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CDLFLESH TAUGHT
Pastor Says Bank Bookkeeper
Was One of Be3t Men in
Congregation
M BOOB," CLERK ASSERTS
Walter Co)fleh. bend bookkeeper at
the North Penn Hank ami self-eon-'fessed
tool of Tlalph T Moyer, the
cashier Id altering th records of Hip
bank to juggle a $2,144,000 shortage, is
s Sunday school teneliri
lie rondiirts Hip largest p.i of ynuug
men nt thp Twenty-ninth Street Meth
odist Church. Twenty-ninth and York
street and ha been known as an
ardent rluirt'li worker for several years.
Tlip Her llobei t 1 ,I(ilinvin. pu
lor of tlip church. cpre-otl ciirpri-ce
todaj at the confessed shortcomings of
thp Sunday rhool teacher
Mrs Ccdflesh taught a elms in the
ame Sundnv School fnr main jenra.
"Walter.'' lm (-aid. "n onp of the
nicest .vming men in our onngregntion.''
"I was n liool)."' is ("olflexh's own
opinion of hi actions.
(Vilflp-h fin- not lmrl aitivc charge
of lii 8und.iv pohocd lass for Mime
timp as lip ha bppn irirgulnr in at
tendance lie upvpi icsigned Iiis posi
tinn liouovoi
Mr Johnson knew nothing of Col
flesh s eonfo-wion until asked liii
opiniou of the voung man today lie
I19d ,nllliik,l),t ii iu'ei. 1 lin tin,, tuiiukin
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folflpsh's phararlpi and the home life made this declaration with emphans to
of thp fpnchnr day at her homo. "020 Vorth Twentj-
Misses SuiiiLij Sihnol ,ixth ftrf,t
rolflcl, has no! a.teu.led Sun.lar n?!."nS'' B,1n'"crt 'l"oring accounts
chool siuee the bank crash, he said. "' rT, w b".nk " th; -ru,,ht
Had I known then what I know "f f ashler Moyer at a hPanng yev
todaj I neicr would Iiavp touched one , U'r'lay ln, tl"' ( fntral 'Station,
of those books The good Lord knows Mrs. ( olllesh is n young woman of
that I nevpr lpalired the seriousness medium height and pleasing personal
of the thing I have been a boob " ity. Thp revelations made by her hus-
On the witness stand in the Moyer1 baud had left a trace of worry on her
hearing yesterday Colflpsh lefused to fnce, but faith in him and ' the be
answer questions regarding his business I lief that he committed no wiong. know -it
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iiru iimmni im nwniaui iinuii.,n'
tornev Taulane to explain a S'JOO over
draft Colilcsh said he used the moiiP
In his business, but dec lined to name
the concern
It was learned today that the twenty
five dollar-u-weck-bookkeepei is piesi-
dent of the Motor Sales and Service'
Company, a large garage and selling
siauon. ,il"i-l l.uumw sm-ri mi
name, now ever, uok nm apppar on m-
eompanj ard Wiufield It. Kates, a
nephew is tieasmer and his name alone
. .
I'PPenr'i ,
Colflesh was .ratl m iJip parlor o
his homo nt AV2o rtl lvent sixtii i
street, where ,. V,00 grandfather's
clock stands against the wall. On '
his lap was the older of the lit ,
tie children Little I'rlt snuggled'
Close as ins miner wem over me
events of the day and now and tliPU hp
looked up into his father's face with a
quirzica expression. I ritz is ju-t two
close as his father went over the
vears
old. On the fiout porch was
Mrs. ColResh with a gatheriug of
friends. She held in her arms the sec
ond child, just past si months.
Colflesh showed great relief fiom the
strain of the day 's ordeal in Magii
trate Peunovk's I'ourt
But there eauie another hue of ten
sion when a newspaper was handed to'
hlm It eontnineil a small item lunting
1 that lie was marked for arrest
The bookkeeper is just twonty-iiine
years old and does not look that. lie is
of the good-natured, unvvorried type
m at least he was up to ton days ago, but
now there are lines rant appealing in his
face that had no place tliPrp befoie
First Time in Couit
( olllesh showed ti'tal ignorance or the
law or of his rights in court.
"That was the rimt time in mv life."
he said, explaining Ins nervousness of
yesterday afternoon, "that I ever
had bepn in a onrt ot anv kind.
Wouldn't you have been a bit nervous
about ltV nd Mi Taulane lertamly
did hammei into me.
"T .insworoil nil hi mictions hocmise
I thought 1 had to I thought that
when I was .iibpeuaul 1 was bound
to answer whato'ver they asked mr. I
had no idea then tha 1 was in danger
of arrest.
"And even now I caniioi see what
tiey have against me to hold me. T
merely did what I was told to do. 1'cr-
haps they think thev can prove that I
i.iuun-u u.. ,un, mi ci.u o ibi jccwi
I never received even a penny trom it.
