w$lF$w? ,. ..Vtf'iK- - ' - TIL' 7 - j- ...i .itriiinnifjii Mift.' " ", ' j'' ' W.i o y -,'. ' 1 ' ui i mm ,w:" -grwijrnz i'i J a t" sqsfios Jos IQ0I71 i7i I VOL. ,Vt NO. 242 Message to.'Hall Labqr Board Follows Visit of Brothorhood Official to'Whito House TEXT OF COMMUNICATION HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC Trainmen's Unions May With draw Opposition to Strike, Is Washington Report HINT PAYNE GIVEN WARNING P. R. R. Hiring Men Perma nentlyFreight Moving Men Deny Claims of Line3 Preddcnt "Wilson sent a messnso to the Railroad Labor Board at Chicago, today, urging that It mate nn lmmcdlato ward fn the wage controversy, says nn Associated Press dispatch from Wash ington. The text of the messago was not made public nt the Whlto House. Announcement of tho President's nc tton was made after W. N. Doak, vice president of the Trnlnmcrv's Brother hood, had called at tho White House and conferred with Secretary Tumulty. Mr. Doak declined to discuss his con fcrenco with Secretary Tumulty, but aid he would have a statement later in the day. Information prepared for submission ,to Secretary Payno today Indicated that unless assurances were given Immcdl stcly to railway workers that the wage r .adjustment might bo expected soon the unauthorized strike nt Philadelphia, Baltimore nnd many other points might not be opposed further by the brother hoods. Doak Going to Chicago Srr. Doak. expected to discuso the Mtuatlon with lr. Payne who Is director general of the railroad ad ministration. xIIc nlso iilnna to leave this week for Chicago, where the rail- roid Ubor board is meeting. Reports to labor hcadciiiartcra in Washington todaydiea ted no-improvement in the situation nnd polntcdto in creased unrest nmone the men. Labor leaders fcald that sljicp,"tui, beginning of the unauthorised" strllib3O,'O00 men had been dismissed from -the unions, but that the feeling wna growing that lo continue disciplining the men was Impracticable. , ,P. R. It. IHrlin; Men Permanently The Pennsylvania Itnlliond un- ripunced tills afternoon ' in the second ktatcment issued during the dny that it had begun to hire men on n permanent basis to take the places of the strikers. This is in accord with the ultimatum issued .vestcrdny, in which the men v.ere notincd that unless they returned lo work by midnight of last night they would be discharged from their positions. "Xcw men nro being employed," uaid Ihe statement, "iu considerable num bers, to take tho plnccs permanently of men who have left the service, and it is noted that ns compared witli the unauthorized btrikc earlier' this year, more men arc seeking positions vneated nml the general character of the nppll- iants is satisfactory. "Rotter organization of volunteers and more complete breaking in of now men has resulted in considerable im- Proemert li freight traffic on tho Schuylkill division today. All efforts re being concentrated on moving freight into Philadelphia, and ns a consequence 150 carloads of freight' u ere en route to L fU at, mo."' wasting for tho most part of nuthrnclte coal. 8 of II Yards Operating 100 Per Cent The hint imoni uim .I..... -ii.i - ' ill.' " " fom ti-cn jnrds In Phlla- m. i. i operating at 100 per cent rapacity at .mon today. T,n IJnltimorp J b p working on nn 8T per cent wwU. DdUeiies nt Baltimore yester iWoro,K,A0;1' "hording to the stnto Z I ?ni1, t.1,i,'' Knn,r "tninlnrd is being mnlntah,,.,! today. jrre than nn ordl- ??.,' M s?li wa (,onc "P lo mlil n'Kiit ln nljht, according to tlu state- nV1.11, 'J1,."";' "1"rk,,t houf-e. Thirty rst niiil M.uki-t stiTctH. vlicro l'Jl cars 01 prodmv wrie unloaded jesterday. nim IHI cniH nt ncrMiable freight had twn liimiK.il in for unloading. . home of the produce received yester day was to bo unloaded today, the state ineiit Mikl. nt outljlnK points. Thirty Mrs of Hi,. tock were dcllvted vestei- S'i "'Jfr ,,',ilmlrlnl'i'' Stock Yards, nml u Trtiln of twenty-tlve rnrloads of v '7. "ns ' Its way to this city today. t '"'i'""'';1' l'ier .CHterday. 117 cur loads of nul w Mlt nbonnl a lUliiHi ' ",wrl frcisht Mcre ,"1- Quint in Mia LfA,in. t ..iti .. ltfinei.t l.i ..7.,""1"lHK0- '' lit 1 cars being loaded loaded and uu- f'"ll gulls i i " , .Hi',M r,lort hours. '" tl"! ,1,st twenty-four ?fc. topi:ta "-'im.1 ... us 1 'e sill llTii ,.. I '":' "'"i l Mere ""rs. I IW.10,. r. i'V' ,.,M' "i'1 "' vol. Bavin,: nmu'. freight has been kept SSfiSSSM. ,'ril I'hlliulel mteienf """fumg the strike. .... '"-.'"VH 111 Ilh cm"" " l' ;, a. ti,,;; ijMWuJly te tenant WH'rtujrtay! moderate temperature; gentle winds, mostly southwest. -Viinj-n ATKltR AT KACII HOUR WILBON URGES AWARD AT ONCE ON fi. R. WAGES Uliiiilofr Crews Replace Strikers W'iV i. M.'ii n.l,.n,", tl,r,,, mnl oflielau '' ,. ' ''"'"'I'l'ia. necording to ii. , " noes. "( -l - " ' ; j . i is i I Tn Entere-J m Second cimi Mattr at ' r Under the Act of Schuylkill District Cbal Mines Face Total Shutdown Potlsvllle, Juno 23. Tho Phila delphia nnd Heading Coal and Iron Co, nt noon todny nunounccd that n complete suspension of the, mines of