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VOL. VII. NO. 210
HntcreJ n Second-Clim Mditor nt the l'nstnmci, nt I'hllaclelnhia. Pa
Under the Act of March .1 1870 . " ' ' T
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1921
J'ub'lshod tMUy i:pt Huntlaj Hubucrlptlon 1'rlc. trt a tear by Mall
loirlM Ili2t t l'ulillc JrlRr Com.mnj
PRICE TWO CENTS
IDOLL FLIGHT
AIDED BY ID WIG,
Major Hicks Tells Investigators
Ho Also Hoard Red Mus
tache Was Used
(JEWS OF ESCAPE SLOW,
SAY OFFICER WITNESSES
Mrs. Bcrgdoll Sdes Court
Make "Gbod Americans"
''"Well, why don't they hurrj up?
I'm hero. Acli, this foolishness
makes mo sick," grumbled Mrs.
Emma Ilergdoll this morning when
Federal .Twice Dickinson told her
she would have to wait until tills
afternoon to hear her sentence on
conviction for aiding her son, Orovcr
Bergdoll, escape the draft.
Mrs. Ilergdoll, with former Mag
istrate Roinlg, Chnrles Braiin, nn
..L.. .. Alhort Mitchell and
UlUCL rwM i ...---
iHenry Schuh, co-defendants wcio
forced to sit an nour in tne mu.i
room and watch Jnrgc Dickinson
make good Americans ont of aliens
by the naturalization route.
Mrs. Bergdoll's comment on the
proceeding was an p.nergetic "Huh."
By o Staff Coi rcion rio.it
Washington, May t7. (Jrover Clever
. . ... .., .. ...1 .11. r.
m. lanu nerguou sponeti u rce. um-uinn-liSind
red hair on his flight into ("iormany.
The Philadelphia "lacker thui diguiC(l
himself as he took In the. nights of Tarn,
riding through the boulevards in lux own
automobile.
At lean that it what the Congression
al Investigating Committee heard today
from rnjor William W. Hicks, of the
.Military Intelligence Bureau, who tes
tified regarding the first re-ports of the
arrival of Bergdoll in Hurope.
The red miistachc icport, received on
October 1 , camo from n soldier in Paris
who said he would take agents of the
Government to the height), of Mont
martre and there arrest the draft
dodger.
"Aiold Temptation"
Members of the comti'ilttep laughed
when Major Hicks told of n letter the
soldier claimed to have found in n
rocket of an overcoat supposed to be
long to Ilergdoll. The letter was from
Mrs. Ilergdoll. in which she gae her
ton nth Ire. "Avoid temptation and
lome other things." the lotjer rend.
On October 1 1 another 'unconfirmed
rumor was received from American of
ficers with the army of occupation in
Germany that Ilergdoll was in tlint
country.
I'pon testimonj that Ilergdoll wits in
F,bcrbneh, Ocrmnn . Major Hicks s.iid,
representation were muile in Ameri
can officials with the arm) of oecup.i
tion to the Itiidcn Government to Him
over llic slacker. When the Gcrmnns
refused the request Major Hicks snld
they decided other methods would hac
to be used to gel Ilergdoll. The com
mittee went into that matter no further.
Captain .Joseph .1. O'Hurc, of the
Military Intelligence, snld he received
definite information of Bergdoll's es
cape nt 7 o'clock on the afternoon of
May 21, at ." o'clock. He snld he
heard rumors of the escape and called
tip Colonel Hunt, who snld lie had iut
reaped.
It was Colonel Hunt who told him
f the es-cape at 7 o'clock.
Information Clime Mow I)
Major rdmuii'l A. Hiichannn, sta
tioned in Washington hindquarters,
aid he was tlrht told of Bergdoll's es
cape nt 0:1." I M. Mil) 21. l'.erdoll
senpeil at about It I M. on that da).
Notice of the eseupp was Hnshcil t'
different (itites, wheie the mililai) au
thorities and local police were apprised
el Hcrgilull'i. lllght.
On Mnj 21, Major nuclmnnu said,
circular dcscilbing Bcrgdol was pre
pared and nn Mn) 2!l was sent biond
cast. "The circulars were not paid for bv
Bnmml T Alisell, counsel for Be-g-oll,"
Major Iluchnnan said, In answer
tn a question b, (ieneial John W.
Bherlmriin, eounsel for the Coiumittee.
rlftj thousand of the circulnis were
alMribtiti.il tliioughoul (lie euuntn. he
testified. Intelligence otliceis in Cer
I"jn) also recehed some of tin so cil -eulars
'leiiresentntue Johnson, of Kentiiekv.
wd in full two I0115 letters from Col-
2S .'T11'" (' f'resson. who piose
ented Colonel J, n. nllt ,),
r.Im"mr.tlal f'"' "HcBcd deielletlon in
,.!? Hl'rSdoll. in iiuswer to chaiges
Wash" ,,nilr,-"ll,rtl111 "s "white-
tresson Wanted to Tcstll)
'V.I I .. ... . .
