Tj-V F. ,t KjV ,r,i "';. f'r' w, v !'1,1, V. . 'f e -.1H v-' Mr J o' ::!;:v if HE LEATHER Fair 'weaefcer and moarafotcraper two. tealttrt itnd Friday' moderate northerly winds. mtO0etr WIGHT EXTRA THMWJtATPItK AT EACII HOUR I 8 1,0 UP 111 112 J 112 13 m I 70 172 74 170 170 177 177 VOL. VL tfO. 296 Entered Second-CliM Mtlr at the "tyme, at Phlfad.lphl Under the Act of March 3, J87. , f J a. Pa- - PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AU.OUST 26, 1920 Published Dally Kxrrpt flunday, fluhaerlntlnn lrlr in Tear fay Mall. PRICE TWO CENyS ' i )i 11 upynni. 1020, by Public Iedxer Company. PROCLAIMED BY COLBY. HOW LAW OF LAND - " $V - . ............. vXv i f2; Russian Soviet, to Placate Britain? Withdraws Demand for Polish Proletariat Army V vj. . Nf! ' t l i" ,,i Ft r J ?- i "V"'1 uentstfl U0 UC m)i A SUFFRAGE i SECRETARY INS. DOCUMENT IN HOME AT AN EARLY HOUR Suffragists Throng Office to Witness (leremony, but Are Disappointed PROPONENTS CONSIDER STRUGGLE IS NOW ENDED National Woman's Party Called to Meet to Lay Planav for Future Ry the Associated Press Washington. Aug. 20. (By A. P. The proclamntlnn announcing officially that the suffrage amendment to the con stitution hntl boon ratified was signed tndny by Secretary Colby of the State Department. The document was signed nt 8 o'clock this morning at -Mr. Colby's home when the certificate from Governor Roberts tliat the Tennessee Legislature had rati, fird the nmendment was received. Sec ntary Colby announced hln action on hit arrival at his office later. Tlic announcement disappointed a group of suffrage workers from head qnartcrs of the National "Woman's party who had gathered nt the State Depart ment hoping to be present when Mr. Colby attached his signature to the proclamation. Miss Alice Paul, chair man of the party, was among the num ber. Invitation Declined Secretory Colby later sent word to the wo'mnn'n party headquarters that he would sccthc "suffrage leaders at his office If they desired. Word was sent back that' Miss (Paul was preparing to leave for New York that the other leaders already had returned to their home and the invitation could not be accepted. Secretary r Colby had prepared n statement Regarding ratification of the mffragc amendment which he planned to read to the officials of tho National Woman's party had they accepted the limitation. --Tlte women gave" evidence, of keen disappointment in not having lad an opportunity to make something of a ceremony out of the Nlgning of the proclamation and went back to head quarters planning an Independent jubi lation. Other Faction Accepts When the secretary's Invitation to return to his oflieo was declined, an other party of snffrngc leaders appeared at the department. They were offi cials and member" of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, liradrd by Mrs. Cnrrle Chapman Catt,. v ho Is on her way to New York from Nnnhvllle. Tho Invitation to hear Mr. Colby's statement was promptly ac cepted by this group and they filed Into his office for the purpose. Colby's Statement Secretary Colby's statement followH : "The certified record of the nctlon of the Legislature of the state of Ten-nei-sce on (ho suffrage n'inendment was received .by mall this morning. Imme diately on Its receipt the record was brought to my house. This wns In com pliance with my directions and In ac fnrilanep with numerous requests for rrompt action. I thereupon signed the .ertificnto required of the secretary of Mate this morning at a o clock In tho presence of F. K. Nielsen, the solicitor Jf the Rtuto Department, and Charles I.. Cook, nlso of the Stnte Department. The seal of tho I'nltod States has been ''Ulv nfllxed to the certificate, aud the fnffrngo amendment is now the nine teenth nmendment of the constitution. it wns decided not to nccomnnny th simple ministerial action on ray l with nnv rprltmnnv tr flrttHnp. pa it This secondary nspect of the Subject has, regretfully, been tho source of con Hderable contention as to who shall Participate In it and who shall not. In "much as I am not Interested In the Aftermath of any of the frictions or col Woiik which may have been developed Hi the Jong struggle for tho ratification i.! a,neldmcnt, I contented myself ltn the performance In the simplest warmer of the duties devolved upon mo under