hm.1 uj ' JPIWJMHMP VT ,; ' "4 l 1 tf V (," i if - V. 1 ffieiiaet the Weather Cloudy tonight followed by fair Frl day; moderately cool; Inoderato north and northwest winds. NIGHT, EXTRA uenrog f ! i TKMrFJtATiiitK at kach Horn ? I" n io in ia' 1 1 a, I a fTTT 9. 7 no Ifio r,a ir.aniTir.4 j j 40 VOK VI. NO. 207 Enlmd Hi BteoEd-CJiM Mttr at th r-ontomc, at Philadelphia, Ta. . Under th Act ot March 3. 187B. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1920 rubllthed Daltr Rxcrpt Sunday. EubucrlDtlon Prlcn id a Tear by Mall. PRICE TWO CENTS .tf uopyrimi 1U2U oy i-uouc Ledzer Company. .9 SIMS GAVE PROBERS FORGED CABLE, DANIELS SAYS i ;vl V M General Carranza at Bay Heads His Troops in a Furious Battle Against Revolutionists Bitbltc la. 4 ieivJ ARTHUR, DEFIANT, ARRIVES FOR WORK; MY BE EETEO i Deposod Bureau Head Has Nothing to Say Regarding Mayor's Charges MOORE ALLEGES PAYROLL PADDING AND FAVORITISM Raymond Pond Is Named Act ing Chief Wagner Won't Stand Interference John E. Arthur, deposed chief of the nureau of City Property, defiant, bnt evidently nervous, appeared In tho bu reau office in City Hall this morning, although lie has been dismissed from the city's scrvico under n cloud of sus picion. ... j Raymond Fond, lnndscapo gardener In the Public Works Department, was named today as ncting chief of the bureau. Acting Director of Public Works Wagner announced if Arthur In -Vrfares with Pond tho deposed chief wilt be ejected forcibly from the office. Arthur, n Vnro follower, who lives at 415 York street, reached his former office nromptly nt 0 o'clock. "What are you going to do nbout , It?" he was asked as ho strode up and down the office. "I have no statement to make, he wld. "I will bn guided by the advice of my attorney." "Who is your attorney?" "I don't want to say who ho is." When Acting Dirertor Wagner learned Mr. Arthur was "on the job" he de clared : "We will give him an opportunity to rather his personal effects together. Then he will be requested to vacate the office. So far as this department is concerned his status now is that of u private- citizen, v "A circular letter has been cnt to . Jht,. hedtis of all departments nndjiu:-, rraus cxplaiuing that Mr. Arthur is no linger chief of the Property Bureau, . The chauffeur of the bureau chief's car has been ordered not to allow Mr. Ar thur In the machine. "If Arthur Interfere with Mr. Pond Director Cortelyou will bo aRked to send a couple of patrolmen to tho office to eject tho former chief." Mr. Pond lives nt Gil Olney "avenue. He was appointed landscape gardener February 17. 101.1. during tho Blankcn burg administration. The discharge of Arthur camo as the climax of tho Mayor's announced de cision that anti-administration workers in the city employ would have to get 1 new jobs. Asked to Leave May 10 Arthur was notified to get out by Hay 10. Ho refuted nnd for the Inst lew days has been a hard nut for the "ministration followers to serve. They wondered how tho Mayor would oust aim because Arthur sat tight and an nounced he would fight nny effort at (fiction. .Arthur's pny was S40A0 a year, with bonus. Acting Director Wagner, direct chief of Arthur, stopped tho lat ter s pay Inst night. tJ ,le .Rafter provides that ordinnrlly jnofe being discharged receive fivo-dav notices, but tho Mayor redeemed his Jjargcs against Arthur m serious thnt ae discharge was made effective nt Once. Mr. Wagner ncted upon instructions i,.0n. tb?. 5Iyor after a conference i?ii 1 Mn-vor' Dnvi(1 ,T- Smyth, city ri.lor: .nml MwMinll A. Coyne, assistant rlty solicitor. Xh 7.rLMo1rc Mla ,nc discharge of HiL;Xrthu ,s ,ou,(1 1,e '"ken oh an in dlcatlon of his Inteution "to go after !?0,her ,clty employe nttemllng to th,nr m80113' Kni,n or t0 Politics rather wan the municipal business." hlncc tho statement of Chief Arthur riiL I wou,d not rCbIsn. affidavits due, .i'c COs".", '" rcsPting his con- ,i! Lm t ,.?Lar . ."Charges numeraii. 7i . i DCCOme B sfong and anSw 1 th?1 n, enn,,Qt be tolerated iaBnTrn,ay,n ,clt-v " Mr. Arthur is not only discharged, but suspended." 3MSwcr(Vh',rH in City Hall "defy. added K,Tf 1a.rtmin'1 ration, the Mayor davit. Ut l wnVfficult to obtain nffl- '.""' men should in.ut i. ...,, i Y Charges Against Arthur aPDen,l.C,Ke!!ingal",,t Mr- Artl'' nro Iff.'0 the notice of dismissal, JltMBiT"n,tV. h-. to answer lt)ollHi.i.i i i. " ,M0 ,ulN ciingeM with "D Of IIIVI'O unit ..II.... ut.i.i ISP6fj, """ ' "iuciui trtv.l"1"01 ""'Pl'M in the city prop teT "I B"'? .They'.we'r 1 t-v.i 'iiikiihi loiaj. 