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VOL. VII. NO. 25
Kntrd Sccond-CUis Matter at thn Pot6ttlc, at Philadelphia. Pa.
Under the Act of March 8. 1870 nia, it,
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1920
rubtlehed Dally Except Sunday,
Rnhtcrlntlnn Price 10 a Tear by Halt.
PRICE TWO CENTS
THE CRANK" SAYS HE THREW DEAD BABY IN RIVER
uoprncnt, ivzu,,
by i'udiio iitattr company.
Thieves Loot Wealthy Society Women's Boudoirs of $120, 000, in Jewels Following Dinner Parties
. JUDGE, BRQWN'S COURT
SUCKS LIKE AN OCTOPUS
1 AT CITY'S TREASURY
Has Grown to Thirty Times Its Original Size in
Seven Years and Thrusts Hundreds of Ten
tacles Deep Into Taxpayers' Pockets
69.STENOGRAPHF.RS COST $101,920 ANNUALLY;
299 PROBATION OFFICERS AND 42 TIPSTAVES
His Honor Makes the Jobs, Fixes the Pay and Council Just Says
"Yes" Because His Great Political Power.
Hearing on Budget Tomorrow
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By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
Philadelphia is tho possessor of an octopus.
Not ono of tho "Ton-Thousnnd-Lengucs-Under-thc-Sea" brand, but a
politico-judicial octopus that lias grrowri nearly to thirty times its original
size In soven years,.
It has tentacles, too, like its original in sea fiction. Tentacles nrmed
nd equipped, on tho under aide, with hundreds of "suckers" by which it
attaches itself to 'any object it may choose.
In tho case of Philadelphia's octopus theso tentacles reach into tho city
treasury and fasten on to $1,000,000 annually of the taxpayers' money.
The name of Philadelphia octopus is tho Municipal Court.
It has already cost tho city millions oi dollars. It will cost tho tax
payers millions moro if tho present plans for its future are completed.
President Judge Charles L. Drown controls tho Municipal Court abso
lutely. There aro-eight associato judges, but they don't count.
UDGE BROWN THE ALPHA AND OMEGA.
HE PICKS 7EM ALL, EVEN THE GARDENER
President Judge Drown is tho nlpl
and the omega, the beginning nnd tl
foci, the first and the Inst, of every jo'
politico and otherwise pertaining to the
Municipal Court. , ,
He appoint every employe from
thief clerk down to gardener. For the
Municipal Court has a caretyner. j
The gardener of the Municipal Court
may trim tho window boxes on the
building of North Twenty-first street,
ami cat the grass and arrange tho
leiras and shrubbery around the vari
ous buildings in the heart of Philadel
phia, but-there his job ends.
When it comes to shaking the plum
tree .Tudec "Charlie" Brown gives that
lis personal attention. He in n slight
nan physically, but he has the finest
reputation In Pennsylvania ns a plum
trep shaker.
Soma timo ago a pretty girl ambassa
dress from California railed nt Citv
Hall and conferred on Mnvor Moore
the title of "Knight of the Grape."
Shiv overlooked the opportunity to dub
Judge llrnwn "Prince of the Plum" or
prune, perhaps.
For the coming vear, the judge, If
Ms demands arc heeded, will shako
down an even $1,000,000 worth of
plums from the city treasury's plum
trw. ,
In other words Juitee Brown's pay
roll for emnloycs' salaries nlono of the
Municipal Court calls for exactly $070,
lS.". This nmount docs not Include vvhnt is
known ns the mandamus pay roll. No
body knows what it amounts to. It's a
secret.
$1,000,1)00 Item in Loan
To avoid mentnl ennfu ion it is well
to bear in mind that this $070,185 is the
budget estimate, or the judge's salary
1M for the coming year.
It ii n thing separate and apart from
the $1,000,000 which he has already
bea dicn as his shave of the new loan
recently authorized bv Council.
IMore reviewing the miraculous, in
the municipal sense, growth of Judge
Enron's municipal court it is proper to
throw jiint one suggestive high light on
another item as suggestive of the lavish,
not to snv luxurious, Ideals maintained
bj the judge and his court.
"To printing the annual report of the
Municipal Couit, $7,000," reads ono
inracranh.
The Item deserves particular atten
tion for the reason that the cost for
. ?,, "lc annual roport of tho Mayor
i runniielphla, which Includes the re-
fons or all departments under his con
i H Is only $0050.
Urown vs. Serbia's King
I. HV,, iiuuui, UD Hi U lit u iuu unifcv
grown'B court as It did to run King
II tllO lwlirn tiitdftml ntt Atrett r9 MA
W fcngllsh couits oneo did, n coat-of-
" wun heraldic devices and quar
j;nns. his motto, doubtless, would be,
TJhr Worry?"
n"uuie "rown Is n law unto himself.
