:iammmmimmnamKKnmmwMmKKamiimmKmmw '; wish. 'jHHHiwvCTcaw"uiJHHH wsimrs ' , .. mfwmmm' w mmt' w-v.v-' MramnHiv, Jl '.J .--.- r'.''v.j.:ffm,,niwi iptn't AT YjrmHM tMa rmfoMewc4r it meaner ' M'w jS'jt.'PT.i; 3rfi& Ji - i"-&v. fftlrtMUMMCMrarMri little chame in temperature! moderate winds. r tf.mpkbati;be At bach hour m EXTRA f'al olio 111 )12 11 2 J74 175 178 180 82 85 180 U jlO 111 112 H23 I 4153 I I I I VOL. VHI NO. 271 Entered as Socend-ClMi IMir u th; Pottefflc. t hUMUbJbla, Pi. ' Under tfy Act et March 8. 1879 PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1922 Fubllehed Dallv KxcfpI Sunday. Bu1crlptlen Vrlrtt fl a Year by Mall. Cepyrlht, 1022, by Publle ledger Company PRICE TWO CENTS m ? ,.,.... r-y.,.1:. i,TiLyf i.-,,,,, JHV1 r T fit I . i i "n. -u r i if . .wm i . i"J i v iimi iji: . ri.,i-- 4. i ii.it.1 ii' it i.i vnv " .. . c ( .A, i ; -. . H j.w.-p- '' . i b : icuetwttg pit0i ammr-H .. -n v i- j xvu t - fijt kju' u j -s - : i.k mk .w-buw v immmifv p- -wr i iibk'41 'i I ACCUSED BY WAR HERO ivt Him Knockout Dreps, Stele $725; .He Telle " Police INNA WILLIAMS DECLARES li'BLUECOAT TOOK $5 BRIBE patrolman Jehn i. Clay Is Sus- l.'f ....Url DanHlncy InvAft. tigatlen a Aiinir woman arrested today for J italnlsterlns knockout drops te a 1 Snidlnn war here in a cafe In this '- a..i n HMiHAimnM tt'nrnnr fini" detectives were loeklnir for her and that tie blucceat took a $3 bribe. Colonel Omar Mncklcn. who served ith the Canadian cxpcdltlonnryfercc, I i. the officer who said Anna WiinamB 3 akd another sirl robbed him of $72.) en ri.ni.iit nf .Tulv 11 after they had given Um a drugged drink. ' T ii....... nnMiaiil hv Anna v(l Sims is Patrolman Jehn J. Clay, of the month and Winter streets station, a mb of Tellce Lieutenant Clay. He was Satpendcd immediately by Superln Ltndent Mills. ,. Swi "Little Maud" AMed Her 'tf The Williams ulrl, who Is twenty -ne I(trs cm anil lives en ecvemn eirutii 'i.. nrnenn nvenue. was arrested today .t mUrtpenth and Shunk streets by Dc- lietlvea Faulkner and Sliver, who have ktn searchlngLfer her since the robbery. rii vntme woman, according te the iellce, admitted that she and another rl, known as "Little Maud," gave lockout ureps 10 veiunci iiiucKiiu in dfe at Bread street and Girard ave- PThe Canadian, she said, met hcrtand he ether girl tnc nigut 01 juiy ix in a joen near t iftcentn ami AinrKct itrects. Frem there they taxied te tlic ntewn enfe. rPnlice say the clrls sUencd a pill inetrn as "mickey" into one of the Mtlnnvl's drlnkn. and that when he talnmrpd ever in his seat they took a IjoUef bills from his rocket. b "Deuble-crossed," Says Prisoner i' The girls fed from the enfe te an- "... . " . t fll l.l. 1 1JMI1 i. Bluer Ciuu ill xnuiiiu iiiiii fiiuvn Mreets, where they divided the money, A4 la nlm .nd.t H'tlA Wl 1 1 If. t.u' mI 1.1 .1a I. . . . J.-... r... i . .wctivcs leuuy mar. i.uue .tinim nan ', Jpublc-creivcd her in the division of the i money. i, Colonel JIacklen wns taken from the fe te a doctor's office, where he was ttrlvcil. Soen afterward he reported cthe robbery te the Detective Ilurenu. ' Frem the description of the J onus t woman Cnptnin Houder suspected Anna Williams, known as "Nanny," and her friend, "Little Maud." He xent Faulkner and Silver te the cafe nt Twelfth and Filbert streets as that was K Ut lUni M.1MM 'UUVIl .. l..,. The retectlvei visited the nlace. but ter neither weninn, Then they get the Mtremian en the beat, Clay, according ,1tlie detective, and told him "Xiuiny" ua -Liuio .Mnuil" were wnnteil. lie ,yu Instructed te arrest them en sight. i'H0LD COUPLE FOR THEFT fcin and Wife Charged With Loet ing Market Street Stere I Charles Turner, thirty yenrR old, and 4lli wife, Gertrude, twenty-five years " "8 at me walnut street Hetel en Walnut street near Eleventh, Wm held tedav ih SHOD lmll In- MnirlM. 'ttjate Cewnrd for u further hearing. ,y ure cimrgeii witn stealing wearing pparci irem a .Market street store. iMajistrntc Ceward held the pair, after Turner's pocket. It is believed he may 9 wanted for thefts in that. city. LITTLE GIRL DROWNS UlX'Year-Old. Daughter of Minister Leses Life While Bafhlnn 'New Catle. Del., July 2S. Jane, 3 u i "n"Suter et tlie Hev. r".""" iianjr .iiurL'uiiu, or 1'itts win, l'a., was drowned in the Dela ware xiiver yesterday afternoon, oji eji oji teelte the llattcry l'nrk bathing beaeh. ne body was found ast night and A . . ' l" "-I'liiy coroner Handler . Gebhart, of this city. ue iii ner nan taken the eldest of the rteafnih ren, Jane, into the river and Iter brinchlCf lier m.linn t.,l, .1.. JjBfjf chl d,NLillinn, five jeuis old, pc . alp. U)en his return te the bench ft learned -Jane had disannearcd. Tl Jly was found in the river 200 feet rem snore. OBENCHAIN TRIAL NEAR END Wicuter Demanda Extreme Pen alty for Accused Weman Ibi f1 vain., duly S. (IJy l.'.i!,'"ine assertion that the evidence Ti.ii ""no iuB Lwirciuu iicn- it. Was, '"ede by Deputy District r"uv ieycs yesterday in tlic clos cles JI argument in the second trial of s. Madalynne Obcnchain for the Lder,ff ,Tl I,elt0 Kennedy. .