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VOL. VII. NO. 168
HID NAMED WIFE
IN GEM THEFT PLOT
Woman Also Linked Mother-in-
Lavy With Stolon Pearls,
He Testifies
SAYS SHE ASKED $50,000
TO SAVE "FAMILY HONOR"
The scnsntlonal disappearance of u
half million dollars' worth of jewe
from the liomo nf George II. Mclad
ilMi Jr.. nt Vlllanovu lust October,
van attributed to Mrs. McFnddcn her
hclf by n former governess Mr. Mo
1'oclilen testified today at Media.
Madame .lennne Aubcrlet, the former
icvemcs. Mr. McKndden stated fur
ther a'so contended that Mrs. Renjn
Lln Franklin Clyde, of OoughucreH,
Hrrn Mnwr, mother of Mrs. Mcl-nd-dcn.
had been n party to the plan which
led to the disappearance of this jewels.
According to the story to hi by the
former governess and quoted by Mr.
McFadden on the witness stnnd. the
jewels bad been concealed In n blliclt
Lt after a dinner party last October
at the McFucldcn home, anil the bag
had been hidden back of boiuc bushes
tm the estate.
Says Sirs. Clyde- Tooh Hag
The next day, Madame i Aubcrlet con
ttnded, according to Mr. McFadden,
.Mrs Clyde came to the Mel adden home
and later can-led away the bag, con
..il. ti under her cloak.
vt- vfuKVidden related the former
jroverncft' story aH part ot his effort
t show Madame Aubcrlet tried to ex
tort SliO.OOU from him "to save the
f.n.llv honor" as he declared fcbo
uhrasod it. ,
Recently, prior U) the arrest of
Madame Aubcrlet and Blanche Maguit.
i, former maid, Mr. McFnddcn stated
the governess remarked to him at the
breakfaBt table ut Vlllunovu:
"I don't trac what this row is nil
about. You've got the jewels und you
took vour wife down to your office in
January, cross-examined her for three
lours and forced u confession from her.
If you will give ma the money I will
protect tins family honor and go back to
France."
This statement by Mr. Mot adden was
brought out under cross-exutnlnntion by
.1 Horton Weeks, of Chester, counsel
for the two former employes, who were
ai rested on a charge or larceny.
Hearing on Habeas Corpus Writ
The former governess and the maid
lure held in .foOOO hall Inst Saturday
l.r Magistrate Williamson at MtdJn.
fhcVwrcdings today resulted from nn
.implication for u writ of habeas corpus
before Judge Johnson to obtain freedom
for the two. women.
John C. Bell, former attorney general
of Pennsylvania, represented the. Me
Fnddrns. Mrs. McFadden preceding hoi
hniliMiid on th.. stand and relating In-
ihlcnts prior to the dlsnppenranci; of
the Jowcln.
As Mr. McFudden took the Ntand,
Oeorgo Wharton Pepper sat near Mr.
Bell and spoke to him occasionally.
Interviews 0cr Six Weeks
"I had a series of interviews with
Mmiame Aubcrlet over a period of six
ueoks," Mr. McFnddcn began. "At the
first interview she said she knew the
ilaiv by which the Jewels were taken.
"She Mated she could miti give ttic
nlau becaus" she wanted to discus the
n .itter with a Mr. Kimball who was
(oi.ilng over from New York. I pressed
her to tell ,me nbout it und she hinted
th it my family was connected with it.
"At the second interview, after Kim
ball had come, she asked me what guar
antee I would give that she wouldn't
be put in jail. I told her if she was
innocent she ti'eded no gnuriuitee. At
tnis interview Charles II. Brjunt, u
private detective, was present, and
Madame Aubcrlet repeated her question
tibout. a guarantee several times."
As Mr. McFadden made this asser
tion the former governcsH shook her
bend violently, as though In denial,
"What reference to money wus made
b herV" asked Mr. Boll.
"She said I had promised her $50, "
000 if she produced the Jewels, or the
I'ulprit, or the plan, saying 1 had made
this promise ,it mj house in October.
1 had told her I thought thu insurance
company would increase the lewurd to
N.'O.OOO.
S.ij's She Accused Wife
"At a later interview bhn staled thai
'lie plan was cieated by mj wife and
my mother-in-law, Mrs. Clyde. Ac
cording to Madame Aubcrlet, my wife
jiot up lnte in the night, put the stuff
m the black leather bag and put the
bag In the bushes; that my mother-in-law,
who in rived the next doy. went to
'he bushes and put the bug under the
eioaK sne wore, giving as the reason
for all this that in wife and mother-
in-law wished to go to Kurope and live
independently.
At this point Sirs. MrFaddcn glanced
toward her husband while Mrs. Clyde
ealml adjusted her veil.
''I usUeil Madame Aubcrlet for facts."
Mr McFadden continued, "but she
said she could not jive them to me. She
una me sne was verj tonil ot my cmi
dren and that as she wanted to prt:
eerve the fniuily honor she would keep
I'liPl and go to France, iutiuintiiu in
the nresencn nf Mr ltoll Hint for S50.-
000 she would remain silent and Nifi
Mrs. McFadden and Mn. Clyde this
scanuai.
Meets Oa rnfllnchliigly
Mr. McFadden paused and looked di
rectly toward Madame Aubcrlet, who
met his gn.e unflinchingly. The wit
ntsH vesumed, speaking slowly:
. I told her to co rlirht to It. that out
family has nothing to conceal." The
t'ontlnurd un Tiicr Trntr, Column 'im
8 IRISH AMBUSHERS SLAIN
20 Wounded When Inspector and 8
Men Are Attacked Near Dublin
Dujillit, March 2.1. (By A. P.I
x police Inspector and eight men were
ambushed near Dlnglo yesterdnj and
J1" tight that ensued, lasting three
Jioiirn, cntlrd disastrously for the nt
taeklng imrt . eight of whom were
t, . m"1. ;ont ""'"'! acenrdlng
i an oflleliil announcement here todnv.
woh.T'i (!f tlll l",i((, w,,r, sllKhtly
bounded. It Wiis ndiled.
t.l:r. 0.1' ?'-"? A. !1 -The
It, ,!(....
