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Entered Bteand-Clasi Matter at In Poetoftleo. at Philadelphia, Pa.
Under th Act ot March S. J 570
PHILADELPHIA', FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1920
Publlabed Dally Kxeent' Tynaar. 8uberlptlnn Price to a Tear br Malt.
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Pernor warns
ipenn's students
OF EVILS OPDAY
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IJrgeS mom IV nvum aiiiiw
Thoughtless, Restless, Unfit,
Unpatriotic"
IREAT THRONG ASSEMBLES
VOR 181ST OPENING, DAY
Lvost Pload3 for High Stand
ards Among 11,000
Undergraduates
Governor Sproul, addressing the stu
nt body of the Fntvcrslty ot Fenn
lrtnlfl, assembled this morning In
'tlahtman Hall for the opening day
..ri.M. warned them against the'in-
dious propaganda of "tlio thoughtless,
a restless, the unfit, tlio ungodly, me
.patriotic." "
H ureod them to follow the advice, of
elr acting provost, Dr. Joslnh Pcnnl-
. ...,i ,itcMni?til!ih between Dcrsonai
,tLn nnd demonstrable truth, holding.
. .... nf their country to uiv
ralght lines charted by Its first pi
lots, many of them sonij of Pcnn.'
nice to the University, nnd hW co.
rrv iinrnrnnr nipiisi'ii inn uwu ivjui
.....ia. in rnn iinvi!iuunit:ub vi iuv
t plans which hnve moen made for
and bespoke the, support of the stu
nt body for uoctor renniman iu uie
..; nrnrnxt'M effrfrts to ITinkO it a
ttater and more .useful Insctltutlon.
Opening day ine icnsi -rr
of the venerable institution by
ot,nrikliU found the University
1th the 'largest student body in its
littory, There are n.uuu men uuu
onlcn at 1 enn tuis year. """ " "
them as cou d crowd into vno rnngru
,Htm - , , , , ,.f
fcws ana tiers 01 scum iu iu u.k "
ailed gymnasium iistcnea to too uu
rwses of Doctor Pcnniman nnd the
oTernor.
n, Mir hnl . Us nnnnrntus raised In
r and the polished floor lined with
lalrn la close rows, won crowucu wuu
udents when the provost nnd the deans
me in. The sunngnc strenmeu uown
itly through the skylights on the up
i1 fnres of the young men nnd
omen assembled there for what was to
any ot them the tirst oay or. tncir
ademic life in the classic halls of
ftp University.
I A raised platform to ope side of tho
Irmnaslum was prepared for the deans.
hey came in n few minutes niter iv
vim-It. wnlltlnc two bv two. In can nnd
own and bright colored hoods lined
lith red and blue and edged with the
toper colors of their doctorates.
Three Long Kays for Provost
Gorernor Sproul. Iu prdiriary attire,
wered among the4 menof, learning.
amine and noddine In' rcsnonse to the
lujer smiles of the students asthej
fteeted'hlm. Walking near' him was
lie new adviser of women, Miss Louise
ortensc Snowden, who wore the. blncK
in and cown of a bachelor of science
ut not lhi rolored hood. She was
Irtea a seat of honor on the Stage be
at Governor Sproul.
The students Interrupted Provost
ernilman'fl Announcement of the open-
lit hymn to make the old hall echo ns
rarely has on n basketball nignt wun
three Ions rnvs" for the nrovost. As
lie nolic subsided he gave thoopcnlng
neot the hymn, "lircat Uou, we Ming-
Bat Mighty Hnnu," and the swelling
iusIc- rose with a blendlnc of men's
nd women's voices to the tune of "Old
undred.
Women wpre in evidence everywhere.
hey ttrrc banked solidly to the right
' the dali wJiere the nrovost nnd the
eas sat, and they were sprinkled here
nd there throuch the ranks of the
1n, looking like flowers in their bright
othes.
Uoctor Pcnniman then read a lesson
ora Scripture, the fifteenth Psalm". "It
1 tailed thn 'ffpnllpmnti'tj Pnlm liv
f discerning," hp said, "because it
lortti thoie Qualities which charac-
rite true gentleness )n roan," As he
'Hn the solemn words "Ho that walk
n nprllthtlv nnd wnrkcth riirhteous-
viS. and snpnkptli rh truth In hln
'Tt," the f.tlldent hrnrpil tlavlp lipnild.
inmu f u . tii j t - . t . .
- i uir Bpirit ot tno t'saim ourst
"n in ineir s ne nc of the ernnd old
Umn. "pnrni. Mv r!n,i in 'Pi,n
R'lr rccitnl. reverently nnd In unison.
'He Lord's l'rnycr.
Ihp nrnvntit fimitn,i.ii u.m ui- in..n
w their University should be linked In
,,, h.catl' with love of man and love
Ilimi Ina-'est1'' of university songs,
p . MII3JVHI11H.'-
IMeads for High Standards
lllP. f'.TIIln H.n HA..n,,. I. I
Hn a rilloSV Of his wnll.lni-f.,1 ,irn,l..
r"w. ur. i:iirni Pghd a.iti. m,.
