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VOL. VIII. NO. 106
i BLASTS AND FIRE
i DRIVE OUT SCORES
hlSCANMJIRE
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Rumer Probed That Bootleg
Still Caused Blaze at Sac
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end and SeutrrStreets "
Iapparatusteund LENDS
x COLOR TO RUM RUMORS
Fifteen families were driven from
(heir homes tv n three-nlnrm b'nzc
which started with a scries of dpld dpld
rlens and destroyed a four-story brick
factory building near Second lyid Seuth
streets shortly after 0 o'clock this morn
ing. The flames, which arc believed te have
been started and fed by alcohol In 'a
boetJcc still, leaped te such extraordi
nary heights ifd were se whirled in
every direction by n brisk wind off the
river that it looked for a time as though
I the whole block was deemed.
i It was mere' than an hour before the
5 'firemen could enter the building. They
fought It from the root of adjelnln,!
Structures durlnc that tlme.
The bulldine 1 In Arber alley, a
narrow street which runs cast and west
between Frent and Second streets, south
W of Seuth, street. It Is In the center of
i a mnze of n!lcyw-ays. most of which
are wa'Icd with small dwellings. The
ground and second floors are occupied
by a shop e the Globe-'Wcrnlcke Com
pany, manufacturers of office furniture,
j wuij a renin sierc in uuesinui street.
j- The third fleer Id used as a factory by
t the Mass Pnnts Company and the fourth
Js a! storage room.
k. Saw Man Fleeing
' Persistent rumors among the neigh
bors that the building was used secretly
as a distillery had patrolmen nnd de
tectives investigating even while the
flames wcre .reddening their forms as
they pounded en the doers of nearby
Spouses te reuso inmates.
A large ran, said te have been filled
with alcohol, was found In the street
ghostly after the pollce and firemen ar
rive. Neighbors said It had been
thrown from one of the upper windows
ehertly after the first explosion. Ne
one waa supposed te be in the structure,
hat neighbors tell n tale of seeing a man
running wildly from it just after the
flames started sheeting from the win
dows and reef.
When the firemen finally were able
te igcV into the building they worked
(liclrwnyCupstalrs This was accom
plished with great difficulty because thp
reef had fallen In shert'y nfter the fire
,. Marled. On whutejkltvUcypjvas-theJ
uiiru uoer me nieincn ieuna a long
copper cell. This was thrown into the
Mveet and left for Government agents
te" determine whether or net it whs
part of a still.
names Shet Inte Air
Patrolmen Ferd. Nealen and Caster,
of the Third and De Lanccy street
station, wcre standing at the corner of
Prent and Seuth streets when a rear,
followed by two explosions, attracted
their attention toward the factory
building. Almest Instantly the sky was
reddened se that the glow could be seen
all ever the city nnd bright flames were
leaping tkywatd for at least fifty feet.
When the police get te the scene thr-
fire was leaping from the third und
.fourth story windows nnd from the
'reef.
v The noise of "the explosions had also
Attracted ether patrolmen, and all of
tliera Immediately bejan the task of
, arousing these inhabitants of ncarbv
l'eracs who had net already been nwnk-
tned by the blast?. Among these who
, were forced te leave their homes and
tnke refuse .with neighbors were Sirs.
Rebert went and three children; Mr.
and Mrs. Jeseph Carney, with two
children ; Mrs. Annn Pickering, with
her seventeen -month -old baby, and
, Mrs. Bss te Knnchlk, with thice chi.--
dren. Most of these peeple lived in
' Bethany court or Hancock street.
Rueben Cemer, who conducts a
grocery store en the northeast corner
of Second nnd Seuth streets, ran te the
assistance of Mrs. Annla Nevalina, who
mes at C08 Seuth Frent btreet. She
has seven children. Her husband hai
just left for his work and Cemer as
sisted In getting the little ones out
Ha carried out Jehn, ten years old;
Charles, eight, and Catherine, eighteen
months. His mother is caring for them
temporarily.
Narrow Alleys Hamper Fl!it
Tha narrow al r.vs In which the fire
n had te work hampered them.
ilaras weie Jumping across the strict
e all ldes of the bulldlirg. Jehn Do De
an, of Enjlne Ne. 3, waa overcome,
lut tevivcd en the spot.
It was noted early In the progress
of the blaze that the wate- which poured
from the flaming structure was heavily
""ed with oil, .jiving rlbc te the theory
jnnt th; flre might have originated in
ome oil that was stored there. Specu Specu
latlen en what caused the explosions,
ft0.";;1"- Gradually sett'ed down te the
' still theory as seen as the neighbor.
nod rume e become known. w
There are persistent rumors that
some men occupied ether parts of the
structure and conducted come sort of
business that necessitated much going
' M coming late at night. Autes leaded
nitli boxes nnd barrels have been teen
lipping up te and away from the place
Jt all hours of the night. Many large
tin containers were found, and two
v nrty.gallen "coolers' were rcmoved In
The building Is owned -by a Mrs.
Elizabeth Buckley and Is said te be
fully insured. The less will be virtu
ally the tital value of the building,
firemen said.
BEST SKATING HERE TO STAY
J "Celd Wave" Starts, hut End of
Week Will See Sneyv
tn?e be?t KltUnc of the year prevails
f ?ftn.v en thtc,ty nark lnke' and Indlca.
. i8.."0 nt u will remain for the
? r .pa e tn' wce, with lower
, temperatures predicted, y '
ernil? 6tari .of anther "cold wave" was
experienced last night, end the weather.
i S.T? Predicts fnfr and considerably
i colder weather today nd tomerro" y
1 MH ZV ' fi',My 1" '- t'"' latter
l7. ,.i llMlV wbcn fie mercury will
use again, the ferci aster says.
nllS,?SXtu5's obev,e. n08' Pro Pre
it Sk yisterday..veachlng a high point
h t nlrhf gr nil' b,,t wnnln Bodily
5htt lbe mercury averaged four
Mta abeve. nerma,
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Dntered as 6etend.Cla Matter t
. Under ttra Act
Partial List of Victims
.Of New Bandit Wave
Oscar B. Lanslngcr. 2213 North
Sixteenth street; shot In side nt
Sixteenth and Wallace streets while
"resisting highwaymen.