,.. .' "'"n sum he hail
p- egltiiiuite ineaim to obtain n
Si.l'. K",11-" "diling that he
fought Colonel Hunt hml nnl
used
used
"e proper inethodH In hnndllng Iter
t'onthiufd on l'gw Mght ( nmi, i-mir
REPORT TO SENATE FAVORS
BLAIR FOR REVENUE CHIEF
Penrose Seeks Confirmation of Norn
Inatlon Today or Tomorrow
The 'Vn!; Mn 17 -(11) A. 1M-
todav f V ln.n,ni'p ('"mmlttee oideicl
lliatlnn Jn""!1 ,0,mrt ' "", ""
Pali? x? n(ft,vi'' llr. of Winston
Inernnl ii ,0 '"' ('"mmissl,,uer of
Of th."n!! m,i!(,1'stnd I'linirimn Penrose
by tL J1'"1'"00 P'nnnwl to seek action
War , , .,mtp (,n ,l1" ""'"luation late
fnott '"'?,"! rmV "HRMTPtiiry Mellon
CulWMni! "inctions of the post
"Huso of the vncunc .
toftnMnrmT,r'H m'tl,' N defeat
Mr. ifB?;tJ,,1,,,h;i,n ' llit tlulit against
Wine! In -1 on' V,mthn- K'-n-lvf
oUdbv ti, ,"M;'1 """"Iniih have been
ton's el , """ll'i' " Senator John-
ft?Nnr,hlrM,,r Mr; ,,lnir viol,,u''1
II., ,i' ( l'l'"Ko convention and
hl father iW"S '"wiun'mpd WW
which i. . n" 'npnme-tnx ease over
fciner01,,,! ,mve irlsd Jet lou as
1" 'tht fnw,i,?'i' v'nH 'Hvldea on otder,
liifltouS.rf1. " mo report, it was HahU'
faijr V" vtll Was not recorded (
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COMMITTEE HEARS
IN CONTEST TO BE A MOVIE STAR
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On the llr.st honor roll in the moUe heutit) conlcst which was started in
the Daily Mole Magazine yesterday. She is Helen Carr, 82" North
ISroad street. Three other who readied the llrst honor roll arc shown
on the i.inWc maga7ino pago
ISTRATE
Denies Ho Conducts Office in
Corrupt Manner at Patrol
man's Trial
IN CLASH WITH GORDON
Magisiiate Hnrrv J. Tniber was sub
Jecled to severe criticism bv Asistnnt
District Attorue) Cordon in Criminal
Court .Vo. 2 today because of the Mag
istrate's methods in handling eases in
the Second and Christian streets police
station.
Mr. Cordon asked Imher if it wni
nor true that he conducted his olliee
in a corrupt manner and afforded police
oppnrtunit) to blackmail prisoners.
Imber was supnnned to testify in the
case of Joseph Scverluo, former patrol
man of the Second nml Christian
Mreots station, accused of extortion and
bribery. Severino. according to chaiges,
obtained S.'l."i fiom l.uigi Montani nfter
piomislng to pieoiit his prosecution in
a shoot ini; cno. Montnni shot flaeto
I VI
Vilale tii'iriil months ngo and is now
senlng eighteen months to three jpiiii
in the Kasieru Penltentlar) .
Held Twice for Further Hearing
Investigation of the case b the Ills
trlet AtUi'ne)'s opJce showed Mon
tnni hud twice btPn held for a fuithc, I
healing h) Imber, wlm did not iclur,. I
the case to coiilt. The en-' was trans- '
ferred then from the Second to the
Third Police Dlstiict. Third mid
lame) 'licet", and Montnni was
De- !
held I
for i ourt
The Assistant District Attorno) nd
di easing the Magistrate uskcel :
"Isn't It true thai cases are taken
away from a on because the udiniiiistr.i
tion of jour ofllco Is notoiioiisly inr-
ltint?"
1
IMBER
ASSAILED N
"No !" shouted Imber. New Yorh, Mil) 17. Detectives In-
"Isn't it true that )ou ntToid the po- X0HtlKating the shooting Sunda morn
I bo opportuiul) to blacknmil and -dinkc- . , , ,. ,. .. ,,
down defendants b) holding numerouM i"g of John H. Kc.,1, thirt) )e..rs old.
fuilher hearings?" continued Mr Cor- a manufacturer. In the home of Mrs.
,l,,n Hnel I). Warner, at 1M12 I'niwrslty
"That is not mil) not a fact, but i menue, the Mronv, intimated that the
posltheh not true," replied Imber attack was the result of a eonspirnc)
s tin"' magistrate left the stand he , on the pint ot certain members of the
was leialled b Judge Smith, w ho . ' Nick) Arnstein gang of swindlers
asUcil him tne exnt I nine lie unci guiim-u
the soeiiml further bearing. Imlier ic
iHcwl It w.is Mm .i. and that he Mail
not conducted uti) hearings l the Sec
ond District Police Station since Mil) 1.
1020. lie was asked to explain this,
inul lie S'lid Lieutenant Noon had in-
f. d him thai he hnd been oidcred
to send nil case, cucr to the Thiicl Dis-
tiiel " ,
"Wen- no reasons given )ou lor
tiansfeiriug heatings of all cases to
another inngistrateV"
"None whatever," icpli'd Imber.
Yltale Test Hies
(iuctaiif Vitale, the man wounded b,
Montnni. wns another vltiic. Yltale
Ic Hilled he attended the .econd hearing
before Imber, and there Iclcntiliecl Mon
tnni as the mini wlio had hot him, and
tohl how It occuircd.
"Then Maglstinte Imber. whin he
contlimxl th' cine for a furl her hear
ing on ihat occasion, heard all that
Magistrate llariignu subseciieutl)
he.nd at the Tliii I District Station.
when he held Moutani for touitV
asked Mi tiordeii. The witness said
this was true.
