Evening public ledger. [volume], May 25, 1921, Night Extra, Image 1

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ONLY $1 ,900,0ffl OF
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17,000,1 BID FOR
iubsoriptions to Municipal
I? n..; leonct Pnll Pne Frnm
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j, Requirements
h $2,000,000 REPAYING
- PROJECTS ARE DELAYED
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Tic city today failed to flont to
J7000 bond Issue which included $7,
000,000 of tbo flfteen-ycnr loan recent
' fr authorised for repaying thr streets.
Bids for a total of $1,010,200 were
received from eighteen bidders, including
1 tuO Itnsing lunu cuiuuuBniuotrr. unu iiiu
Olrsrd Estate.
The offers were opened at noon In
Mayor Moore'g office In the presence
of' Mr. Mooc, City Controller Hadley
end Assistant City Solicitor Lowen
irund. Numerous bankers were pres
ent The Mayor did not conceal his
disappointment over the. outcome.
The larger offers were from the Sink
ing' Fund Commissioners, who bid for
$900,000 of tho bonds at paf, and from
the Olrsrd Estate, which offered to take
1500,000 of the securities at par.
Bankers Explain Apathy
Other comparatively large bids vwcre
from Charles Fearon A Co.. 33ft Chest
nut street, which bid for 9100,000 at
100.073, and from Charles H. Smith,
30S Chestnut street, whose bid was for
100,000 at 100.5.
."Comments from bankers present
hinted that the prospective Issue of
Federal Farm Iyoan securities may have
chilled interest In. the municipal issue.
The 17,000,000 Issue was split Into
three groups, all C per cent bonds. The
first' group consisted of $3,000,000 of
the .fifty-year loan authorised In 1010
for general improvements in the sum
of $12,-100,000.
The second group was composed of
$2,000,000 of the thirty-year loan in
tht'sum of $16,000,000. which is the
remainder of the $42,000,000 improve
ment loan of 1010. It was reauthorized
Int year. '
$3,000,000 for Repaying
The third group was U?e $2,000,000
of bonds of the fifteen-year loan In the
sum of $5,000,000 authorised recently
for repavlng the city's streets.
Controller Iladley said the bond mar
ket Is slack at the present tlmo. The
State of Michigan, he feald, recently
issued $1,000,000 of soldier bonus bonds,
while New York State has just put a
$12,000,000 issue on the market. In
addition, several New England Statos
have floated bond issues in the last
few weeks.
' The other bidders today were :
Th Integrity Trust Co., Fourth and
Own street, $15,000 at par; Willlum
A. Foster, 716 Sansom street, $15,000
t par; Peoples Trust Co,, Twelfth and
Arch streets, $75,000 at par: Howard
W. Btetler. Pennsburgh, $200 nt par;
West End Trust Co., Broad street and
'8011th Penn square. $100,000 at par;
John C. Vaughn. 2210 Catharine street,
$15,000 at 100.5; John H. Maurer, 320
South Fourth street, $5000 at 101.
' Chlcagoan Is Didder
William W. Sommer. 802 North
Forty.first, street, $14,000 at 101;
Monroe Sondhcimer, 1220 Cherry street,
$1000 at 101.5; W. Judson Sprankle,
Merlon, Pa., $10,000 nt 101: George
E, Snyder 4 Co., Stock Exchange
Bnlldlng, $10,000 nt 100.25 ; Joseph I).
Murphy, Chicago, $25,000 at 100.5;
Edward Boyd, Jr., 5040 Chancellor
street, $20,000 at par; Charles J. Mc
Nult. 3600 Baring street. $5000 at
$100.76, $5000 at 10V,$1000 at 102.5.
The attitude of cUy officials was snld
to be favorable to awarding bonds to the
total amount bidfor today nnd rend
vcrtlsing for thebalance.
Council now has before it a general
street repavlng ordinance calling for the
expenditure of $5,500,000. Chief Dun
Up, of the Highway Bureau, told Coun
ell's CommlttccVm Public Works yes
terday that $2,500,000 Is needed at once
for rrpaving work?
The loan failure, It Is said, will delay
repavlng work here. The situation al
ready was complicated by, the attitude
of Councllmcn toward the general re
Paving bill. Some objected strongly to
spending all tho money on principal
treets, asserting thot they wanted small
streets In their districts eared for oho.
BOYS "SHOOT UP" TROLLEY:
VICTIMS UNHURT BUT WET
Only Bloodshed In Street Car Bat-
tie Is From Blow by Flat
"Sc,rgennt. a gang of thugs are shoot-
JX pt0 ls in a strcft c" n' Fourth
"d pine streets!"
This Information, shouted at the desk
jrgeant In the Third and Do Lancey
ireets police Rtatlon yesterday nfter
noon by nn excited citizen with n bleed
$ ing mouth, caused the law militant
cpring to notion. Two patrolmen
"volvcrs drawn rushed to Fourth
..I. rpetii. where another po
"ohnan had halted the car and was
wniiiDg re-enfor-ements before rescuing
we excited passengers.
TsT cxcJtc1 rMzcn ha'l told the truth.
e souths were shooting pistols, but
il J.no wnter Pistols, and two ol
If bandits" were under sixteen.
W l ?r."P wns "rested and arraigned
Wore Magistrate Harrigan this morn
',' "Jfrc the facts of the case came
out. It seems thnt the boys became
.. onc of U"' pnincngcrs objected to
t
-' "ininiinuinn discharged from the
"rp ne or tne older of the crowd had
thlm In the mouth.
B" "vo older boys, Charles Gardner,
"jventcen, Urandywlue street near
"nto, and Albert Stephany. sixteen,
-...iiurmr avenue near lort.v second.
