X & i'ic. SnSRl: M-. fTfi .ar.ftVKiVA' . .z''" rijiflFirs& H.KY ,"-i v-. -r'v -yv v r, ..'. ; ' I ' " I'- u entftjg Jlubttc Wzbzt THP WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA Fair tcnlslit: unsettled Sunday with nosslbly local Miovveraj continued warmer: gontlo northerly winds. TEJ rKKATtlltK at mrn hour Fk I I) 110 111 112 I 1 I i- I 3 4 0 :i. Trit i-: I7H w ihz r . i i i i i pa. VOL. VII. NO. 285 Entered as Becond-Clim Mutter t th rofclomca nt Philadelphia, P. Under the Act of March a. 1S70 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1921 Tubtlehed Dally Tjcept Sunday. Bubwcrlrtlon Trice IH a Tear by JIaJI. Copyrlnht 1021. by Pub'lo ladder Company PRICE TWO CENTS REN IN ARMS II WRECK NrCUIRE JIAIE AND MACHINE Delaware oouniy ru.mv,ia,.a ....in n mIi4imim Alarmed by Result of Snub by Leaders JJNDIDATES ARE NAMED; JUDGE JOHNSUN lAHUti .flrlavvarc County women are in nn prUlng against the .McL.urc lorccs u u .romtsc to give tnem iiic.,hbi. ' - Its nt the primary mm . rs hi? Issue Is one entirely foreign it the "prnctlcal" politicians, who have itten having matters tTiclr own way for ny yenrs. ' I The Issue is the fundamental one. ditj declare, of having the right to think anil decide for themselves as to tie proper candidates. 'The McC'lurc steamroller nas been kilttil in its smooth and victorious pas- flfe tDrOURII JliL' twuiif " "' int tnc roan u'M.' mtticuiar stronghold of the McClures, the right may lesult in. n Waterloo for the organization, nccording to the 0A,nof the 1800 voting residents of the borougli there arc 050 women, and minr of the public-spirited men are lth them, their outlook: is promising, in... ham selected candidates to on- cse the machine, many of them being ifthelr own sex. and say they are jetermincu to sec me ngm uiruuBn. Women Resent Snub MluHnllic Alexnndcr. who with her ester, Alice, is ninong the leaders of the battle for "elenn government, be fetes that the organization leaders piUw a 'none wncn iney uecuieu iu "pnt the women in their place." i "We nro iinsonhlstlcntcd in tills mat- or'o! nolitlcs." said Miss Hnllle Alcx- B.nfr "hut who hnve minds nf our own Ka know what we believe to be right. 'In the beginning we went to .hiciiuci ilrestrali and Andrew Clothier, dr., 'tounty committeemen, and Arthur Mc Oellan, the three so-called lenders in the borough, for Information. "They seemed to resent the fact that we wanted to be shown. After trying that I now realize to be tho usual nnlltlrnl 's.ilvc .' thev advised US 'not to bother' and 'to mind our own busi ifM.' Tliey further showed that they did not understand us. referring uh to i county committee woman of their own (loosing n,,d as it crowning blunder Mid that 'the politicians would do tho Aooslng.' Challenge Was Accepted This we regarded ns n challenge nnd it Immediately got busy. There are mnv thlncs that are not satisfactory it the borough. Many of us think that til right kind of Government could iholWi hpcnk-easlcs nnd gambling nnd Mire not altogether satisfied with our Khool system. We are terribly Inex perienced, but despite the fact that we lire personal friends on the opposi tion ticket we think we ure right and bdlere that we will beat them." All types of women are engaged in the fight. Clubwomen, wealthy women nd just the plain, ordinary housewives ire in the lineup. In many enses hus bands and wives nrc divided on the liiue. "in fact," said Miss Alexnndcr, "the organization men cannot understnnd our 1 Continued on Pane Mi, Column Tito ANGIER DUKE HELD IN N. Y. Husband of Phlladelphlan A'rrested for Auto Fatality New York. Anir- IS. Anplnr Tl. Dule, son and heir of Benjamin Duke, founder of tho American Tobacco Com JIHIi and husband of tho former Cor- jjlla niddlc. ot Philadelphia, is under 12000 bond as n result of his connection with a fatal automobile accident. Duke's netting with that of other defendants wia continued jestcrday because the JUptrato was not satisfied with the traencc. Duke- was driver of tho car chnrged iU responsibility for tho accident, Uch caused the denth of Owen Klv Kib. chauffeur, employed by Miss Hliza Mta Ewen. OVERDOSE OF DRUG FATAL Mrs. Josephine D. Harvey, Mt. Airy, Dies In Convulsions Mm. Josephine D. Harvey, thirty Hye?f80,1' of 10' West Gorgns lone, inn t 1 convulsions this -"- in.-ii.ri' nieiiicai mil couiu he K?mon?(K, '. Hnivcy. who wns a Ww. b.nd been under inedlealtrcat r?i 'Of, "ome time. She became lo Mr II after taking some medicine, ! Phjsleian was summoned. Bc- lOlB tie Pnnlil pn.nl! .I.n l.n r u. tWWdled ."-. . T,7L(Alb(,,rt f' Moxo'- of '17 West UrpentPr lane, the physician in the Neiti. 