TiV fU r,- V r- .'v,1 V i$f i,' V ," S ' t fc ft t v - ) f HE WEATHER Cleudy nnil unsettled tonight and Tuesday; probably light rains? little eliange In temperature; variable winds. TKMI'KKATl'HW at r.xrn HOItn X I 11 IK) 111 112 I t I 2 I 4 I r.'i " " " l "h '-7 i I i VOL. VIII. NO. 63 FROM FIRE BY BOY E Narrowly Escape Death at 948 Seuth Fourth Street as They Arouse Sleeping Parents DADDY! DADDY! THEY CRY AS FLAMES ARE LEAPING Four -hlldrcti, the eldest enlv clown ytnrs old, ran through n burning room when they might easily have escaped ly a stairway In another direction, sc. they might awaken their rlceptng parents- when fire broke out last night In (he home of Harry Stclnbcig, nt IMS Seuth Fourth street. The children, cut off then with their fiillier and mother by a rising wall of flams iiid simke, were rescued by u sixted-year-eld bej, who climbed en awning pole und carried them fiem u iccend Htery window. Steinberg, his wife Anna nnd bin four chl'drcn lhc ever his drygoeds Mere. The children arc Samuel, eleven ; Anne, four; Ucrtbn, three, nnd Leuis, two. The parents sleep In the front room ou the second lloer; the children in the tear room en the same fleer. There N n spare room intervening between the two. Tlie household had retired early last night, and , all were nsleep when the lire sterlcd-tii some unexplained manner in a closet lu the midd.c loom. FIre Spreads as Family Sleeps While father and mother nnd chil dren slept the flames gained headway until they burst from the closet and the room was full of smoke. It drifted into the back room, where. he chlldien weie asleep, and awakened Samuel, the eldest. Choking and fright ened, the child jet had presence of mind enough te awaken his little sister nnd two jeunger brothers. He told them tn get up quid;.'', Unit the house was afiie. In their ulghtelethlnB. the three lounger eni'iiren lollewed the lilcs't be v. ....... . . . . . . 4 CHILDREN SAVED 10 CLUED POL He looked through the deer whence the "unriuitee t'redit I nriioiatlen. I rank rank sraeku was coming nnd saw the flames ' Hul'dlnir and auxiliary companies, sheeting f.eni the closet. Just bcyuud "' Meekhnlders and former emplejes of the chlldien h room lay Kifety. down the stairs. Hut junt beyond the flames lay their parents, ublecp, nnd unaware of their danger. Samuel didn't hcMtntc. "Hurry up," he tnld t the ether chlldrcu, "all held hands nnd beat it." Tlie four frightened children joined iianuc, hflil their nreatli as best they leuld ngulnst the smoke, and scurried into their parents' room "Daddy, daddy," they screamed, "wake up quick; the house Is en (he." Cry fr Help Steinberg nnd his wife awakened, end the fnirilijr'Hfitlsht ecupe tegither. lly that time the fir was burning ten l.trrely for it te l.e safe te rush tluuugh the middle room again, se they hliut the deer nnd went te the window te en 1 fur help. A neighbor turned in nu alarm. Jlefere the ensine aid arrive, how ever, two jeung men. Mux Mescant. tiMeen jenrs old, of 1115 Seuth Feuttli Mreet, leant the cells for belli nnd uiavrly went te the icseue. Max quickly climbed tlie Iren support of tlie store awning, get en the coping ever the store front,, nnd crept along te the window. He took the jeungest child in his arms, then mndc bin way hack agilely, holding en with one hand te the awning erontipelo, where Israel waited for him nnd relieved him of his harden. The two boys worked se iiaickly that lu five minutes ihrv had nil Jhc children down ana lu n neighbor's IIUUSO. Ily this time the engines hud arrived, and a ladder was set up against the house for (lie rescue of the father and mother. The fire was confined te the ralddl" room "and extinguished without heavy damage. STATE COLLEGE CAR DRIVER KILLEDRETURNING HOME Three Students Injured When Aute Plunges Frem Bridge taxi Mown, Pa.. Nev. M. (Ilv A. P.) Themas It. (Jrej, lifty-flve yen is old, of State College, driving a pnrty of I'ennsjlvnnla, State students home from Saturdaj's State-Nuvy game at Philadelphia, was killed nt (1 o'clock this morning when his automobile plunged from lied lirldge, near Lewis town, and fell into KMincequilin Creek. Mls Amelia Schuler, MeConuclls MeCenuclls xllle; Stuart Tayer, HarriFburg, and J. Fred McrU. Philadelphia, all stu deals, were taken te Lewlutewn Hot Het lu'fll They will recover. The student-, had engaged (Jrey te drive them te and from Philadelphia ter Hie game. The uulnjurcd students escaped with a ducking. Ocj's neck was broken nnd he was Pinned tO flip linltnm if flin .rnatr l.n 'he car. He was married and is sur vived bj sevcrul' children. LAUNCH M0T0RSHIP Tlrst Vessel of Type Built en Dela ware Takes Water at Chester The motershlp California was launch Jd this morning from the wujs