tho Schuylkill district was immi nent, and that a number of col liveries had already suspended be causo of the lack of cars. Tho officials stated that the supply of cars was fast dwindling nnd that although somo of the collieries had enough cars to last the dny out the outlook for Thursday pointed to n complete suspension of work. Unless emergency measures provido cars this afternoon, it Is anticipated that tho G0.000 miners in Schuylkill nnd Northumberland counties will be obliged to quit work. EXCURSION TRAIN 'IN CRASH AT SHORE Passengers Shaken Up as En- gino Jumps Switch Truck Drivers Hurt Five hundred Phlladclphlons bound tor Atlantic City for a day's outing were given a scare this morning when a Reading excursion train from Kaighu's Point, Camden, ran Into an open switch on tho outskirts)! the resort. Tho engine crashed into a delivery motor of the Standard Oil Co. nnd turned over. TwoVmen. both residents of Atlantic City, v?re iniured. Passen gers in tho first car of the excursion train wcro badly shaken up, but no one was hurt. The two men In Atlantic City Hos pital nrc: Harold S. Beltzel. thirty-eight years old, 322 French street, oil truck driver: lacerations of scalp, head injured nnd shock. W. F. Peterson, fifty-six years old. 110 North Morris hvenue; lacerations of the neck nnd shock. The Occident occurred nt Mississippi nnd Fnirmount nvenues ns the train was turning a curve into the branch line running down'MIssisslppi nvenuc to the Boardwalk, Tho engineer discovered nn open switch running Into n feed wnrehouse siding nnd the oil truck on the track at the same time. He applied his brakes as tho cnglno entered the open switch. The locomotive struck the truck with sufficient force to hurl Beit zcl nnd Peterson twenty feet nnd drivn the heavy truck across the street and hnnlimt tho side of tho warehouse. Tho engine turned completely over and the trucks of the first car of tho excursion jumped the track, tossing passengers nbout and causing a momen tary' panic. 1 ,900,000 IN PHILADELPHIA City Retains' ThlrcJ Position 'In Us' According to Unofficial Count Philadelphia has n population of 1,000,000 nnd holds its placa ns the third city In population In the United States, according to unofficial figures of the last decennial census. The official figures will be announced at O o'clock tonight. , There is even n possibility tbnt' the counting of noses here made bv Uncle Sam may run the total to 2,000.000 in round figures. That total Is discounted, however, by the unofficial estimate. Al though not complete. 1,000,000 is re garded as approximately correct. Completion of tho count for this city virtually ends tho calculation for the first twentyJfive cities, although less than a third of tho population figures of tho entire country have been tabu lated. ACCIDENTS FATAL TO THREE Autos Cause Death of Two While Bicycle Kills Boy Three persons were killed yesterday ns the result of street accidents. Frank hucchtmnn. seventy-sit years old. 20.'!" North Thirteenth street, was struck by an automobile wliilc crossing Broad street at Diamond last night nnd received injuries, of which he died nt the Women's Homeopathic Hospital. Leslie Frock, Tenth and MnHtcr strets, driver of the car, was arrested. Falling accidentally from a truck which ho was driving, .Tnmcs t'urley, Seventeenth anil Spring Cnrden streets, was instantly killed when the wheels of the vehicle passed over his body. Nine-year-old Albert Lister. 7." North Brooklyn street, was struck by a bicycle at Forty-second street nnd Lancaster avenue. Tho boy died at the Presbyterian Hospital. The wheel was ridden by Abraham Horwitz. of Fifty second and Jefferson streets. Horwitz wus detained by tho police. t FINDS NO COAL GOUGING Dealem Have Refrained From Profi teering, State Association Is Told Rending. Pa., Juno '-.'!.- (Il A P.) "Good judgment has restrained the coal merchant from entering the profiteer class. Kvery denier should se cure n reasonable profit based nn the cost of doing business under present con ditions, but cxceNio profits or unfair methods will surely harm the whole in dustry by encouraging government in terference." V Tills was the substance of the annual rriinrt. nf Kocrrtnrv Wellington M. Bcrtolct, submitted tn the State Retail Coal Dealers Association hero todaj. The coal dealers will he in session two days. Bomb Stored 3 Years in Locker Explodes PlttsburoJi, June 2.1. (Uy A. P.) Explosion of a bomb tnhcii by the police iu connection with the robbery of tho Castle Shannon Hank three jenrs ago, in nn ammunition locker nt the courthouse todaj. did $."00 damage anibulmost caused the death of Charles Kohler and Howard Coul hon, county detectives. Tho men were asleep in their rooms nearby when Ihej were uwnk cned by the explosion. Leaping from their beds, they ran Into the corridor nnd were met with n shower of bul lets, set off by the bomb, and dense clouds of smoke. One bullet struck Coulsdn In the linud. Both wcro nvcreonio by the funics, and wcro finally rescued by firemen. u ( w r r y tw . i u . - - j? n. i w - r1 i rv sr . 