Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, August 25, 1922, Final, Image 1

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cooler Saturilnv fresh southerly winds,
shining te west.
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.VOL. VIII. W. 205 .
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Orand Jury Witness Slashes
, Wrist After Meyamensing
Prisoners Shout 'Rat'
POLICE AIDED DRUG RING,
JUDGE MONAGHAN IS TOLD
57 Indictments Against Lead
t ers of Drug Ring Returned
by the Orand Jury
tnnii Watsen, arrested as n drug
,Jr who appeared yesterday as n wit
S'iJ'm.n charged 1tl Ujetaj,
Halm f nml ',cl;1 '," Jr
(.11 for II- Orand Jury by Judge Mona Mena
'.tin tried t6 kill herself late let night
f her cell In Meyamensing Prison by
$?& today when the
J-, wit, her wrist bandaged, was
M into h" Grand Jury room at City
li.il te testify nsalnst the three men,
Spn We " nTia "Jew Murphy":
Ifrnin "old. alias "Yeung Maheney,"
t'lSSWn0..; also that the drug
wn at Meyamensing Tricon held
,h,' (or trial or as witnesses joined
nlth ether criminals In n wild row last
light "hen Mary Miller, another drug
"ufferer and witness, was returned te
her cell. . .,,
The veung woman, se weak and III
from the effect of drugs that it had
been neeesMiry te carry her Inte court,
itarlled Judge Mennghan yesterday by
testifying that addicts cured at the
Heuse of Correction were met by ped
dim vfieii they came out and given
itW free te they might become cn
ilarcd once mere.
Called "Rat" and "Squealer"
When ihe young wemnn was carried
kick Inte Meyamensing prison ether
lirlnerurs en her tier set up shouts of
"rt" and "squealer' ami ether op.ro ep.ro op.re
brioui names. It Is said thnt Anna
Watsen, the woman who later tried te
kill herself, nttetnpted te attack the
woman who had testified ngninst the
trlsteirats of the drug-vending world.
Assistant District Attorney Gorden
went before the (Irand Jury today with
i strong array of witnesses, seeking
'Indictment against "Murphy," Celd,
Bekmn and several ethers who are
"fuidtUes.
Federal narcotic agents, members of
Urutennnt Lee's rice snund and
imt detectives mingled In .the t.rund
. JSrV- apleroeirl with men am) .women
llpar1befere the (Irand Jury. Onci1
'metiS it . sv.ns nerrtnry Ter "Nick"
ftn)ne. deputy sheillT 1ij charge of the
die riff's" cell room. e curry the jeunc
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nas fn weak she could net stand wh'ie
fh( loll) the (irand JlllV tllf VtOI'V of
liinMiiM nDIIP. I1Q
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE;
PRISON IN UPROAR
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.-jjSiqry" Miller was brought up from
w.J()fiiiensliur PrlVm ngiiln teduy ie
her ennlavement te nnrntlcs. wlih-h friends nnd ielntlve.
hare mode her leek like a woman if Mrs. Smith, or Mnwerv. disappeared
forty, alHnugh the Is only twenty- Wednesday nfternoen. She wan seen
'" te enter the drug store at 1 o'clock.
Anna natsen, the girl who slashed , Hee was there, nnd aNe. it is he
Sfr N' """ ,,nt ,lrfmKnt in until llcved. n phvsiclnii wIiem- nume the pe-
viei.i .iiiut nan nceii iiKen ubck 10 ,
nr "cell, fe there could net be an en-
counter lJCtMcen ilicm again.
Tellcc Are Accused
Judge Mnnnglmn this afternoon ie
rehnl a Mlrr purpeitlng te ceinc freir
a member of the pe'lce force, hut signed
with nn iiviiiiipd name, which charge-
that Hie "ilmr rint." nt ,rai,n
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.iiiujte .unuagiuiii was se t
i -i.i.
....1.ii-i.'mi ml0 nic inter tn.it lie imme
mnelj tmt ,;,f ,ezull iim.sti
istlng Miitcmcntv iii(e by his iinony iineny
mmiH (fliiespniidpiit.
The .Iiulge 'aid he wns eemlnccd that
le eiter ennie fiem a man high placed
n tli police depnttment and felt that
"should he thoroughly linestigiite.l.
...., iP,lrr ennrges that In 11120 a
Prominent police official wns rcinmed i whlskv. Detective Owllliam snjs that
from power been use he steed In tlici'10 belines the woman lind a heart at-
rnnii.H - .. ,rr" - ! 'n,'k nil died In spite of efforts te ie-
CanllBued en !.,, Twe. Column Three vnP ,P. , ,he nlniuenin nild whlski.
PRETTY GIRL GONE;
ELOPEMENT SEEN
Mether Fears Daughter May Have
Been Tricked by Married Man
Mnrenret Wnbh. fifteen venrs old
ml decidedly pietty, 4457 North
iirali street, bundled some clothing
unner her nrin during her mother's
fb-enre last night nnd fled from home
in nn nutomebilp with three men. The I
Jlrl aiu siip was going te KIMen nnd
Iluu1" ""K ' her llp when at
neixnbep nked further iiuestlnns.
