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Italian Barber, Terrified by
Death Warnings, Confesses
to New York Pollco
SIX NOW UNDER ARREST
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New Yorh, Aujr. 17. Information
hlch the pollco believe will clonr tip
neventeen gnnp raiinlen which have oc
curred In Now York, Detroit nnd Avon-br-the-Sen,
N. .7., was given to detec
tives Inst night by Bnrtolo Fontnno,
an Itnllnn barber. Terrified by secret
throats of "being baked In nn oven,"
Fontano pnvo hlmielf np to the police
and wai charged with homicide. Six
other men wcro arrested on Fontnno's
Information, flvo charged with homi
cide and the sixth held ns a material
Witness.
Fontano told tho detectives that the
pin? which bad threnteucd him and of
which ho had once been n member, hod
a fund of $200,000 to protect its mem
bers who worp caunht while carrylnc out
Its orders. Ho told tho police, they
said, thnt ho had lived for most of the
last two years in Detroit and that ho
had killed his former pal, Cnrmella
Caiozzo. on a farm near Avon-by-thc
Sea on July 30 on orders from "tho
ganjr."
The murders, according to tho police,
hav nil occurred In Italian circles
where a veil of Rccrccy has protected
tho criminals. The information pro
Tided bv Fontano cave the police virtu
ally their only clue for cleaning up the
chain of crimes. Fontano is said to
have designated n man known ns Fran
Cisco Puma as "tho brains of the gang.'
Puma is one of those under arrest.
Assistant District Attorney Brothers
last night declared there a no evi
dence to show thnt the murders have
any connection with "Camorrn" activi
ties. Police further supported his state
ment by decluring that the men arretted
last night were members of t group
mown ns uonventro uang.
Besides mentioning five murders com
mitted by the gang here, Fontano gave
tne names of eight men wtio, nr said,
were slain in Detroit. .Most of the Do
trolt murders, he said, had been com
mitted within the Inst oar.
Detroit. Aug. 17. (By A. P.I De
troit police today were nt work on what
they nserted was one of the first tangi
ble clues to tho wave of murder and
bombing outrages thnt has been sweep
ing through the Italian colony In the
last four vears.
The arrest in New York yesterday of
Bartolow Fontano, former Detroit bar
ber. and tho Information he gave con
coming the murder of eight Italians
here, led the authorities to believe that
some light might be shed on the seventy
killings which have been recorded in the
Italian colony here slnco 1017.
Only five of the victims of the gang,
with which Fontana is said to have ad
mitted his connection, had been identi
fied by the police today, but it was be
lieved that when possible discrepancies
In the names were cleared up tho others
also would be known.
Terms of Britain
Are Unacceptable
Continued from Fata One
able claims we would be ready to con
sider, and I for one would be ready to
go a long way to give way to them,
particularly to their ientiment, if wn
could get them to come with us and
consider tho interests of their own
country and not bo allying themselves
with foreigners.
"We have no rnm'ty to England. At
least, If this question were settled, I
believe there would bo none. The only
enmity is to that rule which Irish peo
ple hate to the marrow of their bones."
It was said, remarked the Republican
leader, that tho Irish question was u
problem. It was a problem, he de
clared, of powerful, selfish persons
wishing to encroach upon tho rights,
the property and the freedom of
his neighbors. That wa the fundamen
tal problem to be settled.
Flumau naturo had to be taken Into
consideration, he pointed out, and they
who were working for n complete, and
final settlement were to see to It thnt
relations must be adjusted on the basis
of right. Therefore, in considering tho
problem, t'aey who had right on their
aide, he said, must count.
Disagree on Ulster Question
An entirely fresh audience was in
the Mansion House today for the ses
sion, it having been decided to issu new
tickets each day bo as to butisfy tho
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demands of tho thousands who want to
attend the sittings.
As soon as tho applause given the
members bb they entered had died down
the Dull proceeded to business, Dc
Vnlera taking up the question of nego
tiations. It was understood before the session
that the members of the Dall were dis
cussing privately the possibility of in
ducing Ulster to Join Southern Ireland
oV, as an alternative, accepting tlu
status of n separata dominion. A wide
difference of opinion appears to prevail.
