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VOL. VII. NO. 284
,BI IS VME REPLY
Moore Assorts Gas and Taxes
Will Be Problems Settled
jr at Polls
'j'KENDRICK AND WATSON OR
; FIGHT." IS "BOSS" DICTUM
Ulayor's Little Black Bag
May Mean Neiu Trip
Mnjnr Mump curried n block bug
to "his oITIcp till" morning. It looked
big enough to hold n Imteh of paper,
beside n few fresh obllnrs. a couple
of shirts mid n toothbrush.
"Are J on going to" WaKhiiiKton
over the week-end?" he was asked.
"I ran 'I tell about that 'flow." he
replied
A clear-rut present moiit b.v Mayor
Moore of the big issues of the coming
! Cflmpaipn, Including his pledge to do
1 slroy contractor bnslni, nud n blast of
defiance bj Senator Vtire. were Impor
tant nim.es lodny In the local political
Vr.
L The Major asserted that ono of the
)sue Is a progressive, constructive nil
ministration, unhampered by obstruc
tive tnctlcH. This wns rcgnrdeil as n
tiffl.p nolnted at tic combine majority
in Council, which depends for dnmlnnnco
on members known to be friendly In
Senator Penrose.
Points to "High Hpotsl''
'.The main points in tho campaign.
-fwlilcli "HI reacli the highest point of its
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'JiHrC III HI' piliiitil.. rii-.tnni. .-i.-ii-iiiut-i
20. 'weic outlined b.v the Mayor just
i "before lie went into conference with his
"war uonrn.
f The conferees included Franklin
. Sncueer Kdmmuls. representinc the
11 Voter" I.e.'icuc: Hurry .1. Trainer mid
v Josenh ('. Trainer. PiirrlniMng Agent
i Aej:cr, Anurew rroesen. leaner oi uic
It- .. I - I. 1 '..,.,...11....... 1...
,y ill if --i'f ill II I ,iiiii ', 'ii ii, iiiiiiiii . .l-
ptcin imd David T. Hurt, leader of tlie
. Twenty -lliird ward.
The conference was in session about
twenty minutes when Mrs. Bessie Dob
wn Alteinus. vice clinirumu of the ltc
niiMirnn Citv t'oinniiltcp. and Mrs.
-.101111 Wannninkcr. !Id. assistant secre
tnry of the comnilttec. readied the
Major's office.
These two leaders of the Itepuhlicnn
ompn of Philadelphia, voters who may
play a decisive role in ihe Mayor's
, 1btt(e ncainst the organization lToRses,
cVo&'-CJ!'
Mayor Issues Statement
Tlie strtteinent issued liy tlie Mayor
jiist prior to tills session follows:
"A man on a trnln. dropping n Phil
adelphia newspaper, asked his ncigh
lr what the row was nil about. Other
people nearer at home who have not
isrefully followed the situation slncn the
1011) mayoralty campaign have been
nkklng tlie ypuie auction. Let us eluci
date:
"In that campaign u Mayor was
elected again,! great odds on n ticket
opposing what bad come to he known
as epiitiaetiir-boss rule": a system of
politics at oihm scltish, demoralizing
and destructive.
"Elected mi Mich n platform, the
'Major has endeavored to keep his pledge
to attack mid, if possible, destroy con-trietor-bo's
rule. lie lias been sue
ewiful to the etenf t lint the munici
pality lias prepared to takcj over all of
tbe street denning, which will climi
natc' tlie profitable side of contractor
i rule a I Hie end of the present
I year, when the last profits due to an
Hlfiismn of contracts from October t
Will June hern taken.
( "Nitnrallv llion' who lime been
lrofit-lukiliK ale aggiievcd mid do iiol
Jwlre the new mid diaugcd metliod I"
. Hieeced, but tlie Major adheres to hi
Uotriiin: t l'nt is one Issue.
Mils .System. Net Inilhiiliinls
. "It in" in-, iiol tlie huuilllation of in-
H yivlilimls. Inii die elinilnation of a sys-
Km nf nolltiial gralt-t'iUlii1; that lis
ondulj taxed the people and brought
JH)n the rlty tin unwarranted disgrace.
Tho rial f nil this is in sight If the peo-
f-i'e rise to the importance of (lie sit-
I Uatfcn.
i niiier 'smics more recently iniccleil
Into I he siiiintion iniohe lietlir tiausit
j; fnellitle f , ile people, the prevention
Of no mi-lease in -jas rates ami ;iropeitj
. ' C'omlniird nn Pap IVnr. Oiililiiin ri
k JERSEY PLANS" FARE FIGHT
Attorney General and Utllltv Board
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Ounr.l CnnfAi GAr-Atli
, Willi ilie utmost teWivj n confer
'"e I in piogicss in Trenton between
AUjinin (.eiieral MeCnni mid his corps
l nhMMiniis and IMwiird Herrmann.
rllin...i e .1 i. . . .- i
tLV "" "' ' nunc i nun oiuiuis-
"""i. in uhl.li a plan will he outlined
tueinnbai Hie move of the Public Serv
''' Hnilwaj- Compiiin In taking its
'ISlit for ji Ii,ii-,,,,,,i r r. i... i l.
i ,m it, ii- iiiiiii in,- iitiini-,
i.i. . "l' ('"i"H nnd appealing hr
"il ,-siaies nistilet Judge Kellstnli
rnu injunction to preveul the Ftllity
,J-iimiii.si,,, (ruin Interfering with Mi"
i'ipiui pioposed charge.
It is ivpeetid a stilteinenl will lie is-
J"'1 "' 'I Ilisiou of the confer-
'iieeiind indications arc (lint the Atlm
r J tieneial's Department will light Hie
. iiiriMigli tH. Inited Slalcs Siipiem
-"HI. 1 1 iii i
Jerome T
ai'.i
( 'onir'eloii. eriritni'iil ton
Counn.l . r
i'f Newark, nuiioiiuccil n con
V "reiK . f lega
representatives of
II l,. ,'s.l.""""'l"ill,,,, Idiiu co-opera-
i'T i. ." '"' Ailornej General and tin
'"btj ( oiiimisshin in Hi'e liglit.
