'f uTmmmminm MMXLM mr sm ;jcrt te W.'JLT t, tf'ty -K l .w ' aw .- -I EXTRfr t ) Tj rMQr.': ." f -i ' A .. S i.WyjtfiW 9B ,v,- vmnrjskmi MnJi 3Baga 7.a iii 3WBXi i M i s?eiiax: Pufallibd Dllr Bicpt HuBdy. BuMeriptlen Price IS a Yar by Mall. ruBUSMa um'g0TltZi ,922. by.Publle. Llr Company ,PRICE TWO CEIfW 1 ii !- ! imal m . k Kf& & m& K3 ft afi I'V, f. Li X duthhwh mum ; TO G R ILL HIM iMiiingten ' County Detective Lecates Murdered Shew- mtn'i Cirous Cook " ' .' .unniiynce 1MC&T ij) nnnuunyi-,)""-'' WILL FOLLOW SOON S T i ' m- mnhmr at Widow of Victim De- W' nled Lttterf'WerejVVrltten, ' by Fernier Employ ? WARD CLOSELY QUESTIONED ij$ jersey City Blacksmith Believed Sf . terieu'i Correspondent ,p fftc Geerge Ii. ("Dutch") Werner, "Honest Jehn". Bf linen's former clr Ml. took, has-been leclted, and EHIb K Parker,-Burlington. County detective, i . tntarvlavr him. Ill uu W ""J " - .- .... t. ifi- ulinrtlv before neon V1- today Parker declared that after his In fo tervlew with Werner there" might be an important arrest .in we jimneu muir- dekEra thart Werner te net under arrest and will net be arrested. The Darlington County detective, however, believes that the former cook can .give 'important Information en the slaying of, "Brunen in hla homeat lllvcralde, N. J., a.week ago'teday..' Detective Parker leff In his nutomo nutemo nutome bile fb visit Werner,, taking with him ..mate Troener'Bading and Miss Anna IiV -Yoes, Parker'a confidential stenogra stenegra S phcr, who has the reputation of having ftp .taken down 'mero murder confessions ftu thaa any, woman living. t l'bc detective refused te say where ii: IV was 'going, out esiimntcu n wemu m''7ake him "a couple of hours" te get m.i.A.iV. 1.li.nas1eM titirl Annrtia In- . . ? p.? " ?." r.. " rrri W7 tervlew witn jesepn it. t uc ; 11 , ;' .m.i.HIi anH fnrmir "bnllvhoe ' Of M' the. Brunen circus, who was brought ijft !lreni jersey Jiiy 10 sax. xmny mw "t v( night. , Afterward Ward was turned m'i-j ovr.rer.iurtner,eBinmuuu w niw- course of- a Detective. Parker F. Iwirklns. who Rj rurae wu " ' wv.v ", ;"; Fc tMii. him fMun Taunu ITffv thaf by Mrs. Brunen at theTalmyra Post Pest fl Jn., rlramiaA te "Mrs. D. Nelen." b' l Ward was questioned for four hours at ' lha -Mntint- Hnllv 1B1I. Ward Is net in custody. After th; questioning Defective Parker said: "I 010' satisfied 'that Ward has established a complete aliW -regarding the sheeting of Brunen. It proved te my satisfaction thnt Ife had nothing te de with the crime. Be' far as I am concerned lie is free te-come nnd'ge as he cheeses. ' Detective Parker further said that In 'tie, long questioning of Ward he related J in detail the circumstances of the cer-0 rMpondcnce he carried en with Mrs, Urunen through the Palmyra posteffice, Signed Utters "Paul Nelen" 'Hc told mc, said Detective Par ker, "that; he signed his letters (e Mrs. Hruncn','Pnul Nelen' lie said he re ceived replies, from her two or three times a week. They were uddrcssed te him, he said, under his own name, and net under the fictitious name he used 'for his part of the correspondence. "lie said he did net think he hud any of;Mrs. Brunen's letters te him, but I 'have sent word te the Jersey City police (0 search his room for letters. A search m arrant will be obtained today for this purpose." Itruncn, Dctectlve Parker and Cap tain Lurklns say, .did net knew the de Malts of Mrs. Iirunen'8 friendship for "Ward. According te Detective Parker, en October ji8 last he gave Urunen a letter te Captain Larkiu, following the diijappeorenco of Hazel Ilruncn, who had eloped with William Parkstrem, the Hen turner In Druncn's circus. Cap tain Larkln-correborated this statement und gave details. "Brunen came te ine," said Captain T.arklns, "und wanted a warrant for l'nrkstrem's arrest-en u charge of kid napping. He., said his dnughtqr wns only sixteen years old. He wus ac companied "by his brother-in-law Harry Mehr. I told Brunen that he would have te swenr te the deposition. Hu did net tnke out n warrant und went nway. ' "Meanwhile we located Mrs. Brunen, Hazel and Parkstrem. They were in n lodging house en Bloeinflcld street, Ho He token. Wanl was with them. 'Iimnen nnmi lmrtlr An Onfnlini, fll We had some; mere tnlk about the nfTuir and finally I wild, 'Oh hell, if she's only a kid as you say sue Is, I'll go get her myself.' "I brought Hazel and Mrs. Brunen te Jersey City In a taxicab, with . jfrntlgned en rase Twenty. Column Turee ; CHARLES P. RUCKDESCHEL " Was-General Superintendent-of Lit Brethers' Charles P. Huckdcscbel, who had Mfirfer mere,jtbiih twenty ycafa gen fral Buperlnl'endent of Lit Brethers' wpartment store, died this morning nt J MO o'clock at the Mcdice-Chirurglcal Hospital. He had recently undergone ?n operation. 