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PHILADELPHIA,' TUESDAY, SEPTEMBERS, 1920
rubllahed Dally Excopt Sunday. ' Bub'rlptloji Trice Id a Tear by Mall,
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PRICE TWO CENTS
PALMER PROMISES HE WILL CURB GOAL PROFITEERS
Moore Tells Senate Probers to Get Evidence to Support Cox's Charges From Republicans
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BBEFLEE
South Twentieth Street Store
Looted of $1450 In Cloth.
Pursuit Fails
COMMANDEERED MACHINE.
IS OBTAINED TOO LATE
Hold-Up at Westmoreland and
Memphis Streets Nets High
waymen $72
Pog Saves Family of Six
In Fire; Loses Own Life
Pet Arouses Household and Leads the Way
Through Smoke and FlamesBody
Found Near Door
tfnr hnndlts operating in the north
W nml downtown sections of the city
tt!i morning executed two hold-ups
irhlch netted them approximately .iu".
Three men in n touring car rode up
( thr tailor shon of Morris Klein, 1010
wi, TMrntlfth street, about four
Mocks from the Twentieth and Federal
streets station house and, niter Drcau
in the window, got $1450 in cloth.
They were seen while taking the cloth
from the window by n man living near
by nho was awakened by the crash of
the Rlasf. He sounded the alarm and
won icteral men were on the street.
The bamllta made a nuicK getaway
in the automobile just as tlie nrst neign
bor reached the scene. It wns some
time before an automobllo to pursue
them was obtained. By that time the
bindits had escaped.
Nelihbor of Klein, who saw tho
men at work, were able to gjve the no
11.. . .ax.i rlnerrlntlnn nf the uandltl.
' Police ay tho descriptions are those of
old offenders anu expect 10 rounc r-
rMt today. .
m.'MW motor hold-un was rullctl
, Rva hnndltn and occurred at
I, W'eitmoceland and Memphis streets, at
l- 3 o'clock. Tho bnndlts loot was $72.
Philip Weiss, 254;: uougiass street,
... ik. vixttm. "Iln was walking to
Wk ivhen an automoble containing
tt bimilts'drew up to tho sidewalk and
topped near hint.
' 'The nVenen got out. Three covered
him with revolvers and demanded his
money. He handed over the 72 he had
Is. his possession. . , .
When tho bandits drove off, Weiss
reported the robbery to tho police vof
the Belgrade and Clearfield streets sta
tion. '
CRISIS IN B. R. T. STRIKE
Men Must Return Today or Lose
Seniority Rights
Xw York. Sent. 7. (IJy A. P.)
Tho strike of 11,000 employes of the
Itrookljn Itnpld Trnnslt Co. entered
the critical Knee today, iu tho opinion
of company officials. Unions the men
return to work by tomorrow noon they
will forfeit their seniority rights and
other privileges, in accordance with the
ultimatum Issued, last week by Iilndley
M. Oarrison, receiver.
The men voted last night to continue
the strike until they had won their de
mands The company today ported no
tices that all men returning before to
morrow noon would receive n 10 percent
Increase In wages.
W. P. Mahon, interantlonnl presi
dent of the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Hlertric Hallway Employes
of America, today planned a conference
with Major Ilylan in tho hope of arriv
ing at some plan to conciliation.
Meanwhile traffic conditions in Brook
lyn continued to Improve materially.
Nellie, a black dog of no particular
breed, saved the lives of six people in
a Are this morning, but gave her life
as the price.
Those saved wcro Mr. nnd Mrs. Ihnnc
Koval, 2024 Tulip street, nnd their four
children. " Their store nt that uddress
was destroyed.
The frantic barking of Nellie nt the
foot of her bed awakened Mrn. Kovnl
labout 2 o'clqck. Tho house was tilled
witn smoke. JUrs. Koval nrouscd her
husband in nn adjoining room.
Anna, fourteen years; Ida. nine
years; Morris, Bcven years, nnd Yctta,
four years, were .awakened and the
family started for the stairwny, Nellie
leading the way through the smoke
filled hall.
The stairway was filled with flames.
Kovnl and his family saw tho futility of
attempting to negotiate the flrc-jillcd
passageway and turned back.
But Nellie never faltered. Some-
whore in her mixed pedigree was the
blood of some strong breed. Hhc jumn
ed through tho flames, but was con
sumed by the fire on the floor below.
