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FTyOL., VII. NO 35
Entered ai Stcond.Clasa Matter at thn Posloftle. at rhlladelphla. Pa.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER '23, 1920
rubllahed bally Except Sunday. Subscription Price 19 a Tear by Mall,
a """ doprrlht, 1920, by Publlo Leder Company.
PRICE TWO CENTS'
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JAILED AT ELKTON BELIEVED TO BE BRINES
Philadelphia Detective Comes Here With Prisoner He Says May Be Alleged Slayer of Drewes
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Description Is in matter
of Age
U'NCLE HIRES WM. A. GRAY
FOR DEFENSE OF RELATIVE
Counsel Promises to Surrender
Accused if He Can
Find Him
CAPTIVE UNDER STRAIN
Shows Nervousness When
Taken, but Later Agrees, to
Waive Extradition
How Brines' Description
Compares Jith Capliva't-
'Below are given tho police de
rtlntlon of William P, Rrinef
Wanted for the Drewes1 murder, aw!
'Sheriff Soph's description of the
lElkton prisoner ho believes I
Brlnes :
imixns Tiin SUSPECT
'trtt Itrown. Eyes Brown.
, Complexion Ruddy Complexion -Good.
BcilM About 07 Height Middle
Inchf". height.
Hair Brown. Hair Brown.
llmUche Small. Muetache None,
.' brown, waxed F a I r 1 y clean
' ahaven. evidence
0 of atronir beard.
AM 10 yeara. Aire Not certain.
I o o k a a trine
older.
Sort Two abov Scarn Two above
riant ankle, one rltht ankle, ono
Ave tnchea . the
five Inches, other
three Inches Ions.
One on rltht
hand.
cmer three inch
i Ions. One one
half Inch lone on
rum nana.
Kith .lee U to K RUht
lea No
incnea snorter
than left.
measurements.
i,0ounty Detective Dickcrson left Elk
toj, Md.. at 1I.3Q o'clock today for
Philadelphia with tfjn man put in jail
there early today as William P. Brines,
Iniversity of Pennsylvania sophomore,
iccused of-the murder of Elmer C.
Drewes, of Philadelphia, Dartmouth
College senior.
The suspect agreed to come to Phila
delphia for examination without the for
mality of extradition proceedings, nnd
he tras tnken away in an automobile.
The mau under arrest said ho was
Hirry Lamont, of Chicago. lie denied
he was Urines and that ho knew any
thing about the Drewes murder. He
told conflicting stories, however, saying
't first he was a traveling salesman and
thefl that ho was a chemist.
Diekerson,iafl unable to identify hlra
Positively as Brines. The youth under
rrest tallies in every particular, Dlck-
rfa?a agreed, with the description of
Brines, except that of ace. Lnmont
looted to be about 28 years old, Dicker-
M.n said after he had examined the
P'lioner, whereas Brines Is 20.
Oray Hired as Lawyer-r
William A. Orav Iins hii rotnlntul
bj John It. Wigginsf'wcalth.v con
trtetor, who Is Brines' uncle and guar
n, to defend Brines in caso the man
"trier arrest proves to be the accused
outh.'
IVO 1inA nn il..l i A At. -
identification of the prisoner," said
Jif- Gray today, "but if it turns out
M be lome one clso, welltand ready
surrender Brines If wo can find
RherilT Lewis Seth, -of Cecil county,
Si. ,1!1"1 I-amont in custody at
.? Bft,i(1 ho was suro of t W
imcauon In every detail except that
inli"?lont,Jha? two wars on his right
'"?;, id the sheriff, "which cor
W to U,o scara of BrncSf Ho
tael. lJrlnfs has- II8 w" no ""
"t an.hH h? .W0U,d hnvo sIiav!l "lis
..i57nw If he were Brines.
eetV. r l UU1 uot "amine the sus-
duties do .:.: iJi"" "". .IK
ft til- 1 "wuii ua iiu nun uruugui
tat th.f u8' vtet.e so olM frnt walk
Sri h,,!1'"8 hard t0 distinguish the
''ti. but they were there.
wod n,Tu cr w?s Fscd ,n clothes
ie w?,.qu.al ty! nnd of n chcck Pattern.
