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Under the Act of March '3, 1879.
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WILSON'S TREATY
Hoover Indorses the Republican Ticket and Urgejb All Elements to Support Its Nominee
EeMer
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HARDING ACCEPTS
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CHALLENGE
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CITY'S PROTEST
AGAINST CARFARE
INCREASE IS FILED
formal Complaint Proaonted to
Public Service Board by
Solicitor Smyth-
1907 AGBEEMENT BROKEN
BY P. R.T., IS ALLEGATION
Right of Public to Transfers
Will Bo Argued June 28
at Harrisburg
City Solicitor Smyth filed with the
Public 3crvlco Commission this morn
ing the city's protest against tho aboli
tion of free" transfers after July lnnd
other transit Increases.
The city's protest was based on legal
questions arising from tho 1007 transit
'agreement between tho city jind tho
company, and will be nlrcd before $he
entire commission nt Harrisburg June
28.
Through the action of the city the
fight of the Cliveden Improvement Asso
ciation and the United Business Men's
Association becomes ai major case, nnd
the financial nnd operating condition of
the T. It. T. and underlying roads is
thrown open. Tho fight of the Cliveden
end United Business Men's Associations
merges with the city's.
Commissioners Bcnn and Clement re
celled the protest. Frederick L. Bnjlard
npneared fob the company, but after tho
later hearing Was decided .upon made
no argument, Both parties nro to file
their legal briefs before June 25.
City Wm Not Consulted
Tbo-clty solicitor's guns were dl
rcctedfon. tbaVpart of-the-1007 con-
tract ttrttlclit'iriakjis .'it obligatory for
vjtbe company to consult with the city1
before putting into effect any contem
plated Increase.
Thomas B. Mitten, president of the
company, announced the abolition of
transfers, which entails ndded traveling
expenses on thousands of the com
pany's patrons, without such a consul
tation. The protest was' filed In Room 4411.
I Thp hearing was perfunctory after the
commissioners decided the matter was n
legal qucRtign requiring tKc filing of
briefs and consideration of the entire
body.
An outstanding development in tran
sit as indicated by Mayor Mooro is the
prospect for an early agreement for the
operation of the Frnnkforcl elevated line
The city is going right ahead with tl
romnletlon of the "V' and the Mavi
the
or
u pusiiing the negotiations for an opera
tiou agreement.
Smjth Presents Protest
Although Mr. Smyth was aceompa-
nied by three assistants when he ap
peared in court nt 11 o'clock, ho vas
the only speaker for the city. Ills ns
ri'tautH were Samuel Itosenbaum, Jo
seph Ci. Mogco and Urnest Low on
grund. "I have a protest I would like to file
nn behalf of tho cjty.of Philadelphia iu
the mutter of tin schedule of tariff or
mtes filed b.v the Philadelphia Itupld
Transit Co.," Mr. Smyth said. "In
filing this protect I would like to make
a statement. "
Mr. Smyth then submitted a type
written copy of the protest, coverlug six
or seven pages.
"In this petition there are two re
quests." he Fnjd. "We arrf nsking that
tic eummlHsion nnpoint a day beforo
tlie first of July for a henring-on ono
question. We rlefiire nn nnnnrtnnltr fir
argument, if the commission dfoircs to
nrar argument, ou jvhich to base a
tequest that the P. It. T. not be per
mitted to put in effect tho new .died
Die July 1.
"My contention Is that under tho
agrement of 1007 betuccn the P. R. T.
and the city, the P. n. T. cannot nu
tomatieally set In operation any sched
ule or rate of fare without obtaining
the consent of the city."
Mr. Stnth soyght to show Mr. Mit
en was unauthorized in going beforo
the commission nnd asking for the new
rates without first gettiug tho consent
of the city. V
ln1n,iinB a :V,ri8-, of tho eommis
i' Hi. co''ti,',''. "tho agreement
hi T ih" f1 ? ""i1 tl,p ' . T. takes
rroceduPe" fll',C Xh" ,in "l n,lnary
Comnussloner Clement then said :
Vm il,u"I!! 0n(;V!llPnn n,,(1 J inferred
the ill utn ,1:is ,mrnlng. nnd while
In!ni-i lV Mt slvo us tho right to
Tn$ r" "8 until er n hearing wo
the innV"; bpl'a"80 O" p- K. T.. under
the 1007 contract, cannot of Itself make
lft:,a(Sn,c of fares." "aUe
..thSffS p.cdr5 1maTcofin.tCDt,on
c" nout the city's consent.
