ti. v 'fl ' Vs.,f5W"f-w . ' '" ttTWrKJ,,'VT'v.f;'i u ; n !m,V V V"' i x ' 'Aw WW 44'.m;sw J?,, t tii FV fe & - ) i ' t;i t'. l r-;,vH fi nntTm street cleaning Status undecided f; H tit i !i Mklng Bids Docs Not Moan i,ity uives Up Right to uo Work, Export Says 'COST TO BE CONSIDERED iU 'if . Advertising by ttio city for street T) Jt4wBlng bids docs not necessarily indl- Jp 0t, that the present eontrnrt system v Wilt bo continued next yenr, accnniiui. WThomas Itarburn White, one of the framers of the new elty clinrter. Mayor Moore hns announced he will InVJte bids for street cleaning and the Collection of nhes nnd rubbish so the figures mny be Included In the budget for next year. tTbe new chnrter empowers the clt to do this work directly. Inclusion of tils power In the city's fundamental Jaw was recorded ns one of the great est1 victories nchleved In the legislature last year by foes of the so-called con tractors' combine. J- Mayor's Movo Disappoints ?, Supporters of the new chnrter who believed they snw In the Mayors an nouncement nn open donr for co-tlnu-ance- of contractor Influence expressed disappointment over the move. H Mt. YlillC, wnn whi m- . lenflern of the new charter movement, takes the view advertising for bids does abt Indicate what will be done. He pointed out the chnrter suggests sucli an procedure. VKenntor Vnre. who holds street c Van Inn contracts for two districts, will old again this jcar "If the specifications nre sensible and right." Senator Vnre, nt bis home In Ambler today, was asked If be would submit bids. "It depends very largclv on how the work Is let." be ipplicd. "If the speci fications nre sensible nnd right I will submit bids. I' they nre not. I won't " 'The charter provides that if the Mayor and the majority of Council de ride in favor of the contractor system the municipal plant may be postponed. Mayor Explains Plans Mayor Moore explained his plnn at a 'meeting Ot omriaix ni me miimnisirn tton and representatives of mercantile and banking ttrms anci newspaper pun Ushers In his office yesterday. Bids will be asked for "Ions and short periods," he said, that 1. for one Arid three-yrnr terms, lly this plnn it is hoped outside contractors will be called in to buck the "contractor coni- bine, Mr. Moore explained that whatever . plan is best for the city he fol- "";? 41 , , . L , , , owed and that the administration Is! V ,hen the cjrl went to the fnrm ed proccedine with plnns for a municipal . ncdny she found n number of her afreet cleaninK plant also. fathers rein Ives there jrntherlnj: some Such n plant wns recommended by , of "e veRetnblea for their own use. The the special commission of three np- i cirl remonstratwl with them, and was pointed by the Mayor to invextisnte the orderinK them from the fnrm. when, nrooiem in tms nmi otner cities anu,i'i"i- -". "- "" imnira, fc. then suecest the best war out. BATTLE AT COAL MINE 1000 Shots Fired In Affray on West lw Virginia-Kentucky Border u Williamson. V. Va.. July 2t. (By "A" P.) Two miners were wounded to day when the Portsmouth Solvny Coal Co.'s mine at Freeborn wns attacked Uy persons hidden in the hills nn the West Virginia and Keutuckv sides of Tug river. A detachment of the state cjonstabulnry, with bloodhounds, were BMiately sent trom llllamson to ,'eeene of the bhootln;. According to stories reachins here om treeborn. the men were hand hi? coal from the mouth of the mine, which id tin the Kentucky side of the river, to ! !. Mr..1 ..)... : 1..... lt..lf- uc luiiiutiii iiwinn ill u I'M ITKIUia. whn thn firtnt lipimn wlmfu numlnn from a party hidden In the West Vlr- ' ',n,r.nV!,I,lt ar? ,mvo LM',' W u' j out a clue ns to the identity of the nlRhlflsnn.l!mtoirtlcslnK of " woman found In n trunk in 5ick,y. I "e, u" fl1 f .,,'? UT. yn, ti 'inn express warehouse in New York to- Guards stationed nt the mine nre "" b; I"',.?',. ,hfr "'., r f.,1 t,1B 1 al r" dny. Neither could they throw nny Aid to hnve returned the fire, but the '"Tr cCt in e thirknmni todnv on "jht "non tllP 1(ll,utit-v of the r",rso riltacklng parties weie not driven off , ,,,;MM, " fr 'm trh. t Dtrnlt He who shipped the trunk from here on until two of the workmen hnd been I llis.r?tUr.fr0JnA. '''' " LI'L,r,"Lt:.. " ', .I.mo 17 There Ik no sneh numher nn xxr s; m. v r-;,,in. l,v T, r r1"" i,,rt of ,i Hurvo' hc N muklUB oC ToOO .ho?, were fire 'U' ' Knlrmotint 1'ark for the Fnirmount Park jlSJU snots were nreu. i i.nii.n i .,111 toir 1.1... .nnfhnp .faEGRO DIES ON SCAFFOLD Legally Hanged After Unsuccessful Attempt at Suicide Wilmington, Del.. July 2.'I. (lly A. P,) After nn unsuccessful effort to commit suicide in his cell. Isaiah F Tain, a negro, was iinngeii enriy in the Jail nt F.nstou. Md. I A poiiccman found Fountain trying o hang himself with bedclothlng. Fountain was convicted twice on the Chargo of assaulting Ilerthn Simpson, 5 white girl, fourteen years old. He i reaped twice and thoiisnud Join- il III lit ntuiit tut iiiiui uttriui ill fempts by mobs to lynch him were frustrated. On one occasion the govcr - for declared martial lnw nnd troops We stationed around the courthouse. m. .. ...u .. i - ann Ms second capture. BLAZE ON RACE STREET t , Firemen, Aided by Rain, Extinguish I Pin- in Four Q(n,u n..iMi J Fire In Four-Story Building . During the height of the storm, at 4:30 o'clock this morning, fire was dls- Covered on the fourth floor of the plant of the Electro Tint Engraving Co., a four-story brick building ut 1227-20 Jtace street. Patrolman Miller, of the Eleventh and Winter streets station, turned in the alarm, and, aided by the great downpour of rain, the firemen succeeded in quenching the names. The entire rn lt mill t-lfinfr nf tkn ll,I.,l !.. .. wuiui uu iii " iiinu "nor wern ourncii. iiie iiiiuiHge is unknown as jet, nnd the origin of the fire undeter mined. COURT HOLDS PATROLMAN !Le9lon t0 Have CharQe of Pre8enta- t' tlons on Armistice Day yitnesses Say Hawthorne Used' Indianapolis, Ind., July 2M.