. itE " " .THEWEA Unsettled weather' tawtht Wodneeday. ' wIUi probably showers Biiti thunder to;m, TrojrraiATURE At kach noun 0 110 U 12 1 70 80 184 80 01 1 1)2 102 VOL. VI. NO. 247 Entered (li Second. CU511 Matter At the Po(efflo t rhlldfphlr ti Under the Act of. March 8, 1S70. c ,, . -PHILADEIiPHIA, TpESDAYJaE,29, 1920 EU,"h,1 MIT.5Su woYir "JSpS!a7,aAp.wf'"r ur "' nuuis twu UlSWTB , Z', IN FULL CONTROL OF CONVENTION EiTbllehM Dtty Except Bundr.' riuboeriptton Price 10 I'Tuf hr MAIL' , Cop7rlht '1920, br Pnbtlo Ieaer Cfompeny. r ' PRICE TWO CENTS ". Berjgdoll, Mother, 2 Brothers, Romig and 3 Others Indicted; Gibboney and Ansell Censured ' "a i - i ', tv t i r. " ' ' w - w.t a w . . ' .w,tf: & i. '.. - i (. ' . - -- -t 1 MM p iiKiiiJiii iiiiiiir in iniiii r-, u 2 8 4 n I mP- MmJ A;I,A LJL1 B K AMl ft.B i JCJTJL JX ffi.A 1 v. .....' 1 ... . VL ,s y-JL 1 : ' - - ' yi A.' ft 77 .z, . ; . - , r ; ' '" ' p"" " ' ' ' ' ' "' !- 7 - j r . " . J,..a'x.. v WILSON FORCES U. S. JURY DEMANDS OF 11 FOR LAXITY. ljrlson Commandant and Two Guards Scored n Report of Federal Inquisitors ! MAN WHO SOLD AUTO USED BY THE FUGITIVE IS NAMED j "Pot of Gold" Tale Declared Without Basis of Fact War- rants Issued by Judge Indictments charging eight persons with conspiracy In aiding Oroycr and Erwln Bergdoll to escape from the army authorities have been' found by the special federal,grand Jury. D. Clarence Gibboney, the Bergdolls' lawyer here, and -Samuel T. Ansell, their Washington attorney, merely wcro censured. Tho Jury , reported they "committed no crlm against the United States." Tho Jury also recommended the court martial of Major John 0. Hunt, com mander of the military prlsonr where Orovcr was confined prior to his escape, (r laxity, and the court-martial of the Mrsrcnnts from whom ho escnncd.- Mrs. Emma C. aiergdoll, mother ot the slackers, wns Indicted on twenty counts. Sho is In tho Bcrgdoll "cnstle," Fifty-second street and Wynceficld ave nue, awaiting service or tlie warrant. Another Brother Indicted Charles Braun, n brother of the Berg dolls, who hnd his name changed be cause of the "notoriety'' attached to It, and wbosc name has not-entcreu into tho case before, also was indicted. James 13. Itomlg, a former city magis trate, a close personal friend of both flroTer and Erwln. wns indicted. Ho frequently aided both sons in their efforts to evade capture. Auto Salesman Indicted. ' Albert S. Mitchell, an automobile ilesman said to have been concerned the sale of the automobile in which rorer escaped, was another. He and rs. Ilergdoll, Ilraun and Itomlg will arrtfteu tnis nitcrnoon on nenen war ants 'already issued. ' Others indicted arc : Eurene "Ike" Steelier, the Benrdoll chauffeur who drove tho automobile in which (Jrover escaped from tho "castle" on "May 21. Ho is still at larce. Harry Schuh, n "pal" of Krwin's, who is reported to be with him now. Grover Bergdoll, ,the younger of the tno brothers and the one who has caued tho most trouble to civil nnd military authorities, climaxing it all with his escape. Mvin lforgdoii; the older anil less spectacular brother, Is married nnd has two children. His family lives nt Broomal. The Jury, after investigating the story that Grover wns given leavo of absence iron me iort Jay military prison to rcover a Duried "pot ot gold," found hat the actual fund hnd "no basis of ct." Warrants Aro Issued The tlirv rnnnifml in lTntfnd Stntna Strict Court .Tiwlfo Tlinintmnn i nuit a fflimCflintplv lauunil thn wnrrnnfa fnt he arrests. The marshal sent men nt uce to arrest tho four available The fact that Olbboncv nnd Atrnell waped came as n surprise, but the corf- Ure levied nt thorn hv tlin tnpir wn. i'iiri?mcly scvcr!. Tho report said of uuuuey ; "We Censilro T). Plnppnpo f!IMilifnoTr 'OF his npplppt nf nthhnTinv nn ti.nnnli l confidence Imposed In him, in that i Permitted the sold Grover Unrgdoll, while a prisoner under guard, upon an wpedition directed by him, the said I). Uarencn. niMmnnr n !.! 1,ID !.. I.. miadelpliia upon a protcxt- which had P bF" o' fact.and allowed him U wmain at his home for a period of wuiimrty hours, which afforded the I i rov.cr 0 Bergdoll and otliero con, Wiring with him an opportunity to per I , enP" from the noncommls 'toned officers. " klIn.r.?l!'ird to Ansell, the Jury reported to a ii f1! ""Prauent l.n rcpreseutlrig t v?u,??t ,(1prncral IIttrrIs' by . iay,n.' ll)20' tll8t ""! Prisoner S. I ? ( , ro t0 c,cPc, nor could ho if Karrt '"m10" Notwithstanding, the Ibla ;. ""'S'LA.."""0 resP- frlthA..I . i""j.'1' rn io prison, mho ut advantage to him other than "It Involved In H.n l,lf ,i i.'