian Soviet quarters in New York claimed to be in receipt of n di rect disnatch from Moscow, dntcd Feb ruiirj 2S, declnrlng there hnil been neither uprisings nor mutinies in Petro grad, Moscow or Kronstndt. ns dis patches from vnrions quarters outside Russia had reported. LIQUOR SELLER TRICKED Woman Says Purchasers of $1400 Worth Didn't Pay Mrs. Kmmn Sparks today told the police three men enme to her home, 212.1 Snnsom street, Februnrv 25 nnd obtained $1400 worth of liquor under the pretense of purchasing It They have failed to return, she said. The liquor is described as live gal lons of "Stewart" whisky; twenty gal lons of gin : five gallons of "Sherwood" whisky nnd five cnse.s of chnmpngne. I The police were given n description of l the men. J MARCH EJNTERS LIKE LAMB Annual Visitor le a Bit Bedraggled ' on First Appearance March enme in today as n gentlo I lamb, albeit a wet one 1 By the middle of the morning the lowering clouds had been dispelled nnd , a wnrm sun broke through to help dry the soggy streets Tho temperature will rise gradually and is expected to reach f5 bv this I nftcrnoon. The weather mnn snvs the I sun will shine nil dny. There Is a gentle breeze from tho northwest, and , no rain or snow- is in sight. The thaw poured largo quantities of snow-water Into the Schuylkill, which is ten feet above normal at Manayunk. Hundreds of workers returned to the mills Inst night und removed perishable blocks from basements to upper lloors, SAW GIBB0NEY DROWN American Witness Tells Mexican Foreign Office of Tragedy Mexlro Clt), Mnrch 1 (By A. P I -I. Clarence Gihbonej, the Philadel phia nttornei, was tit owned off the const of Cninpechc, it is declared In n state inent made bj Roland Morktoi, an American, which was made public by the Mexican foreign office yesterdny. Morktoy snid he saw the foundering of IGbboney's vessel nnd his subsequent drowning. There have been reports thnt Crib bnnev wns killed during a clash with 'intlils in the Mate of Cnnipcihe, NEW ALLIANCE NINUS VARE IS BEN ID Combine Sought With Penrose Aides Who Object to Sway of Judge Brown LACK OF JOBS PROVING HARD BLOW TO SENATOR Ky OEORflK NOX McCAIN Harrisbiirg, Mnrch 1. A new com bination in the field of Philadelphia politics Is nbout to he formed. Certain preliminnry steps hnve been taken nnd a conference will be held to discuss the subject more fully within the next day or bo. There arc a number of wnrd leaders who arc dissatisfied with the situation that has existed for months. Some of them have not bsen connect ed with the Vnre-Brown-Cunningham combination. Others nominally in the combine have grown restless under re straint, for they can see no futuYe be fore them. Among these arc a num ber of Senator Penrose's friends. They resent the iden of being compollcd to follow the leadership of those ttiev have bitterly fought for a year and a half. Thej hnve finally awakened to the con viction that there Is no combination in which Senator Edwin II. Vare forms a part thnt he will not domlnatn. Scnntnr Vnre already dominates the present anti-Moore alliance. He has been accustomed to lead, direct, com mand and be obeyed In business nnd in politics too long to quietly take a back seat for anybody. Senator Penrose is not a Vnre man. One of the greatest campaigns of his life, Hint of the contest In which he bellied to elect Mayor Moore, was made with the purpose of deposing the Varcs as leaden in Philadelphia pol itics. Like all leaders, Senator Penrose is, under certain conditions nnd to accom plish certain ends, a political oppor tunist. His opportunism, however, scared) goes to the extent of embracing the Vnre brothers or permitting them to nssume the powers of leadership under his ban ner, or isKtie orders to his friends. A gent manj of bis followers in Phila delphia feel the same way. It is these men, friends' and followers who, I am informed, nro joining in the new move ment. They nre Penrose lenders in certain wards and up to this point they hne gone along, hoping for better things, with the new Vnre-Brnwn-Cuntilnghnm deal. There are dissatisfied Vare men nlso. It is getting them now here. Last week there was a conference of a number of these men In the office of a prominent city official and the