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VOL. VI. NO. 302 '
EnUrM','Heonj.cu., MHf at lU Poilnfflcj. .t Philadelphia, ra.
Under the Act of Mtrch 8.- 18JB
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920
ruUlahed Dally Encpt Sunday. flubrlpllon lrlc ft a Tear by Mall,
Conyrlit. 1820, by I'uMIc t.der Company.
PRICE TWO-CENTS
1 ' 1 ' v ' ' '
nnni nm PtDQ .
UUHL UUUULIVU Hl
GET MILLIONS.
RGURES
SHOW
Anthracite Consumers
Prey of Profiteers, Mc
Cain Asserts
PUBLIC BLUDGEONED;
PRICES INCREASING
Retail Cost In Philadelphia
$6.55 a Ton Higher Than
in Wilkes-Barre
U. S. AGENTS DO NOTHING
Twenty -two Million Dollars
Crabbed From Purchasers
Since April 1
THEY ARE REAL VOTERS NOW
Hy GEORGE NOX MeCAIN
Stiff Corrnpondent f the Krtnlnjr rnbllr
Idrw
Scranton, Fa., Sept. 2. This an
thracite coal strike hris seemingly but
one blf Interest to Fhlladelphlans ; how
much higher Is It going to send the
price of coal?
The people of Scranton and Wilkes
barre, towns In the anthracite country,
pay $7.05 a long ton for nut coal. The
people of Philadelphia and southeast
ern Pennsylvania, 130 miles distant,
par $14.50 for the same grade.
Freight rates and local handling con
sidered, the problem Is, who Is father
Inr this jobbery in a universal neces
fltyf It Is about time Philadelphia quit
dreamier and looked this problem
?uare in the eyes.
Even here in the seat of the great
est anthracite field in the world, the
public in being aroused to the Iniquity.
N'ewtpapers usually submissive to the
conqulstadores of the coal field nre
blurting out ugly facts with astonishing
effrontery. They talk about the greed
and remorseless avarice of the opera
tors and middlemen, and how they are
footing the public.
Consumers 'Hoofed"
They are awakening to the fact thnt
they have been "hoofed" as the refined
"Mr. Muggsy" McOraw, of Lamb's
atew fame, would remark.
Just the same, Philadelphia also has
the print of the conl profiteers' boot
heel In equally large design upon her
neck. Philadelphia needs shaking up.
Tt Is almost criminal foolishness to go
gunning for Armour and the meat trust
In Chicago when a condition that tops
It like a skyscraper exists at the
threshold of every home in the East.
There are but two individuals who
can be responsible for filching millions
nf dollars from the pockets of the Phila
delphia public; the coal operator, or
'he his sales agent, and the retailer.
Width is it; or both?
The people have been bled and eco
nomically bludgeoned for months. There
are figures to prove it. Now with win
ter at hand, with thousands of coal
cellars empty and kens of thousands
only partially filled, there Is fresh talk
of another raise In the price of coal. I
have heard $17 n ton predicted for It.
Conspiracy of Profiteering
It Is nothing short of a conspiracy
of profiteering. The figures would have
been made public two months ngo show
ing how the coal operators have built
up after-war fortunes of millions, only
the majority members of Woodrow Wil
son's anthracite coal commission choked
off the revelation before the revelator
got his lips set for the recital.
There isn't a single fact so hard to
Ket at as figures concerning coal opera-
fQ?l,pv1wflt.8r Th7 don,t usuay 'k
m2 u tlon unless they want some-
'?"?, ?.ut no one ever heard an operator
or middleman "cheep" about the subject
break' ?hTsecret?Udln, b,mSeIf CU,dn,t
One of the largest conl concerns in
the world the I.ehlgh Valley Conl Co.,
as published its list of prices to do-
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ea. $0.1(5 per ton ;
nucUhont. $4.10 per ton;
"Ice. $3 per ton ;
nwl'jr. ,$2.25 per ton.
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o. I), nt the mines.