' ore a dark cloth Htnt.nn h- "
Had Been Drinklne
tfordmi.nn ""t attracted attention at
1 ttl'aihtf. 'A'". M ev?ni"8. when
t town Em T...l,rB,,n. wnicn reached
't to i, 1 !, "'""le'pnia, accotu-
e Wants,! t . ." "' wuper.
ffltred M """ . ugciu unaity
Cti,.T out- ?s was time to
Iht. ami Vetli8e.a to go. Ho showed
.A'..1""1 the Station inrnnf nnlln.l Iri
.u3;w!l !?" wa . ...
Wtor tft"nmblance of h,s troublesome
IUL 1 n ."fines, and whpn T.nmnnt
c obb '-"' wn sirucK wun
'Be reBemhinnno 1.1- 1.1
''tlmore0 nQkt Fa!n th,s morning for
't on v ."'"Phone messogo was
wotii;1,.0.811.""1 Bct". who
fij " w meet tho train at Pcrryvlllo,
At Hvlm.- .
"""(ilvViVi. S, flV, iU8t across the
"'u mo irnia, zie
Watl
"nwd'on Fats Two, Column One
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WILLIAM P. BRINES
Tito picture is nnother photograph
of the University of Pennsylvania
student accused of murdering El
mer 0. Drewes. It was token last
April and shows tho former marlno
in civilian clothes. A man under
arrest at Elltton, Aid., is believed
to bo Brines
WOMEN, LOSE RIGHT
TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER
Stato Supreme Court Disposes of
Claims Advanced by 3000
The State Supreme Court today dis
missed an appeal which Bought for
women the right to be registered for
Hie November election, although they
nd not been assessed sixty days prior
i election 'day.
The r.uling of tho highest court dually
Isposcs of the claims advanced by about
lOOO women who had won the empty.
4ght to be placed on the nsscssment
Hts, but who had been dented regts
ration. The law prescribes that no elector con
So registered unless tho elector hns been
irscsRod nt least Hlxty days before the
(hit of the election. Tho Supreme
Court's decision was based on a test
i-axe brought by Florence E. Thornton,
212.'J Balnbridgo street.
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DEMOCRATS SPEND $699,071
' !!
Less Than One-third of Amount
Used by Republicans
Washington, Oct. Si. (By A. P.
, The Democratic National Committei
ihad expended ?Gfm,()71.ftl) in the 1111-
Itlonal campaign up to October 21, ac
cording to a report lilcd' With the, clerk
of tho House of Representatives today
byWIIbur Marsh, tho committee treas
urer. Total receipts wrto placed at 077,
034.87. This compared with totnl re
ceipta of $2.K50.OH.54 and expenditures
of .$2,741,f)03.14 by the Republican
National Committee as sworn to in a
statement Hied late yesterday-by Treas
urer Fred W., Upham.
Governor Cox was listed as n Bitb
scrlber to the Democratic fund to the
amount of $5000. Other subscribers
were Charles R. -Crane, New i'ork,
nnd Thomas Ij. Chadbournc, Jr., Kew
York, $7500 each; Michael Bosak,
Scranton, Pa. ; Mrs. Emmons Blaine,
Chicago : Joseph E. Davles, Mndison,
Wis. ; Thomas F. Ryan and Nathan
Straus, of New York. $5000 ench ;
Vance O. McCorraick, Ilnrrlsburg, Pa.,
$2500. ,
Guy T. Scott; treasurer of the Na
tional Republican Congressional Com
mittee, filed a report showing contri
butions totaling $110,700.
BACK DOWN ON LIQUOR RULE
.
Customs Officials Will PerntJfl3ltjo.
mats to Import Intoxicants
Washington. Oct.,23' (By A. P.)
The customs setvhfe today receded from
Its position jvith respect to the impor
tation, of'Hquor by the diplomatic rep
resentatives of foreign couutrles.
"Officials of tho scrvlcec said that not
onljr could the diplomats themselves
bring liquor into the country, but that
liquor consigned to them, on shipment
would have to bo admitted. Such con
signments to diplomats already In the
country, however, can bo removed from
tho port only by n diplomat or a mem
ber of his household, it was held.
TENANT KILLS LANDLORD
Slayer Says Ho Mistook Victim for
a Burglar
Chicago. Oct. 2!!. (By A. P.) The
Rev. Frederick G. Ruff, past3 of tho
Memorial Metliodist.Chtirch, nuil owner
of an apartment building In Rogers
Park, wan shot and killed this morning
oy rrcu r. aexiro, ono ot uts tenants,.
Ruff was sunynoncd before the coun
cil committee Investigating rent profi
teering several weeks ago on complaint
of his tenants. Ho and his family oc
cupied ono of tho first-floor apartments.
