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SEEK WOMAN NOW
N LAND TANGLE
Mrs. Elliott, Who Suod Head of Five Hundred Boys and Girls of'
Springfield Manor Dovelop- i Lady of Good Counsel Insti
A ment Co., Leaves City tution Visit War Vessel
r;P'USH THE INVESTIGATION,
Aiiollirr "ilif5Q'iom jiik ' became
known lodnv In the Siriuntlcii Manor
Development Company tnnglo.
J,ee A. Wallace, piomotcr of the lnml
company , loft the city :iftrr n lnt holder
obtained n warrant against him nml
when Sirs, Gertrude II. Plllott sued
him for alleged breach of promise
Now It is Mr". KUIott lui it .ilil
to hnvo "disappeared." Attorneys in
terested in the cn.e learned today she
bad gone to Raltlmotc. Wallace wit
Jirevlonsly reported to Imp loft "for
the south."
The development enmpanv :i . I
formed recently l.v Wallace, who ac
quired n tract of land west of the
Sixty-ninth street terminal and latpi
Induced Mrs Mary P.. Hill, owner of
the adjoining tract, to participate in
the development plan
The first tract which Wnll-i -e obtained
was known as the Yarunll tract Tin
promoter Is said to have made a small
cash payment. Icoving n purchase money
mortgage of SSI .000 against it.
Sold l,ots on Until Tr.nls
The affable and persuasive Mr. Wal
lace sold lots mi both the Ynrnnll nnd
the Hill trnctK When lotholders tiled
to obtain title insurance for their pur
chases they were unMioccssfuI. A title
Insurance compnnj learned that Wal
lace had a wife, believed to be in the
west. The wife's signature was needed
on the legal documents.
Later Wallace is said to hne intro
duced a woman ns Mrs Wallace. The
latter signed the documents and then
apparently, left the citj .
"While the S.'O.OOO breach of promise
suit has added phpiancj to the wise
it is not regarded as having nnj effect
on the adjustment of the lotholders'
claims that have been advanced.
Realty Expert Employed
A r'cnlt expert. John II. I.ongstrect,
has been euinowered to negotiate a
mortgage on the Hill tract, the proceeds i
to dispose of claims against that piece
-ofLgrnund lloth .1 .luseph.Strntton and
I'aksOn Oeoter, wlio represent .Mis.
Hill, are confident that the claims of lot
buyers on Mrs Hill's tract will nil be
adjusted satisfactonlj .
The Yaruall tiait figuring in the
case was owned by sisters of Albert
T Ynrnnll, treasurer of the .1. T Jnck
son Company, realtors. Crank P. I'el
ton, Jr., president of the rraltj com
pany, todns look exception to state
ments that his company held the mort
gage against the Yaruall tract.
Mr.Felton issued this statement "The
J. T. Jackson Companj asert that
Last spring thej acted as agents iu
tho sale o n trn-t of laud at Spring
Jield to li . Wallace on terms sutis
'factorv to the ovvneia of the iironcrt.v .
?.S 'Xha owners pasued title to the laud
s subject to n purchase money mortgage
Tills closed tlie transaction so tar us
J. T. Jackson Company conrcrued."
MAN SHOT IN BUFFALO
Riot Follows Hold-Up of Cars Carry
ing Workmen
Buffalo, Oct 7. (lij A 1 i- Sev - I
eral men were slightl.v hurt ami ow
was reported wounded by a bullet from i
a revolver this morning, when a crowd I
of 1000 men held up cars of the liufl'nlo
and Lake Krie Traction Company be
tweeu the citj line nnd Lackawanna.
Ties and blocks of concrete piled up
on the tracks held up the first car and
ultimately blocked six of them carrjiug
workmen to thp Lackawanna Steel
Company, one of the tluee local plants
closed by the strike.
Fusillades of rocks met the cars us
they came to a standstill The work
men fought back nnd several of them.
nccording to police information, used
revolvers. A detail of poli-e hurried to
the pcenc in nn automobile and quickly
put the rioters to Might The man
.said to huve been wounded hnd disap
peared when tlie police arrived
YORK COUNTY FAIR OPENS
Thirty Thousand Attend, Including
5000 School Children
Yorlc, Pa., Oct. 7 With record ex-
hlblts in every department, the sixlj
sixth annual York count' fair opened
r,oday under most favorable conditions.
The seventy five acre enclosure is filleil
with every conceivable attraction for
the entertainment of the joung and old.
,nd the biggest exhibition in the his
tory of the society ;s prcsideted. Tlie
management has retained tlie Iwent.v-
UVerfcent admission charge, including
war tax. Five thousand school children
were cuests of the societ today, the
public schools of the count having been
vjoscd for the afternoon.
A strong racing program lias been
provided for the visitors The opening
attendance Is estimated at thjrtj thous
and. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Hnry Brpwiter Kvunnton III . and Cnn-
Manoe Van Bosh Haverford. Pa
Jtiltaejll M Pucklcs I'D Carpenter lane, and
rfcT .nf"hr?i!1- 375 N ''rlli !