The defendant teslilled he never asked
foi or re- d ed an) inline) from an) -bod)
in eoiineetion with the case mid
liner told nil) hod) It could be settled
h the piiMiinil of inline) to the piose
i utor or mi) it'll else
Woman Awarded $6500
The jurs before Judge. Hogers in the
suit of iaruiieritii Claiie Murray, a
voung woman, ngainst M)er I.andow,
Hill!) Ninth Th'it) -third stieet. tenia)
awarded the nln'ntlff .fOTiOO damages.
On December ", 11)10, while the plain
iin' mis eiosslii!.' the Northeast lloulo-
nrd. near the Intersection of Wlngos.
hocking street, she, was truck (by tho
- Mimdnnt's nut'MLlo. Bh ws pcp-J
-'iliWK ' t ,(
CONSPRACY
HINT
IN REID SHOOTING
Neyt York Police Seek "Don"
Collins, Alleged Member of
"Nicky" Arnstein Gang
DOUBT JEALOUSY MOTIVE
'Don" Collins in Blachmail
Plots Here Bach in 1916
"Don" Collins, sought by the po
lice of this cit) and New Vork as
the man who shot John II. Held
Sunda) in New York, Is remembered
here as a leader in a "dp Iuc black
mailing syndicate." which made be
tween a linlf million and a million
dollars in 1010.
The blackmnllers come to grief
when they tried to hold up n wealthy
Philadelphia woman for $8000, al
leging her son hnd violated the Mann
Act. She icfused to believe the)
were Federal agents. Collins went
to the Atlanta Penitentiary.
The blackmailers' operations ex
tended all over the countr) . taking
in New York. Chicago, Philadelphia
and the const resorts, particularly
Atlantic Cit) .
They swindled a New York banker
nut of $40,000. n Pennsylvania wom
an out of ,"?:!.", 000, and mini) others
out of sunis ranging from S100 to
$1000. A congressman, a Pennsvl
winin judge and a wealthy Philadel
phia manufuetiiicr were reputed
victims who paid many thousands of
hush nioiiP) .
; - "... ." J"") " .rs.
Warner
Don P. Collins, nn c. -convict, who
was an ultimate of Arnstein and
"Nick" Cohen, the "master minds" in
the s.l.OOO.OOO bond theft eouspiruc.v in
the financial district, is being sought
b.v the police. In a general alarm which
was sent imf for Collins, it wns stated
that lie frequently went under the
name or' Ailliur Tyler. The poliee rec
ord contains additional aliases of
Thomas Tourbillon, Steve Dal) nnd
Hairy Knjes.
.Made Man) Fortunes
Collins man of man) aliases, with u
record which takes in many forms of
crime, made probably hundreds of thoii
siinels of dollars b.v his blackmailing
schemes.
lie is known to the police us a gam-I
uier. commence man. tiiiei, extortioner
ami blackmailer. He was known as
"Dapper Don." and to his intimates os
"Itats." He was of the handsome,
well-groomed, well-spoken crook type,
able to mingle with equal case in good
society and with the back room sweep
ings of thieves' dens and underworld
dives.
One of the New ork nssistnnt dis
trict attorneys spent an hour jpsterday
in tliiOinspitiil qui'stloning Reld.
"Wns it Don Collins who shot )ou?"
tin- attorney asked, handing Reld a
nnnni. nml limiiui.n unit f l-lin l,nll.fL
mil shattered his mouth and he could I
not speak
Says He Doesn't Know
A gleam came into tbo wounded man's
ryes. He hesitated a moment, then
wrote, "I don't know the man,"
The attorney continued his question
ing. At length Reld wrote: "If I get
out of this, I ovvlll talk. If I don't,
then It will be all off."
JietcctlvPR hunted yesterday for
t'oulluuc on Fate K
"
K, Cotnma Xwo
TP.
X . J J-
PATROLMAN WHO
I
Woman Witness at Drennon
Trial Tells of Threat to
Kill Joyce
SAYS SHE BEGGED HIM
NOT TO FIRE ON JOYCE
Patrolman William Drennen. of the
Ilelgrnde unci Clenrliebl streets station,
was held without linil for the (irand
Jury by the Coroner todny for the denlh
of "Pats)" Jojcp, twent) -three )cars
old, 2010 Hast Ann street, who wns shot I
and killed by the patrolman gtindni , I
May S. I
Joyce died on the way to the North- i
east Hospital in a patrol wagon. He
wns shot after the patrolman had broken
up a ball game and engaged In nn alter
cation with two men und two bo)s who
were plnylng a game of catch nnr
Joyce's homo . The youth had left his
home but a few minutes before he was
shot.
According to testimony of e)o wit
nesses, Joyce had pulled the patrolman
away whon Iip was striking another boy
over the head with hii club. The pa
trolman thereupon had thrown ill" club
away and chased the two bo)s with
drawn revolver, which was a Herman
.'12, Mauser automatic.
One woman' witness testified that she
had run alongside the pntiolmau as lie
chased Jo)cc. and had Implored him,
for Hod's snke not to shoot, but that
tho patrolman had replied with ujj oath
that he would.
The witness declared that she had
seen the patrolman hold to the bo)'s
hlrt with one hand, when he lind
caught up to him, and shoot him with
the other.
Another womnn witness testified the
dying boy lunfcome into her ynid. say
ing he was dying. She wanted to take
him into the house, she said, hut the
pntrolmnn refused to let her.
H. Kugenp Hpinp. nu nssistnnt city
solicitor, who represented the mitrol
mnn, tried to shake thl womnn wit
ness, insinuatins that she and other
witnesses hnd "made tin n slor)." To
one .itiostion he asked her. "Was the
patrolman's fnco covered with blood?"
she nnswored that there was but a little
blood siKit on it, nnd that his face
bore the exprcnon of a muclmnu.