Also AMts for Valuation
'Mnitte,, orU.r!,epeUtlon ntemplkta a
l". lr. But that question will
1 Continue "
a k Tn. Column Four
Three-Day Forecast
or Wcck-Endcrs
ToulclttOenernlly cloudy.
Tomorrow Vn i . ' 'i.'",
SJr cpol, modeeB;
ri-v '- ; ''"m. mvo norm,
K:-
Ten banking Cities of U. S.
1020
1010
1 New York
2 Chicago
3 Phlla.
4 St. Louis
B Boston
0 Cleveland
7 Baltimore
8 Pittsburgh
0 Detroit
,1 New York
2 Chicago
3 Phlla.
( 4 Detroit
5 Cleveland
0 St. Louis
7 Boston
8 Baltimore
0 Pittsburgh
10 Los Angeles
10 Buffalo
Philadelphia's copulation has not
yet been announced, but the city
will rctaiafthlrd place.
DETROIT flH CITY;
St. Louis and .Boston Passed by
Lake Towns, 1920 '
Census Shows
LOS ANGELES LEADS WEST
By tho Associated Press
Washington, Juno lfS. Detroit, with
a numerical Increaso and rate of growth
larger (ban Chicago's anil second 'only
to New York's during tho last ten
years, Is now fourth lurgost city of
the country, displacing St. Louis nnd
outranking Boston, Cleveland, Balti
more and Pittsburgh, all of which were
lnrger than the Michigan city ten years
ago.
Detroit's 1020 population, announced
today by tho census bureau, Is 003,
730, nn increnso of 527,073. or 113.4
pep-cent. She is surpassed in popula
tion only by New York, Chicago and
Philadelphia.
Detroit is the only city of 100.000
or more which has more than doubled
its population In the last ten years.
ClevclarriFiftJi City
Cleveland, also with a large increase,
has outstripped St. Louis aud Boston
and takes rank as fifth largest city of
the United States. Thehio city, had
the fifth largest numeriq increajpiof
any municipality In the country during
the .last tent years, JjsJncrcase liaving
been exceeded only, by -New York, Chi
cago, Detroit and Los Angeles.
Cleveland's population exceeds that
of St. Louis by 23.000 arid' that of
Boston by almost 00,000. Its total being
706,S3(1. nn Increase of 230,173, or 42.4
per cent over 1010.
"With announcement of the population
of Cleveland nnd Detroit tho flefinlto
ranking of the country's eighteen larg
est cities tins, been, established. New
York and Chicago remain first nnd sec
ond largest cities, respectively. Phila
delphia is the only one of the eighteen
whot.c 1020 population has not been
announced, but It is not ljkely that tho
Pennsylvania city's rank ns third
largest in the country will be changed.
Detroit bus jumped into fourth placo
nnd Cleveland into fifth position, forc
ing St. Louis into sixth, Boston into
seventh, Baltimore into eighth and
Pittsburgh into ninth places.
Los Angeles Largest in West
Los Angeles, with a largest rate of
growth, advanced from seventeenth rank
to tenth and displaced Buffalo or well
as attaining the honor of being tho
inrgest city west of St. Louis. San
Francisco retained eleventh rank and
Buffalo dropped from tenth to twelfth,
while Milwaukee was forced into thir
teenth place.
Washington, D. C, moved from six
teenth to fourteenth position, displacing
Newark, N. J., which dropped into fif
teenth position, Cincinnati, thirteenth
lorgist city in 1010, nUw ranks us six
teenth. New Orleans, through the advance of
Los Angeles and Washington, wns
forced "from fifteenth rank to hccn
teenth position, while Minneapolis re
tnlned its rank ns eighteenth largest
citv.
The ranking of tho cities hetnw Mtn.
ncapoim caunot bo
io determined until
Kansas City, Mo. ;
the population of
Providence. R. I., nud Rochester, N.
a... nuvn oeen announced.
Lynchburg, Vn.. it was announced
todny, has a population of 20.050, an
increase of 4G2 or 1.6 per cent.
APRIL 1 FOR HOLD-UPS
Two In Auto Escape After Robbing
Girl of Worthless Food Checks
rn . , . . ... ...
awu umomouiie ' nanaita lieia up a
girl messenger of the Horn k Hanlnrt
Baking Co. today and made u success
ful getnwuy with n leather money bag
containing fi752 punched food checks.
