Evm mimx.j 'WBmmhz:mmmmzw tr?m&BmmKu&wz,m I-)' v,T:l S?iftFEf ;iiiis itiji iUit jjngira Mr Wrth W iwvi ii aM 'saaaaaT -h v hw v a atfsaVsaaaaaaaaaB - ' aaaaaaaaM "v r " h " r asVsaaV SnteMayi HtiBi tM4Nntre. uuui 4 W41 !M ifH3trKAm" jvjmiv "" jTTTTj5 111 12 I 1 I 2 8 4 6 I dgT4nl54IB4iBHB9 I I I m "CJ txi " -i 1BP?....?jA.sn, Mf'mgw mU B H H H mr H f - JV -Vm mm V. I 4 m VOL. VIII. NO. 175 sr..in Leaders Bellev Agree- II ; mint Will B Reached r hv Tenltrht ! PETITIONS ARE CIRCULATED FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL - . . fudden Turn of wtaeKey it Causing Vare Leader Seme' Anxiety -UP (N THE AIR" ON FISHER 1 IhrM-Cernered Fight at May Primaries New Seems Certain flwerner Sprenl. following confer- t... nflar with W. Harry Baker ' nd the Varea. and lehg-dlstance tdc ' -geese talks witn emw khk. " Sit by nightfall -an ngreement will hire been reached w "" ""Ul" aey General Alter ni the "harmony I cMdMate" for Governer. j The Governer, tne varcs ana ewe ' tem convinced tnnt Alter win uc wu . hMneetlre of whether Jehn S. Fisher 1 mriIiki In the field as a candidate. In ';& event that Fisher sticks, the prl- Miles Will iw " - ' J contest among Glfferd Plnchet. Alter nd Fisher. In the last-hour efforts te work out i fcirmeny agreement, the bosses, spur- ' red en by the growing' strength of the Plnchet movement, are still Hoping mat fbeer will withdraw. ' Thev feel that with Alter In the ' Add u the compromise candidate, Fish- t will lese the support of the Mellen ' peep and of Geerge 8. Oliver, tnus ' ipllttlng the se-called Ollver-Qrundy i combination which placed Fisher -In the aeU. Oni of the big questions settled in l Mil's conferences was that Alter weuM ran even if Fisher declined te wltMraw. Fisher's friends hBvc been lustriii that, Alter would net oppose rwflsiit and that thcrn waa an under- 'Mndlng te that eneet. The problem thut Fisher has toelvc. it Ii'.ittd, Is whether he will car te eatlaae as n candidate new that Alter li willing te run, carrying the Oliver- 'HiBen support with htm. I 'Vs Altar Petition rircnlnted A feiture of the Alter Beem today wii the circulation of nomination peti- Lftieni for the Atterney General by Hltry B. McDcvitt, tne uovcrners i iMtrttary. Mr. McDcvitt was busy ob- Uining signatures from callers 'nt the .Qeterner's office. - The Orgnnlzatlen leaders' flcspernte elerU te reach n harmony ncrecment 'en Alter, in the hepe 73f checking the tide for Glfferd lMnchet, bcnme i'l dent following n cenfcreii"e in the .SMdquiirters of the Itepubl'enn State Committee between the Varcs, who are itaei'ug Harry A. Mackey. and Baker, ehltf sponsor of Lieutenant Governer Beidleman. The last-hour efforts of the bosses are il the mere frantic becnusn this Is the ''t diy for filing nomination papers t Hirrlsburg and tomorrow Is the Inst DlVvm. .rMnli (. n..w1i.lAA .... ...til. If . - " "mni i i iiuuiuuir ;uu Willi- l drtw. II rs!.,nw headqnarterb as represented by William H. Folwell, the campaign man- itrjer tne banking commissioner, In Mft that it is ridiculous te suppose that nsher would retire. On the ether hand, were is n fpclinif in the ranks of the 014 organization that Fisher at the last moment may sleld te anmn izrnnrHlnnrv .derrUr"a Srt f " 1'0llt'enl "tn,rd .cenf,'s",n hich exists in regard .., ir '? tnewn i" various stnte m!'. ,V,," ?frH't thBt F'"ber will fme te i Philadelphia tedny nnd that he Wl net come te Philadelphia. Confusion in Fisher Camp Hwih.M?M0f fnct'. "PtchPb from ""that city for Wllllnnispert. '',' "'' bearded the train. is nil there Is te it." Kh' BfMCrWl e lentos expect , t nethl'1"."'"' ?!'. te y v-diiM . "" iriaiiurer njder. ZLZL ,w in faveV of . Vt te ta'ke .M'1 I10"'. '"'I "Of this ,lew of the situ. seem ntleu. CenUnBM en Vw Thlrlwn Column Twe By'DOREE IMPROVED, BUT LITTLE HOPE IS HELD fthir Mu8t Return te Pententary t End of Five Daya V who" ilea "m' "'? "vo-.vt-a.-eld hKpkceMl ti,l'u1!0l,,t of ,1(,"' " 'ortibFe Mt Hnn1Vht"l,1 l8"1 n co' Ms morn In, ' nl,he"h ''is condi-len ..I """"IK WaS net llllltn en t..le .heart ll" mtliitt Mt. kii.7L.llu Jrn.m wh eh he snni.r finik W thriuri n ",0.re lnun a secr,,t jeiterdaj nl S ! iB lar ' , encned deer 'foatheFederni e..nrrlvf(l.'M t,,lR 'Uy vrerth, Kan L Lat ort tmi.'. '"" Vlierc he S unrvl., e Practice durf ,?Ji' for nllc8cl 8C,1'"U Thi,iii, K "' wnr. n,;.tcnW N condition wbu .1U1.H.. .... c?a,r,,'-S n...J -""'fiani Hllc it mm. I.i' "' T'' His uamlim . ' " .. , "" V "?,S" a surnrlM. iwmiili?.!!-. ?5f'.". I'.ls father, will . t-awai rmittc, '? V" custody ,,f '"UV.H f'Ly flv" 'In" lii . k ".'.."' a United HhitPs mJ. " IenlfeX! 