v "r Euenm$ public meftger THE WEATHER v.t. innUM nnil Tiipxi1.iv! not miirli NIGHT EXTRA ' tl change In tcnipcriUuro; gentle variable winds. ..i i I'Jtl'KKATUItK AT r,AVll IKHiK I 8' 0"'lf1 HI 112 I 1 I iM'jiXiT'iD n li ItO) I7t 174 7B 7.t I 1 I il f- VOL. VII.-0L2- Hntered aa Second-CU; Matter at the rnstoftlc. at Philadelphia. Pi Under the Act ot March 8. 18T0 Philadelphia, Monday, October 11, 1920 Publlthed Dallr Except Bunday. BubwrlptlAn Trice Ifl ft Year by ' Copyr'nht. 192(1, by Publla Iedr Comtiany. Mall. PRICE TWO CENTS THE CRANK' ADMITS HE SMOTHERED COUGHLIN BABY Confesses Child Died Under His Coat as He Fled From Norristown Home After Kidnapping BABY IS SOUGHT IT EGG HARBOR II STATE POLICE Pasquale Breaks Down Under "Silence Cure" and Tolls of Stealing Child GIVES DETAILS OF CRIME TO MAJOR ADAMS IN JAIL Climbed Into House by Ladder and Took Infant From Its Crib and Fled DENIES INTENT TO MURDER Faint Cries of 'Tiny Victim Scared Criminal, Ho Says, and Death Followed Bhikelv Coughlln is dead. ' TIip thlrtcen'months-old'chilel. stolen June 'J from his rrlb In bis father's house at XorrMown. was smothered to jjeath under the coat of Augustn Pns qnaK the Italian criminal, who. since early In AuRUHt. has been he'd In the XorrUtown Jiiil on a charge of kidnap ping and cxto-tion. The state police, who trnceet each earlier step of t'10 crime ami at Inst ar rested the criminal, are scorching for the little hndv. burled, it in "believed, near Kgg Harbor. J?! J. The story of the liab.v's death comes from Paiiale. "The Crank," us he styled himself iu letters ilemanillnp ransom, written when 'the dead child already lav in bin hidden crave. Confessed to Malor Adams, , PasqUale confessed yesterdny to Ia jor I.yun O. Adams, head of the state police, in the ccll.nt Norristown. where he had been left alone for weeks with his fears and his lemorsc. The Italian, whose chilled-steel nerve wlfhtuoil the most terrible ordeals of tross-oxnmluntinii v that perhaps any iirlsoner over endured in this stnte, broke down at Inst under tluquict but far more scarchiug assaults' of con science. Te-sterduv he sent for Major Adams, and trembling and in tears told of the babv's death. The story of the death of little Htakety Coughlln is more pitiful if nny thitv,' than the kidnnpnliiR itself. Tor mouths George II. CoiiRhlin and his wife hn e borne up under the agonies of feur and suspense because there was )ft a glimmer of hope tliat their child might still be alive, though the hope has giemn ever fainter ns the days paeel. Cr.tult Withstood Grilling Tor months the couutry has, waited from du to day hoping to hear some word. Tor these four months, since June, 2. the state police, the federal authorities, the eitv ami county po'leu of Philadelphia and of Atlantic City and cotmt , have exhausted every clue to find n trace of the missing baby. Thij learned many details of Pas p.uale's pnst life, they proved that he was u nook of ycurs standing, they fixed on him the crime of extortion. and tiiupd the $12,000 which he got by a swindler's trick from the baby's fathor iut they could not make him confers PuMuah, the ignorant foreigner, the dilftj-ejed eiook, who glibly confessed that he lind written the letters demand ing ransom, but refused to admit that be ha dlcldnapped the child, forged about himself an impenetrable armor of lies. Broke Under "Silent Treatment" It was only the silence of his Veil, peoped with memories of the deed of J still Juno night, and haunted per JOP1 to his crazing mind with the weblo cry of a sick child, that at last "flpped his bravado and deceit from him and left him a trembling wreck ith a hecret he couldpio longer keep. .Major Adnnm had put Pasquale to toe torture of hIIciico mid loneliness wen all other devices fulled. For JWKs the kidnapper had been left alone in .his cell. The sudden inquisitions Jiuleh, with all their tenor and nerve ifi'rlln,K lei'(,itlon of questions, had at "Mt kept him In touch with human ml. were suddenly discontinued. All W long he Snt iu his cell, brooding. e onlj face he saw was 'that of his wanicr, wln came to bring him food and t it on the stone iloor of his prison without a word. Wn"? ,la5M. Iln(, lo"Eer nights, when 1 tnS lfo.rL"io,ok