$?i!Kw?y!Kw".&7.M:' , jfii , y?SWi,jjAvsJt5Sfr,' ivmitKv "J7fp. TJfmPrffMfiW 7; :- ' ' . y'"j- .- v r-a) r ''t v j'CEVtvjrfe nilrnteMlMWMi tlwrittyt - llltU w jtr i, . - r - '"'i. fwXXi: thaMe I1 ftMrtrMttns gentle; win, mostly 'Wert . . TftMrJUtATfcWIC AT KACII IIOttK fnl n.ue-j'u-tui'ii.ai a i 4 i si -VI70I71 IT4 170177 118 1, .III N , 'u 2X7: Mr? .rWMmmrn "7 ..' . 'I .rniiH II i litis "V wW ',HG riiBk. '..nV.nhM mKrWmi .' i ',1 " F"Ji' ; 6i.i IXMI7W .it.ii. f' ' iff? VI '-' S&ii nJ - T von yiiil no. 240 I?: l&J l'K'Aj.lnrn Fiind Used ie Sattle imct B :",:. ;v : j ; J$( Account in h-ittsDurgn, t Auditors Assert ' iur . rrv r 'RETURNED JKMXMTAFTER 4H. USING IT FOR 18 MONTHS Ufef , t. 4 '(i.itinnuMnl(h ftfirsS Taknn for ,i Vlffli"'""'" - -. - V .,' Trips te Heme Against, J' V r Legal Warnings iK, I COPIES OF CHECKS SHOWN ys Put Commonwealth Meney in i Private Account, .Is An An ether Allegation ' , , Ilarrlsburg, June Jl. Use. efStntc money upprepriaicti ier contingent ex- i periM of llie Stuti'.TrchMiry Dennrt- ment In n iimniirr 111 'Violation of liiw lby'Hnrmen M, Kcpli'ert wjjrn Stale 5 Trrnwirer I nllrzcil ln-n rcnert mntlt is te Auditor (Jpiipral 'I.ewln by Mnin & r ve. of l'lttsburxli, certified "public no- . , ceumnliiH, :iii(i tmniiut en uy'iiim 10- .dflv le Atteriipy Oencrnl Alter. 1 4TI10 iilN'sntlens Tnrcncrenipftiilpd b. 1 nliuiegniplix of i'Iipi m,v 1 accounts nml (ttqlpnuiitH from ljiiks.flirrb greuiw of cbtHs drawn by Mr. Kppliart en tin penlliiRciii fund nrp clted leRctliPi- wltli MtrarlH of lawn brniliiq en iicpeiintln:; for ninnry by publlr 'officers. Tn In lef. tlic report clinrgctliiit Mr. Krplmt't used n pnrt of money drawn 1 fiejn U ricVnrtmcntal, cetitingpnt fund ,te pay off pnrt of n uelc in the Freehold Wn,K, of IMttsburffh ; Hint he chnrged , efirfarc from Cennellsvlllc. IiIh home, te Hnrrlsburg, his efilclnl domicile, con trary te n ruling by the Attorney Jen (ral then lit office :.thnt he placed pub lic funds in nn account In which 1, K jleelnied there also were pcrfiennl Items; 'tlint he did net properly account for money drawn and that he sent checks Ue perrens for "special kcrvft-en" net (apparently connected-"with IiIb depnrt inen't and oneref whom' Informed an officer of the StntcM'ellcc., Department li never worked for the Jtyhtc. In nil the reiwrt deals with ercn ilicrks for SLM.'JOO iTrawn against the ''-tftntinnt fiind''between May 7. 1017, 'im1 Apiil .10. 1021. It callb uttehtleli te )thc net e 11)15. requiring fund id be dcpdnitcit liu thc'ttnine of the wiftpiepw palth -aid to.hectieiiH of; the tut of March '30; 18lW, known tts'thc "crimes act." ferbiddins lennlnc out i)f Stntueney or conversion, te piiyaU. ur of such funds. ' ,?fi,?r" 'ftj iiiSEpBi IlK QTITF HRH III w , ws aw 1 1 F V I J . t. i .nii- iu ni.i liai'..! i1 ' ub in niMin :' ii in. The allegations In detail are that, Iho checks, each for Jji.'JOOO, were de posited in a personal account of II. M. pepnart. This, the report states, was rMabllshed by inquiry at the Union Trust Company nt HnrrlsburK. where the checks were negotiated. "With respect te Check Ne. 400:'. ,-li the rimaunt of $500. which nlse p-4 pegrs te have been Indorsed by II. M. 'Kcnhait.V the rcnert snvs. "the. rub- Icr-Miiinp indersement indicates that 'Hip cheek was" paid lit the Fourth Street National Bank of Philadelphia. "We were Informed "upon inquiry at Continual en, Pace Twe, Column I'enrl MANY VACCINATED IN POLICE QUARANTINE Cue of Smallpox Found at 1936 East Thayer Street -Set rial hundred perkens were vac cinated today by police burgeons nidid by neighborhood physicians following the iliwevcry of n ense of Mnallpex at lfttjl Knst Tliuycr struct. , The victim of the disease Is IMwnrd linkle. who lives at thnt address with Ids mother, sister and brother. Mr. Hilliftn hepnmit HI Mntiilnv full lifter his return from n buines trip te i 'Hiuinerc. plijslclan diagnosed I lie ase as small pu nnd notified the Bu ieau of Health. The patient was re moved te the Hespltnl for Contagious uiseakes ljifu Sunday afternoon, the Heuse fumigated and the occupants, v.ic- i tr !n.st n'K'it. under orders from ,,. v. :.v "ft"i iiiim-T uiiiri-, im'iii i 119 Health TtPnni.(mAn. ,l,n unllnn ,.,l- I I'tw.l 1 .1 ,l'.'.-",1-ii ' '"i - iriieu the block in, which the sufferer men, put up ropes and established a Mttct quarantine. Karly today Teity- c 'in Kceus went from house te house, I ,. " nm occupants nun imiKing ."mii Duimiit te vaccination. The qn.ii fh'V; '"fted from ,'J o'clock until 8, lu district bounded by Westmoreland lA ,0,'l!,r'0 streets, Fiunkferd and Kensington ncnucs. RUMBlAST'lnTcOURT Bettle Explodes and Dry Aaent Gets a Real Lapful ni ..";' " v"Mr ..