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VOL. VIII. NO. 205
UiitcrcJ na Kacemi-rr
Ttjtf -d
'ilmln? n,2,lr.,l,,.'' ,,'nlni- nt I'hlla.lflpliU, Pa,
utider the Act of March 3. 1870
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922
Published Dally Uxrent Sunday. Pubrrlptlen 1'rlrs I0a Year by Stall.
Copyright, 1022. by Tubllc I.deer Company
1'KlUUi TWU LBINTH n
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jcuenmg fmmtc
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tUJlJrtA
gwiNwn
II3DIDIJUEEN
v
(lorthbeund Trelley Smashes
Inte Heavy Truck, Throwing
Passengers in Panic
DRIVER SLIGHTLY HURT,
TREATED, THEN ARRESTED
Women Riders Collapse as They
Reach Street in
Safety
.Eight persons were Injured in n col cel col
jWen'at 7:45 o'clock this morning
Wween a trolley car and n heavily
lljts motertruck at Third and Queen
itflt'ts. Ne ene was hurt scrieunly.
The fo'lewlng persons were treated
-, it tit Penniylvanla Hospital !
ftter T. Cannen, 777 North Mnrkec
JfWt, driver of truck, scratches of
'Karl Vem, twenty years old. 015
jgth Fourth street, contusions of left
IImbm Eltzmerrla, fifty years old, a
tttelman, contusions of right arm and
feet.
'Juab Zelt, twenty-three years old,
IN Carpenter street, shock.
Hirer Cehen, thirty-two years old,
fJSPerter street, shock.
Three ether persona were injured te
1 1 lew degree and did net go te the
Mud.
try B. Abrams, 133 Perter street.
Kerry Shaw, 312 Dickinsen street.
Max Berg, 317 Balnbridge street.
Driver Taken te Hospital
Cnnen, the driver, was taken te the
fttniylvnnln Hospital. 131s injuries
emitted merely of some bruises and
I witches of the chest, mnda by violent
contact with tils steering wneci when
kieruhcd Inte the trolley car.
After he had been treated he was
token te the Second and Christian
' ttrette police station and arrested,
charged with reckless driving.
' The trolley car wan a Reute 5 Frank -
Sd'car, northbound en Third 6trcet.
'truck, owned as well as driven by
Cannen, was laden heavily with asbes
tee shingles.
Blame for the accident is placed by
nsklents in tbn neighborhood en the
net that Queen street is a "skip-step."
Oily a week age, neighbors said, a
tre'fr car and an ice wagon collided
m the same corner, and In the last year
there have been a 'dozen accidents.
There is a curb market nearby and
Queen street Is filled constantly with
wtreni, trucks and pushcarts. The
' nftdents of the neighborhood have tried
without success te get the skip-step
eaeinatea.
, The collision this morning occurred
net it an hour when trolley .cars arc
jemmed tightest with people going te
work. The North Third street car,
which was in, collision with the truck,
wis crowded, many men and women
Minding in the aMe, when the blf
track and the bigger trolley carae to te
letter with battering rain violence.
Trelley Car Smashed
66 great was the ferce of the cel-
Ustee that .the track was Bwunj; dean
med, and the whole front of the
tteuey car ripped off and battered te
SWEET OR SOUR PLUMS?
Ib'diterlal
Y HPE "ext stttte Administration will direct the spending
L ir00'000,000 of the pubhc men(jy for read-building.
Half of this vast sum will come from the sale of bends
and the ether half through revenues levied by the Legisla
ture. AH of it will be paid te contractors.
The next Governer will appoint the man who, as Com
missioner of Highways, must sec that the contracts are
executed without graft.
.Senater Vare is a contractor. His superintendent
already has one read contract. Senater Leslie fci heavily
interested in a firm which gees'after read-building con
tracts en a large scale. Senater Eyre's principal business
outside politics is contracting.
If these men want big slices of the $100,000,000 of
contracts which the next Governer will control, who is
mere likely te see that the people get a dollar of value for
a dollar spent Pinchot, .who ewes them nothing politi
cally, or Alter, who, if nominated, will ewe them every
thing? Think about this before voting next Tuesday !
nab 11 em
!LS
IN TAXI HOLD-UP
Police Say They Looked en as
Four Companions Tried te
Get Man's "Rell"
ALL ARRESTED AFTER WILD
CHASE IN LANCASTER 'AVE.
Blackjacked Driver of Car and
' Dreve Off With Passenger
Who Displayed Meney
Het Primary Fights Due
in Montgomery County
Abington District Is "Scrappiest?' of Let, With
Nine Men and One Weman Seeking Three
Places- Pinchot Sentiment Streng
This is the first of a scries of three
artieles en the political fights in nrarhy
counties. Montgomery County is taken
up today. Tomorrow, the Uttuk
County situation icill be discusicd.
Saturday, conditions in Delatcare and
Chester Counties icill he reviewed.
All Guul wna divided into three
pnrts; se Is Montgomery County,
r.pcnking legislatively. ,
Next Tuesday thore will be het con
tests in (be first mid third parts; but
peaca anil quint will reign in the
second.