As to the press, tho moderate organs
among tho newspapers rofrnln from
passing opinion upon the terms, but
qnoto freely from tho American nnd
English press.
Interest in tho meeting of tho Par
liament continued unabated today,
mnny people coming In from the coun
try to witness one of tho greatest events
In tho country's history, rubllti was
ns nnlmntcd as it was last week, whin
the Horse Show was held, but today's
visitors were of nn entirely different
class. Last week horsemen and society
folk wero here, whilo this week priests,
farmers, small shopkeepers from vll
lngs add Irish politicians crowded the
streets.
Yesterday's rnin, which lessened the
enthusiasm of tho people, gathered about
the Mnnslon House, ceased during tho
night, and throngs crowded the streets
around the historic! building. They ap
peared larger thau ever, but wcio or
derly. MERE PRECAUTION,
' BRITISH DECLARE
ROYAL ORDER OF SNEEZERS
GETS AWAY TO FLYING START
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Hay Fever, cr "Autumnal Catarrh" Here Again Usual
"Exjycrts" on Cures on the Job, Too
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London, Aug. 17. (By A. P.)
Measures taken to recall British troops
on leave, to their units in Ireland, an
nounced yesterday, wero Btntcd in offi
cial circles here today to bo purely of
a precautionary nature.
It was claimed that tho move was
not aggressively precautionary, because
the Inst thing tho British Government
would do would be to take any Hleus
to brenk tho Irish truce. It was de
clared it wns realized in official quarters
thnt tho firing of tho first shot on cither
side was likely to mean tho resumption
pf sporadic outbursts of fighting
throughout Southern Ireland.
As evidence of the Government's de
sire to offer no provocation, the scenes
in Dublin yesterday wero cited, it being
pointed out thnt no British officers or
soldiers were in evidence anywhere dur
ing the opening of the Dall EIrcann.
The belief throughout British official
circles is that the longer tho truco lasts
the harder it will be to break it.
London newspapers, even those that
have most warmly supported Irish ns
pirations, today viewed with consider
able regret tho statements made by
Damon dp Valern nt yesterday's meet
ing of the Irish Republican Parliament.
There was, however, reluctance to re
gard his speech ns expressing Irolnnd's
last word, nnd some editorials declared
confidently thnt if tho issue was placed
before the Irish people tho British terms
of settlement would be accepted.
Considerable prominence was given
extracts from editorials appearing in
American newspapers, most of them
earnestly advising tho Irish not to re
ject the Government's offer. Tho Daily
Telegraph, commenting upon these edi
torials, said :
"Americans nro deeply impressed with
the drainatlc act of generous renuncia
tion by tho British Government in the
pursuit of pence. They perceive, if
some Irishmen do not, what nn im
menso moral sacrifice tho Government
has made rather than see the ruin of
Ireland consummated, nnd they feci
that some yielding should bo apparent
on tho other 6lde."
Tt Is here.
The persistent, irritating aggravat
ing peace-disturbing "hay fever" or, as
known in up-to-date medical parlance,
"nutumnal catnrrh."
Already tho universnl order of tho
Boynl Order of tho Whcozers nnd
Sneezers are hieing nway to mountnlus
nnd seashore to escnpo from tne dis
comfort wreaked upon them in neigh
borhoods and other places otherwise
habitable, except during hay fever sea
son. The sufferers not so well endowed ore
forced to havo recourse, and they do
with childlike faith, to home remedies
nnd trick remedies which every one so
kindly proffers them. Whether they,
the self-nppolntcd doctors, know any
thing about the dlscnses doesn't matter,
because hay fever Is one complaint on
which every ono feels well qualified
to glvo out free ndvice.
Not Caused by Eatlnc Hay
A well-known physician after listen
ing to somo of the remedies which pa
tients hnd tried, remarked "That tier
would seem to be based on the assump
tion tho diseaso was caused by eating
hny."
Hny itself is not the cause of the
disense, nor docs it produce the worst
of the exciting pollens. Ah defined by
Dr. J. L. Goodnll, "nay fovcr is a
term denoting n form of nnnphylaxis
in which the body is sensitized to plant
pollens."