'Mr. Ituckdeschcl wus born In Phlla 'lelpliin and had passed nil his life here, "fiore entering U Brethers' he wns rcith ether business houses here. .He lived nt 12-11 Seuth Fifty-seventh etrct't. He is survived 'by two daugh ters, his wife having died seme yeurs Jce, ' Mill Owner Dies In Hetel '" New Yerk, March 17. (By A P.) Julian K. Carr, Jr... president of jhe I'urham Hosiery Mills, of Durham, N. JJ., dli'd early today at the Pennsyl vania Hetel. W,MB YOU ARH ieOKINO FOR JIAY wS ti 1J Wnted columns en ;y Jumped Frem Aute , HmUHHuDI "9 'BBBBBBBBBBBm . 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DODGE, MILLWNAIRE, SEEKS RELEASE FROM .JAIL Prisoner May Have te Wash Dishes v -or Shevel I Ceat Detroit, March 17. (By 'A. P.l A fight te obtain release et Jehn Duval Dedge, young Detroit' millionaire, from, the petrolt.IIeuBo of Correction ," where he was sent yesterday, for a filfc-day. term by Judge Bartlctt en a speeding charge, was begun by his counsel this merning: fi v. . f While Dedge was being classified, for his term Tnj the workheuBe, a writ of habeas. corpus was served this morning upon the superintendent of the institu tion. When Dedge appeared .-befere Judge Jaync shortly before neon tnc corpora tion, counsel who- prosecuted, the', case, aguinM him asked mere' tiine, te prepare aa answer' te the :contentions, upon which' the wrlMVns based.B.y .agtoe .agtee ment of counsel, "tna hearinr went, ever until this-afternoon. Dedge meanwhile being remanded te the custody of Uher tn" Coffin. Dedre Rnpnf his first nlsht 'of ltn- firlSenment en n cot in the Jail corridor, mvlng Summoned a physician who de clared he was suffering from a fever, Induced by nervousness und excitement. He wus declared te be sufficiently re covered this morning, however, te be assigned te a- job among ether pris oners. Three "jobs" werp held out as possibilities; Washing dishes, .work ing en the coal pile or taking care of the prison furnace. .' - MATZENAUER DIVORCE. CO-RESPONDENT RETICENT Refuses te- Tell Whether '8he Re ceived Meney Frem Qletxbach San Francisce, March 17. (By A. P.) According te a story published yesterday by,,ythe San Francisce, Call, "the fifty-yenr-ild lady," whom Madame 'Matzenauer said she had named us a. co-respondent in her di vorce, nctlenfile(Tnffnlnst her chauffeur chauffeur busband..vFlei'd Oletzbach. wns inter- L viewed tejlay at Carmel,. Cnllf. The writcret the article said ne asked her "Ifrlt were true, as the singer alleged.' that Glotzbach s-nt money" te her. The weman'ls said, te have given the curt' reply; "That'H my business." Mrs.-ytv Kate Uletzbnch' 'Helland, mother of Glpfzbach, it has been learned, 'recently wua a cuest in New Yerk f)f ihe grand, opera stur in nn. aitempi 10 cneci.a rucum-iiiiiiieu uu tween the singer and her husband. She returned last week) She Is reported te have told friends ,thnt her son was de termined net te gd back te Mine. Matz enauer. . 500 PERSONS VACCINATED IN SMALLPOX, QUARANTINE Police Establish Zene.'Between Hav Hav erferd Avenue ,and' Bren Street ' Five' hundred persons Were vaccinated this. morning and several theusqiuV ex amined when the police ei tended a quarantine one due te n case e small pox in Test Philadelphia. TIIO case 1" liiui i huuii jrercj, -ju-tt Meredith street. Investigation showed that Berry had visited several houses outside the znne which was established yesterday. -.Tedny, the quarantine ter ritory Includes the neighborhood from Forty-fourth te Forty-eighth street and from Havcrferd avenue te Brown street. Twe hundred patrolmen and iivc.'icu tenants n command of Pollce Captain Smllev'were en the scene t6 preserve or der. 'Residents submlted te vaccination readily. ' Announce Drawings for " the Davis Cup Matches New jL'erfc, March 17. The draw for the 1022 Davis Cup matches for the werld'a lawn tennis .champion ship, made uf the office et ihe United States Iawn Tennis 'Association here today, fellows:. First round, upper hatfr Canada vs. France; Belg(uni vs. Australia; Hawaii vs. Czecho-Slevakla, First round, lower half: Spain vs. Philippines ; Rumania vs. India ; Itnlys. Japan. Second round, upper .liulf : (Bye), Denmark. Second round, lqwer half: (Bye), British ilsles. Smoke IN-H-TWEBN Viae little lar in the world, (W.eaeh 5 la foil, ase. dv.i tXi .'..rWJMwtrW, ,8011th JunlDerStreetBecame -.r , . -a v.i . rj . ' nuiuiiHiiit I' " -f i i.