" .,- I . . .. i- tHl'WEATHim Pair fonliht and Friday. Slightly cooler tonight. Moderato northwest winds, -v TEMrERATORB AT EACH ItOUR A f 8 0 l"l"0 lt 112 1 I 2 3 1 f 71 174 177 80 81 VOL. VII.-NO. 289 House Probers Would Bar Law yer From U. S. Courts, Ma jority Report Say3 WOULD OUST CRESSON FROM ARMY FOR "WHITEWASH i - Loos of Pension Is Urged as Punishment for Col. Hunt. Discharge for Guards WESCOTT IS EXONERATED Wilson's Friend Called Catspaw in Hands of Others Used Only for. His Influence High Lights in Johnson Report on Bergdoll Case "Money talked in whispers In the whole Bergdoll nffair." "General Ansoll was brought in for his influence ns well as his legal acumen." "General Ansell should be kept out of 'courts in future by net of Congress.' "Keeping Grover Bergdoll nt Governors Island so long instead of tending him to Leavenworth indi cated money was used. "Colonel Hunt's retired pay should be immediately discontinued." "Colonel Crcsson should be dis missed from the service in dishonor,' by action of Congress." By a Staff Correspondent Washington, Aug. 18. Upon former Judge Advocate General Samuel T. Ansell is placed major responsibility for the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft evader, by the majority of tho select House com mittee which investigated his escape. This was disclosed today when the committee submitted two reports to Congress, ending four months of in vestigation and hearings, during which more than a score of witnesses testified, the contents of the minority report were printed previously. lhcincetlng of the committee had been delayed since Saiurday, pending the return of the chairman. John A. Peters, of Maine, who had been absent from Washington since he found his report unsatisfactory to the majority wore (tan two weeks ago. Chief interest lies in the majority re (irt, writtin by Representative Ben Johnson, of Kentucky, ami signed by himself, Representative Hall Flood, of Virginia, and Representative Oscar 1' . Luhriag. of Indiana. The minority vo port was signed by the rlnlrinnn anil Kcprosentative Clinton N. McArthur, of Oreson, and is considered less severe than the Johnson report, which was flien in confidence to the newspapers several days ago, but was not officially released until 11 :11 o'clock this morn ing, daj light saving time. Majority Recommendations The majority makes these recom mendations : First. Disbarment from practice in all Federal .courts and before all gov ernmental departments of General An Mil, who was Bergdoll's counsel when he escaped. Second. Discontinuance of the $3600 annuity paid to Colonel John K. Hunt, retired, who was the major in charge of the camp at Governors Island, and whom tho Johnson report holds respon sible for inadequacy of measures to pre vent the escape. Third. Dltchnrgc from the 'ilnny of Major C. 0. Crcsson. who prosecuted the charges against the then Major Hunt when ho was court-martialed on nve specifications for alleged neglect. loiirrh. Discharge from the nrmy of the two sergeants, York nnd O'Hare. from whoe personal charge Bergdoll Tifth. Discharge from the Govern ment sen ire of Earle II. Wood, a Washington ciuploo of the Depart ment of Justice, who assumed the re ponMbiliry of not informing his su prriors uhon advised in advance that uergdoll planned to escape. The majority report commended the H'f.f, x1 Bergdoll property in t,i a.'1ll!'-V," by Ali01' Property Cus todian Miller, aud urged that he make every effort to obtain 'the SIO.'.OOO in wliLwhlcl' ,MrSl Kn,ma r' ""gdoll TreateT L'"itr(1 Stntes !'is iarar'Pl' was included in the InhJi a ""'"""'I f nepresentntUe the m i"ho ,,,,0.u .,,,f' P"s-itIon that foLin.i lllll'aV"' of tlln Sold was the 'oiindatlon of tl,P mnsplracv. ion i,J .1 ,,0,pte ot ReprcMiitative John-AffnVr- '' H?"M'- "'rough its Military nalra Commitleo and its Judiciary C'onthitif on 1'nKi- Tenl . Column fwj DOG IN SUBWAYlTES MAN Animal Seemed Friendly Until In- w, opectcr uet8 Close ' In ti,LU i "? ollafc "tfrr range dog '" tlio dniknpss of Mm ci.n,. m. morning iclipied iho mn.intnn, -r ' v.. SlrW,),fe for l'rnnk 'finn.dahl. field Vnier J'UrS ol11, "4S Xo,'tl' "cd- lUbun!!'1,"1'1 W'J,S "1)n,U lllR "rk ' tllO i.w i "r Thlilopniii Buret when ho "ar,M,l,He,''?1U!'(l ,1,p lit,lu fc"ow " fl him with t n iim nf n,ti..n i.i Ent ni. ,', "' """ "i milium w c lose mill ihi-n Ik. made a rush and "it h in on tl(. ,ou H11(1 ru in h,, pick,., p ,.,,, I11( stni.t0t, f r his erst while friend. Tlio .log was i bolter niimer anil fiunllv dlsnppeaieil 1 a ereviee unilee ('! Hull ,,.;,i,i,i. 'tllig ijiiwi, nl, ,,'0 ,,( itmuW i,.Z. ,'H"""-V .'lin. Grumhihl was ll,alei nt the Iliihlieiuanii Hospitul. uIWjc, i"ttur!d' Ut luLrlcaut." Adv. KELL TERMED MUSTER 111 OF BDOLL PLOT ' !' 4 B Enterid Eecond-CIB Matter at tha Poitomca at rhltadetpbla, Fa. Under tha Act of March 8. 