'; Is above such petty fripperies as
Worn. !, ......n. .i i
wdtaate and controlling branches of the
"'." ,uy ,n 10 coutilryi
i "' "PMntg whomsoever ho pleases
mi..icm in his court- He fixes their
hi riMV AH Council has to do Is to
? "''deraauds for money. If he
St ?. bi," or sa,R,y vaM and it is
rit.S ,mptljr (,one' he mandamuses tho
ill, geu tllD CQ3U- JJeuee tho man
MJ payroll.
tk. .ii ' ll1, l" ln,s inannomua curse,
lci i? i melnP''orically tied to, a post,
J ? ' , Jcct bIlc Inches from tho ground,
hip.
"uu not even tha nhllttv In veil fop
Monument to Political Scltemlng
was not always thus,
iti Miml(,,,l)nl C0"" o' today, with
the rit?ao.H"L5LPa,ldcl Pnyro costing
lui I l'.000 annually, is the
fortLmnumcDt of Political scheming
At til t)m. th0 moans'
CJ K1'?!" 1""8C'1' It was do
oitUtrm. rp out tllP objectionable
OurtV 0f 'J ?,y't,n 'l Heve tho higher
tcittrf, fl,unWPl Court U only a minor
Vi .l0LConJ8t of a nrcsldflnt Judge.
' """"oer or ostoclatea iudccMi oae
' each two hundred thousand popula-
m or fractional part thereof.
The judges were to be elected for a
erm of ten years. Tho president judge
In connection with his associates "mav
appoint such tipstaves, ofllccr.s and em
ployes as arc reasonably necessary ; the
number of the same and their compen
sation to be determined by n majority
of judges of cold court."
So read the original statute estab
lishing the cpuxt.
"Legislature Played the Game
But. two years later. Jit .the legisla
tive session of lOlfl. all this was
changed. The president judge was des
ignated as the sole nnpointiuc power.
Tho other judges "sung- dumb" from
this time on. Tho amendment placed
Judge Brown ns president judge in
absolute control of the court with It
army of cmplojcs and Its vast political
influence.
As a result of this cnrcfu'Iy planned
nnd skillfully executed legislative move
the president judge wields n nowcr
second only to that of Mnvor Moore.
He Is without any responsibility to citv
Council, or nnv other controlling in
fluence in Philadelphia.
Had Matthew Stan'ev Quav lived to
theso halcyon days of 'Municipal Court
management he would hove voluntarily
removed the crown of politlcnl fitness
from his own brow and placed it on the
caput of Charles L. Brown.
There has grown from Its modest be
ginning the most natnnlshlng -municipal
machine In n generation. It h ised to
further the po'ltical ends of Its master,
who today holds the balance of power
in city Council, and commands mil
lions from the ity for the further ex
tension of his influence, unless It is
summarily checked.
The di'mand of Judge Brown's court
for $1,000,000 for its payroll for the
ensuing year is backed up by n detailed
statement ns to how this vast fund Is
to be distributed among tho employes
ami the political hangerson.
42 Tlp5taes, Costing $1)0,000
There oic hut nine judges connected
with the Municipal Court, yet there are
forty -two tipstaves nt a total of $00,
000 per annum.
It requires slxty-nlne stenographers,
with salaries ranging from $1410 to
$1800, a total of $101,1)20, to mail the
court, nn average of over eight stenog
raphers for ever Judge.
The most amazing feature of this
marvelous payroll is 290 probntbn nfll
cers, whose salaries range from $1200
to $27.10 per annum.
These are followed bv a long Ilbt of
other employes, doctors, cooks, tiro
men, nurses, etc.
v There is a dcinnnd, nnd it's nn an
nual one, for $20,000 for furniture,
furnishings und other equipment for
the court.
According to this rcmarknbV exhibit
there is required for these 200 proba
tion offleers for traveling and other ex
penses the sum of $20,000. divided into
two items.
The Municipal Court, in its vnrious
branches, nnd a minor court at that,
costs more than double all the other
courts in Philadelphia.
For the operation of all tho other
courts of this city during the ensuing
year tho sum of SIOO.HSS In ilsked. For
the Municipal Court $070,185 is de
manded for salaries alone.
Where .Judgo Brown's Municipal
Court carries sixty-nine stenographers
on Its payroll, all tlio other courts com
bined manaro to worry along with
nineteen stenographers.
nig Unexpended Balance
In addition to the $1,000,000 which
Judge Brown has asked for and will
receive out of the new lonn, there is an
unexpended balance for hulMIng pur
poses to tho credit of his court of
$0.15,427. a total of $1. 0.15.427.