'J lev .were Ph W St, hlr V"1""' wnr,. "n'1 Krd ' n labort'r- of tllu Second MARTINDALE IS PAROLED rudfle Thompson Takes Case of Tk .V Undep Adv'iement HT&SSs; air. riB.ii...i.i ----Mi nth .mi iiV?a,e whose storo 1h Kilo.. jb,.SS.,W Pell"w. nt ns to- from K'SiSS" ' .'wo sld ,,,:' " 'iTPenteil "Pussyfoot" Johnson Hits Homersin Anti-rum League "Babe Ruth" of Dry Forces Brings Laughs and Epigrams to Phila. Says Rockefeller Did More Harm Than Good to Cause of Prohibition "Pussyfoot" Johnson, loss widely known ns W. K.. of 0!) Fleet -treet, London, nnd the U. S. A., prohibition' own Ilnbo Ituth, knocked out somo hot ones in the early innings of his appear ance in this city this morning. Here nrc some right off his bnt: "By the time prohibition hns been in effect three years all tho scrapping and caterwauling will have died out and tho people will hi glad they have "Thcro nro GO.000,000 gallons of whisky in existence nnd thnt won't last forever, becnuse the nveragn American who has a bottle of hooch isn't going to sit nnd look nt it." "The great middle class, without tho help of the poor or tho rich, Is tho one thnt put prohibition ncross in this country." - nnmauw! unnKers am a. 101 .T.E.'I,Proh,b,t,on thnn the totnl ihe moderate drinkers did n lot abstainers Says John I). Hurt, Not Helped "Andrew Cnrucgio once gave $50 to the Presbyterian Temperance Society and John D. Hockcfcllcr has done the Anti-8aloon League more harm than good." "One-third of the nations of Europe nro nearer national prohibition than we were ten years ago!" Tho two great characteristics of the famous "Pussyfoot" arc his explosive laugh, an old asset of his, nnd n glass cyc.x which he acquired more rcccntiy in England. He lost his right c?o in nn anti-prohibition riot in London during tho last year. MITTEN WILL FACE I City Hall Stirred by Report P. R. T. President Will "Lift Lid" When on Stand SCHMIDT IS ALSO CALLED Thomas E. Mitten, president ot'the Philadelphia Rapid , Transit Co.. the first man told of the attempted $2.", 000 "shakedown" of the Sears-Roebuck Co. by A. B. Schnidt, eastern Senrs Roebuck representative, will testify be fore Council's investigating committee todnv. Mr. Mitten will nppenr in response to n subpoenn issued yesterday by tho committee after ho had neatly dodged appearing before It by sending a letter telling Ills connection with the case and urging stress of business as n reason why ho couldn't sparo him to nppenr. Councilman W. W. Roper expressed tho thought that the attitude of Mr. Mitten wns extremely discourteous, especially iu view of the fact that Mayor Mooro had appeared without invitation before the committee and told what he knew of the $2o,000 "inj story mnn." Mitten May "Lift Lid" Sensational rumors are current In City Hall thnt Mr. Mitten will reully "lift the lid" from the bribe scandal. According to the rumors, Mr. Mitten, being forced to nttend the committee hearing, will "tell all he knows." While some profess to believe thnt sensations will be frirthcomihg from Mr. Mitten, many orn skeptical and inclined to the view thnt Sir. Mitten will simply discuss his talks with Mr. Schmidt. Tho general opinion in City Hall Is that unless Mr. Mitten supplies lho haKls for further investigation, the "self-investigation" will como to n quick ending. It is evident that there are high hopes iu certnin quarters that Mr. Mitten will be the "star" of the proceedings so far, Kclunldt Called Again Mr. Schmidt also has been requested by letter to nppenr before the committee ngnln todny. He will be questioned re garding certain discrepancies between his testimony Inst week and what Mayor Moore testified he said when ho re vealed the attempted shake-down to the Mayor. Mr. Schmidt wns in Chlcugo yester day, but may be back todny. Before the committee Mr. Schmidt said the mnn who made the proposition to get the ordinance for transit facilities for the Sears-Roebuck Co.'s Roosevelt boulevard plant shoved through for $2.1.000, was of medium build. Mayor Moore testified yesterdny that Mr. Schmidt, who on the advice of Mr. Mitten, visited tho Major and told him of tho occurrence, told him his visitor was nbout six feet tall. Joseph K. Costcllo, chief of tho Bu reau of Claims in tho office of tho city solicitor, who made the Investigation for Mayor Moore, testified that Coun cilman Simon Walter had called Mr. Schmidt up to nwiro the support of Council. , , Mr. Schmidt neglected