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66 Indictments Charging Tak
ing of $330,000 and Forgery
' Being Prepared
opnsECUTOR IS PUNNING
T0-A8K HEAVY SENTENCE
Former Bank Official Said to
Hope for Leniency by WiaK
ing Confession
rirtant sccrciorj ch
W Kd $330,000 from that
f'rtttution, will Plead guilty and throw
Mm el "upon the mercy of ho court.
This s element was mado today by
A ant District Attorney Tnulanp,
Was the case in charge, anil who
M7?aled Interesting dctallH of the at
.! peculations of the man who Is ac
wed of having stoltn a fortune and
lntt i! to crooked gnmblcro.
1 Toomey will be indicted, according to
..J m"?r.- .wtv-Rix counts. Half
nf these will' be for forgery, and half
, t p nalty provided by law for all the
, .fir counts, he could be given a
Jul jail sentence of 108 years.
'Oar investigations show that
Toomey dipped into tho funds of the
Sinnott cstato entrusted to his care, a
total of thirty-three times," said Mr.
Tialane tuis aucrnoon.
'On tho basis of a total of $330,000
..t.n frnm tho account, this would
Vb each 'touch' nvcrngo about
$10,000.
Will Ask Heavy Sentence
"I expect him to get n heavy sen
tence, contlnucu Mr. xaumnc. x
cannot see one exicnuuuug circuiusiuucu
(or his act."
Tk sixtv-six indictments will be
paired, Mr. Taulane explained, two for
Men time he abstracted money from the
bl; estate which he administered.
"Most of Toomcy's thefts were inndo
In the time slnco the first of this year,"
said Mr. Taulane. The district attor
ney did not explain in detail how
TTuimur mnnnced to abstract tho money.
He added, however, that it would not
bare been possible for T,oomcy to have
lone beyond the first of October with
out detection.
"At that time," earn iur. xnuinnc,
"Toomey's accounts, rendered to the
Mottgoracry county courts, would havo
bttn returned by the courts to the bank.
There wmld have been an audit of itheso
iccounti and comparlson.with.the books
of the estate as a matter of course.
This audit would haya Bhown that hc
tfcoMts were wrong."
irr-TnnlnnrvwnR asked to exnrcss an
opinion on tho length of sentence, which
probably' would-be' imposed on Toomey
when he entered his plea of guilty,
"It seems to me the Jesse William
ion case offers a faif basis for com
parison," Mr. Taulane said. "Wil
lamson. also a trusted bank official,
I' was accused of having stolen an even
larger sum than Toomey. lie was
liven an lndctcrmlnato sentence of from
eight to fifteen years, which he is still
serving."
Expects Quick Trlat
Mr, Taulane loks for a speedy in
dictment of Toomey and nn even
speedier trial, as tho prisoner plans no
defense and has not even retained
counsel.
Other developments are looked for at
aw time In tho case. They will concern
the probable arrest of the gamblers who
got tho money Toomey Is charged with
having stolen. Ho has given tho names
ot an tuo men with whom he had deal
ings to tho police.
POISONED ALCOHOL
KILLS SEVEN WORKERS
Baltimore Arsenal Officials Un
able to Ascertain Where
Men Obtained Drug
lUiflmAPA Cont Q T A T
list of fatalities among civilian em
piojes of Hdgewood arsenal, resulting
i ! ""nWng homo form of poisoned
whol vat increased to seven today by
the death of Xclson Lucius, of Itochcs
wrj, M.I.. Michael O'Lcary, of Haiti
ourr, Jid. Among those who died ves
iiia5 VIs, W'l'lam Itk'hraond, of West
Philadelphia, Michael O'Lcary, of Hal
"more, the last one of the known vic
ms, is expected to recover. He was
"ported as improving today, but too
'( to talk.
Thus far tho military authorities at
Msewood have been unable to find out
J,.ic r?, 11(luor t;lllnc from by the re
usol of tlie men to tell where they got
. An official hoard of inquiry will lie
WntTl nt 'sewood today, and the
ImI ,poIic?, authorities. are continuing
their inestiKntion.
thf ilV an ,in'l,le,t held yesterdny over
th i. w 10 i lcai1 at that time,
that .?cr s. J",ry, "l"cil a verdict
or rtin,racn, '"(l 'i'0'1 cItll,,r from wood
IW uro'1 nlco,,l P"lsontng.
tarv ,i "? Inu,, totIay y the mili
Mr . .T" nt tl,e ars of the
SKenou."1. ,h,c,tt,cO'oi hl been made
poisonous to doter thefts.
bury TtTS C?!0D,cl Fra,,k C. Wood
''V , ? ,ne!"cal corps, said:
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lour nirntioi 1 1 ;. ,y Buro inuc
KfibllmW "." if it did kill
Vfom i?J .il ! "ymPtoras so different
L... ..:"v':v "i "esc men that Wfi rnn
lot if no "ie(1 ot ,vootl "hol am
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irlil : J?L ye' "'tcrcd sober and
nltnrl. X Catlou ftcr ''aching their
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OLIVE THOMAS
Wife of Jack Pfckford and prontl
ncnt film star, who has been admit
ted to n. Paris hospital for treat
ment for poisoning
OLIVE THOMAS 'POISONED
Jack PIckford'a Wife Secret Patient
at Neullly Hospital
ParK, Sept. 8. Mrs. Jack Pickford,
otherwiso ,known as Ollvo Thomas,
American .photoplay star, is suffering
from poisoning at Neullly. She was
admitted to tho American hospital there
on Sunday, but details arc kept secret
Her husband, who is aiconstant vis
itor, engaged only outside nurses, who
refuse to divulge the condition of the
patient.
