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Entered aa Seconu-Claaa Matter at the Postofflce, at Philadelphia. Fa.
Under the Act of March 8, 1879.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919
rubllh5 Dally Kxcpt Sunday. Huhi.cr.pl.on Prtei $B a Tear by Wall.
Copyright. lDltf, by Public iafdser Company.
PRICE TWO CENTS
PUBLIC GOUGED IN SHOE PRICES, SAYS U. S. BOARD;
FISHER TO DROP MacBURNEY IN NORTH PENN PROBE
;
P
BfHIEl
t-. TO flE NAMED
DURING DAY
Banking Commissioner Learns
That MacBurney Once Ex
amined North Penn Books
'ANOTHER INSURANCE
' COMPANY IS INVOLVED
Fisher Does Not Criticize His
Aide Says He Was Not
Familiar With Lav
More 'Eye-Openers' as Banc
Wreck'Scandal Groivs Daily
.Tames W. MnoHurnoy, In chnrge
of the state probe at the bank, to
be dropped by .Tolin S. Fisher, bank
commissioner.
Following collapse of rsew ork
N'ationnl Insurance Company, due
to North Perm failure, New York
officials say' Ralph T. Mover, ac
cused cashier, certified to .$120,000
deposits never made In the bank.
Another insurance company said
to" be involved. James T. Cortclymi,
chief detective, in New York city
.Working on case.
' Detectives said to have warrants
for several persons implicated in
wrecking North Venn.
James W. MacBurney, special reprc
scntattye of the Btntc banking commis-
-.1, 111 t.U -nllniTn.l nt Ma rllltiee. ns
the state "chief investigator of the North
FrS , Penn Bank muddle.
JOnn a. .risner, sunt' uuuiwiifc sim
raisslonor, made this announcement to-
vday.jneTsnid he would revoke-Mr. Mac
Burney's appointment aR special deputy
lircharge.o'f the investigation because of
Fnformatlon he had received showing
that-'SraeBurney was. examiner- of 'the
books of the .Institution when it "was
found unsound, under the administration
of Daniel F, Lafcan. former banking
commissioner, Mr. MacBurney will con
tinue, however, as a state bank exam
iner. This nnnquncement came as a surprise
among the early developments today in
the North Penn wreck case.
Another Company Involved
In addition, the state probnrs an
nounced that a second New York in
surance company is involved as heavily
as the New' York National Insurance
Company which went on the, rocks fol
. Jowing the loss of deposits in the North
Penn. That conern is alleged to have
more than $200,000 deposited in the
defunct bank.
This second concern is connected with
the Uoland interests, which controlled
the wrecked insurance company but is
regarded as being stronger financially.
James T. Cortelyou, chief, of the dis
trict attorney's detectives, is in New
York, today.
To Revoke Commission
Mr. MacBurney's commission will be
revoked as- soon as Commissioner Fish
er is able to obtain the consent of on
other man, to whom tender of the spe
cial deputyshlp has already been made.
The name of the new appointee is ex
pected, to be made public later today.
Removal of Mr. MacBurney is due
" to 'the, discovery of Commission Fisher,
to his surprise, that MacBurney was the
bank examiner who in September, 1018,
under the administration of former
Banking Commissioner Daniel F. La
feap, 'made nn examination of the in
. stltution, and wfio at that time reported
a 'shortage of $50,000 tq Mr superior.
, Following Uis discovery Mr. Mac
Burney called a pieetiug of the direc
tors pf 'the North Penn Bank and they
.made' "up the'J'rJ.'iO.OOOl .shortage and
handed monev and securities aggregat
ing that" amdunV to Mr.- MacBurney,
"who took, them with his report to Har
risburg. Mr, MacBurney soon afterward sev
ered his connection with the State
.Continued on Tata Two Column I'our
' A'S'AND PHILS IDLE
Rain Stops Games With White Sox
and Pirates Today
There was nothing doing n n base
bail way for the Athletics and Phillies
today. Theraln forced nn early post
ponement of.jue rhlllles game in Pitts
burgh, wbilethe Rhibe Park manage
ment' called off the dual engagement
with thp White Sox shortly before game
time on account of wet grounds.
