mm m m I I ir m m lei LSI m :ra i it - t i 1 I CAR SURRENDERS Frank Bennett Explains Couple ' He Struck in Aute 6n Yerk Read Refused Aid ?I0T0R IN HAY MOUND The automobile thnt police believed te have been the one which strticu. Mr. nnd Mrs. Samuel Penrvm, of Willow drove, .last Thursday nisht while they were walking en Old Yerk read, was identl (fled today no belenslng te Prank O. Bennett, a member of the Merlen Cricket flub. The car was found, according te the police of Lewer Merlen Township, tin- 'Ua m tlln nf ti( a Art M llfl lis tin linlluA iltl the Merlen Gelf Club links this morn- I Fran'c 0. Dennett, owner of the car, '.returned today from Atlantic City only te find himself n "fusitic from jus tice." j Vhcn naked whether or net he had .truck the Pearson and why he had "hidden" his machine under n hn stack, i Mr: Dennett made the following state pent: "Last Thursday evening, as I was jfelng up n steep grade in my meter car (above Willow Gre, another machine approached me with glaring bend jlights. I dimmed m lights, and as 1 did se I felt my car strike .something. "1 stepped,'- Mr. Iiennctt continued, "and found Mr. and Mrs Pcurseu ly ing by the roadside. Mr. Pearson jumped up and ran te Mrs. Pearson, whom I had partialis lifted from the igreund, and was about te place in my 'car. Mr. Pearson told me his wlfe was 'all right. I Intended taking both of jthem te the hospital, but Mr. Pearson i insisted Mrs. Pearson was net injured ufficlcntly. . Toek Injured Heme T aaV tlin nnnruinq tn tlinir linmn nd en the following morning went te ' Ithe club te play golf. I left my car Iwhere 1 am In the custom of leaving It, near an old caddy house, which was Ifermerly n barn, and went te Atlantic lUity en tne :n e cieck train mat at I tar neon. "On Frldny night I discovered the police of Lewer Merlen Township were "looking" for me. and I immediately .communicated with my attorney, who .arranged for my surrender te the au thorities this morning "The Incident, ns far as I knew, ia closed criminallj, for I have since learned there ure no criminal charges .against me. "The whole thing," Mr. Dennett paid, "has been most upsetting, but I .think my explanation of the conceal ment of my identity has proven suffi ciently truthful te cause the police te drop the criminal charges." Deny Abandonment Rumer It was at first reported the driver of the machine which struck Mr. and 'Mrs. Pearson otepped and then sped ,en niter Kiiechiiig me nw iic-uc-sirmua i n(ivicc from the . ity t lerK. Antnony iu rcai Serice, down. ... ' Kerelak and Themas Huber had been I ,' , , A Mr. Bennett is said te have efhees COurtlng for several weeks Pauline Dem- Denies Ceal Shortage in the Real Kstate Trust Building, but j bar and Man Lutz. who had been liv- Mr. Ferd denies there is a coal short shert hls name does net appear en the dl- I jnK nt a bearding house at 111 Orange ' age. The investigations of his repre repre trectery. avenue. Licences for the double cere- i sentatlves have convinced him, it was THE REV. ROBT. HARKINSON, METHODIST MINISTER, DIES End Cemes In His Heme, 936 Erie Avenue He Was 79 Years Old The Bcv. Rebert ilarklnsen. D. D.. widely known Methodist clergyman, former pastor of the Columbia Avenue (Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his home, 030 West Erie avenue, yes terday morning. He was born in Cen ter County, Pa., November 4, 1S43. He waa ordained In 1SD3. Dr. Harkinen was educated at Dickinsen College and for a time was ,a professor Jn the Theological Depart ment at Temple University. He Is survived by his widow, three sons and two daughters. SCHWAB'S SISTER-IN-LAW DIES AFTER AN OPERATION Mrs. Esther M. Schwab Was III for Several Months Lerette, Pa., Aug. 2S. Mrs. Esther Munhall Schwab, lift years old. widow rt.t e f Pharle M Sc Ivab Xd ! la-t ' hp "t'11 t0 k""P instigators at work might m WLbral;1;:''-. i m? here- She had been ill several months land came here three weeks age from New Yerk City, where she maintained her home. Mrs. Schwab recentlv underwent nn operation in a New Yerk hospital. Her Ibrether-ln-lavv. Charles M. Schwab. and her daughter, Dorethy, were at her bedside when the end came. - Mrs. Schwab wps born in Pittsburgh and leaves two children. Dorethy Schwab and Charles M. Schwab. CHARLES P. HOLDEN Retired Ceal Operator Dies After Paralytic Stroke After an Illness of two weeks, Charles P. Holden. a retired coal oper ator, formerly of this city, died jester day at Hahnemann Hospital. Mr. Helden, who lived in Ftosement, Va., came here en Vugust 12 nnd dur ing his visit collapsed en the street as the result of a stroke of paralysis Fer a day or two his Identity was' un known. Mr. Helden was shty-feiir years old He operated In the Pennsylvania eeal fitlds until a few enrs age. MAX ZEITLER Master Engraver Dies at 68 De signed U. S. Great Seal Max Zeitler, one of the most expert ateel engravers in the 1'iiited States, died yeBterday morning in the Lankennu Hospital, of heart diseawe. Bern March 27, 1854, ln Frnnkfnrt- en-Main, Germany, he came te tin the finest of the sort ever done for the Government. . FUncral services will be held tomor temor tomer w night at 2l'J." North Bread street. Members of the Steuben Society will conduct the services. The bedv will be cremated at the Gerraantewn Cemetery .Wednesday morning. Mera British Ceal Here The British tteamshlp Northenlon Uchercd off the Gloucester immlgrn- station tms morning nnu iramo irame sly began unloading a cargo of .tens of coal for concerns in phia and mmden. isMiinirv tt'fian ha inc 111 r- fj- i tin . 