,i v.- tafl NIGHT, EX.TRA Sr ' f'-v., f MMXfftrwS! ifcwiy feu' ia temrwraturej Moderate wiitfef' Ai XlHtARAiunEi .. AAvn.nutn - i I T J -r r ni 0 110 111 12 il '70 171 (72 171 170 73 74 (.: '..Mi 'A' THE WEATHER r-s' -i 9 uenirra I 81 r VOb- VH. NO. 13 srara Warns Mayor Growing Deficit Must Bo Metby Imme diate Relief OPERATING SHORTAGE WILL BE $1,500,000 BY OCT. 1 Moore Point3 to Letter Showing He Is Not Respon sible for Conditions as Unless the city sanctions n flat fiyc ttnt fare. effec,tivc October 1, the Phila dclphla Rapid Transit Co. will be com iiclletl to seek an even higher faro to "VThls wns tho message Bent to Mnyor More by u.nomns n. imura, iirrBiui-w. nf tho company, as the Mayor was volc inr his neutrality on the flatware ques tion beforo Council's committco on transportation yesterday. In making Mr. Mitten's letter public lodav the Mayor cited It as absolving u'i,m nnv rhnrce that ho could be lichl responsible for tho outcome f tho flat-fare request won muwu or innuttii, Mr. Mitten's letter follows: "P. It. T.'s operating deficit for the ......f Tf.nr will have been Increased lo approximately Jpl.COO.OOO by October i, 1020. - - - rv .- . A.-AH.-t Ama ji4 vawa "1 ll. 1. s propusi'u live-tuiiu WW. without transfers or cxehnnges, If made rlTrrtlvo October 1, will still meet P. It. T.'m immediate needs. Delay Means Hlglrer Fare "If, on the contrary, P. It. T. wnltR lonccr for city consent and then files it tnrifr to become effective under the law thirty dnys later. P. It. TVs accu mulating deficit will by tha"t time bo too rent to he overcome by the five-cent fnrc without transfers or exchanges, so that P. U. T.. If further delayed, will. h nvold bankruptcy, be then forced to file Its new tariff for a still higher fare. "Councilmnnlo consent. If granted to morrow. cSptember 8. will, b'o under jtnitil. make possible the necessary ns-H-nt nt the Public Service Commission, rnnhllng P. R. T. to flic Us temporary tnrlff for a five-cent fare without trans fern or exchanges to become effective on Octnbcrl. "P. It. T. men and management hnve both done their utmost in a kindly wny, In meet the sltuntiou, and now ask the Jlajor to say tho affirmative word which seems necessary nt once to secure comicilmanic consent. -"Respectfully. "T. K. MITTEN." Mayor Not llesponslblo Commenting on the letter, tho Mayor mid: "I see no reason why this letter should not be published. You will ob serve that there Is nothing In the letter to Justify tho statement published this morning that 'the Mayor will bo re .nonslblc for the failure of ranld trnn- Mt,' a statement that is absurd on itH face." THEY'RESTILL BITING. But Latest Prospective Victim Of Old Spanish Swindle Doesn't The old Spanish swindle has bobbed tin ngnin. This time Eugene Mag-' nlni. vice president of the Twenty ninth Wnrd liiisinobS Men's nnd Tax payers' Association. living nt -7128 Oiranl nvenuo. received tho letter from the "poor prisoner" In n Spanish dun geon. it will only take $300,000 to get the prisoner out, nnd confident that Inpney grows on trees oyer here, tile prisoner blandly ronipllinents Mr. Mng nlm by asking him to send the money to r.rnesto Mendez, Arlondns. Asturlns. Spain. This man is to give the fortune to the jailer. When thtc prisoner gets out he promises to return nil the money with $120,000 Interest. It is to be sent with no security in ret,urn. lie suggests, ond no time must be wasted in corre spondence. -' Sir. Mngulm sugsests "they must be biting, or the swindlers would not keep It up " WOMAN THIEF A LUNATIC Hearing Develops She Had Escaped From Hospital' Millie ltuslmne, nlins Malinn Ilur- cfrnne, Pass) link avenue nenr Fifteenth treet. uns recommitted to the Phila- nelphln Hospital for the" Insane lute atiinlav night after she hnd stolen sev rrni articles from n department store. Magistrato Carson today made public the facts regurdlns the womnn's nrrept acd commitment. She was arrested Saturdaj upon leaving the store. Held n Citv Hull for n hearing, It wns Ifftrned thnt she hud escaped from the city Insane wauls. Mnglstrato Carson hail the charge of theft withdrawn and tent the woman to tho hospital. FREED BY "UNWRITTEN LAW" 'r Testlflrs Cluhmnn Was Intl. V mate With His Wife Winchester, Ky., Sept. 28. (Ily A. 1.1 Rodney Haggard, a 'Winchester attOrilPV. M-nu nontiUfn.l hv lwi fvrnml Jury yesterday of tho murder of lien W. ioo(i, n young clubman, of this city. Ha?Pnirl tnattfln.l .if l.tu flnl tlinf Via lU'l shot nnd killed Good on August -i Dernuso of his Intimacy with Mrs. Haggard. CLEANING STRIKE OVER Tlie end of tho street cleaners' strlko wjW minouneeil today by Senator Ed- la II. Vare. "Today every team I ?wu is out," he said, "and tho back bone of tho strike Is broken. Wo ex FCt to havo no further trouble In clean ing the streets. Fifty men wero turned way this morning from each of the tnree stables when they asked for cm P'oyraeut. Tho street cleaning situa tion is now normal." MODJESKI HERE TODAY ttdph A. Modjeski, chairman of the engineering commission selected to mako Rns and determine tho final cost of jns Delaware River bridge, Is in tho city 'May. He will confer with Gcorgo S. Webster, chief of tho Ilureau of Sur !'