"g" H . r,. .' n I 44. K KJ y lr'W&ii 2V."UW f-SKl '.3M wm& i mm;1 ".SlUJfc'W 11 J'4.j7fl i'V'rl""! ilVvVW -. '" 'Vi , Vl mm wmw k&i ."'l-, ' . L o' MAYOR 10 EXPOSE Misuse of City-Ownod Sitos 13 aid to Bo Exposed in Re- port of Special Committee LEGAL ACTION PROMISED A renort said lo back up Mayor Moore's charges of misuse of pity prop erty ban boon placed In tho hands of Mayor Moore nml he promises n sensa tion -when lie reveals It. probably nt the end of Ills mention, which began lost night. The report wns compiled by Dr. 11. It., Wright. Jr.. and n committee- of negroes. It embraces the btook bounded by Tenth. Eleventh. Lombard and South street. Tho Investigation has been going on since John Arthur wan removed as chief of the Bureau of City Property. The Mayor's statement, in part, fol lows : "The Mayor took the report away with him and may not authorize its publication until his return. It Is known, however, that City Solicitor Bmyth and others close to the Mayor. Including Director Onvcn. have been in consultation with the Mayor for some time concerning both the legal and physical aspects of the problem of city owned properties, and that apart from tho manner In which many of them were acquired under the old political system, a real sensation is forthcoming con cerning the use to which these proper ties have been put. On one or two occasions the Mayor has been quoted ns saying tlint the city owned more than $100,000,000 worth (assessed value) of property and that much of it was not needed for city purposes. lie has contended that the city loses on both ends of the trans action; that it releases the property owner from tho payment of taxes and thus cuts down tho city revenue, nnd that it is chargeable with loss on main tenar.ee. nnd that repairs upon un profitable property become a heavy charge upon the taxpayers. "At a recent conference of prominent citizens, both men and women, the Mayor made some references to his in quiries and snld he hoped soon to make known facts which would show how corrupt political machines are built up and maintained. In the present in stance, after making his own inquiries la a neighborhood thickly populated by colored people, the Mayor has gone to aome of the representatives of that race for ndvice. and if reports concerning the information now In his hands be ! tue inmrmniion now in ins nanus De iruc. man oi m Bus.:.u imv u.. C0?,A,ni - .u u ui i ir It is altogether probable the Mayor will begin an open inquiry in advance of action contemplated by him on his I return to the city. I TRANSIT DECISION Krniirrn i .m.u.vi.u. I I1UI loll I I UUf illlsf I La rMir- iim rr-pT"r-flPM-rA tueen Morgnntown and tnirview, make DUE N SEPTEMBER u"c of !t- Mo6t of thosi" p"ons, nko lul. in oli i imuLi,tho llnfortunato victima o tbe tragcdyf - I live in Fnirview. Failure of Public Service Board to Pass on P. R. T. Petition Causes Speculation Failure of the Public Service Com- Mt..i.. x. -i. -! .. n.uuH of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. . "lent almost too horrible to duel! upon, for permission to withdraw its increased I , A I .have not jet completed my fare schedules has caused no end of investigation. I am at this moment un apeculation regarding the transit con-1 able to say anything definite aa to who troversy I vas actually responsible. The commission cannot act on the, , "It is now our duty to see that every company's petition until its next exeeu- . thing possible is done to prevent such Hve session. September 7. Those who I catastrophes in the future. profess to be conversant with P R. T. "We must impress it upon the rail affairs say it was the company's inten- roads that it is their duty to guard the Hon to withdraw its present petition public no matter what the cost. If leg and substitute one which seeks a higher 1 'slation is needed procure it and abol Btrnight fare. ! Ish the death traps at any cost. The commission acted favorably on The movor said he would make his the company's petition to abolish trans fers on its surface line from Sixty- third to Sixty-ninth street. Westbound riders may reach Sixtv-ninth street at the cost of a five-cent fare by using the aout'h Jersey points may result from the elevated line. I rrnsing tragedv. The jitneys are On account of henv trading in Rapid cnrrying hundreds of persons daily and Transit stock during the last few days tlf ,'rjv(,r. nre not always careful, pas a report has been circulated that certain angers say. frequently taking chances local interests are acquiring the stock to .)aHS stroot cars jn motion. for the purpose of gaining control of Ti ., Vinn, the company. This was denied bv those It was the eagerness oM Inccnzo acqualn ed with transit affair-. Who sav Strattoni. driver of 1 the nutobus to go that those who are buying and -oiling ", ' MorSan rt!Mtf J".",, eatraCxh0P,nR ' ,l0,,Rt, ,h f"IOrnl "" ' Hdenf W&ZTVZ? told kroner James Gay Gordon, who hn discussed Uentloy. of Camden, transit matters with tho Mnvor, called at his office In Citj Hall todaj and r?OSSV(7 ACCIDENT found Mr. Moore was out of the city. OflLOOf .'Lr 'WW'J MITTEN TO HOLD DINNER Transit and City Officials Invited by P. R. T. Head Invitations were reeciorl toda b nfflclnls of tho I'hil.'irlelnhin Tlnnlil Transit Co. and proinlnmt men to dinner to bo given by Thomas K. Mit tan I' I? 'I' nri.eiffonf nt U'l n . Grove Cacino. Wednesday ivening -t next nock. Tho inwtation-, i-UMl in t'.ie name of Mr. Mitten announce the alTair a- tli" "President's dinner." It will be giwn in conjunction ith the annual picnic to transit compary emploje at Willo.v Grove. Acrrniwanvins oii'-h invitation i a pamphlet containing nw -paper ' Mutei; heiV v"?n,,M.'