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Free Transfer and 3-
Cent Exchanges Will
Start November 1
MITTEN LOSES'FIGHT-
FOR 5-GENT TARIFF
Engineers to Start Rerouting
Here at Once, Clement
Says at Harrisburg
VICTORY FOR STOTESBURY
Financier's Scheme to Raise
More Funds for P. R. T. Ac
cepted by Commissioners
A seven-cent trolley faro In this city,
ffectlve November 1, with the sale of
four tickets for twenty-five cents and
he retention of transfers nnd three-cent
xchanges was ordered today by the
Public Service Commission at Harris-
putt.
The order was made unammoutdy by
he full conimisfiion after that action
Hhil been predicted n short time before
it Commissioner Clement. The official
irder was promulgated by John Hop-
rood, secretary of the commission.
Shortly before the situation was com
plicated by V D. B, Ainey, chair-
nan of the commission, who professed
istonlshnlent over the report of the pro
Kiscd seven -cent fare.
The chairman said ho had seen no
official report on the subject nnd that
h'e commission had not acted in the
natter. Any action, he stated, will be
nnounced in an official' order.
,Mr. Aincy's statement gave rise to a
tltof that members of the commission
Is divided on the subject. A few min-
tes later, Mr. Clement stepped from
a executive session and repeated his
wertlon that the even-cent fare would
ft approved.
In addition to-ia evenjfient faro a
'otecat by CommlloncV'OIemcnt the lat
er declared the sale ot four ticKcta for
wenty-fivo cents would be authorized
md that existing freo transfers nnd
hree-cent exchange tlclct would bo re
lined. Rerouting is Flanucd
Mr. Clement stated that engineers
if the Public Service Commission will
he tent soon to this city to rcrouto some
men to that better trolley service will
csult.
The commission also will make re
ommendations for new equipment, ho
ilfclared.
Commissioner Clement nnnounced
hat the 1'. It. T. Co., in return for the
emporary relief ho says ho win be
:ranted. effective November 1. will bo
equircd to furnish monthly statements,
howInK the company's receipts nnd ex-
ennitiircs, together with trnmc uata.
it too forecast of commissioner
ement Is Imrnn nut hp rommlsiinn
Irtually will ignore the plea of Thomas
.. .uitten, president of the 1. u. T.
o. for a strnleht five-cent fare witli
io exchanges or free transfers. '
Stotcsbury Scores Victory
Tlie Rcvcn-cent fare plan was favored
T E. T. Hfnfnhnrv fnrmpp rhnlrmtin
pf tllfi rnmnntir'n linnrd nt fllrlWnrn
Ivho resigned when Mr. Mitten refused
jo accede to his views.
lao transit company president re-
atedh hns nrnfoQROfl l,tn rllnnpp en n
ajla five-cent fare nnd declared n large
oliinn' of sliort-rlde business had been
Milt On tlint fifiirn
, Mr. Mitten has predicted that a basic
e mgncr man llvo cents would choke
mucn of that prontnble business.
Jill mora Imi'rt hnnn incntif flint- fw.
fitter, miffht Rton out frnm tlm P. r!
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; presiacncy U lls straight flvc-cent
"rTa waa ignored.
In tilts OVfnt. If war fiirtlinr rum.
3fei- Wntllrl Iniwl n n n.nlt'tuf nf 1ia
000 trftllpvmpn liarn
i mho predicted action of the Public
RTVlCe ( Omm KR nn rnmnu no n nllmnr
F four months of agitation." Numcr-
c" imuiic Hearings were held here.
m. i .' . meenB, for councilmen only,
ifai hl1l In 1V. ....M 1 I. nil..
PJ 1, and resulted in the offer of sev-
pal plans. Innlmltni- civ nnil onvnn.
Et fares nnd the sale of six tickets
r iwenty-nvo cents.
Court He.irlnir nnsumpil
J?illc, lmiT interest centered in the
vuuiiiNsinn'u qaiid i. tt....!.iu... .
wer inortant transit (development
f'Wng In this city.
'',"; i'lngee, former public servico
h v i. ? nn'1 associate counsel for
!nK(l 's arguments against the con
ne Pn fhc underlying companies of
naled ? .i r,JB """Panics have ap-
ititrii Z. ouiicrior uourr. irom an
hlch , i he.P,ubilc Scrvico Commission,
M, ni?,s Pal(1 by the P. K. T. Co.
ItflVlnJ l0 ,ny nrsucd thnt the "
heir r ; R)'8Acm ,10re- " challenged
sLffiL" the Public Service
tntai V..ii Lns..no .""iRdlctlon over
Un . t." P.1 offlclala nnd others
it. ffion?0 crux of th0 cntlrc
i. Evnn. " to.be fo"wcd by Bcrno
Wd b ,1 UIM I0r '"10 commission
tr r. renrcsentnMrr.o n . -u i.ii.
F"K,renUls?raplah,t nBaU th
Oillv Pn.. J .-. v-j.
