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PIRRflNFYS STORIES placed in trials for finals today
NEED'EMAIN, fN ffelFZPl
Official Record of Phone Call to jf MMmJ : 'Ws mll& ' ' '
Washington Is Flaw in fMW iBlwA ' iJV
Escape Tale Ptl WJmlk
LAWYER'S VERSION IS PUT
UNDER FIRE BY SOUDER
Investigators Seek to Prove He
Was Present at Time of
Bergdoll's Flight
P. Clarence Gibboncy, CSrovcr 0.
JJcrgdoll's lawyer, will bo called tipon
today to explain wide discrepancies In
time In -liisstory of the cscapo of the
blacker, according to government agents.
This and nction on n congressional
Resolution introduced into tho House
o! Representatives nt Washington by
Ilcpresentntlvc Julius Kahn, of Cali
fornia, demanding' a deep probe of the
escape, arc the high lights of tho In
vestigation today.
And 0 rover is still nt large, with
wild reports coming in from nil sec
tions of the country, home near Phila
delphia, that be has been seen. Fed
eral authorities admit they nrc stumped
and have no reat clue to bis where
abouts. '
A deeper investigation into Gib
honey's story of tho escape nnd what
happened Immediately nftcr may bear
out Captain of Detectives Soudcr's re
port that the lawyer was in the Hcrg
doll home nt Fifty-second street and
"Wynnrflcld avenue when Grover fled.
The guards nnd "Judge" James B.
Jlomlg, Grover's "man Friday," agree
tliut Ilergdoll escaped at 2:55 o'clock
and that n search was made for him
before Gihboney wns notified in his
office, Walnut street ucar Ninth.
Time Does Not Check; Up
Then Gibboney, nftcr listening to
Itomig's story on the telephone, ac
cording to GIbboncy's statement of the
'fact, called, a taxlcab nnd went to the
Ilergdoll home on Wynuellcid nvenue
nnd after arriving there called up An
sell and Hailey, Hergdoll's Washington
lawyers, and told them of the escape.
Tho discrepancy lies there. Despite
the fact that it Is agreed by Romlg
nnd the guards that tho escape wns
engineered at 2:55 o'clock and a search
was made for the slacker before Gib
boney wns notified and Gibboncy bad
to get n taxi, ride through the con
gested uftcrnoou traffic downtown nnd
scleral, jnllcs to tho Bergdoll home, rec
ords show that his long-distance call for
Washington was made at 8:10 o'clock.
This allows but twenty-one minutes
. for the escape, bcarch, notification of
Oibbonev, getting u taxi, n ride of sev
eral miles, and finally nny coufusion
thiit might result at tho Ilergdoll homo
before Washington was notified.
After making an investigation. Cap
tain Souder nindo the definite state
ment that Gibboncy wns in the house
when the escape occurred.
Gibbouoy denied this, nnd still does,
as do Homig and the guards. Gibboue
refused to comment on the report of
discrepancies made by the department
of justice ngcqts.
When questioned last Friday, the dnv
of the escape, Gibboncy fixed the time
of his arrival nt life Ilergdoll home
ns "about ;i:;iu o cioeK. ' He refused
to comment on this today, other. than
to mj the times lie gave were approxi
mate. Congressional investigation of the
circumstances surrounding the release
nnd escape of Ilergdoll was asked of this
House in u resolution introduced by
Representative Kahn. chairman of the
military nITuirs committee.
Sworn testimony on evry phase of
the matter nnd fiom all persons in
voked, cither directly or indirectly, will
bo taken by n committee of five mem
hern it tiie House approves the Kahn
leolutlon, and there may be extensivo
hearings both in Philadelphia and New
jork. It Is the intention of the sponsor
of (lie resolution to brlug it up in the
military uffuirs committeo cither to
rnouow or on Monday nnd to press for
Immediate action. Members to whom
he lias talked about the matter have
commended Mr. Kuhu for its introduc
tion. "To Go to tho Uottom"
"It is my Intention to have the Houto
get nt the bottom of tho Ilergdoll case,"
Mid Mr. Kahn. "The affair Is uoto
iioiis. Ucrgdoil himself is u millionaire
and has eujojvd many privileges which
teem strauge and unwarranted.
Another investigation into the Hcrg
noil case was being considered today
bv Iteiiresentativp Henry D. .Flood, of
t irginla. It wns the Intention of Mr.
flood to ask the House to cxnmino into
the connection of Samuel T. Ansell
with the Ilergdoll case, more especially
Mr. Anbcll as attorney for the sub
lomniittee investigating the war de
partment is in a sense a government
employe.
