pH3 IR5W!?S- Vj-TSTPV- V-7 VW I I' ' Euentng public Ble&ger THE WEATHER . Generally cloudy nml unsettled tonight nml Wednesday with probably showers; little change In tcmpenifure. TKMrKllAT.mB AT KAfH HOt'H rail) 110 111 12 I 1 I 2 I I 4 I B I 01 (i:t lOB 1 118 (17 1 0(1 i rr Wi VOL. VIII. NO. 12 Entered as SorenJ-rin,.., Matter nt th r-osteniee nl Philadelphia. Pa. ynder the Act nt March 3. 1871) PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1921 Published Dally iixcpt Sunday. Hubfirrlpflen Prlre $ft a Year W Mall. Copyright 1021. h- I'ub Ic IsAftcr Company PRICE TWO CENTS NIGHT EXTRA MAYOR PUTS BLAME UPOH COM N ER CITY PLANS DELAY Shelving of $19,000,000 Lean Bill Called Anether Evidence of Obstruction DENIES REFUSAL TO TALK OVER PROGRAM OPENLY Responsibility for d"lnys in (he big Improvement program planned for the dty wns placed squarely en (be Coin Coin Une members of Council today by .Mnyer Moere. The slaughter yesterday el (lie Sill. 000,000 electoral lenn bill festered by the Administration wns simply u con tinuance of the obtturtienlMii. the Hfnvnr Miid. which bus bumper si (lie city in one wny or another since his Accused by "Fatty" ivGr ..? i ; a "fcf!s. fciifr&h, Mti TRUE BIL LS FOUND mm M.f-u k."uxir .Tt f.ri?'cr' "t-- AGAINST 5 ALLEGED CHESTER GAMBLERS Delaware County Grand Jury Returns Indictments Five Min utes After Getting Evidence ASST. DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAKES STIRRING APPEAL Int rniitieni ALFHKD SHMXACIIKK Witness In (he Arhucltlc case, who offered Virginia Knppe'.s Urn clelh. Ins as evidence. Arbmlde's attor atter iicy ucuisrtl Senium her of cxtor cxter I ion. which he denies tenn ln'snn. ' ? "JOKERS" SFMT TO. PRIQfiM '' Ifpnry. Tlie Mayer uccinreu. newevcr. mni , - "-- - mwsi, ,,,, .. iii fuel n i m uunru tiiht rn nAU - ..-..-. T.ue bills ogeinst live alleged CheMrr Ramblers were returned by'the Delnwuri Count Ornnd Jury In Mcdin (edny. the last nf tlie large bntcb against whom IJNtrict Attorney Wllllnm Tayler ob tained evidence. Thne held by the Ornnd Jury for tin next term of Court were: Michael Lnrhin. .Tames .1. llurns, Jr., Theinus MrCoemb. Jehn (!. Pnppas nnd Arthur 5! he will continue Bending measures te Council in the Interests of the puMIc and (het lie will net hesitnle (e ue his TCte power whenever be believes Coun cil is nrllng contrary te (he city's best Interests. Maer Issues Statement The Mayer's comment en the Coin line policies of obstruction follews: "The JJlfl.OOO.OOO lean bill was in tended te advance the interests of the dt.v ind te aid. in a way, in giving unp eyinciit (e these who need U. Tlie Mayer consulted with (be clinirtnan of the Finance Commlttce I info re tntin ducln'j the eill nnd then had it intro duced in the usual fnimul nnni.er. II'1 Yas wholly within liis rbjhts. ns Coun cil v.fis within l(s rislitv in i ejecting the kill. ."The rev wnMbilin f. r failure el rubli1" iMiireviuents therein ceiitiMe- Inti'd n.iw rests uien eiiucii. i n Mei" is net lIsMii.ied I In n't of Council He realizes ibc un'ii:ii e of tlstrictle't from that feiii't. bin the aperien e s net new. II" has bei n htnditiiplied bj ehstiuctiiiti in me fen.i or unntlier from the beginning of hi-idminl-trniien. "There is netllintc in the Mijcgcstlnii that the Miner fails te nuifer with Council upon public inca-nies F 1 1 -doers liaie been open te iiinbeis of Celmell from the start, but the maje"it lave iinfirteil net te reufiT v. 'lit the Maver. We has been rratly te confer with tin1 Council ns a body ur incmhr:s ofCeiimil individually nl an-, lime, bur net te necept dictation from them nor j te meke deals vIth them at variance1 with the public interest. Cites Delay (her "I." 'Tin Majer siibmlllMl te Ceii.h-iI kit .March an agreement witli the Philiulcliriila Kni'iiU Trnnit Company for the operation of the l-'ruiikferd 'I..' Council liually nppeiuted a eemmiuii' te confer with the Mayer and the I. 11. T Company, and luminous confer ences were he'd, but tlie Ceuncilpien taj Hie company failed te agiee,,aiul (he whole question I" Mill in abevani', mpt that tlie city, tiring of these wfirenccs. Is going abend te cemi'ete the FratiUferd ! se that it can be operated whether Council comes te mi igneineni with the Unpid Transit (Com pany and the Administration or net. "I.nM May, In compliance with a oemicllin.'inlc ordinance, the Majer .sub mitted te Council a (las Commission le le pert upon the pending Cnlted (Ins Im provement Cempnny lease. ONivgaril m that report, Council passed an or dinance raising the gas rntcs te the consumer nnd decrenRlng the nnieunt te wpald te the city by the U. O I. Com pany, an advantage te the com pan v of about $.").0(l0,00fl for the jear. "The Mayer vetoed that erdln.tnee July M lust, and although it had the peyer te de s0. and would hac been Whin its rights. Council failed te pass Inat ordinance ever the