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VOL. VIII. NO. 260
ARCADIA CHEF;
6lmenini, Once Servitor te
Kings of Greece and Italy,
Wounded in Bedroom
WIFE IN "LOVE TANGLE"
ENTERS HOUSE BY A RUSE
Her Husband, Manufacturers'
Club Chef, Had Left Her
Because of Affair
AVENGING HONOR, SHE SAYS
Victim Pursues Her te Anether
Roem and Crabs Her as She
Presses Pistol te Temple
Jnepli SImenlnl, assistant manager
ef the Arcadia Cafe and formerly n
chef te royalty, wai shot In the stom
ach, chest and arm today by Mrs. Ma
rie Cechct, who then tried te sheet
herself. SImenlnl is In a critical con
dition. The attempted double killing occurred
en the third fleer of 1011 l'lne street,
where SImenlnl had a front room, and
Henri Cechct, chef of the Manufac
turers' Club, nnd the woman's hus
band, occupied n rear room.
Simenlnl, ence chef te King Con Cen
stnntlne of Greece and Inter te the King
of Italy, was lying in bed at 0 o'clock
this morning when tiic woman, who
had been living apart from her hus
band, gained entrance te the house by
a ruse.
The frenzied woman, who later told
Lieutenant Relshnw she was avenging
her honor, fled te the rear room, pur
sued by the wounded man. She said
she intended te kill her husband and
then tiny herself.
Weman Fires Six Shots
She had fired all Fix (-hets in her
revolver, three bullets lodging in a wall
la Shnenlnl's room,
Cechct was in a batfiroem en the sec
ond fleer when he heard the shots. He
rushed upstairs mid saw bis wife in
his room with the revolver pressed te
her temple. ,
Simenlnl, with bleed flowing from
his wounds, was trying te grapple with
the woman when the husband dashed
into the room. Cechct plucked the
weapon away from his hysterical
wife.
"He crewed my path, be crossed my
path!" the wemuix walled ns I.euis
Mesa, owner of the apartment house,
and Nellie Cooper, a colored maid,
ran upstairs and helped te subdue her.
Mrs. Cechct, who icturned from a
Uit te France three months age, lived
at 320 Seuth .Smedly .street with her
nine- ear-old son, Henri, Jr.
Several months age the husband re
fused te live with her any leneer, ac
cording te the police. 7'ie (inspected she
was Intimate with SImenlnl. but Mrs.
Cechct insisted the ex-chef had forced
uls attentions en her.
Husband te Stand by Her
After the sheeting, however, Cochet
took a hiwjcr te City Hall for his wife.
"I will stick by her te the end,"
he -aid as he left the office of Cuptaln
of Detectives Sewlcr. "I think she did
perfectly right. Ne jury in the world
will convict her when they learn all the
circumstances of the case."
Shortly befoie !l o'clock this morning
Mrs. (eehet, it pretty brunette about
thirty-three years old. left her S dlev
street apartment. She kissed Henri,
her son, and told him te go te an
address en Seuth F.lshth street if she
had net returned by f) :!!() o'clock.
Her apartment is just around the
corner from the l'lne street house,
which she i cached about I) o'clock. She
fang the bell and Mesa responded. Twice
before she had threatened te kill her
husband and herself, Mesa related later,
.but Cochet paid no uttcntlen te the
alleged thrcnts.
"I have some important letters for
Continues! en Pjc Twe. Column hewn
DRYS STOP SENATOR
"First Time I Have Ever Been Held
Up," Says Dillingham
Mentpeller, Vt.. July 15. (Hy A.
i.')7ljii,c!1 Stll,,'s Senater William
v I'llllnglinm, while metering ever
"x1 lWtcibury-Meutpellcr lead ic-lcr-ay,
was stepped by customs eiliceis
wiie were scutching for buetlcggeis.
henater Dillingham's only lemment
i ll!,s11" '" sl time I have
rcrieme." Ul'0n intK,cMtt '
.?''? l'lls"'mH officers' activities In
Marching ether automobiles .luring the
"" .Melded twenty cases of liquor.
SHOOTS AT INTRUDERS
E. Thompson St. Man, Aroused by
Burglar Alarm, Thinks One Hit
Alexander Stepnnwskl, -1157 East
inompsen street, emptied his revolver
two seiing men he saw In the yard
or his home at 1 :10 o'clock this morn mern
jjjK and thinks be wounded one of
Stcpnnwskl had his house equipped
Jn a burglar alarm following a nib-
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t I?,""''' r ' ',". fl-lKllt.MIL,! lu
ce? . 'i Pf, "'" '"" "'" trjliig te
he .,. "";'"-"'" me alley when
told the
"i me iiolke,
greuueu as though
he
I ueen l;
hit.
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m had
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i?T,IKNTS TO HU1T KVPHV Titair
fialr"1 eVnVuWnWV1 " ""
atlen nn c-i"li'"n.'' " Ali'irtmri'i tlma.