FERRYBOAT OVERLOADED
Salem
Had Too Much
Cargo on
Back Deck
The P. It. R. ferryboat Salem was
overloaded on its 8:15 o'clock trip from
Camden this morning. Thcro wns too
much cargo on the back deck.
The cargo scattered broadcast the In
formation that lie was a printer, that
his name was BUI, and that he had
figured last night in an engagement in
which fifteen were killed and sixteen
wounded.
.The engagement, it Rcemed, took
place in Atlantic City, which. Bill told
tho world, was a most excellent place.
Ho appeared somewhat confused, for
though the Salem was headed for Phila
delphia, Bill was under the Impression
that he was on his way back to the
shore.
He confided that the owner of the
newspaper for which he worked was
named Jimmy, he referred offhand to
nnmed Jimmy, he referred odhanu to
".Mp ana Jimmy, ana aiscioRca vari
ous intimate details of the .publication.
Bill announced also that'Th would vote
for Mr7 Cox. a. stand -rather at variance
with the-polltical leanings ot the paper
which one gathered, employed hlnj,
Whilo Bill wns generously offering
hohitiops for the problems of the world,
a stout gentleman with a red flower in
Ills buttonhole hustled up and whispered
in his car. Bill's nnswer was for all to
hear:
"I got it on Eleventh street," he
proclaimed.
JUMPS FAR AND OFTEN
Police Are Unable to Keep Hold on
Leaping Lena
America overlooked one star jumper
wncn shn lacked her team to send to the
Olvmplcs. A woman, tqo!
This morning Detectives nopklns nnd
Saunders, of the vice squad, raided n
house at Sixteenth nnd Lombard
streets. Their shoes made considerubl?
noise on the stairs.
Lena Pondeter, n colored woman,
twenty-two jcars old, an occupant of
tho third floor rear room, heard thtin
c6ming. She stood not on the order of
her going, but went. For a second Mic
poised on the window ledge. Then she
Jumped.
Tho detectives expected to find a
mangled body in tho yard below, but
they found tho woman unharmed and
full of fight. Still doubting their senses
they took her to the Polyclinic Hospitnl
for 'examination.
She was placed in the recovery wnrd
on the first floor. That wns easy. Lena
jumped out of tho window nnd hnsn t
been seen since.
HOPE TO KEEP FERRY GOING
Gloucester Employes to Confer With
Captains, Today
Employes of the Gloucester Ferry Co.,
ntlior tlinn the enclneers, captains and
pilots, nro working for an ainingvincut
whercuy xne icrry can u nii. unmm.
Tho ferry company has announced
iint tt will Mixtiptid sen ice between
Philadelphia and Oloucenter, beginning
at (1 o'clock tomorrow morning, unless
tho engineers, captains anil minis n-
..,1. frnm tliolp llcilianils fOl IllclUT PCV
The other employes, including ticket
sellers nnd tnKers, gatemen nnu iipck
i.nn.i Iipvo r-nllcil a inectlnc for today,
tat which they will try to got the otliew
to nRrec to accept me oiu rate ui imj.
iri.o.n nrn nliriitrpn cnclnccrs. caiitaind
and pilots on the boats operated by the
ferry company. According to company
officials tho men now are paid at the
rate of $7.74 a dny for a month of
twenty-six working days, and want
an Incrense which would bring their
dally pav on the sumo basis up to
S12 4. This would aggregate so lurgc
a sum yearly, the ferry company bays,,
that It would force tho concern into
bankruptcy. ,
CAMDEN WOMAN CANDIDATE
Catharine Greenbaum Flles-Petltlon
for City Council
Catharine (Jrccubaum. of .120 Knlghn
avenue, today fjled a petition as Demo
cratic candidate for city council from
the Fifth ward in Camden.
She was uot opposed at-thc primaries.
Sho is tho first woman In Camden to
file a petition as candidate for council.
What Is a Woman Ilator?
He may bo a soured rgotist.
Then ugaln he may not. t
What Was Miles Faversham?
That Is something jou mny de
termine for yourself.
Read the thrilling serla.1, on
Pngo 20.
