$. JJ i. r" l(f 7 j .Tjfr' V 'Wirt ' . 1-Ec - ' V THE WEATHER Kalr tonight. Friday unsettled wlllr probably local showers. Little change In .temperature. Southerly winds, TrairenATunB at bach itotm II 1() 11 12 I 1 1 12 3 I Hilt IT1 74 78l7tl K VOL. VIIt-NO. 283 K TRHL TO I Secret Probers Have "Goods" Von Crime Overlords and Some So-Called '"Bosses" (1 CITY WORKERS WARNED AGAINST SLUSH FUNDS 4 S "Watch Your Step and Don't f '. 'Be Macod," He Tells All on m' Municipal Payroll 8 RELIES ON PENROSE Vare "War Chest" Believed to Be Too Low to Stand Strain of Hard Campaign The sordid trail between rice overlords .nA nrnfwwtonal sam&iers nnd some politicians In this city hns boen traced br special Investigators employed bj tr.P Mnnre. who intends to scour Philadelphia clean of vicious interests Thla was disclosed today as the Mayor, inmartinl mood, warned the 15,000 city oficeholders that they must avoid in t'ntntM hostile to he Administration. "Mind your step and do your duty," . his emphatic order. Tho Mayor bcMcvcs that Senator Vre. while striving to eiimo uacK 10 Us old position as city leader of the organization, Is no longer able lo act is the "angel" of a hard-fought cam paign. Warning Shots From Mayor For this reason the Mayor warned municipal jobholders that they must not contribute to political war chests. Fol lowing up this thought he said : "Avoid influence of contractor-bosses aad gamblers'. "Stop boring from within! Mind your step and do your duty. Go itraijht very straight. "Tho Mayor intends to protect those who do their full duty and savo them 'from being maced by choap politicians. They shall not bo used to pile up po litical funds for bosses who are able to ptnd their timo at the seashore and the mountains." ' Issues Statement First Thins vThe Mayor bore out the general be lief that he is happiest when he has n firhl on his hands. He walked briskly .j.lato'lils office this morulng and took off MS coat anu vest, uisciubiiik uu u"i fsihioncd pair of suspenders and u light Mrf- . ,. , Mr. Moore rolled up his shirt sleeves tnd began pacing up and down his sanctum ns he dictated the word of "advice" to officeholders. Twice he mote n table with his fist to emphasize a point. '..Friends of the Mayor says he believes Henator Penrose will swing to him at the crucial moment. Ho believes, fur ther, that Senator Vare virtually Is p'eadlng for two places on the county ticket'. The Vare organization has kept up a sniping campaign ugainst municipal street cleaning In the Legislature and Council, the Mayor believes, but its plini to upset that progressive move lave been upset. An indication that Senntor Vare him wit still has hopes of retaining at least some of his strcet-clcniilng contracts, theMnvor thinks, is shown in the fact that the Senator so far has refused to lpi a lease renting the Twelfth and Race streets plant to the city for street cleaning purposes. Vare's Poil.cthooU Hit With the loss of the central city con- tracts the Mayor feels Senator Vare Is Bo loneer mnkincr lilir nrofits from I hat WL branch of his business, und other lit branches are not ns profitable. II ?'lc reaction to tho Mayor's deter- mined stand against the contractor com- IBbine was shown in n large number of pfl letters ami telephone calls received by mm in which his stand was com mended warml). An ofliccr of one large corporation telephoned an offer of tinnncial nnd other support. The Mayor's stream of callers began flowing in early this morning. Among the (list was Andrew Frocsch, Ad ministration leader df the Forty -tecoud Ward. Krocseh desires to hove Chief McLaughlin, of the Electrical Uurcuu. replaced by one of his followers, Frank Maize. Showdown Expected The future of tho Vare-Ihown-Cun-ninghnui combine will probably be de emed in a conference today between Senator Penrose, nnd Thomas W. Cun Injham nnd President Judge Hrown. of he Muncipal Court. The senior United states Senator, it is understood, will art Cunningham where he stands. All advices from Washington are to the effect that Senntor Penrose will declare ngninsl a Vnro county ticket and that his declaration will be forth coming either today, following his talk Wtn Hi own and Cunningham, or to morrow llefnie leaving for Washington to ir. Cunuinghnni said: I think we can work out u harmony rropositiou that will be acceptable to 'i nanus." Cunningham's idea, it is understood, is that the Varcs shall have only one Place on the county ticket Instead of ae two they have asked for. Cun ningham proposes that Thomas F. Wat on, chairman of the Republican City Contlnufd on l'nn Tnenty, ColiinuTYour LOSES $50 BUYING SILVER Woman Misses Money on Return From Pawnshop A mistake which she believes was "jane in the purchase of somo silver Jro cost Mis. Jiary ltankn, 817 ,'?Jef 1'rect, nearly half her life snv l0;s today. imnm'.i lll,nliJ (1,'PW 1"'1" 'agings, mounting to S118, from bank, intend- n P'J' ?l0 for rcecnt operation l,.,Vtl- S1' wont t0 Pawnshop ih!L rlen n,,(1 Vln'' strts to pur io' !0'"r sllvr1'- Wll(, ''- arrived onje Hhe foumi ti,nt h,0 ,n, lost $.10. IkraTll. MunuillHl III III IUI1UUI, Swnt!B 'grT18 to Jol I,cr 1 "'is ffl .o.i ,n8J'e '" Wrr nine- 8 I iHrniis POLITICAL LAIR V. 4 r Entered n Kccond-cu'si Matter at th Unrter tin Act nt Refuses Penn Post MAIOIt GEN. LEONARD WOOD Army officer rpportcd by Washing, ton today as selected by President Harding as Governor General of tlio 1'lilllppliics. General Wood several months ago was selected as president of the University of Pennsylvania by the tiustces. Ills acceptance was obtained nt tho time, but subsequent reports have Intimated he would accept the Philippines post E Council Utilities Body Would Give Special Assignment to Formulate Policy PUTS O.K. ON 3 ORDINANCES Council's Committee on Public Util ities today voted to' entrust to n com mittee of eight Councilmcii the task of preparing a plan and policy for develop ment of the city-owned gas works. While approving this move, ns provided in n resolution of Richard Wcglein, president of Council, the com mittee, without recommendation, sent to Council three ordinances dealing with the gas problem. The AVegleln proposal of n special committee of eight was criticized bv Councilmnn Devclin, who said Council "is not competent to prepare terms of a lease, even if it had the time." Mr. Devclin dcclnrcd the business of a corporation or a municipality could not be run along the Hues of a na tional convention nnd Council "might ns well try to do the work Willi a Coroner's jury." ' What Ordinances Force The Hire ordinances referred without lecomiuendatjon were: A measure by Mr. Wegleln. continu ing the gas rate at $1. but giving the U. (J. 1. eighty-seven nnd n half cents in stead of M.vcntj;-five cents for each onp dollars' worth of gas sold. It also would laisc the standard from u"() to 000 British Thermal Units. An ordinance bv Councilmnn Develiu authorizing the Mayor to engage the t It y gas commission to, prepare the form of a new (-ontrnct with the U. (J. I. to be submitted to the Mayor nnd Council. It would appropriate $10,000 for expenses. An ordinance by Councilman Roper extending from July 1." to December III the V. (i. I. Co.'s privilege of sup plying 5:50 it. T. U. gas iintrmi of the Continued on I'tice T, Column One CAFE "MAN PAYS $3500 TO WIFE; ESCAPES JAIL Contempt Charge Against G. P May Dropped After Payment An amicable settlement of tlieillffcr enccs between George P. May, Market street restaurant proprietor, and hi wife over the matter of support for Mrs. May and their two children wns effected 'today in Judge McNicIiol's court. The couple left the courtroom arm In arm nnd smiling. At tho hearing May handed his wife n certilled check for .f.15t)0 to cover arrearages for support ordered by the court. He also inudo a cash settlement with her estimated nt severnl thousand dollars. - The Court order of $500 n month was reduced to $250, starting from Au gust 1. This money is to be used for the sunnort of tho children. Patricin and Theodore, until the latter, who is about two years old. Is seven. After thnt time 11 new settlement will be Mimic. Muy furnished a bond of $2."00 to in sine his cumplianco with the new order and Judge MeNiehnl dismissed contempt of court charges ngulnsl lilni. BOMB LAW OFFICER'S HOME Chicago Attorney Believes House Was Wrecked by Bootleggers Chltttgo, Aug. 11. (By A. P.) A tlvnamito explosion early today wrecked tile residence of Colonel Ashbel V. Smith, State's Attorney nt Wiuikcgan, 111., but nu one in the house was in jured. ... luiicf thnt the exnlosion was the re sult of wnrfoie waged by Colonel Smith against illicit liquor sellers was ex pressed by the authorities. Several cases of such nature have recently beeu prose cuted bv Colonel Smith, nnd one is being tried nt present. "j hnve no doubt that it wns a re prisal by bootleggers, ' Colontl Smith snid. ONE MORE HOPE FOR BEER Congress Must Act at Once to Pre vent "Medical" Sales Washington. Aug. 11. (By A. !'. One more hope for mcdlcul beer was held out today liy secretary .Mellon. Discussing the Anti-Beer Bill now in conference Mr. Mel'on said that should nciinii iinon the menbiirc be deferred by Congress until after the recess, it was possible that the regulations covering the use of beer for medical purposes would be Issued by the Treasury. Under tVjPKj 'ijra' iy I tt ' f ! HEraHl NW COMMUTE GAS APPROVED the existing law. in expinincu, tn brewers are entitled to the regulations, uflhough It was probable that few would tnko advantage of them and male any financial oitay In the (aw of Impend ing hostile legislation. ( 1 V 1 T uentng PoMofnca at Philadelphia, Pa. Marrti 3. 1879 WOOD NOI TO HEAD General Authoritatively Slated as Governor General of Philippine Islands RUMOR IS SCOUTED HERE Uy tho Associated Press Washington, Aug. 11.