L I?
o a
V.;
THfrrWtATMifl
'Ctmir toHtght Mid TueMayy lirefeaMa
light rain) slowly rising temperature)
gentle easterly winds
TTOirKBATUIlB At EACH ItOCB
d
THo"
Ujia 1 1 1 2
u
dm
no no
ci '54 jnn Ino
VOL. VI. NO.'210
Entered an Second-CUm Matter at ths rolome, at Philadelphia, Pa.
Under th Act of March a, l4T.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1920
Published Dally Exempt Sunday. Subscription Price Ifl a Tear by Mall,
Copyrlnht, 1020. by Publlo Iewer Company.
PRICE TWO CENTS
WBIWi""n"""inwiinwnwwm"
' - - -
1 : J && ,
h
MMiiiffl.Bi
HERE 8 DAYS AGO W0m
' i -ii i nnr-v- " - - -" J i'-i rf -i
' Mothor and Erwin, Also Fugi
tive, Havo Transferred Prop
erty Reoontly, Records ShoW
ARMY OFFICIALS START
PROBE INTO ESCAPE
Rumors of Proposed Flight af
Family to Germany Revived
by Realty Deals
'WOMAN ALSO IS MISSING
Wife of Chauffeur Who Is Said
to Be With Crover Is Absent
From Her Home
Latest Developments
it Bergdoll Scandal
Brigadier General Donaldson will
begin Investigation In city today for
Secretary of War Baker.
Bergdoll lawyers offer .$2500 re
ward for apprehension of slacker.
Federal officers In this city have
received no Instructions to probe tho
case.
No trace has been found of Berg
doll since lie fled from two army
guards at his residence, Fifty-second"
itrect and Wynnefield avenue,
Thursday or Friday afternoon.
The wife of the nutomobllo ma
chinist who accompanied Bergdoll
left her home on the day of the flight
and has not returned since.
Orovcr Cleveland Bergdoll, escaped
draft dodger and federal convict, sold
more than $100,000 worth of property
In this city, prior to his flight.
Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, mother of
ton man who has eluded a nation-wide
March .iflcr being released from an.
army prison on the romantic plea that
jc wished to hunt for a pot of gold he
tad hidden in tho hills, also has sold
consld'-iable property since last Dc
ember. En In, the second son, a draft dodger
and fought by tho authorities, has made
many transfers of real nstnto wMln
Jtents qf J he, Department 6f Justice
nave been seeldnir him.
A scrutiny of the records In the office
ot tne recorder of deeds, shows that
.Ororcrmadc two largo transactions dur
ing tho present month. The first was
Jiay ju and the second May 1G. He cs
raped from two soldiers at his mother's
home, Fiftjsccond street nnd Wynne
ndd avenue last Friday.
Torts Being Watched
The transfers of property seem to
.uruguicn rumors tnnt tho family in
tend "eMHnr. n.if !...!.. 1-1 ...-- t.. n.i
country and" going to Germany, und nro
a further indication of careful planning
of Grover s flight.
ymciais at Washington hnvo notified
U government officials at seaports to
p close watch for Grover nnd Brvin.
n 5ni1",nt ngcnts believe, thnt . the
fm Jk.i." "" "r." "" rui
""" ""-t properties to ieavo
iwuHiry
Deschanel in Pajamas
Falls Off Moving Train
. i .. . i
Bruised and Cut, President of France Walks
More Than Mile'ih Bare Feet Before
Finding Assistance . '
I'AUIi DESCHANEL
President of France, who was
bruised nnd cut by a fait from a
moving train
the
0.
rent,
Tho fnllnn.ln- ! II. - n. t,.
oonpropertj trausfers:
November 11, 1010-Erwin Bergdoll
lo Olocondo Cnrstlllo. ii35l North
IWntr-ftrfit oUnnf ionn
n.Sn,lb.cr ,1 'll Mrs. Emma
ffirioll to If. D. .Toffo. ground r
vii inHfnnn ratiiiA drrnn
n.!nCU Dfccmbcr 20 aml a'- Mrs.
KJi'm01'1 th,tC0 hou,,C8 ,n Wcst
tiven P V" whIch is not
Jamiary 0. 1020-Emma O. Bergdoll
L ,: F"tan,,"i ; "toro. Allegheny nve
"I' and B street, S000.
to p h,.r-Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll
kiuwl 00O.n' Add'SOn MrCCt:
?i"cKri-Ervlu Bergdoll to F. SI
mob A',dison 8tro:t: housc
nj .rchi 15-Er''n Bergdoll to H. W.
12500 5S07 Wn011 nvenue,
Marin n. Tl J.,, . r. r .
?'e'e.en,h,"'S',s on Cast sldo of Sixty
162 8k' nrth ot Mark(,t ('trcct'
J'y IC-Grnvcr Bergdoll to J. Gross,
"th.$22?000 mrt0n Mret nCa'' KCV"
S? valuf? fi'vcn nro those made by
"Mors and do not show the salo price,
"t PreBent i ni in - .i...' .i..
.r. lu , nh,ove tIlc nsscsed valuation
""obtained.
J. jnvftigntlon Into the disappcar-
ihl. .i. rl ,,rnft dodger centered In
I'iM'V"?." wpector from the
oSce n v Z, my '"spector general's
l,i "uinBi
iStartin. -?1": who 'nl'",'l the aWr
Unreal th n'7 'ti1"'1 ,,1b h,,PPSC(1
iwoij house when Grover escaped.
ic ninaniA. i i
"nth i,7,7 5 ls, ppri to go tie
on came, hero.
