Wfl KV2w:mimw?pvi !; . ri nfi rfr im t!W"M.v "'?, ri-ii'filih,','a Fr . . aiMM. . ' 11 "VA" v- ."", m &! !-, rmi Wl yj ' ' 11 zu.r mm ah mmw '" ETT irte x zur r'J Wi , THE WEATHER , Generally cloudy tonight with lowest temperature about 30 decrees) Tues day fair and celder: northwest winds. TEMt'l'.r.ATDKi: AT EACH HOUR Vj, turn in H'-M i I'm a,i I fnu'lali 137 187 ae 1 4e n h'l VOL. VIII. NO. 142 CAUGHTJN CHASE Mrs. 0. T. Downs Felled by Rebber Who Invades Heme Posing as Phene Lineman WAR VETERAN FOLLOWS IN AUTO AND ARRESTS MAN A robber, posing ns a telephone re pairman, felled Mrs. Geerge T. Downs with n revolver butt blew In her home, 4708 North Bread street, this after noon, but lied after two i1umber at work In the house started toward him. The bandit rnn down Bread street pursued by Themas Valentine, a plumb er's esslstnnt and World "War veter an, who was armed only with a. hammer. Valentine cnlled tb n moterlit, who happened te be n patrolman In civilian clothes and off dety. The machine seen overtook the fugitive and Valentine and the patrolman leaped out. While Valentine held the hammer ever the robber's head threatening te crush his skull, the patrolman grappled with and disarmed the man. Surprised by Armed Man ' "Mrs. Downs wns engaged In domestic duties when the doorbell rang. Valen Valen tieo and the plumber he was helping. Chester Longaker. a navy veteran, 234.1 V...1. Tj.ltl.nnu. itnu. Were, nt Werk In another part of the house. alcntlne lives nt 21115 North Tenth street and lg a vocational training slndent. He was wounded by shrapnel evcM-cns. When Mrs. Downs answered the bell a tall, burly stranger nt the deer said he was n telephone repairman. She admitted him and wns walking back te the dining-room when the robber drew an automatic pistol. ...... .. The rubber brought the butt of the weapon deun en the woman 8 head, causing an injury that requirrd five stitches te close. At the same moment he noticed I.enkaker, who was near the feet of the stairs. ... The robber compelled the plumber te held his hands up. Although covered by the pistol, Longaker signaled te Valentine, who wbb nt the top of the Malrs. Meanwhile Mrs. Downs, nftcr stumbling te the fleer, ran te the rear yard screaming. Bleed covered her face. Starts After Rebber The Intruder became frightened and ran out the front deer. Longaker went te Mrs. Downs' aid while Valentine ctartft! after the robber. After the man had been captured po lice found, beside the pistol, a five-inch- dirk and n piece of rope, sit feet li.ni. I- lil Mnfhlnv Mr Downs, who Is employed by Themas Develon & Sens, Hancock street and Lehigh ave nue, was summoned home. Mrs. Downs was taken te St. Luke Hospital, wjicre her scalp wound was dreneed. She then returned te her home. Her husband went te the station house Rnd confronted the robber. "What did you hit Mrs. Downs for?" he asked the primmer. "If she had been u man I would have killed her," the nlleged robber replied. Later at his home, Mr. Downs said li would try te have the prisoner "railroaded" tq the penitentiary. The prisoner told police he was Jehn Clnlr nnd that he came recently from Chicago. City Hall detectives sny he nerved a term In Sing Sing Frisen for burglary. t DRY AGENT KNOCKED OUT BY BOTTLE OR CONTENTS Prisoners Assert He Drank Toe Much Slugged, He Charges Magistrate Rcnshaw wns called en te decide today whether a prohibition agent was "knocked cold" by a bot tle or Its contents. Walter Sonefsky, the agent, testi fied ngnlnst Michael riredzmqn and Stanislas Knrez, Weed street near Seventh. The agent said he went Inte the Weed street place nnd sampled a drink. Sonefsky contended that when he drained the glnbs one of the defendants knocked him down with u bottle. Rredzman nnd Kure. said he fell be cause he drank tee much. Up te this point nothing in the testimony had shown Sonefky te be a Government agent and the magistrate asked him if he worked. "Ne, I am a prohibition agent," he replied. tHe assured the magistrate he had a warrant at the Federal Build ing for the two men. The defendants were held for a further hearing. LOSES PURSE IN CHURCH Pocketbook Disappears While Weman le at Worship Detectives are Investigating today the disappearance of a pocketbook belong ing te Mrs. Jehn G. Hoeven, 1)25 North Forty-fourth stteet, from Grace Episcopal Church, iUrard avenue and Leldy street. Mrs. Hoeven put down the pocket book while in the church. When she looked for it later It was gene. It con tained only u small bum of uieney, seme keys and Mrs. Hoeven's eyeglasses. NEW ORLEANS RESULTS riUST n.CE mnlflen tn e-year-olds, al lowances, purse 11000. 4 furlenits. I' ''"I" 'UK. 1'eul 7-1! 7-5 7-10 8. Ulna Tliiu. ion, Welncr 3-1 even 1-1! a Imh Claire. OU, llarner 8-1 n-1 S-5 i.ii,miJii !"? l-S- J Ulster, Illuslenlit, Alh l i?f kl'ialM-th Ilrlcn. lentarlaj DariUnella, HiWi-"!?'"