W hen Mr. Moyer asked me to
change thoae figures-. I did not realize
the seriousness of what he asked. I
thought then that the bank wad in a
tight place, and tliat the figures were to
DC cnangeq 10 ii.ie it over a period or
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coiring
Wouldn't Do It Again
Colflesh was ntked if he changed the
books because of fear of losing his .fob
in the bank.
"Well. 1 was told to uo what I did
But if I was to lose a hundred .nhs
I vvoulcln t do it over again." , "The e,.ret" business which Colflesh
The bookkeepci has not oven mained. refufplI t0 tPli o( yesterday was a s.c-
presn;eC surprise whts aM TT 1",0B0MIa " "
to his counsel When it was explained, '" 'olon',
that It might be well for him to have 'Ih thcre a"' evidence ihat Moyer
legal advice he showed uo knowledge! was riinltinK money in some other busi
whatevcr of lawyers in the city com-lnessV" was a question put to the
pctent ot handling his case " I examiner.
J'urther, Colflesh said that he did not! "I have no intimation of it Moyer
oeucve inuL ...oyer prouteu personally
through the affairs of the bank. He
said he believed that the only persons
uh., illil nrnfir wcr tw ,ii, ma1
the overdrafts and he could not uameiheen speculating in munition stocks
those, as he did not have charge of were related to the colonel. He said
the depositors' booki. He had eharce (hit no such information had been re
nt tne general ledgers ot the
bank.
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anose suowcu only lump sums.
"The thing that worries me," said
Colflesh, "is this rumor of my arrest.
There is my wife and the two little
ones, I don't care so uiucli for my
self. I am not of the worrisome sort,
but, believo me. I am worried now.
"I was a one-line fellow a book
keeper and I haTe failed at that. I
guess, there Isn't anything left for me
in this town. I sure have been a
boob."
It also was ascertained today that
Colflesh nnd a relative vvere working on
plans for the crction of two houses in
Merlon, one of the most fashionable
Main Line suburbs, and two cottages ut
Wlldwood, N". J. Tha bank cleric was
to occupy one of the Merlon houses in
-winter and spend the summer at the
shore cottage.
Apponted to City
"', ' Civil hervice, appointment
e to-,
2022
- War included Will am TIhi
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" . r.aRt -i lorn street, ana
ard I..
V ' Tiockhead, ,2732 North IljEard dtreet.
ft' .'vHnacbinlsts in the nureajiWf Water at
r $5 a day; Helen Flanagan, SfM5 Klia-
'Worth street, assistant teacher in the
1 .-Bureau of Recreation, $000 a year ;
'' jUb McTntyre, 2740 rtb Falrhill
. .tti. A.Vf f luhnratorv Clenner. Ttiirenn nf
.,!'t'.;l ; :..: ,;:: v. ' ,..r
fHsjs.ii.fi t, ocju a ri .urn, .i.arj tiai
iJttM. of JlSaO Soiith Tewdall street.
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Latest Developments
in North Pcnn Probe
Colonel Krcd Taylor Puej and
District Attorney llntnn prolie deep
er Into rase following confession
of W. O. Colilcsh, bookkeeper nt
Moyer hearing.
District Attorney's detectives as
signed to work on cluos brought to
light in testimony.
John S. Fisher, bank commission
er, sajs many of overdrafts will be
collected.
Colonel Puscy instructed to hasten
apcount of Charles A. Ambler, for
mer insurance commissioner, w lio has
promised to pay his obligations.
Depositors will lose $1,000,000
after all assets are collected, ac
cording to high official.
Hunk property to be sold Br an
IISXOI.
Colflpsii the tuentj-five-rfollar a
week rlerk. is president of an auto
mobile concern Cnlls himself "a big
boob "
"He has not told all. no not by
iny meiiiH, ' said Colonel l'usey to
day COLFLESH'S WIFE
DEFENDS HUSBAND
"I Will Stand by Him to End,"
Says Spouso of Bank
Bookkeeper
'I will
tile end.''
tanil by mv husband until
Mrs. Walter O. Colflpsh. wife of thp '
h,lo!f 1. PtnrP rf tlia Titl TIaoh lli...t '
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ingn , nas arouscu nope tllUT lie will
mivivc the trouble without a blemished
leputation
The whole H flair came as a great
sin prise to her. she said, as hr bus
band never discussed his business af
fairs at home Her two little sons,
both unaware of the t-hadow which
has mui' nipr the home, played hnn-
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t,i,i t. tIu.,. S1X Illonths
Jj0sl)1i,. ,rr won. v. Mr
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t.'olllesli
as they
fiolicked about.
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'tat.Miien;. she said "H will not
makp lln5' difference
J'.v husband is a homo-loving man."
she said. "lie did everything he could
to make us happy and comfortable, and
to inline us nappy nnu comfort;
-us regular in his habits. I en
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cannot bo-
party -to !
