prs jv " '' V V 3r-f'M "' ' '" ' '"''-TJKP .TIT.. K ;& , Euenmtj public ffie&cjer THE WEATHER Unsettled this afternoon! possibly showers! fair tonight mid Tuesday, falling temperature by morning. TBMrr.nATrur. at. mm iiotin NIGHT EXTRA -sTi)Tio m i2 i I a a 4 i r. b rtSTr i?ri iff irfi ion iui i i """ i Wt W M l" H" I"" li I I 1 'e-vj if- VOL. VII. NO. 161 BRIER'S FRIENDS UNITE 10 KILL CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES Mayor's Proposals Decriod as Unnecessary and Return to Old System GRUENBERGANDFAUGHT EXPLAIN OPPOSITION Mayor Moore's proposal thnt ccrUiln changes be made In the civil nervier tectlnn of the-new city cbnrter liave roiised virtually the united opposition of those who were instrumental in drawing the charter. This opposition war voiced today by Thomas Raeburn White, chairman of the subcommittee on charter revision.; Frederick I. Grucnberg, director of the Ilureau of Municipal Hesearch, and Al bert Smith Faught, secretary of Uic Civil Service Iteform Association. .Mr. Faught has begun n campaign oi disseminating Information with respect to the Major's proposals. Today he Is mallli'K t each members of the charter rnmmlttee, the Committee, of One Hun dred, the Committee of Seventy, Coun cil, the Civil Service Commission and Mavnr Moore and his directors, n state, merit entitled: "The other side to the proposal of Mayor Moore to chnnge the civil service system in Philadelphia." Mr. Faught signs the statement ns a member of the charter committee and ns a member of the Committee of One Hundred. Expects Sprout's Support Mr. Faught and the others who freely expressed opposition to the Mayor's plans, were confident that no part of the Mayor's proposals in this connec tion would be accepted by the I.egla lature. Governor Sproul on several oc casions has said that he was opposed to any tinkering with the charter at this time. ... , Tlie general belief is that no funda mental change should be made In the charter until It has been in operntlon lonj enough to have passed the experi mental stage. "As a general proposition, said Mr. Grucnberg, "any fundamental change, which goes to the essence of the charter, is unthinkable at this time. "Of course, the Mayor is actingin rood faith, but he shows a personal hos tility to the civil service system. He talked of elasticity, but he showed Iris hand; showed thnt be docs not like the fystem. We must be on guard against a' revival of the old spirit of 'Let the boys get the pap. "Personally I have interviewed the leading members of the charter commit tee and they nre opposed to changes In the charter nt this time and certainly are opposed to changes In the civil service section. "Colonel Van Dusen of the Civil Service Commission, has written to Mr. White, that while it is theoretically de sirable to hove the right of subpoena, in police cases before the commission, yet it Is not wortli while to risk an opening of the whole civil service question by try inr to get this slight amendment. Favors United Action "Neither nm I in favor of a change in the terms of councilmen. The over lapping theory, by which half of the membership would serve into the next administration, is only n theory after all. It is better for the people to ex press a unified thought as to the legis lative and executive branches of the gov ernment ; it is better to hope for har mony between these two branches, than to hope for checking. 'The overlapping theory proposed by the Major is interesting, but not nt- tmriivc I nm in favor of those (hnngo in the cbnrter on which the Major. Council and the charter com mittep unite. The statement b Mr. Faught fol lows; "Various proposals by .Mayor Moore i" rhnnge the civil service article of the new charter have been submitted by him to the cbnrter committee. After direful consideration of these proposals the unanimous opinion of those who drafted the charter was that no ihnnge would be made in the civil service ar ticle. "Members of the committee of sev enty and of the committee of one Irun i'cd hut apparently not the members "i th charter committee, were Invited o attend a meeting In the Mnvor's 'nee on Friday. (Inly One Side Heard Ai the meeting one view of the facts nl one side of the question was laid "'fore those present, nnd no opportunity " given to any member of the chnr "r committer or nny ono else to state Continued on Par Two. Column Three GRIEVING WOMAN DROWNS Body of Mrs. Uydla Ogden, Who Had Lost Daughter, Found The body nf Mrs. L)dlo Ogden, forty -Wt yours old, 211) Fast Tiogu street. ! found Moating in the Schuylkill ?7 nfar Strawberry Mansion bridge Msterday- afternoon. Mrs Ogden disappeared fiom her n'1 .rebruory 5. At that time It uil '""'l"'" Rbe was going to pay a sit to her sister. It is stated thnt "Inre the death of her daughter1 Marie AiW Mr8' Sden had been grlov "" Whether she jumped Into the "er or fell i by accident has not Men (letppin n.i The body was Identified at the morgue her husband, Howard Ogden. an n.T .. P"'nioter. Hesidcs her bus n i i Mr?t