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VOL. VI NO.. 117
3ERGDOLL ATTEMPTS
TO SIDESTEP TRIAL,
ON INSANITY PLEA
glackor "Shoots Bluebirds" 'In
Coll and Says, Ho Thinks'
. ' He's Czar
PROCEEDINGS IN LUNACY
POSTPONE COURT-MARTIAL
ponimission Will Examine Draft"
Dodger Guard Against
Efforts at Bribery
El a Staff' Correspondent
'Governor's Island, N. V., Jan. 29.
Hrover Cleveland Bergdoll,- who pre
ferred ignominious flight to shouldering
n gun In Uncle Sam's army, now Micks
to evade court-martial for draft dodging
bv pleading Insanity.
The young slacker, whoso wits
Bcemed clear enough when he was hauled
fcytbe nape of the neck from his hid
ing place in n window seat at his
mother's home, in Philadelphia. Janu
iry 7. has suddenly lost his mind, his
tounsel' contends.
He is now said to.be shooting imag
inary bluebirds' in his' cell afGovernor's
Island, and to bo (representing himself
L the czar of Russia, an unfortunate
bholce, when one recalls what happened
to Nicky.
.Application for a commission to in
quiro Into Borgdoll's sanity was made
tcday by. his civilian counsel. Frank
Spencer, a former major in the First
Battalion. 103th Field Artillery, Twenty-seventh
Division.
An attempt to prove Grover insane
was made once before, but a Philadel
phia jnry declared him sane.
Court Martial February 25
The court-martial, which was to have
begun tomorrow, has been postponed
until February 25.
While counsel for the prosecution
were reviewing testimony which was to
have been presented tomorrow, infor
mation was received of the action taken
by Mr. Spencer.
He filed the writ asking for the ap
pointment of tho lunacy commission
with Lieutenant General Robert IT.
Billiard. -The application is made under
section 210 of court-martial proceed-
It'was learned that the application
would be granted. The commission will
be composed tit three medical experts,
and wi'I.begin hearings without delay.
The lunacy commission nuist report
back to tho military authorities not
lAt ilmw HVhrmr 23.
te Counsel Jiffor-r-the prqsecutiou aro
Lieutenant Charles u. wesson, iuujor
Lewis Korn. Captains Robert T. Han
nav and Frank Mi. Weir. D- Clarence
Gibboncv is Associated with Mr. Spencer
in the defense;
Will Fight Insanity Plea
Lieutenant Cresson said the "ridicu
lous attempt" to prove the slacker in
sane would bo vigorously fought.
Should the commission possibly find
Bergdoll insane. ,the prosecution would
tight to go ahead with the court-martial
on the ground that even if the prisoner
were insane now, he was sane and jn
fnll possession of his faculties when he
evaded the draft.
The shrewd arrangements he made to
tide, while a countrywide search was
being conducted for him, will be cited to
thow that no man of unsound mind
could have carried out such a campnign
of draft dodging and defiance for so long.
Several newspapermen visited Castle
William, where Grover is confined, to
day. Bergdoll said he did not want to
tee them, but finally came to the door.-
He wore a blue suit nnd brown
tweater. Tufts of hair stuck out from
under his brown soft hat. He had not
been shaved for several days.
"What do you want?" snapped the
slacker on seeing the visitors.
"We're newspapermen," said the
callers.
"Nothing doing," declared Bergdoll,
who said nothing about being the czar.
And he fled back in his cell and stared
out the window.
Keep Close Watch oil Him
A close watch is being kept on Berg
doll. And it is under the eye of guards
that Grover shoots his bluebirds, aim
ing carefully at the ceiling of his cell.
And if this docs not win him the
attention he desires, the young slacker
goes to the window and proclaims him
self the czar of all the Russias.
"Look at me," ho c'amors. "I'm a
great ruler. I'm the czar."
"That guy's clever," commented a
guard. "Nothing nutty about him, I'll
say,"
In the remote possibility that Grover
ie ru'cd insane, he will bp sent to St.
Elizabeth's Hospital for the Criminal
Insane at Wnshirgton.'
If he should be. "cured" there, ho
will then bo ready for tho court-martial
proceedings. If he Is not "cured," lie
will bo kept at the hospital, so no
biatter what he does ho cannot escape
confinement.
It's Happened Before
An army officer said that insanity was
always the last plea of those awaiting
fwurt-martial in the army. Several
Jnen who faced court-martial proceed
ings resorted to the insanity plea re
cently. Oa hearing that they would have to
So to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, they
inrew uo their hands and admitted they
wo sane. They would rather facu u
long jail term than go to the hospital
for the insane.
When he comes to court-martial the
"slacker Is to bo tried under the
'"y-elghth article of war. a part of
we statute law of the United States.
ine prosecution declared today the
article provides the death penalty for
O'eertlon In time of war, or '"such pen
y as the court-martial may direct."
To Demand Maximum Penalty
A maximum punishment will bo
r;M6 for. Under a recent ruling of
tfio judge advocate general, it was
Mated, an otfenso committed in time of
war may bo punished to the limit, ic-
Continued on l'axe Two. Column One
Your Day, Also My Day
Neither tab nor tigh-day.
fair tonight and Friday,
aloicly rising
Glaa. Hurprhing
ion't'i0U'tcU'rn6'Yhl'lV'
today;
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Entered oa Bocond-Clasa Matter at tho Festofllce, at Philadelphia, To.
