Vol., vl no. 196
HOI
BY pHHHl
AT
(Assistant Secretary of Treasury
Addresses Academy of Po
litical Scienco
CONDEMNS BONUS PLANS
AND URGES HONEST WORK
Senator Edge Declares Govern
ment Must Stop Meddling
With Private Business
Uy Iho Associated rrcs
New York, April 30. Bankers, du
ratort nml economists of the United
State nnd Europo discussed inflation,
high prices nnd wnys of restoring nor
mal conditions which hnvo sufiered dts
lecstton as a. rcsiilt .of the world wnr
t the scmlnnnunl meeting of the Acad
my of rolltlcnl Science which opened
here today.
The. government of tho United States
ig deadlookcd'-ngalnst Itself, n govern.
ment of obstruction," Assistnnt Secre
tary liefflngwcll, of tho Treasury, said
in an nddrcss bristling with sugges
tions as to tho causes of existing trou
bles and means of remedyingthem. Fail
ure of tho government to deal in n con
structive way with any one of tho vital
national problems ho attributed largely
to the fact that the government is "di
vided against itself."
"At this most critical nfoment In
the history of Europe, when our finnn-
rlal nnd economic stako in Europe's af
fairs is so great that disaster there could
jnean only disaster here, many of our
own people hnyo turned gamblers nnd
masters," said Mr. Lefflngwcll. "For
plain living nnd high thinking wc
have substituted wasting and bickering.
TV enjoy high living while wo grumble
at the high cost of living."
Must Abjure Bonuses
There is only ono remedy, Mr. Lcf
flngwell Bald. Tho "nation must get
together, stop bickorlng nnd face the
critical situation which confronts the
world ns we should a foreign war."
"Government' expenditures "must be
cut to tho quick, ' he said, arid "wc
mnst abjure bonuses nnd realize prompt
ly on all salable war assets, including
bins, annlvlne the nroccnls to the war
debt." Ho argued for a national budget
'.'with teeth 'in it, ' ana urgeu .prompt
xevMpu of. present tax laws. ,
WI 44vujiigwcM ,oauiivu IU fc'IU
SHOT FIREO
UNREST GAUSt
BWWafllTl)ilWliT?S
- -i 'onppnav iiB.fi orrnviriMi in hiiiht nrnn i
"ConcrcBS had' struecled to effect rcon'
emlfsat tlicaxpensc.of.cfflclent admin
istration while it takes tlroft to dd
JtB.000.000 to Civil War ncnslons."
"Instead of tclllue the nconlc frankly
snd boldly," ho said, "thut prices are
high because they are wasting, wc, fix
pris and prosocute-profiteers in order
mtt too people may buy more nnu pny
less. Instead of telling tho 'young men
who were drafted to fight the wnr, nnd
who canin back better and stronger nnd
more fit to fight their own battles than
they wero before, to go to work and
save their money nnd look out for them
iMvrs. ns nny self-respecting man
should, we listened complacently to their
oreaDiiod demands for n bonus, euphem
istically called 'adjusted compensa
tion.' "
"$50 Bond a $30 mil"
Whllo saying that the Liberty loan
campaigns stand out as the "most re
markable economic achievement of nny
people, Mr. Lefflngwell fenrcd that the
pood which had como through them the
training of n nation to work and save
was about to be lost. Ho declared too
many people had come to regard a "550
bond as $50 bill."
Construction, rather than reconstruc
tion, is the great task confronting this
Congress, tho next Congress and per
haps even tho sixty-eighth Congress,
Senator Walter JJ. Kdge, of New Jer
My. told the assemblage.
' Some ncrsons sneak of reconstruc
tion," Senator Edgo said, "but times
have changed so in the. last six years
mat even tlio foundations of industry
and business nnd finuncc have been
hokon and must bo strengthened to sup
port the new structures to bo erected in
rlco of those which were raised In
th five jears of destructive wnrfnrc."
Undo Sam Must Stob Meddling
.Senator Edge declared "there is too
much government in business mid not
enough business in government."
'Tuel' Sam," he continued, "must
JJ prlcv. out of tho shipping business,
the real estate business, the wholcxalc
and retail clothing nnd grocery nnd
other trades which he Iiok iuvnded.
His mailed fist must be taken from
the throat of prlvute enterprises nnd
nis other hand from the taxpayers'
pooKot. Conversely, wo hope thnt some
medium of business will be injected into
the management of the government's
Irgitliuato public business through the
enactment of a budget measure on which
f committee of which I am a member
long has Inhered.
"The United States must open and
cultivate world-wide markets for Its
Mods. The People of tho United States
rannot consume the entiro production of
'he land, nor would there bo nny profit
mum ii inpy could nnd merely In
'weliiwiKcii dollurK among themselves,
o either world markets must be won
"1 cultivated or American production
must be curtailed with resultant pov
fly, distress and unrest."
Political Economists lllame Inflation
f4i,,',rJ8B'H B- w- Anderson, Sr..
