"j . ypp?'?"?' -. 'n'TeifF- i' -. . ' . . - - ,'Wi. A ( ir.-i ! ( " J I -J .J .' jj-. u y.Vii. :!.. l. .. f ': j t ..'IjJl V -t-. :he tftUTHifc .r. italic meocjcr t . SPORTS EXTRA WahM6rl,vMarclf 27. Fair tonight and Sunday. ; TEJirERATUHE AT EACH IIOCR T 1 10 in 12 1 I 2 I 3 4 6 07T7 inr n-t n4 ins ir.:i ma ir2 i I 'j VOL. VI. NO. 167 Entered as Second-CUen Matter it tho Pottomet. at Philadelphia, Pa. Under the Aet;pf March 8. 1870, - PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920 Published Dally Except Sunday. Rulixcrlptlon Price 10 a Tear by Mall. . t Copyrlffht. 1020, by Publla Ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTS 4 DEAD, 11 HURT AS TRAM HITS CROWDED TRUCK M n V' Mueller Forms Cabinet at Berlin; Rebels Renew Wesel Siege, Hurl Back Ebert Troops ' vT? MMKas.r. ' WOMAN IS HURLED TO DEATH IN CRASH AS PANIC REIGNS Failure of Brakes on Bus Held ' Cause of 63d and Eastwlck Avenue Tragedy SURVIVOR TELLS HORRORS OF RESCUING WOUNDED Driver steor3 rviacntne imo rosxi . k a rA. in Vain Effort to Avert Smaohup Coroner Blames Driver of Bus for Accident After visiting the scene of the wreck, Coroner Knight sold thnt from the testimony of eyewitnesses, Including tho wntchman at the cross ing and tho engineer of the train, the craBh was due to "the careless ncsi and negligence of Qrccn, tho driver of the bus.1 Three men nnd n woman wero In stantly killed nnd eleven ipersons In jured, several seriously, when a Head ing passenger train sldcwipcd an auto bus of the Atlantic Refining Co. at Sixty-third street nnd Eastwlck avenue nt 7:20 o'clock this morning. The crash Is said to have been caused by failure of the brakes on the motor bns and tho slippery condition of the down grade appronch. The dead were: May M. Hackney, twenty -four years old, 5117 Irving street; thrown under the train. Francbi C. Hill, twenty-one years old. 8230 Larchwood avenue. Hngh'FInnegsn, forty -five yars old, (Mil (frays avenue. Robert Love, forty yeara old, 53,10 Ortenway avenue. "Tbe'lnjured-are; , '8tT Agues' Hospital i Era' C. Worth. 4032 Westminster I. avenue j, condition serious. . IRoth S&letbnV 215 North Fifty- rconci street ;conu(tion serious. , in Atlantic itenning co. uispensaiy Eugene Orcen, n negro, driver of the truck, 5740 Vine street; conditjon itrrlous. t Arthnr Townsend, nineteen years old, 6800 Washington avenuo ; injured about the chest. William Stevenson, address unkonwn ; contusion of shoulder. P. Dreslln, 2015 South Fifty-eighth street; lacerations of head. Frank Albert son. 1247 South Fifty fourth street, shock. J. Devlin. 202(1 South Frnzler street : contusion of hips. A. Kelher, UllU Noble street, frac tured wrist. William Phenger, 8005 Ludlow street ; contusion of right leg. John Unison, 5854 Windsor place. None of the. occupants of the autobus, which held twenty-five persons, und time to Jump. Those killed had been thrown from the demolished bus under the wheels ,of the 'passenger; train, which was speeding across the marsh land to Hog island. Driver Sticks to Post Green, tho driver of tho auto bus, stayed at tho wheel nnd, nt the probable cost of his life, attempted to avert the accident, while panic reigned. The bus, which hnd taken on its pawnee at Fifty-eighth street nnd oodlund nveuue. was going down Sixty-third street. The workers were fcra Ployed at the office's of the refining com pany at Thirty-first street and Pas syunk avenue. As the crowded bus reached a steep down grade at tho northern approach of the' grado crossing it began to gain momentum. Survivors say it wob going at about twenty-five mlleB an hour. When the bus wus twenty-flvo feet from the southbound track Urecu glanc '.! to the left. Ho saw the locomotive ox the passenger trnln loom from around a large brick building, which obscures the trucks fifty feet from the crossing. IJrakes Fall. to Hold Car Green shoved on the emergency brakes, but tho heavy cur, which had gained unusual momentum, did not re act. Tliero wero two men on tho sent with Continued on" Pure Two. Column Ono SAVE BIDDLE'S SIGHT ' Youngest Son of Major Recovering Prom Operation on Eye Livingston L. Riddle. 