rut-W-
- -
u.
1 '4
..i- . ' ' ' ." S. J7 I " i. V-"i '
"IT'K.I ,.' "..' ,- in4"l IJ ?
& V ?
s
! "- ,
" 1. . - . r
W1- f,f
Euentng public feoger
THE WEATHER
NIGHT
EXTRA
Fair weather and moderate tempera
ture lonUlii mid Minuayi nnilo north
i,ij? wind looming varlnlilo.
TBJirKltATUKK AT KACII HOUtt
i
V
i-p
irnr ii n i i i '" i i i
JL
W VOL. VIL NO. 261
Entered as Second-blara Mutter lit the I'ontomc nt Itiltadetphla, r.
. Undtr tho Act at March 8, 1870
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1921
rubllihed Dally Kxept Sunday, flubicrlpllon I'rlje $0 a Year br Mall.
Copyrlcht, 1021, Y rublle .ledger Company
PRICE TWO CENTS
WOMAN, 85, KILLED;
Her Husband Slain
COMBINES WORK AND STUDY
To Prison for Life
MRS. KABER GUILTY
OF
i v3
E FEE IS
a
BY THREE ROBBERS
IS
NO BALL TOMORROW
PENROSE EMPLOYE
PICKSJUICY PLUMS
AS BONDING AGENT
PAID
MURDER
GIVEN
m
i
ORDER
aHakBaLLLLLLLLLaLr a''.'' VBaHiMaH(HiHaHvaaaaBairtaMaH7
'U - aaaaaaaa .IMlfl'L f .
LIFE PRISON TERM
i- Sarah Parr, 2086 Granite
H9. -" f
Street, Clubbed to Death in
Homo While in Bed
PUGS RANSACK HOUSE .
AND STEAL $3iu in uulu
I
Mrs. Sarah Parr, olghty,-flve-ycnr-
j in with three thugs In tho bed-
on of her home, 20S0 Granlto street,
Wford, until sho fell unconscious
Jrosrarounds which caused tor death
m nil m. ,
, nVa frail and aged woman, who
Veiihid'only eighty-seven pounds, was
Stacked early yesterday morning after
;fea rokbr naa Dcuicn mv.,
JHwrd Ked, Into insensibility with a
JajiJtd rubber hose.
Ui i ., f f.llMH tnw l.nrtnncMntin 1111(1
rr m tntir vicuma j -. - ---
MmlBKi wo robbers ransacKcu iuu
fcwe,, ripping open pillows and mat
c;t, .nd tearing up carpets until they
SdTbai containing $310 In gold
ffl ' they took. They overlooked
faothVr bag. hung on tho wall which
Ct.imxt SMO 1n banknotes.
V'Detectlve John Dougherty, of tho
nxford stauon, law w ",":."
. ?V i nr Vrir!! PnWthnrn
Seit. He was arraigned beforo Jluij.
Write Uietz mis raornius "
iwltioat ball for a further hearing next
Ittnrdiy.
r ' Tells Confllctlnc Stories
f.i .MArHlnrf frt TlnilffhArfV. id
jMrried to a granddaughter of Mrs.
J ran. The detcctive'i boiu uo xoiu bvv
trtl conflicting stories about his recent
.Movements. They nllego tho suspect
VMid In met two men In n poolroom
Itarsday and that they suggested get
.. tu some "easy money."
r from Heed, In tho Frankford llospl-
iftil, the police obtalnod a partial ac
Uouatof tho attack and robbery, which
" tltfcharacte'riied as jine of the most
trotil ever committed In this city.
Mr. Reed said he was asleep on a
couch on tho first floor of the Ha
itory house, while his sister slept on
tie upper floor, which is reached
threurh n tran door.
"I awoke," Reed said, "and heard
tie clock strike 1. I kept It'On stand-
t ltd time. I dozed off and later heard
, It strike 2. Then I felt something on
bjt face. I thought It was n cat and
, tried to brush It off. I found it was u
ntMaH MUUUa
Dam Tliiaa fllaa ITAMHa
n HVi'd hnnrl
"I' tried to rise, and saw three dim
fenpj beside tho couch. A voice de
nuded my money, but 'beforo I could
uawer I was struck over the hend by
isartfclng hard. ' They bent my face,
Wtd me, punched and kicked me.
l"Thc men mpvpd nwny and I heard
ton tolng upstairs. Tho trapdoor fell.
thin I Tieard a lamp globe drop and
'jrtik. I don't know anything that
happened after Jhnt."
From Mrs. Parr, In a brief period
of consciousness, tho police learned fur
tier details.
', "I mi aroused by some one shaking
w, she said. "1 saw three men.
One knocked the globe off the lamp. I
tot a low light burning In my room,
we man told me to tell him where I
Ma my money.
hfn thpr hlflf lYln wUli flint flco
fdrajged me out of bed and kicked me!
1 I Wed to fight the men and started to
mam, but one put his hnnd over my
.month. The others took the bedsnread
d stuffed part of it Into my mouth,
pen another hit me over the hend. I
float remember anything nfter that."
