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vnb.VI.-NO. 266
IIITEN FORESAW
ID LAID PLANS
Break With Stotesbury Was
i. . i-j tAiUnn R.Cflnt
AntlCipa" """"
FaroWas Made Issue,
I
Lrui ciMflMRlAL POWERS
Dew i'"n" -" .,. imam
EXPECTED iu & n"nu
Alignment of "Banker Group"
With Vare3 may muuuiu
Political Situation
Mnnnii: KOX McCAlN
. T..-M TVnnsit situation, follow-
... ..tinnnl rcslcnations of E. T.,
(MDury nh'l "her members of his
Uotffbury n , ,icveiopcd the
TconVct between financial Interests
Impending. , ..,.
TOO City, inrouu.. .". ;,-",,;; iVlnn of
iur '" rvitalnn t.inV lip
i&&ss&si
ill AttacK mo iru" .",.ii
mpulH nnd endeavor to break their
ranglchold. r Hfntjiq.
Tne. imoroguo "" .-" .if j .
iry-MItten groups in ui """ -..
i. ii. .lnralnnrnptit or a well-
,00ght.out plan on the part of IhornaR
Mitten (inung ducr my."o ...awv
..iJ i. t- f.nt nn4 rltv
tlitlcs arc likely to be th, result, nnd
Teased bitterness win do mji-tu.-u uuu
-.i! .i ...i,n. iclmn thi nruscnt
uro In Ktnto and city polltlru widens
a chasm. . .,,,, ,
llessrs. Stotesbury and Jlitlcn have
L. A. fl.. Ah.I nn.ttncr nf fhn mVfl.
Z ij.i. jl...Ml.liul tflo flinf Inn
irlmonlous displays of orator v were n
treiuiiy renearsca nnu -icvpny sumra
lece of deception prcaentoJ in the open
UOOawinK me puouc is mw uiaiiuucu.
Brealt Seems Completes
There Is every assurance Mr. Mitten,
ho came to Philadelphia orieinnllv as
he personal selection of Mr. Stotes
fury to bo tho operative heu.l of the
1i transit syhtcin, has broken witli his
unier chief.
In the final analysis the ways of
totcsburr are not tho ways of Mitten.
tie chango has been apparent to those
rho have kept a weather cyo on the
went of events.
For years tho reorganized traction
lcm was known as the Stotesbury
M. As its success in bringing order
t of chaos progressed It became knovt-n,
the Stotesbury-Mltten plan. Recently
e .channels of publicity styled it the
ittcn-Stotesbury plan, and now, with
e oaijaras orojten ana tne ototcsDury
brie down with a run. it is tnoken
nd written of as tho-"Mitten plan.;.'
Latterly two great purposes have
lomlnatedth.ecUons f the rivals.'.
i un me part or mr. Btotcsmiry 'nnd
11 so-called "bankers' group" there
im wen tie desire not no.much to pro-
i inrir email inaiviaual' uoaings.as
ftrrfigh" their influence nnd renresrntd-
Iom in the past, financed tho Btotcs-
jiry reorganization plan.
IMr. Mitten, judging by recent in-
IQe develonmpntl nf hi nlnnn fn fnrnlcli
he city with an ffflplent trnrtlnn srr.
Ice". He has been both tho head and the
niraia ot a new dispensation in tr"ac-
uon management In 1'hlladelphla.
Stands by-Fivo-cent Fare
It is a matter of record ho hns fnr
fears Proclaimed with vnlcn nmf nun fhn
Excellency of 'the five-cent fnro Rystcm
Ijau ine possimuty ol maintaining it.
With the nardonnbln tirldn nf n rrn.
Iter he feels he must make good. It
inner mat or he must cat the words
thereby hn nxnltml lita nlnn nf nl..ln
fhlladelphla a five-cent fare.
ine acceptance of tho Stotesbury
Centlntifd on rate Two. Column Two
fRANSIT RENTALS
ORDERED PROBED
hblio Hearings on Underlying
I Cnmnnnlarr Afill D- ll-l.l I...
Iv" ' " DO noa y
I 'Pllblic Servlnn nnmmlcclnn
liu "nrlylnjt companies of the
Al.UtH) nf hn ur..t Il .: ...
t nifwi? ?ear; o to be investigated
,, ;"if ocrore tho Pubic
JR Commission in September.
xms nntiniin..m.n4 i i l
uV..J,n?ent tranBit situation,
!tT1. t,ay b-v PuWlc Service Com-
Th. .. . Vlcme,nt nn" "enn.
inl .ola LlPf'A e. P?el.?n?.com.
niln.. w", ""ncKeci d.v the Un tea
li?.M.'. .Ien " . A"soeiation, which
. afl.n.i.f1 i.Bii.1 nve-.ocnt fare wou d
dffl ?tc lf th, blfit rcnta,s t0 sub
Ularics vero reduced.
. Phfete.1" ,tI,isns" will be hehl
Ilemnnf '. '?. ln eptember." Mr.
.S.nt,"il,l ? '-.."'nn. stated. "All
itcd t ,uZ " . ,ll0,n V" b0 invcstl
s l ?J. ."" ?c the commission
'wStWfflly "'-'""flylnu companies
atlnnfL '.'i a ,ffn?rrer to the nsso-
aimed thnllil,nit-, lhe demurrer
!uo?S.c.ff."'n lacked juris-
At th ni.Mi !"lue,riytng compan cs.