situation wns fully gone over. There will be nnother meeting tills week still further to discuss the out look nnd arrange for nn nlliance that will completely disavow the Vare lead ership or connection. Moorj Will Not Talk It is understood that Mnyor-'Moore has been consulted upon the matter. He has declined to talk for publication, evidently waiting the further develop ment of the movement. It hns been pointed out since the coiincllninnlc cnbal wns formed under tho direction of Senntor Vnre nnd his friends, thnt all channels of patronage in the administration outside of the county offices have been closed to the combine with Senntor Vnre nt Its hend. This condition, ns any one who knows the Mayor will ngree, will unquestion ably exist to the end of bis term In City Hnll offices over which he exercises an) degree of control, If to this is added the dissatisfaction of Senntor Penrose's real friends ninong unrd and division leaders the reasons for the new deal are apparent. An) arrangements thus far perfected nre purely tentative. If the movement goes to the extent of n permanent or gnnlzatlnn it will be a Penrose-Mooru organization with the Vares left to the devices of their own imaginations. There Is no information available that Senntor Penrose hns )et been con sulted upon the subject. It would np pear to he a voluntary nctlon that will await his approval and the co opera tion of Mayor Moore and his friends. Penrose Power Admitted Mnvor Moore has since his election conve)ed to Senntor Penrose the ns- ' Hiimncc that he regards him not only as the titular, but tho actual heart of the party In the state. At the same time ' Senator Penrose has given the Mu.Mir, the assurance of bis support in the nttempt to give I'ulladelpmn clean, de cent and efficient government, in ac enrdance with Ma) or Moore's pre-election pledges. With nothing but obstructive tactics in Council ns their weapons of offense ngalnst the administration, with nn hope of patronage from the Mayor and with dreams of lucrntuo offices for their fol lowers under the Legislature gone glim mering, the outlook tor the Vnre com bination for the next three years is de "dedl) murk). Hopeless, in fact. It is the logic of tho situation thnt u new- combination such ns above de scribed should le formed, A further conference of those inter csted will be held on Thurwla) or Fri day of this week, possibl) at the recent ly opened antl-nre headquarters In South Penn Square LANDIS CHARGES REFERRED i House Subcommittee Ordered to Re-' port Tomorrow on Impeachment Washington. Manh 1 (B) A P I Impeachment charges against Federal Judge Landis were referred today by the House judiciary committee to a sub- I committee with Instructions to report tomorrow The subcommittee, which w ill recom ' mend action to be taken on charges pre ferred by Hepresentativc Welu , of Ohio, is composed of Representatives I))er. Missouri; Husted, New York, Boies, Iowa. Republicans, and Gnrd. Ohio, and Simmers, Tcxns, Democrats. It was Indicated It might nvommend iuiestigntlnn of the charges during next session or dismissal of the mutter in n resolution expressing criticism of Judge Landis for accepting n salary of $42, 500 as supreme urblter of organized bnsebnll while serving on the bench, At recent hearings Representative Husted declared the conduct of Judge LaiidU mis "outuigi'uuj " Reporter Wins $100 Limrick Prize One hundred dollars a line in pretty good pay for any writer, isn't it? Yet that is what Mr. Mnchen receives todny for the line ho wrote to complete Limerick No. G2. Today's winner is on the reportorinl staff of the North Amer ican nnd has been engaged in newspaper work in this city since 1917. He has also done considerable writing for mnga zines and admits that he wishes that he could always be paid at the rate of $100 n line. The lim'rick as completed by Mr. Mnchen reads: LIMERICK NO. 62 A sailor came rolling ashore With his pay for a month may be more; "This is better," said he, "Than a lonnr cruise at sea I'll look round, but I'm square to ny E- Mnchen the core." 6302 Kegcnt fltrcct For Jade's Jingle Box for Kiddies Sec the Third Page From the Last w:Jm "US! IN DF71-2BILU0NS I Lloyd George Asserts Answer to Proposals Will Be Given by Allies