- Major GenJ ernl Leonard Wood was nuthorltntively stated today to have been selected by President Harding for Governor Gen eral of the Philippines and to have ex pressed his willingness to accept the post. A bill designed to remove nil doubt of eligibility of General Wood for the governorship-was introduced today by Chairman Wndsworth of the Senate Mllltnry Committee and understood to have been suggested by the Adminis tration. It provides thnt active annv officers shall be eligible for "civil offices of the Government in ndmlulstcriug Us terri torial possessions Horace M. T.innincolt. one of tin. few members of the Hoard of Trustees ot the University, today was quick to hay that h" did not believe the report of General Wood's acceptance of the Philippines post. "I don't believe It." he said deels- Ively. "That is the second timo such a rcnort has been current. There Is probably no morn truth In It this time than there was before.' No doubt wu will continue to get such reports ns long as me liencrni is in tnc I'liiiippincs. "There in 110 possibility that the Hoard ot Trusteed hns given him n lrne o: absence to take tho island post. Tho hoard hns not met sluco Inst June, and ns nil aro out of town, scattered in different summer plnrcs. it is neatly nn impossibility t lint anything official has been done. "I doubt that General Wood would tnko such a slu without informing th" board in advance. He has received and nccejitcd th" appointment to (lie I'ni icrsity, nnd is not the fort of man who would make n change Mich ns Is ru mored without tiny ncticc to the I '.on id of Trustees." NAB MAN FOR MURDER OF AGED FATHER-IN-LAW Nuncio Caronl Killed by Jamea Nlco-I lettl on Way to Work; Grudge Cause Satisfying n year-old grudge, it is churged James NIculetti, 700 .Mountain j street, shot down his nged fiitiier-lu- law at Fourth street aud Willlngs nve- , nue this morning. I The dead man. Xunelo Cnrono. 514 1 Mountaia street, had been on his way to work wlien a man, stepped from behind n, post and tired n shot into his head. After Cnrono had fallen to the pavement his assailant stepped close, fired two more shots into the boflv nnd fled. When Carono was taken lo the Pennsylvania j iiospitiw ne was dead. Detective Grceves, of the Third nnd De l.njcey streets station, hurried up at the sounds of the shots and passers by diiected his attention to n man who was running away. After a short chase Grceves caught Nieoletti. Magistrate O'Brien held the uinn without ball for court on a charge of murder. TAMING COLT WON BRIDE Swift Conquered Mrs. Bayley'a Horse, Then Won Her Hand Chicago. Aug. 11. "Love me. love my horse," appeals to be the varia tion of the old saying adopted by Mrs. Helen Morton llnyley. who yesterday became the bride of William Swift. Ho is a sou of Louis F. Swift, Chicago packer. The wedding joins two of the most prominent 'families and huge for tunes of Chicago. Mrs. Bojley. daughter of Mink Mor ion, tif Wheatou. and granddaughter of Levi P.' Morion, once Mcc President of die United States, is one of the most picturesque joung women of the North Shore set. Her roniatice with Mr. Swift dates back n year ago, when the sou' of Hie packer wns thrown from ohe of Mis. Bayley'H fiery colts. Nothing daunted, young Swift tamed the horse and there by won Mrs. Bayley. The wedding was simple, only mem bers of the lespectlve families attend ing. It look place at the home of the bride's parents ut Lake Forest. FORMAL INVITATIONS SENT Identical Notes Calling Arms Con ference Dispatched by U. S. Washington. Aug. H. (By A. P.) Formal Invitations will be sent today to Great Britain. France, Italy, Japan and Chlnn lo nttend the conference on disarmament and Fur Eastern questions nt Washington, November 11. The text uf the invitations will not be nvuilnble lere heforn late in (lie day, It wns announced nt the Slate Depart ment. The Invitations are understood to be Identical nnd brief. Tliev will be sent dlrectlv lo (he loreign Offices nnd copies hauiii'd to tho diplomatic lepre- bentntlves ot die rowers acre. Preliminary negotiations have mndo certain the acceptance of the Invita tions nnd of agreement to open tile con ference on Armistice Day. It is ex pected that tin acceptances will make clear how ninny representatives each nation expects to bend. Upon the re ceipt of Ibis information detuilsVf car ing for the visitors can be worked out. Further exchanges of opinion on the ngeudn will probably continue. The State Department has mndo it clear thut there is every disposition here for n full and frank preliminary expression of opinion on wuui miujccis sunuiti no discussed. KIDNAP CHIEF OF POLICE Cataklll Officer Has Wild Ride With Arrested Automoblllsts Cutslilll, N. V.. Aug. 11. Two nu tomoblllsls driving 11; a high rale of speed through Catskill yesterday were stopped by Chief of Police Ryan nnd ordered to drive to the offiro of tho I'o lice Justice. One of the men in the car seized the Chief nnd held htm in' his scat while the other turned tho car around and started a wild ride toward the mountains. Ruin's tries for help started n rescue pnrty, who overtook tho nutoinoblle after Ryan had wrenched himself free and ran the car into a tree. Th en - Oliver Curtis, of Quarry- ville, and Williuiu Simmons, who gave no address arc lodged lu the Greene County jail charged with operating an nutomoDiie wniio inioxicaicu ami with resisting arrest. PENN CAPITAL SAYS A. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1921 REPUBLICAN WOMEN URGE THEIR ASPIRANTS TO BENCH Mrs. Allcmus Asks Support for Mrs. John D. Rutherford for Municipal Court Voters Also Urged to Make Kalhcrinc K. Foster Norni nee for Magistrate Lenders of the Republican Women of Philadelphia today publicly Indorsed Mrs. John R. Rutherford, of Chestnut Hill, for the judiciary of the Munici pal Court. Miss Katherine I. Foster, 311 East Gravers lane, employed in the office of District Attorney Rotnn, was indorsed for Magistrate. A personal letter, signed by Mrs. Dolxon Alteinus. chnlrinnu of the Re publican Women of Philadelphia, and Mrs. John Wnnaninker. .'Id, secretary, nsking support for these candidates wns today sent to women's clulis and ward lenders throughout the city. At the same' time the names of Mrs. Wiimcr Krusen. wife of a former Director of Ileulth, and Mrs. Harold Delnncey Downs, president of the Modern" Club, -flic being advanced for delegates to the Constitutional Conven tion. The letter sent broadcast todny from headquarters nt 221 South Eighteenth street, rallies representative women to the support of the judicial nnd magis terial candidates, pointing out that this is the first opportunity of women of Philadelphia to take a personal part in the selection of candidates. Women are urged to stand together and their organizations to consider the indorsements of the candidates nnmed. Miss Snra Dickson I.owrlo wns also asked to serve as one of the indorsed candidates for Magistrate, but she de clined to accept. It lu fin Id bv those in "(he politicnl know" that the men's organization of the city will support the candidates In- lorsed by the women with a possible 'the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, aud . who appealed to he a fo.eigner on Fri exception of the judgeship. Rumor in n oaughter ot the Rev. S. D. Lowrie. ,UJ night and who. on becoming in ' J looatcd. had mad broken icvelatlous BROTHER'S SLAYER SMUGGLED RUM KISSES CHEEK1 Dramatic Scene Enacted by Norman Penrose as He Kneels by Coffin at Funeral HE MURMURS PRAYER Noiinau Penrose, ot Ogonu. slajer of bis brother Ralph, wept and Murmured a j.!cn for for.'.'heness ns he knelt beside the" dead outh's casket iii their father's home nt Dojlestown todny. nnd with bis nrm mound his brothel's neck, hissed the -old cheek of the dead man. Norman, in prison nt Ogontz since the fatnl quarrel over a telephone mil hisl Monday, was taken by Deputy Police Chief Feiilmoie to the house of his father. Samuel J. Peniose. l'l South Main street. Dolestovn, before !) o'clock this morning. lortl.v It line! heen his constant plea that he be ..iii.ueil t. i.tlend the Inst rites over the brother who hod been his "pal for jeois, nnd whom he killed at the end of it violent list light in which he hnd been worsted. Norman Penrose, pule and haggard, evidently trying to hold his emotions in check, wus received with great kind ness bv his father, his stepmother, and his eldest brother. Cyril. Only close relatives of the family attended the sen Ices nt the house, the puUbeaieis all being cousins of the dead man. Body Clad in Dress Suit The bod), clad in 11 dress suit, ln lu a beautiful mahogany casket with tiini inings of massive silver. Candles burned ut the head mid flowers were banked in the 100m. Conspicuous among ihein was a wreath bearing the legend "I'ioiu .Norman." Though Noinian bore up well during I he ordeal ot the brief service at the house. It wns easily seen that the strain wus ery severe. A phsicinn attended the funeral lu case Norman should col lapse. The most dramatic moment was when Norman took leave of the body. lie was not to go to (he high mass of requiem, which wns held in the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in Doylestown, and the moment ho knelt beside the cof fin was the last time he wns to see the face of the mnn he hnd Main. On the cheek and forehead ot the bod were murks, of the combat between tho brothers which il was impossible lo ob liteiate. Norman, with l'cniniore and Dr. Felix Murphy remained in the fulher's homo when the funeral proiesslon started for the church. There, l.vicg on n cntafolque before the altar, the lid of the casket was lifted once moie, so tuat the hundreds of trlemls ot the f.iuill.v who tilled the church might look ut Hie dead boy. Miss Elizabeth Connard. who hnd mothered the two boys while Ihev lived nt her aged father's house in Ogonlr., 1 nine up lo tho coffin nnd slipped hel ium beneath the dead boy's neck, rais ing his head and kissing him 011 brow nnd lips. Father Led Awijy From Coffin The Rev. Viucent I Corcoran snid the solemn mnss of requiem, assisted by the Rev. Joseph F. Schock and the Rev. Francis N. McGlGnty. Father Cor corun spoke briefly, without allusion to the traged.v. suve to ruinind his bearers that they "knew not the day nor the hour." When the services weie over the father of the dead boy appioached the coffin, but was led uwn.v oveicoinc with grief. The bod) was