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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1919
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POISON SENT WIFE
STATE CROPS HURT;
WINDSTORM DEVASTATION AT DEVON
IESP1SE
UjMlMJMIiaUttWWMIUI..m'UKWWy'aWWl;'W'ka'ik
U.S..BANKERAVERS
Anti-American Feeling Due to
the Two Expeditions, House
Committee la Told ,
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Capt. George Akor, Camp Dix,
Can't Understand Motive of
Almost Fatal Letter
Santa Barbara Passes in Break
water at 10:30 This
Morning
INQUIRY BY POSTOFFICE
ARRIVES ABOUT 3 P. M.
GERMANS WELL TREATED
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Captain George F. Alter, stationed
t Camp Dix. declared his Intention to
day of asking thc postal authorities of
Trenton to aid In clearing up the m.s
tery puzzling the Cincinnati police in
their investigation of tin- alleged at
tempt to kill his twenty-onc-ear-old
wife with polfon pellets.
The pellets were received hy Mrs.
Aker in, 1i special delivery letter post
marked from Wrightstown, X. J., ad
joining the camp. Captain Aker said
he was absolutely without an idea as
to any enemy who might seek his wife's
life, and he was waiting for more
definite information that he might em
ploy detectives and turn the case over
to postal authorities for an InveMign
tion
Mrs
AkU received the package or'nCflRRP W PRIMRfTCF
ast Wednesday, a.conling to ULUnUL III rnillinUOL,
tablets I
the information that has readied th
captain. The firt inkling ln had nf
trouble at home, he said, came in a
telegram he found on hi. desk j ester -day
morning from hl wife. In il she i
asked whether he had sent "hill-.." and.
said she was "much improved" aud .
"sent love " '
Message a Ptirrle (
"I "nuldn't understand the message, ' i
said Captain Aker. "I had had a let
ter from my wife, written last Tues
day, in which she said nothing about
being ill. I got a long-dltancc tele
phone connection with Cincinnati, and
talked to m.i wife. Then I learned of
the attempt on her life. The 'bills" In
the telegram should have read 'pill.'
"I could not learn the contents of the
letter over the telephone. As far as I
know, neither of us has an enemy. We
have been very happy together. T shall
take everv possible step to find the per- '
son who pent the package. I have been '
trying to get more definite information,!
but have been hampered by mv inabilitj I
to get telephone connections again with!
Cincinnati. The company say its wires
are down because of storm.
"M relations with fellow officers
here and at Camp Sherman, where I
was stationed in the training work of a
depot brigade during the wnr. have been
pleasant Anyhow, why should the
package be mailed, as they say, from
near Camp Dix?
Urgent to Hurry Home
Telegrams from his wife and sister
urged Captain Aker to hurry home. Ik
said he. had not asked for leave because
the demobilization center was so busy,
and he believed he might help solve the
mystery from this end. when he re
ceives more information. He said that
since Mrs. Aker was out of danger he
would remain here. at. least until he
could start the investigation.
Captain Aker was assigned to Camp
Dix about two months ago from Camp
Sherman.
He was commissioned a captain Xo-
vfmber 27. IMP, but was not sent over-
seas.
Convinced by developments, he said,
that poison mailed to Mrr. Aker was
sent with the deliberate intention of
poisoning her. Or. f!. O. Rike. her
physician, asked federal authorities to
investigate the case in an effort to
Identify the sender.
Doctor Slkes took this action after
the family had talked with Captain
Aker over long-distance telephone.
The pellets. Doctor Hikes said, had
been sent to Mrs. Aker In an unsigned
typewritten letter, containing instruc
tions to take two before each meal,
wthout telling how they were to be
taken.
RPTFIUPP FOR TDUfl CAFPCi
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Petition Against Operators of Bar
tram and Colonnade
Inability to pav its debts caused the tjre him. 1 tion of almost all his thirty acres of
appointment of a receiver for the Xa- 1rimrnsc and West joined Doris wheat as a result of the rains. One
tlonal Corporation, a concern that has1.,) Ilaohclor's Concert Partj. with,of the fortunate Lansdale farm owners
been operating the Rartrnm Hotel and j o'Hrien's cinus. doing their dance in is H. L. S. lluth. president of the Cit
restaurant. Thirty-third and Chestnut tne after-part." That was in 1S71. , hens' National Bank here. Mr. Itulh
streets, aud the restaurant of the Col-I Aftrr the close of thnt senson they '' owns a large farm near Chalfont and all
nnnade Hotel, Fifteenth and Chestnut ,,inyed nt the old Olympic Theatre, in1 except two loads of his wheat had been
btreets. e. ynrl. On the same bill appeared cut and carried into the barns before
Judge DicKinson in tne i nlted r - tatess
District t ourt named . I. Howard Iteber
temporary receiver under a bond of Thpy af,erward joined Simmons and
?r'10(1; ' Slocum's Minstrels, in Philadelphia.