? w'',o Is also a member of tho bridge Mglneering commission, to outllno a Plan of procedure. It is expected that f PPolntment of usslstauta will bo jSwoFfflfisr i,f IAN HIGHER Entered e,a Second-Claw fatter i th Poatoftlec, at Philadelphia, Ts. wiui;t vn v u iiurcn Woman Candidate Offers to Do 'Chores' for Voters Mrs. Catherine Greenbaum Willing to Wash Dishes While Newly Enfranchised Citi zens Cast First Ballots in Camden "I'll help you wash your dishes If you'll turn out and vote." This was the novel campaign appeal made in Camden's primary election to day by Mrs. Catherlno'nrcenbaum, of 330 Kaighn avenue, candidate for the Democratic councllmanlc nomination In tho Fifth ward. Long before 7 o'clock this morning, tho'lioiir of the opening of the polls, Mrs. Grocnbnum and two women as sistants were busy canvasslug.houscs In the wnrd.. t "lmL Foing to 8pt evcry woman voter I( possibly can- to the polls," she said. As a special inducement my assistants mid I offer to help the houscwomen finish washing their dishes or sweeping to enable them to exercise their new found privilege." Their First Vote Women are voting for the first tlmu In New .Terrcy today. For tllPlri it In n Milmni. l....if rl." l!,P ,flll,CRt st'"RP f 'he word, and iiunuiruH were on iinnd in Camden, Gloucester and other cities of South Jersey at 7 o'clock this morning when tho polls opened. , Rain which began In n stendy drirzlo shortly before 7 o'clock, hnd no effect on tho women's enthusiast over their new-found civic rights. They bundled up In mackintoshes and Gaffney Will Lead Fight Council, but Moore Men Expect Victory HALL-WANTS PARKS ITEM The Vare minority In Council is pre paring to break n lance on the S.10,- 000,000 loan bill today, but administra tion members arc confident they can rnlly the required fourteen votes for the big improvement measure. Councilman Gnffney, whose .fHO.OOO, 000 loan bill was discarded, will lead tho minority's battle. Gnffney objects to tho administration bill because It docs not "earmark" a $,"00,000 Item for the Bigler and Packer streets sewers. Councilman Hall. Seventh ward Vare leader, wants $800,000 set nsido for parks and playgrounds in the central section. lie nlso wants the area be tween Juniper nnd Filbert streets chosen as the site for a proposed City Hall annex.. .- """Kir Wlwinlnorltr onnosltlon centered on those proposed Items omitted from tho administration's bill, tho situation Is further complicated by Councilman Dcvclln's objection to n $1,000,000 item for a wing of Judge Brown's mu nicipal court "palace." Compromise May Result A majority of the administration members nnd nil of tho Vare councllmcn nre believed to favor the Municipal Court item. The situation mny result in a last-minute compromise ns skirmish ing brings out the strength or weakness of Judge Ilrown's plnn. The president-judge of the Municipal Court was "on the job" early nt City Hall today, sounding out members of the Council, He professed confidence the $1,000,000 Item would be approved. Mr. (IjrTfncy refused to outlluo his plans In advance of tho Council meeting. "Whnt we hnve to bny will be said on the floor of Council," lie asserted. TJie administration's line-up of fourteen votes depends on the adher ence of Councilman Rucholx nnd the accession of Couccilmen Walter and IleUell, A'are members. Walter Against "Earmarking" Mr. Walter, representing the Fifth district, is opposed to tho "earmarking" demanded by Councilman Gaffney. Mr. Ituchhota also Is opposed. "Personally I am against 'earmark ing'." lie said. "I think the adminis tration ought to be allowed some leeway In using funds to public advantage. Suppose everybody who wanted to ad vertise In n newspaper insisted that their 'ads' should havo exactly tho samo space?" Ulclinrd Weclcin. president of Coun cil, Is ronlldent sanction will be given the lonn to it may De voicu on Dy iue people November 2. "I don't think tho besslon will be very lively," he said. Asked If he did not think nn attack by Mr. Develln on the Municipal Court Item woum cause '.'onsiucmuic uuiuk lie renlled : "He will be within his rights. As for Mr. finffnov nnd his 'cnrmnrklna' nol- icy. I do not think he Is on tennblo ground there. Other councllmcn are backing sewer projects, but they nro satisfied tho Department of Public Works will net fnirly in the matter. "South Philadelphia Is being well cared for in the lonn, anyhow. That section gets an $800,000 item for tho Improvement of Delaware avenuo south of Snyder avenue. BOSTON BANK CLOSED Affairs of Fidelity Trust Taken Over by State Commissioner Boston, Sept. 2S.- (ly A .'