-The Macks and "VhJtc Sox will play
two games tomorrow. ,
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DETERMINED' TRY KAISER
T 1.1
. Allies' Decision Unaltered, Bonar
T liaajr"' -"-
nlnulohlWVuR. .6.--(Br A- P.) The
Aiursdittvv uui uufru meir uecision
to holihjhe trial of the former German
emperor in London, Andrew Bonar
Law, governmental jeaderj announced
' t in the House of 'Commons todaji
JaM TTa alfl nn nntinn in 4lta maf mm? ma. .1.1
l!ffS fce.tsken untiPthe Gerrhan peace treaty
Is ratinem , -- - " -
MOORE TO BE UNBOSSED
MAYOR IF HE IS CHOSEN,
COL. M'CAIN EMPHASIZES
Congressman's Platform Seen
as Surprising Penrose More
Than Vare
REGULARS' ATTITUDE
TERMED CONTEMPTUOUS
Indications Point to Stand-Up-
and-Knock-Down Battle
at Election
OPPONENTS WILL DELAY
Action on Candidate Deferred
Until Lawmaker Announces
He Will Run
By GEOIIGK NOX McCAIN
When Congressman .1. Hampton
Moore announces the plntform upon I
which he will stand as a candidate for
Major it will contain some surprises
for the Penrose Independents and the
Town Meeting party rather than for
the Vare organization.
Senator Holes Penrose is aware of
this, t'p until yesterday Senator Pen
rose maintained the unqualified position
that the man whom the Republican Al
liance would indorse mii't come out
and without equivocation declare him
self opposed to the Vares and all their
works.
Recalling this reiterated statement of
the senior senator yesterday I accom
pani(i( u with ;tntcme't UlBt tIlm
would be n material qualification of
that demand in a very short time.
Penrose Soft -Pedals
I.n'st night, before he left for New
York knowing that the question of Mr.
Moore's candidacy was definitely set
tled, the senator issued a statement
which did materially modify, in words
at least, his previous utterance, viz. :
"I will he glad to have the oppor
tunity 'to support for Mayor aoj -candi
date who openly without any equivocal
tion or compromise is pledged to enrry
out the spirit of the new charte legis
lation and to live up to all us- require
ments." The fact i? that in all of his con
ferences with men of action and po
litical workers, and for all that any
one knows perhaps Senator Penrose
hims-elf, Mr. Moore has positively de
clared that if Ke accepted the nomina-J
tion he would be, in case of his election,
"an unbossed Mayor" from start to
finish."
A New Charter .Mayor
Aud, moreover, that this included
every faction nnd fnction of n faction
within the Republican ranks. That it
not only included contractors, but na
tional Republican leaders ns well, to
say nothing of idealists in the shnpe of
radical reformers, captains of indus
try with, if such there be, meat axes
to grind for the labor element nnd its
lenders. In this respect I believe therej
will be a decided shock for some who
are figuring largely upon sitting at the
right hand of the Office Keeper and
dispensing favors with outstretched arm.
Fair Deal for Republicans
In connection with such a platform
there would naturally follow the explicit
declaration that there will be fair play
Contlnurd on Tare FourColumn Ono
Moyer Is Linked Up With
Insurance Company Crash
Buffalo Firm Goes to Wall New York
Officials Say North Penn Cashier Certified to
$129,000 Deposits No Record of Money
The insidious financial trail of Ralph
T. Moyer, accused as the wrecker of
the North Penn Bank, has been traced
into tho collapse of the New York Na
tional Insurance Company, of Buffalo,
by tyie New York insurance authorities.
That company went to the wall fol
lowing the scuttling of the Philadel
phia institution. It had ?'J20,000 de
posited in the North Penn Bank.
Today it was announced by Jesse S.
Phillips, New York state superintend
ent of insurance, that Moyer certified
to deposits of at least $120,000 insur
apee funds which never saw the North
Penn Bank.
James J. Uoland, qf Scranton, pres
ident of the company, and Moyer, who
is now held in $2T,000 ball on criminal
che'iges, according to New York au
thorities, worked together.
"We made nn examination of the
New York National Insurance Com
pany," said Mr. Phillips today in Al
bany, "aud found that something was
wrong. That was in March.