-i i ,0.scculer sula e expected te MBclude ills case, se it could go te the jury today. Plekferd-Mlller Wedding July 30 Aa .-- Y.. nn .... .)- "MUynn Miller and Jack l'ickferd te- . auuuiiiii.-m nnetner cnange In the .,," 'i wrmiwij, mis time te 2 u'i.,li!y ,J0, In tbe marriage license i -m .inner gave nor, name as Cai arter, ITJj "" ' iwcnty-twe, wiille 1'; 'CLM!1 he wb Jehn C. 1'ickf I'lck- erd, i --w.j -UVU, RllCUei WhnU IT,II.. rr r-i ......v , jr riuiii rire JMt".': Vn." Jl"y M. When n fire '.Kwwfi ' ,0 xl,ome a"(1 Btore et Tel'n ffiil' "tMurcth, yesterday, one I Nenn,i .. l" . ?my Jumped from n I'GSS'!'0'' ndew, get a ladder and kUmil? lxw, u.,e etl,cr 'nembers of the rSS'fy "ringing them down the lad I rf'ei,r cs.?ane down the stairs being I "Kreyed. The lobs Is S5000. Inlllrerl h.i B...U.II r.-i lt t, -.-- UOOSU4M Dai Uj27rCdM9ia,np;r' thirteen years old, of in the v.. """"," ny iiiiNMinii nut i me h rnnelsvll e playground yester- i,,i"- , '" m. .leiepns ei)g from serious injuries J. RVfiSnft1 A U8En AUTOJKIHII.K? PftSiaa ii..1 ce'um of the Kvkninu Iua. miOMd In itt.?ien-'e et h" l"t iargaln te M'. J " "tea Cars en pace Sl.AUv. ht'h av"s. .! t v (i . r i mait&tti.hvssite Lew Tendler; en Verge of Victory, Leses te Leenard Benny Leenard retained his world's lightweight championship earning the decision by a small margin ever Lew Tcndler, in the opinion of Leuis H. Jaffe, ,the boxing expert 'of the Eve. nine Punne Lkdekb. Sixty thousand saw the great spectacle at Beyle's Thirty Acres and the majority shared Mr. Jaffe's opinion. The vast throng paid approx imately $450,000 for seats. It Is estimated that Leenard received $180,000 and Tendler ?90,000. The eighth round was the Phila delphian's best. Leenard was dazed, sagging, groggy, but his craftiness carried him through. Tendler lest, but there were hundreds who believed he wen and thousands felt he earned 'a draw, se slight was the margin of the champion's victory. The twelve-round no-decision bout left something wanting. A decisionentest of fifteen rounds or mere is the popular hope. Complete details of the bout are en Page 13. GAS MASKS SAVE FIREMEN FROM FUMES Filbert Street Building Is Deserted After Ammonia Pipes Break Ammonia fumes csenping from a broken pipe in the refrigerating plant of Mlldcn & White, fish dealers, 1207 Filbert street, nt 12:15 P. M. today, forced the occupants of the building te retreat until repairs could be made. Firemen were summoned, nud gus masks were sent for before the men could enter the building. Se strong were the fumes that some of. the fire men emerged from the plnce weeping nml gasping, in spite of the masks. The pipe was seen mended and, after, allowing due time for fresh air te enter the building, businc-s was resumed. RESCUES TWO GIRLS FROM DROWNING William McCarthy, Walllngferd, Saves Mary and Anna Willis, Media SInry Willis, nineteen years old, una her sister Anna, seventeen, daughters of Jehn Willis. 400 Kast Washington street, Media, narrowly escaped drown ing In the Inke'KtfMeylnu Wednesday night. t Thin wns learned today when the here who saved the two gills was discovered. He Is William McCarthy, twenty three yen rM old, of Walllngferd. Mary was out tee far unci screamed for help. Anna, who had been stand ing at the edge, swam out te nld her sister and in the struggle that followed both of the girls went down. McCarthy hntl heard the girls' screams at the ether end of the lake several hundred yards away. He ran te the place where he hud seen the girls swimming and dived in. After n strug gle, in which he was almost exhausted, he pulled the girls, gripped In caeii ether's arms, te the shore, and helped te revive them. Several children were nt the edge of the lake at the time, but none who could swim. SAVES MAN FROM RIVER Patrolman Bergner Is Here at Fire en Transport Seguranza Jumping, fully clothed, Inte the Del aware Itlvcr, early this morning, Pa trolman Uergncr saved the life of a man who had fallen from the deck of a burning vessel. While firemen fought n stubborn blnze en the deck of the transport Se purnnzu, lying nt the Orthodox street wharf, where it is being dismantled, Itergncr saw the man fall from the stem of the eiH'i The policeman plunged In after him, and after a short struggle succeeded in getting him ashore. Aside from shock, the muu was uninjured. Fire en the yessel wns discovered et midnight and was featured by three explosions of ammonia tanks. It-burned r for several Hours. JIMMY'S LAPSUS LINGUAE We Fear the). Yeung Gentleman Has Seme Explaining te De He's just n boy nnd we'll call him Jimmy. He is due nt work at 0:!10, but today he didn't appear. At 0 came a telephone call. A voice announced that Jimmy wns ill ami couldn't report. "Hut this Is Jimmy tnlklng," ex claimed the ninn at the end of the wire. ,rl recognize your voice." A second's breathless silence nml then "This isn't me it's me cousin!" DISAPPEARS FROM LINER Passenger Strangely Missing When Ship Arrives at New Yerk New Yerk, July 2S. Kdwnid At water Seltz, of Atlanta, Ca., Kngllsh