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WILSON PACT IDEA |
SEEN AS MADNESS
Attorney Warns Tumulty al
Faithful Servant" to
Curb President.
LEAGUE COVENANT RAKEII
Failure Of Present Plan and
Hampering Of Peace
Work Predicted.
Special Despafch to TaE suS.

t
NAshiNeToN' MARCH 1''-Aiii'ost III"
only public man in Washington whoss
mail bears a nrenonderapce NJ nro.
-, - - m
""'o" p"'' io''e'S 10 'o'ep' ~
ulty, the Presidents secretary. buS
now and then one Green's in which takes
H.. t.. in. A.. ,,. III,
sharp 'es'e WIN 'he maturity
exchange OF cables between Mr.. Tumultv
and the President in regard to the In
o,,s,o, -, ,hs ,oav,. ,oyor,n, &, tho
peace treaty IN when the latter r.
iterated ms determination 10 weave IN"
Two inextrlcaoIy together resuited III
TINS letter going TO the White House
from william +. Brewster, ChlcaB"
attorney, under Gate or March 10:
DEAR Mr.. SECRETARY: The evening
papers publish reports OF alleged COL
respondence between the President AMI
yourself relative to the League OF Ma
lions and that message Is alleged TO
have been received from the Presidert
that assured you that the League of
Nations will. as originally desired by tho
President. be made part Of the treaty
of peace. l hope you will speedily cor
rect this report as Il is highly i'm
probable. The President probably has
not had time to learn what the Other
members of the conference will conclude
swhen he has informed them Cor they
have reliable information from Other
sources to the same effect) that It viii
be. impossible to obtain the two-third5
vote in the Senate which is necessary for
its ratification provided the League OF
Nations is made a part OF the treaty OF
peace Already forty-five votes are as.
sured against the ratification, and know
Ing this the conference will not delay
longer in concluding a peace which Is
b. vitality necessary.
Surely the President will not under
these circumstances insist upon obtain
ing an imposslbility. nor do / think
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THRONGS ASK SEATS
AT LODGE DEBATE
Applicants in Three Groups,
Z With Friends First.

BosroN. March 6l.-Tickets for the
Symphony Hall meeting on Wednesday
hight, when Senator Lodge and \. Law
renee Lowell. president OF Harvard Uni
rersity. will discuss the proposed League
OF Nations were divided into three
groups to-day. and disposition of each
was begun. The Rev. Edward Cummlns,
general secretary OF the World Peace
Foundation, who Is a member OF the
committee on arrangements, said mem
bers OF Congress and of the State and
city governments. Governors OF the New
England States and members OF the
Federal judiciary were included in one
group. personal friends Of the speakers
wero In another group and the 10000
mail applicants in n third group.
What proportion OF the 5000 seats
and admissions would he available to
the last class was not stated Successful
applicants among the third group were
to be determined by lottery Ut was
pointed out that as Senator Lodge and
President Lowell Were dcfraying all the
expenses connected with their meeting
they had the privilege OF obtaining as
many, tickets a. they wished for friends.
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MCCORMICK WARNS
OF LEAGUE PERILS
SenatOr-elect Declares 1t
Wonld Give World Mastery
to Britain.
Spec,ai Despatch 10 THs sur