""' "rans or ui.snoiiornuie ,
I know him to be truthful II
is
i anoiu anil siriiigntrorwaril in everv-
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seriously luvohpd in this affan
tn
he
.-we s:iui sue i,new untlilui; of the
afiairs at the bank mid vould ao no
rpft'""1 hj her husband should be nr-
i row en.
Nothing hns marred their married
life. It has boon one of constant hnr-
inony since their marriage more than
lour yars ago. neighbors say.
fherc was an air of determination
nbout Mrs. folnVsh which indicates that
if tlieie are any troubles to be met she
will moot thorn willingly
Tho Colflesh home i' tastofullv fin
nished
Mrs. Culrlesn is r Sundiiv schoul
teacher in the Twenty ninth Street
-Methodist IJpisvipul Church, where her
husband also conducts a large class.
Million Loss to
Bank Depositors i
j Cimlillll((1 ,,ronl p 0
. ,
I'fwitiou remains unchanged What we
vvnnt to do is to salvage the wieck
'to loam what tlm nsstn nf the. h.inlr
! really ure, what securities are good
what are doubtful niul what are ni Hi.illv
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"If wc go after tlio debtors through
civil piooes",. there will be a scurry tor
cover, and the assets realized may be
only one-half or one-third of what
I mJKht be recovered otherwise.
. "hen a man has been nursed along
,1,n ....i, ,..u, i,., n..i
caiefully with credit, he probably would
be willing to pay to the last penny , but
under a dnes-t attack through th" law
he jumps to c over."
Colflesh in Auto Business
Thn Colonel l'usey swung back to a
I .Ikni.iinii nf lYilnVsh unit Mover
protests that he did not get n cent from
i. ,,, .
! the bank.'
Humors thai me accused casnier nau
,t,afi
V1.1.V1.
Colonel l'usey endd the interview by
saying that he aud 1'. 3. Cameron,
deputy banking commissioner, were
working on several problems today the
nature of which he refused to disclose.
John S. Fisher, btate bunking com
mis3ioner. said today in Harrisburg that
he would not venture a guess when the
investigation would be completed.
"A lawyer never guesses," said Mi.
F.sher, "and the almost hopeless tangle
makes the work of the examiners most
difficult "
Asked to speculate on the definite
nmnunt of the shortage. Mr Fisher
i.i ..i.u, h. .-.nr the pxamincrs could
even guess
"Hut" he added "Moyer told us
that the overdrafts amounted to $000,-
000. The bank examiners found tlie
"A Rotten Mess" Pusey,
on North Penn Case
"The whole thing is a rotten
mess," said Colonel Fred Taylor
Pusey, special deputy attorney gen
eral in charge of the probe.
"The investigation -will be pushed
relentlessly,1' he said, "and no
guilty person will be given immunity,"
HAPPY TO BE
A thousand mothers and joungstcrs
the middle of the Joyous groups Is
cinnamon buns and more than 100
Hani;! Boom! Head of Battle
of Bank Probe Artillery
Colonel 1'usey. commander-in-chief
of the state forces waging uni
on crooked finance, who recently
was quartermaster of the Keystone
Division in France, lapsed into over
seas language today in discussing
the Vorth 1'enn Hank
"W'o have had our skirmish." he
said. "We laid on. aitlllerj bar
rage. There was some mai hiiic-gun
tiring and now we lime the mop
ping up to do and bnttletield recln
mation
"We must take tho hinken pieces
nod sort them on the salvage dump
to see what we can snve
rorreet figure ro tie .M..HvMniu, ami vviin
the other shortages mid manipulntionsl
the sum comes to 152,141,000. Of
com so, it must be understood that a '
considerable sum uf the overdrafts is
good. Colonel Puscy has been in-
structecl to go after every person or
firm
doing fter Ambler Account
How about the Ambler account?
1 Mr. Fiher was nsked, refering to the
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si.i.lmiii llfDl oi v. naries i. .viuuici, lur
mer state insurance commissioner, who
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'Hcfurp I left the city, said Mr
Fisher, "1 instructed Colonel l'usey to
get out Mr. Ambler's statement. We
need that money."
Mr. Fisher then said that every penny
of assets would bo contested and sacd
' fr the depositors.
Wo are going aft pi everything." he
said "Thoro has been much rohypoth-
oout'"n aml many of thp notes held will
'he contested, but we shall do every thing
i in our power to collect. The first thing
. v have to do is 10 get a definite state
' nient of the account. That i, availii
! l'l accounts: and thu wc shall on
. '''Mv'" to uncover the accounts which
avp open covered Alter tliat no snail
, obtain tho services of appiuisors and'
5criiuiu wiac uip property is woitli.
,, .'J'Ee ' ' SE, bui,(lin "' ""
"Yes, indeed."
