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ROOFS OF BUILDINGS SWEPT IN FACTORY FIRE;
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Mt. Gretna Onco Moro Ready to
Rocolvo Citizen-Soldiers for
Training Period
GENERAL PRICEN COMMAND
Financial Wizard Pqrsonally
Assists In Fedoral
Investigation
Regrets,
However, Council Did
Limitation Unon Cn.
Not Fix
of
Preliminary Work
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DOES NOT COMMIT CITY
Mayor Moore today signed the n.i-
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'"' ! iJ-MMJ .- would obey the order of the s- . '' P bbLH
-, y Mk Service Commission haltlnc tho I $V Hj
K. ,. ,H)Mi'i requested fore increase, . " "V -v t'H
.R .yfh 'WM opposed by tho city. lrf'i . t V LH
L- Itanld Transit Cn. nnnounred I
'lt would obey the order of the
e Service Commission haltlnc tho
W' rcaucstcd fare increase.
(h -was opposed by tho city.
he following brief statement was
ued from the office of Thomns B. Mlt-
A'nFltlflAnf nt fliA xnrtiAfN tlnn
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p. -xne x'uiiaucipiiia uaum xrnnnit v o.
Spill not make the tariff now with th?
Jrubllc Servico CommUslon effective
kuirust 1."
J This formal announcement disposed
it rumors that Mr. Mitten planned to
begin collection of tho higher farca to
morrow. The city Kollcltor'H office was
prepared to begin injunction proceed
Ingfi nt once If the attempt were made.
2l Tint trnnatf rnmnnnv ulllffllt in nhnl-
lh freo tranforn in order to add
approximately $3,000,000 a year to lt
iftvenue. A "tranult liberty loan" has
Jieen suggested to bolster up the com
pany's finances. , ,
-.Tohn II. Stevenson, a retired finan
cier, of Noble, makes the suggestion.
The. transit company is considering the
feasibility of a popular small denomi
nation bond Issue, it U understood, but
no action has been definitely taken.
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Palmer Lays Defeat
to MAdoo Candidacy
Centlnood from Pco One
slowly, "the convention is over; no
post-mortems."
At another point the attorney general
lvas reminded that the Cox candidacy
bad been hailed as a Tammanv victory.
k "How can ou av It was n Tammany
-ictory?" asked Mr. I'almer. "Yes.
New York voted for him ; o did Iowa
'and so did Pennsylvania finally. Hut
Jt was not an Iowa victory nor was it
wy victory nor the victory won by
Pennsylvania. It wns the free work of
a Democratic convention, as it should
'have been. The convention was not
dictated to and was not bossed. The
President himself did not ny anything
during the convention in the way of die
fating the nomination. It was a Demo
cratic nomination and we all acquiesce
in the result."
Mr, Palmer preferred to ignore a
discussion of the so-called Tammany
tactics which finally pushed Cox across
tho line. He vas told that Senator
Penrose had described Governor Cox
as the product of the corrupt elements
of the party, such as Tammany.
7" "I would rather have the brand of
Tammany," observed the attorney gcu
,ral, "than the brand of Penrose."
"Wi Cox win?" Mr. I'almer wns
ked. Without spirit, but as if sajinz
''.lBwt wnn thi nrcoiitril till in- to urn . ho
sswered :
O 4ITT.'.Htll .J. ,
Will Make Speeches
"Do you expect to take part in the
campaign for him?"
t"Oh, yes," was tho reply, "I expect
twill."
ftAftcr n pause he added: "Sfake some
aeccnes."
twln the course of the chat. Mr. Pal
UTAVas asked If the President had ever
coiiraged his candidacy for the presi-
J.NKV It .niJ (lAtH.ml m.fr ,. l.t .L.
W-J Jb t.MJ ivilll,ll Iflik H II till (UIll
f became an active candidate long he
Are there was any definitness to the
Jfeclln that tho President would not
wek a third term.
$ The attorney general avoided the
Question implied by "Kncourngement,"
nd contented himself by remarking ns
to the President :
"Well, he wasn't a candidate."
. .' Moro titan nnpp hn ni1 that- tha
JPrcsIdent had done nothing to influence
the choice of the Democratic conven
tion. Concluding his very informal dis
cussion of the convention, the attorney
fceneral said he was "willing to take a
ijcxing in a sportsmanlike fashion.'
Ilfcrrlni- tfl til., ratmr, f.nm U'n.k
nmnli ....... n,n, t, .., r i.
nomination was over. Mr. Palmer was
na.lln.l..!,. I.U.
! ( it nun iiiiiL. liii- niiiirst. mi in
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particularly bitter.
J w.uu luiivit iuk UI1U1 muil'lllt Ilk nup BKT- v t TaTaTaE
wed from the office of Thomas B. Mlt- Itiiiiii MM ninn , , TW
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, "aS
is' Cut of Whole Cloth
fc"It Is n lie," he said, with ten times
the emphasis he put on other matters.
'.tt is a lie mode out of the whole dull..
Jot the Icnst truth in it. That sort of
'thing makes me sore. It i only don
to hurt me. And I resent the insinua
tion that I organized tli department to
promote my candidacy."
He referred to his ancer over this re
port more than once. On one occasion
he' said: "Of course, I may quit. I
may quit and I may not."
It was suggested that the way he
phrased his thoughts encouraged the
idea that he was to resign.