The checks were being sent fiom the
restaurant at 1508 Market street to the
main office, on Tenth htreet near WhI
nut, for the check-up on last night's
sales. The two men are thought lo lmo
followed Sarah Barker, the colored mes
senger, from the restaurant
Near Tenth and Wnluut the h u I o mo
bile, drew closp to the curb, a man
jumped out. held up the girl and then
jumped back into the machine, already
speeding nway and made good his es
cape. TWO WORKERS SHOT IN ROW
Strikers Fire 'on Motortruck at
Broad and 'Fltzwater Streets
Striking emplojes of n sugar i dining
plant ut the Tnsker street wharf, tho
police say, fired on a motortruck loud of
strike-breakers at (1:15 o'clock this
morning, bullets wounding' two of the
substitute workers. The Injured men
nro Clarenco Seton, n negro, 328 South
Thirteenth street, shot in the right
shoulder, and Harry Houetou, a negro,
1418 South street, shot in the abdomen.
The strike-breakers have boarded tho
truck every niorniug at Broad nnd Fil
bert streets. About twenty five men
were In the, machine this mornlug
When reached Broad and Fitzwater
streets, a crowd of men hooted those on
tho truck. Then a doien, shots were
fired from the sidewalk.
Beton and Houston were taken to Bt,
CLEVELAND FIFTH
Aguw' Uoial, '
WOMAN IN ELILL'S
HOI JUST BEFORE
1RDER,P0LICESAY
Detectives Believe She Is Mor
ally Certain Vyho Fired
Fatal Shot
DECLINES TO DIVULGE
- NAME TO SHIELD OWN
Court Asked to Order Detention
of'Doad Man'3 Housekeeper
and Chauffeur
Now Yorlt. June18. Authorities In
vestigating the murder of Joseph Bowne
Klwcll have questioned a young woman
who admits she spent the night, with the
gambler at his homo. 244 West Sev
entieth street, forty -eight hours before
he wns slain.
It is this young woman, the author
ities suspect, who clandestinely joined
Elwell nt the Seventieth street house
In the early morning hours of Friday
last following the Lewishon dinner
dance nnd theatre party nttended by
Elwell.
This young woman, tho theory is. was
alone with the turfman in bis home
when, shortly nfter dawn, Elwell was
summoned to his front door by tho man
Who later shot him to death. The
young woman, it is relieved, is morally
certain of the Identity of the slnjcr, hut
cannot divulge his name without com
promising her own.
The early mornlug visitor, the theory
Is, had reason to believe thtt young
woman, -w aft in Elwell's house, taxed
him with her presence there, and, upou
verifying his .suspicions, ordered the
woman to leave, which the did. This
left Elwell alone with hif) caller. Sev
eral hours later Mrs. Marie Larscji, the
housekeeper, entering to take up her
duties for the day. came upoto his un
conscious form in the reception hall. He
was clad in pajamas and had been shot
throughv the head.
Mr8areYn&aa.e(Hlfess,ed .tJhjj d"5-c
irici niiorney 'wiai snp uuenipien ip
shield "a young woman," whose name
she disclosed. by taking a pink silk
night robe boudoir cap and slippers'
from thq bedroom of Elwell and hiding
them in a washtub in the cellar. Sue
revealed the name after insisting for a
long time thnt she did not know it
The first legal detention in the mys
terious case was forecast today by the
district attorney's onnounccmeiiUof iu
tention to have Mrs. -Marie Larsed,
housekeeper, nnd Edward llhodfe,
chauffeur of tho dead man. held by the
court as material witnesses.
Assistnnt District Attorney Joyce, in
charge of the murder investigation nt
Elwell's home, issued tho following
statement :
"Edward Rhodes, chnuffeur for Mr.
Elwell, and Marip Larsen, housekeeper,
will be taken to the court of general ses
sion where we will ask thnt they be de
tained formally ns mntcrial witnesses."
"Both of these persons know a great
deal aboit this case," said Mr. Joyce,
"and before the mystery is cjenred I
am sure they will tell ever thing they
know. We will ask the judge before
whom they are nrraigngd thnt they be
held 'ita ball or be detained In tho HousS
of Detention as material witnesses.
"I feel certain now that u man shot
Elwell. and thnt n woman was tho
cause of the shooting. No one has been
ellmlnntcd from the ense nnd wc will
continue work ut every angle.
