.o h :....i. ri!FiirtflH ami evcwng. TKMI'KRATVBn AT KACll IKJUR ngT jio in lia r 1 a I n t 4 I rr i-ntTitvi inr, ir.7 ir. Inn kioJoi ins loTT MUUIfl :ywm mKVMf- flW:& VOL. VI.-NO. 173 PLUCKY YOUKG GtRLj pmn FOILS SIX ROBBERS Covered With Revolvers, She Keeps Nerve and Conceals Day's Receipts of $100 DISGUSTED THIEVES Fl.EE .WITH ONLY $6 FOR EFFORTS, Three Men on Outside Cover Operations of Associates in North Ninth Street Shop A plucky sixteen-year-old girl foiled -, bind of si rmPtl ftUt0 bnn,ut w ,0 cutcd n spectacular hold-up of the biktr kIiop in whirl. alio was working 5el.it night. They got but .$0 . ' The day's receipts, totaling morn tlmn $100 mid ""no other cash, were stored in r clrnwor near her. but she told only Mhe small sum when 'covered" by wo revolvers and ordered to "deliver. tYo hold-up occurred In th shop ot JFJM? vJfJr 410rt North Ninth street, just before closing time. Dorothy Trinkei'. n niece of the proprietor, was In the Rtoro nlonc. Two young men entered. One. went to the pastry counter. A hilo the girl waited on him tho other man not nlonc He of her nnd nonehnlantly cnlleil her attention io inn " '"- " """ -,..-erine" her with two revolvers nnd -,.i.i Bhnot It she rried out. She remained still. Tho first bandit jiM her where the money was con culcd. She Indicated a small cash box. n. mnn onened it. removed tho. SO. riirjed the establishment and ran out tie door. Ilobbcr Finds Fault The man with the. revolvers stayed k mlniitp to tell Miss Trlhker what ho thought of a business establishment that lept but SO in the rash box. At n sltrnnl from outside, ho slowly backed to tho door, and then, turning, ran and jumped into a waiting automo bile. The girl ran to the window in time to fee three other armed men 'who had been covering the work of tho ban dits froru the outside jump into tho cnr. The driver had kept the engine run ning and got n flying start just as the last man hurdled into n 'seat. The nu tomobile, Miss Frinker said, was n lira ouidnc of expensive manufacture. The girl said tho execution' of the entire hold-up was such ns to show the men were well versed in the pnrts they were to play. "I knew the men were cowards," said the girl today. "Wh, the one man wasn't satisfied with pointing one revolver nt me, lie whipped out a second gun, nnd held them both at my head, When ho nulled out Itba eeeond revolver I knfiw- he was n utoinfrl andWnM'b 'afraid to slyjot. so I snoutea tor neip. Scurried Out I.ilie Hats " "Anif when Unclp Fred nnd tho otters came running 'to help mo the men scurried out of the shop like rats from a cat. "The two men were smiling when they came In. I asked them what I (ould do for them. 'We want Hnster m,' the younger mnn snid. I turned toptabag to put tho eggs in. When I faced the men ngnln, the shorter one polated a gun in ray face, while the taller one leaped the couyter unci opened tho cash drawer. , "The taller man ordered me into n eoroer, 'Oct back there or I'll Hhoot jou for sure, he said. I was nfraid at nrtt. Hut when he drew n second re wlter I knew he was just trying to bum me. If he hnd intended shooting. e wouldn't have fnolcd with a second revolver to handle one little girl. "I fccreamed with nil my might, lode Fred heard mo nnd came run ning from the rcllar. 1 tell you those men certainty were In a hurry. The , younger man shoved the revolvers in 6u pocket and started for the door, loe taller mnn leaped the counter and 8 nt the other man's heels. They Palled their caps low over their eyes, W Jumped into n limousine. There re four other men in the limousine, joe car shot forward apd disappeared on Ninth street. Cross at Neighbors "What makes me cross is the wav the jujhbors ktnod nround outside the tore anil wntdied the robbery. They ?nerLt8..fcar1 th7 ,li(,n,t wn think S the limousine's number. The to men were in the store nt O o'clock. M ate Mime chocolate ice cream. I fh,n i,,VJ.i1 msp tri(,1 ,l,p rohberv coral'ng in WCrC t0 maay p,'"lc Jh,Cn,ri'u' "f ,,,r OTinnntown uve Ih. K i 'CI""I.I,B VTl'ot stntio believe SttVn,teU,"W,rkfflf,,n- bel&" l,,e oscor of he bandits. hb';i "I'1 nc7c desertciLher. She C.rV,nB,.iu,n "' bark of the store "iVh.!,"1- Y,Un u,", "" 2 i tiail occurred. Sfttretiiivto': tbMto?cr,uv?l8l)0,Ii '.non wll -nw.l fee t f nr , f K .' wi "bout five n nu, i i n """ wore a gray rrPi. L,,lu" MW suit.. H UM tin rroivcis b fi'U1'",1 ,t,,,e ," was f lender l.niu sh l,lcl,C8 iu '""Wit. ore . , I, I "i'V tlurU, cmi'loxioned nnVl uie men who wnlted outside. 