K,le" is survived by u son "nl daughter. i At Cupid's Call Mary Drew went through some narrowing experiences for the mke "t the man she loved. And for n long time Khn wasn't quite, sure whether he loved her or not. MAY CHRISTIE has rnarto this story so full of throbbing interest and thrilling ad venture that YOV'LL ENJOY '"ry single word of it. The very Installment has a proposal in '' Ymiwlll find It on The Woman's Page Entered an Kecond-Claj, Matter at thn Po.tomce. at Philadelphia, Pa. , t'nder the Art of March 8, 1R7D Another Overall S3BZ. FRED J. SPEIDEL 1448 E. Wilt St. TERMS IN PRISON Appears in Court, but Judge De fers Sentencing Him in Death of Henry T. Peirce WILL KNOW FATE TODAY 20 Years Severest Penalty for Second Degree Murder Here is the punishment fixed by Matutc for murder In the second de gree of which Peter D. Trcadwny stnnds convicted : "Every person duly convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, shall, for the first offense, be sentenced to undergo nn Impris onment by separate or solitary con finement, not exceeding twenty years; and for n second offense, for the period of the offender's natural life." The section fixed no minimum. I'eter D. Treadway. convicted of the murder of Henry T. IVircc. was brought before Judge Audenried nt 11 o'clock this morning for sentence, but the fixing of Mr prison term was deferred by the judge until some time later in the day. Assistant District Attorney Spcsier bi ought out by a series of questions thnt Treadway had been convicted and served prison terms several times pre viously. It was just five minutes of II when Tnvndway was ' led into Room 4.";i, where lie was found guilty of murder in the fceond degree after his sensa tional trial that began last Tuesday. C. Stuart Patterson, ,lr.. Treadwny's chief council, greeted him with u "Hello, I'ete," which Treadwuy on swered with a familiar "Hello, Chip." the attorney's nickname. TrcMlwny Admits Itccortl When Trcadwny was arraigned at the bar of tlie court Mr. Spelser said: "How ninny times have you been ar retted before?" "Three times," said Treadway in a low voice. "Speak up so I can hear you." or dered .ludgo Audenried. '.'When was the first time?" asked the district attorney. "Iii 11111 . at Kansas Oitj . foi high way robbery. "1'nder what name?" "Williums." "In what prison did you serve?" "A term of twenty-three, months in the Missouri State Reform School.'' "The second time?" "I was ar rested at Wichita, Kans., in llllll, in onnection with nn automobile " "For larceny?" "Yes, sir." "What sentence did you serve?" "Three months in the Kansas State Reformatory." "How about Hutchinson, Kansas?" "That's where the reformatory is lo cated." "Weren't you arrested there on a charge of burglary nnd given fifteen jeurs?" Prisoner Apponis Cliwrful "Yes, sir, but 1 was paroled in thiee months." Hera Thomas .1. Minniek. of Trend wav's counsel, interrupted to ask : "Wasn't this a crime ot which it wns found later you were not guilty, and for this .civion you were let go? "Yes, sir." said Treadway. . Indue Audenried then held a whis pertd consultation with Court Clerk Flaherty nnd Mr. Spelser urn! said to the r.ilsouer: "T will consider the question of the length of your imprisonment and pass judgment, inii-r in im- mi). Tlie prisoner was led out of the court again. He seemed cheerful, without trnce of nervousness, and walked with buoyunt stride. "I am very thankful to have escaped the chair, for I began to fear It would be a verdict of first degree murder," said Treadway. "1 do not blame Sue Rogers for the testimony she gave." be said. "She was probably schooled to tell what she did. I cannot bring myself to believe she wlllinglv did so. It was she who sug gested sticking to our story to the end. mid I did so. I l,nv nn wnril of COI110 1 II 1 1 1 1 (IgalllSt her. and I still declare tbut neither she, nor Moss nor I had anything to do with the actual crime. I hope both Mos uud the girl are acquitted. Kciuly to Talic Punishment "At fnp mi-self. I will take ni.v pun ishment without a whimper. I knew the odds were ngaii.st me, and realized the commonwealth had worheii up a sirong oase against me. Knowing 1 wns not guilty, and seeing the commonwealth trying to make tlie jury believe I was, I at first felt confident It would not be a verdict of first degree, nnd even had i.niwu fnp iit-milttnl when tlie common- i wealth asked for first degree or noth ing, but my counsel told me not to ex pect too inucii. I was told a second de gree verdict would be a victory for me. l.ntKP. however. I was nut so confident, as the case progressed, I began to fear it might be tlrst degree inter an. "I am thankful to iny attorneys, C, Stuiiit Patterson. Jr., and Thomas .1, Mlimlclt. Jr.. who fouclit so valiantly, I am also thankful to the jurors who spared my life. 1 go to court today ready to take my sentence, no matter .. I...1 It 1.. 