the lnw. "I congratulate the womon of tho tountry upon the successful culmination Continued on faro Two. Column Two NEW VOTER WANTS NEW JOB Young Woman Wants to Be Mayor's Chauffeuse Encouraged by woman's new status, one of the fair sex called up Mayor Moore s office on tho telephone today ang Put in a bid for n city Job. ,. Bne would prefer to bo chauffeuse for Pit M?fr I'lnweU. she Informed J. SPC JonBon, tho Mayor's body ward. Furthermore, she would rccom W'nd that the Mayor substitute a fllv- ?J.,11 ,h,M. $10,000 limousine so she could drive it. .i.c UonPl completely lost his nerve ring the telephonic exchange and had !i '"W tho M'or' chauffeur, W Ham i Weiss, to his assistance. !,. i? yo.'! wnnt t0 bo the Mayor's SSffeArA ..aW Wcl8B !" bantering tlnn: fi1'iwh.'I.t are yw nuallfica. drive!1' "d f " car d0 you f,,'0h' I drive a fllwer," chirped the "ir r,a,,r- I believe women ought to h. pl'nty ' Jobs now that we have J.vote. Men get Jobs and bo should n njVell .I'll tril tho Mayor about it 'ImlMd l'Un d for J'0U',, We,M "Thank ygu, Good-by." WOMAN AND CHILDREN TURNED OUT INTO STREETS LV, ' '- ' ' ''' 'I - ' v'-.v-,SBBBBBB ;"" ;V: -'::XZ v-.sta---JkM: PilaVBliaiaSIWlGllaBR B!.aaaaaaaaaaaiaaMaapaiyjrfiK kllKawJifciaiaaaBaWBBaFaalMBaMTTJjtMJiiMigitt? SA? ..Htw e Irfdfter Photo fVrvlce Tho photograph shows Mrs. Randolpho Maule and her children, Frances, -aged 10; Dorothy, 0; Itnndolpli, 8; George, 7; Joseph, 5, and Eugene, 3. They were evicted from their homo, 2030 8. Cecil street, this morning before Mrs. Maule could got breakfast for (he children CROWD HISSES AS WOMANJSEVICTED Mother Children Street and Furniture Sent to Storage House POLICE GUARD 1 .. , , , ,r , . c i Mrs. Randolphe Maule. of 20.10 S. Cecil street, was put on the street with , her Ix children, the eldest ten years,! old and the youngest -three, by Deputy Sheriff Daniel G. Hunter this morning. Hunter wns hissed and "boo-ed" by a crowd of hundreds of women. They did not take more active measures to show their displeasure because Acting Lieutenant Davis, of tho Sixty-fifth street and Woodland avenue police sta tion, with three patrolmen, had come along to act as a bodyguard lor WC . - .. deputy. Dorothy, Mrs. Maulc's nine-year-old Jut on daughter, was-mado sick by th worry. The new usslstant secretary reprc and excitement of the eviction shortly 'sentrd New Hampshire on the resolu after the family had been put onthe'tlons committee at the San I randsco Btrc convention nnd has taken a prominent When tbo child began to cry hystcr- part in the political life of his state for Ically, Mrs. Margaret Punt, a neighbor, many yenrs. He was a member of the. Illvng nt 8108 Upland street, took the Now Hampshire constitutional conven cblldren Into her home-and gave them tlon in 1000 and was a candidate for food nnd temporary shelter. Mrs. Punt Congress in 1010. has four children of her own, nnd her Secretary Daniels said Mr. 'U nodbury houso has only three bedrooms, so she, had "always taken a deep Interest in could not offer them a permanent place the navy and the question of naval en to stay. Ilargemcnt." Recalling thnt Mr. Wood- Mrs. Mnule did not know what she , bury's great uncle, Levi Woodbury, would do to house her fnmlly until herlWns secretary of the navy during Jnck- husband finds nnother home for them After Mrs. Maule had been dlspos. sessed, nuntcr demnnded that she pav $20 If her possessions were to be moved to the place shn designated. When she was unablo to comply, Hunter sent her houshold goods to storage. A little later the Indignant neigh bors raised the $20 to pay for the mov ing of Mrs. Maule's furniture, but by that time Hunter nnd his men had driven off. Last Friday Deputy Sheriff Hunter hntl served a dispossess notice on Mrs. Maule, saying that he would execute It on ny-0ut Wm0Ut Breakfast Ho came 'at 8 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Maulo had not yet got her little family up, the children having slept later than Msual this morning. As it turned out, none of the chil dren got anything to eat. Mrs. Maule had no chance to cook breakfast after the eviction gang had arrived. In her extremity, Mrs. Maule Bent out to her neighbors, asking them to help her pack her possessions. Mrs. Eugene Lclbcrmann, of 5220 Cedar ave nue, was one of those who