Coroner's Physician Wadsworth,
questioned n.s to the course of the bullet,
said that It could have been fired with
both men slnnding nnd the patrolman
holding the gun low, or by the pntrol
nian l)ing prone nnd the dead man
.standing. The bullet entered Jojce's
back just ubove the hips and came out
at the top ot the lungs.
The first wltnps was Airs. Hllcn
Ca.shlll. 20112 Almond street. She said
she had seen Jo) co and a boy named
IMdie McHovern, 2."0 Kast Momnouth
street, running past her house, on op
posite sides of the street, and Jojee in
the rear. The pntrolmnn, she .said,
was running In the middle of the street ,
the icmiIwt In his hand. Jo.icc, she
said, ran down llirch street nml turned
into an allc) i tinning behind th
e) i tinning behind the hntisps I
aw him stumble, she said, then
limscll up and run up the nllev . i
Mie su
pick I
the policeman, she said, followed. Then
she heard n shot. There was no one '
else in the alley, she said.
Mrs. Mary Carr1, 2,'mI Ann street,'
testified she saw four bo)s phi) lug a
Ramp of "catch" nt Ann nnd Almond
streets, at a distance of about half a
block from an Kpiscopai church. She
said then was no occasion to send for
the police ,
"1 saw Pntrolmnn Drennen going1
east on Itelgiade t-trcet. Finullv he I
cume up on the lot. but .seemed to' piv
no attention to the pln.xers. Jow'el
was not theie. I didu't know of am -thing
wiong until I heard the crowd
running and heard that Jo) oo had been
Mint tn an allei
.Mrs. .Mary Iieviue, 2.1KI Ann street. '
sniel she saw the boys on the lot and '
the putrolmnu approach. "Patsy Jo.v.-e '
was not among them, said the witness. 1
1 ne no)s mo not no nnytntng t
ills
turn the church services."
Mrs. Rose McGovctn. 2.1IS Ann
stieet, said she snw Hddie McGovein.
James Donnell), 211112 Almond stieet.
Coiuimml mi Tuire Klttlit. Column Thrrr
MAYOR ORDERS PROBE
OF 4TH WARD nOMniTlnrvJQ
WHnU OUIMUI I lUfvJb
Takes Action as Result of Salus'
Charges Against Poliee 1
u , -, , . .
.:i.,is ,,, mm,. 1, .......Mil... null.. r)iino
poliio activities in the Fouith Ward
were till; 'li today by Ma) or Moore.
Charges vvi-ie recentlv made by Sen
ator Mains, - are lender in the ward,
...... ....11.... t.n.l ..... .. ..... , . . ,
I
SHOT BAL
PLAYER
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
fmMmm'V .'olleciecl "for' 'Tu,1 .lliIu 1 4 HURT IN TROLLEY MISHAP
McGinn, widow of n detective killed in I "
pci loi in nice of ids dutv. and also said Passengers Cut by Glas3 In Collision
police wire nm doing their dut). wm, w,
In 11 '(tier to Dlrcvtor Cmtel.vou he Wlth Wa3on
requested all police officials and patrol- I'om p'.-seugers on a Woodland avc
men be warned against collection of , nue liollev ear were slight!) injuied bv
Miitcitaiion 01 niticis lor anv puiiiose I
communication to Civil Sen lie
Commlsiouer Woodruff was accompan
ied b letters and other correspondence
regarding complaints against the poliee.
After pointing out lie desired u thorough
investigation 111 1110 inse, the .Major
said r
"As men nc. used are entitled to a
fair hearing 1 icqiiesj that jou send for
nil the ofheers mentioned in the enclosed
correspondent . and all tho parties who
jou think will throw any light upon the.
subject so that if theie nie bad men
in the service steps mil) be taken to cet
rid of them, and if they nre tinjustlv
lUMiiled the burden ma) full upon their
detractors."
JUSTICE WHITE BETTER
Supreme Court Chief Resting Easily
After Minor Operation
Washington, Mnj 17. (Rv A. P.)
Chief Justice White, of t)ie I'nited
States Supreme Court, who lecently un
derwent a mlnpr operution, was icported
today by ills ph)slciuns to be resting
easll) ,
It wus. said thnt the aged jurist hod
withstood the operation well, and that
there, were nn indications that he, would
bo foreefl to'fc'einttln indoors; for any
uxtended porhJ. f
l .
SEEK THREE GIRLS
WHO WANT TO HE
STARS A' FILM DOM
The Iletzwood rilni Co has asked
the Hw:nin I'lMil.K Ij:dui:u to
find for them three girls fitted to
be trained for Ingenue pans in u
series of comedies the) hnse con
tracted to produce.
These comedies will be bned on the
Fontaine Fox "Toonerville Trol
)c)" cartoons.
Stardom awaits the girls chosen, if
the) priiie to huve the personali
ties and flic talent. There is
nothing difficult about it
It U ltnpl) a question of sending
jour photograph according to the
inlcs which )ou will Hud todn) in
the Daily Movie Maga.lne
Man Employed to Make Bust
Insisted He Was Fin
ancier's "Son"
COMMIT HIM TO ASYLUM
Augustus Urunelli. a seuiptnr em
plojed by K. T. Stoteslnir) and now In
Jail in Norristown. will be transferred
to the State. Hospital for the 1iiiuip.
a commission hnln'.; deelaied his mind
affei'tpd.