-- ' -r ' 1 ! . UFtierf pntitin euAtiieui a.B. cnc ryynu onunvenc Wanted tp,r?en Re Uterature, but iettei- atiens RefuaidStefies A filJ' Forsaken Alentl htr'tlt ei'biaith and trirnia, I ChUlrd te th krl,-Wi mtanlne ends, Alack hunaer ttnlka ber,m doert Fer I havt frfind tmi wealth no tnere. Ale4i fortekfit, and foreofi . ' Itllneer hert, I he' T would e(S Kpurnrd by the httl'et fnman tefnd, Ne lelaci for, iv ttnt't And. Ktertt enaw deeper, dav hu day, Rtmerit corrode mu Mart awni), Corrupt mv body end my mind, Itu'ttnt tong tinned and left heMn&, The hand of dtxtiny weave en, Ine hop haf died: Aetirtha none. , Beer mv eye, both. night and dav, n At tetnt that wilt net fad awav '' I count tkem. ever, ent-bv .one. c , Chained fcre' te earth afraid- te, Mb1 ra. iemc i iv jar uen at 4; Vers' wrttter. by ' Mrs. yAUxandVr shortly before' her death.- ' ,. . Lonely,' dispirited ?and4wearj. ej llfc te Judge by poems, found amenVhcr effects, Mrs. Helen King-Alexander was found dead' fren gas' in her home at 312 NaiiH, T,,nlnu. e-'' " Mrse. Alexander 'was' a notary pub lic, public 'rtinegrapher and mag'aaine "Writer, and recently opened a beard ing, neuse at theJunlper street address. Financial' matters had given hex grave concern," according te the boarders, and recently she'4became melancholy She is believed te htvofgeno te her room about 8 o'clock" yesterday afternoon, and seme'-timebetween then and midnight lnsi night te have turned en the gns. Antheny Smith. .n -roomer. ilrtwt.i ti.n odor, Jrekeln the deer, and found her lying in Bed, dead. , Scattered about her roetn were scraps "? t"i"; . ,unm iiueina stuvc ana gay. Upen one sheet, found near her type writer, was this limerick: There teat a yeuna jceman named He ten. Of l-arieu .thing the kept vcllin t She tea only a fraud, Md tcat she'll 'de' iiet there's no . W?.V A brother of the dcud woman, ttob tteb ert'MacCaulcy, ran for President, upon the Single Tax ticket in 1020. and is widely known all ever the country ns. 11 single tax expert and IjctllreY. Hls photograph occupied a prominent po pe po sltlen.ln.her room., A woman of culture and refinement, Mrs. Alexander 'had lined the walls of her room ;wltu books, all of them clas slcs. There was no cheap literature te be found but.by the Irony of fate, only the cheaper, mero sensational maga zines would ncccpt her stories. It was her ambition te write literature of a higher order, -but the wish remained ungratlfied. 0neJ)f ncr Srlea' "Whose Feet Went Down te Death," was sold te n meKazinc for $700. It n n kppIhI in the accepted style of the magazine; thut had purchased It., Her nom-de-plume in her mere serleys effejrts'was "France Alexander," but she never nllewcd this te be used en the stories that she sold, reserving It -for thetgher class of lit erature she some 'day hoped te produce. She called her stories written for im mediate financial return "scrapings." aim. Aiexnnuer wns married twice, lint, fipaf linahnn.l'a nniT Kar.n T."tnH er wns married twice, id's nVg' bdng King, ears'- . She has a lnt' ur, and is new He died some y itnn nrlin capvn1 ' . .....v ..UWU..U w ...- i vw.., ..v Mh,u . .r.M. . said, te be somewhe, .gih Lens Island. She has two brother Albert MacCau ley and Harry MacC, iley. Until Inst December she lived with a sister in Berks street, near Eighteenth. Upen the death of the sister she opened the rooming house. She wns fl forty-two yeurs J)d. JSTlie poem "Forsaken." and the following were found lu thewemun's effects:, THE LONE DOO' I'm Minn den.. a keenueca wild dag-, and ('lone; ' I'm a rough de-, a tough deg-, hunting en my own ; I'm a bad deg, a mad deg, teasing silly sheep: ' I love te alt and bay the moon, and keep " fat neula from aleep. I'll never be a lap de?, a llckln' dirty feet, A aleek dvK. a meek deg, cringing for my meat; Net for me the flreildn, the well-fllled Plate: Uut vhut deer and (harp stenea and cult and kick and hate. Net for me the ether dogs, running by my aide; Heme have run a Bhert while, but nene et them would bide Oh, mliu la Btlll the lone trail, the hard trull, the belt Wlde wind und wild stars, the hunger of the e.uest. FIND LIM' RICK WINNER BUSY WORKING ON ANOTHER LINE William Brecker Was Deping One OubWhen Caller Informed Him His Thirtieth Had Been Chesen Talk about the first thing in the morning, why, llra'ricks have gotten te be the lust thing 'at night before going te bed. As we rang the doorbell at the house et Winner Ne. !V we peered ln the window nnd found him with a paper spread before him, doping out nn answer, se that he could have a peaceful " lie ?s William Breeker, of 3327 Malta street, Kensington. The completed lim - rick is as follews: LIM'RICK NO. 30 There once was a lawyer named Jee, Reputed te be very slew;. He retired from the bar And he new drives a car Hit "ctH'et late have been "alee." But there's been no lack of speed with Mr. Brecker in sending in answers. Last year and this, he has dally filled fii the last line and en the first contest once received mention as one of the ten. Quite some time age we agreed that'll wasn't nice te say, "We told you se," hut if you .remember we susucsted that tne uuvricK cnecic weuiu provide f a ' !