Y.f j !"; t, .?! u-i- K t ' E THE WEATHER ,1 ;. y Generally cloudy-i1 unsettled today, Thursday probably fair, continued mod. erattly warm: nentlo variable winds. W .tttl .41 V.lf'tl IIMIMI uentttfl WIGHT EXTRA TJwii"-'1 ' y . " " ."" " t J' -hT010 111, rT77ltP 178 12 1 I g I I 4 ffl 70 8TT81 I ..sVil ",i V0L VI.--NO. 283' Entered ft PMond-CUM Mutfnr at thn roitnfflce. t Philadelphia. Under the Act of March 3. 18T9. "-'W, Fa. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1920 Published Dally Kxcept flunday. Rubierlptlon rftca tfl 'a Tear by Mall. Copyrltht. 1920, by Public ldcer Company. PRICE TWO CENTS , ? .i , ;v public feftger BU SEEKS RETURN OF SI 2,(W) 0MBYMK' Attaches Pasquale's Cash and Property in Hopo of Getting Part of Blackmail Back EGG HARBOR SEARCHED, BUT CLUE IS FRUITLESS Police Shatter Suspect's Alibi 'Confession' When Wit nesses Say He, Lied George H. Coughlln today nttnehed Jhe personal effects nnd bank accounts of Augusto Pnsntialc. "Tlio Crank," ,rfio has confessed ho obtained the 12,000 which Mr. Coughlln paid on ransom for his fiftcen-months-old son Itlasely. who wns kidnapped .Tuno 2. The writ of nttnehment filed .by Mr. ,CouRhlin wns for the purpose of re-j-ilnfng ns much bh possible of the noney. out of which Pnsquale has confessed lie swindled the child's Jatlier. The writ was filed in Norrlstown'to day. It reads asTollaws: "George II. Coughlln, being duly af firmed according to law, deposes and mys that the defendant nbovo named ll'asqimle) if justly Indebted to him In a sum exceeding $100; that said debt is presently due and that the na ture and amount of said indebtedness are as follows: "That the defendant above named did, on the second day of June. 11)20, and on divers date subsequent thereto, levy blackmail and extortion on the jiluintlfT in such manner and form that lie fraudulently and improperly in duced the plaintiff to deliver over to him, the said defendant, the sum of $12,000 on tho fourteenth day of dyne, A. D. 1020; that said money was ob tained under fraudulent pretenses and guarantees. "That the defendant has peisoual liropertj, comprising jewelry, certil. tates of stock, bank deposits, miscel laneous articles of personal property, an automobile nnd moneys on deposit with various parties ns his agent; thnt ne diamond ring, valued ut $700; one diamond pin, valued at $100; S1D2 in rah, one shotgun, valued at $2., and one rille, valued at 25; are now in the possession of W. R. Malr, deputy su perintendent of the Pennsylvania State Constabulary, named herein as gar nishee, making in all articles valued at $iC2. x"That all of the above articles were purchased with the moneys thus fraudu fuitly obtained from the plaintiff, and tlmt mi id defendant is about to dispqsc of and usKiirn nnil remnvp. uiilrl nlmvp enunn'rntedT)crsonal property with lu ll nt lo uciruuil ms creditor, this de ponent, and further this deponent saith not." The attachment was signed by Mr. CoueIiHii and witnessed by a.notnry. The writ was filed by "Larzclere, Wright & Larzclere. It comes under llii- jurisdiction of Court of Common lleat of Montgomery county. John I'aber Miller, judge of the Common Picas Court, approved the bond and ninety covering the writ- Egg Ilnrbor Is Searched A hurried midnight trin to Ecu' Hnr- lor tukeu by Captain Soudor and Major Adams, with two cltv detectives, nrnveil mue no inoio iruiuui thun other slinilar ineditioii8. The disappointment was greater than usual, because the tip had been con Hilerod "red hot." The story which sent Captain Souder and hi associates spcodiug from City Hall at midnight was to the effect that Si man and woman, with n child re sembling lilakely. were living in the pine woods near Egg Harbor. where tho tip came from could not he learned. There wus first a rumor hat rnsqiiale had given the informa tion, lip w-ns even quoted iu the story J'i 5?lucd credence as having said: The kid is alivo aud is being held wttteen Kgg Harbor nnd New Cretua." More probably the story came, as most others have, from somcono who "id seen the child by accident and had heen impressed with its llkeue&.s to the Pictures of the Coughlin boy. aptiiin Souder turned up in Ills of nee today n little before noon, dressed his l,cst suit. Ho explained thnt fie iiiio lie wore yesterday was thickly incrusted with mud as the result of his modwght trip. ioc party dashed through a succes Mon nf rain nnil u-lml c.,oik. n,i. way lo 1,KK Harbor and having arrived here found the people lived a dozen 1 ir '".H" pin(,H- at n Pln' which eouw not bn reached by motor. They had in walk. ,.,'!T'1' bnhy 'lid look like lilnkoly," ii p.t.a,u Soll(1("r- "its mother made no objection to letting us see tho child. hno and her husband lived sodecp in U uTh t,1,c-v..1,nu not even heard of "e Kidnapping." Disappointed the detectives mndu heir weary wny blu.k to town f. a in f,,,,,,!,,,. Pnt homfi bnthwl KllIlV0(1 officii b,1,kfnst and returned to his SmlM " "," l,,t(,r Pnptain Souder ...... 