tf mention this fact albo. ... Couhcllmen intend to give Andrew J, f.Iloggeuburger, real cstato assessor, opportunity to confront Mr, Schmidt. Tho former voluntarily nppearcd before the coramjttco yesterday and denied any connection with tho affair, nnd called upon Mr. Schmidt to clear him. Edwin' R. Cox, councilman, called for Mr. Schmidt, hut it was found that he was not present. Mr. , Rog geninirger then wns given tho floor and he vehemently denied any connec tion, w,mi ma nunin 'Car4lnitailio: BWROBE DAY taiww "raup auin This Is Hoiv "Pussyjoot" Won Nickname He Bears Johnson was selected by President Roosevelt to get tho men who were eelling liquor to Indians in Oklahoma and other parts ot the West. Bo muse of the quiet nnd insinuating methods he used to track them down the whisky peddlers dubbed Johnson "Pussyfoot." And the name stuck. ."I'd nivo mv other eve for the cause.'-' ho remarked, "nnd if anybody wants to try to knock it out, I'm right on the job." i Ho is sturdy. bnld, good-natured fearless and hfty-oight. His lelt eye beams honestly from behind gold-rimmed spectacles and offsets the "English" austerity of the other glass one. When he thinks of anything thnt amuses him he explodes in a chuckling roar. It is contnglous. And with everything ho says and docs he is so flagrantly honest nnd inir-squarc thnt he simply gets over, Thnt's all there is to it. He Likes Whisky "My favorite drink these clays is buttermilk," said "Pussyfoot," ns he uiscnargeu one ot his laughs, "but J find a well-mixed ecre-and-'mllk very 1 .n..f..in , Hft caTnlv'8 1 'have drunk liouor." he replied to n question that would have set most white-ribbon gentlemen up on their ears, "I like whisky nnd beer nnd I enjoy the taste of them. But I don't feel that the world revolves around my stomach. I'm vyllling to give up my persounl preferences for the good uf the community nnu the country in which I live. The people who felt ns I do nro the ones who mndo nntiounl prohibi tion." "I don't know how easy it is to get n drink here in Philndclphln, because i nae never tricu, ne said in com ment on uuothcr question,- "I haven't been sick enough to 'get n prescription Continued on I'mr Two. Column Tito lil'IN CAMDEN; Mayor Ellis, Indignant at U. S. Census Figures, Says Total Is Too Low INCREASE IS 2a PER CENT . Reports just made -public by Wash ington give Camden n population of UO.na'l. nn increase of 21.771. or 2.1 per cent over the figures of ten jcars ago. "1 nm much disappointed by the e turns," said Mayor Ellis. "We hud expected at least 120.000 over here. The growth of the city commercially and every other wny Jios been trement ilous. Wo cannot understand why tho census figures should be so low. "Indeed, I fear many, many people were missed by the enumerators through their not having made the proper 'calls tack,' when they failed to find nnybody home upon their first visit to a num ber of houses. "Scores nnd scores of houses (hat ten years ngo only housed one family now. owing to tho acute housing condition, shelter two, three nnd sometimes four families, temporarily living in the same dwellings until they can find sultnble quarters elsewhere. "Then tnkn the case of Yorkshlp VII Iage. That town, n new one, was for merly a portion of Center township. It is now a part of Camden, nnd of Its 2000 houses, GOO are occupied at this time. This should add n large number of people to the population figures. "It is my belief Unit a recount would show n population of 120,000 for Cam den. It is well to recall that a police census, taken nftcr the official 'census, in 1010, showed our population to have been nt that time fiOOO more than the official figures gave us. I believe the same thing would occur again." William A. Senrle, secretary of the Camden Chamber of Commerce, ex pressed satisfaction nl the increase shown. "I nm.glad Ciimdeii has shown such n substantial Ineiea-e," he said. "It is advancing steadily along with other communities' in the East. The gains of the city nro real and stable and will be held. "Camden is expanding rnpldly in her shipping and commorcitil activities, and Is destined to greater things in the future." SUBWAY TRAFFIC DELAYED Motor Drops From Westbound Car at Fifth Street Westbound traffic on the subway was held up today when tho motor dropped from n westbound car ut Fifth street nt 12:10 o'clock. Westbound and easlbound traffic is being run on what Is normally the east bound track. The westbound cars switch over to the regular route west t Eighth street Families Quit Imperiled Homes Mahanoy City Pa.. May 13. Five families at Mahanoy Piano were com nelled to fico from their homes tndn owlug to tho buildings being in danger or sinning inio mu huuuh. xno Madeira Hill & Co., operators of tho coal lands, compensated the owners of tho houses by buying their property, stating that tho company intended to continue re moving tho qonl, . ii ...i y m -mi n ,4mr WMflW OBOVK VW. "THB RiqAniNCr , Comintnolni; Saturday. May 1R .additional tralnrYlc from J,hM7!KM;i I trlt RECOUNT IS ASKED . Xt'v" - . '' rara lac. wc yw, "v.w !: kkkkkr- ' kkkkkH kkkkT 'jH kkT' ," itM IHr J.