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JUliY 25, 1921
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RUM SMUGGLERS' SUPPOSED HAUNTS
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De Valora and Cabinet Meet for
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Warns of Drive Against "Ash
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Committee Discuss Frank
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SMALL FRY THREATENED
A shake-up of city employes friendly
$U- to the Vnre organization, ranging from
iffl- ' department clerics to nn AssUtnnt Dl-
? rector, is said to bo contemplated by
't " Mayor Moore In n fimn.'thltig drive
against tbo combine.
t The nlternntlve of supporting the
I Vtrc combine "nolicart" or kicking It
, vorer the cliff was shown to Senator
& ,',Penro!e by the Mayor, who believes
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' juiat mi.i-mij hiuic mis mil would
'help the Vares to regnln control here.
I "The dispatches from Washington are
fairly nccurate," Mr. Moore said today
jin refpronco to his three hour' tnlk yes
terday with Senator Penrose nt the
:capltnl. "The Senntor nnd I had n
,long nnd pleasant but franl: tnlk,"
tho Mayor added.
Not for J.0-SO Ticket
. "I nm not for n fifty-fifty ticket,"
the Mayor (old Senator I'enro.-e yester
day as they whirled nlnnjr the Mary
land rondtf between Washington and
preat Falls in the Senator's familiar
red motorcar.
"As n matter of fact,"' Mr. Moore
continued. "I infor,ned tin- Senator
that the Major was ns mueli opposed
now to the i 'turn of tin- -nuti m-tut
combine nnd what it stood 'r ns he
was throughout the mayoralty cam
palgn, nnd that unless n ticket was put
forth that was ncceptnble to the good
citizens of Philadelphia the Mayor
would not be for it."
The position of the Administration,
Mr. Moore declared, was that while it
had no desire to name a blnte for the
offices to be tilled this autumn, it
"would not stand for a disreputable
ticket," or for "alliances that meant
a return to power of the contractor
element" in nny guNc. Tho Mayor
Mid he "was sntisfied" Senator Pen
roe "would do no hasty thing."
"Senator Penrose has a big task
ahead of him," Mayor Moore said at
the outset of his interview. "I want
to pay the highest compliment to the
manner In which he has taken over the
taHff nnd tax proposition". As chair
man of the Senate Flnnnce Committee
he has ahead of him probably the big
feet task ot any man in w asiiiugton.
t was gratifying to observe that lie Is
taking good care of himself. He is
attending to his legislative business and
delving us little us possible Into local
affairs.
Must Have Chic Decency
"However, the Senator is the ac
knowledged Republican lender of Peun
nylvanln. and his word in Philadelphia
politics Is potential. I wanted to dis
cuss this situation with him. If only
ior the purpose of advising him that
the Administration, mindful of the many
conferences that were being held by
political leaders, did not purpose to re
main idle wjth respect to the county
ticket. I reminded the Senutor of the
platform upon which the Mayor, the
Sheriff and a majority of the Council -iroen
were elected nnd told him that the
present situation required a ticket that
would stand for civic decency.
"We will have other talks," Mayor
Moore said, and indicated lie would
visit Mr. Penrose ns often as necessary
before the. time for final decision ns to
the designation of nominees for the
county offices to be selected for the
November election.
"I nm satisfied Senator Penrose will
do no unity tiling nnd that lie will be
careful in what he says or does," ex
plained tho Major, disclaiming that he
had come in ', threatening mood to
Washington to confer with the titular
leader of the ltepublirunil'a'rt.v in Penn
sylvania. Combine Lenders
Combine leaders today aid they be
lieved Senator Penrose will pav no at
tention to the Mayor The Senator's
position, they said, is that the city Ad
ministration should keep out of polities.
The Mayor's only interest in the fall
campaign, combine lenders usnert, is
to place u friend us City Treasurer.
A definite trend In the combine to
throw Citj Controller Iladley overboard
is reported. The Mayor uUn is not
favorable to Hudley'i- election. The
Controller is now sening uih1t the ap
pointment of the Governor and must
win npprovul at the polls to continue
lu office.
BRICK HITS PASTOR ON HEADi
AT SUNDAY BASEBALL GAME
Rev. B. Smith Stull, Mt. Carmel, At
tacked on Wldener Estate Grounds
Tho Rev. 11. Smith Stull, pastor of
Mount Cnrmrl Mothrdist l.plseop-il
Chuich, was struck with a brick je-.-terday
while watching u baseball game
on the VViuencr iMut Knst German
town av wie. His injuries are not seri
ous. The game was between the Helfield
nnd Ivins tennis. It was abruptly
ended by the polio-, who u liege-1
that a collodion was taken up
Tho clergyman, who Is ihairman
of 'hi Sabbath Cuimnittoc of
tho Philnd"lphio Preachers' Association,
commenting on the incident at his
Lome, 31)09 Park avenue, this morning.
said: "They gathered about me
nnd started to push me off the field
Whilo they were doing so a brick struck
me in the buck and a stick knocked my
hat off."
Police also broke up a game yesterday
between the Uridesburg and Riverside
teams at Richmond and Orthodox strets
Police say the players hnd requested
spectators to drop an admission fee la
nn ice cream barrel
BURY C0LLINGSW00D HERO
Full Military Funeral Given "Bob"
Shields, Killed Overseas
Colllucswood, N. ,?.. .Inly 'S'i "I?ob"
Shields, n former Colllngswood High
School athlete, who was killed in u tion
overseas, was laid to rest in Clayton
yesterday with full military honors.
