,V'V r r- IM i V &S i t .V R HEADS BEGIN PORKONPROGRANI r 'jExhaustivo Industrial Survey to Be Made Basis of Now Policy PLAN WORKERS' COLLEGE Ilr the Associated Irew . Atlantic City. N. J., Aur. 23. The Executive Council of the American led erntlon of Labor today started work on the drnftlns of "a policy to scitc ns rnide of tho labor mcvcinent of Amer ica." A thoronch and scientific lnvcstlRii tlon of the entire field of modern Indus try will be ordered, it Is stated, nnd the results of this inquiry will funn the basin of a new policy. "No investigators or students have undertaken a more fundamental inaulrv or on of greater meaning. " said Sum Mel Gompers, president of the Federa tion. "In order to report In accord nncc with the directions of the Dcncr convention, there who undertake the in quiry must delve into every nook and corner of the realm of production, for It Is obvious that no part of our Indus trial life 1st without its bearing upon the question of wages, and that In turn the question of wages has it bearing upon cery phase of Industry nnd every other question Involved in Indus-try." Tho council had before it todny n report of n committee which conducted an investigation to determine the posM llllty of co-ordinntins the present edu cational institutions nnd activities con ducted under the auspices of organized labor. This committee also investi gated the "stiencth of the demand for a ccntrnl labor university which muv be developed among the affiliated unions," nnd -onsidered the mutter of extension coniues ,uid i-cholnrhlps which would moke the facilities of such an Institution of wlc'cst set vice. The question of nduilnKtration and financing of such n university also wns consid ered. A report on nn investigation to de termine if "organized labor is Retting u square deal" In school textbooks is ex pected shortly. While the council has taken a survey of the unemployment situation and d.s cussed wage reluetlons. it is stated that no action has been taken on the.-e mat ters. Wage reductions, lnlxu leader fcay. are bi-inj; accepted b. the unions under protest, and the qucstlr.ii of en couraging organized workers to strike will not bo considered. Wiuhlnfiton. Aug. 21. (Iv A. P.) Samuel Gonipers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, will de liver the keynote for n campaign to in crease the membership of tho Federa tion to five million, in nn nddr"ss to he delivered at Baltimore on Labor Day. it was btated today at labor headquar ters. At Boston the Central Labor Cnioti plans n parade in which the building trades nnd Metal Council will join. C evjlnnd unions have arranged for a mass-meetin? at which W. L. Million, president of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Street Railway Employes, will speak. In Philadelphia there will be an athletic meet under the nuspices of the Central Labor Union and a parade. Chicago has nrrnnged for a three-doy celebration, at which Willinm Jentiiiis lirynn, Itnbbl Judnh Mngncs nnd Sena tor Joseph I. France, of Maryland, are expected to be amonj the speakers. JglOENIX FLOOD LOSS HEAVY Damage In Capitol $250,000 Irri gation Canals Breached Phoenix. Ariz., Aug. 23. (By A: P.) Seven hundred houses In Phoenix Were damaged by yesterday's flood and In 400 water went Into the first story. City Manager Avery Thompson istl mated the damage in the citv nt $100. 000. Damage to the Capitol was esti mate at about 2."0.000. The flood washed five new holes In the bank of the Arizona Cnnal. the principal arterv of the Salt Hirer Volley irrigation dis trict, and enlarged the five cut Fridav night. The ten cuts run from twenty to 1C0 feet. In the Grand Canal, the second large artery of the irrigntlon district, five breaks were made, rang ing from ten to forty feet in width. A committee was named nt a meeting today to take Mens for the immediate construction of what is known as the "cave creek flood control." to prevent floods from the creek entering the Salt Klver Valley irrigation district and Phoenix. URGES BURNING OF TOWN Soviet Officer Says Astrakhan Is Too Filthy for Cleansing 'Stockholm, Aug. 23. (By A. P.) !he Svenskn Dngelndet prints r.n un confirmed report tnrfnv from its Tf-1. rJngfors correspondent that the Soviet coinraissarv in Astrakhan, on nn is'nnd In the Volga, has informed the Soviet KOvernment that the town is so full of filth nnd in such n terrible condition that It would be useless to trj to fight the cholern plague bv disinfection, anil that he recommends the drastic measure of burning the town. The Soviet commissary, tho report rays, proposes that the Inhabitants of Astrakhan should bo cut to Siberia. (Latest nvnilablc figures give the popu lation of Astrakhan ns about ll.'t.OQO.) TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES 9. F. Harblnaon, Brooklyn N y nnn War rt 1Z. McMulklw. 