responded. Hunter has officiated at the eviction of so many families in West Phila delphia that the women, know , him well. They were quite outspoken In telling him what they thought of him and his occupation. The dept.ty g angry and ordered Lieutenant Davis to arrest Mrs. Llebermann. "I'm not going to arrest her," declared Davis. "The woman Is doing nothing thut Is against the law. She Is simply helping this poor woman pack her things." The houso from which tho Maules were evicted Is one of a row bought recently. Neighbors say that the houses rent for $22 a month, but that it was not a question of rent that caused the eviction, The selling price of the houses as they are Is $.1800. It s said the new owner plans to maltn repairs and lm- rirovements and sell tho dwellings nt nn nerensc. With the present tenants our, these repairs cnu ho made. Mr. Maule has been active In the affairs of the Tenants' Protective As sociation. , V ff v iiwr t H. M. HOYT KILLS HIMSELF Grandson of Former Governor of Penna. Dies In N. Y. Studio Henry Martyn Hovt. a portrait painter, committed suicide by gas ai his studio.- 37 West Tenth street, New Vork.. Inst, night. William It. Bennett,'' who roomed with Mr.. Hoyt. found.hja body:- .Mrs.' Hoyt Is In Maine and their- son ls nt Hnr Harbor, with Mr. Hoyt's mother, who before her marriage yras Miss Anne McMlohncl, a daughter of Morton Mc MIrhacl. former Mayor of Philadelphia. Henry Martyn Hoyt is a brother of tho Countess Fcrdlunnd von Stumm. nFPIITY.HIs father. Henry M. Hoyt. Sr.. was UL u ' ' nLutclnnt Atfnrnnf crAtiprnl nf tlm TTnlfn.l State?, and one" timer solicitor gencrnl end coiicscl for the State Department: ,, ,llp(, ,B inl0i nnd was n Hon of,Qcn., pTn H. M. Hoyt. ono time Governor of Pennt-ylrnnia. uesiaes wie uaunie&s von otumm. um artist Is lurrlved by two sisters. Mrs. Philip II. Hlchborn and Nancy Hoyt. WOODBURY GETS NAVY POST Former Member of New Hampshire House Succeeds Roosevelt Washington, Aug. 20. (Ry A. P.) Gordon Woodbury, formerly a mem- . .1.. X- TT 1.1 T -l..l..t. - oqr oi uie .w riniiiiiuiirr i.rsimmuic, nos ncen appointed hssikiiiiu Burrcmry of the navy to succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt. sou's administration, .ur. nanieis added : "With naval tradition, love of the navy nnd knowledge of Its history ond pride In Its achievements, tin new as sistant secretary will enter upon his duties with tho spirit thnt insures ' a successful administration." HELD FOR SEAL FORGERY Two Men Accused of Imitating Pro hibition Director's Mark Two men were held in ball for court todav by United States Commissioner Manicy In the Federal Rulldlng, chnrged with conspiracy to forge tho seal of Prohibition Director W. W. nindman on liquor permit seals. Frank Canuon, Tenth street near Walnut, wns held In $.'100 bnll. He Is said to have ordered such a seal from the Quaker City Seal nnd Stamp Works. ,t,'U Arch street. Cannon implicated John Dougherty, Fifth street near Krio avenue. Counsol for Dougherty contended that one man accused of conspiracy cannot Implicate an accomplice unless his testimony is corroborated by that of other witnesses. Commissioner Manicy nllowed tho contention ond freed Doughorty. Michael Magletta, proprietor of a printing and stencil business, at 1122 South Seventh street, was held in $500 ball when witnesses testified to finding such a forged -BVal in his place. Maglictta Implicated Dr. Arthur Dinublle. a dentist, of Fltzwnter street near Eighth, who, Marietta said, ordered the bcal.. DIuublle was released when his counsel made the same pica for him that had been made for Dougherty. BONE8 ROLLED TOO NOISILY Five men wcro arrested in a garage at 1408 Oxford street about 2 o'clock this morning after a district detective heard suspicions noises coming from the place. lie sad the sounds were the familiar noises arising from h crop game. Joseph Miller, proprietor of the garage, utul four other men were ar rested. wjr IDENTIFIES SLAIN "WOMAN AS WIFE Body Found in Woods Over looking Hudson. That of Mrs. Blanche. Schulz THROAT OF VICTIM CUT Grantwood. N. ,1., Aug. 20. The body of tho young woman found slain in the woods overlooking the Hudson wns Identified today as that of Mrs. RInnche Schulz, of East lfinth street. Man hattan. The Identification wns made by tho woman's husbnnd. Frank