mWmmmls&sssMrMWv nwmmw-' ' mmmlv' v vmKmw w'W'--V) ' ;. " ""-j-aS! W 1 P . v - 1 Tlie wucATue t, j i ...l. ..um nun v Showers lentgtit find Friday; net much change In temperature; moderate southeast and south winds. TKMI'KltATURK AT KACH 'llOf M QCLT in I fil riTTm :t f-4 1 r, I 01 eifl'tib (os t;- l7 If." I I 1 I VOL. VIII. NO. 211 Triumph of Unbeught Voters Sweeps Machine Inte Ruin PARALLEL HARKS BACK TO FOUR DECADES AGO Mighty Power of Women and Financial Muddle at Harris burg Dominating Factors VARES FAILED MISERABLY IN THEIR EFFORTS HERE Vaunted Ability te Deliver 150, 000 Majority for Attorney Gen eral Proved Idle Beast By GEORGE NOX McCAIN" The nomination of GIfferd Plnchet sr the Republican candidate for Gov Gov ereor is the most dramatic nnd far reaching event In Pennsylvania politi peliti cal history in four decades. Te find Its parallel ene must revert te the campaign of forty years age when Rebert B. Pattlsen defeated for Governer the war-crippled Republican standard-bearer. General James A. Beaver, of Centre County. General Bearer, like Attorney Gen eral Geerge E. Alter, was a hand picked candidate of the bosses. Tuesday's result registered net only triumph for the unbessed und un un eought Republican voter, but it swept Inte magnificent ruin the Penrose ma rliinr as well as its enemies who hnd fought it for years the Varcs, of Phil adelphia. Their vaunted ability te deliver 150. 000 majority te the Republican machine organization the contractors' Combine -. net only au idle beast, but it ha, deliberately mendacious and mis leading. Tuesday's results In Pennsylvania arc of far mere significance than would he the defeat of Tammany in New Yerk. It is n companion piece, in Republi can revolutionary politics, te the de feat of Senater New by former Sena Sena eor Ilcvcrldge in Indiana. Its ultimate importance will net be le.tt upon Republicans, the new woman voter particularly. It has taught them thnt they the people are paramount when they de tide te assert their power. The hlstei.v of this popular upris ing against petty boss domination, this pretest against the prostitution of pub lie trust, Is it story seen told. There were preliminary indic.itiens of riictiirul weakness in the machine nrginbatlnn long befere Senater Pen re's death. Uifaster was foreshadowed in the violent outbreak of the Crew-Grundy feud, as told exclusively b. the Uvj: MMi I'LIILIO LkDGKIl two jcars age. Graft Unceered Dnleinus times swept en enace when the gruft in Auditor General Sn.tdcr's office was Pi posed in this paper l months age. The episode of the notorious $."000 cbrek paid te Lieutenant Governer I'. I!. Ilcidleiniin was u cee n United in the, public mind by Mr. Snyder'n subse uuent ftatcment that if he hnd It te de pier agniu be would make the check te his friend "fiddle" Bcidleman ?10,00() Instead of $5000. l'ollewlng close upon the heels of thtie revelations was the publication nv the Kvkm.ne Puin.in fii.miEn of the diselepures accempanjlng the II . I.. nrindle cmhezrlement in Auditor Gen eral Snjdcr's office nnd the calculated delay In bringing the self-confessed malefactor te trlnl. Urindle'.s tardv conviction nnd sen riien te prison for two ears was fo fe fo leueil by the discovery that the amount et the defalcation had net been made eoed, or recovered, into the State Tieasury. Meantime the most fearless official who had ever occupied responsible posi tion at Harrlsburg, Auditor General bamuel S. Lewis, who had smashed precedent and shattered tradition by the declaration that his books were always open te the public, had uncovered u scries of fails in the Tieasury Depart ment that had set the State ngupc with Hirprised indignation. Treasury Accounts Juggled Through investigations made by Main i Ce., public accountants, of the books of fermeri State Treasurer Harmen M. Kephart, a member of the galnxy of pettv bosses who after Senater Penrose's denth sought te control the nnrn. re pcated evidences were found that hi accounts us State Treasurer for a period of years hed been juggled in the most remarkable maimer. Discrepancies between the swnm Matcraentu of favored banks holding otate deposits and the sworn state ments of Treasurer Kepheri, amounting te as high as $400,000. were uncovered. bucccsshc revelations of similar na ture were met by Kephart with the familiar and feeble excuse that "the State has net lest a ceut." It was the snmn expression used by Auditor General Snjder in his defiant statement nbeut Treasury losses that "Jd heen made geed te the tune of The culmination of these malodorous '""J" reached in this political Rakes Progress," when a triumvirate of lontracters took it position in thn center of the Mage with the spotlight Ilalng directly upon them. They were State Senators. All of them were contractors with large inter fts. They were Senater Edwin If W. of Philadelphia ; Senater Max Leslie, of Pittsburgh, nnd Senater T. Larry fiyre, of West Chester. Knell rme was n Uesh. fiach