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industrial construction, the
best control of cost is likely
to be with a concern carrying
a volume of butinets tuflident
to enable expert handling of
each oneof the variouaatpectt
of the building problem.
ADERTHAW construction
represent the highly devel
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fc',:Clty Solicitor Will Charge P.
Patrolman Discovers Four Men
Attempting to Enter Store at
Eighth and Moore Streets
McAvoy Send3 Aid eto N. Y. to
Confer With Officers on
Grand Jury Action
V'j 'R. T. Violated Agreement by
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4, Transfer Change
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m ARQUMENTS DUE JUNE 21
ONE MAY BE WOUNDED
WANT GIBBONEY ARRESTED
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CAPSIZED NAVY EAGLE BOAT
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THIEVES IN TRUCK
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mane in conjunction with the United
, JhmlncBR Men's Association ngnlmt the
:. proposed ellmlnntlon of free trnnHfors
l. HV ttll nl.ltn.lnlnV.!. lt.l rr.noU Cn
',r being mapped out by City Solicitor
.nrnjjin who began preparation of the
A, lease today.
He 'was requested to act In the matter
by City Council which passed u rco
lutlon to this effect Tuesday.
, -xnc agreement between the city and
the company made In t!)07 and alleged
''.violations by the P. K. T. will figure
in tho contest to he made by tho city
Special stress will be laid by the city.
, on that part of the agreement which '
provides tnnt, the consent of the city
must be obtained before the company
can change the fare or the route of any
of ita lines.
It will be pointed out by tho city
that, the company made no application
to Council for permission to eliminate
transfers nud also thnt it has abandoned
Qperntlon of several lines nud ilk-gall
rerouted others.
A decision of the Superior Court
which is in accord with contentions to
be made by the city, 'will be cited as a
precedent for Its action.
One specific instance to be reviewed
will be the abandonment by the compau
of the Pass) unk avenue line. In this
case the company obtained permission to
abandon the line from the Public Service
Commission, but subsequently the Su
perior Court decided that the city's con
ecntfwas necessary to such action. Al
fliouglr the company obtained consent
in the last hours of the old City Coun
cils, the bill was not signed by the
Mayor.
City Solicitor Smth and counsel for
the1 businos men's organization will
-make their appeal before the Public
Service Commissiou at Harrlsburg
June 21.
Formal Complaints Filed
Formnl comnlaints against the P. It.
T. proposal to substitute three-cent ex
change tickets for free transfers were
filed today with the Public Service Com
mission in llarrisburg. The United
Business Men's Association asked the
commission to grant a hearing on ts
application for a restraining order
against the new rates on .lime 121.
The other complaint was tiled by
Joseph F. Lewis, president of the
Cliveden Improvement Association.
The complaints will be brought to the
official attention of the commissiou for
' consideration Monday.
Divers Searching
Eagle Boat Wreck
Continue from Voeo One
offielnl list cannot be prepared with
finality. The ship's own records are
in her hull, nnd new ones mut be
copied at 'Washington.
Boat Still Is Afloat
"The Eagle boat is still afloat, with
ita keel turned toward the sky. but
the sailors sav any high wind is liable
to cause it to sink. If righting the
boat is found impracticable, it will be
towed to the navy yard for repairs.
The capsizing was a tense dramatic
incident witnessed by hundreds of per
Rons, including several hundred physi
cians from this city making an excur
sion trip on the steamer Thomas Clyde.
It occurred at 3:20 o'clock. A
darkening of the skies was followed by
thunder and lightning and then a hurri
can swept over the riveV.
Those on board the Thomas Clyde
saw the boat, which is a submarine
mother ship, careen, try to come about
to fnce the wind and thnu. after hesi
tating a minute at the height of its roll,
capsize.
," Roy Mitchell, n Philadelphia was
at the wheel. He tried to save the ves
sel, but was unable to bring it into the
wind in time to prevent the nccidcut.
Sailors Proed Their Bravery
The wuter was filled n-ith struggling
Fcamen. The conduct of the men and
officers constitutes nn epi? of the sea.
Man after man risked his life to aid
some struggling comrade reach the
overturned hull and safety.
Commander Pierce himself reScued
several men He is said to have pulled
Hancock out of the water, but the sea-
.man is reported drowned. The conduct
' "of others was iust ns heroic.
Commander Pierre, Lieutenant Kelly
and Gunner Harrington refused to leave
the hull on small boats that had been
launched into the raging river from the
Thomas Cljde and the Independence
Hall, a Hs island snip.
The Finall boats gathered up the men
swimming and those on board the hull
with the assistance of small boats from
the lighthouse
The three on board the hull staved
to investigate rapnings on the plate
comiug from the inside. It was Brandt,
signaling in telegraphic code that he
wbb imprisoned. '
Men from the Independence Hall rut
through the steel bottom with hiels
and hammers, and one was lowered
into the boat and got Mrandf. who was
still alive. Dr. F. ) Ballinger at
tended Brnndt on the Independence
Ilall, but Brandt died after being trans
ferred to the hospital at Hog Island
Brandt, according to members of the
family of Mr. and Mrs Henrr F. Cor
nog, of .1420 North Twenty third street.
who brought him up. was eighteen
years old, and had been in the navy
seven months. His father George
Brandt, who had married twire, al
lowed the f'ornogs to bring up the bo .