.) P,ank Commissioner Ji'soph C. Allen to day took ovor the affulrs of the Fidelity Trust Co. His action marked the clos ing of tho sixth banking Institution in tnis cuy wiimu i Milium-, iim uim-ir. were tho Hanover Trust Co.. of which Chnrlos Ponzl, tho "financial wizard, wns a director nnd largest individual depositor: tho Prudential and Cosmo polltnnsTrust Cos., nnd two smull pri vate banks. The capital nf the Fidelity is $3,. 000.000, and according to tho latest nvallablo statement from the company, had a surplus of $700,000. Its deposits totaled nbout $1S,000,000. James G. Fergusorr, its president. Is affiliated with several other financial und indus trial Institutions, ns Is Edwin T. Mc Knight, tho vice president. Tho latter is president of tho state Senate. Tho Fldoltty Trust Co. was one of threo bunks which yesterday invoked tho law requiring ninety days' notlco for withdrawal of Bavlugs deposits. VARES TO DEMAND LAN BILL CHANGES o( jo (li i goloshes nnd entered upon their duty as voters In a businesslike fashion. Certain chivalrous politicians were on hand bright nnd cany with auto mobiles, In which thev copeyed the women voters to tho polls nnd home again. Mrs. Hannah Kills, eighty-nine years old. mother of Mayor Charles II. Ellis, voted this nftcrnoon with her son nt the fifth division polling place of tho Second ward. Mrs. Margaret Stackhouse, clghty soyen years old, of. 301 Penu street, mother of Recorder Stackhouse, also voted this afternoon nt the first division polling place of the First wnrd. lloth women arc Republicans. Site's Against Prohibition Mrs. Millie Evans, of 503 Koydcn street, was the first woman to register September 14 nt the third division polling place of tho Ninth ward, nnd was the first to vote today. Mrs. EvniM declared against prohibi tion. "Liquor Is nil right In Its place," she said. "It Is better to havo licenses nnd control liquor than to have Illegal traf fic dealing in poisonous stuff in quan tities that make prohibition n joke." Mrs. Mary Klcth, of D30 South Sixth street, who uiso voted at the third di vision of tho Ninth wnrd, nlso ex- Continued on race (Ax, Column Two Ti OFF BANK TO DEATH Lansdowne Man Loses Way on Unlighted Road at 66th St. and Oyerbrook Avenue FOG HELPS CAUSE TRAGEDY Michael Gibbons, thirty-five years old, Schappctt terrace, Lansdowne, wns killed instantly early today when his automobile plunged over u thirty-foot cliff at Sixty-sixth fctrcct nnd Over brook avenue. Glbbons's screams und tho noise of the automobile thumping down tho em bankment were henrd bv nearby resi dents, who hurried to the scene, but tho driver wns crushed and died before they arrived. The nccldont occurred nbout 12:30 o'clock. Gibbons wns returning to his home after u visit to Philadelphia. He was drlvlnc his mnchinc north on Six ty-sixth street nnd missed tho sharp left-hand turn nt Ovcrbrook avenue be cause of tho nbsenco of lights and a dense fog. Instead of turning, he continued on and the machine leaped off the embank ment. Glbbons's first scrcnift' wns heard plainly by residents, as were others ns the automobile turned Bomersnult? on its trin to the bottom of the cliff. Tho automobile wns raised from tho crushed form of Gibbons by those who reached tho scene first und he wns carried tin tho hill, placed in nn automo bile and tnk'en to the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital, where it was said he had been killed instantly. Tho body wns then taken to the morgue nnd was identified inter this morning by relatives, who were sum moned when police partially Identified the body by pnpers found in the dead man's pockets. The nutomoUiie was a wreck. Resi dents nenrby said that the corner Is a dangerous one, especially at night, when it is not llluminntcd, no street lamps being near it. Gibbons wus u native of Ireland. Ik wns married in Liverpool ten years ngo and came to America shortly after ward, lie Is survived by Ills wife, who is under a physician's care, ntifl four children Margnret, nine years old J James, seven ; Mary, four, and Esther, who is not yet two yoais old. EXPRESS CARS DERAILED No One Injured In P. & R. Accident at Tenth and Diamond Streets Several American Railway Express cars on tho 12.20 n. in. express from the Reading Terminal for New York left tho mils at Tenth nnd Diamond streets a few minutes ufter the train hnd started. Two of tho cars were overturned, but no ono was hurt. There are soveral day coaches and n sleeper nttoched to this train, which is mainly rando up of ox press cars, but none of the passenger coaches were derailed. The fact that traffic is light at tho time tho derailment occurred prevented n tlo-up of service. The cause of tho accident has not been learned. OPPOSES STOCKYARDS SALE Palmer AssertB Packers' Plan Vio lates Sherman Anti-Trust Law Washington, Sept. 28. (Bv A. P.), Ohicctions to tlie entire plnn sug gested by tho "big five" Chicago meat unekers for dlsnosltion of their stock yard interests were tiled nv me- jjenuri ment of Justice todnv in the District of Columbia Supremo Court. To sanction the proposal of the packers to dispose of their stockyard In terests to a holding company to be fnrmpd hv V. If. Prlnre & Co.. of Bos- I ton, would menn a sanctioning of a vio lation of tlie Klicrmnn ana oiner unu trust laws, Attorney Geucrnl Palmer declared in n formal statement. FIERCE ELECTRjC STORM Englnehouse Struck by Bolt and Great Damage Done Pottsvllle, Ph., Kept. 28. A severe electrical storm swept over tills region last night, doing great damage, wash ing out streets nnd Into crops. At tho Stanton colliery, nt Frnckvlllo , the holBtlng engine house wns struck by lightning and burued to tho ground. More thnn .')