Refuses to Lcavo Children
Koval led his family to the rear room
on tho second floor. Ho wnntcd to
lower his wife to the yard by means of
bed clothing, but she refused to lenvo
the children.
Then Koval jumped. Badly shaken
In the rear of the house until he could
almost reach tho window.
Then Mrs. Koval nasicd the children
Out ono by one, finally lowering herself
to ncr nusDnmrs waiting nrms nnu
snfety nfter the children were safe on
the ground.
Frank MrKcnnn, a neighbor, wns
nwnkened by the reflection In IiIm bed
room and turned In the alarm that
brought tho fire engines. When they ar
rived it wns too late to save the build
ing. Aged Woman Carried Out
An nged woman, too ill to walk, was
carried from a nearby homo when it
looked as if the fire would spread. But
the firemen were able to conflno it to
tho Koval homo nnd store. ,
Firemen who heard of Nellie's hero
ism fought their way into tho iflrst
floor of tho building as soon as possible
in the Bllm hope that they mlgjit tlnu
her alive, crouched behind some box or
protection.
The hope wns vain. The remains of
the heroic little black dog were found
near the front door to whje-h Nellie had
gamely fought her way and then suc
cumbed when she found it locked.
Nellie wns the pet of the Kovnl chil
dren, nnd had been n member of the
household for several sears. Recently
sho was sick, but recovered under the
ministrations of n veterinary.
Koval recently opened the store on
Tulip street. It wns furnished with
new snow cases and ice boxes nnu a
P'lHHIIIIiHt
0H10AN SAYS G. 0. P.
HAS PAID WORKERS
L.T. JAMES MURRAY ORIER
Philadelphia filer who was killed
yesterday while flying over tho
championship tennis matches at
Forest Hills, L. Il
10 COLLECT FUND
Presents Names'of Men Demo
cratic Nominee Wants Sum
moned Before Investigators
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES
M00RE SAYS HE HAS ALL
OF NOMINEE'S EVIDENCE
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Refers to Battalion of "Mop-
pers-Up" After "Cream
List" Is Canvassed
up by his plunge, ho staggered to his complete lino of produce nnd groceries.
lece ana mint a pyramia ot empty doxcs tie estimates ins loss at $0U(HJ.
AND THEY DIDN'T
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ITALIAN CITIES FEEL
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
Seismic Disturbances of Vary
ing Degrees Reported
Along Coast
Showing the Nerve-Strain
Getting News Which Other
Fellow Got First
of
COMPLIMENTARY, YES BUT!
ONLY $1, HE SAYS
Turns Pockets Inside Out to
Police as Climax of Dra
matic Confession
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PUTS BLAME ON GAMING
TO HEAR P. R. T. APPRAISAL
Commission Meeting In Harrlsburg
May Set Date Today
A flfltP mnv hn onf trwlm fs Knno flin
Htpld Trnnsit Co.'s appraisal of its
ptem bi; tho Tubllc Service Commis
ion, which Is meeting in Harrlsburg.
Much Interest Is manifested in the
appraisal for the reason that it will
Jjow just how great a financial burden
me rentals paid to tho underlying com
panies are to the transit company.
Hie public inspection of the com
Pnr 8 obligations would indicate how
far the P. It. T. Co. would have to
pp in the way of fare increases to sur
"tc the present financial crisis.
hose close to the transit situation
Mpove tho company may be seeking
w postpone publication of the appraisal
pr the reason that it Would reveal in
timate and detailed facts about tho un
doing companies. As the Superior
J-ourt has for tho present held up nn
t?T??tl5ntion of tl,,o companies, the
H. T. Co. ix Hold to feel that It would
r.at 'et indelicate to permit these
tacts to hecomo public until the court
nd made its final uiling.
$45 "CURRENCY ROAST"
Family Has Unexpected and Ex
pensive Sunday Dlnnor
SundflV dlnna nf 4t.A l.nM A 1irH
Ki'J- J1- W. Magraw, at 1828 South
ltty-ell!hth ttrof ...oU nn ..!
affof' & ttrfi waB nn expcnslvo
.The roast, alone, cost something liko
Afort,,,lp fumll f two persons.
J." Saturday night, Mrs. Magraw.
Sliki antl '". a unrber, hid 'her
fl.all00k "talnloK 540 in bills, a
nu-doliar check and homo change.