11 "" elaml,ln"0'. declared e n72,i i mKU "uv la "" overdose ffi "e 1"N,t.uni1 (,( ,nli'"5 the I"-"' 'h tlJiClbtt,C ?ltMn " 0,'V 1,rlcf PTl )d w he hope of imding quick relief, he liti'xfnI,inupj. )4'a hiiiKhtcr of the Morris ami Pauline Daniel, of this 1 BROKER PAIDFINE kPut Up $25 for Traffic Violation . I Rather Than Go to Jail UrehJ!!?lk' "" '"""'-ance broker, of iSi0?1 nv"1ml" wr Flfty-fourth fo t na..? rw,,(Ml Wednesday morning Stt? " -traflic "'snal, was fined hliall T "'"T'a'lve of thirty days Wr.te',1. ,,n,tl tl,u fi" nml wns i'M!,!"' """"""ns to the patrol "tail?, in T'W ,llL' ,nrrcst- lmi1 llse'l Wor.Mln IK""K- n" was lirought n a",?, 'V."t0 Uo!,Hlmw 1 'Central nif $io"fiO ,unutrnt0 f'Iosed a Ak!,i tim?''.1! Vw !.1,rni,"K ftw,,y 1,c di't ,1",11 "a" "u shame n man fclpblam, s mit,",nol)il0 in Phlla "?h col" ? r"""i,,S "P asai,,8t ft ,ot NeMu'.,m;k ,"'re''1' fcW 'P maclH. h,lv w 1 it uiiu tin n..,Hi..t. ;. SS th n i'''1 '' 2S$ ".'I mnKRfate eUUnT,,?,"0 ' ?a-i with tho alter- JjfV'McrronwniHly reported -that Mr. vm not given tho alternative of j ntiuuuv rcurcsj. TITLED AMERICAN AT SHORE iTIio Marquise do Clmrctlc, formerly Suzanno llcnnlng, 11 Kentucky bo lie, nml Iter dausliter, Suzanne, arc shown on tho beach at Atlantic City. The Marqulso doesn't regret marriage to a titled Frenchman T.cdser Photo S'rvlca Wx t y Kl '' fciii-. ' Bi'liliiilH r u y f :;- -? ,i ." . " .OKl-r' vXx. ' v : : '' -. . r-vt, caBHM. -A V e Ji f. American Marquise Puts O.K. on Fpreign Spouses Former Suzanne Henning Back in U. S. With Daughter for Vacation Believes Interna tional Marriages Are Generally Happy A slim, dark-eyed young woman, holding n little girl by tho blind, wnlked up to the desk of the Shelburne Hotel nt Atlantic City to uct her ke.. Then. Ignoring the elevator, the two liiuglled i nnd raced each other lightly up tho Ualrs. i "There." snld one guest uuicklv nudging another, "did ou set1 her? That's the one I mean. They Miy she's the Marquise dc Churcttc." Hut that was an exception. Tew of tho guests In the hotel know that the pretty but plainly dressed little mother seen so often with the eager-faced child Is the one-time Siuannp Henning Kentucky and New York belle, whose I mnrrlace Into the bluest blood of France twelve years ago filled columus of newspaper spuce nnd was the talk of .two continents. Early this summer the Mnrquis, whose full name Is Antolnu de Chnrctte ; the Marquise nnd little six -j car-old Suzanne came unannounced for a visit to America. A week or so ngo the Mnrquls returned to Fiance. It wns Inst Monday that the rest of the dis tinguished little party slipoed quietly MAN JUMPS OUT WINDOW AFTER TRYING DEATH BY GAS Double Suicide Attempt of Seydel Raeer May Be Successful Sejdel Rnser. sixl-two jcars old, rotircd hardware salesman, 813 North Twentieth street, made two attempts' at auielda early this morning, according to the police. He was not successful, although he Is now in a serious condi tion nt the Lankenau Hospital. Baser hns a room on the mini uoor ' i.n .nmnlnn linnse operated bv Mrs. Albert Adams. Some tune nrouud .1 o'clock he tried to inhale gas, accord ing to tho police. Apparently the operation .was too slow for him. At nny rate, he leaped from his window, thrco stories, to the brick courtyard below. The noise of his foil attracted tho attention of Mrs. Adams, who phoned tho police. De spite the long foil no bones wure broken but the shock will probably be fatal. There was no note left, but he has bcon very ill for n long time and the polico believe this prompted the deed. He has six brothers living, two who resldo in Rending. His wife died some time ngo. SUSPECT WORK OF ARSON IN EARLY MORNING FIRE Half-Filled Bottle of Gasoline Found After Blaze at 131 N. 15th St. A fire, which the polico beliew was of Incendiary origin, did slight damage to the second lloor of 1.11 North Fif teenth street, early this morning. 'I ho chef of nn all-night lestuurant on the first lloor discovered tho blae cud turnul in nn alarm. The lire was in the ofllce of Dr. Charles l-igley, and the firemen extinguished it with little difficulty. , A bottle paitiully filled wlth'gasollnc wns found, -and two puns, which had been full of gasoline, were on the lloor. Paper had been plaeed over the glass in the door In such 11 way that the re flection of the flames could not be seen until the lire had gained headway. The front curtains were tightly drawn. Tho police are convinced thnt It was the work of nil incendlury.. giving as 11 theory that it was probably done by some one with a grudge against Dr. FIeIcv. whom they absolve of all Mispi cion The building