- Wm(Lmm furtar nrtorieFam tih Antigonish arid . '. r . . An' anlmvlfi. Mtlncidcnt In many M' t i ...i.. . 1V1. MkAMMf fia.rt nnin. t AhticrhnUh. -Neva. Scotia, .vnrKH.ii rF.iirriB i ni; idch - hleVciclted the wetlder of half the world 'nd which are new aata te nnv been Inspired by a "ghost" dlscarnate In 'Mary Ellen MacDonald. has been fet;t ,l P'ilT: nla TTnUarultv kt -...,. .. -. ,-. vThe.eplsode Investigated by Dr. Be- th spring, of 1M3, and se Insistent J the parallel, even te names an'd tem tan fUVt,rPMi nuif mittiwiiiifl. jueiii,.. 111 peramental cnaractcrisucB 01 me prin cipal actor, that Dr. Bolten decided te make it public; ' . . At that time'Dr'. Bolten had the chair of psychology at the University of, Mnntens. In Mlwieiitii. a little-town In a Valley of ,the. Blnckfoet Mountains,' nei iur irem me uauauian uuruci. The supposedly, supernatural mam mam festatiens en that. occasion Dr. Bolten found te be palpable fraud brought 6n by n . desire for notoriety, whether merely te gratify n megalomania or for sqtae. suDtl.crpiirpeSc he .Is neticcrtaln. f,W '.fnteresled by Senater Dixen '"The case,','' said Dr. Bolten, "was brought.te my attention by Jeseph M. Dlxen.ithen but lately out of the United States Senate and new Governer of the BULLET TO SOLVE MYSTERY IN WATH . Removal Frem Mrs. Landes Bedy Will Fix Range of Gun Used ACCIDENT, CORONER HOLDS i. ' ' When the, bullet thnt ""killed Mrs., Annn Lnndc, vhlle working , in the kitchen of her home nt Harleywlllc. north of Norrlstewn, Is removed and exnmlned, the authorities believe they will be able te teU wlictuer sic "" murdered, or killed , by accident. Corporal Itedney Shaves, of the Htutc police, is. In charge t I'rt". r.... mi .i.ni.nKTnairavpu it is miir- null. xnn t"jv.. "'". , , it, dcr, ns ..there' 'was a neat hole n the glass of tlie'k tchen window. This u caused by. the bullet that killed the woman last weuncsuuy uii.riu,u... Ap,.nriHnfftii Cornerul Shaver, only 1.1.H,. t.nvuiinff at ii 1 if h 'velocity, or fired at very close range, will make a clean hole. Under ether conditions n bullet shatters the glass. When the bullet Is examined it will be definitely determined whether' it wns fired from a high-power or low-power -ifla if frnm a low-power ntlc, It means murder, for n low-velocity bul iiicui.B '""'""-""--". ,- ,. ... iin.,1 ' glass. If it is a high-power miueiinc 1 Corener Neville Is convinced the sheeting was nn accident. He had u accident theory will gain in Hireiiaiu. conference with District Attorney ucn nlnger thla morning, nnd Inter wi U le ..' .Ti.i 1.-1.1 .. Innnewt Tin Hnlil the WUU1U HU,U nw ....,"v. -- -- - District Attorney hud Informed -him that no Inquest was -iccessary If he was satisfied that the woman had been accidentally shot. ' Mrs. Landcs Is a, widow, sixty -two years old. Her husband died suddenly ten years age at Grotersferd. Pa The deadweman hnd three children, all grown. Her daughter Sally was in un upstairs room when her mother died. She has told the authorities she" heard n scream, and' then heard her jnethcr fall. Running te the kitchen she found her upon the fleer dead. , Deatli Was caused by apoplexy, ec. cording te D. Vincent Keller, who wns nlln.l T.nter. whcli 'Mrs. Charles Peel. the wife of an undertaker at Sklppach.'l was aiding in preparing ine ueciy rer burlnl, she noticed n small hole under the heart. The bullet passed through the body and flattened against the spine. AUTOIST IS FREED Father of Victim Refuses te Press Charges for Accident James Stewart, whose nutomebilo ran down four-year-old Charles Lawlcr, of 4117 Sliurs Lane, Roxborough, near his home yesterday, was discharged today by Maglstratu Dern, at the request of the child's futher. Stewart, who lives at 4511 Baker street, carried the boy te the hospital. When the nurse turned her back the boy ran out und home te his mother. Hu was virtually unhurt. pretty snappy EaBter outfit, and that's just what Is going te happen te this one. Mrs. Brecker will fnre forth en n shopping tour, and what will please a woman mere t h u n a nice, fat check te take n-shop-plnj?,fer n new outfit? These are two little II r e c k e r s a boy, ten, and a girl, nine, both of whom were very and justly proud of their dnddy. Mr. Brecker is n purchn sing agent ter the WJt. 8RKCKEH Bedy Company, of Kensington, nnd weu hen',v,, te '""Kb en the rest of them?. The superintendent of the plant has become a llm'rlcker, tee, uud will .i.ewry Tep and Gatiaa4 aa rm go. Column fur aaaaaK V'aaaaB " L. . r Quackery of Noc of Same Name as With a Mary Ellen State. It seemed that a Canadian fam