"hWW " :oTwN yt ' ' U, f,- -T. THE WEATHER naln this afternoon nnd tonight fol. NIGHT EXTRA' xi lowed by rapidly fnlllug temperature; Friday fair and cooler. TEiifnnATCunsAT each noun , NM . sfl ? v i 8 I 10 11 1:UjLLJ 3 I 4 IS q i i -i -. rr 01) (13 08 08 ybh. vii. no. 15 Entered as Scconl-CIM Matter nt the roatoftlce. nt Philadelphia. Pa. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920 Published Dallr Except Sunday. Buberlptlon Price Irt a Year by Mall. Copyright, 1020, by I'ubllo Leaner Company. PRICE TWO CENTS wnuca tiiu v vt 41 HI CM (1, lOlU f'jtmrr ir y&mtJ'X ' ,'?2r.?'5Tw'w TA uf 'W: " ww? z Euening jSttblic mbwk H t hi . PLUMBE TO DEATH , US FUNERAL AUTO. Ono WbmarrKllled, Two Others and Man Probably Will Die SWERVED IN TRACKS ON GRAY'S FERRY SPAN I m0g Islartd Truck Also Causes Deatr in Penrcjse Ferry Crash n. -nmnn ran killed 'outright nnd tiro women and n man were hurt, per lips fatally, when a motorcar, part of . funeral cortege, plunged over tlie Grays Ferry bridge, landing on the wcjst lank of tho Bchuymii river, nnouc jerenty-Jivo fcet below, nt 11 : -10 o'clock today. The dead: Mrs. K. Benedetto, Pearl . street, Camden. Skull innd chest crusliccr. Tho Injured : r AnrrnllnW rJirlsi Innn. mil tri...f'tn Briftf. ) Mnv hnvc fractured dull and Interna, injuries. Mrs. Rosa Trelia, twenty-one years old, 1311 Whnrtot street, daiiRhtcr of Mrs. Chrlstlnno tttid nlcco of Mrs. Benedetto. Skull v may be fractured. Frank Do Sulera, 131-1 Catherine ttrcct. Driver of the "death car." It Is believed Ills baick Is broken. The machine wns one of n dozen or more automobiles, filled with, mourners, lilch were following the body of'Alonzo Spanclll, 2424 Smith Thirteenth Btrcct, to noiy uro3 v.uuii'11'ry. v Machine Swerved in Track The machino, driven by Do Sulego .... .I.A fmirtli frAtTt ilin rf.ni nf tlin L.AnaeTnn nml linfl' nenrlv rencnecl the west end of the brftlgc when tho acci dent occurred, a A hrnvy mln wnsjuaiung nt tno time irwinUm? to ono mccount. n wheel of the motorcar cn'ught In a trolley ,.nnl. imiaini tln lirtnw tnni-lni- rnr in swing around and head for the bridge railing. According to nnotner account, n MAtnvtdiinU (ti -t1rlnf f nn nf tint Inu' jtcmiHrd to break through the ftmcrni cortege, causing ue ouicgo h cur vo uu crowded toward tho curbing. , Crashed Througii Iron Railing Tho heavy touring car rolled over the curbing anil crashed into tlie tour foot railing before tho driver could swing It around. Tin; machinu cut through the iron partition like a knife, hung poised for a traction of a scconu ns tno tnroe women Miricked and .clung to t each micr, men uroppcu towuru inu weak mnk. Thn n,ltmnl.t1 It. tin a.i.lf ilnonnnf .UllUUHTIUUllllU, 411 iwj o,v.t. WlOVVUt) turned over .once, a second "before (t rashed on the edge of the river bank. One end xcttlcd Into shallop water.,-, Spectators who saw 'the'' sickening plunge of Rovcnty-fcct ran to the mil urn gazed downward. They heard con futed cries nnd saw tho car, n bat tered mas oof wood nnd metal. A woman's arm protruded from oncjdde. ii cu in iuiu instance u widening sircnm if blood cnnlil lio' Mrnn Knrnltie froih the overturned machine.-. .Mourners in tho machines' at-tho rear if tlie funeral procession Jumped 'to the itreet and ran toward tho railing; 'Their rles cnuKcd drivers of tho machines in ulvancc to halt and a lino of excited ncn and women llnpil ihn rnll. rnlllntr or help. Wnmnii T"!i-if in A 1,1 ATrn. C Aiilihiit.tn n inntfrnea nf Hin ksslstant yardmas,tcr'8 office ut the Nfflta P...W wah.Im m .!. TIAnm.(llnril llallroad, was tho first to reach the wixiu'u motorcar, . A Urnrn 1 itrwf A.nHililA,l .titti tn lllnnnim linl lM.1tnM .A .1.. .i.AnLi ujo and helped life the car from tho mprlsnncd occupants. Mrs,,ARhburncr iqin rt.,i. ..1.1 x i"'V ni lllli. Ihn mi trot nf ii, inn.oni,f.iini .llu. rlct nnd tho University llospltnl am lulance were summoned, roliee nnd he ambulance crew brought stretchers o tho river's edge. 1'ollco took chargu 't me dead woman, while the. injured wu uiurieu io tno street icvei nnu 'laced In the ninbulnnco. A lift HAllfrt Itrtof Dni'ltiirti nnnlinriil n ,,v..wu uunv Ai- 17111 itf 11 III. MIT I VH II nort dlHtnnce nwny, steamed to the i it "Li,uM iiini ono oi iiio women u uccn i-mryiuR n unoy coum not dc carched Jn tho abnllow water near OllP innn na bllln1 nml tvr (tinfoil 110 OI thftll timlntiuii' uilwm n tfii.iL' In onging to tho Hog' iBlapd shipyard, oatlcd with Ice, skidded nnd overturned ii V " """ erosscu i'cnroso ucrry ""goat iiio o'clocl; this morning, the man killed wus .Toseph Uozarth, IftV-two vinr nl.t if 'MOl Hm.tl. 'PM... eentli street. Haas n helper'on tho ruck. 1'raneis Hnrton, twenty-ono years id, of 150 North Dearborn street, thu ;;! "i n.-iiuiiaiy uuir(, iuiu in mu Icthodist HospHnl.- . V. ilttm Sliecr. twenty-two ytnrs old, I 711 v.. mi.,.. ;... 