".', H,W S - fc?v- i-jW r ;l t ,.' n tt ., fc i. Ir fit" KIT. SUP' I J, rfi !"." !-t t Of i SPRDUL 10 CONFER ON G. 0. P. VACANCY Dinner te Babcock in Pitts burgh May Bring Succcs . ser te Penrose SILENT ON GOVERNORSHIP dntcrner Sprnul will be In touch next Wednesday with Kepublienu national leaders, Including President Harding, and )rtny clarify the s'ttiiilien arising front the National Committee v.icnnc) caused by Senater Penrose's death. The tli.verner pitted purl of Hip da nt his private iifllce. 1."1'J Chestnut street, and met evcuil iielltietu letid- crs. He was iiniici mniitlal iiheut die National Committee enl . although it Is i ah open secret he would 'Ike II hlni'eir. Mr: Sproul manifested Interest when told Lieutenant lieverimr ltclillenitin is In the city fijine te ilium up Interest In his (inventership boom. .Silent mi (tnvcriiiirshlp "I hne nothing whatever te -ny en the Governorship at this time." he said. "It might be well te let tilings rest for a while until wc get our bearings." 'The (ieicinnr was !ikil about the National Committee viunnev. It will be fil'ed bv the Hepubllran Stale Cem- nlttee. "t haven't given that am linn .'h' Mr. Sproul rep'lcd In the next mo ment. n though fnlb wins the trend e" Ills thought, he Mild be bail accepted pn invitnlbn te allend a dinner In "Washington next Wcilue-iliiv whir!. Srcretnrv of the Treaun Mell u is g ing te Pi-c-ldeut llarein;:. Mrs. Sproul xvill :n--sntnp.lii. the (ievcrnnr Se rotary Mellen hails from Pitts burgh, and I' as interested a- uiiv one in the iie..linn if a -in ces-nr te Semi ter Penrose lu the iuitl"ii.il uuniclN of the pac.v. The Uoverner Is going te llnri-Mmrif Sunday and Tuesday pvcnln: will it tcmi a dinner in l'itMmrgh In honor,. of K. V. Ilabeeek. who retired as M.ijer , of Pittsburgli .Tnnuaiy 1 Pour xeiirs a-;e Me Sproul. th-n i Stile Senater, was at a dinner at Put -burgh in honor of .lio-celi li. Aim strong, who had just re iiupiMc d tin .u r . . r ,... I... I. .... I .. . . elliee or .Miner m riiiMiiu-gu. ami "iii .necpcded bv Itnln'eck There was n Inrge gathering of big and little leaders at the dinner four years age. Senater Penrose was there, its was Senater Crew, then, as new. nepulilli'nn Slate chairman. During Hie confluences preceding and follow ing the dinner Mr. Sproul was ugiecd upon as the Republic nn candidate for Governer. Crew withdrawing In his favor Dinner Maj Clarify Affairs Se a simi'ar dinner next week will find Mr. Sproul again at the political cross-reads with his future, a matter of speculation. In that crowded period he was n candidate for the Itepnbllcau nomination for President, and lie has turned aside the temptation of reaching the I'lilted States Semite bj making a dettf and stepping out of the Governor ship. , , ,nl,- innln. Hi., Ceieriuir nml Ills enllers dlscusseil today. There are 1000 Ke.1- rrsl iebs with xearlv salaries tetalling about S'J.riOil.OtKI. which are still hrld by I'ennsjhunla temeernts. A fillip was glrn te the rather dull local situation b. a lalkfct llarrs J Trainer and Jeseph C. Tiulncr had with Cennclluiuii Ila'l. In the Is-t two (l three jcars the Trainers ami Hall were lielltical fees of the deepest die, al though furltier back in local lii-terv the Traluerx run with the "rcRulur" urcauizatiiin. IH'li of Jelih DNplcate Dut times have changed ami the Trainers are said te be di-satlsfied with appointments or the lack of Uietn un der the Moere Administration. It tt leseph C. Trainer who humiliated Con Cen cremmau Vare te the extent of tuistlus him iih Citj- I'eiumltteeman from the Twentj -sixth Ward. Lieutenant Gem rticr Ilcid'einan con cen fetfed here jc-tcrihiv Willi Seiiiltni Vnre. but get little enciiiirasem "it, ac. cording te reports Vare Is nil IIKil.v te ceiiiinit bnnelf until lie confers with Senater (Vew at Pitt-l urjli -uiie d-n next W,,,U. Senalnr Vare nl-e will In jit the Palme!; iliiincr. lleiilleinaii to day bud n talk with the Tritiuirs. WIFE GROWS HYSTERICAL AS SLAYER IS SENTENCED Corena, Who Killed Stepfather, Gets Off Easy, Judge Says Ntlirr Inreiiil. twc.il -f ill- eiir old. iil4 leiiiiiain street, who km in wait for 111 -tepfather. Viuchue Nlm lettl, one inii'tiiiiic ciirh lust Aueiit. V'llPIl the obi luuc w.i- jelr,; te cliunli. nnd shot I mi u , ,i, i. w.i- lei villi u lemii'iiiu nt MMunnry math slaiiibti'i- tuilai The jur rci i.eiiiii'inln i i.ui, .l"i,.." Pnvls In tjiiinter S. - ! n- miii ii i.I the verdict in llm-lf u n i inrt :m I pave ('reii,. "iM.ii umIm- v..t- hi tbe I ". a -1 i ti l' mi' iiM.n . Thg defendant's wife, siamiiiis m t'.ic linck of the ,'iciitrneiii, heard the erdM and began te n ream. Sentences were imposed in two ether homicide in-". Samuel lli.ndslicrrj . a N'egre, who killed liN su.'i'th.'