f ?V
.ft l"Jr :
'? . ,
osr ' '
"x$ W.,
.' ' II. 1 '
3, j (-
;.v
.,-,.
'
1 2
r St
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHiLADfiLPHlA, SATURDAY, JUY 23, 192t
. I
-
?jkt''
i
1
SMUTS TO CONFER
m
IRISH
GHIEFS
i", General Going to Ireland to Dis
cuss Peace With Craig I
and De Valera 1
OFFICIAL CIRCLES PLEASED
By tlio Associated Tress
London, July 2.1. C.cneral Jan C.
Smutd, tlie South African Premier. Is
expected to leave London for Ireland
early next week, probably Monday, to
place his services at the lUopofnil of
both Eainou de Valera, the Republican,
and Sir James Craig, the- I'Nter Pre
mier, during their critical consideration
of the Irion pence proposals made by
Premier Lloyd George. This statement
was made todny in a quarter i-lo-e to J
the South African statesman. I
The outstanding feature of the Gov- J
.ornment's proposals to De Valera is a
concetwion of fiscal autonomy, it was
Rotated on high authority liere to.lav
The position of Ulster is amply secured I
In circles which are closely observing
the developments of the Irish situation.
much satisfaction Is expressed at (he
prospect of General Smuts' re-entry
into the negotiations in the manner in-
dlcated. This is particularly the cae
in view of the persistent reports that
the British Prime Minister's offer, sub-
mltted to Mr. de Valera Thursday, in-
eludes a plan for dominion home rule
. .... m .. .. .1 '
lor Ireland on the lines ot tne souin i
African con
workings
General S
""."' B'" """ "'"" " h ,v"
stitution. ( oeernliiK tlie "-"". i"i '"'" j ... whisky- ,u-uiu me (it-icnniuauoii 10 scnti re-cn-
of this form of government "" ' V' ' " "'' "l"" ls oeing innueu lorcemenrs to i pper Mlcsla. deopitc
muts it is pointed out. will m.r, V.""i,li '" , , opposition to such n move by David
" " ' J.. ...... ill ...." ' 1. i The V. S. Coast Guards have not as Llojd Gcoree. the Hritish I'rlmn Ml...
eaiToiue. ... ,. J n.-enrditn: to Captain lloltzkom, in
Perhaps even more important in the h of ,hc ,Uxt(m t Vermont ave-
view of many students of the situation. nue no or(K,rs lmvp hcen lven , ,
is General Smuts reputed inlliicnee as , g0 nftpr ,ll0 wIllskv ,.. ntrcvP.
mediator, due to his former position i nue ooatg have been on the lookout, nnd
Os one of the anti-Lngllsh leaders In nlv the other night an amusing incl
the South African war. this, it is held , lent showed the resourcefulness of the
by these observers, has established a I men who work for the "ring."
common Donu octween me r-oiuiiern
Irish leaders and General Smuts,
which renders his advice more accept
able to them than that of almost any
other outsiders.
Before Premier Smuts' projected, trip
to Dublin it is expected Mr. de Viileru
will have submitted the British Prime
Minister o proposals to the Irish Kt'
publican Pa liamen . or a least' have '
canvassed the situation ,1th the Sinn,
Fein leaders
Dual Government Forecast
The purliamentnr eorresiKiinIent
the London Times today expressed ins
Ki,'i,h,'; SBrrvScrA1". ; -f 'rr7 -' , f
full range ot dominion authority to the niK''t ho waited for the slightest shift -Parliament
of the Srtith nnd to the ' Ing to Indicate that the bank boat wns
Parliament of the North, 'going after its cargo of contraband.
"If the North were to decline the new , Dawn began to break, and the danc
powers," the correspondent says, "the Ing light wns still there. It grew clear
Southern Parliament would be able to , enough for the skipper's glass to pick
exercise them in tlie twenty-six coun- up the low-lying hull of the bank boat.
ties under its jurisdiction. The powers Only there wasn't any bank boat. The
include control of taxation and customs i light he had watched all night was n
and control of the police, nnd, nppar- ' lantern lashed to a buoy,
ently, the establishment of a territorial The bank Joat had waited until it
force is not excluded." I grew too dark for the night glasses of
The correspondent nserts that De
Valera expressed the wish that the
terras be not published before he com
municated them to his principal sup
porters in Ireland, to which Premier
Lloyd George agreed, and that an ar
rangement is to be made for simulta
neous publication in Ireland nnd Eng
land. "One definite fact." says the corre
spondent, "Is that the demand for nn
Irlbh republic is made no longer."
Dublin, July i!3. tBv A. P.) The " p- staying outside the three-mile limit
impression is growing here that the , ,lnt" ,l,r c"f "onl 'hat the coast is
Irish peace offer made bv Premier Llod i r,,"ar nml thp onnk bnnts ready. Then
George to Eamon de Valera, the re-I ""T" is, " s"lft "'N in wltI H "zhfs
publican leader, will work out in a extinguished : hurried work In the dark
Mttlement. The terms of the offer are, f0 transfer the cases of Scotch nnd
still bing held In the strictest confi- Irlsh t0 ,tD, bnnk bnilts lashed fast to
dence. I the whisky shlpw and a run to the natu-
It is pointed out that Sinn Fein ' f?' vntf"t' entrances to Atlantic City,
leaders nil aloug have declared that Mr. 1 he bays and the long water "thor
de Valera had no mandate to receive ""ghfare behind the resort give ample
nroDosals from the l'.ritiHh Cnvnrnniiuir. opportunity for landing the stuff at
but was authorized simply to go to ,
jyonnon ann ten i.ioyu lieorge tne Mini
tein would consider nothing less than mere 13 11 long urawnringe tror.i
a republic for all Ireland. I Longport. at the end of Atlnntle City,
Now it is felt here tin' it" the Ilriti-h ' ncrcs the bay to Somer's Point. Coast
concessions are far reaching, as it is guards nre stationed on this bridge
believed they are. the Sinn Fein cabinet every night. Night after night they
cannot reject them without first con- , leport to their "skipper" nt the Long
suiting the Dall F.lreann. Nor is It by poit station thnt they hnve seen bank
any means certain, considering its non- boats, m.steriousl nbroad at an hour
representative character, that the Dall when fisherman are getting ready to go
Etreann will assume the responsibility out t their nets, returning from the
of rejecting it without submission to f'pen sea.
the Irish neop'e .... . , . .
