fe'i J Bfe "7 $" W i .. E? rw" . M r !? IV K rr l$? IK "i l& lu 1 rf few HHInMETn .l nnwirsLWHiitKPKa BWFw L?. .,'..' ymr '; '' . . fc of Reauest Is Sent te All rW&: JK,"1 Stockholders of the ?: Comeanv ffii:" IWIT.ME& L5 DIRECTORS URGE irisr . i?jtW STATEMENT IS ISSUED M"l..-.fc . W'f " ...... . JMth H!re(nr nf thn PMItirlMnhln sjbdtaM Tmnelt Cemnnnv have sent n ;StaUca te "all stockholders requesting that , proxies be sent te officers of the kWSflH"" . r vr rrat a i.i - WW-tff.-TOJi action followed n renuest for br Themnn E. Mltten. ttriMtMrnt ,tke company, In prcparntien for the Mai meeting In March. Notices were it,Wednesda.v nsklng that these prex- sent te .Air. Mitten, or C. Dunbar I G. .A. Tllrlinrrfvntl vln tirnfcMflntt Today the follew-tnir rltrprtnrs for. Warded their communication te the tockheldors taking; firm exception te tee action of the Mitten management : Jeremiah J. Sullivan. Land Title Building; William Y. Tripple. 1328 Chjttnut street j. Charles J. Matthews. 417 Arch street; Frank Buck. 150e North Fifth fctrcet; William J. Mont gomery, northeast corner Second street and Girard avenue. Statement Issued The statement follews: Te the stockholders of the Company : r. n. t. "Your Beard of Director consists of eleven members, of whom three (the Mayer and two ether citizens chosen by Cttj Council) represent the city; the remaining eight members of the beard . are elected by the stockholders, but three of these are officers of the com- t pany and primarily represent the man agement. The five directors named above arc the only ones representing the Ktockhelders, aside from the officers of the company. "Under the existing by-laws of the oempany, the business 'has been con ducted without consultation with the , Beard of Directors, and many important atepa have been taken without their previous knowledge. This method of conducting the business of the company xi. In our opinion, net satisfactory, either te the city or te the stockhold ers, and changes should be made In the by-laws se that the Beard of Direc tors shall have a real part in the man agement of its affair. "Without consultation with the beard a request for proxies lias been sent out In advance of the usual time, and contrary te custom, proxies have been requested only for ethecrs of the com pany. The undersigned directors arc of, tthe opinion that proxies should net be Siren ticiusuii'.v w iuu uuiccrs ei luc company as requested. "A mere complete statement rcsard Ing the affairs of the company will be went about February 21. the date the transfer books are closed prier te the annual meeting. March 15, 1022. with a request for your proxy. Meanwhile you arc earnestly requested te with with eold your proxy and await our further communication. Eleven Directors en Beard There are eleven directors of the SirtMlt company, three of whom are nmmra.Dy uiry 1euucn. aiicsc inciuec the Mayer, Ernest T. Trigg and Colonel belden Petter. Mr. Trigg said today "It has been the policy of the city representatives en the P. U. T. beard te avoid aa far as peiible any par ticipation In the internal, operating af .fairs of the company. "We have felt that vre were there for the purpose of protecting city interests and net for interference with management." William Y. Trinnlc, one of the di- L rectors signing the notice te tteck- 7i V "The' document te my mir.d speaks ntr .!! fnr lflf Tlit ilirrefnrs V 4af. n hrnf .cliuf 1. f.nlllf n,l tn tfr .' Mmnanv. ,-. W0M fcV MWH ..MV bvaH0 "' ' JKi "I de net knew what effect the move i may have upon the Mitten management. Tbq.inevc is net dincted nguinst an "SLACKERJS CLEARED llccerds Shew Philadelphia Man Served in Italian Army V The nnmc of Antonie D'AUesKindre. Tr&aCIl hub ilOHlUU Uil iui" riuruf'iP u?i ' , 1. I X'.. '". I t...., f . lncrc uees "0l, "NT"' '" "' tien Jia.l been ruiinuceil anu teuun ; ...'";"; V,ion of r eeklng the, r -mevnl of .drew nftfv receiving a telephone call K d,, uny VTn nh .1M?vKhe!,,7s travel restricted in every way a u m- ' rI,"lofnren hffi vigorously , from Philadelphia asking me te de , should be asked te tend their nrexli ui, ,tt the lncru.ed rates, he sni. . with ;l';icV0,1" A,r V,,, " ,und also requehtUiB me te fend the ; te certain men. when no such ae Sun ha- , the preccs. Hill go nS en. Uailrea.K. ' "'c ' J d'toed that among the nib- money te the Philadelphia office of the t. been authorized by the Beard et Dlree however, were ..liable te red.i.- their It , l.a "l Jqu,."tI0fl of re- linn by meseuger. The name of the & tera te my knowledge.' wp-ns pro..ertionat;y l.icause they J' " u-hl,L- tC( states Attorney's meenger, If I remember correctly, was h At the offices of the P. K. 1. It wj weic b Ilpr-I t" maintain train service tn "'"" , L" i ," , tM who nrc Res...b By Mld today that no statement would, Ue en the U3ln it- bcterc, gnu lie nrgnm " ,,. ;.. ' P.:,r the T lut Adrainls- V? ltnd reifardlne the action of the five tl.nt th... e:i v way out of the Mtuatlei. hoi dm? or Irem ie '" -' "'" m dKcter.: . 'w,.h te simulate painter travel by de- "" t.il ,r7ue In offie tS POLICE HOLD WIURDhKhU yv ,-...- .....-,., .. tf vui nip uivr, t, ' w L.OCUI iwiu .v. .w, im """ifillne of munitien and oilier Uevcrn- ,trj c-leared. us tne reuit et an inve-tigu- ' Hah mnli hv If. M. KntlSlitll USSl.stUllt adjutant of tlie lUlrd corps area. kv). u.m-. y? . --. -----" - X " A letter signed by (ler.ei Itauem I " -A a..