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THE WEATHER
Fair tonight followed by Increasing
etomllncsn Friday: slowly rising Jem.
ncraturc; moderate east Co south winds.
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151 CO. CLOSES;
COLLECTIONS SLOW
Bvyarm of Depositors Promised
Full Payment After State
Orders Suspension
r.nNTRACTOR TOO LATE
, WITH OFFER TO ASSIST
Two Depositors m Bann
Show Opposite Attitudes
The attitude of depositors toward
the South Broad Street Trout Co..
Schwas closed today, wns eon
. li.,i nhnrDlv by two nstnnccs.
rAllowhlll streets, one of the heal
, 'depositors, wanted to depos t
$16,000 more. It was not accepted.
Guldo Nafutl. HOD Moore street.
Vho hid $32.85 on 1eP-"-. Jn'lc
threats against the officials of the
company, police say. He was taken
to the Fifteenth street and Snyder
avenue police station.
Heavy, outstanding loans caused the
,w.tn today of the South 'Broad Street
"Troat Co.. Broad and Takcr streets,
which was established last sepicmoer.
Beteral hundred depositors assembled
before the brown-stone front structure
houilng the trust company alter pia
' cards announcing the- closing hnd been
nuted on the doors. The building at
one time was tho home of former Gov
ernor Stuart. , , .
Joseph Pcrna, a contrndtor, of Slxty
flftb and Vine streets, one of the heavl
wt depositors, brought $lo.000 In cash
to place In the bank, but banking ex
aminers told him that no mom money
would be accepted. -
Perna carried the small fortune In
banknotes under his nrm In a small
...b. Ui. unlit lip was in Atlantic
Ctly yesterday nnd nn official of the
company asked him by wire to make an
extra heavy deposit this morning.
Stilt Believes In Bank
Perna, Jn spite of the action of Bank
Inf Commissioner Fisher, who took pos-
HNIOn 01 nil llll- tuiiiiimij a o., w
clired hlB willingness to place more
money witn tup in-uiuunn. jic u
he wu sure It would weather the diffi
culty. At Perna walked nwny from the
trust company building with his par
ed of money. Detective McGurt, of the
Fifteenth street nnd Snyder nventic.
station, snw two men following ilrtin.
UcGurt trailed behind nnd as the1 men
tried to board a trolley car after I'emn
the dctectivve grabbed them.
OnrlnE the tunsle one of the men
escaped. McGurt sent the other to the
station house nftcr summoning rernn
from the trolley. He then sent the de
positor home In nn automobile.
There were no indications of panic
among those who had their savings de
peiittd with the company. Nervousness
was evident, but oven tiiat appeared to
be dispelled Inter when Edward D. C.
LTnch. first vice president of the .com-
tuny, stated that nil depositors would
: be paid In full, nnd that tho business
turn unu'ri lip llqitt'lntod.
At 1 o clock tills nltornoon Angein
Pi T'iiiiIo n ri' Ident of the trust com
pany, said the institution s linnnces
Hi'ie in tucn mnpe tlmt It could lie
reopened at 0 o'clock tomorrow inorn
Inp if tlie Stnte Hanking Commissioner
consents.
Coliretions were slow, Mr. Di Puplo
tated. nnd tliis dltlicuitv was aggra
vated by numerous withdrawals followi
ng the arrest of John DUriizln. for
mer pn.ving teller of the American Bank
and Trust Co., Broad street and Pnwi
yunk avenue.
AHhoueh the Anicricna. Bnnk was
tally protected ngnlnst loss from the
jouth's alleged embezzlement, and al
though the InstltutloiiH were not con
nected, numerous depositors took fright
and withdrew their money from his
company, Mr. 1)1 Puplo continued.
Jnni"K ctroiie, proprietor of n meat
market at Sixteenth and Morris streets,
jne of those In the crowd nbout the
building, said he had placed $8(1") in the
uanK je-,ierlnv and lie Hnd been given
no hint thnt the enmnanv was in deeti
water.
etrone unid Lis account totnled sev
eral thnunnd dollars. Mnnv of his
I coutitrjmeii, lie snid. plnced their money
Willi tlip institution because they were
yrowi m nave n Hank on South Hroad
trcet und w nuted to help it along.
Notice on Door
On the donr of the trust company.
nlch wom not n nieiubor of the Kederul
MfKcne Sjstcm, wns pasted this pin
cflrd i
,.V.i a "Pc'ial meeting of the Board
01 Directors of the South Broad Street
rintlnurd nn ., Unlit, Column Tn
WAR VICTIM ON RAMPAGE
0"ed Veteran Becomes Temporar
lly Crazed at Home
en Mar,1(,,1 Ilrcnil'. twenty-seven
7r old. who wns gassed in France.
loftTi""?01' tl'l'' morning at his home.
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That Big Free Bicycle.