11 h vsh . i i ( ;. h u iv Jf ."i .. VT IV IW i -. l4 J sw It . M .IHt S , jri ' " MtAjMIIM . . i) . - "H ' -m .Mt ' V I ' '7 .WTH c 1 1"K. . BBBV T- I " fe "- Hf V . T ' u IBk . -. . B I..1 "(.kdr 4 j-fc I' VI. j IT I HTl -T i. l TOefttttg puoitc meaoper Ihe roitofne at Philadelphia. r. March 8. 1879. EY L IS HE FACES JURY 'More of Col. Crosson's Mexican Tactics,' Bergdoll Lawyer Say3 Before Quiz by Probers McAVOY. ADMITS CHARGE AGAINST ARMY OFFICER Military Prosecutor Accused of Conversing With Jurors Be fore Court Opened D. Clarence Glbbonty, tho Bergdoll family lawyer, voluntnrily appeared to day beforo tho federal grand jury in vestigating tho escape of Grovcr Clcvc land Bergdoll from tho military au thorities on May 21 while on tho way to tho Maryland hills to unearth the "pot of gold.". Glbboney was tho first witness ap pearing before tho investigating body when it resumed its sessions at 10 o'clock this morning. Ho was still closeted with tho jury nn hour later. Beforo entering tho jury room Glb boney took occasion to comment on the statement attacking Samuel P. Ansell, made Monday by Lieutenant Colonel Charles O. Crcsson, -who was in charge of Bcrgdoll'B trial at Governors island. Hops Gresson Attack "This statement mado Monday by uoionci Bresson wuno in ims cuj tes tifying before tho grand jury is in keep ing with his Mexican tactics," said Glbboney. "Tho nttack on Mr. Ansell wns unwarranted." Ansell, who is a member of the law firm, of Ansell St Bailey, of Washing ton, which filed a brief in Bergdoll's behalf, asking for a new trial, wns for his part in defending the draft uoogcr. . . ..,.., "It all goes to show bow this trial on Governor's Island wa3 conducted, Glbboney continued. "For instance, Mr. Komig who was n witness there, wns put through tho third degree by Colonel Crcsson in order to force from him supposed information he, ns ad viser of Grovcr, had in connection with Grovcr's escape. "I have no doubt Mr. Ansell will make n reply to Colonel Crcsson." Gibboncy was tho solo witness beforo the grnud jury during the morning. At 1 o'clock tho jury- adjourned to meet ngaln at 2 o'clock, Glbboncy's testimony "I fully understand my status beforo tho grand jury nnd have nothing to say,' ' Glbboney snld upon leaving the jury room.-' " - t-1'" ? "" Tallied to Jurors, Keport Says United States District' Attorney Mc- A .. ...no nalrn.1 title mnfnthl MllptllPI- ho had heard of rfpor(s that Colonel uresson uau improperly uiiijcuvcu uo foro tho grand, jurors just, before they began their morning session yesterday. It was rumored Colonel Crcsson talked to tho jurors about the Bergdoll case. "Yes. I have been told of this," said Mr. McAvoy. "I don't know what ac tion will be taken.'" It wns intimated that Colonel Crcs son's nppearanco in the jury room probnbly was innocent, nnd that he might hnvo believed that since he had been n wltnebs Monday he was doing no wrong in conversing with the jurors. Colonel Crcsson left for New York Immediately after ho had talked to the jurors. FICKLE MAID STILL UNWED Englishwoman Who Jilted Canadian Officer Sent Back Home New York, Juno 2.'!. (By A. P.) Uxcrciso of a woman's right to change her mfnd today resulted In Miss Noll Butler being ordered back to England hiisbnndless after bhc had crossed the Atlantic to wed. She had set sail for Halifax to marry a Canadian urmy officer she had met during tho war, but a thrce-dny court ship of Captain Paul .Miller, of the Urltlsh nrmy, n fellow passenger, re sulted in her switching her choice of husbands beforo reaching port. But Halifax immigration officials said no: she must mnrry tho Canadian who had paid her passage or she must sail on. So she sailed on to New York, with Captain Miller hastening hero by rail. Vainly he plcnded nt Ellis island for nt least a temporary release, in order for him to marry her. But a special bourd of inquiry decided that if she wns not to be ndmltted to Canada she was not to be ndmltted to tho United States. DAVE LANE HAS RELAPSE republican Committee Head Has Change for Worse, Report The condition of David II. Lane, honorary chairman of the Republican city committee, took n change for the wnrsn nt noon today, it was said nt St. Marj '9 Hospital, where he has .been confined for several weeks Mr. Lane recently underwent an operation, and hns been in a weakened condition, it is said, for the last fen da s, BALTIMORE FIRE-SWEPT $1,500,000 Loss Incurred ,at Two Big Blazes Baltimore. June 12.1.