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MILS THOMSON
FEAT
Dartmouth Student Clocked at
i 14 4-5 Seconds in Final.
Murray Third
AMERICAN TEAM BOOSTS
ITS LEAD TO 52 POINTS
U. S. Fails to Win First Place in
Four Events Shields and
Ray Qualify
Winners at a Glance
10.000-Meter (10.030.23 Yards) Walk
Final Frigerlo, Italy. Time, 48.no
1-5.
Hammer Tlirow
Qualifying trial Vat Ryan. Lough-
lln Lyceum, New Yorlt. Time, 5L'.83
meters (172 ft. -1 inches).
3000-Meter Steeplechase
Qualifying heat Hodge, England.
Time, 10.17 2-5.
110-Meter (120.3 Yards) Hurdjes
Final Karl Thomson. Canada. Time.
It 45 seconds (new world's record).
Shot Put
Final Porhola. Finland. Distance.
1J.81 meters (40 feet I) l-n Inches).
BROAD JUMP
Final Peterson. Sweden. Distance.
T.15 meters (23 ft. 0 1-0 Ins.).
Antwerp, Aug. 18. Knrl Thomson,
the Dartmouth Cdllego student who
competes for Cnnndn, had to break a
norld's record to defeat Harold Bnrrnn,
ef the Mondowbrook Club, of Philadel
phia. In the final heat of tho 110-mctfcr
(120.11 yards) In the Olympic games to
day nt the stadium. (
This fleet Canadian, who in May set
l new world's roe! of 14 2-fi seconds
for the 120 yards at Franklin Field,
MrilatlclphTnlioppcd over the stickSt to
diy in 14 4-5 seconds? Moth of the.se
hurdlers won their semi-finals yostorduy
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IN RECORD
Miss Ida May Vare Dies
iii Hotel at Peking China
Oldest Daughter of Representative William S.
Yure Succufnbs to Tonsillitis While on Trip
to Orient Mother Is III at Honolulu
Miss Ida May Vare, oldest daughter
of Congressman William H, Vare, died
today In Pckln. China, 0000 miles from
her home in tills city.
Four thousand miles east of Pckln.,
her mother, too 111 to go with the daugh
ter to Chlnn. is seeking health in Hono
lulu, nnd the Varo family nrc today
striving to keep from her the trnglc
news, fearing it may have n serious ef
fect upon her own chances of recovery.
Tho first news of Miss Vnrc'n unex
pected death was received early this
morning by thc girl's uncle, Senntor Kd
wiu II. Vare, from his brother, the
congressman. Thc cablegram said :
"Ida May died today. Am leaving
on next bont. Do not tell Ida."
The "Ida" last referred to is Con
gressman -Varo's wife.
SfiocU to Senator Varo
Senator Varo was greatly shocked by
the death of his niece.
"It Is the worst ncwa that I have
received in twenty-five years," he said.
"She was n girl of a very fine per
sonality and of n most lovable nature.
Sho was a practical sort of girl and re
lieved her mother of much of the care
of managing thc household."
Miss Vare's home was ut 2304 South
Ilroad street and in that neighborhood
she was looked upon as n true Lady
liotintiful by hundreds of poor people.
Sho, was very active in war work, and
her untiring efforts during tho dark days
of 1017-18 won hrr hosts of ndmirers
in all walks of life.
U. S. CUSTOMS IN
Boost in Salaries Averages
$200 a Year Retroactive
to July 1
BUSINESS MEN THANKED
Today is like somebody's birthday
at the Philadelphia Customs House.
Two hundred nnd seventy-five of Uncle
Sam's employes there are going about
with happy smiles on their faces be
cause n telegram was received from
Washington this morning informing
them that they have won their long
tight for more money nnd that an in
crease lias been granted nil along the
.line, retroactive to July 1.
This boost in sniarles will be about
7Vj per cent, nvcroging about $200 a
j car.
The glad tidings came in n telegram
to S. Tjson Kinsell, head of th,c pass
port bureau lit the customs house and
national vice nrcsident for this distrh t
of the Federation of Federal Employes.
The wire wns from Xntionnl President
I.uther C. Steward, and said :
"Collectors and appraisers recom
mendations returned to Philadelphia
upproved fourteenth instant. Raises
retroactive to July 1st."