Over $050,000 In addition has been
appropriated to tho court since it was
oiganlzed.
The great question, aside from tho
question of the nm.iunt of work ac
complished and good done by tho Mu
nicipal Court, is to what extent Is It a
vast political machine, practically re
sponsible to no municipal authority,
with inflated payrolls and a battalion of
alleged employes, many of whom do not
Continued on l'ase Two. Column Tour
Katmor Cranbfrrlea mar now
S 6 had tor.,prroryhif..i. ThfJ .,
2 PEARL STRANDS
MEN FROM IS
G.H.IFADDENJR.
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Gems Worth $100,000 Vanish
From Dressing Table in
Villanova Home
RICH HEIRLOOMS STOLEN
FROM MRS. SACKETT DUELL
Detectives Have Theories of
Dishonest Servants or Crooks
Having Entree in Society
ltare family jewels, valued nt be
tucon $20,000 and $25,000, mysteri
ously disappeared the night of October
5 from the boudoir of Mrs. William
Sackctt Duell at SIcndowbroolc, Pa.
The rcpoit of this theft, made public
today, follows closely the news of tho
theft of two penrl necklaces, valued nt
$100,000, taken from tho boudoir of
Mrs. George II. McFadden, Jr., of
Villanova, which was discovered last
Saturday morning.
By a singular coincidence tho mjs
tcrious "boudoir robbers" obtained
their rich loot Immediately following
functions at which the owners wore the
valuable gems.
May Bo Society Thief
Detectives at work on both eases
have o theory, that tho sumo robbers
may have committed both crimes.
They believe the "boudoir woiker"
may be n man who bus entree to affairs
where jewelry is dlsplajcd, ho that he
may mark his victims for swift, silent
robberies, or else he Is s6mo oue working
in collusion, with persons, on tho J.'iu
side," presumably servants.
The Duell rqbbm' 'was kept secret
for nearly" a week because Investigators
'jclicved It an "ihrIo job."
Mrs. Duell, Whose husband is presi
dent of the Klauder-AVIlson Dyeing
Machine Co., of Jcnklntown, wore her
Jewels at a dinner Monday night, Oc
tober 4.
Finds Jewels Gone
The next day, she made certain they
were safp in n case on the dressing tnblc
of her boudoir. On Wednesday morn
ing she again looked In her jewel cnselhnvo returned to woik in accordance
and discovered tho gems were gone. .with tho terms of their agreement, nnd
Many of the jewels were, rare family asking thnt I call the representatives of
heirlooms. They included a flexible, tho anthracite opcrutois und miners into
platinum bracelet, with two rows of , icilnt conference for tho purpose of ad
oblong sapphires, nnd a row of din- , justing inequalities In the present
inonds in the middle, making three rows, j ngreement.
with a safety catch and chain; a pint!- i "I congratulate, you and the mlnerx
num circlet with square-cut Mipphlre: jou represent upon the prompt manner
u platinum ring, wltli.u large pearl sur-1 in which you have complied with the
rounded by slightly pinkish dlnmonds; award of the anthracite coal comtnls
a solitare diamond ring, with a jcllowisiou. I nm convinced that the future
cast, weiglilng six unci three-quarter 'of collective bargaining depends upon
carats; a platinum wrist watch with, the lidelitv with wjilch each "idi. nd
Roman uumcinls. covered with ilia- heres to the terms of their contracts,
monds and sapphires ; n vanity case, , If any inequalities exiht in nn iigree
with fte sapphires, twelve or thirteen ment I enn see no objections to their
small diamonds, nnd owner's-nuine nnd, being corrected if both bides can ngice
address engraved Inside; and n string of upon u remedy,
imitation pearls, with a diamond clasp, j "In compliance with jour request,
e-on ii,,ni nir.ri I therefore, I will request the represents-
$..00 Reward Offered tlxps of tll0 nnthrflcit(. lIPru'tm.h ,,,,
The jewels were Insured. A leward miners, anil do herebv rennet, them tn
or $ouu nns ueeii uiiereu lor uicir
nrwnrv
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Mrs. Duell before her mnrringe Inst
January to the Jcnklntown innnufac -
turer wus Mrs. Livingston Ciuroll. of
New Yflrk, daughter of Mrs. Clermont
Llvlucstou Best.
In her earlier days, when cverj one
called her "Baby Bes.t," Mrs. Carroll
was considered n belle in New York nnd
nt Newport.
Her tirst husband was Yule Smith, a
descendant of the founder of Yale di
versity. Hhn was married to him in
1iH)7. They were divorced nnd she Inter i
was married to Arthur Carroll.