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PROBERS ADJOURN
WITHOUT HEARING
GOV. C0X?S AGEN1
Women Give Registrars
Busiest Day at Polls
New Voters Go Early to Get Names on Lists;
Four Do Without Breakfast and Walk
Mile to Perform Duty
Mooro Expected to Prosent Evi
dence to Sustain Slush Fund
Charges Tuesday
BARNES TO BE SUMMONED
TO TELL ABOUT HIS BOOK
.... . Ixdier Photo Service
.Mothers ana sons and wives and hnibands accompanied each other to polling place today to register for the
coming November election. The photograph, taken at the polling place of the eighteenth division of the Fifth
ward nt 012 Spruce street, shows (left to right standing) Mrs. Tilly May Forney, Mrs. Edith Wden, Mrs. Jane
Kuthcrford and Mrs. John Story, Martin Hlnes, a registrar, and J. J. Story. Seated (left to right) are Itoger
M. Dlockln, an election official, William Ilutherfnrd, whose mother has Just registered, and Philip Maltman,
an election official '
Poindexter Declares $200,000
Reasonable Sum for Sena
torial Contests
OPERATORS BALK
AT SIGNING AWARD
Hesitate to Disburse $18,000,-
000 While Strike Is in
Progress
100,000 MEN REPORTED OUT
SprHiI Dhrntch to Evrntntj HiWIr LfAotr
Wllkes-narre, Pa., Sept. 2. Anthra
cite operators have planned an Inoiirgeot
movement of their own. Meeting nt
Scrnnton today with the mine workers,
the subcommltec of the operators hnf
refused, or fnllcd to this time, to slcn
the majority nwnrd of the anthracite
wage commls'ion.
The reason for this Is the claim that
IC the operators adopt he nwnrd, they
will be forced to pay Xt8.000.ft00 In back
pay to the miners, and this they arc
not willing to ilo wnllc tne men are on
strlKc
Scranton, Pa,. Sent, 2. It Is esti
mated that between 00.000 nnd 100.000
miners nre Idlo in the nnthracite. reelon
and that 180 of the 300 collieries nre
closed.
An attempt to better conditions and
Btem the torrent of discontent amoug
the United Mine Workers is being made
by the miners' officials. It Is to ask
an equalization of wages with those
paid in the bituminous field. It is now
up to the commission to decide whether
It will conslder.tbc new demands.
$18,000,000 Back Pay Involved
The principal Incentive to the miners'
officials In signing the two-year agree
ment was not only that they had agreed
In advance to accept it, but if they had
not done so it would have released the
operators from their obligation to pay
them $18,000,000 back pay dating to
Anril 1.
The meeting of the general scale
rommiuee cuneu ny oecremry in iniwr
Wilson Is still In session here. It Is
attended by both operators and miners.
The United Mine Workers who went
out yesterday and this morning have no
defenders among their- officials. The
latter havo nothing to say and oiler no
defense or excuse for these men.
The situation In the anthracite region
now resolves Itself into a square knock-down-and-drag-out
between the officials
of the United Mine Workers and their
loyal followers and the outlaws.
If the latter trlumnh there are pros
pects of pretty Bllm coal rations In the j
eastern United States this winter. The
8000 men who have been on utrlke in I
the Plttston district are real outlaws.
A mere handful of them ore members
of the union, a few hundred at the most.
They refuse to recognize the union,
though Enoch Williams, their leader,
still retains his union card.
The United States Department of
Justice has suddenly been galvanized
Into life In this district. There Ib great
running to and fro of Its gumshoe men.
TJhey were In evidence at Wllkes-narre
yesterday when the outlaw miners of the
First district resolved to take a vuca
tlon. It Is possible that they have dis
covered that there is n Lever law. The
United States district attorney here
has threatened to take action and there
It ends.
As for the danger of a general walk
out with a coal famine to follow, no
one can tell. These miners act sporadi
cally and more or less Impulsively. It
seems. Anyhow It Is a question whether
they will stund up to their agreement or
whether they will deliberately smash It
AUTO ROBBERS BIND
AND GAG WATCHMAN;
GET THREE MACHINES
Man Is Overpowered in Garage
on North Nineteenth Street.
Cars Are Driven Off
Three motorcars, with n combined
value of $5700, were, stolen shortly
after midnight from Markee's Oarage,
810 North Nineteenth street, by five
wholesalers in the theft of motors, who
bound and gagged the watchman.
HarvpV Palmer, 1044 North Uber
street, the watchman, was making his
rounds when a towel was looped" over
his head from behind and he was jerked,
off his feet. Though he fought, he was
swiftly pinioned, bound and gagged and
rolled on the floor.
The five men then calmly Inspected
the cars and picked out the three they
liked best. These were a big roadster
belonging to Dr. D. h. Snyder, of 1035
Girard avenue, valued at $3500; a
small 'sedan, belonging to Mrs. A. N.
Hancock. 742 North Eleventh street,
worth $1100, and another small sedan
valued at the same sum, the property of
S. T. Lewis, 813 North Twenty-fourth
street.
'Having picked their cars the robbers
opened the blj doors of the garage, ran
the machines out, closed the doors again
and mnd off.