The Brandt's lived at I.iinsdale, Pa.
Physicians Aid Sailors ,
rteilly met his death in the water.
He was drowned despite a desperate ef
fort to save nun made by Commander
Pierce.
The Thomas f'hde was converted into
a hospital ship, and boatload after boat
load of exhausted sailors loaded aboard.
The 1100 physicians on board, members
of the riiliaiieipiua v unicni .Association,
the Phsicians' Motor Club and the
Aesculapians, busied themselves aiding
tho sailors.
The Thomas Cljde unloaded the sail
ors at League Island, a tug tuking them
from the boat to the shore Some of
. the more exhausted sailors are Hill in
" the hospital.
The government tug. Modoc, and
. Submarine Chaser No 7.1. with Captain
Sterling lu command, were sent out to
the eene of the disaster and have rc-
..mImai! tlir since.
Mitchell, the helmsman, at the time
of the wreck, was taken tp the navy
yard. He has but thirty -three more
days to serve before hisenllstment runs
out,
"When the squall came 1 gave the
wheel ii bard turn to the left." he said.
"Tho fellows on deck laughed because
the ship gave surh a siwucn list to pon.
t ....a nimlnir in miss lietweeii Bulkhead
1.1.1,1 nn.t n Dnnlsh freichtcr. But the
ruijder didn't respond in the squall. The
captain oruereu me eut;iu-a i'ii
it WHS lOO) ime; mr nui imra w....
"Cojpwandcr Pierce prdercd us to
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The United States Navy Kaglo Boat 25 today lay heel up In tho -Delaware
rher off New Castle, Del., following its capsizing jestcrday during
n sudden storm. The lower photograph shows where a hole was chopped
through tho hull to release John Brandt, a second class fireman, who had
been trapped inside as the cssel careened. Brandt uas unconscious front
suffocation uhen found, and died later at Hog Island Hospital
save ourselves and not to stand by the
ship," ho went on, "but he btood by,
and the most of us followed his cxipnplc,
clambering buck to the hull as boon as
possible."
Hall Davis, of Springfield, Mass.,
told a dramatic story of his escape from
the fircrooin when the ship capsized.
He is n fireman, second class.
"I was on watch in the iireroom,"
he baiil today, "together with Brandt
and Itobcrt Meyers, chief water-tender.
Meyers was in charge of the watch.
Tells of Thrilling Escape
"Everything seemed to be going along
nil right, when the boat rocked three or
four times. She shuddered and the
third time she rose slowly. The ship is
an oil burner and runs under forced
draught. The Iireroom is hermetically
sealed, by what is known as an air
lock.
"This is done so all the air pumped
into the room goes out under the boilers,
causing the draught. The air lock is
in leaiity a small room, about twice
the size of u telephone booth, virtually,
a double door with a space between. The
plan is, to first unbolt one door, close
and bolt it after you. then jou can
leave hv the nthrr ..itlmni .liVfnrW.
the nir pressure in
the fircrooin. This
air lock leads to the engine room.
' The third time she righted slowly.
The chief yelled, 'Let's get out, there is
something wioug here.' You kuow, wc
always have that locked door on our
mind anyway.
"So we made a break for the air
look. First we shut off the oil burn
ers. The lock is kept closed by twelve
clamps. Believe me, once we made up
our minds to get out wc worked fast.
There are twelve locks to the door.
I undid one side and Meyers the other.
Brandt was right behind.
Got Into Engine Boom
"By this time she had heeled over
past the center and in a moment was
upside down. What had been the floor
was now the iciliug We fell and tum
bled nnd rolled oer cadi other, but
clung to the clamp-, and finally got into
the airlock, closed the door behind us
and opened the door leading into the
engine room.
"When we entered the engine room
we found ourselves walking along the
ceiling. The floor was ubove us, nnd
the engines were suspended over our
heads. You see. we had to drop and
scrnmble down from the open door, now
in the wall near the floor abovo our
heads.
"I went to the hatch that is over the
engines in steam essels. to ventilate tho
engine rooms. 1 felt m way around.
The lights were out. I lost track of
the chief or of Brandt. There was noth
ing to it. so I dove through the hatch,
swam under water aud came out fifteen
feet from the vessel, which was bottom
up. 1 believe Brandt lost his head in
the I'xcitunent. and cither got lost, or
could not sw im well enough t" dive
through the opening. Meyers, I blip
pose, got out the same way I did, al
though Piiinnnt say how he managed
it."
Men Were "Brae nnd Game"
The men aboard the boat were
hnue and game," said Dr. William
Dufiield Robinson. 2012 Mount Vernon
street, who was among those aboard
the Thomas Chde.
"We were close enough to hear Hie
men who had been thrown under the
ship, knocking from the Inside when she
turned over.'1 he said. "Many swam
under water and on coming to the sur-
fni'c, climbed on the upturned bottom
of the craft Realizing that they
might again be pitched into the wnter
they quickly peeled off their clothing os
the rescuing craft approoched. All were
remarkably cool-headed under the con-
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Robinson added, "and wn were glad to
n rl llUtllUl'flll'll III1IUUIIIUK i. , -.., "i
be able to do something. We helped
leheve those who hod been taken from
the water, nnd In view of their experi
enee I suzgested that we take un a
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fo.lH'tinn for tho men. While they ap-
nreeiated what was being done for them
the sailors declined, however, to accent
any gifts and at their request the idea
of i contribution wns called off
The men regarded the experience as
a mere ineiuenr in me uie or ii sauor
Each one was more concerned about the
probable fate of those they did not ee
aboard.