(Hy A. Blaeklaek While n.,,,1, IP. I The Americun Legion's plans to Blackjack While Drunk I ass,s, ,n tht, dUtrlbutlou nf Victory '- Charged with brutally attacking mniednls now being Issued by the Wnr wan and woman while Intoxicated, John , Department remain as outlined on Jul iYiwAnorm ft Pntrolmnn, was held in 5 t wnB announced at Legion national SlfjOO bail by Magistrate Carney todny, 1 headnuarters here tixlay. Formal rouowing ennrges preierreu ny Joseph Cloco and his wife. Mary, the victim qf the alleged attack. Seventeen witnesses appeared against Hawthorne and testified that a week ago he broke into the Cloco home during n wedding, blarkjacked Cloco and his "wife, who attempted to protect her hus ijand. Alt testified Hawthorne was in toxicated at the time. ;SPELLACY WON'T TAKE JOB Has No Ambition to Succeed F. D. Roosevelt f Washlncton. Julv 23. (Bv A. P.i Jhornas J. Kpellary, of Hartford, Conn., who is understood to have been selectcti 0 succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the navy when the JUer retires next month to make the LATice as tnc uemocratic vice presidential fl illume, iibju luunjr uu iinu uul ureii .di the post anil would not accept if V onerea, . . JiBlv ambition Is to cct back tr TJL .. .. -.. ' " ;. umD.," sum air, Hpcllucy, U" Central Nmvi l'hotu, MISS KUGKNIA DLANIHN Daughter of the, late Lieutenant John J. Itlandln, hero of the U. S. S. Maine In the harbor of Havana, with her mother. Is spending some months In Washington BY GIRLHE BEAT Tells Court She Incensed Him Until He Didn't Know His Actions IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL Anna McfJnrrlty. a pretty brunette, of Forty-eighth street below Girard n venue, took the stand In Centrnl Stn tion today nnd tried to save her father from punishment for alleged brutality, Her white throat still bore the im print of the father's lingers and one of her warm brown ees wns badly discolored, but she took the stnnd nnd tried to defend her father's nctlon In nttnclclng her. Tin, ffith.if Prnnk Mrfinrrlfr wns I arrested Wednesday on n produce farm operated by the MiOarrity family, near It was charged today that he seised his daughter by the throat, choked her, and threw her to the ground. "It was my fnult," the girl snld to day, recanting her statement which caused the father's arrest. "I In censisl my father until he didn't know what he was doing. I would like to withdraw the charges against him." The girl spoke in modulated tones. Tears filled her e)es as she pleaded for hor father's freedom. Magistrate Carson held the father without bail for n further hearing next Friday. BATHING SITES PICKED Professor Cret Says He Will Not Make Locations Public for Month Two locations for bathing beaches in iiliiiiiinmif... .. n... ,..n .... ut . mouth to complete his survey, on which he has spent a month already. Vntit it is complete and turned over to the Art Association he will not make the locations public He declined to take sides in the con troversy oer the placing of the John son nrt collection, but said In his opin FATHER DEFENDED ,rt to .son art rollee Ion. but said in nis opin- slxU) iU.gilnrnt Ni 0. P.. was com-r'oun-lion the total number of ar t works , ,etP(, tQ whcn thp nfty.rut todu. ; owned by the city is too small to justify , reonU WQ) mr( on(, drllIq w, bl. longing mem in cPar e uuuu... ... expressed the hope -Joseph ldener would n-cousiuer ins ruiK""uuu ... the art jury. TO TEST YOUTH'S SANITY , i, . j 'Attack on Father Is Halted by 1 Neighbors and Police . . ,,..,. ...... ,.,, Tenrs , f-p,'n ,r1 " ntrl'l""' ., 'T" nhl. ( lnrr street above r.lclitn. wns lmlil hi- Mfieirttrnti CSrells nt the Kiev fiitli and Winter streets stntlon today, pending un examination to see if he is sane . . Patrolman AVeir arrested the young man 'bis morning nfter a tight with M fnthpr. in which It is said the ,, trle, t0 ilnot the older man. Charles WIntrey. Neighbors w-ho came in during the fight kicked the pistol out of reach, after the father had succeeded 'in disnrnilng the son. According to the older man. the boy ), ueCu Irresponsible since he iiccl- I dentally shot himself in the nrm some jears ago during a gunniug trip. The ' ami was amputated and since that time, I the father told the magistrate, his son has been in Jail several times and four ' times lias Ueen in nsyiums. VICTORY MEDALS FOR ALL nrCgeutatlon In n 1 series of simultaneous rnmnnleH will be mad under Lcirlou auspices Armistice Day. Under the Legion