Theodere Preoled, 0155 De Lan
ccy, street; held upjby meter bandits
,ncnr Gleneldcn when his tnxlcab
broke down; beaten and robbed of
$5180.
Lloyd Ely, 0G52 Gcrmantewn ato
mic ; he'd up by five men In automo
bile nt Pc'haui nnd Herttcr strccte
and "' ' " 1 of geld watch, muffler
1 (Ji.GO.
SeVen .ncn in reurlng car held up
home of Themas Lcary, 103 Fitz
gerald street. Lcary reported te the
police that nothing was fnken.
Safe blown open In Jewelry store
of Charles Hcfllcr at .115 Rltncr
street. Robbers escape with $2000
in Jewelry and $1800.
The clothing rtete of Maurice
Grccnburs, Broadway nnd Ferry
avenue, Camden, entered early yes
terday nnd 'lethlng valued nt'$1500
taken. Th' robbers used an automo
bile ecariiig a Pennsylvania license
tog.
MAN SAVED AS WIFE JUMPS
IN FRONT OF POINTED PISTOL
Then Restaurant Keener Shet
Strantjer In Defense He Says
-TVhen Mrs. Theresa Madsen. 2127
North Trent street, rushed a man hold held
inff a pointed revolver nt her husband.
Olaf, this morning, she probably saved
his life. At the same tlme Madsen
drew his gun and fired five shots nt hln
alleged assailant, Frank McGarvcy,
H071 Kensington nvenue, one of which
took effect. McGarvey is in the Epis
copal Hospital with a bullet in his
stomach and may die.
The pWtel duel, according te Mad
sen, followed nn argument- in his res
taurant. At nn early hour this morn
ing n crowd of men, seme of whom
were intoxicated, according te Mndscn,
entered the place and started te quar
rel. Fists began te fly in no uncertain
manner.
Mndscn says he tried te quiet the
men when ene struck nt him. Madsen
retaliated by hitting ene man, who
nftcrward left the place.
Shortly after McGarvcy Is said te
have entered, nnd, walklug up te Mad
sen, said:
"Are you the man who Jilt my
friend?" .
Madsen replied he was nnd McGar
vcy pulled his gun. Madsen's wife
incn mtcriereu long enough te -permit
her husband an equal chance. Five
shots rnng out. Madsen was placed
under arrest and charged with nggr-i-vated
assault wftli Intent te kill.
FORMER MISS ELKINS WINS
DIY0R.CE; WEDSJJtfOtJRS
Traction Magnate's Helresa New
Mrs. Paul laccacf, Breker 'Wlf e
Mrs. Marie Loulse'El'klhs de Gulgne.
Ilinrhlrr nt thn tnln Tl'lUInn, T. Vlb!..
Jr.. formerly of thlsflt.v, wen a divorce
decree from her husband in San Matee,
(.urn., ami iweniy-ieur neurs later
married Pnnl Tlinvnr TniviiW wnnltliv
New Yerk broker.
The present Mrs. Iaccacl wen her di
vorce en grounds of desertion and the
weddlnc fellmvpi! nf 'w VnrV Hnf.
urday. Mr. nnd Mrs. Iaccacl are new
en their way te the coast after a honey
moon spent at Gedney Farms, West
Chester County, N. Y.
Mrs. Iaccacl, who is twenty-nine, is
the heiress te a $2,000,000 fortune left
by her grandfather, William Elklns.
traction magnate of this cltv. She was
the wife of Charles Jeseph Christian de
Gulcne. member of an aristocratic fam
ly. ' They had one child, Charles Jo Je
seph Christian de Guigno, 3d, who is
nine.
According te the divorce decree
granted Friday In San Matee, the child
cannot be taken from California with
out the permission of the court.
While living -in this city Mrs. lac
caci, then Miss Elkins, wn3 prominent
In social circles. A stir wns created
earl yin 1011 when he mother appealed
te .hidge Selley, at Norristown, te In In
SeAa!S,ber daushter's nllowance te
5J0.000 a year, bajlns It was necessary
for a girl te spend that much te live
properly.
ELLIS RESIGNS
Compiles With Warburton's Order,
Effectlve February 1
Colonel Themas Biddle Killer, nfslst
ant director of the Department of Wcl-fa-e.
handed In his resignation te Dl
rector Warburton today. It takes effect
February 1. The director requested the
resignation Saturday.
The pest pays 4200 a year, und there
Is .much specu'aten ae te who will get
It. Colonel Ellis said he would munie
his law jractlce. Il0 6peiiks teuight
"Pen "Welfare." before the Pnwelten
Civic Association in Sk Andrew's P.
E. parish house at Twenty-sixth and
Pearl streets.
Anether man slated te go is William
F. Mennghan. chief clerk of the De
partment of Welfare Director War War
burten has asked for his resignation,
S250OVa eCabrr.Uar 1 Tb'3 P8t pay3
UNABLE TO QUIT HOSPITAL
Seven Bryn Athyn Wreck Victims
Still Being Treatetl
Six weeks after the wrick at Bryn
Athvn. en the Newtown dhlsjen of the
Rending Railway, seven pert-ens hurt
In the crash of the two passenger trains
are still under treatment in the Abing Abing
ten Memerial Hospital.
They are Miss Anne Fitzpatrfck.
Southampton; Mrs. J. Frederick
Kruscn, Newtown; Miss Elsie Hart
matin. Churchville; Miss Helen Reek.
Rlchbore; James Reek, Newtown;
J?,0?,"?,0, ?!lcr and Jehn Truitt, of
Philadelphia.
CONNECTICUTJJARFARE CUT
Tokens Three for a Quarter te Ro Re
place 10-Cant Rate
New Haven, Conn,. Jan. 10. A r.
duotlen of 10 ncr cent In trnl'ey.fare
rates en the lines of the Connecticut
company throughout the State was
announced tonight by Lucius S. Sterrs,
president. It will be effective en
MetIi 1. ,,
Instead of the jirtsent ten-cent
fnre. the company will hell "token
or tuetal tlcketn. at three for twenty
five cents, mnklng the ordinary cltv
tie'ley ride cost eight and one-third
centB. a
lire ael.Tqp AKMenrNa na srliT
b found in tl "HP Wnt4 eeliia n
p S3. Vf ' f.
the roiteffle t Philadelphia, P.
of Mureh 8, 1BTB- -
CRIMEWAVEGR1PS
CITY AS THUGS GET
Men Are Shet, Beaten and
Robbed Safes Are
Wrecfted
CHAIN STORE OWNER
CLUBBED LOSES $5000
Thieves, bnndits, burglars and thugs
resumed operations en a large scale ever
the week-end, sheeting and beating
victims, blowing safes, holding men up
nnd getting nwny with thousands of
dollars' worth of loot.
