V '! ..-vf - 'pftJ-' LEHRMAN SENDS WITNESS FUNDS i . Miss Rappe's Fianco Aids Mrs. Dolmont Pay San Fran cisco Hotel Bill TELLS GIRL'S EARLY LIFE New Tori. Sept. 15. Henry I-ehr-Mb, fiance of Miss Virginia Roppc, graphed $1G0 yesterday to Mrs. B. Dctaont, who swore to the murder .harge against Roscoc ("ratty") Ar Ibuckle, following Miss Happe's death. Ltbrman said: T never met Mrs. Delmont. When ! tead that she had no funds to pay to hotel bill I wanted to he p her. ' ''She must bo a woman of dctcrml niUon and with n sense of justice Sho could get plenty of money by changing Ytr testimony. , . . "This cnoo must mako a certain clique tremble in their boots. They want to prevent an example being made of Arbuckle. They fear if he is pun Istacd they canont avoid exposure and "in. Teople mustn't forget that Ar luckle is n valuable amusement prop- ri e the propaganda ;ln favor of Arbuckle is taking the form of at tacks on tho reputation of Miss Rappe. The attempt to murder her good nnme through the mouths of purchased wit- jimscs is a more contemptible crime than Arbuckle's. Mls Rappe vat rTcr ill a day in her life. She never -quarreled with me. "I received a visit yesterday f'om 1 womin I never saw before. Hhe declared sho was a friend of M1& Happe's, and then told me a number of things about Miss Happe's con duct since I had left the coast. "She said among other things that It was too bad Viiginln, had been ilrlnking so heavily since I left. I told her I understood her motive and dismissed her. There is no doubt she was sent to me bv Arhucklc's friends for the purpose of weakening my de termination to sec justice done. "Jet me say now thnt nothing of this sort will Influence me. 1 knew Virginia well. 1 know Arbucklo. I know how sho felt toward him. She loathed him. I know she died be cause she fought off his brutal ad vances. Everything that I have or am Is dedicated to the cause of justice in this case." Chicago, Sept. 15. The story of the .rly llfo in Chicago of Virginia Rnppc, beautiful and talented motion-picture actress, alleged victim of Roscoc "Fatty" Arbuckle was told for the first time yesterday by Commodore Matthew J. Steffens, veteran Chicago photographer. Commodore Steffens said the name should bo spelled "Rapp." Virginia added tho final "e" when she went Into the movies, he says, asserting that it was he who first introduced her to the screen. "I remember the mother of Virginia Tery well," Commodore StpfTens said. "I remember Virginia as a little girl playing around here. The mother died about twenty years ago, when Virginia was only a small child. "Virginia had a beautiful figure and face and a smile for everybody. After lift- mother's death she lived with her irandmothcr. "I put Virginia into the movies by giving her a letter to Willlam'N. Scllg, and she went out to Los Angeles. That was six years ago. T always thought bbji was n girl who could tnke ctre of herself under almost any cir cumstances. "Virginia, like her mother, was al ways a good girl." Arbuckle Charge Decided on Today Ontlnopd from Pnici One the case against Roscoo ( Fatty j Ar buckle "most vigorously." Biady's telegram, in answer to one from Mayor Hodgson urging him to "fight this case to a finish," follows: "Your telccrnm renewed. Assure, von and good people of St. Paul that, in spite of Arbucklo's money nnd influence, thu M6e will be prosecuted most vigorously. Impend upon me to do my full duty ns District Attorney to thwart any at tempt to defent justice." Dry Ofllclals Act Arbuckle will be prosecuted as a violator of the Volstead Prohibition En forcement Act if evidence now being gathered shows that lie transported ab much as "one drop of intoxicating liquor'' from Los Angeles to San Fran cisco for his party on Labor Day, llobert II. McCorraack. special assistant io the I'nlted States Attorney General, announced here today. MrCormacI: an nounced that he had sent Prohibition Director E. Forrest Mitchell to Los Angeles to investigate. Federal authorities nre conducting nn investigation into the source of the liquor supplv alleged to have been used t Arbuckle's suite. Two empty whiskv bottles nre ullcged by authorities to bnc Jn recovered from a waste basket in tie Arbuckle rooms. The verdict of the Coroner's iurv in part was ns follows: 'We find thnt snid Vircinln llnntw crime to her death from peritonitis caused by a rupture .of the bladder. 