The body arrived at the home of his
mother in Clayton a few dujs ago and
was brought to Oolllngswood for the lust
rites. Totem -Rhlulds Post, American
Legion, planned the funeral and In reg
ulation uniform, headed bj the Col
llngswood Military Hand, marched to
the West Colllngswood Methodist I-jds-copal
Church, where the civil icllgioiis
service was held, the pastor, the Rev
Andrew H Curlin. ollicliitlug
In the funeral cottege tin- body tested
on a caisson draped with (lags and with
n military guard, pallbeaters und a
firing bound attending it.
8laln In Italian Communist Trap
Rome, Julj 2." -illy A. P 1 Fifty
Fascistl, or extreme Nationalists, weio
robushrd jeeterduy bv Communists nt
Gros Set" forty miles southwest of
JSltnn. Tuscany, One of the. Nationalists
was killed. The remainder pursued the
Communist und it is reported other
iktAths occurred, Tho homes of soino
MW Communists are suld to havo boon
TAKE UP PROPOSALS
Mayor Sroore conferred today on the
Frunkford Elevated lease with Thomas
Mitten, preslden tof tho P. It. T. Co .
Coleman Joyce, nn attorney for the
company ; Ralph llorton, trnc agent for
the company; City Solicitor Smyth, Din
rector Twining und n special council
manic committee consisting of Richard
Wegleln. James A. Dcvelln, William R
lloin and Hugh It. Montgomery.
'llie original lease between the eit
and the transit company was drafted
by a committee consisting of the Mayor
and Messrs. Mitten, Joyce, Twining
and Smyth. The lease as draftinl was
sent to Council nnd that body objected
that it had not been consulted in the
framing of the lease and proceeded to
pick it to pieces. Mr. Weglein offered
various amendments, ns did Councilmcn
Gnffncy and McKinley.
Mr. Wegleln introduced nn amend
ment which states specifically that the
cars are to run through from Bridge
street, Frunkford, to the end of the
Market street elevated. While there
is nothing In the draft of the original
lease to indicate that the P. R. T. Co.
will not do this if they operate the
rood, Mr. Weglein states that this
should be specifically written in.
Another one of the Wegleln amend
ments provides that the company shall
continue to operate cars over the
Frunkford "L" for n period of three
tears after tho valuation of the proper
it of the P. R. T. Co. hns becu made,
und states further that after this period
the city can terminate the agreement
on six "months' notice. The lease ns
sent to Council would permit the com
pnnv to withdraw Its service six months
after this valuation was completed.
An amendment of interest, to people
living in tho far northeastern part of
the city has also been made. This
provides that the surface line which
now terminates at Rnstleton shall be
curried through to Rybcrry. 1 nder tho
terms of the original leav this line
would have ended nt Rustleton.
It is undeistood the P. R. T. Co.
hns indicated its willingness to oper
ate a surface line as far out as Ry
borrv, four miles beyond Rustleton. but
the city officials have taken the position
that it would be too costly to spend
the money required when so few per
sons would be served in that spnrsely
populated section.
The conference between the Mayor
and the others, held in the Mayor's pri
vate office, for tho purpose of reaching
some decision in regard to the amend
ments began at 11 o'clock this morning
und wus in executive session until
early this afternoon.
This afternoon the Mayor will confer
with the members of the Gas Commis
sion. The Mayor announced thnt he
desires, now thnt public hearings hnve
been held, to get the views of the
members of the commission as to final
disposition of the Hall gas ordinance.
Indications arc the Mayor will veto
the Hull proposal for $1.10 gas und call
on Council to act In accordance with
the" original recommendations of the
Gus Commission. The Mayor will
probably call on Council also to enact
legislation providing for a check-up on
the physical condition of the gas plunt.
200 OFFER BAIL FOR MAN
Salvator Matarrazeo, Whose Car
Killed Woman, Held by Coroner
Mrs. Petty Strauss, sixty-six years
old. .-1(1 Mifflin street, died in St. Agnes'
Hospital this morning as a result of
injuries sustained when die was run
down by an auto at Fourth and Mifflin
streets Saturday. Sulvutor Mutarrazco
l.'lS South Nineteenth stieet, the
driver, wns held without bail to await
action of the Coroner.
Mrs. Straus was attempting to cross
Mifflin street. Matarrazen rushed her
to the hospital. Nearly 200 fellow
Italians were in Magistrate's court to
go Mntarrazeo's bail. Ho is very pop
ular in the Italian colony.
Tim MiM'iktruti- could not admit him
to ball in the circumstance. and the
group went to tho District Attorney's
line to -ee if bail could not be ar
runged.
Train Kills Man Near Conshohocken
tllurry Sokolof. 21(15 South .Marshall
street, was struck by u Pennsylvania
Itnilroud train on a bridge near I on-
shohocken yesterday and was dead when
tin' train, upon which lie was placed,
reached N'orristown. His skull wns
fractured. Identification was established
through u card found in the dead man's
poeket. Relntives say lie went to the
country some wteks ugo for his health.
Officials have not determined whether
his death was due to an accident or
suicide.
