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n. nflt A K( 'i i"- .ml,,-zr&q; H ' r J4 -. rv" fMErEATHEfi ViAr innleht 'with coldest about .1a degrees! Thursday Increasing cloudiness becoming uugciuni uf hiiuii TK-Ml'inCATtinri ,T KACH 1I1U It ptiii no 111 uaj i j a i iiT-rnn fan i7 Ian U l-ml-mi-m 14a i-n i i mv uenmg yOL. VIH. NO. 73 Public me&get NIGHT EXTRA CLOSING STOCK PRICES senir ON ISLANDS OF PACIFIC LOIS greement for Joint Consulta tion Planned, but Ne Alli ance or Entente FORMAL TREATY PROPOSED; SENATE ACTION NEEDED Understanding Would Supplant Anglo'Japanese Aprangement. Designed te Prevent War SEPARATE TREATY ON YAP Far Eastern Committee Adepts 'Resolution for Future In tegrity of China Unter-tl a, "'"''',;Mfttler t th. Pyemic, l Philadelphia. !. Under the Act of Marclf 3, 1870 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1921 Published nMvYVK.XtJ Ye" byUa"' LiOpjTlRIU, lMrfli "J "" --' - PRICE TWO CENTS Dr.Lerenz, Opposed by U. S. burgeons, May Ge Heme Great Austrian Specialist, Unable te Silence Criti cism, Ready te Quit Premises He May Recon sider When Urged by Dr. Copeland Hy I he Associated Press Washington. Pec . 7. The four feur four Peffr agreement being considered by ttiV Vnlled States. Orpat nritnin, Jipan a"'' France, it was learned to te itj from official American sources. WuM b a" agreement for joint eon een eon ritdtlen en ny mattprs affecting ln ttrtsH of t lio-e nations in Hip 1'ucilie Island" nnd net an alliance or techni cal entente , The agreement if- in process of being reduced te treat form, it van said, jnd'if acrcptcd is te be submitted te tie Senate. The proposed undertaking is designed te de away with the Angle-Japanese tlllnnce nml proposals liave reup te lipen for renuncintlnn of that alliance If the new agreement should be con cen jamtnntpd. As new tinder i rgotintlen the ngrcc ir.nt f te' he limited te the Pacific l-Ii!n(Jf. Fader the 'rntntlv? proposals each of Hie Towers wnulil agree te con sult eneh ether before going In war en ny dlfft renees thnt might arise relating te tiiee Inlands. Will Nut leal With Forts The ngreeinent. Amerlcnn officials Mid. weiild net deal with fortifications In the Pacific nor with questions re lating te the Island of Yap. Neither hmiM it ili.nl with imv inattei's nlTectiuc China, lint only iIii-mj relating te I Jllands of the 1'acilic. Tie questions at Issue between the United Slates and Japan relating te table facilities and ether inn,tjers nf ffiMlnr. the Island of Yap arc te be dealt with in n separate treaty, which Ml Mid te he near completion. The' propose four-Power agreement U .Unl ...tit. it... 1. ...It... !ul...w1.. !u kfllll III utill I. III! I ill t iiihiv iDiiiinin ..... in hnvp already been given approval in principle i nntisii representnuves at thr Washington Conference. The sub stance of the proposed treaty, it was raid, tins been raided te Londen. ToUie and Purls. The formal responses of the IlrltMi. Japanese and French (Sov (Sev rnmcnt.s -1 i ll remain te be received, however. Americans IIeefiil TIip oilnlen in American quarters wan liepi-f ill for I'm a I negotiations of tlif new irent. The American delegates had nnether meeting carl today, and it was re ported discussed at length the situation relating te lite four-Power agreement. This, it was said, was regarded in Ameriran cpiarters as a separate pro ceeding from the American proposals for limitation of naval armament, but It wns expected that an accord en both fhe-I'ncific Mauds treaty and the nnval Pfegrnni might be reached almost simul taneeus r Pome formal anil official expression j irem the American delegation was in prut-pcrt. In American circles it was said that full understanding of the proposed jreeinent. with the official statement that nn alliance or even . an entente was net the aim, would remove much of the criticism which nlrenih has tie rtlnpcd la Miiue tpmrters. All' four of the Ainerienn delegates were reported .is favoring the four-Power agreement. One AniPili-nii efliclal said he had no doubt that when the agreement was full mulrrntrinil It would meet with bl Wrtlum xiippert upon being submitted te the Senate. These who have ndvo ndve ratril American enfrance te the League of Nations, It was said, would be con went in giving their support le the Ww lripiiMd ngi cement. Designed te Ufp Pence The e.ilHmitien (jhen in American thatVrH '" ,l"' "cgollaliens emphasli'.eil "St It was designed te kpep peace In the 'aeitic b dealing with all mafters re JUngt,, Paeiiie Islands hul without be "S cempliealcd b agrccinenfs ivlat- l"L? ( ,''!"" '"' tcrrlter ether lliaii the Jc he Khinds. Ar.i ' ",,s M,i,l ,ll"t ,llP implicit ul HIP Iniir-lVlU'ei' nnriinniiiMt li, !l ti. ,!,'lll:1'""" for consultation he "cn the Pw,.rs .flpv deelaratien "wnrslieiild win it favor. kiM ? T"1"' "f ""' proposed treaty is m te he W(. understood between the "prfJenlatUes here of the four Powers. te Iri?' ! ""s HtUl WIIS ,,"1,'K Invited nrntw. . ' '"'rcciuent because of her VZru