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Vol. yii. no. 22
MMUUY
' Entered a Second-Class Matter at th PoitoKIc. at Philadelphia. Pa
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OFDUTYNEGLECT;
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RED DEMOTED
-.i Dnarrl Rnduces First Di-
iiinn Caotain to Rank
f , of Lieutenant ,
LOSES FdUR MONTHS' PAY
N ADDITION'TO POSITION
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One Member of Board Stands
for Dismissal, but 13 Out
voted by Others
Police Captain David McCpnch, for
J& In charge of the First DvWon,
mi today reduced to the rank of n lieu
tenant by order of the police trial board
" .he Civil Service Commission. .
N CiPtain McCoach's demotion fol
Wed the board's verdict that McCoach
Udbeen guilty of "neg lectof dutv and
inefficiency and lucompetenco in office.
flat e( the members of tho board, Com
nMoner Charles VT,. Necld, Jr., re
commended that Captain aicCoach bo
(SmralsVloners Van Duscn andVood
mJ.Mr. Xceld's fellows' on the board.
TOted for reduction to the tank of
lieutenant, and Uils sentence nccord
iyW was carried out. '
1 With the sentence of reduction In
nnk went the further penalty of loss
tl pay for the four months which have
Mssed since Captain McCoach was
Imixnded, Jlav 14. 1020.
Captain McCoach, it is understood,
till appeal from the decision of the
boird. One of the grounds for tho np
pMl, according to Captain McCoach's
friend, Is that It is illegal to hold a
nan undi-r suspension, without brlnjr
for him to trial, for moro than thirty
dari.
J,Washlnston I.ojjue, Captain Mc
Oach's attorney, has picpared a brief
Uch he will file Immediately with the
Court of Common Picas, asking u court
order to force the commissioners to re
store Captain McCoach to his old rank.
Captain McCoach's conviction follows
a lengthy trial, in which widely diverg
ent testimony was offered. Tho veteran
policeman, who has served on the force
fort; years without reprimand or blcm
Uh.to Ma record, made a strenuou, ef
fort' to vindicate himself. TI)o charges
Milnst him yrerc brought, according to
the.'pfflcec's superiors, because of law
lenness In the downtown section of 'the
ritr.'whero McCoach was p"ut In com
iQiod. JOYRIDERS'INCCRASH '
v- s -'.V
"Sorrowed" Auto Rum Into Another
' ' Car at Flfty-fourth 8treet
Two aIle((t((ljoyrlders wrecked a ' bor
rowed" automobile last night in a col
llsloa with another machine nt Fifty
fcarili street and Chester avenue,
jrhe accused men arc 'U'llllttm 'Iiong,
nootlaiid avenue near Fiftiette, itrcot,
and Howard McOIurc, Paxon street near
Woodland arenuc. r
, Tie; wrecked machine ,1s ow,ncdrfby
Join. Spencer, Jr., (iMS, Angora tor
race, and had becn'btored Inn xaiagc
tt Fifty-fourth street nud Whitby nve-
Ajcording to testimony today before
MMjjtratf Harris, Spencer's mnchlno,
Wren without permission by McClurc.
in)(;k a motorcar owned "by Thomas
Wleclaban, L'017 South Seventy-first
ttrett.
Police SBV I-nne nnA trr.Utri lm.1
l4'borroned" Spencer's auto from the
IMCu,,r,cIlcn,l'- wth wcro held In
ww uuu rur u tttrtiicr hearing next
GOING DOWNI
Sugar Still on Toboggan 'Now at
Thirteen Cents
Chobrow Itros.' chain stores havo
mercd the retail price of sugar to thlr
.1 ?. nat? u P"u'id. Several BtorcH, in
(lading the food department ut Oimbcl
yrot., irc enabled to beii susar at
fourteen cents.
The lowest net wholesale price to
Ulch wsar has dropped is 11.70 cents.
A further rmlnrd,,,, ,.t . i....
Jv wl olesula prico is expected next
mrtm,&l?yAc,l'L,:ai1 of the tooH de
K?1 n1 0lWs. ald the decline
f 'u" Prices U not yet ended. He be-
Ml not reach a lower level than ten
SHOOTS AT PROWLER
p"ce Seek Man at Hospitals Who
Is Thought to Qo Wounded
NWh tl I!"11 ,To,m You"5' "' 0022
SrilaniM '., his house being
""imrued early t0( ay by u negro.
n-ock bVV"ftker sho "
I" ttTbaA n VyH of the negro
lded rSrni.yan1, .1Iu Vachc 'or a
PS fire on M,mUl ,lU Plow nnd
fmaia of ZJHu'i o negro lied. A
therX. . ,,nl'als h be ng mado by
Jlt. 'clhcr or not the prowler
8ewlthWVSn7Me., l0 fuh the
URGED TO VOTE ALONE
-. i ens women to Visit
"Le l y Tnemekea
r "wknn5B?ng f a V0te nn1
tndvoti.ui.'1'? g0, t0 tu Po
. l'lat was L lthout nssiatance."
tun iJ. alr8- Ocorge Plersnl. ..J,nt,.
llto thP "?rVcn's cltircn commlt-
'?'Wian Temnorn., ,7 .tl18 Woman's
'". todayPCraucu Uul0D. 1021 Arc!;
LilfP!. 1'lerHnl mj ..
