Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, April 18, 1921, Night Extra, Image 1

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THE WEATHER
Fair and cold tonfjcht with frost',
Tuesday, fair, rising temperature; dim
Inching winds becoming variable.
TEMrERATUlU? AT KAC1I HOim
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VOL. VII. NO. 185
Rivalry Between Senator and
Governor May Spoil Apparent
Agrecmont on Passage
ENEMIES OF MEASURES
STILL HOPE FOR DEFEAT
Important Activities j
ii Legislative Session
irni.twln.1 initirnnrintintis bill shows
heavy sloshing of nmnunts for Instltu
tiom In riillndclphln nnd elsewhere.
Appropriation nf $2."0.000 for port
of Philadelphia improvement Ih cut
to $100,000.
There Im more tnlk of extending the
session, hut It Is still just tnlk.
Senator I'enrosc niny Interfere nnd
ipnil apparent ngrcemrnt of legislative
lenders to pnss Goxcrnor Sprout's
revenue hills.
Hill governing rental,- on House
calendar tonight, apparently onl
lintipliiK mensure with chance of pars
ing. Vnre men prepare to pass votcrt
assistance bill In House. It would
allow political workers to help voters
mark ballots nt primaries.
Vnre men In Senate ready to pass
viewers' ripper bill tonight.
House will net tonight on bills de
ilgned to excuse women from jury
duty.
Dill making it possible to give all
M estate assessor jobs to Hcpuhll.
cans will probably be sent to Gov
ernor by Senate tonight.
Hill for state co-operntinn In nes
nuicentennlnl plans may pass House
tonight.
Amended Kdwnrds-Finegnn school
bill would allow board to levy only
tax necessary to pay Increased t.nl
arles. Br n Ulaff Cnrrrsponittnt
llarrlsburg, April IS. Apparently an
agreement has been reached among leg
islative leaders over the week-end by
the terms of which revenue measures will
be pawed presiding approximately $12.
OOO.OOO n ycnF additional revenue. All
indications arc that the funds required
for the Finegnn program for n state
wide Improvement of the school system
are to he provided more liberally than
was thought possible n Week ago. Also
Glfford Plnchot, the state forestry chief,
is to get a few millions which It was
thought he would not get.
The revenue misers, however, are
Hill ligorously opposed nnd thoe who
havo battled for economy nnd retrench
ment aro rcljiug on last minute
tricks and parliamentary plays to win
their objective. Tor it appears to bo
conceded thnt there Is n good chance of
the revenue raisers passing the Senate
most of them hnvc already pa(.ed the
House "lint," whisper those opposed
to the new taxes, "they may be recnlled
from the (lovernor In .the very Inst hours
of the session." Hack of nil thU is the
growing rivalry between Senator Pen
rose nnd (iovernor Hproul for ultimate
control of the Legislature. Hlg politics
in being played on both sides nnd on the
result will depend new political njid
factional alignments in tho state 'and
In Philadelphia, with rnmitlcntlons run
ning to all sections of the common
wealth. Maze of Intrigue
There is feeling prevalent thnt Sena
tor Penrose counts on the support of
the Houso nnd that Governor Hproul
counts on tho support of the Senate.
And running through it all is n maze of
Intrigue, back stairs gossip and the re
sorts of snake amendments. Control of
the Legislature Ih not the big issue ; it
appears to be control of tho state or
ganization. On the one side is n newly
opened field of udditlonnt state patron
ate and on the other is the now avail
able rich resource of federal nntrnnngc.
The coming municipal elections in Phil
adelphia and Pittsburgh, the coming
fight for tho succession to I'nited States
Senator Knox and tho control of the
next gubernatorial primaries are nil in
volved. And apparently there Is a sus
picion that the Penrose leadership can
not rely on the Vnre leadership for help ;
b'enator Penrose Is endeavoring by va
rious means to mnke his Influence felt.
He appears to feel that his best ohnnec
of that, up to this time, is in the Mouse.
The question us to the Senate would
not be raised until tho effort should be
made to recall the revenue-raisers from
the hands of the Governor. Indicative
f the Penrose attitude is his declara
tion tlmt he is opposed to the pnssagu
of tho bill which would end the uonpnr
tUnn sjstem of municipal elections in
Pittsburgh nnd Sernnton. This bill is
now m the House, after having pnti.ed
the Senate with tho backing of the
Hproul forces. Likewise the F.yrc bill,
repealing tho full -crew law Ih on the
third reading ealendnr In the upper
chamber and then goes to tho House.
. W. Atterbury, big rnllroad official,
It was reculled, was n spools' friend of
ContlnuM on Tnirr Klxht Column Tito
A MADMAN'S
VISION
The world looks queer to the
mini with a distorted brain.
Just how queer it seems to
one is shown by the weird
nnd uncanny scenic settinca
f the lutcst imported for
eign photoplay. You'll find
out all about it
On the Daily Movie
Magazine Page
And there you'll also find n
Mnr who is satisfied with
hubby. Slio is Justine John
stone, Famous Beauty
of the Screen
You'll find mnny other things
there, too, all of interest to
ine movio fan the new bnck
JMB Kowns, Viola Dana's
i.er nnd Ilcws of yur fa.
vii s.tftrs-, Se0 tno Dnlly
Movie Mnjrittlne.
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PENROSE MAY JOIN
FIGHI ON SPROUL'S
RILLS FOR REVENUE
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Entered Second-Clssa Manor nt Iho roetortlre. nt Philadelphia, Ta.