It is said that there was danger of
possible bodily harm to Mr. Stotesbury
and his wife, unless Itruuelll was placed
under restraint. The man's delusion
is that he is Mr. Stotesbur)'s son.
The Stotesbur)s did not appear be
fore the commission in Norristown to
testify, but employes did.
Miss June I.. I.aelilun, seeretary to
Mr. Stotesbur), declnred that Hrunelli
was first emplo)cd in the spring of
1020, and ho went to work at the
Chestnut Hill estate of the Stotesbur) s.
As a sculptor he was engaged to
cop) wlsch. He also made a clay bust
of Mr. Stotesbur). He worked in the
Stotesbury barn. Nothing wrong was
noticed until lecenll), when it is said
that Hrunelli insisted lie was Mr.
Moiosmiry h bou nnu --wiiuicii nisi
rights,
Cooper C T.iglitblown, a Palm Bench
contractor, testified that he became ue-
i. , ., , ,,. , . i
. ntccl with Hrunelli when be was,
employed in connection with a Stotes
bur) building operation in Florida.
Hrunelli told l.ighthlowu, It was tes
tified, that the Stotesbur) s had adopted
him as their son. He persisted in going
to the Stotesbury house, declaring he
hnd a right there, and that no one
would keep him out.
T ! J.il.1.. ...1.1 l.n ,.A..i.:.l....A.l !...-
.mill - .......litioi. K.irli tlint It U .lni.L.er.
FND
STOTESBURY
SCULPTOR
INSANE
tilkll IUHIIIII .-Mill. Ill I "IMI'IIIMI ."III.... I 1 . I . , I a.
is danger
ous to .Mr. and Mrs. Stotesbury fr him
- '
to be at large. Ills waes were isMi a
week.
Miss Hliabctli II. Kno, one of the
secietaries of Mrs. Stotesbury, gave
similar testimon.v. An underkeeper in
), Cmut-, , llt Norristown told the
,,., that llrunelli's actions were
erratic
-
IRON WORKS PRESIDENT !
KILLED BY BURGLAR !
I
Harry Rleger Shot Down In His
Home In Pittsburgh
Pittshurgh. Mil) i. llarr.v Illeger.
iliut) nine .vears old. president of the
Hieger Iron and Wire Works, of thU !
cil) . was sum unci iiiiii.un hiiieu mis
.. .i. . ....i i.., ..!. 1.MI...I il.t.l
niotning in ms iioiiii- i iiiiyvvnoii
sireei. ov n iicukhii h.i s,.i,mm. i
Members of thcUieger faniil) were
moused nt .'. '.tri o clml. li) the report
of n shot tioni n revolver unci runnli..' '
into a hill wav foil nif the bod) of Kieger
1, in.. .... .1... il..m- lir Wilson i.ni.rl.v
i.hvslcmn, was summoned. After nn
examination lie said a bullet fired bv
,1,,, ,l,l,er entered Kieger's bodv he
ne.ilh the left aim, coming out on the
right side. Ricgcr'is watch and pocket
book were missing
According to Mrs Amelia Rleger,
It ot hit of the slain man, she heind
voices about .".:!! o'clock and a few
minutes Inter the shot was iiied. Itmi
ning toward her son's room the mothci
tunnel the bod) on the tloor near the
,l01"' ,,f m r"""' Uo NUls ''''"i in llis
,,,.,,. (.Imllllll! An ,.,,, eartrldge w.is
4 . 111 1 if I nenr the bodv .
Police discovered' that a ladder hnd
m'u I'1."." '' "K"'"-'1 pondi in the rear
of the Rieger home by the burg'ur who
j.ii.,.1,,.,1 to the roof of the noich "Jim
in) nun Us 011 a window leading into
the second tloor indicated thut the win
dow had been forced.
sunttereci glass wnen u juiiK wngon.
driven b.v Ila.ves Johnson, n Negro
UlM .M.uuct street, ciilli.ieii with the
'iir at 7 '.'IH this moriilu), at Fiftv '
seventh stiett lUith the trollej utid
the lunk wagon were going east," Jut,t .
a the pint came alongside the car one!
of the pins tlint belli an adjustable slele
extension Ml place CIllllC III IIUll the '
doorlikec outiivanee crashed into the I
trulle) window The tour passengers I
injured refused medical attention and
went their wii). Johnson was taken to
the Thlit) -second street und Woodland,
avenue
police station and given a liiar 1
ing betore .Magistrate lliig.in He was!
neiu 111 ifitini nun mr luiiuer uearili
week from Sunday.
u
WANTS SON PUT AWAY
Father of Narcotic User Makes
Novel Plea to Judge
"Please send Inni where he will not
he able to get dope," said Char'e Polb.
a jeweler. F.ighth street below Cath
erine, in testifying today befme Mag
istrnto Hiirrlgiin, at the Third and De
Laucey streets station, against Ills sou
Chnrles Polli, Jr., twenty-six yeais old
Magistrate Harrlgan sentenced tho
young man to six months in hc House
of Correction on a clmrgu of using nar
cotic drugs- 1 -
T
E
OF SLACKERS' LIST
Expresses Surprise at Drastic
Criticism and Says Names
Wore Carefully Checked
ADMITS ONLY FOUR CASES
WHERE ERRORS WERE MADE
It) the Associated Press
Washington. Ma) 1,7 The War De
pot Imeut issued n stutrnieut todn) ex
pressing suririo nt the "coustnnt fire
of drnslie criticism" which followed Its
notion in puhllshlng lists of deserters
from the draft as shown b) the depart
ment's records.