Schulz, at a Hackensaek morgue. Schulz, who is nn employe of the Interborough Rapid Trnndit Co.. Im mediately identified the clothing worn by the dead womnu. He would not look nt the body, but told tho police thnt his wife had a mole on her back, which they found as described. Mrs. Sehul7. according to her hus band, had been employed In a Manhat tan department store, but hnil been missing from home slnrc last Saturday night when she left for n visit with n sister nt Keyport. Jlo sajd she had with her $."i0 and wore five diamond rings nnd n wedding ring, which were missing when the body whs found. Victim's Throat Cut An autopsy performed by County Physician Odgcn showed thnt the wom' an's throat had been cpt from ear to ear, and that this caused her death. She nlso had been struck a heavy blow on the left temple. Doctor Osden said. Mr. nnd Mrs. William F. Herrmann, who susnected the vounff wnmnn mlolif bnvo been their daughter, denied the ! report that they had Identified her as such. Virtually the only clue the police had to the slayer was a mnn's watch chain, found clutched in the vletlm's hand. Marks nn the body led to the assump tion thnt the victim had engaged in n violent struggle with her assailant. Her hands were covered with blood and two teeth were missing from her" upper jnw. arm outstretched, and a small blu hat ' .tin- ..iMiniii in., uu iirr uiu'k. witu ner covering ner tnce and hair hldiug the frightful bruises on it. Signs Point to .Struggle The ground for n spnee of fifteen feet nway from the body was trampled and torn, and there were blood stains on the grass tn show the hard struggle the girl mnde against her slayer after he had lured her to the spot. The boy who found the body, Alfred Slnsclo, thirteen yenrs old, ran for n policeman when he recovered from his terror, and the assistant county prose cutor. Charles J. McCarthy, was sum moned. The victim's clothing, besides being disarranged, was ripped and torn. The place where she was found was not Iso lated. The sidewalks of Grand avenue and Palisade avenue are only about sev entyfivo feet away, respectively, and there Is also a new house which Is being bdllt nearby. HELD FOR WOMAN'S DEATH Coroner to Probe Fatality Caused by Patrolman'e Revolver Patrolman'Anthony McGnrvey, of the Nineteenth nnd Oxford streets station, who accidentally shot and killed a worn nn yesterday, w'as held without ball today to await the actiou of the cor oner, MqOarvey was cleaning his revolver when It went off by accident and the bullet Inflicted n fatal wound to Mrs. Anna McNally, twenty-eight years old. 1R.11 North Uucknell street. Csrdhul fllhbnnii Vrif Alt fath.lUa ff tut TUB MANUAJ Q,FRATEm.rii$ COX WILE REVEAL F" OF G. 0. P. BARREL" TONIGHT Governor Promisos to Give His Evidence of $15,000,000 Party Fund MAY BE AN IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN UTTERANCE Bomb May Be "Dud" if Refer- ring to Total National, State and' Local Sums Nation Waits for Cox's "Expose" at Pittsburgh Cox is enroute to Pittsburgh where he promises to reveal evi dence of n $15,000,000 Republican "corruption fund" In an address to night. Hnrdlng" discussed the I.eague-of-Nations Issuo In conference at Marlon today. Ry CIJtNTON W. GILIIRRT Stuff Correspondent of th Kvmlnjt l'ublle Cnpirtohl. 1020, bv Public Ledorr Co. Krunsville, Ind.. Aug. 20. Governor Cox will mnke public in his sprrrlt to night at Pittsburgh the evidence on which he based his charge that the Re publican party was raising a campaign fund of $1!,000,000. He promised to do so In his speech yesterdny to 20,000 people at Princeton. Ind. This speech will probably be the mot importnnt the Democratic candidate will make. It may be the turning point of the campaign u.iIchs the Republican lenders can explain nway the evidence In the governor's hands. It Is Impos sible todlsclosc the nnture of this evi dence" In ndvnncc of tonight's speech, but it Is voluminous and highly sensa tlnnul In Itu rhnrnpter. If it is to be ae in..i ir. Uu hnrptnr. Tf It U to bo nc- ceptrtl at Its fnVc value It presents the i most remarkable Instance In American nnlttlrnl Mstnrv of the nhtns of 0110 L -":.: ,"' i-. .i.. i..i ni i, ,11 ! kpariy xiniiug4uvii uij muiim w ,.o ....... . Its nature" Is presumably Indicated hv flnvernor Cox's repented demand in his speeches that Chairman Hajs, of the Republican National Committee, dis close the quotas which various cities and regions of the country were to furnish to the Republican campaign fund nnd by the statements made in the Inst few days by Fred Upham. of nt.t.Mn .! ff Ttlnusinm nf CIpvp t land, regarding the money to be raised , in those two cities. ,ur. uiosmmn num thnt $400,000 wns to be raised In Cleveland. Mr. Upham gave $750,000 as Chicago's proposed contribution to the Republican fund-. Many Other Cities to Coer There Is $1,150,000 from two cities. Tim same rate all over tne enmurj would easily bring in the $15,000,000. 