At 2 o'clock this morning a customer
of the garage drove up, and when he
could not get an answer to his knocks,
entered by a side door he found open
and heard Palmer kicking the floor with
his heels to attract attention. The
watchman notified the police of the
Twentieth and Uuttonwood streets sta
tion after he was set free. He was un
able to describe the robbers.
TOOMEY REPORTED
IN NEW CONFESSION
Accused Defaulter Said to
Have Explained How He Got
$324,000 From Bank i
FALSE ACCOUNT USED
(Vmtlnueil on ra Slitn. Column Threa
GAS LEAK ACCIPENTCAUSE
Mall Piano in Which Max Miller
Was Killed a Total Loss
Washington. Sept. 2. (Hy A. P.)
A bad fuel leak probably mused the
accident yesterdny near Mnrristown,
N. J In which Mnx Miller, nlr malt
pilot, nnd Oustave Itlerson, mechanic,
lost their lives. A reHirt to the Post
office Department today Mild the ma
chine burst Into flumes 300 or 400
feet from where It Ktruck.
The all-metal plnne was a total loss,
Superintendent Whltbeck reported.
"The Intense bent of the benzol lire,"
he said, "nctunlly fun-d the metnl
framework of the fiihselage no that the
metal lnv in pools on .the ground, n
great ioftlon of the sheet metnl being
actually consumed In the fire.
City HaB Dig Cash Balance
The report of the city treoniirer to
day showed an unusually large cash
balance on hnnd for the week ending
ytsterday. This was due to the final
rush to nay taxes. Heceipts for the week
were $14,870,573.72 and , payments,
$000,857.20. leovlng a balance, ex.
elusive of sinking fund, of $JA430,
050.20. ,
6-
JOHN MASLAWD, JR., KILLED
Steps FVom Auto In Front of Home
and Is Hit by Trolley
Tohu Masland, Jr., nephew of C. H.
Masland, carpet manufacturer, was hurt
fatally last night when he was struck
in front of his home, 0040 York road.
by a southbound trolley car. He had i
Just stepped from his motorcar when I
hit.
The young man was taken to the?
.icwian jiuspuai, wnere ue uiea soon
after.
Mr. Masland had been in West Phila
delphia earlier In the day. There were
bo street lights near his home when
he drove up last night.
He stepped Into the road unaware
that a trolley car was bearing down on
him,
William Eisenhard, Doylestown, the
motorman, was held by Magistrate Car
son in Central Police Station today to
await the action of the coroner.
CHILD, IT BY AUTO
Victim It Taken to Hospital by
Driver of Machine
While playing in the street near his
home at Fifty-second and Thompson
streets, last night, James Lawyer, five
years old, 1320 North Flfty-thlrd street,
was struck by an automobile driven by
James Longwell, C20 Columbia avenue.
He received a possible fracture of the
skull.
Longwell picked the youngster up and
hurried him to the West Philadelphia
Homeopathic Hospital. Later he sur
rendered to the police of the Sixty-first
and Thompson streets station house. He
will be given a hearing before Mag
istrate Price today.
MAYOR BACK ON JOB
Ends Short Vacation and Tell of
Visit to Harding
Mayor Moore appeared nt City Hall
today after an eight-day motor trip. He,
said h went for rest and Information
and obtained both.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Moore were luncheon
clients of Senator nnd Mrs. Hnrding nt
Marlon, O. The Mayor called on Sena
tor Crow, Ilepubllcan state chairman, at
Unlontown. Pa.
At Washington, where he visited
the offices nf the shipping board, Mr,
Moore said he learned proposals for the
sale of Hog Island are being prepared.
The proposals will be ready for adver
tising within ten days.
i
KILLED BY RUNAWAY HORSE
Mother of Six Children Unable to
Control Newly Shod Steed
Heading. Pa., Sept. 2. (Hy A. P.)
Mrs. Dominic Lebrune, aged forty
three, wife of a farmer on the Price
towu road, died last evening when a
horse she was driving ran away, wreck
ing the carriage, dragging her a con
siderable distance and fracturing her
bkull. . , .
She had takeu the horse to a black
smith to bo shodSix children survive.
Charles L. Toomey Is said to have
made a complete confession, supple
mentary to his earlier alleged ndmis
sions, owning that In two years he mis
appropriated $324,000.
Toomey, a- assistant secretary of
the Fidelity Trust Co., Chestnut street
near fourth, was in charrc of the nc
count of a large estate, of which the
nuelity is executor.
Arcnnllnip is, 1Kb vans. t. n. t.i
circles, Toomey, who is now in jail
awnuing nail oi $;.l,uw, has confessed
that he made our nn 11ntlftnln mi
such as are used in opening checking
accounts. nn,l atirnA.1 K .,.... r
He Is alleged to have confessed that
ue mcnooK oona interest ami dividends
from RMMirlHo Kl.l hi- tv- ... .--.I
deposited them under the name of the
iiciiuous account.