-. HHiiuii I., -... vM.,,ru ji nS evidence and u near n. '""""K Iho persons In (lie re6m. tC .I,r"SC('"'ien hopes that sufficient of ine mew was Hinved te press I lie cusp .,;i?L,Du'el) 'Idmon, a saloonkeeper ut',?18 bnnsem street, " (int.? bettl wns in " "nnds of n Th ,nTV,. nFnt wl,c" t exploded, the .k l,u y0 "Wnt In the car, and ing nnnii ef,the bJu,,c' aftw R(,'so' R(,'se' nini.l 'a.r(1, Jcswnded into his lap. S! tr,tliencend ShUtS f llU,8,U' r ROB DR. SOUS-COHEN '"e "Plosien of n bottle of home- i,!! bTr, '" 3uA' Thompson's court I the Inderal Building today jii"t be- "HP Ilenn r.nnuml f.Anu.A......,i ... ,i . inn sc " tout is le enter u stoic nml after mnk- ' let wounds In his chest, Is puswlin-f tin Reports Theft of S250 lug a small purchase present the spurl- pelice. Specialist Palntinn dii.. i e .Police lient . n.,,1 ii' """ "'a'". .Miic- ,.,ecery store at .'Wll .A Ifllu streei. ie- IT iciunsKi. -n in .ill nor s ree , te , , nun III,,, n trulilei ',,,,., 'a ,'i;:!0 o'clock this mernln- .Vf '.V I f ." ".". " ' '"""' ,V1'""1 " reei tiain ' - " '- " ""' "" "' "'T' "" "fflce Z le"-!' wilm i''i 2.VPt!.h " of erece. Irs. After she left he. leteflcd linliiy te see Ills ...ether In Poland. The icselu ion .perilled ,he fed.ra- in'. 1l,l,,' "l thlA would l?nv .3i ll","' r"'. ,'"8,I,",pp ,Wli wi.s son. bell, of Pnulshoie, ,. J. ,',. ,. ' ,iln, Twlili 's net er 1p, fir.1." " Mrert. nnd 1. toil ViJ.'i1' the counterfeit note The .nun aceempjinied Reguskl ten Hen should cause he In n ' bee. Impusslhle, as he drunk mera In u ' ,,',n,n' ' n '.' r"-,.v.:l"il,i'nV mi"' "l. Jurod who,, (he uuioiiie,e 'in which fit' 5 ' "Ic,t ,'e"'e bellHM is m nflnr wii 3ffl? '"i Areen Ing te police, e l.er shop- bank .yesterday, when, Reguskl drew be made, and Hint the etlicers, f the " '" '"", '",lf of '" H'luhl. V lice Ji'f." " ' '' 1i,", "?, J,,sl l!l'f!"'p ' H"'i' '''" rl.liiiis struck ,,,, aiiieln s - I-'lnullv. after smashing one ,,l.nL "'at time $, "''"l, ""inMe1 " ,et '"'epe.s In the neighborhood have been $11:81.1.1. After leaving ihe bank they found that u ban were le he placed oil '' ' l"id' been despondent nml I ml ' "' r '" 0l ,,l0IIH",lt,!n1 nd januucl th.y near Brooklawn. IO Te d ly gaVe It ui T lv SMmI ' . I..I1..., ,. ';irjjr' .,.,.,.. ,,., -U. , .. , 'iut,t,,iP:. aum .;; ,';;;, :';.;;;;.,, Ii',;;""' " ""'' ' "' .r" rKWxiturMn; -f"i .wi, ..ii"irilii & R; V 1 ") -t y pauc iy, ttt; iii u of rJalil, i "II ' ' JliaiSiafeliafMllil (Hll r- '- i-LiiIJ.t,feJ.. ,,,,.4; .t , S? . - Ll L J& , ' J--, J , AA'-u LLLiaLLLBBWsWHamjBsMiia -it'A,h'3M'-j.) Kn&rcd as, Bccena-rjim, .vitlei hi ls tndr lh Act of Woodward O. ICs Pinchet'a Stand en Assessments .Tame F. Woodwards Hecrefary of tnterndl ATl'nliH, and inmlnee for ic-elcctlen, Is with (llfferd Ilnt.het U'Riiitllng, itijtcxMmcniN, , "I nm In favor of Jlr. l'lmdiet's viand," he Mild today. "1 havcv never asked any emplejes In my de partment for campaign contributions nml 1 hitve never received any from them." AS BANDITS FLEE -i L. Police Sergeant Fights Four Thugs en North Twenty ninth Street TRIED TO ENTER STORE Discovery of four robbers, who were forcing nn entrance Inte the tailoring establishment of Harry Goldsmith. 1030 Xerth Twenty-ninth street, nt.,4 o'clock this morning, led te n revolver battle between the men and Police Sergeant Harry Smith, of the Twcnly-clghth and Oxford streets station. Mere than fifty shots were fired In the fight, vhlch extended for several blocks. The robbers escaped, although one Is believed te have been lnjurd. The thieves, wjie were In n touring car, passed Smith en Twenty-ninth street. lie wns In n shadow and evi dently they did net notice him. The automobile was driven te the shop of (Jeldiinlflii and suddenly nil the lights went out. Twe men left the cur nnd forced the screen deer of the shop, wlilie the ether two remained in the machine. Smlta nppreached the robbers quietly, keeping close te the walls of building!,. lie w'at withl.t a few feet of them when one of these acting as lookout shouted : "Cheese it, the bulls." The two men at the s-hop deer drew revolvers and fired at Smith. Smith returned the fire. One of the men In the car nlse fired. His com panion In the machine fired as Smith dodged behind n sign. Smith con tinued firing after the men as they poured shots at him. The rebbcri' car then started en Twcnty-nlnh street. Smith gave phase, tiring as he ran. Smith said he saw one man cellnp.se and fall in the arms of two 'of his companions. Smith pursued the men until his am munition was gene. They went down Twenty-ninth te Oxford and Jeffersen streets and then, turned west nnd out distanced their pursuer. Goldsmith said that six attempts te rebihis.place had been made, during the Iat-ycnr.