1,1 including t ini'innim, t iiuiiuuun, ledo Dayton and Canton. Money rais ed on the Cleveland scale all over Ohio might moke that state's contribution more thanl$1.000.000. Any one with the statistics of money raised during the war nt hand can easily (mum nut rrom me aiwi.iwu ihmh imilir . -- "" nrr m 1 levciiiiui iimi v"""" " - . .1 J.I n S. I t II I I II H I TPfim l.flll-lIV-11 what the total tor me wnoie cmnm-, , W'OtllO. DC l in .,... ........ .-..- Chicago, said that the $7rit),tMKl was for all purposes, national, state nnd lnrnl. This Implies thnt an unusual course is being followed this jer If what he snys is being done In Chicago is being done generally. Ordinarily collections are made lnd?pendently by the national committee, by the various . .4,. J. nAni,iltffliiti firtil liv tlm Innnl iaiii mltteos. The nntionnl committee is , the largest raiser of money and be- I rM.w limine nc ts own onerntlons it ' gives money to the state committees for rnrrying on their work nnd they In turn contribute to the local com mittees. May Bo Understandable It may be that Chairman Hajs, with his talent for organizing, has decided that money would be better collected and much more intelligently distributed if collections by the state und local com mittees were dispensed with and a sin gle job were made of gathering funds under nationnl auspices In that case llie aio.uiAi.inai wiucu uovernor, Cox says his rivals are busy collecting would be a little inoro understandable. But If the governor's evidence goes Continued on Tine Hl. Colamn Four WILSON GETS COAL REPORT . Anthracite Commission Place. Wane ' Findings In Presidents Hands i Washington, Aug. 20. (By A. P.) The report of thn Anthracite Coal Com mission, appointed by President Wil son to sottlo tho wage controversy In the anthracite field, is in the hands of the President. It was completed late yesterday, after the commission had spent more than two weeks reviewing the voluminous evidence tnken at pub lic hearings In Pennsylvania. . Anthracite miners asked thnt their wages bo increased to the level fixed for bituminous mine workers by the Bitu minous Coal Commhtsion, Renubllcnu leaders plan to raise. New I his company lias been earning, I York cltv. for Vxnmple, ! several times nnd Is now earning, enormous profits ni wealthy as Chicago and might easih . , on Its inyrsted capital, much In ex -if nsk?d to contribute on the same scale. . of other public service or railway i "- 't ono 000 to the alleged Repub- corporations, and our people were ex Hcnn fmT In Ohlfl th ' w sev"rl ' PiTtlng, as they had a perfect right to ItCntl Illllll. " V"' . . . A.. . ... , dviwnt rorliwfl.... pnl ,ap ll,n .... :.. ... l.i.i. ,.,,,-.. ,n. tn tt.n nnvprnnr. im "v m !- in rnii'ir-i. i ...Ai,i, itiA. tifniiiAM i 'ipveinnu. i ' " ..,. ...uu uu m- teniatically. nn.l the sta e.nents ot r ,M, proposed piece of profiteering, for of the players, nor their action, f V.Ih . Rer' n river where the recent of TTphnm and Mr. Blossom that certn ii it can be classed as nothing short of thine was born In the minds of the r!!?.. . "TI vL...nc...r.TeuL?l definite amounts were to ue raised in . nn outrageous attempt to col ect all the ! n.l ,iol.tn,i t.v !...... !.... V,','.,".' .. '";""'nl. ."""" " .". Chicago nnd Cleveland suggests a sys- trnflic will bear, nnd the citizens of , ' It Is ml. that n.ings will be eld " '" "o th" , Possibility of an atU?k tCV Upham. in giving the figure for SS?'. 