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Under the Act of March a, 1879,
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1920
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CM IS ALIVE,
FEDERAL AGENTS
ON CASE BELIEVE
Chief Inspector Leonard Tells
of Human Net Spread to
Catch Suspect
BLOODHOUNDS TRAILED
MAT. TO FIX IDENTITY
Special Train Used as Part of
Elaborate Trap 110 Men
Used In Plan
"The Crank," the man who swin
dled the fatner of Kidnapped uiaKeir
Coughlin out of ."P12TO0Q, is being grilled
In a Hcehided spot, proDatJiy in bouxu
Jersey. . . .
Postal inippotors who arrested mm
near l'gg Harbor otiMonday nre trying
to make Mm disclose tho hiding place
of the tnhy.
Fire federal agents are in various
parts of Pennsylvania today working
on clues furnished by "Tne Crank."
They loft Philadelphia yesterday. Ono
went to Pittsburgh.
I'nitfd States District Attorney
JIcAtot. of this district, spent the night
nt his cottage at Capo May Tolnt. N. ..,
nltlinugll MS laiilliy was not uirru. i nj
he went to this place alone Mrs. Mc-
vtv wntlltl nllt saV.
.Mr. McAvov. seen today at his office
In N'orristown. ould not comment on
Hie report he had been in Jersey helping
in Interrogate "Tin1 Crank."
After declining to answer questions
rolntiin to the arrest of "The Crank. "
Mr. McAvov said: ."I am entirely sub-
Mront to the stnto in this matter, as
the major charges against the criminn!
ai e .blackmail, and kidnapning. ' '
tleorge A. LcoiinnT. chief postal in
sncctoV. who arranged tho detailed plan
for "The iCrnukV canture. today rc-
fefflfed Hint, (he ,prfwiertpositivcly is
ine Kidnapper (mine, pany.
lie based his'dssertlon on various de
tails, hitherto vmrpvcaled, of letters
vhleh "The Crank" sent Mr. Coughlin.
They showed mi intimate knowledge of
.the I'lrciimstnncch attending the theft of
th" child which could have been known,
only fo the person who committed the
crime, t-aK .Air. Leonard
Trapped by Own Letter
"The CotighlliiH received freauentlet
ters from 'The Crank," " Mr. Leon
ard went on. "It vns the last
letter, received Fridny, July 110, which
proved 'The Clank's' undoing. In this
letter Mr. Coughlin was instructed to
leave Philadelphia Monday afternoon
on the Heading train which left for
Atlantic City at 2 o'clock. Mr. Cough
lin was instructed to sit on the right
hand side of the cur. He was told that
at some point between Philadelphia
and Atlantic City n white flag would
he displaced so that he could see it.
"On scoine this white flac Mr.
Coughlin was to throw n package con
taining $10,000 iu bills from the win
dow. When this was done, according
to the promise made in tho letter, the
thlld would be returned to its parents.
"Major I.. (S, Adams, who Is in
iharge of the state troopers, person
allj made nrraiigeiucnts for n special
train to make the same stops and run
on the same time schedule as the 2
oMni'lt train. Miilor Adams covered tho
district from Philadelphia to Atlantic
j'it li taking a map and dividing it
into sixteen dlivsions. He called upon
110 state Hoopers for assistance.
"Sundaj night the men were sent out
to cover the entire distance.' The ob
jeit of their work was explained to
them mid it was so arranged that they
v.eio nil at their posts before daylight.
Special Train Used
"Mr ( ViiiMilIti li.rt lYMlnrlnlnliifl flu
IV was Instructed. The special train
arijtug right troopers left five roin-
mes ucioio the i: o'clock train. Sir.
Coughlin wns told about the layout of
the map, and wns instructed to throw
the 'mono' really a package of news-
rupiTs- out nl the window, lie was
grw'ii n set of large ligurcs, one for each
V.. J. ,llvls'"iis. into which the Hue from
1 hllndelphin to Atlantic City had been
imldwl. He was also given a map
Hiowing these divisions and their cor
ifsjioiidlng numbers. As soou as he
irnd thrown the package out of the
window he was told to find the place
on the map, get the proper number and
''t i "JP tllf' window on the left hand
Hie The object of this was to notify
the troopers stationed along tho line
where the flnK had been displayed, so
mat they could close in on this point.
1" the special train preceding that
on which Coughlin rode wero ten state
troopers who had been In training for
some time. They were all athletes and
exceptional runners. There weio also
f couple of bloodhounds and two postal
inspectors. Mnjor Adams rode with the
engineer on the special.