The First l.opislnUve District em
braces Lewer anil Upper Merlen Town
ships. Narbertb, West Conshehoekcii
and Bridgeport lloreuglis. The Second
District includes Norrlstewn, funsho funshe funsho
hecken anil Plymouth Township, arid
the third the remainder of the county.
The Third District is net only the
largest, but also the "Scrappiest" this
year. It has a lrgislutivc battle en that
is making the politicians e! Abington.
Cheltenham uml the remainder of the
townships hustle.
Nine men and one wnmun, nil after
coats in the Legislature and enlv three
te he nominated. That's vneiigh te
cause si d!ttirbunce nnj where, my the
political funs in tin; new Third District.
Tim word "new" has been attached
te the Third District hince the Legis
lature took Cheltenham Township from
the Tirxt District mid tugged it onto
the Third. And se the residents of
Cheltenham and nearby Abington
.Townships, as well an these who live
in Jcnktutewii, am keenly interested in
the outcome of this legislative race.
Hureld C. 1'lke, of Cheltenham, nml
Themas It. Brown, of West l'ottsgrevo
Township, are the only two of the ten
aspirants who new held office. Ac
cording te the opinion of representative
citizens in Abington, Cheltenham and
Continued en Tobb Eluhi. Column SLt
-h
naelman Fitraerrts, attached te
the police beat Aahbrldge, was en bis
nttnned ea race Efcht. Column Flvs
MAYOR AGAlFWARNS
POLICE ON PRIMARY
Ch.Hlt.Up Will Be Made Wednesday
for Violators of Order
. Htyer Moere reiterated today his or
p i tait the police must keep out of
JMItici and perform the duties for
Wen they are raid. Hn ndded that
tre would be widespread changes in
Wpamu of police, though net of a
Sikuuu; nature.
E""? become very set in their ways,"
.W and W8 flnd w of them
ry.'Q.Boannen the old system. Ave
.V v Pllce force et rhlladelphln
!! " b?' In tbe country and shall
2,.mry&,ng t0 "Pbeld it, man for
S". " It does State police duty ; but
JH Influence of the political leaders
?r policemen for selfish purposes or
'te i.'nd Protectlon must step,
.we nave no order te the police
E?J??erS& except t0 ,e11 t 't0 8
Jilf. i113 sama advlce applies te
W employes who are Inclined te
cSSin.5t Wlth the expectation of
WtrjlDg favor with political bosses who
gffiy ,-t.t will be scSnnedgdlXiSn !
nlA .j ' ""'' j client ie
Men orders from iiu nfHn ,.. ,.-.
l4 .,,..; ..- --.u ua,a iron
W will be
BALDWIN
WORKERS
SHOOTS
AN
ROB
Sues for Divorce
AMD
PUT
DRIVER 0
FTAXI
CAB
Addresses Three Reusing Meet-1 Passenger Then Leaves Him
ings at Plant and Arouses for Dead at Lonely Spot
Enthusiasm in Haverford
Twe girls wutched tensely and silently
from n sidewalk early today while four
companions conducted fast held-up at
Forty-eighth street and (.Irani avenue.
One of the alleged bandits blackjacked
a texical) driver and drove uff with the
car, which contained .lehn llrewn, J.'ltl
Mt. Vernen street. Anether man had
Icflpcd into llie machine and tried te rob
Brown of $000.
Police wcre victors In a wild chase
down Lancaster avenue, capturing the
men nipl rounding up the two girls
and the ether two men.
The six said they arc Pearl Mitchell,
twenty years old, Harlan street near
Fifty-secend: Florence Stern, seven
teen years old, Thirteenth street near
Ureen; Geerge Bonsall, Forty-eighth
street neur Falrmeunt avenue ; William
Corkell, Frazicr street near Locust;
Harry Bennett. Preston btrcet near
Ureen, and Jehn Dilingluin, Fiu'mjii
street near Poplar.
"Rell" Displayed Starts Trouble
According te the police. Brown
was In ti saloon at Forty-eighth street
and Oirard avenue nt H!:!H) o'clock
this mernlnc. The men and Kills Inter
urrested also were in the place.
Brown is said te have dls
plnjed a "roll" At the suggestion of
their companions, the girls approached
Brown's table and began a cou ceu cou
erntlen with him. lie rebuffed them.
A few minutes later the suloen pro
prietor, a friend of Brown called
n tnxl for him. When Brown left
the four men and two slrls followed mid
burreunded him en the sidewalk.
Brown forced his way through
the ring and jumped Inte the tax). As
Wllbert McLaughlin, 800 Seuth Buck
ncll street, the chauffeur prepared te
start ene of the four men is alleged te
have leaped te the driver's seat and
swung ji blackjack en the chauffeur's
head.
Catch "Gang" After Chase
Patrolmen Saundert and Wynlt, of the
Peach and Media streets station, were
at Ferty-tifth street and Lancaster uvo uve uvo
due when an excited man ran up and
i told thixn of the held-up.