1870 Heads U. S. Sleuths WILLIAM .1. BURNS Noted dctectho who lias been ap pointed director of tlio investigation bureau of the Department or Jus tico OF U. S. SLEUTHS Appointed Director of Investi gation Bureau of Justice Department REPLACES W. J. FLYNN By the Associated Press Washington, Aug. 18. Appointment of William J. Burni-. of New York, ns Director of tho Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice was an nounced today by Attorney General Daughcrty. Mr. Burns succeeds William J. Flynn. "I have known Mr. Burns personallj for thirty jears and have watched him develop in hU specialty." Mr. Daugh crty said. "He is familiar with all of tho departments of the Government, is an intelligent and courageous man and nt this time especially is considered to bo as high class a man as could be secured to assume the important duties assigned him. The bureau will be reor ganized as expeditiously ns possible and brought to the highest point of effi ciency. "Mr. Burns has severed his con nection with tho Burns Detective Agency and will come to Washington nnd devote his entire time to the serv ice. It Is tho policy of this depart ment, well understood by Mr. Bums and highly recommended by him, that tbo Department of Justice establish the most cordial relations with police offi cials and law enforcement officers throughout tho entire country, and, in fact, throughout the entire world, to tho end that there- may be co-operation and that life, property and the rights of the people may be preserved and protected. "No partiality will be shown in co operating with police or other law en forcement officers, public or private, but the best plan that can be conceived will be adopted and carried out to see that the law is enforced nnd the best order- possible prevail throughout the country as far as the Government and the Department of Justice are con cerned. "The President and I have known Mr. Burns for many years and know his dependability and efficiency." William J. Burns is just short of sixty years old. He was born In Bal timore, but spent his early life in Co lumbus. His father was Police Com missioner of that city, and it was then though he was never officially con nected with tho department that Wil liam J. got his first experience in de tectivc work. He joined the Secret Service in 18S0. beginning at St. Louis, and five jears later was promoted to the Washington office: He bandied manv important cases, nmong them that of Bill Brockway, a noted counterfeiter, who caused to bo engraved a spurious $500 gold certifi cate; the celebrated case of the counter feiting of the IJ100 Mouroe head silver certificate, which was executed at Phil adelphia and was so perfect that all the experts of the Treasury Department de clared it genuine: tho Costa Rican case, which involved two clever adventurers who attempted to counterfeit the paper of that country, to be used in the pro motion of a revolution. After he onened the Burns Detective Agency seven jears ago he figured in many 'mportnnt cases, including tho ilvrnmitlng of the Los Angeles Times Building, wl'if h caused the loss of manv lives and which Burns trniled to the McNunmrn brother, whose conviction he secured: (Iim Leo Frank affair in Georin nnd fibers in which he is said tu iinvis iiicumd tlio hostility of t he AntI-Saloon League nnd of the labor interoat-. SCRUTINIZENEW BUS LINES Public Service Commission Doens't Want Roads Cut Up Public Service Commissioner Benn announced today that in future tho State Highway Department will be consulted before certificates of conveni ence nrn granted for new bus lines. Mr. Benn said the Lincoln Highway to New York had been so tiadlv cut up that motorists were forced to detour in places to avoid particularly bad stretches of rood. The damage has been done, he said, by heavy motortru'ks. The occasion of the announcement was the application of the West Chen ter Tiausportation Company to estab lish a bus Hue from West Chester to Valley Torge nnd Noirlstown. Mr. Uenn said the application would be huld uniler advisement until the Highway Department could investigate the char ncter of buses ihe companv purposed to use. and decide whether damage would be done the roads. PERSHING AT PENN A. CAMP General Joins Young Son Near Montrose Siiiinlnn. Pa., Auc. IS. (By A. P.) Gencnl John J. Pershing I" a guesc nt Camp Red Cloud, near Montrose, Pa., where his sum. Wurrcn, Iiiih been speiidlns: the summer. Tlio gcneial re.iched the camp Ir.st night, and It is said expected to stay there a couple of days. BURNS MADE HEAD 'i,Y V icuenmtj MAYOR CONFIDENT OF PENROSE HELP Says He Expects Senator to Come Out Against Contractor Rule "in Due Time" "ISSUES, NOP MEN," ARE SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE A direct man-to-man talk with Sen ator Penrose In Washington today left Mayor Mooro still positive that tho forces controlled by the Senator will be on the side' of good government in the balle to crush contractor bossi3m in Philadelphia. "I am still thoroughly convinced." said