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W$MiP'i' March.17. The bitterness of
BrvWll wrath against- the north for the
tu -'---- Mrt.a f wtartan Mayings in
jKsrSttat has been intensified by Sir
r James Craig s speech nt the opening et
te Ulster Parliament nntl hid Intention
etf- giving' General Sir Henry Wilsen,
former chief of staff, of the British
army, the tank of restoring order.
The south has no confidence In Gen
eral Wilsen. It frankly, predict that
he will be mere concerned with organ ergan
ising the Orange side of the feud thnn
ln'a general round-up of gunmen. The
J teas asserts that the murders could
ate been stepped by the declaring of
rMfrtlal law. and argues that this was
Set done because the proclamation
tumid have been enforced Impartially
by tbe military. .
" Beth in public and private discussion
the treiible in the north Is. regarded as
owing fomented for the purpose of caus
ing the treaty te be broken bv aggravat
ing the'seuth te the point of conflict.
Talk of civil war is net uncommon.
Members of the Previsional Government
are understood te see in Sir James'
speech n threat against Catholic popula pepula
tie In the six counties, and for this
reason they have protested te Great
Britain.
As if preparing for war, the northern
' constables continue te dig trenches
actesa the reads and te destroy bridges
along the harder. 3eme of these have
been repaired, but the next night they
re again blocked and warnings posted
for contractors te keep their bands off.
The vehicular traffic across the boundary
is diminishing dally.
Approximately GOOO soldiers and. al al
meat as many constables are at the dis
posal of General Wilsen. It is planned
te 'recruit the constabulary te 10,000.
These forces arc for a population of
about one million, of which the south
claims' 40 per cent are Nationalists.
Fresh demands for the restoration
ef'.the Belfast boycott are being made
by various organizations in the south
and it is likely that the matter will be
considered at the next meeting of the
Dall Cebinet.
Cerk, March 17; (By A. P. i Four
Krsens were wounded In a clash today
tween Republican police and persons
following n brass band. The members
of the precession ignored orders te dis
perse and shots were exchanged, One of
the. wounded was a policeman.
Belfast, March 17. (By X P.)
Net an Inch of Ulster territory will be
yielded te Southern Ireland,' speakers
at the Kllktel Orange meeting last eye
nlng declared. - j "
Harry Mulbelland. member of the
Ulster Parliament, son of Lord Dun
lath, told the. meeting the Orangemen
had decided te have nothing te de with
tt Boundary Commission established
by.the Angle-Irish treaty.
''Before we yield an inch of our ter
ritory te the rebels they will have te
' kill twenty or thirty thousand Orange
men," he declared.
, lad Craig, wife of the Ulster Pre
j saler, also spoke saying the Premier's
recent tour had resulted in a deter
mination en hli part' never te allow
an Inch of territory "te be filched from
Ulster."
Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes
Wilsen, who is' formulating plans for
maintaining order in Ulster, arrived In
Belfast today from England. He will
, leave for a tour of the border after
assaulting with Hemn Secretary Bates.
. Flax mills and farm houses near the
Tyrene -Monaghan border are being
commandeered by Irish Republican
troops and bridges and reads are made
virtually impassable. Traffic is possi
ble only through the field and lanes.
Tension is increasing and the populace
is alarmed.
Much firing went en during last
night. Hundreds of shots were heard
by, the sentry at the Aughnacloy.
County Tyrene., special barracks. It
was surmised that the Republican
r troops, fearing an attack, had fired nt
a areun of men seen In the mnmiliThf-
Special constables from Aughnacloy and
Caleden were en patrol duty in lorries
The men senrehced recently at En
nlskillen te long terms et penal .ervi
tade,in connection with the kidnapping
raid have begun a hunger strike in the
Ixjndenderry jail. In Belfast the Sinn
Fein prisoners, as a pretest against
eedfiscment, are refuting te exercise.
Harding Supports
Fall en Alaska
CMitnucd from Fue On
has been one of the bitterest fightB of
recent years. The control of the Alaska
forest. 15.000,000 acres and extremely
vt-luable, is the biggest Issue. At pres
,t it is under the Forestry Bureau in
tka Department of Agriculture.
Secretary Wallace has wished te keep
u.a Secretary Fall has insisted upeu
having it. At one time it wns snld
that if either man failed in his object,
he would resign from the Cabinet and
a short time age, .Mr. Fall's friends let
it be -known that he was getting ready
te retire.
The row started when TaCt wai
President and wns fought out between
Seetetary Bellinger nnd GuYerd Pinch Pinch
eti then Chief Ferester. It ended in
the dismissal of Tinchet and In the
Wblic discrediting of Balllnger. But
the Illogical urraugement with regard
te,the Alaska forests wns net disturbed,
ltfbae continued te this day.
( Conservation Issue Involved
!t is mere than a contest ever organi ergani organi
len. The forestry bureau has strict
conservationist idens. The Interior De
partment, en the contrary, believes in
opening the way te development by
private capital. "Impractical" Is the
i-barge hurled at one faction : "reac
tionary" Is thp wildest word ever ap
plied te the qther;
If Mr. Fall gels control of Alaska
a complete changc.ef policy with regard
te,.' the resources there Is certain te fol fel
low.' But' the Pinchot policy has been
tried and Alaska net been developed.
Jt may prove impossible, te get the
Alaska .reorganisatien through in time
se' that, Mr.' Harding., can cap It by
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. ,i4t,ig vuv ii;iiiivrj xue l-uiihervuueil-
A , aw urn viiersvuc ami lungresi uas lt:l
&V, .hands full.