Ui e. wo'u Uttlc by " lo Into the Iron of 'Ills' soul. f ecinfeJ aim t'ollnni'0 "lul the anodyne tlJpwI":1', il I1"',""1 a shameful deuth In "cmMonger. '''' h toU,,i not bCllr hl- derer,!r.Ulu-V,.',l'asL'lm,' whwi his war ful fS i w,it.h tho "tistomary and hate ut food, i said to him: ee hi", " lttiot Adu,'- I want to quaioV"", m tllu t timo that Pas- Xith hi,ert un,tll.th mm who dealt t"" '"il, used thouch tliee wn n i lia.tl"'omo iy'"n. call ilo.Jor A,,lnms lrrlcil to obey tho Ta quale I'll,8 Ul,'1"'!W lint l'd left he I tatn I? l0 wlth l,ls nclenco, and i. ,"W0 POlIcClnnn urnuil l,,,f ll, l j vome wiien ull barriers cr0 dowi Vt C'lqnrf on p Two. Column' Two , ' f J. 1 ln "" A&&cli& s&fr ri fl aH v jpwi,t ax a PIP Jif? ''! ypjpjp JSHF v'-'-""- 1 cif '&&mFiiz I ML J8b$j AUGUSTO PASQUALK "Tito Crank," who today admltte1 kidnapping niahcly Couglilln, and said the child had smothered to death while ho was making hLs escape U. S. WILL PROSECUTE HARD COAL OPERATORS Palmer Directs That Evidence of Profiteering Be Gathered in Pennsylvania Ily tho Associated I'rcs Washington, 0"t. 11. Prosecution of anthracite coal operators for profiteer ing has be-n decided upon by Attorney General Palmer, who today ordered that evidence be guthered against uiinc own em in northeastern Pennsylvania. Mr. Palmer did not indicate when tho evidence wou'd be presented to the grand jury, except to sny that It would be soon. lie was understood to have ofdered 13. Lowry Humes, special as sistant to the attorney general, td take charcc of thcJnvcstication. Mr. Humes wns called to the attorney general fl ot fico today for a conference on the plans. Department of Justice officials in dicated their belief that many anthra cite, operators wou'd be Indicted under the nntU profiteering sectlou of the Lever act. George Nox McOalii. of the EviImnci Pt'nfjo Iji:foOr:ntalT, some weeks ago published a series of articles exposing tho big profits made by the anthracite miue 'operators , of, Pennsylvania. The revelations were made, during tt thor ough investigation iu the hurd coal re gion. Mr. McCain called Attorney General Palmer's attention to tho facts which he brought to light uixl the hitter indicated tiiat action would be taken by the gov ernment. AUTO HANGS ON BRIDGE Suspended by Rear Wheels in Forty Foot Fall One Killed Now York, Oct. 11. (Ily A. P.) One mnn was killed and another in juied last night when the automobile iu which they were riding crashed into the railing of tho Willis avenue, Uronx, bridge mid then, its rear wheels wedged in tlic iron, swung, pendulum like, toss ing its occupants to the ground, forty feet below. The neeident oecurcd when the diiver nppnrcntly loU control of the machine In avoid. ng another automobile. Until men were thrown through the wind shield. Coughlin Case in Brief From Crime to Confession .lime 2 Ulukeley Couglilin, the' hlrtecn-mouths-old son of Mr. ami His. Gcmgo II. Coughlln, mystcri nisly disappeared from crib at par ints' home nenr Norristown. illiuu :i Nation-wide scinch be run. iliino ." Father announced ho re 'cived seven letters demanding run loin in sums lunging from !i000 to M'".000. ,luno (1 Father announced one of he letters was eljned "The Crunk."' Postal authorities on trail. .lime 10 "Tim Crauk" made tel ephone calls to Couslilin home. Will ued demand of S0000 lansoiu must he mot, or "You will nicr heur from jour child ugniu." June 12 "The Crank" redoubles demand. Orders money pluced near lesertcil trolley stutlon ut Swede nnd, four miles from Norristown. J mm 17 Coughlln placed SI 2,000 it sjiot deslgnuted by "The Crunk" it 11 :!12 p. m. Money vanishes, but 'The Crank" failed to return child. July 27 Coughlln In newspaper l.lvertlseiuent snld he is leudy to leul ugntn with "The Ciunk," witli nit notifying police. Says he has rrreiwd another letter from "The Crauk," but refuse lo diuilgo re tails. August 2 "The-Crank" captured near Egg Harbor by Pennsylvania stnte po'ico. lie proicd to be An gusto Pasquule, nu ev-convlet, who formerly lived at MLIt North Seventh strict. ' From August 2 until today the statu and city police followed a mul titude fit fulso clues furnished by "The Crank." Ho made a number of ;oiifcssloii8, Oelobe- 11 Major Adams, of