61(1 rupture was cuused by the appli cation of bomc force which, from the evidence submitted, we believe wos np Plled by one Roscoo Arbuckle. nnd tho undersigned Jurors therefore charge tho ma Itoscoe Arbuckle with the crime "manslaughter. m.i . .' iury' 'Pconiinond that the district Attorney of the city and 0nUnntymf8nnFl,nnciBCO' ronjunc to'"''!? Ginml Jur'- ' Chlcf f m.i ?ml tlle le'leral prohibition ofll r ' 8tcps t0 Prevent a rccur Ifcw .i .nffalra 8i'niIlu lo u, 00 " I!i ii I a youn.B woran lost her life, n .i nX Snn ITi'iielsco shall not be made tho rendezvous of the debauchee ai"J gangster." I11lb"t the findings of the Coroner's ami ?cre,P scd in much more, 'direct nJ2riCe,fl,1.ln,nUl,K '""' had been wf . Apb''H array of coun- Bri.n.nPlnln,y. mn,nlt. Only Charles "rennan. of elm .l,.f,.M.. i"i ...... a. present when the verdict " wia read lie r,tw C S h,nhty CW' w'tll which nomi""'1 "K o present to Frank torne". a,'0tllPl o tne uctor's at' Comedian Shows Siraiu hen!? l,CIB.ny Miowcd signs of buoLV n,l if waf,1,,S l" had been lmrnt ie ' ,Hy M "'rncys. Tho com iirformMU,mpf.rtnnS of tlu Mwtc-m-u im, l" ve?,,ct of n Coroner'B jury whL.iLT-scd u',0ll ,,ls '"''"I. Vet loom h. iS.ry1"'n f,lc1,,n' tho Inqurat "hH. Lle?"c'1 for-rd nervously, and l)r t i (,,oe,,'"e't was being reiul by "asanS U" Coroncr' a'Hls name Miss llaiZ nd as ca,w"ln,8 tho deat'' ' ftVrvouslv n le,t'om5u,l',n HP" twitched SSVkne'n.niShfuU!fttC0tOOkOnn fanister ?m w?rd" "Jebaucheo and Kckli L- i .ri"8nB in hu en Ar- TwlJonllf,iibnck t0,hl.9 ce Jn e A ?,VJL by 1,,ls BU,ml ' detectives, Mttlu fartWi?1 a m'nority verdict t"f forth that from the evidence he was unablo to determine who wn re sponsible for tho application of force which caused tho girl's death. Threatened io Throw Her. Out The minds o fthe Grand Jury and tiproner'a Jury were made up against mm chiefly by evidence furnished by iw, .i thc women who were present, Mies Zoy Trevost and Miss Alice Blake, -ihcso were tho witnesses who had given rise to District Attorney Brady's charges yesterday that attempts had been mado to tamper with witnesses. Miss Prevost, whose real name is Sadie llciss, had, before tho Grand Jury, chnnged tho statements she had made to tho authorities. Miss Blako, a mem ber of a woll-to-do family, had dlsap pearcd for a time to avoid publicity. Both later, however, backed up in many details the story told by Mrs. Bambino Maud Delmont and furnished some added details of the attitude of Arbuckle after ho had opened the door of his bedroom and Miss Roppe had been found in agony. They agreed he was "eore" and threatened to throw her out the twelfth-story 'window if she did not stop screaming. Ho also threatened to throw himself out. District Attorney Brndy stuck to the contention that the most vital port of nil testimony given by tho women who entered Arbuckle's room immediately after the alleged assault is their state ment that Miss Rappe, in Arbucklc'c hearing, moaned, "I am dying; he hurt me." The day's proceedings, like those of Monday and Tuesday, were punctuated with much talk of underhand influencos and suggestions of bribery and per jury. Miss Prevost, it was stated, dcclnrcd in a signed statement, which sho certified before the Grand Jury, that sho had been approached by per sons who told her to "keep her mouth shut." This followed a quizzing in which she is said to have first admitted and then denied that such a suggestion had been mado to her. "People will como to you and tell you to keep your mouth shut." Police Coptoin Mathcson is said to have remarked. "They have already," Miss Prevost is said to have responded. Asked who had spoken to her along these