LvfefY x )If tnc reorganization gees through,
UgtV'fJiw w"l be em bureau of Alaska, In
WLnip& Interior ,, Department, having its
Vf? . '& 'If the reorganization roes thrnnpli.
Mrwrs will net have te, spend .their
p JlQivmt running about from bureau 1(0
PKfcjWeauln Washington trying te satisfy
J: &? tradlc,tery requirements of iudc-
,v:Hit authorities,
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Pa.. March 17. Klre. be-
due te crossed wires, gutted the
M. iMvlu Art here yesterday.
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CsatltaM frssi Pass Oas
la' the release of liquor from the High!
spire distillery, near lltrrisbury.
Smith is a political lieutenant et
8nydcr in Schuylkill Cennty, lie was
en the State payroll as special auditor'
and investigator when Snyder was
Auditor General.
Denial by Snytcr
'Mr. Snyder came here today from
his home In Pe'ttsville? arriving at the
Heading Terminal at 10:00 o'elock',
He was smltlnz and jaunty with his
cane and white gloves.
But his smile disappeared when he
was told of renertn' that he nnd ftmKh
had been Involved in Walnut's rum in
vestigation. "I can hardly believe that my name
has been mentioned in the case," he
unlet, Indignantly. "T will have no
difficulty clearing my skirts. My rec
ord In Schuylkill County is open te in
vestigation. '
As for the rumors regarding Smith,
Stiydcr said these were equally base
less. The only reason for them, he
added, was that Smith once accepted
a ride en 11 truck from Harrlsburg
te Pettsvllle with a man who was later
found te be cennctted with drug com
panies, which were diverting liquor
te bootleggers.
Snyder, who said he had come here
with the single purpose of attending a
meeting of the Bridge Commission, ex
pressed surprise at Mr. Walnut's re
moval. I consider him a hlili-elnss official."
Snyder observed.
At Washington today officials would
net dlicuss the lfnunr Investigation in
detail. They said that if the Grand
Jury here indicts McConnell, the ac
tion will be a sufficient answer te the
assertion Mr. Walnut wa.s removed for.
pressing for the indictment.
Sure of Case Against McConnell
Government officials fcald thev were
confident that sufficient evidence has
been obtained against McConnell. Dis
cussing rumors that mentioned Snyder's
name, the officials' said there was no
evidence warranting fiction against
him.
Officials of the Department of Jus Jus
tlce are keeping in almost constant
contact with District Attorney Celes.
Officials of the prohibition unit said
thev were no longer interested in the
McConnell case, which is entirely in the
nanus et Justice Department men.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes is
absent from Washington today, but
Assistant Commissioner .Touch declared
Mr. Walnut was net removed for plan
ning action against politicians, which
Mr. Celes also reiterated tfxluy. Mr.
Jenes said he could net discuss the
reasons back of Mr. Wnlnu't dis
missal. Much Whisky Released
Te provide the history for the entire
case, a history vouched for by Mr. Wal
nut today, it is necessary te co back te
the time when former State Senater
McCenrtell was Prohibition Director
for Pennsylvania.
There were many damp areas in the
State when he took charge, but within
two months alcoholic liquor appeared
te be plentiful In Eastern and Western
Pennsylvania.
Hundreds of thousands of gallons of
whisky were released from bended
warehouses, forged permits flourished,
liquor shipments were diverted and
boetlegsers began sporting bigger dia
monds and costlier automobiles.
Then. Iat October. Benner nnd Sla
ter, MeCennell's nldtW, were caught
in an alleged conspiracy involving the
withdrawal of and diversion of large
quantities of alcoholic liquors. Mr.
Walnut took charge of the Investiga
tion. Mr. Celes, it is understood, would
net commit himself wlfu respect te ac
tien against McConnell. Mr. Walnut
continued te prepare his case and was
ready te go befere the December Grand
Jury.
Mr. Celes had been in Washington
for three days, and en the first Sunday
of December Mr. Walnut took up with
him the evidence he intended ie present
te the Grand Jury.
Hears of Fake Deliveries
The United States Attorney was
shown that permits had been issued te
persons and firms for withdrawals, but
that the whisky had never been de
livered te the persona and firms named
In the permits.
He was told of the case, of the Dill
Chemical Company, of Norrlstewn,
which was credited with 7500 gallons
of liquor it never received. He was
shown that .'10,000 gallons of liquor had
f been released in that manner.
Mr. Walnut produced evidence tend
ing te show that one man had handled
85.000 galleng of whisky in sixty days
and that a total of 150,000 gallons had
been released by fraud.
But Mr. Celes, it is understood, pro
tested against the Indictment of Mc
Connell. Mr. Walnut said be would net
be a party te smothering the case, but
be was assured he would net be smoth
ering It. Finally, Mr. Celes said be
would pass the December Grand Jury
and lay the evidence before the Prohi
bition Commissioner at Wnshlneten.
1 This would give the authorities n chance
te "fire McConnell anil then a. special
Grand Jury could be called, Mr. Celes
Is reported te have bald.
Walnut Spurred Attorney General
The case dragged en nnd Mr. Walnut
wrote a forceful letter te the Attorney
General's department setting forth his
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views, un rruruary -1 me uranu .mry
was convened. Xe action was taken
about the alleged liquor ring mid the
jury's term was about te expire.
Finally, Mr. Walnut said that un
less he was "fired" by the next Wed
nesday he would go ahead. On the
following Monday he was ordered te
present n report of the cane te the
Washington authorities. He went te
Washington Monday night and went
ever the evidence with Mabel Walker
Willebraut, an Assistant Attorney
General.
She told Mr. Walnut she did net be
lieve he had a case, but finally advised
him te go ahead with his evidence. He
returned te Philadelphia determined te
seek indictments net only for McCon
nell nnd Wolf, but for some of the lead
ing bootleggers in the State.