-"We have discovered that the woman
who telephoned to Elwell on tho morn
ing of the murder was a New Jersey
girl whose name we will not divulge nt
pment." It was suid fcbe was prom
inent socially.
Mr. Joyce mid that a short time nfter
the murder was discovered, a young
woman culled the Elwell house on tiio
telephone. Sbo sold oho bad bod nn
appointment nt the Pennsylvania Sta
tion with Elwell and wanted to know
why he had not kept It. She was told
that Mr. Elwell was ill and was asked
to go to his house. Mr. Joyce said. She
did so" and wbb notified 'of the tragedy.
The question on tho jiumbor of kejs to
Elwell's house was brought again into
the foreground, when Samuel Rudomln.
locksmith, who changed the lock on the
sportsman's house last Februnrj, flatly
contradkted the statements of Mrs. Lnr
sen and Rhodes. Elwell's chauffeur, that
thcro wero only two kcjs.
Rudomln Mild hp distinctly remem
bered innklng three ke.i,s to the lock for
the outside door. One of theso, bo
said, he gave to Rhodes, from whom be
recoiled tho order for i hanging the lock,
nnd tho other two be placed under the
door mat nt Elwell's bouse.
Rudomln said he put u cj Under lock
Continue on me To. Column Four
BOY STRANGLES TO DEATH
ON PIECE OF TOY BALLOON
Wis Trying to Mahc New Plaything of One That Had Burst
When Part Lodges in Throat
Silvio Zaccharin. hve-yenr-old sonof
Dominic Zacchuria, a tailor of lb-.l
South Seventeenth street, choked to
death in front of his home this morn
ing on n piece of n toy rubber balloon.
The child's fnther hnd given him somo
pennies when the little boy went out to
play after breakfast, and be had
bought the balloon nt n shop nearby.
After he had plajed with it a while,
with some boy and girl companions, it
burst. ,. .
Silvio took the rubber and was try
ing to make a little balloon by drawing
in tho rubber between his teeth. It
burst again and a particle .of rubber
whs drawn down bis throat.
Tho child was uauseated first, then
stgtrd and' fell, bis face, speedily be
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SILVIO ZACCIIAniA
Fivci-ycar-oid boy who choked to
death today .on n pleco of it toy
rubber balloon
GABELL, ON STAND,
Former Worth Penn Director
Ploads Ignorance of Loot
ing of Bank
"STUPID," SAYS LAWYER
Gabell Weeps as He
Names His Birthplace
When Gabell took the witness
stand ho wns asked where he wa.i
born. Tho former director of the
North Penn Bank pjaccd his head ou
the brass railing and wept.
Judge Murtin: "What's the mat
ter with you? Wero you born in
Germany?"
Gabell : "No, sir, I was born and
raised In Philnlelphla."
Judge Martin: "Then you dop't
peed to.'worry. about it."
"Villiam T. Gabelldirector-clerkf
tho defunct Norlfi Penn-Bank, tookyie
stand in his own defense today. He is
on trial before Judge Martin nccuscd of
complicity in wrecking the Institution.
Before Gobcll began his testimony
Daniel J. Shem, his uttnnrey, outliucd
the defense. Ho declared his client Is
"slurlid, incompetent and "ignorant" and
that be would endeavor to show Gabell
knew nothing of the nffairs of the bank.
Nervous, weenlnc nnd nnnareully tie-
pressed. Gabell testified he believed thoi-
isortli l'oun uauuo De sounu. ue sain
that he became a director ten years ngo
and entered the bank ns n clerk in May,
1018. He declared thnt he had no spe
cific position, but worked in vnrious de
partments ns ocension warranted. All
transactions, he maintained, were open
and above board nnd no one wns more
astonished thnn bo when the bank failed.
Know Llttlo of Banns Affairs
Gabell further testified that lie count
ed nearly 30,000 In Liberty Bonds two
days beforo the bank closed These
bonds later wero hypothecated, but Gu
bell declorcd he knew nothing of the
trnnsnetions.
Gabell snid former Magistrate John
J. Grelis, a director, once introduced a
resolution In the board of directors
ulvinc Rnlnh T. Mover, the convicted
cashier, and himself the right to puss
on overdrafts. The witness wished lo
clear himself regarding tho chnrges of
tho fraudulent overdrafts and he main
tained nil Questionable trnnsactlous
weio made without his knowledge.
Gnbell continued on the stand
throughout the afternoon. Tho. trial
will be continued next week, probabl
closing Tuesday or Wednesday.