Action was taken by Lyndon D. Primrose and West joined Haverlvs
Wood, of this c tv. n creditor to tho' Inintr,.i November 20, 1X74. continu
extent of $nKn.10 The liabilities of,, witl ,ar .,, until June 14,
X r0",:prn ar'' "J"1, t0 be Rbo"t "7'- i 1R77. Then followed the formation of
mm. jliih nssi-in hi -oe cori-orimon nave
a paper value ot $1.1.1,000, but the real
assets will not exceed S10.000, accord
ing to counsel for thc petitioning
creditor The Natlonnl concern has
been operating the Bartram under a
lease ainCe last March and the Colon
nade restaurant since Inst November.
The corporation was first incorpo
rated in September, Ifllfi, under the
laws of Maine under the name of the
National nestaurants Corporation, with
a capital stock of $.00,000. Last Jlav
the name was changed to the present
Si "OOTOOO'16 TPhea,toB,a?n 'ounulng'
&T'!!unt?V
among forty-three stockholders.
Pat Moran, Oh! Pat Moran,
the Weatherman Needs You
Klne In a row!
St. Swlthin's ball tossers again
decorated the Weatherman's nine,
with the Knight of the Bath to
day. lYhlle. nobody had authority to
speak for St. Swithln, It was made
plain by members of his nine that
a mutiny is brewing and that the
men are disgusted. Bain, despite
the fact that he has complained of
tt sore arm, has been forced to take
th mound every day.
It was reported in semi-official
circles today that the Weathermen
were making every effort to sign up
Sun to serve over the slants, the re
port going even so far as to say
'that he would report thiB afternoon
far duty.
n pThe Btandlng of the teams, which
, flirted their series July 35, fol-
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(JKOKCK IT. riMMKOSK
The wcll-hniiuti minstrel died
San Diego, Calif., fodaj.
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Famed as Blackface Comedian
and Clog and "Soft-
Shoe" Dancer
FROM BOYHOOD TO AGE
Jly the Associated T'ress
San Illegn, Calif., .luly 'Jit. Ce.irge
II I'rimrnoc. fantiius minstrel. Meil here
today, following a severe illness that
began one month ago. He was born
in London. Ontario, siviy-siv years ago.
A widow and a brother survive him
here
Primrose began his stage career when
fifteen jcars old and is credited with i
having originate! soft shoe dancing. Of
late years he
has appeared on the
vaudeville stagi
"The glor of the idd time minstrel
show i gone." mnarked (leorge II.
Primrose waj back in 1!KK. when,
nfter thirty-five years in the burnt-cork
arena, he formally took leave of black
face comedy as a profession, announcing
at the sume time it was at a perform
unci- in his home town of Mount Ver-lof
non,
was
N. Y.. where a new opera house
dedicated 'hut I'm not through ,
with the stage yet. I couldn't stop now.
I'd get too tired if I didl 't dance once
in a while."
And he kept his word when, after !
giving up the management of one of the
biggest and best minstrel organizations
of the day, he made frequent reappear
ances on the stage, as recently as a
few years ago. when his inimitable grace
and boundless humor filled with delight
thousands of men. women nnd children
,it K-.;tl,'D in IMitlfii o mIiiii I
From the date of his retirement as
a show owner and manages Primrose
frequently was seen on various viiuile-
villn ..inmiii out that he needed the
nnnnv llll lw-lllll lllS eft" ei'VCseCll t
spirit could not he contained in the
quietude of the simple life.
Primrose was bom in Buffalo. X. Y..
in lS-Vi. and as he has said, lie "took
to dancing as a duck takes to water.",
He was one of six brothers, and the
onlv one to go on the stage. He made
his" first public appearance in I'otroit.
Mich., as a boy of fifteen, being billed
ns "Master C.corgie the Clog Dancer.