Moyer Certified Deposits
"When we went over the books we.
found tbat P large sum had been de.
posited in the North Penn Bank. This
was more than $200,000. IriVchecklng
up tho. account we found tbat one de
posit of about $120,000 was made in
March. This appeared on the, books of
thm comnanr and VJien w asked for
verification we Tvwe Jowq a wtWcate"
Pcarh of Wisdom
From "Uncle Davy"
So far as the Vare organization is
concerned, Congressman Moore is
out of the mnjoralty race; should
he run he'll have the Vare machine
to light.
The organization's choice of a
candidate has narrowed down to
Judge John M. Patterson, former
Governor Stuart, W. Freeland Ken
driek qnd City Solicitor Connelly.
"Senator Penrose! is not n political
factor in Philadelphia, lie never
carried a ward in his life.
"The committee of one hundred is
an immaterial quantity in the cam
paign. "They are very nice people with
very uncertain ideas. Among them
are a number of very estimable la
dies. Some of them do not live in
the city at all.
"The independents cannot hope to
win, for the organization will be
united for a popular candidate."
UNCLE DAVE WAGS
FINGER AT HAW1PY
Warns Congressman Moore
Vares'll Fight Him if He
Runs for Mayor
AS TO PENROSE HA! HA!
Bv a Staff Correspondent
Atlantic City. Aug. 0. So far as the
Vnre organization is concerned. Con
gressman J. Hampton Moore is out of
the Philadelphia mayoralty race abso
lutely. If -Mr. Moore barkens to the siren
voice of Senator Penrose and the inde
pendents he will have the Vare ma
chin to tight.
David 11. Lane, spokesman for the
Vares in their greatest battles, made
the statement, with great positivrness at
the Hotel Strand, his summer head
quarters, today.
Mr. Lane with equal emphasis, elim
inated Senator Penrose ns n political
factor in the city of Penn. The way he
expressed it was like this :
"The organization does not care what
Mr. Penrose, has in miiid. He is not
a political factor in Philadelphia. Mr.
Penrose never carried u ward in Phila
delphia in his life."
The fact that the Vare organization
had dropped Representative Moore from
its calculations, nfter Mr. Lane him
self and some others had gone so far
as to say that he would make an "ideal
caudidnte." was disclosed in a state
ment Mr. Lane released here on be
half of the organized forces.
it was to the effect that the probable
choice of the organization for the may
oialty nomination had narrowed down
to four mert. They are :
Kdnin S. Stuart, former Governor,
whom Mr. Penrose also seems to regard
with favor.
Judge John M. Patterson.
V. Kreeland Kendrich, receiver of
taxes.
John P. Connolly, city solicitor.
Asked about the elimination of Con-
Continued on Puce Two Column Throe
from the North Penn Bank that the
money had been deposited there. This
certificate was signed by the cashier of
the bank'
"Ralph T. Moyer?" he was asked.
."Yes." x
"When the North Penn Bank failed
we were naturally interested nnd
checked up on the alleged bank deposits.
We learned from the Pennsylvania au
thorities that they had found n memo
randum of this deposit, but it does not
appear on the books of the bank. In
other words, we have a certificate of
deposit, but there are probably no funds
to back it up."
"Then some one certified to a false
account?"
"I am simply saying that we have
been informed by the Pennsylvania au
thorities that no deposit of $120,000 is
on the books."
"But you have Mr. Mover's certificate
that there was?"
"Yes, we have that."
"Who negotiated with Mr. Moyer?;'
"Mr. Uoland."
Not Interested in Criminal End
"Are you contemplating criminal pro.
ceedings and will you join the Pennsyl
vania authorities in their prosecu
tions?" '
"I am not interested in the criminal
end of the case, That Is up to the dis
trict attorney, I -want to get all the
Continued en If Two; CalwamiSli
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mi minn imn ;
mmmmy
TO PRISON CELL
Former Police Lieutenant and
Uram First Locked Up in
West Chester Jail
! DYING MAN IS CHOSEN
" CELLMATE BY BENNETT
I Wants to Cheer Him Through
1 Ordeal All Get Prison
Bath and Suits
Bennett Chooses III Man
as Cellmate to Aid Him
"I wanted 1'rain for n cellmate
because he is in such poor physical
condition. I don't-expect that he
will live through itv And perhaps
I'll be nble to comfort him n little."
