raTL'S, JJ 'jiy " ' Y . '' ?.m" V Aliening public Bie&cjer tm u-kV THE WEATHER . NIGHT EXTRA flenernlly cloudy And unsettled ( nletit and Saturday;, probably thunder bowers; slightly cooler (onlaht. TiatpnnATfitB at bach Horn h"i imii 111 Ha I i I a i :t i 4 5 -TS-JTD IMP IMS IW ISO IbO I I I I VOIi. VII, NO, 272 Ent.r.d . Srcond-CI... M.tt.r l Iti. foamm... nt Fhll.d.lphl.. l'. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1921 l'uUlnlied Dally Kxcept Hunnay Hulmcr iitlon I'rlre fl ft Year liy roll. ropyrlght, 1021, by rubllc Leaner Company PRICE TWO CENTS v 3 Is- r II pr 4sl Ti FEDERAL AGENCIES ORDER MEN TO STOP RUM RUNNING reasury Department . and Coast Guard Serv ice Take Action JLAJMtlC CITY AGENTS ft CRITICIZED BY CHIEF i ifcniniodore Reynolds Says Subordinates Who Wait Spe- ': olal Order Are Negligent, calls it regular duty TO ARREST SWUGULhKS ilouotes Fedora! Law to Show Powers of Search and Seizure J ICAN WATCH SUSPECT SHIPS Wave pull Authority to Prevent Discharge of Cargo to Boats Du a Staff Correspondent Washington.' -July 2ff. "Stop the Iram runners!" were the orders issued ftr the Treasury Deportment today to Coast Guard officers nnu customs brents at Atlantic City. Reports that launches nnu other craft were plying freely between the shore and "boozo ships" off the const were followed by prompt nction. Two Investigations were started one by the iCoast Guard and the other by the Cub oids Bureau to determine why Gov- rnment tgents now on the ground ire not enforcing mc inw ngainsi. muggling. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury McLean and Commodore Reynolds, ommnndant of tlto Coast Guard, took his course today when informed un officially that the smugglers were meet- nt with nn interference. Thev derated they had no ouicini eportMor Information on the Atlantic City situation, and expressed amaze- neat tbntjaijv Coast Ounrd officer er ",&nno(Kt; sh iMMyWailngton w lden craft w lrtt should nwoit orderb L UeiUlL' MUIIIIIUK rhich cross the three- Biit'iifuit :s ... - . ,. ....,-., ?u npecmc urucr rsrajwi "If anv Coast Guard officer snya he1 can Mop rum smuggling within forty pght hours, nnd falls to .do it. ho is derelict In lil duty." Commndoro Bey colds said. "No specific order is neces- ary. Our men already have specitic instructions on this point. ""They know that liquor cannot ba imported into Hie I'lilted States legnll.v except on a permit, and they have full Juthorlty to search nny vessel within pe three-mile limit which they suspect mrlcs a liquor cargo." I Commodore Reynolds cited the fol wwlng passage from the 1021 instruc tions issued in printed form to every Coast Guard stntion : The Importation into or exportation )tn the Inlted Stntes of intoxicating quors for beverage purposes is nbso- Weir prohibited. "Coast Guard officers have the iwcrs of inspectors of customs. They ive nower tn en nn hnnnl nf vessels a any port of the T'nited States or punin four lengucs of the const there M. If bound to the TTnited Stntes: to Mrch the same nnd nny person. t,runk IWf enrelnne nn hnnt-,-1 nnrl tn thta end A hail or stop such vessel nnd use nil wrsssary force to compel comnllnnce. lit shall appear that n violation of the w is committed whereby the vessel or JM merchandise on board is linble to fcrfeltllre. thpf tlinll n nmnnwppnfl in ' the mme. They may also arrest W person engnged in such violation." Suspicion Warrants Search M (Seers in chnme nf f!onst. Ounril Wflqns are instructed further that they pay-'iaKt such action "whenever oc pnon demnnds," nnd may board nnd M&Umft nnv VARCnl tvMMi tlio. Iillrn m5? l0 Dcllcvo is engaged in illicit or 7 ""'. " ........ ."J. ( pjjai practices. : Commodore Heynolds declared Coast ward cutters may nlso go to sea nnd Ittnil hv nnr "Inmn cl,ln nrnn , - -j .,. I'i'uitu p.,141, v,... Pouth doing business i-cveml miles off 'we or nny distance off shore, and tch the vessels which approach it. e llnuor from it nnd lenve it. Thev 3iT thTI fAllrtllt l,En ..adcaI.. n I.A ttrte-milo limit and seize them. ihl8 nrsptieo. If fn1ln,fn,l wnnlrt ipeeuiiy end the transfer of liquor car- .. . .1. --- , .V...WXVU, ,,1,1..I Continual on n(.r P, Column Five suspTcTTsIot lively Mn Arreated In Chicago Exonerated by Fingerprints TIlC mnn .lnfnlnn.1 1., nhlnnnn nil eVlK T.ll'nl. IKAKln.l fA. t.n .lhH f Mf 1. .?,-.. """"'. '"r ",v "' ,u ' "'OOreVtOWn V T nnl., Ir, T.,r,n lo ' Lively. a comparison of the fingerprints of ''"eiy siiii thn 'm .WnWiiwi i riii. W fchowed no resemblnnce. Kills ", p' Burlington