Its. Ti i U.CP so many roobor
It nr toId hcr husband, "that I put
whore no one can find It"
Bh put it in tho oven of her gan
PocketbonlfmifnKl18,sbn, forKot nbout the
roaktV,? ', ,lghtc( tne BBS oven ana
K! took th1"?0 P'rS of bccf- When
thJn adh,n ,0." fr?m tl10 " more
par?. nnfh,?ur Ia ,r: " found the metal
www niilT cl0V' ,,1'kotbook, some
lth g S,M, nmf ?'". bt tho $4tT.
PlannM nna her husband had
Ubor D.v
Wvy
The Evenino Ponuo Lkdokr, -Kith
enterprise in which n certain contem
porary' seems somehow lacking, sent n
staff man to the Rccne of the sinking of
the submarine S-5. The only newspa
perman to go, h'e mndo the trip on thp
destroyer Blddle, which left the Phila
delphia Navy Yard at 7 :35 o'clock Fri
day night.
Yesterday morning, in the first
("Extrn") edition of this paper, ap
peared an article written by this re
porter, Cyril G. Moran. Briefly, it
quoted Commander Charles M. Cooko
on the cause of the accident, nnd gnve
testimony taken on the bnttleship Ohio
nt sea by nn inquiry board. Mr. Moran
was present during the testimony, the
only newspaperman there.
Tho Evening Bulletin's first edition,
which parallels this paper's "Extra,"
was sreatly lacking in these details. To
be truthful, it Just didn't have 'cm.
There was none of tho testimony. And,
sad to say, no interview with Captain
Cooke !
Indeed, the Evening Bulletin skidded
badly on tho subject of Captain Cooke.
It said he was aboard the Ohio. It's
unfortunate, but ho wasn't. He wns
back on the destroyer tender Beaver.
Tho Ohio was far away, nt or near
Hampton Roads, Vn.
Snappy Work, This
But the Evening Bulletin wasn't go
ing to be outstripped. It was n hard
job nnd a quick scramble, but it was
beautifully done. For In Us second edi
tion yesterday (Postscript) this hustling
sheet nppenred with the substance of
the Evejjino Puulio IjEDonn's first
edition story, trailing along a littlo
matter of moYe than three hours late.
But pretty snappy work nt that, for
"pasto-ups" nnd "rewrites" take
time!
The day wasn't over, however.
In the Eventno Public Ledciek
"Postscript" appeared a vastly more
detailed account of the S-G disaster.
Captain Cooke was quoted in a complete
and graphic interview, the only one
given any newspaperman, nnd obtained
by Mr. Moran nt tho same timo ho got
thn nrtlxln nuhltshed in the "Extra."
And then tnero miisi nave ueen u
merry bustle In the Evening Bulletin
office. Such it brandishing of shears
nnd bedaubing with pastepot and
hoarso orders barked from the quarter
deck:! Better Late Than Never
But they put it over big. 'For .the
Evening Bulletin's "Night Extra,"
though it follows the Bvenino Public
Idiom's "Postscript" by a: time mar
gin dangerously unsafe for a coup ot
Rome, Sept. ".(By A. P.) Very
mnrked earthquake shocks were report
ed this morning from points in Tus-J
ennv. Cnsunltlcs hnd resulted, the re
ports stated, nnd the authorities have
sent old. Shocks lasting live seconds
also were felt nil along the Riviera and
at Milan and Genoa.
The points from which tho shocks
wcro reported were cnstcinuovo ui unr
fngnana, Picvcfosclano. Castigllone di
Gnrfagnana and Villa Collcmandla, nil
In Tuscany.
Nice, France, Sept. 7. (By A. P.I
A heavy earthquake shock wns felt
along the Itallau coast nt 0:30 o'clock
this morning. It was only Blight along
the Riviera, but was felt in every town
on this nart of the coast.
BAOmSDRNElT BrWIRE '
Presidential Race Livens
as Election Approaches
E. II. Moore, Cox's personal
agent, told Sennte probers today that
the investigators are not seeking the
best evidence on Republican funds.
He declared paid men collect funds.
Hnrdlng Is on his way to St. Paul
to mako his first address outside of
Ohio tomorrow.
Cox mokes three nddrcsses In
North Dakota today. Ho has Issued
n statement replying to Hnys'a
"quota" denial.
Continued on re Tito. Column Tho
go
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to" the seaihoro over
well dono," la feet.
