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V0L. VI. NO. 285
Pasqualo Probably Will Bo Ar
' ralgned Tonight on Murder
and Othor Charges
SPEND NIGHT IN SECRET
OFFICE OF STATE POLICE
i Authorities Keep Up Search for
' Coughlin Baby as
f s Hopes Fade
Augusto Pasquale was locked in a
11 In the Montgomery county jail at
" . , at. fn tKAnnntt n i1 f n -
11:45 OCIOCK lino liiruwu ..u ,,.-
ibly will be arraigned for a hearing to-
riTbe movements of "The Crank"
tmnectcd of the kidnapping of Blakely
Coughlin, the last thirty-six hours,
cannot be ascertained.
He was "somewhere near Norris
town," according to information from
men close to, the authorities.
He spent last night, it was lenrned
definitely, in tho Norristown Trust Co.
building. The stntc police linvo a secret
itttlon there wiui an unusicu iciu-
nliAr..
www he was taken out of
this
hiding placo to make any trips to places
nearby could not bo learned. It was
considered likely that the police had
made use of the time to further "sweat"
Mm and try to get from him n more
definite clue to the hiding placo of the
Coughlin baby.
It was shortly before noon that a
machine nfterward identified, ns the
property of Major Larzelerc, tho Cough
lin attorney, drove briskly up to the
county jail and four persons got out.
One of tho four was Pasquulc. The
others were state policemen, including
Sergeant CJcrhnrdt, of the local state
police detail, who has been in direct
charge of tho prisoner.
Chief of Police Eilcr mndo it em
phatic thnt there would be no dis
turbance around the jail. There is a
local ordinance forbidding any one to
linger longer than five minutes In the
neighborhood of the jail, and this will
be enforced to the letter.
Ten minutes after Pasqualo was for
mally arrested II. B. Tyson, county
prison commissioner, drove up nnd en
tered th6 jail. He conferred with Wnr
den Roberts concerning the measures
to be taken to assure the bafety of the
prisoner.
Not a single trace of Blakely has
been discovered. "The Crank's" stories,
characterized in every instance by tho
police as cunning lies, have revealed
nothing ezcent that Pasnuale Is an ex-
I . tortionist. by his own admission.
I', xuc jiuuco ut'iigvu i asquuiu in muru
Ill 1,1.11 T) 1 f
nnan an extortionist, They aro con
duced he is a murderer. But they havo
given up hopo of getting him to ndmit
I the crime and so their main intent is
now to find tho baby's body on which
depends the successful prosecution of n
murder charge.
Will Acduse Crank
"Tho Crank" is to bo charged with
lusplcion of murder, among other felon'
es, it is indicated. Officials plan to ar
raign him before Justice of the Peace
0. F. I.enhardt, of Norristown.
A new lend has been turned up near
Egg Harbor in tho dlseovorv nf n 12
by 12-foot deserted tent which has boon
in place no longer thau three weeks.
N How Tent Was Found
Philip Reinhnrdt, Egg Harbor city
'marahai, discovered the tent while fol
lowing a tip that Blakely Coughlin was
( hlddf? in tho woods at a place called
Cermania, a farming section, about
three miles east of Egg Harbor nnd
about a mile from tho Pennsylvania and
Heading Railway tracks.
Reinhardt made up a searching party
'eight men, among whom was Thco
philus Royscn, an Egg Hnrbortphysi
clan. The party will continue- its in
vestigation today.
Benjamin Goodman, counsel for Pas
nuale, has received n letter mailed from
nlttali "J. h. m.," instructing him
. ft0,tbe Iicnmer's Hotel at Trappe
nd find out who the man nnd the
woman were who were registered thero
Win a child the day Coughlin was to
P.!je the ,nsom money at tho Swede
Jnd station.
Ja f8!""!' i!Kned "Angelo Lituori,"
Vn..:. ' "" "i i-ouce tinier, or
8 .w0?- Vi m$ tIlttt on August
(n.lj '" u"?r i-nsqunio was cap
Gf"L ",..raw-boned Italian woman
betwB.n Ji Y ,US? nnan woman,
triaM.nufifuty ,nnd. fifty-flvo years old!
ar.Bi.n.l7 ,"1H'" . old.
heTII.I. i y.,n nCr nrn8 thought to
W Blakely, stopped off a Lehigh Valley
Continued on rage Two, Column He
GIRL HELD AS BANDIT CHIEF
N- Y. Young Woman and Two Ac
complices Arrested After Burrjlary
i."?v.yri(, Aug. 18.(By A P )
fe ,ht.eTrr-oW kW; Abm West
3 WalSi M?T-mBn' dcorP R"bino
VorkvIllS Jf.Kcon' wro Geld today
iti fiollco court ,n $10,000 bail
to havlue heler1 " on busplcion
of burB?1u.een nv?lvLc,,, ln number
"Mlllionnir iV1,cvf.8 operating nlong
ivenuc CS llow' on UDP JFifth
Altt r&&$z
terdov
tured in n r...-i nn' ycorpo were cap
th.l? 'n..' revolver fight which followed
downtown pt t0 disnoso o Jewelry
5000 .nAJSi?' . containing, between
smul
" Watax'Sai?.0 tl10 flro aw
" HJATfATAL TO MAN
"Praturo Is 80, With Humidity
?,d. of 2C3n n ,u' foy-tbreo yenrs
the ffi,lul',,BH tiled today
ARtCaroundUrRen .o'clock was
,l8 high "by" L8?L,n,n,d threatened to
mJ- The Lm?Huiddl of tho ne
ferine n,i iVmidlt.y cn"8o of much
y tomorrow Sftfr0Xcr8 tonIsbt
man. w' ttrcording to tho went.r.