Mnyer's ete. ft did, heeer. appoint n commit tee tatnc'linlelj prier te It adjournment for tlie summer recess for the purpose of wnferriug with the Majer aud the C. 0. I. Company, but up te date the Mayer has had no niggoMiens nf thi de- "ire or i eiimcII or its committee te eon ,' with the Mayer upon this subjc't. Has Same Views en (ins "The pas lease question is one of Pt importance both te the eitv ami jwapam The Mayer expresef ,im M" full upon this subject In his veto meseape J nM , (lil, n, )Pn)lvl 1 cimngc m tlie gas lease, especinlh pen the terms suggeste.1 by Council of hen. tit te the people, but. en weientrary, wns decidedly beueflciiil te l O. I Ce. The Mayer lips hee W reason te change his opinion In this FOR PRANK THAT KILLED BOY Wife of One Prisoner Collapses When Judge Refuses Leniency Themas U. DIven, Thirteenth street near 0 recti, and Carl IV. Uecd, Thir teenth street near n.iuphln, were sen tenced te eighteen mouths well in Moy Mey nmensing Prison today by Judge Atiden r l, for involuntary manslaughter. I he charge was in Cfinnectien with the death of Walter X. IMginger, sev enteen jutrs old, of Willow (;revc, due te Injuries recehed when the men forced u pneumatic hose in his mouth July 7. Mrs. Diven and Mrs. Iteed were both tn court, presenting a sHeiil iile.t for leniencj. The former collapsed when M'lltCllCO WHS llllSKI'll l'nnn.,,1 .l.w.l.,. 1 ..' "iinrii iui.iiiii-11 j llie tin n inlllcleil the injuries without I malicious intent. "An object le-son must !. taught." snid Judge Aii-lctirii'd in sentencing the men. " PATRIOTIC SONS SCORN METH0D.S OF KU KLUX National President Meyer Fires Het Shet at "Invisible Empire" AlkntLwii. I'a.. Sept. L'7.- "We aie "t 'in invi'sibii. empire. Wweih in the open te asisl the (ievei uinent t licihe nil pisiplcrevpeet the law ni.d Ihe Constitiitien." 'C'lif cnmlintii' ileclamlle'ii w is gieetei! with a rear of aptireal bv the in. linn, i! cnventieii of the Fatiie.i" Order Sens of America tie it wis ihiiu-ip-red forth .it ihc epeulii:: s . h0! today by lh" national pre idem. CnhriM if. Meyer. of l.ibanen'. It is the (ittit Ci convention el the national lnd, and it is U t Inr ttmL its golden jubilee be held i ere, since it wis in Allentown in 1S7L that U was organized. Notional I'lesiuent Mejcr In bis ipeniiiT spin., , outlined a eet'stricthe pelic fi.r the reat elder, and one of lis strongest -i.alts wn , the hcaj nr lil'crj nl.uei at the Kit KIux. fle'con fle'cen tinin'il: -s "We an- a (oiistiuctive eidr and we aim te build u,i a nreteelhe ugeticy that will mihe its pic-ence felt in lii'e interest of bettir citieitship and luttci Americans. tc.iruless of race, cried or color. We nr- net in the busiiiess of icligiens fanaticism. We are Non Nen Sectarian, with n big 'N' nnd a big 'S.' " ic five men whose cases, the District Attorney announced yester day, would be continued until the De cember (irnnd Jury met, for fear tne present (irnnd Jury would Ignore the lil'ls. as it did in three ether cases lust week. it was the refusal of certain members of t'ne (irnnd Jury te return present ment. against tlitee men accused of gambling that led te tbe "jury strike" in which Mrs. l'dwnrd A. arnall, of Swnrthmnre. un imelvcd. District Attorney Tuler decided te rfk cverjthing today en the chance that the (Jrniiil Jury miglit, after all, indict the remaining flve men. Therefore, when the rest of the cases c, the denket bad been cleared nwej . Assistant District Attorney William J. MncCarter went into th" Grand Jury room with t!i )i against the remain ing five men. The Assistant District Attorney ad dressed the grand jurors, saying he an-1 thev liid a serious dutv. and reminded them of the Court 'h orders te II ml n ti in bill without fear or favor, even in the case of friend" or political allies, where the e ideure n'Ciued te warrant. KaIiIciice Presented After hi'ranguing the jureis. tlie As sistant District Attorney presented Ids tvi'Vuce. Comity and private detec tives were called into the jurv room nnd told what they knew about (lie gambling In Chester and also certain exhibits, " -i ' ''ambling devices, were shown the jurors. it liln Cue minutes nf the time when the Assistant District Attorney con cluded his pieseiitetiini of the enses, the jury had leturned five true, blll.s against the defendant". .Mr. MniCurter was asked afterward what disposition would be made of the cases against Clem Kwlng, Tucker Welsh and William Mi-(Turg. (he three men w he were liberated by the refusal i el the (Jrand .Jury te return true bills against them. "Nothing can be done with the pres ent (Irnnd Jury," said Mr. MacCarter. "However, I shall Miggest te the Dis trict Attorney that we might rearrest these three men. In that event the case- probably would come up at December Term." KU KLUX KLAN LOBBY FIGHTS TO KILL PROBE OF ORDER BY CONGRESS Mystic-Klansmen Already -Pushing