buried In the church -ynul. The pnllbeiwers weie the fol lowing cousins of the brolheis; Willlnin Penrose, Jr.. Dr. George II. Peiry, E. O. Hallow-ell. Joseph A. Penrose. John Howard and S. Carl tinnier. Miss Emma Hnllowell, the dead youth's close friend, was not nt the funeral. Norman will be held at Ogontz, it Is expected, until the Coroner's inquest. ALBANIANS FIGHT SERBS .Special t'atile JJ.jpntri. Copunohl, )( Valonn, Aug. 11. -Hitter fighting oc curred net ween Albanians nnd Seilts nlong the Drinn River, when n force of JO00 Serbs attacked an Albanian patrol. The Albanians were supported by the populace of nearby villages, ten of which were ucYasiuieu uy nro during the light ing. ?:" KATIlEItIN some quaitei's "-ays that the men arc skepticul and imjieldlng about this. Mrs. Alteinus is vice chnlrmnn of the City Republican Comnilttce, and Mrs. Wnnatnaker Is n'-slstunt sccretnry. Mrs. Rutherford, one ot the few women lawyers of this city, is asso ciated with her husband In prnctlcc. In filing her credentials she announced her slogan ns "P.o Merciful." Mrs. Rutherford hns been active in club work and in professional circles. Mlss Foster lias special qunllfica Wjiis for the magistracy through close contact with soclnl and civic work. She has spent much time nt the Kensington Lighthouse nnd was once secretary to Edgar K. Rlclock, former State rep resentative. Associates In the District Attorney's office ale now hailing her as "Judge." Miss I.owrie Is n crnnddnughter of former Cl.let Justice Walter Lowrie, of 75 Quarts of Whisky May Have Come Here on Thomaston, Officials Say 3 PHILA. MEN Customs Inspectors Perry and Mor gan seized seventy-five quart bottles of whisky u Camdeii last night, declaring the contraband liquor was secretly un loaded fiom the American schooner Thomaston, seized in this port yester- nay 01 hip cnarge m .wo.......K ....., rcKiilutlons. 1 The inspectors, who are membeis of. the flying siiuadiou of tlie customs otli- , , ., , . '.i..., ....... ... 1 cers. rcllised to disclose lite exnciiumii 1 in South Camden at which the seizures took place. Tliev are maintaining seeiery In Un belief "that they will be able to muke turther seizures of the liquor alleged to have been smuggled asboie fiom the Thomaston. Look for I (MM) Cases According to customs officials, tin) have leason to believe that UMMI 1 uses of whlskv were secietly unloaded from the Thomaston oil the New Jtrse) side of the Delaware. The liquor seized carh I his morning. Is of n domestic brand, beating the lubel of n Baltimore distiller. The customs. nillhorilies nelicve me nquor wn htm export rd to the Bahamas fiom Haiti 11101 e and then smuggled into this port. Threo prominent Philadelph'iins be lieved to be the active heads of the liquor ring (lint hns been making millions b) Hooding this pint of the United States with whisky fiom the Bahamas, may be nriested nt any time. The United States officials ma. main that tliev hnve complete cases ngninsl these men and Hint tliev know win. the) are and where to find them Pulling Seine "We are pulling in the seine." a Government btlicial said yesterdaj . "and up to tiic present time we have oul brought to the surface the small fish. The net is tlclitenlns tin and it -ill b milled In within the next few dnvs. We have the big men of the illuit syn dicates In the meshes. They cannot git away. Several of them are prominent Plilladelphlnns nnd New Yorkers." The seizure of the schooner Thomas ton followed interrogation of the mas ter nnd mate and a conference btiwcen William II. Beiry, Collector ofthcl'oit. and T. Henry Walnut. Assistant United States District Altornc), in the office of Mr. Berry, in the Customs House. The smuggling ot several boatloads of mm along the New .Terse v Coast is merely a drop In the bucket in the wholesale smuggling flint Is now going on nlong the Atlantic Coast, an ofliciul said yesterday. Hfllcl.il Makes Stalriucul "Far north and fnr south along ihe Atlantic Coast," this official said, "they are smuggling In whisky and othtr pro blhlted drinks by the wholesale. I know for a fart that along certain open coasts tugboats go out with lighters beyond the three-mile limit nnd lighters tilled with whisky have been bi ought ashore. The operations along the New Jersey Coast nre small compared to these other operations. "We havu the situation nlong Hi New Jersey Const so well in linml thu we can lay our hands nu the men who hnve been responsible for the flow ol" t'onllnutd mi I'uco 'lu Column 'I wu j MURDER SUSPECT HELD ! Man Under Arrest Believed to Be Slayer of Ohio Clubman Steubenvllle, 0.. Aug. 11 tll A. P.) Wnll nee Wright, of Wcllswllc, O.. wns brought to the count v jnil this morning charged with the murder of Harry D. fummings, clubman ami garage proprietor, whose body was found near here July I'll. Wnlter Hrlinbright, bank clerk, whose machine collided with the murder cm- the day of the crime, identified Wright as the driver, ns did William ICiiieuld, proprietor of the garage whero the machine wub taken for repairs, Wright has mode no statement. ,!2rK.ltjl!Zm . J&vAh' 'i0'1'',... snan'-i.V-. -,'! V''jssMsVHsa iW ( ' ?"