' Uk aV'V t. .v. ,OV'. MUHtoi w r ,l S'!V t r'4 tHEWftTttM 'f r"1 i i WIGHT EXTRA Fair ami slfghUy' coolfV tonight and ' uenm Wednesday; genue nortneriy winds. TKMrEBATCKB At EACH IIOCH VOL. VIA-NO. 288 KnUrert as Bfcond-CItM Mllr at th IXibll'lhed Dallr Exeirit Hundar. Pubtcrlrtlen rrljo Ift a Tear fcy Mall. cWrtiht. 1820, by Publlo LUer Company. PRICE TWO CENTS "ii Under ths Act of March 3, 187D. i ' A FAfllnfll... .1 T.fc.1l.4.1M Xim PHILADELPHIA,-TUESDAY, AUGUSTU7, 1920 'aaff. w. V'X' CUT P. R. T. RENTALS OR FARES GO UP, MAYOR SAYS j , , .pj Harold Barron, Philadelphia Hurdttr, Eauals World's Record in Olympic Games at Antwerp n .OTnWTn ua"i 1 fa I if I 4 17.1 I' 7(1 IHO 184 84 87 8( H0 I MOORE WILL NOT OPPOSE RATE RISE PEOPLE APPROVE More Revenue or Less Money to Underlying Companies Called Only Transit Solution NEW CRISIS PRECIPITATED BY MITTEN'S RESIGNATION Quits Union Tfaction in Protest ' Against Alleged Plan to Strangle His, Concern K "It Is a question of reducing nnderlying rentals or Increasing the the fares." Mayor Moore today summarized tlie transit outlook In this sentence. lie rifled : "In view of the linndicap under which (lie Rapid Transit Co. is labor Ins I do not see how it can get along nitliout higher fares. The people wnnt better service, better -cara and better equipment generally. "In addition "to the problem of satisfying these vant. the company Is greatly handicapped by the excessive imilrrlying rentals. Therefore some thing very definite will have to be done to increase the company's income." The .Major further indicated thnt the linle transit controversy is distasteful In htm and that he attends the meetings f thp 1 It. T. hoard simply because, a Hie city's representative, it is his duty to lo so. leaves Decision to People If. he added, the prople nnd Council npi'roTc a higher rate of fare, he will vet oppose It. When asked if the developments nt Tttterday's merlins of the P. H. T. Will would nffect tlie city's pending complaint ngainst higher fares which bin been brought brfoTtrl-f.ltc,Pnbllir SffTiec Commission, he said that he rlM hot think that It would, although that matter nnd all subsequent actions In the controversy were up to the city solicitor. The Mnyor and the city solicitor are to hold n conference today to thresh out all of these questions. It was learned today the underlying companies will oppose the' offering of nny evidence regarding rentals nt the hearing of the city's complaint before the service comini'siou next month. Henry I'. Hrowti, attorney for several f the underlying companies, snld .thnt they are considering what nrtlon they shall take nt the hearing. He snld that while ho did not like to discuss the affairs of a client. It was his impres sion the Superior Court had taken from the I'nblic Service Commission the l;ht to examine into the rental ques tion from any standpoint. Transit Council Confer "Attorneys for the underlying com panies lire holding conferences to tie ei'le lutt we shall do at this hearing," .ui Ilrown mid. .TV underlying companies arc men tioned hut twice in the city's eoinpjnlnt. hut the city solicitor's office has re I'c.itcill.v snld that its complnlnt will in w,,n full investigation of the rental HUiMiuti before the commission. The whole trnnsit sltimtlnn .,, . ., - -.--. ---, roiRht io a climax at n meeting of the L ti bnnr,l "' '"""ctors yesterday V - i '".'',S hl ,Mlt,f',V l";osi,llTt ot linn fin, ii" "ii l,l'b,k' J,is, wiunn- P. h the 110M fintn tlin i rni.nn.lA ..f .1.. f.,! ry ,, ""miiv ii lill- , limn iraetion ( o. nnd gino out correspond Hro which, in l.lu ..In,.. t.,,l.l i ,!,. .. I t --. ... n .I.-.,, HI, till tu I'll".. r that the i'liion directorate was trslng '" Ret hold of all of the available ns "t" "f 1'. It. T. ns well as those which u may ncquire in the future. 'Ir. Mlttou cluinicterizctl this ns nil Mteinpt (o Mrnngie und then nbsorh tlie I' It -p. body nnd soul." and blamed ceria n "dominant tlnancinl interests" tor the nllemptctl coup, Union Officials Silent Asked how Union viewed vimrzi's toi ll Mmnnli Ci I1H11,. ., .1! J'ctfir of Union Traction and attorney OH' (111' llfllriltll nstntn nn.l ..!..... 1. ........ ties ii. umlt'nJ'lnK company securi in" Inion Traction Co. does not I1SS its llllslm.ku l.t.l. t. ....1t dl , ,. .........v, ,M,,fIKII lllC IllVllltllll nt the newspapers. It wfll take several la j for the ,,!,,. to ,lKl!.t Ml Mjt. tens statement." ' exaillinntlnn Af llw. .,..,.,...,.. f M 11,. V. ' "" n.ii.viuvii, ,11 litteil, Slavor Mnnre mill nthera .it , " ,.,ng me ineptiuB of the P. It. T. ""ih jesiertiny. at which tlie resig- Z i tti-Vins ""'""nieeil. Indicates these PWNbilltics. K ,.N .leelnre.lt mm. ine l'. h I'Weentlv nnilii , i.ib. .... .. . -- -.