BMBHinniiirvrfr s.r i'fi -TJ'".ir.."'-n. t.y,t ri'vXi nmemmzmnaMmaiKi7m'iW '.M.tTirw.-T cj v liimn vn" i n mmnirr,i ' i t.'uivnmr-.vV'Vi 'itjancs i . vvwmw a "- EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, SATUKDAY, . FHitfKU AKX ' ZO, una MPWW W f A1 IN ' ' war 2" ; , v ?M D.i wt ' ft Mi Hi TRUCE IS BROACHED Expected Proposal by Lloyd .Geerge Interests French as Premiers Meet GENOA AGENDA DISCUSSED By the Associated rress Purl, Feb. 25. (By A. IM Great Interest wns displayed In French official circles today nt reports thnt I'rlme Milliliter Lloyd (Scerse, e( Great Hrlt In, who li conferring today with Pre mier Pelnenre, of I'rnnre, nt IIoiiIeriip, Intends te propose nt the Genei eon ference a ten-jear truce In Europe te J . , : ., , . .... afford opportunity for reconstruction, i It was stated, however, that the llrit lth Government had net sugge ted nnj plan of thi.s i-huraetrr te France While no detnlln have been made pub He, It Is Indicated that, under such a idan, every nation, alltid and eneiiiv allKe, will formally ncrce te refrain from uns.'res.e notion of nn Kind, te respect exit time borders and te deete all their attention, time and euerpy te the task of rei'enstrm tUn of vur-wein Kurope. In this connection an effort will be made te reduce land military forces and te put commerce and In dustry en a stable bit-is. In the lack of nn thine elhViiil mi the cubject Foreign Office ipiiirtet ipiiirtet weuld net comment en the reported preposition, but It was Indltated Unit further details would be Clll.eri , awajted. ill iiiiem'-im circi'"". iiiiwrver, ii "- argue i mat iieii a pniii n ns .,. "I"1 .ii......i. . , i .. . , of the army, would haw te be coupled With adequate guarantees of reparation payment before rance eeiild join, A il-dge 10 m.s.mu innu llll K- , gresslen would meet with general ap preval in France, It was .-alii, a France had no aggressive Idea teu.nd any ceuntr;. and wu ltn!lv eeneeined with the collection of reparations and her own security. noulegne. Feb. LT.. flly A. P.1--Cenferences legnrdlng the program for the coining Intel national economic anil financial conference at (Jcne.a were be- gun here this ufteinoen between 1'ie-i mier Pelnenre. of France, and Prune Minister I.levd (?cerge. of Great llrit- ! nln. I he I-reneh Premier 'arrived at neon te prepare ler tne cenrerence. I.leyd Geerge reached here shortly be- i fore 3 n clock and at once joined M I'elncarc in the iiarlers of the sub-pre- nrninceil tedaj. commits the organl erganl fecture. The discussions between tlie zatlen detinitel.v In opivesttion te the heads of the two Governments was ln j cash bonus for ex-sen lee ni"n. A two twe tttrict privacy, the only ether person j thirds majority of etes cast is neces present being M. funicrlyuck, the sary te commit the Chamber. In this French official Interpreter nse the vote against the bonus was 712 t.Th1 Jlri,ST 1,mnleruul.10 ,n'' - P'T cent. The vote will be paced Im- i A ,,,,,. nttPmpt te un!eq,i tee bar tne night at I,ympne, I.nglnnd, crossed mediately before Congress, new con- rp;s f x j t e - ll-ied as grain alcohol, the channel te (VnK nud metered sideling veteran legislation. I Mi'lued at SlOO.fMXl. was bared tndav bv here. He was followed Inte Houlegne Although tlie Chamber had declared Wi'llam 11. Houghten, ehlif of ' the by n large contingent of newsnanur ' nrevieuslv at two anuuiil mei-tlncs i j.,. s:i.i'.... i ,i.iu .iilfrtt ti, ,.. men wne nan Deen awaiting-ins appear hnd been awaiting-his appear- ng the Calnis-Itoulegne read. renders will bine en'j about ' leurs for their conference, ance along The 1 three hours Which will be devoted te laying out te" details or substance of a document set-! ling lerin me comuuens umier which the Genea meeting shall be held. Genea Is receiving less and less men tion as the site for the Iniernnt'ennl conference, and the Impression Isgnln in ground that the Premiers may de cide it inadvisable te held the meeting ln .Italy. Moscow. Feb. L'.. (Ilv A. I -Th Soviet Foreign Minister. M. Chltcherin, has rceeited n note from the Manpil Delia Terrrtta salng that, because of the Italian ministerial crisis, it will br impossible te he'd the Genea cenfereme en March 8. ns planned. The note added that the Italian Government was getting In touch with the ethers wdie wUl, participate in the conference and endeavoring te fiv n delin te date with but'n short delny. In order te insure return te lt'issln of the delegation sent te Genea, only these persons who have f.imi'les or mis'. ' pensions that mav be considered geed hi' king n the iiictiins of goeru geeru goeru hestages or guarantees will be allowed mental iippiopilutlens te enab.e ex ex te go there. erice men te build homes. The Soviet has bad tee mnnv rx mples of its agents willing te work ' dnlH I Q I? II eh or ahptind hut unui Ilii? te r-mrr, s!,.i-. , VIU Id IMlSrltill ernl government ngenls will accompany , theilelegntien under tl.e guise of sec- retarles te Insure the geel conduct and , return of the de'egatet-. HOTEL OWNERS SENTENCED FOR ILLEGALJJQUOR SALES Proprietera of Twe Montgomery Ce. Inns Get Six Months In Jail Nen-Mown, P.i.. Feb. '.". Alfred Tyson, piepiletnr of the ('eiitr. Hetel. nnd Nicola Maieue. preprli ter of the I-Mge Hill Hetel, be'h in I'lieltiTihain Township, win- sentenced today In the Montgomery County Court for U months each. In addition te $1!M) fine and rests, Cenige Knin, bartender for Tyson, and Tilshmuu Schentz, barten der for Miireuc. were -eiten-ed te one month caih In the Monism. ei Ceiint jail, with the addition of $HH) tine nnd costs. All four pleaded guilty t" fcllinc wh'sky ever the bar. "Yours was a 'joint,' " said Judge Miller In lentencing the jiroprleter of the i-Mge Hill lintel 'Ter months it has been known all ever the lower se se tlen of Mnutgemer Counts that it was a speakeasy ." Tlie passing of sentenie en .lullus Itnt liner, proprietor of the VA'ei Point Hetel, and Ctirwln lleiz.l and .lames Itellins, of N'eiristuwii, was defeired In Judgn Miller when tie Dlstiiet Attor ney informed the court that (Jus Otter tella. itroprluer of the Sanatnga Inn near Pottstown, liad been ui rested bv the S.tate police and would hae ,i heal ing today READY TO RUN DOWN GHOST Scientist Willing te Face "Even Devil Himself" New Yerk. Fib. L'.".