Mr. Walnut had his lines all out, his
evidence ready and was prepared te lay
the entire en se bpferc the Grand Jury.
Then came the letter from Washington
accpting the resignation he had for fer
w aided last July.
With Mr. Walnut's removal the task
of prosecuting the case fell en Mr. Celes,
who was appointed en recommendation
of Senater Penrose, who also had been
instrumental in naming McConnell an
Prohibition Director.
MOTORISTS WARNED
Told te Be Careful te Protect
Men
Labering in the 8trests
Ir IS up te motorists te protect uni
formed workmen whom duties require
that they be In the streets, declared
Corener Knight today when he held
William II. Flamer, a Negro, of 1811
Cambria street, without bail for the
Grand Jury, charged with "criminal
neglect" In driving his automobile.
The truck Flamer was driving struck
nnd killed -Antonie (lattl, sixty years
old. nuts Cljmer street, a, street cieantr
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Jeseph R. Ward, of Jersey City (right), voluntarily adaaltted te'
authorities trying te solve the Bremen murder mystery thai ha 'is the
writer of letters addressed te "Mrs. D. Nelen, Palmyra, N. S.," which
were called for at the postefflee by the daughter of the murdered man
and were intended for Mrs. Brunen. He was formerly a ballyhoo man
with the Brunen circus. He is being questioned In Mount Helly by
Ellis Parker, llurllncten County detective (left) and Captain James
F. Larklns, et the Jersey City police (center)
Ballyhoo Man Wrete
Notes te Mrs, Brunen
Continued from race Use
Pnrkstrem. Xobedy was under airest.
Brunen tried te asxnult Pnrkstrem,
until he learned that he and Hazel had
been married. Then he drenncd the
charges he bad intended te make against
him.
"Brunen came te the station house
nnd saw his wife. He put out his arms
te her and hugged and kissed her.
He said, 'Heney, I thought eu'd gene
away for geed. Let's go borne and try
te be happy.' "
The statements taken by Captain
Larklns were turned ever by him, he
said, te Acting Chief Leenard, who hus
forwarded them te Detective Parker.
Ward told Detective Parker that he
had net seen Brunen at nny time since
October 31. 1 lie had net plnnned te go
out with Brunen's show this year. He
told Detective Parker that he had signed
up with the Bensen show for the com
ing season. The Brunen show closed
its last season In October of last year,
with a performance In Camden, at
Twelfth and Federal streets.
Ward finally was asked if he had
known Werner. "I never bothered
with Werner." be sold. "He was n
disagreeable devil, and I kept away from
him ns much as 1 could. 1 never uearu
htm make any threats against Brunen's
life."
Ward did net arrive until se late
thnt the town of Mount Helly wns for
the nient part fast aalecp when the au
tomobile In which Captain Larklns
brought him drove up te Farmer's of
fice. The questioning began nt once
nnd lasted until 2:15 o'clock .Ms morn-
ln- . . ...
Ward denied Knewing anytuing aueui
the sheeting, lit' is a bie. powerful,
clenn-cut man nnd was indignant that
he should be even suspected of having
shot Brunen from behind.
After he had breakfast at tne netei,
Ward made the following brief state
ment :
"There is net much I can say about
hi nffnlr. except that I want it dis-
tinetlv understood that 1 never de my
fighting from behind.
Has "Nothing ti Fear"
n,i T leek like n man who would
sheet a person in the back? I've hed
fiahts plenty of them in my lifetime,
Dllt 110 OIK.' CVCl luuill ru) iu..i uui
Ward attacked him from behind. I
have nothing te fear. My conscience
R elenr se far as the death of Jehn
Brunen is concerned.
"I never had a quarrel with him at
any time nnd hed no occasion te quar
rel with him. I came here te prove that
I was in no way responsible for that
dastnrdly nnd cowardly murder. If I
knew anything at nil about It. If I
could threw the lenst light en it for
the authorities, I would be only tee
glad te de se."
Ward was asked te explain why lie
had written letters under the name of
"D. Ward" te Mrs. Brunen nt the Pal
myra Postoffice, where they were ob
tained by Hazel Brunen, the daughter.
Ward shrugged his shoulders and re
plied : "Detective Parker has ndvlsed
me net te say anything about that."
"Did veti ever hear Mrs. Brunen
threaten te hnrni her husband?"
"Ne." he answered; "never."
"Did you ever hear uny one else
make such threats?"
"Ne. If 1 bud, I'd be glad te tell all
I knew."
Explained His Alibi
Ward was found at 10 Reed street.
Jersey City, where he lived with a sis
ter. He was picked up last Saturday
at the request of Paikcr, Interrogated
by the Jersey City police and his det
position tent te Mount Helly for exam
Indtinn. Detective Parker yesterday
telephoned te Acting Chief of Police
lieenurd, l Jerbey City, nnd nsked
that Ward be brought ever for an ex
amination. Ward agreed readily. His
alibi, which he had given te the Jersey
tien, was checked up and verified by
them. He repeated il te Parker in the
early heurH of this morning.
Friday night, when the murder was
committed in Mrunen s nome at uiver
sldc, N. J., as he sat reading the paper
near the kitchen window, Ward was in
Jersey City, as he proved te Parker's
satisfaction.
He was paid off at Charles Hayes &
Sen's blacksmith shop, where he
worked, at 5:10 o'clock, receiving SH8
for his week's work. He went home te
supper, washed and went te the "mov
ies," left there at 8:45 o'clock, returned
home, stepping en the way nt a store
te buv a quart brick of ice cream. He
arrived at 0:05 o'clock.
