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j f ? ' r t al. M i?' ,' '"fcU "-.' iS ;K. SA J V,!Jf J I V !' C tv $ jfeftaer ' THE WEATHER Fair nnd warmer tonight and Sntur day! moderate variable winds. lEMrEltATUBE AT EACH Hotm M! Kuentnij NIGHT EXTRA mm t T 8 I 10 111 112 1 2 3 ' y BuBfic nnrnn " . VOL. VH.-NP. 231, n 2H " , i i BOY ELECTROCUTED 1 PLAYING. ON CARS; 2 OTHERS BURNED Mothers Near Thirtieth and Montgomery Try Frantically to Identify Victim DEAD LAD'S COMPANIONS DISAPPEAR AFTER FATALITY " A boy was killed Instantly by electric nock while playing on top of a freight cir nt Thirtieth street and Montgomery avenue '"" .. ..,.... .1.-1 11... i i. , Th? &rfr.SaridS of Hr,VTBr.i.W1Mrt'i. Fmirih'rfwrt ll a.'pnreanot'yef SM , identified mm ns meir sun. The pollcojirc searching for his two companions, one of whom is known to have been seriously burned, who warned neighbors and then fled after tho acci dent, at 0:45 o'clock today. A clue to the dead boy's identity la a note, without nn envelope, but evidently addressed to a school teacher, which read: "Plcaso excuse Morris Denverstcln ns his mother want him to go crrnnd." From this the police believe that -the boy was a truant. The train on which the bov met death was a freight from 'New York. It had been standing still for some timo before the accident, and the boys might have climbed to the top of the cars. No Witnesses to Accident There were no witnesses to the ncci dent, except the two companions of tho -Tlctira. The first Intimation that peo ple In the neighborhood had that any thing had happened was when two boys ran shrieking down Montgomery avenue. They rushed up tho steps of 3123 Mon jtomcry avenue, tho home of M. Lebar tiy. and one shouted : "I had an electric shock and there is a boy killed down on tho rnllroad." The bov had bis blouso burned nearly off his back nnd It .was still smoking. His neck .Uiowed a largo red spot. The boys werecrying for water to put out The boy burncd'wanted to put water on the wound, but'Lebarsky advised him to go to tboTnrjug store, and gnvo a towel which hcwrnpped around himself nnd then both! .'boys started off, Of the many theories thnt have been advanced ns to just what happened the mast logical seems to be that the boy wn running along tho top of the cars, and In jumping, either between the cars or over some obstruction, hit his head against tho wire. Following tho discovery of tho note detectives were Immediately- sent into the district and a complete search of ill schools started. The Sartaln. Blaine ilia uauis. vu;iuq wu.m mwwss nd Stokley schools were canvassed without" Tcsult."V -s The dead boy', yr&n dressed in a dark ' ult, woro a 'cap'nnd had on sneak- irs. Astao irom tno note mere was nothing on hliri to lndicfttq who he was. Ho is between fifteen nnd six teen years old. Mothers in Panic of Fear When it was seen that no one knew who tho dead 'boy was, a nenr-panic started in tho neighborhood. Frantic mother? ran to the schools and searched the strtts for their -offsprings. As the 'minutes passed without discovery of the ideality ot tue victim, tno panic graw Exaggerated reports of the Incident only added fuel to tho flames. ' About an hour after tho accident the rumor spread that the victim was Leon Levin, Jr., Thirty-first near Columbia. Hli mother, Mrs. Leon Levin, was im mediately seized with hysterics. She ran through tho streets to his school crying wildly, and she found him nt his dieses. Tho second shock was almost too much for tho woman and sho is 1T1 0 Hvft AAnflltlrtu I S TW4MM,tnM A ...l.lR. .JT-.-1.. 1AU-.1 w boys who wero with the one killed. Dur to the excitement caused by their ',W of what had happened little itt- jptlon wan paid to them. Thinking that they might havo followed tho ad- JK8 of Rosen nnd Lcbnrsky and gone to a drug store for treatment n can vss of all tho stores was started. Search for Other Boys ThuPsearch was barren of results cx- Cftit that it was learned that thoy wero ljrt seen running nt top 6peed toward Jhirty.tbird street, which wouiu take wem directlv into tho nnrk. Pnrk yoards have been warned to be on tho lookout for them nnd city detecth cs nre hunting through tho park. It is thought ' iimt iucy wm ue round before niKht. n t.ir ttet that one of them Is bal v burned and la wearing a towel, for a Mouso it t )Und tu llttrnrf nfre .tlnn A large, morbid crowd stood looking down from the brldgo nnd the embank went at the boy's body lying ou the 'J'b-hi. car. ino pociy was smouldering n, .n,tho Pltce rom the Twenty-eighth ",Wkt, arrived. Tho patrolmen climb l the side of the car, beat the smoulder- IJH 7? ?ut. wltn tho by'8 CI nnd nought tho body down with ropes and Diankets. The body then was removed to the morgue. Joseph McPhillips, of 1420 Bouvlcr street, a rnilrond man, was the tirbt on Peono after tho accident. He salil hat when he arrived tho boy's bodv B,B1"am nS- He said thut it w,ih Ills V'njon that tho boys tried to go under we bridge on the top of tl-o enrh, and iwn the position of the body was in. believes that thi- boy killed btrurk his ' "fad ugalnst tho trolley wire. SAW PILES OF CURRENCY Witness In Ford.Nuihiri.v nnnimt Also Gol $800 for Work pWashlngton, Juno 1Q. (By A. !.) fean : OIothPHkl, of Grand Itaplds. l''i ,wJj wns n witness before tho Non,?f?' i,rai"1 J,u'v w''icu indicted l7mt0f T,ruman Newberry, of Mich hnV't,"'11 hoimto Committeo today JjJSL '" ?1- 5' nnd S'r0 bills' in tho nur?.I.ryi cf,nP'8n committee hend commit?n'll.lrI!, ,no, lnis campaign. 