2d, youngest on nf Mnjor Authohy J. Drcxel Hid ll' is recovering from an operation Performed ten duys in Washington to prevent the loss of sight of his left eye. kyo hncclnllsts who performed tho operation said today that Mr. Riddle's condition was encouraging. Atuo time ii i,1' I,,,,l,, K totally blind, nor was ills life In danger, It was sold today by a close friend of the family. .Major Rlddlo and Mrs, Riddle, with ord, young Mr. Riddle's fiancee, havol A codicil to his win jwib inu... heen In Washington almost constantly' Controller John M. pUo utNP Mnce.the operation. Mrs. J, Cnverly before his death. This was i lea jjewlln, mother ot Miss Newlln, said vesterday during an examination oi tllBt ttlpv linlil nn L. tino. tnl l- Riddle's safety. v Riddle's safety. r Mr. Tllilrlln uilm In f.,aAt...f... .. ur. Middle, who is twenty-two years old, enlisted oh a prlvato In tho marlno ;orp. He was promoted to corporal. ii W,V ''"'"S t(""get practice at Parlw Ifcland. H. O.. that im nPMf iriirinn.i trouble with his eyes, He has been "tuler the care of specialists for a year, d m o uroiner oi aiajpr Anthony J. Hrexel Riddle,' Jr., of tho mnriho corns, and Mrs. Andrew R. Duko, for- "DEATH TRUCK" AND CROSSING tiwvisisxiimtsmmmsmm 4 ' i r irx . VX.,1- 1? - r , ' , a. ''' , ' &&. w " HFIREPLOT SEEN IfifBWKm Philadelphia, Damaged in Eng lish Port, Like Sister Ship, New York SAILING DATE IS CANCELED Ry tho Associated Press Southampton, March 27, Two fires on the American liner Philadelphia damaged the vessel so badly today that her sailing was abandoned pending ex tensive repairs. In view of similar fires on her Bister Bhlp. tho steamer New York, here re cently, the manager of the line believes the blozo of incendiary origiu. He bns offered a reward of 250 pounds sterling for the apprehension, of the guilty per sons. At 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out In the crew's quarters, but it was cxtinieuisiicd u.v tne crew witnout great damage. At 7 o'clockJ"itJmore-serious blaze broKc out under tne sccomi-ciass saloon, necessitating a call on the. local fire brigade., The fire wasbrought'.under. control'alter it una mirncu tnreo nours Suspicion of extensive,. plots sgrows stronger as the number of "accidents" a mIIIa.1 alilnnlni InnAntlACI Altnflt (ll wepk ago the Imperator, completing Its first trip under the Hrltlsh flag, reached Southampton with water pouring into its staterooms and several seamen killed ns a result of a dangerous list of forty five degrees. For three days the big liner, which was originally German nnd later Amcri un, was virtually helpless at sea. Some of the passengers said they had received mysterious advance warnings not to sail on the ship. have no campaign, no 'barrel; says hoover Former Food Chief Again De clares He Is Not a Candidate for Presidency Washhvrlon. March 27. (Ry A. P.) Herbert Hoover replied today to the inquiry oh to campaign expenditures addressed to presidential possibilities iiy Labor, the railroad union's weekly, by saying that "ns I have no cam paign. I have no finance." He reltcr ntfd his statement of March 8 that ho was not n candidate, for tho nomina tion to the presidency nnd was not seek ing public office. "A number of clubs have sprung up lolnc me tho honor of advocating my nomination," said Mr. Hoover In h s letter. "I have no knowledge of their resources which are probablv very small. I have no doubt that they would lio only too glad to keep their boks open for inspection at all Jlnje-." Mr. Hoover added thut "as a citizen t -j. o li neeomnllshmont of full publicity nnd proper restrictions" on campaign i-ai":"" SAVE DAYLIGHT IN STORES Many Business Houses Conoderlng Change In Hours The .Tohn Wnnamaker nnd Glmbel .,.', ...in onen ot 8 o'clock and close at 4 beginning Jlonday. following the builnnui houses generally, Imvc the mat, , nn.lee consideration. Factories are also considering It. .... of thp Tho It?tnll Merchants Rureaii of the L'luimuer oi """," "',". enTngs ' ue 8a t, 215 South Fifty noon to lenrn the resul s of a f " i forcmnn of tho shop, when ni.mn its members on the dajllgiit-sav . ,,,.. ,r, niip among Its members on ng hours WALTON AMENDED WILL Codicil Indicates Controller May Have Expected Death A codicil to his will was inane uy nrned f his, Kr,tfila I Friends of tho controller bellev M.,l n nrnmnilltlnll of lleUtll Olid lie Friends of tho controller believe he hud n premonition m iicnm nwi iim to make a bequest ho hod forgottei During nn examination of vu nupers at tho controller's oflico It urlous It was iimni Hint thero was $1,000,000 in uoverument bonds in the vault of o trust company iienr City Hall. The bonds wero nought ny me my ium. , " tt was found,thnt they were unregistered "und were placed with tho trus.t company ' ll uJ . - . -" , W: : JM. i l'-M f'vH 4 ' ' jPjPjPjPjPjPjPjPJI ,vHllx JkkkkHkkkkkkH Mill"' iiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiH Picture shows autobus as it looked after, being struck bv Readlng.trnln at Sixty-third street" and Eastwlck avenue,. Dcldw Is George Crosson, , watchman, at 'the '.crossing, who dcclaies lie did everything in his power , . to avert the tragedy h r i i IN FILBERT STREET Cracksmen Get $1300 in Lib- erty Bonds and Stamps Had Visited Place Close By ROBBERS LEAVE NO CLUE Expert crackmen blew tv?o Bafes in the mcrchnnt tailoring shop of A. . J. Rodcrbaugh & Co., sixth floor of 1011 Filbert street, between 0:30 o'clock last night nnd 7:4." this' morning and es caped with $1300 In Liberty bonds, thrift nnd pohtngo stamps. The cracksmen left no clue to their Identity. Wearing gloves, they left no traces of fingerprints on a Jimmy nnd n small can of nltro-glycerine found by the police today. Detectives McCluro and Ferris, of tho Eleventh nnd Winter streets pollco station, who found tho nltro-glyccrlno behind one of the damaged safes, de clare It would havo destroyed the build ing If It had been accidentally exploded. Visited Another Place The safe-blowers entered und searched the shop of tho Novelty Embroidery Co., sixth floor of 1P00 Filbert street, before entering the tailoring establishment. Here they forced open a desk, but found nothing of vnluc. An envelope contain ing $200 in banknotes on top of the desk was not touched. The police believe tho men went to tho rear of 1007 Filbert street, and climbed the flre.esi'npc to tho sixth floor. Walk ing over the fire-escape, they oro be lieved to have first entered the embroid ery shop. The jimmy found by the police was on a wimfowslll that had ,,,,, forccd Enter Through Rear Windows Entering tho Roderbnugh shop through a rear window, the men pro ceeded to the office in the front of tho place. Hero both a large and n smnll safe were drilled and blown open with t)u explosive. Liberty bonds worth $1100 and $200 In thrift and postage stamps were stolen from thp large safe. The other -yio contuined only books and papers of no value to the thieves. This small safe was scorched carefully, the papers and records being left in perfect order. robbpry wag ,,,,,.,,,.,,,, by Hnm. first street, he opened the nlaco today. Tho police wero noti fied Immediately. Final Markett Quotations on Street Daily at 3 P. M. As u result of the New York Stock Exchange'i decision to open nt 0 o'clock, standard time, and to close ut 2, starting Mondny, closing mar ket prices will appear In tho Night Extrn edition of the Evenino run i,io LEDQKn, which will bo on sale dally at 8 o'clock. A table showing the opening trans actions, and covering the first three quarters of an hour of .the market's operations, will be printed ench'day .. .1.. i--- .iui ' , U UIO 4AV lll,VU. yv ' h' WATCHMAN BtSYSTEM Clement Summpn3 EngineerJ and Corps of. Inspectors to Begin Work 'Monday MAY ORDER MORE CARS A complete survey.of the Rapid Tran sit Cc'sisystemvlth' a view to reliev ing congestion awl giving hrtter serv ice Is tobegln Mondny. It will be made' by an engineer nnd inspectors of the Public Service Commission. This was announced today by Sam uel