' the National Bnnk of Coinnwrco, of
Jtow ork; Edwin W. Kemmercr, pro
Ti?or ? economics and finance in
Johnst Hopkins University, and Dr.
""oh II. Hollcndcr. nrofessor of no-
V
f i rcu'"n' In .Tohns Hopkins, set
ir1!' respcetivoly ns factors in present
H11 "8, lessened production and un
inti Villi """I'Oft balunce; paper mouoy
... 1(T? for "nonwar causes and wnr
causes," and mistakcu 'policies in
"uericnn wnr financing.
Umbrella Weather
il(mon(tioiu Merer sconiinpi '
iiriiip your shower sticks into
view.
Mowers tonight ami in iho wuruina
With cooler iccather now urc due.
""''" Mcrarciui Mttur at Wi Pottofnc.
Unflw th Act of March 8. 1BTS.
Wood and Johnson Figure
Largely, in G. 0. P. Contest
Wood apparently has defeated
Johnson In New Jersey, but a ro
count has been demanded.
Harding denies ho will retire from
he presidential race because of his
Ohio showing. Ills campaign man
ager, II. M. Daughcrty, was de
feated for delegate.
Wood is continuing his campaign
In Indiana.
The Notional Labor party will
hold n convention in Chicago, July
11. 12, 13.
Senator Moses claims that Wood
has gained fifty-six delegates in Now
Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and
Idaho,
A fight has been begun to line up
Pennsylvania delegates to support
Wood on Ihc second ballot.
Tho Cornell faculty in n straw
votb cast 114 votes for Hoover out
it 103.
PLEAS FOR IYER
Methods Used by Prosecutor
Are Attacked in Closing
Argument of Trial
VERDICT MAY COME TODAY
"Crafty lawyer" and "man of trick
nnd artifice" were epithets applied to
Joseph II. Taulanc, nsslstant district
nttorney, by William A. Gray, counsel
for Itnlph T. Moycr, in closing tho let
ter's defense today in Quarter Sessions
Court.
Mr. Taulanc. prosecutor of Moycr on
chnrges of perjury nnd uttering a false
bank statement,' in connection with tho
looting of tho North Pcnn Bank last
summer, was not the only person pll
loried by Mr. Gray, in his address ta
the jury.
August Wagner, notary who admin
iBtered the famous "roll-top desk" ontli
to Moycr, was also attacked and his tes
timony brnnded as untrue.
The trial, which began almost two
weeks ago, is expected to end today. Mr.
Taulanc mado his closing nddrcss for
tho commonwealth late yesterday nfter
noon and Mr. Gray is expected to finish
by 1 o'clock this afternoon.
"The district nttorney protests he is
seeking the truth," said Mr. Gray, re
ferring to Mr. Taulane. "I say ho is
not. It is his-duty as .district nttorney
to bring out. nil the cvldeqco both. for
ana arainsc me acienaanc.
you nllfVfr
.cjljpot only tor
i.a iAiniinn t- i
for the defendant. Yet he nrotests thnt
.certain evidence sh6uld not go in. He
is, nnu nns ocen lor mo iasc several
years, n man who, by Wicks nnd artifice
and every means known to n crafty
lawyer, presents everything for the
commonwealth's sldo and keeps out
everything that is favorable to the de
fendant. Mr. Gray largely turned his atten
tion to the discrediting of the testimony
about the oath alleged to have been
tnken by Moycr. when he prepared the
call statement of the bank s affairs, us
of Juno S, 1010.
"The judge probably will rulo that
in this case the seal nnd signnture con
stitute the oath. Hut this is not so.
Consider AVngncr s testimony, his ninn
ner of testifying, what he said nnd how
lie said it.
"Did he impress you as n man who
had a clrar recollection of what hap
pened nnd told of It from n good mem
ory? Did he impress you ns n man
whose testimony could be depended on
to send another man to jail?"
Mr. Gray stressed the fact thnt the
witness had admitted that he had not
seen Moycr sign: that he had not no
ticed if the directors' signatures were
on the paper, or even whether the paper
wns blank or filled in.
Mr. Gray suggested thnt tho ltnes
might have been Impelled to testify as
he did feeling that it was n choice be
tween Moyer or himself being pun
ished. COALJO GO UP $1 7 TON
General Advanc In Domestic Sizes
Effective Tomorrow
I'hlladelphlans may expect very soon
to pov nn added dollar for every ton of
coal they store for the coming winter.
Announcement is made by tho Lehigh
Conl nnd Nnvlgntlon Co. that a gcueral
advance of $1 u ton In domestic sizes of
anthracite will ho put into effect to
morrow. New priccB of the Lehigh Co. at the
mines without frcightngti nnd other
costs added, nro ns follows: Broken
nnd egg, $7.35; stove nnd chestiiut,
S7.70: pen. $0; buckwheat. ?4; rice,
S3 and barley. $2.25.
Oflieiuls of the l'hllodelphin Coal Ex
ebnngo snld today that retail deulcrs
hero would be immediately obliged to
raise their rates.