He next drew checks against? this
account for nl ruesvial ! i -.!.
and the bank, believed tha't the heir
to the estate was merelv itrnmin hi.
vwii iiiuucy.
,. According to the alleged confession,
the fact that the heir whose name
loomey forged did not appear at the
bank to claim his share of the Income
from the estate enabled Toomey to carry
on the deception for two years.
Recently, while Toomey was on his
vacation, the heir appeared and asked
for $25,000, part of his share of the
income of the estate.
Officials of the company went over
the false account and told him there
was not $25,000 to his credit.
The heir declared that he had more
than S2.V00O line. a llA hail n.t tnnnh.,1
his share of the income for two years.
Officials then showed him numerous
checks, totalling $321,000. apparently
attrnll hv Mm Whnn ita rtnlV onw tUm
checks he declared them to be forgeries.
Toomey 'a arrest followed on his re-
fura rVftm m vfsiv nf T.cilra f.fitim-
plain and Lake George.
PENNSY PORTER WOUNDED
Commuters at Broad Street 8tatlon
Scatter When Shot Is Fired
The after-theatre crowd of commu
ters in Broad Street Station scattered
wildly when a flashily dressed negro
waiting for a train shot one of the
negro porters at 12:40 o'clock this
morning. The man was held today un
der $1500 ball for court by Magistrate
Carson in Central Station.
David Roberts, twenty-four years
old, of 2520 Pine street, the porter,
was brushing ur the floor, and asked
John McPartes, another negro, of
uowningtown, to move out or the way
of the dust. McPartes refused, and
later grew ongry when some dust set
tled on his highly polished shoes.
A crowd gathered to hear the arcru.
ment, but was swiftly dispersed when
McPartes drew a revolver and fired,
striking Roberts in the back. Detec
tive Cleveland nrrested the runnine ne.
ero at the foot of the stntlon stain nmt
took him to Central Station. Roberts
was treated by a railroad physician In
the nrst-niu room.
Ry the Associated Press
Chicago, Sept. 9. The Senate com
mittee Investigating campaign expendi
tures adjourned shortly alter noon with
out having heard Edmund Moore, of
sentatlvo, who vu expected to present
data to back nn Cox s charm of a fin,-
000,000 Republican campaign fund.
Chairman Kenyon announced that the
committee would meet In Chicago next
Tuesday, September 7, to hear Mooro
and other witnesses.
Ily CLINTON W. OIMIERT
Staff Cenrrxndrnt of the Krenlnr Pulille
Idrer
Cotnrrtoht. lit, bv Publte Ledotr Co.
Chicago, Sept. 2. Tuesday will prob
ably bring out before the Kenyon In
vestigating committee all that remains
of Governor Cox's charges nnd his evi
dence to support them. Senator Pome-
rcne is expected to bring back from
Columbus, as a result of yesterday's
conference with the Democratic candi
date, all the facts upon which the gov
ernor based his charges. When this
information has been placed before It
the committee will be near the end of Its
task. Only a few odds and ends remain
to be cleared up, including the book
published by William Barnes, of New
York, and his list of subscribers.
The committee has been running Into
the minor details of campaign expendi
tures, the senators of both parties fight
ing for hours to fasten some minor dam
aging fact upon their opponents. All
the essential fnrts. except those which
Governor Cox Is said to JIoshcsm, have
now Deen brought out in evidence.
Find Nothing Sensational
FIND GIRL HURT.IN STREET
Qlenilde Young Woman Believed
Victim of Motorcar
Estelle Korker, twenty years old, i
domestic employed by M. de Mays
Glenslile, was found in a dying con
dltlon in the street last night ot Mc
Callum street andMount Pleasant ave
nue. She died early today In the Ger
mantown Hospital,
The young woman was found by E
W. Tunell, 278 Hnrvey street. Sin
nnnnrntitlv hint heen utrnnb Kv An ......
mobile. Tunell placed her In his motor
car and took her to the hospital.
GROFSBECK HOLDS LEAD
Apparently Is Nominated for Q.O.P.
Governor of Michigan
Detroit, Sept. 2. (Hy A. P.) One
congressional nomination nppenred to
be the only result remaining in doubt
early toduy as belated returns from
Tuesday's primary came in. That was
in the Tenth district, where Congress
man Gilbert Currle-was in a close race
Svlth Roy O. Woodruff, with the latter
holding a slight advantage.
All nther congressmen who sought re
nomination and met opposition appar
ently hhd safe loads.