To clear up his meaning he explained
v.that he would have said the same thing
viWous in repudiating the suggestion I vlee commissioner In order to be re
of V resignation so for as he was con- I PPPj?tfd to a full term of ten years.
ine uay ne nan appointed. lie was most
cernVd, and wanted to know why news- i
papeVs did not wait until things hap- j
pened befors? they printed reports.
As for resignations of oslstants, the
attorney general said that the depart
ment had a considerable staff, some six l
or seven assistant attorneys general,
ana mat any manges would only be in
the natural order of events and in the
rourse of business, II baid he had no
plan in mind for reorganizing the do-
partment
Attacks Newspaper
Mr. Palmer was also wrathy over a
story to the effect that he was to be
pushed into the background in Penn
sylvania Democracy and that the real
leader fom now oti would bo Itruee
fading, tho Democratic state chair
man
This story also set forth that Sterling. I .j't.'iace'nt't'he BuXtoTcounty
to hold the Pennsylvania delegation ?,"!',?', ace' " ' urm,Stn oun?
solidly for Palmer at the convention,
had mado deals with such old guard
leaders as Mike I.iebel, of Ilrle, "You
won't print my answer," said the at
torney general. Asked what It was, I
he dictated the following: j
"The Philadelphia Record, never
prints the truth about Democratic poll- 1
tics In Pennsylvania. It Is a typical
Iteeord story."
.j JUir lllU'llirj j.i-ll.1.11 P'lUI II, Jllll-lli1
pfc focontlnue his interest in the Pennsl-
f!l vnnln nrrilnl7.nt1nn nnil thnf SltnpHni-
PE-w hod been backed by him for state chair
: v, KVwan nmj t1(lt () wn) .sterling's friend.
C If that moKes him tlie lender, said
r lr 11.1 A. ,,.. 11 n.l An,1 T
i41, AHllllir, liru llllll uwutl. I Jll nill.-
tsfled. The fact is that seventv-thren
Be ofi Pennsylvania's seventy-six delegates
7l i wire elected on a Polmer ticket slute.
It ffou will and the were elected as
mtcb In n contest. No deals were nee
ary, "Tho same so-called authority for
that story wired to Georgia during the
campaign preceding the convention.
Baylnir thnt my candidacy was n joke
In Ppnnsylvanln A joke seventy-three
out of seventy -six delegates, and they
ood by me to the end."
Again referring to me report or the
iKiiatiou, Air, i-aimer sniu;
JiiMt because I am spending a few
y with my family does not mean any
lurjn that connection,"
..- . .Niinn Htionir.1 iniciu a ticni hub niti.
.ML wnll.'htea WBfn "s iroui-iioixu inm
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GKUTUUDE OrtNER
THOMAS WEINER
Who lost their lives In a loft fac
tor' building fire nt Fourth" nnd
Cherry streets yesterday. Welner
was a victim of a futile attempt to
rescue Miss Omcr, his sistcr-ln-law,
v,ho li.wl been overcome by
smoho
Bids for Equipment Thought to
Indicate Mayor Will Favor
Municipal Work
Indications that Mayor Moore has
decided to make street cleaning a
municipal function, ns authorized by
the new charter, are seen in requests for
bids on new nnd used street cleaning
equipment.
The advertisements for such bids also
ask for scaled propoals for street
cleaning and the collection of nshes.
rubbih n-id garbage next year.
All the bids, to be opened at noon.
September 1,1. will supply the city with
complete data, it is believed, as to
probable costs of street clcaniing by the
direct and the contrnct methods.
Frederick P. Gruenberg, director of
the Itureau of Municipal Rre-earcb,
praised the Mayor today for "the fore
sight and business acumen" shown In
the advertisements for bids.
"The information obtained will pro
tect the city on both sides." Mr.
Gruenberg said. "If the city decide to
inaugurate municipal street cleaning It
will have a mass of facts available.
"I am much uleased nt the form of
tnc advertisements and very much gruti
ficd at the foresight and business acu
men shown by the Mnor."
Tho aAfllr! nrnnnuilk nrn r(tnrtctn.l
! under nine hchedules. The first two
schedules are concerned with
ruDDisn next jcar.
mi
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llOn
Tho Mini ,-rlirliilo i tn, V, lt
..w .-.. ov -i K' tIi tilt; IWIII.V.
nun disposal oi garimgc. with a
subdivision for garbage dUposal with
out collection over n ouo-jear and n
five-year period.
The remaining six schedules cover
new and used equipment for street
cleaning and tlu collection of ashes,
rubbish nnd garbage.
BENN L0SESPAY
Commissioner Leaves on Vacation
Without Being Sworn In
Public Service Commissioner James
S; Itcnn. who is on hii vacation in the
White Mountains, will loe his pay for
the period of his ntay.
Commissioner Heun. who resigned
August 1!" his short term as nubile
left Ilarrisburg without being sworn in
for the new term.
His resignation from the short term
automatically took him off the state
pajroll and he will not receive com.
peusation until he takes the oath of
office for the long term.
The salary of a public service com
missioner is $10,000 dollars n year nnd
nenn is oversight in failing to get sworn
inJ' v l B ' '
a week.
Boy Killed by Lockjaw
Mount Holly. N. ,I July .11. Tet
anus that developed from an injury to
his finger, received whilo he was as.
slstlng in the handling of a potato
planter on the farm of J. P. McCarthy,
neur here, Inst ween, caused me death
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3 Fires in 9 Days Cost
4 Dead, $2,000,000 Loss
Four fatalities, the Injury of about
twenty persons nnd property damage
estimated at ?2,000,000 were caused
by three flrrs In this city within
nine days.
