Kil -s rvKn& ""Y ,. ?t & r IE AND JAPAN 01 L - Oharges of Secret Compact te p"ituwa 11 c -it.i ir iivvaifc u. e. wauea mu- t licieus Fabrication" !rt!NA MAY FORCE ISSUE Washington. Jan. 2. In (onnectlen Jth ICflr Eastern questions at the &ra Conference the Siberian situa tion tM brought suddenly Inte promi nence today through publication by Ifce special delegation ler the Par Eastern republic of copies of allegpd Communications between the Japanese knd French Governments covering the proposal that the two Governments net In concert nt the Washington Con ference ,with renpect te thp establish ment of n Japanese protectorate ever Siberia. ( Although the documents were promptly declared by a member of the .Tapjineee delegation te be n "malirieus fabrication" and characterized by a French delegate as "forgeries, stupidly contrived, there was considerable peculation today whether the eecurtn- I tfen -would be brought formally before i Mie rVtnrri.n.a k i, pkin. ny umig i Y SIBERIA DEA ether delegation when the Siberian I then te the Morgue. ituatien 1h taken up en the agenda. ' Police found the razor Mill gripped I The Far Eu.tcrn representatives , In thp dead man s hand. Uocters at khemBclvcs net enlv urn net members the hospital aid en? wound In the ub ub ef the conference, but are 'Henking for ilemen of the wifp was mifficient te n unrecognized government whipii lett it entirely uncertain as te what cog nlzance may be tnken of the charges. It Is the charge of the Chitn (ievern nent delegates, supported In the form if a series of com mil lunlcatiens allegrl te , "ve passed between Paris nnd Tokie t by the terms of n treaty signed rch 32. 1021. nn antl-l!eIrhcviit crnment, dominated by Japan, was 3 ct up in Siberia, in leturn ter free hand elven Jnpnn in Slbcru i Tokie Government was te assist nnd stabbed her several mere times be In her attempt te overthrew f0re she reached the stairway. Jet Itussia nnd checkmate the ef- , "Adeline and I were tee scared te is of the United States "te secure for m()Vp until after papa had gene up ielf a place in Soviet Ttussla nnd tnir. Then we ran out nnd told the lln supremacy in the Knst." neighbors'. When wc all came In again Direct mention of a France-Japanese jMpn was dead, tee." rrangement bv which the two Govern- - - - lents were te net In unison in matters , f "mutual interest" nt the Arms Cen- ' srence is contained in a French "note" e Tokie dated September 2, 1021. That note said : "The alms of the Washington Con ference nre net quite clear te the French 3evernment. AVe are therefore unable te express our frank opinion with re gard te the Conference. We take Inte consideration the Interests of Japan te the same extent as we have dune it be fore, especially when our Government Is convinced that with regard te all the Questions which will he discussed in 'Washington the French Oevernmcnt will have te rely en Jnpan enlv. "Our ngreement with Japan en the I Siberian question force us te be very careful, for our decisions are In con flict with the policy of America, which is. new playing nn important part in the Ea-st. America's intention te secure ter Itself a place In Soviet Hussin has been frustrated by our policy. The Americans are therefore pushing the 'Eastern question se n te gain su premacy in tue East. We must resist efforts by nil means, and the "T?rcnch Government hopes te have the help of the Japanese Government in that. f "The Japanese plan te create a free republic in the 1'nst under the protec pretec protec eorship of Japan is cemprehen-iblc te us, .and the French Government will give' Its support te the plan by all means, especially, ns we believe, thi Japanese Government will take Inte consideration our Interests In the r Chinese Eastern Hallway, Manchuri.i md'eut Intercuts in concetiens " . The alleged treaty of March 12. 1021, "between the French, Japuncse and Itus ' ian delegates provides for the trans- ' shipment of the Wrangcl army from Constantinople te Vladivostok, the hct ting up of n conservative ltusdan Gov- ' crnment In Russia under the control I of Japan end the signing ever te Jnpan ! t (ill economic com colons in Siberia,, ,idth the understanding that French in- tcrests "will be taken into censidera- i , tlen." I 1 Accompanying is n statement by the ' Tar Eastern delegates that the ship- i went of former soldiers of the Wrnngel nnd Dcnlkln nrmles te ladivostek be- frnn In the fall and that some of these troops nre part of the Itusslan White Army new operating against the Far Eastern troops. Despite