This increase will affect 27" of the
33S customs employes in this district.
Thirty-five customs guards, who have
been getting $3 a night for their work,
will now get an ndditloii of lift. cents.
The other men not affected by the gen
eral boost are those who have reached
the retirement age of seventy years or
those, who liavo recently been granted
individual boosts In snlary.
In annouueing the news today, Mr.
Kinsell snid :
"We feel that, In n very Inrge meas
ure, wo nwo our good fortune to the
business meit's organizations of this
city and particularly to the llourso.
These men have most generously sup
ported us and pushed through Congress
the appropriation net under which the
Increase Is made feasible. On Mnrcli
4 last, tlie llourso passed a strong me
morial to. Congress, which wns presented
to the nnnronrlntions committor liv
Senator Knox. If it had not been' for
WIN PAYINCREASE
Anal hnt Yi I'oncct start in tliol11"8 P0Piar ciinmpionsnip ot our cause.
we feel that this much-desired result
could not have been achieved so soon."
WOMAN HIT, CHILD SAVED '
Mother Successfully Protects Baby
In Auto Accident
While currying her six -months-old
baby across Gennautown avenue at
Ilristol street nt 10 o'clock last night,
Mrs. Emma Freed, of 4317 Ocrmnntowii
avenue, was struck by an automobile.
As tho autaufbhlle, driven by John
Pcurson, of Zernlda street, struck the
mother, sho held the child clear of the
wheels and saved It from injury.
Mrs. Freed, who is thirty years old.
was treated for cuts of tho head nnd
body at St. Luke's Hospital. Pearson
wns arrested and held in $300" for n
further hearing ut tho Twenty -second
street and Hunting Park avenuo sta
tion. HANGS HIMSELF WITH SHEET
Poor Health Is Blamed for Suicide
of Front Street Lodger
James Kelly, iffty-two years old, was
found today hanging by a sheet from a
rafter in his room on the third floor
of a lodging house near Front and
Green streets,
Tho body wus found by Steven Oberlo,
a lodger, in tho house, who cut him
down nnd notified tho police.
Little is known of tho man though
ha lived at tlie Front street address for
several jcars. Ho is believed to havn
two sinters-living In Salem, N. J. He
has been In poor health for somo time
and despondency Is believed to bavo
prompted hU act.
Tho deepest sympathy is expressed
for Congressman Vare, whoso trip to
tho Orient has been n series of catas
trophies, culminating in this tragedy.
Mrs. Varo Takenll First
The congressman, with his wife and
two daughters, Ida May and Heatrlcc,
was one of n party of members of thc
.House nnd Senate who are miming an
investigation of trade conditions In the
Orient. They loft thc 1'nlted Stntcs
some time ngo on the steamship Orcat
Northern, nnd almost nt once Mrs. Varo
. showed symptoms of bailing health.
The sea trip seemed to.'do lier no good,
so tho congressman reluctantly ngrefcd
to tho doctor's advice that she disem
bark at Honolulu nnd there nwnlt thc
return of thc party on their homeward
trip.
, Shortly after their arrival In thc
Orient Miss llentricc and "Miss Ida both
contracted tonsllltis. hut, Miss Pcatricc
soon recovered and her sister's case
was not considered serious, rw certain
of her recovery, in fact, was her father
that lie was a guest last night at a re
ception in the presidential mansion in
Pekln. dining with Dr. "cn jnov Tzu
Chi, director general of the currency,
and otiier Chinese officials.
The rest of the pnrty will lenve Pekin
for Toklii on Saturday, but Congress
man Vare, according to his cablegram,
will return nt onco to Philadelphia.
Miss Vare ,was ubout twenty-two
years old.
L,
ENDS OWN LIFE
Love Triangle in Now Jersey
Ends in Attempted Murder
and Suicide
TRIES TO "GET"' HIS- WIFE
John Dayton, fifty-one years old. of
Willianistown. X. J., shot nnd killed
himself ill his home last night, nftcr
seriously wounding a woman whom
Mrs. Dayton had accused of-misconduct
with Dayton.
The woman is Miss Ethel Daly,
twenty-three jcars old. After stabbing
her. Dayton is said to hove searched
for his wife with threats to kill her be
fore committing suicide.