In their present mood the Irish people ,, ,,cr0 Li1uor Is Taltrn
would accept any offer embodung the Much of the smuggled whisky is
substance of self-government 'without brought in back of Longport and carried
bothering nbout the principles, but u
little propaganda and threatened ter
rorism would equally innke them re
ject it.
BRITAIN BARS WALSH; i
WILL GO TO FRANCE
New York. July i'i 1 Ily A. IM
Frank P Wn'sh. American adviser to
Eamon de Valera, will sail today for
France on the steamship Uochumheuu
He has been unable to obtain a passport
vise, so that he might visit England.
Sir. WnlMi said that, although See
retary of Stat.- Hughe., had lnquind
Into the matter, the Hritish represent...
tlves here had refused r use hi pass,
port, asserting that ihe w.-re nwaitiii';
instructions from tlie foreign office in
London. They told linn h ald. that
they had been ordered some tune ago
not to vise hiH papsport.
"There is no legitimate leuson m the
world." be added, "win mv passport
should be held up. It is for purely
prejudicial reason that tins delay has
occurred. If I am denied permission to
go to England, no British lawyer should
ha nltr.u'nil tn tnnil In tM, ...m,',,,.,. n'l,
treaty guarantees the rights of any
American citizen to go to England and the Longport Coast Ounrd Station and
have free movement. I -land on those 'brother of the commander of the station
rights." ' in Atlantic City, says his men report
Mr. Walsh said he wou'.l go to Paris the mysterious boats constantly. He
and transact personal business ami if ,n''8 not know tlmt '"'' contain liquor,
he did not get permission to go "to Eng- ,,,ir ll 'nn ou"' B'w Captain Sutuin,
land, he would return to the Fnited nf ''"' ''"nn ' "' Station, has had the
States and immediately sturt an iine-i. """ reports of mvsterious- craft run
titration into the matter. "'"K '" t'"' dir.t-tion of Somers Point nt
night.
DEFENDS ACCUSED HUSBAND
Wife Denies Texan Held for Murder
Mistreated Her
Wichita I'ilU, Tex.. Julv li't. (B ' T , '""""" "'-'-" '
A. IM-Henrj- Adams, who several. J"'"1 ' ornrpk' M1"1 ,0 l,p "'" 'n- .. , .., , I .
days ago was token to Matador Tex I est of America's soldier dead, will be An'," '"' leaking, .upturn.' be
by a party of men where an m.Mier: ,llirlw, from hN ,I01ni. a, Twpth troot ; w?.t"k'-'' ''L'bow' "'',' C""'" ",0r"
ntl'tTirch'arS Atlant.c a.enue. Camden Sundav '".-ftfi t,f I'm go.ng out of
of tlH wife is held under bond y ,'",00- t ,f,"r"'"'k ""'V fourteen hue if I have to put two" men at the
following the shooting to death Thurs w'rs 0I1'1 "t,l !' ""' ", ih,,K ,'.l!1,",,l,.,,,.",t- lp"m.p'1' ' "' K",l.r!? ,to my ho,,n0 Vl"1
day night of C. L Burden 1 rom ent ' , s",rviT will be held in the Catbo- . (.luebee. where I'll bo treated right."
fanner of Northfield I"-'""'t ,. (.hur,.,, llt Koighn and Atlantic ave- j He was asked whether the boat he-
Mrs. Adams, who was at the home ' ",'"'", lh!'. f""1'?' W!U '" ,'"te"deil bv longed to Henry 1". Sowers, as the lat
of a neighbor at the time, denies her I J "".l"? l0 American Legion, and ter . inlme.l earlier.
husband failed to suppurt her or thnt
h bad mistreated her.
Grant Letters of Administration
Letters have been granted by the
Rejlster of Wills to administer the
tattte of John Krawson. who died in
the Jefferson Hospital June I'l. He
left on estate of $.t0,000. 'four daughters
and one son are the heirs An Inven
tory of the personal estate of Chris
tian F. Hcuacfer shows a value of
tt32.
In New Office
jd "
j sSm
cii
K -.11
B ,..aMilNr
.3J'rSH'nrflHHHHHHH
n wfl&' .
H 4p
fl b"llr
JPNHI
-,HP .
HflHyjilliHHP
Ht,lHHHr jbj
Central Ncn l'holo
WALTER S. TOWKIl
lie lias been appointed chief of (ho
Iron and Steel Industrial Division
of the Depaitment of Commerce
n I?,,,,,d' QUino
Itllltl UllIlIWVS OtltPS
?,,;., J?lnrrl nf Tttffo
If I Illy V 100(1 OT IfOOZe
ConUmui f ,,
nine time to Nassau Is only six days
under ordinary circumstances of wind
and weather.
Though none of the vessels have been
,!inrlif ,i tlin .,f Mine, 1.. .... .1 1..
" . . ' ; . ' ."v."".""
,yt taken a hand In the came, because
One On the Skipper
A Government patrol craft, lving off
Atlantic City, "spotted" a bank bont
late last Saturday acting In a manner
that roused tlie Government skipper's
suspicions. He made up his mind that
this particular bank boat wouldn't run
n load of case goods that night. The
"Trkn'T Til Urtlt Y"
'tan'act.Tvhen'Tt
grow too dark to see the outlines of the
hull any longer, the lookout kept his
ees fixed Intently on the bank boat's
light.
the revenue snipper never let that
the revenue men to reveal what the
smugglers were nbout and then with
their own light lowered, they tosed
out and anchored the buoy with Its
bobbing lantern. Hours before, the
cargo of case goods had been tnken
nboard and landed.