agent for a typewriter cempiiny, disap peared fiem the steamship I'lesldent Roosevelt some tlme between lust mid night and morning, officers of tlic shin announced upon her arrival hete today. Friends of Mr. Seitz en henrd scouted the suicide theory, deelaring he was In geed health nud spirits, and had madu his luggage ready te delmrk. They ex pressed the belief he either fell over board or met with foul play. THIRTY YEARS FOR ATTACK National Park Man Draws Heavy Term for Assaulting Girl Charles P. O'Connor, National I'uiU, N. J., was sentenced te from fifteen te thirty jetirs in State Prison today for nttai'klug nil eighteen-) ear-old glil. Si'iileuee was imposed by Judge Perch at Woodbury. O'Connor lest an appeal fiem his conviction. Tlie Iwiit nrlllnc miners' n in wiirriNu pdiKTu. WliltliiL' I'uper Ceinpany. .Ml'. .:.- vg2i&kil&& wjffi. NEWLYWED HELD FOR BAD HECKS West Philadelphia Physician's Sen, Married a Menth, Ar rested en Twe Warrants KEEPS BRIDE IN IGNORANCE Apparently unconcerned "ever his own arrest, but fearful lest ids young bride of less than a month be implicated, Itess R. Smith, thirty-two years old, son of Dr. A. S. Smith, of C011 Cobbs Creek boulevard, was arrested late last night, charged with passing worthless checks and obtaining money under false pretense. His arrest followed a ehase that took detectives te Atlantic City, New Yerk nnd ether places. Several days, age police heard that Smith had returned te Philadelphia and wns living In nn expensively furnished suite in the Stonehurst Apartments at Sixty-ninth nnd Market streets. Wednesday night when nn attempt wns made te find Smith lie wns net there. Last night shortly before 10 o'clock Detective Abbett, armed with two war rants, found Smith nt the Stonehurst. The warrants had been sworn out by Albert D. Entwhlstle, head of the de partment of manual arts in the .West Philadelphia High Scheel, who lives nt 4031 Walnut Btrect, and Frank S. Hamilton. The latter is manager of a jewelry 'firm at 1110 Chestnut street. Ilriile Ignorant of Charges When Abbett rang the bell Smith came te the deer nnd at first professed ignorance of the charges. Then he con cen feved he was the man wanted. "Hut, for Heaven's sake, don't let her knew about it," he pleaded. When the detective asked who "her" was, Smith told him that he had bcen secretly married a month age. lie asked Abbett te pose as n business as sociate. Smith took the detective. Inte his npnrtment nnd introduced nlm ns a business partner. According te Abbett the woman is very attractive. She apparently was ignorant et her hus band's cheek episodes. When Smith was tnken te City Hnll lie said he had been traveling threuKh- out the Kast In nn attempt 'te avoid arrest. He admitted knowing police were looking for him. He would net sny hew much the worthless checks amounted te, nor the number he had passed. "It will all come out In the wash." he said. "I passed a few checks nnd my father fixed them up for me. But finally I guess he get tired nnd told me net te come nreuud any mere. Weman In Black In Station While Smith was being arraigned be fore Magistrate Cewnrd in Ontral Station, a woman, dressed In blnck, was seen attentively listening te the charges mude against the prisoner. When ques tioned as te her identity she insisted that she was net Smith's wife, bat his "Ister.. . .- s- Smith was held in $."00 ball for court by Magistrate Ceward en Hamilton's charge and In S-JUU uall for n further henrlnir for naming a check en Prof. Kntwistle. The latter was unable te attend the hearing. Shnrllv after Smith had been held Jules X. Brachinnu, manager of a Chestnut street clothing store, went te City Hall and charged the man with passing n forged check for $225 lust week. When Dr. Smith wns asked this morning concerning the chnrges ngalnst his son, he said he had net jet learned of his arrest. He did net knew that the prisoner had been married and said Continued en I'nce The. Column Hlx ACTRESS HELD AT SHORE AS AUTO THIEF SUSPECT Car Valued at $3500 Found In Frent of Her Hetel Atlantic City, July 28. Pauline Ar Ar eold, twenty-one years old, said te be an actress and also known as Pauline Orr, of New Yerk, wns aroused from sleep at the Morgan Hetel here at " :!t0 o'clock this morning nnd taken te the City Jail. However, she made two detectives wait nearly nn hour while she get her self ready. She Ignored nil commands te hurry, nnd when she stepped out of the room she wns n gorgeous vision In exneting dress, with net a detail forgotten, mere as if she was preparing for an outing en the Boardwalk rather than te a cell. According te the police she ran off with some fellow's car valued ut $:1500. He communicated with the New Yerk police department, with the result that tlm young woman was arrested en a charge of grand larceny and is being held te nwult requisition papers from New Yerk. The local police have no information regarding the identity of the complain ant. On the deer of the ear are the initials "J. K. ().." and it hears II cense number 748,712. It