'ra0 "' Sf fi ' RLTEB WILL RUN, I IS BELIEF HE BOSSES NOW hi -. new ti ..... Enttrad a Bcend-Claa Mutter nt thu Peitnfflc at Philadelphia. Pa. Under Mia Act of March S. la-n w' ' Under Hie Act of Told She Is Wife Ne. 2 PBGGV DAVIS Fermer "Follies" dancer who has been Informed that her husband, Jeseph Donald Grafton, waa al ready married wtien ahe became Ills wife. Grafton Is the en of a wealthy rittabargh manufacturer GRAFTON IS INDICTED , ON BIGAMY CHARGE 'Felllea" Dancer and Ohie Girl Make Accusation New Yerk, April 0. (By A.kP.) Jeseph Donald Grafton, son of a wealthy furniture manufacturer, whose whereabouts Is unknown te the police, today wns Indicted by n Supreme Court Grand .Tury en n charge of bigamy. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest. The indictment ! urged thnt Graf ton had married Mary Margnret Tinlrd, known en the stage as Peggy Davis, in this city, December 10, seventeen days after he had gene through n, mnrrlngc ceremony In loungntewn. O.. with Kl lcn Curley Mclntyrc Miss Dnvls, sev enteen years old, new is ill in a haul tarlum here. Her mother, with the Youngs town girl, nppeared yesterday before the Grand Jury. Mrs. Me I n tyre Grafton said she had met Grafton while sh" wns employed by his brother in Pittsburgh, nnd that lie had swept her off her feet by his "whirlwind love-making." Mrs. Mclntyre, or wife Ne. 1 in the case, intimated that there wcre ether marital ramifications In the young man's life, nnd mentioned the name of Pellu Lerraine, said te be nnethcr actress. The name Peggy Davis was net un familiar when mentioned te the District Attorney, ns she had ap peared before him last full te innkc a complaint of abduction ngninsl two wealthy, young oil operators. She alleged she and another girl had been unwilllii itkrn by the two men te an Inn in chei'nr County. The case did net co r undii' the jurisdiction of the Distrh! Attorney iiuil for some rea son was jicvn pressed by the com plainant. MRS. WHANNGUILTY Convicted en 10 of 11 Counts fd Plotting Husband's Der i Klttanning, Pa., April 0.- !y A. P.)Mrs. Amelia Wlinnn, wifu ur Dr. .lehn Whann, was found guilty tedny en ten of eleven counts charging Hint -oho conspired te bring nlieut the death of her husband. The jury ilcliherntul for ten hours before reaching u terdict, which v rend In cemt this morning. Kug.. Snnz, (he principal State witness, i ified that he bearded at the Wlinnn home, nnd thnt he annulled Dr. Wlinnn nt the solicitation of Mr. Wlinnn. lie told the jury that befeie the doctor's wife asked him te attnrl; her husband she professed her loe for Iilm. Mrs. Whann, tcstifjlng in lier own behalf, made n sweeping denial of tlif charges, Including one which ulleged that nfter she believed the doctor had been Killed, bhe tried te lire the house te dehtrey evidence of the clime. The one count en which she was ac quitted charged felonious assault nnd bnttery, while the chnrgeh en which she wns adjudged guilty were solicitation te commit nnd felonious arson, iisault nnd bnttery nnd unlawful solicitation te murder. LILLIAN RUSSELL URGES "IMMIGRATION HOLIDAY" "America Should Care for Ameri cans First," Says Mrs. Moere Washington, April . flly A. P.) An "immigration holiday" of fiem one te five jear.M was recommended lit the Heuse Immigration Committee tedny by Mrs. Lillian Hussell Moere, who ie centiy nindc nn inspection of conditions !:i France, Kngland and Italy under n commission by President Iliirdiiig. As a result of her trip she said the con viction thnt "America should cuie for Americans first" had numcd first Im Im Im portnnce in her mind among nil ether phases of Immigration problems. Other recommendations by Mr. Mueru included compulsory bleed utn of immiginuts, made bi'ferc they sail, authorization of American consuls le refuse te vise passports of objectionable, persons ami requirement of all llmui grants te read, wiite and speak tin Kugllsh language. POLICE DETECT ROBBERS CARRYING AWAY LOOT Velley Falls te Step Pair Fleeing In Automobile Twe men 'detected In the ml of rob bing the dry goods, stoic of Itcruard Khrllck, 1-117 North rift.v-seu.nd street, escaped early this morning after taking goods valued at scwial hundred deliats. , Patrolmen GUI nnd Ceninus miw an automobile standing near the stoic and became suspicions!. As they iippienclied the sleie two men came out with a bundle of goods which they placed In the car. Tin rebbeis were abeul te return when they saw the ii.itielmen, and runnins back te the car. rode off. Gill nnd Comans Hied several shots nfler tliein, but none took effect. Twe men niiHuerin:; u dencrlptien of the lob hers were later arrested by the police .of the Tenth nnd Ililttonweocl MreelH station. HOOn KKAI. E8TATPI OFTTRINiifl ARK alway available. Read Clafled Ilml Ktat clasiineatlen pasea 2S and sn.Adv, XvaBsCaBP9e Wm.