. involved in the object of his ro- ttuest. Ballny Tnrtnpil "r.l.n J b&c.terlz,,d' n'onP W-H Olbhoncy Ming "crORull- KnrAl..l !.-.. .' u '"v tun-leas because no hi..i .e,"on-!l wcro made f """ nrraneemnnta were made for mm ed bee ..VtiK. ." fnt Ces!n.esfl-" Sergeants W Murt:m.,ti.TLJE! !!?- act i,f.T " ."v-?wn.u ineir con- ""ore and nt tho tlmo of the cape. flmlln. ,-""63 IltcheiT i."',1 f, Y,tu Sch,lh n"'1 :Vln Berlin-1 t(l 1",V2 Jurchoned for macl fn11,0" April llUf this Pent, oraun, ni. Raped. w,,,cn "rver later rvico ami d E"v,, ?vndo tho military toomni i7r...tuuVVn"nK nim at Mils khub Tire chc;. ,1,r,1Vn' '"l-chca and WaonehH with providing Erwln Taderfn lit! B"vnn. autfflnob es 'U a. nf,Mm C?8C- nnd udvlce,as ne lnP ini"' rhvr W"'H' I In? J FVnJ J-"-y Vent into hcs- BcoBfiVi vlrB nct attorney on Sn1 flepartment at Wash- J H, j., conn MARTIAL Ci? thf111-? - AnWl would y. Hnth nctfo" t-nkcn fcy thn Brand hefBnS'LMcro vcry mud Interested in Mrs. Bcrgdoll Amazed by 20 Indictments Against Her !V , Mrs. IJergdoll appeared to be nmnzed nt tho return of.'twenty In dictments against her. Bhc gaspSd when told of the grand Jury's action. "That Is' very, wrong," she ex claimed "I had nothing whatsoever to do with Grover'B escape. I wasn't .there when he got away. I -wasn't supposed to watch him." FARE CA$E VERDICT Public Service Commission Will Announce Decision on Froe Transfers Today EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD The Public Service Commission has reached its decision bn this city's pro test against Increased fares effective July 1, proposed by' the Rapid Transit Co. The decision will be announced this afternoon. The full membership of the commis sion snt In executive session nt Harris- burg from 0:30 o'clock this morning until a few minutes before 1 o'clock. It wns understood this city's protest was discussed fbr more than two hours of that time. During the executive session, trom which even the commission's own sten ographers were excluded, W. D. B. Alney. chairman of the body, was in structed to make a statement outlining tho commission's Judgment on the com plaint'. - ,v Thcrels. said to have been consider able difference of opinion among the seven ''Public Service Commissioners, which was evidenced by the fact they re mained in session until nearly midnight after listening to the claims of tho city and tho company in ndrrisburg yesterday.- ." , s ' -' Tho unexpected angle from which the qjty delivered its attack on the fare In crease of 'the P. Jt. T. in Hnrrisburg yesterday, left tho Public Service Com mission "in the air." , Causo of Disagreement Pisagreement among the seven mem bers li'snid to have been to the conten tion raised by tho city that Jhe P. B. T. Hsclf ennnotnrbitrariiy fix n rate in crease and then make it effective with out an oncr of the 'Commission. In the case recently decided by the Supreme Court tfctwccn the city ot wcrnnton nnu the commission, the court held that the commission is the sole authority in Pennsylvania to fix rates. Tills decision nt first was supposed to doom the complnint of tho city of Philadelphia agnlnst the P. R. T.. but when City Solicitor David J. Smyth and Assistant Solicitor Samuel Rosen bnum raised their contention It changed tho aspect of the case considerably. Copies of tlie leases of the underlying companies were filed with the commis sion todny by 0. Oscar Hcnsley, counsel for the United Business Men's As sociation. This move was made to support Mr. Benslcy'8 contention yesterdny tjiat the Continued on 1'nar Two, Column Two $2500 IN CLOTHES STOLEN Thieves Break Into Chestnut Street .Shop and fescape Undetected Furs nnd clothing amounting to $2500 wcro stolen somo time during the night from the tailoring establishment of S. If. Hcnkitf, on the second floor of 17.11 Chestnut street. The robbery wns not discovered until Mr. Henkln opened up his place this morning. Special Officers Haggcrty and Mc Far land, qt tho Fifth police district, made on investigation, but could find no clue to tho thieves. No ono saw tlicm enter or leave the building. HOTEL COLLAPSES; 4 KILLED Number of Injured Undetermined. 