,,.- "ivw 'fV -i;'f" iflf "WWM,-y. ; W(T-T-uBtimB v-fffl 4. Jt9 H :. fa?,' ', ',J 3S vA Euenma public led get THE WEATHER Fair weather and moderate tempera lure tonight and Friday) ecnll winds, mostly southwest. TIJMl'KRAICnn AT UACH HOUIl NIGHT EXTRA ,?, 'WJ w TTd no in 112 i 1 i 2 i a i 4 i r. j :. , ? IS- friil7 170 177 1BU IBS z I I I I If VOL. VIL NO. 307 K5Hf IfHEW PLEA TO BEAT HOME Al POLLS a lAfoli!i-irrrn Ar. Mayor, ai ..." '. ftnges for Final unvo against Varo Loaaeranip Statement is expected , IfttOM SENATOR LATE TODAY W' Volc Slackers" Don't I Escape Jury Service Jurors nre chosen from the ns !'W HtH nnd imt from the rcg Utritlon bonks, the Voters League minted out today when It lenrncM L. women " avoiding rcglstrn C h the mistaken belief that W.e IH permit their escape from po-iblc Jury duty. Registration. 11 voluntary act. St vrts stated. Ik accessary in order to vote at the primary, nnd nt the pwral election. The assessors' lists arc prepared systematically It isaewors and are supposed to n dude, the names of all men nnd women of a voting age. ;' A resounding rail 'by Senntor Pen rose for the eleeflon of the entire Vot er League ticket ami tne consentient imnimne of the contractor combine allte is to he made today from Wash ington. I 'inn iniormiiiinii wus iciciinnn"ii m to fnends from the national cnpl- Uipj.uajor .wniirc loiiuwini; .11 snr Ufictory Interview" with the blg-chlcf-tiln. The Mayor is to tnllt with the Senator ngnln this afternoon. Tle Mayor left here for the capital on toe 7 o eioeic train lost night. Hi departure, followed reports from Wnsh Injton that Senator Penrose was work Inf to close the breach between the Miior nnd Judge Brown, of the Mu nicipal Court, wlio saw Mr. Penrose iwtcrdar. '.'Senator Penrose's nollcv. it is re- jiorted, i to knock nway the Combine Holding nnd to reenl the are or jtnliation as the enemy on which all element", hostile to contractor hossism 'itir spray n withering fire in the next twelve days. - Thomas W. Cunningham, who iins been regarded as Penrose's cltief lieu tenant here, wax toll! Hint tlin Kniitnr Vm about to decintc for the Voters Lesrue. "I'd want 10 hear tlint nfllelnliv." he .sM. He laughed as he made the com ments "Would yon need nn engraved invi tation to turn in tor the A otcrs Lengtie tillltV tin ivna .ilI'A.I Ji "Oh, yes, sure." was the answer. Ltapia In Another Hally Tonight The Voters I.eozne will eontintie its campaign toniglit with a big rally for rora workers at mo league Headquar ter, 224 S'outh llroad street. One Ids object Is to get out n smiMhn.g big rcjMratlon Sntnrday, the las. before the primary. September 20. Colonel (ieorce E. Kpmn. rnncllilntp for Receiver of Taxes : Vivian Frntilc Oable, for Register of Wills; Arthur O. .Graham, for Cltv Treasurer, nnd I'l- Mn Wolf, for Cltv Controller, will l.o the speakers nt the rally. The Voters League Inst nisht Invaded are territory with a rally In the .1. Jlamptoa Moore Republican Chin of the Forty.dsbtli Ward. 2011 South Twen tieth street. A big crowd henrl ad dresses bv Mr. Onble. Mr. (ii'iihnm nnd wlonel Kemp. Iteprescntntive Isaac I". U Bmlnk presided. v An allied committee, made up by the joiera league, repreBcntative of nil clc Wats opposed to th! Vnres, will con- flOCt' a Rhnrt fill1 Ennnnv nnntii!(fi rt. 5alf of the League ticket. aumonzation of this was given nt :t Wtlng of the League yesterday, the 'njesli nnd most enthusiastic so fur W.br the new organization. , At this ? iK. ''caP,lc candidates were in wned by the full membership nnd plans tatted to insure a bl registration Sat tirday. fiThe fight ngnint (lie Vnres will be toacentrnted in the ten duvs before Sep tember 20. the day of primary election. i allied rnmmittee in ehnfge of the Wue will be icmposed of lenders in ,.' 1'WBUf. Penrose Ueiitenunts nnd . iof Mnnr ""re. This commit MI11 work for a complete fusion of aou.inmbino elements. It In n.ll. ...I ., ......... TWj v '"""" "ll regisirniion on iSSSSr was between 125.000 nnd W.W0. With 140 illvislmw tn l.o w'd from, the total was 110.400. Bdmonds Ue.-uls Itcnort Indorspmont ni i, ..,.. ...... ii. i... i. .. ,.,..; --"-'.. ... KiiKnr i -uiimiiuirH ity ifu. ei '. .. . "r "UK"'- was mill P ' Sponcer Edmonds, nc "I chairman of the Political Aciii .r"."nln..f the league was made immittco, rend the report. of the com- I o. . 'tor..1! "p tht' iu'lnrsement of enn '""m.'! . ll'aKl10 report read: . -..mnirnie. um voters League de Unee if .kfK0 Particularly the impnr- thexi;;.'' ,'".""".. '""? vrmt time j ""me 11 ine .nidge who comes A ConUnufd on Phri. TTiorColumn TlirTe 00T VISITS PRESTDENT; LEAGUE NOT DISCUSSED 'Secretary Reticent Hour's rll ,Wahlnctnii ...., u Wtrdlmr h,i '...-'.','" : President j... ". "" neurit" nn uv ..!.. ..." ". "" i lour s visit ntlonV,t .-".",' u".nt' w,l, "' l',' I huld. hud i tin uwny. "inter f '""nii-iiiiy as a posslDle wr of the Amor ean lelri-nil,.,, m prominently as a piissihle armninent conference. Mr. Itnnr ifptl,,,,,,, ""irillT, ,H-, IIIHIC "Uh .rBI,.!,,,,,B "m "'JM'lH dls V. ,, ' reMdent. itii , 2.'''1 .'