Tomorrow AMOUNT IS ONE-SEVENTH OF BILL PRESENTED TO BERLIN STATE EMPLOYE ATTEMPTS SUICID E LEAGUE FRIENDLY IN REPLY TO II. S. Strode, Forester's Aide, Ac-i Council's Conciliatory Answer cused of Being Short in on Mandate Issue Tend3 to Accounts I Clear Yap Situation Bria'nd Says Plan Means En tente Must Advance Money With Promise to Pay Back SIMON PARTY DEPRESSED Germany Demands Former Place in World Trade as Con dition of Acceptance WAS RECENTLY PROMOTEDiMAY REJECT BRITISH OFFER ny the Associated Press Harrisburg, Mnrch 1. An hour be fore a statement was issued setting forth shortages in his accounts us nn employe of the Stnte Forestry Deport ment, A. Klwyn Strode, for nineteen years a trusted attache of that de partment, shot himself in the hend. He s in the Hnrrlsburg Hospital with n bare chnnce of recovery. . Going to the Acacia Club Hall in Cnmp HIII, n suburb, where he resided, he telephoned bis physlclnn to report to the hnll, where he "soon would be needed." Then he shot himself. The doctor found Strode unconscious find rushed him to the hospital. Strode had carefully prepared for death, car rying in his pockets nil his life insur ance policies, which he turned over to his daughter during n moment of con sciousness ut the hospital. Forestry Commissioner Glfford Pin ehot issued n formiil statement thnt Mr. Strode had bcn found ?2,0.'IS.4! short In his accounts ns chief of the Bureau of Maintennnce, but was bonded for S3000. Mr Plnchot in his statement said he received iiifnrmution from Miss K. V. Attick, who recently resigned ns n bookkeejwr of the department, that she had reason to believe Mr. Strode's accounts were not correct. February 21 the investigation was begun : subse quently .Mr. Strode confessed nnd the matter wns to have been In id before the commission nt n meeting toda). The commissioner, in a letter, had urged Strode "for the sake of jour fain'ly to nppenr before the commission nnd do wlint j-ou enn to clenr things up." Strode hnd been regarded as n faith ful employ i nnd hnd been rcpentedly promoted by Mr, Pincliot. It wns not until after his advances in salary began thnt his shortages became npnarent. He is a mnn of good personal nablts nnd a. prominent churcumnn. In six years more he would have been eligible for n pension. BANDITS GIVEN 11 YEARS 10 DAYSAFTER ARREST Judge Monaghan Adds Extra 12 Months After Men Plead Guilty Just ten duj-H after they had held up n physician in his garage on I'nst Thompson street, two bandits todny were sentenced to ten jeurs ench iu tin Knstern Penitentiary bj Judge Monn ghan. An additional seutewe of one jear ench In the count) prison wns imposed on earn ot the runners tor carrying ron cenlcd deadly weapons. Oeorge Brown and Hnrry Gibson, the bandits, pleaded guilty to holding up Dr. Robort Rodger.s. 027 East Thompson street. The robber) oc curred February 10. The armed men took .2f0 in cash nnd a JOOO diamond ring after threat ening Dr. Rodgers with denth. They locked him in n closet nnd Med. The physician escnped and ran to the street nnd, aided by some motorists, captured the thieves. Ky tlio Associated Press Paris, Mnrch 1. The renlj of the Council of the Lengiie of N'ntlons to the American note on the mandate question wus delivered to the Ameri can embassy here nt 1 :30 o'clock this nftcrnoon. The only definite information as to the contents of the note is that its tone Is particularly friendly and that its general tenor is an invitation to the United States to continue the conversa tion. A representative of the council conferred with Ambussndor Wallace this afternoon as to whether there would be any objection to having the note made public here. Satisfied on Yap Issue Complete sntisfaction to the claims ndvnnced by the Fnlted States iu its note to tnc council relative to the Jap I auese mandatory over tbp island of 1 Y'np is reported to be given in the reply I of the council. 