1V11 .,,. unomer secret trip. fain .17 Tnr8, WPro J"Kt ns wnsntls retocry A cur mlui.. i..-.. .i.. of the rumors are to the effect that he child Is 111," i" x"" ',"" oior wiiR civnn liiu imiuf .ii.. " .. .lid, ,ffVIU, nf lii to ,1 nnriru nil- (ICBITIptlOIl Ilebrm r ""' roK-inbled his plrturra. to &u ." bi"l,j: n'"1 tr,l1 o nrrange her rates h,1 ,P''!,r"- Slle t"ld '''' r ntes, but he did nof return. "opo for Developments thrTwo1, ,!i"' ,Xo,y Jor'",y P fallort t d let in nlir nf, "" all day 1'riie nf t Ijentlniiartcrs. Captain 1 v I,,"",'0 ,P' '.'"mnothing to and inl(mnt(.i ti, .!.... liUII Mil t nvl.o,.-...., .," . " "". '-uvl-ll During 7h ' i '" ""PP'y " H-ads. 'iiring tho mnrnlni e.ntni. i . of the stain ,. i urn,"B ,iPtaln Herbert, on he 1,1 nlirc' c1n? Captain Price In jo , i1'""1" ,m,'1 J'' "HWJed out he, llls ''"'urade. it is believed " are wnrkltic ivlil, iL .... ttr i i" ,',"". ",.i detecti CoallnufU on raM Iwu. Colunm Four ,V of ii i ,i i -v u"' wo'n proprietor o i";yI,f"l'm nriVlnelnmI. Chief dav lr'"l'-'". of Vineland, said to- w ,;,:r".i',.i!"'rt.!','of''.vwt 'or l' ll( , tl,i" mornliiB ostensibly (he i '' I ' ,'' It wbm intimated that Ivo headuar- father Gives Up Business to Help in Hunt for Child Oeorge II. Coughlln, father of the kidnapped baby, has not bcon at work since little Blakcly was lifted from his crib on the night of June 2. Mr. Coughlln is president of a lithographing company, In this city. He spends nil his time now conferring with the police in the search for his child. He couldn't put his mind down to his work If he wantrd to, he says. JUDGE FREES MAN I Moiaghan Admits Alleged High wayman to Bail and Walsh Expresses Resentment ACCUSED IS A POLITICIAN Two highwaymen attacked Samuel Cohen. .'11(1 North Franklin street at Klghth and Wood streets early this morning and robbed him of .$700 In cash and a diamond ring valued nt $750. "Izzy" .Tncobson, of Sixth and Spring unrueti streets, wns arrested lv De tectives Titus and Kenrse charged with being one of Cohen's assailants nnd Identified by Cohen as one of tho men who robbed him. All kinds of efforts wtire used to bring about .Tacobson's release after his arrest. An attempt was first made to" free him on n copy of the charge irom a magistrate. When this failed friends of the prisoner got in touch with Judge Monoghan, of Common Pleas Court. Although Jacobson was charged with highway robbery, Judge .Mniinghan signed an order to release the prisoner on $2000 ball, the nollee say. I.ntcr the judge telephoned the police requesting that Jacobsou be re leased. Jacobson was taken to Central Sta tion and was being held there for a hearing when word- of the judge's ac tion was received. On learning of this, Lieutenant Walsh, of the Tenth and Ruttonwood streets station, whose men made the arrest, expressed indignntion. "I, 'don't see how they, expect us to keep the city clean of crime," Llciitcn and Walsh said, "when we can't get proper support." Cohen was beaten so badly by his as sailants that he tiuristb be taken to the Hahnemann Hospital. He gave the police a good description of the other highwayman and his nrrest Is- expected today. Jacobson is said to be active in poli tics In the Fourteenth ward, nnd is said to hnve caused the police much trouble In tins connection. SAYS WOMAN WAS SUICIDE Male Companion Tells Police She plunged Into River Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 11. (Ry A. P.) Mrs. Margaret Cnille, whose body was found in the Detroit river ut Wyandotte on Monday, plunged from n launch in which she was riding with Frauk Hilje brendt late Sunday night. Hlllebrendt told officers investigating the woman's death last night, nccording to the au thorities. The boat ride. Hillebrendt wus quoted as saying, followed an after noon nt a down-river drink establish ment. Authorities said a further statement would be taken from Hillebrendt, .who is -an auto worker. They declared they were divided ns to the theory of suicide and murder. No arrests had been made pending the result of chemical nnnly.