lines, she replied, "I don't know." When asked, "Well, somebody did, didn't they?'' sho hesitated, nnd showed considerable embarrassment. "No." sho finally declared. Dr. Ophuls, who was a party to the unofficial autopsy upon the deceased woman, yesterday reiterated he could not determine whether the injury which resulted in Miss Happe's denth had been caused by the use of force or whether it had been of spontaneous origin. Tho evidence which Miss Blake and Miss Prevost gave to the Grand Jury formed n tale of wild debauchery, liquor and death. Room "Filled" With Liquor Miss Blake said that upon arriving at tho Arbucklo suite In the Hotel St. brands with Miss Prevost she found a room filled with gin, whisky and wine. There were four or five men beside Arbuckle in nnd about the place, she said, and thero wos considerable drinking. "I cannot say whether Virginia Rnppo was dragged out of the room by Arbuckle or whether she went volun tarily," Miss Blake declared when questioned upon what is bound to re main one of the most important points of controversy. She told how she remained in thc room witit other members of thc party until the door to Arbuckle's room was opened and she followed Mrs. Delmont in. "Virginia Rnppc lay on the bed," she testified. "She v,ns moaning: 'I am i dying. I am dying. He hurt me. Arbucklo hurt me.' Threatened Miss Rappe "Arbuckle was there and heard her say it, but he did not deny If. In stead he said, "Shut up, you are crnzv. If you keep on making thnt noise I'll uirow you out or tne window." , She said the comedian then talked of jumping from the window himself. His suit wns on the twelfth floor. "What Is in life after nil?" she quoted him ns saying. She said he ottered to leap out if f,ome one would leap with him. "Really, it did sound funny," she remarked. "We were ail sitting bv the window. He said, "I will jump out of the window with any one who wants to jump out.' " "Did any one volunteer to go with him?" she was asked. "No. nobody did," she replied. "We all looked at him. He said something like this: 'If I would jump out of tho twelfth -story window they would all talk about me today, and tomorrow they would go to see the ball game. So what is in life, after nil?" Miss BInke snid that at the party which preceded the tragedy another actor made improper advances to her and Mis Prevost. Both Tell Same Story Miss Provost's story of the occur rences of thc evening, ns sho gave it jestcrday. was virtually the same as Miss Blake's. Describing Arbuckle's actions wnen tue party entered bis bed room nnd found Miss Rnppe in agony, she said: "He wns very sore, and I said: 'What are you sore about?' He said, 'Oh, if she makes one more yell I will take her nnd throw her out the window.' " "Was he intoxicated?" Miss Pre vost was asked. "He was intoxicated," she said. "He had been tnlklng about jumping out of tho twelfth story window, say ing, 'What is life after all?' When Miss Rnppc started to tear at her clothes Arbuckle en me over nnd be gan to pull at her clothes too, and I shoved his hands away, telling him she was sisck. 'Oh, she's only shamming, he said." Tells of Autopsy Miss Grace Hnlston, nurse nt the sanitarium where Miss Rappe died, re peated her htory of her conversations with the girl nnd described tho unoffi cial autopsy performed at the sani tarium. Dlhcusslng tho conflicting charges linnglng over the film actor's head, and tho question of whether he was to be tried for murder or manslaughter, the District Attorney said last night: "The matter will be decided between now and Friday morning when Ar liiicklo will be given a preliminary hear. lug on the murder charge on tho war- rnut sworn to by Miss Delmont. If the murder charge is dismissed and Ar buckli' is nrrolgntd for manslaughter, he will be eligible for ball. If we de cide to bring him to trial on the mur der charge he will not be released on bnil. Return of thc manslaughter in dictment is Indicative of the opinion of thc jury that the evidence is sufficient to warrant the belief