,ftp ., . --" Mn utuilU, O.I1C
"""i ntiuresH una fii f i, io
S,iL,i!?.h1?itcd,ndtthe
ti . j .""" i"i even wnue
L0", "Us of wisdom that
w: ,.""S" lor t,lcra ut of n life-
-. .ncncc with college boys.
lie told them, vlth full sympathy, yet
i"lth L8?U6nV'3S' that "n tul
iWwriff. d,ii0n (,?C8 not "Present the
H7- Ho misrepresents It, even
nougli lie nmv nln , irni;...if
"nd wear hlsTetteV."
olc tnni tllc close of tbo nddrcss his
t." l.0 O" a more solemn note n hi-
tandard. m ' bsorve strict moral
wlnt ih iow ln..rnl stndards nre men
'.V0 tne home." h ni,i i, if.
KunlfL1"1.11. 8rcfd ,nre d'wupUnic com
IT.IUes, when bad taste Is resulting In
f nr.iAnnt 1,rai.se of that not worthy
,"5X..'i,,e'ctatoreof'our
, V7:lor. l ennlman, at the conclusion
Ir thY!ZV'Vyn8.cnered w'Wly "Bain
IbV, . 1?.n j the aoyemor.Io led
he hni "'".MKunve rorwaril by
otrodnoi' ,a,Dli sai(1 that he "would not
"""luce the Governor to the students.
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PKOVOST, PENNIMAN
Tlio nctlnif' provost was snapped
this morning in cap and gown as
ho went to prcsldo at tho opening
day exercises of tlio University of
Pennsylvania in U'elghtman Hall.
WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH
-I.,
Jumps From Third Story In Fit of
' Melancholy
Mrs. Glovnnua,' Antlert leaped from
the yilrd-story window of n houso at
tho southwest corner of Thirteenth nnd
Latona streets, early this morning,
and was so severely injured she died
fccvornj hours later at St. Agnes's Hos
pital. Mrs. Antlcm was thirty-two years
old. It is believed she leaped with sui
cidal intent, as she has been melancholy,
It is said, for some time.
Sho came to this city yesterday with
her brother from Brldgcton, Pa., and
was to havo been takcu to n hospital
today.
FORD DEFIES TIRE MAKERS
Will Finance Independent Plant If
Prices Are Raised '
Canton, O., Sept. 24A-Hcnry Ford
will not stand for a raiso of tire prices
for his autos, he said here, whllo on a
tour of manufacturing plants in this
section.
"If tire builders rniso prices I can
finance nn independent compnny nnd
mako them myself," said Ford. "The
time hus arrived for a downward trend
of prices, but not for a decrease in the
scale of wages."
HITS PARKWAY SPEEDERS
Motorist Who Injured Qlrl Is Held
In Heavy Ball by Carney
Magistrate Carney today severely
criticized motorists who speed on the
Parkway in holding Wilson Murdock,
of 877 North Twentieth street, in $1000
bail for a further hearing in connection
with tho injury of a girl at Twenty
fifth street nnd tho Parkway yestcrdny.
"I'm going to hold you "under heavy
ball to warn all motorists. of Phlladel-,
phia who use tho Parkway that it was
built to beautify' the city and -not to
serve as a racetrack," said the magis
trate. "I am golpg to do my.-sharo to end
the suspenbe under which mothers of
these school children labor from the
time the children leave for school in
the morning until they return in the
afternoon."
Ellen Mullarky, fifteen years old, of
201B,Folsom street, was struck by an
automobile driven by Murdock yester
day afternoon. She is in n serious con
dition at the Lankcnau Hospital,
GIRL, 15, SHOT IN HIP
Father and Companion Are Arrested
After Revolver Explodes
Adeline Mollnro, fifteen years old,
of 1028 'Wharton street, was accident
ally shot in tho hip by her father, An
gclo Mollnro, at tncir home last night.
The girl disappeared on Sunday. Ac
cording to police of the Fifteenth street
nnd Snyder nvenuo station, the father
learned yesterday she was in Coates
vlllo with John Pcrpiglia.
The father brought the girl homo
yesterday afternoon, Pcrpiglia accom
panying them. Last ' night the trio
were engaged in n discussion, and the
police say a revolver which tho father
produced exploded. The wounded girl
was taken to St. Agnes's Hospital. Mo
llnro nnd Perplglla were arrested and
Will be given a hearing today before
Magistrate Dougherty of the Fif
teenth street nnd Snyder avenue station.
TRIAL TRIP FOR TRANSPORT
Contract Speed for St. Mlhlel Calls
for Fifteen Knots .an Hour
The United States army transport
St. Mihiel, launched at Hog Island last
winter, started on its official trial trip
todny. It left tho shipyard at 7 o'clock
this morning and will return late this
evening.
The St. Mihiel is one of the eleven
transports built nt Hog Island. Its
contract speed calls for fifteen knots per
hour, it is 448 feet over nil, x weighs
R000 deadweight tons, Is driven by a
GOOO-horsepower geared turbine and has
capacity for 2220 men.
Captain L. II. Porter, of the Hog
Island plant, is In charge, and a group
of nrmy and unvy officers, are making
the trip.