-iis of the woman s stomach. The body was identified by the woman's divorced husband, a local manufacturer, and her son. FATAL CLASH IN DUBLIN' , Civilian Killed, Another Wounded, in Encounter With Patrol Dublin, Aug. 11. (Hv A. P. I Yes terdny morning's street fighting, in which one eivillnu was killed and nn other was wounded, was caused by the refusal of a group of civilians to dis perse when called upon to do so by an armed patrol, says an official statement iu the Incident issued here. The patrol was challenged and or dered to halt by u member of a group gathered around a nonnre. the statement says. The man who had shouted the challenge was kneeling in firing nosi tlon and when the group ignored the patrol's order to disperse it was fired upon. ROBS CHESTNUT ST. SHOP Window Smasher Escapes After Robbing Store of Silk Shirts Whllu several persons Jooked on. thief threw a Ilelgian block through tin d snlar window of Ueckcrs' haberdash cry at 02(1 Chestnut street last night nnd escnped with thirty-one silk shirts and nine ncrktles, valued at s:i,i(). Falling glass and rain damaged tin merchandise left in the window by thf thief, who darted down Ninth street and had disappeared when a patrolmnu arrived . $119 and Jewels Taken by Thief A thief, who entered the kitchen window of Mrs. Ilcnjamin Dczwold's borne ut 270 Fast Allegheny avenue yes terday morning, when tho woman was at n store, stole .fill' in cash nnd some jewelry Mrs. Dcswold found the housj in confusion whet) she returned. She lind Inst $22 In cash, a small diamond, a watch and chain and her wedding ring, The thief nlsn had ransacked the bedroom of her brother-in-law. Stanley De.wold. and took $07 in cash and a gold watch and chain. Chinese Serve Grape Juice to American Legislators Shanghai, Aug. 11. (Hy A. P.) The visiting American legislators were surprised to encounter home I'oudftlons in Hang-Chow Monday, when Chinese nflu'lnldom, in plan ning a (lawless welcome, follower) prohibition tenets nnd serveir grape Juice at the various elaborate affairs, in deference to what they assumed were thn visitors' wishes. The party Is now at Nanking en routp to Pekln. LIMN ANGRY FREE OF PROMISES AND OBLIGATIONS OV COX DECLARES Democratic Nomirfeo Denies Ho Is Tied to Reactionary Part Bosses LEADERS NOT CONSULTED ON ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Old Timers, Ignored at Notifica tion, Grumble Loudly at Organization Hy CLINTON V. GIMIEUT Sinn" Cnrrmpondent nf Hie KvrnliiK rnbllc Idrer Dayton. O., Aug. 11. Governor Cox made the striking declaration In his speech of acceptabce that he was nomi nated free from all promises nnd ob ligations. He did this probably to meet th charge that he owed his nomination to tho influence of .Tammany Hnll and to George Urcnnitn, the successor of Itoger Sullivan, in Illinois. This was one of his weaknesses when he was put up at San Francisco. It wns the steady support of him by Mur phy, of New York ; Nugent, of New Jersey ; Ilrcnnan, of Illinois, and their associates that made It possible for him to wear down the administration sup port of McAdoo and finally win. Every indication here is that these bosses hnve no Influence with the Demo cratic candidate. They named him to get rid of the Wilson control of the party and the Wilson issues. Put he has promptly allied himself with Wil son on the league issue. He did not consult them, or any of bis more per sonal associates, who had relations with them, In writing his speech of accept ance. They were here In numbers to ' tend the notification ceremonies. Nnr mnn Mack was present to represent Murphy. George Prcnnan was here, as were Wilbur March, of Iowa, and Judge Connolly, of Michigan. Put they' were received with no special honor nf nrtnulilnfntlnn hnr wrpn merplv nmong those present. They sat about the Hotel Miami, waiting for the cere monies, nnd waiting for their trains afterward. They had their places in the section reserved for the uationnl committee at the ceremonies. Put there was no sign thnt they counted for more than anybody else. And they went away tmimhlinir ouletlv at the sneech and it the organization of the national .ommlttec. Cox Keeps Control They have not had their wny over the reorcnnizatiou oi mac commiuec. Lwith reenrd to ecttlng rid of Homer Cummings, they were, at one wmi.inr candldute. out me cnainnnir' seiecieti was bot their candidate, but a Cox man. The control of the party organization is not In their hands, but In Cox's linnils. And thev were not nblc to carry through the reorganization on lines which they had planned. They intended n clean sweep of the Wilson-Cuinmlngs men from the employ of the national committee. In "particular they desired to get rid of Secretary Hollister. of the national committee, inn in mis pur pose they were overruled either by Gov ernor Cox himself or by Chairman White. And they intended to put n man nf Hiolr .'iinlce in nlnce of William J. Cochran, who is in charge of publicity for the notional committee. Again they were overruled, probably by the gover nor himself. Their victory has been incomplete. They beat the administration candi ,w.. lint thev have not relieved them selves of tho administration issues. And the partv machinery has not passed Into their hands. The governor has era nlintienllv declared his freedom from obligation to any of them. Cox Hiul Good Luck The truth is thnt the governor was fortunate at San Francisco, ills ad