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TAKE $1000; HURL
Cigar Manufacturer Attacked
it 4th and Market While
Streets Are Thronged
.THUGS TAKE DIAMONDS;
BEAT HIM FOR RESISTING
ra well-dressed bnndtls hold up
Stem, a clear manufacturer, of
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I? 7 North Fourtn mrcrt, hi eoiiru. Ktrroi
rfi'aboTeiMnrkcl, shortly nflrr li oVlork
thl morning, nnti niter nctuine mm wiin
DMCKjacKS Binio ijijuuu in rnun wnicn
k iiaili inst drawn from bank. 1i!h dia
mond ring and Ptick pin rind then threw
Mm down an elevator Minft nn'd csenped.
Rtm'n la in a serious, condition nt the
Pennsylvania Hospital.
Tt. hntd.un was oni of the most dnr-
Jn committed in this cit.v In a lonr
tm. nreiirrlne at n. lime when the
jltwt was crowded with people,
Shortly before li o'clock atcin went
to the Central MTust uompany, nortn
wett corner of Fourth and Market
ftrctR and drew ?10O0 for tho weekly
piyroll.
ii
Sets Pair atclune nim
He noticed two voune men wntcliine
klm. hut, attached no importance to
thlr curiosity.
Before leaving the bank Stein put
tht money in n canvas bap, tied it at
hi. ton and nut it in an inside coat
pocket, mien ne lett toe oann tuc mm
VIlO Dua Dcen waicnins ' were "ul hi
lifbt.
Klein returned to his business estab
lishment1 and was about to enter through
t iMe gate, nreawny when be was sud
dtnJy confronted by the two men who
had been wntchiDS lilm. They jumped
from ,behind n large packing box with
drawn revolvers.
f'Ffanfl over that dounh without n
idler or we'll plug you." dcrannded
one.
Its. don t rnise a racket." said tlie
otter.
Tii'cs to Call Aid
Stein was so cfosp to the street thnt
hi CQuld see persons passinR the door.
Hi ras.de, an attempt, to shout, but one
fthe. bandits pressed a revolver against
?ato$ forehead while, the other grabbed
tjilm, rippd open" bis coat and grabbed
' the Bag of money.
Even with tho odds against him.
Stein backed awn.v as though t,o put up
' a fijht. One of the, men then drew n
, blackjack and Rtruck Stein on the bend.
jRfcin sank to. the. eround. and as lie did
'Jio'the bandits pulled "off Ms diamond
Jrlng'tnd toro his diamond stickpin from
tla tie.
f "That's what, yon get, for not taking
'ydnr medicine," growled one of the
men,
- Just before Stein became unconscious
Jie' heard some one nnnroacll. The
frnnner pvMpntlr lipnril fnntstens also.
They picked Stein up and enrried him
, to the rear of the building.
J
Thrown Down Shaft
t It was evident the men intended to
aeirch his pockets for further booty.
Irat, frightened by. thn npproach of
some one, gave up the job. Then they
threw Stein down the elevator shaft.
Stein landed on a pile of bags which
softened tho blow.
VThen he did not reappear in the
ofllqe a search of tho building was made
by employes, who found Stein lying on
the cellar floor.
His head was cut in several places
and there were scratches and bruises
. on his face nnd hands.
Bteln lives at 2flO.T Oxford street
The jewelry taken from him is valued
:'at $3000.
FRANcTsELF-SUSTAINING
; AGAIN, BANKER 'DECLARES
- Rlie. In French Exchange Explained
to Advertising Men
New York, May 20. --"France is
again becoming n self-sustaining coun
try." declared Dwiglil W. Morrow, nf
J. I Morgan & Co.. speaking hero to
day at a luucliPou of the American As
eoclation of Advertising Agencies. Mr.
Morrow said this explained the rise in
, French exchange.
"In the recent war France .suffered
Veavy losses of a physical nature, but
achieved great gains in power of or
ganization, t
"She is now reducjng her imports
of foodstuffs ; she is developing a sur
Plns of goods for export.
"In the calendar year 1010. France's
imports exceeded her exports by almost
24,000.000,000 francs. In 11120 thp-jm-Port
balance was about Ut.OOO.OOO.OOO
runes. In the firM three months of
1021, however, this import balance bus
J"en changed into a smnll export
balance."