the M's' ear s holiday naval experts of the Arms Conference delega tions kept ut work today en their task e Ironing out details of the naval limi tation plan which it Is hoped te put Inte final treaty form by the end of the week. FRENCH PRESS RAPS CONDUCT OF ENGLAND ParU, Jan. 2. (By A. P i Mem- bers of the French lelegiitlen tftieiild have lest no time in giving their views "'.tha American plan f t limitation of val armament, It was declared by ' wspapers here today. "l'ertinax - illtlcal editor of the Eche de Paris, r sentcd with indignation charges of in perlnlism and mllitnrlsm uiainnt France, nnd referred bitteili te the conduct of Englmid. UbyleiiBiy the Amcriian program implied," lie declared, "that all navies should be of the same tjpe. nml that the samu ratio fixed for capital ship should npplv ti sm.ill units and sub marines. Without waiting, we nlmuld have nsaerted our right te a nnvy built ' nccerdlng te ether conceptions. e postponed such nctlen. -ententing our- ' wives te uiiswering prewnt questions end taking every oppertunltj te flatter our trans-Atlantic friends, who wcte I accepting everything given tbem at its face value, ' ' "They were afterward nstenMicd le find hew our Ideas vere full of twks und folds. Our leaders made the same mistake in 1010 In dealing with Presi- Ient Wilsen, nnd were similarly ac- ' cused of duplicity." 8t. Brlce, in the Journal, wns mere bitter In his comment. i "England wen a magnificent :;ame." i e nsaertsd, "and hns succeeded in real izing ani European heeeinu'n) "iich as n6 nation ever has known und has thrown en France the suspicion of im perialism," Alluding te the plnn outlined by Sec etary Ifughes at llie Washington Con Cen tfence. St. Brlce remarket! : "I,t is a joke te present it in a re- I 'tlen ngalnst mllltariMii. ns the I lies pregruiii simply results econem- in the dominion et the world Tnt Powers. France, with u (dpulntinii of 70,000.000, must adequate navy te defend iea A.navy is nn er-sentlal condi cendi ' 'dem, nml would thrrnlcn Tveuhl wsli te strike nt jAr RrsmiVV'P assiM. am r At'-t- nt Chitn, n'eerdlng te ndvleet received trem there, tliut .Iiipun'H menace te the j sovereign righin nml territnrlul Integ- llt.v of the Itcpublle hnd been check- i mated ey the presence In Wnnhlngten during the Anns Conference of dele- gates from the Siberian Itepnbllc. 1 M. Nlkoferoft" s.nld that .Tapnn's hopes for cenccsninn. nnd hectlliccn en I the pert of the Uepubiic In exchange for recognition by Tokie I-nil been i blasted. Ite added : 1 "The admission of our delegate) te Washington, though In the capuclty of , I unofficial representatives, Is n blew tn J the blockade which enclrcler the young Republic like ii dense ring. We knew that our representative in Washing-, ten will be net only guests! It 1" cvi- . dent that their presence will bring about negotiations. We will net permit Japan te declare In Washington that ! all nucstleiiH nre settled with its. I SUPPER" LATE. HE SLAYS I WIFE ANDTHEN HIMSELF Stabs Her Six Times With Bread Knife Children See Tragedy Angered because hip meal wen net prepared en time, Olrate Oe'ase. 2070 1 lpenn street. Nicetewti. last night at tacked ht wire, ".tee. forty-six years I old, stabbed her te death with a bread - ; knife, and then killed himself by cut- ting his threat with i. reser. Theresa nnd Adeline Pin. nged c,ght land five, daughters of the murdered ! tinman An tn unrritrl the alarm, but both husband and wife were ileail when neighbors arrived nnd had the iedic ni te thp Samaritan Hospital ana cause death. The children were taken te the home of ii neighbor, where they will be kept until authorities arrange ler meir care "Papa had been drinking for several days, ' Tliercn sain, ami wui-n uc came Heme up was in nn uniy huihui.; Mamm.i didn't have r-upper ready nnd he MartPd an argument and struck her. She struck him back, then he grabbed un the knife and stubbed her. She tried te run unstnlm. but he followed licr Rtm niQTRIPT PHI IPP RIUF 0 I H Ulb I HIO I rULIlrC UIVC $36 TO AID NOVAK FAMILY, Other Doners Send Total of $41 te Alleviate uestuutien The fnielly of 1'aul Novak, 12."i2i Cressen street, received n New Year's gift teIay frctn police of the Eleventh l nnd Winter streets station. Novak tried te commit suicide Thurs- , day night In the Manayunk Canal se that his family could get his life In- I "tirancc. I A picture of the mother with her five I children, published In the EVENltfO It iii.ie Ltnern, was petted en n box, which Lieutenant Cnrlin placed en the , desk In Ihe roll room of the police sta- tlen. This morning the box was opened ' and the contributions found te amount te S30.CC. i Sergeant Dullels took the gift te the Novak home. i Contributions totaling ?41 for the os-1 islstance of the Novak family and Mrs. I M. Sullivan, a neighbor of theirs in difficult circumstances, nre acknowledged! I by tin) EvrxiNti Puiilie I.tlier.lt nnd have been forwarded. I I These contributing nre Heard of Di rector? of the Oak J.ane Improvement ' AsHoclutien. S25: "Anonymous." S5 : Anonymous $5. and "Anonymous"'1"' was resuM-iuiieu iu u .i.