the state police, reports that he hns oh (allied confession fiom Posqunlu. "The Crank" says the baby was smothered while being carried down a ladder nt the Couyhlin home, June !!. Police nro searching for tho body. . Daughter Was Murdered, Not a Suicide Says Father Parent Finds Girl's Body iiVHome With Gun by SideThinJcs She Was Attempting to Repulse Intruder and Was Wounded Freeman M. Htouc, n mechnnital en-1 ginccr nt tlio riniadcipiiia Navy Yard, believes Hint his scvcnteen-venr-ntil ! daughter, Arllne Mae Stout, wiiose body vu lounu just nigni wncn ner lamuy returned from an nftcrnoon's outing, may have been murdered. Their home is nt G2.1!) Webster street. The first theory suggested by the police wns that the girl had killed her self. The fnther rejects this theory, and backs his opinion with numerous circumstances which do not agree with suicide. As near as can be learned, tho girl died nt about 7:15 o'clock, when neigh bors heard what sounded like the noise of nn automobile backfiring, but which probably was the explosion of the re volver. At 0:30 o'clock, Edwin King, ot Uristol, Pa., a boy friend of tlio dead g rl, left her In high spirits after n pleasant visit. Fifteen minutes Inter nuouier youtn, whose name hns not been disclosed, but who is n student nt the University of Pennsylvania, called her on the telephone anil arranged to tnkc her to a footbnll game next Satur day. This second boy railed Mr. tnnt on the telephone this morning, and told him of the conversation. The girl at that time unci oecn in n merry, mood, be said, and told him she would bo delighted to go to the game. Faintly Away On Outing Mr. Stout, his wife nnd another i (laughter. G advs. thirteen venrx nlil went to Woodbury yesterday afternoon to visit friends. They left Arllne nt home, because she wished td study her lessons for todny. She wns a junior at the West Philadelphia Hlch School, and wns well up in her classes, as well as u leuder in uthietics. A little ufter I) o'clock the family returned. A light burned in Ailine's room, nnd a second light lu the hull downstairs. The father opened the door and called Arllne. Theie was no answer and he was a little troubled, but con cluded she hud gone to sleep with the light burning. A moment later he a'most stumbled L ON Pi. UREASE: Public Service Commission, Meeting Today, Postpones Action at Wegloin's Request COURT ACTION THURSDAY Immediate action today by the Public Sen Ice Commission .on the P. It. T.'s straight live-cent fare nlan went n ;iimmering when it was announced ouncilmeii would be heard by the com mission before a decision is renclicrt The ileluv results from Councilman Hall's icsoliitiou adopted Suturaii at the special session which requested "that opportunities he given members of Council to appear before the com mission before u final decision is reached." Uefore leaving for Harrisbuig. where the commission met in executive ses sion. Commission! Clemeit and Uenn said the erpiessed desire of Council would be respected. Weglcin Sends letter The commission today received this letter from Ulchaul Weglcin, picldcnt of Council: "I am sending you a copy or the resolution passed during u special meet ing of city Council Octlher !. You will note thut a dehlie is expres-ed to per mit members of Council to uppeiir betore the Public Service Commission hefoie a .in.iitiinii U ronclipil iii the mutter of trolley fares for the city of Philadel- chamber. , . Mr. Weglcin is awaiting a reply m this letter. It Is expetteel that a day ill the hitter part of this weei; win oe appointed for the hearing. Mr. Wcglelu , Tles Another Knot H. HEAR COUNCIL phill. t WOUIll Sllggesl uuu ur in iii-ie iinmcii 10 muice it rour victories uud I purplse u meeting should be called, held Itobble s bunch wn- "" , - in Philadelphia, uud In behalf of Conn- evening the count. At the beginning of ell I tender the commission the use of this utti'moon's conto-i , Room -102." This is the CounciJ won three games und I'.iookhn two .mil suld he expected thut ns nuiuj coinieu- i. ki.u e. .v s in u-ecze wus eomlici ' Passennors Rush for Exits men us could would intend the meeting. I'n early th s morning, but toward noon ,., r"00C"U0, "un ,or UA,l ud hut lie himself would explain Ms I Mm wind died down and when the game! MU f,0,m. ft tP,,fl,,'uV,lri'. ""I t,ic "t c v-four tickets for a dlllar" plan. wus cu' ed there was not a stir in the .of n southbounel Twe'tth stieet car twenty ioui iiciviiBj ., illnlu. ti. .,. ... ..,.,..,' I,... allre dining the rush hour this morn- . ,, .. . i ,. - .