'ii gwliKl" Allentown Pa . anil Annlo
S. Nicholson. 82a Sprue st
.Toarptl Simnaon. '.'00(1 k Venango l nnd
j. --..-.. - ...... ..uf. ikiuuiuim hi
- ISolaa. iruo u en.l ,
and Mars H
rUymond J XVIlllaraa 3.14.-, x tatli t and
Calberlne A, .Seveeno 3315 N intii nt
"". v- Northelmor Heading 1'a . ana
Brth. M Moh, Readlne. Pa
Jllanchard L,. EIIIb. ssin N Colorado tit
and Helm At JUlpln. oass Norwood at
Jacob Etcyar. 322 PortPr at and no? Kau
322 Torter at
Fank Hauhey. 7.11) JC 2d at and Mir
, caret Brennan. Cheatnut mil Ta,
Wtlltam J JIamiltoti. 1084 K 21th at . anc"
Atrila If. Amrv. 100 SJ W'tl,r.,i ,
"&JSS Jtoe trailer 1724 Plum l and Sara J,
j. Ellla. 45U Mulberry at
ftatt Tloaal. lir.H s. 12tli st anil Lucy
, Stalflere. 142H Mooro at
jMC'JWon w Wylann J34S K Susqnphannn
ii V auehanna avp
k Cfcarlea D. Brown. B14I) Tacony at . and
. " sJannla A Marshal' 44(111 Solomon at.
Jowph Danna, 712 Dickinson st and Itosa
i' lla Mirendi, 1311 S ftth at
.Io(tjh B. Nlssman. IS22 H Prcy at . and
Francas N", Pander, 'JSlfl K, Patton at
Ioaph C Dourhprty, innft sj nf.d St., and
., .wary u. wcoonlgal B.144 Scott lane
,T JMhan nranltiky. 10X.1 S, 0th at and
Sara re r man. 1113.1 a. nth st
!$ Alfonso ISrro, .1106 wrarton at . and Jla-
9 , iiio euro, aioei vvnarton at,
sullua Jhspuii. Camden. N J . and (Sarah
V li'lir n, 1010 Olanwood avp
,,. Jtftfw ruck. 21M N 18th st and Uunlcei
': .If f'. 440 Chestnut st
''ifl "' ,T" C'onovpe, camten, N J nnd
-. u nr. Kpne 3-l r. zzci' ai,
'few Yriifs. Fo't Ju Poni. rial., ana";5e " aui.vrimcm.cmx puu ponce
wl-'v vp'w.Ucaiie. I'MS EiUworth at, of. the park yesterday ranted a per-
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1SGH00L CHILDREN !
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BOARD ITALIAN SHIP
ADMIRAL CONZ GREETS THEM'
Sor.io of the bo.vs decided at once to
join the nnvj, nnd one little girl of
seven said she intended "to be a Red
Cross."
It was a great daj for the Italian
American youngsters from the school of
Our I.ndy of Good Counsel at Highth
and Christian. Kive hundred of them,
on ii rough count, nnd they didn't
stand still long enough for anv one to
count them inrefullv. were received to
daj on boird the Cnnte ill favour hj
Ailmlial t'go Con, memheis of his
staff and crew .
Heading the long doub'c Hue nine
two little
iris, Jennie Roberta, with
n n Italian tlag and a carefully written
address, ami t.ue.v (Snernern, with a
large bunch of tluwers. J'nllowing In a
double procession came the boys of the
school nnd then the girls each wearing
a small lfalinu Hag
After a number of cheers, in whiih
meiien mil It'llv w-eie jtlilie ieiush
mingled, the cliildtcn gathered around
the ndmiinl while lie told them that
those who had never been In Itnlj
could now a that tlic.v had been there
for the warship was part of Italj
"He good Amerlinii citlens,"' said
tlie admiral, "so that Ituly mny.be
respected ill Ameiiiu "
Sing Italian N.itlnual llmn
The Itallun national li.vmn was sung,
and the crew s.uig lustily "The ll"llc
of Triestr," Ital.v's most popular war
snug. President wns affected mentallv. I he
Some of the luckiest of the voungsteis 'President is not so iiffectcd, nor thrcat
lnnungiil to get small loaves of hread i encd with su h affection no in any dan -to
take nway with them. The ever- ger of ever becoming so alTicted The
r'Kes were linislied near noon, just us tumble which he has never developed
the bread was being taken from the ' m that diicction.
ovens, and tne (liililreii round tueir wnv
Into all orncrs of the ship stopping In
the bnkeiy long cnougli to get a
souvenir
This afti moon the piogr.im included
sight -seeing for the admiral nnd his
aide, Lieutenant Itruno Hivn.
I inn not mv own master," saiil the
admn.il suiilitiglj. "1 meet my m.ister
general. Mr. Welch of the War
ramp ('nmiuiiiiity Service, nnd I be-
lire,,, we go to points of historical in-
terest inside and outside Philadelphia
this afternoon.
