'.7 '- s..ii .-,' ' ' ' rr ' I ' jam m MBl house Committee Continues wBfljfjji W Study ,of Conditions 'on mfmAj VM f Pacific Coast SBST? ' .'4 SITUATION 4W&' ', M Hirst- 'Bt-'' ''v : ." ' jttyiHKH 'f. . y j ' i 'MV'SW' i , l f v mmm ftfeifia WSmiiimtfiMX wbMdt, jtjly ii 1920 BARES IJy tho Associated Press r. .. f.llf Tillu 1J 1 nacniint i"m m-j liand study of the Tapancnc problem as :)t nUtn In California watt continued Tltoday by members of the House imml 'ration and naturalization committee, who were to spend tne iny in lOKing evidence In tills district, where, accord ing to evidence heard yesterday, the .Japanese, are more centralized than In any other portion" of the state. 1 Two members of the committee who yesterday visited the town of Florin, a Japanese settlement nearby, reported at the hearing last night they found but two Japanese children on the street. 'The visit was unannounced. John Reese, the only American mer chant In the town, told the committee men that the word had been passed amen the Japanese to keep tho chll ' drcn out of sight while the committee twas In this part of the state. The two rlsltors were Representatives King .Svrope. of Kentucky, and J. Will Tay lor, of Tennessee. ' At thn local office of the Japanese 'Association the secrctnry sunplled the Information that there were 1007 Jap anese In the locality. He also offered to furnish any other Information' tho in vestigators might desire. For tomorrow the committee plans a tour through, the neighboring communi ties pcoplnl principally by Japanese'. The committee yesterday devoted nnat nt Itu tlmn n receiving the evi dence of TV. a. McClatchy. publisher of tho Sacramento Bee. who delved deeply Into figures nnd gave his con clusions on racial questions. Mr. McClatchy epitomized the sit uation by saying that "70' per cent of the 100,000 Japanese in California nre (concentrated in seven counties in the, richest agricultural section of the "State." Continued nctivlty by Japanese in bringing on "picture brides" wns also charged by Mr. McClatchy. One new plan, Mr. McClatchy said, was that of bringing into the United States of "yoshi, or adopted children, who later could divorce their parents here. This made possible, ho declared, a "yoshi" becoming the "picture bride" of her adopted nnd divorced father. Believes De Cordova Slayer Had Mania Continued from Fako One had presentment of his death. I know Fomcthlng would happen to Harney. TVhen I went to bed shortly before 0 o'clock on Monday I put n crucifix and his picture next to my heart. "Shortly after 0 o'clock I had n stifling sensation in my chest. I got out of bed. I couldn't sleep nuy more. Something seemed to tell me that everything was not right with Harney." Although ISew lorK friends of the dead man regarded him as a sober, steady ami industrious fellow, chauffeurs who knew him at the annex of tho Hotel (Srisnold, whcr6 Mrs. De Cordova was pending the summer, say ho wasn hnrd flinlni Itirtlltinrl n V Anit n Hwnlrrm) a a m ,1 that lie recently was otfsVfyeaVueWcing cnoonug witn an armyrcvoivcrt Ocisslcrs Have Quarrel That tlieip hnd been Mimo illfferpneea I between (icissler and his wife is indi cated by her story of thefr married life. "Last car when my husband enme back from New London," said Mrs. Oelvslcr. "I rould SPo he wnsi plinnirpil. lie began to stay out at nights, spending nil his money. TVhen J remonstrated with him he called me down. Some times he would answer me sneeriugly and sometimes threaten me. "He came home in that frnmc of mind last on June 7. and when I tried to talk to him, he knocked me down. Two days later he came home, pneked all his personal belongings nnd loft. Several weeks later, June 28, 1 called Mr. I)e Cordova on the telephone nt her residence and talked to her. She made no reply. Husband Says Good -by "Karly lu July Barney called me up and hade me good-by, saying he wns starting that day for Connecticut with , the De Cordovn family. That wns the Jast heard from him until last Thurs day, when I received his check." June 18 Mrs. Gcissler brought her husband before Magistrate Kocnig in the Domestic Relations Court seeking mi allowance pending trial of ii suit for "narntiun on the grounds of cruelty. wfr De Cordovn wns Florence Mnbcl T illiiims, daughter of Alfred Williams, a retired glove manufacturer of Or "towii, Pa. Mr. Williams now lives ?l ;. 