- L& Tfc IIaj. tinit.. iMlt.jtj-.fl t ' the Italian Army Januury '-', 101K, and that he terved until August 15, loin. I "This man'e iiaaie." said Colonel Tlanspni, "nppenred en the publish vl lt-t of alleged draft deserters us the re.-ii't of the final report of the draft -official-showing him te be in a status of deser tion. There it) no record of hi-, luivln notified his local beard of his entrance into military tervice as was reiuiicd by the draft regulations." LECTURES ON CHINA j ryn Mawr Committee Arranges Series for Lent ., China will be the subje-t di-cussed ' U, a series of lectures dining Lent at Se Bellcvue-Stratferd by the Chinese1 lit .1. 1.11a - U.l.n1..c1.l,. V'nminlifni. n't lli-vn Mnw-r ..College, of. which Mrs. Wlll'ium Rey 5Mfflth,1s chairman. m& ''The first lecture wt rSwUAlfreil Szc. t he Lninesi Chinese Minister. March lM -It. His bublect will be Chinas liu.e " th Tar East." M MIi.ii Amv Lewell will meal: en fi'C ,Chine3C Pottery" en Mnreh 'S.; Prof. vr 1 Jehn Dewey, of Columbia Cnherxity. sf 'm "nhlncse I'll! oseti He ami it., icieus KsW'Oteught" en Murch "1 ; und Lunkdeinby fiat purchase, hut by obtaining con- HTjsl. HM Tl ... ..t .1... l)rttii..il.fi.ln w' -tBraer, sjuci-iur 01 i.. ri.i-. i.u,j fcsllBseiim. en "Chinese Ait" April U. Sf nnnrn isiniii n am ini r w nurtn hiuulu hiu iuuu iJj'ViUtolutlen Asks Civil Service Beard lltwif, .v. tn Lt Dawn Bars .&te' !Tn en effort te relieve acute ufTeilng AAt lit- the ranks of the un.-mple.ved by 4k XMklng it pesslbla te appoint men in J J"S laBwrers Wlliieui lejura iu mvu i.iuiu (fv1 the civil syvlce 11M, Councilman vJjUpw yestreday introduced a resolution i?:, rewuesting tne uivii .-iervice -oiniiii!'sien r-f i.. .... i tj ...1.1 .1... '. 'ilai IA amend lis ruu-. nil. noecr seiu uiu i'-4'IMestien te lift tbu .bars for the up .feLM' .m ijrVisiivaneed at a meeting in the Welfare MJMUUHCIU III mi cuuil 10 iritvtt; uu . f A&AL.vmnt Tt fltce U'fl ft.ll P-fPttlOlt. hp It i that city work be speeded up te mere positions 10 me men uui Q Lumber Fire Near Scranton I'a.. Feb. . Fire of -n ' tericin today destroyed lumber i-a un.nue In thu Siiiniiitt. I. urn. y' yard at i.'arB Huuuatt, l'HHM-ISWTi mv 1 WwF " T , WANTS HER SON EXECUTED Nevark W&man Denounces Off spring for Fratricide Newark, N. ,!., Fib. a. Calling hys terically en I he police te cnteh her ether M)it, L11I3I, uiul send Mui te the electric chair as a murdered, Mrs. Lucy (iazxe, nlxtv-flve, last night watched out the body of Jeseph Oazze, twenty mx, ln-r favorite son. whl e detectives scoured Newark for the elder man she lunl denounced. "Luful was the black sheep of the family, and win nlwnjH quarreling' with me nnd my daughter Antoinette." she t-nltl, lidding that I. nisi had Main Jo Je seph in u drunken brawl. Sentences Aggregating Thirty Years Imposed en Each of the Robbers MASON FOUND NOT GUILTY WW Chester, I'a., Feb. '.!. In Criminal Court here the jury try ing the Spring City Bank bandits ren dered its verdict this forenoon, finding live defendants guilty and acquitting Jehn Masen, thy I'heenixvlllc rooming house Keeper, in whose home the men were arrested while dividing the 10,000 hey hud taken aftr holding up the of ef lleers and omplejcs of the bank en Oc tober 10 of last year. Application for a new trial was made in behalf of Jeu DISalve. of Philadel phia, one of the convicted bandits. In the cases of Mariane Palerme, Francesco Bartell and Giovanni Gof Gef Gof fare, Judge Butler imposed the heaviest sentences ever given in Chester county in n similar case. They were sen tenced te pay u fine of $1000 in a. con viction for robbery nnd undergo fcoli fceli tary imprisonment at hard labor in the Uustcrn Penitentiary for nineteen years, six months nnd net mere than twentj years. Fer statutory 'burglary they were sentenced te pay a fine of $e00 nnd te undergo imprisonment for lint !v9 than nine years and six months te ten years. Gcergu Snevlak, known as Stewart, the alleged lender of the gang, received what the. Judge termed lenient punish uvent for the reason that he had aided materially in convicting the ether men. Oil tllrt I'ltllPCft nt 1aV1iAI' 111. WtliJ flT.ftil sioeo and given a penitentiary terra of from eighteen te twenty years nnd for statutory burg'nry nine te ten years and a tine of !?r00. The verdict was greeted by applause from the people in the eoint-reiai which was quickly stifled by the court officers. Nene of the men made any reply as they received their sentences. PASSENGER FARE TOO HIGH, COMMERCE BOARD IS TOLD Chairman of Kansas Commission Says Travel Has Diminished Washington. Feb. :;. iBv A. P.) P.KU.HWT. furee .hrr.il hv tlm mil. i-fuds nt nresenf are reefnmi.n'.Iv l,n high te be tuttaintd, Clyde M. Recti, chairman of the Kansas Uiilitk-s Cem- inljsien. testified today in the Intcr.Mule! Commerce Commission ii.notlgutlen of' transportatlen charges. . I .ur. i(cva tarn me lanreaus tueuiu tixi imcral passenger rates at. three "'ii "".,m,y. .... ... ... u I'ESbCBKer travel en a iht i-:r uiiie had ddTeased 20 percent uiidwthe nw rates and the increase-' given in 1W0, he wiltl. Force. of traveling ..nlemen had been reduced, automobile tempetl- Offer by Stinnes Startles Wall Street nuuuuuru iruui d . . . mellt retract.i. .. t.e .1.. .. - w': i r,vfii Dexeri' nit1 var, etiiiii'-' ua j tIjp 1)lggeH iron and coal figure In Ger manv, but u was nes until me ciee of tl.c world, struegle that he began reaching out en a large scale for ether fie'ds te conquer. Iteperts of hU purchases, of his con cen con elidntions and reorganization!, then be came a matter of n!met dully enren i.