'r"."' d Mt I W'' :? V J'W.Hx ! "e.r'ga'mJ clitS Peace Commissioner Goes to Brest-Litovsk Warsaw, Aug. 20. (Uy A. 1.) M. Dombskl, president of tho Polish Minsk pence delegation, hon been called to Urcst-I-itovsk to confer with Polish Government representatives. This step was taken because of continued interruptions of communications between Warsaw aud Minsk. Warsaw Is rapidly assuming the normal conditions of two months ago, thousands of persons sho departed having Returned. All of the foreign lega tions are open again or arc prepared to open soon. The newspapers now arc devoting more spnee to discussions of the Minsk meeting nnd less to the military situation. STEWARDS AND COOKS ON LAKE STEAMERS STRIKE CLEVELAND, Aug. 26. Between 200 ontl 300 Etewnnta ourl cooks on lnke vessels In the Cleveland harbor went on stilkkc today in accordance with orders received last night ftoni J. I.I. Eccorri. general secretory of the marine cooks and stewards union of the Gtent akes, nccoruTng to local union officials. The men demfiml n twenty per cent Increase in wages and an eight-hour day. RICHMOND? VA., NOW 37TH CITY IN U. S. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Richmond, Va., with the largest, numerical growth oT population In Its history during the last de cade, takes rank as thirty-seventh largest city of tltp countiy, the census bureau announcing its population today, n3 171. 007. Ten years! ago Richmond ranked as thirtu-nlnth city and In the decade has outgrown Syracuse, New Haven, Memphis and Scranton. It now ranks as fourth southern city, the first thice in order bcJug New Orleans, Atlanta and Birmingham. ' I FERRY FARE RISE Mayor Ellis Calls on Council to Provide Funds for Legal Bat tle to Stop Increase BUSINESS MEN AROUSED CitnvWV fitrhtifie spirit was aroused to p ,bfirh pitch toifciv when the city rotnHl there, nnd the Chamber of Com tnerce. In Nopnriito meetings'. ''assailed ... , ... , '.. " 'rr.v inre increase eiiecine this I morning. Mnvnr Ellis, in a vigorous denuncia tion of the fore boost dtspito high earn ings of the operating companies, called on council (o appropriate funds ond to niimi' n committee so a legal fight might he conducted If necesnry. Di rectors of the Camden Chamber of Commerce meeting at hendniiartorH. Federal street near Rroodwnv. nassed a rcholutlon setting forth that the senti ment of their body wns opposed to the fnr boost. Mayor Ellis's message to council follows : "Our neonle were t-rentlv Riirnrlxrwl when tho Philadelnhin mid Camden Ferrv Co. niiiiounced nn increase in the passenger rate to four cents as well ns ; I n HPt- iii nuriri, crease. "The number of employes In the ferr service is not large and an in crease of .1.1 per cent in grossly ex- , cessive In any event. This proposed increase will tend to discourage traffic between the two states and will nNo hinder the natural Inrrrnxp tn nnr nun. ilntion. not to mention the creat ills- ' I4IIIIIHIM IHil 1 IIM 1. . iiiivnutnge to our business anil com m,.rciHl Interests, and I trust you will as reopie will Hack Fight i CAMDEN I FIGH at once mkc vigorous steps to combat He. too. knew nntli nc of the meptinp ..-. t.. i ' ...'..,. " -i" u t am sure tnc will back ou up I Reports previous to this have been1 in many a strenuous fight to prevent to the effect thnt the Red Sox nnd the these rates being put into effect. I Tigers were willing nud anxious to bov would respectfully make the following , rott Mays from big league baseball. 'K'iC, i"1 U . but so far they have not aunounced rlrst. Co-operate with our Cham-1 action officially. However, it is be- l ber of Commerce and other civic bodieSt, Heved that they will join the Indians. in ii-miik ii muni iiersunsivp power as P''Wo in endeavoring to persuade the . """'Pnny from putting into effect such w "". ""1"" ",r. l,r" I"""""n. hecnwi. Appoint u committee to act with City Solicitor E. G. C. Bleakly In taking nrnper legal steps to dispute the reasonableness of such increnscd ferry rates. "Third. Appropriate or agree to ap prnprlnte sufficient funds to mnke n vigorous contest against these rates "Allow mo to assure you that do everything in m.v power to nss I will In preventing the putting iuto effect of it ..: i . a. .... ' tnese rates. The tight planned by the Chamber of Commerce - was entrusted to the organ!