..?. Hl.,no A''" also i an. llnu?'l,V.A':lJ ''rthroe.je.ir.oMs nnd upward. clalmliiB. purse J10UU, II furlencs: 1. Urmntiien.1. 110. A. Wilsen .'.-a limn 1-1! fj- Uey c. 101 Wetnei li!.l ;,.i j.a . IJrewn fhnk. 103 Martin.. IM '.'.i 0-5 .i"!1."' .'!! - M'rJorle M TKer. Mar-fiJi-h1."." l"!y; hai Iem J. CralBmlle. Purls. .S.VVirt and I.ady Zeus ulne inn. ryilipitACi:, for thr.ivjcnr.elds nild up. ward, claiming, purte l'ieu, il furlunes: Monastery. 11L' lluxten. .18-5 7-r. 7-10 S. Premising Tbtn. 1J7. Wnl" lace 8-1 3-1 8-S ...Tlrne, lilB 3..1. Cniiieullnise. Ked I.i-af, jllilden Jewel, (Irajsnii. Mlly Moere, Itlslnu '".'J'..?"'1 hmnrt Ouy se ran. JVUKTH KAC'i:. llie Penchnrtraln Handl ..?"" thre- eat-olds and upward, uuiue f 1300. i miles 1. Mnneuvre, 107, l, McDer- nieUt 4.n j.n out 2. Hllpiicrv Kim, 100, Mooney y-t 1-a out l. lltp, 104. Zeelltr 11-1 US out Ulme, li42 1-3. llarracudi uUe tan. The. best wrltlne papers re WHITINO paprrs. AUt,, ARMED THUG BEATS BROAD ST. WOMAN; 4 i ni 4S 45 Rntercd as Second-Clans Matter nt thn Tostefflce At Philadelphia. Pa. Under i Act of March 8, 18T0 Felled by Thug MRS. GEORGE T. DOWNS Who was attached in her home, 4708 North Bread street today by an armed robber who later was captured L DIES IN FLORIDA Lindsay McCandlish Passes Away Suddenly at Palm Beach Hetel M','! ":' ' il ' -r xsV-JtT ' ' siH sHs(BkiiiHBiH :.:'." ' ' :sillH v: mrfK '- r; "jfllBiiiiiH 'f'SSpBBjKX J. t&MMMMMMMMMMMMMM v' -VsHsiiiKsBiiiiiiiiiiiiH - 1 1, 1 1 - ' ' " '&-1mmmmmmmmmW- " yMMMMMMMMMmm' - "-"' aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBim''' iV- .k ft It.- I' 'WmWmmmmmWmWk A OPERATOR i little use. as the public would net be- UAn I (tint: iiitcdcote UCDC ,lrve m" "n'llew- "'" shl my friends tlttU LrUiUC INItncelO nCnCiweitld knew the charges were untrue, land as for ntlicrs I could net hnpe te lutluenci) their opinion by unything I Lindsay McCandlish. eeal opetelor ' might saj. with ..mm. iii thi. Ktefh Ex.hance ! "I would like te knew where these Buldlng, died stiddciily early today in .--..- ......- ... ... ,.. - ,. , a hotel at Palm Beach, Fin. Reports from Palm Beach that Mr. McCandlish had died of n gunshot wound were denied here by officials of the Hutchinson Ceal Company, of which he wns second vice president. At Mr. MeCandllsh's home. 3115 Midvale avenue, Falls of Schujrlkill, the Rev. W. Y. Edwards, of the Episcopal Church of the Geed Shepherd, said he had word Mr. McCandlish had died of heart trouble. The clergyman hnd gen te the coal operator's home te give conselnllon te i Mrs. McCandlish, who was stunned bystreet, mother of the twenty- ear-old her husband s sudden death. Mr. Mc- , Cnndllsh al,e is nurived by two daugh ters, Hiizaecui ana .inne. Mr. McCandlish left for Palm Beach last Thursday. Officials of the Hutchln- dmi (Tiifil I iMiinn ns' kfnt.1 lift iitinnn fitrl te be in geed health when ite departed I for 'Flerida. At the MeCnndlish home it was stated the coal operator's health had been peer for some time. Mr. McCandlish wns about forty. Fix jears old. He was teeend vice iireot iireet dent nnd director of the Cook Ceal and Coke Company ; second Ice president nnd director of the Rjnn Ceal Company and n director of the Legnn Mining Company. FOUR SAFES ARE LOOTED AND THIEVES GET $2500 "Touch System" Used te Open Bexes In Wltherspoen Building Four safes were opened, and robbed in offices in the Wltherspoen Building, Juniper nnd Walnut streets, between Saturday night and last night. Each of the safes was opened with out 'the use of dynamite or Jimmies. Thcre was no mil-. The thief or thieves get away with loot amounting te $2500. safes were opened The thoroughness , of the search indicated hat Jhe tlilrf or , uiitycupiiccciiv "';""' " -V'"" ;,i confident that thev had net attr tcteil i attention and would net be disturbed. I Nethine had been left in one of the ' KAfea. But from tile etlier two Lib 1 erty bends and cash amounting 1 nhmif Sl.inPi worn tnken. 'te I lneli of the safes wns opened nppar Wlthcrsnoen BuTldliii: after tlie robber les were reported, took u number of finger prints. BROKER LINDSAY INDICTED ' FOR $700,000 SWINDLE Dramatic Hearing Followed by Hys teria of Weman Witness New Verh. Feb. 27. (By A. P.) At the end of n dramatic session ln which a witness, Mrs. Dorethy Atvvned, New Yerk society woman, became hysterical and interrupted the proceedings, the grand jury today returned un indict iMunf luirL'tnif firsl-'leareu cniiiil lareenv against Alf.ed E Lin.Nay, ., former' stock broker. Lindsay's operations among wealthy men and women nic nl- . ...i i.i il?nn mn. icgcu te nuve iieui'ii ii. mi -j n.i, inn.. lie waH iinllcted en tlie complaint of Mrs. W. II. Arneld, who testified she gave him $17,000 en December 21 which wns te have been Invested in n sup posed peel te btiv stecK. jiip criic.Mii.ii uppuiei in nn ...