Under the Act of March S. 1870.
Bergdoll's Mother
Changes Her Mind
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January 2I, 1020 Proceedings
begun by Mrs. Emma Bergdoll to
have her draft-dodging son, Grover,
who is facing court-martial, de
clared Insane.
April 30, 101O-"My boy, Gro
ver, is no idiot," protests Mrs.
Bergdoll, opposing lunacy proceed
ings brought by Charles, another
son. "He has more brains than all
tho rest of my children put togeth
er. I will spend my last cent to
frustrate this attempt to brand my
boy a lunatic."
MAN, 91, REFUSES AID
With Deep Gash In Head He Wants
to Keep Appointment
Joseph Taylor, nlnt'tyonc years old, of
f30 East Cheltcn uvenuc, fell at Lena
street and Chelten avenue this morning
whilo on his way to keep an appoint
ment with his dentist.
Camelia Fucci, eleven years old, of
121 Chelten avenue, helped him to his
feet and walked with him to the corner
of Germantown and Cheltcn avenues.
There Traffic Officer Edwards saw tho
man had a deep gash in'his forehead and
sent him to the Germantown Hospital.
Taylor protested all the way to the
hospital about his appointment with the
dentist. After physicians of the Institu
tion closed the gash with several stitches
he proceeded on his way to town to
keep his engagement.
MOORE HITS BACK AT VARE
After "Minors and Sappers" as Well
as Jobholders in Politics
"Every effort will be made to defend
tho city administration against miners
and sappers," said Mayor Moore this
morning, discussing the letter of the
Vnro committeemen to officeholders, re
minding them that the Republican or
ganization is standing by tho charter,
and warning the officeholders not to
meddle in politics.
"We recognize that officeholders must
keep out of politics," said the Mayor,
"but," be continued with emphasis,
"wo will certainly make every effort to
defend the administration against min
ers und sappers, in or out of politics."
ARREST TYPHOID PATIENT
Yeoman of Michigan Charged With
Forging Government Checks
Ernest E. Glitches, a yeoman of the
U. S S. Michigan, who is a typhoid
patient at the American Stomach Hos
pital, was arrested today by Secret
Service Agent Matthew F. Griffin.
charged ,-with fogging and passing
sovernraent enccus.
When the seaman recovers he will'be
taken to St. Louis, where his. allcced
ouense is' said to have been, committed,
and nlaced on trial.
Gutches is accused of stealing the
checks nnd getting money ou them about
'our months ago. Secret service agents
nrst traceu mm to the Michigan and
then to the hospital.
FAVORS "DRY" BRITAIN
English Manufacturer Says Prohi
bition Would Pay Debt to U. S.
Plymouth, England, Jan. 20. (By
A. P.) Lord Leverhulmc, the British
uanufacturcr,. who arrived here today
n board tho steamship Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria from a visit of two months in
the United States, declared himself to
interviewers us in favor of the adoption
of prohibition in Great Britain, through
which, he said, enough could be saved
to pay Britain's indebtedness to America
within five years.
Lord Leverhulmc said he bad been im
pressed by the welcome extended to the
Prince 'of Wales in the United States.
He declared tho princo was Great
Britain's greatest usset in the main
tenance of friendly relations with the
United States.
WON'T TELL SIBERIA PLANS
Japanese War Minister Silent Re
garding Evacuation
Tohlo, Jan. 20. (By A. P.) Ma
jor General Tauaka, minister of war,
in reply to an interpellation in the
'ower house of parliament Tuesday,
by Baron Sakataui, former minister of
finance and at present financial adviser
to China, said be was unable to state
that the Japanese expeditionary forces
would be withdrawn from Siberia after
the withdrawal of the Czecho-Slovaks.
Viscount Uchidn, foreign minister,
speaking with regard to the situation
in Sibeiia,- mid that negotiations be
tween Japan and America were pro
ceeding in a most friendly manner. He
declared the Allies did not intend to
recognize tho Bolshevlki. That was n
question of the utmost importance to
Japan, he asserted.
CAPITAL AND LABOR MEET
Rockefeller, Jr., and Frank Morrison
Will Use Same Platform
Pittsburgh, Jan. 20. (By A. P.)
Tohn D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Frank
Morrison, secretary of the American
Federation of Labor, were announced
today as two of the principal speakers
at a nutlonal laymen's conference to
assemble hero Saturday to "consider
the whole taBk of the Protesant
fhurches of North America at home nnd
abroad." Tho conference will las,t three
days.
DRYS GUARD WHISKY SHIP
Steamer Under Surveillance An
chored Off Statue of Liberty
New York, Jan. 20. Prohibition
agents today wcro put on board the
steamship Vermouth to guard against
the removal of n cargo of whisky valued
at $1,800,000.
Tho Yarmouth started for Havana
tho morning the eighteenth amendment
went into effect, but returned to port In
tow after springing a leak off Capo May.
She is. anchored off tho Statue of
Liberty.
IRISH POLICE ATTACKED
Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, Jan,
20. (By A. P.) The police barracks
it Ardmore, County Waterford, fix
tulles cast of here, wero atturked for
two hours early thin morulng. One per
tou U8 lpjurd.