1outh Metropolitan avenue, At lantic City. vuS,' Me, Cordova lias not resided in inlladelphia slnco her marriage twenty-two years ago, but she is well Known to many Phlladelphlans, as nro her two children, n son, Kusticc. twen ty jears old, and a daughter, Gladjs, tcventeen years. Gcissler, according to Mr. Witilanis i it t,an"c City, was the most trusted ot the De Cordovn family servants and has been with them seven years. I cannot understand what could Ln bmnr his mMve" Mr. Williams bald. "He was faithful and honest, posseting, in fact, nil those quulitles Which make for the Ideal servant." Seen Laughing Together The distance from the Hotel Otis wold to the point where the shooting oc curred is about thirteen miles. Tho fPa(1 they traversed is known locally ns tho back road and is little frequented by nutomoblles. ns tho rondhed Is poor, lames Main, thlrty-flve years old. who employed in a sawmill on North road, told the authorities that as he ns on his way home from work nt fi:30 u.?aw Mrs- I)o Cordova nnd Gelssler sitting together on tho runnlnir.bonril i the automobile at tho spot where thej nnootings at(.r tool place. 1 .., urtscriDPu the two us conversing in hilarious innnnpr," and suid they javed their hands nt.hlm. "This made n impression on hip'' Mnln Vnlrl "ho. J-ause summer visitors, ns a rulo, aro ""'"ver incnuiy and seldom bother to potiep local residents." m.i1 m tll 'unchlno was drawn to who sido of the narrow Toad, and tho otor of the machine was not running. " said Mrs. Do Cordovn nnd tho juaiiKPur continued to wave to him after ue had passed them. Both on Running Board ineor,e 1,flradise, owner of the saw pun, whp passed by a mliiuto or so inter In his automobile, told a similar "ory. He recalled that M-h. De Cor ova and Gcissler were Bitting on tho opposite runningbonrd from tho road jay, Just tliolr heads vlsiblo to him. IWnes V. Brown, n farmo'r, who wsh -...,uK n wagon m the Utrectlou or tho AHCordova machine. .. urown, who lives nt North Htonlnsf. Mraer neor Mllltown, when he, Intcrnotlonal llBRNARD B. GBISSLKR Chauffeur who hlilctl Mrs. Arthur E. Do Cordovn, wife of his em ployer, on lonely road In Con necticut, yesterday. He then com mitted suicide wns lying motionless on tho ground. He was about 'to pass on, he sahK believing the womnn was asleep, when his atten tion wns drawn to Gcissler. who wns leaning In n stooping position over the gate of -a fence with his head resting on the pickctiKnnd with blood stream ing from a bullet wound In the head. Brown said he jumped from his wagon and ran over to where Mrs. De Cor dova ,lay and discovered she was dead. Mrs. De Cordova, who was forty four years old, wns nn extremely nt tractive woman with blorid linlr. Ac cording to friends at tho Grlswold, where she had been stopping for live years, she was vivacious nnd took a lending part in the gnjctlcs of tho sum mer resort. SAYS GEISSLER WAS , "RUNT OF A GERMAN" VILLA THREATENING WAR Bandit Sends Ultimatum to De La Huertn Regime San Antonio, Tox., July 14, (By A. l.M Restoration of the constitution of 1857 nnd tho abolishment of tho con stitution of iOlT, which is now In force, Is tho principal demand contained in n copy of Frnncisco Villa's manifesto to tho De In Hucrta government, which has reached here from Villa's camp, south of tho nig Bend district. Other demands made in the manifesto ore S The Immediate resignation of General r. KUIas Callcs from tho portfolio of minister of wnr nnd marine, nnd tho withdrawal of all federal officers from the Obregonlsta army in Chlhunhua, nnd that Francisco Villa be authorized to name one of his generals commander of the North in charge of nil operations In the stntp nf r.Mlutnliiin. Failure to comply with any or nil of uicbc nemanus will cause vain to re open hostilities in northern Mexico nnd "begin n new reign of terror," accord ing to the manifesto. July 15 Is Uic date given in the demand for tho re sumption of hostilities it the new gov ernment; isiis to meet tne demands. BOY DIVER FINDS SUICIDE Sharpsvllle Mill Man Has Stone Tied to Head Sharon, Pn July 14. Diving Into tho Shcnnngo river near Sharpsvllle, late yesterday, Ray Stafford, aged twelve years, encountered the body of a mnh who later proved to bo Matt Ken nedy, aged sixty years: About tho man's head n large ktonc had been tied. In one of his pockets wns found a note, signed "Matt Kennedy," nnd rending: "This day He has to take unto Him self just the same as the Only Begotten did. I hnve to die in my. father's blood. It is to be finished just the same." For many years Kennedy had been employed In n Hhnrpsvllle steel mill. Recently he had been unable to work because of sickness. "A , red-headed runt of a German, with whom my sister never could have fallen in love, cVen if he were something more than a chauffeur." This was the description given todny of Bernard B. Gcissler. the chauffeur who murdered Mrs. Arthur E. De Cor dovn, by the murdered woman's sister, Mrs. Benjamin P. Crookes. of 1120 Fifth street, Hnddon Heights. N. J. Mrs. Crookes. n widow, said her sister was a tall, beautiful woman, of excellent chnractcr and one