-. (0 contain whisky seized. In his place, of State, in iioeiu ,n... un i n miii .... " rm Cestlgan, mi North Twc ft h proc utnatl i building, occupied by tlie Presbyterian ,., ,, , ,..relj ,.,.,,.. . Rnnnl of Ministerial Relief. There three I .,. , n.f-i n.i ....' i Continued entiy Dy tne mueu .r.iu..i, ....... -;-;- .,..,,. "- imoersen. utiriceii, were snot nnd ' tl.r he nml h U -.en w,m I.I hn. m, .lif. 'calls for extraordinary cleverness en upe .. --v . ... tll)p(l . ., ,p ,,,, t the V.nWaen ,il(,y in fteeing themselves "from this, the part of the cracksman. f M,e,cht two pints of whisky from )0,m ln ,u Tr' c"m,nHI1"?1 fl,,.w'n unjust Indlumi-iit in any ...urt of jus- After completing the exnmlna Ien of bought y "ight n, had taken wiles northeast of Leckney, early today. tke." The indictments would uewr the three nfes en the fifth lloer he men I JJ herrv lu ' "ilea . S , A short time later Housten Upton, m. been telurned. he ns-.rte.l, had went te the ninth fleer, where the office tlicm home vvnere .irs i est gat, ran nlnetecu, member of a well-known dt,er of tlinn. or their attorneys b.en of the American Railways Company, IP"1, nnj "Hfifled Cb"r?r qXt'h fnmily J" the fne .""nmunlty ut- , p,.lmittcd te appear and tistify, as they Roem 010, was entered. There the the r aid "" l" u"p a." r'"e "J tempted te commit suicide in the school- rtimitedlv ree ueted fourth safe was opened nnd cash and wife was Present when t he strat was heuse ncnr the Umberson home, eirieers ''" f,ilSiitr believe was se- S amounting te about $1000 taken. ;, A- te ign dent fled him she r(.perted. by sheeting himself near the CI1U.!,, ' f$a TlVcUngainst iiAtetivA ini nn. wne weni iu Liir -- - - iitriui. ..-.. ,. i... .....f .p ., .. '.. ..M..i ,fv...V ---..--., --.- ..- . - I Mrs. Lillian Duke, divorced wife of . jlunica burned brinkly for n short time tlie "Tobacco King,' testified that shel,, inflammable material in the shop, lest $:i7JJ,000 In her ileulings with Lind- but were extinguished before damage say Mm. Atwood's hxsteria was caused by the explosion et llasiiliglits as pim- tegraphers snapped her en her way te the grand jury chambers. Dr. Einlind, another witness, revived her. Assistant District Attorney Murphy, who conducted the-grnnd jury examina tion, said additional witnesses against Lindsay would be heard tomorrow. Huenina Bubltc Wthtx PHILA. GIRL DENIES CARRIER LAVISHED Hilda Crawford, Pretty Stenog rapher, Blames Women'fer Starting Rumors FIRM SOLVENT, 'BUD' SAYS, BUT CAN'T MEET $60 BILL "IlldlcuIeiiH and untrue, ns well ns unkind," said pretty Miss Hilda Craw ford, this afternoon of ln!nuntien thnt Kdwnrd B. P. Carrier, twenty-eight-year-old finnnclnl "wizard," whose t'nited Aute Stored, Inc., arc in the hands of n receiver, had lavished money oil her nnd had paid for her courses in it New Yerk dramatic ichnel. Mit Crawford It werklnc na n f,tflii- egrapher In New Yerk and living with vi-r miner en west Moventy-fourtli street. Carrier 'Bud," as he was known te his frtenils hnN mnnv nc iiuiiliitanecs In New Yerk, nnd 'for n , miir Kept up a lavtsn cstntjiisnment nt uhltestenu Landing, Leng Island Sound, where neighbors sny he enter tained both largely and gaily. Miis Crawford is a Phlladelphlan, and ti graduate of a high school here, where she was known for her excellent scholarship. Bccause of her beauty she was sought after as a model for maga zine ewers, and had ambitions te go en the stage. Blames Other Women "I have consulted a lawyer about innking a statement," said Miss Craw ford, "and lie told me it would be of reports originated, 1 nuspeet that they I eaine trem two women, nut I de net knew, The stories that have been told naturally hae ghen me a great deal of pain. Every word is untrue, nnd what is mere, when the time comes I can proto it." Miss Crnwferd was told of a talk with her mother, denying thnt Carrier had ever shown the daughter inurked at tention. "I indorse every thins my mother has said," declared Miss Ctawferd. "That in exactly right, and I cannot ndd any thing te It. I de wish I could be spared the nnneynnce of this publicity and that my family could be spared, but new that it hus started there does net seem te be any way te step 11." .Mrs. Alice urnwterii, zrM Fine girl whose name lias ken coupled with Carrier's, was Indignant at the rumors t ntiitxt Slli a nnll ulii li nil -incf- watimiiail from Atlnntlc Citj , where site met Hilda by appointment jesterdaj 9" y Ellm,0c1 SK Menlh9 "Hilda iwer a., emplejcd by the United Guaranty Company," Mrs. Crawford said. "When site worked .for carrier s company n wns Known nu tne Lniten supplies (.umpnny. one wns only employed by that concern about sK months. "My daughter left them In 1010 and went te work at Heg Island as n sten ographer in the general effice. Shortly after thnt she and her sister left l.'hiia tlelphin nnd went te New Yerk, where the obtained positions. "Carrier never gave Hilda any