NO, THEOBALD, THESE POLICE
CLERKS ARE NOT BARBERS
Their While Coats You Saw Is a Mow Plan of Superintendent
Mills' to Keep Cool
"A restaurant has been started in ,
Citj Hall."
"No. it's a municipal barber shn,
Such were the reports wl.'O
icverbernted along the corridor of ths
tefond tloor today.
.More than two-score of fleet -f.,. it ed
white-coated men tinted in nnd out of:
a dozen doors in the Police Bureau
Some of them corned little wire baskets
Put the waiter rumor was quickly dis
proved ;for the men hurried. The
bnskets only held foot; for thought
police reports.
"I know whnt it is " said one promi
nent politician "it's a new efficiency
plan of the Administration for men to
get shaved r hair rut while tnev
work "
Later a politician who likes to prove
things, sauntered into the office of
Superintendent Mills. He saw a rnar
In white cont standing near a chair
The visitor Hopped In n chair with th"
request, "Gimme a hair cut."
Tho mun in tbo coat was the super
intendent hlmseW.
'I can send you to a place where you
can get a permanent haircut," said tho
superintendent, "the tonsorlnl estab
lishment nt Cherry Hill." ,
Soveral other men in white coats
dropped in. I
"Havo you raided tho barber shops i
for trimming their customers or whut
is it?" asked tho visitor.
"No; it's simply a now plan to let
tho won attached toitho Pollen Bureau
hn cool, dean and.Lomfortablo." said
Mills. "All the ? And clerks at
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Tlicse pictures show two of the places nlong the Atlantic coast where
smugglers of contrabrand rum are suspected of landing tliolr wares,
thcro to be distributed to bootleggers. Tho upper plcturo Is of Rcthnny
Ucach, about fifteen miles south of Lewes, Del. The picturo below
is of a little tidal stream flowing Into Rchobolli Ray
THIEVES PUR ACID
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Camden Cigar Keeper Is
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Burned by Robbers
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CHLOROFORM DIDN'T WORK
Two bandits tried to chloroform Fori
Weiner in bis cigar store in Camden
at 7 o'clock this morning, nnd then
threw carbolic acid at him ns he lay,
bound nnd helpless, iu tho renr of his
store.
The robbers locked the front door of
the store nt Tenth and Carpenter
streets, Camden, and then took SO from
the register. From Wclner's wallet
they took $2S and then escaped through
a rear door.
The cigar dealer, who Is twenty-four
years old. was alone in the place at the
time. His family Is away. He opened
the Rtoio shortly before 7 o'clock nnd
wns nrronging some stock when he
heard a nole in the rear
Seized by Two Men
Weiner walked back, and as ho en
tered n rear room was seized by two
Negroes one tall nnd husky nnd the
other short and powerfully muscled.
One of the men held a rag soaked in
chloroform to his nose.
Weiner struggled, and the smaller
man obtained several towels, which he
ripped into long pieces. With these he
bound tho storekeeper's hands behind
his bnck. Weiner was flung to the tloor
and threatened with death if ho mude
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As Uie rolincrs sinm-u mi mw win
f,n k hnn.ls. One of the men. with
nn oath, pnl ed a snm l via io ucm inn.
I a pocket and threw the contents at tho
helpless mun.
lturncd by Acid
Most of the acid fell near Wclner's
head, but a few drops struck his ear
and burned It. The men then hurled
into the store nnd tapped the register
They did not disturb the stock of cigars
nnd cigarettes.
As they were about to leave the rear
door, the' bandits thought of searching
Weiner's clothing. They found the
wnllet. otructod the money nnd threw
the leather container on the floor. With
u finnl threat the rohbers Hurried out.
Weiner worked at the bonds for sev
eral minutes before he could free him
self, lie then notified Camden police
by telephone und gave descriptions of
the men
Despondent Woman Ends Life
Snld to have been suffering from de
spondency, biought on by ill health, Mrs.
Kmmn Nonuinaker, thirty-six years old,
of 21." North Thirteenth street, swal
lowed poison Friday afternoon, accord
ing to statements from her son. She was
taken to the Women's Homeopathic
Hospital, where she died jestcrday
morning. She Is survived by her h is
bond nnd one. son, nineteen years old.
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NOItMAN L. KENNKIi
Secretary to Assistant Stiprain
tendont of Police Tempest, at Ids
icsii lu one of the new wldto coats
tho Pollro Iturcau employes nra
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tho hall will work .in whito suits With
brnss-buttou trimmings."
"Whose idea is it?" asked tho cnllor.
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on "Mystery" Ship
Contlnunl from Piute One
were officially removed. They admitted
there may be arrests and indicated they
expected to make them today.
Fishermen who hnvc been running
the bank boats out to tho liquor-laden
ships arc pretty well scared at the
present timo and more of tho boats were
out fishing yesterday than for weeks.
An interested crowd wntched the fisher
men as they got their tackle together to
return to their old occupation. The fish
lines were tangled and dried out nnd the
hooks were rusty. Although the au
thorities have no direct evidence, they
know well enough that most of the
fishermen around Somcrs' Point have
neglected their fishing for months for
the more lucrative profession of rum
running. The fenr of fishermen is largely due
to the realization thnt the Government
renlly means business this time. This
wns proven when orders came from
Washington jestcrday which brought
tho fastest revenue cutter in the service
to patrol the waters around Atlantic
City. Up to today the bank -boats havo
been able to easily outrun the Govern
ment crnft. This will be impossible
now, authorities say. The cutter will
patrol between Scotlnnd Light Ship nnd
Cape Ilcnlopen.
