Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, July 28, 1920, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 1

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THE WEATHER
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Ffclf weather and moderate tempera
tore tonight and Thursday; gentle
variable wind.
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V0L( VI. NO. 271
Btato Superintendent Says
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Special Interests
ISOLDS THEM TO BE PUBLIC
SERVANTS IN EVERY SENSt
hi.inn Rased on flexion ot
.,-.i
Lancaster Instructors Who
Were Qenied Pay Rlso
Public school teachers cannot nfullnte
Mth a labor organuauon 10 boiu iu
L..IH In salaries. Dr. Thomas E,
Finegan, state superintendent of public
In'trucuon, nncu iuuuj.
Doctor Finegnn's decision was based
,n netitions filed on behalf of teachers
n the Lancaster scnooi ummti. ""
... . .. 1 .It.A.Int till-
mtllnes a policy comprehending the en
re state.
A croup of Lancaster teachers com
lalnod their yearly contracts were not
mewed bv the district school board
ftcr they had joined the American
ederatlon of Teachers, which is nfflll-
ted with the American Federation of
abor.
Formation of a branch of the teachers'
ederatlon followed the Lancaster school
oard's failure to increase the salaries
f teach era
The state superintendent's ruling
ns based on his assertion that school
inciters nre servants of the public and
unt me oesr public interest cannot DC
crvca if the Instructors join an or
ionization representee a special in
crest.
Doctor Flnegnn's Kullnc
" The rulinjr. in nart. follows :
"At the outset of the illneslnn n)
Ills question it should be clearly stated
hat teachers have the rleht to csrnlilliih
organizations, societies, ov ntssnMnrinna
. - . - --. T- ... .v..
or mo purpose ot protecting their per-
yum uuu proicssionai interests aim for
iromotine tno cencrnl educational wcl
are of the community in which they
"It Should also be Ktnred lmf n r.r
on does not ROerlfirn hlu Iniltrlilnnllfv
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in (icibuiiui uucrcies, or tne rlRlit to
Anrcss ins judgment upon social and
iuoiic prooiems simply because he be-
omes n teaener. a teacher may oxer
use rlelltS ill lllu iniUvWhinl fnrtnnUv
Ll.1.1. 1 i.i u- i ' --i.
u.tu ii. wuuiii ut! improper lor mm to
:crclse in romhlnntlnn wlti. nfi..
acners in tneir capacity as public ser-
intS. There is a clear rilsHnrHnn hn.
neen the exercise of these rights which
ut oe rccoRnizcu. une .rights or the.
amti iu mi, connection stiouiu oe ro
tected by local schnnl nnthnrllloa nnn
III be sustained by state authority.
No Question as to Mollis
'"There Is no nnratlnn na tr, fhn n
os which actuated those teachers in
luiianne witn tun nrmn ? m. n. ....
iou. They were not recnlvlnir tlin cn'i.
ries which the services they were ren
erlng entitled them to receive. They
ad petitioned the board nf nnlir.nl .11.
ectors for nu increase in their salaries
mil these increases had not been ac
orded by the board. These teachers
'flew, however, thnt- tlin r:n..nn
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mv lUMiiiiuiini'iiiui nnn me state super
M.r.iMUIIL ni n n lliurriinf Irt.t .i'iia
urKinB out a plan to he submitted to
he Lejislaturc for action by that bodv.
fi? . ' . nlPtl"i. would Kuarautce to
III teachers in the Ntnro nilnnnnfn ni..,.
Iieinntlon.
I Thev also IrnoTir llmf tliA r2n.fn.nA..
Ijail several times announced in public
pM,ton uuu. ne was in invor of In-
reaslne their pnmnenmiMnn nnil H.nf
1A m.,,1 1 ,..--. ..,., u(.v. ll.Ub
; nuuui hupport tno movement which
'" wen inaugurated for the accom
illsliinent of bueh end.
X lev knrw tlmf tlm .i.i .,i...i.
ndent of public instruction had held
;r:iiu coniercnces with school boards
"id that he intended to hold many
".v.n .. ,m. purpose ot coming to an
ijreement with unfii tinm-.ia r... n.. .i
mate salary schedule for nil teachers in
": siuie. ino Dress of thn t.rntn l.n.l
liven generous sunnort In li m.-M .!.
imns to those negoltatloni ns well n
itroiiB .dltorial approval. Publlo sentl
nent t hioughout not only the state, but
Z ni,IolJ. was virtually unanimous in
xii .1 . Fe,,ernl movement which
"- uuLiuiiHi in Uw cnnnA f-n ..
i, s" i.nc'"'l eonpensutiou
iii !.. . J l"""' iiiviii iu men
--' iiuuiii iiiii nnii nnniiin . i a.
lm i.. . . ' . l"ulllr reiurn lor
'HS! for, "'eir wor' and adequate
ecoRnitlon of the vital services which
nej were rendering the state.