Aware thnt her nintlmp in .,i.. '
2M,.il:) "L"1 .'' Iin" ".",
1ft r MisBrw.ri.i?,i.,r J,m,M' .sl,er,l i
inr .ii u .Walsh had gene nut. '
WnVi !;i, ,l0ub,,t, ,!"U "'" " '
12 ,' ,,,k,0,n ,nl"1 ,nsU(Ml " l,n'b-e ,
panlens ' '"" nni1 ller ('em'
, "I bae had trouble with Marearet
Jr mere -than a year." she Vniil be-
UJn,,:1, .'"''Iwn told me she
S!i?. MT' "''""'""y ith a mar-
I hI I n,,i i , u wenl Jnvu-V " 1'lm
iJ in,, . . lllm .'"'V ,,,ar'.v- " "he
Uif ?' " M,IKlr ,nn" tt'
i5,i V'ierewii row."
J lie Plrl u It. .. t i. .
rrui'l. has licit hei.li: 'lei K .'-"and Patrelmmi Merse rode te thp house 1
of lli,t" '.. ..,'IK " fobbed hair and Is tt, i ,,, m i-pp S dnev Inm.. ..,
lla ,!' i.i. !: ."u Were ." ?lnrk t
'Ik Hecklirs. 8 ""li. ''Inc'u
REACH NO AGREEMENT
IN BERLIN OrM rppadatiame f,,l ',",, "nh 'i1"''1, ""'! rv,,"";i the
wi.iii.ipi uil ncr'AnATIONSipiitrelmpii umghl up with the fugitive
Gtrman, British
and French Cen-
ference Ends Abruptly
ft.i.ufc --5:;: a. P.)--,
fmn.i "? -"-. y -. r.j Tie
n. ..? ' ' ""' between the reii-
ment nffinuu " n,Hl (,rr''i" Govern-
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aiicl.n. li.u.Vi .""' . Ul " ugcnp
"hes rikii.J.u. i '. r m" represeii
ui.m ,n,,,,, "f ,.1"' 'cparntleiiK
lln ,u.'..yif s-xpected te leave Her.
till
.At- m iikii iiiiti pntiiii, .. .. .
, tenwriew. neon nrrlviti iu Puiis
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EnUrd ti flecend-ClRM Mtl.r at
'&; ffit,jSt,gJarlg?BAt phu'd'""'
fMOTHER TAUGHT GIRL
TO STEAL, IS CHARGE
Weman and Daughter Arrested In
8tere Charged With Thefts
A child being trained In shoplifting,
according te detectives, and her mother
were arrested today In n Market street
department store. The woman, Mrs.
Anna "alley, thirty-four years old, of
00ii4 Sarah street, (lermantewn, was
held under $(100 ball by Magistrate
Ceward, at City Hall.
Clara, the fourteen-year-old daugh
ter, arrested nt the same tU'e as her
mother, will be. released as wym as
her father, L'erncst Unlley. calls nt
the Heuse of Detention for her. Mrs.
Halley told (Magistrate Ceward she had
six children, the youngest of which is
four months old.
It was testified et the hearing by
Stere Detective Annn Currey that "this
woman was arrested while she wns
teaching her child te steal."
Dhen the child was separatell from
her mother, for removal te the Heuse
of Detention, she fought and kicked
and cried. "I want inainmn, I want
te go with mamma." Sue. wns finally
removed by force.
The arrests were inade by Miss
Currey and Miss Mndgr Samp
son, dctectUes in n Mnrket street de
partment store. They leld the police
authorities the woman and the girl had
entered the store together, and had gene
te the cloak department en the second
fleer. There, they said, they saw the
woman threw n coat ever her arm, and
fit one en her daughter. Then, It Is
charged, they went te the first fleer,
nnd the mother put two sweaters in
a carry-all bdg. In the basement, It is
said, each put en a pair of shoes, then
departed, nnd went te nnether depart
ment store, where Mrs. Uallcy is
charged with having stolen three pocket
books.
Bedy of Weman Found in Drug
Stere Cellar at Ply
mouth MAY ARREST PHYSICIAN
Sr'elnl Mipatch te I iciiliie rulHr l.rAacr
Wlll.es. Uarrc. l'n.. Aug. 1!.",. The
arret of u prominent phjsicinu is cc
pectcd te clenr up the mystery sur
rounding the death of Mr. Abide
Smith, formerly Mrs. Ira Mdhery.
whose body was found yesterday In the
basement of n Mere belonging te the
Shawnee Drug Company, ut Plymouth,
near here.
The pollre announced today that they
had nrrctei Stephen Kablan last night,
nnd had questioned him. Hfs snld te
have told ,u', lengthy .story which explains
the wnmnn's death, according te County
Detective tlwilllaui. '"The peflcelUi
also seeklii!. Jehn A. Ilelley. 'general
manager of seernl Hleres iwned bv the
druBsCenipam. Ilelley nrew K1400 of
ills eflii ruiKlH fiiim a le:nI bank n-
ncday afternoon and departed in hi"
turn' nilf ntnnhiln Ite Id ciimiriinil In linirn
lmm (.. IMillmli.lnliie ulmrn 1... Inu
nce are itrrpinn secret.