.reoned. Sn nntl cofts each. The oth
"t Lbnrlw Word, fifteen. De Lanoej
"rcrt nenr Third; Bobert Young, four-
p.mi aex1 Ntrcot ncar Sixth, nnd
nfm.e , 'rt,',n. Spruce Ntrect
Dete t vrre scnt ,0 the uhe ot
Today's Developments
in National Capital J
TV. TI(lcnl "nrding returned U
"Mhington on tho Majflower.
I?1 ""; Senate Flnnnre rommltlee
to.. I!',lc!'-t ndvocnte apparently
n H.', '." , mu'(P t,,(v 'oniimtitlim tn
"' "' nippinnt tiie incoino tax.
Jj'Mn Jou Kilnk of wrlila.
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Site Started a Career
by Mailing a Picture
VirtOINIA FAIRB
Mlfcs Fairc is now a star with Pathe,
playing the lead in the first Hud
yard Kipling scenario, "Without
Beqeflt of Clergy," She has ar
rived. She has reached the place
In the movies that so many girls
dream of. She too, used to dream
of It hopelessly wistfully. She's
there now.
8ho scnt a photograph to a movie
beauty contest out In tho West
and wou.
YOU YODRSELF can do what Miss
Faire did. If you win, the future
lies before you brilliant, roman
tic, dazzling in its promise of
riches and fame.
SEE THE
DAILY MOVIE MAGAZINE
IT'S ON PACE 14
PRESIDENT'S SISTER SUED
FOR $25,000; LIBEL CHARGE
Washington Physician Bases Charge
on Letter Written to Judge
Wushington, May 25. (By A. P.)
Mrs. Cnrolyn Votuw, sister of President
Harding, was made defendant in a
$25,000 suit for alleged libel, tiled today
In the District of Columbia Supreme
Court by Dr. G. R. Lee Cole. The
plaintiff claims thnt he was damaged
in his good name and reputation ns a
result of a letter written by Mrs. Votnw
to Justice Stafford April 20. during
the trial of the domestic difficulties of
Dr. Cole and his wile, Minnie II. Cole.
In the letter Mrs. Votaw, who for
merly was connected with the woman's
bureau 6f the Police Department, asked
the court to consider carefully the evi
dence pnd charged that Mrs. Cole "hail
been terribly wronged by Dr. Cole."
Crnndal Mackey, counsel for Dr. Cole,
called the letter to the attention of
President Harding's secretary. Mr.
Hording wrote the lawyer, but the let
ter was uot made public.
MOTHER'S TEARS DELAY -JAIL
FOR YOUNG ROBBER
Judge Postpones Sentence to Look
Up Youth's Record
A mother's shriek ot the end .o'f a
court trlul today, when a woman fore
man had pronounced Albert Mtisnnl,
twenty years old. nnd George Monroe,
twenty-three, guilty of crimes for which
tliev might l) sentenced to an aggregate
of more than thirty years, may win
mercy for both. The mother Is Mrs.
Flora Musnnl. of Trenton.
The youths were convicted after less
tlnin 11 minute's deliberation. I.oul
Philips, 712 North Klrventh street, said
the outhx entered his place armed, nnd
had 'attacked and robbed him of $15.
It wns Assistant District Attorney
Spelser who nnswered the mother's ap
pta". "Is Albert Musnnl jour son.' he
asked the sobbing woman.
"I nm a widow nnd he Is my sole
support." she answered. "Ho Is n good
son nnd never was in trouble before."
Then he nnd Judge Shull held n whis
pered consultation,
"I sbnll defer sentence for the pres
ent," the Judge announced, "until wo
can investigate these boys' records."
The boys denied they had attacked
Philips or been near his place.
PAYMASTER IS HELD IN BAIL;
WEEPS ON WIFE'S SHOULDER
Francis Wright Goes to Prison While
Bondsman Is Sought
Trnncls Wright, of Ridley Pork ave
nue. Sharon Hill, the absconding payroll
clerk who wns npprehended May 10,
was held in $1500 bail for court nt a
further hearing before Magistrate
Toughill today. AVright mnde partial
restitution of $888.25 of the $2500 ho Is
alleged to hne disappeared with, ac
cording to Meyer IJusch, a member of
the firm of Shoemnker Rusch, whole
sale druggists, 515 Arch street, whw
he wns employed nt the time of his
nrrcst.
Wright's eoiintol plendcd for more
time, but tho Mnglstrate snld the pris
oner hml nlrvndv hnd a week In which
to mnUf good the hnlnnco. He first set
the ball nt SI 000. but 1 educed It $100
out of consideration for the ifinu's wife.
Mrs. Wright, n demure little woman,
verv modestly drebsed. controlled her
feelings during the hearing, but Wright
broke down nnd wept on her shoulder
when he henrd thn verdict.
'Wright wns token to the County
Prison, nnd IiIh wife nnd friends Imme
diately started out o try nnd rnMe hnil.
Hnwurd Holbor-iteadl. 1420 North Alclen
street, un einp'ojc of the firm, Nnlil thut
n shortage of $252.10 from nn employes'
fund wns included in the grunil total
of the defalcation.
Summer Fun and Profit
for 5000 Roys and Girls
A happy summer is nliend for
5000 b nnd girl In Philadelphia
The Ledger (Morning. Evening
and Sundnj ) menus to help them
have It.
So mnny hne planned for this
ensj-to-obtain happiness thnt the
only question seems to be:
"Who will hnve the more fun, the
l.oyi or the girls?"
If ou turn to Pnge 21 you'll Irani
nil about It.