&sV&Sr lUSr? 1 IkHl NskkkkkkKl. W. E. "PUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON American prohibitionist leader who lost an eyo fighting J. Barleycorn In England, pays u few hot shots at liquor in Philadelphia today' ALL AMERICANS OUT OF ENGLISH TOURNEY Miss Marion Hollins Defeated n Fourth Round of Women's Golf Championship Newcastle. Counts Down. Ireland May 13. The British women's golf clinmpionship tournnment was played through the scmi-tlnnl stage today, the play in the fourth round during the morning witnessing the elimination of the last remaining American contestant. Miss Marion Hollins. Westhrook. Long Island. She was defeated by the re doubtable Molly Griffiths, who hns been playing a wonderful game. The present title holder. Miss Cecil Lelteh, continued her victories, defent ing Mrs. Tcmnle Dobbell. Both Miss Griffiths nnd Miss Lelteh won ngnln In the scmi-fiunls. Miss Griffiths defeating the Irish champion, Miss Janet Jackson, nnd Miss Lelteh beating Miss Doris Trnser. This brings.. MlM-r-Lciteh nni.uMlss Griffiths together inthe linnl mateh'"for the championship, and a clever contest is expected wnen they meet tomorrow. McCLOSKEY MAY BE ALIVE Postcards Received From Boxer, Suppoaed to Be Drowned "Blink" McCloskey, the former Philadelphia pugilist supposed to have oeen tirownou in inris, mny be niive. McCloskey had been missing from Paris, since Mnrch 8, and on April 23 n body supposed to be his was found In the Seine. But Herbert Crowhurst, of the Ho tel Walton, hns just received two post cards from McCloskey. They were post marked Alexandria, Egypt, April 111. McCloskey's real name is Silver, and his father lives ut 017 South American street. No oue wns home there todjy. SEIZE .RUM-LADEN TRUCK Agents Hold Thirty-five Barrels of Whisky Until Permit Is Verified Federal prohibition enforcement of ficers early today seized a triicklnud of whisky being moved from New York. There were thirty-live barrels on the truck. Leo Crossen, enforcement officer for this district, nunmiuced the seizure, but did not gvo out the name of the driver of the truck or the owner of the whisk v. The driver, according to Crossen said lie nan n permit to move the whisky, nnd exhibited it. The prohibition en forcement men took the whiskv In ichnrge until they could get in touch with New ork to see if the triinsfcr permit were genuine. MRS. G. B.,SHARPLESS DIES Was Widow of Paper Manufacturer. Succumbs at Sister's Home Mrs. Gertrude B. Sharnless. widow nf Charles W. Sharpless, paper manufac turer, died this morning at the home of hor sister, Mrs. F. E. Hale, 1230 Wug- ner avenue. Mrs. Sharnless had been ill for six weeks following a nervous breakdown. Shn wns greatly interested in children and wns nn active worker in the Tioga Mothoilist Church GLERGYMAN RAPS IMMORAL IN ARTL BOOKS AND PLA YS Cathcdraf. Rector Tells 150 Graduates of C. H. S. for Girls That Women Should Not Patronize Such Work Authors who write immoral plajs jind books, artists who paint immoral pictures and designers of immodest fashiouN were rapped todny by Mon signor Daulel J. Gereke, rector of the Cathedral. He adversely criticised them and per sons, particularly women, who patron ize them and their works, In the course of his baccalaureate crmon- to ISO graduates of the Catholic High School for Girls. The services wre held in the Cnthes dral. Archbishop Dougherty piesided. Tho great church woh crowded with friends and relatives of the girl gradu ates. Humility, modesty, faith ami piety are tho four greatest virtues Iu women, Mouslgnor Gereke said- He urged the graduates to practice them. Ho advised th'cm to take as their models thovwise virgins who kept their lamps r trunincu ana prepared ,l.n T nrJ And thelrihrlfleffrnnmu i(, "Modffty .vtai.., womanly .virtue anil shoulU bvclHtlvaiBjlily'' h IE ON HILLS AGAINST IXICMBELS President in Personal Command for Eight Hours of Des perate Struggle TREVINO SENT TO SAVE f'FIRST CHIEF'S'.' LIFE De La Huerta Will Go to Capital as Supreme Leader to Pre pare for July Elections By the Associated Press Mexican rebel forces seem to be rapidly closing in on President Car ranza nnd nil that remains of his army, entrenched in the hilly country between San Marcos nnd Apizaco. 