is owned by John Young, M10 Spruco sticet. PAINTER HURT BY .FALL Drops Two Stories From Scaffold at Fifteenth and Norrls Streets John F.dwards, a painter, of 1717 Jackson street, fell two stories from n scaffold at Fifteenth anil Norrls streets at 10 o'clock this morning. lMwards was tuken to the Nor th- ..... nnml Hosnital. It la be lieved he is Injured Internally. into Atlantic City. With the Marquise and her little daughter is the Mar-qui'-e's mother, Mrs. H. T. Ilcnuiiir Say Cupid C.n Itridgo Ocean It was on the porch of the hotel after the little Suzanne had lien wifclj turned oicr to the cnte of her French nurse thnt the former .Mis lienning consented to talk of her home-coining, of Hi tie Suzanne, of France and of interiintlounl marriages. "There Is nothing in the marriage between the American girl nnd the 111:111 of the foii'ign country that makes for iinlinpplucss," blic said In answer to the question. "Happiness in marriage does not de pend on country; it depends on the individual. Fifo per cent of 111 v friends abroad are American girls who have married men of other nationali ties. They lire eij happy " The Mar quise laughed a bit and her big brow 11 eyes lighted up merrily, "No one hears about them becnuse they aio happy." she went on. "It Is Continued nn Pace Hlx. Column One DOPE SHEET ON tHE RACES FOUND ON THIEF SUSPECT Paper In Employe's Pocket Leads to Confession of Betting on Horses Possession of 11 "dope sheet" on the races nt Sorotoga 'ed to the arrest of Joseph Koppcs, thirty-seven years old, of Vodges street above Girard ave nue, who was hold today in S1000 bnl! for the Grand Jury by Magistrate Car son on the charge of larceny. Knppes was emplojed at n perfume distributing establishment, lU.'CI Arch street. The manager, W. J. Garlinger, noticed n falling off In receipts. He took Knppes to the Detective Bureau yesterday afternoon, where he tried to explain the shortages to Djtectivc Isaacs. In cxpluiniug the business methods of tho firm, Kiippes took several papers from his pocket. The detective noticed a rnco chart among the papers. He cross-questioned Knppes and nceuscd him of gambling 011 tho races. Then Knppes confessed he took $175 of his cmplojer's money nnd bet it on the laces, but he declared he had returned the lnoiiej . Shortages in the receipts of the cm plojer total ,?lb()0. It is alleged Knppes shipped merchandise, gftvo re ceipts 4r pajments, but failed to enter them in the books. Uv is married and has three children FOLLOW SCREEN CLUE Woman Thinks Missing Brother Is Movie Actor Mrs. Heiniuta P. Johnson. 10IU Oiceoii avenue, whose brother. Gustnvn Platte, disuppeaied in 11)01), believes- she baw his likeness several dajs ago in 11 niotion-plcturo in which lie wns uct in,g tho pnit of a sheriff. .Sirs. John 1011 has written to the mo-tlon-pictuie pioducii.g fomjmu.i to es tablish tho Identity of the actor whoso sireen 1111111.' was given as Robert Big nolo. Pintle was thirty-two eais old when he dNappcuicd. FRUSTRATES HOLD-UP Robbery Is Attempted Half Block From Police Station A hold-up within half a block of the Third and De l.oncey streets sta tion was frustrated this morning by n patrolman off duty nnd one of the alleged bandits ortestcdv He is James Watson, n Negro, giv ing nn nddress on Addison street! WaN son nnd nnother man, who escaped, ore alleged to hae held up John Fronte, 1111 Christian street, on Pino street near Third, about 10 o'clock this morn ing. They threw him to tho ground and took $17 from his pocket, when Patrolman Whnrton. of the Twelfth and Pine streets stntlon, Interfered. Watson .was held in $1500 ball for 1 further hearing by Magistrate O'Brien. REPORT DE VALERA SEEKING AMNESTY Lloyd George and Cabinet Dis' cuss Irish Note Prompt Reply Expected 6000 REPUBLICANS HELD By tho Associated I'ress llondcn'. Aug. HI. The presence at tndny'n British Cabinet meeting of Genernl Maclteadv, mllitnrv commnndcr of Ireland, nnd General II. M. Tudor, commnndcr of (he nuxlllnry police in ireinnu, ns wen uk i.mu i nuuiuu Governor Genera'. Suggests flint K.1- lunn do Vnlern's letter to Premier hlovd (fforgc raised the question of the re lease of nt least some Interned S'.nn Fein lenders. If-not genernl amnesty. However, just whnt tho Irish Repub lican leader nsked remain n secret. The question of the relcae of pris oners has become acute. Since John .1. MeKcowii, who lint! been convicted of murder, was allowed his freedom last week., manv Irish lenders hnve been nskltig: "If one. why not nil?' That Mr. de Vulera's mesagp was a rejection of the Government's terms was iranKiy mscreoncti in uicin -in-n" u day, and