Iiiiw ' "'"'' "etween Belfast am
"iiblln wen. cm last cM.ulng.
liJ'0-il,'!l'"rlM today expressed be
eo. ',L,?'asi,,prelmrntlofor
wrweck. u'vity during Ean
ISBisil
Unlercd aa Kocnnil-CtinB Mntter ot ths rontofnce. nt Philadelphia, r.
Under Xh Act of March 1), lBTn ,
Calls Craig Her Father
for Sick Mother's Sake
Mrs. Weiner, Refined Woman Who Says She
Was Child of Bachelor, Declares She
Doesn't Seek Inheritance for Self
It Is t'or the sake of her mother, nn
invulld. that Mrs. IMIth Craig Werner
Is flghtln; for a Bhnrn of the estate ot
Hugh Craig. Jr., society man und First
City trooper.
Mr. Crulg died in 1013. supposedly
a bachelor. Birth records shown In the
Orphans' Court name IMIth Craig, born
April 5. 1880, as the child of Hugh and
Lizzie Craig. Edith Craig Is now Mrs.
Werner.
"While it is, of course, my case, I
am not losing sijht for a moment of the
great benefits I cnti sive mother If I
receive my Inheritance. Truly. I don't
care a hit ubout the money, If I haven't
mother to help me enjoy It."
Happy While Father Lhed
Dressed in a dark blue dress and with1
her pretty light brown hair colled sim-1
ply, Mrs. AScrner was most attractive-,
She bus a charming personality and is
a woman of education and refinement.
"This is all such nn unhappy se
quence to a very happy life that wai
ours while father lived," said Mrs.
Werner. "1 feel sure, however, that
the outcome will be ull right. I wish
that it were over, particularly for
mother's sake.
"Mother has been an invalid for sev
eral years, you know, and the struln of
this case hasn't helped her any. Slie's
awfully brave, though, and smilci often
to kce;i mo going.
"Speaking of smiling, it has been
hard for me to smile lots of times lately,
but I mako n strenuous effort. I guess
Fight of Interests to Escape
Taxation Burden May Lead
to "Wretched Mess"
NEED $30,000,000 MORE
By GEORGE NOX MrCAlK
Harrlsburg, March 23. The As,
sembly will have to work nt high
pressure from now on or cite important
measures will be lost in the Jam that
is hound to i:oni with adjournment on
April 28.
The country members of the House
have tuken fright at the situation so
far as it relates to revenue bills and
subjects of taxation. They have tuken
the matter Into their own hands. They
have appointed a committee of three
to consider new j-bjectn of taxation,
which will report ''back to the entire
body, next week.
There are about seventy-five rural
members. They virtually hold the bal
ance of power In the House. Of the
committee, which includes Phillips, of
Clearfield: Catlln. of McKean. and Mil-
gill, of Franklin, two of them, Phil
lips and Catlln. already have revenue
bills in the House.
The danger they discern is that in
carrying out the educational program,
particularly in the country districts,
the farmers and rural residents will be
saddled with a burden of taxation which
they cannot well bear.
It has been discovered that of the
school appropriation made by the Inst
Legislature the bulk of it went to the
cities und the large centers of popula
tion. A repetition of this is threatened,
they say, and the onlj way to avert it
is to raise sufficient revenue so that
the country will be certnln to get its
proper allotment of school money.
1 huvc pointed out in previous
articles on this subject that the state's
income for the next two yturs will fall
millions short of the estimated revenues.
This tutement is borne out by the
following tlgurcs for the lirst time made
public by the stute treasurer's office.
Estluuito Are Shrinking
From this it would appear thnt the
estimate of funds available for ap
propriation by the Leglslatuic is
$70,00O.0J0.
The CRtlmutcs iu the last few months
hate Used the figure at approximately
$l)O.UOO,tlO0 to $100,0(10,000.
It should be understood that there
still rcmuinc unexpended balances of
appropriations heretofore made of 31,
(iOO.OOU. As to how much more than
!j!70,(H)0,(M)0 will be uvullable for ap
propriations by the present Legislature
depends largely upon what rcumlns of
this ,:u.tUHI1000 when the present fiscal
cur expires.
1 ii in Informed by a leader in the
nu al members' association that it U
generally uiidei. stood there will be a
fulling off In menues during the ensu
ing two jenrs us compared with 1010
und 1020.
Those were highly prosperous years.
A large amount of back taxes was col
lected. No such good luck will attend the
cnrs 1021-11)22. The period of de
presslon is upon us. There Is a serious
slump in buslnc-M, and the volume of
delinquent tnxe ban diminished.
If. therefore, Dr. Flnegan's program
t'or the advancement of the school sys
tem and the full allotment of inoncr to
the vnrious charitable institutions of the
state arc to be maintained the Impern
llo'n iTaSifr "'" M,bJOO,a f t" -
sTr our.ug in from thoso
affected by the proposed new taxation.
."Nlovle Tax: Is Fought
The moving-picture interests havo
started a state-wide movement iiguiust
the bill fixing a tux of 1 per cent upon
the gross revenues of ull motion-picture
theatres.
Suggestions of an increase in the price
of admission to all iiiutlon-plcture showi.
huvu stirred up the putrons of thc
iiouses. Not only nre their patrons by
thousands flooding the (Jovcrnor'.s mull
with protests, but nt the door of nearly
every show petitions of protest are be
ing circulated und signed,
There is no concealment of tlio inten-
Continued un l'uxr Tncuty, Column 'Hirer
Donations for Shut-Ins Asked
Pennsylvania branch of the
stimi.iti Society. 1710 Chchtnut street. '
yestcnlii appealed for Bastcr dona-
tlons of milk, cgg.4, fruit, groceries and
coal for the invalids for whom It cares.