Brether Defends Mrs. Brunen
Harry Mehr, Mrs. Brunen's brother,
today denied that she had been in Ho He Ho
beken with Ward. Mrs. Brunen could
net be seen, except from n distance.
She appeared a while at a window.
sorting papers and examining what
seemed te be n bank book,
Walter S. Keewu. e'f Camden, Mrs.
Brunen's lawyer, denied thnt Ward had
written te Mrn. Brunen under the name
of "Mrs. D. Nelen," nnd guve an en
tirely different explanation of these
letters, which he udmlttcd, however,
she had received.
Keown made his denial ever the
telephone, after he had called up De
tective Perker, but had been unable te
reach him.
"If Ward says he wrote these letters
he 1h a liar," declared Kcewn. "Mrs.
Brunen received letters nddressed te
her as 'Mrs. D. Nelen' from her sister,
Miss Mnttle Mehr, who lives in Phila
delphia, "Miss Mehr was present at the shoot sheet
ing in the Brunen home at Christmas,"
said Mr. Keown, "and she sided with
her sister, Mrc. Brunen. Therefore
Jehn Brunen put ber out. Naturall
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letters at the Riverside posteffice, or
in her own name for fear they would
fall into her husband's hands."
Later two men came .in nn automo
bile with a New Xerk license. When
they had gene Mehr said they were in
surance adjusters, who came tp talk
about Brunen's insurance.
"The $23,000 insurance, as' the papers
called it," said Mehr, "really 'amounts
te $2000."
Hazel Brunen flitted In'a'nd out of the
house tedsy, engaged in housework, but
had nothing te say. Mehr and Gus
Benten, the latter the show's .'press
agent, dreve off shortly beforc'neon In
Mehr s car for Delaware, en a mission
believed te be connected ''with the .show.
Anether mau Is te be 'brought today
te Mount Helly te be Interrogated, De
tective Parker said; this morning. He
Is Paul Durrcll, of Paterson. formerly
a conccsslennalre With Brnnen's circus.
He has been questioned by the Pater
son police, and his' statement sent te
Parker. The county detective get Inte
touch with the Paterson authorities
again yesterday, nftcr making n careful
study of the statement, and asked that
Durrell be sent en for examination.
Durrcll hns agreed te go, nnd will be
taken te Mount Helly under the same
conditions as Ward was net under nr
rcst. hut under the escort' of a repre
sentative of the police.
EXPECT PACT WILL
PASS BYTWO VOTES
Pell of Senators Shows 64- in
Fayer of Pacific Treaty,
29 Opposed
WashliNten, March 17. President
Harding may leek forward te a cheerful
homecoming en Sunday. Administration
leaders en Capitel Hill will greet him
witli categorical evidence that the
Washington Conference no longer la in
danger of wreckage.
Victory for the four-Power pact, and
in its train for all the Conference
treaties, is nil but an accomplished fact.
It became se last night, following the
first day's lull in the tempestuous rati
fication bnttle, when treaty leaders
carefully counted noses.
The Pacific pnet is safe by a mini
mum vote of 04 votes for ratification
nnd a maximum vote of 20 against.
The latlficatlenlsts include ,55 Repub
licans nnd nine Democrats. At least
two votes mere than the required two
thirds (02) nre irrevocably in sight.
If there are changes, they will be in
the direction of an increased vote for
ratification.
The correspondent has reason te be
lieve that the following tabulation ac
curately represents the actual forces for
and against the Four-Power Treaty in
their picsent-heur alignment:
Fer Ratification 64
Ecpubllrans. S3
nn !.
Kr.11.dw fnnn.
llurium. N M.
Calrter. N. T.
CniTen. N M.
C'HPppr. Kui.
roll. R. 1.
Cummlnn. la.
Curtln. Kan
Dillingham. Vt.
tt'i Pent, Del
Kilse. N. J.
Biklna. W, Vt.
Krn(, Kv.
IVrnalrt, M.
f"rllneliuyii 11. N. J.
Ooeclltitr, Idal.e.
Hal. Mc.
Hah aid Olda.
Jen. M'nah
Kelleirr. Minn.
Ky-, N. H.
Idd. N. D
l.nrnet Win.
Ledft, Man.
MciVirmiclt, II!
McCumber. N". D.
McT.Min, Conn.
McNary. Or.
MOIIC, ?.. II
Nelaen, Minn.
New, Ind,
NnvMrry. Mich
Nichelson. Cnl.
To'erbiclc. 3. D.
Nerrla. Neb
Oddla. Nv.
Iae. V.
Pepper. Pa,
J'hippa. Ce!
I'elndexter. Vah
Jtawaan, Ik
Hhertrldee. Callt.
Hmoet. Utah
J'ptneer, Me.
fltanfleld. Ot.
Merlins, fl. I
Sutherland. W. Va.
Townsend. Mich
Wadawerth. N, Y,
Warren, We.
WatHen. Ind.
Weller, Md
Willi. O.
McKlnley. III.
' Deueciat. 0
nreuiward, l.. Pememie, e
Dial, H. C. rtnnadell. I.a
Kletihr. Via. I'nrt-rwoed. Ala.
JCfndrlck. Wye. Williams. Mls
Mjera, Ment.
Against Ratification-20
Kfpubllcan. 4
rierah. Idaho .Tohnaen. Calif
France. Aid. )- FelUtte. A la
Democrats, 35
Aahurat, : V.
raruwny. Ark
fulbtraen, Tex
frrv, 11. I.
illai. Va
Hnrrta. (la.
ttarrlaen Mli.
lleflln, Ala.
Hitchcock. Nab
.Innea. N. it.
Klntf. Utah.