f Islands in I he Pmdlic. linn ? llBrt,''lll,,t. iiccerding te Informa Inferma lea '.','! VJ'"''1"" ""'cs. weultl net furilt.i'f ,,,"""li ",ir '"icifcre with iMands. fm"li'",l,".' f Hi- Hawaiian tli)nirfl ''"'I'rni.ill.ni I hat I he sugges Wh.i ". !p,w '"tcniailenal concert nn , rllUl1, A" '"'therl.e, llritlsh lem,?''1' )tM (l"" "ccrlain sugges sugges te I n,V!'r'' .f."rl"l'tcd and telegraphed "ffk ' l .'"' ',f,.",' "'" conference last thur !;'",'; S""''"t'' Uliglies. Ar- Kote. ",,,f,,11r and Admiral Huren ter'i1', "" "'i1'''1"1 -"'""lit Iiiin In t:1" V'";l.'imnce. " ih known Ih. " Ml"1'1 ii of position tr.un uLrnnT"" '"I'U'll l allribllted tliU ! ".' MOistiens raised U "w new phase f t. negoliatlens 'imiiufu u ,.,. T,.,,et r,,!,;,,,".,,-,- ! '"''"Iwir'M;.1 i,Vr,(' ;'" I.1NK. Pre. vaait eiii .K i . ' x .'"J1 n "lcei ,"n" , ",v .. rHlla,,'er ph. Lee. 6303. iAdv. Hy (lie Asseelaled lVess New Yerk. Dec. 7. Dr. Atleph Ii renz, famous Austrian surgeon, an nnimcpd today thai In view of opposi tion (e his professional aridities In this country from the medical prnfos prnfes s en. he would discontinue furthpr free clinies and return te Vienna as seen r.s possible. This statement by Dr. Lei-pii, was uiKpiallfied, but Inter when urged bv Health Officer Cepelaiul te tdiangc his mind and continue werk'ng In Hit. country he said "I might. I might." lie made his anneunceinent of inten tion te go home at the office of Cepleand. where he went te examine sevens -five crippled children. Dr. Lerenz' ex plained his decision in the following statement : "In view of the widespread and great opposition te my professional activities in tills country from theranks of the medical profession, which I had hoped te conciliate, I feel I must discontinue ull my plans and return te ni Vienna. I hnrber no inallce against the American profession and hope they will seen reconsider and accept the prof fered hand of friendship with their Aus trian brethren. If once the ice is broken the current will de the rest and CHANDLERS LEVIED ON GLIENTS AFTER SELLINGTp OUT Mendenhall Admits Collecting Margins and Interest en Nen-Existing Securities PROCEEDS DUMPED INTO SPECULATION POT, HE SAYS Dlt. ADOLPH M)KENZ in the nenr future n reconciliation must take place anyhow. "First, my great mission was le thank the Anierlean people for all they have clone for the starving little chil dren of Vienna. I did net fall In this. M endeavors te cenelllntp the pre- Centlnttrtl nn I'nicr Twrlip, Column HI CHINA MAY WRECK FAREAST PLANS Hepe for Harmony Clouded by Resignations of Pekin's Representatives SHANTUNG CAUSE OF CLASH By t'MNTON W. GIMIKIIT Men CnrrrweniliMit l'tritliiK I'iiMIp I.islcrr Copurleht. 1031, bv Public Leitacr Cemvanu Washington. Dec. 7. F.vents in China within the next fortnight perhaps will determine hew seriously the resig nations of the Chlneaie advisers should be taken. It is known here that the decision of the Powers leading te the direct nego tiation of the Shantung issue between China and Julian led te exactly the seu of outbreak of students' organization nml radical bodies in China as did the deeisien of the Versailles conference, leaving It (e Japan te return .Shantung upon her own terms. Americans here interested in per suading China le pieeeed mndernlc.lv foresaw what would happen and sent long messages te China nssiulng (lie Chinese that the Cnnfeience would ileal falrlv and that China liad most te g.ilu froin'ce-operntlng with the great Powers and making the necessary eompiemlses. Kail te Cheek Agitation These- messages have failed te check the commotion across the Paclllc, ami it Is known heie that the resignations of Mr. I.liriB. Admiral I sal and hce- P. I I PARK SEEN AS CROOKS HAVEN Millbourne Residents Fear In flux of Bootleggers and Bandits JUDGE ADMITS TESTIMONY Bandits, kldnnppers nnd bootleggers weie added today te the various classes of undesirables feared by residents of the vlclnty of Slxty-lhird and Market streets If the P. It. T. erects Its pro posed amusement park there. This was brought out before Judge Jehnsen, In Media, by witnesses testify ing in the suit te prevent the erection of the park for which the P. It. T. admits plans have been drawn. Leng argument by P. It. T. counsel failed te prevent the faking of this tes timony. The defense aigiied that the testimony was nnticipatnry and founded en conjecture. "The people who live in tills com munity are the ones who should judge just hew thp park would affect their home life." it was argued In answer, and Judge Jehnsen decided te permit all tlie witnesses te testify. James T. Itndd. of Stenehur.st, feared that among the thousands who would visit the park would he bootleg beotleg boetleg gers. Claude AV. Manheek, a young married man living in Steuehurst aRe, spoke of the possibility of his three-year-old daughter being kidnapped by ear tW the '" "" - , . t..,,., ..I,.,!,- ,. Irl, i iiaiiguicr eeing hiiinappci iiy our m rue nt.iry V,m and perl, aps li f IM , llml()silhles I0 residents ex -t with Mr Wnnp. one ;f tin delega cs. re (h( e ()f (p ,. due te pressure- from home and fiem Samuel Abranis. a resident of Mili um r'niiie.