WISE CAT PICKS LIVER DIET
INSTEAD OF RAT CATCHING
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'Baby' Answers 'Mamma's' Call in Court After Former Owner
Had Promised Plenty of Rodent Hunts
A sleek black and white rat whose
ownership was disputed sat fn Central
8tntion Hodny solemnly facing Magis
trate Carson while man and woman
made oounter claims for it.
Abraham Werner, a grocer, 412 South
Twelfth street, ono oi me riunmimn.
had first chance to prove his ownership
by a practical test. ,,,. t..
At tJte magistrate's order Weinei
called to tho animal. It looked nt him.
then lifted ono paw to its face nnd un
concernedly began its daily ablution;.
MJss Katie Jones, who is forty-four
years old and lives nt 422 South Twelfth
street, was directed to try her luck. She
had claimed tho grocer had given her
the cat eight months ago.
"Baby" Answers "Mamma's" Call
"Come here. 'Baby,' dear: come to
"Mamma.' " she called. The ablutions
stopped abruptly. The. cat leaped for
ward, clearing n tnblo before the mngls
trate's desk and jumped into tho wom
an's arms. . . , .
"Well, we know how the cat feels
about It." commented Magistrate Car
Mn. He added thnt in divorce cases
where possession of a child U i contested
tho jury usually awards the child to the
Left Hand Turns Banned
on Section of Market St.
, u
New Rule Affecting Traffic Between City Hall
and Eighth Street Begins Monday Trucks
' on Chestnut Must Have Destination 'There
Superintendent of Police Mills today
Issued additional traffic regulations
prohibiting all left-hand turns for ve
hicles in Market street between City
Hall and Eighth street beginning
Monday.
At tno snmo time he announced that
on and after Monday no commercial
trucks will be permitted to use Market,
Chestnut or Walnut streets, from Six
teenth street to tho Delaware river,
between 10 o'clock in tho morning and
4 o'clock in the afternoon. Exceptions
will be made for trucks whoso destina
tions arc- in the specified district..
Another "regulation which will be
corao effective Monday affects tho speed
of fire apparatus, pollco patrols and
hospital ambulances. They, must ex
ercise discretion in using the city
streets under tho new ruling. Super
intendent Mills said there is no cmcr-
PbEAS NOT HEARD
Election Court Not Ready to
Hear Argument to Set Aside
Assessment Decision
APPEAL MAY BE TAKEN
Contrary to expectations, thcro was
no argument or hearing held today by
either .Tudgo Bregy, Patterson or
Shoemaker, constituting tho election
court, on the dismissal of petitions of
hundreds of women for assessment on
tho ground thnt they were filed too
late.
The provision quoted by tho Judges
in their decision is that the voter shall
havo paid a state or county tux "which
shall have been assessed at least two
months and paid at least ono month
before tho election."
Leopold C. Glnsi nnd J. Louis
'Brcltingcr, representing tho Republi
can 'city committco and the Republican
Alliance, appeared in court at 10
o'clock, prepared to discuss the ,lcgnl
propositions Involved, and each carry;,
ing a large batch of petitions of women
asking for assessment, their names hnv
ing been omitted from tho lists on the
regular assessment days.
The court was not in session, and
tho two attorneys were escorted to
Judge Shoemaker's private. chamberr
wnero they -were closeted for nearly
an hour. ' ,.
TKey w.ere joined by J. Leo Patton,
another counsel for tho Vnrc-J.
Tho act of 1805, according to Mr.
Breitlngcr, gives tbo courts discretion
ary power to" correct voters' list by
striking off pr adding names, right up
to tho election. Both lawycrs'tmid they
would withhold for the present tho filing
of any moro petitions.
It Is expected that the lawyers will
take no further steps until Judge Shoe
maker has conferred with his colleagues.
Attorneys coinciding with the court's
Interpretation of the law said the con
stitution provision wns mandatory, and
that there is a legal distinction between
the procedure df petitioning for as
sessment of voters and the petitioning
for a correction of the lists to which the
net of Assembly quoted by Mr. Breit
lngcr applies.
If the judges sitting nn an election
court refuso to modify their ruling, at
torneys for the w,omen may have re
course to tho Sunrcmo Court.
This action is suggested nnd urged by
Attorney General Schaffcr. who said :
"I would be very much surprised If
these women of l'hiiadelpliln, whose pe
titions to he placed on the assessors'
lists were refused bv the election court.
did not make this a test case of appenl
to the supreme uourt.
"Ono woman, throuch nn attorney.
ran tako this appenl to the Supreme
Court, when it convenes Monday, and
the Supremo Court may revcrso tho de
cision of the election court in ample
tiino for the women to register nnd be
come qualified voters before election
day."
BOYS HELD FOR ROBBERY
Two High School Students In Pitts
burgh Nabbed as Housebreakers
Pittsburgh, Sept. 24. Jesse Fisher,
a. student in tho Blvorsido High School,
and Robert Woodburn, a student in tho
Amcricnn Avenue High School, were
arrested yesterday.
The boys, the police nlege, confessed
to entertlng several houses, among them
being that of W. M. Sobeck, 3143 Ash
leyn street, Sheridan, where they got
dlnmonds nnd other jewelry valued at
$1500, The loot was not recovered.
"Wo will have a Jury in this cose,"
ruled Carson. Ho asked newspapermen
in the courtroom to act ns jurors and
directed: "All in favor of giving the
cat to Miss Jones say 'Ajp.' "
"Aye" it wns, the shout echoing in
the outside corridor.