viser, there were cltverly managed by Tiuiirn Moore. And .mcauoo was so strong thnt the party bosses hail little choice hut lo deliver ineir sircngui lo fox in order to heat Iilm. It wns utnr fox or some administration can .iirinte. They were not In a position to extract themselves. It was either fv or a drv candidate. It was a dry convention. It wns only by clinging t,lfimtlv to Cox that a wet candidate could be nominated. The party bosses desired not only a candidate free from administration connection, but one who at least was not dry. A nominee sup posed to be moist would help them with their local tickets. Cox was the pulj cniullilnto of that declaration who' had nnv chance to be named. Thev could not t,o to Moore nnd i,rntnn to throw their streiiKth else where unless Moore inado promises to them in behalf of Cox. They bad no plinlco. The circumstances of the nominatiou n,wl tlm developments since bear out the governor in bis declaration that he is under no obligations. Still the party bosses expected things to work out more their way man tney uiivt. riic men who nominated Cox went away from here Sunday unhappy over the can didate's choice of Issues, his alignment nf himself with n ilson nnd his organl zntion of the national machinery. HURTNAUT0CRASH Man Hurled to Street While Trying to Avoid Collision While attempting to avoid collision with another automobile at Forty-sixth nnd Market streets last night. Francis Murphy, twenty-five jenrs old, 2007 North llrnnd street, received. It Is feared, fractures of the skull when be was thrown out of his car and landed nn his head in the rondway. .Murphy was taken to the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital, wnerc it was said his condition is serious. Mrs. George U. Power, of Content ment, Torresdnle. who was badly bruised In n motor accident on Monday evening, is convalescing rapidly. Mrs. Power, who Is a slstev-inlnw of Mrs. SviIhpv Thnver. of Tliorilbtliw. Haver. ford, wns Injured when n touring car III which she was riding wmi uenry r Wnlton, Jr., of Tonesdiile. was struck by a touring car at Grant avenue and Acnilomv rond. Torresdnle, The .e'ngngemei't of Mr. Wnlton, who escaped Willi a scere siiusiiig up, nnd Miss Josephine Primrose Peeves, dnughter of Mr. und Mrs. Francis P. ijecvcs, Jr., was announced in June. f. " ' 'Wan i WW1 MRS. MARY ROI1ERTS RINEHART Tho noted novelist has been named as ono of a numlH-r of women speakers who will take tho plat form In tho interest of the Repub lican parly this fall BY STAIEOFFICER Commissioner Finds It Unsafe. Montreal Reports 13-Year-Old Scandal "WIZARD" NOW INVISIBLE Ry the Associated Press Poston. Aug. 11. Rank Commis sioner Allen today took chnrge of the Hanover Trust Co. This is the Institu tion In which the account of Charles Ponzl, the financier, was shown re cently to have been overdrawn. Mr. Allen said his agents had been examining the bank since last Satur day morning and their reports indicated that it had been doing business In an unsafe manor and thnt it would be unsafe and Inexpedient for it to con tinue. The doors of the bank were closed nt 1 :l."i p. in. An associate of Cl'inrles Ponzi, from iinmme-of'tlie;lntterWLwtnKroflr'T ji- .-. . . . . . . . . dav telephnij-d the Associntcd itcss that Poiixl admitted that he wns the Chnrlcs Ponsl formerly of Montreal. Tie added that the spectacular finnncler was In conference with his lawyers and would iMio a stntement later. Reports from Montreal circulated here were to the effect thnt Ponzl, under the name of Pons!, operated a financial plan promising lnrge returns in Mon treal thirteen years ago. Attention was called also to the records of the St. inccnt De Paul penitentiary in thnt city which were snld to show that a man known as Charles Pons! had served a brief term there. F.arly today Ponzl denied nny knowl edge concerning the Montreal reports. Later he refused himself to newspaper men. His house telephone thereafter was uiihwprrd'bj n man who claimed to rep resent Ponzl and who snld thnt some thing might be given out later it the day. Subsequently, he stated that Ponzl admitted that lie was the man who had been Known in Montrral. He added thnt Ponzl bad left his home to (onfer with one of ills attorneys, Daniel 1". Mclsanc, at the latter's office iu Poston. A Imlf hour later neither Mclsanc nor Ponzl could be found nt the lawyer's office. Montreal. Aug. 11. (Ry A. P.) From records in the hands of the Mon treal police it appears that a Charles Pons! was a member of the firm of Jrossl nnd Co., bankers, this city, which failed in 1!H)8. Zrossi lied the country und was subsequently extra dited from Mexico Cltyfc Under the name ofllianco, alias Charles Ponsl. a man was convicted of forgery und false pretenses and sen tenced to three jenrs in the