Begin- It Today
EARTHQUAKE WIPES
OUT ITALIAN
T
HEAVYJDEATH TOLL
Scores of Lltas Reported Lost
In Seismic Disturbance in
Northern Region
SHOCK EXTENDS ALONG '
100 MILES OF COAST
Panic in Stricken Districts and
Communication Inter
rupted By tho Associated Press
Rome, Sept. 8. Scores of lives are
believed to have been lost in the district
north of Florence, which was severely
shaken" by an earthquake yesterday
morning. As reports from the stricken
region come In over faltering telegraph
and telcphono llnei, tho extent of tho
disaster seems to.be growing nnd there
is a possibility the damage done mny be
much more serious than was at first be
lieved. Tho territory violently disturbed
seems to bo lozenge-shaped, with Flor
ence nt the southern npex and Modcna
at the northern end. It extends along
the Etrurian coast and runs over the
Apennine eastward for upward of 100
miles. In this district there arc many
populous towns, nnd no tiding have
as yet been received from many of
them. There Is every Indication that
the shock was a severe one. and reports
from cities In the earthquake zone show
that buildings crumbled beneath the
strain of the convulsion of the earth.
At Flvlzzano, a town of 17.000 In
habitants near Carrnra. almost every
building was damaged and many were
completely destroyed. Among the col
lapsed structures is the postofflcc, in
tnc ruins ot which is the entire stair.
SnIIcra, in the
province of Mnssa
Marrittlma, and Monti, nearby, were
partinly destroyed. Itlvesono, FornI
nnd Montignoro arc reported In ruins,
while in Marina nnd Carrara many
structures have collapsed. At Viareg
gio tho church of St. Paul was de
stroyed and nt Castel Franco dl Sotto
the ceiling of n church was shattered.
Panic prevails ot Lucca as n re
sult of the cataclysm, and from Oavl
nana nnd LImestro como reports oi
lives being lost. At Vlllatranco, in
Luniglann, an entire fnmily was buried
in the ruins nf their home, and the vil
lage of Vigcttn was entirely destroyed.
Serious damage was done in the Frlg
nano district, whero houses collapsed,
'and nt Frossinero, where a number of
houses fell. Plqvcpclago and Sant!
Andre were badly damaged, but the
number ot victims has not been ascer
tained. London, cpt. 8. (By A. P.) Mes
sages from tho rcgloruaffcctciLby Tues
dav'r earthquake in Italy say the dam
nso was heavier than at first believed
and that the number of dead and in
juita discovered Is increasing hourly,
according to nn Exchange Telegraph
dlpatch from Rome today.
The Spezia district was especially
hard hit. The towns of Qucrica. Mulazza
and Tarasco were wiped out. Apparently
not n single town escaped damage.
Everywhere thb dispatches report,
the population is camping in the open.
Relief parties from Spezia, Genoa,
Masba nnd Florenco "are scouring the
devastated region. 3ignor Bcrtlni, the
Continued on Pnsro Two. Column Seven
HAYS COMING FRIDAY
Will Open State Campaign and
Meet Republican Leaders
Will II. Hoys, chairman of the Re
publican national committee, will of
ficially open the Pennsylvania presiden
tial campaign In this city Friday. Wil
I'am II. Fohvcll, chairman of the Penu
Njlvnnia ways nnd means committee,
who returned from New York this after
noon, said that complete arrangements
had been made, and that nil state lead
cim will meet Mr. Hays at a luncheon
to be held in the Manufacturers' Club.
Announcement also was made that
former Senntor John W. Weeks. James
P. Blaine, Jr., nnd James J. Pntchcll
vouhl accompany the nationnl chulr
nian to this city. It is probablo that
Mr. Hays will confer with Senntor Pcn
rj.'.c during his visit.
FALL FATAL TO BOY, 12
Michael Lowe, Jr., Fell From Hay
loft on September 1
Michael Lowe, Jr., twelve .enrs old,
of 2052 South Juniper Btrcet, died at his
parents' home last night of concussion
of the brain following a fall from a
hnvloft.
The boy, with companions, was play
ing about an old barn in the Elrmvood
tection on September 1 when he received
his injuries. Dr. It. Powers Wilkin
son wus called in to treat him and re
ported tho boy's death to the coroner
today.
OWNS
HUCKSTER SAVES MONEY
FROM BANDITS BY A TRICK
Throws Cash Into Rear of Wagon When Robbers Say "Hands
Up" at Broad and Washington
Quick action by George I.oboc, 1240
McKcan street, outwitted five auto
mobile bandits who held him up at .
o'clock this morjilng near Broad street
and Washington avenue.
As Loboe was driving n huckster
wagon north on Broad street the rob
bers, who had been following him, sud
denly dnrtqd alongsldo of him nnd or
dered him to throw up his hands. To
enforce tho order ench of the men drew
a revolver and covcied Loboo.
"All right," said Loboe. "you can
have anything you want, but there's no
use being rough about it." Before com
plying with thfc request of the bandits,
however, Loboo mnpnged to throw a
bog containing several hundred dol
lars to the rear of his wagon.
Robbers Did Not Seo
On account of tho darkness tho rob
bers did not notice this move.
