li,sSj C ff i 'i? i " 0 ;h & ..j THE WEATHER Clniitly anil warmer toniflil anil Sun uentncj public ffie&cjcr NIGHT EXTRA day! somo Hfil't ml" Sunday. Tf.MI'l.RAlUlti: AT IJ.U'11 HOblt ' CT iH m nm i i a i jfiTTTi I -anas m H7 ino insjiHj ( J pr'1 " -"i- i . V0L, VII. NO. 160 !Y E IF Retires to Deliberate After Judge Audenried Reads Instructions "BE FAIR," IS FINAL PLEA FOR PRISONER "Electric Chair or Freedom," Is Demand of State in Clos ing Argument CONSPIRACY TO ROB IS DENIED BY THE DEFENSE Full Blamo for Murder of Peirce Put on Elliott by Accused's Counsel SMALLER CROWD PRESENT "Boots" and Moss Kept in Cells as Case Is Brought to a Climax " Till Be Out Tonight," Prediction of Trcadtvay ' I expert to be on the streets l,v tonight " h Peter D Trendway greeted Deputy 'Sheriff "Viol." Ttrimn wlHi llinsr, nereis when lie was hroiii-ht im from Mn.rsmcnsitig Prison this morning. The man who probably will know today whether he lives or dies seem ril to hme legainod nil Ids enn fiden r The eae of Peter D. 'Headway, on ,Mil fur the murder of Henry T. Peirce, hi N'nv ember 'Jl last, nt 12007 Market "trrel went to the jury nt 1 o'clock thu nfiirnoon. Court then recessed un til .1 .Tialjo Audonilcd. who has been hear nt the ne since last Tuesday in Hooin Wl. Citj Hull, began his charge to the wry nt 1L':0."i o'clock. The charge, drrn behind looked doors, was n lengthy The judge entered into a careful nnal- Iii of I lie mass of evidence given for 'ml ncalntt the defendant, the two con- fnnns he made, mid his lecital of tlie Heuintmices of the murder ns lie gnve tin ieinn on the witness stand. The judge thPn spent some time in outlining the law as it applies in this . and of the uirious degrees of guilt iohi(li they miglit find the defendant. Pleads for Defendant- hielge Audenried boenn Ids diaice "ftti a inorniiis of debate bj the nttor- " Milan Patterson, ,lr.. lepic- Wilting the defense, made nn eloquent Plea fr the dofondifnt'h nciiiiiltol. lie swung ;u the ,iniites t K) o'cloik "111 sneaking until 11:10 o'clock. Hie nttniuo.v for th.. defense il..,.Inin,l lliat nil th,. powers 0f ,1C (,,.,1,, ..,,..., irrnud ngiiuit a man whose greatest 'nine mis bdng an nciessorj after the '" Hi" llltfllci Hint 'I'... ,.!.. ... ...... 1.1 nit be i ---..... ,,(.,1. i iLiiutiiii i, mm o'Miteil of minder unless it wus CIMm lilnvill tlm l- till..-., 1....I i..... .. - ' ,11.11 1'il.ll (I wi'l'in. mio which he had entered. Atsistnut District Attorney Sioii.er. l'0 nilld( tile liniir.innl ..l.,!i, .,,l,l,..u r ine ((iliiil,.i.,liii, , i,. (..n ...i " 11 in ...lock, when Mr. Patter wi.nr, ntu IW. mml,,,s (ftP1. 12l He disK,., ,,,i ,. H,(t., f(). ,ll(, ,lllfl.I1VL, ' I'nstli. eniphnslzlng that there had M'nn.1 peiH'culion of Tre'udwn h the utli.)rui.. ni lhnt hv ,,,, l)t,u cnn. """I'd n,st linmlilj ,y his own woids nil (leeiN I''"" diMiiel mtoinej demanded that Kp'J!'1 ,,w,,'rtr mill ili-r In the licailwaj'j, None Itndc rUMo-ir "'i 0l",',,,l, 1"'0,,1" i,l(" 'Me I ,H,-. -Vf lie took his seat be- me bo "'"' "."""-of ".win-know -Mr is,,'" ""' ''""ter f all eyes. ', ''" ,n,lrt luid e,i. to older. -" ls IIOl ii mil., ,,li. ..! 'n i "i",.? W TIns l,,or"""-" '" I "' l's,,'0,"'"oom tllnt ' lr,.. ,.' n,,s",,f"'''l with criminal '" 1 il,',n"n.t f"r " ,,,'" """' ,0,l'" nes , ? ,ftH "Bo H-Jnilinm """ted uiil """' J ll"v, l,,,,, 'n U i " ,, " "f lliom ns cunsel. I,cjf'l -i i. ,, , Cf'",,,,,ro ' I"" nexer hnlle ",,a, ,,1,b,,rl- -'""rl or re- "latlon i n ,.,i,nnnl .nse U""l on .BW ThjrtTrtii-lta; PENROSEJVAIJJNG 8 YEARS N0' W"rrled About 15 Minutes if "e Can See President ,t. ,mh' leinheil I i.. wi.ii. ii...... fe ,j I Sf, Wn., ,!,' ','t'M,",',t ll.lrdi.ig. Wi on .1,1.. V . '' "rienntor. ..n" '"iii.l wnltlng nbuiit tirn-oil ."limit. i Imi till OH en itilt...i.iU . c I'icaiileiitV-' K (isll,t rH n see ti 4'l"uit icspuuded si,-. pcu. RH. HODS I OR D MM En,., .. """;rIl!e'.yfc."'gtV.t ''.". ' SIKS. (J. II. .Mel'ADDKN, ,JH. Who testified today ngnlnst two women, former employes of her household. Mho aro accused In the MOO.000 gem theft from tho Sic I'nddcn home. In this picture Mrs. SIcFaihlen Is wearing one of the .stolen necklaces. Kiltwllr:" AT IVIL'SJEHEST Farmer Youth Confesses Mur der of Chum After Appeal to Religious Convictions BIBLE WAS FIRST REQUEST H.v the Associated Press Wnrsiiw. Ind.. March 11). Meniniics of Ids early i elision revived by u letter urging him to confess hit. sins and seek forgiveness, combined with the soften ing influence of inotlieily ndviecj given by Sirs. ('. 