McKellar, Tenn
1'lttman, Ntv.
need. Me.
ltnblnaen. Jrk
Hhepnard Tt-x
Hhlelda. Tenn
Hlrnmer", N. C
Smith. S. C.
Ntnnley. Kv
MwatiiJn.
Wnlih, Man
Walih. .Ment.
Wataen, Qa
utrrmau, .. u,
The only Senators whose names are
missing from the above tabulation are
Messrs. Crew, Republican : Trammell
nnd Owen, Democrats. All three are
for ratification se that if they should
be In Washington en March Hi the
ratification, vote would be increased
from sixty-four te sixty-seven.
HISTORIC ELM MENACED .
State Seeks te Save Its Service
Men's Memerial
Harrlsburg, March 17. (By A. P.)
The State of Pennsylvania has as
signed Its tree experts te save the elm
tree dedicated te the service men Of
Pennsylvania, wanted n little ever a
year age In Capitel Park. The elm Is
ubeut twelve feet high and was geed and
strong when planted, but the soil along
the historic "berirdwalk" where it wiih
placed has undergone some changes and
the tree doctors found It necessary te
trim it very closely.
When the tree was planted earth from
each of the tdxty-peven counties of
Pennsylvania was placed around its
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of Mary Ellen Reject
Theory That She Started.
Spectral Fires .
MACDONALDS TO QUIT FARM
Halifax. 'N. 8 March 17. Amaw
ment and disbelief followed closely in
the' wake of the report issued by Dr.
Walter F. Prlntc yesterday In which he
charges Mary Ellen Macuenaw,
adopted daughter of the farmer, who
was forced 'te abandon uis nerae in
Caledonia Mills, with belrifc the causa
tien, whether of her own volition or
while possessed by. some spiritual force',
of the chain of alarming nappenings
that have become the talk of the eon
:"... rrhi. uaiifflMi ! chiefly in
Caledonia Mills, where the people who
were eye-witnesses te the actual-happenings
take the report as a reflection
en, their veracity and judgment.- There
are thousands, however, who welcome
his suggested solution lncriminnHna
Mary Ellen nna inauige in iue
told you se." '
Net be the,people eLth'il.'.H
MacGlllivray, whose reports regardln
the phenomena of which he was a wit
ness hnve been generally 'accepted a
the most valid and straightforward, was
told of the report ever the long-distance
telephone. He was much surprised.
Says Prince Is Wrong '
iir 1. rrrnnr " said Lee. "and I
would tell him se te bis face.
"I was there and saw, and I knew
Mary Ellen did nec sei inese nrce
either of her own accord or actuated by
an invisible force. She couldn't have.
I was standing right beside her when
manv of the fires occurred. I am n
R feel and I have hed enough experi
. f in the world te realize the
significance of such things.-'
"Mary Ellen is tee young te realize
what has actually been said about her.
qhe is young in years and much
younger mentally. , 8he laughs at the
suggestion that gives her the Inge
nulty nnd chemical knowledge te hood hoed heed
wink cleverly se many sensible and ob
servant people. She cannot appreciate
her position or the charges against her.
MarDenalds Won't Return
1 . MrOllIlvrnv said the MacDen-
alds had no intention of returning te
their former home In spite of reas
surance the spirit of the house had
given them through nareld hidden
that it W0U1U never uiipcai ..... ...v,
are apparently somewhat owed by the
message from the dead, the automatic
writing, the text of which the world
can only assume, since both Whidden
nnd Dr. Prince hnve expressed their
determination nevef te divulge the facts
m, nf deference te the MncDennld
family.
Whidden when Interviewed here, still
showed the effects of the strain
through which, he had passed. "My
life may be ruined," he said, "for all
I knew. I seem te' be en the threshold
of n new life. I am convinced thnt
I shall have many communications with
the .dead In the future. It is very
llkelv that when I return te Antlgenlsh
the skeptics will put me down as a feel.
Something within tells me te go en
with it. I anticipate many such visita
tions nnd I bhall welcome them."
"McDonald Ghost?'
Hit by Scientist
Continued from Pace One
most blocked In parts by the fallen limbs
of trees and ether ravages of winter.
"That country is scarcely populated.
There seems te be a certain ghestllness
about it.
"Yeu came upon this house of the
MacDenalds suddenly, for, although
there was enlv one neighbor for miles
about, it was "hidden from sight of the
read bv great trees. It was a big house
for these parts, but built somewhat in
the design of a leg cabin, but according
te strange architecture. There was a
great archway ever the deer, for ex
ample. "The interior walls were left naked;
that Is, were net plastered or painted.
But the lumber was arranged In a fan
tastic fashion that could net have been
accidental. Moreover, a number et
strange designs had been carved into it.
Surprised by Ills Hostess
"M.v hostess surerlsed me greatly.
I My first thought wns that it was strange
I of MacDonald te have married a woman
' nt least twe've years elder than him
self. This seemed even stranger when
I I learned from Mrs. MacDonald that
' they had been married but n short time,
1 and still mere strange when I was told
they had a small son, about seven
months old.
1 "Mrs. MacDonald had what I might
call a "seasoned" face. She seemed te
be n vieman who had lived life hard and
with curious pcople in curious places,
as, Indeed, she wns doing new. This was
te an extent confirmed by her conversa
tion. She had been a nurse, she snld,
and had spent a considerable time In
Seuth Africa during and after the Beer
War. She had been several times, she
said, in the United States and Canada,
but in spite of this both she und Mac-
1 Dennlcl spoue wim tne strong nceiusu-
English accent.
"A cook, a housemaid and an adopted
I daughter named Mary Ellen, nbeut nine
I years old, made up the household.