Mrs. Best Is nt tho home ot her
.lnnf.l.ter. She won hi not i Ucuss the '
lobbcry except to say that Mrs. Duell
unn. thn lowels on Monday evening,
October !, aivl thdt she dlscoered they
were missing on cuiic&uuj mui-mui,
October 0. , , ,
"They wore very, very valuable, par-
Continued on Vntti Two, Column Tlirm
OBJECT TO SCHOOL SHIFT
Parents of Students Want Pupils
Left at Present Building
Parents of children of the Stanton
n,iWln Wehnnl.. nt Seventeenth and
Christian streets, may nnpear in u body
before tho Hoard of Kducntion at its
meeting this afternoon to protest against
tliV trnnifw of 20 per cent of the pupils
irom me mumon i uun-i n.i.Ui.,
Numerous individual protests were
received this morning ngninst the action
In transfering the pupils. Among those
who nnpeared to protest was Couucil
mnn MrConch.
The Stanton School wns overcrowded,
and because of insanitary conditions,
the Board of llelucatlon nsked for estl-,on,.Si 0f lin,nionton. in a 'secret pie -mates
for repn rs. A hen the board i h0tiueut hist iil-tlit. White was ckn iced
learned the repairs would cost $00,000,
it decided beeaiibu of lack of funds to
defer the repair work. The transfer of
20 per cent of the pupils then wns
ordered.
"UNCLE JOE" CANNON HURT
Congressman Breaks Left Wrist by
Slipping on Lump of Coal
Danville, III., Oct. 13.-(Hy A. P.)
Congressman Joseph (1, Innnou suf
fered considerable pain last night from
the fracture of oue of the bones of his
left wrist at his homo here.
The Injury was received when ho step
ned on a pfeco of coal lu the basement
o.i fell heavily on his arm. lie did
not call a physician Until yesterday. An
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MRS. C. II. McFADDEN, Jr.
I'rombient rhlladelphla society
woman, whose pearl necklaces,
allied at 9100,000, have been
stolen from her residence at Villa
nova
HARO-COAL PARLEY
Summons Operators and Miners
to Adjust Inequalitie
Wage Award
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MEET IN SCRANTON OCT. 18
By tho Associated Press
. Washington; Oct. 12. President Wll
oll today notified representatives of
anthracite miners that he would re
quest n joint meeting of operators and
miners to be held nt Scrunton, Pa., Oc
tober IS, for the purpose of adjusting
any inequalities In the recent wuge
pward. '
The President, in Ills message, con
gratulated the miners for their prompt-'
nens in compiling with tho award of
the outhrnclte commission'. The tele
gram, addressed to John Collins, Scran
ton ; Thomas Kennedy, Hiizlctou. Pa. ;
C. J. Golden, Shamcikln, Pa., and Phil
lip Murray, international vlro proiddent
of the ITnited Mlno Workers, Indliin
upolis, raid:
"I am in receipt of your telegram ad
vising me tliat the anthracite miners
lt'-wufet in joint conterence in
Sli.riilili.n 1'n r.. fr..ijln..
. . ' . . - " " ! . .".. .
the (it Of
October 18,
nt 11 n. in., for the. nnmnsn nf iidlnsi.
ing any inequalities in their present
agreement ns they muy mutually ugtce
ishou'il be ndiusted.
I nm seiidine a cony of this niriee
ment to the secretary of the joint scale
committee of the anthracite coal field,
with n request that it be communicated
to both operutoro and miners."
Scranton, Fa., Oct. 12. (By A. P. i
-The genernl grievance committee nf
the Dclawaio. Lackawanna nnd West
lern Coal Co. miners', representlii" 20.000
men, today demanded u return to the
former rutrH for coal c hnreed emu oes
land also that any extru charge In do-
liven be borne bv the comnnnv.
The company on October 1 increased
rates on coul to cm'iloyes il.'J,"i to SI ."0
a ton. A confevence wll1 be held with
Geneial Superintendent AV. W. Inglis.
If the demand Is not granted the griev
ance 'Committee is authorized to older
the employes on strike on Fi May.
END SEENJN DANSEY CASE
Unofficial Report Says No Indict
ments Returned by Jury
Atlantic City, N. .)., Oct. IS. I'ms
ecutor ndiuuud C. (insklll, Jr., in' At
lantic county, who from the time of
0r 8 , ear. bus l!:nred"m:,ti:er
muy unnseys iiisuppearame on
money nor euorc to solve tie mvsterv
surrouudlii(r the fate of the boy of live
who dropped out of sight in n diihlla
patch near his home in Hniiimontou,
refused this morning either to ufllrm or
deny reports that the Atlantic grand
jury failed to return indictments
.iT'lTud) C'lmrlnj VM ...! AT.. I'M!,!.
with tho murder of tho child and Mrs.