RUNAWAY BOYS CAUGHT
Brond 8trevet Station
Three bojs were picked up by IV
W. Gombnrrow early todax, wan-
5r if nbol,t Rroa(1 Street Stiitrbn. nnd
omitted they had run nwny from home
in iVjr York. The oldest wns John II.
ik,JJ?l;V.' ,7r- fourteen J ears old. of
W Mesa lioth street. INcw York, son
"' "V Insurance nfijcinl. fie said he
.A ?Pvorton. lie was dressed In n
cnool cpdrt uniform and hud an empty
fvoher in his pocket. The other boys
Za n.lin Mi'Ciossen, thirteen years
;.V2,W,..Wpst Twentieth street, nnd
n-f . LMebbe. twehc years old, 2.12
,VMt. rentlelh street. The boys said
Irafo mn tor ,1,p ,h'"t ,lmo on tlie
In AKn'cw id he had been at a school
h..cw uUr,k H,n,r nl"1 liil run away
lii.au,s.no 'hinkcd In his examinations,
"w father was sent for and said tho
ii . ,KlnrKo for his nge. rpolly was
ii,fou,;lPP". Tho three wero re
Ml hoine" f""'Cr ot A,M,reWM ,ook
Harding Congratulates Parent! of 4
naren', 'Vr' "'V1 '.'Mlchacl SaUo,
RK5 r ,S, Hwdruplcm born recently.
Ion V",,.r'1 ,". ,e,,',, ,,f fongratiila
"on fr0,n 'r(.hMcnl llnrtllns. One of
id i o p"8 ""'"fl Wirrv-ii Harding.
Brceln ?. ' Tifni "l'fvsscl his p
SfWation of the compliment.
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VICTIM INTO SHAFT
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EnUred l Second-Clai Matter at
wi.uar me nn oi
TH& PRETTIEST GIRL
YOU EVER SAW '
MAY BE A STAR
Everybody knows one "prettiest
girl T ever saw." 'Do you? She
ought to be an entrant in th6
vMovio neatity Contest. Why not
get her to send her photograph
in?
She may become a moving-picture
star and will hnvc you to thank
for It.
The, Hctjswood Film Co., in planning
for n new scries of "Tooncrvllle
Trolley" comedies, has asked us to
help them find a new typo of in-'
genuo beauty. Three girls will bo
chosen, cpiploycd first in minor
parts, nt ."540 a week tor their
training, and then tho best one
will be made. ,
THEITt LEADING LADY
AT $1 00.00 A WEEK
It's the chnnce of n lifetime fopsomo
girl who has longed to enter tho
magic lnnd of the studios. Noth
ing necessary but to send a pho
tograph according to the direc
tions. See Page 10.
TEN-CENT FARES
Public Service Commission Dis
misses Service Com
pany's Request .
NO EMERGENCY 'FOUND
Srtelnl Mtpatch to Rventno PhMic Ltdoer
Newark, N. ,T "Mny 20. Tho Pub
lic -Service IUllway Co.'s application
for approval of a ten -cent faro was
dismissed today by the Public Utilities
Commission. The rotrfpany must con
tinue to charge a seven -cent fare with
a one-cent charge for a transfer.
"An analysis of the facts and fig
ures presented Indicates very clearly,"
the board's decision concludes, "that
the company is not in such urgent need
of revenue ns would preclude its con
tinuing furnlshln" service for the nc-
rlod of time required to complete the
collateral case in which valuation la
being considered.
x "Tli'c board is not satisfied from the
proofn offered thnt the company Is nt
this time hi need of the relief to be nf
fordedify tho schedule nh filed. irtr Is It'
batlsficd that it should nt this time be
granted nnj' further Increase in' the
present schedule of fares."
TIlO commission linnrierl rtnun it He.
cision as predicted, nt the reopening of
mo i-iiDiic Hemc valuation case. Frank
II. Summer, nnnearine for the nsso-
siatcd municipalities In the valuation
proceedings, lias planned to attack
power of tho Slute. Vnliinfinn nnintnii..
sion and the work it. has done. This
act may upset the plans of the com
mission to fix: n just and reasonable
rate for the Public Service by .Tuly M.
First nnd foremost, the board (lis
mibsns the application because it was
predicted on nn emergency pica, that
the COniDatlV needed n higher fnmltn.np.
dintely. Secondly, the board's exnerts
found that tho fluures submitted hr the
Public Service were abnormal. The
petition of tho company, to tho effect
that the board, failimr to find n tin.
cent fare warranted, might arbitrarily
rnfinmrnnn rl n., aImI.I .. .,.. ...
., ..,.,.. umu u.. v.fci.L ur jjiiir-ueui, iarc,
in uiMniwcu wiiu nttio consideration.