'Xh. Thl for Sc"tor Newberry's sent. tcr nf n?y waH backed about n (uar- la L?in 'i"0'. decn' tl,cw ltness said. J a?ar. J f tlmt b0 "ceived 5800 t S"'olWMX0reamPai6nWOrk Mleli"lil!lMCioul,e,,y ot 0rnnd Haven, rS' "I1 lle r,'ohTtl S1200 for t-nni-'ort",l s"nn U1111 ""IjenMH. but only ic ' '"" ;-'H) as receipts. pO.OQo Loaa In Punxsutawney Fire I.!PilawiM5f' ,tt- Juno 10.(By A. IC .",?!! thoplont of the ;, iv si .i 'v ."".rij tOUI'V find onnanil lnmnr.0 a. 'lwaiv l.TWi"Wt T to blao was no vd to hive starWioJthe smokouW. .imniiwi m &-, ...'- j:"'t' ..- jr -- imDtiHl ni emW,"i"".' .....-j,v -, .ii.A Entered Second-Class Matter at the Poetofflce. t Philadelphia, Pa. Under the Act of March 8. 18T0 Hayne, Dry est of Drys, Named Prohibition Chief Hillsboro, O., Editor, Backed by Anti-Saloon League, Appointed to Succeed Kramer as Federal Commissioner Washington, Juno 10. Formal an nouncement of tho appointment of Roy Ilnynos, a Hillsboro. O., editor, as National Prohibition Commissioner was made today at tho Whlto House. Ho is known ns the dryest of all drys nnd was indorsed by Senator Willis and tho Anti-Saloon League. , Mr. Ilnynes, who succeeds John P. Kramer, is expected to take office ns soon ns he can arrange his personal affairs. Tho appointment does not re quire Senate confirmation. Tho new commissioner is editor of tho Hillsboro Dispatch nnd was one of the first Ohln editors In tmnapnt the i ,--., i -- :r - -v0- . nomination or. ur. Hnrdlne for rrcsl- iontV,.Ho I,as bcc a factor in Ohio HePuWenn politics for a number of "" a"d " 1012 a ca"dldntc fr L E FREIGHT RATE CUT Warn Railroads They Are Not Aiding in Lower Price Movement CITE PUBLIC SENTIMENT Lower rollroad freight rates on all commodities were demanded in a reso lution passed ot today's scaion of the National Hardwood Lumbermen's As sociation, which Is winding up its con vention nt the Bcllevue-Strotford. The rcrolution. Introduced by Karl Palmer, of Memphis, Tenn., was passed without n dissenting vote. It is n lenghHiy nrralgnment of tho railroads for falling to do their pnrt in the gen eral effort for a (.nner scale of prices. Tho lumber men point out to the railroads that unless they reduce rates and thus do their part in bringing down living costs, public sentlmont will be against thorn in the event the rnllroad trainmen strlko July 1. Tho resolution sc, orth thnt this In crease in freight rates granted by tht Interstate Commerce Commission last August has failed of its purpose, be causo it proved "the jjrealeft factor in retnrding nnd suppressing MlBrafss.?' Dealers Shouldered Losses The railroads, the resolution point? out, have declined to reduce .their rates on, lumber, in spite of tho fact that the lumbermen had scaled down their prices on all tho materials that enter into railroad construction, and this in spite of the fact that public sentiment has operated to obtain for tho railroads per mission to reduce wages. Materials needed for tho building of homes, business houses, churches, hos pitals, nil have been reduced, tho res olution declares, to tho lowest point consistent with the freights exacted by tho railroads. Thereforo the lumbermen "earnestly Implore" the railroads to reconsider their nnnounccmetn of June 8 thnt they would not reduce intes ou lumber, and urge tho railroads also to reduce rates on all commodities. Copies of tho resolution nre to be sent to tho President of tho United "State nnd other officials of the Government. Another set of resolution passed by tho lumber men was aimed ut the Snell Bill, now before Congress, appropri ating $50,000 for forestry purposes. Tho lumbermen bnbed tlieir opposition to this menMirc on the ground thut pro posed regulation of private industry and delegated legislative power in nmblgti cua terras to nn executive officer. Against United States. Control Tho lumbermen ulso announced their opposition to Government regulation or control of the lumber business through tho enactment of forestry legislation or otherwise, except such legislation as is required to enforce common honesty nnd fair dealing. Tho lumbermen, however, favor legislation for reforestation of areas cut or burned over, so that tho forests of tho country will be preserved for future generations. They recommended also the extension of the public forest Inuds. BOMBS HURLED AT HOMES OF PROHimTIONENFORCERS One Wrecks House In Ohio Town, the Other Falls to (Explode New Philadelphia, 0., June 10. (By p ) Attempts were made by bomb throwers today to kill Uushdl Bowers, thirty years old, prosecuting attorney of Tuscarawas County, and L. O. Hang, safety director of Dover, both of whom have been nrtio in