Drive te Fore stall Federal Exposure of "Invisible Empire" and its Discord-Fomenting Ideals NEGRO DELEGATION TO PROTEST TO PRESIDENT; PATRIOTIC SONS OF AMERICA SCORE KLAN U. S. SUBMARINE R-6 SINKS AT ANCHOR IN Imperial Kleagle Clarke Called Inte Court te Explain Failure of Roosevelt Memerial Fund te Get Meney' Raised During "Drive" j-OBBYISTS for the Ku Kliix Klan, Inc., are as busy as bell weevils at Washington trying te block a congressional investigation of their "Empcror"-ruled order. The Grand Goblin of the Klun's Washington district or "Demain of the Capital," ns it is called, hns made overtures te the Postefiicc Department. He has offered by-laws of the Klnn te prove it has done no wrenc. The chief inspector of the Postefllce Department, however, has detailed one of the keenest members of his staff te push the postal phase of the probe te a swift conclusion. This inspector is known as the best "fraud" man in the service. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saleen League, has acted en reports that Klansmen are intimidating prohibition enforcement officers. He has directed an immediate investigation by the league. Complaint against the Klan as a menace will be laid before President Harding tomorrow by a delegation of Negroes headed by James Wclden Jehnsen, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Denunciation was thundered at Ku Kluxism today by the Patriotic Order Sens of, America in its fiftieth national convention at Allentown. It was declared the P. O. S. of A. works in the open for better citizen ship, irrespective of- race, creed or color. The "Imperial Klencilium" of the Ku Klux at Atlanta. Ga is dis cussing the resignation of Edward Yeung Clarke as Imperial Kleagle. Ne action will be taken until "Emperor" Simmons returns te Atlanta. Sim mons wants Clarke te continue as the Klnn's membership promoter. The secret order's recent beasts that it could control jurips are arous ing Judges te the evils of "Klannishncss." Judge David, of the Superior Court, at Chicago, has barred Klansmen from jury service in his. court. Fuither facts about Simmons, Clarke and Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler, grand chief of the women's division of the Klan, are piesented today. Simmons a Dreamer Concerning Simmons, who claims nnd Hcems te be fully entitled te rtcdit for starting the Klan movement, the follow ing report was made recently by a cor respondent who vNlted the Imperial Wizard in Atlantn last .Tulyi '.'In fpile of his powerful body and rcsj -tinted face, be i ery much of n dreamer. It Is said of him that In his younger days he did circus .sdints, took en n smile that lias never faded awny since. "At first lie gave little nttentlen te the financial success of bis scheme. He was living with his ghostly heroes of sixty yeer.s age. When the corre spondent first vi'ited him tlie "Imperial Palace' occupied the top fleer of a second-rate office building, nnd the condition of it was chaotic and slip shed. The Colonel wu out of At AN PEDRO HARBOR one et wnicn was e eiir-puii n .score )nnfn .. ,- ,.... ici,,,,.,,,,, nT1,i " !' n --' -- -- or mere of men at the end of a rene. lie is as full of sentiment ns a plum Is of juice. Steer him te his bobby, and he will give forth tut outburst of eloquence the like e which jeti never heard. The story of the old Ku Klux Klan tippenl-d te him nnd excited his fervor. He felt it would be n geed thing te give it new life, nnd be was full of joy as his busy mind hutched Ku Klux ideas. "He cared little about w binning Ncgiees or tuning and feathering a New Yerk promoter hail charge of the home shop. "Hut today Simmons is surrounded by expert finuueie's, propagandist!), publicity agents nnd organizers. He hn the half Disaster Believed Caused by Yielding of Torpedo Tube te Sea Pressure THREE MEMBERS OF CREW DROWNED. IS BELIEF tiy the Associated Press t.es in;elcs. Calif.. Sept. '27. The mbr. trim- Il-fl. attached te the Pacific Fleet and anchored ltrthe outer harbor nt San Pedre, sank at 10:.'!0 o'clock last night. It Is believed the disaster was caused by water rushing into the submarine when a torpedo tube yielded te sen pressure. Three members of the Ciew. J. Duf fcn. a seaman, tin clcrtrielnn named Spaulsberg nml another man whose name bus net been nseertained, arc be lieved' te have been drowned when the accident occurred. A Innding party from the flagship New Mexico said they were unable te give detailed account of the sinking, but they believed thnt while- members of the crew were filling a cylinder with alco hol, the tubes of the vessel became opened In Feine unnceeuntnble manner and she sank within "ixty seconds. Commander I-nst te Leave Lieutenant I. It. Chambers, who was in nnimnnil of the submarine, h re ported te hne been the Inst mnn te make tin eseap" from the craft. After he left the era ft he began te aid member-, of i lie ! who were unable te swim te g"t t. lifeboats nnd pieces et llealing in ihcis. Witnesses of the nccident w4ie weie aboard the tender Camden and the uls ter ships sanl (he K-(i was tied up nt 0 o'clock lasr night with two l.aivsem binding her te tliree sister ships nnd two ethers connecting the string of sub marines with die mother shi, Prier te the dK'i'te.