"The board Is of tho opinion that no
emergency exists such as was defined
and intended by the board or the court
in tho O'Urien case," it was pointed
out. "The emergency defined bv tne
board in tho O'Urien case wos one not
affecting thn applicant utility alone but
affecting all business generally. It Is
unnecessary to point out that In almost
oil other fields of industrial activity,
if not in that of utilities, costs have
fallen and are continuing to fall.
The coudltion of the applicant is
rather ono of economics thnn one involv
ing n crisis such as was present during
the war. and such an was considered in
the O Brien case. The board Is un
willing to extend the emergency doctrine
mndc nccess'iry, as it was, bv tbn gov
ernment's increasing wages as a war
measure, nt. least until it is shown that
an increase in rates is Imperatively
ne cded to render safe and adequate
service to tide the utility over' until U
just and reasonable rate can be fixed
after nil the elements Involved in the
making of such a rntn have been con
sidered. BEER NOT A MEDICINE,
DOCTOR WILEY TESTIFIES
Home Brew Dangerous, He Telia
Houao Committee
Washington, .May 20. (Hy A. P.)
-Peer has not been recognized as ft.
PROHIBITED IN N. 1
-,,. ., medicine oy uw medical profession In
nree New York Lads Taken In three or four decades. Dr. Ilarvev XV.
ney, pure lood
cinprt. tnld the
House .Midiclnry Committee today at
hearings on the Volatenil bill to pre
vent sale of beer to the sick.
"There are no medical properties in
beer, whntever may be said of it as n
beverage," Dr. Wiley declared. "The
nearest thing to It N malt extract,
which Is so made as practically to
exclude cen n trace of alcohol. I
never saw a prescription which con
tained lioer ns o remedial agent. It
is solely regarded as n bovcragc.
"Thn man who drinks too much
beer is apt to develop obesity, and
obesity is recognized as a disease. It
Is better to be under uormul weight
than over."
"How about home brow?" Dr.
Wiley was asked.
"It's the poorest brew and the jnost
dangerous in the world." he replied.
"If joii aro going to have beer, it
ought to be made scientifically,"
BILL TO HALTSLACKER LIST
Measure In House Calls for Sua
penalbn of Publication
Waalilnglnn, May 20. (By A. P.)
A bill under which the War De
partment would be directedto suspend
publication of Its so-called "slacker
lists" pending further investigation as
to their correctness, was introduced to
day by Senator Stanley, of Kentucky
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Says Ke Was Threatened if He
Gave Testimony at Mur
rano Trial
KEEPS ADDRESS SECRET
Nathan Smith, eyewitness to the
murder of .ToBeph McGinn, district de
tective, testified today at tho trial, of
Christopher Murrano that he had been
threatened with death if ho appeared ns
a witness. s
Uecause of threats mado to him in
anonymous letters showed under .his
door, the trial judge gave him permis
sion to withhold mention of his ad
dress, save in n whisper to the stenog
rapher. Whllo he wVis testifying, Smith, who
had sat well up in front of tho court
room until he wns called, making him
self ns Inconspicuous as possible, looked
fuitivcly from time to time nt somo of
tho known thugs and gunmen who nrr
nttci.dlng tho trlnl in the Court of Quar
ter Sessions.
"I don't want to give my address,
your Honor." said the witness when
asked where he lived after he had been
sworn.
"I am. a marked man." he explained.
"My. llfo has been threatened.
lie then read one of two letters which
he had found. "You see too much;
joii Jienr tqo much. Peware."
The witness then positively identi
fied Murrano ns one of two of tho gun
men who hnd fired nt tho moment Mc
Ginn fell. The detective w'ns murdered
when ho went into n gambling house
near Passyunk nvenue nnd Christian
street last October at the moment the
plnce wns being "stuck up" by n gang
nf eight or nine lieavlly armed gun
mnn. "We had been gambling apd about
lli.lO o'clock at night somo one said
the police were coming. Wo put the
lights out nnd kept quiet. They camp
and tried the door, but finding it locked
and tho place In silence, went away
again," said the witness.
Masked Men HiiUm
"It was about fifteen minutes later
that the door was flung open nnd eight
or nine men came in. All but one were
masked and all weie armed. Six of
them had two gnus apiece. Two of
them jumped up on the table with their
guns. They burst into hi- string- of
curses nnd suld, 'Shell out.' Then this
Continued on Tnao Four, Column Six
safTbTffles thieves
Robbers in Kensington Factory Get
Only $14 From Desk v
Itobbers, who forced their way into
offices of tho Pennsylvania Pox anil
Lumber Co., American and I'umlier
land streets, last night were unable, to
Jimmy the Inner doors of n safe and
had to leave with only ,fH, taken from
a desk.