who would never have returned a chauffeur's affection for htr. The murdered woman was younger than Mrs. Crookes. "My sister could not posslblv hnve entertained any affection for this man," said Mrs. Crookes. "There was no mutual Infatuation, though pcrhnps tht chauffeur was infatuated with my sister. "Such n woman as mv sister wns. good looking, refined nnd educated, could never have entertained nuy love for Gelssler, who was nothing more than a red-headed runt of n German. "I knew Gcissler nnd always thought him n trustworthy man. He never showed auy signs of insanity, but he must have been insane when he did this terrible act. "The fnct that my sister took long automobile rides with him Into the open country can be explained in this way : SJie wns n great nature lover nnd went qfr in search of nowcrs at every oppor tunity. "Sho was not n drinklnc woman and I do pot believe she nnd Gcissler were drinking in the car. The story" that they were Joyriding is impossible. My sister wns not accustomed to that sort of thing." Mrs. Crookes said she got a letter from Mrs. Do Cordova about three weeks ngo which showed that tho latter was in uuusually good Iiculth and linppy. Mrs. Crookes left for New York to day to attend tho fuueial of her sister. VOLSTEAD DENIES CHARGES Says FIND PESJH0USE STOLEN Only Few Boards of Connellsvlllo Hospital Left When Patients Arrive Connellsvllle, Ph., July 14. (R A. P.) With an outbreak of smallpox here yesterday, the authorities were called upon to face n perplexing problem. The municipal hospital, loented on Mount Pleasant road, a half mile from the city line, where the patients were tn be quartered, had been stolen, nnd ns n re sult the victims oi me disease arc hciug quartered in tents. When the authorities arrived at the spot where the hospital was located it was found that all that remained of the building wns a few boards. RUMOR PRESIDENT AGAIN ILL Official Circles Hear His Health Causes Family Grave Concern Washington, Jujy 14. It was report ed In official circles in Washington Inst night the qucstlpn of President Wil son's health wns again cnusing grave concern to the members of his family nnd to his closest ndvlscrs. No confirmation of the reports wns obtainable. It was said the President's condition is due in lnrge measure to the oppressive, heat of Washington in midsummer. La Follette Declines to Be Candidate allied to pay federal expenses, contain ed In tho original labor platform was dropped by the conferees on n nearly unanimous vote. This eliminated ono fighting point. Tho first evidence of a possible break up on the new party movement fol lowed but nlghtfs session 'when tho Single Taxers withdrew, adopted their One-plank platform arid nominated presidential candidates. For Presi dent they chose Robert C. Macnulcy, of .Philadelphia, nnd for Vlco Presi dent they selected R. O. Bnrnum, ot Cleveland. Th'ey quit the new party, Jeromo C. Reis, a Single Tnr lender said, because it was not only apparent, thoy could not obtain their plntform desires nnd n candldnto committed to them, but also because they "could not stand the socialistic ideas" of tho dominant la bor group. Split Over Plumb Plan Inclusion of the Plumb plan nnd dec laration (or government ownership o( mines were sold to bo two points in dispute in the platform. Tho birth of the new party yester day, after five days of conferences, wns nttended by tumultuous scenes In which moro than once the fledgling movement faced shipwreck on the rocks of jeal ousies oim gruup antngonisms. In the very Beginning tbo Labor party organization grabbed the rudder and steered the course until consideration of tho platform resolutions was begun. Labor Is Wrecking Third Party Hopes Continued tram rnge Onn labor platform hnd been written by Robert Buck-, editor of the Socialist paper, tho New Majority, nnd It was full of the revolutionary language which the socialists nffect. La Follcttc's friends criticized the document ns being "psychologically bad." -Thcy felt that 1t marked the whole movement. as being more closely related to tho revolutionary parties Umn to iiocraiism. Up to the moment when they en countered Ln Follctte's objections to their platform the Labor party leaders had been Having everj thing their own way. They hud stolen the Forty-eight convention nwny from Pinchot nnd Record. They simply threatened to make an independent nomination at 2 o'clock yesterday unless the two conventions renched an ugrecment before thnt. nnd that wns enough to induce tho Forty eight delegates to move in n body over to Carmen's Hall nnd merge themselves with the Labor convention. Once the Forty-eight delegates were ln the same hall with the labor convention thoy dis appeared like drops of rain falling upou