On July 21 the building at 1015
Chrstntit street, occupied by Fritz
& LaUue, Inc., was swept by
flames. Two firemen were killed
when nn extension ladder broke.
The property loss was estimated nt
3,100,000.
On Thursday a six -alarm lire
rolled through the business block
bounded by Third, South American,
Locust and Spruce streets. Ono man
was hurt severely. Girls leaped from
windows Into nets made of blankets.
The loss was estimated at $1,000,
000. Fire yesterday caused two deaths
and tho Injury of eight persons at
tho five-story factory building at
HO-li'7 North Fourth street. Fac
tory owners claim their loss was
$500,000.
SIREEI CLEANING
COSTASKED BT CITY
Mount Orrtna, July .11. Camn Wol
lace W. Fetzer was officially opened at
Mount Gretna, Pn., for tho first en
campment of Pennsylvania National
Guard slncn before the war. Major
General Price and his staff officially s
tabllshed divisional headquarters at
noon today.
The camp will be flie temporary home
of 0000 guardsmen, the first four regi
ments of which will arrive at noon to
morrow. Theso will be the Tenth, Thir
teenth and Sixteenth Infantry regi
ments and the First Cnvalry, including
the First and Second City Troops nnd
Troop A of Philadelphia.
Two overlapping encampment periods
will fill Mount Grctnn with troops
during the first three weeks of August.
Fresh detachments of soldiers will ar
rive on succeeding Sundays. No other
Philadelphia troops will arrive at the
camp until August ?, when the First
and Third Infantries nnd Mnchine-Gun
and Signal Corps units will go Into
camp.
On the division staff which reports
today arc tho following officers, all
overseas veterans : Colonel David J.
Davis, of Scranton, chief of staff and
state commonder of the Amerlcon Le
gion : Lieutenant Colonel Richnrd W.
Watson, of Indiana. Pa., division adju
tant; Liejtenant Colonel William J.
Crookston. of Pittsburgh, camp sur
geon ; Lieutenant Colonel Fred T.
Pusey. of Philadelphia, division quar
termaster and former quartermaster of
the Twenty-eighth Division; Lieuten
ant Colonel Sydney A, Hagerling. divi
sion signnl officer, and Major Itobcrt
Morris, aide to General Price.
An advance detachment of .100 men,
drawn from nil the companies of tha
state guard, made the camp ready
for the arrival of the troops. The
doughboys, many of whom arc rookies,
will find their tents pitched, mess kitch
ens nil set and the camp ready for three
weeks' activity.
The camp Is named In honor of Lieu
tenant Colonel Wallace W. Fetzer.
' 110th Infantry of the Twenty-eighth
i Division, who was killed in action In
France. He wns a veteran or the
Spanish-American War and the Mcx
icon border campaign.
Governor Sproul and other notables
will be in attendance for a few days
during the joint enenmpment and will
review the troops.
The encampment Is being held under
the auspices of the I'nlted States War
Department. Only organizations of the
Pennsylvania National Guwd which
have been officially recognized by tho
militia bureau and which have been
federalized will participate. Regular
army officers will serve as Instructors
nnd Inspectors. There will be a school
for officers. The enenmpment Is known
ns a camp of Instruction, under the
guidance of the War Department.
A Kevstone Division Association, A
K F.. will be formed ninotiR the veter
an's of the famous "Iron Division" who
nre in attendance nt the encampment.
Hagen's 70 Beats
Barnes for Title
rontliiuftt from Tniro One
for n five, while Hogen. with two fine
shots to the green, got his par four
easily and became one stroke to the
good.
names Finds Trap
Another pair of 4s followed tne sixui
without either being In the slightest
trouble, but on the seventh it wns a dif
ferent stry. . Here Ilarnes re. wo
more strokes tjenmn wmu -v. 1. -".
i. 1.1.. .Vint nnd found
a trap when he attempted o get . dis-
tnnce. lie nnauy wns uu .. v.....
took three more putts, "ngen was
dangerously close to trouble with his
tee shot, but after escaping troubl"
-ot the green in two nnd his par four
w-as casilv accomplished. This took a
great deal of interest out of the match.
Two fives followed nt the eighth. Barnes
hooked his tee shot into trouble, but
Hngen obliged by taking three putts
from a distance of fifteen feet.
Hagen increased his lead to four at
the ninth when names took nn extra
putt, but Jim got thin stroke back at
the tenth by sinking a six-footer for
a birdie two. while Walter rimmed tho
cup for his try nt the hole. Hagen beat
Barnes bv two shots at the eleventh.
The Sunset Hill "pro" had all sorts
of trouble and finnlly got down in live,
n ui..p, nmiNinnti tielnc resnoiisiblo for
u mui , upt. f.v . ......,. ., i
6ne of the strokes. Hagen ran down!
a thirty-foot putt, which added more
to Barnes's discomfiture.
Hagen then followed up this advan
tage with a two on the twelfth by an
other demonstration of good putting.
This time it wns n twenty-footer thnt
tound the cup. tsnrnes men oceanic
sir strokes behind as he could only get
his par three. Neither was off the
line at the thirteenth nnd two fours
followed. Both took the regulation par
five at the long fourteenth without either
nan finding any trouble.