that Arbuckle oaused the death of Miss Rappe." ' Hetty Campbell Located Betty Campbell, referred to ar one of the "missing lliikh" jn the case, was iocnted by the police yesterday anil questioned nt tho Hall of Justice by tho DUtrict Attorney. Her tcstlmonj is said to deal mainly with nn aliened nttempt by another memler of the party to attach: her. The Club Women's Vlgilaute Commit teo, which hni. been moused by stories of tho Arbuckle orgy, went on record uh demanding vigorous prosecution of the comedian upon a chnrgo of mur der. Arhnckle learned of the munslnughter indictment from .Albert Marilu, bin rnllmnte. AskcdlUatcr what comment cdllatc r Arbuckle nude, wwrtln replied, "He is 4t EVENING' PUBLIC) IMDaEBr-THItiAJDELPmA, THUBSp&Y, ILL-FATED MOVIE my friend. Ho is not talking uciincr am I." Word wns received from Los Angele that Raymond Gould, nn Interior dec orator, had attacked all of 'Fatty' Ar bucklo's real estate in that city in a suit which he has filed for $11 ,400 al leged to bo due for work, labor nnd services upon the comedian's property. Another attachment was filed in Los Angclca on Monday in a cult for S65O0 against the comedian resulting from nn unpnid furniture bill. District Attorney Matthew Brndy said lato yesterday that Miss Alice Blake and Miss Zeh Prevost, witnesses in thc Arbucklo case had consented to bo plnced in tho care of n policewoman at their own request. He said they had decided upon this plan to prevent any chance of possible intlmldntlon. Calls Point Breeze Plant Antiquated Contlnntd from Face Ons name nppeared on tho list of the miss ing. Kelly's body was on top of the still, which was partially destroyed by fire. James O. Kerlin. 1420 Edgcwood street, nnd Jnmcs Kerlin, with whom Kelly lived, both brothers-in-law of the dead mnn, were among the first visitors to tho Morgue last night. They were confident of their ability to identify him by menns of n cold tooth. They failed to find any of the bodies with the proper arrangement of teeth nnd were convinced that Kelly's body was still at thc scene of the explosion. They went to Point Brcezo nnd were informed by company officials that there was no doubt thnt all the bodies hnd been removed. Convinced, they decided to come to thc Morgue again this morn ing. After another look at the bodies as they were leaving, convinced thnt Kelly was not among them, n police patrol arrived. It was announced they had nnothcr body on board which hod been ...! ... !. -.111 1..-1. .1 L iiiuuu uii lui' miii it Bitun uiuu ueiurc. The Kerlins identified it ns Kelly. Thc wife nnd mother of A. Fife, one I of thc men on the original missing list, came to thc Morgue this morning and attempted to identify him by the means of a ring they knew ho hod been wear ing. As many of tho bodies hod hands burned off this was impossible, and then tboy went to St. Agnes' Hospital, whero they found him late this morn ing nmopg the bodies there.. The ring means of Identification failed in the case of Lynford Bergey, C022 Woodland avenue. His father, Harry BJ-Bky unt rr&i ijmRmk &K$ &$$$& rf'wlm IlilBjIHHKi mm- Him a i , am &mjte?P2?&tf msmmeigs The Proposed Tariff Means The proposed Fordney Tariff Bill provides that you will have to pay more on French Kid Gloves because the im port duty will be greatly in creased. With the demand for a more extensive glove wardrobe re quired by thc variety of the sleeve fashions, the prospect of a tariff increase should suggest to every woman, the wisdom of providing now for future needs. Our present low prices will prevail until the adoption of thc proposed increased tariff. Our Fielder glove described at the right, is f.60. The proposed Fordney Bill will advance the price to 5.50, STAR AND FIANCE and -.H -Wffc...'' ,.'''' ifcV &&' '' ?