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Euentitg Bubltcmeoget
WHOLESALE' FIRING'
BY WINSTON SEEN;
SCANDAL IS HINTED
Department of PublicWorks Is
to Bo Ptfrged of Contractor
Favorites
MANY STREET INSPECTORS
WILL BE SWEPT FROM JOBS
Inefficiency, Carelessness
Lack of System Is
Reason - '
and
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
Tho statement In these columns last
week that the Moore administration had
taken up tho gage of battle thrown
down by the Vnrc orgacization, and
from now .onward no mercy would be
shown, is being verified lu numerous
ways. The shift of police lieutenants
was only a beginning.
The next advance will be u wholesale
purring of the Department of Public
Works of contractor favorites. With
a few exceptions I look to see tho entire
force of street inspectors swept off the
map.
t An unusual statement comes from re
liable authority in the Department of
Public Works that at least two of the
big street-cleaning contractors, if not
losing money on their operations, are
at least near the danger line.
And the reason is inefficiency plus
politics.
Carelessness, lack of system, inat
tention to detail, faithless employes,
nro among the causes for this condition.
Brazen inefficiency on the part of street
cleaning inspectors, politically ap
pointed, has bred a widespread Ineffi
ciency among the street-cleaning forces
the workers themselves.
Workers Recornlzo New Force
Nothing in recent years has equaled
tho bracing up and ability to work
honestlv as shown in the last two days
among street-cleaning gangs. Workers
nnd foremen recognize n new force in
tho personality of Donald M. Hep
burn, the acting chief, of the street
cleaning bureau. His threat to take
over the work, backed.by his up-to-date
methods, has thrown a fright into the
contracting forces, and there has been
real street cleaning going on for forty
eight hours.
But this is not all. There Is every
reason to believe that ouo of the biggest
scandals this city has seen in a good
many years Is on Mm m-n nf lir..nUI,.r
The weeding-out process iu Sheriff
Lambcrton's office and in that-of City
Solicitor Smyth is an earnest of what
wjl follow; in all other departments. It
has likewise led in netlnn nn ih n,l
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iul iuu , urc ui)'. L-omuuiiee, unaer or-
-i. ,o i.v.11 jitruiiiiuui LfL.. wuii'ii inrnf.irTiK
the uncertainty and panic which has
seized noici ot Eleventh and Chestnut.
It is a letter, presumably confidential
vet orazcniy Hypocritical, warning all
Vare city officeholders to refrain from
participating in political activities of
any kind. The reason assigned for the
warning is ,that VThe Republican exe
cutive committee is pledged to assist
this administration in observing the
law. and making a greater Phil
adelphia." The next evidence, of stampede will
doiTbtless be u warning from Eleventh
and Chestnut that Vare officeholders
are directed to ignore all requests for
voluntary contributions for campaign
purposes, and are directed to give im
mediate, notice of any solicitations or
requests for buch purpose; said notices
to be made instantly to headquarters
at Eleventh nnd Chestnut streets.
County Officeholders Exempt
As placeholders in county offices nrc
exempt from the civil service provisions
of tho new charter, they, of course,
will be expected to neglect such warn
ings;, nnd ut the bamo time increase
their campaign conttibutions 100 per
cent.
The fatuous idea isjirevnlent. I find,
among the Vare adherents that the
Moore administration has lost a tre
mendous power in the elimination of
jobholders from politics. It is one of
their ways of tickling themselves un
der the fifth rib. They ore shutting
one eye to the possibilities on the other
side.
The sad showing in the fall primaries
in Congressman Vare's ward, and in
Senator Patton's bailiwick, indicates
that these inroads in South and West
Philadelphia were not made by Mooic
administration officeholders. Vare lead
ers conveniently forget the thousands
of disappointed, disgruntled, disgusted
and vengeful political workers who will
oppose them at the cqming primaries
as they did in the November fight.
Aud then they over-loot the public.
The student of Philadelphia factional
politics can see little but empty nnd
unprofitable victory to the old organiza
tion in retaining its hold ou Eleventh
aud Chestnut streets. And yet the Vnro
peoplo will largely center their efforts
ou this purpose. The Republican Alli
ance fought outside the breastworks for
years and won. Nothing would be more
natural than again to had a i;ival city
organization in the field.
The nrellminaries to the snrinir nri.
maries are getting under way witlifevcr-
bh haste tnut is on me nun-minimis -
Continued on Tare Six. Column Three
"SAFE IS OPEN, TURN LEVER,"
SO THEY DIDAND GOT $100
Thieves Obey Sign in Hat Store at 928 Chestnut Street and
Profit Nicely Thereby
When robbers blew up the safe in tho
E. H. Parry hat store, 02S Chestnut
street, on Palm Sunday, a year ago, and
got away with a big haul, E. B. Buck,
manager, thought ho would rather tako
a chance than pay $125 for another
safe. So ho hung out a sign on the
safe which reads:
"This sate is open. Just turn the
lever back."
And last night they did.
Some time during the night, robbers
backed the wooden and sheet iron pan
els out of the rear door of the store and
proceeded to "Just turn the lever back."
Thry obtained more than $100 In cash
and "mixed things up something
uwful," to quote Mr. Burk.