- iliy A. IM I)r, Walter F.a.iklln l'rlnce. dl.r.ter of i i the Auieiicaii Institute for s,..lnf tin ler fM-li'iirilii Rcseaich, today untitled the Halifax Herald ne was ready te go te Conn, hi nnd run down the famous ghost of Ami Ami geuish "even If the devil bin. -elf u ru nt the bottom of it." lie stlpuntiil tluit somebody in Can ada would have te prove his earnest ness by pievlding an espeusu account 1! would uet nsk anything for hi,- serv ices, he said. Ir l'rlnce has the solu tion of several ghost mysteries te his credit but he has never met n ghost WINTRY Weather B Tmperatu Wlilnteu W'rnther iiredl Ian th! States for the week beglnnlii; Monday are : if Anj,fNitiir tien, nnrmnl kiim, e.i. lln Tuesday or Wednesday ; otherwise ' .1-.' , 1"H ... ... 1 - IKCOUK TAX Iieimierh ' r tb mttbed te which eb incem 1 nr rerUT lUad William Atlnrten .?MHl .". .l! "ln Bctlea el WPPli AWPAH !'""lk- ""' "c,),.,',' ,,' ,V''er"""'" ,0 "' ber." was adopted nt today's t-esslen ',.,;', V,,,t' "V,,,,! i ','. ....?, i.TT.'i 'was taken into custody nt bis 'mine ves- WtbK AHtAD ticers, an- principally invested , gel,.,,t i,.. .vnutlee eenncil of the Amen- ( l,lr"''" '" '""" ml ,"'1. Prnnddniigh- i ..,,, nr,liriin.. , ,1,,. ,1u1l.,. ., : bends. Liberty lean bends and railroad I,,, Federation of Laber inr- VT. .1 i Si? T' "Pr';, ' I don't knew why I v.retn the let- ureau Predn.ts Nermal bends. I j,nmlir. (lempers, president, nud ' hiiruedle death when the furmheuse of ,p . 1)lJt j LS xi,)h te M.c the chil- ni. ..!.,.. ,ini,. ,i.t. .1 i.i..'.'.. . '"i" ' ..... ., 1 i imI Iliiliert. near Westford. was i e- i .. .i... .i 1.1..1 .. 1 r r and Snow nr Riln "' """ ' ' 'i""" mm iiii'ir iiiiius 1'iimit Morrison, M'Creiury , Willi tlie ' , ,, ,. ' . ,' ., , 10111 01 ui" u,v himiuiii un, nun 1 re ana snow or Haln np . IMisiiiilh- "liniiiil" sim ,.,,.i '.'........... .V ii.'i.i.:. strnved, Iliilbeit. who wat In the barn ' ,i,i,, timsn rtAl, ,,rall,in mi.,1.1 l,,.h, " 'lth-7' T.(l;.- ii1''! 1 "lllt "" ON-'Ttlmi 1" born out by the ,,f ' , ,e fedeiatlen. bended bv Matthew neaiby when the lire was discovered ll(l nill,,.,, Ihut . ,.v,.r wt tl) the CtlellS for the M d( U At- ' ,, ,1- f ..T.imlni.rs. I ,1..,. .. ' ... .. .i.' .... .1 ... .:...l... 1.. mil lllte the house, nil WIIH seriously ..l,,-,, i.l.rn Im Imil illrneteil Hip i,m, vz rwui iatt,cv. . BONUS SALES TAX Heuse Sub-Committee Again Puts Question Up te En tire Committee DISAGREE ON FINANCING By tt-e Assnelnled Press Washington, Feb. I..". Failure of the special sub -commit tee of ltepiibllenn members of the Huse Wn anil Means Committee te npprove any prevision for financing tlie Milliters' bonus after re jecting the snles tax proposal by n vote of 7 te i. has pined the ipiesdnn nsnln "''.v ln '' ".".'"'Y'i tI,c ent.irc m.n ' Jerit.v membership of the ceiutn ttee for frther tudv. In addition te the vote nenlnst the sales tnT. the ub-ceininlttee was under under steed tu have tone en record yesterd:n In fnver of reporting out a bonus bill without nn, ptovlsien for raising rev enue. The mnjnritv members of the com mittee will nut meet again until net Tueiln. bavins adjourned .vc-tcnl-iv after ri'cehing the n-iwirt of the sub committee te permit time for study of the whole iitc"tien before reaching a decision en its nvommendutiens. The srnH'iicnt of the mnieiit.v members was said by wine te fiver ratification of the action of the Mib-cemmittcc, barring i.nfei-'een developments, beerc Tuivslny. Seme supporters of the sales tax plan. eucver. aie niimlng tlieir hopes tml'iv ... ,1,,, ,,ni!.lr,Illfi. tlmf lriulilnn tfne.tlni- .W .... J.W ......... .....V . . . ...W.., ..... '.." , i nglit aealn titk" a hand in the sitim- Minn, belieWng that it was the present! tltntlen f , (()mmtt(.0 t0 r(.pert nl egl-atlen lied en proceeds from the , , ,,, fe,(l , bon(, ,( of M (, , 1.awl(I(,Ilt iai, vxlw,i .uMipinal. ! ,,,. ,., fvnr n Witllls hill ulfl.mil an j tcM'tme prevision said this could be followed by another measure providing ler the ue of the bend preeiciN, which luul beiu mailable, thej believed, in pait ut least, before the cash iiu.wucnt te fiiiMii'-r scrvue men would become due. NAT1CWAL C. OF C. AGAINST CASH BONUS Wo-shlngten, Feb. 