County detective, weired -a. telem-nni Inst evenlne telllnii '" the fnlluro to identify the man n4.0' I) icleasc. tiev.'ro.mI' 0,lbl Crawfnr.l. 11 de- a", 1' Delaware County, who wired i"ir ,hat Lively had been ciipturcd. mir.i. '""lH n,1(i photographs of hrni,.i on. ,"p Pol co hem qunrtcis Mahout the country. Unsettled Weather Is Week-End Outlook Today ri,,inii.. ,.i...i.. , .... Iji.j . ' v n'Miu.i nun mi- umorrmv n,.n.. i i.. """tiled. Slightly cooler. and pun""y Probably unsettled. AT SHORE 16 Planes Scour Bays for N. J. Rum Caches Sixteen big Navy seaplanes, flying low In battle formation, searched every bay on the South Jersey Const today for whisky caches. The plunea were seen approach ing Atlnntlc City shortly nftcr 1) o'clock. They spread out over Llttlo nnd Great Egg Harbor llnys, Lake's Hay Great Bay nnd the complicated system of creeks nnd omnia radiating from these larger bodies. A few minutes nfter 10 o'clock the -squadron appeared nt Bench Haven, where they spread out to Bcareli the farther reaches of Barno gut Bay. The planes were flying fast, at n height of about .100 feet. KATZ IS DENIED TRIALBY JURY Shore Hotel Owner Convoyed Booze Seized in Ocean City, Is Charge GUARD WHISKY IN COURT Bu a Staff Correspondent Capo May Courthouse, July 20. Eramnnucl Kntz, Atlantic City hotel proprietor, was denied a trial by jury today before Judge 'Eldredge. He Is charged with violation of the New Jer sey Prohibition Enforcement Law. The prosecution charged thnt Kntz, in his nutomobilc. had acted ns convoy to n cargo of 1T2 cases of Scotch whisky, which was seized in Ocean City, July 11. It was divulged when the trinl be gan thnt the State hoped to prove thnt this consignment was only one of mnny sent from 'Wildwood to Atlantic City. The v.hisky, in cases, nnd guarded by two heavily armed deputies, was on view In the courtroom, nnd the sight of it mndo many a spectntor In the hot courtroom wipe a parched mouth. The snorting fraternity of Capo May and Atlantic Counties turned out in full force for the trial. Katz Is widely known in this section nnd has many friends. He appeared dapper, ns usual, as ho was led Into the courtroom In spite of his Ions confinement. He Is a fresh-skinned man in the early fifties, unusuiills' well set-un and healthy looking, with well-brushed Iron-gray hair. He wns dressed in the meticulous fashion for which he is noted, and bore himself ns jauntily ns if be hadn't n care lu tho world. Counsel Full of Fight Kntz was represented by Robert II. McCnrtor. formerly Attorney General of Xew Jersey and general counsel nnd vice president of tho Public Service Co. Mr. McCnrter wns ready for fight from the first, and begnn tho piocecdlngs by inovin; thnt tho case be quashed. This motion was promptly overruled by Judfc Eldredge, and the attorney then moved thnt the defendant be granted a trial by jury. It is optional with tho judge, under New Jersey lnw. to grant or withhold a jury trinl. The; jud30-refus?d to listen to this plea, mid tho trial of tho cnM! proceeded. Euceno Cole. Cone May County Pros ecutor, outlined the Commonwealth's ensc. He recited the story of the nr test July 11. nftcr certain Wildwocid officials had .een a truck loaded with what they bc!iecd wns whiiky had been driven nwav from the "fish fne tory" nt Wildwood, Katz following in lils big roadster. The wildwood officlnls who were concerned appeared to testify. They were Chief of Police William B. Hardy. Justice of the Peace John B. Burns and City Clerk Alfred Wintcrburn. Saw Katz In Auto Wintcrburn testified he had watched tho truck loading, nnd then had sum moncd the other officlnls. They took the nrecnution of mnking out n wnr rant before they left in an nutomobilc in pursuit of the truck. Wintcrburn testified he snw n tnn automobile, with Kntz driving, follow the load or case courts. They trailed the truck to Ocean City, nnd 'there saw it stopped by n pntrolmnn. The mnn in tho tan-colored car protested, according to the wlt ncs. nnd came over to their car. ask- inc. "Whnt's the Idea of this picnic?" Chief of Police Hardy, according to Wintcrburn. threatened Kntz with ar rest, nnd the latter said the chief had no right to ilo so, ns he was without a warrant. Winterburn testified Hardy went over to Katz's car with the war rant, and Katz pushed him off the run ning board, speeding n.wny. Kntz later was arrested hi Atlnntlc City. SEEK MAN AND WOMAN WHO ABANDN0NED BABY Want Couple Who Left Child on Yardley Porch and Fled Speeding away lu nn auto after