CHILD KILLED ON PARKWAY
Driver Says Dertla Tozak Ran In
Front of Car
. 'Jenrtia Tozak, six years old, was
"men instantly last night when struck
)' an nutomobilo nt Twenty-third
street n ml ilm Tni-ir,i .. iin inirr
. . - . .,.. i..nt.u. iinii,i .twit,
or North Sydenham street, was the
Iriirr of .the automobile!
Kelff says Pcnctia was playing in the
ftreet and ran directly in the path of
j iiuiomomic.
While playing on Fifth street near
loplar yesterday, three-year-old Re
becca Lashinsky, 510 Brown street,
' run down and killed by a trolley
Cl". 0. Peterson, motormnn of the
ear, was held.
SUFFRAGELOST AT DOVER
House Etherizes Resolution for Re-
malnder of Session
v.n"ver. Del., Mny 20. The death
JHN1 of the suffrago amendments, so
1 .f18 "elnwnre is concerned, wns rung
"i the House yesterday when its ratifi
cation resolution was brought over from
-- .ivnum nun reirrreu 10 mo House
fommiuep or the whole. Then
JlPITPMiitutlvo Uoyd moved thut an nd-
JOiiriinient bo taken until next Wcdnes-
fi.?1"' ,!,,H n-,lH curried unanimously.
, "lieu tho IIouko holds its final ses.
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Jack W. Merchant, of the University of California, threw the hammer 150 feet '2 inches yesterday so that he
could compete In the Intercollcgiato finals on Franklin Field this afternoon. (Itight) W. It. Hamilton, of Pcnn
qualified for today by going over tho bar In tho high jump nt 0 feet, while Earl Eby is seen finishing the second
heat of tho 880-yard run In 1 m., 57 2-5 s., n winner. Eby will, ns a result, represent I'enn In the first today
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Quakers and Princeton Lead in
Battle for College Track
Title Today
WESTERN STAR INJURED
By EDWIN .1. POLLOCK
Pennsylvania or Princeton to win and
Cornell third.
Thut's the latest mythical standing of
the leading contenders, based on the
results of the trials of the forty-fourth
championship meeting of the Intercol
legiate Amateur Athletic Association of
America at Franklin Field yesterday.
' The uucstion of the ultimate resting
place of the championship trophy will
bo decided on the t;recn earth and the
cinder path of the Quaker playground
this afternoon in the semifinals and
finals of the clus'sic meeting.
Worn nine times by Cornell, eight
times by Pennsylvania nnd only ouce
by Princeton, the crown is hanging over
the heads of the athletes from these
three institutions. The slightest break
mny decide its destination.
Track Neier Better
The track never has been in better
condition. F.nrly this morning, nftcr it
had been rolled ami manicured by the
various keepers of the greeu and tho
cinders, it looked like nn oval sheet of
dark glass. The track is fast and some
records mny go.
Tho odvauce sale of the tickets lias
been large and another record-breaking
crowd is expected to turn out for tho
championships, the first event of which
starts nt 12 p. in. The time has been
nilvnneed one hour so that nil tho spec
tators will be able to see the end of the
meet and-leave in time to view the tca-
ture crew races on the hciiu.Wkiu.
The three leading candidates for the
title nil showed expected strength yes
terday in the trials. The Bed and Blue
led tbp field In qualifiers with fifteen
men. Princeton was second with four
teen nnd Cornell third with eleven.
Small Colleges In Limelight
In previous years ft usually took
forty points or more for one college to
win, but this seasou it is believed that
Contlnufil on rune To, Column Two
CHEJTER GREW 50.6 P. C.
Population 58,030, Increase 19,493.
Bethlehem Jumps 292.3 P. C.
wt.,t,, Vnv 'JO. (Hy A. I'.)
The population of Chester, Pa., as
shown by today's census bulletin, is
n8,0n0, an increaso of 10,403. or 00.0
per cent, since tho census of 1010.
Utlicr I'cnusjiv"..." i.wt.....w..
reported as folhwHj
Hctblchem. riO.Ji.'iS, increase of 07.
,TH or 202.11 per cent; Sunbury, lr,
721 increase 10.11. or 11.2 per cent:
Hanover. SOtll. increjise J0T. or 228
percent; Sharon, 21.71i, increase G47i.
or 42.4 per cent.