ily bv the name of MacDennJd, who had been living in a mountain gulch some-eight or nlne miles out of Missoula had been disturbed ,by a scricsef phe nomena and wnntcd an investigation. I told him te send them te me, and the next day MacDonald called en mc. . "MacDonald was then a youngish, geed looking mnn of about thirty-five. He was shy and reticent and then and durlrig the rest of ' acquaintance with him I get very little out of him. He told mc, however, that he was a sales man efhlgir-class liquors for a Cana dian firm. - "He ant.t In n mnHfr.ef -fOnt-CDOUgll Lwny that the phenomena nt his heuse concerncu epirit nuuimiiK night, -gliestly visions und ether some what stranger things. I said i I should like te visit the house", and he Invited me te come .en the following evening. ' 4IIn the mcantlme I mnde Inquiries concerning the family. I learned they had come te Missoula about a yeavprp yeavprp vleualy and had built the house In the mountains, but ttint nobody knew much mere than that of them. "A storm wns gathering as I maae the journey out In'" a horse und buggy ever the frightful reads that werc al- Continued eirl'sse Twen.tr. Column Fire Police Say They Made Admis-"-sien When Arrested en Aute Theft Charge VICTIM KILLED MARCH 9 'Four youths arrested for the theft of an automobile confessed, police sny, te being the occupants of the "murder enr," which struck and killed Vlncenr.le Mentaelia, twenty-five jenrs old, after It hud ruccd by u patrolman, striking him u glancing blew. Mentnelln .wus killed March 0 ut i' Twenty-third and Clearfield streets at 10 P. M by an automobile thnt ruced by nt between fifty nnd sixty miles nn hour, according te the alleged confes sion of the youths. They nre Raymond Stnrtzel, nllns ."Diamond." of H-"-' Uorden street: Wlllfum Evans, 1M50 North rlirhtli street: Francis Hei Twenty- Hertz. 2407 , Myrtlcnoed street, und Rebert Walten, 240(1 Myrtlcwoetl street. M-..ii ..,., .,.6tnii va.eniiif hv. 1F0URB0YS.C0NFESS RUNNING DEATH CAR Detective Farmer, of thu Thirty-ninth n,n.m,n 1,',11 nK Senater hecmise of the und Lancaster avenue station, for the i ,f et Polsen-sprcndcrs who nre gos ges iheft of nn automobile belonging te If 'P,n'"f'he ?cnn'" H('nt "n the auction Jeseph .uc.Miinus.en wc ncsuny. v nen Jeseiih McMunusien Wednesday. When ' .- . . . it i ,n"m -.i.i,i The four were given the "third ilnnven" tlliil nnllfflUkUll tiillAn HIV t n llillll having stolen the "murder car" en i Mari'h It. Thev admitted, detectives thJ.. w"tSVZrChea!mnUTu!?llZnhU body at least ten feet ln the ulr. Stnrtzel 1ms been sent te the Hqusq of Detention te await the uctien of-'the Corener in the denth of Montella. He was arrested last night at -n business college in Tenth street. Hertz nnd Ilviins were each held in $."000 ball by Magistrate Stevenson today en a charge of stealing un auto mobile. Walten lias been locked up en a commitment at the Thirty-ninth Dis trict. i WALL ST.'S 'SHREWDEST WOMAN' HAS HIDDEN RICHES $1,000,000 In Jewels and Securities , Found Total Estate $3,500,000 New Yerk, March 17. Mere ei ei dence thut Mrs. Suruli .1. Wjkeff Bent, who died a few months age ln her home in the Itrmu, well earned her title of "the shrewdest wennin operator in Wnll street," was unearthed today. Temporary administrators of her es tate, going te one of several safe deposit boxes rented by her, discovered mere than u million tleJIurs worth of jewels und securities which no one knew about. This discovery, plus n state ment from the banking house of J, P, Morgan & Ce., thieiigh which ,shc traded, that she had left an .fM2, 0(1(1 cash deposit there, led the administra tors te cstlmute her entire fortune ut mere than ft.r.OO.OOO. h Of this sum her second IimkIiuimI, Themas C. Bent, will receive ?1,r00, 000, while ether relatives will get the rest. Her will will be offered for probate next week. The late J. P. Morgan was quoted as having termed her the cleverest wemun en the market and this reputation led many, of her younger friends te come te her ter tips. During the panic of 11107, when steel dropped almost out of sight, Mrs. Bent bought heavily aud inudu liulf a million dellurs. DISCUSS RAIL REGULATIONS State Commissioners and I. C. C. Trying te Conform te Court Decision Washington, March 17. (By A. P.) State railroad commissioners and members of the Interstate Commerce Commission today considered what i changes .in railroad regulative policies should be made in view of the recent Supreme Court dicUlen in the Wiscnn- i sin case holding Ktute rates ta be within the jurisdiction of the Federal foui feui foui missien. ' The session was executive, und it wns indlcttcd might be prolonged. Com mittees were annotated te lni-mtliriiii. and report en