- (H A. P.) Starting within several hundred feet nf whero the great lire of I'.KIl. which wiped out Baltimore's business district started, flames early this morning vir tunllv wrecked the seven storv building nt.117 Hopkins Place, and quickly, spread to four other structures, The damage, according to insurance men at the scene, will likclv reach SI .000,000 and this brings the lire dam age for Biiltimoro to Sl.fi00.000 for twelve hours. The Hist blne began in the seven-story Darby lliiildiug, which swept the wholesale house of lUumberg Bros. Tho chief sufferers by today's lire ire garment iiianufnctuieis, oieiip.viug the building ut .17 Hopkins nlu -o They arc the American Coat and Suit t )., 'j'. tili-s, linker S Co., ev Yoik Pants Munufuctuimg Co. and L, Hummer field. rirruiiKSQiiR commknckmknth fPiu, n.ii nf hnlltlful nttOtOsraillla Hhnw. InB Commencenimt liay eiercliji In th Tin. next Uunday'a J'lctortal bectlon or tb H'fUU L.VDUKB. JillV. , t GIBBON SI ATTACK ON ANSEL PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1920 International MLLE. MANOS A now portrait ot tho tnorgnnntio wlfo of King Alexander of Grccco. Tlio couplo nro now enjoying tho dellglits of Paris Manayunk Mermaids Incensed by Order Barring Them From Canal Plunge DROP'S' FROM 'NO SWIMMIN" Xo more shall the mermaids of Man ayunk mnlo merry in tho Manayunk canal at the end of their day's' toil. At least, nn order has gono forth that swimming will not bo permitted in the stream. Tho proclamation wns issued bv the Schuylkill Navigation and Trnnsportntlon Co. of the Philadelphia and Beading Rallwny. nut tuo girls nrc not overawed in the least by tho length oLihat name, nnd nrc circulating a petition urging that the company let down tho bnrs depriving them of their nightly pluligc. This pe tition already has several hundred signer.8. Lieutenant Taylor, of the Manayunk police, say's swimming in the canal is forbidden on account ,of an order from the transportation company.4 But W. B. Nisslcy, superintendent of, ilia com pnuy "said the ruling was issued at the request of mill owners arid property owners whose estates edge tlio cnnn,l at Manayunk Bench. Several mill owners hnve denied making such a request. And tiieyHair- bntncrH-nrc. Inn quandary i Somo'bf tho girls declared' they will swim in tnc canni and maKc a test case of,tho''mattcr. Tuo privilege of swimming in thq cnnnl last year was obtained, it is said, through tlio aggressiveness of Harry H. Anderson, a former Vnrc councilman. An nppcal will, bo made to "William Preston, administration leader in Mnna yunk, by the girls. In view of tho fact that women expect to vote soon in Pennsylvania they believe he will do his best in the new wet or dry contro versy. Todny some one put up n sign on the cnnal bank nnnouncing: "No swimmin allowed." It was up but a few minutes when a boy painted out the letter "S." ARCHITECT ENDS HIS LIFE John Jardlne, Formerly Associated With Carnegie, a Suicide Morris town, N. J.. Juno 2.1. (Bv A. 1 '.j .jonn .j amine nn nrrlntnpt nf Jardine, Kent & .Jardlne. Xew York, committed suicide here this afternoon nt tho Overlook Farms, where he was boarding. Jardine is snid,to have -hot uimseii, aiuiougn nt tlio "Farms' no information concerning tho suicide could bo obtained.' The county sheriff's office wns notified and County Detective 1M ward L. Brcnnnn was detailed to in vestigate. Jardine wns vice president of the St. Andrew's Society nt tho tinny Andrew Carnegie was president, nnd was vm- nlnvpil hv "MV Pnrnoiln In nlntmliiA L.,.- ,..-,.....,........ t,.u,fe .1,- , WOMEN WILL FIGHT FORRIuHTTOSWM erni ni 1110 uarncgtc libraries. He is 1 ,V" "7, V ;"? s-w. survived by one daughter, Mrs. Dudley , 1!,cn Lentefonte wns struck over the Cook, of this city,, and n sorr.living iii liea'v, apparently to make pursuit 1m Cnllfornin. Mr. Jardine was seventy-1 '',os,9'bl0 by rendering him unconscious, five years aid and has been a resident tuc tvvo men at ttl? automobile retreated Of Morristown for many years. ' Continued on m-e Ten. Column Four ' I WOMEN WARN DEMOCRATS AGAINST FAIR NOMINEE 'Would Kill Party Chances in Election" Says Mrs. Mortimer ' Brown "No Vote Magnet" Declares Mrs. Klingle-Smith "What woman is Presidency?" questions Brown, president of t-v . . : , ...... . Kcmncrauc viuu, ot tins city, who verv said "Never! I'd go as far as to snv Hint never will n woman bo fit. A woman's sphere is n big nnd great sphere, hut it does not include political office. "I hope the convention will leave the whole subject of suffrage alone. It's a hoodoo!" v Mm. Margaret Klinglesmitli. of the political committee ot tlio Democratic Club, believes that it is very improb able that the convention will nominate n woman for the vice presidency. Depends ou Couveiitlon 01 i-iinrsi', iii'iicuus on forces control the convention. "says Airs. h Iglesinith. "And I doubt very niucii whether a noinination ot that sort would get n mnn or a womnn to desert ,li. i.nllttnnl utivtv will, ...l.tt. 1... sho is nffillutcd. A strong moral and perhaps an economic issue would draw thn onions! 