(ilvni Dinner Tonight
Tonight the local Itnlian committee
will entertain Admiral Conz Mild his
othceis at a real Italian dinner at Leon
cavallo's restaurant. Twelfth and Spiuec
streets. Time hundred men of the crew
will be dined tonight bv tlie llcnediet
Service Club at its headquarters, 1017
Market street.
The tlip to Atlautic Citj, which ivas
to have been todav, hns bcpn postponed
until next Jlondaj . at which time the
admiral and nine of his officers will be
the guests of Major Rachaiach. They
will be given a dinner at thp Ambassa
dor Hotel and will be shown about the
resort.
' The engineering officers of the battle
shlp visited the Atlantic Refining Com
i panv lodai .
COA'Z TO BE GUEST
OF CHESTER FRIDAY
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Lity lo Hecpwe Italian Admiral
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tliestcr, Oct. 7. Admiral I'go Con!,
of the Itnllnn nnvj , who arrived Sun
da.v on the Conti di Cavour, will be
the guest of the Italians of Chester
Kridav. Klabornte plans arc being mnde ,
for the reception of the naval hero
nnd his stuff.
The admiral will come to Chester by
automobile Pridaj afternoon anil will
be received formnllv nt the Citv Hall
b.v Ala or AIcDovvell and citv officials.
He will then be escorted to Deshong
Park b the home guards, where he
will be given a welcome b school chil
dren of Chester. It is expected that
the schools will adjourn b'ridav after
noon's session in order thnt all the
children mn.v have a part in the wel
come ty Adinunl Con.
following the school cliildten s tallv
and community singing at the park Ad
mipnl Pmiz will he the crops!" nf tl,
ivnnsvlviinin Militarv Academy. He
will also visit a number of the indus-
t',i'"!
! Officials of the Italian Community
Club are acting ns an executive commit
tee on the admiral's ree-eption. rDhey
arc .1 oil ii M Hi Silvestro, Kugene Ales
snndmui, assistant district nttorney of
Philadelphi.i : Ilugene Itlpetto iitiel Ilr.
.Nicholas Albanrs.
Tlie festivities will c-lose with a bau-
1 quet at Odd Pellovvs' Hall, at which
i the principal atV 'SM m 111 be made by
i (iovernnr Sproul. at whose invitation
the admiral comes to Chester.
HOLD TW0JN TINE THEFTS j
Spectator Arrested In Case During
Hearing of Boy
While Magistrate Wrigley was hear
ing n case agninsl a boy accused of
stealing tires todav, ,Iamrn Craven,
twenty-two years old, of Kensington
avenue, entered the courtroom and was
arrested b.v detectives, who charged him
with receiving stolen tires from the
prisoner.
The boy under eiamination was Kd
ward 15. Jones, seventeen jears old, of
I'ast Ontario street. Detectives Gra
ham and Itpevps, of the York road and
Chnmplost avenue police station, Inlcl
the magistrate that joung .Topes had
stolen tires valued at .VUSO on October
f from the garage of William Abrams
at A and Mentor streets, and had hid
den them iu the cellar of his brother-in-law,
Harry O. Wingel, .".lfiO Ken
sington avenue.
Detective Graham said he arrested
the boy after bujlng twelve new tires
from him for $20.
Magistrate Wrigley held Jones and
Graver under $n00 ball each for further
hearing on October 11,
Plan Demonstration on Plateau
Relmont Plateau will be the scene of
a demonstration of the outdoor activi
ties of the various playgrounds of the
Board of Recreation on Saturday, Oc
tober J8, for which purposes the com-
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CROSSING DISASTER IN WHICH WOMEN LOST LIVES
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It. I.rdKCI I'hotn Hrrvlee
Winked automobile in vvbiili Miss Kli7aheth 1), Lockvvnnd. or THtl St. Martin's lane, Chestnut Hill, and
Miss .liilln It. I.ear, Srliool I.niic Apartmenls, Gcrmantnvin. lost their lives when the car was lilt b the
"Itetlilehrm Fllci" at an unguarded guide crossing on the Reading It'jlluay between (Ireland and Camp Hill
Wilson Is Bright
and Clear of Mind
rmillnucil J'roni Tune One
mors nbout bis condition can be dis
missed as untrue. These rumors have
been various and fnr fiom the mark. One
senator is reported to nave sain 10 a
conipnuj of people last night that the
Admiral firajson has publielj denied
that the President has suffered from a
stroke of paralvsis. On the othei hand
it is admitted in circles close to the
White House that at one lime a
Utiokc of paral.vsis was feared lis one
I of the possible developments of the
' Piesjdeiit's condition.