PHiLADErPHTA, March l7.-Senator-
eject Medill Mccormick. speaking at the
annual dinner OF the Friendly Sons OF
st Patrick on the occasion of the an
niversary OF the birth of the societys
ratron saint. minced no words in con-
cemntng what he termed the surrender
OF American rights by President Wilson
and the representative OF the United
states at the Peace Conference Mr.
McCormick's address in part follows:
In the fog OF phrases which cloud
the facts IT is necessary that We should
constantly recall the circumsta noes un-
der which We entered the great war and
constantly look back TO the reasons We
advanced for our entry. We did not Join
the combatants in the eager hope OF
establishing Utopia universal upon
earth. A. least nothing uttered at the
time offers any such suggestion.
why did we join the struggle? Was
IL to guarantee the se!f-de termination OF
peoples? Was II to insure the demo
cratic evolution of tropic populations liv-
ing under European sovereignty? Was
it, with our armies. TO guard the from
tiers and uphold the governments OF
half dozen states newly risen or re-
Dorm in Europe?
Was It to guarantee the territorial
integrity of single empire over 400
100000 subject souls whose head is In
London but whose limbs lie upon six
continents and the islands OF all tSc
seas?
What. ! ask, does the covenant the
constitution. the contract, provide which
we would examine and discuss withou,
harboring In our breasts treason 10
America or misery for mankind"
First, the nifty old states which ma
become members Of the Irngttn b.
have one vote apiece. This great Re
public Of 100 900 900 souls one vote
siam, in whose iungles harbor 1000 600
one vote. Black Liberia, whose people
naked and clad number 1000. 600 ono
vote. Costa R!ea, with 500 600 popula.
ton, one vote
And so far all the others, rreat and
small except the British Empire, ~
which six votes are given at the outse'
and TO which in the years 10 come @
many more votes will he given as the
British Crown may create sclf-govern-
Ing colonies.
There is nothing in the law, nothing
in the Constitution 10 prevent Sir Ed
ward Carson or Mr.. AsIuith n a minis
ter and by orders In council TO ushrr
into the League OF Nations with a vote
each the Arab kingdom OF IIedJaz. ia
hore and Zanzibar. for Fiji aud Ancienl
Egypt, IN each of which Il dark sultan.
upon British advice. may call into being
an ebony Parliament.
But before that day, even now. the
constitution Of the League 0: Nations
considering the sclf-soyernlng popula-
~ D. american union and the
Bfclsh elHy1he. gives one Englishman
twelve times the representation of on
aitixea OF the United Statek.''
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CRITICISES
DELAYS IN PEACE
British General Now On Way
to NeU York.

HALIFAX, March l7-Major-oien. Sir
Frederick Maurice, director OF military
operations OF the British General star
from 1915 to 1918 and central figure
In a political crisis precipitated by his
charges at the time OF the German Of
fensive last spring that the Goyernnep,
mad misrepresented conditions at the
front to the British public, was a mas
senGcr on the Carona, which dockod
mere to-day, lie is on the way 70 New
York. o"
In discussing the peace conference
Con Maurice suggested to-day that a
mistake had been made in that ones
me general principles of the League Of
Nauons were accepted. peace terms were
not made Immediately with Gern,anv
The delay has been Injurious in Two
ways he said. First. France, the conn-
try which has suffered most, demands
security. She cannot get 1t until she
knows Just what the conditions imposad
upon Germany arr. This | think is Tho
basis or most OF the widespread criticism
mat has been appearing in the French
press. once the preliminary conditions
are settled, am sure that tn, general
feeling in France will be for AN ar.
ranEement along the lines OF the I,oasue
{" Nations although the present draft
Is far froM perfect
'"rhe second mistake is tina. ny CON.
NJ ssa'ii's' - 80
settled and stable Government is in
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WASHINGTON March left the the treaty.
forming the League of Nations
they should be separated possible considered
its merits cannot believe that the Peace
to the evident sentiment against
the Senate and firmly throughout this country
separable.
If through ones bunders done and the
relating to the League Nations
ton OF the Constitution Of the United those traditions
our Government essential then will he the
duty OF the Senate
indicate what amendments should the
ceptabie. HOWARD SIJTuEprANn
United Senator from West Virginia
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League Plan Opposed
by West Virginia House

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March
17.-By a vote Of 81 to 26
the House delegates of the West
Virginia Legislature adopted to-
day a resolution opposing the
League of Nations and the entry
Of the United States into "any
such alliance"
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LAKoTA N D., March III peace and ma
tons but unateraby opposed the surrender
sovereignty American rights believe principles
teachings Of the fathers of opposed
alliances with foreign nations the pg another drop
blood and the expenditure
defence and the preservation of
posed to President Wilson's constitution
TONS and that together treaty
peace shall vote accept the Of
reject the proposed constitution for League Nations
~. " ;.... A.. j. GRoNNA,
United States from North Dakota.
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Would Send Treaty Back for Revision.

