MMaWMMM! THCWtATWS eaay!.moirta naitliwwi tMMPFJtXTUKK AT TJJCH HOPW ioTIT 12 I 1 1 2 1 a TtRfT 70 174 74 &.jm j3& 'ii . Mm.i ' . vi.j. ., t--iw , -.n. --n. , ... ' B' - - m-' i7 v. m, v. - "-ml. v : r . 't t . tj. y. . ,.'-.. lrT-T . v. . -V ,'&.' 1 It "' . . r Vi 'H, : T"' J -,-,. . 4 ' -i. 'T'MwxMUHfct, .'?'r;M . 4 fri&l :- all-'' WfdMSRU a '1 M' v '. FJ ' V '' W'B-' llv! l I '' T-r-crmT4".: ' ' '- ytL ' -w.w llju. , 'T'-V' , t4M sm& I'J' r-r lJilV(-lV)r- V JCsuxwjt$XiL? , " ' ' ' . 1 -2E. 2 i : , : , JL. il . , . t i -M j k R. VjQti, VI. NO. 275 SALE OF TICKETS : BY FIREMEN AND FORBfl T ,.: Cortelvjolf Puts Ban on ' All Redwing by Men of Both , ! Departments PENSION FUNDS ARE HIT o , IN NEW GENERAL ORDER .r, A, POLICE $ 'Political Picnics and Balls Bring , Abpuf ,Ban on Such Jr'8 v"'" Activities I o Director Cortclyou today Isslicd. nn ''" ' order iforblddlDf'pollcc and firemen sell t , lorttckctn of any kind. , - The order follows the tacrosc of a no- -. IKlcal ticket-Belling tfcandnl in' the ( Fourth street and Snyder, ayenuo 'stri- , tlon house. No exception is made in the order. ; tholmeucven bclnc forbidden to .pvildlc uiciceis ior ineir annual pension lunu carbivals. ': , 0 TRh director issued the order, he said. lecdiBOhe was 'convinced thasome pollUelann wero taklns ndvantage of the ((mipolitlcal nature of tho men's John to force them to sell tickets for political benefits. The order wan issued at tio conclu sion of an investigation of tactics em ployed by John Hmalllck,' Republican Alllnnmv leader of the Thlrtv-nlnth wad to, feet patrolmen in the downtown district to sen ticKctg ior a political pic nic. t " Picnic Started Probo ' Seven hundred and fifty tickets arc .said to have been siren to thirty natrol- ' nicn in the Fourth street and Snyder nremie station for sale. Many' of the tipen bquEht the ticKcts tncmselvci rntli er than ybddlc them or run tho' political rlsu of rcturnlnc thciri unsold. 0 The-'Avlfo of a polico, officer, " who clrtlrpcd ?2Ti of a $00 fundi she and her hurfbpnd had laid aw'ay to Hcnd their flek child to the corj'-.trjK hadpono for Itcacui, cuinpiuiueu uuu I'uuicu'mc in , ouiry. Setsant Michael Shanahan act ed as broker for Smalllck. , Q Smalllck admitted that the men prob- ably "were disposine bt the tickets" . to irr.t' favor' with the politicians, and t-aid the picnic was being given to raiso funds for political charities to draw , import, to the Thlrly'-nlnth Ward Jte. fiHcanAlllance Club. Thojilcnic.on ?j Jurle 10-was' unsuccessful. J ft. "TiUo. the incjuir, was going' on n j'nimllar complaint' was lodged "by jia- trolmon of thCIhirty-ninth street und f iiiancaster nveniinHlstrlrt. whrri 'nh'i ? Trolraem xeceived tickets for tire. dance ' . ;fithJ.;TWenty -fourth .Ward'IWpubUcan 'iuq,.w wiuciPiJiacjy'JL: Aicuaugunaa k'Brtnr. " . i IjirjvtorjrCortelyou'i s nvst)gation wrawro ,wai me evn -warnviacapHaa. laid the onlr wav to abut ft out" wnnlil llfilo issue nn imperative order against ir saiq. pi ticKcts ot any Kind Dypa , liolmcn. or firepicn. ' Pension 'Funds Are"Hkt Director Cprtclyoti'a order' hits the plans of the firemen' and policemen to rnne incir uepietpu pension tunds a body blow. Both were making great plans for carnivals. The police, carnival this fall was to Vinva been the biggest ever held, but Awui me cniet source of revenue forbid Hk'H it may fall down. The annual lire vmcn S indoor bnznnr nluo will tmir. i ,. Ijst year the firemen rniied $110,000 ttL5 b?n? aml l Pomen raised 3u0.000 at their carnival. p, Director Cortclyou Baid that store Jieepcrswho desire to aid tho funds jlnay volunteer to place the carnival uuu unzuar iicKcts on sale in their ,f tores by going to the station house nuii.ieiiing me lieutenants. 1. Nn TinPrnlmiin n flMmnn ..tll I.. u. r to 8olic,t storekeepers to get 1! "The order nnmirpntlr wnrta i,..i. r -Pl;Ip on the funds." the director said, - ''but I am Fatisllcd it will be, better In xne long run. xiie public is tired of jiemg mulcted Dy tircmen and patrol Men selling tickets. ' si-li1?' ear Council contributed luu.uuu to Hie polico funds ami $25,000 o the firemen. This year wo are ask ing suo.uuu for tlicpbllce and $100,000 jor the firemen. It Is a more satisfac tory, way of obtaining tlin tnntinv " Ot The ordec whh issued to tho police Vibrough Superintendent Mills and to fine nrcmen by Deputy Chief Engineer ..$avl8'. flWHITE MEETS ROOSEVELT Campaign Plans Discussed at Con- f: ft ferencfc In New York City Nnv VnrU Xiii. i tj.. a tj iirauklln D. Iloosevclt, Democratic ryicc presidential candidate, conferred Jlcrc toiluy with George White, chulr foan of the Democrutlc National Com- uuicp, ana jsonator Harrison, of Mis Isslppi, chairman of the committee's peakcrs bureau. rt The conference was hold in tho new I Hicatlnuartcrs In the Grand Central Pul- Jjce'T,h"e; owned by the T. Coleman Sn re Intwosts.whlch Kencrally have Wicen identified with Republican politics. flu nexot at nir thn innUn tn (. L.:.. nUnrtiTH Mr. Whito said both parties Soothe, contract "apparently wcro ig Vor.al,l. of eaph other's Identity." , ' A Democratip. speakers' bureau will be opened in Chicago next week, Sen- f" a.'u nuitf. NKINS WAISTS DAMAGES To Enter Suit for 'K-irnnnin. u.. 0 -. ...