111.. vnl.W, aamVaW ' aaH !' BBB&' BBBBH TREADWAY ADM TS Man a Winner Fifty-two out of a possible sixty-flvo votes were given the last line written by the man whose photograph appears here with. He hasn't worked for three months and needs the money. The Red who said this contest was all a set-up for the elite will please put up his popgun. LIMERICK NO. 79 "It is spring," cried the motorboat fan, "And it's time that my little craft ran. With pep now she ought ter Make speed o'er the water. I'll propeller, oar gasoline can." Jack's Jingle Box Is in Again Third Page From the Last IBIG BUSINESS LINKS I UP WITH FARMERS Agrarian and Mercantile Inter ests Working for Two-Inch Tariff Bill EARLY REVISION FAVORED Harding Wants Senate Sounded on Tariff Views Washington, March 21. (By A. P.) President Harding suggested todny to Chairman Fordncy that the House ways and means committee sound out the Senate Republicans ns to the feasibility of early passage of an emergency tariff that would take care of farmers. The proposal was discussed at length, but It was said the committee reached no defi nite conclusion. It was tlie idea of the President, members said, to avoid an embargo and to limit the bill to n very few items, including wheat and wool. ny CLINTON W. ' I.IIKKT hlttff ('orrrpondi-nt Kienli . 1'iilillc lolrfr Cnpurioht, 19SI, bv I'ub'ic Ledger Co. Washington, March 'J1. Signs are multiplying here of the drawing to gether of the big business nnd the agri cultural interests upon n program for the Harding administration. A first indication Is the proposal to pass the two-Inch tariff bill, suggested by Mr. Harding in his recent conference with the Kansas fanners. If this bill is passed quickly, ono of the big dangers of the Harding ad ministration, thy union of the agrarians with the smaller business interests throughout tlie country, which nre in terested in big duties on vnrious com modities, may be nvcrtcd. and a tariff inconsistent witli this country's iiositiou as a creditor nation may be avoided. Tlie agricultural and the bigger busi ness interests of the country have this In common ; I Jot It want to reach for eign inurkets. A combination of the fanners with the vnrious other nrotec- Itive tariff groups la this country would result in u virtual tnrlll wall about America, which would probably shut us out of foreign trade bv preventing foreign producers from selling to us. Two-Inch Tariff lllll I'rged A passage of the two-inch tariff bill iiwn 1 1.1 ..Inim Im fun t rut nni-li itn . i.i . . ...,,.',,,. ,oMp..M ivhlcli is what the bigger business interests of of this great Keys one sate, whether the nation earnestly desire. The opinion they be the highest public officials of of business Is that there can be no ceo- ! the city or the most degraded inhabi mimic recovery in this country until the ton,tR. nation's taxation policy Is settled. It rwott was read by the Key. is generally held that the consideration M. (.rny. pastor of St. Stephen s f tli.. tnrlrr im m whole Iwfore taxation M hurch. (termontown. chairman of a measures would be fatal to an early te ' ' '" " ------- ! turn of business toward normal If the consideration of tlie tariff as a whole results In the formation of n tariff block between the representatives nf the agricultural interests ami the rep resentatives of such business interests as arc concerned only with the domestic market, then business recovery In this country may be made slow indeed, for . Ill I 1 iL.I I l!l.l.. . intra Irio tariff legislation is likely ' ( for,;, of duties that will check foreign i Irmle The larger business interests of the nation nre interested in two things: They want to know as soon as possible what duties they must pay, and they want to avoid a tariff which will dose the uvenues of foreign trade. The Harding administration seems to be desirous of breaking the possible tariff combination between the nrglcul tural senators and congressmen and the other high tnrlff advocates in both Houses, which Chairman Fordncy has Industriously built up. so as free itself Cantlntiril on l'ne Two, Column One WINTERY BLAST TO SMITE SUMMER DREAMS TONIGHT Weatherman Says Mercury Will Take a Forty-Degree Tumble Before Morning From the 80 Mark Don't let your heater tire go out. even if the thermometer did strike KO degrees at 1 o'clock, breaking all records for the date, anil still going up. It's due to come down again just us fast. Ry tomorrow morning, accordli.g to Forecaster Rllss, you'll be getting dressed beside the radiator. If the "dope" turns out right, there Is due to be a drop of 10 degrees of thereabouts between this afternoon and tomorrow morning, The tempera ture may advance to Sfi by late after nnnn. unless the cool area conies in more Swiftly than is expected. Ry tomorrow morning the thermometer win range uronnd 10, the forecaster believes, and later in the day may get down to 3.1. Just as nn Indication of whot sort of a "cold wove" this Is. which is heading towards Philadelphia. thn weather man mentions that at Duluth this morning, up In the Lake region, tlie thermometer registered six degrees above zero. This cold area is following wliat the