The present retail prices of nnthrn
cite here ore: Stovo nnd chestnut,
?13.r0! pen. $10: egg. $12.25; buck
wheat. $7.25
HARDING MANAGER BEATEN
Daugherty Loses as Ohio Delegate
by 307 Votes
Columbus. April ao.-fny A. 1 )-
ny a margin of but .107 votes Harry M.
Dauchertv, of Cojumbus, untionnl cam
aien manager for Senator Warren G.
Harding, wns defeated in Tuesday's pri
mary for dele-ate-at-large. These re
turns give Daugherty 107.375 votes nnd
his rival. William II. Oovd. of Cleve
L.i . Wnrtrf .Meeate. 107.0S2.
Hum, ". "V-"-- '.t.f ".t.t1....
The oilier .liirre ubii-kuh-'j-ih.-ii"
)ti'-.1
Senator Harding probably will hnvo
thirty-nine of tho forty-eight Ohio ile lo
antes. Tliero is n possibility thnt the,
official count, to tafco plaeo hero ear y
next week, may change tho results in
the Daughertylloyd contest.
The complete returns give Hardlns a
plurnlUy of 1(1,303 votes over Wood for
!) i rcsldetrtln preference. The voto
stamls : Harding, 125,501 ; Wood,
100,258.
GRAY IKES FINAL
eleeted nro Harding men. '! lie ot ner
votes were: Myron T. Ilerrlck. 132.
m Harding); Frank H. Willis. 123.
r 0 YHardlng) : John Galvin. 120.10tl
(Hard rig) Edward C. Turner. 100.124
t Phtltdtlphl, r.
THE LAST
i 'W&Mm 1
KiKff !' --f, nnnnnnnnH
tief! Mitt mi ,,?'M
Bending in a heap over n high liurdlo this athletp, Carrutliers, of tlio
Toronto University, looks like a man of small stature. Ho Is six feet
four Inches in height. Ho is seen tailing Ills last workout for the
Penn relays
TRAFFIC TIED. UP
El
Schuylkill Plant of Electric Co.
Ha3 Breakdown. Surface Trol
ley and Railroads Affected
THOUSANDS LATE TO WORK
Thousands of riders on trolleys, sub-
wnr and electrified railway lines were
late" for work this morning because ot
a breakdown at tho rniiadcipnta Hiiec
trip ro.'n Hchuvlklll Dlant.
The power shut-off began at a little
hpfnro H nVlnpk nnd lasted until 8:15
o'clock on the Peunsylvanin Itnilrood's
electrined lines, and until somewnni
later on iho surfaco lines of tho transit
company.
aao fennsyiyania nnuroau-annaunucu
that all-tho Ian Lino and jChcstnut
HiH.hrafach'trainshad been affected by
tho uW3owt XtsJnWC.BjtlcCj
trilled rigbt-of-wny baited suddenly at
7:55 o'clock. .
The trains remained stalled while;
anxious commuters looked at watches
and thought of delayed business engage
ments. At 8:15 the power was turned
on again, and nil trains continued to
Broad Street Station.
Subway Is Affected
Tlio break in the current manifested
itself at 7:50 o'clock in tho subwny.
All lights in the system went out and
a train just coming into the Thir
teenth street station found isclf with
out power. Some trains running be
hind it were able to get power, but
the stalling of tho first train held them
all up. Hundreds ot passengers con
tinued to work by surface lines.
The break did not affect nil the sur-
fnre lines of the P. It. T. It Was
extended only to those lines getting their
power from the KcltiiyiKill powerhouse,
mnMi rentrnl Philadelphia. Tho Twen
tieth and Twenty-third street lines were
stnlled north of Catharine street. The
power below Catbariuo street was not
interrupted.
Caused by Short Circuit
The Philadelphia . Electric Co. re
nnrteil thnr. the lntcmintioii of its serv
ice had been but momentary and was
caused by a short circuit in ono of the
"feeders" from tho Schuylkill power
hpuso to tho Pennsylvania Kauroau dis
tributing substntion across the river
Tim ovtm lnnd nut on the other "fccdi
ers" by the short circuit caused them to
"trip out" nutomntically, cutting off nil
tho P. H. It.'s power.
Tho circuit-breakers on tho transit
company's feeders nlso wero thrown out
automatically.
Though the Philadelphia hlectric Co.
restored jts service instantly, it took
Boinii time for the service stations of
the railroad mid transit company to get
iuto proper adjustment again.
SHOE PRICES HIT TOBOGGAN
Reduction in Wholesale Rates Is An
nounced at Haoerstown
Hagcrstowu, Mil., April 30. A re
duction in the wholesale price of shoes
at tho factories controlled by tho Byron
brothers is announced to take plaeo next
month, as follows: Hngerstown Shoe
nnd Legging Co., 8 to 20 per cent., and
Byron Shoe Manufacturing Co., Hagcrs
town, M per cent.