.irt. Cera Smallwoeil. wii- found giiilli of second degree murder bj a jurj and seuiemeij te from feuiteen te twentx jear. I'.liner Klnmer, also a Ncre. get from ihii jears and Six nmtit li. te live jears In the rJnstern Penitcntiaij ter the shij -llig of his wife. Andrew Meadows, a Nesre. wa sen tviiced te fi'ui. Itftecu tu twciiti jeur- it (lie Eastern Peniteiitinrj it ft -r he had pleaded cuilt te seieinl-degree iiuirder In the death of Dennis Sc lilcj . RAIL SHOP UNION HEADS WON'T ORDER STRIKE VOTE UDjecuonaeie rtuies te ue laKen up With Federal Beard Clilnue. Jan HI. - ill) A P i -Ilnllreiul shop iicleii eihcuiis le lnn-1 today there w mid be no strike eic at ptesent ever werk.ng rules r,ceni!) pin mulKHtrd b" 'hi I'tiitfil States ltuil rttntl Laber 1 ten id . I'he new rules, which replaced the national agreement mude under Fed crnl control, will net be accepted in tete by the sl shop crafts, hut In stead of taklnj a strike vote, an at tempt will be made te obtain a teliear ilig before the bnaid en ceitaiu regu lations which have met with the most objection. CELLBOY HORSEWHIPPED Taken Frem Hetel by Armed Men After Alleged Confession Tulsa, Ohhi.. Jan. 1.1 --(llj A. P. i A Negro be' but at a local hole! was tthrt today by llflecu armed and un jnaskfd men,, carried bj automobile two itllles Jierth of Dawsen stripped te the wnlst nml horsewhipped. a ne; wini ping toi'ewed u confession irfH-'lVC cgre. luyeruing le the lit- (rJ?rilf 'vvysi per here, that be "''"k""1 ll( "' ri .iranict ut the MRS. WHANN ORDERED BACK TO FACE ASSAULT TRIAL , Husband, Here, Is Sure Weman Had Ne Part In Attack 1 Mrs. Amelia Whann. of ,'iKtl North Tlilnl street, was mriH'il ever te Armstrong County detectives by Judge Amlcurlfd teilnj . Mrs. Whiitin ! accused of conspiracy. rclnnieus assault ami arson, in con neetleii with nn attack upon her htis liatul. Dr. .lelni A. W'h.iiin. In his home nt Ciilckitsiiw. l'a.. December 11. lie wan Mritck ever tlir- lienil with an Iren bur, lil fktill fractured, ntul a jrc stnrted In the house. Dr Whmin wits in rnurt today ready te testify for his wife. He was net railed, because t lie .Indue ruled ngitltist hearing tcstimetij in the ease The deel ,r "it if 1 iirlwitch he had talked te his wife our the lenj-dl-tiince tele phone tiic da) of the attack, ami she could net have reached Chickasaw 111 lime te hau' taken un part In it. M. Ihigcne Stitir., a .voting Cuban whom Dr. Whann and his wife had be rleuded. was arrested January ,'t nil suspicion cf having phiiineil the attack. County Detective ltet, who came here for Mrs. Whann. alleges Snnr. Impll rated .Urn. linmi. It win for tills renen Itest urit'sted Mr. Whunii lere Jatiunrj II. Miss Pauline Wlmiin. nineteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Whann, whs In court tndiiv . She announced .slip would Se te Chlckaiivv with her mother and sec her through the trial. MAYER GETS STATE JOB Judge Halts Trial te Swear Him In as Mercantile Appraiser A 1 1 1 ti I before .In Ige Patterson was interiiipli"l for the minutes leday while the out li was administered te Max Majer, as Met'i'iintile AtiprHlser le sue ieii Tllelun, P. Wlllsiin. new City Tien-uner. f Prlends of liijir tr.mpnl Inte the court for the brief ceremem Mnjer Is chief of the Hllre.m of Weights and .Measures ami eaes t hit I SitHM) job to te to met row te begin his new duties Moil Meil ' He will get about $7100 a jeur In fee. Mnjer is the Vare leader of tlie Thlr- ' leentb Ward ami was baikrd bj Sena-I ter Vare s Watsen'" iii cesser. The appointment was made by the State Auditor lieucral and the Citj Trcas- iirer. nelitig Jelnll) . ' .leseph ,. Kellj . Vnre leader of the! Km i j -fourth Ward, is shileil for the, Sllllld phli-c. 'I'he eflii'e of Depiltj Chief f Weigliis niid Meamiies Is meant ami ' it Is rumored Pliiueits T. lireen. Kliv. ! ,, '.... win gei me jeii. wlileli pnjs .f.'IOtlil mid bonus. (Jreeti Is new Inspector ui the bureau. a SI.IUO PENN BOWL AWARDED Winner of Annual Clan Contest, Is Given Trophy r:iu Taai... '. Acting Prewist .Iesah Pcnnimnn. of tlie I'nlxersltj of Peniisjlviinin, tndnv presented a large wooden howl te tbe Phi Kappa ltcta Junier Secletv te be awarded anniiallj te the winner of the freshman-sophomore class contests. He ,-uld at the inosculation In Welglitnuin I lull he was giving the bowl with tlie theiiRlit of enceiirai:liiB ntli- letics te replace the new forbidden class, "Khts. . Jehn Miecdy. president of the senior class, pave the bowl te the Junier se- clety 1 he ciiard an. Pau Hartenstcin, r-cehed it en beliHlf of the secietj. ,.'ll" l,"' " Dvcntj -sevpn inehc. In iliameter. four inchcH deep and light The bowl (s oak In color. A silver plate fastened te It deerlhcs who presented It and the purpose. I in- numerals of the re-in- speithe classes winning It will be cribed en the plate. ROB TRUCK OF CIGARS i Thieves Get $800 In "Smokes' by I Forcing Garage Doer i Grorire Puikc". 