Attfinnted Cnerrlon
m iLS""''?,.. WP ""opt possible
W ith local outhorltlc.', to ol.-"
a'",inort,abed compensation for nil tho
eachers emn ovp.i n i. i.i"i i l,.
- "vstta. iiiiiiii iiv t ii n arnrn i .--.
&. ffJ ?i
im..i..i"""'V' juruieu an
I Am TSn n"C,h w,ns afflUatcd with
the xZl red(.rat'?n of Lnbor, for
Ihr. Kn i . L curr"i'on ot Jjnbor, for
fCBu,apffZn,t"'ei?c
f!
".ife-J demanded. " W",BU B"C" lCaC"
This nrnfir.,l,. .
linprofesslnnni it .i "T ""Pr0!1" and
. i 'Y'ra,l?Dal. If tho hfinr.l nf unl.nl
Mireeiors .ni , ., "."- -... wu.
pord thew J.i b"ow.a desire to no
C.1..1 "cs.e tc.a.ehcrs an ncreasn In thol
U; ... cn' ."B n adjustment bv tin.
"the" pun wo'nnl pr01?er l'ro-l'ro
an apnea? t tf?W 1,'?,ve .bccn to nnke
whoi;Pm.I" .'A1? Pubic. by laying the
ninil and linvo ., 1 "l'l"-in ui huh
nenJt w.,t.en?,lc adequately com-
hool boaVoV in ,i l5uS.f"opernt?a with
ride nMPs,.7Jn;"vi.8h,B.ienu8 to pro-
teachers nil . i, '"crefor. When
hroughthea, TK? ,obtnl Ju-tlcS
. their Sn2n-.of l'clF.-Pcrfor of-
made direct tTT, H"ouul, Wwnj-s be
public nt larJL S,n f t,0"t tucnts-the
be mn.l iB.rs,?.u?h appeal should not
flons whlencnrPKan?n wlth. "fRnnlza
Po the ,nf.??f.csent Particular class
tesU therein ' BOmu s"eclaI in-
.i,aKlA,',"'sXotnindlag
ui ftff,a'P!?.hnt the teachers who
ratlnn t ". l,,a tno. Amcr can FpiI.
he n.i.. 'i".,u.or wero not bouml hv n
fcTorU to ouXBTJnJV h0'ly In. Ha
itw whieh tT " ".'" Vu nnn Privl-
- .v ccchu iorits members.
TtAPUPRQ nANNRT
I LnUI ILIlv ui 11 11 iu 1 iKHHHHVBaBSFn!??p;v i& will
JOIH WITH LABOR, B " ' H
OR. RNEGAW RULES uHKlii jNH
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entered aa Second-Clan Matter at th ttontofflc, at Philadelphia. Pa.
Under the Act of March 3, 1B7D.
PROMINENT WOMEN PLAN WITHMAYO ON VOTE
lJirer Photo S-rli
In order to assure themselves that the legal machinery for casting their final votes will be ready If tlio thirty
sixth state ratifies tho equal suffrage amendment before November, representatives of the Republican women's
commlttco of Pennsylvania called on Mayor Moore and other officials at City Hall today. Tho conference in the
offlco of tho Mayor Is shown above. Those In tho picture aro, loft to right, Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, Mrs. J.
Willis Martin, Mrs. Walter 8. Thomson, Mayor Moore, and Mrs. Ilarclay II. Warburton. City Solicitor Smyth
Is in the left background
NORTH PENN BANK
TO PAYJIVIDENO
Col. Pusoy Announces25 Per
Cent Will Be Paid on Un
disputed Claims
MORE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
Judge Ferguson has authorized the
payment of n 25 per cent dividend on
undisputed North Penn Bank claims.
Depositors of the defunct bank, which
failed last July, whose pass books cor
respond with the bonk records, will re
ceive tho first installment on their
claims within, a week.
"Disputed claims on the bank will not
bo paid nt present. The disputes will
be heard in Common Picas Court No. 3
on September 21!.
Judge Ferguson's decision was an
nounced today after Colonel Fred Tay
lor Puscy, special deputy attorney gen
eral, appointed to settle the bank mix
up, and Deputy Attorney General
Ilernard J. Myers conferred with him in
the mountnlns wlicre,he, is, vacationing.
.Declaration" tr the" initial" "dividend:
Colonel Pusey snid, was the forerunner
of others to follow. Prospects are
bright, he said, for the depositors to
receive u substantial refund on their
money.
The dividend wus made possible,hy the
prosperity of the Phoenix Trust Co.,
which took over the North Pcnn's ac
counts and is conducting business in the
North Penn's building nt the northeast
corner of Twenty-ninth and Dauphin
streets.
"Wo nre only too glad to be able to
show business sufficient to declare the
dividend at this time, John J. Coyle,
president of the Phoenix Trust Co.,
snid today, "and hope f.oon to declare
nnother one by collecting additional
debts owed the North Penn."
Tho nncounts are available now to
pay the dividend, said William It.