DENVER March I'm the
rotary Tumuty should League
Nations formally convention should be sub
tted to the Senate part of
Austria opinion that Democratic Republican Senators would
sending backf for revision LAWRENCE e pH1pps
United States Senator from Colorado
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Moses Will Fight Covenant, in Treaty.

BOSTON, March 17H the On
the treaty have detect
and that the Senatorial scape will my en-
deavor. n
United from New HAMPSHIRE
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MORE SENATORS OPPOSED
TO LEAGUE WITHIN TREA TY
Gronna Moses, Sutherland and Phipps Announce That
They Will Join Comrades in Rejecting
It if Presented.

IHER members
intention OF
Following o
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MAKES US. VASSAL,
WARNS. COL. HARVEY


glad to have him with us this
evening"
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Opposed to 1t Now and Forever.

II make TO complaint of those who
consider it wise TO postpone the issue
That policy has already proved itself
But for myself | want TO say plainly:
Il am opposed to the covenant as II
stands. am opposed to IL as II may he
amended. ! am opposed to IL in princi-
PIE. l am opposed to it in theory. am
opposed to IL in practice.
II regard II as the most uu-American
proposal ever submitted 10 the American
people by an American President.
81 am opposed to this country entering
into any perpetual or permanent alliance
with any Power for any purpose-for
war, for peace or for anything else.
II am opposed 10 yielding so much as
shadow or suggestion OF tie SOW
ereignty Of this republic,
Il am opposed TO any proposal that
might by the remotcst chance impair
the absolute independence Of the nation
or the complete freedom OF the people.
~ would rather tight FOR the Monroe
Doctrine thaR>for the Akoond of Swat.
II would never forfeit our right to
maintain neutrality between any for
..f,y Ill
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" hut why should not England gladly
and thankfully enter into such an ar
Cangement" In the first place, it IL her
own scheme from top to bottom. There
Is a common suppositIon that 1t liz an
American plan conceived by an American
President. That is not the fact. America
il only cats paw in the business. The
origin Of every one OF the fourteen IA
nous points enunciated by the President.
barring that relating to the freedom OF
the seas, which originated in Germany.
IL absolutely and wholly British
so, too, is the League OF Nations.
There is not thing American about it.
-Four plans were submitted. on. BIZ Amer
lea, one By England. one by France and
one by Italy; and the British plan was
adopted. We know what that is we
have been permitted TO read that. The
President himsNA-sf1NA g.. 70 the
committee In Paris and notsoniy' &Te Ne
his unqualified approval then. but after
his arrival In this. country declared that
II was not subject TO amendment. that
II must stand, this scheme shrewdly de-
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- Il am opposed to all men Of what
ever political faith Who counsel or &C.
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his own former Sec
! the presidents pass
I he had his way he
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Against All Its Details.

"On the assumption that our people,
when the time came TO act, would have
as much sense az now. he would pre-
servc unimpaired the right OF the ma
lion to 20 TO war or not Finally, he
wants no advance pledge to JOIN in an
economic boycott In word, he is for
the scheme in general. but against II
in every particular. When you have
.-SlNA ~5ey ,SsasNs> he suggests you
could put what isleft through the eye
OF needle. ~,
Now appears your distinguished
toWnsman. and a particular friend Of
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that its language is 'ponderous' that II
contains ambiguous phrases that there
was no telling whether action of the
executive council would require unani-
nous vote or n majority vote would suf-
flee; that the part of the covenant re-
lating TO the size Of the military forces
should be clarified that 1t should con-
tain larger reservation of the Monroe
Doctrine that the covenant should be
made more definite as to when its obli-
cations might be terminated. &c, &C
"Why, he was as bad as Bryan. He
could find practically nothing in the
whole document that ought not TO he
changed. II was another glaring in
stance OF approving in general and
damning in particulars
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Senators, Including
rotary OF State. and
Ing remark that II
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DREAML AND ADVENTURES
by DADDY
The Great BrotUn Dragon