'aouid not n ' l" women that thev
fffiW tlJf husbands to
Crs xvC'l waJl t0 ballt ur.
h Ski i told ih nl0,t en nro work'
lHft,.ndurJ,h ThwJ? nwk their
"C4 UBi!!iJlyX
J'W Tremors in w...u",..,..
sfift&ffl'iJ!.
l5i8m.CV-0rdJnf t a telegram to
attj.v ,'A, Bairn n fonfi-oi'M.."-
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pp 3llD LIQUOR MEN
!P ARRESTED IN RAID.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,. OCTOBER 8, 1920
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rubllahed Dallr Eieept Sunday. Subtcrlptlon Prje 10 a Tear by Hall.
Coprrluht, i20, by Publlo Ledarer Company.
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CAPTAIN DAVID McCOACH
IIo was reduced to tho rank of
lieutenant today by tho C'.vll Scrv-
Ico Commission
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35 AUTOS BURNED
IN $50,000 BLAZE
Church of Sacred Heart Endan
gered by Reed Street Fir.e
In Big Garage
50 MACHINES ARE SAVED
n
Thirty-five automobiles were de
stroyed nnd the Catholic Church of the
Sacred Heart threatened In a spectac
ular carly-mornlng flro In the Moyn
mensing Garage, 300-312 Ilccd street.
The loss is placed at $50,000.
By strenuous efforts theflrcmcn pre
vented thojjgasad of tho flames to the
church, andsaved about fifty automo
biles on the first floor of tho garage
building.
The garngo is owned by Abo Wclsberg
and Herman Iscnbcrg. At night James
Schuelcr, a negro watchman, remains p
tho garage. He was out nt lunch, he told
the police, when the fire "began at 12:30
o'clock.
Tho flro, of undetermined origin, was
discovered blazing fiercely In a corner
of the second floor, which is used prin
cipally for small-car storage. It spread
so quickly that nltlioughtho engines
arrived within a few minutes the fire
men wero'' unable to, save. tho thirty-five
machines storeditherc.
Tho Church of the Sacred Heart is on
Moydmcnslng avenue below Iteed street,
and tho rectory of the churclf'ndjolns the
garage. The' firemen feured for n'limu
tho llamcs would spread from the rear of
the garage to the rear of tho church, and
concentrated tbclr efforts thcro to check
the flames. ,
Tho, noise of tho flro bolls aroused tho
neighborhood, and 'there was much .ex
citement until the firemen, got the flames
under control and therd was no further
danger oftho flro spreading.
The blaze was confined to the second
floor of the-garugc, though some of .the
cars on the main floor wcra damaged
slightly by water.
GERMANY ASKS STATED SUM
Sends New Proposal to France on
Reparations
Paris, Oct. 8. (By A. P.) Ger
many has reiterated her request for the
naming of a definite sum of reparations
and a new proposal bus been brought
from Berlin to Paris this week by
Charles Laurent. French nmbassador to
Germany. In Germaij official' circles
it ai$o was pointed out tuat ai. Lau
rent had emphasized the necessity of
immediately fixing the total indem
nity to prevent tuo economic nnu po
litical collapse of Germauy.
The French Government, it now is
believed in tJcrraan circles, is consider
ing tue latest request anu a uecision is
expected within a few days. Tho Ger
man proposal also usks direct negotia
tions between Germany and Franco on
all reparation questions.
NICE DOGGIE
Lansdale'Setter Sets Record In Find
ing Purse
"Bob," u setter dog owned by Harry
T. Hennlng, of Lansdalc, has earned
bis board for tuo next few months.
Last evening Mrs. Lownea sent a
young daughter, Dorothy, to a store to
make a purchase. The child took a
purso containing n considerable sum
of money. In returning from the storo
little Dorothy lost the pocketbook.
She did not discover the loss until alio
got home.
Sho started back immediately with
her mother, in the hope of finding the
fiursc. As sho and Airs. Lownes wcro
rnvlnir the bouso the doir met them.
He growled to attract attention. In his
mouth was tno lost purse.
AUTO HITSgTrL AND MAN
Couple Are Struck While Crossing
Twenty-fourth and Market Streets
Peter Burns, twenty-seven years old.
2010 Pine street, nnd Miss Ellen Coyno.
twenty -two years old, 125 Lansdowne
avenue, passed beneath the scaffold of a
building operation at Twenty-fourth
and Market streets. As they stepped
Into tho street they were struck nnd
knocked down by an automobile going
east on Market street.
They vjfco taken to the Hahnemann
Hospital (na passing automobile. Burns
has cuts and bruises nbout the head,
'arm and body. Miss Coyne was cut
about the head.
MAY VOTE ON PROHIBITION
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Brldneton's Charter Provides for
Referendum on Licenses
Brldgeton, N. J Oct. 8. City of
ficials nro confronted with a curious
situation regarding the official ballots
for tho coming election.