"tlen en
Pia 10 and 2QKJ.tlv,
WOMAN SHOOTS
TRIES SUICIDE
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HOUR
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Entered an Secend-ClMi Matter (it
Undr the Act of
Shet by Weman
.JOSEPH SI.MONIN1
Arrndln Cnfe cluf and former
servitor te the Kliis of Greece and
Italy, who wn.s seriously wounded
by Mrs. Marie Cechct. wife of tbe
Manufacturers' Club chef
N. I RUM CARAVAN
SEIZEDJN NIGHT
Three Men, 2 Autes, Truck and
$15,000 in Liquor Nabbed
by State Troopers
DRIVING WITHOUT LIGHTS
Moving slowly through Seuth Jersey
with no lights te show its approach, a
caravan of liquor was brought te a halt
shortly before dawn today near Ham Ham Ham
monten by the New Jersey State police.
The enrge, valued at ?1 5.000. was seized
and three men In charge of It arrested
and sent te Mount IIellv for n bearing.
The three men arrested gave their
names as Jehn Ilogiane, driver of the
truck; Angele Senile nnd Ferdinand
De Stefnne, drivers of the ether cars.
Twe ether men, riding ns passengers,
one en the truck, the ether in one of
the touring cars, were held as wit
nesses. One of the men said his nnme
Is Jehn MctJinness. The ether's name
was net learned. All the men arc
I'hiladelphians.
Ilogiane exhibited n permit te move
the liquor fiem New Yerk te llalti llalti
mere. Agent Cnrllne declared be does
net believe the permit is genuine.
Lieutenant Jehn S. Stlrkler and five
troopers with State Prohibition Agents
Cnrllnkc, Adams, Geed and Kennedy,
had been watching the reads in the
neighborhood of Hnmmonten for sev
cral days. They beard the faint mur
mur of meters coming along White
Herse pike, but no sign of nnything
approaching.
Finally an automobile with lights out
loomed up before Lieutenant Stickler.
He ordered the driver te step. An at
tempt te dodge past was abandoned
when four ether police jumped from
the bushes nnd emphasised the order.
Twe men In the car were held uleng
the roadside until another car a few
ards in the rear arrived. It was also
stepped and two mere men were lined
up bMde the first two.
The men were Indignant. They de
nied being In col'uslen with bootleggers,
but Stickler was unmecd.
A few minutes later n large motor metor moter
truck nlse with lights out appeared out
of the darkness. The driver was or
dered out. The truck apparently held
a light lead of bay, but when pulled
aside the police discovered scores of
discs of liquor of various brands.
Liquor in the touring enrs wus cev
ered with tarpaulins, lhe curs were
big and valuable machines of famous
makes. In the (enbignment were cases
of high-grade Scotch whisky, a quuutity
of gin, Mini some plain aicoiiei.
According te tbe police and prohibi
tion agents, the shipment Is only one
of many, nnd ether arrests are ex
nected. When the cars enme Inte Mount Helly
a great crowd gathered, many ejes being
cast longingly at the necks of bottles
showing from broken cases. Chief of
Police flasklll summoned his reserves
and with the Statu troopers formed u
cordon,
The men arrested will be arraigned
before 1'nlted States Commissioner
Haines at Mount Helly lute today.
BAUGH GETS $50,000;
DROPS WILL CONTEST
Family Settlement Concedes Testa
mentary Capacity of Widow
Paul 1). Ilaugh, son of Daniel lliiugh,
who died in Palm lleaeli, I'lu., mere
than n j cur age. has withdrawn the
contest of his father's will for !?5O,000
cash. The estate, divided among num
erous heirs, mounted te S5,(l(lll,00().
According te the agreement, made
June HO. and new a mutter of record
nt the elliie of the Cleik of the Orhpuns
Court, Paul I). Ilaugh covenants net te
mutest the piesclit or fiiltlie will en
any ground.
Following this family settlement,
which concedes the testamentary ca
pacity of Mrs. Anna Willis Ilaugh,
widow of Daniel Ilaugh, the disc wus
remitted U the Hcglster of Wills and
the pi iiMite? stands.
Ilaugh Interrupted his houe.Miieon te
contest the will nlne months after It
was admitted te piebatc. He recelwd
In the original will a trust fund of
.SL'OO.OOO, which jlehled about $10,000
a j ear.
HELD UP BY AUTO BANDITS,
LOSES WALLET AND CARDS
Thieves Flee When Car Appears,
but Disregards Victim's Hall
Thiec men In an automobile held up
James Mclvcnim, .'1017 Fex stieet. at
Twenty-ninth and Somerset striets,
early tedny and get only a wallet con
taining -dirds for their ..trouble.
Pilcl.ctt. who weiks until midnight,
was icturiiing en feet te his home
when an automobile pulled up beside
him and a mini jumped out, pointing
a reveher nt him with a command te
"slick 'em up." With the aid of one
of lhe ethers, his pockets were gene
through, and upon the impcuiance of
another machine the bandits tied. The
machine t lint frightened them refused
iiHsintiiuce tu McKenw tud pu en mere
speeu.
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tcuenmg ffubhc meeget
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March a, 1870
IKESJjl POST
Banker Agrees te Head Finance
Division of Sesqui-
Centennial
ELECTION OF MR. B0K AS
PRESIDENT SEEMS CERTAIN
Changes in Organization Will
Take Place at Meeting of
Directors Monday
Edward T. Stotesbury, head of
Drcxcl & Ce., has accepted the presi
dency of the finance division of the
Sesquf-Centenlnnl.
After conferences with vnrleus di
rectors and an understanding ns te the
future conduct of the affairs of the
world's fair, Mr. Stotesbury announced
te directors that tie would be glnd te
co-operate in mnking the fair a suc
cess. His election Mendny at tbe di
rectors' meeting is assured.