plan the ario-s posts will take care of the filling out and forwnrdlng of application blanks not only for legionaries, but for all other ex-service peisnns and the next of kin of those who died In the service, so far as the latter desire to avail themselves of this service. Three-Day Forecast for JVeek-Enders Friday Unsettled j occasional thunderstorms tonight j continued warm. Saturday Unsettled with prob able thunderstorms; gentle to mod crate southerly winds. Sunday Probably fair j gentle southerly winds. ', . a FIRE HEROES' DEATH USED FORSWINDLE Police Say Confidonco Man Cot Monoy Alleging It Was for Victim's Widow CASH FOUND ON SUSPECT An alleged confidence mnn wns ar rested last night on n charge of col lecting money under the prepense thnt It would be used to buy flowers for Captain Edward Schwartzkopf. one of the victims of the Fritz & La Hue fire Wednesday. The man Is Louts Smith, alias "Illaek Louie." well known, police sny, ns n confidence mnn. He wns collecting the money for the flowers nnd to "nld the widow" n few doors from where Captain Schwnrtr. kopf lay dead, at fiOO Perth street, when he was recognUed nnd placed under arrest, the police say. Smith Is snld to hav been boldly op erating In the neighborhood all yester day afternoon, taking advantage of the neighbors' sjmpathy for the family of the heroic fire captain. Pntrolmnn Zcps, of the Tenth and lluttonwood streets stntlon, recognized Smith at Hldge avenue and Xohle street. The patrolman shadowed the mnn nnd snw him ring a doorbell and collect money from a housewife, he said. Zens then approached Smith and nsked him why lie was collecting the money. Smith gave an evasive reply. Zens detained him. When the woman, who hnd alven part of her savings In the belief the money would be used to nld Mrs. Schwnrtz kopf told her stor the pntrolmnn placed "Illnck Louie" under arrest and searched him. The mnn hnd W In n hnt nnd $45 In his pockets, lie ndmltted he hnd col lected the .$.". but nsserted the $45 be longed to him. Mrs. Schnrt7.kopf knew nothing of Smith's efforts to raise money, osten sibly for her aid Neither d officials of the police or fire departments. Smith will be given n hearing before Magistrate Carson nn a charge of ob taining money under false pretense. He lives on Finnklln street above Vine. Funeral services of Harry Wolfrum, the other fireman killed at the Fritz & La Hue fire, will he held a: his homl', L'210 Cross street, at - o'clock Monday afternoon. Firemen from Wolfram's company, Knglne Conipnnj No. 4!1. will act us pallbeurers and form nn honorary escort to the grave. Wolfrum, who was thirty one jears old, hnd been innrrled nine years. He is survived by his widow Hester. Body of Woman Found in Trunk Conllnnnt from race One evidently of an expensive grade. The newspnpers were all Detroit issues. May Have Itccn Strangled There were some indications thnt the woman might have been strangled before the body wns thrust into the ense. ' The woman apparently was twenty five to thirty years old. the police say. weighed about 1.10 pounds, had blue eye: -- i i... i u ft-i.. .i iam rr. anil nnd been fairly good-looking. Iwo fonth nn thn Mt .1 1 nt i.r nnncr in- teeth on the left side of her upper jaw slightly protruded, but this is believed to be n natural deformity. She was a brunette, the police say. A huge crowd nsembled in front of the express company's building, and po lice reserves hnd to be summoned to keep the street open for traffic. Detroit. Mich.. July 23. (By A. P.) Hnrper street ns "10,"" or no name "A. A. Tleturn" In the city directory. WEST CHESTER'S N. G. P. Company I, Sixth Regiment, Com pleted In Week't Recruiting West Chester. Pa,. July 23. The en- i tire personnel for the new Company I, ,n TllPMin, ovenlng of next week. , w T T n, Qn 0hvcrspnR v(,tcrnilf , ,,., nf .,, .., nmn,n,i n,i James Iteilley. second lieutenant. A first lieutenant will be appointed later. Francis Hi own. who snw service In France, will be the first sergeant. He occupied that position with Company I, illth llegiment. In the wnr. The company was organized in its entirety b Lieutenant Iteilley in one week of work nnd Included are twelve veternns of the world wnr who were witn the Illth llegiment. Captuln Hnll is Mow in Oklahoma, but will shortly return and hns accepted the position In (.onunnnd of the unit. Order Strikers From Homes Man el, Ala.. July 2.'t. (By A. P.) About 4.10 striking miners formerly employed by the Corona Coal Co. have been ordered to vacate company houses which they arc occupying. The men have refused to comply with the com pany's order nnd derlnre they will fight the Issue In the courts. EVENING rtJBttC LBDGEtaiiAJDlBLtflFRiiDAY, BEAUTY PARLOR EXPERTS SIRENS? NO! SA YS JUD GE Physical Culture Teacher Thought They "Vamped" His Patients, but Their Smiles Won Legal Tilt Judge Rogers was disillusioned today. In open court, before his very eyes, which blinked with amazement,' sev eral blonde and several dark -haired beauty specialists from the parlor of Anna It. Htratton unfolded the secrets of the profession of pulchritude. Inadvertently, the judge opened the door to a flood of explanations on "mnrccl" wuves, permunent waves, electric waves, eyebrow