SHOWERS TO OPEN JUNE (
Scheduled for Tuesday or Wednes
dayNormal Temperature to Follow
Wnshlngton, May -"'' A- P')
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Monday ure:
North and Middle Atlantic snes
Showers probable Tuesday or Wednes
dayotherwise generally fair, season-
bLT5trtte".ud KastC.ulfstn.cs
Occasional local s lowers. ltwuBli
generally fair first hjilf In Sputh At
fontic Btatcni svasonilble temperatures.
PENN AND TIGERS
the rnstnmre. nt Philadelphia, Ta.
UArcn o, JOIV.
Program of Events at
Intercollegiates Today
TBACK EVENTS
11:00 p. in. 100-yard dash, semi
finals. 2:10 p. m. 120-yard hurdles,
somilinuls.
2:25 p. in. One-mile run.
2:.'!5 p. in. 140-yurd dash, finnl.
2:40 p. in. 120 -yard hurdles,
final.
2:.ri0 p. in. 100-ynrd dash, final.
.1:00 p. in. Two-mile run.
:i:20p. in. 220-ynrd hurdles,
semifinals.
.'! :35 p. m. 220-jard dash, scmi
fiuals. .1:45 p. m. Half-mile, final.
.1:55 p. m. 220-ynrd hurdles,
final.
1:10 p. m. 220-ynrd dash, final.
FIELD EVENTS
2:00 p.m. Shot put, pole vault
and running high jump.
2:.10p. m. Hammer throw nnd
broad jump.
BROKEN BACK FATAL
Victim of Auto Crash Dies Week
After Accident
His back broken n week ago iu
On nuto accident near Ilammonton, X.
J., Anthony Hanoe, thirty jenrs old,
of Hammoutou, died this morning iu
the West Jeiscy Homeopathic Hospital.
Hanoe was Injured last Saturday,
when an auto iu which lie was riding
wns In collision with another lnachiuo
and turned over In u ditch.
FERRYBOAT LAUNCHED
Makes Ninth Boat for River Use for
Reading Railway
The Heading Hallway Co. launched
its ninth ferryboat to be used for serv
ice from Philadelphia to Camden, this
morning nt the Pusey & Jones Ship-
jnrd, Wilmington.
The liont was cnrisieneu cntnor,
in honor of the New Jersey town. The
sponsor was Miss Florence Bourgeois, I
the first child born in Vcntnor nftcr itsf
incorporation. A large delegation was
present from Atlantic City, including
Samuel Ieds, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Vcntnor, which is a sister
ship of the Ilnddon Heights, recently
put into nervier,' will tnko its place on
the river in n few weeks, running from
the Heading slip in Philadelphia to
Kalglin avenue, Camden. It is 170 feet
long, and lift -five nnd a half feet wide.
POLES MAKE BRAVE STAND
Fight Furiously Against Bolshevikl
on Bank of Dnieper
London. May 20. (Hy A. I'.)
Furious lighting is iu progress on the
inft iinnk nf tho Dnieper river, where
the Holshovlkl uro attempting to dis-.
lodge thn Poles trom ineir inriiiieu po
sitions, according to nil othelul state
ment sent out by the soviet government
nt Moscow.
The Poles arc oflcring stubborn re
sistance, tho statement says, first one
side and then tho, other holding the first
line positions.
"In tho Turnshteha region (sixty
miles south ot Kiev) our iroops, over
coming tho enemy's resistance, cap
.,,..,! 'r.irnahtelia with a uuinber of vil
lages some twenty-seven miles distant
from Tnrashtchn," the statement adds.
Woman of 67 Killed by Trolley Car
Ijiucnstcr. lu., May 29. Mrs. Liss
zlo K. llnrnUli, aged slxtysoveu years,
a well-known resident of the lower
end of the county, was instantly killed
by a trolley car today. Sho was hurled
fifteen feet by tho iinpactr
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920
GREAT REGATTA
Conditions Perfect for College
and Ctub Crews to Compete
on Schuylkill
FIRST EVENT AT 11 A. M.
Hy SPICK IIAL.I,
The great two-day regatta on the
Schuylkill, which began esterdny
afternoon, when the Xnynl Academy
won the Childs Cup, besau nt 11 o'clock
this morning and wns o continuo until
very late. New York time. The greatest
college and club oarsmen in the rnuiitry
were to wield their blades,
Yesterday's perfect weather condi
tions wero again dished out bv Mr.
