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SCHUCK KEEPS COURAGE
Frnnk J. James and Uaymnml .
flchuck paid the death penalty in the
electric dinir nt Trenton last nlcht for
the murder of David S. Paul. Cnmden
bnnk runner. ,
Jnmcs, first tn bo put to denth, lmd
to lie almost carried to the elmlr.
Schuck went to Ills death with a
rnllo on his fnee. . ,
Moth men died with prayers on tlieir
linn
It a.-na R-11 o'clock when the elee
trlclnn gnvc the word lo bring the first
of the condemned men. Mnny thought
It would be Schuck. Hnth men had j
been singing in their cells, twelve feet ,
from the instrument that was to end
their lives.
TVin witnesses who overcrowded tllC
chamber of death leaned forward as the t tlll. )lutt ,,; ,. ectutors entered the
singing of the liMiin. "Slice .Icshh . ,om- th-iFc utiablr to set cli.-iirs ciowil
Cume Into My Heart, cent-oil. In a ,,. tllp is.c,, 'n,e man who was to
Fecond Jnmcs came through th" little
floor. He was borne on the arms of
two sturdy keepers. ins eyes were
dosed tight, and as his Mojking
lc8 feet, in prison slippers, hit the
concrete floor, he shuffled them and fell
ncninst Dr. Charles Elder, the prNon
.chnplain, who accompanied him to his
death. , ,
Strapped Into Chair
He was led the seven steps to the
chair and as lie was placed In it It
wan seen that his right trousur leg was
rolled abovo the knee. His head was
shaved nnd he wore n coarse khaki
colored shirt nnd trousers.
Four keepers, aided by the assistant
of the electrician, strapped his arms and
lees in place. An electrode was placed
on his right calf, another on his-left
nnklc. and n third covered the crown
of his head. His feet were settled iu
copper containers full of water. hen
f-a mask was adjusted which covered his
"oyea and nose. This work occupied ex
actly one minute, and nil of this time
Tno.nu lti.nt- reiieiitinz in a loud tone.
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KTnuim ttnvn mv
tt.1.. nr'nvn- lr lir seven times, and fill
frumi we: it'jivuii-u
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the electrician shot in the switch sending '
1800 volts of electricity through his.
body. lie stlitcneu. iiuti ami miiiim
the current was turned off and then
put on again for another space of a
minute.
Then Drs. Frank It. Campbell nnd
J. W. Crane, physicians in ehnrse,
wi,.,i Hm stethoscone to James heart.
Apparently a little life still Puttered, ,
as the.V noucieil in me iu.-Kiie.nu iu iu .
nn nt the switch and nt S:14 o'clock
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he again put on the power. A minute
later it wns shut oft unci James wns
pronounced dead. ...
It wns but the work of a minute to
unstrap James' body from the chair
and four keepers bore his body into an
adjoining room.
Schuck's Death Delayed
Then ensued a wait of five minutes
while the electrician prepared his in
vtruments of death for Schuck. Mean
time the keepers who had reinoed
James body had returned to the death
house as though to bring Schuck for
ward. The electrician waved his hnml
to halt them, nnd when they did not
heed he said to them, "Just a minute;
we are not ready yet." He was
through in another minute. Fhe sec
onds later Schuck was tirougiti in
Two keepers had him by the nrm,., IU
Was clad exactly as wns Jaim-s. Hut
1. ... ieerif 1 A .VWn.Ml rnn ,.,.,.
.c.ns with a ppring in ills walk and
his eyes, wide open. nxeel on Dr.
.Elder, Ills spiritual adviser,
He. too. was repeating n prayer for,
deliverance fo his soul. His voice was not
ns strong ns Jnnica', but as he spidce
the words, l.orci nave mercy on my
soul," they were quite plain to those
who crowded the chamber of denth.
There werv several present who knew
Schuck nlmost nil of his life, but if he
recognized any of them he gave no sign
of it.
He, unlike James, wns steady
of step and nerve. A smile the old
Schuck smile was notlce.ible ns he
took his sent In the chnlr. It wns just
ns if he knew what to do. It wasn't
necessary for the keepers to place his
arms on the arms of the chair. He
grasped them firmly with both hands
nnd kept murmuring the prayer that
was spoken to him by Dr. Eider
Current Turned On
Several times he said his prayer and.
ah ln the ease of James, the current
was turned on as ho finished tho prayer.
"Oh, Lord, deliver me nud save ray
soul."
It was exactly 8:20 o'clock when
Schuck wns placed in the chair and nt
8:21Vi the current was shot through
his body. It was kept on two minutes
and then a second charge was kept
coursing through his body for a minute.
An examination showed that life still
remained and the electricity was. again
turned on. The electrician bad watched
the physicians make their examinations-,
and, a if not satisfied whin they said,
"Not yet," the man nt the switi h
turned up the left e)elld and peered
to determine for himself.
What he saw apparently con
firmed the report of the phys
cinns, ior ne rcacneu unci;
and
again snot mc current inruiign tne imm
Of Schuck. At 8:27 o'clock Schuck's
shirt wns opened nnd lying on his
- Ireast wns n crucifix, placed there by
his wife when she took her final fare
well Monday afternoon. From a dis
tance it looked as though the crucifix
koto tattooed, but It was explained by
one of tlie attendants that .Mrs. Schuck ;
liad asked her husband tn wear it to his
death and lie carried out her wish.
No ono among those present ran say
that either James or Schuck faltered In
thftlr Inst moments. .Tinnns wn.. hIumI.
cnlly n wreck. Those who knew or 'saw
Mm when he was on trial in the Cum-
den Courthouse last December would
linrdly recognize in the emaciated form
thnt wns sped to death Frank J. James.
the debonair auto salcsmin. He did
not weigh 100 pounds. His eyes were
sunk ln his head and his body wasted
to skin nnd bones. He died n Chris
,'tlan, ns he said he would. He did not
' 'tesltate a second when thev went to
Lis cell for hiin. He wns ready.
lie had, as Dr. Elder said, made Ids
peace with his Maker nnd outside of his
prayers for n safe deliverance the only
words he spoke were to other condemned
men In the little deathhouse. His voice
did not show n trace of weakness ; it
was so strong thnt It certainly must
Lave been heard bv the several hundred
persons who were gnthered outside tho
prison wall, less than ten feet from
where the men were being put to death.