Jones with being an accessory.
Prosecutor Gaskill niadu u Mgnlllcunt
(.taicmeni
"If the grand jury .ban failed to find
Indictments iu tho Dniibcy case I'm
through,
Mrs. Jones was overjoyed at the
news, even though It was unofficial, that
no indictment had been found against
her. I
"I feel at liberty now to talk," she
said. "I want to thank every ono for
the kindness shown me. The time I
spent In tho Mays Landing jail was
time spent In hell,
"I do uot believe thnt tho body found
In the Fcdsom awamp really is the
body of Jlttlo Hilly Dansey, I think it
was a' body ub'stltutcel for his. I feel
tHiSTPi&lLI'Wjr for the babyV
motier,"' flKV l iM.n.i.ir
WILSON CALLS
FR
GOVELESKIE WILL
FACE MARQUARD
IN SEVENTH FRAY
"oeaker Expects to Win World
Series by Taking: Fourth
Straight From Brooklyn
"RUBE" FINED ONE BUCK
FOR TICKET SCALPING
Midsummer Weather Greet3
Fans and Players Dodgero
Have Hard Task
Probable Line-Up for
Seventh Big Series Game
CliRVRLAND BROOKLYN
Kvans, If. Olson, ss.
AVamlweanss, Sb.Hlicehan, 3b.
Scalter, cf.
Nels. rf.
Burns, lb.
Gardner, 3b,
Wood, rf.
Scwell, as.
O'Neill, c.
Coveleshie, p.
Wheat, lf.s
M'C's. cf.
Konec.chy, lb.
KIMiiff, 2b.
F.lllott, c. '
Marquard, p.
By ROBERT W. .MAXWELL
League Turk, Cleveland, Oct. 12.
"Kubo" Marquard has been saved. Al
though he lost a short but snappy battle
with the Law Terrible, ho-is on the job
again, surrounded by n Brooklvn uni
form nud they say he will pitch for the
Bobius this afternoon.
Marquard wus given a secret hearing
in the police court this morning. That
is, It was secret with only newspaper
men und John Heydler, president of tho
National League, as interested specta
tors. 4
After going over the 'evidence, Rube
was fined one dollar. The judge thought
XhN.wns enough because It had the same
effect as a two-hundred dollar slnn.
"Tho publicity and dlsgrucq which i--.
followed Mnrqlinrd's arrest'on a fcharge
Hi
of ticket scalping," naid Ilizzonucr, "Is
enough punishment.
The SI fine wasi
1 .l 1 t. !.,. ...!..!.- t
IIIIIIUM'U UtTUUM II WUS lilt" llUUllillllll.
UrcBldciit IhwtlkT would not hay whati!
iictlon woti'il bo tnlten bv tho National
L ,ltl,in.il T"
League and the nntlonnl commission, IU'
uui u h n cincn .uniquaru win nnvc
some difuVtilty In collecting his share
or the receipts.
Before the seventh game today it was
announced that Coveleskie would be on
the mound for Cleveland, as Manager
Speaker is nuxlous to end ever) thing
now. lie nlso inferred that he did not
care to take bis club back to Brooklyn,
and we don't b'auie him. We don't
want to go back cither.
A cloudless nky, a light brecte, mid
summer tempcruturc and a gentle sun
greeted the funs ns they came out to the
park. The big amphitheatre neemed to
be suriounded by u thin, purplish haze,
which covered the nearby houe
like a faint cloud of steam. This evi
dently bus been caused by heated argu
ments of the "listeners" who trj to
hear the game from the outside. Thou
sands of these ure at everj contest.
It was Just 428 years ago todaj that
u mail who never hoard of baseball or
ticket scalping or bribery scandals
liuiflit llils world series nossilile. (Mirix
rnlnnihiiH lilt Ibis mi (Wnlior 1'J lt!V
.mill to celebnitn the event, n linlhliiv
was declared.
A holiday would hao been declared
mi) way, for this is supposed to be tho
linn! game of the net. and the working
gentlemen wouldn't hae punclud the
time clock this morning for love or
money. iiuwecr, lets Rive Uiris a,U.
llowecr,
little credit.
lho mob was out here eari.v. Every
seat in the bleachers won tilled two
hours before game time. It wns a
jovial, happy, care-free crowd. Tho
Cle eland plnyers were cheered hull
idually and collectively just to show
'""i " "u "u? "."" upprcciaieu.
, "outers of baseballs und there are
hundreds rushed on the held to. have
them uutogrnphed. Only substitutes
were chasing bulls in the outlield, but
their names were enough.