Under Itio Art nf March a, 1S7U .
Identify Shore Murder
Victim as German Count
Man Found Slain in Atlantic City Declared
Scion of Von Bulow Family,
Incognito
iiirrinl nispnich to Evenlno Publio I.tAaer the count nttended. Interment will be
Atlantic City, April IS. The police made In Plcnsnntvllle Cemetery,
here learned todny thnt the mnn found , T,,(.' murder was one of the most
.., ., ,,, ..,... , n: ....... briitnl nnd deliberate In At antic City
inuidrred on the meadows nt ltnncssoc fw Jrarf( Robbery apparently was the
im-iiu,; mm i iiurmiuy mi mini nriii- .
ilch ion liuliiw, u scion of German no
bility, wIiot iiinii is now occup.iliig Int
estates in lliiviirin.
A Jrlend to whrsn brme Vim Ilulow
enmc directly after landing In America
gave HiIn Information. It ns pride,
he said, thnt ninde Vim llitlnw bide hi'
renl (dentit.. The romit wns liichlc
educated and connected with the first
fniuilles of the Old World. ,
The body will be burled thin nftcr-'
noon, with services conducted by the i
Itev. Dr. John Klelfhin. of the (lei-
man Prcsbyterimi ( hurch here, where
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Supremo Court Holds Murderi
Conviction Was Obtained
on Error
COUNSEL SEE ACQUITTAL
Hobcrt M. T.oomis won another
chnnce for his liberty today in the de
cision of Justice Sndlcr, of the State
Supreme Court, that T.oomls hnd been
convicted of second -degree murder in
erior.
"We're going to keep on fiKhtlng un
til we get him free," sold Snmuel W.
Cooper, Ihilndclphln lawyer, when told
of the Supreme Court's decision. "It Is
mighty good news the court has given
him nnother trinl. This time I think
we'll get him off."
Hehlnd the effort to free Ioomls. who
nt present Is n prisoner in the West
ern Penitentiary, is a rmnrknble. story
of an unlettered man's personality win
ning for him a host of friends among
the educated and inlluentinl.
Loomls used to work on n "dude
rnnch" In Mnntnnn, one of those huge
western farms where the "effete east
erner" is given n chnnce to "live hard"
for nwhile and work up nn nppetite for
llapjncks nnd bacon. I.oomis wns n
"dude wrangler on the ranch, nnd
everybody's friend.
When the I'hilndelphlans he hnd
mnde "stand around" In Mnntnnn heard
he hnd been nrrcstcd In Xorthumptnu
cuunty in 11118. charged with taking
part in a robbery during which a woman
had been killed, they rallied to his aid.
Hen nl of Ciimj Ily Accident
"I heard of the ense by accident,"
said Mr. (Jooper. when told today of
the Supremo Court's decision. "At thnt
time I.oomis had been convicted and
was in the penitentiary under sentence
of dentil. II was in the summer nnd
the Supreme Court wns nbout to nil
journ.
"From nil I could lenrn nbout the
case. It was a lot of buncombe nnd flap
doodle, anil the young fellow wasn't nnv
more guilty than I wns. So I Jumped
in and petitioned the court."
Mr. Cooper intervened ns "amicus
curiae" a "friend of tho court" and
succeeded in getting n new trial for
young I.oomis. A mnn named Shrope.
Indicted with I.oomis, was to have been
the stnr witness for the commonwealth
nt the second ns he hnd bceu nt the first
trinl, but when the ense cume up wns
confined in mi Insane asylum.
The testimony given by Shrope nt the
first trial was rend nt the second, nnd
I.oomis again convicted, though onlj
of second decree murder, where it hnd
been first degree nt the former trial.
An nppenl wns taken from this verdict
becausu the prisoner hnd not been con
fronted In court with the crazy man,
whose testimony was used against him,
and because the commonwealth aban
doned as worthless some finger-print
evidence they had used in the lirst trial.
Today's decision is on this second
nppenl.
Iiomls hnd mnny friends nmong
wealthy people In this city. They ralseil
n fund by subscription for such neces
sary costs ns printing the pnwr books
used In the appeals. Toomls Is de
scribed ns n handsome, clear-eyed youth
you "doesn't look like a crook," ns his
attorney snld today, "and isn't one."
THE SHAD ARE CALLING
Bars Cannot Keep Gloucester Fish
erman From Nets He Walks Out
Rdward Qulnn, n Gloucester shad
fishcrmnn, found that tho Gloucester
jail was ns easy In fnct easier to
leave than to enter. He wns carried In
under duress, but he walked out of his
own volition.
Hn was arrested yesterday charged
with drunkenness. After six hours in
his cell, be began to consider the. ad
visability of leaving. The tide would
be right for setting out his net by mid
night, and he did not want to miss his
tin til .
His wife brought him some supper
nnd then stopped to spenk to the jailer,
acting Police Sergeant Simpson, Ac
cording to Simpson Mrs. (Jiilnn with
drew his nttentlon from the front door
of the jail while the prisoner
"vnmoosed."
Simpson said ho would have held the
wlfo as a hostage, but her plea of a
smnll child waiting for her at home
prevented It.
OOMIS GRANTED
ANOTHER TRAL
MRS. BERGDOLL LOSES
Supreme Court Upholds Verdict
Given Lawyer for Fees
The Supreme Court todny sustained
n verdict for $10,000 obtained by
Henry J. Scnlt ugninst Mrs. Kmmn
Itergdoll, mother of the notorious
slackers nnd nrmy deserters, Grover
nnd Krwln Hergdoll.
Mr. Scott represented her In court
principally in her defense to clurgrs
against her in connostlou with nldlng
her sons. She refused to pay his fee, as
sertlug It was excessive.
Tho Rutin resolution for investigu
tlon of the escape to Germany of Gro
ver ltersdoll wan reported out todny by
the House rules committee. Clmlnniui
Campbell Indlcntrd (hit It would be
tnkvii up lu the. House soou,
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I
Euetttna public ffie&get
i,rM, inl motive, lllll oilier consldcrn-
lions mnv hne entered Into the case.
The robbery theory finds corrobora
tion In the bloody finger mnrku found In
the lining of the inside vtct pocket.
vher the slayer's hnnd hnd evidently
gone In scare h of valuables.
The bunk book found in Von Hulow'.-.
cont hocd a deposit of W.'iO to his
credit.
Tho murdered man had been cm-
plojed here ns n fctorcrnom clerk In tin
St. Chmlc) Hotel, and wns known ns
Holnrlrlt von Hlcktor nnd also asllcniy
Huehler.
Suspect in Attack on Patrolman
Hasseler, Seriously Woundod,
Surrenders Himself
BLAMES DRIVER OF AUTO
The fourth man wanted in connec
tion with the shootllng of Pntrolmnn
William Hnsseler last Snturday sur
rendered to the police nt 11 o'clock
today. lie is Kdwnrd Munley. twenty
eight years old. York street near Hope.
Muiilev envc himself un to Lieutenant
Wnml nt tl,A .lAtnitd'A In, .Ann no n .
mnterinl witness. He put the' entire
b'nme for the shooting of the patrol-.
I man, now dnngernusly ill in the l-.pls-I
copnl Hospital, upon Illchnrd Daislry,
I Twelfth and Jefferson streets.
( The prisoner wns turned over to
j Detective Helshnw, head of the murder
I squad, for examination. In the pres
I ence of his attorney, Henjnmln (Solder,
a member of the state Legislature,
he told a complete story of the shoot
ing. In connection with which Dalsley,
l.two other men nnd two young women
I were nrrested. They are John Mttto
I liui nnd John McCann, n'eventh street
and Montgomery avenue ; Lillian
Wychuller nnd (Sruce Mllford, Flf-
irriuii uiiu .leiicrsfiu sirecis.
Munley told Ilelshnw that he, in
compnny with McCann nnd Mittolinl,
wns in a restaurant nt Thirteenth and
Columbia avenue, late Friday night.
They met the two girls on their ,wayl
nut or the place nnd struck up a con
ersntlon with them.
As they were standing on the street
corner, he says, Dalsley drove up in a
motorcar nnd offered to join the pnrty.
They all entered the car and drove out
on Ilnoscvelt boulevard. On their re
turn, ns they reached II nnd Tioga
streets, Hasseler accosted them nnd
asked to sec Dalsley's driver's license.
"Dalsley said ho would show his li
cense." snld Munley. "nnd I stood on
the running board while be reached Un
der the front seat. Instead of a license
be drew forth a revolver and tired point
blank nt the pntrolmnn."
"He Immediately started off while I
clung to the running board. After wc
had gone a few blocks I dropped .off,
.At I, I'M Ail Immn .m .1 ninimiinlAn,...! ...l.l.
...... ..in .,.. i- int., . ....(.unit,, nii-u .Will
I...- ,.i,i.aii .aIam.-.. ..i..!.. ..w .... i
ns" n material witness." i
Stella Wychuller. 1IKU North Seven
tecnth street, visited her sister, Lillian,
in Central Stntlnn todny. She told more
nbout the prisoner than the police hnvc
so fur learned from the prisoner's own
lips.
It nppears thetwo girls lived in Ply-
mouth. Pa., nehr Wllkes-Harrc. They
quarrelled with their stepfather, Martini
Trcgus, and left home n year ngo. Later l
tiny split compnny. Lillian going to
live with Grace Milford. I
Stolln snld u limilipr Alhnrt Wv.
chillier, was on Ills way from Plymouth '
to make un effort to have LUliou re
leased.
Hotli girls were in n slight mood to
day when faced by the police. Their
only complaint, they said, was "bum
chow." Grace said :
"It isn't sn bud to be locked up, but
what awful 'chow' they do hand out.
Kortunntel), we had n few dollars nnd
were able to borrow some more to buy
chicken for our Sunday dinner. Other
wise it would have been n mighty poor
Sunday for us."
ARREST
MAN
N SHOOTING CASE
YOUNG RUNAWAYS, 7 AND 9,
PROMISE TO STOP ROAMING
'Won't Do It Again" Rose ami Margaret Pachceh Say After
Their Latest Tour of Parts Unknown
Rose nnd Mnrgnret Pacheeek, seven
nnd nine yenrs old. a pretty pnlr of
rutin wnjs, nodded their bobbed brown
beads solemnly this morning nnd prom-
ised their mother, Mrs. Joseph Pnche-
cek, 121 North Wnnnmnker street,
ilwil "rliAi.'.l nm.n (I.-. If iicmln
1.11111- hi... ,. tv,i. n
The children came downstairs In
their school dresses, but with little work
nprons pinned over them, and demure!)
chorused: "Can't we do something to
help you, mother."
"They re such sweet eliildrrn, said
n . . .... . ,, 1
Mrs. Pacheeek. "that you simply hnve
to forgive them, but they worry the
neari out ot me ny meir irn-i.s.
Hose and .Mnrgnret uon t iock line nrst and wns going lo lick him," said
ehronlc runnwnys, but that is what 'the father. "He said to wait a mln
Iheir parents mij they are. They al-' lite before I started n tight, nnd then
ways come buck again, but not before' hr told me he and his wife iind just
they hnve given jhelr father and mother I come home and found the girls sitting
n bad senre. Ion their porVh.
Itosn. the seven -j ear-old, blames her I
older sister. Mnrgnret, taken . to tnsk, Margaret IjirUnl In t'hurrh
doesn t seem lo he able to explain why ,r.
she stays uwny from home when t,h'e ' he man snid he iikKciI whnt thev
knows her parents worry. were doing there nnd they told him 'just
Yesterday morning Mrs. Pneheeelt ' racking. Th.j said il was too dark to
dressed the children In while, put on 1
their gray raincoats and gray hoods, and
sent them off to church nt Our Lady of
the nosary. Sixty-third and Cnllowbill
streets. They were bound for tho chil
dren's muss ut 8:,I0.
Father Heroines Worried
Their fnlber goes to 11 Inter mass and
as a rule, meets the youngsters coming
back. He ilhln'l .ostrn!n.v. When he
nri.in.ei. nou.c ,,., .u,..i t.,e.v w.o ,1111
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 18,' 1921
L
OF STATE TO PROBE
OF P. R. T.
Supremo Court Hoars Argu
ments Favoring Roopening
of Transit Problem
CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS
ASK DECISION REVERSAL
"The underlying companies of the
V. It. T. nrc as much subject to the
public service company law ns if they
were opernting their lines themselves.'
This declnrutlon wns made by As
sistant City Solicitor Hosenbnum be
fore the Supreme Court today In urgu
inent as to whether the Public Service
Commission ban the right to Invest!
gnte rentals pnld to subsidiary concerns
by the P. II. T.
A decision of the court will determine
the status of the commission nnd may
' 1 1 .... lH..ultwflf ll M'lltxll ll'lll lit -
irnil l II" llinruwiu ........ ........
tlmntely reduce the rnte of fare In this
city. , .
There wns u great arrny nf counsel
at today's hearing in City Hall. After
rovlnu-lnc the controversy over the tin-
deriving rentals, which started more
than a year ago through action taken i
by business men'H organizations, .ui.
Ilosenbaum explained why the city bad
joined In nn appeal to the Supreme
Court to ascertain the status of the
commission.
Jurisdiction Questioned
Mr. Itosenbniim pointed out thnt the
underlying companies based their ar
gument on the contention that the com
mission only hnd jurisdiction over rates
and service. In this ense, be snld. the
term 'service' in the net miiRt be con
sidered In It broadest sense.
"Public service consists of two
things, nnmely, the energy expended
nnd the thing on which the energy I
IICAil " tlP Mfllll
"The only renson iiiui
the underlying companies fall to give
both branclies oi service is im-au um
.. . . .t. .. .!).
were rclieveu dj me r inunnm".
"It excused them from pnrt of those
obligations. The subsidiary concerns
hnd property devoted to public use.
Thev simply leased their property to
nnother nnd therefore remnlned under
the public service law.
"Wo assert that although the public
service corporation puts its property In
the Inp of the public, It cannot evade
lesponsibility by lenslng its lines to nn
other." , ..
C. Oscnr Heasley, representing the
I'nited Business Men's Associntlon, one
of the appellants, said there was a ne
cessity for an investigation of the sub
sidiary concerns, so that n justifiable
reduction in carfare to the public might
eventually result.
I It. T.'s Record Reviewed
In reviewing the records, of the P. It.
T. Co. for the last few years .Mr. liens
ley said -the underlying concerns ab
sorbed nbout ten-twelfths of the receipts
of tho operating company, therefore
innking It Impossible, he added, for the
holding company to make necessary ex
tensions. "We assert under the public service
company act," snld Mr. Ilenslcy, "thnt
the respondents are required to file nn
nnswer to the original complaint math
by the I'nited Huslness Men's Associa
tion more than n year ngo. The public
service net clearly says that any com
pany controlling property is within reg
ulations of the net.
"Wo assert the words of tho act are
plain because they provide not only for
service, but for uiosc wno iiirnisn jroii
.'. - . ". , , . I t
nrtv The iinderlvinc companies tur
nlsh property. We nlso know thnt every
time the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Conlln.ird on rKe Tvo, Column One
APPROPRIATIONS HERE CUT
Amended Bill In Legislature Shows
h-.uv Slashlna
Heavy biasning
" i",ir Corrr-inu.irnt
HarrLsburg, April IS. Legislators
arriving today are eagerly studying the
amended nnnronrlations bill nnd nrc
startled by the deep (dashing. As to
Phllndelnh'ln. S.'Ifl.OOO is cut from the
request for ?S0,00) for the Philadelphia
Museum.
Other cuts Include Women's Medical
College, from $200,000 to Mri.OOO;
Philadelphia School of Design for
Women. $110,000 to $2." .000: St. Jo
seph's Ilospltnl, $100,000 to $70,000;
Western Temporary Home of Philadel
phia. $7,100 to $.i."(00; House- of the
Good Shepherd. $.10,000 to $2.1.000;
St. John's Orphan Aslum. WO.OOO to
$22,000.
absent he was worried, but remembered
, the children's fondness for taking long
walks and hoped they would show up bv
'dinner time. When Mm. .11,1 ,,nt mm'n
he begnn to explore the neighborhood In
senrch nf them, nnd when all other in-
nulpln., e..ll.l . J . .1 .
.ii.,i-ri luui'ii. ht'lil worn IO tue ponce.
I It wns 1 1 t.'lfi o'clock Inst night nnd
Mr. nm Mrs. Pacheeek were sitting In
'their house with sum.- neighbors, who
' hud come In to watch with them, when
a child's voice outside snld: "Here's
. "" " we live. ami a strange mnn
!tnlLml t.. ...l.l. .1. . ,1,1 . 1
walked
hand.
111 vtiiii me ciiiiiireu Dy tile
i innugut nc was n kidnapper nt
IIT .1 , . . ...
ltn ,hp,ne, but they knew their uddres
and he brought them.'
The parents and the children's tench
ers nave tried to cure the children's
fondness for wandering off, but with nn
.emit. A week ngo Margaret wnn
ilered nwny and could not be located
At last t-he was found In a church,
where rae had crept Into n pew late in
the evening and been overlooked by the
Ji.nilor, who locked her 'n long nfter
U the worshljunl gone home.
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CITY UPHO
DS RIGHT
RENTALS
51
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Gets Her Divorce
I R277SC!!fliji& ixi.''rv"'TI""r I
FBsV'vV'S !
Internntlnnnl
MRS. WIM.TAM M. GKAIIAM.
Mrs. Graham, of Now Yorli nnd
California, recently obbilnod a di
vorce In Oklahoma. She first met
Iter husband when she was working
ns a waitress In it Philadelphia
lonrdlng hoiuc. She is tho mother
of Goraldlno Graham, called by the
Prince of Wales the most beautiful
girl In America. Mrs. Graham was
Hlrdlo Pollock
BOY "FIREBUG" SUSPECTED
IN GOWEN AVENUE BLAZF
Believed to Have Set Several Other
Places on Fire In Vicinity
Fire destroyed tho summer kitchen
of the home of E. M. Taussig, 112
Oowen avenue. Mount Mry, Inst night
while the family was absent.
Mrs. Tnssig said today she believes a
youthful 'firebug" Is responsible for
the blaze. The flnmes were spreading
to the house when firemen, summoned
by. neighbors, arrived. 1
I have given the fire mnrshal a
acscripnon ot trie ooy seen near my ,
home by neighbors shortly before the
fire wns discovered," Mrs. Taussig
sain.
"There huve been ten fires in this
neighborhood in six weeks nnd resi
dents here nro grently nlnrmed. The
boy must hnvc a mnnla for starting
fires and wntehlng the engines run.
IIo always turns up when the firemen
arrive."
Mrs. Taussig snld no one hns ever
seen the loy start a fire, but sh
nddeil she Is positive the boy, when lo
cated, can explain the cause of m'niv
of tho blazes started in that sectloi
recently.
Mrs. Taussig and her family were
at the home of n relative yesterday.
Before she left, she said, a careful
Inspection was made, ns a precaution
against fire. The summer kitchen wns
built recently. It cost $1000.
WIFE'S TEARS MOVE JUDGE ,
Husband, Convicted of Forcible
Entry, Released on Probation
The tearful pleading of tho prison
er's pretty nineteen-yenr-old wiff, who
is ncnrltig motherhood, saved Hobeit
Wnrmr, of Twelfth htreet nenr Vine,
from a penitentiary sentence in .ludgi. J
ShulPs Criminal Court this morning.
Tears welling in her Inrge blue eye(
the wife declared Warner had been a I
faithful husband nnd hnd been driven to
desperation by unemployment, uhen hr
forced an entrance to the home of Mrs. '
Joseph Thomas, Vn'Jt'2 Chestnut street.
Inst week.
Warner nlcndeu guilty to forcible en
itry nnd nirrrlng oonccnl(l dendlj
weapons. Judge ShuII, nfter heariiig
the plen of the youns wife, let Warner
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mi nil nut ,. i-ui-. Jt! llUlltlltll
I'll yet .nmo kind of work- if 1 '
, . , , -.. - ; 1 ,., . . , ,- .;, " . ' ii, ua iiuv ucuii. uiu sleeping. 1
have to use n pick nnd lovel." sai I with or been supported by Ill-advised,, Earlier in the evening Itchiker ap
Warner, as he and bis wife left the or viInuf.. minded outsiders nnd not b r .1 tv, n,.. ...i.t, ,u. . .'
1.. t...i 11...11 ,
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could linve sentenced bun to four yeurs
Imprisonment. . .
SHOTS ROUT BURGLARS
J. C. Peacock Prevents Looting
of
Drug Store
J. C. Peacock, who lives nbovc I.ig
gett's drug store at the nortbeiist cor
ner of Grrmnntown nnd Eric avenues,
surprised three men who were nttempt
Ing to enter the store nt J o'clock
this morning nnd scured them away by
several shots.
Five men drove to the store in an
automobile. Three left the machine,
broke n window on the Erie avenue
side of the store nnd were entering
when Peacock was aroused.
As he llred in the air they hurricdl
lolncd the others and drove nwn.
CRIES ATTRACT POLICE
One of Two Thuga Nabbed After At
tempt at Hold-Up
Two men attempted to hold up Bob
ert I.ockett, of I'lW North Camac street,
last night nt Tenth and Pnrrlsh streets.
Patrolmen Tiel and I.utwinc. of the
Tenth and Biittonnood streets station,
heard I.niAett's cries for help, nnd cap
tured one of the men after n tight. He
gave his nnine ns Howard Gerhurdt. of
Brown street nbnve Twelfth. 1I, was
held under $1000 hull for court bj
Magistrate Grells. in the Eleenth nn;i
Winter streets station.
HARDSHIP and danger cannot
discourage.
"A One-Man Woman"
whose sole interest In life is f0
proM the innocence of the man she
loves. Harriet NcII'm husbnnd was
accused of embezzlement, but be
cnuse she belieMil in him she w-iih
nble to cnrr. out a hazardous nlnn
to find the real thief. '
Hazel Deyo Batchelor
triumphs over her former serials In
this thrilling storj nf tense intercut
and suspense. The first chnpter
swinging rapidly lulo action, np'
penrs today.
On the Woman's Page
i
mulshed Dally recent Hunday
Oopyrlicht, 1031. y
U. S. SUPERVISION
Publicity and 'Government Con
trol Within Reasonable Limits'
Urged on Stockholders
LABOR UNIONS, DECLARED
INEFFICIENT AND COSTLY
H.i the Associated Tress
Xeu York. April If. -H'-bcrt H.
Gary, chairman of the I'nited States
Steel Corporation, told the stockholders
I nt their nnnunl meeting today he was
In fnvor of "publicity, regulation nnd
rensonnble control" of business through
, government ngncies. ns a possible
"solution of or nntldote tor the Inbor
. union problem."
' Declaring be did not believe in
socialism nor In governmental manage
ment or operation, he suggested that
nonpartisan, nonsectnrlan commissions
or departments render' decisions, sub
ject to review by the highest courts.
"Laws clear, well defined, prac
ticable and easy of comprehension
covering these matters, might be
passed," said Mr. Gary, "nnd If so
they should apply to all economic or
ganizations,, groups or bodies exceeding
certain specified numbers or amounts.
i Hoth organlxed capital and organized
labor should be placed under thme
lnws. Knch should be entitled to the
same protection and be subject to the I
same restrictions and provisions.
OF CORPORATIONS
FAVORED BY GARY
Test for Ivhor Unions ",,,u" ,,eu ,B i'i""" "'' """" """
"Will labor unions consent U. this?"" " -ndeavor to forestnll the action
They have heretofore objected, nere railroads nil over the country, nine-
would be n test. Labor union leaders
before now have asked and received
discriminatory exemptions.
This Is
wrong nnd it would be just ns bad If
the situation were reversed. Em- ,
ployers generally desire only the snme '
treatment that Is
necorded to labor
unions. The large majority of work-
men nlso would be satisfied with this
stnndnrd
Mr. Gary devoted n considerable por
tion of his address to labor unions, nnd
said "the natural nnd certain effects of
labor unionism are expressed by three
words Inefficiency, high costs."
"I would not Inteptlonally do an In
justice to nny union tabor leader, nor
to a labor union," he continued, "but
I firmly believe complete unionization of
the Industry of this country would be
thc beginning of industrial decay. t dite the hearing.
, "It seems to me that the natural, if ' The real significance of the present
potvlhe nnecssar, result of the con-1 endeavors of rnilronds to obtain reduc
jempln'ted progress of labor unions, if tlons, tnld B. M. Jewell, president of
successful, would be the control of i the railway employes' department of
shoos, then of trie cenernl mnnmrpmonl , the American Federation of Labor. Is
of the business, then of capital and
finally the government."
Admitting that unions mnv have been
justified in the mat because workmrn ,nK ,a "mol;o screen to conceal their
were not treated Justly, he declared ' ow" Inadequacies of management."
there wns now no necessity for labor , -v tn'r'1 raquest that the transporta
unlons, "In tbe opinion of the large , tl"n sroup, Including the four big broth
majority of both employers and cm- t000'" nnd the switchmen, be given a
nloves "
To Iteduce Working Hours
s
Turning to the subject of possible
reduction of working hours for em
ployes of the steel corporation, Mr.
Gary snld :
"The officers of this corporation, the
presidents of subsidiary compnnles and
n majority of others in positions of
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... ...... i. -ii.. i,, nn;, uiiu iui mm rea
son nnd liernue of public sentiment, it
is our endeavor and expectation to de-
erenc the working hours we hope In
the comparatively near future."
r,rni..rtini till. mriiA.nl nn1. .1Anlt
with its employes he snid :
"Adverse, even harsh, criticisms have
Dmnnllln rt. litn mnrtA ! I At. I..
i. i... ...i i. i.i. uuHK
.......v..,,,. . .-.v.. m.u.iv, uui in huh ron-,
netion it is nnticenble thnt th
criticisms hnvc general v nrlirlnntcl
.k. - 1..- v.......l 1
... ........ t. ........... .vn
He snld
.aid the corporation had been
ver successful In cultivating the feel-
ing of limit among the employes, and
that nn the average they had "received
ns high, if not the highest, compensa-
tlon, nnd ns generous, if not the most '
generous, treatment uciorded by any 1
basic industry nt nny period in this or
any other country." I
nOUSE GIVES BERGDOLL BILL PREFERENCE
The rules committee of the House, in Washington, today j;nve
rifjht of wny over nil other legislation to the Kahn resolution f..i
on investigation of the Grover Bursdoll case. It is rognrcled n ,
certain thnt the House will pnss the resolution.
BOY TO BE QUIZZED IN ARSON PROBE
Cnldwell Mitthewh, fifteen, of 110 Oowen n venue, has been
suiniucnecl to City Hall by Superintendent of Police MHU. Tho
police aic investigating n seiies of flies, believed to bo of in
cendiary origin, which hnve occurred near the boy's home. The
Intent wns nt 112 Gowen avenue last night.
ALLIES NEUTRAL BETWEEN GREEK AND TURK
LONDON. April IS. The allies hnve ngited to maintain nr
.-ttitude of neutrality during the hostilities between the Gi . I.
and Turk:, in Asdn Minor. Mr. Lloyd George, the piimt min
ister, made this announcement in the house of commons todny
WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO
Dies on Way to Hospital Driver
Is Held
Mrs. Bertha llnrff, seventy -one years
old, 1300 Fast Columbia avenue, was
btruck nnd fatally Injured by an auto
mobile at Girard nnd Columbia avenues
Inst night. She died n few minutes
later while being carried to St. Mary's
Hospital In 11 police patrol.
Horry De Swan, Second street near
Master, driver of the machine, was ar
rested. He was held without ball to
await the action nf the coroner by
Magistrate Campbell, In the Fast 01-
rnru uvvnue suuion nouse.
Puncrlr.tlen rrle Ifl a. Tar by Mall.
I'ubllo l-diter Comptny
FALL'S LETTER STIRS
BRITAIN TO PROTEST;
CHARGES ARE DENIED
Cut in Coke Prices
Stirs Coniwllsville
L'nlontown, Pa., April 18.
SOMRWHAT of a sensntlon in
county industrial circles developed
todny with Information that one of
tin lnrgest Independent coke opera
torn In the Coimcllsville region Is
offering furnace coke at $3.50 a ton
nnd foundry coke at $4.0 n ton
This is n reduction under current
quotations of from fifty cents to 51
a ton.
ACCUSE RAIL BOARD
LI
Labor Heads Charge Improper
Methods in Docketing
Casos for Hearing
HALTIN PROCEEDINGS ASKED
By the Associated Press
Chicago, April 18. Charges of ir
regularity In docketing wage cases be
fore the railway labor board were cou
pled today by labor representatives with
a strenuous protest against limiting the
length of presentation of evidence In the
consolidated wage reduction hearing
whirh convened this morning. Labor
..!- I. I.. .-.J 11. -n.11.1 .n..t
rJ." "' ;""" "".I ". "'.? i
"'J'1 l"PUtcs when the case was called ,
mi,. wurii Lnr i-mm. nun 'nun
,h's morning.
. 1'auoT . n7ra
Journmcnt of tli
Vmr1 r0UJ,
first move wns to request ad-
e hearing until a lull
nrcsent The terms of
three members expired last week and
President Harding's new aiipnintecs
have not yet been conrtrmrd by the Sen
ate. In addition, Albert Phillips labor
member, has been called to California
by the serious illness of his wife, leav
ing but five members on the board.
Eight-Hour Limit Protested
A second request was mnde by heads
nf union and independent employes' or
gani7Jitions alike, all of the labor rep
resentatives entering protest against tne
cignt-nour limit ot
testlmonr recently
set by the board in an effort to cxne-
,hut the railroads are attempting to take
advantage of a temporary depression,
"'"" permanently to profits and crest-
"'separate Hearing was made bv L. I
Sheppnrd, president of the Order of
Hallway ( oniluctors. The board took
nil three requests under advisement nnd
Continued on re T3thl. Colnmn Fire i
FIND LIVE BABY IN MORGUE
Child Thought Dead Only Sleeping
We- Sixteen Hour. Later
Coatesvllle, Pa., April 18. A baby's
'"T broke the stillness in Herbert
Ford's morgue Saturday night. The
undertaker and his assistants listened
....... ...i........
and heard the crv nunin
nna neBru ln rr-v aain Tn(,n they
aw nn Improvised coffin move. An in-
..! .!.. I .1 .... w t .. .
vn.iKUviiui buowcu innt .losepn JtcniKer
i. it- .i . n . . . .
i, . .i..j u... .1 " 1
"-.-" "- '" "i,". ... me luiiiuiiin
kt 1,1. ..... I- .!.;. 1 til tLi"Z:"
the undertaker that the hov hnd die,! t
0 o'clock
The undertaker carried the child to
his home and Mrs. Ford took the iufiint
in charge. The bab ceased his crving
when given n little milk nnd was placed
In a cozy basket. Yesterday atternnon
at 3 o'clock, sixteen hours after he
reached the morgue, the child died
PIE WAGON UPSET BY CAR
Driver Hurt Woman Passenger on
Trolley FalnU
A pie wagon driven by Dnvld Artzls,
who gave an address on Hansberry
street, was struck by a south-bound
trolley enr at Twelfth and Ruttonwood
streets this morning iind overturned.
I lej were scattered In all directions and
Artxls was thrown from the wagon
Rose Robelhnuer. J 1!5 West Soin-
J"!:.," 'f.rrffj .?.Lhe "y .
......ivu. iiuiii me urwut 01 the
and the woman were taken
Hahnemann Hospital.
wagon
to the
When you think of writing,
tlilnl; of WIIITI.NU-.Udv.
F IRRE U
IRIS
MIGHT
EXTRA
PRICE TWO CENTS
England Complains of Al
legations of Double
Dealing in Mexico
AVER BRITISH DON'T
OWN OIL COMPANY
Government Held Petroleum In
terests as War Measure
and Disposed of Them
i CABINET DIFFERENCE SEEN
Hughes Expected to Pursue Pol
icy Contrary to Interior
Secretary's Desire
By CLINTON W. 'GILBERT
SUIT Cnr.,ronaenl. Krnln PliNIo frr
Comrtaht. nn. bv rublte htdotr Co. .
Washington. April 18. The British
Government has made, representations,
to the State Department regarding the
letter of Secretary Fall charging double
dealing by it In Mexico. K
This letter asserted that, whilo the
British Government was openly stand
ing with the United States In Its pro"
test against the Carranzn decree making
rctronctlvn the natlonalizntlon of oil
lands provided for In the Mexican oon-
..... .
' stitutlon. the Agnlla Oil Co. of Mcxleo,
owne1 itu WM conformJn:
fl)c decrec and thuH Mlpportin 0brem
' In his resistance n Amin "
lean pressure.
i - ...... ..... wiiinuti:.
Tho British representatives here deny
that tho British Government ownn the
Agulla company. They even deny that
the Agulla company is now a British
concern, saying thnt Lord Cowdraj, the
leading British oil producer In Mexico,
has sold out his control of tho Agulla
company. The British Government, It
Is asserted, entered Into the Agulla
company during the war as It did into
the Boyal Dutch Shell Co. and othtr
British oil concerns. """
War Measure Only
This, It Is said, was a war measurs
taken for tho protection of the govern
ment which was vitally concerned in
having on,olt tnppl for Its navy durlni
the war. ,) ' -p
.i.1' il(1 bT nritish representative
that the British Government abandoned
mm poncy niter victory as Involving In-
, ""rnatlonal complications and that Jt
nns sold Its interest in the Agulla corn-
, V1?- .runner, it is maintained that
Vrlt,'i"h caPltft' no longer controls the
Agulla company, as Lord Cowdray has
disposed of his control of It.
It Is nsscrted that the control of the
Agnlla now rests In Dutch Interests.
Ith regard to the Iloyal Dutch 8hell
Co.. it is snld In th tirifl.i, nn...
ment that Secretary Fall's chnrce that
the government controls this comr
mpany in
Govern-
cmi misianen. ine llrltlsh liovern.
ment it is said also. In pursuance of Its
general policy, has withdrawn from this
company. Thus nil of Sectary Fall's
i barges are categorically denies).
The possible nssertlon that the trans
fer of ownership of the Aguila to Dutch
Interests onlv nominalh takes lu ron-
' trol out of British hnnds Is met by the
nssertion that the Dutch Shell Co. not
only Is not controlled by the Brltloh
Government, but that It Is not owned
nnd controlled by British cnpltnl. In
general, the British contention Is that
the British Government and BTltlsh
cnpltul are withdrawing from Mexican
I ..it
International Episode
The sensational Fnll letter has thos
precipitated an International situation
anil a summon wiimn tne cnninet wnicn
'"J". .not 'ft :"" to the surface, but
wnicn may. wlicn hecretnry Hughes hns
hai1 nn opportunity to Inform himself
JVnrding the true state of facts In
M"'" n" result of the coming here
'" r,,"P0,lso to summons of the
American chnrge d'affaires at Mcxleo
rity' ';,,orge T Kummerlin
I Ir iH '",1,' ,,mt tl" chnnge of policy
on me pari or tne Aguiin to . of which
Mr. Fnll complains, followed the sale ot
the compnny by the llrltlsh Government
nnd Lord CViwdrnj
There is no doubt a maneuver going
on to force the hand of the administra
tion nnd bring nbout sharper prntniira
upon Mexico. The chnnge In the policy
of the Aguila Co. appenrH In some way
not yet divlused to be a pnrt of this
ninneuver
Secretary Fall's letter was no doubt
designed to bring the Mexican situa
tion to n hend Mr. Fall is known to
hnve been impntient nt the failure of the
State Department to act promptly in
Mexico.
While the Suite Department makes It
known thut it has not yet formulated a
policy regarding Mexico, the indications
are that u inclines lo n jxilicy totally
different from Mr. Kail's. The secre
tary nf the interior insists thnt the
Obregon government sign 11 treaty de
fining nnd protecting American Interest,
in Mexico The ulternntlve offered b)
Mr. Fall is intcrvi-iitlou (n Mexico.
The Currnnzn decric which Is In dis
pute iH before the Mexican Supremo
Court under an injunction protv oiling,
If the rniirt should hold the deer
unconstitutional because retroactive
Amen un property InterestH would be)
snrV. The indications nre that Mr.
IIughen Inclines to let the Mcxicnn Su
preme Court pass upon the case Instead
of telling Obregon to slcn on the dotUd
line under penult) of Intervention.
SNOW FALLS AGAIN
And Frost Is Due Tonight Tom of
row to Be Warmor
Scatler'd siiowllnkes fell iliU mn.
ing in the center of the city, )n Qer
.mantnwn and along the Main Line.
And frost is predicted for tonight'
Tomorrow, snys the weather man
I will be fnlr. with rising temperature,
for which we nre thankful
1 Washington reports that the cold innn
.moving easlwnrd from the plains statA
bad extended todny to the Atlantic ee.
, board, from Maine m Florida Light
fniet niny be expected an far south
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