"lien the special approached
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ere alighting from the train the Are
na" ws iistructed to throw out a
'"!?. """i1"' Kl'r'on, so that 'The
mm l'"ull I,nt beoomo suspicious,
ihc men then started back toward
l'outlr.unl on ! Two, Column Thrro
EXCHANGE RATESLUMPS
Pound Sterling Falls to $3.5654 Be-
cause of Polish Situation
rMiW Y."lu Auk" ' Apup weakness
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? , tllO UuKvorab e Polish altuatlnn
due
ufnYprable Polish situation
,nd 'ale offerings vt bills.
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MARCHIONESS OF QUEENSnEKRY
Former stage beauty, Irene Rich
ards, whose husband, by the death
of tlie ninth Marquis of Queens
berry In Africa, succeeds to the
title
JUDGE'S HOME ENTERED
Burglar Alarm Causes Arrest of Man
at Mc Michael's House
The ringing of a burglar alarm in the
home of Judge Charles B. McMlchael,
2030 Dc Lancey Place, this morning,
resulted in the arrest of n man who, tho
police say, was caught in the act of
rilling the judge's home. '
After the alarm was sounded in the
offices of the American District Tele
graph Co. a telephone call was sent to
the Twelfth and Pine streets station. A
detail of patrolmen, headed by Detec
tives Iiurton and Maclnncs, was hur
ried to the McMlchael home.
In the yard, the police say,
xvlth n xvnllet and other articlos
owned by the judge. They say
Harris, who also is known as James
Wilson, said that lie came from South
Carolina and that he wns staying nt
2018 Nnudaiu street. He was taken to
City Hall for a hnarlng.
Judge McMichacl is away on a vaca
tion. CONVICTS AID IN CHASE
Nevy Castle Prisoners Offer Reward
for Man Who Escaped
Prisoners nt tho 'New Castle county
workhouse. New Castle. Del., have pool
ed their money nnd offeicd a purse of
.$IiO for the capture of Peter (Jreco,
u prisoner who escaped from there on
Monday.
Warden " I'lummcr communi
cated the reward offer to Director of
Public Safety Cortelyou. Director Cor
tclyou hus ordered the Philadelphia po
lice tovwntch for tho man. but the re
ward probably will not be accepted.
(Jreuo is said to have headed toward
this city. The honor system prevails
at the jail.
TAKES BABY FROM HOSPITAL
Camden Mother Disregards Doctor's
Advice When Child Is Burned
A baby, severely burned, was removed
from the Cooper Hospital today by the
mntlier. who told nhvslcions if home
remedies did not cure her child nothing
would.
The child, two-j ear-old Ttudolph
Tlak, 110 South Ninth Street, Cam
den, began playing with mutches while
his mother wasTtetting breakfast ready.
When she discovered him his clothing
was a mass of flames.
At the hospital physicians told the
mother her baby was severely burned
and might die If taken away. She in
sisted she be given the child and then
went home.
SAY BOOKMAKER
Griffith, Known as "Millionaire
Gambler," Arrested With
Wife in Raid by Police
HAD BUSINESS
SYSTEM
A man known ns tho "millionaire
gambler." and his wife were lield iu
bail today charged with operating n
"long-distance" gambling house.
The man is Hurry Griffith, alias
Harry Wash, 122V North Sixteenth
street. His wife, who acted as his
secretnry, was arrested under her
maiden name of Ella Broderlck.
flm fni-t Hint thev were married de
veloped ut their hearing in City Hall.
The niau wns held in SM10 bail nnd the
xvoinnn under $000 bail for further
henriiigH. ,
The police say books seized In firif
fith's place show he operated with a
Mstem of agents In every section oi
net pionts, nccorci
apiiroxlmnted ifSOO.
slness was nperui
ordlng to the de-
tivtlvcx who Investigated the case. Ue
had three telephones In his otllic nnd
received almost hourly reports from his
district "bookies" tclllug of their bets,
all of which he backed. -
Detectives llagert and Mcliulund
wntched Griffith's place for several
weeks, but could get nothing on him.
Nobody but Griffith and ills secretary
ever entered bis place of business.
Then tho telophone companies fur
nished lists of Ills cnlls and the police
got their first real clue. The two de
tectives forced their way into his place,
but were forced out when ho threatened
tn kill tliem. they say.
Then warrants for him and UN wife
were sworn out nnd hist night Lieu
tenant Wagner, the two detectives who
investigated! Griffith, Detoctives Galla
gher and Hubn made tho raid.