2 POLICE HELdInIaIL ACtUMd f A8ult by Man Charged With Bread Theft ""i and (&no,?,n'"n. "' uo Hoi- 5 '"Klstrnfp ,!..' ,,ml1 for ''""ft by CVi?,,,,'i battery la' " R ,,hnre fe'tf tit1' 'enr" ohI- of -"H fiecoml arid Chri u0"11"? '""""I. " tlti A' his . L.iU,,n fi'lH ttlon. ! on tir.."8l,in.rK.. .be said, ns he 'n an ar,..,u,...out."."becnino Involved imtrolincti N BAKERY HOLD-UP ii...t . -niuii-iii !iti ii.. Sua.1' $&CtfoB! "k him mwuijcu Stcond-Ctma Mattr Under' th Act DOKOTIIY TItlNKKR Thh Is tho sixteen-year-old girl who tricked six men who attempt ed to roll her uncle's bakery nt 11(1.1 North Ninth street GIRL HELD IN THEFT CASE Detained In Baltimore Tells of "Winning" Jewelry .Motn Henry, of .Master street, neni- Flfty-thlnl. Is being detained In Ilnltl- more ns the companion nnd witness ngnitiht Harry I'jterson. charged with larecney while posing ns n rirli club man. The Philadelphia girl Js only sixteen yenrs ld. Her mother, Mrs. Nellie Henry, snid she had not seen the dnugh ' The mother left todny nt 1 .o'clock for Ilaltlmoro to' mnke nn effort to brlnrf her dnughter home. The girl's sister, Peggy, snid that recently the fnmlly had received many letters nnd photo graphs of Motn. "We thought she was doing fine," the sister said, tcr since October 5, 1017. According to the police, the girl has been traveling throughout tlic country with Peterson. She told the police he had "won" jewelry in New Orleans, Atlanta, ltirmiilghnm nnd other cities, nnd displayed n diamond ring' valued nt $1100, which she (-aid he gave to her. SUES FOR SERIOUS SCARE U. of P. Athletic Body Defendant In Action Brought by Father The Athletic Association of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania is defendant- in n suit for diimages hegbn iu Court of Common Pleas No. 2 by Joseph F. Savngc, on behalf of himself and his I twclve-yenr-old son, Joseph F. Savngc, Jr.. for injuries sustniued bv the boy at Franklin Field February 20 last. It is related that Joseph, Jr.. with I several other children, was playing on J the spectators' sents nbout 5 o'clock in the evening, when Cibson, employed by the defendnnt, chnscd them with n stirk or club iu his hund, nnd young Savngc, in his haste to escape, fell from the top of the scats to South street below, about tfiirty feet, frncturiug his left leg nnd sustaining other injuries nnd severe shock to his nervous sys- -temr , . It ts conienueu mar me inrentemug action of Oiibson wns gross negligence, the boy being a minor of tender jears. PLURIBUS'CASHES IN ' Wins Opening Race for Two-Year-OldsNat Bowie Howie Track. .Maryland, April it, Pluribus. ridden by Jockey Rodriguez, breezed over the wire a winner in the opening race for two-car-olds nt the Howlo track this afternoou. She paid the tlckctholder SlO.fiO, ?5.70 and $4,150. The summaries! PIHST HACK, lure. tKO-j.'ar-olds. 11000. I rurlonn"! . . . lMurlbu. 1H, HodN MdUn iJl'llnn. 115' lO10 13 70 8.50 $1.30 wniuinmuii JO Mourn", 111. MeUalfe I 10 Grand T'niilmndlr, ill 4..-. llaliv Kye OpVner, Rcpi-Rt Omfr K nlnONjan. HEIONIJ IaOI3. for tlirei- jeur-oldx, purse aAAit p.i.. fur nnifH' 'Pli Art tlfri II o, nuin ? fi"" f u iiv i fcLiT.iiin.Wllllftmii. . 2 80 'J.IIO I iuuu . d v ,ri.--t-- tin rn ti nn t. Dru'mi.. i". Ks!iSul ,;; 7J.f! vert. Knrlco Caruso. unaiiPiiee ana juauio "'tIIMID HACK clrttmliiB throo-car-olj ami un. pur; I toon , 'u'!f ", , , Kranklln 117. 7wtr -''" ?.!! iI'iliroh, 111. Troxler -' U .4 .link IC . ins SrhMuru ., ,., r ,0 Tlmi. lV-M a-'. Mlronm reddler I'oKbj .Tnno and IMacher alo ran Hoy fell o 1'o.iclier TOUIITH ItACE. Imnilloap i irp-ir-old h ,7,. iiru iii(K. fi'4 furlong- Time. i-iu. ..-"j ""'' --r.... .v ' Arrnh Uo on. tos. , Arrni'h.nrt" loi nuiurek ' a !'" Mlrtnlxlit Hun. IH, Sneldf- fl rt Tlino 1.09 4-ft Vou Nf'l Lnil I.nlt Kill Mc'loy anil Veteran alo ran FIRE SWEEPS CEMETERY Fire swept over u pint ion of Cilen wood Cemetery this afternoon when the griiHs iu some way beennm ignited and before the Haines could be extinguished half u dozen lire companies, summoned by nn uliu-m turned in by one of tho eemctorv workmen, were on the scene. LTho blau broke out nnesii uiur ih-iub apparently naiiou nun i) " hour was consumed iu puttmjjjt out. Charles H. McCullduch, Jr., Dead R.iffnlo, X. Y.. April :i.