-.' i.i. in wi viinui im- The development toduy ties another Sherrod Smith one of the leading ex knot in the tangle which begun lust oncnts of southpaw sh-otiirr iu Hie Juno when the Rnplil Trumit Co. ' Nutlonul Lengue, wns Rronklvn's bet s ouitlit to ubolish free transfers ami Inter ,te cheek ther ushlng offense of Cleveland. Wheel to "hi. five-cent fare plan I " have Smith reudy." said Manager withou't'trunsfers or exchnnges. J oblnson of he oMvns. eurlv to- cfter lio'illlig four pun ie iiieniuho an;,?- aisclo,, lit vhieh there was 1 After ho'dlug four, n c m ? uj- inuell ornieirj . -'"- "',', ""," ,.,. , i rimuiniioii. uij ..... .. .-,;: SiWurday that the rommlsslon should take "speed" nction on ti.e question. In a resolution which wns adopted to this effect, Council also requestei that Its memlKiH "be given opportunity to appear before the commission before a flnal decision has been rcnehet . During a pub'ic heating held lu this city last week Public Service Commis sioner Clement snld thete was no doubt that tho company needed help, and it is be.levcd tlint soveinl other members of tho commission look favorably on tho P. R. T.'s request. Superior Court to Act Another phase of the transit situa tion will be reviewed on Thursday when tho Superior Court will pass on the nuestloii, "Has tho Public Service Com mission any Jurisdiction regarding in- . .,.. ii... i.i.i.i'.t iipeiiieii Ccmtlnuril on, I'se Tp, Column Three Wbo -UUsk you think of wrltni. . ncross her body in the living room, half inclined on n divan. She wq.s dead, tlthough the body still was warm. A physlcinn was biought lu nnd said the girl had been lifeless or more than an hour. On the floor, not far from tho body, lay the fnther's long-barreled target nistol. which he customarily kept In tlio desk in tho llviug room. He carried it sometimes nt night when he went to get his automobile, which was iu a garngeTBome distance nway. "Tho revolver had a very hard ac tion." the father said today. "I had to use my second linger to pull the trigger. I am sure my daughter would not have been nblo to discharge it, even had she wished. I kept it in the living room desk so that I could get it readily when I went for my car at night. I had to pass through n coal, yard to get to the garage, ami the neighborhood is lonely and dangerous." The futher hns two theories one that the girl might have fallen with the re volver fn her hand and accidentally ills charged it j the other that she wus shot by some one who rang the bell and then forced hi.i way Into the house when she went to open tho door. Was In Night Clothing "I believe she may hae heard a nole downstairs, nfter she had gone to bed for she was in her night clothing when wo found her uud went down to sec what it wns. She was a -courageous sir' nl'd would not hesitate to face a burglar. She mny have hurried to get the levolver. then turned toward the door and tripped on n carpet i tinner in. ing the weapon. "The other theory is that perhaps some one rang the bell and put his foot in the door when she came. She might have gone for the guu as a means of protection nnd he followed her, taking It from her and shooting her." The girl was (if a buoyant disposi tion and in vigorous health. The father said lie was sure that she was nnythlng but despondent, nnd knew Unit If she hud planned to end her life she wouid at ltast have left a note for !er parents. AS GAME BEGINS Mails and Sherrod Smith An nounced as Pitching Selec tions at Cleveland I n - n -. - n - P E R F E C T WEATHER IS FANS STORM GATES Probable Line-Up of Sixth Series Game mtOOKLYN CLEVELAND Olson, ss. Exnns, If. Slireliun, :tb. Wambsganss, 2b. Nels, rf. Speaker, rf. Wheat, If. Hums, lb. .Myers, cf. Gardner, lib. Konctehy, lb. Wood. rf. KlldinT, 2b. Newell, ss. Elliott, c. O'Neill, c. Smith, p." .Malls, p. Uy ROIiEKT W. MVXWELL Cleveland, 4) Oct. II. When to day's game, the sixth of the 1020 series