I The blucceats commandeered a mo
torcar and raced out Lancaster avenue
toward Forty-eighth street. They met
the taxi tearing along In the opposite
direction. The commandeered car was
1 turned and the taxi was overtaken nt
i Forty-third-street and Laneustcr ave
nue. While one of the patrolmen held the
i two alleged bandit nt hay with a re-
i nler the ether chased a touring ear
containing the ether two men and the
j girls. They were caught at Forty -first
'street and LaneuMcr avenue.
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FLEEING BANDITS
SLAY POLICEMAN
Robbed, Beaten
Blair McGovern, of Delaware
County, Shet Down by Four
in Loet-Laden Aute
3 MEW IN STOLEN CAR
HELD UNDER SUSPICION
C'tizcr.s of All Nearby Towns,
Aroused, Ferm Armed Posses
and Start Hunt
A b.indit'whe, with four ether.-, was
fleeing in nn automobile piled with loot,
shot und killed Patrolman Blair Me Me
Oevcrn enrlv this morning en Theater
pike, Cioneldcn, und fled In the dlrec- '
t Ien of tlW city. '
Tin' sheeting wjii one of the most i
rold-hleoikil In the annals of the Del
aware County police. Three men driv
ing n Melen nutnmebllc v.eru arrested
en suspicion early this morning by Pa
trolmen Allen and Hughes of the Twen
tieth and Berks MrcetH station and each
was held In !?2."M) ball for a further
Ii'-nnivg by MttgiMrate KebcrtH, charged
with larceny.
I i in1 prisoners arc -inmcs .iiuienc,
Vwenty-M'venth and Dickinsen streets;
j.Hihn M. O'Neill, twenty-two years old.
X uont.v-seventh und Moere streets, and
.InineM Ciinueii, twenty-one, Federal
ami UinggeliI streets, 'i hey were nr
lcteil white pushing a car 'ileng Dln-
. . iiiuiiil slirci near lliutietlj. I he cur
.., r. i . , if ,i a,iu i 1" loud d te .liiiiics ('. Ileymiiu, 04111
Little Feet Couldn't Keep Up With Sim ,, ,.,,, ,, WIS ;,,,,' .,,,.
Elders and He's Homeless New Uu.ndl.ig m siMeeuth and Locust
lie wua tearst.iined and dusty and ,
SISTERS RQBBEQ
THEN BEHTEl
WITH GLEAVER '
.MISS MAKV KKAKNKV
WKIt her istcr. was attachrd in
tbelr grocery' and butcher shop.
Twelfth and Tii'Uer streets, by a
thief who beat them with :i cleaver
when they jellcil
CONSTANCE TALMADGK
iMovIe star wlie has begun suit for
divorce from Jehn C. Pinlogleu,
charging "cruel and inhuman
treatment"
TOMMY GOT 'L0STEB'
AS POLICE TOOK DAD
LEHIGH STUDENT SUICIDE
Chinese Feared He Might Flunk in
Exams, Friends Believe
Bethlehem, May It. 'By A. P.)
Percy Y. Liang, a twenty-two-year-old
Chinese student at Lehigh University,
was found dead in his room last, night
from a bullet wound in the head, ap
parently self-Inflicted. He had been
despondent the last few lejs nnd
friends believe he feared he might
flunk In the college examinations.
The body was discovered by his room reom roem
ma'te. also a native of China. Liang's
father, u mcciianicai engineer of rckln,
Thug Returns te Heuse When
They Yell Murder, Pounds
Them Brutally
HOLDS 3 BLUECOATS AT .
BAY AS CROCKERY FLIES
Is Caught in Gun -Chase as He
Flees Frem Twelfth and
Tasker Streets Heuse
IDENTIFIED BY VICTIMS
Says He Is William Dailey, of
Stiles Street Near
Nineteenth
A burglar early today robbed the
Mieses Catherine and Mary Kearney,
who keep u grocery and butcher shop'
at the southeast corner of Twelfth and
Tasker streets tlun returned when one
of the sisters Kreamed "Murder" from
the fient window, nnd bent both women
into semi-consciousness with a meat
cle.nver.
SAYS BOSS RULE MUST GO I VICTIM PROBABLY WILL DIEl aii ti.e prisoners wee take., te the
I Peach und Media streets station and
I later transferred te the Sixty-first and
Hands Rolled by labor eagerly I Attacked by u passenger he was tak- I T ha?I,.,?, ircrH, J;,"J ie" .f or, " rliiB.
grasped these, of Gilferd Pinchot, ,,, , m,u Muwr, ,,ranl; 3. ,ninOTWli . lf" "V'" V '" V "", ' ' "',.
rertj -fourth street, near
less than n yard blah. Frem sheer ex- j
haustleu he dropped en the ttep of n
big house near Nineteenth and Walnut
streets. . AMien Patrolman "Beb
llranslleld asked the little stranger who
he was he said. "I'm just Temmy."
Then with little convulsive sobs he
ndded : "A p'licemun hit daddy with n
club and took him away. I can't find
him."
Bransflcld picked the boy up in his
arms and took him te the station house.
A cone of lie ctcam berved te freeze
mere starting tears.
"Hew old are you?" asked the po
liceman. Temmy held up four lingers as be
buried his mouth deep In Ihc crcum.
A few ginger cakes brought mere In
formation. "Daddy and mother wns entiit' in a
place, an se wus I. They was mad.