. , the efforts maile b Mr. Mitten to re- habilitate the cnmpain. Governor Sproul ami Minor Moore' nre understood to lme rceird uiMta tlnns. of which .".00 were issim , In transit circles it was said Mr Mitten would have an important meagi l deliver nt the dinner which .isitu.is for the invitations to public ,fln ml- 3 HURT IN ODD ACCIDENTS Motorcar, Beans and Coffee Send People to Hospital , . . . ... Fractured limbs and inmred linger - sent three patients to the (.ermantown Hospital yesterday, tlie victims of freakish nnd peculiar incident., during tlie any. Charles Kinley. of 1 101'." Germantoun avenue, was cranking nn auiomomie, when the crank slipped, or the flivver left the ground, or something, but the net Tesult was that Finley's forearm was broken The second patient was Jennie Kck ert, who lives at fio.'i.'t Devon street. She started to cook dinner je-terday. when a can of beans she wns opening behaved iu a fractious manner, ilvr rlkht hand wns cut. Ardello Mlskele is onip!ood at a grocery store at (Jerniantoivn avenue nnd Sharpnack street. He was grind ing KOino coffee yesterday in the mill, when his hand was caught in the ma chinery. He suffered a fructured tiu jtcr. Mlskele lives at OT-'O llermantown nyeaue. Elks to Meet In Johnstown in 1921 Alltnlowii. Pa.. Aug. 2-1. Johnstown va Selected as the 1021 1, P I) K, convention cUi" t the business hesslon 1 r ' ;"1 ' g , , ,VJ . ,l I' 6. ..Ltt .- " M'iJfi -vjj jPpM'i 5J M ixtzs-wsmsB&isimxsmm; DOKOTIIEA STHKEKEIt Two-year-old child of Mr. nnd Mrs. William A. St reciter, Camden, who was killed with her parents when tho autobus was struck by an express train In Camden, Sunday Crash May Doom Death Crossings Continued from I'nue One dents in the Inst fifteen years. Thirty six persons were killed In the last nine months. Mayor Orders Inquiry Mayor Ellis, of Camden, has an nounced his determination to go to the bottom of the charge there ha been no coroner's inquest in Camden county in the Inst fifteen years. "Of course." said M. Ellis, "the work of the coroner's office is entirely out of my hands. It realiv rests with the county board of freeholders to check up on the work of the coroner, but It does seem terrible that there have been no inquests in Camden county in nil Hint time. "The only thing I can do now is to recommend the council chamber to in sist on the railroads taking every pre caution necessary to prevent further sacrifices of human life. This I will do in tho most earnest manner .pos sible, as I realize, as do the rest of the people, that the time has come for us to demand such protection. "M.v particular attention to the Mor gan street grade crossing wns attracted on the first of the month, following two accidents, which sub-equently resulted in the deaths of one or more persons. My attention was called by a letter written to me by our rhie o E A Gravenor. who notified me of the increased traffic over this crossing since thp road t0 FnlrvIcw ,ind bec lm. proved ' no.lt Muoh Vse Now Y gcp fcw I road was rarely used on account of it& rickety condition. Since it had been ' paved some 7000 persons, divided be- "Upon receipt of the letter I imme diately wrote to J. E Turk, superln I tendeut of the Atlantic City Railroad 1 Co.. demanding that protection of some sort be given persons using that road. A in tho past, my request was granted in the form of the immediate placing of I i gates. 1'nfortunntelv. these gates. I i am informed, were not in good working order anil the remit t is another acci- appeal to Camden Council on Thursday, at the monthly meeting. A nnir set of regulations for the hit, - imslness hetwnen Camden and IN GLASSBORO PROBED A grade crossing nt Olassboro, X. J., is under investigation as tho result of a rroh !a-t night between an automobile and an electric train on the West Jersey aland Seashore Railroad. l and Mrs. Howard Iszard. of Crlns-bnrn. wero in the automobile. The nudum was wrecked. Mrs Iszard's arm uhs broken and her husband was 1 nt and liruised The accident occurred uhili iliy were driving home. They iit removed tn the West Jersey Humiopathio Hospital nt Camden, where several of the victims of the Morg.ui -ricci grade crossing Here taken t- Ti' 1.. - SOLVENT. P0NZI INSISTS Says His Assets Are "Pretty Near Millions" FouP iV""0"8 lloston. Aug. 21 ( IVv A I' I Charles I'otizi toda placed the liabili ties which he incurred in the promotion of his international po-tnl coupon scheme at between S3.000.0UO and Sl. (l(M).(KHi and. iHT-isting In his claim that ho is solvent, -nid his a-setfl would run tn "pretty near .?4.000.0(rt)." r With a smile, he uilmittetl that lie md no stock of international repl , coupon-. Inch he had claimed were the 'medium bv which lie was rolling up ' tmil(ni(ms prohts for his investors and , . .. The get rw li-qnick financier was to-.tif ini? acaln at the hearings con ducted bj the federal receivers or his defunct business I'nu.i - oung wife appeared for ttie fir-t time, and .Mis Lucy Meli, eighteen years old. who was his office manager, was in the court room nuder summons to uppear as a witne-s. PoiirI said that most of his as.ets were on deposit with the Ilimovor Trust Co . either on his drawing accounts or in safitj deposit bnve. This Institu tion has been closed by tho state bairn comisslnner on the ground that its capital ns impaired in connection with Ponzt operations - - - Will Vote on Public Ownership Toledo. .. Aug. 21 