clothes nnd Jewelry and reports that he had . .w.tl.lne- l,.,t nB r nn'f . ...,. are nothing but Ups. J can t sce why. i . , , ' Centlnufd en Tare Four. Column Three I FACES WHISKY CHARGE AFTER DEATH OF WOMAN IS WEALT H ON HER The redernl courts in the District improving tneir plants. Tailor Accused of Having Jug of t Celumbin and the Stnte courts in! ,i: is K,,", alleged that 1-trge rpian i .. i- lh- B.......I.. Marjland. where the cnes. respectively, titles of material for shipbuilding be- Llquer in His Possession Wcre eriRinniiy brought, ruled against I longing te the Emergency Fleet Cor- Isracl Cherry, n tailor, of 07-1 North the objections te the nnicndment. porntlen were sectii-d nml then sold Thirteenth street, was arrested by Fed-1 In the ernl arguments in the Sunrcme nnd the money converted te the use of I oral prohibition agents nnd City De-1 'teethe Dunn today, and a jug said fteUism, Kave tlie Monmtie? ,ilph th( FcJcrnl autherU,M swore out a warrant of search nnd seizure. r, . henrlm? lfnre p"y States ComndssienerMnneinf Illtc'1. r'.V.'.?.".1,"'- l"?r .,,n,nI.e .nt tlie Federal. Building and held under $1500 bail for a further Hearing in two weeks. Detective Dunn said that Clierrj would also he arraigned nt the PASTOR'S HOME ROBBED Thieves Get Small Trinkets Frem I Clergyman's Study ! Detectives are searching for articles stolen from tlie home of the Rev. Dr. II. C. Smeider. of 12rl Peehtn street. while the members of the family wane, ii sleep Ft Kitty night. Frem the minister's study they took a suit of clothing, it r.unr, u cameo breast pin, a fountain pen nud n pair of curt links. Dr. Smeider is pastor of the Germnn Lutheran Church, Jtoxberough. NECKTIES FOR FIRE CROWD " Spectators at Market Street Blaze Carry Off Souvenirs Fire in the factory of the American Neckvvenr Company, en tlie third lloer of :U4 Matkct street, drew u lurB,. levvd of spectators this morning. The of mere than about $500 had been done. The spectacle wits miuni additionally interesting when men en the third fleer ,new boxes of silk neckties out of the vv indevv. A set limbic for trophies begun at once. r.nen KKAf, khtate oikeiunes ark iiiuujK uiallal.li), llcml L'lainlfUd )ii RstHtn cl3lHctlen. races 21 one! 33, .liii). I PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1922 Lim'rick Check Welcome as Flowers in Spring1 Miss t Grace Stagg, Who Wins Today, Will Make Geed Use of Her 8. Wears Something en Third Finger of Left Hand Which Told Us Whole Volumes Yeu kndw. It's nn education te trot around the country nnd break the news te people that they hnvc wen n JJIOO j.niiuriCK enccK. ve sny eiiuctttien ad visedly, because It's lit the wnrlt-n-day world that our real experience, real In sight Is gained. But te watch them reelHter the vari eus emotions, surprise, jevj te see i ?? tnke en nn "I'll-be-gum-swlg- Sa "Prwlen. mekes us feci like anta CbltlR nr n fnlrv irnilniirBiil . Al! of which philosophy wns causcdj ".. ". imuuen we gei irem .liss urncc Stagg. of ITfiT Seuth Frent street, wiie wen Limerick Ne. 14. Completed, It reads us fellows : LIMERICK NO. 14 A learned old doctor named Jlng Could expound and explain everything; Without visible strain, He could even explain If ire see the glrh' ears by next spring. The nine ether contestants who wen special places en the ballet arc: , Charles Spence, 810 Wrst Princess street. Yerk, Pa.; Charles Topelcwski, E T Nineteenth Amendment De clared Constitutional Fair child Suit Dismissed By Uie Associated Press uasliliigten, Feb. 27. The Weman s Suffrage, or Nineteenth Amendment, i was tedar deelnrrrl rnnstltiitinnnl br thel snm.e..... ! In another Impectnnt decision the Court declared that railroad passenger fares within n State arc subject te I'egulatlen by the Federal Government. The decision en rfuffrnge was deliv the case brought by Oscar Lcser 0red in the cese brought by Oscar Lcser n " and ether citizens of Maryland, con- SUFFRAGE UPHELD BY SUPR ME stltuting nn organization known ns the Ieme urt include: n. u mute n i i t L . ,, , ,,'of New Aerk, former president of the Mar land League or Statu Defenses. United States Transport Company; Proceedings brought by Chnrles S. Geerge M. Btirdettc, et New Yerk; R. Fnirchlld, of New Yerk, for himself and ' M. Much, of Augusta, Mc. ; V. W. in behalf of the American Censtitu-1 f.'''.1-, Washington attorney ; LA. , , , ,, . , , ( hristie, of Alexandria, a. : chc- tlenal League, challenging the precla-; maM fampMI. of New Verk, and Phil- mntien of ralilicotien of suffrage, were lip Kliin Imrd, of Baltimore, former dismissed en the spceillc ground thnt he'1 li'vernment auditor nt the Miglitin lmd no standing te lirlng such a pre- i reeding, nnd did net present n case I within the jurl-dictieii of the court. The opinion of the court holding U'ntinin'c uifTrnKn nnnulllllllnnnl une .In. Ilvered bj Judge Brandels. ' Sought for Injunction -....,.,,, - 1. ... -,-!.. .L C-i inirenuti Beusne te enjoin ine ec- . ,,. ,',. ,,..,'.,a .i .. rviui j 'i t3un iii'iu tTiiiini ititvt niu rf..