."
the Pojtofflcc at Phllafltlphta, ra. A
mncn at iDltf r y
FILE CHARGES OF
1
Paid Assessments in 1 5th Ward
on Threat of Losing Jobs,
It Is Allogod
CIVIL SEftVICE REFORM BODY
TO GIVE FACTS TO MELLON
Churges thnt employes ot the Vnited
States Mint here have been mnced into
pajlnif political assessments to the Dem
ocratic purty have been laid by the
Civil Service Reform Association of
Pennsylvania before tho Civil Service
Commission ot Wnshinaton.
I Albert Smith Fnught, counsel and
secretary for the refoim association,
Jims fent to Washington the affidavit"
of sK employes of the Mint. It is ei
r.ertrd thnt these, chnrges will also be
Inld before Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon.
It Is admitted by Coleman Joyce, su
perintendent if the Mint, thnt nfsew-
ments have been levied, but he denies
'infiliflticnlly Hint any pressure hns lx.cn
brought to bear, or that men have
neon punished if they have not come
acrosVI with moncj .
1 Money Paid to Jefferson Club
In brief, it is charged that owmr-
nitnts hnvc been collected by certain
foremen, w.o, have turned the inonev
over. These assessments, it is ascrtcd,
were pnid to the Jefferson Democratic
1 iuh. at Corinthian avenue and Hrown
treet. of which James Gillespie Is
ri'iidcnt. The Mint Is In the Fifteenth
U'nrd. and Fifteenth Ward i.olltlcH, It
1 declared, figures largely in activities
tln'ie.
The Jefferson Club, it is explained,
simply acted as a receiver for the
money, turning It over to the rcorganl
ration branch of the Demoerntlc Party
In the State, the reorganize being In
tho saddle nt the mint.
Charges that the mint employes have
been maced for assessments for years,
and have been penalized If they did not
pay, have been made from time to time,
but It was not until a number of the
men were laid ofi! that they decided to
take action. The matter wns laid be
fore the Reform Association, and the
alx men in question mode their affida
vits. Matter Kept Secret
The matter was kept as secret as pos
sible, but when the word wns passed
around that "Homebody" bad spilled
the milk, all the men laid off, with the
exception of one, were reinstated, it is
said. This reinstatement wns declared
to be the result of normnl business de
mands at the mint. Although the men
reinstated are now loath to talk about
the matter, their affidavits stand.
Mr. Faught. counsel for the associa
tion, while admitting today tbo affida
vits have gone forward; refuse"d",to""dni
cui's the matter. Kdward Murphy, jIhO
North Twenty-seventh street, the one
man who was not reinstated, was not
so reticent.
Murphy was on the temporary list at
the mint, nnd was laid off January 31
last, after having Worked twenty
months. Scvernl months before that
he had taken the prescribed civil serv
ice locnrninntion to qualify hlmwlf for
the post.
"I pnid un nssessment of $2,1 to Jim
Meredith, father of Ted Meredith, the
runner," he said. "This was in Oc
tober, 1020, just before the presidential
elections. The money was wanted to
odd to the presidential cnmpulgn fund.
Got Rerclpt for Money
"I received a receipt for tho money,
in the name of the Jefferson Club. Thn
this matter of appearing before the
Civil Service Reform Association enme
up. and I went down with the others.
I was the onc who made the mistake of
admitting to Mr. Joyce thnt 1 hnd
mnde this affidavit, while the others ore
keeping quiet about It, and as a result
I was never put back to work again."
"Here I nm. I have a widowed
mother to support, nnd I expect to get
married In June, and I hnvc not earned
0 cent since Jnnunry. I hnvc been ut
terly unable to find employment since.
1 think nlso nnother factor in my not
CentUumt on Tnre fcrcntrn. Column O11
WILL CUTS OFF HUSBAND
Mrs. Mary B. Dottra's Testament
Says He Deserted Her
The will of Mrs, Mary R. Dettra,
fiOOO Grrmantown nvenue, admitted to
probate today, disposing of an estate of
$8250, cut off John S. Dettra, her hus
band, without a ceut.
"He is not deserving of anything be
cause he deserted mo in 1802," the tes
tator stnted in the will. A daughter,
F,lsh W. Dettra, was named ns sole
beneficiary.
The will of John W. Pntton, 222.1
Do Lnncey street, who died April 21.
bequeathed an estate of 8100,000 "nnd
upward" to his widow, Mrs. Florence
R. Pntton, und tbclr children.
Letters of administration were
tranted in the estates of William W.
Weir. -1021 Hnierfnrd nvenue, $0000.
nnd Mary Pikowski, .102 North Second
street, $0720.
Inventories were filed for the estates
ol Fannie S. Wndsworth. $38,057.72;
lillznbeth A. Ziegler. $02,350.10; John
.1. Greenan, $07,828.05; J. S. Rroune.
$4328.05; John L. Smith, $4805.24;
Mory E. Allen. $18,154.03; Charles V.
Rortletf. $11,570.38; Maurice Harnett.
$22,035.72; Charles Develln. $40,
002.05; Jnmes Blcllock. $0573.27.
LAFEAN ILL TRIAL WAITS
Former Banking Commissioner Is
Accused In North Penn Case
An anpenl was mnde todny to Judge
Smith In Criminal Court No. 2 for 0
postponement of the trial of Daniel F.
Lnfrnn for misdemeanor in office, be
cause Lafeon, former State Ranking
Commissioner. Is serlaiiNly sick In u
snnntorium in New York.
Henry f Nlles. of York, Pn., nt
tnrney for Lnfenn In the nroxccutlon
growing out of the failure of the North
Penn Rnnk, presented n petition In
court today, bncked by doctors' certifi
cates, stating thnt his M"it hnd heart
., ' i.lnnv tvrnio nnd 't'd not be
brought to trial without g v danger.