Suvposo Your Best Friend Was in
Love with the Woman Who Had
Embittered Your Life, Wrecked
Your Happiness. Would You Try
to Save'Him?
"The Woman Hater'
Did in RUBY AYRES' ThrilUng
Novel of That Nnmo
Begins Today in
Serial Form
in Tiin
(Ebemns $tMtc Xebser
Don't Miss the Opening
Installment , on Pa25.
Charlci F. Toomcy's present nssets
are S7, according to n confession mode
to the police by the former Fidelity
J.TU81 uo. omcini, who is being held
under .$25,000 ball for embezzlement of
$380,000 from nn estate in tho bank's
care.
The statement of tho nllcged de
faulter's present worth was mndo to
Ainjor Wynne, chief of the district at
torney's detective force, during a
lengthy confession. Major Wynne today
told of this confession, which is now
being transcribed from court reporter's
stenographic notes.
Toomey was asked by Major Wynne
how much he had left of the money he
has confessed he appropriated for his
own use.
The man who is charged with having
stoleu a forttino to gratify his pnsslou
for gambling turned his pockets inside
out dramatically.
He picked up tho crumpled notes and
change they contained 'and counted out
$7.
"1 hot's every cent I havo In rbi
world," said Toomey. Tho police be
lieve he is telling tho truth.
Toomey told tho police tho bulk of
the money he had lost had gone to the
"bookies" and other gambling sharpen
since "the lid" wns, theoretically at
least, "clamped on" by the administra
tion at tho beginning of the present
year.
According to James T. C'ortelyou, di
rector of public safety, this statement
may bo true without it following that
gambling flourishes in Philadelphia.
"No organized or protpcted gambling
exists in this city," snid the director
today, "although n few spasmodic games
crop up. This office is co-operating
with th cdlstrict attorney's office in
Investigating Toomey's gambling. I
hear not all his gambling wns dono In
this city. Some of it was in Atlantic
City and elsewhere."
Major Wynne explained thnt Toomey
InMt most heavily nt what the detective
called "sniping" games. These were
games hastily improvised by the gam
blers when they Tind n "sucker" right
for plucking. Mostly they wero plajcd
in tho gamblers' room at a hotel, and
the most fnvotcd was "craps."
The police say that Toomey was such
a valuable "sucker" for tho gamblers
that they hired n bodyguard called
"Slim" to go around with him and
tnkc care of him, bringing him home
when necessary or escorting him in the
morning to tho office. Toomey is said
to havo devoted nbout two hours a day
to gambling.
Major Wynne said that Toomey had
drawn a good salary ut the bank, und
in addition made money on the side
appraising and settling estates. Tho
district attorney's office is now con
vinced that nl Ithe money was lost In
gambling. Toomey has given the po
lice the names ot ull tho gamblers he
knew.
A conference is to be held this after
noon, at which It is HMct-d some im
portant decisions wll' bo male, pos
sibly Involving further arrests.
251,467 WOMEN ENROLL
Assessment Figures Are Announced
by County Coftmlctloners
Wnmon voters assessed in this cltv
number 251,407, according to figures
announced this niternoon oy ueorge ir.
Holmes nnd Harry Kucnzel, county
commissioners. Tho figures are com
plete except for six of tho 1380 di-
vlulnnfi.
Mnurlco Roesch, superintendent of
elections, Is now tabulating the number
of men assessed, Tho total will be an
nounced later today. lie estimate the
total of men oiowood at 440,000,
AIRMAN KILLED IN FALL OF PLANE
WARSAW, Sept. 7. Captain J. C. McCullum, of MoutrcnT. n
member of tho Kosciusko squadron, has been killed in mi nlvpl.int
fill near Lcinborg, it wns learned here tloy.
REFUSES TO RUN FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
rLINT. Mien., oept. 7. Asserting thnt he was not accus
tomed to "'political wny&, means and methods," and had neither
the time nor money to make a. campaign, Lieutenant Colonel Guy
M. Wilson, of -Flint, today formally notified the secretary of state
ci' liib withdrawal an Democratic nominee for lieutenant go-irnoT
ot Michigan. "" -
ACUTE CAR SHORTAGE IN THE SOUTH
LOUISVILLE, KY., Sept. 7 Southern states. Including Ali
nuin, Mississippi, Loulbiana, "xenneshce and Kentucky are In Che
i.itp of a vety acute car shortage, said n statement issued hero
today by 'tho foreign commerce service headquarters of the South
ern Railway Co.