Bridgeton Is operating under n city
charter, which requires that the ques
tion of liquor license bo submitted by
referendum every threo years. City
Clerk Charles P. Carey feels that the
Inclusion of this referendum on tho bal
lot In view of the eighteenth amendment
is absurd and s seeking authority to
leave tho referendum off t'le ballot,
Rn faath. ran (lull no SUCh authority
yar"',n
AT ATLANTIC CITY
County Prosecutor Springs
Coup on Saloonkeopers After
Grand Jury Acts
SPECTACULAR FEATURES
MISSING AS BLOW FALLS
Wots, Accused Under State
Law. Notified to Give Bail
for Early Trial
Nearly 800 arrests were made In, and
around Atlantic City today In n'Vhlrl
wind campaign" against liquor nt the
shoro resort, conducted by Prosecutor
Gaskill.
Those arrested wcro proprietors, bar
tenders nnd others connected with eighty
saloons and cafes. A few of those ar
rested already were under indictment
by tho federal grand jury.
Tho arrests all were made this after
noon. So carefully- hud tho county
prosecutor laid his plans that none of
those on his lengthly list had an Idea of
what was coming, and tho wholesulc
arrests caused a tremendous sensation
nt tho resort. .
Raids Not Spectacular
raiding that marked tho descent of
u-uitui ngenis on iwo rcu letter occa
sions during the summer, when large
mtnnHHpH nt llnunr tnin anl?nrY
The men placed under arrest were
iiouiivu qnicuy to appear uctoro Judge
Robert H Ingcrsoll, of the county
court, at Atlantic City. Judge Ingcrsoll
nrrentiwl frnm rnrli n Slflfin hnml in nn.
pear next Wednesday at May's Landing
to plead to the charge of "selling liquor
comrury 10 mo state law."
277 Aro Indicted
True bills of indictment against 277
individuals were found today by the
Atlantic county grand jury, which is
closing its May term session at tho
county Beat. The county nrosecutor of
fered the grand jury a large array of
evidence and testimony, the presentation
or wnicn uas taken several days.
In every case. It was -said, the evl
denco against the accused saloonmcn
had been obtained by special ngenta rent
into the county by UosRill, wpodid not
employ cither the regular county de
tectives or the Atlantic City police, for
tear tney wouru do recognized.
Tho indictments against the saloon
men were found .under the state law,
which forbids tho "salo of liquor with
out u .license." As. none of the saloon
men, were "licensed" to sell "hard'
liquor, they became amenable to state
prosecution. .
' tilko Camden Cases
The arrests made today recall the sen
sational raid which took place In Cam
den county recently, where almost ns
large a number of men were arrested.
In Camden, however, the raiders
camo at night and seized tho liquor ns
well as arrested the proprietors. The
Camden county men were fined last
Monday, to nn aggregato sum of about
$00,000.
Among those indicted by tho Atlantic
county grand jury wcro :
Jeremiah J. Sullivan, snloon, Illinois
nnd Arctic avenues ; John J. Alexander,
snloon, Baltic avenue; William Altrcu
ter Manhattan buffet, South Carolina
avenue near beach.
G. 11. Baratta, Baratta's Hotel,
Mississippi and Atlantic avenues.
Harry O. Smith Esg Harbor Hotel,
Arctic avenue below Kentucky.
Frank Kuffu, Terminal notel,
Arkansas and Atlantic avenues.
Fred Thommassen, Quaker City
Hotel, Ohio und Atlantic avenues.
Patrick Welch, saloon, Tennessee nnd
Atlantic avenues.
Lester Walk nnd Louis Pcrrin,
Campus Cafe, 010 Atlantic avenue.
Andrew Grob, Extra Dry Cafe.
Michael McGurk, saloon, New Jer
scv and Atlantic avenues.
William F. Russo, Turner nail,
South New York avenue.
GeorgoE. Sayncs, Martinique Cafe,
Kentucky avenue and the Boardwalk.
MAKES BREAK FOR LIBERTY
Hold-Up Prisoner Dashes From
Court, but Is "Tackled" on Street
Making a break for freedom, Frank
nMtiwnnfv tf rVt PpAdtnn fitrppf-. who Ii ml
been nrrestcd on a hold-up charge, broke
away irom nis captors in ungmriue
Harrlgnn'a office -at Sixth and Locust
streets this morning and fled down Sixth
street. As he reached Walnut street
he was "tackled" by Detective Fl.vnn,
who had arrested hlra last night when
tho hold-up occurred.
Tho prisoner was brought bark to
the magistrate's office and held without
ball for court.
FIntierty Is aroused of holding up
James ltoblnson, fifty years old, of 7J04
Ilavcrford avenue. In Washington
Squnre. Ho felled Robinson with a
blow to tho Jaw, It Is charged, nud
snatched n canvas bag containing 5-.)
as ho lay prostrate. Detectlvo Flynn
iravo chaso and captured Flnnerty after
a struggle
20 KILLED IN RAIL WRECK
Thirty Others Injured In Collision
In Italy
London, Oct. 8. Twenty persons
wcro killed nnd thirty others Injured
in n collision in whljfli tho Venice-Milan
express was involved today, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Rome based on advices to tho
Glornnlo D'ltalla.