- -kH wLtwmStefrjm' im March n, 187 BANDIT IS SHOT IN HOLD-UP ORGY Armed Gang Robs Chain Stere Collector of $1000 at 16th and Ontario PATROLMAN WOUNDS ONE OF THREE IN GARAGE "JOB" Thugs Fire Fusillade Inte Crowd and Escape After Looting Cigar Stere Three armed bandits held tip and robbed an American Stores collector en Ontario street near Sixteenth at R:20 o'clock today, escaping with about $1000. That was one of three robberies and robbery attempts which kept the police en the jump and led tbem te Infer that at least two of the crimes were com mitted by ihc same men. "An attempt was made by three men te break Inte n garage at 1410 Neith Sydenham street early today. Leuis Zaretsky, ene of Oie. alleged bandlta, wns nhet in the hip by a patrolman nnd captured, but his companions escaped. In the third Instance, three bandits in ii meicn maqnine twice tried te .innmy uie cioern or downtown stores, but fled when patrolmen approached. .iPfy. next tackled a cigar store at imrd ana Walnut street, and took 8Ut) boxes of choice cigars. Thev were later recovered. Crowds Loek On The daylight held-up en Ontario street was conducted calmly, although dozens of men and women watched the l""'Ji with fear nnd amazement. ieV'Uam. ,'inrl,s, rtshtcen year-, old, 1628 Jest Krle avenue, the collector, had obtained yesterday' rcclptsfrem four stores In the northwest section, nnd he went te the brnnch nt Sixteenth and Ontnrle streets. The enshier there gave him the re ceipts In nn envelope, which Pincus stuffed I i nn inside cent pocket with the ether money. His next scheduled step wns nt Carlisle and Westmoreland streets, nnd he started te walk cast en Ontario. Robbers Were In Wait About thirty feet fiem Svdenhnm street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth, three wcll-dfcssed young men ap proached slowly. They had been lounging nbeut the neighbr "heed for twenty minutes, according te neigh bors. All three drew revolvers ns Pincus came near. "Put 'cm up quick," one ordered. While two bandits held revolvers at Pincus hend, the third reached te the Inside cent pocket nnd extracted all the money-filled envelopes. The robbers then backed slowly te n blup touring car parked, with en gine running, en Sydenham street, south of Ontario. Police Chase Futile Jeseph Jacksen, a shoemaker, 1031 West Ontnrie street, who saw the hold up, blew a police whistle ns the robbers backed toward their car. A patrolman reached Sydenham street as the bandits tipcil south tewunl Westmoreland and then turned cast. The patrolman halted n motorcar and chased the fugitives, but hey had a geed start and apparently escjipcd. The attempted robbery of the Syden ham street gnrage, which resulted In the sheeting of Zaretsky, occurred nt 4:.'W o'clock this morning. Patrolman Karl Selby snw three men Continual en Pas Thlrtn. Column Four KEITHAGENT"DiES IN N. Y. S. K. Hodgden Succumbs te Heart Attack New Yerk, Apiil . S. K. Hodgden, general booking manager of the B. F. Keith vaudeville citctiit. wns found dead In bed enily today at ins Heme en uap- pecs avenue, Mpu.wcn wnjir, .. i n,.niii iu thnuelit te have been the re Y. milt of heart disease. Up was sixty ears old and had been prominent ilgure in vaudeville circle since the or er or gnul7atlen of the Keith interests, thirty-three yenrs age. He spoke Inst night nt a banquet of the Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association. WINNER OF LIM'RICK NO. 47 WAS WORTH WAITING FOR Emma Friedman, a Medel, Turns Out te Be Easier te Loek at Than the $100 Check Number 410 Umpire Building was the address given by Emma I- r edman. wini er if Lim'rick Ne. 47. The deer ea 1 ing nte the offlce said two things. M at. Company." nnd way down in one corner. eni(a slip of blue paper, "consulted the watch nnd found the hour te he 2:25, and se we slid dwn aC the wall, came In contact with the lloer, and settled comfortably n the corner. Or. nt least, ns com fortably as a cold and hard marble fleer would permit. . , , lt I the meantime the hands of the clock were slowly creeping mound te -.. and still no fair winner. Se we si'7. te the camera man thnt hoi? womanly instinct, or sixth sense. or whatever it is uiiikcs wmiim-ii mum about tilings iwiern imv "-I'l"- . i ,.' told her that she had wen a Lim'riek, nnd site was out spending i" wum-y , nlread. . , , ,. . . . ,iir.,... The l,lin iick i-iiiiii" " "". LIM'RICK NO. 17 ' There once was a Kiinieeciiiiun-n emf.u Who planted nu-- "" u; ". "Kwtvlhlng ! prepared Fet n crop." he declared fie wised blisters, the deuce and one ( M'ffrf. r.aeli time (lie elevator stepped no became hopeful-like, nnlj te hnvc said hope dashed te thu ground