The four prohibition agents, McNa
mara. Lord, Roberts nnd McClellnn,
who havo been here for the Inst few
weeks, were removed yesterday and four
others replaced them. It was explained
that the men had become so well known
to the rum-sellers that their usefulness
wns gone. The four new men spent
last night nround Somcrs' Point and
other places along Egg Ilnrbor Bay,
but discovered nothing.
ElUot Repp, deputy collector of cus
toms at Atlantic City, nnnounced this
morning that he had bonu-fide infor
mation that another ship of tho same
type ns tho Pocomoke was lying out
side the three-mile limit and was de
livering liquor. Despite tho utmost
vigilance of the authorities the few
bunk-boats thnt now dare to stay in
the liquor business ore getting the wet
??" n"H. running them in. He says
He says the schooner hns been off the
coast since 1-riday and is moving up
nnd down to avoid the revenue cutters.
He hnllnre Oio Is nenrlv itnlnnrln.l nwl
will soon start buck to tiie Uahamus for
another cargo.
Fmonucl Kntz, arrested early last
week at the nmv timo piohibition
agents eir.rd a trucklond of Scotch
whisky in Cnpo May County, wus not
arraigned today as had been planned.
Ivatz, who is proprietor ot the Hotel
Whittle, in Atlantic City, has retained
former Attorney Gcueral MeCarter, who
is also vice president nnd general coun
sel of the Public Sitviu- Cvrjioratiou.
to reprefent him in the present prosecu
tion. The hearing was postponed, ac
cording to County Prosecutor (Viles. of
Cape .May County, to give Mr. MeCarter
a chance to familiarize himself with th-1
nse.
ICatz was riding in un expensive
touring "or near tho truck when it was
seized. He declares ho had nothing to
do with the consignment of ccntraband
whibky, and wan present merely liccau-o
he had stopped to witness the seizure.
INTERNATIONAL RING
SOUGHT IN RUM PLOT
.New York, July 25 (liv A. P )
I-edetal authorities along the Atlantic
(onst n-loublod their vigilance over
tramp ships today following disclosure
of evidence indicating the oxii-tmce of
at least two glguutio international
whisky smuggling rings, one having
headquntters in this city nnd one in
Atlantic City.
Aid of the Navy Department alt
wus being sought in an effort to build
up a rum-hunting fleet cnpoblo of cop
ing wit'i tlio inyntcmiiiM ships and th Ir
i Hied fishing smacks which are alleged
tt hni'A lntirliiil tin nHrnlu ..f l,n.... ...I..
I of dollars' worth of contraband liquor
ai M-uuuiiieu points under cover of
tiurkneis
According to Lrroy W. Hoss, I'nltcd
States District Attorney oi itrooklyn.
f reign and domestic capital aggicgat
ing several million dillars i6 behind the
whisky smuggling conspiracy. .
Keenest watch was beiiic kent bv
revenue oonts today off Montauk Point
toward which, authorities were tipped,
.a large vessel was bound from the Ila-
i liamn Islanls with a curg-' of 15,01)-)
to -u.insj cases ot choice Scotch and
Irish whiskj. The conspirators, learn
ing that word of tho h.iillng had
i cached Federal officials, wcro reported
trying frantically to get in touch with
the whisky runner to dirtct her to un
other polut less rnreful'y watched
Fishermen along the const, according
to Mr Ross, aro reaping a rich har
vest running tho forbidden cargoes
ashore. They work almost entirely nt
night, ho said, making landings nt
points known to be free from surveil
lance. Tholr compensation Is snld to be
Slfi for every ca.se of whisky landed,
nnd many of tho fishermen nre declined
to hove abandoned entirely their regular
trips to the fishing banks in favor of
the moro lucratlvo smuggling. Tho
smugglers are mul on shoro by auto
mobilo truckmen who whifk tho curgoes
away to secret storahousoi.
Find Woman Dead In Attlo
Catharine Illloy. slxtv-olclit voara
old, was found dead in on attic at Mil
South Front street. Tho body was dis
covered by Mrs. Rubin Comor, who said
tho woman had been living at her homo
for several months. Physicians nt tho
Pennsylvania Hospital said death was
due to .natural cause.
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Two Big Navy Planes
Seek Rum Runners
Continued from I'nue One
deny absolutely that any whisky has
been brought ashore on the Delaware
Coast, the story told by George Wilk
ings, n Jamaica Negro, who was mn
rooued back of Cnpo May a month ago,
is at least worth the telling iu this
connection.
Wilklngs snys ho comes from Blmini,
in tho llohamas. lie says that he
wanted to get to Rnltlmorc, where he
hns friends, so ho shipped as a seaman
on a sugar ship, wlilcli ho names.
Was a Dig Trnmp
If wns n big tramp, Wilkins says,
with a crew composed mostly of
S'paulnrdH. He was the only Negro
nbonrd. and he Fays he was mistreated
from the first nnd forced to do other
men's work. The men, he declared,
were frequently drunk.