Contest Has Started
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WITH BROAD ST. -
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Entrtd 8condClnM Matter at
unaer in ac; ot
' Oft ers Aid & Bank
JOSEPH PEItNA
Mr. Perna, a contractor, Is here
shown with a package containing
$15,000 which he wanted to de- ,
posit In the closed South Broad
Street Trust Co. today to prove hla
faith in it and help It through Its
difficulties caused by slow collec
tions. Tho bank was not allowed
to accept the money ,
MEN TRY TO RECOVER TRUCK
0F LIQUOR POLICE SEIZED
Three 8uapects Caught Trying to
Take Machine From Garage
Three men caught In the rear of the
Majestic Hotel early today on n truck
said to contnln $10,000 worth of whisky
were detected later pushing the truck
from the garnge of the Eighth nnd Jef
ferson .streets pollco station, where it
had been impounded.
The prisoners had been slated in the
station house, but were released on a
copy of the charge and given permission
by Ancting Sergeant Struh nnd Acting
Lieutenant Burke to sleep in the truck.
Patrolman O'ts'clll nn hour later saw
the three prisoners and two other men,
who had obtained the copy of the
charge, pushing the truck Into the
street.
O'Neill shouted nnd the five rnn. The
pntrolmnn fired several shots nnd the
ii in then surrendered. An uutomobile
in which two of the men had come to
the station house wns searched nnd
found to contnln two revolvers nnd a
flnshllght, police say.
lhO mnn arrested on the truck werq
PAW n,P5r' Foiirth street near Cath--1''5-'''ii:v!i1i.Inrc,orM
Tnskcr street
near Eighth- MM" If'o 8IWrstciui,
Gpsklll street near Fourth. Thcv were
nil held for the, Federal authorities this
afternoon by Magistrate. Kcnshnw in
Central Station. '
The others were Nathnn Lrlskln,
Fifth street near South, and Frank
Fogel, Seventh street near Sndcr nvc
nue. Magistrate Kcnshnw held them
in f.'00 hall each on a charge of at
tempted larceny of the Honor when it
was in the possession of the police.
ALLEGED SWINDLERAUGHT
Suspect Found at Shore With Hit
Bride, a Philadelphia Woman
Trailed from Atlantic City to In
dinnnpoiis, Dener. Buffalo, New York
nnd flnplly to Mcdin, where he was ar
rested nt 2:30 o'clock this morning bv
Detective John Clifford, of Atlantic
City, William Brizzolarri, alleged stork
swindler, wanted in a dozen cities on
charges of promoting Wnlllngford
schemes, will be tnken to Jacksonville,
Fin., to stnnd trial on a charge of
swindling the General Motors Corpora
tion, of that city, out of $10,000.
A locnl nsency wns employed by the
police of Jacksonville in April to run
down the man. It wns learned by op
rmtiVcs thnt the man hnd lived here.
Lilt had departed. Immediately the trail
began, nnd it continued nearly across
the continent nnd back nyain until early
this morning, when the mnn was np
I'rehended nt Mediu in company with n
woman he is said to have married in
Philadelphia May 21.
"DAD" BACKS MRS. STILLMAN
James B. Potter, Returning From
Europe, Stands by Daughter
New York, June 2. Mrs, James A.
Stillmnn won a seien days' delay yes
terduy in the divorce proceedings
brought by the former president of the
National City Bnnk, despite the pro
tests of Mr. StlHiiian'.s. attorneys. The
delay was' grunted because Mrs. Still
mnn w-ns Hi with a bad cold and her
lawyer hnd nnothcr engagement.
.Incidentally with the beginning of the
hearing, nines Brown Potter, father of
Mrs. Htlllnlnn. nrrived In New York on
the liner Oljmplc. He came from Pnrls,
where he has been for a year and n
hnir.
"All good parents ntd grnndpnrcnts
stnnd by their children and grandchil
dren." was the response he mnde to
the first question nskeil nn to whether
he had returned to defend his daughter
against her hiisbniid's accusations,
THREE T-IOUSES ARE RAIDED
Ten-Gallon Still Seized In North
Front Street Home
Three private houses were raided to
daj by prohibition enforcement agents
nnd in two stills were found.
Agents I.nytnn and Devlin visited the
home of Michael Help, 1527 North
Front street They sny they found a
ten-gallon still, twelve gallons of
"moonshine" nnd n small quantity of
mnsli s
The) went to the home of Joseph
Mers, 171M Wnterloo street, and broke
In because no one was there to answer
the bell. They reported finding a ten-
gallon still, three gallons of moonshine
i and a qtinnlit) of ninsh,
. The third bouse also wns on Waterloo
Krrot near Huntingdon. Here they
, found nothing. I.n.vton said after the
I two returned from their raid thnt nelp
nnd Mjers woud b called in tills after
noon for n hearing before United Stntes
l nninilssioner .Mnniey.
Who Gave City "ty" Penny7
The City Treasurer's report for the
week ending yesterday shows recelptu
of $3,737,801.01. expenditures of St.-
yi imMJjfMygm
,'jttM ism J "! i?4',s?.C
U. 203,a75.M- and a .balance not Inelud
'ink r!lnLnf funda.M $5,71f,708.30, '
uenmjj public
th T'oitofflcf
rKti..i..wi
A, P.
Aiarcn u,
Youths Hold Up Night Man in
Auto Plaice, Jasper and
Lotto rly Streets
REGISTER AND $121 TAKEN
AT N. 16THST RESTAURANT
An nll-night restnurnnt nnd n ga
rage were held up 'early this niornlnff
by nutomoblle bandits. The restnu
rnnt hold-up wns committed hy three
armed men, who carried off the ensh
register. In the hold-up of the garnge
five boys took part, nil so nervous Hint
their victim was afraid they would
sljoot him by accident.