Miss Jones snuggled the cat In to her.
"God bless you nil," she said.
" 'Haby' has slept with me for eight
mouths. I fed it liver three times n
tiny. I Sometimes I hnil to borrow a
qunrter to buy liver for it.'
Mlssf Jones formerly lodged iu Wcln
er's house. She moved lccently and took
the cat with her. When shp'trlcd to get
some dresses 'she had left behind Wclner
demanded the return of the pet.
Miss Jones took tho animnl bnrk, but
on leaving the houso sajv that Wclner,
she said, had tied it to a table.
"That broke my heart," sho told the
magistrate. "That is why I got a war
rant for him charging him with cruelty
to animals,"
Wclner snid "Bnby" is tho champion
rat catcher of Philadelphia mid that he
needed It In Ills business
He was dtechnrged after Miss Jones
WOMEN'S PETITION
gency which warrants killing five pcr
sons to save ono life. .
Tho regulations abolishing the "left
hand turn on Market street is a radical
step to climlnato "death traps" at con-t
gested corners, it means that a venicio
proceeding cast on Market stroot will
not be permitted to turn north on Thir
teenth, Eloventh or Ninth streets, and
that vehicles proceeding west on Mar
ket strcot will not be permitted to turn
south on Twelfth, Tenth or Eighth
streots.
Vehicles will not be allowed to make
a left-hand turn Into Market street from
Thirteenth; Twelfth, Eleventh, Tenth,
Ninth, or.EItrhth streets.
Supcrintondcnt Mills said that the re-'t
striction of tho use by commercial trucKs
of Market, 'Chestnut nnd Walnut streets
is In anticipation of tho ChristmaB
shopping congestion.
GALLS CAFE PRICES
HERE 'SCANDALOUS'
Man Who Curbed Pittsburgh
Profiteers Urges Public to
Unite in Restaurant War
COURT RULINGS DIFFER
Food prices in many restaurants here
were described ns scandalous today by
Major William F. Long, hend of the
Pittsburgh fair-prlco committee, who
forced prico reductions thcro ranging
from 10 to CO per cent.
Major Long, hero on a living visit to
tho local offices of Fnir-Prico Commis
sioner McCIain, snid tho only menns
Philadelphia has of battering down food
prices is through force of public opinion.
"Tho Lever net wns held to bo un
constitutional in this district by Federal
Judge J. Whitakcr Thompson,," ho
pointed out. "Federal Judgo Thomson,
of the western district of Pennsylvania,
upheld the Lever act.
Court Decisions Differ
"The Pittsburgh fair-prlco committee
called a meeting of hotel and restaurant
proprietors and ordered 'them to cut
their prices. If they refused, wo told
them, prosecutions would follow in short
order.
" 'Investigate first,' the hotel men
told us. Wo told them to cut their
prices immediately nnd wo would do
the invostlsatlne afterward.
"Tho new price scale went Into effect
In Pittsburgh this morning. For ex
ample, orders of, ham and eggs ..and
bacon and eggs were reduced one -third
in price. Side dishes potatoes, for
instance were cut CO per cent In price
The restaurant men tuero were
charging thirty-five, cents for four
slices of tomato, which cost them not
moro than one and a half or two cents.
"They charged twenty-five cents for
nn car or corn for which they paid
about two and one-half cents. In this
city twenty-five cents is not nn un
common price for nn car of corn. Such
prices arc scandalous.
"In some instanccsin Pittsburgh we
made nudits of restaurant expenses.
The nudits proved that overhead ex
penses, including labor, were not more
than CO per cent. Yet hotel and res
taurant men were making gross profits
of from 500 to 000 per ceut."
Major Long was asked Jf similar ac
tion could not bo taken here against
food profiteers.
Says "Carry Own Lunch"
"In view of the status of the Lover
act in this district," he said, I'thc
principal factor in bringing down food
costs must be public opinion. Few
things can withstand the power of
aroused public opinion. Once let res
taurant men nnd hotel men see that
people are in earnest in demnnding
fairer prices and they will como down."
Major Long said 'he believes that, in
principle, the "carry-your-lunch"
movement, said to be gaining ground in
New York and other cities, is a sound
step.
"To be effective, of course, it must
be practiced by largo numbers of peo
ple. Tho cash register is as potent
n guide for restaurant keepers as tho
box-nffico is for theatres.
"If receipts drop the business men
running the restaurants will be wise
enough to seo the wise course to adopt."
Nine hundred employes of the enr
service department of the Pennsylvania
Railroad joined tho "carry-your-own"
movement today. Employes of the
Emergency Fleet Corporatlqn also have
joined. Scores of business men nnd
stenographers who formerly lined the
counters of restnurants nt noon were
among those carrying their lunch today.
Most fruit is lower in prico than it
had been In the last four years, sugar
has taken a big drop -and other kinds
of food have also descended with a thud.
Yet tho restaurants still offer eight
slices of potato for ten cents (potatoes
are ten cents a quarter peck) and charge
fifteen and twenty cents a wedge for pie.