.s DEATH PUZZLES DOCTORS
t
fMl8 Sara L. Caffe. MlllhnnpnR. Ma
l Have Died of Brain Fever
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Utulllioiiriie. d id Inst nioi., ,.i h,- i,..
iv n B,0l,hrtber. Harry Herzer. .108
I 0i",la,i" terrace, Collingswood. N. .1..
, i nn affliction phjslcinns weio unable
; w nlnguose
Miss Cnffn iviiu in ,,v..nii....i l. i.i.
I until k,,,i. . ..... ".'.. ,.'."' 7" '" """ "
i it.r..i. . . " .'"si", "lien line nse pa
lvSmiT,i",ll"r l,,'n'1' '' l'i'' l""
wAh '" '7 1 ' " ", Pi'Hilinr
lM0ll may liove, been caused hyf
con-
111 ll tiff. I tn
I'J.Jipni whldi n!ui Buffered 'in her
lld.QOl
ooi. he w bodiurIcd Hundnv
ffVuou.
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Entered n tWconit-Clana Mttr 1st th
Under ihe Act of
Seeks Nomination
WILLIAM W. DKISMI.KR
Springfield Township Justice of the
I'eaee, who Is ono of two aspirants
for the Itcptibllrun nomination for
tho ollleo of Treasurer of Spring
field Township
POLICE THINK BAKER MAJOR
FACTOR INPRIEST'S MURDER
Woman and Driver of Car In Which
Rector Left Home Also Sought
San Francisco. Aim. 12.--(Hi A. P.)
Search went forward today for two
persons, a woman anil a man, who are
believed to know how tho body of tlie
itev. Patrick Ileslin. Cntholic priest
came to its shnllow grave on the dewi'
late coast south or Hnn Francisco Inte
Tuesday night. Tlie man is as yet tin
iinmed. Tlie woman is Dollv Mason,
mentioned liy William A. Hightower as
having given bin the information on
which lie based ills successful search
for the priest's body.
Police officers frankly said they be
lieved that in Hightower. held in the
Hall of .lustier here, they hnd tlie mnjor
character In the affair, and lndlcnted
that filing of formal dinrges against
him was Imminent.
"Hightower is a cool, calculating in
dividual." said Franklin Swnrt, District
Attorney of Satr Mateo County, lodny.
"lie has an Inclination to be 'stnnrt.'
and appears to think lie is putting it
over on us. think we shall break him
down soon."
Hightower, according to Duncan Mn
theson, captain of detectives, when
asked why lie did not tirst go to the
police witli Ills Information about tlie
body instead of to the residence of
Archbishop F.dword ,1. Hannn. replied
that lie was out after the reward that
had been offered and thnt he believe?!
If ho went first to tlie police they and
not he would get tlie tnnney.
Captain Matheson said he did not be
lieve Hightower wns the uirii who cnlled
for Father Heslln and took hiin away
under pretense ,that lie was to visit n'
'd.vInlln'lf"'VVe;pell"tp-in:lnt.'tlmt
man and linve mm under nrrcM before
Friday night." lie said.
TWO MEN FATALLY SHOT
WHILE RESISTING HOLD-UP
Gang, of Seven Believed to Havo
Planned Robbery of Night Shift
Potfsvllle. !.. Aug. 12. (My A.
P.) Charles Miller and Andrew
Shlpke, both nf Cumbola, were probably
fatally Injured at 11 o'clock last night,
when tiiej were held up nnd robbed on
the road between Kngle Hill and Cum
bnln. Tlie men were among two groups
who were stopped b.v seven bnudlts, nud
they put up a tight. Miller was shot
thioiigh tlie-spinal column nnd Shlpke
has a bullet through the liver. It Is
believed there was a concerted plan to
hold tin the entire night shift nf tho
Ragle Hill Colliery, Tliursdny being pay
day.
Throe men held up in the tir.st group
attacked were robbed of 5122. Miller
and Shlpke. who were approached next,
were shot when I key resisted, and the
bandits lied without taking their money.
RISK LIVES TO SAVE MEN
Officials of Bethlehem Gas Company
Overcome While Assisting Employes
Allrntmwi. Pa., Aug. 12. --John Ar
thur FrUk. son-iti law of It. P. Milder-
man, former president of the ISetlile
hem Steel Cnmpaiit. Imd n narrow cs
i rue fiom dentil curb lo.loj .
Mr. Prick is vifp president nnd gen
it il manager of (lie Alleiitowu-netlile-I,
I'm das f imimny, mid lie ami K. .1.
liradlei, superintendent of the Ilitlile
bem brnnth. lisltnl their live- to aid
workmen in their employ. Tlie men
were making a connection when the
clolhlui,' of one of them caught in and
dislodged ii'plug inserted into a pipe to
pievcnr the en, finm c-.rupinc Tlie
fumes no'iieil i ii i it llie trench and the
l wo oiliciiils mmi'cil into it to aid tin-
""'knien. 'I I ei . loo. were oveic.n,..
inii'l were ie'rii siveiui Hours iillci'
ili"j
been
il.eii to a liospji,il,
15 OVERCOME BY FUMES
Men in Brewery Narrowly Escape
Fatal Suffocation '
NurrKtiiv.il, Pa.. Aug. 12.- Fifteen
employes of tin Adam Scheldt Ill-owing
Compam had a narrow ecnne from be
ing siiflocut 'd In immonin fumes while
working in n cellar at tlie hiewery in
Nouistiwn Ibis niori.ing. One of the
men. Fred llehner, ll.ouj;hl to be deiyl,
y.is restored liy a piiliiiotoi and is now
in tlie Nnrrlstown llfspltnl,
4lto Kmpi , clNcf engineer nt the
brewery, wns almost overcome In res
cuing 'llehner. lie dashed feailesslj
into tb' i"dlnr tilled witli mnmoiiin
liimes when it ws found thai Ihe innn
was missing.