1 old He las lived in V iillalelnhia ever , i i MlrPr"'' """ ""mineu ' ,, m wll, rntnli much ,lmaK(. and Ijm I tii l. i i '.' p I I her -ad she was suffering from drugs. J . , (h ,lnBif.rs nnd the i-iti-Since. Ills place of business, where he Wlmn nlnrerl nmen- otlier nrltnnern , (n tl10 clt- taxpajf rs nnu tne nil was actively engaged until two weekH ftlV beine held In S1000 bn II the ' wn ""H.v. and especially n these 00 was at 1210 Arch street Ins home L 1 ? 11 -v 1 , 1 own ng piepertj or doing business in age, wan l '-"" "..' ethers eluded her. One drug pedd er I ,,,. . ...i1., ' . - Ming at 15134 Parrish street. shouted "Veu'r net ceine tn setmwU "'J bai L s'rPPt- , . , Mr. Zeitler was winner in the com- ,,, re ve u'" I In "'"''' ,0, ,h'? ff,""!7 ,f T""' petition for the designing of the great n0" mpIIwI the woman "I have rensate the .ity. the Maver directed at- seal of the United States In 100.1. nnd been using It for seven eenv ears and I ' !,f,tinn,tnllP fn0t f i" ( n"n0" haS '""' hU work en the seal was declared trt he K " ". .ft. . "v" ". "L . " ' at" I before it fei mere than n jear an or- i io.ne V rfcHadel H WOULD BUY HUSBAND, 'TIS SAID KggKAWiKfUBflSIV? 'K&assH HiiiinasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssP ''jsfILsiissssssssssssssssI m r 4 flHHHIMH si'tv . "ME; -1 irivM' . . ;: .m i- ..l WmMl FOKD WAGING WAR !IWrf:: ! ON COAL GOUGERS iBnlk . - T7TT- :BBmm..; Above fs Mrs. fcdltli Huntington Spreckels WaUeflqld, , forty-tlirce years old, who. it Is charged by Mrs. Redney KejidricJi., twenty four, ettered her Slet) a month for life If she would iTtinrre her hus band, a newspaper artist, se the elder woman could many him after getting a dhorce from .Mr. Walte Held. Uolev' Is Kcmlrich. Mrs. Waliclield denied the offer te "buy" Kendriclt, but says she named the llgure te his wife as alimony. Reth Mrs. Wakefield and Kcndrlclt admit tliclr loc for one another CALL OFF DOUBLE WEDDING Twe Prospective New Jersey Brides Vanish Before Ceremony Paterson. N. .1., Aug. 2!. (Pj A P.) A double wedding, rnke place tomeriow hn1 chedulcd te i k. nnnn 1 tulnti i iml.. nnstnnne.l ft una ilUninse.l tn.lm I - . Vil 111111 14- wnei; the prespectUe bridegrooms sought , ! menv had been issued When the prospective bridegrooms np ' peared for the wedding rehearsal they were told the two women had packed their trunks nnd had gene te Wilkcs- Barre. The men said they had given their would-be wives jewelry. Asks Funds te Push Drug Ring Cleanup Continued from I'azr On distributors They said they were ad dicts te escape heavy sentences. I I-iTi.inally teamed of ten such cases. The guilty distributors will receive full punishment. "The miery nnd crime caused by drugs cannot be exaggerated. Telny 1 received nn affidavit from a man In Potistewn In connection with a death of a man there. It was stated that the men who get the drug walked all the wa from Kead.ng te Philadelphia te obtain It." Commenting en Judge Menaghnn's suggestion for nn appropriation, Coun cilman Pemmer said: "Judge Mena- ghan has done excellent work in dl recting the round-up of the drug trnf fiejscrs, but. In order that the evil may he stamped out completeh, it would ' n"J rel"e,b,t for a" "PProprlatleu for ""1 " "'", ,. , , ,, , T, . te""'" I rankenfield and Lime- burner ulse premised support of a bill ' I,revl(".n-. for. f,m-h appropriation, and Pn"Y'1 tl!e '"'SJ' r"-, ule "erK wn,ru ..,.,.. ..... .,...,.... ...... Heavier penalties for drug sellers will he pievided in a bill which may he In- ircuureu ;u uiu nvii m.-siuh ui mr i.pgisinture. Iteiteintlng his statement made te the E kmne I'imiii LneiiLn last week, Judge Mennshan said that some member of the Legislature maj at tln nexfics nexfics slen introduce a new bill or an amend ment te iht drug act of Julv 11, !)