-, istnnt District Attn ncj Gordon
snld that though the Commonwealth
wns eager to get the ense disposed of,
it would not Insist. In the clrcum
htunres, on nn Immedlnte trlul. Judge
Smith ordered thnt Mr, Lnfenn bo ox
niulnid by a pliybtcian representing the
I Commonwealth- ,
EMPLOYES OF IN
POLITICO
ICING
Wm, ' ; LJaWAlfot? MJ'iSAy w If
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1&21
Dr. Grenf ell's
Society Girl to Labrador
Miss Alice Dolores Johnson, of Wilmington,
Joins Mission After Seeing Photo,
Two Boys From Here to Go
Miss Alice Dolores Johnson, tho
twenty-fbur-ycar old daughter of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Caleb P. Johnson, Jr., of
Wilmington, Is about to abandon the
social whirl for the wilds of Labrador.
Misi Johnson, who Is n graduate of
Miss Hcdd's school, nnd n popular
member of Wilmington's younger sot,
has joined Dr. Wilfred T. Grcnfell's
mission to the Nortb. She said today
that she, expected to sail about 'the
middle of June.
Miss Johnson expects to spend the
summer months In Labrador. This, of
course, will inenn the complete giving
up of the pnrtles and dances to whljrh
she hns- been accustomed, but let this be
known ; Kittle Miss Johnson she Is
petite, blue-eyed nnd brown-hnired did
not wnit for ber nrtual snlllng dnte to
moke this renunclntlou.
This morning she wns discovered nt
work in the advertising department of
the du Pont Co.
"I took this position," Miss John
son Owned tip, "so thot I might earn
the money to go on the expedition. You
sec I am not an expert, I am only a
volunteer, and that necessitates paying
one's own way.
To Serve m Nurse's Aid
"I am to serve as a nurse's aid In the
hospital In Harrington."
Miss Johnson's reason for joining
the famous medical missionary's ex
DR. PONTIUS WINS
T
Philadelphia Eye Specialist;
Beats Dr. Duncan in Close
Friendly Fight
WILL COMMAND IN 1926
Dr. Paul .T. Pontius, eye specialist.
Cf this city, was elected Grand Junior
inrurn ui mr rviUKiurt jcmpinr Ol
Pennsylvania at tht secree election todny
of the Grand Commnndery of the State,
holding Its sixty-eighth annual conclave
in the Masonic Temple.
Dr. 'Pontius will be installed tonight
nt the Metropolitan Opera House. In
1020, by customary promotion from year
to year, he will become Grand Com
mander. The unsuccessful competitor for the
office wns Dr. Hayes II. Duncnn, con
tain of the Fnirmoiint Park Guard. He
was the first to congratulate the win
ner. Dr. Pontius received .'152 votes to
LfnOforiCaitiilDiinOrt'n'vTAevotc5:of
the rhlladelphla Knights were almost
evenly divided. Dr. Pontius winning be
cause of a stronger vote from up-Stnte.
The election todov was held In the
Corluthlitii Iln'l. The rivalry between
the two candidates wns sharp hut
friendly, nnd aroused the intense Inter
est of Knights frnm nil parts of tho
State as well ns this city. Both men
ore among the best known in the ranks
of Masonrv and hne hosts of friends,
During the balloting the lobby of the
Temple wns crowded with men wniting
eagerly for news of tho election.
Election Very Close
The election was so close that It was
not until the lust bnllota had been tabu
lated that the winner could be deter
mined. When at length the result be
came known, unofficially, a half-hour
before the formal statement was issued
b the officials of the election. Temp
lars rushed to telephone nnd to tele
graph offices to spread the news brond
enst over the stale.
Dr. Pontius is a member of the staff
nt the Wills Eye Hospital. He Is
equally prominent in Masonry, being
one of the very few thirty-third de
gree Matins in Philadelphia.
Ho is past mnster of Olivet Lodge,
No. 007; n member of the Philadelphia
Consistory; pnst high priest of Har
mony Chapter, No. 52, Royal Audi
Masons ; put-t commander of Mury
Commandery, No. 30; past thrice Il
lustrious grand master of Joppa Coun
cil Rojnl and Select Master Masons,
No. 40 ; a member of Lu Lu Temple
ond past president of the Masonic Vet
erans of Pennsylvujila.
Very Emlnjent Sir Alfred E. Lister
wns formall) elected to the office of
grond commander In Pennsylvania nt
Cnntlnnrd in l'nee Two, Column Ono
FOUR CHILDREN DROWN
Leaky Boat Sinks Before Rescuers
Can Reach It
Imell. Mass., May 25. (Ry A. P.)
Four children were drowned In Itouna
Pond, In Tewksbury, five miles from
here, Inst night.
A bont which they hnd pushed out
from shore sank benenth them. Roys
on the way to their rescue In nnother
bont could not reach the place In tlmo
to save them. The children were Mar
shall Smith, eight years old; Walter
Rrnny, eleven; l arl M. Macco, thirteen,
and Inn niKtcr. Aiiun, nine
Thev nnd Ix'cn playing nbout the nond
before dark und finally got into n lenkj
bont which drifted some distance from
shore. Two loys who were fishing
heard their cries nnd started townrd
I.. In II..IP nu-n IukiI. lint hufnn (h.,
1 1 -i ,X i. . V- -.l.iTj 1 TV
could get to the snol .the fWWwn hoil i
UlSilM'Vumi iiu wnitva nviu lii.u,VIVU
Inter.