1.' - - iruoi, O-lUKU nvii-L'i, 11 un iuii aken to tho Methodist Hospital, but w uuiciiargcu nttcr treatmeut. J. lift triinlV tnnil rt Inn una KmiiwI ftf 8 Island shipyard. It had barely rohsed tho brldgo when it skidded on ho road, slippery with rain, nnd over urned. The patrol of the Twenty Jshth nnd llltuer streets stntlon took he injured to the Methodist Hospital. - l MORE RAIN AND COLDER rorecaater Warns of Gales on Const and Great Lakes 111 "' HIIU JU11 I'll 11 II llllCt IlLllltp IflM K.Ih nai.l I.Hin.,1 tn,t nw ., mac w afternoon nd tonight. a uispntclv from' Vashington this llOrnlnir .l.ll .l.k. .1... ir...l.nM II. . 1---...A niuivu wiai, iiir it riiiiiri im eau there has Issued warnings of gales iviir mo Atlantic const, irom Jiniterns fl llaln. n.l . T 1..... Yf.. .. T. m I .. .1 k i.ini! uuii uii j.uiiun jiuruu, IIIUUIIII B'uiarin, . i At tho locnl 'Wpather tliireatt It' was -r v tlMlV.U(lUlin JIUI It LU (ill I O '! no coast, but It is unllldy there will w winds in PhlladelphlaLstrnnger than inirty-nve miles nn hour It probably will rain hard all nfteihoon and nil lUCht. Dllpllif. in nitUh M,a f.,.n..ln. mil iiiiir iniiinnrinnu Aiar r nnino tn -. -.. ..0 ...u (,hV Mtr iuiu unit i Xriffra thn l.mn.nl.i. I. f.ll UA... Km!' . ,iw .v,.,,,v luiilll. ill Kill UUUllt ilteen nPVrH l,flll ln,4ni.Li., In.nlnn'fl a - T -(f.", "... 1U...V.SI1V WVIUIIIt) O """UUU UUUUt OW. , QMS OFF BRIDGE SCENE WHERE TRAIN KILLED MOTQRIST ON CROSSING K p?: J?iiiiMMlfciai5rES ISIiHlllkH I iPj1 f L W - - n'$?h&" :H!Biiil sWMttlBSJBflJFffi?g- W . tWGmmnLXf,,ft.B.mintmL& . LMitrr rrjoto Servlco The photograph shows tho Irving avenue crossing of tho West Jersey and Seashore llallroad, Colllngswood, N. J. on which n train bound to Philadelphia from Atlantic City struck the automobllo of S. Dclmnr Townscnd, of Colllngswood, this morning, Instantly hilling him. Tho X indlcntcs tho point whero tho car was struck. Tho machino was hurled to tho opposite track, bcsldo which It Is seen in tho picture 4 WIAY JOIN GRATZ Fortrier Judge Beeber, "Dave' Lane and Avery D. Harring ton Likely to .Resign FAVORS NAMING WOMAN Four members of. the Hoard of Edu cation, aside from Simon (irntz, presi dent of that body, are said to be plan ning to resign. Mr. Grntz has announced that he will resign nnd said he knew two others expected to follow his lead. One of tho two Is former .Tudgo Dim ner Beeber, n member of the important finance committee nnd of the speolnl committee on the new superintendent of schools. Mr. (Irntz would not reveal the name of the second man he knew was likely to resign. He said it was neither Avery D. Harrington nor John Wnna mnker, nor wns it "Uncle Dave" Lane. "I would not be surprised, however," said Mr. Grat! "to sec Mr. Lane re sign also." Mr. Harrington, who has been 111, made this statement in answer to re ports that lie planned to resign : "I have not given tho matter serious .consideration. I would rather consult with several members nf the board 'be fore I make uny definite nunou.nco ment." neebcr Considers Quitting "I nm conslderlne the matter of re signing." said Mr. Ueeber. "T nm so bus." with other tnings uint me, wortc of- thn "school bonril makes serious in roads on'my time.- I hnve not yet made up my mind to resign, ana ic is pos sible that I may not do so. It is quite true, however, thnt I nm giving the question serious thought." Tlie board members whose contom- paltcd resignations are cither known or rumored, therefore, nro Grata, Hceber, Lano'nnd Harrington, nnd a fifth whose nnmo remnins n matter ot conjecture. An Important nspect of the impending resignations Is the possible appointment of women to fill tlie nloces of the veterans who arc about to leavo the board. "I should soy It Is quite possible thnt a womau will ho nppolnted to fill one of tho vnennclcs," said Mr. Gratz. "Perhaps there will bo more than one woman. As Valuablo as Men "Now that women have .the vote, this would seem quite within the rango of prgbnbilltles. A good woman member of tho board is just ns vnluable as a good man member. The women mav not bo quite ns good nt tho routine of business, but they nrc better in other matters pertaining particularly to their sex 'and to children. Many problems arise in tho business of the school board which could be holved more .readily by a woman than by n man. "I elimilil llk-n in Ken n vomic mnil appointed to one of the vacancies. I wns a young man myself when I began to servo on the board. There is an ex (MTimt rfinson for lUinoilltlllK n joung man- tie can -grow up wiin mr mmi- ness,' nnd learn it in tne intricacy oi Its dctall-as. an older man could not hope tn iin. Tim hchool system is extremely 'complex, and to understand it requires deep study and constant imrmiuu. "As to tlie resignations, I shall not resign, nor will the others I know cop templato this course, until there has been nmple time to nrrnngo for our suc cessors. Ten members of the fifteen must sign tho salary rolls ench month for the tenchers to get their pay, and It would be outrageous for us to leaio the board before prpvlslon could be mado to carrvout this regulation." "I cannot resign until tho teachers have their Increases," Mr.'Gratx said. "Ten votes nro needed on the bonrd to put an increase Into effect, nnd mine will be one of them. As long ns my voto Is needed to givo tho tenchers