V ' .. I
rpiIE ladles, bless their hearts," an
A one veteran of the polls phrnvd It,
went to the polling places in happy
legions for the first time In their lives
today and registered for the vote they
will cast In November.
Women, young nnd old, miitron and
maid, nil bright of eye und n bit excited
over the urtual exercise of a privilege
for uhirh they fought so long nnd bo
bravely, flocked to the polling places all
over the city and gave the registration
officers perhaps the busiest day they
ever put In.
One surprising feature was the early
hour nt which many of the women ap
peared. Another was the ease with
which moit of them adapted themselves
to tliis new situation.
Mayor Makes Wife Pay Tax
MATOR MOORE, his wife ond their
son, Clayton, registered at the poll.
Ing place of the ninth division of thu
Fifth ward, nt Third and Cypress
streets. They reached the polling place
ot 10:40 o'clock.
The Mayor perfunctorily signed the
-registration book and was giving out a
short Interview in which he said that
although he had not favored woman
suffrage while in'Congress, he was now
in favor of women voting, when his wife
Interrunted.
"Do I have to pay this fifty cents
polltax, or will you pay It.' Mrs
Moore asked.
1 he Mayor studied a moment, nnd re
plied :
"No, I'll not pay the tax. It's your
vote, and you shotilu pay tor It.
"All riuht." Mrs. Moore said serl-
ouslv. as she produced the required
half dollar, "but it will come out of the
house money." Incidentally, the law
makes it obligatory for each voter to pay
WOMEN REGISTER:, ;
FOR FIRST TIME
MAN IN BACK SEAT'
i
his or ber own poll tax, out of hlfl or
her pocket.
Mrs. Mooro wa the second woman
to rerister In the ward.
When one of th) registrars asked her
age, she demurred, and said : .
"Can't I give It as twentyono plus"
"I'm sorry, madam," the registrar
said, "but you must give your approxl
mate age."
' All right, then.'' said Mrs. Mooie,
"I'm fifty-eight."
Mrs. Moore said she had never been
actively interested in woman'B suffrage,
but that she felt it waa now as much
her duty as her husband's to vote.
She said her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Darnes, of Ambler,' registered today.
As the Mayor was leaving the polling
place, he announced that he would to
cay sign the ordinance appropriating
money to provide the machinery neces
sary for the women to vote. He said
he would pay no attention to the con
troversy In Tennessee. s
Register Before Breakfast
T7K)UR women walked more tluin a
mile before breakfast to register.
They were on hnnd at their polling
place. 1001 North Sixty-third street, In
the Thirty-fourth ward, before all the
registrars had arrived.
Three of tho women are sisters, and
the fourth is a school teacher who
boards with them. The household ex
pressed a Republican preference.
The alstera are Misses Catherine C
noffmeleter, sixty years old; Anna W.
Hoffmeister, fifty years old, and Emma
P. Hoffmeister, who gave her age aa
nearly fifty.
As the women walked into the poll
ing place at thu stroke of 7, after a
vigorous walk through the chill early
morning air, Joseph PhllHps, one of the
registrars, said, "You'll have to wait ii
Husbands, Fathers and Son '
Lost in Shuffle of Fomlnlnit
at Polls ,
- , .
EXPECT TOTAL, OF- 300,000"
1 -
Mrs. Thomson Says Many Will
Need Prodding Before They
Qualify to Vote
Mr. Harriett Learns
Where He Gets Off
"What's your political party?" a
registrar asked Mrs M.iry G. Hart
lett. 4040 Ictist stniet, who came
to the polling place In the thirtieth
division of the Forty-sixth ward,'
with her husband, II. S. Hartlett.
"She's a Republican." Mr. nart
lett volunteered.
Mrs. nnrtlett gave him a quick
look and a hasty answer.
"I'll tell the registrar," she rep.
rimanded.
Continue! on Pace Tonr. Column One
1
Nothing sensational has been dis
closed. The Rentibllcan camnala-n fund
Is evidently going to be about what
every one expected it would be. The
Democratic campaign fund Is going to
be much Bmaller, which Is nothing un
usual. The lists of subscribers of both
parties to date disclose nothing which
can be made an issue in the campaign.
The Democratic managers profess to
find sinister influences only in Mr.
Barnes's list of subscribers. For the
sake of Governor Cox's charges, they
must find tinlster Influences somewhere,
and they do it in this way. Wil
bur Marsh, treasurer of the Demo
cratic national committee, shakes his
head gravely over the alleged fact that
Mr. Barnes's subscribers were divided
into two groups, one group agreeing to
contribute to his book, and the other
pledging their moral and financial sup-
Srt to propaganda conducted by Mr.
arnes. rioth pledges are printed un
der the same heading which refers to
Mr. Karnes's book and to an ordinary
eye it looks as it both meant tho same
thing, that the subscribers wonld come
through handsomely in support of Mr.