Ilnlf mi hour later Ilelley left the
store, telling two youths named Piln
cle nnd Mullln. employ td as clerks, te
let no one go te the Iwemcnt. Ilelley
went te n ifstmirnnt for lunch, get his
nutomelilh . drew out his hunk account
and disappeared.
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I li youths tepi police they found
t"p """J "siemay- morning wnen tney
went te the (ellnr for supplies. Pringle.
it is said, admitted te Detecthe
(Iwil'lnn ;nft evenln; that he had found
the body shnrtlv after Ilelley disap
peared, but forbore te tell the police
se thnt his employer would have a
chance te get invar.
lleslde the body wcrp found nn enintv
rial iliaf had contained nremntic spirits
of nmmnnln ami another Cnntalnliu-
I nblnn w.is nrrpsted. accirillng te
Di'tectiic (iwilllan. hciituse he wns seen
In Ihp strrct inlMng w It It Ile'ley ufler
lhi Intler Ind left the iliug store. lie
is net held exrept as n witness, accord
Ing te Detective Cwlllliiu. and will be
I reienseu en nan. iup report nt tlie
pnjsician '.miii mane n pntmnrtem ex
fliuinnlinn will net be returned le thp
coroner for several dnjs.
CIIRITIVF PA1IRHT
irUUlllVE OHUUtll
AFTER LONG CHASE
Shots Fired Before Jeseph Sidney
Submits te Police In Motorcycles
A fusillade of shots was fired bv
-,' nt " -.'HI o'clock this niernlii
cfeP lev c
llpntcn, Jr.ir" old of 21S FitxIITtJr
"ticet. following ceinplulnts by neigh- I
bers In the ltlntlv of his home
There Is nn emplv heus nt ill" Fiz
water ttreet, opposite Ihe yeutn's home,
and fir Mime weeks Ihe rlgliburi have
been nnneied by young men who have
been making the place their liendquar
teis. About 'J o'clock llchts were seen nnd
foetslens heard, se the iiellce were no.
',IHn.l fiilerei pin Pnlrnlinnn n.lnp
........ ,.-......,. -. v,r., .-,
im, j. (vwe. They chn'sed the inutli '
'through back alleys., le Swanson street. I
I nnd then south six blinks,
First the p.itielmen shouted te Sidney
i.. , i.in tlim ilint' Iminn t.liiiiiHiii, tJI..
nml iirresieu I nil.
Hcturnlng te the house nt U17 Fit
water street, the patielmeu then nr
rested Teny Mullncc, ."llll Crcenway
I sii.lnnv. Il Is said. Has lust mm.
plPled a trim In Meynincnslng Prison
'S IDLE: TW0 TOMORROW
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Threatening Weather Calls Off
Opener With Chlsex
The game here today ill Shlhe Park
lietwiven tin Athletics mid White Sex
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Was Clllieil Oil III i " n.v i ,Fiiij, iu iiiui
iiii-nnteiilni! wratlier.
A double-header, Marling ut I :.'I0,
will be played tou.errow afternoon,
ARK VOD lOOKINO TOR HEIJ-t FER-
hp rli verir iron you wsnt ( ivrt
lUInt unitr Bltutleni en"!-lO,-4dv,"
SEEK MAN HERE
IN DEATH MYSTERY
1h Poileffle.
RED
IN MA DEN
SPEECH, OPPOSES
Pennsylvania Senater Says
Veterans Prefer Lewer Taxes
and Debt Reduction
OVER-RIDING OF POSSIBLE
VETO NOW IMPOSSIBLE
Pressure of Colleagues Induces
Him te State His
Position
Washington, Ai'g. '-'.". -Scnnler Iteed
of IVnuxylvauia, In hl pinideii speecli
today In the Hcnnte. declared his oppo
sition te the Soldiers' Iten'us Hill.
Speaking as n former en Ice man, he
declared the veterans w'lie had 'given the
matter study wvre mere anxious te see
Ihe natlnnnl debt "paid off and taxes re
duced than they were te see the bonus
bill prisscd.
Sennter Iteed's speech followed his
first experience with senatorial pres
sure. He had been bombarded nil day
by his colleagues with arguments for
nnd ngninst the measure and beenme the
storm center, of the fight when It was
realized thnt "the vote may he se close
fi te give him a deciding voice In nn.v
attempt te override the anticipated pres
idential veto.
A canvass showed sixty. two Sena
tors for the McCumber bill nnd thirty
thiee against. As n two-thirds vote,
or sixty-four Senators, would fop nec
essary te override a veto, It wns evi
dent the bill could net be pnscd ever
tlie President's disapproval unless Sen Sen
neor Keed nnd one or two ethers lined
up with Its proponents.
Although Senater Uced rame te
Washington determined te make no
speeches, nt least until after his elec
tion, the demand en him te oppose the
bends wns se great he wns Induced te
abandon his decision. As the Senater
is nn ex-scnlcn num. opponents of the
bonus declare his- speech In opperltlon
te the McCumber measure hn made
certain the failure of any effort te pass
it ecr n cte.
STORM WARNINGS ISSUED
Severe Disturbance Indicated Frem
Delaware Capes te Ea'stpert, Me.
Washington, Aug. 2.". (lly A. P.)