Schuck seemed strong enough. He
showed he was by the manner iu which
lie went to his deaHi, but It was not the
dapper Raymond W, Shuck, full of life
and fun. who'hnd entered thnt denth.
V house, less thnn six months ngo. Schuck
i Jmr was of robust build, but be cer
t Jik i!ly had the look and appearance of
rff ' -h a I WerOn Who lind tinriormno nrvnl Milf.
Jyft ClBr.
' - HdlUCK IlODed to Ijur
ft J" l"d hope of a reprieve up to
HJ ' Anute. lie had been told of
;jise In which tho Governor
K at the. last, and be
it V'Ju,,ht ut favored with such I
a respite. Even when they had taken
James to his death and left 8chuek to
tho silence of his cell and custody of
hit watch, he still adhered to a belief
timt there might be an Intervention,
but when they came for him he was
ready to go. He was determined to
die, as he had said, brave. Dr. Elder
stated after the death that Schuck pro
tested his innocence to the last.
The witnesses of the deaths gathered
in the Warden's office long before 8
o'clock, the time set for them to assem
ble. There wore more than fifty, the
Warden having summoned a double jury
because of the doub'c death. Tho
Warden said he laid received more than
100 requests for passes, mostly from
Camden and (ilouecster.
At S:0'J o'clock promptly tho wit
nesses vere formed into a line nnd tin'
march to the deathhouse begun. The
walk was past mini wtns in the
prison, ill of them containing prison
ers, many of them murderers who, more
foituuntc thnn .lames and Schuck, hail
succeeded in getting off with n lighter
sentence thnn death. The convicts, in
erder to get a good look at the passing
throng, climbed up the burs of their
cells and gazed silently upon the long
line marching below them.
It wns n long walk across the prison
jnrd. As one of the witnesses re-
'marked, it seemed about ten miles
s
lt, matchers nppro.uhed the death
i1M. the singing of the hymn could
m. heard and i minute latir tliey were
j tllt chamber of death,
The electilei.ni was already at work
.nir 1,1 Inntli.ilntlliii' limtrillnntit ni
put James and Schuck to death sipintted
and dipped the .sponge he was to attach
to the electrodes in a tub of water
p'nerd lu the 'orncv. lie seemed to be
the least concerned man iu the room.
There were seevnl men identi
fied with court life in Camden tireieut.
Among i1.mii wcr- Deputy Sheriff V. O.
Ford, who was Jinnee' personal keeper
while he was confined In the Camden
County .'oil. Ford tool .lames and
S( Illicit to the death house and said he
wanted to see just how brave they would
be when they were nut to death. David
II. Hoblnson, Special Deputy Sheriff of
Camden County, nnd helwln Hillam.
Clerk of the Camden District Court,
ns well ns Harry Mager. Deputy Sheriff
of (iloucester County, were present.
State Senator- Collins H. Allen and
Hlunchnnl White were both witnesses
at the electrocution. They are Inter
ested in a bill to abolish capital punish
ment to be brought before the next New
,Jcrse Legislature.
The bodies were brought from
Trenton t ns moniiir. That !' .Inn -
was taken to the Home of Mis
parents in preparation for burial this nu know, ami the 'captain' had n sa
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afternoon. Iiurutl
was in Ilarlcigli
Cometen . Sel.u, k wu
New t amden ( cmeter
s buried in the
ry.
Vare Says Gordon
Influenced Penrose
Continued from Puee One
vy is ,,,, tiolcot which spells efficiency
ln otlj0(, nll( wm ,, )m.Kecl Dy every
m V k t
rezulnr lteniihliean oter in this city
nnd triumphantly elected and there will
be no change."
Sounds Liko Vare, Says .Mayor
Mayor Moore commented briskly on
the nro .statement.
"That sounds like Senator Vare. all
right." he said. "Ordinarily we sus
peot his able secretary, or Itrotlier Hill,
when these heavy literary effusions
buist forth. Hut in this instance we
have a gliinnse of the contractor boss
lu Propria Persona.
"It Is not i ' '"'" "' '
ter's Voice.' It is the master himself.
1 wonder what Jvn..i. , .
Judge (lordon will n win n the. hc.ir
what Senator Ed has said about tliemV
T'. IIVC"- is !f"st slle.-i i-s p, .
ilbly the Senator has some heavier nr-
lilt...... Ill Iii.iii'Iii I III. IIWII'I
llie more lie til I lea
tM letter the people will be n.f
I nlmnr his eomnleie M-'f-nh-csatlo
1 1. ie l
the mutter of t'l"'
Ms willingness in nil things to sub
scribe tn tile W lile o, , ,
of the Hetiiibllcniis of the i in for i
whom Hrother Hill nnd he so eIoiu nth
.lH.Hk.
It is no small thing to carry around
in your vest pocket, as the Senator ns
Milne to do, two-thirds of the ISepuhli
dill voters of the cit) . I hope the Seu
ntor will siM-nk again."
When asked to comment upon the
Vare charge that the iniiyorality elec
tion was stolen, the Mayor icpllcd,
"First time I ever heard .f it. I know
that for six weeks we had to keep
watchers on the ballot-boxes during the
nun ot ally contest to prevent a trans
position of votes."
(iordon Only Smiles
Former Judge (iordon was shown
Senator Vare's statement, but refused
to comment on it. He satisfied himself
with smiling one of his ci-)ptic smiles,
which might have meant nu.Mhiug.