-.,Urr,,IU Uy Mexlcano . M'x'co CUV. Aug: 2. (By A. P.) N 4YH?wu O. Jenkins, former United will Institute a damage suit for his recent imprisonment, according to a d&eb,.a, dl-natcli today to Kl Unlvcisal. W'ntltv of the defendants Is no llRclpied. Mr. Jenkins is said to have conies of nllegcd falso testimony und other documents. ' ? The trial against Jenkins for alleged false declarations will be speeded up, according to tho attorney general. (DIs I .patches received from Pueblo, late In .1 Y"",,g"e" ".'," 1JT w balnr rMri: '' u urq criminal court ktnerc "V Thlevea Steal $350 In Shirts iUi ,v'2iJorSel,ln Wteauet) last night 'teWS'Fr'u South FourU( ..street, iUNrtolo. 'ten 'docan ahlrf .L d .... ftLjuajv Entered 8econd-CiuiV Matter under tha Act l REHEARSED SUICID BEFORE ENDING Mrd. Tubbs, of Nation Park Saw Husband PracSingll Act With Gun o Tohn A. Tubbi, retired metchqnt arfil! tWlCR rnhllUnln fni. niatn. fiT.l!r4 r blew' tho top of his head oit SytHYtf flbotgun under a trco in tho yard of&te. homelon Wesley avenue, NatlonaUPaVky NvJ.. nt 4:30 o'clock this mbrnlnfc- .r.rwM n MR' Tllhhn tvna nlrftj.nUl.t t.no. IIo had been ill with nervous tr46le, fnt BAVAMI ti.A.1.. s7 $i!tiHA w. "rv ? iitvnn fMX 1 '5cU5""C '"S WU0 "WOKOMa Sho believed he hoti gone to the cella. As sho hurried down she heard a shot from the backyard. Sho found her hus band, in a sitting posture, at thefoo't of nn apple tree. Ho still clutched thft barrel of a shotgun, which he had apii parcntlv dlaphnrrotl tvUI, 1.U I Mrs. Tubbs said she had seen -her' nusbaud in tho yara under ihn nnrrfi. n.. i .""'; uunng ino last wccKi lie, would place tho gumin various posi trco several times during tho last wccS. kviid, uiie gum. i Tf When slin nulrnil Mm .t.i v. .- .ij irtg with tho shotgun, ho told ,hcr tie WOS "only nlavini? wltli If." a :"" -i. i mayor ot p. at onal JPark. He was well j known throughout Gloucester county. 4000 Under Canvas at Mt. Gretna as First-Week of ' Training Starts PHILA. TROOPS .ARRIVE 1U a Staff cdrrcavondent Camp Wallace' W. .retzer, Mr,' Qrctna, Pa., Aug. 2.-Thc'' Twenty eighth .Division, 1020 edition, w'ith' 4000 men- under 'canvas, .today swung into' the, "first active, training ,pf its three weeks' cnc,ampmcnt. The camp, which officially opened Soturday, when Major' General W'jlliam G. Price, division commander, estab lished his headquarters' here. Is utenl Lplng into full military, stride with a "vn-mici-um-ivHr npieot 'earnestness find snap-that ha never, before charac .terlted a ptionnl Guard npmpmtnt. ; AfltpnMhe "4000 itroo Jlnfantiy. oaralry, maphlnoigunnnd various- corps JfiachraenW, that detrained yesterday !? BS i"13".1 J!1.. ,icav7 "howem were. l?,c Jtoi' of vPhiladelpbia .Vifvrr.riie First" and Second City Troops and Troop A nrrived at.l o'clock and went Into camp on Fountain ncad field at the farther end of tho camp, three miles from division headquarters. "I am greatly pleased with the troopi that have nrrlved.for the first training period," ,said Major General Price, ns he sat in his de luxe tent fronting the parade wound flagpole early today. 'The camp has never been in bet ter condition," he declared, "and this year we have the advantage of new hard roads, fine warehouses, a com plete camp telephone service and sev eral thousand additional acres of land. War Lessons Retained "ThlH ronr'H nnmn will n instruction nnd hard work and wc .vlll f.tv.n M,n r.,,1 o ,. l I..N course of training with the definite pur pose of making good soldiers of them. They will also be physically nnd men tally Improved under tho best moral condltlnhs. Many of tho features of tho war community educational aud health Service will also be continued. "I already have noticed n new note of earnestness and responsibility that the war gave to our men of the Twenty-eighth Division, and their spirit is evident'throughout the ranks of the re cruits." Six thousand men will pass through the training here during the next three weeks. There nie fifty federalized units in camp now, with thirtv-four more to come. These units will arrive next Saturday. Twelve of the latter aro newly organized, four from Philadel phia, which will be federalized hero by Adjutaut General Bcary. With tho ten batteries of nrtfllery that the state will send to Camp Bragg, N. O., later in the summer, tho Penn sylvania National Guard will have 7000 men under highly efficient field training, n fine "follow through" to the high past record of the organization. Of the officers of tho camp, 07 per cent have had battle experience. Tho honored and familiar red Keystono flashes from the left shoulder of many of the enlisted men who have "re upped" In tho old outfit. Plillndclphla Troop Drills The rrack Firp. City Troop, under command of Captain Thomas Cad walader, went thiotigh its first mounted drills .today and fully lived up to its name. Eighty per cent of its enlisted personnel held commissions, ranking from second lieutenant to lleiif tenant colonel during tho war. Now these "oflleTU" aro corporals, scrgcauts ,or very first class privates. This Is tho first year tho cavalry regiment, comprising, fievcu troops and a machino-Kim detachment, has becn located on the present cainpjng ground,' Colonel Gebrge O. Thayer, of Philadol- phin, in command ot tho regiment, was pleased "Ith the ground aud the work of the men. Next to the First are tho Sec ond City Trpjop, commanded by Captaiu John D, Mustiu, and Troop A. under command of Captain Edward Hgopes. All three outfits