-m-u., . I (for Mrs. M. Sullivan, 13!) Hermit I i street). $.". they worked. After nearly nn hour the i Hespltnl, with n fractured skull and SCHOOL BOARD MEETS; flames were put out. and the exhausted ether injuries, from which physicians DC CI crTO no nnnnmc firemen were given shouts of thanks and at the institution fear he mnj net re-nt-LLtvIO Un. enUUrVlt, tetmncuJatiun as they drove off cover. 12-Mlnute Session Given Over te Reorganization for Year The Beard of Education, in a tweHe minute meeting today, reorganized for the j ear. Dr. Edwin C. Broeme was re-elected Superintendent of Schools for one jenr without opposition, as provided by the beard recently, instead of a four-year term. Dr. Geerge Wheeler, Dr.. Oliver P. Cornman. Dr. Ieuls Nusbaum nnd Dr. Armand .1. Gersen were re-elected as i secinte superintendents. i Eight district superintendents were i "1" re-elected, os follews: Dr. Charles A. Coulomb, Dr. Wnlter II. McMuliln, ir. William . lirewn, ur. Henry V. Kind. Dr. Wilten C. Cooper. Dr. Ed win W. Adams. Dr. Samuel t. Chew end Dr. Helmnn White. Others re-elected are Jehn D. Cas sell, lib superintendent nt buildings; Maiilen II. Snvage, ns superintendent of supplies, and City Controller Will B. Hndler. as school controller. Cltv Treasurer Themas F. Watsen was elected Fchoel treasurer. Controller Hadley was en hand and sworn in. r i a r - r-iin rnmi -ri inn -r vJiirmue uuni i iiuiii iiuiumi 1 Fatlier Saves Bey'e Life by Turning Him Upside Down Quk k wit en the part of his father saved the life of three-year-old Gorseu I.lchtensteln, 1!)1! Nertli Stanley street, this morning. The bev had been piesenteil witli a ninlml fnr V,i- Veflr'n. which, child .HI(e. i nn mit ,H mouth. The first il.ei father. II. i.iehtensteln. knew et bi son's predicament was when the little face started te get blue and the young ster choked. The father grabbed his son's legs, turned him upside down and shook him until the nickel drooped te the fleer, nllewing the child te breathe again. COLD HAMPERS FIRE FIGHT Settlement Heuse, Ardmore, Dam aged Despite Efforte of Firemen In i blilnj is Id wind, with the ap paratus eejge,i by ice, and with the temperature bc'.i w 10 degrees, three Milunte-r fire companies struggled for un hour with flames at the Italian Misiilen Settlemri.t Heuse, 210 Green field ivenun, Ardiner'. thts morning. The (lames were suppressed nfter the e-Mii 1 nml third floors of the build ing had been destroyed. The tire was discovered by u small bej . The Merlen Fire Company an swered the alarm, but the Narberth and lli.n M'iwi- companies also had te he cii'led. Ue-identrt in the neighborhood gne the volunteer firemen coffee nnd feed. FIRE IN PLASTER STUDIO Building st Twentieth and Chest nut Streets Damaged $1500 Damage estimated nt $1500 wnsi caused by n tire discovered uhertly nfter neon today en the second deer of the I'lerentlne Art nnd Plaster Utudle, ' '.'10-11! Chestnut Htrcct. Jt in toeugnt Hint tne blaze wan lMT);ir KEV:rs'n8pi by an unguarded lire In nn open XiiAyiVY' flri'place,wlilch was communicated te -JMll ... - .. . $$.& JbiYJStflStf PUBLIC KLEIN CLUB MAIN LINE RREMEN.1 I Volunteer Companies Have Hard Struggle With Flames at Haverford Heuse GIVES ALARM In clothing that was ntlff with ice und with lingers that bled from cold, vol unteer firemen fought this afternoon te save the house of Clayten Jehnsen, lit 441 Herkley read. In the fasMonneie, .f Haverford ll I. .. .1 1...u.1 t. . fxiini Vli. littllil. um, vIrttmIly nlI tne rnlshings of I the house had been uaningeu ev water. About 1 o'clock .Mrs. i.eerge l . imw- lanu, who lives opposite me .iiiiiiiwi. saw smek? pouring from the eaves of their house. she telephoned, immc' diatcly, the Ardmore tire cempntiy, and then rushed across the read te warn the ,Iohnens. Mr. Jehnsen nnd his daughter. Mar ian, were net at home. There was a maid in the kitchen who had no notion that anything was amis. By this time the whole of the third story was in flames. Soen the Ardmore Cempnny nrrived nnd began te plav several streams ei i water en the house. When they thought i ttinr wArf net nreirressin net nrezressing against me' flames quickly enough they appealed te the Brvn Mawr company, which re- i spended. I The firemen struggled in the bitter temperature of 10 degrees. Water from I the hoses froze nlmest immediately and made progress difficult. B. U. Boyd, of the Haverford company, was made un conscious bv smeki' In the third story. i Inte which lie' had forced n war. A I ..An..n.ln -fnel V.trtnu. l-,4fl!Mfl til 111 Mild .. ..11 ...... . ..... .'