Edward J. Hunter, executive secre
tary of the Voters League, chaiged to-
i day that the "Permanent I'.egistrat'on
Act" passed at the last se-,M,in of the
Legislature. had been deliberately
ignored by many legistratmn boards
)estenhl) to keep down the number of
Miters registeied
The net facilitate, the registration of "'Pathlze. with me.
peisons who w.te ,egis.,.,,l the l.,,t , After this starting piece of infor-m-hp.
Such persons, instead of being """"" ' mi'cs tooU " MW brcl,th aml
forced to answer the score or more ot
questions on the legistratiull sheet,
merel) take nfhdavit that they were
legulnrl) rigisterid the )ear before.
"Theie are T.'iD.iHlli men and women
in Philadelphia eligible to vote," Mild
Mr. Hunter. "OnU liiii.non registered
)fsterduy Hundreds stood In line
w lilting as Ion;; ns they could, then
'went away without registering. in.-
icgistrntinii tin inis ,n " u i
visions insisted on nsKlug every appli
cant ,ill of the iin -timis, in. 'I ilii. .i
lined registration. It Is to the interest
of the oiguiii.tttion to keep the legist ra
tion light At the same rate, it will be
impossible to register all voters on the
two rem, lining registration da.s. The
Hoard of Kegistratlun ( ominissioneri'
should notify division registrars that
the new law must be oheved m the in
teiest of speedier icgistrutton."
Independent h-nders were i luted when
they learned toelny t luit Senator I'm-
I ';,RU '"d followe.
I tlM', ' ""y'lnc by
I his ilenuil' nit ion of
specifically eleelnrlng
nunlnst Kendriek, for retiominatiou as
Receiver of Tnxes. Senator Penrose in-
ni'l Oe-orgi' F. Kemp, who
is on the Voters League ticket, tor the
plate now held by Kendriek
May Offer Compromise
In Foni" ipmrtei-s, the Penrose method
of indorsing the iiidepenib'tit ticket in
piecemeal fashion wus taken to mean
thnt the Senator would try to save the
political expense; of u fnctionnl battle
i working out u compromise ticket.
The fact that hi- Indorsed Colonel Kemp
against Kemliiek appears to confirm
reports that the Senator would be will
ing to compromise on the basis of the
dropping of Kendriek.
The Senator I, ml kind wonls to sny
about Isith Vivian Frank finble onil
Magistrate Cuiupbell, tho League nnd
Ci mbiiiu eandiditti.'s, respectivul) , for
Register of Wills. That, of course,
'was interpreted ns tiienning thnt the
Senator would be willing to deal with
Campbell in exchange for the northeast
leader's help iu other directions.
Likewise, the Senator hod open arms
for both Edwin Wolf, Voters League
choice for Controller, and for City
Controller Hadlej, who Is on the Com
bine ticket. On only one oliico wns ho
silent- the office of City Treasurer.
This seemed to strengthen reports that
tlie Senator would be willing to let his
followers voto for Watson provided nil
hands turned In for Rota'ri. Kemp, Wolf
or Ilndley, und Carnpbdll.
BOY FORGER MAY 0
10 JAIL THIS TIME
Charles Hoffman, "The Million
aire Kid," Probably Will Bo
Prosecuted in Delawaro Co.
ADMITS BURGLARY THERE
Chnrlrs Hoffman, "The Mi'llonaire
Kid," slxteen-jenr-old burglar, forger,
enibc7.7.1cr nnd escaped reformatory in
mate, will probably go to jail this time.
It is ii.o plan of the Stnte police, who
captured him yesterday, to send him to
Delaware County for prosecution for n
confessed burglary. This will, in case
of conviction, carry with it a jail
sentence.
Hoffman expressed himself ns de
lighted at the prospect or going to jail,
saying that anything is better thnn te
turning to the reform school nt Glen
Mills, where.' he alleges, he was til
treated b the boy placed over him as
captain.
Captain MeLoiighlln. of Troop 1
State police, who has the boy in custody
in Lancaster, stated today that lie In
tended to turn Hoffman over to the
Delawnre County District Attorney for
prosecution on the charge of burglariz
ing the home of n Mr. Smithson in
Chejney.
This decision wns reached after a
talk with the boy showed that the re
formatory was not the proper place tor
him, In the captain's opinion. Hoff
man was arrested at his grandfather's
home iu llenrtown by Private Fox. of
Troop E. late yesteroay, after he had
escaped from (Slen Mills on Saturday.
After his arrest the boy talked freely,
saying :
'1 fully intended to stay nt Olen
Mills, but I couldn't stand getting
kicked around all the time. This boy
that they put over the rest of us
he's about nineteen years old abused
nil of the boys, but lie seemed to have
a special grudge against me. I have
marks all over my legs from his k cks,
and von can still feel n dent on my bend
from" the time he hit me with the sharp
side of a saber.
A Itoueli "Captain"
'We bad regular drill's at the school,
i.er. while the rest of us had Civil ar
blunderbusses. Well, the third day I
was at the place this 'captain' got mnd
because I didn't lenov how to go
through the drills like the rest of them,
and he hit me with his saber, cutting
open n big plnce on my head. Then
iinothcr dny he came up to me nnd lilt
ii.c on the tide of the jaw without any
warning, so hard that I had a headache
for the rest of the day. He never even
told us what he wanted us to do he
just knocked and kicked us around.
"I planned to stay out my term, be
cause I wanted to go back home and
start in nil over again, but I simply
couldn't stand it any longer, so I de
cided to run away the first chance I
rot. After I escaped on Saturday after
noon I knew I had to get other clothes,
or ever) body would know where I wns
from, so I went to a house In Cheynev
nnd took what I needed nnd nbout S3
lu money. I
could have taken lots
more, but I didn't I just wanted
i nough to get me to my grandfather's
arm so that I could go to work there.