cum toiurellcd the bailiwick renimltled te Ills euro bv careless ni- Inillffnnnt ... K (ipinmerclaj tcrs. JXye f them t PINCHOTS SMASHING VICTORY SOUNDS BOSSES' DEATH KNELL IN PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS "" 7ivJr;""" "" "-" wf Entered as SMend-rt.iM Jrntlcr m th Ponlefnre t l'MI&tlelfhla. Ta. UntW the Art of Mnrdi 8, 1870 IS. Y. Marble Sharp Makes Deuble Milliard Off Wall New Yerk's marble shooters, who nre buttling their way te n chance at the world's championship which will be derided here Saturday, have simmered down te seventeen. Anions? the seventeen, who will meet In front et the New Yerk City Hall tomorrow te decide the New Yerk champ, there are wild te be several deadly shots. One, Wnlter Carlsen, nine years old, has made a remarkable showing. Anether New Yerk marble wizard Is credited with making "two mil liard shots oft a stone wall," a mat ter that must be given serious thought by these leading the marble race In this city and Baltimore. 71 Thousands of Agates Tred On in Stocking Feet Justified, Says Mr. Stoddart FINAL CLASH ON TODAY "At last," says Alexander Stoddart, proud father of 'Willie Stoddart. ene of the semi -finalists in the marble-sheeting contest, "Willie has done something te justify the thousands of marbles T have stepped en In my bare feet around this house in the last ten years." Willie has Indeed done something worth while. If he can win in the finals this afternoon from Barnle Pew er, the Seuth Philadelphia marvel, he will have the honor of being the cham pion marble shooter of this city, who will meet the champions of Baltimore and New Yerk next Saturday. Wllllr nnd Ilnrnle will clash at R o'clock today at the Funlicld Recrea tion Center, Twenty-second nnd Sedge ley avenue, at which time they will plav some dozen games for the title. Beth bejs will be the guests of the Peer Richard Club today nt luncheon, this being their first meeting. When next they meet it will be under condi tions in which friendship will have been dumped into the discard. Willie, who lives with ills father and his twclvc-j car-old sister Marien nt .'U'-'tl North Philip street, is nel only the here of lis own household, but of the William Cramp Public Scheel, where he s In the seventh grade. This morning they tendered him n reception before the opening of school, nnd Willie wns called upeu for a speech. At this turn of events his face wns Mif fused with a brilliant flush almost matching his hair, and his fiecklcs dis appeared through protective coloration. "I dunne much what te sn," he be gan, shifting slowly from his light te his left feet and back nguln. "but I Centlniird en 1'hkk Tun, Celli mu Dee OHrDEARTOHDEAR! Mrs. Harmen Won't Concede GIfferd Plnchet's Nomination Mrs. Archibald R. Harmen, president of the Women's Republican Club, re fused this afternoon te concede the Re publican nomination for Governer te Giffnrd Plnchet. "But Governer Sproul. W. Harry linker and Attorney General Alter him self concede it." she wns told. "1 can't help thai," said Mrs. Ilnr Ilnr inen. "Governer Sproul didn't line thn situation vvrll in hand, and Mr. Baker spoke tee seen. "I have authentic information that Pine het's lead Is new less than 000, with "(HI dlslriits .vet te hear from." CHRISTIAN STREEFSTILL HAD TOO STRONG BOUQUET Oder of Beeze Led Police te Well Equipped Rum Plant The strong odor of rum that per vaded the atmosphere in the neighbor hood of Breail and Christina streets led two Citv Hall detectives into the cel lar of the home of Lew Dennelley, a Vnre Constable and former pntielman. nt l.'!2r5 Clnlstlan street, last night, wheie they found three large stills In operation and nn olabeiote array of uiin-mnking equipment. The detectives confiscated everrthlng In sight and arrested the "nlsht shift," three men operating the stilN. The underground distillery wns mod ern in Its outfitting, even te the pro pre vision of electric fnn. The men nr- rested ere Rocee Dalimi, Webster siieet nbnve Thliteeiith : Frank De De Marce. Canine sttcet below McKcan, and Nicholas Cosmentn, Wijrneck street near Perter. Theie was a drain running fiem the cellar te the sewer which accounted for the odor outside. The prisoners were held for the Fed eral Grand .lury. no home runs-7a:s idle Rain Prevents Battle With White Sex Scheduled for Today Ne home inn clouts were delivered by our A.'i, this afternoon the reason they did net ploy. The third game of the series with the Chicago While Sex was called off en account of the rnin. The Macks were disappointed in be ing unable te meet the Sex, us their vv lulling streak has reached the large total of four and thev went anxious te Inciense it. Being In third place bus given the A.'s first division confidence. Manager Mack will most pmbably hurl I'Milln Ileminel. his twirling ace, nt the Glensonlles tomorrow in order te make a clean sweep of the series, Rom Rem mel lias already beaten the Sex in thl series, but he obtained the win by (we or