Mr. Stotesbury gnvc his fellow di
rectors te understand that he always
had been in favor of the plans for the
fair project and that he was glad the
present difficulties had been smoothed
out nnd an amicable understanding ef
fected. Although nothing has been made pub
lic regarding them, there have been n
number of important and private meet
ings between directors in the last week
nt which much constructive work has
been accomplished.
Mr. Stotesbury is said te have been
in direct communication with Edward
Hek In Mnluc, nnd with the announce
ment of Mr. Htetcsbury's acceptance,
the way Is new paved for the election
of Mr. Uok as president Mendny.
Air of Optimism New
There wns n distinct nlr of optimism
nt fair headquarters today ns a result
of the quiet but effective work of the
'few days.
Election of Mr. Hek ns president and
Mr. Stotesbury as chnlrmxii of the
finnnee division Is rccemmen'Wd in n
report prepared today by the fah- asso
ciation's Organization Committee.
It will be presented te the directors
ut their meeting Monday.
A series of recommendations will be
fentlntiril en Twee Four. Column Four
ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED
IN GRAND PRIX AUTO RACE
Felix Nazzaro, of Italy, Wins Moter
Classic In Recerd Time
Strasbourg, July 15. The eighth
grand prlx meter race here today
resulted in the death of ene man and
serious Injury te another.
Felix Nazzaro, of Italy, driving a
Flat, wen the event. His time for the
distance, a fraction under 500 miles,
wns fl hours 17 minutes II second nnd bis
average, 1127.7 kilometers nn hour, a
new grand prlx record.
The former record of 125.72 kilo
meters nn hour wns established by
Jimmy Murphy, winner of last year's
race.
Ilingge Nazzaro. one of the leading
contenders, was severely injured and
his mechnnle was killed by their car
turning turtle when in third position,
three laps from the finish. Uordlne,
another Italian driver, who was leading
practically throughout the race, hud
meter trouble toward the finish. .
Iteperts of the accident te Illagge
Nazzaro's car were conflicting, one tlmr
.yuzaTe ws kuieu nun ins mei'linniciiin,
(lermiine, severely injured.
Devlscnvu. in a French enr, n
DugnttU finished second. Ills time wns
7 hours 15 minutes II seconds, .Marce
alsl driving n Hugnttl, finished third. '
OLIVE THOMAS HAD$27,644
Husband, Jack Plckferd, Yields
Claim in Her Mether's Faver
New Yerk, July 15. Olive Themas
Plckferd, wife of Jack Pickford i..i
like her husband, n motion-picture
plajcr, who died of poisoning In Paris,
en September 10, 1020. left a gross
estate of .'7,01)4. The transfer tax np
prillsul of her estate filed ill the Sur
rogate's Court places the value of the
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nvi uaiuii: in. iriiuii, consisting ClllClly
of jewelry and ether personal effects.
The. entire net estate went te Mrs.
Plckferd's mother, Mrs, Lercnn Van
Klrke, of St. Leuis, Mr. Pickford re
linquishing all claims tln her favor.
Frank Kluxen
and Gees
I.ST0T ESBURY
Bey of Fifteen Coelest Persen in Morristown
Courtroom When Jury Acquits Him of
Murdering 11 -Year-Old Girl
By a Stnlf Correspondent I
.'Morristown. N. .1.. July l.r. Fran
els Kluxen, .'Id, fifteen jears old,
caught for a time in the grip of a super
criminal situation which would chal
lenge the skill of n superdetectiie or the
searches of a jisycheanalysi-t, is free to
day at his home in Madisen, near
here, after huving been acquit ted of the
charge of murder In the first degree
arising out of the death of an clccn-yeor-eld
girl.
Free te go back te his hunting nnd
fishing, and te his rearing of pet rab
bits le Ills viholesemc outdoor life
after having been In jull en the charge
of driving a knife twenty times into the
threat nnd body of little Juliette Law
rence, his playmate, en the evening of
October 0 hist nnd then leaving her
dead, te go hemr and play en the
kitchen llnnr with Ills deg, llrewnle.
When Charles Spengler, a real estate
man, foreinnnef the jury, neneusly
gulped out the words "Net guilty" Inte
jesterday afternoon in tlie ciewded
eourtieom of the Merris County Court
house, just as the slanting rays of the
sun were splashing through the edd
Colonial windows, he released nil the
pent-up feelings of the county Inte the
second cllinux In this most remarkable
drama.
Only three months before, anethsr,
IWBBIV'' JP?SF:& ww:
PHILADELPHIA, (SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1922
BRIDESBURG MAN
, DIES IN AUTO UPSET
Crushed After Docter Tries te Avoid
Stalled Car
August Miller, forty years old, Bris Bris
eol street near Itlchmend, Bridcsburg,
wnfi killed early this morning in u mo me
eor accident in Welsh rqad. near Beth
ayres. Dr. C. W. .Tudd, Hlchmend
street near Bristel, a neighbor and
friend of Miller, was severely cut by
broken glass.
Last evening Mr. Miller, passing the
physician's house, saw him and stepped
te chat. The doctor suggested that
Miller go along for a ride.