The gag stuffed in tho aged woman's
Booth tore the flesh on cither side of
mouth. Her night clothes were
artnehed with blood from cuts on her
IWI Ind IlfHIfl lMlVulilfllu nn. ..1.. .1l.l
..Bom loss of blood.
! , Find niooil.St.linrrl TInn
Ajut f.cur hnurs nftcr "'o nttnek
J W1 regaintMl ronscloiifinesH and man-
. Ic I ",K" u,o htrcet. no vent to
ue homo of Harry Coulter, Bridge
i TteU nmr rrirlfUll'l1n mimmn .
we dranltc street house. Coulter tele
1 l'ooneil to polire.
.rt blood-stained rubber ho.p, about
s; . . " lncllC8 10,1S- wns found on tho
wt floor of Mrs. Parr's home. Tho
wnjs had entered the houno from tho
"r py fotcing n screen.
In the hag oi.titalnlns $2I0 which tho
."overlooked ore tljo deed to tho
imie house nml insurance pnnerx be
Jonjlni; to Mr. need and his Rlster.
ine agod Ionian wns receiving n (Snv
wnment pension ns the widow of a
CitU ir vt'tcrnn.
JAMES AND SCHUCK GET
RESENTENCEOF DEATH
Muit Pay Penalty Week of August
28 for Paul Murder
RSink i ,Tnmcs nnd Kaymnnd W.
K.' 'l7? ot nnvi(1 s- I'nul. the
w2in. bai'.,k "'"P0--. Imvo been rescn
S'V1' ln, ,,5 eloctric chair dur
amr in k .f,,A,1K"st. 2s' 'rhcy are
5Slen?l..,h0 llMth h0U80" ,n tIlc
PWUentlnry nt Trenton.
fcrtPth.1'.!.9our,t J".''tlcn Kliicl.
Sm Tairf mp ,fV,r tl,n loul,lo execu-
of cSmd,n0tr"Cd rroaccutor Wolverton.
teace i 3 -aL. kmntT' A 1'wvloiiB sen-
;-av,j3a.a,,dAppw,b'
, START BRIDGE IN, WINTER
MiW Expects Actual Work to
li i . --ui. in uecemner
i lot ..? .."?r "ridge will nrohnliiv
L or .t.. i "nl" siuo time In linrn,ni;-
CottmlMlon. cnlnecr 'or . the IJridge
jLtLTHibw''aC.k9iaiaiaiaiaiaH'
aH V 4 v'9iaiaiaBeaBlH
talam' f K' '3llalalalala.lam
mmA. - 'JlalalalaHklaH
MRS. HENRY O. HEMMING
Whoso husband was shot nnd killed
by Frank Ebcrhnrdt, cnrctaltor of
her cstnto, when He mining nt-tcmpt4-d
to forco his way Into tho
house against her wishes
THIEVES FLEE WITH $10,000
IN EXPENSIVE FURS
Third Attempt to Rob Store .on
Glrard Avenue Is Successful
Four burglars stole $10,000 worth of
furs from tho storo of Frank Backhaut,
4032 Glrard aVcnuc, at 3 :30 o'clock this
morning after cutting through a side
door.
Tho robbers worked swiftly, tossing
valuablo furs into burlap Backs until
they heard five shots fired by Bncknaut
from an upper window and saw n pa
trolman running toward tho store.
Each man ran from the place carry
ing a bag nnd made for an nllcy. One
robber, ln his haste, dropped n bng
stuffed with silver fox furs, a sealskin
coat nnd sables.
An nutomobllo with engine running
nnd a man nt the wheel waited on
Forty-first street above Glrard. The
robbers tumbled into tho car, which
raced away.
Two previous but unsuccessful at
tempts nt robbery hod been mndo there
In the last few months, and tho pro
prietor kept a revolver on n table nenr
Iuh hod.
When Backhaut awoke he seized the
revolver and ran to n window and fired
five shots Into the nir.
GIRL INJURED AS AUTO
CRASHES INTO BIG TRUCK
r
Police Seek Tipstaff, to Learn De
tails of Accident
Knthrrlnc Lynch, of Atlantic City, is
in tho Hnhncmnnn Hospital with a
probable fracture of the skull as the re
sult of nn automobile accident early this
morning when the machine she was
driving crashed Into n motor truck nt
Twentieth nnd Market streets.
The car belongs to Jaincs TJber
Clnrkc. of Cobbs Creek boulevard near
Sixtieth street, n tipstaff in City Hull
wid owner of n dance hall near Thiity
ninth and Market Erects.
The accident occurred in front of the
Atlantic Refining Company's filling sta
tion nt Twentieth and Market streets,
when the motortruck, driven by S.
Bender, of Dock street below Walnut,
came out of the filling station and MM
Lnch's car, going east on Muikct
street, crashed into it.