-"0 miners are rendered Wlo. The operation is owned by tho Ilarlclgh Brockwood Coal Co., -Only heavy rains prevented the flames from spreading. nVVin THK OUKATKST OV TUB Kre.it lovr, In D. W, Ortffllh'n "Way Dawn Kit," cnesiuui mreei upen uouia todur. JLtv, ORIS! PLUNGES PHILADELPHIA,, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,8, 1920 ff"- JfvtS. K3Bgrifl!(eogOf0K.Mlllno- IvcdKer Photo Servlca MRS. CATHERINE GREENBAUM Candidate for tho Democratic coun cllmanlc nomination In tho Fifth ward of Camden today, gavo a new twist to electioneering by offering to do Iiouscliold chores for any women of her ward while they tools tlmo to voto. EXPECT MISS VABE'S BODY Senator's Wife Is In San Francisco to Meet Ship on Saturday Senator Edwin II. Vare today re ceived n teleeram notlfvlnc him thnt tho bodr of MIsb Ida Slav Vnre. daughter of Congressman Vnre, would arrive at San i"rancisco on tnc steamsmp fllndtt waska on Saturday next. Miss Vnre died in Pckln, Chinn, while accom panying her father on the congressional tour to the Orient. The wire was sent to the scnutor by Harry A. Mackoy. chairman of the Pennsylvania workmen's compensation board, who is in San Francisco in con nection with n meeting of compensation bonru executives of tlie country. According to Mr. Mnckey, Mrs. Ed win II. Vnre, Mrsj James Hazlett, wife of the recorder of deeds, and Balfour Reman, who was the fiance of Miss Vnre, hnve arrived ut Sau Francisco nnd are awaiting the arrival of the ship. The party will return cast with the body on a special Pullman car. PARDON ARRIVES TOO LATE Death Cheats Convict of Freedom Granted b'y Governor New York, Sept. 28. Warden Lawcs, at Sing Sing Prison, wns told over the phono late yesterday afternoon that Governor Smith had granted a pardon to Isndore Berman, who hnd served ulne months und ten days of u two-year sen tence for nttompfed grand larceny. Prison Chaplain Casliin went Into tho hospital, where Berman had been a pa tient for five months with serious heart trouble, to tell him the good news. "Tho pardon Is being brought down by u special messenger, snld the chnp luin, "and you will be released as soon n It gets here. Your brother Is waiting outside to take you hrtme." The hospital attendants at once lifted Berman from his bed and began to dress him for the journey back to New York. Several convicts began, tnlking to Ber rnnn. They told him good-by, nnd he was about to shake hands with one of them when he gasped and fell to the floor. He Nvns dead when the prison physician reached him. The messenger bearing tho pardon reached tho prison nu hour later. MRS. LONG TO QUIT Says She Cannot Continue' Under 'Commercializing' Plan of New Management PITIES 'D0WN-AND-0UTERS' The Inasmuch Mission, which for years lias sheltered derelicts, fed them, and ministered to their spiritual wants, will pass out of the hands of Mrs. Edna Long, wife of the late Gcorgo Long, the fotinder. Mrs. Long will sever her con nection with tho institution on Oc tober 1. A new management, that of tho Octavla IIIU Association, will at that tlmo nssuuio full churgo of everything except tlie religious meetings. Down cast nnd discouraged, Mrs. Long will leave. Arthur Shrlgley, of tho bonrd of directors of the Octavla IIIU Associa tion, upon the other hand, declared re lations with Mrs.- Loug nro most cor dial, and there is no renson why s.he should not remain. Mrs. Long declared today thnt tho mission, with its fine new building nt 1011 Locust street, will, under tho now management, lose touch with the poor and tlie drifters; it will ho longer really be a mission. "I could not rcmnin under those con ditions," shn said. "My spiritual nature would make It Impossible, even were I willing. And it would forever ruin my influenco among' the class of peoplu with whom 1 havo labored for years. No, I must go. "This building is the property of Dr. George Woodward. For nlno years I havo worked here, nnd Sir. Long and myself did our best with those who applied to us until his death a year ago. Thcu, I wanted to continue tho work, Continued on I'uco KU, Column lire INASMUCH MISSION INDORSED BY LEGION BERGDOLL JURY OUT; TOLD BOTH Judge, in Charge, Knocks Out "Rubber-Stamp" Defense of Alleged Plotters "MOTHER LOVE" NOT ISSUE, IS COURT'S INSTRUCTION Dickinson Declares Talesmen Must Prove Justice Is Still Liv ing Thing in U. S. Maximum Bcrgdoll Penalty 36 Years The maximum penalties that could c Inflicted upon tho