Bum On Close Schedules
It is said thnt the hjps of the
whisky fleet keep in constant touch
with "headquarters" at Atlnntle City;
that their skippers run on close sehed-
out-of-the-way points, where motor
"';;,"" ""'l l'" "" ""'
"P through the waterways to points
imch 1.1 .uursuie i iiy. .uaiiy ot tlie
smuggling boats arc hauled up Duck
f'reek. which is easily possible because
of their shallow draft. Other bouts are
sent to Somers Point. Some have been
known to proceed up the Mulllcn nud
Uuss Rivers.
I'.oats are being run into Great Bay,
on the seaward side of Two-Mile Beach
and Brigantine Shoal At high water
boatloads of whisky have been floated
through to Tuckcrton or Port Republic.
Much whisky is being landed, it is
said, at 'Wildwood Crest. Cargoes are
being taken off the deep-sea yachts off
Five-Fathom Hank, off Sea Isle Ciiv
well. All up and down the coast. '
and all up nnd down the lnlnnd water- I
as. the thousand huvs ami cIuiiiiimIh
that lie behind the "sandpits" on which
most of thn seashore resorts of the
Southern Jerse Coast are built, tlie
whisk cargoes are ruining ashore.
There is nothing haphazard in the
choice of landing places. The "ring"
rarely gives orders to land cargoes or
boatloads in the same place two nights
in succession. There ih an almost infinite
choice of location, and therefore it is
next door to impossible for the proluhi-
tion ugents to circumvent the smug-
piers.
Captain Ian Holtzkom, commander of
JQ BURY YOUNGEST SOLDIER
!,,., rrr.,i t r,.- r,..i.. I? l v0 he,n waiting for the nuthori
Jonn rorneek, of Camden, Only ., ,,ver sl1C0i nmi r,n g00(1 nml ml
the
i-iwuu-. "i t uit-ihu ..uir.
Popo Receives American Students
Rome, July 23. (By A. P. ) I'opn , " lnnre- ''l" r,im nhoard it was mine. I
Benedict todny received u group ,,f , went to Nawau and personally bought
twenty American Catholic students who I ""' Hni""-. I paid 5M a ease for some
were presented by Mnnsignor Slattery, ' "' 't nnd $-' a case for the rest. I
iissistant general of the Carmelites In had 1000 cases, nnd it cost me $.10,000.
America The Pontiff expressed satis- Tim boat nnd the liquor were my per
flation at seeing the American stiidentc fonal investment.
nnd hoped their visit to Rome would bo "I lost nut, that s 11" And I dldn t
advantageous to them In their future 1 ave any insurance I let It go when
nnranrfl A f topu'nril tin Intnnrto,! tliii v htr.tnV thft AtOnn mill l?Ot Into the
poatollc benediction. I
PREPARE
N
FRENCTOLESIA
German Government Asked to
Give Safe-Conduct to
Troops on Way
LLOYD GEORGE IS DEFIED
By Ihp Associated Press
Paris, July 2.'?. Premier Briand, fol
lowing n meeting of the council of
i:iinisters at Itamboulllct yesterday, has
dispatched n telegram to Berlin request
ing that the German Government take
all necessary steps to Insure safe-conduct
through Germany of a new division
of French troops, which it Is said in
official circles, will be ordered to Sllosfa
withlu n few hours.
This morning's newspapers give con
siderable prominence to the council
meeting, which was the second to be
held at Ilatnboulllet since the election
of President Mlllernnd. It is tinder
stood that the Slleslan question was
the chief subject under discussion, nnd
although the olliciat communique falls
to say so, the newspapers declare un
qualified approval was given tne
Premier's stand after he had explained
it In great detail.
Ignoro Lloyd George
The ministers are reported to feel
that France should not retreat nn inch
Instructions were sent late last night
to the French Ambassador in London
requesting him to tell tlie British Gov
ernment that France considers it useless
for the Allies to establish a Slleslan
boundary without providing sufficient
troops to enfoicc the provisions, and
adding that France intends to dispatch
another division without waiting for
action by tlie other Allies,
Several newspapers arc Inclined to
take a more hopeful view of the dead
lock of this morning nnd to believe that
England will recede from her position.
Decision Irrevocable
The Petit Parisian says, however,
that tlie French decision to send re-enforcements
Is "irrevocable" and that
tlie troops will go forward no matter
what happens.
Premier Briand is snid in some quar
ters to hold the view that Kugland will
consent to n postponement of the Su
premo Council meeting until the middle
of August, when the French re-enforce-ments
will have arrived and the experts
have completed a detailed report of con
ditions in the Sileslan industrial area,
thus allowing the council to reach n
satisfactory compromise, probably
based on suggestions by Count Sforza,
former Italian Minister of Foreign Af
fairs.' Raiders Seeking
Smuggled Booze
Continued frn.n Tnie One
straight whiskey of good quality in the
office, it iR charged.
Needles wns not arrested. He de
clared thnt be had sold none of the
stuff nnd that it had been left ot the
rrtaurant about n month ago by n
ninn who was there.
The hotel is run by MeCullongli .S.
MeCullough. The agents ninde it plain
that they did not hold them responsi
ble for the presence of the whiskey.
Say Isabels Are Counterfeit
A find considered only lesj important
than the contraband wns that of a
quantity of revenue stamps and whisky
labels which the njents dcclure are
counterfeit.
Lord and McNnmarn made the posi
tive statement today thnt -1000 cases of
whisky had been brought from the Ba
hamns by the Pocomoke. and that IIOOO
of these cases are in Atlantic City, al
lowing for whnt has been consumed b
the thirsty populace.