Theodore B. Smith, proprietor of n
restaurant nt 5."2 North Sixteenth
street, who lives opposite his place, hnd
just gone to sleep nt 2 o'clock this
morning when he wns nwnkened by
rhouts of "Smith. Smith !"
He got up nnd put his hend out the
window. Across the street he snw his
night counter mnn. known as
"Charlie." standing nt the curb yelling.
Mr. Smith went across the street
nnd found that his place had just been
robbed. The bandits got awny with
the cash register and its contents,
amounting to $121.00.
In Black Touring Car
Arcording to the counter mnn lie nnd
one other employe, the kitchen mnn,
were in the plncc nlonc. There nre two
ensh registers In the restnurnnt. which
Is a large one. the second register being
in the rear of the place. Another night
WAlter went off duty nt 2 o'clock, and
before he did so transferred tho con
tents of his cash register to the one in
the front of the store.
A few minutes Inter a blnck touring
enr stopped nt the Vestnurnnt nnd three
young men enme in. They ordered snnd-
wiches nnd coffee. When "Chnrllc"
had them ready and put them on the
counter, turning to get the coffee, nil
three drew guns. When he turned
around the three muzzles were pointed
at him.
"Put them up." one of the mpn said,
"and be quick." Tiie counter mnn
obejed nnd the three took the cnsli reg
ister and rnn out of the place with it.
The casli register wns found by po
lice of the Park nnd Lehigh avenues
station empty and abandoned on a door
step nt Twelfth and York streets. No
trncc wns found of the bandits.
Garage Is Robbed
The other hold-up was at the gnrhgi'
of William S. Ferguson, southwest edr-.
ncr of Lctterly nnd Jasper streets..vjn
senh Hawklns.vn. 3
WHO
llVeitvnt ll'JfrOgden street, wns dozing
in the snrage office when he heard a
knock on tho door.
Hawkins snid he unlocked and opened
the door nnd that he saw two youtliM.
One asked for five gallons of "gas." He
snld he went outside to the tnnk und
began pumping gasoline into the tank
of n motorcar nt tile curb.
The two youths suddenly drew revol
vers, he said, nnd forced him into the
office. Three, others then nppcared nnd
searched his clothing, removing .?; mi
ensh nnd n gold watch nnd chain. They
nUo took $2tt from n ensh register.
One pf the youth. , demnndod n
"spotlight" for the automobile. When
Hawkins said there wns none In the
gnrngc they retorted if they found one
they would "knock his bend off." They
searched but found no spotlight. After
threatening to shoot Hawkins if he
tried to follow, the fne jout'i" drove
off. Tliev left the gasoline running
over the sidewalk.
The boys are believed to hnve oper
ated In nn nutomoblle stolen nftcr mid
night from George Schmidt. n.ri2 Wll
lows nv.enue, at Twelfth and Norrls
streets.
SUIT FORCES' CAMDEN MAN
TO PAY FOR WIFE'S BURIAL
Mother-In. Law Agrees on Settle
ment Out of Court
After Mrs. Louis Nelson, of 210 Me
chnnic sfeet. Camden, brought suit
todny before Judge Kntcs, in Camden
County Court of Common Plens, to re
cover !$100) from her son-in-lnw to
cover expense or burjing her daughter
and for the cure of the son-in-law's
two children, a settlement for $000 wns,
effected by agreement of counsel
Mrs. Nelson's daughter died in Fib
ruary, 1018, and her mother bore e
expense of burial, at the same time
taking the daughter's children, Andiew,
live jear.s old, nnd Lconn, three, into
ncr iiome.
After several
attemnts to ohlnln I
nioney finni the son-in-law, llnirj Mil-
IIT. i'lOif rMMIlll JPIlTII i'rifr 111,..
.m-imiii nnnnj entered suit todai to
recover damages. After Mrs. Nelson
had testified this morning, counsel for
the defendant son-in-law conferred
with the plnintiff'h attorney and the
agreement to settle the cast for SHOO
was reached.
PENROSE HERE JONIGHT
Senator Motoring From Washington
In His Dig Red Car
llv n Stuff Cortfpnndent
Washington, Jun 2. Senntot Pen
rose will he in Philadelphia tonight. lie
(dipped out todu- in his big red enr.
iiccoinpnnied bj Leighton Tin lor, his
secretary, and the two nurse-, who su
pervise his general welfare.
At 11 o'clock this morning tin enr
swung around the drive of the Ward
mnn Park Inn. four mile from the
Capitol. It pulled up to a special en
trnnee. And in a few minutes Senntnr
Penrose and his retinue appeared,
climbed in, nnd weic off.
Attaches n f the Penrose orgnnizutiou
who talked with him shortl) before his
departure received the impression tlmt
he would return to the Capital next
Wednesday. But there is nothing to
prevent a longer stay should he desire
to renmln.