11I1 .1. iraiuiy nopes mat tlio Democratic con-;i ini) already undertaken they hnvo done vent on will not make the mistake of WP There is no doubt that the nom nom na ing a woman for the office. ..n..n of n woman for the vie, ."ej "I think th,t they would kill their ,!,.,., would be a compliment nnd I chances of election if they were to nom- think that it would get votes iniite a woman, now or ever." slm ! : ,.i.. ..... .i. .. ",. ,..., ,,........,..... ...... ; ,ltj orioien iiiiii. ine rresiuent nnu 1 tho woman votv, nut I don't believe tho nomination ot 11 Vice President would," Prominent Republican nnd iiqnnnrtl snn suffragists nf this city, however wriu iihu mini iiiii-ivsii-ii 111 in l(Qa "It's ically 11 great problem," nays Mrs. Barclay II " uruinoii, chairman Pennsylvania Republi- of tho Women's can state committee "BUtvI should - i f i 3D PAY CAR BANDIT THOUGHTARRESTED AT RIVERTON, N,l. Foreigner, Wearing Baseball Uniform, Capturod After All-Night Search TWO OF ROBBERS WOUNDED- 1 AFTER SHOOTING POLICEMAN Men Seized $4000 in Cash and Flod With Motor cycle A man believed to bo tho third mem ber of 1L.e band of three bandits who held up n Public Service Corporation pnycar In Burlington, X. J., yesterday, got $1000. sandbagged the chauffeur and shot a patrolman, has been caught. Tho capturo wns made in Blverton, X. .T., nftcr an armed posso had rounded up tho other two men, wounding'both, ono probably fatally, and searched all night for the other robber. Tho man was dressed in n baseball uniform. Mayor Thomas Lee, of Bev erly, saw the suspect pass through that town this morning, and notified the Blverton authorities in time to have him caught there. Ho could cive 210 "satisfactory account of why ho should be roaming around in n baseball uniform at 7:30 o'clock in the morning, the time Mayor Loo saw him. His nnswers vcro vague and suspicious, Like tho two bandits already caught, the suspect is a foreigner. He was taken to Burlington under heavy guard to prevent a hbstllo demonstration by tho nrmed farmers. Last Seen Near Clubhouse The uniform worn by the suspect is said to be one stolen from the clubhouse of the Itocbling baseball team. The last skirmish the posso had with the missing robber was nenr the clubhouse. Tlio suit was stained and torn ns if the prisoner bad been through thick under brush. Ho will bo tnken to the jail and hos pital at Mount Holly nnd confronted with tho driver nnd guard of the pujear for identification. Tho bandits, operating with a motor cycle nnd sidecar attachment, held up nnd robbed the corporation pnycor of $4000 yesterday afternoon. Augustus Ccntefonte. the paycar driver, was andbaggedf "William McCormick, the oldest pa trolman in Burlington, was shot through the back when Jic cnmC'upon the bandits dividing their .loot in the woods nfter tlioy mado awlld nasa through .Hurling kton wjtli.Jlift motorpyclo. He js in a oiigeoiiditlouirf theJoffers'dn Hos- serious pital . An unidentified Italian, about twenty five years old, is held in the Burlington Connty .Tail at Mt. Holly. Ho has a load of buckshot in his body, but his injuries arc not serious. About $000 of the stolen, money was recovered from him. "" Another Italian, identified as Frank Guidera, twenty-two years old, of Bur lington, is in tho Burlington County Hospital at Mt. Holly, probably fatally wounded. About SC00 wns recovered from him nnd $400 wns found in the pay bag which he had hidden. Fights With Fosse Tho Italian caught at Blverton is thonght to have hidden the missing $2200. Several times during the night tho posse got close enough to him to ex change shots, but he always escaped in the darkness. Tho paycar was held un in West TBurlington nfter tho three Italians had followed it there from the main offices of tho company in Burlington. The motorcycle stopped on the road in front of tho automobile and Ccnte fonte stopped when ono of the Italians l.lf.nnlnil nttlipt 1,a nny V,ann1a Af..n. lis, a former service mnn serving as ''"Jnuy 10 ins uovernmem, delivered guard, wns suspicious when one nfjhei,nis morning by Rotarinn Cnpta(n Clnr Itnlianu ndvnuccd and nsked for n' oncc Mackinnon. principal of the Ilnli matcu. 1 fas Prcsbvterlnn College and nn cx- . .... ...... ...u. As Ccntefonte reached for n match me siriiiigcr .rovcreu mo two With n revolver. Both pnirs of hands went of the stranger's companions took thelnoy Problems, following reports of the iikii iu wiu 1111- on commnnu nnd one ni i, CAnhn fit for tho Vice 1 want fo know the specific candidate be s Mrs. Mortimer foic I approved or disnnnroved tin ' I,, ttli nnlitLnl .l..,t.. .1. -- -... ovi 10 iiitia.ta (in: mitiiiiih ii(-nii . HeriniiH ti,.nt. lein of choosing a woman who conlii nm ojiIv be a siieeessfnl Vico President, but also an efficient President iu the event thai the Piesideiit should die." Way to Inltl.ito Women "It's 11 good idea." iu the opinion of Airs Gcoige- A Piersol. president of the Philadelphia 1-aguo of Women Citiuis. "I think that it would be n good way to itiitiate women into tlio hvlifst offices. Noimally there is not . niucii rrspousiuiiiiy lor a ice Pres ident, nnd many women would bo ca I pnble of presiding over the Senate. Mlllll "nl till, ulf.l nf wnt.t.t ,,nlll....l 1 .. b,,t a big. capable wonian. ought to bo chosen. We have had the reputation in this country nf being too care ess n choosing Vice Presidents. t is not r. ., A ,. .. ... . ,l- .V "l olhce. but when it has hoppeued we have not always had a stiong person to succeed. If tlio Democrats should name a womnn, they should seo to it that she would be ublo to fill the