It i. ".'""""B'on carao nere.
fClf "I!i'i,'r!;,ton,1 thnt ho will quest!
3D, Carenen nihhnnn.- Tt,
Clarenco Glbboncy, Berg-
tlon -ViV ,i (,Pvelol"nents in ronnec
about f collus'' '' bringing it
" ryponsiblc for Bergdoll's release
ContU.. . -. ' i
""' on ' Two. Column Onfi
Ernest Poole
toetfct?rVn.Wh0knWShOW
"fffe Second Wife"
told! iS n cxcc,Icnt story well
Page 23 of This Issue ,
Uf, '? ,whoro will bo found
' St "l VSi a,Iment f a soria'
lui win plcaso you.
UW It at Once!
THINKS HE SAW BERGDOLL
Writer Believes Ho 8hared Train
Seat to Now York With Slacker
F. W. Specht. of 3857 Lancaster
avenue, believes he rode from rinia
delphia to New York last Friday eve
ning seated, beside Grover Cleveland
llcrgdoll in the day conch of n Pennsyl
vania Railroad train. ,
He wrote n letter received today by
tho commnndnnt of the disciplinary
barracks at Governor's Island, giving
detnils of the Incident.
Although he did no.t then know thnt
ui-rgaoii was again at large, .Mr. Specht
was strurk by the similarity between
the fenturcs of thc man with whom he
shared his seat nnd pictures he had seen
of tho wealthy deserter.
Ho described the man as having "a
full face nndycry dark mustache, rather
dark hair, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed
Wo pounds and wore n blue suit."
Thc story that ho continued to New
lork nnd may have gone to Hartford,
Conn., where he was believed to linvc
been seen, will be investigated.
PENROSE HAS SLIGHT COLD
Senator Is Angry Over Reports 'of
"Serious Illness"
Senator Fenrose today was very
angry when he read reports in the New
Vork newspapers to tho effect that he
was critically 111.
The .senntor received a number of
visitors and expressed his Indignation
regarding, thc rumors nnd made it clear
mm. ne was oniy suuenng trom a slight
cold.
Friends f Senator Penrose said to
day that ho took cold last Thursday
when he rode through Fnirmount I'nrk.
On Friday he entertained a number of
friends at dinner nnd on the following
morning the cold was worse. On Sat
urday and yesterday, however, hn held
repeated conferences with W. Hnrry
Baker, secretary of the state Republi
can committee.
Tho senntor's physicinns say that be
will attend tho nntional convention.
AUTO STRIKES CHILD
11 -Year-Old Girl Suffers Fractured
Shoulder as Result of Accident
While attempting to cross Pnssyunk
nvenuo near Greenwich street shortly
before noon today. Margaret Proposo.
eleven ynres old, 1018 Greenwich street,
was struck by an nutomobllo driven by
Nicholas Volpc, Tenth street near Cath
arine. Volpo placed tho child in the mnchluo
nnd took her to St. Agnes' Hospital,
where It was found Margaret was suf
fering from a fractured left shoulder.
He afterwards gave himself up to tha.
police of tne I'ifteentli street nnd Sny
der avenue station house and was re
leased by Magistrate Dougherty under
f-100 ball for a further hearing.
FIND WOMAN'S BODY IN LAKE
Missing 8lnce Last Monday Death
Believed Accidental
Newton. N. J., May 24. (By A. P.)
Tho body of Miss Ida Carpenter,
thirty-five years old, who lived with two
sisters on n fnrm between Pnllettown
and Hopkins Corners and who had been
missing since last Monday, was found In
four feet of water in Culver Lake late
last night.
It is believed she lost her way nnd
accidentally fell into tho lake while
returning at night from n ncarbyMown.
Merchandise sho hnd bought was found
floating near the body.
By the Associated Press
Montargts, France. May 21. Paul
Deschanel, president of the French re
public, fell from thc window ot his
train when It was n short distance
from here last night. The- trnln was
moving at the time. M. Deschanel
walked a mile nnd n nunrter in tho
Ldarkncss until he mitt a track walker,
wno accompanied tlc president to n
nearby slgnnj station nnd telephoned to
this city for an automobile, which ar
rived In n half hour.
When he approached the track walk
er, the Injured man said:
"I was on the presidential train nnd
fell out of it while It was moving. That
Which will ftlirnrlMO rnn innrn Imtwrft,
ns the fnct I am Monsieur Deschanel.
president of the republic."
Bruised and Lacerated
M. Deschanel, upon his arrival here,
received first medlcnl nttentlon some
two or three hours after the nccldcnt.
Physicians found he hnd suffered no In
juries sufficient to cause anxiety, al
though he was bruised qnd lacerated.
As n precautionary measure nnti-tet'-anus
serum was injeeted by n surgeon.
President Deschanel explained that he
had been unable to sleep In his com-
pnrtment of thc private car In which
he wns traveling because of thc heat
and thnt nbout 11 o'clock last night,
shortly after (he trrfln had pulled out
of Montnrgls, he tried to open n win
dow to secure more ventilation.
The window stuck, nnd M. Deschanel
snld he applied all Ills strength to open
It. Then suddenly the window gave
way and ho pitched out of the car onto
thc track In the dnrkness, thc trnln go
ing on.