- '"11"" n iniiiNjioriniinn com mittee, headed by Eldrcdge R. John son. The committee consists of representa tives of tllO PhllflflftlnMn nn.l ra.n.lnH Chnmbers of Commerce George Went- worth Corr, of this city, is vice chair- ' "f tho -nte-rlty committee The Oniudcu members Include Dr. J. & Jft 'nftY 2d IjfT. Se arle. Local members of the Joint committee are W. P. Parker, president of the Engineers' Club; William II. Reed, Louis N. Spielberger, F. W. Purner and J. II. Ranking. Beginning today tho cost of riding on the Delaware river ferries wns boosted from three to four cents. Strips of ten ferry tickets which formerly sold for twenty-five cents now sell for thirty cents. ..Hates for nutomoblles and other vehicles alsowerc sharply raised, nffectlng thousands of motorists here who drive to Atlantic City or other uorc resorts. , LEV AND UB L Indians Join Browns and Sena tors in Boycotting New York Hurler CHAPMAN DEATH IS CAUSE Harvard Football Star Loses Eye When Hit by a Pitched Ball Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 20. Rainbrldge Frothingham. a member of the Harvard varsity basvbnll team, who was struck by a pitched bnll In the gamo with Ynle at New Haven in June, has lost the use of on eye. It was learned today. The fact became known when Frothingham bent word that because of the injury he would be unable to play football this fall. Carl Mays soon will be barred from the American League if organized effort on the part of the players of the John son circuit continues to grow Three clubs. St. Louis. Wnulitnirtnn i , , , , . " iinu iicvoinnti. already nave gone on record as refusing to play-In any game naglnst tho New York pitcher, whose "bean" ball caused the death of Ray Chapman. The Indians took action on Mays yes terday and swung in with the decision reached by the Senators and Rrowns. "Tills nctinn was taken unknown to me." said Walter Mr-Nirhnl. the trav eling secretary of the Cleveland Club, today. "I knew nothing about it until this morning. Then I wns told by some of tho placers that they hnd decided never to play in nny game ngalnst Mays. "I want you to understand thnt Tris Sneaker had nothing to do with this ii discussed. Urowns nnd Senators. me .viui.-i.rs w... iuM- n, '' hatsoever. according to Connie Mnck. BA A MAY The A's boss said today that he knows the feeling of his plajers nnd they are fairly disposed toward Mays. He said his pnjers look upon the fatal in-.80 have no 111 feeling "" "' v. '"''"" un um U..-1H -..i .in., town card the New York pitcher. Slack contends that n..ln. f.. ..III .ll .., -. -n... rf"""L' '-X'" r,"' "" "", "it1'. '.'".. .;. mat - any good . !'! wj 11- l'iii,utn U1IU IIIIU UU) would be looked upon i pitcher of nny club. .AiuiouEn some or tne rieers nn nounced that they would never piny against Mays again, the "denthball" hurler twirled his first game since Chap man's death ngalnst tho Detroit club Monday. New York won. 10-0, and Mays pitched good ball. He was given a welcome cheer by the Yankee fans and be was clapped ns he came front the hill at the end of every inning. FALL DOWNSTAIRS FATAL Girl, 3, Dies After Tranlc Plunoe While Walking In Sleep . lllTtil '?IJX02 V,,?l, 'para 'l. "cd in St. Christopher's Hospital today as the result of a fractured skull received jyilSPJl1'0 WI "lownstalrs at her home, 2050 North Orianna street. The child was found lying at the foot of the stairs by her sister' Mary, fivo years old. It Is believed Harriet was walking in her sleep' when she took tho fatal plunge. Her father ran with her to the hospital where -lie died sev eral hours later, ' POLES IW NORTH SWEEP FORWARD r mS FOEAGAININTRAP Ea3tV Retreat of Bolshevik! Mlawa Menaced by -De fendors' Advance SLAV LEADERS PREPARING FOR COUNTER-OFFENSIVE Mas3 Forces on Beresina RivM for Final Thrust German Officials Alarmed . Ry the Associated Press JH. London, Aug. 20. The Russian So t. viet Government replied today to'tbt note of Arthur J. Balfour, Lord preil-'. dent of the council, concerning t&fl Soviet pence terms to Poland. Tlw f. Soviet Government nrrees tn wrthilriiter ' Ite condition that the Poles provide ariia'r for a workmen's militia of 200 ,tkP' twa in Poland. ! The Moscow government, however. Insists hat the peace negotiations must be discussed with Poland nlone. "with-' out any outside intervention whatso ever." The reply says this concession In mnno in order to meet Premier Lloyd i j (ienrrffM nri4et!An tn Oia nlfiiiM nh'f m try to nrrlve nt n complete understand- cl Ing with the government of Great' Rritnin. T Russian delegation here. The Moscow tl government states thnt In wlthdrawiac -r J, this rnnrlltlnn If In aiimi.1lnnllnr ,?.. 