-. T. heretofore coin- lfoly S,n;W. loot) a yea; to'the'llmi?;: anRCUinHlllM of will,.!, Ihn Pnlnn rentals of npproxl atr&l'Hnn ' l... i '. , -.... ,-, iii inrfTPSr. mnv hninnF ait t these pajnlents. Wonil, A hltrhei. fnrn la libi tr 'rentals are not reduced. This is '" ov Jlnvni. A1nHAf.. -... - lit, , ,"tf m n niiiirjiii'llt It lonku nu f.t.n..l. . r. me COintiailV will nnmn t I'n ,11 sl( for inoilificntlnns o ,!. I HOT fnent. with lilglvr fajw." Jay Alter Legal Promam "i . "PmwarloiiH fiiiHitelnl con ntnf. ,1 ,,;.-J- 'o the Kainu fh, s present legal ight Sit i2!?.Rail 'Bher faro tariff a n clirA. t .. " . "''rvice tomiiiihsloii the , .,ni "M. 'H'ls wotTId ret.ul.e mn 1.1,1, ..."'." '""B '" I"" business "'Hi acanthi im i..t...i..i runioi Hv '"iirui, U tho I i? ip iu V i iH im .it. ., " t ' jiiirvn in 1 ii ,,"'... .'F '' rtroyt railways, the )' aii i iiL" "-'(!"ll, hnvp ,n r" True I,?, " ''i would compel the Union ""toy XI Viii n " ,0 P'', npproxl. Wblcfi nu?, rl, mlm , "'ell' Vucl:, "um rcmalu unpaid. v Winners at a Glance HIGH JUMP Filial W. n. Landon. Yale. His. fance 1.04 meters (0 feel a 2. a Inches.) afew record. 10,000 METER (10,0.10.2.1 VAIIDS) WALK 47' J'eat Frigerio, Italy. Time rAT0?'1 "MtIIehlr, KnslantfT Tlmo 51.31 a.n. SHOT PUT Qualifying heat Nlltander, Finland Distance 14.155 meters. rmoAi) jump Qualifying heat Peterson, Sweden. Distance 0.90 infers (22 feet 7 7-12 Inches). 110METEK (123 YARDS) HURDLES First lieat Harold llaron. Meadow brook Club, Philadelphia. Time 15 ! seconds. i Second heat Fred Murray, New orl A. C. Third heat William J. Yount. Um Angeles A. C. Fourth heat Walker Smith, Chicago A. A. IFlrst semifinal Thomson, Canada. Tlmo 15 seconds. ' Second semifinal Harold Barron. Mcadowbrook Club. Philadelphia. Time 15 seconds flat. (New world's record.) (5000 METER (6080.11 yards) RUN Final Guillemot, France. Time, 14:55. SOO METER RUN Final A G. Hill. England. U. S. WILL RECOGNIZE . HUERTA IF MEXICO ACCEPTS CONDITIONS Protection of U. S. Lives and Property and Indemnities Demanded Ry the Associated Press Mexico City, Aug. 17. President AVilsou is ready to recognize the present Mexican Government if the latter ngrees with the terms set forth in a proposal from Secretary of State Colby on this sdbjrct, according to a messnge sent to President De Lii Huerta from Fer nando Caldcron. Mcxiran high commis sioner to the 1'nltetl 'States, now in the AmerioaitfapitaVaays th,e Excelsior today. Secretary Colby'n proposition, ac cording to the newspaper, was: First. That North American lives and property be respected. Secontl. Thnt indemnities be paid for eigners who suffered during the revo lution. Third. That the Carranii decrees which nre found to be confiscatory bo abrogated. Washington. Aug. 17. (Ry A. P.) The three proposnls given in the Mexico City dispatches ns precedent to recognition of the present Mexican Gov ernment by the United States are "only a few of the conditions announced by this government." according to n State Department official. It is true thnt the thrco conditions respect for American lives ami property, indemnities paid foreigners who suffered during, the revo lution null derogation of the confiscatory decrees of Ciirrunzii are among the conditions laid down, but "vcrform ance of duties instead of mere prom ises," is put above nil conditions, it was said. Recognition has not been promised Mexico under any loiiilitlons, it was authoritatively stated today. The State Department is inclined to await developments in Mexico before tin it II iiv t viiiiiiiiv inn in in ,tai in line smiting recognition to see how stable government the present regime is able to establish an.l to what extent it is williiiK to perform by actual deeds the international obligations of n clvlli.cd stnte. McGRAW ASKS INDICTMENT Baseball magnate uemanas snancc to Prove His Innocence . (Ry A. P.) New York. Aug. 1 John .1. SlctSraw. mnnuger of the New York (tionts, today deniantled, through ' counsel, that he be Indicted in order 1 that he might establish before a com these jietent tribunal his Innocence of any participation in oringiug noout injur ies to Joint ('. Slavin, actor, who was found about a week ago unconscious in front of the .Mi Craw home. OPPRESSIVE WEATHER DUE TO BOTTLED-UP BODY HEAT Lack of Air Circulation Is Worse Than Temperature and Humidity, Says Bliss Relief Due From North The oppressive weather of the last few days is not due to the high ten,- pcrature; neither is it due to the humidity of the atmosphere, as most people think, according to the United States weather experts. It is dun to a combination of causes starting with the bent, but being mode critical by the fact that lack of clr critical by the lact that lacit or cir- dilation in the nir mqkes it Impossible for tlie Internal heat of tlie lutmnn body c i ::,z:ss. ,;. 