LEGION TOURISTS IN FRANCEi
4
Former Overseas Soldiers Warmly
Welcomed on Arrival In Cherbourg
Chei-boiii",', France. Aug. 12. (I5j
A. P.I Members of tlie American l.e
giiui. 2."0 in nuniher. headed liy Maior
.lolui G. Knicry, 'ouimamler of the or
Lnnizntiiiii. lauded hero today from the
steamship Gcure Washington When
tlie liner entered the loniKtiad at 0
o'clock 'he tut Aienlr 'lent alongside
and took the Americans on board, later
lauding them at the wharf.
Tlie Amciiei.iis were icceiicd nt Hie
Ci Hall hi tin' Major, wli.i servid
luiiih a ill linn tiiej my n lied Ihiougli
the ilc-muled street h to the itnthm
Their Ii On lell at 10 HO o'clock and N
duoTn 1'iirln nt r:-'10 o'clock this after
iiiuyi. "
WhMi tou 1hlnl of wrltlm,
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Pontomca at PhlUddlphln. Pa.
March 8.. IB7B
U.S.ASKSU.OFP.
TO RELEASE WOOD
War Department Wants President-Elect
to Be Governor
General of Islands
HEAD OF TRUSTEES BOARD
LIKELY TO CALL MEETING
Secretary Weeks, nf the War Depart
meat, hns telegraphed the hoard of
trustees of the University of PciiihjI
vnnln. asking it to release Major t!en
eral Leonard Wood from his promise to
heroine president of the Fnlversity.
Receipt nf the wire wns admitted to
day by Charles Custls Hnrrisou, prod-
dent of tlie board of trustees, but lie
would give no hint of tlie next step to
be taken. The Harding Administration
wnnt! file general to accept tlie post of
!r,wrnor (lenernl of the Philippine!, but
be cannot do fjo as long us he is bound
b.v his word to the Fnlverlty. Fnles.
nf course, the War Department makes
it h positive order.
Tlie trustees hnve been completely
taken by surprise.' It is anticipated n
meeting will be cnlled by Mr. Harrison
for the near future, and ns soon as tlie
trustee can be gathered together from
their various, vacation haunt, the mat
tee will be acted' upon.
Washington expects the reply of the
trustees to be favorable. The moment
the General is rclensed bv the Univer
sity lie will be free to accept tlie post in
the Islands. Nothing, however, can be
definitely settled until the trustees act.
Sent for Investigation
Oenernl Wood went to the Philippines
nl tlie direction nf President Hnrding to
investigate conditions there. His in
lestlgntion is not yet completed. I!v
the time It is. it is hoped to obtain con
gressional nctlon (lint will make It pos
sible for him to net ns Governor General
without loss of his rank of mnjnr gen
eral on the nctivc list of the iirmy. If
all goes ns is expected, (lie General will
lake up liis new work without leturn
iug to tills couutrj.
,T. Hertrnm I.lppiucott. pulillslicr. a
prominent member of the Hoard of 1 rus-1
tees, rcnp.es to credit reports t lint the
General would not come to Pennsylvania.
"I do not think it is possible.'" he said.
"I think we should wait until wp hear
from tlip General."
Karlier in tlie tiny the belief thnt Gen
eral Wood had not abandoned his plans
to become Vnd of the Fnlversity of
Pennsylvania wns expressed to the
Fvr.NiNU I'j'itMC LnrirjFK in n telegram
fiom A. R. TIninker. of Chicago, the
General's business representative In this
country. . .
Mr. Wood also was of the opinion
that her husband would come to this ell j
Immediately upon completion of his
"temporary- obligations" tn the Philip
pine?. She. is piann'Dg' r ' " up her
residence iivMhis city In tlie iiutunm'.ind
has instructed Mr. Hrunker to obtain
stiltahle quarters for the family pend
ing alterations in the provost's home.
"There is only one man In this coun
try who can clear up this situation and
teil whether General ,Wood Is to re
n.nln no flnvnrnor General of tlie Phil-
ippiiu's or come to the V. of P,
ami
Continued on race Two, Column To
KILLED BY ESCAPING GAS
75-Year-Old Man's Death Believed
Accidental
Atlantic City. N. .L". Aug. 12.
George R. DoughertJ. seventy-five years
old. living nt 0 South Little Rock ave
nue. Ventnor City, wns found dead in
bed'todav from asphyxiation. The man
lived In 'the rear of a small trimming
store.
Alongside tlie lied wns a gas stove
with one of the cocks turned on. Dough
erty's eyeglasses were found under tlie
table on which stood Ihe stove.
Count v Physician Sunder said Indi
cations 'pointed to aceidentnl death.
W think." lie said. "Dougherty ie
tired witli Ills eyeglasses on his nose
nnd. on discovering them, reached out
in the darknes to place them on the
table. In doing so lie dropped them on
tin. Hnnr nnd iii scarchluc for them he
Is thought to hnve struck the cock with
his arm. which turned it on."
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SERI0USLYHURT BY AUTO
Youth peeeives Fractures of Leg
and Arm, 12th and Market Sts.
.luck I'iene. Jr.. nineteen years old,
of Twelfth street and Moyanicnsiiig
avenue, was struck b.v an automobile at
11 .o'cloik tliis inoining when he he
Vin'ie confused in crossing Twelfth
street at Market. He wus knocked
down and his left leg nnd right nrm
were broken, lie was taken to Jeffer
son Hospital.
Tlie nhtoinoliirp, proceeding south on
Twelfth street, wns driven by John
Diliico, Fifti second street near Wash
ington iiieiiue. Ile was arrested nnd
will be. giM'ii u hearing at Central
Station.