-(Ry A P.) -Charles II. McCullouch Jr.. presi dent of the Lackawanna Steel Co.. died today in a Baltimore .hospital accord lug to n telegram reccned at the olh.-i-7tl. romimny here. MtCulloueh wa oi inr :,",... , i miii appointed presuieni .luinnuj , "- EnlrcJ fB Ml jggggflgggWpgJK r ..ggggggVb.. I 7 t Xv r , , , ,' 'G'OODBY ALL, BLAME BUT ME READS WOMAN'S DEATH NOTE 'Longing for Dead Mother' Led Mrs. Florence Tarteglia to Kill Herself With Revolver "Good-by nll-don't blame auj .body else for this deed biu mjself. I am longing ')r "' ",oll"'r- ,, . This note dated "Good Friday, nnd nddressed to her husband and father, for. is the only known reason . r the suicide of Mrs. I ;'"":,., '' ' f J '," j twenty-six jeuis old. .11 8 ,"'.. "V"'.! street, who was found dead In nei room at 8:110 o'clock last night. b her husband, with a bullet wound through UlM1rH.'rTtti-tagli..'s mother died about a j ear ago rnderneath a coverlet In her bed was ml a thirty caliber revolver, which fie tho note wu iu.... .. - -- - n the loom. According to Detective eh.-i.dt of tho Twenty-second street n lulling Park avenue sta o , tie 'ouiiK woinuu used a hand mirror to t th Pottofflcs, nt Philadelphia. ofaiarch.a. 1870. Enforce Boxing Rules Here, Director Cortelyou Orders Tells Managers and Pro-' motors Police Will Help Stamp Out Ticket Scalp- mg f No Smoking at Fistic Shoivs Another Rule Sure to Be Incorporated in Code Uoxers. promoters, seconds nnd every one connected with the ring gnmo will be enforced to ndbero strictly to th6 present police rules governing the snort. This, In n sentence, was the first shot fired by .Tnmes T. Cortebou, tho di rector of public snfety. In his cntnpnlgn to clean up bwxlng In this city. Director Cortelyou 'delivered his open ing blow nt the loose management of tho sport nt n meeting of promoters, ref erees nnd other ofucinls of boxing clubs nt his office this afternoon. "The present rules cannot be Im proved upon to any great extent," sold the director after the governing lnws frnmed in December, 1011, nnd neg lected for the past mnny years hod been rend. "These rules have been neglected for several years," CvrtelyouVcontlnticd, "but from now on, I nm going to use the police to see that they are rigidly enforced. I know that you promoters and 'officials will be glad to co-optrnto with tho police in seeing that they are enforced." Director Corfclyou nppolptcd a com mittee of newspapermen und promoters to frnme additional rules to govern box ing in this city. The committee will meet Wedncsduy afternoon nnd will offer their rules to the director later for approval. The committee consists of Hurry Donnghy, rhalrmau: Harry I). Edwards. Eddie Holland, William D. Picrson. Marcus Williams, .lack Fried man. Walter Sehlichtcr, William II. Itocup, Itichard Kain, Louis II. Jaffu, hs Automobiles Jam River Drive for Penn and Yale -Regatta. Blue Is Favorite WIND HANDICAPS QUAKERS The Schuylkill river, from the Oirard avenue bridge to the bend of tl)e famous Henley Courspu this afternoons banked with loug lines of sl'owly'm'ovlng'anto- mobiles and solid masses of humanity. The Pennsylvania and Yale Varsity and Junior crew a opened the aquatic season with their annual brush, and as early as .! o clock, an hour and n half before the start of the first race, the mnchiues were jockeying for good posi tions on the Cast Rlvcr drive, nnd crowds, surrounded the College Roat Club and the Philadelphia Rarge Club, where the Red and Blue and the Hlue oarsmen were quartered. A clear deep-blue sky, a warm spring sun and a brisk wind made conditions Ideal for the spectators, but the wind I kicked up white caps on the water and I it looked like a battle not only between the respective crews ot the two institu tions, hut ulso nguiust the elements. Wind Favors Yule The wind blew rather strongly up the course nnd on the bncks of the oarsmen, J and this, apparently, will make good -ill t 1110 (ItlPstlOllllblO l UK HUH iiruwii llll' wt bank of Hip Schuylkill for the junior race, which is scheduled to start at 4 I'M, and in a smnll measure will be protected from the wind because the shell will be close to the bank. Fenu's couise lies nbout midstream. "This wind favors Yale." Miid Coach Joe Wrijriit, the Penn tutor, as he watched his junior vnrsity get nwny from the slm to paddle slowly up to tli (bead of the course. "We have a longer I)(mt thau Ynle. and, of course, thero ,is more