Daddy dropped some money en the fleer
and mother picked It up and went
away. When daddy went out the
p'llccmau hit him and took him away.
1 followed them, but I can't walk fast
1111' I get lestcd."
Temmy has short light linlr. brown
eyes and 'is of slight build. He were
a black coat, corduroy pants, brown
blouse, whlte stockings and high black
sllO"H.
The police nre making a cilj-wlde
search for the boy's parents'.
BOLD THIEVES ROB
RELATIVE OF VARES I
Ml'CI'l",
Although wilne-Mw te ilie killing of
I uitlmirtl 11" 1'nce KIkIi. t'elunvi ni'
LAST-MINUTE NEWS
The burglar fled after he had held
is a graduate of New Yerk Tnlverslty. I three patrolmen nt bay in the dlnlng-
nuuri.sseii te a . room of Iio limit,. I,r flirnuini- prnplrnr
!. " " -.--.-
and kltchenvvure nt them. They chased
li i in several blocks, firing after hlni a
thev rim. and finally caught him. He
"aid he i William Dailey. tliirly-thrtt
yenr old. of Stiles street near Nine-
l.tniig Jell a neti.
cousin in Michigan asking him te take
charge of Ills body and ellccts
t
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meeting "today ut " the ''teu and shot probably fatally, last Hre,; ,. vnjrml the M'.tl.m house and
Baldwin Locomotive j night en the fjincaster Pike in Haver- lu.lnne.y heUl-'lp . '
candhVtc for the Uepublienn neminn
tlen for Governer, wlieu lie auilresne
threfl big neon
plant of the
Werk.
The men carried their dinners te the
meetings with them nnd nte while they
listened te the vigorous statements of
the former State Ferester. A brasi
band added a dash te the scene.
Mr. Pinchot speke first at the cer
ner of Bread and Spring Garden streets,
:,!a tal driver, 1C0S .lackwen street, wa.s Uheudes,
pu . ... ... tl-
ford, lie was robbed of a diamond
stickpin and SIS.
A well -dressed man hired Ynmessif at
Thirteenth mid Market streets about
10:."0 o'clock te drive te Bryn Mawr
te bring a perly te this city. Accord
ing te the story he told at the Brjn
Mawr Hospital today at Intcivnls of
and later at two ether points at the i consciousness. 1 nmessa was ordered by
nlant. In addition te the Baldwin ' his piv-senger te step the car us they
workers, hundreds et persons from
ckjrM
a meeting
., -." "1U
a4VVV. tUe varU8 departments te
bXLn? , .matt.cr' a,ul the heads of
8S3SSBy,Jhe l'hl?f clerb8 w, bc Jn-
ftfSii,k'ep ta,b." en th0 activities
CAMDEN PLANT BURNS
room Destroyed In $5000 Fire In
8euth Second Street
ter LSnWCiPt 'trough the broom fac
& n-T'l !tt5eet- Camden shortly
ri.d tb corning. A horse.
bat in e.,.-'L.; nugu" was rescued,
KlfM,?ebll,P' ew"ed bJ" Edward
"cvonlgel, was dcbtreyed.
brrtsinM ,iy,i ..'?. uMvcred the fire,
k itan ft the. "am.H ha(1 W"'ed
P Vnd pni,ihe ,n"tomeb' 0 was locked
Snbc- of L1 be rwched. A large
CtoeuB?ni" Wure destroyed, the
Start Ai'fi ,0 .abeuti ?r,00' The
JJecauLtiSblaw ll "ndetermlned.
dwnin ithre,nre nB,f '"n frame
"tblfLce0"' w,,th" hndrl feet
a flrVmi- 1i.tW? "J81?"1 wcre funded
hUtt' the "Ptead of the
" ' Thi fiVfn.. ""'r woeaen Btructures.
teri I,ery. bulging was a two-
' 'ndflftv8flTtu.r,e' b0,,t "y '
f the "Slf"ny et ib flnlshed block,
i 'Wlirt'inmc8,IBl)!'ead "Pldly through
fjwfi ft' th0 brooms Providing e5-
JtOCMEvn a
mn or STkrer?.s;
ether plants attended the open-air
gatherings.
There was an earnest expression en
the fnce of each of these grizzled work
ers as they listened te the former for
ester nnd It was evident from the ap
plause that his remarks struck home.
His premises te let in the light en
Hnrrlsburg nnd put a step te Irregu
larities in the Stnte Treasury brought
appluuse and cheers.
Hearers Ask Questions
Twice during his tulk Mr. Pinchot
was questioned by Fpeetnters.
"Will we get the lximis?" asked one.
"I don't knew, but I hepe the bill
passes," said Pinchot. ,
"Hew about our beer?" aeKed on en on
ether. "I have none te gtve you," replied
the Ferester,
Mr. Pinchot said :
"Beys, I'm going te make this short.
I want te let the llsht in te clenn up
the mesa nt Hnrrlsburg. Pennsylvania
hes never been in Mich u state as it Is
new. De you knew that for months
Hnrrlsburg couldn't pay Its day labor
ers because of t he unavailability of
funds? The $25,000 shortage which the
audit has disclosed Is a shining rxom rxem
pie of hew the politicians have been
running the State.