"IVu have lonitcl n part of the cargo.
we believe," s.ud McNnmarsi, "and ex
pect to raid the cache,"
The agents say that they hne been
lroklng for another craft, known to
them b.v mine, which Is supposed to
be bringing nnother eaten of Ifquut to
this resort The agents know the Imat
and her captain and huvo been cruising
off shore 'lie last few nights in an effort
to catch the ship in the act of making
diliverhM,
Ciptuln Consents to Talk
Captain Roy, of the Pocomoke, a big
nnd husky "blue nore" Nova Scotian,
with a bit of 411 accent clinging to hi
speech in spite of years of residence in
Atlantic City, consented to be "Inter
viewed" for the first time today.
"I'm going to tnke my ship out of
here when I get the engine fixed up,"
said the skipper, "and repair the hole
In the bow."
"Where is that hole, captain?" he
was asked.
"Oh. well, we fixed it up a little,"
he replied.
"In what part of the bow wa it?"
"You see the boat lias been knocking
nro"nd in the water n couple of cJii.ih
so joii niii'i see very wen wnere we
tled it.
Hole in Bow Doubted
The captiun was told tlie Go eminent
authorities felt n bit skeptical about
that hole in the bow.
"I don't care how skeptical they are,
whatever that means," sul( the cap
tain. "They can investigate all thev
want, I'm not afraid of any investiga
tion." Tlie captain, who had been sketehllv
uiesseu in kiiuki trousers witii one
suspender, and a blue shirt, open at t!
throat, earlier in tho day, got all pol
ished up shortly before noon.
In his gray flannel trousers, white
shirt und clean shave he made n fine
nppenrunce. He is burned almost black
b the tropical sun of the Bahamas.
"I'm going our of here when I get
good and ready, papers or no papers.
he reiterated. ''I may slip out tonight
I have my crew nboard. I have com
plied with every regulation. 1 retorted
1 as soon as we came in. I couldn't very
wen go iuu inues to quarantine, eouid
-Ir eerrain'y noes 1101. me ssniner
answered Indignantly. "It belongs to
me. 1 pain $::::. ini lor it. And, wnnt
istpr.
northwest w off tho AtUatic .OUxUIq liaa been around here Jonr enouch
SHIP SUSPECTED
&&&; w w-
" '1 v I
This Is the Pocomolio, tho two-masted schooner suspected ns n liquor
smuggler, which now lies In her dock off Rhode Island nvcnuo, Atlantic
City. Henry F. Sowers, who declares ho Is her owner, says she was
bound for Quebec when she was disabled and had to put In. So says her
commander, Captain J. A. Roy, who says he jettisoned tho cargo of
10C0 cases of liquor. Roy Insists that he, not Sowers, owns tho boat
coast, because it was n question of tho
Scotch or my men and me."
Captain Boy wnx questioned nbout a
claim made by Sowers thnt women went
ns passengers when the craft first sailed
from Atlantic City.
Sowers "Full of Soup"
"You seem to know nn awful lot,"
the captain replied. Then he added:
"No, 1 didn't have nny women nboard.
I wouldn't let nny on my ship. If Sow
ers says that, he's full of soup."
Just then a very ornate and expen
sive tourning car came up and n young
man who hnd been nt the wheel got out.
"That's young Harry Sowers, sou of
Henry F.," said one of the crew. The
youth came up and sioke to Captain
Roy. The captain went nsliore. nnd the
two converged earnestly for n while. The
joung man denied that his name wns
Sowers, saying it was Foster.
When the captain was asked later
if that had been Sowers he answered :
"Whnt did he tell you his name was?"
When told tho youth had said Fas
ter the captain grunted: "Well, he
ought to know his own name, oughtn't
he?"
Ea- to Slip Away
The Pocomoke has been lying In
Gnrdners' Basin, berthed between the
vaehts Matthew S. (Juny, former prop
erty of Senator Penrose, and the Arid
strangely named to be in the com
pany of tlie Pocomoke. These two craft
were moved away during the morning,
so that if Captain Boy tries to carry
out his purpose of slipping out. pos
sibly tonight, there will be nothing to
stop him.
The senior Sowers, whose home is in
Linwood, near Pleasantvllle, nnd who
insists the Pocomoke is his, no matter
what Captain Roy says, is uttering de
fiance of nny one who questions the
legality of tlie trade the Pocomoke is
engaged in.
"I should worry nbout being nr
rested," snid Sowers. "The Pocomoke
is my bont. Furthermore, she is en
gaged in n perfectly legitimate trade and
1 defy any one to prove that she s not."
Sowers was seated on the cabin top
of tlie schooner, and as be shouted his
defianco he waved his nrms. After each
sentence his "man Friday," a giant
Negro, who snvs his name is Plorson
Roberts, nodded assent. Roberts, who
says he is tlie champion heavyweight of
tiic Bahama Islands and wants a crack
at Jack Dcmpsey, acted as though lie
wanted to throw ashore Sowers' inter
viewer. Will Go When Ready
"My boat came in here because she
was in trouble outside," acluimed
Sowers. "She will stny here just ns
long ns I want her to, nml when I
am ready to give the word she will
leave. I am not obligated to any one.
Thnt craft cost me S'-'il.OOO. and
she is n nifty vessel. When she left
iiere several weeks go she was to engage
in the lumber trude. There wasn't n
thought ubout carrying liquor, nnd I
never kno- n word about it until 1 got
u wire from mv son Harry, who is the
chief mate. He informed me that he
had an excellent chance to put the
Pocomoke in trade from Nassau, Ba
hama Islands, to Quebec, nnd told un
it would be necessary tn change the
Pocomoke over to the Hriiih registry.
I did not like thnt at all "
Sowers then got up fioni his cabin
top sent and In no mild terms de
nounced the action of Captain Roy
in daring to put the Pocomoke under
the British flag.