Theodere Preoled, part owner In a
chain of stores in this dty. Trenten.
Wilmington and Chester, was held up,
beaten and robbed of $318(1 early yes
terday morning as he was riding from
Chester te this city In a taxtenb. With
him was Sara Shero. manager of Proe Preo Proe
lod's Chester afore.
Preoled had been collecting money all
day from his various stores, nnd wns en
his wnv te this city in a tAxicab driven
by Jphn Beasen, of Wilmington, 'the
enme man wne nnu driven mm en nts
collecting trips for months past.
When the taxlcab nrrfved near Glen
olden, Delaware County, something
Hpemcd te e wrong with the meter, and
Bcaoen cot out te fix it. Beth Preoled
and Shero were asleep. Just nt this
moment a touring car containing live
yeuug men drove up.
Man is Beaten
Beaten was ordered te threw up his
hands, nnd Pcroled and Shere were
awakened, ordered te cet out' of the
cnb. and put up their hands. The
bandltN get $3 from Shero nnd some
small cmng3 from the chauffeur. Pre Pre Pre
oeod put his hands down before he waa
told aud was severely beaten.
The robbery wns reported te the Stnte
police nt GleneWen, who detained Ben Ben
eon, and for three hours grilled hlra.
He stucK te his story that he did net
knew 'the rebberB. and his automobile
had really broken down.
A safe in the home of Charles Hefflcr,
31R RItner street, was demolished Sat
urday ntghfand $1800 in cash, $300 in
Liberty Bends and Jewe'ry valued nt
$2000 were 6telen. According te mem
here of the family. U wcic ns'eep when
the safe was robbed. None wcre
awnkencd by the noise.
Hefner took the money from a bnnk
Saturday, hesseid, te pay the seml
npnljal dlyjdend en ete'ck held by mem mem mem
oera'.ef.' a corporation , of. which he s
tTcasurer.' The "safe is In the dining
room, Ileffler'B office, belng-in the front
of 'tiio,Jieu6frShofc,idoor,,nart been'
drJUcdj. bent back and, thdinner deer
tern off--'-,'. , .,
Themas M,unllH, 'Lyndherst, N. J,,
ndmlttcd te police, of the Belgrade und
Clearfield streets station, he wns wanted
for a robbery nt Plnevlllc, N. J. He
hud a knife nnd'rcvelver in bis pockets.
He was taken te City Hall.
Five Aute Bandits Reb Man
Five men in nn automdWle carae
upon Lloyd Ely, COJ52 Gerninnwwn ave
nue, early yesterday at Pelhare and
Hertr street, and With pistols pointed,
eidered him te threw up his hands.
They took a muffler, a geld watch and
$4.00.
Seven armed men raided the home of
Thema3 Lcnry, 103 Fitzgerald street,
early yesterday. One bandit struck
Mr. Leary In the fnce. They left with
out taking anything.
Robbers who used a touring car bear
ing Pennsylvania license tags early
jesterday robbed the clothing stere" of
Maurice Greenberg, at Broadway and
Ferry avenue, Camden, of $1500 worth
of goods.
Greenberg was aroused from bis sleep
after the robbers Jumped into the ma
chine und drove eust en Fcrrv avenue
Twe young men who entered the gto gte
cery store of Cenrad Lamabnel, 1-127
Seuth Ninth street, Cnrauen, as he was
about te clese last night, "looked suspl suspl
cleus" te him nnd as he wns held up
and robbed of $4 two months age, he
blazed away with a pistol, wounding
both In the legs. The Injured men arc
Alexander Themas, twenty-four, "CO
Sycamore street, nnd Jehn Smith, twenty-two,
000 B nnch street, both Ne
groes. They were sent te Cooper Hos Hes
pltal, but are net seriously Injured
"I w;as net going te take "any
chances," said the grocer te the police
as be was locked up te await Investiga
tion. Beats .Thugs With Cane
Although, as a reeult of the cane he
wielded curly yesterday morning when
two held-up men attacked him, Oscar
B. Lauslnger. 2213 North Sixteenth
street, saved his money and ether val
uables, he landed in the Hahnemann
Hospital with a bullet wound' from ene
of the guns of the bandits.
Lansinger wds walking en Wallace
btreet, swinging his cane. When he
came te the corner nt Sixteenth street
two men with pointed guns spranc nt
Mm. Without waiting te hear Uieir
demand, Lansinger hreught his cane
into play, wielding it with such telllui
effect en the hends of the bandits that
they took te their heels. Tim bandits
Centlnntd en I'age 'ElthUtn. Column Four
HUNT MAN WHO LEFT BABY
IN BAG UNDER HOTEL BED
Infant's Lips Found Sealed With
Adhesive Tape
Evcrr effort is bclnar mode today te
locate the man who left a baby In a
hnndbiw beneath a bed In the Llttn
H"tcl. 22r Seuth Bmad street, wltlrtt
lips f.ijteneil together with ndheUve
tnpe. When found by a maht the babv.
which is a boy, three weeks old, was
b'ue In the face.
The baby was left at the hotel bv a
tall. weM-dr-wed mun of middle age
He registered as Jehn Barnct, Spring-'
fie'd, Mass., paid for his room, remained
two hours and left. Then the baby
was found by the maid, who heard a
slight sound beneath the bed. The child
had bv Its efforts partially loes-ncd the
i8P.t "tS?.?0"?," ltH, 'IP3, " wns '"ken
te the Fifteenth and Locust streets sta.
tlen, then te the Philadelphia Hospital.