He then joined the ' Now Orleans Mm-
strels. returning to liuffnlo, where he
I met William H. West, the two forming
" '''OM friendship and a partnership in
clog dancing that niacin the team
famous the country over; it was main-
tnined until West's death a year before
Primrose's "retirement" that didn't re-
- ol Smith Russell, the Berger family,
i, Hngers. and George S. Knight.
Barlow, Wilson. Primrose and West's
minstrels. In which Milt O. Barlow and
Cenrge Wilson were associated with
Primrose and AVest. In 1SR2 the or
ganization became Thatcher, Primrose
nnd West's minstrels. In 1Kt)!l the
dissolution of that firm took place and
after that the company was known as
Primrose and West's minstrels, becom
ing famous from ocean to ocean
A great many men who afterwards
became famous, beside Sol Smith Bus-
"U nml IKnl1tht' W"J C..2"nr?y ,? "":
JrWuLrk'nks W-
-'- ' I!. Wings," .
Frank Howard, the famous tenor, who1
wrote When the Kohins .est Again
aud "Only a Pansy Blossom."
George Primrose's enreer may be
said to cover the golden age of negro,
minstrelsy. Whether with the bones ( burned and It may be necessary to
and tambo, in his matchless dancing, or amputate one finger. A hole is burned
his amazing humorous conception of the through the large toe of her left foot,
negro character in the various roles be'. little w'oolen coat, her socks aud her
assumed successfully, his art wasjfj,0es show signs nf burns,
unique; he was sternly opposed to the The little girl was at the corner of
slightest suggestion of bad taste, his
performance always being marked by
clean, healthy humor and good-nutured
raillery when that form of acting suited
his role.
A touching Incident of his career was
one which occurred In 100.1, when in
singing a verse from "Sly AVntermelon
Queen" he broke down when he came to
the line in the chorus, "She's all in
this world to me."
There was a laugh from the crowd as
it saw him falter, then turn and walk
into the wings. There was even a hiss
or two. But no oue out In front knew
that just before he walked to the foot
lights he opened a telegram which said
his wife was dead at their home in
Buffalo. He stopped for a minute be
fore the glass, then walked on with a
smile to entertain the people who
j;reetd him. As he sane nnd danced
he, DM jom leeiings uam ns yi recaneu,
Grain Sprouts in Fiolds
Throughout Storm-Soaked
Farming Districts
NORTH PENN IS HARD HIT
Harrlsburg. Pa.. July 2."?. Heavy
rains throughout the Central I'ennsyl
vn nla region Inst night carried out
sections of two dams in the Cum
berland vallev. drowned three horses,
swept awav several summer cottages
and tents, and drove Ilarrlslmrg Hoy
Scouts, camping at Mount Holly, to
the mountains ueaiby.
The water broke the Mount Holly
dam. covering the park where the Roy
Scouts were camping to a depth of scr
eial feet, and forced the lads to the
hill". Thev were in no great danger
but lost considerable equipment. The
Ice dnm at T.anrel was carried away,
With it went a number of tents and cot
tages. Three horses crossing a small
bridge lint far below were drowned.
Farmers throughout the t'umticrland
vallej will loe heavily. Almost con
tinuous rains from the 1st of the
month have prevented them from get
ting in their wheat and much nf it is
either sprouting in the fields or mold
ing Hundreds of acres of grain are
exposed to the weather and until dried
out cannot be taken to the barns.
Wcllshoro. I'll.. .Ttil SI. (Hy A.
T 1 -A cloudburst, which occurred over
this plnce late lnt evening, rendered
liearlv a dozen families homeless, com
pletely destroying over three miles of
the tnifk and roadbed of the New York
Central Hailroad between here and
Wellshoni .Junction, and washed out
several bridges, causing a property loss
estimated today at .f'JOO.ItOO. While
several persons were caught ill the rag
ing torrents when small streams over
llow.d their banks, there was no loss
of life
eaih nil the wires were down and
communication was not restored until
this morning.
(iwynedd. Pa.. .Jul .:' Crop losses
in the (Iwynedd Vnllej section will total
hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
most severe loss is to the wheat crop. On
the majority of farms half of the wheat
ciop is a total loss. On others the
percentage is less than half, for more
the nop was gotten into the barns .
before the start ot the
incessant rains.
full week of
On man other farms this percentage
of wheat, which remains in the field.
is larger than half. The wheat in the
,:i,is s almost a total loss
nic grain
Hay and
:s H,ironting and is rotting
which were not taken into the
bams are in the same rotting condition.