of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation at ' hester. This Ik, the lirst ship of the I5l;e te be built at this yard. The California Is intended for the .vmenean-lluwallan Steamship Line. A I'ter ship, the Misbeuil, will be launched a month later. Mrs. Geerge S. lir.trhein, widow of ., tc. ficerKe S. Denrhern, picsideut "t the American -I Iiivvnllnn Line, ucted s Mionser, christening the vessel with California wine of low vintage con cen 'nliicd In a bettle decorated with jellevv mid blue, the colors of that State. TO CHECK UP ONJERGDOLL Reland S. Merris Named Master te Inventory Slacker's Property Keland S. Merris, former AmbnsNi.' Vii 1 110 ,Ull,an, wus imuied bj Judge ilcKlnseii today ns mnster te examine tne nroperty of (irevcr C. llcrgdell, 'Jig live slacker. Mrs. Kmmn C. Herg ion the lacker's mother, contends i-he rive n full neceunting of tlie prepeilv te the Alien Property Custodian. till contention is disputed b Vin '.'"f A. Carrell, attorney for Hie ens ens tedlau. Mrs. Ilergdell und Majer Car Car tell appealed before Judge Dickinsen today, Tie ninjnr moved for the np np np IoIetmcut of a waster. 1 Ktitisred as Socetul-Clam MntUr at Under the Act of AT THE LIBERTY BELL 'VAVaVaVaWaVaVaVaVaHk wAVaVaVaVBl aVaVaVlBHa9BVaSVBmm' 'ff-ty AVaVaVaVaVaVaVaWK 1 aaB!HIHaHHtfiVKvV"B'i llHlBltar '':,;''::'''v " BJ Mrs. Ainclhi AlcCuddeu, tlie Itrlt sli (eiichllig the Liberty Hell en her tour today Spiese and Other Officials of Concern Accused of Cen- spiracy te Defraud MANAGER REPORTED ILL Warrants unv f-uer TetVAZw 1. . SI ""' urrnsC ei six eineers nt tncntieiiai , i'TJ 'cencenis nneived. 6 WARRANTS 001 IN CREDIT CO AE n - . . "I1"". iii "v nun- wun M-i ier a near- "' '"e cempnnj was lerred into a temporary receivership ou October L't.'. ""d stockholders and former palesiuen i:nmiu iiihi nmn'-y nnti nseis ameuni- iiin nuicinis arc cnargeu with con- jrar.s old, :;2i,, Ilnverfnrd aVenue. slu spirary te cheat und defraud. Tin war- glc nnd employed as a shipping clerk, rnnts were sworn out before Magistrate N,i. , Miss Kliznbeth Harris 1222S , '"K t nearly 1, 000,000 have net beenberten street, clerk, married, with two accounted for. Criminal action taken today appar ently disheartened all attempts- by counsel for eff'iciuls of the N. (. O. C. te have the temporary iecelverhip va cated. A hearing te take such action wn's Scheduled for (eday before JudlsO Itegeis In (.'onimen Pleas Court Ne. 2. hut Jehn It. K. Scott, of counsel for the corporation' ulliclaN. scut word that he received notice tee late te appear in the case. 'Uidie In lie Arrested The eflielals for whom warrants were sworn out follew: Franklin J. Spiese, J!."!) Lyceum iivenue. lloxberough. vice president und general malinger of the N. (J. C. C. ; Willlitm II. T Hubbard, incident of the corporation. 2S Last Mount Pleasant avenue; Charles (. (lurtling, secietary of ilu corporation, liuilctiu nuildlug; Fiank It. liowcreft, tut eflici.il of tlie Nntlenul juai.i'ttec ( redit Coiieratlon : Av Til. Flanug.iu. treasurer of th National Miifdc Ktoies an auxill.ipy of the National (lUiminto. (lUiminte. t redlt Corporal ion, and Chillies Cia- biiel, president of the National Muir Slnres; he lives at -1051 l!Mn; Sun avenue. Flanagan is a brother-in-law of Sp. 'se, und Oabricl is u brether-in-Inw of (iiirtllng. In addition te charges of eenplraey te cheat and defraud, Spice is charged with obtaining menej under fal'c pretense-,, "mbczzlenieiit and inlhuppropri inlhupprepri utidii of funds. The warrants for the arrest of th' eflielals named were 'worn out bj Flank J. Farrell, of Aromeie, n former sales manager of the NnUenal Ciuarnntce Cndit Ccirporntien, mid Fd win Piggott Siniplins, u former expert mle-iuiin i-f the i orper.it ion Audievv J. Crnvvfin-d, 2112 wreeu t-t irei , and 11. II. Cellins. l.VJl! living strict, who are ferm-'r leiddiuhLTs. All of the eflielals named held similar positions lu the auxiliary concerns of the National fiedit fiuarantec Cor poration. The ether coin cms follew: Wetth & Ce., Justice & Ce., the Fed eral Guarantee Company, und the Na tional Music Stores Company. All the companies named bad ellkes lu the SteeK F.ehnnge lliiildlng. The elliees of these .iiixiliniy unm cms aie almost, ill redly in the rear el the lieuduuiiiteir lieuduuiiiteir ef the National Cuaranlee Credit Cor potation, in the Fwiuklin Haul; liuild lng. Werth Crt. sold the steek for tl.e Nutiennl (Suainutee Ciedit Coiperation,' while .lustiee & Ce. sold the stock for the Federal Guurniity. Apparently Ne Need ler Concern Ne satisfactory explanation was ever given for the existence of the Federal (luurantv Company, whi'-h wan In the Kiinic bulncss us tlie National (lUttiuntcc Credit Corporation, nnmely, linuii(!ng the punliase of uutomebile.s both en a retail