Storm warnings were Issued by the
Weather Ilurenu today for that por
tion of the Atlantic Coast between thn
Delaware, Breakwater und Kastpert,
i" A disturbance. ofVensMernMe Inten
sity, the bureau snld, is north of the
(jrOBliLnkes, mevlngieastwanl. and will
be attended by strong southerly winds,
shifting te southwest nnd west tonight
wilh scunlls nnd cloudy nnd showery
weather.
AUTO CRASHES INTO WALL
Driver, te Avoid Collision, Runs
Inte Wldener Memerial Library
While dilvlnir an automobile e.iRt up
flirard nxenue this afternoon, JnhuM.
Kinlcy, 2321) Key nebis street, te meld
(eiiuiing witli another nutnmebll
turned his or toward the sidewalk ami
trashed into the wall of the Wlde-ier
Memerial Library nt Hi nnd siren.
Klnley jumped just before the inr
stiuck the wnli .and atnided preb.iblp
serious Injuries. The car was badlv
damaged.
Squad of Fifty, Headed by Di
rector Davis, Makes
Clean-Up
GET GALLONS OF RUM !
Fifty Philadelphia prohibition agents
today rnlded a bcere of Heading sa
loons and hotels. Seizures wpre made.
In every plnce il'lted. Director Umlsl
wns in i-hnrge of the raids '
The officers nt rived nt Heading within
forty eight hours after the announce
ment of the reinstatement of Chnrles I
Marks as district enforcement officer. I
If 11 1 11 IH uecinrPII llllir li. .'ilirnn Knew
nothing nt-eut the rains, lie wis ill'-
u... .. ... .--I , .i ir- f..!. l
nrrive,l in town early one nieriiln and
rn bed twenty -seien places while he'
f!"rnl et "", nmp slnn,,s xxerP U"-
'I0'1 J'-v ''? efflT1"' ".l"1" ""l"-)'' 'lespl,,,
missed insi renrunry, wnen niiy mni-rrs
I lie tact I liar Hie eiu proprieiers werp
lllll'll null HI suilll' lilluilt ri iv'iiini'ti ui'w
licenses. ,
Chief of Police Stroble was at lunchj
nt thp time, but gave erdeis that the!
police should adept a policy of non-,
Interfereme, but nld where nsked.
The first places visited were 51 Seuth
Third, street. O. Chlnrelll. proprietor !
."II Seuth Ninth street, fl. P. Den, pre-
prleter: iHIO North Tenth ntreet. If. It. I
1''
Heir
nieik. proprieter: the Washington
Heuse. 147 Ninth Seventh stu-et, I,.
Pratt I.ber. pioprjeter.
I. eon lieieskl. 1"i North Tenth street:
In In N. llellmnn. Ninth and F.lm
streets; N. i. Gnbilel. .Till Neith
Flghth street; .1. J. Williams, Kill
Neilh 1'ieiit street; W. II, lteicr, Ml
Walnut street; Jeseph .lanls.wiski, !l!l"
SOLDIERS
BONUS
HA
A EN RAID
20 READING SALOONS
Seuth 'lentil street; v. .Miller, (I'Ji pinnhet i,,iin,t. m
Washington street; A. .1. Kosk. fl.V.) plnohet Investigator Dlacueses Re Re
Nerl'i Tenth street; Daniel Dehcrly.l Ports en Treasury Auditor
-CeiitlnUHlnn l'n."T7e. (olumnlwe! """AViV AJ1-';- "3. A P)
GRIEF OVER LEAVING HOME
rihiiire minim A ti Tn emninr
univue vvumHiv tu euitiuc
Miss Mary Mellen, Kensington Ave
nue, Inhales Gas
,....,. 0,,,r harlne le leave the h'eusc
where she had lived nil her life caused
Mii-h Mary Mellen. forty years old, le
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UIKC lll-r enn inu. inr wnv,- 1-11 , .y in
iiaiiug gns Inst night. She wns found
dead in bed mis morning m nee. neme,
1211 Kensington nvenuel-
Mies Melleu's family "moved te their
Ktnilngten avenue home thirty. nine
years a0 but told H (Tceqtljr. k
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST-25,- 1922
famous .Coach Dies
Ellis F. Ward, who coached Penn
crews. Had Brilliant Heeerd
He Handled Victorious Crews
Here for Thirty-five
Years
WAS 75 YEARS OLD
Kills F. Ward, former famous row
ing centh of the University of Penn
sylvania, is dead. The end camp this
morning shortly bpferp 4 o'clock nt his
home. rD24 Tulip street. Frnnkferd.
Just as he fought for victory for
old Penn, often against great odds, he
put up n strenuous fight ngninst death
until weakened bv paralysis he had te
face the Inevitable.
His fame sprend net only in this
country but throughout Kurepe nnd he
was regarded for innnr a ears nn almost
invincible. He had thp knnck of pick
Ing' material nnd developing It cpilcklv
under n rlcid regime which no real
sportsman dnred te break.
His unnnnreachtlble record lirniiirlil
I him in great demand by ether colleges,
but he stuck te I'ciin for Ihlity-fivc
.ii-ui'i nun hhh illll'ClleiiniCIV Miewn us
"Pep" Wnrd by nit the crcwf which
he bundled.