forecaster calls un "Intense low" area which has spread over the lakes from the Middle West. Low areas to tlio north of us always mean warm weather PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1921 METHODISTS DENY VOIES 10 LAYMEN AFTERHOT DEBATE Bishops Borry and Neoly in Verbal Tilt Over Lattor's Attompt to "Argue" HIT MAYOR AND CORTELYOU FOR OPEN SUNDAY STAND Argument preceding the defeat of n proposition to give Inymen equnl voting membership with ministers at genernl conferences created u tense moment to dny between HMinps Joseph Y. Kerry and ThnmnR R. Neely at the Philadel phia Methodist Kplvcopal Conference. As an honorary member of the con ference, Rlshop Neely. who Is retired, wns given nn opportunity to discuss the proposed amendment to the constitu tion of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Illshop Perry, the presiding officer, told him he mut not argue the question, "Lay representation would be Im practicable and unworkable," Kishnp .Neely said in nis opening remarks on the subject. llishop Rerrv brought his navel down. "Now. Hishon. ynu nre Hreuiiuc this question nnd jou nre only allowed to give Information," he declared. "Well, I will give Information and I will nlso nrgiip the question," the otber bishop replied. Insists on Ills Ruling Rlshop Perry rejoined by telling the conference that llishop Neelyy as an honorary member could make state ments ond give Information. "Rut you cannot give advice or ex press nn opinion in nrguinent," he ndded to Rlshop Neely. "It Is not in con formity with the rules of the confer ence." Roth the bishops retained their com posure and viewed the Incident with good humor Rut the retired bishop was not to be blocked from a parting remark. "If I was a layman, with all the powers laymen now have in their own conferences, I would not ask to come Into the general (sinference. (iavll Again In Use Again the presiding officer rapped with his gavel. The Rev. Frank P. Parkin, secre tary of the American llible Society, arose : "I love Rislmp Nely." he began, "but 1 object to his presenting any ar gument on this subject. His eulogy of the retired bishop occupied severnl minutes. At IU conclusion, Rishop Neoly ended his statement. The vote on the proposed amendment wns 2." for und 178 nga'nst. Previously the conference upo had defeated an amendment which would change "quarterly conferences" to "local conferences." Criticism nf .Mayor Moore and Di rector Cortelyoii for alleged laxity in enforcing the Sabbath law wus ap proved today by the Conference. This action was taken when the re port of the couference committee nn tlie Sabbath was read nnd adopted, in cluding its indorsement of the Itev. T. T. Mutcbler, secretary nf the Phlla delnhia Snbbp.th Association. Dr. Mutch'er, in an address before the conference, meeting in the Wharton Memorial Church, Fifty-fourth and Catharine streets, scored the Mayor ond the director of public safety for their attitude toward the Sunday law. Called "Unworthy Citizens" In supporting tills criticism the com mittee report stated : "We regard all violators of Sunday laws, who break them or protect other i in breaking them, as unworthy citUcn .fA. ...1.I..1. Il. .,T..,1 !. II,... 4 ruuiuiiiii'i' wuii ii iiui im i-u iii- nr . r thur Oaks, the Rev. C W. Greene, tin Rev. C. J. Renjamin and the Rev. II. IV Renjamin. llishop Thomas H. Neelj. nn honor ary member of tlie committee, sug gested the insertion of a phrase to the effect that the Sabbath laws were falsely called the blue laws. The committee report follows: " limUHSSUIlUI'M OI ItUU. T l.liriS- , mln,,tWH i,nve a solemn duty to fc lh. ,W() of (Jod nm o aj, n As ambassadors of ttuti, we l;nrs our power to have them obeyed. We thank God that we live In the state of Pennsylvania, which has such high- Continued on Pure Mi. Column Thrre OBJECT TO OPEN SUNDAY A resolution protesting against passage of pending legislation in liar risburg "designed to open places of amusement on Sunday ond permitting commercialised sport. ' was adopted at the weekly meeting of the llaptlst min isters' conference today in the First llaptlst Church. here, for they let the warm winds of the South billow In. This "low" is now central over the St. Lawrence vol ley und Is moving toward tlie open sen in a northeasterly direction. As it passes tho colder weother takes its place. The previous high record for this date was set in 1IMJI, when 7-1 was regis tered. The hottest day ever known in March was in 1007. when March ''!! had an 8(l-degree temperature. Mr. Rllss says the warm winter and spring have ben due to the vagaries of what Is known ns the "Atlantic high." This Is a great urea nf high pressure, what might be called nn "air moun tain," piled up over tlie Atlont'e. It always U there, hut moves from cast to west. When it lies close to the Atlan tic coast the weather Is wurm. When ll sweeps over toward the Azores or the const of Africa, the weather here is cool, whether in winter or summer. Its movements never can Ix predicted. It hos been