Dr. Jumes McKee. l'l West Kitten
house street, fiermantown. who ul-n
was aboard the Clyde, praised the
sailors highlv. He also praised the
crews of the' rescuing ships
"In Hie fnee of Kreat onstades.
Kind, "thev went to work heroically.
They gave no thought to their own
safety nnd were concerned only nbout
those' who had been thrown into the
wnter. It is remarkable that more were
not drowned, in view of the suddenness
of the accident."
Storm Came L'p Suddenly
Captain E. V, Davenport, in com
mand of the Clyde, said thnt the squall
was so sudden and so terrific that he
wns compelled to put his vessel's head
into the wind. No panic appeared
among his passengers, but some of the
women were alarmed.
"The squall," paid the captain,
'"came np from the northwest, off New
Castle, l 6a.w it apnroacnmg cna tm-
mediately took measures to keep my
vessel in the wind, an advantage which
was necessary at that time. I saw
the Eagle boat in the trough. I took
pains to maneuver my esscl so we
would be in no danger.
"I swung off a considerable distance,
and ns T did so I saw the vessel keel
ovtr. The squall and the rainstorm
were terrific by this time, but I circled
around the I.agle boat until 1 was
able to get a lifebo.it off.
Everybody aboard the boat had
reached deck except those who vcrc
caught in the hull. We took off every
body who would go. but the commander
nnd one of his otlicer-l remained behind.
"While we were at the work of res
cuing, a tramp bteamer passed, and I
hailed the vessel. It was a Norwegian
vessel.
Says Ship Bid Not Mop
"The ship did not answer my hail.
I could uot understand it. but we kept
right on with our work. While We
were there the Independence Hall came
up to the Eagle boat and put off one
bout, while several fishermen also went
out from New Castle.
I took the rescued men aboard and
landed them at league Island. The
i i""il'l,luu
ence Hall anchored nenr the
bpot and remained there, uwaiting
other rescue craft that might come
along."
The last man to escape from the en
gine room of the bhip. Daniel Men
guse, an electrician, third class, from
Connecticut, told a graphic story of the
misfortunes of the shin and the rescue.
"Just about the time the storm hit
us." he said, "we were congratulating
ourselves our troubles were about over,
because the water was like glass when
we passed Cape Hatteras, and we
were almost in port. It had been a
hard luck trip all through.
"We'd been down in Key West tot
ten month with the Mibmarine Division
No. II, und wc sailed a week ago jes
terday to transfer our huso to League
Island. We got to sea all right, aud
were somewhere off the Georgia coast
when the vats cot out of order, and
we ran out of water. We went three
dnys without .unfiling to driuk.
"Then we put njto Morchead, N. C,
and the 2." a at the dock four dajs
getting repairs made to tne bearings,
which had been burned out. Tho crew
was given libertr at this time in recog
nition of their hardships and their good
work on the trip
"Ever thing was going smoothly at
3:20o'cloik M-teuhiv afternoon. I was
down in the i ngme room taking a read
ing. Suddcnli the essc! went over on
its siih I was tin own across tn
room aud tiuulh flung into a feed water
tank. I grabbed the feed pump anil
hauled un h nut getting badly burned.
Then I climbed up and pulled myself
up through '! irtilator to the deck, I
iumned out nf the horn jf the ven
tilator nud lunded in the -water just
before the b".it turned over.
I'lshei men Braved Storm
"There ue'e men in the wnter every
where A lot of them, luckily, were
cood swimniiis Durno, one of the
poor fellow who waMurried away, had
neon .l.aiupi"ti dimmer o wie "''
three v. ui But the wind was awfully
i strong, and een the best of em couldn t
, keep atloai er well. It was btteen
i minutes l.foie anbody uoticed us. A
j Norwegnn ship went by and wouldn't
stop nt nil although they must have
sei-n n- '
"Then fishermen began coming out,
! and though the had A pretty bard time
in the rough water themselves, some
' 0f (hem chased the fellows who were
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being carried awav out to sea. Louis
Thompson, one of the seamen, was
kM boat from tne ngut.
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I "At last the Thomas Clyde enme up.
, and those men on hoard her did great
work Thfv stood bv in fine shape, ami
' i t ,i i i tz i
w"p" uo got on nonru tne uorwi rs u .
' ", "P n,fl ffcd us nil the dr clothing
Hiev ould get. some or them taking oil
theirs Commander Pierce stuck by his
ship like a good sailor."
Operator Tells Story
( L. II Harrell, twenty-three years
' old, radio operator on the Eagle 2."i, was
i m the radio, room on wntcu when the
rrait capsueu
lie was at the riilladeinlila ."savy
, Yrd today, where the members of the
,nnv wr(' taken and lodged at the bub-
I marine quarters. '
"We were ridini' rather high." he
said, "as our oil fuel supplj was low.
There had been MjualN nf rain aud
, cl as we came up the river, but
he , ami nig uiuriuuis. "" '. " l"'
fectly calm. It was in) trick iu the
radio room, anu i was simtig at my
tnhle when, without warning, the ship
listed. I ran out on deck and saw that
it was slowly turning over, rolling to
starboard.