1,H0 North Camae -l reel, I" considered bv thieves as the i most accommodating of men. I.ate jc- 1 tcrdnv afternoon Mr. Parker leaded lii- -mall delit ery truck with cigars allied nt S'sllll. The iiutiunebile was locked In a garage, adjoining the fm - leirj. Seme t line during the night the gang" deer wax jimmied and the truck and contents stolen. Kvideiu c that III" thieve intended te make a second trip was found this morning, when several large package- of cigars were found at the deer of the fncterv. The thtcs nre believed te have bci eiuc frightened bi fore making tin, -ece'id trip. The 11 nek via- found at Seventh and Dauphin siicets tedi.j . 2 MEN AND BOY SENTENCED' Severe Penalties for Trie Convicted of Hosiery -Robbery Twe men icecivul severe entpiwe n tul i bev w.'i- s. ut te the Huntingdon Itcformatert today bj Judge I'littcrwen fur being Involved in the rehb rj of the l intuitu Dicing rempinv, at Itei-pr .iii.I tinlarie -tree'-, of he-..crv valued at n roe than "sl.'f O'lii. Disiinb.r is, lli'Jl iiiin-r Slephe-en. 1 S.V.I Nertli Hlev puth stis't, wa- given net less than ivin vars nor i t'.nn tci. jiai- in ti. r.t-ti-ni Peiiitcntiai v : Allvrt 'liuffiu, "It West S 'Hen .treel, re ic e, net les- iluii ihe jears nor mere I ' ,11 .Pll.tleil, ,II1I '' Ninth Sixth tne llutitn gdeii Ho He C epi r. Ill) Poplar "i" pmbaiien tup two Mil.,' of ihe -teleii TO SHOW MISERY OF JEWS Motion Pictures Will Be Used te Aid' Drive for Relief Fund I'Miid'tieiis if t limine- and destruction t li in exlt in di-trnts of Itussi.u will be show n in minion piitu e- at a public ii.ictmg nt ilie Pene-t Theutre, Sunday evening. Januarj 'J'J. The meeting Is te he under the nil-pices of the American Jewish Itellef Apical, which is raisins $11,000,000 for iclief m Itui.i und reconstruction in P.a-teru Puiejie. The local cam piugn. of nhieh Dr. Cjnis Adler Is luilrmsii, lias $1,0(10.0110 as its ehjec- the. it will begin en .Isnuury ;!0, te ( entiniiejintu hebruwy (I. ADAMS HEADS P. & W. R. R. Norrlstewn Man Succeeds Newhall as Railroad President Themas New hall has lesignrd as pi'isident of the Philadelphia and West (in Kiiilvvn.v Cenipnnj, owing te in.) billtj In celli illiif, te devote all his tittle te I lie i orpeiiitiou's affiilis. Mr. New hull lias eiiteied the firm of Drexel A. i Ce. lie retuins hi. stock Interest In Philadelphia and Western and his po sition mi tlie beard of directors ami ex ecutive iiiiniiiittce. i .1. I.. Adams, resident at Norrlstewn succeeds .Mr. .Newhall as the company. president of 1 nil -i Vi l III t"i .l.i-cp i 1.' b e I'. IIC' W.I- s, t ., fcl I n'el . .In k -'rn t, wa- I ic.ir- f.ir buv.tig - - - - - i hit uumeiiiiii. nenm Neville, resulted Themas McKeever Dies , "!'li,y.1Jln n m'll,'t "f -t-le.tMJO for the .... .... , . , ' plnlntlfl. heinns M.Ixcever. ninety ) ears nil., .NVville was struck bv a freight train !MI,I Lembard street, one of the erir-l..nH ii..i.i..i,, ii '.:...i ... .,." ....'.' Hull settlers of the district known a. settlers of Hie district known lis tne scnilJIXItl. i en at home nst n elit ., ..I.I.. after n long illness, lie was an uncle , of Dejmty l orener (icerge JcIxeevcr.,fettv vearH old. .1 Mr, Mr Krever wan emnlevrd fertv.twn jrara uninc Atlantic iivnnin- tjem puny, tvOtine five year age un a peu i liri 1M , rs&'ln. sleu. til leaves one daughter and two mil. EVENING PUBLIC) PRESENTING PENNIMAN BOWL H KyiBBBBBBW H Wtb m r Central fitjurrs today at 1 lit prrseiittitlnn 'of tbe IVnniniaii bowl te (be wlmiers of (be hiiiuihI sophemore-fie.sliiiian cnutrsts. I'Yem left le right are lelin Slieedy, president of the senior riant; Paul It. llurtf lutein anil Acting Provest J, II. Pciinlinmi, deiiur of llte bowl BIGAMIST IS FREED BY WIFE'S 2D PLEA Tells Judge Four Children Have . Been Foodless Since Father Was Jailed HER TEARS FAILED BEFORE Judge Patterson tedai let a mother's tears for her children wash nut the two-. ,1"?,!:" lllbls plajmn.e. Stanley l.askewskl. b. leased Jehn M. Shaw en parole. - - . - . -i- .. - Shaw, father nf four children, was convicted of blcalin because be tnar- il-led Miss Plnrence'.lecler. "'-J'-' North Penrth street. Ne ember i."J last, after u brief cnurt'-hiii. Ills real wile lirczed .niiise retter-i .:?.? ;",1,,:.7'v. '"f.rr,,,r:J,,,v;.l::",!. 'r,4;"; ! te t went -three te twentv-feur months in the Kastet u Penitentiary. Slmw was Jf'rvinc his llrst d.u In the I .ticnllenllnrv today when the mother, a ' frni utfe'wemnn. came once mere te ,, if ,IP roll, nrt Spf .,ne relief for -. ". . ".. . icrself and her children. She went le -pp Probation Otllccr Hackney and told her sterj . "What am I In de?" be a-ked. "I bate no means of supporting my chil dren. One of them, in? little three-jear-ehl girl, is critically ill with pneu monia. My husband was our enlj sup pen. He used te be geed te lis." The probation eflieer wajbild Judge Pattetsen when the morning session of court vtiis ever, and with bis pcrmls slnn brought Mrs. Sbavv into bis i num bers. The Judge heard the woman s plea for her children. It moved Ihe Jiulg" hh it had moved the probation officer. When she hud finished he said: "I'm going te de something that 1 had never Intended te de. I am going te parole jour hu-bnml for two jears. lint if he does net behave, I'll scud him back te serve his full term. I.ct me knew hew veu get along. And new i mi home te veur sick babj and take nod cure of her." The mother left weeping for jej . LAM0NT SELLS N. Y. POST Syndicate Headed by Cleveland H. Dedge Purchases Paper New Yerlt, Jan. II!.