enforciug prohibition laws. A djnninitc bomb ns thrown on the front porch of Bowers' home hern cnrlv this morning from a pabsing nu tomobilc, blowing tho porch to splinters .wi wrceklmr tho house. No one wns injured. A dynamite bomb also wns thrown on the porch of the Hnug home, in the nearby town of Dover, at about tho Mtmo time, but the fttso did not burn and the bomb failed to ex- l Authorities immediately started search, trailing the automobile and ar reting Nick Nigro and his hou Uhaunrey as suspects. "mIjrdersold Patrolman Gets Possession of Auto mobile Flgurlnrj In Brines Case "Billy" Brines' automobile, which figured prominently In the Droues mur der mystery, is , going back on tho road ngain after Its months of Idleness and ns the property of a potroltnan. It beenmo known today thnt Brines, through his attorney, William A. Gray, had claimed tho cur after his acqulttu on tho murder charge, nnd sold it. The machine was taken over, It Is under stood, by a member of tho AVIgginx family, nnd Bold ngnin to its present Tho' purchaser nuked that his name he ivltbheldrbeohusuj he said. his. family wouldn't want trfri ride In, the "murder car," UIERMEN URG H U the Republican nomination for Con gress. Before entering newspaper work Mr. Hnynes nerved ns headmaster of the Miami Mitltnry Institute nt Ger manlown, O. He lins been identified wjth clyirch nnd temperance work, nnd five years ngo was a member of the Gen eral Conferenco of the Methodist Epls copal Church. The final choice for the position of prohibition commissioner hns rested for some time, It Is understood, between Mr. Hnynes nnd nnothcr Ohlonn. New ton Falrbnnks. of Springfield, a brother of the Into Vice President. Adminis tration officials have indicated thnt Air. Fairbanks would be given a place in tho Government service, nnd it has been suggested that he mnv be appointed to the Diplomatic Corps. BOTH SIDES TO WIN D DISPUTE Obregon Will Protect American Rights, but Wants Recog nition First U. S. LIKELY TO GRANT THIS By CLINTON W. GILBERT Sprclal CorrfArondrnt Etrnlnic Tiilillc Idicrr Copurioht, Hit, bv Publlo I.rdocr Co. Wnslilngton, June 10. Press dls patches from Mexico City arc regarded here as reassuring with regard to the ultimate signing of tho treaty pro posed by Secretary Hughes. Negotiations between Mexico nnd the United States havo now passed Into the newspnper stage. First, Mr. Hughes sent a memoranaum to rresiuent Ubre gon through the American Charge d'Affnires, Mr. Summerlin. suggesting the negotiation of n treaty of amity anil commerce. Then President Obrcgou replied with n note to Mr. Hughes, vaguely raising constitutional objec tions to tho proposed treaty. Although both communications have ncen made public in Mexico Cltv, they have been withheld from the press here, nnd accordingly, it Is Impossible to speak with confidence about whnt tht.v contain. But It is apparent that Obre gon's letter left Hughes in dotibt ns'to what the constitutional obstacles to the treaty "were. Tho State Department here then issued a public statement through the press. The point which Mr. Hughes really Insisted upon was that Mexico should ngreo In wrltlns that her con stitution did 'not mean tho confiscation of American property In Mexico legally acquired previously to tho adoption of the constitution. Mexican Editors Optimistic By implication, nothing else In the proposed treaty of amity nnd commerce wns of vital importance. Presumably Mr. Obregon wns to Infer thnt the rest of It was subject to negotiation nnd amendment. Scnor Pain, for President Obregon. then called In tho press at Mexico City and showed the correspondence. No, he assured the editors, there wns nothing in the notes exchanged to indicate any issue which cannot be straightened our by negotiation and amendments which it is believed tho Uitcd States will con cede. Nothing wns said about the bothersome Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution, which, as interpreted by Carranza, provides for confiscation of American nil holdings That, as Mr. Hughes has told Mtx Ica through tho press, is the one point on which tho United States cannot yield. No relations with Mexico nre possible if tho constitution means confiscation,. The Mexican editors, huviug irud tin American State Department's statement to the press and having enjoyed the advantage of seeing the oriclnnl Hughes note and tho Obregon reply, feel opti mistic. Them nro constitutional diffi culties, but tbey nro not insurmount able. Indeed, they will bo overcome Contlnord on Pare Klchtrcru CoCumn Thrrc LOSES MONEY IN CARD GAME, HELD FOR SUITCASE THEFT Robert von Bulow, Brookllne, Can't Explain Act, He Says Robert von Bulow. twenty-two vrars old. of Brookllne, visited Princeton' jos terday, got into a card game and lust all his monc. With nothing but u ticket to Philadelphia in his pockets he wandered around the streets. Some one saw him pick up a suitcase from the steps of the University Club nnd get on a train bound for this city, according to tho police. Pollco arrested him shortly after mid night last 'night ns ho