l By A. P. I - Municipal ownership uf Toledo's Htreet car system ugaln will be submitted to a vote of tlie people at the November election. Council last night ordered the Ihsiio which was defeated on August 10 by a vote of nearly two to one, placed on tlie ballot along with a servlce-at-cost franchise ordinance which nlso wan approved. ' i EVENING PUBLIC ARCHERY TOURNEY AI WAYNE I0DAY Fortieth National Event At tracts Big Entry List From All Parts of Country The fortieth nnnunl tournament of the National Archery Associatton of the United States is being held on the ath letic field of St. Luke's School, at Wayne, Pa. The shooting will be gin at 10 and at 2 o'clock each day. The first event began this morning. About fifty nrcliers will be present, representing the best toxophilltic skill i of the country. One of the most in- I terc'tlng persons entered is Homer S. Taylor, of Greenfield, Mass., who was present nt tho first tournament, held in 1 1S70. and whojs still shooting among the leaders, Last fall ho won the ehonipioiiHhip of the Eastern Archery Association. Few sports can be prac ticed through such a range of yenrs; for instnnce, when Richard Ashby, of Miami, Fin., who is nearly nn octogen arian, contested with William II. Pal mer. Jr.. who is still in knickerbockers. The field officers are It. I'. Elmers, M. D.. captain: Mrs. John Dunlop, Jr.. lady paramount; Lance E. Booth, master of the green ; O. It. Gudebrod, tallyman ; William II. Palmer, Jr., purser. PREDICTS BIGGEST ....... . . . r-r. "till Mm. Hyntt and her children were NAVY FOR AMERICAirS I First Services Held Today Recruiting Officer Here Says U. S. Program Will Put Old Glory Above All In four yenrs the United Stntes will have the most powerful nnvy in the world, according to Captain F. it. Xaile. U. S. X.. in chnrge of nnvnl recruiting for tho district of Philadel phia, in a recent nimenl for more stu dents to fill the chivies of the great trade school that are now being main- tained by the navy to meet its growing need for skilled mechanics and artisans. In 1D2. the United States will nave the most powerful now in the world." he declared. "It will embrace sixteen first-class capital ships mounting six-teen-lnch guns. In ndditlon there will be eleven battleships mounting four teen -inch guns, our destroyer force i nlready tho largest and most powerful in the world, embracing 300 of the fastest and largest destroyers over built with speed ranges from eleven to fifty miles an hour. Cnptain Xaile. in his campaign fo.4 recruits, has put fortli the great trade schools ut the navy as a cogent reason why the young men of the nation should consider the navy as a serious career with ns ninny advantages, financial nnd otherwise, ns arc to be encountered in outside lines of Industry. The schools of the navy have now a greater student attendance thun any other educational institution in the world according to statistics: exclusive of the training stations, where there nre 20, IKK) young men learning the rudiments of navy life and regulations, there aro trade schools teaching thirty different specialized trndes with a com bined roll of Il,:t00 students. Tttse are the sources of the navy s Hnn,,(i ,nPn." declared Captain Xnile. 'Whtrr previous service in the navy was once a qualincation ior entrance Into these schools, n man may now en list for two or three jeers and imme diately be sent to whatever one he may choose." BAPTIST ASSEMBLY OPENS 250 Eastern Pennsylvania Delegates Meet at Collegevllle Collegeville. Pa.. Aug. 2-1 With 2.'0 delegates present, the annual summer assembly of the Kastern Pennsylvania Baptist' Hible Schools and Young Peo ples' Societv opened nt Collegeville this morning. The sessions are being held at t'rsinus College. The Haptist conference will be in ses sion tlie remainder of tlie week. It is the last of a series extending over a period of a month. The opening con ference was a nonsectnrian assembly. Following were conferences of the Re formed Church of America and the Methodist Missionary Association. The speakers this week include : Dr. Milton G. Kvnns. president of Cro zer Theological Seminary. I'plnnd. Pa. ; Miss Helen Crissman. Philadelphia, field secretary of the Haptist World wide Guild: Rev. Thomas 11. Frisoll. Philadelphia, n director of the American Baptist publication committee: Dr. Francis II Green, professor of English literature nt West Chester State Xonnal School; Rev. Thnnias W. Young. Phila delphia, director of Baptist vacation and recreational work ; Rev. Sumner Zinton, traveling secretary of tho Inter church Movement ; Mrs. P. K. Pinkham. Germantown, director of Young people's work: Rev. George C. Ilorter. nastor of the Eleventh Baptist Church. Phila delphia, who is eaii of the assembly conference: Rev. A. E. Hurrar. Pitts burgh, president of the Unptist Bible School and Young People's Board of Pennsylvania; Dr. II. J. Houmau, Pittsburgh. HIKER'S TRIP HALTED New Yorker Will Not Build Bonfire for Three Months at Least Fred Smith. twont-fivo jenrs old, giving nn address on 1'ast 120th street. S'ew York, was sent tn the House of Correction for three months today by Magistrate Price at the Branchtown police station. Smith was ancsted by Mounted Pa trolman Schwartz, early today at Rising, Hun lane nnd Roosevelt boulevard. Schwartz said lie was several blocks away and noticed a glnro in the sky. On investigation he found a large tree otire with Smith sleeping peacefully under it. ills nalr was singed ns Schwartz pulled him nwav and arrested him. Smith declared he made the (iro to keep warm last night. c said he was walking from Ohio to his home in New York. RAISE FERRY MOTOR RATE Five-Passenger Cars to Pay Thirty six Cents on Reading Boats Beginning next Thursday there will be an increase in tho rater, for auto moh(.H rrnbslng on tho Reading ferries between Camden and Philadelphia Five -passenger automobiles now pay twenty-six cents, while under the new rate thej will pay thirt -ix cents. Motorists ore beini: informed now of the Increase when they cross on the (ferry. The distance on the Beading ! ferry across tlie river is ninrn than twice ,as long us tho Pennsylvania ferries and probably tiiat is the causo of tho in crease. 