The body was found lying on the
second floor landing. Sextro told police
that ho heard some ono fumbling at his
noor anu uemanueu to Know who was
there. Receiving no answer, ho said,
ho opened tho door and fired.
Turn to Page 23
On tho first two columns you
' will find tho first installment of
as interesting a serial as you have
ever read.
"WEST WIND
DRIFT"
It is a story of a stranded ship
party on n desert Island and tho
readjustment necessary. It Is a
lovo story In which two women
fight for the ono man.
George Barr
McCutcheon
The author Is ono who is pecu
liarly adept in making a narrative
both thrilling and convincing.
A STORY
WORTH WHILE
MacSwiney, Unconscious,
Nears End, Says Report
Sisters Denied Admission to Brixton Prison,
Owing to His Condition Another Report
Says He May Live Some Days
By tho Associated Press
London, Oct. 23. t'Gravo rcpotts
were in circulation at noon toddy re
garding the condition of Terence Mac
Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, on tho
seventy-second day of his hunger strike
In Brixton prison. A statement Issued
by tho Exchange Telegraph Co. at that
hour declared the lord mayor's last mo
ments wcro nt hand.
Tho bulletin of tho Irish Self-Dctcr-mlnatlon
League o ntho lord mayor's
condition, however, stated tho league
has been informed that ho was In about
the same stato as recently. Ho was un
conscious, its formation said. "How
ever," added tho statement, "ho homo
ofllco has placed an embargo on the use
of tho telcphono for communicating news
to tho outsido, nnd' has forbidden tho
lord mayor's sister, Mary and Annie, to
visit him."
The homo office explained the denial
of admission to tho lord mayor's sis
ters as being due only to the belief that
their visits interfered with the careful
nursing which tho prisoner's extremely
delicato condltoln required.
"Lord Mayor MacSwiney's condition
continues critical," said the home ofllco
'Boudoir Robbers,' With $500,
000 in Jewels From Fashion
able Homes, Elude Search
REAL CLUES ARE LACKING
Detectives have run again a stone
wall in their efforts to solve the mys-
terlous disappearance of ' Jewels early
this week from the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Antelo Dcvereux, at Ore
land, Pa., near Ambler.
.Raids on-.the Jewel boxes of. wealthy
families living In nnd near this city
hnvo reached such proportions recently
that many social leaders are said to
be ntoring their precious .stones in safe
deposit boxes here.
The plunder obtained by jewel thieves
in tho last few weeks, within a radius
ot twenty-live miles ot Philadelphia,
now totals about $500,000. Police be-
licvo a highly organized robber band is
responsible.
Jewels Valued at 525,000
The value of tho stolen Devercux jew
els was placed at $25,000 at the homo
of Mrs. Aiexnnder Van Rensselaer
mother of Mrs. Dcvereux. At the homo
of Mrs. Howard Henry, Mrs. Deve
rciix's sister, the opinion was expressed
that the missing jewels wcro worth $20,
000. Beyond admitting that the robbery
occurred, probably Monday night,
probably Monday night, neither Mr.
Deereux nor his wlfo will discuss tho
ease. Asked today If tho missing jew
els, Including a diamond -nccklaco and
n pearl necklace, wcro worth from $20,
000 to $25,000, Mr. Dcvereux replied
ho did not know tho exact value.
"They were a few things, Mrs. Dev
creux had for a long time," he said.
Detectives havo been employed to trace
the vnluables. he stated, but so far they
havo learned nothing tnngible.
$300,000 in Ono Haul
The first big jewel theft to recelvo
police attention recently was commit
ted in the homo of Mrs. W. Sackctt
Duell at Meadowbrook. Tho robber
got gems vnlued at $20,000.
Their richest haul was made at the
homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. George II. Mc
Fadden at Villanova. Jewels wortli
more than $300,000 wcro taken.
Other thefts wcro those of $15,000 in
jewels from tho Graylynn Apartments,
(174 North Eleventh street, nnd $20,
000 in jewels missed after a man had
"Inspected" tho homo of Mrs. L. S.
Thompson, 2020 Spruce street. He
gained admission by pretending he
wanted to buy tho house, which hi for
sale.
I 1 1 ",
PARIS SPECIALIST HOPES
FOR KING'S RECOVERY
Greek Monarch Passes ' Calmer
Night State "of Wound
Normal
Paris. Oct. 23. (By A. P.) King
Alexander of Greece, who is gravely 111
as a result of infection cuuscd by the
bite of a monkey, passed n calmer night
(Thursday), according to tho latest
news received by tho Greek legation here
this morning. ' The dispatch, dated in
Athens nt 10 o'clock Friday morning,
says :
"His majesty passed a calmer night.