-lliip In the new snaDers. Shiovarde in Sweden, mill's m Autria.und Sweden. -tr-.l plans in Inmark. oil wells in. Se,, I, Amer.-a - new-papers. pJp.r '!.. hotels, sirert ear-, -hoe factories, eiiiline dvc work-, motion picture pre- (lu.-iiis liluiiis all becuue gritt for the Stinnes mill. Pawnbroker te Lcuiiie In one of the I,net n;vrts he figured ns a pawnbroker te the Russian Soviet had advanced Ltuiiie a large sura en the Ruian crown jew-els. Stinnes came of a family of .-en - r.oirrnment. tlie sier.v ucinK uiai uv mlnn onernter-J. hut -truck out early for hnv- ! -vith hi- share of the family 5 SPRING CITY BANK BANDITS CONVICTED their genera passenger rates m mrue AVaslilneleii. Feb. U. Ccerge W.I cents per mile instea.l of three n.ii m- , c , L-t j gt , DMrlct Atteruey , tenth-, cents, nbelifhii.g he Pu man IhllQd"ltihlT conferred with Senater j fair surcharge, but leaving .I'l-licuan ! ' n"rVcterilay en matters relating te .. .. .k.v. . .-.- - . . - h ,,.,-i, t i u nmi'P. nir. v.iiit'H. ihj firniiie, ;iii.i uui ti-'-ui'i- 41111--, - i 111 he delivered by Thv ri. then tlir Ce-iaau or.- nnd '-tee Uiht. He brek- with Tle-sen -liertiv b.-t-.r.- the war, however, and in a lew Mar- l.a-1 lar outstripped lii.i former "-inner. Hi- method-, are -.Imilr.i- te thec of American financiers, obtaining eoutrel et var eus .-e-ur'nnaieu :ii.iij-r--Hn, nm ,L..I ,.t .. ..... .....I,.- e.f .lift L, ..! Illini' irui n wwn) -. -- --v..., ..,..., his v.il wealth nnd credit .-eiiBtantl for t'.irtlier exiianien. lie is ei-eiliie.l with control of the People's. Partv, which new dominates lieruiiiny. and hi b:ii a prominent li'.'iir- in icparitlens liegeiialliih- with ih,. A'.'H . II" 1- in object of bluer uMii.-l. bv Hie Seciall-1-. but is popular with the mere conservative part of the p. eple. ; INDICT LENA CLARKE AGAIN , ,.... . . ' Clnrlrln RntiTi lt ran. CAp.nrrri of -.-" - -.., -,....- - . Murder, Held as Embezzler F-b. .-(Oy A. P.) Lena M. T Clarke, recently no I minted et Or'iiude en a charge of mur dering Fred A Miltiniere rfs-mira-teur, and new confined te the tate In- . pntie asylum Is charged with the embez zlement of .tll'J.OUi) jiesinl funds In an 1 liiillz-tiiiniit I'et iiriipil lu l-'i-il.tr.'it rirnn.l Jury here yesterday. The alleged em he7?lcmcnt eecprrcd while she was post mistress at West Palm Reach. At the trial she admitted taking the money, but claimed Mlltlmere was re re spensible for previous shortages. WTSfffiVKP; JMtrts . r sMraiflHS KJ'i?T,r ' W'HVi'SsWf 4.'J. w4 ffEVENINrPJ DANGER OF FLOOD LKILLPAST Waters Fall Feet In Few Hours, Ice Gene and Mill Owners Breathe Easier TRIBUTARIES ARE FLOODED After a rapid rise te almost flood levels the Schuylkill Ulvcr brgnn te revdc carlv today, being a feet lower at 0 A. M. than the high point of yes terday. According te Wlnticld Guiles. Super visor of Lecks, the brenst of water flowing ever the Flat Heck Dam at' 3hawment is new four feet, as compared tn five feet recorded some hours pre vieus. This indicates n level of ten I feet In the lower strctcnes et tne river, while twelve feet is considered the dan Rcr level for the numerous mllla which border the river at this point. All tbe Ice in the Schuy'klll is new melted, savs Mr. Guiles, and be thinks that from new en the river will continue ailing until It reaches normal, Mt'l owners In the Manayunk dis trict, however, are taking measures te minimize flood damage. ' Iteperts mere n arming have coine from Beading and Phocnixville Indi cating that the high waters in the Upper Schuylkill have- assumed erl tua proportions. The brenkinjr up of the ice jams further up the river near PhecnlxvUle is expected momentarily, and thN will greatly Increase the vol vel tunc of water coming down the Schuyl kill. Near FiioenixvllJc Plrkerlng nnd French Creeks have widened te n mile nnd Heeded the countryside. Hundreds of ncres of farm land have been sub merged. Laud along Perklemcu Creek is also inundated. Exceptionally high temperatures melted the heavy snowfall, which, coupled with the rain, were responsible for the great velume of water. The lowest temperature yesterday was 40 degrees, nnd the highest, CI degrees, came within 2 degreei of breaking the lecerd high mark for the day, estah. ilshed In 1S01. There were five, hours of sunshine lecerded by the Weather Bureau here ri..tprlnv. civlnc onnertunity for every goundheg te take a geed, long leek nt his shadow, which means, according te tradition, that: he will go back In his hole te withstand six mere weeks of winter. TWO NEW STEAMBOATS FOR SEABOARD-BAY LINE Pusey & Jenes Company te Build Vessela at Wilmington Plant . Wilmington, Del.. Feb. a. Twe steel pasenger and freight steamboat!', each OHO feet 'eng and .IS feet beam, have been ordered by the Seaboard-Bay Line Company, from the Pusey & Jenes Ceinpanv. te be built at the Wilmington plant. The beats are te ply en the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore. O.d Point Comfert and Norfolk. Va. This will mean the reopening of the murine .iAnni.