Michel Hastens to Bank
Louis II. Michel, p.-rsideli; ol
North I'enn Hank, hastened to
the
tilt!
bank this morning. He was nsked about
the "Miehel-Mnyer" account of SI.".-
I f on "ll hooks regarding which tes
"n"y was given yesterday .
I "1 nPVer hoard of this account. " he
I hai,i- "Tl'at is why 1 am hurrying to
the bank to see the examiners,
At noon Colflesh left the bank for
lunch.
' "Why did you change the bank rec
. or.ls?" he was asked
"Simply because Moyer told me to."
"Did ho bring any influence to boar?
Did he have anything on you?"
"No He just asked ine and I did. '
"But. you knew it was illegal'?"
"Yes, but I didn't realise if was as
i bad as it is "
I "Have you any idea win, goi the
money '?
"It's nut on overdiafts. said Col
flesh as he walked away.
Hires-tors ltefus to Comment
Directors of the bank took to tover.
William T. Cabell, a director, who, ac
cording to Colflpsh, knew ot irregulari
ties in the bank, refused to comment
on the testimony made in the Moyer
hearing
"Have you any idea who got the
money?" he was asked.
"I wish I knew." was the reply.
C ft. Neely. a druggist, Twenty
ninth and York streets, said thut he
wis elected a director three weeks prior
to the collapse. He told friends that
he knew little of the bank's affairs, but
had been assured that the institution
was in good condition.
tt!iit...n vr..na,. vc.H,M.... rA...
j ,, iiiium .uvian ..iiiiiiimiri j , .,iv;
er's attorney, reiterated that the denos
' itors will receive fOO cents on a dollar
I "You enid last week that the short-
age would be so small that you would
give your personal check for the dlf-
ferfnee," he was told. "Are you will-
ing to stick to that statement?"
ii!. i--M'JHFIm- &UMLi$irtf---A nlisimf Kt3TvrjHI9ICS!P9A9H9(B
"There inn t any shortage in the)0f thp Chelten Ice Company, 4,1 Kast
I bank." he reflected. "Everything will
bf; ella'ned Iatei. You know, at the
j hearing yesterday Moyer had to pull me
tt-cle two or three times. I was about
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Hit cm ummm win I'll'-, 1UU IU WIC ill"
fair."
Moyer "s long-promised statement to
"place the blame where It belongs" has
not been forthcoming. It week he
said: "I'm the goat. There aro othera
in this thing," but today his lawyer
said "Moyer will .not have anything to
say "
Colflli Aids Maenurnry
.lamra W, MacBurney, the receiver,
paid appoints were so muddled thaf ho
could n6t "make Jiead nor ta)d out of
tneraV'
"Colfleh," hu said, "i hoping me'
ON KENSINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER'S BIG PICNIC
arc spending tlio da
."Mrs. M. W. Kctrhutn,
IIOHH I'nkfonl
quftits of milk as soon as Urn large part
t lie afternoon Ire cream anil calie
at .lighten out the accounts. Nothiug
new has lieen uncovered today.''
When ouestioued regal ding additional
arrests he said ;
I "I cannot say whethci the evidence
l warrants any just now."
i ENDS LIFFWITHTAZOR
Worry Blamed for Suicide of Salesi
1 Agent I
llllint Itnght, fifty -one years old, , , ,T, . , ,v
11211 lio.ust street, committed suicide Myei Simon, thirty -sn years old, tlucago, July ..0. (I.y A. I.1--AN.
lenrly today by slashing both his wrists promoter of the first passrnger nirplnnp'D. Malion, international president of
I with a inor idade. s(,rvi((. in this city, was instantly killed the street car employes' union, upon
1 About 'J o'clock this morning roomers wh(iji u.llkp(, ,nto thp pr0. ,,,. nrrivi in Chicago .today, took per-
Mm Tn'";;: "."s"":! I-"- -f ..... of his own . on the sonal charge of the strike of 15,000 sur
to the Pennsylvania Hospital, where i Honsfvelt flying Held. Northeast Houle-, face and elevated employes and prom
he died vanl and Cottmun street. ised to do all in his power to settle
Mr. Ilnghl was I hilnilelplun sales
agent lor me Aims nailing ijouiimu.,
of Huston, and came hero several weo'.-.s
ago for the purpose of establishing a
branch bakery .
Sheldon Hodge, who is living at the
Hotel Waltnu, came here with him and
as with him yesterday. Mr. Hodge
says that Mr. ltiight was overcome by
the heat and went to his home. It
is Sheldon's opinion that his friend's
despondency was caused by worry aud
,
ia
tJeup. but he wns not in nnancmi
v n '
distress.
st- if-iti. ,. ..w marriml nmf his wifn
.,ai i,iik, ..- , ..,.,... .