--Themas W. Lament has sold the livening Pet te s s.vmllcate headed bv Cleveland II. Dndge. Kstlin.tles of the -ule price varj from .l.7."i().000 te S'J.OnO.oeO. These acquiring Mr I.anient's Inter ests include men well known in busi ness nid civic effaits. Tlie hr-t fol fel low s : Charles C. nurliughaui, Jumes It.vrne, Nerman II. Davis. Ilenrj S. Deuiu-eii. Cleveland II. Dedge. MHrslmll I'leld. lMvvln V. (iaj, Mnltland P. lirlggs. 'August lleckscher. (icerge II. llewuid, Ilenry James, Sam A I.ewl-ehn, (icerge (I. Max. Van II Meilc-Smnh. (ierrish II. Mllllken. William Chiinh (l-beiu, Rebert P Perkins, Krnnk I.. Polk. Hareld I. Pratt. Jehn T. Prutt. U.dau I I,. Itednietid. Praukliii D. Iteu-etelt, Jeseph II. Schaffner. Donald Scitt. Kin- I lev .1 Sheiiard. Je-eph 1". Stcrrett. Hareld Phelps Stoke-. Mr- Willard Straight. Sa unci Thnrne, Jr.. Martin Vogel, Paul M. Warburg, t icerge YV. Wlekersliani, Clarence M Woolley ami Owen D. Yeung l'Muin P. (lay will remain as presi dent or the Kvcning Pest Cernpanv, Mr. I.umniit. who i- n p.irtncr of J. 1. Morgan K Ce.. pun based the Pest .from Oswald (iarrlsen Vlllurd and ether 'stockholders en August 1, IMS, for $1,000,000. BURCH EXPECTS ACQUITTAL I Murder Case May Ge te Jury Late Today I,os tigeles, Jan. l.'i.--illj A. P.) District Alternej Wenlwlne began the final urgiiment tednj in the trial of Arthur C Ilureh. cliarged with tlie murder of J. Ile'tun Kenned). He asked that a verdict of guilt) in the first degree be returned and the "ex treme penaltj ." Atterne)N before leurt expressed tlie belief there was "m geed chance" of the case being siibmitted te the Jttrv lute this afternoon. "I feel absolute) certuin I sliell be acquitted. Ilureh said. WIDOW AWARDED $15,000 Court Find Agalmt P. R. R. in 3ult Over Death of Themas Neville I The suit before Judge McCullen of .Mrs. Norn Nevl le. n uiiinu. ..in. ... .. V " agunist the Pennsylvania liiiilreail te recover for the death of Ve.llle h..,l been ., ,i;, "J. .. ' .' ,'Cl': .....'... ....''"'" "" " Bl"lVI ... .i. in.n.ii.,i.i.. i..r..".:' '.'.. -"-", w, 1"" r U.V'i' Ve' " m , , ' 8TAUTI.IN0 MOTS A II OUT lAREVTS VAi 11"'" . .u ltner -win wiin will wnt la irtV' pfir In ih MKL'iillH lead A Ijal AIV' lh Am Mnirniln Bctleu of Dxt Bundi' Pciua LivacR.-sXdv, LEDaER-PHILABELPHIA, FRIDAY, i -i 1 1 BOY, 15; ACQUITTED OF CHUM'S MURDER , Dead Youth's Mether Screams, the new Msh Government nude Miriflnli iimllnie. Sir r.rnes I in Pretest as Jury Brings Verdict I " Elizabeth lance is freed Alexander Veiiilerslice. fifteen, was ,i..tnrx.i ,i.,i -,.iii,- ,,r h, ,i nt September, te the., ccempaulmetit of the i Il!rl, 'rp (lb ,p( cied. and until aceuslng iriew of the dead boy's nielher. , rCrns the work can continue only , The mother and sister of the dead boy 'partially. The new Government is ec hini been 1m ceuit dining the trial and ! nerted te haxc protested against the re- waited extdtedly for the verdict. 1ipm ilm nw rmnimn nfm,- ii,n jti.ncu ,,a,i dei,w.c,i brim,-. 01lt )(,1"l nnd clear "Net pulltj," Mrs. l.askewskl spreiiR te her feet and, ..,,. :,, vil,,liii. i,..,.,..,i . ,ii.. :.. .,. 'UkillUI 'IIVIlPi II . Ill- I". SlllltJ : he is pulltj." The wiimaii broke into u stnnn nf nsmiircd wecpliiB. Court nt I i-ml.tii t -. at a tied friuii the .IuiIkc spriiiiL- tu the woman s side uud le in. I hif f i out Ihe Then the ilniiglitci . a jeiing uiil. fined t lie j urj nnd cicami m lliem; "Sii'suie as tlietc Is a (toil in Heiiveu. he Is4:ui!i) nn, will be puni-hed.; , , Other court officers closed in en tiic Sill, and shit was In! with her melhep ti the ciiipidiir As tlicv pas.ed the jurj box the women shook ilndr list- 'and ceiilinucd te n-spit lemllv Unit the boy was guilt). i In I In. coprider Hie v omen continued le scream, pretesting: the bm jui i c encpated was guilt) and -leu'ld M. pun ished. A great cpewd quicklv untlieicd. attraclcd by the women's rle- am! fel- , lowed thcln curietislv down the corri dor. The Vandersllce bev was clasped in bis mother's nrms aftep he Imd been neilllJtU'll. He tirPVKPil ilnn It. !.,... .iL the angry screams of the ether inethe'r I penetrated te tlie courtroom. Court at lenduntH conducted Mi-. Vandprsllce. her son nnd ether irtatives out through anetlier wa), se llieie would lie no dan ger of their n ting Mr-. I.askevvski. r altering, frightened, almost speech less at times by the gmlY questions of the ( eitrt. pale ami pntlv little Angela Hlspe. srxtcen nml tlnee u'ars a bride told Judge Mdxey thK morning hew she happened te kill her si-tep-in-law. Aftep bearing her. Judge Maxev or er dt red the jury te return a verdict of "net