Hliss. This acted ns n nnturul stimulus
to the rowing populace, nnd they began
to drift ouKciirly to the scene of the
races. Fortunntelv for the stewards of
the American Howing Association,
which is running its sixteenth regatta,
and for the competing crews, the big
dredge Fnlrmonnt did its work well, nnd
all of the boathmises were able to use
their Blips for launching. Otherwise,
there would hnve 4)fcn n bad jam, and
it is likely that a number of the crews
would have refused to compete.
The grcnt interest displaced by the
colleges in the regatta Is n good indica
tion that tho shorter races are becoming
more populnr eaeli jenr and that the
events being holt op the Schuylkill arc
just as important to tlic.se institutions
ns any ever held nt PoughkccpSie. Tho
colleges which hiive crews on thn river
today are Pennslvanin, Harvard,
Princeton, Columbia, Syracuse nnd tho
Navy. Heshjcs these, tho Undine, Ves
per. University Hnrgo. Union, Malta
and New York Athletic Clubs are repre
sented. Tho events include races be
tween eights, single nnd double sculls.
1,"0. pound eights and four-oared shell
races.
'llie program is one of the lines.t
ever arranged for a regatta on the
Schuylkill and one of tho best ever held
In the country. That Harvard did not
send its vnr&Ity eight is n regrettable
circumstance, but it wns unavoidable.
However, the Crimson is represented
by its junior varsity eight, which rowed
this morning in the Stewards Cup
elimination heat with Syracuse and two
eights from the Uuion Hont Club,
of Boston.
(Jrcnt interest is being shown in the
Stewards' Cup event, because it was al
most certain to bring Syracuse and the
Xavy together in tip- Una! ruce today.
Syracuso is the only crew that has de
feated the Navy in two years, and nat
urally tho Middies are anxious to win
back their lost laurels, to say nothing
of the trophy itself.
The shells that finished first and sec
nnd in the race this morning at 11 will
row ngaiust tho Navy mid Prlncoton
late this afternoon.
Although this will make the mpruing
winners row twice, they arc all In good
condition nnd should he nblc easily to
make ns good n showing in the after
noon ns in tho morning.
Although yosterdn) 's crowd was
large, by early afternoon there were
far moro people on the banks of the
Schuplkill today. Hoth drives wero
jammed with machines, and there was a
machines, nnd there is sure to be a
great fleet of powerboats at tho finish.
All of today's races will bo over tho
one and live-fifteenth miles course, be
ginning at a point half a mile above
the Strawberry bridge and ending just
below the island and above the Columbia
avenue bridge.
MEAtOHIAI. RAY AT WILLOW nnOVIl
Frequent train aervlco from rmla, vl
trcnueni ir.n srvic9 irom rnna
1', & it, itjr.
log rouna iru. im ocrrAav
CONTINUED TODAY
-STATE DELEGATION
WILL BACK SPROUL
WHILE HE'S IN FIELD .
There Is No Distinct Movement
Anywhere Toward Knox for
the Presidency
HIS BOOM RECEIVED COOLLY
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Eleventh-Hour Decision Leads
to Call for Organization of
Committee Here Wednesday
By OICOKfiE NOX McCAIN
It was nn eleventh -hour decision
thn't led to the Usuing of a tall Invt night
for nn organization meeting of tho Ite
publican Ntnte committee in tills city
on loilncs(lny next.
The meeting will be held nt 10:!10
In the morning nt the Bellevue-Strat-ford,
nnd the state delegates to the na
tional Republican convention will meet
nnd organize nt the snme place in the
nfternoon
The organization of the state com
mittee, as at liresent constitute!, will
wmi""" bl continued, with Senator
iMllinm E. Crow, elf Fnjette county. I
nn iMinlrmnn nml irnH.. ii r
linuphiii county, secretary. Senator
Penrose will be continued ns nntional
committeeman from Pennsylvania.
While tiie matter was still hi nbey
anee there wns n very strong disposi
tion to postpone the meeting of the
litnte committee until lifter the Chicago
convention. Fnder the lnw the commit
tee must meet on or before the Kith of
June. In view of the unsettled condition
of affairs In the party as to the presi
dential nomination it wns taking n long
chance to postpone the meeting of the
committee until the 10th.
There is no telling just Iiom long the
Chicago conclave mny be in session.
There might be the chance of n number
ol delegate being compelled to race bnck
from ( Incngo for the state committee
meeting, nnd so it wns deemed advisable
to hold the meeting before the conven
tion. Protests Against Meeting Hero
The organization of the state dele
gation to Chicago is n different matter.