MADE 1800 A DAY
POLICE BALK $4
CLOIH ROBBERY IN
Thieves aruf Three Patrolmen
Exchange Shots Outside
Frankford Mill
112 GALLONS OF LIQUOR
ARE STOLEN FROM HOUSE
North Thirty-third Street Homo
Is Looted While Family Is
at Seashore
A $-1000 eloth robberv was thwarted
this morning in Frankford. The nollcc
are seeking the men concerned in It
Thev also nre senrchlnir for a gang
of thieves who stole S2.p00 worth of
whisky nnd champagne from n house
left x-nennt for thn aiimmer. Though
this theft probably occurred several
days ago. the details have just been
made public,
The cloth robbers xverc surprised early
this, morning after they had removed
iiftv?seven rolls of cloth from the mill.
nnd had It loaded on a motortruck
ready to enrry it away. .
Shots wero fired bv the police in the
pursuit, nnd It is believed one man was
hit.
At 4:.10 o'clock Patrolman Samuel
James, of tho Frankford station, was
pavslng the mill of Julius Gaebauer, nt
Frankford nnd Adams nvenues. when
his attention was attracted by a live
ton nuto truck.
The patrolmen saw a young man
sneak out' of the mill and pile cloth on
tho truck. .Tntnes summoned Patrolmen
Colwcll nnd Price, who were on duty
in that district.
Thinks Man Was Wounded
The three patrolmen hurried to the
mill just in time to see two of the in
truders dashing up Deal street, n little
street back of the mill. A third man
wns trying to climb a barbed-wire fence
near itlie mill. Patrolman Colwell fired
nt him.
i The robbers answered the shots, nnd
a running battle followed. Tho robbers
escaped. . .
' Returning to the loaded truck, xvhicli
the robbers abandoned, the police found
the fifty-seven rolls of cloth, valued ut
$1000.
The truck is believed by the police
to have been stolen from the Itobluson
Auto Express Co., 12 North Fourth
street.
Thieves Get Liquor
Twenty-four cases or champagne and
forty gallons of whisky were stolen
from the home of Morris Alblus, 220,"i
North Thirty-third street xvhile Alblus
and his family were at a shore resort.
Alblus discovered the robbery Mon
day when he made a flying visit to his
home. All his privnte stock, valued at
more than .$2."00, had been removed
from the cellar, except three demijohns
of whisky. Those containers had been
moved to n cellar window as though
tho thieves planned to return for them.
Albius nnd his family left for the
shore about June 15. The lioutcs on
either side of their home nlso were un
occupied temporarily. A watchman
named George Hall was employed to
guard the three dwellings.
Hall on Huniioy tounu a rear win
dow of the Albius bouse opened
Ua
summoned a patrolman of the Twenty
sixth anil York streets station. They
watched the window for a short time
and then entered, searching the first
nnd iipncr floors without finding nny
trace of nn Intruder. They bay they
did not go into the cellar.
4
Husky Butcher Changes Plans
of Auto Highwaymen by Weil
Directed Bow
MEN ESCAPE IN MACHINE
When a bandit told William Tcufel, n
powerfully built butcher, to hold up his
hands about midnight last night, the
butcher did ns ho was told, but executed
an uppercut with his right and knocked
tho bandit halfway across the street.
Tho Injured highwayman with his com
panion then escaped in nn automobile.
Teufel lives at (I2.17 Market street.
He had been attending a meeting at the
Labor Lyceum, Sixth and Brown
streets, and lind walked from the hall
to Eleventh street and down Eleventh.
At Callowlilll u small touring mr drew
up nnd stopped. In it sat two men.
One of the men, about twenty-five
years old, and 5 feet 0 Inches in height,
stenned from the enr, approached Teufel
and asked for u match. When the
butcher readied for a box in his pockets
the bandit drew a gun and said: "I'ut
up your hands. Here Is where you
fork over your money."
1'n went Teufel's hands, but the.v
went up fast and hard, catching the
bnndlt nn the law with Ills rig lit list.
The bandit was knocked Into the car
tracks. The man In the automobile
at once covered Teufel with a gun and
ordered him to stand still.
Meanwhile the man In the street
arose, staggered to the car and wns
helped in. Both men then drove away.
Teufel was not robbed, although he hod
$50. in his pocket.
' All physicians nnd hospitals have
been warned to be on the lookout for
n man with a fractured or Injured jaw
or nose.
RUNNING GUN FIGHT
ONE PUNCH
ROUTS
ROBBER WITH
UN
South Jersey in Renewed Effort to Find Coughlin Baby
Wilson Ashs Observance
by U. S. of Pilgrims' Day
Washington, Aug. 4. (By A. P.)