Sergeant Gregory, of the Fifteenth
nnd ' h.o streets police station, stated
that Clarke called tho hospital on the
telephono to inquire nbout Miss Lynch,
und when asked what he knew about the
accident replied that he knew nothing
nnd was not in the automobile nt the
time of tho cinsh.
Pollqe, however, brieve that Clarke
was an occupant of the car at th,
time Miss Lynch struck the truck, and
ure cmhnvorlng to locate him.
TO DROP CRONKHITE CASE
U. S. Will End Proceedings Against
Rosenbluth and Pothler
Washington, .Tulv 10. (By A. )'.)--All
Federal proceedings against Captain
Robert Rosenbluth. of New York, mid
Sergeant Roland Pothler. of Providence.
R. I., In connection with the shooting
of Major Alexander I'ronkhitc at Camp
Lewis, Washington, in October. 1018.
arc to be dismissed, it was announced
today by Attorney General Dougherty,
who mado a personal iiuc-tigntlon of
the case.
Both proceedings in the Western dis
trict of Washington ngninst both men
nnd removal proceedings ngninst Rosen
bluth In the Southern district of Now
York nnd against Pothler In thp district
of Rhode Island will be dismissed, Mr.
Dnughcity snld, adding:
"It hns further been decided that nil
tho evidence procured bv the depart
ment, with tho nnmes of ail witnesses
who have any mnterinl knowledge of
tho case, slmll be sent to tno prosecuting
nttornev of Pierce Countr. Washing
ton, for such nctlon as he deems
proper.
FORECASTERSSJ. SWITHIN
Former Says It'll Be Fair Next
Week Some Showers
Washington. July 10. (By A. P.)
Weather predictions lor tlie wceK no
ginning Monday arc:
North and Middle Atlantic Stntes,
generally fulr and normnl temperature.
There is some probability of local thun
der showers first pnrt.
South Atlantic and Gulf Stntes, gen
erally fair except for widely scattered
local thunder showers and normnl torn
nornture. Ohio Valley and Tennessee, region of
nreat J.nkos, I'nper .Mississippi and
Lower Missouri Valley, genernlly fair,
except for widely scattered local thunder
showers and normnl temperature
rS"woman;s auto
Mrs. John Penn Crock, of Lebanon,
Loses Articles Valued at $1000
Mrs. John Penn Brock, of Lebanon,
Pn.. renorted to the nolico of tho Fif
teenth and Locust streets station the
theft of nrtlcles allied at $10(0 from
tho rear neat of her automobile when
she left tho vehicle standing at Fif
teenth anil Chancellor streets nt fi :.10
o'clock ycstPiiliiy nfternobn.
Tlw articles stolen included a 'old
vnnlty box, a gold mesh hag studded
with diamonds, a gold Up stick, two
pnijrs of tortolso-shell spectacles and
nnvlvory case containing a gold thimble.
Assembles All Lieutenants and
Orders Arrest of Thoso Who
Commercialize Qamo
SNELL, ON 0RCE 21 YRS.,
QUITS POST IN ANGER
All police licutennntH In tho city
nsscmblcd today In the office of Super
intendent Mills nnd were ordered to
suppress commercialized baseball on
Kundnys, to disperse the spectators and
to nrrcst the player.
During the meeting in the Super
intendent' ofllro Lieutenant Richard II.
Kpcll, of the Gcnnnntown nvcnuo nnd
Lycoming street station, uugiily threw
his bndge and keys on n desk nnd
told Mills. "I'm through." The Su
perintendent had spoken to him about
a matter onart from Sunday baseball.
The forty-nine lieutenants and act
ing lieutenants were told to get in
touch with manngers of ball club' ln
their districts today nnd warn them
thnt tho "lid" is on for commercialized
games. ,
Orders Result of Complaints
The orders were tho rcs.ult of nu
merous complaints from clergymen,
church organisations and private cltl
7cns. The ministers branded the games
as desecration of tho Sabbath and
violation of tho State's Sabbath law.
f-omo individual! complained of the
uproar created by rooters.
Lieutenant Sncll Quito
Lieutenant Snell's resignation de
veloped from a complaint from citizens
in his district regarding the practirc
of a livery stable owner nt i rnnklln
nnd Cambria streets, who trotted
horses up and down the streets nearby.
Neighbors said the horses endangered
children nnd thnt they made the thor
oughfares unsightly. Recently. Lieu
tenant Snell was Instructed to nbnte the
alleged nuisance, Henry Mllikorsky
is the proprietor of tho stable.
But complaints continued to como in
to the superintendent's office and he
assigned Cnptaln Kenny to investigate.
The captain reported tho condition was
as bad as ever. When Mr. Mills spoke
to Sncll nbout It today the lieutenant
became enraged.
The superintendent v accepted the
bndge and keys. He will cunfer with
Assistant Director of Public Safety
El'is nnd decide if tho resignation Is
to ho accepted or whether Snell will
bo ordered up for trial for alleged
breach of discipline.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hnrry Mey
ers, who has been nn strike duty in
the northeast, will take over command
of Snell's district. Sncll joined the
force twenty-one !ienrs ago today am
is eligible for a pension. Ho was mndc
a lieutenant In .November, 15)11).