when n derby hat and a woolly overcoat would trump down tne corridor. But when she came we certainly felt repaid for waiting. She lives at 45NI North Thirteenth street, nnd is a grad uate of the .linklntewn High Scheel, wlieie she took a secretarial course. She is emrdejed ns a stenegrnpner in me Ilunlata CemStnF. and when her "bes.3M Locust street; Bmt Ml!,,.,,., w,l.' ambled in lie sure enun wns surprised PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 192 Today's $100 Lim'rickWinner Emma Friedman 4553 N. 13th St. Secretary and Medel BLANTON ASSAILED BY FELLOW TEXAN ' Garner 8ays 434 of 435 Want Him Ousted Uproar In' Heuse Washington, April 0 (By A. P.) Representative Garner, Democrat, of Texas, declared in the Heuse teMay that, if permitted by the rules te speak what was In the minds of 434 of the 485 Heuso members, be would say that Rep resentative Blanten, of Texas. "Is a disgrace te this Heuse and ought te be kicked out." - Ur. Garner's statement, coming after Blanten bad defended himself against a newspaper article, threw the. Heuse, Inte great disorder. The Speaker Issued a Bharp, quick cemniand te the sergeant-at-arms te prevent a personal clash after Blanten had shouted he would held Gamer responsible If called a liar by him. SHOT BY HIGHWAYMEN Chauffeur Assailed While Walking en Country Club Gelf Links Elmer Petersen, chauffeur nt the Whitemnrsh Valley Country Club, nt Chestnut Hill, is in the Chestnut Hill Hospital, Bhet by highwnymen, who robbed him of $200 last night ns he wns walking ever the golf course. Petersen said he was attacked by two Negroes, who demanded his money. Petersen put up a battle nnd ene of the men drew a rcelcr nnd shot him. The bullet passed through the flesh of his left nrm. Ills assailants fled in the direction of Norrlstewn. REPORT W. A. LAW NEW HEAD OF PENN MUTUAL COMPANY President of Flrat National Bank "Has Ne Announcement te Make'" William A. Law, president of the First National Bank, has been elected president of the Penu Mutual Insur ance Company, nccerding te rcpertH in the linanciul district today.' When nsked nbeut the rumor, Mr. Law said that he bad no announcement te make. At the office of the Pcnn Mutual it wns said thnt n statement might, be issued inter today. Mr. Law was born in Seuth Caro lina. After organizing the Spartans burg, S. C, Savings Bank in 1KS1, lie became president of that institution. Then he became' president of the Cen tral National Bank nt Spurtnnsburg. In 1803. he resigned and came te Phil adelphia te become assistant cashier of the Merchants' National Bank here In lUXl), the Merchants bank wns merged with the First National. Mr. Law became president of the First Na tienal when J. Tatnnll resigned that pest in 1015. PHILA7welifTAN DIES AT SEA Wireless Message Tells of Death of Mrs. Christina Rauch A wireless message was received to te dny nt the home of Mrs. Christina Rauch, 2017 West Oxford street, stnt lug thnt she had died at sen while on en route) te this country from Germany, where she had been spending some months for her health. Mrs. Rnucli, who wns fifty-six enrs old, nnd hnd been visiting relatives in Bicmen, left nbenrd the S. S. Seydlitz for thin country en Marcii 20. Details as te Mrs. Rnuch's death were net stated In the wireless message. The Htcnmer is due te clock in llobekeu tonight. BODY IS IDENTIFIED Man Learns Mether. In-Law Died After Visiting His Heme Tlic body of n woman, found dead ion Ihc night of Mnrch 27, en Mnrket street above twenty-third, today was Identified ns thnt of Mrs. Mnry O'Don O'Den nell. of .'(.'lift Murket street, by her son-in-law, Jehn McCarthy, l.'K! North Napa, street. lie bald she hnd visited his home, en Napa street, nnd that she probably had collapsed while waiting te change cars nt Twenty-third and Market streets. Si MISS K.M.MA FRIKDMAN te Hnd that he bad a celebrity en his staff. Miss Friedman also Is a model, unci siiK she Is going te -eend thn $100 for clothes. Well, snt sure ertn be able te wear 'em. 