Despite the iirgenc of "patriotic so
cictle nnd the reluties of men who did
their full dut). nnd who, in many cases,
gave up their livis In tlio service" Hint
the slacker llts he given out, the state
ment snld. "It is now insisted that the
lists should never have heen published
at nil until the department was nbo
lulel) convinced that there appeared
thereon the mime of no mini who ac
tunlly render d either militar.v or naval
service during the World War."
"As u matter of fnct' it continued,
"the Wur Department would have been
entile!) win ranted in Including in the
published lists f men ehargeil with de
sertion from tin- draft the name of every
reglstiunt wlni fulled to lepoit for mili
tar.v w'l'vici at the time and place speci
fied In the notice seiil to him b) his
local hoard, whether or not he subse
queutlv served honorabl) in the army,
liav). or murine corps of the I'nlted
States or militar) force of the allied
Powei"
"I nder the luw ever) person whose
stntiis i that of a deswtcr from the
ill lift within the terms of the foregoing
definition K a deserter from the draft,
legurdless of any subsequent honorable
service which he ma) have rendered."
The department undertook urati-
lnus to cheek nnd recheck the records
of the IMt.OOil men originally curried
on the draft deserters' list and reduced
the list to approximate!) i.'.'.OOO
names, the statement said, and thus far
but four cases, have officially developed
where names of men were wrongfully
carried on the list. The department
usscrts that In three of these case., the
claim Is made that the men themselves
were 'in least pnitiuiiy responsible tor
n,., ,.,
I he four names referred to,
all of which have
been expunged from
tne deserter lists, are:
s:..,.,i... it i-H i. i i.i... v-
.',...... ... .it.ii.ii, hi uuni,ii. ..
,,,r. ,.., ... ...... .. ll(lil.r ,.'
Y ,
dlf
ii nd
ferenl adclresses to draft board
uuval authorities.
Alfred Daniel Ilrazil. New York,
sci ved in an allied army, but never
repoited the fact to his local board, the
adjutant general of his state or the
War Jlcpat tment
iiowatl ll. .viiiiinscm, address not
,,M- . '""' 'mil serve.! nouoruoiy
Carried on diaft -deserter lists erro-
neiiuslv
I William Sutherland llacon, Chicago.
I Comml-sioned an officer in the armv
alter registering for the draft. Failed
respond to communlcatioiis sent him
" ,lraft authorities nnd listed us a
desertei Cariied on army rolls under
!1 different address than that given draft
uuani nun misseii in c uecK ot lists.
,r ixrsT?rrn rivr
ir A?s ,S LEGIOIS EDIT
'ILL SLACKER LISTS
MllJ111 W- ,.. Murilo,u ll(ljlltant fop
Pemis.i Ivntna of the Auierican Legion,
will wnte to ever) Legion post in the
Sti.te in mlvance of the iiiihlienil.in ..f
. .. . . .' "
u I ; ei ninent s "stu ker lists," h(.
'"'
M, tod.iv. aclvisinu the posth to inves
tigule n lines listed from their district.
nnd . leur nu n wlio survecl tlieir countrv
"J i..vi the Govei ninent is gniiV'
, ,,.,.k, the lists." sn .Mnjnr Mr.
((.i t,.d.i. relumed home fro... n trl.,
to New 101k, where he talked over the
slacker 1m situation with Colonel Fred
W Giilhruth Jr iintiona! coni
nuincb'r of the Legion, vesterdil).
"If tin- lists nte lelcasecl tliere is
mil) one tiling for us to do," said Major
Murdoch "That is for the various
posts tn take their own lists and do
( nntliiicrcl on I'uue r.iulu. Column Mx
WAR
DEPAR
INT
DEFENDS ISSUANC
'iUCHARD WASHBURN CTTthQ TO BE ENVOY TO ITALY
-WASHINGTON, M.-.y 17. Rlclmid WaUibuin Chill. ITlc au
thor and funnel editor of Collier's Weekly, has bien sd.'cteil by
Piesident Harding for Ambassador to Italy.
GOVERNOR SIGNS FISHERMAN'S LICENSE BILL
HARKISBUKG, May 17. Goveruoi Sproul today signed the
bill rcjquiring all fisheimcn over twenty-one yenib okl to pny .1
license of 91.10 a yeni loi fishing in the State atter nr:a Jaim
nry 1. Money derived from licenses is to be used in iiionugtUiou
and protection 01 fish.
DAYLIGHT BANDITS GET $155
Daniel McMonagle, sixty-five years old, ovvnei of a second
hand stoie at -113S Ride avenu was knocked unconscious with .1
wtench at 1 o'clock this atternoou by one of two men who lobben
him of $105. They pretended they wanted to buy a ustd bicyeie.
The robbers escaped.
WOMAN CAPTURES INTRUDER
Man Imprisoned In Bathroom Had
Revolver and Nitroglycerin
.Minburj, Pa., Mav 17 Ainaeel v, hen
she heard a man 111 the bathroom, .ills.