W. D. Byron & Sons, of AWlliams
port, operating tannery, say n one-third
reduction hns taken, place in their selling
price of leather. A 20 per cent reduc
tion has tnftcu place in the price of
inner soles, made at the Hanover plant
of the Byron brothers. '
A member of the tnnuery firm says
that present demand by manufacturers
and retailers is for leather of a grade
to make medium-priced shoes, nnd that
people who crented the extensive demand
for higher-priced shoes have stopped
buying. He also says that a combina
tion of thirty of the largesU manufac
turers in Great Britain has been formed
to Invade the American market and un
dersell the American manufacturer.
JINX IS BROKEN
First Clear Friday In Eight Weeka
but but
Today tho weather broke the jinx
record. Had it rained, this would have
been tho eighth wet Friday in succes
sion. ' ,.,
But tho weatherman says: "Keep
your umbrella handy. You may find
n little rain coming this way before
nightfall."
Perhaps tho jinx still is nround.
Till! NAII.TNd 111' HIIAMIint'K 111
A plenJld picture ot Hlr llimniiH Upton'
former cup chalkiwr trlliiir on, lt lone
all la th United Hatoi, In next KuniUy'Nl
l'lotorlal titctlon of ibi I'uuuu Ledum. I
Adv.
TOERFAL
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3Q, 1920
WORKOUT
FRANKLIN FIELD
Athletes Prepare for Contests"ks
Eager Crowd Walts for
the Gates to Open
FIRST EVENT AT 2 P. M.
By SPICK HAXL
Franklin Field, April 30. At noon
today, two hours before the starting
time of tho 1020 Pennsylvania relays,
one of the biggcat athletic festivals ever
held, the athletes began to trickle into
tne dressing rooms it Weightman Hall
and the training house Knots of spec
tators wearing the colors of their alma
maters were chafing at the bit waiting
fdr the gates to oncn. while newnbovn
honied into'thc raclet desperately trying
vu uuuone 01 weir wooonuin wares.
whiSlli.r5nta''e'1.iiI?Al.rIer-dopeion,-dcr
rclaysT"3" -tWtViS"n.
jno pentnatuon broadjump, tho
first event on the two-day pro
gram, wns scheduled to begin nt 2
o'clock this afternnou and Dr. George
Orton said that this and all of the other
events would bo pulled oft ns booked.
Tho historic ithletio field today was
all dolled up for the great occasion.
The scntlng arrangements were com
pleted yesterday, the score board was
ready to flash the first winner and the
turnstiles had a good rubdown to get
them in shape to work overtime. And
lost, but far from least, the wenther
was elenr nnd the track fnst, as they
say down nt Havre de Grace.
"Bigger and'Better"
With all of the lending enstern col
leges, many from the West nnd Far West
represented, and teams from Canada
and England, tho relays promised to
have something on the "Greatest Show
on Earth," for not only are the games
this year "Bigger and Better Than
Ever." but they arc far faster.
All of the teams which did not get
'hero lost night arrived this morning.
The University of Penniylvnnln athletes
nnd tho Englishmen, representing Ox-ford-Cnmbridge,
have been at the shore
for two days. These, led, respectively,
by Coaches Lawson Robertson and Al
Shrubb. came in early today from At
lantic City where they have been ab
sorbing some of the sea nir to give them
the final nunch.
Unless nil indications fail, there will
be more' people nt the relays this yea?
than nt nny two otner similar emits
in tho past. It is confidently expected
that tomorrow afternoon's events will
pack Franklin Field to its capacity.
The demand for tickets lias been un
precedented. Everywhere everybody is
talking relays..
Besides the thousands of Pennsyl
vania rooters there will bo other dele
gations to give battle with the Bed and
Continual on l'aa Nineteen, Column four
GREETS RELAY IN
TOD A Y'S PENN RE LA Y EVENTS
AND STARTING TIME OF EACH
PENTALHLON AND OTHER EVENTS
Event No. 1, 2 p. m. Pentathlon, running broad jump.
Event No. 2, 2:r?0 p. m. 440 jords low hurdle race.
Event No. .1, 2:40 p. m. Philadelphia suburban high school champion
ship, open to nil high schools within a radius of twenty miles of Philadelphia
Event No. 4, 2:45 p. m. Pentathlon, javelin.
Event No. 5, 2:48 p. m. Philadelphia Iuteracademlc A. A. champion-
S' PEvent No. 0. 2:50 p. m. Philadelphia High School championship.
Event No. 7, S, 0, 10, 11, S :25 p. m. Philadelphia grammar school
championship.
Event No. 12, .'? ;.10 p. m. Pentathlon, 200 meters.
Event 'No. l.'l, .'1 : 45 p. m. 140 yards hurdle.
Event No. 14. 3:55 p. m. r 15 to 10, 4:05 p. n. Philadelphia grammar
school championships. -'
Event No. 17. 4:10 p. m, Philadelphia patochial school championship.
Event No. 18, 4:10 p. m, Pentathlon, discus.
Event No. 10, 4:15 p. m. I, John Wanamaker Collegiate Institute of
Philadelphia ; 2, John Wnnamakcr Collegiate Institute of New York.
AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Event No. 20, 4:23 p. m. American College championship sprint medley
relay race, first and second man each to run 220 yards, third man 440 yards,
and fourth man 8S0 yards.