DR. J. M. STERLING DEAD
Tuberculosis Specialist Succumbs at
Mt. Slnal Hospital
Dr. Joseph" Marshall Sterling, n
specialist inuhe treatment of tubercu
losis nnd for six years a member of
tho Btnff of Phipps Institute, died nt
Mt. Slanl Hospital this morning at 0
o'clock. lie had been ill for eleven
months.
Doctor Marshall wns thirty years old
and a neysboy for several years at
Ninth nnd Chestnut streets. He worked
his way through college and graduated
from Medico-Chl in 1012.
Tho decedant leaves n widow and
two children. His mother, Mrs. Jennie
MaiRhall, ,113 Queen street, and three
brothers nnd ono Bister, all of Atlan
tic city, also survive.
Doctor Marshall was a member of
the County Medical Society, Physicians'
Motor Club and several medical or
ganizations. McAdoo Favors Teutons In League
Huntington, N. Y Sept. 24. Ad
mlttanco of Germany and Austria into
the I'bruc of Nations would ultimately
make for protection of tho rlvillxcd
world ngnlnst war, William (!. McAdoo
ilnitlnrajl linrn In of vittrlif lit li,. .m,...l..
nddrcss of his campaign for Governor
FRWIN DESCRIBES
WILL-O'-WISP LIFE
AS DRAFT DODGER
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Shivered in Broomall Barn as U.
8. Agents Raided Home; Drove
Over Country With Crovof
SLACKER ABJECT FIGURE
AS HE DEFENDS MOTHER
Says He. Flitted Through Ohio,
Indiana and Even Georgia
Whilo Eluding Pursuers
Erwln Bergdoll took the stand In bis
tnothor's defense today at her trial for
conspiracy In aiding him and Grover
cvado tho draft. Tho slacker-convict
went on the stand at 11 o'clock
Mrs. Bergdoll Is being tried with
Charles A. Braun, tanothcr son: .Tames
E. Romlg, Henry Schuh nnd Albert S.
Mitchell, all friends, accused of the
same crime.
Tho trial Is before Judge Dickinson
in Room 303. of thn Federnl Ttttlldlnir.
This is the fifth day. It is expected to
no tno mst, as urwln Is tho "trump
card" of tho defense.
Erwln an Abject Figure
Erwln wns called to tho stand
from his scat on tho first row nnd
mado his way toward tho witness chair.
the magnet for all the eyes in the
courtroom.
The former jaunty racing driver wns
an abject figure. Slumping in his snuff
colored nrmy prison uniform, he was
nlmost enrried to tho chair by tho two
armed guards when his knees got weak.
After SCntinc him In thn f-hnlr nun
guard stood directly beside the chair
una uie otner took a position, stand
ing, about fivo feet awav. Thcv
watched their prisoner closely nt all
times.
During Bergdoll's exhibition of weak
ness, Sirs. Bergdoll half started from
her choir to aid but was restrained
nnd sat thcro wringing her hands and
weeping as sho watched her "Erf."
Bergdoll rarclv clnnccl nn rlnrlnir nla
testimony, keeping his .eyes riveted ori
nis array Drogues except when ho gave
n quicK glance nt his mother occasion
ally.
. The air of tho room was tense when
ho began to talk. It resembled the
atmosphere which prevailed when his
mother rushed half way across the
room to greet him earlier in the day
ana leu weeping on bis neck.
Erwln's voice wns- low. hnrdlv rnr
rying to Theodore Lane Bean, defense
counsel, who wns seated almost directly
in iront or mm but a few feet away.
Judge Dickinson ordered Bergdoll to
tauter louuer and more distinctly, uerg
doll coughed to clear his throat nnd
from'then on answered all questions in
n iainy ioua ana clear voice.
'Hundreds of persons who crowded into
the courtroom leaned forward in nn
eager nttempt to catch every word of
his dramatic recital of tho events of his
flight and final surrender.
Dtirinir his testimony Tlprpilnll -.
the lie to the prosecuting testimony of
.riutiiugu ijco ureenon, Tnomns is.
Furey nnd Richard Schrocdcl.
Tells of Reconciliation
Mr. Bean asked Erwln when he nnd
Braun had made up their differences
of 1015.
"I got on friendly terms with Braun
nt the timo my wifo died. I asked my
father-in-law, Mr. Parker, to nsk
Charley and his wife if they wouldn't
please attond my wife's funeral.
"Mr. Braun positively never gave
me one penny nor did ho assist me in
any way to evade tho draft. On the
contrnry, ho urged me to surrender and
give myself up, to take my medicine
like a, man. But I always put it off.
"Ou November of last year I met
Braun nnd Krauso whllo I was with
Grover and Schrocdcl. The meeting
was wholly accidental, nnd when we
saw thaj Braun and Krnuse wero go
ing on a gunning trip Grover nnd I
suggested a better place than Oxford
and we all started out for Rising Sun,
Md.
"We all slept in n farmhouse that
night, nnd after breakfast wo took tho
dogs and went out gunning. The lunch
was carried in our car nnd in Mr.
Braun's car, and we had to go back
to the barn to get it. -
"Wo then drove up to the Rising
Sun hotel, but I don't know who reg
istered for the party. I was driving
my car on my wife's own license num
ber. Tho dogs were put in back of
the hotel for safekeeping.
