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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-03
MOVIE MAN IS VICTOR
OVER STATE INSPECTOR
w SUIT TO REMIT FINE
Judge Sulzberger Discovers
Clause in Law Saying Man
ayers Need Not Show
Film Seals
DECISION HITS CENSORS
Representatives of Board Cannot
Enter Operating Room
Unrestrictedly

A roint in the act providing for the
oo,so,in,, Of moving pictures in this
state that had been overlooked by at
tornrys for both sides, resulted in VIC
tory today for James NTulhcrn, manager
or thc sd street Theatre, over Frank +.
prenuan. an inspector for tho Pcnnsyl-
vapia Board Of Moving Picture Censors.
Nulhcrn had been fined S2j and costs by
Magistrate Hogg, on the charge that he
,crus,d to permit Brennan to enter his
tbeatrc to examine approved seals at
to,hed by the Board of Cpnsors to films
He appealed the case and Judge Sulz-
berger found something the lawyers over
looked
This Is a clause providing that the in
sncctors should ask to see the certificate
of censorship rather than the seals. Here
toIofc the board has been issuing but
one certificate for film. Copies of the
film nrr sent out with approval seals.
II will now be- necessary for the board
to issue certificate for each copy of Il
Aim.
,tuhcrn's defense for his refusal to
hermit Brennan tu examine the seals was
that the law prohibits the admission Of
any unu but the licensed operator into
the operating booth. He contcrded that
Brennan wanted to examine films then
said he wanted only to look at films that
had been run off earlier and were not
to be used again that day.
II was also asserted by Nlulhcrn that
the real Causc of tho controversy was his
refusal to- turn OH the lights in the audi
torium of the theatre SO Brennan could
find his gloves, which he had dropped.
Brennan denied this The inspector adj
mitted he did not ask Mulhcrn to remove
the films he wanted 10 examine to an
other part of the buildng.
For this reason Judge SulzbcrEcr re-
mitted the fine against the moving-pic-
turt manager lie also ruled in effect,
that an inspector cannot enter the ma
chine booth unrestrictcdly for the insper.
ton - films.
j Louis Breitinger, head of the Board
of CensOrs, ana his counsel, Deputy At
torncy General Joseph L. Kun, were pres
ent and supported Brennan. Samuel +.
Wheeler was the attorney for Mulhcrn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-03
FORD -STEARN PEACE
POURPARLER TONIGHT
Emissary of Auto Man Will
Open Negotiations With Doc
tor-He Gets Passport

A representative of Henry Ford will
confer with Dr. Moses Stearn tonight Mt
his home. 33i South 9Th street Efforts
will be made at the conference TO
straightcn out the controversy between
the Lib sp. Law" advocate and the
millionaire peacemaker.
The subject under discussion will be
was Dr. Stearn invited by MIR Ford to
accompany him on his peace mission
The doctor says he was and has bun
die of kilograms, requests from New YORK
SNndCates for photos, ana other mult-
tudinous data Indicating that everything
was official.
Doctor Stearn says he will not he tho
victim Of any mistake made by the Ford
publicity agents" What added to his
ire today was the receipt OF his passport
tins afternoon from the state Depart
ment at Washington. II bore all the
necessary marks of oniCialdom and en-
titles the doctor to visit Denmark Nor
way Sweden and the Netherlands.
That Uncle Sam approves the doctors
journey with tho pcacemakers Is proved
by the passport, for the doctor I'm his
application stated that his object was
TO visit these countries with tho Ford
pcuCcmakerS.
I'm going to see this thing through
TO the UnlSh, SAID the doctor.
He declared that representatives. of Mr..
Ford who are trying to frghtcn him
off will go to all their trouble in vain.
They invited me to accompany them
on the peace mission" he declared. And
then when they found they had mixed
the thing all up they try to blame the
whole affair on INSCRIPTIONS persons
and newspaper men They deny that they
sent me telegram in any shape and
Ia, I r,RrfNpI ppp 1iIp'f
them" Here the doctor paused for
breath MS he dug into his pockets.
Then he fishcd out bundle of mes
saEes and letters and smiled 'lf II Is
true that they didn't send me any mes
sage whatever why did they wire me on
December 1 as follows:
DR. Moses Stcarn.
334 South 5th street,
Philadelphia.
You have misunderstood our telc-
gram. 1t was not intended to con-
vey an invitation, though we are
sorry we cannot include you.
CSigned LOUIS T. LOCHNER,
Secretary to Mr.. Ford.
"To tell the truth" said the doctor
"thev don't know what they're doing
They're trying to accomplish a whole lot
of things at once and don't know where
to begin. You would think that when
they did make n mistake they wouldn't
make a poor devil like me the victim,
You sec | have pinned the invitation to
them fast and hard, and all the legal
talent in New York state or Michigan
can't disprove it.
"Thcy have bunglcd this thing just as
they sent the message to the Pope who
died 100 years ago Does Mr.. Ford hand
me an apple and take 1t away again Just
as ! 20 to bite il? These kilograms tell
their own story"
Tho gtrDlp and down the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-03