&?V JsssssH r -rsssM .K -'ksB p U Sill E K. FOSTER SE ZED IN CAMDEN Published Dallv r.xcepi Hund.ny. ' 'opyriffht 11)21 W MISSING I SHOT TO DEATH Body of San Francisco Suburb Rector Found Buried . on Beach UNKNOWN ALIEN SUSPECTED Uy the Associated Pi ess San Francisco. Aug. 11. The body of 'Father Patrick E. Ileslin. missing Coliun, Catholic prici. who disappeared from his parish, liolj Angels Cntliol!a Church, the ni';lit of August '2, was found buried at I he bottom of 11 snnd cliff near Snlndii llrm-h on the Pacific Ocean, about twenty miles south of Sun Francisco. Father Ileslin had been murdered. There wns a bullet hole through his heart and through the head, the latter shot having torn uway part of the skull. The body wns exhumed at 11 o'clock Inst night by a pnrly consisting of Chief of Police Daniel O'llrlcii. of Kiwi Francisco; Constab'e S A. I.auiliui, of Colmn. four ncwspaiicimen and Wil liam A. Ilighlower. diii-nicirr of the grave, who was held for further In-, cHlignliou. The party left San I'lnncisro late last night acting on a tip given by Ilighlower that he had discovered the grave and the bod, was exhumed by the light of a lantern. The body wns buried In a rrnmpcd position, in a ttench beneath an over hanging wall. it lay purallcl to the wali and against it and was covered with two feet of loose saml, Clue Given by Woman llightower toljf 'the police he aclcd upon a clue given him by a Dolly Mason whom he had previously known in Salt Lake City. He snid this woman, for whom the police are reiwi'hing. told him lnsl Sundnv lliul sh hml met a man s lo her Ihe nieigiie, . Dolly .Mason told llightower. had shown her n pis tol, nnd when she pretended to shrink ft im it In fenr. he said : "You do right to be afraid of that gun. It has taken human life." Dolly Mason theil asked wliete the man was burled, llightower said. "He in't alone." the foreigner is snid to have leplied. "I've 11 man watching him all the time- a man who sits 11ml cooks flapjacks." At limes the foreigner, Dolly .Mason told Ilighlower. expressed hatred for the Catholic Church. , llightower, in ling on ihe information given him by I he woman, "aid she con ducted 11 pci'Miifcil investigation and. 1 PRE ..,-.-,-.-. being soniewhuf fuinillnr witli the Sa SUSPECTEDlr.da Bench vicinity, hail little difficult. '. . . . 1 in nraiins . MKiiiio.mi iiidoiing .. ...... frying flapjacks. lie said he then sturled -eaich. liiiding a hit of lilucU rng and later a .-lo-calibcr icvolver car tridge. H: snid lie then harrowed into the ticwl dug .1111! h. the fa e of the cllu and loiiud a li'ondMaii.cd piece of guiinysack. "Thai was enough foi one duv." llightower lohl the pnlhc. ... ....1 1 . ...linen It. ii 'I fnwi . .0111 1 ...-, .-. ( .. Went lo Tell Alilibishop Ilighlower said tie poiuleied over the iml(. f(1. 1 1, ,-,. ,1,,,. , iM night. lifter a I'liithtr wsil lo his "mm. ic solved to -o lo ihe resldcin e of Arch bishop Edwaul .1. Hannu, of San Finn cisco. und tell the high authorities of the church his storj. The Archbishop was in confeieuce nt the time, aud High tower told hi sloiy to n newspaper re porter, who immediately took the man to his newspaper office, where police officials weie called. The man's story ! was then imestignicd. llightower lead ing the wa) lo the grave of rather lies lilt. Chief of Polite O'Brien and Consta ble Lnndini found in the pockets of the dead tiriest n wait It. The hands had stopped m tighl niiuutes befoie 10 1 o'clock, other mi. ,ies found on .the IIOII.V llltllltie.l II I'll .mil in I If .t.r till tnlning the In i.n aud wine of the Blessed Sacrament Last August :i. a week ago last nighl. Archbishop llunna icceived an anon) nious letter, demanding $ll."00 iu small bills for the safe return of Futher Iles lin. nnd .lesterdii) the Aichblshop re ceived another letter demanding Sl.'.OUO ransom. Futher ileslin was last seen alive about H o'clntk Tuesdu) evening. Au gust -. when a stranger drove up to the parochial resident e at Colmn in nu au tomobile. Under the pretense that he wanted the pirst tn deliver the last sacrament to a thing nintive, he suc ceeded in gelling Father Ileslin to ac company him. CUNNINGHAM AND BROWN CONFER WITH PENROSE Thomas W. Cunningham and President Judge Brown, of the Municipal Court, saw Senator Penrose in Washington shortly be fore 1 o'clock thi& afternoon on the local political bituation. They refused to make any statement before the conference. BANK MESSENGER ROBBED OF $6500 DES MOINES. IOWA, Aug. 11. William Coppock, messenger for the Capitol City State Bank, was held up within half a block of the City Hall by four men and robbed of $6500 today. The robbers drove up beside the messenger as he was on his way to the clearing house, graobed his grip and escaped iu an automobile. HELD AS DRUNKEN DRIVER Elklns Park Man Had 8 Auto Own ers' Licenses, Police Say Joseph Hen. Willing mud. h'lkins Pink, wns in rested ut Twent) -ninth nnd Diamond streets tills morning on a charge