"We nre not going back to Brook
Ijn," snld Speaker this moruing. "To
day's game will be the Inst of the
Contlnurit on l'liie Tlilrtrrn. Column FWc
ARRANGE GIRL'S FUNERAL
Arllne Mao Stout, Victim of Bullet,
to Be Burled Thursday
Funeral services for Arllne Mne Stout,
seventeen-yenr-old higli school t;irl, who
died Sunday night of n gunshot wound
of tho heart, will be held at the home
of her pnrents, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman
m stmit. .ri"':i Wi.i,a)i. utr,t of n
I o'clock Thursday morning.
Coroner Knight, after Investigation.
Uulcl tho girl had died of a sclf-ln.
dieted wound, possibly accidental.
The girl will be buried in Hnrlcigh
Cemetery. The Hcv. J. H. Vnnnettu.
of the Methodist Fpiscopul Church ot
Chew's Landing, N. J., will officiate
t tho funeral service. Interment will
be private.
Rube Marquard Fined
Dollar for Scalping
1
Cleveland, Oct. 12. Itlehard
("Ilube") Maniuurd, of tho Brook
Ijn Natiouals, was lined f?l and costs
in the local municipal court here tills
morning on a charge of violating the
exhibition ticket ordinance.
President Hoydlcr, of the National
League, who was in court with Mar
iniard, stated that as tho violation
ivas merely technical, he would take
ao further action in the matter. ,
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PLAGUE STOPS BLACK SEA TRADE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Bubonic plague has caused the
abandonment of trado at tho Black Sea port of Batum, according
tti'B. cablegram received today by tho Department of Commorco
(from Consul Charles K. Moserat Tlflls, Eussla. There aro no com
lnexclftr,ehlp3-4ii. the harbor, tho consul Bald, and every, persoa
leaving -Batum by"rnil has to- bo Inoculated by order of tlM
Georgian 'government.
TODAY'S RACING RESULTS
First Jamaica, fillies, two-year-olds, 8, fuflongsi-Conlne, 114,
' Ensor, 7-10, 1-4 and out, -won; Mavournecn, 114, Obert, 10-l,r3-l
and 7-5, second; Joan Mario, 114, Moonoy, 5-1, 7-5 and 3-5, third.
Time, 1:14 1-5. Good Bye, Tlambetto, Xight Boso arilHSoney Girl
also ran
VESSELS GET THROUGH YUKON ICE
DAWSON, Y. T., Oct. 12. The army dispatch steamer JacboH
and tho steamer Washburn reached hero today after several days'
delay bucking through slush ico. Latest advices indicate that
all steamers caught by low water and Tee Tn tho YuEon river last
Week will bo hold up for tho winter, but that all crews aro safe.
Tho steamer Case with two heavy barges of freight' is aground
on Reindeer Island, twenty miles south of this city. The Stewart
river Is reported free from ico, but is beliovca to ba Jammed near
jicr mouth, locking iti-all boats bovo for tho winter.
EXECUTION OF TWO DEATH SENTENCES STAYED
CHICAGO, Oct. 12. Samuel Ferrora antT Joseph Costanzo,
Bentenced to be hanged Thursday for tho murHer of Xutonlo Var
chetto in a holdup, wero granted writs of supersedeas today and
their executions stayed. Of thirteen men originally condemned
to be hanged in Cook county on Thursday and Friday oB thta'
week, only" f ivo aro still under sentence of death. Attorneys are
eeefciag to savo two others from the gallowau
HORSES RESUME 300-MILE RACE
NOBTHFIELD, VT., Oct. 12. Twenty-five of the twenty
seven thoroughbred Morgan and Arab horses that started yes
terday loathe 300mile race from Fort Ethan Allen' to, Cauan,
Doven3, resumed thcTlong irriii today. All were In excenenrconi
dition and manyvof them, particularly Kamla, winner oT the 1019
WCJr . JSTT1 1,-s- "amam 1.&
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A xua iuuto tuuuy xiuo uuuuiju auuuvjticuur iu tat. iou&8uury,.n (US
RILl - - - 1a Jaaa AtaMAa.Ml. WahLohTTkb X . X. 1
J. tance of slxtyfivozallei;
PETLURA'S TROOPS ACCUSED OF TrrALTREATING JEWS
VIENNA, Oct. 12. Reports received here today frqm Eastern
Galicia state that during the early part of September troops of
the forces of General Simon Fetluro, the Ukrainian leader, com
mitted tho gravest atrocities apon the Jewish community of las
zow, in tho Hrubjeszow district. Ninety-flvo per cent of the Jew
ish establishments wero plundered and 80 per cent of the Jewish
young women maltreated, tho reports declare, while many houses
wer burned and more than fifty Jews wounded severely.