The society has ou exchange at 205 .
South Sixteenth street for the sale of
work done by "saut-ins."
BILLS FACING
IN ASSEMBLY
Aliening public Writer
my smile would have failed often If it
hudn't ben for mother. She can only
walk a few steps, and the outlook from
a chair isn't always plenwint, Is It V
"But we have cheery evenings to
gether, sewing and rending, and we are
very cozy here. Isn't mother wonder
ful 7 She Is almost seventy years old
nnd she doesn't wear glasses, and she
sews and crochets nil the time.
Father's Friends Aid
"More than anything else, thN Vase
has revealed the real value of friend
ship to inc. But for the support of
many old friends of father's, I should
have gone under. Law cases urc so
slow., and bo trying.
"I think. If I had known seven years
ugo what was before me It would have
ncnmed futile tn rn nn. I nnrrieil
six years ago, and Mr. Werner died
during the intluenza epidemic of 11118.
Troubles come to us. but somehow we
oro able to cope with them.
"Employment Is one llfesavcr in
troubles, und mv work each day sell
ing dresses in u department store has
kept me lit for the strain of the last
few years. 1 have neded to be busy j do
you understand?" and Mrs. Werner's
blue eyes tilled tor a moment with tcarH.
"Oh, yes. I get our breakfast, and
the dinner nt night when I come home:
though mother plans the dinner. It
delights her to do so und she feels that
she Is helping. She is, too, for every
housekeeper knows how the details uu
noy. Mother relieves me of that re
sponsibility. 'S
Theodore Morris, Jr., Fatally
Hurt by Car Driven by Miss
Theda Eldridge
ACCIDENT, POLICE SAY
Twelve-year-old Theodore Morris.
Jr.. son of Theodore Morris, of St.
David's, was run over and killed Mon
day by an automobile driven bv Miss
Theda Eldridge, of Bndnor. Miss Eld
ridge was nccompnnied b her sister,
Miss Eleanor Eldridge.
The boy wus playing with John
Bright on a steep bunk along the road
when the automobile approached. Young
bright ran across the road safely. Theo
dore fried to follow, but fell under the
rear wheeln of the car.
It was not until she heard the shouts
of several persons at St. David's stu
tlon that Mls Eldridge knew she Had
struck the boy. She stopped the cur
"J'rtantly and took the boy tn the home
of Dr. Mnriannu Taylor, of St. David's,
who said that death was instantaneous.
Women Not Arrested
The .Misses Eldridge remained nt the
home of Dr. Taylor until Captain
Sweeney, of the Main Line police, ar
rived. He suid he was convinced that
the uccldent had been unuvnfdahle. The
Joiing women were not arrested.
"I om so greatly distressed over the
accident." sald Miss Theda Eldridge
today, "that I do not know what to
say. As we went down the road, which
is Nteep, 1 saw ii boy run across the
road and wus not tiwurp that unother
was following.
"I ttopped immediately when I real
ised that I hud struck some one. With
the aid of my sister I placed the child
in the car and drove to the .home of
Dr. Taylor as spiedlly as possible.
"The doctor told me that death had
been instantaneous and I know that the
boy did not suffer. But that is mt
much consolation. I cannot henr to
think that the car I drove caused the
lo.s.s of a life."
Burial at Indianapolis
Theodore .Morris, Sr.. father of the
boy. Is a member of the firm of Staler
& Morris, engineers. 200!) Market
street. It was at this address that
Henry T. Pclree was found murdered
last November.
.Mr. Mortis' homo formerly was in
Indianapolis. He and his wife went
to Iudianapoliii soon after the acci
dent. The body was sent there for
burial.
WORKMEN BURIED
UNDER MOLTEN METAL
Three Known Dead, Two Dying and
Unknown Number Missing
IlarrlMmrg, March 2.'!. (By A. P.)
Three men nrc dead, two 'more uie
dying ami an unknown number arc
missing, burled under ninny feet of
molten metal und white hot bricks, as
the result of a blast furnace "slip"
at the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem
Steel Co. today.
Joseph Dollnar, Steelton ; Walter
l'ealor and William Banks, Negroes,
of unkown address, are the dead.
The seriously Injured are William
Shrlvcr, Stec'ton, foreman of the fur
nace, in the Harrisburg Hospital, and
Aaron Hughes, Negro, of Steelton, In
critical condition in the plant's emer
gency hospital, with a fractured skull.
Among thoFC thought to be hurled In
the molten mnss Is Cornelius Began, of
SVfi; the "father" "'l't" lle
nSr." """ ","1
Mccnon, inuor toremnn ot the furnace.
ine uinr oi ine explosion oleic a
hole In the side of the furnace, letting
out the molten metal. How many work
men there may bo under the debris can
not he estimated, iiccnrdlug to otliiculs
Scores or women nocked to the
RADNOR WOMAN
MOTOR KILLS BOY
locked to the offices (lro).M.(J ..vcrboard nnd escaped In Mexi
frrnsy of fear thnt , ,, waters, is the story brought to this
of the plant In a
husbands, brothers or sons may huvc
tiern in tiie ncctuent
DUTCH RESENT KAISER BOOK
umi...,h vi. p, c,.,... n u '
Holland Views Ex. Emperor's Pub-.
llcatlon as Abuse of Hospitality
Ijondon, March 2.'t. (By A. P. )-
Public opinion in Holland has been
greutl stirred by the publication of
former Kmperor Willlum's book, which
Is regarded as proving thut he is uIiiih-
Ins hospitality by dealing with political
questions says an Amsterdam dispatch,
The newspapers point out that the (..
Knlser's self-defense wus written in
Amerongen after he hud given a pledge
to ,thc Ravexnrpent ut the Haguemot to
iniericre3pouucai questions
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1923
i
IiifrniU onul
DISOWNED BY BANKER
Guy, the twcnty-elglit-montli-old
son of Mrs. Anne I'rqtihart Still
man, Is repudiated by Jnmes A.