of driving nu automobile while intoxicated, lie was held In SHOO hail for court nl a hewing later before Mag istrate (iielis In Ills pocket weie lolllld OWUel's li- censes for eight automobiles, all pur chased since the lirst of the )car Police- Surgeon Kills examined Heir when he was brought to the station house nnd iruuoitnced him iirtniK. Ruh;rlpilon Price t a Year by Mall, I'nb lo ledger Company Behind the Bars (ci 1 ri(!nvooil Unocru oil MISS OLIXIV M. STONE This unusual plcturo shows Miss Olivia M. Stone, tho nurse who hilled Ellis Kiulicnd. noted Ohio lawyer, iirer.'iii; forth from her cell DE VALERA SENDS REPLY TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S IRISH PEACE PROPOSITION.' Answer Handed Chamberlain and Forwarded to Llovd Georae In Paris London. Aug. 11 --(By A. P. ) -The reply of Eninon ie Valera, Lrish Re 1 SSSH SSSSSSSSSSSSSB ssft Iasssssssl sPIHslsssssH lsHslsL ssssssssB V EsssB assssslsV ' HlfiiHi BSSSBSSV a JSaMuk. lSLrM I 'ilt-OwlW B ' Em smmVBbVS I 1 1 I" ' .(B aSSMTT it I 11 -I J mm !! B B -BkT UKf" A B mmmmmmmmmmmm BJffiJII . , 1 1 I'fpenl of the excess profits tax and eminent In;!, peace proposals, wus higher income surtax brackets $040 handed to Austen Chamberlain. Gov- 0()O.M)0. ' ' erniiKiil leader in the House of Com-I F.liniinaliou of the freight and pas mons. , noon toda,. sio1" t.an.porUthm The tenor of Ihe icply wns withheld. 1 Incnn-r of Ihe exemiitioii allowed The iflicinl explanation wns that il ; '-"ads of famillts from $1!00 to $400 would be S11I.J.M , tint to conferences by ' f,,,.;,';, ' ' "l-'"l. .10.000.000. ,, , . , , . . in 1 1 , "''niovnl of the wearing apparel, the Cabinet nnd that it was iwilikel 1 fountain and icecream tax and stamp to be dhulged for some dajs. 1 levies on toilet preparations and pro- Robert C. Ihirimi. member of the "rlo,!'r- mU-ine. $4S.000.000. Dnil Klieiinn. guve the reply to Mr.. Revenue Increases Clininberloin in the absence of . Pre- ' ' !"Tei1.t,e! . ir,?'J'.!,.p. 'iB"r?tl '",0" ,n- , , , ,. .. ,! 1 ' '"(led Sl'tUt.OOO.OOO from the 5 ner cent micr Llo)( t.'eorge inhrai.ee. Mr. ' ,,.,.,.,. in tbo ,Il(.ome tuxI-V of corpo?- Barton was accompanied by Art ntions nnd $(10,000,000 from mnntl- O'Brien. pie-ident of the (Jnelic League. 1 tncturers' taxes on fountain sirup, I.. I.n.,,!..n. P...I I. ..f these men had heen "'' ""'- propr.-etnrv medicines, .... Mr. De alera s companions during his recent talk in Downing stieet with M, 1 i,,,, (.,., ",'. '' 7" , .' , .1 Ate I'lifliiil-ei'lmn nnnouiii'eo in the .House of Commons this nttcrnoon the tcceipt of the iepl. winch was imine - w - -. - .liately forwaideil lo .Mr. l.lod George iM j.arN, . . CHILD'S LIFE IS SAVED BY DARING PATROLMAN Piopnalions made by Congress for this fiscal j ear. but to accomplish most of ., . c-,.-.. nw EVnm Dath !''"-' proposed i ediict ions on unexpended Bluecoat Snatches Boy From Path j ba!ftm. ,,,,, ,. ie vnriolls mtt of RunaVvay Horses ments Paiiolmuii .Matthew Kell) snatchetl ' '.i Burdens Shifted .w...)car-old S-Ii;' ;--f;!!l i llink,nK lhe ..Jianges relative to the Uiiffni'i -strwi. from Ihe path o ',,., u,0(1 ,, ater lxes nnd the iihiiv teaiii of horses j ust as they, . . ,.,. .. j.cnkliitil Kit.i lie li'lfl'fll h.inse til tile'1 Twent) -second street and Hunting Park avenue station at It :".tt o'clock thi moriuns Fiftv r ..v H.1...I Ihe fnll,r the bo . luiwuiiess to save his son from luit anueaied sure tleutli as the team drugging a heav) garbage wagon thun dered fiom Velland Mi'-ct straight towart! the pattol house wnll i I The leuiu ttashed Into the wall. I iusi after Kell) pulled the child nside. I Tim l.iiK.iie r.f I lut eii.iti lfis IiriiL'Oii . i.utl the force f impact threw both bor-es to the ground. The patrolman put 1 .i, . i,,i.i .Ii.um .Mfilil.eil the IiimiIU mid .... ..B... ... ..i .. - - , liel.i the tiemlilinlt ..ulinnls. AMERICAN SHIP FOUNDERS Crew and Passengers ofrBlack Arrow Saved Off Spanish Coast Madrid. A ,g II illj A. P i The United St.ites Shipping Bonn! steamship Blink Airow sank this, morning off Cape ilnuo The steam ship was on its vvav from Havana to Snntnntler. The ciew n ml passenger were saved, but It was thought ship .mil cargo were a total loss. The Blatk Anovv was a vessel of fifiOO tons. She lett New .uk July 11' for Spanish poits bv vvav of Havana, whence she sailed .Inly JJ She wns formerly the German steaniet Rhnetin. OLD WOMAN HIT BY AUTO Mrs. Catherine Dorazlo Seriously Hurt In Front of Home Mfs. Catherine Honiziu. eight v live )c.us old. -1I South Twelfth sticel. was struck and scrlousl) iiijurecl bj an auto 1 1 uck In trout of her home this iiioinlng ns she wus about to crobs the I stieet to a groter.v slore I Michael Costratiovv. l'iftetnth street near Kllsworth. driver of lhe truck. was arrested mid held in SI0O bail bv Magistrate Douglinty The woman Is In the Methodist Hospital with b broken left anu und left leg and pos- Bium iiiieruai iinjurii's. NIGHT EXTRA PRICE TWO CENTS CUT IS VOTED BY I Republican Members Roach 1 Mgreement on provisions ot New Revenue Bill MEASURE TO BE READY FOR CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK Ily the Associated Press Washington. Aug. 1 1. Virtually all of the Importnut changes proposed to 'be made in the 1018 tux law hnve been ! agreed upon tentatively by the majority members of the House Wnjs nnd Means Committee. Some minor reiisions nre in con templation, and when a final ngree ment is lmd on all the chnngs the phisnal rewriting of the law "ill b tuki'ii no When they nssembled today tin' committeemen believed their Inborn could be completed ,y ae Saturday I and the hili made ready for considcra jtion by the Republican conference next .Monde v The net reduction 111 Ihp vimrlr tmr t0,ul a a rMilt of the remittee's "'""' '-"-"" v.as estimated at 3..