Senator Penrpse returns to Philndol
phla without hnving filled n single Fed
ernl job in Pennsylvania since March 4,
He has been balked In every effort to
supplant Democrats now in office In his
jurisdiction. He Is expected to secure
his first nppolntmeutH In the revenue
service and prohibition organization
nbout tlip end of tie fiscal jear, June
,10, or shortly nftcnVonL
Dinrlnc rJm 0r4ca Tniht ,
Continuous ilutlo Doubl Orc.lra. l4v.
FIVE BOY BANDITS
GET $46 IN GARAGE;
ROBBERS RAID CAFE
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1921
Boy Thief's Mother Sobs
"I'm Through With Him"
Mrs. Edgar T. Moffman
Bends Over Shirt Factory
Machine as Police Hunt
Charlie
Tried to Make Him a Good
Boy and He Was in Many
Ways, She Says
IliIC Clin r!ll TTnrrmnn Mm Km-
spender, remulns out of po'icc clutches
on.JV "? H Is supposed, the luxury to
which dp in strangely addicted, his
mother bends wearily over n whirring
shirt machine in n fnrtory nt 800 Arch
street.
There was little to suggest ease or
luxury In the picture Mr. Edgnr T.
lloltmnn piesented this nfternoon. The
room wns filleii uin. .i... .iuu v,
of machinery and her head was bowed
lonuiiuoiisiy over the machine, her list
less fingers mechnnlcnllv fnslilnnlni.
gnnncpt after garment.
JJ ." n Blent dry gMst of gilef
thnt th h little mother, who received n
ttnggcriilg blow esterday when her
s xtccn-yeiir-old son disappeared for
the wepnd time within eight months
with a large sum of money, finally dis
cussed the ease.
"I foucht for him tooth- nnd nail
before, she said, "but now I nm
r0UTSh: , He' must take his medicine.
Oh. I tried so hnrd to bring him up
a fine, good boy, nnd he wan a good hoy,
too. lie never did anything wrong bc-
.r? . e .,,,er timc- When he waB "
little boy he always went to Suuduv
H'hcol When he wns older he didn't
en re .to so, but he was still always n
grcnt home boy. I couldn't drive him
T
We9t Chester Residents Are
Terrorized by Actions
of Fiend
HOLD "DOCTORED" FRUIT
A specinl guard will be plnced nround
the reservoir thnt supplies West Chester
with water, following n specinl meeting
of the Borough Council called to start
Speedy work toward capturing the poi
soner who hns hftpn tfirrnrtxlnp tlip
Ftown.f.
At the Council meetlngMt was point
ed nut that n man could throw poison
into the Milltown reservoir, which sup
plies West Chester with wnter nnd wipe
out the vt'hole town.
Piovlslon wns Immediately mnde for
n special guard to watch the wnter sup
ply. Tt wns nlso announced thnt n bot
tle labeled "poison" hnd been fonpd
on Miner street nnd another poisoned
orange on the steps of the Sixth Pres
bjterlnn Church.
Milk bottles left In the enrly morn
ing on doorsteps hnve appeared to have
been tnmpered with in several enses nnd
hnve been turned over to the authori
ties for annlysis.
The Stnte police hnve been asked by
the West Chester nuthorities to aid in
the hunt for the fiend.
The nppenl for help xvns made today.
District Attorney Butler Windle. of
Chester County ; County Detective
MuIHn nnd Chief of Police Entricken
snid' they were helpless in their efforts
to run down the poisoper. (tnil thnt
State, police would have to send their
truined investigators to the town. .
It is believed a lnrge number of chil
dren have been offered poisoned fruit
since two thirteen-year-old bnjs. Ilus
sell. Cnrdwell. .144 East Blddle street,
and William Thompson. 347 East
Middle street, were given n bnnnna
' Monday, containing sufficient poison to
i hnve killed n hundred men.
I'olice , at est Chester have a
quantity of fruit, brought them b)
children, most of It believed to contnln
poison. The children reported they hnd
j found the fruit or It hnd been given
them.
The West Chester police hnve turned
the fruit over ns it enme to H. II
ltrown. a druggist, who bus made n
Htiperficinl exnminntion. He said much
0( (t showed traces of one of the
deadliest unisons known.
It has been decided to send nil fruit
brought in by children to the State
chemist.
County Detective Mullin hns been
trying to trace the pol-on He lias
learned this particular poison is used
In nnnnlhtps ill pprtntu mnnilfnptltrtni-
processes. They hae not found any
w.ili-rn ..r tlwi im ami an fur
The police hnve nn excellent de
seriptlon of the mnn who offered the
bnunnn to the two boys Memorial Dny
nnd "filers" hnve been sent to all
near-by trwns nnd cities.
The nttempt to poison children fol
lowed the recent wholesale poisoning
of domestic pets, especially dogs.
FLAMES RAGE IN COAL MINE
Fire Follows ,Gas Explosion In Lo
oust Gap Colliery
Mahanoy City, Pa., June 2,-FI.imet.
nre sweeping the Summit slope of the
Locust Gup coal mine, an operation of
the riilndeliiun anil Heading Conl and
Iron Co., Kith n bis force- of fire light
ers working nt grcnt linxnrds.
FJre companies summoned from Mt.
Cnrihol ind Locust Gap yesterday, fol
low ins the discover) of the blaze, hnve
thus fnr failed to gain on the fire or
check Its progress.