U. S. TO HONOR HERO DEAD
Wilson Orders Flans at Half-Mast
on November 14
Washington, Oct. 8. (By A. P.)
President Wilson today directed that on
Sunday, November 11, tho American
flag bo dtsniaycu at nuuimiDi ui; uu
nubile Buildings and naval and military
"l iin.. .. inliin nt tlin nnt!mi'n imr.
tlclpatlou iu tho memorial set vices held
for uio iieioio aiiictiwi uiuivii iwi,
marines nud others who gave their lives
tq their country lu tho world war.'1
Dtllitbt the family at dlntwr -I
New Subjects Taken Up
by Presidential Nominees
Harding carried his campaign Into
Missouri today. At Omaha he de
clared lr is oppdscd to general am
nesty for political prlponcrs.
Cox, speaking at Paducah, Ky.,
declared thero is n danger of reac
tionaries being appointed to tho Su
premo Court if a reactionary Presi
dent is elected.
NAVY YARD HEARS
GRIM TALE OF SEA
Wireless Station Picks Up Story
of Bloody Mutiny Aboard
German Bark '
BATTLE RAGED FOR DAYS
A tale of mutiny on the high sens,
crocked heads and a final battle staged
with the deck of a German bark ns the
scene, hns just reached the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
Tho bark was tho Prlwall. bound
from nnmburg to Valparaiso with more
than n hundred German sailor pas
sengers, who wcro to take charge of
Germnn ships interned in Chllo since
the war.
When sixty-thrco days out from
Hamburg and off the cast coaht of South
America, tho German crew revojtcd,
fought their way into tho staterooms
of the sailor passengers and looted
them
For days the ship wns a virtual
battlefield, drifting along before the
light winds. Fortunately no storm
arose and no damage was done.
The officers and sailor passengers aro
thought to have been barricaded at one
end of the ship und the mutineers In the
other. Frequent snllles by both sides
resulted In many fights.
By n clever piece of strategy which
enabled them to separate the ranks of
the mutineers nnd then nttuck tho
divided bodies ono at a time, the of
ficers nnd passengers were nble to sub
duo those who revolted.
The strategy was aided by the fact
that many of the mutineers were drunk,
having found a store of liquor in the
ransacked staterooms.
With the mutineers safely in Irons
in tho hold, tho officers got a volunteer
crew from among the passengers and
yesterday reached tho nort of Monro.
video, Uruguay.
fPna T)nt.....ll f .. 0001 A 1 1.
" ' -iou-iun uarn ot a
type long since abandoned for general
use. The boat is not listed In Lloyd's
ship register. Tho story of the mutlnr
reached tho navy yard vby wireless.
POLICE USE WAGON .
TO PURSUE THIEVES
AFTER SHOT5 ROBBERY
Milkman Is Knocked Down by
Men as They Run From
Store With Cloth
A milk wagon herved as the unsuc
cessful agent iu n pursuit of two thieves
after a robbery In a tailoring shop at
Sixty-first and'Mnrkct streets early this
morning.
John Patter.sop, the milkman, was
delivering milk on the steps of 0102
Mnrkct street, which is occupied by tho
tailoring establishment of Jnrdnna Ma
zolla. As he stood on the steps two
men rushed out of the door, knocking
blm down as they went.
Ills cries attracted the attention of
Lieutenant Montgomery nnd Patrolman
Summers, of the Fifty-fifth and Pine
btrccts police station, who ran to the
siot. They iumned Into Patterson's
milk wngou and were gaining in their
pursuit ot tiio tulcvcs until tue latter
reached Dewey street, whero they
jumped into nn automobile and soon
outdistanced their pursuers.
Mazella estimates that between $100
nnd $500 worth ot cloth was stolen from
his shop.
FAYOLLEHAS BUSY TIME
French General Fills Many Engage
ments at Boston
Boston, Oct. 8. (By A. P.) Gen
eral Emilc Marie Fnyolle, the French
military lender, under whose command
American doughboys fought in several
battles, had to be up betimes toilnv nud
to keen moving almost constantly to
carry out his program of receptions nnd
calls and at tho hiimo time see pome
thing of tills city nnd Its environs.
He had barely finished breakfast when
Major General David C. Shanks, com
manding tho northenst department,
greeted him. A few minutes Inter Gen
eral Fnyolle went to tho State House
to pay his respects to Governor Cool
idgc. The general returned the call
of General Shanks, nnd then left to
visit Mayor Peters. Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, nni Harvard
University.
HELD FOR AUTO DEATH
Driver Intoxicated at Time of Acci
dent, Witnesses Say
Chief Deputy Coroner Sellers today
held Anthony Brognn, of Filth sfept
near Twenty-fourth, in connection with
the death September 18 of fifteen -wn
old Harold Cochran, of 1834 North
Twenty-second street.
Brognn was driving n motortruck
which ran over the boy at Broad and
Filbert streets. Ho was held on a
charge of criminal neglect after wit
nesses hnd testified he wns intoxicated
at the tlmo of the nrrldent.