150 miles northwest of Vera Cruz. The stage for the finnl act of the drama of the revolu tion Is npparcntly being set nnd rebel chieftains are evidently determined to capture tho nresident, who fled from his capital last Friday. General Trcvino, one of the lending figures in the revolution, has goue to Apiznco, stnto of Tiaxcola, for the pur pose of protecting the life of Carranza in the event he Is mnde prisoner. Dispatches appear to clear up some obscure details of the flight of Carranza and what threatens to be Lis final stand. When he left Mexico City. 'Cnrrnnza is alleged to have taken with him gov ernment funds amounting to 27,000,000 pesos. His trains were stopped between Apain, strttc of Hidnlgo, and Apiznco, state of Tlaxcnlu, but the president nnd the troops nccompaii Ing iu his flight mndo their way down the rail road for a distance, of approximately thirty-live miles before being hnlted by rebel forces coming northward through tho state of Puebla. Dispatches declare the treasure reputed to have been taken from Mexico Clty'by Carranza has becu captured by the rebels. Pedrns Negras, n town near the Mexican border has gone over to the rebels without n struggle, the Car ranza olilcinls fleeing across the inter national border and thus escaping cap ture. Governor de Ln Huertn, of Sodom. who has been named supreme leader of the revolution. Is preparing to go to Mexico City to take over control. Dis patches from Vera Cruz state that rebel leaders are honine it will be Pos sible to hold the presidential election lite in July, according to the provisions of Mexican law. For this purpose they desiro the appointment of a provisional president who will give assuranres the election will be conducted fairly. Vera Cruz. May 13. (By A. IM Furious fighting between rebel troops nnd forces commanded by President Vcnustinno Carranza occurred yester day nt Hacienda Tnmarlz. on tho Mexi- cau Nationnl Railroad, north ot San Marcos, state nf Puebla, nccording to disnnti'hcs received here. The area of the battlefield is reported to be approxi mately live square miles. President Cnrranzn Is snid in wireless messages from Mexico City to have personally directed tho operations of his troops for eight hours on Tuesday. lerrilhc storms have swept the moun tain region where the struggle is going on, and telegraphic communication has been interrupted in the immediate vicin ity ot the sceue ot battle, it is known, however, thnt heavy rebel re-enforcements have been sent to San Marcos by rebel chieftains, artillery being rushed forward to force the surrender of the troops still loyal to the president. Gen eral Guadaloupe Sanchez has gone to Espcrnnza with his personal staff and five train-loads of troops to co-oner-ate in what is believed tffbe the decisive action of the rebellion. Espcrnnza is about forty miles southeast of San Mnrcos. Colonel Carlos S. Crozco, chief of op erations In the Tnmpico district, who wns arrested when he, urrlvcd hero on board the steamer Jalisco early this week, has been sent back to Tnmpico. Ho is alleged to huve had public funds in his possession when apprehended, nnd will be placed on trial for em bezzlement. American destroyer No. 202 und the transport Mnumee arrived here today. said. "Do not listen to unbecoming words. Be wise. "The devil is always working through the medium of Immoral books nnd plays, the nrflsts who paint immoral pictures "d the designers of immodest fashions. .Many women place their stamp of ..,.....,..i .ru Ui. inner ny wearing such npparol. Bo wlsc'and modest in dress." I he ceremonies were featured bv the ?.'rrUK,."f nl' mtlre Georgian mass. Hie Mass of the Blessed Virgin." from the feast of the Ascension The '""7 suiuyuwu me cnoir. i.i'i. ''nn Kleran. rector of, St. Patrick's Church, and Edwin J. Fi z maurlcfl. director of St. Charles's Sein Tho Hey. John E. Flood, supcrlii endant of pariah schools, celebrated the mass. Th, Rev. j0Sfph' M. Ohara. assistant superintendent, wns dcaco with tho Rev. Walter C. Tred tin ilea ii of the Wwt Philadelphia