"It makes me mad," lie interrupted
I unself nt this point, "when they sny
thnt I only give myself up nfter my
money is all gone. When I wrote to
l lie police to come nnd get me in Mem
phis last time I stole a lot of money,
It wasn't for that reason nt all. My
i money was all gone, of course, but I
in could have stolen n lot more It I Had
wanted to. Hut I dldn t.
Threatened Keform
"I made up my mind then thnt I was
'going to stop stealing ami forging nn
'go back and take whatever was cumin
nil
to me and then start in straight. That's
whnt I intended doing this time, but
I simply hail to get away from thnt re
form school. 1 lmd heard somewhere
thnt if ou ran away and they didn't
get )ou within there months, they
couhln't do anything to you. so I
thought I would get my grandfather to
get me a job and not tell nii)body where
I wns. nud then after three months
ever) thing would be all right.
"When I got to my grnndfnther's
place thev had gone to bed, so, as I
didn't want to disturb them I slept
mitsiele in the chicken coop. He was
pretty surprised to see me in the morn,
mi:, but he sulci he'd set me work on
! the farm 'of my uncle, who lives near
there, only I wus urrcteel betore we
had a chance to go over there. They
weren't particularly anxious to keep
me, but my grandmother she's really
in) step-grnndinothcr, ns my grand
father just mart led her not long ngo
sun! that she had a grandson who wns
nt the Glen Mills School nnd run nwii),
and he froze- both his legs off sleeping
in u liiiru "ne night and died, so sun
began again
Some Spendthrift
"I had a pretty good time in New
Yoik last October when I furnished
that apartment for myself with the
money from the $1000 checks thnt I
fni-gi-il." hi' said, while 11 fnintly rem
iniscent smile (lifted for n moment over
his expressionless fentures. "Eight
hundred dollars wus the most that I
sprnt lu one day, und I don't think
that is so awfuly much. You see, I
wanted to set up a stiulio nnel take art
lessons, ns I like to draw, so I bought o
lot of hangings and Chincso antiques,
and I had the place fixed up line. I
like to dress up. too, nud I spent u lot
of money on clothes."
DISPERSE MARCHING MINERS
Sheriff
and One Deputy
Block
Strikers Plan
I'nlnntown, Pa., Aug. III. tliy A.
1 i Mriking miners of the W. J.
Hainey Coal and Coke Compnnv.
marching Into Allison, Pa., to bring
out the miners of the Superior Coal
and uoKi' company theie, were today
uisperseu iy siierut i. l. Shaw, of Fay
e'tie Connti. and one deputy, bv a dis-
I play of machine guns.
Mute police, under Sergeant Free
mnn, luter took over the situation.
The Kaiiie) Couipnii) Inst week an
nounced a reduction in wages and its
men went out. This morning they set
out for the Superior mines with the
avowed intention of having thu miners
there join them. Word of the march
Mis sent to Sheriff Shaw, in Union
town, nnel he immediately set out with
Deputy Edward Hrndy for Allison. Ar
riving, they foccel the crowd of miners
nnd tlie Sherlfi.' ordered them to co homo.
There' was no disjiositlon on the part
ot the men to comply, und the Hherilt
said ho took his light muchlne-gun out
of the nutomoblle. Tho men Immcdl
ntely retired.
Killed by Shark's Dlte
Manila. Aug. 111. (Hy A. P.)
Private. Mnrcellus T. Abernntbv. Ninth
f'onst Artillery was so severely bitten
i oast vwiiiier), niue so stytreiy iiiiun
by n shnrk while bathing in Manila
liny, mat lie died attcrwnni. After
natliy was rescued by a seaplane and
token to the Corrigidor Hospital, where
nn operation was performed without
success. ft
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3 AMBLER STATE TROOPERS
, COVER 84-M1LEBEAT DAILY
Corporal Shaver and Privates Moivcry and Horn Arc Crack
Shots Have Nabbed Many Criminals
Regardless of the hour, motorists nnd
pedestrians traversing the highway in
the vicinity of Ambler will find Cor
poral Shaver, Private Mowcry or Pri
vate Horn, members of the grim nnd
fearless State Police, patrolling some
section of their elghty-four-mile bent.
Night and day. riding their horses
through lonely lanes nnd searching
desolnte farm houses In the outlying
districts of Ambler for lawbreakers;
working twenty-four hours a day. these
men arc respected by those who live
within the preclncta of justice nnd
feared by the crook.
Many robberies have occurred near
Ambler and many of the thieves have
come to court through the work of the
"troops," but their district is bo large
that they are unable to cope with all
the lawbreakers. Corporal Shaver has
asked Captain Oenrhart, ln ennimand
of C Troop, with headquarters at
Pottsville. to send hint another
"trooper," in order to more effectively
curb crime in their neighborhood.
In their spare moments, which nro
few. these men practice shooting with
their .-IS-cullber revolvers and .30-0
rilles.
They seldom miss their mark.
Hut why should they? Men nicked
with the greatest care, and schooled
for three months nt Newvllle, Cumber
land County, in horsemnnshlp. crim
inal law, innrksmnnshlp and a score of
other things, the State policeman has
to know before he is even permitted to
join the "force." At this school the
men are also taught to ride motor
cycles and run motorcars.
Taught to Hldo Hcchlossly
Thev learn to ride with the reckless
nbnndon of the Arab, standing In their
saddles and jumping from one horse to
See Rail Rate Cut
as Prosperity Key
Contlnunl from I'nue Ono
the enormous shortage of housing, which
it prefers to supply a little Inter when
confidence returns and when people nro
confident nnd will pay high prices
lather than work now with a cut in
prices.
Can Control Freight Rates
What makes the Administration turn
to freight rates is that hire is some
thing which, unlike the building trades,
it can control. The rate-making power
is in the hands of the Government. If
lower fielsht rates v. Ill stlmulnto a re
turn of prosperity nnd mnny people in
these times of much funibllns about for
the means of hrinslns back business ac
tivity believe they will then the C.ov
..iiniiiniir cim order lower freignt rates.
roSfn? uUnp, nen cogence will
U,n, largely ?,. the railroad situation,
nnd Mr. iloovcr's renuuks to the I.e-
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fnit'iixsinnss men indicate that it will.