To prevent possible interference by
pnssersbv two of tho robbers nctcd as
lookouts'ln the sheet, while two others
covered Loboo. '
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1920
National Golf Summary '
for Eighteen Holes
Davidson Herron,.Plttsburgh, led J.
WooirPlatt, Philadelphia, 2 up.
Francis Oulmet, Woodland, 7 tip on
M. M. Jack, Merlon.
Bobby Jones, Atlanta, 8 Up on Frank
w. uycr, ruontcutir.
Chick Evans, Chlrngo, 1 up on Regi
nald M. Lewis, Greenwich, Conn.
W. 8. Fownes. Plttsbureh. 3 up on
Robert A. Gardner, Chicago,
Philip Carter, Shlnnccock, 1 up on
Thomas D. Armour, Scotland, French
champion.
OswalK lilrkby, Knglcwoofl, 2 up on
E. P. Allls. Milwaukee.
Fred Wright, Boston, 3 up on Jesse
Swcctscr, New York.
HERRON TWO UP
on wy; platt
National Golf Champion Leads
Philadelphia Titleholdor in
First Half of Match
JACK'TRAILS OUIMET
By SANDY McNIBLICK
Engineers Club, Roslyn, N, Y., Sept.
8. J. Wood Platt, tho Philadelphia
champion, held S. D. Hcrron. national
tltlcholdcr, to a two-hole lead in the
morning round for the nmntcur golf
championship of the United States nt
the Engineers' Club here today.
Ilcrron led throughout the eighteen
holes, Platt cutting off a hole hero and
there, but dropping back when he missed
sljort putts on other holes. Hcrron's
lend wjir the result of a medal round of
74 to Piatt's 77.
Francis Oulmet, ex -national open nnd
amateur champion, was seven up nt the
end of the morning eighteen holes on
Meredith M. Jnck. his young Phlladcl-
nhia opponent. A weakness on
weakness on the
ereens was responsible for the manner
in which Jack fell away from the
champion
A big surprise was tho gojf lesson W.
C. Fownes', Jr., handed Bob Gardner,
of Chicago, who was finalist for the
British championship. Fownes nt one
timo promised a runaway when he wns
five up early in the match, but Gard
ner succeeded in cutting this down to
two holes nt the finish.
Fownes teed off to his two -hole lead
determined to dust oil the Chlcagoan in
the afternoon. "Lliick" Lvnns had a
Lterrillo battle with Reggie Lewis, the
youthful Greenwich player, who led or
wns square with Evans until the finnl
stages of the morning round, when
Evans led one up going to the six
teenth flag.
Bobby Jones made a' 'soft mark of
Frank Dyer;' piling up1 an clght-hble
Continued on Vattp Two. Column Two
FIRE IN FEDERAL BUILDINg
Blaze In Rubbish Heap Causes Ex
citement Among Aliens
Crowds of aliens thronging the nat
uralization court in the Federal Build
ing this morning were alarmed .by a fire
In n rubbish pile on the third floor of
the building nenr the Market street
elevator shaft. The fire, which was
caused by a lighted cigarette being
thrown into the rubbish, wns discovered
by Beruord T. McCahey, a tipstaff and
guard on duty at the door of the grand
jury robin. '
He organized n bucket brigade with
the old of men from the office of the
Department of Justice nnd quickly ex
tinguished the blaze. Considerable ex
citement wns occasioned in all the offices
adjoining the corridor, and many per
sons rushed from the offices of the dis
trict attorney nnd United States Com
missioner Manley to lcnrn whnt caused
the smoke which filled the rooms.
FINDS BABY IN VESTIBULE
4
Woman Takes FoundJIng to Police,
Who Would Adopt It
A five-hour-old baby boy was found
by Mrs. Helen Thompson, Seventy
ninth street nnd Islnnd road, in the
estibulo of her home, shortly after
midnight. She went to the door when
shn heard the baby crying.
Patrolman John Igoe. of tho Sixty
fifth street nnd Woodland avenue sta
tion house, where the baby wns taken
before being removcdMo the Philadel
phia Hospital, who has been mnrrlpd
the years and has no children, wants
to nuopt me lounuiing.
FIVE HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Chnrged with Illegally transporting
liquor, live men were held In $500 bail
fur further hearings by United States
Commissioner Mnnley todnv in rim TJVil.
ernl Building. Tho men said they were
bamuei r. crris. second nnd Brown
streets; WUHnm Brahton, Thirty-sixth
and Market streets: Fred Pcrrv,
Thirtv-slxth and Market streets; W.
Campbell. Front nnd Chndwick strppts.
nnd John PfomplnsIck, Sixth and Vine
streets, xney were nrresieu oy prohi
bition agents today.
The fifth, n negro, searched the
driver. All lip could find wns small
change. This angered tho bandits and
they beat Loboo with n blackjack.
Seeing several other vehicles approach
Loboe shouted for help. Tho robbers
cursed him uud jumped bnck to their
car.
Two patrolmen of the Tweutleth and
Fltzwntcr streets Btation, who .were At
tracted by the shouts of the driver, fired
several shots after the bandits.