cithi "c Igl School for Boys, as Hubdtaraii. an V,'6 ,tr.'V,liP T. McNalb-r end 0 LAST STAND MAC NAVY'S WAR PLAN STILL SECRET Washington. .May 13. (By A. P.) The Navy Department's' plan for n war witli Germany, prepared before the 1'nited States entered the world con flict, will not be furnished to the Senate committee Investigating the Sims Daniels row. Rear Admiral J. S. McKoan. who hud been nsked to furnish the plan to the committee, wrote today that since the strategy of the plnn wns similar to nil other plans covering the Atlantic ocean it would give n possible future enemy of the I'nlted States "immense advantage" if It were made public. CLARK STILL MISSING. BUT TRIAL GOES ON Jimmy Clark, charged with consphacy to prevent n free and fair election In the Fifth ward at the primary election of September, 1917, fniled to appear for his trial before Juds;e Audenriecl today and the case wns resumed without him. The case will go to the jury this afternoon. Hemy N. Stevenson, counsel for Clark, offered no witnesses, but charged ln his ad dress to the jury that Sam Maloney, a former leader ln the Fifth ward, was the one really responsible for the Fif th ward tragedy. DROP, SEPARATE PEACE PLAN FROM PEACE RESOLUTION WASHINGTON, May 13. U?he provision in the Republican peace resolution requesting the President to open negotiations with Geimany for a separate treaty was stricken out today on motion of Senator Lodge. BANKERS VICTIMS OF MAN PULATORS "Father, Mother and Son" Buy, and Sell on Market and Fail to Cover Losses WARNING IS SENT OUT Philadelphia banking houses have teen ictimlzed by u .hand of manipu lators niiTnt'ti" ns father, mother and son ami rovfining themselves to gnm- bli'": in I.ib'"-t.v Bniiils. Viet'iall' i'l their den's hnve been mnile In htnckw of $30,000 in bonds, After establishing roillldenee- In their ' integrity by several legitimate deals the I three dealt over the telepnone nnn l successful, collected their profits, but mover? operations to another house if tin- speculation went ngninst them. Wnrning to this effect wns sent out to local bankers this morning. The three have not been henrd of for more tl.nn n week, but it is thought they will soon resume operations unless they have moved on to another "city for frt'h opportunities. Several bond houses here hnve had the temporary custom of the three nnd nn each occasion finally lost it when n Heal resulted In lo.s to the man or woman engineering it On one occasion the son telephoned an order to sell R30.000 in Liberty Bonds. Later In the dnv he called un again nnd sr.id he had secured money from nnother source nnd instructed the house to buy back the bonds. The market had In the meantime de clined, putting him in the snme position of being short of the bonds nnd he promptlv called at the office to secure the piofit he made. Later he gave the same house nn order to buy .$."0,00() bond" The market declined nnd he did not i all lo uitikc payment. A let.er wo sent to him nnd the next ill" h mnn claiming to he the father i nine in and took up S30.000 of the bn'iii- .mil said his on would he in tlie following day to tako up the remain ing ?20,000. but the son never returned and the house wns fortunate in being able to dispose of the bonds on a rally without a loss. When bond houses began to compare notes thej found a number of them hud been ictimir.ed by the same per son, some carrying blocks of bonds nt a loss of eeral points. Nothing has been heard of them for a couple of weeks and it is thought by bond men that the mny hnve moved to .umo other city to carry on their "safe" method of play ing the Liberty bond market. "BOOZE" ABUNDANT IN'N. Y. Judge Declares Saloons Run Full Blast and Increase Crime New York. May 13. (By A. P.) Saloons in this city are running full blnst. protldiug lawbreakers with "abundant liquors of the very worst kind," because of lax enforcement of the prohibition law, Judge Charles C. Nott, declared todaj. in imposing sentence of seven to fourteen jours on Frank Muni), who pleaded guilty to first degree iiinnsluiightrr. "Honest nml law-abiding citizens." Judge Nott said, "who knew when to drink and when not to drink nre de prived of their refreshment; while the crook and nrdinnry lawbreaker gets ns much as he wants nnd considerably more. Thnt is not just. "Crime would be decreased and there is no doubt of it in my mind, if those charged with the enforcement of the prohibition law did their duty." ATHLETICS' GAME