TRUCK KILLS GIRL IN DARBY
i
Child, 10, Run Down and Dies on
Way to Hospital
Aitcn-year-old gbjrl, so far unidenti
fied, was run down by n Bell Tele
phone Co. motortruck on Mniu street,
opposite tho First National Bank.
Darby, when on her way to school at
8:15 o'clock this morning, and died nu
the wny to the University Hospital
George Atwood, of Sixtieth street nnd
Kingseshing nienue, the driver of tho
truck, took the child to the hospital in
Ills machine. Ho then surrendered to
tho Darbv police and was held b.v a
justice of tho peace without bail to
await the coroner's, action.
Witnesses said that tho child had
stenned from behind unother car stand
ing nt the curi) uirectiy in tne pntn ol
the heavy motortruck
coming black The other children ran
screaming into the house nnd the father
rushed out. Tho little boy was uncon
scious. An automobile was used to take him
to St. Agnes's Hospital. There Who
doctors could do nothing for him. The
child was dead beforo the 'hospital was
reached.
' Though the child's appearance sug
gested tbnl ho had strangled to death
it was impossible to determine this nosl
lively, and the cose was reported to the
police, who aro Investigating. The
boy was ono of a family of seven chil
dren. frrtK W) ARitT IN MOSCOW '
UnuiuUVVKJirtI of th BahihavUt forma.
SOBS IS DEFENSE
?u& rr- wr 7
FORIR FOOD HEAD
ACCEPTS ACTION OF
JARTY AT CHICAGO
Doclares Greater Part of Plat
form Is Constructive and
Progressive
HARDING REPRESENTS1 NO
GROUP, HE ANNOUNCES
'Hoovor Says Candidate Prom
ises to Give Progressives
Part in Gbvernrffent
By tho Associated Profs x
Washington, Juno 18. Indorsing in
the main the action of tho Republican
Notional Convention nt Chicago, Her
bert Hoover, in a letter to friends made
limine loony nuer ne nna conierrca wun
Senator Harding, the Republican presi
dential nominee, called upon rill ele
ments of the party to support the na
tional ticket nt the polls.
Mr. Hoover declorcd Uiat "the
greater part of the Chicago platform is
constructive nnd progressive" nnd thnt
nothing prevents the compromise
plnnks.nn labor, the league, etc.. from
being given a forwnrd-looking in
terprctntlon." He ndded, however, that 'Some
things, including a reorganization of
our -election expenditures and the
primnries, arc not adequately dealt
with."
Split Would Bo Disastrous
"Nothing could be more, disastrous,"
he continued, "than tho development of
several pCrty organizations representing
tho complexion of every group in the
country. If we should come to this
position we shnll be entirelv ruled by
log-rolling minorities or sterile political
coalitions."
Tho former food administrator de
clared that Itrwas the duty 9t'thoe.Rei
publicans' who hold "more' definite
views" to endeavor to bring them to
realization within tho party organiza
tion itself as tbo issues on which they
bear arise.
"If tho Republican party is uot to be
irrevocably split," declared Mr. Hoov
er, "I cannot Conceive that Senntor
Harding will for one moment submit the
ndmlnistrntlve side of the government
to the domination of any group or co
terie." ,
To Recognize Progressives
Mr. Hoover in this connection nid
the senator had stated to him that "the
views of both the conservative and
progressive wings of the party would be
fully represented in the administration"
nnd "that ho represented no particular
group."
"I breakfasted with Senator Harding
this morning nt the senator's invltn
tlou," said Mr. Hoover's statement.
"I presented tho views which I be
lieved were held by, a considerable group
of independent and progressive Republi
cans on vnrious questions.
"Tho senator stated that it was his
most sincero ' desire to be the instru
mentality for bringing the divergent ele
ments of tho party together: thnt the
views of both the conservative and nro?
gressive wings of the party would be
fully represented in the administration ;
Ihut he represented no particular group,
but that he considered It was his first
duty as leader of tho .party to consol
idate nil elements Into n united front.
He will, of course, issue no statement
until nfter the Democratic convention,
nnd then nfter consultation with all
sides. '
"Mv own position on various issues
ure well euough kuowffnud. as to the
party situation, I cannot make it more
clear thnn tho following letter which I
sent to friends
the country two
I bad uny communication
Harding:
Disappointed at Somo Tendencies
, " 'I beg to acknowledge the receipt
of , our letter. I have received many
hundred other communications from
friends ndvising various courses with
icsptct to the situation that eventuntcl
iu Chicago, for undoubtedly many of
the independent nnd progressive Repub
licans, like myself, ore greatly disap
pointed over some tendencies that were
apparent lit Chicago.