nrrhing, coun terfeit dimples, obliteration of wrinkles and other methods of the physiognomic farmerettes, ... , , , . The statements of the girls, coupled niih the humidity In the courtroom, caused the astounded jurist to gasp for breath, and resort 10 a paim-ieni iuu, Room Started the Argument The beauty secrets wcro unfolded during testimony in the action brought by Miss Mtraimn against .uiuou nuuvr stein, in connection with a room In the Ilellevuc Court llulldlng, 1418 Wal nut street, occupied by tho Strntton beauty parlor. Miss Htrfl((ou brought the action against BUbcrsUtn because of alleged ki , APARTMENT "RAFFLES" IN COURT jBBBt '& Bftj BKBBaBHBBBBBJnL Ti f'B I- v Slt ' On the left Is George Little, of Detroit, and on the right, Frank Keed, of Pittsburgh. They are the two men who were chased after robbing the Klngscotirt Apartments yesterday nnd caught niter a, revolver bntllc. Mrs. Olcnn, of the Norton Apartments, Gcrmantown, today Identified them as the men who stole n $:U)00 bracelet from her Hat BREAK OF LADDER E Apparatus Had to Be Put Up at Dangerous Angle, Says Davis REPORTS TO THE MAYOR Poor judgment in placing the "death ladder" nt a sharp ancle, nnd not fnult) construction in the Indder Itself, wns cited by Acting Fire Chief Davis as the cause of the double fntalitv Wednes dav at the Trite & La Rue fire. This was the acting chief's con clusion In a renort made to Director ot Public Snfety Cortelyou nnd nnnounced by the director this afternoon. A fire cnntaln and another firemnn plunged to denth in front of 101." Chest-. nut street when nn extension Indder collnpscd. "This fire hns demonstrated the neces sity of placing all wires under ground as soon ns possible," Director Cortel you nsserted. Ills reference to overhead wires, the director explained, wns based on one fenture of the acting fire chiefs report. Mr. Dnvls told the department bend the Indder truck wns in front of lfllfl in-Muni. Bireci wiicu uic luuucr wh' ..,,. . . ., ni, clevntcd nnd swung over nt an angle Chestnut street when the ladder was to reach the upper floors of the burning building nt 1015 Chestnut street. Wires Were In Way The Indder was elevated In that po sition. Acting Chief Davis stated, be cause overhead wires made It impossible to raise the long spnn directly In front of the Frltr. & La Hue establishment. According to Mr. Davis, the ladder truck was too far nut in the street nnd the ladder was raised nt too much of nn nnclc. It would hnve been possible, he said, to descend the rungs ns easily us n stairway In mnklng public the substnnce of Acting Chief Davis's report Director Cortelyou snld he would not Iny blame on nny fireman's shoulders until lifter a more thorough investigation. Another Theory, of Mishap Painting or varnishing the wood be fore it wns seasoned cnused the exten sion ladder to snap, according to a theory of the Lumberman's Exchange of Philadelphia. In a letter to the Evening Punuc Ledo-eii. signed b It. II. Itayner, president, the Exchansc. which is com posed of men expert in lumber matters, offers this explanation of the tragedy which rebulted in the loss of two lives : "In our opinion, the weakness in the fire department's ladder, which resulted in the tragedy of Wednesday morning at Sixteenth nnd Chestnut streets, was due to painting or arnlshlng the wood before It was thoroughly dry. Enclosed bv paint, the natuiul moisture in the lumber ferments and decay follows, not visible or suspected from the exterior." This theory will be carefully consid ered by tho.se In charge of the official Investigation into the death of the fire men, and various lumbeimen here prob ably will be called to explain It, it wus said today. Fund Pledged for Jewish Home London. Julv SI. (Bv A. P.) De cision to inaugurate a foundation fund of 25.000,000 for the establishment of Palestine as the JruMi national home wns tnken by the Zionist Conference nt its concludinc sess on Inst n hzht Pledges of self taxation nn the tithe principle were made by representatives of various countries interference hv him in the business of the beauty parlor. The room wns rented to Miss Htrat ton by Hilberstein nnd the verbal agree ment was that she wns to continue In the room until hi lease expired Mnrch li 111-1. She alleges when she refused to ad mit Sllherstein's slster-ln-lnw to part nership in the business he became in censed and shut off the gas nnd elec tricity and disconnected her telephone. The explanation of tho beauty secrets was made in showing how essential the electricity nnd gas nre to the opcrntiou of beauty nppllnnces. Says Sirens Hurt His Trade Judge Rogers granted it preliminary injunction, restraining Hllbersteln from Interfering with Miss Htratton's busi ness. An agreement was reached wherebv the benntv parlor will con tinue until February 15, 1021, when JIlss Mtratton will vacate. In bis defense. Sllbersteln. who con ducts n physical culture establishment hau .Inn. . .1.. I........ MnnlnH ullPtfefl the girls deployed In the establishment smokpu cigarettes and enticed men juu 11111 iiurmr iruui inn rnmwiiw-v'" Judge Rogers laughed at these ..barges. LAM D ON WIRES GONF w,a& , t u ytv MAYOR AND MITTEN E Discuss Frankford "L," Fares and Support of Man agement WORKERS PASS PAY RISE Mnvnr Moore nnd Thomas E. Mitten, president of the P. It. T. Co.. con ferred on trnnslt mnttrrs today nt the Mnyor's office. The meeting wns called for 11 o clock, nnd lnsted nbnut hnlt nn hour. Neither the Mayor nor Mr. Mitten would make n stntement nfter the conference was over. It is understood that their talk concerned principally the physical connection between the Frankford elevated ann the Mnrkct street subway, They talked nlso In a genernl way nhout the rate of fnre to he chnrged on the new elevated, it is understood, nnd nbont the eenernl question of financing the P. U. T. Co. It Is understood thnt. from now on. the city ndmlnlstrntlon will do ever) thing It can to support the Mitten mnnngement. The conference todny would hnve been more extended nnd detniled hnd It not been for the nbsence of Director Twining, of the Dennrtmcnt of City Trnnslt. He wns unnble to nttend the meeting today, therefore It ndjourned until Wednesday, nfter a half hour's general discussion. Fight Underhlng Rentals The P. Tt. T. head, nt loggerhends now with the "bnnklng interests" nf the P. It. T. nnd the underlying companies. Is snld to solicit the city's intervention in the fight against the nlleged ex orbltnnt rentals paid the underlvinc companies. To date the city hns confined its nt tnck to the proposed new tariffs which are now under consideration by the Public Service Commission. Ah Mr. Mitten desires to give the people a minimum fare he realizes that n real etinrt in this direction can only be made If the heavy rental payments are reduced. The P. It. T. head nt this morning's meeting is understood to hnve Informed Mayor Moore that he wns getting along nicely in his fight against the so-called "bankers' interests" nnil referred to the vote of confidence by the 11.000 em ployes who hnve temporarily renounced n pny inciense. He also pointed out the P. It. T. was petting the "moral sup port" of the public. Workers Forego Itlse Eleven thousand employes of the Philadelphia llapid Transit Co. have voted unanimously to forco their wnge Increase, due June 1, to support the administration 01 .Mr, .Mitten. The wnge Increase foregone for the present by the workers was due to be paid June 1. Because money to pay nn incrense in wnges from the present sixty-fivo cents nn hour to seventy two nnd one-ljnlf cents an hour Is not now available from profits, nnd not easily to be obtained by a lnnn on account of the hostility of bauking interests. Mr. Mitten went to the men direct nn ednesday and laid the case before them. He asked them to foreco their rise for tho present, in 1 etui 11 promising to .make It retronctie to Muv 1(1, and pay the men the new late and the accumu lated wages under the proposed ur rnngement, as soon as the company could afford to do so. The plan was laid before a committee of 250 men, who npiuoicd it. A referendum Note taken by reprcsuitu tlves niuong the 11,000 transit workers also favored adopting Mr. Mitten's pro posal. Mr. Mitten hopes bv the latter part of tho j car to have profits siitficlrnt to de clare n 5 per cent dhidend 011 the Phila delphia Itupid Transit Co. stock. DRINKS ACID AND DIES Reading Man Ends Three Weeks Spree by Poisonous Draught Reading, Pa.. Jul 23. John K. Rnhmer, who hnd been on whisky spree for three weeks, ended It last night by ruying tnree .amies 01 carliollc ncld. I In drank the contents of tun of them nnd died almost Instantly. Rnhmer wns found dead at his home by his sou with th two empty bottles nt his side. Mrs. Rnhmer snid her husband had been crazed with drink duriug his con tinued spree. Rnhmer wns n foreman carpenter of the Rending Railway for the last twenty-eight rnrs, and was forty -nine eiirs old. NEGRO ADMITS 7 MURDERS California Prisoner, Under 8entcnoe of Death, Confesses Los Angeles, July KI.fRy A. P.I Mose (ilbson. ntgro, sentenced to hang lor tue muruer ot noy Trupp, l-'ullerton, Calif., rancher, has confessed to seven murders, including the slaying of J. R. Rrnvis, of llnton Rouge, La,, tnccoril I lie to a telophoiie messaee received to. day by Sheriff John C, Clane. of Los Atigeies county, irom wnerin: j, jg. Jack son, at onma auu. R ON TRANSIT 3VW -,.,. p CLAMS 2 'RAFFLES' STOLEOTO GEMS Mrs. Glenn, of Norton Apart- monts, MaKes New Charge Against Kingscourt Thiovos TRACE DOZEN ROBBERIES The two alleged "society" crooks ar rested nfter n thrilling chuse nnd re volver fight in West Philadelphia yes terday were this afternoon chnrged by Mrs. John M. Olcnn with the robbery. Mav 21. of her diamond bracelet valued at $.1000. , . The identification of the two prison ers by Mrs. Olcnn, who lives In the Norton Apartments, Wayne nvenue nnd Johnson streets, ns the mrn who visited her apartment ostensibly to sublet It, discredits the story of Ocorge Little, oue of the men, who broke down this morning and alleged that hc had been nuide the dupe of the other. Detectives McCrcady and Cave, who had been at work on the bracelet rob bery, say the men are connected with n dozen simitar robberies. In which they posed ns flnt hunters nnd realtors In order to gain entrance to smart apnrtments. According to the detectives, the men hnve been operntlng in Phllndclphln nt intervals