It is said thai this fear lui- passed
If all this is true and there are
'signs of it certain luck of frankness in
'dealing with the public which is re
sponsible for most of the absurd rumors
'circulating with regard to the Prcsi
dent's real condition then the passing
of that fear is of happi argur.v. In
that case the inroads which the strain
of the last two jenrs with their exces
sive work, theii excitements, tlie over
stimulation of world lendetship. the en
suing depression of disappointment,
and the sufferlnjs caused bj detraction,
have made into the President's plijsi
cal condition, are not irreparable b.v
rest unc' care hereafter.
That inroads have been made into
bis ph.vslcnl s.vsteni as well as into his
nervous system seems almost certain,
ilr. Wilson was speeded up b what
William James called, speaking of
Roosevelt, the "d.vniimogenic influence"
of the presidency . and in Mr. Wilson's
case the presidenc.v in a great c risis to
vast expenditures of energ.v
Colonel House, who was closer to him
thnu nnj one else at Paris, often said
that he had never seen a man vvitli such
n capaclt.v to do an enormous amount
of work and to woiK so rapidl.v He is
pnjing now for the oapnoit.v he develop
ed then under the stimulation of a great
clutv, nml ut his age there" is little
doubt that nature has collected from
him in phjsical ns well as in nervous
resources.
No liasis for Alarmist Rumors
That the President will recover the
capacity to work he had nt Paris and
during tlie last tvj'o jears of the war
is most unlikelj. He mil never work
hard again during what is left of his'
term Itut this gives no license for
the stories that Colonel House is com
ing back from Paris to be the real Presi
dent or that Vice Picsident Marshall
will take over the duties of tho office.
Such talk is ill-timed and unsure!. The
constitution provides no way of do
lennining when the President is so dis
nbied as to be incapable of acting. Two
methods have been suggested, one is that
the President himself should call upon
the vice president (o nrt in bis place.
Tlie other is that Congress should pass;
a lcKolution declaring tlie President in
enpacitdted.
Neither tiling would be done at this
time. No lb.vsicinn would permit the
President to be approached now with
sui'h a suggestion. And Congress would
not face the public with such a res0
lution.
Nor is thcie anj need of .Mr. ,M"f
snail's taking the President's place.
No highly -important measure will re
quire action by him until the peace
troatj is ratified. If it is in titled in a
form reasonably satisfactory lo the
President, as now seems likelj, it is
probable thnt his pli.vsicians will be
glad bj that time to have him act upon
it himself.
Iteacljiislment of I(esKinslbillties
In matters other than those wheie
constitutionally personal action by the
President is requirpel other persons will
lmve to acnulre the habit of ossuinine
responsibility. Senator Hitchcock will
assume responsibility for the treatv,
nnd already there are signs that hi? po
sltion is beiug strengthened.
Mr. Ilaruch will have to assume au
thority in the industrial conference
Cabinet officers will have to stand upon
their own feet. The process by which
everything has got into the President's
hands will have to be reversed. It will
take a little time to get atrophied mem
bers to work again, Rut the thing will
come about naturally Only prolonged
delay of the President's recuperation
would make the calling of Sir Marshall
iuto action possible.
FAVORABLE SIGNS
SEEN BY PHYSICIANS
Appetite Better, but Complete
Rest Enjoined
Washington, Oct. 7, (By A. P.)
President Wilson continues to improve
and he is eating and sleeplug 'veil, said
a bulletin issued at 11 !2o a, m. today
by Rear Admiral Grayson, the Presl,
IVntV pbyeleiani Hwr Admiral Slitt,
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ncad of the naval medical srliool here,
and Ilr Sterling Ruffin, of this citj
The bulletin was Issued nflcr the
usual morning consultation of the ph.vsi
cians Supplementing the bulletin, Hoc
tor (irajsou said the President'!! good
appetite was a favorable sign.
Doctor Orajsou saj, tlc President
was restless and desired to attend lo
public matters. However, the doctois
Insist that their orders for complete
rest be strictly cniricd out nnd the
Piesic'ent will be kept in bed for (lie
present
In the view of Hoctor (irnv'oii, the
I President, despite the improvement
shown during the last few days, is not
vet out of danger and the ph.vsirinns
fear Hint nnj undue excitement now
might offset the gains he has made.
There is no intention now to scud
the President nvvaj from Washington.
Messages of sjniputli.v continued to
re.ieh the White House todav One
from President Ador, of the Swiss Con
f 'delation, said :
'The Swiss federal council, tiulj
gi levee! lo bear of jour illness, begs
vou to accept its wishes of speed and
full rccoverj."
A cablegram from President D'Arti
giienava of Haiti, said :
"With most sincere wishes lor speedy
lecovery 1 send to his Hxcellencj , tlie
Picisidciit of the United States, senti
ments of genuine sjmpathy iu which
the government and people of Haiti
beartfully join."
London. Oct. 7. (Hi A. P.