begun, thousands of funs were still storming the gates. Of these miiny hud pasteboards for admission, but the vast Tils Speaker's band of utl . Mt ""vantage wus w itli tl home e'ub "ceuiise nicy situ hnd a couple of fruvs selieduleel for the home lot, with the "' i""s ueiiincl them, Ihe weather today u ilti'hers or the outlleMeru - - ; -, ; ,.. .. ... . - - ,. - , mui i, 1 cwjmtor f wo win toehiy. we w ,ii nt Tndiv l nnn,, ,ln,. w ..... on t here do uot know it. Thev still e wandering around in a .laze, I bb'lng incoherently about homo runs nie bubb'l with tho bases full and triple plays of inu soio vniiety. Ring, Lardner, the -eminent critic, who Is enjovlng his first world series, is not pleased with the selections. "A'l lcfthn'ndei's Is eeol; his." tp re marked this mornlug, "and thej ulwavs rnh everything. A righthander never would try to sculp n ticket to 11 de-tee. tive. A lighthonil-i- -ciild know tMt i eletectlve-hns no jnck, onlv n job. Those birds is likely to be pitching the bull out in right field before the gamo Is over." . ,A? WOi.n,ro dashing this off on our helpless "Cqwina," tlio bleacher seats aro all Jammed up. They were in that -audition since early this morning. The allnlght crovd wns on tho job, and to prove how '.eccssnry It is to be' here Contlnui on I'iixa Two. Column I'our '" f Mi t miil.irl,.. ..,-., ii .... , . i corresnondence oetween ries'.ueni v 11- thn of en e ! ir th "Tuc los, 'Z " arid William Howard Taft in 1010. ' the HrooWJ ittliw Ceve',, I '"''" drafting of the League of Na- ndinns were llghti'lig for he 'wor I T.r,.,l W, hA' lllirxl'llll I I frtlll i - n f ni, tij.iit. uj xwiw't'i v. iletes were I I'M in wns iwirr-I " i' '. t IAFI SAYS WILSON KILLED HIS LEAGUE WITH ARTICLE TEN Cok Swallows Objectionable Plan and Would Doom Agree ment, Says Ex-President SAYS HARDING WOULD LEAD AMERICA INTO ALLIANCE Former Executive Personally Favored Ratification Allowed Publication of Correspondence Ky tho Associated Press Seattle, Wash., Oct. 11. Former President Tuft today was nhown the statement made by Governor Cox at Snrimrfipid. HI.. In-t night thlt P-pI-dent Wilson in 1010 had followed Taft's cabled suggestions on the League of Na tions. In connection with the state ment last night Governor Cox made public the correspondent c between Wil son nnd Tuft, and this was called to Tnft's nttentioD. On reading the Cox statement foimer President Tnft snld he recently hncl given permission for the publication of correspondence between President Wil son and himse'f during the drnftln; of the I.cnguc-of-Notlons covenant. Ho also declared he had repeated y referred to the fact that the Piesident had con- 'si'ted with him when the league .con stitution was being drawn and that there wns no element of secrecy about the substance of the communications cx rliniiL'pd. "When the subject of publishing the correspondence between the I'rcsmcut and myself was broached to me by nn emissary nt the White nouse, i prompt ly snld to go nhend," Mr. Tnft said. "I hnd frequently referred to the cor respondence mvself nnd would possibly have published it if it hat been my business to do so. Hods President Responsible. , Declaring. lit', had favored acceptance ofn lentjue wHtiout rcservnupns ami ex pressing disappointment that the United Stnte's has not become a nnrty to It, Taft hotel the "President responsible for the defeat of the plop, "The President wrecked his own Tcnfftio." he said. "He wrecked It with Vrtielo X. of which he is the author. Personally I would, stand for Article X bicausc I am exceedingly anxious for ,n league to he estab ished. At the santtu.t. time the" Lcaguo to Enforce Pence, of which-,1 was ihairman, had no Article I X in Its tironnsitlon. "It had been clearly demonstrated that tho representatives of the people of this country will not stand for Article X. Tlio -stubbornness of the President In refuslnir to accent Indorsement by the Senate of the league covenant without Article X defeated the treaty. "Now Mr. Cox bus swallowed Article X and declares ns chief cxecuthe ho will iiot approve the league without it. That means that with Mr. Cox we shall ;et no league, for even if the Demo crats elected every senatorial candidate which they have in the