got off tin- train in Philadelphia on a description furnished from Princeton. Von Bulow confessed ho had taken tho bag, but could give no explanation. According to pollco ho told them ho was dazed from his lo.ssos at cards and old not know whnt ho was doing. The bag Is tho property of J. M. Rawlins, of El Pnso, Tex. Oscar von Bulow, tho boj V father, said ho simply couldn't understand tho matter. Ills son left home early es terdny morning, ho said, and the next ho hnd heard from him wus that ho was iu City Hall awaiting a hearing in Central Station today. Bicycling Is Royal Road to Pleasure for Young Every road is a rubber highway for the boy or girl riding u Black Beauty bicycle. Finely tempered springs take tho jolts out of riding and the pedal action is so easy that tho wheels just hum along. Fine for vacation timo Hnd nil tho time. Ono of these sturdy, hnndsomely finished bicycles will be given to every boy or girl who obtains thirty five subscriptions to either tho eve ning, morning or Sunday Public Lepcieh. The contest continues, until Sep tember '15, Get 'yours th'lif ' weokt , (f l"lS PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1921 CAN STAF IT BY END OF IF SITEISSETTLED Chairman Modjeski, of Engi neers' Board, Says Caissons May Be Sunk COUNCIL TO FLOAT LOAN WHEN MONEY IS NEEDED Hotv Transit Lines Hero Can Link Up With Bridge "Tho Franklin vqunro terminus I adapted td both present -dny trnns portatlon systems and to prnmud and nuthorIr.ed extensions of rnpi'l transit," says tho bridge engineers'' report. "By constructing n short section of subway tho future Arch-Blghth-Locust delivery loop could bo con nected to the underground station nt tho bridge plnza, or rapid transit trains bo sent direct from nil partf of Philadelphia over tho brldgo into Camden. The plnza nt Sixth nnd Race streets will bo within conveni ent walking distance ot Philadel phia's shopping nnd business dis trict. "In Cnmdon the proposed loop lino of bridge surface cars will make con nections with the present New Jer sey traction system (nnd through it with the Rending Railway) and the Pennsylvania Rnilrond nt its Broad way station. A later detelnpniont of slcvntod hlgh-sppod tracks through Camden would givo rapid transit from Cnmden to nil parts of Phila delphia." Actual construction of the Delaware River brldgo can begin ns soon as a decision Is reached on tho bridge term! nnls, Ralph Modjeski, chairman of the bonrd of engineers, sold today. As the Joint Bridge Commission has announced It will mnkc Its finnl decision on the site June 23, Mr. Modjeskl's statement means that the work can bo under wny before the close of this month. Mr. Modjeski nnd his colleagues on the Board of Engineers yesterday rec ommended n point on Sixth street, op posite Franklin Square, as tho most desirable location for the Philadelphia terminal, wmi roan street as tho Cam den end. The chairman of the board said there is enough money on hand, "but barely enough," to linnnco the construction work for two years. Sinking of Caissons First Step The first step toward the realization of the great plan advocated here for many years will bo thp Kinking of caissons In the river. These caissons will support tho bridge piers. Incidentally, before the engineers be gin tho nctual construction work, thev must be so authorized by the Joint Bridge Commission. Their present du ties virtually ended yesterday when they submitted their report after eight mouths of investigation nnd planning. Governor Well Pleased Governor Snroul expressed himself ns well pleased with the careful study and report made by the engineering experts. "I have great confidence in the Board of Lngineers," ho said. "Tho whole situation seems to have been studied very fairly, and, of course, tho report is well founded. Wo will be able to tell more about it nt the meeting of tho commission, which will m hold in two weeks." The conflicting views he'd in Cam den and in other parts of South Jorsov regarding tho locntiou of the bridge terminal should now give way to the m-oniinennations made by the engineers, Mayor Ellis, of, Camden, said. It IS OUr dulv tn Kfnml tip n,..l back up the report of the engineers w wo ,m?J'..,m,ve tno bridge as soon as irossiDie, me Jiayor stated Mayor Ellis said it was not merely n matter of planning for the next few years, nut ior tno distant future. Ho sum no ueuevea tho time will cotuo nen numerous communities outside in v.iiiiiui'ii ui do inciuaoii in a Greater Camden. "I believe further." ho continued, "thnt it is only a question of n few years beforo wo have another bridge in the lower section of Camden, say at Centcrvillo or Knighn avenue Couter ville is about fic blocks below Kalghn lit I'llUl. r 's !or ,ne import of the engineers I feel thnt thev limn mnn Im.i n'... detail and that they havo studied the interests of nil." Cites Case of Century Ago Tho Mnynr pointed out that a move ment existed 100 years ago to con nect Philadelphia and Camden with n bridge. Smith's Islnnd then stood In tho Delaware River between the two ContUmnl on iult i;ii,twn. (JTiTnin One ROB ROPEANDTWINE STORE Acrobatic Thieves Enter Market St. Establishment Through Skylight The office of the Hoffniun-Corr Co.. manufacturers of rope and twines, '1111 Market str.eet, was roblx-d by iicrobatle thieves early this morning, the second limp in two weeks The intruders enteied through a sky light and dropped in the nffiee by a riiiv. -x ue uniifcc irom wnicii tliey op. crated. 