Bandits Return If Ire
The robbers returned the lire. Driv
ers of othor vehicles nttempted to block
the path of tho lleelug bandits, but were
forced aside by a fusillade of shots.
The men drovo up Broad street and
disappeared, Tho car occupied by the
robbers was n new one, according to
Laboc, and of cxnjenslvo type. The
police bcllevo it wns stolen, Loboe wns
taken to the Howard Hospital.
Ho gave a good description of the
robbers, nil of whom he said were well
dressed,
HARDING PLEDGES
JUSTICE TO ALL IN
STATE FAIRSPEECH
Deprocatos Clas3 Appeals,
While Lauding Agriculture
as Vital Industry
FAVORS TARIFF, REVISION
TO AID U. S. FARMERS
High Cost of Living Duo to
Faulty Methods of Ad
ministration High Points in Harding's
Constructive Program
In specific terms, the candidate set
forth his policy as contemplating the
following steps:
Larger representation for farmers
In governmental affairs, particularly
with regard to trade and finance.
Establishment of n sybtem of co
operative associations for marketing
farm products.
A scientific study of the world
market for farm products wltb a
vtcw to stabilization of prices.
Curtailment of unnecessary prlco
fixlng and of "111 -considered efforts
arbitrarily to reduce form product
prices."
Administration of the farm loan
net so as to decrcaso tenancy, pro
mote diversified farming and provide
long-term credits.
Restoration of railway .facilities to
a htute of highest efficiency.
Revision of the tariff to protect
American ngriculturo from unfair
competition.
St. Paul, Sept. 8. Senator Harding
spoke nt the Minnesota State Fair touny
before a huge assemblage of farmers,
Ma address being devoted to a discus
sion of this country's agricultural de
velopment, past and future, and
dcprecntlng nppeals to class prejudices,
which he described as out of lino with
genuine Americanism. At the outset
the Republican candidate for President
said : . . ,
"I come to you with a common in
terest nnd n very common concern for
tho welfare of our country. hue it is
in my thought to speak to you spcclfic-.11-
..n...nim floriculture. I want to
.... nn thnucht nn to have it
known that I nm thinking not o.f the
welfare alone of'thosc engngcu in, k
i..,. . hit tVin u-plfnrn nf sericulture
ns It re'latcs' to the good 'fortunes of the
United States 'of America, . rrfh
"I very much deplore tho present
day tendency to appeal to the particular
group in American activities. It has
Limika n mp common nrnctlcc to make
one address to those who constitute the
rflnks of labor, another to tuose wnu
mniin nn flip rrpat formlnc community
nnd still another to the manufacturing
world nnd Its associates in commerce,
nnd to other groups of less Importance.
There Is n very natural and n very
genuine Interest in ench nna every one,
but the utterance of a political party
nominee ought in every instnuco to bo
inspired bv a purpose to servo our com
mon country. If America is to go on
nii.i ram., to the heichts of achievement
we must of necessity be 'all for one nnd
one for nil.' "
High Prices of Food
Sketching with n vivid hand the
wonderul growth of the farming Indus
try, he touched upon present conditions,
which lie said showed the farmers ap
parently cnjoyiiiE unprecedented pros-
"Why, then," Senator Harding
asked, "even by 1 ipllcation, suggest
that something may be wrong with our
agriculture and that the trouble may
bo communicated to our manufactures
nnd commerce? rcoplc in the cities nre
disposed to, think that if there is any
thing wrong it is in the cities where
food is selling at such high prices; and
not in the country where the food is
produced. But both farm and city stu
dents of national problems seo in the
present agricultural situation certnin
conditions which give cause for real
concern to every lover of his country."
In the decade from 1000 to 1010, the
senator pointed out, the city popula
tion of the United States increased H5
per cent, while the rural population In
creased only 11 per cent. Tho number
of form utilities probably increased less.
The comln got the world war Intensified
the cry for food, which he bakl had been
growing bccnucB of this condition, and
Mr. Harding paid a glowing tribute to
the part played by the farmers during
tnilt CrillL'Ul piTJUU til lc u'iuhij a uio-
tory, which he said probably never
would be fully understood or appreciated
by our ic5p1e.
The story OI wnni inuy uiu, writ
ten by homo one who understands It,"
the benator said, "will furnish one of
the most glorious ennpters in American
history. One thing I may say, in every
American confilct. from the revolution
for Independence to the world war for
maintained rights, tho farmer has been
100 per cent American and ready for
every sacrifice.
Need for Wise Statesmanship
"The maintenance of u normal balance
between livestock and grain production
is a matter of national concern. If
wo cannot by pninstaking study and
wibo statesmanship arrive at such un
derstanding nnd application of economic
laws as will enable us to bring about
a fair balance between our urban and
rural Industries, bringing prosperity to
both nnd permitting neither to fatten
at tho expense of the other, wo can
not hope for concord, nnd without con-
Continued on Tore Twelte. Column Three
Results of Primary
Election Voting
Wisconsin Irvin L. Lenroot "re
nominated for United States Senate
by tho Republicans.