8' Vincent's Ho.rltnl rrnclco K cUvl.k ll-a Hrown M one! Sophia Falraka 230 Falrmount in fi3Brr.pHr s.1..;': .res - anj Kann,e JteS..AvTh?S,.s,8Vrn'it?up7.-c.,nd MJehaal H. Sllverateln. 113(1 N 40th at . and Mary S. Hen warn nan n tnth ., John Grey, IJ04 Cherry at . arxl .Mary Conncll. Stratford. Ta Wchard F Canally, Jr , Weldon, Pa, Allco T McUlnn. 1H14 Cayvru at Ernait I.. Font, Veat Cheater, Pa., Mo and and ..iiia j. mi vr. uivnmore, i'a. M. Smith. 8137 Market t. Jtajry Bhenfeld. 202i aermantown uo , arvl " Hose Friedman. 10 H. 42d at bf E Carlyle. Nw York City, and Ullla N. Durtln, 1S27 Frankford ivV ,0J1re,V-I.'u,,:hl 3,s2 N Falrhlll at., and Ida M nrl.ht. 2SB1 N Falrhlll at. Ira Dlckemon, 1B02 Lomhard at , and Lena Clark. Jo4 Lombard at. Tboroaajlloodula, Huntlntdon. V,' Va.. and lUa Pllllnrlnl. 1717 S. Iavmlncerat V;rsa jowa. lata .N. I Oth at., and Annla E. Qraa.. 1342 N 10th at. Fletcher JJ Wllla Narherth. Pa., nnd Tharna C. Nusbaum. Haddonfleld. N J Clarcnco II, Jiatrmnn. B7.15 Cheater avo . and .Sarah C. Pick. 2012 K Ontario at. ilorrla Ilotanbaum, 1002 8. 3.1 at . i.nd Horn Ullaaerman. 101 ("arpi'nter at. Taul Clanchelta, 17S3 S ChaUnrlck at and Koaa Salarno, 158.1 S C'arllale at Jlanjamln Murrey. 120 t'ntharlt at . and lluby Jackaon, 1320 Addlaon at Joaoph B. Stana, Later, I'a , and Pauline It. Ilanl. 2701 Earn at Louta Paul, 118 N Edaewood at , and Iteba Uukroweli, 212.1 a. Sth at. Charlea K Clark. New York City, and Chaatlna J Lynch. 700 Spruce at. Frank A. ICruener, 1WH flharawoud at., and Mabel J. Flaher. 1N34 Seybert tU Harry Karker. 3231 Ilaverford ax. . and Sua I. llaker. 3231 Ilaverford uve Oeorie II. Lee. 170. Manton at . ai.rl Marie A. aoodrldae. 122S l'oarl at S4wcrd Itelnheart. 220 Itldao nve . and . Ka ainber, 2I.in H. Falrhlll at. I 'l6li J. aoldberv. 1BS0 N. Uth at. anj Kato ! Maimed. 1214 ti rard ave IHrratl P. wlckera. 2033 Cheatnut at , and 'Jane IS. Avery. HviUI. Pa. ino ticenme, 1053 a. incka at . and iiua viein, iaou n, nuin at, 1 ooey, ilia Kltiwater at., and Fannie Feltoir (t. I uffman. IDU N. Napa at,, and nun, Kaw Xork City. - , rim MURDER SUSPECT A SUICIDE Driven to Bay by Pollco, He End Life With Pistol Shot Cleveland, Atir. 23. (lly A. P.) Sylvester Ijtiknruek, sought for the murder last Sunday of hjs wife Anna and, tho probable fatal Hhootlng of John I.anzlc, a roomer in the Iitikarnck home, shot and killed himself In a farmhouse at Hiram, nenr hore, early today when corneretl In nn upstairs room by n police detail from Cleve land. The suicide followed a half-hour bat tle in which liiikarnck tried to kill the police officers. When they broke Into the room where he hnd barricaded himself he fired a bullet into his brain. . Fear British Forces May Inter fere With Executive Com mittee Meeting IRISH CLERGY URGE PEACE lly tho Associated Tress Dublin. Aug. 23. Members of the Irish Republican Parliament, gnthered here to frame their reply to the Hrltlsh (rovernment's olTcr of dominion status for Ireland, divided their activities today between the secret sesmnns of the Par liament nnd n meeting of the Executive Committee of the Sinn Fein. The meetings of the two bodies were held In tho Mansion House, nnd It was believed both would concern themselves with the attitude taken by the Irish re publicans toward the terms laid down by Prime Minister Lloyd George. Meetings of the Sinn Fein Executive Committee were placed under the ban long ago by the BritiMi Government, nnd. so fnr ns known, the proscription was never lifted. 'When It was an nounced tho "ommittee would meet there wis some a' prehension lest Crown forces would interfere In the gntherlng but up until tills morning no Intima tion had been zivrn thnt Hrltlsh au thorities In Ireland frowned on the proposed nsembly. Eecirthes "On the Run" While all the members of the Dill Elreann have permission to nttend ita sessions In the Mansion House, ninny members of tho Sinn Fein executive body are "on the run," their cnesnot being covered by tho immunity given the Pail members. Some are men whom thp crown forces hnve been seeking for weeks, nnd even months. Influence of the civil administrators nt Dublin Cnle and of others in the Irlbh office, who are mnklng nil effort to secure peace in Ire'nnd, wns ex pected, however, to insure against nny Interference with these men by the mlll tarv authorities. Public interest in the popular heroes of the Irish Republican Army Is con tinuing unabated, and they are being acclaimed wherever they go. So much attention, however, seems to be nailing upon the principal chiefs. Such men ns Michael Collins, commnndcr-In-chief of the Ira; John J. AVnlsh. popularly known ns the "jail breaker" ; Austin Stack. Minister for Home Affairs la the Dail Cabinet, nnd other lenders, spend much time in efforts to escape the hero-worshipers. They enter the Mansion House by back doors nnd sel dom venture Into the 'imelight without a companion with whom they can ihnre the cheers of