are well mounted aud ready for hard riding and training. GIRL SHOOTS FATHER ! Young Woman Tells Police She Used Platol In Self-Defensc Atlantic City, Aug. i Mubcl Colo ,mun, colored, sixteen jears old, shot and killed her father, Nathaniel W. Coloinan, about R o'clock this morning at tbelr homo on McClellaud avenue, In Pleasantville. i The girl wos" captured and taken to the Jail, She declared that her father had tried to attack her as he' had on other occasions, and to defend herself sho ,shot him. Coleman Was formerly dn tiio ncationtvjiio police, rorco ana recently-was cmploH'd ao street cleaner p7 -WW ,MJM, M. " lvi lurcl) w Arr, Tubbs was defeated four scars' f?ii or'tJ, Se,Pub,lean mayoralty nom iniitlon by Edgar, Waters, the present MD SWIN6 . . "7. INTO WAR ROUTINE v s' v at th 1 otoffle. "aCPhliadelphtrf. Pa, - of March a, 1870, , 1 . 5 SWAL IN MOORE'S1 FIGHT TO OUST MACKEY State Executive Says Policy tt ' ,. Will Continue to Bo Hands -Off ! L AWAIT RESULT OF LEGISLATIVE FIGHT Holds Compensationvj Board ' Head Has Same 'Rights " a3 Other Loa'ders k Governor Srroul 'let it bo known to- w nil win Hinna aioot in tuo battle being fought here by city, administration iniul Varo forces. Tho Governor, apparently, is await In n the show of strength to be made by bKu shies In the ,1021 Legislature, and we forco and direction, to bo taken in tho Impending storm between Senator (JTGW. ICenUnllpan KfnfA rtinUmnn nA Joseph It Grundy, president , of tho i2n8y Manufacturers' 'Associa- , 'kJTlie Governor, returning from a nio- mcnious wccK-cnd conference, with Mayor Mooro dn tho city boat M. S. for MncVnr'u nnflWIf l..a Ir. inni n.i .Mayor Moore is said to have desired Mr.iiac!rr,v'g dismissal on the ground ttat although a state official, Macltcy la old ng tho Varo organization. 'Mackey'ji sent in tho city committee from the Forty-slxth ward is contested by administration leaders. Will Keep "Hands Off" "Hands off has been and continues to oc'my policy," tho Governor assorted, "A?,,10 M'V Mackcy, I told hlirl his position with the state would bo greatly jm&roved if he devoted himself to-a rooer.'lcld of political activity. How-' ever, the fac that n man holds a posi tion with tho state government docs' not incnn-tnat he must, surrender bis pcr eoBal or; poliical predilections nhy mora tbaqBo sace could be expected of acity offiefal. t . t "pApPaycr f constructive politics, I rcjqiyteeli that, some people make a mltHefto in fighting the city administra uom. xtliKh has a long, long time to rc ma m powefe: Tliero is rTclcar under Btanding betwten" the Mayor.and myself. cfcve known, oh'e another' for thirty year-nud have been closely associated oftelf (luringthat-Ome. "WltffWMnber correctly, wc'dld'dis custf tBJlaickey matter; butl think the MrtyorjgSn take ca)fe of himself. '$ tirt AMj) W Grundy, Involved , . Orfrf fca,1rnrtor In'Hi-n rolafln..., &r( statdi OTfl citv 'adnintHtmtfona--Ih Lu trf fcr-Uip JfighU thiyateneiUby Mr Grunungalustthc 'chalrroanihiii' of ' yiun. xq kiuip cum nna.n ana tho -Bilstol manufacturer '"buried the """-V-V ""' " v"u "11'IIOIICUU iU- tlonalConventlon. But the hatchet wa3 uot burfrd very deeply, nccordlng to reportp, and is likely to flash soon in factional warfare. GovrplTr Sproul is known to bo rnenair ,io cnator Urow while Mr. Grundy is n friend of the Mayor. The local (Iclorntlnn in (tin TnIo. L'oture i another factor that will havo an lmponant uearing on n new align ment politically In Pennsylvania. The city administration forces, allied with tho btate forces frlcudly to Sena tor Penrose apparently, will have a nnsm mujuriif oi tne toriy-one mem !crs of tno 6tnto 'ouse of represcnta tlVCS. From present Indications, lump,! nn n survey of Republican nominees for the legislature, tho city administration, will be ablo to claim twenty-three members to eighteen yielding allegiance to the ore organization. Somo nominees regarded as being in tho doubtful class may change this line up after tho November rlootinn Tho Governor ,and the Mayor left oniiii'uu.v on uio m? a. itmy for n short "cruise." The Mayor returned to his office this morning. Mr. Sproul said he thoroughly en- joycu rue trip, lie had, n ten-hour sicep on mo Dat, lie saldC Committee Meets Today This nftcrndon tho Republican city committee Vill mcet at headquarters. Eleventh nnd Chestnut streets, to plan for the presidential campaign. Fac tloual politics, however, Is expected to Interfere with ,Uie plans, for harmony for tho presidential .campaign. The contest committee which has been passing on the two contests nnd tho ono tio for seats in the central body will make its report this after noon. As the ftdministratloii leaders aro not satisfied, with the recommenda tions of Uie Vart riiujority in the con test committee, it is-likely that a sharp factional debate .ivill bo precipitated. Tho only ruling of the contest com mlttcq which 1vqcceptableto the ad ministration 13 that jn favor of seating Joseph J. Kelly, Varo candidate, as the city committeeman from tho Foity fourth ward, qvcjrJohu Dunn, who was the Renubllctut ATKnnco choice. Administration leaders are not sat isfied with the recommendation in favor ministration mhjMuild thntitles exist lu the Scv&ntcwrtir" . and Forty-sixth and that no decision can be made until the tics are broken. - Tho Varo leadership will try tq har monize conditions