'S i-.. A refcren-1 membership of the l crce of the Fnlted ,luiu vote of the mc Chamber et Comme Stmes. completion of which was hh .g!imt the cash Is.nus. the referendum ballet was sent out six weeks age, with ' the dcsiie en the part of the Cham- her. m cording t- Klliet II. Goodwin, I resident vice president, "te be perfectly fair uml te record am elinnire in null'- ic sentiment. If change there had been." "Leaders of the American Legien." said Mr. Goodwin, "had expressed te officers of our organization the opin ion that the action taken by delegates at our last two annual meetings in op posing the cash bonus did net ropre repre ient the opinion of the membership as a whole." The referendum, besides calling for a vote en the e.ish bonus and ceitltiente plan, asked an expression by tne Cham ber's membership en three ether prop prep ositions contained in the se-called Vet einhs' Itill pending ln Congress. The risiilt as shown by the balmt puts tin Chamber en record for a national ss. tern for reclamation for the benefit of ex -sen ice men and for vocational edu cation for ex -sen ice men. A two- thirds majority, necessary te commit thc Chamber en a pmpesitinti was te Halt Bank Run Coiitliiuetl from Pace One te de-wisit their money nn,l fri...i.lt nf the bank opened new accounts. ' ' "- Th.. .. , u .... ,i, .1.. i...i. when the doers were e.esed at neon. At that time persons in the bank were . eimltted te leinnlii until they received tlieir money. These outside were tehl ...... ..... .... . ..... ...ii. .,, im- i.tum hi ri'iuui lejiiiii. me erowe iiiasuc illsptrsed nuletly. Hank Mailing 1'iellt ln an additional statement, effiiei-s cf the biiik -aid thm the net profits of the institution lu-t year amounted te I er d'lil en the e.ipit i A tepeit at the la t meeting of the Leard of ilueitrs, held nn Tuesda,-, ' showed that the deposit, nm.iiii ted tm SlKis.mill '.'It. There are about ISOOO de de de poslter. "It lw nn unfortunate thing." said. Mi. Itllcv. "It might lend In the dis- I organisatien of the lniik, which I knew Is safe, lint theie i no doubt that If the bank nicnin itbm I. disrupted, ull depositors can he paid m full. "I have iilwnvs legarded this hank (is .me nf tin sutiM in sjiuith I'Mlndil plu.t. I has ni ver sutfepil u si nus less, it, condition, as shown after SlH'SeKF: Mi" Kile, said tint he would decide wlrth.! he v.i.il.1 ,.rdrr reexamination ' of ile bunk- iftir leirnlng the extent of the run lie will h ,e a dei ,s,,n i,0. fore Monday mernirg. I mil. at in , the manner in which the hank has hi nn managed, Mr Itlnj snnl t tint H I. ad eidv one everdui note and that wa fe- S.'iO The euVers of the bank are well kimwn in the neighborhood. The pre-,1- dent Is Ldwnrd Lawrenie, who owns , ..... . . le.art...e.,t nor nt 11 I'elnt Ilre.ve avenue 1 ie v ee ires hieiits arc .1 1". . , ,. .., ,' , . .."l " ' : ?' l"rB''r.." '"V"". '..rcen anuin'ei .i.-...i-i.- - w. ........ ,. 1.. leiersen, .11- . is tne eas 1 er 'he1 .ii...... nn M lf,,p.iL,.in ii 1 1 1 ,,.... i...r .... ... ......r,t.., ... .,i,iiMi 1 ,'"ri'.' u-'i'i"1 i" v. u1"!. ,,"'lrll"r' ' "." - ". ."-." .""''" - i.iiiineTB. James I loud, Leui" Ilerg and Albeit Lnvvii'tn e The bank's eaiiital is SiJ.".f00, and its surplus JsL'O.OIMI. It was last ex nmiiied in July bv the Slate examiners, but has been examined again slnte the first of the year by a linn of certified Democrats te Meet March 2 llarrisburg. Feb. 2,". flly A. P.) uemecrutic nunc 1 iiuirmnii liruce 1 . t... -.!.. ...,1 ll... I .1... ... . nier nit, iuuu.v i-iiiii-ii iiiu nisi, niefi- ini; of the committee named by the Democratic conference te suggest n tl, .!..( fui Deineeratlc vntnra 1,1 i..ni ,V" . ,.' ,,.! .. j, mm.- it.,.,!.,.,.!!.-, -..,, .... -, uy un- ,.n lei oneii-siien i-nnipaiu'iis asainsr in- ,. ... .... (lr ... lowed two neiir.s et questioning nller lie ..-- ')' v .....-... v ii. ...!.. 1. :i.. .i.. .-,., ..!. i.i..i. .. ..."-s . 54i,''w'5?vTw"'r!! A Fent th e( .Inly rally In front of Independence Hall ln 1887, showing a number of city notables of that gen eration. In front row nt the left, with Ills hand en Ills knee, Is Themas Powers, then Corener for Philadel phia County. The speaher, standing, Is Charles V. Warwick, the City Solicitor and later Ma,or, the orator of tlie day. Beside lilm, en the left, Is ev-Mayer Daniel M. Fex, who presided. Te Mr. Fex's left, In the order gUen. are the Kcv. Henry C. McCoeh, Jehn Wanamaher, Themas Dnlan and Themas Cochran. KIse where in the picture may be distinguished Darwin G. Fcnne, Themas W. Prlce, Colonel Theodere K. Welder shelm. It. Walter Patterson, (Jeorse P. Kimball, Majer General Jehn F. Hartranft, Jeseph 1. t'aven, Dr. 1. W. Walk, Geerge W. Kcndrlrli, Harry Selby, Congressman Charles O'Nell, Colonel P. U. Ulmaher and the Kc. 12. 12. Slbelc and HepresentatUe Jehn Sergeant Wise, of West Virginia. Standlm; behind the. left .shoulder of Mr. Warwick Is Edmund .Stirling, then a young reporter and new an editorial writer for the Public Ixxlger y. S. AGENTS m Say 100 Barrels of Water VVerei J Billed as $100,000 in I Alcohol NAB TWO IN N. Y. FOR DEAL , est of the two alleged conspirators In New Yeik City followed investK'.itlens I made l.v a susph ions warehouse super- pitcmlent. It iui then found that the intents of the barrels were 100 per) iclit water. i Jesc.h Ml'stcin. '-'!0 West 117th I strict. New Yerk, nud Dewey ltebin- son, who gave no ailures-i. weie the meii HUGE Rl SWINDLE taken into custody by Chief Mc- tunny days she stayed with Mrs. Gneu Gneu I.eugh'iu. He charges that In additie.i cied she was net sure, but she said te their planned sa'e of tie bogus til - that en n Saturday night, when she cohel. they bad counterfeited 1(H) reve- nne stumps, allied nt !1IH) each, for tne shipment. It is en the charge of eoun eeun teifeiting that they will be indicted. Aceerding te the story of the Pcrirct Service, plans were laid hist October. Fiftv bnrre's were beuaht in Baltimore . md'lifty mine in Lancaster. All were lil'ed with water at the latter place i and lillls of ladlii'.' made out in tl.e name f the Fleishman Industrial Cemp.mv, aid t i be a product of the hid im-'te lamination of the pair. 1 Consignment was made te the Trepi- c ill l'xtiact and Celer Comeany, 171 i Frent street. New Yerk. The latter lieniern denies ,dl knowledge of the I ti.iusnetien Had the leu-igiiinent failed I In i each its destination, Milstein and ltobliisen intended te put ln a SUM), 000 ' I chum .ig.nnst the lallreads, it i-j i naigi d. Tin. ,;oeds were shipped October 3 by way of the Pennsylvania Itnilread und in New Yerk the ears were placed en a -Idiii.