more money I will stny to cast it. ' "Hut the salary controversy will ho finished this year, and then there Is nothing to hold me. Tho members of the bonrd bnve known for sorno tlmo it is my Intention to resigu next jcr. Tired of nickering ' "f"nm very tired of the constant bickering among tho teachers. They nro fnlrly nt each others' throats and are giving most of their tlmo to fighting instead of to their work." Mr. GraU hns been right In tho center of the teachers' pay Increnso fight, ono clique of tencuers claiming ho wns their best friend nnd tho other saying ho wns working against them. Mr. Gratz took his oath of office as a member of tho board on December 11, 1800. Ho wns elected president In 1807, nnd from that time until 1020 be .steadily refused re-election. In the later pact of. 1010 Edwin Wolf re signed ns president nnd Mr. Gratz, as vice president, held tho chair until the timo for election. Ho wns then elected to tho presidency unanimously. A VISIT TO TITO ORKAT TIAT.mVN W'orka Hand In hand wltn an enpert pho tographer the reader la taken through the world Br'Rteat locnmotlvu plant, In next SundaV'a Pictorial Section ot the Foauu Luxmn.Adv, III QUITTING BOARD $1,000,000 FIRE LOSS ON GALVESTON PIERS Italian Steamer and Wheat Cargo Still Burning Blaze Starts in Acid Plant Galveston, Tox., Sept. 30. (By A. P.) Flro storting In the sulphur bins on the Galveston docks this morning spread rapidly along the waterfront, destroying Pier ,15 nnd a pnrt of tho plnnt of the cotton concentration com pany, and causing damago estimated at considerably more tbnn n million dol lars. The firo on the docks wns finnlly brought under control, but tho Italian steamship Etna and its cargo of wheat, to which the fire spread, contiiiucl to burn. Several steamships in the vicinity of tho fire were moved to places of safety. Thousands of bales of cotton were de stroyed. Forty freight cars on tracks at the sulphur plant were destroyed, ns was also the plant of tho Anchor Milling Co., a cottonseed grinding concern. Some cstlmntes were that tho firo loss would exceed $2,000,000. Fire Chief Itynn yrecelnd n letter yesterday postmarked from 'some city in Canada, warning hlmflTiit ho was "going to be desVoycd."Mahe letter, which f thought tobc tlfc'Wrk of a crankj wiii algupd moiroly WJihn.'1 iipd meircly WJihn. loWSs-W PEsil WOE British Frelflhter In Fdif Narrowly Missel HIstorlcReef ' Naliant, Mass., Sept? (30. (Hy A. P.) Tho Lcyland line freighter Oxon ian, bound from Boston for Liverpool, luckily slipped past the dangerous reef of Norman's. Wde in a dense fog today, and brought up; in Nahant bay, where her captain learned of tho great dan ger he had escaped nnd obtained bear ings to proceed. Nahant coast guards went out iu answer to tho Oxonian's whistling for help. (The reef of Norman's Woe Is known to generations of school children ns the scene of tho wreck of tho Hesperus, so vividly portrayed by Longfellow in one of his poems.) TRUCK HITS CAR: 3 HURT Magistrate Baker Aids Men Injured at Fifth and Morris Streets Two men on n motortruck nnd the motorman of a atrcct car were Injured when the truck crashed head-on Into tho street car at Fifth and Morris streets nt noon today. The truck, driven by Hnrrv Segal, twenty-threo years old, 232 Mountain street, wns going south on Fifth street nnd attempted to turn westwnrd Into Morris street. Jjegol was thrown off thn truck nnd so wns his companion, Morris Splvnk. twenty-two yours old, 2117 South Fifth street. Tho front of tho truck was smashed nnd tho front of tho street car wns dent ed and glnss broken. Tho motorman wns cut about tho hands. Maclstato linker wns holding hear ings nt his ofiico, 1034 South Fifth streot, when tho crasli occurred, tie rushed out, hailed n passing automo bile nnd liml Segal and Splvnk taken to the Mount Slnnl Hospital. Later the magistrate criticized the driver of the truck for careless driving. Segal Is injured internally and Splvnk is suffering from cuts and bruises. BOY SHOT BY ACCIDENT DIES AS MOTORIST REFUSES AID Driver, Fearing Blood Will Soil to Take Camden Because a bard-hearted motorist, re fused to tako him to the hospital for fear his wife's dress might bo 'blood stained, a Camden boy, injured while gunning, lost bo much blood thnt he died. It wbb so long before another motor ist came by the place where tho In jured boy and his chum nwattcd as sistance thnt thero was no chance of recovery when tho second inptorist took them to tho hospital. Tho dead boy was William Grimmer, eighteen years old, 2204 Howell street. His chum was William Kelly, who lives nearby. They were gunning lu tho meadows nlong Cooper river near Browning road yesterday when tho ac cident happened. Grimmer and Kelly stopped to talk over tho best method of .beating their way through the reeds. Grimmer al lowed his gun to drag carelessly be tween his legs. Somehow, It went off, tearing away tho whole side of his face. Hardly nblo to see becauso of the flow of blood am growing weaker ovary minute, Grimmer, aided by Kelly, started to stagger toward tho road. Kniiv hnd almost to rarry his