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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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lllM,K" ",",,i .i.n in nut v ocrum
wwHxvr!rrrrrrrrrEnlL frw" sn
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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
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li.iiiMlit, lointrrissiiin
suite
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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
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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
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' 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-.
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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.
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