. ll)e Public hear in?R In Nti,..
'Ined on,thnn,p,etc ata. w b-
M. HienteJm T!int,of thc rentn1''
' ines m""', "'' e. length of
'd he amonnf J V"01,,, subsidiaries
t.d I tBa?i?"nA.of.caP 'tnl actually in-
Thn nfc-.i ."eet rnllwnvs.
raSSltPCoSl-saln?',lat'0n of th0 R"Pl
eted this fniiPrTrty may be ..
bisrennrf i I,,,it, wus statcditoday.
"d at ,LC0Up,1!,.fl witb "'o data gath-
W nay ES ,c henrlnB'' in S(P
on or'.rL J!?I tbe.way to a solu-
The r Ki ,ui'" .problem.
Mn e"ecutUCrVlc. Comn is to
ondav i ?. Kcsfilou ut Harrisburg
,..r.',8 no free transfer'' io t
'"ini on that day. ' " "
inere .iii i.. ' '
' the narV f ,i coraPr("niso move
hers frml fi. f iV -1, Stotesbury and
oted thTL h-. ' "rcctoratc, iC ws
ctors innb8Tl,on' 0I ,l10 three dl
itioS of iooke,J.ou merc,y to res ig
'a rSmora nrndir,tors' h uiscolm?.
mZl ?i.a.A,,rUi',r upheaval In the
. , "".uaiEcment,
CRISIS IN I
RANSII
Entered ai Beond-CIi Mutter at the Poetnmee, at Philadelphia. Pa.
Under the Act et March 8. 187D.
Fire Ladder Fatal Break
Starts Several Profccs
Mayor Moore orders an immediate
inspection of alb fire-fighting ap
paratus to uncover any defects Hint
might endanger the liven of firemen.
Itcport of Acting Chief of the
Fire Department Davis declares ac
cident due to "slight blunder in
maneuvering the ladder." Refutes
"dry rot" theory.
Lumber expert declares fnulty
material in ladder caused It to snap.
Coroner Knight believes detcriora-'
tlon mny have caused fatal collapse.
JOSEPH E. WINER
QUJTSART JURY
His Views Differ With Mayor's
on Using Fund for Bath
ing Beach
RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED
Joseph K. Widener reslirnrd todav
from the Phllndelnhla Art Jurv. of
which he was president.
Tho resignation of tho prominent
flnnnrlpr nml nf nnflmtfw m.. n
according to his own letter of resigna
tion, to difference of opinion with tho
Mnvor In regard to art matters.
xnc resignation principally hinged. It
Iff finifl. nn fhn ATnnf 1.f..n.lnnf I..
tq-dfvert money from the John O. John-
boh jti. museum innu to pay lor tne
establishment of n public bathing beach
in Knlrmount Park.
This project, backed by tho Mayor,
has received the sanction of Council
and will be put -through with tho least
poHHiDio uciny. several days ao Mr.
Widener expressed himself s.trongly In
disfavor of making this use of money
set aside for the Johnson Art Museum.
Mr. Widencr's resignation follows:
"Mv dear Mr. Mayor:
"Without entire sympathy of feeling
little Is to be accomplished In anything,
nnd ns our views on the importance of
art matters differ ho greatly, I feel called
upon to tender mv Tcslgnntion ns a
member of tho Art Jury, of which I have
the honor of being president, to take
effect at once.
"Wtfihtnir irnlli- nrlmtntef.nf tnM ....
success, nnd with kindest regards, I am,
sincerely yours.
"JOSEPH n. WIDENER."
TTlft Mnvnr nnf fhn fnlnu.lnn. lnffn.
to Mr. Widener in reply :
Mr. Joseph E. Widener, Land Title
Building.
'Dear Mr. Widener:
"T nm In rnnnlnf nf vnit. tnvrw f
July 21, tendering your resignation ns
a member of the Art Jury, of which ypu
are president, to take effect at once,
nnd, while regretting that, you should
tflkfl thin Rtfn nmnnf If' nrf tnrilnnfnrl.
by you.
'Appreciating the good work you
have done for the city ns'tt member and
officer, of the art jury. '
f ,. VwT-tnilrVronrir V -vr
"J.. HAMPTON MOORE,"
The Mayor gave out the-two" letted
today without comment. It is under-
Rfnnrl fllllf In antfn nf ft.n .AslnnnUnn nf
Mr.'WJdcner. he and 'the Mav- retain
ineir-personai gooa xeeung. "
Mr. Widener was recently appointed
to thc art jury for nnother term of four
VPnm TTJa In of tAfm nvnln1 tUn fluat
Monday in April, 101$). ItVill be neccs-
.....M -- At... -. 1 A ..-li It
""j iur iu an jury 10 Moioci. anomer
president, as well ns for tho Mnyor to
appoint a, new member to tnko Mr.
Wldener's place. -
Council at its last meeting confirmed
two reappointments and one new- ap
pointment to tho jury, bubmltted by the
Mnyor. Eli Kirk Prlco and Charles
Grady were reappointed for full terms
of four years. Alba 15. Johnson was
nppoluted to fill thc unexpired term of
Lcsllo W. Miller, former head of the
School of Industrial Art, who resigned.
Other present members of the art jury
nro Paul E. Cret. E. T. Stotesbury,
John Frederick Lewis and Hugh II.
Breckcnrldge.