the surface of the sen. They were un organized npd they ere not conscious of themselves ns a party. The convention became to nl intents and purposes an enlarged Labor prtrty convention, Tho labor lenders went right on with their program, ns if they wcro just continuing tho work of tho day before passing resolutions, rcportccj by tho Labor party's committeo on res olutions, which tho Forty-eight dclc gates had never seen. Tho Labor party simply swallowed up the Forty-eight. Tho explanation of this Is that the labor forces nre Ute only forced here which nro organized, nnd which hnve a definite purpose Record nnd Pinchot wanted to found n liberal party. But to do so they brought together not liberals but a lot of radicals over whom they bad no control. The Labor party, on tho other hand, Is ono of the best disciplined and best controlled organizations In tbo field. The organized movement absorbed the un organized movement, leaving Record, Pinchot and their associates utterly nlnnp. The knowledge thnt La Follette would not run unan their nlntfarm was a hard blow to tho labor leaders, who dreaded to face thn united convention with this Information. For this rea son they delayed tho convcnUon last night and sought to adjust their plat form to La Follcttc's views. But they have an nim which is utterly incon sistent with the nlms of La Follette and of the Forty-eight organizers. This Is to create n Labor party like tho British Labor party. Building for Future TVhen the leaders of tho Forty-eight protested that tho labor leaders here were wrecking the prospects of a. third party which would appeal wldelv to lib erals thrniic-li flip eountrv they an swered that they were building for rthe future. Many of them care nothing about success this time. Intprnnl Amerlpnn Fpilerntlon of La bor politics influence them. They feel that they can fight President Samuel Gom- ners effectively only through tho estab lishment of a Lnbor party nnd through tho conversion of tho labor movement In this poiintrv Into n nolitiCal move merit. Merely to associate themselves with n liberal party would not nccom- nllsli fhlM nurnoKp. tor this reason they nave insisieu upon the name "Labor" for the third party, nnd they have Insisted upon a radical nrneram fn order to nttrnct Into the Independent political movement of labor the powerful rallrond brother hoods and the I'nited Mine Workers. The present Indications nre thnt the third party movement win not uc im nortnnt. To have cut a figure ln the campaign it hnd to attract the support of tho Nonpartisan League, of the Hearst newspapers nnd of the railroad brotherhoods and the United Mine Work, era. All of theso forces might have been united in n movement which prom ised some measure of success, but none of them likely to attach themselves to one which, in the language of Its own friends, is merely building for the fu ture. They nre all likely to look upon n straight class party with tho same cold eje tiint La Follette himself does. SINGLE TAX NOMINEE , RAN AGAINST SPROUL Robert C. Macauloy, Like Hard ing and Cox a Former Novvo paporman, Is Philadolphian 0. Mncnuley. of this for President of the Meet Robert city, candidate United States. Mucaulcy, who lives at 2410 West Cumberland street, is the nominee of the Single Tax party. Ho wns chosen yesterday at Chicago with an Ohio man ns running mate. The new Single Tax chieftain, who advocates taxation on land alone, Is no novice in tho political game. He was a candidate for Governor of Penn sylvania in 1018 and ran for Vuite States senator two years earlier. In his campaign for Governor, Ma cauley garnered 1077 votes throughout Pennsylvania. This city gave him 14!i votes, Including four from soldiers. His home ward, the Twenty-eighth rolled ip n total of five, of which .three came from his home division. Governor Sproul's state total was fi55,(tt7. Like his Republican and Democratic opponents, Hording and Cox, Mncnuley is a former newspaperman. He "cov ered" City Hall for years for n morn ing newspaper. Lately he has been publicity mnnngcr for tho brokerage firm of Winslow Taylor & Co., 1308 South Fifteenth street. Mncnuley has been n familiar figure at tho "Armchair Club" In the Mnyor's reception room, City Hall. With a true devotion to the cause championed by Henry George, he was always ready to argue out the merits of single tax. The conversation might start with base ball or the latest crime mystery, but Invnriably Macaulcy switched It to tho single-tax road. In tho game of practical politics, Macaulcy gnve n helping hand to the candidacy of Mayor Mooro Inst fall. Republican Alliance leaders could not obtain watchers' certificates for nil. di vision. Macaulcy offcivd Single 'I party certificates for every