M. Clement, Jr., public service com missioner, ttho last night heard the lo cal trolley service characterized as "horrible," particularly on tho Ger montpwn line. Tho trnuslt service was criticized at a public hearing granted by the commis sion at the request of the Cliveden Im provement Association nnd the United Ruslness Men's Association. "I have summoned Howard Jones, the 'commission's chief engineer In charge of transportation, together with n corps 'of inspectors, who will mnke a complete' HUrvey of the local trolley system," Mr. Clement said. "The invcstlgntors will remain here a month If necessary. I will assign them first to tho lines complained of last night. It was tho criticisms mndc Inst night' that led me to tnko this action. "The object of the survey will be to relieve congestion and nfford better trol ley Bervlce with the placing of more cars in service If necessary." A rumor here Hint the Mirver would be a preludo to nn inrreiiho in trol ley fares was called to the nttentlon of William D. R. Aluey, chairman of the Public Service Commission. "Ho far as the commission is con cerned," be replied, "there is not n thing of any character, direct or Indi rect, remote or contingent, thnt would look to a raise of fares in Philadelphia. Mr. Ainey said he was not prepared to state now whether he would assume personal chnrgc of the trolley service survey here. April 7 will bo "Transit Day" In Frnnkford and the northeast. Under tho direction of the Frnnkford Ronrd of Trade n popular demonstration will be staged upon thnt day to show the disapproval of the citizens of tho section of the 'manner In which the Frnnkford-elevated is allowed to remain Idle, aud to Insist upon improvement iu transit facilities the city over. Following a conference today with City Solicitor Smyth und Director ot Transit Twining, changes In tho plans for trolley extensions In tho northern section of tho city were announced. Tbe original ordinance, which pro, posed .a new lino, along the Roosevelt boulevard and thence on Courtlnnd street to Wayne Junrttaif, will be amended. This amendment proposes thnt trolleys from the Sears-Roehuck plant will tufti south on Old York road from the Rooio velt boulevard, using tho present tracks, aud at Hunting Vork avenue, will swing west to connect with Allegheny avenuo ears nt Twentv. ninth .tu, M'l. i.. ...m :.. - "i.-.i Vur "?'" -"" "" iii i nAaoul ratft JtiA .V. j. a I m I ... ,.r...,. ... vuuovillLlluil Ul Ull tXlr,t tens on between 'P.,.nv...,n.i 2Z.,'??JJ.'-XknZS?.'' Zi i I -vn f li i" nv vi.ui U4 ivTuij--Mu" ? o uuntiug i'arklul .nvi Vlr e, ,.iV, !! i v FIV FIREMEN LEAP FOR LIFE IN BLAZE AS LADDER FALLS FlamesThreaten to Destroy Two Buildings at Marshall and Noble Streets ENGINEMEN HAMPERED, BY FUMES FROM ACIDS Exposed Electric Light Wire Be lieved' to Have Started Trouble Fire which was discovered in n build ing of tho Geuernl Electric (,.'s plant, Marshall and' Noble streets, nt 12:2."i o'clock this afternoon, threatened "to destroy the building and the large ad Joining structure of the company. The damage wns estimated at ?."0,000. Two firemen were injured. One suf fered a broken leg when n thirty-five-foot ladder placed against the building, slipped and fell to the ground. five firemen were on the ladder tr ItZ hiithif '1CftVy InTJ,Icr- Hp wns taken to the Hnhncmnnn Hosnltnl. Co NnSCoj!n' OMwTHburn, of Engine imnrf wi.i?0,ir!ce.,ivci1 u Cllt ot thc 'eft ..,.. V V10'1 b' rtn ambulance surgeon nnd returned to his post. Members of Truck C... No. 'l mode n breach In the wall so that hose lines of"the fireP. ?U '" aet'n thhSrt tTi,rtbu,!ll,ns4.,n which th? "re had tx origin is a three-story brick ware- iradlftn"! !?ken Ver ,by thp wnipSSJ. rnl..,h(c '""'i1 p,nnt of the. con - Z rn'.n.""