The fire started scstcrd.iy following
n gas explrtnlon. Seven miners who were
trapped In tbjdr chambers nnd over
jvme by mioke were rescued by a fprce
of conl miners wearing oxygen helmets.
CASH REGISTER sfoLEN
Owner Got It Back, but Not Its $35
Contents
Thieves stoic the cash register con
taining $.1."5 from the grocery store of
C. II. Hatch, '10.10 West Somerset
street". la0 nlgit, probably carried jt
away In an automobile aud then threw
It on thc.Pnst River Drive, Falrmount
Park, ufter taking. th money.
The rreiHtor '-was found tnjs morning
br parr'guBrdnd'Uterjretuirned to
listen, wnos-vnasi! was on pt top.1
GUARD
RESERVOIR
AAINS
POISONER
!.,' '.y'TW'JlVKHk.
CIIAItLKS HOFKAIAN
off tlje porch in tit evtnlngs. He wns
studying to be an artist, und he loved
to rend.
Can't Keep Back Tears
"Oh, people have tried to blame me,"
she continued nnd the tears rushed to
honest brown ccs thnt showed plainly j
inc traces oi n motner s simering.
"They tried to sny I should have pun
ched him when he was younger. But
how did I know that he was to do this
things. The only vice hi ever hnd In his
life was cxtrnvngnncc. I do not know
how ho enine'by it not through me,
surely ; not through his father. I have
Continued on I'nrp EUht. Column Three
LIFE SENTENCE,
. NOTT
Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree
Murder Collapses and Is
Carried From Court
HELPED KILL HER HUSBAND
By the Associated Press
Bridgeport, Conn., June 2. Mrs.
Fthel Hutchins Nntt. on trial here f"pr
the Inst two weeks for the murder of
her husband, George B. Nott, on
August 20 Inst, today pleaded guilty to1
seennq. degree murder nnd was sen
fenced to life imprisonment. She wns
in n stntp of collapse when Court
opened and had to be carried to her
chair.
Robert Tib Forest, for the defense.
Immediately addressed the Court, saying ,
that "certain documentary evidence hnd i
come Into the possession of the Stnte I
since this trial begnti thnt hns put a .
different nspect on the ense. The de
fense Is ready to offer a plea to a i
charge of murder in the second degree." !
The documentary evidence to which i
Mr. De Forct referred consisted of ,
some fifty letters written by Mrs. Nott
to Elwood II. Wade while they botli
were in jail here. Wade was hanged
recently for his part in the crime. '
Prosecutor Opposes Plea
State's Attorney Homer S. Cum- I
mlngf opposed the acceptance of the
plen. drclnring thnt he could not dif
ferentiate "In law nnd morals" between p
the guilt of Wndc and Mrs. Nott, who I
was Indicted with him. I
Judge William M. Mnltbie in accent
ing the- plen said he believed that Mrs.
Nott's physical condition wns such that
she would not be able to hold out dur
ing the trial and the Stnte's work might
go for naught.
Mrs. Nntt wns carried from the court
room after sentence hnd been given.
John Johnston, who wns Indicted
with Wade nnd Mrs Nott for the
murder, then pleaded guilty to the
chnrge of manslaughter. This wns ac
cepted and he was sentenced to one year
In jail.
Stnte's Attorney Ciimmlngs snid
Johnston hnd aided the State In all
ways within his power.
Children Played Phonograph
George B. Nott, n professional gnm
blcr on n small scale, wns slain on
Sunday morning, August - last.
Neighbors heard the sounds of a strug
gle, followed by a playing of jar., tunes
on a phonograph.
Previousl) Klwood II. Wade, a twen-ty-three-jenr-old
milkman accom
panied by John F.dwurd Johnston, a
.Miiithful friend, hod been seen to enter
the house.
After the sounds of a struggle. John
Bton left the house nt once, but Wade
dlil not leine tl'l the afternoon. Lute
that night Ixith men returned with a
motortruck and took nwaj n heavy
trunk. Suspicions aroused, the two men
nnd Mrs. Nott were arrested the next
day and Johnston led the authorities
to a nrarby swamp where the trunk
which contained Nott's mutilated body
waa found.
Wndp was convicted on January 12
of murder In the first degree with a
sentence to be hanged.
Testimony nt his trinl developed thnt
he nnd Mrs. Nott had been Infatunted
nnd that Wnde hnd planned the hiis
bniid's murder, obtaining the assist
ance of Johnston, whom he told that
he wanted to "bent up" Nntt Nott
was slnln by gunshots, blows from nn
Iron bnr, n hatchet and n butcher's
knife, hnving been nttneked white he
slept, Mrs. Nott's children were mnde
to play the phonograph to drown tho
sounds of the struggle which rngetl over
the house when Nott sprang from his
bed nfter the first blow wns struck.
Wnde created n scene nt his trial bi
kissing Mrs Nott In open court
WAR CONVICT SENTENCED
Six Months for German Sergeant
Who lll'Treated Prisoners
llplc, June 2.!-(lly A. P ) The
High Court In session here trjing Ger
mnns charged with offenses committed
during the. war today sentenced Ser
feant Neumann, convicted of ill-treat
iik British piisoners, to six inontha'
Imprisonment.