leav ing u foiirteen-inonths-old baby girl In tho porch of J. II. Dorrlcott. Yard lev, Pa., last night, n mnn and woman nru being sought by tho polico of sur rounding cities today. The identity nf tho child hnb not been determined. Ynrdlev polico believe .she mny have been kidnnpped In Philadelphia. The couple drove bv 'e Dorrlcott homo about 0:30 o'clock last night, returning a few minutes Inter. Then the motor wns stopped nbout it hundred ynrds from the home. Mrs. Dorrlcott. who snw the couple In tho nuto stop, thought nothing of the occurrence until the sound of a baby's wnll wns heard on the verandu. Run ning to the front of the house, she found tho baby on the front porch Jiif-t ns tho auto wns speeding up the road. Pursuit was sturted on foot by Dorrlcott. who traced the machine n short illstnueo when the track wns lost. Tho only due to the baby's Identity is the name Black, Inc.. nn the Minos. There had been n partnership mime on the f-hw'N but the first name hud worn a way, ' The baby'ri legs wcto covered by mosquito bites, while on Its back were black and bluolharks. CITY COMUHTTE E T Rules Changed to Make Fair Sex Eligible to Office and Membership OLD-TIME MEMBERS of'combine AT MEETING nepub'icnn women leaders mnde n elcnn Mveen today in their gracefully preetited demands for equal represen tation' on the Republican City Com I mlttec. I Changes in the committee rules which will admit the new voters to nny poii 'tlon on thnt body were agreed on nt nn executive scsion which preceded the regular committee meeting nt Eleventh nnd Chestnut streets. At this conference were Mrs. Bar clay II. Worburton. vice chnlrmnn of the Republican State Committee: Mrs. J. Willis Martin. Mrs. Bessie Dobson Altemus, chairman of. the Repuhlicnn Women of Philndclpnin, nnd the Uoun- toss Santa Eulnlln. Old'TImo Lenders on Hand The old-time lenders who had the good fortune to be present at the his toric conference Included Senator vnre. Thomas W. Cunningham, treasurer of the Utv Committee, nnd Thomas IS. Watson, the committee chairmnn. The executive session begnn at 11 o'clock and ended nt 12:30 o'clock. So close became tho scrutiny of the rules thnt Mr. Cunningham found himself hampered because ho had left his eye glasses at City Hall. A telephone call brought them post-haste in the custody of n clerk. At the close of tho deliberations. Mrs. Altemus issued this brief statement: "A very amicable discussion was held nnd tho vnrlous points agreed upon will bo embodied in resolutions to be pre sented to the City Committee nt its meeting this nftcrnoon." This officially represented the views of nil tho women present. Mrs. Wnr burton remarked as an aside, that "everything had gone nlong nicely." The Countess do Santa Eulalia ngreed with her. It wns n historic meeting, held in the old second-floor hall of the Republican City Committees rooms. The place had bech polished by hand for the occasion. The brass cuspidors shone inconspicu ously, for they had been moved Into out-of-the-way corners the days of the long black cigar nnd the longer black bottle ore over nt tho Republican City Com mittee headquarters. Everything Spruced Up The old red carpet, which had been pressed by the feetf McNichot nnd tho Vnres many a time in the past, was nil currycombed and brushed down so thnt there was not n fleck of dust in it or a crumb of cigar ash visible. The windows were washed nnd pol ished. The frnmes of pictured ancient worthies, warriors of the old nnvy-plug chewing days, when the women locked their doors nnd went to bed cnrly elec tion nights, were all dusted off for the occasion. If tho warriors of another political day could have changed the ex pression on their pictured "fnce. ns nhotocranlis are wont to do in comic pictures, some strange frowns and grins. mlgnt nave Dcen seen on me coun tenances of dead and gone leaders as the women gathered. Women Representatives The meeting was scheduled for 10 :.10 o'clock. The women nrrived promptly, nil but Mrs. Wnrburton coming in the one nutomobilc. nnd entering the com mittee headquarters about 10:3,". The men were not bo prompt. Sched- Continued nn Thec Tnm Column l'our PRETTY GIRL AIDS Is on Guard in Auto While Man Blackjacks Femwood's Chi nese Laundryman FAIL TO GET ANY LOOT A motor bandit, with a young nnd prcttv girl comranlon, blackiacked a Chinese, lnundrjman in his Miop nt ll'ernwood early today, but lied when the victim ran shrieking and unclothed into the road. Tho bandit missed $,")00 hidden In the vhep. Jon Wil, whoso