'In otlirr words. rhiladclnhlnnM nrelu i . .IY..t.. .a f ha... ,l...lu lM.MHt.nl nilllt'llllK IKJill llll'll I1WII iiiiiiiiu.. bottletl-up heat which can't get out of tliein as fast as it is engendered. "For tho Inbt week the city has had a current of air coming sluggishly from enst or southeast. That means that it comes from over the ocean. The moisture absorbed from the ocean, added to the moisture absorbed from prevailing low floiiiN, has made this nlr execs- slve'v tinmp "At the seashore this llumnllCSS tiaN , not been unpleasant because 11 Is a cool diwpncss, fresh from tho sen. But as it MEAD0WBR00KB0Y WINS SEMIFINALS Thomson, Canada, Also Ties bost Mark Landon, Yale, Breaks High Jump Figures EBY BEATEN BY HILL, ENGLAND, IN 100 METERS America Gains and Now Hold3 Lead of 22 '2 Points " Over Finland Hotv the Nations Stand 15 SECONDS J fl u 1j . i & I ',3. & B ST S P 2. , "loo-meter dash... In ) () 3 3 Javelin throw I 10 o n 400. meter hurdles. i; 2 una Pentathlon II o 10 0 o 5000-meter walk . 1 8 :t 7 High jump 15 !i 1 j 0 2 0 Totals 3014 ll'j 37 H 13 In addition to tho above scores Es thonlo. scored two points In tho javelin thrthv and Norway got one point In the pentathlon. Antwerp. Aug. 17. Victory In the final heat of tho 800-meler run today went tn Great Rrltaln. A. !. Hill, q the Ilrlllsli team finishing th t ahead ' Earl Eby. of the Chicago A. A., the second man. Antwerp. Aug. 17. American con quests continued on the third dn of the seventh revival of the historic Olym pic comes Jiere today ns Harold Rarron, of the Mcadowhrook Club., of Philadel phia. antl( Karl Thomson, tho Dart mouth student who represents' Canada, equaled world's records in tho 110-me-ter-fRJS yards) high hurdles, and II. "Vi I.nndon, the Yale youth. ,wlw,vm. petes for the New ork A. t. created a ticw snmes mark ill the high jump. lioth ISnrron anil Tlinmsod did their semifinal heal of the hurdles in "15 seconds flat. London leaped 1.04 meters (0 feet .1 'J-!t inches) for first place and a new record in the high jump. Sixteen nnd a half points were gained for the United States in two finals. Fifteen and n half of these were gath ered by four Americans in the-high iiimp, in which It. W. I.amlnn, the S'ule student who competes for the New York A. Ci.. created n new Olympic lecord of 1.1)5 meters (approximately 0 ft. 3 'J-.1 in.). U. S. Wins Protest, The other point gained came from the tinnl decision on the part, of the jury which n warded Jackson Scholz, of the University of .Missouri, fourth place in the 100-eter race, staged yesterday, instead of fifth, ns origihally decided. Photographs showed Scholz leading All Khan, of France, nt thejinish. With these points America now litis 51) '.j counters, a margin of ""', points over Finland, who-e athletes are in set mid place, with .'" maikers. Franco hns l.'t. Sweden lt'.j, England's. Es- I tlinnla 'J ami Norway 1. j The United States athletes were shut ' out of the ."(lOO-metcr walk. Four 1 startetl, but they did not finish. Fin land got tlie most of the points eight . itli Nuiini "Second nnd lnkeiiiemc third. The event was won by Guile mot, Tif France, in 14 minutes qnd 55' seconit". 1 fi.wlm.'u ,'i.nrtril iMls tlin tlt!,l 1 1 lm I .. set 'during the present games. Yes- terdav I rank Loomis, of the liii-iiKO A. A... set 11 new worm s rccoru lor set a new world s tlie -uiii-mcicr event, ooing me instance in tiie niitu in m M-rumm, wu ,-siin- . 1 .. .. .. ! I'll lit VII IlllAII Ac. r I. I I ..1. Ii. . 1 ..... iiiij .Minn ...... ..., ' miiuiii, xuiuiiMHMi new worltl figures when he threw the javelin 'Jl.i feet '.) Inches. Landon, who is the Intercollegiate champion and record -holder, broke tho champion and record-holder, broke the old Olympic record of 1.1KI meters mnde bv Alma Richards, of Cornell Unlver- sity, at Stockholm in lfll'J. The world' record for the event is (! feet 7 fi-KI I l.l I. ..1.1 I.. I.' II f l ! I inches held u c. necsoit, ot America f unllunfil ni rntr Two, Column tlno has been slowly carried over tlte low, ft betw -J;--'"-"-an. ntrti nnd refiected into tho atmosphere, has warmed up this moisture until It inns neenmo sotitien mid sultry. I, "Under ordinary condition! S. Willi ii