(mAiit nf tit. Pnsnv & .Tenis Cem pany, which has hud "no beat orders viniM inmnleilns work for lie lievern- meat incident te the war. It will Rive 1 imnleYmiiit te 1000 men for i cvcrul .....,....,, ....... ------ - - , , mentlis. ACCeruing le im u-u ) "- i pre'-pc.-t of mere work te fellow. PEPPER TALKS WITH COLES , . . A-w el, tn Wau- Senater Denies Any Plan te Have U. S. District Attorney vusiea .lw returnlnj from Flerida, left later ; r,-.n.i.i..i.i '" - u 1C dlscuwlen 1 """, ,-,'' J,,,. thin mutters l,"fdm "? "flic XieMmm of pre """ ' J'V?. T?,i hPhacl inn,, .it tln-.lt- m'W U satisfactory. Senater Pepper said he knew nothing of the candidacy of A. Lincoln Acker for the position of Collector of the Pert at Philadelphia. BURY SHACKLETON IN SOUTH Explorer's Bedy te Rest at Gate way of Antarctic Londen, Feb. It. -The body of Sir F.rncst ShacUleten. which ih new nt Montevideo, Uruguay, will be taken te Seuth Greegla Island, te bp buried there .according te the Daily Mall. That decision the Mall attribute te i Lmlv Shaekleten in deference te wnat he belies would have ueen me ex- . rr,mr' uUlii-s. SharKl.'ten lft no instructions re- M,fl.Un2 his burial, but jc ativcs nn. ', rnd,. (ht. Mall says, fee It would, aec.-rd with his desire te be laid te Lere-st ' ... ,!, -nte te the Antarctic. Shackle , ,nn- CTnw. therefeic, will probably be beside the l.nglisli cliurcn lit ury vickcu. MAN STILL MISSING ! Friends Unable te re ls'c ' w.mderlv William Wunderly Lecate Ne trace has jet been received ei William Wunderly. who .1 sappea-eu irem tlie home of his inetLcr, Mrs. Catharine WaKemaii. l.".l'.l Cireen street, two dii vs. age. after leaving u note 'bes;. ging for forgiveness." 1'er what he a-ke,l furslvcne-. hN rclulives arc un able te say. for his life ulways ha: been .normal und ordered. , , Tt ,vf,t h.firnml todev that UfLCl' he left Ins home WunderK sent ale le hN Mter. Mr- flertlm alfh. 'Jiu'J North n. ... . .. . .. l.lnn.HM .n U 1 meiiD-x-iemi sura, u vuhii.hi - ,,. -Ceni,' te mother's house and briug .iig i enie te Cliiia." This fif li lb 1 1. nt lif.r ne s-isii... ".". " Wander! i forty-three j can old, about lle fift seven iniiii'". He I partlv btild and wears te teiw-shell ipe.-iin-li- . When I'.- left he was wear- Zl". "ha ' ThelnltiZ'w: II. u-e tattce.d near the elbow of one ami Moscow Outlaws Notes Leas Than 1000 Rubles Momew, Feb. .1. (IJ.v A. P.) Five luiudred ruble neti-ii are no longer legal tender in Moscow. A recent deer. e of the Moscow Soviet announced thut hereafter street rnll wiis and ether lleverninent insti tutions will accept nothing lc.-s than thousand ruble notes. A thousand ruble note is worth half an American cent at the present legal rate of exchange, NSCHUY WINTERING AT l?iHlw:'i'IHi3I $' lBP ((l ' ' LMHmHHHHHHHk avVC,' ?i jBcJMMvwMiHIMIHiHHHRHWIIIIH j.. uUUU IWWWWTWWPwv mwmvm BvjKV.i il...- iiwi iveki .m iinrtcrwoed. Jehn V. Bell and Miss Mar' Brown Warburton, Phlladelphlans, photo graphed as they chatted at Palm Beach, Fla. ARRESTED CASHIER CM DEAL' Simen-Scheaffer Empleye at Allentown Arraigned Here en Check Charge THOUGHT FIRM WAS 0. K. "I am broke and haven't get a nickel In the bank : I've been elvcn a raw deal." complained Leu II. France. cashier nnd manager of the Allentown li-nncli of Slmon-Seheaffcr Company, bankrupt brokers, who is under urrest ncre, France made his plaint prier te his nrrfilernmnnS tArnr. T nctutrntn Dllffflll ' en charges of embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, conspiracy te defiaud and operating a buckctshep. Receiver for the bankrupt allege France cashed a check for Slet) the day after the firm failed and that he gave the money te Lawrence Scheaffer, one of the n-oineters new missing. "I didn't knew the firm was doing anything irrcirulnr." France contended. "I e'len turned ever $5000 and $10,000 cheeks te members of the firm without even getting a receipt. I was sure they were straight business men." Philadelphia offices of the firm were at 1300 Arch street. France was ar rested last night as he was talking with his wife nnd mother-in-law at the lntter's home en Twenty-fifth street near Oxford. I he warrant was sworn out by Ben i jamln IT. Le'Itermnn. an attorney, en feiint ei rranci1 .i. waisn, receiver iev the Simen-Scheaffer Company. France , was arrested by ' itij iiKhALtAil ) 1'wlttiitn I lAt At 1 1'flc Moere and Slack ft IIIUIU VLVVtMiVB At the hearing ntlempts will be made by Mr. Lcltennan te learn from France th- whereabouts of the fugitive brokers and ether things that pertain te the linn's failnre for $500,000. ' Mr. Lelicrraan called upon France In his cell last pvcnlngi and confronted him with u check for $1050, which had been drawn en and cashed by the Le hiyh Valley Trust Company, of A'len A'len tewn, en January 1", the day before the firm failed. The check was drawn by M. It. Scheaffer, one nf tbc part- ners, made out te the order of cadi and indeited by Frnuce. France ex plained that It wan his custom te Mgn and indorse cheekti for the firm. That particular check," he