The robbery was not discovered until
8 o'clock this morning. Tho combina
tion of tho safe wos broken and the
outer doors jimmied open, but the Inner
doors wore not cltimogrd,
Tho offices arc on the second floor.
Tho robbers forced n door Into tho fao
torv on the first floor .and broke n win.
dow from tho second floor to the offices,
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY MAY 20, 192X
Repairs at Spring Garden Street Ex
pected Finished by Tonight
Traffic was badly tied up at Hroad
and Spring Garden streets early today
by a break at that point in n twelve
inch cit.v water main, which ripped up
the street and poured out. thousands of
gallons of wa,tcr before it was brought
under control. .
Tviis was the second break on Hroad
street within a little more than a week,
n forty-Inch main having burst, at
Hroad and Thompson afreets Mny 12.
Chief Davis, of tho Bureau of Water,
said today that the present break is
neither ns extensive nor an serious n
that at Thompson street nnd ho expects
to have it repaired by nightfall. A
large force of men were put to work
on the spouting hole in the street ns
soon ns the break was reported, at G:30
o'clock tills morning. Tho wnter coin
ing through the broken pipe was shut
off and laborers were, put to work to
dig out the area, so that a new section
of main might be put in plnce.
One nf the first jobs tho repair men
had to do wns to make nn emergency
connection between factories in the
neighborhood and tho fire water line,
so that thousands of workers would not
be thrown out of employment for the
day. Tho water wos so rerouted that
few persons are suffering inconvenience
because of the accident.
For some time after the break oc
curred it was necessary to shut off part
of Hroad street for fear of n cave-In.
Thn experts from the Water Uureau
made immediate tests to see if the street,
had been undermined by the flow of
water. They found it safe and traffic
was resumed.
CAR ROBBERS IN NIGHT
DAI ILfc Wllrl R. R. POLICE!
a v.m. ........ .
One of Them Captured After Lively
Exchange of Shots
Atlantic City. Moy 20. Following a
battle with revolvers at midnight In the
swamps south of Elwood, tills county,
n stalwart six-footer, who gives the
iiome of Joseph Duffy, was brought hero
this morning by Pennsylvania Uallrond
police and lodged in thn city jail.
As n result of the arrest the rail
road police believe they have put an
end to wholesale robberies on freiitnt
SfJIVi". ,,rnnBlt between thls etv ,
Philadelphia.
Arrayed in the midnight fight were
three railroad officers and three car
robbers. Shots were exchanged for
nearly ten minutes, and one of the two
bandits who escaped is believed to have
been wounded.
Sergeant-F. P Hrennnn and Officer,
.1. A. Tullj; and P.. H., Garrison, of th,"
railroad police at Camden, who effected
the nrrest. went on traii of the robbers
last night. Shortly before their train
leached Elwood they saw three men
break the seals on a freight car. enter
it and dump a great quantity of sheet
leather to the side of tho tracks. The
men then climbed to the top of the car.
where they waited until tho tram pulled
into Egg Harbor. Hero they alighted
The railroad police also alighted nnd
hurried back along the road to the nnl
whore the leather had been thrown off
Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning
thn bandits returned,
An nttempt was made to capture them
peaceably, but they Immediately opened
fire. Their shots failed to take cffec
and thn police returned the fire, After
a fight In a dense fog which lasted ten
minutes, the police closed on their
quarry. Duffy threw up his hands and
surrendered, while his cmnnanlmw n-J
4uto the swamp,
The amount of the loot thrown from
the car ' estimated at $700, It was
consigned to an AtlanUc City firm.
IE
Councilmen Considering This
Means of Saving Consumer
Proposed Increase in Cost
TO STUDY BOARD'S REPORT
Members of Council promised today
to give careful thought to n suggestion
thnt the city's income from the sale ot
gas should be reduced rather than allow
nn increase In the price of gas to con
sumers. "Some might prefer to have thn es
timated increased costs met by reducing
the city's collections instead of raising
the selling price," Mr. Huchholz said.
"Of course the whole problem Is a tre
mendous one. I will give thnt particu
lar point most careful consideration nnd
1 am sure my colleagues will do llko
wise. "I hear thnt the oil market has
dropped to the bottom because oil ts
now being obtained from Hussia. If
that is true and lower oil nrlcen mn.
ftinue, it should, of course, hnvc nn
iiuiuencc on inc con ot producing gas."