-tory structure fronting on fronts on Noble street. uiug . A. Hlght, captain of the com- pnny's baseball team, was presldi floor of the main build ug when he looked out tho v!n,in. ...i ...": ' .... innyti- e flre,"en arrived flames were Z?. "5 STomi wIl",( ws on n three floors of .the structure. Two additional alarms' were 'sent in. colling nil engines In the central section of the city. The work of the firemen wns ham pered greatly by the smoke filling the "-......IK mm minging over the neigh borhood. Rntteries, acids and other electrical apparatus were blumed for tho smoke. The fire is believed to have originated from an exposed electric light wire. X orkmen were employed repairing wires In the building nil morning. Thcv quit work at noon nnd nt 12 :30. when the fire wax discovered tl. I,.. ii.it,,- deserted. b """ It Is believed an exposed wire set fire to a Joist, nnd with no one to discover tho fire In its infancy it spread rapidly through tho old building, which former ly was n match factory and was ex tremely inflammable, Thc fire began on the first floor, it spread through the building wns rapid because of the storage there of the acids, papers, pasteboard boxes und other material used by tho company. A great' crowd TitS workers gathered about the.bloze. Trolley lines on Frnnk- nn, aixtn and cauowhlll streets were blocked while tho fire raged. Some employes in the main building kent nt their work after tlm lira discovered. BALMY PALM SUNDAY Breezes and Azure Skies Predicted for Tomorrow Palm Sunday tomorrow will be sen- unstably warm, with balmy spring breezes and ,nzure skies, the weather mnn says. Today was cooler than yesterday, oi though tho temperature remained nhnve ro. W eather predictions from Wnhhincr. ton forecast rain for Tuesday, with uen. orally foir weather Wednesday. After educsuay temperatures will average ubove normal for the remainder of the week. i TAKE WINE MAN OFF ISLE Federal Agents Accused of Kidnap ping on British Soil Miami, Fin., March 27 (Ry A. P.) Charles O'Connor, secreturv of the Rimini liny Rod and (inn rilnh nn. nouueed today that the club would seek tno prosecution ot .Merwfn a. Robst, federal agent, nnd his threo nRsistnnts, ns a result of the removal of Charles Vlncentl, a Knltlmorc wine mcrchnnt, from the Islnud In the Rnhnmas which the club lenses from the Mrltlsh CJnv. ernment. One of the chnrces to ho ln,l,i against the government agents will be innt or Kidnapping a peaceful citizen on Rritish soil. Vlncentl is nlleged to have been the head of a scheme to divert t!miwn.,,iu of dollars' worth of whisky from export uir muni-Bui: buic. according to iri'on nor, Robst and his assistants went to Rimini island in a bont Inst Thursday nnd forcibly removed Vlncentl to this pluce, whero he wns arrested by John sou. HAVANA RESULTS FirtHT RACIO. RW furliinf lli..i.....i.i. nnd up. claiming, nurae ItlOO Weymouth Qlrl, 101, innRiin Ileierly Jamet, KID, 4 to 1 8 to S 4 to 5 Jarrell ft ,n 9 avn , . n rrlnce llonro.l03,Wllaon ft to a oven 1 to 2 Time. iMa l-'iyinn jjart, Shlro. Jack Healy, Ulanchlta, Unar nnd Jamei a, alto ran. nlo hkuusu kai;e. tnrM-jear-nMi Bna UB nn i.i.i :-""--. -". Biiniiini, u tuii'Miita, cuine 'MMi, arry. lim. Atkinimn.. s n i Ain ry FiUhush. lOD.Trvon .' to 1 A in k i ruatiiui iu.i, tiftiroii,,, um t IO 1 ..-iii v - ii k ; .; :- ilottoot and Sentry alao ran," Tlma 1 tlK .H I aniifn f Ti Leattr, even IRISH BAKER SHOT AT DOOR OF HOME THUBLES, County Tlpperniy, Irelniul. Mnich 27. Jmnes, McCarthy, 'a youthful bnker, wns called to the door of his homo early this morning and feh'ot down. The victim recently re ceived n .warning thnt lie would be attacked. U. S. JUDGE" DISMISSES 2.75 BEER SUIT ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Mnrch 27. Injunction applications of five local breweries to restrain government offlclnls from enforcing constitutional prohibition ns to thc mnnufneturo nnd snip of beer of 2.75 percent nlcohollc contents weie dismissed by Federal ' Judge Farls here todny on motion of the government. The ground was thnt similar legislation is pending in the United States Supreme Court. DAYLIGHT SAVING OPTIONAL ON CAPITOL HILL HARRISEURG, March 27. Daylight seving houis in varlods departments of the state government will be n matter for the men in charge of the leghlntlons, according to