otlice of the President If noeessnrj. "I am not so sure of how ninny votes would be influenced by such u nomi nation. I don't think tbnt women huvo as much box loyalty as men have. Some might bo iiupicuccd, however, both wnj s, m ; . rdbllihed Dally Bxcept flunday. i uoiunea ""iJp'hK, 1820, by JENKINS INSISTS HE WILL PRESENT' M'ADOO'S NAME KANSAS "CITY, Mo., June 23. In a telegram cent from Pueblo, Col., from the train bearing Missouri delegates to tho Democratic National Convention, Burriu A. Jenkins, Kansas Ofty clergyman and publisher, announced that he had definitely decided to plnco tho name of William O. McAdoo before tho Democratic National Convention for tho presidential nomination. ADMIRAL FLETCHER ASSIGNED TO RIO JAN 10 WASHINGTON, June 23. Hear Admiral William B. Fletcher, who has received orders transferring him from command of the Fourteenth Naval District to io Do Janeiro, will assume duty there as senior member 6f the American naval commission to Brazil, it was announced today by the Navy Department. Admit nl Fletcher succeeds Hear Admiral Henry F. Bryan, who has headed the com mission since 1018. PHILA. ROTARIANS E E Quaker City Day Marked by Big Showing on Atlantic City's Great Board Way IHALT ANNIVERSARY PLAN Sjre(jt mspatch to Evening Public T.edaer Atlantic City, Juno 23. Qunkcr City Botarians, tho blue nnd gold boys of the glad band, featured Philadelphia Day at the eleventh nnnual convention of tho International Association of Botnry Clubs by holding a parade of their own on the Boardwalk this aft ernoon. With two bands to keep them stop ping, the brethren from the City of Pcnn made n gallant showing ns they marched from tho Steel Pier to the Million Dol lar Pier and back acaln, making n clear sweep of the wooden way nnd getting plaudits from Botarlans from every clime. President Adams marshaled the Quaker line-up and bended tho line with George Xletschc nnd Dr. Augustus Koenig ns nsslstnnt marshals. C. TCd win Bnrtlett, president, wns identified at the head of the lino nnd given spe cial attention by the western brethren ns tho leader of the boys who did so much to make a new name for Phila delphia Koturily while they were pass ing through on their way to the shore. Join in General Parade The. "'Philadelplilnns finished their "own" parade Just In time tn take po sition., ithoiirst division of the 'gen eral parade',' which moved spectacu larly through Atlantic nvenue, late Ih the afternoon. Thn special committee on resolutions this morning failed to report favorably upon n resolution submitted by the Philadelphia club. It proposed that International Rotary shall take nn no tlvo jmrt in tho proposed international exposition to commemorate in 1020 the one hundred and fiftieth nnni'versnry of Philadelphia. The committee explained that the project had not yet received the oflieinl sanction of either the United States Government or thnt of Philadelphia, and that premature action by outside inter ests several times hns done more harm than good to worthy projects. Action was deferred also upon n reso lution proposing to make Armistice day, November 11, an international thanks giving dny. "Boy insurance" nnd "loyalty", were topics engnglng the attention ( here to day of 4000 delegates to the conven tion. Captain Makes Address "Americans All," wns the keynote of stirring nddress on "A Rotarinn s , - ,,,-, .. ... . I'Unpioin ot tnc C'nnndinn Expeditionary Forces Virtually the whole of the afternoon was given over to consideration of , ...i.i.,,... 1. ,.. ..v.,, r. ,1 ... n w., ., villi auijiii, of Washington. whoc work iu tbnt con nection has attracted international at tention. Tnvlor Statten, boys' jwork secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Canada, brought a message from the Dominion In his address, "The Chnllcngo of the Bov " Other speakers were John J. Thajer. of Hlnckwell. Okla., on "Help ing Our Boys to Get a Better Educa tion" : Roger S. Huntington, of Green ville. S. ('.. "Building a Practical Pro gram" ; J. Atkinson, New York. "Mnking Graphic the Conditions Af fecting Ilov Life"; II. A. Lnnc. of Oklahoma City, on "Mnking of the Sur vey," and It. C. Sidenliis, Charlotte town, Canada. "What Our Boy Life Survc.v Revealed." Would Amend Constitution Proposed amendments of the constitu tion of the international body to be acted upon today provido for n more definite recognition of the world-wide scope of rotary activities and admin istration, limiting tlio term of honorary membership, revising the method of re ceiving invitations for the convention t ontimiril on I'ucc Ten, Column Thrre SPR0UL NAMES TRUSTEES Phlladelphians Appointed on State Hospital Board Ilnrrisbiirg, June 2.1. ( Ry A. P. 1 Governor Sproul today numuinci-il Uh appointment of those trusties ot the State Hospital for the Chronic Insane nt Wernersvillo: S. P. Light, Jacob M. Shenk. Lebanon : Walter T. Bradley. J. Warner lliitchjns, Philadelphia ; 0'. car 13. Fo, Rending, and Howard S. Williams. Phoenlxville. John D. Dcrris. of Iiuiitingdoii. was reappointed a manager nf tho State Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon, and Maw S. Garrett, of Philadelphia, as trustee of the Home for Training of Speech for Deaf Children nt Philadel phia. H. A. Denny. Montrose; 'J hoiuns F Price. He ronton, nml Wallace j. llnrues, of Rcrchlake, were nppoluteii trustees of the Stntc Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Fnrview, nnd Charles Schlmmelfeng, Wnrren. nml Charles R. Galbraith. nf Franklin, of tho Stato Hospital for the Insane at Wnrren. AV OWN PARAD - tT".mtrtin(, ;. M -m?,- --. mr Huhncrlptlon I'rlce 10 a Tear by Mall, public IitT Company. TILDEN IS WINNER T Philadelphia Star Defeats S, Franklin, 6-1 6-1, 6-0,' in English Title Tourney SCORES AN EASY VICTORY Wimbledon, England. June 12TI. Wlllinm T. Tilden, of Philadelphia.1 scored nn easy victory over H. Franklin, n Surrev county player of about crntch form, in today's piny of the Britisli tennis "hnmpionshlp tournament here. Score. 0-1 0-1, 0-0. The match was contested on the center course. When the match begnn nt 2 o'clock tho stands were vvcll filled ami there was n general feeling of tense expect nncv. The match did not provide the anticipated fight, .however. Tilden in the quickest fashion annexing the first two sets and then taking the third set 0-0. Tilden mixed lifted drives with cut strokes nnd volleyed finely. All the' spec.ntors remarked on the all-around superb game nlnycd by the American. The sensation of the day was fur nished by the defeat of Andre Gobert. the French crack, by Zeno Shimidzu, qf Jnpnn. The result was most surprising since Tilden Jn the London championship tournament last week made the .Jap anese appear as u poor second-class player. Shimidzu won by C-4. 10-1$, 4-0. 2,-0. 0-.4. Gobert led .1 to 2 in the final set, but was unnblp to produce his true game and the Japanese; who was tho steadiest, took the sot and the tiqateli. t . ft' Further surprise was caused by th'o result of the two next matches. G. J. Seheurleer. of Holland, beat' Nicholas Mishu. nf Rumania, 7-1!, 0-1. 4-0, 0-3. The winner, who is considered Hol land's third best player, showed great improvement on his Wimbledon form of last year. A. Drew, a Lancashire county plnyer. bent Max Decugis. one of Finnco's best tennis stars. (1-4, l).7, 0-8, 0-2L TRUCK HITS "L"C0LUMN Machine. Had Cut In Front of Trnl. BRITISH NNIS ,u Wnmar. Buff Chnlr i iUHlienCe WOUIU DIOW. ley Wojnan Suffers Shock ( others among the party leaders re A largo motortruck of the Lncka- .fused to take that view, but no one wnnna Transfer Co.. of Newark. N. .1.. here assumed to know with certainty cut in front of n Route .11 trolle.v ear how far the sentiments of President nt Thirtieth nnd Market streets at noon 1 Wilson might be in accord with those todny and wns jammed against n 10I- tof Mr. Burleson. umn of the elevated. The front axle The latter, who nnnouncedr his stand was bent nnd the fenders und rndiatur vesterdav nt Snn Antonio. Tex., will were broken. " not reach Snn Francisco until late In Olga Wushnu. thirty-four jears old. the week. r,f ''.'tit Vnrth Fiftv.utvtH ut-n.,, ,. What every one here does know, how- enger on the trolley car. wns taken to the I'reshvtprlnn Ilnsnllnl unfrnrl,, ? Presbyterln'n 'ilosnitnl Hiifferluc from shock. The driver of the truck was Harry Sugendors, of Newark. CARRY OFF SAFE IN TRUCK Robbers Also Take Groceries Camden Chain Store Robbers with a motortruck carried off a heavy safe from n chnin crocerv store at Sixth and Vine streets. Camden", todaj The safe contained S."0. They also stole n quantity of groceries. Tilt robbery tool; place early this morning Apparently the robbers bnckedj uieir irucK up 10 1110 irnin uoor. put tnc safe and whatever groceries thej de sired aboard, and drove avvaj. Wlldwood Administrative Changes Wildvvood. X. J.. June 2i!. At their meeting todaj the i'ltj commissioners appointed Benjamin C. Iugersoll direc tor of health mid clinrities, Matthew Schellonger. constable, and Albert L. Sherlock a special ofiii'er. At the same meeting the resignation of Gustuve An derson, of the board of education, jviik received and nocepted. The citv will Increase the rntc of interest on the SriO.tMIO bond issue for the rebuilding of the boardwalk from ." to 0 per cent. Jewels of Gaby Dcslys to lie Sold for Charity Paris, June 21. (Ry A. P. ) The jewels of Gaby 1'esljs. the famous French dancer mid actress, who died February 11, last, were placed on 1 xhllntiou here today, pre limiiinry to then- halo on June 28 for the benefit of the poor of the citj of Marseilles as piovided iu Mnde molselle Desljs will. According 10 1 ouiioisseurs. the collection comprises the finest as sortment of peaiU ever seen in Paris. Although diamonds, rubies, sapphires, cmerals nnd other pre clous stones are aileiiintelj icpre sented they urc not quite so con spicuous, the dancer's hobbj being points. One iM'cklnco contains fifty-seven pcnrls valued at several million frnncp, nnd there are two pendant peiills weighing 1011 grammes each, b.dlig nbsolittelj the same in slxn und weight. Another