lnundry Is nn Bnlti inore avenue near the I'ppcr Dai by po lice station, had found tho night ns hot ai those of his native Kwangtung Prov ince. He had shod all his clothes and stretched out on the floor of his shop to bleep. At 12:30 o'clock a motorcar of tho (hiimmy roadster type rolled up to the lnundry. A pretty young woman tnt hnclc of the wheel. A young mnn jumped from tho cur nnd npprenched Joe's shop. The dcor of tho place was open for uir, but a screen Joor was latched. The bandit forced this open nnd icnped tit the laiindrwnan and swung ;i lilnekjnok on his head. Joe screamed nnd tried to rls. nnd wai hit ngnin. But In the Fcird-dnrknesi he mnnnged to reach the door. He ran to tho road shouting for Chief I.ouls Bonsnll, of the, I'ppcr Darby polite, heard Joc'h cries nnd ran townfd the shop. Neighbors were, amused and saw the unclothed latin ili'Mmiu holding his bond nnd Jumping ill' nnd Inwii. The bandit, after finding the money llll'cmntv, nn from tho -hop nnd Icnped into the' ear. The girl threw lit 'he ( lute It ind drove wet, almost running down Chief Bonsnll. who ihew a re volver nml ordered the machine halted. Tho girl merely laughed and tho ma rhino win soon out of sight. Bonsnll took the Injured Chlncso back to the shop. The lniindryman hurried to u wii'hbnller filled with rice nnd thumt i lie nnu to the bottom, lie wl'hdrew n , oil of bills totaling WOO. The chief sent the injured mnn toho, Mlsetlcoidiu Hospital, where his scalp wounds wire closed with, stitches. ' GIVES EQUAL VOIC 0 WOMEN VOTERS uANDimOLIHJPjIN R0W0NJR0LLEY POLITICIANS? kkkkkK -s- , . kkkkkkkkkkkkkkuflHkkkTkkHJa, kBkkkkkkn " v ' kkkkkkkflkBkkkkkkkkkHfcV" v v kkkkklkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkwYVl Mrs. John Wannmalier, .Id, (left) a meeting at tho Republican Judge Barratt Rejects Findings Because Commissioner Had Signed Petition for Split NEW BODY IS APPOINTED Tho report of tho commissioners recommending to the court n division of the Twenty-second Ward wns quashed today by Judge Barratt, in Quarter Sessions Coilrt. A new com mission to make inquiry Into the pro priety of dividing the ward was named. Tho report was quashed because Howard ' Smith, one of the commis sioners who recommended tho division, wns nlso n signer ot the petition for dividing tho wnrd. Tho motion tt quash wns taken yesterday on this ad mitted fact. The new commission appointed to day includes only one resident of the wnrd, Cornelius Hnggfcrty, Jr. Tho others named on the "impnrtinl com mission" are John M. Scott, Thomus RIdgway, Assistant District Attorney George, A. Welsh nnd .Tamos M. Daly. All nrcjmembers of Uic bar. Judge Barratt. in his opinion, said : "The Act of May 23, 1871. requires the appointment of 'five impartial men to inquire Into tho propriety of grant ing the prayer of a petition for the division of n wnrd. Inadvertently the Court appointed ns one of the com missioners Howard Smith, who is also a signer of the petitiou, and obviously he could not be regarded ns impartial nfter having signed a petition setting forth : Ward Hus Grown " 'That said ward has grown to such nn extent and Its population nnd area are so large as to require Its division at this time In the interest of public improvement.' "As early ns 1S0S tho wise doctrine wns cnunclnted that 'It is inconsistent with the first principles of justice thnt Continued on Tnne Two. Column Six RABBI AND FIREMAN Ben Zion Hoffman to Ask Ar rest of City Employe as Result of Fracas FREED BY MAGISTRATE A warrant wns sworn out today agninst a city fireman, nnd a petition is being circulated for his removal fol lowing n fracas on a street car yester day afternoon. According to evidence brought out nt u hearing before Magistrate Hanigan this morning, Archie MeBride, a hose innn attached to Chemical Engine No. 3, nt Eleventh nnd Whnrton streets, wns riding beside Rnhbl Ben 'Ann Hoff. man, 1022 South Fifth street, on a Fifth street car. A woman wltli o baby In her arms got Into tho cor nnd the Rnhbl nsked the liremnn to move up to give her room to sit down. He refuspd. nnd nn nltercntlon started, during which the P.rcmnn Is nllesed to have used abusive 'ancunge, Tho rabbi left the car nt Fifth and Wnlnut streets nnd tin- fireman followed him. When they reached tho street Me Bride placed Rnhbl Hoffman under nr re'it. Harry Goldstein, 1237 South Ritth street, who bnd witnessed the trouble, protested nnd nlso was nrrested. The two men were tnken to tho Third nnd Do Lnnccy streets station nnd locked In n