Stlllmaii, president of the National
City Bank of New York, In his
formal action for divorce
WOMAN'S WILL PROVIDES
MONEY TO BUILD ASYLUM
Testament of Mrs. Katherlne D.
Dubln-Alexandroff Gives $4600
The sum of Jj-lliOO was left by Kath
erlne I). Dubln-Alexandroff, 70(1 North
Fifth street, with directions to her hus
band to erut an orphanage, a home
for the aged cr u hospital with it, ac
cording to her will admitted to probate1
today at City Hall.
Mrs. Diibin-Alexandroft specified that
the institution be built on a thirty-two-acre
tract of ground ut Lawreneeville,
Tioga county. She nlso left ten shares
of American Telephone nnd Telegraph
Co. stock for the "maintenance of said
orphanage, home for nzetl or hospital."
Such stock is worth nbout S100 a share.
Another will admitted to probate was
that of Sallle W. Johnson, who died
March 12 at the Colonial Apartments,
Eleventh and Spruce streets, nnd who
left $70,000.
The nrincipnl beneficiary is .a niece.
Miss Edith B. Johnson, nnd !?100 be
quests are made to the Babies' Hos
pital, Havcrford : the Visiting Nurse
Society, Gcrmnntmvn ; the Bcthesda
Home, Chestnut Hill; the X. Y. Z.
Mission nnd the Y. W. C. A. of Oei
mantown. The will provides that one-half the
income of the residue shall, after the
death of certain annuitants, be divided
equally among the Germantown Hos
pital, Christ Episcopal Church and the
woman's auxiliary of thnt church.
Other will admitted to probate toduy
inclue those of Mary Healy, 5517 Media
street, $4000; Stewardson Brown, 20
Eust Penn street, .$18,00(1: Almira
Jones, 1020 Wc.st Columbia avenue,
$7000.
Inventories of personal estates filed
include Mary E. Steele. S8M9.51 ; Ed
mund Whittiiker. $11,057.75; Joseph
Mcehnn, $10,551.12; Patrick J. Lnrkln,
$1K,58IM0; Harry H. Vnndcgrift.
$18,417,118. and Emmtt -Mr-Stanhope,
$10,278.58.
A letter of administration was
grunted iu the estate of Lasser Knhn.
2S02 Germantown avenue, for $15.0(:o,
MAN KILLED IN SHIPYARD
Painter Struck by Crane
Load at
Camden Yard
John J. Cos, forty-eight jears old,
74S Judson street, who was employed
as a painter iu the south yard of the
New York Shipbuilding Co., Gloucester,
was killed instantly nt 10 oVlock this
morning when he was knocked from the
deck of tanker No. 202. on the ways.
Cos did not sec a cr.ine lifting a load
of angle iron into position on the top
deck. As the erunc cle.ned with Itc I
load the wind cuugiit it and blew it
back. It struck Cos and knocked him i
irom too dis'it. lie struck n conierrte
pile forty feet below.
A wife and one child survive.
A week ugo Albert Shaw, of Glou
cester, and Herbert Denny, of Cam
den, both painters, were killed iu the
yard when they fell fifty feet from the
dick of the Keystone State to the dock.
SHIP CAPTAIN SLAIN'
Master of Phlla. Vessel Fatally
Wounded by Mate In Bremen
Captain C. .1. Midler, of the Amer
ican steamer Derunof, from here, was
shot nnd kil'cd in tht port of Bremen,
Germany. Saturduy. by .1. McGowan,
second officer of the vcbM'l. according
to word received here today.
The shooting, according to the au
thorities, resulted from the refusal of
the captain to explain n shift in the
wutches.
Saturday morning, before going
ashore, Captain Moller instructed the
chief mate of the Derunof to tell the
second nnd third officers to exchange
watches. When the captain returned
in the ufternnou McGowan demanded
un cxplnation, which the captain le
fused. whereupon, the authorities say,
McGowan drew a revolver and fired.
Bad feeling is reported to have existed
between the men for a long tlni".
Captuin Mo'ler was fifty-seven years
old and lived in New York, lie wu
born In Denmark, although he long had
been n naturalized citizen of the 1'nlted
States.
McGowan, who is twenty-eight years
old, hnils from Texas. The steamer is
owned by the International Mercantile
Marine Co.
SHIP BRINGS MUTINY TALE
Sugar Steamship Arrives Here With
One of Crew In Irons
A nitiltiu' lioiidnd bv ii Sfniiiiln r.l i.l n
port by the steamslitp Antllla, whh h
nlso tarries one of the mutineers In
chains. lie will be turned over for a
hearing before a I'nlted States commis
sioner in the Federal Building.
'I'he prisoner Is William Thompson.
v2r' sailor, of New Yoik. He Is
islmrced with Insubordination and us-
hituit on Samuel Goodman, second male
of the Antllla. He Is the only one of
the mutineers who wus captured. The
rcol, led by their rlnglcudcr, Juan
Olcgu, escaped at Tumplco, the lust port
the ship stopped ut on the trip here.
The Antllla, which has u enrge of
sugar, belonga to the Pennsylvania
Sugar Co. She is docked at Pier 40.
North Wharves,
Whn tfou think oi. trrltlnr.
STILLMAN OPENLY
REPUDIATES CHILD
T
Plaintiff's Counsel Definitely
Charges Indian Guide Is
Father of Boy
BANKER MOVED BY "DUTY,"
HIS LAWYER DECLARES
Ilv the Associated Press
White Plains. N. Y March 2.'!.-A
definite charge that Mrs. Anue I'rqti
hurt Stlllmnn. wife of Jnmes A. Still
man, president of the National City
Bank of New York, wus the mother of
a ehl'd bv nn Indian guide was made
In Supreme Court here today by counsel
for Sir. Stillman during preliminary ar
guments In the divorce suit the bank
president has brought.