Councilman Gaffney said the com
mission's report is so voluminous that
ho would not comment on It at this
time. He said that thn suggestion of
lowering the city's income from gns as
nn alternative would be "carefully
-.''.. .on, ...i; .uui rvprv
nriKu.-u, mining mar every noint
laisr(J ,n eonnectlon with the report
wouia nave cnreiui consideration.
Ktudjing Comm.'tson's Iteport
The commission's report is beine
studied by the Public Utility Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce. The mem
bers are William P. Hnrba, chainnun ;
Ifollingshcnd Taylor, Clajton W. Pike
and C. M I.auer.
Members of the committee will meet
Monday n,t II :30 o'clock to go over
the entire report They Imve been study
ing tlie gas situation here for some
months.
Charles I,. Pluck, president of tlie
Northwest Business Men's Asocintion.
said the gas report would be considered
nt nn assoclntion meeting next Wednes
day. "We have taken no side on the ques
t'on." he said, "but siisnendcd iinli?.
ment pending the commission's report, i
inis we inieiiu pi examine tnornughly."
Major .Moore made plain that ' he
wnnts the fullest iliscu'-slou of the gas
situation from every nngle. He made
this cumin ?nt on the suggestion thnt the
cltj give ip some nf its re(enlie from
gas sales. He said :
"The Mayor Is very glad to see that
particular point raled. It in one nt
the many points in connection with the
gas situation which should be brought
up for discussion. The Mayor's pur
pose in sending to Council as quicklj
as possible the report of the ens com
mission was to obtain the fullest and
freest di'ciiNsion in even phaisc of the
gas, problem
Maor ABks Light nn Kvery Angle
"It is not a problem that ran be
summarily disposed of. It is the MavJ
or's hope Hut all questions relating 'to
the gas situation or the proposed new
lease will be studied most inteiihlveh
nnd in this connection the point as to
Continued in Tate I'niir. Column "eTen
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Published Dally Ecpt Bunday.
Copyrlaht. 1821. by
MAN TAKES POISON
ON HIGH COPING AND
LEAPS TO HIS DEATH
Early Morning Pedestrians See
- Hotel Guest Drop Seven
Floors to Street
ONE GIRL FAINTS AT SIGHT
0F ACT, BROAD AND WALNUT
A score or more of bclntcd homegoers,
both men and women, at about 2 o'clock
this, morning, saw n man climb out on
the ledge of n seventh-story window of
the Hamilton Hotel, 1334 Walnut
street.
Sitting on the narrow- coping with
his legs dangling Into space the. man
lifted a bottle to his lips and swallowed
something. The next' second his bodj
was hurtling through the air, landing
In a standing position. When the horror-stricken
crown rtfshed forward they
found only an unrecognizable, bundle of
flesh nnd clothing.
A haaty exnmlnation of the bruised
and broken form showed that life was
not extinct and n taxi was called Into
service for a quick run to the Jefferson
Hospital, but the mnn wns dead before
the accident-receiving ward was
reached. '
Hellene Him to Ho Chicago Man
Investigation of the clothing and the
hotel room led the police to believe the
suicide was Gustave H. Hoffman, of 272
Mildred avenue. Chicago, but m the
absence of n more complete identifica
tion and other details cause for tho sui
cide remained a mystery.
The man wns about thirty years old
nnd well dressed. He nrrlven at tie
hotel about 6 o'clock with a small hand
bag as his only baggage. He paid in
advance nnd wns asslKned to a room
on the. seventh floor facing on Wnlput
street.
Although employes of the hotel did
not recall his leaving the room or re
turning, the police found scat stubs for
a performance at a tncntre a snori ns
tmipo nTcnr. In rockets of the man'
cont were found Liberty Bonds for $700
and $70.11 in cash.
The presence of theatre scat stubs
from New York. Boston and Albany, all
purchased and used within the last ten
days, and a railroad refund check for
n ticket from Boston to New York in
dicated that the man had done much
travcllnc recently.
Another pur.rling thing to the police
was the-finding of a pawn ticket issued
Xesterdar by tbe .Market Street I.onn
Co. Tor $2."i Issued on' n $50 Liberty
Bond. The bonds found in the pocket
consisted of one for $500. one for $100
and two for SfiO.