TWO U-BOAT LIEUTENANTS
GET FOUR-YEAR SENTENCES
Dlttmar and Boldt Convicted of Fir
ing on Hospital Ship's Lifeboats
Leipzig, Germany, July 10. (By A.
P.) Lieutcnnut Dlttmar and Lieu
tenant Boldt were each sentenced tmlny
to four cars' imprisonment. They
worn charged with imudcr in tho fiiht
degree for firing on lifeboats nfter the
Canadian hospital ship Llandovery
Castle had been torpedoed in the sum
mer of 1018.
The s:ntence did not, however, carry
hard hilor with It, n demanded by the
miblic prosecutor. The enso of Dltt-
iimr anil Boldt differed from tho others
which had been henru by the Supreme
Court hero in connection with trials
growing out of violations of the rules
of clvilled warfaro, Inasmuch as the
two lieutenants were brought to trial
by the German public prosecutor.
Great Britain -only nnd demanded the
trial of Coinm.inder Patriz of the sub
marine whli h torpedoed tho Llandovery
Castle, wlei fled tho country. The
public prosecutor, however, after an
examination of the evidence, ordered
that Dittmnn and Boldt be placed on
trial.
BARREL OF ALCOHOL STOLEN
FROM PENNA. HOSPITAL)
Thieves, Scared Away, Leave Two,
Barrels on Sidewalk
Thieves stole a "barrel of alcohol from
tho Pennsjlvanla Hospital, Eighth nnd
Spruce bt'reets, somo tlmo last nigbt,
and left two more barrels standing on
the sidewalk when surprised by pollco.
The Twelfth and Pine streets sfntlnn
received a telephono cnll from a woman
nbout .1 o'clock telling them somehnilv ,
was tnlng to brenk open the Pcnnsyl-
vnnla Hospitnl gate. Patrolman Moran
found tho snto-on tlie l'.igntli street sine
had been forced open. In front of It on
the sidewalk were two barrels.
Patrolman Moran awoke employes.
Who discovered three barrels of nlcphol
were missing from tho "spirits house."
Three looks hnd been forced.
Police belicvt? tho thieves were scared
nwny by the patrolman after loading
one bnrrei on a trucK. xney aro also
investigating thn Identity of tho womun
who called tho station house.
2 HELD IN FURNITURE THEFT
Woman and Man Stole Landlady's
Furnishings, Is Charge
Chnrged with stcnllmr and rlHnp her
landlnilv's furniture Mrs. Mnv Gor
don, 1800 Mount Vernon street, wns
held under SlfiOO bail for court bv
Magistrate Carnev nt the Twentieth
nnd Buttonwood streets station. John
McRav, Eleventh street nenr Arch, wns
held under the same amount' of ball,
rhnrged with larceny and conspiracy to
Bteal the furniture.
According to Dltrict Detectives
O'Hnra aud Rooney. Mrs. Frisby Man
gold, who hns a rooming houso at the
Mount Vernon street nddresH, went to
jv department storo yesterday morning
to purrhnse some furnituro for her sum
mer home nt the seashore. Whilo she
was downtown a truck drove up to her
home and the house was stripped of all
the furniture.
Several neighbors who knew of Mr
Mangold's plant) became suspicious nnd
notified police. When Rooney and
O'Hnra nrrivcu ni um nousn mov found
Mrs. Gordon, they sny, directing tho
mo IrjK men nm! tMT cnlKl't a glimpse
of McKay running through tho rear of
tlis house, making his getaway Iq an
nutomobllo.
REBECCA MEYEROW1TZ
College Life Is "Great, ' '
Girl Workers Assert
Bryn Mawr Establishes "Milk Line" to Build
Up Toilers Who Are Making First Tour
Into Higher Education Realms
Bryn Mnwr hns n milk line, a
klmonn-clnd milk line!"
Evcrv night nt 0:45 it winds down
the stairs at Denbigh Hall.
If jour ears arc keen you can hear
the milk Hue. When it gets to tho
bottom of the stnirs the spritcllke fig
ures that mnkc it up burst lto song.
BV arc tho underweight
A'ccr mom nnd night
Down tec iodic for a glna of milk
So very pure and tehltc.
BV frnoie ire arc but thadows nolo
Walt a while; you'll sea
Until rah! tit.' boomahl
Great bio husky girh xcc'll be.
Just girls, twenty of 'em. sentenced
to drink n glass of inllk In the morning
and nnother one at night, because they
are under weight.
The girls arc students nt Bryn
Main's famous summer 'school for In
dustrial workers. They aro among the
eighty-three chosen from fields of lnbor
in all parts of the country to go to
college for eight weeks nnd blaze a trail
in educational work in labor groups.
t "College" opened June 1". It wns
Magistrate Lots Quintet Make
'Home Run' After Opposing
'Tertm' Quits
DECISION NOT DISPUTED
Five Phllly ball plnjers made a
modest debut in Central Police Station
today.