three lnnlnil pltehlnt untL he, is W ready te go tka jfull route; MARBLE STAR'S DAD FORGIVES PAST PAIN Euenmj Mrs. Valentine Ne.' 1 International. .TEAN ACKER, First nnd only legal wife of Ro Re Ro delph Valentine. She is expected te tell the Les Angeles District Attorney today that the screen ac tor's marriage te Winifred Hud nut is bigamous. Valentine and Iris "bride" will live apart until Jean Acker's divorce decree Is made final, it is reported. WOMAN, TAKEN K.L, CANT TELL NAME Peculiarly Stricken en Street Car, Case Baffles Physicians An unidentified woman nbeut thirty five years old. taken te the Episcopal Hospital three, days age, is suffering from some strange malady se that she is unable te tell hospital niitlieritiib who she is or where she lives. Thn woman was taken trem a street car at fileventh street and Lehigh nve nue May l." and te the hospital in n police patrol. She recovered conscious ness after a time, but is unable te speak or give any sign understandable. There were nn innrKs nn her bed v. nnd she appears te hnve been strangely stricken while In normal health. In her clothing or handbag them was nothing bv which she could be identi fied. Plivslclans say she Is suffering from cardiac embolism, a peculiar din- case which Is tiaming. The woman is of light complexion, blue e.ves, medium height and brown hair, and was wearing a red straw hqt, brown coat, plaid skirt and brown shoes nnd stockings. BOY L00TED0WN HOME Tells Magistrate Older Lad Per suaded Him In It Beth Held A thirteen- car-old boy steed before Magistrate Dugan In the Thirty-second street and Woodland avenue station to te d.i, and accused an elder boy of having persuaded him te rob his own home. The minger boy is William Cnllnn. Woodland avenue near Sixty-seventh street. The boy he accuses is Frank McCormick, seventeen cnrs old, Suuth Bonnaffon Terrace. McCormick denied the charge. How ever, after listening te both stories. Magistrate Dugan held him under MOO ball for court. The Cnllnn boy was taken te the Heuse of Detention. According te Callan, he wnntcd a dime for the movies, and McCormick suggested the robbery. Going te Ills home, he said, he crawled through a cellar window nnd let McCormick In by the front deer. Distiict Detective Prince testified the boys had taken $''00 worth of jeweliy and had bold It te gipsies for $!2.ft). FIREMAN INJURED $1000 Damage Dene te Quaker City Bedding Company One fireman was injured nnd damage amounting te $1000 done in n the nt the Uunker City Bedding Company, l'li" (Jerniantewn avenue, at S e clock this morning. Mnx Metzer, proprietor, discovered the blii7c. Ladderman Charles Heffman, of Tiuck Ne. 7. ran n nail through his light feet fighting the hlii7e. Firemen attribute the tire te spontaneous com bustion. WOMAN HURT IN CRASH Miss Dorethy White, of Narberth. Cut as Autes Collide An automobile driven by Mrs Geergn Cnhlll, of J0) Haverford ave nue, Nnibeith, was stiuck by another motorcar at Montgomery and Merlen avenues teda.v. Miss Dotethv White. of the same uddresj as Mrs. C'.ihlll, who was tiding with her. was thrown against the side of the car and was cut about the face and head. The driver who had hit the Cnhlll car put en speed nnd dieve away. stenten club robbed Barks of Deg Failed te Arouse Mas ter in Time Liqueis valued at $200 and Sl.'O vvertli of I'liudv, clients and clirarotte., were stolen fitun llie Stenton Count i Club, Stenton nv etitic nnd Vernen read, (iermnntewn. nt midnight Tuesday. The Airedale of Henry Schmidt, slewnul of the club, barked and growled nt the time of the lebberj, but failed te aieiisn his master. Next morning, however, the smashed lock en n tear deer and the depleted supplies told the ster.v . VISIT marine corps camp Heuse Members, Navy Secretaries and Officers Ge te Quantlce Washington, Muy IS. (By A. P.) -Ncarl) half the membership of the Heuse, Secretary Denby und Asslttnnt Secietnrv Roosevelt, of the Navy De piutnient. with Nnvy and Marine ofti efti tcrs, went te (junntlee, Va., en the presidential .vaeht Mil (lower today te leek ever I he big Muiine Cerps camp. An elubenile Inspection and enter tnlnment programs hed been arranged nnd.te,injyjpnf.Cjf4l.t( re.tiirn here tonight,' jKC KSa-aaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaK- tjHil ' .vJjBBBBBBBBBBBBbVJF HBM )1BBBBBBBBBBBBBIWmJ HA. JPaWtefl f 'SHHHV' wj LLHailaBaV PWBamiBfF 'BBBBBaBaBaBW F Sj al Bubfic PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1922 UNITED PARTY Organization Will Line Up Sol idly for Ferester in No vember Election NOMINEE'S PLURALITY OVER ALTER NOW 8027 391 Districts Missing Margin Will Probably Reach 15,000 Republican Organization lenders are lining up strong te elect GIfferd Pln Pln ceot Governer In his contest nert No vember with the Democratic nominee, .fehn A. McSpnrmn. W. Harry Baker, secretary of the Republican State Committee, i con fident that Mr. Plnchet will have no trouble cnrrlng the Stnte. "There is nothing te it." he