breeze of nnv circulatory power! hlu damp heat, nbsorhed by the bittnitn ". ""...n ..i ...... ....... lumiu away from us by the wind Ri't, ns It ? ' '''' h no wind to carry it away; botly would evaporate ami be carried jiin- iiiuiniunj iiun im pores and the h? ,.,itc g.owi..g ,,mot f I heat that soon becomes most opprcs. .13,,, A chance In litmnsoherlt' nressnreu up over Manitobn this moriilng, bring ing it "high. pressure" area to the north of Lnko Huron, shifted tlie direction of our air current until now tho wind is coming from the north. This will bring with it a dry air nnd n cooler air, though the drop in actual temperature is not expected to he great. The relief will be In what might be called the "texture" of the liinosplicre tlte ib. sence of Ihn uni-i.i soihlen ilniminnuu that has made Jhn clti.en.s. of Philadel. piila loso bo much sleep lately. ?W SUFFRAGE MOTION M UP IN TENN. HOUSE; JBXl WILL VOTE TODAY iiiiiiiiMiiiiaiiiMijiBiWrtiwiwwwiUn RAY CHAPMAN Cleveland shortstop who died early today as tho result of being lilt on the head by n Carl Mays pitch yesterday CHAPMAN, HIT BY L "7 Cleveland Shortstop's Skull Was Fractured by Sphere Thrown by Carl Mays ABSOLVED " PI .'CHER IS Uy the Associated Tress New York. Aug. 17. Raymond Chapman, shortstop on the Cleveland American baseball team, who wns hit on the head by a thrown ball by Pitcher Carl Mays in yesterday's game with the New York Americans, died in the St, Laurence hospital at 4:50 this morn ing. He never regainrd consciousness after nn operation, which was hurriedly decided on shortlv after midnight, when n paction ot bis fractured skull was re finoved byvaUrsenn-r who hoped against hone that he might recover. The disrict attorney's oHie" Indicated today that it was not planning to in vestigate yesterday's accident. A formal police investigation, however. ' was started when 11 detective was sent to Interview Pitcher Map. Mays later voluntarily apnea red 11 1 the homicide bureau of the district at torney's ofliie InVompany with the tie tective rnt to interview him. where he was examined b. Assistant District At torney .Joyce. After the interview Mr. Jovce declined Chapman's death was title to accident purely, and indicated thnt no further investigation. by the P BA D district attorney or me ponce wouni t y annum Legislature ticgnn consiilern follow. , tion today of ratification of tlie fetlernl Slays returned to his lodgings tin- woman suffrage amendment, escorted. The tlag-hetleckrtl galleries, set aside Slajs burred hiiii-elf, even to his for the -tiffragists. broke into prolonged friends, today, u inconsolable whs lie 1 lieeriug when the Senate clerk began because of the accident. Efforts of tending the ratilicati u resolution. It even most intimate teammutes to com-.was tenewed when Senator Cnrr was fort him fulled to allay his grief. lecugiiircd and rove to speak. S'ena- "Thc death of Hay Chnpniau is the , tor Can- Mild he had been told it meant worst t ragcd. the gume has ever I his political death to support ratili known." said Colonel Tlllinghust Huh-j ration mid then, sounding the call to ton, one of the Yankee owners. "Com-1 Democrats, be continue: ing at a time when the pennant fight "Hut I shall vote for it. I think all is hottest, the game has been robbed of of 11s who fo-.or this proposition will the man who. nct to his manager, was .stand by our convictions to the point the mainspring of his team, and uhol was doing more tlinii can "be estimated to keep Cleveland in tlie pennant con test. "I am especinlh grieed that tlie fatal accident should liave occurred in New York and that a New York plajer. though innocent in Ills Intent, should have been the muse of his death. Chap man hail tlie iitimiraiinn ot every lau , "',.,,,,,., ,,,,, N ,ml )oss , cirvrlniMl alone, nor to the American ,. 1,,., , .!, uniilo ot baseball" said Colonel .luciili Ituppett. second (fill! 'l (111' owner of the Minuet's, iiiere sp t a ifnn jn ('levelaiKl or anywhere who can I fPOi mri, ,cSre over hi death than 1. ,. ,,, fn, ()f N,,w York ns a whole. ns loss Is iiiiineasurable, particularly at this stage of the peiimint raccAlinil . ... . nt the js t mir him "". fact that lie will never cotiie trick too trncic for words. We would glvr last clinnce to win if we could bring in luii.L- in lite Sirs. Chapman urrived in New York fonllntifil on Page flfleen, c'ol'iimn Onu ' MAN'S DEATH A MYSTERY Refused to Tell How He Received Fatal Gunshot Wounds Police nre investigating the death in I Hahnemann Hospital early today of James Thurston, thiily-six jears old. I of nrt" North