4 KILLED IN AUTO PLUNGE
Another Probably Fatally Injured
When Car Leaps McAdoo Trestle
Shenandoah, Pft., Mav 25. Joseph
Rogilrn, of Shenandoah; Joseph Kuexy
nowlcz. John Llinko nnd Lewis Smith,
of Mohanov City, were Instantly killed,
nnd John Dngdnnningc, of Shenandoah,
was probably fatally Injured when nn
automobile driven by Dogdnnnvnge
boundrd over the side of o trestle nenr
McAdoo nt 2 o'clock this morning and
fell thirty-five feet to the tracks of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad. Tho Imjtlge Is
on (i shnrp curve nnd It Is thought the
steering genr of the machine tailed to
work.
All the men were pinned under the
car and three were dead when a rescue
party reached them. Smith' died ns
he was being tnken from beneath tho
wrecked machine. The parly left hero
last night for Har.leton nnd were nmk
ins the return trip when the accident
occurred. T
V
EMPLAR ELECTION
&a.
Eyes Lure
pedition Is remarkable enough to stand
alone.
It waa the lure of Dr. Grenfelra
eyes that really made her decide to go j
"I never even saw Dr. Grenfell,
Miss Johnson explained, "only his pic
ture. Rut I'll havo to own up that It
jvna the look In his eyes that really
made mc want to go. They hnve the
most marvelous look of courage, so
brave you' could Imagine him accom
nltshinc anvthlmr In the world.
"The doctor wan In Wilmington four
years ogo. 1 did not s(e him then, nut
heard a ereat deal about him. Then
along enmo this appeal for voluntecru
to go to the north. I had read a great
deal about Dr. Grenfell in the mean
time, so I decided to apply for permis
sion to go with the expedition.
Knows Little of Country'
"Wonderful to relate, my apllcatlon
was accepted, so now I am busy get
ting ready, i don't know how far the
trip is, hut I have heard th.it gc go
up into the Gulf of St. Lawrence on a
a little mallboat on which we will
spend eight days.
"I am not sure of the climate, cither.
They say. though, that it Isn't very
cold. I havo been Instructed to take
the sort of clothes one might wear in
October nt home.
"However, I'm ready for anything.
Continent on fr Two. Column Three
VERSAILLES PACT
Expect Essential Points to Be
Included in New Treaty
With Berlin
TO AVERT PARTY FIGHT
By CLINTON W. GILRERT
Sf,(r Conr.imndrnt. Krrnlnir Public Idfr
CopiHoM, it, hv PuhUo Lrdotr Co.
Washington, May 25. Iir th Sen
nte the belief exists now that the Ver
sailles Treaty will never be resubmitted
for rntlficntlnn. hut thnt tin, A,lm1ni.
trntlon will be forced to negotlnte a
srpnrnie irenty with Uermany.
A recent conference was held bv Sen
ator Lodge with President Hard
ing, Secretary Huehes nml Rppo-tnn-
Hoovcr, in which the Senate lender
urged upon, the President and hiH ad
viscrH the political unwisdom of ever
asking the Senate ajaln to consider the
llson pact,
As the'result of "tiutt conference. Mr.
Lodge and the irreconcilable group ore
of the opinion that the Administration
will work toward avoiding the diffi
culties in the way of the Versailles
Treaty. The Senate irreconcllnhles nre
lor tne moment hnppy
Tlpppntlv tliAv
have heen rnthnr ..net .l..n
The sltuntlon is shaping Itself In
favor of a trade between the Admlnis. I
trntlon anil the lrreconellables In the
Senate who have organized their forces
so that most of the new senators will
accept a now association of notions such
as Mr. Harding will ultimately negotl
nte In consideration of Mr. Hording
not asking them ever to reconsider the
hated Versailles Treaty.
Hitter- Enders Adamant
To such on ogreement Mr. Lodge
would not be nhle to delher the votes
of Senators Johnson. Iiornh, Ln Fo
lette. Norris nnd n few other extreme
bitter-enders, but he could probablv
iieuver more votes than he could to nnv
program of which the rntlfientlon of the'
Versnllles ngrcement wns a part
Jlotn the Administration nnd the
Sennte leaders wish to nvoid a break,
nnd a brenk thnt will bo extreinelv em
barrassing to the party is almost sure
to follow the resubmission of the
present trenty. The Senate Is exceed
ingly bitter against the treatv. It Is
resentful. Mr. Hughes has robbed the
Senate of its Influential position in
shaping foreign relntlnns. It hns
slowly resigned ita position until now
It stands upon its HIndenburg line. No
Versnllles Trenty nnd no League of
Nations. There it stands nngrilv ond
obstlnntely. Its self-respect Is In
volved. Give It the substance of the
Vcrsnlllen Treaty In n new treaty nnd
the subrtanoe of the present League of
Notions under n new name nnd It will
feel thnt its fnce hns been eoved.
Mr. Lodue in his conference with the
President nnd his advisers pointed out
that to resubmit the Versailles Treaty
would reopen the fight which wrecked
the Wilson Administration. Such a
contest would occupy n yenr of tho
Senate's time nnd the outcome of It
would be doubtful. Moreover it would
make n definite breach In the Rcpuhli-
Contlnunl on Tnse Srrmirrn Column On
ALL BASEBAdliAMES
IN THE EAST ARE OFF
1 Final Contest Between the Phillies
and Cincinnati Prevented by Rain
All baseball games in the East were
culled off todov on ncmunt of rain and
wet grounds. The Phillies were to have
l..l.A.t ...11. .1... (....!.. .. ,1 1- I . (
""" " . " ' 1" vimniuuil mil III
tnr nnnl " ' " lne scries, nut the con
s,nilt how(,rN lim. mn()p ,t v(fn
lent
early in the doy that they would be
uunhlc to meet.
With the postponement of today's
game here, the Phillies hnve two
lioubleheoders with the Reds on their
next trip. July 10 and IS. Tomorrow
the Brooklyn Dodgers will he here for
a three-game series.