- of the Lehigh Valley Icadlnc Inte the warehouses of the Tropical F.xtriu t and Celer Company. IJemiiiinge chnrges wire net pnlil ami tlie l.eiugn alley I read -...! enu nted the barrels and placed them in the wnreneu.se at u.i csi t . i - . . Twenty-second sticct Tliei'i a bandit gang" raided the ware- luutse, but win,, frightened nwny beieie thev had even get a sample of the wet . .... . .' . goods He raid aroused the suspicion i of (Jarvey. the warehouse superintend' nt nnd his investigation followed. He 1 tietitb'd the iniliend, who discovered the '' revenue stamps nni reported tc MeLeughlln. the plot having erlglnnt.l In Lancaster. an est tedav in New Yerk fel- lowed. The men will be brought te this cltv for indictment. ' , IRON KING THOUGHT INSANE Guardian Asked for W. F. Wendt, Fermer Buffalo Millionaire j Les Anceles. Feb. 'S. -fltv A. I' .1 . ii-iiiuMi mm nn. n.,M. .ui.... ui. ... .. t ...!.! f.... .1... ....nl nil. ii.fi, .f .. Kimreriii ier mmiiiiim i. i.i-inu, ..;- Angile. millionaire, once known as the "ireil ltlllg of Ullffale, ,N. ., Was lile-l in the l'rebate Court here today. . "'endt disappeared f'-f ;"C'1 hours '' K cdnesdav with rnrren ej . s ee s "'"' lj""lls ,l,"'(1 " ?i'.",, in his possession, while officers were looking I. 1 1.1. ., nnnnnl PIBWIIP ll sanity They located him W ednesdny night am! placed him in the psyche- paihle ward in the County Hospital puidlii,' a hearing inane before the Is Angehs County Liiniuy Commission. The petition for a guardian alleges Wendt s suffering from dementia and , i .. . i-1 .. r i. n 1 1 n . lit. is no , ger .en- n, S own annus. .v iiuuuiu wun .i......,... , ... ,.. . i. m,Ke rri. i.r..ni, ,.r r'l fi,. ifti,,t. .. 1 innn IfOTre IHinillDv LMDUn VOI CO liMUUini A r- f 1 .. iu..fina. Onen.Shen ., . Movement Washington, Feb 'S. (lly A. I' I A ri'oliiilen iiisiliutlnu' 1111 invcstlga- lien "into thi extent te which Chain- hers of Cemineice and banks ever the nation have assste( anil inspireu se- qulry nnd report Speakers before the council urged that evidence of co-eperntion with the movement they regard as anti-uulen en the pait of the Influences named bad been Increasing. It was urged that the federation tnke strns te consider what means of defenre or retaliation might be adopted, ONE SCORE AND FIFTEEN YEARS AGO GIRL, KIDNAPPED 2 YEARS AGO, WILL RETURN HOME Little Child Was Forced te Call Strange Weman "Mether" Syracuse, N. Y.. Feb. '.". (Hy A. P.I Kidnapped from her home In Ilnwley. Pa., brought te Sraiisc by i devious route and then ccciced into cul Iin7. "0',in -hc,M,;irc0'-v k"TO "lm,tlV, er." Addle Comfert, eleven, seen will return, because an nunt Is coming f.v her. Addle told the story Inst night of hew she came te be living with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Greenwood. Aceerding te Addle'a remembrance of cMtits of the Inst two years, both Mrs. Gtccnwued and Kdwaid Henry, whom Mrs. Gretnwoed accuses of tl.e actual kidnapping, engineered the entire nft.ur. Mrs. Greenwood was. arrested ckterd!i but later released. Henry is still being sought. read accident ln April UHO. Addle who then wan nine curs old. went te live wjth the aunt. Mrs. .T. II. Kvser, w, will come for her. Addle said sin. Tlie girls father was killed in u rall- first saw Mrs. Greenwood when she called at the Kjser home. Mrs. Kyser asked hi r if she would like te go home with Mrs. Greenwood and the little irlrl assented. Just hew went te bed, the man and woman had their suitcases pacKed. While it was still d.uk, she said. Henry woke her up, Mrs. Grtcnwoed dressed her nnd thev started out. They went te Rochester nnd stayed there a little while. Mrs. Greenwood and Henry quarreled and they left him and came te Sy racuse. Here, Addle said, they went te live with Mr. Gieenwoed nnd she was forced call Mrs. Greenwood "mninmn," and was constantly threatened dire utiulih ment if she said anything about her own parents or where she had lived. MORSE PROBE CONCLUDED Grand Jury Will Submit Repert Early Next Week Washington, Feb. IK. (Hy A. P.) The Grand Jury Inquiry Inte the war time transactions with the Shipping Heard of Charles W. Merse, New Yerk shipbuilder, and some of ins associates has been concluded. The report will be submitted te the District of Columbia hl'.!!Fcl"c t-, early next week. 'I' in Miitu ni twi,,iti liiiiiini 'ft ieavaI ."- '"' j. )" rtt..,. weeks alter .Mr. .Merso nail rcturneu fro'" I'urepc at the direction of Atter- ney General Dnughtrty and had been placed under arrest here anil released .... -.n fiin i.nH.i n'i... ...... .... !... '" ?"'.'" uuim. eir iiui (iKauiM Mr. Merse charged censpiiacy and em berdement. Waring the course e! the Grand .till., s iviiii., Ll. l.llllll.) ill rt'tllll ill T...... ..,..1. ,i , ..t ......! ,. Mr. Merse's nsseclntcs, including that of Celin II. Livingston, ten. .president et the irgluin hhipbulldlnic Corperntnn, wcr.' brought into the ltin,uiry. ihc names of several membeis of the Wilsen Adminls- tratiun ulse were brought in. GIRLS' SCHOOLS IN CONTEST Germantown Gets Cup Carried Off Last Year by Bristel ., tln nra,nutic competition among dramatic competition M of (ne RlrN- M tchoels of the clty ns w llllit n,B,,t by tl)c (;cr. ,,,,,, Sph.nl .mil Ihn nm-ntiwl nnr, ui,i,,i. ns ,.arrlcd off by Bristel last pose with the winning ,,,.,,, t ,he N . Century Drawing, Um)ms : h ,choel , , , M h0me original stunt. The numbers of i tickets sold, nnd mere especially the i or inter-iiign reue, I C 1 ,.!.... ..I .u .!,..