Kleventh street, who was admitted Saturday night with gunshot wounds in the abdomen ami. left shoul der. According to tlie police, Thurston re turned home about 10 o'clock Saturday cn citing, faint from tlin wounds. He wos treated by a phyrf'?ian, who was unable to learn how the wounds were received. He was removed to the hos pital -and the police of the Tenth nnd Iluttonwood streets station notified. District Detectives SlcCormick ami Forgi were sent to the hospital and en deavored to question the wounded man, but without result, lie refused to talk and died this morning with the story still untold. Amateur Ball Player Killed by Thrown Ball Kalainazio, .Mich., Aug. 17. Carl .lager, umateur ball player of Plainwcll, Mich., tiled In a hospital here this morning of Injuries re ceived In a game Sunday. He wns hit on the head by a thrown ball nnd concussion ot the brain resulted, i Both Sides Reach Final Stage of Fight Confident of Victory LEGISLATURE CROWDED WITH RIVAL FACTIONS Second War of the Roses, as Flower-Bedecked Women Throng" Halls Ry the Associated Prs Nashville, Tcnn., Aug. 17. Debate on adoption of a resolution proposing ratification ot the federal suffrage amendment was opened today in the lower bouse of the Tennessee' Legisla ture with prospects of n vote within n few hours. The Sennte already has nilonted the ratification resolution. Standing room in the Tennessee I House of Representatives was at a 'premium when the House met. CVirri 1 tlors of the Cnnitol were crowded with those who arrived too late to squirm their wnv into the chamber. b,ut they 'rcmninedr" 1 The thousands of yellow roses worn by the sultrnglsts nutl crimson roses worn "by their antagonists and flowers of slrtiilnr hue displayed throughout the chamber and on the desks of the mem ber", nut n touch of color to the scene. 'It was a second "war of the roes" -ns one suffragist expressed it. I- l.t ..!!.. .... ,l, .., IK. ,,,,! iiiiiiiuuiv ii iiwu ,'u 111. 1 iiiiih .1 n.-.i resolution would make Tennessee the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amend ment and would give the ballot to the, women ot the entire country. Doth advocates and opponents of suffrage went Into the filial' stage of the fight with confidence. Lenders of the two factious made conflicting claims ns to the probable result of the vote, but they generally agreed that the re sult would be close. Speaker Seth Walker, leader of the ontl-suffrnge forces, predicted. In a decisive manner, thnt the amendment would be relccted. Suffrage advocates, h nlthough they admitted that five of the seven representatives from David son "county (Nashville), considered pledged to suffrage, bad gone over to the opposition, declared they were still confident of success.. Fifty votes is the constitutional luaiority neces snr for ratification. Masing their claim on polls, suffragists have con tended (lint fiftv-tliree ito sixt repre sentatives would vote for ratification. Raleigh. N. C.. Aug. 17. -(!h A. P.) Amid scenes which the state house has not witnessed possiblv since 'the tlas of the Civil War. the North wnere we are wining to Hy down political lives for it. We will, nt lcil have (imie our tluty by our part, stnte nnd nation. V will have kept tin faith to our American women." RECEIVER FOR PONZI Agreement Reached in Federal Court for Appointment Rostnn. Aug. 17. (Ry A. 1M - It U'fls m-rcco 111 the l nilnr.nl rnn,. I...1... 1 that Charles I'onzi's iiulck-ricb '," tl".., '"ron0lln Pers coticetle the scheme should be placed in receivel ship l'irnbilit of some organization among fur the benefit of the 10.000 nutstniid- i ,;ot,lons '' ' '"""'" ,m '""' f war. ing creditors whose claims run it,, j o h-ng as the nature of this plan is un severnl millions of dollars. Mlsclostd it is possible for ( ox to keep Counsel for Ponzl loineil uiili m.ii "" s".vll,K t,lllt they offer nothing con-tlonhr-reditors nnd AH r I ,ro,p t0 Vrwnt wnr. while he offers S Bi, ' T. ", en . :'?' ' something concrete, namely, the League inn was nuvtsatiie. but ailvanceil t possibility that Ponzl would proxe to be 1 . i fc.nlt'ntit' nffni nil tiwl hlI,i.,1 .. una. resentntion In tlie receivership. Judge Slortnn took under advisement the ipiestion whether one or three receivers lould be named. MAIL TRUCK HITS MAN i,,.,u . ct.,.r, . u ah ... r- w'H be offered as a substitute for the Victim Ie Struck js He Alights From'lp-u sillC(. Mr. Root: is credited with Trolley Condition Serious ! the authorship of the league plnnk upou Run down by n United Stotes mail . w,,.i,h,?Ir' '"'!'