When tho ship was a few days out
Wilklngs says he learned that the
skipper had headed her north, and wan
not steering her in tho direction .f
Baltimore. His next discovery wns that
the cargo, though ostensibly made up
of raw sugar, was really of whisky, with
sacks of sugar piled over it for con
cealment. He asserts he learned that the ship
was to go in through the Dclnwnro
capes, presumably bound for Philadel
phia, lie began to scheme to find some
wny to get off the boat. Ho pretended
illness, but the captain found out that
ho was malingering. Tho captain said
ho would havo him taken off the ves
sel, but threatened to kill him if he
revealed the real nature of the cargo.
Schcd nnd Put Into Iloat
Next morning, at 2:30 o'clock,
Walkings snys, he was seized and put
over the side In a boat, with n crew
which seemed unfamiliar with the
waters where they were. Seven cases
of whisky were put over nt tho Fame
time. There wns a heavy fog, nnd he
hnd no idea where the boat was going
when they cast off from the stenmcr.
After two hours of stendy going he
wns ordsred to get out of the boat.
He refused nnd was thrown over the
side. He found lie could stand, in
nbout four feet of water, and wnded
ashore, throwing himself down on the
bench to wait until morning. The boat
which had marooned him went nwny in
the fog, nnd he does not know what
became of it or the liquor.
When day broke Wilklngs found he
wns lu a swamp on the south of Cape
May harbor. He had no money, nnd
got n job with some fishermen renuiring
nets. They told him he might get
steady work at Lewes, where there nre
two fish houses. He crossed to Lowes
nnd found them closed. He is planning
to work his way to Baltimore.
Storv Dishonored
W. J. Burbagc, u shipping ngent nt
Lewes, does not believe the story told
lij Wilklngs. He snys the ship nnmed
by Wllkings is not known in the ship
ping register or in the Government re
ports.
"I don't believe whisky Is being run
to either tho Jersey or Delaware
coasts," said Mr. Burbiige. "What
would be the object of skippers bring
ing it so fnr north, with ull the attend
ant risk, when they can find ns ready
a market nearer the Bahamas, on our
Southern const';"
Captain George K. Chambers, a
Delaware Bay and River pilot, wiiose
home is nt Lewes, similarly disbelieves
the story of rum running. The Lewes
Methodist minister, the Rev. Mr. Davis,
says that after un Investigation ex
tending over two years he is convinced
likewise thnt there is no rum running
in Delnwurc.
It would be a simple matter along
the wild stretches of Delaware coast,
however, to send qui bank boats, as has
been done along the New Jersey coast,
und bring iu the contraband under
cover of darkness.
Neither here nor elsewhere hnvc the
United Stntes coastguard stutions been
able to lend much of u hand in the
detection of rum running. The coast
guard establishment Is reported from
Washington to be in n run-down con
dition nt present.
Flvo Cutters Available
There ore five tevenue cutters nvnil
oblo between the Viiginia Capes and
New York. Five cutters, that Is, of
cruising type. As a mutter of fnct, not
ull the five arc in condition nt present
to go outside. One of them, the Man
hattan, Is in drydork for the next sev
eral days, nnd another, the Manning,
i.s out of commission for n month for
her nununl overhaul and repairs.
The other boats me, the Androscog
gin, which lias headquuiters at Nor
folk, where tho Manning nlso is, und
tho Seneca and Gresham ut Now York,
which i ulso the home port of the
Manhattan. The speediest of tlicse
boats, tho Manning nnd Gresham, have
a cruising speed of eighteen knots.
In all the harbors up and down the
coast aro smaller harbor boats, but
theso cannot be used for outside work.
Theie urn muny coast-gunrd stations
on t lie coust, but their crews are small
in numbers, six or seven making tip a
full crow.
Between the Delaware and Chesa
peake Bays aro nineteen coast-guard
stutions. Theso include tho stations in
Delaware, Maryland nnd Virginia. Oil
the New Jersey Coast aro forty-one
moro stations, including a number of
auxiliary stations, manned by only
three men.
Thcro uro in all about 350 coast
guards availuhlo along tho conbt from
Now York to Virginia. They have their
own propor duties, however, princi
pally concerned with the safety of ships
at sea, and nothing much cun bo ex
pected of them lu tho prevention of
rum running.
inadequate appropriations aro blamed
principally for tho decuy of tho coast
guard Bcrvico. Many stations havo been
discontinued and tho personnel cur
tailed. Woman Thrown From Sldo Oar
Mrs. Karl Houpt, twenty yours old,
of Loster, Pa., was sorloiiBly injured
Internally yestcruay when turown worn
a motorcyclo side car, driven by her
husband, Houpt swerved to avoid a
collision ut Faglo and Darby roads, ami
tho mncliino overturned. Mrs. Houpt
was taken to tho Bryn. Muwr Hospital.
AMNESTY REQUEST DENIED
Ily tlio Associated Press
Dublin, July 23. Tlio Irish peace
proposals mndo by Premier Lloyd
Oeorgo to Karaon dc Vnlcra in Lon
don Inst week wcro taken tip by tho re
publican lender and his Cnbinct todny.
The Cabinet, which began its sessions
during tlio forenoon, met at the Man
sion House..