80 In Building When Walls Fell Buffalo, N. Y., June !!!). (By A. P.) Four persons were killed and nn undetermined number injured todny by tlie collapse of the walls of the Suther land Hotel, a lower Main street lodg Iur house, Eighty men occupied rooms in the building Inst night nnd the day clerk had no information ns to the number of persons in the building when tho -crash came. Tho bodies of the four men taken from tho ruins wcrp unidentified. MERCURY AGAIN HITS 92 Male Become Hottest Day of Year, but Relief .Is Promised Tho previous-high temperature record for tho summer wa.4 equaled nt 1 o clock this afternoon when the mercury rose to 02 degrees. It was indicated thnt the temperature by the middle of the afternoon would make this tho hottest day of the year. Relief Is promised. by the weather mini, who predlctH thunder showers late this afternoon or tonight. Humidity, which' nt ! o'clock this morning registered "-, lcst-ened toward noon nnd made tho heat more endurable. ' Tlie previous hottest dnj thin summer was Juno 11. nnd tlie record for this dato was made June 120. 1S74, when a temperature of 07 degrees wns recorded. The Wcalhcrvanc Partly cloUdy ioniuht anil tomorrow , lYhtln frcth louthweit hreczc are vocal. Ami no one letff ico infer tre A0H'f have thunder Although it should chance to be " local'. ' REACHED BY BOARD T DELAY RAIL STRIKE 5; Walkout Order Postponed by Union Chiefs as Plan to Tie Up Entire P. R. R. System EXPECT JAM AWAY ON 4TH TO CAUSE DIRE CONDITION 100,000 Will Qut, Says Jeffrey. Predict Half of Force Will Be Out by Night Demands Shopmen Make to AvertGeneral Walkout Removal of Foremen Staples, Phcncgcr nnd Klescling on or beforo 11 n. m., Tuesdny, June.20, 1020. Reinstatement at once. of nil tho gang leaders 'or foremen (members of our organization), who ceased work with the other employes, with full seniority nnd no prejudice or dis crimination. Pennsylvania Railroad shopmen did not go on strike nt 11 o'clock today, as they threatened in their ultimatum to the railroad. Instead Uicy issued a statempnt that Lthcy had decided to defer tho walkout until Monday, July 5, at the same time. This will bring the striko into effect at a moment when thousands of persons will be away from home over the July i holiday, and will cause tho greatest possibic loss and inconvenience to both tho railroad and the travelling public. The strike has been deferred, the shopmen's committee announced through H. S. Jeffery, their chairman and counsel, for tho purpose of giving "time for a general meeting of represen tatives from every point of Importance fn the Pennsylvania system,, so that general co-operation maj jc4hpd every where fn Vailing a gencralstrikeiof shopmen nnd niBllated workers. The strike, ns planned by Jeffery nnd the lenders, is to comprehend every worker" nfllllated with tho American Federation of Labor. It Is claimed that at least 100,000 men nnd women will be affected. Charges Bribe Attempt In a lengthy statement given out by Jeffery at noon today, the charge Is made that tho Pennsylvania Railroad had attempted to bribe him with 52j, 000 to drop the charges ngalnst the three foremen whose dismissal is de manded by the shopmen. Officials of tho Pennsylvania Rail road declared this afternoon thnt the charge of attempted bribery made by Jeffery is ridiculous. Jeffery Indicated further that he had tho support of the Department of Jus tice In certain of the elinrges he has brought. He saldiilso in his statement that the position 5of the Philadclphia Canvlcr advisory board of the shopmen had been indorsed by the officers of the powerful System Federation No. 00. which embraces all tho shop crafts of the cntiro Pennsylvania system. Jef fery declnrcd ho hnd been summoned to a conference with officials of the railroad administration nmt the rnilrond labor board to discuss the men's com plaints. The Pennsylvnnln Rnilrond made a brief statement shortly nfter noon deal ing with tho general situntion. The statement wns imido beforo the railroad officials had been given tho opportu nity of teeing the statement made by Jeffery. No Strike Order. Sas Road Tills statement followR : "Not a shopman on the Pennsylva nia Railroad at Philadelphia. Camden or elsewhere quit work nt 11 o'clock this morning. This wns shown by re