? "taud. Mr. Root truck os he was alighting front n tier- f ,s "? '""I'1-' working on the details of matitown avenue trollev cm- In Nice. , international court under the nus- town. James Flanigan. twenty u'ors ' old, of ii-tu .niniata street, is in a seri- I oils condition in St. Luke's Hospital with a crushed chest anil internal in juries. The accident occurred shortly before . midnight nt the intersection of Stnuhl street and fierniantown avenue. Ai Flnnlgan stepped from a southbound car the mail truck, traveling in the same tiirectlon. Knocked hi in down. ! t . 1. I -. " passing over nts uotiy. lie was taken i i"1"" "i"","" " ''".' imiiericci to the hospltnl in the patrol of the tier- . information exists regarding his pres nmntown nventio and Lycoming street ' entntlon of the issues which had to be polico station. i inadequately tlescribcd in tlie press. The driver of the truck. P. T. Pretis. ' fox Rather Ignoretl twenly-two years, tif ,'HI, Knr hnm .,., , i . i . , . ,, street. Slagistrate IDcts held him in ' '"' ' ," ,sc7"s '"i bn '" n-0t ?" ,K0 WOO bail for a further hearing. " M' t ",,"L L" CRUSHED TO DEATH DY CARS While on his way to work at tl:30 o'clock this morning, Ceorge Anton -veltch, forty years old, of 210 Wharton street, an emploje of the Newton Coal Co., tried to climb between two freight cars at Slcadow anil 'llnsker streets. A switching engine banged tho curs to getlier, nnd the man was crushed. He tiled on the way to the Methodist Hos pltnl. The body wuu taken to the morgue, TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES NEW YORK..0 0 PHILS (1st). rOi .. i - i 26 REPORTED KILLED IN RAILROAD ACCIDENT CHICAGO, Aug. 17, Railroad offices hero have p report that a Chicago, Gary and South Bend interurban train jumped the tracks at Portage Crossing, four miles westtpf South Bend, killing twenty-slx'passengcrs. v, HILL, OF ENGLAND, WON "800" IN 1.53 2-5 ANTWERP, Aug. 17. Hill, of England, won tho 800-metcr run from Earl Eby In 1 minute 53'2-5 seconds. Rudd, of England, was third; E. D. Mountain, of England, wns Tourth; Lieutenant Don Scott, 'of America, fifth, nnd A. B. Spro.tt, of America, sixth. Tbo time is more than 1 2-5 seconds slower than the world's lecord held by Ted Meredith. HARDING TO OFFER Early Announcement by G. 0. P. Nominee Expected to Weaken Cox's Issue IDEA CAREFULLY GUARDED Ry CLINTON W. CilLRKRT Stun Corrrpondfnt of the Kvenlna I'ulittr , Lftlcrr. I Cnpurlght, 1020, Vu Public ITedo'r '" Stnrlan. ()., An. 17. Senator Harding is to announce soon the out- ! line of his plan for nn international or ganization which he hopes to negotiate I as President after pear- with Ocrrnniiy I has been declared by concurrent rcsolu- I tion of Congress. He may describe this substitute for the League of Nations in the front porch speech which be is to mtike to present am former Ohio legislators on Thursday. He may announce it. Inter. It is only possible to guess, ns one of i the principles of the Slarion campaign is safety first. There must be no mis takes mnde which will jeopard the uni versally coucetletl advantage which tlie Republican party has In this election, 'and one of the principles of safety first ! seems to he thnt party plans should be ns carefully guarded in advance of i publication us n detlsion of the diked States Supremo Court. Therefore, all that enn be said is that itiotrinor Co- is mistaken in declaring! I mm nn I'liucrcic sugi'su"!' 101 .1 sun . stilute for the League of Nations ex ists in any Republican brain. There docs exist something in the concrete. It will he made public soon. Will Rob Cox of Advantage This will alter a situation which un biased political observers perceive is t,o the advantage of the Democratic party and which Coventor Cox. In his sprcches, is making tlie most of. The : Republicans, by promising to propose hopefully mi international I of Nations : that they propose delay l ,i I. Id. I... .tti,.,r,L. u Htliek action, with i. ..it. ... i.i ,.... -. .-- , Mich i'fscrntitiiisj to the covenant nsi 'will secure its prompt acceptance. I The Democrats have, been anxiously awaiting details of Sn'ator Harding's proposal, for they feel it may change. ' the whole character of the Leugtic of Nations issue. They have looked to I F.lihu Hoot to furnish the conception I nf nil ttitnt'iin t inlilll ni'i ciiTiinnt .l,i,.l. WS " tl!1:. ',,nKc "J n,ion.''