FOR PHILIPPINE JOB
JOYRIDE THROUGH COMET
DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING
It Is A of a Very Exhilarating Sport, if Reports of Earth's
Passage Be True, as Nobody Noticed It
This K'licrable and blase world mny
he strictly up-to-date and wide-awake
nn Its own current events, but It is
mighty slow and ignorant on stellar
happenings. '
For example, II lias taken us four
dajs to reallre that we havo had tho
peculiurnjojiiient of a joyride through
a comet.
Joyriding through comets mnv he jin
exhilarating sport, but its sensations are
evidently not very powerful,
A dispatch from. an observatory near
Heidelberg gave tiie first tip on the
subject of tlie Interplanetary roller
constlng. Said dlspntcir declares the
earth passed through the tail of n comet
August 8. It Is believed the comet,
whose tall got In Hie earth's trnck, is
the same "bright body" seen August 7
three degrees east and one degree south
of the sun. .
The Re, Walter A. Mains, a volun
teer observer at the Nwarthinnro Ob
servatory, and well versed In astro
mimical affairs, was much intcre.ted In
tho dispntgli. Ho himself had not seen
tlie phenomenon attending the Joyride,
but thai, be said, il.l not mean much,
According, to Dr., Mates, , the only
peculiarity Known to' hit 05- attending,
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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921
Assailant's Victim
MAKY VASSKLLO
Twenty-year-old girl whoso throat
and wrl.st were rut by an unknown
. assailant last night
OF 2 MOTORCARS
Physician's Auto in Collision
With Another, Occupant Says
Was on Way to Hospital.
OCCURS 7TH AND PINE STS.
Four men were Injured, one of tlicrn
seriously, shortly before 11 o'clock this
morning, when two automobiles erashed
at the corner of Seventh mid Pine
streets.
Tlie injured, who were taken to tlie
Pennsylviinln Hospital, arc:
Roceo Iloinnguno, 7.11 1 Christian
street, broken nose, hod.x bruise nud
culs. and possible fractured skull.
rrcd Deirossi. (50:1 rultoti street
cuts nnd bruises of the head and body.
Rocco Giordano, 702 Fulton street,
cuts on body.
Tlionias Snlvicci. 7SS South Seventh
street, bruises nnd shock.
All the injured were in the Inrger of
the two cars. Snlvicci, who was driv
ing, and Deirossi were arrested after,
their injuries hnd been trented.
The oilier car was driven In Dr. F.
M. Dyson. 222 St. Mnik's square.
An clement of mysteiy is added to the
accident liy the statement of Deirossi
to tlie police In which he said Giordano
hnd taken poison and thnt the others
were taking hloi to the hospital. Glor-
ii..li& '1(111 '.I ill'.
' Tlie ston iff tlie accident as given to
Ihe police Is that the larger car was
loning norlli on seventh street at a
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4 HURT IN CRASH
high rate of speed, mid struck the1(r jcft i,Iim ,,,) rliitfhiug nt the
smaller car driven by Dr Dyson west
on Pine slrect. overturning it. but not
injuring tlie physician. The Inrger car
then skidded into n telegrnpli pole,
throwing nil its occupants to tlie street.
Sergeant Murphy and Patrolman
Moore declnrcd they Imd seen tlie larger
car pass the corner of Seventh and
South streets lit a terrific rnle of speed.
Delrossl's story was that the car lie
was driving wns struck bv tlie other
car and lie and his friends thrown out.
The enr In which Ihe injured were
riding belongs to Kdwnrd Palmer. 712
South Seventh street, who said it Imd
been taken from a garage without his
permission, t
DARING AIR STUNT KILLS 2
Planes Entangled While Practicing
for Fair Pilot Injured
.Mason City. In.. Aug. 12 1 15 A.
P i--Two nirnlunes became entangled
."(10 feet ill tlie air while Raj ICoik. a
stunt flier, wns attempting to transfer
from one to the other here Inst night.
The planes crashed to em lb. killing
Koek and W. W. Johnson, one of tlie
idiots, mid seriously injuring Raj Mc-
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horters. second punt,
The three men were pmeming for
an exhibition at fairs.
KILLED 0N WAYT0 CHURCH
Aged Woman Run Down In Atlantlo
City and Fatally Hurt
Atlantic City. Aim. 12 -A woman,
past seventy, who, it is thought, wns
on her waj to attend muss nl Si.
Nicholas' Catholic Church, was run
down this morning b.v a drill cr ngon
nnd died within a few minutes nfler
she had been tnken to the Cil Hos
pitnl Nothing wns found in the clothing
to give u clue to her identity, nnd her
body is still ill tlie hospital. Her left
leg had beeir fractured nnd her body
wns biuised in many places. Death
wns due to internal injuries.
such il collision of cnrtli ami comet, Is
a shower siimetlnioi a homy rain of
shooting stars.
Those shooting stars, Dr Mato. said,
follow lu tlie wnke of the count's pas
sage, mid mny commence their "shoot
ing" either from the disintegration of
the comet ttself. or because thej nre
brushed aside from their customer.!
niches in tho sky by (lie force of this
ethereal crush,
That's all just a few measly fall
ing stm s, such as any vacation couple,
looking for tlie Dog Star, might notice
on any good, clear night. No fire
works, rumblings, llghtnlni: or stellar
pyiotechulcs or niiythlng. Not a single
thrill
Such a joyride has no scheduled time,
since it Is not down on the regular inter
planetary time-tables, but taking nn
average cornel, and genernl average con
ditions., it might Hike a day, all depend
ing mi direction and such ijetnlls,
A cloudy e cuing may have accounted
for the fact that no American oh
servBtorlett noted the phenomenon. Dr.
Mnto.s expinlncd. Tlie stnrrv visitor
was Jlrst noticed August ", Just tho
night before tho Joyrido, by thr Lick
Qbscrvntnryv Sail Joio. Calif. Five per
sons took a slant at the stranger.