responsible for every seasonal vogory. It gave us our cool summer last year. It has been hanging around so long it muy move off again boon and give us another cool summer, u Governor Rejects Plea of Methodists on Liquor Governor Sproul today met n dele gation sent by the Methodist con ference to discuss the liquor ques tion. He was urged to work for the Martin bill, now in the Legislature and backed by dergymen. The Governor told the delegates, headed by the Rev. Dr. Wntrliorn, that ho favored nn amended It rooks law and thnt he could not change the position lie has taken since his election. NEW ATTACK ON VALIDITY OF DRY AMENDMENT BEGUN Based on Requirement of Ratifica tion Within Seven Years Washington. March lil. An entirely new nttack on the validity of the prohi bition amendment, based upon the re quirement that it be ratified within seven years, was made today in the Su preme Court. The attack was made in a brief tiled by counsel for J. J. Dillon, of San Francisco, charged with violation of the prohibition enforcement act, Dillon Is seeking a writ of habeas corpus. The provision attacked was offered first by then Senator Hording when the amendment was being proposed in tlie Sennte. MAN DEAD AFTER PARTY: POLICE SUSPECT MURDER Host Arrested After Victim Is Found With SKull Crushed A. H. Nogorski. nfty-tluee years old, LMKI Orthodox street, was found dead nt H o'clock this morning. IPs body was on the kitchen floor of the homo of Stanley Xinack, twenty-seven years old, ut 4540 Rermudu street, In Frnnkfnrd. The man's skull was fractured. Until Ills eyes had been bruised and the Isidv bore other marks indicating Nogorski had participated in a fight. Later today district detectives of the Frankford station arrested Zlnack. The police say there was on all-day party ot the mack home yesterday. They are not certain whether Nogorski wns murdered or whether his skull was fractured by n fall, lie was a wagon maker. LENINE REPORTED READY FOR COALITION CABINET Bolshevik Premier to Yield Part of Power, Reval Hears Copenhagen, March 1!1. (Ry A. P.I Negotiations looking to the formation of a coalition government for Soviet Russia have been opened by Nikolai Lcnnine, Rnlshevik premier, with lend ers of tlie Mensheviki nnd Social Revo lutionaries, sojs a dispatch from Reval to tlie Rerlingske Tidende. Stockholm, March 21. (Ry A. P.! Details of the fall of Kronslndt be fore the repeated onslaughts of the Hoi shevist army under command of Leon Trotsky, the Soviet war minister, hove been brought here by refugees. In the citadel, according to the refu gees, some 1700 men were left en deavoring to fight their way toward tin east and In tl.e other fortresses approxi mately 1000 were made prisoners by the RolHlicvlsts. All officers ami lead ers among the military forces and civil ians wen' immediately picked out and on Trotaky's order, given before the final attack, were executed GREEK KING CALLS 45,000 RESERVISTS TO COLORS Constantine Believed Preparing to Launch New Offensive on Turkey London, .March 21. King Constan tine nf Greece hit culled three classes to the national colors, according to re ports received here. The king's ac tion, in all probability, portends a lireek offensive against the Turkish Na tionalists in the opinion of Demetrius Goiiniiris, tlie Greek minister of war. In an interview today. "This decree," said M. Gnunniis. "is a nniurnl consequence of the attitude of Turkey, which lin- again declared she will not accept the proposals of the London conference, nnd is demanding the return of Thrace and Smyrna, ob tained bj Greece u, the result of the war "II i also being openly declnteil thnt the Turkish forces in Cilicin are being withdrawn for use against the Greeks, and we have news of a Kemalist con centration against our army. There fore the latter has been re-enforced, and three classes of reserves, numbering 4o,000 men. have been called nut. "Such precautions must be taken, and the commander-in-chief has taken all the military measures for the safety of the a run. I cannot say exactly what this portends, but in all probability it portends a Grrek offensive. BOY SHOOTS 2LAYMATES Playing With Musket, He Acciden tally Wounds Sister and Cousin Charles Nichols, twelve years old. .while pinying with on old musket in the cellar of his home, ,"0l!0 Merlon avenue, accidentally shot his sister and cousin ut 10 :4." o'clock this morning. The wounded children, Ida Nichols, eleven years, and Joseph Mniindn, eight j ears, are in the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital in a serious con dition. Ida was shot in the back and Joseph under the right arm. Charles was arrested. All the children arc col ored. The children went to the cellar to look for kite strings. Charles found the musket, pulled the trigger and the scat tering shot struck his sister and cousin. REVERSES SPY CONVICTION Supreme Court Frees Three N. Y. Men Because of Government Error Washington, March 21. (lly A. P.) Upon tlie government's motion, con fessing error, the Supreme Court re versed today conviction of Charles V. Steene, Frank I.. Preston and William lloctz, In New York state, under the espionage act. They were sentenced to eighteen months' Imprisonment, each. The court refused to review the con victions in California of Kdward An derson. Mortimer Downing urn) thirty eight others orr charges of conspiring 'to violate the selective service and espion age act. KASTKH NKW YOIIK 1CXCUIIH10N Next Hun.. March 27; 1'rnna. Hyairm. 