Smith, state banking department rep
resentative nt the trust company, tho
few days' delay being nocessnry to
complete the records before issuing the
checks. Tho dividend will bo paid
by checks mailed to the depositors.
Mr. Coyle gives great credit to tho
assistance given his bank by Attorney
General Schaffcr and Hanking Commis
sioner Fisher.
AUTO THIEVES IN CRASH
Run Stolen Car Into Window at
Sixtieth and Chestnut Streets
Three motor thieves, who stole an
automobllo from Fifty-ninth and Wal
nut streets nt 11 :4." o'clock last night,
crashed into u display window of
House's drug store, at Sixtieth and
Chestnut "streets, and wer.e forced to
abandon the cnr.
The automobile is owned by Dr.
Walter Annon, '1532 North Kleventh
street. He came out of a house nt Fifty-ninth
and Walnut streets in time to
see the thieves drive away In his car.
He followed them on foot nnd saw
them run up on the sidewalk and plunge
into the window. The window of Wal
ter's heater and range store, nt 102
South Sixtieth street, was also cracked
by the careening automobile. The
thieves escaped.
THE WEATHERMAN SAYS:
"Just a
Little Whim of
Mine."
Well, Read It
"Just a littlo whim of mln'e," said
the weatherman this morning, in ex
plaining the cool weather of the lost
few days, which is turning into sum
mer again today.
"In the first place I wanted to give
.4, the peoplo who couldn't go on their va
cation n taste ot mountain and snoic
weather," he said.
"In the second nlaco I wanted to get
.even with St. Swlthin by showing him
who controls the destinies of riilladei
phlu weather. He said it would rain
forty days. If hd had tried to make it
rain Monday or Tuesday morning, he
would have found the rain turned to
snow."
Hcslde all this, the wind was from
tho northwest and the thermometer is
duo for a rise.
THIEVES ABANDONED AUTO
Jimmied Garage Door, but Left Ma
chine on Columbia .Avenue
The doors of tho garage'' of Jacob
Kluncd, Ninth street nnd Hunting Pnrk
avenue, wero jimmied open cnriy mis
morning nnd 11 touring car and supply
of tools were stolen.
David Mct'loud .'JDOft ISortl Iftli
street, discovered tho thMt nnd noti
fied Kluncd itud Abe, Mirier, 41T West
Ontario street, owner of tho car. The
trio searched around North Philadel
phia for the stolen muchlne, and finally
recovered it standing on 'Columbia avo
hue near'Uroad street.
FIND AGED MAN HANGING
Inmate of German Protestant Home
Commits Suicide
Frederick J. Kleeber. seventy years
old, nn inmate of the German Protest -nut
Home, nt Old Soldiers road and
Hellerman street, committed suicide by
hanging himself from a fire-escape enrly
this morning, the police say.
Tho aged man was missed when Dr.
C. W. Snllfrank, who hnd been attend
ing him, called to sco his patient. A
scorch revealed Kleeber suspended by a
ropo from the fire-escape on a stable
adjoining the institution. He had been
dead for a considerable time when cut
down.
Prohibition Agents Assert Po
lice Were on Guard When 27
Barrels. Disappeared
TWO STORIES ARE OFFERED
Twenty-seven barrels of alcohol,
valued at .$.10,000, seized in a raid in
West Philadelphia last Monday, have
disopneared. City police and federal
prohibition agents. blame each other for
the .loss. Kach declares that the other
was responsible for guarding the al
cohol. An official investigation was begun
this afternoon bv Superintendent of Po
lice Mills, while John W. Crowley,
assistant prohibition officer, likewise is
conducting n probe.
Here ore the two views of the mys
tery alcohol :
Prohibition ngents assert that n raid
was made on Monday at the home of
Itobert Shall, HS28 Ludlow street. The
nlcohol was seized, the barrels cemented
together and placed under guard of
pntrolmen of the Fifty-fifth nnd Pine
streets station. Yesterday, sny the
agents, a truck was sent to enrrv the
liquor to the federal building. When
they entered the cellar it wus found that
the alcohol had been stolen. They fur
ther claim that two patrolmen were
on guard.
This afternoon a preliminary report,
quite contrary to the above statements,
was handed to Superintendent Mills by
I.Ieutenunt Montgomery, of the Fifty
fifth nnd Pine streets station. This re
port shows that a raid was made in the
Shall home on Monday and that Acting
Detectives Summers, Kenney nnd Col
llesh were dctnilcd to help the prohibi
tion agents serve the search warrant.
The report adds that Prohibition
Agents Kncelcr nnd Slsson were in
charge and that, on Mondny afternoon,
these men told tho detectives that the
government hnd charge of the nlcohol
and that It would not be necessary for
the police to maintain a guurd. Lieu
tenant Montgomery declared that he
knows nothing. more of tho affair, ex
cept that he received a report from the
prohibition forces yesterday to the ef-
tect tnat tuc liquor had been stolen.
Anyway, an investigation is under
way.
ASK MONEY "FOR GR0VER'
Mrs.