After raiiMtcklug the safe and helping
tiiemsciYfa .to tiDotiv tevfuiyiiye gigurKt
gyod enough to be placed in a safe, hd
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920
MISS HARRIET SARTAIN
Who will bo Installed as 'head nt
(ho Philadelphia School ot Design
for Women
Civil Service Commission Also
Dismisses Patrolman and
Disciplines Others
ONE MAN IS REINSTATED
Police Lieutenant Benjamin F. Sav
age lost his job today for failure to re
port at Director of Public Safety Cor
telyou's office January 7.
Savage was "fired" from the force by
the civil service commission, which also
dismissed a Manayunk patrolman for
leaving his bout. Three other patrol
men were disciplined less severely. A
former patrolman was reinstated.
When Director Cortel.vou assumed of
fice he ordered all the lieutenants of
police to report to his office January
7 so he could outline the new order of
things in the police bureau.
Savage Hid not attend. Instead he
went to New 'York city. Later he
j claimed he had not seen the official
orncr, duc nnmittea ronce captain uni
lahan had instructed him vcrballv. He
was then in command of the Thirty
ninth street and Lancaster avenue sta
tion. ' ' r
Oa,Jop. of jkttig explanation,,. after
rnarges nau ocen prcterrea against Jum,
he announced he had intended to quit
anyhow. He was arraigned last week
netore rnc trial board and again today
when Director Cofteljou and Super
intendent of Police Robinson testified.
Eligiblo for Pension
Savage is eligible for a pension.
The Manayunk patrolman dismissed
was Ha"rry E. Stout. His superior offi
cers testified Stout frequently left hi?
beat. He was charged with neglect of
duty.
Richard E. Kinz and .1 nines V.
Hughes, patrolmen of the Germantown
and Lycoming avenues station, were ac
cused or intoxication while on duty.
They had been placed as guards in a
enrage nt York road and Ontario street.
Whisky found iu thp garage was be
lieved to have been loft there by boot
leggers. Hughes today admitted he had been
intoxicated, but said he found a hnttli.
of liquor outside the garage. He denied
tampering with the liquor stored in the
motortruck under guard. King made
an nbsolute denial of the charge.
i lie commission suspended King for
thirty daj s, dating from January S, and
restored Hughes to duty, with loss of
pay from January S when he and King
wero suspended.
Joseph McCloskey, an acting detective
of tho Fifteenth and Snyder avenue sta
tion, was suspended for thirty days with
loss of pay. At the end of the suspended
period he is to return to street duty
in uniform.
Substituted Auto Tags
It was testified McCloskey owned an
automobile nnd while waiting for license
tags took tags from a machine that
had been stolen nnd recovered. While
driving his car McCloskey wrecked a
wagon and killed a horse. The substi
tution ok-tags was discovered. He was
suspended.
McCloskey was tried for disobedience
of orders because he refused to make
out a report of the affair when so in
structed by Lieutenant Cnrlin, now of
the Germantown station.
John Stevenson was the patrolman
ordered reinstated today. He was dis
missed last full because, it was said, he
had helped to "shake down" a ncro
Sidney Pugh. John Wlrtschafter, "one
of the Fifth ward patrolmen now in the
Chester county jail, also was involved
Numerous witnesses today, including
Mevcnsou s former superior officers,
testified to his good reputation. Steven
son said the i?2r he had received he
simply was holding for Wirtschufter
tAr Hchtweight overcoat, bejotfging
tMMBli,cls- WflS Tensed for a rag
ged, black one, which was left behind
with a torn rubber, grimy clove ni
dirty handkerchief. A gray8 overcoat
owned by W J. Smith, u clerk who
values it at $33. was also taken
Derbies and caps were then pulled
out of their respective boxes In wild
confusion. After .black and brown
derbies of various sizes were tried the
$4 caps wero tackled and proved more
popular. A number of thesa ure cone
today, hut .Mr. Buck isunpreparcd to
sta to how many.
"Caps wero their speed," said Mr.
Buck. "ou only buvo to look nt that
back door to know they weren't derby
thieves." '
City Hull detectives were buny hunt
ing for fingerprints nnd clues, but have
fuuud tumo that will lcud tbcmT on to
tho offendera' arrest.
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SAVAGE IS OUSTED
FROM POLICE JOB
TWO BANDITS BEAT
AND ROB COLLECTOR
FOR TELEPHONE CO.
Bleeding, Keystone Employe
Fights to Keep Satchel Until
Ho Falls Unconscious
VICTIM IS 68 YEARS OLD;
MEN FLEE THRO UGH. ALLEYS
Police and Number Of VOlUn-
toers Pursue Robbers in Vain.
More Than $100 Stolen
Dazed and bleeding from a wound on
the head, John Staggers, sixty-eight
years,, 0533 Addison street, u collector
for tho Keystone Telephone Co., this
nfternoon fought two footpads at
American und South streets for posses
sion of a satchel containing more than
$100 in cash, the total ot Staggers' col
lections from slot pay stations iu the
neighborhood.
Beaten down by the attack of his
assailants, who were far younger than
their victim. Staggers refused to relin
quish his hold upon the satchel until the
two bandits produced revolvers and
thrust them against his body, threaten
ing him with death unless bo complied
with chv.1'- demand.
Then, as he collapsed from the ef
fects of the encounter, and not until
then, did Staggers yield in the Unequal
struggle. With a final cry for assis-tfl.-t:e,
ho sank unconscious nt the en
trance of an alley, the highwaymen,
with their booty, stepping across his
form to make their escape through a
laby.inth of courts and narrow btrcets,
before the arrival of police and volun
teer pursuers, responding to Stoggcrs's
weak appeal.