Piosldcnt Wilson In a proclamation
today "suggested and requested"
that December 21 be- celebrated
throughout the United States as the
tercentenary of tho landing tit tho
Pilgrims at Plymouth in, 1020, nnd
appointed Samuel W. McCftll and
Richard Hooker, of Massachusetts,
and George Foster Peabody, of New
York, as members of the Pilgrim
Tercentenary Commission,
In the proclamation the President
recommendod that the day bo fit
tingly observed "to tho end that
salutary and patriotic lessons may
be drawn from tho fortitude, perse
verance nnd tho Ideals of the Pil
grims." Rev. W. H. Wolf, of Crosswicks,
N. J., Drove Away Saturday
and Has Not Returned
MIND MAY BE AFFECTED
The Rev. Walter II. Wolf, n young
Methodist Episcopal minister of Cross
wicks, rs. .1., has been missing since
Saturday, xvhen he drove away from
homo in nn automobile furnished him
by his congregation.
Tho clergyman, who is thirty-two
years old and married, is pastor of the
Crosswicks nnd Ellisdnle churches,
about four miles from IJordcntowrt,
N. J.
Tho clergymnn's wife says ho bad n
prolonged illness early this yenr and she
fears that his mind may have become
affected. Mrs. Wolf notified the Tren
ton authorities today. Her husband was
driving toward that city when last seen.
Mr. Wolf served ai pastor nt Wius
low and nt Port Republic, N. J., before
he wns assigned to his present charge.
He is about five feet eight nnd one-lialf
inches tall, weighs liiO pounds, and has
light nair.
The young minister's moth,cr-injlnw,
Mrs. John If. Mennb, ofr K'nmdeu. was
nt the pretty little pm'soiiagc at Cross
wicks today. Mrs. Wolf had gope to n
sister's home near Colllli;swood with
her daughter Marian, throe and n half
yenrs old.
Wlfo Fears an Accident
"Mr. Wolf took no clothing with
him," asserted Mrs. Mennig. "He hml
appeared to be happy 'and thoroughly
enjoyed his pastoral work here. He
was devoted" to my daughter, his wife,
nnd they never had u quarrel.
"Mrs. Wolf fears that her husband
has bVcn kiljed in nn accident. We de
layed notifying the authorities, ns we
hoped he would return at nuv moment.
Absorbed in His Work
"My daughter is holding up bravely
and ussures ilttle Mariau that her daddy
will be home soon."
Various theories are given by the
townspeople to account for the minis
ter's disappearance. Members of the
congregation say thnt he uppeured to
be nbsorbed in his church work, lie
wns a quiet, studious man. they de
dare, and was devoted to Ills family.
The minister's father lives iu Colllngs-
wood.
FISHERMEN, TAKE NOTICE!
Manayunk Farmer Modestly Talks
of His Tomatoes
Theodore Mcnke, a fanner nt Shaw
mint, north of Maunyiink, modestly ad
mitted todav that he now raises tomn
toes slightly larger than pumpkins.
"Yes." lie snld, "I picked one fnir
sized one from my tomato patch yes
terday that made a meal for my wife,
our nine children, a grandchild nnd my
self. "Pretty fair sized one it wns. 'Weighed
five pounds and four ouuees. We had
some of it raw, stewed part of It, and
fried n couple of pounds.
Mr. Monko Mas lieen fnrmlng three
cars. It Is not known what ho did
before he took up tomato raising, but
his nelghbois say lie must have been a
fisherman.
TRY TO IDENTIFY SUICIDE
Man Who Killed Himself In Camden
Thought Movie Director
A man who killed himself by cutting
his throat ami shooting himself nt I'lue
Vuljey, N. J'., about fourteen miles
from Ciimden. Inst Saturday, tuny have
been a prominent motion picture ill
rictor. The nnine II. W. Blltzer was found in
his Piiiinuui hat. Ills suit wns made bv
a Los Angeles firm. Police ut Los
Angeles" learned the tailor made the stilt
for a man by that mime who wns a
prominent motion picture play director.
The eastern office of the pit tin e com
pany denied the story.
Turn to the
Comic Page
In the first two columns there
is u story that will interest
you. t
Pleased the President
Mr. Wilson is a frank admirer
of detective tales by this
author.
THE PARADISE
MYSTERY
J. S, Fletcher's clever nnrra
tivo is cleverly told,
"Benin It Today!