15. Sloon. wife of the sheriff of Kosciusko county, lias lesulted in a lonfessi.m from Viigil Decker, eighteen jciiis old, in which he declares that he alone was icspoiudblo for t lie death of Leroy l.oett. it nincieeii-jenr-old youth of Klkhnit, Ind., Ids "double," with whom he elm mined, Decker signed the confession today in the piescme of Sirs. Sloon, her hus band, tin oo detectives nnd two Warsaw citizens. Since his nricst Tuesdav at Marion. Ind.. on the charge of murdering I.ovett. the Decker boy has insisted that he had no pntt in the Ind's death. Almost constant questioning by offiiers failed to bring any mlniNslons from him except he bad spent some time l'riduy and Sni uiday. Mnicb II mid 1'-'. with I.ovett. Yesteidny be received in n letter from Sirs. (Seoige Walker, of Nnppanee. a woman wholly unknown to him, a dooplj leligioiis appeal that he "confess every thing to the man jou huto liarnicd." and iniiloriiig him to "lean on .lesu"." During Ids incaiccratiun Sirs. Sloon also has talked with him. I.ntc jester day Decker requested a Hihle. Later Sirs. Sloon heard him talking ns lie walked about bis cell. She listened and licai.l liiiu quoting the Scriptures. "Did you (ind something to comfort y on?" she nsked. The bo said lie hail found something cr. comforting. - Decker told her he could recite many passages of Script in c and lie told her of inrlier dojH when he attended chinch icgulail). "Hut. Virgil, if j on keep on telling lies don't you know that you w'll only make jour case worse?" suggested Slis. Sloon. "Yes. I know It. but I have made my peace wit It tioil and I'm icadj to tell all." dclarcil the boy. lie then gne a complete account of his tiip from Hlkhart, hid., with I.eioj I.oott. wh'ch started Friday niglit. Sinn Ii 11. and which, according to the confession, ended Saturday morning in a summer cottage on t lie Tippecanoe i.ver with nil attack on the I.oxett boy. Xo motive for the attack was given, crept the brief statement that "the devil old me to do it and I just did i." The attack, w'lh n heavy iron bar. was made, according to the confession, slioitlj befoie noon Saturday "and was not fatal, but fearing llie consequences thnl might result from his us-ault. Virg'l changed some of I.oiett's dotbes for his own. ohtuln,cd n horse nnd buggj and drove with the injured lad to a railroad crossing. Theie be icleascd tin hoi se, leaving tlie buggj with I.ovett s(nled 'ii il unconscious. cocliiig that n tinin would yonie along, demolish the buggj and leave a body so badlj mangled Hint identification would be imposible except by bits of clothing Those bits would be thoe of the Decker hoy's clothing and he planned to .lis appear, leaving the impression that he had met h'n death in tlie accident. The buggy wns hit by n slow fieight tin'u. however, and the body tosed aside nnd not mutilated. Later it was claimed hj botli Samuel I.ovett. of Hlk I'liit, fat her of Leroy I.ovett, and mem bers of the Decker family. Decker declared thnt lie was the only one Implicated Slis. Sloon said tlie bov denied that there was an Insuianee plot to obtain pnvuioiits of pollc'es nggregnting S.' 1,000 in event of b's accid'.mtid death 2 MORE FIREMEN ARRESTED Ten Members of Columbia Brigade Held for Starting Fires I .minister, I'n.. Slnich 10. The nn est Inst night of two more members of the Vigilnnt Fire ('niiipnnj. of Columbia, brings tlie number of firemen nrrested chingul with arson to ten. The men nre being held ut tlie Penn Stute polite bin links in this city. Those niieste.l last niht are William Ziegler, former driver of the Vigilant file truck, nnd Clnjton Kise. Kise wns in rested in Philadelphia. Ho is a govern ment student and wns assigned to an nutomobilo conipanv at "oO North llroad street, that idtv The men will be sent to the county Jail today to await trial WOMAN 103 YEARS OLD Resident of Neffsvllle, Lancaster County, Celebrates Birthday Lancaster, Pa.. Slnich II). (llj A P ) Slis. Sarah Sillier. Lancaster coiintv's oldest lesident. (elebrnte.l her lli'li bithdn.v iniuivcrsarv lodaj She is n lesident of the Itrethien Home, Nelfsville, Despite her years she ls able to convert Uueutly ou events of flic day.- 2 FRENCH UN HELD IN IHEFI OF MTADDEN EM Former Maid and Governess Put Under Bail on Society Woman's Testimony HINT JEWELS WERE HID IN LINGERIE OF OWNER John C Hell, attorney, for .Mrs. George II. SlcPadden . .1r. whnu jewels, valued at S.'OO.OOO. weie stolen fiom her home the niuht of October 0. sought to bring out at a hearing today Hint tlie jewes weie spirited from Mrs1. SlcFadden's diesscr iif'the folds of the society woman's llneiri,.. lefi .. n r.i.: befoie the theser. Sir. Hell sought, bj his questioning of Sirs. SIcFndden. to in.iimte that Sllle. lllanihe Slnguit. her French maid, had used the Hngeile. t fonccal the Jewels in (aiijing them from Sirs. Sle Fadden's bath to Slndanic Jeanne An berletf French governess in (lie SIc Fadden home. Slndamo Auberlet nnd Sllle. Slnguit were arrested Thursday, after the gov erness hiirl applied for passports to trance. Her home is In Paris. Thev were both held In $r,000 hail todav for n further hearing in two weeks. ' A Dramatic Si cue , It was a drnnitic moment nt the hear ing before Magistrate Williamson, in lllO rillirlMniiLn n( MA.lt ... .. n o clock this morning, when Sirs. Slc L addon fncefl ,li. ..nM i .1.. niald who had been her attendant for Sladame Auberlet. modestlv attired, closed lier ejes just before tlie hearing began and her lips moved rapidlv ns though utteilng a prajer In her native ll rniWtll .... Ltl. m .w.vu iuiijuc, .