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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;
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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
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DIES IN FLORIDA
Lindsay McCandlish Passes
Away Suddenly at Palm
Beach Hetel
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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
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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
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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FINAL
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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.
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