St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary. MYSTERY BOX IN RIVER Police Grapple for Object Thrown In by Autolsts During biorm . The crew of a police boat is grap pling today for n mysterious box thrown into the Delaware river from the Al legheny avenue wharf at S :.10 o'clock last night bv three men in an automo bile. Arthur Jones, of Salmon and Cum berland streets, a watchman on the wharf, saw the men drive to the river's edge during the height oj the rain storm, while the streets were deserted, They hurriedly removed n lurge box from the toniieaii of the automobile and slid it into the wnter. It sank liiiiui'diuti'b . Jones shouted ut the men, wlio scrambled into their niitomnblle nml disappeared west on Allegheny avenue. LIVE WIRE KILLS HELPER Camden Man Was Working In Boiler Room When Electrocuted " A bricklayer's helper who tried to re pair mi electric wire wns electrocuted' In Camden today. i He amis Antonio Rosselle. twenty four years, Third and Spruce streets. ' Camden. He came In contact with a live wire in the holler room of the Furr & Ilniley Manufacturing Co.. manufni- ; hirers of nllciotn. rtcvontn street and Kiifglin avenue, Camden, Rosselle was rushed to the Cooper Hospital, ut uttempts to revive Idm were unsuccessful. Coroner Hull is making an investigation. PONZI BANK CLOSED POLISH ARMY BEING MA SSED FOR BIG COUNTER-OFFENSIVE; FRANCE RECOGNIZES WR ANGEL FRENCH TROOPS 10 BE SEN1 10 SOMJSSIA Aid Promised General Wrangel as Only Man Who Can Overthrow Bolsheviki LLOYD GEORGE NOTIFIED OF GOVERNMENT'S ACTION Anti-Radical Commander Prom ises to Assume Obliga tions of Old Russia Ry the Associated Pros Paris. Aug. 11. The Foreign Office this morning nnnounced thnt the French Government had decided to recognize General Paron Peter Wrnngel as the bead of the de facto government of South nussia. The announcement stntes thnt the rendering of all possible military assistance to General Wrangel Is Implied. France will send a high commissioner to Sebastopnl Immedi ately the Foreicn Office stated. Two reasons were given by the For- I eign Office for reengnlzlt7v Genernl Wrangel. The first wns hi&pronilsc to nssume nil the obligntions of the former Russinn Government. The second wns his pledge to give Russia a democratic government. France notified Premier Lloyd George yesterdny of her action to this effect. t wns stated. The French Government likewise is notifying its commercial nt tnche in London to have no denllngs with Leonid Krnssln nnd Leo Kn meneff. the Soviet emissaries in the Prltish capital. The French Jforelgn Office regards the Soviet terms to Poland, which the PritlHh premier read in the House of Commons' last night, as only prelimi nary, nnd it is convinced ..uiai me harsher peace terms. In announcing Jho recognition of the South Russian Government, the minis try nf foreign nffnirs said the Soviet Government's anxiety with regard to j Genernl Wrnngel's successes was due to Its knowledge thnt he wns the most ' competent nnti-Polshevik lender who had yet appeared. I The French believe General Wrangel shows more promise of overturning the Polshevlk regime than did the Poles. General Denikin or Admiral Kolchuk in their operations ngninst the Soviet, j Genernl Wrangel. the French point out, Is meeting with great surcess in turning I all the Cossack tribes against the Pol- j shevikl. I Tuesday's official statement from ! Moscow curries a brief paragraph with i regard to the fighting on the Crimean front, where the Soviet forces nre en gaging those of Genernl Wrangel. The statement says: , "On the Crimean front tho fighting! on the entire front continues favorable to us." ELMW00D ROUTE TO SHIFT No. 36 Cars to Run on Balnbrldge and Catharine Streets furs of the Klmwood avenue trolley line, known ns Route :i(J, will cease operating on Chestnut und Wnlnht streets beginning August 2.1. Notices to thut effect were given yesterday to tin' crews. The line will be rerouted to run east on lluinbridge street and west on Catharine. No change In route west of Nineteenth street is contemplated, where the cars will run on Grays Ferry avenue. Pas chiill avenue und Klmwood avenue to Island road. The change hi route east of Nine teenth street,, however, will work con siderable inconvenience to residents f i om the southeastern section of the city who wish to do business or have their employment In the central section. For example, shoppers will have to buy exchange tickets from the line as it runs through Painbridge street to routes running north on Thirteenth, Eleventh and other streets. HAROLD BELL WRIGHT WEDS;, Novelist, Hecently Divorced, Takes Second Wife, a Divorcee Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 11. It hns iust been nunniinced thnt Harold Pell Wright, the novelist, and Mrs. Wini freda Mary Porter Duncan, of Los Angeles, were married iu