the crowd. Collins Wary of Strangers Collins, dining alone last night in n public restaurant, plainly showed the effect of his long hiding in the hills. lie wns nervous nnd appeared instinc tively to eye closelv any strangers who approached. Walsh, however, is of nn entirely different type u huge youth, who seems never to lose his nerve, ni wnys cool and contained, John J. MeKeown, another of the Sinn FV.n heroes, is Mmilnr to Walsh in physique and just about as self possessed. Considerable speculation was eaiett here lost night by the delivery of n message to Knmon de Vnlern by Mon signer Edward Mulherii, Rlshop of Dromore. It was asserted tho message 1 nd not com" from Cardinal I.oguc. head of tho Catholic Church in Ire land, but there was no further infor mation relative to the origin of the message, except it came from "highest authoritj." It was the subject of pro tracted consultations by the Sinn Fein ltnders. Speculate on Mea-sago Only the Inner circles of the Sinn Fein nnd n few Dublin people thus far have knowledge of the visit of Mon signor Mulherii to Mr. de Vnlera, but among those aware 'of it aside from the few who n.iiy be assumed to hno ?,.4inlt.t L'rtit,i'ln1,rn.nillmfl tn,l ,1 iMMlhSlnfl whs still in progress todny ns to the source of Monsignor Mulhern'ri mes- i sage. Notwithstanding that it had been I ilt-cared in -omo qunrters that Cardinal I Lome hnd nor sent th messenger. It w.is pointed out bv others that Mousig imr Mulherii would be the natural niis m tiger for Cardinal I.ogue, us his n-nt as I'.ishop of Promore nt Newrv Is on'.v litteen miles from Curllngford, where Cardinal I.ogue is staying. Should the Cardinal, it was argued, molvu u message for transmission or decide it w-as time himself to take a nep toward peace, ho would in ordinary course select the nearest Uishop to uit ns intcrmedlnr.v . Cardinal I.ogue has been a consistent opponent of violence in Ireland und has even gone so fur as to condemn die destruction of goods under tin bojeott. Shortly after the Uall Eiieann con vened It was declared in miiiio (piaitcs that the Irish clergy was urging such action bj the Parliament that would pieelude resumption of warfare between the republiuin forces nnd the. llritish soldiery or constabulary. ELKS' CONVENTION OPENS Johnstown Residents Arrange Pro gram for Delegates .Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 23 (Ry A, P.) Tlie opening i-en.lon of the fif teenth annual i-niivention and reunion of the PcniiMlvniim State Association, Ri-neoli-nt and Protective Order of Elks, took place here todny with a large number of delegates from all over the State in uttendnmc. A special program of sight-seeing wns planned for the visiting wonun. More than JtfWO attended a banquet last night nt which nddiesses were mado by Dr. D. S. Abhcom. of Pittsburgh, president of tho UBHOi-iution j Charles II. Qrnkelow, Philadelphia, vice president: V, 8. Gould. Scranton, secretary, and Henry W. Gough, HnrrUhurg, treasurer. The greatest laugh -producer on the nroarium of fciieeches wns Arthur Kit. long, of Philadelphia, who gave a resume ot tue tuiKa tnat naa preceded his, Mr. Grakclow will be elected ores Ident. The official delegates of the Philadel phia Lodge are C. N. C. Svtrdyuan, A. L. Weinstock. Furey Ellis and air. Orakelow. . IN FEIN HOLDING FORBIDDEN SESSION EVENING PUBLIC INSISTS ON OPEN IMS SESSIONS Senator Harrison Says Demand Should Not Be Resented by Other Nations U. S. VITALLY INTERESTED By the Associated Press Washington, Aug. St. Demand by tho Vnltcd States for open sessions of the disarmament conference could not be construed ns nu lustilt to tho repre sentatives of foreign nations, Sennlor Harrison declared In the Senate today In supporting Ills proposal thnt tho American delegates use every effort to prevent secret deliberations. The issue was brought to the front by the Senator's nmendment to n bill appropriating 200.000 for expenses of the conference directing the delegates named by President Harding to work for public sessions. "This amendment docs not mean that Congress is nttemptlng to bring to bear nny Influence upon the conference ex cept through Its own representatives." Senator Harrison declared. Referring to the secrecv nt Ver sailles, the Mississippi Senaior snld the Far-Eastern questions to be token up here in November relnled to Shantung, nji. the open door In Chinn nnd pes slbly the .Inpnnece nllen land problem, some of which, he added, have been ills' eiisvpd openly In the Sennto for venrs. He insisted the public should be In formed from day to day of all discussion of nnvnl reduction by the United States and other nations participating. Hopes for Conference Success Turning to Senator Lodge, the Re publican lender, named bv President Harding ns n member of the American delegation. Senator Harrison expressed the hope that the confercna would suc ceed. "Rut if we nre to