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Rise In Prlco Above Waga
Increase to Men n
PROSECUTIONS WILL BE '
BEGUN IF FACTS WARRANt
GLOUCESTER FERRY
Hammonton Electrician Narrowly
Escapes Death on Pole
Angelo Cappuccio, fifty years old, of
Hammonton, N. J., for fifteen years
head electrician of the Hammonton
Tclenhouo nnd Telegraph Co., was
nenrlv electrocuted this morning when
he enme into contact with a live wire
while at work on a pole on the county
boulevard, opposite the Raleigh Hotel
Just how the accident happened has
not been lenrned, but people in the
street below saw Capuccio suddenly
stiffen and totter. A coil of wire around
his waist snved him from falling to the
ground, nnd he clung to his precarious
perch until some ono was able to rush
into the hotel nnd order the current
turned off.
Employes of tho hotel then climbed up
nnd brought tho injured man down to
safety. lie wns taken to tho office of
Dr. Charles Cunningham, who treated
him and then took him into Camden
on the 10 o'clock trnln. Cappuccio had
burns on tho right knoe and shoulder
and his condition is said to be serious.
BOY IS KILLED BY TRUCK
Child, Nine Years Old, Struck While
Crossing Street
Lawrence Swann, negro, nine jeara
old, 4324 North Grata street, was fa
tally injured by an autotruck at Eight
eenth street and Germantown avenue
nt 0 o'clock today. The boy was at
tempting to cross the street when he
was struck. He died a short time after
being ndmltted to St. Luke's Hospital.
James Beatty, twenty-one yenrs,
Susquchanua nvonue near Twenty-seventh
street, tho driver, surrendered to
the pollco nfter striking tho hoy. He
was given n hearing before Magistrate
Price in Uie Twenty -second street nnd
Hunting Park avenue stntloimand was
held to await the action of the coroner.
BIG TRUCK TAKES PLUNGE
Ten-Ton Vehicle Tumbles Over Em
bankment In N. J. Driver Unhurt
A big ten -ton truck, loaded with
freight from Atlantic City for Phila
delphia, went over tho embankment of
the bridge crossing tho Rending Rail
way nt Cedarbrook, near Winslow
Junction, N. J., eorlv this morning.
The truck caught fire, but the blaze
wos extinguished quickly by the driver,
who was unhurt. It is said the accident
was caused bv the blinding glare of on
other motorist's senrchllglits. which
struck tho truck driver In the face.
Ho jammed ou Ills brakes, but the big
truck "drifted," apd going through the
railing of the bridge, plunged down the
side of the embankment.
TRANSPORTATION ACT TEST
Commission's Power Over Issue of
Securities to Bo Determined
Washington, Sept. 7. (By A. In
validity of transportation act provisions
giving tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission, , instead of state authorities,
supervision over mo issuance oi rail
road securities is to bo tested in the
courts. The commission was so in
formed today during a hearing on the
application of tho New York Central
Railroad to Issue $25,000,000 in 7 per
cent gold bonds and $25,000,000 in
bonds ndditionnl to bo deposited as col
lateral for the first.
MicJilgan state authorities had plan
ned to intervene in tho proceedings, but
Ilonert J. uary, counsel lor tne jvcw
York Central, announced agreement
for a test suit against the New York
Central to collect penalties in case tho
federal commission authorized the road
to iuud the bonds.
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By tho Associated Press
Chicago, Sept. 7. Tho senatorial
committee investigating campaign ex
penditures 'is not seeking the best cvl
deucc" to prove Governor Cox's chnrgca
against the Republican pnrty, Edmond
H. Moore, Youngstown, the governor s
personnl representative, told the com
mittee on the stnnd today.
Moore told Senator Kcnyon there
were men better nblc to tell of the Re
publican pnns than either he or Gov
ernor Cox. nnd nuked why Colonel Wil
liam B. Thompson,, of New York, chair
man nf thoTRenubllcan wnvs and means
committee, and "the Rlxty men of the
paid Organization," were not paneu.
5 Governor Cox has no evidence in sun
port of his charges outside of what
Mooro brought to Chicago with him. the
witness said. As he spoke he unroiiicd
a massive brief case and took out u
stack of papers that apparently num
bored several hundred sheets.
Cox Sent Him to Chicago
Governor Cox sent him to Chicago.