So modest were they in the' august
presence of tho Inw that they demurely
hid their faces with their hats, spiked
the bucket considerably nnd vlolntcd
all tho rules of etiquette presorltipil by
common usage for ball plajers ln public
places.
Although it wns 10:10 when they
were arraigned before Magistrate Car
son, tho live dcfcndnirts, who form the
first line offonshe of Wild Bill Dnno
inn'a National League Club, weie in
the corridor outside the Police Court
us early as 0 o'clock.
Save for their athletic ticures. one
pnir of white socks and one wad of
ehewing gum, bndly overworked, the
ball plajers looked like onbody ee
in a crowd ns tliey awaited tlicir inning.
Well, Are They?
And when they were asked If they
wrn ball nlavers. the nuiiitct paradox
ically shook their heads. Donovan, the
unturned, was iicnien live times.
Bj their lack of silk shirts, red ties
iuu! swaggering demeanor, the denied
lilm.
In case any one doesn't know, the
five plajers, from loft to right rather
ine iivu wwiiurn iii uir miu nuio, nwu,
left to right were Jimmy Smith, sic
ond baseman; Frank Bruggy, catcher;
Clifford Lee, first baseman ; Joseph
Rnpp, third baseman, and Fied Wil
liams, center fielder.
Officially, Smith wns charged with
neunnU nnd bntterv. ami the others with
disorderly conduct. But the records of
Central Station will reveal to posieiuy
tl.nt Smith was charged with btriklng
one Morris Sinister, of 545 1 Locust
btreet. right plumb "in the bargain."
Was Soaked "In tho Bargain"
It was an Impregnable spot unknown
to Hie fight fnns ln and near Central
Station.
"You sny lie lilt you In the bargain
jimt what part of thp anatomy is that?"
uskril Magistrate Carson gravely
For those planning to attend tho
Contlnurd on Pnite Two, Column Four
SEE THE SNOWBALL FIGHT?
5 NOISY PHILLIES
WIN COURT 'GAME
It Took Place Here Today and
Wasn't a Movie Hoax, Either
There was snow real snow a foot
deep on. Delaware avenue today, and
old St. Switliin hnd nothing whatever
to do with It.
AVhat's more, the kids came nut and
plajed In it, making snowballs and
pelting each other.
Tho snow did not come to visit Phil
adelphia as It is in the habit of doliM
In tho wintertime. It begun its
journey southward in that mnnner, fall
ing in white drifts thut piled nnd
glistened ns tho wind swept them in far
distant Cnnndn. It finished its jounipy
by fast freight, down to Delnwote ave
nue. In a word, up in tho fnstnesses of
tho North a week or so ago, a big re
frigerator cur was shoveled full of unow
to keep tho cargo of beef hldca fresh
and frozon,
. When tho trip ended It was shoveled
out that's wlyw the kids came iu,
J?
tho first time in the history of the
country thnt a college and all its prlvl
leges had been turned over to girls
who hnd never before hnd the advan
tages of higher education.
Un thnt day there flocked to the Bryn
Mawr campus telephone operators, girls
who worked in laundries, on garments,
In the. textile trades, in the steel in
dustries nnd in various similar fields.
Most of them had left school in their
enrly teens, but some of them even be
fore that. They represented nil nation
alities, and .they came to stav eight
weeks to study literature, English com
position and political nnd social science
to their henrts'-contont.
The cjes of the entire educational
world have been on Bryn Mnwr since,
because of the uniqueness of the ex
periment. A visit to the college now shows that
the girls, more or less under the educa
tional mtcroKcnpe, arc entirely without
self -consciousness.
"How do we like college life?" they
say. "Why. It's 'just great!" f
it was Kllmbcth McNalr. eighteen,
Continued on Vnee Two, Column One
Noted Baseball Flayer and
Manager Disappears on New
York-Boston Trip
FORMER PILOT OF PHILS
An Associated Prcs dispatch from
Boston says the probable Miloidc of
Arthur Irwin, old-time baseball player
and former lnnnngrr of thp Phillies,
Cincinnati Reds nnd New York Giants,
was reported by the officers of tho Met
lopolltnn Lino steamer Calvin Austin,
when the vessel docked nt Boston today.
Irwin, who hail been under trentinenl
rccntly for nn illness of long standing
wiis a passenger from New York last
niKiii. no coma not no round wneii ine
boat reached Boston. His baggage and
some of his clothing wns found in Ills
stateroom. Irwin was with a party
of friends nbonrd the Hteamer. Mem
bers of the pnrty said toihtj lie was de
pressed when he left them before mid-
nlpllK
Irwin was sixty-three yenrs old nnjl
u native of Toronto, Out. Ho grew up
to baseball proficiency on the mud lots
in niiiiui iMiruiii nun jiuijeii wiin tenuis
at Worcester, Providence, Philadelphia
and Washington before retiring ns u
member of tho Boston Plnvers' League
Club, for which he was shortstop when
't wn tho chuiiipionship pennant of
loIO
Becomes Manager
He became manager of the Cinriniinti
Reds within, a jear or twoandin sub
sequent years managed the Washing
ton. Philadelphia and New York Clubs
until ho bought the Toronto Club of
the Lnstern League, to establish himself
in the native city.