during the last six months. Ditectives say both men hnve now con fessed thnt they pawned Mrs. (tlenn's hrncelct in New Orleans for $1000 nnd lost the money nt the rncetrnck., They nlso nre nlleged to hnve con fessed that they recently lost $S000. nbtniucd here, while attending the races at Windsor, Cnnndn. Mrs, Olcnn recognized both Little nnd Frank Reed, alias Reber. as the men who had called nt her apartment May 20, in answer to nn advertisement thnt the npartment was for rent during the summer. She snld the next dav Reed returned alone and when he left she discovered the theft of her hrnce lct. Both Men Held in Rail She wns the chief witness nt the sec ond henring accorded the men todnv. They were ench held in S5000 bnll by Magistrate Harris at the Thirty-second street nnd Woodland nvenue stntlon in connection with the robbery of the Kingscourt Apartment, yesterday. Reed, or Reber, also was held without brtil on a charge of attempting to kill Wil liam Price, nn ice mnu. who pursued the men us they left the Kingscourt Apartment. Magistrate Carson, at this afternoon's henring In Central Court, held the men in $2500 bail each for a further hear ing. Before Magistrate Harris passed judgment on the men, this morning, he asked Little If he had anything to say. "Yes," Little replied. "I have plenty to sny. This mnn nindc n dupe of me, nnd got me into all this mess. I met him iu November. 1010. in Detroit, where I nm a chemist. It was when I was married. "Hc borrowed $2000 from me and later disappeared. Last Friday I saw him ngnin in Detroit nnd he told me thnt if I nccnmpnulcd him to Phila delphia he would pay me my $2000. "Another man accompanied us and two ot us registered nt the Ritz-Cnrl-ton. This man left Sunday and Reed took his plnce without registering. "Wednesday Reed went to the Kings court Apartments and asked Sirs. Wat rous about subletting her anartment. I accompanied him there Thursday not knowing his Intentions. I believed that if hc rented the apartment as an agent his commission would help repay me. "Shoot Me," Says Reed "This man is responsible for my pre dicament. I will never be able to face my wife, who conies from one of the best families in Detroit. Rut If I ever do get out of this srrnpe nnd meet Reed ngain I'll kill him.'' Reed averted his gnzo as Little ut tered the tirade ugnlnst him. Then turning to the magistrate hc snld : "Why don't you take me out nnd let the police shoot me?" "You deserve to be shot," Magistrate Harris replied, "All right. I'm game," said Reed, The magistrate then held the two men. As they were entering n patrol to be driven to City Hull, Little burst into tears. The men will be held until the police can communicate with authorities in middle western cities, where the two alleged "Rnffleses" nre thought to hnve blazed n trnll of apartment robberies. The men had apartments at the Kits Carlton Hotel. Numerous pawn tickets nnd jewelry, snld to hnve been stolen, were found In their rooms. BEAT PLAYGROUND TEACHER Men Take Revenge for Ejection of ' Disorderly Boys Abrnhnm Tobias, thirty years old, fi-15 South Cecil street, was attacked hv two men when he got off n trolley car today at uiagnorne riaygmnnd, Twen-ty-llrst street nnd Susquehanna ave nue.' where he is nn instructor. Tney struck him over the bend nnd fnce and hurled him agninst a tele erniili nole. He wns tnken to the Worn. un's Homenpnthle Hospital, where lie wnn treated for shock and wounds of the fare nnd scalp. Hc may also have a fincture of tlie sKull. District Detectives Franklin nnd Thum. of the Twentieth nnd Rerks streets stntlon, who nre investigating tlie ense, mini, xne men who attacked him were friends of some bo.s whom he put out of the playground yesterday afternoon for making a disturbance. The police have a good description of the two men unu mini, nicy Know who they are. BABY HIT BY TROLLEY Morris Street Accident Expected to Result In Fatality Samuel Miclche, two nnd a Iialf-yenrs old, 5211 Pierce street, was probably futnllv Inlured when nn enstbound trol. ley on Morris street struck him while he was playing In front of 0110 Morris street nnd tore his right nrm from the shoulder. He nlso received internal In juries nnd was taken to Mt. Sinai Hos pital In a pusslng automobile. Doctors hold out Jlttlo hope for the child's recovery. I.OHT AMI FOVNU fUTt'll. Int. liruwn pooitlM bttrh In nfh- Imrhnnd of Iiriiml t inul Northrant HouU- viird. If found. rliM". niillfy ueorvc Willing, i"r r-h"n Chmlnut Mill 70W. Kwrd. " " HUM' WANTKD M.M.K LINOTVl'i: OPKIIATOU. aetklnt chn, run ohliiln plenmint ltutlon In cotnmer cIhI Plnnt. pays MT week, day work; permu-ni-nti union tnun nf family and sood char acter, wlio can ero for machine. Addred TrUngleTrlntlnt fn . TuUm. Okla. DKATIIH BWBKNKT On July - 2. AI.KXAN TJKH himfoand of i:illal;th Hwfcnny (nea (lartluml.) llclatU and frlendi. Jlonrial llcnertclul Hoclmyi nivlilnn 31, A. O. It.. n. vlll lo iuiii-ihi. nil .-,wnj. n..,u a, ii,. ---.: .... ...... .........