.'r ''. tiling from cub F.l Pens. " kni, -vt- u..... .i r.ss"?: " ";; v-niikrervf "Uw. , . V""::?;! or "v ,,f PuttMii ' i'""'ii-K or tne tier Willi Til?' !'" ""i'l ke called at the fc',;Ce '" I"" Ids respects while '1W e R " "" hn"i" of the Car iWe. cP'l0iei)t for International ! ih. M.r.,i .: Hoot's first visit "Wlna'iin, """.l' M nee President 'Welt I P"11'111''"' '"'t he met the W. al n N" York luncheon Inst lUhlln.). '" nmie s'nei President nan ,,; "' V-'UUIIIIIO I'O"." h tiqid, T, , . tl t ,vk x. I Enter-d at Second-eta i Mutter at th,- wiiu (ii a rtwfc 4 Manheim Courts Are Fast for Titular Tennis Opening Australian Captain, Clad in Gay-Colored Pajamas and Puffing Cigarette, Says Team Had Strenuous TimeTilden, Primed "The courts nre faster thnn those nt forest Hills, nnd In perfect condition," said "Hill" Tllden today nt the (lor- inuntown Cricket Club, Manheim, where nnisiiing touches nrc being put to the great stands which will Bent 12,000 spectntors nt the nntional tcunl chain nlonshlps, which begin nt. noon tomor row. Tllden, Phl'aelphlnn and world's champion tennis player, wns nt the courts early today, though lie wns not playing. Several notables In the ranks of world's tennis, experts already have been there. . 'I came to town yesterday from Xcw, York," explained 'Hill." "and played nljlt lifter I nrrlved. I'm going to play .U'"'" this afternoon. "I'vo lost ten pounds," the chnni plon continued, "but 1 never felt bet ter in my life." The champion hcems to be In HnwIcA condition, his eyes keen nnd his skin a deep tan. lie spoke In praise of others who will take part In the chain pion 'ships, especially tl' Zenzn Shi inldzu. the .lap, whom lie described if u very dangerous nla.ver. who nut tin n line bnttlc." Famous Player Arrhes About a dozen of the most famous of the visiting players arrived today, making their hcndnunrter.s nt the lJcllcvuo-Stratford, and ninny of them hurrying off to the (Jorninntown Cricket Club to look the courts over nnd practice. Mnrslinll Allen, crack player from Seattle, wns on the courts in playing attire this morning, knocking the ball around yith one of the club members. Another visitor, though not playing, wns Philip Xeer. of California, inter collegiate champion. 'J he Auti'iilinii players were very comfortable at the I'ellevue today, rest ing after the strenuous days of play, and almost cqmilly strenuous evenings of social diversion. All were on hand save .1. It. Ilawkes, the youngest mem ber of the team, wdio Is recovering from ptomaine poisoning. Captain N. Pencil, sitting up on his bed In gay pajamas, smoking cigarettes, spoke for his team when ho said they lititl found life here strenuous, and that nil of them were In nede of n rest. He snld lie had brought n touch of ptomaine poisoning with him from Xcw York, lie thoiieht. There nre two big men of Tilden's size on the Australian team. One of ONE DEAD, ONE HURT Survivors Rescue Body From Burning Wreckage Near Egg Harbor, N. J. ONE DRIVER ARRESTED Frank Gordon, Seventy-first nnd Yocum streets, was killed, nnd Walter Whiteside, 0021 Woodland avenue, ic eelvcd a broken shnulderblndc nnd ribs in n motortruck collision at 4 o'clocis this morning near Kgg Harbor, X. J. Thomas Mahlon. 1020 Dudley street, driver of the truck which struck Oordonls car, has been held for the ac tion o the Coroner nt Egg Harbor. Those who arrested him assert his breath smellcd of liquor nnd that he acted as though Intoxicated. fJordon was a driver for the Hell Storage Company, of this city. He was married and had a wife and two chil dren. He iiad been to AtlanU fit with n load of goods, and wns returning by way of the White Horse pike. Whiteside, nlso nn employe of the storage company, was riding with lilni. Malilon Is emplojed bv John .1. Con nor. 201." South Eighteenth street, owner of the other truck. He wic bound for Atlantic City In nn empty vehicle. With him rode William IIu bcr. of 1120 Pine street. Xear Egg Harbor the two ponderous trucks crushed together, recoiled nnd fell on their sides. Two of the men were unhurt. Whiteside, the third mnn, groaned as he dragged himself free of tho wreckage. The three men, Whiteside aiding in spile of his own injuries, sought the fourth. Hecause it was too dark to neer Into tint twisted wreckage, one of the men struck a mutch and set firo to n newspaper, which ho used as n torch. As the nnper tinted they saw Gordon bing under the wreck of Ills car. T he s g it of his nine tnee so un served the man with the newspaper torch that he dropped it. I he gas tank of the big truck had Is'en pierced in tho collision nnd the gasoline spilled about. Tin dropped torch started a gust of Hume, which swept the truck with Gordon lying beneath. The men got jacks from the other truck and rnised the vehicle sufficiently to drag out Gordon's body before the tlames readied it. Malilon, when arrested, denied thnt he had driven the truck. He said there N TRUCK COLLISION Followlnq'hml been n third man on the vehicle, , .li-ii-im. It. who wns dressed and looked enough like him to deceive any one who suw them for just a few moments In the semi-darkness, this other man, .Miinion MILL ROBBERY FOILED Watchman Opens Fire on Three Robbers and -Routs Attackers Thomas Priie, a watchman at llie Fratikford Hosiers Mills, Adams toad and I'nilv stieet, was making his rounds this morning when three men I...I.I...I ,..li..j ,il flin i. tin sprang lion, nviuii'i iin-i" - " ' of the fintory. lie imcm-u awin opened llie on the men. and Leaps Into Niagara Rapids Niagara Falls. N. Y.. Sept. S.