Against the Besses
"Many reports concerning business
of the State are greatly delayed. I am
against Kd Vare, BUI Vare, Mux Les
lie and the rest who hnve been running
reached the dark read, and us he did
the man struck him ever the head with
a blunt instrument. Then he shot him
once in the head und left him l.ving
en the fleer of the car. apparently dead.
Sergeant Mullln, of the Lewer Mor Mer Mor
eon police, drove past shortly after the
attack and took Yaniessn te the hos
pital. Leaving Ills home Inst evening Yu-
messa. told ins wife lie would return
Ithendes, Bennett and Diininghnn
were held without bail for a further
hearing next Siindn.v . They were
cluirnvil witli censiiiiacv te rnli ilill
u charge of assault and battery also'
was booked against Dniiinglinn. I
The ethers, including the girls
and
Brether - In Law of Senater
Brether Bill Leses $500
The police are oil the hunt for thieves
who broke into the home nt Samuel I
Merris, n court officer. 1 .",0 i Wolf!
street, nnd stele jevylrj valued at S.'OO. '
They also took Merris' lipstuff budge.
Merris Is a liretlicr-ln-lnw of Sena- I
ter Kd win II. Vare and Congressman,
William S. Vare. lie was visiting the'
Congressman's sensltoie home ever the
were ' u-,Mk -end nt llic lime the iiiblicrv win. 1
was forced
iiem in ;.iiiu 111111 cacn as mnieriai wit-; committed. Kutrancc
IIUSM'B II nil wen; Iltliini-ll HI SIKH mOir I ,mn,.li ,l l-nn,- nln.lnu
Merris Sll.vs lie notified I lie pellci
own bail bends. Police say a thlr
girl wns in the parly but that she get
away.
FILLS JLOAN BOARD VACANCY
Harding Said te Have Selected Seuth
Carolina Governer for Pest
Washington. May II. (By A. P.I
Selection of Governer Rebert A. Coe
int., nt ..li.lit ltn ruriisn.l tli IT ..( Per. Of SeUlIl (lllelillll. te ll II' VII-
hts elghtecii-j ear-old sonTescph. who ' l'nm,' ,,n tn.c Fcileral Farm Lean Heard , rings."
seen us the rebber.v wu- discovered, but
that It was henj-s afterward before
tin; district detectives cinie te make
un Investigation
"I don't understand iln- thieves' mn
tie in taking mi budge." Mild MnriW,
"uiiless it is intruded t" u ll fraud
ulently. The police linvc a lull de de
bcrIitIen of cwr.v thing taken, which
included .S"0 in geld, S"7 in notes, a
old watcii and cliniii and two diamond
Continued en ret KUht, Celuuni Te
FIRE CAUSES $100,000 LOSS
IN WILMINGTON PLANT
Machine Teel Manufactory of Hllles
& Jenes Ce. Damaged
Wilmington. Wei.. May 11. The inn inn
clilne tool manufacturing establish
ment of the Hllles A: .Tenes Company,
nt Tayler and Church streets, was dam
aged by Are early today te the extent of
SlOO 000. The corn and pattern shops
were wrecked nnd the foundry damaged.
A number of firemen worn caught under
a falling reef and Injured. Lieutenant
Thursten M. Lew, who wns run ever
by n truck, Is In a hospital in a wrleus
condition. All of the Injured will re
cover. Werk at the plant will be continued,
It waa stated today, Probably the most
serious Jois, aside from the building"?,
u in pattern which .belonged te cu-
wanted te relieve him of the job for
the night, sajlng tnat It was danger
ous business.
Yamessa has four ether children
Syhla. fifteen j Frank, fourteen; Fred,
thirteen and Carl, eleven. Yamessa has
driven a taxlcab nine years.
GIRL'SVUEDGE FREES THIEF
Fiancee Premises te Be "Silent Sen
tinel" Over Him Always
New Yerk, May 11. (By A. P.)
On the solemn premUc of his fluncc te
i stand ns a "silent sentinel" ever him
the rest of her Hie, Oscar Ilirschnuiim
escaped with a suspended sentence, to
day after he had pleaded' guilty te
stealing tfliOO from a brokerage linn by
which he wns eiaple.ved Ie provide med
ical attention for His aged father, who
since has died.
The girl, Miss ICsther Bleem, who
had scraped up JfetMl with which te
make restitution, addressed this letter
te the ceurt:
"I knew of no one, aside from inv
own immediate family, te whom I should
want te be a power for geed as I want
Ie be lewiiul Oscar Hirsehimiun. The
liugrdy has occurred. As a result I
hove appointed niybelf n silent sen
tinel te keep guard ever him the rest
of m.v life. He Is thoroughly able tn
go out and meet conditions as they arise,
iind he is sincere In his vow- te cancel
every penny of his debt by the sweat
of his own brew."
caused by the recent icMgniitien of As-
bury V . Lever is understood ie have
been inatle by Fre. ideal Harding.