"He had no right to do that," Sow
eis shouted. "It was all wrong "
Then Sowers lapsed into a spell of
thoughtfulness und changed completely.
"What right has this (iovernment to
interfere with my essel when it is en
gaged in a legitimate enterprise?" he
asked.
Sowers was reminded thnt his cap
tain hnd probably iolaied the Fed
eral laws In allowing his crew coming
from n foreign port to go ashore to vu
rious points without having linileigone
examination by quarantine oflicinls,
"The customs officer was advised that
the vessel was In pott." declared Sow
ers. "He said he would have a pli -slciaii
.examine the crew, but it wasn't
done and we are still waiting.
Sowers was then asked if it was true
that Captain Ro had jettisoned 1000
cases of whisky because the Pocomoke
was in danger.
Had to Be Srnlrh or Life
"Sure lie did," replied the owner.
"It was a case of sacrificing the Scotch
or tlie lives of seven members of tlie
crew and Roy decided lie would let the
Sotch go. I am here to protect Roy
and also my son What they did was
perfectly right. I am going to stand
back of them to the limit."
"Has Captain Roy made a report to
you us yet," was asked.
"Well, he has told me enough to prove
that what he did was O. K. But to tell
jou tlie truth, he hasn't been In quite
the right condition to give me u full
report. But I'll get the whole story.
Anywuy. my son has told me every
thing. Of course he knows cverthing
that was done and he siijs that every
thing was perfectly legal, so why can
any one doubt our report of the Poco
moke being in danger?"
"You know It makes me blue mad
when I think of the way folks have been
talking about my craft. Why cou't Uy
believe 111c story low oy captain oy7
AS RUM TRADER
for the folks to know that he doesn't
He.
"The Pocomoke wns bought by me
nnd another fellow two years ago In
Pocomoke City, Md., nnd I will tell you
something else I forgot when I first
started to talk. When she left here to
go into the lumber trade, besides Cap
tain Roy and my son Harry, there were
several friends of mine n'oonrd, includ
ing ladies.
Ladles dot Seasick
"The ladles got so seasick that they
abandoned their pleasure trip nnd were
put ashore nt some port In Virginia.
"When Harry wired to me lie told
me that a party of rich men in Miami,
Flnridn, wnnted to charter my boat for
the liquor trnde from Nassau to Quebec,
and then she wns, as T said before,
transferred over to the British flag. I
was at first inclined to call off the deal,
but Harry said he would take care of
my interest nnd I let it go nt thnt. be
cause I wns assured that my interest in
the rocomoke wns amply protected.
"Now, I'll tell you something else,
I haven't got n cent yet. It looks ns
though something hns been put over on
the old man. Better not. If it's Cap
tain Roy, why he's fired, that's all."
"Will you explain why you nllowed
the American flag to be pulled down
from the masthead?" was asked of
Sowers.
"No, I won't. I do not consider it
any one's business why it wns done nmi,
as I said before, my vessel Is going out
of here when I get ready, clearance pa
pers or not."
May "Blow the I Ail Off"
The mjsterious disappearance of the
Pomocoke cm go hns added considerable
interest to the trial of Emanuel Kntz.
Atlnntle City hotel man. who was ar
rested, charged with "bootlegging."
When Katz wns arrested l.'u cases
01 ocotcn wnisK.v were seized liy prohibi
tion ngents. The whisky was case goods
and the boxes were stamped Nassau via
New York. At the time of Katz's nr
rest lit' threatened to blow off the lid
when he was brought to trial. He said
he would tell enough to send mnny to
prison. It was nt this time that' the
vessel which tallied in every way with
the Pocomoke was seen off Atlantic
City. Katz was quest ioii.mI very closely
nnd said wait until the trial.
Prosecutor Eugene Coies. of Capr
Mny County, is co-operating closely
with the Prosecutor of Atlantic County
Both nre linn in their opinion that the
smuggling of tlii!) foreign liquor is a
two-county affair and both are dceph
Interested in the expose threatened by
Katz.
P. R. R. SHOPS TO REOPEN
Men Laid Off Will Be Called Back
to Work on Monday
Altoonu, Pa., July 2.'t. (Ily A. P.)
--Officials of tlie I'ennsj huniii'ltiiilroad
Co. here announce that effective Mon
day fifty men will resume work in the
Jiinlntn shops on engine lepnlrs. nnd
100 employes will be called back to the
Altoona machine shops Approximately
fifty men for other work also are. or
dered back.
The Juniata shops, where the Penn
sylvania builds il.-i engines, Jim been
practically closed for four months, onlv
11 handful of men being letained there
for necessary work. The men slnrting
Monday will be used to repair engines
that have been foice( nut of servlic.
This, it is understood, is the opening
wedge o fthe hiring back of a majority
of the men who were fiiiloughed severul
months ago.
K. K. K. LOCAL TAKES BLAME
Letter Admits Beating, Tarring and
Feathering Two Texans
Beaumont, Tex., July 2.'J. (By A.
P.) The Beaumont local of the
Knights of tho K11 Klux Klnn today
sent long letters to both newspapers
here, in which it assumes full responsi
bility for the recent beating, tarring ami
feathering of Dr. J S iuu. local
physician, and It. F. Scott. Marine
Corps veterun, of Dewevville. The
communication bore the olliciul senl of
the order nnd contained more than -1000
words us an explanation of the two at
tacks. The letters will probably be investi
gated by William Joseph Simmons,
Orand Wizard of the order, of Atlanta,
fin., who declared recently his inten
tion to report to authorities tlie local
branches violating the "law of the
hind."
Woodruff Leaves for Canada
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, president of
tho Civil Service Commission, left for
Ottiwu. Canada, today and will speak
there on Monday before the Union of
Canadian Municipalities. The meeting
will be held at the Chnenil Luurier. Mi
Woodruff will also take a message from
tho Klwanis Club of Philadelphia to
the Klwanis Club of Ottawa.