They drove out through the country
nnd were going ever Wclsii read wheji
n Ninnll touring car loomed up in front
of them without renr lights and stalled.
Dr, Judd swuug his car sharply te
the right te escape a collision. His ma
chine climbed nn embankment, but he
swung it safely round ngaln. It turned
ever, however, pinning the physician
and his passenger inside.
Miller evidently had put his head out
of the window ns the enr swung past
the stalled machine te see if they would
clear It. As Dr. Judd's ear turned
ever Mr. Miller's head was crushed
between the window frame and the
ground. He must have died Instantly.
The motorists In the stalled car get
the machine going nnd callously drove
nway nt full speed.
A few minutes later another car came
along, found the overturned machine,
and helped Dr. Judd, who had crawled
through the broken top, te cxtricute his
friend.
n
FEEUNnULLY"
Won't Discuss Marriage Pros
pects of Daughter, Ner Say
Anything of Canna Walska
ALMOST MISSED HIS TRtP
fiv Associated Prrn
New Yerk. July 15. Hareld F. Mc
Cormick, of Chlcnge, former head of
the International Harvester Company,
snlled for Europe en the Olympic to
day, feeling "bully" after an operation
he underwent recently In Chicago.
He willingly discussed such personal
nffalrs a's bis own health, but when
It came te talking of his daughter.
Mntbllde, and the prospects of her
marriage with Max Oser, Swiss riding
academv master, "that's a little tee
persennl," be declared. He added,
however, that his daughter was net
sailing with him.
As for (inniia Walskn, of grand opera
fame, whose name has been mentioned
with that of McCermlck ever since he
was divorced from Editli Rockefeller
McCermlck n few months age
"Beys, I can't discuss It." he said.
"Yes, I'm feeling fine. Bully. Never
better in my life."
And he junlped from his Rent en the
narrow berth In stateroom 01, away
down en deck E, te slap the back of the
reporter who complimented his appear
mice. Mr. McCermlck bearded the Olympic
at 5 o'clock this morning, six hours be
fore the gangplanks were pulIecT In
yet he almost missed the beat.
He left Chicago In such a hurry that
he forget te reserve a berth, se when
be get here yesterday the stateroom
chnrt wns filled and he had te be content
within little Inside room, the cheapest
of first-class bookings.
He nlse forget bis passports In his
haste te leave Chicago, t'p te three
minutes of sailing time, he didn't knew
whether the British nnd French consuls
would let him remain en the vessel.
Then, just us the plunks were being
lifted, a breathless redcap clambered
aboard, bearing the coveted document,
nil vised nnd ever) thing. They had ar
rived en the Twentieth Century Lim
ited. LOOTS NURSES' HOME
Thief Takes Jewelry and Clothing
Frem Jeffersen Hospital Annex
While four nurses were en the third
fleer of the Jeffersen Hospital Nurses'
Heme, 1014 Spruce street, Inte yc
terday. a thief ransacked the house.
Jewelry, clothing, n leather bag and
some cash were taken. j
The thief, evidently knowing that tne
third fleer was occupied, confined his
cuerts te ine secenu uoer, inaKing a
complete round of the nurses' rooms
there.
Is Freed
MTORMICK SAILS
Heme te PetsLs
Frank .Tnncnrek, a mnn obeut forty,
was acquitted of the same cnaige which
for months had hung ever the boy.
Iley Is Ktiildng Figure
In every respect, the crime, the at
tendant circumstances and the trial it-
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r.-4i ntir iiiiiinuai, ii net iimiri'cciieiiteu
In the annuls of criminals. 0i nf !
the iniuc of conflict und tlie interplay and Net en Murder Charge
of the Jancurek trial with that of the i Kvldence rensldeicd wiluable te the
Kluxen boy one thing stands out , Stat( m connection with the ,,iu rd er of
fJmriily and that is the boy him-elf. (..Ionest Jehn" Unmet, was give , by
"MUien the murder was committed. Mltry Miles Miller, n circus pei former
tram-In was fourteen ; he weighed J.'W ,, was questioned mere ban two
?' !m,?",1iUW "VL" fTi hT' i,"',m;S' ''ours today at Mount Helly by Dctrc?
in height. He new weighs 1,0 and is . tp p,s irkcr.
six feet tall. Ills was the me-t com- -m,.,. MiiUr m. lir.nn.lit ha t
..landing figure in the court room. Tall, I i.ftyk7rsb ,2" w Vh I t XJT'
inngy, olive in cemiiluxlun. with a i Jl', ui?'Me ' f".,J"v...",:i,t by
Him mill iiiuj ue visieiieci 111 tne future ,
lis the stieke of n mndtv crew nr -
plunging halfback, ills blue ees leek
straight iihead und squarely confront
all who tnlk te him; they pierce. As
he sat in the eourtieom. It was dilllciilt
te icullzu that he bad been in jail six
weeks or that for nearly a )car he had
been under suspicion of a most cruel
and brutal muiiier.
lie wus dressed In n dark gray suit;
one of the belted sports stjle, with but
tons en the pockets. His soft white
cellar mid shirt und blue tie were all
in harmony with his boyish air.
Fruncls, throughout the five-day
CeatlnutJ an Fane Twe, Column file
STORM ARMORY
flFTERSHODTIHG
Carbondale Meb Seeks Guns te
Avenge Attack by Rail
Strike-Breakers
DOOR FORCED OPEN BEFORE
POLICE DISPERSE CROWD
Sheriff Disarms Six D. and H.