-jue is lory-seven J ears old. Sllle Slnguit. thlity.flve veals old. 11 , '' "nil mc ijoveriiess, is a blonde with a manner of self-possession. She had 11 tailored appeal ance. Husband Also Witness Sirs. SIcFaddcn. a stately brunette, enteied the nniii.hnnr.i ...:,t. 1 1 , - : """ ""ii hit Hus band and joung son. Hillv. sjlie wore a blown velvet hat. with a heavy lace veil to match, a black Persian lamb coat and maioon gown, with black wit hose and shoes. She wore no jewe'ry. The hearing began a few minutes after the Sic addons arrived, and Slis. Slc Padden was the chief witness. Her husband also testified. Magistrate Williamson lend the chaige of latceny and conspiracy to (ominit laiceny, as piefoned against the former SIoFaddeii seivnnts. lie also enumerated tho pearl ueckln.os and other jewelry tuken. Sfl'u. Afclnildnii iiunnui.n,l ... l.n.... l. . . ... ,. ,r... wtl.l u llll,,- lUJtl some of her composure when she took the stand. The courtroom was ciowded with cutious men nnd women. Left (.'cms In Itatliroom After test'fying ns to employing Sladame Auberlet two jeais ago and tlie French mnid ten years ago. Sirs. SIc Fndden dcserilied hoe nronnrnlinns fnr bed on the night of October 0. "I went to bed nbout 12 o'clock. I undressed in my bnthroom, took off my jewelry and placed It in a gold box oil top of the dressing tnblc there. "At PJ.-JO. having rend for fifteen minutes I got into bed nud turned out the light." At this point she made it pla'n Hint the gold box in the bathroom dresser tontnined only the jewelry she had u 0111 thnt night. Describes Condition of K00111 "Tlie lest wns in a safe in tlie closet in mj bedroom. There was also 11 suing of imitation pearls in Hie upper left-hand drawer of my dressing case in tlie hedroom. I nlso kept a black leather has in there that I had biought from Pnris. 'At i o clock the next 11101 nine, I awoke and walked into the bathroom and di ank a glass of water." Sirs. SIo Faddeii .ontiniied. "I loke.I out tjic window and went back to bed." Sir. Hell requested her to describe the condition of her bedroom nnd the bath 100111 when she nwoke. "The general appeainnce of the rooms was the snme as the night before." Sirs. SIcFndden said. "Yon must have left some clothes in tlie bathroom." prompted Sir. Hell. t'onllnurU on I'nce Two. ( nlumi, One ''EX-TANKjmUE IN STATE Former Drunkards to Honor Late Head of McAuley Mission New York. Slarcii 1!). (Hy A. P.) The body of John II. Wybiirn. "the Drunkard's Friend," wns expected to be brought back today from Clifton Springs to lie in Ftnte in the famous old Jerry McAuley .Mission, over which be presided for fifteen yenrs. Mr. Wybiirn died last Thuisday, on his sixty-second birthdaj Hundreds of "ex-tanks" whom Mi. Wjliuin helped back to sobriety, many of them now prosperous business men. nie expected to visit Hie dingy little mission in Water sheet nnd pay final tribute to their friend. Himself an ox-tank," as he ex piessed it. Sir, Wybiirn achieved marked success in his work at the mission where he earlier hnd been "plucked like it brnntl from the limning," by another reformed drunkaid, the Into S. II. Hadlcj NEW STATE IN UjiTON URGED Would Cut Slices Off Idaho, Mon tana and Washington Spokane. Wash.. Slarch 111. ( Hj A p ) Northern Idaho residents foster ing foimntloii of tlie new state of Lincoln, which would cmnpiise ten uuntics of Noith Idaho, a pait of western Slontnna unci eastern Wash ington, nre to rnise a fund to be used for piopngnndn purposes, it was stated hero todav bv Hernan Taylor, of Snnd Point. Idaho. Tlie campaign will be started within a few weeks, and will lie curried on for two yours, he stated, The Idaho Legis lature recently passed favorably on the scheme to form the new state, of which Spokane would be the capital Not them nnd Southern Idnho aie separated bj n high ranje of inoun tnins. nnd this would be the southern boundary of the state of Lincoln, if It is formed' i PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1921 HERT DECLINES OFFER - OF POST BY HARDING Unwilling to Accept Appointment at j President's Hands j Washington. SIni.li 10. (Hy A. P.) t A. 'I'. Hert. Itpiiiibltinn iintlonnl com- I nilttoemnii for Kentucky, has dediiied ' to consider aiipolntment bv President I Harding either as an ambassador to ' some foreign eountrv' or as the Presl- . dent's lepiesentatlve on the government! leorganlzntlon onnnkion. ' in 11 letter innde public toditv nt the White House tlie President nssur.d Sir. Hert thnt he would have hnd a "very attraethe post" in tho diplomatic serv ice hnd he permitted his name to be Included in tlie list of (hose under con sideration for ainbassndois. 