und wholesale plan. Complaints continue te pour in aguinnt the methods of the officials of nil the companies namiil, by tlie stock holders. These complains are coming from nil section of tlie country:. To day btoeltheMers of Delawaie joined in the petition ter (he ic(c',errhip. These who joined the nelltinn ale lMlth . Mi'Unniel, of Wilmington, and ten ethers from that city. Miss McDaniel owned tw-elv shares of the pieferrcd uteik and six shares el common steilc. She nnid subscriptions tetKlIug !ei)b 50. She Is a stenographer. The temporary leeeivers of the com pany. Tlieinns J, Meagher and Francis A. MeAdnius, asked pel mission today te lepav $2.1,1100 which was bonewed by the Nntlenul (iunrantee ( redlt Cor Cer Cor peraliou from the Meilen Title nnd Trust Company, en Inst September 211. This was less tlian three week before tlie temporary leeeivershlp was granted. Coincidental with the issunnce et tue wurrants for several of the ellicluls. word was i:iveu out at the Itoxheroint'i home of Siilese that he was seriously III. Mrs. Spiese said her husband, who was in li.nl health before the credit onieriition bud come Inte the llmellclit. vns 'everwhcluied by the publicity. "The unwarranted atlueks en lilm," she bald, "are ruspoisible for hit rcrl- eus condition. uentng lh rniitnmcf nt rhlladelila. March 3, 1STB ta. war mother. Is shown reverently of historic .els In I'hliadclphla Three Women, Including Mether of Twe Children, Among These Impaneled DEFENSE SPRINGS SURPRISE Fenr f Nine !Si'whal1 Jurers Arc Women T.nvntiinii .trirYinu riillm. tin(i(illii.nn "'""""i "t""1 ""'IH li iM, -inn ' lenraiu street, saleswoman. n. !!. Mrs. Klin Lene. 110!) Kttinc street, house keeper, the mother of two b(n, eleven und fourteen jear.s old. e. -l. .lames W. 1'rr. "OlT, IVm. sons, Ne. .", Kendal Stewart, Sr., shipper, lO.'IO Jacksen street, married, two tens. Ne. li, William Days 1110 Atlantic street, engineer, married. Ne. 7. Frank Keller, i'.ll" Stouteu street, drlllerj-ninrried. Ne. M. Miss Anna M. Kunkle, 1337 Spruce street, private secretary. Ne. II, Jeseph It. Kane. L'310 Seuth Sixteenth street, rtnl estate operator. Nine jurors, three of them women, had been selected for the trial of Clies Hi' Ncwhnll for the murder of bin for mer sweetheart, pretty elghtcen-yc.ir-eld Jesephine Ilevvurd, May 27 last, bv the time court adjourned for the neon recess. .. . ,, , , . , . i In questioning jurors. Assistnnt Di-1 trie! Attorney Kelley nsked every one if I n eall li.'iil lieiMi tinl.l thmit hv- t, inl. ! dressed, mysterious. looking woman." All replied In tin negative. Tlie Dis nlet Attorney explained that u woman had obtained the Jury lists for this ami another criminal'! uiirl, with tlie idea of seeing each prospective juror te spread ptepayu'ida against capital punishment. Prisoner Unconcerned While the jury was being selected, New hull. In u new Milt of giccuish hue, with a swiped iilk sh rt, dark blue lie und well polished shoes, fat buck at hi iiim'i looking cverywheie but at the talesmen. H" gluncid around the courtroom callously, sr eking te catch the eyes of lii sister, Mrs. IIiucl (Jrlziiii nnd Mrs. Florence I'crr.vmun, wlie were in the second low, and smiled affectionately at him new and then. Thev have stuck te him from the time of his arrest and I probably will be called UJ witnesses for, him. In (he courtroom, where New hall i must have seen In r. snt Mrs. F.llen Hewaid. mother of the slain gill, who, was willi her counsel, reta'ned te leek i after the family's interests. Her four big husky suns, one a former patrol- I man. sm with her. The. trial was halted nt Its xery outset by nn object en of counsel aimed at the trial iu.lge hlin-elf. I Judge Heurv C. Q'llglev. of u(,i,, ' font... Cenlpi Ceiiiilv. wns en Mm liniu.li in place of Judge Patterson, who Is in Common Pleas Court Ne 1 today be- I i cause of pi ess of business Claims .ludge Is Outsider The attorney for the defense cle tri fled the Court n few moments after Newhull bad been lid lu by saying lie had u motion lie wMied te present before pieccedlngs get under way. "Before tlie trial of this defendant actually bedus," said the attorney, "I have a motion which T wish te offer for tlie Courts consldrr.tt'en. It is net-n personal matter, .but I submit that your , honor was net elected by the citizens of Philadelphia le the Court of Common Plens. The defendant here is n Phlla elclphlan. I believe I am within his Continued nn Pepe Twe, Column Our N. J. BM5ENT FARE STVYS UNTIL HIGH COURT RULES U. S. Supreme Bedy Orders Agaln6t Suspension of Rate The Fnlted States Supreme Coin! to day ruled against tlie effort of the New Jersey Public Ftillty Commission te litive eight-cent lielley .fares suspended lu that Slate unlit a decision is reached nu (he commission's appeal te the Fulled States District Ceuit at Treu Treu ten.' The State commissioners hud np pcaled first te the District Court nnd then te the Supreme Court te have the old rates continue until the Sunreme i Court disposed of the ease. The trellev ' ceninuny ebiected te this en the creuml that it could net be secnresl against less which It -would suffer If e'd rates were ehnigcd and the Increase allowed by the lower courts nnaiiy no nppieicd. The company Is under bend te redeem rcbute sliis issued te passcngera ijevcr- lug I ne iiicreusvu laru, sueuiu the UQ ctslep ,boi:eycrbsil or uiQJlfled... 