defondnnts upon onvlctlon on nil tho Indictments 'on nd against them nre: Thirty-six yenrs and $50,000 for Mrs. Ilorgdoll. Thirty-four years nnd $3-1,000 for (lomlg. Eleven jenrs nnd $20,000 for Brnun. Five years and ,$12,000 ench for Mitchell nnd Schuh. The Bergdoll conspiracy caso" went to tho federal jury nt 11:88 o'clock to day. tho seventh of tho trial. Tho defendants awaiting the verdict nre Mrs. Emma C. Bcrgdoll, Jnmos E. Romig, a former city magistrato; Charles A. Braun. n son of Mrs. Bcrg doll; Albert S. Mitchell nnd Henry Schuh, friends of tho Bcrgdolls, They are charged with conspiring to aid Grovcr and Erwin Borgdoll evade tlie military service of the United States and of carrying out this con spiracy. Judee Dickinson. United States Dis trict Court, took one hour nnd thirty five minutes for his charge to tho jury. His address was aimed to Impress upon the minds of the jurors that they were to be governed "only by the legal side of tho issue, and not by moral laws. Rubber Stamp Defense Hit Judge Dickinson instructed the jury to consider Grovcr nnd Erwin Bergdoll Inducted into the military service of the United States with full observance of tho, formalities of law. This statement, which threw out of court the much-talked-of "rubber- stamp defense" and cleared away all possible question of a decision on tech nicalities, was au outstanding fenture of the charge. Another feature was a strong te.s intimntlou to the jury that It should "let the chips fall where they may" and decide the caso purely on the law and the evidence and not on sentiment. Mrs. Bcrgdoll wns tho first of tho defendants to enter the courtroom nt 0:C0 o'clock. During the six .preced ing dnys of tho trial her ncciistqmed gurb was black silk. She discarded this today for a white dress and car ried u white parasol. She wore the same blnck and white hat which had become familiar in the earlier days of tho trial. She carried a tan handbag. The mother of Grovcr nnd Erwin went quietly to the bnck of the room nnd took n chair nloue. Outwardly slm showed no signs of the suspense nnd anxiety she must hnve felt as the hour approached for her to hear her tatc. Takes Seat by Romlg A fow moments Inter the other de fendants came in, und seated them selves in the front of tho courtroom. Mrs. Bergdoll uro-.e nnd went un to them, sitting beside former Magistrate Romig, just behind the others. There was not quite ns big n crowd as during the earlier days of tho trial. The court wns comfortably filled, however, when Judgo Dickinson enmo in pro pared to instruct tho jury. Tho jurors took their places quietly, Continued on 1'hec Two. Column Four IHOUSE BONUS BILL Gives Unqualified Support to Fourfold Plan Will Urged on Senate Be KANSAS CITY FOR 1921 By tho Associated Press Cleveland, Sept. 2S. Tho second ln's session of tho second nununl con ventlun of tho American Legion' got under way hero this morning. The first official action of tho na tional commnnder wns tho nppointment of David J. McCoy, of San Francisco, as sergeant-nt-arms. The chnir then announced that debate on any biibject would be limited to five minutes for each speaker and that no two delegates from any ono department could take the floor on any ono subject. Tho report of tho committee on ad justed compensation said that the Amer ican Legion glve its unqualified ap proval of the bill, providing for: First, adjusted servieo lmy. bnsed on length of service, or, second, adjusted cervlco certificates maturing in twenty yenrs, oasca on lengtn or service, or, third, vocational training or, fourth, farm or homo aid, or. fifth, land settle ment, which passed tho House last ses sion. Tho report nlso npprovod tho action of tho national executive committee and tho national boneiiciai legislative com mittor in formulating and presenting this ndjustcd compensation legislation to Congress and directed the national exec utive commlttco to take such action ns It may deem necessary to insure prompt passago ot tno qui. a motion inr nuop tlon wns carried. The committee on tho tlmo and place or next convention wus caiieu and it recommended that Kansas City, Mo., bo given tho convention on October 31, Continued on rare Two, Column Threo BOY DESERTED Publlnhed Dally Except Sunday. Copyrlirht, 1020, by QUICK BERGDOLL VERDICT, JUDGE IS TOLD At 1:17 o'clock this afternoon tho jury considering tho Berp doll conspiracy case notified ifudgo DlcETnson they would reach s verdlcl In a nhort tlmo nnd would not take lunch. ' TODAY'S RACING RESULTS JTIrat Aqueduct, threo-ycar-oTffs and up, claiming,, puree $1003.06, 1 mile Dark Hill, 107, Ensor, 3-1, even, 1-2, first; Xerely, 07, Mooney, 7-2, 8-5, 1-2, second; Aurum, T12, KumirM 12rl, 4-1, 2-1,, third. Time, 1 :30 4-5. Yrank Waters, Lottery, Toadstool, Salute, Favour, Burgoyno also ran. CONTESTS IN TWO MEXICAN STATES SETTLED MEXICO CITY, Sept. 28. Contests over governmental control of tho states of Mlchoacan and Aguas Callentes apparently have been settled. Victornlano Medina