&S. .. , . , "..,uu, iiu a luiiM iniernni revenue fiitfi linn ..:.i. ..i . . 1 Income for the Government of S3. wero ,110,000.000. Loses in rcrtnue loughly estimated as follows: 1 uuiiieu leverages and grape juice. '1 ieasur. experts hml prepared today I for presentation to the committee re- Mlsetl estimates on Government tncomn "",1 expenditures in accord with those ' fi,.i,v.. ..... i .i. Tuesday night between President Hard- , ing. Secretary Mellon and Remtbllcan iii.. uiLtciii 1 .urn lenders of the Hoiihe. These included re.luctions of Sr.liO.OOO.OOO in the e.stt- mnled exiien.llliireH foe 1.U vmf. - -- - - - - ,. .. .. Remtbllcan leaders XDlalned that It ni tint nrn.ifisi.il t.i rpitnei. n.tti.ftl art. el-ally made no reduction in present taxes, but placed them upon the manu- . . . . fc--" fat turer. By thus removing the nay- I ..i ... . f..-k. .u - .1 ineiltoi I Mr ...i .. urn . i.e C..1.SIII1II r tnc.v aimed to eliminate that objection, which has caused those taxes to be called the nuisance taxes. The discussion In the committee for the first time cnleietl to n con siderable extent into chnnges in the normal income tax rule. The efftrt to lighten t lint burden of the "average . .. l i , a l . r i ""' " nh "'' e.i t n eny uv .ir. Bacharach. who calculated lhat by in- ' creasing Ihe exemptions for married and I unmarried peisons $.101) each there would ue only n loss ot .MU.UUU.OUU. a figute small in comparison with most of those with which the committee Is dealing. While the innnnittee chose to In ci case onlv the exemption for children nml dependents, there Is every possi bility that the question may be reopened. Mr. Knthai-at-h has not abandoned his plan lo relieve the middleman where he Is lnt hardest while corporations are being lelieved of millions .The proposed changes wj icsult n the following piincipul losses in reve nue : I'.jiu i.on n Auititxr 90 000. 0t K'll of is nortt- Ml 45O.lllM.O0O Ili-I'tial nt frfl.tit tux H-Pfiil of pasrnrgr; h KtnsAt tjf I-u'Iman tdv Kepsftl of lutit tax.- Rstssnt of butla vair i.i.m 14.1 OlIII.OOO ion, noo oon s.ona.onn la.oon, not 2r ouo oou j;cai or p?rriimi ri taM n flOO 001 Ani ih1 foUoiMnn pi nu pal Inciensffs in ' .IftlUit tncrou In rorpnrs ion ir .'SI 0t)0 001 int-rens- in eorpoini.o'i Ta nsrstjse of inn xti proflm tax rti 4.1 OO0 OftO N.w licvei-oRs iaxn tjc, oro 00ft w pifumer s ,; isxrti S 000 O0O The gross reduction approximate ,.S'.1. 00(1,(100, while the increases np proiimnte $:;rt0.l)0O.nt)0. resulting In n net reduction of about .-s.'.'O.OOO.OOO Representative P.dmonds. of Penn sjlvtinia appealed before the commit tee to urge repeal of the 1 per cent premium tax on mm 'lie insurance. CONGRESS ASKED TO PROBE AMERICAN LEGION OFFICERS Administration Disgraceful. Says Head of Rival Organization 1 Washington. Aug. 11 Ih P I ('iitigressiunnl investigation of the American Legion's orgmnv.ntion and al lt getl "scundnloiis- ami disgraceful con duct of a small coleric of self consti tuted, self. perpetuating offu luls," was asked in a petition pieseuted today to Vice President Coo'itlge ami Speaker (Illicit b) Marvin (lutes Sperry, nn lional cliuii-inan of the Private Soldiers ami Sailois' League It chat getl that a small group of m n, i nisiicti iiumiciai tun King tor tmy,r glmi nml I but ns (ithi-ei s were f j in the intciests of these men o'd their ow u personal In nelit Tbe Legion plan was t onceived If l'iniice by "a group of silk -stockinged i tin crs." who Inter opened New York ofliccs and seciiied "some hundreds of tlii.usauds of dollars" from unknown in rsoiis the petition decluted, adding that ollicers, delegates und successor weie .-liosen arbitrarily "on n ty pen iniitiiiir basis. " Tf Legion ollicers. the charges continued, v, u puviug out "vast sums of money for lhe benefit of the hidden gioup of men who furnished the secret funds for its oigauiutiou" and no tiniinciul nc counts hud been filed Willi the (Sovera ineni as required under the LrglM Federal charter. Csrdlnsl attiboi $555,000,000 IAX 0 COMMITTEE UM.int Hnttl -, 5. ? 1 - .11 'A 1 ,M 'n V, , SI 1 m i 7 . n ur.a sl,6HhQlfa,tn Y -ill ! . A -: m. . i V ' kr y . t 7m St J iutiiyiM& Msj&titilM'.- (" l-5 !U aAA.y..-J .MA ot J. . It? iV.i I, V itivc .I,, sK , . ., ,J2!ML4ftA v'. .- c. .1 x
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