Countess Mnrklcvte, who was re
leased from Mountjoy Prison Sunday,
sat with tho Cabinet and took part in
the discussion over the proposed peace
terms. Tho countess, who was sen
tenced last December to two ycara lin
trisontnenl nt liurd labor on the charge
of having conspired to organize a se
ditious society, is nn elected member of
tho Southern Irish Parliament nnd Min
ister of Lnbor in tho republican Cabi
net. London, July 25. (By A. P.) Tho
statement with regard to the Irish
peaco negotiations, which it wns hoped
Mr. Lloyd George, tho Prima Minister,
would mnko in tlio House of Commons
todny, was not forthcoming. Tlio Pre
mier snid,. in reply to questions, thnt
he hoped to bo in n position to mnko a
statement shortly.
"I shall mnko nn announcement ns
soon ns it is possible without endanger
ing tho successful issue of the negotia
tions," sulci air. iioyu ueorge. "nut
I warn tho members they must not
ncccpt accounts in tho public press ns
to tho terms, becnuso nil those I have
seen aro inaccurate.
Tho Premier's inability to make n
statement ns to the terms wns .duo to
tho fact that Do 'Vnlern and his col
lcuguosj wcro still considering them and
havo not indicated tho Sinn Fcln'a atti
tude toward tho proposals.
If Mr. dc Valora decides to summon
tho Dail Eirncun a full attendance will
be possible. The British Government
will release the members of that body
who aro stll in prison, in accordance
with tho request of the Republican
louder, which already has been made,
snys the Daily Mall. It is understood
thai those detained number between
thirty and forty, while nbout ninety nre
at liberty.
The question of. general amnesty in
Irelnnd hns been mooted, but. accord
ing to tho Moil, the Government regards
tins as not loasiuie lor the present.
GET WOMAN IN SHARON CASE
Cleveland Suspect Surrenders on
Charge of Conspiracy
Sharon, I'n., July 25. Mrs. Evn
Wanson, of Cleveland, surrendered to
nollce last night when she learned lm
wns wanted in connection with the cobc
of Thomas u. linwioipn, a Hhnron
business man, recently reported to have
been kidnapped und held for 530,000
ransom.
Randolph returned to his homo last
Wednesdny' night nnd is held in Mercer
County jail on several charges, includ
ing using the malls iu nn nttempt to
defraud.
A warrant hnd been issued for Mrs.
Wanson, charging her with conspiracy
with intent to defraud. She denied she
had conspired with Randolph in an at
tempt to obtain alleged ransom money.
She will be given a henring today.
Mrs. Wanson told tho police she hnd
met Randolph in Stonebnro. Pa.,
during the time of his disappearance.
THINK MAN DROWNED
Edmund Stclnmetz, Barge Worker,
Missing Since Last Night
Edmund Stclnmetz, twenty-six years
old, 305 Mercer street. Gloucester. N.
J., is believed to hove been drowned in
tho Dclnwnro River some time between
midnight hibt night nnd 5 o'clock this
morning.
Stclnmetz was employed by his broth-cr-lnrlnw,
Charles Nichols, with whom
he lived, as n worker on a supply Karge
which sold oil to inotorbonts.
Before leaving Inst night Stclnmetz
told Nichols he intended remaining ou
board the cioft and would bo home later.
Ho has not been seen sinco. Ills hat
was found on tho deck.
Two bontu are grappling for the body
this morning.
TWO MEN NOT DESERTERS
War Department Clears Records of
Mercer County Youths
Washington, July 25. Tho names df
two young men of Mercer County, Pu.,
have been rcmovod from tho list of al
leged draft deserters by the Wur De
partment. They nro George Chnunccy
Stanton, of Newcastle and Sharon, and
Grover Cleveland Patterson.
Stanton enlisted in the army previous
to the date of his draft cull, but the de
portment, it Is said, was never notified
nnd theio wns a variation in both his
initials and address which resulted in
tho error. '
Pntterson died before tho time for his
Induction, and tho department says his
local board wus not notified.
BONKOWSKI'S FATHER LOYAL
SayB Son Was Led by Relnschrelber
Into Parr Crime
Walter Bonkowskl, father of Mat
thew Bonkowskl, one of tho youths held
iu the murder of Mrs. Sarah Parr,
visited Detective Belshuw In City Hall
yesterday afternoon and told him thnt
Henry llelnbchrclbor was the cuuse of
tho waywardness of his son. Iteln
schrciber Is another of four youths
held In the ense.
"Until my boy began to run around
with Relnsclirelbor," Mr. Bonkowskl
snld, "he was as good a son ns any
fnther ever hnd. But using the car
for wild parties at night with Rcin
schroiber nnd his friends got him in
with the gang that put him in this
present scrape."
danube1niat,onauzed
Convention Signed and Commission
Placed In Full Control
Paris, July 25. (By A. P.) In
ternntionnllzntlon of tho Danube River
flnnlly bcenmo a reality yusterday when
representatives of tho interested allied
Powers held their finnl meeting hero und
signed a convention to that effect.
Tho International Dnnuba Commis
sion immedlntnly was notified thnt here
after it would bo in complete control of
all mutters pvrtnlnlng to tho rlvor, as
provided in tho Trenty of Versailles.
$5000 YEARLY
FOR RIGHT MAN
doing corporation In boating line has
opening for hlKh-urada aalesman who
can Invest J10.000. Proven proposi
tion of oxcsllent character.