pearl, black in color, weighs 140 grammes, while there arc ieven other pearls weigh lug fnin 70 to KM) grammes each. All the pearls vvcrc selected, nnd mutchud with exquisite taste. -! h EXTBA 3L Anfli. ' '''"1. i . tt-it mttrrk nnvtma V. - jrxn.vi.iLi J.HU uunio i; i BURLESON STAND Presidential Nomination M&ifii More Uncertain by the Liquor Issue, Say Observers ' I' TO FIGHT OUT QUESTION ' ON CONVENTION "FL00H i M Bryan and White House Repre sentatives Expected to Engag in Spectacular Battle Burleson Out for Repeal $ of Dry Act" Absurdities" San Antonio. Tex., Juno 23. The Democratic pnrty In Its plat form to be ndoptcd at the San Fran-' clco convention must tnke nn "open, honest stand on great issues cqvtr fronting the country nml, above all,' avoid 'pussyfooting'." Postmnster Burleson declared here yesterday. He' is on his w;ny to San Francisco as a dclegnte frcnl Texas. The postmaster general said he would vote for "repeal of the drastic, and absurd provisions of the. Vol stead act, if I were the rankest Pro hibitionist in Texas." Home of the act's provisions nrc "so fool!sl they' defeat their own purpose," he snld.' "It is worthless to talk of repeal-' ing the act," Mr. Burleson declared. "Thnt would be like butting- your head into a brick wall. I do riot' believe in trying to do the impos sible. But the ridiculous nnd un- necessary restrictions can be stricken out." By the Associated Press San Francisco, June 23. Rumbling 1 of Democratic discord over the prohlbl-' tion Issue became hourly more ominous today as delegates and party chiefs arrived in increasing numbers for the national convention. 4 Hope that tho gathering storm might' spend itself behind the closed doors oft the platform committee virtually w, abandoned by the leaders and they pre pared to face an outbreak of tempestu- ! DEMOCRATS TORN f iMTn LAPTinwc mm ii ' UU- UCUULC UU LUC 1JUUL UL I11H mnTRnUDli . jTrtl ti ,.-- -e i"Tv.a . .v AJ-, "MMU - .('.W'lF bucii a development, it was agreJw.j everywhere, would. hold many "clrnmajti nossibllitlciif including a (further caBSt'Pr nlicnUon of the linccrtnln outlook rfi' Jwfl the overshadowing issue in nreconte r 4 tion,conrereiices, the question, ot a vm-Afpa form declaration against , the- presMnnyjf&i' "bone-dry" law almost took the wholtjr "?$; stage lor uscii toun.v ns me faiuaiui delegates heard of Postmaster General Hurleson's nuuodncement for a niodi-i fication of the Volstead act. Is White House Spokesman By many accustomed to regard tfas postmaster general ns a political spokes man for the White House, the devclop-miMit- uns nnccotcd ns n warning of which way the wind ot administration 'ever, is that both .sides of the contro- Vers.v nre cemeiltill v,,ri nre. fomenting their lincH and .bringing their Heaviest artillery tor uish tight Sees Convention Floor Battle After innnv conferences in nn effort o lav 11 oasis lor uuruion; . "" - XTX& Ithat'the (piestion would be taken to tha l convention lloor for 11 settlement, re- 'wnlless of what decision was mane in thn iilnffiirm cninnitttee. CIoely intertwined with the prohi bition nucKtion is the problem of select ing n nominee in accord with the plat-' form as finally ngreed 011. nnd among manv of the practical politicians thern is a feeling thnt the two decisions must he settled virtually at one stroke. So 1 the picas of candidates' mnnngcrs nro falling on denf enrs for the present, vvhlle the lenders get their bearings .on tlie more immediate question of a bone- dry or a beer platform. Tlio League of Nations disagreement, along with several other disputed plat form issues, hos followed the question of candidates Into temporary eclipse. Among most of the lenders It Is agreed that whatever trouble develops oyer the treaty will be only n drop Iu tha bucket compared to the prohibition Issue. I Rone-Dry Forces Confident I Leaders of the bone-dry forces were confident today thnt they would com- maud n good mnjority In the platform 'committee, where each state has only 1 T 1 1 . , ContlnufsJ on I'nce Ten, Column On ; VOLSTEAD L0SESAT POLLS I The Rev. O. J. Kvale Nominated for4 ' Congress in Minnesota Primaries St. Paul, Minn.. June SI. In 'the Seventh congressional district, A. J Volstead. Republican, author of tho ! prohibition enforcement act, wus de' I fented at Monday's primaries, vlr 1 tuallj complete unofficial returns Indl I eateii. by the Rev. (). J. lCvalc, of I Reason, Indorsed by the Nonpartisan! 1 League. Doctor Kvale, friends said, I bus been un advocate of prohibition for I more than tvvuity yeais. With .ViO precincts of .11 Of. in tha state missing, J, A. O. Preiis, stute auditor, today continued tri lend Doc tor Henrlk Shlpstend, Indorsed by thn Nonpartisan League, for the Republi can gubernatorial nomination as belated returns drifted In. The vote wad; Preus, 12I,,"U; Nhlpstead, 1011,845. For the Democratic nomlnntlpn, Mayor L ' Hodgson, of Ht. Paul, was uhend of It. W Hargadlne by more than 0000 votes, with two-thirds of the precincts heard from. 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