His temperature varied between 101.8
nnd 102.50 degrees, while his pulse
varied from 120 to 130, and respiration
from 38 to 40. His brenthing was
rapid, but his digestion was better. The
king was mildly delirious during the
night. The state of the wound is nor
mal." Greek legation officials said today
that Dr. Georges Fernowl Widal, the
noted 'French specialist, who has just
reached Paris from Athens, had a long
talk with them when he returned here.
Dr. Widal asserted that when he left
Athens King Alexander's condition was
such that ho (Dr. WIdal) was "very
hopeful on account of Alexander's
naturally strong constitution,"
With others thou tho legation offi
cials Dr. Wldal was reticent concerning
tho king's Illness, professional ethics
preventing him from going into details
of tho case. It Is understood, however,
that ho treated King Alexander with In
jections. of serum prepared from 'the
wouna useii,
POLICE ARE BALKED
BY GEM MFI BAND
announcement. "Tho scurvy has been
slightly remedied." i
Tho Self-Dctcrminatlon League's
bulletin this afternoon, after noting
that this was. the seventy -second dny
of tho lord mayors hunger strike,
added :
"It has been- Impossible to issue any
previous bulletins to tho press becouso
of the embargo placed by the homo ofllco
on tho relatives of tho lord mayor. This
strictly prohibits the Misses Mary and
Annio MacSwiney entering tho prison
and prohibits any relatives from pur
suing tho custom of using the prison
telcphono to communicate reports on
the mayor."
A special messenger sent to the prison
brought news regaining the lord mayor
to the league.
In Its report of tho sinking condi
tion oPMayor MacSwiney at noon the
Exchange Telegraph Co. said that Sirs.
MacSwiney was with tho mayor ot that
hour and that Father Dominic, his
private chaplain, also visited him.
Another report on the patient's con
dition says that tho lord mayor now
is retaining the food administered by
tho doctors, indicating that it is being
assimilated. This, it is believed, may
prolong MacSwiney's lite for some time.
THREE ARE HURT
Two Aro Injured Seriously in
Collision With Trolley Car
at Fifth and Lehigh
POLICE MAKE ARRESTS
Three young, men were hurt, two so
rously, wncn a machine driven bv. El
mer Hasten, elgh.tccii,years old, 2715 d
strccC crashed into a trolley car, at
I'mn street and Lehigh avenuo early
today. . -,-a
The men injured In addition to nas-
scn. who Is suffering from cuts of tho
head and shoulder nnd possible internal
Injuries, are: Thomas Butler, twonty
years old, 2002 East Silver-street, who
has a possible fracture of the skull and
internal injuries, and John Sloan, 2815
C street, who escaped -with cuts of the
hands. The first two are in a serious
condition All aro In tho Episcopal
Hospital.
Tho machine, according to tho police,
was tho property of Isaac Roseusteln,
2S20 Kensington avenue, and was en
trusted to Hassen to take to a garage.
Hassep, they say, picked up several
friends nnd took n ride about town In
stead of golug directly to the garage.
Under full speed, the police say, the
auto shot down Lehigh avenue and did
not slacken nor swerve as tho trolley
car crossed Fifth street. Tho flying
car struck tho rear end of the trolley.
Hassen was throyn from tho machine
uuy lunacu neuviiy on ine ground. The
machino crashed Into the car with ter
rific force and was completely wrecked.
Several patrolmen appeared on the
sceno and took tho Injured men to the
hospital. Sloan, together with Francis
Moore, twenty yenrs old, 2055 Coral
street, and Edward Flyun, twenty years
old, 2807 North Lawrence street, wcro
placed under arrest.
DENIES HOG ISLAND BID
'
SamuehRea, of P. R. R syg Roads
Aro Not Pooling Interests
Samuel Rea. president: of thn ivnn.
sylvania Railroad cystcm. denied today
niu imy joini or individual hid would
be submitted by that company, or on Its
hchnli. for Hog Island, following tho
mi., nouis ui no Emu 0y h govern
ment.