Mrs. Dayton hoard of the tabbing
nnd threats nnd fainted. She wfns cared
for bv neighbors and was nearby when
her husband killed himself last night
after vainly looking for her.
Dayton went to tlie home of Miss
Daly about 0 o'clock last night. He
found her alone. It wns said fo luivc
been their first meeting since her re
lease from tlie Gloucester county jail
on bail. She was held there on Mrs.
Dayton's charges.
According to thc womnn's story Day
ton got angry when she spurned Ills at
tentions and nftcr n heated argument
picked up a heavy table knife and
stabbed her twice in the breast und once
in the abdomen. " '
Da ton escaped before the screams of
the wounded woman brought neighbors
running in. She told them wlint had
occurred nnd fainted. Her serious con
dition is augmented by tiie great loss of
blood she sustained before n physician
arrived. "
Residents who saw Dayton rushing
through the streets before they knew
of tlie attack reported that lie was mut
tering something nbout "gettiug" his
wife.
Constable C. L. Shnrp heard of the
throats and sent word of them ulong
with news of thc stabbing to Mrs, Day
ton. She fnlnted nnd was cared for in
a nearby home. Then Shnrp picked up
Dayton's trail.
.Mrs. Dayton was still unconscious
when Dnjton arrived In an automobile
und entered their home. He wns on
the second floor presumably searching
for her when Sharp entered and de
manded ids surrender.
When Shnrpstarted up the stairs ou
Dayton's refusal to surrender, Dnyton
shot himself with n heavy shotgun. He
died instantly.
Dayton wns a retired ginssblower.
Mrs. Dayton made thc charge ugalnst
Miss l'ni.v last ween, at ttio sunin time
making charges agulnst Dayton. Mrs.
Davton's condition is serious. Coroner
,1. P. Potter la investigating tlie case.
CANTU TO ABDICATE
Mexican Commission Leaves to
Make Transfer
.Mexico City, Aug. 18. (Ry A. P.)
A presidential commission will leave .to
night' for Lower California to arrange
for Estcban Cantu to hand over to Luis
M. Salazar the office of governor of thnt
state, nccording to an official bulletin
Issued today.
Agricultural machinery nnd- school
books requested by Francisco Villa, the
former bandit leader, have been ordered
sent to him by thc government, tho bul
Vtln snyf
AUTOMOBILE IS BURNED
Abandoned Car Destroyed at Eighty
third Street and Bulst Avenue
An empty limousine was discovered on
firo shortly nftcr midnight by residents
In tho neighborhood of Eighty-third
street nnd Rulst avenue. Fire
men arrived too late to save the car.
The police worn unable to find tho
owner. Tho licenso tog belongs to
Mnryj Clifford, ot 1030 Brandywlno
street.
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MISS IDA MAY VAItK
Daughter of Congressman Wil
llarri S. Varo who died suddenly in
I'eklni China. Miss Vare wns tour
ing tho. Orient with a Congressional
commit t co of which her father was
a member
"Fares" Compel Driver to Stop
Machine and Hand
Over $12
ONE BANDIT WAS ARMED
Two men and n woman held up the
driver of a taxicab in 'which tncy were
riding shortly after midnight this morn
ing nnd got away with S12 in cash.
The driver, Earl Summers, 5,"2
Wnnamaker street, has his stand in
front of the Rending Tcrmiunl. He
picked up his "fares" about 11:30
o'clock last night.
They asked to be taken to Eddystonc.
Delaware county. When ho reached
Fifty-fourth street near Baltimore ave
nue. Summers was asked to stop. The
man enforced his request by a revolver
stuck in the driver's ribs,
i Summers, stopped: .i.Whlle, one of his
passengers kept him ' ''covered," the
other man went through his pockets and
got the .$12 and the girl maintained a
lookout.
Then the "fares" alighted and or
dered Summers to drive away ut full
speed. He did. and reported the hold
up to tho police. They arrived ou the
scene nbout ten minutes Inter, but the
trio of bandits had escaped
2 IN AND WOMAN
. ROLD UP TAXICAB
Summers describes tlie woman as bc'im. cni.i
Ing about twenty-one years old. dark, J
and well-dressed, l.ueh of the men was
about twenty-five jcars old. he said.