- terney Ueneral from enforcing n precla- mntien declaring the ratification of tlie P'ng Beard. 'I hey are uNe chnrged amendment. Lcer devoted his nttack1"1' having secured inencj lnr ship ship en suffrase te his contention thnt tlie building purposes and te hnve used it amendment was unconstitutional. for personal Interest-, in the wuy of Court in the Falrchlld case, the Gov- ernment contended that the Secretary1 having issued the ratification en, there was nothing te re- -- en rase Tenty.thrr. t'el. Tlirm O CI CtrDlklr PIDI P el AIM. i c ebctniiu uinue euhiim, tiginin Miipiiutniiiii; i uipeiatimi, one YftllTU TRIPC Tfl CMn I ICC f t'1" Merse companies, wis in etcel TUUIH I Hlfcb IU tNU LIFE nl tinanriitl condition. The indict- incuts In this connection 'late, how hew Texas Tragedy Fellows Quarrel of evct. thnt the facts were misrepresented Yeung Sweethearts Amarille. Te.. Feb. 27. fBr A P.) Gladys Solemon, fifteen, and Nell Minnie Wilsen, sleeping In the same bed with the MlsbCs Umberson and Sol Sel Sol omon, was net injured. J2"f ' 2sl , r,' c.'-mV':"' nnd Fnteu came te tlie Umberson home. wlicre she wen visiting, lute Sunday net and called the girl te the deer. 1''"' two talked some time and are said te hue uunrrek'd, I pten leaving the nlnee. About 4 A. M. tedny n mnn entered the room where the three girls were sleeping and the sheeting followed. Enter Upton was found in tlie school house with a bullet wound ln Ills left side. lie was removed te his home nnd It Is believed will die. Demand for P. R. T. Carries Stock te 26 Tiere was continued active trad ing in Rapid Transit stock en the Philadelphia exchange today. Vig. oreus demand for the stock at the opening Indlrnted considerable ac cumulation of buying orders ever tlie week-end. nnd carried the iiuotntien te 2(1, compared with 24"',, the final snle Saturday. The new high record price Invited profit-taking in the afternoon, causing n reaction te 25 Vi. Approximately 5100 sjiarcs of btack changed hands during the day. I ,1' I , , ... i 'iil f" . r ;'&& ' '' i 'l MMMMMMWMMMVMMMMMUiy? ''MMMMMMMt7MMMMMMMMMMMM''' ' 'mmmmmWW 'QmmmmmmmWml.'- T tfyMMMMMMj CimmmK--ti s '?"l"'mmmmmp sV "'... h-,ar,, 4s 1mm ' ,,!' .mmW'.' " .i "l 'h&' ', mrJ''iiv-"l "-?"f'' :'' ',. bHIbbiiiH 'V 'ty'"';, $2mmmmWF& ', aassssssssl - y if ft ' it ','w i -'' 'i i t ' fjMM MISS, GRACE STAGG 172:) Seuth Frent street 3133 Salmen street : Jane .Tenes, Kings Kings eon, Pa. ; Rebert Asnis, Conshohocken, Pa.: Mrs. Knte Snyder, lloxberough, Philadelphia: Gertrude .Tenes Beverly, N. J.; G. P. Burr, 145 North Fourth street; Jehn Harrison, 3540 Jasper street: Jehn McCleskcy, 10 Seuth Flftj -first street. Well, nnyhew, as we were saying, Miss Stegg wns se surprised, se, eh! k something, thnt she said we sorte "took her off her feet." She isa stenographer In the account-( Continued en Paire Twenty-six, Column I'eur E. 8 Shipbuilders Charged With Cen spiracy te Defraud Gov ernment By the Associated lYcss Washington, Feb. 'J7. Indictments against Charles W. Merse, New Yerk shipbuilder; his three wins, Benjamin, Harry nnd . I.rvln ; Celin II. Living sten, of Washington, president of the irglnla Shipbuilding Corporation, and seen ethers, were returned tedny by the Federnl Grand Jury which Iihb been I invastigutiiig the wartime traiiHnctlens ei .Merse atiif sonic of his nweclutes w 1th the Slilppltig Beard Others fume!. n the indictments nsl nrespiltrrl tn tlm llllrli-l nf IVilnmMn i.V. . ..".. -; .r.. 7. snipuuiiuiug umiu. Twt Indictments Returned Twe indictments were returned, one' cllttrgillg Conspiracy tO defrHUll tllC Government, and tlfe oilier charging eenspirarv te ceininit kHeiim ngaint the Geveriimeiit. The dcfeii'lants are nc- ...Cfl.l f .....M... f..... ....... ..w..... . .., im-.i " i'n mi.i cuununui hi w ti. i.,ii,n .if their i.iunt n,i .i,u ..,,,1 ' i t... -j m wirreey eiiuiiiiing leans irem tee nttl the alleged conspirators. The mime of William G. McAdoo, former Stcrefarj of the Ircn-urv, and of his law partner, Munrt (;. l.ibbeny, - ft i'i inmi t tikiiinl In tint I ti1 inr motif u nu i,.,,i,, ,.,,, . ,i n, t), ,.,, ... ,i, '- " i" .-iium'iiik i"nn imu ine ..,i...i..t ..r .i.. ei. t. ...:.... i,.....i .t...i .i.n te Mr. McAdoo. 1 njtisl, Declares Merse Confidence wih epiisi'd In Harry M, Ditughcrtv nnd ceitiiln pres ent elliciills of tlie I niti'd States Snip ping Beaul," Mer-c said in his, for mal stutemeiit. "Tliu Attorney General, I hnve henid, brought every effort te bear te vi-uie the indictment liecntise of a dis agreement evir tlie fie I paid him when lie acted ns one of my attorneys lu ob taining my iclease fretii the Atlanta penitentiary." One chni ged indictment thnt he presented a worthless check for .55,000 te the shipping Beard wits declared by Jims' te be "absolutely falw," the shipbuilder adding that he new pos sessed tlie check in question, bearing a 1 teutliii' cancellation shewing-thnt It was met in full. The Indictments today result! 