"We carao homo the next day. I
went to my home, and the others kept
on. Tho other witnesses' testimony
nbout the Hagerstowu trips with
Grover, Romlg and Crcedon was cor
rect. Says Romlg Urged Surrender
"On the first trip Romlg came dowr.
nnd urged me to go home, strnlchtcn out
things, nnd give myself up. But ho never
gnvo me nny money, rsor did my mother
ever supply mo with any money.
"On January 7, when about twenty
federal agents were raiding my home
nnd Mr. Braun's homo, I was ns-leep In
my barn.
"I thought for sure they would get
me. Aud 1 could nenr the agents prowl
ing near the door. I had been sleeping
in the barn for I ho last fivo nights, al
though the weather was very cold.
"I. thought it wns getting too hot for
mo nroumi my own homo nud when
Creedon came the next morning I asked
him if he didn't wnnt to go on a little
trip with me. We had no particular
placa in mind. All I wanted to do was
to cet awny from the house.
"Wo landed In Baltimore after
spending the night ou the road in our
Continued on Taio Tiro, Column Four
PLUMBERJSUES BERGDOLL
G. W. England Wants Erwln to Pay
for Work Done
The recent nttempt of a writ-server
to thrust a paper Into thn hands of
Erwln Bergdoll as tho convicted draft
dodger was led, shackled, from tho
Federal Building, was explained today
by tho filing of a suit on behalf of tho
cstato of George W. England against
Bergdoll.
The claim represents a bill for
plumbing work done in n house In this
city owned by Erwln. William II. f,ex.
nttorney for the plaintiff, said he en ercd
mm. iu pn-iiii. 1 ne siuiiue ot limitations
TENANTS OF CITY-OWNED HOUSES ORDERED OUT,
Tho Department (j9jt Public Works today prepared notices re
questing tenants of city-owriedhouses on Tenth, Eleventh,. Lom
bard, Bodmnn and Xaqdain streetsto move. The property was
purchased by .the.clty for ,ttie' purpose of .converting it Into a rec
reation center.under.thepr6vislons of an .ordinance passed October
31, 1016. Th'e-h'ouses Kave'been Inspected by Director of Health
Furbush and characterized as a menace toihealth.
, ' ' '
REBATE SLIPS ORDERED IN'TACONY LINE
Public Service Commls'sIoncrsGlement and Benn today ordered
tho Frankford, Holmcsburg and Tacony Street' Railway Co. to Issue
rebate slips beginning Monday tuii til the entire commission meets
to decide -what action. to tako1 on tho. company's recent Incrensc in
fare. The commlsslonersmet'in City Hall today.
MAN-FATALLY'SCALDED at navy yard
Bichmond .Woodward, twenty-eight years old, of 3700 South
Eighty-second . street, was fatally scalded at the Philadelphia
Navy Tard today,' , Af plpo on a crano bruat, enveloping Wood
vard ln'live,utcam. ' He died nt the St. Agnes HoBpltal.
LEWS NAMED
FRENCH
PREMIER
Was Minister of Marine
in
Clemenceau's War Cabinet.
Has Accepted
PRESS PRAISES MILLERAND
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Uy the Associated Press
Paris, Sept, 24. Georges. Ley gucs,
minister of marine in the Cicmcnccau
cabinet, hn accepted a call to the
French premiership tinder President
Millerand'.'! administration, it was an
nounced todnj. He will likewise net as
foreign minister.
Before summoning M. Leygucs,
President Millerand consulted Leon
Bourgeois, president of tho Senate;
Raoul Poret, president of the Chamber;
M. L'Hopitcu, the minister of justice;
Jules Steeg, tho minister of the In
terior; General Pau, and Charles Du
mont, former minister of finance. The
presidential automobile was then sent
to bring M. Leygucs to the chief execu
tive. Besides holding the premiership, M.
Millerand was the- foreign minister of
his own cabiaet, and the new premier
is likewise to head the foreign office.
It is understood the other ministers
of the Millerand cabinet will retnin
their posts.
During the consultation between Pres
ident Millerand nnd M. Leygucs they
found themselves in agreement in the
idea -that a cabinet whose policy hnd
ben approved by both chambers of the
parliament ought to be maintained.
Millerand Commended
Traise of Alexandre Millerand, the
new president of the French Republic,
is the keynote of editorials upon bis in
auguration printed here today. Tlio
oniy .discordant note comes from Social
ist organs ami Mime radical journals.
The Oeuvrc. 'for Instance, recalls how
M. MUIcrnnd was shouted down iu the
Chamber of Deputies, and wns accused
of being responsible for llu fact thnt
the French nrmv was poorly supplied
wltti li.nvv nrtlllnrr nnrl 'tTio nra-
vented tho .Gernwn retreat at the Marne
from becoming n rout." The news
paper says that many declared that on
that occasion "M. Millerand's public
career was finished."
"Our friends and enemies," writes
Charles Cbaumct, former minister of
marine, in Avcnir. "will learn by the
election of Millerand that France is still
'tho lady nf Verdun.' and that sho no
longer will nllow sabotage of her vic
tory." This seems to sum up public feeling
generally as expressed by the newspa
pers. Georges Leygucs, who became min
ister of marine when Premier Cicmcn
ccau formed his cabinet iii November.