' The Chicago platform is not radi
cnl : tlic creator nurt of it is rnncti-nH. .
and progressive. Nothing pretents tho,"
compromise planus on innop, tho league,
etc , from being given a forward-look
ing interpretation. Some things, in
eluding a reorganization of our election
Continued on t!an Tm. Column One
Ymi Won't Like
Anne hnd You Won't
Know Why
She is pretty and kind and help
ful and sensible, and the author
doesn't sny a word against her.
You'll Love Cherry and
You'll Like Alix
Chevry wins you on sight Alix
grows on you, and the hotter you
know her tho nioro you'll like her.
But Whu Won't You
Like Anne?
Katherinc Norris will enlighten
you by nnd hy in her wonderful
story "Sisters." It begins in the
Hutmmtj Uublic 2uer
MON11AY vIITNR 01
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HARMfiNY PLANS FOR REPUBLICANS
" ,
Herbert Hoover In Indorsing tho Republlcnn ticket today says:
The greater part oMhc Chicago platform is constructive and progressive.
All elements of the party should support tho ticket.
HnrdingvJias declarcil.for hai'mony and will give the progressives a part
In the goi eminent. . . j,. x .
Nothing would be moredisnstrnus than a party split.
-W&'
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BLAME FIXED IN KILLING OF DESERTER
A verdict of "death from gunshot wound in the lung" was
brought in by the coroner's jury this afternoon nt the Inquest into
t ' killing or John J. Stevens, 2427 Panama street, the young de
serter who was sBot by Sergeant Soger Gmy, June 14, nt Twenty-
ud htieet nnd the Parkway. Special Assistnnt District Attorney
William Flndlay Brown ruled after consulting tho War Depart
ment that the city authorities had no jurisdiction in the case.
.TELEPHONE INCOMES LARGELY INCREASED
WASHINGTON, June 18. Operating income of the larger tele-'
phone companies in February was 87,807,678, nn increase of S2,
U 1,6 14 over that in the corresponding month of tho year betoie.
Operating jrevenues totaled "$37,334,773 and operating expeu&es
22,273,343.
GEORGE W
I
DIES
N SANITARIUM
Death Results From "Intense
and Continuous Overwork,"
Doctors Declare
FINANCIER AND PUBLICIST
By the Associated Press
' New York.,, June 18. George W
Perkins, fiuaneler. died this moping
in the Stamford Ilnll sanitarium, Stam
ford, Conn.
It became known June It that Mr.
Perkins had suffered n nervous break
down, but members of his family did not
intimate at that time that,his life was
in danger. aj
A statement by the dead financier's
physicians given out at MrjJPerkins's
office gave tho time of his'denth as 2:1."
this morning. Death resulted, the an
nouncement said, from an attack of
"acute inflammation of the brain, the
result of complete nervous exhaustion,
due to intense nnd' continuous over
work." Mr. Perkins was taken to Stamford
about ten days ngo when his son.
George W. Perkins, Jr., nnnounced
the chnngo was made to uffoul his
father a complete rest nnd seclusion
from his friends, who sought his coun
sels during the political campaign pre
ceding tho Chicago convention.
The affection to which Mr. Perkins
succumbed is believed to have been the
icsult of Influenza nnd pneumonja con
tracted while serving with the Y. M.
C. A. inFrnnce during thoi war.
The death of Mr. Perkins wns par
ticularly'unexpected. it was said at his
offices, on account of his having recentlv
.iirird a serious heart attack, after
which bis family and friends believed
hi-, constitution sufficiently robust to
throw off the malady.
With Mr Perkins nt the time of his
dentil were his son, his daughter, Mrs.
1'dwnrd Freeman, and his sister, Emily
Perkins.
While details of the funeral have not
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Bronx. The services will bo
private,
it wns wiiil.
Distress over the loss of an old friend
wo-, expressed by J. Plerpont Morgan
when be was informed of Mr. Perkins's
death He Mild: '
"I nm deeply distressed nt the news
of Mr Perkins's death. He was a
friend for more thnn twenty years nnd
a tii iietiie partner for ten years. '
George Wnlbriilge Perkins, for ten
vonr 11 member of tho firm of J. P.