MAY OUST McLOUGHLIN
Report Says Alliance Leaders Want
Electrical Chief's Job
Republican Alliance workers arc de
manding thc official head of James F.
McLaughlin, chief of tho Electrical
Bureau, according to reports nt City
Hall today.
The job pnys $0000 n year. Leaders
figure it is being "wasted" nt present
because the incumbent is a holdover
nppointeo from the Smith administra
tion. Two men are said to be considered
in the running for tho posU One of
these is a trained electrical engineer,
v' was connected with n munitions
plnnt during tho war. His name has
not been divulged. The other candi
date is Clayton W. Pike, who held the
job during tne wanKcnDurg adminis
tration. Chief McLaughlin was first named to
the nost bv Mayor Reyburn. Ho was
ousted when Mayor Blankcnburg took
office and restored to tils old place by
Mayor Smith.
FACES BIGAMY CHARGE
Philadelphia Man Accused of Having
Wives Here and In Jersey
Robert O. Qucnnell, who has a wifo
and child in this city, is under indict
ment In Essex county, N. J., for al-
1ppic1 hlcnmv.
The bigamy charge is tno outcome 01
an annulment suit brought in may,
mm liv rnuriRnl fnr MiKi Madeline
Picrcy, who was married to Qucnnell
two months previously.
AVhen presented as his wife to Quen
nell's mother, three davs after tho cere
mony, Miss Piercy. It is said, learned
Quennell had a wife and child ln this
Qucnnell was locked up in tho Tombs
lrison, jncw xorK cny, to nwuii uira'
.lltlnn. Ho is n son of tho into Rev,
Robert O. Qucnnell, who was rector of
the Church ot tno Ascension, mini nve
nuo nud Tenth street, New York city.
BABY CARRIAGES BURNED
Seventh Street Factory Damaged
and One Man Injured
A fire of undetermined origin de
stroyed $.100 worth of baby carriages
last evening in the storeroom of the
(luaranteo Baby Carriage Co,, 1515
South Seventh street.
David Kramor, the proprietor, was
burned slightly on the bands ,aud arms
in saving somo of the carriages,
'( H V - ,
QUICK
INSPECTION
OF FIRE APPARATUS
ORDERED BY MAYOR
Cortelyou Told to Have Experts
Check Up Ladders and Other
Aids to Firemen
CHIEF DAVIS SAYS MEN
MADE FATAL MISTAKE
Lumber Export Declares Grain
of Wood Used Was Faulty.
Dry Rot Theory Scouted
Mayor Moore tollay ordered nn Im
mediate inspection of all the city's firc
fightlng apparatus to uncover, if pos
sible, any defects that might endanger
tho lives of firemen.
In directing tho inspection the Mnvor
referred to "the lamentable occurrence
at tho $1,000,000 fire yesterdnv in the
building nt Sixteenth nnd Chestnut
streets, occupied by Fritz & LnKtic,
where two firemen were killed nnd sev
oral injured when a fivo-story exten
sion ladder broke at tho base and hurled
them to the street. ,
"A slight blunder In rnnncuvcrlng tho
ladder," was given today as tho reason
for tho accident by Ross B. Davis, act
ing chief of tho fire department, "in n
report to Director of Public Safety
Cortelyou.
Insist Ladder Was Defective
The firemen do not uphold the theory
expressed by lumber experts that faulty
material in tho ladder caused it to
snap. The "dry rot" theory was denied
uiso oj nici jjavis.
Thc Mnrnr. In n Inffrt,. fn nt. ...
Cortelyou, said:
"Tho lntnfntnMn nn..nn.. - II..
Frita & La Rue fire, resulting in the
denth of two of our brave firemen and
injury to others, induces mo to sug
gest you toko steps Immediately t6 hnvc
, ., . buki,iivj tl tl4.lllllU() UIIIUm
ratus. Including engines, ladders, hose.
ii-jli u if niiii'innnv nil iipniiirnrinn n-n
cic, in orucr that what is not service
able and safe, according to modern
standards, mny be immedintciy disposed
of." tho Mnyor wroto tho director.
"Recent investigation nave convinced
mo there is much room for Improvement
In our firefightlng nppnratus, which
mfiv hn nnlv nnrtlnllv rnltnvurl hv fhn
contracts you lxv recently forwnrded
to me. and whit-i hnvc been irfgncd, for
new engines, hosppnrts, etc.
"W. nannnf n(TntA fn avakIaaI fl..
element of pcrsonnl safety in our fire-
ngniing lorcc, anu must maun every
effort to so equip the service that thc
men will have the best possible tools
to work with.
Committee to be Named
"You will, therefore, appoint a com
mittee of not less than five competent
representatives of tho burean'to make
,n complete investigation" of all the
order that n report mrfy"be
jnado'by those, mst conccrned-nq to tho
vniuo nnu serviccaDiiity oi uie mnteriai
on hand. When this report is mnda to
vou I will bo glad to confer with you
further."
"Nobody is to be blamed for thc ac
cident," asserted Chief Davis In his re
port to Director Cprtclyou. "The ac
cident resulted from nothing except the
overnnxlety of thc men to do good work.
They had just made a thrilling rescue,
and had been npplnuded bv the thou
sands who watched tho fire, and in
changing tho position of thc ladder, vio
lated ono of the rules covering thc
placing of fire ladders."