'I be nine ether centcslnuts who wen plnees en the ballet are: W. Mcl'artnev ti-'e i-'runkrercl nvenue: .lehn Ward cattan4 an Twfnlr.nu v eiuma Four aBpsaHrv' s maBBBH LjLWkftf 'Py Wmm TROOPS MENACE ULSTER BORDER Irish Republicans Collect Sand bags and Trees te Bar ricade Reads CRAIG SAYS "OTHER SIDE" SEEKS TO ENFORCE PEACE One Constable Missing, Three Wounded After Machine- Cun Battle By the Associated Press Belfast, April C Republican forces ere reported te have been concentrated en the section of the Ulster frontier between Counties Leltrim and Ferma nagh. Early today one constable was reported missing and three wounded from a pntrel'near Bclcoe, close te the border, and forces of police were rushed te the scene frem.Enlskilien in motor metor moter trucks. It was first reported that the con stables were ambushed, but advices te the headquarters of the special con stabulary here say the party was fired en uy machine gunners across tne Bor Ber der. An officer who visited the ncene later reported everything quiet, and said no attempt at an Invasion was fenred. Sir James Craig, the Ulster Premier, announced in the I'lster Pnrllaraent to day in the course of a statement en the criminal procedure bill thnt he had just had further assurances that "the ether side" Intended 4e enforce pence them selves, and the prospects seemed te tie even better than jesterday. County Uenegal, where Lamen de Valera new Is, Is the only portion of Free State territeiy in Northern Ire land In which he has secured foothold, and he seems te be making rapid head way there. County Inspector Ilnrrlsen reported tedny that nn officer and six special constables patrolling the shores of Lake Leugh SUlnn, ten miles north of Bcl Bcl Bcl ceo, wcre nttacked by persons using a machine gun. The number of nt tnckera wan estimated at seventy-five nnd, nccerding te Inspector Harrison, they were concealed across the border of Count v Fermanagh. One of the snecinls Is believed te have 1 en killed nnd three ethers wcrei veuni d seriously. The specials re turned the fire nnd then hurried te their garrison for re-enfercements. Mcnnwhlle, the attackers had disap peared. Beloeof County Fermanagh, April 6. (By 4. P.) An extraordinary state of nffalrs prevails in this district. Irish Republican Army forces arc actually within one "hundred yards of this little town, which is inside of Ulster terri tory. The Southerners can plainly be seen moving nbeut, and when the corre-' spendent arrived here today the rival forces were glaring nt each ether. Ulster specials nnd 1. R. A. troops nre, en duty nt either end of the bridge which separates Bclcoe from Black Lien, County Cavan. ' Occnslennlly members of the two. pnrties npprencn te wunin ten yarns of each ether, with their rifles ready te lire, but they never speak. The I. R. A. troops at their end of the bridge hnvc two mnchlne guns and their crews nre keenly nlcrt. The Republican troops also have sandbag barricades nnd tree trunks ready te move into peiti .i te close thu lead. The Southerners .ire believed by inhabitants here te lie i "'evvcrs of Eamon co Valcrn. Dublin, April C (By A P.) If there Is nny plnn en feet here' for a conference between the leaders of the Irish Fre State party nnd the Irish Republican faction in nn effort te bring ubeut u pence agreement , no one in n position te knew the facts would ad mit It today. The cpicstien was raised by the pub lication In the Londen Herald of n re re peit from its Dublin correspondent that both sides wcre convinced of the need of pence and that a plan was in the ninklng for n conference in Dublin be tween the Cellins and Pe Vnlera part ies, pessiDly during tne coming week end. v One hundred young men from Tralee, pieceedlng te Dublin te join the Free State army, were intercepted tedny at Mallow, County Cerk, where they were te change Hrnius, by a strong party of Republicans. A clash occurred, in which It is reported one of the Free State recruits wns wounded. All the Free State men were then arrested and tnken te the at Duttevnnt, County Cerk. hnrrnnkul 1 l--in- : Iximien, April II. (By A dleatieiiH that the situation in Ireland is becoming dangerous in consequence of the growing antagonism of the re. publicans toward the supporters of thu Free Stnte are given In newspaper dis- patches received lieie. Hostile demonstrations by the icvolt icvelt Iiik section of the Irish Republican Army against the I. It. A, regulars have beeii reported with increasing fifipieney in the Inst few da.vs. These are often accompanied hv sheeting and the selz. tire of Free State piepert.v. but there have been no seiieus casualties-, nor clashes en nny considerable scale. The supposition In some nuiutcrs is that the seceding members of the army are trjlng te pioveke retaliation. If mi, they have thus far failed, althe'igli tin succession of aggravating Incidents has created n dnngercrs-r .tension. The Daily Mail sa.vs it 1oem rt. If Michael Cellins, within the net fcv dn.vs, will have te decide whetner bi fate at De Valerns hands will e ii,u of Kercnsky at the hands of Trefjiky. BENJAMIN CHEW'S CAR INJURES SCHOOLGIRL Ruth Carter, Bryn Mawr, Is Struck en Lancaster Avenue rntirteen-.venr-eld Ruth t 'inter, of 10,"il Mnrkav terrace., Br.vn Mawr. wns cut and bruised today when stiiiel; bj the nutomebile of Benjamin Chew, of Radner, at Kebeits read and Lancas ter avenue, while en her wnv te