In two wnvs the Government through
its partial control over railroads may
give tlie initinl impetus to business re
,., Mnr is the strnncest word that
one can use regarding this situation, lor
no one ventures to predict wuu con -elence.
One way is to incrense rail
road buying of supplies and making of
repairs. 'fir the rnilronds are almost as
far behind upon upkeep as is the hous
ing of the country. And the other is
through reducing the cost of transpor
tation to the industries of the country.
These two ways arc closcry tied to
gether. The motive which the Admin
istration had in proposing n payment
of sr.00.000.000 to the railroads re
cently was to supply them with means
for the purchase of eeiuipment nnd the
making of repairs. The use of this
$.-0(1.(100.000 would, it was felt, give
the initial impulse to the recovery of in
dustry in general.
Demanded Rate Cut First
And tlie motive of Congress in hold
ing up the payment was to insist first
thnt freight rntes should be reduced by
the roads before tho payment wns made.
This wus particularly what led the
agricultural bloc to oppose the pay
ment, the farmers', representation in
sisting upon lower rates on grain before
voting any money for the roads.
Another view is thnt lowered freight
rates would belli the roails to enter the
market for supplies and repairs by stim
ulating shipping and thus actually in
creasing railroad Income. So, taking
nil these considerations together, tho
control which the Government lins over
this industry, the possibility of the Gov
ernment's subsidizing the railroads in
one wny or another, the temptation to
experiment with freight rates nnd the
fact that the roads are large potential
buyers of supplies, it is almost certain
thnt experimenting with transportation
will be the likeliest step towurd re
lieving the unemployment situation nnd
the restoration of business.
Rat llccomc Political Football
Railroad ratemaking Is thus in poli
ties to n new nnd unprcce dented extent.
Washington begins to understand the
sudden resignation of Chairman Chirk,
of the Interstate Commerce) Commis
sion, who would not consent to experi
ment at ratemaking as a means to re
storiir; prosperity.
Tlie rnilronds are opposing tlie cut in
grain rates proposed h farmers on the
ground thnt it introduces n new nnd
dangerous principle iu rnteinnking.
Hitherto iati's have been made to give
the railroads an uilecpinte return upon
their property. They say that the grain
rnte ennuot be cut unless it is pro
ducing tin excessive return upon tlieir
projierty or unless n lower into will in
crense the return. Neither Is true in
this instance.
The railroads oppose the making of n
rate to fnvor a certain industry or to
accomplish a public purpose on tlie
ground that it Introduces anarchy in
their business.
The compromise seems to be a cut in
rates and a subsidy of some bort to
the roads, unless the cut lias the effect
of iucreubing railroad income. Hut in
nuv case the war ond hard times have
brought about a new relation between l
the Government nnd the railroads lu
which tho Government seeks to produce '
certnin nubile results throuKh its con- I
trol over rates and assumes Inevitably
certain financial responsibilities toward
the roads in consequence.
Phllllpsburg Carfare Boosted
Tronton, Aug. 31. '1 lie State Public
Utility Commission Unlay granted the
petition of the Phillipsburg Transit
Company for nn incieaii in fare of
from five cents to seven cents.
DKATHS
TL'C'H At nuenldi, N J., Auimt 811,
KMMA wlrtow of Kmll Tuch, 8r , need B0.
l'unoral, Friday, 2 1. M , reilitenco ot heir
dauKlitsr, Mm. Mamlei Mulltr. 20(1 I'avinTon
uvu., Klverilels. Frlemd mny call Thursday
evenlntt.
MOHROW. On Both Irxit., at West
Chenter, HANNAH, widow of latet John A.
Mnrrnw, In lietr 81st u.ir Itulatlvea and
friend aro Invited to funeral oervlcen. on
1'rMuy, M prux . lit '.' o'clock, nt latu roil
dence. 2H2 W Market at. Intermunt Cum.
Ijcrnenel e. emeiery
I HOLDWOIITII. - Auguit 20, JOHEPH,
iumn(i ot the ut9 jfanr.uh Holdworth.
iteltttlves and friendi. Protection Lodue. No.
243. I. O. O, V.l Corona fllloam Kn.. No. IT,
I. O, O, F.: member of Kt. Hlrneon' V, K,
Church and employe of fitead it Miller, nro
Invited to attend, funeral. Friday. 2 P. II,,
from hi late residence. 87211 Frankford ave.
Interment private Fenrwood Cemetery,
AriVllU lira? bM imiiuay cvemnir.
another, while on tho gallop. Stunts
which mnke the normal spectator trem
ble with fear are but tho every-dny
routine of these men. At tho end of
thrco months they "graduate."
Hut the 'three men nt Ambler do not
have time to indulge in these equine
"pnntlmrs." They nro too busy.
Private Mowcry is back in his grny
uniform after spending mnny months
In a hospittl. A year ago ho nrrested
three men for being disorderly nt Ash
Innd. The men were placed in jail nnd
Mowcry stood guard. Shortly after mid
night a frenzied crowd of laborers,
lcci by friends of those who were in the
fall attempted to free the three men.
Mowcry ordered them nwny. One of the
crowd raised n shot gun nnd fired both
barrels nt the trooper.
Mowcry fell back, hla right, nrm
nearly torn from his shoulder, nnd
bleeding profusely from the wound in
ids side which had been Inflicted by one
of tho charges of buck shot. Then he
rftUed his revolver and killed the lender.
Corporal Shaver Httsy Man
Within n week Corporal Shaver, in
chnrgo of the Ambler detnll, has par
ticipated iu tho arrest of 287 men, when
lie, with other State police, raided
gambling places at Chester, Ambler nnd
in tho Wheel Pump Hotel.