9 R NAMED NEWHAli A jntBitt PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1921 WAR MOTHER HERE F "Were Our Sacrifices in Vain?" Queries Mrs. McCudden, Guest of City VIEWS LIBERTY BELL AND OTHER HISTORIC SPOTS "I pray (hat wnr never again will bring pain and suffering te this world." This wus the supplication today of Mrs. Amelia Finina McCiiddeu. Pritlsli war mother, who 11 1 10 o'clock this morning was given efliclul welcome te "hlladelphla nt City Hull. Mrs. McCudden, vhe lest her litis and and three sons lu tlie wnr, and wus chosen by Ivnglund te lay a wreath upon thy bier of the unknown soldier at Arlington, was received ut tlie Mnynr's office. Police Commissioner Unrcluy War War burten, rcpiesentlng the Mayer, who was away, welcomed Mrs. McCudden nnd gave her the freedom of the city. 1 She is n small woman, when thin, kindly face bears the maths of much sorrow, yet she cnrrlcs herself with u high head and n lendy smile. She was dressed quietly, although she did net wear heavy mourning. Her voice Is low but animated. "I de hope. Indeed, for peace In the world." she said. "I think it Is 1 vltnl thing If we nre te get along, and vet when I leek nbeut und see condi tions ns tliev nre today I sometimes wonder whether my sacrifices and these of ethers like me nre worth it. AV'e have seemed no nearer te peace than before. Sees Hepe in Arms Parley "Itut the nresent I)li.nriiiantpiit Cnn. J ference holds out n hope, nt leiist. of n permanent peace. I ran t tell, , course. Put If there must be nn.ii! wars. I hope that they will net come during the lifetime of any of mv fam ily ."" Mrs. McCudden left (lie Hetel Walten nt !:e0 o'clock, accompanied by n re ception committee of the Phllndelpliln War Mothers, which included Mrs. Iilnnehe Hcllak. Mrs. Jeseph Park. Mrs. Kll7abrtli Yurnall. Mr.. Jehn Cilantz, Mrs. William Heck. Mrs. Martha Ites. slter nnd Mrs. Willlnm Hill, chairman of the committee. Mrs. It. H. Dlgney, the national president, was unable te utteud. In Mrs. MeCuddcn's pnrty ere her dnughtcr, Kathleen. Miss Blanche Phil ips, Captain Ocerge Stevens, pcrsnnul florist le the Prince of Wales, who ar ranged the wreath which was laid en the unknown's grnve ; Llcutennnt Fred erick J. Kendey nnd Lieutenant Gor Ger Gor eon Stuart FJlam. - Welcomed by -Wnrbiirten Commissioner Wnrbuiten met the pnrty in the Mayer's reception room and shook hands cordially with Mrs. MiCudden, after which he was pre sented te the ethers. "I mil met hnppy te have the privilege of welcoming you te Phila delphia," he said, "and I wish te present the slnceie regrets of our Mayer that he cuuuet be here. I um sure that if lie were he would join me in my ad miratien and respect for the sneiifiecs iiii;u juh huh' iiiuuu in iue cuuat; in humanity " Mrs. if.('u,i(in mi0,i n,,,! thanked aaltf.tt. ms.a. l.nm 41tfv 1 w alt,. .... - P him. Then Mr. Wuihutten Inquired into the plans of her pnrty. and e. picssed gratification that this city was the first which she has visited since tier purtidpntieu in the ceremonies ut I Washington. Fer some ten minutes they chatted about l'nghiud in wartime und the changes which hud been wrought by time und strife in tlie world's tondi tendi tondi tlens of life. Then the party left for Independence Hall. Visit Indeiieiidciicc Hall Gerald Campbell. British Censul here, met Mrs. McCudden nnd her party at Independence H.ill and con ducted them through that hi.steiic edi fice. Mrs. McCudden was led first te the Signers Beem when she was shown the tnlile lit. w-ltii li flic ilneime n which sen. ninted her ceimti-i. from this mu Jnnni Mr. Campbell observed that the mom - - , . Contlner,! en 1't.c Te. teluini. ru nnr at viiOTfiev Mrunnim ie GREAT VICTORY MEMORIAL'S PnRNFR'sTnNF I A 1 tl TflllAY tU"NtnJ'mt LHIU IUUAT President Harding and Other Net- abe Men te Speak at Ceremony ... , , . v. ., , . ,, . JnsIiliij(eii Nev. M.-(Bv A. P) S(cr"t.iry W eel.H, usins n gnvel made el Weed tnisCn llelll tlie Willie lleils" v lieu it wa rebuilt mere than 1(,0 ''ars ape, will ellieiate today -u the laying ei the i oriiersteue fr (he new Victory Memerial hcie. 