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GIRL IS SLASHED
IN REVENGE FOR
FATHER'S CRIME
Mary Vassallo Attacked by Man
as Result of Shooting 11 Yoars
Ago, Police Beliove
THROAT AND WRIST CUT,
YOUNG WOMAN MAY DIE
Mis Mary Vassallo. twenty years
old, 1-1.1.1 West Mnyfiein street, was
cut about the throat and wrist so
severely that she may died. In revenge,
the police believe, for n shooting of
which her father was accused eleven
years ago.
The attnek on the girl occurred nt
lltfO o'clock lapt night, ns she was
passing a vacant lot nl Twenty-third
nnd Clearfield streets on her way to
her mother's Lome nt Hembcrgcr street
and Allegheny avenue.
The girl is in thp Samaritan Hos
pital. TIip right side of her neck is
deeply slashed, the knife or razor with
which the injury wns inflicted having
narrowly missed the jugular vein. Her
right wrist is cut to the bone. She lost
so great a quantity of blood that the
physieians fear she mny die. They prob
ably will resort to a transfusion opera
tion today in an effort to snvo ner.
For five months the elrl has been
boarding nt the West Mnyficld street
house, hnving told her Inndlnuy win,
she came that she had left home be
cause of domestic difficulties.
Kmplnyed ai Mill
For the last two nights, however, ac
cording to tho landlady. Miss assallo
bad remained nwnv from her boarding
house, and is understood to have gone
to her mother's home endi night. TIip
girl worked In a stocking mill nenr
Twentv-serond street nnd Lehigh nve
nuc. She was ipilet and Industrious,
the Inndlndj said, having few friends
mid coming in early every evening.
Lnst night Miss Vassallo went to see
the daughters of Thomns Melntyre. at
2.155 West Clenrtieid street, and started
for her mother's home shortly after 11
o'clock. .
She was lur-sing tlie vacant lot nt Hip
northwest corner of Twenty-third and
Clearfield streets, she told the police
afterward, when she saw a man np
pronching. She thought he was a
.Vegro. "The poliie now believe he was
a verv dark-skinned Italian.
As 'she came abreast of lilin tlie man
stared at her. and then said shandy :
"What are you looking nt?" Without
waiting for her to reply, she said, he
sprang at her, driving nt lier throat
with a razor or a very sharp knife. She
threw un lior right hand to ward off
the blow, and fell tin keen edge cut
fun iier flc hv
Mrtn I)eei Not Pursue Her
She serenmed and ran. putting up
wound in her throat to stop the now or
blood. The mini did not pursue her.
perhaps because her screams brought
people to neighboring windows.
It wns the almost instinctive clutch
mg nt the wound In her thioat which
saved her from bleeding to death, the
surgeons said. She hnd run nearly a
se,ipirc and a half, passing her mother's
house unknowingly, nnd her whlto
dress wns covered witli blond, when
she saw Howard Conllii, of 2228 West
Allegheny nvenue. She cried out for
help nnd he went to her aid. A taxicub
waK passing, nnd Conlin bniled it. She
was rushed to the Snmarltaii Hospital
and put on tlie operating table im
mediately. In spite of tlie grent loss
of blood, she had not lost consciousness,
and her pluck may pull her through.
The police of the Twentj -second
sticut and Hunting I'nik avenue sta
tion nre working on Hie theoiy thai the
attnek on the girl wns in payment of
nn old grudge. They say Hint eleven
years ago her father. Peter Vassallo.
fntallj wounded a man in a ligbi and
was s'pnt to prison for five years Tiiej
think-that tlie dead man's friend- may
hae tried to take vengeaiiK mi his
daughter.
The injured girl s sister. Miss An
gela Vassallo, said she had been threat
ened with death snnie time ago li n
Vegro in the neighborhood, ami she
thinks Mary nun hnve been ini-laken
for her. The sister said she hnd heard
a rumor In the neighborhood tlmi ihe
man who mucked Murj was a Negro
..nd ncinmpnnieil bj two others ot Ills
own race
CATHOLIC PRIEST KILLED
BY ITINERANT MINISTER
Shooting Follows Quarrel Over Mar
rlaju of Slayer's Daughter
Birmingham. Ala.. Aug. 12 1 15' A
P.) 13d win It Stephenson, barber nnd
itinerant preacher, who jcserdn hot
and killed the Very Rev Jnme- F..
Coyle, denn of North Alabama nnd ice
tor of St. Paul's Church, had little to
say todav regarding (lie shooting.
"I rcnionstrnted with liliu for uinirj
lug my daughter Ruth to a man against
whom" we Imd objections," said the
prisoner. "I cnlled him a 'dirty dog.'
He struck me and then I shot him
Father Cojle was shot on the porch
of Si. Paul's rectory and died in a hos
pital without regaining consi iousness.
Members of the priest's fnmlh snw 1.1s
nssnllant approach the rectory, but did
not hear Ihe conversation.
Father Coyle had been rector of St
Paul's since 1004. In 101.1 he was ap
pointed irreiuovnble pastor, and in 1P1."
was made dean of the North Alabama
ilioccs.0. lie was edl(or of the Cntlud!r
Monthly.
Stephenson came tn Rirminghnm
twelve years ago He had never hold
a regular pnstorate. his familv said.
He frequented tin County Courthouse.
whero he was called tlie "marrying
parson because of the number of mar
riage ceremonies lie hud performed in
the county building.
Stephenson is not a member of tli.
Southern Methodist Church, the Re
Dr. Robert Lchols. presiding older of
tun Krmincinm district, snid imlni.
i"llo wns formerly affiliated with tin
church, but was never a reguliirh or
dallied minister," snid Dr. Kehols.