CRANK' IS JAILED tffr
IN NORRISTOWN; '
NEW GRILL FAILS :M
j l iQat wwr; h replied, ..
it ITia
MISS ANNK MAR.T1N
Proniincnt National Woman's
party worker, who Is a candidate
for tho United States Scnato In
Nevada on tho Itcpuhllcan ticket
MISSING PASTOR
E
Faithful Wife Reunited With
Husband, Who Wandered
Streets for Days
CAN'T EXPLAIN ACTIONS
The unwavering faith of n devoted
wife throughout the two weeks of her
liURbnnd's unexplained nbsence was re
wffrdod this morning when the Hev.
Walter II. Woolfe. the missing Cross
wicks. N. .7., minister was reunited
with his wife in the Rescue Mission,
S-12 North Eighth street.
Pale nnd wan, nftcr wandering about
the city for days. Woolf enn onlv mum
ble. "Why did I leave? Why did I leave
you. my dear?"
When questioned about his actions
during his disappearance ho shakes his
head nnd says he can remember nothing.
Mrs. Wolf Rays the strain of over
work and constant study his under
mincd'her husband's physical condition
to such nn extent thnt his mind gave
way and unknowingly he left his home.
Asked if he remembered selling the
nutomoblic in which he left homo to n
man in Newark, tho Minister reiterated
that ho remembered none of his actions.
In fnct he did not even remember his
wife until yesterday. He sent her a tele
gram early in. .the .morniustaskgJ)er
to meet him nt Ninth 'nnd Market
streets. Ho waited on tho corner he says
throughout tho day but she did not
nppcar. 1 caring tho message had gone
nstroy he wroto her n Hpccinl delivery
letter addressed to her sister's home
in Camden, thinking perhaps eho was
stopping thero.
This proved to be so and while Mrs.
Woolf, her. sister, Miss Collins and u
friend. Mrs. Edna Caston, hurried to
this city. Woolfe collopsed on Market
street. He was taken to Jefferson Hos
pital by tho police. He nsked that the
Rev. Thomns W. McKenty, of tho
Rescue Mission. 242 North Eighth
street bo notified.
Walt nt Corner
In the meanwhile his wife and com
panions waited on tho corner he desig
nated. When he did not anncar they
returned to Camden, intending to take
up their stand in .Market street today.
Mr. McKenty hurried to tho hospital
and at onco recognized Woolf ns a man
who bad been attending mission meet
ings regularly for more than a week.
Woolf made his identity known to Mr.
McKenty nnd nhked the evangelist to
get in touch with his wifent once. This
Mr. McKenty was able to accomplish
about fl o'clock this morning when ho
reached Mrs. Woolf on the telenhono
nnd arranged thnt she como to the
mission nB earlv as nossible. whero he
would bring tho minister.
tor more than an hour Mrs. Woolf
patiently waited In tho mission rooms
for her husband. At last McKentv an-
pcared, half supporting the drooping
frame of Woolf. With a cry of relief
Mrs. Woolf embraced her husband and
at onco started telling him how happy
sho was that he was well and safe and
how their little four -year -old girl,
Marion, would bo happy to have her
"daddy" back,
Over n big breakfast, served In the
mission dining room, Woolf tried vainly
tq tell where lie had been. Ho told them
that he had stormed at tho Adclnhia
Hotel for days, but ho could not recollect
how many.
Address SInco Unknown
Whero ho has been living binco
Saturday Is not clear to him, but ho
thinks it was in a, rooming house, nis
watch nnd eyo glasses aro missing, but
ho does not remember being robbed, he
said. A valuable fraternal pin bad not
been taken and ho had moro titan $20 In
his clothes when ho fainted.
But his wife is asking no questions.
Sho said that somehow they aro going
to get the machine back and as soon us
her husbaml is strong enough to go to
Crosswlcks they will return to their lit
tle home, which has been fo dcaolato for
tho last two weeks.
Mr. McKenty snld ho had seen a great
many cases similar to Mr. AVoolf's nnd
that they wcro all caused by overwork.
"Brother Woolf Is a University of
Pennsylvania man and he is trylug to
complcto another course," ho said.
"Combined with this ho has his church
sermons aniTothcr church work to pre
pare, nnd. on top of it all tly difiicult
task of helping to rulso church funds for
tho centenary drive, in which his church
is trying to do its part In.
"Isn't thnt enough to weaken tho
mind of any man, especially if ho bus
had a serious illness recently?" em
phatically stated Air. McKenty.
lie. added that the church was going
to do everything possible to help its
young minister to forget It is dreadful
experience.