-c in this eeiintrv. I iw. ,,,. (t,i.i.i i, ,,..i t i. t..., which Ver evidently They .lie net inertly tlie ,1'iiiMiiuai expression of opinion of these who hnc l-e-lgued: thev icllect the most power ful and .ictive nilneril.v in China which nri.vpiite.1 the acceptance if the sallies treaty and uv fins dtdslen reached !iy tins eniereuci;. A foreign expeit here who lius lived Inng.in Chini and who. rcffards the res ignations as unwiMi and impractical. .ild of course tlicse people have te go hack tc China. It I- easy for Mi. Koe and Mr. Se te make t omprnmises. Tl.ey de net return te their native ceuntrv. at lent net immeillalel . The etieni'lsls in China make it dangerous for the delegates and advisers who par licipate in "a Shantung settlement ne gotiated directly with Japan even under the eyes of the Amei leans and British. May Bejtct Settlement This cvpeit's remaikh are signifi cant of the situallen in China Itself. Hew it will affect the Conference de pen Is upcii developments in ( hina it self If tlf (eunir may he aroused. IheSliantun,' settlement new being ne- ....ii.it,., inn lie rciis'ieu ey inc uciu beurne, testified he purcha-eil his home last summer anil said that if the amuse ment park was allowed te be constructed he "could net live in tlie house." lie said he had purchased his home with the idea of settling in a unlet, re stricted community, and the construe- te ttre'vent the acceptance of imv tien of an amusement park weultl turn the neighborhood into a carnival grounds. He nKe testified that the proximity of the amusement park would decrease the value of his property. Other residents of Millbourne who testified included Mrs. Mary I). Steven son, Mrs. Othelln Weisenbeek. Mrs. Margaret M. Lukeus and Samuel F.dlo F.dle man. StenchuM risidenN who voiced complaint included Mrs. Rebecca Hill Kramer. Mrs. I'enrge II. Kuliliiinn, Mrs. Lucy Kuhlnmn, Wilbert It. Sands. Airs. W. II. Tayler, Jacques Ferber and Mrs. Kay Levekiu. TRY $1,000,000 RUM CASE Wealthy Brooklyn Cafe Man Ac cused of Liquor Conspiracy Cleveland. Dee. 7. -(By A. V.) II. S. Dyer, prohibition agent of Co lumbus and Youiigslewn, was the first . . .... ..it ..r im iiiit.iii. leu ruiuu I'm iitii 1 1 ii i ii x iii i in. x-i'i'iiiiiiirir nates. Intiei I. ine rcsiui m uic ii- r V"'" 't Y V, ,i Vi 7'i r f .. in!i be rclecl-'il . 1 1 the trial of Mee II. Baren, wealthy "in II ether hand. Chinese pretests Breohl u cafe ewner: Ike Simons, "-"" srit 'is s:t " ''-raura'd si:ueed 'lll'l ilesiies le nave ner own relations with China matin hh smooth as possible. The resignations arc only a devel opment of the threat heard early in the Cnnfvpiice that China would with draw. China has it In Iter power prac licalh te wreck the FarKastcrn con ference, for her refusal te accept Its ileeMeu would Is' extremely einbar- . ...vi..,. te lis i e centum, mis ceuii t ment Mr. D,er lead te tlie jury letters that he sas were found in the posses sion of Baren when he wns arrested last summer In Youugstewn nn the al legation that he was transporting whiskv from Pittsburgh te Unit city te be sold for beieniKc purposes. The deal, accetillng te Assistant Dis trict Attorney Jeseph C. Breiteustelu. in his opening statement te tin' jurv vesterda. Inwdves 10,000 eases of A feverish jiiftfling of niceiints which Itvtcd a tell of interest nnd margins evi it en customer!) who had been sold out. was described today by Karl Mcn denfinll. of the bankrupt firm of Chan tiler Brethers & Ce., which went te the wall ln July. "If we hnd told them wc would have been gen; we hoped it, make- It up later," Mr. Mentlenl.nl! replied, when asked wh trustful clients: were net tihl the stocks they thought they were trading in had been sold out and no longer existed nn far as tile firm was concerned. The cress-examination today of Mr. Mcndenhall nnd of Fred T. Chandler, .ir.. oeiere .leiiii .xi, inn, rcicrcc in bankruptcy, was In some respects the most sensational since the collapse. The atmosphere in Mr. Hill's I'enn Square Building office wns electric with ex citement as the astonishing play of question and answer rolled en. The few creditors nt the hearing saw the veil tern away from a vast medley of speculations in which they nnd ether creditors were made te appear us shorn lambs without the slightest protection from the storms thnt swept the market. The proceeds of all the stocks owned by customers and sold out by the firm new baukiupt were tossed in helter skelter in a speculating pot-AVltheut any record of the individual ownership of the shares, according te the tcstimeii, K. T. Chandler (Jet Beest It was also brought out that Fretl T. Chandler, Jr.. was left only a 10 per cent interest in the firm In the will of his father, Fred 'X'. Chajidler, Si, but that this interest was boeslVd te a ."1 per cent or controlling share by an agreement among Percy