- I Ily . ii 'I'..... .,,,, iMinnrteil to NiniFMra fMri ?"' oll!,l'' ler'zed as "idle filk" " reservation police today that they !.",' .""'V"' H-r he inigl,;1 h s,, .. mnn leap tro intheioa Island J?.ef.M "i '.' '""use IHs ieelsion not I "r"i"" " ,0 "", '' ' ,,""" " "."': ftf i.-ii " V "' lh" luteniiillonnl o'Cocl. hist nigui ' "", ' " Ua n v ,Vt . . "S'Ui.ze., n.roiigi, oyer ...e .";. - .,! -: ;- "i. ''"i'"U". auoui iuij ji-um i'v -"' - j L1.' "),vjtiudilou law to meet- weight nnd flvp feet tep inches tnlTT IMtlU Wtt bMlUUUUJi uivoosv,. I Pa. Aiarcu o. 1870 How to Reach Manheim k for Big Tennis Tourney Ily Train From P.road Street Station.' Chestnut Hill branch. Oct off nt Queen Lnne Station. All trains stop nt West nnd Xorth Philadelphia. Club within five minutes' wnlk. From Heading Ternilnnl (let off nt Wayne Junction. Tnke trolley on Wayne avenue nt station nnd ullght nt Manheim street. WnUt west two blocks. P.y Trolley No. fill car on Thirteenth street to Manholm street; walk two blocks west. Pass from nil lines which connect with Clensldc route (Hrie avenue) to Willow drove; alight nt Manheim btrect. Midvale avenue cars run within three blocks of grounds. (Jet off nt Wlssnhickon nvenuo. Hy Automobile North on Hroad street to Cnyuga or Wingohocxin' street: ttwt m fiormantowii avenue, then north on (icrmantown avenue, pnsslng under Wayne Junction bridge; turn west to (ircene street or Wayne nvenuo to Manheim street and then two blocks to grounds. lTp Hlver Drive to Nicetown lane. L to Hunting Park avenue; turn north on Midvale avenue to Munheim nnd then east to grounds. thc-e is J. O. Anderson. (! feet 2 Indies, und much on Tilden's build. Ho wns In the service during the wnr, nnd bndly injured by an exploding shell In barracks In Australia. He still car ries the scar of a severe wound, but It doesn't seeih to handicap Ills playing. The other husky is K. V, Todd, the same height ns his teammate, but much more heavily built. He is the team's strong man. He, too. served in the Continued on l' Two. Column lrh U. S. MANDATE MOVE LEAGUE Lord Robert Cecil Declares America Has Caused Delay in Application roilornce t Philadelphia. S R CALLS FOR SPEEDY ACT(0N,DENY PLAN F0R PRELIMINARY Hy the Associated Prcs Geneva, Hoi t S Clintges that t Ii "purely nogith.'" position of the T'nite.l Slates hud been responsible for the de lay in the 'ipnlimtion of mandates liy the League of Xntions were mnile by Lord Robert Cecil. reprsentative for South Africa, at today's session of the Assembly of I he Le.iirue, which tool; up n general discussion of (lie accom plishments of that body to date. A Hurry of interest spread over th" nudiencc as the South African delegate rose and announced he wished to speak on mandates. Lord Robert icvieweij the whole mnndiite question, during which lie took occasion not onlv to criticize the policy of the I'lilted States, hit nlco the luck of publicity permitted In th-! recent meet ins of the Council of the I.engiic. , Heading the note recently sent by the Stnte Department, lie v.n'il tjhut lit -leruatinnal affilrs would hue been better advanced had it In en received earlier. Demands Action on Mandates "These territoiics." lie said, f"ferrliig to the countries over which mandates were provided bj tin cownunt of th' League of Nation, "must no lansep bi ll ft in their present situation, dopiivci of a definite Jtatus or a definite Gov ernment." He said lie did ml want t appear lo criticize the l'liitul Stales, "but the inundates sl'ould be set tied in the In'ter est of the peoples direitlj intrusted with them, mill without further deim." Charges that the League had been extravagant and had discriminated against countries which tcninined neu tral in the World Wnr, were made by Hjaliuar Hranting. of hweden. He nlso critieired the nction of the Council of the League in awarding the f nntlmiril nn I net ininrrn i nieiiui in c'ontlnutil nn r'iBr Thlrtffn. Coluinn Three BRIDE-ELECT WAITS, PARTY IN CHURCH HE'S MISSING Navy Keeps ll irclcss Busy Trying to Get "Lost Bridegroom" Back in Time for Ceremony While the guests were wnitlng at Gethsemiine Lutheran 'Church for the bridal pair. Miss Anna Frank, of 1117 North Fife, -ninth street, waited in vain at her home Inst night for her fiance. George 1 1 ii Howell. The Fulled States Xav made strenuous efforts in its endeavor to get the ouiig man back to Philadelphia in time for his wedding. Hallow ell is an enlisted man on the l S. S. Arkansas, ind tho-wind- and the tide and tne wireless conspired iieoln-t his rnnniHc I'.wn the power oi tho iinv eouliln t liel'i Jiliu. nnil 'it last Ml-s Frank and her frff'iu is, who packed I ii, ..imreli. Inid to go home Thev will trv again this afternoon, ac cording to the Rev. Henry Moehling, of 1 -1.7.2 Xorth Fifty-ninth stret. pns tor of the church, who wns to have of ficiated at the wedding last night. Try Again Today "I iniiile a, brief