Lieutenant Bennett.
Former Police Lieutenant David Ben
nett nnd the fuc former patrolmen con-
icted with him in the Fifth wnrd elee-
tion conspiracy of September, 1017, are
now in prison. ...
i ney nave received meir nrsi prison
bnths
They have been clothed in the
prison uniform of blue and white jump
ers nnd overalls. Various elaborate
toilef articles they expected to keep dur
ing their confinement have been tnken
from them. They were locked today in
cells of the county jnil at West Ches
ter. Bennett and Kmanuel t'rnm were the
tno nrst to near tne ciounie uooi x oi
their cell clang shut behind them. They
are, in cell No. 24. on the second of tho
three tiers of .cells of which the prison
boasts. Bennett will serve eighteen
pionths, and t ram one ear.
(IT .....i.Tiw! 1..m fnn - ..nil 1,1 I I ll
enosc i,P is in such "noor physical
,iuim, " Tt.m.t n ill. "I don't ev-
pect that he will lic through it. And
...l...r. I'll V.n nlilii 1.. ....ttifiiiT liim n
l"-ii's ' " "- """ " -
little."
..
llaydcn lias leu aione
Clarence Hay den. who is a negro,
was the next man placed in a cell. He
will occupy cell No. 151 for six months.
After Hay den was disposed of two pris
on trustees aided Michael Murphy to
climb two llights of iron stairs to the
.I.I-.1 .I..- M...nl... .. ln tin. TTiiir. t,
lllllll III I ''II l'H.1 . II" I'll-i II ,llll lif , , . , , , .
serve, will be assigned his legulur cell I llp had I'""'"" ''" '"""' tntoniPiit.
tomorrow. i Mr. Stone said the railway brother-
Then the two other convicts. John hoods were bitterly opposed to returning
Wirtschnfter and Louis Fehlman. were . of ,1)C roa(s to th(, olll s, ,,,,, of eontrol.
taken to cell No. ."2. directly opposite,, . ... . , .,
,, , . .,., .,, . ' In the event the committee rejected the
Hay den ". I hey will each seie a year
in prison. Plumb plan, it would be the policy of
Counsel for the men said today that ' labor, he added, to create enough senti-
there is still a chance that a fight wllljment in and out of Congress to force i
lie made to nave tlieir cases reheard
in the I nited Mates Supreme ourt.
. . . ....
It nr Hi is. l Piitifstilnrrnl nn iL nit "in
The
prisoners themselves even doubt it.
Thomas IL Cogan, associate of Wil
liam A. firny. attorney for tho six men,
was with thein until the last moment.
He stated that lie would confer with
Mr. Gray in the near future and. al
though lie did not say it was likely that
a new trial would be asked, lie consid
ered it possible.
Men Seemed rherfnl
The men had little ro sav before thev'08,8 "-"'K iv '"" nimeiliatrl, to
were imprisoned. With the exception " "nRM nr.p "l ''H "'''I',. '"T 'le
nf it.,v.i n.,... o ' . ' you reduce the latter you solve
w . .h(i .,. ii, aii.(. iIV Ul T.VI l III I V1IV,
tneir tnte (iieertully. I hey were
friendly with eve'ry one they saw. even
with Truman D. Wnde, the district at
torney of Chester county who prosecuted
them for the pnrt they played iu the
crimes of the Bloody Fifths
,,.,, ... v.i.i ..
nJlnlr IV .Primary
mpaign of September two
election on
years ago.
As Bennett nnd I'rnm started up the
steps to their cell both Mr. Cogan and
Mr. Wade called good-bye to them.
"Good-bye," Bennett said.
Cram remained silent.
On September 10, which was prim
ary election day in 1017, George
A. Eppley, a special patrolman, vvns
murdered in front of a polling place in
tho Fifith ward by a gang nf New Yo'rk
gunmen imported to this city.
The six defendants, with their at
torney, arrived at West Chester at
11:10 o'clock this morning after making
the trip from this city In two private
automobiles. They stopped the mnchlnes
in square from the West Chester court
house, nnd ordered what they termed
"their last meal" at a hotel. But they
did'not eat it.