for the wind to strike and le turd." The Penn nnd l nle second eigllts were civen loud cheem as they pulled in nu ertsv fashion unstream. The great 'majority of the spectators who lined tlirt bank nnd who linil choice positions on boats were supporters of the Qlnkers, but Yale was not without its backers. Red and Rlue bunting rippled iu the wind from the nutoinohiles, and here and there Blue pennants waved fiom the machines. Four good oarsmen upon whom Coach Wright had counted had to be replaced during the short training season. Sup nice, who rowed No. 4 for two years, left college because of scholastic difficul ties ; Roberts, who pulled an oar at No. It for two years In the varsity boat, had to give up his seat iu the shell upon the orders of his nhyslcinn ; Armstrong, who was the freshman crew stroke last year, also Is out of college; Hinckley, Continued on Tate Kletrn, Column Three insure perfect aim, when she fired the futnl shot. The young woman suffered n full while horscbuik riding obout n year ago, and it is believed that an injury to 'her head resulting from tho accident mny have been the cnuse of tits of mel, niichollu, to which she is said to have been subject Her mother's death, loo, Is said to have affected her deeply. Earlier in tho day Mrs. Tartaglh. hnd returned from the deutlst. The revolver, the police say, has beeu In her possession following a lobbery of her home about it year ago. Mrs. , Tartaglia was married about two years ugo. Shortly after tho wed ding her husband went overseas 4vth the American army, where hn became a first lieutcnuut in a mnchiuc.gitii company. Sho was a graduate of St. Joseph's Academy, Beverly, N, J, Her father is Frank II. McMorris. BIG CROWD BANKS m RACES PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1920 Theatres Do Not Have Set-Ups, Says Director At the boxing meeting this after noon In tho office of Director ot, Pub lic Snfety Cortelyou, one promoter Rtnted that he did not believe the suggestion ot the fltrector that the boxers' share of the 'purse be made public wns n goo'd thing, "Why' not?" nsked Mr. Cortelyou. "Well, you don't have the salary or purse of an actor made public nt n theatre, do you? replied the pro moter. v "That's true," snid Mr. Cortel y,ou, "but you don't have nny set ups nt tho thentrcs, cither, do you?" M. Nnglc Itnwllus, J. .T. Dugnn, Jnrhcs W. GnntJ! nnd T, W. Ziekurach. One rule thnt is certain to be npproved by Director Cortelyou is that of "no smoking." This regulation will go into effect rra soon ns new rules, to be drnftcd by the rules committee nnd npproved by tho director, nre ndded to the present njdlee code. Ge5rgo Elliott, chief fire marshal, will be held responsible for the enforcement of this rule. The early part of tho meeting was .dnyoted to a dlscjisslon of the rules. There wns no mention made of forming a commission to govern the sport In this city. . Ono rule, .suggested as an addition to the list oC fourteen which have been In foree since 11)11, woh to have nil box ers weigh in nt the ringside nnd to have the weights of tie men an nounced. Most nil the rules have heoif over looked, but tho one-which bus ticcn virtually forgotten Is the lnw which commands boxers to use onlv nf bandages. For the last several years fill tlln linVoftl It n rn linnn Mt Til- hands in hard tape. Among other suggestions made by Mr. Cortelyou wns thnt every one con cerned should mnke nn effort to prevent ticket scnlplng. He stnted that the police could be used to co-operate with Continued on raise Klevrn. Column Two CITY IS PERVADED BY EASTER SPIRIT Showers Expected Tomorrow, but May Hold Off Until Evening RECORD CROWDS TO SHORE Witff n warm sun beaming down from azure skies nnd the promise of the weatherman thnt. rnln unnl,l lmM nff ttomorrow untllilar In ther-nfferriooh or evening, the Irrepressible spirit of l.aster pervaded the city today. The weather will continue fnir until tomorrow. The skies wilt become cloudy ! enrlv in the afternoon, hut no rnln In predicted before Into afternoon, and probably not till tomorrow evening. The temperature will be slightly lower than today's, which was 01 at 4 ock this afternoon nnd it Is expected to fluctuate between f0 nnd ri5 degrees. The wind, which Is from tlu Wost. will uMtt to nn "Enster-lv" wind tomorrow, thn weatherman snid Blizzard Five Years Ago Five jears.ago. Saturday, April .1, lOlfi. the city was