Guards State Police
Are Called
Scranfen, Pn., July 15. One mrfn
wns shot and s'lghtly Injured In con
nection with the shepmen's strike nt
Carbendnle, sixteen miles north of here,
enrly today. He is Jeseph Wnlkcr, a
citizen, who wns en his way home when
be wns fired upon, It Is alleged, by
strike-breilkers and guards quartered In
n foundry of the Delawnre and Hudsen
Company.
The police claim fourteen shots were
fired at Walker and eight ether young
men.
An hour Inter an nngry crowd gath
ered and attempted te break Inte the
State Armery te get guns. One deer
had been forced open when police nr
rlved and dispersed the crowd. Later
the situation was such that deputies
were rounded up and sent te the scene
of the trouble.
Deputies Quell Crowd
After the deputies arrived the situa
tion quieted down. ,
The eungmen were en their way
home from a smii'l fire In West Car Car
eondnle when they were fired upon. The
Continued en Puise Four.
Column Three
SENATE DEFEATS DYE
EMBARGO EXTENSION
Prevision of Tariff Bill Is Voted
Down by Vete of 36-32
Washington, July 15. (By A. P.)
The Senate tedny rejected. 30 te 32,
the prevision of the tnriff bill pro
posing te continue the existing dye em
bargo for one yenr from the passage of
the bill.
Thirteen Itcpubllenns joined with the
solid Democratic minority in opposing
the prevision. They were Berah. Cup
per, Cummins, Ilnrreld, Jehnsen,
Keyes, McCermlck, Moses, Nelsen,
Nichelson, Norbeck, Nerrls nnd Smoot.
By unanimous ngrecment there was
ellminnted the further prevision In the
bill under which the dye embargo might
have been continued for nn additional
year by the President upon satisfac
tory showing of the necessity for such
a step.
Among these supporting the embnrge
niovlslen were Senater Sbertrldgc. of
California, chairman of the cemmltteej
wlilcn investigated tne se-called uye
lobby : dul'ent, edge. Curtis. Geeding,
Idaho, chairman of the Republican
tariff-figrleult tire bloc and McCumbcr.
Among the Republicans voting against
tb eml'iiige were Smoot nnd Capper,
of Kansas, chairman of the agricultural
bloc.
Senater Rhertrldge, after the vote,
s.iid he thought some Senators had net
understood the question nnd added that
In the inquiry conducted by hs com
mittee, "net one witness testified that
there was nnything approaching a
monopoly but en the eentrniy each tes
tified litre was active, cut-threat com-
pi tltldll.'
Senater Frellnghuyen announced
that the embargo amendments stricken
would be presented later for another
vote.
SLAIN INTsALOON
I of Yeung Widow Night Be-
Charles Jansen's Alleged Assailant; fore She Was Slain by Rival
rAsund en Fleer Intoxicated I
Chnrlcs Jnnsen, fifty-five years old,
p! St. A'bans street, was shot and WOMAN DESCRIBES TRAGEDY
instantly killed this morning in the sa
loon of 1'ntrlck Walls Twenty-third
and Christian streets. I ;(1 Annctatni rrm
Ills alleged assulhint. Jehn McLeugh- ij0s .ncelcs. .lulv 1.". Whereabouts
It'as'Tind'vTohc'eVl!::.''' Mr. Alberla Meadows en the nigh,
Twentieth and FlUwnter streets station before -he wn- the victim of what ha
lying en the fleer of the saloon tee In- , become Known lecallv a the ''-tone age
texlcntecl te move.
It is be'Ieved that the two men had i
become luwilvcil in nn argument, with
the result that Mel.eughlin pulled u
revolver and tired.
FORD'S OFFER REJECTED
Senate Committee Turns Down
Muscle Sheals Proposal, 9 te 7
a-sblngteii. July I.". (Uy A. 1'.)
ry rerd s ener ter purchase unci
lease of the (levernment s projects at
Muscle Sheals, Aln., was rejected bj
the Senate Agriculture Committee teduj
by a vote of 0 te 7.
The-e voting for rejection were Nor Ner
rls, I'ii go (by proxy), McNury, Kecs,
Heeding, Norbeck, Ilnrreld. McKln'ley,
all Republicans, and Keudrlck, Demo
crat. These voting for n faverable re re
nert were Cupper and I.add : Itenubll.
inns, anil hmltli
I O...I.1. TI....C.1..II Hi
i, miiii-ui-ii, rinrriHen,
way. Democrats.
Iletlln und Cara
SAY MRS. MILLER GIVES
NEW BRUNEN EVIDENCE
ui - u i ci..lnn - c.-... ii.
He,d ln Seclusion as State Witness
iiili.r iu ,r..lv I.i.Iiil- lir.1,1 n .. . . V
11 Ur. ll, lu'"K lu''d as a iniltc-
lul witness,
She will be admitted te bail today
before Justice of the IVuce Throck
morton and kept in seclusion ivnr
Mount Helly until the case canies te
trial.