special braiu'hcs Of the suujcct Dcierc tue mint session The Supreme Court, in the M iscep- sin case. n overruling thu' contentions -ontentlens ns te me, powers or Htute r bedies. recommended that the t'Kiiiuuve i lie I'Cderai Commission move toward u mare mm plete co-eperntlnn with the State Gov -J vruiuvuiB hi eainiriiiK in jurisdiction, ARK YOU I.OOKIM1 FOR HKf.r? PER- hp the vary iron ou want U iidver tlslnc unatr Situations en rate 30. Adv, BELLWANTSJOB; T-IW'rT Pittsburgh Banker Emphatically Denies Rumors of Financial Deal for Senate Seat 'WOULDN'T PAY PENNY NOR PERMIT FRIENDS TO DO SO' J Meanwhile Supporters of Majer Reed, Are Continuing " Beem Special nUfiatch te Evening PutHe Ledger Pittsburgh, March 17. Jehn A. Bell, Pittsburgh millionaire, who, according te rumors instantly denied, wns te be the beneficiary ' of a scheme by which Senater William B. Crew would resign In favor of Bell, provided Mr. Bell underwrote Crew'a financial liabilities, issued the following statement today : "I have been informed recently that Senater Crew's physician have advised him that his health will net permit him te become a candidate te succeed him self in the United States Senate. If such Is the case T will probably become a candidate te succeed Senater Crew. 'I'cannet tee strongly deny the re port that a monetary proposal is under consideration In connection with the question of my candidacy. "I would net consider aisumlnjr any monetary obligation te secure the nom ination or support. I would net pay se much as a penny, nor would I permit my friends te de se, for the nomina tion or the Indersement of any mnn, faction or party. "Ne payment hns been made or will he mnde by me or any of my friends. Ne tiremlseJi hnve been made, cither dl rectlv or through my friends, nor will imy ee maac directly or Dy Implication The whole report of a monetary con- i ulflni-fltln.. lu fnlm ..... ll..l.... ...! ...I.I. out foundation in fact." " Senater Crew, who Ih n patient inibe effected in this session 01 inarcs, -Mercy Hexpital. where he has hecn for uiTcc inentns. still maintains silence. One report tedny was that Senater (row. ready a few dnys age te with draw, permlttlnc Governer Sproul te appoint Mr. Bell as his succesf-er. has (lecmeii. ns a resit t nf the renerteil deal." net te rcslirn. nml Inxt'eml will himself be the candidate for the Re-, enccs of opinion between the various publican nomlnutlen in the Mnv pri- departments hnve been tee sharp te be mariei. I reconciled. Mr. Harding himself saying Anether rcnert wns that If f'rnw de-, u Bhert time age that he had net get jeldes te de this, he will find Bell an n 50 per cent agreement among mem mem epnnnent In the primaries. i ,,u nf the Cabinet. Meanwhile tnlk Incrensea of Mnlnr David A. Reed, of Pittsburgh, for the nlace. If Reed should be slated, the law office of Reed, Smith, Shnw & Real, formerly Knox & Reed, "would in n space of twenty years have iilaced two members of the firm In the Vnltcd Stutea Heiuitn. us one nf llm fniin.lnru nf rhe linn wns the lain Knnninr P. n Knox. Governer Sproul snld In this elrr . day that he would net be swerved 'fmm "10., " "em"er .r.ew resigns " ,,,m A Vj" " A ""' , ,difficul tnir m "' i gef higl (ntr mnn in tnl?. n .i- .1 : .V . 11 ...... .... ..i..k in iiueuc '" l""' " "iivrcsi in nUDUCi Hl I'll the tioverner sii (I T.1'". " . :r .'" .. . . ", , Let. .H,n' P'0.'"". Imi -. v umue ic tneir Dusl- COn,"","! n ,,tt" T"rn,' VU'mn Se,cn DIGS UPJS3500JW SILVER Cenwelt's "Acres of Diamonds" In Real Life en New Yerk Farm Buffalo, N. Y., March 17.(rjy A. P.) The police nml the Sheriff's office today were trying te solve the problem of hew bar silver worth fie tween ?3."00 and ?4000 came te be burled en the farm of Lewis Sa'men, near T.asnlle. Salmen called en a Buffalo jeweler yesterday with u sample of thu metal which he had turned up with u spade. Then he reported his find te the police and, neenmpunied by nn officer, returned te tne iarm They due un fem-fuur bars, each six Inches long, three Inches wide nnd half an inch thick. The soil showed no ..... ..,.,. ,,,,,,, ,.,.,, n,,-, ii i.i buried. I he bars were found ut varying depths from one te four feet below the surface. elfl.1, lltfll ill.. Ivlllllnti 1....1 !..... .1.. SALOONKEEPER SENT TO JAIL, WEEPS Peter Mikenis, ft saloonkeeper at Sixteenth and Weed streets, was sentenced te siic months In prison nnd n SIOOO fine, and hib bartender wns sentenced te three months in jail by Judge Thomp son today for violations of the prohibition law. Mikenis wept. SHOE MANUFACTURERS WANT ANOTHER WAGE CUT BROCKTON, MASS., MnrcU 17. The Brockton Shee Manu facturers' Association will seek a further wage reduction en the ground that the 10 per cent