- the entile crew, It von said was Inside the bull getting torpedoes read for battle practice. Sitddenl t'ne rear torpedo tube appar ent! yielded te si-a pressure nn.l opened. The' v'cs.wl began te till rapidly and the members of the crew ruslml ter the con ning tower. One of the first men te tench the outside of the snbniaiiue wns Democrats Net te Make Parly Issue of Treaties Washington, Sept. 117. (P. A. P I -Democratic Kenaters in cen-ii-reiif" today decided thnt the pence (unties with (tcrinnny. Austria and llungur were nef matters for party net en Individual Demet rnts. it ,i0' said, would be left te fellow ineir own JtidgiiKiit In eting en iiitllicatien. WILSON'S N ASSERTS CUT-WAG E B ARE Partial Cause of Unemploy ment, Statistician Tells Con ference Committee SERVICE MEN NEED WORK I!j die Associated Press Washington, Sept. 27. Aversion 'nbnr te accepting work at reduce 1 wages wns assigned as n cause of some unemployment by Heswcll F. Phelps. Director of Laber Statistics of th Massachusetts Lnber Department, the first witness heard by the National Ktnpleyment Conference's Committee en Cneniplnvment Statistics, which set !. work today te determine tlie extent and volume of the nation's inveluiitniv idle. "Cnemplevmcnt is due in some meas ure." Mr. Phelps told tbe committee "te the fact that labor will net ac cept reduced wages." Harry D. Jacobs, presnir-ir (,f the Tx-Service Men's nmpleynieut ISurfau of New Yerk, the next witness, esti mated that there were 7.". (Kit) unem ployed former soldiers in New Yerk Citv, and said the establishment of vo cational training schools in nrmv i-imtw as proposed 0y the (levernment would elve tlie iinemple.Mniiit problem a far ns the unskilled World War eteran was concerned. neftise Hedueed Pay Mr. Phelps declnred that the (r..u ble in Massacnusetts at present was net that there was net empIemenl. but tlint there was net work people wanted nt the wages they sought. Peo ple could net find jobs' tit the wages they wanted, he said, nnd were unwill ing te accept tlie reduced pay. tie nucieii tnat some improvement 1 i;i . been noted in Massachusetts, wliem new IS 11 III 111 ..lll-l.l "l iii, -nuiimiiif 'l,U .' L seen te cut the hnu-eis, releasing the , tne Sres show but thirteen nppll- etr.er submarines. Just as the mnn believed te have been SpaulHerg, who wns reported drowned, reached the i nmiing tower ladder, 'here wns what seemed te be a gas explosion, nnd it is said die man wn thrown clear of the tower, a stream of wajer fellow nuns iur eucn position enercii as i em pared with tliirtv-si applicants for each position in May. If apulicntil' for jobs were willing te nccept' reduc tions in wages, which he declared must take place, the State's employment service would be, able te fill mere In:.' him. The mnn believed te have i places, been .1. Dr'flcp, reneited drewned.1 Mi'- Jacobs said the diflb tilu of the termer BROKEN BY THREAT OE END TO LEAGUE After Scrupulously Observing Traditional Quiet, Ex-President Speaks te Defend His ldea3 TELLS FEW OF FAITHFUL HIS STAND ON TREATIES n CLINTON XV. OlLltHKT sini I .r.'sn."if i:ttlntr PnliP,. t.rilcrr Ce; j. ;i i if i. i, ThMV I 'ilar- Cemvanv Washington. Sept. '7. - President W. Is ,ii is , utilised te the rttifi 'ntlell of tin Harding pence treat v with f!er li mil Tbe prospect of iN adoption, biinging with It the ending of all hop" of the League of Nations, has drawn him Inte polities (is nothing elwe Ii03 (bin. since be left tbe White Heuse. What hns actually happened (s thnt since the treaty was sent te the Senate lie 1ms expressed his views privately tn Democratic Senators with whom, in the past, be bad been intimate, ns he has net done since his retirement. Sev eral of them hnve visited him and he has told them with perfect frankness what he thought about the Harding foreign policies-. Apparently there has been no organized effort te line tin an opposition te the treat. Tlicre has heen no formal conference, but he l.iis told individual Senators what he thinks, with some effect upon the at titude of these, who. in the past, have been known as Wilsen Senator Senater .Maint.ilneil Perfect Silence "Mr. WiNen has been credited with the ambition te show Pres,enl Hard ing bow an ex -President should be have " Th.s quotation i geneially accepted in Washington, which believes that Mr. WiNen himself, en mere than one oc casion, has ued the-e iery words. He has lived up te his ideal for six long months while his successor took sti p after step