Event No. 21, 4:35 p. in, American interscholastlc medley relay cham
pionship, first man to run 220 yards, the second man 440 yards, the third man
000 yards, the fourth muu 880 yards.
Event No. 22, 4:47 p. ra, International Intercollegiate special three-mile
run.
Event No. 23, 5:07 p. m. Pentnthlon, 1500 meters.
Event No, 24, 5:15 p. m. American College championship dlstntico
medley relay race, first mnn to run 440 yards, second man 880 yards, third
mnn three-quarters of u mile nud fourth man oue mile,
SPECIAL FIELD EVENTS
Eveut No. 25, 3 p. m, Throwing 50-pound weight for distance.
Event No. 20, 3:40 p. m. Ruuuing hop, step and jump.
COUNCIL'S PROBE
OF ITSELF LIKELY
TO BEFLARE-BACK
Varo Sponsors May Be Hoist
by Own Petards or Singed by
Fires of Own Kindling
'BULL' ANDREWS AND OTHER
'LEXOWINGS' ARE RECALLED
Disappointed Ambitions, Fan
cied Grievances and Factional
Hatreds Halted Progress
By GEORGE NOX McOAIN
The cltv Council of twenty-one will
begin investigating itself on Monday
next.
Tt lias been limping nlong for four
months like n mnn with one crutch
and Tils leg in a shoulder sling.
Xothing has been accomplished by
it in that time thnt is of large construc
tive nature, though important matters
are waiting to clnim its attention.
The two warring factions hnve, like
wrangling school boys, principally been
engaged in pointing the linger of
scorn nnd derinlon nt ench other and
daddllng a chip on ench shoulder.
The ridiculous fact obtrudes that at
the end of four months the organiza
tion of the body is not yet complete.
Tho original plan of organization
mnppcd out by tho majority has never
been perfected.
Disappointed ambitions, fancied
grievances nnd foetionnl hatreds have
combined to render Inoperative the
constructive design of those who realb
have the welfare of tho city nt heart.
Tho nntl-ndmlnistrntion, or the
Vnrc followiug in Council" ns it is
popularly designated, has taken every
opportunity to greaso the rails nnd
then laugh to sco the wheels of the
helpless mnjorlty spin round nud spit
fire like a pinwheel on a past on a
innonlpHS nicht.
As for the mnjorlty itself, it owns
nrmwoKsinn of ono or two members.
reactionaries they would be designate!
by progressives in national pontics,
w'ho are apparently determined ts have
their own wnv even thoilEll thci send
the municipal machine to the scrap pile
and the administration's plans to the
demnition bow-wows.
All Sworn to Service of City
Yet all of these councilmanic.gcutlc
men nre sworn to the service of the.
people. Ench one Is receiving a sulur
equivalent to normal interest on $100,
000 per year. Tiiey seem to have for
gotten that the people have some rights,
and constructive legislative action some
little demand upon their vnluablc time.
Not desiring to be hypercritical there
is one reform councilman who has suc
ceeded in jamming a two-by-fourtceu
sprag into the councilmanic gear and
keeping it there for .nearly three
'months. On a crude giiCBa I should say
that this bas cost tho city twice as
much money ns the amount wlilcli thirt
councilman, in his spasm ol economy,
is fighting to save.
Tho senile saw about "saving at the
spigot nnd leaking nt the bung hole"
has for onco a prnctlcnl application.
There arc certain crude insinuations
of the baser sort that if President Weg
lein hnd been complacent enough to up
poiut this membership on the finance
committee, he would have forestalled an
nttnek of heart burnings and would
have hurried important legislation upon
its devious wny.
In defense ot bis attitude I under
stand that the gentleman has declared
that he wants nothing for himself or
for his disrict: thut he seeks only the
good of the populace and the' economi
cal administration of affairs. No criti
cal contention can be based upon such
a declaration. Incidentally though, the
gentleman, on this declaration, is a
representative of the most modest iintf
self-effacing constituency in the city.
The I6g!c of the situation is, thnt ns his
peopla don't want nn thing they're not
likely to get unythlng.
Varo Men Want Things
The attitude of Senator Vnre's friends
is the reverse. Every man Jack of them
is tho political antithesis of this mem
ber's. They want things; know what
they want, and they go nfter them with
had down and tail up.
Item one on their list, underscored
and in black letters, is "git th'
Mayor." Up totlie present they haven't
got him. Neither n prophet nor tlw de
scendants of n prophet, I am of the
opinion thnt they will hiko Jip many n
dusty highway before they do "git"
him.
I regret to record, however, as the
days go by the yearning desire to "git
'im" is intensified. Contrariwise there
Cantlnned en Taie To. Column Threa
Pubtlahed Dally Eept Sunday.
uopjrrfjf i, lvxu,
BOLSHEVIKI ADMIT POLISH GAIIT5
LONDON, April 30. Th,o loss of Zhitomir, eighty miles
southwest of KIov, to the Toles is aflmitlcd In a statement today
by tho Soviet government at Moscow. Tho message also rjfcrs
to a Polish threat against Klor.