Berndoll Reports Receipt
of
Letters Begging Funds
Mrs. F.mmn C. llergdoll, mother of
firover and Krwin llergdoll, million
aire draft dodgers, reported to assist
ant United States Attorney Walnut to
day the receipt of several letters asking
for money for G rover, who is a fugi
tive, having escaped from the nrmy au
thorities. In each case the writer of the letter
asked for money nnd promised to send
it to Grovcr, with whom the writer
claimed to be well acquainted. .Mrs.
llergdoll sent no money; Mr. Walnut
referred her to the postal inspectors,
but she leftvthe Federal lluildlng say
ing she would rather turn tho matter
over to the police. '
LET GO ON DOPE CHARGE
Alleged Peddler Proves to ..Veteran
He Served in France
United States Commissioner Mnnley,
at a contluucd hearing, today discharg
ed Louis Brown, alias Karl G. Pembcr
ton, on n charge of peddling dope,
Ilrown denied that ho had posed ns
one of eight survivors of tho Princess
Pat regiment. He said he had claimed
he served with the F.lghth Canadian
field artillery brigade.
William Pemberton, one of the vet
erans of tho Princess Pnt, wns present
at the hearing and checked stories of
experiences ip Franco ns related by
Ilrown. Ilrown proved nt tho hearing
that ho had taken part In six engage
inonts. Ho suid ho had assumed tho
name Pemberton and had posed as a
dope seller in an effort to liud n dope
peddler who. he asserted, eloped with
his wife. 1 T
ALCOHOL IS STOLEN;
. VALUED AT $30,000
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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1920
DUD SHELL VICTIM'S
WIDOW TRIES TO DIE
Mrs. West Leaps In Front of
Truck, but Companion
Saves Her
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Mrs. Itaymond West. 110 Noith
Denrborne street, whose Husband was
killed by the explosion of n "dud" shell
near Cape May on Monday, attempted
suicide at Fifty-first and Arch streets
today. H
Mrs. West ran out in front of n five
ton motortruck railing to the driver to
run over her. Sho "wns saved by the
heroism of n woman companion who
flung her aside just in time to prevent
her being struck.
Mrs. West and Mrs. Harvey Born
man, 118 North 'Denrborne street, were
shopping this morning nnd attending to
details of tho funeral of West,
Thoy reached- Fifty firsthand Arch
streets on the trip back to Dcarborne
street, which is between Fiftieth and
Fifty-first streets, when the. two no
ticed the big motortruck coming west on
Arch street.
Mrs. West had been sobbing and tell
ing Mrs. Bornmnn that the death of her
husband meant the loss of all joy in
life to her. Mrs. Bornman -Kod one
arm around the widow.
Leaps In Front of Trucit
"Good-by." Mrs. West called sud
denly, breaking awuy from Mrs. Born-
man nnd running into the street. "I
don't want to live now that Kay has
gone.
"Itun over me." she screamed to the
driver of the truck, who was going nt
a fair rate of speed ami was too close
to the woman to stop in time to avoid
striking her.
ThinK happened quickly in the next
half minute. The driver jammed on
his brukes and tried to swerve .the
machine, but could not Mrs. Born
man, dumfounded ot first by her com
panion's net ion, ran after her. '
Speeding in front of the onrushlng
truck, Mrs. Bornman reached Mrs.
West and flung her whole weight against
the grief-crazed woman. Both ernshed
to the street, the truck just brushing
their garments ns it passed by.
The driver was unable to stop the
heavy vehicle nt once nnd it ran up
on the pavement, narrowly missing sev
eral other persons before he regained
his nerve nnd ran it back to the street.
He continued on his way without stop
ping to ascertain the fate of the women.
Mrs. West was semiconscious, but she
realized she hod failed In her attempt to
die and broke Mown completely. Sob
bing on Mrs. Bornmnn's shoulder, she
asked why her friend had not per
mitted her to die.
"Oh, I wanted to die," she sobbed.
"I wanted to go to Bay. Why did he
die without meV"
Now in Serious Condition
Then she fainted. Tender hands car
ried her to her nearby home and a
physician was summoned. AVlicn she
iccovered conm'lousiiess she began sob
bing again and demanded to know why
her attempt had been frustrated.
Mrs. VU-st is in a serious condition.
She has two children. Hitymond. Jr..
five years old, an 1 Walter, three years.
West and thr-o friends were "walk
ing on th old provlug grounds of the
Hetnieiiem nu-ei 10. at i'lbhiug Creek
Village, near Tape May, on Monday,
when the) noticed an old three-inch
thell there.
One of the men kicked the shell ndu
it exploded. West was killed inline
diatcly. Bently Hoffman, son of J
Durrell Hoffman, principal of the Fish
ing Creel; Village schools, was badlv in
jured. He Is In Cooper .Hospital, Cam
den, but will iccover.
AMUNDSENAT NOME
Norwegian cpiorcr Arrives at
Alaska Town From Arctic Ocean
Nome, Alaska, July 28,Konald
AmundHjMi, rwoglan explorer, arrived
iu NoinT- last night from the Arctic
ocean.