'I he strut turc is te be crett"d ei a plot ut Sixth and It stuets, North west, a few blocks from the Capitel, which was given by Cengiess for tlie purpose. Its final cost, nrceidlug te estimates, will be SIO.OIM.OIX). of will, h mere than "SI. 000,000 already had been raised. Speaker et the occasion will include ...,i I1....I! ,. . .. s- " , ." V ' ' I T' l"" . T ... .,, 'IUI ui Ul- eralleus. Bishop A med Hnrdini; w pronounce the invocation and the Right Itev. C. F. Themas the benediction. A number )f vls'tiflg diplomats, no well as delegations fnm these en duty hue, ami ollicisls'ei Mie tie'vernment are c:. pectcl te be present. All for the Leve of a Man The clash of mtiul and heaii between two strong characters. The' Yankee Girl and The Aztec Princess in Daughter of the Sun By Uulen Sabe? (Who Knows',') Bead hew lie wen the heroine and ' the trensure of the Mentezumnb. Begins Wednesday in ucningi!ubltc ftc&acr ROM BRITAIN ASKS FOR WORLD PEACE Her Mether Wants Her WPTJ 1 4 .-rf ; 'tit . i- r:s X&&$8iS!?SZZ2Z.l MAHIK NFAVrON A New Verk inannecpiln, wlmsc mother, Mrs. Mary rt. .McCalTcrj, 17(10 North Ninth street, Is seeking news of her M0THEFSEEKS DAUGHTER Philadelphia Weman Asks Werd Frem New Yerk Medistes' Medel Mrs. Mnry K. McCufTcry. of 't"00 North Ninth street,, has appealed te the public for information encernliig the whcieabeuts of her duilghter. Mnrie Jesephine Newton, once n nianniquin ter a deslghcr of gowns in New eri. Fer nine years Mr-. McCaftcry bus hud no word of her daughter. At the be ginning of that time Mrs. Mitnffrcy came te Phllndelpliln. her daughter prefcriing te rcinnin In New erk. und te continue as a model. The mother s subsequent letteis received no nnswers, and nt length Mrs. MeCnffcry went te P.1R7 Merris avenue, the Mrenx, the nddress ut which she hud left the girl, nnd there wns informed that her daugh ter had moved. There hns been no word of her since. At tluit time lhc girl was nineteen years old. stiikingly pretty, of tJcncicr figirre. with blue eyes nnd brown hair und nbeut live feet three inches in height. TEN LIVES LOST, MANY HURT IN TENEMENT FIRE Nine Burned te Death and One Killed by Fall Frem Ledge New Verk. Nev. 1 . (I5y A. P.) Ten Hvhh were lest and mere thnu n score of people iniured in a lire of un known eiigin which pnitly destroyed u five-story tenement house en W"st Seventeenth street before dawn today. The building was occupied by fifteen families, mostly Armenians and Creeks. Only u few of the dead, two of whom were 'children, have been identified. Nine were burned nnd the tenth died in u full from n ledge where lie hud clung until exhausted. Tn., r.f iiin ,tn-siiMU i tin litn1 111 the tenement groped their way te windows. E ,-,J . J . , '&'. f. ' ' ' s'4 J ... v. - f V' v ' ltHIXKvSAw5Kv4levAvs v xwSm 4. ., I. , W , ,.IUVI ! i, l.i.v., -!. "ll, , ,. ,. J,, I -, t where they lung le-ledges,und-screauied ier neip. t osieiuce chimujb ireni u sin, sin, statlen neres t lies street nved main before the firemen readied the scene. U. S. MARINES WERE READY Prepared te Dissolve Haitian As- sembly in 1917, Commander Says I1"" "", ''" - "'"' Washlnglen. Nev. 1 l.-flly A. P. nlI.iiH get tege.lier here in , ashmg Aineiican innrlnes in Haiti were pre- tn- And Hint argument is abandoned pared te dissolve tlie Haitian Cen-,ln the piopesul te limit nrmaments dras stitucnl Assembly in 11117 If the pnM- tll.a,ly un,i construct no new ships for dent of the leiiublic lailed le de w, , . , , , , ' , Brigadier Ccucm! Fli K. Cele, of iliejten years, before any npproneh is mnde marine corps, testified today before a i te tin differences in the Far Fast. Senate Investigating committee, under! i,IU0 .sj,i ,hnt Mr. Hughes has i rnss. examination by Lrnest Angell.l . , -. .. , ....... .,..,, counsel for a gieiip of native Huitiens. Tlie i finstitiii lit ,seniiu , snuiirry nun nc niiiiseii mmikiii. i we cikis Central Sele, "was net prepared te in- corporate in me new i eiisiiun ion kuiii- nntees which weie deemed necesury for Ainerienns. and it was thought their work should be stepped." me American nirces inn inn m-i. wen. ernl Cele continued, because lhc Haitinu nreslileni. fiailug impi'iicliment. issued a deciee of dissolution, licneral ( ole added, however, that when Brigadier i. 1 t....wll.... ll Itnllni .r ,lii, it.n- r'iue eerp's. wen't te" the Haitian capital ! he luid a militur.v dei n e of elissolutien for use it the president did net act. PUBLISH WAR DEBT LETTERS Correspondence en Leans te AllleG Given Out by Senate Committee Wnslilnclnn. Nev. 1-1 -(Bv A. P. V Sevtrill liuiidred letters cemprisins eorrespendenee between the State and Treasury Departments and foreign (!ov (!ev eninients in connection with the $10, 000,0011,000 of foreign leans made dur ing mid after the war vvcic made pub lie today bv the Senati Judiciurv Com mittee The letteis give details re garding mam s, pei.ite advenecs nin I heir publication vuis di signed pi iuiai lly for use in connection with tin pi ndii'g bill for funding the allied debts. The coriespeudi n e was submitted I" the lemnilttce dining IN iiuiuirv last summer into the for. ign debt ejucstien. 