210 War Prisoners Killed Iondon, Aug. 24--Two hundred and ten Hungarian prisoners of war were killed recently nt Hcrmann-Htadt, Transylvania, jvhen they attacked Ru manian guards, says a dispatch, from that city to the IJaily Herald. LEDGER PHlLAi)JEtlyfiI A, TUESDAY, FATHER WILL SEE HIS BABY FIRST TIME AT ITS FUNERAL Patty Officcz in Navy Hastening for Wife and Child, Killed Theodore M. Hyatt, chief petty officer aboard tho battleship Idaho, Is speeding across tho continent to be nt the fu neral of his wife, Elizabeth, and ten-months-old son. Quentlti, who wero killed in the Cnmtlcn grade crossing tragedy 8unday night. Hyatt is expected lo reach his home, at 2700 Constitution road. Fnlrvlcw, X. J., Saturday. Mrs. Ida Wadsworth. mother of Mrs. Hyatt, telegraphed tho details of the tragedy last ulght and this morning a reply was received from Hyatt sayfng he wns starting Immedi ately from Pugct Sound, Calif. Hyatt has never seen his son Qucn tln. Ho Railed with the Idaho two months before the baby was born. Xeighbors today recalled how tho mother of tl-o child, n handsome woman, wno was found dead with the baby In her arms, had been teaching Quentin to say da da," in anticipation of his itnddy'a homecoming. A llttlo boy nnd girl, blondc-hnlred nnd pretty, surviving children of Mrs. Hyatt, began realizing today they would never sec their mother again. They aro Bruce, two-and-a-half years, and Elennor, five. "Where is mamma?" Eleanor asked her grandmother, Mrs. Wadsworth, who is taking care of her and her little brother. The grandmother could scarcely keep back the tears when she replied, "Your mother Is ijnne." The crandmother The first burial service for any of the grado crossing victims will be held this afternoon, when short services will be conducted for Percy (Junn. 15") Minnesota road, Fairvlcw, n drafts man nt the Xcw York shipyard. The services will be at the under taking establishment of Flthinn Rim mom. .'100 Market street. Camden, ut C:.'J0 o'cltck. Gunn's wife arrived nt Fnirview tills morning from Fortress Monroe. Va. With her were her son and n brother. William E. Frisbie, a sergeant-major 5 the United States army, stationed nt Portress Monroe. The Itcv. Carroll M. Hiircke. rector 0f the Church of the Ascension, Glou- rcster. will conduct the wunn burial service. Employes of the drafting BELFAST SCENE ' Unionists and Sinn Fein Re new Rioting in City's Streets 70 LISBURN HOUSES BURN By tho Associated Press Belfast. Aug. 24. Rioting was re newed hero Inst night, the most men- lacing disorder being n collision between the Pnionists and Sinn Foiuers In Bnl- Ivinacarrctt, on the enst side of the River I.agan. Shortly after 8 o clock the opposing crowds met in Blyson and Kilmoren streets, where shooting nnd stone-(browing occurred. The police eventually succeeded in dispersing the rioters by n baton chnrge. Polices forces, who later wero re enforced by soldiers, also dispersed crowds which attacked two shops iu Montrose street. Llsburn, Ireland, Aug. 21. (By A. P.) Last night's burnings and lootings of Xntlonalist property by Loyalists in reprisal for the murder of Police In spector Swanz on Sunday were the worst Llsburn lias experienced. The fire brigade wns unable to cope with the outbreaks. Some seventy prom ises wero in ruins today and the dam nee wns estimated at ."00.000. Ap peals have been i-sued to tlie people to remain on tne streets at mgai. Dublin. Auc 24. (By A. P.) A conference of Irish Moderates, called to enable every shade of the homo rule sentiment to unite in n statement to Premier IJnjd George relative to the future government of the island, opened here nt noon today. Those in attend ance included manj old men and a num ber of women, with a scattering of Catholic priests, who wero not taking part in the proceedings, but were inter ested listeners. A resolution wns put forward declar ing it to be tho conviction of the con ference thnt it is "possible for the Brit ish Government to secure pence in Ire land by nn immediate and a binding offer of full national self-government, to be accepted or rejected by specially elected representatives of tho people of Ireland, upon whom should be laid the task of adoptinc new constitutions suit able to the special requirement of Ire land or of am part thereof requiring special tnatniont " Among the leading speakers in sup port of tho resolution wero Lord Mnc Donnell and Sir Stanley Harrington. One Interrupter repeatedly called : "Ireland is not a colony; it is a na tion." Two policemen siood nt the door di recting ticket takers. The hall itself wns carefullv guarded by Republican volunteers. Every speaker declared Ire land wnnted peace. London. Aug 21. (By A. P.) Lord Mayor Teraiue MacSweeny, of Cork, who has refused food since he was ar rested iu Cork on a charge of sedition thirteen da ago. wns reported in an i'Xtreinel critical state this morning, although