Amundsen was aboard a tug and snid
he left his ship, the Moude, at Sledge
Island, not far from here, where for
the last ten days ho lias been storm
bound. He reported all wns well with
his .expedition.
Amundsen was taken to a hotel
where several hundred peoplo gathered
to greet him. He said tonight was th
first time in two years he ha J been in
a nlaco whore he could "clean tin '
Amundsen told of an encounter with
a polar bear laat winter in which his
clothing wos torn from, his body, one
of his arms broken and his back and
legs severely lacerated. II0 ! still suf
ferlng from tho effects oMho oncoun
ter. When ou think of wrltlnr
think ot WHlTINoTHUtf?;
1
WOMEN
A SHRED
CITY WILL BE READY
IF THEY GET VOTE
Delegation Calls on Mayor and
Other Officials to Spur
Legal Machinery
CONTENT TO FACE SAME
CONDITIONS AS THE MEN
Commissioner Fell Says Books
Are Prepared to Enroll
300,000 of Sex
Afraid to Tell Her Age?;
Not Young Mrs. Warburton
"No 'twenty-one plus club' for
me," assorted1 Mrs. Barclay II.
Warburton today at the City Hall
conference on- the possibility of
nsscsslng nnd registering women
voters tills Ml.
"I will tell my age nnd I am
sure all other women will," sho
added.
women in some sections who want
to vote but do not wish to reveal
their ago say they will give their
rears as "twenty-one plus."
When the thirty-sixth stato pushes
open the door marked "votes for wom
en" this city will have its political
household swept and garnished for the
new power in American politics.
This wos the net outcome of nu Im
portant conference today at City nail
between city and county officials and
representatives of the Republican Wom
en's Committee of Pennsylvania.
It was decided to have City Solicitor
Smyth confer with State Attorney Gen
eral Schoffcr on the legal framework
necessary. ,
Mayor Moore announced his willing
ness to approve a $.10,000 appropria
tion for assessing nnd registering wom
en voters.
R. Lawrence Fell, chairman of the
board vof registration commissioners,
declared the board has its books and
other records so arranged that it- is
ready now to enroll approximately 300,
000 women.
Dramatic Force at Conference
There was n certain dramatic force
to the conference in the Mayor's pri
vate office as "tho women sat grouped
in half circle around the Mayor and
with other officials nearby.
,The. women present wore Mrs. Bar
clay II. Warburton. chairman of the
women's state committee: Mrs. Wnltcr
S. Thomson, chairman of the Philadel
phia committee: Mrs. J. Willis Martin,
a member of the executive committee;
Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson and Mrs. H.
S Prentiss Nichols.
Mrs. Aurburton wore a striking;
canury coioreu uress witn a (larK brown
hat, canary colored stockings and
brown cloth shoes. A double string of
pearls encircled her throat.
Mrs. Thomson wore a light blue hat
trimmed with roses and a dark blue
dress.
Besides the Mayor, the officials
present included K. Lawrence Fell,
chairman of the board of reeistrnUnn
commissioners; County Commissioners
Holmes. Kuenzel and Lank nnd Daniel I
A. Mchcnury, cnief clerk of the rcg s-
trillion hnnrcl
tru
,. .. ... ,
Asks About Assessment
Mrs. Warburton nsked .the Mayor
'what arrangement could be made for
the assessment of the women as a neces
sary preliminary to registration in the
event that the suffrage amendment is
fully ratified.
"In the absence of direct informa
tion from the nttorney genernl," replied
the Mayor, "I question that we can get
very far today. I would not like to
tuke the responsibility of asking Coun
cil for an appropriation on indefinite
information.
"My personal opinion is that we will
hove to set up new maehlneryyto nc
commodatc the women, and therefore
then" will be n duplication of election
machinery. We may hnve to make dif
ferent arrangements, ns, for example, in
the matter of polling booths.
"If the women use the snmi hnntl. u
the men, the problem will be simplified
"very materially."
Crowds at Polling Places
Mrs. Nichols asked the Mayor if the
polling pluces were taxed to their ca
pacity. Tho Mayor replied that during the
last mnjoralty election long lines of
men una ueen ouugeu 10 wait outside
the polling places, and in some in
btimces the lines were so long that some
could not vote wunin tne prescribed
hours.
Mrs. Nichols suggested such n nnn.
dltlon should be rectified in any event.
The Mayor then discussed the ques
tion 01 rourii'My uv 1110 poiung booths,
"The women may have to take their
place In the line," Mr. Moore stntcd
"but with the men us polite as I think
they will be, women will be Invited, to
go to the head of the line. I notice,
however, that the women have to stand
In line nt banks and theatre windows."
Wonlen Should Meet Conditions
Several of the women present pointed
out that the women should bo pro
pared to face equal conditions. Mrs.