Addressing Justice Mors limner, who
presided nt the hearing on alimony and
counsel fees, Delnncey Nicoll, chief
counsel for Mr. Stlllmnn. snid .
"Evidence already before you shows
that Mrs. Stlllmnn took as her lover an
Indian guide bv whom she had nn in
fant son., whom Mr. Stlllm.'in must
cither acknowledge as n member of his
family or renudlnti as illegitimate.
Stillman Prompted By Filial Duty
"This criminal intimacy began iti
1010 und continued through 1010. Mr.
Stillman feels it'hls duty to his father's
memory, to his family nnd to his chil
dren to pres this mntter to a conclu
sion. "Had it been possible to do this
otherwise than in court proceedings he
would have done it, but thcic was no
other way than to make the mother nnd
child co-defendants in u suit."
Mr. Nicoll -..'lid he could not under
stand the feelings of a fnthr "whose
wife yielded to the embraces of an
Indian guide." but thnt he could un
derstand why he would hesitate to take
court action under such circumstances.
The heating lasted only nbout half
nn hour. When it was adjourned ut
10:35 Justice Morschaiiscr reserved de
cision on the motions before him for
alimony of 10.000 u month and coun
sel fees of $25,000 for Mrs. Stlllmnn.
Courtroom Crowded
Whu court opened so many spectu
tois crowded into the room that deputy
sheriffs had to be stationed nt the doors
Jo prevent entrance of any more. Not
only were ull ths seats tilled, but muny
persons stood on the window sills.
Justice Morscliauser culled several
minor cases, but requested thut they be
deferred until Inter in the morning.
Then lie turned to attorneys for Still-
man vs. Stillman, who in icply to a
question us to whether they were ready,
nodded.
"Wu shan't be long." said Mr.
Nicoll.
"We will be very short." said John
F. Btcnnnn, one of M,rs. Stillman's at
torneys. The. lawyers then plunged into the
auction of Miv JiUlltpan's. inline,
wnfcli finally was admitted by one of
his lawyers to have been $5:10,000 in
1020. Counsel for the defendant had
claimed it amounted to S800.000 or
SI ,000,000.
Plaintiff's Net Income $,iuo,000
Mr. Breunun conceded that the tiguie
of $5:10,000 was correct for the piriod
of one year and said that now thut he
hud been supplied with this information
he had no further occasion for pressing
for un examination of the plaintiff.
"We have tendered a stipulation."
said Mr. Nicoll, "to the effect that the
plaintiff is able to pay any reasonable
sum to the defendant that jour houor
might allow. This amount as stilted iu
the stipulation admits that the plaintiff.
Mr. SlllliiMii. hud a net income for the
pi,t y "ar ot Is.i.lti.tMHi. 1 here were
'from ils
ross income several ueiliii
tlons, including a federal ta.v, wliich
left th-1 amount about $fiB(.ti(Kl."
In making bis charges ogninr.t Mrs.
Contlnurd on I'lice Twrnt. Column Tnn
TAYLOR QUICKLY LOBBIES
WAY TO VICTORY OVER P.R.T.
Works Amendment In Bill Forcing
Company to Carry His Freight
Hu a Utitjf Currisim.n'ait
IliirrLsbtirs. March 2.'l A. Merritt
Taylor, former director of transit in
Philadelphia wins the legislative blue
ribbon for speech lobbying.
He came up here .Monday night to
gel legislation conferring jurisdiction on
thu Public Service Commission to com
pel the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
to enrrv freight brought to the Sixty
ninth stieet terminal by his own line.
In Delaware county .
The P. It. T. did not wan! to carry
this freight and announced it intention
of discontinuing the sni-vice.
Mr. Taylor ut first proposed to offer
n bill to reliee the situation inasmuch
as the Public Sen ice Commlsi-loii had
ruled that the transit company in
Philadelphia was not obliged til carry
the freight. He found, however, thai
ltcprc-eututive Dithrlch, of Pittsburgh,
had n bill, which, if amended, would
suit his purposes.
He succeeded In getting hurried con
ferences with Governor Sprout, Senntor
Vure nnd Senator Crow and other lend
ers, and had tin bill amended. Its
place in the legislative course was Mich
thai the amended bill passed the Sen
ate today and the amendment was
promptly concurred iu by ttie House,
which had already pissed the origlnul
Dlthrich bill.
The bill now is in the hands of the
Governor and will he signed today,
(fiber lobbyists aie seeking to gel lei
miiis from Mr. Taylor.
AMERICANS IN BATUM SAFE
Escape on U. S. Destroyer Before
Bolsheviks Entered City
New York, March 2't. -(By A. P. i -Americans
in Butuni. Georgia, escaped
on it 1'nited States destrover before that
city was occupied recently by Bolshe
vist forces, said a cublegriim received
here today ut headquarters of the Near
ICast Relief. The American and Brit
ish consuls ulso left the city before the
Soviet forces entered, the dispatch
added.
The mt.si.ugc was sent In Lester ltnv
Ogden, of Ouklund, Calif., who, with
Itohert I.. Ferguson, of Jacksonville.
Fin., and F.lmer Kckmau, of Grand
Forks, N. D., remained in the Georgian
capital to carry on the work of the Near
F.ast Belief. Thousands of refugees, the
message added, were hein; supplied with
food and clothing as they left the In
vaded districts.
RE
Published Dull 1'xcfPt Hniiiln
Copyrlsht, It'lM.
Bucks County
Nuruinp; u sick mother, doing the
housework and sitting up until midnight
to write limericks. All in the day's work
for the Quakertuwn, Bucks county, girl
who wrote the best lust line for our
wcatjjer limerick.
When she told her mother of winning,
her mother said, "I dreamed lust night
thut you had."
LIMERICK NO. 81
Siiid the weatherman, "Wait,
now; go slow;
For winter's not over, you know.
Long before it is May
You may hear people say,
'Wish thin all-fired "coaled"
weather "wood" go.'"