The nomination of Governer Cooper
Is expected te be senl ie the Senate
shortly. lie is a Democrat and will
succeed, a.s provided by law. te the place
vacute'd by a Democrat. He Is serving
a second term its Governer, is prominent
in business nnd pellticul circles and
bus large farming iuleiests. His term
as Governer expires next January, and
hls'iiccentnnce of the office will ticcr.ti.
tnte his resignation. '
JOHNSON ART READY
Mayer Orders Famous Pictures Pre-
EIGHTH BATTALION
SIXTH BATTALION .
7 HURT IN BLAST ON STEAMER, SAYS REPORT
JERSEY CITY, May 11. Seven persons are leperted te
lmve been injured by an explosion en the steamship Julia Luck
euback at Pier 7 of the Central 'Railroad of New Jersey this
afternoon.
COAL STRIKE CLOSES IRON PLANT
DELVIDERE, N. J., May 11. The Empire Iren and Steel
Company, of Oxford, closed Its plant today because of inability
te get a supply of coke from the Virginia fields. Officials of the
company blamed the coal strike. Twe hundred men were thrown
out of work. Arrangements have been begun te reopen the
company's iron mines nt Oxford which have been Idle for sev
eral months.
FREEDOM OF R. R.'S 'RUSSIA BLAMES
iVIAY BE RESTORED U. S. FOR ISOLATION
Harding's Conference Call Indi- Chicherin Hands Reply te Mem
cates Move te Reverse erandum te Schanzer, Ex-
Regulation Policy I pressing Ceed-Will
RATE CUTS WOULD FOLLOW! MOSCOW FRAMED ANSWER
I'.v t'l.lMON V. (ilLUKKT llv
tl:ili' l(urp.;iinilriit !:vnlnif I'nlilic I.itlmv (icuea.
tu,rir,'it . ' ' mi 1'iittl jMlyti ( eutKin-. ' (
-:sll lili ll. Muv 11. .In-l a. die
le;' in? of ll nvv ml ici-cni . murUcil
ll great icvct-al of til iimtviiI'ieii
pe'li.v, uhidi In il '""en ili iiieiistrated uel
tn vm il well. ." i he lulling of the rail
I (i. nl ciiiif.'.'i ucc bv lYesldciit Harding
licgiuning of an effort
the Associated I're.ss
Mnj 11.- rereUn Minister
Ifln-rin of s.nvlit It'is in. i ii..MniiMi
- i
handed tip' Uii.miiii teplj te tie nllid
nn meraudum leila.v te 1'nrcigii .Mii,.ter
'sihiin.i r of ltn . The ein.v mher per
son pie-cni was I''ra ncc.ee. tilaniiliii
the Italian liiuiinial cspctl.
A frii'inllv ceiHcrsiitiun of feriv-tivc
minutes followed. In which M. 'rhi-
nciin sires. ei tiie nil t nir Hi..
answer
pared for Public View
Hamilton Hell, curator of the Jehn
(!. Jehnsen art collection. icclvci or
ders today from Maer Moeic te put
the pictures In the Jehnsen home nt
tSlO Seuth Hrend street, for piib'le view.
lb" Mayer sent for Mr. Hell, tednv
and told him te get te work ininiedlntelv
en hanging the pictures. The Majer also
sent for Chief Maxter. Hure.iu of Cit.v
I'l'Oliert.V. Illlll told hinl III co-elU'rnt'o
, V,ii n,r. ci r- i Hli .Mr. Hell te put the building into I IH'tii.g group.
" -"' '""iM rrum coinlltien le receive the Pictures m. Uclleves that ll
may prove Hi
ie get b.ich tevviird the freedom which
railreada used le enjej before the days hail been prepared under direct nistm,
Ol sirici ngiiiniieu. ions irem .Moscow. lie riiiiutiil n..
and his deii-p te
I.Ike the conservation policy, the reg- siiraiices of Ills gnedvvl
illation pelicj luw largely broken down, co-epcrnlc with tiie ethi'r delegations
Tills is te he a conference upon polies The Yirst imrt of the note u i,
.. .... i.i ...
ROBBED AS SHE EXPECTED
net upon rates.
in vviint a mess regulation is may De ported te be constructive, making nm
tacts. The Administration has been try
ing for some time te get tnilrend rates
reduced .
On iliiK i)n-tien of rate regulation
the Interstate Commerce Commission
divined into no icss uuir. tour con-
leenth.
The burglary took place ut 3:40
o'clock this morning. The sisters were
n.liep en the second fleer nt the front
of the house, when Dailey forced an
outside cellar deer. He went through the
cellar and up by the stairs te the kitchen
ut the rear of the store. Here lie re
moved his shoes and cicpt a.s quietly
as he could te the second story.
The stairs creaked with his tread,
and the women awoke. Tliey wert
Hitting up in bed, tee terrified te mev,
when they beard the knob of their roeirt jK$
deer tuin softly and a few hcceniU )li
saw the dim form et u man nt. iiC,'4
threshold. , .,
Demauds Meney ,,
Ter a moment the burglar scorned M
startled as the woman. 1 lien he stepped.
into the room and said quletls : I want
money."