Robbery Premeditated, Pollco Say
The robbery, according to the police
of the Second nnd Christian streets
station, was daring and premedlatcd.
Staggcrs's route of collecting takes him
daily through a densely populated dis
trict and he usually follows the same
course in his rounds.
Today be had emptied the cash re
ceptacles iifcscvcral telephone pay sta
tions along occond street and was pro
ceeding west on South street.
He had reached American street, a
narrow highway, out of, which numerous
alleys diverge. Two young men, stand
ing a few feet belo wSouth street ac
costed him. As Stoggprs stepped into
American street the better to hear them
and to escape the pussing throng on
South street, the pair seized hlra and
attempted to wrench from his grasp the
bag in which he carried the day's col
lections, Staggers,' despite hia ngev,,6trugglcd
agalnstJiia assailants. Tho evident
purpose of the thieves" was todragtticfr
victim info, the mouth of a nearby
alley, but Staggers' resistance frus
trated this plan. One of the men struck
the collector a blow over the head with
a blunt instrument which the police
believe was the butt of u revolver.
Wounded though he was Staggers
continued to fight against the effort
of the men. Suddenly the thugs re
leased their hold on him nnd leveled
the revolvers against his abdomen. Fur
ther resistance being useless, Staggers
gave up the bag.
Escape Through, Allejs
With theii booty the two highwaymen
darted tluough the alley jugt as several
persons who had heard Staggers's cries
for help came running up. The.-e vol
unteers, re-enforced by a couple of po
'icemen, sought iu vain to trace the fu
gitives, whose evident familiarity vith
the labyrinthine alleys in the neighbor
hood, escaped toward the market sheds
iu South Second street.
Staggers was taken to tho Pennsyl
vania Hospital. His wounds were
dressed and ho revived sufficiently to
gite n meager description of his as
bailants. Tho men were about twenty
two years old, he said, rather neatly
diessed, und not at all disguised. Polico
of all districts in the city hae been
notified to look out for them.
U.S. AIRMEN IN MEXICO SAFE
Not Held Captive Prepare for Re
turn Flight
IlrounsWlle. Te... Jan. L'O (Rv A.
P.) Lieutenants C. V, Davis and G.
L, tintnes, American armv uviators,
wiio jesienuiy mauc a torceu laudin
, 1 - -. ", .;
near uuerrer
prisoners
will fly back
tory late
1" ort Brown.
SETTLE ITALIAN RAIL STRIKE
workmen Expected to Return
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Their Jobs Immediately
London, Jan. 20. (By A. P.) An
agreement ou all the urinnpnl points
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to the, United States tcrri- it wns rcnorto.l uncm soocl authority fY"' J l J",?"1 u m lcvo' ' lcl" "Vl1' .....
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at issue lias been reached between the,mn,inned bv ray friends without con
1 III I IM 11 CTl 111 IIMf Und t in AUfnu. or ln
striking railway men, according to a
Central News dispatch from, Rome un
der yesterday's dute.
It is expected the strikers will re
turn to work immediatel.
TROXLER RIDES WINNER
Brings Home John S. Reardon, at
8 to 5, In New Orleans Opener
New Orleans Race Track, Jan. 20.
John S. Reardon, with Troxler up, was
out in front at the finish of the opeuiug
race here today. Eicht to !5 u-ern tim
oddsfor first. Tutt was secoud. und No
Fooling was the third horse in the
money.
Summaries:
FIRST nACF! m, no. n n .....
two-year-ofdi! '""" """ '""'
John a, Reunion, H
Trolxer a ,.. k
Tutt 112. I'arrlneton 12 to 1
3 to R 1 to 3
5 to I 6 to 2
wo i--oonnr, 112, Hut-
wen Ttol
Tfm-V7:--TUe'MoIr,OMau,l?0SvVSn5iw,ral- W, '"tf1" tt subject
snrrwrVh An!?1 "i"!1 Tenl,e ' ran. ' briefly, but the call wus more of a per-
t.n
tnVnimi,w." ." ' i'n"" l"0 ran.
hOCO.N'D IIACU. claim nir. niir,. ITnft ...
XMir-oldB and up. six lurlongn:
loune Adam, 112,
l'arrliiBton 10 to 1 M to 1 8 to 0
Iwln luln. 10T, Can-
Huroit. 2d, 107. Wlda 0 to 2 T to 6 3 to B
. .T1,meA !.'.s -5- Orenzo. O'Donoyan, Glass.
tol, llcttu H,, Jbko and Gets alto ran.
HAVANA RESULTS
rntST P.VCK. puri $00, for tliree-jear-
ol.I. clnlmfnt. Mi furlonm. r I
hunctual, luu, I'nr
Carmody .,....,,.. 2 In t to Jl
Klierrj" 102. ilerlnwo 11 to I B to 2
Tlmo.l:t2,'Mlsd K., Superior and Irxln.trPed. The loss was estimated at
trtpralw.rffm, J '$10,000,,
UtuMiruCK. juu,
Publ!hed Dally Except
copyrmnt.