18.00 Hound Trip, llrosd HI. fitaton. 7:42 a. m.. W l'hlla.,7:47 a, m.. N. I'hUii.. 7:37 a, m.Xiv. Published Dally Kxcept Sundav Copyright. 1H21, by MINGO DEFENDANTS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF FELTS' MURDER Sid Hatfield and Fifteen Com panions Acquitted After Sensational Trial REMANDED PENDING BOND ON OTHER INDICTMENTS Rj the Associated Press Williamson, W. Vn.. March 21. The sixteen defendants tried in connection with tho death nf Albert C. Felts, who was killed during the Mnlewan gun light last May II), were today found not guilty by n jury in the Mingo County Circuit Court. The defendant were formally dis charged by Judge R. D. Railey, pre siding, but were remanded to jail pend ing bond arrangements on six other in dictments charging the men with hav ing been implicated in the death of six other private detectives killed with Fells The trial consumed forty-six days. News of the ncqulttul wns shouted to n large -roup of miners stnndiug at n windnrt outside the courtroom, and the announcement wns received with enthu siasm Wives ond relatives of the Mate wnnlaus stood on the porch of the county Jail and received their kin with open anus. Williamson residents re ceived the verdict quietly and there were no demonstrations aside from an outburst of cheers from the miners who bad stood vigil since early morning. Twenty -three men were Indicted in connection with the killing of Felts. At the outset of the trial, which began on January 211, the cases against severnl of the defendants were dismissed and us the taking of testimony progressed otheis were discharged on motion of the prosecution When the jury took the case the fate of but sixteen of the orig inal defendants remained to be deter mined due of those to await a verdict was Sid Hatfield, Mntewan's chief of police, and around whom a major por tion of the testimony wns entwined. During tlie closing arguments of coun sel reference was mnde to Hatfield's marriage to the widow of Testermnu two weeks after the latter wns killed. Mrs. Ilattield has been In constant at tendance at court since the trial began. The sixteen men on whose cases the jury deliberated are : Sid Hatfield, police chief. Iteece Chambers, William Ilowmaii, Clair Ovcrsticct. Doug Mounts. Jese llojd, Charles Kiscr. Hen Mounts. William It. Coleman, hd ( hnmbers. Lee lay lor, James Overstrcct, AI Williams, Van Clay, Fred Hiirgraff uud Hollle Chambers. Those whose cases were dismissed were: Isaac llrewer. Fred Webb. II. R. Page. N'. II. Atwood. William Star. Albert lliirgraff and J. C. McCoy Alier nciic iunuiisscii nrewer lesu . j. t , I . f , .. ..II ,! , e . ,., ,,.,, ,i., Slv ..tier iiidl.tmits hii.iL. over H.e .wemjV!!;':!:;. "! ."nnec:i!:;,,,wi,n the deaths of the other nnerntiviN who fell during tlie engagement Ilattield iiNo stands Indicted, charged with the larceny of S700 from the body of Albert Felts. Vivo if tli4 tirirntu ilm n.tf i v nu v lift, escaped ufter the battle were indicted in, ., 111 IU 'UK . 1 - . . . . .,,,,., connection with the death or .Miitnn Tes'terrnori. Otto Kingsle,- and Robert 1 Mullens, the latter twi being the other . residents of Matewan who met death They have been described as bystanders. Several months irller the street tight Arise Ilattield. proprietor of the hotel that boused the private detectives dur ing their stay in Matewan, was shot and killed while sitting on the porch ot Ills 1i.,utlrt slid Knttielil llnllii. I'luiiii. hers, F.d Chambers and Tnir Chambers! have been indicted ill connection with1 bis death Arise llotlleld. Known ns "Devil Arise. hod been looKed upon ns an independent witness in tlie trlul just ((included llie trial ended totiaj lias tieen Ihe longest and onceded to hove been the most sensational in the history of West Virginia It was held in the county loiirthouse at Williamson, but a few miles from where the Hatfield -McCoy feud was hod lied Live Coal Sets House Afire Frre caused a live coal from the heater slijjlitly damaged th basement of the home of Mrs. .lulhi Hentn. of Ifill.'l South Woodstock street, at llll.'i n'clni k this morning. OCK AN RATES ON CANNED GOODS REDUCED LOUISVILLE tint 1 1' m.pi ij-'( l to 1, n tived :i . lit, , -i ivi'ikii eooils fiom Pacific ports to New Oilcan a:cl M-'. It.