-. ..!. enpeared nt the performance, nnd the s,ehoel cheers and general spirit counted j ninking the awards. The judges included Mury Jehn liar ' p,.r, Mildred Crawley. Charlette ciiesten. Alice Beatty and May Mnr- tin. The frolic was arranged by tltc i ii. i 11..1. r ai i' lir i a , uiri ivcservc urn,, ei ,nc .. v . v.. a. I . . ......... aute.s, 1 5, ut . WAhltMirsU ' ' i........hi' " - 'i,,i, ,iuin, ,111 the linltlniore pmn. lias uUvlse,i the , Keystone Automobile Club that police would be Btiitiencii in the town en the pike te enforce the fifteen-mile speed )m)lti T(, nelmi,:i, 0f Cliften hns ' found it necessnry te take this step iivylng te n number of accidents which have occurred recently. Weman and Girl Burned te Death Leses $150 and Suit of Clethes A sneak thief entered the hoarding house of Aleyslus Hnggcrty, 1821 Vine street, curly yesterday morning and leek with him 3150 In cash nud a suit .(vf clothes. ler ACCUSES AT N TAYLOR MURDER I Detroit Suspect Declares Noted Mevie Star Involved; Doubted in Loe Angeles MABEL NORMAND IMPROVES Detndt, Feb. 2.". A motion-picture actress who ranks high In the profes sion was one of the four persons who plotted the murder of William Desmond Tayler, film director, according te the story of Harry M. Fields, under arrest here, Sheriff Irving .1. Collin, of Wayne County, announces. The Sheriff with held the woman's Identity. It was stated also that additional facts had been linceicied here which served te strengthen Fields' story of his knowledge of the crime. A s-areh of his effects disclosed receipts showing ne was in ies Angeles lute in .lantiary. Among these was a rent iccclpt for a place in Venice. Calif., where Fields has maintained the details of Tayler's slaving were arranged. Fields, according te the Sheriff, stated that the ncticss was net present when Tuyler was shot, and reiterated that the only participants nt the scene of the erlni" were the three he deserlbes 0s Weng lice, a' Chinese, who did the sheeting; Johnny Clark, a white man. and n Jennie Moere, all of whom were hired te take their parts in the murder. Authorities here have been unable te find a bank book which Fields is said te have had in his possession nt the time of his nrrest, hearing the name of "Sam OepHn," an alleged alias, showing n deposit of ?1,S() in Chicago en Feb ruary 2, the day after the Tayler mur der. Fields hni. however, offered the ex planation that he maintained the ac count in Chicago for tlie benefit of his daughter nnd made deposits bv mail, through n friend. Officers point out that this would clear tin the issue that was raNed bv the supposed presence of the suspect In Chlcnge. tlie day after he claims te have been In I.es Angeles. California authorities have been ac quainted with the new developments. Hy llie Assorliited Press Ies Anreles. Calif., Feb. 2.". Inter est resulting fiein the "confession" el Harry N. Fields in Detroit ns te cer tain nllcged details of the murder of William Desmond Tayler, film director, wuh subsiding here today, with cut I , . ni i , . .i . ' ",f hc" ' V,, . l7 "mrm" "l l"clr I "' ",';"". -"'- They declared they hnd been unable te substantiate any of the nllcgatinns Fie'ds made te the Detroit authorities. The Investigation resolved itself locally largely Inte u resumption bv the pnlUe of riming te ground the "tips" en the mystery thnt were said te he teaching the various eflUlalH ns fre quently ns during the days Immediately after the discovery of Tayler's body en February . Continued improvement of Mabel Nnrmnnd, film actress, who is suffering from influenza und nervous breakdown, wns predicted early today by her phy- ' f-I('lnn i .. .. . ....... IUAKM AL bLAUKIVIAILhR N MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED e Charges Against Department KlCirS VYMU OCIIl WCmil IIMCdVB i , "nslilngten, heb. J.. (Hy A. I p, ', ","rt;i; '", ''"" veteran .cleik in the War Department, and. ' "ccerding te the police, cenfcbscd i ''hr of the blackmail letters re- , 'VMI,'V pr"l1 l,y Jlnnry liile, I ,",' Ainbnh.s.ailer te I'miu-c. iiiul tev- . i-i-.ii v 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 iiiiimh mini in it iisnuiLri iim L": .,"-," ,,V ,," ",.,"," 'V T - .. u-ii . .1 1 1 anil is three children nt their home, te ' which he vv a-, nennitted le return wv- .....1 .i........ .."... :,. .ii ......i .." ' itiii juiiiiiii's liner inn iiueeii reriies slen was ur.iwn from him at police heaibpiartciH ye.