Hagen Is Careful
Hagen lost a stroke at the one-shot
fifteenth hole when he took three putts
from the edge ot the green, while Barnes
got his three. His ball almost went
! down for a two. Barnes plavert the six
i teeiith In an unusunl wny with a hooked
' tlaln. m aAnnnil that fnl.nrl Ml toa. n . 1 1
llllir, it DM.UMII IllUb iuuiiii U ,nJ. 1.1,1,
then put his approach with a niblick
dead for a four. Hagen was plnying
hard to beat 70 and got his four easily
without a mishap. His diivo found a
trap at the seventeenth nnd he took
three Fhots to reach the green. Barnes
had a fine drive, but overuppronched and
tho best either could do wns a five.
Hagen played carefully at the last hole
and made sure of his par four, whilo
Barnes ran down a ten -foot putt for
a three and reduced Hngen's lead to
four. This Is the third timo that
Hagen has won the Metropolitan open
championship. Once befoie he played
off with Barnes and defeated him.
THIEVES SMASH WINDOWS
Three Stores Are Robbed of Wearing
Apparel Men Escape Capture
Three bulk windows were smashed In
the downtown district early this morn
ing, and wearing apparel stolen by the
thieves.
The window of the store of Solomon
Glnsburg, at 1245 South Twenty-second
street, wns smashed with u milk
bottle at 4:." o'clock, and sixteen pairs
of men's trousers valued at S100 ntoleu.
Two suits of clothes wero taken from the
window of the store of Samuel Chnitt,
at 1848 Iteed street. Tho gloss hnd
been smashed with a brick. Thieves also
smashed the window of tho store of
Johu Bellmow, 1413 Point Breeze aye
nue. nnd $50 worth of silk shirts wero
stolen.
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The collapso of these roofs mado the work of firemen fxtrrmcly dangcrom during tho flro yesterday In which two
persons lost their lives nt 11D-27 North Fourth street. Tho walls wero weakened and for somo time they were
oxpected to cavo In. Dcspito this, firemen clung to their perilous posts
Fatal Factory Fire
Starts Rigid Probe
Continued from I'mco Ono
work. Tonic-stricken, they shouted for
help.
Foremen and forewomen organized
the panic-stricken girls nnd led them
from the windows where they were
frantically clawing nt the lattice work
to the exit leading to the flre-escnpc.
Flames Fed by Oil
It Is believed all the girls on the
third floor escaped. As the last one
reached the exit leading to the fire-escape,
the flames shot through the chan
delier establishment from west to east.
Large quantities of oil and lacquer,
used in burnishing brass fixtures, fed
tho flames, which soon raged up through
the fourth floor nnd burst through the
wall, which separated the establishment
from Sigmund C. Mayer & Co.'s cigar
factory, 1LM to 127 North Fourth
street.
The four alarms were turned in in
rapid succession, ns tho flames belched
from the roof and windows, nnd swept
north nnd south through the old loft
building.
Ou the fifth floor of No. 12.1 more
than a score of girls and men, em
ployed by II. Horner, n cloak and suit
manufacturer, were still nt work.
As flames ate through the floor from
tho floor below, filling the establish
ment with smoke the girls were not all
able to reach safety,
Gives Life (o Save Girl
The smoke overcame Katie Horner,
twenty-two years old, of 24?!" South
Beulnh street. Thomas Welner, u
brother-in-law, of the same address,
had reached the fire exit, when glancing
back through the smoke and flames,
which were licking up through the thin
floor in long tongues, he saw the pros
trate form of his sister-in-law.
Welner ran toward the fire-escape
and safety, hesitated but a moment, and
then hurried back into the smoke-filled
room to save the girl.
Their bodies were found side by side
after the fire was controlled. Both wore
burned so that recognition was possible
only bv trinkets which the fiames had
not obliterated.
Three employes of the cigar factory
hung on a window ledge nt the third
floor, waiting for help. They finally
suspended a rope to the street nnd made
their way hond over hand to the street.
As the flames spread through the
large, subdivided building, they leaped
ncross Fourth street on the east and
spanned Cherry street on the north.
Thousands of persons, on their wny
home from work in the business and
wholesale districts, saw the flames.
They jammed Arch, Fourth and
Cherry streets and delayed tho firemen
in rigging their apparatus. As section
after section of hose burst and the high
pressure water system partiallv failed,
firemen, exhausted from their fight
Thursday night nt the South American
street fire, fought ngainst odds which
for a time seemed hopeless.
The four alarms brought virtually nil
of the firefighting apparatus In the cen
tral section of the city, including a fire
tower.
Less than half an hour nftcr the fire
was discovered, flames had swept the
big five-story building as far south as
110 North I'ourth street und north as
far as Cherry street.
Several firemen were Injured, but,
with the exception of Kdward Bock,
of No. 4 Truck Co . none seriously.
Rock received contusions of the ab
domen and right thigh.
Third Big Fire In Nine Days
The third spectacular fire within
nine days, each of which de
stroyed the buildings in which they oc
curred, yesterday's conflagration gave
the firemen a stubborn fight before it
was finally under control after an hour
nnd a half.
It was almost 7:30 o'clock before the
i exhausted firemen started to leave for
The Dead and Injured
in Fourth St. Factory Fire
The Dead
Miss Kalle Horner, 22 years
old. 24.17 South Beulah street.
Thomas Welner, 3d years old,
21.17 South Beulah street.
The Injured
Edward Hock, Englue Co. 4, In
tel nal injuries.