West Chester Wires Still Down
West Chester, Jen. 10, The Pertal
Huffennir from tl$tfterni of Wednesday
jAnt. Net a pfe le working te Wt
tw.ft.tufu vvuijpnujf-y UIUUV I1C U 8 PtlH
THOUSANDS IN LOOT
viicii vn "7 liuuii, n UHqe worst
,orceK n HCTyieeKin tija history 'of the
ceMpaxylB thls.wctloaef ths $Ut, r '
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1922
Servants Want Toe Much
Is Housewives 9 Complaint
Unreasonable as te Wages
and Living Conditions
Demanded, ' Women Say
But Employers Admit
Trouble Is Partly Due te
Themselves
i
Thia ia the first of- e ecrica of i
articles discussinff the domestic
servant problem from the viewpoint
of the housewife, the servant and
the neutral observer. Today the
views of the employer are presented.
Tomorrow the servant's side will be
given.
What ar6 the causes of the domestic
servant problem, and what is Ita solu
tion? '
Are the servants te blame?
Are the mistresses te blame?
Or is the Eysten) te blame?
Many domestic scrvanta feel that
their working conditions and mode of
life place them' at a perpetual disad
vantage. ... .,
Many of the employers of domestic
servants believe that there is something
wrong with this particular branch of
labor which leads te Incessant diffi
culty between employer and empleye.
uoservcrs wne nave siuaicu uiu uu
vvovtikie imiu iiv mw i - r . I
mi BaL. u ilSK r, n" K
i. u'..i-.iiJ ...-
in UlIDIUUII v&Uli
The nersenal i
;..inin. t ir!n
ftt JLH aS
1 al T? w g
housewives, chosen
out the city, are presented here,
Hard te Keep en Geed Terms
"Frem the employer's point of
view," eald Mrs. William H. Teller,
1713 Green street, "the servant prob
lem IB that of getting high-class help
in (he first place and then getting along
wlth'lt en geed terms.
"I find that there has been a great
LT OFFER IS PUT UP
Ti
Opinions Sought Frem Service
Bedy en Detail of
Operation
MITTEN AND WEGLEIN JOIN
12
Oneratlert of the city-owned Erank Erank
ferd elevated by the P. R. T. Company
moved nearer today ns u petition was
forwarded te thp Public Service Cem1
ml'xlen nfllnrrisburg.
The petition asked the Commission s
views en paragraphs of the proposed
encrntlng agreement. Although it was
sl'cnt en the rental question it out
lined eth"r Important items of the pro pre
pored lease.
Public Service Commissioner Clem
ent suggested this move 'ast Thursday
at a conference attended bv R'rlmnl
Wecleln. president of Council ; City So
licitor Smyth and Celeman j. .iovce.
counsel for the P. R. T. Cemnany.
The document sent te Harrlsburg was
slsned bv Mr. Weclcln and Themas E
Mitten, president of the P. R. T.. nnd
indicated that a working agreement
hnd been reached en the baIn of the
outlined rarairnphs. A single fare
from the Prldt'c sfcet .terminal of the
Frankford e'evated te the Sixtv-n'nth
street terminal of the Market street
subway-e'evntcd was ene of the tenta
tive agreements.
The elevated fare pronesed Is te be
the sarae as that charTe en the com cem
nnnv's surface, 'incs nt nrpent seven
cents cash, or four ticke for twent
five cents. Trnnsfer privi'eges arc te
be nccerded Frnnkferd "L" riders and
the cltv-bullt BtiRtIeeu surface line is
te have two fare zones.
Mr. Mitten's rental offer would yield
the cltv nothing for the first yeur of
operation of the-- Prank ford "h." In
the second venr the cltv we'ild rece've
1 per cent en Its $15.000 000 Invest
ment. This weuM be increased hv 1
per cent yearly until a maximum refhrn
of 5 per cent was reached hi the sixth
j car of operation.
Wegleln Issues Statement
Mr. Wegleln today Issued thia etatcr
ment:
"Pursuant te the agreement reached
at the meeting in mv oflice last Thurs-
flnv n netltlnn vrill ht nrftunlArl tA Iha
"'. .r t- ' .!. --"'. " ""
I'ublle Service L'ommlRSlen slttlncr nH
Harrlsburg, for an opinion as te the1
Continued en Time rJulitrrn. Column Te
GETS 15 YEARS BY MISTAKE
Prl.nnrr rriinli Hfr fn C.nr,r.
-."....
Errer Should Be Flve Years
B""use of a clerical error in com
mitment papers that would mean the
serving of fifteen years in the Western
l'en'tentlary, AVilmer Allbricht, Ronr Renr
incr Snrings, Pa., was breusht te Phila
delphia today and an attempt will be
mane te correct tne intstaKe.
Al'brhsht was sentenced in Pittsbureh ,
?" hfan"f.aRSa",1iIn",'
assault. lie
tlve years en
te run cencu
papers read
LINDSAY HEADS ART CLUB
Is Elected Over De Kraft, With 213
Vetes Out of 370
E'lwned C. Lludsai has been chosen
pret-ldent of t,he Art Club In tin pIpc
tlen which wns net determined until
early veMerday uiernlns. Jlr Lindsay
received 211 vote of :i"0 cast and Wd-(
'lain deKruft 153.
Charles F. Rnehmann and Oeeicp Olhbs
u uim-r uiiii-ltp eii-eii'ii weijr
the artist, vice presidents; Rebert M.
Sttnsen. twmiier: Snmiie1 W Oner
secretary: Extcutlve Committee, three-
trusteea of the, art fuud e'ected were
CharWW. Oese?cr and WilllatdJIl
0 COMMISSIONERS
... -. ....,,..,. tu.wu.uus I ut tiiiniiuc city, was reported te he in
was triieu from four te'! New Yerk tertuv. n l ,.,- i: i
each charge the f-ntences . Street September 10. 1920, when the
irrently. The commitment disastrous and still mysterious tomb
"succeively." explosion occnrre.l nnA Jl , .i.."1. . '
jenr terms, icema' 11. lentin. IU- pectea ociero tne end of the day. e'even V-U"'"B. "" uirccis trauic at tierman- Trenten " J . tomorrow m-t.i lt .." """ i'V,nc'",f n sermeti In M
wanlW. Redlleld. Rnlnh T. Senter prospective jurers-twb women and nine ,,own and " I'ark uveniw The U ," . nccre , 1? hV fl lntr , ,h'' "kt t'ahy Church at Et J
nnd WUrnrall. Ms ers; two- j ear term 1 men-havliw been accepted toraperarili Renv -WM. ce,,ectd bv MaBltrate the. death ! ouse s ,MCned t h,r 1" I''urCh , "l
Charles AV. Bajl h. Ine fol'ewlns bf both State and defense at the cfeii ,Ue'; Twenty ..evend street and Hunt- ? V-A nnxieul te n He ',t lb iii'" , Tl!u htnent,B. (W TheinM. UUfr
were elected members of the Library of the flr.t week's activities Saturday 1 ,nSv.I!lV;LSnCnpe,,?V,t,en, , . The N-re nurderer hn8 net s own am Che,hUck ""' . 0ertt,,J Gtet "$ ?