A OSS, I.KIHiKH OI'I'IOU
J. HOLGATK ItEKKY.
SAVES FIVE FROM DROWNING
J. Holgato Berry Rescues Girl and
Others Near Somcrs Point
Fivo Persons were snved from drown.
ine nt the rl9k of bin own life hv .T.
Holgnto Berry, of 4041 Old York rood,
former superintendent of City Hall,
yesterday afternoon in Grcnt Kgg Har
bor Bay near Somcrs Point. Mr.
Berry is sixty years old. ,
Berry, who is summering In Somcrs
Point, wns snillng directly behind n
jncht owned by John Watson, of West
Philadelphia, who is spending the sum
mer nt Ocean City. Watson's boat wns
caught in a swift current and cnpslzed,
throwing Watson, three women nnd
Watson'B fourtcen-ycur-old daughter
into tho bay.
Berry hove his yacht to and went
ovcrhonrd. Watson nnd tho three
women wore clinging to tho ovorturned
crnft and wcre'snfo for the moment,
but the little girl wns caught under the
sail and wns being forced under tho
water. After several attempts at div
ing under tho sodden snll Berry man
aged to cxtrlcnte the girl and get her
to n snfe place on tho bottom of the
cnpslzed yacht.
As he was taking tho five people back
to his boat one nt n time motorboats
and sailing craft that had witnessed tho
uccident from the Ocean City Yacht
Club came to his old.
Held for Pocket Picking
William Roth, of Bast Clearfield
street, was held in 000 ball for the
Grand Jury this morning in the Fourth
nnd Rnce streets police station by Mag
istrate Toughill on a charge of larceny.
According to James Clork. Fifteenth
street near Buttonwood, Roth nttempted
to pick ids pocket as he wos going
aboard a boot ot Delaware avenue and
Arch street yesterday afternoon. Pa
tiolmnn Hanson, of the Fourth nnd
Race streets station, snw the men scuff
ling nnd arrested noth.
Deaths of a Day
JUDGE SEPTIMUS HANNA
Ex-Pastor of Mother Church of
Christian Scientists Dies In Pasadena
Pasadena, Calif., July 23. Judge
Septimus Ilanna, seventy-seven years
old, formerly pustor and first reader of
the Mother Church of the Christian
Scientists in Boston, died here yester
day. Judge Hnnna succeeded Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy as president of the Massa
chusetts Metaphysical College, regarded
by Christian Scientists ns the cradle of
their church.
Harry Palmer
Ilnrry Palmer, East Greenwood nve
line, Lnnsdowno, died nt tho Govern
ment sanitarium. Fort Bayard, New
Mexico, several days ago from tho ef
fects of illness contracted whllo serv
ing with tho nrmy overseas.
Ho served two years in Franco with
the 110th Engineers. On his return
he lived with his undo. John J. Pal
mer, on East Greenwood avenue, and
resumed his work with Edward L. Si
mons, un electrical contractor. The
funeral will bo held Tuesday, with
burial at Doylcstown.
Mrs. C. B. Dowden
Mrs. MUe Nixon Bowden, wife of
Chnrles B. Bowden, a steel manufac
turer, died suddenly nt her summer
cottage in tho Pocono Pines early yes
terday morning. Mrs. Bowden was in
her fifty-suventh year.
Before her .marriage, Mrs. Bowden
was Miss Mao Morgan Nixon, the
daughter of Theodore A. Nixon rind
Susun Hnll Nixon. Her futhcr was a
member of the firm of Mnrtln-Nlxou
Paper Manufacturing Co. Her mother
wns descended from a prominent New
Jersey family.
Her husband is a member of the
Board of Directors of the Young-Smyth-Field
Co. They lived nt 52.11 Wissa
liickon avenue, Germnntown.
Dr. Rachael T. Moon
Dr. Rachael Totnnll Moon,.phvBicinn
in churgu ot tho Houso of Industn for
Women nnd Children, 710 Catharine
street, died yesterday in the Women's
Hospital of Philadelphia, North College
nvcntie. Sho was forty-soven yenrs old,
nnd graduated from the Woman's Medi
cal College The funeral will take plore
Wednesday at Fallblngton, Pa. Burial
will be in the cemetery at tho Friends'
Meeting House there. Dr. Moon was
tho daughter of James und the late
Elizabeth B. Moon.
Lieutenant Harry F. Long
Lieutenant Harry F. Long, forty-five'
ears old. stationed with tlio IMiiumn
Ordnnnce Supply Station ut Pennsgrove,
(lieu nt -:." ociock yesterday attetuoon
at tbo home of his uncle and mint, Mr.
nnd Mrs. II. L. Bennett, in Colllngs
wood, N. J.
Lleutcnunt Long wns visiting his
uncle nnd aunt over the week-end. He
wns stricken with intestinal trouble
whllo iu bed early yesterday morning.
Physicians who were called made every
effort to get Lieutenant Long to a hos
pltnl where un operation could be per
formed, but no ambulance could bo
obtained. Ho died n short time after he
wus stricken.
Stationery
Wedding Social Business
The imprint of its maker is
an accurate indication of its
authority.
'J. E. Caldwell & Co.
Jewolcrs Silversmiths Statiopors
Chestnut and Juniper Streets
ADMITS THEFT, SAYS FRIEND!