announcement of the facts to the coiigregntlon." said Mr. Moehling today, "when It seined evi dent that -tho young mnn cnuli) not get to the chukh In time, Oethsomane wns PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1921 LANCASTER BANK CRASH LEADS 10 SECOND ARREST Treasurer Zell's Assistant Is Accused of Juggling Checks, HAD BEN -AIDING IN WORK OF EXAMINERS Itiiralfr, Sept. 8. A second ar rest, thnt of Frank E. Herr. the as sistant treasurer, was made last night as -a result of the collapse of the Agri cultural Trust Comnnny with loses an nounced today as S.SOO.OOO. Tho company went to the wail last .Tune. Its suspension wns followed im mediately by the arrest of Charles D. Xcll, the treasurer, who Is charged with siicotilntlng with depositors' funds In two Phlhidelphln brokerage home. Herr. who Is forty years old, mar ried, and lives in Millersvlie. near here, lias been nsslstnnt treasurer of the trust company since Its organization several yenrs ago. He was arrested on n wnrrnnt Issued on n affidavit sworn to by C. II. Graff. Special Deputy Com missioner of Hanking, who is In charge of the affnlrs of the wrecked trust com pany. On November 20. 1020. it is charged in the wnrrant nnming Herr, the as sistant treasurer was given a with drawal check for $1240.8.'! by Howard G. Greider. treasurer of tiie Sliver Springs Cemetery Compnny. Herr was instructed, it is said, to transfer that sum from the cemetery company's saving fund nccount nnd to pi nee It with tin trust company's trust funds to the credit of the Silver Springs company. Tiie affidavit nlleged Herr failed to place the amount to the cemetery com nativ's credit nnd that lie falsified tho books of the trust company. Since the collapse of the institution tin assistant treasurer has been aiding bank ex aminers nt work on the books. After his arrest late last night Herr was taken to tho home of Alderman W. S. Dnebler. who released him in S2000 ball. X'o date for a further hearing was fixed. Cell was taken from jail hero today nnd brought in a motorcar to Alder man Doebler's office. He litnl waived a hearing n month 1150. He was pale nnd unshaven when arraigned nnd appeared greatly dejected. Thirteen separate cliarees were made against him at the hearing. Affidavits set forth thnt he had traded at brok erage houses In Philadelphia while pos ing ns .lames Wilson. A separate com plaint was made aznttist him by Hcnju mln F. Davis, a lawyer of this cit.v. who says Zell stole .OOO of bonds left with the trust ompany. , Hank examiners. In announcing for the first time thnt the alleged specu lations totulled $.'00,000. said half of that amount was taken in bonds, thin .$100,000 was appropriated from saving., accounts and thnt Hell also flipped Inl checking accounts, the Christians sav- , ings fund and miscellaneous collateral. Aricgs rAHLtT in lunuun British Officials Assert No- Such Meeting Is Contemplated Iintlcn. Sipt. S. IP. A. P. What (iiaiter is re-ponsihle f o the re peatedb etoed suggestion that pie lliiiiiHir.v i onversations should he In Id in London coiiccriilng the agenda of the forthcoming conference In Washington on limitation of armament appearing again today in the form of an article in the London Times remains a matter of conjecture. That newspaper tod'ij published n statement to the effei t that informal discussions hnve progics-cd so far that conversations will begin as sunn as rip resentatives of the Intel tcd Powers return to London, and c.pn-.cd liopc that they may rapidly lead to favorable results so that the main feature- of the agenda maj be decided upon In the time the .laptnese mi-slon leaves 1'okio for Washington. lniiilrj brought emphatic denial in Hritish official elides thnt anx such conversations were in i out' mplntion. In one well-informed iimrter it wa- de clared that the roonrt wa- probably a "feeler" (luanatiug III fonign ipiarters. AND THE IGHT WAS ON When Patsy Got Out of Jail His Clothing and "Pal" Were Gone When Antlinm Pat- liiii-hul a ten dn j sentence in Mojauienslng je-ter-da.N und went In hi- rnoui mi Fiaiikliu street near Vine, he di-cowrcd some one had taken elotliing alueil at SI. "(I fiipii the room. Patsy sii-pectcd his ilium, Wnrren Keck, of Marshall street near Vine, ile went to Keek's room. When the tight was oer Keek wa- arrested on the charge of lnrcenj mid Patsy wa arrested on the t barge of drunkenne-s in i i.. . und .di-iuih'rlj iniidmt crowded In-1 night. Miss Frank i- one of the nio-t popular girl- in the congre gation. Scvcinl church organizations were there in iiliu i-t their full member ship. Ever-, mi" s nipiithized with the wing couple, and I uppoe the crowd will be even gi eater todnj." Romance and Tiyifirtlj Hallowed and Mi-s Flank hnd lieen Kwcct-hcnits for -ome time. Hnth are voung and popular, llallowell, an en listed man, wns -.t'ltioned at the Pliila ilelnhln nv iii'd When lie niul hlu finucee set .September 7 as the date for their weddinz there didn't seem to lie n single cloud to nil-cine their liouejmoon. They had the invitations engrnved nnd sent to their friends, llallowell bought the wedding ring, and the goldsmith in M'i'bcd it with their Inltinls and tin, date