All Carry Umbrellas ;?
All of the men carried umbrellas aud
small traveling bogs. After the meal
was ordered, they walked to the ooifrt
house with the Intention of leaving their
luggage there. They -planned to return
to the hotel and eat.
Sheriff Clarence H. Ortllp received
the men in the courthouse. But once
they were Inside he refused to permit
them to return to the hotel. There was'
no dispute. This wns at 11 :.10 o'clock.
Deputy Sheriff William R. Crrsswell
appeared. Bennett shook hands as they
were introduced, and Wlrtschaftcr fol
lowed him.
"Fin glad to see you," the deputy
said.
"I'm, not glad to see you," was the
answer from Wlrtschafter. Bennett re-
CoottaTiea'.,,Mi
a. "Fourteen Column
I R STRIKE
Timr.x nimn i
mm, Kim
WOfiKERS' CHIEF
Brotherhood Head Says Labor
Won't Use Club to Force
Tripartite Control
LOWER COST OF LIVING
URGED TO ALLAY UNREST
,Sto"e Hints at Firing ( Squad
! for Food Prof'-
, teers
Labor and Price
Situation Today
Labor leaders tell House interstate
I commerce committee that O.00O.000 ,
workers are united In demanding con-
trnl of railroads.
I If rnnpm. piiIh 'inun llilnir cost, it i
j will solve problem of industrial tin
I rest, Warren S. Stone, head of rail
road workers, tells House committee.
ijahor ma4CS no strike threats to enforce
triparte control of railroads, he
s.i. ,
President Wilson will go before Congress
Friday to present message on lllng
cost problems.
Department of Justice agents are trark-
ing down profiteers and food hoarders,
Prosecutions will ho begun.
Federal trade commission report sns
high price of shoes Is due to exces
sive profits. Three remedies are of
fered. By tho Associated Press
Washington. Aug. (!. While organ-
izr(X ,abor ,1(ls Q0 concretp suggestion for
... .. . , ,. , ,. . ,
! clucnj: the cost of living, it may later,
after a more thorough inquiry, advocate
n tiring squad for $omc of those re-
' sponsible 'for the 'wave of profiteering
"'I'!K over the country, Warren S.
Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood !
of Locomotive Luginccrs. told
the
House
1, ,,
' today.
interstate commerce committtee
M. Stone appeared before the coin
mittec ns the first witnesx at the heal
ing on the Plumb plan for railroad con
trol by the public, the operating man
agement nnd labor.
ijiicsiioneu oy v nairni.iii i.scn ntier
.. n,lol)tio,.
, I
v. mivit ii lit inn.lo unit iirt mil innko i
" - " .....
nuy striKo throats, tne vviiuess sniu
in this connection. "We have not even
demanded nn ini reuse in vage. pre
ferring a reduction in the cost of llv-
I "I do not believe any labor organi
I nation will strike simply to foice the
1 Plumb plnn," Mr. Stone continued. "I I
think some organizations will strike un- '
the entire problem of industrial un
rest."
Repiesoutiitive Winslovv, Republican,
Massachusetts, engaged the witness in
a sharp colloquy which nt times brought
' augnter trom me large i-i
,, Mr wn,low wan
I vhat H,ow imKht ,.or
laughter from the large crowd at the
ted to know
ongiess should
have done.
"Congress could have seen what was
coming months ago," the witness re
plied. "Congress vvns so busy playing
politics it could not think of the com
mon people. If there were no laws to
deal with the problem laws should have
been passed."
Asked by Chairman Hsch if he had
any concrete suggestions, Mr. Stone re
plied :
"I think we might possibly offer many
suggestions. We have not got them in
concrete form at this lime. It might be
before we get through' we would advo
cate a firing squad for some people."
Chairman1 F.seh said he had seen this
suggestion made in some European
cpuntrie".
"'Answering Representative. Sanders,
'Republican. Indiana, Mr. Stoue said
'the time was coining when the price of
roul would be fixed by the government
''so men won't get rich while others
freeze."