took over the reins of govern ment yesterday morning at Aguas Calientes as governor ad in terim after Joso de Xara had exercised power for several days. The latter was accorded the support of General Martin Triana. OH DENIES Chicago Pitcher Says Ho Doesn't Know Billy Maharg, Who Accuses Him QUIZ WOMAN IN CASE Chicago, Sept. 28. Eddio Cleottc, White Sox pitcher, who, according to a story told in Philadelphia last night by Blllv Mnlmrcr. former boxer, was in volved in u .flOO.OOO plot to lose the world s series Inst year, uenica xouay tbut he hud over mt Maharg. Clcotte. accordliur to Manure's story. met him and Billy Burns, former ball player. In the lattcr's room In a Now York hotel and offered to "throw" the series if 100,000 were paid him by Burns. "I would not know Maharg If I saw him." Clcotte said today. "I do not recall ever having met him. Ho might have been Introduced to me tho same as any other fan, but I do not remember him. . "IIIU" Burns called at the Ansonia Hotel in Now York. He did not tnlk to mo long, but conversed with other members of tho team. While I was with him ho wns making arrangements for a hunting trip with Bill James. The talk of the world's scries being fixed is all a joke. I know nothing of it." "According to tlie story Clcotte told us, eight Sox players were in on the ueni, .Mnlinrg is quoted as saying. "They were the men whoso nnmes hnve been most prominently connected witn tnc unicugo grand jury tnvestign tiou. "Thousands nnd thousands of dollars were made on the' series, but the men wno engineered tho deal wero 'double crossed' and sot left out in the cold." President Comiskev immediately telegraphed Maharg. lisking him to eormr nere unu present nis eviuence to me Cook cminCv grand jury. Comlskey snld he would give Maharg ?10,()00 if his cuarges were proved. "Furthermore, I'll see that every player implicated is fired from organ ized baseball forever,' he said. Names Pllchcr CIcotto Maharg's statement, ns received by Comlskey. said that Eddie Clcotte, Chi engo pitcher, who lost two games in the series, approached him with an offer or. aid, saying mat nc could funiisn players to throw the gnmes. The White Sox wero promises. $100,000 for tluowlng the series, uc enrding to Mnhnrg, but received only S10.000. Abe Attell. former feather weight boxing champion, "double crossing them., Maharg s statement as received by Comlskey, virtually was u follows : "Last fall Cicotte npproached Bill Bums and myself in a hotel In New York. Ho told us that ho could supply cnougn players to assure me throwing of the gnmes. We made tho deal with him, Abe Attell acting as tlie 'fixer' or 'go-between.' "The Sox were double-crossed nnd so were many of tho gamblers by At tell. However, Burns and I lost every cent wo hnd by betting on Cincinnati v Cnnllnurd on 1'ukp Hli. Column l'our BROOKLYN GETS FIRST WORLD'S SERIES GAME National Commission Reverses Decision at Request of Cleve land Club's President Chicacro. Sent. 2S. Tho National Commission todav reversed its decLsiorr yesterday and decided to open tho world's scries nt Brooklyn on October C, playing three games there. Tho change was mnde nt tho request of Jim Dunn, president of the Cleve land club, who asked more time to prc paro jtho Cleveland grounds In tho event his team should win the American League pennant. The teams will travel on October S and open in tho Amcricnn League city winning tho pennant, either Clovelnnd or Chicago, on October 0, for a four gamo series. Brooklyn wins the eighth gnme, on October 14, and wlll-alo get tho ninth game, if ono is necessary, as tho Na tional Leaguo yesterday won tho toss for the final game. If u ninth gnme is played, however, it will be on October 15, Instead of October 1C, as the day's Intermission for traveling has been eliminated. ATHLETICS IDLE TODAY Mackmen Will Play Double-Header With Yankees Tomorrow "Babe" Ruth was deprived of tho opportunity of increasing his. homo run record nt Shlbo Park today. Tho "Babo" socked a couplo yester day and tho fans who failed to get to the gnme wero prepared to do so today, but the well-known rain stepped In and mado everything all wet. That being tho case, today's gnme was called off nnd a double bill will be staged tomorrow. IlirilAltlt IIAUTMKI.MICSS AS DAVID hail been declared PlillnrtflphlVn ereatut loer ee nlm In "Way Down Kat." Chestnut Street Optra Houe. Adv. GAMBLER'S TALE Bubtcriptlon Fries $0 ft Tear by Mall. Public- Ledrer Company. WILSON, IN LETTER, Repeats Questionnaire on League and Answers Given Year Ago DEALS WITH IRISH ISSUE By tho Associated Press Washington, Sept. 28. Tho first public document in tho present prcsi dentlnl campaign to be Issued nt the White House was mado public today. It dealt with the League of Nations and wns in the form of a letter to E. M. Swartz, of Los Angeles, written by Secretary Tumulty at President Wil son's direction. Tho White House letter was in reply to one to the President in which Mr. Swartz hnd dcclnrcd the