OFF Grounds Too MoUt for Mackmen and Browns Today After looking skyward and Inmplng tho diamond nt Shibe Park Connie Mack awarded the decision to tho weather man at noon todny. This is merely another way of an nouncing thnt the gnmo scheduled be tween the A'b mid St. Louis BrownsTcnping n similar fate as Kelowicr for this afternoon was postponed. It is evident the "wets" cau'wln somiHm can win som eve,n If they have to beat the struggling A'H. T"i)c Macks nnd Brown wll wind up ?.Ttv,I',;v","v, . E Man Killed When Police Bar- racks in Dublin Are Burned PRIEST IS WOUNDED Dublin, May 13. At least nineteen police barracks In various parts of Ire land were wiped out iu the course of wn esiireuii i estruct on ot nuniic prop erty and other activities ly hands of armed and masked men in vnrious parts of Ireland last night Five income tax customs offices also were raided nnd papers found in them uurncci Two mail cars nnd one mail traiu were held up nnd official papers taken from them. One mnn wns killed in the outskirts nf Dublin, where bnrracks were being burned. The Rev T. C. Wilkinson, one of the canons of Down rnthedrnl. at Down Patrick, was shot and critically wound ed while pursuing raiders on the street The houses of two newspaper editors were raided and oue anti-Sinn Fein editor was tarrnl and feathered. London. Mav 13. (By A. P.) The British Government his decided to create n special judicial body to ex amine the cases of Irishmen who nre under arrest, it wns announced in the House of Commons today by Andrew Bonnr Law, the government lender. JIM CLARKSTILL MISSING Defendant In Fifth Ward Trial Not In Court Today When. Judge Aiidenried convened Quarter Sessions Court No. 2 this morning, "Jiiniuj" Clark, "the man with the eyeglasses" in the Fifth ward case, again failed to put in an ap pearance. Clark's trial started last Monday and Assistant District Attorney Fox con sumed two days' time iu presenting his fuse. The defense was scheduied to go on yesterday morning, but Clark failed to appear. Search bj relatives nnilJ county nnd city detectives have failed to locate him, Mr. Fox was trjlng a colored woman net-used of larceny and he announced that at the conclusion nf that trial he would uguin call Clark. If he did not respond the commonwealth would conclude the trial by usking the jurj to convict the defendant, although lit is absent, Mr. Fox said. City Detective Harry Clark, the u ftndmit's brother, was not iu court this morning. Henry M. Stevenson, who represented Clark, said that he had i recited no information ns to the de ftudnnt's whereabouts. 1100 MARINES SAIL TODAY Transport Henderson, Loaded With Ammunition, Goes to Southern Port Eleven hundred marines sailed on the transport Henderson, which left the Philadelphia Navy Yard today at 0 o'olocl for a southern port. The Henderson wns accompanied by several destroyers. There was much activity at the yard this morning, and although the impression has been ere nted that the depnrtlng shifW were bound nr Key West, the men believe their destination will be in the vicinity of Mexico. Large quantities of ammunition nnd supplies were taken aboard the Hender son. The marines nre in command tif Colonel .Philip M. Bannon.Mvho arrived from Quaqtico, Va., with several hun dred marines on Tuesday. Falls to Death In Coal Mine Mahanoy City. Pa., May 13. Losing his balance nt tho head of u manwuy in tho Park Place coal mluc, Vladimir Kelowiez, thirty-five, plunged 300 feet n ,lantl Inilnv Ilia "lllwlilv" ..n. ....!.. grabbed him when(he felt himself fall- l"R. i i . .. . WflWtMANY TIININQ 0 , jcW i 'jfetf&ftP Mr. Jn pwtt. jW,'(t' BLOODSH MARKS DISORD NAVAL HEAD DARES L TD TELL E Demands Apology for Use of Testimony Based on False Signature ASSERTS SIMS'S OFFICIAL REPORTS REFUTE CHARGES Secretary Tells Senators H Overruled Unwise Orders of Subordinate 1 ,By the Associated Press, Washington. May 13. Charges that ' a cablegram produced before the Senate AM A WHO SIGNED NAM naval investigating committee during the"testimony of Rear Admiral Slm bore a forged signature were made to day by Secretary Daniels. He referred, to a. message which Sims had presented as pnrt of his criticism of the Navy De partment nnd which purported to hare been signed by the secretary. "Somewhere somebody was guilty of signing my name to nn official dispatch which the original, here produced, shows I never signed." Mr. Daniels told the committee, "or altering la dispatch by erasing the real