said. "Pinehet will easily defeat McSpar ran." "Have veu heard from Senater Vare?" "Yes, I was talking te him last night." "De you think he will ge along with Pinehet?" "Of course he will. All Republicans will fellow Plnchet. It's the only thing te de. Mrs. Barclay Warburton wns telling rap thnt Mr., Pinehet Is n splendid man. nnd, of course, T knew him myself. T feel sure that Organization men will have no dif ficulty .following rinchet. Plnchet is all right." Senater Vare had nothing te sny this morning en the situation. He nnd his friends feel that they did the best they could for Alter, and that they hnvc no regrets for the part they took. In some quarters the silence of Senater Vnre has raised the quest ten, "Will the Vnre men be absolutely le.val te Plnchet nt the November election?" Plnchet Plans Fishing Trip Sir. Pinehet, who is prepnrlng te go home this afternoon te Mllferd. Plke County, for n few dn.vs fishing, was up early and had n light breakfast, chatting while he nte. He found tele grams of congratulations piled high be side his plate, nnd wns Interrupted even during Ills breakfast te answer telephone calls. He discussed with amusement the "boom" started for him In New Yerk for President, nnd the wild enthusiasm ever the "progressive era" started by his successful candidacy hi Pennsyl vania. He disclaimed any mounting political ambitions. "Throughout the campaign." said Mr. Plnchet. "I hnve said that T want te be Governer of Pennsylvania, but have no political ambition of any kind beyond thnt. When I am through with the governorship, I want te co fish ing. That is just ns true after last Tuesdnv as It was In-fore. "I already have received assurances from all ever Pennsylvania that mnke It certain the Republican party will be solidly united next fall. It will net enl elect Its State ticket nvet whclmlngly, but will send te Wnsliing Wnsliing ten a solid delegation te support Pres ident Harding in dealing with difficult and vastly important problems he tins liefere him, both nt home and abroad. "The Democrats, naturally enough, are attempting te make political capital cut of Tiicrdu.v's victory. There is nothing in that." Mr. Pinehet diseased the way lie hud taken the election. "Profoundly Thankful" "When wf reached headquarters Tuesday night." he said, "the returns seemed te indicate thnt we were beaten. Lnter in the night they seemed te in dicate thn we hed wen. The man who takes geed fortune nnd ill fortune equally with steudiness is net apt te lie seriously hurt by either. I am pro pre pro feundlv thankful that later returns showed beyond question that we had wen. "The thing te de new is te get ready for the campaign next fall for the con structive work which is the big thing ahead." Experienced politicians say that while the Vare men might net be awfully stieng for Plnchet, thev could net nf nf ferd te cut n Republican ticket in n big State election when Congressmen and I'nlted States Senators arc te be elected. Vare men piefcr today te talk about the results of the election of ward com mitteemen. They are gleeful because Magistrate Pennni k. Vare leader of the Thirty-fourth Ward, has defeated Mag istrate Price, an nllv of Director Ca ven, for the pest of Cltj Committee man. from the (Ivorbreok ward. They si nNe thnt Arthur Sellers, Centlniird en r Srvrntrrii. ( elumn On7 scereperIsh'inTire AT ROMEJhjOSPITAL Ancient Institution Is Isolated by Collapse of Pavement Reme. Muv IS. (By A. P.) A dis dis ustreus fire swept the historic hospital of Sante S'plrlte, one of the met an cient and picturesque charitable Insti tutions In Heme, early this morning. Collapse et the pavement Isolated the chronic wnid. Sixteen bodies' had lieen ! taken from the burning ruins m 7 :.10 I o'clock. I The Institution accommodates nenrlv '.000 inmates, ami Includes n hespitni, (lunatic as.vluni. foundling home nnd n I refuge for ngeil and infiim poisons. The tire orese out sneitly before midnight In the laundry. At first it seemed inslgnificnnt. but It spread rnp Idl.v te the neighboring wards, each containing thirty chronic suffereis or Infiim patients, who were seized with panic. The chrleks of the sufferers mingled with tne crackling of the flames, while the atmosphere inpldly became dense with smoke. Nurses and doctors quiiklv cleared the bedridden from one ward, mid In the ncu ward three of the patients crawled out. Neighboring firemen rushed te the scene, hut at the moment of their nrrivul the electric lights Cre extinguished, adding te the horror of the situation. As the Immense wooden beams of the hospital fell, there wns n henv.v, grind ing noise, nnd the pavement collapsed buryliiK twenty of the chronic patients nnd rendering uccess te the wards Im possible. Carabineers, re.vnl guaids, nurses and doctors made heroic efforts te savp the patients, rushing through the smoke anil tire nnd bringing out twelve, all of whom, however, were dead from suffocation, BACKS PIN T Alter and Mrs. Roosevelt