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rt. nw llf t no huinldllyj no mo
tooti.
moqultos.
jurvusa miimsa auijr.
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ruWIihcd Dilly Jiicopt Sunday.
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WASTE PUT IN COAL
MAKES REAL PRICE
TO SOME SO A
Expert Says Many Operators
Think War Still On, and Con
tinue to 'Work' the People
SLATE, 'BONE' AND DEBRIS
SOLD AS PURE ANTHRACITE
By GEORGE NOX MrCAIN
PnftsUlle. June 2. "Having tasted
blood during the war- the grent nntbrn
cite operntlng companies ennnot now
control their nppetltes in time of
pence," Is about the wny Frnnk ('.
Beese describes tlie condition as to
prices In the coal industry today.
First of all, who Is Frank C. Reese?
I found him in n combination sit
ting room nnd library, seated In front of
a lnrge roll-top desk in his home on
one of the principal streets here in
Pottsville.
In nppenrnnce. age nnd manner of
expression he reminds me ve-y much
of Chnrles M.. Schwnb.
He Is nn anthracite expert. He has
worked and clerked In and nbout the
mines. His father before him was In
the conl buslaess; was superintendent
of the Reading Railroad and Coal Co.
from Mahanoy City to K'n'noki,n-,,....
The son hus been Register of ills,
Clerk of Courts, member of the I.egts
lature. promoter of nineteen manufni
Hiring nnd mining companies nnd officer
In most of them. He hns done work
for the Stnte nnd furnished fncts nnd
stntlstlcs in the nnthracite trade.
He Is what I described in n previous
nrticlu-jiin expert accountant tnmil
Inr withthe anthracite trade nnd traf
fic.
Think Public Still to be Worked"
The grent anthracite companies, ac
cording to Mr. Reese, who does not
Include the Independents or individual
operators in his description, made such
a killing during the war out of the no
tlon's necessities thnt they have grown
to think thnt the nation Is still In
nrmed combnt nnd that the public Is
still to be "worked
Sir. Reese points out that in nil the
popular (irnuncinmm mrw ..
profiteers, the rntlrond companies and
the eminently respectables composing
their directorates and officers hnve never
uttered a word. Thev stubbornly stick
to their task of keeping up prices nnd
wurning the public that prices are to
go higher.
A tintd.de fenture of the coal compa
nies' operations- is thus described by
Mr. RncJiii: . ,
a . !-..! ..W ,l-un Ann I
"fntll''ijTenty, ,you will recall thnt
thefn- ,f n's;ujW?aAVJ,conjp alnt about,
the character of the roU furnished the
householder. Durlnt; the wnr tnis coal
was so bnd thnt the steamships using
it hnd great difficulty mnklng steam.
"Thnt was because the refuse of the
mines, the slate, 'bone' nnd 'debris were
being washed, crushed nnd mixed with
the freshlv mined conl and nld as coal.
Culm rnd Slate Hanks Leveled
"Go through the anthracite region
today and see how the culm and slnte
bnnks have been leveled the banks
of wnste material sold as conl by these
concerns.
"There is no State law to compel n
certnln standnrd of clean conl. There
should be one fixing n percentage of
Cantlnurit on Pr Twrntr.two.faltimn Thr
quggIoses his dog
Thieves Take Pet and Six Chickens
From 36th Ward Politician
W. J. Qulgg. Republican committee-
i man of the fourth division of the Thir
tj -sixth Ward, would like to know the
1 good of being a politician.
! Lnst night three hojn entered Mr
Qulgg's chicken coop nt the renr of his
home. 221.1 Federal street. The dlvi
sion lender's twelve-) ear-old wnter
spaniel, Prince, barked at the intruil-
'ers. whereupon the) took him with six
chickens.
i Mrs. t'uigg heard the disturbance, run
to the turner of Twenty -second nmf
IVdernl Mi rets and told n patrolman.
i "How much were the chickens
worth?" the pntrolmnn asked.
'The dlekiiis with the chickens, I
wnnl our do; " said Mrs. Oulgg.
, "I can't do aii thing unless t know
'the value of the thickens." the patrol
man said with indifference, nccording
to Mrs. Quigg.
ON
HOUSE PASSES PACKER CONTROL BILL
WASHINGTON. June 2. The Haugeu packer contiol bill
was passed today by the House without n record vote and scut
to the Senate
VANDALS DESECRATE ST. PETER'S GRAVEYARD
The Rev. Edwnul M. Jeffreys, lector of St letcv's P-on ,-i-it
Epibuopnl Cliuiuh, Third and Pine atieeth, icpo.ted to the Miui
today that vandals, had entered the churchvaid and de e run J
graveb by breaking erostes and othei mailu'is.
AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA AGREE ON TERMS
VIENNA, June 2. An agreement on the yokl restive of the
AuBti-o-Huugnuan Bank has been reached by Ausliia and C . 1 lio
Slovnkin. The latter will be given 15,000,000 gold croVus, mule,
the ngieemcut, aa its share, aud will be neiiuitted to puuhaiw
tho bank's buildings In Czccbo-Slovakla at the inventory putt,
less 20 per cent.