San Diego last Thursday. I Mr. Wright recently obtained a di virce in Arizona from his first wife, who wns MNs Frances K. Long, of I Piiffnln. They were married In 1S00, when ly was an obscure preacher in , Kansas. The allegation In his suit for ! l!i.,,i-j.n irnu mnntlll ..riinlti Ills second wife is n divorcee. She gave her nge as thirty-five and tho novelist gave his as forty-six. Cows Needed Milking; Witness Is Excused - A witness, siibpoenoed for the court-martial of Krwin Pergdoll at Governor's Island, wns excused from testifying today nml permitted to go home because Ills "cows needed milking." Colonel Cresson, trial judge advocate at tho trial, would not divulge the name of tho bucolic ivitness. Text of Colby's Note Stating U. S. Position in Polish Crisis Washington, Aug. 11. ThcsAmerI can Government's position on the Russian-Polish situation was outlined in the following note to the Italian Gov-1 crnment, addressed by Se.crctary of State Colby to Paron Cnmlllo Romano Avczzana, Italian ambassador to the United States: "Tho agreeable Intimation which you have conveyed to the Stato Department, that the Italian Government would welcome a statement of the views of th government on tho situation pre sented by me Russian advance Into Poland, deserves a ' prompt response, nnd I will attempt, without delay, a definition of this government's position not only as to the situation nrlslng from Russian military pressure upon Poland but also as to certnln cognate and Inseparable phases of the Russian question viewed more broadly. "This government believes in ft united, free and autonomous Polish state nnd the people of the United States arc earnestly solicitous for the maintenance of Poland's political In dependence nml territorial Integrity. From this nttltudc we will not depart, and the policy of this government will be directed to tho employment of all nvnlliil)'- menus to render it effectual. The government therefore takes no ex ception to the effort apparently being made in some tiuiti'rs to arrange an armistice betwei-u Poland nnd Russia, but It would not. nt least for the pres ent, purticipule in nn plan for the expansion of the armistice ncgotlatlonx into a genernl Kuropean conference JACK HUTCHINSON SETS GOLF RECORD TOLEDO, O., Aug. 11. Jack Hutchinson, Chicago golfer, today set a new record of 33-36-60 for the Inverness course in the second half of the qualifying rounds for the national open title. His total for 36 holes -was 141. s TENNESSEE MAY DELAY VOTE ON SUFFRAGE NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 11. A motion to delay action on the suffrage question until after August 21 was introduced into the lower House this afternoon. It is said to have the backing of both anti and pro -suffrage forces. It is now being debated. ?0NZI ADMITS SERVING JAIL TERM IN MONTREAL -B03bC0N, Aug. 11. Charles Ponzi personally admitted to day that he was tho Charles Ponsl wh oserved a term in tlie peni tentiary ill Montreal, .1.,. BERGDOLL PLANNEDI3 BANDITS FLEE i FLIGHT, IS CHARGE! i Erwin's Escape Premeditated, Evidence at Slacker's Court- Martial Indicates PHYSICIAN TAKES STAND By n Staff Corrrnnoi'rinit Goverors Island, N. V.. Aug. II. Pvldeiice that Krwin Pergilnll's flight to dodge the dr.tft wns premeilitntcil nml not done on u momentary Impulse a' brought out ut hN court-martial for desertion liore todnv. Dr. II. F. Taylor, chief medical ex aminer of local board No. .'I. in whose jurisdiction Krwin came, the third witness called today, brought out this evidence. It was the tirst testimouv o' this character given. Pergdoll Is being tried in Cnrbiu Hall, in the same room where his brother Grover wns tried for a similar offense last winter and sentenced to live vears. imprisonment. Later Grover escaped nnd hns not been recaptured. Doctop Taylor testified that he offered to examine Krwin for militnry service n few hour before his flight on the night of Aprl 1(1. 1018. Krwin refused, glv iug us his excuse that his examination was not due until the next day. Shortly before midnight the sam day he made a plea to William F. Kllis, chnirman of the locnl board, for ex emption, Mr, Kllis, who received Perg doll at his home, turned down the re quest ii tin i;rwin left. i l.nter the same night he fled from hi nome in nroomau. iieinwnre county, supposedly for Poston. lie did not n pear the next day for examination and member of the boiirel never saw him again trial. ogttin until thev came here ' f.,r I, U t-ini Testimony Is Important Colonel Charles (', Cresson. the pros, ecutor. attaches great importance to Doctor Tnyjor's testimony, as he will try to show by it thnt Pergdoll know on the afternoon of April Ifl thnt he would lice if his lnst-liour pleii for exemption wns refused. Doctor Taylor, who lives in Ridlev Park, is a graduate of the I'niverslt'v of Pennsylvania and active on the stnff of tlie Ridley Park Hospital, was sub- iiuimi in ii sunn urn suarp cross-exam-I inittinn by Captain Ambrose Clowcr. PereiloU's chief counsel. He admitted that registrants were 1 supposed to gPt five days notification for examination nnd tlmt UnrcUll'., .... 