signature and substituting 'Daniels'." Admiral Sims should produce the pcr son who changed the signature, the secretary declared, adding the admiral owed "an apology to me nnd to the country for the impression undertaken to be made by his testimony based upon a false signature." The concluding paragraph of the cablegram read : "In regard to convoys. I consider thnt American vessels hnving armed guards are snfer when sailing inde pendently." , Mr. Daniels testified that imraediatclr upon rending the admiral's testimony, ho knew he never sent such a cable gram and he started an invc.stigntldm ' "I knew." he said, "that if my bam appeared on such a telegrnm It would be because somebody had forged my name to it." Daniels Looks Up the Dispatch The secretary said he finally found the original dispatch In the British em bassy, through which it had been sent and that tho name signed to it was "A F. Carter, by direction of tho chief of naval operations." "The Btn'tcment that it was signed Daniels' is untrue," suid tho secre tary. "No such telegrnm signed "Dan iels was ever sent to Admiral Sims. "In his testimony ho reiterated over and over ngain that this dispatch made him about ready to jump overboard and that it was signed with my name, conveying the impression thnt the civil ion secretary of the navy had person ally passed upon the question of n particular method to protect shipping nnd was resisting the adoption of the convoy system. I knew I never enter tained the opinion stated in the dis patch he displayed. " Much of the secretary's testlmonr . todny wns devoted to the controversy over convoying troopships. Tho ad- ' iniral s course regarding the protection " of troopships caused the department ' much anxiety." the sccreturv testi fied, and finally he "bluntly" told Sims thnt everything was secondnrv to th safeguarding of vessels enrrj ing Ameri can soldiers. Unescorted on Return Voyage Mr. Daniels, charged that Admiral hims withdrew the destroyer escort from the first convoy ns soou on it arrived abroad. leaving the transports without protection for the return voyage. Ad miral Cleaves, in chnrge of the convoy system, doubted the nuthenticitv of Ad miral Siins's order directing 'the de strojer force to proceed to Quecnstown nnd made an Investigation both through the American embassy at Paris and the Nnvy Department. Referriug to Sims's testimony that the first troop convoy, Kent over in June, 1017, wns not attacked bv subma rines nnd that there wns no submarine within 300 miles of the place where the nttacks were said to have occurred, the naval secretary presented incisures from Admiral Sims giving act omits of such u' tacks. The first of these messages wns dated June 30. 11117. ami said : , "First group attacked by submarines.? J longitude 25 degrees, 30, before arriving' I nt first rendezvous. Second group at- t tacked longitude K. Strongly believe that enemy obtained information re garding movement of destroyers and alio movements of troop convoys bv Inter cepting nnd deciphering dispatches sent' me in naval attache's code." Sas Sims Refutes Himself "Hlms's various attempts Ut dis credit the submarine uttaeks reported by Admiral Cleaves and the othertof. fleers," said Mr. Daniels, "are of n piece with liis attempts to throw doubt on the entire conduct of this first cxpe dition. "Wo had no rrnson then, nnd have no reason now, to doubt Admiral Sims's, own positive statements, made at the time, that the convoy was attacked; the , reports of Admiral Clcnves and the of ficial report of tho French general etaff to the same effect. This Is not the first or ouly instanco iu which Admiral Slmi has stated before tills committee, that Statements made iu his official ills patches to the department during the war were not to bo relied upon," Mr. Daniels also paid 8imn had con tended that the Leviathan should b operated to Liverpool rather than a Brest. The Navy Department followed this advice, with the result Bint tbV Leviathan, because of her great draft, had to wait an entlro lunar month uf 1 Liverpool, befarrt she could r nut-r Mmii the wttocwwid.'fUMi beLfvl-j m J'f --,:?' r . v. . - w N i . s i,. 'Jicfc ;, i i :- 1. ..swr-&Wto ... ',K''',; t "' tti. ,.v n J.li"7, act, I - r !.' I- ' . r Atrj'SJaui':?,?;' . l J.- I'd i' V bifu'ltBAvt'ii rJs-A ' .w;" . nwp mP i r M -t i'-K .vvfx,jiuBKmaBtmtsti.i.LiuiiT -v' 'i. IM&Zl it.' . u m ",." r. t.i .1 axm ifc rvMM L
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