-terday. .Ne (emphiiut had been ledged against him tedav for sending the letters, which deiiuiudcil large sums of money under threat of death, and the police said none would be tlbd unless tliuse who icrclved tlie letters showed 11 disposition te press the case against lilm. Ing, who irperted confession fel te be sent and "would net liuve touched It." Wilmington "Wets" te Get Hearing Wilmington. Del., Feb. US. Wi. mlugten prohibition advocates are te be given a public hearing en the pend ing "light wine und beer resolution" by the City Council Menyy night. ST1LLMAN NOTES SIUISER Ex-Follies Girl Reports Theft of Banker's Letters Frem Slipper's Tee MIGHT HAVE AIDED WIFE New Yerlt, Feb. 23. Twtjlve letters, written by James A. Stlllman te Mrs. Reatrlcc Keller, were stolen from Mrs. Kellc'r'H apartment en February 4, Mrs. Keller declared yesterday. At the snmc time a set of mink furs, which she says were given te her by Stlllmnn ns a Christmas pTescnt In 1010, were tnken. The furs have been recovered. The letters, Mrs. Keller Miys, are sllll missing. The Keller npnrtmcnt was broken Inte through n Tear window opening en n fire-escape. The furs nnd the letters were In n closet In a bedroom. The letters, wrapped Inte n bundle, had been stuffed Inte the tee of a grny suede slipper which had been placed nt the bottom of a nlle of ether footwear. Only the furs, the letters nnd n por trait study of an nrtlst's model were taken by the thieves, Mrs. Keller snld. Mrs. Keller reported her less te the police nnd also inserted nn advertise ment in the classified celupins of a newsniiner offering $200 reward for the I return of the furs, which were vnlucd nt S2.100. The furs were returned te Mrs, Keller by Louise Weldmnn. six teen, of 1420 Bosten rend, the Bronx, who said that she had bought them for $230 from a man. Three Are Arrested Investigation of the girl's story led te the urrest of Ernest Denkcr, thirty, n chauffeur, his wlfe, Florence, and the Weldmnn girl, who were held yes terday In SlfiOO ball by Mnglstrnte Kdgar V. Frethlnghnm in the West Side Court. They will qome up for examination en March 3, and en the same date Denkcr will be heard en a charge nf vlolntlen of the Sullivan law. Mrs. Keller, who ut one time plnved in n Flo Zlcgfehl company of which the late Annn Held wns the star, has been connected with the Stlllmnn case en ether occasions. She new hns 'pend ing u suit against .Mrs. Anne U. Stlll mnn for the recovery of 157000 alleged te be due her for services rendered Mrs. Stlllmnn ln connection with the case. In connection with this suit, Mrs. Kc'ler, through her ntterncy, Rufus M. (Iverlnnder, nllcgcs that she hnd nn agreement with Mrs. Stlllmnn's attor neys te brine from various cities wit nesses who could testify te Irregulnrltles nn the part of .7 nines A. Stlllmnn. The Stlllmnn letters, which she snjs are new missing, have net entered into the eise. .he says, n'theucli she has considered en several occasions turning them ever te Mrs. Stlllinun for the use of her at torneys. Guest en lib Yacht Mrs. Keller said yesterday, following the hearing In the West Side Court, that she had met Stlllmnn first at a dinner nt Debnonice'H "a few years ngn." She knew him then, she snld, ns "Jim Law son," nud did ant find out until Inter that he was James A. Stillmun. She knew him for many years nnd hnd fre quently visited the Stlllmnn yacht Modesty, which has figured in the! di verce proceedings. Mr. Stlllmnn, she snld. had lived at her home. When the Stillmun case first was talked of, Mrs. Keller said, she hud been obliged te change her nddress because of the importunities of "Jim Law-seu" nnd of ngenta noting en be half of both sides, who wished te ob tain possession of the letters. She had thought of turning the letters ever te Mrs. Stillinnn, becnuse she felt sorry for her. but hnd changed her mind be cause she felt that It wasn't just the right thing te de. The letters were tigiicd "Jim." She refused te discuss their contents, but snld that she though', they might have proved valuable te Mrs. Stillmnn'a cabe. RIPPER BILL IN JERSEY Fight Brewing Over Plan te Oust Bridge Commission Trenten, Feb. 2."i. Indications point te 11 prolongation of the present New Jersev legislative session beyond March 10, the time fixed for sine die adjourn ment. Kxccpt for the National (Juard ivorganlntlen, the major matters be fore the Legislature are only ln the first stages. The bridge nnd tunnrl "ripper" bill is still bothering the Irndcrs nnd the new Ilebnit dry enforcement mensure te icpinee rue van .cs,s act. te.jetlier uitii n snries nf nut i .ni,nr i.iii. is., J fet vet been acted upon. " Much of the Interest in legislative firi i... I'pniers in me Mriricn nm fnntw.1 . : ...... ... .'"" .......v., "rlepcr" bill, which would eiiui Mm beard in charge of the Hudsen River ..... v .... tunnel and the ( ninden-PIiiladelphin bridge, nnd alleged te be In control of ihe Democrats, and jil.ite this beard in the control of the llcpubllenns. The Democratic minority will bitterly op pose this meve en the churge that tlie Republicans uie inlecting polities Inte these two great projects for the seke, of patronage in the contracts. The Republicans, 011 the ether hand, diclare that the Democrats have already injected politics and fnveiltism into the work of the beard and assert that tlie bridge and tunnel enterprises must be dlverted from politics. AUTOSCRASH AT CROSSING Wrecked Car Lifted Frem Railroad as Fast Train Approaches Hitinmonten, N. .1., Feb. 2.. Twe nutomebllcs crashed together en the llejleviie crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad today, a few minutes before the nrrlval of a fast express train. One of the mnchincs was bndlv wrecked and was lifted from the Hacks just before the train ruthed by. One of the linn bines wus'dilven by Antonie Hereunto, of Folsen, who wns nrrestcd nnd held In ball for 11 hearing. In the ether car were Lewis L. Pur chase and Peter Kell, both of Ilammon Ilammen Ilammon ten. Nene of the men was seriously hurt. Four Held for Druggist's Murder New Yerk. Feb. 2.V -(My A. P.) William and Frank Kvntis, brothers, weru under nrrest heie today, iluirgcii with the murder of Paul J. Olllman, a Brooklyn druggist, en Thursday night. Tim liolice announced both men hnd niade confessions and had admitted a numner m nmm-uw ui ivroeaiyu ami Mnnhiittnii. Later .Inhn Keogh und