$3.50: Margaret Armstrong, 1909 Tree
street, $500; Frank w. Simons Saranac
Lake. N. Y, 5000; Ellen Cummings, il27
North 9Th street $3.50; Henry 4. Ward,
White Haven, Pa, AOOO; Mary !. Rhoder,
1881 skunk street, 5000; Josephine Perken-
pine, 1892 North 10th street. S2l0O. and
MaEdalene Schiling, 2iO7 North Lawrence
street, 5000
An inventory Of the estate Of Frederick
Wnslow Taylor, the well-known eff
cheney expert, who died on March 20, filed
with the Register of Wills by NJ. G..
Saunders and Jacob l.. Herr, places the
valuation Of the personal effects al SILL
O5966. The most OF the estate is in stocks
and bonds.
The personal effects Of the estates Of
William *. Thudlum have been appraised
at $22S 5Gl 93. John Aihuger, $2l.703Sj,
Daniel Mcbride, s523iO7 and Charlotte l..
Pratt, S26IGI2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-03
FEAR 8 AMERICANS WERE
KILLED BY VHLISTAS
Friends of John W. Cunningham and
Two Companions Apprehensive

DOUGLAS, Ariz.. Dec. 8. - That John
W. Cunningham, wealthy attorney of
Tulsa, Okla, and two other Americans,
Gus iiendrickson and Fl. G. Southern,
nave been executed by Villistas is feared
by their friends here today.
ihe Americans were last seen Monday,
when they left Fronteras for La Chamine,
ID miles north of Nacozari. They were
reported by fugitives to have reached
Esqueda Monday afternoon. The town
was occupied Monday night by a Villa
detachment under General Pablo Lopez.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-03

The free-transfer issue was taken up by
the Ttoga Business Mems Association at
So4S Germantown avenue last night, and a
resolution was adopted requesting the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to
issue Tree transfers on all lines running
south of Sansom street. A resolution re-
questlns Councils to set aside part OF the
triangular park at Goth and Tioga streets
as a site for a proposed free library was
also adopted
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Saltillo Evacuated.

Loredo, Tex, Jan. 6.-Saltillo Mex
leo, virtually has been abandoned ac-
cording to several hundred refugees
who arrived today Nuevo Laredo, the
Mexican town across the border from
here. The Caranza garrison at Sal
tillo has left for Hipolite where Car
rama troops are concentrating
against an expected attack from Villa
forces.
The refugees arriving at Nuevo Lar
edo were of the wealthier class,
among them being the family of Gen
eral Luis Gutierrez Saltillo garrison
commander. They said the poorer
cleses left on foot and in divers We
hicles
Tales of food shortage and of des-
titution among the majority of the in
habitants of both Monterey and Sal
tillo were brought by todays refu-
gees who filled train of eight cars.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07

our troops on January made a
sudden attack against the village OF
Rozrowa, TO the west of the road from
Przasnysz to MlaWa near Groudousk.
The enemy who occupied this vii
lage We're almost entirely bayonetted.
We also took some prisoners.
"On the left bank Of the Vistula
the usual cannonading and rifle fire
are continuing Fighting OF secon-
dary Importance is proceeding in the
region OF Borjimow and near the Mo.
hely farm.
Our offensive is proceeding in
Bukowina, where we have occupied
Sypot and Kameral. south OF Seletin
and Illischestc. on the roads to Gurd-
Eumora and Pleskatchik On January
4, after an engagement We occupied
Gurahumora and Boukschoia. The
latter two places are situated on the
best and most direct route to Transyl-
yania by way of Bukowina
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Call Hill TO Vera Cruz.