derive nny benefit from it." ho added, "the world must know who rendered a great service and where blnme shnll attach In event of its failure, I hope the distinguished Senn tor from Massachusetts will not take the position thnt the conference must be closed. Senator Harrison charged thnt many Kcpublicnns weix- demanding "that th" people be kept in the dark on every step toward reduction of navnl arma ment. "President Harding has sturted u great movement nnd the delegation rep resenting the United Stnte.s should not throw him down," he continued. "We will never know how they carried out his prot'iiun unless ever thing is done in tho open." The Sllssisaippl Senator attacked President Harding for not inviting I.ntln American countries to partici pate In tho conference. The countries of South America, he added, were vitally concerned In the result of th confer ence. Watson Opposes Public Sessions Senator Watson. Grorgia, oppobed public session of tho conference. vn. tending that "In the very nature of things .sonic negotintlons must be con ducted in private." He added that grand and petty juries meet in secret und that the books of the Bible, the writing of the Constitution und the Dec lnrntlon of Independence and the selec tion of (ieorgc Washington as coin-mnniler-in-chlef were nil done behind closed doors. Ah nutiior of the amendment to the Nnvnl Appropriation Act directing the calling of n disarmament conference. Scnntor Rorah declared that since the question had been brought up, failure of the Senate to record its view for pub licity would bo construed by the world to mean that "wo are opposed to open conferences." Senator l.-odge, in opposing the Har rison nmendment. declared it was "whollv out of place and futile bad manners," and thnt he would not he "guilty of this incivility toward' the great nations Invited here to participate in the conference." The Senate and House resumed today their consideration of business under high pressure in the expectation of de claring a thirty da;is' recess late to mot row. Roth were In sess-lon last nlplit, the Hou!o until it hnd passed the Administration Railroad Funding Rill, und flic Senate until 11 :15, when it hnd renehed a point where it wns ready to take a final vote upon reconvening to dny on the Shipping Board deficiency bill, carrying SIS.oOO.OOO. The House todny was to take up the conference report on the nnti-beer bill with the expectation of leaders that it would be adopted, although there was no Indention of what course the Sen ate would subsequently take in the matter in view of its previous insist ence on the Stanley amendment, relat ing to search and seizure under the Volstead Act. When this report is dis poned of the House is to toko up the conference on the Cnpper-Tineher Rill regulating trnding in grnln futures. The Senate ueuate last nigut was no. voted in part to n vigorom discussion of President Htrdlug's appenranco lie fore it last month to oppose passage nt thnt time of tho Soldiers' Bonus Bill. The discussion wns started by Senntor I. a Fiill-'tte. who chniged the President with executive Interferon! e with the legislative branch of the Government, nnd wns p.irt'olpntod in by n dozen others the President bolus both nt tnckel nnd defended for IiIh course. COAL RATE RISE DENIED I. C. C. Finds Proposed Schedule on Pennsylvania Coal Unjustified Washington, Aug. 23. (By A. P.) Increased freight rntes proposed by railroads on anthracite coal from the Wyoming, Lehlsth nnd Schuylkill re gions in Pennsylvania to stations In Now York wore found not to he justified todnv bj tho Interstate Comuurce Com mission. The commission ordered tho carriers to cancel the proposed schedules, but to devise another plan of revision to bring nbout grent uniformity in the rates. The present joint-line hnul costs sev enty cents n ton more to Oneida nnd I'tlen than does the slngle-llno rnto, and fiftv.KlT cents a ton more to Syrucuse, Schenectady, Albany, Troy and Cohoes than tho straight nam to mese points WOOD REVIVES MEMORIES Revisits His Official Residence of Philippine Campaign Days Manila. Aug. 23. (By A. P.) General Wood today drove several miles from Jolo to visit the house which wnf his official residence in the Philippine campaigns. The Sultan of Sulu was his host. Personal Investigation of Philippine conditions by tho Wood-Forbes mis sion practically closed today with the exception of gathering a few loose ends. The mission sailed from Jolo still with a number of Islands to visit, but tho conditions of tho unvifclted places will have no important bearing on the final report to the PreBidont. Work of preparing tho report will begin about September 3. 