Not only must the police keep n shnrp
lookout for highwaymen but they aro
sent weekly reporto from Hnrrlsbnrg.
hcadcpiartcrs lor tho Pennsylvania
State Police, of stolen automobiles
which they must recover should they
happen to come witlitn their territory.
Outside of a few other little "things"
the Ambler "bunch,' ns they arc locally
known, hnve nothing to do except ride
twenty-four miles on horse bnck and
sixty miles on n motorcycle every day.
W. Va. Patrol Battles
With Armed Miners
Continued from rnge One
martial law will be declared and Fed
eral troops will be sent to West Vir
ginia iu response lo Governor Morgan's
reiterated requests.
General Hnndlioltz plans to go di
rect to Charleston nnd from there will
make trips into tlie districts ln which
armed bands hnve been operating. An
airplane probably will be used by the
general In covering some of the ter
ritory, not easily absessible by uuto
mohlie. , , . , .,
Governor Morgnn hns advised the
War Department that he immediately
would tnkc steps to bring about estab
lishment of nntlonal guard units in his
umih in ner-ordnneo with an act passed
bv the last Legislature authorizing one
regiment of Infant and
" 'yot h,?n
that one com at,) ot in
one mnciiiut-
ernor added
ntry already
had been mustered Into service. Tlie
War Department, on receipt of the in
formation, ordered Colonel F. H. Shaw,
V. S. A., to repott to tho Governor for
duty ns inspection instructor for the
West Virglnin guard.
Officers in tlie legal department m
the nrmv recnllcd today that martial
law ns s'uch had not been declared by
the Federal Government ln any State
since reconstruction dnvs. Should
troops bo ordered to AVest Virginia
tlieir use, it was said, would be as
"Federal aid in times of domestic dis
turbance" rather than a declaration of
martial law.
Madison. W. Vn.. Aug. 31. (By A.
P.) Magistrate Mitchell nnd the three
deputy sheriffs who were captured by
un nrmed band after a brush with State
police on the east slope of Spruce Fork
Ridge Sunday morning nro "all right."
s-nid Sheriff Hill hcie today. Sheriff
Hill, who went to Jeffery. Madison
County, to effect the relense of the men,
returned hero late last night without
them. He said he hnd not seen them
but he wns convinced that they were
in no immediate danger.
Jeffery is the center around which
hundrcils of armed men have been con
centrating since last Sunday, for what
is popularly believed to be on ndviiiicc
into Logan County. Sheriff Hill said
lie was unable to estimate the number
ot the force, but that ever) body seemed
to be "jolly nnd happy."
When asked if all the men were
armed the sheriff Teplled :
"Every one of 'em who hasn't got
two guns has got one."
Charleston, V. Vn., Aug. 31. (By
A. P. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
officials today verified a report received
at Governor Morgan's office Inst night
that armed men lnte yesterday com
mandeered the regular Chesapeake und
Ohio passenger train running over tho
branch line from St. Albans, fifteen
miles southwest of Charleston, to Clo
thier, Roonc County.
The men, according to railroad offi
cials, first ran the train up the Pond
Fork brunch and brought baidc nn nrmed
bnnel. It next wns taken to Danville,
where nnother body of men boarded niul
proceeded to Clothier.
FRAME-UP, SAYS O'MALLEY
N. Y. Market Commissioner Waives
Immunity In Graft Inquiry
New York, Aug. 31. (Hy A. P.)
Edwin J. O'Mallcy, Commissioner of
Public Markets, who, it hns been testi
fied before the Meyer Legislative Com
mittee, received n gift of $lft00 in con
nection with the sale of public market
space, toeiay signed a waiver of im
munity when called to .testify before
the committee.
In beginning his testimony he re
veaieel that the committee had been
examining his personal bank nccounts
nnd those of Mrs. O'Mulley. In n
stntement he chnrncterlzcd the evidence
of a cash gift to him as n "frame-up
engineered by tho food trust."
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Sees World Rovolt Against Law
Couplod With Mad Desiro
for Ploasuro
RUMBLINGS OF REVOLUTION
Ry fhe Associated Tress
Cincinnati, Aug. 31. Revolt ngalnst
tradition and nuthorlty hns sprung up
not only ngnlnst the political state, hut
In music, art, poetry and commerce,
until the ngc hns become "pre-eminently
ono of sham and counterfeit," James
M. Heck, Solicitor General of the
United Stntes, told tho American Har
Association today.
Mr. Heck spoke on "The Spirit of
Lawlessness" before the opening general
session of the annual convention, in
place of the Into William A. Hlount,
the nssoclntlon president. The speakers
this afternoon include Chief Justice
Tnft and Attorney General Daughcrty.
"The statistics of our criminal courts
in recent years show nn unprecedented
growth in crime," said Mr. Heck. "Hut
this revolt ngnlnst nuthorlty Is not con
fined to the pollticnl state. In music,
Its fundamental ennons hnve been
tin-own aside and discord hns replaced
harmony. Its culmination jazz is n
musical crime.
"In the plastic arts, the criteria of
beauty hnve been swept aside by the
futurists, cubists, vorticists and other
esthetic Holshcvlkl. In poetry, benuty
of rhythm nnd nobility of thought hnve
been rcplnccd by exaltation of the gro
tesque nnd brutnl. In commcrco the
revolt 'is ono ngnlnst purity of stand
ards and tho Integrity of business
morals."
Takes Fling nt Newspapers
Speaking of newspapers, he deplored
the Increase in "the ephemeral and
trivial," saying that pages were de
voted to sport, "while literary, art
nnd musicnl reviews nnd scientific dis
cussions are omitted or given little
space."
"Two of the oldest empires In the
world Chlnn nnd Russia are in u
welter of nnnrchy. And in even the
most stable Governments, the under
ground rumblings of revolution may be
henrd..