Both were dnrk. All three were dressed
in dark clothes.
OLD MEN FIGHTJN HOME
Holmesburg Indigents Come to
Blows and Police Are Called In
Two men. sixty -live and seventy-live
years old. living nt the Home for the
Indigent nt Holmesburg. were arraign
ed before Magistrate Costello iu the
Frnnkford police station today clinrged
with having beaten each other in an
altercation at the institution last night.
Tho principals in the affair wero
William Painter, sixty-live jours, and
Patrick McCiiskon. seventy-live years.
McCusken has but one eye. When ho
stood before the Magistrate this lone
optic appeared apparently useless ns
a result of a blow. Tlie two were ar
rested when officials of tho institution
culled in tlie police In sepnrato them.
Pninter, who acts the part of jani
tor in the home, is said to have become
enraged when "Pat" spit on tho floor.
Words foiled to get results and other
inmates of tlie home declared Painter
attempted to chastise tho offending in
mate. Magistrate Cnstolln riidciivn'cd to
patch up tlie difference, but McCusken,
who had been worsted in thc Hcht. wus.
not forgiving. So the Magistrate sen ports tn be the chief cause of the tran
tenced Painter tn three months in tliojslt company's lluaucinl embarrassment
House of Correi tlon. ) today.
TARGET PRACTICE HALTED
Police Have Battle Before Amateur''he "logical" step, according to Col
Marksman Quits h"" s,,e,lon Potter, onn of tlie city's
lYiarKsman tiuiis representatives on the P. R. T. board
i cji'iiiiuui- ' ,m i"uii-u iiu me '
Eleventh and Winter btrcets station last
night nfter residents Ju the vicinity of
Twelfth and Vino streets heard a "long
succession of shots.
A patrol, supplied with stretchers,
and a squad of patrolmen, rushed to the
scene. A man with a smoking revolver
appeared from the cellar stairs. Thc
police backed away and began an en
circling inoe. Tliey tracked tho
stranger through the bouse and every
now and then found themselves looklug
into Ills gun muzzle.
Finally, two. of the patrolmen, Pagli
ottl and Gay. cornered tho man iu tlie
jard. A buttle-rojal ensued before they
took the revolved from him and placed
him under arrest.
Thn mini, who gnvo his namo ns Er
nest Purncco, is said by the police to ho
a drug addict. He was held in $800
ball for further hearing by Magistrate
Grelis, charged with carrying concealed
deadly wcuiions and being a drug user.
Puracco suit! he wus shooting nt a tar
get In his cellar.
McADOO CALLS ON WILSON
Makes First Visit Since San Fran
cIsco Convention
Washington, Aug. 18. (By A. P.)
William G. McAdoo called on Presi
dent Wilson today for the first timo
since tho Democratic National Conven
tion. As he entered the executive offices
he wns halted by tlie photographers. He
didn't like tho first snap.
"That was too solemn," he said,
"Get one while I am smiling. I don't
want anybody to think I am tinhappj
over the outcomo at San Francisco,"
CITY WILL DEMAND
VALUATION OF PIT.
Solicitor's Office Is Reported
Ready to Press Action
on Inventory
FIGURES ARE REQUIRED
FOR FULL "SHOWDOWN"
Mitten's Plan to Withdraw Re
quest for Fare Increase Not
to End Dispute
The cltv solicitor's office will insist
that a vnluation of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Co.'s property be sub
mitted to the Public Service Commis
sion, despite the transit compnn's with
drawal of its higher fore tariff.
This wns indicated today when a eitv
official vitally interested in tlie legal
phase of the transit situation nld it
would ho a "colossal-error" In abandon
an npprnl,al of tho car property iu
Philadelphia.
Only n valuation, he explained, will
produce a complete "showdown" on
the transit difficulties and all their
ramifications, includiug convincing legal
proof of the excessive rentals paid to
tin1 underlying companies.
He added the commission lins the
authority to continue the city's proceed
ings against thc P. R. T. in so far as
a vuluatlon Is concerned. Merely be
cause tho transit company is to peti
tion the commission to withdraw its
application for higher fares does not
prevent the commission ' going nhcad
with the valuation, he pointed out.