conicious. Lord Minor Mac- Sweeny is in Brixton iail here follow ing his lonvlction on tlie sedition charge, lie reteiated today his deter mination not to take food until he is released. MacSweenv's condition is said to bo such that he could not be removed even If the authorities authorized Ills Imme diate release, but lie stated that if a written outer of release were given he would take food in prison until ho was able to lie removed. At tlie homo office this morning it wns said the decision of the government had not been altered and MacSweeny would not be released. Ixmdoii, Aug. 2.'t. A large number of the rojnl Irish constabulary at Dub lin, informed the cmnmaudant toduy that the were unwilling to bo used to suppress political opinion, says the. Dublin correspondent of tho Central News. They tool, off tliolr uniforms nnd left the depot in civilian clothes. ITIiIh is the first time the lojalty or morale uf tho Irlsli police lias been reported affected by the growing ills orders In Ireland. Tlie constabulary has naturally suffered morn heavily from Hlnu Fein terrorism than any other class in Ireland, but ttielr prac tlce hitherto has been to Indulge ln reprisals rather than resign. OF NEW DISORDERS! IN BOOTLEG KILLING . i Froih California for Services in Camden Train Smash department of the Xew York shipyard will attend in n body. Gunn's body will be taken to Fortress Monroo for burial. Cornelius Collins, of rsewark, is. .r father of Mrs. HojsoI Dalton, who was killed, together with her baby Elleeu, reached the Dalton home nt 1000 Col lings road, today, and began preparing for their burial. James Dalton. the husband, has not been told of the death of his wife and child. Ho is in the Cooper Hospital In n serious condition. Dalton regained consciousness last night and asked for his wlfo and baby. He was told "they would be looked up," and this seemed to satisfy him. He Is suffering from n possible fractured skull and internal injuries. Mrs. Dalton nnd her child Eileen probably will be taken to Newark for burial. Baby Died, 'Parents In Hospital The body of the fourtecn-month-old Kenneth Stafford, who died In the Cooper Hospital yestcrda.v morniug on n col near his parents, Mr. und Mrs. Robert A. Stafford, has" been taken In chnrge by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilde, parents of Mrs. Stafford. They came on from Ualtlmore. their home, where the Staffords lived formerly. Baby Kenneth Is to be buried in Ualtlmore.. The Staf ford homo at 2804 Constitution road, is closed. The bodies of William A. Streeker. his wife Alice and two-year-old dauchtcr. Dorothea, arc lu the under taking establishment of Frank Foster at Colllngswood. Tney nave been taken in charge by Mrs. Emma Bath, eighty years old, a widow and mother of Mrs. Streeker. The entire Streeker family was wined out Uv tho crosslne traccdv. and Mrs. Rath Is the only living relative in tills section. She lives at Asbury Pork, X. J., and will have the bodies of her daughter, son-in-lnw and granddaugh ter taken there for burinl. The funeral of Vinccnzo Strattoni, driver of the autobus, will be heldto morrow from the undertaking establish ment of Tony Mecca, on Fourth street, Camden. Fnirview, where nil but Strattoni lived, is in mourning today. The cross ing tragedy hangs like n pall over the shipbuilding village inhabitants. Grief over the nffair is the more poignant be cause eight of the ten victims were members of four families. ARREST EXPECTED Dry Agent Is Still Under Sus picion Several Witnesses Are Questioned SHEVLIN IS INVESTIGATING"'? Z:" )T tp Z'T Xew York, Aug. 24. Police Captain Frank A. Pcabody, who has been in chnrge of the police investigation of the murder of Frederick P. Eckrrt, or Bob crt Eckett, the "bootlegger" who was killed on Staten Island Friday night or Saturday morning, snid last night that n federal prohibition agent was under suspicion. Severnl witnesses were ques tioned yesterday. An arrest is expected shortly. The witness deemed the most impor tant was Alexander Solomon, n truck -mnn, Manhattan, who hnd been named early in the investigation by the widow of the murdered man nnd by others. Solomon was alleged to have met sev eral men iu Manhattan on Friday night in tiio automobile in which the body of Eckert was found on the following morning. The other three witnesses were "Mike" Shuie, n sallonkeeper of Orange ; Frank Connors, a hackmau of Orange, and "Mike" Benedito. nn ex pressman of the same place. They are supposed to have been business asso ciates of Lrkert. The detectives apparently made no effort during yesterday to question the two federal prohibition agents who were1 uiriuni'ii ii uuiiik uiuuiiK me nshoriiue of Eekcrt in highway robberies of whisky dealers and the retail dKtrilm- tlon of the plunder. Supervising Frdernl Prohibition 1 Agent James .Shevlin said yesterday that a thorough investigation of tlie ' """r -N sdiwonk. Jr , hit x iiroad st . nli?lit whlskv trnfiie on Krnfmi Klnml . nn'' Marin 11. Jturdel. HIT X. llroad at. nih iu wiuskj iramc on iaiun islam un i: .stone, aw I N. !M at., und Sarah and in .New .Jersey wns in progress, anil ltn-en 'jwt n :m at thnt rumors reflecting on members of . J-' MJ !'- U'h "' "i Souhla his force would be traced to the hot- rredVri?k KlVdelicb. Heading1." I'a . and Jen torn. lie left early yesterday for Wash-I "l" v. Hpuhler IMSO Mascher at. Intrtnn where a irenernl nverhnnllni n( Kd.ir1 J Donecun, roIIInKswoort. N. J.. mi in t UPneTa t, "I" .K ff nnd ISliabcth M Olllerly. 