wus found in front of the hotel where Miss Arneld was staying. NO-PIECE SUIT BATHER "IN AGAIN" FOR 22D TIME Breaking Inte Community Club Is Latest Charge Against Bey I.uwrenee Mapes, who recently shocked Broekiawn, N. J., by lleelng in n no-piece bathing suit from the police, was "In ngaln" today. Ilu and two ether boys were accused of break ing into the Hroeklawn Community Club. Lawrence is twelve years old. lie told Justice of the Peine Gregery ut LnwnMde that he has been arrested twenty-two times. lie was held in S200 ball for a further hearing, ns wus Themas Hughes, twelve cars old, u companion. Lawrence's six-year-old brother Stanley, thu third boy arrested, was sent home, BOBS HAIR, KILLS HERSELF Brether Says Girl's Shern Lecks Disappointed Her New Yerk, July 2S. Mhs Kuth P.vuiin, twenty-five ) ears old, a clerk for the American Telephone and Telcgrapu Cempaii), committed Milcidc .Mtcidu, In ii HroeUyu hoarding house. She was found lying en her bed with a gm tube in lit r mouth. Miss Kviijis left n letter te her brother Hubert, who said his sister had been despondent fur i-eine time. One reason, hu said, wan that she had lieblied jier hair hi'-t March and did net like thu way i It looked. I .m.. iyMrj-w j . .,n.f Gives Life for Friend I? ' P!Hf&? 1 w 'IV Wf 'I$H$b4 ;"& Ujtfc.aCs, -vA&WSst Aii-.&'j'Ht' ' ,BH i&xm&zxi&;uw&3x&zx .MISS ETHELWYN IIICKLIN Fermer University of Syracuse student, of 200 Park avenue, Swarthmore, who was drowned nt Anbury l'nrk, N. J., after saving Miss Ethel Burke, of Plalnflcid, N. J., when bathing In a rough sea SH01 BY ROBBER Victim Critically Wounded When He Hesitates Over High wayman's Order SEE PLOT TO STEAL SAVINGS Jacob Belkas was se startled by the sharp cemmnnd of a robber te "held up your hands 1" as he was ascending the steps te his bearding house, 205 Seuth Ninth street, nt 4 o'clock this morning, that he failcd.te respond. As n result he is In the Pennsylvania Hospital critically wounded wljh n bul let in hisf stomach and one in his left side. Physicians bay he may net re cover. The attempted held-up is believed te have grown out of plans of Belkas' enemies te rob hiin of his $300 savings, later found carefully hiden in Ills third third fleer bedroom by Detective Hanley of the murder squad. Although semi-conscious by tlic time pollce were enabled te take his state ment, Belkas, in little mere thun a whisper, laid the cause of Ills wounds te the fact that he had net acceded quickly enough te the robber's sharp command. Saw Man Following Him "I walked up timlntepiit&ihe-hniife nnd put my key in the lock," Belkas said. "At tlie same time I looked around te ee if a man, whom I had noticed following me. was still in sight. He apparently had disappeared. "As I turned the key some one or dered me te threw up my hands, but I wns se startled by the sudden com mand that I thought it was my imag ination. I turned around, nnd ns I dhl se lientd two sharp reports. At the same tlme I felt bullets enter mv stom ach and side. Then I fell nnd the man ran south un Ninth Htrect." Peter Alexander, another ledgers was in the bathroom en the second fleer of the house when he heard the shots. He ran downstairs nnd found Belkas en the doorstep meaning, "I've been shot." Almest nt the snme Instant Sergeant O Nelll nnd Piilrlemnu 'eyle and Tuck, of the Fifteenth ntul l.M.n..f Li..nn.., ... '" " -."-nn i-iivtin Mil" tieu. who lint heard the-shets while standing a short di-tum-c away, ran up te the house. They picked tlie wounded man up and took him te the hospital. In an effort te suve the mail's life Dr. W. II. Mo Me I.arty performed an operation en Bol Bel kas,und located the two bullets. Rebber Flees Down Ninth Street Peter Ivelnknna u lm nl.n ... the hniiRe. tnl.l n.ilt.i.. .1.... 1.- nwakencu bv the loud reports and ran in uiu winnow, fie was just In time te SCO Belkns istm-enr ilmm tl.n .1 ""J fall en the sidewalk. The robber was lleelng down Ninth street. ,., owner of the house, KniiM Miller. Iienr.l flm tm.j I.... t.nitA , :. , ; " '"i"i urn. uriicvt'i! them te be bursting automobile- tiles. He did net get out of bed until De tective Hnulcy arrived te search Kola Kela kiis room for iwiuuihli. i.in.ie ... .1.. sheeting. Hanley later said he found 8.100 million in ii inml' I. !u l.i., .i... ..i.. that enemies et Kelnkus, knowing the man had saved some money, believed he carried it en his person. lieiuus is out of work. He was for- merlv i.mnlnwiil t n .kti... ..... ... . ' . . WiHUI nut U 'lenih street below Arch. He is well Known in the lireek quarter. Belkas described his assailant ns a white muu, about twentv ciirs old, live feet six inches tall and 'weighing laO pounds. He were dark clothes. ROB JEWELER. IN STORE Armed Men Get $2 and Watches! Frem Market St. Stere Twe armed men held up Charles C. Sanborn, sixty-five jenrs old. in his jewelry stere at (1148 Murket street, last night. They escaped with the contents of the cash register nnd several watches. When the men entered the store one asked te see watches. Sanborn brought out a tray of