Work Nearly Completed
The P. R. T. Co.'s inventory, upon
which it has been working several
months and which it was to have sub
mitted to the commission as its basis for
higher fores, is virtually completed. The
transit company should have no ob
jection to submitting this inventory to
the commission, after which tlie cltv,
tin Official said, will" pVesent its evi
dence. Even though the Mayor and the tran
sit company ugrce on n new temporary
fare increase, which is one of the alter
natives suggested by the Mayor in his
statement that the underlying rentals
must be reduced or fares increased, such
nn increase would have to bo approved
by tlie Public Service Commission, it
approve 'this increase n valuation on
,Jeh rotes of fare, are based must
Uefore tho commission would
necessarily be made
City Hall showed signs of quickened
interest and agitation over tlie surpsis-
ing turn of affairs in local transit tn
day. principally on tho transit com
pany's decision to withdraw its petition
for higher faros now before the com
mission. Twining and Smyth Confer
Director Twining, of the Department
of Transit, was in conference u'ith Cltv
Solicitor Smyth and Inter with Mavo'r
Moore. City Solicitor Smyth also con
ferred with the Mayor.
"I bavo nothing at all to sav on
transit today," said Jho Mayor, smiling
broadly.
Tho city solicitor's office "is consider
ing but not discussing.'" it ,vns .
iinunced, what lentil move to make now
(hat the increased fare tariff lias been
withdrawn. p
P. R. T. and City Wiirli Together
Fiom now on th P. 15. T. will work
with thc city in the utmost hnrmnnr.
it is indicated. Tho prediction is mnIo
that within u short time citizens may I
WitnCSS tllC linilSlial SlEllt nt tlin Iron'
sit company and thc city joined in
common cause in the fight against the
nllcgcd exorbitant $10,000,000 rentals
paid annually to thc underlvTng com
panics by tlie P. R. T. These rentals
are almost unnnimoiislv ilenlm-V.) i,
intervention liy the city in the suit
nf tho United Business Men's Associa
tion against the underlying companies
Is probably to be the next mnm .ml is
oi directors.
Tlie P. R. TVs abandonment of it's
fare increase petition was announced
by Thomas E. Mitten, president. It
followed close upon Mayor Moore's
statement that the transit situation hero
presented tlie alternative of Increasing
fares or reducing the underlying reutals.
Mitten's Statement
From the P. R. T. offices came this
announcement :
"Mr. Mitten announced that the P
R. T. will at once petition tlie Public
Service Commission to withdraw the
application for fare increase now be
fore thc commission, and that he would
notify tlie Mayor and city solicitor ac
cordingly." This is n surprising move and must
certainly bo the forerunuer of nnother
but different effort to Increase the
company's levcnue, for the company's
revenue is ccrtninly In need of au in
crease, observers said today.
Coming so soon after Mr. Mitten's
break with tho Union Traction Co,,
which is the biggest of tho underlying
companies to which the heavy rentals tiro
paid by the P. R. T., the withdrawal
of the fare petition probably means nn
effort will bo made to reduce theso ren
tals, it was pointed out.
Onco having tested out the attitutle
of the courts toward thc underlying com
panies' contention they arc not nubile
utility companies, und' so the Public
Service Commission has no right to re
duce tho rentals paid them, n decision
In support of tho rcntala would mean
but one thing.
That, It was sold today, would bo a
revamping of tho agreement of 1007 be-
Continued. ny Tnie Two. Column On
DESPITE RATE MOVE
SOFT COAL OPERATORS MAY DIVIDE
CLEVELAND, 'Aug. 18. A division of the bltumlnoui coal
operators of the" central competitive field, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and western Pennsylvania, with separate bargaining with thc
miners ofach state, was Indicated after today's meeting of thc
two subcommittees appointed by the joint scale committee, who
reported a disagreement.
HEARING ON BIXLER NOMINATION ON AUGUST 23
i
HARRISEURO, Aug. 18. rnpers in the contest of thc Re
publican congressional nomination certificate of Harris J. BIxlc:
brought by General Willis J. Hullngs, the present Twenty-cightl
District congressman, have been served. The hearings will takt
place August 31 in thc Dauphin county court. The Mercer county
returns will be brought into tho case.
