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VOL. VIA-NO. 288
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cWrtiht. 1820, by Publlo LUer Company.
PRICE TWO CENTS "ii
Under ths Act of March 3, 187D. i '
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PHILADELPHIA,-TUESDAY, AUGUSTU7, 1920
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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 ..
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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
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RRFAK RANS
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GRIP ON WARSAW;
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Bolshevik Forces Reported Fall-j j
ing Back in Confusion at
Many Points
FRENCH OFFICERS TAKING f
PART IN CAPITAL'S DEFENSE
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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.
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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.;
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