0 Onnnuii street, Is snld to be one of the several which wus occupied by Benjamin Franklin. A gold watch, clothing and office sup plies were btolen. Complaint was made by members of the firm to Director Cortolyou. WOMEN TO BOOST FAIR Will Take Word of Exposition to Atlanta Convention This city's women advertising ex ports, members of tho Philadelphia Club o? Advertising Women, will go to Atlanta, Ga., tomorrow ns boosters for tho Hesqui-Centennlnl Exposition, to be held hero in 11)20, Tho "wome,n nro going to attend the pnnual convention of the Associated AuvcrusiuE LiiiiDg oi me world., BRIDGE MONTH Bridge Expert Head .aiaaB: iaaaaaai IH ' ?iM aHJKr , ''' 0 ' LB RALPH MODJESKI Chairman of Bridge Engineer Board sajs work mi structure enn start List nf this month E. F. COOPER DIES; WAS DISST0N SALES MANAGER Prominent Manufacturer Found Dead In Room at Club E. F. Cooper. saleH manager of the mill-goods department of Henry Diss- ton & Sons, snw manufacturers, wns found dead in his room at the Manufac turers Club this morning. He was about sixty-three years old. Mr. Cooper, who lived at 00.1" Wayne nvenuc. hnd spent the night nt tho club, nnd hnd gone to bed nppnr entlv in usual health. When ho did not respond to n call this morning, nttnehes of the club investigated and found hltn dead. He bad suffered from indigestion re cently, nnd as ho attended a banquet Inst night nt the Bollcvne-Strntford, it Is believed acute indigestion brought on heart dlvene. He was partially dressed when found. Mr. Cooper had boon identified with tho Disston concern since October 1, 1871. His father and grandfather wero mill men, nnd he inherited 'an cnthu sinsm for the manufacture nnd use of saws and machinery. After joining the Disston forces he spent two years in the factory nnd then entered the saw mill. Here be gained six years' nctual mill experi ence. Later he engaged In saw milling nnd millwright work in various States. tiKlne tho saws of his employer. Still later he devoted his entire time to the ante of Raws and tools, and visited virtually every lumber district in the United States. He finally became sales manager of the mill-goods depart ment. He is survived by his widow, one sister, Mrs. W. C. Burkholdcr. of Tn cony. nnd three brothers, John Cooper, Norfolk, Va.; George and Charles II. Cooper, both of tills city. NO SIN IN AIRILY CLAD GIRL POSTER, N. Y. MAYOR FINDS Greenwich Village and "Descending Night" Vindicated at Hearing New York. June 10. Tho furore over Greenwich Village proved to bo noth ing but words when complaints against theatres nnd enting places in the dis trict were "leard by Mayor Hylnn at a formnl hearing yesterday. After ho hnd heard favorable com ment on tho village's tea rooms, the Mnvor usked about the poster used to advertise tho motion-picture. "Heedless Moths," now being shown at the Greenwich Village Theatre. Harold Moltzer, manager of tho theatre, explained that tiio poster was u copy of Adolph Weiumann's btntue now on exhibition at tho Metropolitan Museum of Art. "where even children enn see it." Tho Mayor waR satisfied that there was no objection to the picture. The poster represents Audrey Mun son, famous model, posiug for Weln mnun's tiudo statue, "Descending Night." Howard R. nnvilnnd. whoso family Mayor Ilylan hns known for ninny years, was ope of those wlio nppenred before tho Mayor in defense of the vil lage. Tho, Mayor nuked if it wns true that waiters serving coffee in the "Pi rates' Don" carried knives in their mouths. Mr. Hnwlaud replied: "Tos, but it is done simply with tho idea of i.irrjing out the name of tho place.' GREEK SHIP SUNK BY MINE: MANY LIVES BELIEVED LOST Battleship Picks Up Two Survivors Out of 265 Souls on Board Athens, June 10. i IJ A P. ) Many lies aro believed to have been lost In tho sinking of the Urtek steamship Bouboiilina, which struck u mine and foundered in tho Aegean. The Greek battleship Lemuos has arrived nt Pi- reaus from bmjrna with two passengers. who were picked up. uetatis or tne dis aster arc lacking. Paris. Juno 10 (By A. P.) The mall packet Rouboulino, sunk in the Aegean, hnd 210 passengers on bonrd. beside n crew of twoutv-tive, soys an Athens dispatch to the Radio Agency. Thn Bouboiilina. formerly the Coro nllla, was built at New castle, I'ligland lu 1878 and was owned by ,1. (J. Rou boulls, nf Spczin. She was 2iS foot long and had a beam of thirtj -two feet. Her registered tonnage wns lfll'J. CORONERON THE SPOT Knight Passenger on Train Which Strikes and Kills Man A passenger train ou which Coroner Knight was a passenger struck and killed nn unidentified man on tho Now Voik dixi-ion of the lViinsjlwiniii Kail road foil ay. The letlm was taking a short cut over tho tracks along Front street near North Penn Junction, at S o'clock this morning. He crawled between cars nf n standing freight and stepped iu tho path of tho passenger train. His bod) was badly crushed. Coroner Knight left the train after the accident anil viewed the body, lie ordered it placed in the baggage car of the train, it was taken to Broad Street Station and transferred to a patrol wagon, then taken to tho Morgue. Bedclothes Fired by Cigarette A boarder in tho house of Abe Wer ner, 412 South Twelfth street, was smoking In bed at 12:30 o'clock thjs morning, nnd a spark from tho cigar ette sot fire to the bedclothes, The bftartle', lied, and Warner extinguished tho Ibazo. The lose wne alight. Copyrleht. 