.,.,.! ti,o nut fields arn flattered. On
tnP expansive acres of Colonel Louis -I
Kib. of Philadelphia, at Springhouse
,,0 loss will average fifl per cent of tin
! wheat crop.
riialfnnt, Pa.. .ful. J... farmers ot
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this section of Bucks county report a
Iw-nvv cron loss. At least .i. per cent
.,f llie wllCItt (TOP i II tllt.ll loSS Blld
other grains, with the exception
corn. are rain-soaked and ruined.
windstorm will Button the corn and
of
A
add
it to the lists.
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North Wales. Pa.. July 2;1.-On the
large farm of Abraham Becker, a
lesum-tion his sixty acres of wea
' ' '" n i
' , , Wst h,,f of ",; rropPhone service was interfered with
, I nf (mt( g ,,, seriously.
. ...... , , t,vui, ni,.!,,..,.,,,, i Dnmace done bv the eleven days of
'.,.. mirt of thc wheat is a total I
,
ij,sda!e. Pa.. July il. Hiram B.
vPI.hter. president of the Lansdale
ijKhri.niii Cnmn.inv. suffered ties true-
' the start of the rain.
GIRL BADLY BURNED
WHENSHETOUCHES
LIVE ELECTRIC WIRE
I Eietfit-Year-0 d Chi d Narrow v
Escapes Death From Arc Light.
Others Shocked in Resque
l'ight-year -old Kathryn Cassidy, of
-t-l- North Nineteenth street, narrow-
ly escaped death before she wns pulled
way from a fallen arc light after slu
'- ""ernpted to push it to one sid
with her hands. The wires supply!.,,
ing
the light, which was blown down in the
storm, convey 7000 volts of electricity.
According to a physician attending
her. it is remarkable she was not in
otantly killed. Her hands nre badly
Nineteenth and Westmoreland streets.
,n arc light, torn loose by the storm.
had fallen on its wires to within three
feet of tlfc street. In passing th' child
touched it with her left hand. She was
held fast by the electricity, and at
tempted to free herself by using her
right hand. This also stuck to the lamp.
Miss Teresa Kneirinam and Charles
Graham, of Trenton, N. J., who were
with the child, nttempted to pull her
away. Both were thrown to the street
when they touched the girl's body. Her
brother John, twelve years old, who
was riding a bicycle nearby, saw the
accident and called for help. Neighbors
chme to the child's assistance arid took
her home.
Photographers to Convene
Cedar Point. O.. July. 23. The
Photographic Association of Amerra
will hom a convention ncre irom ji
iy
CYCLONE HITS DEVON; L ' fM
MUCH DUkGE DONEl il , mKm
Roofs Torn From Dwellings,
ummneys Blown uown ana
Trees Uprooted
WHEAT
Cyclonic winds and rain caused prop
erty Ins? in Devon, damaging five dwell
Ings. unroofing some houses, uprooting
trees nnd snapping telegraph poles yes
terday and earli today. The high winds
prevailed for some time.
A dog kennel, with its canine occu
pant, was blown two squares. Itefuse.
borne on the wind, littered the water
in the Devon reservoir of the Spring
field Water Company. Dead fish floated
on the surface of the water. Thirty
large trees along old Conestoga road.
I . . ,
juprootert l.y
velocity of
the storm, gives proof of the
the wind. Telegraph and
telephone poles were broken off or bent.
Homes of Mr. O. (J. Browning, Dr.
William M. Capp. J. M. Phillips and
Oeorgc D. Woodslde were badly dam
aged. The cornfields of the estate of
Chares M. Lea were leveled by rain and
wind. The damage was great,
Chimneys Blown Down
The path of the cyclonic wind, 100
feet in width, swept up the hill on which
stand the Woodside, Phillips and Capps
houses, centering on the Browning house.
nt the extreme ton of the hill irlmro ta
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aso th(? s(,rvnr. This is the highest
sp()t on (hp jjjn i(ino. Chimneys were
blown down during the storm, slate
torn from roofs, trees stripped of
branches.
The hilltop section of Devon was the
.only place that suffered damage. Houses
and other buildings, trees and crops in
other localities were unharmed. F.arly
yesterday the home of Oliver H. Bair.