Miss Mary Kearney get up. trembling;
with fright,' nnd started for what she
could Iind. She get together $15 and
un vi' it in hlni. He seemed satisfied.
and left the room without n word. MlUji
Slary Keainev overcame her fears sufficient's-
te fellow him dewnstair te see
that he left the house, lie went out
by the fronVdeor. nnd lic slipped down
te s:i! that It wa. locked tight behind
him.
Meanwhile. Mi-s Catherine Kearney
had get up. and n. she heard t no deer
i les,. behind the biirg'ar, threw up the
window mil -reamed "murder" as
loud as .he could. The shrieks re-
-heed ever fii empty streets, and were
heard b I'lit'e'men Husii, Cariue und
Coie'nnd, v lie came running toward tot
house.
lai!c,v . instead of taking te his heels
when he In ad the screams, ran around
the heti.e I,, tiie cellar deer by which
lie had enieied. Mild. du k ig down tb '
cellar, eutiii' up again In the dwelling.
.vii.s .viaiv ieatiiej . nearni'j 1 1 1 in down- f
.taii-., ran m t.'i-tnr le lier room again'. '
Women Screamed in Terrer
D.ll'ON fll'.leW I'd. stlllnUnj le Ql JJ
clenvei- in the butcher shop. The women
scre.tmeil fur mercy, but he attacked
them with f. e lie-n.v weapon, battering
th"ui em i- the head, lie dicl net tryte
kill i hem, a. he struck them with the
tint nnd net tl titling edge of the
clenvir Tlicj want down, however,
under hN blows, bleed streaming from
ill in their heads'.
The three piiireliuen reached the hnuaO
while the bui.'liir wns beating the help
l's. women. Their 'cieanis hm u routed
the uoiglilierliooil.
Tiie pntieliueii broke in the front
deer. .Dailev had darted dewiiHtairR
uguiii. and lis the nairelineii hauimercd
te get in Mooted nil the net.s and
pans and dishes he could lay Ids hands
.s tin deer new
,!
I'JI
'J'll
1
tf
Burning Heme Leses $100
Heading. I'a.. Mas 11.- When flre
'was di'cevered at t.h lionie of Mrs.
Helen hoeosm mst nignt. tne wemnii
looked the deer and refused te allow
police or firemen te enter. She scream -nl
from the second-story window that
she had a roll of money under the
cover oil the table in the kitchen nml
J she was afraid it would be stolen.
rnllce nattered down the deer and
after they left Mrs. DobesUi phoned
City Hall that, a.s she expected, Slet)
hud been stolen. Twe arrests have
been made, both neighbor.
H rjTlT EFFEl N A N DIES
Sen of Legislator Succumbs te
'Heart Disease
Herbert .1, lioffernnn. son of State
lteprcsoututlve James ,1, Ilcfferiinn. died
lediis at Ids parents' home. ,'t4 North
I Flft.v-seeend street. Death was caused
by heart disease.
He was tvventy-tiVe years old and
iitininrl'leil. Pllnnriil knvt Imiu ...III l.
siniisiieii me "'!"'"" l" iue jewelry conducted Memmy morning at 10
store of Isaac Weissinuii, at 101(1 Ce-'o'clock. Solemn requiem mass will be
liimbla avenue, at about -1 :.0 o'clock celebrated in the Church of Our l.n.li-
HUH morning I.I.UUHB ji-m-iry vaiui'd of Victory. Fifty. fourth nnd Vine
GETS $750 INJrVINDOW JOB
Columbia Avenue Jewelry Shep Vl.
Ited by "Brlckwerker"
A thief. uMng a padded brick,
mcdiniels
At present the pictures arc hi storage.
The Majer nsked Chief Hn.Mer and
Mr. Hell te in-epaie rules and icgiiln icgiiln
liens for the museum and work out die
details of nianngetiieiit.
"All necessary police and lire pre.
tecllen will be provided," said the
Mayer. "Firemen vvld Le kepi en dutv
around the building da.v and night."
Council rcecntlj apprepiLited K'.Ti.OOl)
for lirei-oeling the bulldiiig
ohicagejs"jviayor"here
Thompson Is Entertained by Moere
at Luncheon Here
Mayer Thompson, uf Chicago, ami a
J part v of prominent Clilcageans called
! en Mayer Moere tills morning. They
'were met by members of llie .Mavei's
.Cabinet. The party has been making
n tour of the Hast, nml arrived here
from Atlantic City.
In the party are S.iiuuel A. Kttlesen,
I'urporutleii counsel; Michael J. Fuller
ty. pcldeut of the lteaid of Lecal
Improvements, and D. ,1. Kelly, Vie
president of the I'ageiini of I'legrcs
Kxposltlen in Chlcagu. This Is the
exposition Hint wants the I.iberlv Hell.
.Mayer inompseu and ills co
trie el these groups
small g 'iicrul decrease
in tales should be instituted uninisHnte
ly en the gieiind that -u-h a decrease
of itfelf would si'ive tu se stimulate
t ra (lie as te maintain the level of rail
road net earnings.