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$5000 TRUCK BURNED
A truckload of excelsior worth $80
and tho truck Itself valued at .$.000,
wcro burned un today nt the factory of
tho Philadelphia Excelsior Co., at 710
Nortli Third street. Tho execisior ig
lilted from a bavkliro while ln the fac
tory yard. Tho burning trueK was
backed to the street, where it was de
stroyed.
Entered as Btcond-CUM Matter at th.
Under the Act 4? March 8, 1879.
IS FOUND
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PonlOfflc. aft Thll(1inht T.
(30,000 IN CLOTH
TAKEN, THEN LOST
Bind and Gag Watchman
Frankford Avenue Tex
tile Plant
at
WAGON IS OVERLOADED;
BREAKS DOWN IN FLIGHT
Men Are Changing Horses on
Vehicle When Police Arrive.
All Escape
Four men bound nnd gagged n night
watchman, methodically londed $30,000
worth of cloth on a teatiT drawn wagon
and drove away from the Salford Wor
sted Mills, at 3805 Frankford avenue,
nt 2:20 o'clock this morning.
Greediness of the robbers in loading
moro loot than their team was cnpable
of hauling led to the terovery of the
cloth an hour later at Second and Cal
lowhlll streets.
Three of the robbers forced a lock
on tho gate of the Frankford street en
trance to thn mill kWHv nffnr 1
o clock, while n fourth man, with the
team and delivery wagon, drew up nt
the curb half a block nwnv.
The robbers wcro evidently familiar
witn tiip interior of tho mill. They
stalked William Zaun, sixty years old,
of 2151 Conlyn btrcct, tho night watch
man. As ho arrived at tho elevator shaft on
mo second noor tho robbers sprang
"iiun mm, KnocKcu mm down nnd then
bound and gagged him.
' Did Work Systematically
While ho looked on. imnotent to nre-
vent the robbery, the tiireo men went
to wont preparing their loot for a get
away. ,
The men wcro expert at appraising
the vnluc of cloth. They selected only
tho highest grade worsted, .carrying tho
heavy bolts from various parts of tho
second floor and loading them on tho
freight elevator.
After the cloth had been piled neatly
on a platform nt the bottom of the
elevator one of the men waved a hand
kerchief from n Window of tlin aprnnrl
floor. It was a preconceived signal for
me driver or me wagon.
The fourth robber drove the wagon
into the yard of the mill nnd up to
the platform nt the elevator. Had the
men been working legitimately In the
daytime they could not have done the
work more methodically.
Their greed led to their undoing.
Watchman Gives Alarm
Shortly after the four robbers drove
nwny from the mill, Zaun, the watch
man, squirmed from his Tjonds.
Rushing to tie roof of tho mill he
shouted for .help. i His rails wcro heard
by George Bland, fireman of the mill,
who was In tho boiler house 100 yards
from the mill. Ho ran to tho homo of
Thomas Steele, engineer of the factory,
at 3821 Frankford avenue.
Steele immediately, telephoned to the
Frankford police stntrbn. The sergeant
there got in touch with Sergcnnt Finn,
at tho Bclgrado and Clearfield street
station, nnd Finn sent out tlicrs to all
btations in tho city. '
Street Sergeant Weiss, of the Bel
grade and Clearfield streets station, and
District Detective McGuekin hurried to
the mill, commandeered the automobile
of Charles Bergen, a saloonkeeper, and
started in pursuit of tho robbers.
A patrolman from tho Third street
and Fainnount nvenuo station later
saw a wagou answering the description
of the ouo used by the robbers, at Sec
ond and Cnllowhill streets.
Four men were bending over ono of
tho team of horses attached to the
wagon. It had fallen exhausted, and
wus uuuuiu 10 rise.
Robbers Make Escape
As the patrolman nunrnni-linl Vio
wagon, tho four men glanced up nnd
wt-u iiuu tutu uu vyuuowniu street.
The patrolman looked in the covered
wagon nnd discovered it contnincd the
cloth stolen from tho Salford mills.
The loot was taken, intact, to the Third
street and Falrmount nvenuo station.
It is believed that when one of the
team of horses drawing tho loot be
came exhausted, the robbers telephoned
to a confederate In South Philadelphia
for another horse.
It was reported that patrolmen of
the Second nnd Christian streets station
had arrested a man early this morning
Conttnurd on Tate live, Column F1v
GIRL STUDENT
LIFE WITH 52 -
BY ILL ROBBERS
Double Suicide Closes Hopeless Love Dream of Maid of 16
and Wealthy 'Artist With Divorced Wife
By a Staff Corrtapondtnt
Washington, Aug. 13. Omar Khay
yam, Persian poet and fatalist, fur
nished tho Inspiration for tho last mes
sage to the world written bv sixteen -year-old
Mary Snceriuger, of Waynes
boro, Pa., before sho lircd tho bullet
that left her lifeless beside tho body of
J. Ford Thompson, her fifty-two-year-old
lover, in a sylvan spot near Era
ralttsburg, Mil.