1921. by ADJECTIVES TOO S ADMITS Admiral, Undisturbed by Criti cism, Says He Told Truth as He Sees It WILL EXPLAIN IRISH SPEECH TO SECRETARY DENBY TODAY By the Associated Press London. Juno 10. Rear Admiral William S. Sims made no direct men tion of Americans in sympathy with the Irish Republican cnuso today during a forty-minute nddress nt n luncheon given In bis honor by the American Luncheon Club. , In nn npparont nllus-ion. however, to his remarks of Inst Tuesday, when he addressed the English-Speaking I nion. Admiral Sims said : "Perhaps wc have used too energetic adjectives on some bccnslons, but let us hope that will be nmlnibly explained nwny." The admiral paused a moment and then added : "But I'm going on doing the same thing." , , This declaration brought from the 200 guests a repetition of tin uproar ious applause which had greeted the re mark of Wilson Cross, vice president of the Ameiiean Chamber of ('"ininerre in London, in introducing Admiral Kltnu he 'u s stunc sis-inn. nut ue mm will stand by what he fr.isu lnl.l lll !TlieSt. " lios snld." Mr. I want to nssnrei liini tlnu this Kitmnim wi" stiui.l with him and so will nil full-blooded, true, hoiiest-lliinkins Ainei Irons." Mr. Gross alluded to tin marked mr dialitv with which Admiral Sims had been 'entertained by men iiinong the most notable in the countr since his arrival in England, and he presented the admiral in the charneterlzntlnii usually applied to Washington "tirst in war, first in pence, first in tho hearts of his countrymen." Says Ho Told Truth Admiral Sims in replying said he hnd attempted on all occasions to say what he wanted to say and ho believed lie had always told the truth as he under stood It. He was afraid he had gone to excess in telling the truth, nnd he feared he hnd done so the other day "at least In the opinion of certain peo- nli " lie milled. The Admiral said he had been ne clpimeil bv critics as "the most popular British admiral iu the American Navy. and hnd been ncnin-ii m m-ing pro-nru- i-s'l i . , i "I nm, eontitiued t'ie Admiral. Sltnllarh. I was uicused of being pro Fiouch nftcr I hud been naval nttiirho ill Paris four years. 1 am pni-RritMi. pro-French and pro-Allied." Admiral Sims declnrod lie nKo linil been criticised fur advocating mi Anglo American lre.il. This was not so. he said, hut h" did bclicxc that a decent cnmniiPH'sliiii inn liruic rnoou m i" Fii!1l. h.sticn knur neon is would liiiise such a treatx unnecchsurv . t "Now, If thnt ! siiini'tliiiig I siioiiuin i snx. I 1'opc nie II muni inc uesi in u, I" "''"' i Hie best ol it. "A sir i:perienres ltrrounteti The iidmirnl recounted his war time experiences of the cordlnlity of the relations between the nllied nnvnl com mands, interspersing his remnrks with anecdotes nnd drawing enthusinstlc out hur ts of nppluusc and convulsive laughter from his auditor". Sir Thomns Lipton. Lord Inchonpc. IIarrv Gordon Self ridge, Sir Hall Cnlue. the Enrl of Lindsay. Vice Ad mirn' Albert W. Gr.uii. Lord Rlddoll. Lord Clinrnwood, Cnptniu Leake, R N.. i.inl mimeious other naval nfin ers, together with representatives from the embassies were among the guests. Fnrlicr i" the la Admiral Suns said (irtlniiril n Puce Two CnHim lour ANTI-SOVIET FORCES ACTIVE Reported to Have Taken Petropav losk From Bolshevik! Tol.'.o. .lime 1(1 (Bv A 1' i- D' - termineil nun-Bolshevik uprisings ,n the Frnl Mountain and at Petropav- losk. about 2(Mi miles south of Tobolsk. are reported in si nii-olhVinl nihiees re cehed here It Is Mill retropa loU has been outlined li the nnti-Bolshe. vikl. Reports from Seoul stnte thut Korean Communists will send representatives to the lutirnntional Communist "t-grcs-i to be hold in Moscow. BOY, ELECTROCUTED .uii. .... riM trn Runrlav. VIGOROUS MAYBE 1 The boy electrocuted today on top of n freight car at ThiitieFh street nnd Montgomeiy avenue has been positively identified a Monls Brownstcin, thirteen yenis old, 2521 North Twenty-fouilli street. One of his two companions, who dibnppenieil and nre be lieved to have been burned by the same wire which killed Mori is, is said to be Benjamin Stopsky, thiiteeu yenrs old, 3200 "West York street. BOY, 7, KILLED BY TROLLEY, SIXTH AND POPLAR STS. Jacob Julius, seven years old, of 837 Noith Sixth sticet, was run over and killed by n trolley car at Sixth nnd Poplni btiectb at 1 o'clock today. The child was playing lu the btieet wHuu struck by the car. Ho wab pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital. BRITISH MINERS TO BALLOT Will Vote on Proposals for Settle ment of Strike liondnn, Juno 10. (By A. IM The conferenco of tho coal miners' del cgntes hold here tnduy decided that a ballot should bo taken iu all the coal fields on tho proposals of tho mine own ors for a settlement of tho strlko. This Is general!) considered n long -ten toward poaco in the coal industry Tho coal-mine strike, tying up 'vir tually the entlro Industry, has been In progress since April 1. Til btil smtini dimh Subscription Price SO a Tear by MAIL Publlo LwUer Company. 