In later jears Irwin was manager
of neveral Eastern' League clubs, In
cluding Rochester nnd Toronto, and
wrnt to Knnsns City in 1005.
He returned to the mnjor leagues ns
scout for tho New York Americans
nbout ten jenrs ago, hod been smut of
several other clubs, und this vear wns
malinger of the Hartford Club of the
Lnstern League until illness forced re
tirement. Joined. Tlills In NlSfl
, II?.,B,,.n,rtci! IllH bi5 league career with
the Phillies iu ISSIt. plnying on the old
grounds ut Twenty-third street and
Ridge avenue, when the fans had to
travel to tho park in cable cars. Tho
following yenr the club moved to Its
present locntiou with Irwin as captain
of tho team. In 1804 nnd ISOS he wns
manager of the Phils and produced two
gooq teams.
0 KW,(.J,!Van manager of the White
'nil ? ., Dnnova"' of tl10 Phillies:
liber r Robinson, of the Brooklyn
rr,ft"! ' li"!"? D,.,ffy. ot th" Red Sox ;
(J"r. f,fflt". vice president of the
Washington team nnd former manngcr
of tho Senators, nnd George Stnllings.
formerly of tho Braves and now of
Rochester, aro somo of the big league
figures in baseball who have worked
"u. wl" ,n hls managerial "pa-
illU Donovan, mnnoger of the Flill
lies, s1io learned tho lessons thnt innde
hint a star pitcher In baseball under Ir
win, said .'
"Ho was one of the finest managers
1 evir worked under. Alvvnjs ready to
teach something to a yniinS(,fer, ho
would spend hours after the game was
over correcting faults. Baseball lot,cs
SiS h Uuo7'h rC1,rt f h,B be,n.
ARTHUR IRWIN IS
LOST FROM BOAT
Dunbar, Local Secretary to Sen
ator, Denies Using Political
"Pull" in Private Busino33
ADMITS WRITING FEDERAL
AND CITY RISKS HERE
Seet. juicy plums In tho form of
surety Iioih ft.,. nrc .lrminlni- Into the
hands of Samuel Dunbar, local score- J
iury to Senator Penrose and special
agent of the Actnn Cosualty and Surety
Co.
Mr. Dunbar admits that he is in the
bonding business nnd thnt he has
bonded municipal and Federal employes
l aiiiniintH running up to many thou
sands of dollars. Senator Penrose knows
nothing of that side of his activities, he
admitted further.
Complaints were mndo here bv repre
sentatives of other surety companies
that Dunbar was cutting the ground
from under their feet becnuso of his
connection with the senior Pennsyl
vania Senator. The fact that ho Is one
of the Senator h secretaries, the com
plainants say, has n more or less subtle
effect on persons canvassed" for business,
I iftcen per rent is the ifsunl fee paid
surety agents, based on the premium of
tho bond written. Business competitors,
who sny Dunbar has an advantage over
them In no wny derived from business
conditions, nllege that the Senator's
secretary receives a 'Si per cent fee
from tho Aetna rompiinv. a recognition
of his strntegle position ns a bond gath
erer". Denies Islng Ills "Pull"
While admitting his bonding Activi
ties, Dunbar said emphatically today
that he has never made use of his po
sition with the Senator to drum up
business.
Mr. Dunbar, in his capacity as special
agent of the Aetna Co.. has desk room
at 712 Wtilcm-r Building. His name is
on the door of the office, with those of
Robert C. Hicks nnd Thomas U. Schock,
superintendent.
Inqulrj at. the Wldener Building de
veloped that there is no particular time
nt which Mr. Dunbar can ho sppii there.
A girl clerk said ho wns "in nnd out"
nt various times. He could bo seen, she
added, nt Room 005 in the Commercial
Trust Building. That is Senator Pen
rose s ntnee.
The Senator's serretnry was found a
short tlmo later In Penrose's office. He
vvos asked if he was iu the bonding
business.
"I nm." ho replied. "It is a legit
imate business and I am not using my
connection with Senator Penrose to get
any business."
Unknown to Senator
"Docs Senator Penrose know this?"
"Mr docs not." Mr Dunbnr replied.
"I did not think it necessary to In
form the Senator, because my bonding
work Is done outside office in urs heie "
The Senator'- soi rotary then showed
his card which bore his niiinc, the Wld
ener Building nddres and a statement
that hn was a special agent of the Aetna
Co, ''in was nothing on the card, ho
Contlnurd on rote Two, Column Hrvrn
QUEEN VICTORIA OF SWEDEN UNDERGOES OPERATION
LONDON, July 16. Queen Victoria of Sweden, who it wns
recently announced hnd suffered a recurrence of her cr trouble,
underwent an 'operation yesterday, says a Stockholm message to
the Exchange Telegraph Company. Tho operation, ndds the
dispatch, is reported to have heen successful.