guilty." Tlie charge against the gnl was man slaughter. Mere than two vears age. when she was hut a sheit time married te MJelinrl HUne and living with him ui -'.".ill Kast Thompson -tied, she was examining a revolver that belonged te the husband. It went off am! the bullet killed lllkebeth Itispe. Jurisdiction Disputed The Juvenile Court ilalned the right le try Angela, but the Dl-tii, t Attop Attep liey's office contested this i 'aim Tbev ' brought the matter, ns a test iilhn- ,e. fepe Judge McCiillrn. who tided uv -enlles charged with maiisniig'bter should be tried in a Quarter Sessions Court. Wlien slip Bteppnl te the -.1 n ml the jury, en which were two women, re i garded hep i onipiis-leuately. Her child ish figure, hep fai e coleple-s nml off setting se markedly hep heavj black lilllr, gnve lier something of the leek of i one of Murllle's figures, nnd made It hard for them te le'ievc she had been three years, niarrled. After her acqnUt.il. Angela was taken before Judge PiPewu and disclinrgcd. She wept. Michael IU-pe wa- hi rnurt but did net testify. She had net been living with li 1 in for iiiiiiij months, i William .1. Hi uuiinntid. an eleven-jenr-eld boy, who wes iliaigul vvltli niiirder and manslaughter befeie Judge Mnxey, In causing the death Mf a iey I'limpauieu, vvliem lie pushed during ii I'liuie of marbles, causing Mm t fit 1 1 and fracture his skull, was found net gulltv today. Girl Is Aupiiltcd Lucille Water, a Iwrlvc-jcar-eld cn'ered girl of Mill Seuth Mnth street, was ucipilttrd of murder In sheeting Hllvunu Harrison The evldeme show id t lint tlie sheeting was accidental, A vciillil of nut guilt) also freed Jilfues (illllngher. of Hill) IMtiggeld sticet, chargei with luaiislnughicr for (lie shoeliug of (iPbcit Mlllllgiiu, Jan uiir 10. Ill'-'O. France Asks Ferd if lie Will liny Buttlvships Washington, Jan. 1.". c Ily A. P.) The French Clev ment has nppreiiclied Ilenr) Feul by cable asking If lie would consider IC pur chase of battleships. In iinnmimliiR tlie rcipiest here tmlaj. Mr. Ferd said he had replied t lint unless he could bit) the entire French Navy b" would net bfl n trrutcd in Jeb lets. Ne answer tu tils ceble has been tcceU'cd, ( LIBERATED IRIH GREETED WITH Y Freeing of "War" Prisoners Is Most-Welcomed Dovelopment in Situation COLLINS GOING TO LONDON Uy the Associated Press Duhllii. Jan. 1.!.-Materialization, of ; the amtipMy of political prisoners In I Ireland has elicited mere eiitwnnl en- flimdasin here than any ether develop- inent In the pence nctlvltlcs. It mn be remarked In pnssing that the choice of the phrase "act of oblivion" rather than rtn "act of elemeney" in the aiiiieuneemciit In t or agnized as n tinppv diplemntlc stroke. Huhlln's clllrns Indulged III lively demonstrations last night, a large crowd outside Mottntjey prison wel coming the successive batches of liber, nled nrisnnrrs with loud cheers, while i a huppv atmosphere generally pervaded the etrecN. Kiml'iir scenes were enacted In Cerk nml Unlcrli'k, where etliers were relraseil. AitIe IVeiii ICnglaml It Is mulct Meed that a number of nidi fc.ied from priens in Hnglalld will 'nrrlve Mdaj. when filrlher dcinenrtra- I tbms arc certain. Popular demnmls ngnidllig the pllsemrs, hdwever, Will i it.it be wholly srtlslled until the am nesty Is extended le these arrested In 1 Img'iand for Illegal acts there. An edi torial in tedaj's Irish Independent Is ivplcal if this feelihs. It says: I " "11'indrr.N of Irlsliineii lime been sent te prison for pnlltlcal ticilvllles In Knglaiid a-llvllk'i) which ristilled from Ihe s,im- motives ns these which In- ( spirnl IliPir ceuiltrjnien at home. Thews I must he ideascd itnmriU.tlely." Meanwhile, lireparnllens for the iiiinm'er of adm ntstintlve atilberlty m ri nn i 'ruder s t.ny for ireinmi in tim Ilrltlsh '.lineriiincnt Hi rived here last :iight. it is believed :n euneciiim with the transfer. It Is beslnnlns te be icnll.-d that even with the greatest :iiii.i, iiiniinrc. nil' i.riiesi ' iihk. . . , !....!. i1:i1llv,!;;;;,:inTce:";!,nr,r either as rcgatds (lib civil or mllltury adniliils"-atliins. Cellins Going le iMiulund It is understood Michael Cellins will ... I-.. ..I... ..I ul.ni.l1i , r nrntifte llptrillu ihevhI of the documents trem uuulln Castle te Hnglaiul, with the result that the movement has been temporarily sits pended. ... . . . With regard te the military with ilrnwiil. It is net aiillcipatcd that the work will be completed for some time, perhaps for months. Shipment of the troops, variously estimated te number ft out iSO.OOO te fiO.000. is the least purl of the undertaking, ns after they have gene II will br necessary te dispose of Immense quantities, of stores and food feed stuffs, besides militutj- buildings, in. eluding hospitals and barracks, and lands occupied for nil'ltary purposes. High "school boys see FEDERAL WHEELS GO 'ROUND Hear Weman Lawyer Argue and Are Locked Up in Cells Thirty Central High Scheel seniors were