Iniured chum the last huudre'd yards, , -tj; mi mis no DRIVELLED S. Delmar Townsend Fail3 to See Signal at Colllngswood, Due to Heavy Rain MACHINE KNOCKED 50 FEET, S. Delmar Townsend, 015 Colllngs avenue, Colllngswood. N. .7., wns killed instantly today when his automobile was struck nt tho Irving nvenuc cross ing of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. The accident occurred nt 7:50 o'clock. A steady rain, falling nt tho time. Is blnmed for Townscnd's evident inability to sec the crossing guard, a womnn, signnllng that a train wns np- TlMlintllflf The nutomobllc wns struck just as It straddled the track. Tho machine wns knocked fullv fiftv feet nnd demolished. The crushed body of TownBcnd was found on another track. No Gates nt Crossing Tho train which struck Townsend left Atlantic City for Camden nnd Philadelphia nt 7 o'clock. On it were many Phlladclphlans. It wns held up almost fifteen mlnntes whllo the wreck age was bcltnr cleared away. No accident has occurred at 'tho Irving.avcnue;.flros8lng ior many year prior-fo tho one today. Thero are no safety gates, but the woman crossing tender had proved to be ample sate guard, . , t im ;. , Witnesses of the crnlih are unanimous in saying that tho woman was on the road with her "stop" signal In plenty of time to warn Townsend nnd other motorists. Wlfo Faints nt News The crash could bo heard for several blocks, and soon n crowd of several hundred persons wns gathered at tho scene, iirs.. Townsend, tho only sur vivor of the victim, fainted when told that her husband wns tho man killed in the wreck. Townsend was nn art 'decorator and paperliaugere, with his place of busl ness nt his residence. He wns just starting out on mo nays work when Killed. As tho result Of tho mvlilonf ntrltn tion was started nt onco to have safety Kuiua iirunucu tor tno crossing. LEAPS TO DEATH AT SEA Mrs. Mary Newell Jumps From Fall River Steamship Fall River, Mass., Sept. 30. (By A. P.) A woman who had engaged a stateroom on tho Fall River Lino steamship Provldcnco under tho name of Mrs. Mary Nowoll jumped overboard soon after tho steamer left Now York last night. Tho vessel was stopped and a small boafsearched tho waters for half an hour, but found no traco of her. In tho stateroom officers found a note asking that n son, Beach Newell, of Baltimore, and n daughter, Mrs. L. Ernest Collier, of Now York city, bo UUUIIl'U. Boy, Hurt by Machinery. Dies Joseph Tencr, fifteen years old, died today in St. Luke's Hospital from in juries received September 8, when his nrm wns cnugnt in n roiling machine in the Nlcctown plant of tho Gcoren W. Hlabnu Co. Ho lived at 31Q Race street. Wife's Dress, Disregards Pica Lad to Hospital Grimmer was seated on n bridge abutment bv thn roaiUldn nml Twltv ,11,1 tho best he could to stop the flow of blood until holp arrived,, The first per son to put. in an appearance was n man In an automobllo, accompanied by his WHO. Kelly signaled tho ,drlver and ho stonned. Kelly oxnlalned tho situation to him nnd asked him to, carry Grimmer to tho Cooper Hospital. Tho man looked nt Grimmcr's bloodstained features and then saying something about not want ing to ruin his wife's dress with all the blood, started his automobile and drove rapidly away. Tho next motorist Kelly bolted was mn.n liilm.n. it'ltan .l.nnl.J I. itiuiu iiuiuuiiw. , niicu Diui-U, up stopped,. Jumped out .and helped Kelly put urimmcr, wno was almost uncon scious from loss of blood by that tlmo, Into his machine. " He then drove to tho hospital. But it was too late, Physicians' thero sntd Grimmer probably would have recovered hnd the first "motorist aided bim, but lu the. interval ot waiting ho lost no much blood that he died about midnight, Cnindcn pollco are looking for thtf man wno, jeiusou to ncui uio injured ooy. ROBINSON READY 10 AID IN PROBE OF WORLD ERE Brooklyn Manager Visits Dis trict Attorney's Office After Conference With Ebbets TO PUSH CHICAGO INQUIRY DESPITE HDYNE'S VIEWS Two More White Sox Players Said to Be Anxious to Testify Now York, Sept. 30. Wllbort Robin . son, manager of the Brooklyn National League club, this year's pennant win ners, today called at the office of District Attorney Lewis, of Brooklyn, nccompnnied by Ernest Krucgcr, cntchcr iur uiu lyuuKcrs The district attorney was out at the tlmo and Robinson said they would return tomorrow. l'rcvlous to his visit to Mr. Lewis's office Robinson called on Charles II. Lbbets. president of tho Brooklyn Club. After their conferenco Mr. Ebbets de clared his club would not ask tho dis trict attorney not to press bis investi gation. Mr. Ebbets asserted he "wel comed investigation by any official or court In tho. country," nnd again ex pressed conudcncc lu tho integrity of his players. Koblnson called pn Ebbets to pro test a quiz of tho Brooklyn players un less the district attorney hnd some definite information Concerning rumors that gamblers had approached members of the team in nn attempt to "fix" the 1020 world series. Manager Robinson said he under stood Mr. Lewis hnd no substantial in dication of such a development and ex pressed