Spring Is Here! And the Jingle
Box Sprouts Joy for Some Kid
Every Day. Third Page
From the Last
GERMANY REFUSES CARDINAL GIBBONS
DEMAND OF ALUESilN GRAVE CONDIIIONi
Declines Reparations Payment
Due Today, Contending Ob-
ligations Have Been Met
ASKS FOR NEW PARLEYS
By tin Associated Press
Paris, Murch 2.'!. CJermuny, in hei
reply todav to the recent ultimatum of
the allied 'reparations commission, re-
, '
1"oPSn" pAy t1''' '""' ,,il""n mnrks "hl
lo.ini.winii iiue on uhn uiuc. anil
disputes the commission's figures rdiow-
ing a balauco of 12.000.000.000 marks
due May 1.
It is maintained in the dciman note
that the 20.000.000.000 marks which
the peace treaty provided should be,
iuiiiui-ii ovit iii .nu una ix.uii iii. ,n-1
tnan paid.
The, note nslts that a joint commission
of exfterts fix the value of the CSermtin
deliveries on reparation account, but it
oeclnfes that in any event it would be
impossible for fiennanv to nav 12.000,
000.000 marks by the 1st of May.
The note concludes us follow :
"If after the experts have conferred,
it is established that there is n deficit
in the payments by Germany, she is
ready to begin negotiations with the
reparations commission regarding the
floating of n loan abroad." I
The reparations commission met thi3
morning to consider the (tcrmnn reply,
which was transmitted from Berlin last
night.
The Germans' failure to pa is
deemed u violation of the treaty of Ver
sailles which the commission will re
port to the allied governments. The
Allies will then determine what meas
ures shall be taken.
It is commented here that the ('er
inun experts already have been heard by
the comml.s-iion. which listened to their
arguments before fixing the valuation
of the Ciermun deliveries credited us
payments against the 20.(100.000,000
mnrks. This vnluntinn, therefore, wus
considered final, since the treatv gives
lU Mil INIItli "! lit. hl'UI,) n V T .
coiumission sole jurisdiction in the
,i.
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..........
The German n ply does not answer
directly the commission's d-mnml for
a first payment of 1.000.(100.000 mniks
today. (This point, however, is covered
on the face of things by Germany's con-
innil.,,, ,.f .wi.rn.-iiim.il! nf tl,.. ,.t!r.,
IIIUILII,
: , . ;, i - ,
umount due by May l.i
...I ... '.t.i. . , ... , .
lllVi, I- lliitlllllK n.,1,1 Hi L 111- IlllLC. I
nevertheless, to show that it would b
inwisslbi. for Germn m to ic.V ili- '" ,V'ut f'"' '""" "' b'KU-
1 "iOOi i tM .narks wi,. her ni'r,n-t0 "' "'.l,,' ""k '-" ' -' rl-
l.liWMiti I, "Mi mar s, win i tin npara- , , November 7. w o. u he was -..,.!
uava a We X,M I Jn'T ?n ' ,'th- " '"""'""t"t- f'"' -h.I- -t-
has HMillaDle in gold, a.s well as in ihei-ing-n sermon at mn ,1. Grace
foreign security, it is stated. The , hange for the w ,-., ,",..,;,,
SAY SOVIET ARMIES DESERT
Copenhagen Dispatch Reports Mar
tial Law in Sixteen Provinces
London, March 2.'!. (By A. P.i
Newspaper reports from Riga state that
the fiflc'nth and sixteenth Soviet
armies, stationed in the vicinity of
Pskov, are in open disorder nnd desert
ing iu crowds, says an Kxchanp" Tele
graph di-purch trom Copcnhaseu to-
".'
The Soviet i riiverumeut isrepoiled to.
have deihiieil martial law in (,itccu
provinces, the repuits said. ,
TWO BABTES DIE IN FLAMES AT WAYNE
When Mis. Trecl Harris, a Nphto. left pp. home i" r
street near Full view avenue, Wayne, at 11.13 o'clock th!- inn
ing, h i vcir-olil baby was in the so-oait. r.nt'. the ' vo-v 's
baVy in the crib. She leturned in n few mii.utr-. in find
home in flnmea nnd the chihUcn binned to denth. Ii ;-, u-A
known how the fire stnrteil. The one.toiy finuie bii'K'.i". w-s
dcstioyed.
SIX IRISH CIV1LIA1TS SLAIN IN ATTACK AT BLARNEY
COUK, March 23. Six civilinn.s weu- killec! -n the Blct-.i.iy
clKfict. County Cork, thlb morning in n Im'tlo which fii'.-.icd wlu,i
ciown tLiceb wcie filed upon from n fnunhnuse. T'u .mlltniy
wc;c conducting a search for wanted nun wlien they wen ,ai,v'.,i ,;
SYNDICALIST CRIME RENEWED IN BARCLON "
MADIUD. March 23. Renewal of Syndic. IU- ciimh it )!n.
celouii i lepoitcd In dispatches vtceived e-.. Jos,c Kl-.u.i.. i
dairy piupriotov, wus tired upon by a y.itiy cf sunuu:. 1.- .. n -,.u
and ln.n died in a hobpltnl, hnving been sMrtU Wy f'm bi. Ii
A sliou lime later nnother aaug hhot am! k'Jled Lmilio Ci . . i,
a v.ntchc.isv umkci and n member of u tin. sj i lUr-ati.
STOLEN PAINTING FOUND
i Famous "Madonna and Child" Taken
From Bologna Gallery Recovered
New Yorh, Mnuh 2:t i Bv A P.
The n om tul recowiy iu an obsui,
Fast Side cale of one of the most celc.
bratcd "Jladcnna and ( iilld" panes
trom the brush ol riauct.sco 1),. ilia
como Rnlbolini, known to art fame as
11 Franc 'n, which wn.s stoti u in inlll
from the famous gallery in Bologna. I
Italy has been brought to the attcn
lion of Slgnor Rolando Ried, Italian
ambassador to Wiishingtou, it u.-,
learned last night.
iw. 'Mlun ITi i x Yepr by M.ill
y I'uhllc IUrr Ootr.tii.ny
Wins Lim'rick
Miss Harriet C. Nicholas
West Mill Street
Quakertuwn. Pu.