"As the Eagle 25 turucd over I
climbed up tho sloping deek to the port
side, over the side and finally to the
keel as the boat turned bottom upwind.
I sat on the keel until I was rescued.
I saw many men swimming about in the
water.
"I snV Commander Pierce onlv once.
Ho swam by, going to the rescue of u
seaman I think it was little Reilly
but he could not get him."
The OwJ will stand by tonight to
play a powerful searchlight on the up
turned hull to prevent accidents to
other ships. Tho fe-ieral lighthouse at
tendants also plan to put a red buoy
on tho hull.
Worked at Great Peril
Fishermen who were working near
where the Eagle boat capsized say the
work of rescue was carried on at great
peril.
"The river was turned into a mass
of flames." Marshall Burrls, a fisher
man, said. "Masses of burning oil
floated on the river and endangered the
rescuers."
The fishermen say the boat is resting
on a bar which divides the river chan
nel below New Castle.
"I was standing on shore when the
boat began to capsize," said Edward
M. Leonard, of New Castle. "Tho boat
turned slowly, at no time moving real
fust, until it was completely over. There
was n loud hiss and clouds of btcum
when the engines went under."
THUG BEATS WOMAN
AFTER ROBBING HER
Visitor From Delaware Attacked
on Christian Street Hold-
Up Man Cot $100
A young thug lust night beat and
robbed Mrs. Jennie Foster, forty-eight
years old, of Wilmington, Del., ns she
was trying u locate a friend's home
nt 15.18 Christian street.
The attack occurred at 0 o'clock at
Schuylkill avenue and Webster street.
Mrs. Foster wns stopping temporarily
witii .Mrs. .loiin uougins at tne uurls
tian street address. She was returning
mere last nigni aim lost ner way.
The highwayman grabbed Mrs. Fos
ter's bag and found eighty cents. In
furiated, the thug tore open the wom
an's waist, discovering a purse con
taining about $100.
After stuffing the mo'ney into his
pocKct tne highwayman beat Sirs. Fos
ter about the face and body. She wns
found later by pedestrians and taken to
the I'olj clinic Hospital. Her condition
is not serious.
CO-EDS CAPTURE HONORS
Five Admitted to Phi Betta Kappa
at Dickinson Commencement
Carlisle. Pa.. June 12. The 137th
annual Dickinson College commence,
ment got under way today. The Phi
Beta Kappa Society elected to its
honors the Misses Mildred Conklln,
Bayonne. N. J.; Edna Moyer. Kulp
mont. Pa. ; Edith Hobrough. Little Sil
ver, N. J. ; Sadie Mindlin, Orange, N.
J. ; Martha H. Morrette. Mechanics
bun:, Pa., and Albert H. Green, West
minister. Md.. and Edgar P. Lawrence,
Ibland Heights. N. J.
Class Day exercises were held under
the presidency of Harold Suender, of
Reading, at which he delivered the wel
come address. Ralph L. Minker, of
Wilmington, Del., made the farewell
address.
The play. "Sherwood." will be
given by the Dramatic Club tonight.
Bishop L. B. Wi'ron will deliver to
morrow's baccalaureate sermon and
Bishop Hughes will speak at tomorrow's
vesper service.
COMMITS SUICIDE WITH TOE
Twelve Children See Unlontown
Man Kill Wife, Then Himself
Unlontown, Pa.. June 12. (Bv A.
P.) While their twelve children looked
on in terror, Albert R. Raymond, a
taxicab owner of Unlontown. shot and
killed his wife vesterday at their sum
mer home near Wharton and then killed
himself.
The double killing occurred within a
few hours after the Raymonds appar
ently had adjusted differences lending
from a charge of assault preferred
against her husband by Mrs. Raymond.
The children were too frightened by the
tragedy to summon neighbors, and it
was some time before the murder and
fculeide became known.
Mrs. RaMnond was shot five times
with a reioUer. Raymond ended his
life hv pulliug the trigger of a rifle
with his toe.
ARREST MEXICAN GENERALS
Murgula and Three Others Held for
Carranza's Death
MeMco City, June 12. (By A. P.)
Generals Krancisco Murguia, Fran
cisco L Urquio. Frederico Montes and
Juan Barrngen have been formally de
tained in connection with the death of
former President Venustiano Carranza.
This action was taken by the Third
Federal District Court last night.
A committee of two military experts
reported to the court that Generals
Murguia, L'rquizo. Barragan and Fran
cisco do P Marie! were chiefly respon
sible for the death of Carranza because,
among other reasons, "they did not die
nt his side as they should have done."
General Muriel wus not, however,
bold bv the eourt in connection with the
assassination of the former president,
but, with the other accused men, is
charged with the taking away of na
tional funds at the time of Carranza's
flight from this city.
MORE FALSE FIRE ALARMS
Practical jokers or thieves rang three
fire boxes between 10:20 o'clock and
12:20 o'elock last night, according to
the police. One" box was pulled at
Twenty-second nnd Master streets; one
at Front and Laurel streets, and a
third at Second and Jefferson streets.
Homes in these neighborhoods are being
visited by the police to find If robbers
tried to steal anything during the ex
citement when the engines arrived.