reluctance to allow tho district attorney to Interrogate the men, un less ho had some definite Information. Mr. Ebbets yesterday atrreed to co operate with Mr. Lewis In Investigating a renort that the same clique ot gam blers who are accused of "fixing" the 1010 series had attempted to bribe the Brooklyn players to throw this year's scries to their American League oppo nents. Prob6 Bcforo Series Mr. Lewis said that the information on which he had started the Investiga tion was "vague," but he believed that the tlmo to slit the enarges was now, knfAtin flan nAotnU IntltttnA t fl f A F fl ! rl "I feel that in view of these ugly rumors the people of Brooklyn oro en titled to have Uils situation cleared up at once so that thero may be no cloud over tho world's series, which starts ncxtTuesdny," be declared. Every member of tho Brooklyn team Vlll be questioned by Mr. Lewis under on-arrangement niade with Ebbets. The Brooklyn prosecutor wired Mac lay Hoyne, stato's attorney In Chi cago, for any information which he might bare in substantiation of the charges against the Brooklyn team. The telegram said: "Tho New York Evening Sun of September 28. 1020, says: " 'Information which has been gath ered by officials tended to indicate that the same clique of gamblers which is alleged to have "fixed" tho 1010 scries have made plans to attempt to have Brooklyn throw tho coming series to tho Cleveland Indlnns.' "I intend to inltlntd nn investigation nt once. .Will you let mo knaw If you hnvo any information In connection with this?" "If there nro nny players on the Brooklyn club concerned in nny way in this rumor I will suspend them nt once," said Ebbets. "I feel that In view of these ugly rumors tho people of Brooklyn nro entitled to hnve this' sit" uatlon cleared up at once," Mr. Lewis said In explaining why he had started the inquiry. "Then there will bo no cloud over the world's series, which ;stnrta next Tuesday." r vine nistrict attorney wm prosecute gamblers and players it he hnds evidence against them under that provision of thn criminal code which concerns con spiracy to do an illegal thing, "a cheat," in tho language of the law in this ense. . After his conversation with Mr. Lewis Mr. Ebbets said: Ebbets Will Help . "The Brooklyn Baseball Club will do everything In its power to facilitate nn investigation by tho district attorney's office. We havo absolute confidence In our players and oro. certain that nny charges which are being made will be proved absolutely false." Ivan Olson Dodgers' shortstop, men tioned ns having won $3000 by betting on the Reds in the world's series nnd as likely to bo as'Sed by tho grand jury to testify, mnde a statement in Brooklyn, lie doesn't deny that he made bets, but says tboy were few and small. "I was In Cincinnati attending the races," Olson went on, "nnd won a lit tin nn the horses. I wns in tho hotel in Cincinnati tho day bcforo the opening game, when Chicago-fans were offering ,7 to fi on the White Sox. I liked tho chances of the Reds nnd took a few of these wagers. "I didn't attend any of the world's serlesr games and novor left Cincinnati while they were on. I stayed thero nnd followed the races. I like baseball too well to do anything crooked nnd never have done a crooked thing In my life. "Just before tho teams left for the eighth gamo In Chicago T asked Chick Gondii, who is n personal friend of mine, if tho next day would wind up Continued on Togo nftrrn. Colnmn One ROBS 13TH STREET STORE Man Escapes After Selzlnrj Three Rings Valued at $500 A ripuro seized three rlnes valued at $500 in tho jewelry store of Joseph K. Davison & Sons, 210 South Thirteenth street, nt O o'clock yesterday after noon, fled down Thirteenth street and escaped. Una man posea as a customer, and nsked to be shown a tray of rings.. Whim tho tray was held out for his inspection he grabbed three of the rings ana ran from tho store, with the pro prietor and several pedestrians In pur suit. .... The uavison storo wbb neiu up by nur men several months ago. Tho rob- ben. were later captured nnd convicted. TIIH AIXANTIO CITV PAOEANT A page of atriklnr and beautiful picture! In next Sunday .Pictorial ( flection et the X'oblio LiiDQtta. Adv. WOMAN ON COX ELECTORAL TICKET HERE Mrs. Ellen Duane Djjv's, wife of Dr. Edward Parker Davis, 200 South Twenty-first street, was nominated today ns n Demo cratic elector-nt-largo in Pennsylvania. Tlie nominations were made by Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat!: presidential nnd vice presidential nominees, and announced nt Democratic national headquarters In New York. Mrs. Davi3 and Iier husband are now motoring back to this city" from Maine, and will arrive tomorrow. MANY INJURED TAKEN FROM QUAKE RUINS IN SICILY CATANIA, SICILY, Sept. 30. ReUcf measures for the vic tims of the earthquake" near hero on Sunday are being expedited, andlnany persons injured during the disaster hnve been rescued wfrom the rulna. Tho shock was most violent nt Olarrc, nnd the village of Codadlvolpe, nearby, was demolished. The damage throughout the district was enormous. HARD-BOILED SMITH