Suffered From tho Grip
The president had suffered a severe
nttack of the grip Saturday night, nnd
it had been questioned for n time If the
journey to Monhristnn. wlicrn ln wns
to dedicate a monument to Senntor Rey-1
nionii, n rreneii aviator who wns killed
during the war, should not be canceled.
The president, however, had Insisted
upon making the journey.
It was because of his Illness thnt nil
ino windows ot tne presidential com
partment had been tightly closed.
At noon toilny It was announced here
that the president's condition was ns
satisfactory as possibly could be. The
doctors had found 'scratches upon his
fnee, hands nnd legs nnd some bruises
Continued on Tnico Three, Column Fire
PACT DELAY FATAL,
SPEED PEACE, PLEA
I
0 PRESBYTERIANS
Dr. Arthur J. Brown, of N. Y.,
Tells Assembly U. S. Must Aid,
Not Criticize, Europeans
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.,
MAY REPLY TO ATTACKS
Proposed $1,000,000 Under
writing of Joint Project to
Bear Brunt of Battle
GENERAL' DONALDSON 'ARRIVES
TO PROBE BERGDOLt ESCAPE
Brigadier Ocncrnl Donaldson, appointed by thc Inspector
general's offlco at Washington to Investigate tho escape of
Orovcrcleveland. Bergdoll, nccompnnled by two aides, arrived In
the city at 1 o'clock. They proceeded to the office of tho military
intelligence in the Commercial Trust Company and went inU
conference.
L CORTELYOU AND ROTAN ASKED TO AID BRIBE PROBE
Chairman Cox and Councilman Roper, of council's self
invesitigatlug committee, called on District Attorney Rotan and
Director of Public Safety Cortclyou this afternoon and formally
asked their aid in tho probo of tho $25,000 transit bribe scandal
Mr. itotau will confero this -afternoon with Major Wynne, chief
county detective.
BODIES OF 6 PMILA
SOLDIERS R
E
TURNED
Lieut. Charles T. Evans, Jr., of
Germantown, Among Those
Brought From England
TO HAVE MILITARY ESCORT
SCHMIDT WILL TALK
ONLY IN CHICAGO
Says Microbe Couldn't
Live on Minister's Pay
"No microbe could live on n min
ister's salary," the Rev. Henry R.
Masters, secretary of the committee
on ministerial relief and sustenance,
retorted today after nnother spenker
at the session of the Presbyterian
General Assembly raised the question
of the danger of "dirty moncv." '
"Income tax figures," continued
Mr. Masters, "show that of the
170,000 Protestant ministers In the
country, less thnn 1 per cent last
year hnd an nnnual salary of .$3000."
Council Probers Told Tha,y i
Must Visit His Home to Get
More Testimony
The Rev. Arthur J. Rrown, of New
York, called on all Christian people to
protest ngainst further delay In the
ratification of thp pence treatv. speak
lug at today's session nf ho i'np.i n.
craf Assembly of the Presbvterlnn
Church in the United States of Amcrl-
in nt 4Iia Anl r . .
gresT for its postponement of rntlficn-
, uuiui ui mi- unuco mates
ca, at the Academy of Music
Doctor Rrown sharply atta
attacked Con-
HORN ON STAND 'TODAY
The bodies of six Phllndclphians, one
of them an officer, nre included nmong
Uc 42S' which arrived in New York
yesterday on the army transport Prin
cess Mntoika, from -Southampton.
Thc bodies, which nro those of sol
diers who were either killed In ncci
dents or died of disease while billeted
In England, were taken off the trans
port this morning 'at Pier .1. Hoboken.
nnd were placed in state with n guard
of honor on tho army docks.'
Later in the day they will be for
warded to their dostinntlntm. nn parnrt
being sent, with each soldier to his last
resting place.
The Phlladelnhla men are: T.lpntrn.
ant Charles T. Bvans. ,7r., 20.1 West
"muni mnc, irtirmamown, wno wnB
killed In the airplane accident, Novem
ber 23. 1018, while attached to the
ninth aviation Instruction center.
Privnto Harry Fuller. 2322 North
Lawrence street, first air service de
tachment, died of pneumonia, Novem
ber 1. 1018. Corporal Ernest .1. Klnz
ler. 1812 East Margaret street. Mist
aero section, died of fever in England,
Sergeant Archibald S. Paul, Jr.. 1337
South Seventeenth stret. who died No
vember 11. 1018. In n Rritish hosnitnl
of pneumonia, was attached to the head
quarters company of the 421st Aero
Squadron when he died.
Prlvnte Hnrrv Schwnrtzmnn. 1-104
South Fifth stret, Tenth Company En
gineers, died of pneumonia, nnd Pri
vate .Tames W. Willoc. of the Armv
Service Corps, of 502S Wayne avenue.
Germantown, wns another pneumonia
victim. ,
Tho body ot Ensign Frederick G.
Wllmscn. who died nt Marseilles,
France, November 24, 1018, bns been
brought to the home of his parents,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Rernnrd Wllmsen, Elk
Ins Park. Funeral herviccs will be
held nt f :30 o'clock this afternoon
at St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Church, Ashbourne street nnd Old York
road, Ogontz.
FOUR ABANDON UPSET CAR
Tw Girls and Two Men Who Fled
After Accident Cannot Be Found
Two men nnd two girls, riding in nn
automobile which upset on Wissahieknn
nvenuo nt Allen's Inne nt 2 o'clock
this morning, disappeared following tha
accident nnd apparently have abandoned
the car.