Golf Club Robbed
Thieves entered the (ireen Valle
fiolf Cub . Livcvev la mi Kiil.'e
avenue Inst nH. ami stole golf balls,
valued at SlliSniid $1 in cash, all the
property of James Hackney, 0037 IUdgc
avenue.
WALL STREET UHN
DIDNT TEMPT FORD
1
Rojocted $75,000,000 Offer,
Then Raised $87,000,000
Himself in 4 Months
OUTGENERALED FINANCIERS
Detroit, July 2.1. In nn Interview
yesterday Henry Ford told how last
spring he had rejected the Wall Street
hankers' proffered loan of between
$-.",000,000 nnd JlOtl.OOO.OOO, nnd paid
his own debts of more tlmn-?00,000,000
weeks before they were due.
In January ho was visited by a New
York banker, who insisted that Mr.
Ford needed the money nnd nsked bjm
to rend n itfnn by which Wall Street
would be willing to assist. Out of
courtesy Mr. Ford listened to the read
ing until the flnnncler asked who ford's
new treasurer would be.
"That makes no dlffcrcnco to you,
docs It?" nsked Mr. Ford.
"'Oh, ves it does," said the banker.
"We will have to hnve some say who
the new treasurer will be."
Ford Kxplalns tho Problem
That remark closed tho Interview nnd
opened the door to the departure of the
Wall Street representative.
"Xiv, nil this time n financial prob
lem hnd befm developing," said Mr.
Ford. "Back in 11)1-1 we had borrowed
$70,000,000 on notes with which to buy
out nil other Interests. Of thlH wo hnd
paid .?:i7,000,00(), leaving $33,000,000
fulling due April IS.
"Then, because of adjustments pend
ing, wo still had the final Installment
of the 1020 Federal income tax to pay,
which, with tho installment payable
April 15 this jenr, made $18,000,000
due the Oovernmcnt.
"Also wo Intended to pay our men
their usual bonus on lust yenr's work,
which would amount to $7,000,000
more. So, nil In nil, between January
1 and April IS we had to met obliga
tions totaling $.18,000,000.
Wall Street Misinformed
"Wall Street wns all stirred up over
the misinformation thnt we had to
make u loan. The fact is, we didn't
need n nickel. That's where tlie faith
comes lu. Sprcnd over tlie country we
had Immense (jiiuntitles of raw mate
rials, parts und finished cars nnd I
hnd faith. I knew, thnt our organiza
tion could turn them into more tiinn
enough cash to meet our needs."
Mr. Ford then explained how, be
tween January 11 and April 1. his
company turned $21,700,000 worth of
stock into cash, colloctc.l $3,000,000
owed by agents at foreign ports, nnd
sold b. -products, for $.'1,700 000, besides
disposing of $7.1100.000 in Liberty
bonds. By economies the conipuny
saved millioiin more.
"We found ways to cut the time our
goods were in trnnsit," Mr. Ford con
tinued. "B that one move we released
$2S,000,000. took it from funds invested
in stock In trnnsit and put it to other
uses. Thus, when April 1 came round
we hnd $87,.'!0I),(M)0 to meet $.r)S,300,000
obligations. We paid them nil, weeks
in advance."
Mr. Ford leaned back in his chair
nnd Inughcd.
"And nil the while," he went on,
"these New York bnnker.s were fussing
around here, trying to get us to take a
loan."
Big Ktmomles Effected
"The creation of these sums were ef
fected by new economies," Mr. Ford
continued. "Our economies nie big
things. Tnke that item of .S'JS.OOO.OOtl
released from investment in goods tran
sit. We were able to do things by n
combination of two things. Ity using
our railroad we were able to speed up
movement of raw materials to the fac
tory, movement of finished cars from
the factory to the dealers, better
methods in tlie factory cut the time
needed In the factory, cut the time
needed to inanufiictiiie the material into
inachines. Then we stopped carrying
immense icerve supplies of raw init
teriuls. The lirst economy made the
second possible.
"Where, before, we had $SS.OOO,000
tied up lu iiioNing ami reserve stocks te
.iiiic.l tn make ll.'i.lHII) cars a month,
now we handle the stock required to
make 11 1,210 car n month for less than
SWI.OOO.OOO. This $2S.OOO.(I(IO goes into
cash account, lo be used for other pur
posesas pnjins debts, for example,"
and Mr. Foul's intense expression gave
place lo smiles.
"Office ami shops also come in for n
house cleaning. We went through the
otlices and cut out hundreds of jobs
created during the handling of war
work. We literally took out n train
'nnd of desks and furniture mid sold
I hem. We told the men that occupied
those desks that back in the shops were
plentj of good Jobs at good pnv If they
wnnted to take them. .Most of theiii
did.
"We cut the office forces from 1071
lo .ri2s persons. Telephone extensions
were cut about 00 per cent. Interesting
but useless kj stems of statistics were
abolished, as well as the forms made
i.u-essim b them.
"We went through the shops in the
same waj. During the war production
wc had a foreman for about every three
lo live men. Too many foreman sat at
desks all day long looking on. We have
sold all the desks, and most of the for
iner foremen are now at machines. V
how Inn.- a foreman to about ever
twenty men. Rycrj thine and everybody
that was not pio.lucing was put in n po.
mm, o nnt-ie uie. would produce or
were eliminated.
Operating Costs Cut
"A comparison of our operating costs
bcfoie and after the hoiiseeleaiiing is
really a startling lesson in what manu-fiictuu-rs
.an do if they look sharp to
conoiiii. Big plant or little plant the
Mime thing can be done and tho same
methods will win every time. Back in
November, 1020. before the houseclcan
Ing, our daily expense for labor and
0)iini.-i .-ml overbeiiil charges, cost of
materials not Included, averaged $(,",.