people at Capitol Hill. The state will follow the federal law owiny to legislative acts, but there is nothing to pievent any or all of tho departments fiom starting to work an hour eaillei with a cor. lespondlngly earlier stopping time. MR HURD NORTH AND SOUTH CHAMP Defeats Mrs. Price for Title in Tourney Oyer Pinehurst Links HUNDREDS FOLLOW MATCH Ry SANDY MrNIRLICK Pinehurst, N. C, Mnr"h 27. Mr Ti Yi.fDorothy CuiuiihellJ Html. Pitt -burgh, won the women's golf ehnnipinr-. ship o the North nnd Soiltli here toil jr from Mrs. J. Raymond Price, a fellow toynswnmnn. bv fi up nnd 4 to play ' Mrs. Hurd hud u 42 going out n' 1 Mrs. Price n 40. Ideal summer wentr r brought hundreds of fans out to follov the match. White flannels mingled wi"i resonant sweaters and bright ootum s of the feminine contingent, making long columns for .the two former North nr.il South champions to drive through. Mrs. Price seemed to have lost ' o perfect golf which irnve her a win ' -tordny over Miss Flnlnc Rosenthal m the semi-final aud Mrs. AV. A. (iiivln In thc first round. She wns away around tho greens and hnd a tendency to con cede everything, which mnv or nitty not, be-wise. She outdrove Mrs. Ilttrd, nt first, but after a few holes Iter tee shots usually suffered botlt In lcngtli and direction. Mrs. Hurd played a superb game, marked for Its steadiness nnd ability to get down for the hole. Mrs. Prlc, after the first two holes, couldn't wlu at a single Aug till tho eleventh, which wns the only other hole she took. Shu hnlved three nnd Mrs. Hurd won tho other eight The cards : Mra. HurU Out (l in R Mrs Prlc Out A c 4 i? 342 3 0 1 4411 in . . .ii Mrs. Hurd was trapped, but got a long nut. She was just on is .1 with Mrs. Price well on tho lip on her put in a dead stnile. while Mrs. Hind couldn't mnke. The latter wns 1 down, r. and 0. Mrs. Price ncain outdrove Mrs. Hurd at tho sii'ond, but her spoon idiot got Continued iin Tnio Twrltr. Column Four 3 AUTOS AND CAR IN CRASH One Injured In Collision Near 16th and Columbia A motortruck nnd two mitoiiiolillcs were damaged und William Krviti, thirty-five jenrs old. of l."2(l North Rroud street, was Injured in n collision with it trollej i ar on Sixteenth street near Columbia avenue, this afternoon Tlie truck, owned by thc Atlantic Re fining Co., was driven by RichaTd Wat son, of Nineteenth and llainhridge streets. According to tho police, he tried to run the truck in front of a trollc. car, which wns going north on Sixteenth street. The trolley struck the motortruck, hurling It ngnlnst Rrvln's unto. Krvlu was thrown to tho street, and his cur crashed into another unto, owned bj F. W. King, of KW1 North Sixteenth street. F.rvln won taken to St. Jo seph's Hospital, suffering from lacera tions and shock. Wntson was arrested. SUES TEACHER IN ACCIDENT Engineer Says Son Lost Arm Through Negligence of Instructor James Crrssou, of Norrlstown, a civil engineer, has Micd Willnril S Campbell. Instructor of Knglish in the West Philadelphia High School, for S20.000 ilamnges as a Mspiel to the In jury of his son ut thc Campbell home Miv fresHim .n1liL'M Mint llw. 1,,., .Tames Cres.sou. dr., hI jenrs old. lost liis right arc through negligence of Mr Campbell In allowing a loaded gun to stanu wiinin rencn oi .iiuiiiren Iu the house. Ho states thut Robert Campbell, n hon of tho engineer, found the gun while tho two boys were playing In the Camp bell home and accidentally shot the Cresson boy In thc arm. necessitating amputation beIor the elbow. Mr. Cresson claims $10,000 damages (or the boy and ?10,000 for himself. ERSN NN L Quaker Captain Takes Title by Decision Over Garber in Final Match WINS ON AGGRESSIVENESS Captain Cerson, the lender of the Penn wrestling team, started things In ho right way for the Red and Rlue hen he won the intercollegiate mat -hnnipionshlp In the 125-pound class In the first bout of the 'finals at Weight -.man Hall this afternoon. The Quaker pilot defeated Oarber. Penn State, on decision after fifteen linutes of grappling. Roth grnpplers were on their feet ost of