to the left and soon caught up with
the others.
Great Brown Dragon will be mighty
sore and furious after his fight, ~ he
rhuckled. "He will want revenge.
That's why I've made him think we've
gone to the right instead of toward the
left.
BY this time the storm was raging
wildly. The jungle grew dark. the
rain fell in sheets. the lightning
flashed. the thunder rolled, the wind
blew, the trees shook and swaycd.
1--WE must seek shelter or we will
perish" cried Billy.
MY hiding place is near. Come
there screamed Leaping Light.
They struggled on through the driving
rain and tearing wind to where four
great trees stood together. High among
the branches was hidden nest as
large as n small house.
Welcome to my home" cried Leap
ing Light. and all rushed in out of the
storm. There they seemed safe and
secure.
- This is fine" exclaimed Smiling
Teacher. Here we CAN"
She did not finish, for just then II
great flash of lightning lighted up the
nest. 1t showed to their startled eyes
that Others were already there. Crouch
ed around the walls were monkeys
wild monkeys of Chatter Chee's tribe.
Rollo and Billy sprang to the front
to protect their companions. The
wild monkeys bristled and prepared for
battle.
But before another move could be
made Leaping Light gave glad cry.
Father. Father! These are my
friends. They saved me from the Great
Brown Dragon" And the answer came
quickly from the leader of the wild
monkeys
"The friends of Leaping Light arc
the friends Of Clinging Tail and his
braves. Greeting, friends - 1t was
Clinging Tail himself, the monkey who
had aided them when they had frs
met Chatter Chee's tribe.
Then there was a glad reunion ant
much excited chattering. Lcaping Light
told of her rescue by Rollo and of tn,
trick played on the Great Brown
Dragon. Clinging Tail told of Chatter
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THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
IN THE TWILIGHT
by ELIZABETH McNAUGHT


VIE early DUSK was iaIIinS as Doctor
l. Carroll shook his long lank form
from, tbn cnvcIor,irg coat and drornod
.1...,.,.I
ii," " ','"'' o'I'u' MS "rN"' i, n"u Oeen
n nara uaS' ana ne was tlred. liIS Shoul-
w.; W. e." =, ''''' uiau az ne 'I'Irneu
',. IJ D., @ '',,So s ~,
',,.'IG, ,atri,,,, t,o,, ''", y, IN! "'",r ; w
''m- '',tu t,o "iI Inn ''',o lr3 S1i '"rI
,>N,I u,>N VA It" G.'' ''T"' mss 'n"l "P-
p''.'eI ,'' Gt'i,.S' "9N I.' "i re
u' uT,'' " ~, ""H ~. " rS'r
H.H'r ,Hr ",G, ,.i'"I,'' Tn!L uau Sg''Pg
70 l"''ls" S"o''' u" '"'F "'r"nu oi
MERCY
Earnestly and hopefully he had made
"app!lcatlon 10 b" accepted but politely,
yet firmly, he was made to realize that
war was no place for damaged goods.
This was bad enough Of itself, but when
. th~idoI OF his heart CAV" him hur-
ri"d kiss, an understanding pat on the
shoulder and set sail to do her bit, he
knew his cup Of bitterness was over
flowing. Still, one must 20 on, no
u~c being - quittcr, and between the
diSpcnsarios, the hospitals and the
countless demands of the office, there
was little time for brooding.
Now thov were coming hack The
rjrv was wild with enrhusiaE in vel
coming hacl, these supcrmcn and women
who arc eyer TO BE- found where the
brutality Of thcfr rclIowmcn wages tho
fiarceer
,,
ii' '"'"H u''H' "'" ''"N'" Ihe i'o'
none TO-" grh'E ana as ne sat uo"n
again o" !"i' htlI" ashamed OF MN r.
sell Tor nor naylng recognized me
operator friendly niue smile. sun
1t was all put on, he told himself; II
was her stock IN trade just as the
anxious mother Of an alllng baby TOO
/ poor To pay fee will carry the child
/ in 10 him and smile with plea in
every smile that he take an especial in
terc>t in her offspring.
Suddenly he realized that it was dark
switched on tho light, and hegan wash
ing up preparatory to going out to din
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THE SECOND BULLET
BY ROBERT ORR CHPPERFIELD