OymmJtte; Jeseph Menree. Mantle WitlHjury selection ended, testimony ,? T?l1?,1i,ni S0111" J0 U,f masi:" reptntance for the killina of the n,fi "ncstace a.idlen amplifier tumj,,,!
TleldinK and Edw n M. Smuekcr. Tin. tak uar is exnected te h h. " .rny trate that U lick tpecded bv the 6cmn. m,im sining ei tue kube E,.r, wer.i fcBI,iv ,u.tl5Z5!lXi V
1
Opuica.
T
Causes Housewives Givq
for the Servant Problem
They blame their own careless
ness. . ., ,
They blame the servants' living
conditions.
They blame the Independence of
the servant.
They dcplo're the lack of mutual
understanding en both sides. In
the opfnleu of the employers, neither
they nor their servants are suffi
ciently tolerant of each ether's
f-hortcemlngs.
you have had a unique experi
ence in the servant queitien, or can
offer a solution, for the problem,
write te this paper.
betterment In the quality of the help
whjch has been available since the war.
Yeu knew, while se many et the war
industries wcre in operation, there was
n great demand for labor, and the wages
offered for the essential work wcre se
high that they nttractcd many people
from their normal work.
"The result wa that these available
for housework wcre net of the highest
tjpe. and, in addition, they demanded
mero than they had ever gotten before,
and mere than they wcre worth.
"AH that is changed new, however.
Slest of theso positions created by the
war de net exist new, nn,d the girls
have returned te their former occupa
tions. "But their standnrde have risen.
Their experiences in ether lines, where
they had mero money than ever before,
accustomed them te setter living cenui
tlens. which they continue te-deraand.
"An'1 t only right, tee. Se many,
mistresses treat their servants like ma-'
chines, without fccllne or human In
clinatiens; it Is no wonder that the
girla are often dissatisfied.
Geed Wages; Geed Quarters
"My advlce is te treat the girl fajrly;
ghe her geed wages, geed living quar
ters and ask in return that she de uer
Continued en Tace rear. Column Twe
E. D. DIER & GQ. PUT
N. Y. Brokers, With Offices
Here, Owe $5,000,000, Fed
eral Court Is Told
BANKRUPTCY
IS ' ALLEGED
fir"
.K!"
An - Involuntary petition Ih ', tank
untcy wasliicd In Ncv Tdrk aHy
egainst 13. D. DJcr & Ce., stock brek.
ers, with a branch at 1-135 Walnut
treet. this city. Reports place the
'Inb'llties nt JJS.OOO.OOO.
TIie petition was filed in the United
States District Court. Judge Julian W.
Mack : appointed Menfred W. Chrlch,
n luwyer, ns recelcr for the alleged
bankrupt. The petition was s'gned by
S. S. Myers, of CO Wall street, and
A. G. Hayes. 43 Exchange place, New
Yerk, who p'aced the liabilities nt 5-1,-000.000,
described as "fur in excels of
cstcte."
There were reports here that the
liabl ittcs of the local branch total $1,
000,000 mere. Klmerc D. DIcr. of
Ardmere, Harry J. Lawrence. Jr., and
Lawrence Starr are th 9 members of the
firm.
Many Branch Houses
The alleged bankrupts l:ae branches
in Trenten, Lancaster, Alleutewn. Al Al Al
toenn, Pittsburgh, Ilngerstewn, Cleve
land. Chicago nnd Milwaukee. They
den t extensively lu minmg and oil
stocks.
The local offices were opened this
mernlnj, but empleyes satd no business
was done. There had been rumors for
1ii.b that the firm's affair were ap-I'l-eachlnc;
n crisis. About 1030 o'clock
the empleyes read ou n ticker that a
'cccivcr had bten renuestcd
Empleyes Jiere immediat' y tele
phoned the main office in N Yeik
for liirttructlens. A half dozen custom
ers were In the boardroom and quota
tions continued te be eet up en the
beard.
Crash Has Bcsu Expected
According te traders here, the firm
i i - .. . . . '. .
" ueeu en tne nnanciai (.10 nor beard
c,vf Blucc last jeer, when E. D. Dler
.q. was lermeu aa tee successor of
Hughes & Dicr.
Henry D. Hughes, then senior mem
ber of the firm. wn- expel 'ed from mem
bership en the Philadelphia Stock Ex-
i""". lVr "'egCU MOlUtlOH Of Article
--v of the Lxchance constitution. ITn i
was, found guilty of nets detrimcntur te
,. - --..... -..,
tue interests el the Lxchange.
After his expulsion, Mr. Hughes
withdrew from the iirm nnd Mr. Dler
iireceeacu te reorganize it They had,
been associated In the brokerage bufil-
ncss for nine rinra t- II.,I., k..j
I been a member of the Phihidc nhln
Stock Cjelmn t .. ....'.'"