'Tho strategic advantages of Hog
iiiHiiu iur uoui port and railroad pur
poses Is recognized." he uniil. "imt it
was built for a special purpose and, as
a whole, is not adpptcd to any other. It
would requiro serious reconstruction and
segregation of tho entire development
iu uk uuiiKfu niivantagcousiy and would
be a very expensive proposition and
one that It does not seem possible to
uimrruiKv, recepc ny mo combined nc
ton of tho -state, city, railroad ana
shipping interests, v
"Under present conditions, the dllli
ptilry of obtaining cnpital and of get
ting all of tho Interests, with th6 legis
lative and other authority, to act in eon
cert, mnkes it n matter that could not
be consummated In irshort time."
GRANT BRICKER PAPERS
Physician, Wanted Here, Ordered
Returned From 8outh America
Tho extradition of Dr. William 8.
Brlcker, hr., who fled from this cltv
whllo under $10,000 ball, has been
granted by a federal court at Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
The physician u;ns Indicted here on
a chargo of performing nn Illegal on
oration. When he left this jurisdiction
county detectives traced him to tho Ar
gentiuo Republic.
Assistant Chief Irwin, of tho county
detective force went to Buenos Aires
for him, but Broker began legal pro.
ccedings. It is believed the accused nhy
siclati will appeal now to a higher
court. N 6
Tho extradition proceedings are based
on a chargo of perjury against Dr
Brlcker, as tho crlmo, alleged against
him hero does not permit, extradition
under ex sting treaties. The physician
sworo falsely 1n his application for u
passport.
MOTOR
A
I
Loss Is Blamed on Failure to
Repave Main Arteries
w of Travel
JUDGE BROWN'S BUDGET
WOULD PAY BILL EASILY
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
Big business Is losing millions an
nually in this city.
By big business is meant the vast
industrial and commercial enterprises
of Philadelphia. Tho loss that it Is
dally sustaining will contlnuo to grow
unless efforts arc made, to avert it.
This great annual deficit is duo to
several causes grouped under the de
scriptive title of "Congested Business
Areas."
Down town Philadelphia, including
Market, Chestnut and Walnut to the
south, nnd Arch, Race, Vino nnd Cal
lowhill to the north, between tho rivers,
is one of tho worst congested districts,
as to traffic, to bo found in any city
in this country.
Millions aro lost nnnually duo to de
lays in teaming and truck traffic; the
waste of time, fuel and lubricants when
traffic Is delayed; the tremendous wear
and tear on motive power by being
compelled to traverse rough, neglected
and badly paved thoroughfares arid,
finally, by valuable time lost by auto
and truck drivers who dally go hun
dreds of miles out of tho direct route
to their destination to seek tho few
thoroughfares or central highways, that
afford easy travel and faster time for
delivery purposes.
City 'Has Failed fo Act
The city's contribution to this enor
mous loss is failure to relievo tho con
gested districts by repaying in a smooth,
up-to-date manner, main arteries of
travel. 4 ,
Tno neglect to repair otl?er main ar-'
tcries properly and put them into per-mjinentTand-pasKublaf
condition. , And
unally ; " - v
The lndifferenco of the municipal au
thority Chanted With 1l ,lnv r,t nn.
propriation to recognize the tremendous
isiuniu oi ine city a Business which,
after all, is increasing the jamming nnd
crowding In tho commercial area.
Scarcely a day passes that tho De
partment of Highways is not entreated
by business men and manufacturers to
relievo tho situation in some way.
Department Is Powerless
The department, however, resembles a
giant tied hand and foot; or a vast ma
chino that is functioning onb' 25 per
cent when It should be doing 00 or 100
per cent.
The trouble Is lack of funds
If tho Municipal Court requires only
tho same amount of money for Its
operation that tho combined courts of
tho city cost, there would bo enough
saved In ono year to pave Delaware
avenue for miles, north and south, and
relievo tho outrageous condition on that
thoroughfare.
Need Delaware Avenue Opening
Wero Delaware avemre a smooth,
wide, adequately paved thoroughfare,
instead of thowreck of an avenue that
It is today on its upper parts, tens of
thousands of automoblllsta would use
it on their way to the north, east and
northwest and to tho south and south
east. Instead they rush in honking
squadrons up Market street to Broad to
add to the block of traffic that is char
actorlstic of tho latter arteries of travel.
Ever since tho new administration
came into office the Department of Pub
lic Works, nnd its hlghwny section,
has been planning, scheming and con
niving to aid tho business interests In
wiping out tho vast losses described
above by establishing new and adequato
arteries of travel.
At every step, however, a barrier
rises: lack of money.
Last year tho amount appropriated
(P1,? J$!alr,0lstrccU by Council was
$1,000,000. EVery penny of it was
contracted for or spent by tho first of
May last.