Mr. Moore said, to "give the committee
the list from whom tho senators could
ent tho Information to sunnort the Gov
ernor's charges." Ho mentioned Horrv
M. Blair, first nssistant to Fred W.
Uphnm, Republican national treasurer,
andseveral other employes of Upham's
office".
"Have you nil the leadH Governor
Cox has?!' Senator Kenjon asked.
"I couldn!t say as to that."
"He didn't nsk you to give us juht
part of his information?"
"Certainly not. But the Republican
bulletins nnd the Republican papers
'furnish all the leads necessary."
"Governor Co has no evidence out
side whnt you hnve brought to us?"
Senator Kenyon continued.
"I think not."
Slcns of friction developed when
Chairman Kenjon questioned Mr. Moore
nbout an interview lie gavo newspuner
correspondents Inst Thursdny when he
appeared to testity, out was not rnuod.
The chairman asked Mr. Moore if he
ljad said that the committee was afraid
to coll him to tho stand and if ho hnd
said the committee uas not seeking the
evidence to prove Governor Cox's
charges.
"I did not!" the witness exclalnvl
"You don't need to get angry," Sen
ator Kenyon 'said.
"I urn not getting nngry. What I
said was that jou wore not seeking the
best evidence. And 1 say it again. You
are not!"
"Did you say: 'If the committee
wants to it can get the men here who
will prove the fulslty or truth of Gov
ernor Cox's charges In forty-eight
hours?' " asked Senator Kenjon.
"Well if I did not sny it then I sny
it now," responded Mr. Moore.
Thinks Uphnm Wns Deceived
Mr. Moore Bald he was sure that
Frod W. Upham, treasurer of the Re
publican National Committee, would
not testify to untruths, but he wns
equally suro that tho Republican of
ficial was a victim of either mistakes
or had bookkecnlne when ho testified
concerning the quotns assigned various
states.
Senator Reed protested that Senator
Kenjon was seeking what the witness
did not know rnthe.r than what he knew.
"You can question him in your own
way when your turn comes," retorted
the Iowa senator, und he then rend
charges from Governor Cox's Wheeling
speech to the effect that "powerful in
tnrents" wero scheming to buy govern
ment control nnd from the South Bend
speech that bo far as Republican con
tributions wero concerned "the sky is
tho limit." Ho also rend a Cox state
ment that $500,000 had been raised in
Ohio "In thu twinkling of an cje."
In answering Senutor Kouyon's di
rect nuestioii for names of men who
know nbout the Ohio fund, Mr. Moore
went Into a long explanation of his un-1
derstpnding ot tlie ucpuuncan campaign
fund organization. He said it was head
ed by Colonel Thompson and had as
state chairman men whom the Repub
lican bulletin described as "of com
manding influence."
Ho said Fred Miller, of Columbus,
was chairman in Ohio nnd that, liko
other state chairmen, he had appointed
chairmen of local ways and means
committees.
"I found that uually In Ohio these
local chairmen were manufacturers, "
said Mr. Moore,
Tho witness reiterated the charge
that specific quotas were assessed
WILL BE SHUT DOWN
DARK HORSE LEADS
GOLF CHAMPION
Company Directors Refuse to Harmon One Up on Herron in
Meet Pay Demands
of Captains
LAST BOAT ON THURSDAY
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ARMOUR BEHIND H0FFNER
Col. McCain Is Frankly Sketf
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By GEORGE NOX McCAIN "
Stan Correspondent of the Ereaws PuMIe
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Scranton, Pa., Sept. 7. Tho grov-t
ernment will net in the case of the
profiteering anthracite coal opera
tors. Attorney General A. Mitchell'
Palmer assured me today that the
situation so far as It concerns the
operators in increasing the price of
coal to double the amount necessary
to liquidate the advance in the coal
commissions award to the minora,'
will be the subject of departmental
action by Washington.
Further, he informed me that nojJ
further advances In the price of an
thracite coal to the consumer will be
permitted. , -
I called on him by appointment at
his home in Stroudsburg. He
returned only a few days ago from a
short vacation trip to New England.
Although he did not say as much, I
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Confronted by pay increase demands
which th'cy.say they cannot meet, di
rectorWiof Mho Gloiiccs'ter Ferry Co.
todny decided to clrise their ferry serv
ice between South street, this city, nnd
Glotiocor.