field they would not have enough to cniry the league without reservations. "Harding, on the other hand, bus al ' ready voted twice for the league with icservations and proniise thut as Piesl i dent he will indorse the covenant with out Article X, or a siml'ur intci national agreements limiting armaments, provid I ing a court of u bill ation uud n confer .encet for discussion of nonjudicial cliur- acter. Thut is exactly what we waut, and that Is what Harding us President will give us. WILSON ACCEPTED TAFT PLAN, SAYS COX Sprint! field, 11. Cable .Mr. Tatt. the loiiesnoudcuce dc tailed, sought and had cnble communi cation with President Wilson, submit ting tiumcious suggestions for changes In the tentative league diaft and ud- (iinllmird on I'ace Tnrlce, Column I'our ROOF OF TROLLEY ON FIRE Traffic on 12th Street Delayed as ing mid resulted lu a stampede for the cur exit and the tying up of Twelfth stieet trni tic for a dozen squnies. The car's pole came off the wire ns it went under the Philadelphia and Head ing llullrouel bridge at Twelfth and Nob'e streets. Sparks lauded on the roof of the car and set It on tire. Mm and women passengers jumped f i om their scats and rushed fur tho 'exits. ., I'atroliiiuii Parker, of the Tenth nnd Ituttotiwooa streets station, attempted l?.,'1!. ?.lZc?J" J.T1" "'" V.? older, but was pushed aside by the passengers iu their rush to the street. An alarm was sent iu, ami the en lues hnd conshlc-nblc trouble in extinguish ing the blazo. The tire held up trolley traffic for more than twelve squares, hundreds wnlkiug to worK niter waiting more than twenty-five minutes for the cars to proceed. Held on Whisky Charon Abraham Presser arrested last week by prohibition agents nt his hardwnro store at 3520 Market street, charged with selling Intoxicating liquor, wns held under $10000 ball today by United States Commissioner Mutiley. He waived n hearing. Sew crop rrlf. Th of Ealmor Cran. . mojl economical cailttt to cr- cf fruits. . and jiro. Aflvl, III.. Oct OLYMPIC ATHLETES GET HERE WEDNESDAY . A wlrcles wus received todny nt the Philadelphia Navy Yard from the cruiser Fredcilelc stating she would arrive in Philadelphia Wednesday. The cruiser curries the naval members of the American team ut the Olympic gnmes nt Antwerp. She left Sheerucss, England, September 30, nnd was diverted to this port from New York. ' """"VijrE COURT PT7T7IT5FS TO RECONSIDER RULING SUSTAINING PROHIBITION WASHINGTON-, Oct. 11. The Supreme Court refused tocla; to reconsider its decibion of last Juno 7, sustaining validity of the prohibition amendment nnd portions of the enforcement act. GOVERNOR CALLS CONFERENCE ON REFORESTATION KAHltlSDOHG, Oct. 11. Officials of the leading state insti ll Iinvo bctn called by Governor Sproul for a conference vn.. Commissioner of Forestry Gifford Plnchot in the state capitol i -- ;, 'i.ci.ilr to tliscubs establishing state nnd forest ti ' r ', ru the lands of the institutions. The demand f?i tu -. ioi' pl.intinjj by municipalities, institutions and the public res c- --cccdecl estimates and in addition numerous companies, luive oifri' . . i ' ' i.. He Uj lefciostiUlcn entcrpilsea of the st.Tto, vvi.i iui n'c.i i'or.i tus. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS RGHT OF SEARCH WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Feaeval court decrees holding ih.- tho- trading -with tho enomy act authorizes search and seizme will stand as a result of tho refusal of the supreme court today to review the conviction of Thomas Welsh on charges' of bringing into the United States a letter hrom Ireland during the violation of the statute. THREATS TO BURN MORE COTTON GINS COLUMBIA, S. C, Oct. 11. Threats of cotton gin buiniur tame today from another section 62 South Cqrollna. Governor Cooper, received advices from Bishopville, in Zee county, that a warning had been placed on the door of n gin house nenr that town, Thq govoniorJbeHeves tho warnings are the woilc of jiic sponsible persons. Tho farmers of Anderson county at a meeting Saturday went oil record as being entirely out of sympaTHy with ft&.work ot "'night riders." CONFERENCE CALLED FOR FINANCIAL AID TO CHINA NEW YORK, Oct. 11. The first cci ference for the puipo" of perfecting