I Mary Ellen Beetles for Him
"The central or lllng room down
stairs had a celling about fourteen or
fifteen feet above the' fleer an extraor
dinary thing In a mountain ledge. The
room was hung with dozens of oil
PHintings nnd pastels, almost all of
them bizarre in theme and vivid in the
contrasts of colors. They wcre done
by a person of considerable talent nnd
tcchnlenl skill. In ruply te u ques
tion, Mrs. MacDonald snld they were
her own work, but this I impolitely dis-,
believed.
"The dinner consisted of dishes' pe
culiarly English. Mrs. MacDonald
raid she had prepared them herself.
After the meal wines were produced,
and my glass was plied heavily.
"Then, for the first time, 1 was al
lowed te see Mary Ellen, who, although
I had reason te suspect her us the me
dium of these phenomena, had been kept
carefully In the backgreunJ,
"Hbe was ureugnt out and mane te
recite a number of pieces, and this she
did with a geed deal et histrionic em
phasis and n nrecocieus sense of what
she was talking about.
"She had' features that were some
what elder than her age.
And Then Kisses Him Geed -Night
"When she was te be put te bed she
became very demonstrative and affect
ed, She kissed me und every one else
in the room 'effusively, , ,
"After this, Mrs. MacDonald cn
(Icavete.l te lead the talk around te
ghosts and supernatural things gener
ally, while MacDonald kept en plying
me with wine, I resisted for a while,
and then let thinss drift, nnd at about
VL5fW
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half-past 0 the first manifestations e- I I
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aMC-Ife Mad ati'eMM ww.
unatain MMk nest Je the epe te wMw
Mary Mien slept. This.nfcnt.theiiMt
made no. exception Alter w
late, Mr. MacDonald began te evince
sifns Titeria. , -. r
"She put questions te the ghost retarding-
its Identity, and. tie ghost au
swered according te the cede that
accepted among them all. k
for the answer "lieV' two knocks, fd
"yes,", and se, en What imtf eased
me was at certain vague but distinct
dramatic quality in the answers that
were give, and I decided it was the
same quality I ,h'a-J observed in the lit
tle.tlrl when she made her recitations.
"After, a 'time, we all repaired te
the upstairs rooms, where the sounds
seemed td originate and there, get en
closer term wlti the ghost. Mrs. .Mac
Donald gave way te a debauch of emo
tion. t f
Mrs. MacDenaldHad Told Fertraes
"She laaghed hysterically, wept,
sang and gave the ghost various affee affee
tleaate assurances. This seance con
tinued until about 11 o'clock, ending
gradually as responses were first dif
ficult and, then' impossible te geti At
bslf-paat 11 I asked te see. Mary
Ellen; She was brought out of bed
in that dazed, half-dream state ithat
Is common te somnambulists. This con
firmed the decision I had made earlier
in the evening tlfat the phenomena were
produced' by Mary Ellen .while'. In a
somnambulistic state Induced by self
hypnotism. "In spite of pretests from my hbst
I left at midnight, driving neme
through one of the worst blizzards of
the year. I had premised te write the
MacDenalds a letter setting forth my
conclusions. This I did the following
day. v.
."I learned afterward that Mrs. Mac
Donald before coming te Missoula .had
run a fortune-telling, establishment In
Butte, and heard also that the present
business of MacDonald was smuggling
goods ever the border. I saw them
several- times afterward, but never
visited the house again.
"A few months after the Instances
I have narrated the beuse in the moun
tain gulch wns burned down, paintings
and all, I suppose, and .there was never
any further trace of the MacDenalds
or of their servants.
"In rending accounts et the sup
posedly ghostly visitations at Antlgo Antlge
nlsh I was struck with the similarity
of the phenemlna and thechnrncteris
tlcs of the medium. 'The coincidence
grew almost conclusive' when I re
membered the name of the family who
lived near Missoula.
"That was nine years age. The
Mary Ellen of Missoula should be new
eighteen, the age, according te re
ports, of the Mary Ellcn: pt Antlgo Antlge
nlsh. Net much can be told from a
photograph, but there is in the face
of the Mary Ellen of Antlgenlsh the
same cast and expression that I ob
served in the child at Missoula."
PREPARE PINCHOT BOOM
Women's Bedy Arranging for Head
quarters Here
The organization eff women supporters
of the Olffenl Pinchot boom for" Gov Gov
ereor is being arranged from the Pin
'nit 'headquarters in the Bcal Estate
Trust Building.-
The plans include a campaign te get
nut the woman vote at the May primary,
Mr. Pinchot, who is Forestry Commis
sioner of Pennsylvania, will address a
meeting et women in Johnstown to
morrow. At the Pinchot headquarters, It was
announced the State forester has re
ceived a formal indersement by the
Itcpublican Committee of Pike County,
his home area.
Indersements also have been received,
It was stated from Jehn D. Farnam
nnd William II. Cenynghnm. of Wilkes-
Barre. Farnnm is n brother-in-law of
S. D. nrrlncr. president of the Le
high Ceal and Navigation Company.
CONVICTS AID THEFT VICTIM
Repay Part of Less Suffered by
Aged Weman
St. Leuis, March 17. (By A. P.)
Convicts through nn intermediary to
day presented te Miss Elizabeth Sutten
at the Christian Old People's Heme a
check for $02 ns part payment of ber
savings of $1)2 taken from her here
March 2 by a supposed employer.
Miss Sutten hed answered an ad
vertisement for a housekeeper at Dan
ville, III. She was employed, and Im
mediately her "employer" .borrowed a
$50 bend and $42 In cash, and disap
peared. An editorial in the weekly issue of
the prison newspaper, In nn appeal te
convicts te make up thelusH, urged that
they "smoke forty less cigarettes this
week." The response was a flood of
nickels, dimes and quarters, until $02
bad been collected.