L.M.p,.?'c5 l a,here l,em:
inoctien eccnrrpil nnH im, ttr.i
about iu the great crowd, hut cscuped
injury. '
FATTY'S ORDEAL RESUMED
Second Week of Trial Likely te Be
Marked by Opening of Testimony
. pM.rrTi.'r:' j '.Ja"-..iU ty I
trial of Rosceo O. (Tatty) Arbuckle
film comedian, accused of mnns'aughtcr
UD UIJIIII lll'HK fT VI1A CAAk.I
""is uui ui inu ueatu at n linli-1
party here last September e' Miss
irlnln Ttnnr, r.a.n,l i,. c.....', "' " " I
1"IJ at t 1UBL LlUllII'inriUP tr lllnr I'l
RECEVER'S HAND
... -.-r,.Ut u.vum tu auucriur court i . l i '"" " i,i."uih tui a
today. v ""hearty laugh he hnd j eMerdax. Thp
Thft cnmnlKtinn nf iVc J . . '
--- .-...,.,..... w. vuc jury was ex-
rERHAVS.THB VKBV ARTICLK von
... ---..4.-.... w. mc jufy was ex- f,.ui.. -u . -.----- -- .i-.iuau .I'liin , nr in in, rnt., r Un.. .
div.d,tncu. kSt.i rrww
lecKUir rem 11 in th ivi h,";. ."
V.
Apparent Smash-Up of His Al-1
llance With Magee by Sproul i
Give3 Situation New Celer
LEADERS TO ATTEND DINNER.
TO FORMER MAYOR BABC0CK
' Senater Vare, according te present
plans, will leave for Pitt-urgh tonight
je confer with United Stntes Senater
Crew and attend the gathering of State
leaders at the dinner tomorrow night
In honor of the cx-Mnyer, E. V. Bab
cock. Vare's trip west, where the tide
of politics is uga'n tnking it cnur
Is the first open move in a week which
premists te be productive of Important
results en such questions u the make
up of the new State organisatien. State
ticket, successor of th late Senater
Penrose as Republican National Com
mitteeman from Pennsyhania and for
mation of a new State rombinttien.
Week before last, following th dfath
of Senater Penrose, the State limit r
assembled In Phfiadclphlu. Everything.
wun mrewn into tne memng per tue
nmmuens of rival lenders nnd th
i. niftn
for new combines but no fusion was ob-
tainablc. Then came the appointment '.
by Gevcrapr Sproul of Geerge Wharten i
Pepper us United Stntes Senater te.
e. . .n '-....
Wcr us I n I ted States Smut.
ake the scat of Penrew, and all
ions plans of leaders were kn
pre-
galley west awl something of an Im
nnntfn
petus was given te atate harmenj.
Vare..Mageet Combine Cracked, Belief
- In this connection Is the fart that
Governer Sproul engineered u dashing
trip te Pittsburgh nnd apparently broke
hi J. MnJ ,1 Vi. .Jul' iJST ,"n,c,c
-j avi.....A ... wu... .. ,i.u uuiiii i&, nun,
the multi-millionaire of Western Penn
syhania, who wants te be a United
States Senater
Mr Bell financed the Magee major majer
alty campaign nnd is regarded by the
Governer as the real boss of the Magee
Leslie organization In Allegheny
County.
New Senater Vare also gees West,
either te repair his damaged lines or
te organize and consolidate new posi
tions. The Vares lest the United States sen sen
atershtp for Congressman Vnre, and Inst
reports were that the Congressman
would net think of opposing Senater
l'eppcr for election, 'lhe ores, hew-
ever, want something out of the Mtua-
Hen Hence once mere, this 'time at
Pittsburgh everything will be thrown
Inte tKeltlng VetTud Tth'e ftlltlcia is
AJtdI-th VdrtH-haVc net Irrevocably
Jteken with, the e, rcmer,v they are net'
as clec with thp Qommenwcttlth's Chief ,
iJr'X.'"" " . ! . ' 1,J A "" s".
Ihc ares are ennklnsr en Senater Crew i
The'ares arc bnnklns en Snat0r Crew
W-ffi&CT
Hespltil, Pltt'bursh. It is net tee
I
much te say thnt the Vares see the
riMng of it .new State oreiinizntien
which will be dominated b' Crew, and
with thensehes nnd the Baker-Bcldle-nian
group iv Dauphin County and
ethers as Important and integral parte.
On the ether hand, Governer Sproul.
who Is new at arms 'engtn, ee far n
the Varcj are concerned, is also friend
ly and clesj te Crew. But the Varcn
nnd W. Harry Baker, cecretaiy of the
Slate Committee, apparently think they
are closer te Crew thtr the Governer.
Opposition te Vare State Bedy
vwenHa ne Mm-nr Vnr fMi i. i
rural districts will rise m against any- I
thing like a Vnre S'atc crsanizatien.
end are talking hopeful y of .xpeetclt
re-u'ts from the recent runfriitlntit
between the Governer and ,Ii senh R.
tGmndv. p'c-ldcnt f tin l,ennlvanlii
Publlhd Dell' ExicA fiay.
Copyright. 1022
VARE HIKES WEST
SEEKING GROWS AIO
IN NEW OFFENSIVE
Manufacturers' AMwIatien, mid be- Chicago Girl Vows She's In Leve
t tii:e .Mrcir n,i .(.,. Urieni r I Wlth M.rnrm,
There is talk of .al'i.K .i meeting, , , WLth McCermck
of former Pcnrefe State l.ader under i r,l,case: Jan- 1G Marr Landen
the autplces of the Governer. It is Bakcr' uhe 1(ft AlliMer Mt Cermlck
held significant that heru and there '"'""Iiir nt the i-hureh." .-y tin v will
throughout the State fermp- l'.nr I e raarrlcd after u'l A 'ter a California
leaders are booming Sproul for national L"P .bl,' wj, ta'l r-b-imr L Mc
committeeman te Miccfed Piuree. t.it ', I'm'f,1 Mlll.C(1 e"rda.v. and called en
Vares arc for Senuter trew for na-nllSh.H"ke J-t h-fe-e ! went aben-d
ttenal committeeman and failing iu that. ' , ' Au(.'. in?jbc,eu ,1,,nk l W!,sU l
they are for Baker happj. Miss Baker said. "I vUi te
Baker himself, i't is aid. fceN that ,,,appx tbat, -'""''"'t think of anv of
Crew should be the national commit-l U10 ."n.' r ua,","I te tel' him
tecman because it is thp custom ter the P,n l et anybody tell jeu that I'm net
senior Senater te held that uflkc lhi '"s?"', VU 'Vi"' T l'm " .