i-byxnamlug admin istration men on wp Various subcom mittees to be nppolntw this, afternoon by Chairman Woton 2 CAMDEN MElf ftENTENCEP Recorder poles Out Long Terms to Suspicious Characters Two men wHre umited while acting In a suspicious manner in Camden Inst ulght. One was dlscojjffed by Albert Blnklc, 1100 KcnwoiMl liyenup, trying doors and windows ilwtlio neighbor hood. Rinklcflclz,cd him when he at tempted to force a window of Blnklo's house. Arraigned bcforeljtfcorder Stack, house, he rhvo his mjiiio us Robert Asher, a negro, 024 'North Twenty fourth street. Ho was sentenced to thirty days In jail. Georgo Williams, n negro, twenty-eight cur old, who gave his addryss as 825 Hduth Twelfth street. Philadelphia, wus arrested by Detec tive Fltxslmmous at tjia Market street Ferry Terminal. Camden. last night. Williams, alias "Moukef Faeo." has n long police, record for shopllftjug ami petty theft, He, was given wlxty days I... 1a..m,1.. Utu,.bhUhnf " T ll uj.;vi uv Hinvmivuoi ML I PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, ld26 i?i m szz. s, & wzmwrxs wj&r&:&mm&y SAi'i.pjiX, ! ?wrinrr"i' tFi'jjm&iwi&M&ssmswm, st -'-?.m w &iz sri2ixzvr& MRS. ROSA PONZr Wife of Charles Ponzt, Boston's wizard of finance, whoso niethods nre being investigated byvtho United States Government Claimants form Long Line and Clamor for Return of V ' Investments. DEMANDS PROMPTLY MET By tho Associated Press Boston, Aug. 2. The' Securities Exchange Co., headed by Charles Ponzl, whose alleged operations in foreign ex change aro being investigated by United States Attorney Daniel .T. Gallagher and Attorney General J. W.cston Allen, of Massachusetts, continued today the payment of notes to those investors who presented their claims. ' The line of claimants awaiting atten tion was a long one, extending from Pic alley through City Hall avenue to Court square and funs equating that ot tho early days of-" last week, when, at the request of investigating 'officials, Ponzl stopped taking in mony from would-be depositors. " Popzl's prompt, return;-of funds to those who asked for them had the ef fect toward the end of last week of greatly dimlnishine the "number of claimants, but, there .-was, evidence today VI ,tt IDUUUVU tiVUGWll ui 11IH ucsiru IU, wudii uiujuuics.nc ami .isoueu. .-i Ponzl Denies; Insolvency While, his clerks wcrirnCetlng bis de mattds, returning' the'.princlal ,to thfisg' wuo.ic ..nini-iy-uuy hoiphviiuiv not mo" tilred.'nnd keeping, it was"said.' to 'the prdnuse ttM pay fiOjper cpnt injercutj on matureu notes, vonzi issueu a state ment in denial of a published nttlclc by AyiUiam II. McMasters, his former puDiicity agent, in wincn JicMastcrs ex pressed the belief that l'onzi was honc- Icssl- insolvent and was paying out money to some depositors at tuc ex pense of others, v "I have twlro as much money as will bo needed," said Ponzl, "to meet any obligations that may bn presented to me," and added that McMustc,rs never was in a position to learn his cm plojer's financial standing or methods of operating his business. Many of those who waited for their money today were cnrrylng copies of rue paper m which .ucuasters's article appeared. The crowd included a num ber of women, some of whom said they had left their employment for a few hours for the purpose of procuring the money they had invested. Pink-checked youths rubbed elbows with oldcj-ly men in the line. Among them moved a few speculators endeavoring to buy investors' claims at a discount, but these speculators ap parently were fewer than last week. Speed Up Pajmcnls Anticipating the demands, Ponzl had ordered his office opened earlier than usual aud every effort made to siieea up payments. Note holders said they had experienced no difficulty in obtaining what was due them other thau the In convenience of waiting in Hue until their turn came. Apparently uot in the least distuibed by the ever lengthening lines outside his doors, Ponzl met newspapermen with his usual affable smilo when they ilorkcd to his office for n statement. "Tho only thing that will keep us from meeting the notes of Investors will be writer's cramp. I have onlv Continued on I'nee To. Column Two 4 HELD IN WOMAN'S DEATH Patrolman and Two Women Impli cated In Mysterious Case Two women and two men. nun of flu-m ha patrolman, were held without bull by .ungisiraie .iiecieary at ucntral Station today to await the action of the cor oner in the death of Mrs. Mario Ncs bitt. colored, 1400 Lombard street. Those' held for the coroner were Timothy Davis, of 1100 Lombard street; Myrtlo Smith, twenty-four yenrs old, of tho same address; Maud Smith, thirty -two yenrs old, 1707 Lombard street, and Thomas Ricks, twenty jears old, 829 South Hicks street. Mrs. Nesbltt, sitting upright In a chair in the room used by Davis ns an office, was found dead by Lieuten ant Fenn nnd Detective Mill grew, Davis is tho reputed pro prietor of tho houses nt 1100 arid 1707 Lombard street, both lodging houses. An autopsy will be held to de termine the cause of death. All con cerned aro negroes. ITALIAN SHIPS AT ODESSA Bolohovlkl Joyfully Purchase Car goes of Manufactured Goods Constantinople, July .'11 (delayed).