cell. At the hearing this morning, Louis E. Levinthiil, son of Rnbbl B. L. Leviutlinl. representing both prisoners, brought outMliat n fireman could not legally uriestnny one. unless ho wns responding tn nn nlnrin. MeBride ad mitted that he wns going to make n cnll on personal business. Magistrate Hnrrigan discharged both prisoners. Rabbi Hoffman nnd Goldstein will chnrge false arrest, false Imprisonment nnd nssnult and battery in the warrant for McBrldo's nrrcst. McBtido's story before the Magis trate wns the reverso of tho Rabbi's, He asforted the Rabbi had forced his wi.v into the car, jostled the woman and then stopped all over the fireman. He said that ho had spoken to tho Rabbi about It nfter they hud. left the car and when Rabbi Hoffman became abusive, arresed him. m WARD DIVISION REPORT IS QUASHED YOU BETCHA! lcli;er riioto Pcrvlcu nnd Mrs. Dobson Altemus attending City Committee headquarters May Cain Some Aims During Far East Conference at at Washington AMERICA HER BEST FRIEND By CLINTON W. GILBERT StnfT Correspondent Kvrnlnic Pulitlo Lrilcrrr Copvriaht. 1011, by riirto Lcdarr Co. Washington, July 20. From n source well informed about China It is lenrned thnt the Chinese delegation to the Far Eastern conference will prob ably consist of the following men : Dr. W. W. Yen, the Foreign Minister nt Pekln; Alfred S. K. Szc, the Chinese Minister nt Washington ; C. T. Wang, who was one of the Chlnnso dclegntes nt the Paris Peace Conference nnd who is now in business in Shnnghni; C. C. Wu, the son of W'n Ting Fnng. who wns formerly the Chinese Minister nt Washington, nnd Wellington Koo, Chlncso Ambassador to Great Britain, who was nlso n delegate at the Paris Peace Conference. Tho number of delegntes of ench nation to the conference here has not been fixed. If five nre sent, the above five will represent China. If less than five, the delegates will be chosen from among thoso five. These Chinese statesmen all have been educated in this country except Mr. Wu, who wns educated in England, but whose father wns long a resident of YNnshington as Minister here. All speak English, which is regnrdod ns indispensable- for the purposes of this conference. All nre inclined to look to America as the best friend of Chinese nationality. And nil have n stronger sense of Chinese nationality than is usual among Chinee statesmen. Mr. Wu is South Chinese, and while not definitely identified .with the Sun let Sen Government, will more or less represent it. He is like his father, a man of exceptionally fine mind. L'nltcd States Proves Friendship Senntor Lodge, in introducing n resolution for the return of the ac cumulated Boxer indemnity due this country, hns tnken nn important step in tho interests of China which may have n benrinc nnnn the enmin? rnn. ference. While it is generally supposed that this country refused to accept tho Boxer indemnity, thnt is not exactly true This country ha-, returned it to China when it hns boon paid. About $24,000,000 is now duo and Mr. Continue! on Tokp Six. Column Tno FIX BRITISH NAVALP0LICY ColonlaJ Premiers Reach Agreement on Future Program London, July 20 t Bj A. P.) Th' conference of imperial Premiers, it Is understood, has reached an agreement on tho navnl policy of the empire, al though no official statement hns been issued on the subject. The conference Indorsed the present system under which each dominion is responsible for the defense of its own coasts. Premier Arthur Meighen, of Canada, who has been nttendlu; the conference, will sail for homo tomorrow mi the Carmanin. WHEW, SOME MORE HEAT! Vesterday's High Temperature and Humidity Back Again Today Judging from the start it made this morning, todny's weather promises to be a repetition of yesterday both from the standpoint of heat and humidity. During the cnrly hours today there were only slight variations in tempera ture us lompnred with yesterday. At 2 o clock this afternoon it wns SO de grees; jesterdny at tho same hour the temperature was 02. The humidity wns S" per cent nt noon. A lazy westerly wind blowing nt the rate of five miles an hour gave little comfort. Showers nre predicted bv the weather man, but he believes they will nrrlvu u little later than jesterdny. CHINA CAN'T HOPE FOR RESTORATION I Hourly Temperatures Temperature Yesterday Todnv 77 0:00 A. M 77 77 7:00 A. M 77 70 s:()0 A. M 7s SO 0:00 A. M 70 's'l ..' 10:30 A. M SO a 11:0(1 A. M fir, SS 12:00 Noon ......... NT, 01 1:00 P. M mi 02 2:00 P. M go 01 3:00 P. M. 110 4 :00 P. M. SS 5-00 P. M. 77 (1:00 P. M. Humidity Yesterday Toda 02 , . , Nojn ,.,,.. 