MYSTERIOUS BLAST IN N. J.
Newark Startled by Explosion Be
lieved to Be at Quarry
Newark, N. J Oct. 8. (By A. P.)
Newark, Jcnoy City and surrounding
towns wcro startled shortly after 10
o'clock today by a mysterious explosion.
Several loud reports caused consider
able excitement. Many persons believed
that one ot the numerous powder plants
in the eastern section of tho. state had
blown up.
After hcveral hours of Investigation
nnllra anil rntintv nftlMala av..n--j
ibllfel0?d TyMr)
FIVE-CENT FARE
BEFORE COUNCIL'S
COMTTEETODAY
Transportation Body to Ex
amine Merits and Report to
Special Session Tomorrow
CITIZENS TO APPEAR
AND GIVE SENTIMENT
Councilmen at Odds Over Publlo
Service Commission Request
for Their Opinions
For the fourth time In three weeks
Council's committee on transportation
will meet today to consider tho appli
cation of Uio Philadelphia Rapid .Tran
sit Co. for a straight five-cent faro.
Tho meeting will bo In the naturo of
continued public hearing, at which it Is
expected that numerous persons who
presumably represent tho sentiment of
their respective communities will air
their views on the faro question.
Members of Council who will attend
today's meeting say that there will bo
moro definite action at this bearing than
nt thoso held previously.
Considerable discussion is expected
over the opinion of City Solicitor -Smyth
regarding Council's jurisdiction on the
fnrc question. Mr. Smyth wns request
ed to give an opinion on the subject in
a resolution passed by Council nt its
last meeting.
To Read Smyth's Opinion
The city solicitor gave hid opinion to
William Fclton, clerk of Council, this
morning. Mr. Fclton will rend It be
fore the transportation committee, which
meets this tiftcrnoou.
As Mr. Smyth has contended during
the fare controversy that the city has
a voice In the question in view of the
agreement of 1007 between the city
and the P. It. T., It is believed that his
attitude in the past foreshadows his
opinion in the matter.
No matter what his opinion may be,
there is promise of a wordy discussion.
Several members of Council believe that
the question should have been decided
by tho Public Service Commission with
out un expression of the local legislative
body. Others in Council, however, be
lieve that Commissioners Beuu and
Clement took the proper course in en
deavoring to obtain tho-views of the city
before the state body makes a decision
on the question.
Will Report to Council
Tho transportation committee will
make a report on the question to a
special session of Council which will be
held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock.
Tho session was called by Major Moore
to take final action on the fare ques
tion. It is known that the administration
and Varo men will not vote along fac
tional lines when the higher fnic ques
tion is submitted to them, but just how
the vote on the fare question will fall is
most uncertain. It has been noticeable
that several councilmen who some time
ngo nnnounccd their undying opposition
to the higher fare arc wavering nud
mar bo found in the ranks of those
voting "aye" on tho nickel furo pro
posal. Vare members of Council, it is re
ported, will attempt to plncc Mayor
Moore In the position of fuvorlng the
straight faro because he called the
special session. Several hove bald they
will "lire some hot shot" at the meeting
tomorrow.
Passyunlt Makes Protest
The Passyunk Avenue Business Men's
Association today urged Mayor Moore
to oppose tne straight fure plau. They
telegraphed to Mr. Moore ut Atlantic
City tho following resolution adopted
ast night:
"Whereas, tho P. R. T. Co. hns elim
inated many cross-town trolleys which
now muke an additional burden upon
riders, some who will have to pay fifteen
cents to get to their destination, we
uige the Mayor not to submit to nuy
plan that is now being put forward by
the P. R. T. to elimluate transfers nud
exchanges."
The message was made nubile by
William RabolT. nrcsident of the asso
ciation. Mr. Raboff recalled thut Mr.
Mitten last year, in seeking permission
to abandon the Passjuuk avenue line,
promised frco transfers over Snyder
avenue.
Mr. Raboff added that 1.250.000 rid
ers used that Hue aunually. Under the
icw plan, he said, most of these pus
eugcrs would have to paj ten tents
and some fifteen cents.
To Take Case Info Court
C. Oscar Bcasley, counsel for the
United Business Men's and the Clive
den Associations, hopes to prevent im
mediate action on tho straight five-cent
faro proposition through action which
he expects to toko today In the Superior
Court. Mr. Beaslcy said he would apply
this afternoon for uu extension of tho
supersedeas granted some time ago by
Judgo Linn, to stny investigation of
the P. It, T. underlying renta s until
It could bo determined whether the
Public Service Commission had juris
diction In the mutter. Sir. Bvasley con
tends that the question of underling
rentals la bound up inseparably w'th
the fare question, and until tho coin
mission's jurisdiction hns been decided
In tho matter of tho underlying com
panies, tho commission canuot properly
pass on the company's request for five
cent fares.
LLOYD GEORGE BACKS PACT
Treaty Better Than State of War,
He Tells Welsh
Llauduliit, Wales, Oct. 8. (By A.