'Darn-Nuisance Time Puzzles Governor Governor Sproul has n new nnmo for daylight-saving time. Mrs. Leonard O. Woods, of Pitts burgh, the first woman vice chair man . of the Republican National Committee, who, by the way, is not the wife of General Wood, tele phoned from Washington sho was coming up to sec him this afternoon. "She said she wor coming nt 11:30 o'clofk." said tho Governor, f'but I don't know whether It's 3:80 o'clock In the Lord's time or dam iittls-inre time " Employed Foreigners to Boat Husband, Not to Kill Him, Sho Says EXONERATES DAUGHTER By I ho Associated Press Hudson, N. Y., June 10. Mrs. Eva "ntherino Knber, charged with first degree murder in connect ion with the slaying of her husband. Dan F. Knber. n wealthy Lakcwnod, O.. publisher, nearly two yonrs- ugo, today ionfessi-1 getting a midwife she hud ronsiilted to I'ire two men to heat up her hiisbnnd in order to ehnniro his hnrsh attitude fo 'ward her. She denied that ln liml m. tenrieii tnat lie tie Killed Chief of Police Cliri-tenspii. of l.nU. wood, ninde this statement todiu to n lepresentntlve of the Associated Pi est on the train that was cnrriin!; him. Mrs. Knber nnd her daughter, Mts Marian McArdle. back to Clevelnnd from New York, whero they woie ar rested. Chief Christonson. however, denied a report mat tno two men had been or dered to poso as ghosts. He nl stated that Mrs. Kabcr had not implicated her uuiiKiiier. The chief explained thnt Prosecutor Stanton hnd called him from Ohio on tho long-distance telephone nt his hotel in New York nt 4 o'clock this morn ing nnd hnd asked what had boon the outcome of an nil-night grilling of the two women. Chief Christcnsen said he had told Mr. Stanton thnt Mr. Kaber had said her husband's nllcced uncivil nttltiule toward her had caused her to visit the midwife. Ho added thnt dispatches from Cleveland quoting Prosecutor Stanton's account of tho telephone con versation had been substantially cor rect, except as it concerned Miss Mc Ardle. C'lrtlantl. Jum 10.- fI5y A. P.) Mrs. Eva Catherine Knlmr has con fessed thnt her hif-luinil, D.in F. Kn ber. wns murdered with her knowledge In their Lakcwnod home two years ago. nnd Mariiin McAidle. Mrs) Kabcr's daughter, as confirmed much ,,f l(.r (nntlnnril nn I'iibc F.lshtcrn. Column Tniir POSTMAN DELIVERS LETTER ADDRESSED SWEETEST GIRL Blllet-Doux Produced In Divorce Court by Former Husband New York, June 10. Either Mrs. Edith M. Parsons, who was formerly the wife of John P. Parsons, an :id ortising man who ibt lined a iHoroe last August, Is n friend of tho postman on Washington Heights, or the Post office Department is even better than it is generally believed to be. For, nccordine to her former hns. band, she locciwM a lett r thnt addressed only in this fashion : """""j j "Miss Edith Parsons, "Oh. gee I've forgotten "The damned nddnss. "Anyway it's "Tho Sweetest Ghl in the World. "Somewhrre on Washington Heights , '" 1" letter, the writer, who signs himself merely "Jnek." writes, "I should like i'u-t tu have jnu lend me o or the moonlight primrose path tlmt i leads to Inspiration Point." ' i ins una inner icuers nuegeil In .Mr I'arsnns to who boon sent to his former wife, were produced by him iu opposition to hi-- wife's application fur a modification of the dhorce decree in so for as it awards him the exclu sive custody of their two children. ON CAR, IDENTIFIED BIG SEPARATOR PLANT SHUT Sharpless Works at West Chester Affected by Lack of Orders West Chester, Pa., Juno 10 At closing time last night u notice was posted ot tho Sharpless Separator IS. KABER ADMITS PART IN TRAGEDY Works, tho largest industrial plant iu tilts' place, announcing complete sus pension until next Wednesday This is looked upcn as indefinite btoppage of work the ilaltQ being nmiouncoil lu or der to hold f the huudrods of employes in case they Jartvruntcd. The closliU-fc-attrlbutcd to buslnesn first time in fwUBrftin, T PRICE TWO CENTS CITY TO FORESTALL wt - CONTRACTOR'HOWLl iPIG W0RF1 Will Take Over All of Task Oct., 1 to Prevent 'Inefficiency' Cry ' Jn Mid-winter, Says Caven POLITICAL TRICK CHARGE RIDICULOUS, HE ASSERTS By GEORGE NOX McCAIN "I hnvc been greatly Interested In some of tho newspaper comments and criticisms of the proposal of tho De? pnrtment of Highways to tako over from tho contractors the work of clean ing all tho streets and nvenncs of tho city on October 1," snld Director