the time, feeling for openings. erson hnd his State rival on the de- ,'nse throughout the entire Ixittt and as awarded the decision on aggressive - less. The victory of the Penn cuptuin gives our more points to the Quaker total. Only one point wns scored iu the pre I'miuarlcH by the Red and Rlue ester day. A large crowd of students nnd wres fling enthusiasts watched tho mutches, 'lose to a thousand persons were within the hull. In thc llfi-ponnd class, Dick Shirk, of Stnte, won the decision over Mac Kay,, of Cornell, in 21 minutes. At the end of the regulation fifteen minutes, here was nothing to choose between tin two grnpplers. Shirk had a shade the 'letter in the extra period. The Jlrst fall of the day was made by Captain Frunk Mills of Stnte, over Simmons, of Yale, In thc ll.'-pouuil class. Mills threw Ills rival with a chnncery hold in seven minutes und 47 seconds. Another victory went to Rtitte in the l.'io-pound class and the Center vomit) collegians went out in front by a wide iniirgiu iu the team Veoriug. In the Rlo pound division, Detnr won on a de cistnii for State over Conroy of Cornell. The summaries : 115. pound clnaa Stilrk Stnt, won decision from MucKuy, Corn, II. Time, inlnutt-a l.'.Vpound claaa leraon I'enn won decision from Garber Hint,- Time r min-iiea ISR-pound class Detar, State won on ii, - islon from Conroy bute Time 1.- n, ui 1 1.Vpound rlnia Mills Stnto threw Sim iiiunN Vale, with chanceiy hold. Turn minutes 47 seconds IFIS IT CROWN CVPITIMP PUACC actcd PlllTi",1",,, "l" "" " ls "" inipression tneir LAUIIINb CHASE AFTER SUIT, Vcen.lnnc) will be short -ll)cd. nnvernniptit trtinnu Ihivi. nn(AM,1 Man Captured After Alleged Theft of Spring Outfit ' Speaking of following suit Sylvester Ray, twenty-five jenrs old, of Chicago, went into a clothing sliop nt 142."i Chestnut street early this aft i rnoon to selivt n spring suit and found something he liked for $40. He deposited $1. and Mijlng that lie would be back with the rest of the price, re tned to n dressing-room to change into his own clothes. As he wnlked out of the store C. I,. Leonard, u salesman, noticed that Ray's figure had broadened conslderabl) nnd told him to wait a minute. The negro ran out of the store and started up Chestnut street, making tlie best speed he could. Tlie police suy n new .$(10 suit wus stuffed iu ids trous ers. , Pollcemrn and tlie afternoon crowd loiueii in tlie chase started by the sales man. Vt Fifteenth street, tlie police say, Ray decided to let go balnst and threw the stolen suit into a pudillu in lilt- street. In spite of tlie additional speed thus gained, he was caught bv Reserve Patrolman Harrison nt Fif. tccntli nnd Runstead streets. lie will be given u hearing in the Night Court. I F RE NEAR FORT MIFFI IM Meadow Flames Menace Station. Hog Island Men Fight Blaze Firo swept the meadows ubove Fort Mifflin this morning, nnd ns it drew near to the fort a call was sent in to the fire department at Hog Island. Tho Hog Island firemen fought the shifting blaze for more thnn an hour. It was extinguished nt noon. WORKMEN'S AW REGAINS GROUND IN NEW RHINE PLUNGE Recaptures Lippe Castle and Advances Mile After Tern- porary Defeat RUHR LABOR COUNCILS BACK ARMISTICE PLAN Important Portfolios Given to Socialists in Reorganization of Ministry Ry the Associated Press Rerlln. March 27. Formation of new cabinet for Germany, with Her mann .Mueller ns premier nnd foreign secretary, wus announced todny. The minister" of labor Is Herr Schllcko, a So cialist, as is thc premier. The minister of ecomomics is Hcrr Schmidt, also Socialist. Paris, March 27.