!", known ns the "Van- Act," nnd pre- t.nt,,r.il 1 llm T lir.li.lilhinn U. f.t... 1 . K. Scott, te enable the Judges of the reurtn te deal with dope sellers mere seveiely than in new essible. Under the present art n tine of S200I) and five j ears' imprisonment may be imposed for celling narcotic drugs, and tlif same sentence for unlawfully hav ing the drugs All Indictments alleg ing a snip of drugs also contain a leuiit for having it in possession, nnd sentences may he Imposed en both eeuntrt in the indu tment, thus making I it possible for the Judges te mere se- I vercly punish the peddlers. Judge Monaghan said he does net feel that such a sentence is MifTuient in some cases and nn opportunity should be g'ven te the Judgen te deal mere be- vcrely when they feel it is necessary. hix persons arrestee en various charges in connertien with the drug traffic were arraigned tednj at Central Police Stotlen. Emma Weng. Lehigh avenue and i nnflrll.il Ct .nut nnrl n ITa .f n "'l.tnn ' iiiiiiiMirn I'luin iiii, ,,- 111 ii . iiiiiu- man. .was arrested jesterday while act- lug suspiciously near :vventii and Vine naveni tern en any one vcr Although elmrged with being nn nddlct. Lulu Mebster.jvv ell. dres.H girl, of I'arrish nnd Hutchinson streets, wns saiu te no n norm u-r. Mie was ar- , 1 ? .1 n 1 . , jested jesterday In th- Tenderloin bv Patrelmnn Lerndach and held In $1000 ba-ylI 11',," ; , .rZ;B ,.k u. " "" " '"'" """ "" driiBi in heir iiostcj.sleii vere arrested nr ispvpinh and Sering i.ardui streets Ihey nic HI m fl ght. Albe.t Whartcn and William O'Hrien Drugs were found In Wharten's rooms as well ns sem fake bottles which were re'.d at Iho real thing te addicts, the pulce sny. Projected Closing of Sheps Di rect Blew Against Fuel Profiteers SAYS STOCKS ARE AMPLE Du Assertnteit Trffj Detroit. Aug. 2S. Ilenry Fe'rd, In announcing Saturday that his plants would be closed September 10 because of conditions In the coal industry, began a fight for what he believes is a great principle, the Associated Pregs was in formed today In sources close te the manufacturer. Mr. Poid, it was stnted, has started what he declares is a fight against al leged profiteering In coal and he believes lie is In n better position perhaps te de se than any one else. He feels, it was stated, that by taking up the fight he is , , .1... . It oeing every euier manufacturer, ns wen ns working men throughout the country, said, that coal brokers of the country have nn enormous supply of coal en hand. The Ferd Moter Company could obtain enough coal te cover a ten-acre tract it It would submit te being vic timized by profiteers, it was declared. Fer severnl weeks, It was asserted, the Ferd offices at Dearborn have been Heeded with offers of cool with deliv eries guaranteed. It was declared the prices asked ranged from 100 te 300 per cent nbeve the normal cost. The Detroit manufacturer believes that If he yields te whnt he terms "the held-up" of the cenl brokers every ether manufacturer will fellow suit and that coal prices will reach an unprece dented figures. One Murce clete te Mr. Ferd said the manufacturer had "at the back of his mind" n picture of working men being unable te buy enough cenl te keep their families warm because of the prices tTlat eventually would be asked "un'ess this profiteering was nipped In Its inception. Mines Alse Offered The Ferd company recentlv has re ceived n large number of offers en the part of coal operators te sell mines Nene of these offers has been eerieuslv considered, however, because of the present transportation conditions. It I was explained bj persons close te Mr. , Ferd tin b,,t w that the offering of mines mennt ttle "as thev can be purchased new for almost nothing because of the ' ,ur'- Blm-" el """ ue,u " """. Thp manufacturer still believes the !lnkln(, of tne Louisville and Nnshville aml the Detroit. Teledo and Irentnn Hnilreads. the latter his own property, weum sene nei enij me i eru rumpiiuv ,,reb1rms but these of every ether eitl ' Ufcpr ln tll( jiai(.s region. Ccal for ship- ment is available in Kentucky, ncoerd- ing te advices here, and only awaits u means of bringing it out. Conduit Decision Up te Judge Stern Cen,lnu"1 ,rem ra" 0ne . the Majer Is bound te sign the agree ment. Judge Stern expressed nn Interest in what custom the city had followed ln the matter of granting permits such ns that debited by t he Western Union company. The attorney for the busi ness men said such permits had been granted freely In the past, but that the cmrstien new is wiiciner tne cav i te i continue doing se. ' In the Majer's answer it is contended that n large volume et Dusincfs win ec interfered with nnd prevented by the conduit work. He points out thnt l Chestnut street In the areas affected is the nrincipnl business street of the city. The work will interfere with business, he says, for n period that will extend Inte the most active business months of the year. "The privileges accorded by the or dinance." savs the answer, "are of ., .... t0 t10 plaintiff nnd a fail ;",., , lcnc,.P nnv consideration for ilinnnre nrevldinL' for such cemnensn , ,m,nr raw, Hp ien ,wrh tllnt hls fallllr(, ,0 L,n .,.,, nKreemeiit made the permit. 