FEAR ANARCHIST OUTBREAK IN RUHR DISTRICT
OflDON, April 30. The bituation In the Buhr district is
gravo nnd au anarchist movement is iearcd. A large secret
stock of arms has been discovered at Itucgcn, an ilhand in the
Baltic Boa in tho provlnco of Poineranln, and tho leader of tho
land guards has Been arrested. Tho lund "guar!! has been,
disbanded.
I
At
Sailor Saves Child, While Acting
Battalion Chief Takes
Woman to Safety
$5000 DAMAGE IS DONE
A woman nnd n girl were carried to
safety, two persons led through the
smoke ami flnmcK to the street and a
ircinun badlj rut during a tire at 1801
Susquelinniia avenue this morning.
The blaze burned out the srorc of
Robert Dannehower, a dealer in butter,
eggs and poultry, and did damage esti
mated nt S5000. The upper floors were
damaged by smoke.
The dwelling part of the building is
occupied by the family of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Howard Hnnley. The Hnnleys were
sleeping when n pnsserby discovered the
blaze. They were awakened by the
pounding on the door.
Mr. Hnnley ran through the upper
floor and aroused Miss Sadie McCul-
pugh mid Harry V idler, boarders.
Widlcr made his escape over the roof
tops, beinir fearful of nttemntine lo
negotiate the stnirwajs because of the
dense cloud of smoke in the building.
Acting Mnttnlion Chief William C.
Williams nnd un unidentified snilor ran
into tho building and found Mr. and
Mrs. Hnnley in n room on the second
floor, their escape cut off by smoke.
With them wns their fivc-vear-old
daughter Virginia
The sailor carried the child to the
street, her fnco and body hidden in u
blanket. Williams led the parents to
safety.
While taking the parents to the
street, uiuinis heard .Miss McCiilluugh
screaming on the Third floor. He rau
back into tho building and carried her
to the Mroet.
Thomas J. Wilkinson, fiftj vears old.
a ho8ciiiun, liviug at 252S West Haggert
street, wns Jjadly cut about the arms
nnd hands wITcn he forced nn entrance
into the burning store through the plate
glass winddw.
Virtually nil the damage was confined
to the store. A big stock of butter,
eggs nnd poultry was destrojed.
FIND BODY; ENDS MYSTERY
Remains of West Phlla. Man Missing
Two Weeks Found In River
Recover of the body of Frank N.
Hhitc, tlurt.v -eight years old. a car
penter, 30 South Salford street West
Philadelphia. esterdny in the Chris
tiana river. Wilmington, clears up the
mystery which surrounded his disap
pearance from his borne on Siindnv,
April IS.
Mr. White was nearly blind. After
telling his father, Cropior T. White, a
Civil War veteran, that he was going
to take u little walk, he went to Wil
mington. The wanderer arrived at the home
of a cousin, Mr-. .lames Page. 1001
Bennett street. Wilmington, and after
a Drtet visit said he was going
Bridgeville. Del., to see his brother
Edward C. White. Attempts to dis
suade him fuun this purpose were fu
tile, nnd his pat cuts in West I'hlla.
dolphin were comnniuicated with.
All traces of White's movements
from the time he left the Page home in
Wilmington were lost, nnd nothing
more was heard of him until the dis
covery of his body. It is supposed that
he wandered in the darkness to the river
unnoticed and met death.
Besides the aged 'parent, he leaves
a wife and sou two jears old.
TO TELL TRANSIT NEEDS
Mitten to Review Company's View
point to Committee
This city's transit needs for the next
ten cars, from the viewpoint of the
Rapid Transit Co., will be otitliueil to
the Major's transit committee this
aftcruoou by Thomas E. Mitten, presi
dent of the company.
William P. Bnrba, acting chairman
of the committee, said he nud his col
leagues will begin drafting n skeleton
report of their findings next Monday
nfter William Draper Lewis has been
consulted on seerul points imolved.
When the committee wns named by
Mr. Moore the hitter said he wanted n
reiort in Mm I dajs. That period
.expires next Wcducsdnj .
On the final da for the report a
i public hearing will be held in the
I Chamber of Commerce assembly room.
'Representatives of tho I'uited Business
Mens Association will present their
views. .
The route of the proposed Broad
street nnd Erie nventie spur of the
Krnnkford elevated will be inspected
this nfternoou by t'nuucirs committee
on transportation anil public utilities.
WAR VICTIM'S BODY HOME
The til st body of nn American soldier
to reach this city to be reiuterred ar
rived at North Philadelphia station this
afternoon, it wns that of Harry M
1 ARE RESCUED
!R1 BLAZE
Casey, 18ll0 Judson street, a member of
tho 44f)th Motor Truck Company, who
died September 20, 11)18, of pneumonia
in Franco. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Cnvey. 202" Norris street.
A guard of honor accompanied the
bodj. An American (lag wuh draped
ocr the casket
Whn you think of writ Ire,
think at HlUTiNO. 4dv.