- T'ue i.itc. lilr. McKellnr funiculi' ed. which vj, cJD ci:pB iv! Irvrv'red pounds, has been lochued to .")0 cents pei IiujkIimI n .vria of about 5 15 a cailoort. MUNICIPAL COSTS IN 1919 EXCEEDED REVENUE V.'ASHXN'OTON. Mnich 21. Govi inir.cul '1 ui.i'. .noi'id-ii; rit- ' ;si ,f tl ou'iivs for jiciiunneiit Iiumiuv iiic:it. 101 ihe 'i lit le-, vi the ij.intiy with n pcpiiiatiou !' rfJ.U -C o: m .t. lec.U 1 to.il i.xeM'.u- by SJS. 001,000 ii. M.e ini 101i, fi'.mul ,; to s:ntisiui mi inituiclinl llnnucts ni . le jj.il-lii udiy b th ' C- . . Itu.tnii. Iisil-Ktint; the Hum of jj"i nuii.i nt out In y , l.uv.ivc, i anus, winch ngi,1o'ltl-'d sl 2-'l,l 18,000 ui 30.32 pc- wtpit.i. . :: i 'Oiit u t'ovc.uriinl.il crsl-j r-y j.y5ri,C;0;2,UCO, it wn hiiowu. PENSIONS CHIEF SLATED Veteran in Ohio Regiment in Civil War to Head Department Washington', March 21.-iUy A P i President Harding is said to have de cided to appoint Washington Gardner, Albion. Mich., u former member of the House of Representative and a Union M'tcrnn, ns commissioner of pensions. Mr Gardner served as a private in the Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry and was severely wounded. Frnrrr 1K1III to 1011 he represented the Third Michigan dis trict in Congress, He has been com mander of the Michignn deportment. Grand Army of tlie Republic, and In 10KI-14 was commander-in-chief of the G, A. R. Subscription Price IB n Tear liy Mall Public ledger Cominny New Unionist Leader J. AUSTEN CIIAMHERLAIN Chancellor of the exchequer In the. coalition cabinet chosen today to succeed Andrew Honor Ijiw ns head of the British Unionists CHAMBERLAIN IS ELECTED LEADER OF UNIONISTS Chancellor of Exchequer Is Chosen to Succeed Bonar Law Iondon. March 21. (Ry A. P ) Austen Cbamberlain. chain ellnr n the exchequer, was today elected leader of the Unionist party in the House of Commons. His selection, effected nt a meetine of the Unionist members of the (House nf Commons at the Carlton Club, was unanimous. He succeeds Andrew Honor Law, whose retirement because of III health was announced lust week. Joseph Austin Chamberlain is the i blest sou of h. late Joseph Chamber lain, M. P.. u former power in the ( nlonist party, lie was born in lnli.1, He entered Parliament in 1MI2 as representative of Worcester, which seat be held until 11111. In lMKi Mr. Chnm herlam was appointed as civil lord of Ihe admiralty. Later he became finan cial secretary to the treasuij, then postmaster general and finally chan cellor of the exchequer. .Mr Chamberlain was seloi ted n chairman of the royal commission on India finance. In llll.'i to 11117 he wus sccietiny of sfite for India, when he lesigneil. Iu April. Mils,, lie entered tin war rntrnl't with Honor Low. becoming I'hiluiellur 'if the exchequer He still holds that nm tfollo. NORTH PENN CASHIER FAILS IN SUPREME COURT APPEAL Moyer Must Serve Prison Term for Helping Wreck Bank The State Supreme Court today denied (he appeal for a new trial of Ralph T. Aiojer. former cashier of the wrecked North Perm Hank, who was convlcti d here April JMI. 1!)20. ..lojcr. on .lime 2H. lll'U. was sen ....... l I.. !...!.. tl ..i i r,...! wlio ,..,.. ,. ... .... . .., ,...., .' "i u li ,MMKl lli'ltuill .1. I'.IYI iiii-uiiii hi in nun, in inn icsx iiiaii tu"Ivp or l"nr, tlm" "N"'" ,'"lu i '"L''rr "in . , lllM,K" ",",,i .i.n in nut v ocrum wwHxvr!rrrrrrrrrEnlL frw" sn it PJK f inside. When tin trial judge refused tations to the Allies how vital she con 1 the motion foi n new trial an appeal sidered these materials to her ability to was tuiien to llie Kuiirrfor ( ourl r inline mere was louoweii nj Hie np- I"'" '" "'J' 'Penie t ouri ""' ""' " iuhtij- uniier ai.000 ball since his conviction I, is underst steps will be taken in once I to surrender him His conviction was nn two indictments, iharglue iieriurv and making Innkiri,: ". nn.Ns 'ion ""N '" "" li.iiiMlit, lointrrissiiin suite . .,-r. ... --... ... ANTI-VOLSTEAD HOLD-UP "Bandits" Turn Out to Be Just Plain Intoxicated Persons Pules, fmnier residents of the district. Tin t rerun d .iice of ,i man notified I " '"' H,'r'' entitled to Hist their ballots, the eleetrieal I .irepn oarh this morning' ' "'" K"""11 here how large a num tl.a two m-n had atteiimted to hold ' ,u'1' '"' ''"''"' w,'r' ,M" ''""bled to voto linn up at .lenip'i and Filbiil streets ! t yesterday election, but It is est! as he was pasMiig a dn-nwoj. Police of muted that not less than 140,000 Ger the Rleverith and Winter streets station ' nm"s entered I'pper Silcsj,, for the cast sent six patrolmen to the ( cue of tli" ! i,,K "f ,1"'"' ballots, special trains for "hnld-un. ' i them being provided b the German Hands nn or I'll .hum. ' i.iniruiiinlc.l Hie patrol ergivnt "Wash at"'" was the meek trnm the sh.idw ii spouse Tile men 'vr- pl.n ei n tlie p.mol without resistance and hurried to the police station, where both were "sl.ued" as drunks. They said tltey had stopped a man slmrth Ik fore ..ml asked him for ii "nickel" ro get n cup of cofiee. , Ky . Miich J?l. R. L MrKclla:. to-r:n finsht fecipn commerce service Southern Rnilwny. ticc of n substantial mltiction in crt-tui i'" il-t LICENSES IN MONTGOMERY County Judges Refuse Only Those Charged With Offenses Noriislomi. Ph.. Miinh 21 All the liipior licenses in Moiitgonieij county were granted this morning bv Judge Swnrtz and