Following thc accident, n mnn, who
gave his n a life ns Charles Mncetis, tele
phoned for n taxicnb, saving lie wished
to be tnken to the Snmnritnn Hospital.
An Investigation showed that none
of the party had been admitted to the
Snmnritnn or other hospitals in the
northern section of the city. The nhnn
doned nutomobllo bears the New Jersey
license number, 101.172.
HUNT BERGDOLL'S GOLD
AS NEW KIDD TREASURE
Western Maryland Residents Rove Mountainsides in Search
of Cache of Philadelphia Draft Dodger Some .
Scout Wealth-Pot Report
Social ni.r-atch to Kimla r.iMIe 7,foer
Hngerslown, Mil.. May 21. Thc
"burled Rergdoll trensure" may become
to tho people of western Maryland what
the Captnin Kldd trensure was for years
to people along the New Jersey coast
u lure for credulous gold-hnntcrs, old
nnd young, n legend, romuntie nnd in
triguing. . ,
While senrchlng for a pot of go Id
in tho wilderness region of Sideling Hill
is llko senrchlng for n necdlo In a
haystack, the tnouutainside there
nbouts now bids fair to have nn nt
traction that it never had before, and
tho talk is today more of people pok
ing and nosing around the mountains
n order to beat Rergdoll to his sup
posed cache than of the possible cap
lure of Rergdoll himself in this vlclnty.
Thnt the draft dodger, who spent
several weeks, off and on. at a Hagcrs
town hotel when he was eluding do
Sctivcs before, would dare to show
himself again in this city is Incrcd
Ible, in the opinion of experienced of.
fleers.- and the belief prevails hero that
nergdnll will find his way to Germany
as soon ns he can.,
Hngerstown wns an excellont refuge
for the young Philndelphinn when no
Hagcrstowners knew him ns Rergdoll.
Strnngers coming nnd going nt local
hotels, even if they are free spenders,
nnd travel in extra fine touring enrs,
aro ton common to elicit morn than
passing notice here. Hence Rergdoll
wns eomparntivelyo safe hero under an
allns on his previous truancy. Now it
is different.
The treasure story finds Its firm
believers, although discredited by the
majority of people.
Hiding treasuro in the lonely Sideling
Hill region is not n difficult Job. if one
has the treasure to hide, and Rergdoll
had many opportunities for imitating
the Captain K(dd stunt.
Tho trensuro hunters nre alrcadj
numerous, but they will not crowd eueli
other In tho reaches of Sideling IU.
Smooth roads lead sufficiently near the
"treasure mountains" to attract motor
Ists. On the whole, the Rergdoll treasure
legend appears a decided asset to hotel
men and tbe taxi tribe in this region,
I
I
A. R. Schmidt snys thnt If Council's
self-invcstlt;nting committee wishes to
question him further In the $2.".000
bribe scnndal. it will hnve to trot itself
out to Liucngo.
Mr. Schmidt, nccording to ThnmnR
i'j. mitten, president of the Hnpid
Trnnsit Co., named Councilman Alexis
J. Limeburner ns the man who advised
him to nay $2."i,000 to obtain n enr line
on the Roosevelt Roulevnrd.
Mr. Schmidt represents Senrs.
Roebuck & Co. who are building a plant
on the boulevnrd.
As there were discrepancies in state
ments made by Mr. Mitten nnd Mr.
Schmidt on the subject, Council's com
mittee lnt week requested Sears.
Roebuck & Co.'r renresentatlvc tn rnmn
before it' n second time, and give his
version ni inn matter in more detail.
According to n dispatch from Chicago,
Mr. Schmidt bns ndvlsed Council's com
mittee thnt he cannot come here, be
cause his wife is seriouslv 111 at their
home in Chicago, nnd stated that if the
committee would go to Chicago ho would
bo glnd to give his testimony on the
subject.
Trip Slay Re .Made
.In view of the fact thnt the commit
tee Is desirous of getting nt the bottom
of the matter, it is possible that it will
decide to go to Chicago. In such nn
event nn appropriation would hnve to
be innde for tho trip".
Edwin It. Cox, chnlrmnn of Coun
cil s committee, received -1 telegram
from Sir. Schmidt which will lie read
nt a hearing to be held by the com
mittee in (.ouncilx chamber this aft
ernoon. Sir. Cox nnd Cniineilinnn Roper con
ferred with District Attorney Rotan
this morning nnd nsked his nld in in
vestigating the numerous ehntges In
connection with the bribe scandal.
William R. Horn, councilman from
Frnnkford, will take tho stand this
nftcrnoon to toll what ho has learned
nbout tho allegation that Councilman
Limeburner intervened in the lnying
of wnter pipes for tho Philadel
phia Felt Co. Tho charge has bepn
mndo thnt Limeburner sought to delay
tho laying of tho nines, und nt the snmo
tlmo wns soliciting payment of bills for
advertising In Linieburncr's publica
tion. "Patriotic Philadelphia." from
I'-. i. rutney, manager of the felt con
cern. Sir. Cox stntecj t'int he expected
to call everybody who knew nuythini;
about tho nliegcd hold-up by tho coun
cilman, and thnt he would seek to un
cover nil of tho facts relating to that
charge against Sir. Limeburner.