On tho bnck of n calendar in her
room at tho Hotel Slaglo. of which her
nunt is tho proprietor, sho wroto this
paraphrase of a verse from Omar:
Mniv that I tkeltevn thn ell ! PJlat.
Oh
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nut I lie lone, lone wnue me worm anau
last!
Which of our coming Hnd dpartur heeds,
As the tea's uolr nhouM hood a pebble cast,
Farewell to Family
And scribbled on n flyleaf of a small
volume of Omnr, with live crosses for
kisses sent the members of her family
and tho farewell message, "I.ovo to
all," Mary wrote tills noto to her
mother in Wnvnesboro:
"Dearest Mother Outlier tho littlo
ones around you ; play, sing and laugh,
for they need ou so sorely.
"As God loves jou, so docs Ho me,
and understands better than any hu
man mind enn grasp. And remember,
Ho is nn iill-inorciful, all-loving and
nil-forgiving God. .
"I love you all, and shall think nruch
of you with Elizabeth, grnndpa and all.
"Slay tho most mcrcmu miner Keep
,... nil . xunii niwl liiHtlnirlv hiinnv. 1
"Vours In all. 1
"MARY."
Emittsburg und Washington wero
shocked beyond expression by the don
b)o tragedy resulting from the love of
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 13, 1920
Penrose Gets 500,000
as Auto .License Tag
Scnntor Pcnroso has just realized
an old ambition ho has obtained
the number fiOO.OOO for his auto
mobile license tag.
Ho if you see n big red car with n
big and portly rider in tho tonncau,
and n five and five noughts displayed
on the licenso tag, you'lt know it is
the rcnior senator from Pennsyl
vania. Senator Pcnroso was tho better
pleased when the tag camo by regis
tered mall today because Governor
Sproul also was after tho hnlf-mll-lionth
number for his big machine.
Tiie senator's old license number
was 04.
ISN'T GROVER', BUT IS HELD
Police Think New York 8uspect May
Be Another Draft Dodger
Another Grovcr Bcrgdoll "capture"
was exploded today.
The man arrested by tho New York
state police at Oneontn, near Syracuse,
N. Y., is not tho notorious draft evader.
The Oneontn police made this announce
ment today after Department of Justice
agents had examined the prisoner.
Over tho long-distance telephone, the
chlff of police Raid: "The man is not
Grovcr Cleveland Bcrgdoll. Of that we
arc certain. He told rannv stories, con
flicting nnd all of them believed to be
lies. Wo havo learned enough to sus
pect him of being a draft dodger."
The man said ho was George Lanno,
of Buffalo, N. Y.
The man was arrested forty miles
from Ulnghamton nnd tallied In somo
respects with pollco "fliers" giving
descriptions of urovcr.
Erwin Bcrgdoll, Grovcr's brother,
who Is nt Governors inland, N. Y.,
believes Grovcr is out of the country.
Erwin has been convicted by tho
court-martial, it is believed. This
judgment is based on the procedure of
tho court, the 'same ns that followed
when a prisoner has been dcclnrcd
guilty.
5 HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
TCvo Patrolmen Among Victims of
Motors In Camden
Five persons, two of them patrolmen,
wcro injured in automobile accidents lu
or near Camden this morning.
Patrolmnn Oscar Weaver and David
Palmer, of the Fifth and Arch streets
station in Camden, were struck by mi
nutomoblic nt Broadway nnd Federal
streets, driven by Robert Holt, of
Gloucester.
The patrolmen wcro treated at Cooper
Hospital for cuts of the face and hands.
Holt was fined $30 for reckless driving.
John Gronsficld, his wife, Mary, of
Pittsburgh, nnd Harry Albright, of
Sixth street near Bcrkly, in Camden,
vvere all injured whn their automobiles
collided on the White Horse piko near
Haddon Heights at 0:30 o'clock. They
were treated at the West Jersey Homco
pnthlc Hospital. Joseph Albright, In
tho rearor the 'automobile irtrjvcu by
Hnrry escaped Injury by jumping.
After I.eo McNeil, twenty-one years
old, of nineteenth street, near Oxford,
this city had almost run lown Traffic
Patrolman Conog nt Haddon and
Kaizhn avenues in Camden today. Re
corder Stackhouse jn the Camdeu police
court lined mm ?!' iui n-tiui'ss unviug.
HIGHWAYMEN GET $450
Hold Up Man at Green and Twen
tieth Streets
Two highwaymen held up John Mar
cus, of 1823 Falrmount avenue, late
fast night, at Twentieth nnd Green
streets, and robbed him of $4C0.
The men, botli negroes, sprang from
a doorway as Margin was passing and
ordered him to throw up his hands.
Margus showed fight, buf was over
powered. One of tho robbers held his
hands while the others -searched his
clothing.
After tnking Margus s money the
robbers escaped in nn automobile which
was standing nearby.
POPE BENEDICT INJURED
His Holiness Slips on Polished Floor,
Hurting Knee
Rome, Aug. 13. (By A. P.) Pope
Benedict met with n slight accident to
day, slipping on the polished marble
floor whilo going from his bedroom to
his private library, the Mcssaggero
states.