spectators In the Pulled Stales Ciiciiit Court of Appeals lu the Pedernl Iliilldlug this afternoon when tlie first woman lavvjer te argue an appeal be fore that august tribunal was heard. Judges lturtingten, Weeley and Davis heard u htiukrunlcy case argued by Miss S. M. It. O'llara. of Wllkes- UHrre. The boys teinnined an hour, snell bound, listeners. Later thev visited ether offices in Hie Federal lttiildlng. notably the prohibition iifllce. The bej si were a little disappointed because thcrclHavnes will take up the Pennsylvania vvasn t a single seln-d still en view. However, the) made nil for this by a treat In the Marshal s office, lleie ihey were nil locked up In the cells, just te see what it felt like. The. were willing prisoners, but in for tcinis of about u minute. REBUKES SNYDER TRUSTEES Court Orders Rehearing In Move te Break $40,000,000 Will Pittsburgh, -fan. !.".--lily A. P. 11 Kebuklng the trustees of the IMO.OOU.- ' (100 estate of the late William Pcnn Sn.vder. Ireiitnaster. for their failure te offer testimony te combat the effort of his daughter. Mrs. Mary Snyder Drew.1 te break the will, Judge Themas P. Trimble today appointed Arthur I,. ' Over trustee te represent the bene- I tlclarles and ordered a rehearing. ' (Jcerge P.. Alter whs named as his counsel Mrs. Drew: at the original hearing. produced testliuenj te show- that when the will was made her father was net of testamentary ciipnclt). Counsel for the trustees presented no testimony. "The. trustees ewe te the court a duty te produce all of the relevant evidence reasonably obtainable which in any manner nertuins te the decedent's men tal condition at tlie time he signed the will." said .Judge Trimble. Judge Trimble directed the trustees te give te Ihe new trustee full access te nil the records and papers which they have. BRIDGE WORK IS PUSHED Contractors Told te Ge Ahead en Philadelphia Pier Tlie Delawai'c Hlver llrldgc C'onimis C'enimis C'onimis sien tedaj ordered ull centiiictuis un titled that work can new helii en the I'lilladclpliia pier of the bridge, All leiptired legal stepi have been com pleted. The commission met at its efllces In Ihe WideniT Building nnd passed en routine misincss. Contract for demolition of buildings in the situ of the I'lillhiteliilil.i n .,,.!, ,... r,,.,. f II, n 1,1.1,1,, ., ,... '....I.., ... ..i i r, ii ,. miiii-ii i iiuries j.. iiciiv.v i eiiiiiany, vvnicii lilil .T0H!l.!l!l. 'i'he commission enve formal aiinrnvnl le n contract with the Kcj stone Statu Elkton Marriage Licenses ICIIilen, Mil., .Ian. 1.'!. Mnnliise li. lenses issued here tedaj le liei)-(;e Knniily, New Verk, and Louise A Vln. cent. lhlliidenhlu; Kalvatoie llenedelt, IMgfwned. Mil., ami Cetisluiifc It. hn. mini. l'hlllfdelPlilh t Jeseph Wolf and Olga Buwirtlnt-hj ntbehcm, and Jehn lii-nuie nrnijLmuiin iarUllt, Wuiics- I lie t ennui iiixe fjiuuei t-viuuis v i-u - . Xhchlni-tnii threlich rnnirrci.. the Priler.il llulhll.ig annually. They r' . ' ', PrX nrln-l the week two were ncsmipniiled by Professer Hen - , "Lr , ."'les have filed protects Judge numnuen. , . . ettablislicd since the "dry" fill.. ,, .....I 1II..I. Li. I.-.-I ,-..1 . I !. I ."r, 'il iV"iii,,,"i'."."l'v , ' :"-""- te;:f..d-,",8Vrp?i;ri:Biu,vveVV I llbet iV ItnllillH ( Oliip.lliy for the erec- U.in- .Ml'Jl S'. 3d st luiernitiu piliai. tlen of the bridge piers ut a Vest of , ,,hViH'HJ!f. 'r "iWhi.1?' iMv" V" f stl mm ntin ' liii-i.. wire of wiiinni j ijniiuiuii; i fM'U'M'W". (nee Tuutkner) tftsilvea unit rknda. a.,i " i nienibers of Waaltlnuteti ".amp. S'e. l.'O I' r JANUARY 13, 1922 .ii4ii. r it ' m tm Will W6d Rescuer i MINK LKTTlK .SIMONS Of Ciiinden. who was saved from drowning and Inter Iniixlit te swim liy iMlUninl G. Cooper, of this city. Their wftajceineiil has been iiiinetntccd MERMAID NEARLY DROWNED, i mil rtiir-ii i turn nr ppi ICD IMUW SnULLWCU nteuuun Pulled Frem Ocean by Hair Has It Bobbed Reason? The culmination of u romance which began with the rescue of a "mrrinnlil" came today when cards weie sent out announcing the engagement of Miss T.ettle alliums, 2S0 Sjcamerc street. Ceiiiden. am) Kdvvard (!. Cooper. 07127 Pemberton streel. West Philadelphia. The story began tit Atlantic City pn the last dny of the pageant. Miss hi hi mens appeared In the pageant as a liter Inn id ami wen honorable mention. In celebration she gave a dinner, which turned Inte n beach pnVty. Ihe mil Ire group denned their bathing fcillls ii ml went down for a moonlight dip. Among the guesls was Mr. Cooper, a "wallllewer" fop (lie lime, as he did uel have en a bathing Miil. Miss Simons get hcjenil her depth. It developed right then, that the "mer maid" could net swim. Mr. C-oeicr plunged Inte the breakers. The girl was fighting him. se he wound htr thick hair areiiml his wrist nml towed her tu the shore and safety. P.avLv the next morning Mr. Cooper called en Mis Simons. He ordered her; Inte h bathing wilt niid Informed her II was Hie day she was going te