There have been protests from some of
the western counties ngnlnst the waste
of time and extrn expense incurred in
coming to Philndelpblu. when, it Is
urged, the delegation could organize nnd
cnucus in tnicngo just n.s well
M'l.mxlnrv- linw been-Juilustr ouslv c r-
At ni events tiie organization 01 me worn aim iiiiiuc im ...... ... ...... i ...... i-lV .,.'i ';"' ."'.'. "!:' "' ,i.' .; ,"1.1 .1,: .. ' ....'-"viii" I
'delegation in I'liiludelphlu next wcelt out. ' ' .., ":" "" , , " .""'",; , ,. it , "i i - n'J
'will set nt rest a mass of rumors that The negro grubbed the boy nnd drag- would want to go over tiie entire day he Imd based the articles on Infor-
have been put In circulation concern- gcd liini to the bathroom, holding his ninltcr before uiisweriiig our jiiiestioiis. mation obtained from members of th M
Inv It- iiri-fprriir.. in tlu urpsiilentlnl l...tnl mrr his mouth to prevent him 'et s wait until the litiiil ofhcinl tigiires . Democratic nntional committee. JHt - .53
....... ..i.i- ii .... nii.n. Il iIpiI lerpflerii.k'xt nrc nnunuiirril by the county cnmiuls. I snlil thev bail bceu corroborated h .
or. u.i.u..'. .u.Bt.if, ..ii ' . - - -.
culnted. and Senator Penrose was n washrng in his mouth to gng him. niid
quoted as authority, that there would then tied Mm to a s-ilgot with n lurk
be opposition to (lovcruor Sproiil in his ish towel. . .
own delegation on the first ballot. I The ntruder dummied searc.iing
The center of the Hying rumors was until he found the money and calmly
Hint there would be n split iu the dele- .walked out the front door nnd esrnped.
gntion. thnt personal mid political I Mrs. Mildred Gardiner, sister of
friends of Senator Penrose's in the dele- Frederick, came home a short time
gation would, under inspiration, votu i lntrtv She. asked Wilbur. Jr., where
for Senator Knox instead of Governor . his brother wus. The boy said he had
Spronl. gone into the, house some tune before.
The menti of Mr Knox's iiniuc. it s, ,fr Kjmh oy u0ni
was intimated, was for the purpose of i ... ,,, . ,
wet b a nketlng tho4.umo of Spnul. and Her yal N ailing Jo receive -any an
as u result of this there was prospect swer. M hired went ni and searche. the
of dissension and turmoil in whut I house. rmiill.V she found her brother.
...... i.i .!,..,.;. i, i, ,,.,,.;,,,, a ,ii. i He wus uni oitscious. She released him
BIIUUIU Ulliunir1. ui. u iihhim'iii.mii in.iv
disposal of the Governor ns long
chooses to remain in the tiel.l.
No Distinct Movement for Knn
Thprn is no diNtiiicr movement in or
out of Pennsylvania toward Senator
Kuox. Ho is regarded as a probability.
He is the type of ninn, as Senator Pen
rose pointed out nt the time, who would
make an nvailablc choice for the high
office of President.
His availability, the possibilitj of his
active entrance into tlicrni-p, are mat -
Continued on InKeTno, Column Two'
gntion nn ted upon Governor Sproul us an. nun ..,... ....... ....i. ...... ....,...,... ., ,., i ,., . ,.,, o .nvusus . ,s ., .,,
its choice police. i towards the opening of ballot boxes w ill Pnliucr condoned violations of the
'ri.n n,.mii;,,-r I,, T'l.limli.lnl. in nnrS Frederick describes the intruder as be taken before that dnj . stem! net during the recent prii
,. . .. - !...... i in ... '.. I lioliif. iihnni -Iv feet tall, heavv imil The count is oMicrtcil tn slow nn tiirht in Peniis.i Ivnnifl in order to
wcck oi in. ' ii'i'l.ui.ii hi i .. "i i A'.' ''"",,,,. ,,... M1 .....i l.,k h s. renin this afternoon when rl... ..n.,..U. the contest with the Honnlwell
i.i:2iH.J2 Tin i.ii. n ! ;, liA mail answering that deseriplion look sioners reach the Twenty -fourth ward. John V. Kramer, fnleral
The delegation will place itself nt the ! the 10:41 o'clock train for Halt imorc That .area part of the Seventeenth cmnni'hHloiirr. lias Deen requcHtc,
ORDER OF RACES IN AMERICAN
HENLEY ON SCHUYLKILL TODAY
All races one mile; B50 yards straightaway.