Labor Ilelieves in Dill, Says Stono
Declaring that American democracy
was controlled by an autocracy in in
dustry. Mi. Stone argued that there
could be no solution and '-no lowering
of the rost of living as long as con
sumers had to pay extortionate profits
on their own earnings in purchasing the
necessaries of life.
Labor's belief in the 81ms bill, em
bodying the railroad employes' plan for
the solution of the railroad problem,
was declared by Mr. atone to be pro
found. In this plan, he said, the work.
ers raised the banner of democracy in
Coattnutd OAfwi rtrurtoen Cell
luamOsB
Lansing Says
flan Was iot fresentea
Tells Senators Wilson Enjoined Secrecy on
Discussions Unaware of Japanese-Allied
Treaty While Dealing With Ishii
By t lie Asoselated Press
Washington. Aug. 0. Secretary
Lansing told the Senate foreign rela
tions committee today that the Ameri
can plan for n league of nations was
"not pressed" lit Versailles and never
was presented to the full Peace Cou-
i fei em e.
The secretin ,. appearing at a public
hearing of the committee, said he did
not know whether a copy of the Amer
ican draft still was in existence. He
presumed, lie siiid, that the draft was
mode by President Wilson, and added
that n copj might still be in the Presi
dent's possession.
Didn't Know of Secret Treaty
Discussing the Shantung provision of
the treaty. Secretary Lansing said the
Lansing-Ishh agreement, made to ob
tain leafiirmation l Japan of the open
'""' , in i nina. was entereu into
u "" Mneucan Government without
knowledge of the secret treaty between
Japan and the Allies for a transfer of
JiTiiinti concessions in Shantung to
Japan.
Mr. Lansing did not recall how the I
, .
WILSON ON FRIDAY
President Will Appear Person-
ally to Offer Recommenda- j
tions to Reduce Prices
TO SUGGEST NEW LAWS
Washington. Aus. IS. Prc-ddcnt Wil-
son ill adders ('ongrc-
persnn
- Frlda, In make rcconunemhtini
for
legisli'tion deigned to aid in rcdui'
ing the cost of Ihlni.
This wn lenrned i
today j't the White House.
Department of Justice
throughout the country todav already
were at work to carry out the order
of the attorney general issued late yes
CONGRESS TO HEAR
,.. .1, .. i:,,..t .,,! l lc ..f'limucu row, nryn .nuwr.
ll'llltlt III II III mil 1 1 n lillil li'.ti 1 in 1 ". ill
11. .! 1 . 1 1
food and otner necessities lie I racked
, , . , .. ,
down and pinsecntcd under the I.cver
. 10011 control nci.
I Tile 1 eeiiiiiineiiil.itions of the snh-
committee of lluei. appointed by the
President to wink out a program for
reduction of li cosl of living, were re
jected in s-n far as breaking the market
on wh'it 'Mis coii'-i rued, hut the rec
ommendations of the subcommittee for
vigorous en fori einent of all Hie war
time pnweis of the Levpr act. creating
the fond nnd fuel administrations, nnd
for the disgorging of all supplies now
held In the "overiunent. were approved
.
The administration has decided upon
no- course Willi respect to the pacK-
' ers. but it was learned that Attorney
General Palmer N g'uii.; consideration
to the reports of the Federal Trade
Commission, an" they nm form the
I basis nf sonic action Mr. Palmer de
clared that nfheliils of his department
had been considering the charges against
them and added that a
statement of
Continued on I'nae Fourteen Column Five
DREXEL & CO- GET CITY LOAN AT $101-533
5jjV'
City Controller Walton nnnounced this afternoon flint
TJrexed & Co. had been awarded the 52,000,000 city loan issue
at $101,533.
JOHN W- MOSS. RETIRED BANKER. DEAD
John W. Moss, eighty-one years old, of 2214 De Lancey
Place, for many years a hanker and broker in this city, died at a
beach-front hotel in Atlantic City last night. Mrs. Moss was
with him nt the time of his death. He had retired fiom business
borne years ago.
WILSON MAY ASK "TEETH" FOR ANTI-G0UGING LAWS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. When President Wilson ad
dresses Congress on Friday it is expected that one of his
recommendations will be '"more teeth to make existing' laws ef
fective to adequately cope with profiteering. He also may ask
for a inodifiecl licensing system under which margins of profit
could be controlled so as tu bring an immediate reduction in price.