Smashes Window, Gets Jewelry
A window-smashing thief took jew-
elry valued at $100 from the display
window of the United Loan Co., 230
Market street, at o o'clock this morn
ing The thief broke the window with
a brick
Roomer and Jewelry Disappear
A well-dressed stranger who rented
a furnished room last night from Mrs,
J. Jones, 1625 North Eleventh street,
disappeared a short time afterward.
One hundred dollars' worth of Mrs.
Jones's Jewelry disappeared at the same
time. ., t . ..
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Four robbers with n motortruck at
tempted to forco entranco into a dry
goods store near Eighth and Moore
streeta this' morning but were driven off
after a fight with the police of the
Moyamensing aventio nnd Dickinson
street station.
Several shots wero exchanged by the
police nnd 'the robbers.
One of the thieves fell forward during
the shooting and Is believed to have
been wounded.
Tho nolico hnvn cood descrintlons of
the men nnd the truck. A close watch '
is being kept on all hospitals in tho
event tnnt the man believed to have been
hit may apply for treatment.
A patrolman noticed the truck golug
nlong easily on Moore street. His sus
picions were aroused by the action of
tho men. Two were stationed in the
rear of the vehicle and two sat near the
steering wheel.
At Eighth street the truck slowed
down. Tho men Jn the car jumped off
and Rtood beside it while the other two
approached the door of the store.
lhe patrolman 11 red his revolver,
which nttrncted two other patrolmen
and all three stnrted after the thieves.
All four men opened fire on the police.
As the engine of the truck hail been
kept running, the thieves started quick
ly down Eighth street. The patrolman
pursued until outdistanced by the fugi
tives. The truck turned west on Mifflin
street.
The police believe the robbers, arc
members of an organized gang of motor
truck thieves.
WIDOW AIDED BY H. C. OF L
Jersey Court Rules Low Valuo of
Dollar Legalizes Judgment
Trenton. June 12. Taking judicial
notico of the purchasing power of tho
dollar todny and concluding that tho
verdict was not excessive, Justice Min
turn in an opinion filed in the Supreme
Court yesterdny upheld a judement of
510,000 recovered by Mrs. Elizabeth
Bowes, of Passaic, against tho Public
Service Railway Co. for tho death of
her husband Robert Bowes, who was
killed by one of the company's cars.
The only question urged by the com
pany for a reversal of the verdict was
ns to the alleged execssiveness of-the
damages. The court shows that by
reason of Bowes's death, his wife and
two children were deprived of their
visible means of support, nnd thnt the
word "excessive" has u relative mean
ing. "What may be deemed excessive in
one environment nnd social order may
be inadequate compensation in an
other." said Justice Minturn". "At a
period when the purchasing power of tho
dollar has in the leuguc of the day been
'cut in half.' the value of the sum
awarded here is not to be estimated in
the numerical quuntum of the recom
pense, but in its comparative ability to
furnish the necessities of life. Of these
facts the court must take judicial no
tice." FEAR FOR CARUSO'S CHILD
Heavy Guard of Detectives Protects
His Daughter Gloria
East Hampton, N. Y., June 12. (By
A. P.) Fear that an attempt might be
made to harm Gloria, infant daughter
of Enrico Caruso, has caused a heavy
guard of private detectives to be thrown
around the singer's estate here pending
investigation of the half-milliou-dollar
jewel robbery which occurred last Tues
day. Letters apparently written by cranks
have been received by Mrs. Caruso. A
letter of a different character, mailed
from wcehawKcn. .. .1.. described a
scene in tho employes' dining room of a
New York hotel where a uegro was said
in have exhibited a pearl necklace
which the writer thought was part of
tho Caniso collection
DISORDER IN WAIST STRIKE
Proprietor Arrested on Charge of
Hitting Girl Picket
Two arrebts resulted from a near-riot
between strikipg and working girls of
the shirt waist factory of S. Silver. Ill
North Fourth street, yesterday after
noon. Silver nnd n passerby, Morris
Muller. 320 North Twenty-eighth
utreet. became involved in the disturb-
nneo and were taken to the Fourth nnd
Race streets police station charged with
assault nnd battery.
Following an nrgument when tho
strikes tried to persuade negro strike
breakers to quit work, a quarrel ensued.
Silver walkod out on the street and was
stopped by the strikers. In the melco
that followed, the police say Silver
struck Anna Cohen. 3S North Eleventh
street, one of the strikers.
RAIN BRINGS BRIEF RELIEF
Showers Disrupt Holiday Plans of
Thousands Here
Heavy rain curly this afternoon
brought down the temperature and the
weather man predicts it will bo much
cooler tonight.
While showers are forecasted for
tonight and tomorrow, the weather man
does not promise nny permanent relief
from the present hot spell.
The rain started just as hundreds
of workers were preparing for week
end trips out of town and slim attend
ance at the railroad stations indicated
that mnnv had abandoned their pluns.
Later the skies cleared.
AUTO STRIKES BOY
Loses Balance .When He Jumps
From lee Wagon Condition Serious
Irwin Cosgrove. ten years old. 2000
Winter street, was seriously injured
yesterday afternoon when he jumped
from the rear of an ice wagon and was
hit by an automobile at Eighteenth nnd
CnllowMH streets.