M. Cha'ndler and members of the reorganized firm. Aleiiuder Conn, attorney for Mrs Martha A. Hemiger. of Atlantic City, took part In the examination xvhicli was conducted chiefly by J. Heward Ileber. nterney for the trustee of (lie bankrupt. MrH.tJtoniiiixer lest $i.UIK) in th crash. "Mr. Mendeiihall, were you a wittiest wittiest te tlie will of Frederick T. Chanlller, Sr.?" asked Mr. Conn. "Yes." "Who wns his partner In the eilglual firm?" "Percy M. Chandler. At the death of Frederick T. Chandler, Sr.. a new llrm, Chandler Brethers & Ce., wns formed." ''Did you knew that that will pro pre xidctl that there should be nn appraisal of Frederick T. Chandler. Sr.'s estate and Ills interest In the firm?" "Yes. The appraisal made wns never filed te my knowledge" Mr. Meudenhnll icpllcd. "The executer was Percy M. Uiianiiier "Why Company ship?'' "It wns nsketl te by tlie beneficia ries." "Did Percy M. Chandler have any thing te de with that?" "Yes, I think he did." Agreed te larger Interest "Hew wns Frederick Chandler, Jr., given a .rl per cent interest without an investment of cash m the Hun?" "By term of an agreement between the executer of the estate anil the ether partners." "If you will leek nt the will, you will see thnt Frederick T. Chandler, Jr., Is entitled te only 10 per cent interest In (he estate of his father," said Mr. Conn. "If he wns entitled te only 10 per cent, nn what basis was It agreetl te give him ."1 per cent?" "It was an amicable agreement," "Dltl net the executer, Percy M. Chandler, bine thc real, substantial In terest In the firm and allow it te be used In his behalf by Frederick T. Chandler. Jr.?" "What de j tiii mean by real interest, ca.di?" Mr. Mcndenhall ceiinteied. "Kltlier ensh or any ether way that Percy M, Chandler inny have had anil retained in this partnership, although It was net in his ewn name, Mr. Conn replied. "In ether words, Mr. Men deiihall, was net Percy Chandler a si lent partner in Chandler Bres. & Ce.?" "Ne, he was net." "Then wh did he dominate its ac tions?" P. M. Chandler Had "Influence" I "Because, lie was executer under tlie will of Fred T. ('handler. Sr." "But the firm had dissolved and I". T. Ohautller, Jr.. hnd the ."1 per cent Interest. Hew about thnt?" Mr. Conn persisted. "We considered the geed will nnd the continuance of the firm." "Hew much money did Percv did the Ileal Kslntc Trust renounce its co-executer- SAYS HE WAS DRUGGED BY CIGARJND tiOBBED Graeme Park Man Victim of Hold Held Up at Willow Greve Clarence McCoy, emplnjed bv J. Welsh Htrnwbrldgp, at (iracnie Park, north of the cltj, has reported te th" Ablngten police that he was robbed of $170 bj two men while waiting for a trolley car nt Willow drove, after being drugged by the smoke of u "cigar." McCoy sa.ts he wns drugged nnd while in this condition the men took the money from an Inside pocket and escaped. "The inen engaged me in conversa tion," McCoy salil "nut! one of the men asked If I could change $."00 In notes of large denominations. He said he was rbeut te negotiate u real estate ileal, mill did net want the agent te realize just hew much menev lie had. I told them I had eul SL'IM). "One of llin men ului lull) llitrnducpil lilniMplf iim tlin Itnv Mi Hiirplu ivns I pulling away at a large cigar and ex haling the smoke in my fare. I noticed It hail a very unusual odor, but thought nothing of it until I suddenly became dazed, and leaned against an Iren pole for support. It wus the smoke that drugged me." PURE ENGLISH AS SHE IS DEFILED INTONE COLLEGE Curriculum a "Herse Brush" Chlv airy "When Yeu Feel Celd," Etc. Newark, Del., Dec. 7. "The Ciiltcd States Is a Natien of peer speakers and bad spellers, and our mistnkcs-ln grara nuir are the jokes of ether countries," Dr. Clyde Jacksen, professor ,of Kng llsb at Temple I'niversitv. telt! the students at the Culvers!!- of Delawnre last night. He declared that slang was becoming loe prevalent, although a little of It was permissible te add force te a statement. iiemcmbcr. every time you open your mouth some one leeks into your mind," the professor ' told the students. ) , Dr. Jacksen at lacked with ignr the usual attitude of college students te- ' ward geed language. "Meney could ' snfel be hidden in tlie dictionaries of I most of our college libraries," he de clared. Speaking of tlie results of an exam- , inatlen recently held In a college, he tdtetl the following answers given te, some of the questiens: "Coffee is made in a pernmbulater." "A curriculum is a brush le smooth a horse's hair." "Chivalry is when ou feel cold." "If care is net taken with dusty cor ners microscopes will breed." "A molecule is what nn Englishman wenrs in bis eye." "Stability is work in n stable." FIRE IN GOWN SHOP Stock in L. Stene & Ce.'s Stere in Walnut Street Destroyed Fire swept through the basement of L. Stene & Ce.'s gown shop nt lflOd Walnut street, today, and destroyed n quantity of stock. The blaze was discovered at .S:l," o'clock by empleyes of Kdwurd It. Wil liams, n