It was a caso of trying to spread a
Continued on Ton, six. Column (Ino
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER
Commissioners Hold Final Sitting at
City Hall
Tills was tho last day for belated
registrants to appear at City Hall and
qualify to vote November 2.
Tho registration commissioners, who
have been registering applicants since
October , held their last sitting this
morning.
How I mot Mrs. Maybrick in
jail; was locked into a cell with
ono of tho most . unmanageable
women prisoners, tho most
striking looking creature I over
saw; how I sat down liesido her
on the stono floor nnd took hor
linnd in both of mine; how I got
her to tell mo her.dreadful story
how I finally kissed her and bade
her good-by.
Margot Asquith
tells tho story of her first prison
inspection trip in her
"Intimate Diary"
a gripping human document, ono
installment of which appears each
Sunday in the
PUBLIC LEDGER
Head It Tomorrow
M
AM COSTS
CITY BUSINESS IVIEN
MILLIONS YEARLY
WILSON WILL TALK ON LEAGUE
Washington, Oct. 23. (By A. P.) President Wilson will receive a dele
gation of pro-league Republicans next Wednesday, it was announced today at
tho WhitjC House. The delegation will be headed by Hamilton Holt, of New
York, editor of the independent. The President Is expected at that time to
deliver u pronouncement on the League of Nations, bis second 'of the presi
dential campaign.
HEW YOKK POLICE SEAPLANE TURNS TURTLE
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. A police department seaplane, partici
pating: in ceremonies marking; tho poenlnjj today of the new
pollco reserve air station near Port Hamilton oh the Brooklyn,
eido of the Narrows, turned turtle while attempting to land on
the waters of New York harbor. A coast guard cutter nt once
put out and took the plane in tow.
LITHUANIA IN STATE OF PANIC
KOVNO, Lithuania, Oct. 23. Lithuania is In a -state of abso
lute panic over ITie movements of troops commanded by Gencrm
Zellgouskl in Vienna. Every Hour there are rumors that theso
"independent" forces are moving; toward Kovno, and that they
intend to take Memel, a port in east Prussia Hose to the former
Russian frontier. Tho overcrowded little provincial city affords
Inadequate accommodations for the Lithuanian government, which
hastily fled from Vilna after being in that city only a few days.
General Zellgouskl's force in the Vilna area is reported to num
ber about 40,000 men, and if it can obtain supplies, is probably
too formidable for the Lithuania army to attack.
300 KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION IN MANCHURIA
TOKIO, Oct. 23. Special dispatches from Harbin. Manchuria,
report three hundred casualties in killed nnd injured in a col
lision of trains on the Chinese eastern railway near Harbin. The
victims, the reports added, were Russians.
JAPAN'S POLICIES ATTACKED BY OPPOSITION PARTY
KUMAMOTO, Japan, Oct. 23. Resolutions condemning the
domestic and foreign policies of the government were adopted at
the convention here of threo thousand members of the Kensei-Kai
opposition party. It was declared the utmost anxiety was felt
by the people of Japan over the result of tho negotiations with
the United States in connection wiffi the CaTTfornia situation, bet
caue the cabinet was conducting the negotiationswl.n nn unsatis
factory manner. Tho resolutions demanded general reform in the
nntiou's foreign policy, the stabilization of economic conditions
by nn adjustment of the financial administration and the imme
diate imnsguiation of universal suffrage.
VIRGINIA CADETS
MEET PENN TODAY
Southern Eleven Arrives ThiskDelay Action at Request of
Morning in Top Form for
Its Big Game
GAME STARTS AT 2:30 P. M.
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periods. IS minutes.
Coach Flelsman nnd his Pennsylvania
football eleven will entertain a new
gridiron rival on Frnnklln Field this
afternoon when Virginia Military In
stitute trots'out of the dressing room.
The game will stnrt at 2:30, a half
hour earlier than the previous games, a
wise move on the part of tho Penn
athletic authorities.
Tho southerners nrrlved iu this city
this morning and immediately reported
at the red and blue training house,
where they met the Penn nlnyers and
lunched with them. Conch Clarkson, of
the visitors, announced that his team
was ih the befrt of shape nnd would
give Penn a battle that will be lone
remembered.
Lexington. Vn., Is the homo of the
Virginia Military Institute and the
town Is so hot tin over the phenomenal
showing of the Cadets to date that they
wired last night .nhhio to ho bet at
even money on their favorites.