-"y " ' 'v MAN JJRT IN AUTO CRASH Car Collides With Truck Near Blackwood, N. J. i Three young women nnd a man were injured and four men escaped injury when the automobile in which they were lctm-nlnc tn Philadelphia collided ' with a truck en Meui,t Kp::ri:r.: pike n Mlmliunnil. " .!.. nl :: nVleck tliU ' morning. i Tlic inlurcd are: Marie Moeie. twenty-two. 1IW Main sirrct, Mannyunk; probable frnrture of , t no nip and internal injuries; condition serious. ! Ruth Hern, twenty, of Scheel lane, 'Germantown ; body bruises. Betty Townsend, twenty-one, New Yerk Cltv; cuts en the legs, Jehn F. Bngncr, twenty-five. 1040 Neukirk strpet: head cut. The driver of'the nutomebile. Walter Hemphill, of Germantown, escaped in iury, ns did the driver of the truck, Vliifcnt T. Tonzena, nf Ancern, N. .7. The injured were taken te the AVest Jersey Homeopathic Hospital In Cam den. SEVEN ARE INJURED IN SUBWAY CRASH Reute 38 Car Bumps Inte Ne. 34 Coach at 15th Street Station Seven persons were injured nt 0 o'clock this morning wIipii nn pastbeund route Ne, 3R surface subway trolley cniHiirii nun uir rrnr i'i a crashed Inte tlie rear or a route .e O I ...... .11. !. n Ht.. n.(niii.n.ii ... ,!. i.ll L'Ul uiniiHilh'i' tir.--viim:in hi. iiiu t Fifteenth street station. Many tier- sons In blth enrs, who hnd risen te ! their feet prepartery te gelling off, were ! hnkcu up, I .Mis. rii Herencp Hutchinson. P.020 A- pen street, wns one of two ppmeus tnken tn the Hahnemann Hospital. She was , treated for bruises nnd nllewed te go te her home. An unldeutlhed man, suf fering from shock, also wns treated there. Four persons who were treated in n nearby drug store are Jehn J. Con Con Cen eor, net! Njrtli Forty-first street: Charles A. Miller, seventy-four jcars old, !tl!0 Neith Forty-first street; Ce celia Geldberg, 414SGIrnrd avenue, and Mnrle Harris, 70(1 North Thirty-sev-enth street, James l.azelle, a detective, nlded ill c.ilmlug the passengers, hater he dis covered tlint lie himself had been In jured about the chest. There was a delay of live minutes in subway trnicl. SWAPS FAKE 'GREEN GOODS' FOR REAL GREEN GROCERIES Middle-Aged Weman Leaves Wake of Spurious $10 Bills A mlddlc-ORPil woman of medium height is being sought iiy pellrc for '." '?..:." " .""t:;: ..'"';. ". i passing mii cuiiuiencii uuis en iseuiii i T'l.tlnilnliililn ximckccnci's. Hit ,.hu. mis bills in pajinent. ! BULLETS WHISTLE ie i ie i . ill sciiMucine. w no keens a uiihiiihv' " " ". " "" i-misiii, vtui. i ii'u ,i ,,., ,,i ,.r .....,. .i .t,,.,t , n... I in in. ,ii..hi.. n ..i . . "" "i i i-iuiiiii ier .mii i i- nua n m Mil ill- v hiiut ;: ;. .. .... p.trcie it Wll'.aJlphU, IV Hatch 3, I8T0 ' ON LEWIES SEEN Believe Pepper and Reed Will Agree te Abandon Assess m ents en State Empleyes IF THEY DON'T, NOMINEE - " WILL WAGE, OWN' FIGHT Question Will Be Settled at Meeting tyew in Session at Bellevue Jty GEORGE NOX McCAlX Gilferd I'inrhet's emphatic stand In refusing-te agree te the assessment of political officeholders for the purpose of financing the State campaign has been the one great hope of the Demo cratic candidate for Governer, Jehn A. McSparran, his advisers and friends. They net only have predicted, but they have advertised nnd boasted, that the Republican State Committee and the ether candidates would oppose Mr. l'lnchet's views. That every clement in the party would collectively demand that the time-honored practice of "soaking" the Job holder for an assessment would be continued. But the Democratic leaders, their prophets and Jilgh priests -of chicanery probably will experience u definite dis appointment today. They have been figuring en n rupture In the Republican State organization. They arc looking for n cleevage in the ranks thnt will be of the greatest .mate rial advantage te their ticket. Hut the hoped-for rupture, eleavnge, split, or whatever the dealers in politi cal wares may call it, In all likelihood will net materialize. The Democrats arc destined te dis appointment. Virtually all of the troubles that leccntly have loomed up ren the Re publican horizon will disappear into upucc tills afternoon it is forecast. At 1 o'clock at the Hcllcvue-Strntferd there began a conference and luncheon. Gifferd Pinchot, bend of the Repub lican ticket nnd candidate ier uev erner, was present, ipgemei wan Wnnnlnl- I'ennpr. 1,'llltnd StntCS.SenatOr" lal Candidate Majer David II. Reed, Secretary Woodward, of Internal Af fairs: Judge Gawthrop, candidate for the Superior Court; W. Harry Baker, chairman of the State Committee, and Mrs. Barcluy II. Warburton, its vice chairman. r .The conference was advertised te dls- rcuss campaign measures. - In reality It was. called te dls dls cu,ss,frem every angle, the question of campaign finances.' Heading the list was the query whether thmOQOO. mere or less, Repub lican nlnceheidera In Pennsylvania should be forcibly separated from n' substantial percentage et tueir annual Income te help finance the approaching campaign. That is the real question nt Issue. Shall Political Assessments Prevail? Senater Pepper and Majer Reed have tentatively indorsed the assessment scheme. Helding