1 Secretary Hughes of tlie Slute Depart. inent first objected te publication of the letters, but the committee today decided te publish the 111, upon ie,piest from members el tlie Senate Finance und' Heuse Ways and Means Committee. All important details contained In the cor cer cor icspeudcuee hud uievieiisly become public. GARAGE WATCHMAN BOUND Six Robbers Steal Truck and Fifty Cases of Cigarettes A delivery truck, leaded with fifty fuses of cigarettes, was stolen by six aimed men who bound the night watch man from the Standard liurugc, 1207 North Pem th stieet, about I o'clock tills morning. According te ltnymeud Dcnrden, :52(i Lewisen street, tin night watchman, tlie lobbers 1 ntereti the garage nnd lliiust levelveis in hi" face ordering him In threw up his hands. Then they bound him with 11 piece of mpe plekeil up in the garage and jumped into tlie inn k and drove oil The truck is owned by James Capelli 1110 North Second streel Tlie ciga rettes belong te Suuiuel Belnsee. 100'' Neith Sixth street. Man Found Dead Frem Gas Frederick Smith, sixty-three eurs old. was found dnnl in bed nt his home 1212 Puleiherp street, by the Tciuli distiiit police Inst night. A sninll gas heater In tlie room was leaking. Tlie Ledj was taken te tlie lioesevolt Hes pilal nnd turned ever te ihe family when it was dclcrwiiud thnt life as extinct. Bfeftjer fubllHhed Daily Kxefpt Sunday. nub.erlr.tlen Trlce JO a Tear by Mall. lublUheci faus'ccryj;l,,tt'VSe1;hy ruUle Ledger Cempnny DJf.WI W K i a -WaW i ARMS PARLEY IN PRINCIPLE, DELEGA TION ANNO UNCES Britain and Japan Ex pected te Seek Only Miner Changes FAR EAST SOLUTION SIMPLIFIED by move End of Londen-Tokio Alliance te Fellow as Matter of ' Course, Observers Feel ANTICIPATE MILD DEMANDS Mikade's Delegates Think Hughes Can Net Ncrw Afford te Ask Sweeping Concessions lly CLINTON W. GILltKIlT Staff Corrnipenilrtit Kvenlntr I'ubllr I.edirr Cevvriel't. toil, bv I'ublic I.cilacr Cempnnu Washington. Nev. M. Mr. Hughes hns followed I lie example of President WiNen nt Paris in nsklng for und ob taining what he wanted and what this country wanted. He lias done se dramatically and im pressively. He lias achieved n popular success which Mr. Wilsen failed te se cure. If Mr. WlNen hud, nt the first meeting of the Pails conference, read n detailed propesnLof a League of Na tions, saying this in America's position, the parallel would liave been exact. Mr. Wilsen nt Paris left the difficult political problems of peace-making te fellow the agreement en tlie Jrngue. Mr. Hughes leaves the difficult political pieblems of tlie Far Fast te fellow tlie agreement upon the limitation of armament. Haeh fellows tlie same line of reason ing. Uemeve the prospect of futur war and n just solution of political dif ficulties will fellow. It has been Senn ter jterah's reasoning In urging disar mament first nnd apart from a consid eration of the Far Fast. .Shifts Administration's Position The Sec-etury's action en Suturdny was u surprising departure from the j.iiiiiiiiiiMriiueii puiiieu an no- comer encc nipreaclied. All along the Admin- Isiiati.m hns nM that the Mrei.glh of this Cov eminent was that It sought Tieihiug: that this cfunitry vvns richer and could build nuvi.l ships faster than any oilier power. ' Thill w.is the compelling force il np-J .1. ! 1...1 ,.. .... ..I l. .1 "'r aim eukiiiic,, nl ,,,,s ceun- Ul.,,. uppermost In the minds of (he Administration, one te reduce the bur dens of naval nrmnment, nnd the ether te end the Angle-Pnpanese allinnce. m....... .. ii i,. i iv,j,i . ',' ,, , V , h . H'0 Hughes propes.il te cut the cost of navies will be substantially The experts of Ijigiaud aeegpted. and .Tnp.in reimiie time te ludy it in detnil, and the iiciejaies ei inese iwe ieuiiiric per bans luiv 'e ceiuinuuicaie with theh 1 eine finvci Hindis. lint piiv.itely the Jupanes exeie s tlnir delight willi the Aineitcau piopesals. And pciseiis f,i in'l' r wiih lhc British position h.ive no deiiLt llmt I.le; d t!i-er'c will wel. ,eine tin- tut in ih- Finish .,. ..,.-. 111 II1II1UI III 11 I MO' 11 III III II- VI 11 IV I Listed hv the Aimrluin yuf..:,! , n "i l,'t fl Stnte. De tills may bc eli.'.ngi I. 'I ' ,., , , I', lll.