- ' - daughters live in Ca
Mass
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inbriilge,
TO LAUNCH WARBLER
Mine Sweeper Leaves Ways at Navy
Yard Today
The mine sweeper Warbler, which
has been completed in the record time
of less than four months, will be
launched late this afternoon ut the
l'hiliidelphia Navy Yard.
The sponsor will be Miss Alke
KcniplT, daughter of Captain Clarence
Kempff, who i.s in charge ot much of the
construction work on the mine swpep
'ers at the yard. All mine sweepets
are named after birds. I
The Warbler is the sister ship of ,
Hn. Snndni.ipr. and was built on the,
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same ways, ius kcci iiuviug oven unci
immediately following the launching of
the Sandpiper last April.
NORTH PENN VICTIM DYING
Suffers Broken Back on First Day of
Work Following Illness
On his first day of work", after an ill -n,.i
nf ten davs. caused b.v the failure
of the North Penn Bank, Ueorge
Mahrer, of 24.Vi North Twenty-sixth I
street, was taken to St. Joseph's Hos
pital dying. lie .suBornI a broken back.
Mahrer had his all $1200 in the
North Penn Bank. The failure of that
I institution unnerved mm tnni nc was
unable to work. Yesterday he felt
better and went back to his job as
roofer, and was sent to repair the roof
at 1022 Oxford street, just opposite
the Nineteenth and Oxford streets po
lice station. He slipped and fell to
the sidewnlk.
Wagonmen in the police station, who
saw him fall, took him to the hospital.
REFUSES JO BEDROWNED
Man on Beach All Night Ends Life'
Guards' Hunt
Atlantic City beach guards wei-p pre-
paring today to make a systematic
search of thp beach jetties and pier
pilings for the body of IMward Oolil, ,. ..., r.. -.-.- ..--.,-204
Hodman street, whose clothing was! MARINES MAY PARADE HERE
left in a dressing room of n downtown !
bathing establishment Then a call
came over the wirn. I Peace Jubilee Officials Back Move.
"I'm nddie Cold," a voice said. "Ton! To Ask President to Attend
neecin i nun. lor me Because I m not
dead. You see, it was so warm aucl!
the ocean felt so good that I just spent
the night on the bench in my bathin?
suit, going out and taking a header
whenever I felt like it."
Friends here had just about given up
hope for Cold when he turned up at
bis bathing house to claim his apparel.
DERRICK FALLS, MAN HURT
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Customer Calling for Ice Is Injured
' In Collapse
a derrick collapsed today at the plant
School lane, and John Orill, who called
nt the place for ice, was badly injured
by falling lumber.
drill, 'who lives nt 4440 Silverwood
street, was taken to the fJermantown
Hospital. Several ribs were fractured.
Man Held on Three Charges
Iternard Cordilo, of I'arn street near
Twentieth, was lipid in S2000 ball by
Magistrate Pennook in the Central po
lice court tills morning, charged with
larceny, aggravated ansault and battery
' villi intent to kill and carrvlue1 con-
'coaled weapons'. Cordilo was nrrested
' by Detective Cope on suspicion of hav
ing stolen a wagonload of boxes, Tho
prisoner Is said to hnvp pulled a gun
on ihe detectlvjrVtJurlpir th? trugle
which follow tfy arrest,
1 l."d,7c- Vhoto Hanio'
it the Smltli .Mem orlal Playground, Kalrniounl Park, guests of tlio Kensington Center. In
:ienue. Iioste.ss-In -chief of the outing.
rearlicd the Park. Sandwiches were sencd for lunch by sixty helpers. In
are ghen as a special treat
PROPELLER KILLS I
AIRPLANE PR0M0TER:
Flier Slain at Roosevelt Field.
Pilot Is Held Under
$1500 Bail
..., i.n,.Pi M. llardiinr. tvven-
ty-tive years old. nilO Ithawn street, jhis homo in Detroit in answer to a
Holnii'sburg, was held under SlfiOO bail , Minuuons from the local unions,
to await the action of the coroner by' His first action was to tend a letter
Magistrate Costello. at the Caul and t0 ofri(,jala and mcmbers of the ceeu
lluan streets station today He is . ,
charged with manslaughter. "" mmltlee of the Chicago unions.
According to people who witnessed the I r,llli? c-onferencf this afternoon,
accident. Mr. Harding's machinp l.n.l ' rlsW,,nt M"hon, ai(1 l,p wanted to
. come to a complete stop, wa waiting to
discharge its passenger and fly over to
uio nusuoion ihmu wnere u9 muvmuv
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are sl.elterccl, wlien Himons wan;eci into
thp slovvlv rpvolvinif nroipller. His
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I heart was severely cut anil ills spine'
broken. His object in coming near the
machine was apparently to assist tho;
passeugpr to alight
Mr. Harding and his passenger lifted
the body ot Mr. Simon into un auto
mobile aud rushed him to the rrankford
llosprTaHioping that tlio man might be
still living. Physicians there, however,
said that death had been nlmost in
stantaneous. Mr. Simon wu. married and had two
children. He was a Mason and nn Klk.