ENGINE DERAILED; 2 HURT
Reading Fireman Breaks Leg
In
Erie Avenue Accident
Two men were Injured todav when n
switching engine and n freijht enr w,ero I
derailed on the New York Division of
the Itendlug tiniiwny nt Second street
nnd Krie nvenue. The engineer Jumped
nnd escaped Injury .
Walter Norris, 2532 North Gomel
street, a fircmnn, is in the Womun's
Homeopathic Hospital with a broken
leg. The other man injured was said
to he the hrnkemnn of the switching
crew, nc wns- reported to hnve been
removed to a hospital, but hospitals ,
hot section saj they did uot receive
n,m
j .
DEAD
SENATE VIEW
!ub'lih4 Dally Ecpt Punday.
Copyrltht, 12J by
WRIGHT WINS TWO;
HUNTER AND JONES
LOSE IN ENGLAND
Massachusetts Champion Sole
American Survivor in British
Amateur Golf Championship
T0LLEY IS DEFEATED
AND LOSES HIS TITLE
Hotv Americans Fared
in British Amateur Golf
Fourth Round
Bobbv Jones. Atlanta, beaten hv
Allen Grnhnm. Grent Rrltnln. 0 and 5.
Fret! ,1. Wright. Rostan. defented W.
C. Fownes. Jr.. Pittsburgh. 3 and 2.
Dr. Paul Hunter, Ios Angeles, de
feated F. E. Pegler, Great Rrltaln, 2
up,
J. II. Douglas, Jr.. Chicago, lost to
John Roll, famous Rrltlsh veternn. 1
down, nt nineteenth.
Fifth Round
Fred J. Wright. Roston, defented
John Roll, Grent Rntnin. 4 and 3.
Dr. Paul Hunter, Los Angeles, lost
to R. Darwin, Grent Britain, 2 and 1.
The play, whieh ends with thlrty-slx
holes finnls on Saturday, lends to Hie
estimation thnt sixty-four players en
tered the fifth round, of whom two were
Americans.
Iloyloke, Eng., May 25. Fred J.
Wright, Mnssnchusetts chnmplnn, is the
sole Amerlcnn survivor in the mntcti
piny for the nmntcur golf champion
shin of Grent Rrltaln by virtue of two
matches the youthful Rostonlan won on
these dnssic links here todny.
Wright bent W. C. Fownes, the vet
eran Amerlcnn cnptnln, this morning
nnd followed it with n sensational win
this afternoon wMlo thousands
swarmed In n frenzy behind, when he
ousted John Rnll, fifty-elght-yenr-old
Rritish star, who hns wou the title
seven times in his long career.
Wright will plav in the sixth round
of the chnmpinnship tomorrow morning
and hundreds of Americans here are
torn with the excitement of the thing
and the fear that his comparative inex
perience In big championships will mnkp
him a target for the expert survivors in
ths "birthplace of golf" hc will be
obliged to meet.
Hunter Plays Gamely
Swift was the fate that befell the
Americans In their stand today for
Hobby Jones was swamped. 0 nnd 5.
in tne rourth. nnd J. H. Douglns. Jr..
Inst to John Rnll, nt the nineteenth.
Then came Dr, Paul Hunter, Los
Angeles, with a rny of hope hy win
ning his morning fourth-round match
nt the home hole, but the Amerlcnn
fans' were Nllsmnyrd In the afternoon
when Hunter lost to R. Darwin,
Woking, 2 nnd 1.
Darwin bent Horry Rrold, Walton
Heath, greatly fanicod by the Hriton
for the title, in the fourth round. 5
nnd 4.
A warm sun brought out one of the
Kr'n,1,Ht throngs thnt hns yet appeared
".". the course to follow the champion-
ship. The Americans were most nonu
lar. even with many of the Rritish, anil
their matches were generally followed.
Hobby Jones, Atlanta, was beaten In
the fourth round todny by Allen Grn
hnm. Roynl Liverpool, 0 nnd 5. The
overwhelming defent was the sensation
of the morning round. Jones wns tho
sole survivor of the American "Rig
Three." and with his defent it looks
more nnd more like n Rritish ultinintc
triumph.
Only two Amerlcnn plnvers entered
the fifth round of plu. Fred J. Wright,
youthful Mnssnchusetts chnmplon. sur
prised py Denting his tenmmnte. W ('.
Fownes, Jr.. Pittsburgh, contain of'the
Amerlcnn tenm. 3 and 2. Fownes bent
Evans yesterdnv.
Dr. Paul Hunter. Cnlifornin chain -ulnn.
was the other Amerlcnn to enter
the fifth round, by virtue of a win over
F. E. Pegler. Sheffield. 2 up.
F. H Douglns. Jr., Ontwontsin.
Chicago, now nt I 'amhridge. lost to
John Rnll. famous Rritish veternn nnd
ex-chnmpl'iii. on tho nineteenth hole,
in one of the bitterest battles of the
morning round.
Tolley Topples
Rritish hopes that Cyril Tolley. their
lion-hearted chnmplon. would repent nnd
win the title again, crashed to earth
C'ontlnurd on Pf STrntrn. Column Tuo
SEARCH FOR MISSING TUG SUSPENDED
SAN DIEGO, CALII'., May G5. Seven de-noveis of the fleet
of nnvy vessels which have been setuchiny Toi tiie fit ri tuu Con
cstofra, long missing, Lave been ordered to ittuin to tlijo iioit
Lack of fuel compelled five ot them to .conie back, while tioiler
trouble crippled the other two. The searching fleet has coveied
nbout a third of "Fh'e area allotted without lesuTt.