Nlal S. hJI7Iodre heard of the
fcSffii5 titf? was
ln ..3 ".'.'. '" r..l."f "x rnleB-
iei l. i vu t1" nuwioniy as pro
ow by law. It was manifest to
1 ,n"Hd on rare R ..(. f-i.. t..
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' Entered at Becona-CIj Matter at the roeloftlee, ,t- Fhll.delphL. Ta.
Under the Act ot March 8. lip
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MARION D. WETZEL.
She has been reported as missing
from her home, 212 West Glenwood
avenue, since last Thursday
WOMAN, 85, FELLED
WITH BOTTLE WHEN
MEN'HOLDUPSHOP
Daughter Hold3 Assailant While
Shouts Bring Patrolman.
Three Arrested
Three negroes 'were captured nfter
they had knocked nn aged woman un
conscious nn'd tried to rob the cigar
store of Samuel Piatt nt 1840 Lombard
street at 10 o'clock last night.
Mrs. Rebecca Rotmcskey, eighty
five years old, Piatt's mothcr-ln-lnw,
wns felled by a pop bottle when, with
her daughter, she went to Piatt's res
cue. The three men are Dan Galloway,
Nineteenth nnd Lombard streets; Pen
jamin Dcnby, Folsom street tienr Sev
enteenth, nnd Thomas Ames, Rodman
street nenr Twelfth.
They entered the cigar store at 10
o'clock ami demanded I'latt s money,
lie shouted for help, and his wife,
Clara, apd her mother came to his
rescue from a rear room.
After the mother had been knocked
down by a blow from the pop bottle,
the daughter grasped Ames and held
him. Pat'rolmnn Anderson, of the
Twelfth nnd Pine streets station, heard
her shouts for help and arrived in time
to arrest all three men, who were held
without bail today by Magistrate
O'Brien.
Mrs. Rotmcskey was taken to the
Polyclinic Hospital, where It is be
lieved her skull is fractured.
FIVE HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Two Cars and Motorcycle Collide
on Roosevelt Boulevard
Tlve men Were taken to the Frank
ford Hospital following a collision be
tween two- automobiles and n motor
cycle on the Roosevelt boulevard at
Frankforu creek at 1 o clock this. morn
ing. An automobile owned and driven by
John .T. Bennlcmen. fifty years, old, of
030 soutii Jborty-unii street, crasticit
head-on Into annutomobiIe oyvned by
Albert Hcndel, ot 3321 A street.
Ernest Craven, whose address Is not
known, was driving the Hcndel ma
chine, Hcndel and Samuel Culver, of
n.19rt Vnrli TTnnn afroAt r.ra In ,
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rear seat.
As both machines collided nnd over
turned, a motorcycle, driven by Charles
A. itausch, of l'.44 Diamond street,
crashed into the wreckage
All five of the men were taken to
the hospital in a serious condition.
Hendcl is Injured internally and Cal
vor is believed to have a fractured
spine.
CRUSHED UNDER ICE WAGON
Vehicle Is Struck by Trolley at Fif
teenth and Filbert Streets
James Roftus. of 1041 Snrlncr Gar
den street, wns crushed under his over
turned ice wagon when it was struck
br a southbound trolley car on Fif
teenth street nt Filbert, at 1 :30 o'clock
tills morning.
He wns taken to the Hahnemann
Hospital. He is hurt internally and his
right nnltlc is broken.
N. J. MAN HURT IN CRASH
Two Autos Collide Early Today at
Ninth and Market Streets
Two automobiles collided nt Ninth
nnd Market streets at 2 :45 o'clock this
morning.
M. P. Wnldron. of Stony Hill. N. J.
driver of one of the machines, received
cuts and bruises of the body, nnd was
tnuen to jcucrson Hospital.
The occupants of the other machine,
who csenped injury, wcro Fred Martin
nnd Morris Tutner, of Green's Hotel;
William Hallahan, of fiOl.T Pino street,
and Abncr loung, of h.'U walnut street
GIRL KILLED BY TROLLEY
Head Cut Off In Accident at Sixth
and Noble Streets
Fannie Goldstein, four years old, R23
Buttonwood street, was killed under the
wheels of a trolley car last night. Her
head was cut off and her body mangled
beyond recognition.
Tho girl ran ncross Sixth and Noble
streets in front of tho car, according to
the police. Sho wns knocked down and
then rolled under tho car. It wns nec
essary to jack nn the car beforo the
child's body could be extricated.
She was pronounced dead nt the
Hahnemann Hospital n,iul taken to the
morgue, where sho was identified by
her father, Max Goldstein, several hours
later.
PARK SUICIDE UNIDENTIFIED
Body of Man About Fifty-five Years
Old Found Near Entrance
A man found dead at tfio Fortieth
streot and Pnrksidu avenuo cntrnnco to
Fairmount Park yesterday with" a
wound in tho mouth from a ,revolcr
which was xouna niongsiao me Douy nns
not been Identified. He was abdut fifty
five years old.
Discovery of tho body was made by.
Park Guord George Hargreavcs. The
wound bad been Inflicted with n'.32.cal
lber revolver. The man was about fifty
live years old, Ova feet flvo Inches tall,
weighed 145 pounds, had a sallow com
plexion nnd brown hair, He wore a
black derby hat, bluo Rcrgo coat, brown
trousers, white shirt and brown shoes.