in the grip of the great Easter blizzard. Sanw began to fall nt 7:44 o'clock in tne morning nnd continued throughout thctdnr. There wns n wind of fifty-four miles. The following dnv wns Easter, .with two nnd one-half inched of snow- on the ground nnd freezing temperatures. Trnf fie wns paralysed nnd senshore reports completely isolnted through the crip pling of .telephone nnd telegraph serv ice Every indication points to record breaking crowds, nt the seashoreSomor row. Railroad offiplals say the eiowds which this mortiing Jammed the ferries, railroad terminals and shore-bound tuiins have never been equalled. Joys Follow I-ent The spirit of Easter was abroad in every section of tho city todiiy, follow ing the fortj days of Lenten obserwuue. The center of Hie city appears iih a series of flower gardens, with delicately tinted lilies, Mily peeping violts. el low daffodils nnd hyacinths blending iu n colorful transformation of the city streets City Hall's severe peri.pective was metnmorphosed by a lovely fringe of coloiful blooms, reminiscent of the canopied flower merchants nbout the Madeleine In Paris. Tho (lowers carried their message of Euster und a world ugnin grown young Into the hospltuls and institutions for the nged and helpless. Tiollcy cars and elevated tinius were jammed with men and women, struggling with iiuwleldv Hotted flnu'i.u The plrifof thv season caught the work-odny city and left It mnllim?. I . ,." .w1h...uu"0l.,!!,,..luy U,RJ r-. sum iHRt'ui iu ihu m-usiiurc wi.l ne sola ' i., i,h, ,i,n Um,...in..i.. t:.ii " . .' I , "" "!- ,""""""l" iminiiuu nun WM. G. WARDEN, 2D, DIES Succumbs to Attack of Pneumonia.. Was HIU School Student j William G Wurdou. 2d. sou of Clur- I ence A. Warden, of Haverfoid, died at ' his lioine yesterday, following an attack) of pneumonia, tie result of a cold con tracted ten duys ago. Mr. Wardeu, who was not quite sev-, enteen years old was a student at the Hill School, and would have been gradu ated this June. He illstiuguNlied hit... self us a member of tliebastball and' football teuius. The funeral, which will I be private, will take place Monday morning, nnd interment will be held in West Lauiel Hill Cemeterj A brother, Clnreuce A. Warden, Jr ! nud u sister, Mary Helen Warden, sur vive the dead youth. He was a nephew ' of Mrs. William L McLean, Mrs. Sam ' pel MorrU, Mrs. Samuel T. Bodine and ' Mrs. .1 Louis Ketterllnus. i IN TIIK WAIU: OK TltK TOItNADO I Tin pIcturM i howlnB dnatructlon In Chi-1 eteo auburb utter lilir torin on i'atm Sun I tjr In tomorrow' notorial Election, I'uouo' l.KIKitu. ,lfu. KeaiiiiiL- id. w-av hetw-veii n tn ..',.in,.i- v . : : ; i"" iiikI 7 -.'tO o'clock r tnninrrnu.. mi,,.,,!,,. I cl.nsc coal loililj . lliej weie luroriued aVKtntouJ?bumK. !!"U "!' '-n;'lto would be sold until mentPil. so that there will bo tralnH to ,P I"',i('" !'"" b,1' "XU' ""N Uniil the hhoiP every half hour on bo I, roads? 1,e j,rI lh: " ",,t'n" iwnd- WAR ACT V OLAT ON HINTED IN EVICTION E Inquiry Made to Determine if Ejecting of Glassmiros Was Contrary to Law VETERAN CALLS OUSTING v OF'PARENTS AN OUTRAGE 7000 West Philadelphia Fami lies Reported to Have Received ' Notices to Move Federal investigation has been started to determine whether the soldiers' anil sailors' relief bill was violated by the eviction of the nged parents of Samuel A. Clflsstpirq, n wounded veternn, from their home, 10 South Redfleld street, Thursday. The veternn arrived here last night from the government hospitnl nt Car lisle. Pu., and. todny he snw Robert J. Sterrett. assistant United States dis trict attorney, nt the Federal Building. "We w.ill investigate this case thor oughly." said Mr. Sterrett, "nnd deter mine whether the wartime m-t to pro tect the families of service lnen was violated." "The soldiers' nnd snllors relief bill wns pnssed during the- war. nnd. inas much ns the countrjr'is not officially nt pence, it is still effective.