- (By A. P.) Advices from Odessa an nounce tho arrival at that port of two Italian merchant ships. Their advent was hailed with Joy by the Bolshovlkl, who purchased the cargoes of manufac tured goods. Two French Bteamors have arrived In thn Bosporus with 4000 Russian pris oners from Franco who are bciusr ro. patrlated. The men were, members of! tlic uussiau cauitngeut ou tun drench front which refused to fight after they had le.irued of the Bolshevik revolution In Ru'isltt. X tV" fM B Xi-. i .Tf PONZTS PMflDNS . ;. START NEW RUN m..w-- i ii msmm. think of fltWut. ' CLOTHING MAKERS ACCUSEPPLOT - TO RAISE PRICES Attempt Belng'Madeto Create Fictitiou9,Demand, U. 8. Law Officer Charges RETAILERS WHO CURTAIL ORDERS ARE THREATENED Guarantees Against Declining Market Offered Mill3' Being Shut Down By tho Associated Press Washington, Aug. 2. Howard B. FiRff. special assistant to the attorney general In the enforcement of tho Lever lawnigalnst profltecrini. charged today that manufacturers and jobbers of wearing apparel were nttcmptfng, throUEb cart fullv nrenared nronacanda. "to statnpcai retailers .and tho nubile into n renewed fictitious demand' for clothing nnd thereby forco prices higher. "Tho Department of Justice.'.' said Mr. FIgg, "ls-fully -advised of the tev cral phases of this carefully planned campaign and itonlv remains to fix personal responsibility beforo applying the criminal provisions of tho Lever law." In a formal statement Mr. Figg charged that the manufacturers and jobbers wcro circulating propaganda "almllnt frt flint ..ami t mi.I 41... ..t- B.U...M w vuui. UKU VW UIUIW IUU IUU- lie during tho recent speculative condi- tlnnw!' "This speculative market,"'' Mr. Figg continued, "toppled by Its own weight last spring, when, the-public refused to or could not buy nt tho unconscionable prices asxcu ior wearing apparel. .unnumcuirers nnu jobbers are even going to mo length of 'guarantee ing tho retail trade against a declining market," Mr. Figg said, "These 'guar- ""V1? , c ,"" Hindi. Yerj- generally and seeminclr In furthcrnnro nf n n. ccrted plan, desnito thn wortllmr'nfAHm Xevcr law fixing severe nrnnlilpvi -.'rn. rouijpirncy to exact excessive prices trtf nnv TIMiliQtinftna . ' 'Mr. Flee called attention in inuinnnAk where mills'have been' closed for thfc reason, ne cuiirgea, Of. Justifying mar ket conditions on tho plea of under production. "Tho clog of mills is jn turn being uow in iuv iincc propaganua," ' Mr. Figg asserted. "The retailer' is then being threatened wth further curtail ment and hiither .nrlces if'h(wW.i , accept goods mud border on" tho present rjlAY FjAISElCITY .SALARIES Plan Being forked Out to Introduce ,,Gradetj' Merit fyttarn-tf. --, City employes mhy, receive a i slight increase In their salaries .through a sjstcm of periodic Increases on a merit basis being worked out by a firm of indutrial engineers who are classifying iiuuii.iui pusuinns tinder tlie super' vision of the Civil Service rnmniiKnln,, The new salary scheme is being drawn up by OrlfTciihngen aud associates, a Chicago firm of engineers. Although no details have been made public. It is sum inui salaries unticr tne recom mendation of tho experts Will be higher than at present. The nrcvnllinir rule nt nrescnl fa tlmf the compensation paid to a class of employment is auvancea only by ordi nance of Council. The plnn of the ex perts provides a minimum and maxi mum salary for each class of cmnlnv. ment a class embracing cil employes in the different municipal departments doing the same or similar work. Length of service will play an Important part in ma grauing ot tne salaries. WOMAN SHOT; TWO HELD Jealousy Said to Have Been Cause of Bouvler Street Attack A woman was probably fatally hot at 7:45 o'clock this morning by another woman, who, police say, was uctuatcd by jealousv. Mrs. Minnie O'Ncll, twenty-eight yenrs old, of Bouvier street near Dick inson, was the victim. She is in the Mt. Agnes Hospital In n critical condi tion, with bullet wounds of the mouth and neck. Mrs. l.mmu Pollnrtl, twenty-six yrurs oiu, oi sixtecuin near UicKtnson. nnd her husbnnd. wern helil without ball by Magistrate Dougherty, at the i' iitcentn street anu suyuer avenue stu tlon, charged with the shooting. According to the police, Mrs. Pol lard's husband left her and wns in com nanv with Mrs. O'Nell. This morning Mrs. Pollard, so police say, obtained u revolver and went to the home of Mrs. O'Nell. Calling her outside, nccordlng to the police, Mrs. Pollard fired two idiots at Mrs, O'Nell uuu incu iieu norm on ijouvicr street, but was arrested. All the parties Involved are negroes. EXPLOSION STARTS PANIC Ferryboat Passenrjers Alarmed When Motortruck Blows Up New York. Aue. 2. ( TKv A r v A panic todny followed un explosion ot a motortruck aboard thn Krli nnii. rad fern boat Jametitoun linnnil fmn, Jttmcstow'i trmo .lersey for Munhat'nu. is tne wooucn noonng of the steel crnti oiuzeu up, norses began Io kick nnd many passengers donned life pre servers when the captaiu sounded a distress signal und the crew nmnnwl fire hoses. The ferryboat Ithncii nmo alongside ami passengers were traus- lerrcu ncross a gang plank. The fire was soon extinguished. INTRIGUE AND CRIME HOLD LOVE IN A NET J. S. Fletcher has added another to his scries of thrilling detective stories. The Paradise Mystery . It is a love story set umong the shaded walks and cloistered arches of a little English cathedral town. Tho mystery unfolded Is deep laid and calculated' to hold the rcudcr's'suspciiHc to the last word, It will begin in the KvENiNq PyjiMo Lunaim, Wednesday, August 4 1- Publlthed DII Exrefit flnnday. Copjrlrht, JB20, COX SELECTS HITCHCOCK AS LEAGUE DEBATER WASHINGTON, Aug, 2 Senator Hltciicock of Nebraska. who wr.a the administration leader In the Senate .treaty fight, hni been selected by Governor Cox to represent the Democratic party la a Joint debate on the League of Nations to be, held at Winona Xake, Indiana, August 0. Tho Bepublican national committee will select a debater in opposition, It, was Btated today at Senator Hitchcock's office. , SHIP BOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA DISABLED LONDON, Aug. S. The British steamer- Morocco, Bombay July 3 iot Philadelphia, arrived at Port Said Saturday with her forepeak leaking and the cargo in the forehold damaged. The vets eel 1b being repaired temporarily. The American steamer Xake Fontauot, which left Ipswich 'July 10 for Norfolk, put into Far mouth Saturday! because of engine trouble. ROADS NEED MONTH QUEENSBERRY DIES TO FIX NEW RATES Increased Passenger and Freight Tariffs Involve Great Amount of Work BETTER TRANSPORTATION Officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad announced today that no rise in passen ger and freight' rates' following the de cision of the Interstate Commctce Com mission, will tako place within a month. The award of the commission allow ing'itho railroads to increase) passenger rates 20 per cent and .freight tariffs 40 per cent, although allowing tne rail roads to filo tariffs 'with, five days' no- ice, win not uvuu wii'iu, it m num. owing to tho tremendously complicated work" involved in revising the rates to "fit the new awards. ,Jtt-,was istatel by railroad officials ns well 'nsjtpackerq. and somo wholesale dealcrs'That an 'pxcessive Increaso In prices by retailers to meet advanced freight Tutes would.be altogether uujus tilled, t, 'I While it was ngrccof that the higher gates' would tend to advance the retnil price ofmilk, f6od and other necessities, it wns h(jld that the additional burden on the consumer should be, slight and not one to-Work any considerable hard ship, i e -Coat Will Be Higher It, was -stated,- however, that the, flat 20 ncr 'tent lucrcase in passenger' rates allowed by vthoronnnission would be ien on an papsepger buu commutation rates.i 5 ' The" public nocketbook will also feel the strain in tliendvnnce in coal which it is predicted will'follofv the collcct ingof, tjie jjew rates. An advance of elghtyyccnts a ton is predicted on uu thraclfe roal. The pre-ent freight Is H- und tho 40 per cent inrreuse will bring the price up to ?2V80 per ton. Dealers say that they will will, pass tho extra cost on to the consumer. Agnew T., Dice, president of the Philadelphia nnd Heading liullwuy, mi id that It may be three weeks before now schedules nuu tarllts can be prepared. Hf said that the 20 per cent rise in commutation tickets will have to be applied according to the best Judgment of passenger agents iir to what price within the limits will bring in the greatest nmount of revenue with the best possible service und the least ex pense. Means Better Transportation "Whatever mry bo the feeling as to method, there must be a general ncree- ment that additional revenue had to, Commerce Commission is to be com mended for its prompt constructive ac tion. This must mean n restoration of the Credit to the railroads, and will ennblo them to pioWde equipment jlnd other facilities and will undoubtedly lead to further great industrial do eIopmcnt." It wns generally agreed by railroad officials und wholesale men than the in creased rates will bring improved trnns portution nnd thut the increiihed cobt to the public would be so distributed as to make the burden for tho individual a slight one, RAILROADS BEGIN READJUSTING RATES Washington. Aug. 2. Readjustment of the whole rate structure of the na tion s transportation systems won wtart- e,i- t!?(,,ny .""" n v""'w to Putting iuto rfrect by Hcpteniber 1 the freight, pnh hentter, Pullman, excess baggage and milk rate increases authorized last Sut urdny by the Interstate Commerce Com mission, " While tariff experts arc working on th.o general, rate schedules, the carriers will make' application to the various stiito commissions for udvnnces In intra, state rntes to correspond to those in 'ntcrstato rates. Requests for advances In passenger, Pullmnn, milk and ex cess buggugo tariffs are expected to be the Mime for all states, as tho Increases in these charges authorised by the fed eral commission were granted for the C'ontlnurd n I'aie To, Column Four HOLD-UP MEN MISS$400 Grocer Had Money In His. Shoe When Robbed on Broad Street Two masked men held up a grocer in his autotruck at 3 :H0 o'clock this morning, took $30 from him, nnd thcu let blin nrocced. not knou-iiifr lie liml $400 in his right shoe. Ilenjnmin Weinberg, northwest cor ner of Sixteenth and lluntlncilmi sticcts, was the man robbed. Wheu no started for IJoclt street before day light this morning, he nut S30 In liU wnllet and $400, w Ith which he intended making wholesale purchases, in his right shoe. At Broud nnd Cherry streets, the two men rushed out in frnni nf i.u autotruck, nnd, drawing their revolvers, ordered him to stop. Ho compiled, and. wjiile one man covered him. the other searched his pockets. Ending the $30. The men then ordered Welsberg to proceed, dowu