Hp belonged to Meridian Sun Lodge, No.
1.-.8, and the Oriental It. A. '., No. 183.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from
his home at 11 a. in. Masonic rites will
be performed ut thp Mnsonic Temple
following the set vices.
MIOCIMft H,1 A M CDIIMn nPAfl
I ITIIOvll.HU infill I vwnw
92-Year-Old Israel Lee Fell Down
Cellar Steps
Israel I.ee, ninety-two years old, of
1020 Norfh Marshall street, for whom
the police had been searching since yes
terday afternoon, was found dpad today
at the bottom of the cellar stairway at
his home
The body was discovered b.v his
daughter Jennie. His death is believed
to have been due to a fractured skull.
If is believed thut Mr. Lee attempted
to go to the cellar to look for some
thing during absence of members of the
family and tripped and fell down
stairs. When he was missed yesterdny after
noon a search through thp house was
madp and the family then sought the
aid of the police. His daughter had
reason to go to the cellar this morning
and found the body at the bottom of the
stairway.
Dr. J. C. Kuban, of 1520 North
Seventh street, was suinmuned. He
said the man had been dead about
UIlPP.1 Hours. .ir. Pi- hi wril imvu
in the northern bection of tho city nnd
retired from business several years ago.
it- i .,.i,.n.i . .,. iiiiir.
Plans to have the Fifth and Sixth
I Keglmcnts of Cnited States marines
parade in Philadelphia were discussed
today with city officials.
J. Jarden Ouenther. secretary of the
peace Jubllep committee, visited City
Hall with Major It, II. Ilogan, who hns
retired from uetive duty in the marine
corps. In the absence from the city of
Mayor Smith, thoy called upon Joseph
Smith, his brother and secretary, and
outlined the original plans. W. Frce
lund Kendrick, receiver of taxes, has
promised his Bupport to the movement,
fhe matter was also discussed with
Cbarless Hall, a clerk, of Select Council,
who is in charge of the peace jubilee
funds.
In rase it i.s decided to have the ma
rines parade here, Major A. J. Drexe
Iliddlc will be delegated to call upon
President Wilson and iuvite him to this
city for the celebration. No date has
been suggested tor the parade.
Dead Man Is Identified
The body of the man who died at the
home of Grace Carroll, 1123 Dunton
street, on Monday, has been identified
as being that of Samuel Slaken, fifty
four years old, of 037 North Lelthgow
street. The Identification was made by
the desd man.! son-in-law, vZarko
Markotlck, of'jUS ?t.b Orjannn street.
Mie dlstriliulFil 1K0 dozen of
CHICAGO CAR STRIKE
IN CHARGE OF MAHON
International President May
Advise Referendum Vote
on Walkout
the dlsnntp nromntlv. Tic came from
'rn lr' '"ca, ,ra,.erB very .,;.. n
meo ng wn.c.i cane., tie
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n,ln, t.nCll nf.m li i, hml ,ilitninnl tloa
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information.
om. ..:.. mAn.i,AF.at.in ,u 1-. noo v....
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"niy iwo-iiniis nuencieci .no moeung
w lien tnc wniKout was voted tor UPspite
protests of lenders. It is liellpved Mr,
Mnhon will urge tlio union to take a
referendum vote on the eompromise offer
of the transportation lines granting a
maiimum scale of 0." cents an hour to
employes of surface lines and 07 cents
to elevated road men, with an eight
hour day and time and half for over
time. At 4 o'clock this afternoon President
Mahon will confer with tiovcrnor
I.owden, Mayor Thompson and officials
of the street car lines. Meanwhile four
hundred business men organized for the
purpose and provided with the authority
of a star, are serving as traffic officers,
every available policeman being on riot
duty .
BEGGARS ARE SENTENCED
Two Given 3-Month Terms as 8equel
to' Soliciting Alms
Directors of the firm of Babb
Mathews, panhandlers, faced Magis
trate Harris in the Thirty -second
street and Woodland avenue station to
day, on a charge of begging. Both
were sentenced to three months in
the house of correction, after tlip mag
istrate statpcl that never before In his
fifteen years' court experience hud he
come across a similar ense.
The prisoners are Bel ward Babb and
Ccorgp Mathews, botli giving an ad
dress at Fianklin and Vine streets.
Lieutenant lowing, of the police
boat Ashbridge, arrested them last
night. First he saw Babb, his amis
tied in bandages, begging in from of
a Fifty -second street theatre. As he
watched the man, .he saw Mathews step
up on various occasions and drop a coin
in tho hat held by Bubb. This was
the "bait" used to influence others
with a sympathetic nature, the lieu
tenant said. lie arrested the men
when lie saw them dividing the money
tuken in by Babb.