Virgin Mary France's Patron Saint
Paris, March 17. (By A. P.) The
Virgin Mary is declared the patron
snlnt of France and Jean of Arc. new
Sf lnt Jean, the secondary patron saint.
in Pepe Plus' first order concerning
France, published today In the Cath
elic organs. The order wns In re
spense te n request from the trench
eecleshlnstics, submitted te Pepe Ben
edict, who did net net upon it.
Taste is a matter of
tobacco quality
We state it as our honest
belief that the tobaccos used
in Chesterfield are of finer
quality and hence of better
taste than in any ether
cigarette at the price.
Usiitt dMitr: Tttant Ce.
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ness particularly lnvtfie hit' few yeara
lieste-Wsmirch everybody connected srith
Fennsylranla asairs, nave new cenwree
hU mttim nn Sbtflfttap CTOW. WBO,
after a long and honorable, public Mrv
ice ia ill, lncapacitaieu anu enotyverj
ing te regain his health, and Mr. Bell, A
high-class business mari who has taken
an Interest in politics, I see no reason
why Mr Bell should be punished te
gratify-the ( malign purpose et these
t "I hade made no premise regarding
the tiling of the senatorial vacancy in
cat Senater Crew decides te-reslgn.
When that comes un I will use by best
Judgment. ., r
'Net Affected by Gossip '
"Would this gossip affecting Crew
and Beir affect you' in appointing Mr.
Bell as a successor te Senater Crew?"
the Governer was asked. '
"Ne, it would net, affect me one way
or the ether," Mr. Sproul- replied.
"As I said, Mr. Bell should -net be
punished te gratify these who are
'spreading t'uis poison."
1 The Governer was nsked about the
gubernatorial situation.
"It leeks like an open primary," he
said. '-'Several of the, candidates are
connected with my Administration, and
se I can't say much." '
"Is Harry A. MAckey your favorite?"
"I haven't said se' the Governer
rerdied.
3lf. Sproul was questioned nbeut a
report that he might appoint State
Banking Commissioner Fisher te ithe
Senate with the object of achieving
harmony en the nomination for Gov Gov
ereor. , ,
, "Fisher Would Make Geed Senater"
VHe is d candidate for Governer,"
wis .Mr. Sprout's reply. "But Jehn
Fisher would "make a geed "Senater. Se
would Dave Reed." , , .
Governer Sproul was told of 'a speech
delivered by Lieutenant Governer
Beldlemnn in' Harrlsburg last night in
which Beidleman charged that the pres
ent State Administration was responsi
ble for Useless Jobs in the State Capitel.
"Did h say that?" asked the Gov Gov
ereor. 'If there nre any useless Jobs,
most of them nre credited te Dauphin
County," he continued, referring te
Beldleman's home county.
"They-jall say that," the Governer
went. en. "I said It when I wns a
candidate, but the" investigation com
missions generally find that there are
net se many useless Jobs."
The Governer also was asked ir nn
has recelv.cd. Senater Crew'sj resig
nation, ' , ,, , ,
"Thnt would go te the president of
the Senate, and then I would be advised
of it," he said.
Vare leaders declared today that they
did net think the stories growing out. of
Senater Crew's financial distress would
hurt the candidacy of Mr. Bell.
Senater Varc, when questioned ns te
the story of the alleged "sale of the
scnntershlp," replied thnt he would net
discuss "sueli a ridiculous report.
"Mr. Bell,!' said Senater Varc, "Is
a very high-class man and of n char
acter that no one would dare approach
him with such a proposal. I knew thnt
he would net entertain a bargain or deal
of nny kind for the sake of becoming a
United States Senater or any ether of
ficial. "The people of Western Pennsyl
vania, where he is best known, have
great faith 'n Mr. Bell. This was
shown recently when he wns chairman
of a drive te raise $5,000,000 for the
churches of Western Pennsylvania. He
contributed $100,000 himself, and such
wns the success of the drive and the
enthusiasm aroused by Mr. Bell that
the total realized was $12,000,000 in
stead of the $5,000,000 eriilnnllt
planned for. This story, is Just one of
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MR-EWfiRfl
WPP
In a Music Stere (Or, Why Music
dalesmen Ge Mad)
I'M LOOKING for a pretty little piece
by somebody named Drigga or
Brlggs, or something like that.
Briggs? Drigga? I don't believe I re
call a name ilka that.
Oh, it's a sweet little thing. I heard
it the ether night ever te a friend of
mine's- She plays beautifully, you
knew. Just beautifully.
I don't believe I could get it for
you with that little te go en.
I'm sure you must have it. Brings
or Jlggs, I'm sure it's something llke
thnt.
Yeu don't meun Grieg, de you?
Oh yes, that's it. IIuvc you some
thing by him?
My denr lady, we have hundicds of
pieces by him. Wlint particular com
position did you have In mind?
Well, I don't knew the name of it,
but it gees something like this; Tin
In la la, tra la : no, that isn't it. Let
me see. Yes, it's mere like this: Tra
lalala, tra la, tra la. Have you get It?
(Scene II)
I'M LOOKING for a piece I heard
ever at the concert yesterday after
noon. Xe, it was Inst week. I remember
new, I was downtown nnd I was going
shopping and I ran into Gertrude nnd
she asked mc ever te the concert nnd
'aaaaaaaaaaamSgHiggggg
Chesterfield
CIGARETTES
of Turkish and Demestic tobac'ceihUiubi
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, "THt , air met,' fair apJa,.
of the way bWa-clss nen la VShMi'
ruAM.frMH tnMlWI am puHS',
wi cwrvciaa,cBraureenS'BMtt
, Apparwtiy m of m rtsuiu
essia . gtiahelhl 'Hast iJt.