tailor who occupies tlie second and third floors of tlie building. The gawp shop hijil net yet lieen opened for business. , Dense smoke was pouring up n rear stnirway Inte the first fleer shop when the alnrm was given. Firemen smashed windows te get nt the tire, which wns drowned out before it reached tlie first fleer. Firemen believe the blaze resulted from an overheated oil-burning heater which Ignited u pile of rubbish nnd then communicated te boxes anil ether materials. i L PRISONERS SET FREE SUING Royal Proclamation Issued Granting Amnesty te Offend ers Interned in Ireland SIR JAMES CRAIG SEES HOPE FOR FUTURE PEACE Telegraphs Lady Craig That It May Yet Be Attained by United Effert DECLINES TO DISCUSS PACT Seme Ambiguities in Treaty That Require Elucidation, He Tells Parliament IlSsing IO llllS IIPIC!IIU'I1. I nil ii'uii- .VCMI'llltl.i . ............ w, ...... i iitj. in ..,'., ul. I then have te elect between bended whisk? with a bootleggers' value li. I ' . . i . .!.. -I! - .1., .i.vi mill sininatli ulni: with .itipnn as nuving ei- ,et ,).i,imi.mi, fired all that teiild rea-eualily be ex- mil nml siinnei-tliig China In her re liiKii te hive n settlement Imposed upon her b; the gnat Powers. Americans Irritated Considerable in nation is fell in the nierlcaii debujatieil ever the Chinese Iisignatt'iiis. The feiding among tin Sinericans and the British is that these who Irive resigned nie exticmlstji and impriutlc.il. who will de the cause of China harm. But there Is anxiety ever lhii exteir le whMi they reflect senti ment ul home and ever the danger of pelillial illstuibanccs theic. It Is this question, what China . mini? te de nml hew China's action l:i Ihls Conference ma affect American nidatiens with Japan, which lias caused , the Japanese delegates te raise an Issue I ewr the naval ratio ami debt deilsle.i I upon II until the Far Eastern problems become clearer. When you think of writing, tbleh of wmTINW(iu. SHED TOO MANY NICKELS Man With Small Change and Gun Suspected of Trelley Held-Up When Edward Irnseii, conductor of a Iteiite Ne. !HI trolle) car. reached the end of his run. at Elinwoed avenue and Island read, shortly after ! :!10 o'clock last night, he was held up by a eung man with a gnu, who robbed him of his oveiceat, SS cash and .$!!." in car tickets. Later, last night. Patrolman Metten saw u euug man running toward him dropping nickels. At Eleventh and Chestnut streets the patrolman stepped him and was forced te use his nigjit stick when the ether attempted te draw a mm. lie gave bis nam" ns Arthur Winter, twrul -one ears old, of Sinedley street nenr Balubrldge. Up was held en sus picion of holding up Driisei, us his pockets were filled with small change. Continued en I'tntr Tvn, Column Three ROB CHESTNUT HILL HOME Thieves Ransack Heuse of Stephen Ager and Get Jewelry Thieves looted the home of Stephen Ager, fs's.'tS, Crefeld street, Chestnut Hill, last night while he and his wife weie at the movies. Bailread stock valued lit $1100, nnt nnt urnlUatleu pnpers belonging te .Mr. Ager, $80 in cash and a woman' geld wrist watch were stolen. 100 DEAD INJ3ERMAN BLAST Bodies of Only Thirteen Recovered Frem Rhenish Prussia Works Berlin. Dec. 7. (B) A. P.) The bodies of enl) thiileen of the mere than 100 p-Mwns killed In the explosion jes tcrda) at the Nebel Ihiwnulte Works at Saarleuls, Itlienislt Prussia, have been recovered. The number of Injured lias net been ascertained. The explosion, which occurred in nn nil tank, destre.icd the greater part of the factor). Houses in the uclghhnr 1 oed Miff 'rid baill), reefs being blown t f and tin' walls collapsing. P(re which stinted in the ruins spread te the biirreunillng tereits. Ilir brtt wrltlnx puntrii n.re WIUTINU papers. Adv. HAS A GOOD MEMORY Lewer Merlen Patrolman Recalls Held-Up Man Sought for Year Sergeant Patrick Mulliii. of the Lewer Merlen police, arrested n hold up man in tlie Ardmore railroad station last night en a description given him a year age. At that time the ireeer. store of Hubert Jenes. 220 West Spring nvenue, Ardineie, was robbed of $."0 by two men who struck Mr. Jenes with a club and knocked him unconscious. Then the two men stele nn automobile from Themas Flaherty, of Bryn Mnwr, and escaped. The man arrested last night, due te Sergeant Mullln's unfailing memory, proved te be Ira Mitchell, of San Fran Fran ciseo, who is well known te the police. ' lie confessed and said his partner in the held-up wns Frank Bliickmnu, twenty-live years old. of Wilmington. Today Siigennt Mullin went te Wil mington and located Blackmail, who had tlie stolen automobile in his posses sion, lie was brought hack te Ard more. WOULD KEEPARSENAL HERe A. B. Jehnsen Pretests at Plan te I Remove Plant te Jersey While directing ll pretest te Secre- i tnry of War Weeks against the removal of the activities of the l'rankfenl Arse- mil from this clt) te New .Terse) Alba i B. Jehnsen, president of the Chamber of Commerce, has written te Philadelphia Congressmen In Washington