BANDITS ROB WISCONSIN BANK OF $27000
GREEN BAY, WIS., July 1C Three bandits robbed the State
Bank of Wabeno, escaping with $5000 and $22,000 in Libeity
Bonds. The bandits locked Cashier Roswell Richard and Assistant
Cashier Myrtle Gratton in the bank vault. They were released
half an hour later.
HOME FROM COMMAND OF U. S. TROOPS IN CHINA
SAN TRANCISCO, July 16. Colonel M. W. Morrow, former
commander of the American forces in Chlnn, arrived in San Fran
cisco today on his wny to Washington. Ho wns succeeded as
head of the American forces, with headquarters at Tientsin by
Colonel W. F. Mnrtin.
DRY CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS FILLS PAPERS
IIARRISBURG, July 16. A nomination ceitiflcate was'f.ltl
today for Dr. B. E. P. Prugh, Westmoreland County, as the pro
hibition candidate for Congress nt largo to fill the Garland
vacancy. Dr. Prugh is tho Prohibition State Chairman and is the
second kind to bo named for tho special election to be held at the
time of the September primary.
WILL FIGHT FOR FREIGHT RATES CUT ON GRAIN
WASHINGTON, July 16. A conference ot representatives of
railroad commissions of all States west of tho Mississippi has,
been called by John E. Benton, general counsel for tho commis
sions, to bo held in Chicago July 20. Plans for a fight before
tho Interstate Commerce Commission for freight rate reductions on
grain nnd hay will be discussed, It was announced. Hearings on
the case wllL begin here August 15 before Commissioner Lewis.
s. '
t '
EVA CATHERINE KABKK
She was convicted of murder -in the
first degree with a recommenda
tion to clemency jit Cleveland to
day. The verdict carries, n penalty
of Ufa Imprisonment. Stio was
tried for causing the death of her
husband
Assurance That Powers Will Fix
Scope of Conference Should
Avert Refusal
HAS 'AN INNOCENT ASPECT
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
fltnn" CnrrmnonnVnt, Kvenlnc Pnbllr Iditer
Copyright, 1911, by Public Ltdaer Co,
Washington. July 10. By informing
Jnpnn thnt tho subieets in detail of,
the International conference on the Fnri
East and on disarmament would bel
fixed, not bj the Fnltcd States; but
by tho members of tho conference itself, i
the Administration. It Is believed here,
hns removed tho last obstae'o to Jnpnn'sj
full entrance Into the conferpnre. j
Tn effect Mr. Hughes hns told thoj
Mikado's Government that Japan would
have as much to sny about the scope I
of the conference ns would the rnitcd
Stntes. If Japan has more friends
In the conference than the United I
Stntes, Japan will sny what may nmlj
may not bo discussed in it.
If thp Administration had attempted i
to lay down tnc ngenun tor tlie con
ference, Japan might reasonably hove
said thut this countrv was arrogating
too much power to Itself und might
have declined tn participate. But all
that this country proposes Is that the
great Powers interested In the Pacific
get together nnd reach a better mutual
understanding thnt will promote peace.
Difficult tn Refuse
Presented in this light, the conference
hns for Japan a most innocent aspect.
It is difficult to refuse a meeting which
four other great Powers desire and
Continued on I'ncc Four, Column To
HARDING REMOVES
TOKIO OBJECTIONS
0
Woman, in Stupor, Carried
From Cell Into Courtroom
to Hear Verdict '
NO HOPE FOR PARDON
UNDER LAW OF OHIO
By the Associated Press
Clevelind, July 1(1. Mrs. Eva Cath
erine Knber today was found guilty of
murder in the first degree, but with R
recommendation of mercy, by the jury
which tried her on n chnrgc of plotting
the killing of her husband, Daniel F.
Ka ber.
Mrs. Knber wns sentenced nt once to
life Imprisonment in the Ohio Reforma
tory for Women nt Mnrysvlllc. Under
the Ohio law there Is no hope for pardon
under such n verdict. She Is the first
woman in Cujnhogn County to be con
victed of first-degree murder.
Before the jury reported officially to
the court, Judge Maurice Bcrnon an
nounced the decision to Francis W.
Poulson. Mrs. Ka tier's personnl coun
sel, so thnt he might intnrin Mrs. Knber
in hope thnt she would rvlvc sufficiently
from a stupor to be brought Into court
to hear the official announcement. Sbo
bad been in a stupor all morning.
Sntlsflcil With Verdict
William J. Corrigan. Mrs. Knber's
eouns'l. snld he was well satisfied with
the verdict. The same expression was
mndo by County Prosecutor Edward O.
Stanton, and by Marian McArdlc, Mrs.
Knl.fr k daughter, who was with her
mother when she told of tho verdict.