The boy lost his balance when he
jumped and, before he could steady
himself, was struck by tho automo
bile. John Heed, Roxborough, driver
of the machine, gavo himself up to the
police. Cosgrove was taken to the Gar
rctson Hospital.
Lemuel Zimmerman
Lemuel Zimmerman, forty-nine years
old, manager of the Twentieth nnd Mar
ket streets branch office of the West
ern Union Telegrnph Co., suffered a
stroke of narulvsis yesterduv after.
noon at about 4:30 o'clock and was
taken to Hahnemann ilospitnl, where
he died last night at 8:30 o'clock. The.
deceas5d.iad been in the service of tho
telegraph company since boyhood. His
boml w tieaersonvuie, ra,
JOHN E. LAMB
JOHN BRANDT
Members of the rrow of tho Eaglo
Boat No. 23 which capsized es
torday ofT'Now Castlo, Del. Lamb,
achlcf machinist's mate, who lived
at 233 East Westmoreland street,
Is missing wl'.lli six others. Brandt,
a second-class fireman, was trap
ped in tho hold of tho ship and was
unconscious wlftn rescued. He died
later at a hospital
NAB SAILOR IN STOLEN AUTO
Two Flee When Officer Questions
Occupants of Car
John Edgar, twenty years old, a
sailor in tho uniform of the United
States navy, was arrested early today
at Twenty-seventh and Clearfield
streets while driving a supposedly stolen
automobile.
Edgar was accompanied by another
sailor. When questioned by the police
ns to where they got tho car, which
carried no license plates, both men
jumped from the machine and started
to run. Edgar stopped nn a revolver
shot was fired over his head.
At u hearing this morning before
Magistrate Price Edgar told a story of
having met bis companion, a chance
acquaintance, who. he alleged, had the
automobile, nt Fifteenth and Market
streets. Ho was held under $800 bail
for a further hearing. The machiue
is a touring car with the engine num
ber filed off.
CAVE-IN KILLS TWO BOYS
Othero Have Narrow Escapes at 21st
and Jackson Streets
Two eight-year-old boys were killed
nnd several others had narrow escapes
from death when n big bank of clay
collapsed at Twenty-first and Jackson
streets yesterday afternoon.
The boys killed wero Esterina Stella -botte.
2113 Dickinson street, and
Charles Dcitcr, 1037 South Hortou
fctrect.
With several companions Stellabotte
and Deiter started to play around tho
clay bank, which wns In tho yard of
the Philadelphia Brick Co., shortly after
fi o'clock. Several of tho boys scamp
ered over the top of tho bank while
Stellabotte and Deltcr crawled under
nn overhanging ledge of clay. Sud
denly there was a rumbling bound, tho
Icdgo of clay cracked and the boys
underneath were smothered as they at
tempted to run for safety.
MAN, 76, TRIES SUICIDE
Former City Employe Shoots Him
self Condition Is Favorable
Despondent because of ill health and
his ndvanced age, Nicholas Holden,
seventy-six years old, 2530 South Rose
ivnod street, shot himself in the head
on the front porch of his home last
night. He wns taken lo the Methodist
Episcopal Hospital. His condition is
reported todny as favorable.
He was a former employe of the
water bureau and had been on the pen
sion for a number of years. He lived
with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Daniel McGlnley.
TEMPLE CONCERT
School of Music Gives the Second of
a Scries of Two Pupils' Recitals
The second of the two recitals by the
minil of the School of Music of Tern-
pie University was held In the forum
or tno university mei eM-uinu Deiore a
largo audience, to whom the playing and
singing of the young students gavo
much pleasure. Those who took part in
the concert wero as follows:
Voice. Cecilia Starr, Dorothy Crooks,
Elsie Hewitt, Eleanor Packer, Hannah
Hutchinson, Eleanor Garrod, Mrs. J.
Afrfireeor Gibb and Miriam fieist:
piano, Lillian A. Doebrlcb, Barrows
Dunham, Kenneth Eppler, Iona E.
Shelmire, Kathryn Rcimet, Dorothy
rvnnka and Mrs. Ella D. Butler: vlo.
lin. Harold Dorwin, Arpjid Lo Blanc
and William Grceuherg; cello, Peter
Mikus.
Alumni Elect Officers
The annual meeting and election of
officers of tho alumni of the Cheltenham
High. School was held last night with
250 graduates and members attending.
The following omcers were elected:
Harold C. Pike, president; Miss
Ethelyn Seiner, vice president: Howard
Calverly, treasurer; Georgo H. Weid
ner, secretary; Margaret Montgomery,
historian; exeeutlvo board, Miss Mil
drcd Hornor, Miss Elizabeth Fretz, Da
vid Fell.
Fall Into Delaware Fatal
.ln!.enh Hogan. fifty years old. 14.17
Germantown aenuo, died today in the
Pennsylvania jiospum oi shock super
induced by a fall into the Delaware
river, on June 10. Tho accident occur
red at the Walnut street pier.
OPKNINO WtlVWUCM
ctuea-o.-TJ.!'',
The part the army will play iri the
r,l,i.n1 n.mul titptr ImrMlHcrAttnil llCTC Of
the escape of Orover Bergdoll Is to 4ie
determined lato today nt Governors
island. N. X. ......