"About a year ago I became dissatis
fied because, of (lie reports thnt readied
me of tlie manner in which lie was
hanging .iiroiind tlie Coiirthousfl. I n
nioiiKtrated with him mid lie lett the
church nnd became nllilinteil with an
other. "
QUIO.B1 l SOHKDM.H 'MUMPHIS SPKC
. 'Afr TM'th" Aujr. ll.M'lula, to Mem
Phl, Txa. Southwest via Houthern Hy.
Vii Kent K-.Truit Illd. Tl. IVtLllTO
idv.
V
ubllahed Dally Krpt Sunday.
CoryrlBht 1021 by
Major Warburton Named
Police Commissioner Here
Mayor Appoints Wealthy Clubman to Assist
in Bringing Discipline and Morale of Force
to High Plane No Salary Attached
A reorganization of tlie police sys
tem here "from top to bottom" was be
gun lodny b.v Major Moore with the
appointment of Major Rnrelny H. War
burton ns special police commissioner,
a new nnd unsalaried position.
Tills noiel departure was taken, the
Mnjnr e.plmnnd. s,, thnt the discipline
and morale of the police force would be
brought to a liiuli plane and so il could
lie mnde lintiigbh effective for till!
protect ion of the public
Main" Veil ifii'ii. vMililij clubman
and armv oflicer. look the oath of his
liev. po-ili'in bortl. in fore noon In
the office of Diicctor of Public Snfety
Cortclyou with whom lie will co
operate. "1 am going to try to help Mnyor
Moore make Philadelphia a better place
to live in," said tlie new Commissioner,
immediately after taking the oath. He
was asked when he would take up bis
duties.
"I am already on tlie job," lie re
plied. "I nm getting my instructions
from Director Cortclyou now."
Won Nickname of "Greek Owl"
The major, whose imt-osing physique
won him the nicknamn of "The Greek
God" during his early manhood, wns
attired in a black frock coat and gray
trousers, creased to a razor edge. In
his coat lapel was a tiny bit of red
ribbon signifying his membership in tbe
French Legion of Honor.
Major Warburton is a son-in-law of
SAY SEIZED SHIP
Cap.tain Nopel, of Tfiomaston, l
Found Preparing Noose in
Cabin, Customs Men Assert
6 WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
Captain Louis R. Ncpple. muster of
the Rrltish ship Thomaston. hold i on
siipicion of being n "rum runner." K
said to have attempted suicide Inst nlcht
in the cabin of his craft bj hanging
in a lit of despondency over ills double.
Chief Special Agent Rrool.s. nf (he
Trensurv llepartinenf . made this state
ment todaj. after lie had caused Federal
warrants in he sworn nut for the enp
laln Albert Aspenlierc. chief mate mid
repined owner of tlie ThuninMon : Fred
ami lobn Asm ile'ic. members of tlie
rrew . I'harles Nelson, ship'" cook. laucl
.Mimrice lien,-.. I .linden nouiei. re
puted nn of S.'D.IKIO worth of rum
siizcd jcscrday.
Tlie wairauts for tin aricsi of Hie
men charge 'tispirncx I ueirauii nu
Fulled Stales- Gi'vci'iimeiit li violating i
customs hn.s. The men will he ai -
rnlguid I
si-i .M
I ill. 'd Sillies ( onilills
ii i lie Fedeiul P.iiihling
this iifternoou
Spee'iil A;,cnt lirooks uromKed oilier
warrants in n short time, some of
which will involve men prominent in
Pliiladelnliia social and sporting life.
Captain Nejipel, according to Agent
Rrooks, hnd threatened to kill himself,
and the customs men in charge of the
shin had koii a careful watch on him.
Last night one of the inspectors,
whose mime Spcihil Agent Rrooks did
not reveal, stepped Into the cuptnln's
cabin ami found him in tlie net of pre
paring n noose to hung himself. The
inspector's tuneij arrival prevented the
despondent iiihii from carrying out his
t In cut .
The ai" est nl Captain Ncppel, his
mnt i
UilM lirri' w in I"' prriiiiniiur "" t
, . . in i . ii. : ,
wolosa
snio nrii'v1 in v. iiuiii'-ii, .uauiM'
City and I'lilhidelplna, according to
Special Agent Rrooks Tlie liquor
seized ye-tet'iliij in lleru's Camden bot
tling establishini nl is supposed to he
part of lli' Tlimiin-ton's cargo. The
wiiiskv nnd tine wine seized there are
valued at Sl."i0.inlO.
Hertz, in ' oiiling to Special Agent
Hi links, tri'd to hrilie Customs ITispei -tor
Agnej win n tin- -li.uie was made
jesterdaj .
More -' Will's ('niuiug
The sc..t.ie it tin llipim' .., i m
Hi I".'- Im' t 'in'.' nrk in Camden,
will be followi d. ii i -.till. Ii ihe
Cunllnuril o Vf Tuiu. rnliimn Our
urin Tnirn nnininr nlirPTinMP nniTIPM
ULn UI1.II Mill II II- III It- I II MM KWIIIXH
it m LOU U Ujl uulu unu u u
MAN FALLS FORTY FKET THROUGH GLASS AWNING
August Leicz. i painter. !MG1 Clevelnnd avenue, fill loity
feet from the roof of the Liberty Thentie, Carlisle stiect ami
Columbia avenue, thi nfteinoon. He cinsheJ through a yl.iss
awning, lit. wu.- injured internally nud mny have a tiactuiul
fclmll. , .
CUBAN LAW AIMED AT MEN DRY-GOODS CLERKS
HAVANA, Aug. 12. Men who have been emiiloyed as cleikt.
in Cuban dry-goods ttoics would be forced to &eck sonic otliei
menus of making a livelihood if an amendment to the uinuigintum
law adopted by the Stump yestcidny lecelvetl approval in the
Chamber of Deputies.. The amendment piovided thnt men may
not be tiuploytd nt. clerks in s-hops devoted to the sale of women's,
avticleb of apparel.