P.) Premier Lloyd George, in a po
'Itlcal speech hero this afternoon-, de
elared that "the conflict of parties In
America has led to tho result that they
have not yet signed n treaty of peace
with Gormnny." He asserted thut If
there had been a conflict like that in
Great Britain the latter would hnvn
hnd no pcaco and there would have
been no treaty,
"There aro some who criticize tho
treaty of Versailles," the premier de
clared. "Better that than a state of
war should bo going on for years nnd
nothing douet" Lloyd George added
that thcrp were sqmo pcoplo'who imag
ined that to ignore disagrceablo facts
was proof of exnlted principles
DEVELIN SUGGESTS 6-n?NT FARE
WITH TRANSFERS AS SOLUTION
A s'x-cent trolley fare, -with freo transfers, oven nt points
where three-cent exchanges are now Issued, was suggested as a
temporary solution of tho flat fare Issue In a resolution offeied
. fo Council's transportation committee today byz Councilman Dcv
clin. Tho resolution further suggests that the P. B. T. refrain
from paying dividends on Its stock until Its proporty voluaHoB
is completed. All tho company's surplus Income should be ttstrd.
to extend facilities, tho resolution declared.
t'OCK WORKERS AT BUENOS AIRES ON SHORT. STRIKE
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 8. Union dock workers called a strike
st evening because non-union laborers began loading wool be-
1 g'ng to a boycotted firm aboard tho United States steamer
T--ir'say. On tho promise of tho agents not to accept any more of
this wool, however, the union workers resumed work this morning.
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UNFIT FOR BATHERS
Dr. A. C. Abbott Says Schuylkill
and Delaware are 'Notoriously
Polluted and Unsafe'
TERMED DISEASE CAUSE
Dr. A. C. Abbott, n member of the
Board of Health, today declared the
waters of the Schuylkill and Delaware
rivers 'Vo notoriously polluted they are
unfit for bathing purposes."
He mnde the nssertlon In the course
ot an address at the eighth annual con
vention of the American Association for
Promoting Hygiene and Public Baths,
being held in the assembly room of the
Chamber of Commerce at the Wldcncr
Building.
"During .Tulv nnd August," he said,
"thcro were l.'O cases of typhoid fever
in Philadelphia.
"From tests made of water of the
Delaware nnd tho Schuylkill, it was
shown to contain 20,000 bacteria to the
cubic centimeter.
"Filtered water for drinking pur
poses, which Is used In the public pools
and bnths of the city, contnins twenty
bacteria -to the cubic centimeter, and
the" are lint of n dnii"croiiH trpj.
"We analyzed the water of the swim
ming, pools nnd baths dally through the
summer months and found its condition
good in pools that were properly cared
for.
"Public supervision of swimming
pools und lintns is not sumeientiy car
rjed on -when intrusted to some ward
heeler or political jobholder.
"Proper supervision of the pools re
quire the work of Intelligent men. com
petent to supervising the cleaning of
the iioolx.
"Wlirn I was in mohlizntiou rnmn.s
In this country during tho war I saw
many troops who had never takcu baths
regularly. As a result of compulsory
bathing these men soon became volun-f-v
bathers, and w'mn thev arrived in
France, later, they would stand In line
for hours at a tlmo Waiting their turn
to bathe.
"This illustrates the cducationnl
value ot the public bath."
AMBLER REFUSES TO PLEAD
North Penn Bank Official Will Be
Tried on Date to Be Fixed
Mvan L. Ambler former assistant
cashier of the North Penn Bank, which
fniii.il in .Tulv. 11)10. wns nrraicned on
the Indictments ngnlnst him before Judg"
Stern, in (juurtcr Sessions Court, today.
. Iunrj .1. Scott, lounhei tor Amuier,
instructed the defendant to stand mute
when uirulgmd mill enter no plea. Hi
oTr.li.liH.il in .TiitP'u Stern that he had
uot been ub i. to eamine the Indictments
rurcfullly and wished to reserve the
right to ' tilt in iv motious he might find
netToKuiN. AssNtnnt District Attorney
Joseph 11. Tuulani' asked the court to
instruct ii pi.'i oi nut suui.v ui- t-u-rirpil.
.Imlco Stern grunted Mr. Tau-
Inue'S" .application. Mr. Tuulane and
Mr. Scuit will ugree luter on a diij for
DISSOLUTION
P.&R.
PLANIN90 DAYS
Reading May Be Given More
Time for "Unscrambling"
by Federal Court
INJUNCTION IS MODIFIED
trial.
Ambler is eimrgrd In six bills of in-illr'tim-niN
nh leeuiviuK deposits as un
officer of the bnnk. knowing it to be
Insolvent. Ho Is ut present at Uuerty
under $2500 balK
FREED pFDUAL MURDER
Jury Acquits &k -Service Man
Charged With Killing Two Girls
Al'entown, Pu., Oct. 8. A scaled
verdict of not gulltv was returned at
0:15 this morning bv the jury In the
case of Willie Me Ceevcr ex-service man
nnd former pugilist. McOecver had
since Tuesday been on trlnl for the
murder of 'the Gorgodlnn girls on the
night of Sunday. July 11. The prohe
cutor was able to muster only circum
stantial evldenre.