MRS. 7SKe1nTRAIN WRECK
Members of Company Escape In
Jury, but Scenery Is Damaged
New York. Slay 21. A train carry
ing Sirs. Slinnie Slnddern Fiske nnd
her company from Salt Luke City to
San Rerunrdinn, Calif., was wrecked
yesterday lunrnlug in the Lntlmer
desert. 200 miles from Salt Lake City,
nccording to a telegram received here
last night,. The message slated that no
ono suffered any Injury. The stage
scenery wns badly dmnnged, however.
BOUND, GAGGED AND ROBBED
Man Posing as Prospective Buyer of
Property Attacks Owner
Slorrls Goldstein, of (1307 Woodland
avenue, wns blackjacked anil robbed of
SnOO late Saturday night and left
hound nnd gagged by the iMbher.
Shortly before the hour Goldstein wns
accustomed to close his store, a well
dressed man entered nnd linked the
shopkeeper if lie wished to .ell his
property.
Goldstein told the mnn he would sell
and took him upstairs to iu t the
looms. The man suddenly nttnrked
Goldstein, nnd after binding nnd gag
ging him, escaped with Jf.'iOO in bank
notes, which he found in n safe on the
second floor.
tion. it is n crying 'shame." paid the
speaker, "that this matter should fae al
lw,;d to drag on. nnd it is up to the
Chrlstinn people of the country to make
indignant protest to Congress
"c J.v. 'Why don't Europe go to
work? Why don't Europe speed up
production to meet. Its own needs?'
'I had occasion to visit Europe Mm-o
the Inst assembly. I snw how the Euro,
penn countries nre without rnw mn-terlnls-
nnd money. I snw how In mnnv
ot them their money Issues nre almost
without value.
"How can we ask dying men nnd
women to go to work, to speed up pro
duction? "Did the Snmaritan. when he found
the man who had been set upon by
robbers, ask: 'Why don't you bind up
your wounds yourself nnd get to work?'
Europe In Terrible Slate
"Eilrono Is In n terrible stnte. Tn.
tland -loit most of her children. All the.
survivors Hre afflicted with rickets.
Eight hundred people are dying every
day in Syria. Hoover soys thnt 200.000
people nre dying in Russia. Europe faces
pestilence nnd economic ruin.
"pur nttitudo of telling Europe to
solve her own problems is a shnme. It
wns Cain, not Abel, who said: 'Am I
my brother's keeper?'
"Almost everybody says the world
should be ns one except n few I'nltcd
States senators. It mnv be said thnt n
united world Is n utoplnn idea, but if
choice must be mndo between Utopia
and hell, I'll tuke Utopia.."
Tito sneaker nointail nut thnt mnnv
so-culled "impossible" things had been j
brought to pass, such as the abolition
of slavery, the passage of prohibition
and tho defeat of Germany.
"io tne uiriHtiun mnn nothing thnt
is rignt is impossible,
some strong influence
gether."
Doctor Rrown is secretn
mission on co-oiieration w
Alliance for International
ttirotigu the (Jhurehcs,
behalf.
PRICE OF SUGAR ! ff JOHNSON WINS
BOOSTED 1 CENl
OPENING ROUND
GIFTS TO JOHNSON ;
CAMPAIGN 168,130,
PROBERS ARE TOLD
R. B. Stra3sburgor, of Norrls
town, Contributed $27,000,
Angus McSweon Testifies
i
WOOD EXPENDED $15,000 "
IN N. J., SAYS HITCHCOCK
General's "Advisory" Director
Unable to Give Details
of Finances
Thjrd Advance Within Week An
nounced by Refiners at
Now York
Ry the Associated Press
Washington, srny 21. Campaign'
manngers for Senntor Hiram Johnson
and Sfnjor General Leonard Wood tes
tified today before a Sennte cnmmlttcn
investigating campnlgn contributions
and expenditures.
Angus SrcSween, eastern manager
for Senator Johnson, told the commit
tee that the total of rmirlhittlno ,..
Combination With Penrose Gives i"'for !" senator's campaign was
"""" me largest, to said, ivm
Kim Whip Hand in 'Bar
rel' Probe
STOCKS SHOW WEAKNESS
.New York, Slny ,24. The American
Sugar Refining Co. today advanced the
price of sugar one cent to twenty-two
nnd onc-hnlf cents, marking the third
ndvnncc of Its kind within n week.
"The necessity for this ndvnncc arises
by reason of tho Increasing cot to the
compnny of rnw sugar," read n state
ment issued.
Perishable foodstuffs underwent a fall
In price here today, when more than
300 carloads of edibles, which have been
accumulating on river wlinrves hecause
of traffic congestion, were sold nt cut
prices. They Included cucumbers, cab.
bnges. onions, parsley nnd ornnges.
New potntoes nlotic maintained last
week price scnle.
After u show of steadiness at the
opening me stock market suffered nn-
BOTH GUNNING FOR WOOD
Ry CLINTON W. GILBERT
Staff Correspondent- nf thn Ktrnlnc Publlt
I.nlKer
Washington, Slny 24. The first
flourish of the Republican nntinnnl con
vention began today when the Ken
you committee of the Sennte started in
to Investigate campaign expenditures
with Frank H. Hitchcock. Genernl
Wood's mnnager. on the stnnd. The in
vestigation may elimlnnte one Repub
lican candidate. It may mnke one.
The committee which is doing the in
vestignting I an Old Gunrd -Johnson
committee Probably it is thc first
fruits of Senntor Penrose's active lead
ership of the Wood opposition nnd his
co-npernHjii with Senator Johnson.