&'. Mmmjmjmmm ' I (o) Underwood A Underwood Another photograph of Miss Vir ginia Rappe, whose denth followed n riotous party in "Fatty" Ar buckle's hotel room. Tho man is Henry A. Lehrmnn, her fiance, a director who is now working on a comedy "Lovo Is an Awful Thing" E. Bergey, came from Perkins, Pa., this morning with a brother. Raymond, who lives at the Y. M. C. A. Identification of W. J. Hill was confirmed this 'norning when his broth er, Alexander Hill, 521.1 South Tucnty fourth street, went to the Morgue. One of tho saddest cases wus thnt of Albert II. Brown, of 2227 East Chad wick street, whoso body wns Identified with reasonable certainty by his two sons. Mr. Brown, who was fifty-seven yenrs old, was n rigger working on tho stills. It is thought thnt he was on the still thnt blow up. His wife Is critically ill in St. Agues' Hospital pre paring to undergo an operation. Her life depends upon her being kept in ab solute ignorance of her husband's fate. One of Mr. Brown's sons. Harry, Is a flremnn stationed nt the Eighth and Norrls streets fircliou.se. His company responded to the alarm at Point Breeze. It wns not until several hours after he had finished his bnttlo with the flames that he learned that his father was among those killed. The first hodv in he iilentlfiivl -oJto the gates of the plant. Thnv of. thnt of Motius Glccbla, of 2448 Win- ! ion sireei. jus wile, accompanied by her brother, identified the body by a deep scar on his forehond. Tho dead mnn was about thirty years old and has three children. Gleebla wns one of four men working on the ill-fated ntiil. Of the four, only ono. Joseph AdnowsM, escnpea serious injury, tieoree uaubis. r. ai;. "A" ":", i"ii": """.?K "". . oi iiout uiwureu street, nnocner or the qunrtct. died In the St. Agnes Hospl- tai, anu tne rourtn, unris taunllis, fifty-seven years old, of 2811 Cantrell street, Is reported to be critically in jured. Saving to Send for Family Martin Wodroski, of 1804 South Thirty-sixth street, wnB tho fourth vic tim to be identified at tbo morgue last The Vogue of Black &White For the ousweep of the vogue of black and white, Centemeri is prepared. In addition to the full range of colors, are all-black, all white, black and white, white and black, in dozens of stunning styles Represented exquisitely by the Fielder glove in black relieved by white stitchin and white gore, white pearl ciasp ana wluto crochet embroidery also all-black or all-white and 13 fashion able colore. i j 4tp Philadelphia Netv York 'OU Grenoble, France night. The Identification wa made by nls nrotner, micnnei. Tt7,iwi.M nmn tn iii i-onntTv four teen years ago from Poland. He had not been here long before he had Bayed enough money to send for his wife. Tho couple lived happily here with their two cntiaren until six years w, I.. wa.V tiarama ffflren. Aim. Wod- roskl returned to Poland, Shortly niter she bad lert, tne nusDana oDtninea worn . Tnlnf Ttreern nrwl nlnCR then Ills Sav ings were accumulating rapidly. He was counting on sending for his small family in tne near iuiure. Horriblo as the toll of dead, the financial loss to the company Is com paratively trifling. Lute iaot night Ld wln R. Cox, treasurer of the company and a City Councilman, snid it prob ably would not exceed 820,000. This was largely duo to the heroism of the plant and city firemen, who risked thc same Bort of denth they had just looked upon to force their lines of hose close up to thc blazing still nnd prevent its spread to the big containers beside it. These wero nlso full of thousands of barrels of naphtha, liable to explode at any instant. It was still No. 11 that exploded, ono of n battery of sixteen, only four of which were In operation. Tho oth ers were being overhauled by n force of thirty men. There wns nothing to indicate trouble might be expected when the cxDlosion came about 2:30. and a sheet of blazing oil was hurled 200 feet into tho air. At thnt Height- tbo sheet spread out in fan shape and then de scended like so much burning rain upon the workmen In the stills. Trapped and Killed Under the still that exploded and near the firebox was n narrow passageway. Three men were in that and death took them quickly and horribly. A moment later men with their clothing nfiro were running they knew not whero and