Mere Faver Hoever Plan
A larger number of I In commissioners
favor tiie plan advanced bj Secretary
of Commerce Hoever of reducing rates
oil icrtalii bai inmedities, such us
foedstuds. coal. e 1 and building ma
terials, in the belief that reduction ill
pi Ices of tlie.e commedilies offers llie
kes In restoration el business pinsper
li. 'I'l.l. ..,...,.,. I...,..,..,,. :.. . 1......1
oil. As tile dour tleu nlieli linfrirn h
mentive, but tiie second hulf was "re- . rush of the patrolmen Dailev let drive
ported til be constructive. imiiLIm.. .,..,.- n l,.ni.rie ..f ..niiiLevg .....l' i
.,.,,, , , , '.'h iw- " " ' ' .....,.!,. tin., Jiuiillllic.
pesnis dealing with the tliiniii-lnl l'nts nml ltettleu tli.iv ,1, i. . I... i-
tlen. i lie note suggest, the nppeint- und stepped the rush of the patrolmen,
mem of a new special 'eininlssn j,j the Dnile.v darted down the ,.pllnr ncnin
conference te contillile the negotiations ! w Meb he knew prettv well bv thlstinifl
alter the clo.e e( the (ienea lueeilns. ) n'ul leiiml nnetlier deer, lending out en
l'Atrnets f,,n the text of t, pre- Twelfth street. Hv the time the patrol
amble in the l.ussmn iep iiw that it 'mm feuinl what had beiouie of him ft
-,..'.... . .miiiiiiii-s lie oesr iiii.v r i w N ll"''ll.r II illHIl lie 1 i-nnl
certain rowers in lu-iuillng Hitss,,,
trem International political and em
nemic life and icfiisjiig lier eeiialm
of trcatiueiii with Hie enh ebjeef it .
alleged, the satisfaction f their fmu,,.
clul claims,
Puts MLime en I nited states
"When one considers," vns the tet
"what this attitude bus cost the world'
the riiitcd States, wlilel, inaugurated
it. and Uussln. wiil.h has suffercl it"
tragic consequent l's m t i.. r.....
jeais. it is difficult te believe that eim
the interests of the Uiisslnn beudhiilii-
ers ami lermer prejirietnrs of national -
lt. This group, however, is 'sharply . Pd , r, ,er Is 'un '',,l""J!"
divided as i the paillcularcon.medltle;1 '".'.'X iue I lents f il,Ri .l,,,,0,:,,
which should be favored and the ninuuer , cspecallv I, cenne etl ,, . ,i' fVw ''",
of application of the reductions. I especmll.v In connection with lit- restl-
lentlimril un I'nge KlglU. Ciilm,,,, e,rII
EARTHQUAKE IN MARTINIQUE
A leurth group nines the position
thai, until the railroad earnings rise
definitely ubove the ll per cent level and
this improvement Is shown te be rea
senably sine of continuance, there is no , n
ground en which the commission can uamage Reported, but Sheck Re-
eriicr any iiccreasn ii rates vv inch would i calls Ment Pelee Disaster
nwi .v.... mi. "i ......in ii i-i revenues, i .-or j .aiPn ir(
At the same l line Congress is l ., , n '"Vn..1 . .T" :",r'
worried slate of mind ever i-nllt-n.i.i .i.i. ...... ' '..'"" .h
rates. One of the issues in the 1 U ,3.'i. w. ?.. In''..ce. liere nt " . .-.
cumimlgn was the lcl.. Cummins rr,.erled """"""
Mr. Heveiblge uttackcl it Hud sue '
ceciieu iu me priiunries. It s nn ssiie I Karl num. en im, f,..,
Iln- patrelnicn Pillowed, firing, and
caught Mm at Merris street He vtt! i
taken in Si. Ague." Hospital, where J
the woiecii lutl been soul, and wan V.''
Identified b.v them. Mis. CnthtrJm '
Ivenrnej is .till tn the hospital, though i
net in a serious condition. Her sister
i.s under a doctor's, 'are at home.
MRS. STILLMAN QUIZZED
BY HUSBAND'S LAWYERS
Defense Calls "Bud" te Testify "In
Motnere Behalf V-l
i'iinpii!i.'iisie. .-s. i. Aifii ii n . .trM
it. i . . , ...... - - "fi
. i-.i-.iii. .viiiii' i. Miuiiuuii wan k
called ter I'l'ess-exaiuiuatbin today at
the trial of the divorce suit brought
against her b. James A. Sllllman, New, v-,ifi
eik banker. Yesterday sbe denied he ,Ssl
li.i.l i.v i.i liiiii 1 iiiiit.,i(.in. ..I.., I...... ...i.i. ivB
,;" ' ......".. Kiiiiiwiin vniii turn
I red llcniivals, the J mliit ii guide !- 1
icgeii ny .vir. Mllliiinii te un the father. g"l
II 1 tl H' Vill.V Mllliiinii. J i-V
, ,,,H M- ,,llw'r' ,!uV "'-. Ie WHV,,J
nliiiic. Mnv ' K'heduli'd for qulzlm; by the banker, JJ
treng ciii-tli ntterne.vH. t J(;
I hen the defense n mined In h.wi,.57;
James "Hud" HiIIIiiihu, the baiikcrXiV,1
eldest son. testify. The boy, it mW
said, would -contradict Morien tuntWtritf '),
Ne damn
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