- "The lnw does nbt clinngc the right of the landlord to dispossess the fumllv of n soldier, but it docs compel him to bring suit nnd hnvo the court pass upon the justice of the eviction. The land lord must show just cnuse for putting the-tehnnt out. Eviction May Bo Stnyed "If this ense is sent tn court it may result -in staying the eviction, nlthough it could not prevent it if the landlord Proved that the action was justified. I do not know whether the Glass -mire eviction wns obtnlned on n court order. The fact thnt there was a sheriff's writ indicates thnt irwas. However, we will Investigate every phase of the case thoioughlv." Glassmh-e delivered the eviction writ 1 M Sterrett. lt wns mn(I( t March li, 1020. to Taylor & Sons, agents, to the use of Howard Macau ley, Abe Kolsky & Co. nnd Philip Schwartz, .fust who owns the prop erty has been n matter of question pub licly Klnce the eviction wns effected. The writ wns signed by J. B. Harring ton, deputy sheriff, nnd countersigned by Judge J. Willis Martin. George W. Glussmire nnd his wife, the pnrcnts of the soldier, nre now being sheltered nt the home of Mrs. Glnssmire's nephew, Edwin Pric3tcr, 310 North' Robinson street. Mrs. Glnssmire is. under the run. n n .plijvrtrln n ns tlie mujf her 4exnc.rl y ence -Thursday night. Following the eviction or the uinssmlros, Edwin Hun ter, one of the sheriff's deputies, who put them out, was mobbed nnd pelted with bricks nnd stones. Arrnngements hnve been innrlo with Private (ilassmirc to bring his nged mother nnd father to the office of the Continual on I'uuo TVni. Column Two H U R Rlis J0 BEARRJSTED Man Rushes to City Hall Office to Find He Is Wanted as Thief A mnn rapped at the door of n home near Eleventh nnd Locust streets this I morning. "Is Harry P-e-r-d i-k-i-s in?" the man asked. The landlady of the bouse said Harrj was not iu. but was expected soon. "When he comes in please tell him to coll around up at Room fi27. City Hall," said the man nt the door. The gentleman came in Inter, nnd hurried directly to Room 527, which proved to be the detective burenu. Act ing .Detective Miller arrested him on n charge of larceny, nlleged to have been committed in Chester iu 1018. He I wns iiirncu over ro me unester au thorities. WARNS OF COAL GOUGING Palmer Asks Federal District Attor neys to Be on Their Guard Washington, April '.i. i iiy A. P. i Federal district attorneys worn in structed today bj Attorney General Pnlmei- to iccclve nnd consider com plaints of profiteering in bituminous coal "which may arise iu jour district under the Lever net." Mr, Palmer's telegram was prepured after some bituminous- rim I operators had stated publicly that the new wage scale agreed on under the terms of the award by the coul-strike settlement commission would result in an increase of from 00 cents to SI 2." u ton ou coal. Pointing out that the total increase iu wages hud been estimated at ap proximately $200,000,000 u car. Mr I 'aimer said that If this entile amount wns "ndded by the operators to the l'"00 ,l would only mnUe uu increase of 40 cents n ton. Shenandoah. Pa. April It. When . . ... i. . teamsters went to the Philadelphia and Showers to Mar Easter, Weatherman Predicts Washington, April .'. (B A. P.) Euster "fashion parades" throughout the eastern portion of the country will encounter showers, If predictions of the weather bureau toduy.nre borne out. Fair weather, which oerspieui most of the country east of the Mis sissippi todaj and laised the hopes nf possessors of Easter finery, will be followed tomorrow b cloudy weother. showers and eien pouring i alii, the bureau's forecast said, I'useasonable tcmperatitreh in some states promise a further blight to Faster parades. New- England alone will escape toinorrow's lain, the forecaster said, adding thnt even iu that rfctlnn ruin might be expected tomorrow- night. ATSOLDIER'HM ' WnililiHf. I mil HUM 11,111 mil i.t n. li. li... r rubllihelDIIy Except SuniHy. Subscription Prlc tO ft Tear by Mali, PRTPT? TWfl PITM'THS' ' i Copyright, 1820. by Publio LcoW Comptny. IKlljlU J.YVU L-JJjIN 1 &, t Copyright 1020, COLLEGE BASEBALL RESULTS PRINCETON 02000 1 NAVAL ACADEMY ..00 a" 000 . l)ntterie& Snvngc nnd Trimble; Baker and Cloughlcy. TODAY'S SOCCER SCORES .KARDW'K&MAGEE 4 HESS-BRIOHT 0 CT. CARTHAGE 1 35B1STOL 1 - DUISBURG CAPTURED BY REICHSWEHR COBLENZ. April T. Tho Reichswehr captured Dulsburn;, Rhenish Frus3in, mid Ruhrort. tho lim-bor for DulBburg, lntc thl. afternoon after iliuch stieet fiRhting. according to ndvlces rv-' celvetl this evening1. RHODE ISLAND TO FORM COAST ARTILLERY COMPANY WASHINGTON. April 3. Rhode Island was nuthorled. to day to organize a company of coast nrtillcry. U- S- EASTER CAKE FOR AUSTRIAN CHILDREN VIENNA, April 3. Elvery child fed at the American Kitchen today was given a loaf of cake to take home to Its family for the Easter dinner. One hundred