WOMEN WIN PAROLED MARCH 20 Action Approved by Baker. Sentence, Cut to 14 Months, Has Since Expired BRUTAL TOWARD SOLDIERS By tho Associated Press Washington, Kept. 30. Former Lieutenant Frank H. (Hard-Bolled) Smith, who wns convicted by court- innrtlal in Frnnre for brutal treatment of American soldier prisoners, nnd sen tenced to eighteen mouths in prison, wns paroled from Fort Jay, N. Y., March 20. and since thnt tlmo his sen tence ns reduced for cood behavior has expired, it was stated today at the War Uepartmcnt. Smith began serving his sentence in France on May 20, 1010, and wns transferred to Fort Jay on July 21, 1010. It was stated nt the depart ment thnt because of his good behavior in prison he wns given n "homo parole attcr servuig approximately ten months. He wns required to renort to the mill- tnry authorities monthly. Meantime his sentence was reduced to fourteen months and thus expired Inst July 20 New York. Sept. 30. (By A. P.) The fnot thnt Hard-Bolled Smith wns pnroled on1 March 20 was first made known todnv by military authorities at tiovernor m Inland, nnd afterwords eon firmed hi advice from Washington. A search of records at Fort .Tny was made to clear the in story rurt-oundlng whnt disposal hnd been made nf Smith, nnd tho announcement ofthe parole fol lowed. 11 It wns snld nt Gnmrnor's Island that tho order for SmlthU release wns Is sued by the ndJntnuC general's office at AYashinRtoa-nnd npfirfivul by the sec retary of Avar. HI'1 ' ainitary niitnnritry said tney, were uncertnin n to .SniitiiVs present where abouts, but believed up had returned to his homo in Ohio. . When inquiry concerning Smith wns Hrst mado at the judge advocate's oitice it was stated that Smfth "is believed to havo left the Fort Jay barracks before Juno 30." "Smith wns not unqor the jurisdiction or Mnjor Uenernl liunnrd and tne East cm Department." added Colonel Gul llon, judge ndvocote.' "Any disposal mado of the prisoner jlvas directed from the War Department at Washington." . After Smith hnd been nrrested In France ho origlnnllyfwns sentenced to three years at hard 'labor after hnving been found guilty or misusing American soldiers in the prison enmp nt Chcllcs. which he commanded. This sentence Inter was reduced to" eighteen months nt hard labor nt Fort Lenvenworth and then cut to fourteen months. Smith was.brbught overseas and con fined at Fort Jay pending Investigation by a congressional committee of the treatment of American prisoners In France. After this investigation had been completed it wns generally sup posed thnt Pyifth hnd been taken to Fort LeavcnwnrHi to serve out his sentence, which menliers of the committee hnd ex pressed bullet wns too light. Sprlr-Vflelil. O.. Sept. 30. (By A. P.) Frank H. ("Hnrdbolled") Smith, was In Urbnna, Ohio, ubout two weeks ago, according to advices from that city todaySmith, it was said, stopped off In Urbnna to sec about nn estnto in which ho lyid been willed some property. Just before lenving Urbnna, Smith ' told friends there that ho was going to Nncco, Arizona. 'Hardbolled" Smith was originally sentenced by a court-martial In France to three years at Leavenworth. While cpnflncd nt Glevres alter conviction his caso was reviewed by General Pershing, who cut the sentence dn half. Subse quently tho notoriety attaching to this and similar cases and the statement of General Peyton C. March that sevcro brutalities had been practiced by erne officers at prison camps Inspired Secre tary of War Bnker to Investigate. On July 10, 1010, General Pershing reported to Secretary Baker on several rases, among them that of "Hard boiled" Smith, recalling that Smith, commanding officer nt the Chelles nrisnn camp, hnd been tried on twenty -four speclficntlons, found guilty on ten nnn sentenced to theo yenrs nt hnrd Inbor nnd dismissal from the service, tho sen tence being reduced to eighteen months by the "confirming uuthorlty." " While crossing the Atlantic on the transport Santa Ellsa In the ship's brig. Smith was heavll' guarded because of thrents of violence by soliders nboard. At Fort Jay, while under guard pend ing tho congressional Investigation, ho was reported to have been badly beaten by other prisoners. ROB MOTORIST OF $2500 Two Bandits Make Sure of Harjera town Man's Identity Han-tsburg, Sept. 30. (By A. P.) O. W. Franks, of nngerstown, Md., a livestock dealer, on bis way to Har rlsbure to nay oft a noto in bank. rn. ported to the pollco today ho had been held up by two unmasked men ns his car was nearing uamp mil, west of here, and robbed of $2500 In money, his gold watch and chain. The bandits mado sure of his identity by demanding his license card and then, at ttif.point ot a revolver, took his val uables.. No trace of the men could bo Jouud NAMES ORDERED ON LISTS Court Decides 3000 Vnnrel VULt.!l Must Be Registered by Assessors BASED ON LAW OF 1895 Tho nomes of nearly 3000 women of this city were ordered to be placed on the nssessors' lists todny hy Judges Shoerankcr, Bregy nnd Patterson in Common Plens Court No. 1. Shortly before nooii tho judges mode the announcement, ending for