RICKENBACKER HALTS ON
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25. Captain Eddie Rickeubackei, who
anived at Redwood City, near heie, last night fiom Lob Angeleh on
the &econd leg of his nhphuio journey to Washington. x. C, an
nounced todaylie would not lesume Ins trip eus.tw.iul until Thms
day morning. He had planned to hop otf foi Omaha, Neb., today,
tho delay being necebsaiy to make lepaiib on" his. auplaue.
SLAIN WOMAN IDENTIFIED I
Body of Wealthy Chlcagoan Found
Near Los Angeles
u!' -"Be'"- May '-'S. - (
The bod) of nn elderly w
Los Angeles. May 25. - (Hy A. P.)--
oman, found
nt Santa Monica, near here, Sunday,
was identified today ns thut of Mrs.
Cntherlne Fiels, u wealthy retired busi
ness woman of Chicngo.
The. police e pressed belief she had
been murdered An autopsy showed I
gp STCk d .'Wwas.r' ? - -' --
a d o aVi" ca T d larg huh. ?,'
monw sewed Mi T cloiheV" W.T.1I-:
appeared last Friday from a hotel.
V i
A"J
SutMorfpljon I'rlc. in a
Public Ledr Compan
rlc in a Tfar by Mall.
Why Coal Is High!
Here the Operator
Gives His Version
Countless consumers believe
that a "coal trust" is respoiu
siblc for the soaring cost of
filling their bins, but the opera
tors deny this, and conditions
in the anthracite trade
analyzed from their viewpoint
are presented here by the
Evening Public Ledger's staff
wnter,
George Nox McCain
who has been making an inves
tigation of the coal trade and
coal pritcs for several weeks.
This is the second of three
articles. Tomorrow Colonel
McCain will present another
phase of the situation, with his
own conclusions.
WHAT In the condition in the anthra
cite trade?
The reply to this query must of ne
cessity come from anthracite operators
themselves.
It Is manifestly impossible for any
Individual not an expert nccountant
famillnr with the anthracite industry,
equipped with an open sesame to books
nnd records, nnd with ample time at
his disposal, to furnish first-hand In
formation on this question.
In the following I nm, therefore, pre
senting statements nnd figures supplied
by operators ond their statisticians.
On a certain day in the offices of one
of the largest Independent companies I
met hy appointment half n dozen opera
tors, general managers nnd statisti
cians. They ore widely known hi the
anthracite trade.
The meeting wns at their request. It
was nrrnnged with the understanding
thnt nil informntlon would be furnlsned
for publication, except such as Is usu
ally regarded confidential and pertain
ing exclusively tu their own profits nnd
losses. Rooks were to be open for in
spection nnd I wns nssurcd thnt they
contained bonn-fide transactions nnd
records that were a fulr representation
of the nveragc independent operator's
business.
It was, ns far as I am aware, the
first time that any such procedure had
been adopted by any anthracite con
cern with reference to the accredited
representative of a responsible news
paper. The statements given here come,
therefore, from representative inde
pendent operators. They are trans
mltted In these columns with the clear
est understanding that the writer Is
simply the mediun) of their communica
tion to the public, ns nn expression of
a desire on the part of the Evknino
Pt'ULir LrOEi to give what the an
thracite operators hnve declared hns
been always denied them, fair play nnd
u fnir henrlng in the newspapers.
The declarations herewith concern
ing the anthracite trade ns to labor
cost, supplies, royalties, selling ex
penses. Interest on borrowed money,
Federal taxes and improvements, re
late to the purely operative side. They
end with tho coal f. o. b. cars at the
mines.
They lime nothing to do with freight
rates, resales or the retailers, charge to
the consuming public. This is the oprr
ntor's side, the individual operator ns
distinct from the railroad cool operators.
The present situation ns to nrlces
hnrks bnck pnrtly to the inception of
tho war and our pnrticipiitton In it.
followed bv the Government s control of
the coal output and prices by the Gnr
field Col Administration During thnt
period Dr. Gnrfield fix til maximum
prlre.s for nnthrnclte. ns well ns com
pensation of the mine workers. These
fnctN nre of common knowledge.
The Garfield mnxiiiiiiiu selling prlre of
nnnirnciie. nppiirnnie aiiKc to tailroad
coul companies and independent nper -
ntors. wns found to he a discrimination
against independent operators. It was
discovered thnt n number of them would
be unnhle to conduct business except nt
a loss. Upon oppenl to Dr. Garfield ho
acknowledged the fact nnd fixed n dif-
fcrentinl rate in fnvor of the tiiile
pendents of scieuty -the cents n ton over
Continued on l'8f Twrhti, Column One
TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT
CITY VICTORY REVERSED
r..- n j r , . . - avenue and Knst Thompson street while
Court Orders Retrial of Case for , n his wn to work nt Cramp's shipyard
Damage to Property ' this morning, nnd shot and seriously In-
A recent u-rdlct for the City of Phil- ' ju7'1 '". of his assailants nfter bring,
ndelphin In suit brought uiali.tt It "'1'vl"a,(, ""''lf
h. i, fi.... i i ii ii . . -, O'Vnry nnd the mnn he shot, John
by the Greenwich Heal Kstute Co. wns ,,, thlty.two. 2557 Knst Dauphla
set nslde todny by the Court of Com- i street, were sent to St. Mary's H,os
moii Plens No. 1 nnu n new trlul i pltnl. Perry's left knee wns fric
cranlcd '"r,,1 b u t'ullet, whll" O'Vary it
,.,. "... . , ' suffering from set ere cuts of the head
.BOi000 t0 Ooo damages on account
mv It'll nioir l-lllirrril Hlieil lor
t oy mc compnny, ,uR to tne wljloning of
Delaware uenue. Tho city offered, to
compromise for .? 1 0,000.