NacO, Ariz., Jan. 6.-Carranza
agents here announced tonight that
General Benjamin Hill, constitutional.
ist commander in Sonora, had been
called to Vera Cruz TO explain in per-
son the condition on the border with
reference to tine firing into American
territory during the siege of Naco by
the Villa forces under Governor Jose
Maytorena. Hill viii depart, it is
stated, as soon as arrangements can
be made for his passage through
United States territory.
AmIong Mexicans here it was un-
derstood that Hill would not return
to Sonora. Colonel p. f. Gales,
whose differences with Maytorena
created one of the breaches between
the Sonora governor and Carranza,
will assume command of the constl.
tutionalist forces in Sonora as soon
as Hill leaves.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07

scene was lacking i'm the usual court,
for Of the long rows Of peeresses in
the gallery virtually every one was in
mourning for some relative killed at
the front.
Lord Kitchener read his speech
from a typewriter document and re
feued briefly to the operations in
every sphere, laying particular EN-.
phasis ON the Turkish defeat in tine
Caucasus the Austrian defeat in
Galicia and what he considered even
more important-the severe check to
German aspirations in Poland"
The wan secretary spoke also o.
the noteworthy progress" made by
the French east OF Rheims and in
southern Alsace the extraordinary
achievement Of the Servians, whidh
he characterized as "one of the
brightest spots in the military opera
tions during December" General
Louis Botha's mastery handling" Of
the situation in South Africa; the ad.
vance OF the Indian army in Mesopo-
tamia and the successful campaigns in
east Africa and Kamerun, the German
colony Of West Africa.
He paid tribute to the smallest Of
the allies, MCntenegIO, which, he said
advanced into Bosnia and captured
important positions in the face OF CON
siderable Austrian opposition
OF the army which comes directly
under his command, the war secretary
told Of the surprise and reverse suf
fered by the Indians at Givenchy on
December %.
General Frenca's army, the secre
tary said. has since been increased
by a number of territorial units and
another division to which is attached
"a fine Canadian regiment lie eN-
pressed satisfaction with the progress
Of recruiting
Speaking of the anxiety felt at the
beginning OF the war at the dearth OF
officers Lord Kitchener declared that
all vacancies had been filled ana
there was now a considerable surplus.
Although the training Of the men had
been carried on under tine worst
weather conditions. a great deal Of
extremely COOL woik had been done
during the past month. he said
Before the adjournment OF the
house several OF the lords brought up
the question of enemy aliens now in
termed in England, whom they consid-
cred a menace. The Ear of Crewe.
speaking for the government. prom
ised to give the subject further con
sideratiOn
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
DENOUNCES ALL FACTIONS
Fcur-cornered War is Now In Full
Swing in Our Sister Republic Win
Several More Governors to Be
Heard From Vet.

El Paso, Texas, Jan. Ga neutral"
party has made its appearance in
southern Mexico. according to reports
received here by representatives of
the conyentionalist party. These re,
ports stated that Governor Avila OF
Nucatan had denounced the Carranza
party without acknowledging the con
yention party and had declared him
self neutral
Reliable reports reached the border
today that five members Of the irigi-
nal Aguas Calentes convention, led
by Martin Espinosa, who had fled
from Mexico City. had arrived at Sal
tillo, which is controlled by Caranza
The reports state that Espinosa.
who until his departure from the CAPT
tai acted as president of the perma-
nent committee of "a Of the Villa
Zapata-Gutierrez convention. had de-
nounced the Villa element. This news
was hailed by Carranza sympathizers
as a serious political blow to the
enemy.
Carranza agents here deem the vic.
tory reported by General Coma les
from Tampico to have been gained by
General Villareal at Ma~te, near Tor
reon, of even more importance than
the successes near Puebla of General
ObregOn. They declare Villareal' s
move presages the cutting of Villas
communications and the capture of
TOrreOn.
Villa officials hove cid not offer
definite denial today tc reports of the
success Of Villaraal and Obregon.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07

tons attitude and declaring that 1t
was all but too late for the American
government to adopt any policy to.
ward Mexico other than military oc-
cupation.
This drew a vigorous reply from
Senator Stone, chairman of the com
mittee, who branded the MIassachu-
setts senator's attack as purely
partisan outburst.
Senator Boran joined in the disius-
sion and it was indicated there would
be general airing OF views on the
Mexican situation in the near future
Senator Lodge reviewed the whole
history of the disturbance in Mexico
from the inception Of the Madero rev.
olution to the present strife between
the Villa and CaTanza factions and
declared anarchy existed now.
He insisted that the animosity of
President Wilson against General
Huerta had directed the course of the
administration toward Mexico.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
MANY ARE ALREADY DEAD
French Population of the Valley of the
Meuse Given Timely Succor From
the Slim Store of Food Supplies in
Belgium.