0T1 Kimball at. prohibition enforcement motliods is in , 1'nul Kord. lsos Naudaln at., and Julia progress in the internal revenue office, in' :'i-'0 ' P-uk Bvr which has been Hooded with coninlnints M..,liLn..V,,'...?Wv-'en",it0Vv Hnd that federal agents establish them-elve- l?,Sr s.loH.hKh br,?CHH ;',h tl"' liquor stocks which they capture in raids. a-.i e i- ...!. .., "'' "' iwii's-cs quosiiniioil iiy .ui-. .iiuiiny wns n .ev lorn no liceman. who said that ho had henrn Kckert. while a prisoner In the Tombs. I say : "I am going to squeal on those drv ngent if they don't come to the front for me." From another witness the authorities heard a story that Kckert had on one occasion, while moving a shipment of whisky in Staten Island, been forced to pay tribute of S7!"i0 to one federal agent and $2.10 to another. "Kckert was a tool in the hand- of clever men." Mr. Molloy said. "Tliev probably were afraid that lie wns about to squeal on them, after he was re leased, and it was necessary for their own preservation to make away with nini He added that ho had learned that Kekeit, when he took part in raids nn whisky smugglers, sometimes represent ed himself as a federal agent nnd ex hibited a shield of the Internal Revenue Department. "Among other things," said Mr Mol Joy, "he showed a bogus telegram pin porting to nppoint him a prohibition en forcement agent and signed 'Shevlin.' " Charles Kane, owner of tlie nutonio bile in which the murdered man was found, who was arrested on suspicion thnt ho had reported the theft of the machine, before the murder was found, in order to mislead the police and dis, pnnneet himself from the ense. cnntimieil yesterday to refu-e to answer questions $ lAJ , & illtam Mnllnncy, proprietor of the I on Thuraday afternoon at 2 'm o'clock, at Mnnhattan Hotel nt South Bench. who,1, '" residence. U13U w.iinm t inter- .nu nrrositoil at Hint nlneo. vnii nlr, silent. i.r ....'. ...uw .. . . . . - ... -n. Divers Recover Ship's Safe Jiilieau, Alushn, Aug, 21. (Bj A. p.) Tlie purser's safe, raised bv divers from the wreck of the steamer Princess Sophia, which sunk iu the Ljnn canal In October, 1018, is here today aunitlng examination by officers of the company svlilch operated the steamer. More than 200 lives were lost on the Princess Rophla. The safe is belletcd to con ted to con rfa-Z tain a large sum i. i - ,, AfraUST 24 1920 . ' HOPS INIORSyiI-.1 slain for OF BANDIT ZAMORA : Jffl MMtHIGK Six Americans Released by Moxican Outlaw, but Others Held for Ransom FEAR DEATH FOR CAPTIVES By tho Associated Press Mexico City. Aug. 21. Pedro 7a mora, the bandit chief whoso men car ried off n number of .eantives. including severnl American nnd British subjects, from the town of Cunle. state of Jalisco, on August 20. is being closely pursued bv government troops, snld General Eduardo C. Garcia, chief of staff at the War Department. Ho added the ban dit's followers wore rnpldlv deserting and that "by the end of the month not more than fifteen or twenty would remain of the band. Six Americans who were held by Knmora have been released, but there arc several more still In his hands, and nt least two British subjects arc being held for ransom. It Is possible the list of Americans nnd British eantives is ns yet incomplete. I'pwnrd of 300 women are snid to be captives of the outjaws. American nnd British diplomats made representations to the foreign offire and were told the government was bending every energy to capture the bandits and liberate the eantives. A force of T00O troops were sent into the state of Jnltsco on August 10 to round up the Zomora band. Friend- of the American and British captive-, knnwlne Zamorn's renutntion for ruth- lessness, fear he may kill his prisoners if he is closely pressed. They have been working for the Inst couple of days in raising money with which to ransom the enptives. Upward of a score of young women who were captured during n raid bya mora on Autlan on August 11 killed themselves rather than face (he dread ful fate before them ns prisoners of the bandits, it is declared. W. B. John son, if subject of Great Britain, was enntured there. Xcwspapers In this city have received an identical letter over the signature of Sara V. Hoyle stating thnt she is the wife of Charles Hovle, mine manager for tlie Esperanzn Co. at El Oro. who is -aid to have been released by the bandits. In spite of the news that he had been given his freedom, she de clared she had offered the Fnlted Stntes embassy to employ all her resources to secure her husband's liberty. Reports published here hnve Indicated that Mrs. Hoyle. herself, had been n prisoner in tho hands of tho outlaws, but she declared- in her letter thnt she was in Mexico City with her son. George Hoyle. Tlie newspaper Excelsior publishes n story stating information has been se cured "from authentic sources" that the presidential offices this afternoon received nn offer from Znmorn to sur render and n promise he would not harm his captives should the military cam paign against him bo suspended. The newspaper added that a governmental iug for tho surrender of the prisoners. MANY THEFTS REPORTED Stores and Garages Are Looted and Automobiles Are Stolen Thioven broke into the haberdashery store of Ben Castner, at fin South Fourth street, early this morning. Twenty-six silk shirts, three dozen silk neckties, four golf shirts nnd other wearing apparel to the value of 5.100 wero stolen from the store und window. The theft of three automobiles was reported to the detective bureau today. One. valued at ?1100. was the property of the Trout Motor Co.. Stewnrtstown. Pa. It was stolen from Broad street and Lehigh avenue yesterday afternoon. A machine belonginc to M. L. Emanuel. HSll! North Smcdley street, was taken from Broad and Venango streets Inst night. It is valued at S800. Walter Jermyn s garage. Gillesn e street near Devereaux, Tacony, was broken open by thieves during the night and an automobile worth !?."00 was stolen. Thieves entered the jewelry store of Albert Falkenhcim, 1)48 North Eleventh street, early jesterday morning, and took articles valued at .