watches, mid wus grabbed by one of the men and backed against the wall. The ether went through the cash register and leek S2, helped him self te a handful of wjtchc and both ran out. FLIER HURLS CARS AWAY Milk Carriers Buckled Out of P.R.R. Train Near Wllliamspert Willluinsnert. Ph., ,ii,v 2s,--A Pennsvnnlii tiler, due here' fiem lle "J .U'1" Al .' ',,,',! I n wreck at McKlhiilnn rowing. Twe inilU ears wcie nucuieil out of the tialn, one bem tlnewii clear of the track. The ether curs, including the hag gage car, blanker . flay coach nud three Pullmans, wcie net derailed and the pusKengiTb escaped injury. It i tlienghl a broken lisle box was the iauc of the derailment. AI'AKTMKNTS TO SI'IT F.VWY I'URsi: unit meet eey requirement nuy l found en pse'e &-4dv Apurim.ni column SaBjUMi DO c-.-.U' MISS E. C. WHEELER KILLED IN AN AUTO Machine Driven by Mrs. J. Henry Scattergoed Crashes Inte Embankment BRAKES FAIL ON GRADE Miss Ellanbeth C. Wheeler, of 5010 Cedar avenue, was fatally hurt nt State nnd Mill Creek reads, near Ard Ard mere, early last evening whlle metering with J. Henry Scattergoed, of Dun dale, Vlllanevn. She died In Bryn Mawr Hospital. ' Mrs. Scattergoed was much affected by the death of Miss Wheeler, who was net only her cousin but also her life long friend. She scarcely was able te describe the accident for her emotions. "Yesterday," said Mrs. Scattergoed. "we decided te go for a diive. and went as far as Conshehoekcn. We were coming home by the State read, and were descending n btcep hill. There Is a turn nt the bottom nnd the reed cresses a little bridge with stone abut ments. As we came down this ntcep qrnde I applied the feet brake, but It would net held. Te control the car I was forced te use the emergency brenk te make the turn. As I turned Inte Mill Creek read with one bend en the emergency brake the front wheels struck a rock in the read nnd were wrenched out et my control. "Before I could de anything te pre vent, the machine dashed down the em bankment, nnd crashed headlong Inte the abutment. I held tightly te the steering wheel in an effort te nveld the abutment. Te my horror. I saw Miss Wheeler thrown through the windshield nnd into the abutment. "I sprang out of the car. I was un hurt, except for n cut en my thumb. I tore oft my waist te make tinnduges for Miss Wheeler's head. "She was unconscious nnd bleeding from an Injury te her bend. As I was trying te step the bleed a man came along in another machine. Between us we get Miss Wheeler into bis car and WC drove te the Bryn Mawr Hospital." Miss Wheeler, who was seventy years old, lived with her brother, Jeseph K. Wheeler, who is retired She will be buried in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Scattergoed was held for n time under observation nt the hospital, but as it was cident he had net been hurt seriously, she wns sent home. Mr. Scnttcrgoed. a broker and gram denier with wide business interests, is en the Pacific coast at present. He Is ex pected back In a week. During nnd after the wnr. Mr. Scat Scat Scat tergeod was n member of the Friends' reconstruction 'mission In France, and observed conditions in many parts of Europe; He spent nearly two years de ing reconstruction work. During the Tener ndminlsttutieu lie was a Hegls Hegls trntlen Commissioner. Mrs. Scattergoed before her marriage was Miss Annie T. Merris daughter of the late Theodere H. Merris, a widely known steel man ufacturer, who died ten enrs age. She has one daughter, Miss Mary K. Scat Scat Scat tergeod. Sergeant Itoblnen. of the Lewer Herion police, investigated tlie accident today and notified Corener Neville that no imssible blame attached te Mrs. Scattergoed. The Corener confirmed this verdict from his own observations. PLOT BY GERMANS TO KILL P0INCARE France Informed of Murder Con spiracy by Monarchists Paris, July 2S. (By A. P.) The French'Oevernment, It was made known today, lias received what it considers absolutely trustworthy information that an attempt against the life of Premier Pelncnre is being plotted in German monarchist circles. ANOTHER BASEBALL APPEAL Application Made for Rehearing of Case Filed 1 Washington, July 'JS. Application for rehearing of the baseball case de cided by the Supieme Court at its lust term has bien tiled by counsel fort the Federal baseball club of Baltl- j mere. The proceeding- brought under the' hcrmuu Anti-Trust law for treble i damages were dismissed en the ground that professional baseball as conducted ' under the national agreement wns net I Interstate ceiumeice. The brief submitted In support of the ; application N directed Inrgely te the citation and discussion of decisions of the Supreme Court which are inserted te be precedents te support the con- i tentlen that the triiuspeitutinu of pro fessional baseball teams across State Hues for exhibitions scheduled by cor porations, whose business Is described as "the snle te the public of seats" Is interstate commerce and that the con tracts which the plajcrs are required te sign constitute "Involuntary servi tude" and, therefore, nie