Leah Golder locked t' 1 door and tele
phoned the police Officer iilillll lir
lested u joiiug man, vJm said lie was
Miles Rower, tweutv .me .veurs old, of
Williamspori He hud a large revolver
and a viul of i.itrogncc.iu in his pos
(.esslou, the police saj He was held
.without ball for court. He denied en
(terlnc
ikePtu
tering to rob saying he was locking for
UK quuiicrs,
!KaaflBHiE2'''LV? 'aH I
ikaaaaHBtf'V fkw
IIbbHHibH" ISe''' avaml
1H. OtiCAlt II. VM.I.N
DR. OSCAR H. ALUS DIES
One of City's Best-Known Surgeons
Passes Away at Age of 85
1 to be in his
Although he appeared to
ustinl good health .sesterda). Dr. (Near
II. Allis, one of the cit) s oldest and
Itnci .If unu n Roiennnu .lin.l l,ik. ,.iclif tit
his homo. 1001 Sprue street. He was '"llnf stanee of us so long ns it treats
clghty-Hve .vcars old Americiiiis as the Moscow Government
Dr. Allis w-as consulting surgeon on 1S 'ro",in.t; l'1'11'. , ,,
the stuffs of the Presb.vteriau. tin House- ' "J" 'olsheviki should send another
velt and the Oncologic Hospitals. H "i,,,p f" ",s ""King for the resumption
had been a member of the l'reshvterinn nl ,,",l,,i ' will not be received or an
Hospitai staff irtunll) since Its foun svV,'.r , ,
dution. '' implication of this announcement
A rccognizrd niithnritt on disloca- N ,1!"t ,lln Administration has been ex
tlons, DrAllis was the author of "Thee peeling the Lenlne Government to re
Hip," vvldelv accepted as n standard I Mn'"' ltM ciTorts to restore commercial
tixtbook. lie contributed to several c 'Vn""l,s N,it1' 'lli, countr). The note
medical journals- of Secretary Hughes refusing to take
Dr. Allis was born nt llol'v. N Y .'"I' ,s,l,'l, relations wns not regnrded ns
In VM He graduated from I.iifnvette final, but ns an invitation to the Uol-
Colbge in 1MII and from Jefferson Mel-
leal i cuiege in ism,. n(, was a fellow
of th Acadeni) of Surge r.v and u mem-
her of the American Surgical Assoeiu-
tion.
Dr Allis was Mutter lecturer at the
( ollege of rli.vsiciuns nnd in 1H0S was
I.iiui 'ecturer at the Cooper Medu-al
College. San rranclseo. would linve to he recognized in Itussla,
lie wus a Prcsh) rerun and nttended 'lt ,!'lls, '" ''"' extent of dealing with
Calvar.v Prcsb.vtcrinn Church, .ilthoug.i in'-cigncrs on a trade basis. Mr. Hughes
he retained his inemhershlp on the rolls '" p,''t IIiI not shut the door tn com
of the Second Pi-esh.vtcrinn Church I J,',!I'M' ,MitI' ,'"ssn. but endeavored to
where he was Sunda) ecimol superiu- '"'n" further assurances from the Uol
tendent jeers ngo. i slieviwts of their future moderation.
Dr Allis is survived by a daughter. Appureiitl) no such assurances have
Miss Murv V.. Allis. and b.v a son. the '"'en forthcoming. On thp cniitrnrv. the
ivi'i . sviiiii xiiomiison .Mils, ot tile
Depnrtmen
o llcbtew. Princeton I ni-
vcrsit) .
Funeral services probably will be held
Thursday
PATROLMAN RESCUES
ANOTHER FROM CROWD
Bluocoat Is Attacked When He Tries ;
to Arrest Man In Saloon ,
A miiiiattire thiiller of thp wild West
movie type wns staged last night in m
saloon at Twenty-third and McKcan
S.rK.l.S lili..,, ., lillll-nlinn t -... ,
'. ,..t. "iiiiiiii ,.u . t ., -,,i -,
fri.ni n nrrii.il nf -.i.Oiiinu 1... n .........
! patrolman at the point of a nistol. after
" ' ,.in- i I. iiiiiiiiiii'ii
I a tierce tight. I
I Two brothers, Rnjmond nncl Wilbur'
'Morris, twenty-six and nineteen years
, old respectively, living in Twentieth
street near Wolf, were arrested unci
later held in S.100 bail for court b)
Magistrate Dougherty, on charges of
I assiiiilt and buttery on nn officer. '
I The fight resulted when Patrolman
Gallagher entered the saloon and nt
tempted to arrest the elder Morris on a
warrant charging assnult on Patrolman
H1170. of the Twentieth and Berks
istreit station, several months ngo
Morris, it is alleged imnieiliatelv at
'tucked Gallagher and knocked him
dow n
I As Gallagher arose to defend lnmet
and dienv his blackjack, the younger
.Morris jumped into the frav. Th
patrolman swung dcsperntely vv'iili club
and bun !.jne U and. although he felled
several ot ins assailants, he was m.ou
downed bv the crowd in the plnee unci
was receiving 11 bad beating when
Mounted Policeman Finley, henritig the
sounds of the disturbance', galloped to
the si. cue and dismounting, rushed Inn -rieellv
into the place.
A 1 o.K rti-.l rush made for the iip (
ropier wus checked JiiTeinptnrlly, when
Finli'y drew his revolver and ' warned
the iinvvd to put iii their hands. (
then lined them up Wild West fashion
and placed the Morris brothers tinder
arrest.
FAMILY FLEES FLAMES
Blaze Burns Out Second Floor Room.
Awning Destroyed In Another Fire
Fire which stiiiti-d in a closet shortlv
before midnight binned out a second
lloor bedroom In tin home f .J0n7u
Mcllride. 4207 Ludlow street, and
lruye the familj fiom the house., r,
men extinguished the blaze aftei a (if.
teen-minute tight The eause of the
nie is 1101 hiiovvn
wnkeneil h) smoke coining in Ins
open window early this morning, Carlo
WflSKMrt .If 1 j 41 T miniiunu ..... I . .