ports received from all points by Gen eral Manager Krick nt 11 :.'t0 a. in. Ah far as the management of the railroad has been nble to ascertain, no striko call lias been issued. No notice-of nny kind hns been received by the manage ment of nny nction b. the officlnls of the shopmen's orgnnintion calling the men out." Interest in tho threatened stilko of the shopmen withdrew attention from the gencrnl situation. The men nlready on stride Issued a statement early this afternoon clnlming thnt tho Pennsyl vania Railroad's pussengcr men nre he- niniiiL' Involved in the strike, ns well as the passenger cmp!oes of the other railroads, Tho statement follows : "Pennsylvania passenger inen nro commencing to leave tho service and expect to have between 50 nnd 75 pci cent of pnssenger men out by 8 o'clock tonight. Also report Mint passenger inun are kaving the P R. R., the P. and R. nPl tho P. B. and W. and re porting to the'meeting. Thero nfe gnins in tlie freiaht service In the Philadelphia district. Philadelphia teiminnl division inntinurd to lose firemen and engineers The committee also reports tliero ore Continued on I'nae Two, Column J'inir MARRJeITiN DEATH CELL Condemned Murderer Weds 16-Year-Old Cripple Girl ' New Orleans, June '.Ml. (By A. P.) riinrles J. Zalcnkn Jr., aged nineteen, convicted Inst week nf murder nnd sen tenrcd to hang in connection with, the rofent kljllng of Mrs. Bertha Neason, today was married in his rell on the "death 'tier" of the parish prison to Mlsa FrJ Oppenheimer, nged sixteen, UNTIL AM AT HOLIDAY TRAVEL and crii "TwliKitsfl ISM0I5uBv'iBsm SKNATOH JOS. T. ROBINSON Permanent cjialrmnn of the Demo cratic convention, who addressed tho delegates today T Harding's1 Aides Must Be of Greater Ability Than Wilson's Senator Asserts BACKS SPROUL FOR POST A higher gYado of ability, n greater degree of activity than has prevailed in the "Wilson regime, nnd less de partmental politics will bo needed for a Harding cabinet, according to Sen ator Penrose. f The senntor discussed In dctnll today tho plans for tho Republican campaign nnd for n Republican national adminis tration nt Washington. The conditions to bo changed in the Harding cabinet arc indicated in this dweriptfon Jby'tlie senator of 'the, re sults of the Wilson cabinet : "Incredible, extravaganco has been indulged in. The wastefulness hns. been appalling." Incidentally, Senntor Penrose in-' dorscd Governor Sproul for a place in tho Harding cabinet, suggesting the post of secrctnry of the Interior. Needs Very Simple Discussing the Harding cabinet, Sen ntor Penrose said : "Our needs in the next cabinet will bo very simple. Thcv will be ensilv met. We want prompt 'and efficient nction. We want, the Hog Islnnd ship yard, and the other naval problems pending, disposed of in the snmc com mon sense way that any buslneks house would dispose oc similar questions. "Incredible extravaganco has been indulged in, Let us clean up and start afresh. Of course, wo will require a liicrlior ernile nf nbilltv. n creator de gree of activity, and less politics in the idepnrtmentri, to manage the coiossni nnu complicated mnchinery which hns sprung up necessitating our guidance and reformation. ..,. "The administration of the Wnr De partment will have to be put upon an absolutely new basis. Presided over by n mnn who Is nt heart a pacifist, it has been grossly mismanaged. Tlie wakefulness has been nppalllixg. With regard to Governor Sproul ns n enbtnet possibility, Senator renroe said : . . . "Governor Sproul Is a man of proved executive nbility, and it is needless for mo to say that the suggestion of his name for tho position of secretary of the interior would meet with my un mintitlcd npproval. He has every quol- Ifieotiou for tho place." Against "Front Porch" Campaign The interview wns obtained as the result of questions submitted through tho senator's secretory, Lcighton C. Tnvlor. Mr. Penrose, speaking .as a member of the executive committee of twenty one, which body will manage the Hard ing cnmpnfgn, declared himself as op posed to the proposed plan of hnvlng the presidential' nominee conduct his cnmpnlgn from the "front porch" of ills home in Marlon, O., the pinh fol lowed by the. Into President McKlnley. Senator Penrose's interview (wns the first of the kind he has given since he wns ordered, nearly two months ago. to remain in