the Mayor, ns he hurried by taxi cab to the Union Station in Washing ton, "that the Senator, in his own good time, will make a declaration statins his opposition to a fifty-fiftv ticket or any ticket thnt means a con tinuation of contractor boss domina tion. . , , "I do not know whether the Sena tor will declaro for any set ticket," tho Mayor continued. "W e discussed prin ciples rather than men. ihat 1h the fight the Mayor Is making. Mr. Moore said he has no intention of setting up a ticket himself nnd that there wilt be no so-called "Mayor's ticket" in the field. Interested Only In Issues "The Mayor is striving only to keep intact tho principles achieved In the last mayoralty campagn, which if up held will assure good government in the city nnd help it along in the State, he declored. Questioned about tentative tickets now in the field the Mayor said : "No doubt a number of the candi dates will file petitions before next Tuesday. The contractor combine is doing this nnd there is no reason why others should not do so. too. Mr. Mooro reached the office of the Senate Finance Committee nt 10 o'clock. After a brief wait while the commitleo hearing was getting under wav the Mayor nnd benator renrose, chairuinu r.f the committee, withdicw to an inner room. The ccnierenco lasted nbout twentv minutes. Tho Mayor was in a buovanl mood as he walked from the building. Blames Cunningham Mayor Moore believes that Tom Cun ningham is responsible for the present inaction of Senator Penrose. He believes Cunningham has been working with might and main to pre vent a definite, break with the Vnrcs and to frame a harmony ticket. Mayor Moore conceived his job today to be that of breaking the grip Cunningham seems to have on Penrose for the ben efit of the Vare-Brown-Cunningham combine. No sooner had the Mayor left Wash ington last week than Cunningham and Judge Brown went there and conferred with Senator Penrose. It is obvious thnt so far Penroso has been prevented from putting into action the promises and statements he made to the Mnvor. It is this fear of being "left nt the post" that has moved the Moore War Board to start the circulation of nom ination petitions for Moore candidates for the county offices. Tho Mavor and his friends do not want to be left with out candidates after the last day, next Tuesday, for filing nomination peti tions has passed. Vares Going Ahead Meanwhile the Vares are going ahead. They have doue their part to try to force Penrose to remain silent; or at Continued on Paite Two, Column Tour OPPOSED TO HOME BREW. ASHURST QUITS CONFEREES Won't Participate Further In Anti Beer Bill Conferences, He Announces Washington, Aug. 18. (Bv A. P.) Senator Ashurst announced that he Imrl w4iir-Af 4s ltfmtiAlnnA ttA nnnfrnnia nn hn nnii.h... 1.111 "k I cause of nn evident intention on the part ot tne conterecs to w;eakeu and, destroy the effect of the Stanley amend- ment. adopted unanimously by the Senate. As a member of the Judiciary Com-' AFTER NEW CONFAB ""' ornuuui iiiiuiBi. nua iinuieu onejpions Lourt today. of the Senate manncers. but it iln vcloped that he withdrew from the meeting Tuesday night. He declared that he would "not return to lake part in me couicrenccH u me conierees pro nosed to agree to any amendment which ! will directly or Indirectly permit the! Beckton entered the Farmers' Mar manufacture of vinous, malt or spir- ket. Eighteenth nnd Ridge nvenue. Jul itous liquors in the home or elsewhere II. nnd when detected in the act of rob for beverage purposes." i bine the cash register hj the watchman. Senator Ashurst declined to com- ' fired three shots at him and fled He ment on published reports that Wayne, wan caught after he had attempted to js. ncoier, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, sat with the con ferees jestcrday and assisted in the work of trying to get the House and Senato together on provisions of the bill. "I was not present," he said. WOMAN PEDDLERHURT Found In Street With Ribs Broken, Autolst Detained Catherino Madison, fifty-eight years old, of Fourtli and Snruco streeiH. known by sight to many Philadelphia!! as a strcetpeddler of shoelaces nnd notions, was found mysteriously Injured at Brood nnd Cherry streets early todnj. She was taken to the Hahnemann Hospital by Harry Teitell, 574" Spruce street, who said ho saw her ljing in tho gutter, dared. Physicians found thnt sho had several fractured ribs. Tho hospital authoritifts detained Teitell on the chance his car might have caused her Injuries. Magistrate Grells held Teitell In $000 ball for a further hearing. SUSPECT TETANUS IN BOY Camden Lad Ran Nail In Foot. Takon to Hospital Edward Logan, ten yenrs old. 3314 Federal street. Cnmden. was taken to the Cooper Hospital today with sun pected tetanuH poisoning. Tho child ran n nnll hi his foot several days ago aud tho wound Inter became infected John Boes, seven years old, of Cape May, left Ihe same hospital this morn ing niter having been thero slnco April 13 suffering from tetnnus. HU acci dent was similar lo Logan's. i $ I '.