. The publication of Sir. Harding's plan in tietaii win not ne in tiny sense a response Io Governor Cox's criti cisms, but rntlter an orderly develop ment In it conservative political pro gram A big political issue ctvuld not he left in the state in which this issue was left by Sir. Harding's speech of ac ceptance. As n matter of fact, not much aiieiuion mis m- pin t ncre to uox s in.MAliim tniAfiliACi rka:l utilff I.. KtosM.. lican plan to meet It. The belief is that be is running his head against u stone wall of ii ii 1 1 - Democratic sentiment, al though the political resourcefulness of the Democratic candidate Is freely con ceded. The utmost confidence prevails. The . lack of accurate and detailed Infnriua- I IU.. i.l... ill It... f'nv ui.n....l. III..., ..... in. ii ,,,.,. u ,,i- ...a iMi-vu iiiu.-iiruic.i this confidence. If t ox were more feared he would be closer watched. For example, Marlon did not know yrster- Contlnurd en Pnpe four. Column Two WORLD PEACE PLAN (EXPLOSION STARTS V 'MOVIE ROW FIRE $275,000 Loss Results From Blast in Film Storerooms at 12th and Vine Streets THREE FIREMEN INJURED Three firemen were injured, thou niMs of reels of motion pictures tie slroyed nnd three four-story' Jmlldlngs badly damaged when fire, resulting from itn explosion in n "In: stnrrroom rtt the Masterpiece Film Co., 2S5B Vine street, at 2:40 o'clock this morning swept. a section of "motion picture row." The injured firemen are : I James Ferguson. Kngine Company No. 'JO: fell through skylight, suffering severe cuts of the left nrin and side ; taken to Hahnemann Hospital. Frank Smith. Company No. IS. over- come hv smoke; taken to Hahnemann Hospital, whete he was removed. William SIcSIanus, Kngine Company No. 1S overcome by smoke: nt .leffer- i son Hospital. Total Loss'S27.-),00(l , The total los to stock and buildings i was SU7.".()0(). The loss in films to the Masterpiece Film Co. was plttced today at 100.000. with no insurance, and the dnmngc to the building estimated at S.-1O.OOO. The Consolidated Pictures, nt 1".'7 Vine street, reported a trifling loss, but the damage to the building was placed at S.'O MOO. A Iocs of S.'O, (MM) in films is reported by the manager of the Fconomy Picture orporution. at l-.'!7 Vine street, but he had no estimate of the film loss. The United Picture Co . at l'':'..". Vine street, reports Sl'.'i.OIIO loss. The fire wa tlNcoxereil short Ij befoie ., o cluck when .Dannie! Itiirnum. a watchman, employed bj the Slnster plece Film Co. making his round on the first floor of the building, heard it terrific explosion on nn upper floor. Rushing upitlie stairwa. lie found the film storage room on the fourth floor ugreenient'nbhiTie mid explosion after explosion each t eel inclined a the Ilium", lenehci of film. Hurmnn hitrriedlj turned in nn alarm and on the arrival of the lirt lompnuy of firefighters a second alarm was turn ed in. Slolioii-piclure row at this point on Vine struct ,.,nt,i.!.i..i .. 1.1.. ..I. ..r f.....- storv brick luilblincs -n,',, rs. 'plosion of the stored filth threw damlin: celluloid (lirough the skj light and to the roofs of the adjoining buildings. As the flame burned through the roof of the twiKstructiire on eithi r side of the .Masterpiece Co.' stori'inoms lilnis. siorcil o;i the upper floors, were reached and destrojed. Falls Throiigh Shy light The fire wns placed under control after several hours The titemen ex perienced considerable Double in reach ing the center of the flames, due to the continuous explosions. James Ferguson, of Fticiuc Cnmtmnv No. HO. was injured when be fell ' through a skylight while eudeaoi iug to nit a hole through the wired clas, in the roof of the building at IlKW Vine street. He was rescued by com rades before he fell into the flaming celluloid below. He was takrit to the Hahnemann Hospital, where his injuries were found to be of a minor nature. The three buildings damaged bv the flames are occupied by the following companies; United Theatre Kquipmcnt Co., National Poster Co., Peim Poster Co., Count Film Co.. Consoliduteti Film Kxehnnge, !. W. Rraileubnugb, film broker, nnd the Nntionnl Film Co. The Slasterplece Film Co. suffered the greutcst lesa. Safety Vaults Withstand Flames The films destroyed by the flumes were all stored in tlm open on tlte top floor of the damaged building. F.uch building also has u large safety vault in which films lire nlso stored; Nmn of these were touched by the flame and their contents nre believed to be uiidnm aged, except by tlte seepage of water According to the officials of the film companies all of these vaults were filled anil the rrels stored in the outer room were old releases for which the; had uo other places, V r RRFAK RANS '' GRIP ON WARSAW; r Bolshevik Forces Reported Fall-j j ing Back in Confusion at Many Points FRENCH OFFICERS TAKING f PART IN