n favorable attitude toward the Idea, they have, nt the same time, been cnnnlly careful net te give te It tiielr whole-hearted Indersement, It is possible that the enthusiasm manifested by Stnte cmple)c. as re ported from Harrlsburg, ever Mr. Pin Pin chet's position en assessments may have Its reaction en Messrs. Pepper and Reed. It Is an absolute and foregone con clusion, though, that 4hclr decision will settle the question. If they come out openly for the prac tice, give it their indersement and dele gate te Chairman linker tlicXnutlierlty te demand nnd collect, under penalty of dismissal, the usual percentage from every .State empleye, the old. brutal, inconsiderate, indefensible n;id degrad- Innllnurd en I'licr l'eur, Column four ,PRTTY GIRL'S TEARS NEARLY WIN.FREED0M Shoplifter Released, but Nabbed Again as Fugitive Frem Heme A tearful pica befem Judge Henry bv a pretty eveiiteen-yir-eId girl (IiIh nierning that It wns the first time she had been In trouble, almost wen her J Hen Unit she had escaped fiem life freedom en parole. Midden tniermn Heuse of Geed Shepherd five weeks uge halted her ns the left the courtroom. I s,, wns tficn committed te Stntlngtuii ' iVvniH I The elrl. who save IiPr name as 1,11 linn' Jerdan, and address ns BUI Seuth Colerado sticet, but whose rcul mime, Is Rese Dol.ce.-wns arrested en a charge of shoplifting. With her at tile time wns llcleli Davis, with whom she fled from the home. The neccssnry S.IOO bail pending the hearing tedny was furnished Helen, but her compan ion has remained in City Hull. Tedny she told a patlirtlc story. She had worked in n laundry , made little meiiev, nnd had se great u desire ftr prettv dollies that she hnd siirnimbed te the idea of btenling, she sobbed. I After a long lei Hue the judge ru. ' leased her. but she was rccnllid before she lenehcd the stieet. The ether girl I did net appear for trial. MAN DEAD, CASH GONE; . MURDER SUSPECTED Cousin of Victim Asks- Police te Find Companion en Trip Frem N, Y, The lien th last night of Wudys.W ltnsuskl. 22liS Itrnnihwliic street, found ?..."" ..... ii .,.., . ;:.::. n'i" "" m .uviiuuwh avenue and Heed street, with two bill.' urtr lives iiiium up neve l Hie mail PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1922 Tails Russia's Plight 'v?itXt r?ii.i,t!t x LKOXAHDA ZAJEWSKAYA Noblewoman, who declared in ad dress nt City Club that ether coun tries can save Russia by resuming trade relations OF KILLING SPOUSE Daughter, Who TUrns Against Marie Bessarabe, Found Net Guilty SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS Ily the Associated Press Paris, .Tune 'Jtl, Madame Marie Bes Bes saraeo, poetess nnd playwright, was found guilty today of the premedltatcd murder of her husband, Geerges, whose body was found concealed In a trunk at Nancy two years age. The court found there were cxtcnuntlng circum stances and sentenced her te twenty yenrs' imprisonment nt hard labor. Her daughter by her first husband, who nlse was en trial, was found net Rullty. The principal motive of the murder, It developed nt the trial, wns the ef fort of Madame Be.arabe te obtain a commission f C00.000 francs due te the IiusbamLfer oil concessions In Mex ice, where they lived prier te 1014. The first husband of Madame Bes Bes saraeo. Paul Jacques, te whom she was married In Mexico, committed suicide In Paris under strange circumstances In 1014. Just before the case was given te the jury today the daughter, who was accused with her mother of killing M. Bessarabe, broke her long silence, accusing her mother of committing the deed two years age In their Paris apart ment. She said the body was packed in a trunk and checked te Nuncv. M. More-Giaflferi. attorney for the defense, who had urged the daughter te tell the truth, then turned te the mother, saying: "Confess or 1 leave the courtroom." The daughter. Pauline, told the Court that she wanted te call the police, but the mother persuaded her te drag out Bessarabe's own trunk, in which the two women the mother with her right nrm useless from diwnsc jammed the body. They then carried It down dewn down slelrs, took it from one station te an other, and finally shipped it te Nancy, Beth mother nnd daughter after their arrest In 10U0 made n seiles of con cen con fcsslens, br.t Inter repudiated them. Early in the irlnl Pauline sold there was a secret, hut her mother would net let her tell it. Today's last sterv confirmed the first story which the woman told. Madame Bessarabe. who ns n nnrniUf is known ns Hern Mlrtel, maintained tlic coolest self-puscslen throughout the trial, but when she wns accused in open court by her daughter she rose, and, livid with anger, began a con fused statement, attempting te show that the body in the trunk wns net that of her husbnnd. Finally her story beenme se .unndeiing tlmr M. Moro Mero More Glnfferi hnd the court adjourned te continue efforts te secure a confession. ASSERTS FUTURE PARENTS CAN HAVE BABIES TO ORDER Dr. Hobsen Believes Sex Determina tion Will Be Highly Developed Chicago, June !!. (By A. P.) Babies te order will net be unknown te future generations of parents, accord ing te Dr. Snrnh M. Hobsen. m-Psiilcnt f the American Hoinrepnthlc Institute J" ratcrnlty. Dr. HeImhi j h'H?t tliut present peri jlPtcrniliinllen of sex wl r riiii'(iiii, . it. iiimi-iiii riri-,HNr(j nie nienlH in the ill illtimutelv Ul' dcvciepcii e n siiiie ei prncticiil use fulness and that the sex of n child will be letermineil b the pnreuis ns a matter of ceuise. "It will net be In my time."