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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.
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SIMS GAVE PROBERS FORGED CABLE, DANIELS SAYS
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General Carranza at Bay Heads His Troops
in a Furious Battle Against Revolutionists
Bitbltc
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ARTHUR, DEFIANT,
ARRIVES FOR WORK;
MY BE EETEO
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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;
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nth .mi iiV?a,e whose storo 1h
Kilo.. jb,.SS.,W Pell"w.
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' .'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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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