- publtc iiieoget PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921 Now in Cloister EVE LAVALLIERE Onco noted FYcuch cabaret beauty, who, In tho early days of the war, was the sensation of Pnrlii Now she lias been found lhlng In clois tered seclusion in the Vosgcs Moun tains, known only for her neigh borhood charities ' EVE LAVALLIERE RECLUSE Paris Cabaret Beauty Found In Cloister In Vosgea Paris, Aug. 18. From a cabaret in Montmartrc to n cloister on tho out skirts of a village in tho Vosgcs thnt Is the hiatus in the life of Eve Laval Here. She was the toast of Paris the year that America entered the war a toast with n kick to it that made her the most-talkcd-of nctress in tho city. When France was being throttled by the German hand, sho sang patriotic songs and heartened her audiences. Then one day she was gone. She now has been found living as a hormitess in a little white house. The jewels nnd clothes which made her followers gasp are no more. Her every day garb Is a neat black frock. From the peasants come stories of good deeds done by the little lady of the white house acts of charity and of great piety. She still sings, they sny but only ot the mass each day in the village church. TURKARMY aTbAY'oN SITE OF FAMOUS GORDIAN KNOT Fight Where Alexander the Great Camped 2250 Years Ago London, Aug. 18. (By A. I Mustapha Kcmal Pasbn, Turkish Na tionalist leader., is making u stand against the advancing Greek forces nt the site of the ancient city of Gordium. near the confluence of the Sakaria nnd Pursnk Rivers, says a dispatcli to the London Times from Smyrna. The re sult of tho fighting is not yet known. Gordium was used as a concentra tion camp by Alexander the Great in his invasion of Persia about 2250 jears ago. It was the scene of the famous story of the Gordian knot. ' stoUe cashfor bicycle Boy Suspected of Stealing Machine Proves He Bought It Robert Davis, a thirteen-year-old Negro, 711 Silver street, arrested in Camden on suspicion of having stolen the new bicycle ho was riding, proved he owned It. but ndmittcd robbing half a dozen houses for tho money to buy it. District Detective Walter Smith ar rested the boy Tuesday, and he was brought before Recorder Stackhouse in Camden today. He was remanded for the Juvenile Court ou a charge of larceny. The boy admitted entering the home of n Mrs. Brown, 031 Bailey street, and stealing $12; tho home of Mrs. Henry D. Brock. 510 South Eighth street. $11. 53; Mrs. W. S. Pric. 810 Linden street, $2.70; William Perritt. 1002 Princess avenue, an opera glass and several dollars: Mrs. C. S. Nutt. 1310 Park boulevard several small nr-1 tides, and Mrs. M. Palmer. 10.VJ Princess avenufc, a pocketbook with $14. 9 YEARS FOR MANY CRIMES Man Given Heavy Sentence for Theft, Assault and Other Charges A sentence of from nine icars ten months to eleven yenrs in the Eastern Penitentiary was imposed on Sylvester Brekton. eighteen years old, a Negro. by Judge Davis In the Quarter Ses- Beckton pleaded cuiltj to eharses of entering with intent to steal, larceny, assault with intent to kill nnd earn ing a concen'ed deadly wnnon ' I said that his home was in Raleigh. N ('.. nml that he cmun Imm in i,.,. seen shelter in the home of a policeman off duty. SAYS BRICKERJSJNNOCENT Doctor's Lawyer Declares Arrest Was Due to Mistaken Identity Atlantic City. N. , Aug IS. As senibhman Joseph Corin, counsel for Dr. William Bncker. Jr.. accused bv Dr. Walt I'. Conway, of this eit. uf l.nWng performed an illegal operation upon Miss Rodesin D.ivcj, nn actress, in IiIh Ventnor sanitaiiuin, declared to driy it was a case of mistaken identity, lie asserted that Rrlcker was not the man who performed the operation. The City Hospitnl reports todav that the voung woman is still in a erity.il condition. Bricker has been iclcnscj f i om jail under $15,001) hail COMMirYOUNG AUTO THIEF Simon Goldsmith, 17, Pleads Guilty. Sent to Reformatory Judge Davis, in Quarter Sessions Court todav, committed Simon Gold smith, seventeen years old, 2112 Auburn street, to the Huntingdon Reformatory, nfter he pleaded j;uilty to the larceny of nu automobile, but said he had only taken a joyride. Goldsmith was arrested once before for n slniHnr offense nnd placed on probation. It was testified he went to ii gnrngo and obtained an auto be longing to Yontub Sluilo, 3005 Ken Kington avenue, on tlio pretense the uwner find sent him for it. (ll'lt'KKll TIMK "MKMPIIIS hPI.. ,h Snuh. Ity. 8.. H. W. I'hllu. ii imj. iVt. Ar. Mfmplils 8.S0 A.M. Conner, for Miuthu'it 720 Ilfnl Kit, Tr. 1IHU., HI. Wal. U7U. Ail, $15,000 IN WINES TAKEN BY THIEVES Four Men Caught With Goods Taken From Cellar of F. P. Dimmick, of Strafford ROBBERS MAKE $5000 HAUL FROM WAYNE CELLA'R One liquor robbery was frustrated and a second one carried out success fully on tho Main Line last night. Fifteen