'I tlco for examination on April 1" had been ient out "but three or four days previous." Pergdoll acknowledged receiving it, however, und made no kick nu tli short notice. The usual notice was not given. Doctor Taylor explained, becuuse Rerg doll was "a hangover" from an earlier batch of registrants and really should havi been examined much sooner. Major Frederick It. llsley. medical examiner nt Castle William, the Jail In Csntlnurd un I'me Hrtntrfn, Column Two' which would in all probability Involve two results, from both of which this country strongly recoils, viz., the recog nition of tho Holshevls regime and a settlement of Russian problems utmost Inevitably upon the basis of a dismem berment of Russia. "From the beginning of the Russian revolution, in March, 1H17, to the pres ent moment the government nnd the people of the t'nltcd Stntes have fol lowed Its development with friendly solicitude and with profound sympathy for the efforts of the Russian people to reconstruct their nntional life upon the broad basis of populnr self-government. The Government of the United States, reflecting the spirit of its people, has at all times desired to help the Rus sian people. In that spirit 'all Its re lations with Russia and with other nn tions in matters affecting the latter's interests have been conceived and gov erned. First to Give Recognition "The Government of the United Stntes was the first government to ac knowledge the validity of the revolu tion and to give rccojnltion to the pro visional government of Russia. Almost Immediately thereafter it became necus sary for the United Stntes to enter the wnr ngnlnst Germnny and' in thnt undertaking to become closely asso cinted with the allied nations, includ ing, of course. Russia. The war weari ness of the masses of the Russian people was fully l.-nmvti tn tliU I'livi.iiiiiii.iil and sympathetically comprehended. Prti- i denco. self-interest ntid loyalty to our Continued on I'uite Hrrentn. Column Flte AS GIRL SCREAMS Pretty Drug Store Owner De fies Armed Men in At tempted Hold-Up TRIO ESCAPES AUTO Ordered by three armed men to keep ipilet nr be shot. Miss Mary Peizer, pretty proprietress of u drug store nt Second nnd Cambria streets, creimed at the top of her voire nnd frightened the robbers away . The nttemptcil robbery took place at Kli.'iO o'clock last night. Miss Peizer was in her store alone, when the three men entered. She de scribed one man as unusually tall, an other ns short, and the third mnn as nf medium height. One of the men nkcd for a jnr of cold ci com. The cold cream was in the rear ,lf Mm wtll'. fiuu llaii.1- ..Ln,..f,.,l .!. men. and told them she had no cold iTciiui. isne nuereii iiiem anoiner prep nratiiin which obviated the necessity of going to the rear of the store. One of the men offered a $10 note in payment for the cream. "Haw jou nmlilng smaller?" the gill asked, returning the S10 tn the man. dust then the short man whipped out a revolver. 'We want your money." he said. "If nil make .1 noise we'll kill you." Miss Peizer screamed. "Come on. let s heat it." snid the tall man. Tho trio hurried out tn awaitinir automobile ami ,IUe,.r.l I down Second street. i.i vj i Miss Peizer was graduated in 11)1(1 from the Temple I'nlverslty school of pharmacy. She hus conducted the drug store tor three years, and lics at 2144 .North 'thirtieth street. "No, I didn't faint.' she said today, "but I certainly wns scared." She said two of the men wore rain coats. They appeared to be about twenty -live years old. CAMDEN MAN FOUND SHOT Allen Mettulre Mnrl R,.n. -ru 'fortified positions which extend a one, a Allen McQuIre Had Bullet Through line more than thirty miles from War Mouth and Pistol by Side ,"w. The body of Allen McGulre fifM . In the man's hand was n revolver. He was shot through the mouth. I'cllow boarders noticed McGuire's absenre and broke into his room. The iiinn was pronounced dead at the Cooper Hospital. Coroner Holl Is Investigating. Whn you think nf wrlllne. think of WJIlTINCl.--.td"; three years old. was found Ijlit n1 , i ,i . ' me .arew river, is n i pool of blood In his rooming nu a ' thoritatlvely reported not to be strong 17 Hudson street. Cnml"ii tort ij M r '.T'ttV'i nttr,i,pt to fnr,', ! Giilre is said to have bcemSycd ' In Z Vhorneglo7V,,n 'M' tbrnt 4 llllllllt'lllillll. POLAND PREPARES . 