1 ..,,,, ,,.. fh ij,lrPni. nf Hiehwnvs. null pr1 f I it in jn 1 r-ii Ul It i l 1JI,I II til I nml ve)f , ani Pns attention te the bill for juP,en asked b.v the ClieMnut I street business men preventing the sign- ing of tne permit. rhe ,,!, ,hrn nn, n8ke(1 ,n ,yMe , PenflcMllB ,,!, nf thf madLius , jnjulutlen Mllts IITAD LINKS THAT SBT VOU STRAIGHT On the front ne of th mernlnsr Pcniis Lepues vry mernlnc ou set the nw ef the werll at a elinc. "Mak It JUblt." Adv. URGED FOR WOMEN Mrs. Emily Blair Wants All New Voters te Give Part of Their Time te Civic Affairs RAPS MRS. ROBERTSON Every woman, busy hoitscwlfe or clubweman or business woman, should devete one hour a day of her time te work for clean politics, according te Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, of Missouri. Mrs. Blair, a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, ad dressed women Democrats today at the opening luncheon of the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club, In the Belle-vue-Stratferd. Mrs. Blair incidentally took a rap at Mlsa Allce Robertsen, member of Congress from Oklahoma . Miss Rob Rob erteon, according te Mrs. Blair, Is the sort of wemnn who should net be in public life. "The question arise in this new (era," she said, "will women vote for women candidates? Alse, will mere women go te Congress? The answer te both ques tions is 'vcs.' We will, however, nave women in public life who should net be there. Such women as Allce Rob Rob erteon. She has net struck for the things most home-loving women and mothers have steed for. Her position Is being challenged, as man's would be, en the grounds thnt she shows an unintelligent, non-pregrcsslvo view point. Mere women like her will be elected te eftlcc they are Individual ists, and de net represent any Ideals." As te the question what women can de with the etc, Mrs. Blair said they could reform politics and party organizations. ENDS LIFE AFTER VISIT TO CHILDHOOD SCENES Returned te Michigan Heme' After Absence of Forty Years Flint. Mich., Aug. 28. (By A. P.) William B. Atwood, sixty-one years old, back In his home town after an absence of years, yesterday ended his career, winch nc eegan se nepeiuuy here nearly forty jears age, with a pistol bliet. Mr. Atwood was a member of a wealthy and socially prominent family of Flint. Nearly forty yeais age he left here te make his mark in tlie outside world. Saturday he made his way back te Flint, registered at u local hotel under the name of E. E. Elliett, of Detroit, nnd spent n day visiting the scenes of his childhood. Yesterday morning n maid heard pistol shots, and when hotel empleyes opened Atwood's deer they found him dead with two bullet wounds In his head. A note en the body tequestlng that Mrs. Atwood be notified revealed his identity. rriends say air. Atwoeu. was de spondent ever business reverses and falling health. BIG DEAL AT ASBURY PARK Bradley Estate Sells Five Plots of Land for New Hotels Asbury Park. X. J.. Aug. 2S.-(By A. P.) Sale of five plots of land by the estate of the late James A. Bradley, founder of Asbury Park, te the Bradley Lands Corporation, constituting the largest realty transaction ln the history of Asbury Park, was announced today. The purchase price was net disclosed. The land involved is regarded as the most valuable beach-front property be tween New Yerk nnd Atlantic City, and includes three entire square blocks fac ing en the ocean and three-quarters of n square facing Deal Lake. Five modern hotels, It Is reported, will be erected en the property. Anether Minge Trial Begins Cliarlcstewn, W. Va., Aug. 28. (By A. P.) The trial of Walter Allen, a Kanawha miner, Indicted for treason as nn outgrowth of the march of miners en Legan C eunty last year, get under way Here teuay in c ircuit court, nnu before neon three jurors had bceu ex amined. E Publisher's Mind Unsound When Wife Was Named Sele Executrix, It Is Alleged TWO DOCUMENTS MADE Hu Aainelnttti Prts Ijonden. Aug 25. Doctors, net law yers, probably will have the last word In the approaching legal contest ever the huge estate left bv Viscount North Nerth cllfle, according te the Dally Express, The executers of the first will dated Mnreh 22. 