5000 IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE EVERY DAY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Moic than I3O0O immigrants p.re ar
riving dally at Ellis Iblaud, thc Department of Labor announced
today in reporting that tho tide of emigration which set in aftci
the nrmlstlco hnd been more than balanced by tlie Increasing iu
tlow of Immigrants.
DREXEL LOAN BID I
BY
Bankers' Syndicate Asks "AIKI
or None" of $2,000,000
Improvement Issue
SINKING FUND GETS HALF
Mayor Mnfre ignored (lie bid of n
hanking syndicate, including Drexel &
Co.. In awarding the 52,000.000 gen
eral improvement loan opened at noon
today.
After n consultation with Cltv Con
troller Hndley nnd A'slstnnt City So
licitor Ernest Lnwcngrund. the Mayor
awarded $I,iVs"i,flOO of the loan at bids
uoovc pnr. ratner man nwurn tne en-
tire issue to the sjndicate on nu "all I
or none" basis at par,
The syndicate which bid for the en
tire $2,000,000 issue is fthe same one
which recently bought in the $4,000,000
improvement loan from the city. Inter
selling it to the city's sinking fund
commission.
This sj ndicntc is composed of Drexel
& Co.. Brown Brothers & Co.. and
the Guaranty Trust Co., of New York.
The Sinking Fund Commission, which
was censured for buying back .$,1,000.
000 of the 1,000.000 loan from this
sMiditnto after having failed to bid for
tlie, loan when it wns offered bv the
citj. todnj bid fur half of the $2,000,
000 loan at 100.2,".
Iu milking the nward. Mnyor Moore
nnd Clay Controller Hndley said tliey
bail made the nwards to the bidders
who bid above par.
When nwards were made for the hist
limn there were n number of bids above
pnr but the entire issue was uwnrded to
the banking syndicnte ut par.
The Mayor and Mr. Iludley announc
ed that in checking up tliey hud found
tlie urns woum noi loin ,-.iniu.mi i nt
prosem. our mat u naiancc coniu ue
held ner till the next loan is udver- ,
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the above par bids wero recognized nnd
i in-, K.IIU un-.i iii-iii ii. uiiiiii., -iin-i-
sufficient money wns obtninod for tl u i
city's purposes, to differentiate in favor
of the jiar b'K
, few smnll bids, in addition to thnt
of the syndicnte, were also ignored.
Besides the sinking fund commission's
bid for $1,000,000 nt 100.2.-, those
liwnrds wero mnde:
Biddle und Henij , $400,000. nt'V
11111 17! f'nrn Ruclinni-o VnHnmit ltni-iL'
S100.000. at 100. .10; George II. Stew-
art, for Harper und Turner. S2.-.000. 1
nt 101.120; George H. Stewtut fori
Harper and Turner, $23,000. at 100.SO;!
Penii 'lrust Co., of ISorristown. for
George W. Davis, of Conshohocken,
aooo, at 100.2.-. - x
By selling the bonds nt n slight
premium, the city made $41tSS.75 In n
few minutes.
At the sumo time, tlie sinkinir funil
commission. "by bidding direct for half
the loan. no!ded the pujincnt'of brok
erage fees, pnjment of which aroused
criticism when the commission bought
$,5,000,000 of the $4,000,000 issue from
the banking sjmlicutc.
Action of the Mnyor iu ignoring tho
syndicate will also have the effect of
serving ns incentive to smuller banks
and bidders to offer bids for future
city loans.
MAKE CHARGES AGAINST 200
Committee of 70 to File Complaints
of Political Activity
Complaints of political activity will
be filed tomorrow- b thc Committee of
Seventy against about 200 more city
employes It was learned today. The
complaints will bo filed by .'. L. D
Roach, secretary of tho committee, with
Mnyor Moore, and will affect virtually
nil departments of the city government.
These complaints arc in ndditon to
the eighty Hied a few dnys ago. They
will chrge political activity iu the last
election, contrary to tlie provisions of
ho now city cluirtcr.