school She wns taken te the Bryn Mawr Hes." tdtnl by Mr. Chew and then te her home. At the Lewer Merlen police station David Cnlheun. chauffeur, was releasee' in custody of Mr. Chew. Cardinal Deufhtrtr urrra at Catholics ( it tha Mai.uaf e rryr. AivT Publlibed Oallr Except Sunday. Subscription Price IS a Tear by 'Kail. CepyrUM. W2, by Public Lednr Company Youthful Bandits Given Leng Terms as 'Menaces' Sentences of Thirteen Imposed by Judge Davis as Youngsters Admit te Many Crimes Heavy sentences were Imposed to day upon two youthful, self-confessed bandits, who had been tried upon ten Indictments for various crimes. The youths were denounced scathingly by Judge Davis, who told them they were dangerous te society, Bheuld be put away, and he, for one, would de his best te break up the wave of crime. The jeutlm are Geerge W. Mulhol Mulhel land, seventeen years old, of 021 West Yerk street, who get ten le thirteen years In the ICnstern Penitentiary, and Harry L Wnrd. nuns Williams eighteen years old, of 2423 North Tenth i street, who get twenty jenrs nnd six mentns te twenty-six years. Beth the youths wcre roughly dressed, nnd steed sullenly before the bar as they were sentenced. Thv twiddled their caps in their hands, flushed redly when they heard the years they must spend In prison, but other wise gave no sign. Nene of their rel atives or friends seemed te be in the courtroom. Tried te Reb Jeweler Willlamn wns convicted nftcr his ar rest Marcii 20 nt Eighth nnd Dauphin streets, upon a charge of having at tempted, with two ethcis, te rob the jewelry store of James C. Tinsley, 520 West Lehigh nvenue. Tinsley had dodged behind a counter nnd seized his own gun, frightening the bandits from the store. They fled in nn automobile. Williams also was convicted of hav ing stolen the automobile of Dr. Heward R. Jenes, a dentist, of 1031 Oxford street, March 28. while it was landing at Brend nnd Venango streets. The used, this car in their next attempt nt banditry. The boys, with two ether youth. drove in the nutomebile te the jewelry LAST-MINUTE NEWS MAYOR OUTLINES NEW LEASE PROPOSAL FOR "L" IN MESSAGE TO COUNCIL A new approach te a solution of the Frankford elevated oper ating' pio'elem wp.e made by Mayer Moere In a message te Council tedny. He susspstccl a conference with the ?. R. T. nnd Council uefeie lie bubmitb a new lease. Modifications lie suggests for a new ase are an overage rental of 5 per cent of the city's invest ment ever a ten-year period, creation of a depreciation fund te protect the city's investment and elimination of the clause which would cancel the lease six months after completion of the P. R. T. valuation. STANDARD OIL TANKER ADRIFT OFF PERU I'ANAMA, April G. The Stan-lard Oil Tanker W. J. lijuua it, tepeited adiift off the Peruvian coast with a broken cnjjlue bliaft. The cnntil tug Gergena v.,1;. preparing te go te iiti a&aibtaucc. . HIDDEN GLUES MAY TRAP BECK SLAYER I j State Will Seek Conviction of Jean P. Day, Wealthy Oil Man TO TESTIFY AT INQUEST By the Associated Press nfe "Muck-lotter" snmu will be Oklahoma City. April (1 ''Midden added te the ir iccignlred in the angles" In ths sla.ving of Lieutenant KpNi-epal Chun u mm . ., rs ..f tin, roun reun roun Celonel Paul Wnrd Heck, assistant coin, try if changes lu the Heek of Common mandnnt of Pest field nt Kert Sill, i 1'rn.ver nre adopted a proposed hv the are being developed. County Atternev Commission en IJevlsjen. en wii li Phil. Muehes declared today. The inm.-uv occurred here Tuesday at the home of Jenn P. Dnj, oil man and prominent ntteriiey. X-ray photographs deflnitelv seitled the question as te whether Colonel Mn'k was shot. Shattered fragments of a bullet were disclosed In the bend of the nrmv officer. The bullet tippenicci te have entered nbeve the right car. It ranged down nnd lerv-.s-' Tin linn .lunlnrpil In. ..trni L fVlMnl I J)C;C;A ,i, ,.- hvhh ...hi ml iiumvi . he obtained after he relumed home 'nnd found the aviator struggling with I Mrs. Da. The 1 evolve r was dis 'charged accldentnlh, Day asserts, pin-' , testing thut he did net Intend te Kill I the army officer. The liquor ungte ftlse Is being In- vestlgnted hv Count Attorney Hughe, i Ins well ns Federal piohibltlen ctliiers, Corener MeWilllnnis niinnunc"d hci I found bottles and sliced manges scat tered nbeut the room in which Colonel Beck was slain. Mr. Dnv declared tednv nothing stronger than non-alcoholic apricot cordial bad been served nt the midnight dancing pint in the Day home. pi. ceding the traged. Beth Day and Mrs. Day have an nounced they will take the ,ti.!iil and Centlni'fd en I'n- Thirteen. Column reii . TWO THUGSROB WOMAN Intimidate Germantown Merchant's Vfe With Revolver