The body was taken to the Morgue,
SAW DEAD STUDENT
AND WOMAN IN CAR,
PHYSICIAN THINKS
Dr. Bartino, of Gormantown,
Says Driver of Auto Was
Greatly Excited
HUGE BUNDLE IN TONNEAU
' MAY HAVE BEEN DREWES
Man at Wheel Could Hardly
Speak Plainly Asking Way
i to Greene Street
A Germantown phypiclan early Sun
day night snw nn automobile contain
ing what he believes may have been the
body of Elmer 0. Drcwcs, of 5235 Pine
street, the Hnvcrford College senior who
wns found shot to death nt dawn Sun
day morning near Oak lane.
Tho physician Is Dr. 0. O. W. Bar
tine, of Hnnsberry street and Pulaski
avenue. He related his experience to
the police today.
It was post midnight Saturday when
Dr. Bartino walked down Hnnsberry
Btrcct nnd went up the porch steps of
his- house. He was putting his latch
key in the lock when he heard an auto
mobile coming down the street.
Tho machine, a large and powerful
car of the super-six type, swung up to
the curb nnd stopped. The man at the
wheel whistled to attract the doctor's
attention, then addressed a question to
him.
Mnn Greatly Excited
Dr. Bartino could not understand his
questioner, nnd went down to the curb.
The driver of the car repented the ques
tion. The man was laboring under great
excitement, Dr. Bnrtlnc told the police,
and his words were scarcely intelligible.
The physician finally made out that he
asked whether ho was headed iu the
right direction for Greene street. The
car wns pointed cast, so Dr. Bnrtlnc
told the driver he would have to turn
around. This lie di (land sped nwny.
In the tonncnu of the car, Dr. Bnrtlnc
says he saw n womnn sitting. Betide
her wns what lie described as n "huge
bundle." which mieht hnvc been the
body of n mnn covered with nn overcoat.-
Dr. Bartlnc did not think to take
down the car's license number. He got
a good look at the driver, however, and
described him ns n man with n peaked
face, about forty years old, and wearing
a gray cap.
Dr. Bartlne's experience Is consid
ered mo c significant because of the
fact reported yesterday of a fight on
Ilnnsberre street Saturday nicht nt
about the sanie time, in which a touring
car. a running man who cried Mur
der!" a shot and a trail of blood all
figured. ,;pr. .Bartino did not hear the
siioi reporicu yesieruay Dy otner resi
dents. -Ky -
A penciled note on n single sheet ot
paper ..found among .his effects last
.night by William Belshnw, head of the
detective bureau murder squad, is said
to be the. best clue the police have.
Ilelsho'w refused toalisclopc tho con
tents of the note, because, he said, It is
very Important in the case, and public
knowledge of its contents might lessen
its worth.
Mnjor Samuel O. Wynne, chief of
the county detectives, worked on the
case virtually all night. He said he
might bo able to inako nn important an
nouncement of what led to the death
today.
Both ho and Belshaw lean to the
belief that the death was n deliberate
murder. Tho fact that the wound was
a clean one in n vital place and that the
body was disposed of in a lonely section
bears out the theory
Accident, Parents Believe
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Drcwcs,
parents of the twcnty-thrce-ycar-old
Elmer, bclicvo the death was acci
dental, nnd tho body was disposed of
by friends who were afraid to face the
authorities.
Drewes' body, with a revolver wound
abavo tho right eye, was found prop
ped against a lamppost in a lonelv lot
on North Mnsehor road, near City Line,
by Charles Chase, a lamplighter.
Drewes had left his home on Satur
day afternoon, telling his pnrcntR he wns
going to Rending on a 0 o'clock train to
buy nn nutomobilo nnd then would motor
back to college nt Hanover. N. II.
When lie left college on Friday he
told his roommate nnd chum, Howard
L. Heath, of Trenton, thnt he was
going to purchnsn an riutomobile to run
ns n jitney nnd ns nn accessory to the
eating house ho conducted nt Hanover
to lioln nay his way through college.
Mr. and MrH. Drewes point to the
fact that their son when found denu nau
nhout $1100 iu money, chocks. Liberty
bonds nnd jewciry as evidence time ho
wns not murdered but was killed acci
dentally. No "Ladles' Man"
They say thcro Is no possibility of ft
woman being linked un in the case, one
of the theories on which detectives have
been working, because young Drewes
was decidedly not n "ladies' mnn."
Young Heath, tho roommate, is in
Philadelphia with his mother, nnd de
tectives will question him further to
day to determine tho habits of tho slnlu
student nnd his mode of living, hoping
in this manner to link gome one up with
the crime. ,
Hearth's story told to tho detectives
yesterday corresponds to that the
parents told of their sou's nctlvities.
Young Drewes, he said, was a model
student, whoso whole time nt collego
was token up by studying and working
ns n stenographer and in his eating
hoiiRo to pay his way.