Wanamaker Hung on Wing
of Air Craft in Angry Sea
Merchant's Grandson Saved Plane From Cap
sizing Off Florida Coast- Party Spent
Night Without Food or Water
Bvcial Dispatch to Evening Public Ltitocr
Palm Beach, Fla., .Tun. 20. Rodman
Wanamaker, 2d, of Philadelphia, today
described the thrilling experience which
he and five companions went through
when their seaplane was disabled off the
Florida coast.
; early MondTy monilugTrom Pultn Beach
'to tho Bahama Islands and were re-
1 turning Monday afternoon when the
engine of their fijing boat "went dead."
witu iur. vtannmaKcr were viurnec
Munn. of Radnor; Jack Rutherford, of
New York, a son of Mrs. W. K. Van
derbilt: Caleb Bragg, a wealthy New
York clubman and society man ; Philip
Boyer, of Long Island, and Captain
David McCuIlough, pilot of the flying
boat nnd n former naval officer.
As night fell and the seaplane was
spun about by the waves, running
twenty feet high, the cockpit began to
ship water. Mr. Wanamaker, who is a
son of Mrs. Archibald G. Thomson, and
u grandson of John Wanamaker, climbed
to au upper wing of the craft to
stabilize it.
Kept Piano from TIHIug
While his companions bailed out the
flying boat to prevent its foundering,
Mr. Wannmaker lay prone on the wing
in spread -eagle fusbion and by his
weight kept the plane from tilting over.
After telling how tho disabled boat
finally drifted into Vero, seventy miles
above Palm Beach, Mr. Wanamaker
said :
"I believe no one was more thank
ful to get back than myself, although
we all had confidence in the ability and
seamanship of Captain McCuIlough.
We left the Bahamas shortly after 3
o'clock Monday afternoon und our en
gine trouble must have started jubt
about as we were over the gulf stream.
"As night came on the bea became
more choppy and at times tho waves
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ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Second Havana race, 5 1-2 furlongs Eddie Tranter, 105. C.
Howard, '1 to 1, 8 to 5, 4 to 5, won; Blanche Donalton, 105, .Mas
gem, even, 1 to 2, 1 to 4, second; Unwise Child. 101, Carmody.
2 to 1, 4 to 5, Z to 5, third. Time, 1.1Q. Prince Bonero, Leonn,
Ltd j' Ivan aisv imi.
LOCAL RACQUET TEAMS WIN IN NATIONAL TOURNEY
J. Gould and J. W. Wear, and-Cramer Roberts and C. S.
Bromley, of this city, won their first round matches In the
national amateur doubles racquet ,tourney at the Philadelphia
Racquet Club today. The winners entered the semi-final round
NEMETH HELD ON CHARGE OF VIOLATING BANK ACT
John Nemeth, Jr., a foreign exchange brokjer, Germantown
tfvenue -near Thompson; was heltTTn ?1000 bail for eourt-thihv
afternoon for un alleged violation of the state banking act, The
chaige teculted from purchases by clients of foreign money to be
sent abioad. Nemeth, arraigned in central station, wab accused
of illcg-al delay iu forwaading the money.
FURTHER HARMONY
ON STATE SLATE
Col. Edward Martin Will Give Up
Candidacy for State
Auditor
AGREEABLE TO FACTIONS
Continuance of the harmony that has
been established on trie stare slate, ns
the result of numerous conferences, is
paid to have been assured by the action
of Colonel Kdward Martin, former com
mander of the 110th Infantry.
Colonel Martin eamn from Waynes
burg, Greene count, today to talk mat
ters owe with Major Moore. He was
,.,!.. in tn lo. tlm Mninr tir ftenrce
lUlkl II ," V --. ... -..- w. .... ' rr-
to be elected auditor general, leaving
the field free for Samuef S. Lewis, Jo
seph R. Grundy's candidate.
nl..l M.1.I111 lm.l honii t.innlmrn.l ,w
luiuiii;! .nui i.u " -w. - -... ..
,. ,. ..,,., i!...
Governor Snroul's candidate lor auditor
general. At the close of the conference
today lie said, however, "I was not
lealiv a canmuaie. .uj uuuu- mi- msi
Miltinir ine. I considered it a great
. i.l 1 :. ..
compliment, of course"
Mr. Lewis, now chief corporation
clerk in the office nf the auditor general,
is slated for the office of auditor general,
while the present auditor general,
Charlrs A. Slider, is named for state
treasurer. This arrangement followed
manj conferences between Mayor Moore,
Joseph R. Grundy, State Chairmau
William K. Crow and Governor Sproul.
Another Important conference upon the
matter was held yesterday at Harris
burg between the Governor. Mr. Grundy
and Mr. Crow. The above arrangement
is the result of the compromise between
the Grundy and Crow factions.
Colonel Mnrtin was a cloud upon
the horizon until today, but now har
mony is said to resign supreme. It is
now believed the colonel will indorse
the ticket as it is now framed, and re
tire from the field. Commenting upon
the meeting, the Mayor said: "Colonel
Martin has been mentioned tor auditor
sonnl one than uuything else.
"My interest iu political affairs up
state is along the line of hnrmouy in
this year's election, when the presiden
tial issue will loom up large."
Fire Destroys Mushroom Crop
West Chester, Jan. 20. For the third
Vi 1 """"U" "" mu n, 11.