Congratulate Mr. Pinclwt "Please nccrpt my Dest wishes for tour election mid administration, ' telegraphed Attorney (icncral Alter te tilfferd Plnchet today. The nominee replied te his Int" opponent : "My heartiest thanks for eiir brt wishes, which give me keen plciisuie. I hope for the chnnce te consult with ou In the near future." In the Heed of message received, one of the most highly prized by Mr. Pinehet was this from Mr-. Theodere lloesovclt, widow of (lie former President : "Hurrah for Pennsylvania. Your friends arc delighted." E CHEAPER COAL IDEA Hoever Wins Support for Plan te Keep Down Prices During Strike TO NAME CLEARING BOARD By the Associated Press. Washington, May 18. Secretary Hoever asked nnd obtained today ap proval of the leading operators of non union bituminous coal fields for a Gov ernment plan of "getting the coal in dustry by veluntnry action te put a step point en Increase of coal prices." during the period of the existing coal strike. The tilnn. which was nnnreved bv about forty operators who met with Mr. Hoever, calls for the creation of n committee of operators with Govern ment nnd consumers representatives servlne en it in each district where coal Is being produced, through which all orders for coal will be cleared. A similar genernl committee will he set un in Washington. Mr. Hoever nssiired the coal opera tors he had Attorney General Daugh erty's opinion thnt such "co-operative action te reduce and held down price In the public interest" would be legnl. The conference was called by Mr. Hoever after some increases in mouth-of-mine prices had come te the atten tion of the Administration nnd Presi dent Helding iind let it be known that steps would be taken te meet the sit uation. Mr. Hoever has expressed the view that the rise In prices from nbeut $" a ten nt the mines te $.e..fi0 and $1 li ten for coal, ns reported in some districts, was unnecessary and due mostly te competitive bidding nnd lo cal conditions which could be remedied by the co-epcratlon. of the mine oper ators nnd the purchasing ngcuclcs of public utilities. GUNMEN IN POLICE GARB STORM BELFAST BARRACKS Twe Passengers en Tramear Treach erously Shet In Back Belfast. May 1S. (By A. P.) A wild night of tiring in the Marrow bone District of Belfast, with police nnd soldiers battling gunmen, was followed by further sheeting today ns the work ing people were en their wa.v te the shops. At least four men are dead as a result of these disorders nnd several ethers wounded, some serieusl.v. Twe of the men killed were shot from behind while sitting en the top deck of a tram car. A concerted nttack wns made upon the Musgrave street police barracks. Seven men dressed In police uniforms knocked ut the front gate. When the guard asked. "Who's there?" the reply came, "Police en duty." The gate was opened and the pnity entered. The invaders closed the deer mid nidercd the guard" te threw up their hands. Twe of the police showed fight and were wounded by members of the at tacking party, who rushed up stairs te a room in which arms were stored firing nt the guard en duty. Constables outside the barracks niched in mid the raldcis tied. DEVICE SIMPLIFIES RADIO New Type of Receiving Apparatus Is Easier te Adjust Chicago, May llllv A. P.)-A new tvpe (if rndin-ieceiving device without aerial, electrical power line collection or anv a-sKtinS apparatus, evcept several vnnls of wire lacked en the back of the cabinet whiih houses the set, w is .munuuccil ted.i b B. F. Miessncr, radio cngimcr. Adequate reception of signals Is nr. emplished b.v n super-amplifier which, according te Mr. Micssner. magnifies the signal about lift.v tunes mere .n ihe erdlnar.v tlirce-tube amplifier, ren dering it fully ns audible as signals re ceived with aerial iiitenniu. The leeching fet is simplified, hav ing enl a button te nun en the .power, genrrattd in small steiage liii'tterles. also housed in the labiuit. and a dial en whiih the wave length- an marktd. LADY LUCK GOT A DIVORCE Jeseph D. Hayes. Real Estate Dealer and 'Spiritualist,' In Mere Trouble Th( occupations of ,lecph J). Tn,ve., n Negro. .)" North Twelfth street. 'are gtttlng him Inte no cud of trouble. He is a teal estate dealer, nnd works pait time ns a "spiritualist " Mrs. Kchecut Yeung, colored, of Ardmnrc, told Maglstiale Cew aid to te da.v, she went te him te be cured of "evil nilndedness," .but that the treat ment fulled utterlv and that he did net return her $4K0 and a diamond ring as he had premised. Ha.veR wns held In ?R00 ball and his alleged confederate, Mrs Lsther Wil- !laiin,51'?. Xer,h Twenty-first street, in SflOO ball. Yesterday Hayes wns held in SL'OOO ball en false pretense charges which grew out of his icalty business. MURDER JURY COMPLETED First-Degree Verdict Asked for Mes Mes slte Brethers The iury wns completed tednv In Judge Harnett's court te try Pns'quale and .lames Messlte. chnrsed with mur der. Assistant District Attorney Gor Ger Gor den nsked for a