101J. -a few months after tho entry of
tho United States in the war, served
in that post throughout tho remainder
of tho world conflict, contributing not
ably to the HiiccesB of the allies in tho
long struggle they waged toward the
curbing of German submarine warfare.
Ho retired from ministerial office last
January with the resignation of M.
Clemenceau.
M. I.e.vcues has an Amorionn mi.n.
law, Paul Rockwell, an Atlanta news-
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Is it n mad infatuatiou with
beauty, or does it go deeper and
sound tho very soul of a woman
seeking fidelity and nobility of
character?
Jimmy Challoner, the man; Cyn
thin Farrow, tho actress, nnd Chris
tine Wyatt, the childhood sweet
heart, give an entirely uew angle
to the eternal triangle.
You must not fall to read tho
new story by Ruby M. Ayres which
begins in the Evening. PuuL10
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Nominee Fails to Regain Votes
in Northwest Wilsonism
Drove Out of Party
SPLITS DON'T HURT HARDING
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Stan CorrMDondrnt Evenlnr Public Idr
Copyright; 1130, by rvbUo Lrdgtr Co.
St. Paul, Sept. 24. This Is the bat
tleground of the Nonpartisan League.
Considering this league as a split of
the Republican party, and it has hither
to been mostly Republican on national
issues, the Republican party is as badly
divided here ns it is in Illinois.' 'ine
old-fashioned Remihltrnnn nr trvlnir to
keep the Nonpartisan League out of
tne atatc House, just ns the old-fashioned
Rcnublicans nf Illinois nre trvlntr
to keep Mayor Thompson's adherents
out of the State House in Illinois.
This is tho battleground of the
league because it is felt that If the
league ib beaten in Minnesota it will
lose ground everywhere, nnd that If it
wins here it will spread and gain
strength elsewhere. It is a critical cam
paign for tho league. Townley, the boss
of the league, which controls the gov
ernment of one state, must be able to
show victories or the league will pass
nfter having served Its end in the state
of its origin.
This is said to show how acute the
state situation Is. Yet acute as it Is,
notonc here sees thnt it endamrers the
Republican national ticket. The league
members and the State Republicans will
fight each other to the death, yet both
will vote .for Harding, or at any rate
as many of tho league members as have
always been Republican nationally, plus
u mt more wno are going to oe ilepuD
licans nationally this time because they
wisn n cnange 01 aummistratlon at
tvasmngton.
Pro. German During War
Tho leaders of the Xonnnrtlunn
league declare that they are taking no
sides in tho national election and that
tncir followers are free to vote ps they
choose. But if they had seen fit to di
rect the vote of tho league members
away :rom Harding, they would have
failed. Tho majority of the lcairue mem-
bers oro Scandinavian and German. It
is for this reason that the league was
accused of disloyalty during the war.
Tho German formers of the Northwest
sympathized with their old ponntrv
during the war openly until this coun
try took sides, and n good many of them
quietly afterward. And the Scandina
vian farmers were either pacifists or in
clined to favor Germany. The league nt
nn organization was not interested in
foreign affairs. But most of its mem
bers had thoir origin in Germany or in
countries friendly to Germany.
Ono henrs little of the disloyalty
chargo now. But the snme sympathies
which made most of the leaguers vot
for Wilson in 1010 because "he kept us
out of war" lead them, now that we
havo been in the war with disastrous
results to Germany, to voto against
Wilson's party. '
Comparing this year with 1010, when
this Btato was almost carried by Presi
dent Wilson, the Republican party re
gains the Scandinavian vote, which once
belonged to it; regains the German vote
which was once Republican, plus the
German voto which once wins Demo
cratic; regains the AmericnTi farmer
vote, which wns pacifist In 1011; picks
up in the cities n considerable Irish
vote, which Is off tho Democratic reser
vation for the first time this year, all
or which is the material for a very large
majority.
Democrats Lose Many Votes
The Democratic party has lost the
votes of people who for one reason or
another, domestic or foreign, desire c
change of administration at Washing
ton. It was always, even in 1010, a
minority party in Minnesota. It is n
minority pnrty which this time has lost
n good many of Its regular voters. There
is a small drift to Cox of League of
Nations supporters, but it is not big
enough to compenato for his losse.
On coming to Mlnnesotn, 'oue hears
that the Cox campaign has fnllcd. He
hears the same thing straight across tho
country from New York, through Ohio.
Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. Gov
ernor Cox had t.'thcr to make tho coun
try fepl that n change from Wilson to
himself wns all the change thnt waf
needed or he had to raise some issue big
enough so that tho country would begin
to think nbout that issue rather than
nbout its desire for n cbauge at Wash
ington. There is not a sijn in Minnesota that
hn has succeeded in doiiiir either thlnnr.
1 Cox has tried several issues. He has
tried to elevate the League of Nation
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unve to vote, ne has not succeeded in
doing so in Minnesota. A small section
of the public accepts the League of Na-
1 tions as tne ciiiet issue, 'tne rst cart
I less about what form the international
organization will tako than they do
! nbout what kind of administration will
be in Washington next year.
j A Republican, who has watched the
1 political situation in this state closely,
J hald yesterday that tho people had
made up their minds as soon as both
' candidates for the presidency were nom
1 innted, that they had not changed their
minus since and nnruiy wanted to hear
anything nbout tho 'national contest.