KEEP 5.000.000TH FORD CAR
Machine Will Probably Be Exhibited
In Owner's Museum
Detroit. Mich, June 2, -Ford motor
No. fi.OOO.OOO wns turned out Sntnr.
day nt the Highland Park factory of ' is on fire and threatened with destruc
the company. It w probably stay In ' tlon. icmriu
netroii ns pari or the museum of Henry
Ford.
There it will be alongside the original
Ford car that popped and spluttered
uncertainly through the streets of De
troit back In the 'nineties nnd several
other of the enrly models.
"At ah average cost of $.100. the
,,000,000 cars -vould' represent ' a sale
lue of $2,500,008,000,
Futnerlptlon Trie In . Yr by Mll.
rubllc l-ttwr Cnmpsnt.
Only One Negro in Tulsa
- Who Needs No Guard
Tuhn, Okla., June 2. (By A.
P.) Only one Negro walks the
streets of Tulen unhampered.
He Is Barney Clenver, Negro dep
ulty sheriff, and well regarded by
both whites nnd Negroes. Not one
of the rioters has turned a hniid
ngnlnst the pence-loving Negro. He
Is the only one of his race who ven
tures on the streets without an
nrmed gunrd.
('leaver linn been Instrumental In
getting hundreds of his rncc to ills
nrm and seek refuge under protec
tion of the troops.
THINK TEAGLE WILL
ACCEPT SHIP POST
Standard Oil Man Demands
Free Hand as Head of
U. S. Board
FACES STORMY TIMES
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Start" roiTMPondrnt KYrnlnr PoMI fditfr
Corvrloht. lltt, bv Public LtAgtr Co
Washington, June 2. Until Walter
C. Tengle, president of the Standard
Oil Co. of New Jersey, sees President
Harding late, this afternoon It will not
be known whether he will nccept the
post of Chairman of the Shipping Board
or not. His acceptance is expected. He
attaches certnln conditions to his av
ceptnnce. nnd it is expected thnt the
President will nccept these conditions.
Chiefly Mr. Tengle has insisted that in
managing the shipping interests of the
I'nited Stntes he shnll hnve a free hand.
The President hns been seeking since
the 4th of March n business executive
of high elnss ns chnlrmnn of the bonrd.
He appronched Mr. Tengle through
Senator Edge, early in March, but Mr.
Teagie wns strongly averse to accept
ing the appointment, feeling, ns most
business men do, the difficulty of
effective service under political condi
tions. Mr. Harding then turned to Presi
dent James A. Fnrrell. of the United
I States Steel Corporation, nnd tried for
ft long
time to induce him to become
l. !.
chairman of the board. Mr. Farrell
declined and could not be persuaded
to alter his determination not tu enter
the Government service.
Rebuffed here, Mr. Harding went
hack to Mr. Teagie and, bringing' nil the
business nnd political pressure be could
to bear upon him, finnlly Induced him
to consider the offer on the bnsls of re
ceiving full nutlwrlty to run the Ship
ping Hoard exactly as he would a busi
ness corporation.
Must Heal WUV Committees
This is authority thnt It is difficult
to assure an appointee. Tlip chnlrmnn
of the hoard will have to ienl with the
committees of Congress, mid Hie com
mittee of the Senate in particular hav
ing to do with this .subject takes Itself
niite ns seriously ns il(e tire roreign
Relations Committee of the Senate In
the ititeri i.l,oi.al held.
Since the disorganization of the Ship-
nine Bourd during the latter part of
the Wilson Administration, Senator
.Inneu inmtntf tp Iihn hlp!i mnhifit uIiIti
olnir oiilldi'N su fur ar tlit-rc hnin linen
nny and running ttie Shipping Hoard so
far ns it has been run. Senator Jones
has been insistent that the President
consult him upon npoiiituients to the
board.
To put the bonrd in the h--nils of u
business autocrat is to ruiiTTT risk of
unhnpp) relations with Senator Jonei.
Continued on Pnse Twrntj-tiro, rolumn Kour
LIBERTY- 3V2S DOWNAGAIN
Touch Low Level of 86.00 on New
I York Market
J New York, Juno 'J. Ill) A P.)
The further decline of Libert) ,1Vj per
, cent tax-exempt bonds to SO. 00. an
I oternight loss of S4 points nnd the
lowest price ever registered b) thnt
Issue, wns one of thn striking fenture
of the first hnlf of the es ion of today's
1 stock market.
Selling of these bonds wns compnrn-
itlvely moderate, nnd necording to deal
ers offerings again were large!) trace
able to out-of-town sources. Decision
of the Federal Reserve Hunk to reduce
loan 11l11es on Libert) Bonds and Vic
tor) Note, probably contributed to to
da) 's further reaction.
ODD FELLOWS' HALL AFIRE
Flames Threaten Destruction of Sev
eral Buildings In Collegevillo
.-.orrwown, .., June 2. Ine Odd
Fellows'
unu iiuiuiing n ('Ollcrevlll
The Norrlstown Fire Depiutinont has
been called upon nnd apparatus sent
to check the Haines which endanger ad
joining buildings.
The hall Is located on the nmln street
several blocks from the I'rslnus Col.
lege, 1
C.ratnl Bft
to wh' U MA l
JAftSiJ
MIGHT
EXTRA.