cut ordered recently by the State Beard of Conciliation and Arbitration was net sufficient te meet n demand for quality shoes at lower prices and net cemmcnsuiate with reduced llviug costs. The beard's recent decision affected 120,000 werkcis in the foity-feur factories. v SCREAMS BRING AID Family Fights Fire Until Engine Arrive The fnmily of Benjiimiit (Jameren, of linilreud avenue near Kehler street, Gloucester, N. .T.; fought llre ln the Kitchen of their home for twenty mln- lltl'S lit 4 ft'flVlf till.. l.U.I II ll.rr l.nfnfn (,e llre apparatus wus summoned. Mice gnawing mutches, It is believed, started the bluze, The two children, Mury,t?W10. They evidently opened the safe nine, und Jehn, eleven, screamed for .with little difficulty, us there was net help until the neighbors were aroused, and the alarm turned lu. ' DO YOJJ WANT A V8KI AtlTOMdllllj;? The cUMlllcd column of tlie I'ublle Ledftr Hit neni et the lira t Imrnalnii te be, round In Ud Cara en peiti su and 30. Adv. Grand Jury at Werk , in McConnell Inquiry i ' J. Herman Barnflcy, Newtown, foreman. Gertrude Biddlc, Wellington Apartments, ' Philadelphia. J. II. Craig, Rending, Jeseph J. Delp, Wind Gap. Wilsen D. Derwnrd, Allentown. It. H. Gerhard, Tiega street, Philadelphia. Eleaner Grep'p, 1200 Spruce street, Philadelphia. Charles F. Haigh, filU North Warnock street, Philadelphia. Frank A. Haas, Oreficld. It. B. James, Chester. J. J. McKnlght, Pottsville; Jehn C. Merlen, Wnld. Frank P. Merz, Allentown. M. M. Ucutz, Lancaster. Whltcfield Pritchnrd, Banger. Helen B. Seip, Bosten. Jehn Slnnen, New Hepe. II. C. Stanbnugh, nchrcrsburg. Marshall F. Wilkinson, Reading. William T. Woodrew, Chester. HARDING SUPPORTS FALL ON ALASKA Control by Interior Department Will Mean Policy of " Development ISSUE 'BEFORE CONGRESS Bv CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Cerreepandent Eienlns Vubllc T-de Copyright. 11S3, lv Public Ledger Company Washington, March 17. Indlcntlens are thnt Secretary ran nns succrcii In pcrsundlnlg the President that the control of Alnska should be cenccn- trnted in his department. IVVila rafnrm 111 ItllOIlt nil tllC rCOT Ignnizing of the departments, which will it in.liul, a hill enrrvinc it out can he get through Congress, where n bitter fight will be made by the conservationists of the Glfferd Tinchet type against put ting the authority ever the Alnska for ests In the hands of Mr. Fall. Reorganization nil nieng me iiiieim-- ikmvnl inn difficult n problem. Differ I'n.t. hna henn nne of. the crvlmr i-candals of Government lack of or er or gnnizntlen. At present It is In the hands of thirty-two bureaus, here In Washington nnd net nil in one depart ment. Under this hick of system Alaska's development has been checked nnd tiie population of the territory has declined 10.000 in recent years. , Investment is uiseeurngeu, iinrnium being unable te conform te the vnrieu.i Investment Is Uiseeurngeu, investors having authority. President te Visit Alaska As President Harding means te visit Alaska liimc i tins summer he is nut - - : -. ..... .. . i ..rtn..A ntiil flii nnnulilernrlnn 1m rfsn,in n.,.l tliU nnniiMnrntlnn lu reuuin. K1.lrc' ' , V : V 'I i who for the determination te separate Ataiu from the general reorganization -;,,pmB nntl ut threUKh cenecntratlun of,f'iut,,erit' VCr t,,C territ0rj' by ,t- self. ,,..,. , . .. ., , will be hnr.1 cnuugh te put threiml. erm of the Alaskan chaos as this It a referi Continued an Pane 'fwrmr. Column One PRESIDENTDELAYS RETURN Prolongs His Stay at St. Augustine Untll Tomorrow c ., , ,n St. Augustine, Fte., March 17. (By A- P.) Pieshlent Hurdlng had an ad- ditienal day of vacation te leek for- wurd te tedny ns u result of his de- clsinn te deln his departure for Wash- ingten until tomorrow. Announcement of the change in the President s plans was made late yes- tirdnj. He nluns in the un-antime te t-btuin us much benefit as possible from ...e i.-u ni'i-c, . iininii ui geu in ill. .morning and u quiet afternoon ln hN hotel npnrtintut were the President's Uregram jesterduj. 