Many oarsmen who resp te fame dur
ing the last two decades ewe their
efficiency te his training method nnd
policies. . -
- i -.
Suffered Strode In May
Mr. Wnrd slldered .n klrnke nt
imr$lyfr May 1S when he lest hW
voice. Aitneugii greatly distressed, he
taid he Would light it off nnd looked
ferwnid te itteiiding cevenil nf the
regattas during the summer. His con
dition, however, grew gindii.illy weise.
He was scipiity-lhe years old.
Henry Penn Hurkc. of the Kxccutlve
Committee of National Association of
UniMiien, snld:
"Mr. Wnrd wns one of the leadinc
factors in the dcielepnient of lowing
nnd n great credit te the spei t us nn
enrsinnn nnd coach."
Nctnble Career as Coach
After the fiimeus Saratoga I.nke mcc
Kills stnited his coaching career, hit.
first position being with Amherst Cel-
WA
DIE
NN
CREW
COACH
legu. in ISj;:. Ills n,.i lowed in th,ii nn oue-tlen.
intcrcellesmlc lcgntla ill -Springfield I am net his nd
Cenllnurd en I'nrc Tr.e. Column Ont
LEAD ON THE CUBS
Rally in Second Puts Quakers
in Frent in Opening Game
of Chicago Series
KAUFMAN FACES RING
Pllll.t.tK
WrUhtstniip. 3d
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Willi linn. rt.
MnlHer. rf.
Meken. If.
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iiirne
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Mlllfr. ir.
Krnc. ,-lh.
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itini;, n
I.i' .. ..' I, I III
mplrrn M-irt nnd Ulnlcr,
"yiirnniiin, n.
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- ' ". iim-im i ,
threc-gaine series with the Cubs tln'
....,..v, k, . i up rnu, openoii
Brpnt mn f (.Uste.,.e,s tuVnrd ..
.. , , lurncu en'
M,""1fI,I,nn Wnn,P,, "" f"r "", ,,,,h'
"I,II, K,n '"Pured for the P)ls
At """ ll" '"' -ew uumh.-ie,
niicrncen. it wum Indies d-n iii.t ,.
aiieut C0.10,
Uelalls of the Game
FIHST-AVrightsten.. was tess0d out
, icuf.,,,,.,,, i.ii. . ,
- Knufmnnn. Parkinson Mugled te
left nnd was forced by Williams, dimes
te IIollei her. Wlllinms died bteiliug
OTarrell In Tcin. Ne runs
,, , , ' "ls
, "ntlicntc singled te center en the
first ball pilchel. Parkinson tesspd out
Holechcr. 1 lclcher tossed out Tcm
mid Ileiithceiu took thiid. (Jrlmps sin'
gled le i culer und" Ilcntln-eip h-ered
(allngh.m feiced (iiinies, Flet.hei le
Parkinson. One inn.
KING TALKS WITH LEWIS
iMi . ' .,'.," ''"; ""trmnii of the
1 Inchet ('liizcns' Committee, today
I ll HPI1SSP.1 Still,., llcnn ...... '
ports of ncceuntnnts making the audit
of the Mate 'Iieusurv with Auditor
lienernl Samuel II, I.puIn nml went
. imcra iinu n
i"1
ij.i-i iiiuii ,-in i m; ie metlieiiH In nr ou eu
.'.pmtmeiits of the Stale Koteriiiiifiil.
Colonel I.dward Mtirtiii mid ether
State elhchits ,.,,. M-hPduUd te see
Dr. Mug dm ng his visit le this cltv
and lie plnnned le meet miiiip of the men
engaged in surveys of departments..
,i.1'u,,',M,rJ i'arijsiiiR (he audit of
t.e Htule Trensury has been sent te
Governer Spreyl by tlie Auditor Uen
cral . together wlth.thff mum. t i.
n AAv..nla..u 1 ....W W tMW
H.VJUI,iai(V,
3 RUNS GIVE PHILS
GOMPERS HERE
PEPPER ON WAY
Sproul Will Alse Jein Conference
in Effert te End Anthra
cite StriKe
LABOR CHIEF BACKS
STAND TAKEN BY LEWIS
Living Costs te Workingman
Ne Lewer New, He
Declares
Senater Pepper Is rushing te this
city, nnd Samuel (lenipers, president
of tlie American Federation of Dnber,
tins already arrived, both being deter
mined te get tlie operators and miners
together ngiiln in conference ecr the
hard coal sti Ike.
Coverner Sproul is nlrcady in town,
nnd Sennter Pepper is expected back
from Mnine this nfternoen. twenty-four
hours before lie wns originally expected.
The fourth conferee will be William A.
Olasgew, counsel for the United Mine
Workers of America.
Mr. Gempcrs made it plain thp mo
ment he arrived that he stnnds solidly
behind Jehn L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America in
everything he hns done, including his
fight against nrbltrntien.
When Mr. Oempers nrrived at thp
Hpllevue-Stratfnrd he was greeted by
Mr. Lewis. 'Helle, chief," snld the
miners' lender, and the two nt once sat
down In lobby i-hnirs. and remained In
conference half an hour.
At the conclusion of the talk, Mr.