screaming as they ran. Fellow em ployes caught them nnd, throwing them to tho ground, rolled tbem about until the flames in their clothes were extin guished. The explosion shook houses at a con siderable distance. The superstructures of five stills were wrecked nnd twisted. It is said that the disaster was due to thc fact that a connection In the pipe leading from the still to a largo con denser became loose or broken. A statement to that effect wns rnnde at nii'ht by an official of the company. When tho city firemen arrived nnd snw that the flames were threatening to Qnrenrl fn nthnr nttlln nnrl tjinlrn n an j ond nlnrm was sounded. For four hours I the firemen battled with thc flames and confined them to one battery. There are 100 stills in the plant. Calls for ambulances and police pa trols were sent to tho Electrical Bu reau, and soon twelve patrol wagons and ambulances from hnlf n dozen hos pitals responded. Firemen carrying lints of hose to within fifty feet of the stills were warned thnt there was danger of I the remaining stills exploding. That ' warning, however, went unheeded. Heroism of Priests Through the smoke could be seen i the bodies of four men lyin? near the brick supports of the still. While the firemen held back thc flames with a dozen lines of hose several employes and four priests made their way to the bot tom of the still and dragged the bodies outside. They were sent to St. Agnes' Hospital, but thero was nothing to be done. At that time half a dozen men suf fering from burns were wniting at the gate, and they were rushed nway In an effort to save their lives. The four priests who risked their lives to save lives or to administer the last rites to the dying were Fathers J. A. McOonigal and A. J. Schultc. of St. Gnbricl's Catholic Church, Twcntv nlnth nnd Dickinson streets ; Father J. J. Fealcy, of the Church of the Epiph any. Eleventh nnd Jackson streets, nnd Father F. J. Fox, of Mnhnnoy City, who was visiting in this city. The priests were sitting in a room In the parish house adjoining the Church of St. Gabriel. Father Schultc was looking out of thc window townrd the oil works. His view of the stills was unobstructed and he was watching the workmen on top of the stills. He saw the sheet of flame shoot skyward. "Come on!" Father Schulte shoutedj iu mi. i.i'!iiiiii....io. .ti-ii muar nnvc been killed in that explosion! I saw them right in the path of that sheet of flame!" Without wniting to put on their hats thc four priests dashed downstairs and into an automobile nnd went full snee,i tempted to drive through: but, being Bl"i'i'' u. "- kiub, uiey .lumped from their machine and before the guards could stop them dashed Into the plant several minutes ahead of the city firemen. They ran directly to the stills, nnd there In the burning lake of oil thev saw the victims of the disaster. Not hecdlne the warnings of tho ilnnn .,.. . ,. .tin. .vnin.nn. .i.""".v Y l". , , : V Vi. ,'"'"""' ll" priests naminimereu me mi rues or tne Church to several men nnd offered prayers for me ueuu mm ujiiiK. When the firemen had somewhat sub dued the blase a workman was seen on the roof of a still sixty-five feet in the nlr. He was kneeling ns if In prayer It was impossible to reach him because the winding steel stairway had been blown nway and it was impossible for Centemeri Gloves 123 So. I3lh St. SEPTEMBER IS, the firemen to raise wooden ladder because of the flames. , Whilo tho fire was at Its height workmen and firemen attempted to build a scaffolding around nearby tanks in an effort to reach tho man, but tho heat was so intense the workers were driven away. Finally It became possible for several workmen to mount a still nenr thc one on which the body lay or knelt, and with a long polo they dragged thc body to thorn and carried It to the ground. It was that of A. Brown, chief rigger, who lived at 2227 South CbndwJck street. At the height of the fire it was re ported that seven bodies wero in the still. Moro lines of hose were turned on, but with the flames out no