1.!.. Mn.. t. ...... t 1 -t 1 !. .1 EXPERTS CRACK SAFE Get $500 Loet Without Making Scratch en Warehouse Streng Bex Robbers, believed te be eipert lock- smiths, cracked a sufe hi the woolen warehouse of Jeseph C. Hanec, Queen and Swanson streets, curly this mnrnln i""'1 Bt0lc cas',, una JcwelrJ' valued at a scratch en it In addition Je taking the money the relbcrs atolt-twe watches ami twQ rlngH they found In n desk. In thelr-hunt 9m nthaM ml ! n 11 & lL.. ...ii . a for ether valuables they scattered books uu 1'Bi'eia arvuuu lav emcc, U.S. STARTS PROBE District Attorney Celes Take Personal Charge, Replacing T. Henry Walnut BANK BOOKS OF FORMER DRY ENFORCERS SCANNED Inquiry Gets Under Way Despite Reported Political Attempts te Sidetrack It OUSTED OFFICIAL ABSENT Fermer Prosecutor Repeats Willingness te Tell of Evidene Against Ex-State Senater Evidence against William C. Mc Connell, former Prohibition 'Director for Pennsylvania, was laid before the federal Grand Jury today under the personal direction of United States Die trict Attorney Celes. The third -fleer corridor in the Fed eral Building outside the Grand Jury room wns crowded with witnesses. De- nnrtment of Justice agents mingled In " " ---. niH mingle,! In 'c CI te guard against possible , "i.w...8. rranK j. Wilsen, acting ngent in charge of the special intelligence bu reau of the Internnl Revenue Serica here, wns the first called before the grand jurors today. His bureau Is charged with unearthing big bootlegging plots. Qui McConnell's Secretary Testimony also wns given by tr. Edith Mnwsen, formerly secretary te McCennell: Miss B. K. Wile, chief clerk of the permit division, and Miss ?'VMi,(,,lct0.n "unU Mlss Margaret nlh, clerks in the same division; The young women were equipped with documents covering mere than a hun dred case which came up whetr 31c- State WS "Ur" Chief ln " K. L. Breldllngcr ' presldeht et tilt Dill Company, of Nprriatewn, and Harry T: Frank, of the"!. (3. W. DrK Company, 1730 Sansom street, testified v....vM..s nin-Kjr .winierawais alleaed AnJuJt 3i?ei '" t,,c,r """yw" i,.i, i.i . . .. . .jf"0' ' "W ft were credited wlta Bank Empleyes Called f s.miuiic-i iii nrvurai iiiiriuu n ca hnM , been snhnnnnne,! iT T..J ... , . "5 i.;" "' V.;-. '. '""uii uiera ...a i .. .. . ! -".,'m. ui. 'uiieneu ns ii u liquor tide rose hisher t ii n-i.... ... .. : "'snir , w-ine-Vini'. .V' .'. 1 V' '".w"f ,,"c ! (j,,1 17?......-.' .".' t " 1"neu n ", te be" summoned, nltheuBh he t , ta' OF MCDNNELL i . 'J'.fl i said teduj he wus willlnc te relate nil lh flu.,H he gnlllcd dur,'ns,emr0IXs "of " investigation. uiue ui Mr. Wulnut jcsterduv siilil lm ... removed from office because he was un covering facts that were throwing PennHvlvunla ueliticiuns Inte n sfntn ,.? terrified expectancy. Washington au- tlieritles ridiculed the assertion, but de- clined te tell why Mr. Wulnut hail been e,,stC(1 en tl,c evc et the Grand Jury session. ' The members of the Grand .Turv nre ' said te desire the presence of Mr. Wal- nut te assist in their Investigation The Antl-Snloeu League is closely 'watching cverv move in tint eus I and desires te huve Mr. Walnut called Unto the Grand Jury room te complete ' the evidence lie has nsseinlili-il lv M..rlr. i lug day and night for months 4 Ill.. 1 .. s iivvv iignc is inrewn Oil tin' liquor ring case it presents thu aspect of a large conspiracy reaching into the mere ' populous counties of the State. Politicians are upprcheusU'c. They i fenr that the evidence Is charged with djnnmlte powerful enough te tear te shreds many plans that huve beeu care- , full mudu in readiness for the May primaries. On McConnell Case Mr. Walnut ulse was going te nress for the indictment of William C, Mc 1 Council, who held en te his seat in I the. State Senate after his appointment as Prohibition Director for I'ennsjl- 1 vnnln. I Pressure of public opinion finnlly forced McConnell te resign as State 'Senater. Then his two chief aides in the prohibition office, Albert F. Slater und Hiram W. Hemicr, were Indicted i through Mr. .Wulnut's efforts. A prohibition efiiciul wns sent here with the title of associate prohibition director and for a time all .McConnell did was te draw his sulury ns director. Finally McConnell was thrown out al together, lie is new in Fleridu, trying i te repair his nervous system. I The evidence went further than the prohibition office, however. It reached Inte villous counties in Kastcru nnd Western Pciuisjlvnnln, including Scluij 1KI1I County, wheiv State Trcas- urer Snjder Is the pelllleul leader. I . In the Investigation dliected by Mr. i Walnut attention was given te Ijuhey J. Smith, said te have been Interested . ' Cenllniirtl en 1'nse Tttrnlr, Column Tw MAYOR FOR OPEN MEETINGS OF TRANSIT DIRECTORATE Would Have Public and Preai Ad mitted te All Gatherings Mayer Mourn Is going te urge, that .1 ......I...... .. 1. I, IT ,11 ,1 ' . l. mien te the nresw n'n.l ,.i,hW Becuusu se much has been said alieUt f'QCrct hCRTnH " aiujer, felte as u rt-picsentutlvt; of the city en the beard, that the mcetlngK should be open m tht tll0..,,mbJ.,c "",' ,Knv. wlint "Plri. ,ll,'i Mnyer will attend n mcetla( ' ' if;gterH 'nduy afternoon,- I ' """""'""-ma. a When fn think f wrIMntf i '?, I i m- 4 K ' 'r liitnK ui- .if.riiff,--uHK7l . a't. -.7f ' V mm Jt -teJ:A JMhk&M tkfiiWV'tA . t t ... , i . I ?, W. J. 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