Ciempcrs announced his stand. The big
chief of American unionism enrried a
geld-headed cane, were n blue suit,
pnnnma lint and pearl kid glees, which
he pulled off and en ngain us lie talked.
He enme from Canada nnd met here his
wife, who is expecting the arrival of n
cousin from Kngland en the Pittsburgh.
Ixswls In Full Charge
, "I've nothing te de with the coal
situation myself." said Mr. Oempers,
following his conference. "Mr. Lewis
is in full charge." Off came one of
the g!ecs. "My business is the giving
of help, in tlie rciew of the situation.
I sincerely hope nil the strikes will be
settled seen te the satisfaction of nil.
"The drive for tlie deflation of wnges
Is ever. That day ls-new passed. There
has been no decrease in the high cost
of living te the working mnn. We only
hear of the reduction of the high cost
of living, in Urn mnlp from 'statistics
which Mi re Tiniidcd out by the National
Industrial Heard, composed, for the
nibst part, of profiteer.
Itciits Sllll High
"The Inirrlel man knew, there has
been no decrease in the high cost of
living. There hns been no i eductien
In rent. A workman must pay one
third of his enrnings for rent.
"As te the President Harding's 'Fact
Finding Commission.' te lmetlgate
the peal Industry , I um In favor of one
functioning In a leluntnr.v capacity,
rather ihnn bv eeiernmentnl aimolnr aimelnr
nient. although, of course, such n com
illusion as I in-ilei in could co-epi i.i.e
with the !e eminent.
"New. if yen want te knew just
when' I stiind en the nnthraclie Mt-
iiiitlen, yen just ask Lewis his stand
and I um Ter t lint.
Iscr or lilh eliser. T
inn Ills -nppeitcr.
The Inst meeting of thp operators nnd
mliiprs followed a lenfprencc between
the (iiixeruer. Spiinter Pepper and Mr.
(ilnsgew. In the present iusinme,
strong prcssuie from Washington is
understood te hne been exerted le get
tlie miners mid their employers together
around the council tnble once ngniu.
. It is understood that eertures have
come from Washington In mi effort te
lime negotiations resumed thnt the
striVe mm be settled before winter
remes. Offlclnls ele'p te President
Harding confidently cvppct the con
ference te be resumed within n week.
Influence Is 13crtcd
The inlliieiipp of Hip Administration
has been PM-rted In this dlfeitinu and
las prevailed upon both sides te the
iontreers, it was efliclalh stule.l.
j Where nnd when the nigotlnliens will
Ihe renewed efiicinls were net prepared
I te say. Tin- position of the two parties
j here is that union officials nre humeus I
le icncli nn agreement with thp opera-'
: ters wlilrh would result in a basic wage
te be (ffectixp for one. u or three
iniir, i. 1.11.. l... ......... .. .i.. I
...... -, ...i, n- uir 1PJIVI HUM . Willi! IOC
miners te iPtuin,te weik nt the eh
wnge until Murch HI next, by which
uinn n new nwnge ngrcement for th
nisuing ypnr weuhl be worked nut.
- nni.iii .,-iii MiU(. ut- worried OUI. I
Ince the ending of the last ieii(cr
" '" " "e.iuiecK, lasr wee-t. .lenn I,
I.en'is. nresident of the I mieil Minn
Winkers, mid Snmuel D. Wnrrlnpr haic'
been sticking close te the du. neither
apparently, helm; willing te leme while I
there- is a hope the deadlock may be
brekc-i through the (ailing of just one
nu.re i (inference.
Te Curtail Light Service
Seme of the large office buildings in
the tenter of Ihe cltv have su(,,l nn.
tlces te their eieupmits that thev nre
cutting down electric light mid elevnuu
service te conserve coal, owing te the
fnct the hard coal strike has net been
settled
In tie Stephen (ilrmd Ilulldlng a no ne
tlcti leads ;
"Fntll the sptt'ement of the niilhrn
tile in.il strike there will be no elevatur
senlie or lights In the building between
10 P. M und II A. M.. Then, will also
be no elevator service en Suuilavs."
iu im i,.tinyettc ilulldlng. en thp
nei-tliPiisI corner of I'lfth mid Chest
lillt slieetH. the notice set the time
from II P M. until (I A. M
lleth buildings nre part of the Ste
phen lilrnrd estate.
ADVENTURESS FIRST
C. Kummer Rides Winner in Open
Ing Race at Saratoga
..Saratoga Hare Ti.ich, N. V, Aug
LV. -C. Kummer was the wlnuliu
Jm-key In the first race here this nfti 1 1
neon, bringing Adventuress in at 7 te
;.'. Helle of Hlue Itidge was sc.end ami
Mendmella third
Summaries :
KJH8T IIAC1J, clalmliiE iHe-Jfir-OIdn n
1, Advemurea, 100, (' Kuril
I. nuref'iuuI.'iii,U."i'nT"" 7,2xn 2.5
t , Mrlnelll
..ivtn S.s
out
CeattaaeA Vi:Titima..Claa,Thxii
' V
FOR COAL CONFAB
Publlihtd Dl!y Excpt Sunday. Subscription Prlca I n Tear b? Mall.