Hag and Underclothing New
The bag left by the man in the hotel
room was new null contained onl a few
pieces of underclothing, nlso new. No
letters or other uiarLb of identification.
except a slip with the name of Gustavc
II. Hoffman, 27:m .Mlldron avenue, Chi
cago, could be found. He had regis
tered at tho hotel as "G. R. Hoffman,
Chicago."
On the floor of the room beside the
open winnow tlie police round a half
tilled bottle ot poison. This wns the
draught the spetntors on the street
below ha.d seen him drain before he
slipped from his high -tin perch and was
dashed to bis death below.
Policeman .lnme Casey, chauffeur
for Direitor Corteljou. was among
those standing on Walnut street, waiting
lor a car wnen ine suicide occurred.
Casey's attention was directed to the
man by a young woman Mnnding bv who
saw "Hoffinan"i climb out and lift the
bottle to Ills lips.
"TIibCn a risky pluce to take n
drink. the gui remarked. Before
Casey could snout a warning the body
falling. As it struck, dip young
woman fainted. She was taken "nwny
b. hei ifoil nflcr being reived.
The Detective 1 tin on ii telegraphed the
police of ( 'Imago nking for informa
tion concerning the supposed Hoffmnn,
nnd tlie l)nd was taken p, the morgue
P nwnit a Inuunnt
WIFE IS GIVEN SENTENCE
SHE WANTED FOR "HUBBY"
Magistrate Turns Tables When
Woman Punches Man at Hearing
Mrs. S-irah oung. nineteen vears old
and who Ihcs nt 11 2S Smith Twenty
third street, brnucht her Iiuhnnd, Wil
liam, twenty sew-n tcais old. of 2217
Pcmberton street. before Magistrate
Dougherty at the Twentieth and Fed
eral streets stution iniiny to have hiin
seut to jail.
The magistinte and the young wom
an's tempei spoiled her plans, for she
drew a fhe-dij sentence herself. Inci
dentally, she hnnoed hubby a stiff right
to tlie jaw.
It was the stiff right which decided
things.
"What's it nil nhont?" oln,l .1,.
Magistrate good-naturedly, when the
young couple, who have not been living
i.'K.'iiirr mr nir him six weeks wero
brought before hitn. The wife had
charged Young vuth assault and bat
tor).. "I'll show luni." snid Mrs Young,
meaning. ioiihtles. her husband and not
the Mngislrnie , 'I lieieuiion she deliv
ered nn olil-fashionrd hn) maker to the
point of William's Inn
Magistrate Doughcrtv looked from
husband to wife nnd b.u-k again.
"Y'ou're discharged," he said to
William, and to Sarah, grimlt, "Y'ou
get five days."
MUST INCREASE LIABILITY
Telegraph Companies to Establish
Higher Compensation for Errors
Washington, Mai 20 ( Hy A P )
Telegraph companies were ordered
today by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to estnltllsh rules by July 13
increasing their liobillt) for errors in
transmission or delivery, or for non
delivery of interstate messiujca. The
amount of liobillt) for ench message
received for transmission at the uurc
pented message rate was fixed bv the
commission at not less than ?n00 or
less mnn ouiji tor encii message re
celved at the repeated message rate.
repeated message rate,
Bubierlptjon Prlc l a
Publlo' Ledger Compam
Tear by Mall.
HARVEY TELLS BRITAIN,
U. S. REJECTS LEAGUE,
WITH ALL ITS DETAILS'
Hprvey Observer Onlyy
on Silcsian Problem
Washington, Mny 20. (Hy A.
P.) Ambassador Harvey's partici
pation In the questions brought be
fore tho Supreme Council wilt be
confined to those in which the United
States is involved nnd on the Si
lcsian problem be will act. only as
an observer, it wns authoritatively
declared again today by Adminis
tration officials. It wns reiterated
that tho determination of bounda
ries in Europe' wns regarded as
wholly a European question.
While not participating actively
in tho settlement of such questions,
Mr. Harvey will be expected to make
Ui refill, nnd accurate reports, as such
Information is looked upon ns vi
tally necessary in shaping the policy
of this Government in dealing with
the European situation. No new in
structions have been sent to Ambas
sador Harvey, it was stated, ns lie
was given full direction ns t) how
far bo might go when he wns di
rected to take his plnce in the Su
premo Council.
COL HARVEY GAVE
Economic Concern May Even
tually Force American Entry
Into Silesian Problem
.
FOREIGN POLICY NOT FIXED
Hy CLLVTON W. GILBERT
Stuff Correspondent Rvenlnr Public I.edier
Copvrlaht, Hit, bv Public l.edatr Co.