Start One-half mile nboe trolley bijdge. .
Finish Columbia avenue bridge.
II A. M. Kllinlnntion Heat for Stcwnrds Challenge Cup
1 Harvard Crimson
2 Union Hont Club l'.lue and White
: S.iracuse University t Ornnge
4 Union Hont Club IllucV-iiid White
2:30 I M. First Dmihle SeuIN
1 Vesper Hont Club ". . . Murnlon nnd Gray
2 Undine Harge Club Hlue and Gold
2:30 P. M. Second Single Sculls
1 Union Hont Club Hlue and White
2 Undine Hnrgc Club Hlue and Gold
.1 University Rargo Club Hlue and White
a: 10 r. M. Junior Collegiate Elchts
1 Harvard Yimson
2 Princeton Ornnge and Hlnck
.'5 Navy Navy nine
1 Syracuse iratige
3:30 P. M. First Four Sculls (Centipedes)
1 Vesper Rout Club .' Maroon nnd Gray
2 Undine Hurge Club Hlue and Gold
11 New York Athletic Club Red ami White
3:50 P. M. Freshmen Eights
1 Princeton Ornnge and Hlack
2 Navy Navy Hlue '
;t Pennsylvania. , Hed and Hlue
4:10 P. M. loO-Pound Eights
I Navy Navy Hlue
Yale Hlue
II Princeton ,.tOrnnge nnd IHack
4 Pennsylvania Hed nnd Hlue
4:30 P. M. First Four-Oared Shells
1 New York Athletic Club Hed and White
2 University Harge Club Hlue and Whlto
4:0 P. M. Iuterclub Sccoml Eights
1 Undine x Hlue and Gold
2 Mnlta Hont Club Hlue ami White
r:IO P. M. Stewards Challrnge Cup
First two crews iu Childs Cup face and fust two crews iu elimination
hcut.
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ttibllthed Dally r.xttvi Bunday,
Copyright, 1(12(1. by
BREAK LICENCE BIJREAtJ RECORDS
This "are tho biggest clay in' llic history of tho marriage
license bureau. Prom8l30 this morning, until noon, more thnn
25Q licenses were Issued. The unprecedented rush of husbondi
and -wivcs-to-be swamped tho facilities of the VJepoitiueut and
Chief Cleric Bobcrt A. 'Furgeson was forced to' send out nn
S. 0. S. for more help. Ten clcrko from the Orphans' Court
were qujclplyi recruited and rcllovcd tho situation by filling out
license application.
THIEVES" CRACK SAFE JJT CAKDEKJ GET $100
Thieves cracked th.c fsofc of tho Comdeu Qo? Fixture Co..
Trout and Fedoral- strocts, Camden, carlp this uiorulug and otolo
$100 la cash and many valuablo papers. They also attempted to
steal a number of valuable go fixtures but vcre evidently fright
ened off.'
PLUCKY BOY LOSES
BATTLEWITH THIEF
Detective's 14-Year-Old Son At
tacks Intruder, but Is
Bound and Gagged
ROBBER RANSACKS HOME
The fouiteeti jear-old von of n de
tective who found n xnoiik thief oper
ating in liis home and nttiiched him.
wns bound nnd gauged nnd left .in such
a position that he almost .smothered,
before being discovered.
After overcoming the boy, the negro
calmly went about his work of looting
the house nnd took $00 secreted in n
sldebonrd and a savlnes bnnk. the
property of the boy. lie overlooked
jewelry nnd silverware.
Tiie bnv U Frederick Orcvclin. 'J7.11
North Hick strcel. The nttnek oc
curred about 0 o'clock last night. The
boy is now almost fully recovered. The
negro escaped. ,
Armed With Air Rifle
Frederick is the son of, Wjlbur It.
Crevelln. a private detectlxe. He and
his ten-ienr-old brother Wilbur. Jr..
were playing with nn nir ritle in the
yard of tlicir liome iat niglit wnen
Frederick detected n movement within
tin- house.
Mr. and Mr. Crevelln were nway nt
iin- time, so the bnv went in to invest
igate. He surprised the Fiienk thief nt
linn.l. Iwli nil hlx biti'U Willi II 1US. Mulled
t . '
niglit. When the train reached Haiti
more lie hud disappeared.