Chief Davis had words of praise for
Captain Schwarzkopf, who was on top
of the ladder, nnd was killed in the
crash. In commenting on tho "dry
rot" theory, ho declared tho ladder wns
only nine yenrs old nnd in splendid
shape.
IJrolio nt Strongest Point
"It wns broken four feet at its base,
or in other words nt its strongest
point." he said, adding that firemen in
entering fire-swept buildings very often
find that the wood in buildings thirty or
forty years old to bo in perfect condi
tion. "How much moro true would this be
of tho specially chosen wood used In
fire ladders?" he nsked.
Thomas Biddle Ellis, nssistant direc
tor of tho Department of Public Safety,
docs not believe tho accident wns due
to nny original defect in the extension
ladder of No. 0 truck'.
Tho truck was made by tho Amer
ican Ln France Co., of Elmira, N. Y.,
In 1000. Ellis said. It was horse-drawn
until 1011, when tho truck wns con
verted into a motor-tractor type. The
original ladders wcro retained on the
truck.
Coroner Knight again expressed the
opinion today that tho ladder did not
break because of any originnl defect In
material. Ho believes deterioration
may have caused tho fatal collapse.
Shown a piece of the death-ladder,
Thomas B. Hummer, of tho Liberty
Continued on I'nge Two. Column Three
CHILD HIT BY AUTO
Chauffeur Surrenders to Police After
Accident
Edith McDonald, thirteen years old,
of 5711 Larchwood avenue, was struck
by nn automobile near her homo last
night and severely injured.
Physicians at tho Miscrlcordin Hos
pital, to which she was rushed in a
passing automobile, said she was suffer
ing from internal injuries.
The driver of tho car, Theodore Cabot,
5S11 Cedar avenue, surrendered himself
to the pollco of tho Fifty-fifth and Pine
streets station, nnd will be given a
nearing before Magistrate Harris to
day. ,
SPELLACY FOR NAVY POST
Hartford Man Slated to Succeed
FranKlln D. Roosevelt
Washington, July 22. (By A. P.)
Thomas J. Bpollacy, ot Hartford,
Conn.. Is understood to have been se-1
lectcd ns nssistant secretary of the
navy to succeed Franklin D. Roose
velt, when Mr. Roosevelt retires about
August u to ninuo tue race as a uemo
cratlc vice presidential candidate.
Mr. Spellacy has severed several terms
in the Connecticut Stuto Sennto nnd
also was a member of the army liquida
tion commission In Frnnco following tho
armistice Ho was born at Hartford,
forty years ago and graduated from
Georgetown Unlveralty In 1001.
, Cardinal Clbbona Crrn All CathoDea
to iim TUB MANUAL OV PIU.TKH&. A(
Alt.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1920
y WARREN O. HARDING
Republican candidate for President
who was officially notified of his
nomination today
L
Military Authorities Expect
Easy Conviction of Ervin, Who
Surrendered Yesterday
PAPERS ARE FORWARDED
Bv a Staff Correspondent
Governors Island, N. Y., July 22.
Ervin Bergdori, millionaire draft dodger
who surrendered t'o the army ofiirlals
here yesterday, will face an army court
mnrtlal within two weeks.
His surrender wns the signal for the
sreaslng up of tho military wheels of
justice, and offlcinls of tho judge advo
catc's department hnvc been busy sinee
preparing their case,
"Ervln's case nparcntly Is nn open
and shut one ot draft evasion," Colonel
Allen W. Gullion. judge advoente. said
"Documentary evidence doubtless will
decide it,
"His announced Intention to depend
upon military counsel-will allow us to
speed up thc trial, nnd the date of his
couft-martlal should be within .the next
ten 'dnys or two weeks."
Colonel Gullion ireccivcd word by
tclophqno from Washington today that
thc records In the Ervin Bcrgdoll case
had been ent, 'from thcro to him lost
night by special delivery and .should
nrrivn Knmft timn tvlnv
.JXhe-rccordsiarerf'ArformoX'ceTUf,
fled photostatic copies of Yilsiuefctiou-
nairo, induction nnd other papers, wheri
they nrrivo the formal charge will be
mmln nn nnrl rnnrl tf TlnrfTflnll.
Colonel Gullion said that thn fact that
Bergdoll surrendered may movo the
court-martial to uecwe nm no neing
under peacetime ruling, would innko
eighteen mouths the maximum term they
rnnlil Inflict. .
Bergdoll hns no number and,"wlll get
none here; The practico' ot. labeling
prisoners with numbers hnving beep
abuudoncd when thc 'disciplinary bar
rnclw of the Eastern Department wob
moved from here and the jail made a
post guardhouse.
With Bergdoll surrendering, and
Colonel John E. Hunt, prison 'com
mander here, being tried for neglect of
duty in regard to Grovcr Bergdoll's
escape, the Bergdoll caso is staging a
regular two-ring circus.
Makes Better Impression
The surrender overshadows the court-
martial, nnd every bit of news about
thn Imprisoned slacker is "eaten" up
by men and officers alike. Ervin seems
to hnc made a better impression on thc
officials than urover did when confined.
Cnntatn J. S. Weir has been as
signed to Bergdoll to net as his lawyer
at the trial. Captain Weir will meet
his client for thc nrst timo today and
go over the enso with him.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Crcs-
son, who prosecuted Grovcr and brought
about his conviction, will prosecute
Ervin. 1'rvin's questionnaire, now In
Washington, will convict him, the
colonel said.