Washington. Mny 20. Colonel Har
vey undoubtedly spoke for the Admin
istration when he declared yesterday at
the Pilgrim dinner that the United
States would under no circumstnnccs
enter the Lengue of Nntions.
He Is the President's personal rep
resentative in the Supreme Council and
tho President has apparently chosen hitn
as the vehicle for telling Europe flatly
that the League of Nations is impos
sible from the point of view of the Ad
ministration. In this wny the President sets nt rest
the rumors that have been going nround
here since tho entrance of the United
States into the Supreme Council thnt the
nct tep would be tfie acceptance ot tne
Versailles Trcity and the League with
reservations. For days nftcr the com
missioning of Harvey to represent this
country in the European councils there
wns n steady rush of Senators to the
White House to ask what it nil monnt.
The President renssured his visitors,
but wns irritated by tho distrust of hts
Secretary of State that tho Senators
questions involved, nnd he has doubt
less caused his agent in Europe, Colonel
Harvey, to use tho first opportunity to
ranke elenr what his instructions were
with regard to Mr. Wilson's lengue.
Finn Agntnst Entering League
From close friends of Mr. Hording,
men who are not involved in the Senate
cabal, but who are perfectly loyal to
the President nnd to Secretary Hughes,
it is learned beyond question that al
though this Administration is steadily
tnking a larger part, in European affairs
the intention to keep out of the League
of Nations is unchanged.
Colonel Harcy's is the flattest dec
laration of that intention that has
yet been made. It has been called
forth bv our increased participation
in the affairs oT Europe. The Admin
istration wanted it to be known that
(hat participation would never lend to
entrance into the league. Colonel liar
ve)'s spccii is meant to renssuie thn
Republicans in the Senate and to let
llic fiiinds nf tlie League in Europe
understand that our entrance into tne
Supieme Count il must not mnke them
hope thnt ultimately we should go into
tlie l,ca,-ue
i nn Silcsian suunrion. nowever. lljus-
. ..7. .. ... ...
tratrs tb" diffiiultv of ninkinu nrcdic
tions as to what will happen ns a result
of this country's nttempt merely to pro
tect its own interests in rcurope. At
first it was announced at the State De-
pnrtnient that the Silesinu question
was n purely Lurnpcnn question in
which we should haw no part. In snitc
of the fact thnt it ran on all fours with
tho Ruhr question, having to do with
whether Germany should have a suf-
t'ontlnned on. Tare roiir. Column Fire
MRS. RITTENHOUSEWEDS
Becomes Bride of McPherson Ken
nedy at Quiet Ceremony Today
Mrs. Anne C. Rittenhouse, of Jen
klntnwn. a divorcee, and Mr. McPher
son Kennedy, of New York, wero mar
ried nt noon today at Abington Pres
b)terian Church by the Rev. n. H.
Bird. Mr. Harry Rittenhouse and Mrs.
Kennedy were divorced five months ago.
Mrs Kenned) is tlie daughter of the
late Mr and Mrs William G. Cochran.
Her mother wns Miss Gertrude Con
nell. of this cit .
Announcement of the wedding, which
was quiet, was made b) Mrs Kennedy's
brother. William Cochrnn, who lived
with her nt Bird House, .lenkintown.
Lleutennnt Peyton Cochran. U. S. N.,
another brother of the bride, married
Miss May Curtin.
WOMAN DIES ON TROLLEY
Mrs. Fanny Haynes Succumbs Sud
denly on Street Car
. .Mn; .K'.',!lnJ,'' ""J"", fifty-fire years
old, nf 20.1JI Spring Garden street, died
on an Arch street trolley car last night
just ns it reached Nineteenth street.
She wns about to ask a passenger n
question when she suddenly fell for
ward. She was sent to the Medico. Chlrur
glcal Hospital. Physicians there made
fqrt c fuie, V "' " lDe'r "'
VIEWS OF HARDING
PRICE TWO CENTS
Will Have Nothing to Do '
With It Whatsoever,
Asserts Envoy
SAYS HEREPRBENTS ,
U.S. ON SILESIA'
Ambassador at Pilgrims' Dinner
Cites 7,000,000 Majority
Against Covenant
UKUES ETERNAL GOODWILL
Declares Harding Pledges On
faltering Co-operation to Pre
serve Friendship
By he, Associated Press
London. May 20 Newspapers of
'his city today featured the address last
nlgkt by George Harvey. United State
Ambassador to Great Britain, at a
dinner given by the Pilgrims.