He sustained a slight abrasion of the
skin nt the knee.
OF OMAR ENDS
YEAR - OLD MAN
Mnry Sneerlnger for the middle-aged
son of a former noted surgeon in George
Washington University, himself au
artist, traveler, archaeologist nnd dlllo
tante, and his love for her. He was n
divorcee and their religious fnltli was
different Tho decrees of her church
forbade her mnrrlugo to a divorced
mnn. Whether to obey her duty to her
church or the call of her nffcctlons was
her problem. She solved it in suicide,
joining her lover in a pact that took
tho lives of both.
They disappeared Wednesday about
4:30 from tho little hotel in the quiet
town of Emittsburg, where they lived.
Their bodies were found beside n brook
the next afternoon yesterday about 3
o'clock.
The story was told by the worn pages
of Omnr, by tho verse on tho calen
dar, nnd by frienrs nnd neighbors who
know of their long-standing affection.
Fnsclnuting Stranger at Hotel
Thompson and Mary Sneerlnger first
met ubout n year ago, when ho camo
to the hotel run by her nunt. Mary
waited on his tabic. She was a pretty
girl, with thn freshness of fifteen years.
He was faseinntlng In the wny of u man
wealthy, cultured, traveled nnd experi
enced In tho ways of tho world. lie
told her she reminded him of his own
fourteen-year-old daughter, then nnd
now with her mother in Paris.
The acquaintance grow I
The acquaintance grow Into friend-
ship and developed Into love as Thomp
con enmo oitcuer nnu oitener to the.
.. ' .... t
hotel,
Finally he came thero to live, still
C'ontluued on l'oxe Two, Column Two1
ARREST OR PONZI
TO BE FOLLOWED
Attorney General Turns Atten
tion to Several Money..
Making Schemes
RESTITUTION WILL BE
DEMANDED BY U. S.
Wizard's Roceipts Estimated at
Between $15,000,000 and
$20,000,000
By tho Associated Press
Boston, Aug. 13. Other arrests are
expected within twenty-four hours as
tho further scult of tho investigation
of spectacular financing which began
when Charles Ponzl's ' Securities Ex
change Co. fell under suspicion. With
tho matter of Ponzl's affairs pretty well
In hand, Attorney General J. Weston
Allen has turned his attention to other
monoy-Hiaklng enterprises which.it Is
clnimod havo been conducted in viola
tion of the law nnd to tho loss of too
credulous investors.
Ponzi remained nt his homo in Lex
ington today, denying himself to Inter
viewers. A score of men. supposed to
bo government ngents and policemen,
were in the vicinity of his residence,
apparently with a view to keeping
watch on his movements.
The belief was expressed at Attorney
uencrni ,i. i csion Alien's otiicc today
that it will be possible to compel per
sons who cashed their Ponzi notes with
interest previous to the crash to return
the money for pro rata distribution
among all the creditors. Representa
tives of tho attorney general are mak
ing n study of this nnglo of the situa
tion, working on tho theory that the
money distributed by Ponzi was Rtolen
ami so can be pursued and recovered
nnywherc, it was announced.
Agents May be Held
The attorney ccneral also is enrlrnv.
oring to find legal means for proceeding
ugainsc i-onzrs ngenus, ol whom be be
lieves there were hundreds employed
in various narts of New Enrlnml. It
has been found, It is stated, thnt Ponzi
nau a small nnd select coterie of lleti
tennnts with whom he did business per
sonally. Each of these had numerous
ngents of their own nnd In some in
stances the agents themselves had sub
agents, all working to obtain "in
vestors" in Ponzl's 150 pr cent interest
proposition.
Information has reached the attorney
general, it is said, thnt even Ponzl's
chauffcurK acted as agents, taking the
opportunity to interest tho curious per
sons who flpeked nbout their employer's
big car wnenevcr. it, stopped on a down
town street. The nrevuilhiE rate nald
to agents is said to hnve been 10 per
cent ot tnc amount of tne note sold.
Upwnrds of 500 letters confining un
paid Ponzi notes or information con
cerning them wero delivered to tho at
torney general todny, while the corri
dors about Ills office were crowded with
persons anxious to convey information
personally. Uutil yesterday mnny of
those who had called In reply to the at
torney gencrnl's advertisement had ex
pressed their belief In Ponzi and his
ability to pay. saying they were report
ing their holdings merely ns a mutter
of duty. Today much hostility to Ponzi
was apparent.
Patrons of the Old Colony Foreign
Exchange Co., which offered 100 per
cent interest in six months on notes
and which has continued in operation
during the investigation of Ponzi's af.
fairs started a run on the company's
office today. ,
The crowd became so large that po
licemen wero assigned to keep the people
in line. Those who snld they wanted
their money back and a few who wanted
to invest were requested to lenve their
names and mldresses nnd were told
thnt they would bo notified when the
company would receive further sub
scriptions or would bo ready to refund.
A report spread among the crowd
that investors would be paid at a
branch office of the company, nnd there
was an Immediate rush in that direc
tion. Three clerks employed there got
word thnt the crowd wn coming, nnd
thev locked the doors and disappeared.