first -degree verdict The defendants shot and killed Yin Yin cenze Anzalone, LMlil West Cambria ......,,.,. ..u.mj'e,,,,,,,, ,, v iiuieriii MN OWNERS BACK BlOBSWftlAKie? J &7,,'r' VK' iV 'Tf,':'.i,u: " ic ij " , TOST ' V - merger Published Dally nrept Sunday. rublliheii Jja"yci'p7lS),, i2n by SAY DO SOLD Beeks of F. F. Bell & Ce. Are Scanned te Shew Alleged Illegal Deals PROCEEDS SQUANDERED ON HI.GH LIVING, CHARGE Firm Carried, Securities en Which Failed Brokers Were "Lene,." Is Charge An effort Is being made tednv at a hearing in the E. D. Dier & Ce. failure, before Referee Edward F. Heffman, nt (105 Walnut street, te discover whether the brokerage firm of P. V. Bell & Ce.. In the I'enn Square Building, nctuallv carried Dier .v. Ce. stocks, en which I Her St Ce. weie siippe-cd te be "long." If thev did net. Arthur Garfield IIii.vs. of New Yolk, attorney for Manfred I I'.hrlfh. the leeeiver. nnnnuneed Hell & Ce. are liable from the time of Ihe con version of the ccurlties in question Ull- Itil the da of the Dier failure. Legal action te iccever will lie in stituted If this is Ihe case. "It will be n straight lnwsuit. Mr. an said. Dier & Ce. tinded through Bell &. i ENTS STOCKS (n after their tickers had been tern Inmr, Dnughertr. 117 Daly st,eet. out. pi evleus te the r failure. Shertl.v before midnight. Deughert Beeks of Bell te. were produced Entered the saloon nnd told the bar before the referee. The ii.tentlen of ,pmr )lf ns tnn( , ",uinp Chrne.v Clarence Leeb unciliary receiver, who efl. ., A lnnmrnl inlrr rnrney stepped . . ' 1 1 ..I.!.. .U.. nA .... 1... I iinwiii ui , Usui..... .- ." ....... eiach iiiei wiiiii- in. ilnlins were icnlUcd large sums ne j bv the house ..f iln-'licw & Dler. and E. D. Dier & fe.. through tne iinautnenzeti -,ue ei .- ------ . . . , , . , customers securities. . . .i r t (I It w the contention nf V1.r-.jjl'rjj ( entl'iiiril cm IMec The ( jlumii I'eur ' LAST-MINUTE NEWS LOCUST PLAGUE THREATENS RUSSIAN CROPS MOSCOW, May 18. A plngm of locusts, piemising gi enter destiuctlen thnn thnt of last yenr, hns developed in the Caucasus, Baku, Kuban and the Crimea. It is a seiieus blew te south Rus sia's hopes for successful crops and the peasants have mobilized te fight the pest with gasoline. Airplanes have been used te drop poisonous bombs in the breedtajj areas. COMMODITY PRICES UNCHANGED IN APRIL t WASHINGTON, May 18. The aveiage level of wholesale commodity prices in Apiil shewe'l piactTcaTTy no change fiem the picceding month, according te a repot t today by the Buieau of Laber statistics of the Depaitmsut of Laber, rami preuuets, feedstuffs and clothing showed a decrease of less than 1 per cent from March, as did building materials, house-furnishing goods and commodities listed under miscellaneous. MAYOR ASKS CURB ON PARK BODY RULE Want Council te Transfer Jurisdiction of Plot Which Fieiired 111 ROW SOLDIERS WILL APPEAR Council "ill le asked teda.v te trans fer fiem Minimi of 'he rnluimunt I'urk Commission ir. the lleimitmcut of J'uli. Mi Wmk- i he plot bounded bv I'll berl. I'.tenl 'ind Anh stieels mul the I'nikwuv This is th si"'inil fmm vvhnb the Twenu -eighth Pulsien wns ordered in move Iv the i oinuiisseii after thev had' si I iii then ii niilv -i -jt i v i elebr.lt ten elilblt there mi permission fiem Jlnvm Mem e. An ordinance of iiaii-fer vsill be in troduced bv the Pepart ment of Public Works, wltli the sanction of Mn.ver Moere A number of soldiers will be t en band te vene their Indignation nr their treatment In the Park Commis sion. Seme tune age the officers of the Twentv -eighth Plvisien asked the com mission for j ermlssien te ui the cin dcied stpmie fin It- field pieces mid ether war exhibits dining the celebra tion The commission, through Kli Kirk l'riie. its vice picncnt, refused, nllettlng instead n piece of land at Twcnl -tlllul si.eet .mil I'enns.vlviiliia nvenue. further up the I'nikwin. This was undesirable, and declined Then Mtijei ileueinl William (i I'rlce. Jr . N li I' . visited Maver Moere and icipiested permission for the veterans te ue the land This permis sion Maver Moere, who Is. Inculentiillv , a member of ihe I'aik Ciiiiiiulsnn, granted Ihe vneniis moved in thrlr exhibits I'm U gunrils erdeiecl them te vacate, as thev i euiil show no permit Would Cud Conflicts The Maver then effeieil the north pliua of Cllv Hall, which is new lu use bv Ihe division. He said tednv Unit this ci nlllci of nuiheilt must end. nn" liioue'i "" in miiiiiiiv cicareci nv the cit.v. which al'e built the music stand, he sold, but the commission had planted and otherwise Improved the place. It is net enlv n question of jurs,le jurs,le tien ever the cit.v 's hand stand. Fiild the Maver. but it makes police protection difficult, ns a I'ark guard or se watches the square. t'il pollen. In event of a Het or murder, might net have legal right te Inlet fere, he pointed out. furthermore, another aggravating In biance wns when the Mnver wanted te he city's "take-clown" grand- erect t stand en the plot, en Hrend street, fnc- ing the Masonic Temple, fop the IJijjs' tentlnuKl en re Twe, Column Twe COOU Kf.AT. KSTATK OFFKRI.NC1H are r l,nnil n.. B 50, 2T tiil 2S Ml I?W!RSW.WJMWVmR&tiyrrtfl avKnawwm r. tvteej 3SKJU.TWW3K mTIWWW&y: '." - a, z:rs.,7 r Yjw-jr "'wr,v ,jr P? Subucrlptlen Trlra 10 a Var by Mall, j.ubUe Ldr Company V. S. Explains Attitude en Hague Conference Genea. May IS. (Hy A. P.l -Sir Kdwaid Grlgg announced this nftenwteii thnt further advices laid been received from the fnlted SUtes nnd Ihnt It did net seem likely the I'nlted Slnt"s would piiillHpnte In The Hague tnecilng. nt least until the scope of the meeting wns better under teod. Asked te explain the HrltMi del egate's sta'enient. Ambassador Child snld he had conferred with Fiuclgn Minister Schniucr. I'tliuc MlnMcr I.le.vd Geerge being present, nnd had nmplllied the American position concerning Tim Hague meeting nliend explained in the Hughes nole. The object, snld the Ambassador, wa-i mere full te explain ihe inti tule of the Culled Slate, in order te mnk' it idea" be elid Ihe pes-dbll-1 of it clejbl SHOOTS MAN, GIVES UP Jame3 Dougherty Was Out te "Get" M. J. Carney. 56 S. Second St. Michael .1. Cnrnev. thirtj-live .vcnis, old, manager of n s.tloen at fiO Seuth! Second stieet. was k1() fn the leg last night b;. a man who entered the place and declared that he wns there for the purpose of "getting" Cnrne.v. The man later gsve himself up te the police at the Fourth street nnd Snyder nvenue station. He gave his name ns ut ,)f another inciiii nnd Dougherty ,. , .,. , ,,, ,,, t ,nflIrt ,. , ,, "" i li-- I'll" men ere understood te have quar- 1P,C1 1)lU Dougherty refuses te talk nheul the illieiH nil- .ill kii in. . . -- ...in ii. -i,i. charged with aggravated assault and incident. lie was held Imttf r.v U snoeting. CHILD'S CRIES SAVE FAMILY IN BLAZE Mnnnt Pnlirai'm Unci nA .. r ivm.vumuww.c Damaged and Twe Other fa U al,U ,WO Wlner Bu d mes lo-nite FOLKS GRAB ATTIRE, FLEE The ciles of .i.i M.nnePBf .n, aroused Mr and Mrs Jehn I.leyd. who f"und flumes sweeping tlielr home nr Hell re.nl and Mount Ilphrnim pike. Mount Kphraiui. . .1 . n, .:;n o'clock tl'i morning Mis l.lnvcl picked i the son Tree. "'. '".. vears ,i ,e i,a, npr) awakened bv smoke r.lnv.l aroused the "iner i-niKireii, Charles, twcnt.v : I Pur- roil, seventeen: Cinnui. tiflre,, I mi n e.l t -1. .. Marian The fire stnrte.l ln ,,, .,, nj, smoke ,v,,s pouring fin-.,, fh,.. .tn,rn, when the famllr started fnr ,hp fl ', "" i no, nan time te gaiher ,,ii ll Se me cieining, nut net te dress. After l lie veunger I'hildteii left with i eiglibers. I.levd had been nml Kiw elder s,,s fenn,,,! , klf llrlsn,,p Tr enure building was nMaf0 , , men arrived, inc'uilmg cmpnM1P, .' ninrbv i-emmiiniiles r '" The fire sp,e,1( i ,le u p f . nihnn n- :. '" 'ne l i i i '"'-UJiIPiJ in I rederlck .'.III4.-I, win ins cxiinguished ,!,. Smirks set fir, " the home of Mrs "M the onniislie i.i.. I rank .Merris, en th of the street, but firemen also iiii- locked Tim lliiiTitnn IIai.,1.. ... lllll ,1 linn .,f l,... ,. ' " "'I'.MIV " i.'iuis i irn i ..n..,n... ami piinipid wHer fim '-.- ii.-.i ri v H tulle leiv llrvn Mnur avenue. Ilurl.l.... n. : . eia n in The firs, fleo, ef.hebu d,; ecu b,i b the Ileul fmnil, -eutalned a r I nlliltlPtrl In l I I... i . . 'I'M!' :.;.' ..;"; ",M." ,,"i in re.i .-.,... , , , i.ukens Andersen less being estimated at Sin.O(M)' - (i inn I L' ItllW ilni...... I . r- . lllll IILII in BOY, 5, SAVES BROTHER Wades In Pend te Neck Trying Res cue, Then Yells for Aid Pive-vcar old Unrrv Williams tried te rescue his younger brother Willi,,, nda, when the tli.ee., c.r-eld I, f j nrrestr'!s'fl!r0nS,,,n''-" Imr Willi,..., OH...." VI .""' """'llei iH,'inetlng Michael j . ............ -n.iiiiii, SIIOIIICII fi for tin)., Jarrit.v, Seuill Hrondwey, Gleucesler. tiarrlt Jumped Inte the neml ,i,i ra .bed the drowning elil d. '"ft1 ,'' ' ed him te the home of ,s Iiarci" grnbbei rletl Mr. llTJZlJiV' 0,eu?wter, where rT WB M- ir.'wi-tf f. H ' $ 6 . NIGHT si tTM ? a'j. .. r U ' T Wm PRICE TWO CENTtf -stii jaamr 2 POLICE Bun K a 7 THUGS IN STI Six Bandits in Twe Autes Military Tactics in Firing Volleys :vjji XiHL ,1 WERE ATTEMPTING TO ROB cm Dtr at ietu AMn rtvcnnn OIUI1LHI IJIII MI1U UAI VII tf ,l Patrolmen Use Doorsteps fbf Breastworks and Believ & A ... . . v M Snrrie nf Men WnundBd "Sr'n i Twe pntielnien engaged In a pltehtd battle In which meie than 100 shot, were fired early today with six bandit who teserted te military tactics in SB1 Httempt te lob the drug store of LeulU rishmnti. nt the southwest corner of Thirteenth and Oxford streets. The pnlieltnen, who were unhurt though the tnrgets for n barrnge from revolvers nnd automatics, nie Cooper nnd T'ishcr, of the Clghtli nnd Jcfferfen stieets station The patrolmen believe some of the " bandits were hit by tne return ire which the patrolmen kept up. Hospi tals all ever the cit.v nie watching for