A hen Informed by Mr. Poulson of
the verdict Mrs KnScr merely nodded
her head, ho said, showing no' sign of
i motion. He told her that unless she
WPIlt tn llin nmirt nn, ...1. . ..... l
....... ........ v..,.. i, ,,,,. uiiiiij ,,, irwcive
the verdict and bo sentenced, she would
hnyc to go Mondnj, and nsked her if
she could co. Sh; i-znln nodded her
head, he snld.
The jury look only three ballots, it
was nnld. the first two being nine for
mercy and thrco for first-degree murder
without mercy. Before bnllotlng tho
jury had discarded the insanity plea.
Mr. Poulson wild he would not appeal
the case.
Tho jury announced thnt it wns
ready to report n verdict at 8:4." this
morning aficr having deliberated, in all,
four hours. Mrs. Knber. according to
her counsel, aid she understood what
the verdict wns and she wns carried
inio ine courtroom at BMHtl o clock.
The jury had not then been brought in.
The jury wns brought iu n tiv min
utcH later and mnde official report of
the verdict. Mrs. Knber. who was lylnj
limp in the arms of a Deputy Sheriff,
wns asked if she hod anything to say.
She nicrelj shook her head, indicating
thnt ho bud not. Judge Bernoii then
pronouiued sentence. .Mrs. Knber was
carried back to her tell in the jnil.
Mrs. Knber was said by her at
torneys to Imvo been vlrtitallv uncon
scious last night while tho jurv was
trj Ing to reach u verdict. She hnil been
carried from the courtroom und had
not cntcn during the day.
Crime Committed Two Years Ago
Bj n singular coincidence tho jury
began balloting just two years, the third
Iriilay in .lul.v. from the time Mr.
Kalier was stabbed to death bv assas
sins alleged to have been hired by Mr
Knber
Though Mrs. Kuber was suspected of
being Implicated iu her tiusbnnd's death
nt the time, insufficient evidence was
found thin by officials on which to
formnllj chnrgp her with tho crime,
lor two j ears Muses Kaber. the aged
father of the murdered mnu. doggedly
kept working on the mystery with the
nid of private detectives. Suspicion in
the menntime kept pointing stronger
nnd stronger toward Mrs. Kaber.
Finnll.v a brother of Mrs. Kalxr wai
brought in us a ruse, and nor mother.
Mis. Mniy Brickcl, who was suspected
if knowing n urli about the murder,
was Jed to believe that the son was to
ho charged with the eiinie. Tin russ
worked ns it had been planned. Mrs.
Blickel. t save the son, is alleged to)
have eonfosvod. implicating her daugh
ter. .Mrs. Knber; Miss Marian Mc-
Ardlc. dnnyhter of Mrs. K.Uici , herself
end others.
Events then followed f.ict. The
grandmother, dim-rliier and grand
daughter were indicted for first degree
murder. Sirs. Erminia. Coluvlto, mid
wife nurse ; Salt more t'nl.i and Vit
turio Pissclii also were indii tod, the
latter two being charged with ths
actual murder. All are nwiiiting trial
excepting Pissclli. who hns not been
apprehended
pHECK DRAWER CHECKED
Strange Bank Teller Didn't Know
Habits of Eccentric
William B M. Conklin, of Mnscher
street near Thompson, offered a strango
teller at the Glrard Trust (Vi., Broad
and Chestnut streets, a check for$15
draw n to his own order.
Tho teller found Conklin had nn ac
count there, and hurriedly telephoned
the police. Detective Oscar Brown nr
rested Conklin nnd took htm to City
(Hnll, where Dr. John Egan examined
him and suld he would be sent to the
Philadelphia Hospital after his relatives
had boon consulted.
Numerous check books, on different
banks, were found In Conklin's clothes.
The pollre sny ho would frequently drop
Into banks and offer his personal check,
drawn to his own order, for $1,000,000
or so. Tho tellers all knew Mm, and
would smilingly sny thero wasn't that
much money In bank at present, but
thev would send It by mall when col
lections Improved. Thereupon, the po
lice sny, Conklin would depart smiling
and altogether content.
TROLLEY HITS CHILD
Gloucester Boy Has Narrow Etcaptf
From Being Crushed to Deah
Charles Hughes, four yenrs old, of
232 Bergen street, Gloucester, narrowly
escaped death today when he ran in
front of n trolley car and was knocked
down. Only tho prompt action of th
mntormnii in stopping the car saved the
child from being crushed.
Tho child wn cnrrlcd home to his
mother and later to the Cooper Htm.
pltal, where It was found helwn wmt
fering from' Internal iHjurlw '". r
and bruises. ft
h
,m
-111
vf B
.!
II
m
ft
in
rJ
m
IE
1
'
lUfc
1
'M
j
M
'rf-V.).
"4 "!" ''"
i
J&VViSfT.V.Y; 'HiliVi-. '- ""' i!!JJit!2M
iiASI&fo.llrf , . rsJL
i ..f.j ...& y.fciij&w.'vjw
M
. A'st&aM & jjjjfr &, ,' f.,,.