-King
Ceorge, who is grcntlv concerned over I
the illness of President Wilson, todaj i
sent bis private sccietarj, Colonel Clive
Wigrnm, (o the American embassy to
seek the lutest news regarding the I
Piesident's condition. Colonel Wigram i
also was. instructed to express his ,
majestv's sincere sjmpatbj with Prcs-I
iclent and Mrs. Wilson. '
Universal Service
Scored by Price
Cnntlnural l'rom Tnf One
sitv of armed interfeience arise the
nnvj of Kugl.iud would be found fighting
with ours.
"Without the possession of n great
armed force a country will hesitate, long
before declaring war.
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"Do vou think it a good thing, ai
wise tiling.-to inculcate tne war Bfrm
' in the hcaits of our American jouthV
Pears (trow Hi of Militarism
'Could nuvthing be more hateful
tlian the conception of the thought that
thej might grow to give toast, as Ger-
mnn officers did for jears, to "The
Dnv." when war would begin;
"I'nivcrsal military service is not
pi oof of the faith of Americans iu the
intc,;ritv of its covenants and the sta
bility of its institutions,
"The militarj policy of this country
is of vital concern to it people, no less
important than is tlie treaty of peace or i
the league of nations covenant."
LIBERTY LOAN BODY FORMED1
Workers In Philadelphia Organize a
Permanent Association
To keep intact the body of I,ibeity
Loan workers there haR Iipcu formed
in this city the United tStcs Liberty
Loan organization.
At the first meeting the following
officers were elected: President K. Mc
Lain Wnttcrs; vice prpsidents, Howard
Kinney and Casimir Kienkiew icz ; sec
rctarv, George I. Hodlne, Jr.. nnd treas-
urrr. Joseph C: Wickham.
It was decided to notify about 100
men who lujel done exceptional service
during (he Innno tn iWnme members
0f the club and nt the second meeting
to be held at the Union League today
tlie scope of tho club will "be more
I eletinitelv elpternilned.'
Rill T7 RFPnRTFn WITH RFIll
uuli MtruHitu wim ncuai
German Baltic Chief,
Recalled,
Switches to Bolshevist
Copenhagen, Oct: 7. (By A. J)
General von eler Goltz, commauder of
German forces in the Baltic provinces,
whose activities there have recently led
(o sharp exchanges between the allied
powers and Germany, has, with his
staff, joined tho Russian Bolshevik
forces, according to n Berlin dispatch lo
the National Tidcndo quoting n report
from Petrograei Telegraph Agency.
There ib no confirmation of the report
obtainable here.
INJURED AVIATORS BETTER
Slight improvement has been noted
in the condition of the six United
States army aviators who were injured
in two crashes at Bustleton Field last
Sunday afternoon. They are all now
at the Frankford Hospital, where they
were taken following the accident. Al
though still in serious condition, all
of them are expected to recover.
Tne most seriously Jnjurert ot tne
alx lft Lieutenant PhnplaXlt Colt. Col
onel Townsepd V, Dodd Was killed Jn
ob? of the crashes.
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AAvr'
Fatalities Prompt
Grade-Crossing War
t'nntlmird l'rom rnite One
described as dangerous. U is an open
crossing, witli nn automatic bell,
While this bell rings there is danger.
The automobile was stopped at the
j crossing while u freight train passed.
It was then driven onto the trneks,
j although the bell was still ringing its
warning. Tlie passenger train was ap-
pronching on another true k.
I "Tlie nutomobile was set in motion
immediately after the fi eight train
passed. When the c ngineer of the pas
senger tinin sau i( on the track ahead
it was impossible for him to stop the
train to prevent the accident.
"We regret (his accident ns much as
any other persons, and think that be
fore we arc criticized an investigation
shnuTil be mnde into the facts.
"The Reading Railroad has not op
posed the elimination of grade cross
ings. On the contrarj, it ban spent
large sums iu that work During the
last j ear niauj oosslngs have been
eliminated between Philadelphia and
New Y'ork and between Harrisburg and
Reading.
"It is unfair to saj tjiat politics lias
blocked the fight of tlie Chestnut Hill
Husiness Men's Association or any
other organization against grnele cross
ings. The railroads want all danger
spots eliminated.
"When the war started, 1 under-
stand, word came from Washington to
the state Public Service Commission
that work on the elimination of grade
crossings nnd other work which could
be suspended should .not bo pressed
owing to the scaicity of men, and the
high cost of materials,
"This and not opposition to the
"lliuiuation of grade crossings wns the
i.inse of susnension of some of the work
which would have been done in the last
few years but for war conditions.
"After an nccident such as this there
is a natural feeling that something
should be done to prevent accideifts ut
crossings, but wild chnrges should not
ho iniicle which cannot be supported."
The engine of the train had to be
changed because the crash was so ter
rific that it shattered tne lopomouvc
. ,
( jijss i,Par 1S survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Lear, n sister,
iMiss Sielnev Lear, who is on the staff ot
" " IiEDQEn, an.l
,. . t. u ,,, f!nnrffo nnit Wil-
liam. Mr. Lear is an employe of the
. Equitable Lifp Insurance Company. Her
grandfather, George I-ear, was attor-
ney general of Pennsylvania under Oov-
, ernor Hnrtrauft
Miss Loekwood is survived by her
mother, -virs. v nanes j.ocicvvouei, uv
is spvpntv -eicht vears old, nnd is pros-
tratpel by the shock, and two bisters,
Miss Louise Lorkwood and Mrs. Ben
jamin Hush.