'Hie Presi dent also declnred thnt since ncoetilnncn pf the ambassadorial appointment was impossible ho wns exceedingly iinxious io unve .ur. uen 1 ( present Him per sonally in the reoigiiubntimi of the ex eciitlv" departments. In his declina tion the Itepubllean iintlonnl committee- , man gave no specific leason for with-dn-wiiiK Ids nntne fiom the list of possi- ' bilKlrs. Dining Hie Inst lampalgii Sir. Hert was 11 member of the Hepublicnn execu tive committee of live. Prior to the con- i volition lie wns a supporter of Governor i Lowtien for the piesldelttinl nomination and at Cldeago was one of the Lovvden floor lenders. After election mnnv of' is fronds uiged Sir. Harding to put, him in Hie cabinet. s . BOYS SAVE COMPANION FROM DEATH IN STREAM While Preparing for Rescue They Send for Doctor to Be Prepared Four bojs. none over ten vears old, rescued n nine-jenr-old companion, James Lubj. of Switejivllle, Abington township, when he fell Into a shallow stream and lay in the water uncon scious, Tho boys, with unusual piosence of mind, sent h fifth lad off to summon a doctor to joung Lubv's home, nnd then improvised a stietcher 'from a board. They put the un.onseious bov on the "stretcher" nnd cnnleil him home. Later in (lie day Stacy Lubv. the boy s father, swore out n warrant for the nriest of sevon-jear-old llenry Sleisel for assault nnd battery, cliarging tlint he had pushed the victim from 11 high bank into the creek. The child was taken before Mnggistiate Wlllinms but lelensed immediiitelj, the magis trate announcing that he would hold the case under advisement until Slarch '27. Henry denied he had iutentionnllv pushed young Lubv. explaining that thev all had been playing tag. and he accidentally had 11111 against ids plny mntc nnd barely was able to save liim self. MAN ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT Armed Highwaymen Hold Up Vic tlm With Dozen Persons In Sight a , " rCr.-.' of - i - Two wcll-diessed young men today held up William Harris. , North 'franklin street, and compelled tin to turn ovc. to them 4, be hnd n (lis pockets 'I he n.en threatened to kill Harris if he made an outcry. l lie nol.l-up tool, pluce ut Mnth and AnMi streets, and it wns over so quick, that a dofeen persons waiting for a tiol- ley car on the opposite comer wore i unaware of it. I Harris told tho police of the Eleventh i mm ,, nun mhji-iw niuiiutl Hill mc 1WO men walked alongside him. When thev reached the corner one of them pulled out a revolver and "requested" him to i bold his hands up. The other told him to hnnd over his money, nnd in order to fcteps. escape with his life, Harris says, he "Eternal Vlgll.iiicc" Needed dl!.h0'. .,,., ,. .. 1'r, 'Ol'oit, in its initial draft, reads Harris furnished the police with a I as follows: good description of tli.e men. One. be I "We baj-e waged n long, hard battle said, was twenty-eight a ears old and I nguinst tlie forces of intemperance nnd Hie other twenty-six. Doth weie well lift our hearts in gratitude to God lie dressed nud woie silk shirts. cause we have lived to see Hie dav of SLOW? NOT THESE ALIENS Bobbed Hair, Short Skirts and Taxi, bobbe, th nn steamship Snmland. Mnnv of them sang ns they stepped on Now Jersey soli and did not nppenr to lie especially thrilled by the quiet surioundiiigs. An nil-round interpreter who picked up some of tho jargon summed up their interiintionnl opinions in this fashion: "Huh! So tlds is the United States! 1wiff nrn tlin ttirld tlm Wllitn Wnr I nnd tlie onuniets.' I " "" - - ..i. v "ii.i .Ainny oi tno inir ininngranls were silk-stockinged and liigli-heeled. Some, (.raving rviarK uirl .mmigrants , Mh"; ;,,, ,,, ' ," , W "'"' J" J"- -""" 'hnges at h!s;we,e ih.own fcwaid vlolonih' " SI,. In the tlnid plnce. Vo fir as Secre arV A Inzz orche.stia was the only tiling drop our weapons of vvarfaie In the dav I i.,; 10- ' l",'M" M,"'0'- " Mn"'1' ! "ngbt s d,est was bruised l.y the Fall is .oii.eined as a possih'e stieces- a a. . . . ' IVI1TI IIIJ 111! IUIF Illll I,.,., . I., .. . 1 I neccieci io g ve ii nnisiiing touch to theof victory The most vicious eorrunt1 ,t '"L,.'lr;m" ".' "".- "'""r'' "K'-s ui sieering wheel; Jlis. Worstall vvasiM.r. U is b. coming inerensinglv appar scene at tlie f.louccster Immigration nnd dastardly liquor interests are vet I.,iVsp,,nl ,"ntim"l l0 ""Kin bis gashed nhout the face and head when cut Hint the Haiding adminiMratinn. Station today. nniivi. i' ,,,,..i,..i ,,. ,i. . . . concution. tlnown nc.i iwi the uimUiiinM tin, i...t while ri.n.iuim. ;.. ..,.nr..i .....k..,.. ,.. Scores of girls with bobbed bnlr nnd neeesvdi, fm- i-n,,..,,,..! '.ii..i. ..'., .... hollowing the tiansfusiou Sir. Tliiiyer lost h number of leelb when Innled noliev of Mr r.ill s7, .