Ilryn Mawr, was struck by lightning.
The damage was slight. There were
washouts on Main Line roads and tela-
rain which Philadelphia and residents
of the outlying suburbs have experienced
has been large. An entire crop of
wheat from a twenty-five acre field
along the Media trolley line has been
ruined. The farmers arc the chief suf
ferers financially.
Manayunk Mills Closed
The Schuylkill and other streams ad
jacent to this city are still high and
turbulent. But little more rain is
needed to raise the waters to a point
where far greater damage may be
caused. Mills In Manayunk are still
shut down, (luards in Fairmoiint Park
report the river bank in several places
Is badly broken. Kxtensic repairs will
have to be made.
Residents of Clearview, forced to
abandon their homes because of the
giving way of the retaining dike along I
Cobbs creek, which mane n iaKo ot
the section for n time, returned to their
houses yesterday, salvaging some of
their belongings through the use of row
boats. From Chester and Delaware counties
and from Lancaster county rome re
ports of the serious damage done to
wheat, hay, vegetable and tobacco
crops.
Deaths of a Day
John J. Gantz
Lewistown, Pa., July 2.1. John J.
Gantz, ninety-five years old, died yes
terday after a two-days' illness from
paralysis. At the opening of the Civil
"War he walked sixty-three miles to
Harrisburg to enlist as a volunteer In
the I'ninn army. The examining physi
cians rejected him. (stating that he was
n victim of tuberculosis ana would not
live to reach the battlefront. He was
known as the champion hunter of the
Alleghany mountains. When he was
a young man he shot as many as 500
wild turkeys in one season.
Mrs. Emma H. Seal
ti.o funeral services of Mrs. Emma
Haldeman Seal, who died after a long
illness Monday night, will be held to
morrow from an undertaking establish
ment at 1820 Chestnut street. The Bev.
Dr. Flovd W. Tomklns, of uoiy irinlty
Church," will officiate. Interment will
be mnde in Mount Hope Cemetery, Del
aware county.
Mrs. Seal, who is survived by
her husband, George Thomas Setl, and
one daughter, lived nt 1010 Clinton
street. Before her marriage she was
Miss Emma II, Pavls, daughter of the
late Samuel and Elizabeth Davis, of
Wilmington. Mrs. Seal was a very
active member of Holy Trinity
Church, and In a quiet way did a cou.
slderable amount of charitable work
CROP DESTROYED mSWm. iU . T:feV lMrSl WM
in ,the hospital, and luv.the 4oWnlownJh entered' a-prwtore and was
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Ily f,eilcer Photo Service
Abot e Trees uprooted by cyclonic winds at Devon. The high winds
prrtailed for some time, damaging dwellings, unroofing houses and
snapping telegraph poles. Below Hothouse on Mrs. G. (I. Browning's
estate wrecked by the violent gale
BLISS GIVES HIS
ON LONG RAINY PERIOD
Protracted Wet Spell Is Unusual, but Not Without Precedent,
Forecaster Asserts
By OROBC.K S. BLTSS
V. S. Weather Forecaster nt Philadelphia
Protracted rains, such ns Philadel
phia has been experiencing, are un
usual, but not without precedent.
We have several instances on record
in which there wns rain on eight, nine
or ten consecutive days.
Thc conditions under which tlie rains
occurred were really more remarkalili
than the rains themselves. The rains
began in the middle Atlantic stntes on
the 15th within an area of moderately
low barometer that was drifting nor
mally eastward, and on the morning nf
the 10th there was nothing to arouse
suspicion that the shower area would
not pass off the coast nnd the weather
clear. Beginning with the 17th, the
rains were confined to a narrow belt
along the coast, and during most of the
week Philadelphia was at the western
edge of the rain area.
We do not receive telegraphic re
ports to enahle ns to map the conditions
over the Atlantic ocean nnd my con
clusions regarding them must be formed
from the rather limited evidence at
hand. It would appear that there was
a large, stagnant nrea of high barom
eter over the middle regions of the At
lantic, with a trough of comparatively
low barometer just off the coast and
running parallel with it. In fact the
southern end of such a trough was in
dicated over tin- south Atlantic slates
on the morning of the 17th.
Minor pressure disturbances formed
nnd reformed nnd shifted around over
the eastern portion of the country, but
could not drift eastward and off the
coast ns they normally should do. This
indicated the stagnant condition of the
disturbance off the coast.