London, Jan 6.--1O p. m.-Herbert
&. Hoover, chairman of the American
commission for relief in Belgium, re-
turned TO London today from a tour
of inspection Of the work being done
for the commission in Belgium. In
a statement issued this evening Mr..
Hoover said
An appalling situation has been
presented to the commission with re-
gard to the French peasantry in the
valley of Meuse just south of the
Belgian frontier, where there are ten
thousand persons absolutely without
food Our investigation showed that
a large number of deaths already had
occurred there from starvation.
Despite the shortness Of the
rations in Belgium our Belgian col
leagues agreed that we must share
the last crust with these people. We
have sent them food out of our lin.
tied Belgian stores"
MIR Hoover also issued a report on
the commissions work in Belgium, in
which he says the organization for
the distribution of food supplies is
we'll on the road to completion.
1T must be borne in mind" Mr.
Hoover says ii his report, that our
problem falls into two phases.
The first is to provide broad for
those who are able to pay for it, and
the second to supply all food for those
who are destitute. Broadly, the for
mer comprise some $500 900 persons.
On the basis of minimum ration we
are providing they require about $3,-
100000 worth of bread per month,
The recovery of this money and the
exchange problem as yet have not
been solved and are causing us the
greatest concern.
The destitute comprise about L.
100000, who are being wholly fed by
the public canteens. The cost of sup
porting them is about 81, 500, 900 per
month for which we are depending
on the charity Of the world.
"All Belgium is now on a ration OF
ten ounces of bread per day, rich and
roor alike, when there is that much
of a ration available.
"This requires a total import of
over 100,000000 pounds of flour or.
wheat permonth, to say nothing of
peas, salt, beans. bacon, condensed
milk and other things which must be
provided for the oaiiteens."
In his report Mr.. Hoover pays trib-
ute TO the assistance in the work OF
distribution rendered by the Germans.
declaring:
The occupying army has been ex.
traordinarily scrupulous in it's oE-
seryance of the agreement that asy,a..
of the foodstuffs imported by us wera
to be consumed by them"
The report closes as follows:
Despite the volume of food which
has been placed at our disposal, We
can provision only a certain num-
ber"
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Fire Soldiers From Conference.

Mexico City, Jan. 4, via El Paso,
Texas, Jan. 6.--When the national
convention called for the purpose of
naming a provisional president and
adopting reform program met today
in the chamber of deputies a number
Of armed soldiers entered the gallery
and after a somewhat exciting scene
were compelled to leave 1t was de-
cided that in the future neither dele
gates nor spectators might bear arms
at the meetings.
A majority of the delegates today
belonged TO the Zapata army. Colonel
Mailman. who attempted to address
the delegates, was arrested on a
charge of being the murderer of Cap
tain Colocain in the state of Chi
huahua
Most of the day was spent in ex-
amining credentials.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Pope Rssents Arrest.

London, Jan. 6.--7:45 p. ma dis
patch to the Exchange Telegram
Company from Amsterdam, says that
kilograms received there from Berlin
assert that the arrest of Cardinal Mer.
cier has caused CONSERVATION in Cath
olic circles.
The leaders of the Catholics. 1t is
stated, openly express the opinion
that the arrest was an objectionable
blunder and that If the reichstag
were in session the members of the
centrist party would demonstrate an
explanation from the chancellor.
Berlin dispatches say that mes
sages received from Rome declare
the arrest of Cardinal Mercier has
aroused Indignation in vatican circles
and that it is expected Pope Bene-
dict will ask for speedy redress.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Villa Offers Amnesty.

Washington Jan. g. - American
Consul Siliman at Mexico City ad-
vised the state department today That
the Villa-Zapata convention
in Mexico City had decided to admit
civilians as representatives of military
chiefs or governors of states. This
was one of the issues over which
there had bee nmuch controversy.
Mr.. Silliman also reported that
General Villa had made an offer OF
amnesty to all former federals, with
the exception Of those directly impli-
Gated in the overthrow of Madero
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07

Warsaw. via London, Jam 6-S: SO
p. m.-George T. Marye, Jr., the
American ambassador to Russia. and
his party left Warsaw last night for
Moscow, where they will spend the
while here visited the various hos
pitals and last Saturday made a trip
to the battlefield, accompanied by
Henry D. Baker, the commercial a.
tache to the American embassy.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Sitchener's War Speech.