The name itself Is in reality n mis
nomer, except that about this time of
year and later, hnylng time, the fever
has a very wido prevalence.
It is quite generally known that the
fever nnd the nsthmn, which so often
nccompnnlcs in tho mucous membrane,
nil of which means that certain ele
ments In plants cause this troublesome
sniveling and sneezing.
Trouble in tho Air
It must be n source of wonder to suf
ferers of the fever how the pollens of
plants can affect them when the only
vegetable life with which they come in
contnet Is thnt hauled around In enrts
and wngons. Liternlly their trouble is
in the nir. For them, every little wind
which blows about the earth carries
with it trouble in form of pollen fuel
for the keeping up of tho fever. These
pollens nro detached from plants by the
breeze, and others are discharged into
the nir by the plnnts, nnd in n lesser
mensuro through tho agency of insects
pollen is extracted from plants.
Daisy, goldcnrod, aster nnd other
PASTOR CAPTURES THIEF
6cranton Priest Surprises Man Rob
Bing Poor Box In Church
Scranton, Pa., Aug. 17. Following
a stiff battlo in the church sacristy yes
terday, tho Rev. A. G. Lckancoskl,
pastor of St. Anthony's Catholic
Church, managed to hold John Reardon
in the edifice until police camo to his
rescue.
Roardon is charged with having
robbed the poor box of the church. The
prisoner Is also suspected of other
church robberies in this section. He
was committed to Jail in Throop, where
ho mado an unsuccessful attempt to es
cape later In the afternoon. Tho prle't
says he nabbed the man just as he wns
ready to make his getaway.
garden plants are always credited or
uiscretiiiea ns oeing major casual
agents of hay fover. Investigation hns
shown they possess only a relatively
small nmount of pollen and It is gen
erally of n vIscouh naturo. Timothy
grass is a most prolific source of
trouble-making pollen and of n par
ticular exciting quality.
It is rightly termed ono of the most
potent agents mat nature has working
to keep the fever patlontH irf discom
fort. Thera Is yet onthor, tho rag
weed family, a major performer, which
produces pollen in Inrgo qunntities and
maintaining a constant dischargo of
pollen into tho nir.
PROUDEST BOY IN TOWN
Joseph Fi Berry, of Harrlsburfl, Has
Bicycle to Show His Chums
Joseph F. Horry, of -140 South Four
teenth street, Harrisburg, Pa., who
signs his. letter, "Your great big
friend," has received his Black Beauty
bleyclo nnd Is now the center of an ad
miring group of kids, he writes.
Joseph hns decided "It. Is tho nicest
wheel I ever saw."
Margnret B. Maclntyre, of 1327
Wnlnut street, Chester, Ta., Is only
nine yenrs old, but sho Is not too young
to ride her Black Beauty bike, which
sho won by obtaining tlilrty-fivo sub--scrlptions
to tho Evening, Morning and
Sunday Ponuo IiEDOin.
"I received my bleyclo and am very
proud of It," sho writes In her letter.
"I have lots of envious friends, nnd
although I nm only nlno years old, I
certainly enjoy riding. I got my sub
scriptions In six weeks. At first I was
going to glvo up,, but I am very glad
now thnt I kept trying nnd won out.
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NAVAL CRUISES CURTAILED
Final Trip fop Reservlita Will Begin
on Saturday
Announcement, was made yesterday
by Rear Admiral Nulton, commandant
of the Philadelphia Nary Yard, thai tho
last destroyer cruise arranged for tho
Inst destroyer cruise nrrnngeu ior mo nnai ciesiroyrr cruiso for Ili.ii .ni
benefit of Naval Reservists this monthj summer will begln6n 8ntur?t. fi,.t)l-
has been canceled becauso of require- lists for applications will be to5 'tn
ments ny inp uesiruvr . u,"-,"
out of Newport, It. I., which make the
use of tho vessels for rcservo training
impossjblo after September 1.
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final
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destroyer cruiso I Sfe. U
until inC i.f ...i.,..." ".'" u kefci -i,?
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