Martin suggested that tho women might
vote ut different hours of the day
Contlnnrd on I'ass Two. Column Four
TWO HURT IN CRASH
Trolley and Milk Wagon Collide at
Oakland and Arrott Streets
Two men were hurt when a trolley
car collided with a milk wagon at Oak
land and Arrott streets at C :45 o'clock
this morning.
The injured men were Joseph Funk
twenty-six years old, 3008 Martha
street, driver of the wagon, and Stan
ley Lublak, twenty-five years old, 2000
Orthodox street, his assistant, who were
)oth thrown to the street In the col
lision. Both men were token to the
Frnukford Hospital, where it was
learned that Funk had received cuts ot
tho wrist, anns and forehead, uhn.
Lut)iak-had a fractured rib and possi
bly oher internal Injuries. Tho crew
of the Frankford car' which struck the
wagon have pot been avrestcd.
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JAPAN DELAYS WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
' ' TOKIO, July 28 Major General Tanaka, mlnibter of war,
has. Imprmed the cabinet tfiat withdrawal of troopa from Tramf
balkal ban been delayed owing to a deadlock In th0 ucgotiatioiiB
for tho creation of a buffer state. But ns a result of the progress
of the pourparlers with tho Vcrkhne-TTdlnsk government, it is be
J.cvcd the withdrawal will shortly be started.
5000 IDLE AT GARY BECAUSE OF FUEL LACK
GART, Ind., July 28. As a result of th0 fuel shortage 5,000
nicn here aro Idle, It was reported today. Tho American Sheet and
Tin mill, one of tho largest of its kind, was out of commission.
Tho big Bessemers in tho Gary works wer0 operating qnly inter-
mittently, the plant being seriously crippled. Twelve of tho big
blast furnaces wero cold. It was announced that in, order to
continue partial operation, .tho Gary works will hereafter use oil
as fuel in many of thojr departments.
MEXICAN MINERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY
'
MEXICO CITY, July 28. Four thousand miners of the Com
pania Mctalurgica in San Luis Botosi, state of Nuevo Laredo,
have btruckfor higher wages, according to reports received here.
SUSPECT IN
RI
MURDER
DA NED
Aifentown Police Believe They
Have Woman's Slayer
in Custody
VICTIM'S BODY IDENTIFIED
Special Dispatch to Uvcntno Public Leilatr
Allentowii, Ph.. July 2R. The
Allentown police nre awaiting the ar
rival of 11 detective from Detroit to look
over Hoy Lnrmw. also known ns Wil
liam Lcroy. arrested as 11 suspect iu
tho trunk mauler matery. On a tip
1 received from an unrevenled source. City
Detective Nixon nnd rntrolman Charles
O'Donncll yesterday took Larrow into
custody while he wns drivine a truck
on the new Rtate Iiighway at NcfT.
Larrow admitted many tilings which
led the police to believe him the man
who perpetrated the trunk tragedy. He
ovid,;!ltly t,rip,1,to h.i(1( ''is "'""U'v by
"'"""'h "ru"' """ "'" ' "" "u ,""'"
to be twenty-five years old, says he is
, . . .
only nineteen. When asked if he were
Lugene I.eroy, he nervously replied in
the negative, but snid he wn .sometimes
known 11s William Lcroy. He admitted
having been imprisoned twice, once for
house burglary at Potitioe. Mich., nnd
again for the theft of nu automobile at
Binglinmton, N. Y.
Bertillon measurement.-, disclosed the
suspect is fi foot 8 inches tall, weight
l.iU pounds, ills genernl description, ns
well as his photograph, tallies with that
of the I.eroy wanted for the crime. His
explanation of hi- movement is un
satisfactory. He said he spcir two days
with a girl in Detroit in June and then
went to Iowa and Inter cume to Phila
delphia Hi- said he had n disagreement
with his sweetheart, owing to her re
ceding attentions from a Greek. Fol
lowing their quurrel, Larrow said, she
left Detioit, he knew not whither.
Larrow refuses to reveal his ante
cedents nor will he give the names of
his parents or the place of his birth.
The information gleaned from the sus
pect was transmitted to Detroit head
quarters by long-distance telephone dur
ing the night and the chief there wns so
much impressed with possibilities thut
he started a man for Allentown im
mediately. After Larrow had been
shaved his appearance was still more
like the man wanted, rending the nr
rlval of the Detroit police the suspect
is being finger-printed nnd photogruphed.
New York, .lul - Mrs. Leo Trum
bull, wife of a Detioit policeman, today
at the ltellevue Morgue idcutitlcd the
body of the ouhg woman found in u
trunk in the American Hallway Kx
press Co. warehouse here lust week us
that of Mrs. Kugene I.eroy.
Birmingham, Ala,, July 28. Lieu
tenant John P. Smith, of the Detroit
homicide squad, Had a long conference
today with Allan, A. Tutuiii, a printer,
whose statements to the police here cave
the first clue iu the Detroit -New York
trunk murder mystery, Tntuin. expressed
a wlllltlgnes to accompany the detective
to NeV lark or Uetrolt. I
Lieutenant Smith nnd"1he police heie
are working on the theory that Kugene
Leroy, huxbaud l tho woman whose
bodv wos found in the trunk, also is
known us Fernandez, Lieutenant Smith
today questioned two men bearing that
name who have come to Birmingham
since June 15, but neither was licit).