Ills rooms and not sec visl tois. It wns regnrded as politically im portant for the reason thnt tho scuntor Continued on Tore Two, Column Six MAYOR RAPS HIS CRITICS Says "CrankB" Are Trying to Stir Up' Discontent Mayor Moore thrust vigorously to dny nt critics of his administration in addressing the fifteenth annual conven tion nf the Independent Order of B'rlth Sholom. Tim delegates met in the Cnslnn Thentie, Wiilmit strvet near Eighth'. "There nro some crnnks In Philadel phia who like to make trouble, some in speeches and somo in newspapers," tho Mayor asserted. ' '-'They vtohtto their word in order to have their own selfish way. There nre somo of tjiesc cranks in all cities and there aro some out In San Frnnciscp this week." Mr. Moore praised tho order for ex tending' u helping hand to Immigrants. Tho Mayor was lauded by .Joseph ju Kun, a. past counselor'of the. order, for the stand he took as congressman against what .Mr. ivun termed the "in iquitous Immigration laws. ' ,. ; PENROSE SEES NEED OF STRONG CABINET M'ADOO'S DANGER LIES IN PREMATURE IF Reaction Almost Inevitable, but Supporters Expect to Weather Storm COX BOOM IS EBBING AS WETS LOSE FAVOR Wilson Is Embarrassed by Son-in-Law Bryan Also Sphinx Like By CLINTON W. GILBERT CoDurioht, IPffl, oy Puollo Ltdovr Co. San Francisco, June 20. The Mc Adoo candidacy continues ' to gain ground. Even those opposed to the ex secretary concede he has at least an even chnncc nt being nominated. Governor Cox is now definitely stopped. Counting nil pledges nnd hopes, tho'Ohloon hns not nnd cannot get the necessary two-thirds votes. McAdoo remains in the rnce. The Roper telegram to Shouse Indlcntea Mc Adoo will remain as long ns his chances nre as good ns they now nppear. But the stopping of Co.x brings with it n certain danger to McAdoo. At tention now concentrates on theleader. in the struggle. Whnt weakncssSl.hc hns will be carefully eonsideed. If McAdoo can stand the scrutiny of the next forty-eight hours ho will be nomi nated. If there is to be a reaction against him it will start between now nnd the time the balloting begins. Governor Cox did not bear examina tion, ne wns too wet for the drys, and when his friends tried to placate the prohibitionists the wets lost Interest In him. , v . The truth is 'that thcMcAdoo mArn ment hap come ahead too fast to plMiso Its bestfrlends.v If the convcntlo'njWcro about to 'vote' today ita psy$logy vpnld. be-all In McAdoo's favou. surpnsej ipo neiegaica nt nis irujuu .development")! strength nfter his with drawal, of his name has swept vcri?- rbody off their feet. , Reaction Almost Inevitable Dramatic elements, of his rcvivnl here, the bottle-feeding of his boom by Mrs. Antoinette Funk nnd the utterly spon taneous quality of the determination to nominato have giverf to his candi dacy something or the character or a stampede. But it is a stampede that has started a couple of days before balloting will begin. Most stampedes would fail if they had to wait two dnys oftergettlng under way. If the McAdoo stampede does not suffer from a reaction it will he ono of the marvels of political history. The coming reaction may not be fatal to McAdoo, but It will have to be reckoned with. Volunteers who have promoted the McAdoo candidacy are aware of its dangers. If you say the word son-ln-law in their presence they expostulate: "Oh, but ho Is a disinherited son-in- Inw," nnd they hasten to whisper into your enrs : "Why. I know for n positive fnct thnt McAdoo has tried five times to sec Wilson in tho. Inst few months without being nble to see him. ,; If anybody could produce a highly offensive letter which the President had i written to his son-in-Inw, Mr. McAdoo I would surely be nomlnnted on nn early I ballot. As it is, he has been helped by the persistent belief here that Mr. Wil son does not want him nominated nnd I ,t of witmlrnwai i l wns in some way responsioie lor his That Dynasty Bugaboo If Mr. McAdoo is stopped now he will be stopped by fear of the son-in-law or djnnsty issue. Thi Ik Mr. McAdoo's weakness. His friends know it nnd that If why they are industriously spreading the story thnt he is disinherited hon-in-liw. To nominate Mr. McAdoo Is to give the Republicnns just the issue they wnnt. Much of the vitality of this cnmpnlgn will depend upon keeping alive the country's hatred nf Wilson. Nominating