asking them for support in tins pretest ami ter an available information en the subject. As seen as a definite response is re ceived from Seeretnr) Weeks (he Cham ber will consider the matter In a beard meeting and take steps te block the re re meuil of this industry from Philadel phia. President Jehnsen pointed out te Sec retin') Weeks that the lciueval was un justifiable from the standpoint of econ omy. It would seem, lie said, that this would be the establishment of a new nnd unusual kind of eennem) "te make uniiecesMir) expendltuies of money te put up a new nlaiit when the Prnnkferd Arsenal is equipped for the work." RELIEF SmP SAILS Carries Feed for Stricken Armenians Frem Philadelphia Children The steamship Allaguasli gave a shrill blast of her whistle at K o'clock this morning and steamed nwu from the Washington nvenue wharf laden with teod for the famine sufferers of Armenia. t x The feed wns collected in Philadel phia ami environs by the Near East Belief. The ship Is bound for Bntuiii en the Black Sea and tlie supplies will be carried Inland. Beginning with Jan uary the reads nre closed te travel se the Allaguasli will have te put In by Christmas or the wishes of the Phlla dclphht school ehlhlien who helped till the ship will net be gratified. de you want jeiit Tiir.nr. AUK plenty of them mlwrtiuM In ri Jlelp Wanted columns today en pace 25, Adv. By tlie Associated Press Londen, Dee. 7. King (Jem-go to day issued a proclamation releasing all political prisoners Interned in Ireland. Approximately ,'1400 interned persons are affected by the relense order, which relntes le nil persons under internment as distinguished from these who have been tried nnd cenvictul. It wns stated by the Iri-h office. The following announcement was made from Downing street "In view of the agreement signed yesterday between the British nnd Irish delegations Ills Majesty has appre) ed the release forthwith of all Irish In terned under Article XIV. -B. of the Restoration of Order in Ireland Act. distinctions te this effect have been given." Advices received here today from Bel fast are te the effect that Sir James Craig, the CNter Premier, told the I'lster Parliament he did net think It expedient te make any statement with regard te the details of tin; new Irish proposals. He said tiii-re were am biguities here and (here in the docu ment, and that he desired ineie time te study its previsions. He said he did net believe settlement nnd peace weultl be furthered by rush ing tactics, and added that there would be a part) meeting tomorrow, after which, if his colleagues mi desired, he weultl cress te Ionden in order te bring p te a very definite point some of these questions which seemed te him te re quire explanation. Sir .ranies strongly criticized Lord Chancellor Birkenhead's reference In his speech nt Birmingham yesterday te tlie action of the CNter Parliament in Tyrene, and warned the imperial niin isters ui'tiliist "irritating the CNter Beynlists" by such speeches at these of Lord Birkenhead. The Premier Is said te have sent the following message today te Latlv Craig, who Is at Bathciland. County Dewn: "It new appears te nie that peace ' may possibly be within sight, if all work I i together te thnt cud with patience nnd goeil will." ' ' It is certain that the treaty will un- derge heart hing examination before re ceiving tlie approval of CNter. and j ninny modifications undoubtedly will be proposed. Her consent, however. Is net necessary ns. under the treaty terms, she is given tlie option of i-ini'uiug her present status, after revision of her boundaries b ya cmnmisslen. Favorable action h tin I nil Illreann I is thought te In- fairl) well amured. I and that of th Impnlal Parliament, which has been suinnuineil te meet De cember II, N a fie-egiine i (inclusion should tb.''Dall nppieve the treaty. i King Conies te Londen King (ieerge came te Londen from Sandrliighnin today teprcside fit a meet- ' i ing of the Privy Council ami sign a proclamation calling u special session of Parliament for Wednesday next te con sider the momentous agreement reached , ' )eterdii) between (Sre.it Britain nnd Ireland ter the establishment of the Irish Free State. SI hi tlie agree ment be nppreM'il. of which little doubt is entertained, the scsmuii will last only u few days and the Parliament xx ill ' adjourn until the regular vessien In Continued en fniie Twehe. Column Tun I Y'erwus en IF hick Peace for Ireland Is Based The terms upon which peace i e.xpcel',d at b's-f te be established between Ireland and Eiitrlniiil lifter 7."0 years of continual disagreement and Intermittent warfure are, In brl"f: Th- Irish Free State shall hnve its own Parliament, n Pilme Min ister responsible te thnt body and a (Soverner (Jpticral nppiiinled by the British Crown. The members of thnt Parliament shall tnke :in oath of nlleiancp te the Constitution -if the Irish Free State nnd swenr te "be faithful te his Majesty King (Seerge V nnd ItN heirs .mil successors by