....V... .' --..' - ...... .... . .eignuers ui inc .nniii.Min iiiiuiL- m.. i quantities of het coffee nnd het choce- late nnd brought It te the firemen ns klv : vT' tbsk, xiam.m&?j!!MrjmK ' HlMMRnBHH04liHfiWijfeUt29re9KH . pf Hncker was injured while riding A haenrp nf Pnmn '" ,h( Kllle car et n i)0,,ce wtcrcle. AUbeilCL VI rUlllJ b(,,U(; dHvPn bv Motorcycle Policeman at Penrose Funeraltt- mn a,se waK lni"TCli Cunlinnnl from li One all members of the committee euld go te PM'adcInhla for the funeral The expressed wieii of the late Senater's family that the funerul be private had bien communicated, however, te Sen Sen aeor McCmnber. of North Daketn. the runking Republican m"mlr. and the committee theiefere decided te take no action. It did determine. hevcer, that sev eral of its members would draft the res olutions which nre te be submitted te the Senate when it fencne tomorrow. Owing te fie alisence of Senater Crew en ace. unt of illness, it vn. understood that Senater Ledge, of Massachusetts, the Ker.ubUcau leadei. would mnl tin- aiineitncement of Mr. Penres-'s deeth In the Senate. This I airnngement ""'' i 'ne P'ftn he. eer. wns subject te et" Senate lender- for te- and morrow in bit the 1-xnute mi-ei ' mlept rcs.tlutlens witli ic.-pcit te the memo memory of its late in'Mier nnu niijeurn It th" following da. Attaches of the Senater's office al the Capitel went down te the Penrose suite ns usunl te handle the office routine. There was correspondence te be at tended te, departmental matters te be disposed of and the usual requests for official ei personal assistance nlicady in the malls before his death beejme known. Pennsylvania members of the Ileute weie conspicueiihl) absent from the. Capitel today Inquiries at their te speetlve offices Invariubly elicited the response that "the Congressman Is nut of town " Many are expected buck to morrow, though ethers, according te their secretaries, probably will net re turn until later In the week When it is possible te nsenible u quorum nf the delegation, a meeting will he called te aclepr appropriate resolutions en the Senater's career Reported Aute Victim i mijflAM P. URINES Fermer un (Judent, who , trli ay a0 mUrdf t,BHBBBBU SbWI jflu3spl JUbJjUJBli PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, WINS FIRST PRIZE KILLEDV 8 HURT POLICE SURGEON A Iwy was killed and eight ether persons were injured In automobile ac cidents ever New Y'ear's. Twe hours nfter he was struck by nn automobile last night Jehn Brcnnan, eleven years old. Mr, West Schiller I street, died In the Samaritan Hospital. Brcnnan was struck by the machine llOOUt 1 O ClOCK IflSt lllgnt, ns HC Ol- , tempted te cress Nineteenth street be low Hunting Park avenue. Carl Stcln berger, 2017 West Hngert street, driver of the car, was arrestee. The machine Is owned by Jehn P. Klmmerle. nn un dertaker. 2127 North Bread street. The automobile of Dr. Wnlter Walker, 2(K5 Church read, Ardmore, struck nnd st-rieusly injured Jeseph Carfo. 32!) CVmway avenue, Nnrbcrth. chauffeur for Geerge II. Earle, Jr., ef1 Grays lane, Hnterferil, yesterday en t Montgomery nvenue, Narberth. Carfo i is in un- nrju r ji.j-i" u " fractured skull, n broken light leg and urumii ngin. m. Carfo ullchtcd from tne automobile after driving Mrs. Earle te her home, nnd in wnlklng nreund th rear of th car te cre the -tre't stepped liip front of the automobile driven uy Dr. Walker. Assisted l Mrs. Enile. Dr. Walker placed Carfo in his madilne and took him te the hospital. Dr. Clmrlci. 