Members of Prelate's Household
Abandon All Hope for
His Recovery
UNCONSCIOUS PART OF TIME
" " j'.i i" no' j.i'iunc imhc is lorv
By the Associated 'res shadowed, and that y ill end a nituif
Baltimore. Md.. Murch 2." Cirdinnl I tion which has existed fr n lone timei
'ih'ion, who suffered a re'upse nt
,T,2H,ST V',' " '"i'ti-lhas
ni fomlition todav He i onsvious
only ii part of the time, and virtually
in none tor hiu ru.r.i.t-i- ...u !... ..
doned bv members of his hou-ehold
i, jm,i clung to ,, ,;,., lfllt ,hr-,
prelate's naturalB vigorous .oiiMtlln.
tion would null Mm i.- i. .i -..
,.r,t attack as It hud those of the m.st
The cardinal pred a icst'css H,
nn,) wan wen Kit II;
iis morning
H!
m. ... - . . .
ion at midday was paid to b un-
changed, a little wealter if iinvtl,;.,..
Ills heurt action was said to W weak
aml his temperature low.
No attempt was made to mininiir
the gravity of tl .irdiual'- .use In
memlieis of his household or his ),;,,.
sician. Th- latter said the prelum's
condition wus very scrh.us and that h
would have to.be watched i oTistauti.
lie is unconscious a pint of the time
The doctor attributed the change to the
unusually warm weather of last Sun
tlnv. I'ver since he was taken ill. the car
dinal's condition hns shown marked re
actions to extreme we.ithir oiiilltlons
During the very cold spell sine weeks
ngo lie suffered n relapse, it w.w h anied
today, but recovered from it in a few
days and was rble to lesiimc his auto
mobile rides.
The cardinal took the Inn of th s( n
inim .-sunday. amj u-nen lie returned it
Mas seen that the hc.lt wus evcrffnv n
wruKcnuig 11,-rt urmn tulil. lie wa- II'
once nut to beil and ocry t'un? po.slblc
was done to stimulate his h-iut cction.
He has since had several of the sinking
spells thnt are so much dreaded.
Since hi. return in .lanuury to the
- , ,- " triii-
, ,,rU'"'Is at l nimi Mills, Md . where
,i. i. -iiiM i, ;i.ij r'"incil 'l irnln tile iiiliie
, ,
he be.
me serioiish ill last Deci mh-r.
I '' V"""'"" - condition apparently had
' ?",'!, " ,m!!r"U. HK " nI''"
'",','' ,,,t",,"'1'i " '"lo- '-' dailv
H"me " " '"" ' ld
, , ,1.'..uni r-,,v ,
'. ' "' Gibbon, suflered u general
tt ,. ,, .--..iii....
cri auiiown on iiecembir I i
.,,.. i , .. .. ' "'
uniemittlng devotion to us
to his
lllOC I sjt
,., ni. ;K :. . c l !.. ...
i.viiienie tliut the .Iran wu. 1,
..I. n.. ii- i -omnium occurred last .Sun
da' night, but 'iiuioiiiiivmcnt of the
fait us withheld In the ,,,:,, th.-i' tie
li id turn would prove to !' ..nh f m.
poiar' . time weni on. Im , re'r.
in lead ot improving, his conlitiun he'
(linn gi nvcr. and it . a d's-hled tn
lc-r his fr'c'uls Know the uitavoruble
stale of uffairs
Veterans' Bonus Bill Moves Up
llarrlsbur?. Murch "..".. ' he rnl-
lifrt.im i e. unit inn tor a
iiistltnii.inui
iimiMicimeni to .luluun.e a liond is ue
lor pay ims t m a Imnv. to v.teians ,,f
the world war v ,i- l.ivoiahlv icported to
the Senate todnv
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DOVER SESSION EXTENDED
Delaware Legislature Not to Ad
journ Until Next Wednesday
Diner. Del., luich ::- i w iK ,
l he irottih-il oiiiliiiin of ih ..lemlurs
end the fin i tl at no new hool n
ha been pividcd th- Lcgis, r , ,
evteudiil the titni tm lin.il mljoiii-tniit m
il Weilllciluy of Mei we k. in-teail
of PCilav uf this w el,
No imminent ha In n icu, '.,
twien the two I, ohm . . , M.,
lllll Seiutc.r S.illlt "i . a.!. I.,r
toiiuy on his I II to mien the present
school code uud re euuet the old school
law,
jyf $
NIGHT ij'j
EXTRA ff
ifoj
PRICE TWO CENTS &;&'.
HI IRHFS TH 5l IIHI
! I 1111 II 1 mm
PUBUCSENTiENlJ
ON RUSSIAN TRADE I
f KJ
Secretary Issues Statement Dis
cussing and Explaining
British-Soviet Pact i
BUSINESS INTERESTS NOT
KEEN FOR RESUMPTION
Hi ( LINTON W. UUMKTVT tf (
Miifl i nrrrspontlrnt Ktrnlnr I'nMIc Lfdenr"
i'i,pr-,,nt. i.o.;, hi PulIU l.nlotr Co. p
Washington, March 2.'!. -The ItuHj
siun note usking for a trade agreement
A-lth this coi'titry has been received by
iresiui'iir naming, out nus not Deen
considered by (he Stale Iepnrtment
fu the meantime, the State Department
lias issued n statement discussing thfc
advantages f the British frnde agree
ment with the Soviet government and
explaining it to the American people;"
Sonic icr'ons here interpret thft
statement as prcp.wirig the public lnlrfd
,(" u similar agreement between thk
lit 11 tf1 iihil T ntilnk f tlin 1nnV
tim statement is an attempt to sound
public sentiment njion the iir.siion of
icuniptlun
of trade iclutlons
wltb.