Barnes's publication. Hut Mr. March
will not have it so. He is sure that
the general pledge to support propa
ganda under the direction of Mr. Ilarnes
refers to some vast unnamed effort by
the Albany politician to influence the
public mind. In this list of subscribers
to the propaganda are some corpora
tions. Now, according to Mr. Marsh,
it la a sinister thing for a corporation
to give money for propaganda by Mr.
Barnes, but not for it to give money
to the publication of a book by him.
Help to Needy Politician
As a matter of fact, the Barnes pub
lication looks to unprejudiced eyes like
the thrifty effort of a needy politician
to make a bit of money for himself
out of the national campaign, Mr.
Barnes has been a figure of some prom
inence in Republican party, notably In
the national convention of 1012, but
he is one no longer. A great many
men of wealth have probably been quite
willing to see Mr. Barnes profit by
the political opportunities of this year,
by means of a very generously under
written publication which probably
won't Increase Senator Harding's
chance? of election so much as 1 per
cent. Mr. names, when he takes the
stand in response to Senator Reed's
invitation, will undoubtedly clear up
the mystery as to who got the money.
If it went into his pocket as author and
publisher it wasn't sinister money.
All the triumphs of both sides have
been of the petty order that delights
the politician anxions to set something
on the other fellow. Virtue had one
triumph when Senator Harry New,
thoroughly enjoying what he was do
ing, proved by letters that the Demo
crats bad In their employ one man who
had offered his services also to the Re
publicans. A few hours later this sin
ner wut made an example of. lloth
Hides felt that the cause of public moral
ity had been splendidly served.
Marsh Is Smooth Party
Wilbur Marsh scored a little triumph
of his own almost as great as Senator
New's. Mr. Marsh Is an engaging per
sonality, smooth, smiling and delight
fully fair, pralklng the Republican purty
for Its splendid s)9tcm of decentralizing
Canllnurd on Tate Nliteon, Column Two
MAYOR SIGNS ENROLLMENT FUND LA
Mayor Moore today signed the three ordinances pnssed by
Council at a recent special session providing funds for the n3sess
ent and registration of women voters. It was his firs official act
upon his return from an eight-day motor trip.
SEVERAL HURT IN INDIANA TRAIN WRECK
NEW ALBANY, Ind., Sept. 2. Southern Eailway train No. 2
bound from Louisville to St. Eouis, was derailed while emerging
from a tunnel near Georgetown, ten miles from Here, Jate last
night. No passengers were killed, but several were reported in
ured. -"
BUNNY'S ARMY
ON
E, SAY 'POLES
Annihilation of Russian Cavalry
Force Reported in
Warsaw
VAST STORES ' CAPTURED
WOMAN 'BOSSISM'
RAPPEO BY KNIGHT
Varo Leader Declares Heads of
New Organization Are Pub
licity Seekers
HAVE NO LEGAL STATUS
Probe and Speedhmahing
Mark Presidential Race
Senator Pomerene Is expected to
hand the Senote investigating com
mittee the facts on which Cox bases
his charges against the Republicans.
Harding today discussed the league
with Senator Knox and addressed
teachers and ball players before wit
nessing a baseball game.
Cox will start on his western
speech -making tour tonight. Ha
will visit twenty -two states before
returning to Dayton.
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By the Associated Press
Warsaw, Sept. 2. JTho' Bolshevik
army of General Budenny, noted cav
alry leader, was annihilated during the
operation), in Lembcrg hector, which
began August 2! und ended September
1, says the polish official statement on
military operations issued today. Iso
lated detachments of Budenny's forces
succeeded in escaping and are in dis
orderly retreat.
General Budenny's mounted men hnd
hecn endeavoring to break through the
Polish lines and march upon Lublin.
They had nearly completed an encircling
movement ngalnst Zamosz, midway be
tween Lublin and Lemborg, but were
outflanked by the Poles and Httncked
from the east. The engagement resulted
In the defent of the Soviet forces along
the entire center of the front, and the
Russians were compelled to retreat lu
disorder with the Poles In close pursuit.
The Bolsheviki lost heavily In killed
and wounded, udii the statement, the
Poles capturing thousands of prisoners,
sixteen guns nnd enormous quantities
of material.
The fighting centered In the Zamosz
region, the battle tnklng the form of
numerous cavalry clashes with the in
fantry filling in the emu and attacking
all along the line simultaneously, re
operations were carried out in" accord
ance with the Polish battle plan, which
had led the Russians into trap where
they were attneked from nil sides.