New Hampshire George H.
Moses won Republican rcnomiuation
for United States senator.
Arizona Mark Smith, probably
renominated United States senator
bv the Democrats.
Publlahed Dally Excpt Sunday,
Copyright. 1920, by IMibllo VtittT Company.
Moore's Bluff Unduly
Prolongs G. 0. P. Probe
Cox's Representative Produces' No Evidence,
but Sends Senators on Endless Fishing Ex
cursion Regarding Campaign' Funds
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Staff Crrepondfiit of Krrnlnc 1'ublle Ider
Covvrtoht, 1I0, vu
Chicago, Sept, 8. Democratic mem
bers of tho Kcnyon Investigation com
mittee nnd Judge Edmond II. Moore,
personal representative of Governor
Cox here, nre bluffing the Republican
majority of the committee into conduct
ing nn endless fishing excursion re
garding cumpaign funds.
The big bluff crnne just before ad
journment, late yesterday afternoon,
when the Democratic senators ana
Judge Moore virtually threatened to
wnlk out of the investigation ana aonn
don it.
Judge Moore had been on the stand
most of lm nftcrnnon. civlne the com-
mltteo the alleged evidence in support
of uox'h charges, xnis cviuencc con
sisted almost entirely of names of Re-
niihllcnn mmnnlfrn fund collectors.
whom the committee mieht call as to
quotus nnd amounts collected.
Republican members ucre steadily
becoming moro nnd more dissatisfied
with the position in which Judge Moore
was placing them, of having to call
cverjbody who had solicited money In
the field for the Republican fund on
the chnnce that they might know some
thing In support of the Democratic can
didate case. Senator Spencer, of Mis
souri, had been especially Impatient
and had been trying o mnke Judge
Moore ndmlt that his leads led no
where. Moore's Dramatic Strategy
Out of his portfolio Judge Moore
fished n circular letter, which said a
quota of $3000 had been fixed for Leno
wee county, Michigan, and that the
women were expected to collect onc
thiid of It. This wns on official Re
publican National Committee station
ery, bearing the names of Mr. Hoys
and Mr. Upham at the top, and the
REA REFUSES TO RETURN TO 3-CENT FERlY EARE;
CAMDEN DELEGATION'S REQUEST DENIED
Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, today re
fused to return to the old fery fare of three cents -which wns re
placed recently by a four-cent fnie. This was his answer to a le
c.tcct made by a delegation of Camden officials and husiness men.
U. S. ATTORNEY INVESTIGATES CAMPAIGN CHARGES
CHICAGO, Sept. 3. United 'St&Mf District Attorney Charles
T. Clyne announced "oday that information ahout prcbTuential
campaign expenses has been, submitted to hi mby "E. H. Mooie,
Governor Cox's representative at the senatorial investigation of
the campaign expenditures. Mr. Clyno said he was not ready
Mgtoaun9U9Ye wlmt &cUon may bo taken on this information, ilo
also said the question of perjury in iEe testimony or certain wit
nesses at the senatorial hearing was brought up. Mr. Clyno and
Department of Justice representatives attended the committee
hearing today, u
OF SOI CITY JOBS
Experts Recommend Decrease
in Pay for Various Classes
of Employes
INCUMBENTS NOT AFFECTED
Many employes in the city service
"'" pxnectcd salary increases as a re
"i.'t of the reclassification now being
undertaken by the Civil Service Com
mtaslon, will be disappointed, it wns
learned today.
No emploes will suffer n reduction
in salary, but new appointees to cer
tain positions in the city service will
receive less than these positions have
pnid In the pnst.
New nppointees to be affected by the
schedule include telephone operntors,
clenners, building injectors and cer
tain supervisory positions
rrhn cnlnrr rppnmnipiiclntions. w lilch
are being made to the Civil Service
Commission by (irmeniiiigen a asso-
cintes, InduRtfinl eiieiiieers. nre bnsed
largely on the prevailing rates paid by
private employers in tins city nnu vicin
ity for slmilnr employment.
As n consequence of the decreased
salary bcales, the ritv will save u con
siderable sum of inoiipy.
A typicnl Illustration of the class of
employes for whom the present rate of
pav is considerably in excess of thnt
paid outside the city vprvice is the tele
phone exchange operators.
These men operate the municipal tel
ephone svstem. At present they receive
$1080. The salnrv ipcomnicndation for
this class ranges from $1080 to $1200.
Business Houses Pay Less
This work nt the present time is being
performed by men, while private con
cerns almost universal! v employ girls,
whose salaries ore seldom more than
Slfiftft n venr.
Telephone branch operators operntlni:
small departmental switchboards will
receive' from ?000 to S10S0 under the
reclassification.
In the ease of these employes, nn in
vestigation 'of maiiv private commercial
establishments, Including banks, insur
ance companies, rnllrnads, hotels, pub
lic utility companies and construction
companies, showed the prevailing rate
is considerably lower than the present
rate paid by the city.