-.i ,.. t: il skirts, too. of colors which mnde slant vieilance on the ,,fc .r I ' 'll'earoc 1 gieatlj iinpiove.l. anil sue- against a s,.t will not adhere io It i.,.l..ia,l ' n rainbow helpless, wore among the fi lends of prohibition in state nnd in. "''Velleved ho would leenvor. lues- v D,-. II II D.ul ngton. of Cncoid- , sscngers wlio Ir nnec nshoie from the Hon uny nigiii a leiapse occiiircii. vile, tienled the in in id the, i. ,ii.iiiinr in uvvn i-.iny too. were a little rougeh. but the anxious to lenlize our ambition in tliis result indicnted Hiat mote rehearsals ' respec t overnight is a thing almost im will be required in tliis art. i possible witlt (iod "The.v are tlie most up-to-tlie-mln- , ,, ., nte aggregation of Immigrants I have1 Palmer I. tiling Decried ever seen here." said Jnines L, Hughes, j "Some nie nltoadv cr.vfng dcfint. eiuei oi in" iiiirciin "i loiuiiKriiiioii, and thev look ns though they will be substantial citizens." There were "J2t arrivals in all. A few men weie piesont. BOROUGH JOBS FOR ALL Tavistock's Citizens, Totaling 20.1 Will Elect Each Other A whole town of nifiiclin!doi such will be the situation in tlie borough or i boroushette of Tavistock. N. J. Tlie1 nlnce Is on the outskiits of Iladdnn- I (irhl. but thi'ii'iili lonisliitliin was sen- . nrnted and tuntle into -i icgiilur boi -' in ouch bv itsen. There nie onlv twentj u-sidents I Tavistock. lliev will lie legisfeied Mnrdi 'J2 nnd nu election will he held j on SInreli 'Jft. As n burgess, membeis of council, a tnx collector, tionsurer, assessor unci evernl patrolmen nie to be elected, vir tunlly every liodv in the borough will have n job nnd the people will be Hie government piohnLlv more than in any other place in the country. LIVELY MORNING IN CHICAGO Bandit Shot by Watchman; Woman Killed by Blast; Bomb Thrown Chlrago. Slaieh 111 (Iv A P l A bandit wns shot to doiitli by n watch mini, n house wus bombed ami a woman was killed in n nivsteelous explosion within an hour early today. Two bandits ntteiiinted to luonk into Hie Ad'er Packing Co. otiiees nnd one wns shot to dentil bv Caiev Mason, Negro watchman. Within a few min utes a terilfic explosion sot fire to n house in another part of the dt.v and when firemen entered thev found Hie bod.v of Sirs. Francis Soldi mer. slxi, . five years old, stretched ncioss a trunk hi tlie Nesro distill I a lintiib nlnreil , two poisons, shattered windows ami otherwise damaged ball a dozen re.ii- denccs. -- !L IQUOR LEAKS VIE SALACIOUS IV HITBYMETHODISTS Temperance Roport Presented to Conference Decries Ruling of Palmer on Boer TM Mill TY"? riPPARTIIRP ' "I U U I T J) ULrAHIUnt FROM CAPITAL HAILED "If' hat's the Usp." Mayor Replies to Dr. Mntchler "What is tlie use." said Slavor Slooie today when asked about state ments bv the Itev. T. T. Sliltchler concerning Snbbnth observance. .!"" a mnn Mno piofessiM Chiistinnilv. which means hiimniiilv. willfully deiinutKos (he Slayor ns 1111 nlhei.l he evin.es a stnle of mind whidi it would be unwise (o attempt to analj'ye. "It is even mnie difliciilt to un derstand this state of mind when one lends the application of Dr. Sluteli ler's assistant for the use of the po lice band on Similar." Liquor toh'i ns medicine, salacious moving pictuies. , ommerclalizc.l Sun days nnd gnmbling were hit by the tern pcrnnce board of the Methodist Con foren.e. which made Its annual icpoit mis inoinlng. The Itev. It i;. .i0iltlon who has achieved consideiablc notoriety as the "raiding parson." is nresi.lent of the i'board and delivered the icni.rt I.. the Wharton Sleniorial Chiircn. Fifty fourth nnd Catharine stieets. where tbe confeieneo is in pi ogress. Touny is tbe fourth business session of tlie confer ence. A fouofiil ntluik on what he de scribed as n (iimpnigii to weaken en forcement of the eighteenth niiiendmeiit nnd Hie Volstead u. t was innde by the Iev. Dr. Clarence Tine Wilson, of I Washington, i.eeietniy o thfe Slethodist 1 O0'i! "'iP'I'eionce and piohibitlon. , iJr. A ilson assailed the "boor rid ing innde by A. Slitd.ell Palmei , shortly befoie he yielded the office of , Ul'"""-J sen.-rui. nnd Dv inference nKo "PMildng of what he termed the weak r.lrrt? ,n. yfol'f,p 'I'" "dry law" under 'the President who vetoed the VoisK.in .iiu.icu loimer I'resdeiit Wllsm,. net. The board of lemperniicc. prohibition ami public morals, which is the o flic In I title of the committee beaded hvlii .lohnson. mps the recent decision .i? former Attomcy (Icncral Puhner whicl made it Jccal to prescribe beer an. light wines for medicinal nurnoses h iii. Tlie renort also IhsIim ., n, i..,-.. diate repeal of the P.rooks high' li.ensc law and the .idmitlmi ,,r ci,n m,.,i bill, nnd goes on to say that Pennsyl vania Will be "(lislovnl Io the, nuriwu.. ud intent of the constitution of the United States" if it docs not lnt- ilu.u.. victory. I he liquor ttufhV stands con victed before every tribunal in the land and is now an outlaw. We must not mjibci. iiowever, inai eternal vigilance is still the pii.o of liheity "To leniaiu otiiesccni now. or m (int. tor ourselves that the cause of iho eighteenth amendment is now- an as-1, sured fact in the constitution and therefore. Unci" Sam will be the gient law enforcer without the pniticular aid of every moral agency in tlie land, is n pure hallucination and will bring min! n vwl Aatnat .. ti ..muA Willi UII.IH IO IIU .tU;. "Ours is the optimistic note. We the Aineiican peonle. must mneli ii.n goal, but to be too imnatient nnd ,. i,iioi,iiik "i mm iiicsiiuu iroui a one sided nngle, thev are too pione to be lieve that veiv little hns been achieved. Hut tlie American people never vet started out to do a big thing without finishing it This Is one of Hie lihri-es. i tilings that God ever put Into our hands Continued on l'e.e Thirteen ( olnmn four "HINKY DINK" CLOSES BAR H, a n & .s . a.. Igh Rent Compels Chicago Alder- man to Leave 40-Year-Old Stand Chicago. Slaieh ID illy A. p. I Tin. Inidi ,,,i low ulti '..,,, '......'