8i CAPTAIN'S WIDOW TAKES LAUREL OFF Young .Woman's Grief So Deep Wreath on Coffin Seems Inadequate BODIES OF FORTY-FOUR HEROES REACH TERMINAL . The bodies nf fort -four wnr heroes In flag-drnpod caikoN were received nt , 10 o'eloik thl morning In the Rending terminal, where the uual rush nnd bust'e nf the trninshed halted abruptly as the first casket was lifted from a car. One of tho bodies wa that of f'nptaln Wnlter M. Oearty. the first commis sioned membra of the National Cunrd from this clty"o lore hN life in notion. He wns killed Jnlv 10. BUS. on the Marne while noting n inaior of the Kiist Battnllon. 100th Infantry. The captain's young widow, in deep mourning, with n veil falling far be low her slinitlderx, was among tho sor rowing relntlves of the service men who met the bodies. Mr. Genrty had requested that no flowers he placed to day on her husband's casket. Widow Plucks at Wreath As the body was lifted frim the train. Mrs. Caleb Jackson. 1208 Bel mont avenue, a gold star war mother, placed a wreath on tho captain's casket. Mrs. Oearty. sobbing softly, plucked nt the wreath, detnehing a spray from it.. Then she threw the adornment to the floor of the train- shed nnd walked slowly nfter the casket. Bv a coincidence, no trnins were leaving the Terminal when the train bearing the bodies nrrived. There wns almost absolute quiet while the caskets were being transferred to trucks nnd rolled to nn elevator. Dozens of men, waiting for trains, bared their heads ns the cortege passed through the gates. A bquad of pntrolmcn on duty there stood ot attention. Lending the procession wns the body of John Barry, who fought with the lOOtli Infantry. His mother. Mrs. Mary Barry, wept during the brief cere mony. Mnjor Edwin E. Ilollcnback. 100th Infantry, ns chairmnn of the Receiving Committee, wns in chnrge of nil ar rangements today, Mrs. Maude C'luley. vice chairman of the committee and secretary of the Philadelphia War Mothers, supervised the placing of wreaths on every soldier casket, the form of tribute the War Mothers have adopted through all of the arrivals of the city's war dead. Tlilrty-ono Killed In Action One first lieutenant, six sergeants nnd six connrnls nlso were among the dead whose bodies arrived. Of the forty-four men, thirty-one were killed in nction, seven died of wounds nnd six suc cumbed to disease. In addition to today's shipment, there nre snine hftr rnori! bodies of 1'Illla- dolphin men in the consignment of 7000 Domes wnicn recently nrnvcci ni uew- York. These last will be brought back ! to Philadelphia within the next ten ' days, according to Captain George Oiger. of the local depot of the U. S. i Quartermaster Corps. Lieutenant r.ati it. uavis. tormeriy of Camdsn, but widely known in Phila delphia, and whose body wns iimong to day's group, was mortally wounded in the Fismes sector while lending un at- l s GEARTY'S CASKET: j Contlnued on I-nce SI. Column Four day the Vice President will operate the kev which will opei tho Pageant of nnnRFD WARRANT 7 YEARS Progress nt Chicago. On Mnndav UUUUCU VVHnnHIV M ICHna ,lp ., Jon, president Hauling at , Plymouth and participate in the oxer City Hall Porter Now Faces Bigamy c;cPS there. Charges During tho seven years a bench wnrrnnt ih.irging non-support of his wife was waiting to be served on Wil liam Smith, a Negro, North street near Twenty-tit st, he wns working in City Hall as a poiter. on tho same floor with the offices of the police superintendent. Smith was held in S00O bail by Mag istrate Meelenr today, on charges brought by Cleinlntine Smith. North street near Twenty-first, whom he mar ried In Washington a ear ago. When he failed to contribute to her support she went to the Municipal Court nnd swore out a warrant. In searching reemds the court officials discovered nn old bench wnrrnnt sworn out in 1007 b his wife Evn Martin. Twenty-first street below Jefferson, wns unserved. Charges of non-support developed into bigamy, nn which he was held today. EXTRA MAN IMPRISONED IN RUINS AS N. 60TH ST. HOUSE FALLS One man is impriboned in the ruins of two two-story brick houses at 1302-1304 North Sixtieth street that collapsed at 1 :-15 o'clock today. Mrs. Clara Wrny, lQ-l North Sixtieth street, nnd her four-year-old sou Jack were seriously injured iu the crash. s!?They are in the hospital. Tho house at 1303 was bc'iu made into a store. Only the front walls remain. F. L. ALEXANDER DIES Building Construction Expert Was 58 Years Old and Unmarried