division In the city. The offer was accepted. If the single -tnx movement swceiw the nation in November, Mncnuley will be a bachelor President like the only other PcntiBylvanian to reach the White House, .lames liuchanan. .Mncnulej lives .with his sister at the Cumberland street nddress, but plans to moyo to 17,17 West Berks street, after hfs re turn from Chicago. . His New Clothes Gone Prospective brides who nre worrying abopt their wedding garo wnr sympa thize with Richard Robinson, lDHil Montgomery avenue. Monday Robin son bought approximately $100 worth of new clothes In preparation for his marringe Saturday of this week. He Is -Not Atheist, In Suit Over Nomination Benson, Minn., July 14. Hearing in the suit contesting the nomination of tho Rev. O. J. Kvalc, who won out over Representative Volstead in the Seventh Minnesota Congressional district at the recent Republican primaries, was con cluded in district court hero yesterday. Judge Albert Johnson allowed counsel for both 'sides until Friday to present authorities for their arguments in briefs. After ,Mr. Volstead had reiterated he is not an ntheist, as chnrged in the primary campaign, the Rov. Mr. ICvnlo took the stand. He snid three factovs entered ioto his classifying Mr. Vol stead as nn atheist. The first was tho latter's alleged criticism of the min ister's faith; second, he assorted Vol stead did not state the truth in nn alleged statement thnt the Nonpartisan League was composed of Socialists and nnnrchists, and, third, ho alleged tho congressman used vile language. H I N DENBURG NEARDEATH Field Marshal Fired on In Home, but Bullet Misses Mark Berlin, July 14. An unknown man broke into Field Marshal Hlndenburg's house nnd fired at the field marshal. The bullet missed its mark and the man escaped. The field mnrshnl was nlono nt tho time and attempted to call a servant. The intruder grappled with tho field mnrshnl and during tho struggle fired his revolver. Tho culprit then broke nwny and made his escape. He is be lieved to bo u member of a gang of burglars. Continued from Fnce Ono tlon of civil liberties nnd American doc trines." Demand War Referendum, Election of fcdernl Judges aud estab lishment of tho initiative, referendum mid recall, the referendum especially applying to wnr issues "except In cases of actual military invasion" were de manded. The' second plank, headed "Abolish militarism at home. aud abroad," de mands "withdrawal of the United States from further participation under the Treaty of Versailles," and offers recog nition to "elected governments In Rus sin and Ireland," with "refusal to go to war with Mexico at the behest of Wall street." It nsks also for "withdrawal from the dictatorship over the Philippines, Hawaii. Haiti, Dominion Republic, Porto Rico, Cuba, Samoa and Guuin," Relations Severely Strained Relations have become strained be tween the Labor party leaders nnd rep resentatives of the Committee of Forty- eight. At n meeting nt 7 o'clock tov night in their former convention hall the Forty-eighters will decide whether or not the fusion convention notion has been satisfactory to their followers. The Forty-clghters at n caucus decided to continue their state and national organ izations. After the convention had been cnllcd to order today forty minutes late the delegates indulged in n frco-for-all con test to select tellers to count the votes that were expected today. This con sumed another half hour. The question of tho manner of voting was brought before the convention nut' an hour was spent in arguing whether each state should be counted as repre senting a voto equal to the state's elec toral vote or whether only the nctilnl number of delegates in the state dele gation should vote. The result wns that each state should bo voted as represent ing n vote equal to the state's electoral vote. "Forty-eighters," who constitute the right wing group of the fusion move ment, nro bitterly opposed to tho more socialistic ideas of the radical labor faction. In this stand they have the support not only of La Toilette, but of several minority organizations subscrib ing to the political combination. The proposal for a levy en capital m ms.utf ujirsmtA 15 TJH" "Thtt Guarantee is the Bank for Me." Poof Richard's Krrival When Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia his entire capital consisted of a single dollar. What Franklin lived to becomo evory school child knows. And among tho factors which brought liim honor, prosperity nnd the good-will of his fellow-men, the strongest was thrift the undeviating determination to regu larly "put by" a part of his earnings. But if saving is important, the proper investment of your savings is equally so. 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