Cleaners in arious departments nt
City Hnll now receive as much as $1200
a ear. Under the recommendations of
the emplojinent experts these employes
will in the future recelv from forty to
fort-two nnd on-hnlf cents un hour,
or somewhat less than $1000 a ear.
Each department, bureau nnd com
mission nt City Hall has its own clean
ers, which makes tho cost of cleaning
the hall expensive.
While the classification and salary
reductions that hnvo been recommended
by the experts may uot be accepted, it is
Continued on Vnre. Twelv. Column Seven
MAY CU SALARES
. . . .. , M V.aa h Afalt.
Putlle ledger Co.
- .1.- 11 .LIU.h M.M.r. anil
nnmen oi inc jiiuuiichu ujt '.' I
means committee or .Michigan ac uhm
bottom. Judge Moore had checked four
or the names at tne bottom ns men
who would be llkfcly to give us full in
formation to the committee.
Senator Spencer picked up the cir-.
culnr letter and asked :
"Do you mean to introduce that as
evidence? It Is only a clrculnr letter
without anybody's name signed to It
Judge Moore rose to his feet dra
matically, picked up his papers ns if to
rlonnrt ntirl sntfl !
"I cannot go on ; there is no use. What
I have given you is not a mere icuci,
tinf. nfllMnl pvlrlpiico that in this coun
ty a nuota was fixed. I cannot have
anv senator insinuate that the evidence
wlilch I Introduced is n forgery."
Senator Reed also rose as it to quit
the hearing. He said:
"The examination of this witness
hns been largely disgraceful. He only
oiTcred to give the committee leaus irom i
which we might obtain information, nnd
he is Insulted for offering ns evidence
'n RcpubMcan official circular showing
a quota In one county. If there were
quotns in that county, there were quotas
everywhere."
Spencer Backs Down
Senator Spencer backed down and
became quiet. Senator Kcnyon told the
witness wearily to go on. If tho Demo
crats had withdrawn they would have
insisted and Cox would hnve declared
from the stump thnt the Republicans
linrl rofiiHprl tn mnke nnv real Investi
gation into the campaign funds. And
the d'.nger of this keens the commit
tee digging nway, although not the
slightest evidence is in eight that any
Continued on rate Twelve. Colnmn Two
LiuL, ilLfJlliilflkLalili:A!M,
CHARGED BY COX
Dudley Blossom Tells Probers
of Campaign to Raise SWO,
000 in Cleveland
PLAN LIKE THAT OF "101"
By the Associated Press
riilc-urn Sent. 8. First evidence
.! -. -.. .l.. fimf
ippom-gUn"r.M. -
large quotas were assigned to the
principal cities by the Republican cam -
paign fund committee wns introduced
! , c i.. u .!..
in the Senate committee investigation
today when Dudley S. Blossom, who
helped raise Cleveland's quota, testified
fiotcrnor Cox's figures, $400,000 for
thnt city, were correct.
Senntor Reed cnlled the witness' nt-
teution to the quotn t.hee,t submitted
Inst week by Tred W. Upham, Re-
niiWIciin nntlnnnl trpnsurpr. which fixed
i the amount for the entire state of
Ohio at S40O,OOU
Mr. Blossom test fied that A. A.
Protzmnn. a paid ugent of the Nationnl
Committee, wns present when the Cleve
land quota was announred ns $400,000
and that Mr. Protzmnn helped direct
the raising of the money.
Fortv teams of six men ench were or
ganised for the drh. Mr. Blossom said.
twenty under his direction una twenty
under C. T. Brooks.
List of !1000 Prospects
A llof nf flflfin nnmpq nf nrosnpcts
" ""v ,, , V .T, ,,.,,,
was provided by . K. oodford,
chnirmnn of the wujs and means com-
mlttee of Cuyahoga county, und from
tins list cncii leuiii ciiiiiiiu neieuit'u me
names of fiftv to seventy-five men to
be canvassed by his team.
Some of tho cards In the list as fur
nished by Mr. Woodford were marked
with tho amount the prospect should
give, Mr. Blossom said.
Mr. Blossom, who is director of pub-
welfnre of Clcu.lai.il, testified that
lie
Mr. Woodford asked him last July to
head a squad of twenty tennis and that
the actual work of lalsing the money
wns set for the week ot August 111. A
luncheon wns held each day, and the
gcncrnl plun of tho Red Cross and Lib
erty Loan drives followed. Congress
man S. D. Fess, of Ohio, chairman of
the Republican congressional campaign
committee, was a speaker at one of the
luncheons of the team workers.
"How were these 3000 'prospects'
picked?" Senator Reed asked.
"They were chosen because they
were known Republicans," Mr. Bios'
som, explained, "and because it was
thought they were able to contribute
h the fund."
"There aro surely moro than 3000
Republicans in Cuyahoga county, why
were tlfero-3000 chosen?"
Continued on lnce Twel.e. Column" Tour
When you thlnU of rr!tlnc.
MUNIS ONE QUOTA
PRICE TWO CENTS
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COIL FIELD H :' 1
USTLOllETINfel
t i. . i
Business Men Throughout An-,,
thracito Regions In Pessi
mistic Mood j!