. i. .. , Clilcngo Inndmnrk. known us "thel for forlv e.irs bv Alderman "Illnkv Dink" Kennn "I'm piijiug S. Oi n iiinmli nud the new tenant, n restaurant mnn, I under stand, is to puv S100O. I probaldy would hnve stood for some inciense. but not for stub a boost as that. "Sinie (imbibition went into effect I have been losing money eveiv dnv , but I had to have a hangout fortbe boys I'm going to find some place X'i .''" "w,n "",I 01"" "" " ,,,Bn r CHAMBERLAIN NEW LEADER Chancellor Almost Certain to Head Unionists as Law's Successor London. Slnieh 10. i in A PI- 1 he election of J Austen Cliaiiiherlaiii. . li.incellor of tho exchequer. In the leadership of the Unionist pnity, made vacant bv the retirement of Aniliew llomir Law fiom iictive politics appears assured, ns no opposition has been nil winced. Mr, Chamberlain, it is iiiulei -stood, will become leader of the House of Commons and soonei or latei icsnM the ( nniiieiioi-siiip tin u less evading ofllee fhe convention to ole t a nevv Icm r of the Unionist parly bus been set for 'Jlondny next. I-'Chicago InnclmnrU. known as "th,.l ."l" :," ''""-'' ' ih-k..u. m., ilinngont fin the boys." ..pointed j t1P;Noith 1 vveiitv -seioud sunt, and .Mis, vlclnilv .,f Clnil. and Jackson streets Muue E Majei. I'ollsville. Pa Published Dallv r.Xf'til Suti'ln) Copyrlsht. '021, by BOY FALLS FROM TRESTLE AND DROWNS .Tolin HouHlon, Jr.. four ycnrn ol-J, 2302 Conltutlon road, Fnltvlcw, N. J., won thowncd In Newton creel ut 12 K o'rlnok this nftcrnoon. With other boys be waa iiluylnj.; on the trolley trcs'tlo between Olouccfiter unci rnlrvicw. lie lobt bin bnliime when throwing a stone Into tbe cieck. GOVERNMENT WANTS CABLE APPEAL ADVANCED WASHINGTON, Marcb 10. Solicitor Ocutial rrlerbn todny uhkeel tbo Supreme Couit to ndvnncc to April 11 be.xrlufju in the appeal from the New Yorlt decrte di3nilsslng tbu goveiiimcnt'a application for an Injunction to rcstrnin tho Wcatern Uniou Tele graph Company from landing a cnTJTo on the Atlantic contA without government permission. The cjututlon involved, Mr. Trlerbou'b potltiou said, was, whether tho Frubldont bud thu constitutional llglit to prevent such a lauding ami wus oue of great Importance to the government, "Involving thu exercise of sovereign rights." Farm Hand Raises $100 Lim'rick We had considerable tioublc in locat ing today's lim'iick winner. On his coupon ho gave his address as '208 North 5th Street. We found thnt that is wheie he lives Saturdays nnd Sundays when he comes to town but that.duving the week, he works on Roberts' farm, down nt Somcrdnle, X. J. He sure raised a profit able crop when he sent in thnt Inst line. His veise is: LIMERICK NO. 78 The birdies that sing in the spring Make love as a regular thing; Said a cop in the park, "Now I think that the lark Gels 'raven' when mocking-birds sing" JACK'S JINGLE BOX IS IN FOP, THE KIDDIES THIRD PAGE FROM THE LAST WILLIAM G. THAYER, Blood Transfusion Fails to Save Life of Illustrator and Instructor HAD STUDIED ABROAD r1 William fJ. Thayer, of Slillbourne. illustrator and art Instructor, died Thuisduy night at Jefferson Hospital after n blood transfusion operation had uppairntly helped his condition. He was twentv-eiglil joins old. The fact of his death became known todnv. Nearly a s. ore of ids fiiends. most of them prominent in the field of Pit. volunteered to give their blood when it became known tlint a transfu sion operation might save Sir. Thay er's life. Fredeiick A. AiuIomoii. of Nni berth. Pa., an illustiator. was finally selected as best adapted to give his blood in the tiansfusiou. The one ration vv.is inccssniy. ns Sit 1 bayer hnd lost laige quantities of ... ,llnT "" l",'."llm ol .' "i age ol siueen nun coiiuniieii it i ? i . 'i0,'"1',' la"Si;t nr trie niuus- -; o i"'.-.- .,i.n-. m- Was u"nmmo" . . WUmbN U. S. JUKDHS DKAWN a ii n -.i nuwo.u n.i, ui i-iuys and Plavers' Cub, First In District I III' IIUIIII S IF, -M ,- ,, , im, - l,,'. clrnuii l.i.l.., f .., .Im, f..- it... (i.s, i ll... n i! si urn women weie time in the hiton of Hie fedeial cciiuts in this distri.t. to serve when the I tilted States llismet Couit c oiiveues Slnich LN Tlie iiaiins iven diawn hv Gtorgc llioaclboi I,, erieik ol the' 1 llillllil I eourt. tint of a total "f inn only seven women jurists were dniwu Thev will sit m Hie Fedeial Itiiddiiig. Ninth anil Chest nut streets The Hist vv cumin diawu was Mis I. Unwind Iteln r, of lliellev Park, an aina fcur in tress and uiember of the I'lavs and Play oi s Club Another was Sliss Slary L. Sclter. UOIH Hi ecu street, a lortncr Keel Cioss wmkei The w onion 1.11. ' I II "" . , l ... i.uin .t i,M-,' 1,1'S, t..,, otheih nie Mis Nouis Sunt. Muvlnn Mis. a...... .l.n... .ill...... .1 I. ;"";' ".,.,',"",' ,'..,, "V,,""1",'1 ' .Mrs llll 1,1111. I. lis ll"' I'I,I1II ''ln,,'. .Miss Louise M Ltlcgond. IKK' -,,,,,..,, ti-aivi ininrn r,.. R NAWAY TEAM HURTS ROY , NOTED ARTIST DE Tn VTr.niri Youth Trier! tn s, ' ' '"' " '" "" iiiciepeiic ion. e. In- Ten-Year-Oid Youth Tried to Stop,(lllirJ , nUo , to a)'( " Horses Drawing Ice Wagon Ten -v ear old lliniv Si hell, till Not th Eighth stroii. wns seveielv m jiiied when ho tiii'd lo stop a team f uinnwnj liorses at Seventh nnd Wniio-t hocking streets, s,,,,tlv altci noon ,,. I ,,:ti""' "" ' ""." ,v "" """"nation heie ,:,. i about Ul h a legni v . Tlie hoy was lollei knling wlmn he saw two liorses. diuvviiii a diiveiless ice i sti Monica's Club to Repeat Play wagon, coining iilnn. Tie K,ated in j So mnnv pel son. irowded Si Mnn front ol the te.im. was knocked down i i, a's Catholic Club. IT'.'T Ihtuei street by the hoisos ami the wheels p.isM.( ' Inst night (usee "Fanny Itrovvn" that over bis body I It vvns nocissaiv to tiitn several linn ' The inleiiupticin enabled the di ver. idled away The piny will be repeated who lind left the toaui lo deliver ice, tol Suniluy. The i nst included .lohnnv entch up to it lie stuppi d the limses. Shihlooii. Cnllioiiiie P.aunii. .Madeline lifted the suffering buy on the front sent and galloped the ieHiu In st Luke's Hospital. Pbysic'jins said Scbell nroh- ably had intetnal injuries. Tlie team was owned by the Alette Ice Co. Philadelphlan Loses License Hairishiirg, March 111 The State llighwaj Department has i evoked the nutomobilo licenses of Jem Mooio l"trt Slervine street. Pldladelpliln and 11 L. Dyci, Altoon.i, for violation of auto mobile laws. Si,.r iptlon I'riru l n fer by Mall, Public litt Company t'liirriiMiMiiii mm' vwa "Msiiwm'iI NntfvaflnWVsHlyirtfiMftiMJIik John Spellmun Somerdalc, X. J. AUJO FIRM HEAD George F. Wright and Woman and Son, Passengers, Hurt in Delaware County CAB AND TRUCK BUMPED George F Wilglit. of Fi.lelitv Mo tors. I,,,... Forty. ninth and .Market streel. was injuied with two compan ions in nn auto uc eident near Concord villc. Dclnwaic county. e.irly this morning. Sir. Wright, who i vne incident nnd general manager of the motor con cern, was returning from a business trip to West Chester with Sits. Jennie Worstall and her sut.en-veor-old son Clmiles ..i !.. ii i ! (.Unties. i i,pr Onrlv township. tn a sleep guide, known as Concord hill, on the Philadelphia and West Chester liighwnv. the car Yielded into i, l,nn,. i.m.1. ii . .i ,.- a heavv tiuck belonging to tie P. E. SlwiiplesM Dnnv Co.. of Concoidville. i ne occupant ot tlie touring car tuincsl hi In sneaking of the ncci- dent Sit Wnglitsaid " UHs n,, tc go to mv ofiicc today nncl I lienul fiom .Mis. Worstall that both she and her sn weie feeling no sciious efTiils tiom tlieir injuiies. It ",1H "tnelv mc clinml. iiiiciiiu inn is exiieiui'iv sum p ni.il due to tlie sotlnos. of the loml it ns . -. t Tf1. . . . . mis ill ltd cmpo sihle Io pnvint the en skidding when tin brakes wen mi on. Mrs. Worstall n divoi. III I'll is. II, i f ,1.1 ""liner husb.lllel I I 111 .. BAKER MYTH IN NEW GUISE I " 1 Letter Asks for Valuables Belonging to Estate That Doesn't Exist ' ......... . , iiaiiisiiurg. m.iii n ui i i.v . im ' limuiriosn, tlie state. ! I ,egrd- !. ii, u..i , . ., .i i -'"- f,:?,,!1;n,!:,;,;e,,as,n!'r,s,,v,!rovvrn ol v.iliinhle i oal lauds, tlie he.uis of eilii's, sites oi iiiilusiuni plants .nil ...m.il, ,lnln. I,..,.. ,..!... .. , i.i. .... , ,," i ii,,,-ii j IlI'VV form. Instead ol peonle win me ,.. n, Governed or (he auillloi gmeial , H,e ntlornev L'l'neial for iiitormntioii ie- garcimg tn." propeines or iiemnudliig im medinte nosse.sion of what tliey appeni to think tlie omuicinvvf tilth luis'm nust letteii. ui i' now loiiunj liete asking for valuable put eels oi packages thought to be held at the Capitol Toi iu. irga ovviieis The lull si Icitei i nine fiom u town in lllituno mid eoiiveved the infni mation tliat ii pae hag-w as being held f,, au fi heir, of Colonel .la.ol, ITakei !,.. ..' ,tated lo have come to Amcihii ' fin ... . e .1.. ,,'.. r ...,..,. , " 'e ' lie lor uilieiv -nine j cut s I0 lb,, govern IllOtlt nut nui iiniiicii Attoinev Gem nil Alter ilucelcl leplj that the state is not iistoilian of all . '"""" u,,"'nS'l.' ' "no ! !.,,, r Slot Inien. .Icisephiiio 11. il riiigton. Hrbn Kelly. Maurice 'i'oweis, Tom Gtnce mu Joe O'Neil. Peru Accepts Resignation Lima. Siaicli 10. Announcement is made that the government has accepted the resignation of Frnnelsco Garcia Ciiideiou, Peruvian minister to ltd glum Newspaper ronoits n.iir.,1 INJURED CRASH here vestenlav stated that Dr Cnlderoii n oin.MtKT ncr tiik rmKST smn. had informed the government that he i"" Hn Du.nlnf n,.rllnment orcheitr you wished to retlra H DCl,,r heard njrwhr. All.r tb. ihifrV PRICE TWO CENTS CABLE LINES WON TO UNITED STATES Secretary's Insistence on Na tion's Rights Swings Franca to His Support SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE WON OVER Report Cabinet Chief Will Soon Be Transferred to Supreme Court a Myth Hv (LIVTt).V W. C.II.HEKT Washington. Slnich 1!). .