Mushroom Co. of this place met with
time wltnui a lew months tho K, II
heavy loss by lire lust nmlit. four lurirn
n ii wakIao tnftiioiii ii rofinr nr iiiiniiiT nui in limn irftnn idmi initrnktn iincptin i't-nnn .
inuv ut- uuu it:iiu.iui-iii.u ' -.-m.. ....,, ., ,,,,. BiLieiar.v. - inougu certain iienuoucan.s witu tnelr
2 to 5 buildings at Green Hill, where the crop
QtoBl,. ou hint rrudr for irntlii.rldt. l.o!,,.. .!
t. .l n'l, !.... ....... ...1 ,J ...
Sunday,
Huhncrlntlmi Pries 16 a Year by Jl'alt.
1020, by pupnq megger company.
were more thon twenty feet high. This
made It very difficult to keep tho ship
upright and it became my duty to lie
prone all night long on one end of .one
of the upper wings to hejp stabilize
the boat, which threatened to capsize
and ship more water than was safe.
No Food or Water
"This was a very uncomfortable
position for mo and to say the leuft,
I passed a bad night. We had vir
tuully no equipment, the trip hnvlng
been made on the spur of the moment.
"We had no food and no water and
the thought occurred to us to drain
off the radiator, but McCuIlough ad
vised against thi. as it would have
made us sick. Besides wo had put
some salt wutcr in the radiator.
"At one time we figured we were
sixty miles from the Florida shore and
at other times not more thau fifteen
miles. All through the night we im
provised gasoline flares from our gas
tank and we are sure they were sen
by five different ships which passed
us, but they must have misunderstood
the reason or 6ource of tho signals, for
they paid no attention."
After landing at Vero' tho six men,
drenched to the skin, and hungry und
thirsty, went at once to a telegraph
office and wired to anxious relatives
that they wero w.fe. Searching parties
in power boats and seaplanes bad been
looking for them without success.
Mr. Wanamaker is going to Aiken,
S. O.i in a few days to join his mother.
25 Hurt When Car Overturns
Richmond. Ind.. Jan. 20. (Bv A.
P.) Between twenty and twenty-five
persons were injured today when a trac
tion car jumped the track at the eastern
limits of Richmond and turned over.
There were about fifty passengers lu the
car, but none is believed to be seriously
nurr. jcy rans were ueiu responsible.
GLASS CUTS FOOD
LI
L
Secretary Makes $25,000,000
Reduction in Original $150,-
000,000 Relief Fund
AT HOOVER'S SUGGESTION
I
r.. i. .. i.i r.' I
Rj the Associated Press j
."H,,,,,:,fln' Jnn- 20. Reduction of .
2.i.000.00n in the proposed SlfiO.OOO. -
000 lonn for food relief iu Polund. Aus-
tria and Armenia was made today by
Secretary Glnss. oppearing before' thel
House wins and means committee. i
Mr Glns said the reduction hdt
been decided on in i'Oi)ferenci with Her-
bert Hoover, who was quoted us fining
thut the loan or gift of i550.O0O.000 as
suggested iu committee, would do "morel
Assistant Secretary nrmnn Tln:
told the committee the reduction was
made possible by Great Britain defi -
nitely agreeing to Provide Hie wiling ,.
trailSnortinL' tlio f.irwl II.. ...l.l.i "".i....
., " ,,-..' '- .uiin-u will!
Arcentinn nnd nnnmn 1....1 . :....ir...i
AN
PR A
.,! ,, " ; .. ........ wu.i !ifciiiiit'ii a 11 iiuiin'iui, uui-jiuK it yrizu iur OUQ,
willingness to participate, estimating and holding a mass-meCting to fortnu
that 910,000.000 would be provided bvilate oue. is the other party happier
th??i- , . f-Mi William Jennings llrjan uud A.
11 ,K eannnt describe the need of re- .'.Mitchell Palmer getting ready perhaps
condjt ons related to him by American
officials just back from Europe. "This
relief is the humanitarian and safe thing
to do. It is the plain, practical com
mon sence thing to do, even if we don't
get the money back. But we hope to
get some of it back. It, is the least cx-
' . ---- ... ,j,,-"ii.i viwina. ri'i'iini"
i.cuMie uung io uo
"Men, women and childreu. espe- ! don't have to nominate Hindcnburs or"
cinllv children, arc dying bv the thou- Harding."
twirls. One man, just returned from' Besides recognizing the fact that tf.
Luropc, saw twenty-seven bodies Ij ing I porty now is not an organization but a
utibuyied In n street iu an Austrian bloc which retains its name but not
cit,Y,: , Its members permanently, Mr Hays has"
the committee adjourned until to- auothcr idea in mind, partly salesman
morrotf without npting on the proposed Ishln. The old idea of the men in Wnsh-
lOaUS.
FIRE IN ARCH ST. GARAGE
Three Motorcars Damaged In $1000
Blaze
Three motorcars were damaged In
a fire which was discovered at 2-15
o clock this morning in the garage of
Jones & Ravlor, 224 Arch Ktreet.
.The firemen and garage employes re
moved the cars from the garage, thus
preventing their complete destruction.
There was no gasoline in the building
and consequently the firemen faced no
danger from explosions, but they were
hampered in their work by frozen fire
plugs. The fire was discoverer by Patrolmun
51000?8 itK' '10 l0SH "Vox'matcs
AM tfSZ !'& SSirrol
spouts
EXTRA
PRICE TWO 0ENT3
G.O. P. GETS 'SALES;
FORCE' IN HAYS'S.