- ... l..m .. i - I loquicin IU a. II) mi An. 111,1-: Hnlatlves and manai invited to fu. neral "n ,5',Vi"li,.v,.."f H P-.n . , from Ute rualdtnci), 10.11 N 1Mb si JlHnalmi may lie vUwfd Handily vrn:n. Interment Old Hwrdaa t'liuidi, Wllrnlnxton, el. TOtPKI.NH.nn July SJ, IXTZAlir.TH . vwldaw at Dr. Autay 1'urk Tumukln, . I funeral afrvlcw nt lirr home, ISM WeH viM at., on Jlonday. July sfO. at 10 u. m. liatirmto'j private Ywit Laurel Hill CemoUry, SEEK TO CUT RED tAPE Officials Confer on Methoda of Car ing for Dependent Children A discussion of methods for caring for dependent children and suggestions for simplifying the procedure took place this afternoon at a meeting of the Council committee on public welfare. It was agreed the only relief from present red tnpe nnd duplication of effort can come through new legislation. This will he planned and ready by fall. Present at the meeting were Director Tustln, of the Department of Public Welfare; Ocorge Holmes, county com missioner; representatives of the Munic ipal Court, the Court of Quarter Ses sions and welfare organisations. "Pemborton Puzzle" to Have Federal Adjudication and Fur May Fly "DOPE" PILLS PLAY A PART They tore the false face from another war hero" here today. The man who was hailed before United States Commissioner Manlcy last Monday, charged- with peddling dope nnd .who proudly told of being one of the eight surviving members of the original famous Princess Pat regi ment is a false alarm, federal agents say. It is said that he never saw a bat tlefield, in fact, Federal agents have a strong suspicion be is a drnft dodger. Arrested last Saturday night, Uie man said he was Earl T. Pcmberton. of Detroit, and at that time he showed real senrs nnd said they were from Ocr man shrapnel. He told a pitiful story well calculated to unloosen the tear ducts, of a beautiful wife lost through sen nrntion nfter she became a drug addict and of his hunting her all over the country nnd pretending ho was selling done to locate her. His real name, United States ngents snid today, is Louis Brown. On Jan uary 11. 1015. they say, he got one year for breaking and entering a house at 232 North Tenth street. The real Pcmberton, who was one of 400 Princess Pat fighters who left Mon treal and sailed October 2. 1014, is due here tomorrow. He will attempt to un mnsk his nlleged impersonator, and if either Pcmberton lives up to reputation fur will fly. The mnn is now in Moynmenslng prison under $1000 ball for a further hearing tomorrow. At a previous hear ing he said he was not selling drugs, but pills concocted irom sugar and milk. An examination is being made of the pills. Meanwhile the British consul general here is looking out for the Interests of the other Pcmberton. "FLAG INCIDENT" EXPLAINED U. S. Consul In Bermuda 8ays Brit ish Offenders Were Punished Wa-shlngton, July 2.1. (By A. P.) A supplemental report received by the Stntc Depnrtmcnt todny from the American consul at Hamilton, Bermuda, indirnted that first reports of the flng Incident thcro on July 4 bad been exag gerated. The consul said the sailors from a British warship in the harbor hnd stnrtcd to haul down nn American tlag which was flying in front of n hotel, but reholsted It when persons on the hotel veranda called to them. Previous reports had said that the sailors had hauled the flag down and trnmplcd on It. The consul said the sailors were intoxicated and that they hnd been arrested Immediately on orders of the colonial authorities and were punished by close oonnncment. Admiral Napier, -commanding the British ship, the consul said, had promptly offered his official and personal regrets nnd Oovernor General Willcocks called at the consulate to express his deep regret over the incident. REAL ROCK-A-BYE-BABY Boy Found In Treetop Was Afraid of Automobiles , Search Is being mndc for tho parents of n boy giving his name as Joe O'Neill, and his address as Sixteenth and Cad waladcr streets. He was found nslecp in a trcctop on the Roosevelt boule vard, near Fifth street this morning. Police Sergeant Millar, of the Branch -town station, climbed the tree nnd brought tho boy down. He is nhout fourteen years old, and seems confused mentally. He told n rambling story, saying he feared being run over by automobiles. Hc is being held at the stntlon house awaiting u uicutnl examination. ROBBER BEATS VICTIM Man, Attacked by Negro, Receives Broken Ribs and Other Injuries Martin Levering, fifty-nine years old. 4252 Terrace street, Manayunk, is In n serious condition at the Memorial Hospital, Roxborough, after being beaten and robbed by a negro highway man yesterday. The holdup occurred at Ridgo and Roxborough avenues. Levering is simering from four frac tured ribs nnd Internnl injuries. He wns robbed of $22 and a gold watch and chain. Elkton Marriage Licenses Elkton. Md July 23. Only seven couples produced marriago licenses here today, the smallest dny's issue for sev eral months. They Include: Earl W. McMr-uamln and F.rma II. Yerkes. and John Cramer and Horn M. Allen, Phila delphia; Harrv A. Kauffmnn, Phila delphia, and Ethel M. Queen, Wash- Ington; Tony A. Mnto and Rose Muteger. Camden; Mux H. Chevernnd ste a Ainrsn. Atlantic iitv: isnri k. McElwain nnd Sarah K. Riiffincton. iA-kens, Pn., and llllam S. Smith, Chester, and Clara L. Buhlcr, Rldge ,way, Paj . COURT MUST DECIDE WHICH IS WAR HERO J . E Caldwell $ (p Jewelers Silversmiths Stationers Chestnut and Juniper Streets Diamond