illegal. i Ne action will be taken b the court uneii the application until after it re- I convenes next October. REFUSE U.J5. FOOD OFFER Soviet Turns Down Plan te Feed Intellectuals .Moscow. July US. (By A. P.) After u month of negotiation, I.ee Kameneff. acting Premier, has definite! refused tlie American Helief AdnilnN-, tuition's conditions for feeding tlic Bus. slim intellectuals as a class. i The commonwealth fund offered te I scud fend packages te the value of np-1 pieimately Sli.lO.eOO te Uusslu for ills- ' tllblitlen b the lellef nilmlnistrntlnn among professors, teachers, dm ters, scientists and ethers selected by the ie lief authorities. The (ievcrninent, according te M, Kameneff, Is willing te penult the ie lief administration te veto any of the (lOverumeut'N ndcctluu of beneficiaries, but I net willing that an outside or er or sanl..illen be permitted le select per win, despite a private veto. Fire In Camden Garage j A lire in the gtuase of Welnbeitr nml ! Steinbeig, (111! Kalglin avenue, Ciiiiuieu, this morning was seen etiugulbhi( by firemen of the Fourth District engine beuse, which Is next deer. President Proposes Three Plans te End Rail Strike Suggests Reads Either Waive Seniority Ques tion, Give Leyal Men Priority Rights or Adjust Dispute With Own Empleyes Pu Asieclattd Preti Washington, July 2S. Three pro posals for immediate ending of. the strike have been submitted te repre sentatives of the railroad executives and labor unions by President Harding, ac cording te information obtained today from Administration advisers who had talked with tlic Executive. These preiwsnls, all hinging en vari ous plans for adjusting the empleyes' seniority rights, will be submitted, it was .nid. te the executives' meeting In New Yerk Tuesday and te an omplejee' conference in Chicago te be arranged by B. M. Jewell, the shepmen's leader. One of the propesnls. according te these claiming te have Information of the President's suggestion, would be for the railroads te wave the seniority question nnd take all strikers back te work. Anether wns said te be te give "loyal" men who hnve remnlncd nt work prier seniority right ever strikers and the third was for separate adjust ment of the seniority dispute by each read with its own empleyes through joint committees te be nppelnted. Outside railroad contracting. It wns said, would be abandoned by the rail roads under ench of the three propenls. President Is Optimistic The President was said by his ad visers te believe that these proposals premised considerable hope of a strike settlement and te have declared that mere clouds had passed away" in the railway situation within the last few hours than for several weeks. Itehenring by the Bnilread Laber Beard of the shepmen's wuge question wns said te be embraced in nil three of the proposals. One proposal. It was said, also contemplated that both em ployers and einple.es agree that hcro hcre nftcr the beard's rulings be observed withmtt question. LAST -MINUTE NEWS WOMAN FAINTS AS STUDIO BURNS Tire said te have been caused by an explosion in Harry Lemmc's photographic studio, 1111 Seuth Eighth street, spread through the building at 1.15 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Lemme wns carried out by bystanders when she fainted. Mrs. Cenclta Lcmrae, mother of the proprietor, became hysterical and was aided te the street. COUNTESS OF ESSEX FOUND DEAD JN HER BATH LONDON, July 28. The Countess of Essex, widow of the t,cventh Earl of Essex and daughter of the late Beach Qraut, of New Yerk, was found dead in her bath at her Londen residence tbis morning. Her marriage took place in 1803. FIVE IN IN AUTO SET FIRE 10 HOME Pour Gasoline Ovsr Perch and Apply Torch as victim and Family Sleep ESCAPE IN PISTOL CHASE I'ive nun riding In a large touring car drove up te the home of Samuel Itltchle, c c'eihlng contractor, at ."'JO North (Jpess street, slimtlj after J o'cleik this morning and set lire te the perch. Tin liub.igs escaped after u spectacu lar chase b inoterf.vcle police in which sevcrul shots were fired. The machine was seen by a neighbor te step directly III front u Itltchlc's house. The nelshier had a headache and had left his bed te go te a window for uir. Three of the occu pants stepped out of the car carr.uug cans which they set en the pavement. At the tame time a fourth mail walked up en Itltchlc's perch, peered Inte a front room and, npputcntly sat isfied that the family was asleep, re turned te the automobile, lie ciuie buck holding a lighted torch. As the diiver of the ear peeied can can tleusl) in every diiectien. the ether members of the purt.v picked up the cans and stnrted pouring their contents ever the perch and against tlie deer. Then the torch was applied. In an other moment the entire front of the house was In flames. Appareutl) determined te see that their work would be effective, the men sat back lu the waiting automobile for several seconds. Then, as the tire gained hculvvn), The neighbor Itltchle. his ' they sued away, immedliiiely ureii-cd and three children, notified the tire v the police n descri. 