6 NIGHTS, 6 SUITS,
LANDS MAN IN JAIL
Suspicious Stranger in Chestnut
Street Gives Exciting Chase.
Held in $500 Bail
Six nights on the same street corner,
with a new suit nearly every night,
was so suspicions nn nction as to land
Louis Bebitz, Fifteenth street above
Lehigh, in jail and to hold him in $."00
bail for court.
Patrolman Wood, whose beat includes
Nineteenth nnd Chestnut streets, was
informed by Milton and Joseph Ilosen,
who are proprietors of a store at .1.1
South Nineteenth street, that Ttebitz
hnd been seen on the. street corner on
several successive nights, from 0 o'clock
until after midnight.
The patrolman approached Bebitz
last night and asked him what was the
Idea of his nocturnal sentry duty.
Bebitz told him that he was waiting for
n girl who was staying In a hotel right
around the corner. This sounded plaus
ible, and getting another patrolman.
Wood went into the hotel to find out
the truth of the statement. They had
never heard of a person by the name
of Bose McCarty as described by Bebitz.
Bebitz jumped on a troll- car, but
when Milton Rosen followed he ran to
the back and Jumped out a window
Into the rartracks. The policeman fired
at him several times and Joseph Bosen
grappled with him, but Bebitz proved
slippery and escaped to the corner of
Seventeenth ana Warner streets, where
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VIEWS
Once this condition was in evidence
there wns nothing for the forecaster to
do but continue to forecast showers for
the coast districts until the rains
actually ceased, despite the fact that the
weather map gnve no further clues
from day to day.
There was really no map after the
morning of the 10th thnt would incline
a forecaster to predict showers unless
he had followed the conditions lending
up to it. In other words, the fact of n
showery condition along the coast, with
no reaction indicated within our field of
observation, was used ns a basis for
forecasting a continuation of the rains
from day to day.
As a usual thing the protracted j
rains arc caused by a rapid succession
of minor storm disturbances that are
in evidence on tho mnp. However, the
rains of yesterday were in a shower
area that drifted in from the middle
west and almost blended wMth the coast
rains thnt had moved off during the
night.
These excessive rains have caused
some damage, chiefly to grain that re-
imaintHl shocked in the fields. However,
the districts covered by the dally rains
nre more given over to truck growing
than to rain. The only harm to the
truck crops may come from delay in
cultivation when the rains cease.
The water has driven the air out
of the soil and has made it soggy nnd
heavy, and such a condition will not
be favorable for the truck crops if it is
allowed to remain undisturbed. There
were many complaints of drought be
fore these rains began, and it is In -lleved
th'at the benefits will largely ex
ceed the losses.
SUSPECTED BANDITS
HELD FOR THIEVERY
Four in Custody Believed to Bo
Members of an Automo
bile Gang
Three men were held in $1000 bail
each and another in $r00 bail hy Mag
istrate Pennock this morning at Central
Station on ohnrges of larceny and re
ceiving stolen goods. They are said by
the police to be members of the band
of nutomobile thieves who hnve been so
active in this city recently.
The men nre Charles W. Lank. Pit
man street near Sixtieth ; Charles
Schuck, Torresdale avenue near Fifty
seventh street i Theodore Schuck, near
Seventy-nlntn street and State road,
and William Berger. Cedar avenue near
Twenty-sixth street. These men nre
charged with larceny of eight cars,
valued at $7fi00.
Four of the cars have been identified
und returned, ns follows: A car valued
at $1800, stolen from Jacob Slovack,
fl.12 North Eighth street ; a car valued
nt $1400, stolen from Dr. M, E. Dona
hue, 1257 North Twenty-eighth street;
n car valued at $1200. stolen from
Joseph Milne, I ox Chase, and a car
valued at $-100, stolen from the Ameri
can International Shipbuilding Corpor
ation. riEATHfl
SJtlTIf Entered into re.t. July 21, VIR.
OINIA, ilsuihur of Ute Uriah snrt' Ei,n
Hmlth. hUuvf end frelndi Invited to fu-
Ju y
Brvlc at
to, ijie rruiencL Fries
PrBafevlt-lH fhn-tim'
Afrlvnl of tr&lrfUsiiHrttf nviit.i
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with
lfiOO American troops returning from
west will arrive here today.