toward undoing the work which he hnd done in Versailles. The silence of- S street was one of the most perfect silences ever maintained. News paper correspondents from journals which hnd been his organs while it, the White Heuse, seelii,,;. interviews with him. received the Invnriub'e answer; "Mr. Vi,ei cannot interrupt hf con cen con valeseene te see visitors." Ne whlsticr c:iin rV, !. i . .. ....,,, tii.il. miiiipn.p firm, V'01' wi" '0tiue te send n. WN ell Mich measures as he thinks n.e tie public llltelVht f0. .,,. np,ri)Vn, J ""'ll'wnl and he will exercise his CeunJTi'" ",'1'" 1,p ' ll' ""- f thee tT"""1 nCU''1 lM "1C "'l- Cairii Supplies Facts u-('?en M'nt " lutlpr ti centnlnin,, i r I'.'s-Biiicni or iveunci Ktu luf "fermntl i regard te th cuv-ei .''"", 8ew.t,r?' which was din ii RIH ,' i xv. 1cn M'"t.ll ltler teihn te i..i. " "LK'u, piesulcnt of (Jeiinei " "iy Pleasure te forward here- "nnnurd nn Pac. su !.. unin lue UTE FIGURPQ IMPDCicr , VTE AGAINST CONVENTION I MJr'ty Swelled byReturns Frem llHtrM MOr Ceu""eS '" f!e,arv..h'c'1)l' "7- '.'"Iclal re- w" tlltluiei ,. ceuillles en I he 5FiJerIt 71 ";"""" incensed the P'. k . ,",s, ""' 'nveiitlen te 7(1. 'rtr.f, , ""' '"Ilcinl vole new lt, r'" Lrie "111hr,'K'"'ntlc. Al k 't. An cnii, ,,f".illnwnnun' n,t '"" toajerlti for ii f M,'M '0""""" khw' Ul mnjurit. ,r,' p. ,,',"le" the te- 'Muccil. """!. is exiiected t iH. iSntedaVl,!,,;ivOUUt,r ,w,,,l,I' nmile S fenvin " ?. Jerllw ngalnst "fen i 74 "i "'e vole wuh: Arm- p08fcr"lis7Mi,er' iai0 n"n,: l"r. WAswitehumrfatfswi -luiiitt. lklll, 8018 for, 17,. FREES HIMSELF FROM THUG Then West Sharpnack Street Man Breaks All Sprint Records Charles W. Mahler, !KI West Sharp nuck sjieer, struggled free from the clutches of n highwayman nt Lincoln Drive and Frederick street at !l:"i0 o'clock last night and then outdistanced his assailant und a confederate. The man, poorly dressed, stepped Mah'cr and asked him for a match. As Mahler put his band in Ills pocket the liighwa.Mii.'iii grasped his aims nnd di -nirndeil Ins mene. . As Mahler freed himself nnd stnited Ii. run. the held-up man called te a confederate. "I don't knew whether they followed me." said Mahler. "I was going se last." He slopped at a house en Me Ciillum street and notified the (iermnn- town police station of the attempted held-up. FERRY DECKHAND DROWNED Slips and Falls Overboard en Cam den Side Pas-eiigei- aboard the ferr.ibeat Vcnt iinr this morning saw Chnrles Wilsen, .slty ,cnrs old, a deckhand, slip from the deck and fall into the water near the Camden slip. He was drowned. Wilsen hnd been outside the deck gates of the lout making n repair te one of the rails. As be fell some pa.sengeis gavn a shout of "man overboard." The engines were slopped nrd life lines thrown out. After there was no doubt thnt WiNen Imd drowned, the Ventner iirei ceded te Philadelphia. Wilsen lived at 711 Seuth Fifth stieet, Camden. McGOLDRICK INSNEW PLEA Convicted Wheel Pump Gambler Al leges Errors In Trial Nerristewii, Sept '-'7. Jehn .1. Me Me ijeldiick. the Wheel Pump Hetel man found guilt v of fii'iibllng and leasing his hotel ler gambling pin poses, today tiled with the i curt a bill of exceptions in support of a motion for n new trial. It Is contended that the court erred In li'Jt Bi.intiiiB the ilefi niluiit's llppli t nt itui for a continuance. I lie nppli nppli uitleii was inuih because jurors had heard Judge SunrU ceniniint en gam bling in inldiessing these who pleaded UN contended nlse that 'he trial Judge extensively discussed certain evi dence adduced by (tie Commonwealth ...,iir ilie ilereudant and ignored im pertant tetinieii of (he defendant and his witnes.scH thnt showed the geed faith and Innocence of Mcdeldrlck. German Mark .805 of a Cent New rl(, Sept. ''7 (Senium marks continued to-m(ile new low records today, preliminary quotations lielug 0.80.10 te 0.8125 cents each, cster day'g close- wa 0,8050, r u A wicked whites. lint the thought of NATIONAL ECONOMY IIRRPn '"L...'' ,!" " - at the head of a parade through Atlanta ' in rless propagation Hut the pres- Uniy Wny te Heauce TAX Burdens, P"v""'cti nun iiiscihiucu aim. ms iacu C'entlnueU nn rnseTnrim-thm.CuliunnTlirni McCormick Tells Churchmen Chlcttge, Sept. 27. (H A. P. i -The Fulled Stntcs must be etliclent and economical In its public administra tion If it is te reduce its burden of tnx- Intien. Senater Medill McCormick snlil 'n nn address befure the Chicago Church Federation tedn. Ftiding of the vast armaments nf the world Is net alone the problem, he declnred. "We must seek te reduce public ex penditures In the cit. in the State, in the nation." he continued, "and thus lighten the burden of the tinpiier and the consumer. In Wasblic'eii we i"ue irnde pregicss in the curtailment of ap propriations. The cxpendituies of the National (iineinmi'iit hnve been icd'i 'd IP per i cut ever a period of two years; i.t the same time heal tir.es 'mc m rrcnsi'd n 'Isi inn" 'Ml "If the (ievernmuiit is te discharge its duties mi i,n i nl. ti, nn at i,,,- snnie time the buiilen of taxation is te s netliing te de but prencn ami stump '".' ' ''" m.