flic Impression was riven that i In. Imrrlfil (nllin? of the C.ibliicl was ! due largely to the Premier's desire to rcplj to Mr. tie niern neiore inc meci inc of the Irish Republican Parliament next Tuesday. I Premier I.lo.id George went to the vountrv this afternoon, nnd no further meeting with his collengues.'so far a Ireland Is concerned, is contemplated until further advices are recehed from Mr. dc Valcra.O Meanwhile "negotia tions are proceeding," It was nn nniinced. and from this announcement I those most desirous of n settlement to- ' -!.. .1....... .1..Ih nl.tltl.tclll Sensational reports, however, op- inrnrcil under bold headlines In some of this morning's newspaper. It was noteworthy that these rumors wero printed in newspapers which es tenlny reflected the belief that Mr. De Vnlera's letter was favornble. nnd in dicated IiIh rendiness to proceed with the negotiations looking to n settlement. Giving details, these disquieting re ports stated that Mr. De Valera had demanded amnesty for nil Irish Repub licans imprisoned or interned, number ing about C000. ns n condition prece dent to further negotiations. It wax nlo stated he had nsked monetary In demnity for the losses occasioned by the warfare in Ireland, which were es timated ns amounting to some millions of pounds sterling; Dublin. Aug. Ill (By A. P i Optimism pervades Sinn I'eln circles today regarding the Irish pence pro posals. It wns re-cmplinsi.ed that Pie mier I.loyd George's reply to the lust letter of'l'nmou de Vnlera is not ex pected to mi nn n breek. .Mr. de vn'crn is cxpceieii in return to Dublin tonight from Munster. where lit went consult local leaders nn I some Irish prisoners on the posMbilllj f their release. It was pointed out by Sinn Fein leaders, however, that the question of genernl amnesty was not regnrded as nn importnnt phase of the negotiations at this stage. ATTEMPT MADE TO BURN N.15TH STREET BUILDING Oil-Soaked Cotton and Evidence of Gasoline Found Strips! of oil-soaked cotton and di.il low puns believed to hae contained gnsolfne revealed an nttempt to fire the building nt 131 North Fifteenth si 1 uct early today, police say. The incendiary fire blistered the door leading to the office of Dr. I. F. Feg ley, a dentist, on the second floor ol tne three-story building. A glass paili tion in the door was cracked by the heat. Flames also had scorched the office door of the Patternmakers' Association, adjoining the dentul office. Tho flic was discovered by tho chef of an all night restnurant located on the first floor of the building, who summoned th emeu. District Detective Huggcrty. of the Fifteenth nnd Vine streets station, Inter questioned John Watt, business man ager of the Patternmakers' Association, who was ut n loss to account for the Incendiary attempt. Dr. Fegle also was puzzled. The building is owned ! John Young, 1410 Spruce street. SEVEN MEN WITH RUM HELD Police Seize Party With Truck and 600 Gallons Seven men were nrrested and their motortruck, loaded with (100 gallons of whlskv, was sebed by Patrolmen Brown nnd II) de nt Thirty-second street nnd Woodland nenue nt -:30 o'clock this morning. The men were nrrested on the charge of transporting liquor illegally. The) wero proceeding toward the center of the city. When halted they produced a permit, which the police are investi gating. The men nro held at Central Station, and tho truck of liquor is under guard in City llnll court) ard. Tho men arrested were: Louis Komors, Falrhill street near Rltner; Charles Paul, Segal street near Sixth ; Frank Fofel, Ninth street neur Mifflin; Isaac Silver, Gasklll street near Tourth Barney nnd Sam Tasiel, Pine street near Sixth, and Samuel Lev in, of Trenton, N. J. COWS, BEWARE! Man Who Shoots Wildly at Bull Told to Practice on Barn "You'd better go out in the country and piactlcc mnrksmnnship b) shouting at the side of a barn." Magistrate Deitz, at the Trenton avenue and Dauphin streets station, hud this to sii) in releasing on his own recognizance William Dunn, of 'J.lls East Fifth street, tho man who fired a shotgun r.t a bull nnd Injured more than n dozen men Wednesday. The shotgun wns fired nt Memphis nud Cumberland streets during a mad chose after thn escaped hull. Because one of Dunn's victims 1s still In n hos pital, Magistrate Deitz tol.l Dunn to report for u further hcarlns next Sat urday. - BLACKJACKED AND ROBBED Walter Chose, eighteen )cors old, a Negro, 17-S South Bancroft street, re ported to the polico this morning that he had been blackjacked and robbed of n pockethook and $0,50 nt Nineteenth street nnd Washington nvenuc. His nssnllnnt, he said, stepped from behind 11 freight car, struck him in the face with a blackjack, rendering him um conscloiwfor nearly an hour. MRS. J. HJVIcFADDEN DIES Widow of Cotton Broker Survived Him Six Months Mm. 