- she Mild, "But 1 believe it is coining and thnt it is a geed thing. Ne family should be composed of all boys or all girls, Childieu of both sexes should mnke up the normal family." Dr. lte.al S. Ceneland. HertlHi CVim. missieuer of New Yerk, asserted in nn Uddress that there arc J1..00 men and women In the 1 lilted .States who are luer,c ,,,,u" V"" ,',u!"'r,,1t, ,J(,f,l's "l'1- " f,n,,4 ,,,mt, ''-v r'Ui ,ivi"s 'J"d right thinking ihe average person sheud live 1 ,be,il "undrcil with "p.ic uiidlmined ""(1 "'" "'ral fun-fs unabated." LAbUh r-tUbrlAHUN UKUkKS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PROBE Alleged Discrimination Against Jews te Be Investigated Cincinnati, June 21. (By A. 1'.)' Without dlhciisiten or opposition, the Aineriyiu Federation of hnber conven tion tednv adopted a rcseliitluu favor ing nil invest Ignt Ien of "the alleged OlMTlmlmi ery uctlnu whlih U snlil te be cfliitcmplutcil by Hmvartl College" le bar admission of llebiews ns un dent '. i The icMilnilen declined tin, fedora- BllllllllllllllHBPiwv7?v,-i'' ''TV. MlllllflflillllllllllllllllllKa KmtKazrt CONVICT POETESS WEEKS FAVORS ID BEER War Secretary, at Chester, Again Raps Congress as Dodg ing Will of. People. . ASSERTS-WET CANDIDATES WILL SWEEP ELECTIONS Receives Honorary Degree Frem P. M. C. With Senater Pep per and General Chamerra A liber ll interpretation of the Eighth eenth Amendment wns ferp(;iikt today by Secretnry of War Weeks, who slated if he weie in Congress lie would vote for light wines nnd beer. Spurning te hide ills views simply because he Is a member of tlic Presi dent's Cabinet, Mr. Weeks bluntly re pented his nttnek en Congress In nn Interview nt the Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, where he received nn honorary - degree. It was similar te one which inlsed n congressional storm of pietest recently. In th" armory at the college Mr. Weeks told of the sentiment lie found In a tour et the country. "I speak my own mind and I don't care about public opinion," he as serted. "Just new Congress Is nt its lowest ebb in public esteem. I believe we arc getting nway from representa tive government. "Passing Duck" Is Popular "Congressmen 'pass the buck' n the people when they should be the spokes men for nil the people. Representntlves and Senators alike should co-operate. It takes training te be a legislator." Secrctniy Weeks wns in Congress from !!)(). le 1010. the Inst six yenrs as Senater from Massachusetts. "If 1 were in Congress new. 1 would vote for n modification of the Yelstcnd act, permitting H:;ht wines and beer. I see ln-tlie times n" mere liberal inter polation of the eighteenth amendment. ''The people eventually will have their say and sentiment undoubtedly will manifest itself In the next elec tion . I find sentiment is against the strangling restrictions of the Yelstcnd law. "In my opinion, candidates whd'fover amendments te the Yelstcnd act are sure of election. Regardless of ethics, the liquor question has resulted in widespread unrest. Says Weed Must Decide The Secretary was asked when Majer General Leenard Weed wns likely te return from the Philippines te become bend of. the University of Pennsylvania. "It is up te General Weed himself," he replied. "The War. Department would like him fe remain indefinitely In the Philippines. He has the situation well in hand there. Whatever arrange ments lie has made' with the trustees of the University he is free te keep." At the commencement exercises, hen erary degrees of Docter of Laws were conferred en Secretary ccks. Senater Pepper, General Emlllane Chamerra, former President of Nicaragun and new Nicnrnguan Minister te the United Continued en Vane Twe, Column Tire "MEX PETE PASSES 176 Oil Stock Continues Its Amazing Performance New Yerk. June lit. (By A. P.) Mexican Petroleum continued Its nninz lug performance en (he stock exchange tedny. In the very carllug dealings It mnda n further ndvanic of .'PG peitnt te 173, from which it seen leneted 0 points. In the second hour another vigorous rise cnirird the stock a frac tion ever 170. Tills established n new high for the jenr and represent! d a gain of "0 points se far tills week. i Belief