- i-i m-im-i . n '-;-, ,.:,"".."'" .'". ""iin. i wiusii-nng cnllerv tli.. ,,,, ?.-.. ceuntty, arousing the people in be- V1"1' ami lie is Relieved te lnue g,,,,,. in inn iiiisi.nieii. unaljle te de imrd work , ..,..,, Vl. ..-..' .. , ' """'" of his pet scheme. Cndcr dele- "own witli tli beat. ns a rinit m tns semee. finding em- ',,... ' '""'ik'" wr.en tlie i . ,i .-.?..-. t ii in Tiiimr i linn uin ni inn .. -T')iit--iii'iii niiiririiii is. i. .. .. i eaten ninjingemcni tne orgnnizuiieu is 'rueutv Men in I'mif .""""'" " ""' uiieiiiinineii " -uciigtiien tnni malting lets of money. .. " .... . . . , '''r'""1' ".Idlers, he tat-d. showed that.'nal of th- I.eiitue whl. I. I,U ,.rr,l,..t. I'lei-rew et tlie K-l. nn luileil twetil ',. tier i ent were unskilled mil of ,,. i,. i i , . Was Peer 15i.sliie.ss Man .fliers d men nn.l efforts are being ' these SO pet.e,,t were illiier.ii" There ' "" l"kI',s'I lhx Supreme "In the early period, when Simmons I 'mide te check the in-counted ler and the , was no trouble, he contended ,,', i.,... , ' " '""' Ne"" " li ise eneg 1n tried te manage Its affairs, much of i i.ii, iii te determine it any mere men Its income is .-aid te haw been wasted i were lest, i p te nudnigbt no state- i RETAINING STOCKS SHELVE ARBUCKLE TO CHANOLI Lnntlnural en Pnite M nliinm Thrrr GIRLS WALK ACR0SSU.S. BLAC1AIL CHARG E Clients Tell Referee Failed "Fatty" Again in Spotlight as Brokers Bought It, but j Preliminary Murder Hear Didn't Deliver ing Proceeds EMPLOYE ALSO WITN ESS1 DETAILS OF GIRL'S DEATH j The outright purchase b, Chandler san Francisce l 1-lltt' I sept. Uoseee l ll.l l .Ul. IS II. Y ., s. . , .. , I.-.. ... i t -1. I.l . . ....... . 'i "- be lightened, we must s.ek te energize. """ -empnny or mocks mat werv '. ; i)'V'; c nargci witn tlie l.lc nln,; te naval men. that an n , '.. n, never delivered or credited te tlie clients ..;,. , .'."" ""'i'- " was one ,n.i ig.n iu esrnp,., t.i an te make efficient and administ ration of the public services." 'was charged today at a meeting of for- uAeniMP Tn wicit widpimia "",l rli,,,lN "!' '",ve rl"ims "ninst HARDING TO VISIT VIRGINIA the failed b.ekerage house. The meeting was held in the office Plans te See Marines Drill en Battle- of Jehn M. Hill, referee In bankruptc, fields of Civil War ' i',1 tll 1('nn tfmnre building. J iiewnrii iiener, counsel ter tne receiv ers, ter the bnnkruit brokerage beuse, & Ce.. with heed- Washlugteii. Sept 'J7. -(Hv A. P.I -A weit-eml l tup .me Mrgiiua te ' pn.,(,0(1 .. in,i. ,li foil mnmiiii'iipi, ... ,1... i ' lllivs-. ',, ,.., ,,,,, ,, ,, , , i - ,,, ill,- Marine ("Virps en the Civil War battle, fields about Fredericksburg is under contemplation by President Harding.- 1'nder present plans the presidential party would Ie.ie Washington Saturday by automobile, spend the night at hcad ipiarters of the marine forces near Fredericksburg and meter bnek te the cubital Sunday, lt is expected tlie President will spend the night under camns and will meke a first-hand ex amination of tlie field equipment of the Marine Cerps. shifted temporarily from the center of interest yesteidnv when charges of ex ex ex toiiien were Tunde agnltut Alfred Sem tiaeher, lu'esecutl' u witness, resinned liis,hicn befer- tlie snetllgbt of public euiinslt as his prelin.inan hearing proceeded today. The extortion charge lias been dis posed of, it was intimated ted'iv. bv neti. m of Mu San Francisce flrnnil Chandler I'.res. & Ce.. with head- i '"".l ."""'" hist nicht Irard Sem- fiunrters nt lll.'ls Chestnut street, su- M , .?r I. 'tnr nru P'nced it mi rec rended business July ',-.. The firm has '?'' s"'"naeher dented te the (Srand no connection with Chandler & Ce ' ,v U"lt " ,ini' nnv hnewledge of n Hebert Holdsworth. of Jenkintown. I I'I,MI '" ex,0!'' "mney from the defend who was assistant cashier for the brek- , a'!' ns v',n.s alleged bv Frank Do De erage tlrm. was questioned today by at- I 'n'"S."''!- rn"'f counsel frr Arbuckle. ternevs for former clients. Dnminguez intimated extortion was the Frank L. Itezuiann. 