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Hnh.rHntlfm Prlen 1ft a Tear hr MatL
by Publlo Ldfer Company.
Child Left Alone on Porch of
Colorado Avenue House
Drops From Sight
MOTHER IS PROSTRATED
Police and a special posc are search
ing swamps in the vicinity of Ninth
street and Johnson nvenuc in the hope
of finding three-venr-old Kenneth Bow
man, Jr., of 2023 South Colorado ave
nue, who has been missing since 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Estella Bowman, mother of the
child, is prostrated with grief at her
home nnd the father, Kenneth Bow
man, is leading tho searchers to every
section of the neighborhood in the hope
that th boy still is alive.
Mrs. Bowman and Kenneth went to
the homo of Mrs. John F. Bowers,
2731 South Ninth street, yesterday aft
ernoon for n visit. Mrs. Bowmnu and
Mrs. Bowers went upstairs to sec n
sister of the latter who is ill and Ken
neth wns left oti tho porch with Esther,
tho six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Bow
ers. The girl started for a neighbor
hood candy store with some pennies
her mother had given her, telling Ken
neth to remain on the porch.
When she returned the boy wbr gone.
A search of the house and the neighbor
hood failed to locate him.
The belief that the little fellow may
have followed Esther in tho direction
of Oregon avenue and wandered into
the neck of tho swamp and led to the
nv in-vr in un- uilili uim I I'll IC lilt
urination of how..k lnt nltrht. to rnrei.
fori
the sea grass. A dozen men tramned
he sea grass. A dozen men tramped
the tnarsby district throughout the night
ami tins morning, but without results.
Mounted police of the Thirty-seventh
district hove joined the search.
500 AMENDMENTS ARE
OFFERED TO DRAFT OF
STATE CONSTITUTION
Proposed Changes Have Wide
Range of Action Commit
tee Meets May 11
Bu a Stuff Correspondent
Iliirrlsburg. April 30. Approximate
ly fiOO amendments to tho tcntntivc
t'raft of the proposed now state consti
tution hne been submitted to tho com
mission on constitutional amendment
mid revision for consideration when tho
commission reconvenes here May 11.
The proposed innedments range from
adoption of the iultiathe and referen
dum nud the reorganization of the state
government down to corrections in the
phraseology of the tentative draft. Sev-
SWAMP SEARCHED
FOR MISSING BOY
t0,cinl amendments deal with the question
of charitable and educational appro
pnaaions.
A number of amendments wetc sub
mitted by the Pennsjlvauiii Stale
Orange representatives of civic and
business
llRKnpinttnnu Hurl inrliviHunlu '
who spoke ot the public hearings con-
eluded last week. Some of the com-
missioucrs have submitted amendments
ot their own.
PRISONERS PLEAD H. C. OF L.I
Boys, Held as Robbers, Say Pool-I
room Keeper Charged Too Much
outh, arraigned for allcced hith-
wo robbery, said today he and ti com
panion attacked u poolroom keeper be
cause tho latter was charging too much
for each game.
The defendants were Adam Wst-ca-wicz.
17." Market street, and Stanislas
.abinsky. 17.". East street, Munimink.
Magistrate Price, in the Matiayunk po
lice station, held each in .1."(MI for
court.
Thc were accused of nttncking and
trjing to roll Roman Ilaiiezel, monri-
etor of a poolroom. Main and Peusdale
streets Tlie alleged nttnek oivurrc. mI,Ke the confeience contingent upo
enrlj Sunday morning when llunezel ,.MU.llHtioii of Frankfort by the French,
was going home with the leceipts of his y MUlerniid replied thnt the question"
poolroom were eniireh sepnrate. Since the con
abinskv told the magistrate he and , aitlons of the evacuation had been fixed
Wiiscawoss had decided to "heat up' i)V ,1,,. San Remo conference, hit de
the poolroom mini because, he was; ,. hired, they must bn complied with,
chnrglng too much for each game. ' -- - L
- i ARREST COUNTESS DE BECK
3 NEW SUGAR WARRANTS ' --
Beautiful Divorcee and Her Hut
Will Receive Federal Hearing With band Charged With Arson
Sixteen Already Arrested I Hnugor. Mr.. April .'50. Countess
Three new warrants for alleCe,l sugar, !,V.;r,Jl,r,.j,y,,bri.'ir ttvnd'riS
? .irT ! ,Jl r""1,; nh" "".'ishe came here last year iiH the bride of
sixteen, already arrested, are arraigned! ipm. ld Nl.N(IIli ntm ii(.llteunt of
before a I nited States roninii..li.iipri engineers in the A. E. F.. wns arrested
Postponement ot the hearing of ii.nl ?.,!?'",".,!.V,IA ".?!. l'c,:..L,"n,lt,l 'eAd
t ii . e - " , , "
sixteeu dealers before Cominiss oner
definitely postponed
Another move to be made in the sugar
situation is the possible rcNocntlou of
the licenses of profiteering sugar brok
ers suggestion that this he done was
ers suggestion mat this lie done wasi
made by Attorney (Jeneral Palmer in mi
tcloeriim In Mr. McAvov. '
telegram lo Mr. McAvoy,
...u...t.. ...... ,u, ,, .,ui- .. no mi-,(,.KM., the crime to the tllstr ct attorney
seneo of United States District .(- ,R,f(irp ,u.r arraignment. The mail
orney McAoy under pressure of other ,, penalty for the alleged offeuse Is
business, according to the announcement twont learn' imprisonment,
made. 'J he hearings hnve been in-!..,..,.... ...,- himrUnnn i tn..