thousand dollnrs' worth of fine wines and liquors was recovered, five men nrrested and two nittos con fiscated in the one case, and $5000 worth was spirited nway In the other. Thero is a possibility that the same gang perpetrated boht robberies. The house of A. G. Roscngarten. on Church road, Wayne, wns entered and thieves cot awnv with S5000 In wet goods. The Roscngarten home is closed for the summer. The thieves cot in the back door bv cutting away the wood around tho lock with nn nurur. Nclchborn heard the noiso of a motorcar nnd notified the police, but tho men had escaped before they ar rived. Frustrate Robbery The police were more successful however. In the robberr of tho cellar of Fred D. D mmlck. in Strafford. About 0:30 last night occupants of an nuto ictiug suspiciously were noticed In Wayne, nnd a detail of police under command of Captain Sweeney started trailing the machine. After about nn hour tncy lost the car and did not plci: it up again until a little while after midnight, when it wns seen standing near the Strnltord station of the I'enn- syh-ania Railroad. It wns unoccupied but loaded to capacity with case goods and wines. Police believed the liquor had come fropi the Ulmmlck home, which is the closest estate to the station, nnd they took up a watch on the Old Eagle School road. There Is no other means of leav ing the Dimmick home. Police placed two cars across the end of the road nnd took up a position behind their barri cade. After a tew minutes' wait an auto sped around the bend and bore down on them. . Police Make Capture Captain Sweeney and his detail stepped into tho road with drawn pistols and held tip the four men In the car. The men were so completely taken by surprise that they had no chance to use the nrmy type automatics that were found lying on the seats be side each man. The second car. which was larger than the one the police had a'ready found, was ulso loaded with the remainder of tho contents of Mr. Dim mick's cellar. The men admitted the ownership of the car found at the sta tion. The men were taken to the Radnor Township police station at Wayne and questioned. None was over twenty five jears old. anil they were excep tionally well dressed. They gave their names and addresses as Edward Bran nlgan, 2242 North Randolph street; John II. McCnnn. 1100 West Mont gomery avenue; George A. Brown, no home, nnd Horace Collins, no home. On Information gained from the pris oners Captain Sweeney came to Phila delphia and arrested Wesley Hurley. 2104 Master street, a Negro, formerly employed by Mr. Dimmick as a chauf feur. Police claim Huriey gave the other four the information about the contents of the cellar that led to the robbery. After a hearing before Jus tice of the Peace Cunningham this after noon the men will be taken to the Phil adelphia Detective Bureau, where they will be questioned further In searching one of the autos used by the prisoners Chief Sweenev found a bank book in the name of Frank Mc Shea. The book showed many deposits of $500 and $1000, and about one month ago there was one deposit of $10,750. There were also letters addressed to the same, man at a North Nineteenth street address. The license of the car was taken out in the same name and addr. The letters all were regarding liquor transactions and most of them had con tained inclosures of money. Chief Swccnei believes that one of the men tinder nrre t is McShe.i. Two of the men refuse to give addresses and claim they have nn homes, although they are well dressed and well supplied with money. Sweene.i behce. one of these Is McShea. All of the men refuse to talk and nil swear they'neiei- have seen one another before they were brought into the station. DEAD MAN"SAVES" WIFE Woman Freed on Plea Husband's Evil Influence on Her Was Gone "This woman i blameless Her ac tion wns duo ti the influence of her husband, who has since died She was ns puttv in his hands, bur with his death the evil influence was remoicd I move she be discharged " This defense was successfully offered today by Clinton A Sowers, n mem ber of the Legislature, in defending Mrs. Rebecca Levin, of Poplar -treet near Twelfth, against the charge of bootlegging heforo Magistrate Carson in Centrnl Station. The woman w.is discharged. Acting Detectives Hopkins and Saunders testified they bought :i piut of gin for seienty-five cents from the woman in her grocery August 5 It was testified the woman's hu-band. Max Levin, died August 10 Mrs. Levin's son, feimuel I.enu, is a A arc committeckydritf. the Twentieth Ward. DIG OUT BIGGREEK TEMPLE Excavations at Slkyon Reveal Ruins of Great Edifice Athens. Aug. is. tnv A P ) Ruins of a great temple have been un earthed at Slkjon. n city on the south cm shore of the Gulf of Corinth, which in the fourth century before tlio Chris tian era was one of the principal cities of Greece. The foundations and pillars would seem to indicate that the ten pie wns built by the Dorians, who cap. t ii red the town from the Aecnlean Ionians, and held it for scleral cen turies. BURNS FATAL TO MRS. GOOD Mrs Clara Good. 2S4S North Bam brey street, who wns burned yesterda: when her clothes cnught tire from burning pot of paraffin, died in the Samaritan Hospltul at 7 o'clock last night. She was putting up preserves HINLINEII rubllahd Dally Except Sunday. PubwrlMlon Prte $6 a Tear by Mall. Copyrlsht. 