$3(132. Entry was gained by forclilfc a side door entering the dwelling house over i inn vTrtrn iiim, were' stoleu tne store. Untche. rlncs and stick- i . TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES ' l'-tcr S Curry. 1017 Sydenham at., and ' ,'!:nl';,Mv.H,.,ward; 'nUSdnham st. . " Helen m "Smith. Sooi ChSinut "it." n"Q lbimiiti Scho.il lflail N id at. and Mar- l.KnV.r'2TS1ifedrWrr,.0!ld"Anna im.oh. H'jo Arrott t Maul' i A Kiien'iirli fumden N. .1. and .' r rih.. A lriunlKMii. SIT uber at. ,,.,.; . 71:1 S l.elthsow at., mid i;v.ri u iiurnain. ii;i iiiiikow bi Prank H Steclilalr. 1RIT S Hallcv at. and .Io. vhitm V. Kelly, 'Jim S Percy at Mfnci liii'i.im. W-H S lilth at. and Clara A M.ihmnn. Camden N J. Al... M.jira, Canulen. N J. and Mildred flnldfnril. 2MR H. 3d at. i..'.rKi M lloetlelmHii. Ji . 1230 W. fam- hi m at , and Mabil Parson. 00s I N Th'oirr I'hrlK. G28 K Wlaharl at and Mm Sanders, aiin .V 7tli at Ji.i-.uh It McDonald Hum K Madlaon ty Hitd Kathryn II. MiOllncbey H.15 B Werf- Ceoriio 'Tl'1 Welsh. 1025 K MmamenalnB . nnd Mteoa I'lrjiT" i-.i .Mu,i'i," " lump- Martin iincinnan u anil Itoae l Hi n a3:il Alinond at John V t. Jr. ItSr. V..l..c; ,t j I . i . n Kemen 112J NVallacn at Knuiend Ko.'nlB. 7nan lllalnB Hun avo Mar l.nKba, 3850 Prankford ave and and NATESC5 f Brass Beds Relacouered Mil IV We Ktiuriimrn nil uorkmunatun ;.b-U..a.Ue.KJnto m;V7n',j ', to-t. mil .Made Into .Mjittrmsia llox Hiirlnsra lmilihoWlerrd 31 imrV rMirrlftice Itmurni entire " ll.fatlnn niiKiHviiuu SICHEUS 2d and Wash inKton Ave. Auto enlla rrTVliere. Katuli . .17 ear l-lnnif Lombard 4703 U're il5ULs "illicit On Aucuat '.'.1 '"ri I'rivnii-, FI.1NN On AiiKUnt 2'.' Hin tjpm.tk wira or entries it. intllll Inn. ' l.'luimuanl HerUifa Thuraday, 3 p. m ji South l'.agla road. IVUwiirn rounty I'a Fi lends mav rail Widnraday nvenlnit Interment at Ililhearta Hurting Uround ' luimiH w'A'i'i:J3 '" J1UMJNKHH .MAN. hclur 1ilrca UflLfuT- nlatied room, with bath prpf , )rv fum. , atata Inc.. prlra. Hot -'a.M Mlrtdla City Mi, vnv. H.M.Il ron II HAI.K Cudlllacphaetoni nawly over auled, palmed, with IDJO top and all - I J'Pf rord r"l can ,b?-eilt Racquet . lililfc all 1 rT, TJPP"- XaaaaaaaaaaHl t ".14 -WrC WT. utJtfVWyi I Central News Photo DR. HUGH SMITH Commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries, who In busy taking a census of seals in the United States Refuses to Accept State Body's Ruling on Rail Rates Orders New Hearing MAY INTERVENE IN OTHERS By tho Associated Press Washington, Aug. 24. Exercising tlie authority over intrastate rates granted it by the transportation act, the Interstate Commerce Commission today ordered hearings at Chicago. Sep tember 8, on the application of Illinois railroads to increase their intrastate freight nnd jiassenger rates in conform ity with the increases in interstnto rates recently nllowed by the commission. The Illinois state commission refused to crant the 20 ner cent lncrrae in pas senger rates asked by tho roads nnd ul- l.,l 1., ;,f !,. T11.3 .,,., NTERSTATE BOARD ILLINOIS ........ .... ........... ... v... "- 7A ago with creiieutittis to taKO nun cent in freight rates as against the 40 tm.ough UlP nni.8 to the peace con nee emit- ronnefiforl. The commission Is """" ",.,'," . ". c.., ,. ..... ..... ......... .... ... ,,.:, terence nt .Min.-ti. nuw nre uummeii 10 expected to Intervene in other states!' ,,.. .. ,i .. irin L,.tr. where the applications of tho roads hae'juKsinns 'mc,,, wllicll urp Bur. been refused. ferulei-mir hv thousands, almost without The railroads represented to the fed- oral commission that the action of the Illinois rutc-making body would result li-oriminutions In rutes of Illinoi-. In nnnlviuc to the federal commission for the original increases in freight, passenger, Pullman, ojcro-s baggage and milk rates, the ronds, predicated their case upon corresponding ndvanccs in intrastate rates and it had been an nounced that if the state commissions refused to grant corresponding ndvanccs, the federal body would bo asked to exer cise its authority under the transporta tion act. Commissioner McChord will conduct the hearings at Chicago aud report to the full commission. RECOVERS STOLEN WATCH Owner Recognizes Timepiece Taken During Card Game Harry Rosig, of Nineteenth and Dalkeith streets, recognized his wntch in the possession of Andrew Gelsch. of Twentieth and Newcomb- streets, und had him arrested last night. Today before Magistrate Price nt the Twenty-second street and Hunting Park avenue station. Bosslg testified tho watch was stolen from him during n enrd game last Sunday near Twentieth and Biavis streets. Bossig said he had been invited to join in n game, and that a short time later the lights were extinguished, nnd a man disappeared through u window with his watch and chnin. Kossig tied through the front tloor, with two men pur-ning him. At Wayne iivenue nnd Newcomb street, he said, two men overtook him und robbed him of 5300. Bo-sig snid OeUcli was not the man who took his watch. Gelsch testified he hnd purchnsed the wutch In u saloon. Magistrate Price hold Gelsch in .