forces support ing the Republican ticket were contend ing that if article X of the league cove nant was ratified the United States "would bo bound to support England In holding Ireland under subjection." The letter to Mr. Swnrtz follows : "In reply to your letter of the 20th of September, I beg to say that the identical questions contained in your letter, with reference to Article X nnd the right of self-determination, found in tho covenant of the League of Na tions, were placed before the President while ho was on his western trip la'it year aud fully answered by hlpi. Questions and Answers "The President directs me to call your attention to the following questions and answers given by him to tlie press nt thnt time which I think satisfactorily answer your inquiries. The questions and nnswers nre ns follows : (. Under the covenant doca the na tTon" obligate itself to assist onjr mem ber of the league in putting down a rebellion of its subjects or conquered peoples?" "A. It does not." "Q. Under the covenant can this na tion independently recognize n govern ment whoso peoples seek to achieve or have achieved their independence from a member of tlie league?" "A. 'Tho Independent action of-the government of the United Stntes in a matter of this kind is in no wny limited or affected by the covenant of the Leaguo of nations." "Q. Under tho covenunt uro those subject nations or peoples only thnt arc mentioned in the peace treaty entitled to tho right of self-determination or does the leaguo possess the right to ac cord a similnr privilege to other sub ject nation or people?" "A. It wns not possible for the Pence Conference to act with regard to the fcelf-detcrminntion of any territories ex- rcept those which had belonged to the defeated empires, but In the covenant of the League of Nations it iins set up for the first time in Article XI n forum to which nil claims of self-determination which are likely to disturb the peace of the world or the good under standing between nntions upon wlncn tho pence of tho world depends, can be brought." Forum for Whole World "Q. Why wns the ense of Ireland not heard at the Peace Conferciice? And what is your opinion ou the subject of sclf-detcnninntion of Ireland"? "A. Tho case of Ireland wns not henrd at the Peace Conference because tho Penco Conference hnd no Jurisdic tion ovor nny question of thnt sort which did not affect territories which belonged to the defeated empires. "My position on the subject of self determination for Ireland is expressed iu Article XI of the covenant, in which I may say I was particularly interested, becaubo it seemed to mo necessary for the peace and freedom of tho world that a forum should bo created to which all peoples could bring any matter which wns likely to affect tho pence and freedom of tho world." It was a year ago toduy when Presi dent Wilson ended his transcontinental trip in defense of tho league and re turned to tho White House u sick nnd broken man. BALLOON LANDS IN CANADA Army Entry Was In Air Over Forty Hours In Race Omaha, Neb., Sept. 2S. (Ily A. P.) United States army balloon No. 1, piloted by Lieutenant Richard Thomp son, of Fort Omaha, landed at Ridge town, Ontario, Canada, after being in the air forty hours and covering more thnn 000 miles, nccording to a telegram received by Lieutenant Thompson's wlfo from him. Lieutenant Harold Weeks assisted the pilot. THIEVES GET $700 WHISKY Load It on Motortruck and Try to Get Second Load ' Whisky valued at $700 wns Ytolcn, by thieves who entered the botltlng es tablishment of rMs. Amunda Miller, at 23 West Chelten avenue, early this morning. Tho whisky, in twenty-three., cases, .was loaded on a motortruck, If is be lieved, A aunutity of whisky had nlso been placed in n motortruck belonging to airs, miner, uut it was abandoned because the thieves wero uuublu to start tho truck. ENTERS CAMPAIGN Dnrni? wxrr nuiMTStJ'" XViWAJ X I, v vi .' m i, ', BALTIMORE VIEWS HARDING AS NEXT PRESIDENT OF 0-Si Crowds Regard Nominee Samo Light as if Election Had Been, Won SPEAKS TO AUDIENCE OF 20,000 IN ARMORYi Attacks Wilson for Failure to( Provide Machinery to Aid, Reconstruction 1 - - By CLINTON W. GILBERT Stan CoiTMpondent Evenln rublle Uf CovvrloM, llto. tv Publlo Ledatr Co, Baltimore, Sept. 28. Senator Hard ing opened his campaign away from bid front porch in triumphant fashion Moro than twenty thousand people gathered in tho Fifth Regiment Armory hero to listen to him. The crowd rose to its feet and cheered him for several minutes when ho cam upon tho platform. It waited in thei heat through the speeches of local celebrities, whoso words It could no hear In a vast hall constructcftvnot for an auditorium, but for tho drilling ot soldiers. It gave the senator a great ovation when his time to speak came and listened patiently though not more than half of it could hear. Tho reception which Harding sot here and along the road had one curi ous quality. Men do not como out a see Senator Harding, tho person, noc