Mr. and Mrs. Crcicliii were unaware
of the assault nnd lobbery until they
leturned home late lust night.
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Public Ledrer Cotppany.
DELANY REFUSES
10 ADMIT DEFEAT
Administration Candidate Says
He Won't .Concede Victory
to Ransley
TO CONFER WITH FRIENDS
Chnrles Dejanv. administration can
didate for Congress in the Third dis
trict, refused this morning to concede
that Hnrrv C. Ransley. Vnre choice,
had won the long nnd short term nom
inations in the recent primary.
"Do you concede that Mr. Itnnsley
won?" Mr. Delony was asked.
"No." was the prompt reply.
Continuing. Mr. Delany said :
"As a matter of fact, T know nothing
about it. I have not been in touch with
the situation for several days and hnve
not had a chance to tnlk the matter
over with Frank J. Gorman, of our
campaign committee.
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fnr wrti.M in,iinni fW m, Hnnui..v i.n.t
n iwurM' hut MKiircH irn mil Mil
uld indicate that Mr. Rnnslev had!
Hut I cannot concede anything, i
won. Hut I cannot concede anything, i
or even discuss the matter, until I hnve
had opportunity to learn the fncts,
official and otherwise."
Do ou think you will cnll for the
opening'of the bnliot boxes to look for. Although the story of the $.",000,009
lTlr',nr' Pc,-uny wn('In.,,;,,,' ,. I fund to be used in behalf of Mr. ,Mc
I could not civc an o union on that .....
(luestlon. ns I have not talked tho mat-
ter over. There Is no use discussing
inai or otlier iiuestions until I linw
sioners before we determine n course of,
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i' iguies compiled uv arc lieutenants
show, they snj. thnt Mr. Hnnslei re
ceived a majority of 12.", Tor the short
term in Congress nnd a mujorit of 17!l
for the long term.
Rut the returns of one election dl- I
vision. ,tlie sixteenth,, iu the Fourth
ward, have uot been tabulated. It is
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i Clini'flKMPl flin Lihintinii tr Mi mi r .ww u AI'IV 1 fllMC IIOWNIinilP- U'tllPIl TlflhllHtlftrt t
bald Mr. Delany ran strong in that dl tho nntionnl organization: William D.
vision and should receive u majority of Jaiuicson. of Iowa, assistant treasurer
the votes.' ' 'of the national committee ; Hubert S.
Attornejs for the Hepiiblicim Alliance1 Hudspeth, national committeeman from
and the Vnre nrgauizat'on filed briefs New Jersej, nnd William P. Mc
toduy thnt dealt with the situation in ' Cojnbs. of New York, formerly national
the Fourth ward's sixteenth division. I chnirmun.
County Commissioner Holmes will un- Tho coiiimittee has determined also
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lice returns, Theodore Campbell, ml
ministration candidate, is lending Jos
enh J. Kelly the Vnre cnndldiitc bv
eleven Mites for the State Legislature
nominatinti.
Campbell was a member of the Inst
Legislature. Kelly wns a coiumoii conn
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frp thp reorganization of the citj's
legislative boili .
Alny Ask lto Opening
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box in the Third district should ei
demo of frnud and irregularities be
found. On the basis of disci cnancics
discovered in divisions the boxes of
which alreadj have been opened. Mr.
Delany s friends say it s ultogetlier
likely the opening of additional boxn
will destroy the apparent Ransley ma-
inritin..
- The ballot -bo of tho twentj -seventh i
I division of tho Nineteenth ward was
opened last, night and the, recount re
I suited in the'loss of thirteen votes fori
I Mr. ItnnMri. The recount chic Mr.
Ransley 100 votes und Mr. Delnny 10.1
, in thnt division.
l Further evidence of irregulnriti was,
discovered in the Twenty -eighth dliision
I of tho Nineteenth ward In that di
I vision 170 Republican ballots were sent'
I to the nnllinc ulnces. All ballots were
used, but onlv 100 ballots were found!
in the box. Information wns obtained
from election officers to the effect thnt no
Republican ballots wero spoiled. The
county commissioners ordered the elec
tion officers of the division to -'find the
missing ballot " The election officers
of the
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twenty-second division of the
Nineteenth ward voluntarily annealed
to the commissioners for permission
recount the vote cast in that division
for the short ter.ni. Thej desired, they
said, to correct an error which tliej were
certnin hud been made in the first count.
They were authorized to make the le
tount. The count by wnrds follows :
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Short torn
Wurii
Second .