PRICE TWO CENTS
TEUTONS ATTACK!
S1LESIAN CRISIS
Garrison at Beuthen Repulse
Germans, Gaining Upper
Hand by Tank Charges
ASSAILANTS SUFFER HEAVY
LOSS IN SHARP BATTLE
Poles Offer Assistance to Be
leaguered Soldiers Which
Is Refused
RECALL OF LEROND DENIED
Teuton Women Volunteer for
Service on the Posnowitz
Front
By tin- Associated Press
Oppeln. June 2. French soldier,
forming the garrison of Beuthen. n ltf
In Southeastern Sllesin near the old
Polish frontier, hnve been nttacked bjr
fords organired by the German jri
hnhltnnts of the town- Reports statu
the Germnns in the fighting numbered
.1000. The French used tank" in charg
ing the Germnns, nnd nrt snld to liarp
cnlned the upper hand. There have
been many German "nsunlties. It is re
ported, but the French hnve not suf
fered losses.
The situation nt Beuthen is compli
cated by the presence of Polish Insur
gent forces around the city. The Poles
began a fight with Germnn In the out
skirts of the town on Rundny. and
when the French were nttneked the
Poles rushed to their assistance. lit
ports from Reuthen are not entire!!
clenr. but it would nppear that '"tile
French commander refused the pmf
fered aid. ns It is snld the Freptt.
nre keeping the Poles from entering the
town. .
Following the bnttle it was reported
here that General Lcrond, bend of the
Interallied Commission for ITpBtr'
Silesia, has been recalled. (The French
Foreign Office at .Paris issued a denUl
of this report.)
The attack br the Germans on thn
French Is sahl-to "hove been .well
it
FRENCH: GHEATE
planned. Telegraph 4'indr iyephnne. t.
wires between the French1 3$!, --?
and the barracks were cut. sentries were'
driven back nnd the headquarter de
tachment was surrounded. Tanks weft
rushed to the scene, and the Germans,
who were nrmed with pistols, nttetnpted'
to enpture the machines, hut were 'He
pulsed nnd were driven Into adjacent
buildings, from the windows of wn!c,h
a hot fire was opened. The tanks
chnrged on the buildings, firing volleys
through tbe doors and windows.
Situation Reported Grave
The situation nt Beuthen is reported
lb)'
neutral retngees renehlng here to be
grave Ihe dermnn population of the
city is declared to be desperate. Food
supplies nre running short nnd there
hns been much looting during recent
nights.
All wire communication between
Beuthen and Kattowltx. further south,
has been interrupted since Monday.
Refugees arriving here sny the French
nt Knttowitr. have killed n number of
Pole.s who attempted to loot two motor
lorries loaded with food, nnd it is de
clared there were some French casual
ties. Germnns nnd Poles hnve been en
caged In n bnttle nenr Gross.StrehlltS,
just east of the Oder River nnd south
of Oppeln. The Germnns hnve nttneked
the Poles nnd hnve forced the Insur
gents to withdraw from strong posi
tions. German dead anil wounded hnve ben
remoied from the scene of this fight,
wh ch took place nt Posnowitz, about
five miles west of Gross-Strehlltx, and
were taken to Krnppltz, a town on the
west bnnk of the Oder. When farm
wagons loaded with German dead en
tered Ivrnpiiitz the populace wns so ex
cited that llnron von Pless, commnnder
of German volunteer organizations
there, hnd dinVult)' In controlling the
teinner of his officers
The correspondent of the Associated
Press was at Kr.ippit7 when iIich
wagons entered the town, nnd snw th-
dend. who ranged from sKtecn years
to sixty, removed from them.
Women Volunteer for Servlre
Women began volunteering lnst night
for service at the front. A number of
women, wearing men's clothing, sro
driving wagons and automobile, om
of them cnrr.ilng nrm) revolvers In their
be'ts The Germans nre sending every
man possessing an) sort of weapon to
the Posnowitz front.
Advices received here state the Ger
mans who nre in control of the city 'of
Gleiwitz. nbout ten miles southwest of
Beuthen. have mined the town and will
wreck it if tlm Poles attempt lo capture
the plncc. Members of the Blnck Watch,
constituting u part of the British fores
st nt into Silesin. have reached Stubfn;
tlorf, about six miles northwest of Gross
Strehlitz, aud Polish sentries are on duty
mil) u short distance nwa) French
soldiers nre In undisputed possession of
Gross-Strrhlitz
It is reported In Grrmnn circles herp
that orders hnve been issued by the
poles to deslro) everything ns they n
tieat. should the llrMisli ndvnnce,
BYNG MAY COME TO CANADA
Governor Generalship Offered to
Hero of Cambral xplolt
Montreal, June 2. (Ilv A. P.)
Lord Byng, of Vlmy, has been offered
the Governor Generalship of Canada,
to sun ml the Duke of Devonshire, U
cording to tlie Gazette today,
Unroii Byng obtained promlneaw
during the World War when as (jer
eral Sir Julian Byng he smashed into
the German linn nt Cambral, jnikiBf
a considerable advance, which, bow
ever, was lost a few days Inter Ip en
sequence of lark of rr rpfn rri iiisjsjiiBj.
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