Mil
FEAR ACCIDENT
E
SEEN BY HARDING
IN CLASSAPPEALS
Second Only to Surrender of
Nationality to Internationally,
v Says Candidate
LEAGUE OF NATIONS PACT
AT ODDS WITH CONSTITUTION
Covenant Opposite Extreme to
Referendum on Proposed
. War Declaration
By the Associated Press
Marlon, O., Aug. 4. Decrying ap
peals to classes as a menace second
only to surrender of nationality to in
tcrnationality; Senator Harding, in bis
second front porch presidential cam
paign speech today, declared that If he
could choose but ono be would "rather
have industrial and social peace at home
thnn command the international peace
of nil the world."
He asserted it would be unwise for
this country to permit "our nctlvltlcs
in seeking for noaee in tho old world
to blind us to the essentlais of pence
at home." and added that "If Amer
ica cau be made to forget the attempted
barter of nationality, well and good,"
but that "when nationality is surren
dered to internntionnlity, little else
matters and nil nppeal is vain." The
address was delivered to n delegation of
vtayue county, u., Kepublicnns.
Senator Harding's Address
Senntor Harding's address in part
follows :
"You must be confidently nnd fear
lessly American to measure to the re
nowned name of Viine. The story of
Wnyne county Is that of the great be
ginning of the Northwest Territory,
whose sturdy citizenship xvns strength
ened by the hardships of the forest plo
ncer. "The pioneer gave the conquering
westward march of civilization,, wl)iei
our obligations are to preserve and de
fend. Homo day 1 hope we shall fittingly
Uiuttmcinnrntp the sacrifices, oud the
achievements of these courageous fron
tiersmen nnd their btrong-hciirted
women.
"It Is worth remembering thnt the
pioneers these stalwart makers of
America weie little less vnricd in their
origin than our people of todav. Either
they or their forebears came from lands
across the sea. But they were thinking
only of America. Theirs was more than
sole allegiance to the land of ndoptlon :
they were interested nnd devoted heart
and soul. They were in complete uni
son, with one purpose, one confidence,
one pride.
"When I sat on the Senate committee
nn foreign relations and listened to
American delegations uppenllng in behalf !
ot Kinsmen or old home-folk across
seas, 1 caught the aspirations of na
tionality, nnd n perfectly natural sym
pathy ninong kindred in this republic.
But I little reulized then how we might
rend the concord of Ainciican citizen
ship iu our seeking to solve old -world
problems.
"There hn'c como to me, not nt nil
unbecomingly, the expressed nnxlotics
of Americans foreign-born, who are
asking our country's future attitude on
territorial awards in the adjustment
of pence. They nre Americans nil, but
thc have a proper and natural inter
est in the fortunes of kinsfolk nnd nn
tive lands One cuunot blame them.
If our land is to settle the envies, ri
valries, jealousies and hatreds of all
civilization, these adopted sons of the
republic wnnt the settlement favorable
to the land from which they came.
Concord of Citizenship Broken
'"The misfortune is not alone that
It rends the concord of nations, the
greater pity is that it rends the con
coid of oui citizenship ut home. It is
folly to think of blending Greek ami
Bulgarian, Italian aud Slovak, or mak
ing them Americnn, when the land of
adoption sits In judgment on the land
from which they came.
"Governor Coolidge spoke the other
day of tho rebcuc of America from the
reactions of xvar. We also need to be
rescued from the visionary and fruitless
pursuit ot peace through supergovern
ment. I do not wnnt Americans of
foreign birth making their party align
ments on what we ipenn to do for somo
nation of the old world. We want them
to be Republicans bceauso of whnt we
mean to do for the United States of
America. Our call Is for unison, not
rlxaling sympathies; our need is con
cord, not the antipathies of long in
heritance. 'Surely no ono stopped to think
t'ontlniird on rase Thlrttf n. Column Three
COX GUESJ ATPICNIC ,
Will Not Discuss Politics Considers
Aid to Suffrage
Dayton. O., Aug. !. Governor Cox,
Democratic presidential candidate, will
bn the guest todiy and deliver nn ad
dress at the annual plculc of the Gem
City Democratic Club, of this city, nt
Shiloh. about ten miles north of Day
ton, The governor said he did not ex
pect to discuss uutional politics, but
would deal principally with reminis
cences of his state career.
The governor yesterday considered
further aid toward ratification of the
woman suffrage, amendment by the
Tennessee Legislature. Mrs. George
BassT chairman of tho woman's bureau
of the Democratic National Committee
hnd reported the governor said, that
prospects for ratification in Tennessee
were unfavorable.