'LEDGEKi-PHILADELPHlA, TUESDAY, HIGHTOWER ABANDONS ALIBI Alleged Murderer of Catholic Priest Admits He Was Mistaken Redwood City, Calif., Aug. 23. (Bj A. P.) William A. Illghtower, charged with tho murder of the Rev. Patrick E. Hcslln, Catholic priest, was closeted for an hour and a half last night with District Attorney Swart. Illghtower mado numerous ndmlsslonn, Mr. Swart said, but tho District Attorney declined to go Into detail ns to their nature. Illghtower Virtually has abandoned his original alibi, Mr. Swart added, and has admitted that he had been mlstnken nbout riding in an automobile with Doris Shirley on the night of August 2, when Father Hcslln was taken from his home nnd held for ransom. Stcamzhip Allianca Reaches Now York Under Guard of U. S. Marines FIREMEN TOOK WARPATH By tho Associated Press Now York, Aug. 23. Tho ntcnmshlp Alllnncn nrrlvcd today from Cristobal with three mutinous firemen in Irons nnd twenty-two marines, who wcro transferred to the stcnmshlp nt sen from the bntleshp Connecticut becnusc of a rebellious spirit exhibited by other fire men. Fearing for the safety of 121 passengers, mnny of whom were women and children. Captain James Stono got in touch with the bnttlcship by wire less last Friday ond summoned aid. Tho Allianca left Cristobal August 12. Captain Stone said thnt ns the re sult of continual qunrrnls he summoned three firemen before him and ordered them put in Irons on charge of. mutiny. As they were being taken to confine ment they yelled : "All hnnds, quit work I" There wns no actual response to their suggestion, but tho rest of the firemen muttered constantly nnd made such threats that the englncets went nrnied and were nfrnld to sleep. The cook could not rest in his quarters because of the noise made by tho unruly firemen nnd had to sleep on deck. When the marines ar rived the trouble subsided. While the officerti of the steamship were reticent, members of the crew nnd pnssengers said the trouble had been caused by a combination of turpentine and Haitian rum, On the outward voyage some one painted a fireman with turpentine us he lu sleeping. When he nwoku he Hcincd nn nx and went on the warnnth. He was placed In Irons. The judge who heard his case nt Crlstobnl dis charged him. saying that his provoca tion had been great. At Port De Pnlx. the Inst nort of call on the return, the firemen returned to the ship with much Haitian rum nnd the aggrieved fireman ngnlu went looking for the man who applied the turpentine. He was again placed In Irons, after which his friends took up the vendetta. Red hot slice bars nnd nxos were tho favorite weapons in a general fight that lasted about five hours below dceits oeforc the Connecticut came in sight, it wns stated. LEGALITY OF REINSTATING PATROLMAN IS ATTACKED Lieut. Herbert's Return to Duty Hit In Equity Suit of Taxpayer Tho legality of tiie rclnstntement of Edward II. Herbert, as lieutenant of police, was attacked today by William II. Kroider, an nttorney acting for Hnrold S. Riddlnugh. a taxpayer in nn equity suit filed against tho Civil Serv ice Commissioners. Director Cortclyou and other city officials. A recent ruling of Judge Mnrtin, up holding nn net Governing reinstatements in such ensesj Is the basis for the suit. The City Charter provides that all ap pointments, transfers and reinstate ments in the police department shnll be made in accordance with this act. The act provides that application for lelnstntcment must come within a year after the compluinnnt has been sep nrated from his post. Herbert lost his position ns lieutenant and was demoted ' to the position or. uouse sergeant, April 1. 11117. Judge Mnrtin recently overruled a demurrer inndo by city uuthoiitios to u similar bill brought to enjoy the rein statement of thirty-two employes. Suits were also brought by Mr. Krci der on behalf of Constantlne Gallagher, formerly nn assistant inspector in the Department of Health, and Noah Weeks, n laborer, in the Bureau of Water to have them reinstated. SCHOOL FOR SERVICE MEN Camp Sherman Will Become First Vocational University Washington, Aug. 23 (By A. P.) Camp Sherman, nt Chllllcothe, O., will bu the first army encampment for one of the four United States Voca tional Universities In different sections of the country, Veterans' Bureuu of ficials said today. Announcement of tho selection of the rehabilitation institution sito will be made, according to Director Forbes, within the next ten dnjs prior to his leaving for a tour of the country to select the remnining sites. Tho university, Colonel Forbes said, will bo in operation inside of three months with nbout 2000 men in attend ance. Deaths of a Day Captain Edward T. Page Edward T. Page, distinguished sailor and a captain in the merchant marine for the last thirty-live years, died nt Ills home, 1742 North Sixty-second street, Sundny. Ho hod been in ill health several years. Ho wan sixty years old. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at 1820 Chestnut street. In terment will bo lnArllngton Cemetery. Rullf Van Brunt'o Funeral Funernl services fnr Rullf Van Brunt, who died in the Presbyterian Hospital on Saturday, will bo held this evening nt 8 o'clock in nn Arch street undertaking establishment. Mr. S'an Brunt, who lived at -1111 Baltimore avenue, hod been a resident of this city for twenty-five yearn. Henry Grower's Funeral Funeral services for Henry Rrower, nn interior decorator, who died Sun day ot his home at 751 North Twentieth btreet, will take place tomorrow eve ning. Interment will bo In the yard of Green Tree Brethren Church, Oaks, Montgomery County, Thursday. Mr. Rrower, who wns fifty -six years old, wns in business with his brother, Charles 8. Browcr, at 2007 Fainnount avenue. Ho Is survived by his widow, three sons, Joseph, John and George, nnd one daughter, Mrs. George J. Mc-Fadden. BIGS MUTINEERS TO PORT IN IRONS T ZR-2 OFF Dirigible Lonvoa Howden on Trip Preliminary to Ita Ac ceptance by U. S. SOON TO CROSS ATLANTIC By the Associated Press Howden, England, Aug. 23. Tho dirigible ZR-2, purchased from Great Britain by tho United States, commenced n trial trip nt 7:10 o'clock this morning. British and American nerlnl officers wcro In charge of the giant balloon, which will start on Us flight across tho Atlantic to America .as soon ns practicable. Three hundred men carefully guided tho craft from tho hangar, where It had been awaiting suitable flying weather. Members of tho crew took tliejr posta. General Maltland nimbly clambered up the ladder and disappeared amldshlps'and then como the ringing of signal bells and the responding sputter of tho ship's six powerful motors. Tho commander of the ground party megaphoned tho order "Cast off," and the 700-fect-long silvery gas bag glided upward Into tho clear morning say. Immediately upon taking tlio air tho big dirigible mado two circuits ot the airdrome nnd then, with nn American blucjnehet perched in the machine gun ner's ncft at tho very tip of the ship's stem waving good-by, the craft headed due west and soon disappeared from view. Before tho btnrt General Maitland sold he intended maneuvering the ship over the North Sen, where tic could show what ability she possessed in combating the wind, nnd then to make a southward awing to Ptilham, where ho expected to tlo the ZR-2 to her mooring mast at 10 o'clock tonight. If the conclusion of today's test ..hould be successful, Commander Louis N. Maxfieid, U. S. N., with the con currence of the Navy Department in Washington, will take over the craft. The next rtcp will be training of the crew in one or two fifteen or twenty hour flights, nnd then, barring unex pected difficulties, nil will be ready for tho jump-off to America. The ship's control car today contained Comniandor Maxfieid, Brigndler General S. M. Maltland the British air mar slinl. and Colonel Campbell, who super vised the work of designing the dirigi ble. Distributed through the vast in terior of tho balloon were five other Amcrlcau officers, seen engineers nnd four riggers, in addition to the regular British crew. Washington. Aug. 23. (By A. P.) Although Hlight defects in the con struction of tho ZR-2 have been re vealed, Navy Department officials to dny said they were confident weather conditions nlono delayed the trinl flight. Commander Moxfic'd. who was sent nbrond to direct the bringing of tho dirigible to America, it was learned yesterday, recently reported that on July 17. while the ZR-2 wns living from Redford to Howden "two inter mediate, transverse frames and one in termedioto longitudinal frame buckled just aft of frame seven." "The ship wns immediately slowed down," the report added, "nnd nn ex amination made to determine the dam age, which wns not serious enough to warrant an immediate landing." The report .said tho girders which fulled were repaired July 2.1 and all intermediate transverse and longitudinal girders In tho bottom pnrt of the four parallel sections were strengthened by the nddltlon of extra bracing pieces. Panels were also rivctea to the bases of nil intermediate transverse girders in the four sections, It was said. According to the report it was lie. lieved that tho failure of jhe girders was probably duo to their stressing while tlie snip was under construction at Red ford, where at times as many as fortv men congregated In one Hftcen-nicter section1, straining the ship to n greater degree tnan it would ever Do strained in flight. Nuvnl aeronautical experts hero said tho buckling of tlie girders wns not considered serious, but something which might happen to nny rigid shin during nn early flight. They anticipate tho occeptanco o tlie snip ns soon as her trial flight is made and expect she will take off for tlie United Stutes u few days thereafter unless Dad weotlicr prevails, P. S. COMMISSION ASSERTS POWER IN P. R. T. CASE Will Consider Complaint of Lehigh Valley Company on Rate Question The Public Service Commission in a decision made public today held it had jurisdiction to consider a complaint of tho