NEW 171 VARIETIES'
Old-Line Politicians Laugh,
Advisory Board Has
Its Usos
but
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STRANGE MIXTURE FOUND
IN COMMITTEE ON POLICY
Democrats Have Own 57 As
sortments and May Noml
nate Outsider '
I
By CLINTON W. GILBERT ,"
Staff Correspondent of the l'Trntnc Publtd
1-cdstr
Washington. Jan. 28. Washington
is skeptical of Chairtnan Will H. Hays's
platform nnd policies committee. The
old line Republicans in the Senate and
the Iloufce will not talk about it for
publication, but privately they laugti n
it. The Democrats are wreathed in
smiles.
Much is heard about Mr, Hays'B
"171 varieties" of Republicans. One
member of the administration Faid-"BIr.i
Hays is now the leading candidate fof
the Nobel Peace Prize."
The old-fashioned politician does noli
like innovations. He does not like too
much publicity. He does not like direct
primaries, and the idea of settling- the
party's principles in a gathering so large
that it will be virtually a mass-meet
ing docs not appeal to him.
He looks at the strange assortment;
that bring together Mr. Taft and Mr.
Gilford Pinchot, Mr. Penrose and Mr".
Van Valkenburg. Mr. Lodge and Ir
Kvcrett Colby, in one body, and sniffs
witu contempt.
Drags Out Bull Mooso Fighter
Ho views with alarm the appointment
of Mr. Frank Farrington, the mine
worker, who has been quite recently de
nounced as a Bolshevik, to the commits
tec which will recommend the party'B
program. He wants to know why ex-1
Senator Joseph Dixon, leading Bull
Moofc fighter, should have been dragged
forth from his peaceful interment upon
his Montana ranch to mix once more
in Republican affairs.
He is full of forebodings over whajr
may happen if all these men ever gcx
together in one room. And if they
don't ever get together in one room,
the whole thing is a joke, and why
joke? The professional politician does
not like anything that may be laughed
at in the serious business of polities.
If the country should once begin to
laugh what would become of political
parlies?
The presence on the committee whi,chT
this committee will advise of such wen
ns Murray Crune, -William H. Crocker. '
Frunk B. Kellogg, -Boies Penrose. UM4?tf,
Hmoot and Colonel Charles B. WarrH.
is not enough to reassure him. Why'
not let well enough alone and efe,
along with these rapn without addifa
the horned cattle of the party of cvery
brand aud temper?
Hays Promoter of Harmony
The probability is that Mr Hays,
never means to have his 171 all get
together at once. Mr. Hays is a man
of peace and harmony. He promotes
I peace and harmony by means of much
I travelling, much writiug of telegrams
rund letters. His ears are always open,
Into two perfectly human cars, sus
1 ceptible of fxhatistion, pours all the
1 troubles of the party.
He has now created a great big arti
ficial ear into which may pour all the
i iews of opinion, grievances and woes
and hopes of all the kinds of Repub
licans there arc from G. Pinchot up to
I?. Penrose while he tnkex his own)
eardrums to California for a well earned
i l'C-t.
Mr. Hays's committee corresponds to
actualities. The Washington politl-4
i i-ian's view does not. There are 171
arieties of Republicans. The leading
i candidate for the Democratic nomina-
tion for the presidency is a Rcpub-
lican. And on the Pacific coast they
think of Iljm as an importallt candi
date for the Republican nomination
for the presidency. ,
. , . , ,
Scleral Hundred Candidates 't
When you have a party bioad enough'
to Include not only several hundred
candidates for its nomination for the?
presidency, ull different, hut also the
lendiug candidate for the nomination of
tin oppoitiou, you cannot sum up nnd
ndmiuat-ly express its views by naming
Keeil
tform and.
inimU hnmnivlint til lio iviof .!, ttln
I their eyes to the facts, would Jike to
1 believe otherwise.
In miitc nf flu. tnv nf Mm IV....I.
J tf...... it,. nnnH,.. -f 1.. tt .. ...
Hum wji- luuiw ui ..ir. UUH IU get
.( ..!.. .. 1 "
to support a Republican for the nre;
idency?
Democrats Hme ."" Varieties
When asked about their own ,57
varieties the Democrats respond: "We
are broad, wo are big enough to nom-r
mate on body rcallj Democratic, even
If lie nnee wilM n liptmhllr.nn Wa
I ,mtnll. who lnilch nr Mlinrr i.hn f-
Hays's committee of 171 is mentioned. i
roi.llnurt oa Tate HI, Column Twr
COLD BRINGS SKATING
Drop
In Temperature Cleahs
u.
omin in oirccis I;
John Front seeniH to have cleaned Bp
Old King Slush and Indications from''
the weather bureau how that th cold
snap will continue through tonight J(
Vimt, r
The thermometer slipped from 43 aV
grees yesterduy to 10 at tl o'clock tblij,,
morning. By 0 o'clock the terapcrattiri;
had risen to 1!) degrees. At IJ o'clock f'
registered 28 degrees. Tho weather
man expects tonight's low mark to be.
ubout 25,
Skaters are scraping two weeks' roaft
off their skates aud preparing for a ra-ti
sumption of tlto uport. , ,
Tbero is skatine on Conrouran n.iu..
vtine. uoi Hunting Park JakM,
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