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cut Mat WIN M ttathHnWie May 1
maries'bstweM'atieWt-tMrthW "
MelleO1lve0ruitdylntir7amli
Vare-Magee interteunty 'greurirsf"
lltical leaders , ' 1 ujja
nlkf. .!. tkLt. ...ii i.2 1 . 5.V3
t.r. i a cvfrr' ir..L- -;. vnne
"I' "U.1 IL'' "i.1" MaWr K
n me camiuaH inr nenaier asaia
BeJl," the choice; of the VaeMigee iff!
U A asm AH AsrWtftat1a mJJil- rtti.i "v3
Sproul have failed, Tlie'peverne? n
..tut aha n,.i. ti aii.-- ..!
General, be the VrmVv selection
Governer. But aunnerteM Af vi.i
who weuld.be' n the ticket with it
declared positively, today that thev'l
assurances that Mr. A ter avemi.U'i
enter the race 1 artinst Fisher UniTta!
s.n mavicr 01 inci Alter was in lav
of the Fisher candidacy. - . ah
. Mackey Would Oppose 'Mfe&
Opposing Fisher en the Mellen -0).
iver
He
e is retarded' at a Vara wsm.ims2
but Fisher backers declared that
riwicu luavau n rcau lllBne VfOUId I
Li. a. van vaiaeneerg. ti
The influence of the' latter in ft,
of Mecker, a Vaife leader, is uM m
the cause ofareucli speculatien'1 in tb
camn of Glfferd Pinchot. BUtsF,,-.
Commissioner, a progressive les'dtr. In
1012. the Van Valkenburg Influenee' WaI
en
the side. of the, late Colonel Boeijvl
velt, who was a staunch friend tef Pinla
. Hinnerters of Flshsr' fee hn,.Jv
declared today that they would have if
cimicr ur(niiiuiiiuii iu ev)ry COUntT
the State, .Today' a .large numb;
Pittsburgh business men are coming eat
in favor of Fisher. Next MendlyiY
mupiuvbb jucii e juvenilia, tur ine pur
of organizing a Fisher cdmmlttM '
be held in the Bellevue-Strntferd. '1
Members of the Organisatien Cehti','
mlttee for the Fisher campaign-ere 'JsV
scbh II. Grundy, president et the Ptniift
svlvania 'Manufacturers' Ainrafi,u3
Jehn Fisler, president of the ManuaM-1
turers' Club: Alba It. Jehnsen, preatV
utnt or me vnamecr 01 uemmsree ; Bat..
l'eppcr. Bedlneft Stokes, the flrm!St
which Senater, Pepper is a member: A'i'
Merrltt Tayler. Themas Itn.Ciiv
White, chairman of th6 Cemmittes ef:
Seventy; William II. Folwell. ,OeerJ
u. i-ertcr, Aian u. weed and Josees
M. 8teele. " .. - "
W, Harry Bnker. chief ba'eker. iV.
P. Gallather, chief clerk of the Ben-'li
ate, nnetlier Beldlcman supporter. in'J
Senater Crew. They my try te WfiSp
tne urew resignation se as te halt tM9
Mnckey boom which largely depends 'ea''
Bell for th Senate. ' ?i4'
Frederick Bcye. former State ReprV'"!?!
sentatlvc, announced his candidacy fM
ivengrcss in tne ucrmnntewn district?
aialnst Cenarcssman aeerce P. n.ji
row. Darrow ls-n "dry," which Btrir1"!
will run en a "wet" Platform. T.
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Weman Drowns Hanging Up Clethes
Pettsvllle, Pa., March 17. Mnv'i
Michael Bennett, twenty-six years eld.tT
wns urewneii 111 tne ecnuyikill Blvtrc,
near St. Clair yesterday. She was hangVty
1UR 1111 me iBiuny wanning en tne riwr 7
bank, and It is believed she fainted and',.1
fell into the water that is net mere than
lour icct deep, the river was dragged
and her bedv was found 100 yards fj
away seen after she was missed. s;!
1 sides ber husband one daughter sur-l l
vives
Hi
By J. P. McEVOr
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T Wflnf tnbtilllfl t9 flttitv mr ettttttlMaB
I should hnve, and new I'm away be-i;
ninn. - j
Oh, yes, I wonder what the name ef,,r?
that niece was? Hew uttinlrl nf m tkT
!;..
forget 1 I can't even remember the nimiVt
of the composer. Yeu wouldn't hsppen '',
te knew what I'm. looking for, would
you? v'';
Vn I'm nfrnl.l T ,... LI-!. " . )!A.'
It was a symphony, or something liki V
lint. I Just can't remember exactly.1
uui, u imri 01 ii u long toward tee.enar
went something llke this. I hope teb'ST
pardon me. I have a terrible cold. Jt'lK
just hum It n little nnd you s'eef TfiV
can catch It: Tra la, tra la. in kin
ummm ummm. In la. Thnt'u Sk T.ii."
llcve. It may be off n little, but tflltfi ",'
N.au,'w i,uvillli Vlti
I'm nfrnid I can't recognize asy
symphony from that. ' .,,'r
Yeu can't? I thought this vuli
regular music store. I'm sure thli'nva...
very well-known piece. Listen again
Tra la, tra la, tra la, umm ummm, Is'
la. Surely you recognize it ney. ,
I'm afraid net, madam. ' t.
Well 1 If this isn't the limit. I suK
pose I'll have te' go elsewhere and M,,
waited en where they knew something;
nbeut music. -The idea ! Cannet recegnise
n piece of music when they hear'Jt.'j
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