Lehigh Valley Transit Company against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Involving the manner in. which the latter company d hided joint rates. It nlso directed tho Philadelphia com pany to file an nnswer in fifteen days. Tho enso has attracted considerable at tention. -i.no rjiiinucipiun company asuen mat me complaint lie dismissed, holding the business which Is handled bv interchange ut Chestnut Hill Is not sucii ns comes under authority of the com mission. Tho Inst Legislature passed a law making an amendment to the nubile service law tinner wnicn tlie Leliigh company filed its complaint. Such handling of freight is held to bo n scrv Ico ond the commission can regulate it without transgressing the company's constitutional rights. TWO HELD F0r"h0mTcIDE Coroner Denies Ball to Men In Fatal Fights Two men wcro held without bail for the Grand Jury by the Coroner today on charges of homicide. They were John Johnson, Darltn street near Wood, nnd ' -ni Mof'-'i "-iriict street near Ox ford, both Negroes. .nihil in . ed of hnving struck John Sharp, seventy years old. 207 North Ninth street. It wns testified Slinrn nnd Johnson cngneed in n ficht Augubt 7 nt Dnrien and Wood streets. McColley is accused of havinc shot Clarence Byrd, n Negro, 1517 North Garnet street. Tho two quarreled in Ihrd's homo August 10. McColley uys ho acted in self-defense. GIRL ACCU8ES PATROLMAN Edward Davis, a patrolman, of Son- vlvn Htreet, wns held without bull for the Grand Jury today by MaKlstrate Carson in Central Station on tho charxe of nttackiiiK fifteen-year-old Margaret Uounton. or VJOl Kast nusquehanna avenue. Accordintc to the testimony, the nttnek wan mnde last Friday in the patrolman's homo. IMlllHffHKA?l Wm.U.Mayberry SZVVALNUT ST. av5aV i GIAN ON TRIAL FLIGHT AUGUST 23, 1921 HOME ROBBED OF JEWELS Heirlooms Worth $500 Taken From Slgmund Rosenbaumt House Thieves robbed tho homo of Siginund Ro.scnbnum, 4533 North Brond street, Inst night, during the nbsenco of the family, of jewelry valued at $500 atid $30 in casn. iur. ltosenDnum, return ing Inter In tlin evening, discovered tho house ransacked. Ho reported the en to to the police. Anions tho misslnjr jewelry wcro sev eral heirlooms, in tho family for gen erations. Mnrks of a jimmy on a win dow showed tho thieves entered through the kitchen. Mrs. Itosenbaum Is in Atlantic City. YOUTHFUL LOVE Mrs. Rebecca Butler, Media, to Wed Fred Langsdorf, Phlla., Her Girlhood Sweetheart HER 3D MARRIAGE, HIS 2D A romance broken 1 nthclr early youth will bo brought to a happy climax In the twilight of their lives, when Mrs. Rebcccn A. Rutler, 27 Kast Second street. Media, becomes tho brldo of Fred Langsdorf, of this city, tomorrow evening. Tho wedding in the homo of the bride will bo performed by the Rev. Benjamin Piko Hope, pastor of tho First Bnptlst Church of Media. Mrs. Butler is sixty-five years old and this will be her third matrimonial venture, while the groom-to-bo has been married onco before. Knch has one child by n former marriage. Langsdorf, who is three months older thnn his bride-to-be, courted Mrs. Butler when they both were but nlue teen years of nge. Just when it seemed that wedding bells would culminate the courtship, something hnppened, one of those inexplicable tricks of fate, nnd the couple were separated. Mrs. Butler Weds Mrs. Rutler, shortly after the part ing, mnrried Frank Schtichardt, by whom she hnd a son. Thcv lived to gether twenty -nine years, until the litis- oanu's (loath left her n widow. Ueorge Reidon Rutler wns her second choice of n husband. Uo died nine years ago. In the meantime Lnngsdorf mnrried, his wife dvinir n number of venrs nco. Two years ngo a chance meeting on the street in this city brought together tlie couple, who hn dnot seen each other since they parted in their youth. Each tound tlie other free; they both were lonesome. Mrs. Rutler todny said she needed a companion. She and Mr. Langsdorf nnvc the same tastes, she said, and who described him as extremely companion able. Moneymoon at Shoro After tho wedding, which will bo attended only by Mrs. James Campbell, and Mrs. A. G. Rrown, her sisters and their liusbnnus. the couple will go to Atlantic City for their honeymoon. The couple will bo nt home to friends nfter September IB, nt their new homo in Westville, is. .. Mr. Lnngsdorf is n gold bentcr. while Mrs. Rutler has amassed n snug fortune in renl estate deals. A provision in tlie form of nn anti-nuptinl ngrccincnt has been made between the two that In the event of the death of either, or both, tho property of ench shall be re garded as individual estates. Broad Street Homo Robbed Slgmund Rosenbnum, of 4S5S North Broad btreet, reported to the police today that thieves entered his apartment last night nnd obtained $00 from a bu reau in liis room. BLOSSOMS AI 65 WKIEN GIVEN MEDALS AT MEADE Citizen Soldiers Hungry for News, ns Papers Raroly