organization of the iutcrmt.onnl consortium for ' financial and economic assistance of China was called hcio tochr It was expected to give formal approval of the tentative ylun u. organization adopted at a conference in Paris in Mny, 1010. A; -plications will bo considered from banking groups of othei na tionalities seeking membership in' the consortium. The Biitbli delegates are Sir Charles Addis, S. F. Maycis, R. C. Witt nnd W. E'. Lcveson; France is represented by Reno d la Chaume, Henii iaznt and Georges Plcot, and Japan by M. K. TaUouthi and,- K. Ichinonuya. Thomas W. Lamont heads the managing committee of the forty-seven ban!t3 and banking houses lcprescuting the American group. REVISED CENSUS FIGURES ANNOUNCED WAbiiittu'lON, Oct. 11. Following rvlbeti cc.,l f:gu;. are announced Houston, Tcz., 138,270, previously auacuncc' 133,276; Monibtown, N. J., 12,548, previously nnoune."i 12,00" GIRL TAKES POISON ! E Daughter of U. S. Census Bu reau Chief Dies in Hospital Few Hours Later Miss lMher Rogers, twentv-five vears old, diughtcr of Samuel I), Rogers, dlrci-tur of the 1'niteil States Census Kurcuu at Washington, com mitted 'niieide by poison at a boarding house, 1710 CJrccn street, ut 10:.'Kl o'clock lni,t night. The girl's father did not learn of her death until today. He could give no reuson for her aetlnn. He took the first tiuln f-oiu Washington for this city. According to other hoarders nt the (ireen street house, Miss Rogers came home nt 10 o'clock last night and went ellicctly to her room. An hour later a woman in nn adjoining room hcnril Miss Rogers moaning. The door was forced open and a physician summoned. She was given first nlel and removed tei the Garretson Hospital, where she U1V.14 Ilk ltlUfM According to other occupants of the boa-ding place, Miss Ro ers como there three weeks ago. They say she showed evidence of refinement, and that hue life there was epilet and well ordered. In Washington her father said she had written homo last week. He said she had been ill some timo ngo, hut hnd recuperated in Atlnntie City before coming to Phi adclphla three weeks ago. Mr, Rogers said the girl's sister had been 11' nt Washington for some time and that she might have worried on that accouut, , . BOARDING HOUS FIGHTS OFF THUG SWAYING TAXI Chauffeur Attacked by Armed Negro Who Leaps on Mov ing Machine A taxioab d-iver and an armed neero bandit who sprang on the running board of the moving machine fought n dcperntc battle while the autoniob'le zig-zngged f i om slelo to side of the street. The driver knocked a revolver from the hnnds of the bandit nnd then was fore-e.l against the rear or the seat with a razor at his throat, only to win the tight by kicking the ilesnernelo iu the stomach and knocking him off the car. The light and attempted hold-up hap pened lnte Satiirdry night on Locust street west of Fortieth. Jack Alner, 1J10 Wallace street, was the chauffeur attacked. "He nut n revolver to mv Imml n.nl ordered me to hnnd over my ensh," ho snld. "I had considerable nionev. so 1 1 decided to fight, I dodged and knocked i.iu .mover iioiu ins iianu witn one fist, hcvpltig the other urm and hand ,.n ......!. t . l.t 1 1 ... in-e ur (Hiving. 'Quicker than I can tell nlmot it i,n pulled a razor. Ho forced mo back against the sent. I hnd to let go the wheel. Then he tried to s It my throat vvith the razor. I managed to raise ray feet and kick him off. "My machine bumped Intp tho side- wuib men tutu caieencei oir a wall. I had to devote all my attention to It. 1 managed to right it. and drove nmunri i.i!2?S,,Hi-,Lt,me,.Sut cou,,1fllltl neither ajliceman nor the nero." WILSON GIVES OU T OFFICIAL TEXT IN REPLYTOSPENCER U. S. Peace Delegation Stenog rapher Willing to Swear Transcript Is Accurate HINTS FRENCH TRANSLAT10H CAUSED MISUNDERSTANDING Fred A. Carlson's Letter Speak for Itself, Secretary Tumulty Comments Conflicting Versions of President's Speech Following nro the two versions of President's Wilson speech nt Paris', which has been made the basis of Senator Spencer's charge that the President promised Rumania and other Unlkan nations direct mili tary aid: ' Vrench Vcrlon l "niTloliil" vr- J3 lon Q Iron aan joicnirfs q p w i o n t) "Y o must rot forget ttit It Is