when they fondlj hoped to he inadr man ami wile, ' Then came, black tragedy. On Sep JiMiiber J the young husband -to-be wns ordered off to sea duty on Contlnuctt on 1'k Two, Column Thrco Girl Defies Bandits . w-ffBBPsV . AtfflEb- Blll LodKcr I'lintn HerVlco MINNIE WKINEK .Miss Wclncr Is the girl who defied two young bandits when they en tered licr' mother's candy store at Thirty-second and Oxford streets und demanded incite)' tintl-r threats wearIdgirl DEFIES 2 ROBBERS V Refuses to Yield Contents of Cash Register in 32d and Ox ford Streets Candy Shop IDENTIFIES YOUTHS HELD Minnl" Weiner. n thirteen-year-old girl, defied two robbers who entered her mother's candy store at Thirty-second and Oxford streets jesterdny afternoon nnd demanded the contents of the cash register, while one of them aimed a plstoi at her heall. The chiiil screamed In -pite of tl-eir threats and frightened them nway with but a smull sum of money. Loter -he ran to the Twenty-eighth nnd Oxford streets station und breathlessly told her ilorv to the house sergeant. Thomas Hackiis. 204(1 Oxford tret. nnd Roy Weightman. 1721 Xorth Still man street, each seventeen years old. were arrested on the child's description bv District Detective Hartman an 1 1'ntrnluuiu Fnjrun. The child identifie I botli youths and appealed against them todav at a lien-ing before Magl-trnt-Oswald at the Nineteenth and Oxford streets station Thtj were held without bail for court. Girl Alone In Store "I was alone in the store at 2 o'clock," siiid the child on the witness stand. "Mother was in tin house. These two men came in anil asked for five cents' worth of candy. Iwent to get it for them. I looked up "and this one heie." pointing to Dachas, "wn pointing a gun at me Thcj -aid to give them what was In 'the cii-h regis ter nnd threatened tne If I didn't." The child looked accusingly nt the two ouths. She wns not at all nervom as -lie stood near the Magi-trate's de-k, inst across, fiom the prisoners. The Mng'strate smiled en. ouraglugly. "Did jou gle it to them'" asked the Mm.'i.-trntc. The child' hl.uk ce lla-lrd and -he -hook bee bobbed head vigorous' . "No." -he -aid. "I didn't give it to them. 1 s, reamed." "Did tlie try lo hurt jou?" nske I tiie Magistrate. "No," -aid the child, "but I was terribly frightened. One of lliem picked up the cash register nnd threw it on the lloor. so thai the drawer opened. Then I -cre.uwd again. Tliej grabbed at the ninnev. nnd got -oni- I think about the or -Ix dollars, but didn't wait fur It all. Whin I si rmuteil. n second time the ran out of the house." Mother Han to Store Mrs. Pearl Weim r. the child's mother and owner o th nintlj store, testified she hud not seen the robber), but had run into the -lore when she heard tier daughter's -cream-. "M'lin'e was tin) -cared lo speak." -aid her inetl.er, "hut .-h" knew what t, do. She inn mil of the house, and I w'th bee. and light to the Twenty eighth and Oxford streets police sta tion. 'I In re she told what had hap pened nnd gme a description of th" two men." Hiiku- and Weightman were arrc-led after a hmi an h li the ii-trict detectlw and pnti'dnian assigned t'i the en-e H.ii lu- i- -aid to I"' from New Yotk. ' A TRICK POLLING PLACE Now You eSe It. Now You Don't In Forty-second Ward Where, nil where, i- the polling place for tile Thl' I' --econd Division of the Foil' second W.irdV Officinlh it i- nt 0"1 WinsohorUing street. The Superintendent of F.lectinu--n uot'tieil Mi- I mii in Wnrburton. of the Republic in Women's Committee Actunll). ii" one knows where it 1-. Tim tir-t i egl -trillion da) women could find no film nonaries to receiv. them N" one knew wheie to go. Then on the -muni registration ilnx visitors nt the Wiiigohockiug street ad dress found t liox oubl register there. The nee--iir officials document'- niui pen and ink were there. Dining the morning al1 wa- serene, -o to -neak For two hoiii- diir ng the afternoon all wa- serene too Then cwiMlllllg llis.ippe.ired. The place wns i lo-ed . Satunlaj I- loming the last regl-. trillion iht) The women are wonderiiu whether tiie pl,nc will a- in) -tcriou.-l) reappear a- it disappeared. HARDING PLANS NEW CRUISE Arrangements Incomplete, but Presi-l dent Hopes to Visit Atlantic Cltx Washlnton, Sepi .. i iij . i'.) Picsidcnt Harding i- planning another week -(lid trip on the pu'sldentlul .uieht Mil) How er, to secure a few more days' lecrentloii before Congress leeiinviiiics. Arrangements, for the coming nip have not been completed, and how extensive a cruise mn he made is uu-ettled. The Piesldent ami Mr- Harding blue had ail invitation of ouK standing to visit Mr. ami Mrs, lMward II. Mc Lean at their Har Harbor home and tho President nlho Impes to visit At lantic City, where )J was prevented fiom limdlng Ust weelby u storm, Published Dally nrrt Sunday, Copyrlfht 1B21 y SALES TAX DOOMED' BY0PP0SIT10N0F! Stand of Mellon and Agricul tural Bloc Sufficient to Hold Up Smoot Plan MAY COME LATER JVHEN NEED GROWS IMPERATIVE CLINTON V. (JILKKIJT Htuff ( irrrsinnl"iit. I.tenlnir I'lilifc I.lnrr Coiwl'ilit. I'i'. b ' V' 'ii r l.