At nny rate. Senntor Penrose became l
?27,000, from R. R. Strassburgcr, of
Norr stowta, Pa. William Flynn, or
Pittsburgh, furnished ?7000, the wit
ness declared.
Other contributions listed br Mr.
SIcSwcen included $3000 bv Slayor
Couzcns, of Detroit; $5000 bv J. L.
fnlvary. of Pittsburgh; $2000 by
Rnlph J. Rullnwn "and friends." of
New Wk. and $1000 by J. S. Wllholt,
of New ork. '
Johnson Spent $13,207 in Jersey
oTn.c J"nnB0 organization spent $13.
20i in New Jersey, S410O of which waa
sent to Representative John I. Nolan
nnd the committee on arrangements, Sir.
SIcSwcen testified. In Indinnn. he con
tinued, "our figures show $8700 spent',
$."000 going in the last week while the
suintor, wns campaigning there." ,
Sir. SIcSwcen snld Senntor Johnson'
Cnllfornin headquarters had furnished
$R."00. The witness described Sir.
Strnussburger as an "admirer of Sen
ator Johnson" nnd said lie hnd been a
steady contributor and had been closely
nssneintcd with the management of the
nrnnr utniihi Lmi i-iii. ii... ...!
....... ,........,.,... . nn,- ii i- vumiiic , nint. nc in ng the Investigation of
a 4w les'wriit hrrt rhrt ZZ pJ
points. There wcVo no new n,Iverse 7 U in V,Fin? ,in, llls rlvals' fc"
developments, but considerable nervous- ,' monr-v I he Johnson people wanted
iiess wns miinifcstod nvnn !,. o..n.iw :!.- , -en.von HS chief investicntnr or nn in.
nctive. Senntors began running up to I "nntor s enmpnign.
l'hilndelphin. Johnson mine pack to ! , I have prepared a genernl stntcme
Washington after nn nlisence campaign- I of n,!r niIin,"''s' . Mr. SIcSwcen said
ing. He began demanding" this and "Pening his testimony, "but can't gi
tuition. While stocks rnn off Liberty I YMt!n,,nn.- T'" 'd Guard inclined
Ronds were much stronger nnd made . ,pp ,,", 'M '" lts n" hands by
furiller substantial recoveries frofn 'nst
nvvn -. iuiv level,
naming u trusted mnmhKr nt n. ..
gnnization. Senator Wntnn. ns chairman.
Tf lifllifkri Mn.B M. ,11 n
P. IThe three shoe' fifctiirica here of '"''"'on-Penrose Rapproihinenl Did It
Rlen Hutchiiis. Inc. will be shut Suddenl- the Sennte nnrnniitl'in lm
dowii for a week beginning Wednesday. ''nine nil n.-qiiiesrenre. after the Jnhn
It was uiiiiniiiicdl tmlnj. "tiener.il l,ui- , -on Penrose rapprochement was estab-
nesa conniiions were given ns the ren- Ilslieil. Johnson got cvcritliinir l.l . i. .... .. ........ .........
son The plants here employ 2.-00 per- nntcd. ,Ccyo ACZ7Z!Ti& hWdta'
M,rK- . of New- Jersey, who hate Wood be- ' bured S72.2.10.
nt
in
civn
you nil the details. until we assemble all
our papers. x
There were three men. n woman
stenographer, and "n woman's bureau
with one woman employed" in John
son hendqunrters nt New York. Th
western headquarters at San Frnncisco,
he said, he did not know nbout. v
"I can report, however, on all con
tributions received, with tho exception '
of nbout $1,000." he said, nnd then
placed the total nt 3(18,138.
In Financial Straits
"We have been In constant financial
strnits." he continued, "and unable tf
undertake the work thnt seemed pos
sible. "Sir. Plvtin in Pittsburgh is a sup
porter of General Wood, but he helped
.Minneapolis, Slny- 24. (Rv A. P.)
Flour made a further decline in price
at the largest .Minneapolis mills todov.
family patent being quoted at S1I.7."
to $15 a barrel in ninety-eight-pound
cottou sneks in carload lots.
MACHINE GUN KILLS BOY
CUIISC 01 1110 nrrOtrin: trentmnnl nf l.!. !.. V - I. i ri r,nn ....
if l t. ... - , ' '" """- '" .'in mm we hjirill ."l.,inrw pill-
wLv. s: ood managers in New ting delegates in the primary and In
..... , ..,.. ... w. i .uisxnuri. wno come-, circulating iterature.
frnm .im nni il'.n.l i. .
V; ..mi-.. uim Mine, ami tor the
Democrats. Reed, of Slissouri. who will
probably do most of the cross-examining,
nnd Pomerene, of Ohio n stron"
committee especially on the Democratic
side nnd one likely to go to the bot
tom of the campaign expenditures nnd
We simply need - -- - j ""naca oyr ",i ueiefc-mc situation.
to nnug us to , -cmpiy in. u. r. weapon in Armorv !.,. ,. '',". ", " uns committee
if.V..i.i.... m n ,.,. . ' ' . y ""dlentes the 'intention of the Johnson.
,:1!:;,i-i!!-Ll. ?.; A1W ft
Friendship! Pol sv v aula N ha V M. ! Y,"' J? ,! " T1"'' -nvention, to
nnd - - 1s-AiVr- a-s sJy
. t ... i i" '.'V '.' ""
"w. ,ui III cmirce or I he tnvectlrrntft.