London, Jan. 6.--9 p. m.-The house
OF lords met today, a month earlier
than the house of commons chiefly to
hear from Lord Kitchener review Of
the military operations for the six
weeks since, parliament was pro-
rosued. While the speech of the sec
rtary for war contained nothing OF
sensational character and little al
ready known it was listened to with
rapt attention by a distinguished
sa herring OF peers and peeIesses,
members of the house Of commons
and public men.
The peers, as usual, were in their
robes OF office, but beyond this, the
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Quiet on Western Front.

Paris. Jan 6-1o:40 p. m The fol
lowing official communication was is
sued by the war office tonight:
The only nQticable incidents which
have been reported this evening are:
"To the north a rather lively can
nonade in the region of Zilebeke, :,
the mainteaances of our positions in
the Argonne; and slight progress by
our troops in the woods of Hirzbach
near Altkirch'
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
SUBWAY ACCIDENT DEMoRAL-
IzEs NEW YORK CITY WITH
CONGESTED TRAFFIC.
ONLY ONE PERSON KILLED
Short Circuited Gable Fills Subway
With Dense Fumes and Terrfes
Passengers on Two Of the Under.
ground Trains.

New York, Jan 6-The worst acct
dent iR the ten years history of New
YorlIs subway occurred during the
morning rush hours today when 700
passengers in two stalled trains were
stricken with panic in the darkened
tubes by the dense smoke and acrid
fumes from a short-circuited cable
In the ensuing struggle to escape.
some 200 persons were injured, one a
woman, fatally Others were over
come and were rescued, unconscious
by police and firemen, while scores Of
others struggled to the street
As the result of the accident the
city was tonight in the throes of a
telephone blockade without parallel IL
its history.
The hundreds Of thousands of pas.
sengers the subway ordinarily carries
were diervted to tie elevated and sur,
face systems and when the home
bound rush began tonight neither
system Mad adequate facilities to ac-
commodate the tremendous crowds.
There were no subway trains at all
running to Brooklyn and a dense
mass of humanity, concentrating at
the Brooklyn bridge, prolonged the
rush hour period for two hours in q
struggle to board trains and cars.
The management of the INTERIOR.
ough Rapid Transit Company was not
prepared tonight to guarantee that a
normal schedule would be restored to-
morrow and a repetition of today's
congested traffic conditions was
feared.
The accident occurred between the
Fiftieth and Fifty-ninth street sta.
tions. The two trains. an express and
a local, both packed with humanity
came to a stop midway between tho
stations and the lights went out
A large feed cable had blown out in
its conduit, some so yards distant and
soon the cars were filled with the
fumes of burning rubber
The demands of some of the pas
sengers that the doors be opened were
refused by the guards, it was said.
Fights ensued and desperate
struggle to get out was soon in prog
ress on both trains. Windows were
smashed by the score; men and wo-
men trampled each other and tore
each others clothes in unreasoning
fear
Meantime smoke poured mp through
the station entrances. manholes and
ventilatOrs in dense volume. Reports
spread that there had been a terrible
catastrophe in which many had been
killed. Police and firemen quickly
reached the scene and although it was
at length established that the reports
We're exaggerated. they were busy
more than three hours in rescue
work
Miss Ella Brady. the only person to
lose her life died in an ambulance
Several others were reported in Sc
rious condition.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Arrest Causes CONSERVATION.

London, Jan. $50 p .m.-Reut-
er's Amsterdam correspondent says:
The arrest of Cardinal Mercier has
created a profound sensation through
uot Belgium According to reports
received here, the Germans also ar
rested the printer Of the cardinal S
PASTORAL letter, who, until recently,
was the burgomaster OF Malines, but
released him on bail.
1T is stated that the reading of
the PASTORAL letter had been prohib-
tied. Several priests were arrested
for reading it. Fugitives from Ant
werp say that all the rectories around
Malnes and Antwerp are guarded by
sentries."
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-07
Cruiser Goeben Strikes Mine.

Copenhagen, via London, Jan.6.-
9:55 p. ma special dispatch to the
National Tidende from Constantine
pie says the former German cruiser
Goeben, which now flies the Turkish
flag struck two Russian mines in the
neighborhood of the Bosphorus and
was seriously damaged. She has two
big holes on her waterline and it will
take two or three months to repair
her.
This fact, the dispatch adds, has
been kept secret from the people OF
Constantinople.