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PRICE TWO CENTS A,t
SMI DUBLIN.
E IS
i
E
Sinn Fein Guards Combat Ef
forts to Save Beautiful'
Structure
TROOPS FIRE ON BOMBERS;
AT LEAST 3 PERSONS SLAIN
By the Associated Press
London, May 25. The Custom Flonte
In Dublin, says o Central News dlspntch
from thnt city, was burned this nfter
noon, apparently by Sinn Felners.
The fire, snvs this account, started at
1 :15 o'clock, flames breaking nut simul
taneously throughout the building, which
wns totally destroyed. It was one of
the finest buildings In Dublin and cost
J.O00.Q0O (nearly ?5.000.000). The
oecupnuts fled aw the blaze started.
Another account states the custom
house was srt on tire through bombs
thrown Into tho building.
1Jf railroad bridge running past the
building was occupied by a large num
ber of men. upon whom a fusillade was
opened. Others in the immediate Tl
clnlty nlso were fired upon.
Lorry loads of the military wer
bombed as they were driving up to the
wcnc' The soldiers fired machine guns,
rifles and revolvers. Several persons
were seen to fnll. So fnr three nppetr
to hnve been killed.
Tho affair seems to hove been a most
elaborately organized nttock. Armed
men guarded all the approaches to the
custom house to prevent the saving of
th" building.
Shortly nfterward Liberty Hall, head- '
quartern of the Irish transport workers',
was set on fire nnd destroyed.
Dublin, May 25. fRy A. P.) The
Dublin custom house wns set afire by a
large number of Sinn Felners nt 1:40
o clock this afternoon rovs n tat.
ment issued from Dublin Castle at 3
P. M. Hy the time the fire brigade at
tacked the flnmo they hnd taken such
n firm hold thnt It wns doubtful If much
of the building could be saved, the
statement adds.
Boirast. May 25. (Rv A. P.V-JL
AMiolesn e chnrges of Intimidation and
personation during balloting in Ulster
for members of the new Northern Irish
I ornament are being mnde bv both Na
tlonnlistft and Unionists. The'balloU are
being counted today.
A Nationalist newspaper cites doseas
of incidents, with names. In which It
declares Nationalist voters In Rally,
macorret. across the River Lagan from
Ilelfnst. were beaten on their way to
the polls, or nfter votli.g. 'thus pre
venting others fiom nt tempting to cast
lotes.
The Unionists likewise olnim their
supporters were tirrvrnted frnm iri!a.
Ing the franchise !n Nationalist dls-
iricis.
As reports come In from the provinces
the number of cases In which children
yote'l yesterdin increase, but there w
only one nnrwherc which matched that
of the child of two nnd onc-hnlf years
who voted for Moles, a candidate In
South Belfast. That was the case of
a girl just under three years voting for
J. M Rnrbour, a Unionist candidate In
Antrim, who is well known In the
United States.
It is not unusual for Ulster children
to get on the voting lists and a case In'
recalled in the lust elections where a
family of eight children, ranging from
sixteen years downward, exercised tht
franchise. It is cosy for their names
to get on lists, on which nil persons of
voting age automatically are placed, and
thire they may remain until the re-vi-ion
whieh occurs in July of this
year, when they con be objected to.
i Mt-nnwhile they are
fully entitled to
""
GIRL LEADS IN CAPTURE
OF SUSPECT IN CAR THEFT
Child of Ten Calls Police When Flee
ing Man Appears
Ouii'k netion In ton-enr-ol,l Elra
'Torreuce, 21.10 North Twelfth street,
' caused the arrst of on nutomoMIe
I thief who sought a hidiiu place from
i Hie police in her house Hc hod jumped
j the fence in the renr.
Police hnd oirpturod his "pnl," Jack
Kingnmnn. Snyder avenue nenr Fourth
'street, nft- w four-sqiinte chase
Kiiigsmnn. ih the mnn who sought
hiding. Thomns LIpschutz. Addison
street near Fifty Kcenth, attempted to
steal nn nutomobile belonging to Dr.
Gordon M. Christine, from in front of
his home, 2(14.1 North Twelfth street,
nccording to the police.
At n hearing in Central Station this
morning each wns held in $S0O bnil for
court by Magistrate Carson The men
had jumped in the car and driven away,
I,,,, n..l' n fi.i, Vii.njlra.l fi.At .li.n tliAV
p discovered the steering gear was locked.
They left the car and run up Twelfth
street.
Patrolman Hell, of the Twentieth
aud Hcrks streets station, ran after,
them. At Susquehanna avenue they
turned out to Camnc street, through
Camac street to Diamond. Hull caught
Klngsmon nt Twelfth nnd Dlnmond
streets, but Iips-'luitr. hnd jumped a.
fence.
In tho Torrence home he asked Blva
to hide him. She summoned several
roomers of the house who became sus
picious. They culled In Patrolman Mc
Geary, of the Kighth nnd Jefferson
streets station, who Ihcs across tho
street, lie shared their suspicions and
arrested LIpschutz.
CRAMP'S WORKER ATTACKED
BY CROWD; SHOOTS MAN
Both Taken to Hospital After Affray
on East Columbia Avenue
Joseph O'Vnry, twenty years old,
1VJH North Third street. Wfm attacked
I by a crowd of men ot Kost Columbia
on, fnnn
.., .....
s O'Vnry pawed the crowd who had
rt&'iXrhlJa
, rovnWrr ' bo. tl )Umn bullets at the
CUSTOM
HOUS
UN
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crowd. Awed by the unexpected dtiMM ,
gtratlon, his aiwailtnts, tfM "
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