-rlifr Cnmpnwj Washington. Sept. S -With Secre tary of tiie Treusur) Mellon ojiiiosetl, nt feasUfor-the present, to the snles tax luni with the powerful ngrieiiltural bloc against it, the clinnees are that Sena tor Smoot's proposal will not lie adopted by the Senate committee in tho bill wh'i'h it is ifro'vtving. Rather the lendenc) will he to cut estimates t' the lowe-t point and In corporate In the tax lull such of Mr. Mellon's propo-uls a- meet with the least political objection nnd put oft" adopting a sales tax till Inter, when a deficit in revenues ma) perhaps be re vealed or when, for political reasons before the next congressional election, additional revenues may be neccssnry for some soit of adjusted compensation to the soldiers. 'The important consideration now is speed in tnx legislation. Speed will be out of tin; quest ion if Senntor Smoot's manufacturers' -nles tnx Is put into the bill. This provides for the payment of .'5 per cent upon the gro sales of man ufacturers. The fanner-' organizations all over the countr) ore on record against a sales tax. l!loc Won't Discriminate To be sure .Mr. Sin ot dues not ini- pose mr mill T Bnii upon ngriciiltuiiil sales, luce r doe not lev iipnn raw innterlnls. Hut the ngrieiiltural hi refurs to ili-ctimii nil . As the funnel Senator put It. ' It i- a question of names. If Smoot had only called hi tax a manufacturer-' tax instead of a manufacturers' sale- tax. all would have- been well. We could have de livered the farmers on thnt. Hut that one little word -a'es is too miicn." The Trcusiiij Dcpnit.uciit bus tcli nical tensions v In ii nld not at thi date f.ice'u radical chaii,'e In the taxa tion i.steni. Ii iiiu-t make prepara tions for the coll'ction of a Miles tax. And Po-tinn-icr General I lavs, in speak'ng of lb" sublet at Cow'ninll -aid innt tne roiintrx must come to a rales tax, but that it i mild onh do si lute . All that the tee s'e- now th- tn: l.iw bonk - 'i Senate Finance Commit-I- ti'iit It liiiiif rewrite t'i'it ine on the -tnttlte mt of leaking it- new ilnex ' - II iiise co-ninittee bill. Mr. I mercy tnn",feii with tiie-c ami Hid a bill, whlih was a mess. intlly befor the Senate Finance Comiu'ttcc. Present i,;iw- Muddle The present Ine I- hopeless 1) inild d'ed. No one iinili r-tand- what most, of it- - c Ibuis nn :in. '.r' of tiieu.' inti-i be read in the 'n-ht ot iiri rnri-tn-lion- b the 'o'i't and li Tie.i-ur Di p rfient I'llh 1 1'. V-. V rdne w m .linen ,is law so that th" ne.v lew wou'd consi-t of iiii.i tdi"i i.t . pi i- the o'd I iw. p'us all , the court deci-ious anil administrative rulitu . Paving taxes would remain as much of n puzz'e for bu-ine a ever. The Fordtie) amendments tbe'n sclvcs would bine tn be hit rpreteil I the courts nnd the officials in the liht of nre I Ii- iiiterp'i t ltio!. The i oii-eiiieni-e i- that the Senate Finnllie t'oui'i !! Iia- I- ii'he I the ile cislnu tn iepe.ll llie oXM-ting law.- Illld rewiiti ill, in in en iittempt tn intio dm e e!urit in t" the -itiiatiou. Smoot's Plan Clea Sennloi Sin it nil ha- the maik of wool 1 I open I till the -I b litiite i'i r them , me I'l.x -light!) ".'I.IHiO.OOO: second, i mile tax of 111 pei great i lea" lies- lb x i- in 'a i i five lev ie i i'm -t. I i ledlli eil, to l,ll-c . a Hal i in i,i ,iti ,n i i fill to l, .-. l.'i IIIHI.IIIKI; pei i enl nuiii'il H tiacrs' -: third, u :; o tax lo ' r.iii SI .2HII.I I', i.diKl : ton rt h. tin- in ' hei-itnii' e tifx i ' i,n fifth, t I ."ii !. ini-e .-"."'.".' ii" nun, (Kill 4)0(1 Mi. Si. ni t : , Mini 'e th'it u i tin h.i-'s of i i. law- P.ut r ' mai'iifin tin ei -' -1 I C'led In I M M. iii. iiiin, ihiii, ami a- at mo-cut t .1 1 't.ll ol S2.SSII, . in - -ii -b-ar an I n nl a'll' lie inadi , w , illu ol tile lax ,'.'. that lii )i I be a iiinlttei' w ill ! I Hills IC j (1 I i and pe I pro'i. ' I I t t.IXi -it lie ( nnlliiiinl HEAD OF TREASURYi I'iiui Iwn C nlioiin lnnrlinb bun EXTRA "X BRITAIN REFUSES TO DISCUSS REPUBLIC AT PARLEY WITH IRISH INVERNES, SCOILAND, Sept. 8. The Bntis-h Cabinet'-, teply to Eamou de Valera invitis, leprcbentntivc- of the Stun Foin to n further conference, suggesting thnt be held neio Srpttmoer 20. Th Cabinet nbked De Valcia for n tlfmite reply a.- to whether he xvns prepnicd to enter n conference to n&certniu how the association of Ireland and the Biitish Empire can best be leconcilcd with the Irish national asplvntioua. The Biitish note, wiitten by Piiuie Minister Lloyd Geoigt, then snys Goveinment Tiy censent of the goveiucd is tho basis of the British constitution, Lut we cannot accept as the b.tsis of a piacicnl confeience an iuterprttation theicof which would commit us to any demands you might pieseut, even to that ut a i -public." COTTON BREAKS SHARPLY Later Buying Partly Restores Price In New York New York. Sept - ill) A. P i Cotton broke l."H points nunc nt the opening toihl) due to meuHght celling I ord.'is and the continue I weakness in I Liverpool. d loher dropped lo eighteen I cent-. I'd heaw icliming aihuineil pi ice- about (Ml po ni- trom llie opening' Ic.iIh. i n.'l,.t ItMlltll tlllll "1V I ll-l.t,,1lV .il... i ,,. ....... ...... .... ',,.,,., HIM, bought freel) on the curly hicak. i - Cardlnjl aibbori ursed all Catholic to ut the Manual of l'ra er-- rfv. dub-vrirttnn Prlr , t