1010. contend thnt the sec ond will, made jut before the publish er's death nnd witnessed by the attend ing phjslclnns, vvns drawn up while he was net In his normal mind. The doc tors nnd mental speelallsts are expected, therefore, te decide the Issue. Besides four prominent Hrltlsh doc tors. 11 celebiated American phjslcian summoned from New Yerk was nlse nt th" deathbed mid is expected te tes tify. The KxpreFs asserts that Lord Xorth Xerth cllffe's estate is eftimnted nt 4,000, 000, en which henvy death duties must be paid. An interesting turn was tnken ln Lord Nertheliffe's affairs by the enter ing of three caveats against the admis sion of the will or the granting et let ters of ndminlstratien te the North Nerth cliffe estate This will prevent the ad ministration of the estate until the per sons entering the caveats have been heard. Appenrawes te the caveats were made bv Henr.v Preuss Arnholz. Lord Nertheliffe's solicitor and an old friend, anil by Sir Geerge Sutten, who was chairman of the Amalgamated Press. DOCTORS TO DECID NORTHGLIFFE WILL Arnholz and hutten nre executers nnd trustees of the will dated March 22, 1010. Lord Riddcll's News of the World Is authority for the statement that Just before his death Lord North Nerth cltffe executed another will, of which Lady Northcliffe is sole executrix. A writ of summons has been Issued, thus beginning n suit te decide which of these will shall be admitted. The first will Is being nut forward en the grounds that Lord Northcliffe was of unsound mind when the second will was executed, and this is the question that must be decided bv the Court If the cose'pro cese'pro cose'pre ceeds. The News of the World asserts that the probating of the will has mere than a private Interest, for upon Its dtciilen. depend the ownership and policy et the whole Northcliffe press. 1$ Last Day te Escape Penalties Five extra cashiers and a score of clerks have been added temporarily te the 'Receiver of Taxes' office ln an effort te handle the throngs of persons who are paying their taxes today In order te avoid a 1 per centum penalty. After August 31 the pcnnlty gees Inte effect; Dflrlng.thc month, of August lest year $23,052,210 was taken In for real estate taxes and $701,110 en the school tnxes. It Is expected because of the decrease In the rate of last year from $2,15 te J1.75 there will net be as much taken ln. The school tax rate, however, has been raised from eighty cents te ninety five cents nnd the taxes taken in en this, it la expected, will flit the deficit caused by the decrease in the realty tax rate. GRIEF KILLS BOY WHOSE DOG IS STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE Pennsylvania Child Frightened Inte Convulsions as Pet la Hit Bristel, Pa., Aug. 28. Frightened Inte convulsions when his pet deg was struck by nn automobile last nignt, Geerge C. Jobsen, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Damen Jobsen of 1242 Pend street, died a few minutes later. The deg was uninjured. The Jobsen child nnd his pet had gene out te play shortly before supper. A passing automobile attracted the at tentien ei tne animal, vvnicn gave cnase. The deg was struck and knocked ever, nnd the lnd, witnessing the accident, ran into the house screaming. Bcfpre he could tell his mother the cause of his grief the boy went Inte convul sions nnd, despite medical nld, died without regaining consciousness. TEN CHEATERS FINED Grocers and Butchers Punished for Using Faulty Scales Ten vegetable dealers and butchers were fined by Magistrate Ceward today en charges of bhert-weightlng preferred by the Bureau of Weights and Meas ures. The men are Samuel Rosenberg, 434 Seuth Fifty-second street, $17.50; Leuis Fink, 5532 Baltimore nvenue, $12.50; Jacob Rednlck, 5400 Pine street, $15 and costs; Michael Katz, 1300 West Columbia avenue, $10 nnd costs; Bernard Maser, 041 North Eleventh street, $25 nnd costs; Julius Goldstein, 1010 Poplar street; Isaac Frank, 1210 West Celumbln nvenue; Jeseph Brltman, 1130 Columbia ave nue; Solemon Reif, 1210 West Colum Celum bln avenue, nil $10 nnd costs ; Hnrry Schrelbsteln. liliS West Uelumbin ave nue, $15 and costs. ALLEGED ATTACK ON WHITE GIRL STARTS RIOT IN TEXAS Negro Church Set en Fire and At tempt Made te Lynch Suspect Wichita Falls. Tex.. Aug. 28. (By A. P.) Mere than five hundred persons who surrounded the Electra, Tex., City Hall jail, threatening Jehn Leve, twentv-five-vcar-eld porter, for an alleged attack en a white girl, thinned out early tedny alter tnrce incendiary fires directed at Negro-owned property. Mayer Calvert issued a statement that the girl alleged te have been at tacked could net be found, that there was no definite evidence a girl had been attacked, nnd that there was nothing definite, against Leve. The Mayer said the cnthe affair would be investigated nnd charges would be preferred against these who fired the Negro restaurant, church nnd residence. The attempt te burn the Negro Bap tist church wat made during the scrv lrcj and the building was packed. As the sparks began te tly the members of the mob outside cried "down with the blacks" and this was the first intima tion the congregation had of the trouble. They escaped through the windows and deer's nnd none was seileusly injured. Hetel Clerk Held In Theft Theodere Handel, Arch street near Thirteenth, who was arrested three weeks age charged with embezzlement while an assistant cashier at the Hetel Lerraine, was today held in S(!00 bail for a further hearing by Magistrate