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ONE-DAY
OUTINGS
t3f The riclkt U reserved to limit Hi
ale ot tloktts. for these excursions, to
tne capielty of tqulpmtot avsllsbn.
From market street wharf
Dally until Auiust 31, Inc.
l
.25
Atlantic City
Wllcf.vood
Arutleaea
Etui Iiti Sea lole City
WsrTsx Corions Inlet
toe. s4- Stone Harbor
atilostl Avalon
Market Street Wlisrt . 7.O0W
Additional trsln to A tliDlloCllr
flsturds) s and Qundsji only 7.304
Flshermsn'sTrftlnAnilesesftnd
Wlldwood Bundsvs only 8.414.
Hpeelsl late train returning
from Atlantte Cltr Batur-
ds and Sundais - 8, UK
!3y"OceahCllrEstursUns3unrfr
Mattst Street w'bsrt' 7.00V
Sunders and Thursdays
Until September- 7. Ins.
(fc1 e Pl. leach. Oeeaa
tbl.OU Gate. Barn..al Plir.
J jXr SeasMa Paik. Lai.
Raund Tela .ll,lt.,M.nl.l.Un1
"sua1.?. ""
C1 7K AeWuer Park, Oseaa
y'ivr sassr-v."att:
WJM Marvel Street WIstI
iiStu. Tsutsdays . . J.OOtt
additional puadays'., . . 7.585
AddlUocal tula 7.00 , tor foist
Pleasant, Loni Brsaea and rrtitlaal
laurmedlatestaUou
Pennsylvania R. R.
hmnrmr
XJSBT
THOUSAND MOTHERS
01 OUT! TODAY
Children, Too, Enjoy Picnic at
Smith Memorial Play
ground MRS. KETCHUM IS HOSTESS
They left this morning a thousand
of them mothers with children and
plenty of youngsters without mothers.
They have gone to spend the day at
the Smith Memorial Vlayground aa the
guests of the Kensington Neighborhood
Center.
Every one with a ticket was on hand
by 8 o'clock in front of 8008 Frank
ford avenue ready to get aboard the
automobile or truck or trolley car that
was to take them to the park. Some
were there before G o'clock In order to
make sure that they would be among
the first to leave and get the longest
day. Many of the children especially
were so excited that they came without
breakfast rather than miss the trip.
But Mrs. M. W, Ketchum, who hast
been at the Kensington Center for
nearly twenty-two years, knows tho
habits of the picnickers and anticipated
the hunger of the children who came
without breakfast. Flie bought 180
dozens- of cinnamon buns and more than
400 quarts of milk, which she Ijega.i
to distribute as soon as the large party
arrived at the park.
A great many of the children and
the mothers in the neighborhood have
come to these picnics before, and count
on them ss their annual chance to get
a day away from the city.
It takes sixty nelpr3 to act as
hostesses. The guests are divided into
companies of about forty women and
children. Kacl. of the companies has
a flag of a special color and each mem
ber of the company Is tagged with the
samp color. Thr companies plan their
own amusements under the direction of
a captain and her assistant.
Bread sllcers left early this morning
to get their work started on putting 000
loavps of bread, to bo made into 4200
Fandwlchcs for lunch. Butter is spread
on the bread before a filler of meat or
plum jam is put between the slices. In
the afternoon Icp cream and eakp are
given as a sjieoial treat, and plenty of
bananas are kept on hand.
The last event of the day is a peanut
scramble and the party returns homo at
t o'clock.
The Kensington Neighborhood Cen
ter has been having these outingR for
a number of years. It never turns
away anybody in the district who is
worthy, even when the center is not
sure just how it will get its funds.
This year it obtained part of its money
in advance of the picnic.
HOUSE PURCHASE IN COURT
Judge Upholds Right of Woman to
Buy Residence
The ri?ht of Mrs. Molly Bossman to
purchase a house at 7fll Jnpkson strppt
was uphold by Judge Audenrled today,
wheu lie shattered nn alleged plan on
the part of the present owners to pre
vent the sale. '
Mrs. Bossman brought an equity suit
against Samupl fllnsberg and his wife,
Bosie, and contended they had endeav
ored to prevent her from buying the
house for ,?2t',00. according to nn agree
ment reached between them on April 20
of last year.
The agreement called for the pay
ment of S.'.O on account of the bargain ;
$10r0 nt the time of settlement, and the
balance to bo paid by Mis. Bossman
nssumiug a .flTiOO first mortgage on the
house. The plaintiff alleged that the
Ginsbergs violated their agreement to
sell, and ftfter she brought her suit had
the property conveyed to Mrs. Ciius
berg's father, Isaac Koprow. It was
also alleged that they prevented a clenr
title b.v having fake judgments against
themselves.