Copyright, 1MJ. by Public Ladf r Company
LAST-MINUTE NEWS
BASEBALL
PHILLIES 0 3 2
CHICAGO 1 10 0
Jl'ng nntl Henllne; Knuffman
ST. LOUIS 01000200
NKWYOUKA.L. 1st. 00000000
Shecker nnd Severeid; Heyt und Schang.
ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 1
NEW YORK A.L. 2d.. 3" 0 12 0
Davis and Severeid; Bush and Schang.
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOSTON (A.L.) 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 0
Boeuu and O'Neill; Quiun and JUwi.
DETROIT 0
WASH'GTON (A.L.) . 0 '
BROOKLYN 1 00104002-8
PIITSB'IKX.L) 1st. 0002221007
Grimes and Miller; Adams and Schmidt.
BROOKLYN 0 0 0
ITlT3B'II(N.L.)2d. 10 0
Cadeie nnd Deberry; Glazuer nnd Geech.
NEW YORK
h I. LOUIS (N.L.).... "
.(NO OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES)
TO ISSUE WARRANTS FOR FORTY RADICALS
SX. JOSEPH, MICH., Aug. 25. Warrants for the arrest of
forty radicals alleged te have attended the meeting in the weeds
nt Brldgcman, Mich., last Tuesday, were expected te be issued
here this evenings .
STRIKERS OFFERED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. Ceal loadings Wednesday totaled
18,100 cms, according te repeits received today fiem the coal-
ennying ralheads by the Association of Railwny Executives. TfcUT;
was an increase of 307 cars ever the preceding day and except for '
Monday, August 81, when 10,043 cms were leaded, was the great--est
leaded en any one day since the stuke of coal miners, April 'if-
- f.
,'C0STA RICAN PRESIDENT IN PERIL IN PLANE '
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, Aug. 23. Ptesident Acesta and
hi-3 daughter Zulay underwent a thrilling and dangerous experi
ence, but escaped iujuiy, -when the engine of a seaplane in which
they weie passengers went dead at an altitude of 1400 feet, com
pelling the pilot te make a forced landing at sea.
LOADINGS OF COAL INCREASE
LAWRENCE. MASS., Aug. 25 Notices were posted at the
X' ti.mn Mill today that the wage scale paid before the reduction
y. led te thotcxtile strike would become effecive next MenfrTay.
Y ih 'hiu announcement it was estimated that meie than 75 per
' v. , "A the ttstlle workers who have been en strike heie since
la.: in Match had been offered their old wages.
ARGENTINA ACCEPTS WIRE RENUNCIATION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. Official notification iut the Ai Ai
geaiint Gevcnunent had accepted the l enunciation by the West
ern TU-giaph Company, a British concern, of its monopoly
ilg--. in that country, was received today at the State De
pai Uncut.
i'AUSTRALIANSWIN
LES
, .. ,
Patterson and Weed Defeat
Niles and Borotra, 6-1, 7-5,
6-0, at Longwood
IN NET DOU
ENTER SEMI-FINAL R0UNDJ0E BUSH HURLS FOR N. Y.
logwood. Mns.s.. Aug U.I - Cerald ,
Ii. Patterson nnd Pat U'lln.a Weed.
Austr-illmi Dav.s Cup doubles team, de-'te
risltclt ili.fenlril ilm v.,., , f . I, ,..,., ,,
J.aiV Honlirmef rrmieV'nnd Nm W -
Niles. of P.osten. in stniight sets In the
semi-fin.il round of the nmiennl ilenliins
The kciiick were 11-1, 7-.i. ('ell.
(I'llnra Weed wiin steady mul fone fene
fill through ml, while Horetru was er
ratic and of little value te his pmtner.
Although weakened from Ihe effects
et uie niRcii mmciies yesterdav, the
court.
The servl of Patterson was gen-
ei ally effect Ive. The returns ,, ,,,n't
of these shots that did net , emc back
ii'in me nni vvte lelibeil nml in reini n ,
.. .. i. t ra . . "
continual lleht for best positions en
tut- court. This allowed the 'set te be
UM rt rift, CMena Hk,t
SCORES
and OTnrrell
Hart nnd RlgTer.
0-3
1-1
B-
10
G
1
0
11
10
0
2
OLD WAGE SCALE
YANKS LOSE FIRST:
CHASE DAVIS IN 20
Vanilder Gees
in as Relief
Hurler for St. Leuis in
First Round
p Yerk,
Ilnvlng lest
, ,l ,.,,. B1II1 f th,.,r double hemler
.Sl I ,,ls h it !i 1 ,i,
. , , . . "" I D UUP ill till llepnrnt Inns
T """ ;r" "Wlu ,Mnt" 'h "" nr "
, """ !'"' '" r '" "mU ll ,1" "''II '"an (leverumeiil nci enipmi
lrenU In the tpmiii kiimie.
Dixie" ii.it is .men vnr. ,.ff......
against New Yerk, pin lied for Sl
I.euls.
After Hush mired Hip Hmwns In
order in the fl,. .l, v..,i.
"1K "llt ,)iiWh ,,i,,Ih Ktnrted wild.
n!k.,l,,! W,lt "" fe,,r "'ralght balls,
n",, ''"""K I"""1" '' "'" nriti.