By, tho Assnptnw,i ti
thoC dton'rl' A Btatcment ..... .!
gin, president of thn mVJm" C- Spur.!
fru Co., which MS H W"'
examiners ast week wn i bjr b"Vf
advance nnd ennic i slmuifl vhta(i 'a J
tho disappearance o ! S&Sr Wlth J
J.UH isuwiuant, chief lnvcstinn; T' .?
oiatos Attorney',. nm "w' ""IS
TVfr ?AtirtinM.. ..ii
nn interview with "tf&& ftel
vcrsity student and finnco of WZKTi
gin. According to Mr vi.
statement, Byler said Snuin ,-m
to tho-embezzlement?.1? c?ns.MM
to Mrs. Spurgln wmo days i,r.mon
h..ufl,5ht ad'nl.o conVs.S K?.
yiiu uuuiucr woman. ""
Byler said, Mr. Ncwmnrk ntni.i .i
Kin arrange their household good, Cl 1
ong absence and drove wlSthcS? iS
tho Spurg n nutomobllo to Gory ?J 1
vin ,i 'Vlay' Spu,r8'n had hfft
viously, he nsserlcd. t,.i '.. V": Si
several letters from Mls9 Sniii ! fi
told Ncwmnrk. including A'H
found. nMtomMlo later wi,
In her last letter to Bvlcr, Mr N.w
mnrlr unlit MID a.. , ' .ur- H
"""i ""J uimiglll BP0KC Of tho i)
nearness of the Canadian line, and tf
added: "ou know- what that nwne
Mr. Ncwmnrk ileel.trpri u .. i. . .' ?'
X1"",1 n ' -IthlnirJ
"Mrs. Spurein hns mnd ,, ir..-i .. ,
.concenl her name," Mr. Ncwmnrk i iy
'.'It looks like onnttcmptTthrAl
..... n.u M.T.-UI. one nns a letter ad
dressed In her own nnme i J L ..
general delivery, at tho Detroit J ,
office. We havo men watching the So
Office nnd If c ther Vivlnn ,. i,. r.E? ,
shows up there, we will won learn, j
something nbout n possible understand.- '
ng with Spurgln. We bellevo the, 1
have such An understanding."
Vivian and her mother nm nt,i , i.
staying nt n private rooming house la
A meeting of nearly r.OO deoosltnr.
ami sioclsholdcrs of tho bank wns held 1
J ' . i.v. J . u 4t WUB Hi" were urn 4 1
BIGAMY CHARGED AGAINST
MAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT1
Suspect Found Hidden Under Couch "
In Apartment With Woman"
Now York July 2o. William A. An
(Icroon, nutomobllo salesman, thirtr
six years old, formerly living ntWui.
ington Heights, who wns arrested I&te
Saturday nijht on n bench warrant!
charging him with, grand larceny, facw
today tho additional charge of blijami
ns a result of disclosures following hit
urrcst.
Anderson wns taken in custody br,
a detective from an expensively fur- '
nished apartment in Brnoklm. tn wMrfc
he hnd moved recently with' the womsa
v. no snys siie is wifo No. 'J
The -lotectlvc was admitted to th
apartment by Mrs. Anderson No. 2, "
but wns told thnt her husband was out ,'
nun ivouiu not ue u.icic until lato at
nignt. Tlie detective said ho would
wait. After several hours of question
ing and conversation, he saw a covcrinx
on n box couch in the room nwe. lie
walked over and raised tlio lid. An
derson, pale nnd exhausted fro.-n hU ,
two liours confinement, was taken oat
and arrested.
MAN CHECKS OIL WELL FIRE'-
Heroic Laborer Partly Turns Off
Valve at Risk of His Life
Mexico City, July 2.". (l$y A. P.)
Guarded bv on asbestos thield, 1
laborer in tho Amotion oil fields yes- j
terday approached to within a kit
yards of a blazing well, known ) J
No. 5, nnd after spending fifteen mla ,
utcs in the terrific heat, with flainini 1
oil falling nil nround him, succeeded .
by frantic efforts iu partly closing I
valve which controls the oil supply.
Tho intense hoot is suld to have havo ,
damaged tho piping system to such an
cxtcrtt thut it was impossible to close
the vnlvc completely, but when toy (
pipes have been cooled It Is bcllered
tho supply can bo cut off entirely by
himiliar procedure, and thnt the fire
which has been burning lor more ibb
a week, with a loss estimated nt severtl
million dollurs, will be extinguished.
KDITATIONAI.
Young Mrn ftml Pom
LEYDON TUTORING ;
SCHOOL
Prepares for September examinations of
all colleges. Term opoiw August i'-
lIANOVr.lt, N.
DKATlIh
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HELEN
Holntlves nn.i frionds nro lilted W uw
funsral. Thuriany. 8.30 AM.. 'rom,,,"
ma3 of renuicm Ht. Mlchae , y,"'?" "
A. M. Inlormnt Iloly rro ijnjtien. .
-IJ(Ani)IAN-. July2.-l. "t At ntlo Cl
N. J., THOMAS H. BOAKDMAN. V "
tlc nf fuimrHl will no Riven. ,.,.
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uly SI
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TIN J hunlj.ind of rnnripue a ;".".,
phJr (ne HMkln). ""I"'1" ?r?l 11
nvltf.1 to funeral, on Tu"df7. W0,i on
11400 .Markot ot. Interment Holy Croi .
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'iu'and of 'Mary Rcmg
t.nr Suddenly
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