1 The answer to the American protest lias been couched in very conciliatory terms, says the Matin, and the solutions i of the problem suggested should, the I newspaper declares, commend them selves to the L'nited Stntes Government. I One plan advanced would be the leaving of the Islnml of Yap under the i Japanese mandate, but would give con trol of the International cable station 1 there to America. Viscount Klkujiro Ishli. Japanese I representative on the council, is de clared to have suld in an address )es terday that Japan was read) to accept any compromise Washington, March 1 iKj A. P. i Stnte Department officials are with holding judgment on tho notes on inun dates prepared by the British Govern ment and the council until the full texts nrp received; but the) indicated that if the notes hud been summarized correctl) in press dispatches they would be unacceptable. Should the replies be deemed Ullsiitis fnctory answers nmy be mnde b) the present administration, notwithstanding that it will end on Friday. It was ex plained that such a course might be ad visable ho that the record would be brought ns nearly up to date us possible for the officials of the new administra tion TJie statement snid to W in the Kritish note relative to mandates in Mesopotamia that President WUhuii himself nt Paris urged thnt mandates be limitul to nntluns members of the League of Nations was denied. I'lider secret.irj Davis declared thnt the Presi dent's policy, ns enunciated at Paris, ever had been "to destiny any short sighted selfishness." Regniding the reported contention of reat Biitnin thnt the oil concessions in Mcopotamin had been granted to It prior to the nr, the l'nited Stntes will ndmit there was an oral agreement, but will contend it o. not consum mated until later. T.T'Ar.U!. ASK? IT S. TO MANDATE CONFERENCE PARIS. Hmch 1 The council of the Lciguc of Nntlons lp its? icpiv to t'H- American note on the mandates question nivi'. tho United Stasts to fccud a representative to the next meutitn.' ot th council in Apnl. The leply wus cabled to Wohhington by the American embnsij, t r u I'uiiiu' i ue Inland of Yap, the reply bays, the council was ebl i cu U- .uctpi the decision of the supreme council. It indicates, hov,cvt.r, uu v.hoiu ciutaiion may be reopened if Washington sends n pleuipotuuury to discuss tho matter. 2 HELD IN SLAYING OF CARD PLAYER rul.i. Smith. Vine sticet above Twelfth, nnd Rubin Mora, 250 Nonlv Tciit'.i hiiett, weie held without bail for the coionc'.- by M,ituiitu" lUiibli.nv in central court charged with the inuidei of u.i uuiluultttd man, hleicved an Arab, in n room ut 253 Noitli Teiiu '.iect. tally today. Detective Belshaw testified M.-m. dec uia Januth t ud 1 befriended the Arab, and that Moi.isn:d ho ..i'.ea the xiiun to denth after the latter had struck him with a bi..i.Kjin-li. Hy the Associated Press Indon, March 1 Germnnj , through her delegntes to the conference with the Allies here todny. mnne reparation offers of approximately no.OOO.000,000 gold marks, or about .fT.oOO.OOO.OOO (Icsh than one-seventh of the SM.OOO, 000.000 which the Allies demanded.) It wns understood outside the con ference thnt after Dr. Walter Simons, German foreign minister, had finished his statement on reparations to the conferees, Premier Lloyd Oeorge re plied in substance that unless the Ger mans hnd sometning morn to offer than appeared in Dr. Simons' statement there wns no need of continuing the conference Mr. Lloyd George told the German foreign minister: "If the written proposals nre of the same general character as tho explana tion of them it isn't worth while for us to rend them. You have n complete lack of comprehension of the position of the Allies nnd of jour own position. We will dlhCUKH among ourselves out reply and give it to jou tomorrow at II o'clock." Germans Depresses! When the Germans left the confer ence they appeared to be greatly de pressed. Premiers Lloyd George nnd Krinnd were smiling ns they came from the conference chamber. The British prime minister opened the conference by snying the allied representatives had assembled to receive the German reply to the decision of the Paris conference. The German foreign minister was then given the floor. Dr. Simons snid the Germans had prepared two written prnnosltlons most cnrefully nnd after profound study of Germany's resources and possibilities. Dr. Simons then, in effect, said Ger many would pay .V),000,000,000 marks, subject to the various discounts and re ductions and the suras already paid. A hast) examination by the French dele gation of