Mrs. Miller he- knowledge of valu
able evidence which she will ciin fn.-
"",.",": ' '", ';'."" ainer. such, uccen ing te tne h neri r s e Ice. at lune made has sen ml in T. i... eiiiers ; i " m ,,i,. muiKri ipt bro-
Denli. was made bj Mrs. Miller of least' until his wife is brought I ck te Org.Xe ber is l? ?, lKP "' Hint. ' k"8" '-"""'"i f K- 31 Fuller & Ce..
a repeit that she had attempted te , California. fc ' ,.' ,, ' ', . , '"', ' u "ler( '" '"""lu- te- "he were Indicted jesterchiy en thirteen
eiade the authorities. W 1 Tr.ieger, Sheriff is new- in n-i ,.il, i . n '."",,m4 "" charges of bucketing stock orders, If.?
"I came hce voluntarily," she sn.,1. TmU,, expecting' , bring Mrs?' Ph. " I f? ' , hr tZ' TT" " ."""V." Ji"w 7rk ''V "' 3R
- j, b ,, lMiillliiH Is nit nni: 1., Jiv t Mf i "',.""' Judge t se arialKiied III (Jcnernl SessleiiB. "
SWrS. A1.v,.!rT,ME?, flffil-i' -'. Ueputjr "Sir w" tstt Je,",,,L Pl'!!.t'''t I5'"' nxed at ai,O0O was supply
rubllsh&d Dally Except Hunday.
Cepyrlht, 1021.
GIRLS ARE ATTACKED
ON STREET BY MAN
One Struck With Revolver Their
Screams Make Him Flee
A f nil. well-dressed Negro attempted
te attack two girls at Nineteenth nnd
Cnmbrin streets late Inst night, but fled
when their screams attracted the police.
He escaped along the tracks of the Phil
adelphia nnd Bending Hallway.
The girls are Alum Nelnn, sixteen
years old, and Florence Gorden, four
teen years old, of Cnmhrln and Opnl
streets. The Negro struck Miss Nelnn
en the bend with the butt end of a re
volver. She wns attended nt the
Women's Homeopathic Hospital.
Beth girls were cm the way home from
n carnival. While they were passing
a lumber .laid the Negro sprang from
behind a tiee. He had n revolver.
When the girls screamed the Negro
struck Miss Nelnn and lied. Pntrel-
Dien .Miiievitt aim iuierty, attracted
by the girls cries, lircd several shots
after the llcelllg 11111 tl .
LAST-MINUTE NEWS
BODY OF EDGEWATER WOMAN, MISSING
SINCE JULY 4, IS FOUND IN A CORNFIELD
The body of Mrs." Cntheiine Marter. wife of Oliver Marter, n
fa tin supcilntendent of Edgewnter Park, was fount! in a. cornfield
near Mount Helly. N. J., this afternoon. She hnd been missing
since July 4 when she quarreled with her husband and left home,
taking Ills levelver.
LATEST RACING RESULTS
EMPIRE Fir&t Thernhedge. 8-1. 3-1, 8-5, wen; Meedy, 15-1,
G-l. 3-1, second; Tlcacey, 0-1, 2-1, even, third Time, l 00 Or
ucily. Cameufleur, Oicus, Stat Ceuit, Consert, High C. and Biink.
BOBBY JONES, PAR 70, TIES FOR GOLF LEAD
GLENCOE, ILl , July 15. Bebby Jenes, Atlanta amateur,
with a par ?0 en his fust leund teany, tied William M-.lilheiii.
Sh.xvepeit, Ln , pie , for the lead in the final of the national open
t en
tcuiney. ai the end of 54
J'.-ijk, California vttciau who led
the first nine today. Hagen had
BASEBALL
HISSEY 2 0 O
COHOCKSINK 0 O 2
WOLVERINE FLIER DERAILED BY LOOSENED TRACK
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., July 15. The westbound Wolvei Welvei
inc flier, the Michigan Central's finest train, went ever loosened
trncltu two miles east et Battle Creek at neon today tuid five lear
cencnes. weie detailed, while the main line tiack was tern up ler
about .i quaiter of a mile. Twe persons were slightly iujuied.
All cava remained connected and upright.
JAPANESE WARSHIPS SENT TO CANTON
HONOLULU. July 13. Twe Japanese destroyers have been
ei. ''.vet! te Canten te pietect Japanese lives and property there,
. c ':u.r te a cnble fiem Tokie. It is net known whether the
tve : s..i,jjeis let'ened te aie these alieady leperted in eanten
: tl'.rs.
HUSBAND IS TRACED
Ei
Police Alse Seek Whereabouts
miinier
,t." Wnnse it wns iieeemnli-hed
with n hammer nnd a rock, nnd "here
A. I.. I'liilllp". husbnnd of the wnmnn
accused of the crime, spent the night
were ubjccts of inquiry today, ac
cording te announcement ty deputy
'
.
sheriffs working en the case.
At IVebv Cuffce. unen whose te
timnny the I.ns Angeles County Crand
Tiny jesterday returned an Indictment
charging murder ngainst Mrs. Clara
I'hllllps. new held n Tucson, Ariz.,
declared that the night before she ac
companied Mrs, I'hllllps and Mrs.
Meadows en n ride ln Mrs. Meadows
automobile te the lonely spot where
the young widow's body was found
Widnc-dn evening, she and Mrs.
Phillips made a secret visit te Mrs.
Meadows' apartment nnd that Mrs,
Meadow- was net at home.