Discuss Unity Plan kiiicii nnn iionerr weiz, twelve, seri
i i i , . ousiy mjurcd ny nui eis iroin the sun-
KviLr,nnfi "tV'?" bct,wSE- th.p Iros' I-osedly empty gun. 'P
bytcrian nnd Reformed Churches was The bovs had entered the nrmnrr n
discussed at the morning session. The observed" on t e Return n 1',""
VTW"r:j f-m Vo rarnge,rnwhefre,H;hBeynit-l
more effcetunl administrntire rn.rmn..
ntion" between the Prcsbyterlnn Church
in the U. S. A., the Preslivterlnn
Church in the V. S., the Reformed
Oliurch in the U. S. and the United
Presbyterian Church.
If recommendations made by the
committee -which has been considering
the matter of closer union nre adopted.
It Is planned to ask the Council of
Presbyterian nnd Reformed Churches to
appoint n committee to confer with
committees representing the Individual
churches.
The committee, which reported ut
today's session, indicated that the time
had not et nrrited for complete orgnnic
iiuton among the Presbvterlnn lr..
nominations.
The Intereliiirch world movement,
which was to hnve come 'up for debnte
today, probably will be gone into in de-
been trying out the gun.
Houseman Estate $388,500
A personal estate of $3300 and real
estate valued nt $385,000 were left to
relatives by the will of Saniue! F.
Housemnii, 420 South Rrond street, ad
mitted to probate today. Sir, House
man died April 30. Other wills pro
bated were: Charles Krause. 20.W Tast
York street, $0000; Slary Dougherty,
2214 North Comae stret, $4000. In
ventories filed were; Anu Rnhinson,
$0207 William II. Oliver, $37,140;
Tda II. Rowers, $12,020; Slntthlns
Ruoss. $18,501 5 Charles H. Blmrmaii,
$30,120. . '
Continued on Tare Three. Column Two
"UNCLE DAVE"IMPR0VING
Varex Leader Recovering From Post
Campaign Illness
David II. Lane is steadily improving
in condition, nccording to bis physician
Dr. E. It. Kirby. '
The Vnre lender of thc Twentieth
ward nnd "sage" of the Republican
organization in this city had a break
down following the strain of the recent
election, tie was nurricu to the Hotel
Strand, his summer hendqunrters at At
In n tic City under Doctor Klrhy's enre.
With him was Sirs. I.ane and a nurse!
According in uocior iiriy Sir.
Lane is very much improved. I do
not think there Is any cause for alarm
now. You see, he Is advanced in years
and during the primary and just pre
ceding it he wns on his feet a good pnrt
of the time. The breakdown was the
result. His ailment, whllo giving him
considerable discomfort, lins passed tbe
stage where there may be felt any anxi
ety nnd ho Is well on tho road to re
covery." THREE HURTMN AUTO CRASH
Ilnmmonton, N. ,1., Slay 21. One
man is believed to be dying nnd" two
others were injured Inst night in a
motorcar crash nenr here A car driven
ny .men a. nroiiie. oi nun Mouth Fourth
street, Philadelphia, collided with one
driven by Antonio Zonl and contain
ing Alfred Tomnsollo and Antonio
Roo, nil of Ilammonton. Zonl was
catapulted thirty feet across the road,
being seriously injured by hlttinr. a
sidewalk. The other victlme were Rono
and uomascuo.
BANK R0BBED0F $115,000
Cashier at Flnleyvllle, Pa., Locked
In Vault by Six Thugs
Pittsburgh, May 24. (Hr A P )
The First Nntional Rank at'Finlevville.
Pa., near here, was held up nnd robbed
shortly after noon todny by sW men.
who escaped, according to word rrceived
here by the police.
The bandits are said to hnve tnken
$100,000 in bonds and securities ami
$15,000 in cash. The cashier, the only
man in the bank at the time, was
I knocked unconscious and locked in the
vault wliil" the institution wns rifled.
A sheriff's posse has gone in pursuit.
FIRE RAZES WAGON, SHOPS
Garage and. Housejn Farmlngton,
Del., Also Are Destroyed
Dover. Del., Slny 21. Fire of un
known origin early this morning de
strojed the gnruge nud wagon shops of
Slurphey & Iluyes. nt Farmiiigton, nnd
threatened the entire town. Fire com
panies from Slilfnrd and Harrington
quenched the nines, but not until n total
loss of nearly $10,000 had been done.
The dwelling of W. K. De Jov. Heal
th e wagon shops, three nutoinoblles and
seven new wagons ready for delivery
todo also were destroyed, I
Frrnk H. Hitchcok. one of General
Wood's campaign manngers, told th
committee that so far as lie knew the
lnrgest sum spent in any state by the
Wood organization was $15,000 in New
Jersev. lie ndded that the next largest
wns $12,500 in Slarylnnd.
Sir. Hitchcock said that In New
York, "ns in n number of other states,"
the. Wood supporters "financed their
own campaign in their own way" with
out nsking assistance from the Wood
organization.
Ilnmiltnn Knne, Republican nntional
committeeman in New Jersev. took
charge of the Wood expenditures in thnt
or nt least a Wood senntor would hnve I M?: f' witness testified, ndding thnt
been placed on the committee. n" ot ' .
i ut tne committee is straight out and
nnti- ood.