.BABY BURNS TO DEATH
Head of Match Fell In Cradle, Ignit
ing Covers
A match carelessly struck beside the
cradle tif a baby cost tiTe life of Cath
erine Begnan, eighteen months old, of
1332 South Lambert street.
The child was sleeping when some
one pa the room attempted to light a
match. The head flew off and dropped
into the cradle, setting the child afire.
Detective Rinehold, of the Twentieth
and Federal streets station, heard the
baby's cries and ran into the house. Ho
Biii.ttA.tAr1 In Avtl.i0itiehlnu tno, Ara hut
jji,. chm was gn ta(1Jy burne,i tna't sh0
the Polyclinic Hoa-
W'' f
U. S. League
American plan for the league differed
from that eventually adopted. Asked
by Senator Brandegee. Republican.
Connecticut, whether it was true that
the American plan was drafted by two'
New -York lawyers for the President,
the witness replied :
"I think that is not true."
"And was the plan not destroyed
because It was so absurd?" asked Mr.
Brandegee.
"I never heard of that." said Mr. I
Lansing.
The secretary said he thought the plan
now embodied in the league covenant
was n "decided improvement" on the
American plan. He could not go into
detnils, however, because he was not
it member of the commission which i
drafted the covenant. The American'
plan, he thought
was "along the same
general lines" as the one adopted.
Mr. Lansing snli he had presented a
resolution "covering general principles"
of a league, but no action was taken
on it.
I". S. to Determine Expenses
Asked how expenses of the league
Continued on I'oae Tonrtern Column Four
KILLS UTILE BOY
Motortruck, Carrying Poor Kid-
dies to Country, Runs Over
Two Children
I
HURT
ONE LAD SLIGHTLY
iiifitrtrtnti'L
The "T'arndis-c Special"
cnrrjiinr" twenty-one poor
..i. .
t,.s city it-UK iron. .1 ........ g miner ,
the direction of the ( nililren s 1 ountry
Week Association, today ran over two
little boys at Lancaster nnd Central
nvrnUPS linn .Maui. ,
One of ti.e bovs died a short time
nfter he was taken to the I!., Mnwr
Hospital.
'
He was I'l-o.l Curtis, six years old, of
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The !ti who was injured
, ,. -, , ,
wood Snyder, seven yenrs old
,, .,
is Ly n- i
also of
The truck was near the top of a
hill in Lancaster n venue,
boys ran from behind an
iil.nn i.. n
automobile
in the street
Willinm White, a negro, of l!l."2
South Warnoik streit. who was driv
ing tho "Piitndise Special." tried to
stop the machine. Before it came to
a standstill it had passed over the two
boys.
Mrs. A. N. IL Miller, of the Chil
dren's Country Week Association, was
riding in the front seat of the truck.
She says that White was in no way to
blame for the accident White, she
says, diil everything possible to avoid
running over the children.
Coroner Neville, of Montgomery
county, held nil inquest later iu the
'day nt the Ardniore police station. A
j jury exonerated the
chuiiffein of the
Paradise Special.
TWO TOBOGGAN TO DEATH
Boston Boys Take Fatal Slide Down
Mt. Washington Railway on Plank
Bretton Woods, N. II., Aug. 0. (By
A. P.) Harry Clauson, nineteen yenrs
old, and Jack Lonigau, twenty-one,
both of South Boston, Mass., were
killed yesterday when a plank upon
which they were sliding down th,e cog
railway tracks on Mount
flew off the rolls a few-
Jacob's Ladder,
The young men were hurled 100 feet
from the track and their" bodies were
found wedged in the branches of trees.
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PARADISE SPECIAL
wMpsas.
Win
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SHOE PROFITS
ARE EXCESSIVE
Packers, Tanners, Makers and
Retailers Pyramid Prices,
Trade Commission Finds
RELIEF FRTJM 'INTOLERABLE!