Miss K. Hanson, of Hanover, an
aunt of the dead man, who helped him
conduct his eating house, enmo to
Philadelphia with Heath, and sho, too,
Hald her nephew was a young man of
exemplary habits, who had neither tho
time nor the Inclination to bother with
women. , , ,
Detectives now are looking for
Charles Schloss, of Now York, a for
mer chum of tho dead man, who wns
visited by Drewes in Atlantic City last
Saturday morning nnd who paid
Drewes a $100 debt at that time.
Schloss, who recently inherited 8100,
000, has been stopping at tho Hotel Ala
mac, Atlantic City, with two compan
ions, H. Hammond nnd W. Monroo. Ho
left Atlantic City yesterday with his
companions In his big orange colored
touring car, saying lie was going homo.
At his apartment at 540 West 112th
street, New York, his roommate, Lewis
Este, sold today Schloss had not reached
home yet. A detective from hero Is
Continued on race Seventeen, Column Four
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ELMER C. DREWES
A recent photograph of the Dart
mouth College student who was
found munlcrcd nt Mascher street
and City Lino. Drcwes's homo was
523,1 Pine- street, this city
TAXICAB DRIVER
ROBBEDBY FARES
Three Women and Two Men
Beat Chauffeur and Escape
With Automobile
HOTEL GUEST IS SOUGHT
Harry Ward, a tnxt driver, wns
beaten, robbed of nn nutomobilo owned
by the American Tnxicnb Co. and left
unconscious In n ditch on the road be
tween Frnzler and West Chester nt 1
o'clock this morning.
Two men nnd three women, who
posed ns fares, sped awny In the stolen
machine nnd nro believed to be head
ing for Akron, O.
, Ward regained consciousness nnd wns
nblo to crawl to n fnrmhousc, where
ho gave the alarm. He wns taken to
the West Chester Hospital,- wlfcre his
injuries arc not believed to be serious
Tho taxi driver, who Is thirty-five
years old and lives at HilO Sanson)
street, received a call to n hotel on
Broad street at Spmce at 0 o'clock last
night ,vm, ,tfyi v.jy vto
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llsher of Akron, O., engaged Wnrdtp
drive him nnd two women to toatea
vlllc, Pa. Ward says the mnn nnd
women told htm her mother was dvlnc
In Coatesvillo and urged him to make
nil possible speed.
Covered by Revolver
Wnrd had nn eight-cylinder touring
cnr. When lie reached Uoatcsvillc with
his fares they showed him every con
sideration, buying him food nnd of
fering to buy gnsollno for the return
tr n to Phi adclnhia.
They were joined at Contesvllle by
a third woman and a man. Ward
was told that the "dying mot'licr" had
been taken to Philadclmiia.
On tho return trip to this city Wnrd
wns again urged to make speed. When
lie had reached n lonely spot on tho plkj
between .West Chester nnd Frazler he
felt something cold being pressed ngainst
Ills neck.
Turning partially, ho saw that he was
covered -by a revolver. At tho same time
he wns struck from behind by n black
jack. Ho crumpled ami fell to tho hot
torn of the nutomobilo, while ono of the
men took the wheel and brought the car
to a stop.
Threw Him Into Ditch
Without disturbing money which wns
in Wnrd's pockets, tho robbers threw
him in a ditch, wheeled tho automobile
around nnd bended west.
When Wurd did not report to the
nfiices of tho American Tnxicnb Co. nt
1411 Locust street nt midnight, his em
ployers beciune nlnrmcd and sought the
alii ot tne police.
A i-itywido Bcaren was bcine con
ducted for the missing chauffeur when
word came from West Chester thnt ho
hud been admitted to tho hospital there
At first hospital attaches believed
Ward's skull was fractured. Ho was
much Improved today, nnd wns nble
to give tho police n minute description
of the two men nnd three women.
Tho police got tho nnmo of tho man
who hired tho nutomobilo by means of
pnpers loumi in his room nt tho lirond
street noiei. xnty ncuevo they will over
take the tnxl before it reaches Akron.
Boy Struck by Auto
Albert Mueller, six years old, 1527
Cabot street, wns cut on the head
when struck by an automobilo at
Broad street nnd Glrnrd avenue Inst
night. He wns trcnted at St. Joseph's
Hospital.
"WEST WIND
DRIFT"
What if you suddenly found
.vouieelf in tho social clrclo of
well-known millionaires face to
face with famous men of finance
their wives nnd n beautiful de
butante daughter you haflfeccretly
admired iu tho Sunday supple
ments? Then the Tables
Were Suddenly
Turned
and they bad to live the llfo you
wore brought un to." What do
you think would happen iext?
Let' Gcorgo Bnrr McCutcheon
tell you. His story of love and
ndventuro begins in tho EvEVorttt
Punuo Ledoeii on Saturday
uext. ' '
"WEST WIND
DRIFT"
SCANDALMONGERS
BOTH
PART
AKIN OHIO
Headquarters of Both Republi
cans and Democrats Flooded
With Campaign Filth
DESPICABLE METHODS
USED TO CARRY STATE
Blame Small-Caliber Politicians
for Disgraceful Tactics
Employed
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Sinn" Correnpondent Erenln rublls Ledger
CopvrtoM, It to, b Publics Ledger Co.