Governor Cox announced definitely
jestcrday that no would not bo able to
attend the vice presidential notification
ceremonies for Franklin D, Roosevelt,
at Hyde Park, N. Y on August 0. It
was understood that Governor Cox
wished to let) Mr. Roosevelt be tho prin
cipal Democratic Ucurc at Hyde Park,
NATIONAL
INA
POLISH NURSES FALL EXHAUSTED
Cracow, Poland, Aug. 4. (By A. P.) Thousands of wounded soldiers
arc taxing hospital facilities here, and doctors nnd nurses, exhausted by long
vigils, arc often dropping beside the operating tables. The American Red
Cross has opened nn improvised school for nurses, and 300 women are being
given a hasty clcmcntnry cTiursc.
P. R. R. BKAKEMAN KIILED AT SPRING GARDEN ST.
George L. Hopkins, 037 North Seventh street, a, brakemaa.
on' the Pennsylvania Railroad, -was killed Instantly this afternoon
In tho yards near tho Spring Garden street bridge. Hopkins wcr
making up a freight train -when an electric passeger train cam
along behind him. Other -workmen called a warning but he did
not hear it In time.
' 41 RAIL STRIKE LEADERS REPORTED INDICTED
i
CHICAGO, Aug. T. The federal grand jury investigating the
rocent railroad strikes will report at 2.30 this afternoon, It was an
nounced at the Federal Building today. It was reported that the
jury had roturned Indictments against forty-one leaders in the
strike.
COURT HALTS PROBE STEEL WORKMEN
OFP.R.T.ERNS MAY BE UNIONIZED
Judge Linn Grants Underlying
Companies Stay of Proceed
ings Before Commission
BUSINESS MEN OPPOSE IT
Judge Linn, of the Superior Court,
today grunted a writ of supersedeas to
uttoruevH foe the underlying companies
,pf tliC'Rimid Transit Co.. which stays
ull proceedings affecting the underlying
conipaiile iihw before the Public Serv
ice Commission.
'Henri P. Brown, former Judge
Dimuer ItocbcY and John J. Sullivan,
attorneys for the iinderl.vlnc companies.
nppinrcd at Judge Linn's chambers this
morning nnd asked for the writ. Judge
Linn called in C. Oscar Bcasiey. at
torney for the United Business Men's
Association.
Mr. Bcasiey opposed the granting of
the writ, saving that the evidence now i
before the Public Service Commission
wus incomplete, and thnt he did not i
think the commissions Investigation
should be interfered with.
Tlie writ was asked aud granted on
the ground that the underlying com
panies would be "put to vast expense
if "a long and extended hearing" before
the Public Service Commission were
continued.
Argue Court Hus Right
Mr. Brown, attorney for the Second
and Third Streets Passenger Railway,
otic of the underlying companies, argued
that the question of whether the Pub
lic Service Commission lyid jurisdiction
over the underlying companies should
be decided by the Superior Court before
the hearing of the Public Service Com
mission wns continued.
lie also contended that the Superior
Court should pass upon tlie question of
whether the reduction in rentals asked
by the United Business Men's Associ
ation is within the statutory powcis of
the Public Service Commission.
A third question raised b. the attor
ney wes "whether the Public Service
Commission has the constitutional right
to revise the rentals stipulated in such
leases, where it affirmatively appears
thnt the leases were made prior to the
nassnge of tlie nubile service comiian.v
law, and where, it further appears that
the reutnls bear no relation to and are
iu no sense dependent upon the number
of passengers carried, or the rate of
fare charged by the operating com
pany.
Tlie cliect oi .niuge liinn s nction win
be temporarily to take away" from the
Public Service Commission its right to
continue its investigation of the under
lying rentals. Tlie Superior Court will
sit October -l in Philadelphia after the
summer lecess. L ntll then no action
enn be taken on the constitutional ques
tions raised by the underlying com
panies. Rule Halls Investigation
In granting the writ Judge Linn sold:
"It is ordered that tlie appeal now
pending in this court shull operate as
a supeiscdens, and that the Public
Service Commission Is hereby directed
tn stny nil further proceedings ngniust
the underljing comiinnles, pending the
termination of their uppcal to this
court."
Mr. Ilcasley was" taken by surprise
when the uttorneys' for the uuderliing
companies sought "'e writ of super
sedeas. They were iu Judge 1. Inn's
chambers iu City Hall when Mr. Beas-
Continued on Vatr Two, Column Oil
Ty Cobb to Stump for
Cox and Roosevelt
New York, Aug. 4. "Ty" Cobb,
star outfielder of the Detroit base
ball club, will appear as a "spell
binder" tn the coming presidential
campaign if plans of Senator Pat
Hurrison, chnlrinan of the Demo
cratic National Speakers' Bureau,
materialize. Senator Harrison an
nounced today that he proposed to
take Cobb with him on u proposed
"sMilng around the circle" iu the
interests of Cox and Roo&cvc"t.