-The first in is of (he Hughes diplomacy and the lappioaelimciit between this eountrv and liaii.e is th.. virtual settlement of the .ermnii cables cmtioveisy revolving niftiini he . yn ,.aLle. France s life, I her position this week in the intei iintlonnl cuminunicatiou conference in favor f the I'idted States, and the disputed cables mo divided so thnt tills coiliitrv vvi I icceiv,. in the Pacific the i ii lie the line fr,,,,, .w York to Ilrest, which the French had clnlnied. I iider the ("ntnCvc agreement novr en. bed. England will letnln the GCr- nan hue. diveited from New York to I niincln. which inns t Cerinany. Italv will i.-tnin a line from the Arorcs t'o ' ,r.yr"-,"r"""!"'-,. rxnnr" hold c. tain (.ermnii cables and Japan will gel the line from Yap to Japan. The stntus of ap. f,. which Japan has a "U'udate is , l(,la.,1P, , j,,0 llieiil this quevtio,, liavlu. hwn ' "': the cables. This countrj's Piotest to the League of Nations against h,tllii'lll,IMI" l""Iat for Vap still , l'orclgii Powers Await Ilucdi.. iii..- I In this (.fibles .ontrovcrsy the foreign poweis stalled along under the Wilson ' u.l.i.inNtrnt,.,!,. wishlns to find out the attitude f iho new administration be tore .oniniittinj; themselves. Sir. Hughes insistence on tlie rights of this , ..mnn., ii- H .o-ijoiiigcrent in tlie great war. t.pgether with the indications of n juo-ally policy in Europe, determined I rimce's attitude in favor of giving this countiy its share of the seir.ed cables. With France on our side the deadlock in tlie conference is broken. Iho vigor with which tlie new scere- tjirj of state has taken up his work is me ciuisiauuing leaiure of the I lard 1 ing mliiiinistiatioii. Whatever indeci sion theie may bo in tlint administra tion icgnrdiiig the more difficult Issues oi iiomestic policy does not appear in foriign policj. Sir. Hughes has moved swiftly and suiely. Sir. Hughes' interest in Ids work and the enthusiasm with which he hs undertaken it is sufficient evidence to tlie well-informed here that there is no I ruth In the icports conMnntly circu lated here tlint the sccretury of state will shoitly ictire to take the place of Chief Justice White on the Supreme bench and be succeeded by someone else in the Suite Deimrtinenl. A slnrr printed tins morning that Secretary of the Interior Full will be shifted to the slllt(' portfolio in that event may be ; I-n--I witli a good deal of positlvencss. 'In the first place, nn man who had lk,.M 11M important poitfolio merely for n brief period would move with the confidence and suieiie-s with which Sir. , n,IB,l,"'s .'" '""'"& I", n"t place, '"" I ibidem, having the minonxo for- ,gn p.oblenis 1,.,,, ,jn, tlmt Mr. llaiiling has. could alToid to fill the pin, e of secrelaij i . Hie icpoits that Sir. Hughes is slated 'for an .ally place on the Suorome i " ut h me circulated by eiicniies of Sir. ""sues, i no seciotai v of state is not popular in his own partv Mr. Hard- lug's "hoice of him was not likecl by ' iniiiiy members of tin S. n.ite. nnd when , l. I .. . ... ..... .. ' " "us 11,1111111 ii ,ms i eporte.i Hint IMf situation between him and the Sriint "'""Id spoedilv become iiiipo.slble and ""tt he would siieidih take lefuce on llie Supieme beinii That stoi.v has not vet died out in spit,- f i th,. evidence against ii Whatevei ihaiice inete w as onginallr "f sucli develoniiienl Iihs been disnose.I f"f bv the sine ess of Sh Hughes' m. ministration of his own department .' '"' ""w T"."nM ,lls surprised even in own iielmiieis bv the promptness 7 I , , , , T ' .. ..1. ..!.,.'. 1... i.... . , .... ,.i oi iiiieiiiiiiiiiiiui lenlions and bv the ?'," '"" "" '- -" f-" In politic-, as iu eveivihinj ele untliing -uiiei'ils like sin cess. And Sir ' t "i,Sl'r has in tccl instatitlj and of- ( miilnurd no I'use Tx, Column Thris, I 6 CROWN SOLDIERS KILLED IN AMBUSH IN IRELAND Five Others Wounded and Battle Reported to Be In Progress lielfilst. Madi l!i.- iltv A. P I A gieal ambush hv Irish lepi.blimn forces iieai Kin-ale. Coiiutv Cork, this niorn- ""' '" "'" '' ""'x ' rn" n soldiers worn , . ... , , n , . . s""'i """ "" "'"inn is repuiieci I .,., ,,.!., is snr.d lieuvv .asiml- ties anil tno ii.niie is still in progress. 1632 BILLS IN ASSEMBLY With Six Weeks Before Adjourn nient, Rush Is Due to Begin H.irrisbuig. Mnnli 1! Six weeks of the legislative session of lll'JI will re main when the two Houses resume sea sions Mondav night The number of bills now in hand is 10SJ for the House ami .""( in the Senate Some of th bills have passed one blanch nnd ser ei al hundrid aie appropriation bills. The number of bills in committee U well over 1000 It is regarded as probable that th final rush of measures for tho session will appear in the next fortnight, aa th time for re.eivlng bills will expire in tlie House on .iprn i Eighteen hilh 'approval of the I of icoolutions a Eighteen bills have become laws by viiivcrnor anu n numr"; Iso have been approver). BY HUGHES VI IM m I i i t' w . $4ki , vs.cjto- . s . . -ik. jit.
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