Chicago, Oct. 10. The publication of
voflcd hints nt a story reflecting upon
Senator Harding cnused iudlgnntion In
Republican headquarters hero today
This scandal hns been whispered in
Democratic circles for a long time, but
like the gossip nbout President Wilson
in tho 1012 campaign, which hns since
become fairly well known, it has not
found its way Into nrlnt. And it Is
not likely to for tho reason that Its
publication would react unfavorably
upon those responsible for cnusing it
to he published.
Now that some hints nt scandals arc
becoming known. It is perhaps time to
xnv that in Ohio this is the dirtiest
campaign under the Mirfnco thaf has
ever been conducted. The writer has
made several visits to Columbus, tho
hcadauartcrH of both nartlcs In Ohio.
and each time the volume of filth there
has Increased until now nny corre
spondent arriving from outside is but
tonholed by petty politicians in botli
enmps who complain bitterly about the
infamous stories the other sldo is ctr
dilating nnd then retnil the scandals
with which they are prepared to meet
the scandals of the enemy.
Each sldo denies responsibility for
spreading the tilth. But ench side,
nfter nccusing the other, whispers its
own Infamous stories about the rival
candidates. It is only fair to acquit
the national managers of both narties
of nny responsibility for this sort of
politics. So far ns one can learn it is
oniv tho Ohio politicians who snrend
tho nasty stories nnd It is Impossible
to say that they liavo ever been oltt
daily spread. They have probably only
been whispered by subordinates In both
enmns. but the wlilsncring hns been in
dustrious. And both sides nro alleged
to have safes full ol so-called evidence,
Three Major Slanders
Early in the summer, when the poli
ticians cot home -from tho national con
ventions, thcro was only one such story
against each candidate, but now one
4iaa.to.be in Columbus onlyvA.fcw.-hours
to.hear In intimnto detail tnreo major
slanders Against each candidate. The
prnvedt of these chnrces nro nrcnostcr
ous on their face. The publication of
them could only damage the party re
monslble for It.
This scandal-mongcring has gone on
until it involves not only the nntionnl
candidates, but even the men who arc
running for state offices in Ohio have
not escaped., Vou can sec without half
trying auegeu ainuavits wnicn proiess
to show that more than one of Ohio's
state candidates is not a fit man to
associate with.
Tho orgio of scandal started at the
San Francisco nntionnl convention with
tho stories told there nbout 'ho divorces
of various leading Democratic candt
dates. Since then each side apparently
hns been trying to get something on
the other side. Thcro has been a
great prying into family records in
Ohio and a great collection of gossip
The scandal-mongers have not been
content with what the candidates them
Belvcs may have done. They have gone
bncit into the tamiiy history of both
candidates. -xncy nave spared no
member of cither family for n couple of
generations. Women as well ns men
hnvo been involved In this disgraceful
campaign ot whispers.
Rav Women Snrfnjl flnaeln
It is impossible to say how much
tho fact that women are voters in this
election has influenced this attack upon
tho private lives and family histories
of Ohio's candidates. Tho woman elec
torate was responsible for tho lively
attention paid to divorces in the San
Francisco convpntlon, It being felt that
n candidnto who bad been divorced
would be less likely to bo elected with
women voting.
The favorite story In Columbus is thnr
women go about, ostensibly on their
own account, but really representing
one siuio committee or tne other, call
ing on women voters nt their hnmoa nnri
telling them stories about the private
uie aim IUIU1I.V History oj ono national
candidnto or tho other which aro likely
to prejudice women voters.
Tho last nationul cnmnniim In wliMi
an attack was mado upon the private
llfo of a candidate was tho CM 'and
campaign ot ie-i, when the storv of
Cleveland's relations with Mnrin lri.
pin was mado public In an attempt to
defeat the Democratic candldnte. Tho
publication ot mis story reacted ngainst
tho Republican nartv nml ninvninr.,1
was elected President. The Democrats
in that campaign used effectively a let
ter about Alexander Hamilton, In which
h& replied to attempts of his political
enemies to destroy him by revealing
some scandal In his prtvato life.
Since then, both political narties have
been exceedingly wary of Maria Hal
pin stories. Tho proposal to lend conn
tenauco to tho gossip about Wilson in
1012 was vetoed.
"CRANK'S" HEARING PUT OFF
Confessed Kidnapper of Counhlln
Baby May Be Arraigned Tomorrow
Augusto Pnsouale. "Tho rvnnv
confessed kidnapper and slavo r nf
Blakely Coughlin,. will not bo nr
ralsncd today for a henrlm- nt- Na-.i0.
town, as was planned.
it is probable that ho will h nr.
rnlgncd tomorrow at tho Montgomery
county jail in Norrlstown.
Magistrate U. F. Licnhardf. atnln.
said he thought Pasquala's hcarlne
should be held In his office. District
Attorney Hennluger, fearing "The
Crank" might bo lynched. holTnv.c i,
hearing should bo held in the county
Jail. The dissension is believed to havo
caused the delay In the proceedings.