Cnven of tho Department of Public Works, this morning "The principal complaint on the parf. of the minor critics is flint it does not give tho contractors n chance for their 'white alley.' In other words, that tho department Is taking on unfair advan tage of tlio street-cleaning contractors," went on the Director. "Every street-cleaning contractor un dertook tho work this year with the dis tinct understanding thnt his contract; would bo vacated on October 1 nt the pleasure of the Department of Public Works. "Of course, they do not desire to re linquish their contracts on October 1 or at nnv other time. They are profit-' . able. They hate to tftve thera up. All their political friends, high and low. as well ns certain other well-mcanlw; gentlemen, nre after us with protests. ' No Ono Has Asked for Reason "And yet," (ieclurcd Director Caven as he pointed a long forefinger to em phasize the statement, "not one of these gentlemen has entered my officii and frankly discussed tho situation or tiled to discover iust whv m-o ,ii,i,.,i on October 1 as tho most nvailable dutoi for undertaking all the work of street cleaning for this city of 1,800,000 peo ple. "The nllegation that October 1 hai, been fixed ns the time so thnt the Ad ministration may be enabled to utilize the fact to its advantage In the Novera-, ber election is so ridiculous on the facd of it that it scarcely merits a reply. . "The street cleaning of the entire urea of Philadelphia would have searr- ly got under whv. and the new mnchln- cry oiled up nnd running smoothly be-; fore the November election would ha due. What kind of a showing could; ve make in one month that would jus-r4 tify us, even if wc were disposed to rush into print and on the plhtform and stump, nnd bonst of our work?' "The declaration that It Is a,jnoT-'r' s ment to prevent n reduction in' the tax. rate for next year bnrelv escapes roach-; Ing the stage of political idiocy. r "Mayor Moore has repeatedly de clared that a lower tax rate should be imposed next year. Anyhow, how would he bo contributing to the maintenance of tho present tax rate when wo pro pose to save tho city considerable sums of money by taking this job away from tne contractors nnd doing it oursclvcsr ' "I'll toll you. and all those critics might have had Hie facts for the ask' I nig, why wo propose to undertake city- wide street cleaning on Octobtr 1 and not on January 1, as the contractors and their friends are demanding. Wo do not propose to let the contractors, oven were thoy si disposed, put us in a hole nnd cast discredit nnd odium, If possible, upon this new work of the city," said the Director emphatically- Job Would Start in Mid-Winter "If we wait until Jnnunry 1 we step into the job in niiil-wlnlor. It may bo that the cit then will be frozen up. There may bo storms or blizzards and iu the midst of such u crisis wo undertake tho work. "Contractors, disgruntled nnd ready perhaps to discredit the undertaking. could leave the ashes and rubbish by the 'ton for us to elonn up. If there worn tho least delay on our pnrt, with an I entirely now system staiting in, they and their friends would raise tho cry of ' failure and Inefficiency. I "Our engineers hno studied this question for months. They've visited jotliir uties and conferred with highway engineers and superintendents on tliu , subject. Tho unanimous conclusion ii that October 1 Is the period when the municipality should undertake tins grea"t work. "It will give us three months In which to get the work started, to fa miliarize our superintendents, foremen, inspectors and workmen with the rou tine of the operation. Thoy will ham had experience with early snowfalls; they will bo ready to tackle the removal of oslich and snow as tho winter ad vances and tho bitter freezing tp proaclios. "By January 1. 1022. instead of leap ing in with winter nnd everything else ngninst us, we will have men who for throe months havo boon Retting ready for this most strenuous condition. "What other argument Is needed nw ('nntlnnril nn I'iico IMsIilrin, Column Six RESCUES 29 HORSeTaT FIRE Man Risks Life to Save Animals In $5000 blaze Twenty-nine horses wero rescued from n fire that destroyed a lurge stable at Kid!) Montrose street, curly thin morning, by J. C. Bishop, u Negro, 1(1211 Montrose street, at the risk of hia own life Bishop discovered the fire ohout 1 :.1fl A. M. and immedlntely turned In an alarm. Before the apparatus arrived he 'ed the horses ono bj one to snfet) . although at the last the lire had gained such lieadwn) that he wai. iu (lunger of being burned to denth himself The stable was owned by Daniel Res'e 'ihe dauiase is estimated at MODI I ONLY 8 DAYS MORE' The Movie Beauty Contest closes at noon June IS. I'nder no con ditions will photographs bo ac cepted after that time. t Girls who Intend entering the com petition for the three positions thut are to bo made for them by tho Betzwood Film Co, must bear this date iu mliid carefully, There's n wonderful chunce for those who win. DETAILS TODAY ON TVttfJig u i-m s. a ii Wv f'si-M'tf . ? V 'Y t-u i .S-'.l