Ceward in Central Police Court. Ac cording te Charles Duffy, manager of i the hotel, auditors discovered discrep ancles In Handel's records after he left the employ of the hotel. He estimated the less at $02.") and upward. BY GENERAL STAFF Sweeping Changes Made Tactical Units te Conform te New Law in FORCE CUT TO 125,000 MEN Du .Isseefafril rrttf 1 Washington, Aug. 28. The new re re re organisateon plan for the Army, drafted by the General Staff in order te meet reductions in personnel In ac cordance with congressional nets fixing the enlisted strength nt 125,000 men, calls for sweeping chnnges In the num ber and we el tnctlcnl units. Only thirty-seven regiments of In fantry will tcmnln In the combat serv ice as a result of the reduction, as tempared te sixty-four regiments In 1020. The cavalry regiments are re duced from sixteen te fourteen ; the field nrtillerj regiments from thirty three te thirteen; const artillery regi ments from nine te four and the en gineer leglments from thirteen In 1020 te seven. The Infnntrj regiments have been reduced in strength from 1400 men te 1150, nnd the cavalry regi ments from S18 te (111. Nine training center troops of cavalry were demobilized nnd the Ninth Cav alry Regiment wns ordered returned te the L'nlted States for station nt Fert Riley, Kansas. Of the camps, distinguished from cantonments, used for mobilization dur ing the war, all have been disposed of except Camp McClelland. Alabama, which was retained for training pur poses In the Fourth Cerps Area. Of the sixteen national army can tonments, C'nmp Devciis, Massachu setts; Dlx, New Jersey; Custer, Mich- Icnil. and FllllSten. Kansas, nrn in. tnlned for training purposes in their lespective corps areas. Camp Travis, Texns, vvns retained as the Second Di vision station and the principal train ing area for the Eighth Cerps. A tabulation of commissioned per sonnel te be reduced by grades showed ,100 colonels te be reduced te 420; (107 lieutenant colonels te 577; 2101 majors te 1S75; 4:i8.- captains te 31,10; 3020 first lieutenants te 2007, and second lieutenants te be increased from 130 te 1771. These reductions will be made from officers en the promotion list, wlilln ethers en the non-promotion list will renuccn irpni ii-e te usa in tne medi. cal depertment: from 231 te IfiH in the dental corps; from 1(18 te 120 in the veterinary corps, and 138 te seventy two In the meter ambulance corps, ARMY REORGANIZED IN TENTHS! FIRE American Cene and Pretzel CempanyBakery at Susque hanna Avenue Destroyed 15 HORSES ARE RESCUED Four firemen were overcome by smoke and two men were injured when fire destroyed the four-story brick bakery of the American Cene and Pretrel Com pany, Tenth street and Susquehanna avenue yesterday. A spark from n locomotive Is believed te have Ignited several barrels of lard, which spread the flames te the building. Jeseph J. McGreeby, heseman of Engine Company Ne. 23, was cut by fl.in nlnM. Andrew Tterkelhnch. 2440 North Twenty-sixth street, watchman; of the factory, was severely burned. The firemen evercqmc by smoke re turned te the blew after being revived at the Lankenau Hospital ambulance. Fifteen horses were rescued from a stable ln the rear of the building. The fire also slightly damaged the property of the Mayers nnd Mahony Ceal Com pany. The illumination of the flames, could be wen for several miles and hundreds of persons left their homes te leek en. ( NINE HELD IN CONNECTION WITH TRAIN WRECK PLOT Sovletlsm la Being Probed for Al leged Part In Gary Disaster Chicago, Aug. 28. (By A. P.) Nine men arc In custody nnd four of them have been Implicated In nn aucgeu plot believed te hove been Inspired by radicals ln connection with the wreck of a Michigan Central express train at Gnry, lnd., a week nge. urther ar rests are expected and police nnd rall rall lead agents continued te threw much secrecy nreund the case. Sevlctlsm, represented by supporters of the Russian radical regime, is being investigated as the background of the supposed conspiracy. One of the men under arrest, according te the Investi gators, admitted thnt spikes were with drawn from the ties te cause the wreck. Railroad union officials discredited reports that two of the men held are miner officials of railway shepmen's unions new en strike. Although re fusing te be quoted, union officials as serted they believed there was no truth ln the reports. Back of the nrrcsts wns declared te be 0 desire en the part of one man te obtain the reward of .$5000 offered bv the railroad for information that would lend te the npprehcnslpn of per sons responsible for the wreck. Federal agents nre seeking two mere men reported te be emissaries of the I enine-Tretzky administration In Rus Jn Thev escaped in the round-up of rnd'lcals at Bridgman, Mich., a week age. Gary. lnd., Aug. 28.