Stephen Cellins, alleged te have, been inifdlcnted. were nrrestnl. ArAHKMY OK Ml'SHl Kwnh March 6 at 8:15 Only Appearance Violin Recital HE1FETZ Ticket! NOW ?s HTUINWAT l'IA.U UHBU Bike Rider Ne. 13 Cut Off With Mere $27,000 The agewern superstition that thirteen Is an unlucky number has been fortified by the case of Lloyd McFnrland, blke rider, who bravely wlcctcd "13" ns his contestant's number for the Inst few seasons in the races at the Point Brccue Velo Vele Velo deome. A rich uncle died recently nml Lloyd was cut off with a mere S27, 000. McFnrland Is a llkHble chap, and, after buch n blew from fate, his fellow sprint rncers will en deavor te relieve him from the "13 Jinx" ln the races this summer. IN FEIN CHIEFS E Discussion Expected te Have Important Bearing en Gov ernment's Treaty Bill DUBLIN IS APPREHENSIVE Uy tbe Associated PrM lionden. Feb. 152. Arthur Orlffith nnd ether prominent members of the Seuth Ireland rrovlflenal Cevernment were here today te discuss with the Hrltlsh Cabinet the recent agreement reached by the Sinn Fein National con vention ln Dublin te postpone for three months the election or n parlnlment for the Irish Free State. It is understood that Knmen J. DugKan, Sllnlster of Heme Affairs ln the Dnll Klrcnnn Cabinet nnd Barrister Kennedy, ac companied Sir. Orlffith. This delega tion hnd been preceded te Londen by ether Sinn Fclncrs. It has been arranged that the dele gates shall consult first with Winsten Spencer Churchill, Secretary for Colo Celo nies, and they mny possibly net sec Prime Minister Lloyd Geerge, who In tends spending the week-end In the country, nltheugh he mny alter his plans. Speculation here ns te the outcome of the discussions is mere guesswork, nnd it is Impossible te indicnte thus early whether postponement of the elec tion is llkelv te lend te modification of the Imperial Government's treaty bill or affect its further dlhcusbleu in the Heuse of Commens. While some political observers be lieve it will be necessary te alter the text of the bill, ethers are inclined te think thnt Orlffith will be nble te con vince the Government thnt the arrange ment mnde in the. Ard Fhcis was act ually Indlsitcusnblc te pence nt present and will facllitntc matters when the time for the Irish elections arrives. Dublin.. Feb. 2.". The organ of the party led by Arthur Griffith nnd Michael Cellins will be called An Snerstat, which Is Irish for the Free State. Its ilrst isue appeared today. It will be n wcrklv imbllentltm, edited by the Free State Publicity Committee, and its appearance Js regarded ns marking the fefmnl inuncning et tne election e fefmnl launching of tlie elect en mpiiign for acceptance of the Angle- rn Irish Treaty. Deaths of a Day Mrs. Ida W. Emery After an illness of two days. Sirs. Ida W. Kmery, seventy years old. wife of Jehn W. Kmery, former captain of nellee nnd fire marshal of Philadelphia. died yesterday after nn illness of two, days in her apartments In the Slajestic j Hetel. Sirs. Kmery was btrlcken with paralysis en Wednesday. She was nn nrtlve member of tlie Baptist Temple. Her father was the late William Mel- chcr, who conducted n mik business at F.Ighth nnd Slarket streets. She leaves n seu, William u. emery, et uroeaiyn, and a grandson, James West. William Lynn Wlllinm Lynn, who served ns n boat man en the Lehigh Onnnl for many vcars, died nt his home in Bristel,' Pa., Thursday, nt the age of seventy-eight. The funeral will be held from his home, 1248 Rndcllffe street, Bristel, en Mon day, with requiem mass in St. Slark's Catholic Church. Interment will be in the church yard cemetery. Death was due te brenchlnl trouble. He leaves n widow, Sirs. ,Tne Lynn; three sons nnd three daughters. rhrli C Van Rleer cnaries u. van mper 1 Charles Cobb Van Riper, for twenty years a real cntaic cenveyancer nt 1U31 incnnneiuiiK nii'vi nun 11 ivu'ucr et cetivPvnncini: ut irrxei institute ter e - . t...... . ' ,. . . ... sixteen years, died yesterday at his home. 4.101 North Twentieth btrcct, ln bin sixtieth year. Sir. Van Riper wns active in the af fairs of the Protestant F.pheepul Church of the Incarnation, Bread nud Jeffersen streets, being a former treas urer of the Sunday school. He Is sur vived by his widow, who was SIlss Win Bnker. The funernl will take place Tuesday afternoon from his home. J. Edward Miller Heading, Pa., Feb. 25. J. Kdvvard Sillier, aged sixty-two, former Demo cratic chairman of Berks, Is dead at his home at Hamburg. Hn was an nt nt eorncy and ence elected County Con troller. Funeral of T. C. Balnes, Jr. Children of Our Slether of Sorrows parochial school at Forty-eighth nnn Lancaster avenue will be pallbearers nnd fnrm a court of honor for ThemiiM n Balnes. Jr., thirteen yenrs old, of ,1202 Havcrferd avenue, at the mass this morning at 10 o'clock ut Our Slether of Sorrows Church. The bev. who was the son of Annn SI. and Themas C, Balnes, died en Slenday of pneumonia. Burial will be In Hely Cress Cemetery. ONF I IN LONDON A Department of Stationery equipped for prompt, authoritative execution of orders for invitations te weddings and all ether social occasions and public ceremonials; for note-papers, visiting cards, announce ments, plate engraving and printing, die cutting and stamping, heraldry and illumi nated work. J. ECaldwell & Ga Jewelry - Silver - Stationery Chestnut and Juniper Streets' mm beard wm INQUEST ON 111 ' j War Department Seeks te Bring Out Every Feature of Tragic Crash DESCRIBE BODIES OF MEN: Uy the Associated Press ' Norfolk, Va Feb. M.