, T. Henry Walnut. United States as
sistant district attorney, left this cltv
this afternoon for Governors island. lie
will represent District Attorney Mc
Avoy nt the conference.
Criminal prosecution ot u. wareniw
Oibboncv, James E. Romlg and Mrs.
Emma C. Bergdoll for alleged conspir
acy to aid Orover C. Bergdoll escape
tho military authorities is demanded by
the American Legion.
The organization nlso demands the
rourtimartial of Adjutant General P.
C. Harris and other nriny officers con
cerned in getting Bcrgdoll's permit to
leave -the military prison at Fort Jay,
N.. T,,.to senrch fpr his burled "pot of
gold" in Maryland.
The Legion also demands that Sec
retary of War Baker explains why
Bergdoll was kept nt Governors island
instead- of being transferred to, Fort
Leavenworth.
Coincident with the announcement of
these demands by the Philadelphia coun
ty committee, United Stntcs District
Attorney McAvoy announced that a
fipcclal federal grand jury had been em
paneled to investigate the escape and
find inllctmcnts against civilians in the
plot.
Tho grand jury will convene- on June
21 and Mr. McAvoy and his assistants
will place before it the evidence gath
ered by thorn and by agents of tho De
partment of Justice and military intel
ligence. Thft KTierlrtl prntift tttrtr ivna ftrnrrn
yesterday by Judge J. Whitakcr Thomp
son in tno United States District Court.
It will meet Juno 21.
POLICE RUN. DOWN
COUGHLIN CLUES
One Leads to Waterfront, tho
Other to Woman's Homo
In Norristown
Two clues were secretly investigated
last night by Chief of Police Eiler, of
Noristown, nnd members of the state
police in tho hope of finding thirteen-months-old
Blakcly Coughlin.
One led Chief Eiler and Sergeants
Kautz nnd Shaver, of the state con
stabulary, down along the Camden river
front, to the poorer section of the city.
The other clue brought the investiga
tors to tha home of a woman in Nor
ristown, said to have been familiar
with the interior and grounds of Mr.
and Mrs. George H. Coughlin 's home,
at Curran Terrace, where the baby was
stolen early on the morning of June 2.
The result of these investigations is
being guarded with the same !ccrecy
that attcnd:d the visits of the authori
ties to Camden and the homo of the
Norristown woman.
While the police are making every
effort to discover the whereabouts of
the missing baby, tho parents hope to
recover their child by dealing directly
with his abductors.
Both the father and mother reiter
ated today their deslro to meet any
reasonablo demand the abductors may
Jraposo in order to recover Blakcly.
The mother, who refuses to believe
that any harm has come to her baby, is
willing to personally carry a ransom to
the kidnappers, at whatever spot they
mav name.
A letter came to tho mother today
from Cleveland, O., offering to restore
Blakely to his parents if a ransom were
left on tho steps of a drug store in
Cleveland.
This letter was signed "Tho Crank."
There was nothing in the letter to prove
that the writer has possession of the
missing baby.
STABBED BY JITNEY MAN
Philadelphia Man Victim of Alleged
Attack at Shore
Joseph A. "Walsh. 5138 Chestnut
stret, this city, was stabbed last night
by Daniel E. Rcardon, a jitney drier,
according to the Atlantic City police,
nnd hnd a narrow escape from death.
Reardon was held without bail to auuit
tho result of alsh's injuries.
According to n dispatch from Atlantic
City Walsh was crossing Pacific avenue
with a young woman nnd the latter was
almost knocked down by n jitney driven
by Reardon. Walsh reprimanded the
driver and n quarrel followed. During
tho argument, the polica say. Reunion
drew a knife and plunged it into
Walsh's left shoulder.
A physician who attended Walsh (.aid
the wound reached dangerously near his
heart.
Walsh, when the attack occurred,
was about to return to this city after
having visited Mayor Edward L. Bader.
BOY DROWNS IN DELAWARE
Nine-Year-Old Youth Disappears In
Water While Swimming
Chester Pcrcudo, nine years old, 3,"i8."i
Richmond Btreet, wns drowned at noon
today while swimming in the Delaware
river nt Allegheny avenue wharf.
With it number of compauious Per
cudo hud been in the water about o
half hour wheu the lad suddenly called
for help und then disappeared from
view.
Howard Ayres, 2101 East Allegheny
avenue, dived into .the water and re
covered the body, which was biter rc-
muvt-'u to ma uuiHt',
TWO WORKMEN HELD UP
Robbery Staged at Tasker Street
Wharf Suspect Is Arrested
' Two men held up an eniplove of the
McCahan sugar refinery nnd 'a work
man of the De Frain Sand Co. at Tub
Iter streot wharf this afternoon, uiiii
took the watch of ono of the men ii
wero negroes. ' "
Preston Lawrence, of Fitzwster
street, near Thirteenth, was arrests
by the police of the Third and Dick
lnson btrcsls station. Ho bad a wareii
in his nocket. nccordlne to ti.. . "
that belonged to ono of the men 7i?A
had been hold up. mcn who
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Presents
ailbert and Sullivan's Favorite nn.
"TUB MIKADO'' Mr
For tho benefit of
Tha teamen's Institute
Beat en sale at the Do Offle . .