Paul Robb, Truck No. 2, minor
burns.
James Wlnslow, Truck No, 2,
minor burns.
Samuel Flllls, .101 Kimball street,
burns.
Ma Levin, 10.1 South Fifty-second
street, burns,
William Berger, .1215 Fontalno
street, burns.
George Beckman, Knglne Co. 4,
Injured while removing a body from
the ruins.
Thomas Sclden, a negro, Knglne
Co 11, overcome by smoke,
nesslo Jones, colored, 513 South
Twelfth street, broken leg.
James F, Spencer, Engine Co, 4,
foot cut.
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ANNA BEKENIS
Employe of the Mayer Cigar Co.,
who risked her life to search tho
still smoldering ruins of the
Fourth street factory building
for her pay envelope, dropped In
her hasty flight
their stations. Time after time as it
seomed the flames were dving down they
would break out anew. The roof quickly
foil In, and from Cherry street and
Fourth street the hose lines did not
seem to reach tho heart of the flames.
The worst of the blaze appeared to be
centered In the rear, where the men
were handlcnpvd in the confines of the
small alley.
The firms which suffered heaviest were
the Mnycr Co. and the Eaglo-Pllchcr
Lead Co.. in'the corner building: Phila
delphia Last and Pattern Shoe Co.. 310
Cherry street; Joseph Lichtmnn, shirts;
the Arrow Shoo Co.. A. Hess Sons,
leather company; Simon Watman Co.,
clothing, all in 11!) and 121 North
Fourth street.
Mnrgarct .Taison. fifty yeors old, 1517
North Twenty-fifth street, wns reported
missing early today. The woman, how
ever, was found at her home. She hnd
not been near tha fire.
Spectators say they saw three colored
girls and a white woman nt a window
on the third floor of tho building, try
ing to make their escape.
They said the women clutched at the
.iron meshing which covered the win
dows, and ouc by one disappeared iu
the fiames.
. Acting Fire Chief Davis does not
believe tho four women were burned, as
no trace can be found of bodies.
GIRL TURNED WRONG
WAY AND LOST LIFE
Max Siegel. of 203.1 East Moynmen
sing avenue, gave n vivid account today
of how ho had rescued Harry Horner,
proprietor of the clothing factory.
"The bell bad just rung to stop
work," ho said. "We were about to go
down tho stairwav when fiames seemed
to shoot nil around us. I grabbed Harry
Horner's hond. He didn't want to go
with me, but I gave him a shove and
pushed him down. Then I grabbed
Katy Horner's hand and somebody else
grabbed her by tho other hand and tried
to pull h:r back. Sho let go of my
hand nnd went tho other wny. That
was the last I saw of her until they
brought her body out.
"I went down and picked up Harry
liorner at uic oottom ot the stairway
and carried him down to the street. My
hands were sluged ns was my clothing,
but we got out all right."
Siegel said there were clchteen ner-
sons on tho fifth floor of 12.1 North
Fourth street, where the clrl nnd
Thomas Welner were burned to death.
Slegol said that some of tho employes
were just drawiug their pay when they
became aware of the flames, and In their
haste to escape several dropped their
Eay envelopes, which later were found
y the firemen.
RISKS LIFE IN RUINS
FOR HER LOST WAGES
Anna Berenis, 1452 Louis street,
l.,1an nt. nmnlnVA if th fn -.-. Plo-nf
Co., nt 127 North Fourth street, re
entered the Mayer Building while it
was still smouldering to search for her
pay envelope.
Firemen were still fighting to keep
U- flntiiaii frnm tirmitfno tif nnaui whan
HO uumvo " ui.uiuuh 'J. - .sv"
the girl made her way through the
lire lines.
"My money Is in there," sho sold,
gasping. "I must go in nnd get it."
Firemen pointed out the danger and
tried to dissundc her. ,,,..
"I've just got to go In aud find it,"
she declared.
Then one of the firemen gnve her his
coot, helmet nnd boots. Another car
ried her up n ladder to tho floor on
which sho worked nnd accompanied her
Into the smouldering ruins while Bbe
looked for her pay. The envelope,
whlcl contained $40, was not Jound.
Harding Opens
Porch Campaign
(ontlnutd from Paso One
president of the Mansfield Chamber of
Commerce, was chosen thp advance
scout to fly over Marlon early In the
day nnd shower the city with Harding
nnd Coolldgc souvenirs, and Mrs. Gor
don A. Farrow, vice president of the
Mansfield Aero Club, wns accorded the
distinction of convoying from the nlr
the first of the front porch delegations.
Forming in marching order near the
downtown section of tho city the dele
gation showed off Its holiday attire
through tho business streets on Its way
to the senator's home. Vnrlous civic
nnd political organizations were rep
resented by separate platoons. A wom
an's Harding club had u prominent
place, aud ouc section of the parade
was given over to a negro Republican
club. After a serennde on the Hard
ing lawn the program iucludcd nn ad
dress of greeting by K. B. Cnpeller,
preceding Senator Harding's speech.