200 to get out nn average of 31 1(1 cars
a din. or .I III a car. Look what we do
in June. pi'Jl $41 ..",() a dnv lo pro
duce nn aveiagc of l.,l!ll ars a dav, or
SO.", a Mir. What do jou mean by talk
ing iib.iut 'inert uiomy'V" and the
manufacturer beanie.l nil over,
"And the men helped a whole lot."
said Mr. Ford. "They respond to right
Ircntmciit. We used to have to employ
fifteen men per cur per da. Now it re.
iiiire but nine. Look at the saving on
pimoll."
The motor ninn ngnin gn.ed out the
window at the procession of agricultural
implements and across the pond beom.
If he had nny worries Ids face didn't
show it.
"It looks to me" he snld, "that
we nie at the beginning of a long peilod
of piospeilty."
BRIGANDS HOLD UP TRAIN
Carry Off Safe and Ransack Mall
Car In Arkansas
.Memphis, Twin., Julv !. (Bv A.
P. I Robbers held up a Missouri Pacific
passenger train, running between Mem
iIiIh ami St. Louis, near Vandale, Ark ,
late hist n'glit, forcing tho express met.
lienger to throw out the safe contalulug
money puckiigea and albo robbing the
UMWl VU1,
Periodical 'Bomb' -Scare
Calls Expected -Tonight
Police stations mny expect n del
ugo of telephone calls tonight un
less citizens have gotten over bomb
scares, .
Every time Italian Americans
have celebrated the nnnuat feast of
Our .Lady of- Mount Curmcl in the
Inst few years with n display of
fireworks there hnve been scores of
Inquiries from those wishing to
know "Wtiero Is the explosion?"
Included In rt city-wide observ
ance of the feast among Italian
residents wilt be n display of fire
works at 10 o'clock tonight In
Watervlcw Park, with church
services tomorrow morning, parades
in the afternoon nnd a band con
cert nt night" nt Haines and Morton
streets, (Jcrmantown,
BERGDOLL KINSMAN
HEARD OF'NO $5000
Braun, Called to Stand by
Major Campbell, Helps His
Innocence Plea
R0MIG ALSO A WITNESS
Ru a Staff Correspondent
Wnslilngton, July 23. The Berg
doll hearing wns resumed today before
the House Investigating Committee, with
J. 13. Bomlg, n former Magistrate of
Philadelphia, called by Major Bruce It.
Campbell to the stand.
Major Campbell, who was Orover
Bergdoll's military counsel nt his court
martial before his escape to Germany,
was endeavoring to liave testimony'
given to uphold Ids denial that he hail
ever received money from tho Bergdolls.
With Mnjor Campbell asking ques
tions, Bomig snid he last saw the major
in New York. The "Judge" snid be
wns over to ask If Campbell would de
fend F.rwin Bcrgdoll.
"What nnVwer did I maker" nsked
Mnjor Campbell.
"You said you hnd had enough of
the Bcrgdoll matt"'r," Bo-.nlg nu
swercd. Major Campbell paid he had nothing
els.' to nsk nnd Chairman Peters ex
cused the witness. Before leaving the
stand Bomig to'.d Representative John
son thnt he never beard of a letter
received by Mrs. Bcrgdoll from her son.
Braun Didn't Hoar of It
Chnrles A. Braun, of Philadelphia, n
brother of (rover, knew that the mat
ter of defending Krwln Bcrgdoll was
mentioned to Major Campbell, but could
give no details to the committee. He
never heard from his mother any criti
t i-ia of Major Campbell, or statement
that the major received ?."i000 or any
thing of the kind, he told Representa
tive Luhring on crosH-exninltintloii,
Braun saw bis mother Inst, a day or
two ago.
He did not recall that she mentioned
anything of the evidence befoic tse
committee. Biiiun snid he was "not
privileged to discuss everything with my
mother." not wishing to get into any
thing that might cause trouble.
"Did jou nsk ns to your mother's
health?"
"I did not have to. I could see that
it was bad," he sold.
ARREST ARSON SUSPECT
Emery Street Woman Finds Paper
Saturated With Gasoline at Door
Several bundles of paper saturated
with gasoline were found by Mrs. Alex
ander Kllck, 202.S Kmery street, when
she came to the front door of her home
Inst night, attracted by subdued talk
ing. Five men lied when she appeared.
On a description she gave, police ur
rested Joseph Binowskl, Kmery street
near Huntingdon, und chnrged him
with attempted arson. Police suy the
net was part of strike, feelings exist
ing in the northeast. Binowskl, ac
cording to police, is the same man who
helped beat John Ljons,' 241(5 Ilnzzard
Hreet. last Jnnuary. He is under $1000
bail for court on. .charges made by
Lyons. HOLD SWINDLING SUSPECT
Employment Agent May Have Tried
to Cheat Women
IMwni.l B. Wood, suspected of
l!cecin' women of money in having
tliem put up n bond for iwnitions which
he advertised, wnn held in SI 000 ball
for ii further hearing by Magistrate
Mecleary in Central Station this morn
ing. He refined to give an address
Alice Baker. 2310 Christian street,
testified Wood called nt her hoiiu; when
she iinsw-icd nn iidvei tiscnent. for a
malinger for a Jewelry shop. Wood
told her n $10,000 bond would bo re
ipiired to oltaln the position mil
oflered in get the bond if she would
give him S17J5. Sin- wns suspicious, so
made n further engagement and (old
the police.
EV3ANN & DlLKS
1102 CHESTNUT STREET
NOTICE
Our Once-a-Year Sale of Spring,
Summer, Fall and Winter Goods
Begins Monday, July 25th
Neckwear
Union Suits
Golf Pants
Silk Shirts
Knee Drapers
Madras Shirts
White Flannel Pants,
EV3AMN & P BILKS
1102 CHESTNUT 0TR-ET
U. S. TO SEIZE FO
MORE S WSH
Agents in New Yo Har J
Awnit A!l r - "TH
"" "' vcean W
-inei-3
SAY LESSEE OWES $400,fW
By the Assnrl.w,i .. I
New York, July 23.Acnti J
United State, Shipping'
today for the arrival of four big 2'
ships chartered to the United ft!?