bodies wero found. No one with the exception of the police, firemen nnd physicians was allowed to enter tho grounds. Through tho fence could be seen employes with their heads nnd arms bandaged, assist ing the firemen in extinguishing the flames. Wives Rush to the Plant Soon after the explosion it was re ported that twenty-five men had been killed, and that brought wives and rela tives of. men employed at the plant to the gate begging to be allowed to enter. They pleaded for the names of the dead, and each person insisted that her loved ones hod been lost in the disaster. De tails of police from all tho downtown stations were rushed to the scene and fire lines were stretched on Passyunk avenue a quarter of a mile away. It I R Kirschbaum Full Dress Suits and Tuxedos foo Clothes that fit better, look smarter, wear longer. Select woolens and good tailoring all through. R. dC F. quality at moderate prices. New Fall suits, topcoats and overcoats from the Kirschbaum shops 30 to 45 COMPARE THE QUALITY! COMPARE THE PRICE ! HPHE new Stetson styles 1 for Fall are the smartest models designed this season. This, and the fact that prices are considerably lower than a year ago combined with the unusual service which our trained hat salesmen are always prepared to give will account for the great number of Stetsons now being worn by the really smart dressers. STETSON HATS Sold 192T There's Nobody to Blame, Coroner Knight Declares "I ascertained thntn regular In spection had been mado of the pipe lines and thnt careful examination nt that time had not indicated that any such break as subsequently caused the explosion existed or was to be anticipated. It Is just one of those awful things that sometime happen. There is nobody to blame, "I have instructed my deputy, Frank Paul, to go over the bodies wo have at the Morgue and do everything possible to identify them. I believe it will be impossible In some cases." Coroner Knight. was explained that that was done as a precautionary measure. It was feared that more stills might explode. Then came a rollcall of the employes and the list of missing persons wos com piled, as was the list of Injured, and tho officials of the company soon mado tho lists public. Director Cortelyou, Assistant Direc tor Tempest nnd Superintendent Mills hurried to thc scene when the second alarm was sounded nnd directed the po lice In keeping thc crowds from over running the dead line. After the firo was extinguished Edwin R. Cox, treasurer of the company and T, JvTNDSOR ROOM 1204 Chestnut St. 11 SOUTH 15th ST. Founded In 1894 SSKanr'r' by Leading Dealers Everywhere 1? City Councilman, rave out tno foHW lug statement : t "One of the connections of the pipe line lending from the high-pressure stilt to the condenser gave way for some u- known renmn and tho contents ran out, dropped down on the tiro beneath ,tM still and caused an explosion. Tho loi of life is very, very sad. It was h tinprevcntable accident. Tho property loss was not great nnd tho damage to the stills will not reach $20,000. W nre checking up the employes again and will issuo a revised death list later In the night. It was a dreadful .tragedy, which we regret." BAN ON ARBUCKLE FILM Tioga Theatres Showing Him and Mies Rappe Censored A motion-picture house in Tioga howlng films of Rocoe Arbuckle and another in Tlogn showing films of Miss Virginia Rnppo havo been ordered to discontinue them by Director Cortel you, of the Deportment of Public Safe ty, in accordance with orders of the Mayor. . He declined to name the theatres, but said their managers hnd agreed to nbidc by his ruling. The house show ing slides of Arbuckle wan asking: the nudlenco to show by applnuse whether his films wero desired. The argument advanced in favor of this action by the .nantger was thnt a competitor was ad vcrtismjr a picture in which Miss Rappe II STETSON HATS $ 7 .00 and up Stetson Retail Store 1224 Chestnut Street 1 .tiiitei -Uii f,t rif-n 1 &2LM1 W Li4 ii tj if&JtJj. Jl
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