Throngs remnlned around the door
ways of both these offices of the com
pany for hours.
Branch Is Closed
The branch office of the Old Colony
Foreign Exchange Co., which opened
in New Bedford last Thursdny, hus been
ordered closed by District Attorney Jo
seph C- Kenney. F. J. Lnrkln. local
manager in charge, was notified that
unless he immediately ceased operations
a special sitting of tho grand jury would
be cnlled to investigate the company's
activities.
The district attorney snld he acted on
instructions from Attorney General J
Weston Allen, on tho ground that the
methods of the Old Colony Co. wero
similar to those, employed by Chnrles
Ponzi, and that tho interests of the
public should bo safeguarded.
Pollco today wcro guarding the office
of tho company to prevent any further
acceptance of notes.
All New Englnnd awaited with keen
est interest today further developments
in connection with tho crnsh of Ponzi's
dream castlo of tluance, to the building
of which 40,000 investors nre alleged to
have contributed from $15,000,000 to
$20,000,000. and federal and state offi
cials continued with renewed vigor
their Investigations with a view to dis
closing ever" ramification of the affair.
Thn financial district of the city was
especially concerned lest the invcHtigu
tion under wny dlseloso operations that
would involve Institutions other than
the nonovcr lrust uo., which was.
Ponzi s largest depository. The Han
over has been closed by State Bank
Commissioner Allen, who announced
thnt its capital was seriously im
paired and probably wiped out.
Other elements of the situation today
wero :
Ponzi ms free under bail nf $35,000,
of which $25,000 was for his appear
anco before the federal government on
a charge of using tho mails In a scheme
to defraud, nnd $10,000 for his ap
pearance before tho municipal court on
a threo-count larceny charge.
Liabilities Nearly Tabulated
Edwin Tj. Pride, auditor for tho fed
eral authorities of Ponzl's accounts,
was nearlng completion of his tabula
tion of the lattcr's liabilities. Mr.
Pride has said that the liabilities al
ready uro shown nt $7,000,000. Ponzi
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BY OTHERS SOON
Publlibed Dally Except Bunday.
Copyrlaht. 1820, by
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES
BOSTON 0 .
ATHLS. (fst).O
Jonc3 and Wnlteis; Perry and Perkins. Chill and Owcna.
PHILLIES.... 1 0 0 0
BOSTON (1st) 0 3 0 1
IUxoy and Wheat; McQuillan and Gowdy. Quiglcy-Moinn.
SHORT FILMS SUBJECT TO CENSORSHIP
IIARRISBUKG, Aug. 13. Shoit films known ns "traileis"
In tho moving picture business must tak? the same coui&c ns film,
of stnndaid length'and be examined by the stnte bonrd of censots
and approved ns well as given the state approval seal befoic being
shown, according to an opinion rendered today to the state bonid
by William I. Swoope, deputy attorney general.
SUFFRAGE RESOLUTION IN N. C. HOUSE
raleigh, N. c', Aug. 13.
amendment was prosoped in a
Carolina Legislature today by Representative Williams, of Cabar-
rus,
thc Republican leader, Immediately after the reading of a
nressage from Governor Bickett
general assembly.
SNOWSTORM IN CHILE; FIRST IN TEN YEARS
SANTIAGO, Chile; Aug. 13. The first snowstorm hcie in
move than 1a decade occurred yesterday, about six inches falling.
In lite mountains the storm assumed blizzard proportions, in
teuuptlng communications between the coast and the citiea o
tiie central provinces.
OX TO SOUND OUT
LEAGUE SENTIENT
Candidate In Speaking Tour
Will Test Amount of Fervor
Issue Arouses
IS .READY TO SHIFT STAND
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
filart" Corrrnpondrnt of the Evenlnc rublle
I.rda'rr
Copivloht ID). PubUo tedatr Co.
Camp Perry, O., Aug. 13. The
speoch-inaklug of Governor Cox. which
will begin in enrnest tomorrow before
tho Democratic stato convention at
Wheeling, W. Va.. will probably be a
tryout of tho League of Nations issue.
His friends say that ho believes ho can
arouse the crusading spirit of the Amer
ican people by his presentation of the
lcaguo as a guarantee against war.
Others who know his mind say that
he will shift his ground slightly in the
coming speeches, declaring for tiie best
league he can get through the Senate,
thus indicating a willingness to nccept,
if necessary, the Lodge reservations.
But the conilng tour will be a try
out of the league. The only political
reference in his speech here yesterday
was to the league. He declared him
self convinced that the great mass of
American soldiers wus united in pur
pose and prayer to prevent future wnr.
Moderato applause greeted this utter
ance of the candidate. Tho audience
approved, but not with tho fervor of
people engaged In n crusnde. The same
Inck of warmth was noticeable when the
governor made his speech of acceptance
at Dayton. Tho big audience applaud
ed, but more as if League of Nations
wero a Democratic catchword than a
great faith.
Doesn't Move Hearers
And it is worth remarking now that
the governor is starting upon a trip
which may be the test of his campaign
that he does not move an audience
deeply. At no time yesterday, though
Cox was addressing Ohloans at a sym
pathetic moment, was there any warmth
of feeling between the speaker and his
hearers.