The vessel reached the Delaware
Breakwater this morning nt 10:!!0
o'clock. The weather permitting, she
should dock at Pier 7S, South Wharves,
between .1 and 4 o'rlock this afternoon.
The police boat Ashbridge will go down
the river to meet the incoming trans
port. The vessel is cnrrylng these units:
Five hundred nnd forty-first Engineers
Service Battalion, headnunrters nnd
medical detachments nnd Companies A
to D; .101st Water Tank Train. Com
pany R. scnttered : Third Company
Transportation Corps; 31Sth Salvage
Squad, scnttered; HOilth Mobile Laun
dry, lO.ld St. Xnzalre Casual Detnrh
ment; Casual Companies 100, 1071,
1074. 107.1 nnd 1070; Special Casual
Company 10S.1, innrincs discharges;
Special Casual Company 1084; casual
officer, casual chaplain and casual army
field clerks.
This will be the last trip the Santa
Barbara will make for the purpose of
bringing homo troops from overseas.
BLOCKS EDGErSPLAN
TO AID FOREIGN TRADE
'
Senator Cronna Objects to Bill
Because of "Something
Under the Crust"
Washington, July 2.1. (By A. P. I
Opposition by Senator Cironna, North
Dakota, caused the Sennte banking
'committee to defer action today on the
bill of Senator Kdge. New Jersey, au
thorizing the organization of a corpor
ation to provide long-time credits
abroad for American interests in inter
national trade.
Senator Orotinn said he was disposed
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to oppose nn- Mill n n imiiim-i mm
American bankers go Into the banking
The transport Santa Ilarhara
business abroad and seek to "control' lwenty-nve uistinci uamis oi reDeis
the industries of the devastated coun-vith a strength of above 35.000 men
trjrs" i now nre operating in Mexico, according
"V think there is an underlying pur- I to n tabulation published in Mexico
pose something under the crust if we I City nnd received here today. Oppos
can get nt it," said he. , itiR them Carranza has a force of about
In urging the measure, Senator Kdgc I BO.OOO. which, however, is able to con
declared that manufacturers, farmers j trol little more than the railway lines
nnd other interests favored the legisla- with a nnrrow strip along the Pacific
tion. which, he said, reached "every I
vital spot" of reconstruction problems
nnd had been approved by the Federal
Beserve Hoard.
Declaring thnt foreign exchnnge rates
now nre prohibitive. Senntor Kdge snid
the American merchant marine would
he useless unless means were provided
for selling American goods abroad on
long credits.
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By the Associated Press
Washington, July 23. William B.
Mitchell, former manager of the Bank
of London In Mexico City, told the
House rules committee today that the
sending of the American military ex
pedition Into Mexico and their sub
sequent withdrawal wan largely re
sponsible for the anti-American feel
ing in the southern repuMlc.
The committee Is considering a reso
lution authorizing nn Investigation of
the relations between the two coun
tries. "Do you think that the feeling
against Americans was strengthened by
the belief that America or its people
were afraid to assert their rights?"
asked a member of the committee.
"Yes." said the witness. "Twice
American expeditions entered the coun
try and then withdrew."
"The Mexicnns, then, hnd contempt
for Americans."
"Yes."
Mr. Mitchell snid there wns a strong
anti-American spirit in the Carranza
administration.
Discussing the mistreatment of
Americans In Mexico, the witness said
the riffraff in the Mexican nrray was
largely responsible for depredations in
.Mexico, particularly in the Tampico
district.
Americans are not being treated with
the same consideration ns other for
eigners, me witness sain. lie aaueu
that Henry P. Fletcher, the I'nlted
States ambassador, was openly insulted
on the streets nf Mexico City while en
route to attend the inauguration of
President Carrania, while the Cerraan
ambnssador was cheered.
Mr. Mitchell disagreed with the
statement before the committee by Am
bassador Fletcher yesterday that one
reason why Americans were greater
sufferers nt the hands of Mexicans was
that they outnumbered the citizens of
other foreign countries. He said there
were more Spanish and French than
Americans in Mexico. Wermans, he
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coast from ifuyamas to Enn inas ana
the territory around Tampico.
The report asserts there is a certain
degree of oo-operntion between the va
rious rebel forces in the north ns well
as In the south. Frnneison Yilla and
Felipe Angeles are shown in the tabu
lation to have ."100; Tellv Dlnz, 5100;
Manuel Pelaez, .1000 and General Cantu,
inoo.
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