$-100 bnii for a further hearing next Tues day. LOST WATCH, NOT MEMORY Victim Gives Police Good Descrip tion and Arrests Follow Bobbed last night of his watch and $20 iu cash Martin Balsko. of Norris- town, was able to give the police such an nccuratc description of tho alleged robbers that three men were arrested. Balsko was robbed ut Seventh nnd Race streets at 11 :.'I0 o'clock last night. .At 12::!0 o'clock Detective T.avery. of tlie Eleventh nnd Winter streets station, arrested Joseph Flinn, of Franklin street near Bacc, us one of tlie robbers. At Flinn's house, police say, they recovered Balsko's watch aud arrested William McCahe. This morning they arrested Frank I.oftls. of Seventh street near Callowhlll, as tho third man de scribed by Balsko. Balskri identified McCnbe and Fllnn as- two of his assail- ants and they were held today by Magistrate (lielis at the Kleventh anil Winter streets station without bail for court, l.nftis was discharged. J . E -Caldwell (o. Jeaveueiis SiLVEnsMiTHS Stationers Chestnut and Jumrat Streets THE VALUE OF A DIAMOND The determining factors are quality, cutting, proportion, polish, color. Where proper balance of these basic ele ments is assured, selection w simplified. I Bolshevik! Executo Odessa Citl. zons Who Nogloct State Cere. mony, Sailors Roport BREST-LIT0VSK DESERTED Summary or sntclnt fable ill to texjaj's i Tnblle l.Mtirr. c PtfllM I 'PjrUkt, 11au. vj inn i-ouo j.tuitrr Co 4"!nntjttlf Innnln At,.. 01 rn , , iVi ,'n "' -''wo imn. dred citizens of Odessa were executed by order of the Bolshevist authorities for neglecting to attend the funcrnl of tho sailors who lost their lives vhta the Italian destroyer Itacchia m. dentally struck a mine In tho Ittnck J. several days ago. survivors of the er,w now here, told i. 1 Kosnoth. special staff correspondent of the EveniW I'tmLia Ijedoei;. u Tho Racchla was convoying threo Italian steamers bringing Bolshevist prisoners from Italy back to RuulV As n means of propaganda among th, crews of tho Italian shlpa the Bed an-' thorltles arranged a grand state funeral for the victims. Tho entire population of Odessa was ordered out on the street to witness tho funcrnl procession. To make Biifo that nobody remained it home, guards went into tho houses and drove pcoplo out with their bavoiie'ta About 200 citizens, men anil women who wero discovered hldlne In hn,,.."' were rounded up nnd marched Into oni of the principal squares, where they were publicly shot a few minutes before ine punsiiig ui ui" in trcunsion In the evening pictures of this tragic execution we.re shown nt all tho cine matogrnph theatres. Brest-IJtovsk, Aug. 20 (By courier to Warsaw, from S. B. Conger) Bolshevist forces enst of the Bug river, including tlie garrison nt Brest-LitovMc, now arc falling back In a quick but orderly retreat eastword into Russia, taking with them their lost hopes of occupation of Polnnd and dictation of peace at Warsaw. These, however, arc only n compara tively smnll fraction of the armies or ganized by Trotzky for tho invasion of "Congress Poland." The northern Rusjlan nrmle?, com prising the great bulk of the troopi which marched deep Into Poland and up to the gates of Warsaw, now either nre inclosed in the vast sack which French strategic genius conceived, or nre being driven northward before the advancing Polish troops, unable to as sist their comrades in the sack opera tions. Tho operations in the region between Brcst-Lltovsk and Wnrsaw, whence y"r raraira".";"'-l'' ,' Ja ,.,,, ,,,7,,, Onlv on the (lalicinii front, nccor(ng t0 rep'orts received at Polih i,Dn,inllnrters here, nro the Rubsiani , .... on tno 0ffcnsivc. Brest- J.itovsK is almost ticpopuiaira. the Polish residents having left when the Poles retreated, nnd couslderabln numbers of the younger Jews bavins accompanied the retiring Bolshevists. Other male residents of military azo. so fnr ns they could bo found by the Bolshevists after the hurried decls on to retire, were carried off with the Bolshevist troops. "'Vom of n population of more than r0,000 remain to lament their experiences a a war in which they lost virtual y everything under a regime "' "Jnnd tlon und seizure, or plain robbcrj and T&'ifffoWintlieeltT. one of the last acts of the Bolshevist hdng to requisition -10.000 pminds oT flour and soi7.o the supplies left In the warehouse of the Hoover relief organi zation. . STATE P. 0. S. OF A. MEETS Annual Convention Begins In Har risburg With Record Attendance Harrisburg. Aug. 24.-(By A. . P ) The state camp of the P. O. h. ot a. opened its annual session in Ilani-bu S todav with a record ndancc of del egati-s nnd addresses of welcome bj Tdeutenunt Governor Edward Kite dclman. Mayor George A. """fj Judge Frank B.Wlckershan. nnd Job" W. Gorman, chairman of the loral committee on arrangements. Uai w T?B.eno, of Allentown. state president, resnonded to the addresses. Prior to the convention the nationa nnd state officers; and the delcsa escorted to the convention ball Dy Scrnnton musical organizations und the first reciment of reserves, the military b anch of the order, which later nve drill. The reserves are in camp ut I ax tang, where the Hnrrlsb.irg camp-, and auxiliaries are entertaining delegates at n banquet later in tho day. Advertising is an in vestment for the future The better the advertising, the surer the future The Holmes Press, 'Primen 1313-29 Cherry Street Philadelphia r 1 X.","V XT '"" iu ; r '...-. ,. k ',. v ,i&, . . $ t V 4h, aw
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