To date V. M. I. hns captured three
games, one by the score of 1H5 to O,
the biggest score rolled up so far this
eeason. The University of Virginia.
which usually overwhelms the cadets,
fell before their powerful attack two
weeks ugo and were downed 20 to 0.
Game No Sot-up
The game will be anything but a
set-up, according to tho critics. Tom
McNamara. the scrub coach and scout,
after seeing tho Cadets play last Sat
urday, reported that they have an
eleven that ranks high. Their peculiar
1 open stylo bf play will cause the red
i and bluo considerable worry at the
stnrt, according to McNnmara. Several
Princeton scouts who witnessed tho
cadets In action say that Penn is in
1 for a bufry nfternoon,
I From tacklo to tackle the visitors
i weigh in the neighborhood of 185
pounds, with a pale of averago sized
ends and a backfic)d averaging to
considerably less thnn Penn's about
'150 pounds. In Hummers, who holds
1 down tho left tackle post, tho visitors
, have one of tho real start of thn mma
He Is rated as one of the best in the
south this ear. He weighs 211 pounds
and Is O feet 2 Inches tall. Despite
his avoirdupois ho is a fast man. Ills
Continued on Vact Seventeen, Column Four
BRITISH RAIL MEN
POSTPONE STRIKE
Miners' Executive, Who Will
Meet Lloyd George
TO DISCUSS NEW PROPOSAL
By the Associated Press
London, Oct. 23. The railwaymen
havo postponed their proposed strike
In sympathy with the miners tempor
arily at the request of the miners' ex
ecutive, it was announced this evening.
The miners have nrcoptcd an iuvi
tion from Premier Lloyd George for
further discussions.
The Evening Staudnrd says the min
es' executive commltteo is to be asked
to meet Premier Lloyd George nnd his
experts at the premier's official residence
In Downing street, although the time for
such n meeting hns not been fixed. If
.asserts nlso thut the s-kelcton of a for
mula slightly more favorable to the
miners has been sketched, and that this
has unofficially been approved by prom
inent miners' lenders, although this doei
not necessarily mean thnt the miners
as a whole would accept it.
Infonhnl cnncrsntinns between the
government nnd individual lenders of
tho striking British coal miners were
resumed this morning. These discus
sions followed a conference with Pre
mier Lloyd George nud several other
members of the government. The secre
tary of the miners' organization was
among those consulted.
Representatives of the mlno owners
also conferred with the government.
The view expressed in government
c rcles this afternoon was that the strike
situation was by no means without hope
of a favorable holutlon.
During the discussion between the
government nnd the miners luformal
proposals were expected to be made
which might contain a nucleus for an
ultimate settlement.
In consequence of the coal strike the
sailing of tho Cunard liner Kalscrln
Augusta Victoria, for New York, sched
uled for today, has been Indefinitely
postponed. The Aqultanla, of the Cu
nard lino, however, which uses oil fuel,
in i t0 leave ",!s nfternoon nnd
will take some of the passengers booked
for the Ivalserln Augusta Victoria.
Premier Lloyd George and alt tho
members of the cabinet are staying In
London over the week-end to handle
the situation. The neroier Is said to
have drafted a manifesto to the nation
to bo Issued in the event of a railway
GRANADA, SPAIN, FEEL8 QUAKE
Granada, Spain, Oct. 23. (By a
P.) An earthquake shock lasting ten
minutes was felt at 0 o'clock Friday
evening throughout tho province. Dam
Xfasonc m B0,ne villaei. but
?nM-ri.lher" WACfe nny l'nf"lties Is
?,u l ' k??ivn' A "l0st thp "rtl Pop
ulation of the province left thvlr bvnwi
HARDING SWEEP,
NORTH, EAST AND I
WESIPKTED
Indications of Republican Land
slide Apparent to Political j
. . Observers
DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS OF
VICTORY UNFOUNDED
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
6foff Correspondent Erenlnc I'ubllo lStrt
CowrioM, It 10, tj Publlo Ledaur Co.
Chicago, Oct. 23. A survey of po
litical conditions throughout the coun
try indicates that Harding will carry
all tho eastern and northern states and
all tho western states, except four. Tho
border states are in doubt, except
Missouri, which will almost certainly
go Republican.
Tho forecast is based upon visits to
all tho great middlo western states,
which usually decido elections, and a
trip through the border states, which
havo been tho battlegrounds this year,
from Maryland to Oklahoma. The
claims of party managers and the in
formation available at both national
headquarters here have been token Into
consideration. The Republicans claim
the Rocky mountain states, which have
been assigned to Cox in this forecast,
and nlso some southwestern -and border
states here described as doubtful are
given to Cox.