16-YEAR-OLD GIRL MISSING
Mother Believes Helen Straifon Is in
New York or Atlantic City
Helen Strnltnn, sixteen jears old.
."OKI Germnntown avenue, ran nwnv
from home hist Tuesday and no word
. 1. .. I.MK..nl..s,.,o lin ...i,..., ... 1....
o ner n in-ii iii"""-- "" .inii.- in iii-
nmilier or family since that lime Her
mother hclieus that slie is 'idler in
New loru or .muiihic i iiv.
v lien 1111 seen iicii-ii. wan nus nine
eye- and dark brown liuir. wis dressed
in 11 lilui voile iliess witli a dark blue
shlrtwntbt ami wine wane sasu mh
wore black pumps ami stockluvs Site
la five fiet live locbes tall and weighs
110 pQtiijdH, ,
Kuhserlptlon Price a Yr by Mall.
I'ub'lc L-dgtr Company
John Wannninkcr. H Is not the firs'
member of .he family to he given com
manding rank in n big police system.
Rodinnn Wnnnmaker. Major WVirbur
ton's brother-in-law is a special deputy
police commlssionT of New York Citv.
Mrs. Rarclny Warburton. the major's
wife, is the lending woman polillcnl
leader In Pennsylvania b.v virtue of her
position ns vice "hairmnn of the Re
publican State Committee.
Mr. Warburton was born In Phila
delphia April I. IRfiC,. Ills father was
Charles F. Warburton. who founded
the F.vening Telegraph in 1801. lie
war prepared for college at private
schools and at the Heck School nt
Lltitz. Pa. He was a student at the
I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania in 1S8M,
nnd then entered Christ Church College,
Oxford. Knglnnd. where he was a stu
dent from 188.r. to 1880. During his col
lege days in Knglnnd he undertook to
introduce the American gnmo of draw
poker, and one of bis most highly prized
possessions is n large turquoise rine.
surrounded lij diamonds, which lie won
from tlie Duchess of Leeds
Mr. Warburton become enntain of
flattery A. N. G P.. and at thp out- I
break of the Spanish-American Wnrl
was mustered into service ns "captain
in the Fnlted States Volunteers. He
served In the Porto Rican campaign in
command of a battnllon of Pcnnsvlva
nin artillery He is a member of the
Racquet Club, the Fnion Lpague and
spvernl other social organizations in
Philadelphia.
NOTE MERELY
"" iiueen meinuers or his stun. In con
p. ., . ,. .. . . I 'c'-uon with tie Irish situation. It wa
De Valera Gives IMo Decision oni''iiderstnnd the Supreme c.-unrii would
Peace Terms Asks Further
Information
PREMIER HASTENING HOME X.' .' I- Versailles Treaty; together
rncmicn mho i civjipiu numcWi(ll Arlir)r, xir am, xin ThMe
P'J
luhtin.
A us." 12. Tim letter from
Lmnon ,o Vnl-r.i. Irish Republican
leatler. ilcliwred to Premier Lloyd)
: i 1..-.1
i.eorg' M'sienliu. ih neither an rc
ccptnnce nor e rejclinn of the Rrltish
peace pronosals, ii was learned here to
day. The let lei raises various questions tn
which an answer is necessary. The
Misuse mnv serve to fnHlitato future
dialings, it was said, nnd is not ex
pected to lend to a break in negotin-
i mii-s
Louilnu. Aug. 12.--Rumors thnt the
reply of Famon de Valera to the Brit
ish Gni eminent "s Irish prnee proposals,
wliidi was reioivcd here yesterday, had
proilm ei a serious crisis m the Irish
siiuatioii. were generally discredited
here tndnj . Prime Minister
iiist-r i.ioyd
("icni'j-e left Paris al noon
mr i.oimon.
Il was siicuesieil Hint the hurried n
turn of the Prime Minister from I'nris
was prompted by n recognition of the
fact that the short interval before the
meeting of the Irish Republican Par
liament made It desirable that Mr. de
Valera have the Government's consid
ered response ns long ns possible before
the meeting of tlie Dnil F.lrennn.
Some political correspondents sur
mised that Mr. Lloyd George welcomed
the opportune arrivnl of the Irish com
munication as an excuse to escapo frum
Hie critical atmosphere of Paris, pos
sibly hoping that a brief interruption
miglii rclii the strnln to which the
relations between Great Rritaiu itnd
France have been subjected nt the pres.
fill
ent niei'ling of the Supreme Allied
('oiinril
HEY. KIDS! WATER'S FINE
tri... ci, CV.-..A,.- -. n. t-u r.. ' "ns lenrne.d tlint Premier Rriand
First Street Shower to Be Tried Out p,.psed to Mr. Lloyd George this
Here Today j morning thnt Hie Fniteil States be
Vnwngsi.'is ,,f the downtown section asked to nrbitrute the Silesian contro
near Rnudoluu .nul Carpenter streets ; v,,rsj . hut this proposal was abandoned
will enjov tl" .lav- nf real sport" be-' "' fuvor "' ,"" British Premier's sug
ginuing ai noon i..dav and continuing ! sestion that the nmttujlie left to the
thioiiKhoiii the I i ai-d enon. when the ' '''"i1,!''' .. ,. , , ,, ,
Ii, si p. Iili. -nut slim.,.,- ,aih will be 1J1P Supreme (-Hincll has decided
opened nl the alio'p spot '" '"'f''1 'be I pper Silpsmti question to
I Minor Mo will nun on "ih
'juice" and ili.ens nf lupin oungsters
r w be nn ham In si, lush in the coo tic
I "
spray.
WOULD ACCEPT U. S. TERMS
Hungarian Foreign Minister Urges;
, Assembly to Act .