Mall Steamship Co.. 1 order th.ft:
in Bit ndd ll., ( n... . . ln"tMj
scries of harbor raids last night6 '
... n.vU. ,..,,,, nti7.ru last riitrVtn-o "ii
...i............ ,iiuuu nnu nil were fnr;
Herman llnera 'ri .. 'oroi
Washington. M. ' ."! i'
used on his trip to the vSffl
Confercnco: the America. HuVm?.t,.'&c'
President Grant and Zam-TZi
aggregate value is said to be ?23,,xJ
,!!! .teT."11"'". aworulM rff
inii "'""-singer, counse for ti.V
Hhllinlne Board, frnm t.iiL . . W
United States Mall Steamtip Co
liny rentals aggregating about PM?
nnd because of certain other .a:.!
laxities by the company t rat 1
Board.8 C"trnCt W"h th0 a88
Custodians were placed on board ill
the seized steamships. In the .... i
the George Washington, w?, hVffi$
....Mi. ih.o0 ,, i,i, Uie Bnippinst Bold i
proposes to operate her ItAlf, uaffl
nnother comnnnr Knn 1 ...! .uul'",'
iSSSM.t0 ,nUo "cr ovcr Mr" "ft?
E. A. tjunrlcs, nssistant to the nt
dent of the United States . MaH StN
ship Co.. said the sei,ures woK'
contested In the courts. Ho foGi
tho board's action came without win.
tig and intimated a plot on tho ptl
"certnlu forces, foreign i nature," hi
takfi the ships nwny from the compIB?:.
-.... iUu..iuija ! Mini, a(1 cnored m."
ports concerning this threat, beCnuwu' I
'' ' ,7, e,,,01 mri"" t &
TWO NOTED SPECIALISTS j
UUINU TO PEKIN
Dr. De Schwolnltz and Dr. John 0,'
Clark Leavo Aunuat 1H
uViS:Tr Jh fkJ?i?M:,
,.........wA.., ..,,,, ut uonn u, viart
surgeon, will leave for Pekin, Chlnr
August IS, to attend the lnstalIUoai
of the new director of the I'nion Mid-'
cnl College, founded by the RocW
feller Foundation.
The two Philadelphia specialists liti
been invited to attend ns guests of tit
foundation, a signal honor, inasmucl
ns the exercises attendant on the ii'.'
stnllatlon will form virtunlly n world
convention. ,j
The exercises will last five dan -starting
September 13. They will Birt'
an epocli in the history of the Chinw'
Bcpublle. j;
MAYOR TO VISIT PENROSE
Moore to Leave Thlo Afternoon to;
Washington To Boost Fair A
Minor Mv.ro will Inv,. tl.lo .,.. tJfl.
UiiFhintou late this afternoon for 111,
imrpnso ot uisriissiMS cltv politic! nitj'
Senator Penrose, and of booming til
Sesipil-Centenninl celebration.
The Major's only announcemint on
the subject was "I am poln- tWi-.
ingtnn to discuss the Sesqui-Centennij!
and other matters." It is known, how
ever, the Mayor will confer with Sen-"'
ntnr IVnro-e. Mayor Moore, in till
with friends, indicated he will Imlst,
ii. tho frnmins of the rcimlv tlclft,',
that "the Vnres be kept in tndr proijt
place." ".
The Mayor spent most of the day it.
City Hull attending to official birfaftt
His private secretary, Durell Shusttr,
wns away for the week-end, as er
the directors. The Mayor expects to '
be buck in thn city Monday. ,
nnxTii"
n-i-v i- ..! tirt f nPOf T fctifc'
uniKj ui v. in miiiut ruiwii ;-i-- --
n nk.l.ii.. -!- I1Htr Ml
rrlpnrt, r.lno tho Hmrmvpnio n'ntflcUl A'..
'nvltc- to Attend funeral erlcB, on hm
ilay. at I M . r"Menct 814S Jaip
interment hi una r.unuir i miwim-i. -
malriR may b lowcu Hunda) aftr 7 P,
MPPlNfOTT At Ocenn Oro. X it
0.....11. no-i LMtl LT tl HinMrafll
Suiun R Uuplncott. Due not ce of funtru
W'll.AI?rr'-J'u.v -2. 10J1. .THOMAS. : h,
nana pi juim i.n.ur. ....fii . .' j-,-.
tl- i.n.l friends era I n v 1 1 ed t o t tn I-
tlniH). nt l)ln imo ro-ilclinm linehorn 5H
Hecks r-o.. In HlKh sol mn man tW
I .ii.lv nf Clrncn Chunli South Laniliortt
Tn.. in A XI Interni'iit Cnlrv temit"!
iPHVlnu CI nton Pt. Stall 'ii Tr nlon, .N, J.
1 4-, 1 .M. (.1 nlfBhl-B iv. nc ime)
iiKNr ri.oou M-yrE
IIARRMr.NT fur flit flOflO wl ''-'iS
for ni.iiMifiHiurlm,-. la Kensington. ' !"'
I nilcrr llfflcp
I'KKII Al TOMIIIIH.K.
roitli Se,l..n. onlv h f-w m .ntH oM,wl
ery llttlo. In tln . .ii-li'i n '! mun
i
r.t
Hosiery
Raincoats
Overcoats
Bathing Suits, etc., etc
rv
ii
in
IB
.1
ft
1(1
roi
Ih
nd
fr
1
kll
lai
tfc
mi
A
ti
i
in,
mt
V-
ti
Mi
'It
:v
f
it
V
K.
1.
sVj.
'.liiV.
h4.
uiJ , ft ' .-
S , f.
, ' ttvufi ft A j, i
f------ rf'rV --1- ''4l
-' .., .