-(Ry A. P.) A dispatch from Wcsel. the Rhine for tress where the (Jcrmnn Oovern Lnr"t troops hnve been besieged, timed :-0 o clock Inst evening, says that the worklnsmen's forces attacking Nescl regained late yesterday the ground about the fortress which they bst Thursday. As a result of an hour's hard shelling nnd machine gun work they recaptured Lippe Castle, advane fnp more than n mile from the south. Observers at Wesel. the dispatch says, generally credit the government forces with sufficient strength to hold Wcsel ngnlnst the attackers. The counter-attack on Wcsel nnpar ently followed a victory of the Ebert troops. In which they temporarily raised the siege of the Rhine fortress. A dis patch from Wesel. dated vesterdav and received nrinr tn Mm ?on " nge: describing the earlier engagement .J, f??v7nm.ei?,t, "."P" lan(,' sortie southeast of this city, drove besieging workers forces from their posts, shelled their retreating columns nnd raised tho si ge of Wcsel on both the Vst and, Vntlthknui- rT "Artillery opernted-by-workenit.orei .,.,,,,,,. i. , biicis ,nro tne citr ana ' then withdrew. ., "V''"e tne counter-attack against the beleaguering fore s wns going re enforcements nrrivl here. Among them were thc Denth's Head Hussars und Dilans. "Snipers nre still actjve in territory evacuated by the workers' forces. Seven SlintH Wem flrntl nt tlm ,nri-nunn..,1fr .1 ..... ...... ,.v fc,tl. vu.,'njfuuui;Ub Ul the Associated Press and American newspaper men accompanying him whllo they were returning from advanced Del- t ginn outposts on the Wesel side of tha Rhino today. "Dissensions seem to have broken out among the workers' troops. Thc staff nt Hngen resigned yesterday. There is also some trnuMn nmnni tn Tr.wnn- iinent forces, jmlg'-ig from constnnt ref I erences to 'inwards' In calls for en listment." The Hague. March 27. (Ry A. P.) t'nder advice given by the central communist nnd independent Socinllst lemlerH in Mi-rllii tlmf llu, (inlitlnr. In tlm 'Ruhr region he stopped, the laborers' councils in tne Ktuir district have again approved nn armistice with the govern ment troop.- nnd nre endeavoring to pcr siiade the militant laborers to cease hos tilities. At the same time the rebels appear to have penetrated some parts of Wesel, where It Is rlnlmivl In n nffiMnl . 1 muiilriiic Issued by the revolutionary I headquarters at Kssen, the government troops urc still holding the line of forts, which the attackers desire to take be- lore agreeing to uii armistice. While tlie workmen's nrinv has Wesel partly surrounded, the defenders nre capable of stiff resistance as ct. Hie nnti -government army, n Muen ster dispatch says, has swung around the town to tho north, nttucklng from that quarter. Kiillicnsteln, Saxony, March 27, flly A. P.) Workers nave taken. over Control In tnu-nw ntwl otnu tf t Mt,n, .- ..: i... :;. ,"":. . ", '":rv Ontlin to round up lenders of workers and search for arms. At .lena thi orkers hnie organized a guard. At (iera troops were demobilized but stu dents put up a tight, lesultlng in seven teen being killed and forty wounded. Chemnitz, Saxony, Mnrch 27. (Ry I A. P.) Communists tire firmly in trenched in control here nnd prepared ( to resist nttacks by government troops which may be sent iigainst the city.'' ' PIERCE SlCCEEDSDANEL Veteran Investigator Appointed D i vision Justice Chief ( II. 1'. 1'icrcc. now -lil.f nul.,fffii In the office of the jlrst assistant attorney ccncrnl has been imiinlnt,..! ,ll.,lul,, ..... in rintendent here of tlie department of insure to succeed Todd Daniel who re signed. Mr. Pierce is to tnke chnrgc of the office next Monday, the local office of , the department's bureau of Investiga tion wns informed this morning, The new division superintendent, whose headquarters lll be in the Fed- ' eral Ruilding, this city, is a veterau investigator of tlie Department nf Jus . tlce. It was sultl he was selected be cause of his long experience und dem nnstrnted ability and entirely without regard for political consideration. Iin b a lawyer, as is Mr. Daniel, whom he succeeds. Pierce is said to be one of the "itnr" men In tho alien property custodian's organization who uncovered the tier man ownership, of millions of dollars' worth of property in the Tnltpd States ' when this country entered tho war und many plots by (iennans to obstruct' Amerlcu'H war program. m ' il ? 4 1 J. '"3d an 4j p Hi i & 1! ni . n ,'VV V, ,t' t 4 if ' Vr?.SP - --! M, .,
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