possible members of the gang, who may come in for treatment for gunshot wounds. -v Believed After Alcohol The attempted robbery, the police be lieve, was In the hope of finding alcohol,- nnci unit unit was one reason why the bandits used two ears.. Anether reacen, the police think, is that the bandits had worked out a sjjqem of tnetlca and 1 brought along n second car ns u "cove I ering car" for the first. The patrolmen, covering their 'beat together nt V. :.",0 o'clock this morning for mutual assistance and protection, s.ivv ji smull tntirlnc enr dnrt out- nf'nn alley near the drug store, nnd step In i 1 Jeffersen street nt a point close enough 'I I te ee in cns.v tight of the store. v there were three men in the car, Coepcr-nnd Fisher hnd net been ob-1 served by them, ns they had bccn,staB4-T lng In deep shadow. ' The patrolmen were suspieleuH of, the men In the "ar. and crept toward them," hugging the deeper shade of thelieuee walls and crunching behind steps. As they advanced, slowly and nelselewly, another and much larger car came u te the drug tnie. and stepped directly: In front- Tlif,cn ,...... .!. . -.JL f nr llknu fin . fl Prpliararl t-- A1 .'',-1 When the second car had JrrivedtW' "' reuurrs evidently were ready for aetlefctr two ei tne men in the second car let - out nnd went te the store deer, which they tried, and. finding it locked, net' te work en it with burclar's tool. ;fMu.i third man remained at the vvheM MiMK4 nr i-muj ie maun a getaway nt a me, Wl ment s notice, 'l lie men In the small car made no move te get out. Thry produced revolvers, however, and were sitting erect and alert in the car, readyv te give battle If any one should trr te Intel fere. ! The patrolmen were net overawed at the heav.v odds against them. Theri worked out a little enmpaign of 'their own Thev determined te creep au clew' at tlie.v could v itheut being seen', and' tr.v te get the men at the deer betweeat them and the men ii. the guard ear. The patrolmen were seen, however., bv the thice men en guard. One of them put a whistle te his Ups, ,jUrh as the police iim nml blew- n shrill blast. , He M-nnelv had blown his warning' when he and the ethers in tile car be gan te sheet. The two patrolmen dropped behind itoersieps i ne two who iiaH been try- ,ll-., bleak into the drug store gath rr(,, , uieir tools .uid jumped into r ,r,ir ' in "rrp ,me.n '" fl,e m cir kept up ti brisk fire until thMr .nmpanien were in their machine it began te move. i Neighborhood Aroused Thereupon the two cars swung iste line and :is if bv prier agreement, ' headed out Oxford street, but net until I the men in ilie big car had get into,, the bntt e The entire neighborhood was areuiedv bv the rattle of shot. Though there weie sU against two, rhe patrelraen'i did net v ield nn inch Thev fired and leaded nnd tired again, taking careful mm and exposing themselves te get shots nt the robber band. ' s the two cms swung up Oxford' stiert the two patrolmen followed en the urn, still firing The machine' iiubklv disappeared, and when thn nlnim was given bv telephone nnd moteicvcle men from surrounding dis till ts senu'hed for the bandit enrs no tince of them could be found. VALENTINO'S BRIDE BIDS HIM FAREWELL Repert They Will Live Apart a While, Then Remarry ls ngeles. Mnv 1 ( Jy , p,)'i Winifred Hiidnut. known profes prefes smnallv nv Netnchn Hambeva, who wan mniricil lust Siitiinlnv at Meiirall Lewer California, te Itednlph Valen Valen tieo film neter, Inst night bearded, a tinin for New erk nt Pomona, tfilrty' miles cast of here according te in formation teceivril bv the l,os Angflee' i P.xnminer y A iiumhcr of persons accompanied, iii-i iii in.- .hi ii -iiiuue. jit- in. . gieup nccerding te Pomona nlcturf fins. wii Valentine, who bnde her an " .iflei inmate fnrewell The reiieil was ciirtent here that thii -1 il. e.irtine of Mis lliiilnii, fnm Vi .V: eik. where her father. Itlrliiirrl tlnA.. ., t lin t . is a manufai'tiirer nf perfume "' f.. II.... ml li. . ,11.1.. nil, n... 1.1. .-&,-T .. .' '"""' .n nun iniciniM'J thai the, would live apart until MJia uivercc nun iicciieip iinai, nna,iaea.v would lx remarried. t J .fpnn Afker. til m cictmss, fmm wl.fiw',C . .,:...: .....;..L", .,.' ..". -.-? tit. v meniiiie iiiiiiuiii'u mi imoriecutorr ajev '' crce of dtve.ee last January, and wk.- ucierding te Judges of the Hunerler Ceuit. lelllillllh lis eitn wife until ' IiiihI tier 1 1 Is enteicd. Js scheduled tefif tell the District Attorney uhM aM"K knows of the inattep teda . . 'hui'' ' . '.i.'.V I New Yerli. May IS HUv A. pEL3& ... e I ft. '..I .--i vxiliiireii iiiiuiiiii vnieiitllie. suit ten i.iiim inBi nigut, leaving nor DriucRreuiu, may iiass ner Uichard lludinit, nn the read. PWeaW.Sf ffSStiti etlices tetiny it was raid he had MOt; i been In for several dn.vs and 1$wEf$ tbeuuut in: iiatjBeiie te ! AnelivJLV'i - T .T..Trl': J n . -1 : y fr '-r.' . . .aT (fifl. .ffiB l U'ln i 'li fi? 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