Mccormick wild ji:.t befire he snllel
Continued en Twe r.lchutn. Column Turte that the inarria-jc would take nlnce In
"
GIRL IN BOY'S 'GARB IS FOUND IN BOX CAR
A Sf'vonteen-yeni-oUl ri:1. w taring bey'i. clothing- lmt a
weninu shoes, nnd with hn long l.nir tucket'. uiuKi a caj. was
tnhen by the police fiem -x lex mi in n treight yaid tin, meinnit;
nnd nt te City Hnll. Shi te 11 tlu police Mip m ndpii Trnvifi.
but would net answer ethci iiucst.ni ,
YOUNG PHILA. J0YRIDI-RS ARRESTED IN JERSEY
Thife boys, nil et ri.mktui i. um i.u,'m ,n Cl.iien. N. J .
thi- liieniiiig chnigt-d with bi-iku,q me a stele nail httnlmji
clothing anil cigaicttes. Polie, say they weie in n stolen uuto uute uuto
niebilc i.i ;i joyriile fiem Phil u ilphta te Atlintlc City Th -y aj,
Jacob SchiebH. fifteen ye.ns. old. Bnij.iimii Noiwlcke. wxtt-cn yean.
old, and Stephen Usher. biMet-u x.ns old.
ALLIED DEBT REFUNDING .BILL APPROVED
WASHINGTON. Jan. lG.-Tnc allied JcU u funding bill was
approved today by the Senate Fin.uie,. Cuiuniittec- nftci most of
lhe previsions objected te by Sicrct.uy Mellen et the Tieatuiy Ui
pnitineiit hud been ehni.nated D uieciatK' mmbei t;t the cyui
wiittn' vetnl ajjalii'at the bill .it it ptiteaeU tuira.
$7.50 FOR A LAUGH
But This Motorist Ha-Ha-ed at
Traffic Policeman
" . wv uwseiiii L IIL'K. Mlf.l 1 nffll
N nth street. X7..V1 hl. -.,!.. rl-
,"."" ""Kim e iick, -iiMi :erth
ISUKh was flirected nt Pnir.,U,
f,.u,.. u . -.----- -- ....,,
i'Mv unu k itcii l 111 11 in itriiii inrnnrt 111
S-cnpMen Pr i 1ft a Tear by Mmll,
by Publle Ledwr Company
In $100,000 Suit
MRS. ALICE PRINCE
Central figure In an extraerdlnarv
family tangle. Herlitisbatid, riiarlei
Prince, alleges he was Ittdnapped by
Jeseph Patcrae, her brother-In
law, whom lie is suing for Sltm.oeo.
charging he stele Mrs. PrinreV lei
. .. .. a.i -ba.,
9 rOWtKb AUAIIM lAUKLb
TAD CAOTCDM nilCCTinMC
r,4H I.M1 I llll. ULII il I llllltl
., ......... . w ..-..-.
Greup Holds First Session Today
, Since January 5
Washington, Jan. 10. (By A. IU
Still awaiting the re npt bj the Japa
nese delegation of its instructions from
Teklo which are cxprrtM te permit
completion of the nuul limitation
trcatJ' u,e Arms -nltrenre today pre;
pared te turn again te tbe ttudy of
Fnr Eastern and PartfiV questions.
The delegations of the nine Powers
participating In the di-xusMens of the-e
questions were called te meet at 11:30
e cieck in tne ur-t sesMen 10 ue neiu
by thnt portion of the Conference since
Jnuiiarj 3. Prier te the meeting, tb
heads of delegation" of the live nuvnl
Powers held another session and the
American dcUgatien met
RESUME RAIL CONFERENCES
Executives and Brotherhood Heads
Attend Washington Meeting
"iigien, jan. lu.-tw .. i'.)
C(?.Tl ?UY3n rallrTd ccu,tlv,,s
"H1! 1,ea,Iers Jf railway empleyes' unlQns,
50hn 'B.S,? "nh5
controversies, were resumed today with
executives rcprc.-entfnc the principal
reads of the country In attendance along
Washington, Jan. 10. (J$y A. P.)
w-iin uenns et tne lour oretiiurnoous.
DODGE BULLETS IN ESCAPE
Four Convicts In Detroit Heuse of
Correction Gain Freedom
Detroit. Jan. 10. I Bv A'. P 1
Four inmates of the Detroit Houfe et
.Correction e-apd this morning by
tearing the iron liars from a corridor
window and dudting a fusillade of
The M '.mj'.i,ii. . rtA
nriseners were blns taken te break -
fftst unaii
The fugitives are Frank Wvsecki.'
servne (if teen cnr, for hi.rrfnrr . i
Tinr;,i TTnt nr.. iu..a i .... "".,'
ke .n fi.n ,.n f.,- ti,tl c '.....
mobile, and Dan Wunieck, tluee vears
for felonious asuult.
MICC RfllfCR 4RRFPQ Tfl WPn
Illda BHrri rtUHttb IU WtU
'
LIVELY TO DIE TOMORROW
Negro Slayer Will Pay Penalty for
Child Murder In Chair
IaiiiU r Hir il... v.
I MiH I i..t1 IU.. ' .
.'..- M" '.' "". -'glO fluttr et
iiiiii ,"i itU"). the nevrn i , , ni.i
Mnorwiewn. X .1 iri .n i.i '".r .".' '
..i. ..... , . . . " . "" " in iih
,-,,
Maria Lively, wlfe of the condemned
fefir'
2 fnHVcv
2Hb1 '
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K-4-'?' is z- v m
JKm , HPIs
rKr' sE M iH
PRICE TWO CEUTi'1
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PREMIER POINCA
ONE
W&i j
M DESCHANELTO 0
I luff', j
QF's
rc irHi rri anvflirf k
I ' 'I
i Ex-President, New Senater RetJ
.... D.l!('.n Ul'ft, nnmniU.', I'l
' for Interpellation iiiq
'NFW MINISTRY EXCLUDES "l
SOCIALISTS AND RIGHTISTS
By the Aftsfrlii'eil Pres
j Paris. 4 Jan. 10. The icw Cnblnei't
'under Rnuneud Pe'ncare went Inte
power today with the publication &
the Official Journal of nineteen prcsl'
ilentinl decrees, one for each minister'
nnd rndcr-Sciretftrv of State.