-ll t'lintlnunl en .'ne? I'lrtrrn. leliimn ntr'auy force up te the neon hour. IDENTIFY GIRL HURT BY AUTO AT C3D AND WOODLAND An automobile-that run down and killed Tclm Minn, t, v. n yi.au old, of S230 Seuth Fitty-third bf.cct. sheitly after ude-i today at Slxty-third tstreet and Woodland avenue ' alu mjuul Kutlienne Median, twelve years old. s,ame address Knthernu wiih tJkcn te the Miserlceidin Hespitnl with a dislocated tingcr nnd bruit-en. NATIONAL GUARD HAS 132,000 MEN WASHINGTON. Nev. M. With a tet.il et 132,000 men tu lullcd, Nutiennl Guard unit, rccegmzed by the Federal Govern ment have leached a btrcnght almost unial te that ei tUe prt-beut B't'ulur Army, it was nirtieuuced today by the Win Department. ;au- Yerk State, with nn enrellmtut eC 17,003, has the Uige-bt oiaiiiK'itieu nt nru&eni. ANTHRACITE MINERS OUT 8000 Quit Because of Refusal, te fromeie uiacicsmitn's Helper "A'lluesbarre, Pa.. Nev . n. (By V P. i Light Mieiisund anthracite mine w ei kerb nt si.x celllenes of tlie Pemp syivaula Cotil Company went en strike today because, it was announced, Mie company refus-d tn promele u black smith's helper te the position cf blink smith uftcr the latter had quit lib, job niher gricvane.s are t.iid te be involved. Nhrn ami tlilnU of WTltlnc uniiu or 'miLNa.aSv. W U J . AUUifl U. O. Hughes Plan Would Scrap Vive Ships llcrn Ships building lieie that would be sernnped under tlie plan of Secretary Hughes presented te the Lluillutle-i of Armament Conference nre ns fol fel lows ; New Yerk Shipbuilding Cempany: Colerado. Id-inch guns- US pei ent completed. Washington. Hi-inch guns -Se per cent completed. Snrntegu, battle cruiser 7 p" cent completed. Philailelphln Nnvv Vnid: Constitution, battle cruiser- .1 per cut completed. United States, battle cruiser 5 per cent completed. AUTO KILLS GIRL, 7; : DRIVER SPEEDS OFF West Phila. Pupil Hit as She i Cresses Street Helding Hand of Little Sister" COMPANION KNOCKED DOWN IMna Mimn. -ewn years old. of 2'J'Hi ' Japan's acceptance "in principle" Seuth Fifty -tli'ird street, was run dewn'i at least has been forecast by the by nn automobile and killed nt 12 :1."' statements of Haren Admiral Kate o'clock this nfier..iien :n Sixty -third j and ethers of the Jnpan.e.c tlelega streei nnd W..edlaud avenue. Tim tien. What modifications or chanrres escaped0 tl,C mar1""" 1,Ut " S"t'CI mi- bc PrePs "-' net been dia- I'dna was en her way home from the , Closed. Tlnrtrnm Scheel, Sixty -second street Great Dritain'.s piineinal conslil censlil und Creenvvay avTiiue. having nnetln i . n .f . iim , ' , . , , little girl by the hand. As the chlldien , cratien, it is understood, m framing: were crossing Woodland avenue the j the reply which Mr. Uulfeur will touring ear lmre down upon rbeni. P.eth jlce. tomorrow has been the aucs werc hit, but Ldua went heiientb the '. "" eii-n cue qucs- wheels. The ether child, bruised but apparently net liadly injured, ran uwuy iparently net badly injured, ran uway. Tic motorist, without slopping bis r, glnn.ed ever his shoulder and saw ca the form of the child lying lu th street. He put en meie speed and I went mil Woodland avenue, (he polio say, ut the rate of fifty miles nn hour. He dashed east the Sixty -fifth street nnd Woodland avenue police station, and a p.itieltnnn ran out. but could net get his number us lie spi d up Weed- land avenue Meanwhile passcrsby picked un the child, lying in tlie read, and carried lier tn ll r.cnrliv nhi htcinn. Slm lttnl j ,,. ..i,,,,,., uniy killed. Her ud- diejs was found wiltten in one of her ioel hooks, ami the body was taken home. 'WAR SHARES" DECLINE I Proposals for Disarmament Reflected I in New Yerk Stock Market New Yerk. Nev. It. (By A. P.'' The propesnis of tne I'nitid States Oev- ernnient for an iuimedlate reduction of nriuuiueiit caused moderate selling of se-. -ailed war smres ut the opening of today s stecK uiuruet. Betlileheni Steel, which is one of the largest armor plate producers, leacteil 2 jieints in the first hour. Crucible Sit el lest tr., nnd I'niteil States Steel and kindred issues registered sympa thetic declines of fractions te one point. The general list was net affected, however, many et last week's favorites, csticcinllv eliM and eeulniiienrs. cvl ml iiur their l-.hiis. in the main, the nltltiide of the Wni.li . ingteii (leveruttient was teceived with change sliiMvul In today's trading effects ittrihuteil te the proposals of tcrelurv Inf tatc Hughes at the Aininiueut Cen " "' Icieni e m .ishingteii I lie whole lit et ite h shnres un mm keel down in anticipation of selling, .. i,!..l. , .. ..... .... . . , vvhich. however, bad 1101 aiipcareei 111 MRS. OBENCHAIN ASKS WRIT' Demand for Immediate Trial or DI missal Carried te Supreme Court i .ingeies, i ,nir., , . i -lis, A. P. i A petition for a wnt of inun date diiccting Judge Sidney N. Heeve, of the Les Angeles Superior Ceuit, t grant an immediate trial te Mis Mod Med alj mm Obgiiciiuiii, ihui'teil ,,itl, tiu. luiirtlee of J. Helten Kenncdv. .., ,H. llMSh th iudlelinrnt ugulnst he,'. , i. filed with Mi, -me Si.prcme feuit in Sun Fru'iclsco.ennv. LJL( e Counsel for the defendant, vvle left tl night for Sun Frnnciucn. mnrin ti.i' signs 01 nppreviu, 1101 einy nei-uuse 11 us 110 Mown sntliered befete give pieinlse of relief from oppressive '"' buihling when these lhc most 1m 1m taxaiieii, but ler the additional uaseii J"rtji nt figures jn th,. ( 'en ference- met Mint it is calculated te give impetus te "" inin was falling nnd Iiurdlv n peace mdustiies. peiseu iimcng the f, p,s,nB ,,... t ,.. v.... "VT" , I... v .... !!.,nl,.,:1,.