1021. by Pub'lc tdirtr Company PUGNACIOUS BALL PLAYER LANDS IN JERSEY HOOSGOW "Jimmy" Smith, of Phila., Squelched by Blackjack of Plain John Smith, qf Camden "Not Me" Says Second Baseman "Jlnimy" Smith, who gave a Pitts burgh address and snid he was a player on the "Phillies' " ball team nnd had n double.-hcnder this afternoon, got Into nn early morning battle with a special policeman "in the Camden ferry and lauded In the court of Recorder Stnck- house. The special policeman, a Pennsyl vania Railroad empiojc in the ferry- house, cxhlhltril ii nnlr nf rlnned trousers, a torn shirt nnd coat as evi dences of "Jimmy's' prowess. "Jim my unu a nniiorii nenti to snow where the policemnii "beancd" him with a blackjack. Ah it happened, the special officer s name was Smith, too John Smith, Ac cording to the story to'd Recorder Htockhouse m ( nmden Jimmy bought n, ferry ticket nt 3 o'clock this morn ing and started to pns through the stile, the ticket in hand. Mls Cath arine Fanning, the ticket taker, de-. ARREST EOR THEFT I ENOS MOTOR TOUR1 Germantown Man Accused of Stealing Car and Getting Tires by Trick FORGERY ALSO CHARGED Fred Roiiniuct. of Earlham terrace. Gerniniitown, prepared for a motor trip through N'eW England, but found be was minus means of transportation and u few other essentials On July 18, it is alleged, he came upon Abraham Polls, repairing a $5000 touring car in .front of 5011 North Broad street. Bourquet remembered thnt an automobile or an express train was essential to the New England trip. "Let me fix thnt car for you. I'm an expert mechanic," Polls said he told him. Polls was anything but expert, and agreed to let Bourquet try his hand. Wlien he went in his store for a screw driver for Bourquet the mechanic was so expert that he made the automobile run out of sight. Polls said. About the same time, it is alleged. Bourquet decided two spare tires would help his plans. He is said to have ordered them from the Good ear Tire and Rubber Companj . Broad and Huntingdon streets, under the namo of Lipscliutz. and tbej were deliiercd at Bourquet' Germantown home. The tires were valued at $110. le Rourquet needed only;6ne thing more for bU Nei. Engbliiftrip. He got SI 15 in means of k'fraujIuli6Bt check, passed at the. utore of , Owen Smith. 3720 North Broad rtreet. it wn, charged I'.ruirnurt was accompanied back from Ni i England jestordnj bv Detective ISrckmiiP, of this cit.i . The detective joined ltourquet at Lynn. The auto mobile owned bv Polls wns recovered. Magistrate ('arson, in Central Sta tion today, held Bourquet for the grand jury under $000 bail on the charge of stealing the tires; $$00 on the forgery charge, and S1500 bail on the charge of stealing Polis' automboblle. STRICKEN WOMAN DU M B Police Try to Identify Victim Who Is In Hahnemann Hospital An unidentified woman, found un conscious at 4 o dock yesterday after noon at Ninth acd Filbert streets, later regained consciousness nt Hahnemann Hospital, but has ot her power .f speech. She is forty -five years old and has blue e,es and light brown hair. She wore a black Mlk suit, white blouse, black hat with plumes, und patent leather shoes, A card found in her handbag bore the name of William M. Ottinger. an nttornev He told the po'ice that a woman nns, img her description had railed at his office yesterday afternoon on busines.s and hno said .-he was Marie Tagg, of 112 East Allen street. The police were unable to find friends or relatives of the woman b.v means of this nddies. Ilospit.tl .'Hithonttcs believe the woman was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage. RAILROAD REFUNDING BILL TO BE REPORTED "WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. Favorable report on the Admin istration Hallroad Refunding Bill was ordered today by the House. Commerce Committee. Republican lenders plan to have Un Hou&c pass the measure early next week. A committee amendment provides that the net shall in no way nffect pronobvd government relief for farmera. AUTO HITS BUS? ONE KILLED. NINE INJURED MAHANOY CITY, PA , Aug. 1U. Thomas. Bi-v.ni, nfty ymis. old, of Qilbcrtsiou, was. killed and nine others wcic injured ou the new State highway between thlb city nnd Lakcwood Puik today when a bus in which picnickers, wuic ndiug win, struck by a large touring car, driver und owner unknown. HELD FOR SHOOTING WIFE Young Husband Calls Fatal Shot Accidental Scrnnlon. Aug 18. (By A P. I Harold McConnell, twenty-eight, of New Mllford. is under nrrest ehnrgeti with having shot nnd instantly