10 SIAKE ALL ON Military Forces Being Grouped in Front of Capital for Great Offensive RESIDENTS,' FEARING WORST, SEEK SAFETY IN FLIGHT Fight for Standing Room on Trains and Places on Car Roofs Ry the Associated Press Wa.shlnirton, Auir. 11. Poland will ask Immediate nld or the United Slntei Irj Its fkht ngnlnM the Russian Rolshe illil. Count Caslmlr Lubomlrr.M, the Polish minister, announced today.' The anneal to the State DennHtnenf.. the minister said, unnlil lie. lieI iimmi ",p aVurancr contained In the Amerl'- "" nnm io iiaiy unit me Lnireil .Mates will Itl'lst nnon mnlnten.inpM nf ilia iu. Iltlcal IndepFiideiM-e and territorial In- tegrlty or Poland. The aid requested. K was said, prob-' ably will bo confined to a request for nn extension of credits bv the United States for the purchase by Poland of surplus wnr stocks. Permission o pur' chase 200,000 army uniforms and 200.. l)0 pairs of shoes from War Depart-, uirnt stocks already has been, asked, of (he departlment by the Polish lega- tlon. t Ry the Associated Press Warsaw. Aug. 11. A concentration i and regrouping of the Polish forces for ' nn extensive countcr-strnko on the en- . lire Nnrsuw front Is reported by news papers here. The plans nre. it is m,i;!. to bgin WARSAW DEFENSE in- niunur move within n few days." ,3 .i iiiinry men express the opinion that S tins is a propitious time to strike bark, - in an effort tn drive ift tlm Snl ..'.-. r which ore endeavoring to encircle Ulv cupiuii. - ,? a A felling of intense apprehension; ha"t Ml snrend thnviir-Vi tlm ..Ii.- .. .... .iJZi. m eulate thnt the enemy U gradually druwing nearer nnd is "attempting a huge encircling movement. Crowds are striving to leave the city by all avail, able mentis carts, nutomnbllesr, and thd few remaining trains. The railway station Is besieged by an excited throne of people eager to get nwnv. The difficulties are Increased by the absence of nny statement from the gov- eminent ns to what is to be done. No nrrniigcmeiits- hnve been innde to look I after individuals seeking tn escape from the threatened envelopement. The for- eigu legntions are gone, and foreigner?! must shift for themselves. Travel hy trains is almost suspended owing to the glut of militnry operations and the derangement caused hv the ) enemy cutting branch lines. 'Great crowds of people surge nlxuit the sta- , t on night nnd day. ItHins yon a phy- sical stniT,'!o for days to gnin entrance to the railway platforms. The ticket office is besieged by dense masses ')f people. Gunrds hold back the struggling gestlciialting masses. The few trains i give precedence to military and gov ernmental requirements. leaving scant Uccomniod.il ions for the niiblir. People fight for standing mom nn the trnins, for places mi the roofs of cars, and for the privilege of hanging onto the car couplings. It is a grn picture of tense cimditons ns the enemy draws near. Weygand Offered Supreme Command1 . Supreme command of Polish militnry oiroratloiiN wn offered trf General'"' Mnxime Weygand. of the French nrmy, by the council nf national defense, which met last night and took Important decisions relntlve to the defense of Warsaw and reorganization of the army. Although the other decisions taken by the council have not been made known there is evidence that Warsaw will remain the basis of resistauce. General Weygand has made accent, i ance conditional on evacuation nf ease- cceaoV die Vistula for a great offensive. Up in the present the council hns been un able to resign Itself to agree to con ditions involving the abandonment of half of Poland. Await Soviet Answer General Weygand's acceptance is also subject to the answer which the Soviet makes to the last note of Prince Kiigcuo Sanleha. minister of foreign affairs. Rnlshcvik forces now hold twenty four miles nf the direct railroad between nnrsuw anil Danzig, according to dls I ,.nl,'mV,ro,m . the front today. Ihe sec- , iiiiii nem is in the Cirehnnnu- reclnn. nrnw s communication with the Danzig senport is thus severed. Although Polish forces have aban doned the town of Ostrnlenkn. they con thine to occupy positions between the Nnrew and Hug rivers, and are suffici ently strong to defend Warsaw iu that ' direction. The evacuation of Ostrolenka, how. ever, involves a regrouping of the Pollnh forces along the middle reaches of tjte Pug river, where they are retreating toward the river Liwlsc. east of War saw. Along this stream the Poles have ., Soviet cavalry, involved in the opera The swinginc movement to thn north of this city, apparently planned to outV flank thn defenses of Warsaw nnd force the Poles to withdraw nrross the V,4 tula, is the greatest manoeuvre under-. uiKi-n us yei v? me. jinisneyiKl. i is , supposed to be under thn leadership Vf .," General Toiicoeheski. After crossfnj', Contlnunl on Vto Kercntorn, C'lumii ttn 4k A i A 11 1 tf ', A M i t $ I T'l h; V fef,,. r i) MS -:tt-A-i gar y laMtf&y,? 4frg .r te&jfoiA& f&
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