PRICE TWO CENTS , J
VARE MEN DISCUSS' ?
PLAN TO PROSECUTE 1
M00REF0R0USTER5I
1. lv
Loguo and Brown, Will Head
Legal Forces in Effort to
Chock Decapitations
APPEALS ARET0 BE MADE
TO CIVIL SERVICE BOARD
Dismissals of Sailer. Davis and
Patton Are to Be Test
Cases
Vare forces made their first move to
day in what they promise will be a
finish fight to save the City Hall jobs
of the anti-administration henchmen.. JfJ
Their plans, according to VifM
lenders, include carrying tho cases of
men dismissed by Mayor Mooro's orders
before tiic Civil Service Commission and
then, into Court. They arc said to bo
considering an attempt to prosecute
Mayor Moore for violating the provi
sions of the new city charter which make
political 'activity by city employes a
prison offense.
Price I. Patton, former manager of
the electrical bureau: William Sailer,
former chief of the City Hall elevator
operators, and Harry C. Davis, Jr.,
former clerk iu the Department of Pub
lic Safety, have been cIiospu by the Vare
forces to be the figureheads in tho fight.
All three were dismissed after Mayor -Moore
hod issued orders to his directors
to discharge employes holding alleglence
to Vare, Martin nnd Lnnc.
Logue to Lead Vare Forces
J. Washington Logue has been re
tnlned as attorney for the Vare men.
trancis htitink jjrown, former attorney,
general of Pennsylvania, is acting in an
udvlsory capacity.
The three dismissed employes met
with Mr. Logue and Mr. Brown in the
latter's office this morning for n prt
limiuory conference over the procedure
to be adopted.
Nothing was settled, though It
seemed to bo the opinion of the con
ference that nn effort should be made
tn have the Civil Service Commission
interfere before tukiug the case Into
court. This will be on the ground
that tho men were dismissed as 'in--competents.
though in no way incom
petent in the performance of their du
ties. The commission, therefore, will
bo asked to restore them to their former
positions.
Mr. Brown promised to go into the
law of the matter and have a report
teady by the middle of next week. , ,
Mayor Moore is nrenarine to nub un
a vigorous fight against whatever move-
i i t " i 7 L V.
? Vn forces may ufakc to halt dis-
Suit n a-admin8tratIon mep t
licitor, will defend the cty and the
action of the Mayor, whether lhe-Vftv
aij hum. JJUV1U u. 0111)111, CUT BOl
go before the Civil Service Commission
or Into the courts with thdr, plea. '
Hard Blow to Vares ' f
Jt -was Increasingly evident today
that the Mayor's order for the dismissal
of all men not loyal to the administra
tion has been u sore blow to the Varo
forces. The decision to carry the mat
ter into court, if necessary, was taken
by politicians to indicate thnt they
regard the retention of City Hall pat
ronage as vital to continued power,
and nre ready to go to any lengths to
prevent further dismissals. , ,,
4 AUTOS DAMAGED IN FIRE
Burn Furiously Before Firemen Can
Reach Them In Garage Blare
Four automobiles were damaged this
morning iu a fire thnt did considerable
damage to n garage in the rear of 0141)
Huerford avenue. The loss is estimated
ut .?2.100.
Tlie garage is conducted by Percy A.
Pyle and occupied a two-story brick
building.
About 0:20 o'clock the flames, of un
determined origin, were discovered in
the rear of the first floor by un employe
of the garage.
An alarm nn sent to Engine Com
pany 41, at Sixty-first street and
lliuerford .neiiiie, while volunteers wer
put to work removing automobiles
which filled the main floor.
The four machines which were cfo-
stroyed wetc in the rear of the shop
!"n.l were burning furiously before they
I could be renehed. Oil soaked floors and
I woodwork caused the tlamcs to spread
i rapidly and it wns mote than an hour
hetore iircinen got the situation uuuer
control.
FRANCO-GERMAN PARLEY
i Arrangements Made for Economlo
Conference at Paris
Paris. April !!0 illy A. P.) An
economic conference between delegates
representing France and Ctcrmany wna
arranged jesterday by Premier Miller
and and Doctor (ioeppert. It will prob
nbh be held iu Paris at nn early date,
The ((inference is the outcome of the
comcfstitions Premier MUlerand hud
with Doctor Major, the German chargo
d'ffaues here, which were interrupted
by the entrj of the ionium troops into
the neutral one of the Rhinelaud.
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charge iiivolies the burning of the Nl-
sou home in itnugor, and n largo In
surance policy.
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