HOTEL MEN RE-ELECT LUKES
Former Owner of1 Walton Chosen
President for Fifth Term
The annual election of officers for
the Pennsylvania State Hotel Men's As
sociation was belli this morning in the
First liegiment Armory, Hroad nnd
Callovvbill streets, at the fourteenth nn
nuiil meeting. Louis Lukes, for eiglit
years proprietor of the Hotel Walton
in (his city, and now of the Hotel
Rriinswlck, Lancaster, Pa., was elected
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senee of two terms from the office. Mr.
Lukes hohls a unique record iu the
association in holding the office of presi
dent, tills being his fifth term, .The
1 previous recorel was two Terms
Other officers elected were: Trcas
urer. David II. Proven, Aelelplna llo
tel : secretary, Colonel Thomas Iesllc,
editor of Hotel and Club News; phnir-
man of the executive committee, Mahlon
W. Newton, of Green's Hotel; first
I Vice president, L. Fred Kloo., General
I'orbcs Hotel, Pittsburgh; second vice
r(ifdentt M1Uon Wo0ll3 IIotcl Hvdei
rtirirunv : third vico iiresielent. J. H. O.
j Uinble, Mansion House, Reading, Pa.;
fourth vice president, A. J McConoriy,
Penn Square, Lancaster, Pa. ; fifth vice
president, Jaraea U. Kress, Merchants'
Hotel, Johnstown, Pa.
ANOTHER NOTE TO GERMANY
Supreme Council Dissatisfied With
Reply on Baltic Situation,
Paris, Oct. 7 (By A. P.) The
German reply to the allied note de
manding the withdrawal of General vou
der Goltz's troops from the Baltic prov
inces was discussed by the Supreme
Council this morning. The reply was
considered unsatisfactory, and Marshal
Foch was instructed to draw up a new
note to send the Germans.
Frank L. Polk, American member ot
the council, returned today from his
visit to Coblenz and atlended the ses
sion. Sir George Clerk, who was sent on
a mission to Bucharest with regard to
the Rumanian occupation of portions of
. Hungary, reiuruw o runs wuay sue
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N. j. BOARD FAILED
STATE, IS CHARGE
Moiitclair Attorney Says Utili
ties Commissioners Treated
City as "Lunatics"
GOVERNOR HEARS EVIDENCE
Bit a Staff Correspondent
Trenton, Oct. 7. Not only has the
Public Utility Commission of New Jer
sey been guilty of misconduct in office
and neglect nf duty, but it has treated
tho municipal officials of the state as
"incompetents, idiots, lunatics or in
fants," according to former Coneress-
, man Kugene Leak, nt the hearing today
I before Governor Runyon in the state
house.
1 New .Terse.v's five utility commission
ers are on trial for their official lives
on the commission, on chnrges brought
b the board of commlssioueiK of Mont
clalr. The case has arisen out of the "zone
fare" experiment of the Public Serv
ice Hallway Compnny, n scheme sug
gested by the utility board, according to
Montclnir, without a hearing o persons
or municipalities.
Mr. Leak, in presenting the case for
Moiitclair, explained no' criminal churges
arc mnde, and nothing charged that
would reflect upon the personal integ
rity of the commissioners.
It is charged he made plain. Hint the
commissioners have failed the people
of the state and therefore should be
removed, x
Governor Is the Judge
Under the act of 11)11 the governor
is judge. The hearing is being held in
the governor's mnln reception room.
About fifty persous arc present, includ
ing counsel.
The commissioners on trial are John
AV. rilocnm, president of the board;
Alfred .S. March, George 1'. 'Wright,
Andrew Gaul, Jr., nnd Harry Ij.
Knight. Former United Slates At
torney General John W. Griggs is
counsel for the Public Service Itailway
Company.
Mr. Leak declared that the public
utilities board had suggested the zone-fare-
scheme without giving the munici
palities concerned a chani'p.
"The board acted as though these
people were incompetent, idiots, lunatics
or infants, people unfit to contract re
garding rales of fare," he said, adding
that the commission by its nction hnd
actually abrogated contrncts previously
entered into between the municipalities
nnd the Public Service Corporation con
cerning rates of fare.
"Mr. Leak admitted the people have
no remedy in the courts.
Arbitral ily, he said, the commis
sioners did not give these municipalities
a chance to present evidence, and had
increased fares 300 per cent in certain
portions of Moiitclair, and 400 per cent
in other parts of the state. A hearing
hnd been asked and denied, he declared.
The indifference of the Public Utility
Commission to the welfare of the people,
continued Mr. Leak,' was shown by
their fnilure in 101S to use $50,000
that was available In an investigation
into the affairs of the Public Service
Corporation. Instead this money was
allowed to revert to tho state treasury.