Thoifeh tho charges will involve all
departments, It is believed that thoso
of Public Works, and Health, iu which
there arc still a largo number of Vans
followers, will bo most affected. It was
learned today that at least fortv em.
nlojes of tho Department of Public
"NVorks ore likely to be dropped,
IGNORED
MAYOR
POLES HURL SLAVS
BACK TEN
M
Warsaw Defenders Launch New
Drive Southeast of
Capital
DANZIG CORRIDOR CLEARED
By thn Associated Press
Berlin, Aug. IS. A telephone mes
sage, from Posen snys the Poles have
forced the; Russians back from the
V istula for n distance of ten miles.
A IConlgsburg dispatch reports suc
cess for n Polisli counter-ntr.ck along
the linn Pionsk-Xovo, Georgicvsk. pro
ceeding from Ciechnnow. A Bolshevik
attempt to cross the Vistula north of
lrnn ,, , . ,;..:. ' ", :'' V,' ,"'
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.... -..,., , nuir n-Miim-ii rniinicr-oner-
ations southeast of Warsaw.
Paris. Aug. 1R. Successful I.lih
forces are sfj driving castwnrd. Re
ports from the French mission iu Po
land confirm the fact that a counter
offensive, with Thorn ns jts base, has
cleared the Danzig corridor of Russian
troops.
Soviet peace terms were read to thc
Polish dele;ntes nt their first meet
ing with Bolshevik representatives in
Minsk jestordav. Tlie PolrSh answer
will he returned todnj.
Meanwhile it was Jenrneil today the
French Government intends to protest
ehergeticnlly ngninst tlie decision of Sir
Reginald T. Tower, allied high com
inistdonor nt Danzig, who yesterday for
bid further dehoikntinti nt Danzig of
French munitions for Poland.
Allies Could Not Keep Order
Several French munition ships now
are anchored outside Danzig Sir Reg
inald, according to a report from the
r mini iiniimssiiiior to rninnil. tiiM tlie
nttitudo that he has not sufficient allied
troops to preserve order if further mu-
nitions are unlnnded at Danzig.
Sir Reginald lias nsked the Supreme
v ouncii lor new instructions, ncnillnc
the nrrival of which he will 'maintain
bis decision, but the council nf nmhiissn.
dors, which is noting as the Supreme
Council, does not meet ngain until enrlv
in September.
The French mllltnrv mission rcpoits
that munitions might be unloaded at the
Polish port of Piiizi'-. but that their
transport through Danzig, which would
noiTSsiirj . inr'iir nisii no pronioiteil.
V.111':'"'; A"K- ,1S' ' Uv A- V)
BoKhouk forces advancing Into Poland
'"arch ahead without any concern for
"l,r, """ ,u '"mnuimciiunn. nccoro-
...IS ," r-iHiviuiiiin iii ii-iun't" siiimiiru
by the Warsaw Gazette.
Thc Russians have thus lost all touch
with the bnses of operation, nmi
refugees state they hnd not the slieht-
Kcst difficulty in leaving their villuges,
ior mere wns tunning nemnil tne rela
tively thin Bolshevik front line. They
declared it was possible to travel manv
miles without seeing a single Bolshevik
soldier.
"A igoious effort on the purt of the
Poles would be sufficient to indict n
decisive defeat upon tlie Soviet armies."
tlie newspaper declares. "That is why
the Bolshevik high commund is so
anxious to finish tho struggle against
Poland as quickly as possible.
Worried by WrangePs Drive
"Soviet officers who have been taken
prisoners confirm this information, mill
ing thnt the successes gained by Gen
eral Wrangel In southern Russia arc
causing considerable anxiety in the
ranks of the Bolshevik army. The
Russian Bolshevik government, there
fore wants to finish with thn Toles so
that it may turn its attention to Gen
eral Wrangel before tho nutuinn rains
make campaigning in southern Russia
impossible. '
"The Bolshevik) believe the capture
of Warsaw will end tho wur with Po
landa belief which Is by no means
shnred by tho Poles. Soviet com
misars for tho purpose of encouraging
their soldiers, aro holding out dazzling
prospi'i'iH ot ricu oooty in Warsaw. Lit
tle impression upon the men In helm.
mnde, however, for tho morale of the
unity is iircrciisiiig.