Miller, ex. ept those against which tliero were indictment pending uiid the liciiisc for the American Hotel, Corishnhocken, of which William Ford has been in charge for thirty years The Ford license was held up by reu son of a petition presented bj the dls trict attorney's office, at the direction of the court, in which Ford was charged with delation f the Uuunr lows. PRICE TWO CENTS ID ui'iijiirf Returns Received at Berlin Oivo Teutons 621,500 Votes and Poland 368,900 .I ORDERLY PLEBISCITE HELD UNDER TERMS OF TREATY Allied Machine Guns Ready to Forestall Any Military Move by Warsaw MOMENTOUS DAY IN EUROPE Victory for Germans Removes One Objection to Full Pay ment of Indemnity lly the Associated Press Herlin. March 21. Germany won ft' big victory in the plebiscite held in upper Silesia yesterday to determine tho future national stntus of that region. according to official returns received here. The count up to 10:30 a. m. showed that 021, ."00 votes had been cast for. Germany and HOS.IIOO for Poland. Reports fiom Rreslau state that the plebiscite was generally without unto ward Incidents. The returns reieived here nre as fol lows : CWmany rural 24.200 Pol nnd 11,400 2.800, 13.S0O 27.000. 22,8001 i, 60O 11.700 32,000 800 20,700 50.(100 10,800 73.500 48.000 20,000 nnscnhurR Krpuzliuric urbnn 43.000 IS, 100 17.000 22,000 82,700 811,300 r.s.ooo croon 48.700 7n.4on ui.sno 73,1)00 4.1.200 31.000 1 ul.llnltz Tnrwmlu (Inips Sirrhlltr. ObT (IIokhu Kosel UlrlMltz. iirlmn nnd rural LriilnehUPlZ Hntltior urban jnd rural U'attuwltz urban A rural Wonlnfchueite ltuthcn HlnilenliurK Olipeln urban anil ruinl Tutais a.'i.noo 308,000 Momentous Day for Europe Palm Sunday seems likely to go down in history us one of the most momentous dnjs In tin' adjustment nf European boundaries growing out of the recent war. The day had been looked forward to with Intense interest by oil Germany and Poland ns well, while evidences of world-wide attention upon the balloting, in I'pper Silesia were not lacking in nil-' vices coming from nbroad. The urea involved, comprising some ."iOIK) square miles, was the largest sec tion of territory to hove its fate sub mitted to a jilehisidte under the pence treaty but ewn more important than , .,. .-. . ., ... .,i. ., ...i . ii uie sie in me iiisiiici wus i in- iiiau-riai on1"' contained in its varied miner! i :"'!;:-.,'! r?J- " "N" """id- 'k ii". -.mm- mhu himi, 'ei-imsiuuic neri.cn cciiiioiiiicniiv lino I meet reparations demands, while the need of the resources of I'pper Silesia for the eciioinicnl well-being of Poland ,: , , , , ",..., ' been hardlj less remiously innirted I "I"'" nl ,l'" ' ,,"kh !"'onlr- Keparations Question Involved Mi S inn ill w tlin llnflnnn incnlrii t ' ","r-' "'"" '" ""'" ."f I'PPcr Silvia ,n (;rmnlv ,. ,)f ; Iirinrii itpmi "f ''"' ''ounter-pioposal Mibmittcd by i lii"1 1" ,'1" Alli,s ' '-""do., for the pay. 1 meirt of reparations A notable featuie of the plebistrce was the influx of tint h Germnns and Gmerliiricrit Allied troops sent in the district wern distributed tin iighout the urea at suit able point" in insure order and the propei ondiict nf tlie balloting Oppcln. March 21 - ( Gy A P ) Tntente forces in I'pper Silesia w'H promptU suppress nny ( ffort on the part of the Pol sli army to override the de cision in cstcrdoy's plebiscite, or to autlcipafe the action of the council of ambassadors in Pars, General I.ernnd, head of the Interallied plebiscite com mission, tnld tin Assooiilted Press to. I day lie Mini rumors thai the Poles had, ( onllnurfi on Pour su ralnnin One FIVE IRISH POLICE SHOT I Two Killed In Attacks Sunday Throughout Ireland Dublin. March 21 - i My A P I ilfiiiiol reports of attacks on police yes terday in various parts of Ireland in-. .I...1.. .I. C.II.,.. L.. . ' 1 'll- HI' lllllll. Ili , In Fulcarragh. Cuntj Donegal, one I policeman shot dead. I In Greenore, County Louth, one po- I licemon wounded, also n civilian accom pany lug him. I ,In Roehestnwn. County Cork, two polio-men wounded I In Mulllitiihnnc. County Tipperarjr. . one policemarr shot dead. NEWHALL HOME ROBBED Thieves Destroy Property They Can't Remove at Ithan The summer homo of Thomas Xew luill. president of tlie Philadelphia und Western Railway, ut Ithan. near Rryn Mawr. was entered by thieves who did 1000 damage to (lie interior and escaped with dotlung silver and other articles valued ut JflTiOO The lobbery was discovered this morning, when i arpenters. arriving to make repairs, disioered the rear door had been jimmied The thieves had broken the locks on several chamber doors Clothing which they wera un able to carry aw in was torn to pieces and scattered on the door , Jarred preserves were smashed and splattered over expenslvn rugs as In the robber) of the home of G. Herbert Lens at Devon two weeks ngo. Mr Newlrall lives ot the Rellevuai. Stratford during the winter. XVhtn ton think nt wrltlnj mm i nn.iiqu A4 III R N UPPER 5 m MH i M f V X r c;Av ateiVv Y&jfeais l&t3 -rt 1 1 c ,f.. 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