Third . .
Fourth . .
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KILLED BY 3-T0N BLAST
Falrchance, Pa., Man Dies in du
Pont Plant Explosion
Unlontown, Pa., Slay 2ti.-(H A
P.) Domlnlck Pedro wns kljled mid
his brother. Tony Pedro, injured when
ItOOO pounds of powder iu the packing
house of the du Pont Powder Co, plant
at Falrchance, near here, let go hut
night.
Officials of the company were unable
to ascertain tho cause of the explosion.
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$1 25.0 00 RAISED
Treasuror of Funds in Golden
State Reveals Glittering ,jj
"Shoestring"
M
M'CABE LEAVES RECORDS '.:
OF EXPENSES AT HOME
"Hi's" Supporter Bases Hit
Statemerft on Last Time
He Lookod at Books
SENATE PROBE CONTINUES
Westerner's "Chest" Shows Big
Addition to $72,000 Pre
viously Admitted
Ily the Associatexl Press
Washington. May 'JO. "Between
$100,000 nnd '$12.-.O00" was raised by
the California orgnnizntion or Senatof
Hiram W. Johnson, Republican, of that
state, the Senate presidential investigat
ing committee was told today by Alex
ander McCnbc. California state insur
ance commissioner, who nctcd ns treaa--urer
for the Johnston organization.
(Testimony wns given several days
ago that the Johnson expenditures, out
side of California and Oregon, amounted
to nbout $72,000.1
Mr. McCabc said he did not hnve-thj
records with liini, but offered to send
for thein. Ills estimate was based, he
said, "on the tost time I looked over
the books."
The committee ," determined to re-
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nuire i-Fcmocrniic icnucrs ot national
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note to discuss under oath the pcraist-
cut reports of their association with a
movement to rnisc .510,000,000 for the
Democratic presidential nomination.'
' A(lo wns denied by Mr. IJaruch in hit
Hrst appearance before tho committee,
''""i" ' I'Muk. iioimrni writer lor a
tional lenders
' M'"- hung gave names of Democrats
.n'd liv him to have atteuded con
foii'iircs nt Atlantic City in the Iri-
teicst of Mr. McAdoo nnd the general
party campaign. The men named werw
summoned to appear. Resides Mr.
Munich thpy are: Wilbur W. Marsh, of
Iowa, member of the national conunlt-
tee from that state nnd treasurer of
Mr.
Vol-
innry
win
forces.
prohibition
I. to
tell
nn thing he may know- about alleged
violations of the law during tho Guffey
Honnlwell fight
BONUS BILL ACTION TODAY
House Expected to Pass Soldler-Ro
lief Measure
Washington. Mny 2!!. After week
ot committee hearings, caucuses and ne
gotiations, the soldier bonus bill will be
tnken up today bj the House. Itfl
opponents weic prepnied last night to
mnke a bitter fight to delay action on
' C0II,.jp,j tj.v would be defented.
Frank Miirphv. Republican, of Ohio,
yesterdai comliictcil a filibuster against
M.!lllslt,.ti nf any business, but finally
i J.,,,,,,,,1 llf.Mirancc from House lend-
ers that the soldier bill would be on 'the
floor today. Sir. Murphy's an
nounced purpose wns to force immedi
ate action on tho soldier niensure, and
eien the chaplain's prayer was delayed
for half nn hour by the filibuster.
firstViolence in strike
Switchman Hit With Stone and
Windows of Pullman Car Broken
Wingstown. )., Slay 20. (Hy A.
1 iThe first violence in connection
with tiie railroad strike was reported
to the police toduj when n newly hired
switchman on the Erie shld he had been
struck by n stone thrown at nn engine,
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! ntieninl hiul been made to bonrd his
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engineer on me same roan sum an
locomotive. The switchman wsh only
tojsligMtlv injured
According to a Pennsylvania rail
road detective, scleral windows of a
Piillmnn enr, were broken as n train
passed through Struthers last night and
n woman passenger was cut by flying
glass.
POSTPONE SPA CONFERENCE
England and France Accede to He
quest of Italian Premier'
Koine. Mny 2!). (Hy A. l,) Ktiff
laud and France have agreed, upon re
quest of Premier Nitti, to postpone the
allied German conference at Hpa froni
dune 21 to duly 15, according to thn
Trlbunu. This will allow the Italian
premier to participate in parliamentary
work here for almost a month longer
limit would otherwise have been pos
sible. Succinct
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