1.. Iirleker. u plij-icinn and tiellcc Mirsism at the Twentieth and Berks hlreets neiicc station, was sn eusiy ,nji mi '"''.;',,"''."', meinr r iu.'iii m . ..v.,.,. -..... .,, Herks treet. He is In th" Women's Homeopathic Dr. Bricker was being duven from i his home nt 27:0 Glrard avenue te the i police station, where he had been called te examine a motorist, arrested en a charge of operating his machine while under the influence of liquor. The tnnchlnc was proceeding east en Berks street, when at Twenty-third street a tnxlcab crossed in front of it. Hall made every effort te nveld .strik ing thn machine, but wns only partly successful. The tnilcnl) sldewiped the side car of the mntercycle and hurled Dr. Brlrkcr te the street, lie fell upon his s head and was picked up unconscious. , II but escnneil with miner cuts After running Inte the flower bed nt Bread street and the Iloesevclt lleule- vard. nn automobile ob le which tell e sa I ?. I.?."- , , v, n ,i uV ,1 nn land ".mm e , i'mer threem,timesmSt was going at th un hour, sninshi nnd then turned The driver. Jehn Cesgrnvc. Jr., 134 Nertli Thirteenth street, Newark, es caped injury. He was arrested by Moteretcle J'ellcemen i.ee nnu iwn nei J mi lite .mime u. ,r.r..v?r nml enerntinc an n n rnmiin n tnii(. under the intlnence et uquer. At nn enrly hour yesterday morning nilinh Kmmens. wnlle cir.ving u ma chine ev.nec by f. II. Milchln. west en tlewen avenue, Mount Airy, collided with another machine owned bv .1. W. Turnbull. The car Kmioens was driv ing as overturned and Mr. and Mrs. Ilrnwn. 200.") North Hotline street, who were passengers, sustnlned In juries. Thev were taken te ('hcntnut Hill Hospital for treatment. Kmmens I wan examined by the district surgeon, who declared thet he was Intoxicated. I'lntnuiiH wns placed under $1000 bad for court. W. W. Montgomery, u broker, of Mare lane, Radner, with offices In this cltv, ran down nnd Injured a man with his motorcar en Montgomery ave nue. Vlllanevn, vesterdny. The Injutcd man. Hankie Hlllegas. of Vlllanevn. was crossing Montgom ery avenue when he was ntruck. Mr Montgomery took WIlcgan te Dryn 1 luwr Hospital, where it was found he was cut und bruised about the body. Phoebe. Sheridan. (13.12 Market ntreet. and Pernie Ilnter. 222H Diamond I street, along with Albert Pater, of the I Diamond street address, in Phllndel I phla, had u mlrneuluun escape i arly tills ' niernlni; when n limeur.lne in wlib-h they w-ere riding with several ether skidded I In Pncillc avenue at Ocean nv.-t.ti , At lantic (.'Itj. and jumped u curb. The car struck u riding block und overturned. The c.ir landed wheels, up en Ike bldcwalk with the passengei-n caught in the wreckage. Crowds leaving the New i Year's celebrations in the cafen in that t section cam" te the rescue und lifted them out. Ilxcept for the three named, who were treatM ler lacerations an.j the shock ut the City Hespltul, the ethers left the nenu when the ciewd gathered. Freighter Slnklne New Yerk. .Inn. in East River 2. The freight stenmshln Westward He. from Bosten struck a submerged rock off llallefs ' Point Mght nnd was reported by wire less te be sinking In the Knst Itiver off ' iTveniyiiHii sttect today, augs went te her assist""":. f S -r UCpnin IM AIITn MIQUADQ IBfr a l!s L UULU In nUlu TO flu telf)- viiiiiiiHhM if.ll I a Elevcn-Year-Old Bey Dies in Bv. lSfySM JaBt Hospital After Being Hit "BUB V ' tK.MireffilK Cressing Street IKi V .s , SQ FOR BEST FANCY-DRESSED CLUB ,-&w$3vaagilCTife & . - IJISSHttr Mm tika?a., - -, iwsa IS VICTIM if tM mJISl&SS I r i i iTi ai&nw'rifTT wra;:nffi rhT,WTO-"',i -.-sve-!;&SvCiici;aj The Klein Club's cape Is shown as the members of the club carry It along Filbert street, east of llrnatl street. Ilelaw is Edward Ceyle, of 12:1(1 Seuth Huclmell street, and Ills eulhfnl son, who declared he didn't mind the cold DUBLIN PAPERS DEMAND IRISH PACT RATIFICATION - - - will nf Dnnl. Mn Pr-uall. Twe Journals Declare ' Dublin. Jan. -.-( By A. l.j The members of the Dnll Eireann who have been spending the holidays at their homes are beginning te return te Dublin i for the resumption of the seasons of ., Ii At Tin II tAvitni..ilil Durine the last week Irish nubile ' opinion seemingly lias consolidated in i taver or tne peace treaty with ureal Britain, and the wipperti r of the tienty I in the Dall today expressed fur mere cenlldence of ratification of the decu- ment than at any time since the debate' epc,Mei,'t- t i i .i t . i The I reemnn Journal and the Irish Independent declare In this morning's, isMies that the will of the neenle must preall. the former saying: Ne sophistry, however tine spun, can disguise the fact that te thwnrt tills will would be te betray a sacred trust. That sort of treachery makes no appeal te Irishmen." The Independent cxprestcs the ut most confidence that the opponents of the treaty in the Dall will heed the popular voice. Display advertisement in imlnj's newspapers announce detail- i-eg.tidlng the appearance tomorrow of the n ws. paper te be called the Ucpubll of Ire land, which "stand-- fr the ii'iseluie independence of Iielund." It will be published by n committee ei iliiectleti i eiuprisl:ig Charles Burgifs, the Dall .Minister of Defense; Austin Stuck, .Minister of Heme Affairs; .1 J. O'Kelly. Ersklne Chllders, Itebert Brcnnan and three- women members of the Dull Countess Markiewlcz, Miss1 Mary MaeSwlnty and Mis. Kale' O I allaghen. The name et I'.umen cie Valera, II wes noted with interest net uppear en the list. does i YULETIDE GIFT IS FATAL Bey Riding Bicycle Dodges Under Gates In Frent of Train Atlantic City. Jan. 2. - Leenard .,. ,!...