1 from an iinplliy stinted several weeks nfter I Metse hud been let uracil from Europe at the dliecileu of Attorney General I Daugherty and had been placed under nrret here and i el eased en Wit, 000 i baud. The warrant en wlil.-i he gave bail charged conspiracy and enibe. zlrnicut. The Indlttineiils charge that tlie twelve persons named conspired te gether nnd with ether persons unknown "te commit , United State lmn lnil MOR HIS 3 SONS OTHERS NOTED . .Mer'-e , s"(i,;tT;;,hKK UT", ,,",'k, of th ,':,"!t ""t1 and willfully MMiBht teinni1 ,,tem"ry nv;,,,1"-" station, .cheat and swindle the United States hFttCff'VS lenity. "'Fiction under Indict- Cf kievfn him rin ,e, ' Vntl U ,r rrct"r .V."H ,l..'-'irt '.'-"" , incuts is ,fu,utHi line or two yesrs' m- hkii tve sons nnd a dauehW iivl,, iV, Iif it'B a thfu i,iTnm ion r in "" inner cnunge at I'ert,,.n prlsenment or both. Im -estVhSS. 5fft " S? eSVaSWului ISSrfaWheTuteV '"" ,I",'B '4 v ' ' ' " . " '- " ' . , f4& Published Dally Except Hnn.lay. Subscription Prlc l a Tcr by Mall. ' CepyrlRlit. 1B22. I.v PuhMe ledger Company H GUTHRIE & CO. SEEK "BOY" HEAD $40,000 Withdrawal Frem Penn Square Brokerage Firm Hastens Action FIRM IS DROPPED OUT OF PHILA. EXCHANGE, " P. K. Guthrie & Ce., Penn Square Building, n banking nnd brokerage Ilrin organized last March, suspended bus'- ncss tedny. An nsMgnment for the benefit of creditors was made te James S. Clark, 130 Seuth Sixteenth street. Paul K. Guthrie, the twenty-eight- year-old head of the firm, 1- n son of Dr. D. Clinten Guthrie, specialist, nnd Hveh with I.U nnrents nt 7' North 1 Fortieth Btreet He ceulil net ie ie- .. .. . ! en ted today and his parents were 1 able te Nlied nnv llcht en his wl Un- where- ..i . ' - I uuuuie. T. D. Armstrong, manager of the , firm, was said te be tbe "practical" man in the business. The firm had expcnsivcly fitted offices en the first te!ir?i-ti;u2dnJe fiflffnSS ' by his father. Mr. Clark, the assignee, wild the firm "',"U""L, "'."" f.l""".'ir".-.":. $-0i000 to'se0,oo(j with almost ncgll- ns,,tv i'ir, 0Xllct ptate of the firm's affairs, lie Mild, would net be iiiiuiiuiun wiiM;uri viuu ii-iti.ii "" lenrncd until completion of nn nudl- which besnn this afternoon, At ID o'clecK fills morning tne rot ret rot Mewing notice wns pasted en a deer of the firm's office suite: "1. K. Guthrie & Ce. have made ns- signtricnt for benefit of their creditors te .Tnnies S. Cinrk, 130 Seuth Sixteenth trcct." iVngry Customer Complains An indignant matt about p'txty jrnr-i 'old led an excited group of patrons in'e the enice snertly defere neon. Me suiu lie hnd lest money in the E. E. Kehit Cenipanj anil the Knrdet, &, Burl:'1 fail ure and that new h" has been "burned" again. A blonde woman, nddrc-scd ns Mm. Heed hi a companion, Mild she would like te lay hands en tiutliric. Mie told Mr. Clark, the assignee, that she hail 'il' posited !1HM with the firm two weeks age. The oemrrsatlon of the clients Indicated that the linn had been engaged Ittrgel) with "put nnd call" I burliness. It lutd one branch tit Leba non. Jeseph Aareni, nn nlternc.v. who represented Fcverul clients, tried te in duce three patrons te sign n receher shlp petition. V- Ciurk, the assignee, I exjuvts te be nniusd-recelrer by u court. The assignment, it is understood, wiim I arranged Saturday night. Mr. Clnrk caid he has no Interest In the linn nnd that ir appointed ej tne court lie would In no sense be a. "friendly reeeicr." Representatives of it cencent which supplies xne ticKer service carneu away lentlniK-il en I'nse Tite. Column fieT n SUSPEND CLIENTS SCHOTT'S SALOON RAIDED BY PROHIBITION AGENTS Prohibition nqents today l aided the saloon of Geeige W. Schott nt Twelfth and Filbert stieets and seized lnige quantities of beer nnd whisky. Schott was the first Philadelphia saloenkeepci te serve a jnil sentence for violation of the dry laws,. He sei vert ninety days a year age nt the Meicer County jnil. Tienten. X J RUSSIANS SEND AID TO ICE-BOUND U. S. SHIPS STOCKHOLM, Teh. 27. The Russian Soviet Guvtmnun: an nounces, that the ice Ineaker Sviatoger hns been iliap.itcluJ te the Kiel biglit te iclease five ice-beuiul United- States Shipping Beaul btcameia ciuiyiS cnigees tetallin- 35,000 teiib of ceieals bound ter Kussla. Anether Rusbian ice breaker, the Ieimak has, le:t Petrograd for Revnl te relieve ether American steamers carry! u- feedstuffs new ice-bound in that peit, according te weid received here today. BOSTON REGRETS PAYING DOLLAR FOR SUB CHASER BOSTON, Tub. 27. The city of Bosten spent a delhu tot ,i bubiuaunc chaser nnd new- wants te nuurn the beat and set K, dollar back. Mayer Cmley said today that the