a Tear by Mall, Pub'lo Ida-er Company Pretty Girls to Campaign for a Big Registration Lenders of the Republican Women of Philadelphia County nre using their brains to good purpose in the matter of appealing for n big' reg istration Saturday. About fifty pretty girls will be stationed tomorrow nt all the Impor tant railroad stations in the ci,ty w 1th bt-nners inscribed : "To women voters of Philadel phia Your Inst chance to register Saturday, September 10. Don't forget." The tiling women Inter in the day will walk through several sections of the city spreading the gospel of registration. MOTOR ACCIDENT FATAL TO MAJOR JOHN R. ALLEN Civil War Veteran Succumbs In Chester County Hospital West Chester, Ph., Sept. .. Major John It. Allen. cvonty-c!ght, prom inent resident near Thornton, Delaware Count), und for ten years nn emploje of Hor-t Druthers, Phibidelphln, died in the Chester County Hospital Inst night wlii.e undergoing un operation following injuries Tuesday evening when -truck b) nn automobile. Allen was n tnojor In the Ninety-first Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the Civil Wnr, nnd nfterward u farmer for several years In Maryland. He was a member of Darby Meeting of Friends, Gnrfield Post, G. A. It.. Ches ter Lodge of Masons nnd the Knights Templar. Major Allen came of old Quaker stock. His father, Thomas O. Allen, came from Delaware in 1H22 to t'ppcr Darb). He was descended on the mn ter..a'l side from the Pnsehnlls, who set tled Paschallvllle. lie I- survived by two sons and two daughters, and one sister. Mrs. Mar) A Di.ughert). of Aldan. Pa. WOMAN SHOUTS FOR HELP AS SHE FACES THUG'S GUN Intruder In North Darien Street House Flees With $75 Mrs. Stephen Ko-kio. of HI4 North Darlcn street, was awakened ii her room on the second Hour nt (i o'clock this morning when a Negro put hi hand under the mattress and obtained ST.. The intruder then pre ctl n revolwr again-t the woman's head and told her he wou'd shoot if -lie screamed. sne -lioiitid for help and the man darted down the stairs and into Darien street, pursued bj Kjklo. Outside Michael O'Hrien. of MS North Twenty-third street, a railway etigineinan. heard Ml-. Koskio's screams, saw the burglar dart from the In u-e ami attempted to stop him. O'Hrien wa- felled by n blow from the butt of the burglar's revolwr. A patrolman captured the man nt Darien and Callow-hill streets, lie said he wa- F.IIjah .Johnson, of Tenth and South street-. The police believe lie pnscd the S7" to a onfederate. Mag istrate Ren-haw in Central Station held him in .sITil'il bail fm a lint her hearing S"i teniber 1!). SOVIET REFUSES INQUIRY BY ALLIED RELIEF BOARD Declines to Permit Investigation of Conditions in Russia .Mocow. Sept. 1 1!) A P.i The Rn-sian Soviet Government iia- d 'ine I to iiitiii t tiie International R ,- -.nn Relief Committee, recentl) ,ip piint'd h tiie A'lied Supreme Coun cil, tn iue-tlgiite conditions in Riis-ia pi i pa ni t "i lo ailing in famine n-iief GIRLS CALLED PICKPOCKETS Young Women Accused of Trying to Rob Host In Bar Two ;,l 's wile -ll'l'-tnl ill ! -al ) iii Thii li i nib ind Callow lull -tret- at ." o'i tin k tin- nioriiinj, op a cliaice nt i.tti niptl'. : m ii, 1, the no'ket- of Wi -'i un llni'-ii) ol Filbert -tieet ii'.n sixteenili Tin) nt" M.') Noil ei. nineii'i'ii )e,n i'1'l. mil M Idled .Lick "ii. i went) -fo'ie, I" til nl' Vim -ireit n ,ii Tb'-tie'ith. A light filloei'l to alio- attcupt at ibi l, . in I 1'ati diiino I'i iih'.'ic! ii ic-iiil tin .-ii-. ',ho wi'ic -ini to tin Moiai- t'oi'il ' I III I I- I. 'I i . : f'p mi ,i( . I it i.-lic). w i di 1. 1 1 I 'i I a n 'I.' I Mill w Hue -s A'-- "id'li; 'o lll'l'j'ie . he 1,-j I II) lug 'iMl's I I i'i . s H I I II r " J-jj i 1 . AUTO WAS AN ARSENAL Guns, Bullets, Razors and Booze Are Found In Machine William L.miiis and l"iaiu Itus-cll. driving a hirge iiiito.iinhlle, were ar-re-ted in Uoxlioioiigh at 11 o'clock last night on charges or iccklcs driving. The two men, both Neigoes. mi.v thev i live at Lebanon. All ii'itoinnlic ' pi-tol mid a diiniin.v revolvei and six round of steel -jailfeted bulletH. two ra. rs and u, halt - pint of wlil-kv wn-e foiiu I III IIIC fill The men i ni n ..li-.n, ,, ln,pl.. ,...!.. , ... ' I."-" "'iiiih 1'Miaj rflir,'5.,a'!iKtl"te ,,ru',''' who held them In $200 bail ench for a further carlng :T ouiiiriiujr. PRICE TWO CENTS SI FEIN CHIEFS 1 OVER REPLY OF BRITAIN Not Surprised at Lloyd Goorgo's Invitation to Attend Confprenco DOOR TO PEACE OPEN; LONDON PRESS PLEASED Hy the Associated Press Dublin, Sept, 8. Signs of confidence and good spirits were again apparent nmong the Sinn Fein lenders nt tho Mansion House here today. They have tecclv-d kn ivvleds" of Mi"e conteVts of Prime Minister Lloyd George's reply tn Fnmon de Vniera. the text of which will be mnde jiiihlic here thi evening "-it the Mime time Mie note is "Ivch out hy the Hritish. j. So far as could be judged, the Irish leader- were not disturbed or surprised by Llo)d George's ot.tintinicntlon, wdilcli. it is announced, contains an in vitation to ntt'inl further conference. Word from Inverness that the British Cabinet had appointed n committee to dcnl with De Valera's reply