Mr. Harvey announced he had been
directed by the State Department in
Washington to represent America at
the proposed meeting of the Supreme
rouncil.'nt which the Silesian question
h to be considered. He declared that
the United Suites, under no possibls
circumstnnccs, could be led Into par-
ticipatlon in the League ofNations.
The reference to Silesia was nn inter-
polntion in his written speech. nn4
nfter speaking of America's desire to
ep-opCratP h Gront nritn,n ,ic nM .
... . -uiuormuy witn this ccncrnl decla-
ration I am able to announce thnt this
day I was authorized and directed by
EX n?V.PifnmJent ,n tiP cvent t a meet
jng of the Supreme Council beinrr held
SfiiTn -1" .'fe!1 nitinK ne- President
of the United States.
ln ite ? 'K'crims as the most dls
riiVt.Hnkuin tllP r,,nin t "lood re
lationshlp between the British and
American peoples and one of the most
potent, ngencles nf civilization,
i .Ihe,r ,nc,tivit!es hnd been n sustained
labor of love and patriotism, which
only now were beginning to fructify )n
an earnest desire and determination on
the part, of both peoples to blow nwny
the mists of misconstruction nnd mis'
understanding, 'vhieh far to-) long hnd
hidden their true natures, one from
the other.
"Heart of Our Republic" ,
. "Inevitably you to the cast of us de
rive your information respecting our
public opinion from the jjreot cities on
our Atlantic seaboard," the Ambassa
dor continued, "precisely as our friends
to the west of us take theirs from the
border States on the Pacific. Infer
enccs thus drawn mav be right or
wrong, but whether right or wrong
their bases obvious' r nw the subject
of sectional and peeulhr influences.
The heart of our Republic lies In ths
great plain which stretches from tho
Allcghcnics to the Rockies, wherH rests
the dominant political power of the
Nntlon."
It wns from the hnrdv stock of thnt
region, Mr. Harvey declare,!, that
America had drawn seven (f ten of Its
recent Chief Executives, including Pres
ident Hnrdinp.
Harding "Typical American"
President Harding was portrayed by
the Ambassador as "a typical, modern
American, proud of his own country,
but jealous of no other man's: resolute
in maintaining his own nation's rights,
but not less scrupulous in recognizing
the rights of others; n fair, just, modest
man. humble, but unafraid "
The outstanding attributes of Presi
dent Harding, Mr Harvey said, are
breadth of vision, greatness of heart,
fidelity to his race no les than to his
clan, and no more to his fnmilv than
to his ancestry, drawn from nil parts
of the United Kingdom Mr. Harvey
declared these were sufficient Indications-nnd
reasons win Mr. Hardinc flt
i .. .,, . .
.in rue very nucr oi ins oemg at this
crucial period that friendliness and
good will should exist always between
the proples of the great English -speok-mg
nations and win he now pledges
unfaltering co-operation in achieving
that aspiration.
"1 shall fnil miserably, to the
grleous disappointment of my chief.'
Mr. Harvey said, "if I do not so greatly
strengthen these bonds of friendship and
mutual helpfulness that hereafter our
Governments will not only prefer dura
ble engagements to tentative compro
uilses ns between ourselves, but will
instinctively approach nil world prob
lems from the snme angle as of com
mon inseparable concern."
' rejoice," proceeded the Ambassa
dor, "that the King and tho President
see eye to eye and sense the .carnings
of thn peoples to whose service their
lives have proudly been dedicated.
Met With Sincerity
"I came to the Court of St. .Tames
utterly destitute of the traditional
weapons of diplomacy, but fully
equipped with the same candor, frank
ness, straightforwardness, sincerity
and conslderaUon which have charac
terized tp a marked decree the utter
ances of all your chief officers of stats
with whom I have thus far corns into
contact,
"Precisely ns your Ambsasador went
to Washington as an unalloyed Briton,
I come to London as an unalloyed
American."
Nothing ronld be more futile, mors
delusive and morn mischievous, be said,
than to pretend that thn AmnricaL's
pi offer of a helping hand was attribu
table primarily to "a tender suscepti
bility.'' "It Is not," Mr. Harvey declared.
"My country stands ready to work with
yours because, first, it is to our own
interest to do so; and, secondly, be
cause It Is to tbe advantage nf hotlr,
We do nof resent being called Idealists,
even as sometimes happens, by those
whoso anticipated reward for extolling'
our nllruiim is transpsrently material.
But we have come to realise in the loss
few year thst ideals too oftts risifHi
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