'linent and gave ' the ttiuriuu car. Metiii cycle I elmeii l.cniliau and Dlsfiinli, nt the SI.tt, -first and Thompson stieets station, stinted out nfter the incenilluiies. At llaverferd aenue and Cress street, which is west of SIM) -third, the patrolmen sighted the touring car speeding east. The fugitives raced along (ilrard avenue ns one of thu po licemen opened fire. The touring ear swung around Sl tleth street en two wheels, nearly over turned, wns righted quickly and con tinned south nt a speed of sixty miles nn hour. The nr turned east ,'m Cn. lewhlll street, where It was lect b) the motorcycle men. ', When engines i cached the house ru mors of arson had circulated through out the neighborhood. De-ens of per sons left their homes after quickly dressing and steed in the background watching the Humes. Ritchie had taken his family out of the house bj u icar deer, The President had suggested with ref erence te seniority, It wns asserted, that us nn Initial step under one proposal the Laber Beard be given complete jurisdiction ever the seniority contro versy. If this could net be agreed upon, It wns said, the President pro posed ns a substitute the plnn for set tlement by the executives and empleyes of ench sepnrnte read, through joint committees composed of three members representing each party te the con troversy. In event of disagreement of such committees It wns proposed that tlie question then be tnken te some form of nrbirtatlen tribunal. All administration officials acqunlnted with the propesnls appeared te share tlic President's view thnt n basis upon which the strikers might return te work had been worked out. B. M. Jewell and the ether lenders of the striking shop workers remained in Washington today momentarily awaiting another conference call from the White Heuse. Tlic President and his Cabinet in the menntime considered the Industrial situation at the regular meeting nnd It wns Indicated that the President laid before his advisers the situation ns developed through the con ferences with the strike lenders and T. De Witt Cuyler. president of tlic As sociation of Hallway Executives. There seemed te be indications that whatever proposals were epnding as te a strike settlement would In the mnln be held In nbeynnee until Tuesday, when 148 of the largest rnllreads gather te consider the report which Mr. Cuyler will make te them upon the status of the President's contact with the strike. The union presidents nnd vice presi dents took occasion during the wuit to day te get in touch with their local organizations of former railroad em em peoyes, new qn strike in Washington, Continued en Tne Fhr, Column Twe SHE ZONE GUNS Sniping Reports Start Search and Machine Guns Are Said te Have Been Located ALL QUIET, SAYS STACKP0LE Ilu n StnlF I rr-fijeiiilrHl Washington. Pa., .lulj Us. Heperts of sniping at Meiganza near the Mon Men eour Mine. Ne. 4. which has begun pro duction of soft coal en a small scale, and n search for concealed machine guns, mined Captain Themas J. Mc Laughlin, of the State police. Colonel E. J. Stai kpele. .Ir , of the National ftuuril. and Sheriff I.uellen Inte uinisiiiil nctivit.v this morning. Sheriff I.uellen Ket Captain Me haughlln ut of bed at ." o'clock and. accompanied b. State police, tbev started out lu an automobile. A little later the. were joined hj Colonel Stai k 1' '' i"id his stall in another machine. Olhclally it was said the combined party was making a tour of Insjici tien, but It was learned that Captain Mc Laughlin had detailed mm te seaich for mai blue guns which the Slate polite believe the, have located. Colonel Stnikpule admitted be had heard reports of snipltn: near Morgana jut did net believe an. thing serious had resulted. Ever) thing (Julet, .Sa.vs Colonel The Colonel said ewr. thing was quiet In the territer He intimated ,jmI ' " ' V lltlll.m 1.1. SsmiK-h n,,l," ,,p,'7,,or- " ' """"' as much as the) need protection. These I'nmlimrii mi rr ri, uluniii MX LIQUOR RUNNER KILLED Anether Wounded and Third Ar rested In Fight With Dry Agents Louisville. KyM Jul -js -du . P )- Ten Federal esenib, acting en an anonymous "tip." eineunterrd four al leged liquor lunneiN leaving u distil-' lerv In the busncs disuict em I to day with a trui k bich'u with twenty - tie barrels .if whlsl.v, killed nun. probably fatally wounded another ami arrested one. The teutth man c-,. caped. The man lulled w,m Hum It-il er, fetmer lieutenant of police, leuiitl iliM-lmigcd. I'be alleged ruiii-iunnei drove their trm k Inte the Federal agent' nu'oiuo nu'eiuo nu'oiue bile and opened Hie. The Cmveinui. tit ethcers wsre armed with pistols and n- I He. ' POLICE SEEK HIDDEN . UIU ,1111, ,1... ... . I tin mines as much as had been niitleM paled, h, etber words, the henvv g , , U Which new fill the coal fields i, ,, brought about spee.lv re. ,, . ... " . coal mining en n Imtl-e ,,,i.. ..... - W ' ' HARDING WOULD DICTATION BY MINE UNIONS Will Ask Congress for New Laws Dealing With Na- tienal Issue FINDS