The governor speaks with confidence
and case of a man used to addressing
large audiences. But ho is undra
matic and his voice is not one of those
that reach the vltnls of his audience. His
voice is too much used in the upper
ranges and sounds cold and a little hard
and unpleasunt when it drops to the
lower ranges, ns it did when hn grac
iously expressed his surprise thnt the
marksmen who won tho prize with a
score of 140 out of a possible 150 could
hac been born elsewhere than in Ohio.
It has a great deal of charm. But the
governor ordinarily begins each sentence
with high, almost falsetto metallic up
per notes and almost Invariably end
ing it with the sweeter, richer sound of
his usual conversational tones. His
voice docs not move an audience. It is
the fact thut he can nnd does In per
sonal Intercourse use a sweeter voice
which makes him known to every one as
Jimmy.
Read Belter Than They Sound
The Cox speeches lire going to read
better than they sound; nnd, being n
newspaper man, the governor Is aware
that his real nudience consists of read
ers. He is, perhaps, a little too aware
of It. When his speech of acceptance
jiad to bo cut and hurried through be
cause tho parade was allowed to drag
out too long the governor remarked:
"What difference does that make. It is
written for tho press?
Tho governor is efficient, no talks
for tho press nnd is a littlo indifferent
to bis immediate audience. Ho does
not establish a close rapport with
them. Efficient men don't make good
orators, and tho governor has the tem
peramental coldness of a man who has
worked hard, who has subjected him
self to the iron discipline which lends
to business wicccss.
When he tells a light story, as he did
yesterday, he smiles, but his smile is
not Infectious. It Is a businesslike
smile, It is a sort of unbending on the
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Buberlptlnn Prle it n Tear by Mall.
Public Ledger Company
Ratification of the federal sutfrngt J
resolution introduced in the North
urging favorable action by tho
CUNNINGHAM VETO
Newly Elected Ghairman of Fi
nance for City Committee
Against Plan
BOOMERANG FOR VARES
Thomas W. Cunningham, chairman
of the Republican Alliance and newly
elected chairman of the finance com
mittee of the Republican city commit
tee, made it clear In an interview to
day tbat he will neither attempt to
procure nor sanction the procuring of
assessments from officeholilers for ex
penses of the coming political cam
paign. "Whether I do or do not accept the
chairmanship of the finance commit
tee," he said, "I will not lend my
name or influence to the collection of
such assessments."
Mr. Cunningham referred to the edi
torial in today's Evenino Public
i.Enoun.
"That hits the nail squarely on the
head." he said.
When Mr. Cunningham was elected
to the chairmanship of the finance com
mittee about ten days aco. it wns non.
erally believed in political circles that
this action was taken by Vnre follow
ers so that the responsibility of col
lecting assessments should fall upon
him nnd, through him, upon the Re
publican Alliance.
Not Permitted by Charter
Heretofore, it has been the practice
of the city committee to notify office
holders thnt they must contribute to
the campaign expenses. According to
the provisions of the new city charter,
it is a violation of the law for any one
to ask officeholders to make such con
tr buttons or for officeholders to con
tribute to cnmnuicnR.
There has been much speculation in
jioiiiirai circles as to what course Mr
i unninghnm would pursue. In view of
his stand as taken in hi.s statement to
day, it is believed that the action of
the Vare.s will prove to be a boomerang.
-.. .... ,.r. iPHur, fiu ur, v un
ninghnm today. "I did not know tfiat
i hnd been elected chairman of the
finance committee until I hnw it in the
newspnpert,.
"Will you accept?" he was asked.
He hesitated a moment.
Hits Poor Pay
. "Well," he said finally. "I will dis
cuss that part of it later. But whether
I do or not. you can say that I am
unnitcrnbie in my opinion that contri
butions from officeholders uro both il
legal and unfair.
"It should be remembered thnt city
officeholders are very poorly paid today.
Like those in other lines of work, their
wiiri-s iiuvi. noi increnseii commen
suratelv with the increased co&t of liv
ing. There are mnny cltv employes
who arc having a very difficult time
making ends meet. Indeed, thero are
many who are leaving the city service
to get work with private concerns. It
would Ik a final blow for us to assess
thehc underpaid men for campaign ex
penses ai mis lime.
"J. ho finance committee consists of
seventeen are supporters ami six men
who are supporters of the administra
tion. Of course, the chairman of such
n committee Ik supposed to be ruli-il hv
the vote of the majority und virtually
iiuo uu puy in wiui Miuil do none,
Littlo Necessity
"In view of the very definite nm.
visioiiH of the charter, I don't think the
committee, will attempt the assessment
of officeholders. They are certainly
aware of the charter's provisions anil
would not try to carry out tho old time
pructicc.
"In the coming campaign, there will
oo nine lu'i'cssiiy xor mailing such as
sessments, nnywuy. Tho Interest ecu
tore" chiefly in tho national ticket.
"I rojn the local standpoint, the fight
will be only for members of the Legis
lature ami .Con Kress. There nr. fnrtv.
one membtrs of tho Legislature to be
f lecteu, live congressmen and tour stato
When you think of xiltln.