Ill Has G. O. P. by Tall
Johnson has the Republican pnrtv by
the tail here in Washington ugnin very
Ii iV ,,, , """ " during the trentv
tight, jo be sure in this instance .lohn
I son hnd a powerful iiiguiuent to use.
" a me inclinations f the organi
zation hnd to be forced, nuuielv that
there had been no much tnlL- nf ii, ..
cessive use of money thnt the Itcpubli
can party must, clear itself of scandal
before beginning to elect a President.
Rut the motto of the organization
appears to be "give Johnson evervthiug
he wants, except the nomination." That
appears to be the Penrose policy, which
is similar to the policy of the IVnnsvl
Minin leader toward Roosevelt in lillli.
when lie iissincil Roosewlt of the Penn
sylvania delegates, if the ncccsion
would lie sutlicient tn nominate him.
lie money used in tbe state was
accounted for under the direct primary
law.
Sir. Hitchcock said he could not give
detnils as to campaign contributions
ns it hnd been understood when ho
joined the Wood organization that be
was not to assist in the finncing work.
Some individuals, lie added, had sent
moncv to him direct, but this, he said,
would not exceed $25,000.
Alger "Sllrhignn Chieftain ''
Sir. Hitchcock said that in Slichigan
thc Wood enmpnign wns financed "by
local people" without any call on the
national organization. Colonel Fred
Alger, of Detroit, he said, was the state
chairman.
Senator Reed wanted tn know if
Colonel Alger wns not n wealthy man
nnd whether nny other wealthy men
were on the Wood organization roll in
Slichigan.
"lie tn c tlin nnlr rra whn ian,.l.t
The theory apparently is that after ,' answer that description, I think," Sir.
Hitchcock replied.
Asked how much the .Michigan or
ganization raised, Sir. Hitchcock said:
"I don't know; that was their own
nffnir."
Tn Delaware. Sir. Hitchcock said,
"Nothing wns given by the New York
ofiice."
Senator Reed nsked how- much the
New York stnte organization spent
l don t know replied the witness.
(nntinnnl on I'uKr Two. Column Seten
CATTLE SAVED FROM FIRE
Neighbors Rescue Cows at $150,
000 Wawa Dairy Blaze
Several hundred head of cattle were
rescued fiom u lire entailing n loss
of $150,000 in one of the large buildings
oi uic vwiwa wairy farms, Wawa
SOUTH FOR CHURCH UNION
and neighbors who were soon upon the
i scene. Then- facilities, however, were
i Inadequate to stop the quickly spread
ing blaze, so lire rniniiiinies from Urn
Presbyterian Assembly at Charlotte n,,A?.lniK towns were summoned.
. . . . . """", The cnuse nf the fire is unknown. One
Adopts Proposed Plan of the large structures destrojed was a
Charlotte. N. C, Slay 24. (Uy A. recently build bull pen. Autoists along
P.l The nlnn nf union nrnnnse.'l l.v the Baltimore pike stopped bv Immli-clu
the joint committee on close relations of to view the people's heroic efforts to
the assemblies of the Southern mid
vest lav a ernoon ' S In 1 Vr "feed "VUnt 'numign was begun long before
a ul II, HdlniK e h.clud, 1 1 il'..' in ' J '''tered I was Informed that less
N,om!,lu-,'lnjur:,ll',,,U, '" "" W ''''"J ;000.. ""''lt the local
The cattle were rescue! by empfojes , Wn Th ninllIlIlM, r ,.
X- .1 ,.. . !.......!. , .
.luriiicrii i-icm icrinii cuiirciics was
adopted without a dissenting voice nt
the session of the southern sussenibly
here todaj.
' The question was presented ns un
finished business ns soon ns the
assembly convened todny ami wns
adopted without debate.
Man, 65, Dlec In Coal Yard Office
Samuel llond, sixty-five yearn old,
022 Arch street, died suddenly todaj In
tho office of n coal ynrd, Callow-hill
street hear Twelfth, where hn was em
ployed, Phjsicinns at the Hahnemann
Hospital said death wne due to heart
disease.
save the valuable cattle.
The loss Is rtivered by insurance, of
ficials say.
BLAST INJUREsTsCORE
Two Buildings Blown Up at Pitts
burgh Pittsburgh, Slay 21. (Ry A. IM
Slore than n score of persons were In
jured nnd several nre reported mlsslni?
as the result nf ail explosion which hle.v I
up two buildings at 2025 Penn avenue
here this morning .and damaged several
buildings nearby.
When you think nr writlnr
think or WlUTINaT--USu. ,
All of the cainnnlgn contribution
hnve been made through finance com
mittees in curb states," said Sir. Hitch
cock. "After their receipt they navo
been turned over to two tieasurers, Hor
ace C. Stebins, in New Yoik, and Klbert
A. Sprague, of Chicago. All the ex
penditures have been made by checks
nud a full record is available.
"Then in addition the Leonard Wood
(ontlniird on Page Two, Column Four
rpHE Winners of the
PrizC'Menu Contest
aro announced today on the
Woman's Page.
MRS. WILSON
has n w a r d o d three cash
prizes for tho best menus for "
a dollar nnd a half dinncr.for
four people. ,
Maybe You Won.'
i'
J1
fr
i
iS
I;
l
'j4
'.i
11
M,
M
VI
nn
J.i
.?-
H
"j
A
i
uA'-sBJiJ
.m