killed Ills wife, Dnrothj. csterl!a.v. McCon nell, according to the authorities, main tains thnt the shooting was nccidentnl. The police slid he told them hU wife was sitting ou his lap while he wns examining a revolver, and thnt when she dared him to shoot her. he pulled the trigger, not know ing that the re inlver was loaded, and she fell over dead, mantled to know why he did not deposit Ills ticket. "Jimmy." thinking thnt the ticket box was farther on. replied that he would deposit it when he came to the right place. There was n dispute and the speclnl policeman came hurr.iing over. In n few minutes the wordy argument wns putielunted with flying fists, nnd "Jim inv" v us not subdued until the black jack hnd humped his ernnlum. Recorder Stackhouso held Smith in R300 ball for a further hearing August 30. Th ballplayer wns indignnnt nt the treatment given him nt the ferry, declaring thnt he bad been slapped in the face bv the woman ticket taker, nnd then blnckjnckcd b.v the special officer. He nworc out warrants for the an tst ot both. At the Unll club nothing hnd becu heard of "Jimmy" Smith s row. It was said that the "Jimmy" Smith, who ultcri'ntts i,t second base for the Phil lies, wns out on the lot praeticlng and hnd not been In trouble in Cnmden SAY RICH PROFIT BY TAX REVISION Democrats Charge Measure Shifts Burden to Persons of Moderate Means FIGHT BILL, KITCHIN URGES Washington. Aue. 18. With Demo cratic opposition pledged ns a result of the party caucus lat night, general de- ibatc on the Republican Tax Revision I Bill was continued In tho House today. iThe caucus, which was the fourth held in nn effort to determine n program for the minority, was attended by eighty o' the 132 Democrats in the Houe, and the vote for opposition was said to be unanimous No indication wns given of the probable attitude of those mem bers of the party who did not attend. General debate, which ) was opened yesterday b. Chairman Ffcidney. of the Ways nnd Means CommMtoe. for the Republicans, was scheduled to end to night nnd tomorrow amendments will be taken up under five-minute speech limitation, with a final ote due late Saturday. Mr. Fordncy. in outlining the Republican position on the bill, said it was "as equitable a measure" as was possible to draw "under the circum stances." The Democratic line of attack wns indicated in a resolution .iHnntnl nt hthc party caucus, which dec:ared the measure to be "subversive of the prin ciple thnt should govern taxation for the Support of this Government." and charged that it 'relieves profiteers and taxpayers of large incomes from tllelr just share of the load of taxation and leaves an unfair portion of the burden to be borne by the peoplo of moderate means." Democratic Wast Attached In opening the general debate yes terday Representative Fordney at tacked Democratic extravagance during the war and told the House the country now would have to pay for "rotten finance and the damndest fizzle I have ever heard of." Although tho present debt of this country represents 43 per cent of its wealth, Mr. Fordney predicted "that with a return to prosperity our debt ( ontlnnM on Taite Twf nt)-. Column 8li PROBE SICILIAN MURDERS Detroit Detectives to Aid Investlga tlon In New York Detroit. Aug IS (By A P i A member of the Detroit Defective Bu reau will be sent to New York, it was announced today, to nid the authorities there in the investigation into the ac tivities nf a gang, alleged to have been responsible for numerous Sleilinn mur ders in New ork. Detroit nnd I'hi cngo Icput f'liief of Defectives McCarty said toda that the description of two of tho secn men held in New York following a statement by Bartolow Fontnno. fitted thnt of two men nr rested here during the last two yenrs In connection with feud sln.ungs. WORLD COURT ASSURhP'" Spain and Haiti Agree, Making the Required Number Geiieia. Aug. Is-. -Rj , p. i Creation of the pcrmnueiit court of in ternational justice is assured, it m nn. nounced here. The secretariat of the League of Nations has been Informed that Spain and Haiti will soon deposit their ratifications of the agreement to establish the court, and when thei are received the number of nations wbieh hne deposited ratifications will have reached tweutj -four, the requisite number. .