-(By A. P.) tiv...,. nf nlnn mpn declared te be under arrest ln connection with the wrecking of n Michigan Ccntrul express train here en August 20 today were said te hove admitted they were striking rail road shepmen and one of them today told a sterv of hew they had loosened n rail which ditched the express and killed the engineer and fireman. PLUNGES TO DEATH Elevator Operator Is Found With Crushed Skull In Shaft Emll Hern, forty-nine jenrs old, 320 Hillside avenue, Enst Camden, an ele vator operator employed by the Victer Talking Machine Company, Camden, waslnstantly killed this morning when he fell forty feet down an elevator shaft te the cellar. Empleyes of the company working ln Building Ne. 10 found him with bis skull crushed. It Is net known whether the mnn vvns crushed between the second nnd third floors and then dropped te the basement or whether he fell while ex amining the machinery beneath the car. MAYFIELD ASKS SUPPORT Texas Nominee for U. S. Senater Is sues Appeal te Voters Dallas, Texas, Aug. 28. (By A. P.) The latest unofficial figures en the run-off Democratic primary) 'giving Enrl B. Mnyfteld, State railroad com missioner, n lead ever former Governer James E. Fergusen, of nearly 00,000 votes for the nomination of United States Senater, has brought from Mr. Mayfield an appenl te the Democratic voters of Texns te unite In bringing about a victory In November. Mr. Fergusen has conceded Mr. Mnyfield's nomination. Mr. Fergusen fought the Ku Klus Klan In his campaign and this became n leading Issue. He also advocated light wine and beer. Mr. Mayfield had the Indersement of the Anti-Saleen League. FREES WOMEN TAX DODGERS Are Net Liable te Arrest for Non payment In Pennsylvania HarrLibure. Pa.. Aug. J8. (By A. P.) Arrest or Imprisonment of any woman for failure te pay tax Is pro hibited in Pennsylvania, nceerding te Stete officers who have been looking up tax laws as n result of letters asking If women may hp placed under arrest If they de net pay tnT.es. and some in which It hns been alleged tax collec tors have Intimidated n woman for failure te pay tax. The law ns given out here today is second of the net of April in, 1831, which sa.s: "That nothing herein contained shnll authorize the nrrest or Imprisonment for nen-pajment of any tax of any female or Infant or person found by inquisition te he of unsound mind." HKATHS FOSTKR. Aug. J!T. MART J., wife of Jarem A. Featar. widow of Frank J Col Cel llni. Relatives and friends, also League of Sacred Heart and Society for Propagation of Kalth. are InWted le attend funeral. Tliurs k an A M . residence. 3Tu.1 N nnil.i.r .. Helemn requiem mass at Our I.ady of Hely Heula' Church. Interment Hely Seuulchre Cemetery. lUiu'iii'i-A. Aug. ST. Aper.ru f kap. 1'BI.W. Relatle and friends, also Jler Idlan Sun l.edte, Ne IBS. P. and A. M 1 Oriental Chnpter. Ne. 1S8, St. Jehn CenV mandery, Ne 4. K T.. are Invited te attend funeral. Thursday, at 2 P M at the rail, dence of his son, 6848 Angera terrace. In terment pr!ate. KTTINUKR On Aug 23. DANIEL K. KTTINOBH. of RT N. Charlette at.. Petti. tenn. In his 61st ear. funeral en Tuesday, at 0,80 A. M. (daylight savlna), from Searlei Memerial Church Xleach and Hanei er sts.. Pottstown. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery, i nii"-,i',,,,?f Mclllll iiju . -At Pennsareve. S7 t a.. ft HUHLillT ukxhuiv. neieied husband of lir- II McKrlde (nee ,,b.t. tl; into i.mnnr Heed 3.1 Services " innrjuey, ng tl. (dallght alnn from his residence 11 Aj M 12 i;i be Philadelphia. HEI.r WANTED MAI.K BALWMBN We need several men te sell te garages In Philadelphia and vicinity: ex" Kfeeed".01 W'WdTner'W1" Ttt' te Get Lifts Prem Autes , Twe nineteen-year-old girls arrived, In this city from New Yerk this after noon, having hiked most of ,the way from Chicago, via Niagara Falls! They start the return Journey te Chicago te- "tent The hikers nre Bernlce Tamler. of 4205 Ashton avenue, and Leuella Bew-1 mnn, of 2142 North Racine avenue, Chicago. They left New Yerk et 7 o'clock this morning, .and with the old of lifts from motorists reached' here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The girls said they left Chicago two weeks age, Miss Tamler graduates from the high school ln June next. Miss Bewman was grad uated in June last, -, , Ledger Leaps Frem Third Fleer Window When Explosion of Still Starts Fire PICKED UP UNCONSCIOUS Michael Tlmmlcl, a ledger In a house nt 2220 Summer street, Jumpeff te the pavement from his thlrd-sterv room early this morning when awakened by the smell of smoke coming from tne rear of the house. He was picked up unconscious and taken te the Hahnemann Hospital, where It was found he hed received a few bruises. Police believe the fire, which was dis covered at 2 :30 o'clock", was caused by the explosion of a still. Patrolman Brandt, of the Twentieth ahd Button Butten Button weed streets