UNION HEADS' AUTHORITY "
FLOUTED BY INSURGENTS'
Engineers and Pumpmen Or
dered to Quit Mines Face
Great Damage f
100,000 STILL ON 'VACATION
Radicals Busy Distributing
Soviet Literature Among
Workers '
By GEORGE NOX McCAItf
Stan Correspondent of tho Kvenlnt l'ubWi
tedier V,
Copurloht, 1010, by Public Ledotr CoS.
Wilkes -Bnrre, Pa., Sept. 8. Th
anthracite region Is in a very pcrtl?
mlstlc mood. Plttston business mea '
nre in the slough of despond. The ac.
tlon of the Insurgent or outlaw miners
in deciding to continue their vncaUon.
wns not n surprise, In fact, it was,
rather anticipated. "
That a greater number of mine op-,
cratives outside tho First district, itne
Scrnnton-Wilkes-Bnrre field, did not
return to work after Labor Day is the
most disappointing nnd significant fea
ture of the situation. "
Offlcinls of the United Mine Work-;
ers of America, with whom I talked hfr
Scranton, expressed the belief thateoch
succeeding day now would seo new acj
cessions to the rnnks of those ready
to work. I think the wish is fath&t
to the thought. It is a hope rather
than a certainty.
' If the men who are members of the,
United Mine AVorkcrs of America Ho.
not return promptly to work, then Jt
is either thnt their officials cannot con
trol the rank and file of their men, Ot
they do not desire to. They either haTO"
or hnve not the authority to .compel
their obedience.
Vtl VW,S-M---- , -fc.
Nobody familiar with' the status W,Wra
the Pennsylvania Coal Co.'s striker- ,$M
known as the outlays, expected, thf'4j
men to "return to work. They are not.
of the union. They nre a' Inw unte j-fy
themselves. Tfiey Have nomine ""
contempt for the union officials) wti'tf.
they say, helped to betray them. .
The ugly fact in the entire outiooa"
if that miners' locals, far removed from
the Influence, apparently, of the out
laws, have "vacationed." These are
the men of the Seventh nnd Ninth dls--tricts,
Hazlcton and Shnmokln.
Mines in Danger
The bnd, Indefensible feature of it
all, from one end to the other of the
nnthrnclte field, is that some of these
men arc going out, deserting the rainee
nnd forcing the eugineers, pumpmen
nnd foremen to go out also. That
means the flooding of the mines. Thou
sands of dollars will be lost and the
short-sighted schemers among the mea
will be cutting themselves out of weeks
of work for a petty bit of revenge. t
Nothing but a desperate disposition
to do damage to the operating com-
pany, n blind, insensate sabotage, coum r t
lend sensible men to such extremes )
dnniilni. i 1. a nn tiiftipH tn secure n tern-- ..
niirnw rpvctic( nnd at the cost of money
r--- - -- fcct becnugc th
unlm) m ,me t0 jmy tor u in the nd
1 One operator, whose pumpmen were
, forced to leave the mine, has seryed
notice on the union that he has a con-
'a" t s ith the union, and it must foot,
. ,.,, to his property through the
, ."mInai action of its members. And
)l( s on(, 0 tlti biggest operntors In
the rcgjon. Moreover, he has the law
i itu Ki,io.
- the light ot such revelations as
this the paramount question is. "How
much influence for evil in this state
of iifTuirs can be (barged to the per
nicious activity and subtle propaganda
of the Soviet schemer and anarchist?
And if the propaganda is widespread
in the anthracite legion, it is taking
ndwmtngo of existing conditions. It
is the soit of thing that battens and
futtens on discontent nud disorder.
Seditious Literature Distributed
I have been uuablc to learn whether
it is the Soviet idea or the sabotage
scheme of the I W. W. nnd the "di
rect action Reds" that is working out
this scheme of revenge. I do know that
Mlllll'li linillUCTlin Ulinm IIUYU uriu
, , ,.i.. i nnd nround Scrnntou for dls-
inlet, unaihertlHPd arrests nave dp en
s(.mination of seditious llteruturc. 1
j haw n t,L. hands of one of the lending
officials of the United Mine Workers
a muss of I. W. W. literature, which,
torn in pieces, he fished out of his
wnstebnsket to show me. "Wo get
lots of this stuff," he said, In ex
planation of the tattered condition of
.1 ..in.u l'n plnufn lit It. thpn
tear it up nnd tire it into the waste-
basket. We have got no usefor it
here
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continued on 1'ukp. Telie, Column Tno
Harding and Cox Speak;
Senate Probe Continues
Harding, speaking at the Minne
sota State Fair, presented his agri
cultural program and criticized class
nct.vlt.es.
Cox has arrived in Montana,
whero he delivers speeches today.
FlrBt evidence supporting Cox's'
charge concerning largo G. Oj l
quotas was given to the Senate "n
vestlgators today by Dudley S. Blosj
som, who helped raise Cleveland'.!
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