lends strength to the optimism in Dublin that the negotiations will not be broken. The Sinn Fein lenders hnve been showing some Irritation at what they call misrepresentations In the Hritish nnd American press of their position in the negotiations. The elaborate ar guments In their notes and In the Irish Fulietin. the) declare, were not In tended to convey the impression that the) had rejected dominion status and Insisted on separation. Their willing ness to enter tin- Hritish commonwealth nn satisfactory terms they sny they onslder to have been plainly indicated. The substitution of direct verbal ar guments face to face with the Hritish ministers for exchanges of notes would be welcomed, the Sinn Fein leaders declare. InwMie-s. Scotland. Sept. R. (Hy A. P.I Official confirmation that the Hrit'-b Cabinet's reply to the Intent not" from Damon de Vniera. the Irish leader, which was dispatched to Dub lin hist evening, invites representatives of the Sinn Fein to a further confer cnio. was given here todti). Tension jver the ltish question is over for the time belni;. .Members of the Hritish Cabinet ,vho attended yes ferday's mretin here have itit up in different dlr'-ctuins. pending the receipt of the Irish leader's rejoinder. Lord Birkenhead. Austen Chamber lain. Thomas J. MaeNamaru, Stanley Baldwin and Sir Alfred Mond returned to London last night and others went to Hruhnn Cntli. with Llovd George, expecting to disperse todny to different Scotch resorts. London. Sept. S. (Hy A. P ) Ncwsrmper. commenting on the fact that the message sent to Irish He i lib len n lenders, fo lowing the meet ing of the Briti-h Cabinet at Inverness .wsterdnv. wa- an invitation to Knmon de Valein t'i -end de'eente- to n con ferenie to be held on September 20, on londitiou that Ireland -lioti'il lemnin u .thin tiie empire. "The Government has given the Sinn Fein lender another chance to retrieve the prn-pe t whl-h his blunders, and those of the Dall Tireann lint so gravely coinpi'omised." -aid the Chronicle, while the Dallv Te'e;; aph remarked "If this Indication of the contents of t'. Cabinet-- teller i- urate, tho mini, rnbl ' alienee with whiih Lloyd Geo-ge bus o lowed hi- ottrpo-e is stlH main- lined, d"- Ite the dailv stream of povci'.itivc and iniurjous Inugunge win. Ii niieir to be thought wl-e nnd timely bv the Sinn Fein leaders." Th Dai'v Mnjl considered" the invitations to a i mi fen ie c "bii-ines-llke." and dei tared it popped to the finality that "Ire'nnd i- 'fferid tin- r nl thing and the bc-t thing tiie l!riti-li empire has to give " The con moi'icati'in lo D" Vnlern n-k- for an eatlv icp'v and jioints out the ii'ipa "lit i-.'le-. ii'-- of conducting is'gotmtioii- bv a fuilher exchange of not"-. In o'lb'r f allav nin fears re gn riling r'ste-. the deei-ion thnt No'tbern Ireland niu-t not in anv cir cumstiiiiees be c ,-ed was reaflirnied liv tin Minister- ISella-t. Seit. s ,ijv A ji , Private Hob- i. of tin- Fex Itegiiiient, wa- kidnappeil at Hindoii. County Cork, wsterdnv. and it is c'aiined the kidnapping wns carried out bv the Sinn Feiiicr- n- a lenri-al inui-nro. Two members of the lil-h Itepub lean Army we e -topiii'd earliei in the da) near I'nndnn i'i idee bv two pnli'cmeii. who liandi-bel ievo ver- ami threatened 'the two men The kp'-iapping followed. FRIEXDS' DEXOUiKCE DELEGATION PLAN New Yirl. Sept - Leaders of In ' lti po'i'l an sentiment in Nw Yik inehidia ' .lu-t. e Dinlel F t' ml in pr f -- i nt, re i;norani-i of ,,. pi',,p,i-e I Ir'-b i.nttic -nid to hnve been fienied in I'i- country to urge inn I'eln ii' oeninnee of the Brit-i-b pi in. offei in the neijr futlir. N'Mie of them bad heard of it before thev weie informed b.v n reporter. Thev inii-ldei it i In-.' iin-inki -ii, d nrt" sure that no teal friends of Ireland nre niembei - of tin delegation which ii said in be mi the ive of depntiiie for Ire land .lu-tii- O'hi.'nn. who i- bep of the I'i lend- ol Ii' b Fnsiln,u, wa- portlcti bun oits'iok'ii in hi- opposition to the pi npiisi , den'if.it'on. "I know notliine about II." lie said, "I ni t i ni -uie ti ,il if -in b n commit. tee to tnil'lv hn - been fnrmt i thev limit ; I" fi tends of l.lo) ' t boige. not of Ire- i Inn, I Ni one intiri ted in Ireland or In JAniericn liivlii'; the hi - inlerc Is of hee coi'iitile- nt belli t would go oil -tub n ini um I am -tronttlv opposed to it." , I SALAD GIVES 185 TYPHOID Burlington County Epidemic VUlti 116 Homes and 23 Municipalities Ircnt'it. Seit. s. (By A l.).Vn epidemic ot tvpliold fever ,( centralized In Bur ington Count), wtis'iittrlbiitcd to dnv bv the State Foard of Health to chlikeii sa'ad served nt n harvest sup per 'ii u 'neobstown church July 27, The hoard stated that IS." virulent cases itno vlng 11(1 homes located In twenty tin re iniiiiicipnll(ieK wera duf to ine saiiiii. rour iiuikihus, pcrsotu sc.eve.1 ill the ttiinrier. V..s.. -- ." --i-f - OILDAO Hi. VijrtU, Mrt JibrbWi Li, n Si a J '"m -it t, i v r i V-1 r?. I 9, i't". !''. u . .ftfoTklii- jJlfL-fctjLMwiM - ,. j ,.fr,tik.f;ii- ..ts l s.vrj ,wrt .rAviitw . .i-wi-iiS'-i is,t m.'f.Hvj - . .ii. jS-t A ,'l N . . ,V.. .!,.'?,' iSS
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