Katnior Cranberrle are not
only rood themselves, but ther
make other foods tails rood.
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FRANCE AUTHORIZED NO PERSON TO SEE HARDING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. Assurances have been given the
sta'to department Uy Count Dobcarn, French charge here that ths
Trench government has not given authority to anyone to approach
Senator Harding with suggestions that the Republican presidential
nominee take the lead In forming a new world association.
BELGIUM AND BRAZIL SIGN TRADE AGREEMENT
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 10. Belgium nnd Brazil have signed a
commercial and financial agreement as a sequel of the visit of
Albert)' King of tho Belgians, to Brazil, says a Brussels dispatch
to- tho 'Handelstilad.
BANK MESSENGER ROBBED OF $20,000
CHICAGO, Oct. 10. Threo bandits held up a messenger for
tho StateCbmmcrclal and Savings Bank of Chicago on n busy
b'trcet'eoruer today, snatched a grip containing $20,000, and es
caped in an automobile.
LOVE LEnER CLUE
Detectives Watch Woman and
Seek Politician's Son in
Baffling Paul Mystery
JEALOUSY THOUGHT MOTIVE
An unsigned and undated love letter
found on the bojly of Dnvld S. Paul,
murdered bank runner of Camden, may
be tho key to one of the most baffling
crimes New Jeiwy ever had.
y Paul is to b' burled thN nfternoon
from nn undertaking establishment in
.Mount Holly, N. J. His bodv wns
found Inst Friday, ten dnys nfter ho
disappeared. It was in a shallow grave
in a nine woods nenr Tnbernnclc. ?. .1,
Detectives todny began traveling over
two nvenues or investigation one con
cerned with n "western woman" who
met the dapper fifty-nine-.vear-old bank
messenger two weeks before his disap
pearance. The son of n Camden politician nlso
Is nn object of the detectives' curiosity.
They nro now trying to locate him.
They believe he may be able to clear up
tho mystery of Paul's whereabouts from
tho time he disappeared with S40.000
in cash and the day his body was
found.
Jealousy May Be Motive
There is a growing belief thnt jenl
ousy wns flip mainspring of the crime,
with robbery ns nil afterthought. The
fact thnt when the body of Paul was
found the left nrtn wns bandaged be
tween tlie wrist and elbow, apparently
trivial in itself, inclines detectives to
thnt theory.
-Ewo.wwks before Paul' dropped from
sight with a xatchjtl containing $40,000
in cash and $.')0(0(;0 In rhwlss he inet'ft
womnn nt (lie. Mount Holly fair. It
has. been icatT.cn tut womnn appeared
infatuated with him nnd that he made
an engagement u Ith 'her.
Subsequently Paul failed to keen the
appointment, going instead to Atlantic
City with a friend nnd two women. He
told his Jit. Holly acquaintance later,
it in said, that he had been hurt In
a motorcar accident. He indicated his
bandaged arm as proof.
The "western woman" is now under
surveillance, with three other women
in tho background, who are said to
have entered Paul's life at various
times.
Was Kept Prisoner
An nmnzing feature of the mystery
Is that Paul apparently was kept a pris
oner idth'er in this city or In New
Jersey for nearly ten days before he
was slain. This apparent face gives
color to the theory that he had been
lured Romewhere by a woman and that
a fight duo to Jealousy, or u robbery
plot, ended in his murder.
The unsigned letter, nceordlnir to
County Detective Parker, contained two
pages of "mush" to use the detective's
term. It was plainly in n womnn's
handwriting and was replete with en
dearments. A theory thnt I'nul had planned to
abscond with funds entrusted to him ns
a bank messenger is somewhat weak
ened, detectives feel, by the fnct that ho
frequently carried far Inrger sums thun
that in'lils 'pot-session OetoBer 5.
Tho funds in cash and cheeks that he
carried from tho Broadway Trust Co.,
Camden, occasionally totaled from
$125,000 to $200,000. Detectives be
lieve that If he had planned to run away
with a woman he would have gone when
tho ensh he had greatly exceeded the
$40,000 he was carrying to the Glrnrd
Trust Co. in this city.
Freqtiented Bungalows
As the nuthorltlcs delved back Into
Paul's life, they say they found ho
wns a frequenter ot tue Dungaiow col
ony at Clementon, N. J., nnd that he
often was n central figure at gay par
ties. It was thcic, they say, that ho
met the ( ainden politician s son who
is now being sought.
While tho yellow motorcar clue has
hoen cxnlodcd. residents near Tnber
nacle, N. J., say they heard nnother
motorcar nenr whero thu body was
found. This second machine, which
may be tho "death car," was heard
Friday night
STATE TROOPERS ARRESTED
Corporal and Private Accused of Ex
tortion and Aiding Liquor Runners
Altoona. Pa.. Oct. 10. (By A.P.)
Corporal Robert A. Scliell and Privato
Daniel J. xoinn, ot tne state pouco,
wcro held .for court iu $1000 bail on tho
charge of extortion by Magistrate
Lewis, of Hollldaysburg, last night.