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CONSTRUCTION CDMPANy
U3MmcungJinmnccrs
PHILADELPHIA ..WEST END TRUST
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Figures Issued by Rosoarch Bu-'
renu Called Incorroct by
Secretary of Schools
MONEY IS APPROPRIATED
William Dick, secretary of tho Board
of Education, in answer to suggestions
by tho Bureau of Municipal Research,.
declared this afternoon that no uch
B-ims as stated by tho bureau arc avail
able for increases in teachers salariej. ,
"Heretofore I have refrained from
attempting to answer tho many sugi
gestions set forth from various sources," '
Mr. Dick said, "on behalf o a flat SlOO
increase in teachers' salaries. Of
course, when an organization such as
the Bureau of Municipal Research ibsuts
a statement to the effect thcro is ap
parently avallablo for snlury increase!
$5,630,602, it demands a reply. The
statement ns printed says, 'There is
now available for appropriation 500,
802. "
Says Money Is Not AraiUblo " ,
Secretary Dick then said that this
amount represents part of the unex
pended revenue nt tho beginning of the
year from tax collections for 1010, not
previously appropriated, und which per
mitted the board to adopt the schedule
on March i). fixing a minimum salary of
1000, u maximum balary of $1S0Q for
elementary schools. In adopting this
schedule, the bonrd was luformed that
it would take $2,100,000 to put it into
effect at once, which money was not
avallablo nor obtainable.
"However." said-Mr. Dick, "it was'
realized the amount above stated to- (I
gether with other available funds, total
ing $700,000, was one-tbird th 6um
necessary to put tho salary schcdulu
iuto effect at ouce ; hcce, the recom
mendation and the approval by the
board of adopting the schedule and
putting it into effect from January 1
last, but postponing its full benefits
until January 1, 1022, because of lack
of avallablo funds. Therefore the
$ri90.802 although not appropriated into
the budget, has been utilized, and 19
simply awaiting formal action of the
board for the budgeting and appropriat
ing it to salaries of teachers.
"This fact was explained lo the
gentleman who prepared the printed
statement.
"The $500,000. which it is suggested
to transfer from item 5, is not tlicc to
be transferred, unless the board re
consider its action in awarding $275,000
of contracts for needed repairs to school
buildings that can only be done during
the Lummcr months.
Looks Into Future
"Further, the other amount named
in tho statement, $3,850,000, tu
maximum temporary loan available, will
be intact after September 1 next, when
the present debt will be fully repaid,
but if utilized at all for salaries, or
any other purpose, it reduces the,
amount accordingly, nnd since we
needed our borrowing capacity to keep
the schools going for the first six
mouths of this year, with the increased
drains on our resources next year, and H
our present liabilities, it will not db
sufficient to keep the schools going
during the first six months of 1021."
HELP WANTED FEVAI.E
TKACHEIIS 5 tor eduo'tn'lworll: rhort hri.l
romp n high. Ap. 710 Dtrckla Blag
r EATIIS
BMZARD. On June 12. CHAllLES BLI.
ARD Services at hl Ute realdenco. 133
rhll-nileno. t.. dermantown. on TuedW.
June 15, at S p. m.
DOWNING. Junn It. JAMES DOWNING.
Imloved husband of Bella Downlni
thes and trlendi. alio Harmony Lodf No
20, L P of A : U. S, Grant Circl .No. .
H of U . and employe, of the P. P T . In
vited to funeral nlcea. Tuesdiy, 3 p. m.
late reildence. 2014 N Howard ct Int
North Cedar Hllle Cemetery. Frleijdf nuy
call Monday evenlnr.
SnrWEITZKR. June 10. GEORGE, 1":
band of Emma Schwettier. Relative tn
trle-ida Invited to funeral irH., Jl.n"V
: P m at his late residence. 1227 Pay
Prlends may call Sunday evenln. ,.
WILLIAMS Of measles. June .
THOMAS CHARLES, son of Frederick na
Helen Williams, ared 18 months &"'"!
rrlvate Monday afternoon, 2 o 'clock nt P'
ents- residence, 2116 Kimball et, Interment
"wilALRN -June 10. 1020. CATILVRtN
vufe nf William R. Whalen "''J'iV'frotn
frauds are Invited to attend funeral, rroro
her late residence. 1823 W PH""'-?1.
day, 8.10 a. m Solemn j, hjsh ma ','
iu Urn Church of Our Lady of ",",,
Souls 10 a. m. Irterment Holy &epu''
CesCANNr.LL-Of scarlet fever .Jon,
1020. MICHAEL. on of Andrew "iar;
earet Scannell. aged 8. From his paren
risldence, 2to Buck road. Hverford. u
ferment strictly private. No 'unerai. BT
RIfiKLINO June 10, 11)20. . A"Ugmon
r . dau.hter of Ellen C and the W e
P Rlsellns Funeral Monday. 8 30
from her late residence. 318 N ' " 0f OiW
mass of reiulem at the Church. i of
Lady of the Rosary. 10 u. in. inr
Cathedral Cemetery. ...nvTM wldo
Ol'lHU.NH June 12. ELIZABETH "'4ll
of johua aitnen '".v5" u f n.
in
alio uoiuniDlu miico. .'"" .- o ni
lied to funeral services. Tuda . i ,
from residence of son-in-law. Wl" jrle'
srt. 207 Louis ave., Esst l"""10"."" M
call Monday evenln. 8 to 0. Interment
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