I Prank L. Alexander, a building con .miction expert, died nt 5:30 o'clock Mils morning nt his home, 01-17 Haver-1 ?i,.1 nvnmir, ltd rns HlinorintenHi.n' nf 1 construction work for Daniel Craw icrd. president of the Philadelphia Op erative Builders' Association. Mr. Alexander was tlft -eight vonrs hi aud was ut.married. He is survived 'i u sister, Mrs. Ldm McKnlght, of ileu Riddle. When you think of writing, think ot WHlUNO idv. " i General Near D.eath .vrtff&vttkiittmMi- '-fM GENERAL I. T. O'NEILL First commander of Twenty-eighth Division, critically III after oper ation In Rochester, Minn. GEN. O'NEILL NEAR DEATH Allentown Man, First Commander of the 28th, Is Operated On Rothester, Minn., Jnlv J!). t,Bv A. P.) Ocrenil C. '1 . O'Neill, of Allen town, Pa., is critically ill nt Mayo Hospital here. lie recently underwent mi operation and his recovery i doubt ful. (ienorol O'Neill wns the firt com mander of the Twenty-eighth DivNinu. MINE ORGANIZERS TO BRAVE MARTIAL "LAW AT MINGO Hundred, Including Mother Jones, Not Afraid of Arrest Charleston. W. Va.. July 20. (By A. P.) One hundred members of the United Mine Worker of America from the Cnbin Creek nnd Paint Creek field-, will start for Mingo Count., according to C. F. Keeney. president of District 17. "Mother Jones," labor organizer. Is expected to arrive here tonight, Keeney snid, and ulso will leave for the Mingo fields immediately. Decision to send the union men into the district, which is under martial law, was mnde nftcr C. II. Workman, an organler, was reported nrrentcd in Mingo recently. Keeney clnimod thnt Workman had permission from State authorities to return to the fields to wind up personal business. Keeney stated that if tho organizers were nrrested he weii'd send innie men it.to the district until every jail wns filled, and that if they were not arrested lie said he would prove that organizets "enn go into a strike zone and conduct thcmsclvecs in an orderly manner." HARDINGS SAIL TODAY Will Embark on Mayflower for Plymouth and Portland Washington. July 20. (By A. P.I President nnd Mrs. Harding will leave Washington Into today on the yncht Mayflower for Plymouth. Mass.. where the President is to speak Monday nt tnc I'ligrini irrraie'iinn i-i-ii-uiuiiuu. On Monday night the Mayflower will proceed northward to Portland. Me., from which point the President nnd his party will motor to Lnncnster, N. H.. to spend most of next week nt the homo of Sccrctnry WcvKS, in the into Monntains. Vice President nnd Mrs. Cnolidge. accompanied by their two sons, loft for Boston this morning, where on Pntur- OMAR'S CUP NOW EMPTY Cult, Heeding Distant Rumble, Sans Wine, Sans Everything The Pas. Man., .luly 20. ( Bv A. P 1 The Church of tho Cult of Omar has expired. Founded on the Rubniyat of Omar Khayyam, a new religious organization was born in The Pas this spring. It grew rapidly, but today only throe of its original- members would admit that thev still held firm to their beliefs. , The exodus from membership started when n new convert declared the cult wns formed with the object of getting a Government permit to purchase liquor under guise of its necessity for sacra mental purposes. Officials of the cult vainly sought to chock withdrawals by don.ing that they had anv such ob'ot in view. I TROUT KILLED BY THE HEAT! Thousands Die in Streams Fishing Season Endo Tomorrow Hanisburg. July 20. (By A. P.) Pinnsylvunla'u trout beason ends to morrow. Owing to hot wenthcr and continued drought, tho catch in many sections hns been poor and thousands of trout have died. According to State fishery authorities the temperature lias run so high in some trout streams that it was necessary to transfer tho fish to suvo them, Many were taken out and placed ill deeper streams with more shudo aloug their banks. The brook trout hnvn hpan tt.o grcun-31. Buucrcrn, LEADERS IN HOUSE PLAN TO CARRY DUT HARDING PROGRAM ; Railroad, Shipping Board and Revenue legislation Ex pected by August 25 ! SPURRED BY PRESIDENT 1 AT WHITE HOUSE DINNER I By tho Associated Press f Washington. July 20. House lead ers wer understood to be imping their 1'lnns today for n program contomplntlnir n six woks' recess for the House, be. ginning between August 20 nnd 23, after passage of revenue. Shipping Board appropriation and railroad legis lation. Agreement on this program was said to have boon readied nt a White House iiinner conference last night, nt which Prosid-nt Ihrdlns Is understood to have urged particularly the passago of these three piecei of