Rudapest, ug. 12. I lt A. P.i-
Fures-ried acicptaine of the tcim- of '
'be pea-e "cm.lution passed bj thei
I til. n. I Sl.im f .-. n .... .....I. ... ... '
...ii I....... ,'iikii'-.s cum in ,iin
luis lieeh asked ot ihe Ilmirnvhm S-
tonal Ass.-uiblj hi M Ranfi' . Minister
oi i oreign Alliilrs.
in ruuinitiiiig tnc Aiuerican )iacc
lesolutioii 'In i'oivijn Minister nsked
the National AsK'inbli to nuthorixe the
iiungnrmn liovernincnt to open nego-
I llatiotm looking to a separate ncaie be..
twice n (his country ana the United
- BtiUca. J -, t f
PRICE TWO CENTS
SUPREME COUNCIL
WILL ASK LEAGUE
TO DIVIDE SILESIA
Lloyd George Rejects Briand's
Prdposal That United State
Arbitrate (
BRITISH PREMIER DEPARTS,
BUT MEETINGS CONTINUE
Harvey Asserts Silesia
Docs Not Concern U. S.
Paris, Aug. 12 fMy A. P.)
Ainhnsfindnr Hor.ey told the Su
preme Allied Council this morning
th-it the 1'nlted States Government
had thought from the beginning thnt
the Cpper Silesian question wnrl
purely a Kuropean one. nnd as It
now .xns to he referred to the League
of Notions, up which the Fnited
States -ns not represented, he
lio'ight he would be interpreting
th" lew of his Government bv not
participating in tlie decision to refer
the question to the League.
H.v tlie Associated Press
Paris. Aug. 12. Franc and Great
Britain hnve decided to refer the Upper
Silesian question tn the League of Na
tions, it wa announced here today.
This question, which involves draw
ing n frontier between Polanu nnd Ger
ii nn in Fpper Sllesij. threatened yei-
terdny to bring about a break In the
meeting of the .Supreme Allied Council.
Premier Llowl Georffo left Pnr! r-
idny on 'he regular noon train return
ing to Tendon with Sir Maurice Hanker
jMiminiie its njenin. especially dicus
ij sinn of Russirn relief, during his nb-
j -l-lll'C.
The decision to refer tlie Silesian
louestinn to tbe League of Nations wan
taken niHler the second clause of Article
nre parts of the covennnt of the LeaguM
of Nations, and provide for reference
I ." J!1.0' TJ'.. "f n"-v nistnnee
I rl""l,",'l. "." ?lnrrn? onv' ,rVn'
' ". n .iin-.n.-ii-. in ui-uiirii inter-
national peace or the good undcrstnnd-
lug between nations upon which peace
depends."
Premier Hrlnnd Satisfied
The suggestion that the matter be re
ferred to the League was made hy Mr.
Lloyd (ieorge, aud M. tlriand concurred
immediately.
This discussion was considered to
hnve solved the crisis between Franco
and Knglnnd. The announcement ald
"certain Insurmountable dlffirulticn
which had arisen between Italy, Japan
nnd Knglnnd, on one hand, nnd France
on the other," hnd given rise to the
solution decided upon. f
M. Rrinud wore a satisfied sir tinnn
j leaving ti,P nt(, Crillon. nnd con-
firmed reports thnt a settlement had
beeu reached. The nUicinl statement Is
sued nfter today's meeting ot the
French Cnbinet snid :
"Premier Rrinnd gave an account of
the present stage of the SupreniP Coun
cil's work, more especially concerning
Fpper Silesia. Tlie position taken by
tlie French delegation received the
iinnniinoiis support of t lie Cabinet."
(in the question of additional allied
troops fur Fpper Silesia tlie Supreme
Council adopted in principle a plan for
j -ending le-enforcements after the
League of Nations lint, handed down
i ii lecision on the Silesian question,
' Britain, Italy and France each
j io send its shnre. Meanwhile, the Su
i prenie Council is sending warning to tjie
'German and Polish Governments thnt
1 order must he maintained in tlie dis
puted terrilori.
Allied Decision Fnaiiliuous
ine l-pngue of .Nations saidJlr. 'Rloyd
Gentge upon leaving the louncil meet-1
" "iioruv oeiorc noon io tase ins rrain
for L'ltulon
'Our decision was uunni-
i ninus
"Did Anibnssndor Harvev
inquired n correspondent.
vote?"
"I said." replied the Prime Min
ister, "thnt nur decision was unani
mous." In turning over the entire Silesian
question tn the League, the Supreme
Council has requested tlie Lcague'vi
Council "to consider the matter of the
I u i most urgency aud to report on it At
its earliest time possible.
Report On Trials at Ilprig
Just before Mr Lloyd George left thfl
I'liiincil. Solicitor General Pollock and
i 'onim.inder Talent t. the Ilritish delo
gales tn tlie tria's of pei sons accused of
war. crimes, winch were tried by th
German Court nt Leipzig, appeared na
ture the Council ami piesented their ro
oort, which hail been communicated to
ill. Lloyd George last night
The report stnteil justice had been
done at the Leipzig trials as regarded
ihe Kngllsli raxes, with the exception
that tlie sentences were too lenient in
one nr two Instances, but that justice
had not been done in tbe 'French and
Itelgiun cases.
Tlie reports declared, however, that
il appeared impossible to rconen the
cases for iiianv reasons, nirluiling the
great costs, and the dropping of the
innlter was advocated
Tlie Council then requested the Al
lied representatives uh bad attended
the trials to report to their own Gov
1'iniiicnts I'oucei mug what attitude they
judged tlie Allied countries should
adopt towmd tins German Court.
TARRED AND FEATHERED
Masked Men Show Disapproval of
Oklahoma Mall Clerk
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P ) Masked men link L P Matthews.
twenti -year-old railroud mail clerk,
Iroui his home hen- last nlcht, blind '
folded him, drove several miles out of
town uud returned soon nfler, .lumping
Matthews into the street with a cost
of tar and fculhers,
MntthewH, with i-cvernl other Mt
sons, wns arrested lant Hnturdny cm 8,
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