Reach Camp ARTILLERY DRILL TODAY Sptcint Dispatch to Evening VubHo LtAatr Citizens' Military Training Camp, Camp Mnulo, Md Aug. 23. Yester day was a happy one for some members of the First Battalion here, for those who satisfactorily passed tho tests wore awarded medal as sharpshooters and marksmen, Slmplo ceremonies nttended the awarding of these insignia, which arc of tho new army regulation. They were given to tho men while they were on the range, immediately after their work with tho rifles. Final tests to determine winners In tho other two battalions will bo held In a row days, and tho little mcdabi. valued highly by the soldier, will be distributed. Another demonstration of field nrtil lory tactics was held yesterday after noon for tho Third Battalion, nnd the final one of these will bo todny. For the first time since tho men enmo to tho camp hero they had a forty-five-minute physical workout this morning under the direction of Lieutenant Colo nel II. J. Koehlcr, one of tho foro most authorities on physical training in the army, and master of tho sword nt West Point. Colonel Koehlcr expressed himself ns delighted with the showing the men made, and pronounced them ''physically fit." When tho men in the enmp get back Into civilian clothing onco more, they are determined to catch up with the happenings of the world. One of the chief things thnt they have to contend with in the camp hero Is that they do not receive newspapers regularly. It Is usually anywhere from thrco to five days beforo they find out nbout any thing of Importance in world events. If a newspaper, even though it may bo quite ancient, according to the standards of the city, trickles Into one of the barracks, it will never see the light of day again. It will pass from one hand to another, usually with two or three interested spectators and rend ers hanging over the shoulders of the one holding the paper, until it is lit erally worn out. "Half the earth might be blown off the man for all we know," explained Howard M. Teaf, Jr.. of 1202 West Allegheny nvenue, Philadelphia. "All the dope is ancient by the time it gets out hero, but wo don't miss a thing. Never can keep anywhere near the lntest baseball dope. How many homers has Babo Ruth got now, nnywny?" After which the correspondent pulls out n late paper, and it disappears. The boys will know It backward be fore they get through with it. Wedding Stationery The accomplishment of technical skill and unique experience. J. E. Caldwell & Co. Jewelers Silversmiths Stationers Chestnut & Juniper Streets P AC RARD Increasing evidence of the popularity of the Packard Single-Six is shown each day on every important thoroughfare in America ' YOU CAN SAFELY EXPECT FROM THE PACKARD SINGLE. SIX A YEARLY AVERAGE OF 17 MILES OR BETTER TO THE GALLON OF GASOLINE, 2,000 MILES OR BETTER TO THE GALLON OF OIL, AND 15,000 MILES OR BETTER FROM TIRES The Packard Single -Six Tour ing is now $2975, o.b. Detroit PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY (DETROIT V Packard Motor Car Co. of Philadelphia 319 North Broad Street Bethlehem, Camden, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Reading, Trenton, Wilmington, York Dealers: Atlantic City, Bridgeton, Chester, Lansdowne, Mt. Carmel, Quakertown, Seaford, Shamolun, Vineland, Woodbury Usk the man zvho ozvns one TURKS TAKE BRITISH PLANeI Pilot and Obierver Brought Dow While Maklnfl Practice Fllnht Constantinople, Aug. 23.-. (r a P.)-A British alrplan6 wl,lcl,i making n practice flight on Baturdai Inst was brought down within tho Turk, ish lines nt Gcivch, thirty-flvn ,n ' southeast of Ismid. 'its pilot and eh' server were mado prisoners by ik! Turks, who affirmed tho aviators w, making a reconnaissance for tho Grev. Tho Turks also declared the flight , proof that tho Brltum wcro assistliic !k! Greeks. " "" As tho Turks are refusing to HIipmi. tho pilot nnd observer, tho British m oxnectcd to make reprisals nirnU.i 7," Turks. British warships have been ill. 11KAT1IH hunband nf the tats Mary !tomv fiiei' Ki' ave. Hoiemn nun requiem maaa Churei 11 Immaculate Conception. 10 A. M. int.vS New Cathedral Comet-ry ,nrmnt STF.AM no ATP n K80HTH tjyJJb-.j. SPECIAL SUNDAY""" farr' EXCURSION All day on tha water to Beautiful Lorewood Grove on the Clieiapeake A Delawart canal r Snrl K1' vnln- Krlcaaon I.lna.'pf.J'V outh DaUwara Av-.i B o'clock avarv- al,Ith urnlnc. uayllatat-aavlna tlmi. Far, if. One Columbia Grafonola Model K-2:jrorgmerl(v,n20, now C5. BLAKE AND BURKART S. W. Cor. 11th and Walnut Sti. iiBiamraiuirarainiiiiiiiaiiiiia'iijiiiniiMiBnpajjjc Fine big beauties! Gold Seal H Carton of twelve Try them today rMB giviniiuffl 2. M at. Michael's Catholto nanndc'al SocktIV Invited to Attend funeral. Thurrdav A in1!' M from h! late realdencoj 130 V iSLri Eggs 48 V ..ILic taaaafcJL,K.. . r ", .,,'. - 1 - ,, ' I lufl
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