- "I' '!' 1. tl.!. strcfr looked rman,enV ...i, s en M,e J.eck . ' v ' "" Z ,, "U AV " "' NIGHT EXTRA. PRICE TWO CENT3 Balfour te Make Formal Statement of Acquies cence Tomorrow JAPAN ALSO IN LINE FOR NAVAL HOLIDAY England Anxious te Apply Pro gram te France and Italy Alse AMERICAN COUNSEL WINS Delegates of "Big Five" Meet te Map Out Conference Procedure liy tlie Associated Press Washington, Nev. 1 1. It vaa offl effl cinlly announced for the British clcl- Ictratien today that at tomorrow's ses I sien of Uic Arms Conference Arthur i Balfour will make a speech ucceptinp- I ii!M : .-i, ii. . in principle me iAmcrjcan pro posals for limitation of naval armament. '"" ei wnat was te be done te brin; France and Italy within the scope, of , , , . ,, ;. u vi ! th ' P1"" for limitations. me American rIelerr;it,.a it is C5 , I "l'g Five" in Conference ! TTrtw.ii. .. i.- , . ..... understood, impressed their British colleagues with the advisability of' first disposing of the question as it affects the three principals the. United States, Great Britain and Janan. ' ,esc K.n, . ,, ,V n, , ' .P" . ' i! " "'''n delcgntlenfi """' " ""in.v te map out a plan of I'teccdiirc te expedite consideration of the whole armament question. They ut rived at the Pan-American Lnlen Building, where th nieetlng was held promptly en tunc. Secretary Hughes wus ln-st i0 arriva, "in ne was followed s,,en In Arthur Balfour, heading the British delega- lien, and a stuff of lechnl.ul nxncrtm of ,,. ,, ... ",,rl"1" , !, an,,J ll1"1 u,n ' Brenner Brinud, of ruii.-e, h,iii ,: similar staff. Senater Schuiircr, heading the Italian delegn delegn tleu, anil iiis tcchniciil advisers, and Admiral Baren Kate. of th,, Jupuncr , gieup. with Japanese ,,lh, ers After greeting each eiher the "KiK Fiv.' constituting a r euinnttee. vven (into the directors' mini ,,f n... 1...11.1 '"K '"1 tin se(end Heur .icceiiiii.iiiii.,1 l.v the tccjmlciil gieiips for each Power "nu un- ilcliiicmtlens begun j ii Purely American Pnii.sj iiiein.ui elllci.ils leilni . .l, ,..i..i 1 th.it I plan prcsentcil te the (Veifer. .'ititi .I... i.. .- v '', ,' "' niate Hughes nils P'rtly an Aiueiunn piep,)s., ulllj ,., advance knowledge t it hid .,.ri ken car. fully fiem ,,ii ,,. ics,.,iatives el the etnei- Pevvei,. If ,, ,, .,1(,m, . kileivvn Mint some t.ir na, hmg pla. Would be prcs.nt.d ,.,.,. ; lp( ,.() feiin. e, it was d". Inn, I i- ,. delnlls 'lllnr as te iTe has 1 s, et n,e proposal ' or Me exa.t time f it, pr. . ntatien wen pcrinilicd te le.-eh unv nth, r dele gUfe-'. ' isiiiiini c it )1is a. 1, ,M. thm (.seei,-, days would l rei'nrnl fir th riae.il advis.1, ,,f (irem Jlutun an i 1 Japan, the Powei-s , ,i, , ,., , t fpi-cpaie any extim.ite of ii,e nc,.( ptabilH v in tlelntl of th- specing Am. 1 i. nn pre I pesuls. it w.is iniliinled lli.it teelnv Mulcting of the tive hinds el delegation's I was net for the puiiese el m mullv con sldenng the plan, but l.ithn- unx .1.. v.ite-d te tnereeu- s leutlin ills, ussln. of a met hed of pre. e.lme I At the Stun Dcp.jrlniei, Micro rn everv iinlii-atleu redav t ll.M lhc m.l.ll.. leuitlen fiem this d.iviintn nt'M first held stei lu the Couf.'K i 1 ii hec-i Cll lirely i-cashuring The In .t inn. e iippieviil cuiiic t 'ret.u Hughes' of ,i.... i.. ,i... ...i .. i .. .. ..... .... iiieiisuini , inn. tn, iieuhc wn 'ikewisc deluged with i eiigi .it ulnterv ex inessiens en tin epi ulng of tin- Ceu ft ri'lice A s, inipsis of tin propeMil. f arm a I nullnuril en I'ute I Ifitn ( iiliimn Tlirer Daivcs. in Vic l initie. Suve.s til ion $2.1.0110,000 Washinsten, Ne. i'. i ,,,r (, Da wis. .lite-, ter of the I idetul Bud gel, today was invited te wltnes be awniiling el the decoration of t'6h- iniiuder of Hie Legien of Hetiut1 i ranee te Assistant Secretary um- n iii-iwrigur .vir. Duwci rlvci mte, hut explained tlie if i.i j had lieen e'liiiH'd by vv the budget and Hint bis t of u few iii'nules had rcsiil. saving of $2.i.lM)0.n(M) te the which he had lopped from M mates ..,- ... .,,.-.1, ii.iioieouih ' ?v V ' 14 1 j gXr II t iiwm II WimSl , Ml? f II ' i llln.i.i..n..nrti ' ' -"a ...v.k,tve.uii.i4b K. ' O f v. -A m !
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