legislation before tht Miggosted summer recess. The President. It was snld. wns as sured bV Ways and Moons Committee niembd-s present thnt tho Tnx Bill would b brought out on or before Au gust 1.". with the probability that It tould be passed by the House In about five dnvs. They were said to have lointod out, however, that the expected Democratic tight on the bill might cause some delay. Railroad Bill Introduced President Harding's suggestion for putting the railroads of the country on their feet wore incorporated in a L ' 'ntrduecd In the House vesterdny by ( lmirmun Winslow. of flic Inter state Commerce Committee. Carolng no actual approprintion. the bill would vest broad powers wfth the war 1'innnce Corporation 50 as to pro v do fundi for settlement of the car riers claims against the Government. It would authorize the corporation to purchase rnilrond securities, now held by the railroad administration, up to nn amount not exceeding half a billion dollars, and their sale on the open mar ket when financial conditions Justify, and it would authorize the corporation to sell, as agent of the President, any securities not purchased by the cor poration all proceeds to become a fund for relief of the roads. -TWfe'nl s"1":,llllp In the Fordney Tariff Bill was the special object of an attack by Senator Gooding, Republi can, of Idaho, In tho Senate vesterdny during a lull in the hearings of tha measure by tho Senate Finance Oom inittee. Mr. Gooding declared the old Sehcdulo K. In the X'ayne-Aldrich bill, was "very commendable" ns compared with th) new wool schedule. Agreement hns been renehe! bv con ferees on tno Packer Regulation Bill. which was pussed by the Senate several weeks ngo nnd sineo has been In con ference for compromise of differences. The Senate conferees were said to hav icceded from their amendment- to com pel uniform bookkeeping by the packers, but other details of the agreement were not disposed. SCORE EXCESS PROFITS TAX Impossible of Administration, Man ufacturers Assert Washington, July 20. (By A. P.) The National Manufacturers' Associa tion asked the House Ways and Means Committee today to repeal the excess profits tax, the surtnx brackets above 3." per ccut and excise tnxes founded on war conditions. Opposition was ex pressed to any incrense In the present normal tax on corporate income. James A. Emory, of Washington, speaking for the association, said ex cise taxes should be imposed in the light of present conditions aud that the pie-ont excess profits tux was impos sible of administration. FIGHT BETWEEN TWO BOYS CALLS 0JJT36PATR0LMEN Eight-Year-Olds Put on Lively Com bat at 57th and Catharine Two eight -year old boys had a fight nt Fiftv-sevonth nnd Cnthnrlne streets, and thirty-six full-sized patrolmen were called out to end hostilities. Tho combat was to have been a pri vate nffair between Jimmy Hutch and Tommy Crltt. They began the conflict without nny prearrnngement after ex pressing some slight differences of opinion. But the fight proved to be a big at traction. Scores of boys returning from a nearby bathhouse, took sides and rooted for their favorites. Some grown ups also cheered the gladiators from their porches. A nervous woman looked out the window. She saw n mob which looked like 2000 persons. She heard wild shouts. She realized that bandits were still about in Philadelphia. Then she picked up the telephone aud Bent In a riot call. Throe patrols, manned by twelve men each, dushed to the scene. They came from Sixty -first and Thompson streets, Fifty-fifth and Pino streets nnd Sixty fifth street nnd Woodland avenue sta tions. When they got within fifty yards of the bnttle the wild scene melted away as the kids flew in nil directions. 'Laddie Boy's" Brother Called "Clucken Killer Denver. July 20. "Dickie Boy," brother of "Laddie Boy," President Harding's Airedale dog, wns a de fendant in police court yesterday on a charge of killing chickens. "Dickie Bo " Is owned by Albert R. Lowrie, weilthy Deuvtr broker nnd dog fancier. Mr. Lowrie offered to pay for all tho chickens killed if evidence of their death was produced. Evidence not being conclusive, Judge Rice took the case under advisement. "You don't think n dog with a brother In the White House would stip to killing chickens?" Mr, Iiowiie nsked tlm Judge, "Well, I shouldn't think so," the Judge replied, '.?? - mi i -i v-tl i fl imii r emtd n 'i !;"LiSi I t-y.fe.- y -9K s,jf.tf I. J . "l-rv rVlfk' 4&( .)Vlt sC. t.'JieT
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