ASSESSMENTS
PRICE TWO CENTS
luinin tn ummvi n
HGHTHiESlI
FROM ifillfl
City Declared in Stato of Siri
viuzons oarrea rrom oireeis
at Night
PULTUSK CHANGES HANDS )
DURING FURIOUS BATTLE
Poland Sending Peaco'Commls
sioners to Meet Bolshevik!
Tomorrow Night
HOPE TO SAVE THE CAPIW
British Labor Again Voices Op
position to Aid fpr
Poland
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Warsaw, Aug. 13. Russian 8niet
forces which arc attacking the Po'lUh
lines northeast nnd east of this cltjr
hnve reached n point twenty-five alley
from Warsaw.
A state of siege has been declared
here by the military governor. Civilian?
are not permitted on the streets aftejf
10 o'clock at night, and cafes mut
close at 0 o'clock. '
The determination of the Bolshevik!
to press onward to Warsaw showed lit
self at various points along the battle-
line today, there being hand-to-hand
fighting in mnny Instances. The Poleaf
savagely defended their positions , and L
contested every foot of ground given .up '
to tho invaders.
It was said Pultusk changed hnndi
several times, and last accounts werj
that fighting was going on in the streeti.
The Poles were holding the west' bkalc.
of the Narew river at this point, beat-',
ing off the Bolshcvikl from the hortJi7
and hurling back other enemy forcegf
wuicn were trying to cross the rljrer, '
Poles Recover Several Towns t'f
Polish success on the southern froatz
where the Russians have been pushieT
.. v..,uvik, ivi-rc rcponea in !
night's official communique. TheTolU
cavalry and Infantry have ous"tdtp"
Bolshevik! from Rndziechoff, Lopttjr'if' '
tstanystavezyk and Toporoff. '
These towns arc in the district'north
east of Lcrabcrg and to the west and
northwest of Brody, en tho old Galiclaa,
border. Fighting is continuing still
further south along the Stripa (In the
Buczacz area.)
Warsaw hummed last night with
military activity, but only soldiers and
officers were allowed in the streets
Preparations for the defense of War
saw were being made and lights burned,
until late in the war offices nnd the
foreign office, where affairs of state
were being discussed.
The terms and conditions to be car
ried by the Polish' delegates who will
meet the Soviet representatives tomor
row to discuss peace preliminaries were
also being drafted.
It was decided late last night that
two American nnd two British news
piiper correspondents, as well as several,.
Polish.' French. Italian and Spanish '
journulists, will accompany the pears'
delegation to the eastward on Saturday.
Just how long the delegation will re
main at Minsk, or wherever the con
ference will be held, is unknown, but -diplomats
here paid they expected the.
conference would lust four or five day '
or longer.
The Associated Press will be repre
seated with the delegation, and an ef-
fort will he made to send dally dis
patches, either by the wireless tele--1
graph or by the dallv courier to Moscow,1. 1
from the scene of the negotiations. -j
In thjs city it was announced last
night that outgoing personal messages '
would not be accepted at the telegraph'
offrces here. This is a military measure ,
to prevent the possibility of news -of
troop movements getting out. Resided
this the officiuls wish to devote all the
wires to government business, for the"
most part becnuse of the crisis brought
about by the Soviet advance.
Peace Envoys Meet Tomorrow ,
Polish commissioners with authority's
to negotiate a preliminary treaty of
peace expect to leave this city early''
tomorrow morning to meet Russian '
Soviet delegates somewhere nn the roaft
between Wnrsaw and Brest-Litovsk, the
foreign office announced yesterday. The
meeting, it wns said, will take place
between 5 and 7 o'clock tomorrow ere i
ning. J
After meeting the Soviet delegates on
the road, the Polish i'ointnlsnlonrrHvill
probably be taken to Minsk, where the t
formnl peace conference is expected, to
tukc place.
The two-man mission thnt went to '
the front to inform the Bolshevik! that
Poland wished to send peace delegates
returned here yesterday, and there ii
a more confident feeling in the city than
has been prevalent during the last fort
night. High officials said they consldv ,
ered the fall of the city now out of. tho
quoNtion. ' j
The Polish mark, which lias beerr
quoted during the last few days at 2TQ
for $1. took a decided turn for the-)let-l
ter yesterday, rising to 175. Every
possible effort is being made by the
Polish Government to support the army
facing the Bolshcvikl at the gates of thd
capital.
Sleeping cars have been remo-r4
frori all trains, except lhw,e running
to Vipmi, and the telephone system is
being devViod exclusively to government
requirenienw, Women are playing a"
prominent, part in all activities, many
noeiety leaders supervising MdewaUc
lunch standK at busy corners, where'
toldiers are given food and drink.
Waitresses from hotels and cafes hnv
tqken the places of men in all of War
saw'w commercial houses, the war of
fices and other branches of the governs
ment. More women ure at present tn4'
ployed than at any time since the foua
datloti of the republic.
Air raids over the Soviet lines alon
the Warsaw front are a dally 'pr of
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