learn te swim. While in the water. Mr. Cooper pro pre posed and well, the engagement Is announced. One significant fact enlj remains te be told. Directly after that ' swimming proposal Mlsi biniens bad her hair bobbed. POLITICIANS AND WETS SEEK TO KEEP DAVIS FROM JOB Back Sutherland for Prohibition Director Since Penrose's Death Hu rt St"! Corri)ieiirfie Washington, Jan. Hi. Powerful po litical Inflticiu'cs In Pennsylvania, aided by the "wets." ere said te be seeking te prevent the appeintniPtit of Slate Hep- respntatle Jehn T. Davis, of Todlena ('initie, as Pcdrral prohibition director for Pennsylvania. i I Davis bus the backing of the "drys" , and the Anti-Saleen League, and was In line for appointment by Prohibition ' Commissioner He j ties when Senater Penrose died. It has been sold since , tliiit Penrose approved Davis ami that' the resignation of Willlum C. McCen- nell. ns Prohibition Director, was, nt the time of the Senater's death, n mat ter of only ii few days. Prohibition officials staled today Mc Mc Ceuncll's. resignation cepld be expected "at an curly date." Similar reports have come from official sources for sc -eral weeks mist. Western Pennsylvania political lend- ers are backing J. Chester Sutherland, I . ,--i. !...-.. r... ,l. ....!. 11. t I 'nl WmJilntTtnn fount v. for the nrebibl tlen directorship. it is understood Commissioner situation in the next few da)s. He will probably communicate with Senators Crew and Pepper before taking any drastic action. , Meanwhile complaints against tlie management of the Philadelphia office by Mclrmnell and icuttcr continue te agents have taken chtirgc. Bangs Mere Comfortable i Atlantic City. Jan. Kl. Jehn Ken drlck Hangs, who suffered n relapse jcs- I ...!.... .. .. ...AHn ..,...r..l..l.l 1... ..Int., n iun,i, ,1 up iiiui t- iiiniiui iihmi; laru infill, his pli.vsiidan, Ur. . li. btevvart, said, DKATIH UAtll.sf. (In 1'rldAV. Jnnunrv l.lili 1 rtllttSTIAN A. mm of Hie Inte Ariliui llmtfn In tlm l.'illi fnr of till hie i MM iN At Iit res Unirs. pttf Seuth i imII si. en .fun. VI. Wi'i. XIAtltiAI.l.NA lrtn uf ltlchriJ Nixon. Announcement of i fiit'Tiil later. SUI'IN Jan. 11, 102'.'. NATHAN, lei t band of Heglna Stsln. Itetatlvsu and frlsnils aIke Cluvra Aliavatli T'liesed. are invltrd in ?renV J'VVri'dsnT: 'iVft V xW m. I li-nifcnt .tieunt farnKl cinetfrj, WlIAI.r.N Lin 8. WILLIAM. Iiiiibaml ' ef Il.irrll 1 Whalsn Iteliil vru nml frlei.'ls iilse Kenslniten Iidce. Nn. 41. r. O )1 also tin, Tdpcttry I'ariKt Weilnrx' L'nlen. Ne g are Invlteil te sllOtul funsral. falnnlav, in , A M . from his Ifti rsililsnee, tl"2'J Tullii pt. Internipnt rerntvenii t'eiiietsr . It -mains itinv t vlfwfd lTtilnv rvcnlnE .H'NKirU - Jan. 1L'. JOHN ' Imlnvsil liusband of dory C Junksr Inse Miign re), and buii of Juln nnd Alnii Junksr Itelu lives and frliulH Hrs Invited te attend fu neral en Mnndiiv. S Me A M., from his late lenlil.nc-. 333V N tlrau st. t'eleiiin le- eilein nrtisii I'liunli of inn I ndy of llelv Seuls in A. M. Ii-ieini'iu Heb tJcnulclirt) ' "lllletn ' Ill.Mll.LAnti - Jan. 11, I.r.NQttV. widow nf tharles IteinlUard. runsml. te vvlilch i rP'Miiiin aii'i irirnus ere invueii, .MOmlm. ' S3n A. M, fimii late risldrnce, .'dan H , Hum Icr i fculmitr muss uf iiiuini I'liurili i of St. MenliM 10 A M. Interment llelv ' l rues t'emeieri I.VI'HAr'll Jan 11. SAt.I.Ii; , ,yy of Tllnlilnun l.ruiliaili ltrlHllra and frlenda are InvlKil te altend fuiierul eirvlees st the , rcsldeiirii f tier iieplieH, "Iftl N I'ild hi Biturda) 10 .1u A t Inreriiitnt iirlvatu h'l ANiiI Kit. At KlrUwencl. N J j.m 11. lie.".' JIVItltY I. . Iiubind of ihe into , Careline Htunjler nae.l 1'.'. .Serviced Suiidrtv. i 7 I'. M . fruni lute residence, Klrkneud, N ,1 Iiiiernieiil llieenwoed iVnieicry. l'fria I diilpntK' Menilav, I J e'elnek neon Jiuri'ir Jan. ., iic.'ii, at '.3111 Vf. Of fer'' .'', ISAAT JKiri-lT. IlelatlieH ulnl Irlends are linlti'd tu niKml funeral eerv- Iits. Mendav. '2 V. M, llil'J Celuailjla ai Interment inhale ' unt'Ml.KY.-Jiiii 13, r.. AltVll.l.l hmi I"'" '.I'111" ..' ""'I Jnnurj llruiiilsy Mir !iiunucr, nveii is. i'unaiHi servnes ,v uteri, even is. ''unaiai servnes .viiniiii . ip .11 . in ins nun-ins rt'biut'nt'c iiju.i i'ii i nil si, I'amde.i, N. J, liiteiincnt pru.ilu ArlliiKl'in t'ein.leiy ,"l" in;vvi.i;s Jan. ia. 1'vi.hi:tt V , hun W ,,1. I'., 1,111, 11 11 , llUrl liewei's. Itelalli. n Hud f A., nr Invltci te intend tune nl kpivIcis. Monday I I' At at 3'J Kast 'I huiii'K'iii "' Inlerment Nurihwund, rrlends miiv rail Huiulai 7 lu 111 I" M, HAUIvN On l'rlila) Jmi. 13 rilH TIAN A son of ihe hi Arthur llsum in the Uth Itur of his ate WlI.t.tAMS, Al pilinati, N J,, Ju a I.UTltBU.A. VVII.I.IAilS. lined 78. It, a HVtl ima frlind ure Invltnl te iitletlil fUricfsl rVlc. MenUr, 1 V, M.. St the. SI. Ueuci et Ills kce. Clet no U, W'llllama, Hit Wfat lien uve,, ritmn. N. J. Htfrmtnti nlv'it, KrlcuUs' Ilurylnt Qnvm&Yt Halcm, I'm-; .mmx i KW,Mk: , -i . Jelltlli I ti .. ' , . k BEUESED DEAD IN MINE CAVE-IN Three Alse Injured When Pillare in Seuth Scranton Ce til Pit Qlve Way MANY HOMES .DESTROYED prcfrtf nhraldh le : Htrnhfim. Pn.. 7,'ittlllite rwMte Mitner Jan. 111. Sis mine . werkem tire brticvcil te have been en- tembrd when a serious cavc-ln occurred Hniitb Hcranten today; tbe disturbance , shook tbe surfaee llhe an rnrlliriuake, . ilettreylnj jnanj- homes, An urea of three clly blocks V0" affected. ' Uiirly this afternoon three Injured bad been taken te the surface and tent te hospitals. V. Inslls, (jenernl man- tt(,'er of the Aldcn Company, has cn- Itered the mine and Is directing the work of rescue. Pour of the si men believed te have I been either crushed by the cave or trap i red behlhd It, arc Michael Kelly, Jehn i Itarrelt, Albeit Kcctc and Kdgar !lliiBtiet. riic uuureii nre -leiui ivcavney, .tames I Deilcherlv nnd Antheilv Pallett. several hundred ineli. women and chll- dren have crowded nreund the bend of the shaft, pleading with the ellicltils for news as te their loved ones. Mtnl-v nvnllntilft iilnlillliinre in the elly has been rushed te the mine, the I Moses Tnjler Hospital, managed by the Cilen Ahlen Ceal Company, has been told te prepare te receive many pa tients. Detnlls of poh'e have been sent Inte the mine cave zone. The surface continues le settle and many pet boles have occurred In the streets and yards, causing untold dam age le I be highway and private prop erty, snapping gtiH and water mains and dropping telegrnph and telephone nqd electric light lines. The cave is said te have taken place in the Dtinnierc Ne. 12, bring second from the lowest In the mine. When the plllnrs in NIT 415 slope gave way tbev brought the veins overlying along with them find the surface began te move. Hundreds of school children became panlt'-strlckcn when the earth Com menced te tremble under them. Classes .aiS&J.g I I 315 CHESTNUT ST. "n $.30 Suits and $3!i Suits and $40 Suits and $45 Suits and $i0 Suits and $" Suits and $()0 Siits and ( Suits and $70 Suits and $75 Suits and were tiufckty tllMnUsed mid tfiA BlPi'. Iiileldi.it it. (UI. I..!!'" u .lames Hinltb, Iicml of the City vJ Cnve ilurcitii. who entered tUi'.1 neon, mine tip the hhnft ":& sn (I the I'ltve. had caiisA.I i..i..: 'Y M Dininierc vein. Dne en... ,.I-C ?M ninny feet by tlm force of 'C al. It! gathered" ns (hi rhef tnv .." r " concrcte enlnc houses aldng ii? '.HH ways were crushed as if l,r., 8i made of miner. lJ " Mayer Jehn V, t)nrkan, whn tj !il light Iti Hit, r,i8lnlure Mm, hi a sreure inc cnaeinienr nr n. i.'i' l'ew Icr tnlnective laww new nn i! statue books, Is conducting n .3 linestlgatlen at the mine "V!1 TRAIN WRECKS STOREHOU3S Thres Mlaslng, Twelve StrahQO Acqldent at Ashley, p'.i A. .P.) Thrce men arc mlsshuTi? n Ihe wnrklnsfi of Hie Nhttdttal Mlile, c'7Ml,!,,ii,rlS!ill?"fc illc, r(,"'t of ,r ,i.k ,n... am,., r.-.. r.-.M.. i., "' n ffc'Blit twin backliiR into A Ifclil? ""ffifi . .inn .nun wi v.u.ii,,v story irunie stoecheuso In the a. yards nt Ashley tedar Tin lnlX men nre: Moses Ileffma regci nun vv iiiuim Tiiqmns. A Lnckawniitm train from VlittiS irg, N. .7,; te Hcrnnten broke awffi -.'X bur Cfittllllr flnifii llm tSlnNWftB-talnBrtittetl'Tnhra Thirty Picn were, en th i,pMr,J of t be storehouse, which wis iS Ished. vswei. , mountain ana'; II The pride of the barnyard Strictly Fresh Eggs 44l Carten of twelve Sold only in our Stores MffllllMMfflniM Jeweled Breeches including new breeches of black onyx in non-conventional shapes, with con trasting ornamentation of diamonds. J. ECaldwell & Ce. JfeVTELflV - SlLVCft - StATIONtRy Chestnut and Juniper Streets ;a the lit , Sll FIRST BANK 1 V CHAnTCRr.D fit I l UrtuxriTini NATlOMAt BANK ,y Tkere is still time Se that these who wish te open accounts, in the Savings Department of the First National may net c penalized for lack of knowledge of this new service of ours, deposits, made up te the 15th day of January will hear interest from the first of January. Savings Department First National Bank of Philadelphia ppert unity comes Once te every Man ' J An outstanding instance of "opportunity" is ufterdcJ m our Jitiiuary Repricing Sale, which permit, one t" liny Suits ami Oveieeats mailc of the choicest fabrics ami in Reed's Standaid of Tailenng at prices much less than usual. J 'I'he repriced ligurcs arc: Oveieeats repriced ?J4 Overcoats repriced 528 and Overcoats icrjriccd $.U uvcrceats repriced S.iO Uvcrceats Overcoats Overcoats Overcoats Overcoats Overcoats repriced $40 repriced $44 lepiiccd $48 repriced $52 icpriccd $56 repriced $60 I l'incr Overcoats are also repriced as follews: $80 qualities nic $M; $S? rcducc.l te $(iK; $90 te $72; W te ,S76, and $100 te $80. ('I'he Ovetceat prices appy te garments in r Clothing Depait nient, and aU the Knglish Coats sold in our Specialty Shep en the third lloer.) Cf Alterations chaigejl for at cost. JACOB REEDiS SONS M3-M26CJicstentSteel ad 1 1 Ha 7 -.-si.?. ' m "' ? A. ki l-iS