Besides announcing the victory of tho
Poles over Budenny in the Zamosz bat
tle, the communique reiorU succssei
along the entire center and southern
fronts, where the niissinns wero bested
in the fighting.
GenernI Iluilenny's mounted .army,
the Polish statement ns-erts. hnd re
ceived ab-Nolilte orders to break the
Polish front in the region of nmnsz nnd
march upon Lublin together with the
Twelfth Soviet nrmv, which nlso was
to pass to the offensive in the region of
Cholin. Because of the advance of the
Poles previously along the Hug, how
ever, the offensive of the Twelfth nrmy
was rendered impossible. The Soviet
troops, concentrated in thefcjion of
Piscza, Similar and Jngodin.L un
able to stand under the PolitoT attack
and retreated, leaving many prisoners
lu the hnnd of the Poles.
Tho first defeat upon the Htidenny
forces, the communique stutes, was in
flicted by the Pole, In the region of
Grabowlec, just to the northeast of
Znniosz where n Bolshevik brigade had
been massed. More than 200 prisoners
were taken ia this encounter.
Negotiations for joint operation by
"We nre coming Mother Anthony,
300,000 strong."
Tills wns the unspoken thought of '
legions of women who trooped to poll
ing places today and registered their
right to vote under the Susan H. An-'
thony suffrage amendment.
The turn-out of new voters wns sur
prisingly large In some residential sec
tions, nlthough in many others only a
fraction of those apsessed appeared, for
registration.
Many of the women appeared at the
tiolls early, which the registrars had i
not cxpV-cteil.
A cross-section of the 1381 polling
places here cuve nn inkling of the ngm- ,
ber of women registering. The figured
were obtained up to 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
In the twentieth division, Thirty
fourth ward, fifty -our women and fifty
seven men had registered. In the
Twentysixth ward the number of women
assesied, or entitled to register and
those Hctuully registered were shown
in these figures:
Twenty-ninth division, 205 assessed,
2 women registered: thirty'lhlrd dlvi- '
t-ion. 07 women nse.ecl. 10 women
registered: th'rtitth dlvlson, 312 women,
assessed, 12 women regstered; thirty
fourth division. 10R women assessed, .2
women registered; thirty -eighth dm
siou, (534 women assessed. 3 women rsj-4-1
Istered. and in the thirty-seventh divi
sion, ,104 womn assessed and (1 women "
registered.
Chivalry Discouraged
Lest men regit-trnntx tie too i!eferei!J
tlal to the women and give up their
places in line, in the chivalrous spirit
that is part and pnrc! of most mett's '
nntures, the registrars were care
fully instructed by the registration '
commissioners that while the nineteenth
amendment has civen women new rights
"these rights are the same ns those of
the men and no higher." " .
This Is only the first of three regis
tration days, the others elng Septem; '
ber 1 nnd October 2. i
Although 1H7.1M'.; men registered last
August 'Jit, which was the first regis
tration day for the mayoralty election,
the number of rnole registrants today
will not he so large, it is estimated byl
electiiiu officials,
Kpcct 100,000 Women
l Last August the whole city was aflts &
with the cry of "Register." in th" move,
ment to down the Varcs and greit en
thusiasm was aroused, which en used an
untms-edentedly large registration.
On the other band, registration in A
, presidt ntial year is nlwuvs Inrge and
this factor inny upset predictions.
Kach woman registering must declare
her politics. She may enroll as Re-
publican. Democrat or Non-partisan.
She must exhibit a county or Btate'tax
receipt unless, she is over twenty-ona
years of age and under twenty-two, In
which event she is said to "vote on
In
Pay
Coroner Knight today defied the
lightning of feminine wrath by declar
ing that the leaders of the Republican
women's state committee should "mind
their own business" iml nmlf .,n,ii ti,
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naye a legal place In a political organ! - j age" nnd need not have a receipt,
xatlon before trying to run everybody." all other cases she will have to
The women, after thev hml w.n.i , ' a noil tax costlnu fifty cents.
coroner's remarks, dis.-idcd that a Registrnre were busy yesterday and
"dignified silence" . would be the best 'B!,t night putting the polling places In
nply they could make to the attack order In anticipation of their first con
of the coroner and other "old -school" tnct wlb women registrants. Cigar
politicians. I stores, barber shops, plumber's shoos
1 he women met at the headquarters ' and almost every conceivuhle variety of
oi ine srnje committee, where they hove i oulldlng
i.icii tum-i-H, mm uecmeii arter prolong
ed discussion that the less they said the
better it would be.