and fifty thousand Icavcs. will be distributed, enabling thousands of children to taste cake for the first time In their lives. EXPECT SHIPS TO BREAK OUT OF. ICE TRAP TODAY LUDINGTON, Mich.. April 3. The six Pere Marquette vessels caught iu tho big ice pack off this port yesterday, are still held fast, but clearing- weather and a shift inthe wind to day aie expected to clear tho ice and permit them to make port before night. NEW HEAD FOR AMERICAN THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 3. Announcement of the selec tion of L. W. Rogers, author and former newspaperman, to suc- cced. A. P. Warring as national president of the American scc- tlon of the Theosophlcal Society of which ' A'nniS" Besaritjisjilaley natloni.! 'pftii&ont? wnf4nB& f romMheKrrInstiKte Thoosophy here today. The retiring president hnd been in afflict since 1012. President Rogers will mako his headquarters here. DEMAND DANISH HOUSE MEET IN CRISIS LONDON, April 3. Two vice presidents of the lower house of the Danish Parliament today demanded that the president summon tho lower house, accoiding to nn exchange telegrnpk dispatch from Copenhagen. The request wns refused nnd the vice president thereupon disclaimed nil responsibility for any consequences that might ensue in the present critical situation. WANTS ARMY MAN IN NAVAL WAR COLLEGE NEWPORT, R. I., April 3. Admiral Sln.s. piesidait of the Nnbal War CoUege, has requested the detail of Major E. L. King as a member of the faculty with a view to effecting greater co operation between the army and navy in the study of war prtfc. lems. Heretofoie army officers have been'membeis tf ciriocs at tho college but, they have never been in the faculty. CLEVELAND PLANS RELIEF FROM HOUSE SHORTAGE CLEVELAND, April 3. A movement to bring pcrmnne.it lelief from aggravated renting conditions here by Building 0,000 or more homes this summer by the use of private cipl'il was launched nt noon today nt a meeting of the heads of twelve trades organizations of the city. TELLS EFFECT OF COURT DECREE ON PACKERS CHICAGO. April 3. The federal court decree dissolving the packers will affect about one-fouith of the total tonnage of unrelated food articles carried in the packers' refrigerator cars. Rlchnid 0'IIarn, transportation expeit of Swift & Co.. testified in the hening befoie tho Interstate Commerce Commission her today. BOY HIT BY TRUCK ! Skull May Be Fractured Chauffeur j Under Arrest ' ! Roj McCliutoek. six years olil l-JI-'l Noith Flftj -sixth street, wns .struck! c"'M''l'aKeii. April :i . Mj A. Pi by uu automobile truck ut Fiftj -sixth H"0""""'' crowds nu- gnthering outside street nnd Girard nveuue this afternoon. He lecelved cuts of Uie face aud head ami a probable fracture of the skull. He is in the West Philadelphia Homeo pathic Hospital. Anthony Tcnzu. North Sixty-third street, the chauffeur, was arrested. l-AI.U Nl'MlAV AT TI.A!sTin CITY A rK Of atrlklnir unit tli-Ulltul tilrturra ImmbUI"." I'c,ora, 'n! rustic by Publlo Ledrr Company on It. H. T. TRANCISVILLE 0 DISSTON JR 0 - MARCH ON DANISH PALACE Vast Crowd Demands King's Aid to1 Prevent General Strike the town hall this eveninc mill mm shilling into columns to match to the rojal palace. Amallenborg Custle. currj lug a resolution asking the king's help to prevent the calamity of a general strike. Tho demonstration Is headed by the town councillors. The resolution also demands the formation of u ministry composed of men not resnnnsililn f.- .i.'.. present crisis and who would be IkV to obtain parliamentary support. 1 -I PRICE TWO CENTS.!, iinriiirn nrr iinrn v nuuitn numu III B J TO ENTER RAGE Candidate Stands by His Rc-' ord With Republicans in Formal Statomont SAYS PROFESSION HALTED MORE ACTIVITY WITH PARTY Has No Apology for Standing by President During Great War Crisis URGES CAMPAIGN WORK Former Food Chief Declares Re- lief Duties Prevent Making Personal Canvass Special Dltpatcli to the Kieitlua Public t.ida'f New York. April .'I. Herbert Hoover, following his announcement fljnt hn IS willing and ready to accept the Republican presidential nomlruf-c t ion, issued a fnrmnl stntement toda in which lie snid he wns unwilling thnt his name be plated before any other party ns "n primary sense of team ) work iu nuy party organization would preclude such n possibility," and thnt he did not wish tn be embarrassed by suggestions of some Independents In this