Morgan &. Co , was reputed to hove first
suggested to and persunded "big busl-
to unopt pront-snnng, insur
ance, sen ice oonuscs, sick ocncius and
old age pensions.
It wss Perkins who was also said
to have inaugurated the plan which per
mitted emploxes of the Cnltrd States
Steel Corporation nnd the International
Han ester Co , in both of which ho
wos nt one time nn executive, to pur
chase stock on installments nnd at less
than murket lalue on tho assumption
thnt "industrial justice is tho most
prohtnhle of iniestments, thnt justice
promotes peace, petfees ptomotes pros
perit. nnd thnt tho workmen's pros
perit is necessnry to the prosperity of
tho business man."
Begins As Clerk
Mr. Perkins wnH born in Chicago
Januarv .11. 1802. n descendant of
Jacob Perkins, au English ancestor who
settled in Boston in 1631. His father,
George W. Perkins, loug engaged In the
shipping industry at Buffalo, was later
a pioneer in the life insurance field.
The son entered the insurance,, business
in Chkago when fifteen as' a clerk,
became a bookkeeper, nn agent nnd sub
sequently manager -of a Cleveland office.
He went to Denver and iu 1892 wns
made vice president of the New York
Life Insurnuce Co. His nohiovenientH
attracted the attention of the elder
Morgan nnu in huki no was invited to
become a member of tho Wall street
firm. In this capacity ho negotiated n
Contlnufd on Pare Ton, Column Two
Whin you thlnW. of Trltn.
BRITISH NET TITLE
WON BY AMERICA
Tilden and Johnston Meet' in
Final Round for London Ten
nis Championship
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
London, Eng., Junp 18. For the
first time in the historyof the London
.lawn tennis championship, two Amer
icans will play for the title.
In the semifinal round today William
T. Tilden. of Philadelphia, defeated
Zenso Shimidsu, of Japan, 0-1, 0-1,
and William M. Johnston, of Califor
nia, American singles chnmpion, elimi
nated the veteran Major Dudley, 0-2.
0-3. nnd thus earned the right to plav
in tht? final for the title. No matter
how the match between Tilden nnd
Johnston results the championship goes
to America.
The only American to reach the final
round in this tournament previous to
this year wns William Lamed, former
American titleholdcr, and ho was de
feated for the crown.
T'ldfi and Johnston, in defeating
Shimidsu nnd Dudley, furnished the
most sensational tennis thus far wit
nessed in tho championship. The Amer
icans toyed with their nnnm.nnl. l,l.
whom were considered crack players,
.i.,tiuiij i ui. .lunanese.
in ine tourtli round of the doubles
Shimidsu, and Nidiolns Mishu, of Ru
mania, beat the American player. Cap
tain Samuel Hardy, and Blackboard, of
South Africa, 0-3.
HEROIC RESCUE AT SEA
BY AMERICAN SHIP
Japanese Steamer Ablaze With
70 Aboard Saved by
U. S. Sailors
Toklo. June i5.fB.v A p.)Heroio
work by the officers and crew of the
American steamship West Jester out
side Yokohama harbor, resulted in
saxing the Japanese steamship Kivo
Mnru, with seventy passengers fro'm
South Americn, from possible total de
struction by tire, it is announced in nd
vues receied here from Kobe.
Tho Kljn Maru, which left Valparaiso
April ." ami San 1'roncisco Mnv IB.
,carr,ing nitrate aud n miscellaneous
cargo, took lire on a storm not far from
Yokohama ns she wns steaming for
Kobe She sent out S. O. S. calls which
were picked up bv the West Jester, and
tho American steamship, which hud just
been refloated nfter having been
stranded, responded to the distress
signals.
Reaching the fcene the West Jester
found the Kivn Maru uhlazc, but de
spite the. dangerous sons, running (be
crew launched bouts, succeeded in get
ting men on board the kfoo Mnru, who
helped tight the flames, which ultimateh
were extinguished, nud carried the
women and ihildrcit on board out of
danger. One of the lifeboats of the
American steamship wns burned
The West Jester sailed fiom Port
land, Ore.
THIRD PARTY PREDICTED
Four Political Groups Will Join, Say
Labor Officials
Chicago, June IS. (B.v A P.) A
combination of four political groups in
a mini iianj- in luuiisi me an elec
tion with the Republicans nnd Demo
crats was predicted today b.v officials of
the Labor party of the United States,
which will hold its nntional convention
here Julv 11, 12 and IS. n
The Committee of Forty -eight nnd
Single Tax party, which bold conven
tions here at the same time, nnd the
Nonpartisan League of the Northwest
will join the third party move, these of
ficlals predicted.