Tho lout boat will leave South street
at 5:30 a. m. Thursday.
The decision affects hundreds of South
Jersey farmers who bring their produce
to murket over me three Doats operatea,
as well as many motorists and work
men. In the New York shipyards aloue
1500 workers doily cross from this city
to Gloucester, returning in the late aft
ernoon. The pny demands were made by cap
tains, pi'ots nnd engineers on tho ferry
boats. The company says they now re
ceive $7.51 a day and demand $12.24
rt day.
Men Dispute Figures
These fi.-ures are disputed by the
captains. The lntter say they now get
S200 a month or SO. 07 u day, and that
thev asked for a 25 per cent increase.
Following the directors' meeting,
William Hnmbleton. treasurer of the
companv. snid tho ferry has been run nt
n loss since the fii of Januury 31, this
year, when n terminal wns burned.
The income, Mr. Hnmbleton declared,
is not even suffloient to pay the present
salaries. It would be ruinous, he added,
to meet tho higher payulemands.
Others Won't Share In Rise
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Engineers' Club, RosIjti, N. Y Sept.
T. Fantastlo 'match?? were played in
the first round over the Engineers' Club
links here today for the amateur cham
pionship of the United Stntes. S. D.
Herron, defending tltleholder, wns 4
down to Peter Hnrmon, a "dnrk-horse"
product of a New York public course,
at once time, but pulled back to 1
down at the end of eighteen holes this
morning. ,
Chick Evans Vns 0-up on F. C.
Newton, captain of tho Massachusetts
Lesley cup team and one of the strong
est players there. Evans had a 72 to
nn 8T.
I Rob Gardner. British finalist, was
5-up on C. B. Grier. champion of
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i'. . uocKran. iiuitlmoro, wns ;:-up
on Oswald Kirby, ox-metrnpolltan
champion, nnd Max Mnrston. Merlon,
was 1-down to Philip Carter, New
York, with a best ball of 32 coming
home.
Maurice Risley, Atlantic Citv, was
3-up nn J. W. Piatt. Philadelphia
champion, nt the end if the eighteen
holes ; George Hoffner. Bala, was 1 -up
on Tom Armour, Scotch nnd French
chnmnlon, and Meredith Jack led Reu
ben Bush, n southern star, 5-up at the
ntteentn tee
fancy that the sudden crisis in tkejf- Sfc
anthracite situation as It affects '
operators, the miners and, tho peoply
shortened -hhr outing-iritfrr1M'&V f
Hejis, I found, fully posted on-an-tnracite
conditions. When I ilked'
him for his views and purposes xe-
garding the $22,000,000 held by thev
opcrators, over and above the $18,
000,000 necessary to pay the miners'
award in wages retroactive to April
last, Mr. Palmer said:
"No further advances will be per
mitted in the price of anthracite coal.
Any increase in the price larger than
the wage increase to the miners, to
which you refer, will be made the
subject of rigid investigation. Prose
cutions will be instituted if the facte
warrant.
Will Restrict Resales
"There will be restriction of re
sales in the trade, and the percentage
of profits to dealers will be limited,
as in the bituminous cases," he
added.
The latter declaration is impor
tant. It is the frequent resale of coal,
have been held by ferry officials for
about two weeks. These resignations
will now be accepted, nccoruiug to Mr.
Hnmbleton, and all other employes will
be dismissed.
The employes, other than the cap
tains, pilots und engineers, tho treas
urer stated, were willing to work nt
present wages, but gave notice that if
pay increases wero granted they wanted
to share in the Increases. s
l-.vnnH and rsewton. who wcrp or- . r ii: nnof;nn lt-rj
iiuivcu uir nrsi tnrec noies sirnigni. disposal ot the product to anoiner
with Newton putting with all of his i ,, , . , , ., ..
famous dexterity. Evans then reeled off smaller wholesaler and then the ra
three holes straight, getting n fine birdie sale by the latter to a retailer, who
doles it out to the ultimate consumer.
that completes a nefarious transac
tion whereby the householder con-
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AFTER WHISKY EVIDENCE
Belief Expressed That Men Caught, ,on
nt tho wixth. Newton sank n long nutt
on tho seventh for n birdie in turn, but
was short on both the elehth nnd ninth.
losing, turning 4 -down. Newton!
failed to win a hole coming home, being
deeidedely off the line, and Evans never
gavo him an opening.