The same situation exists geuernily
into first place in men's minds ns thplv,T valuable information about then
big thing on which tho country would icnses In the shipyard district."
OH OULilUUrtrild
IP.
SOLDIERWEEKLIES
J. L. Heffernan Chargos Edge
Aids in Scheme Against
Stars and Stripes s
OBJECTS TO N. J. SENATOR l
TAKING PART IN PROBE
Fodoral Attorney Took Advan
tage of Trip West to '
Help Palmer H
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By the Associated Press
Washington, Sept. 24. The Stars
and Stripes, a soldier publication, is
controlled by the Democratic National
Committee, and the American Legion
Weekly, another soldier oubllcation, i
controlled by the Republican National
Committee, Joseph L. Heffernan. secretary-treasurer
of the Stars nnd
Stripes Publishing Co., testified today
before the Sennte campaign investigat
ing committee.
The right of Senator Edge to par
ticipate in nny Inquiry by the com
mittee Into the political activities of
tho Stars and Stripes was challenged
by Mr. Heffernon. He said he had
information that Senator Edge was
involved in "some scheme, whatever
it-Is, against us."
Heffernan nrevlotinlv hnrl tpatlfiMl that
his paper, despite "a bona fide circu
lation" of 100.000. had been unable to
obtain advertising. He said he had In
formation that Senator Edge recently
had participated in conferences with
men interested in preventing the Stars
and Stripes from obtaining advertising.
Attempt to Purchase Paper
Senator Edge demanded the name ot
the person who hnd informed Heffer
nan. and was finally told that Richard
R. Jones, nn associate In the Stars and
Stripes office, was tlio man. Jones was
ordered subpoenaed.
Before Heffernan challenged Senator
Edge he had said that attempts to pur
chase the service paper had been made
by a man named Waldo, who, he said,
was "connected with the du Ponts, who
nre concerned with foreign language
newspapers." Waldo, the witness said,
had told members of the Stars and
Stripes that if- they did not sell out
they would get no advertising and be
bankrupt in six months.
The witness named several men who"
he said his information showed had been
active in the "scheme" against the
paper and in conference with Senator'
Edge. Senator Edge said he knew only
one of the men named even by name
and none of them by slght
Stewart Explains Trip
R. P. Stewart, assistant attorney,
general, whose name was mentioned
yesterday in connection with tb
Democratic national convention at San
Francisco nnd his travel to that city
nt public pxpensc, told the committee
today that he went to the Pacific coast
in connection with the prosecution of
fraud cases. He wai heard at his
own request. '
"We had n number of shipyard cases
in the Northwest." Mr. Stewart said,
"involving frauds, and frequent re
quests came from attorneys in charge
locally for assistance. I talked It over
with Judge Ames and he decided it was
necessary for mo to go."
The witness also mentioned the pro
ceedings started against John Grunaa,
lender of the switchmen's strike. On
his trip, he said, he stopped in Chi
cago, went to Seattle and later nrrlved
nt San Francisco, conferring with locsl
attorneys at all three places.
No Charge During Vocation
"At San Francisco, after clearing nn
the matters in question, I took my an
nual leave, beginning June 25," he
said, "and made no charge to the gov
ernment for the period following."
Chairman Kenyou asked tne witness
if he saw District Attorney dyne, of
Chicago, nt the San Francisco conven
tion "working for Attorney General
Palmer."
I presume he was." said Mr.
Stewart.
Chairman Kenyon questioned the
witness as to the number of emnloyes of
the Department of Justice he saw at
San Francisco at the time of the Demo
cratic National Convention, where At
torney Uencral 1'almcr was a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
President. Mr. Stewart replied that a
Mr. Foster" and Ralph Kcliy. two
special agents concerned in the ship
yard investigation at Seattle, were
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there. He also saw N. J. Neal. acting
chief of the Bureau of Investigation,
at San Francisco during the convention.
Others named by tho witness were -John
Lasky, district attorney for the
District of Columbia, who was a dele
gate; Robert T. Scott, private secre-
I tary to tho attorney general , Thomas
J. speiiacy, an assistant attorney gen
eral, and J. P. Creighton.
District Attorneys nt Frisco
"How many district attorneys did
you seo there?" asked Chairman Ken-
yon.
"I saw E. S. Wertz. of Cleveland."
Mr. Stewart replied. "Mr. Clyne also,
and John Merton, assistant district at
torney at Detroit. It is very difficult
for me to remember thot."
Chairman Kenyon asked for the num
ber of Fulted States marshals attend
ing. Mr. Stewart said he knew only
Marshal McCarthy, of the southern New
York district.
"Did they pay their own expenses?"
Chnirman Kenyon nsked.
"I presume thev did, those who were
delegates." thc.witness replied
"Mr. Neale went with me at my re
quest." Mr. Stewart said. "He had
. . .. --- ...
Senator Pomerene brnucbt out that'
District Attorney Wertz, of Cleveland,
supported Governor Cox nt tho conven-
Contlnurtt on rie Two, Column Ono
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Tomorrow Cloudy and unsettled
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