CHARGES IS PROPOSED
Three Measures Urged on Law
makers Statement in Hands
of President Wilson
By the Associated Press
Washington. Aug. 0. Cnprecedented
prolits taken by slaugntercrs, canncrs,
manufact ircrs nnd dealers for which
there was ..o justification are respon
sible for the high prices of shoes, Con
gresM was informed today by the Federal
Trade Commission, which recently com
pleted en inquiry into the shoe business
for the period from 1014 to 1018.-
The commission's complete report' was
not available, but President Wilson was
understood to have ordered a detailed
summary- printed immediately knd,
transmitted to Congress in connection.)
with efforts of the government to com
bat high living costf. .
Representative IgnV. Democrat,
Missouri, now has peeling in the
House n resolution providing for an in
quiry into shoe prices by the commis
sion, but liis efforts to get action on tt
I repeatedly have met ivlth failure,
I nuggesis mrcc utiiinim A!
After reviewing profits in each BCC
tjon ti,c si10P industry, the commtsJ'af!p
(ion said mme relief
'..fiitili ...Monet ' nnld liv
children of... i,,i i .1.1,1 enforcement of lHwrawrta
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. ,,.,. Pntrol of comS1
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modifies; legislation lormciiung pro- f.
ducers of hides engaging iu the tanning-
Dimness, ituu .muiniuu wi " "-
nunlnt the consumer with the selliug
l-r'r ofhc manufacturer.
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iirr rtnomi f llil'a t ril 111 t II I Tl iT Ctf ftllOO 11 TIP Ml
l . - -...1 .. .1 ..., Ir.. r.9 annona in. nt-.
, "r ,.,i ,.ril!110 ln nln nrlc
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of hides, the supplyof which they were
said to control. On top of this in-
erenso, it was charged, the tanners have
taken "exceptional prolits," while the
ShOO IIinillllBClIircrs HUM- HflllUIIUt-11 1111
"unusual margin." nnd the retailer,
have charged prices thnt are not jus
tillable."
Commission's Inquiry Exhaustive
The commission's report is the result
of nn exhaustive inquiry into the price
of hides. leather nnd shoes begun more
than n year ago, It was said.
It has been in the President's hands
for some time.
To show that the packers during the
last four years have mnde unwarranted
increases iu the price of "packer"
hides, the report pointed out that, he
price differential between their hides,
and "country" hides hides of a lower
grade has inci cased "far beyond sie
usual propoi tion."
.Makers Oct Big Profits
Charges qf excessive profits against
the tanner nnd the shoe manufacturer
were said to be supported by "the high
rates of return.on investments" in both
industries following the price increases.
1 "The public," said the nport, "had
. to pay prices for shoes that not only
i could not be justified because retail shoe
dealers took too much profit, but be
cause the dealer had to pass on to the
consumer the excessive profits received
by butchers for hides, nnd also the ex
cess profits of tanners and shqc manu
facturers." Calls Gains Unprecedented
While noting 4lmt because of increases
in the cost of materials during the war
period "prices were bound to advance.
I considerably , even though no large
profits were obtained," the commission
said leuther manufacturers, shoe manu-.
fncturers and retail shoe merchants all.
i mnde "unprecedented profits."
j "Kven in 1014 the tanning industry
vvns prosperous." said tho report,, "in.
, perhaps a majority of cases earnings
were 10 per cent or more and only B
' few suffered losses. By lflltl and 1017
It wns rather unusual for a company to
earn less than 20 per cent.
"A similar comparison for manuftic; $h
Hirers Ol mium mnma mei. murr lillH;j
twice as many made a profit of 20 peril?
cent or more in lull) ana ivu ,,&
.did iu 101-1. 6 "
Kate ot Return Uncertain r ia
The rate of return on investment ;.
j shoe merrhants cannot be stated, lint 'ft
'is evident from the volume of busln.,
tney linu aim irom iiir kium iuurRiuo,u. , :
ninfif thev secured ner pair of shoes. '
that their business wan very profitable.? '?
laKing into cimnmi-riuwu nil jn$
circumstances, especially the clrcust: ';
t Washington, stance that the United States, was ')Mt
i-' yards abovnj;aged in war, the large profit take 'fcf &
siaugniererB lur uiui-i, uj ji ;
fncturers and retail 'shoe dealers i
be justified, and there is cob
no justification for price. that :
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