K!"h ,U'l,',l1 ,"v.,r ''Ulaius' head.
"' """g " m nnu uugnn. After Dnv s
.!. .i.n.i a.... i... 11. i t ii
;, " '"'
",,
The K-cend lnnln wna n ....!
frame. Hush main ratirxi is. .u.
erder: setthur mckW.lVl.T "'""'"
and McManus en easy chances.
j ir mi " ' mw, UMSUUBUII
PRICE TWO CENT tI
TTO
AS
PARLEY BREAKS
"" i
New Yerk Conference Ends Ab
ruptly When Shepmen Re-
ject New Offer
CONCILIATION BOARD IS
IDEA OF EXECUTIVES
Strikers Refuse te Meet Termt,
as All Railroads Are Net
Involved
SEPARATE .PLAN FAILS
Rail Heads De Net Fear Out
come, as Ample Workers
Are Available
W
JlU ABeeiattA Pren
New Yerk, Aug. 2."5. Attempts tu
end the rail shepmen's strlkp bv sep
nratp settlements with individual reads
fnlled tedny nnd conferences were broken
off.
In nnneunclng the breaking off of
negotiations. Dm Id Williams, tccre
tnry of the (icnernl Strike Committee
of the metropolitan districts, said
"nothing else ceiild hate hnnpcnpil. If
Nfl
i
nlipy'll quit fussing nreund we'll beats
thee fellows."
Frem unofficial sources it wns learned
that the break came when labor men
rejected n proposal advanced by the
reads which was regarded by execu
tives as rcpiesptiting n big (onccssien.
At labor henihiunrters, where it was
said the unions were prepared for a
nght-te-the-llnlsh, telegrams were be-
Ung dispatched all ever the country.
calling upon strikers te renew the
struggle with redoubled vigor. "We
knew where we etnnd new," bald en
(leader.
Daniel Willardv president of the Bal
timore nnd Ohie, head of the commit cemmit commit
teeet exeejuiyes who Wednesday de
cided toentfmie negotiations wjth tlm'
mediating -brotherhood' chiefs, tn see If
separate setUenientswcre possible. nm
etbr rail-heads ati' prepifjiij'.te-leaT
1 town. t ,
M'etald Restore Pensions
A statement by the executives fcpr
sentlng fifty-two ninin and forty-eight
subsidiary lines with .".000 miles of
Ltrnckage, who had attenilcd the latest
conferences, dlsclnlined am desire te
take advantage of the strike situation
te curtail "the pension or ether privi
leges" which had been earned by the
strikers before quitting, nnd expressed
n willingness te restore nil strikers with
pension privileges unimpaired
The ppcutips sold they felt at llb
prty te de re, as It did net iinnnir the
rights or privileges of the ether reads
net participating In the conferences.
The reids set forth that If any un
settled disputes remained which could
net be spttlpd by dlrpct conference,
they were willing te submit then
points te n cninniihslnn of ten, compris
ing the bends of the big fhe nnd five
executives. The lines, moreover, said
thev were willing te enter upon such
n plan In n spirit of conclllntien.
. The railway cxpcutiven said they re
gretted that the representatives of tlie
strikers "although definitely assured
the substance of nil they asked for."
were unwilling te agree te settle under
the conditions proposed. The reads
statement added .that the lines were
willing te pledge themselves te find
jobs for all strikers In the snnic plncpa
of cnipleiment nt the rate of pnj fixed
by the Itnllrnnd Laber Heard.
Strikers' Statement
A stntement issued m labor hefld
iiumters by llert M Jewell Mini fhnt-
l while net questioning the Intcgrjtv of
the execiithes in making their latest
proposal, tnc unions could net ntcept It.
After making (he statement Mr Jewell
announced he would leave
for Chicago
tonight
The hepprnft leadprs. In thplr re
piv In Ihe executives, said that te ac
cent ihe position of the minority of
railroads would destroy the pffecilveaesit
of the strike and that they would con
sider it u desertion ,,f the ether nieh.
The break en me after the brotherhood
lendcis. who right along hnve main
tained thnt the strike must end because
the public lemnnded it, lind spent two
noun ismfenlng with exeriitlvcs rep
resenting nbeut .10 per cent of the
country's inllc.igp These negotiations
looked toward Individual nettlementa
begun Wednesday night, after the A-
(entlnurd nn I'iibi. 8U, Column Twi
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DROPS
Reparations Deadlock Reflected In
Decline of Continental Rates
New Yerk. Auc .. Mlv A l 1
Feiluic of tin Itepnratiens t'ommisslea
h the (ier-
ied lit' nun
leky londitleiiN In the Iter In mnrU-nt.
esui.e, scu-mieum lines in Cen-
,. . .. . .. . -.
1 II titlt fl 1 ft V I'll n ll I'll rntnu ! 1... I t
mnrket today
1 (iermnn marks weie iiueled at the
I unprecedented low . uite of five cents a
L,",,,,r"1! blle I rend, frm.es reacted
1
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iu'lnl!!. R!l',,T'"1,,V.Vr,N "' lnd
sterling shnded .i-lbths from estcrday'a
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points. ... art.7a cents, Iu wZyf
thp weakness In ether ratew J
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