said, "I MAN'S SON AS SUSPECT Miner Under Arrest Alte Believed Involved In Sheeting ILuTisburg. Feb. II. (By A. P.) State and county officials investigating the killing of Jehn Sme'tz, fnrmer. near Ills home near i.iizaeeinviiic v eunes day night, nrc holding his fcen Lloyd, twenty vears old, who was with him nt the time of the sheeting, and Itay Hoke, a miner of Big Run, pending in vestigation. The boy, the police charge, udinitted having sold an el3 gun of his father's, te Hoke. Stnclu was bhet while returning te his home In nn automobile from Ail Ail llanibtewn. The son, In a statement made public by County Detective Wil liam L. Windser. Jr.. said the sheeting was iieup py iw. w j '' . done by two mnsheu men w uw- prenel.ed .De atiioraeD.io an i . rvu w , Mien, w ineui u .. "?";, ." - - i killing SmclU, the son win, inc uiuu robbed him and. escape" The officials today, however, cspre.'scd doubt that robbery was t tl w nrntlve. They declared evidence had been ob tained thut Smelt?: was preparing te leave home and that his clothing and personal belendngs J.ad been remove, i te another resiuci.- ... ."- " liewi. 25 DEAD IN MINE HORROR Bodies of Three of the Victims Net Yet Recovered fiates. Pa., Feb. :;. (Ily A. P.) Twentv-five miner, lest their lives In the explosion which wI Prt .of the riute-, mine of the II. C. 11KK Coke Company yesterday, according te in, official announcement today. ""n. .".... .... 1,wKrr, have been recev- . i'i,n ntlicr tnrcc arc euruti unucr ; " ,f h,'J,0 ,i cannot be reached i tit. ether three ure buried under ifrnll, ,i,r rUricH in wuiea rc-ue cns I I.aaii tl'fll-kllll? Rescue teams were sent early tedny te the lMcnbern niiiie and expected te work their way through old workings te the section of the Cutej mine affected I by the explosion BOXER FALLS DEAD IN RING Lincoln A. C. Spectators Cheer, Thinking It Knockdown il i, nn nbeut te Mart the second . i ,..,.. ttAitt nt thn T.tnr-etfi UhMle Club. nr Franklin and Pop - Pep - inr streets, last uight. "h'uller" Miller, vre. fell dead in the ring when nnnetieut. F.duard Heer. a'se a Negro. Ktarted toward him: Miller lived tit JTI7 'nrl!i Carlisle street Spectators be'lcveil Miller had been knocked down by u Mw. He was gasping for brceth while they cheered, lie was taken te Itoescvelt Hospital, but no spark of life remained, Berer, who lived et Twenty -first and Fitswater streets., ,wa arrested. J PALM BEACH ..tfrtvAVirtVrtrfgwAv.wAMA.Vrtl?rtw)SVWVvX.i" mews BEE Forestry Commissioner Ready te Plant His Beem in Gov ernorship Weeds HOPEFUL FOUR PATIENT Clfford Plnchet, State Forestry Com missioner, came out of thu pe'ltlcal weeds today Inte the little clearing that is fast filling with candidates for Gov Gov ereor. Pincbet's entrance en the crowded scene was made known nt n midnight gathering of politicians in the lobby of the Bellcvue-Stratfeird. The war war war wlioep of a personal announcement In a few days was predicted. There are new four members of Gov Gov ereor Sprout's official family in the lit tle clearing of hope. Each hopes he enn drive tbe ethers hack te the tu'l timbers. Lieutenant Governer Ucidle man crept in carlv although handicapped by the famous $3000 check. Harry A. Mac.key, chairman of the Workmen' ComneuKitien Beard, is nil- ether who would like te sign acts of the Assemhlv nnrl encunv the executive man- Men at ilarrlsDurg. ocaie running Commissioner Fisher is uls.0 regarded as a candidate. The Plnchet cand dncv.was wnispcred te a leader of the Ueldleman boom as ether politicians wcre meeting in the hotel lobby. Wil'iani Flynn, of Pitts burgh, was named as the man wiie will push the Forestry Commissioner for ward. It was Flynn who led the Pre gressive In una wfteii uoesevcu cai ried the State. The gathering in the hotel lobby early today was mere In the nature of a lit tle social affair than a poudereus politi cal conference. Governer Sproul was there for a short time. :-'e was Sena Sena eor Vare. Others present, were . Harry Lnkcr, sccretiiry of the State Committee; Mil Ham P. Gallagher, chief clerk of the State Senate; Paul Heuck, of Schiiyl kill County, nnd Commissioner HMier. Senater Vare is having his nbl.ltieA as a "fixer"' tere'y tested bv the pros pres nf Litneiinn. T.lke oil and water, some of the important elements won't mix at ) au, it is very discouraging from the viewpoint et rjess-uiuue urn-muni. Vare saw Senater Crew earlier this week. Yesterday lie talked for three bourn with Jeseph It. Grundy, presi dent of the Pennsylvania MitiuU.ic turerV Association. Today he lulus with Governer Sproul mice mere. n.n .iaUMik nf rieridii are beckon- . '. ;:.?.' i. ,.i i... ...... i, i lit.-,. ing ui nriuiu ''"".. "...,""ii;. sort." .TriSnent is r, ached here the iiui.-ii.-Hl n'ann then can be hutched in a milder climate. Senater Vare would net comment to day en his conference with Mr. Grundy jesterday. The silence of all concerned was interpreted as a hint that no agree ment was reached. IT'S CUSTOMARY TO HIRE OUTSIDERS. SAYS CAVEN Answers Councilman's Complaint In Help Getten te Remove Snow Director of Public Works Caven to te day admitted the city bad employed contractor' equipment and men te assist in removing t-ne-v, but said tins nrofc.Iiire was no aincrem irem i:iu methods used by the old street cleaning contractors in Mich an emergency. Director Caveu's. fxnlanut en tollewi, a statement made in Council jesterdaj, - , - ?"