The court upheld Mrs. Bossniuu in
her churges, and placed the costs of
the suit on the defendants
FLIVVER IN TROUBLE
Smashed In Front of Independence
Hall Tried to Squeeze a Passage
A flivver tried to cut in between a
moving Chestnut street trolley aid a
touring car parked in tront of Inde
pendence Hall today The flivver was
badly damaged.
The trolley hit it on the side with
such force that it jammed the touring
car against a fireplug standing beside
the remaining Iron Division parade dec
orations near the Sixth street corner.
The flivver is battered beyond fur
ther use. The driver, J. M. Wul&li, of
1242 Coulter street, was not hurt.
J.EQD3WELLSf.
JBWELEnS SILVERSMITHS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STItEETS
Selection Of Pearls And
Pearl. Necklaces Of
Importance Should Be
Undertaken Only on
Expert Advice. '
WW?- 1
GIRL'S BODY
mural
IN
Fiance Claims She Was Swept
Over Thirty-Foot Dam
in Canoe
PQLICE DOUBT STATEMENT
Paterson, N. J., July .10. After a
search of nearly forty-clght hours, tb
body of Miss .Mabel Harris, who failed
to return from a canoeing trip Sundav
with Lester Decker, wbh found this
morning in the Bamapo river, a halt
mile below the thirty-foot dam at
Pompton lake. Miss Harris was twenty
years old.
Decker, who is being detained by the
police as a material witness, asserted
the young woman was drowned when
their eanop was swept over the dam""
that both he and the young woman were
spilled out; that hp finally managed to
save his own life after a struggle of
an hour or more nnd reach the shore,
and (hat he then ran along the shore
calling out the girl's name, but got no
response.
Then it was, be told the police, that
he wpnt to thp homo of the girl's par
pnts. whprp hp had been boarding, and
fparing to tell the truth declared she
had gone to a sanatorium, where she
was employed.
The authorities arc consvinced that
it would have been impossible for tha
ennoe to have gone over the thirty-five
foot dam, landing upon the rocks here,
and to be bumped along for about forty
feet on these rocks before coming into,
clear water again, without having been
overturned and badly wrecked
Helen Williams, a chum of the
drowned young woman, told the pollca
that she and a young man companion
were with Decker and Miss Harris a
short time before they started out in
the canoe. She admitted that the
couple had had n quarrel, but did not
know what originated it, and in htr
opinion it was not a very serious one.
It was learned from the family ot
Miss Harris that she and Decker were
to have been married on July 10 last,
but thp wedding had been postponed in
definitely. Chief ot Police Magee. of Wnyno
township, which includes Pompton
lake, has made a technical charge of
murder against "John Doe" in connec
tion with the death of Miss Harris.
Decker is in the Passaic county jail
pending the outcome of the Investiga
tion by Prosecutor Michael Dunn and
County Detective Nnthaniel Shayne.
Authorities Suspect Decker
The authorities have discovered many
so-called discrepancies in the state
ments of Decker, and they are far from
satisfied thut he does not know much
more of the circumstances leading up to
the girl's death thau he has admitted
lo them.
They are at a loss to account for the
condition of the canoe in which the
young i-oiiple paddled about in thp lake
when found about two hundred feet from
the dam over which it was carried with
its occupants, according to Decker.
When the ennoe was found the two
paddles were still In the bottom of it and
the back rests, which arp not made fast
to the back of the two seats, were still
in place, and only n small rent had been
made in the bow of the canoe,
TIip police also regard it as peculiar
that the canoe hnd not been scratched
or defaced while thrown about on tho
rocks. .
One of the investigators said that
the rent in the bow of flic canoe was of
sueh nature -that it could have bceu
made with a small hatchet or hammer.
To him it seems incredible that the skiff
could have gone over the side of the
dam. striking the rocks, and have been
so slightly damaged.
- Four of the seven brothers of the
young woman aided the authorities in
the search o( her body. One of them is
an expert swimmer and yesterday nftcr
noon, at the risk of his own lite, Jie
dived into the tbirty-five-foot pools near
the end of the dam looking for the boy.
Other voung men of this section took
up the task when the brother tired aud J
exhausted hud to give up without find- I
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hTAH July 29. GEOr.lll:: HIAUL.. latu
orlvM ot Company C. llllh I'nn. Volunteer
Infantry, ue'd 7K Relative unci friends.
h)rn Oeonto O Meade Post .No 1, O A. n.
and Old Ouard -Jd UcKlment. NO. V..
Invited to funeral cervices 1 rl , tun P. m-i
lit tV Oliver H. Hair Illdir.. 1S20 Chestnut
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I PEYTON. J"l -V. AL.lc.li rA i iwcw.
u.-unhler of Edward S and Alice llosetU
Voton (nee Vounes). actd 1" weeks and
cHjn. Further notlcs will lie Blven from
1 her Barents' reslilnc-e. .IRIS X IS.h St.
imi.r vt m r.n mat.h
l'NOtNnn:; for orri-e building April ii
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