PORTRAITS OF JAPAN'S RULERS UNVEILED
TOKIO, Oct. 1?. Portraits of tho emperor and empress of
Japan, painted by John W. L. Forster, of Toronto, Canada, were
unveiled at today's session of the world's Sunday school conven
tion. They were later presented to the imperial household by ,
delegation, which also boro gifts for each member oMhe imperial
family from Jonn wanamaner, as
m.. . i.. w..ur. e..-j.
yij u.vvw w -w t. .. mumuwjTj
TWO SISTERS DIE '
IN SUICIDE PACT
Patrolman Breaks Down Bath
room Door and Finds Them
Unconscious on Floor
Two spinster sisters died vesterday
afternoon nt their home. 12(13 North
Alden rtreet, after apparently having
formed n pact to end their lives by
gns.
The sisters were Flizabetli Anderson,
sixtj -eight j curs old, and Saruh An
derson, sKtj -four j ears old.
A (cousin. Mis. W. Harrison Poole,
of lL'.'SIt No j th Fifty-beventh street,
who took charge of the bodies, could
give no renon for tho sisters' net
One
to
seeing
the hoi
deitertcd jesterday afternoon, the po
lice were notllieil.
Pntrolmnn Lenihan, of the Rlxty
flrst nnd ThompiiOii streets station, en-
l.-n.l Vtn ff..i...l III., iilni. nf ,
li.ru, .,.- ,i..i, ...i- Mi., ii, ua l" i
theoi j is tnot neuner sisirr wnnteil ." .ii" ". if 'siuu, ueciuiiii mr mis purpose nail a profeuslonal
outlive the other. ., o I. t ,.f,..,i . i iV '"C0,J nt "I ,liv,r thcre' r0U(,y wi,h M apparatus to
Neighbors hnd been accustomed to ,"nwo '" ,'.'i,u'il'! I"''- Jt ' understood, descend to the muddv bottom of 'thn
the twofsistcrs together nbout ' "cyr, uint .Air. himms s reslgnnt'ou river uud search for the gruesomo eri
im. ami 'vhen the house nnnenred )U,H ",,e to n 'llsogreement witli the at- denco thnt would eonnrm the miir.lri"'
the Imthioom. the door of which wns me eviuence to be used in the coni cases the waters thut held his guilty Becrt
locked. Breaking clown the door, the and that Mr. Sininis's resignation fol- tho diver inovejd heavily about the bot
pntrolmnn found the two sisters on lowed closely upon the receipt of this torn, groping for the little somctblnr.
nil' liuwi, i.w..o..vna, uuv i(iui Vllll
still alive.
Dr. A. Van Orden. of tho West Phil-
adelphia Homeopathic Hospital, who
arrived a sunn linn: inicr, pronounced
the women dead. He said thev had
been dead but a few minutes.
Neighbors say the two sisters always
appeared cheerful nnd contented.
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Girl's Leg Broken by Truck
Rose Donaldson, twelve years, 2.11(1
York street, suffered a fractured leg last
night when ntrurk by an automobile at
Twentieth and Jefferson streets, The
truck-was driven by Raymond McBrUa.
5M24 WettfHuntlutddn itreet. " '
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chairman of tho executive com
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PALMER'S AIDE QUITS
IN COAL PROSECUTION
Resigns After Attorney General
Restricts Evidence in Case
Against Operators
Indianapolis, Oct. 12. (Ily A. P.)
Dun W. Slmms, special assistant nt
tornpy genernl in the cases nendinc
..KU...M cm., pernors nnu nmcinis of
.... ........ ...1Iiu "innnn ui .vmi'i'icu,
tuilieatcil under the Lever net lusf
winter, lias resigned
it became knnu-n
u uiiiunc known
hi to.'iv,
Mr. Slmms
had sent his
Willie lUlimUillir thnt tin
resignation to Attorney
torney general over nroccdnrn ,m,i ... i.
I uuiicu hi dc useci in tho coal case,
.i j, , . . . -. ".-
It s understood that Mr. Slmms re-
ceived a lc tor from Mr. Palmer a few
days ago placing certain lestrictlons an
", " i-, -... ......,. . v-nit iLtltrilN JJJ
i..i mm, nnu, ii,u U'u ICHUIltl in 1110
letter wero is not known, nml -r-.
Hlmms declined to discuss tho ease nt
least until action has been taken on his
resiguntiou.
BRING WOMEN TO REGI8TER
When the polling places opcued in
New .Tcrbcy at 1 o'clock this nfternoou
for tho registration of voters, Ciluu
eestcr women In automobiles began n
houso-to-houso canvass to rouud up all
recalcitrant women voters.
The women workers had a list of
.,v...vu "-' Au,ii.lCi, j.uey conitweu was commuteu In 'inilladelnhl. h
j.