Groer returned no questionnaire to
tho draft board, nnd consenucntlr
numerous witnesses had to be called at
his trial. The questionnaire, sun
ported by draft board officials nnd offi
cers from the adjutant general's office,
ns well as some government investi
gating agents, will constitute tho case
innrshnled against Jrvin.
Ervin idalmed exemption when he re
turned his questionnaire on tho grounds
thnt lie was engnged in an essential op-
cupation, farming, but tho draft board
dif-allowcd ills claim.
Ervin was aroused this morning, his
first as a "soldier" by reveille, nt 0
o'clock. The millionaire tumbled out
fontlmifil on Toite Two, Column One
WOMAN LEAPS INTO RIVER
Jumps to Her Death Near Glrard
Avenue Bridge In Park
Mrs,. Catherine McCnusland. HitrH..
seven years old, of Melon street near
Thlrty-eignwi, coinmuteu suiciilo, ac
cording to the pollco of, tho Woodford
pimnlhouse. Fairmount Park. onrlv
this morning by leaping from the AVcst
River lrne wan near the Olrard ave
nue bridce.
According to tho nolice Mrs. Mr
PnnRlnnil was walklmr aloni- thn ,1rlr
shortly after fi o'clock this morning
witli ner yuuiiKur msicr, miss SInmie
Tvlrk. Suddenly Sho broke nwnv frnm
her companion, ran to the edge of the
high wall which skirts tho Schuylkill
at tins pomi. iiuiueu jor a second, and.
before her sister could halt her. jumped
Infn tllf ri'er. Ohe dlsnnnnnr,l fi-nm
sight immediately and drowned before
help could be summoned.
When her body was recovered It was
taken to the A opdford guard houso by
Sergeant Rommel, nnd from the guard
house to the Lankennu Hospital, where
nil worn nt rwuramuon proved In vnln.
Later in the morning the dead woman's
husDnnci cmmi mm jaentiiied the body.
TTn ileclnrcd that ho kniuv nf nn ,-m-
son for her action, except that sho had
been sintering irora melancholia for
several months. He said that she might
bavo been partially deranged.
ARMY WILL SPEED
TRIAL OF BERGDOL
SCHOOL
LAN
BIDS
FAIL; SALARY RISE
Only -$2100 of $2,000,000
Bonds Are Asked for When
Committee Meets
DICK SCHEME CANNOT
BE MADE OPERATIVE
Executive Session- Considers
Unexpected Setback in
Hoped-For Relief
Efforts of the Board of Education to
float a $2,000,000 loan for th5 building
program nnd teachers' salary increnso
failed today.
When bids for thc $2,000,000 worth
of bonds were opened nt the office of
thc Board of Education it was found that
only two had been received. Ono wns
for $2000 arid tho other for $100 worth
of tho bonds.
Tho finance committee of tho board
went Immediately Into executive session
to consider the failure o! tho loan.
Falluro of tho loan today makes the
Dick salary plan inoperative. The Dick
plan would have appropriated $700,000
of the $2,000,000 loan for thc increase
of salaries beginning September 1.
Members of thc finance committee
were plainly nonplussed by the failure.
Although it is not known lust what ac
tion Is being taken nt the executive
session of thc finance committee it wns
intimated that nothing further can be
done to raise money for building pur
poses or salary increases until thc next
meeting of thc board in September.
The bonds of thc unsuccessful loan
were to bear interest nt ." per cent.
Today's sale was the second effort
made by the Board of Education to
lloat a SL'pUUU.umi loan tins summer.
Four and onc-hnlf per cent bonds of
fered Mny 10 attracted but one bidder :
tho rate of interest was Increased to C
per cent, and the bonds were readver
tiscd for sale today. .
TWO MEN ARRESTED
AFTER RUNNING GUN
FIGHT WITH POLICE
Woman's Streams Start Chase
on Chestnut Street After
Attempted Theft'
Georsre Little, of 'Detroit, and Frank
2&1. r"2S KhSiL''i: I
nut street today, in"1 'chaso from Thir
tr-sixth -to Thirty-third, street, where
they were intercepted by Detectives
Becker nnd McDowell.
The two men trained admittance to the
apartment of Mrs. E. A. Watrous, in
Kingscourt, nt Thirtv-sixth nnd Chest
nut streets, saying vthey wished, to sub
let it. .n rs. watrous says sne saw tnem
take a gold watch. Sho screamed and
they ran. Tho pntrohnnn replied to
fourteen shots fired at hiraby tho men
from nutomntlcs.
They were taken to tho Thirty-Second
strct nnd Woodland avenue station.
Detectives went to the Ritx-Cnrlton.
where they sirid they had rooms, to
search their luggage, hoping to find
evidence of other robberies.'
ARREST SHORE CAFE MAN
Proprietor of Restaurant Under Prin
cess Hotel Released In' Ball
Atlantic City, July 22. Frank Mel
chlorrc, proprietor of tho restaurant
under thc New Princess Hotel on South
Carolina avenue, was arrested todav on
a federal warrant, charging him with
having in his possession and selling
liquor.
He was released under $1000 bail.
The federal agent who had purchased
whisky in the cafe had sworn out a
warrant for Paul Rosccrans, proprie
tor of tho hotel. Rosccrans showe'l by
leaso that he had subletted tho restau
rant and had no interest In It.