Obtain $25 1 M.V. .lehn Senior was held up at the point of a revolver nnd robbed of 5L"i lu her liushnnd'b grocery store, at 1 1.) Merris street, Germantown, as stiu was closing the place Inst night. "I was nwuj at the time," said Mr Senior ted.ij "My wife wns alone in tlie'stere, which is lu the basement "She was getting ready te desp up I shop when n touring car containing , three jeung men dieve up. Twe of the ' men entered the store Beth pointed revolvers at my wife Mrs. Senior was. tee frightened te call for help, j "The robbery could bave been seen i from the street, had any one been I pas.slng at the lime. The third youth remained In the machine ns n leek- I out. After obtaining the money the men drove away," TOa1. n.ni ilti. hnnil iitli ,)ii ,.1. 1 . j. te Twenty-Six Years store of Samuel Spiegel, at 2015 Ger Ger mnntewn avenue, Marcii 20. Anether Robbery Failed It was 10 o'clock in the morning, and three entered the store, ene remnining in the machine. Spiegel nnd his daughter Snru were held up nt the I points of pistols. At that moment Mrs. Spiegel, the jeweler's mother, entered the room. One of the boys started toward hci. but she slammed the deer and called for hcln te Merris WeUman. a car- i penter, who was working In the rear 0f the house Mcnnwhlle the bandits were begin nlnp te (scoop up the Jewelry from the store window. The eucrles of Mrs. Spiegel and the carpenter nttracted n crowd. Leeking through the bulk win dow the bandits snw the people pressing nrejtnd nnd ran from the store with guns pointed, tnking none of the jewelry with them. They drove nwn.v, pursued by William McGrann, a fire man, nnd Heward Wlien. who lives nt 2057, North Seventh street. At (jcrmnntewn n venue nnd Dinmend streets Patrolman Kcetuin tried te step lie enr nnd was nhet" at three times. I did net fire back for fenr of hitting ii' one in the crowd following the bandit c nr. The lmndlts drove out Dinmend stieet, pursued In nutomehlies. Tlicj drove up Ninth, nnd nt Miiviuchnniia avenue collided Willi nnether enr, d serting their own. .Mulhellnml nnd. siw ,sc'wftr.BhS,Kiia s7i,w .'I" ,,n fncte GWrnment f en feet. i Kussin by this country Is probably ap- Dcnlfil Firing at Pelleenun ' P'enelilng Beth denied having had the pistols. I lf I'le'1 "'"W secures the rccognl rccegnl rccognl er huving done the sheeting. Since iliat , tl01' "f 'he Soviet Government at Genea, Centlnnrd en Paitu Twe, Column Tne EPISCOPALIANS ASK FIFTY IVIORE SAINTS Revision Committee Proposes te Drep "Obey" Frem Mar riage Service WOMEN WIN DEMANDS rile nliln ins il,, n't reentntlvc Other proposed chan;;. . mrbid,. oini eini oini sien i, the inuring1 service or' the bride's premise te .,lw and tru- I ride, groom's pledge, with nil mv weildly goods f tjice endow. These ehnngels nave lieen urged bv weuvn f. 'r years and have met with -treng opposition union'- me finikin ,ii I, ., : .,. dergv ami lnit.v. Philadelphia's thiee rcpre.,tit!ves ' V.n i .'"'"mission en Itcvs.-bm an-' liisliep Rhinelnndei, the Rev I)r lu clen M. Kol.ltiseu and the 'l:,.v l')r II. U. (.iiminev. .Ir, of Downingtevvn 1 he Ii ft i taints will hnvc c,.,n! .. i i i ''' a "I'mt ler will Include the patron saint- -f them m.in-. i"i, ik u c-e nutries. ,i! i n, s:. v ... gniuie,, if Sweden: St l )laf. of Nor Ner vav ; St Den's, of Frame, St Cvnl .ind St. Mnthednis. (,f the Slavs; 'St Patrick 0f Ireland' St. Cceree, ,,f Lnglnnil: nnd St. David, of Wales ilieie will !. ., ,,i n, ,V(lll fe,.Sl Mchc. ns fl. patron of . hllduij. who was Itishep of Mvin Tin- Anieri.-uii Pmver l!,,ok new con cen t mis. the names enlv of the sulnts whose n.iniis nre feniul In the New Te-tu-i.ieiit, i went in lUM.iber v hen the line nt Common 1'invcr was pi, .pa,,., i f, M, , A1,,HI, . .inches abmit VS, ve m ,.. , f the mi nt- appeariiiL' In tin L'tiglM, book were emiHed. The prepped changes will make the prn.ver book used In this 1. Ill lit Ml fli.l . .... tm . i 11 i ."" ',"',' "i "n-ni iiritnlu nearer nun.-. n i Sni(l Hint I III" Cbllll llge Will I nntlnuril no I'ugr I lilrlrrn t eliiuin I'he V. sS. Enlvrvd World War Five ) cars Age Today Ted.'i I the fifth nniiiveiM. v of the entr of the I'nlted States into the World War. On April 0, 1017, Pn-sldent Wilsen sljuetl the reehi-' Hen of Cenuriss declaring a state of war e-Nlsfd with (Jermnnv. Dlplem-iic relations with Her many weie broken February .'I, 11)17, following (ieriminy'H adoption of unrestrlctcd submarine warfare. .-, UNITED STATES' Mi '- (3w r E PRICE TWO CENT1? 1 REGOCN iSiSft W! 