fot,otcj and lli him a dogs life she
lent in tomrh Vwitb some Of the crowd
and | got the particulars from them.
Finally she divorced him and the poor
fool went of ana drank himSC'i 70
death somewhere Whlle she urli'eu O"'h
into the gam" again She c"ihe " n'e
and onrr'u 10 resume BUSINESS VI.
old basis but conldh see hvr, wus
afraid she "ouIu pun So"'''","e vac"
WonId g't us wv" Nv M, ,,,o,,
WASH 'a"''S ""' '"'"o' ia', nnd
ABOUT ",o years "s'' r,o, parord,s
she loon up WIZ" "'u'',' 80. a,l
crowd ana p'gah pay Jug 'ac ',"',S %na haa
'n' SN'', too-d n
coU'i''''H ~ '"'''
worn uu''' '''"!'
This husband OF herS "'u you e'''
meet himf
ooh, yes Iikablc chap, enough
not the average lady killer type III
spite of his good looks. lie appearcu
to be superior to the line Of WORK ne
was engaged in. too, and out OF ms
cIass. There was something foreign
about him, like the fellows You meet
knocking about the continent "'thousi
his name was good, plain Amorlcan'
"IIovo you any idea where he came
from. -,
n. ..;.i,. ro,., boon Itolian
,! ,o", Senth American or n
VI ~ I.,, g., l,ol ot him.
1 'ilA,",! - a." .oo ,rbot his game
,.,,. ,'ho,, No first hopon trailing after
,mnio a+ Trcrrh Iirl, for YOU never
con toll ,yhut these vicc-crusadcrs will
tr,. 70 r,,t ,vor ON Won next when they
aro on on rti.romblipg rampage But
No ,yos dc,d an fine level. could see
n,,t IL ,ros hi. ,nood, rs much as any
thing else that first attracted Annie )
he was dreamy one minute and merry th'
next, and she had been used to the AIRY
persifiagc of sports and men oi the
world for so long that the boy very
intensity awakened her curiosity ana
interest. never heard MN '''N '"4e ton -,
about himself put Nv N"n ,,idr,+
good for her steady Ro'nH' honrd
drink then, or touc" '"' '''"'' ,',.,ha+ir
that ne "lI SOM NU, .,,, and he looked
/ rohed! "orh Oh .''' So ,,,, bor,y
like an athlete III splt' u, ',, "". ,,noT,
husky. But IT was ANN 5 'o'' n,+ hnr
you Wah''u l''i", ll'" ''',' ,.,ro obo,,,
husband, ! '"u'u ''lt SVI 'Il ,rn,,d
her ii mad Kept III WIZ" wv t'' .,.ror I
but cut most OIL mem ""' ho'I, on
retired. lhcn my eyes wen, D", "I,no -
me and We lived pretty ''"'"
There was an unconscious note U. U.
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Of his death from any authoritative
sourccY"
"No, but he went all TO pieces /;
drank his head off, lost his position on
the stage aud went down and out. One OF
Anuies old friends met him some
months later and told me that he was
n mere shadow OF what he had been.
wanted to help him out and tried to
find hinr, but he had disappeared. You
can't want him for anything; he never
worked with her on any crooked graft,
IN bank on that.
Nevertheless. do want him. Paul
retorted
The sensitive ear of the blind man
caught the significance in his tone.
what is it," he asked sharply.
"Has Annie tried to implicnte him
What are you after him forF'
"For murder" paul replied, 81
am afraid he is implicated very grovc,y
and without any effort on the part Of
the woman you call Annie IIalsey. She
is dead, Mr. Waterford, and am look
ing for the mau who killed her"
Dead - The other repeated aghast
Then light of comprehension broke
over his Sightless eyes, 'hastopolis
the Hartshornc murder case. Poor
Annie guess it was as good an end
for her as any other, though | don't
believe Jack Bennett had anything to do
with it. SO the rich Mrs. IIartshorne
was Annie Hasey. Well, she played
for high stakes. didn't she, even if she
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a. U. T. c. e. R. N. o.'S.7"
Sunday School Scholars Trying TO
Guess What These Letters Mean