'John H. Mcl'ndden, widow of tho late John II. McFnduen, cotton broker, died this morning at tho camp of her son, Philip, on I'pper Snranac Lake, in the Adiioudacks, Mrs. McFadden's death was caused by heart disease, from wulch she hail suffered for some time. She Is survived by her sons. Philip (I. nnd John H. Mc- l..1.lt. li. n.wl ...w. .In.ir.litn. Tr.S. L' IIUIIUII. .,.., ..nil iriiu iiuiij.. .v. , -" Altcn AlnFiiildeii llrlnton. 'I'hn fifnernl will bn next Tuesday nt 11:.'K) o'clock in Holy Trinity Church Interment will oc privnte. Mr. McFndden died February 10 Inst FROM BLAZING BED Lighted Cigarette Blamed for Nearly Fatal Blaze at 1600 Wallace Street MAN AND WIFE HEROES Prompt nud heroic nitlon on thcpnrt of. Harry Beicrs and his wile. Kath erlne, resulted in the lccuo of n woman trapped in her blazing apartment, 1C00 Wallace street, enrl) todov. She is Mrs. V.. L I.e Favre. forty -five years old, owner of a millinery shop nt the same address. She Is under tlie care of a ph.vslclan for burns of the head, breast and arms, and from inhal ing Bmoke. Shortly after '! o'clock. Be)crs. who occupies the rear apartment, awoke, smelllne smoke With his wife ho saw smoke coining fiom under the door of Mrs. Le Fnvre's front apartment. They tried tho door, but found it locked, and their cries received no response. Mr. Beyers then turned in an alarm of fire, but instead of waiting for the arrival of the engines lie got a ladder In the rear nrd. put it up to Mrs. Lo Favre's window nnd finally got in by breaking tlnough the screen. He found Mrs. Le Favre curled up nt the foot of the bed unconscious and the mattress under her ablaze. She had evidently tried t get to the door or window, but had fainted Mrs. Beyers had also crawled up the ladder and in the window to help her husbnnd nnd the two carried the woman over to the door which was locked. Bevcrs finally succeeded in forcing tho lock. Botli Mr. and Mrs. Beyers were choking with the heavy smoke by the time they got out. Mrs. Le Fnvre's apartment was not badly dnmnged by the flames. Accord ing to the police, n lighted cigarette in the bed cnused the fire. Mrs. Le Fnvre's husband is a travel ing salesman and Is out of town. BABYWASN'T "LOST" Mother Returned to Solve Mystery for Crowd A crowil of more than .100 iMsons nnd several reserve policemen who crowd e,l around the corner or Lightli nnd Market streets to see n "deserted bah)." had the laugh turned on them jestcrday afternoon, when the young mother, who hnd been shopping, re turned to claim her infant. The young woman, who was about twenty-four years old. had taken her thrcc-woeks-old baby .-flopping. Among her purchases was a market basket. Iter shopping finished, she left the child reposing in the basket on the steps of a department store, while she retrieved n checked umbrella. Another young woman found the in fant cooing in tho basket and imme diately Informed the police thnt a baby had been deserted. A large crowd gathered and the re serve policemen were just spurring their mounts through tho crowd when the voting woman returned and took the child uvva). PATROLMAN FOUND HURT Reserve Found With Head Cut and Gun In Hand ..Thomas Taylor, a reserve patrolman, was found unconscious nt Twelfth nnd Arch streets at 3 o'clock this morning, bleeding from n scalp wound, with a revolver, with nil chambers e.ploded, clasped in his hand. Taylor was able to clve onlv a verv ! confused account of how he hnd readied the corner. Ph.vsiclnns nt the Hahne mann Hospital were unable to get nnv more definite information than thnt he got in an automobile near his post at Fifteenth street and remembered noth ing more. A wound in his head hud evidently been given by 11 blow. HELD AS DRUNKEN DRIVER North Broad Street Man Said to Have Wrecked Three Cars Charles L. Downs, of (1003 North Broad street, was held under $000 hail for court by Magistrate Deitz todny. charged with having driven his enr while intoxicated. Dr. Morgan If Krntz. district surgeon, testified Downs was drunk when arrested bj Patrol man Do Hnven. Downs, it was testified, ran into two motor cars parked at Broad and Venango streets, sheared off four wheels, then smnshed into a third car. much i. .i. iiisiu',v, i.iii vv iiieuer place, heard the crash, ho stopped his car ond ron to see what had happened. When ho returned he found his car had been stolen. ALIEN KILLED IN QUARREL Fight Over Alleged Debt Ends in Shooting Affray