The Fortv-tifth win! Vnr ln,l r..t
Tllinateil ni-nlnut il n... ... i .u Mrs! lliilir fit Cltv Hull u-iih reelvfn
tics in following up remarks he made tintt' r,'Por"' ' '"" number of women'
yesterday nt a meeting In the city criin-' """essed In the (lie-day house-to-house
Mimcc m-uuqunnerH, r.ieventh and l,n"l,a m"11 llr i-nn iu-im euiing.
Chestnut streets. I The commissioners will get busy on
,, . , , .. u the reports nnd strike u total as soon
-.. i i.riiiTAim island
You heard wlmt I said yesterday,"
nre used as polling places.
Politicians Interested
While the registration was going on.
the count! commissioner' office on the
as they possibly con.
rolltlrinns and the
women them-
Coroner Knight began. "I meant every 'elves, of course, are keenly Interested
Wjord of It. The women have no legal '" lenrninR Just how many women have
share nt this time in the nartv nrn. been assessed.
Uzation. They have their headquarters ' John Voorhees. s-cretary of the Re-
I ui me uepunuenn state committee, 500
Soufh Broad street, which is a Pen
rose organization. They admitted thnt
'themselves. Before coining to our meet
liing they were addressed hr John Voor
hees und Robert Crier, of the Henub
. Itr-nii Alliance, and others of the Pen
1 rose organization.
"What, does that mean? H menus
uiey were sum to our committee. by Pen
rose, wtnit right have they to take the sions,
pnsuion mev inn iviio nre Mrs War
burton mid Mr. Thomson? What Hcht
nine iitei io ten the work ni? ulrU nt
publican Alliance estimates the num.
ber of women assessed w-ill total at least
noO.OOO His opinion is based on thu
following statistics from some of the
wards which buvc already nrnde returns,
Tweuty -fifth ward, eight divisions,
1.100 : Tin nt. i -ninth wnrd, ten divlsW w(
2100- Thirtieth wnrd. five division.!
1.00- Thirty. sixth ward, ten illvlslonn;
2SO0; Thirty-seventh wnrd. neven dlvi-
1200; Twenty-fourth ward,
Continued en 1'ftge rive, fulnmn Ont
Kensington nhnt they should i,. n .)()i.
tics? They have nothing In lonimon nt
POET MAY QUIT FIUME
with th vnst nuilurttv nf ...
m 1 1 .i " 'vwtli' i,
in my mino mev are mere crater of
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Continued tn rie HUUen, Column BTen
D'Annunzio Disappointed at "Cold
as much publicity a thev enn get ' Reception" Given Constitution -i,
"You see their ntctiires In tl... .,,...... I Ii.wl,.n ., ' nlr A n I ,
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...... .. ,..,ii ii ii ,erj pmin tnej mint ' exennnge teiegrapn illspatcii from Home. -
to nppear In the limelight What thei , quotes the Popolo Romano ns snyingrt
ought to do is to mini their own Imsl- ' Gnbrlele d'Anntinzlo has decided to i
KO to thu
Ret ft !'!
. ai . innr
place in the party organization. If thev constitution for the "Itnlinn regency
ivnnt to belli, it is ull right. Hut they i of Qtiarnero " a new state which wa1
nave no right to form u separate or-1 to comprise Flume und sevt-rul Adriatic1
islands.
Members of the Itnlinn cabinet are'
divided nS to a solution nf the Adriatic1
to no is to mind their own Imsl-' Gabrlele d'Anntinzlo has decided to i
ur course, they have n rKlt f(, abandon Flume because of disappoint-
the polls nnd vote, and after they ent nt "the cold reception" the Inhabit- l
legal right thy ,.n tnki-. their' anU of Flume gave his proclamation of
ganizntion.
Says "Read Klrrtlon Law"
'Let them rend up on the election Muestlon.
says the Glornale d'ltalU.
Inu-u I t il,.,. d i . ; "in mill iirpim i, snyii me moriiuie n linill,
aboS't trUlnr a Ka.1 r .h,'1. ht?v ,0 wj fm for allowing Flmnq to proclaim
?hlnV in .n.g . .? i..? ' . t0 h,V nyv1lts Independence, and then using Ital
thing to say In a political prcanltlo,, inn diplomatic Influence to obtain wcosj.
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Ctntlnowl yi r Kiitir, Celuinn Klre
Cardinal nibbon Vrtn Alt CalK-M..
to u. ram manuajJ "oV ViiATttiia,!!!!
nitlon of the sovereixn state of Flume;
ether ministers prefer asking the SB
nrxntion of Flume to Italy and giving
Dalmutla to Jugo Sluvla In exchange.
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