Ilroad street while they lied east ou Cherry street. Ho continued io Dock K the $400 from his shon aud purchases, " - nubscrfptlnn Prlca SO a Tear by Malti br Publlo Inciter Companr. IN SOUTH AFRICA Career of Marquis Ends Under Circumstances Requiring Criminal Investigation WELL KNOWN IN AMERICA -By the Associated Press Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, Aug. 2. Percy Sholto Douglas, ninth Marquis of Quccnsbury, is dead bcrei1 according o announcement. London, Aug. 2. According to , a Central Isows dispatch from Johannes burg, dated jesterday, shortly after the death offerer Sholto Douglas, ninth Marquis of Queensberry, which was ascribed to pneumonia, an affidavit was liled making certain allegations against' some o- fthe persons with whom the marquis was clocely connected while in south Africa. The affidavit is not re garded seriously by the criminal investi gation department, but Its existence re tards disposal of the body. Percy Sholto Douglas, -who bore the Mibrcffuct of the "hard luck marqulsj" wns. 1 granger to America. IIo came oved to this country twenty odd years Uf ;i '?? ho, wn? "ynBer on" ot that MnrauiK nf Onponnhm. ,..i,,. most enduring reputation is that of au thorsh p of the ''Queensbury Rules" of the -prize ring. On that critical ylslt'lie Vi t ti i ? r""rol" accident opposite UCSt Point. In -u-hleli nl..i- ....-.. five Cc"w?1 wcr(' k,,,ed but from whicIU .ii u.uiuhu jiooicman emerged with a whole, sk n. EyWently this experienco X.- ..i ""'"i'1" s anient ntimlratron f rii th. .Htn8 J" Question, the denlb trutic interests of which ho phofwisJil to bo proud despite his aristocratic nM?81 f l'.e madcn ccond and third c sit the latter in 11)11. when ho ar rived "broke" as ho put it, nnd -set about procuring o "job." finnllv inn,i. Ing with a Chicago Newspaper, where ...V T "i ""courses nn tuc manly art of self defence. In u-htM, i. tni- un interest scarcely Inferior to th'dt of ...D iu,uun jauier, wcra n fealuro of the sports paces. At thin .oi-tn.i n. career he bad succeeded to the title I...UUBU mo ucuui oi an cider brother. Another brother. Lord Sholto Doug las, has made his home in this country " j ',1s ,nnrri"R to a California vaudeville nvtress, liorrctta Mooney. An Incident in the enreer of the mar- i,,,,niWBI'imls fiHt,f,K,'t wth his father in Piccadilly at the time of the Oscar jMu,,wRU,1t invhich a brother. Lord Alfred Douglas, was involved, and the result of which was the jaillug of the esthetic poet. The marquis, who was bitter in his denunciation of the British, because as he deelurul. he wus deprived of it seat in the Houso of Lords to hich as a Scottish peer he said he was entitled, announced his purpose of becoming an American citizen, but this intention Inter was abandoned, nnd he returned to hnglnnd, 1.,L?od,oQuecDHb.0.rr' w,,s bor October 1.1, 1808, succeeding to the title in 11)00. t. . ,w.as for,crl.v inidshipmnu lu tho British navy and later was lieutenant in tho third battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was twice mar ried, and is survived by two sous and one daughter. His eldest son, Francis Archibald, Keclheud Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig, will succeed to the title. The new mnrquls was horn January 17 181)0, and fought during the wot Id war as u member of the famous Black Watch, being wounded lu uctlou in He was twice married, the second time u little more than eighteen months ugo to the widowed Mrs. Krnest Mor gan, daughter of the late Richard Hick el, of Cardiff, Ciluinorganshlrc. a MEXICAN ELECTIONS QUIET Government Party Believed to Have Won at Polls Me.lco City. Aug. 1. (By A. P.) (Delajed) Only a few minor disorders marked the congressional elections throughout MeMco today. Detulled re ports of the results are not us jet avail able, but there were indications that the Liberal Constitutionalist, or govern ment party, wus victorious. An urgent request for the postpone ment of the presidential election for lit leust three months bus bceu wired to Pr,oviclonul President De La Huertu by Ksteban Cnntu, governor of Lower Cnllfornlu, according to the newspaper Excelsior. Tho dispatch says Governor Cantu declares that elections held prematurely would be regarded by tho people as a mcuns for imposing u singlo presiden tial candidate upon tho country. He is said to declare that tho recent tragic death of President Carranza is an addl tionnl reason for postponing tho sclec tlon of a new chief executive. RUMANIA WARNS SOVIET Troops Must Be Withdrawn In Three Days, 8aya Ultimatum .Vienna, Aug. 2. (By A. P.) Rus slan) Rumania hus served nn ulti nintuin upou Soviet Russia, giving tin Soviets three days to withdraw their troops from Rinnan un trrlim.-. .... cording to a Belgrade dispatch received here today, Jn the event of Russia's fuilure to will d, nubscrlntlnn Prlca Kyiiijur, ii n Bimea, uumniiia price Tyr.o ororjgij! poles mm BOLSHEVIK SWEEf TOWARD WARSI Trotzky's Legions Forc;l,ft & oBge ui iMutow niver rnxmrf . ... 'V m-,'' '. Furious Battle Tniinr- nam r-v rinnn.rtf'! inuuc rnnLc rnuuncat'r mr .rsi i &'l ?; . ' SHROUDED IN DARKNMi -v hMWA i ... . .. . .t.fiif aovmr i rirma inn Hm-cntni mit Acceptance of Ar Defenders Fet (- N mtffOlMuLrT- .- . 'imwr ,' '.s.'rf , By the Associated rrtm'd j1,'?, . , . . .. ...... r the river Nnrcw, northeast ot ,?im Is reported officially by Mo PfASlIni rt 4 tin vltfrta t !, iinnnn. 