Lawrence, Kan., July 28. A tele
prnni received today by Sheriff Wnml-
ward from the Detroit chief of detectives
requested the sheriff to hold for further
investigation the man who wus ar
rested here yesterday answering the de
scription f KiiRene Leroy. soucht In
connection with the Detroit trunk
murder mystery.
Falls From Car, Leg Broken
Miss Emnm Young, seventeen years
old, 2820 North Water street, fell from
n trollev ear nt Fifteenth nti-not nn.i
Montgomery avenue at noon today. She
receivcu a iracturc 01 tne right leg
and cuts and bruises. She was taken
to St. .Joseph's Hospital.
Bubjcrltjtton Trtea 18 Ter by Mall,
Publlo tedier Company.
COX
HANDICAPPED
BY WILSON RECORD
Nominee Fighting Hard to Stem
Tide of Reaction Aga'mst
Democratic Party
NATION IS WATCHING OHIO
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
SliilT CorrmiHinilrnt of the limine 1'nblie
Lrdxer
Copurloht, 19in, by Public T.cilorr Co.
Columbus, O.. July 28. The notional
campaign is further advanced in Ohio
than elsewhere. This is so because the
two big candidates live here and because
important lenders on both sides nre
Ohio men.
Governor Cox will direct his own
fight. His national chairman. Georce
White, is an Ohioon, and Edmond ! suited by G-eat Britain and he will lay
Moore manager of his conW for the JJ' X'sovlerGvernnent1:"08
nomination, is an important, influence ' This attitude is token to insure Po
in the background. Now, perhaps the land not being overwhelmed by facing
cleverest politician on either side is nn 'I"' Uolshevists alono in the ncgotia-
Ohioan. Moreover, Harry Daugherty. ! ti0m' t 1 1 1 n t
a. tr n . r uufcuirij, The conference took place nt the Im-
aenator Harding s former campaign pedal Hotel instead of the district gov
managcr nnd perhaps the most influ- eminent building, as intended. The
entinl of the Republican national IcauV premiers began their conversations after
crs now, is aNo an Ohioan. j lunching together, continuing until 5:30
,-., , , . , . 10 clock. Afterwards the premiers took
Uhio is a piotal state. Cox can--I ton together, then the British renre-
not win without carrying it. Harding
might do so, but is not likely to.
Ohio has gone Democratic nationally
in the last two elections 1012 nnd
1010 nnd it bus got in the habit of
going Democratic on the governorship,
having elected only one Republican
governor since 10()."i It is debatable
ground, unless the 1 evulsion of feeling
ugninst Wilson anil the Democratic
party is so strong that no northern state
is debatnble ground.
Leaguo Issue Keeps Bobbing Up
Ohio, too, is a fairly topical state.
It is on the border between the in
dustrial East and the agricultural
est. It is uu agricultural stute tend
ing rapidly toward industrialism The
farm vote is Republican, the citv vote
is generally Democratic The w"ct is
sue enters the campaign here, and al
though Ohio is a dry state the wet
issue sufficed to elect Cox governor the
last time he ran in 1018, when there
wn.H, n definite trend toward the Re-
1'iiuiicnii party.
. Rut across the Honor enntmr.M h '
tho League of Nations' issue, us it does
almost everywhere. The wets here ore
largely the Germnns nf riiw.imm.i ,..,.J
uro antl-Democrutie on account of th..'
vnt'v A '?re is uKo n U'B Progressive
iV.Vn ..."' "V1 "8"'" ""' league
issue cuts across that, the Progressives
general y be ng strong anti-leaguers.
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Ohio Normally Remiliiie.iN
atoll to mon, Cox is probably stronger
iu Ohio than Harding. H,.' is better
known. Ha ms beciI S0lcril0p tl J ,,
lines and that means more iu ,, e
than being a Bcuator once. A governor
ouches the life of a state much more
ntimately than does a senator, and Cox
Ohio?1 " favornbl ImprcMlo" upon
Cox''!,' "nW I"lrty,,i,i stronK'r thun
OM., Tr i th trm,ltto"l Party of
ii, .1 is'. "joreover. the party to
which the whole country inclines to
lean because of discontent with tl 0 Wi
son administration.
On one hand you have a stute of
n1i".'Lt0.m'kon.wlU!' th0 "ttlti.de of a
people who wont toet away from one
man guveruiuent and from the party of
Wilson. On the other, you have a
personality to reckon with' The per
son I ox, ambitious, energetic, bohf, Js
0 force, if not a fdly developed forco.
U he" campaign In Ohio depends upon
what the person Cox can do to tho state
of mind of the people.
It is hot a good bet that tl,,. ......