law." Th" people of I'lster shall elii-.ese within one month vhether te tnke part In the Parllaiiienf of the Irish Free State. If the) elect net te partlnJlta,e, the prerogatives nnd powers new held by the Orange fteverniiient and Pnrli.itn-nt shall be retained by them and protected by the British Crown. if 1 Nter decides net te join, a rectification of frontiers Is te be undertaken. The IrNh Free State assumes a share of the British national debt and war exiHiiditure. the nmeuiit te b detcrmlii'd by negotiation en tic basis of relative population. The Parliament of the Irish Free State shall have cemplet control of Irish tariffs, linancinl affairs and ports'. BriMsh military ferres shall be withdraw ii from Ireland. PRO n D E ATH CURS' AT Reading Officials, Safe in Steal Club Coach, See Where 25 Burned te Death ROUTINE IS RE-ENACTED TO FIX BLAME FOR CRASH Bleck Signal Was Net in Order Monday, Railroad Men Say After Inquiry !MAY HAVE MIXED TRAINS Suggestion Made Conductor Thought Way Was Open After Milk Train Passed DRY AGENT HELD; KEEPS U. S. BADGE Headley, Accused of Liquor Plot, Refuses te Give Up Credentials ANGRY SCENE IN COURT William It. Ilendley. a suspended prohibition nsent, end three ether men were held te the Fedenl Grand Jury today after n stormy scene between Headley's attorney and a prohibition official. It. 11. Abel, enforcement ngent in charge here, demanded the surrender of Ilendley'h badge and ether credentials. Henr) M. Stevenson, the nccuseil mnn's counsel, beinted Abel mid said the ere dcntinls would net be turned ever with out n written order from Hentlley's su periors. Tlie nccuseil ngent nnd the ether de fendants weie arrested after a raid en the headquarters of the Amerlcnn Medi cal C puny. KS7 North Third street. 'mil the seizure of three drums of al cohol in a garage in (Sermnntewn. Hendle) today was holt j S.-.enn hall by Coiiimisslener Manley anil S.'iOOO bend each was required for Clement (Soedmnn. Cenrad (Soedinnn, nnd Max Lnuphpimcr. James Kenilnakis. an Internal revenue agent, testified he peseil as n buyer of alcohol and that the ethers agreed te sell him contraband spirits. Headley formerly wus assigned te the .ew .ierse.v proniDitien terce. During the hearing he wns approached 1, S in 1 Ai'ent Mallet, who asked Head ley te hand ever his budge ami papers. Mr. Stevenson intervened nnd said lie hail tlifcrcdentinN. Mr. Abel then was summoned. He made a form il demand en the lnwyer who angril) refused mid irlticizisl the prohibition elheiaN for what he said were their illegal methods. WOMAN STRUCK BY AUTO Miss Bertha Barrln Severely Cut. Driver Gives Up While en bet wa) te work this morn ing at 7 :.'!0 n'llnck, MNs Bertha Ilurrln. twenty-one years old. of lld'.l Neitb Fert) -first stieet. was struck by nji automobile at Fortieth street and (Si rani avenue. Miss Itarrin. who was severely cut about th face and both, was taken te the I.ankenau Hospital, while the driver of the automobile. Frank I.amb. of 1(112 North Sixty -sci end mi cer, gave himself up te tin. polio, f the Thlit) nlnth street and Lnnenster avenue station. HUSBAND FINDS WIFE A SUICIDE IN THEIR H0MF Mis. Emma Wallewei hung herself at r.oe!i today in htr In. Hi nt 3410 Sansom street. Her husband niiOr the discovery r u : lie returned for hlb luccbees. FREIGHT OFFICIALS TO MEET RATE CHANGES LOUISVILLE. KY.. Dec. 7. Adjustments te A-.tt, nil. .v. freight lute i eductiens, recently authetlr.sd by the Jutfrstite Cci i uiei'cti Commission, iill be discussed tit n f.T'!.j or' m'-etitiu . c. geiuiMl Height agents and tmific manage-s fie:.i Mis-,;sb;,vjj .. Ohie Valley jieii'ts te be held xvlthln the ne.i. t'utu.-b. At .. lUninuix meeting- en freight officials here jutterifty Ituii, -. n: laid fur u. eii'. of conferences te diacuis tiit, approaching cl:-ti.(j ts rates. ROBBER SCARE AT CHURCH , MYSTERY IN HOLD-UP TALE Burglar Alarm Brings Police te St. Patrick's Find Only Sexten When the burglar alarm of St. Pat rick's Catholic Chiirth. Twentieth and Locust streets, sounded earl) this morn -ing In the Fifteenth ami Locust streets station. Sergeant Humble and twelve patrolmen grabbed all the ariuameiit in sight and started for the church pre pared te fight H00 or 100 robbers. One of the patrolmen cautiously crawled through a cellar window anil found no one in the church but the sexton, who was leisurely building ii lire. Tlie burglnr alarm hnd gene off accidentally. Man Seriously Hurt Still Had Cash 1 and Watch at Hospital Althemih his jaw was nreken nnd his 'skull mil) be fractured. Hew aril Lewis, I fort) -the yeais old. IID.'t." Walten inc line, walked into Si Jeseph's Hospital last night and asked for medical aid lie said he Ji.nl been held up and beaten near the hospital. Police siiid Lewis had his watch nnd $.'