? -r" ", ,. ; : , ,hr niMrtment Councilman Hull. .ur. nan wnu , ... - 'V; i cn.nle5eh and '"". ."",; :,v,,., .i. ,,, nmiinnieiit te remove the snow "Certainly we hired fcome equipment and men from contractor! te help us out. There is nothing new about that, said Caven. "The old street cleaning contractors did the bame thing," he l rlflnil I Director Caven said the city's em ' plevrt, wcre removing ashes and rubbish, ! and clearing crossings et snow, and it I was noccs-ery te hire outside men in such an rinergenc . lie pumieu 0111 the city street cleaning forces lifted all the aslics nnd rubbish during the wiovv wievv wiovv ftertn, nn itrceiiipllshmcnl which the contractor never performed. HARDING GROUNDHOG GIVES GLOOMY OUTLOOK Cemes Out of Hele Inte Sunshine and Returns for Anether sleep Marlen, O.. Feb. 2. Central Ohie is deemed te six mere weeks of real win ter if President Harding's printer groundhog knows Ills buMiKs.s. A chattel of L. H. D-'imis, niakc-up man en the President's paper, the weather piephet took te his hole seen after ejection lint full and had net becu wen until yesterday. According te .nrr. uennis and the children, who watched for him, the groundhog emerged from his hole, stretched himself, blinked his eyes and, seeing his shadow, heat a hasty retreat. Milk and i-abbage hud failed te entice him back into the sunlight tit neon. ' ' Optometrists Elect Officers i The annual meeting of the State Cel hln.legi. of Optometry, held vest en lay at '1800 Spring (inrden street. re,ulte"i the cleclieu of Dr. Albert Fitch, pres- ni"iii ; i iiiiui.i -iiiin.., i. in- inline and II. 11. Keu..cr, vice presidents ; Jehn J. McNally, secretary: J, y. Nelll. treasurer, and H. V. Freeman, of West Chester. Iliianelnl secretary. It was announced that the number et students new attending Is almost don den ble the reglitrutleu of last yeur. Him BUZZ NTO RACE ''W7r- iv R SH CHIEF HK E Cellins Premised Almest Half of North Ireland, He Tells Sir James Craig NO AGREEMENT, POSSIBLE By Hie Associated l'resa Londen, Feb. It. Sir .lames Craig, the Ulster Premier., declared in a state men today that he had been told by Michael Cellins, head Of the Southern Ireland Previsional Government, at their conference In Dublin yesterday, that Cellins bad received a premise of bring ing into the Irish Free State almost half of (North Ireland, Including Fer managh, Tyrene, large parts of Antrim tni? Denan and Londonderry City, En nlsklllcn nnd Ncwry. Sir James said lie had succcstcd .te Mr. Cellins a week's adjournment for 'consideration of the situation regard ing tne oeunuarics Dctwcen Ulster anu Seuth Ireland, but that Cellins ban replied the differences separating them wcre se wide that postponement would be useless. The Ulster Premier's statement was made te the press after he had con ferred with Winsten Ohurclillll, the Colonial Secretary, at the Colonial Of fice. Sir James emphasized tin trrnv lty which he attaches! te the hitch tn the negotiations with the Pre it-ienal Government. "I went te Dublin yesterday," he said, "le (liMcuwwlth Michee Cel lins certain outstanding question, hoping te promote peace in Ireland. It was only when I started from Belfast, however, and read the morning pujicrs, that I suspected any change of attitude en the part of Cellins. "I noticed Unit he had received dep utations of Sinn Fclncrs from different parts e,f Ulster the previous day, de manding thnt their arena Hheuid be taken into the Free State. Cellins re plied te the deputations thut they were only trying te ferce open the deer nnd using unneccKsary energy iu doing e. Arthur Griffith, who ulw was present, said he and Ills fellow delegates had urged the c'.nims et- these districts for weeks during the negotiations In Lou Leu Lou eon. "When the treaty wan entered into between the Brlt.'.sh Government and rcp-esentntiveK of Southern Ireland we In Ulster were net, consulted. We faced the possibility of a less of territory without our consent territory wlemniy assured te us as an established Govern Gevern ment by his Majesty the King and the Pur'liiment of Grcut Britain. 1 en deavered te find a solution of the diffi culty, earnestly trying te brins about an honorable peace in an honerabte vay." "I am offering te lay my views be fore the wjiele Brltlh Cabinet," added Sir James, '.'and will consult my col leagues iu our local parliament and iu the Imperial Parliament regarding the steps te be taken In consequence of the serious i-ltuntien one which Is net of my making, but which I earnestly tried te avoid." According le the Morning Pes.t's cor respondent in Belfast, gre.it indignation, although no surprise, was i.liewn there at "t'e triel: played by Downing ctreet upon the northern province by leading Premier Craig te believe the qilcstlen was merely adjustment of the boundary line, while It turns out thut by the Irish delegation's agreement with Lloyd Geerge, large territories are involved." The corrchpendent declares that the Protestants in the border counties nrc rcMlvcd te defy the inundate of any government proposing "te ihnnd ever their brethren te the tender mercies of their