Never Albert for Kxperts
Now he said, because of this, munici
palities of the state must raise hundreds
of thousands of dollars to employ ex
perts to make this investigation. Mr.
Leak said the commission never asked
for nn appropriation for experts to ob
tain the true state of affairs in the cor
poration.
The Montclair board of commissioners
has charged that the commission per
mitted the Public Service Corporation
to set aside franchises with varlouB
towns by adopting the zone-fare system,
which, it is claimed, forced exorbitant
fares on many riders.
It is charged further that no ap
praisal of the company's property was
made by the commission before a rate
of fare was decided upon. Further
more, it is declared, the zone fare sys
tem suggested by tho commission actually
gives the Public Service ( omporation
a higher fare than it had expected.
All these charges have been denied by
the comiuisioncrs in their answer filed
with the governor. Today's hearing is
the final step in the proceedings.
The commission has on band many
documents comprising reports of various
hearings on the fare question through
out tho state.
Governor Hunyon explained that the
aim of the hearing is to ascertain the
facts, and he would confine neither side
to the strict rules of evidence.
Other municipalities besides Mont
clair are expected (o present their side
of tho matter.
SKIPPER ENDS LIFE AT SEA
Captain William Johnston Shoots
Himself Aboard S. S. Mahopac
Captain William Johnston, for ten
years master of the Atlantic trausport
liner Mahopac, committed suicide last
Friday by shooting himtoif while in
his cabin, it became known when the
ship reached this port from London
yesterday.
The vpssp! was under command of
Chief Officer Blythe when slip clocked.
Captain Johnston, a sufferer from acuto
indigestion, which is believed to have
caused him such suffering that he de
cided to take his life, has a wife uud
five children in England.
NEW JUGO-SLAV CABINET
Trlkovltch Becomes Premier and
Trumbltch Heads Foreign Affairs
Paris, Oct. 7. (By A. P.) A new
ministry for Jugo-Hlavia has been
formed in Belgrade, according to dis
patches received here.
M. Trlkovltch has been named as
premier, It is stated, and SI. Trum
bltch as minister of foreign affairs,
M. Trumbitch. tho foreign minister.
held this post in both the Protlteli and
Davidovitch cabinets. He was one ot
the Jugo-Slav representatives at the
Paris Peaco Conference and wag one
of the signers of the German peace
treaty on Jenair oi me Herman
Croatian-Slovene kingdom.
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Moore Congratulated
by Judge Patterson
Congressman Moore, Republican
nominee for Mnyor, received a letter
of congratulations today from Judge
Patterson, who wns his opponent in
the Republican primaries.
Tho judge said ho enjoyed every
minute of the "good, clean, stnnd-up
fight." '
Congressman Moore promptly dis
patched n reply by special messenger
to the judge In his chninbcrs in City
Hall. The congressman thankee (he
judge hpnrtily.
The judge In his letter put the
final seal on the program for party
harmony for the November election
when he wrolc that tho congress
man could be assured of his loynl
support. ,
JITNEY HEARING OCTOBER 24
Public Service Commission to Take
Up Philadelphia Situation
The jitney situation in Philadelphia
will be gone-over at a public hearing to
be held by tho public service commission
In this city on Friday, October 24. At
the same time the application of the
Quaker City Taxicab Company for ap
proval of rates will be taken up.
In the jltneyV'ases rates and service
of nil jitneys or motor buses for hire
of which the commission hns any in
formation will be considered. 'Coin
plniuts against jitneys gunning without
authority were filed from Pittsburgh nnd
Mt. Pleasant today by persons holding
l state certificates.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
today asked the public service commis
sion for amendment to its charter reliev
ing it from obligation of maintaining
the passenger way on the old bridge at
Nnuticokc, the county of Luzerne hav
ing built n new one nearby.
NEGRO SLATED FOR COUNCIL
Nathan Nutter Candidate to Fill
Unexpired Term of Seger
Nathan G. Nutter, a negro, was
nominated by the Seventh ward Repub
lican executive committee last night to
be a candidate for the unexpired term of
the late Select Councilman Seger. This
would be the first time in sixty-five
years, it was said, that a negro would
be sent to the upper chamber.
Richard A. Cooper, n negro and pres
ent member of Common Council from the
Seventh ward, was electee! to the chair
manship of the wnrd committee to suc
ceed Charles 11. Hall, who is to be
nominated by the city committeemen for
the vacancy on the councilmnnic ticket
caused by the death of Mr. Seger. This
is tho first time it negro bus held the
post of ward chairman.
These honors were credited to the fnct
that G. Edward Dickenson, a negro,
was on the Moore ticket for Council
from the second district iu the late pri
mary. FIND FAKE WAR STAMPS
Thousands of Dollars In Counterfeits
Circulated Here
Cleverly counterfeited War Saving
Stamps are believed to have cost Phil
adelphia several thousand dollars during
the last few days, according to reports
received by Captain Griffiu, of the
United States Secret Service. This is
believed to be oue of the first instances
of a stamp counterfeit being circulated.