ch.icr. puicliattd fiem the Navy Depni tment in the adininistiatien of feimt-i Mayer l'eteis ter convcislen into a fireboat. would be i etui nod te the Geveinment-because of the expense involved m pl.ui- for alterations. OWNERS OF WHISKY SHIP AND CARGO ARRESTED s UOhTON, lob 27. WnlUi V Sv.tv.uev. ei WcyineuMi, N S evvntr of the Biitlbh bchoencr Giate nud Ruby. mi, was, ,, ,tli last week as a rum liuiuer oft Bosten Liijht. and Michail J. Sul' llvan, of Salem, allcsed te have nil intercbt in the sthoenei's 500,000 ciu'jje, submitted te an est today un chaiCb uf con cen spiiacy te smujjlc Hiiuer. Tln-y p'tndecl net guilty and ut'ie U'.dil ter a hcaiiug in bail of JjeOOO tilth. WATCHMAN HANGS HIMSELF . Shackamaxen Street pier Empleye Said te Have Family In W. Phlla. I ii . .. !!... r. .- ,i Peter Burns, fiftv-iive years old hnnged himself last night from n rafter' in tlie Sliuckninaxen strict iier. North sjavi .,. 1, ....,.... .1 . nmirvvn, ne nc ., u niiieiiiniin. could find no motive for tlie suicide Ladu Alexandra Hardlnae, wife of a noted British diplo mat, as a guest at tomor row's royal weddiny will de scribe the scenes attending the ceremony in Westminster Abbey in special cable dis patches te this newspaper. STUDENT, 20 YEARS OLD, Gloucester, N. J., Youth Had Been Suffering Frem Melancholia Richard Sharp, n Gloucester, N. J,, high school slud-nt, aged twenty yinr. killed liiinself by aspliyxintien tedny whlle it. a lit of melancholia brought en bj a brain inulady front wlileh he suf- 'femd. . By tlie AKSerlnted Prewt , The eutlt left m hoel during lh" I-onden, IVb. 'J7. -Prineesis Mary al World War find worked as a painter. Vlsreunt Lneelles mienl tin. Insr mnrnJ u,. (,.ci,ie,i Intely te resume bin high , ! i14.flir ,.,,. , ' , . ,,,,t'n,ern H.ll()el ttUlnt., , ,,i se, though -till'!,. , ,1,,lr 'l(llnB recclvlnir fe rking new mid then nt his trade, ""'nfer of individuals nnd deputation j He wim subject te nttneki of fnint whose offerings swelled the vast cel ness wlileh left him ill for dajs. He had lectien of KiftM nlrendv overflewlne the aueh an attack recently. stnteroemi f nilni,iL, t,i . Mr. nnd Mrs. Jehn Sharp, his father J0"1? "r. ''"eklnghnm Palace. . .. . i .. uml metiivr, were net nt neine wiien ins son lelittnitted suicide. His tneflier smelled keh when she returned home ... .. ',.r .1 .. t!l. . i i. . alter il urjei iium.-iuc, eik- ir.ii-i-u il iu his room and found hint dying and the place full of gas. ' HUGE RADIO PLANT MAY CAUSE SPOOKISH FIRES N0ted 'Ghost' of Antlgenlsh County New Blamed en Wireless Station Halifax, N. S.. Feb. 7. fBv A. P.) The prexlmltj of radio stutiens 'is the latfst evplunatlen of AntignnMi WTT WIHIIIWU UH TfWtWWW MIWI ( eunty ''spooks which Iium- tlrm-n and baffled investigators. Fire under- writers are discussing suggestions that the injsterieus fires hnve bee,, due te electric pheneiu'iin enused by the pew- erftll wireless stations ut Glace Ray. .ue .iiie'i'iinuia aim luiiui.v ireiu icuiit: :eernl ether fnmllles in Antigonish' Count j are nfw reported te line Ikht. i drUen from tlieir homes y mj .iteneus fires during the init dozen jears. Iniiuirie" receded here Indicate a smnll army of American newspaper men is prep'uring te fellow lr. Wultur Franklin Prince, diiecter of tlie Amerl- I 1 can Institute for Scientific Research, who has accepted an invitation re un dertake nn investigation of the ipys- tery. BANKS WATCH FOR CHECKS ...-. .- - $1000 Werth Stelen Frem OrU9ijU9iinlrWnZT& Stere Near University ' the intP Klng Edvvurd te member Banks were notified tudn te step , , '!. 1,arl-' vliC'1 given a similar pnjuneut en checks for a total of $1000 .'' tit present in Inula "New t a ii'i- ...i. .:,i. r. i .i. crane nnd le.t.'n tpie u u, ,, " " Slt'lVli IVlUH'l 1Y.V1I .,'mIL 111 UOII, from the lVnii Drue Companj'e etere, Woodland avenue und Spruce street. a mnsucu unueit xean tue cncciss and currency nftcr felling the drug Lli,r tminiirc. rtllinr ullli n liln..lin1r .r ii (.hurt iron h.ir. ITnlverrllv of I..nn-vlvntlln Klitflpntu lin.1 lieen irtrnn money in ctciiangc for their personal checks after banking hours Saturday and many of the checks were made out "cash." students who cashed checks at the,'"-"1- UU"J uppmg nis hat. i ,irugsterc Saturday were requested te ' day te btep pajtncnt Oil them. BRIDE OF HER PUPIL RESIGNS - Mrs. Cushlng Ne Lenger Preceptress of Aven High Scheel . .. .. .. Aven. N. V., Feb 27 --1 My A. P.) It became knevvu liere yesterdav Mrs Laura Slueum Speneer-Cushiiig nn.! . . . .. " -- ceplress ei the Aven II ci Se h.,.,1 l.n '"s,Bne,i "n" ,,',,t th ,,,,n;'1 f '-'"' i catien had aecepud her resKimt,m. t ilshlng s manlage lust October ns i T FINAL iK'!.'. (( VI ...tt J ift'Aitf vSV j Wl' PRICE TWO CENtli PRINCESS RECEI VISITORS BEARING WEDDING PRESENTS Mammoth Necklace Lead) With Jewels Among Mary's Gifts , CROWDS GIVE OVATION ' Tfl PRfiCPPPTIVC DDintT ' u rnuercu ' ,vc OnlUC iripen)...f;Mt.i , ..... - ..