1 ...nun viBi- iu in imriiiiiuunt (irsirc'tKO secure the establishment of pcaee throughout the world. The RussUh delegation In London claims that thl concession meets the wishes ot 'the, Rrltlsh and Italian Governments. Warsaw. Aug. '2fl. fRv A. PA The northern Polish' army Is contlnuiwf e m,A .... I At. .I li C -Z mo region Between Bier near the Vast Pruni; and Soldnu near the Vast rniariamMyK border nnd is marching on Chowl,1 V. to the cant ;of Mlawa. to cut. of ', "? retreat of the remalnlnr Soviet forwai In the center the Pnles hnvi iwm.. .' pied Ostrolrnkn and Rtavtskl. mrr&t:j.:. ns Kolno, and arc marching on Ois!-' , f1 nicr. in mi! noiicn mc X'Oirs navrTO' taken Hrubleszow and the'Slxtleth Bol shevik division around Lcmberg is re?' treating to the southeast. Remnants of the fourth Bolshevik army, which were cut off bv the Polish advance In the region of Kolrio'-tem-porarlly succeeded In cutting their. Way ( through to the eastward niter a battle , lasting ten hours, according to an oil- rial statement Issued here. The Soviet troops carried out a regrouping tnaneu- " I ver. and surceeded In making their way out of the trnp which hnd closed upo them, hilt at Inst account,, wer mir rounded by more numerous forces of the i ,ol,r,n lolill1 nrm' The fifth Polish army continue its work of rounding up detachments of Rol'thcviki In the region west of vthe railroad running from Modlin to Mlawa, On the central front the Poles have carried out a flanking movement to the north, nnd have occupied Knyszyn, fif-i teen miles northwest of Rialystok, and' Stnwlskl, twelve miles northeast of Lomza. Occupation of these towns, with the capture of Kolno, complete the work of forging it ring around the fifteenth Rolshevik jtrmw. Other Soviet forces have reassembled nt various places and are making re peated uttacks in their nttempta tt brenk the Polish cordon. TCIno nttacka were made in the region of Kolno oa Tutday, but nil are said to hae beea repulsed with enormous losses. Russian Sonet reserves are reported Mng brought up ou the southern front in great numbers. Accoiding to In formation in the hands of ihe Polish General Holler, reserves some distance behind the Rolshevik north front also are being brought up. Mllltnry authorities expressed the be lief today that, although crushed in the north, the Rolshevik! pan to renew their ' '..." i.i. t 'i. ''.!. v H ..fr I , " I " J'' r t Soil." Xnslvc. Oc eral H.ll?rdSf.dSSt thv n,1B;lnn offpn(l,re t OTCI comp,,te,y wh,d that hWsH. ,,.,, ,t lInnfcHlhli. for till. Soviet fw. ,. . .au.i ... t Russians May Make Stand .111. ll'l .1.IIIIIH I. II' l.'Il.ll. tW I . .-..I. ( ... ..uwt.iv u. v.f,M...to. ii,.,, rupi. ,. ,, ., i against the Poles for weeks nnd per the nsitation i i... l" UIUI1UIB. wenerai iianer saiu mere were la ,icatIons that armies of Russian wotk ( )nCT1PI1 WPre being grouped at various I points for possible usp against the Poles, General Haller said there were in nnd that these armies might be thrown against the Poles at anytime. He also said the Soviet munition factories, un der German foremen, were working night and day, and that mnny German munition experts were being employed.' General Haller expressed the belief that when the Soviet offensive , begaa x there were 200.000 Russian soldiers. o all fronts. He estimated the Soviet losses In prisoners nnd those .who es caped Into East Prussia at nearly '100.' 000, in addition to enormous lossea la killed or wounded. Thn question of insisting that the peace negotiations be shifted from Minsk to some other city has occupied various officials fnr several days, aM the cabinet considered it tkroughafet Wednesday, The cabinet's rtcoratnes dations have been forwarded' to the lie' tlonul council of defense for finaUde termination and an announcement ! expected within a few days. The national council, nn which rW.l the decision as to whether, the. Pelft-t will demand a ehlft of the MItwk ,eef ' " 1 1 il v'M 4 7 M A m 73 VJ ' I it A i ' ' v fl a .11 " . VI nmr i '7 V'fr "mi. iter, A .CynMmitit Njjrs-e.Blx. jjm . ' V N It 'j ils,.,W W . t oeatfi Sm wHsvSMzSktik iafflfV'r- , ,& A md$l VW!l t)tM5
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers