m-Tr-wf-?vmBmmMmmmwrmnmMmmmw;c ' ' ', .f V P. ' ' vi .;1' VJ ' , iTdmch to Become Film Stars: To Be Paid While Euentraj public Striker MIGHT THE WEATHER tr Partly cloudy Innlplit followed by fair uralhcr Tuesday; I'tmtituicil cool) moderate northerly winds. mi I'KnATtiiir. at i:ach notTt prptliojii ia i i i i! i a I 4 i -i I rsriwriiwr iw mo RSTiw i i ,' i CLOSING STOCK PRICES tW Learnih&See Page 14 fc Wart! Tfrra? Yoiing w$r' i ' I i v iV4r. I . i , .'1m - r VOL, VII. NO. 200 SLACKER LISTS SEEN AS BAKER TRAP, INTO WHICH WEEKS WALKS Predecessor Left Names for New War Secretary to Publish ' HAD PLENTYOF TIME TO MAKE ALL PUBLIC Present Chief Not Blamed, but; Subordinate May Be Responsible PERSISTS IN HIS COURSE , DESPITE MUCH CRITICISM Murdock's Good Suggestion Vir tually Ignored and Innocent Men Suffer Disgrace PUT IN BERGDOLL'S CLASS Newspapers Refuse to Help in Action That Humiliates Thou sands of Patriots By GEORGE NOX McCAIN Washington, May 16. Has the prewat Administration fallen into n cun ningly deTlsed trap? A trap trigger set by the War Department officials of the TTHBon regime? The cumulative evidence of the dis firor' with which the War Depart ment lists of deserters are being re ceived by the newspapers looks very much like if. It has never been explained why Sec rcttry Newton D. Baker did not pub"--HA these lists. He had .nearly two jeirs' In which to do so. Why did he leave this question, full of dynamite, open for his successor to decide? Secretary Baker evidently pre-vi-floned just what has come to pass. He liKided to sidestep and ."let George d it." The "George" In this eat,c spppars to be Secretary Weeks. If the War Department has blundered It was certainly not for lack of good and sufficient warning. Should Havo Seen Danger The efforts of the American Legion months ago to obtain some light on this question of slacker? and deserters, ind the failure to get beyond the outer line of Secretary Bakrr'i defense, should have been n danger signal to the netr Administration's War Depart ment. The protests of Major W. G. Mur 'deck, the Government's officinl in charge of the draft In Pennsylvania, were, It Is true, heeded for a time. He wrote to Attorney General Daugherty, pointing out the dangers and Injustice et publishing the lists without inves tigating them and It caused the Attor ney General to pause until he rould look Into the matter. Bnt it was only for n few day. Then we lists were sent out. The newspu ten refuse to nuhltsh them. Not onlv that, but criticism of the Department's icxion la Deing published ncarl) every day by leadinc naiiers. Major Murdoch predicted thnt if the nr uepariraent plunged ahead and Klthont anv InventiVntinn r.Tintoror jinli. liihed tho lists It would get into hot WCT. And It certainly has. , F a year after the armistice tho nar Department made no attempt to Investigate the cases of men whose names appeared upon its lists ns de aerters. In the last nine months if did make a stagger nt clearing up the lists. 13,000 Names Stn'chcn .Asa result of this belated investiga tion by Mr. Baker tho names (if 13,000 men out of a total of 173.000 were stricken off. Then those in charge of tne work becamo afflicted with writer's cramp, sleeping sickness or something and the matter was dropped. The new Adminifitrntlnn hnK nn vnllil ec1se lor not purging the lists, for do cMnlngHo do tho obvious thing from we point of absolute justice to thou sands of men. Material is in tho hands of the War department that would form at least a .. If '"investigation. It could in vestigate if it chose. All draft hoards and all draft execu . y." n,rapcllPl nt the ulosu of tho ""to forward to tbo War Depart .1 j R" "cord", reports and corre-' spondence in their files. r ii.wou,t,r.bp ns m,icn of nn injustice mik Srgc ''wrctary Weeks personally Mth the responsibility for this situation In. t. i,.aJ,lc t0 nccu'e blra of kuw njly publishing in his lists of deserters iw. ii l ,mcn uno ,,le1 n in-ance or ki. t0(lny l'Pnrlng the scars of Whero Trouble May Lin New tt tin. ,1,illnu c u: -ni. l ml . i . ,w""" " in" uuil-i" linn ,.H wperficially ncnuaintcd with tho I"'?' ,il doubtless will he found thnt ih?.?.wur.wucrllt or llc!,k wa"- who ifiougnt to save himself trouble nnd ihi? OTe,S1,F"11 cmit fr nviug money .;.. J"1'1 '"" ljeen sPcnt l " I"" thl X . n,ve5t'8ntion, in responsible for PVPlmen' i" being subjected. dJiSJi d'PBrt"Ft has, nevertheless. STaLy cWUnua )ho Publication of tatlon t8 and without 'nvcstl. lahiin!?."1' ,(t,nyB.t0 those w'10 have ffin fitly cn8ted.,to those who are oead In Iranco or at home, to the hun- tirnl tltfmc when ll,p nrmlMlr-e Sftlm? .'AS 'Knornnt, Ill-advised or tronM "" iU U U" t0 " to P lo the If rvialrHf. t- .. lhm ir . llprgrlol of ever.i one of 'lmy that attaches to that name. y. Vj . E1 linlercd at Becoml-Closs Mutter at the rottotnro. nt 'Phlliiiltilphta. Pa. Vmler t lie Act of March 3, 1811 e!8&8Xit. &W!i?jfiN yniit col. c. C. riEUCK Chief of ccmctcrl.il division of tho War Department, died In Tours, Franco. He was In Franco inspect ing craves of American soldiers, wlicn lie contracted Influenza DIES INSPECTING GRAVES Lieut. Col. Plejrce, Head of Memorial Commission, Succumbs In France Tours, Franco, May 16. (By A. P.) Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Pierce, head of the American War Memorial Commission, died of pneumonia, brought en by influenza, this morning in n hospital here. Colonel, Pierce, accompanied by his unugntcr, .Mv. UeWttt t. Jones, was. compelled to stop off in this city recently on his way to Italy to inspect graves of American soldiers. He was Iji n Mntc of collapse through grief over the death of his wife in the American Hospital nt Neuilly pome time ago. TOMBSTONE SHIELDS MAN IN 1 iM I1 '"W PRTfll FIRHT WITH Pfll IPF ,,f the northern lights had been grow riOIUL riuni WHO rULIOL inR lpss a duJ. rotcn1nv. The grnsp I of the "earth current."' on llx tele Captured After He Uses Up 'All His j graph wires.. In Philadelphia In com- Cartridges Follows Strike Row Sheltered by a tombstone in a cem etery nt Fourth and Pine streets early today, a man said to be n striking sea man fought a revoher battle with po lice nnd detectives until he us-cd up his cartridges. When captured he said he was John O'Lcary, Second and Walnut streets. He wa held in $1000 bnll for court by Magistrate Hnrrlgar. in the Second and Christian streets station. The revolver fight followed nn at tack nt Fifth and Fifcswnter streets on Munch Benture, V76 South Sixth street, a sailor, who was surrounded nnd beaten by men said to be strike sympathizers. Benture's left cvo was badly Injured and physicians at the Pennsylvania Hospital say he may lose the eye. The commotion nttracted .Tohn Silver, pro prietor of n boarding house nt SOS Fitz wntor street. When ' Sliver ran out one of the strikers fired several shots nt him hut missed The reports brought District Detective Herry Walker on the run, He singled out the man with the revol ver and chased him. The nurwiit led to the cemetery, where Walker was joined by several patrolmen. They fired at O'l.eary, who crouched back of a tombstone nnd re turned tho tiro. No one was hit. When O'Leary s fire ceased the police out flanked him FfiRMER WIFE MAN'S HEIR IF SHE WILL GET DIVORCE Will of Frederick Elck Strikes at Her Second Husband A bequest of SfiOOO to his former wife was mado in the will of Frederick Elck, wool manufacturer, who lived at 3332 North Fifteenth street, provided she divorces her present husband, r The Mrmer Mm. Eick is now Mrs. Bertha W. Krause. Her husband is an Atlantic City man, nut she is not liv ing with him. He refused today to dis cuss the Htrangn bequest made to his wife. It is understood she is living somewhere in New Jersey. It is not knowu whether Mrs. Krause will elect to take the next step, that of getting n divorce, to gain the 55000 bequest, which also carries with it in terest from the time she and her first husband were divorced, thirteen years ago, The only other way she can gain tho money is through the death of her present husband. Meanwhile the money Mr. Eick set aside .for his. wife should she need it either through divorce or widowhood, goes Into a trust fund for the benefit of his two children. Mrs, Helen F. Kocrnig and Knill V. Elck. The children nlso divldo the sesiduo of the estate after the pajnient of small hfquests to St. Joseph's and the Lnnkenau Hospitnl and the Reformed Lutheran Zionist Church. Another will admitted to probate to day was that of William l.aughton, of Wyncote. who left n $200,000 estote to bis widow. DOG'S PROJECTOR JAILED Man Accused of Attacking City Catcher, Who Sought Pet His attempt to snve n pet dog from the City Pound this morning tx the means of landing Ttobert Ainbs, of Tenth ond C'allowhill streets, in iail. While Ambs was eat'ng breakfast he lurard a dog cntcher wus trying to cap ture Gyp. n pet i-piiniel. nearby. Anib- ruslicil to the xtrect and aw Jcsm. Newman, a trained end her of dogs, t'ing to loss hi net over (Ijp. But Gm ah making a brave fichl nnd dodged the net repeatnl'.v Just ns the net cmereil the dog Amh arrived, lie (.truck Newman nn the Jifw.-the police Lsn iaial a moment inter iook nine i.yp In Ilia nims. .mxepn nuruiim. nno em ployed by the city to catch (Jogs, went to the assistance of Newman and ar rested. Amba. . J N. NORTHERN LIGHTS AGAIN PLAY HAVOC WITH WIRE SYSTEW! Western Union Lines "Co Wild" for Fifteen Minutes Mes sages Unreadable MUCH DAMAGE DONE; POSTAL NOT AFFECTED Say, Mr. Fjlison What Is tho Aurora BorcalK any way? What's it got to do with pot on the sun? Do liver spo caus-" It? What was the maiden nhmc of the matcrnnl great-grandmother of old man Ilorealis? Why? ' Western Union telegraph wires "went wild" for fifteen minutes in the Philadelphia district at 0 :30 o'clock this morning, due to the mysterious influence of tho aurora borealis. or northern lights, which came to visit the earth Saturday night. . The disturbance was not limited to the United States, as reports from nbroad indlcnted. Cables between Kng land and the United States were af fected In a marked degree, transmission of messages being delayed. According to tho cabled reports, tele graph and telephone lines in the Ttrltlsh Isles were affected at the samn time the wires In the United States were crippled. A fire destroyed n ttlephone exchange ut Knrlstad. a Swedish town 100 miles from Stockholm. Though scarcely n year passe with out a visitation from this strange phe nomenon, neither astronomers nor elec trical experts know much about it. The experts say 'tho electrical disturbances may be expected to continue with di minishing intensity for the next forty eight hours. The tie-up of telegrnph wires in and out nf Philadelphia had not been ex pected, particularly because the effect I mon with every otlicr renter throughout the country, was nt its height early yesterday, after the brilliant display of northern lights Saturda) night. Dirring the day it lessened, and after 10 o'clock last night was not notice able. The wire chiefs bad concluded that their troubles were over when the Western Union's system began to net strangely again today. ' "Static" Again Appears "Static" made its nppearance on the wlrO nt that time. "Static" is a ground-current interference, known to nil telecrnnhers. but difficult to ex plain, which makes it impossible th snd or receive over tho wire. "Dots" were changed to "dasiics" 'as the static In terference got In Its fine work nnd tele grnph messages which had been rip pling smoothly over the Avlrn a few moments before became an unrendabje jumble of meaningless signals. By a curious freak of the "static," only the Western Union wires were af fected. J. H. Wilson, mannger of tho Postal Telegraph Co.. said bis company had not felt the "static" nt nil. All over the country the wire com panies today are emerging from rtie confusion in which they were thrown by the extraordinary conditions of yes terday. So powerful were the outlaw ground currents which attacked the wire systems thnt In many places electrical apparatus v& burned out or thrnwu out of adjustment and the main diffi culty today is supplying new equipment to take the place of that made unfit for service. Samuel G. Barton, professor of astronomy nt the University of Peun sylvania. observed the sun spots which man) believed caused the northern lights arid resultant, electrical phe nomena, through the powerful tele 'scope nt the Flower Observatory, Llanerch. lie made his observations yesterday. Saw One Iirge Spot "I saw one very large sdoI and a cluster of smalh'r ones uearby," f.nid Dr. Barton. "While the spots are not larger than hnvo been observed at times brfore. it is very unusual for them to be seen nt this time. Wc are nenring tho point of least intensity for sun spots, and It is extraordinary that any of such large sizo ahould be visible at present." Dr. Barton discussed the supposed in fluence of sun spots on the aurora bore alls. "It is perfectly true," he said, "that sun spots and the aurora appear often nt tint same time. The theory has been advanced thnt the aurora Is caused by the sun spots. It Is Impossible to determine whether this Is true, or whether both the sun spots and the nil rorn nre en used hv some other eonrl . lr,, li'lit.!, ten ,lrt nr.t llinln.alnn.l ' ' llljtl ,1 ii ,. , ,lu lvl lutlivioiutltl, The astronomer said thnt it wus un like!) the phenomena observed would Continued on Tatr KIkIUotii, Cn'iinm Three FIND BOY'S BODY IN CREEK Gloucester Lad, 10, Hit by Train on Trestle The body of n fifteen-) em- old hoj , found mangled in. Little Timber ('reek, south of Gloucester. N. ,1., yesterdny, was Identified today as thnt of Arthur Knaus, ndoptid 3011 of (ustao ICnaus, a manufacturing jeweler, who lives nt .14 12 A street. According to the fobtcr parents, the boy went to the circus last Friday night ond did not return. They believed he was afraid to come homo, fearing a scolding, nnd that he nttemnted to wnlk to their summer cottage at Billlngs Prt . . . While croons in i-ennivivnnin r. llJ.-.l U!.l ........ .I. I II. 1.. TI..I .. uniiroiiu in mn- "vi no- i.niii- limner ,P nitrresteii lo heai of tin; engHsenieiii t '..nnl lio wnR Klriifk hv no Atliii.ll,.... m.. . iii.... 11 i. ..' . V.1? ' Ml . ,... , ...... . ..,.., i,i City express and buried Into the creek He mm dead befoie he struck the water. ,pstciday the patents nnxspi In t(.ir nutomoblle within sl?ht of the spot where their son's body lay. Several men were standing nn the bank, and Mrs. Knaus asked her husband to top, saying she feared it was Arthur. They drove on, and the body was not Wcntl. flsd until this mornlnr. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1921 Do YOU Want, to Become A FILM STAR? Wc have arranged to place three young women with the Betzwood Film Co.. first In minor ports at $10 a week: then "in the ingenue pnrt nt $100 n week. After that the whole world of motion-picture glory lies open to them, and their futures will be what they themselves make them. The Bctzwood Ftlm Co. has con tracted to make a scries of com edies baBcd on the "Tooncrvlllo Trolley" funny pictures. Tho producer wants a now. fresh type of Ingenue the less her experi ence the better. Why Don't YOU Take This Chance? A do.en film Mnrs of todagot their start through so-called "henuty contests." We wnnt PEUSON AL1TY more thnn beaut), so )(u need not have the perfect features or form of n Venus to enter. You will find full details today In our Dally Movie Magazine. Turn to it. Bend the announcement. Then enter the contest. See the Movie Magazine You'll find it on Page 14 . EXHUMED TODAY Taylor Gets Permit and Cor oner's Physician Will Make Re-examination SEEKING 'MYSTERY WOMAN i A permit to exhume the body of Miss ! Anna M. Garrett, of Swnrthmore, whose body was found In Brandywinc Creek April 10. was obtained today by District Attorney Taylor, of Delaware County. This nfternoou the Coroner's physi cian of the county will make another examination nf the body of the woman who disappeared from Jier home A;iril 1 in an effort lo determine if she wis ! strucK or nentcn or it death Was Ow to any cause other thnn drowning. At the same time Mr. Taylor " an -1 noun'cd thnt he had traced the writer I of an Jiuonymous letter, ehnrgini thnt the wnninn was smothered to death In Sun 'XTJSA W.Jrtnni womnji In an automobile. The writer GARRETT BODY .., i., .i,.ui. rri, .!...'""" 'tii-u nn- lurniture nnu lied. of tins biter, Mr. Taylor aid. has rel aties in ('imiiien and Philadelphia and noltce oT ImfVi pities' linve hoen nslferl to keen watch for him. vi Althmiirh the notlinrif ie ,tn ,,m ..inn. i ...1. n.Mn,.nA Ih i 1. - I. II IL. . I Taylor to Ir.ok Into It fully. Still Seek ".Mystery Woman" When he begnn his work todny on the Garrett mystery Mr. Taylor took under consideration an nppenl to the "mystery woman" in the ense to make herself known. This woman is the one who cnlled nt Engel's bnkery in Medin the dav Mii Garrett disappeared and got a box of cakes the Swarthmnrc woman had ordered. So far the au thorities have been unable to trace this woman, hut it Is thnusht she can shed lh?lnhe1ouX,bn,nkn,?TT, '"ft .fc iT leJ 1. Inl "(r m""" "nUl Ih" :?L " ; FK.r.L" lr"2 "IX .... ....... ..w OM. .i."fi"" ' from sight. It has been suggested to Mr. Tny. lor that be promise full Immunlt) from publicity to the woman if she comes forward and tells what she knows of tlie case. The District Attorney said i be had not made up his mind on this . point yet, but probably would mnke such n plea to the woman publicly through . the newspapers if she wan not located b his detectives in n dav or o. . v -!. c i A. N. Garrett Examined The first person examined todn at Media was Albert N. Garrett, of Media. Miss Garrett's cousin, who bad private , detectives at worn in an effort to trace the movements of the wealthy Swnrth more woman. Thn examination. In Mr." Taylor's private office, continued for nn hour. At Its end, Mr Gnrrett declined to ills cuss the case. Other per'ojis will be questioned during the da). Detective O'Toole said' today he was inclined more than ever to the theory of suicide. A new bul somewhat nebulous iheori concerns an automobile stoh n earl in April from Dr Herbert S McKinstrr. of Keiinett Square, Pa. A medicine ense thnt had been iu the'iuachlne wns found Inter nt n point near where Miss Garrcil was seen last. Car Thieves Suspected The thror, ndaneed Is thnt those re- spnusiiup ior tne ineii nt tne motorcar i mny have some connection with Mls Garrett's denth. ) Proof thnt Miss Gnrrett spent one nnd possihh two dn)s in Phllndelphin between tne dnj of her dlKuppearancc nnd April I. was obtained ,wstcrdn. , liy county l'lectie D'l'oole. Mr. Tit) lor promised a full staii'mmt i todii) or tomorrow out lining jiie various steps taken in the Investigation he has conducted since n (. oroner s Jur in Chester County returned a verdict of murder. Although declaring that all indications point to suicide, Mr. Taylor added that he has not closed his inquiry and will not do so until all leads have been exhausted ( CHARLES BERWIND ENGAGED . ....-...,- ... .... .,,. IIU1IOII Will i-nr-kniiu in ik i i i it ii 1 1 i r.vai .. .. .. n of Miss Helen II Bennett, ol IB islon. dnuglitcr of Mi Stephen II. Bennett. i m.. .i i.... ...( i.;.. nnu .in. i iiiiiii-s iiriiiiaiu iierwiuti, sou of Mr. and Mrs Augustus llerwinil nf this dt) Mies Bennett , n mcinlici of the Sew ins t'ircle and i er popu lar In the younger set. She hns vis ited in this citv on several occasions. She Ik a sister of Mrs. Thomas Cotttuan, of Baltimore. Nn date has been set as yet for the wedding, I much credence in the letter, the fact I !"i ' . , , . ' i,ldlJ?B-. Two meji inisslng pajmnster declined to make thnt tin- vrltcr showed intimate knowl- w" 'V01,1, '? Tizip t,,e "'"'Ins raiders , any intnment on his disappearance to edge of details of the case caused Mr. !)p.rP tnul)el, but were not seriousl) , dn) . "I ylll not sn. n word nbcMit IRISH SHOOT AND BURN IN LONDON AND LIVERPOOL! Kin of Royal Constabulary Sin gled Out for Vengeance. Sinp Fein Blamed 'VICTIMS BOUND AND LEFT 'IN THEIR BURNING HOMES Says Premier IT oitlrf Meet De I alera Unconditionally Dublin. May 10. (By A P.) -Premier Lloyd CJeorge, nys the Freeman's Journnl today, bos of fere'd to meet Eomonn de Volera or other Irish leaders without condi tions. Mr. do Vnlera, add" the news paper, replied that if the Premier made such a statement in public he fDe Vnlera) would give h public reply. Expressions of willingne.s on the pnrt of British Government lenders to meet Irish republican representa tives have hitherto been coupled with considerations, notably as to th cessation of hostilities in lrennd nnll with regard to the personality of the delegates, persons under the British Government ban being barred. By the Associated Press London, May If!. Six, houses in widely separated parts of Liverpool wete raided and set on fire by parties tin- known last night. The occupants of evj'ry house thus isitcd have relatives serving In the ltoynl Irisn i"oiistahulary. Tho inmates were in some cases gngg-'d nnd bound, the furniture as drenched 'with kcrcsonc nnd set on fire, iind in some instances the le'pbsa people wru loft to the mercy ot ttit- fUioCS. The raiders fled In nutoreobiles. rt.( ,, , ... "' "' ' '" .111 m.i.i r-? mini .iM-.M-ini UMI. The raids were in all was similar u . i . 1 , ,, , . , ' Biiiiiini Some of this money is missing, accord- to those made 111 suburban districts of jnK t0 1m, n.m London and Liverpool Saturdnv nicht i 1 t, 1 , 1 ! ,P1 ,, ' ' "' '"M"- John Mears Buscli savs he believes they are blamed on Sinn velners, Wright collected about $2."i00 In nil. One house in Liverpool that was i A warrant was sworn out before Mng raided was occupied bv Mrs Jnnnjiis ., . tetrato ToughlU. charging tin- missing tririn... n.wi i,- .i..'u. mm i .'. i pa iiiBht ep Tuth I'liibvzr.leiiient nou " e hdoor"nr M ' ' J.n"T .!! '.-" "'P"--' "". " ""J1"- J ' W" '".wd by the throat I . . - - ...... .! 11 ,' jj" ",' V""- i" ""'gnieii nnu neu '"rr m"thcr. and then tainted. The j inrm '""' " """ "" Tll '.,,, fc , ,. ,,.,.. .i, .. '"".. '". "'"""Ins ft2- ' te '? who displojerl revolvers and threatened He men (led. Man Seventy Years Old Attached ! A neighbor saw the flames and .upon j ing to the house found the women's ' iiinr hi.niin f., -.., .u. i,.j i gOl clothing burning from fires that had ! P''" f,p' '" bedding. Firemen arrived, IU ll injured. : In another house man. seventy years of age. was attacked and beaten with n poker. He wns then gagged.nnd bound nnd clothing nnd bedding wns piled on the floor and igu!ted. Tlie man's nged wife collapsed, but he. while bound) mnnnged to struggle to a police stntion nnd give nn alarm. A retired snilor nnmci) Wilson grnp pled with n raider when his home was entered, and ill spite of his seventy seven j ear, threw the intruder to the floor nmljii'ld him until another rnidei " h"n . "wV so,, thereupon nbnndoned the s rugg le. ." 1 Trrior attacke.1 the raideiand piareii n revnner nt the old man s prevented them from setting tire to the otiose, n nen nie miners ran. the dog chased them, hut wns shot (lend. Cripple Hurls Sew ing-Machine . sniior iniiiieii nrniisiord. who ot a leg in the famous naval raid ot, Zee brugge. refused to throw up his bnmN ' wW'ii men broke into hi- house, but threw n smll sewing machine nt the intruders, who tied, tiring several shots ns thei left the house. Nouc of the raiders hns been arrested ''orl(. Ma) 1(1. I H A. PI Daniel O'Brien, of Knorknndhane. Liscnrrol. ! ('""nt 'nrk. wa tried bj drumhead j l""r'M""r""1 iinmy aim execmeuto dm in the Cork detention barracks. O'Brien met death brnvel . maintaining the same attitude that he dlsnlrnnl at his trial when, in answering the request to plead, he replied : "I have no defense. 1 was caught ns a soldier and you cm, tr. me." Women in the vicinity of th prison ' offered ptn.iers ii the execution was carried out O'Brien wa (barged with having 'been in inne..s(ou of n reolver nnd twelve rounds of ammunition, in oop 'of which the bullet was alleged to hae , been ( ut off and slit j Saturday night was a night of terror lin Cork, following the bombing of the i police barracks at Blackpool during the I day. The home of Linm Itoisite. Siuu Ueln memiier oi ti," nrui'ii rnrliament, wa t onllmird nn riser T'lliteeu Column (Inr 8 0LNEY HOMES ROBBED IN NIGHT BY SNEAK THIEF, Jewcpy and Furs Bring Loss More Than $2000 to A sneak thief entered eight homes In Olney through unfastened windows last evening and escaped with money, jewelr) and fur of a total value of ncitrly $1500. The robberies reported to the police fudaj were: Isadore Taffe. 5018 North Hfth street, .f-.i and jewelry valued nt I'v'ab - till i'iiiii,'iKiir i no T ' -.' . ' .", ."" "" "Villi street. Sid and jewelr. valued at ?1S7 ,. .. i.-.n... 111 11'-. ,-i Pnrker I'ailor. Ill West Olne avenue. Miir piece mined nl SI". '5: losepb Bel- He'd H7 West O'nev avenue. $1 50 nnd Jewell') nmeii at n: niter Sehuler. 5230 North Wnrnock street, jewelr) vnlueil nt S7(l John Crawford, 5505 Marher street. $5 and camera valued at S-!Q; Morris Brerholter, 1.'17 Olnev avenue, fur piece valued at $25 j Hnrry Hcrraau, 118 East Wyoming ovonue. jewelry vrtted at (Ltfi. rubllshec! Dullv V.xvpl fiun!y. Copyright. 1021, Father Gives His Son, 12, From Drowning Westinghpnse Village Man Victim of Brave Act During Fishing Trip in Tinicum Township Creek Stanley Shirery. of Westlnghouse Village, was-drowned early last eve ning in n small stream in Tinicum Towiishln In .nvine the life of Ills twelvc-)cnr-old ton. The man snnk ln view of several persons along the river hank, who were powerless to aid him. HIh body was recovered. Shirery and his son, with John Bailey, of fhc same village, went null.,., 'i ill'' -.uiiii- . mill. . ....... ""'. : . . i fishing in Darbv Creek at n place known, bank. Shirery. by nn nlmoM superbu ns the sluice. Tf separated nftet i man effort, managed to reach the bank, fishing for n while together nnd tried i Bailey, leaning far over the stream, different points nlnng the stream." took the limp form from the fnther. As twilight was setting in Shirery Bailey then reached for Shirery. but bis called to hi 'on thnt it was nbout timo , last vestige of strength had gone itb to go home. Samuel prepared to pull safety only a few Inches from hi in be in his line. While leaning over he evi- , Fnnk from. view. . . , . dently became dizzy and fell into the i The boy was not told that his father strrnni. hnd died to save him until he reached The boy's hands and feet became en-; home, tangled in the Tubing line, which pre- The father's body was recovered by cnted him fiom keeping afloat. He Bailey and two other men after re shouted for help. The elder Shirery at peated dives. Shirery was t ben sent to that time was about fifty yards nwny. 1 Ridley Park Hospital Efforts to revive He ran nlong the bank, and on seeing I him were futile 200 MISSING SEEK PAYMASTER Loan Association Employer's Money and $1500 Payroll Unaccounted For was' DRUG CO OFFICIAL lhiuu uU, Uil luiHL - Investigation of the affairs of Frank- lin L. Wright, employed as paymaster for .shoemaker &. Buscli. uholchale druggists, ."11 Arch street, who disap peared Sunday after collecting $1."0O. shows he nlso collected money belong ir... In .1. 1 . ".. :..!.. inifli;pp v miftr-n itr knvnii vrnn nnri according to irlembers of the firm, led n rxeniplar life Mr. Buscli said Wright could not I have plnnned in an aiUanco to run off i with the money belonging to the firm he did not know until t.enr noon Kntnnlnv thnt lie wn. to lie sent to the'""'"'" 'J'.'OOI' IP Tile ilirs,nn s. bunk ' There is iinihlne in the niissimr man's v,..,i ,.r nc ,A :.ii, i, u, ... .. '- beyond hi "mens, lie lives in plaiir house nt Ridley Park avenue in Sharon . Hill. The home is plninl, but neatl) . fi.t, r; furnished. ; Mrs. Phoebe Wright, wife of the tne matter, fine sntri. Clayton F. Shoemnker. -i member of th" firm of Shoemaker & Huscli. said he did not believe thnt Wright took the monei . Wright is twenty-six enrs old. tall nnil thin nnd plninl) dressed CRAMPS' WORKER SHOT Man Returns Fire and Thinks He Wounded an Assailant While on his wa. to work this morn- " JM KrcnUlln." ,lV EaB "m L I'len.nm nvenu... an invPtiKntor for Snips' Shipyard, wnsnttneked by two i men at imj trcer ami i.irurd. nvenue. Krentzlin crannied w ill, his nsnil ants nnd hnd knocked one down when the other tired, the bullet striking Krentzlln in the thigh The wounded mnn. front the ground, fired one shot nl his assailants who were running nwny. Me tnhi the police he thought be lit .'me of tin. men who staggered as. he rounded a i nrner nnd disappeared. Krcnulin wns taken to his home where it was found the wound wns not serious. TODAY'S RACING RESULTS Flist Jnm-tica Jock Scot, 117, C. Turner. 17-10, 7-10. 1-P. won; Winncconr.e, 102, Woodblock, 4-1, G..), 1-2. second; Gcoie Bovee, 103, Ponro. 15-1, 0-1, 3-1. third. Time, 1.15 1-5. Second Jamaica Servitor, 110, A. Collins, 10-1, 8-5, out, von; Honey Call, 03, Kummer, 7-2, 2-3, out, second; Faiv Gain, 120, Turner, 1-3, out, out, third. Time 1.48 4-5. CANADA POLICE SEARCHING FOR STOLEN DYNAMITE WELLAND. ONTARIO, Mny 18. Canadian police today searched the Wellan3 Canal for l-lOO pounds of dyntmitt btolen lns.t Frldny night from the government stores near Allanburg. Seveial years ago an attempt to wreck the canal by explosives wns maclo nt Thoiold, a few miles from Allnnburu. Both Federal on. thorltics and police have expressed uy inaicnis icu 10 tne meu inst week. So far they have found only one of the twenty-eight cases which contained the dynamite, nnd It wns empty. DOG SAVES DROWNING WOMAN LONDON, May 16. Four American women engnged in relief work at Constantinople r.nrrowly escaped from drowning in the Bosphorus yesterdny, says the Constantinople corrcspon lent of the Daily Mall. There were in n rowboat in midstream when it sprang u leak and quickly sank. A Miss Cushmnn sank, hut upon rising managed to seize her dog by the collar, and the nnimal dragged her to safety. Miss AbIcis and Mrs. TJhls swam nshore, nnd when safe the latter found ahe was clutching a. bank note K with which to pay tho boatman, SubMrliitlor, i.Vtlvm f I r Tar by Mall. by rublle tydaer Company. Life to Save Samuel struggling in the water plunged Into the stream. He reached tho boy as he was dis nnnenrlne beneath the surface. With his arm around the neck of his son, Shirery started bnrk for the shore. He was gasping for breath, nnd for n few minutes it looked ns though be would succumb from exhaustion. Spur rnrl nn hv the fibniitH of those nlonc the TO ACT ON SILESIA Meeting of Supreme Body Prob- ably Will Follow British French Tilt LONDON PRESS MODERATE "" n ih Associated I'rw , , l""k,n- M"-v !-There ma) be a "in lu'-i-i iii, ii uif -'ii(ir viuc iiii'-'i CVmnr-jl for lh purpoM of jl.ou.nR th situation which hni arisrn in Si- lrsin ns n result of the Polish revolt' there. ! Dispatches from Paris indicate M. Brlnnd intends to lay thei situation be fore tlie French Chamber of Deputies when it meets Thursday. There has been an exchange of views between the ( British and French Government, but suggestions thnt n meeting be held have been met with assertions in Paris that ' it would be impossible for tlie French Premier to discuss the Sllesinn nn"nir with ir. Lloyd urorge until ntter 1 hursday Premier Briand lonferrcd with Prince Eugene Snpleha, Polish For- I "c" ?'". vrMrrua) . ami u .- ,mn' VI- ,rlnd ha 1 veil a note i fron' ,1"' ""ninti (iovernment. whi.h ' nc.np n. ,.p,l m ntii et ... , hi. 11 nrn . nssert ro pons reintne to tne niioca- " "f 'm "''" ltt". ,n V? ''' V"'"" t" fn P ', .', ,1 ? , . l'' "P'1 Jl?1'' ' " V r'IZ , ficmiaiis In any wa'-. Algernon Iim ,.r---,i ,.-.-..,- ,.,ii,,.. ,.. ,,,. ....... been made r.tat the Poles in Upper S lesia beam alarmed bj these rcoris. nnd eoiiuht t tnke over districts thn' the Supreme Allied Council was alleged to be planning to gnr lo 'Germany. Advices over the week end appeared to Indicate a cessation of fighting In Upper Sileutn. but there was nothing to show that the Poles were withdraw ing from regions thej occupied durins the last two weeks. Newspaper com ment here seemed to be more moderate, and reflected n disposition to inlwsi Mr. I.Io.mI Georre and M. Briand to reach nu amicable understnndini: Indignant conunents of the Fiench I rcs.s regarding Prltnn Minister IIomI George's - neech on Poland before the House hi Coimni ns ti Krida) attrnrti.i inui'li a'tentinn from London newspnpei todii) For the most part thej were regretted nnd deprecated, a'though in quarters where Mr Llojd (ieorge's nt tltude relative to Poland is condemned blame wn placed upon him. The DhIIj Telegraph, which deehnei "the British tuition is solid I) beliin I the Premier in this tanner." oomuiendeil M. Briand. pointing mit thnt Mr. Am I George wns misinterpreted b) rrenci comment ators. who reipresented him ,i 1 nreinr .'intlioriy.itinn of tin. ni,iiti.u(i, of Upper Silesiii bj (ierninu troops. "The lnck of restraint dis'ila)ed nnl' Contlnuril on 1'ncr Klshtrrn, rnlnnin Two suspicion that a similar plot who latM,,rcccJved the money. TSff 's-i rf rr". EXPECT UN L PRICE TWO CENTS II Q WINS MIL DONS nu ON PROFITS TAXES Supreme Bench Rules Increassd Value of Any Capital' Asset Is Corporation Gain WETS LOSE ON SEVEN-YEAR RATIFICATION CONTENTION By the Associated Press Washington, Mn) 10. The Gorertl meiit von today ,11 the Supieffle Court its contintion that Increased value ot any capital nsset must be considered ns corporation profits when taxes are computed. The Court's decision was given in the appeal of the La Belle Iron Works from a ruling of the Treasury thnt oro lands purchased for $100,000 In 1004 must be returned In the 1017 report at $10,000,000 nnd n profits tax paid on the difference. The opinion today sus tained this ruling. ) "The meaning of the net ns to in vested capital N clear." the Court said, "It was to cover nctual cost of prop crt). disregarding unytblng that does not change the form of-the investment.'1 Hundreds of millions of dollars In excess profits taxes ere involved in the aec. winch was characterized tiy a lit (a Government official ns the "most Im portant legal suit nfTectlug Federal ti nances to arise in several decades." The Court was tinnnimous in its de- rision nf hn -i"" mwA4 , concurred onlv in the result. Asm-. einte Justice Pitney rend the opinion. The court nlso held thnt estate taxes paid under Stnte in, cannot be j uniunnj iioiii w iii-l t'Mnir upon i which n tax U nflixrd undr tho Federal Hovonuo An of 1010. This dwlnlon wa made in affirming decrees of Federal Courts in New York In n suit brought b) the executors of the estate of the late J. Ilarsen I'nrdy. -- - - DRY AMENDMENT AGW SUSTAINED Wnsliinrtnii. Mav 10. (Bv A P.I - Tnn rr(,rrmPnt ,,1Bt tIlP prohibition , ' , , , ... amendment be ratified within seven years by three-fourths of the States r ie.s not invalidate the entire measilft, fi Sreine Court today nilci!. 'iho decision was given in the appeal ,)f .,. j. oll of f?nll KranrUro. from ocrisioiis nt tower riiuri.s rciililHK ma ..!.!. t. I ..... ..-.".. ..!.. !! petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground thnt the tiuiltfit ioti made the ii'iiendment 'nvalid In the course of the decision the court ruled formall) that the prohibition amendment went to effect January 16, HW. Dillon's alleged offense was on Jiinunr) 17. 1IVJII Dillon was arrested while transport ing a case of wine to the home of Its owner. His counsel nsserled that Sec tion .'I f the amendment, originally I rnposed b) Senator Harding, placed n lt-',itatlon on the action nf the State Legislatures and was therefore uncon stitutional. 'Wc find that proposal and rntifict tii.n of nn iiniendmeni arc treated as succeeding acts It, a common endeavor," tlo opinion siiid. "nnd there ts a fair .mi'lic.ition thai they hould be fairly eiinlenipiirnnenus." WON'T FIGHT FOR BEER Medicine Manufacturers Want 'Mad leal Bootleggers' Eliminated Washington. Mn 10. IB A P ) Manufacturers of proprietary medl lines arc more i oncerned with the elimination of medical bootbggeys than in the snle of b(cr to the sick, H B. Thompson, their Washington rep-re-cntntive. told the House Judiciary Committee todin nt henrings on the bill to lighten up the Vnlstend law He declared that thousands of permits haxe been issued under which disguised booie was 1 1, rued out wholesale "We have nothing to do' with beer, and are cntirelj satisfied If oil proceea with enactment of a law to prohibit lt use." Mr. Thompson declared the manufac turers were "asking no favor for booze." but simpl protection for legiti mate medicines "When nlcohnl in pro prietary medicines is medicated you'd have a. tine time drinking It for booxe," he said. i I' Supreme Court Rules on Check ' WatJilinrton. Mav 10.- (By A Pi Federal Reserve Banks have not the i right to insist on par collection ot I checks of non-member banks, the 8u j preme Court ruled (oday In effect The , court reversed decrees of Georgia i courts which hnd refused to enjoin the i Fedcrnl Ueservp Bank of Atlanta from I taking steps to forcp collection of check I drawn on n number of Georgia State I pon -member bank, "except through the usual and ordinary channels." I N. Y. Loses Appeal on Gas Rate 1 Washington. Mn. 10. -The Supreme I Court today dismissed for want of I iunsdictlon the nppenl of the city of New York from decrees of lower courta I holding that the eighty-cent gas law- was uiiconsiituiioiini. rue dismissal wns ordered on the ground that thn city had no property or other legal In terest In the suit. ' NEWBERRY SEES HARDING Senator Makes First White Housa Call Since Court Victory ashinetoii. Ma) HI. (By A P.)- Senator Newberr Bepubllcan, Michfr gnu who eriputlv resumed his official duties nfter re-erssl b the Supremo Court of bis coinictinn for Mating the corrupt practices ne(. made hit lir-yt call on President Harding today. With his colleague, Senator Town, send, he asked the President to appoint Fenton It. MrCrecry, of Flint. Midi,, to some diplomatic post, Mr. MrCreety ii & former Minister to Honduras v"bn J COURT DECISION 'tta-i .a.i J ; 'm 4 V I'lU .1 H-.i w ittefA w h-f U-fAfu . ,
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