station, heard an explosion and noticing smoke pouring from one of the windows, turned ln an nlarm. He ran Inte the house nnd awakened Leuis Copew, proprleter.tand four ether occupants, who fled te the street partly dressed. As Brandt emerged from the house he btrcly missed being struck by Tlm mlcl ln his fall. Property damage was slight. HELD FOR KILLING WOMAN Charles Llgens Denied Ball After Fatal Jealousy Rew Julia Klnc. of 1020 Euclid nvenue. was shot and killed Saturday night by Charles Llgens, who lives nt the same address. Jealousy wns the cnuse of the sheeting, according te the police. Magistrate Scullin held Llgens with out ba.l for the Grand Jury. Geerge D....1... nf 1094 Rnrlld nveniie. vn nlse held without ball, charged with being an accessory, while Daisy Tittle wns held under .$1000 bail as a mate rial Witness. iVil arc .icgruen. Compare BRUISED IN PLUNGE WHEN HOUSE BURNS and you are. in position te judge the price fairly Jewels, Watches, Silver, Silver Plate, Clocks, Lamps, Leather Articles, China, Table Glassware, Umbrellas, Creps, Walking Sticks, Stationery J. ECaldwell & Ca Jewelry - Silver - Watches - Stationery CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS POMERANTZ for Office Furniture yAnKjE? I iH a""i ei!"tiij Why net Standardize en our O H Grade desk ! I ... Our 27 Grade flat desk is an ideal desk, typical of the entire 27 grade line of desks, tables and chairs economical yet a fine bit of work, attractive, compact, efficient. Come and see one en our fleer. We believe you'll find in it the desk en which you'll be willing te standardize. And we'vemade the price standard, tee. It's already at the lowest figure at which a really geed desk can be sold and will remain se. Yeu won't be penalized later if you don't happen te buy it in one of the se-called "furniture sale" months. Ineur jecend and third loer df jplay roemi you'll find an excellent oiiort eiiort oiiert mntoothr grad of desks, suitable for the reurhejt work or the m executive eice. In them alie eu'II find th Pemerantr idea of one price and full value 1523 Chennut St., Philadelphia Stationery, Printing, Engraving and office furniture MORE FAIR Mil Will Keep Up jBonfannefjjg uearn sentiment Tpvyard ffl . Sesqul-Centennlal' ''& nn fnlv'nU.. ' ti .11 i i . ." . 1 .ur. u.s . z. H- .sp?i". ' traln'rt' Bwad Street 'SSSZ "" It took, only a' few minutes f0r hi,' wish te be , fulfilled. As he cressrf Market street an acquaintance hiltS him and said, "Oh, hello, colonel, Pa glad te see you're back from Maine. Br the way, I have a friend who's loeklnJ for a jeb.4 I'll send him down te ,euf efflee-tbls afternoon." ' " The colonel missed an oppertunlt for a long conference en the train vlA Jules Mastbaum, president of the Staa. ley.Cempany of America, who is a num ber of the Beard of Directors of tli. Sesqul-Centennlal Association. Th failed te see each ether until the trslJ reached Vest Philadelphia. " At West Philadelphia the f.l- ... dent was met by Theodere SeckendreiL'l agent of the Pennsylvania Rallr6ri who wanted te knew If sufficient dlri ters were going te Washinsten tnmS. row te necessitate a special car. Thi 1 tuiuiici rcpuvu uu Knew ne would be ll the capital at 3:30 tomorrow ofterneoa for the special ceremony when Pre. dent Harding signs the bill lnvitis foreign nations te participate in tM Sesqul-Centennlal, but that he was un. aware If any large delegation would ic company him. President Harding will use a spedil pen te be taken from thin rii .. l. occasion, and afterward will preseat It iu 1110 DcpMiii-vventenniai committee. When asked if he had arrived it some definite conclusion regarding th sUe and character of the exposition hi 1020. the cplenel replied, "I shall htrt nothing te say concerning that until after the meeting of the Beard of DJ. rectors in the middle of September B. iween new -una men 1 intend te con tinue te fellow the .same course I pur sued before leaving for New Rnifi.rf nnmely, calling upon members of thi beard and learning their Ideas." Wlille ln New England the colonel get only three days' real rest. Th i-mu. Ing seven he spent in chasing ever th Stnte of Mnlnc. conferring with fair airei'iurn who ure epenaing tnelr va- cntlens 'there. A "ITOT WKIUjjE THAT C0 i-nariei w. uuae wves fverv Ph ladclphlai iwmethlnr erlem te tfclnk about In hfi it. tide relntln out the tumble-down. tlii. trnp aheda and ualy adv.rtlslna alien bearS that eluttar up the landscape in evtrr dl. evtrr dl. war. 1, Sundart the Mafatln Srctlen of ncit Sunda: fUDMU binJCK. --?iaKa 11 a fiaeu, Quality J.V WILL SEEV BILL SIGNEr i ' Colonel Franklin D'OHer, preidJifa of the SesquliCentennlal AitffiSU returned te the city at 11 o'clock tedaVl from a ten-day trip te New EngC' and' started In at once en falr'ni.. '" L tU !&, ,w, ; in -rf., t v
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