United States Commissioner Henry
W. Lewis snld today ho looked for ad
ditional arrests in connection with the
prosecution of the cafe nnd cabaret pro
prietors. Ho declared he could not state
when tho warrants wouM be served. He
also intimated that thcro would bo
arrests other than those in connection
with tho recent raids.
Commissioner Lewis stated that thc
hearing of George Herbert, former city
detective, who wns nrrcstcd last Satur
day on tho charge of transporting liquor
Illegally, has been deferred for a date
to bo agreed upon by counsel.
RIGHT SUIT WAS PRESSED
Tailor Didn't, but Customer Got $25
for His Forgetfulness
Nathan Helmars, forty-two years
old, a tailor of 2118 North Sixteenth
street, was given the option by Magis
trato O.swald this morning of paying for
a suit of clothes entrusted to his care
to be pressed, which he had sold, or of
putting up $400 bail for court. Hoi
marB nlaed the conservative, gamo nnd
paid the $W.
On July 2 Donald irey, of 2112
North Seventeenth street, took a suit
to Helmars to be pressed and- the fol
lowing day Helmars sold it, later claim
ing that lie had never seen thc suit.
MANDEAD; WOMAN HELD
Police Question Secretary of Michi
gan Real Estate Dealer
Chicago, July 22.-(By A. P.-M.
L. Polndcxter, a South Haven, Mich.,
real estate dealer, was found dead ln
his room in a hotel here today, with a
bullet bolo behind his right car.
Police held for questioning Mrs. Ora
Walters, Poiudcxter's private secretary,
who occupied an ndjoinlng room.
Abandon Hope for Entombed Miner
Scrnnton, Pa., July 22. With tho
finding of the battered dinner pall of
Edward Conway, miner entombed by n
cave-in in tho Grnbsy Island Minq at
Olyphant yesterday, rescuers today gavo
up hopo of bringing Conway from the
mine alive.
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to
opyrliht. 1920,
SCHOOL BONDS TO BE OFFERED "OVER THE COUNTER"
The finance committee of the Board of Education, following
the failure to float the ?2,000,000 building fund and teachers,
salary increase loan, this afternoon took steps to sell thc oond3
over the counter. Question of the legality of such a procedure
web placed in thc -hands of the fcoariTs solicitor, Thoedoro
Jenkins. If he decides1 In favor of fEe plan a special meeting or
the board will probably be called to take action.
RAILROADS ASK PASSENGER AND PULLMAN RXTE RISE
A twsnty per cent increase in passenger fares and a fifty per
cent rise in Pullman charges was asked of the Interstate Comma cc
Commisslontoday by the railroads to cover part of the 000,000,
000 wage award of the railroad labor board.
RAILROADS TO ASK COX WILL FOLLOW
NEW TRAVEL RATE
Request for Increased Passen
ger Fares to Be Made to In
terstate Commerce Board
SCHEDULE BEING PLANNED
An Increase In passenger and freight
rates will be asked of thc Interstate
Commerce Commission by thc railroads
to offset the $000,000,000 addition to
thc yenrly payrolls awarded by thelabor
wage board.
This was announced , here today by
T. DcWitt Cuyler, chairman of the
Association of Railway Executives.
The approximate percentage of in
creases to be requested was not made
known by Mr. Cuyler. .The formnl re
quest probably will be. filed within the
next few days. ' .
All classes of passenger traffic will
be affected, it was said today. Thc
boost of passenger rates, it wus esti
mated, will be about one-half cent a
mile.
George Dallas Dixon.- vice president
In chnrge of traffic of, tho Pennsylvania
Railroad, nrid Robert C. Wright, gen
eral traffic nlnnnger of tho Pennsylvania
system, have been in Washington for
the last two weeks workiug out details
of the proposed request.
" Mr. Dixon is a member of the rate
committee of thc Association of Railway
Executives.
The redommendntions, to be submitted
to the Ipterhtate Commence -Comminsion
have hcen uompirteti. An informal con-
andhe mVmbory onfie commission will
be nut before the recommendations are
tiled.
While the entire plan has been
drafted, it wus stated this afternoon, a
few changes may be made following tho
informal conference. 'Hie recommenda
tions arc likely to be submitted tomor
row. The wage increases awarded bv the
federal labor board -will be distributed
equally between, passenger and freight
tariffs, it is said.
RAIL UNIONS MAY
DECIDE TONIGHT
By tho Associated Press
Chicago. July 22. A decision to
night on whether the eighteen railroad
unions will accept the $000,000,000
wage nwnrd was promi-ed today by T.
V. Shepherd, when the Brotherhood
chief", resumed their conference.
I'nion offlcinls refused to comment
on the reports thnt they were divided,
scon favoring acceptance. seen a ref
erendum with recommendation of ac
ceptance, tw- a referendum without
recommendation, one lint rejection of
thc award, nnd one undecided. Private
lv they said a referendum seemed the
onlv possible course.
If n vote by all union members Is
ordered thc nwnrd will be tentatively ac
cepted, so that thn men will get the in
creased pav for this month and the back
pay from May 1, as-provided by retro
active featuro of the railway labor
board's decision. A referendum will
take at least thirty days.