U. S. POWERLESS IN STRIKE AT PRESENT Cannet Interfere With Workers' Attitude Toward Independ ent Ceal Agreements GOV. GR0ESBECK DISSENTS Michigan Executive, Replying te President, Says Citizens Can Be Protected Latest Developments in Mine and R. R. Strikes President Harding in n letter te Michigan's (Joverner said he would ask for new laws covering situation caused by "natienul dictation" by mine unions. The Administration submitted three propesnls with a view of immediately ending the shepmen's strike. While the outlook for pence Is gen erally regarded ns brighter, reports of violence continued te increase. Ilu Asteciatrd Prrss Lansing. Mich., July US. In a let ter te Ooverner (iresbeck. President Harding declares, in effect, that the federal government is powerless te in terfere with the nttitude of the 1'nltcd Mine Workers of Americn toward in dependent local agreements; thnt at present nothing can be done except en able men willing te work te de se in safety, and that the bis issue in the coal strike dispute is nntiennl. which must be taken care of by legislation. Te this the governor took sharp disagreement. t Replying te the letter. (Joverner dreesbeck declared he could net con cede the federal government has net the power "te protect our citizens from tlic cmbarassing situation that facea us." The President's letter was in reply te a telegram sent by the (Joverner lust week when he informed the Na tional Kxccutive he was asking Jehn lu Lewis, president of the mine weikcrs, te grnnt Michigan miners permission te enter agreements independently of their nurlenal affiliation and return te work. The President in his reply stilted he would seek legislation te solve the prob lem of Independent ngreements. Te Protect Working Miners Rephing te Coventer Oresbeck'a original proposal that the Stnte take ever and operate the mines in Michigan, the President said : "I de net knew whether you have the persuasive power te effect a voluntary agreement in Michigan but I think it fair te assume you would net enforce such an arrangement. Fer the present, in the nbss'iice of law te guar antee service in the public welfare we can only take steps necessary te enable ; men willing te work te de se in perfect j safety. I de net think this menus an armed guard at the mouth of every mine. It dees nis-d the nssurnnce that State authority and Federal authority when needed, means te pietect every man in the pursuit of lawful employ ment. "It is n mutter of record that coal .operators and mine workers in many districts hnve been quite ready te come te an understanding In very short order, 1 but the policy of the national organiza tion is hostile te nn) district or Stnte arrangement. This apparently is one of the Issues Involved and is one which must be definitely settled. I de net knew of an way' of settling It under I the legal authorities which are new peesscd by either State or Federal ( (Je eminent. "Mnnifestl) legislation inu't be pro vided mid I mean te submit the whole problem te Cengiess at the curliest con sistent time possible after the Heuse 1 reassembles. i "Assume National Dictation" "If the ieiiI producers of the i'tiited States are se eiganlzed that a national i body were te determine the policy of every member and permit no sales of coal ex, cpt en dictation of terms by tlie national officials, evi rv State Leg lslatuie and Congress Itself would in stantly put te au end such a practice. "The mine winkers unhesitatingly assume national dictation. It is the big issue involved in the present dis pute. I'lankl I think It must be dealt with if we are te have any scmrlty and any nssuraiu et a supply of fuel." I The Covi'iner's icply said, in part:, "There being no dispute ever wuges. or working conditions it seems n pity! that the public must he made te suffer' without any justification whatever. . "Yeu will pardon me for taking the position that the national (ieverniuent . lias the power nud autlmiitv te protect our citizens fmni the embarrassing sit uation that fines us i de net see hew Cuntlnuril un 1'iige I'ivr, ( ulmnii four DR. G. Y. MacCRACKEN DIES Stricken With Heart Disease In Yel lowstone National Park lr. Ccerge V M.icCraekcn 012 N'eith Thliteeiith street, died suddenly of heart disease en Unliiesdii) lu ellowsteiic National Park, Wyoming. He left this i ity mere than a week age for a. plea-ine trip. Dr Mm Craeken wus a graduate of (lie I'llUi'i'sity of Pi llllsy Ivailllt Hit wnlew ami one son, WH'ard I) Mne Ciackeu, simivn him. I 'iim-i til ar rangements haw net In en leiuplcted. QUAKES WIDELY SEPARATED Madrid, July Us A hiief eailhqunke was tilt late last night at (Srmiudu, isiuslng a i iiiibidciuhlc alarm. Ne dam age was done (Juatciiiul.i Pit). Jul US An earth shock of i uiMilf ruble intensity was fet beie last night, but no damage was re ported. tin: .mil vet aim: leek i mi reK mat Imi feuml In Hie Help Wanted culumna uii P4BU '.i .till. jift.i 'V- 'ii i -(3 I u v: I laKile'i ft ifima vm i Tv ""M ' M 0 i yti . ,W1
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