Senater Paul Dewhniitl, who waljf
Presirlent of Frnncr for n few monthly
, in 1020, resigning en ncceuut of 111
li.'iiltlr. li.is filed it ilcinnnd In the Senate",
I for an Interpellation en the foreign, "Jj
! - a ulllntlnii Alirk T)lnfVMAI ?
M. Dt'tchanel suggeAs thn- an exchange1 '31
I'MMT til IIUI IIIL.I11 1111 IU L111 -ItUIJbit. J
et views Is indU.pciirnble in the prwent'
'irrumstnnces. "
Senater Deschancl's speech en his in
terpellation will be his ilrht fclne'e.hlrf)
resiRuatlen from the prtidcney In 'Sep?
terabfr, 1020 Announcing the rccev-
, ery of his ueaitti, ne wa ciccica te
I the Scnutc a yuir uge, but his artlritlltt
I in tbnt body lmve been confined to,ec-
i .!,...i t..if ,n...ri f-.n, i.ia cm.'
. VUOIUUUl UIU I lUUBttl'1 .iviu inn t.H..
Personnel of New Cabinet
D'cs-hniipl's resignation from thT
prc-ldne li one eF the trngi-Ciiniei
dies of Ur-nrh politics. His health
wrs shatii'ud by fnlllns from nn open
window in the sleeping compartment
ft the president! il train, later walk
ills' mere than a mile, clad only la
pajamas,
ur the fnrten ministers jn thn new' si
; Cabinet, four are Senntors-Peincarf,
Pejrennet, Strauss und Cehreu and'
ten ar members of the Chamber or
iJnputlc. All the unuer -secretarial are t i
deputies. AH the groups te ming ins
'ft hide of Parliament are represented.
The Socialists and the '
" " -q"""-v.
' Rightists are net represented.
lhe Cabinet, lis It
.in.t .tn.ifta !'
Premier end Minister of l'erclgnAf'
fnirs Raymond Pelncarc '
Virs Premier. Mlnl'tT of Justice nnd, '
for Alsace -Lerrnlnce Leuis Bariheti.
Minister of War and Pensions Aa-
are Mnglnet.
Minipicr of Marine M. Raibertl.
Minister of Finance Charles de1
LusteVrie. " ,'J
Minister of Interiors M. "Mnnnnury.W
Minlster-nf Education Leenl Berand.
Minister et Public We'rksMi TAA
Trecquer. iN
AUnmpr of Agriculture wepty .
Minister of Colenics Albert Sarrflnt-,.7. ."
Vftnlulf.p nf rnniniArir.fif.tpti DI1I1& A""
Minister of Liberated Regions -H
Rebel. -
Mlnicter of Laber1 M. PeyrennV
Minister of Ilea th M. Straus. i
The fellow ins Under Secretaries fit
State also are announced : Attached te
the Premier. M. Ce'rat; Merchant Ma
irlne.'M. Rie: Pebts and Telegraph.
IM. Laffont; Technical Edticattpn, M,
' Vidal ; Aeronautics, M. Eynac.
I High Commissioners Ruled Out
I M. Peincarc announces that "MI the
i High Commissioners in the previous
Cabinet are suppressed and also four
Under Secretaries of State. This Is for,
1 T PurP0,,! f shew'nR ff'm e be
i Binnng 0ar sincere effort te practic
CO
',"" t u j i.v
The new Premier achieved a noUbe
' supcs in limiung the in material crisis
,te three days, but falleil te accemDlisb
lhc l tslre "'VV"'1101' Ile "credited of
, fermlns' a Cabinet of wide national
union en the lines of the. Cabinets
n j ,n -1, D"1' ,,. ' v?.,0 "J"
President et the republic. Net that he.
could be expected te include the BO-
' -"l'V," wue were reprehcnteii in tnose
ministries, fei their press has seized
upon the return of Pelncnre te power te
ivq thrlr rharses that he personally
was responsible for the war.
r HiHI'urtial failure ns explained by
Le Petit Punslen may be attributed, lu
I"rt te the fact that the situation,
'heugh grave, cannot he compared te
'hat existins In 1014 and lfUS. The
l u'in"r ,c mc(l m U1U emprises It
maieritj known ns the national bloc,
"hich is in e'earcut opposition as re-
L'in's 'hterual pelic. te the Socialist
na,'.-nl group which vreMeusly was
I'.h-Ti'imw ra0,l lll'!,erIaut sreup
'" the Lliamher
Although it i- generally uccentM'thnt
M Peiucare told Mr. Lle.l Geerge that
I I ranee would up rrprrscntcd at the
pconein'c conference at CJpnea. her nar
I if"ipstieii is b no uipuns nccepted by
the prc's as obltguterj and lncvlUbli1.
t Wasliincten, Jan 10 M. Surfiut,
' head of the French trim delegation,
!ee,t'rdav received an imitation from
i M. Polncare, the upw Premier, te con
i tinue in his prcmit pest of Colonial
I MluNter, aud at once cabled lib ap
, eeptance.
i
U. S. TROOPS PASS BASEL
'Company En Reute te Rome te Par
tlclpatn In Ccrimenies
I Itc'iie. Switierlind, ,lnn 10. Thi
''"inpenj of troeixj from tne Vieerlcar,-
teriiM it German, en it- way te Italy
, e take .j,irt in th con innnie incident
10 the bivtwnl of the iiicrieun Cen
, crcsirn tl Medal of Herr en the Ital
ifi unVniiv n keMi.t i.v Mujei Gencrul
' Henry T. Allen en Ji.nu.iry IS, arrived
,i a it BaU-1 and pree-feded toward
j Itwne.
Th- rifle and nil ether arms cf thp
iHtuchni'iit wire pael in a rcpnrfltO;
' linii-airp car as required by the SwlM
I fiullierit.es.
"WIRELESS PHONE" SERMOl
I Haverford Students Hear PrefesMf
' Preaching at East Pittsburgh
KtndintM of Haverfnrd C el'cgc, whni!t,(
listcnlns cut the lrVs telephone Jn
Slinrp'pH Hull. laM night, heard a fa
uii'inr ve.cp, The elcn. it Wan later
'"irned, nan thut of Dr Kufus M,
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