Harry Wolfbcrg and George Otto, Al
toona taxlcab owners, were held In tlie
same amount to nnswer the choree of
conspiracy and bribery, Wolfbcrg testi
fied that $450 had been placed under
tho bedclothes In tho room whore the
state police slept for the release of a
Iruckload of whisky seized by tho police
at Orcsson, September 1.
Schell nnd Corporal Irn O. Steven.
son also wcro held for United States
court by United States Commissioner
Stoncr for nbettlng liquor running.
WOLF ON PRISON BOARD
Edwin Wolf, former president of lm
Board of Education of Philadelphia,
was todny appointed n member of the
board of inspectors of the Eastern Pen I.
tentlnry to succeed Charles Carver, re-
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DENIES IT IS PENROSE WISH
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Any hope that tho rumored political
harmony plnn which Henntor l'enrose
wns said to have evolved after his mnny
conferences In Atlantic City would find
Mayor Moore willing to yield some of
his pet animosities for tho sake of get
ting tho various Republican factions to
gether was dispelled this morning by a
statement from the Mayor himself.
"There is no denl concerning county
offices to which the Mnyor is a party,"
he said emphatically. "The Mayor does
not believe that Scnntor Penrose has
entered any compromise with the con
trnctor forces or those who have been
opposing tho administration.
"Tho Mayor is attending to the busi
ness of administering the affairs of the
city nnd he does not intend to enter
into deals with those who are not fa
vorable to decent government."
Conferences Are Held
In spite of this statement from the
chief executive, however, there were
many Indications about City Hall today
that the idea of Senator Penrose is
nlrendy bearing fruit. Numerous unof
ficial conferences were held with no
formal announcement and, in several of
them, there were men who sat and talk
ed calmly nnd hi n conciliatory spirit
to each other who had not met peace
fully for a number of years.
Tlie general Impression in political
circles seemed to be that the senator
allowed his views to be circulated as a
feeler. It is believed he is sincere in his
deslro for Republican harmony, but
there were many today who pointed out
the fact that such harmony would be
necessary, not for tho good of the city,
but to enable tho Senator to carry out
his wish to roll up a record breaking
vote here in tho presidential election.
This, It wns pointed out, would re
bound to his credit in the larger arena
of nationnl politics In which his in
terests chlcby lie.
Senator nt Ills Homo
The senator spent the day at his
home, 1331 Spruce street, attending to
his personal affairs. While his health
Is greatly Improved, he did not chnnce
the long nnd wearying conferences that
would have resulted had he gone to his
office in the Commercial Trust Building.
Two or threo prominent state lend.
ers arc expected to call on him lato this
afternoon or evening, among whom will
be Scnntor William E. Crow, chairman
of the Republican state committee.
GEM THEFT IN GERMANTOWN
$1500 In Jewelry Taken From Kolb
Home, Gowen Avenue
Another jewciry robbery has been re
ported, this time in Germantown. Morn
than $1500 worth of watches, rings,
brooches and other small jewels were
taken from the homo of the Misses Sarah
and Emma Kolb, 405 Gowen avenuo.
The sisters went to the shore last
Thursday to i-peud the week-end. Re
turning yesterdiy to their home thev
found It had been methodically unil
ruthlessly ransacked. A pnno of glass
In the rear door had been broken by
the intruder or intruders, and the latch
lifted. Dressers, closets, wardrobes
throughout the house had been hunted
through. No clothing was reported miss
ing, only jewelry.
The robbery was reported to the Ger
mantown police station nnd Detective
MacFarland was placed on tho ense.
WOMAN HURT IN CRASH
Trolley Car Leaves Tracks and
Bumps Into House
Mrs. Mary Lawley, sixty years old,
of 2803 Brown street, was Injured to
day and a collar window in tho homo
of Mrs. ester McOnuley.H 2338 Jeffer
son stret, wns broken when n trolley
jumped tho track and bumped Into Mrs.
McCausloy's house. .
Tho trolley wns on Route 57, going
east on Jefferson street. It left tlie
track between Twenty-third nnd
xwenty-iourth streets. Only a few
passengers wero aboard and Mrs. Lnw-
loy was tho only ono Injured. Sho was
taken to St. Joseph's Hospital for X
ray examination.
BABY BOY MURDERED
8ofdler Father of Lad Held Pend
ing Further Investigation
Coburg, Ont., Oct. 10. (By A. P.)
George Ilines, two years old, whose
body wob found yesterday in tho woods
near hero, was murdered, according to
the verdict of the coroner's Jury an
nounced last night.
Albert Ilines, a shell-shocked Cana
dian soldier nnd father of tlie boy, is In
the Coburg jail on a charge of attempted
suicide, pending a further investigation
into tno ueatn ot tne ennu,
Hlnes returned from Nlnenrn Pb1! n
month ago saying ho had suffered a lapse
of memory and did not know where he
left his son, , , i
MAYOR NO PARTY
HARMONY DEAL
PRICE TWO CENTS
HARDING CORRECTS!