hereditary enemies." Belfast. Feb. ::. (By A. P.) The Irish railway managements and em em peoyes have failed te reach an agree ment, and tlie Fitter .Minister of La La eor. .T. M. Andrew"-, has been Mini Mini meiied te return te Dublin te renew the efforts for n settlement with Jo Je H'ph M-'Grath, Minister of Laber in tlie Dull t aliinet. If the negotiation. .IcellDiise. a aeuerul strike tiirmiL-heni Irelnm, will go Inte cuVt en Fchru- "". Kivtv.miii n.ls..;pil!Ti mi tlin vtriim passengers en ship Cedric who wire landed csterd:iy at yiiecnsiewn are uuame.te depart, as no trains arc running from cither Qiicenstevvn or Cerk. ELOPES FOR THIRD WEDDING Atlantic City Lawyer Undaunted by Twe Matrimonial Failures Atlantic. CM). Feb. 3. Verification of the elopement of S. Cameren llinkle, prominent local attorney, with offices in the Guarantee Trust BiiiMIti;;. and Miss Adelc J. Teppin, of 10 Seuth Mat-ftachu.ictta avenue, both divorced, was obtained today. The couple left Iiere jet-teiuay morning, tailing a train i rm. v,,,.. Verh. where a license u,ih se cured. They were married immediately ul)l Pft en boiieymeon trip, , jSri Teppin. who was fermerlv Mi;. William J. IJnMey. was empleved at n ," ",7 ' ',. " ,"7' , " . . '. :'',:. . ' ".V . ,m " ':"" ."-l" ' VI I " ""","" ..;..; i... . "?..: '"-"' h enn daughter, Lillian, new sh vears old. Thin mairiiigc iiiarku the lawyer's third venture en the sen of matrimony. He has been twice divorced. A decree granting him n divorce from his second wife was handed down about six months age. In both of his former marriages llinkle took his stenographer ns bride. Wales Welcomed te Inderc Inderc. Tiirlhli India, Feb. :t. (tty A. P.) The Prince of Wales In the ceurse of lilt, tour of India united here jesterday. lie received a cordial wel come, theusnnds of persons lining tin streets te greet him. Tl!l!Ilil!Illlllll'i.aiL!lnii!:!l!llill!lillll!!l!l!lllUllili:il!l!il!l!li:i! 1 The hens thut lay the I big Geld Seal Egys have p something te cackle about! SI in Sold only in our Stores iwyimiiiiiiiiiiiEyiiiiiULwaiiiiictiiffliiiaHii- ON BORDER ISSU I Strictly Fresh I Eggs H Carten KLi C , of twelves m m W m 16Tppcase. II Deaths of a Day THOMAS M. THOMPSON State Dignitaries te' Attehd Fermer City Official's Funeral Today The funeral of Themas M. Thomp son, former City Controller and Direc tor of- Public Works under Mayer Warwick, will take place this afternoon from his home, 4000 Spruce street, nt 2 o'clock. Mr. Thompson died en Wednesday nt Andersen Hospital from uremic poisoning. . Many men of prominence, including cvei-at city and Stute officials, will attend the funeral. , Services will be conducted by the Itev. Itlchnrd Harris, of Grace Prot estant Episcopal Church, Forty-second street and Girard avenue. Interment will be private. ROBERT E. HASTINGS r- ; Funeral Today for Prominent Manu facturer and Financier Men of promlnence In educational and financial circles will attend the funcal this afternoon of Rebert K. Hastings, of the firm of Hastings & Ce., who died Wedncsdny at University Hos pital. He was seventy-eight cnrs old. Services will be conducted at the home of Mr. Hastings. 1720 S"rurc street, by the Rev. Dr. F'eyd Temklns rector ofHely Trinity Protestant Kpls Kpls cepa' Church. interment will be m west juaurci uui Cemetery. The Rev. Franklin E. Whltmere The Rev. Franklin K. Whltmere, for twenty-nine years pastor of St. James' Lutheran Church. Nineteenth street near Reed, died Wednesday nt his home. 7045 Germantown avenue, Chestnut Hill. He had been ill for the last three weeks. Funeral services will take place to morrow afternoon. Interment will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery. Mr. Whltmere was born In Alle gheny, Pa.. February 11, 1808. He was educated in Pittsburgh public schools nnd then entered Thiel College, nftcrwnrd attending the Luthcrau Theological Seminary at Mount Airy. Besides his pastoral duties he was as sistant librarian of the Athenucum of Philadelphia, 210 Seuth Sixth street. He Is survived by his mother, three brothers nnd one sister, nil of Pitts burgh. Dr. Rebert R. Stewart Ir. Rebert Reed Stewart, a physi cian who hnd practiced in Seuth Phila delphia since his graduation from Jef Jef fereon Medical College in 1882, died yesterday at his home, 1218 Seuth Bread street, In his seventy-fourth year. Monslgner Jeseph F. Bun Dulutli, Mlnu.,' Feb. 3. Monslgner Jeseph Francis Bub. ninety years old nlenccr member of the Catholic clcrev In Northern Minnesota, died here early yesterday from infirmities brought en by "nge. He was considered the eldest priest betli in yeurs and point of service lu the Northwest. Jeseph Dougherty Westville, N. J.. Feb. II. Joeeph Dougherty, past wicbeni of Moteaca tribe of Red Men, died Wednesday after it month's illness. He had been ac tive in civic affairs. Frank Stehl AJtoena,' Pa., Feb. 3. Frank Stehl, fifty-one years old, former business mail nnd theatre manager, died yester day of paralysis. C. T. Campbell Londen, Out.. Feb. 3. Fermer Mayer C. T. Campbell, seventy-eight vears old. past grand sire of the Inde Inde eendent Order of Odd Fellows, died ycLterday. Jehn Merris West Chester. Pa.. Feb. I!. Jehn Merris, eighty-two, formerly a mill owner nt Wagontown. Chester County, was found