The porch, which thus becomes one
of the landmarks of American nollticnl
history, bus a capacious stret''i along
the south and easts sides of th" resi
dence. At the corner turn the curving
white balustrade swings out to form
a little more than a semicircle, and it
is here that the utterances of the nomi
nee nre delivered. The picture, as a
wnoic. win wniie pillars and rail set
off against tho dark green body of the
house, gives the impression of n com
fortable every day dwelling, but the jut
ting alcove nt the comer, facing an open
stretch of lawn, provides n striking
vantage point for the use now made of
The porch, added to the house sev
eral yenrs ago, Is declared by many
Ohioans to be similar in physical re
spects to that at Canton, where a stay-at-home
sneokiuir rnmnnltrn ivn mn.
ducted in 1800 by McKinley. Adding
to tho anulogy the famous old McKinley
flagpole, sent here from Canton by ad
mirers of Senator Harding, rears Ita
weather-beaten height from tho center
of the lawn.
Lawn Covered with Limestone.
Strictly speaking, however, the Hord
ing lawn is no longer n lawn at all,
but an expanse of white crushed lime
stone, washed clean ns if in preparation
for today's event by nn evening thun
dcrshower. The pebbly enrpet was laid
to preserve a solid surface under the
tramp of the thousands expected to take
part In the front porch campaign.
Although only four other delegations
have been booked for visits hero on
definite dates, numerous others nre un
der advisement and probably will be
assigned soon to n fixed place In the
front porch program. Two of tho dates
already announced nre for next week,
and both of the delegations to bo re
ceived then ore from Ohio.
Senator Harding last night issued a
public statement again asking Gover
nor Cox for specifications of the
Democratic stand on the League of Nn
tions and charging that "certain power
ful international interests" concerned
in President Wilson's foreign policy
were preparing to finance liberally the
Democratic campaign.
The Republican nominee declared It
had become apparent that the Demo
cratic campaign managers honed to
"keep the lcaguo in the background ns
a political isuo, nut ne promised tuey
would not be permitted to do so.
"The more the Democrats attempt
to get away from this issue," ho said,
"tho moro Insistent the country will
bo to know what they intend to do if
they nre intrusted with the administra
tion." Referring to the conference at Day
ton Thursday between Governor Cox
and Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts,
a Democratic supporter of tho Repub
lican reservations to the pence treaty.
Senator Hnrdlng said It was evident
they had not agreed on Artlclo X and
that the Democratic nominee was
standing by tho President for ratiflcu.
tlon of tho league without essential
modifications.
Whlto Criflclred
The statement also criticized Henri-
II. White, the Democratic national
chairman, for hla criticism of the
Republican plan to hold campaign con
tributions to 51000 each, nnd predicted
tnai uy .luvi-muci inn uuumry would
show its disapproval of unlimited
funds.
"Undoubtedly It Is quite true," the
nomineo continued, "that certain pow
er. ui iniernuiiooui luiervsiK wnicn are
l.nnli. nnnfiArnnil In esrrvtn, not tl.
present administration's foreign policy
ure jiri'imrt'u iu i-uuitiuuiu most llDCr
ully to the Democratic funds. Un
doubtedly it Is true, too, thnt without
such contributions the Democrats would
find it very difficult to ralso tho funds
mey uvea.
"Has Papa Gone to
Work?" Asks Child
"Mamma, has papa gone to work,
this morning?" asked three-year-old
Louis Welner, whoso father wus
killed In the blaze. Tho child re
ceived no answer to his question.
Welner is survived by a wlfo and
four children Abraham, twelve
years; Albert, ten; Meyer, four,
and Louis, three. Tho family Iye
at 2437 South Beulah street.
WILL CONTINUE BUSINESS
By tho Associated Press
Boston, July 31. Charles Ponzl, man
of mysterious millions, Btood aside today
while federal auditors went over his
books to see how much he owed nnd
how much ho had with which to pay.
United States Attorney 'Gallagher
sold he hoped to establish beyond ques
tion whether Ponzl hnd made the multi
millions of profits which he has claimed,
or has been paying returns of fiO per
cent to one Bet of Investors with money
obtained from another.
Ponzl proferred all the help of his
office force and himself In the federal
audit and In tho stato Inquiry to be
started Monday, so for as the Investi
gations relate to determination of tho
extent of his assets and his liabilities,
but he said he was not ready yet, nnd
might never be, to reveal tho business
secret involved In the operations which
have brought him wealth. It should bn
enough for the public, he said, to know
that he gives a fiO per cent return on
their money, aud for the authorities to
know that he had resources to make
good his obligations without breaking
tho law.
After a period of uncertainty, marked
by a four-day run, Ponzl pointed to a
group of less thuu fifty persons who
sought payment this morning on his
notes, nnd said tho run was over. Pay
ments became virtually normal yester
day, he said. As soon as audits have
been completed and reports made, ho
added, he planned to resume acceptance
of investments, unless meantime he sold
his business.
Ponzl has had 50,000 accounts active
nt one time, Miss Lucy Mcli, his man
ager, said today. These have repre
sented investments ranging from 510 to
$40,000, she said, with the average
somewhere between $1000 and $5000.
No ledgers wero employed, no day
books; money came in too fast for any
accounts of thnt kind, nceordlng to
Miss Mell. At times the money was
dumped Into bnskcts before being con
veyed to the banks. In return customers
received notes for the amount of the
Investment, plus oO per cent payable In
ninety days, but In almost every case
thev have been notified by mail that
their notes would be paid off lu full at
the end of forty-five days.