-.. ... .-.. if i r "r;.;,, ' "& ""$ ' h '' c' .' ''' '" night from Injuries su-taincd when l.e wns run down by u West Jersey and Seashore electric train in the ynids at n-l.r.. ''"' ,ri,i" ,n ",e '' New Yerk avenue curly in the eveni Tll( b'' "!,h r,'n" 1,i''''Ie '' "ivrd t Christmas The gates w ug re- ere down :it the crossing and Ihe cyclist rode around the end of the guard und directly into the path of the trnln. lie wns hurled fifteen feet te one side. The wrecked cycle wns enrried along the ,,,, nn,i ,l,e metnl Otert eirciillwl the .... .,.-.. -,....... .... train, causing n fire which brought pe lice and firemen te the scene. Movements of Vessels New erk. Jan - Arrived Cennum Die Patron Hamburg Pec 'J'. Arrlirsi Hniern, Yerk southrtnipten IJec. "I --Armed New Yerk UuernMemi. Jaii 1 Arru'd New Vnr'.l I'ljmeitlli. Jan. J Arrived Zeelund, Yerk Niiples. Die 24 Arrived (lugllclme Pierce, New Yerh I.Urrpeul. Dee. 31. Milled n.ilttc N, . Yerk Aiitwern. Dec ai) - salleil Iindenler New Yerk Nniiliss, Dc 31 - .-vilkd Arabic S'ew Yei k VVINTKn II KSIIKTS IIK'IIVIONI). VA. Tfefcfl&nan .Most inaenlflrent hotel In the Menth. Reems elnite or en anlte. ultli nnd iinneiit baths, r.ureprtin pljn. li lustrntra uoekirf en Quest. re- O. 1'. WKIHUiKR Mr. siii:vii.i.i.. . v. Write for SPECIAL Kail and Winter RATES U.KTTERY PARK HOTEL Ashcvillc, N. c. HOTEL CONTINENTAL"" C,,,'.f'ilp.n '"' lf-V l,rm" mixterat WtH. or ihew. M. VVAl.HH DUNCAl? .HHra!iCA.Ni!!A Te ril.TJitl KRONTi:N,r, LKnKt'' , If ou leie real Wl njerjjjiertii; STRAy"7010" " " iAuustsTe m l - eaatllai mm .TAtfJLJABY 2, ' JL922 Deaths of a Day martin j. Mclaughlin Was One of Oldest Members of Philadelphia Fire Department Martin J. Mcl.nuehlln. scventv-nine i years old. one of the eldest veterans of Philadelphia F!re Dcpartiucm. died J'cterday at his home, 1.17 Cherry street. Mr. McLaughlin wns a member of the lire department ever Ninrc Its organisatien, serving fifteen ear ns " cnplain. He was the lust survivor of these who organized Engine Company t. 8. and belonged te the old Hlber- . ' .. , ,. lan Vemna.n..v -Se- '.. Uc w.n! . "1Pn- tier et the eternn 1'ircmens Assecla tlen. He will be buried In Hely Cress Cemetery from his home Wednesday morning. Mass will be sung at 10 o'clock in St. Augustine's Church. Mr. McLaughlin is survived by two brothers. Jehn Berger Jehn Berger. sixty-two yeais old, ferineily a prominent member of the ' Elks' Ledge in this city, died ycxter- I day iu St. Luke's Hospital following u j stroke of apoplexy. Fer several years re had been living Westvllle. N. J. witli his family at TROLLEY AFIRE; 2 RESCUED Fireman Pulls Them Through Win dew Paesengers In Panic Twe men were rescued from a burn ing ttelley enr last night by ti firemnn who pulled them through n rear win- new. i he two men, Abe ldpschuu and .incen Mihsman. et south seventh mreet. were riding en n northbound Seventh street car when the tire started as the car nen red Carpenter street. Passengers rushed for the doers and Lipschiitz nnd Sussnian were caught In the crowd. The tinnier u-erp keen hv members of Engine Cempnny Ne. 1ft. near Seventh nnd Carpenter streets. Jeseph Falcone, a hesemati. saw the two men struggling te get loose and he pulled them through n rear window. They suffered slight bums. The flumes were quickly extinguished ttrT7iniill7TlTrhrrnrrr,rr,,i,L, .,,,,,,,,, f,r,,r .. ,,,, , i,i,, ,,r, ..,,., inrrvum I . ll77TTd , Uii Hfcumfjp I' f ft a: iKgK.BfSi'aM1',,i',aLi r :;;,:;.: i jmmmmmaim&mkmaumiteJzmL e New il U. A I The Sesqui-Centennial HE millions and Leng before this will be many, many Great Publicity and ii.,'., f..'