matter. Explaining why be stood by the President during the wnr, Mr. Hoover snid: "It wns obviously my duty as nn important war official to support, tho President without thought of any political interest to myself from the day I entered the administration until I left it, and I put no qualification upon nr apologies for loyalty to one"s chief in office." ' Advocates Clean Campaign Mr. Hoover admitted be hnd uo great, record of partisanship, but explained that his profession prevented him 'fronr exercising as much as he desired the privilege of every citizen at the polls.' He requested that men nnd women, urging Ills nomination "bear in mind , that personal criticism of the other names before1 the party is chiefly' "oC iiprvli,p in llip minimitinti " wMr. Hoove US INDEPENOtNW oover addressed- his lkMkt?At!.ik in -j. : tsrs?WT qr .National Republican CJulf,. " eonest thnt It be nent triXII .t?2 to Cnptal the Iloovqr with a request that It be sent to, "all Hoover clubs throughout the cquntry. Text of Statement (J? Mr. 'Hoover's statement follows: "1 shall be unable to tnke part tn n personal cuuinss, as my administratis- obligations to oevornl organizations engaged in the starvation relief In Europe arc such until their next harvest that 1 can give but little time to dn.V other mutters "Having refused to allow mj name to be put into primaries hitherto nt every plate where I 1iave been consulted, so fur a 1 know, it hns only been douej In t the states of California and Michigan and iu one solitary district outside. As there is little organization on my bet half except the clubs that have sprung ' up spontaneously over the rotintry, and as mot of the primaries are closed and ' nt this lute ditto no reorganization is I possible thnt could compete with other organizations, I do not consider that I mj friends, -w ill find any ndvautnge in that direction in other primaries. J "Those who think I should be Horn!" tinted will. I believe, find their cnorr j gies better applied to promotion of then- views to the country nud the dele gates atreadj naiiieil, with full respect I to their prior pledges. Kpeots Cold Welcome Bj Some "I lmo no expectation that my en trance into this situation would be wel ( omed bj the tjpe of persons who con. I echo that Interest for office, put riot Uu. and cltlensliip depend upon placing sheer partisanship nbove national Inter- I ests or who require years of demon strated participation in work with me chanical politics. I cannot assist these I people with explanations trying to prove , that I In-long to their cliuss. "Some people of this class fool great. i trouble of mind that in a letter ad dressed to a friend lust jenr I expresse.d mj alarm ut the then growing partisan ship and pressed the need for unity fur ndion between the legislative and ex ecutive brunches of the govern -tnei.t while we wen- still faced with I the problems of war It wns obviously mj ilu I us an nnpoitant war official1 to support the President without I thought of anv political interests of iinself from the dnv I entered into the ' administration until I left it. anil I put no iiuiiliticutious upon or npologies for lojulty to one's diief in office Paid Allegiance to Pa.t) . - On the second point of their anxiety 1 make no pretensions to a great record of partisan actlx.tj I ut once submit that mi political ii.te.ent was coufiupd to membership in a piominent Itopubll can club and iillegiauie to the party over . a period of joins but I earned my Ut-, tontlnurd on I'uKr Two. Column Ou' PALMER PETITIONS OUT Circulate Papers to Put Him In Poll as Preferential Candidate Petitions to put the uiiuie of Attor ue General Palmer on the Democrat li primorj ballot us a preferential uriwl ' dentin! cui.d.datc are in circulation over the state. Puliner-McCorniick cnndl-' dates for deli gales at largo and ill, trict delegates will run ou a platforw pledged to into for the popular t-hoic' if tin uiirtt " purij omoy Generul Palmer declared time ago for an instructed, delega rout Pennsylvania Attorney some tl (ion from t'ennsy FIOHTIMI IIIK NI'I'I'IIAGK AT imvr xnuiTtSrrATSSn; lomorniw' I'luorUi Bsction.rJ.uS VtlXX.-AtHi. i'ijl : t A.J1 H ' fl i,'I 4 i j P, ! .l T'I rfl ri !i SM ft 'Hi ji "J y !H 1 , '& l. -0 .1 v TTtH u Js s. '& 3 Jfr v. l.i 1 i ;; ?w L-H. .ytA Tt. .. . .' ,o V:.'-.. .. . iLL r.V. . '"..nn
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