"Hut of still greater significance to
tlie welfare of civilization is the com
plete subversion during the World War
of nenrly all the international laws
which hnve been built 'up. This fierce
wnr of extermination has put us back
temporarily, let us hope a thousand
years. Victors and vanquished nre in
volved in n common ruin.
"The morale of our Industrial civil!
zntinn 'bus been shattered. Work for
work's sake, as the most glorious priv
ilege of human fncultics, has gone. The
aversion to work is the great evil of
the world today."
Accompanying the indisposition to
work, tlie Solicitor General continued,
has been a "mad desire for pleasure
Mich as has not been seen within the
memory o living man."
"In my judgment, the economic
catastrophe of 11)111 is far greater thnu
the politico-military catastrophe of
1014.
Can Suggest No Remedy
"I may seem unduly pessimistic,"
Mr. Heck snid In conclusion, "and I
can suggest no remedy, but there are
many palliatives for the evils I have
discussed. To rekindlo in men tlie love
of work for work's sake and the spirit
of discipline would do much to solve
the problem.
"If we only recognize that the evil
exists, then the situation is not past
remedy. The law and our profession
can defend the spirit of individualism.
Tho tendency of group morality is one
that the law should combat. Of this
spirit of individualism, tho noblest ex
pression is tho Constitution of tlie
United States. About the Individual,
the Constitution draws the solemn
circle of its protection. It defends tlie
integrity of the human soul.
"The Constitution wns our fathers'
'vision.' Thnt vision still remains with
the American people nud they have not
jet lost faith in it. Let us ns Inter
preters nud guardians do nil thnt in us
lies to preserve this inspired vision of
the futhers."
100 Barrels of Rum
Proved Only Water
Continued from Tnce One
on the same steamship which wns lo
have taken the 100 barrels found to
bu flllce with wntcr instend of rye.
The customs men relnted today tho
mysterious adventures which hnve be
fallen twenty-four barrels of prime
whisky from a distillery near Pltt-
burgh. When this consignment arrived
It was stored, at the suggestion of tho
banker, It is said, lu nu old rnmshncklc
building on ( umberlnncl street near
Front, nnd wntched by customs men.
Tho bnnker put up a S.IOO check to cover
the expense ot watching the stun, pend
ing such time ns It should be removed
to n liiivernment warehouse.
The fiovi'i'iimcnt men in clinreo con
cludoil that the placo wasn't safe, and
Charles H. Kurtz, Surveyor of the Port,
complained ntiout it. An order was is
Beginning
SEPTEMBER 1ST
Business Hours
Including Saturdays
8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Monday, September 5th
LABOR DAY
The Store Will Be
Closed All Day
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1 sued thnt the whisky too moved to better
' quarters.
I A day or no before the twenty-four
i barrels of prime whisky wero to be re-
moved n trncK drrtvn un to the ware
house with twenty-four empty barrels
aboard, each marked precisely like tho
barrels containing the prcclolm lluld.
Tho truck wns sent nwny without the
driver having been permitted to uuload
his barrels.
A Strango Incident
A stranger Incident followed n few
days after the removal of the whisky
to n wnrchouso on Erie avenue,
Colonel Tliomns J. Hosrf, Chief In
spector ln the local Customs Service,
took personal chargo of guarding) the
whisky. His curiosity was aroused
when ho noticed men moving nbout ln
a room just across the street from the
one in which the whisky wns btorcd.
Colonel Hoss, with nnother Inspector,
went quietly Into tho house ncross the
street, lcnvlng the-whisky under heavy
gunrtl whllo they were gone.
In the room opposite Colonel Boss
found two men ho hnd seen nbout the
first warehouse where the whisky wns
stored. Hidden under litter ln the room
ho found twenty-four enska similar to
those turned nway previously. In
side the casks wns 350 feet of siphon
hose. Colonel Hoss Is convinced that
the ntnn linil been to fiitlhon the whisky
out of tho full ensks under gunrd into
tho hidden casks ncross tho street, pipe
the empty casks full of water nnd cart
away tho excellent whisky, which is
still under guard.
The twenty-four barrels were re
moved speedily to a bonded warehouse,
where they still are. .
Not tho least remarkable feature of
tho whole story concerns the manner In
which the attention of the customs of
ficials wan turned to the first 100 bar
rels found to contain wilder.
It all came nbout through the acumen
of un old drnymnn emp'oyed by the
Government warehouse. The customs
officials had been accepting the gauge
murk nnd stamp of the Internnl Rev
enue Department, without effort to as
certain whether tlie barrels contained
real whisky, or had been tampered
with.
Didn't Uollovo It
Tho drnymnn had handled the 100
hnrrels nnel eninn to Cnntain Theodore
Linn, Deputy Collector In chnrgo of
the United States Appraisers' mores.
"Captain, I've just handled 100 bar
rels of what Is supposed to be whisky,"
he said, "only I don't believe It Is
whisky nt all."
"How do you know?" asked Captain
Linn.
"I've been handling barrels of whisky
for years," answered the drayman, "nnd
I know whnt a barrel of whisky ought
to feel like. I'd be willing to bet
those hnrrels were full ot water. 1
wish you'd gauge them."
Captain Linn called a gauger nnd
they examined the barrels op tho spot.
Tlie first bung thnt was knocked out
disclosed tho drayman's theory wns
correct. One nfter nnother the bnrro's
worn exnmlned. nnd nil of the 100
were wntcr nnd nothing else.
There is no way to determine how
mnny hundreds or thousands of bnr
rcls of "whisky" of the same sort have
been "exported" to the three-mile limit,
according to customs officials. They
now exnmlne every barrel.
Evldenco thnt the Llr.zie V. Hall, the
schooner held up here ns unseaworthy
nnil unfit to enrrv n enrco of HOO hnr
rels of nleohol ostensibly to Llberin, is
part of the equipment used to defraud
the Government ot millions in revenue
tnxes, has been laid before prohibition
officials by Nicholas C. Brooks, special
Treasury agent here.