-m,r wringing n gut tne I ' rincess- expressed her tlinnl-s. TlnHnr i the nft fertnlsl.t !, , nt.A j ' . . nP t!ir.n nt t i ... . "" " "'. roan- "g trem the teeelving rooms from time ,0 Mmp te give hpr dresmaker onner- , "Wltiei for the necessary trying en of ' Z TrTC' J-"plte tlie fnct, however, that Prl. '',s'' Mnr.v ,ins devoted se nwny hour l " '"""? ei presents, the demandn . ' ' , ", r ",m" Jmv" n,,0,1 ' Bfent that nunilreds of iierf-ntis have been obliged te leave their gifts with her seerplnrtnei nr t10 J)lnce attenfnn, , . h -- ' "Ten wriwen acknowledgments will be sent. Among the gifts received 'eday waa , , " "; .'JJw . n p,llr of ",v'- candlesticks irent nod m'i ann,naker. presented for him br oienei i.eerge Weed, it personal ren- rysentatlve in Londen. Prln.-e TVf.r thanked Colonel Weed and said the candlesticks would be placed with her Wieicest possessions nnd would always lie greiitly treasured. Necklace Leaded With Jewels i .; f"sl "f 'i'" Vrf"'nt reeelwl by tfcft .b"'if ".".! "?..a. ,1&tful T"nracter. 'en 1 1 1 t-tr - - I n n . . is li uilf V... "."',? er,ni necKlace," an ,p. ---., ..w b .111111;. . "e engaged couple drove from Buck. iv ,m ? Te ftnertly nftcr neon te . ,"" , -" ""ui" .ujbce, weers V, T ' 1,,e, ,e,,a,n Wty s held l rlnCeSS drCFiSmukern. Ills nil ters a"d members of the hnusnknM Were amOni: tllOSe Dresenr TS.1. ary, uceifd with pleasure at th peering tlieir appearance evekeil among i, i cre"'(ls gathered near Buckingham 'Palace, and Viscount Lnscelles was I , .i us. '"-'"' conjectured today I .vhcther the lncide.it at the weddlni 'breakfast, fe nnins- M, , "1 the Princess Ke,alf weuJ fje ted . i uthc pa,a('e function following the .......,.,.1. iicckiucc, leaded with jewels. is se ponderous nud henvj that It han earne.1 from Prince Geerge Mm deslenk- lui.H ceremony tomorrow. On thnt occasion Queen Victeria had the guests who crowded the old Throne Roem fill their glasses and invited them te drink te the welfare of "Louise, my beloved 1X eV'Fife!"'' nnd hW hubban,i' Before that time the bridegroom had been known only as Enrl Fife, and this wn the first intimation that he hnd been Advanced in the pierage. It has been rumored thnt n dukedom would be conferred upon Mseeunt Lnucclles to te i morrow, 1 The weather conditions nre being i watched and speculated upon most closely m connection with tomorrow's , event, as they appear te be the enlv unknown quantity in connection with Hie wedding. Arrangements ,n, Completed The detnlls of the nrrangeinents new I having been completed, only a clear. sunlit skv is required te make the set ting Ideal. The weather experts prs i.1 hll0.cr9' with intervals of sun shine. These who have long been nn ticlpntlng the event nr- doping that one of these intervals will continue from 10 -HO te J 2:30 olrleck the time duiing which tlie ceremony is te occur. j Among these assembling In Londen t today wete a score of the must accom plished bell ringerH from nil parts of the British Isles who will ring out tlift ' wedding chimes from the Abbey tevve'rs nfter the ceremony. I lrewerks dlsphiys will be held throughout the United Kingdom to morrow night Elaborate iet pieces which will picture tlie features of the bride and bridegroom ngnlust the skiefc are among the pyretc linlc novelties. Although a daughter of Great Bri tain h sovereign, Prlnce-s Mary wilt premise te "obey" her husband. The wedding service will fellow the Church of England prayer book order, hut the "revised cxhnt lotion" will be used. This lias received the sanction of church au thorities. Its wording In Mime particu lars, is reginded as in better style than the old version. Westminster Abbey nutlieritlea are finding thrnmehis In the curious pest', tlen of linving no ptccedent for -the forthcoming eeiemenlnl The last mar , rlnge of it child of a reigning monarch in this Abbey, that of Eiiiumnl Crouch back, sicend son of Henry III, te Ave line of Lancaster, took plum (!.": yearn age. The Customs of thut xime ure deets). ed inappropriate for today. It is expecti d the arrangements for tlie eerenieiiv will ole.cl., fellow thlrt erder: The 250U guests will begin te arrive et 10 o'clock tomenow inernlnjr . se that all may be seated befere 11, The King h gentlemen ushers will receive' them, tlie foreign Ambassadors and i .Minister peine i eeciveti py the .Master f Ceremonies. Menibi rs of the Reys I flJ"1,,,Vr ,",!,'! "rrivf", "A, "!,m1,t H e chick, officers of the Kings household , conducting them te their scuts. " I At 11 :15 Viscount Lascelles and bin groomsmen will urrlvc. .t the sauif i.ntlniiMl un I'll;; i- Mir, Column Oh fi CORTELYOU BACK ON JOI Director Cort"lyeu retiiined te lit eince et v.ity nun huh nitcriioesr. jWt r 4 'n ;' l-tj ii J 1 "" V k "N.. fiff. 7 J!.,itf'.
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