'r,i SOVIET RUSSII Qualified Acceptance of Bol shevik Regime as De Facto Government Forecast .? i ' 1 LLOYD GEORGE TO PAVE WAY ATGENOA MEETIN, British Prime Minister Expected te Consummate Allied Ar rangement With Moscow HOPE TO RESTORE EUROPE Plan of Paring Down Debts td Stabilize Conditions Abandoned By CLINTON XV. GILBERT t;vfT Corrfeponclmt Evmlnr TuMle I4fr Copyright, 10t!. bu PuhUc t.tier Cempaml Washington, April 0. Frem a source (close te President Harding it Is learned that (lie lccognltien of the Soviet Get- or if he proceeds independently te rec ognize It, this Government. It is said. I will net long delay action. I The gener,,l belief ,, Administration j circles is that Lloyd Geerge will suc icced at Genea in his main object, which is te reach nn agreement with Russia leading te a limited recognition, a put ling of the Soviets en probation. This jwill lend te the disarming of Russia and of ihc Hnltle States, including Po Pe lnnd. nnd te n gradual restoration of production and trade in that region. Recognition Net Surrender ' Of course, if the Soviet representa tives meet the ether governmental rep resentatives nt Genen en the conditions laid down by Lloyd Geerge, and If J it makes the agreements te be demanded I of it there, this will Be fnr toward re- moving the objections this country baa 'hitherto raised toward recognition. -vVlr-rhnt Mr Hughes has asked 1 substantially that the Beishevikl in their t relations with ether countries or with i foreigners trading in Russin shall rec- egnizc the principles of international law as they relate te the safety of life and property. Se that iccognitien will net be any surrender of tlie American p.'sitieu, but rather an acknowledgment thnt. the I Ins, inns have m hi"t met if The British Government's notice te e French Government that when tha 'lilted States demnnds pn.vment of In- teri-t en Lnglnnd's war debt te thla cniintr.v it will in turn expect France te begin pn.vment of interest en her bor row ings from England Is interpreted here ns inclining that Lloyd Geerge s u, ing every power he hns te keep the Fiench in line with his policy at Genea, One argument for this country's de clining te cancel its leans te the Alliej Has a I ways lieen that this debt gave the I'nned States a powerful voice in the policies of Europe. It could cxercia that control which n creditor nation .ilwajs has. BHII.sli Demand Political Move In a similar way it is apparent 1 lint Great Itntain has decided te use , the Allies' borrowings from her for political ends. .lust en the eve of the ' Gee u meeting bhe serves notice .en I mice that she mav seen be asked' te pav mtei est for .$2.7."0,03(),000 leaned te her during the war It is going te be etrcine.v difficult, if net Impossible, fi' Fiance te pu.v this Interest i Tl'c demand presumably Is made mere j for trading purposes than anything J else Llnjd Geerge is using every in HuencH he can command te make a success of the Genea meeting, nnd since from bis upecch te the British Parlia 1 incut It is plain that nn agreement with ' llussin which will enen up trade and ' development then i, the biggest thing that he expects te get out of tile con . fttUlli e. it is likely thnt Llejd Geerge re minds Fiance of her debt just nt thla moment se ns te keep her from taking mi nieceni-ilable position with regard te Uussia. It Is from France thnt the British Pit inter h.ns most III fiutr nt riemm , i,. ,, ,,, i '.,, i,i..i. i,.i u ... .. nn . iuiiv..- t, uii i, n I n M'll J. IL'fCI- int nnril en I'ugr Tlilrtrrn. Column Four LOUIS DREKA LEAVES ESTATE WORTH $200,000 Practically All Is Bequeathed te Daughter, Mrs. Scott l,.iis Dreka, whose will was ad mitted te piebate tedny. It'll personal piepeitv valued nt Sl'eO.OOO ami up wind and really valued nt JfeOfMl being the dwelling at ItllO North Eighth ftreet. All furniture, jewels nnd ornament uie left te Ins daughter, Mrs. Afllll c rut Dreka Scott There Is placed in trust SI.-iO.OOe. the interest from thla' fund te be enjeved by Mrs, Scott for life, with the power te dispose of the principal ns she desires at her death. and she receives the resldue of the et tate. Theie Is Snoot) bequeathed Mrs. Rnjy Cerlles Truincr. wife of Irving Train er, of Media, I'n. The will is dated October I'll. liC'l Mr Dreka died In his apartment ut the St. .inines April 1. Fire Destroys Barn In Chalfont Fire tlestieyed the bam en the farm of S. E Beney, at Chalfont, Pa., near Do.vlestevvn, tills morning. Dnckfira from nn nutomebile Ih believed te hsvs started the blaze. All the livestock wu saved. DO IfOU WANT A PIOTOliO OB A riAlrt Loek undar .M-,v, iitiuninia ' en paj iri.ry r iUR", , KS&A aM 4 i m ii '1 -"M w c4 &'l w V hteiKl -Mi - " 1 V' Bft.A.J.1 J, V If .w"wt . '. vv is' -jr .. -i. lt!"'Si 3fe&HA'2tOT.&4U vtSl e .rt'5. it, ,. ..- ri.M a j iJiUt'j. !, Av,
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