the written proposals of the Germans, indicated that after the re ductions German) would pay about J 80,000.000,000 marks. (Advices to of i official circles in Washington today said i thnt Germany had submitted to the allied repnrntions commission a list of I reparation puymeuts made up to Jnnu 1 ar) 21 last, amounting to 21.000,000,- 000 gold marks or approximately S5,- 250.000,0001. i j Means Advance to Germany ' Premier Briand said that the pro posals were so drawn that they amount ed to an offer thnt if the Allies unuld odance German) money on favorable terms, then German) would pti) them. The Germans apparently figure that if the capital sum of nbout 90,00(1,000,000 i marks were taken now, It would amount to about 220.000,000.000 marks in for My -two yeors at ." per cent. The dif 1 Acuity, however, it is pointed out in . iillied quarters, is for German) to ob 1 tain thte HO.OlHl 000,000 marks with out the Allich doing it largely for them, 'which the Allies regard as wholly un acceptable I While Dr Simons whs making his I statement. Premier Briund wns sketch ing on a pad of paper before him He i drew a caricature of himself, with long hair and bags; trousers, nnd wrote i under it "The little Breton listening with cunosin to what the Boehe tins to I -a)." j M Brtnnd pnssed the drawing to Mr Lloyd George who smiled nnd snid : "From the way things are going, in another ten minutes we shall have to puv " I Among the most impoitant points in the proposals ndwiiifcd by Dr Simons were hit. insistence that the total capi tal sum of Geinian's obligation, bo i definitely fixed, and his representation , thnt Germnnj was expected to reach her maximum capacity to pn In 102(3. i when the (',( rum lis piopose another ur 1 rnngement shall be entered into for pay ment of the remainder wlttnn thirty ' years. Must Pay Iu Kxports The Paris proposals nutiiiiifi thu iicruiuu spokesman cotiti mpliited the ..iiwnent of -sjitiultles of 0,000,000,000 gold murks gold, and nil were agreed i lint the only manner iu which this nmount iould be pnid was Iit ii surplus ni exports The (termini experts hud nntlmifsl en loe Nlnrti-i-n Cntutnn One SPROUL SIGNS TRANSIT BILL SAMUEL G. MALONEY ILL Measure Permits Traction Systems to Absorb Others They Control Harrisburg. March 1 Governor Sproul has approwd the K)r bill authorizing n street railway owning u majority of the stock of a similar cor poration to ni'qiiire nil of the stock. When the bill wns first presented Philadelphia lenders in the movement to regulate undei lying rentals of the Phil, ndelplnu Hnpid Transit Co , declared it opened the wn fiq I'lilon Traction to absorb P It I' and in that manner kill agitation ugiiiiist tin icutnls no iinn iit-i tin: uni.nt .izz milnle mil i.lili 1 1 illllllrnt oirli. Mri Jou nvi'l hrrt inv-vh-re anv llino. Aflrr lh thvatro UoWl Ad irhit. Cheunut anil 13th 3ta. Ack, Former Fifth Ward Boss In Prison Dispensary Sninnel (i Malonc; the ex Imibor master uml former Fifth wnrd "boss " who was ntnviited of Illegal political nctuitles which cilnumtisl in tin no torious Fifth wnrd murder U m the dlsiH'iisar) of Moyninenslng Pnsou suffering from a lieatt uttiu k. His i-on' dltinn is improved todii) Mnlone wns convicted in Februnrv tl and win. sent to prison in default ,,f Sio.ooo im, pending disposition of an appeal for ii niw trial. , J. Km wood Dnh. who with Henri i J Scott, defended Moloney at his trial, visited the prisoner vesterdny and suld1 his condition wus improving. Hill Puts Sunday Sport Decisions Up to Localities Uu rt Staff C'trrrspon it I Harrisburg, March 1 Sunday sports b) local option are provided in n repenlet introduced n the House b) Representatlvi Smith, of Phlliuli ipbia. ccdleugue of Itepreseu lutlvc Mi Faith) . who introduced the Suudiiv fishing bill Mr Smith's bill repuils one sec tion of the old blue Inv.s in permit Sunday sports and vests (he author It) for permitting Snbbiitli recre ntlon in the city, borough or town council, anil in the ense of townshlpe in the board of townnhlp supervisors) V i 3 A 3 1 ft VA i ' L .VI !., i". ggjjjjiffiafc3fefeagE ,-, ytygu -.--1. v. ' fa V - Y- .. -ii OWtoti'tt. m -'".mi.- "- -A jj-j . sy LVv.w H.rtJK,,w
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