The imitation stamp is very cleverly
made, being in renlity n photographic
representation of the real stamp. They
are pasted on government folders to add
to (he effectiveness of the deception.
One Camden firm is reported to have
lost ns high as .$2000 by purchasing
these spurious stamps.
FINDS STOLEN SAFE
Robbers Dynamite Vault and Escape
With Loot as Policeman Appears
A safe stolen fom'thc restaurant of
llorton u. unvis, oil scmtli Twentieth
street, was found last night on the banks
of the Mingo creek near Ninety-fourth
street nnd Island road. Tho door was
blown open and a gold watch and several
bundles of business p;icrs lay nearby
The safe was found by Policeman
Cnvannugh, of the Sixty-fifth street and
Woodland nvenuc station. Cavanaugh
was patrolling hii beat last night
shortly after 8 o'clock when he heard
a muffled explosion. Investigating, he
found the sa'fc, but no trace of the
men who had stolen it. It was removed
to the Twelfth nnd Pine streets station.
Hired Man and Potatoes Vanish
A wngonload of potatoes and a hired
man are being searched for in Camden
today. Harry Hopkins, a farmer at
Medford, N. J,, reported tft the Camden
police that ho sent his hired man, Pat
rick CReilly, to town with a load of
potatoes and that the men did not le
turn. Ho was worried and wanted the
police to help in tho search.
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BOY STOWAWAYS,
ARMENIANS, HERE
Child of Nine Youngest Ever to
Reach Port by Hiding
in Ship
TO HAVE HEARINGS TODAY
Two little Armenian stowaways who
arrived on the steamship Mazama, n
freighter, will appear for n hearing to
day before tho commissioner of immi
gration nt Gloucester. One of them,
Armico Arena, nine ycara old, is said
to bo the youngest stowaway cvor land
ed here. The other boy is Grctza Kalz,
twelve years old. Three men arrived
as stowaways on the ship, making a
total of five.
' The two boys arc orphans, alone in
the world, their parents and relatives
having been killed during the troubles
in Armenia.
First-hand accounts of the cruellies
still being inflicted by the Bolshevists
were brought to this city when ,tho
Mazama docked from Novorossisk nnd
Batoum, Rxissin via Piraeus, Con
stantinople and Gibraltar,
Under American Flag
The Xlnzamn, which flies the Ameri
can ling and- is in command of Cap
tain Pinter, brought as cargo licorice
root, sheep skins and ore. She left
Novorossisk, on the Black Sea, August
10, after seveial hundred refugees had
been driven off the (.hip. They were
anxious to escape the fate of other
inhabitants of the town, who were be
ing killed by the hundreds by the Bol
shevists and the "Green Army" raga
muffins who follow tho Red nrmy.v r
Conditions Terrible
"Conditions in Novorossisk," said
Captain Pinter, "aro terVible, the Bol-,
shevists committing murders by the
wholesale every day and destroying
everything they cannot carry away. It
na's as much ns oe's life1 was worth
to walk the streets of tho town, cither
day or night, and if one wns well
dressed he might just as well say good
by forever to relatives and friends."
The Rev. Joseph Benjnmin, a mis
Bionary who was working in tho south
ern part of Russia, but who was driven
out by the Bolshevists, with his wife
and six children, were passengers on
the Mazama, having been sent home to
America by the American consul.
PREMIER PRAISES BRITONS
Strike Settlement Showed Real
Democracy, Says Lloyd George
London, Oct. 7. (By A. P.) Proof
that Great Britain is a really demo
cratic country was furnished by the
recent railway strike episode, Premier
Lloyd George declared in an nddrcss
today . Speaking nt tho SInnslon House
nt a reception to Field Marshall Allen -b
, tho conquerer of Palestine, whb
was given the freedom of the city, the
premier said:
"Now that the episode on the home
front is over, all ranks and classes must
work together. Tho country needs it.
We all belong to tho working classes in
this country. I claim to be n working
mun in nil except the eight-hour day.
The strike proved that this is a really
democratic country where public opin
ion must prevail."
"Prussinnism In the industrial and
economic world must not prevail. Great
Britain has once more rendered n deep
and lasting service to real freedom by
defeating an effort to hold up the com
munlty and strangle it into submission.
The notion means to be strong, firm nnd
just, but nlvvays master."
RUSSIA CAN STAND ALONE
"We Have Finished Job,'' Says Brit
ish Chief, Back from Archangel
London, Oct. 7.-(By A. P.)
Major General William H. Ironside,
British commander-in-chief on the
Archangel front, arrived ut Liverpool
yesterday and proceeded to London.
Asked regarded the position of Russia,
General Ironside said:
"I think too much has been said al
ready. We have finished our job nnd I
think the Russians can now look after
themselves."
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