T
"Not a Strike; Organization Is
Better Word," Explains
A. F. of L. Secretary
DENY PLEDGE TO HARDING'
ShtM Mtpntrh to Kvenliw I'nbUc Lcttarr
Atlantic Ciiy. Aug. 4. There wns
extreme reticence nmoug members of
the executive council today over reports
to the effect that n campaign is about
to be set iu motion for the unionization
of the plants of the United States Steel
Corporation. '
Mr. Goinpcrs declined to discuss the
matter, but Frank Morrison, secretary,
made a significant statement, when
asked to confirm tlie intimation that a
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general strike of the thirty A. F. of I
unions which hnve n place in the steel
industry is contemnlated.
"I should hardly call It a strike :
organization would be the better word."
Mi. Morrison declared.
He declined to comment upon repie-
Mentations to the effect that the Aiiuil-
g uted Association of Iron nnd Steel
Workers has received assurances of the
co-operation of tlie entire labor move-
ment in n great drive, but that was said
to be a fact even whlW' the executives
council thus far has not taken definite
action.
Call Organizations to .Meet
It is probable, however, that the call
to the thlrt of more steel and iron
workers' organizations to appoint rep
resentatives to a general campaign
committee will be formulated nnd np
procil here een if the call is not sent
out until later.
The view was expressed here that Mr.
(iompers and the chiefs of the Amal
gamated linxe selected this particular
time for declaring their purposes to
unionize the steel industry tor psycho
logical reasons, and K was prcdh ted
that congressional candidates in nil of
the districts in steei and iron territory,
western Pennsylvania iu particular, will
be "felt out" his to how they stand on
the subject of the light of steel workers
to exact recognition of organization.
Time Is Propitious
This nlso is held to be a particularly
propitious time for waging n wide open
battle against a very wore subject with
the Americnn Federation, the course of
public officials In McKeesport, Brad
dock and other steel making towns is
refusing to permit the holding of public
demonstrations in support of unionism
and employing force to miiKe their in
junctions effective.
It is believed to be tlie present inten
tion of union organizers to mnke this
nutl-unlun pollc, a campaign issue in
Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
congressional districts as well, und to
raise in Ohio, the home of both the
Presidential nominees, the issue that
public authority is denying the right of
free speech to patriotic American work
men. Today's session of the executive
council wus devoted to hearing juris
dictional questions uffcctiug the jewelry
makers.
If T. V. O'Connor, chief of the Inter
national Longshoremen's Unl visited
Marion and "tendered the nid" of that
powerful labor body to Senator lluril
lug. ns reported iu dispatches from the
Ohio city, ho acted without any author
ity of the American Federation of La
bor. Samuel Gompcrs. president of the A.
F. of L., made this declaration after a
session of the executive council here
this morning.
"This interesting information from
Marlon is all news to me," Mr. Gom
iiers exclaimed, almost exploslveh.
"Neither Mr. O'Connor nor any other
niau has the right or the power to pledge
the uid of the American Federation of
Labor to auy niau.
"I must wait for eoufirniution of this
report before making any further state
ment. Ah matters stund, 1 hardly cuu
credit the report."
Somo ot Mr GoinperN's collengues
thought it quite possible the diief of
me ioupsiorenien might have made some
111 i ' ,,i, I - -.. - -..-.-,
,J"T'nu i-im! in iiwiiiiiicui ior,
me laiiiiro hi ine nun inistiation at
Washington to back up his men lu their
Kinicc,
Wlin you think of wrltlmr.
think
WlUTtXd.'
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CAPITAL OF POLANlJ
GIVEN 0NLY2 ORl
DAYS TO HOLD OUT
Lfl
Defendors Floe So Fast They $
Are Unablo to Burn Bridees"
Behind Them
U. S. RED CROSS SHIFTS ITS,
HEADQUARTERS TO CRACOW'
British Send Sharp Note to
Soviet, Asking What In
tentions Are
By the Associated Press 'Al
Paris, Aug. 4. Warsaw will have to
he evacuated within two or three dnyr,
in the nntnfnn nf iUn Vrnnitli nn.1 Tlrtt
... . r : ",L .At.
isn military experts there, nnd the gov.- l
fl,,,A.. 1.. ..... .....! .- 1... . 1 f1.t V Sr'V
v....,.,-,,, ,n i-Airrii'ii 10 ue ijiuvfu niimn v
that period, probably to Cracow.