Mr-. I'hllllps I- sain ny ncr iiusiianci
ns ,- i-ii.M I-., tn-. (iiirc.miiw '
him before her hurried
the trip te F.l Pase. Tex ,
n her being taken trem '
Tucson, that she killed
. l.e,,iit.. ,.f I.,.!..,,...
te have told
deiiiirture en
that cp i
111.. ttllt
Mrs, MeV v because or jealous
which, he i rtect, was unwarranted.
And, ncce ug te the story of Mrs.
Cnffee. who as present during the
alleged slicing, Mrs. l'hitlipb accused
Mr. Meadows of having been Intimate
with her husband and of halug ac
cepted present from the oil promoter.
Phillips Silent en WhcrcalHiiits I
I'hllllps ha- declined te say where1
he spent ln-t Tiiesdiij night.
"I cannot answer important ques
tions of that nature," he said in reply.
llelatUc- ami ft lends of the dead
woman, who was unlj twentj jears old
and had been a widow enl a ft.v
month-, rallied te her defense and as
serted that nn a-perslens en her chnr
ncter and uputntlen had basis only in
"idle gossip "
The Corener announced the inquest
ecr Mrs. Meadows' bedj would be held
Mouda.
Phillips has been detained us a ma
terial winner, mm win lie J f 1 1 1 S
Centlnue-a an I'lige four, Celiium Hie
HAMMER
RIM
Bubjcrlptlen Prlre tn a Year by Mall,
by Tubllc ledger Company
CHILD DIES 0FSCALDS
S-Year-Old Leen Dhrager, 2443 S.
8th 8t., Had Been Playing Near Tub
While playing en the kitchen fleer
teclnv nt bis home, 2413 Seuth Eighth
street, Leen Dhrnger, five years old,
fell Inte a tub of het water. He was
se badlv scalded that he died shortly
after being admitted te the Methodist
Hospital.
Tbe boy's mother was working In
another part of the house when she
heard this child's cries. She picked him
out of the tub nnd ran with him te
the home of n nearby physician, who
summoned an umbulancc.
PRESIDENT ANGELL ILL
New Haven. Conn., duly 15. James
Rowland Angell, president of Yale Uni
versity, is In NeWsHnven Hospital, but
his physicians tedny expressed the be
lief that he would return home In a few
days.
At first It was thought he had typhoid
fever, but the doctors attribute his In
disposition te over-cxcrtlen during the
commencement season.
nles they each had 210. Jehn
yesterday with 142, toel: 30 for
14 for 219 and Evana 223.
SCORES
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STRIKES AID A. F.L
Will Exercise Enormous
Infill-
ence en Future of Laber
Movement
UNIONS MAKE BIG STRIDE
nv CLINTON W. f.II.liRRT
SI UT rnrrrt.pnnc.rnt Krnln? I'nbllr l.nlicrr
Cepuriaht. 193J. hu Public I.,,l0r Complin
Washington. July m.The coal and
railroad strikes will everci-e an enor
mous influence upon the futuir of the
aber mowinent ,,ls .eiintr.v. Until
hnie demonstrated the power and soli
darity of the Inrger unions.
Ijven members of the Cabinet Inve
spoken with admiration f ... .n....
i'""0 ",lli,,' ''" i ers' unic.it has M.ewn
n conflict. Net only lune the leaders
eee.i neie le ,eI,l their fences legcllier
but they have nctiuillj mcrei.sed then
membership while the men were out of
work. j
Lxcept for the single eutbreaJ- 0f ie- I
lence nt Herrln. the Ic.ic-r- .Uu k(,,
their men well in hand, and , r ler i, I
Prol.ibli.ei, deubilel'ia.l ' e
influence in making ,lls pnsslUc bSiU
nun., the less afford- s,r,Klg e -iZ.ce
When XiUTT f ,lu; "nunt ..
ii lien thii sfri f., .ef.. i...n .,
--' win i t i-ii ii mi nrniiAnti ...
f ,, -. - ..un me none
' '"" l'"l c.peiaters was te brink I he
n'n"- A bus.ss depression mad..
' ,, M,'"m' , ll "us what Is known UH
" !',l ' """, " strike.
1 Here were rumors .if .ii.. .
Iimenir llie i, .!..,.. l I..."" '' -M-ieri
'" tn t - uiniiTs.
III
summon ter organ ei I
labor. I
iioer .naiics IHC si ride
Jl,!.V':L.'h!. '.-l mines
nun uiieiuei- mi
, organized fnbei
,.t-iu. uniiite i an iniiiii..
i.. .i ....i.i hi
it. uii'ir rniii,..
uic-iiii me Ull oils. 'li'l sun if '
.einiieillii.n uhl. 1 1,., . ,.. S""' fretu
10
hi.. l ill West V, Vh ,". "''"'.
u'titlcin was seercl fell i....c"".
I ICS
leiiiiiience niicl possessed .,
III!,.. (If ,,. .1 I .
blestigu '
...... .,, ....j hum' in several veurs
iiir .in. iiii.i.i.i. .. ii.. I.. .. '
- ..,- ...it..,.' iii-iir
RAIL AND
MINERS
mere Important of the,,, being rep ,r 1
te be reuclj te make a tiiivute iiLi....
met with the operator, ! ? '
Hie strike was undertaken s, , !"t..."'
rfcI!'::':''''-v'fi"'-Mtegrlu;K
ntwi s.f i. ..