Reading Pa.. Aug. 1.1 (By A I' ) Nicholas Colloveichla died hero toda) as the result of a Bhootlng affray late last night over $2 which he claimed Thomas Cilli owed him. Cilll was cap tured by the State polico after n long chase, and, the police say, confessed to the crimo In writing. The dead man has 11 wile and four children In Ital). HELD IN COUNTERFEIT CASE Prisoner Suspected of Raising $10 Bills to Fifties Charles Goldbergh, of this city, under arrest in Tro.v , N. Y Is believed by officials there to be responsible for rais ing of $10 bills to $50. Warnings hajl beeh Issued by the 'Jreasury Department ngainst tho bills and when tho man offered a $50 one which was shown to bo fraudulent he was arrested, WOMAN IS RESCUED NEW CASILE PLANT SWEPT BY FLAMES $150,000 Fire Destroys Ware houses of American Steel Co. in Delaware Town ONE FIREMAN INJURED Sprrlnt nit"tch n Ki nUo TuMir htiofr New Castle, Del., Aug. 13. Patterns for castings valued nt SI. '0.000 were destro)cd last night when the storngf buildings of I he Ameiican Manganese Sticl Compaii) hue v.ire burned The fire wis di coiced ill 11:30 o'clock It l bellevitl it muv have been cnusul b spontaneous combus tion or by n spark from n pnssing loco motive, as the pattern storage house, is near the railroad tracks and a train passed about the time the fire was dis covered. A fire, vvlniii began half nn hour earlier, in the Qnlgley Gurilge nt New castle, had called out the town's fire fighting nppnrutus. The Goodwill Fire Company of New Castle vns fighting the garage fire and only one piece of nppnrotus could be spared for the fire in the Manganese Companv's plont. The combination engine was sent to the new fire, and 11 call for aid sent to Wilmington Tlu1 Liberty File Company of Wil mington, sent two engines, nnd they worked to .subdue the blaze until A o'clock this morning. During the height of the fire, which swept through two big buildings, the roof nnd pnrt of one of the walls, fell. The fiiemen had warning only a moment before the heavy beams came toppling drwn, nnd dashed back to safety. One of the firemen was caught, how ever, and badly hint. He was James J. Itvon. of the New Castle Company. IJ.M'ii was icii'd b his -onuades nlid t .ik 11 to the Wilmington Homeo pathic Hospital. His back was hurt and 'ie was injured intrrnull). The fire endues could not cone with tho sweep of the flames, and the lire finollv burned itself out. The firemen, however, kept the fire from spreading to thrsi adjoining buildings unoccupied. Tho fire will cripple the Manganese Compau) plant, becnuse man) valuable patterns were destroyed. It will tnKC many months to duplicate them. Work alreadv in progress will go on. how ever, and there will not be a shutdown. HOUSE PROGRAM DISCUSSED President and Representative Mon dell Confer on Railroad Funding Bill Washington, Aug. 13. The legisla tive program of the House wns ilis-ens-ed todny with President Harding by Representative Mnndc'J, of Wyoming, the Republican leader, who said later it had not dchiiltely been determined whether tlie Railroad Funding Bill would be pressed for passage before the proposed recess Tho House Is expected today to pass the bill carrying S4S'00.000 for ex penses of the Shipping Board until Jan linr) 1 next ami immediately to begin consideration of the Senate Agricultural iloi'er nil'. Mr. Moudell Miiil it would he Impos sible for the Ilou'e to recess before August 1!3 or 21. COLONEL SAMUEL P. COLT DEAD PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Aug. 13. Colonel Samuel P. Colt, chaii man 'of the board of the United States Rubber Company, died at his Bri3tol home at 1 :10 o'clock this afternoon, his death following a severe paralytic shock which he suffered n week ago yesterday. AMERICAN TOURISTS ROBBED IN ITALY ' MILAN, Aug. 13. A group of American students touring Italy were robbed on a train running between this city and Venice, according to a report from that city. Thomas Child, son of Richard Wsahbum Child, the new United States Ambassador at Borne, was ono of the young men In tho party. From Samson Rogers, it is reported, thcro was. stolen a suitcaso containing valuables and money totalling -15,000 lire. The polico arc investigating. STEAL FOOD FROM DOORSTEPS IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Aug. 13. Thefts of food from doorsteps and small shops In the poorer districts of Chlcngo nie 011 the increase, Police Chief Fitzmonis declared today. He ndded that indication mo the city will be confronted with one of the worst "crime waves" iu its history unless the unemployment situation in the Middle .West is improved this fall. Arrests of persons charged with eat ing meals in tho cheaper restaurants and then admitting they have no money to pay arc more numerous, the chief said. NEW CHIEF JUSTICE FOR PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Manuel Araullo, ranking "BTssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, has been faclectcd by President HaruTng to be Chief Justice of the Court to succeed Victorlno Mapa, resigned. TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES NEWYORK 00 1002100-7 0 I ATHLETICS (1st) 000010001-2 8 3 Mays and Schang; Rommel nnd Perkins. Wilson, Evans, Dlneen. PHILLIES 0 00100002-3 0 0 BOSTON (10.... 