a member of the Wilson family is a way of maintaining thnt sentiment. Air. McAdoo Is said tn see this The prince is uudei stood to feel It keenly. Tho delegntes here nre nware of it. They will have two days In which Continued on rt Thirteen, Column Five LAST FIGHT ON SPARKLERS Council's Safety Committee Will Consider Ban Today A finnl fight ou the "harmless" spar klers will take place today at a meeting of Council's committee on public safety, called for this nftenirfon. The proposed ordinance forbidding the snlo of the sparklers will come up again. Counollmnn W. W. Roper, of the Sixth district, will plend tlie cause of the children, and two mothers whoso little oneshnvc died from sparkler burns will be present. They nre Mrs. Harry M Slnck, of 714 South Firty-nlntl) street, mother of Cotter Slack, seven jcars old, who died Juue 11 ; also Mrs, Fnrtunatn Leonettr of 2010 Mlffilu street, mother of ;ene Leonctti, six sHown STRENGTH years old, wtho died une :u. Har,djtng Should Counter Foe's League Challenge World Society to Prevent Future Wars Proves Big Issue and Democrats Plan to Make Lively Fight for It By n Staff Correspondent San Francisco, June 20. The folly of the Republican leaders who per mitted the straddling League of Nations plank to be inserted into the Chicago ! ... ,. . ii.uituuii uccnine apparent witiuii nan an hour after the Democratic conven tion want Into session. On the day following the adoption of that plank tho Bvnnwo Puntio LxsQEn pointed out tho danger of such a pusillanimous performance nnd pre dicted that the Democrats, "would exult ingly accept the Issue as one of tho league or no league,- taking,, of course, the league side. That, is precisely what has happened. No matter wha the platform com mittee may do about this question, there is no shadow of doubt iu the minds of great majority of delegate and party shouters. They want the league nnd they nre confident that a vast majority of the voters in the country want It, in some form, too. There nre a few kickers, moitly Irish sympathizers, like Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, who look askance ut the Wilson ark of thc.covennnt. But they nre to be propitiated by some kind of sympathetic expression townrd Irish freedom nnd wJll not carrj their fight further. If anybody doubted the Interest of the delegates in he subject of the league he need only hnvu studied the attitude of the great audience in the convention hall while Chairman Cummings was making his keynote speech. More than half of that address was devoted to an exposition of'tho necessity for the rati fication of covenant. It'wns a maslorjy effort iu argument nnd deduction. This can be said without regurd to partisan'-' ship. It wns cx-cathedra; everybody recognized it as coming nuthoritatlvelj from tlie President. And the most sigulficnnt part was the eniphasls Chalr- kitia'n Cummings laid upon the fact that when the President wns represented ns opposed to "the dotting otnnji or the EXTRA ASK P. R. T. TO SUSPEND RATES UNTIL HEARING HERE JULY 6 The Public Service Commission this afternoon suggested to the Sapid Transit Co. that It postpone its new fare tariff, scheduled to become effective 'July 1, until after the commission holds public hearings in this city on the entire fare question. The first public hearing will be held July 6. The commission's ruling, reached iu executive session, Is a victory for City Solicitor Smyth. IYER SENTENCE 12 T0 15 YEARS North Ponn Bank Cashier Is Re fused New Trial on Per jury Charges Ralph T. Moyer. convicted of pcrjurr and of tanking false statements to the bnuking commissioner while c.ihier of the defunct Ninth Penn Bank, wnc sen tenred to from twelve to fifteen jenrs In the Knstern Penitentiary this morn ing. Mnjei- wns pioduced befoie Judge Dnvis in Qnm tor Sessions Point this ninniHK i v nis nttnrnex. milium A. (irn.x Mr (inn had argued n motion 'or n new tiial four weeks ugo. Judge Davis, with n fen words, dismissed the motion and sentenced the former banker. Moyer looked stunned for a moment, nnd tinned his head inquiringly toward his counsel Mr. Gray nt once filed un nppenl to the Supeilor Court, and bail wns fixed nt SlKi.OOO. Mnjei- will thus have n little moie lesplte before helving If the appeal fails Ho is under S'J.YOOO ball also upon several counts upon which he hns not yet been