"I- t-T-C. r. NOS"
The meaning and the answer?
Both are to be made known at rally
day service tomorrow afternoon in New
Berean Baptist Sunday school, Fifty
ninth and Pine streets.
Samuel B. Fares, secretary of the
County Sunday School Association, will
speak F, Nevin West, cornctist, and
George Il. Fitzpatrick, superintendent
of the Sunday school, will contribute to
the program.
-Four weeks ago cards were given out
with three letters on them. but no
name or address. The following week
other cards bearing the letters shown
above were distributed Last Sunday
each scholar received one of these let e
ters, to be returned tomorrow and
pasted on background so as to form
the word which now has the congre-
Cation guessing.
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jauntily back from one arm, displaying
the insignia Of the cross, tumblcd un-
tremendously into his arms
Howard" and her smiling. happy
face was very close to his, "I've come
back 70 you just as | am. | really
didn't mean to appear spectacular but
! just couldn't believe | was homo iin
til | saw you. and as ! lacked the cour-
age to run in on you in your office,
Just stepped in here and waited. and
| thought to goodness you never
come
"Rut Helen" and in his voice lurkcd
Il volume Of eagerncss, ''yoU surely
don't mean you're going 70 pass up all
the opportunities you must have had
over there and come back here to a
fellow who couldn't even don uni.
form?"
That's Just what | do mean" She
answered very promptly; that is, Of
course, ii you still want me She knew
in her heart and read ii in his face
that he did, so she went on in the voice
of woman who understands all things
Don't you think | know You would
have been right over with me if you
could? That one thing stood out 40
clearly between the lines If every letter
YOU wrote TO me, and, believe mo, dear
DOyr there WASH l"!Io" IN uniform
over there who could ever take your
place in my heart
"Very well, colonel said Doctor
, Carroll, raising his arm in true military
salute. 81 am yours to command. " The
twilight deepPned into night, and, well
as every one knows, sedan car with q
well behaved lighting system is one of
I the greatest little places in the world
7 for a welcome home reunion.
The next complete nOvelette-"The
Glance of Love"
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OPERA GEM TO OPEN SEASON
Gatti. .Casazza Promises Attraction
"That viii Never Grow Old"

A seasoned opera, but one of great
popularity, will be the attraction when
performances are resumed at the Metro.
politan Opera House, Tuesday, Novem-
Der ~.
Giulio Gatti Casazza, general man
ager of the company. declined to give
the name of the opening opera: 1t
one that has stood the test not only
Of its birthday. but also Of more re-
cent years. In fact, I think hundred
years hence it will still be in the reper.
toire Of every self respecting opera
house from New York to Central Asia +"
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CTO BE CONTINT ED


Frank Campagna, twelve years old,
625 Bainbridge street. who was shot
in the chest and arm yesterday while
playing with some companions on a
farm near Moorestown, y. j.. is said
to be resting easily and out Of danger
Mt the Pennsylvania Hospital. The
accident occurred, it is said. while scv-
boys were playing with rifle, which
was accidentally discharged. The police
in New Jersey are trying TO discover
how two shots came TO he fired acci-
dcntally.