WILSON IN ANSWER
TO LEAGUE QUERY
Informs President That French
Did Not Approach Him
Officially , jj
TERM "PRIVATE CITIZEN"
DRAWS POLITE REBUKfi'
No
International Proprieties'
Were Violated, Senator (
Retorts Promptly 1
Marion, O., Oct. 10. Replying W'
nn Inquiry from President Wilson, 8cn
ntor Harding wrote the White Honstl
last night that although Franco had sent
her "spokesman" to him Informally
asking America to lead the way for an
nssoctation of nations, tho incident had)
not Involved the French Governmtnt
in nny violation of international pro-'
prletics.
Tho senator declared that in his ret"'
erence to tho subject In a speech at
Green Castle, lnd., recently ho only
had sought to convey the thought that
there had como to him "those who
spoko n sentiment which they repre
sented to be very manifest among tho.
French people."
Ho added that his words "could not
bo construed to say that tho French
uovcrnment has sent anybody to me."
Referring to Mr. Wilson's suggestion
of impropriety in a forohrn nation ap
proaching "a private citizen" on such a
subject, Senator Hording pointed out
thnt he is a member of tho foreign re
lations committee an well as a nominee
for tho presidency nnd suggested that
"an informal expression to me Is rather
more than that to a private citizen."
Text or Harding Reply
Tho text nf Senator Harding's letter
to the President is ns follows:
"Dear Mr. President:
"I have before me a press copy of
your letter to me of this date, though
I nm not in receipt of the original copy.
I am glad to make a prompt reply.
"It is very gratifying that you hesi
tate to draw Inferences without my as
surance that I am correctly quoted.
The quotation ns reported in your let
ter is not exact. The notes of the ste
nographer reporting my remarks quote
mo as saying, 'France has sent her
spokesmen to me Informally, asking
America in its new realization of the
situation to lead the way for an asso
ciation of nations."
"I am sure thnt my words could not
be construed to say that the French
Government has sent anybody to me.."
Tho thought I was trying to convey
was thnt thero had come to me those-
who spoke a sentiment which they rep
resented to be very manifest among the
French ,pcoplet but nothing could rag;
gest tbe French Govcrntacnt having' vio
lated tho proprieties of international,,
relations. Official France wouldnever.
seek to go over your high offlce bVoui
chief executive to appeal to" the Amerl-
can people or any portion thereof.
Moro Than Privato Citizen
"I can see no impropriety in private
citizens of France, or in Americans
deeply friendly to France, expressing
to me their understanding of sentiment
in that friendly republic.
"It Is not lmportnnt enough to dis
cuss, perhaps, but I very respectfully
urge that an informal expression to me
is rather more than that to a private
citizen. I hold a place as a member
of the foreign relations committee of
the United States Senate, which Is
charged with certain constitutionol au
thority in dealing with foreign relations,
and I am necessarily conscious that I
nm the nominee of the Republican party
fofr President of our republic.
"In the combination of these two po
sitions it ought not bo unseemly that
some very devoted friends of a new
and better relationship among nations.
no matter whence they come, should
wish to advise me relating to aspira
tions to co-opcrato with our own re
public in attaining that high purpose.
Let me assuro you again of tho ob
servance of all the proprieties and
again assert thnt the French Govern
ment has maintained that great respect
for your position to which I myself sub
scribe. "With great respect, I am,
"Very truly, i
"WARREN G. HARDING," i
Inquires of France
The President's letter had not pur
ported to use tho exact words of the
Gieen Costlo speech, but had ropoated
a paraphrase in which "a representa
tive" was used In place of tne plural
"her spokesmen" tlie singular had been
used in the transcript of the' official
stenographer as made public on the
senator's train In Indiana, the copy
given to newspaper correspondents
rending, "France has sent her spokes
man to me."
President Wilson took steps yester
day to ascertain whether the French
Government had given nuthority to "a
representative of France" to approach
Senator Hurdlng "informally" with the
request that the Republican presidential
nominee tako the lead in the formation
of an association of nationB.
At tlie same tlmo tho Whito House
mndo public the text of tho letter ad
dressed to Senator Harding by Presi
dent Wilson inquiring as to the cor
restness of a statement attributed to
tho senator in a dispatch dnted St.
Louis, October 10, in which the candi
date was quoted as having said he had
been so approached.
"I need not point out to you," the
President wrote, "the grave and ex
traordinary inferences to be drawn from
such a statement, namely, that the gov
ernment or Jfranco. which is a member
of tho League of Nations, approached
a privato citizen ot a nation which is
not a member of the league with a re
quest 'that tho United States lead tho
way to a world fraternity.' "
Secretary Tumulty oald that no reply
had been received by tho White Houeo
either from Senator Harding or tho
Freych Government up to a late hour.
DARBY HOME IS ROBBED
Thieves Believed 8amo Who Escaped
Pobso at Lantdowne -
Thieves who robbed tho home of W,
S. Wellman. in Upper Darby, yesterday
morning, are believed to havo been tho
same men who wore pursued by a posse
in Lansdowno, Saturday night, follow
ing the robbery of four homes.
The thieves, who operated in an au
tomobile, obtained a small amount of
cash in the Upper Darby robbery,
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