Wrist Watches platinum bracelet or BLACK RIBBON BAND. THE EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS OF J. E. CALDWELL & CO. WOMAN IS CRUSHED BY RUNAWAY TRUCK Brakes Fall to Hold and Motor Vehicle Dashes Down Stoop Market St. Incline VICTIM IS IN HOSPITAL' A woman was hurt Berlotisty when the brakes on a' truck broke while the vehicle wag ascending the steep Market street incline from Delaware avenue to day and the truck plunged back and ran up on the pavement, Tho truck broke down n barber pole, smashed tho front of a store and pinned Mrs. Thtirinn Blakcly, 102 North Nine teenth street, to the pavement. The truck was uninjured. Mrs. Blakely probably owes tier life to her presence of mind. When she saw she could not escape the vehicle she threw herself on the pavement be side n stone step which bore part of the truck's weight. Mrs. Blakely was imprisoned for about five minutes Then the truck was Sulled nwnv nnd she was taken to the effcrson Hospital by Mounted Pntrol man Knox, who commandeered a passing automobile for the trip. Mrs. Blakcly sustained a fractured nrm nnd other injuries, rhysicluns at the hospital sny she will recover. The truck was ascending tho lilll when the engine stalled. The driver put on the brakes, but they failed to hold. The heavily loaded vehicle smashed into the front of tlie Rldgcway barber shop, U Market street. Mrs. Blakcly wai asccudlng the hill at the time. DRY AGENTS "TRAPPED" Wily Constable Smells Booze and Confiscates "Hootch" Tho raid by thirty prohibition en forcement officers upon saloons In Ches ter alleged to be selling liquor Illegally came near ending disastrously for the raiding party last night whent the trucks filled with the confiscated "hootch," on the way to tho Federal Building in this city were held up by a suspecting con stable on the Chester pike near Darby, The government agents were detained several hours by the officer in Delaware county until their identity, wns definitely established by the arrival of Assistant Prohibition Enforcement Officer John W. Crowley, who responded to frantic telephone calls from his assistants, who snld thnt they were about to be locked up for the night on the charge of trans porting liquor illegally. Tho raid upon the eleven saloons in Chester had netted tho prohibition agents ncarlv flOOO gallons of "hard stuff" and this had been londcd on four trucks to bo brought to Philadelphia as evidence. The trucks wero without lights nnd. ns they nenrcd Darby, they were overtaken by darkness. The con stable at first placed the party under arrest for traveling without lights. This matter was fixed up by lamps belne purchased at a nearby garage and the party was nbout to proceed under the promise to return when wanted, when the constable's sense of smell told him there was something else besides men aboard the trucks. TRY TO END COAL STRIKE National Conciliators Qo to Illinois Bituminous Field Washington, July 23. (By A. P.) In nn effort to settle the strike of the mine laborers In Illinois the Labor De nnrtment todav ordered three of its con- ciltntors to proceed to Illinois to seek nn ndjustment of the strike. The de pnrtmcnt nctcd at the request of the White House. HurIi L. Kerwin. .chief of the con cilintlon service, said that two con ciliators who were near the strike center would leave for Illinois tonight. Thev are William H. Rogers and John J. Walsh. A third, probably John II. Lcnon, nlso will be sent into Illinois. Secretary Tumulty requested the de partment to net after n committee of Tlllnntu innl nnprntnrtt Illlll Rsltcd that President Wilson take action to check the sprend of the strike into tne rest oi the central competitive field, including Iudiana, Ohio and western Pennsyl vania ns well as Illinois. At their conference with Secretary Tumulty, the operators were under stood to have ncciarcu tneir opposmuu to reopening the existing wage agree ment, which the tnen wish changed so as to give them un Increase of $2 u day. NEED CASH FOR OLYMPIC Dallas Discusses Needs of Champion Athletes With Mayor The urgent need of financial support for the local committee sending nth letes to Antwerp for the Olympic gamrs next month wns outlined to the Ma or today by Samuel J. Dallas, president of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United Stntcs. Mr. Dallas told the Mayor that it would take $2.1.000 to send the nine nthletes from this city to the Olympics. He declnred thnt other cities hnve com pleted their quota, but that Philadel phia Is lagging. Mavor Monro nsserjed his belief that citizens of this' city would respond to the request and furnish the required bnrklng. He also agreed to appoint a reception committee to greet the ath letes on their return on September 10. SEVEN ARRE8TED IN RAID Hyman Oross was arrested In a po lice rnid yesterday afternoon on a house on South street below Thirteenth, which the police say was conducted as a gam bling place. He was taken to the Cen tral Station, where ho will have a hear ing today, along with ttfo negroes nnd four white men arrested at the same time. 1 ifrj X. ,...,.,... $V-jVjl).w-,r . .wJjgjysgjj uElSJX irsssraw, ...r.- . KJVt... af J
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