- :,. T tiiie iuii ,.y , Have vision, men and women of Philadelphia. Awake te your civic and your business opportunities! Measure up te Philadelphia's bigness for it is a big city and make the "Birth Place of the Natien" even bigger and better. Our firm is whole-heartedly committed te this task. Yeu can de your part te help Philadelphia grew toward this Werld'3 Fair and beyond it! The ball is new rolling push it along! Wm.H. Wilsen Keallers ACADEMY HOLDS iW .WISHED' IN FLAVOR OF WALES Star ) Eistotidfed Competitions After ' Morning of Elimination CHORUSES HEARD TONIGHT The ntmesphcre of bardic Wales per meates the neighborhood of the Arn demy of Music, where the twelfth nils Utial eisteddfod In being held today under the nusplces of the Yeung I'eo I'ee p'e's Society of the Welsh Presbyterian Churcji. ,. Although there nre but two public sessions of the eisteddfod, work was begun curly this 'morning nnd adju dicators held the elmlnntien hearings of the rentestniils. There were from n dozen te thlrty-flvc contestants In each event, but nccerdlng te rules Immemo rial, only three nre allowed te take part in the public contests. That Mile, however, does )iet apply te the choruses, all of which sing in public for the main prizes'. , The musical Judge? nre Dr. Edward Broeme, of Terente, and II. Alexander Matthews, ergnnln of the Church of St. Iiiike nnd the Epiphany, of thl-j ritr. Their work In selecting three of each clash ,te appear at the public con- ! tests this fttfernoen nnd evening eccu- nti.,1 thorn until the hour for the begin ning of the public sessions early this nfternoen. Plillnilnlnliln wns the Mecca today of I the Welsh singers of Pennsylvania end ' New Jprsev. While entries for the prizes in composition, nrt needlework nnd the ether forms of creative effort hnd been received from almost every State in the Fnlen. as well ns from Wales und Canada, the actual 'contest 'centest nnts were ehHIy from the two States mentioned. The Wilkes-Banc nnd 'IV-ntim choruses come In about neon tedcy. Dr. William SurdlvnI. Arch Druid of Ine American Gersedd. Is the presiding officer of the eisteddfod, and the lit -erur.v adjudicator In the Rev. I). Puge Griffiths, Jermyn, Pa. There arc about two thousand contestant present, thet number Including the members of the various choruses. At the 1 o'clock session, the first public one wan opened with the pinging of "My Country 'Tis of Thee." fel- l.tivn.t I... nn Ifirnnn f Inn l.i Mm llei It. E. Williams. After n song by Evan ! Elewelljn Hebcrts, Mayer Moere welcomed tite visitors and the con testants te the city and the greet ings of the Matinee Musical Club were extended by Mrs. Gnrrlgues, Mrs. Ab Ab eott und Mnt. Maschal. The contests proper began with n piano sole for children of from ten te fifteen. Scliubeit'si "ImnrciinJitu" in It flat, was the number for competition JThis was followed by the children's sole ier luivr, iiiniicii 10 uiusr1 iiuiicr six teen. The prize for the first was do nated by Theodere Presser and for the second by Miss Mary E. Griffith, Lam bcrtvllle. N. J. The alto sole for the prize given by Ihe Mutlnee Musical Club and the bass sole for that donated by the Federated Music Clubs of Pennsylvania came next and then the contest for the mixed I choruses of from forty te fifty voices 1 which cleed the afternoon session Sue . Harvard, of the Metropolitan Opera I Company, was the soloist nnd sang i three songs. At the evening session there will be 1 contests for soprano sole, violin sole. Mcner sole, duets for tenor nnd linns nml the main event of the Eisteddfod, the ma'e chorus contest in which six clubs nre entered. The Eisteddfod is a characteristic Welsh institution, and Is n competitive festival of music, literature and nrt, In which the winners receive cash prizes. rhe growth of the Philadelphia Eisteddfod hns been remarkable. It war. first held In the chinch, but out eut giew that building, Lu Lu Temple and Wltherspoen Hall, until this yeui the Academy is used. This year's is one of the lnrgcst ever staged in the United States. Twe thousand dollars will be dis tributed in prizes. Entries In the various forms have been received from all the Middle Atlantic Slntes, Maine en (he nertli, Fleridn. Leulsinnn and Georgia from the Seuth and Colerndo. Oregon. Washington, Cnllfemln nnd Utah in the West. .Thieves Loet Heme of $2020 In Gems Four pieces of jewelrv valued at j $202(1 were stolen early tednv from the home of Nathan Rnthblntt. lOO.'I North Sexenth street. The thief entered through n dining-room window. Police are Investigating. Sesqui-Centennial in 1 926 will carry te the remotest corners or the earth. millions will be recused en World s Fair, the name "Phitadelnh? times en the lips of the far-off Advertising will be the