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tributes to the profit of no less than
In Federal Storeroom Were Vandals
A belief that an attempt to destroy
evidence led intruders to tho "cache"
of commandeered whisky in the fcdernl
building yesterday was expressed today
by Edward Cnvonnugh, assistant cus
todian of the building,
Two men were surprised while tam
pering with the seized liquor on the
fifth floor of the building. They es
caped nfter Will Gray Beach, a revenue
agent, fired several shots ot them in
the semidnrkness.
The government agent snys he will be
nblo to identify the intruders if they
are captured.
Killed In West Philadelphia Yard
William Johnson, twenty -four years
old. a brakeman employed bv the Penn
sylvania Railroad, was crushed to death
between two cars which lit was at
tempting to couple in the West Phila
delphia yards this morning. Johnson
lived at 2000 North Seventeenth street.
three middlemen.
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Dave Herron was not at nil steady
to tho tricky greens of the Engineers,
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Continuing on the subject of resales,
nnd division of profits the attorney gen
eral said :
"In the bituminous coal trade we
discovered that conditions hnd reached
a stage that warranted prosecution un-
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Rimatvay Camel Drinks
Ten Gallons of Lemonade
Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. 7. (By
A. P.) Fifty Indianapolis police
ofljeers on special duty at tho In
diana statn fair wore called upon
early today to quell a camel which
apparently had not had Its drink
during the last eight days. It
wandered from its own show grounds
into a soft-drink booth and drank
ten gallons of red lemonndo bvforo
tho pollco officers nnd the camel
trainer could get it back into "the
garden ot Allah."
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wou for him the national championship
lost year hopping oit tne greens. Har
mon, u big-boned youngster, plajcd his
shots with finesse and feared not at all
his famed opponent. He wus par on
Continued on race Nlnrtrra, Column Thren
WINS BACK HIS WIFE
Ohio Man Trails Elopers and Re
news Courtship Days
Chicago, Sept. 7. Frank Pnppakoff,
of Hamilton, O., has found a new way
to t.oive tne proDiem ot disposing or
affinities. While the Pnppakoffs were
living nt Hamilton, Susie, Frank's wife,
eloped with Joseph Poinds.
Frnnk located the pair in Wnukegan.
111. Frank did not plnn to dispose of
Joe by putting poison in his food or
waylajing him with a blackjack. In
stead he started to pay court to Susie
again. He sent her Hawaas and candy
and took her o showip'?k
Susie'H nffinity, of course, ., tcd as
Frank began to set a pace that was
too hot for him. Suslo went Jov rldln?
with her husband and had the time of
her young life. Finally Joo became
discouraged and Susie went back homo
wita ncr nusDona.
WOMAN MURDERED IN BED
Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 7. Mrs. The-
resa Kozen was found murdered in her
bed hero yesterday. A bank book in
which wos recently placed an account ot
$11,000 from tho sale of a property at
Now Brunswick, where tho woman for
merly lived, is missing, as is Andrew
Lazar. with whom tho woman was al
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charged with the practices.
Prices Stopped Jnmplng
"Tho Department of Justice warned
the guilty traders thnt prosecution im
pended. The result was most gratifying.'
Tho price of bituminous coal dropped, t
believe, something lllio S3 per ton In oner
nlrht iu Baltimore. Tho skyrocketing oF
prices ceased."
"Can nnthrncitp operators who have
been guilty of raising the coal price be-.
yond the margin necessary to recoup 1
their expenditures for back pay to the
miners be reached?" I asked.
Machinery Is Lacking
"Their case would be covered by the
Lever net," was the reply, "Wc have
the authority in it to act in gross over-,
charges for food, coal and other essential
necessities. Tho only troub'e is that th
machinery is lacking. It font $1.000,-(
000 a month to run the fuel ndmlnlstra
tion even when it had its one-ntivo rnn
chlnery in every Htate and tlip largo per-f
centngo volunteer force. Now we nave
the law, hut we tacit the machinery and!
we huven't (he money to get It."
Attorney General Palmer intimated
very broadly that as the field in the an
thracite region was limited, Investigs-
tions could bo carried nn successfully
without the machinery necessary undtt A
tho Lever act. Once tho evidence Is
secured by investigation the case of
oases would bo handled in the United
States courts.
In any investigation the inquiry1
would proceed, the attorney general
said, on the assumption that the former
price, that is the price per ton whleh
prevailed before the operators' IM
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