It is averred thnt there is n gigantic
plot, which bus nlrcndy netted members
of the gnng millions, iu operntlon. This
scheme even goes so fnr, It is snid, ar.
to plan and execute the bcuttllng ot
ships.
The charges lodged by Hronks before
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Hoy
A. Ilnlnes reveal an entirely new nngie
of the liquor running business.
Possible prolits on the niconoi wnicp
the Lizzie V. Hall wns to tnke to "Li
beria" would be $200,000. according to
ngents of the customs service. This
amount represents the ipternal revenue
tnx nlone, and docs noi include neieii
tionni profits that would be made in
the snie or the stun lot- nquor-maaing
purposes.
Not Meant for Liberia
According to the Government ngents
the Lizzie V. Hall's trip to "Llberin"
was a mere bluff to get the nleohol os
tensibly out of the country. It wns
planned, it is churged, to uulouil the
stuff somewhere between this city nud
Cape May.
Hut the most startling charge maeio
hy Hrooks is that he has Information
that those bark of the scheme even
went bo fnr ns to contemplate tho scut
tling of their own nuclcnt schooners
nfter they hud served their purpose.
in order to prevent nny possibility of
exposure.
The Lizzie V. Hnll is linked in these
new revelations of easy liquor millions
with the schooner Tiburnn, now in the
hands of the Government nt the port
of Huston, nnd under libel hy her for
mer captnln, who nsscrts that he was
imt pnld.
Government ngents hnve positive evi
dence thnt the Tiburnn sailed from New
York with n large quantity of alcohol,
but when the boat put into Huston n
few dnys Into two-thirds of the nleohol
had disappeared, and water had been
substituted for it.
The Motor Tourist's
English Tea Basket
of Wicker or of Leather
Light, compact, et unusually well-equipped,
including practical tea kettle with spirit lamp.
Mot expensive.
Imported and Introduced by
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
Jewelers Silversmiths Stationers
Chestnut & Juniper Streets
gi COME HA LUNCH ATNOT
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TOMORROW'S MENU
Clam Chowder Choica of Pork Chopt
Fried Sweet Potato, Apple Sauce
or Halibut Steak (Platter)
Roll and Butter Coffee and Milk
8&&.a6L! CAFE OPEN;
ATLANTfC CITY ARID
AFTER BOOZE RAID
Oasos Fow and Under Surveil.
lanco of Prosecutor's
Forco'
BRIGHT LIGHTS DIMMED!
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Atlantic City, Aug. ai.-'!. '
more aridity in the resort todtfy (hn '
there has been nil summer, but thTr.
nro n few cares still existing, "J
under surveillance," snid Hpeclnl As
sistnnt Prosecutor Hurton A. Gasldn to-'
He sat behind n mountain of lf,.i
documents bearing on the romS1
up of the i:i:i persons hro, ght h"fo
Justices of the I'ence and County tilt
?JO0O hnll for their appearance tomor".
row to answer charges of selling ;
or having it in their possession qn0I
next Tuesday those wno wnntc " iffi
to think it over nnd consult attornm
will be nrrnlgncd. Thcro arc Mill T.
dozen warrants to be served, which win
bring tho total up to 145. W"'
The maximum penalty for each of.
fense. thnt is for each drink or flask nr '
bottle sold. Is $500, which, It Is exncetS
will net tho County Trcnsurer unwiri
of ? 13.000. Ah to jull sentence, U?
not forecast that any will be Imposed
In the not were gathered the Important
nnd the unimportant offender'! th
owners of the lobster pnlaccs 0f th
Honrdwalk and tho North Side near"
beer saloonkeepers.
"Wo look for u mnjorlty of the eul.
prits pleading non vult nt the hcnrlnn
tomorrow because tho evidence gathorrJ
covers n period of time nnd moro than
ono offense in each instance," stated
tho special prosecutor. ,
"Tho operators wero engaged fcr
moro than a month in seeking out the
leaks, nnd we located, we think, tin
most of them," ho remarked. "W.
know of some others who will cscadi
becnuse good luck favored them. Tier
wero willing enough to be accommodat.
ing. They will be kept under watch."
There wero no lights out nor blinds
drawn In the environs of the Board
walk Inst night, but those who were
known to tho wnitcrs or the proprietors
were able to secure whatever their
thirbt and tnsto demanded as long at
they were willing to pny the price
which had risen.
No search or seizures accompanied
the arrests. 'What evidence was
gnthered couslstcd of buying drinks
the charges being based on the dcflnlr
tions under tho Van Ness Law.
"None of the city or county de
tectives were engaged in gathering the
evidence ; they wero, however, employed
in serving tho warrants," the special
prosecutor snid. It is known that the
investigation included several women.
STOLEN SECURITIES TRACED
Sugar Manufacturers Accuse Al
leged $50,000,000 Swindling Truit
Chicago, Aug. .'11. (Hy A. 1'.)-
htolen securities of the I'lilted Stattf
Sugar .Manufacturers' Association of
New York, valued at thousands of dob
Inrs, hnve been Uncoil to the French
Worthlngtem croup of alleged ewliiillet),
according to Henry II. Hollupp, presi
dent of the tibsocntion. who is here to
day confcrrlne; with John V. Cllnnln,
Asslstnnt United States District At
torney. Federal agents nro attempting to
trace securities and tn determine their
connection with Charles W. French,
nlleged head of the $."0,000,000 swin
dling trust, nud John W. Worthing
tiou, indicted in connection with nu
merous mall robberies.
A warrant lias been issued for the ar
lest of C. Littleton, secretary of
the Consolidated Auto Company, Day
ton, chnrging conspiracy, It wns an
nounced today. Littleton, uccordlne to
Colonel Chimin, signed notes of $300,
000 for ills coiupniry, which were dis
posed of by French,
Federal authorities believe Littleton
to be alive! although reports of self
destruction have been current for some
weeks.
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