CAPITAL'S DEFENSE - ' '$ Airplanes, Tanks and Big Gi)n Brought to Play Against T Invaders By the Associated Press Warsaw, Aug. 17. The RuasTa pressure upon Warsaw has been', re lieved, according to tho" official' Pti lish communique, just issued. Thv statement reported that General PH sudBki directed the counter-strolt1 that effected thi3 relief. . Allied officers here declare that the' Soviet hold upon the gates of Wary, saw has been completely broken'. The Polish counter-offensive in de clared to be in full sway at various points with the Soviet forces falling back in confusion. , I Today's official statement says th i Bolsheviki, who had planned to" cross , the Vistula southeast of Warsaw, Inj. the region of Maciejowice, thfrtyj' five miles from the capital, were forced back. The right wing of the Fourth Polish army, in breaking the1 Soviet resistance at Kock; thirty-two miles south of Sicdlcs, took 2CK Russians prisoners and capturedohe cannon and fourteen machine inina. Jf 77 The communique announces that. the' "? roles in following up their countrMrf(iJ;j fensive to relieve the prrssure.op WfS??jr't sltaw have advanced along ' thcTciijHTOI northern front. Tliev hnve nnnltd ttm' Russianx hevnnil flic Wrrn river.. lAfil' MS regained Ciechanow. the Soviet force retreating while Polish aviator fired on them with machine guns. Fighting continues In the region of Radzytnln, to the northeast of arsaw The fire department has been called into service to aid in caring for the wounded. Hose wagons and other ap paratus meet ambulances at Praga, atj-oss tlie tstultt. There were renewed signs that the French were taking a more promi nent part in the guidance of tho (Po lish army, (ieneral Weygantl is said to be responsible for the new tactic now being employed to repel the in wtders. Modern Implements in Use , , Modern implements of war tin tin allied of in the tlujs ofKoscluzlto and other defender of Warsaw have beep brought into play. Airplanes Avern sailing away today on bombing TJiftli upon the Soviet forces, tanks which had seen service in France and cannon which with one shot could shatter some of Warsaw's buildings, which havo stood more than ."0 jear. There were ' also armored speed boats on the Vis tula, urmi'd with machine guusf.the' dreml of modern day soldiers. Implement of these types are not here in gioat numbers, but there are some, with other types in addition, many of which 'wcie supplied by the Allies ac cording Io agreement. Tanks crept through the sttects, heartening thft population. At intervals, too, marched fresh infantry just from the training quintet. Detachment of gaily attired Inncers of the kind which is famous in Polish history passed through to the front, singing. The were mounted on burses, some of which a few weeks ago were dragging carriage about the streets of the citj the lancer were going to de fend. At the foreign office it wns said this afternoon that nothing had been neard from .Minsk in reply to lie wirclcMi note of Prince Snpieha, the foreign niinistc", but that George Tchitcherliti the Soviet foreign minister, had sent a wireless message saying that newspaper correspondents would be admitted "with limitation of liberty." Many of th American. Kiiglish. French, Italian and. Spanish correspondents decided not ip lake advantage of Tchitcherin's ho pitality ami will remain in Warsaw. V Great numbers of Russian Bov'it' prisoner have reached Warsaw, somci , of whom had been in battle a few hours" before. Tliej came in groups of twenty1' or thlit ami sometime in droves of hundreds and attracted crowds of the, capital's residents. The prisoners went uniformed in dull ash -colored jumpers Contlniiril nn Piiie Tno, Column TUiim $7000 IN CLOTH STOLEN' Robbers Used Motortruck to Cart Loot From Mills Motortruck jobbers obtained (7000 worth of loth at the llrigbton Wnrnted Mills at I) mid Tioga streets early to day. The lobberj wit dlscoveied at 4 o'clock bj W. H. Weint, of ;ili:i Arber street, night watchman at (be HrlghteH mills, whose attention was attracted' by n current of cool air tut the first fior. He found n window ami screen IiikJ been removed In tlie stockroom, facing the drivewuj of the mill. The lubbers obtained tnenfy-one rolls of cloth used In the manufacture of shoe -tops it mi nix uoits ot raincoat cloth, ' m r. Tracks on the concrete paving iedl- f cntcd a motortruck had been driven ttt.jf the mill ard autl backed against aae H?t opened window. .nf.; r-..a '4 ")$ ,'( , V . 'O x mmim(42! f & W tf .,L iisi. ifatmtfk$M4Mtilk ?v" t. &
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