dead iu bed last evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel B. Grave, of West Geshen, from an attack of heart disease. Merris was in his usual geed health yesterday, and after the neon meal retired te his room, but whe nan effort was made te call him for nipper it was found lie had died. Miss Annie M. Reynolds New Haven. Conn.. Feb. 3. Miss Annie Maria Reynolds, who, for seven veart. prier te 1901. was world secre tary of the Yeung Women's Christian sboeiatien. with her office lu Londen, Vnglaiid. died at her home in North Haven yesterday. The Engagement Ring Quality and a mere favorable price, whatever the size of the stone. , J.E.Galdvell&Ce. Je'-vury - Silver - Stationery Chestnut and Juniper Streets CHARTER Ne.l THB VTASTBANK CHARTERZO UNIICRTHB KATIOHAL BANK ACT An easy Wherever you see a national bank note it should remind you te open an account in our new Savings Department. Mere than half a century age we issued the first national bank note that circulated under the previsions of the National Bank Act. Savings Department First National Bank of Philadelphia 315 CHESTNUT ST. w GAYESTOFPARTH Prison Welfare Association audi divot- RAfnrmarl L....i J ...-. ....,..uu vnurcn jsl Jein for Fete NEARLY LOOSEN PLASTER 1 Three hundred destitute children VI whom "home" Is a word without ratu.1. .K, wcre kuuikicu up last night !" automobiles and token far untewn JS the gayest party that has ever brltht,'?! AHA1 IIiaIh nnlAlllllI.a If.. .. I fl The affair was directed by the Prlme Wclfare Association nnd the cengrcaS tien of the plivct Reformed Church! TVw t it M1 ft 1 1 linn f m Vi u(haaI .. ' i" .vu... .. ...,w...., nuttu, wiicre thill party took plucc. The official guesui ranged In ages from four te feurte years. At the "sAend table" were the oeW?' guests Welfare Workers' Assecittlnil officials, members of the church wi2 n.vw uiuu tv iuubc iuu uuuir oee Mt te be easily forgotten bv mothers .' mother In the. latter class took fn.,. ji her offspring, the youngest a baby wH arms. -! The party wasn't merely tliatttlt was a dinner tit for the gods. After I the feed had been Mispesed of verar cleiislv. there was nn interlude, in u-m.i. Mrs. Elsie Grler made the piano dihei !-' beneath her fingers as u prelude te the -speakers. . ' Judge Jehn M. Patterson, who ; one of the happiest guests present, milt y a little talk In which he told eftw!- numan ns opposed te tne judicial Mik t of his office. Most of the children i. heard of courts. It was part of tfaetr home vocabulary, se the talk did imf 2 tvn l.nlr lifinfla wllnil ftiA .T...1.A ..l.1 hew hard it was for him te Fenti-m. . ' lad whom he had paroled for his atitv' offense of stealing automobiles and tin '' had te send him te prison when bettat'- ou c anu uui mu tiuinu iiung ever agile. -Tlmn llinv were told simnlv limv In i.j j upright Uvea nnd grew up into useful i men and women. , - The cheering nnd whistling for Judie Pntfemen wcre duniicated for the ml... '. pcaicrs, wue inciuucu me uev. Dr. Ainnrire sumnsen. niisier or in ii i Reformed Church, and Dr. Simen 8. P, S Itess, ptcsiuent ei inn i-riseu welttte -' Association familiar figures te maie'; UIC tUllUlvu liiv.-vu. uii i:l-wi.iii 01 (tie relief work instituted In their hornet kj ,. 1.n fti'A TT1PH. ' I : , I , ORDER DISCHARGE OF ELEVATOR OFFICIAL Rebert A. Pitts Accused of Issuing Permits for Lifts Deb'lared Unsafe ' T1.f A TMlt-3. Plilef nt I tin H-ni. 'I nf Elevator Insiiectlen and a nelltlul lieutenant of Harry A. Mackcy, has a been notified by Assistant Uirectef Tpmnest. of the Dctmrtmcnt of PuWle - Snfntv. nf his susnensien. The natln' 'i also carried the announcement that be j would be dischargcil from the city's service In five days. " Pitts is charccd with Issuing nermU 1 for operating elevators In the building -l 11-V) 100T nnJ 1007 TfrtA ftmAM U(. 4m.i 1.-,' uui, am. mvt niicv,, j.j nn-nwl w fllnln StptLiter Snnliirl Rfllm. -1 and also nt 430 North Twelfth street,1 1 after the elevators had been cebi j demned for naescngcr service. .1 After announcing the suspension el jl Pitts, Assistant uirccter Tempest en ;i dered a ccueral insnectlen of all til i'l scngcr elevators lu the city. It alto M was announced ev .iir. Tempest wu he nppelnted William E. Shaw. 61(1 Seuth Redfield street, a district in spector, acting chief of the denartmest pending a final appointment te w cced Pitts. The suspended chief, who lives it ril43 Locust street, was appointed te the position en February 7, 101(1, bj Director' Wilsen en request of Hnrrr I A. Mackcy. Vare leaner of tlie lertjt sixth Wurd. At that time Pitts wa ehnlrman of the Forty.-sixth Ward Be- niihlicau Committee. Tlie pofltleo p? , ?.l,.00 a j ear. Seek Fake Solicitor Tlie nellce nrc loeklnir for a veuni man wiie has been collecting funds bj u posing as an advertising solicitor for 'M puDMcntien et tne seamen a unuren in stiliile. The impersonator has collected n iaree Mini! of money already, and l believed te be continuing his activities m among prominent men ei tnc-ciiy. reminder ti m wmM.,, -, . twa&&.-..' a JjP' vx.jwfi&msw'., J& &l idMkSki J l i" ' wRjfrM UetiJT. (P. , Ifr . UviM., ,,,.. saM: 'Mm&kdihk I2t4 .(tffllitt! T-h.."vS iXnJl i.rt " .," '-x j h L'TVJr:,
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