Hus'ln.
r
Answer to I.rnlne Note Forecast
I'robabB ih immediate resumption jbf
trade relations js In -dglit. But nt leiyi
I under which the Wilson administration
treated the Soviet government is
i beyond the pule, holding no communi-
ation with it since the disnateh of W,.
C. Bullitt to Itussifi from l'nris. In
this connection it is to be recalled that
the Bullitt tnissiun wan Inter disavowed
in effect b President Wilson.
iinioii" conflict si-cms to exist In
thf !Iiirdin' cabinet. Two days ag
Secretary Hoove", who is reaching out
1 .. ' - ..If'llll III W, ,Wt, 44
I loinmer . issued a formal statement
to .i.ntrol the ilevelonmrtit of foreltrn
rgi'i.i- uvuinst trading with Russia an
;iiiiio.,sili'e on account of tiie ehnrnctcr
nt the Bolshevik government, the lneb
of money in Uussia and the lack 6f
.mill- 'lure to exchange Today the
Slut' Depui tiiient. with n Itussiun not
ii-'tnij; for :i renmption of trade in
haml. (i'scusses, in a favo-able manner.
'In trade am cement which the British
nun made witli Russia. fr
Hoover Speaks Business Mind
.Mr. Hoover undoubtedly spoke th'e
i md of the hir-jer business interests in
America regarding Russia. Those in
tcicts ur" not impre--scd with the oriy
poitiiiiities in the land of the former
c::ars. Mr Ilughev, however, con-s'dci-s
the U'D sun situation fiom the
iHplomttic and political poii.t of view.
I md he nmv well differ v itli Mr. Hoover
I Mv.mliug Russia.
Iu the Stu'e Depattinent utterances
1 the advantages of 'protection for British
iibje' t" and tlieir property in Uussia.
tiie advantage' of getting Britisli shlnf
!n Uiininn ports, the advantages ot
having British consuls in RiHsin were
all" pointed out.
Also it was made plain thai the Stale
Department takes ,.ciioiisy the reports
, 4--- - - - - - - -j
that I.eninc litis, had u change of beait
and that his government is to be less
radical in the future.
l is evidently believed here that
l.eniiie has -een the economic impossi
bility of his ciiutM- in Russia Thi
seems to point to the view thnt trsde
iclations with Ru-sia have become much
more nosub'e than in the past. The
nppuicnt iciiirliil of view between Mr.
Ilouvei and Mi Hughes and Russia
a a He'd of trade runH nil till
tin- Republican psvty In the S
the mure radical Republ cans a
,.,1, with Russia, and some cmui
ret n. to urg. ncognit cm Se
u,',r, ,, the leader of th.s fm
.'.I nf trnde runs all through
Senate
favor
go so
nutor
faction.
Tin suiue ills-ensioii over Bus. in exirtH
in F.ng'iatid. I.loyd G ge's ngieement
with l.ciiiin drove Boiiar Law, the
Torv 'lader. out of the coalition gov
eminent
All ;'ni Tory new -papers of London.
unit thi Lloyd' i " urge government after
the riiecuiint " a- announced, and In.
iiiaiiv ipu.tters the fall of Lloyd George
wn-'coiiuduiih piedicted. The State
Dipuitmini n iu".rk of today and th'e
pri'.spiii that in the end. this govern-
i","f ivm toiiow liinisn iootsicps re-
gaiclini; trade wit'i uussia. win neip
Lloyd cieorg'
Th" i Mint of the division here will
be impos-ihic to predict. There is no
impoitant Iiumiics- pressure in the
I'liitcd States tor trade with Rusua
Mr. Hoover inrrectly cxpiessed the
vliws ol business v ith resjiect to this
liii'stion and tnere is much conservative
opposiuou in pobtii.il circles to dealing
v itli the Russian communisis The
whole is ue will iiine sipiurely up to
I'n blent Hauling and it uu.v take some
time for him lo work out that unity jj&f
purpos- iu his putty which it is his coiJt
stain aim to maintain. But i tis to te.
ob-erveil thai Mr Hai ding has steadily
supported Mr Hughes in his foreign
policy and there vveie eigns Hint he WSH
somewhat annoy mI bv the issuance of.
the Hoover tif un nt on Russia without
Miusii'tntiun with the State Department.
In this ipiistiiui as iu all others ai
''ting L'uiopenti nlutions ttie Indlcu
iiou n i e in.,! Un Harding inlmlnlstrs
liou ill pi ix d slow Iv But the whole
mi. id i- workiiic toward the establish'
mill ol trnde liliitloti. wiiii Ullh.da.
HARRISON SUMMER HOME
IS DAMAGEDJlY VANDAL'S
Main Line Place of Broker's Son l
Visited by Miscreants
llliinnc amounting lo several thou
sand dollais was aiiM'd bv vnnduN who
biokc into tin home uf G"uige L. Hnrj
ison. .Ir al St Dm id's nirly today,,
Mr Harri'iui is the sun ol (' ( Hars
ri.oii. u broker in th" stuck itchallgC,
The dumiig. .a liscoverul when
Mis li'iriisoti mil' to minds opened
tin him e to g'-i it leiidy for the sum
ii.ei
Dooi were brol.i ii on si verul rooms
in ih- luiiis- liMui were broken and
.attend ovr the lloor. 'ntntilcH wcri)
t.ihcu tron j.. i- nun "uiccrcn about.
lams were tin own on the cclllnc nm
wall p.ii'i't. bureau draweri .re pullwl
nt inul i ""ii coin'-uii iiiieieu upqu
, i.ie tioui nod sia I iiiu
i ,.tiun of I'idici .Sweeney u,j j,
in lie vi d tiie n. nm. gc nun caused by thft
i uei-iiin who iluinaged other houiM
along the Main Line Aiming thi'M
homes entered urn thus-.. u( Tliiimu. fi xr
Newhull. of It'mti. and Dr. ii.iili'is
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