thnt the movement is pri mnrily directed ngnlnst a large shore j interest was ngniu prevalent in the iinnncinl lllstrict. In the oil Irnile. however, there weie rumors than the company may be absorbed by Pan- American Prtreleum, which already controls Mexican Pctieleum's stock. TO PARApEJNJARRELS Atlantic City Bathers Plan Pretest Against Mackintosh Law Atlantic City, June 21. Fifty guests at the Norwood Hetel plan te cover themselves from neck te knee lu barrels and proceed te the beach in this man ner ns a pretest npnlust the city's new mnckintesli Inw, which demands that bntliers be covered while parading streets, It Is staled that the spectacle will be staged either tonight or tomor row night. On their nrrivnl at the bench the barrel -covered bathers will park their outer covering and enter tlic surf in regulation bathing suits. "IS LOVE WHOLESALER" Pittsburgh Scion's Thld Wife Sug gests Club of Mrs. Graftons Bosten. June 21. "Jee Grafton pur- n,l mn liftfnrn v n lllilrrln,! Inn, I ..... married two ether women before hnr She has begun dherec praceedlngs, .She suggests a club be formed of Mrs, Graftons. "The papers call him n love pirate," she paid, "lie isn't a pirate; he's jutt ii wholesaler." DRANK POISON, DIES Alexander While. 2221 IVmheilen WINES sued me before we married. fnnd new ! rru h!'r ""own. which had borne him e.ny." this less," the lVK ...unted TCdd GeU B'0dy N'e a"d Then I'm going te pursue him nftcl- he has'0'! '"VTV i "V . '. ' ,Mi1,,,r "f ",10 'I'"'. n,l,1""0d te mere thun Sr.d ( oe tm Starts for New Bosten Heme . deserted me." asserted Paillette Leraino , 'ity fny1"11.;- Immle.l the Piln.c nn ad- during 1 1. llv-nl ,,.r ew cles,, ' Teildv. the Zoe's Infant hlnnn broke Grafton, once a Follies show girl and ,UX )l ,I""J'. te wl.jch the P. lure Asscrilng the question was ",, ,., !,,,. , S,h I and Mar L ff 'J one of the three wiles or Jeseph Donald spiled eMnessnK his plcnsu.e nl he- be prejudiced by the old nml w ,, , he world from lie top f V7r 4 Grafton, son of a wealthy Pittsburgh ln?JM ,,,, "'"clijiii again. .r.i nguinst subsld,." Mr Ha lu-niuk. I e Is en euie e he Boe. faintly. In her home here yesterday. 'I he return ng heir te the thiene wns urged that If thnl wns used "te awaken ' ,,s '"' "" ' ''" beVl t by b 4 The young gi.l said reports that she I jf; ; ;'.' '" W.w. ( ninit, public hes.llltj, ,, ,, cmphnsUe 1 u pennies of New Ki.Rlnnd SliUVll 1 .nllnnmln Mlll-llp ill l- Verb .. I folk Mill. II ft IT 11 t CIV lit 1)01 (ifllC 111 flllll'. "lVl IITO Sllllu I I'ln.r I...1... 1 V . , .1-..., ' M fnlse. After eleven months of married ' "T' ',' ,,J,,,"f. uicempunled by the losses of fifty millions n''jen'r for' in" Tlie mie-ien Infant, like mnnv chll llfp will i Criiflnu she lenrneil l.n i.,,,i . Willie e K, took a siednl train for adisiuilte serilce of no nni m,, ,,,.,..... .. i.n ,li-nn Mi l. .ln.,,.,,,l,..i , ', .- 1'ublUhcJ Unlit' Ksir.pl Hundnj' t Ceprrlght, 10Sa. ' Can't Believe It, " Cries Bride of Thieving Teller j , .. . Eighteeh'Year-Old Wife of William H.Phipps, Jr., Jenkintown Embezzler, Prostrated ' WHen Told of Arrest - "I can't believe it of my upright husband," said the pretty eighteen- year-old bride of William Phieps, Jr., member of a prominent Willow Greve family, when told he had been arrested for stealing nearly. SfiOOO from the Jen kintown National Bnnk nnd setting fire te the building. "I didn't knew u thing about It," said the girl, "until a neighbor brought a ii"wepaper this merninz nnd showed me nn iicceiint of ii. William went out last (veiling. iiylng he wns going te the. blink. t He illdu'i tome back, nnd I was uneasy about him, but 1 never suspected anything like this. "I've known him se long, nnd every thing about him. 1 always trusted him. he seemed se square and honest. I haven't the faintest idea what he could hnvc wanted 'the money for." Mrs. William Phipps. the boy's mother, was nlmest tee shocked by the arrest te discuss the ease. "He will net he of age until next month," 9he said. "He must hove been out of his mind te have taken the money. He and his wife were here last tvening for supper nnd went home early. It was after they returned thnt my boy was sent for by the bank presi dent. "My son alwajs wns a geed boy. It may be Hint he wns led te stenl by his desire te make his jeung bride happy, but I nm sure she knew nothing about it." Phipps, who Is under twenty-one years old, might have escaped arrest for the theft if he had net begun te spend mere money then Ills salary jus tified. Hp Is said te Iuitp confessed both thnt lie leblied Thi4 kink and thnt he stnrted a lire te cover up his theft. Theft and fire occurred Mny !5i. Phipps' nriesi i mT u pretty lemaniu in which nil the town wu Interested, III liiii!"