123ft North ' me!m' ni't"fi'"s' emn:cher when be ment hnd been issued b na.v officials It is said that the submarine went down bow first. As sin ns the alarm was s,M.nd.Ml searchlights from all ships Three New Yorkers Reach Coast of the lleet lying at anchor in the bar- I l ! ber vere turned en te the seenc of the i ,0 Erter College , e.sastrr. .aii rrancisre, Sept. J7 U'alki j l.vecntue elhceis of the submarine " "in ,i'v lerk, nc, er.iing base ;id the Pacific Fleet were im ' "'"'" . Misse-. May Fink. 1 ,1r meiiinielv called mte a conference i ;' nil l.stlicr l.isman ua. bed s.u. IV. t,. nbeiud die flagship New Mexico. Ad- ''''''" '""' """'d today ihev wnild enroll vii s reg.inliiig the reported sinking lls students nt the I'mversitv of Cili . were lelecraphed te (lie Nnvy Depart ' 'ernia. I incur. Wasl Ingteii. and preparations' '''lc trip which they said was made i were made for rescue work. , "for niheiiture" occupied four met ttis Admiral Kberle. who we in Sn-i "inl cost them nbeiit Mde !, 'Ml,.., U.ege. v.,1 net.ueil et the accident and I ' "''" '' -''W et , nt 1. it is . peete( ill., i he will letuill te San Twelfth Mri'-t, thc deilared. Pedre this morning te attend a meet- me of a curt of imnii. which win i,e JAR AND FEATHER TAXI MAW held te investigate the sinking of the UM ' "Al '""I v. s-e'. m,.i -- -.. i.msuvcu icAcins ne.ease captive en Main Street of Town Palestine. 'Ie.. Sept. 27 -- i p,y 4. P i .. L. .Mcliti7.1e. form, ih mv- . ah driver, as seized by nin-ked men last night, carried te th iu,tn, where Ii- was beaten and gnen ,-i ,e.u of tr and feathers, and tnnn h-,,i..i,. i i. leit -ught und eilcted from nn autem,.l,i!e en the D 'i- wer working m thiit-th le. t of wiit, r t'cis ninruiiig nlen'jside i, l:-':. ' ' iM.lllig te I' haw ers ,,, t . fcnfi 1 -miiiIiI make it pe-iblc te I ! 'I. '' in s.irinci . t Hll III - Fifth street, suid he bought twenty-live sbnrcN of Peuii Seaboard Steel Corjiei -atien stock .June S.O. He said be paid 7Tn for the stock and bought it outright. Ne Itecerd of Delivery i.i.iiii.iih'u in .iiucri ... .tieise, reiin- MRS. J. L. CARNCROS? LOST Widow of Famous Minstrel Found After Wandering Twe Hours Mr.i. J. L. Cnrncrebs, widow of the, showed no record that the securities had took te Les Angeles tern articles of clothing which bad been worn by Miss Itnppe. The Oram! Jurv hearing was sought by District Attorney .Matthew P.rady at Semuneher's request. Semnucher wns the only witness. Deininguez and ethers of Arbuckle's counsel were invited by sel for Mr. Uezninnn, Mr. Heldswirdi I Krste te ai pear before the Grand Jury sinteii tnni uie cinimnui und jieiil in full ""l "" s.iopenns were issued. for the stock, but that the firm's books famous minstrel who was popular in this citv terty jenrs age, was missing from her home nt 20".,". -Ml. Vcnien street for several hours yesterday after noon. Mrs. Ciuncress, who is eighty-five cnrs old, went for a sheit walk near her lisidnice und failtd te return within a reasonable time. Twe hours inter -lie was found wandering near 2121 North College avenue. She wns tnken te the Nineteenth nnd Oxford streets police station and later taken home by her dnughtcr. 1. ...... .In ..., a.. ...-..f , m i. ecu mu. i-ii-u or iiansierreu. 1 lie were kept en a margin account, he said Pressed by the attorney, Mr. Holds worth said that in miu.y instances stocks bought outright wcre allowed tn remain en marginal accounts. He knew Threatens te Sue Attorney As 'he left the (irnnd Jury loom Senmaclier told a group of newspaper men, suil ter defamation of i huraetcr would be filed against Dem'uigucz. Testimony concerning past uctiens of Mrs. llambiiin Delinet.t, who swore te the complaint (hinging Arbuckle with i .i n ' lilijili' b In -The K built iii l'i and .1. .! m Illii ,1 mellt . siistcinei' in for W ,11 'ii I tne little cinie that hniuits the dining dining rentii of the Shoreham IletW like ghosts of depariel devs gesp,.,l about hew th- old ch.f f,.t wi the present Ada mist rat en effect ivel took disarma ment tivit) f i in the League, in whose special province Mr. Wilsen had left ' . . ...! . , e . . in th.-ir " ' ' "P " "ni contcrcnce te les reil Kiup sr" die ilnngers of war. Hepul for Versailles Treaty Nil along perhaps there resided 111 1... mind the hope thnt in the end the Itemiblienns would lime te nccept the Treaty of Versailles. There were W st H.-rdiiig's word- in the l'-'tli of April spie, Ii about F.ngnging under the ex-i-'ing treat. ' And thorn was the, known desire of Secretnr Hughe and fsei r uiry limner te have the i'nitcd Stoics efli, iuii ni the ISepatntlens Ci),iiin..in as the ei.lj wn of protect ing the ciuiutiw'p ei ot.emlc liitereets, Mr.-Wilnn had tied the League and 'he Ueparin ions Commission nnd the treat together in such a tight little verbal pin kage that perhaps he thought no one (euhl separate them. At any rate, some hope helped him te inaiu- , . ,. '"Si" ei ewhuni l, Ulll i were .mnier etbc-.rs. hi, masked nssmlaiits. co:;vi'""" "r Vi i .. ' red S'Ct; ,t . ?.: : w i III .1 Wi.ubi ' . x pl T main stret i-t i l.e Hiillaml tp McKinzie wns attacked l,e, 1. .leiltennnts S n .,,., ,.i..i.. ... t - , . . - . were innier etlie. rs i,;? l....i .,...,' ... """" ,M a "el" tain his sci upule.is attitude of no com ment upon the policies of his sue- essiif and no attempt te influence his Irtnrtv or nnv memlieru of ii n-niim. ttm Ui-publicnii tereign policies. The irreeencihibles in the Senate crumbled and were plainly unhappy Si nnter Itrandegee bieught the bitter wind te the Hill that 'Hughes could twist Harding uhetit his little linger" nnd Unit "Hughes would have us In the League of .Nations and bae the Vcr sadles Ttenf before the Scuute once mere." All of it litul a pleasant semni te the sick man of S street. IJS f T I T- xYITv.'' 