bioiight to trinl. namely, for having received deposits when he knew tho bank wns Insolvent, and for i-on -splrney, Tho North Penn Bunk failed July 1ft, 1010, for more 'than u million dollars. Moyer wns tho first official of the wrecked hunk to stand trial- The sec ond1 to bn tried, William T. Gahell. former clerk nnd director, wns convicted of conspiracy and of receiving deposits when he kuew the ha'nk was insolvent, Gahell in at liberty under ?10,OW ball pending disposition of motlgn'for u new trial mado by his counsel. I crossing of n t," he was gromly mis represented. Permit Some Rcwvatlpns In otherwords dimming made it ""fcctly clear that the President would not oppose rniincniion oi me ircuiy wini interpretative reservations like those of Mr. Taft, but wns determined not to allow complete nullification, as Mr. Johnson, Mr. Borah and Mr. Knox de sire. One of the most dramatic moments of tho spoech came when Cummlngi tolled off the list of those belligerent na tions which hod already ratified the treaty, then those neutral naUons which had entered the league and finally those which had refused to do so. When he said these latter were "revolutionary Mexico, 'Bolshevist Russia, unspeakable Turkey nnd the United States ' there was a roar of shouting and angry cries that bore none ot the characteristics of the usual pumped-up clacking The first really spontaneous outbreak of applause of the first day's session camo when Vice Chairman Kremer in cidentally mentioned the League of Nntions for the first time. Kremer him self hnd not expected it or played up to It. Therefore it was not surprising later to find that the highest point of enthusiasm and interest was reached in tlie parts ot Chairman Cummings's speech which were devoted to the same object. Tho theatrically Btaged dem onstration for the President nttaincd not nearly such explosive force and enrnest vigor. What docs this mean? To any one who has traveled through the WTcst, es pecially the Soutnwest, since the weak kneed and invertebrate Republican Lengue plank was drafted two weeks ago tosuit Hi Johnson nnd his few but loud-mouthed. bnnd of little Americans, it means thnt the old guard Republican lenders by their supincness have fur nished tlie Democrats with new hope nnd a real issue where they had about lost hope 'and' were groping for argu ments to Justify nnother Democratic Contlnnrd on Pais Tlilrttrti, Column Four THOMPSON FIGHTS i Retirement as Head of Central, High Is Carried to At toroney General Dr. Robert TJllis Thompson, presi dent of the Central High School for the Inst twonn-fivo jenrs. will glit his le tlrement under the ago limit set by law. Thy whole matter, which wns brought nbout by nn net of the Legislature last ear nutomntlenlly retiring upon n pen sion educators and beads of ediientionnl institutions when they hnd renehed the ngo of sovont olrs. is now in the I hands of ,ttorne Genernl Schnffer for a decision. The hot, which will also retire, if its validity Is upheld, IVof. Monroe B. Snyder, professor of mathematics and astronomy at the Central High School for a gient many enrs, has been chnr iirterlwsl as siwcinl legislation, nud when the question .of a Mieoessor came UP (before tho Booid of IMucation, it wns referred, to the attorney geenrnl for an opinioii. '. Do tor .Thompson stated today that he would 'not discuss tho matter .until it 'decision had been made by the attor ney general. "I'ntll thnt time," be said. '"you can count mc nut of it, as far as discussion goes." 'It Is understood that Doctor Th'ompi son js prepared through counsel to go filrtlfer In his fight if the decision of the attorney gefteral should happen to lipnniii tne provismus, pf the, aci While three score years une ten is considered the age, by many, w most AGE LIT RULING Continued on ro Two, Cold Jn Mvw PRESIDENT'S CLAN VETO POWER. Chairman Robinson Sounds Second Keynoto Speech and Attacks Republicans 'M'ADOO STILL LEADING, ' BUT DARK HORSES LOOM Marshall, Cummings and Davit in "Paddock" Ready to Be Trotted Out By tho Associated Press Auditorium, San Francisco, June 29. Administration forces were in full control of the Democrntlq machinery to day when the nntinnnl rnntri.ntnn ... n,Rembled nnd there seemed llttle'donnt ,)f theIr ,0 BllHe thp adopt)on of pntform CBilry 8ntrsfactory to-thero. They will be nlso apparently in a nosl- tlnn to exercise a veto power over ahy candidate unsatisfactory to them. There was still today no indication of whether any word might be expected from the White Hpuse as to adminle trotiou preferences oh candidates. Darlt Horses Loom Inevitably this situation led to dis cussion of dark horses, because no one knew if the White House would favor any particular candidate. Leaders in the dark horse paddock are Vice Presi dent Marshall, Chairman Cummings . nnd John W. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain. Tho McAdoo people came on to tlie convention floor for the first time, with i a working organization including a floor. leader and a representative M." practically every state delegation. Their problem wns to find rnough supporters to round up a two-third vote. Cox and Palmer forces were nctivo rounding1 up a, showing for the opening ballots. Senator Joseph T. . Robinson today became permanent chairman of the convention. He addressed the conven tion, strongly assailing the Republican party and its Chicago platform. He said the Republican platform "strad dles" and ulanders and criticized It for fniluro to enndem big election expendi tures. Demoernts arc entitled to vic tory, he declared. Prepare for Platform While the full membership of the platform committee continued to grind away hearitfg Interested persons who Hnd planks to suggest, the subcommittee nf nine, which actually will whip the planks into shnpe and decided whether Willlnm .1. Bryan is to have a bone-dry plank or whether the, party Shall accept somo sort of compromise such ns that suggested by Postmaster Genernl Bur leson, wns lnying bnck waiting for the hearings to end beforo it takes up its task of actually building tho platform. In the meantime tlie subcommittee mem bers were not losing the opportunity to get preliminaries out of the w-ny. Convention Kills Time Assembling an hour later than usual today, the Democratic convention had beforo it only a routine session a nee essary time killer to give opportunity for committee work on the outside and Hie finnl perfection of its organization machinery. Prospects for n spectacular fight on the floor over the election of the cre dentials committee which sustained the Democratic national ommittee iu its re fusal to sent Senator Reed, nf Missori, ' ns a delegate were hedged nbout with uncertainty. Thero were predictions , that the contest would not be carried 1 further unless Reed determined to at j tempt tn force himself into a place with I the Miswnur delegation bv proxj 'ihe Georgia case, in which the i i runiiiuet rwiuiiiiiire rMitMuiimi wiy national committee and seated Palmer delegates to the exclusion of the Smith- i Watson faction, also seemed to have settled with finality, although there was alwajs the chance of a Inst min ute outburst. HAS OVER CANDIDATES Last Play Day Todin's session, however, was the Inst plav day for tlie delegates, for under the rules ns adopted the con vention may go ahtind hearing candi dates placed in nomination while tjio platform committee ts working, al though it niny not proceed tn the bal- , loting for a nominee until the declara tion of party principles lias been accented. Whether a combination of the oppo sition forces enn be accomplished to stem tlie tide of the success of the ad ministration wns not yet revealed, With tlie situation apparently well in hand., close observers of convention de velonments would not be surprised to see the liext move to bo n definite trend toward some particular candidate for tiio presidential nomlnntion. While ndmlnistrntlon forces bavo worked in concert to, control the ma- chinery. of. uio convention there Is no nssurnnce that tno community oi in tercut nmong-tliym will continue when balloting hu reached the end of ht preliminary stage of complimentary Voting. Drlff Aw4S'PlsUarm Thero aro manjj who bellow 'there will be no deiinie unit, ol presidential sentiment until .after the nlatfor BM been nanpteu npu me canaiajimk ltclr now upon wnm.1 turn ffenilnned tn l'ntt Thlrt, 0 .H "1 J r '-,1 ! tra H v -i ;l i . 1 if a-fw Hjfy Ak i' . r ' , -' hV ?jK5W 1 .',' 4 ' ' f 1 . t """" i .. i-" irn i "". i. .. . ,i n"- , ' ,.,.ii.JH.Wlll V i f f ,L t i EL ....! itW.1 . - V?M $. VLiaB i "..... &'A kSft iaRiWH u&dStlx&A t" ''T1 . .. 1 i
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