' " l.. i . ,M"U K,H- M lOOkdl
- It II Ml
fotu;'znTZT,Ven
mcut. Se the Issue was uPnl
l'.ver since the uimlMiee uil.i, i
labor had been steadily losing 'B" n"1,1
and when the strike heen., t" l.".",.",
nit. ii iiiin if nr iini ....I..
ats
im
NIGHT
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PRICE TWO CENTiiYf
R.HSTOHEDP
FDR PFJCE END
Laber Beard Abandons Hep
for Present, Ne Common
Ground Being Found
CLASH OVER SENIORITY;
ROADS READY, TO FIGHT
Determined te Run Repair
Plants by Employing Non Nen
Union Men
HARDING STILL OPTIMISTIC
President Expects te Avoid
Seizure of Carriers and
Mines by U. S. r
Congress May Aid Rail
Men by Wage Guarantee
SHOPS AS m&)
V.
Washington. July If!. (Rv A. P.)
Hearings will be held soeii by thfl
Senate Interstate Commerce Commit
tee te initinte revision of the Trans
portation Act and deal with problems
developed by the prevent strike,.
Chairman Cummins Mated today.
The first effort of Congress, Sena Sena
eor Cummins snld, probably would be
te amend the law se as te gunrantee
n fair living wage te railroad work
ers. Later, but probably net during
the pre-ent strike, he sold, nn effort
would be made te provide penaltle
for violation of orders of the Railway
Laber Heard.
Senater Cummins, who hnd n leiur'
conference last evening with Presl-"
dent Hnrdlng, snld he wns convinced
that amendment of the Transporta
tion Act in these respects was neces
sary. He said the committee hear
ings, which will be designed te se
cure all possible nld in draftinir a
iir-w- formula en railroad wages,
would begin seen, but net se nH te"
interfere with the present strike ne
gotiations. Bu Associated Press
Chicago, July 15. Virtually abari"-
dening hope of an early settlement et?
the railroad strike, following the fail
ure of last night'H conferences, rail ex
ecutives tedny prepared te make a ds
termined effort te reopen shops with
non-union empleyes, nccenllng te a high
official of the United States Railroad
Laber Ttrtnrt
This official said peace moves xrntil'i.k
be suspended for the present, as the car
riers and strikers were tumble te find
any common ground for stnrtlng nego
tiations when Ren W. Heeper, chair
man of the Laber Renrcl, sought te get
them together yesterday. ' Mr. Heeper
mnieci te me general depression today
by announcing that no further confer
ence with the union beads were sr-h.il.
tiled nt present.
The stumbling block in the path of
I settlement. It was snld nt the rollrekrf
heard, will be the union's demand tot
restoration of seniority und ether prlvi-
lege- te the striker-.
The reiuls indicated te Mr. Heeper
that the men who have stuck by their
I eiuplejers nnd the new i,,tiln,-nu -
.' ""' "' I"-""'''"''! hi the seniority
they have therein attained.
Yesterday's cession between Mr.
il"4per. acting ns an official envoy of
the railroads und the union leaders
ended in what was apparently un un
breakable deadlock. Of the four main
questions M jMll. nnt ,,)glc
dilatory step wn- taken en any one.
Sti Ike reports indicated that' the na
tional situation Is gradually growing
mere serious.
Washington. July .". (Ry A. P.)
IJi-pIte lhe apparent lack of progress is
efforts of members of the Railroad Ln Ln
ber Heard te effect a settlement of the
shepmen's strike. Ailministr .i in.
dtils today still were hopeful that
solution te the problem wuini le leunil
before aiiv situation arose which might
teree drastic- action 1 y the Government.
Pre-iilcnt Harding iiNe is hopeful
that an ngrecment can be reached In
Cnntlmifd en I'.iirr Four, lelumn Ona
LAD WHO TOLD OF LETTING
CHUM DROWN IS ARRESTED
New Claims He Told False Story
te Free Himself of Blame
Ijinc.ister.
,Tul in (Ry A. P. )
liiirgecl with homicide, Samuel Rar-
len .liicc.'is. twehe jears old, of Terre
Hill, who. according te the State po
lice, confessed te causing the death of
his c hum, Romanus Willet Swelgart,
twehe jears old, bj drowning in the
'iiiii'-tegii en ,lul 1. was nrristecl today
and brought te the Rotary Detention
Heme for Rejs beici.
Tin arrest was made at the instance
of Distiict Atternei Rebm. the Htnte
police sMa, after ,e had received the
cenfe bin. Jacobs has c hanged his at
iliude en the drowning since making the
cenfessicii, the Stute police hut, nnd is
new niii.iitiilniiig a stolid front, insist
ing that he told a false story te free
himself nf hliiine.
According te the confession te the
,;,,""" I'" "' '"e presence of six
I lerre Hill rcsid-nts. Jacobs declared h
caused Swelgart te drop fiem a swing
ing line because he lefusc-d te slinre
his Feiiith c.f Juij Niilngs with him.
Jacobs said, after the hey was drowned,
he went back te the point und stele
SI. 1(1 nnd spent It for lec cream and r
lirewerks
FULLER AND M'GEE GIVE" UP
Brokers Arraltjned In New Yerk
Held n $25,000 Ball '
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