1 2000X00X-1 0 0 Hubbcll and Peters; Watson and O'Neill. McCormack and Hart. CLOUDYJIDa WEEK Occasional Showers Also Forecast for First Part Washington, Aug. 13.-r(Ry A. P.) Weather predictions tor'tlie week be ginning Monday are: North and Mldd e Atlantic States: Considerable cloudiness; orcaslonal showers nnd cooler at beginning, mod erate temperature thereafter. South Atlantic and Gulf States. Normal temperature nnd generally fair, but with widely scattered locnl thunder showers. Ohio Valley. Tennessee, region of the Great Lakes, t'ppcr Mississippi, Lovvei Missouri Vallr)s, Rocky Mountain nnd p ntrnu region" : Genernll) fulr except for scattered showers, moderate temperature. E LED BY Marston and Barnett One Down at End of First Nine Holes MANY THRILLING SHOTS y SANDV McMBLCK Mux Morston. Merion amateur, and Bob Barnett. pro at Tredyffrln. gave Jim Barney the new!) crowned Amer ican open champion, nml Joe Klrk vvood, the Australian titlcholder, 11 tough batolo over the links of the Tred)ITrIn Country Club in a best ball foursome, and were only 1 down at the completion of the first nine holes this morning The links were in fairly Kood shape, although somewhat heavy from the dew of last nlsht A intln-r small crowd followed the golfing stars on the morn ing round, but the gallery was aug mented considernblv when the after noon ploy of eighteen holes was started. The I'nited States king was low on first riiii" with n card of 30. Kirk wood turned in the next best with 38. Marston hnd 11 40 nud Barnett 42. The best bnll scores weie Kirkwnod nnd Barnes 35, Marston nnd Barnett US. The cnids follow: Harnes 4 t 4 .1 2 4 4 .'..10 Klrkvtood . . . 4 3 4 4 S a B f. .-, as Maraton . 4 .1 4 ft s 4 r 4 440 Harnett . 53544453 5 4J Best bill si ores : ' rjArnea nnd Klrkuod '4 344S244 ,-, as Marston and Darnell 43444454 4 3s The local players were not on the green with their second shot on the first hole, but Mnrston managed to run down a good putt for a half in 4. Kirkwood Continued on I'ne Thirteen. Column .Seven MAN FOUND INST UP0R DIES FROM OVERDOSE OF DRUG J. A. Curtin Discovered Unconscious on Willow Street Found in n stupor last night in front of 502 Willow street. .1 A Curtin. twent.v-two years old. "vh" Palm street, died nt midnight in the Roosevelt Hos pital. Ph.vsicians say his death was cnujed b) an overdose of n drug. Neighbors saw the .voting man l.ving on the sidewalk. The police of the Third strret nnd Folrmoiint uvenue station were summoned. Papers In his clothes revenlcd his ldentit) . police sn.v. Relatives of Curtin were called to the hopita' yid were with him when he died. He dlf. not regain consciousness. FDURSOM CHAMPION BAN IAX BILL REVISION IN T RELIEVE THE Program Aims to Liberate Busi ness and Distribute Bur dens Equally MAY GET $1,800,000,000 REVENUE FROM WEALTHY By (ho Asvirlnled Press Washington. Aug 13 -An official Mntement explaining the Administration f vision program wns issued todny it the Wlite H nise It declares thut "ihe aim was to PsublMi methods that would rais,. t, nrc,r, rPVCI1U(. Within a r.nsomble .ertnlnty. make collections sure ,md inexpensive nnd properly nd- iust the butdpii ninong nil classes of the rolilluuiliM ," "If is felt tMn highly Important progress ,ns )0pi, n,onp hflge lines," ilie -inteiuent savs. "TliPre has been no cfTort t ,eliev,.the rich of their "hate of burdens, hut .1 other to Insure that no .Invs x ill be eft ,, avenue of escape from ti.esp. "A cn.iial anal) sis of the proposals shows that what mnv be described s the rich Hum's tuxes' will producs about Sl.S00.000.0O0, ,v,iP the bal ance will be distiibuted over the entire commutiit), rich .inc' poor. To Produce .More Revenue "The reduction lo .'tl' per cent of thn highest income nnd surtax brackets Is expected bv the experts to produce act ually more n venue from these sources than do the present much higher rates. The present rates prevent transactions which would involve application of tha high rates, nnd thus keep