PISIIIII F TH I S
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JfSt
OF
Kidnapper Adds to Former 'Con
fession' by Admitting
Another Crime T
STARTS NEW SEARCH FOR '
MISSING COUGHLIN CHILD'
Diver on Schuylkill Bottom
Finds Iron and String Used
to Hold Corpse "
PRISONER DIRECTS 'WOBri
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First Victim Was Aged .Room-
ing-House Keeper Grand- .,
daughter Was Hold .
BInkely Couchlfii's bodv was thnrwaj
Into the .Schuylkill river below Xorrls
town on the night the baby was stolen
from his crib. 4
AuRusto PoKqale, self-confessed kid?,
napper and murderer, revealed to Ma
jor Lynn G. Adams, of the Btate police",
that the turbid waters of the Schuylkill
were the child's last resting place.
And scarcely less ufctonlshlilj? than
this final admlsulon In the CougblijC
case, I'auqualo today admlltecanotlier
murder committed in PhlladlphlatweH1'
ty-for boufa before ho stolen and amotb'
ercd the thlrteen-uiontliH-old son -o
Gcorcc A. Couehlin at Xornst'own. iV
SLAYING M
ROBBING IU
The ease that has been po repjt, HC
with sensations that new ilctalljoY"
perverse criminality eccmed untblnkabYiB
took nn ultra-Nensntional turn o&nf
When the search wus begun in the rfr'ei; '
for tho body. "
Though the little form had not bcert
found by noon, other evidences of the
truth of the criminal')! Mtory had been.
i)i ought up from the river.
L It was the fact that the baby had
beeu thrown into the river that Major,)
Adams withheld yesterday and it was'
this part of the confession ho bnd in Ms
mind when he promised "startling de
ve'oumcutH." This morning Cuutain Gearhanlt, who
has heen Mujnr Adnms's rightliand man, -in
much of the investigation of the
Coughliti mystery, took i'lisqunle from
his cell in the 'Nonistown jail, nut
him iu mi automobile, nnd drove him to
the point along the SehuylkPl -river
where he Mild he had thrown the baby'a
body into the water.
Start I)i'ng Operations
To ret in n to the confession : Major
Adams, nt IluriNburg, iccitcd it iu its
Rt ucsome detail when he announced that '
ilhlng opctntlons hud been started for
the recovery of the body.
l'anqualn, continuing his story to Ma
jor Adams uftcr he had confessed to
the bnbv'h death b smothering under
the folds of the Mdnii'iper's buttorfed
coat, told how he had taken the body to
the river bank.
"I ha 1 not meant to steal the child
when I cntced the house. I took the
bnbj on the impulse of the niomut. I
hnd fixed it all lu my mind iu a few
moments. I worked nt Swedeland. 1
meant to take the baby there. 1
1 thought I cou'd get n little house and
kit, nit" iiiiiii mere. n ncii ue was
dead I hnd to change my plnns. I bad
to do something with the body. I toojt
it to the river. The buby's body waa
in its night c'ot'ilii','.
Tied Ilr,iy K iron
"The rnilroud runs neur the river. I
found a piece of iron rail along the
railroad Hue. I hud some string lu my
pocket, it wns the sort of string that
is used to tie bugs with. It was about
twice the thickness of u bhoo luce. r
"I tied the bnbj's legs to the plcco 61
iron, so the bodj would sink. I tied 'ft
uround the ankles. Then I threw it intp
the river, nnd It disappeared. No, I do
n i clunk n iiouii'ii iuvuv. Tho iron
would have held it down.'' f
Pnsiiuule. ready to verify tho trutb
of his confession, readily euough took
Captain (icarhurt to the Bpot where ht
sum the uau s Doily laj. Tim criminal.
, whoiP bravado ami ljiug nil dropped
iriuii nun jesieruny, nun jert lilm nD-
Jcct unit burning with eugerness to tell
I u1.' '"' kuow ' wuh fasvr t0 sll0W thc 8Pot
...i,-.., ,i, ino. nf i.,i i,i Vi.
wheru, the last uct bad closed on
crime.
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Pnsounle's storv to coninlele nrnnf. nnrl
story.
v title (icarhart watched, fascinated.
from the bank, and the prisoner turned
' from time to time,, us if drawn by a
power beyond his will, to store (nto
poweiiie
the poor rcmunnt of what had been th
handsomest baby in Norrlstown,
Find Iron and String
After u lltlu time tho diver brought
up a heavy piece of iron and tossed it
on tho bank. It was the bit of railroad
tie that had been used to sink tha
chlld'a body. Then the diver brougb up
the string. The body bail not bfem
found, though the diver planned to jo
about searching on his hands and kneerf
this afternoon for tho remains of
niokcly, ,
xne second murder to which IVsmiabj
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