'I H i n. M. H. P. DAVISON TO GO SOUTH Banker Hopes te Recover Health en Georgia Estate New Yurli. Sept. 27. (llv A. IM Henry P. Davisen, of J. P. Morgan & Ce., who Is convalescent at his Leng Island country home after an opera tion, will endeavor te recover his health fuli iI'M-Ing the winter at his estntn in Tlmmnsville, (!n,, business associates said today. He has leased his Park avenue town house tot Marshall Field, el Chicago. ",.,"' "K"1 lm """ """ ,0 ue " ""'murder, will net be allowed te ,,eee.. iiuiicii. .,.,,,,1 ., ..:... .., ., ...j. in .in- in, nn .t'.cYiiui ie me case en iriiu. auuge M.vlvian T. Lazarus de ll. C. Kinslow. of this citv. testif!..,! he paid cash for 10 -.hares of Island Oil and Transport Cem pan vand 100 shares of Pennsylvania ltallread stock He also had a cash balance with the firm of Sen I,". Questioned about these transactions, Mr. Holdsworth, the former assistant cashier, said the 200 s-hares In ques tion could net be located and had never been transferred te Klnslew. Mr. Iteber announced te the former client:i that an open meeting of credi tors would be held, probably in a court room in the Federal ItiiiUllng. within two or three- weeks. Members of .the bankrupt firm will be present and will be examined, he snld. Shortly after the meeting opened t. dn Mr. Rebel- bald elulnis against ti.t buspended firm would Wp0 out all iti CenDutd en bn six. Cola-an'eni" elnrel. He denied nernilssien msih. day te Arbuckle's utte?nes te proceed with questions they said would show details of a friendship between Mrs Dclment and Fail L.uui, a Les Angeles motion-picture actor. "I ma net going te (ry the character of witnesses here in this court," Judge Lazarus announced. Mrs. Delmont probably will be the main witness today, the District At torney declared, und if her testimony is concluded, eh Prevest and Alice lilake will be summoned. These three like Seninncher, were guests of Arbuckle ni en. jiuri in me at. I'TnnclH Hetel SpcjiUs Mind nt Lest Then suddenly out of clear sky al most, came the (emnlcte victory of hln eki enemies in the "senate, the rejec tion of the Versailles Treaty in all the respects that interested Mr. Wilsen, the separate treat with (Sermany, the clear foreboding of the end of the Leugm Leugm ef Nations, net merely the end of all prospects of the t'nited States entering. Inte it however reorganized, but the end of the League itself. It was tee much for his pluloseph) se at lust he has spoken te bis friends. Continued un I'are Mi, Column Heian LIBERTY BONDS SOAR UNDER HEAVY BUYING MARKET ST. CARS BLOCKED GIVES UP CHAIRMANSHIP Breakdown Delays Vehicles and Makes Workers Late A trolley car. east-bound en Mnrkct street, left the track opposite the Pest office Hullding. at Ninth street, ut S muiib ns i arm Commission Head Washington, Sept i'T i jj , -Themas W. I'ag... ,,f Vug',,,!,, (l(1. o'clock this morning, bio. king trolley I i,""T, ";','a'"nn ' .",'" ' "rift Ceunuis traffic for many minute. , MIi , ? en, TZ 'ZZ fc.' w,.re.tbleicked as far out Market street , .hm - H.-Urmau has bee, .,.t.lM",n, While a wrecking crew wa8 werking1 Dr Page, who is a De Huge Purchases and High Prlces Attend Activity In All Issues Dr. Page, Appetnted by W.lsen. tl-V. 1 JL. '." ' . ' ' . ...,,. , . .I... i. .,,,,-, n, iiunrn in ijiuerty nouns ami inuin ,etes OMTsbadevved here when Virginia Tliinns is iuiL.i .- - .-,-- -. .inii,-ii i -- - - - ie nave received fnineinu ,.i.a .... . i tt ..) ..,a ,.n,. im... .... i... ... , .. ,. . v . in I,,,- .I..!. "".in ii-niil't'd " "' in "i. nil- l lle r l'TNOOII te liuye w. It s.;.'"'i. "'. i;v ...:." i'n u "ur" HUsvl iqmus. .hat be n-t tin "' ""'" " ivtuucn ni tne open- "' AJ, . I11"1 irurac uew liiuh should tiulici Cvnttnued en rc all ether dealings en the stock eichnnge this mnining. The llrxt hour's sne .I bends approximated .$(1,000,000, and fullv 7 per cent of tlilb wan repre- nte.l bv I nited States (Soverninent . sues. Iiik.si ail domestic war flotation in . iKursi .piuiuiieui) or the year .; -.1 .. .. .- M.,.. the r. in ire was the Victory fa.,' M llmV :igi vhl.'h Jilm.u-eil te Di) ' lf led at the open- Jl Jvcrt vehicular traffic down ftlnili should milicule i,'u .,' ees , ..'.' . .'l' , "" V?.B ,nkfn ,n ,''0''l, -- ZUL I te Chestnut streets. Many persons were 1 chairman H. Vmn.i. . ' nt i"" from sum l ameiuitu a, H-JMliAfi bU. ciumn irjljhmiitle late for erk by M,e blecffi tb i ctIbv? tWita " umuht ' '' WW. On. let ul UMm m m m u W. ) . . ,-c .J ,N
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