"In the region of Brest-Lltovsk a
Contlunfd on !' 1-wo, Column One
WJmn ou think f wrlttnc.
think ot WUlTXNa-iSw
RATIFICATION m
PJSSE0INTE1, 1
JIOTE IS 49 T047
SpoahfteL Walker Changes- ?jh
llcer
Ordfetto Allow Re-
consiS&ration
wirmnw m nci h
ACTION WAS TltTVOTE
Tennessee MaKclSJuJ! State
to Ratify, Insuring U. S. ,
Wornen the Vote
27,000,000 Women to Vote
for President in November
t
Twenty-seven million women are
enfranchised by adoption of the
federal constitutional amendment ,
drafted by Susan B. Anthony and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 187C.
Thirty-six states, three -fourths,
of the cntirp number In thc Federal;
I nion. must vote favorably on an
amendment to the constitution "to
make it effective, and this number
is attained by the action of thc Tcn '
nesseo Legislature.
Prompt action of thc Department
of State, which is assured, will put
the amendment Into effect nt onc,o,
nnd give every woman in ther
United States of the necessary age
and other qualifications of citizen
ship the- right "to vote nt the presi
dential election next November.
Preparation of the necessary vot- '
Ing mnchluerV has been under way
in Pcnnsylvnnln for some month's.
past.
By thc Associated Press
"8fcv
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Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 18. HaWg,;i
a- . ., ,, , .. sir i -rr
ncuuou ui me lcuuri.ssuurBipg.";
amendment was compiciea toaay
with favorable action by thc Tun- '
ncsscc house.
Thc vote in the House was 49 to
47. The Senate ratified thc amend.-1
ment last Friday by a vote of 25
to 4.
Speaker Walker, in an attempt to
have the action reconsidered,
changed his vote to aye nnd moved
that such action be taken.
Walker's change of his vote gava
ratification a majority of .r0 to 40w
Mr. Walker is privileged to call
up the resolution for reconsideration
at any time within thc next two
days. ji
, Adjournment war
o'clock tomorrow.
taken until 10
Tie Vote to Table
A motion to table the general suffrage rf
ratification resolution in the House. A
prior to ratification, resulted in a tie
vote of 4S to 4S. nccording to thc clerk's
i coord, but various leaders who ,kept
tallies said tho vote was 40 to 47. The
rollcall was ordered taken n second
time nnd thc vote wns found to be a,
tie. The motion was therefore lost and
the ratification rollenll taken.
Ratification by tho Tennessee Legis
lature was thc culmination of nu inten
sive drive made by suffrage proponents
to hmo the amendment mndo effective;
in lime for the women of the country
to nto in the presidential election In
November. The drive wns started when
n I'll t itgiiiiii iiochiiii me uiirij --luunn
state tn ratify early this jcor.
Washington wus the thirty fifth state
to ratify and on thc same day it acted
March 22 Governor Towuscnd, of
Delaware, culled a special session of
the Legislature ot that stuto to act on (
the amendment. The Delaware as- i
somhlj met early "in May and tho Sen-
ate quickly ratified, but action by the i
House wns delayed despite pressure '
brought to bear by the leaders of both
gioat political parties and by President '
Wilson. Finally, on dune 2 thc Lcgis- t
lnturc adjourned with the ratification
resolution still in tlie House committeo
of tho whole.
Meantime the Louisiana Legislature
met mid efforts wero made to have It
act favorablj .
President Wilson appealed to Gover
nor Parker to recommend ratification,
but the governor declined to do so. The
ratification resolution was taken up late. ,
in Mny and was debated ut Intervals
through the month of Juno nnd Into
Jujj. Governor Cox, the Democratic
presidential nominee, threw his In
fluence on the side of thn amendment,
declaring that the Democrats of tho
Legislature owed It to, their party to
ratify thc amendmeut.
Raleigh, N. C Aug. 18. fBy A.
P.) Suffrage loaders predicted today
that an attempt would bo mndn, proba
bly before evening, to have the North
Carolina Senate reconsider tho vote by
which It decided yesterday to postpone
action on ratification of tlie federal suf
frage amendment until tho next regit-
lar session of the Legislature, f
Opponents of ratification, on jm
other hand, planned to clinch tbeivje
tory by bringing about the dettat of
the ratification resolution iu theHouM
today. Representative NeaLanU-Jfv
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