the pres ent nt lenst, the bnttlo the Republlcnn city commlttco nnd the Republican Al liance has made to forco tho assessors to place the names on their lists. Thousands of women wcro not as sessed, the claim being mnde that the city assessors failed in their duty. When the conditions became known, attorneys for the Republlcnn orgnniza tlons filed many petitions in the courts. Much to the nstonishment of tho peti tioners nnd their lnwycrs, the court Inst week refused to consider them. Tho refusal was based upon tho constitu tion, which states that all persons must bo assessed two months prior to nn election. Invoked Law of 1805 At n subsenuent hearing, tho iudecs advised the lawyers to avail themselves of n law passed in 1805, which gave citizens the right to appear in court nnd have their individual cases considered it their name. raeir najraes Judges wa the assessors failed to place on the list. - The suggestion of tho Judges was Ifaken and kcnames presented with uiuii-iii otai.i'uiQiia Arum 411c uiscsaurH that they refused 'to write the names of the women on the lists. Tho nssessors took this course to comply with the con stitution nnd ctyiblc the women to pe tition tbo court. Today Leopold C. Glass, represent ing the Republlcnn city committee: J. Louis Breltingcr, representing tho Re publican Alliance, nnd J. Leo Pntton, for the petitioners, npptnired before Judge Shoerankcr with the newly pre pared petitions. The judge heard their arguments nnd then called the entire bench Into session. Later, when tho decision wns nn nonnced, the court mnde it clenr thnt the question was one of assessment nnd not of voting. It will be nccessnry for all women petitioners to register on Oc tober 2. Text of Decision Tho court order, in pnrt, is ns fol lows : "From our rending of Section 1, May 16, 1805, nny person who possTsscs tho qualifications can bo as sessed for the purpose of taxation at nny time. Tho right to be assessed for taxation Is not limited to the dnys pre ceding the flljng of the origiunl nssess niont by the nssessors with tho county commissioners. If this wero so a per son could not bo assessed for any .elec tion tnklng plnco prior to Februnry 1, 1021, in nccordnnco with tho provls'lons of Article VIII of tho 'constitution of Pcnnsylvnuln, ns tho assessors' lists are not required to bo returned to them until December 1, 102O,'nnd In tho in terim n person could not be assessed, although a special election day for con gressmen should bo ordered before February. 1021. "In making this order, namely, that the petitioners' names should he nlmwl on tho assessors' lists ns of tho date wncn tne petitions wero presented to this court or personal application made, we do not pass unon or iWM nnv question of the right of tho petitioner's to voto nt tho November election." AGENTS SEIZE CAR OF WINE Prohibition Officers Announee'Tak- Inn of $50,000 Consignment A cnrlond of wine, vnlued nt $50,000 wns seized on a rnllrond siding near' Reading, Pa., lata last night by prohi bition enforcement agents from this city. J. W. Croley, enforcement officer here, announced tho seizure this after noon. He said tho wiue had been shipped from Urbann, N. V., one of tho big wine producing centers of the Last, on a forged permit. Tho agents learned about the carload of wine and watchced the siding for a week, hoping ,some ono would come to claim It. Avhcn tho agents were con vinced tho conslgueo had "got wise" they seized tho wine. WOMAN SERIOUSLY BURNED Gasoline Stove Explodes Whllo She Prepares Breakfast Egg Harbor City, N. J., Sept. 80. Mrs. Jacob Seelig, fifty-five years old, wns badly burned on the face and arms this morning when tho gasoline stovo on which sbo was preparing breakfast ex ploded. Tho blazing fluid wns scnt tcrctr over tho. kitchen of her home, Igniting tho woodwork, nnd tho houso wns pnrtly destroyed beforo tho flames were extinguished, tho loss being esti mated at SlOOOj SCENES IN TBOU1ILED IRKUUTO Lateat pictures enowlne condition! to th two atorm center. Delfaat and Cork. In the rictortal Section of. next SuodaVa Ptruio JLMia. dv. REAL PRESIDENTIAL CALIBER SHOWN BYj HARDING ON TRIE Returns to Marion After Recoiv-f ing Enthusiastic Welcojno Along the Ohio WARMS UP TO PEOPLE DURING HIS ADDRESSES Crowds View G. O. P. Nominee; as Next Chief Magistrate of Nation j'-i By CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Coirmpnndrnt Evenlnit I'lihllo Itlrw? CofvrloM, 1030, iu 1'ublto Ledatr Co, , Marlon, O., Sept. 80. Senator Harding returned to his home Inst night nfter the most successful day's enm pnlgnlng that ho has had. nc warmed up to his task of spcechmaklng and. his audiences warmed up to him. It has been said that this Is a year without political opthuslasm, that tho nnnnln mn,l. .... ll- .lH.ln 1A t mA- I', (iii; mum; iif i(i,-ii minim IU1J lu flu- vnnce ns to how they would vote nnd were cnlmly wnlting till election day to enrry out their intentions. But there were more signs of enthusiasm in the towns which Mr. Harding visited yesterday than hnvo been shown any where in the country up till now It wns n strenuous