Kntrtl niut found tnu awnhiff on n lowr
tlnuushtHl thublaze with ulight loss.
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DEMAND
FREEDOM
FOR li S. CAPTIVES
Washington Won't Deal With
Soviet Until American Pris
oners Arc Liberated
EXPECT NEW BOLSHEVIST
TRADE PROPOSAL SOON
H) CLINTON V. GIMIRRT
liilT rnrrespniulrnt I'.irnlnc Te'itlr l.tHtrr
Cntivriaht fit, ,u 1'uhllr T,lgtr Co.
Washington, Mav 17. The Govern
ment of the I'nited States Is Indignant
'it the detention of American ns pris
oners in Russia and their treatment by
tliejlolshevist Government.
No communications from tlfb IiusBlan
iiovernmcnt will he received by thp Ad-
HELD BY RUSSIANS
I ministration here and no negotiations y-
j for trade resumption are possible until""
thp MoMWV Oovernmpnt releases the
Americans. As one Amprlcnn official
Put It. "no covprnnipnt enii pnmp wrlfhln
"'K'vlsts to show to the world that pejr
sons and property were snfe In Husslt.
, . , c """ ".niise.s
I l.eniiie has made ccrtnin reassuring
' ,,Im's lll)0"J llls Intentions nf cea'lng
I imliin f..T.A. t
his propaganda for a world revolution
"n" .?'. Ills recognition that cnpltallsm
' '"""'" '""cramcni seems to nave re-
seated the attitude of this Government
as revealed in Mr. Hughes' note and lt
has- increased the severity with which
it has treated American prisoners held
on various fllnisv chnnrcK of enroll. ntlnir
nnti-Itolslicvist propaganda in Iluwda
in si) i.ik on ine itoisnevist regime.
Authorities here i-nv that condition o(
li tichuii in iwissian restraint Ih
' Smne"'"? the prisoners are in solitary
' onfinement In Russian prisons. Others
n, '" 1'p,Vn,ti",J.l'?m"s: A" nro '""'r
"i"0'1, n"' ''"'"hovists are evidently
l,iinf lr ufc V1Pm '.n w,pJL,t pnostagci,
I M .HI 11 IS
the intention of this Admits-
i ;,, i
IsirnilOU
not to permit their use as
hostages.
Held Without Tonnal Trial
One of the conditions that Mr.
Hughes laid down in ills note to Russia
wns that nn resumption of trade was
possible until persons and property wero
protected full) b) the law. The treat
ment of the Americans in Russia Is
regarded by the Admlnistrnt'nn ns evi
dence tlint persons nre not protected bj'
law in Russia. They are subject to
detention upon flimsy pretexts without
forinnl trial by courts and nre cruelly
treated while in confinement.
The icsult of Russia's treatment of
these Americans is that the Ilolshcviat
Government is now back where It was
in the Wilson Administration.
Preside nt Wilson would have no
ciiiiimiinii'.ition with Moscow. No Rusv
being icveivc.l or answered.' ('nder Mr
urn note to iiim had any ciinnce or
Hughe's the Moscow government mndn
tliis much progress toward a return to
normal relations. Its note asking for
tin icstointiou of tiude was received
nn answered. The line of communica
tion was opened. Negotiations were
possible which it wns expected would
lead in the end to such a commercial
nu'iingement ns Lnglaml now hns with
the Moscow government
ltiissin inn no longer take advantage
of this situation. The line of com
imiiiii iitious is closed. No notes will be
lee civ eel No word will be exclinnged
until Hussm treats Americans within
her borders -in a civilized wti)
Aiubassjuloi s In Nainn Oulj
With relations broken with Russia
this eoiinti) luis no menus of doing
anv tluug nnout the Anieiiean prisoners
It has no representatives in Russia. It
cannot .id official!) in behalf of the
American prisoners. It is worse cut
off from Russia than it was from Gcr
manv during the war. for during hos
tilities some neiitial nation looks after
the interests of each warring nation
within the tei ritorles of th other Hut
the Russian situation is anomalous.
Tl ri'licall) David It Finn.' Mr,
Wilson s ambassador to Russia, Is still
ambassador to Russia, bur lie left there
long ago ami Rons ltnkhuietleff lu
still Russian Ambassador to this coun
tr). although his own Government does
not recognize him
Technnall) tliere is no waj to hayo
another countr) icpiesent us nt Petro
gr.id. even if othc r nations hnd repre
sentatives at M.isinw. F.uglnnd'H re-
, lntious with Ruksiii are merely trade
ifliillmw.
I Nothing more iffeetive for tlin relief
' of the Americans can be done thun to
1 let Russia know through the press that
' she is an outlaw so far as this country
1 is concerned until she releases the
1 Americans she holds unconditionally.
I TAX EXEMPTION URGED
I Congress Asked to Spare Scientific
I and Charitable Trust Funds
Washington, Mnj 17.- (Ry A. P.)
The Semite Finance Committee was
ii'ltcd todnv b) James R Garfield, of
C I'vi'land to exempt from Federal tax
ation incmnc-i from 'scientific, charita
ble, '-elk-ions and educational trust
ft nils, lie nlso asked legii-Jallon which
would free bequests to such foundations
tioni estote tuxes
Repeal of the tax nn health nnd 6r
( blent insurance vvns sought by rcpre
sditatlvcs of thv Southern Industrial
lmxiiyance xoniercnee, who UecUreJ
that U11 present laws junounted l n
tax on capital in event th-.lm!irfc
compaiuej uiu nov mane 0 J-t.
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