DIAMOND MERCHANT
DIES' MYSTERIOUSLY
Girl Cashier of Hotel Tells of
Playful Struggle Young
Man's Story Varies
Chlca-o, July 31. (By A. P.) Miss
Ruth Woods, n pretty hotel cashier, who
was alone with Samuel T. A. Loftls,
head of tho diamond firm of Loftls
Bros., when ho died suddenly in his
luxurious apartment last night, today
told the police that Loftis crumpled to
tho floor dead nftcr they had engaged
In a "friendly struggle"
Although the police believe thnt the
diamond merchant died ns a result of
concussion of the brain, probably caused
by a fall, they express dissatisfaction
with contiicting stories told by Miss
Woods nnd Roy M. Shnyne, son of a
late millionaire merchant, who nlso Is
being held pending the Inquest.
.Miss oous, who described Shnyue
as her fiance, said she was called by
Loftls to his apartment ut 1 o'clock
yesterdny afternoon, that thev danced
nnd drank together and finally Loftls
attempted to uttack her.
"A e were having a playful struggle,"
Miss Wood declared, "and my uttentlon
was momentarily distracted from him.
The next Instant I was startled by the
sound of his body falling to the floor.
I was nt loss to know what to do and
rushed to the telephone to summon Mr.
Shnyne."
According to the story Shayne told
the pollco, he reached the Loftis Apart
ment at about 8 o'clock, that Loftls
opened tho door to admit him, nnd sud
denly crumpled to the floor. As soon ns
Shnyno arrived Miss Woods fled from
the apartment.
In the meantime Shnyne called a
physician, and when he arrived the body
of Loftis was cold. Indicating that
Loftis had been dead for some time. The
pollen express the conviction that Loftis
died before Shnyne arrived.
DeatJis of a Day
MRS. GEORGE HAIG
Was Once Wife of J. Colerrian Dray
ton, of This City
Paris, July 31. Mrs. George Ogllvy
Haig, of London, who before her mar
riage was Miss Charlotte Astor, died In
the American hospital at Ncuilly yes
terday afternoon, Mrs. Marshall Ormo
Wilson, of New York city, her sister,
was at the bedside.
Charlotte Astor wns the third of four
children of tho late William Astor, of
New York. Her marriage to J. Cole
man Drayton, of Philadelphia, on Oc
tober 20. 1870, wns a uotable society
event. They had a happy domestic life
for twelve years, but in 1801 the fash
ionable world was startled by tho an
nouncement that the Draytons hud
agreed upon a separation.
Subsequent events were sensational,
culminating In London a year later by
u meeting of Mr. Drayton and his wife
in n hotel In tho company of Hallett
AIsop Borrowe, of New York and Lon
don. Reports reached this country of
a prospective duel between Mr. Dray
ton nnd Mr. Borrowe, but it did not
toko place.
Dlvorco was granted to Mrs. Dray
ton bv Chancellor McGlll. of Now .Ter.
scy, in March, 181)0. In December of
the same year sue was married in Lon
don to Georgo Haig, of the distilling
firm of Haig & Haig. Mr. Borrowe
married a daughter of Austin Corbln.
Mr. Drayton did not remarry.
Rev. B. T. Vincent
The Rev. Dr. B. T. Vincent, of Den
ver, Colp., widely known In this city,
died at noon yesterday in the West,
according to word received here Inst
night by Owen M. Bruner, of the Co
lonial Trust Building. Doctor Vincent
Is n brother of the late Bishop J. H.
Vincent, and was formerly pastor of
tho Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church und of St. Andrew's Methodist
Episcopal Church of this city. Ho was
also a prominent Chautauqua speaker.
Leo A. Vincent, a lecturer, and Harry
Vincent, a well-known organist, are
boh sons of tho deceased.
ware bridge ordinance, recently passed
oy council.
This ordinance Is not In , ..
cord with the Mayor's plan for obtain
ing a survey and plans before a con
tract for the brldgo Is entered upon
since It only recommends to the conw
mission thnt nt tnni-A tf,n. siaa aa
of the $250,000 heretofore appropriated
hull tin li.iwl tn t.f.I -,1 ' ' '""WO
nlanx nnri eHmnte nt ..t "
After signing tho ordinance, tho
Mayor said: rI regret that Council
did not fix n limitation upon the cost of
..........m.jr pmiin , la mo period of
beginning tho construction work, M
informations. nucnrtnlno.i '
glneers, is that the cost of the plan,"
borlnra.' anil ratlmnfn., nt .t 'i .:
not exceed $100,666. '" "ou,a
City's Share Would Bo $23,Q00
"Thnf wvmM mn .. ..
cost to PhlWhia"V$a.8ro"oT
slnco Pennsvlvnntn ivnuM V,n IL. ... '
$25,000 and New Jersey $56,000. Then
it. i , ' uu '" u i'"sl"on u Know what
the bridge wns going to cost nnd wo
could determine upon Its construction.
The nrnllmlnnrv nlnnu ntllt tnl, . i .
six months, ns I nm advised.
rniiaueipnia is not yet committed
to the bridge, neither this ordinance
$250,666. VnakM nommlttal. Ui'"al'Dg
xncro win still have to be enabling
legislation ; otherwise Philadelphia
would be commlttecd to an untold ex
pense and nn indlfinlto period of eon
struction. Tho ordinance just signed
ndralts of the expenditure for prelimin
nry plans and surveys, $250,000. But
recommends thnt not more than $100
000 should be used on Philadelphia's
belinlf.
"If $100,000 is contributed by Phila
delphia, and that much is spent, this
carries a total pot of $400,000, If the
whole $250,000 is spent, It means a
fund of $1,000,000 for preliminary
plans nnd surveys, before we get to the
point of construction.