day, beginning with n speech nt7:30 a. m. at Slstcrvllle and Including speeches, not mere rear platforra talks, at Parkersburg, Hunt ington, Ashlnnd nnd Ironton, nnd finnlly Portsmouth In the evening. And this, too. In splto of the rall roftd accident nt Millwood, when he nt in the rear of '' car looking along; the tracks and snw It bouncing over the sleepers within twelve inches of the end of n nnrrow trellis, below which was n fnll of fifty fect. Talks Cnlmly During Accident Mr. Harding, who wns talking to ti newspaper correspondent when the ac cident happened, continued his conver sation calmly.. while tbo good luck that the rear wheels of bis enr kept to the rails when the front wheels had left them decided bis fate and prevented a plungo from the viaduct. He was not , shnken by the nccident, nnd went on with his four remnlnlng meetings of the day as If he liked them. And he evidently did enjoy the response which he got wherever he stopped and spoke. He wns tnlking to his own kind of people, residents of tho smnll cities of stntes bordering on Ohio, nlmost al ways with the Ohio river In sight. He is better known here than in any pnrt of the country, except In his own stnte. and thatyln part; probably accounted .for the: greater success of his meetings. Ho liodi snoken in PnrVerHlllirir nnn m or tw,,co before on other thn1 polItFcul- ' j5i occi,,,,,, ,, j.g wc nxdMndllfV kwnirr-Httttky,'Itberngn pvtTAM iumipi,.irauiuon rnnc,-UtHo-muWt- con. BhaUj'Tielp.jthelrtt-others; i&tf luiucuii, ,sinic. -across tno river.. Harding Refuses to "Act" If the Republican candidate warmed ' to it and got to like it, he would make a successful enmpaigner In spite of his contempt for the arts to which populnr enmpnigners usunlly resort. How In stinctive this dislike is wns shown when n movie cameraman, tnklng pictures of tho wreck, urged Mr. Harding to do a few simple things which would make- his pictures more realistic. The senator! objected pleasantly than he "could not act" and contented hiinsclf with being tnkiug standing in n crowd of cnmpulgn nttnehes and press representatives near the end of the wrecked car. The candidate takes with a crowd for several reasons. In tbo first place, he has a splendid presence There is no one In public lito todny in this coun-, try who hns n more distinguished up penrnnce. He looks like n President, as. everybody snys. HI nudienco is fa vorably Impressed by tho sight of him. His manner is friendly without being effusive. Ho novcr "talks dpwn" a crowd. Ho, never tries to mnko tlmm feel that he la ono of -them, llko Governor Cox does,' yet hfi,Jeavc3 pn them the Impression, that IfMhey know him. intimately tbey would llko him. For largo halls llko .that In Baltimore his voice is hardly stronir enoiiph. flnlr Bryan could havo filled that hall A And. jn me sume way no is hardly equal to lnrge outdoor meetings, like that at Huntingdon, for example, where 10,000 persons gathered in an open space near' tho station to listen to him.. But these larger crowds came to sec as much as" to hear. Viewed a.s Next President The crowds which enrap toceHard iug turned out to hnve a look at tho next President. Most of them take it for granted that he is as good as elected. The prevalence of this Idea' is cxtrnor- dlnpry. A President of the United Stntes will always draw a crowd no" matter how uninteresting ho may be per- sonally nnd a innn who is sure to bet President draws in somewhat the same" way. The enthusiasm is somewhat Im personal, but It Is none the less real. Beforo hecklers Mr. Harding is a-, littlo slow. This is duo to his habit of always rending his spectres. A reader interrupted does not think quickly. Moreover, Mr. Harding is mnking &, cautious campaign. Ho is by tempera-, ment cautious nnd he wishes to avoid mistakes, unnecessary promises, unnec-. cssnry declarations of policy, statements, which might dlvldo tho forces behind, him, which aro unified chiefly upon tbo desirability of dlsplnclng the Demo erntic party in AVashlngton. QulzzcJ by a heckler Mr. Harding emerges from a manuscript and is at onco all caution. Meeting a heckler re-' quires swiftness and boldness. , . Mr, Harding's prossnt, stylo would not do for n bard-fightingcampalgn ini' which the Issuo was close. Jt lacks ag gressiveness. It Is a front-porch style-; rather than a rough-and-tumble cross road style. But -this is not a hard fighting campaign. Mr. Harding Is not conducting a de bate, Ho is merely showing h!mscf to, tho country. Letting the Deonle.knov, .what manner of man he. Is., For that purpose his style is excellent, it be bad' to go out and fight for votes hOj.would; havo to do it very differently. He might, bo able to. v Ho exhibited yesterday various-qualifications for a campaign .other than th. front-porch variety. But there is no sign thatMr. Harding has to go out aad UghtjAir. votes. 'rdlnal Olbbona Ura.a All CethalfM to UJ XUIB UAMUAX. Or PKi.T4lls.ado. ,nl 1 tij "H i i r tt I j: ! i "'..'" " &.1 v&t M 1 A. "SM W, h' -4k : - . . ,. ' 'W1! r ' " A i It i.1?.- L fitO .tv1
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