- ilirv were married only In! LAST-MINUTE NEWS ' SOiOOO CLOTHING WORKERS LEAVE THEIR JOBS t NEW YORK, June 21. Fifty thousand workers in the men's clothing industry left their jobs throughout the metropolitan area today te force manufacturers te let their work out te regis tered union contractors, it was announced by Hyman Blumberg, chairman of the New Yerk Joint heard of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. GERMAN CIVILIANS HAUL COBLENZ, June 21. The American and French military police! are 'investigating an attack by German civilians en two French soldiers who were returning te their barracks near Berns Berns derf. The Beldiers were roughly handled, their injuries requir ing hospital treatment. PICE OF WALES HAILLD IN LONDON Royal Family, Premier and Throngs Greet Him en Re turn Frem World Tour FLAGS FLY IN HIS HONOR Londen.' June 21. (Bi A. P.) The Prince of Wales leturueil te Lon Len Lon eon tedny nfter an eight months' tour which took hlui te iniiii) distant hinds. He wns gieeted affectionately by King Geerge and tjueen Mnry. Prince Henry, Queen Alexandra and tuber members. of the rejnl household when lie nlightc from the special 1 1 nil) which bronchi him from Fbineuih. The letter, made public tednv. ex- Puddngtpn Station was ablaze with , pi esses cenfidence that a "verv 'furor hundreds of flag, among them the Stars nble reaction" will be encountered bv nnd Stripes, and ether deroratiens. The i members of Censres, who take the 1 distinguished party mi the platform In- , ministration's Shin Subside mil i. eluded Prime Minister Lle,,l C.oerge the , fore their cons,, e It I, r'.e is con! ii embers of the nblnet. the !ri siderntien by the Heuse. Mr , .Mayer, chiefs of the army. nny and cine fermn u,lrnli ... i. "' ""K nil- forces ami civic .lltMillnrles. .. ....'., V J"nL'"! r"wi1 " " lIn te Oiilslie tw. vlnllnii musses of clrll. I ---- ---.. -.-n . --.. slut Ien masses of civil ians struggled for a glimpse of the ---. -.. .... p ........ , ....,. UB Prince, while the streets along the .onto te the palace wee packed from I he early hours with crowds enser te ' join lu the welcome. Plymeulli. Ens.. June 21.-(lly A. ;. uv sess' en w " e e"?h. "" M I'.) An enormous crowd, assembled en tailed bv the' ( eve .,.,. VI 7!" Iho famous Hee. overlooking Plymouth i , b ' Ita. ' " harbor, greeted the Prince of Walt as , tual ly e , g et i .'e ,"u' 3, p'10,":'' "w'n- he Inmlrd here teduy iiem ine mime' EXCURSIONISTS SHAKEN AS CAR LEAVES TRACK ' ' One Truck of Seashore Train Jumps v ' ' JU"ip Ralls at Waterford, N, J. I Londen, i i ...,..r..i ,.r . .... :,..!. .. e.... ... .. ni p iiite i irn. r .... nnti iiiinni Uubcrllle'n Vrtt 0 ft Vent by Mall, by 1'ubllc l.dr Company December was Miss Mnry E. Merrow, one of the prettiest and ihes.1 popular girls In Ablngten. Fer tlic present they hnd been living with her mother, in a picturesque little cottage en Guernsey read, Ablngten. Thev planned te go te housekeeping seen, however. Phipps hed made first payment en n pretty house en Old xerls read above Edge Hill read, en the out skirts of Ablngten. They hnd net jet liMiiirlit ilir. furniture. 1m! honed te be lendv te move into the home of tueir own of which both had ilicnmcil by the end of the miiiiiiipi or by cnrlv fall. Phipps wns called te the bank office last evening, and questioned by Samuel h. Schivelv. the president, and detec tives. It was said by Mr. Schlvely thnt the youth had made a full confes sion, explaining that he had token the Luiency te cover up forgeries committed by him previously and amounting te about $1400. He had started the fire in the basement, he is said te hnve con fessed, in order te cover up tlic theft of the larger sum. The fire wns found at neon and easily extinguished, though net without much excitement. While the bank empleyes were scurrying nbeut with extinguishers nnd the bank wns ciewded with peo ple who enmc in from the street. Phipps, who was cmplejed ns a clerk In the teller's cage, Is snld te have gene te another department of the bank and taken the currency. Twe ether clerks were employed in the department from which the money wnB taken The les wns discovered when the cesh wns minted nnd n bal ance taken nt the end of the banking c'ny, the tame duy as the fire. The two clerks ca'lly cleared themselves of suspicion. Detectives were set te watch Phipps. It seemed te lliein thnt lie was living mere lavishly than his Income from fiiilnur.1 en ris Tour. Column lire TWO RFENCH SOLDIERS I HARDING LINES UP G. 0. P. ON SHIP BILL Shows Mastery of Party in In- j dersing Plan te Push Sub sidy Measure ASKS EARLY VOTE IN HOUSE i Washington. June 21. In a letter te Representative MontleH, llepubllean leader in tlie Heuse, oppreviii" the plan ' r,. .,,.,.. . , , .... ,. ler early tmssKP of the Ship Subsidy , Bill, President Iliiidluc niclfnllvl served notice ihat the parti must leek ,0 him for leadei shin. in i-.n uiiricini inn .. n . j. n. ;., "' ,." "r."". ' " ' eic lllinie. iiiiiiim v nitnn i. 