At the close of nn all-night ses
sion, nt which no agreement was reach
ed on a plan for concerted action, it
was uno8iclnlIy reported that six
of the brotherhoods, in addition to the
Masters. Mates nnd Pilots of America,
had expressed their decision as favor
able to acceptance of the award in its
cntirctv, seven favored referring thc
question to the unions with recommen
dation that it be accepted, two were
undecided and one, the Brotherhood of
Railway Telegraphers, had decided to
reject the award nnd was haid to be pre
paring for u strike bnllot.
Dcspito the different en of opinion
nmong the Icadcru, the union chiefs re
iterated fodav that there was no danger
of an inimedintc nnd roi""rted strike.
They also were inclined to belittle re
ported efforts of members of the Chicago
Yardmen's .Association. ls0 of whom
struck in, Chicago jchterdiu. to bring
about n general walkout, nnd declnied
that hporndlc strikes would be fought
to the last ditch by the International
unions.
The railway labor board which yes
terday declined to reopen thc lailway
wage cases nt the request of the brother
hoods and expressed the opinion thnt it
had done all possible in the case of the
railroad employes, today began lunnngs
on tho application for increased pa of
70,000 emi'lojes of tho Ameiicuu Rail
way Express Co., who were not included
in tho railway men's award.
Thc board declared that reopening the
investigation would delay the back pay
award, which they believe the workers
should recelro in their August 1 pay
envelopes. The back pny is estimated to
average nbout $200 apleco for the work
ers benefited by tho increnses.
Tho following brotherhoods are re
ported to hno accepted the award:
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, Brotherhood of Rnllroad Train
men, Switchmen's Union of North
America, Brotherhood of Stationary
Firemen and Olleis, United Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Employes
and Railroad Shop Laborers, Brother
hood of Loeomtho Firemen and En
glnemen and tho Masters, Mates and
Pilots of fAmerica. ,
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by Publlo Ledcer Company.
PEOPLE ON LIQUOR
Governor Will Sanction Modifi
cation of Volstead Act if
Congress So decrees
IS ACCEPTABLE TO "WETS"
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
btntt Corrrnnondrnt of the livening Tnblle
r.ilKrr
Columbus, July 22. Booze promises
to become a suitcase issue in this cam
paign. Everybody has one side or other
of the Issue. Privately. If you have
access to a party's suitcase you can find
out whnt its issue on booze Is. But
publicly, if thc eighteenth amendment
forbnflc talking about alcohol Instead)
of making and selling alcohol, it would
bo an extremely wcll-cnforqcd amend
ment. Even the Anti-Saloon League, whose
executive committee meets In Wash
ington today to decldo upon Its course
during thc campaign, may be reduced
to carry itts attitude toward Cox about
in its suitcase instead of proclaiming
it to the world. When you approach
an anti-saloon leaguer, ask him whether
the league Is against Cox nnd then he
becomes as silent ns are thc Repub
lican and Democratic platforms on
booze. He says, "You must excuse me,
I can't' say anything until the confer
ence in Washington decides what is to
be said. Thc Anti-Saloon League has
got where it has by everybody pulling
togetner.
For the.. first time In its history thc
Antial$bnInguols threatened wfTB"
not nulline toccthcr. Senator Shenard.
of Texas, thc league's representative on
tne uoor ot tne united states senate,
has right off his own bat pronounced
Governor- Cox a dry. George White,
just elected chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, himself sent
to Congress three times as a dry, had
a line quarrel with the Anti-Saloon
League leaders at San Francisco be
cause they tried to beat Cox there.
just as tue wet ami ury uiyimou i
lay across the Republican and Demo-' jnB notice, saying that, despite divided
MfeSB DaKe1! PJ 7".Hng the eighteenth amend
publican division lies ncross the Anti-I'll(nt lln" tllc stntutcs enacted to mnko .
Snlootv League and mny force it, like it operative, there must be no evasion
the gentlemen whose public views and in ,M(,jr enforcement. He declared it his
private habits do not coincide, or whose
private hnbits run counter to the regu
lations of the United States prohibition
enforcement officers, to have recourse
to a suitcase. In this town where Gov
ernor Cox officially resides it is ex
pected thnt the Anti-Saloon League
today will get out its political suit'
case. It is easier to pull together with
a suitcase.
Cox Officially "Dry" in South
If that happens it will open its suit
caso under favorable circumstances and
show how much it is against Governor
Cox. But it will not do so when
southern drys are nround, for officially
Governor Cox is n dry, south of the
Mason nnd Dixon line. At those times
It will keep its suitcase locked. Gov
ernor Cox is an old hand nt getting
the wet vote without ever saying n
word ln favor of wetness.
You obtaiu some Idea of how good n
politician he is when you look over his
record on tho liquor question here.
Ohio hns bad prohibition submitted
to it several times. Governor Cox has
been editing n newspnper all the while
In Dayton nnd has been running for
governor most of thc time, having been
up in four successive elections nnd hav
ing won three of them. Ohio wns con
vulsed over nnd over aguin by this
issue. You ask the governor's enemies
"Did his paper ever take sides for or
ngninst prohibition?" No, it never
snid u word. It observed a deep nnd
judicious neutrality. Did Governor Cox
ever say a word? No, he wns as silent
as his paper.
But tho wets were alwnvs with him
except once, until his enforcement of I
tne Sunday closing laws in t incinnati,
and they probably carried thc ejection
for him in 1018.
If qu go back as far as 1012 you
find Governor Cox fuvoring the licensing
of saloons instead of prohibition. But
1012 is a long wny off. The prohibition
issue wns not as acute in 1012 as now.