7iiir. v .ir,r flnr(tilK.-', is announced, nnd progress agalkti '"M, Poles, further to the southeast,'' lilpi' j' Blelsk region, Is-claimed. Tho fowfchi cavalry also is pressing in northcMry! , VI ! .ucmberg. ' .OV . --v,.'-: .. ' 4 The statement reads : 1 'W't'i 1 "In the Xjomzar rezlon fichtin'? nnnMnoln. - !,- f..J. . 'll.l"lXlO!k Cl VUUMUUIU), U& IUU 1U4UO ui JS, IH Narew. West of Blab-stoic te Serl troops have crossed the Narew B?afe' continuing the pursuit of .the wjwifc J West of Blelsk our troops debouch" Jj ' '. me line 01 me river nurou (nanw, forciDg It nt several points. s 1fj "In the region, of Brody'our 'cKraftqr 1 has advanced as a result of 'fofctUf. riorth of Busk- fforty-flve miles "Ttr cast of Lemberg). In the CUertkeC'i gion our advance is continuing.' .'' , The fortress of Brest-LItovsk, fcf' -stronghold 110 miles east of Warsaw the boundary of Poland proper,,Iwj captured by the Russians, nccoroMsg.W -a wireless from. Berlin yesfcrrfay.u "la Up to "early this afternoon oMettf' British and Polish quartern In LomlA fnllwl to learn, definitely whether Jtre , uussinn and rousn armistice cmwmjy ; nnu actually mei. jliio unusn imd ofnee is pressing all its represent in that part of the world for any, of news as to what is coins on. I far without result. .' .' ' Warsaw, Ag. 2.(By ,(A. VtyU doubt is expressed in uipiomatic.circ here as to whether an ugreenient fr" armistice would come out 01 tm. tions between the Polish nni emissaries at Baranlvitchl,, JfiXtr thought the Sovlepnuthoritf? llKciy to insist upon. terms 100 the Poles'to accept, Jy, jj 1 ne v rousn cieirHn. rcmi thpm into the RussuttVllBtlt -wireless outfit wlilcli hey J: iise tor communication ytm nffirldla nali! thin afternoon; " thatiU-inigh fc4Mr;days,beft-i5: Vtttiuin "u . r The emissaries Vcrc instruci to concede nny point that mfj j rl-.--l tnJ.nA.1nM Sy22 m Ing to an interview with Vicy. 'Vwmfatfr-jSf"' Dnszynski. published In the newpa-.J'; quarters that the Soviets would ini('if upon me eHinuiisiunviii oi u pviv government in A'oianu Detore even gran, ing an armistice, but the Polish emh- n....!.. I. . (...,... . ...it.... ..A,. J lit M.lf. .k Hunrt uvu uwii luouutivu lu luani; ana-' concessions which would permlf tkafU' Soviets to interfere with the iuterIerV'j' aunirsoi I'oianu. Ji, Poles Oppose Disarmament 'fi',' The instructions to the Polish deWj,-:"' against ,any clause which might pr-V(' ? viuc ior lin-- uiaunnuincut oi i uiauu nnrunv ." RpirnrfltniT llio tinllnnal fi-itiflAv .... ...!........ ..V.T. uciegates are instructed not tprff nny conditions chdnglng- PremA George's line of demnrkution, iWi is to be decided, it is stated, accord iirfHi to the line held by the troops when the jLf armistice become effective. V Wi'tW Warsaw was brought into closer on-Pwl tact witn tne tront yesterday oy tue rtfz& lival, in 11 shattered condition, of' tkf'.ra w-nmnn R hnttnlinn vlilrUL-fniiflir In iu.u. j. r.lofenP nf Vllnn. The tmttnllnn MiiL"WA 1 ------- - - ------ --- --. ""wrvuM fercd hesvy losses and is now being rtwtt? j! nnrnnireil. r."1 fjwlfft Many Americans in tills clt have l4'tHri ready shipped their baggage und hous-o(.i' 5J n frnniiM m ijanzii?. i-nMnii nf I'mmiAr. .' '4 ' in anticipation or-an attack by tbvMt"S wome i?J,. , Russian Bolshevists. lany womea workers with American organizations P1 here, ns well ns the wives of American officials, have left. rit Sergeant William Cook, of Fiy:t It Okla., who remained with an AmcWcait X ' typhus expedition train and was U?rh Clll-AI 111- lm T)nlul,n..lbl .1 MI...1. l1.- ' ' of Wr,'' mcl-icattj VIS -p? Innk llttn weeks ugo, is now reported to be kafe at- TtTriviwi In n tninwttnu MA!Mn.l l. Al. v...v.. .. .... ..w,o..i-.nt ,. ,U,UBft IWO Americnn Red Cross. Hp is returning; ., TI to Warsaw through the Baltlq states. '"J Purls, Aug. 2. (By1 A. P.) a'h"j uussiau noviei arniv is now riiitin a ii seentj-flve miles of Warsaw, t has ii '-I captured Lomzn, which is just that dig-' T ft Vl tance nortneast or tne 1'ollsli capitals. ' U uuu uil- lunun ui jmiiuo una OWJUCZyn, ,! m near the German border In the Loniwi'; S region. r CT J" fffi Polish plenipotentiaries appointed ,t?i ' - vl negotiate nn urinlstlce agreement with i representatives of tho Russian Bolshe- 1 anovitchl, where the nrmlstlce coiifer-?!! wl euce will ho held, uccnrdlng to ntJrlefi'W 1 recehed hero from Warsaw. 'VSW-I A large number of ships is arriving t Wij f...n.....i . m. .r.-.. i'i. m I vvmiuiiru n mir wv. VOIMinnVigKiyK.V "3T Polish Premier Thanhs i vi Wilson for American Aid, Warsaw, Aug. 1. The Foreign Office gives out tho follow lug meffi sago sent uy tuc uew foiisb premier, M. Witos, to President Wilson? J "Mr. President: Having aHmntJ. the olSco of prime minister ofPovJ land ut tills momentous hour, L jiusteu to reuew to your exeejtync.r' the expression of the Polish iroTernf," incuts deep aim sincere gratitude' ff, 4iiiv,1.i. n ,DUkiuun IVI UIJ14 W)U tlnuous sympathy extended to tbi country, "Let me add, Mr. President;. you, having been the iwwt.Si promoter nnd defender of Pi deKiidence, aro at this country's" creutst need deorer.tbai ever .to feyt A HI. f t nofj v 1 rt w pril :MmMmmw$m& t-i .&''- w ir, k rV, , WMXWM BBtff'frS-Mrtf a nine 14 giujcriij uiouijizaqou.
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