the Republican candidate. Everywhere, you hear them ask for, or speak, ofi "the next President." They do not use these words in the fashion politician commonly use them to express confix donee In their party's successs. To the crowds who come to see "the next President" the election is as good as ovor. The result Is taken for granted. The people want to isce hint and hear him, not because his person ality attracts them, as Roosevelt used to, and not merely to listen to him, and judgo him, but because in a few months he will be in tho White Housci Soon to bo President There is not any personal devotion about the way he Is received nor ia there any party passion. He gets 'tho respect that attaches to a great office iu which, according to popular opin ion, he soon will be, and ho arouses the curiosity which n man who has not appeared much before the country,, but who is sure soon to be its head, naW urally nrouses. In his speech Senntor Harding blazed no particularly new trails. The, 'crit icism of the Wilson administration for. its failure lo provide any plan or oM organization for reconstruction follow inc the armistice was nnnarentlv oc casloned by tho recent pricAfcilttMHf among manutacturcrs, startea oy xicnrjr Ford's announcement of a cut in tfl price of his automobile. This has made business anxious and gives pertinence to tlie Harding recall of Senator Weeks's proposal that a joint congres sional committee on reconstruction be named. Tho President opposed this at the time, for nbout the same reasoa that he earlier opposed and defeated A congressional committee on the conduct of the war. He did not want Congress mixing either in the war or reconstruc tion. " Politically the President's rejection, of the Weeks plan was unwise. Had ho accepted it tlie Republicans would, have had to share with him tho re sponsibility for everything that has hop pened here Industrially since the fight ing with Germany stopped. If tho Re publicans iu the proposed Weeks com mittee had agreed to tho plan which. Wilson himself adopted of taking away all wartime restrictions and leaving business to effect its own readjustment, no criticism could have been directed at the President for tho chaos whlca has ensued. And If he and they had worked out a plan of contluued but lessened restrictions for industry after the armistice, both parties would have shared in whatever credit or blamo came from the nctual opcrution of the plan. Likely to Hear More What was actually done worked ba'd ly, and Hardiug is justified in his criti cisms. Industry rnn riot and a falsa market for luxuries was created until credit wns strnined, and then the ad ministration hnd to use the Federal Re serve bauking system to force industry Into proper channels. If the emergency due to price cutting grows more acute the country will doubtless hear more ot Mr. Ilnrding's criticism of the ad ministration's lack of foresight re garding reconstruction. Tho tariff comes in tho speech nl nn issue only as a means of preventing; dumping nnd of protecting this country, agaiust the competition which a ro establisbcd Europe might present with, a ratu of exchange favorable to Eu rope's selling here, but not to our sell ing in return. But tho candidate is too well aware that this country is vitally interested in the re -establishment of Europe und in the fact that Europe ia tho long run enn only pay its debts to ils with Its own produco to proposo any tariff wall that will shut Europo out of our markets. The tariff, as be discusser It, Is onlv something which we mny uso when und whore we need It, not some thing which wo shall inevitably employ. Tho speech Is far from an old-fashioned Republican tariff speech. Both these points are addressed ton the business men of Bnltimore who are said to be tending this year, without regard to party, strongly to the Repub lican side. For their benefit, too, are the words about the American mer chant marine. Baltimore, being ono of tho grent seaports of tho country, ia vitally Interested In the proper use of: the American shipping built during tho war. Speaking in Doubtful States Mr Harding enme to Maryland a-) one of tho really doubtful states In thin election. All his speeches on this tfi will be delivered in genuinely doubtful states, in Maryand, West Virginia and Kentucky. Maryland, has not gone fully Republican slnco.the second elec tion of McKlnley. It divided Its elec tors between Republicans and Demo crats in 1004 and 1008. and went for Wilson in 1012 and 1010. Last year it elected a Democratic governor by the narrow majority of 12.1. The Republicans feel that thcro aro good prospects of carrying tlie state for Harding tills November and fair nros- l pects. of electing u Republican sen- k. ',. ' i (J. ' 1 IVj !i i .1 X1 ;i M ' , T S ( : VJ Itl ' ..V t "I l .J.3J . r k.' Jl ya - 4 ) , e: A! n M ? rJi i4 Continued on I'ai Six, Column Tfiv (A A .Ai4,ii1dpffl,,Tv Hi ,. -' 'miiita-iiikt
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