fortunate let of V i &C X Wing, Phila," hV ''' -.. j2$pS i i i i l0N WAVE OF ROM Agents Phe'n !e Cafes of Intended I Visits ut Wet Goods Blew On DINER HURliS BUN; HITS ONE I- lentlng en tlic crest of n tidal war of liquor, the nAw y,,nr rcnchcd Phila delphia en scheduled time. Prohibition agents visited lletcls and cafes In the center of the cikjr in peareli of hoetch and found se much they could net carry it nil away. Scenes of wl 'dest disorder marked their nppcarance at many of the places, and the ngentn w rc greeted with a bom bardment of salt cellars, rolls, plates and edibles. Ai seclnte Director Sam uel !. Butter, n Keine ever his cap tures today, sal I he had found liquor en guests . llnlntf at the Bellevue-Strat-ford, the Ufc-.ten. the IUtz-Carlten. the HI"") ion. Vendlg. the Arcadia Cafe. Ile I'AJrflen. St. Jnmes Hetel. San Hettcl. Xeunj's and the Beaux Arts. 1 Ifty 1 enforcement officers, under Butter R-Pcrsennl direction, visited the places, after first hnvlng wnrncd them by tccrlhene they were coming and would eenfiscnte nil the boezn in sight. At tlie Arcadia Cafe the manager steed upon n table nnd Implored hi guests who had liquor te leave. He was cheered. The agents, when thev arrived, were cheered and hissed. One was hit en the neck bv n roll, nnethei was lilt by a plnte. Finally Assistant Huiicrlntcndent of Police Kenny arrived wltii n detail of police "te see what nil the cheering was about." He was asked by Ktitter te make some arrests, but refused, without warrants. The ejggest linul of the night, nc nc eordlng tj Mr. Butter, was at the Cafe IAicleiii Other bands of prohlbltleti men. under Agents Abel nnd Duncnn, ) were nm'fins the rounds of the quieter. I hotels. VH Ihe stuff seized wnti tnken I te the Krdernl Bulldinc. The nrehl bitien azpnts sny most of it is of vcrv peer qui lltv. ad some of the' vilest bootleg bpend nutte today is considering tnHtiir steps te close for one year seme of where the mert flnzranr vln. the cafes Intlens occurred ene of the cafes or hotels nrJ accused of selling the stuff. WIN$ ENGINEER AWARD S. Legan Kerr Only Phlladelphlan te Be Honored by Society S. Legan Kerr, of the William Cramp & Sen Ship and Engine Building Com pany, of Philadelphia, has becu awarded the junior prize for 1021 by the American Society- of Mcclianlcal En gineers Mr. Kerr's paper en the ".Meedy Ejector Turbine" wen the award. He was the only Phlladelphlan te win n prize. The studit prize sought by member. of sixty;' -one Amcricnn colleges went te Karl 1 1. White, of the University of Kansas, nnd Richard H. Merris and Albert ! R. Housten, jointly, of the University of California. Kills Self at New Year's Revelry Kiwt Orange. N. J., Jan. 2. Ex cusing Himself In the midst of a dance in a New- Y'ear's Eve celebration in his sister-in-law's home, Geerge W. Tay Tay eor, thirty-seven years old, an empleye of J. T. Morgan & Ce.. bankers. stepped .Inte a bedroom and committed suicide Py sheeting. He nnpnrently hud been in the best of spirits nnd these present act. could assign no reason for hla I1KA7HS CO.NNi-n At her rslJence. 2S4 Chel v.sntl.i ae.. Jan. 1. IUL'2. Kl.IZAllBTlI J ruNNEIln,id 01 year. Relatlves nml friends Invited te the services, en Wednes day ii'terne. t 5 o'clock, at the, Oliver H Kalr IlhU.. 1S20 Chelnut t. Interment Jit MerlRh Cent!"y-. Vlewlm Tuesday evenlne i:VANS.-t-At -Marlton. N J.. Jn. 1, lni'S HAUA11 c. neu lUsKlns). widow of Jeseph S IWans. aBed 7S. S"uneral. wrvlces. Wed 1S.30 A. ill nt ,utf reldene, near Marlton, N. J. Intef'n'n' Harlelgh Cemfltery. llUHOUnJ,, "ec at. 1021. AI.OVSIUS. husband efP'frBnret Uurser 1-Mneral. Wed.. s.ae A. .Ml 'rein the office of Umll J L Ilrlnht i? A'il t JlanHj-unlc. H.nuleni mass ht V.ry' Church. 10 A. Jt. Intel -mint W' ilnsltir ( emetery JDNI-.ann. .''. JOHN ZIEai.BIt hUBband efV.",y Daniels Jenes, ltelutle and frleiKte.l r;' Mpleyea of th U S Mint, are InW"! '" ,".,".nl funeral serxlct Thurs.. a I' '" ' lllH la, realdence, 411(1 lMne at Inli'1""10"' private KEI.U:Y U1'- 31 JOH.V A . husband of 1-n.n.a Ifall. 1' (ne DUCeV PlIIIP! In which raUtle '' 'rlends and nil teclellrs of which h? "" 4 member, are Invlied. Thurs.. 8 8? A. J., 'nte residence, la.i W. PassyurJi ny." maaa of requlnm Church of MenL-a. 10 A. JI. Interment v riiieirt aim: ii Ait- ni.S. en jjfnuarv 1 10J'.' nt hi hit. Ia! M St. dence Warr""""1 , ituwrai fervlres ut his home ec 'x ' jununry u. iwj, at 3 1 M. Intflrment Plrva'ci And Yeu ! Philadelt The cyetf our city neenW h $ 1 '01 1 r1 9 vi 1A1. ATIATIONV ni In transnci?