Many people who are excellently dry
today could not afford to hne their
records searched ns far back as 1012.
But the drys do make a point of the
licensing views of Cox in that year.
Continued on I'ace I'lflffn. Column Vivo
FIND MISSING BOY'S BODY
Ten-Year-Old Child Drowned In
South Philadelphia
The body of Joseph Vupkowski, ten
rears old. 2828 Cantrell treet. who
had bee missing from his home since!
morning, wns found last night In the
lake In League Island Park.
When tho boy's father. John Vup
kowski, camo home from work yes
terday nnd began to search for his
son, children told him he wns swim
ming in League Islnnd lake. Arriv
ing at the lake, he found his son was
not ono of the group of bojs there.
The bojs began diving. George Read,
sixteen yenrs old, 2130 Holtman street,
brought tho body to the surface.
All Judtvn ot it Clear
Hmokn (ipdfrrr S, Mhn
"AS YOU L1K1? IT." AdV,
PRICE TWO CENTS
nioratiTM
HARDING PLEDGE
siNinimra
"America First" Slogan of Re
publican Nominee in Ac
ceptance Speech
PROPOSES TO "RESTORE" '
POPULAR GOVERNMENT
Bands Blare, Colors Fly and
Thousands Parade in Can
didate's Honor
HIGH-PITCHED ENTHUSIASM
Tumultuous Outburst of Ac
claim Marks Marion Pageant.
Address by Lodge i
High Lights in Harding's
Address of Acceptance
Pledge of Constitutional government ,
sponsored by party.
National rather than world idcala
should guide government.
Popular referendum on league wel
comed. Allarlc on Wilsonian covenant.
No evasion of enforcement of existing
prohibition laws.
Restoration of peace by congressional
declaration.
America independent but friendly
wdtli world.
Desire for ratification of suffrago--amendment.
Industrial peace not forced, but In
spired by common weal.
(Full text of Harding's speech la
printed on Pago 14).
By the Associated Press
Marlon, O., July 22. A plcdgo of
constitutional government, administer
ed by party nnd not by individual and
based on national rather than world
ideals, was given by Warren O. Hard
ing today in formally accepting the Re
publican nomination for the presidency.
Tho speech by Senator Harding in
response to formnl notification by Sen
ator Lodge of his nomination wns the
climax of a day marked by high-pitched
enthusiasm on thc part of thousands
who gathered here for the ceremonies.
Bands blared, colors were flown and
cheering processions marchec through,
the streets of Marion, acclaiming the
Republican nominee as the next President-
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Welcomes Referendum On League T
Senator Harding in his speech of ac
ceptance welcomed a popular referen
dum on the League of Nations, advo- ,
cated Increased production to cut the '
high cost of living, pleaded for oblitcra- ,
tion of sectional and class conflict, and .
declared for industrial peace "not forced
but inspired by the common weal."
Prohibition he gave only a pasa-
"sincere desire" that ratification of tho (
suffrage amendment be completed to
permit women to vote this fall in every
state.
Reiewing nnd commending briefly
many other planks ,of tho party plat
form, thc candidate declared for col
lccthe bargaining for farmers, repres- '
sion of the dislojal, "generous federal ,
co-operation'' in rehabilitating thc rail
roads, intelligent deflation of the cur
rency, enlargement of government aid
in reclamation, a genuine expression of
gratitude to eterans of the world wnr
nud maintenance of nn ample navy and
"n .mnll armj but the best in the
world."
Promises Party Government
In his promise of "a party govern
ment. " Senator Harding reiterated his
belief that the Vice President should
have a part in the affairs of the chief
executive's official family nnd declared
there nlso should be "n cordiul under
standing nnd co-ordinated nctivltles"
between the executive and Congress.
"No man," he said, "is bie enough
to run this great republic. Our first
committal is tho restoration of repre
sentative popular government, under
the constitution, through the agency of
the Republican pnrtv."
Promising restoration of peace ns soon
ns a Republican Congicss should send
a pence declaration to n Republican
President for his signature, tho candi
date assailed the league covenant as
brought home by President Wilson, but
deelared the war's sacrifices would be
"in vain if we cannot acclaim a new '
order, with added security to civiliza
tion nud pence mnintnined."
"We Republicans of the Senate." he
continued, "when we saw the struc
ture of u world supergovcrnment taking
visionary form, joined in n becoming
warning of our devotion to this republic.
The Republicans of the Senate baited
the barter of independent American
eminence nnd Influence.
United States Won't Hold Aloof
"We do not mean to hold nloof. We
do not mean to shun n responsibility of
this republic. We were resolved then,
even ns wo nro today, and will bo to
morrow, to preserve this free and inde
pendent republic. Let those now re
sponsible, or seeking responsibility, pro
pose the surrender, whether with in
terpretations, apologies or reluctant
reservations, from which our rights are
to be omitted. Wo welcome the
referendum to thc American people ou
the preservation of Amcricn.
"With a Senate advising as the con
stitution contemplates, I would hope
fully approach the nations of Europe
and of the earth, proposing that under
stuniding which makes us u willing par
ticipant in the, consecration of nations
to u new leadership, to commit the moral
forces of the world, America included,
to peace and international justice,' still
leaving America free, independent and
self-reliant, but offering friendship to
all the world."
Declaring railway employes ought to)
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