The girls were shot down In the back
yard of their parents home about 10 :25
on the night mentioned. McGeever.
wearlni: u bloody shirt was arrested
soon after. The blood on bis shirt was
explained away by members of his
family nnd friends who swore It was the
result of a tussle early in the day. The
prosecutor wns unnuie to prove nny
motive or produce tho wenpon.
McOecver wn defended by State
Senator Horace W. Schantz. He had
been in jail since the murder, the court
declining to iclease him on Imbues
corpus proceedings, jus release follow
ed the crtllct.
SAY NEGRO STOLE RINGS
Police Arrest Harrlsburg Man for
Theft Here
Damon Scott, a negro, whose home
Is In Harrlsburg, wns held In $2000
ball for court today by Magistrate Me
eleary, at Central Station, on a charge
of having stolen four rings worth S450
from the jewelry store of Joseph K.
Davison.
Tho police testified that two weeks
ngo Scott entered Davison's store at
210 South Thirteenth street, asked to
bo Miown a diamond ring, and when
the proprietor's attention was diverted
by tho entruuee of two other customers,
seized four rings and ran,
Tho negro was arrested yesterday at
IJarrlsburg, The police said her ad
mitted the theft, nnd., that the jewels
Jmya" benrccovered, . -v Hv
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A plan for the complete dissolution of
the Interlocking interests of the Bending
Co., tho Philndclphlu and Rcudlng Ball
way Co., tho Philadelphia nnd Bending
Coal and Iron Co., the Central Railroad
of New Jersey and the Lehigh nnd
Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., the Coal Trust,
must be filed in the Federal Court with
in ninety days. An order to this ef
fect was entered today by Circuit Judges
Bufllngton, Woolley and Davis, acting
on the petition of the government filed
yesterday by A. F. Myers, special as
sistant attorney general, for the carry
ing out of the recent decision of tho
Supreme Court, ordering a separation
of tho rnilronds' Interests.
Tho tlmo limit for the plan to be filed
expires on January 'C, 1021, but the
court In its decree provides that an ex
tension mny be granted provided the
Bending shows adequate grounds.
The plnh to be submitted must nro-
vide for the complete independence of
the .coal companies and' insure against
any future control of interest by the
railroads in the coal concerns, other
wise the coflrt declares it will take any
steps necessary to bring about a condi
tion in harmony with tho law. which
did. not exist while the railroads con-
'trolled either absolutely or by a majority
or stoclc the altairs and destinies of tne
coal compnnles.
For the purpose of carrying out the
plnn for dissolution the decree of the
District Court, which was partly af-
lirmeu by tne supreme tourt, restrain
ing the officers nnd directors of the
railroads fiom voting the stock of the
coal companies, is modified. The in
junction against voting the stock for
the purposes of excrchtng control over
the coal companies remains in force, but
to permit the directors ot the three
Bending compnnles. the holding com
pany, tho ruilwny and the coal and iron
company, to pcrlcct pinns tor n separa
tion nt a meeting of the board the
court permits the Beading Co. to ob
tain the proxies of the stockholders to
vote for directors of the three compa
nies. Iu grauting such permission to th.
Bending Co. the court expressly proyldes
It is on condition that the directors of
the railway company shall not be the
same per-ons who arc to bo elected on
the directorate of the coal and iron
company.
After the corporations' plan of disso
lution hns been filed the government Is
to havo thirty davs In which to flip n
rounterplnn of separation, or to make
suggestions to the court for the effectual
dissolution of the Interlocking compa
nies. THIS AT LAST!
Carry-Your-Own-Lunch Campaign
Goes the Limit!
The earry-our-own-lunrh campaign
Is growing so popular that the Horn &
Hardart management huve posted signs
in conspicuous places in their lunch
rooms stating: "Persons carrying their
own lunches must not use our tables."
A manuger of the company suid : "We
had to do it In order to protect our
fclves, and our patrons. People kept
coming In here with their own lunches,
uslnir our tables, mustard, catsun.
napkins and ice water In such numbers
that there was hardly reom for our
cash customers.
"Some of them did buy a cup of
coffee, but the majority did not. It
wasn't fair to our patrons, or the man
agement, either, so wo have cut out ull
the lunch-carriers."
MAY INDICT COAL BROKERS
Chicago Consumers Pay Three Times
Cost at Mines, Is Charge
Chicago, Oct. 8. (By A. P.I
Charges that, largely because of multi
plicity of coal brokers. Chicago ron
sumers pay for soft coal ns much ns
three times what it sells for at Illinois
mines, were made here today bv Dis
trict Attorney Charles Cline. Mr. Cllne
declared the charges would come before
the federnl grand jury und that indict
ments would be asked.
An investigation had disclosed, Mr.
Cllne said, that in some ases a ton of
coal bad passed through the hands of
fivo brokers, each taking u profit of
fifty conts a ton or more.
Coal mined In Franklin county, II
llnols, Mr. Cllne assorted, sells for
$1.05 a ton f.o.b. at the mines. In Chi
cago yesterday it was being sold as
high as $13 n ton.