"When we get into the commission
meeting again, I shall discuss this mat
ter with tin, memlieru iirilm. ,!.., ,1..
cost of the preliminary surveys bo kept
uuw-n ui. icnsi 10 me $iuu,wu mark,
and that the rest of the money of New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia,
bo reserved for brldgo construction."
RESERVE CRUISE TO START
Sixty Will Leave Tomorrow on De-
stroyers to Join Flotilla
Sixty navnl reserves from this city
and eastern Pennsylvania will leave the
nnvy yard tomorrow on the destroyers
Dale and Bllling'iby for a two weeks'
prnctlco cruise with the Atlantic de
stroyer flotilla. The vessels arrived jev
tcrday.
The cruise is to give na,vnl reservists
the opportunity of getting in their al
lotedjicrlod of annual active duty whieb
qualifies them to receive the reserve re
tainer pay nnd also to keep the men
in training nnd in touch with the prac
tices of the service. Personnel officers
of tho Fourth nnval district, who are,
in charge of nssiguing men to these
cruises, point out that they arc for the
duration of the average man's vacation
and give him an opportunity of spend
ing his vacation in an outdoor, healthy
nccupatlop, at tho samo time drawing
their active duty pay, as in war time.
Two other cruises will be made from
Philadelphia for Pennsylvania reserves.
More than 100 applicants have pre
sented themselves for tlin next cruise,
which will begin August 21.
RUSSIANS ON GERMAN LINE
Bolshevik Cavalry Fraternizes With
Teutons In East Prussia
Paris, July 31. Bolshevik cavalry
forces have advanced to the East Prus
sian frontier, according to a report
from the French military mission in
Warsaw to the French foreign office.
The Bolshevik line extends from Su
walki, fifty miles northwest of Grodno,
more than sixty miles to a point almost
directly north of Warsaw.
The Bolshevlkl have not actually
crossed the borders at Allenstcln and
Mnrlenwerdcr, but nre fraternising
with the Germans.
The capture by the Bolshevik! yes
terday of Oraievo. thirty-seven miles
southwest of Suwalkl, nlso Is reported.
The mission says It understands the
Germans nnd Bolshevlkl arc negotiating
at Suwalki. The northern wing oMhe
Bolshevik army now is menacing War
saw directly from the north as well as
from tho east. The Bolshevlkl are twenty-five
miles southwest of Bialystok.
GET STOLEN AUTOS IN RAID
Three Are Arrested and Held Under
$2000 Ball Each
Four stolen automobiles were dis
covered bv patrolmen aud detectives
this morning in a garngo In tho rear ot
407 Queen lane, Gcrmantown.
When the plnco was raided George
W. Haire. nineteen years old, of TorK
road. Oak Lane; his brother, A. 8.
Halre, twenty-eight years old, of lern
Hill road, and Thomas B. Jenkins
twenty-three years old. of Baltimore
avenue near Forty-fifth street, were
arrested. They wero all held under
S2000 bail for n f.irthcr hearing Tues
day, by Mogistrate Pennock, In tnc
Gcrmantown station. . .
One of tho cars stolen was Ideminw
nt the hearing by Lynn Slorrow, of -luu
West Duncannon Htreet. Patrolman
Myers, who had hidden in the garage,
testified he hud.seen George Halre ami
Jenkins drive the car up to the p ace
this morning, change the license tag,
and begin work of obliterates 'he
numbers.
BKATHH
0rmany. NORMAN HI AN'KON nw1
RoUtlvej nnd friends tnvlt'd to (unrl.
Monday, at 3 p. m.. from Pent rel. "i"i
Oulf road, Arrtmore. Interment Odd Fello
Cemetery. Oladvvnne. ,, pa if.
JOHNSTON. On July 20. c"AnLVra
MiHband of Marcnret M. J1n",?' mSSi"
eervlcM at his lute, rejldenre. 3900 Tin
on Mondav. Ausua'. 2. at !;.m. i,.hanl
ntOM5ll.--On July 30. JOIIN K.. hVffndl:
of Mary A II Blsler. , He Utlves and frlen J.
alro Henry Dl-ston Keyalyns Ilenenclal
orlatlon, rmnloirs of tlij U. O. I. "."JJi
I era uf Antl-fobden Club Invited to funeral
eervlces. nn Monday, itSP, T",,JllVrfi!
dnc. 2.150 N. Sth at. Int. Private. I'"
Hill rem. Frlenda may call Sunday yan'nw.
WEST. On July 30 SARA .A., v, Jf
T.ukti West (nee Barrntt). aied Bl yrfi J
ncriil on Mf.iid.ty. at S n. m.. f"m,,"Tcem
;.I,0Vrrt.1,",maVn,traTn.!..0u'n'u,it ADAMS, widow of Captain John , dj""
of 2H Cooper at, Camden N J . n1"1 ,
years. Relatlvea and frlenda Invited to iu
ncrnl aervlres on Tuaaday. at I & ".'
the rhnpet of rieaaantvllle. N. J.. -'m,ii0i.
Krlenda may call at the re-ldon on M1
day evening, ,. 1M0
WUHBTi At res-, on July. J' i'W
MAIUtJ M. WUBST. ttti U yeara. nel
liven and frlands Invited to funeral "TWfi
on Tueaday, at 2 p. ro., at I4.no, M "
WarnocH it, Interment private,,
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