taxes nwny from the Government. Also, thev drive miiiiP) into tax--frc securities, 'to the (listless of business, and tlnv nud to fraud and evasion. "The experience has shown. In deal ing with the excess profits taxes, thnt where there is periodic' helling this tax is pyramided, multiplying the burden of the consumer, nnd Inducing specu lation nnd waste. "It has been largely responsible for the intense speculation thnt followed the war It is nn unsatisfactory tox on winch to base revenue estimntes' because its product of revenue is so extrcmelv vnnable, ond In the present epoch of R HARDING SAYS K--uiii.ro enrnings ir would utterlv fail tojiroduco the amount needed. . "Iu increasing the tax on corpora tion earnings, nn exemption Is made ot those having enrnings of $'J0O0 or less the poor man's corporations. The number that would thus be exempted would exceed 300,000." Would Liberate Business After review-Ins benefits which it is claimed will flow from the repeal of tha transportation taxes nnd substitution of manufacturers' tnics for the so colled "nuisance" levies, the state ment concludes : "The whole tax reform program con templates freeing business from what have been found paralyzing nnd exas perating restrictions, encouraging to the utmost the resumption of enterprise nnd business, removing every potsible In centive to evnsion nnd fraud, nnd dis tributing tlie tax burden with the great est possible equity among nil classes of people, keeping in mind the purpose) to impose tlie lurger share on those best nble to pay." Having virtually completed revision of the levy sections of the 1018 law vesterdav, niajoritv members of the House Wn)s and Menus Committee ex peited to finish work on the tax bill today so as to huve a committee draft leady for consideration by the confer ence of House Republicans called for Mniidnj . Further Changes Made Republicans of the Wa.vs and Means Committee made further changes in the Revenue Bill )estcrda.v. completing their program of tax revision, they announc ed. They expect to hnve the proposed changes in the form of nn amendment to tho present Revenue I.nw to present to the llouso on Monday afternoon. Representative Monibil, of W.vomlng, Republican lender, tailed a conference of majnrit) members for Moudo) after noon in ordtr to consider the revenue draft before it was introduced Fol lowing the conference, accord1 ug to the plan, the bill will be formu'!) Intro duced. Changes made .vi-sterdav are estimated to result in a total reduction 111 the tax burdens of between $.',0(1.1100.000 and S570.000.000. committ"" members sold. The) place the estimated leld of tho amended Revenue Law nt approximately .3.000.000.000. The changes ugreed to ure as follows : Increase in the exemption in tho normal Income lax for married men from S-000 to SU50O for those whose incomes do not exceed S5000 Tho increoi-e iu the exemption in the normal income tn for married men will result in a levenue loss of S30.0O0.O00, ac cording to the estimate of the com mittee In agreeing previous!) to an increase 111 the exemption for children and other dependents ill the normal Income tux from SU'OO to S400 for each dependent the committee placed the resulting loss nt $'J().()(0.(I(MI, mak ing the total reduction iu the normal incline tax $"0. 000.000 Reduition in the lax on candy paid bv the niunufueturcr fioin 5 to 3 per cent Reduction in the tax on furs fiom 10 to 5 per cent. further Cut on Luxuries Repeal of the so-culled luxury taxen and substitution of a 3 per cent tax on the mniiufiK turer, the nature of thu tax not having been agreed to. That includes elimination of the tax on rug, carpets, bags, umbrellas, etc. Reduction of tho lax on art front 10 to r per tent. By reducing by one-hnlf the tax on futs the committee estimated the loss) iu revenue would be ! 1,500,000, vvhllo tlie loss from the repenfuf thn so-called luxur) taxes wns cttnuuted at another S'JO.OOO.OOO. Announcement was made that tha committee had decided not to Increase; the tax on tobacco, cigars and cigar ettes and had rejected the proposal to reduce the surtaxes to i!." per cent after n .venr. Previously it wos decided to leduco the surtaxes to 31! per tent. Directive Jnnuary 1, lOlil from the ores cut (13 per cent On the substitute for the repeal of the so-called luxury taxes, the commlt teo membcra wero working on a dIcii for levying the tax on the, manufuciiirtc according to the tales lirlce, j 1 -. '1 HI ii f I m .sti 1 1 A SF VI X i a - T b A.kVvV4 t ,.? fUjj v "( .ttit, Sj. l..ttf Vy.. ,M k , sK'$S', 2trti(LA!.4-iSt.'
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