( f '',i!,j. m EXTBA v ;r PRICE TWO CENTS Dail Eiroann Expected to Order Plebiscite or Else Accept Dominion Status jj BEGINS DEBATE ON REPLY AIMS TO WIN OVER ULSTER TRUCE PERMANENT; DlllNANDLONDON CIRCLES FORECAST Optimism prevails in London and Dub lin ns the Dail Eircanu begins de bnle on reply to the British pcaco) offer. British official circles nssert confidently war in Ireland will not be renewed Believe De Vnlera's uncompromising declarations merely intended to add r to Irelnnd's prestige Sinn Fein newspapers also scout pes slbility of truce being broken. Dublin forecasts reply to Lloyd Georfa will announce plebiscite or else ac tept Dominion status. By the Associated Press Dublin. Aug. 18. Debate on the re ply of the Irish Republican Parliament to the British Government's offer of dominion status to Ireland was begun, b.v the Parliament In executive session here today During public meetings held Tuesdar nnd yesterday the members heard Eamon de Valera denounce the British offer, and assert that Ireland would in sist upon separation from England; but. with the exception of the npplanss which greeted his utterances, there wat little b.v which observers could estlmata tho attitude of the majority of tho Parliament. It was the general belief that the Dail Eireann would not break off the nego tiations with Great Britain, and it was thought that some fiction might h taken to approach T'lster in an effort to secure her co-oneratlon in carry ing on the conversations in London. Do Valera stnted yesterday he was readv to get in touch with the Government of Northern Ireland and that the Irish Re publicans would "make sacrifices" to Ul ster thnt they would never thint of making to England." "Sacrifices" to Lure Ulster The nature of the "sacrifices" to Ulster that De Valera had in mind wera not disclosed yesterday, but it was be lieved today he would reveal to thi members of the Parliament the steps he would advocate in bringing Ulster In nccord w-ith the Sinn Fein. Tho possibility exists that something mnv pnss between the Mansion Houfa in Dublin and Downing Street in Lon don, there being hope in some quar ters that De Valera's speech ol ye trday, with its pointed references to Ulster, will nrouse Premier Llpyd George or the Belfast authorities to action. If this does not come to pass the political forecasters take the view that the Dail will either send a considered reply to Lloyd George's letter, an nounce its decision to submit the ques tion to a plebiscite, or nsk the Gov ernment whether it will agree to glvo Ireland dominion home rule of the kind out'ined In the recent letter of General Smuts. Members of the Dail Eireann were astir early this morinng nnd wore a more Fcnous look than ever when thejr gathered at the Mansion House for tha day's meeting. Apparently, they real ized the great responsibility they wera carrying. Women in .Mourning Garb They arrived singly and in group."! of young men and young women, as most of the members are, with an oc casional veteran, such ns Count Plun kett and Prof. Stockley All the women were in mourning, some wearing wid ow's weeds Most of these vouthful legislators are shv and bashful, avoiding demon strations and displn.iing particular skill in dodging the cameramen, who are unusually active, apparently desiring to secure pictures of all the Dail Sireann legislators they can. in view of the possibility of n break in negotiations Judging from the newspaper rcflec tions of public opinion, however, the residents of Dublin seem to have morn confidence thnn manv people abroad thnt the war will not bo renewed. For instnnep, the Irish Independent, which is eoset to the Sinn Fein, says this nn ining : "We reioice to find in Mr de Va lera's statement no suggestion thnt thfl negotiations are likely to be termi nated " The Frremnn s Journal editorial ex pnsses the view that the path to peace would be considerabb smoothed If a plain statement were made that Gen trill Smuts' recent letter correctly in terpreted the British premier's prom ises and w ishes Should Break Deadlock The Irish Tunes, referring to De Va leia's speeeb ot lesterdny. sa.is it sug gested a deadlock, but adds that if thin is true the time has come to refer the question to the people, nnd if It is Contlnnnl nn Vatr Tweiiti. Column On RAILROAD HEADS EXPECTED TO DENY UNIONS' REQUEST Refusal to Cancel Wage Cut and Continue Worklp'- Rules Forecaot Chicago. Aug in.- i-By A P.) -Refusal to meet the requests of the railroad brotherhoods for cancellation of the recent wngo cut nnd continuation of present working rules was expected In the announcement of western rail -.ids to be made later todnj following u conference of mnnngers and union of ficials. A committee headed bv A W. Tren holm, vice president of the Chicago, 8t Paul, Minneapolis nnd Omaha, has ben conferring with Big Four officials for tho Inst two days Mr Trenholm'n committee represents nil western roadl. The employes have presented a four fold proposition to the railroads beforo, referring the whole situation u the rank and file for action Tli employes ask that the July 1 wage rduction h can celled, that n more cuts be asked of til Itiillriiiul l.aboi Eimrd, that tho roadl continue I" pay tlmo inui one-half for overtime ntid Siiiiilajs und holidays and that the present workiti rules be mm tinned fur n fixed period Cardinal athbona tirnfl all Cathttln tm in ln Mauual at ITMtri.-.Uolv. " 1 i. i a u ; .: ill Un m i jf.l iihj jgjj..-ft.-... ....'-.w.vf, A l.? .ja'rW, .,4 . 1 1, v.s. y vf. J. .-',. " tiXfM V""i
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