-Formal . qnlry Hy un nrmy Investigation beard ' Inte the causes and circumstances , rounding the Remn disaster Tucsd..' In which thirty-four men lest their lives, wns begun nt headquarters of th ' army supply bnse here today. The Inquiry is in the nature of a Cor 1 ener's Inquest, nnd it In the Intention ' of the beard, nctlng under Instruction, from the ar Department, te bring 0 every feature of the'erash before the . pert Is made. " " Captain (J 11 West, medical officer who examined the bodies as thev vv. removed from the wreck of the nirslile de.sc.ihed the nature of the burn, & fcred by each of the victims. It , understood that ether medical officer! would testify that the Srcat majority met death from burns, some of the 0 hers having been asphyxiated, , ethers crushed te death by tlie steel girders nnd wipperts. Following Captain West, officers and ' 11 ttnclics of the army Mise testified as te the position of the Heinn In the nr when she wns first seen nppreachlnc '' the reservation from n nerthcrh- three three tien. Several described their 'imnres.- slen when they first saw the nlrshln 1 and ull agreed that they t.'.eught tii K wun 111 iruueie. The stnteincnts ns te the rudder sun. ports apparently giving way en the left-hand side, throwing theso en the right into a vertical position were vir tually the same ns made the after noon of the tragedy. Chicago, Feb. 25. (By A. P.)- llnbert St. Smythe Jr., brother et Lieutenant Clifferd F. Smythe, one of the victims of the Iloma disaster, today reiterated bis statement mnde hist Wed nesday thnt he hnd seen letters from his brother In the Air Service, declaring the ltemn unsafe. "The letters were addressed te mj father or my mother, who gave them te me te rend," he said today, .follow .fellow Ing the reported denlnl of the statement! credited te Lieutenant Smythe by hit father. Hubert SI. Smythe, ln Hamp ton, Vn.. jesterdny. CIVILIANS TO GUARD MAILS Marines te Be Replaced With Spe cially Recruited Force Washington, Feb. 2.1. (Hy A. IM Replacement of marine mull guards by n specially recruited force of men from the department is new being (nrrlcd out by the I'osteffice Department. Offi-' clnl said it was expected that within a short time all mnrlnes new engaged in guarding the innlls would Le with drawn. The guards are being carefully selected and will feun u permanent service, it wns asserted. Slerlncs were detailed te cunrd the ' n8 nn(1 npktefn,.Ps in nM parts of the cmmtrv n),t November following a sPr!es of mall rebbeiles nnd in ferni.it ion of ethers planned en n large scale, but it was iinneunced ut that time thev would be withdrawn in fnver of civilian guar dians as seen as organization could be perfected. HARDING FOR AID TO SHIPS President Writing Message In Faver of Action by Congress Washington, Feb. 2.". Piesident Harding spent n portion of today writ- linr his messnse te Cencress en (levern- I ment aid for the American inerciiant marine. I C'hiiinnnn Lnskcr, of the Shipping 'Beard, said today en leaving the MHte Meuse, nfter a conference with tni President, thnt the executive hones te deliver the message Slenday. Arrested en Murder Charge ClilcflsO. Feb. 2.-.-(By A. P.l-Pa" quale Fassnnn, tlfty-feur yenrs old. wanted In New Yerk for the alleged murder of Antonie RlnnUe and the hit ter's wife, November 4, 11)0'.). is under arrest here. IIKATII8 I.KHD.s On siTnnd Jtnnth 24tli. DEJJ ORAIl riUINbllAW, vildew .1eilh W Iz-eiln. In her 74th yr. nilillvs nl frllenilH Invited 10 funeral en fceemt Dy. nt 'J-nn T". M,, nt lat) resilience. 14 Ites-law av.. West i-hfuter. Ta Trnlii 1 1'. M. from i ::."'-... ., Ilre.ul si 1 reucy 1 r. i., imiu wm ! inipniin i vii.aiD. ... . ..... . niievv.N. i ee. in. eaiiaii ... mw " 1 ... . .. n I.., tilth .... ....... 1 ll.ni.n In h.r lllth vr.1t. fr UntrRI ei i Ires en Tucid.iv. at Y2 o'clock neon t her Isle ri'al'lw""' -rt J'rcvlilfnce reu'l, A'dan. Interment Cumberland C'emetury. tiAI.JJWAV. In Mt. Vernen. N. IVli. -1. MIU2, MAHOARirr, lfe ' ' " ' r GriPnuay nnd daushti-r of Jehn and Ann I.iiftUH lti'lntln's nnd friends, alie Har mony Council, Ne. U'4, D. it I. ni"l !; Ineten Cmnp. Nn. 4S5. P. O. of A., nt In vited te the service en Tuesday nfinoen 2 e-rlnck nt the Oliver II. Hair H dif . I8W Chestnut nt. Phlla Interment I2,rl,IIT, MiiTi:. reb 23. ocenar. t. h"J, huthand of the late Ethel K. While. Ueia fves ninl friends. W. Cnrnr. Ne. 4iS I " H. of A. I.nwirm Test. Ne. 2. V ',,;.' are invite I te funeral frv-lres "", 'jK"1 nt S V M.. nt parlurH nf r.ilwnrd J. UIW;"' inuthcHSt 1 rrncr 23th und Columbia ivc. in turment nrlvrvte. wtt. TIIU'RWANHrn. Feb. 24. 19-'2. TvII' I.IA.M J . hualwnri of late Juhi.lilne H; 1 hurvvanm r (nee llrewn). Hired "' i r5. lives uml frleniii are Invited te etlen I nj neral Mm.. 2 I. M.. from his lale rcBld'nce. 'illl Station ftve,, Iladden HeUhtu. .. ' Interment Kveritrcvn 1 Ccmeterv; ,,., ,.v vilR WHIOHT. Feb. 25, IB.'.'. III.LI.N ;''' vvlfi. of Jehn i:. Wrluht. tue mitlve of fu neral will be lven from iiPHrlmeiitu, " w ll. M. Jlurrell. 427 Market St.. 1 aintleii. N'.l"lt.I.S At .--eoyleiv. N. J.. Iff .,-, RICHARD H , huaband of Anna 1.. .v ' used 05 s-irvlim at lata rejldeme. ( ar IWd uve.. Heavlevv. N. J.. Tuesday. !' V. M. Interment private, I"anamv lie Ccm CARUV On Keb 2M. JOHKCII son ' Jehn J. und Anna M. Carey (nee Klneuan). n .lives and frlenda tnvllert te fuiii-ri . un Tiiisdav, nt N..10, from uarenta' reaMrnW. 1.070 llelifliiirt at. (fllst and KlneiieM ni ave HlKh rciulem mass ut church of W Mnl llli-ie'd haerament at 1U A. M I'""" incut Calliedrul Ccmutcry. 'A K5S: ."V V - s. A j. - ttznffiftir&tk A.. 1,, 2jn M- I iT. iji -rz m