STATE EXPECTED TO GO ,
FOR G. 0. P. BY 200,000
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Farmers' Editor May Hurt
Senatorial Candidate 'r
By CLINTON W. GILBERT '
Staff Correspondent Etrnlnc I'obllo Ida"M
Copvrioht, It tO. bv Publta Ledger Co.
Des Moines, la., Oct. 8. Senator
Harding's trip across Iowa, whero hi
stopped at way stations and made mora
speeches than he Is likely to make ia
any other etato, was In the interest ot'
Senator Cummins, who is up for rij
election. Mr. Cummins is ill and tf
able to campaign for himself and he $
represented as being in some danger ej(
defeat. $.
Tho danger does not seem to M
great. Senator Harding is llltely -ii,
carry Iowa by 200,000 and Mr. Cuafff
mins can hardly run that much behiai
the head of the ticket. A rood oSsem
of tho Btate's politics estimates that Ut
cunuioaie ior senator will run 00,009
behind Harding. The danger is thC
tho Republican voters will take to
aucn for granted and that Cummlwi
will lose through this overconfidence;'
Tho object of Harding's visit was to
stimulate work in Cummlns's behalf
The opposition to Cummins Is only
nnothcr manifestation of the 'restless
ness of the western farmer. There ift
no nonpartisan league in Iowa, not
the fnrmer is on the move politically.
He follows the lead of James Pierce,
editor of the Iowa Homestead, which l
the greatest force politically in rural
Iowa. It is the farmers' Bible. Pierca,
Is a character, a burly man of seventyS
Jive years, aggressive and confident, .who
has put his farm paper in politics. H
represents a kind of radicalism. H
aroused the .farmers of Iowa ngalust
Booa roads as an extravagance and put,
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Pierce has seized upon the Esch-Cum- ,v
iniUS art n.s n nrn-rnllfAml m...H.-. V
He denounces In his Iown Horaeflteasl - 3&
the guarantee featuro nf timr ir? .,. hi
the farmer is not feeling happy over tlr
increased freight rnti- fl.rlf rV,ll..J- "
the passage of the measure.
wun tuis issue Pierce, supporting- a
farmer named Brookburt, nearly bent
Cummins for rcnomlnatlon in the Re
pUcAZ,VI,rint,rIes- a,he to majority
of S00O by which he won in those prl- ;
inai ies has made Cummins anxious All
stories that Cummins Is In danger sprin '
from the trouble Pierce made for hlra
In the primaries.
State Officials Under Cloud
But Pierce hns another basis of at
tack on the Republican organization in
l"wa. If it were not for the strength of
Hnidlng in the state. Iowa would prob
ably go Democratic for governor ns well
as senator. The administration Pierce
helped to put in" office four years ngo,
thnt of Governoi Ilnrdiug, is going out
under n cloud. It is a bad cioud, much
bigger than a man's hand.
Pierce himself, ulthough he elected.
Hnrdiug, is not under that cloud. U
quarreled with the governor soon after
lining up the farmers successfully for
him, some sny over the matter of state
printing, but perhaps It was because ho
saw how things wcro going with his gov
ernor. At any rnte, for selfish reason
jir for public reasons, Pierce oroke with
Governor Harding, and his own Influ
ence wns not dimmed bv the unhappy
repute into which the narding adminis
tration has fallen.
Tho truobles of the Republican atate
administration touch the Iowa farmer
intiinutelv. They touch his pocket. An
enterprising concern cnlled tho Asso
ciated Packing Co. sold Us stock around
among the farmers of the state. All in
nil. it disposed of $3,000,000 to $4,000,
000 worth of stock. This packing com
pany was going to do wonders for ill
Iowa farmer, making him Independent
of tho big nnd grasping nterests. Just
now It is in tho hands of n receiver,
The bankruptcy proceedings hT0
been revealing facts that don't make
Republican victory in lona any enxier.
It appears that members of tho Hard
ing administration had dose relations
with the promoters of the Associated
Packers.. Salesmen who cnt about selU
ing stock to the furmers hud letters- of
Introduction nnd certificates of char
acter from members of the governbr'a
ndniinlstrntlon. Other members of that
administration nro alleged to havo
helped the promoters float loans and
discount notes of farmers, paying for
the stock in the state banks. Nnturallr
there are charges that huve not been
proved.
Iowa Farmer Restless
So tho Iowa farmer Is politically
restless. He has lost a lot of money,
and ho thinks thnt the Republican state
administration helped him lose It. lis
is touchy on the subject of the rail
roads. It is an old issue with him,
on which his suspicious are easily
nroubtd. And then there Is Jim Pierce
leading him somewhsre, not toward
tho Republican party as now organised!
Ono might think that Senator Cum
mlns's Illness would awaken sym
pathy for him and so help him. but 4
incident of his own political career
works' against him, When Senntot
Allison was Old and sick Mr. Cumuila
entered tho race against him. Thh
wus something of a political sacrllsf
in those days. And tho Iowa farms .
miltn wntira tn vntn mrnlnul Hi,-.ll.l' -
today remembers hi? fight against Alli5 H
son. .'
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