force that is tho flnal minrnnty of'ho peace of the' world. If the world 's again troubled the United States will send to this side of tho ocenn their army and their licet." Out by Preil- eVmt "Thrs uniW lles alt of these 1 transactions tho expectation on the part, for ex ample, of Itu- manta andi, of. v-'ecno - Slova kia, and of Ser. bla that If any' J covennnift or, this settlement arc not observed i the United .States will send' hi" arm'es aitd navies to nee that they ara- i,v uiu uiauc-aivu iri-59 ,, f. .. If A- I.1..1 ill Washington, Oct. 11,. Tho WhhW ." uouse made puuiio today what vn 3e- serlbed as an,j,J'offieiab. Version" -of.. President Wilson's address at the, eighth' plenary session of the Paris PeflrciCon ference. The exact wording of thin ad dress, clirccted to" the rep'eseutttvsof i Rumania, Serbia and Czecno Slovakia, hns been the subject of a controversy, between the President and Senator v Spencer, of Missouri. The senator, who is a Republican. has declared in n political speech that ' the Presidtiet hnd promised Rumania and Serbia that "if any nntion ever. invaded their territory he would send the American army across the seas to. defend their boundary lines " Mr. Wilson, in n telegram to tho senator on October 5. Bal 1 this state ment was "false." Iu reply. Senator Spencer called for the ofDelni record, sn Ini the statement to which he re ferred wns hi the "stenographic notes" of the eighth plenary session. In which the President wns "reported to have snid" : "You inut not forget that It Is force thnt is the finnl guaranty of the peace of the vvor'd. If the world Is again trou. bleel, the T'n'ted States will send to thil side of the ocean Its nrniy and itri fleet." Official Version of Speech The President's words, ns given in the, official version, fol'ow : How can n power like the United States, for exnmplc and I can speak for no other ufter signing thia tieaty, if it contains elements wnich thev do not believe will be permanent, go 3000 miles away ncioss ihe sea and report to its people that il has muds a settlement of the pence of thfe wor'd? It cannot do so. And jet there underlies nil of Uifm transactions the expectation o.i tho part, for example, of Ittiiiinu'u and of' Czciie-Slovakia nnd of Seihia, that' If any covenants of (his settlement aro not observed, the Cnlted States will send her armies and her navies to oca, that they lie observed. The ofhcinl version of the full text of the President's ndehes.s was furnished to the White House luot week by 1'ied A. Car mui. of Chicago, who wns mi infidel stenographer with the American ptace,, delegation and vbo wrote Hint, n would ' "be glnd to sweur to the necurucy" of the transcript. . Mr. Carlson's letter was dated Octo ber tl. and was addressed to CliurlfS L. Sworn htciuigrapher to the PresU dent. lie explained he had lend Senator Spencer's reply to the President ,n the Chicago newspapers; thut be had Just 'gone over his notes nnd that ho could lind "no such statement" cs that nt ti United to Mr. Wilson by the senator. He added thnt it was baiely possibles that the quotation "was fi'uin a trans lation into Knglish of M. Muutoux'a translation into French of the Presi dent's remarks and, as you knovr tho translations sometimes mixed tilings up a lilt." "I wish l were in n position to make public what the President said." wrote Mr. Curison, "for I feel that the Presi dent Is sadlv misqudtesl, but, of couree, ns the mre.ing wus (i secret one, I can sny nothing " I Mr. Cat lion's letter was made publlo Contlni.nl on I 'a no Twelve, Column Ona WHEELER MUST GO TO JAIL, Superior Court Turna Down Appeal of Formsr Judge The Superior Court today nfilrmcd the sentence of former Judite William T. Wheeler, of tho .Municipal Court. who was convicted of embezzlement sevi crl months ago, uud sentenced to four , years In tho county prison and a fln6 of $'-000. Wheeler, who wag found guilty of en4 bctzllng from the estate of Harriot Ila Joyce to the. amount of $20,000. 1J now have to present himself for tun- tenco, unless he enrrjeo his case to th u,,r.,,, rvmri-. u.. ,.. ........ .. ..? torney and ojentipr thS plniutitt at tho i! time Jbt he wtewttejutuk. 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