CANOEINO ON T1IK
RANCOCAS
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canoe Jrlr cofavrnUnt to Philadelphia,
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apM-.or k won.
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G.O. P. CANDIDATE,:
SAYS PARTY WILU
WELCOME ISSUE
Believes Republican Stand fof
"Preserved Nationality"; !.,
Sure of Support '
PREDICTS OVERWHELMING
VICTORY IN NOVEMBER
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White House Executive Firm Irf
Determination to Push HI
Nations League Plan
By the Associated Press
Washington, Juno 18. President, Jto
Wilson's challenge to submit tho pcf
treaty to a referendum of the Americas
people wns accepted today by 8cnatp
Harding, tho Republican presidential
candidate. ( '
"I am, sure." said Senator Harding,,
"the Republican party will gladly wel
come a. referendum on theViuestlon o
the foreign relationship of this republic,
and tho Republican attitude of preserved'
nationality will be overwhelmingly in-",
dorsed." '
New York, Juno is. President "WI1--son's
nine months of illness "havf
neither daunted his spirit nor impaired
in the slightest degrc his splendid Intel-:
lect." according to the New Yorlc;
Yoriu, wnicn louny punitsneu a copy-v
righted interview of ita Washington
correspondent with the President.
During the three-hour interview it
the White House, says the corresDond-v
ent, the long discussion of current topical
and issues showed that 'the President
"expressed himself with characterisw:
The Presidjnt told the corresponW, EH
In discussing tyo political 'cara'paWl,, jS
loui. mo xchruc ,oi xsauons was w
dominant issue, and he expects
Democrats nt San Francisco 'to Fei
his challenge for a referendum onH
league. The Issue fs "too deep for R"
liticnl seulduggery," tho Tresldcnt V
quoted ns saying. s
Believes Vote Will Confirm
"I nm even more confident," the
President is quoted ns snving. "that
such referendum will confirm by faith4
thnt the Amoricnn people desire it above
anything else that a political party now
may provide and that they will condemn
the Republican policy of denying thera
the consummation of their hones. No
ono will recommend a referendum oa
that issue more thnn I.
"I suppose I should fool flattered,"
he said, "over being mndo the Issue ot
the presidential campaign by tho Re
publican party. But even the effort ol
the platform mnkers nt Chicago to con
fer the distinction of being not only a ,
burning but a llvlug issue by camou
flaging and obscuring the real issues will
nnt deceive the noonle. C
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"Of course, I have no way of antici
pating the probable trend of sentiment:
that will be expressed In the Demo
cratic National Convention nt San
Francisco, or forecasting tho ultimata
conclusions of that body. But I hat
every confidence thnt the delegates whet
will sit in thnt convention will repeat
the challenge I Issued to tho Republi
can party nnd express their readiness
to permit the people to decide between
the vague and nrablguous declaration
by the Republicans and a positive and
definite expression of opinion, by the.
Democratic party.
Opposes Platform Evasion
"Whatever else the Democratic party
may do, I hope that its convention at
San Francisco will say just what It
means on every issue nnd that it will
not reort either to ambiguity or eva
sions in doing so. ?
"This thing (the League of NatlonsY
lies too deep to permit of nny political
skullduggery nny nttempt to sidn
step or cvadh moral and humanitarian
responsibilities much too solemn tq
treat so lightly or ignore.
"1 should prefer nt this time not 'to
discuss partisan politics or to ventur
nny prediction as to the probable atti
tude that the Democratic convention
will take on any subject. I sincerely
believe, however, that the vast majority
of gentlemen who will sit in tho San
Frnncisi'o coniention will appreciate
the necessity and permanent value of
keeping tho word thut America has
given to tho rest of tho world.
"Tho processes by which the Chi"
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President's Condition
as Seen by Interviewer
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Here is President Wilson, phy.
sicully nnd mentally, according to,,
an iutervlewer:
Has gained twenty pounds tn tA
months and ultimate complete re
covery is assured.
I'jxpresss uiiiiBi-ii wim tiiBrncirx- .,
Istlc vigor. l ,
Ills face is not distorted In lUt
slightest degree, but it bears lb 7 ;
imprees of great suffering. "A J,f
He walks with a slight limp, uJ&f ',' '&
a canrT 4t''e:
Works at office routine with 'kefs ', ',
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