The report of the members of" the
military mission, telegraphed here last
night, declared the Polish army njohg
the river Bug hnd retreated so preclpl
lately that it did not even destroy the
bridges behind it. This river was Wary
saw's last line of defense.
A special Russian cavalry corps, the,
military men reported, was driving
southwest along the border of the Al
lenstcln district nnd had yesterday
readied a point thirty miles from
Mlnwn, thirty-one miles northwest of
Warsaw, on the only direct railroad
to DnnEli frnm thn Pnltul, ..nlini n.Ja
cavalrymen were said to be beaded
iiiriniKii .uunvn inio me roitsn corridor
to the Baltic, nearby, nnd thence to
romernniu.
The experts reported that the Polish
forces were demoralized nn tho whnla
'northern and central fronts nnd Wer
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Little Hope of Armlfttlcn-w.u
The Polish arfhlstirc ileWntrrf .
turned to Warsaw last
Polish Government has
nignt nndUHfe'.yjlHi
little hopeofV ' j
the speedy arranging of nn. armistice, v
Members of the allied mission , are,
convinced that the Soviet government
does not intend to negotiate an armi
stice, they reported, and declared their
belief that the Russians had set the
next meeting of the negotiators for to-
day at Minsk knowing that it-would
! bo Impossible for the Poles to nrrive at
that time, making a pretext for ftrthcr
,"',? ,.,,,,. . , n .
The Polish Government is undecided
, js to whether it will send emissaries to
'Minsk, 'the experts said their gravest
'concern was the imminent cutting oitof
I arsaw s direct communications with
i Danzig, upon which Poland Is depend-'
I ent for military supplies.
Lord D Abernon. the British nmbas
, "'"'or to Germany, a member of the
""iiii mission in i-oiann. nas returned
to Warsaw from Danzig.
Conversations relative to the Polish
situation were begun last evening.' ber
twsjen Pnrls and London, according .to
the journal. Most of the newspapers of
this city express the opinion that a
new exennnge or views netween tne
French and British foreign offices is
necessary because of the decision of thp
Soviet Government to conduct peaOe
conversations coincident to the nego
tiation of nn armistice with Poland,.
' From n military viewMi!nt, a num
ber of military experts on the stnffs of
newspapers here say the slttiutlon, while
of a serious nature, is not desperate, at
least for the present. e
London. Aug. 1. (By A. T.) The
British Government is irritnted over
what it believes is Soviet Russia's
equivocation over the British sugges
tion that the Russians halt at the armi
stice line of demarcation in Poland
uud begin pence negotiations. It has
dispatched a sharp note to the Soviet
government demanding a yes or no an
swer as to whether that government in
tends to listen to the suggestion.
The note, it is reported, contains no
threats and is not iu the nnture of an
ultimatum, simply requesting a quick
answer us to what Soviet Russia In
tends to do,
Whut was regarded here as the omi
nous silence of Warsaw, so fur as ofH-
chil messages were concerned, was
broken today, but the dispatches con
tained little to indicate what was go-i
lug on.
An unconfirmed report today said
thnt both tlie British and French mis
sions hnd left the Polish capital,
An Knglish semiofficial n,geney which
normally receives many messages dally
giving full details of conditions in Po
land, received today its first message
from Warsaw since Monday. It showed
evidences of censorship, being reduced
to Inconsequential Information.
(Dispatches from the Associated Press
correspondent at Warsaw, giving de
tailed information of conditions there,
have been coming through to N'ewYork
with fair regularity in vlrtunlly th.u
iiormni time of transmission. One mes
snge received tills morning was timed
in Warsaw at 1(1:10 o'clock last night.)
The question whether the proposed
peace conference iu London shall be
abandoned Is said to be conditional on
Russia's reid . One of the chief ub
jeets for discussion at the coufcrfuce
was to be the Russo Polish peiiee, aud '
the last British note points nut that
if the Soviet Government dec Mrs to
make peace with Poland illrct then
one of tlie innin reasons for the Lon
don conference is removed,
Leo Kninenerf, president of the Jlofl
cow rioviet, who came to r.ngmiKl, li
neaee with the other Soviet dclrrai!
in the proposed negotiations over tlntre"
sumption nf trade with Russlu, has been
l.imi. tin.! ilni'U Htmi t lntkfltiM lisuiii w
n-j y. in, if iti,ir n ituiniv ttuyiljft Miy
.... Veii hy any UrltMi unit-lain. t
c'rossiiig of the Itivei- Bug lit
IIul- ut several ,' '
points by tlie Soviet ariiiv iidyiiifcltig"o ."5 '
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cow today. The continued ndyanee,f, ij jl
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