The Democrats figure out a Cor vic
tory by claiming nil tho border states,
some of which seem certain to go to
Harding, and some of which aro
doubtful, together with the western
states like Ohio and Indiana, and Cal
ifornia on the Pacific coast. Campaign
managers always have to show how
their candfdates can and will bf elected.
The Democratic claims bear the mark
of being of this sort. The extreme Re
publican claims are of tho big landslide
variety. No party manager &ants to
be proved by Jhe.rcs.ult to have been
lacking In faith. Hence Republican
professions that they have good chances
in states like Tennessee and Arizona.
States Claimed for Harding
The following Is the list of states
which will go to Harding with the
number of their electoral votes noted:
California. 13; Colorado. 0; Connecti
cut, 7; Delaware. 3; Idaho, 4; Illinois,
2! : Indinna, 15 ; Iowa, 13 ; Kansas. 10 ;
Maine. 0: Massachusetts. 18; Michi
gan, 15; Minnesota. 12; Missouri, 18;
Nebraska. 8: New Hampshire. 4 New
Jersey, 14 ; New Mexico, 3 ; New York,
45; North Dnkota, 5; Ohio. 24; Ore
gon, 5; Pennsylvania, 38: Rhode Isl
nnd, 5; South Dnkota, 5; Utah. 4j
Vermont, 4: Washington. 7; West Vir
ginia, S; Wisconsin, 13; Wyoming, 3.
Totnl. 30 i.
The following states will go for Cox :
Alabama. 12: Arizonn. 3; Arkansas. 0;
Florida, 0; Georgia. 14; Louisiana, 10;
Misissippl. 10; Montana. 4; Nevada,
3; North Carolina, 12 j Oklahoma, 10;
Smith Carolina, 0; Tennessee, 12;
Texas, 20; Virglnln. 12. Total. 140.
Thn following states nre doubtful:
Mnryland, S electoral votes; Kentucky,
13. Total. 21.
Maryland and Kentucky nre classed
as doubtful. Both states inclined to
Hnrding n month ngo, but recent de
velopments have improved Cox's chnnce
in both of them. Tho. raising of the
rnco issue has helped the Democrats all
nlong tho border. Cardinal Gibbons'
declaration for the Icugue of Nations
will probably aid in holding Mnryland
to the Democrats. Both states are
normally Democratic. Their present In
clination appears to be toward Cox. On
the other hand, if the Hnrding sweep
is big enough, It may carry both of these
states. '..
I K-tlon In .Missouri
Missouri is given to Hnrding because
of the defection in the Demrieratie
party. There Senator Reed's Kansas
City hpecch almost settles the question
nf Missouri. Reed's going to Wiscon
sin to make u light for La Follutte's
candidate for icnntor there, Thompson,
Is n notice to his lollowera of what bo
cures for party obligations.
1'tah is aligned to Harding because
the Mormon Church is likely to support
tho wlnuer nnd also because tho stato
is norinnly Republican.
Republican claims to Oklahoma and
Arizona are dismissed ns too optimistic.
Both these btates are normally heavily
Democratic. Botli these states havo
much In common with tho South and
tho writer's information Is thnt the
(southern Democrncy in border states
is standing fairly firm. Only a tidal
wave will carry Oklaluna nnd Arizoua
Into the Republican column.
Little information is nvuilnble re
garding the mountain states of Mon
tana and Nevada. Their population is
scattered and inaccessible. Their eler
toral vote is small and unimportant.
They are ordinarily Democratic. Re
publican claims to them aro of the
hopeful variety.
Germans Now Republican
Democratic claims to Ohio and In
diana aro rejected as highly Improbable.
The writer has been much In the states.
He has found every ludlcutlon of a sub
stantial Republican victory in both.
The defection of the foicigu clement
alone would cost both of thcho states
to the Democracy. Cox carried Ohio
last time with the aid of tho Hnmilton
county Germans. Tho Hamilton coun
ty Gcruruns uro Republican this time.
The best cvideiico thnt California
is not doubtful as the Democrats assert
is the absence of Hiram Johuson from
tho state. In a Republican year liko
this Johnson, who has mado many sac
rifices to maintain his party regularity,
could uot afford to have his state go
Democratic. If thoro were any danger
of Its doing o ho would be at work la
('alIfo"iil' lie tays his state will glvo
ban 150,000 majority.
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