'i'... iir liiit . cut te conference lK'"n i i... ,...' .. ' ,. .. . reaso'faverin'g VlnS! TZl, "! ! tills session, th, President, in hs Icttei m-i-iiircu uie ptiDIIC inteiesr would net IJespltc "even- .li-lvn , the pending measure contemplates m such eutln.v." The iu-,1 ,.,,(. i... ,.i problems te be met in the legislation, he ! said, ate the haiidling of "our shipping assets lii the highest ndvnutnge," and the establishment of nn ,.fli..i,..,i ciiiiui murine as nil ngencv of coin. Tt'l'S '"-V1 "" "'""-I'"'''!" rifinent of dofeuse, as well, - - , , ..,, iin'r- PRICE TWb0BW3P 1 DECLARES Margaret Reth, Chester, Glad Stere Manager Who Slew Chum and Himself Is Dead MURDER AND SUICIDE ARE RESULT OF JEALOUS RAGE Slayer Drank Weed Alcohol, Sev Fire teOwn Clothing, Then Used Gun TOWN STUNNED BY TRAGEDY Bookkeeper in Stere Says Mur derer Had Threatened Her With Knife Miss Mnrgnret Reth, of Chester, a friend nf Herbert Squibb, who wns shot' nnd killed there late yesterday bv Elmer Detrlck. snld tednv she be lieved Detilck planned te kill her nlse. Squibb, assistant maunder of the Wax Furniture Company's store at .11 West Third street, Chester, was shot through the heart bv Detrlck. man ager of the establishment, who sent three bullets Inte his own chest nfter drinking weed nlcoliel nnd setting fire te ills clothing. Miss Reth, n diiercee. who resumed her maidpn nnme, disclosed today thnt while Squibb was at her home yesterday ;,,ftPrnoen, Detrlck called there and df'- ninnilcd a talk with her. "He looked wild,"' sold Miss Reth. who said she peeped under n slindc ns the twenty-eiglit-yenr-eld store mnn aged steed en the perch. "My mother refused te let htm sec me. Then Her bert went out and ordered him off the perch." The young woman wns in the Ches ter Hospital at 0 o'clock last night when Detrick died nbeut four hours nfler the double sheeting. Squibb apparently had died instantly. "I Am Glad Detrkk Is Dead "I am glad Detrlck Is dead." SIlse Reth continued, "because If he had lived he would have killed me. tee. I believe he meant te kill me yesterday when he enine te the htV.se." A curious blend of love, jealousy and business rivalry indicating that Detrlck would have been an Interesting subject te the psyche-nnalyst was revealed by the young woman. She dented, how ever, that Blip nnd Snulbb were hivI. 'U 11 ,'lmMk m I'lMTOITl vnniin niiinnnrr W K luuiieumunuLL i 73 henrts nnd she said Detrlck was neUin y,! imp with lipr. . lee with her Miss Reth lives nt TiiyJer avenue and Fulton street, with her mother and iier sister, Bessie. Squibb lived nf 3:M Kerlln street add Detrlck nt I10." Parker street. The yeilng woman's ejes were red from weeping this morning ns In break fast cap nnd morning gown she told of ei cuts immediately prier te the sheet- I lug. Blamed Girl for Tragedy , j Twe notes left by Detrick blamed i Miss Reth for the tragedy. She wns questioned last night by the Chester po lice, but wns net detained, "I had known Squibb and Detrlck since March." she said. "I worked lu a store adjoining the furniture store nutt Squibb enme in one day te use n telephone. The "phene In the furniture store was out of order. It was around the some time that 1 met Detrlck. "Detrick never seemed le like me at all. but lie appeared jealous because I been me frcindlv with TTerhprr nml I invited him te mj home. We looked en Herbert ns a member of Iho family. He often nte his meals here and took i mother, sister nnd me te the motion picture theatre. "A strange feeling seemnl te levclnp between Detrick and Herbert. Ves. lertlny Heihcrt came te lunch nt our i house and stajed lrntil nbeut 2 o'clock. "It wns nheiit '2 e clock when Del k enme nil en the nnrch. Mether '''r'J cme un en the perch. went te the deer. nnui iiu jiuii mini; me ht asked him. "'I waul le apoleixbc te Mnrsnrpt. women said. ' 'Vn., ..., see Margaret,' mother told him. Wouldn't Lenie Ferth "Bui Detrlck would net leave ahe perch. I peeped nt him under the shade, nnd lie looked wild. 1 think lie had'ii reielver with him. Herbert went out nnd ordered him off the perch. He went away then. "I told Herbert he shouldn't have done that, but he icplled Detrlck was a ,'(J,Jnr'1 "' 1,eurt "mI 'H'ln't anything - .---, . ... --,....., - - . , , t. de "I)r,,,a left Xhm and a few mill- Cenllnurd en rase l'eur, Column titrm BABY HIPPO 'ACTS UP' 1 WHEN HE LEAVES ZOO lave III I he Presence of rnmninr. Hence nunc trouble nt the Zoe before the start. '''' l''Si" "hit. Teddy hnd been drlllc I "ulklng into n specially eenstrudel t nee of two-Inch nlmiks. In nrnnamilni. "" "is journey, lie wniKed in quttly ''"""K1' . "' lw,l,,1l',' f"'l tin- uige was te be heisted te n truck he changed bin mlml nbeut leaving mother - ,, , fv- .. .-.. ''.. v' '"SI jm m v 7
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