Cox can, rwlth Wilson sitting In the
wet and Procress vn f?, J.L . 1 . V connection with the Husso-Pollsh
he would S Vnp SaTanl'l" ea 1 krob,WM' r l"-ln for the passage
the agricultural element to react les s f, """" t,m,"l,ios or tl" '"'rough
horn v nirn!nt (,,..i..n '" V ".Si this country.
PRICE TWO CENTS
DECISION OF ALLIES
VIEWED AS STEP TO.
E
London PrS3 Alarmed as Pro
mier3 Stand by Plan for
Russian 'Parley t-h
LITTLE BORDER STATES
WOULD BE REPRESENTED.
Bolshevik! Must Reverse Pres
ent Attitude Bofore Con
ference Begins nil
RECOGNIZ
ITS
By the Associate! Pecs "'
London, July 28. Uneasiness ovrr
the Russian situation is expressed Ijy
newspapers here as a result of the da- (
cision of Premiers Lloyd George and
,MHIcrand at Boulogne yesterday.
The premiers agreed to stand by their
original plan for a peace conference
with Soviet representatives, but decided
that the proposed conference in London
should not take place unless Russian
factions and border states were repre
sented. By the anti-Bolshevik papers the de
cision is roundly denounced, one of them
saying it "will bring nearer that diplo
matic recognition of the Soviet Govern
ment which we especially detest and
dread."
Premier Lloyd George, wjiom thess
papers regard as anxious to establish
relations with the Soviet, is sharply
criticized, ns one of them puts it, "for"
surrendering to tho Bolshevik! and
creating by his policy a very serious sit- .
uation."
Opposes Closed Doors '
The London Times declares the mat
ter is "too grave for irrevocable de
cision behind closed doors," and main
tains that lit must be submitted to the -parliaments
of the Allies. The paper
sympathizes with the French view that
America must have a voice in the ques
tion, implying its belief that America
wouid repudiate an agreement based on
Bolshevik conditions.
The Dnily Telegraph bitterly laments
the necessity to have dealings with the
Bolshevik! and admits : "If we do not
fight Russia which is the lost thing
anybody desires we must come to a
definite understanding with her."
The Chronicle describes the-Boulogne
decision as a "judicious middle for- t
mula."
Franco's consent to co-operate in, the
suggested conference is regarded with
special satisfaction In quarters desiring r
a speedy settlement of the European
turmoil.
Mr. Lloyd George accepted in the
main M. Millerand's views and it was
decided Grent Britain should reply to
the Soviet demands for on international
conference that It could not take place
unless the Bolshevists reversed their
present attitude and agreed to discuss
thereat peace with Poland and that all
qualified representatives of Russia and
the border states should attend.
Should Moscow accept these condi-
I tions. then M. Millerand will be con
sentativs left for England on a war
ship. Premier Millerand nnd the French
party returned to Pnris last night.
Warsaw. July 27. The Polish re
treat continues along the entire front,
according to latest news on the fight
ing operations received here.
Reports from Bolshevik sources indi
cate that the Bolshevik! intend to oc
cupy Suwalki, fifty miles northwest of
Grodno, and Itlaljstol;, forty-three
miles' southwest of Grodno, before the
beginning of the armistice negotiations.
The Bolshevlki now are within ten miles
of Bialystok.
' Paris, July 28. (By A. P.) The
Puris press is gratified over the results
of the Boulogne conference. MoNt of
the newspapers unite in considering the
outcome a "feather in M. Millerand's
cap," pointing out that he persuaded
Premier Lloyd George to adopt the
I'renc hviews both on the Russlun nnd
coal questions.
"The financial agreement concluded
at Spa." says Pertlnnx. noltticnl
"l"0'" f the Echo de Paris, "remains
(? ul.nm?' l)Ut th,nrQJa "ow a nUi, on
the h,or zo", nml' . if lM0 ""nrntloM
commission knows how to play the purt
assigned it, the blunders of u fortnight
ago will be reduced to the dimensions of
temporary mistakes."
Prague. Cwh ho. .Slovakia. Julv 27.
Considerable discussion is going on In
.. " .. " . -
'" ei newspapers
here over the
Tho sentimeut reflected is one of
insurmountable aversion to any form
of help in military action against
Russia. The labor element, according
to the indications, is determined to
prevent the passage of munitions
Continued on I'ucr Thirteen, Column FIt
PETTIBONE TRIAL OVER
Vermont Murder Case Expected to
Be Submitted to Jury Today
Manchester, Vt., Jul 28. (By A.
P.) Final arguments were mnde today
In the trial of Byron M, Pettlbone for
the murder of his wife at Bennington on
April 0. It is expected that the cube
will go to tho jury hefpro night.
Attorney James K. Bntchelder made
the closing pleu for the defendant, and
Attorney General Frank C. Archibald
presented tho final argument for the
state. The prosecution hns attempted
to nrovu that Pettlbone, an undertaker's
assistant, poisoned his wlfu because of
his alleged affection for Miss Ileleu X.
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