- In cash when he wus exainl at the hospital. The are Investigating the le le pert of the held-up. AUK 101' I.0OK1M1 Hill IIEI.I'T pr,H- hai thc very pornen jeu want Ih Adver tising under Situations en vte SS -Adv, Beading Hallway officials, riding In safe steid coaches, visited today the scene of Mi inlay's railwa horror, near Br) n Atliyu, where twcif -five or twenty -sx passengers were roasted te death In old wooden ears, kiln -dried by mere than twenty years of use. 1 The Beading "investigating commit tee." ennsisilii3 of a dozen high elliclals, re-enacted some of the preliminaries of the head-en collision in which two trnlns of wooden cars mingled their splinters nnd mangled and then cre mated their passengers. Imcstjgnters from the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Stnte Public Service saw this reconstruction 'of the eu-nts which preceded the wreck. The special train, which left the Beading Teriniunl at 0 :1." o'clock, con- ' sisted of an "observation engine," rigged up with special seats for tbc in , vpstlgnters, a linp steel club enr, in which the officials of the read traveled ' in safety and luxurious ease, and a steel reach, less luxurious, but perfectly 1 safe, for thc ethers in the party. j Silent On "Coflin Cnrs" , Counting ttie visiting official guests of '.the Bending Bnilway the investigator-, from Washington anil llnrrlsburg there were seventeen men in tlie club enr. Nene of the officials bail much te say ubetit the wooden reaches, except thnt the Beading Hallway does net buy wooden conches any mere hnsn't bought them for the Inst twenty years. They did net explain, however, why the wooden death traps and tinder boxes are still in use en single track line with dangerous curves through rock j cuttings. 1 Fer the benefit of the vi-lting investi- I gaters, a displa) wns innde of tin- trnns- I mission of orders te the special train i all along the line. The single track I begins at Cheltenham. As the big steel coaches stepped in response te their i powerful air brakes the station agent i ran out with the usual order form. j Thc conductor of the special train receipted for It. and rend It te his engineer, giving him u duplicate copy. Then a specimen top) of the form wa inulateil among tlie ethciaN, and little lecture was delivered en hew the order sjhteiu works. Bleck S)stem Didn't Werk 1 A step was 'nnde at Valley FiiIIh, en a side tiiick, while the 10 o'clock es- I press from I'blbide'phln eveite-ds the sptclal and th'iinlered by At Hunt ingdon Valley the ettii lals of the Bend- ing levelled the first Interesting bit of inferma' Ien that 1-ns been i!cm ejeiI jn the probe into Monday's horror the tit st, at least, which lies been allowed t' beeme public piepcrt). It wns that the block Mstcm no Huntingdon Vallc.i had net been works ing Mendu) the day of the accident, and tlag signals had In en used instead. This has no direct beirlng mi the wreck, se far as !s known new. Inn" interested the itiM-stignters none thu less. A workman was oiling the signal tlevice when the special passed. Spei ml prevision was made for tak ing the siding at Bryn Ath.in. us Train Ne. l.'l, outbound from Philadelphia, was eiilcreil te de lit -1 Menda. The till plicate orders weie banded te the con ductor in the same mariner as at the earlier steps, and again explained. Ker thing was done according te rule The officials explained that the rules had In en stiictl) eliMTM-d b) Train 1,11 up te the lime It took the siding. At 111) u Ath.Mi the engineering ei perts made un iinicuiput. of the track and discussed the various possibilities tillering into the cause of the wreck The) did net discuss the wooden coaches, which ,iie generulh blamed for the ap palling less of lid a-n the terrible deal lis sletv roasting which ever- i took the MCliuis. I Tin- railroad ntlii nils told their guests that Irani Ne l.'l, in taking tlie siding at Br) n Athyn. as nlered, and by ke doing had "lest the right of the trnck." "Clearance" Signal Awaited I'nder the rules, the officials plained, u train which takes the sldinp I ii. a single-track line has no right te go back te the malu trn'k iinlc-x the signal is set at "proceed" b) the tower tewer iiiiin or stut ion agent. (hi Monday, still according te the of ficials, Busscll Clayten, the station ngent til Br) n Athyu. had net given Ne. 1."1 the right te the track after It had gene en the siding, where It was i supposed te wait for Ne. 1.111, Inbound, i le pas. The crew of Ne l.'l, the official" of l the Bending staled, had thrown the I switch themselves In llie face of a signal set against them, and had taken the lint k At Br) n Ath)n the officials were re el n ct I hi ( 'la.Miiu and mlkcd te him at length about the iin-idciit They went into his office and examined his books lie was net en the wit ties Hlanil, but the) get a M-i-y full explanation from him of wliitl occurred Monday. The) said, afterwnitl, that it had been , a satisfacierx Interview, and they bad I fmintl cery thing "all right." They j dltl net let newspapermen have a t'lionee te de any qiicHtlening of the station i 1-1 i i'K'.tT i I 1 i m w MI !!' I w irT 1 1 m In rll tTvltfl I 'Alt vyj, 1.Vi n m m m w m. 8 m Hi I 1 4s f L "Ar t tara