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PHILADELPHIA, MQDAY, JUNE 27, 1921
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BEFORE PRIMARY BLADitu
'B. door of the Municipal Court
Syt:ii-orMun,e.p.
& ,. i. i.t ns they wore nbout to
i i n n Tnnnn 111 uiiinti-
KKFVnd lftr the army of cm-
r BOJts on inc ruii.uo i,.....--.-
This was disclosed todav bv corre-
Hnrc made nub c by Frederick P.
l;".mSlrSor of the.Rurcnu of
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if n ji.. r.r the imrcnu ni
' ); -i th survey at the request of the
' JS" Club nmf of President Judge
' 'BrSli'requcrt for a rw
.'.. curing widespread public indig-
' Severe court's $1,000,000 pay
B,.l.,0IYr :c . i.nnu throuffh Council
rthc then newly formed" combine
1 MUP' Overrode Mayor's Veto
, Msvor Moore asRallcd the cxtrarn-
G hit veto of the appropriation. For
the firct time on an Important meas
nre the Council overrode the veto,
ftln(C a situation which now threat-
4 kiii'i Investigation, as It Was about to
'recommend changes In accounting meth-
rn.a mnvinir 111 hip iicrcoivu ju-
r j .nnnrt Imforp the next nrlmary
" when another Judge Is to be added to
) the court. . .. . .
The actunl stoppnge of the inquiry
' tame May 10. when tho investigators
tiked tor inc uuum ui uk wuh -ecutlve'
office which would have shown
the payrolls and the purchasing meth-
.In commenting on the situation, Mr.
s Ofuenberg said:
"J think thnt President Judge Brown
i nf inn pnurr.
fits taKCli an iuauvisea tirareo, as iu
Itierltablc conclusion of disinterested
citizens, WU be that the court has some
thing to conceal.
"wo entered on this work dispas
sionately n ni" u ere just about ready to
'Wke rcconiinendntiona as to tecnlcal
(hinges to be made in accounting
'mthnriR nfirl In n nlinrf tllYll tt'Olllr! ImVfl
i ftt n n otiwlt unit aIo ttl RtAi An rt fliA
J ptrsonnei.
"ve are ereat believers uithc modirn
social tjpe of court and believe tfiat
manj- things done by this court are val-
aible, but there Is nn attitude of the
' tdmlnlstratlw side which does not in-
, tjlre confidence. We did not go In for
vim purpose or mucKratung, but with the
E t i 4Unl,n Lrtk
6Wnt and scientific linei.
O&Crueuhers's Letter -
"Ttftider date of May 16 Mr. Gruneberg
irote.to Judgo Brown as followu:'' '
"Yio acknowledge with thank" the
iwurray exicntiu in tne reservation or
4 ropm' for the bureau's workers as
sitne'd to Uie tudy, but we are some
what t a Iops to know whether it is
your intention thnt our 8taff confine it
wlf to this room and to such informn--tton
u is presented to them at this
place."
One of the letters in the correspond
ence, dated May 10, was from A. It.
H. Morrow, chief clerk of the Municipal
Court. Writing to the Bureau of Mu
nicipal Research. Morrow said :
."Two of your Investigators were here
tWa afternoon prepared to make a study
f the financial end of the Municipal
Court. In the absence of Judge Brown,
Wo will be out of the city until prob
olyf Wednesday night, I would ask
4ntttthU survey be postponed until Tils
,return when I can receive instructions
.from him."
Definite Postponement
The definite postponement of the sur
"y, as far as .Tudgo Brown was con-
- ejrned. was announced in a letter dated
May 31 from the President Judge to
Mr. Oruenbcrg.
"Having the interests of this court
most earnestly at heart," wrote Judge
lirown. "I naturally desire that its
affairs be given the fullest publicity. At
, in same timc, nnd for tho same reason,
J also desire that that which goes to
the public shall be a true picture.
.. ihave nrcePted my suggestion
I.i ia tnie Victnre can be obtained
2.Lby an "Pert survey, but you now
Undraw from this position on the
Wand of expense, and propose a sur
Tfy,of one fenture only.
I feel it my duty to register my pro
rii riT! for ,h, half-picture which
2.b' convejed In such a report
m.Lb.onJy mlPlen'linic. The infor
,Vl0n .t0 ,bc btlni"d by a financial
5yeTiiin,r(,tl3' available In the city
eon roller's office. To duplicate this
would be wsste of money on your
j", and in this vacation period when
e are embarrassingly short-handed,
Wll also eeriously handicap the court's
, No In'tlon or Blocking
if MMr8,JJnd thnt T have "o Intention
n0ln?nklnR J?ur efforts; I an? merely
fln ll?. ?ut. ,to you thnt the Informn
nrn.Sbial.nablr b' ll,e Pnrtlnl survey
anrtW in,r.ea,i-v J1 y'ir disposal,
;. "?.i(? ln'onntlon stnnding alone
mm? nthliiB.
e will postpono the consideration
ConUnurd on 1'ate 8U, Column Fmir
MARY ROBERfslilNEHART
RALLIES AFTER OPERATION
Nvell.t ad Paywrl0ht In Satis
'etory Condition, Phyalolani Say
Mr. rYork Jun? 2T. (By A. P.)
ind'nfc, W" Rinehaft, nove 1st
ertlon r.,.hti' who Mndwwent an op
aifi:?.".;'""'1"?.. was reported in a
I sliJana ..Ti i "1M0" tofliy- Her phy
eniShc ,,"ss,,,l falr- &m.
fawSd thT" '' 4?0","nw. who per
MHou, ,c.01'orB4tion' "ald that, while
Drtn? "Si "tamely dangerous.
11ShtiSi?,,1y .""hn" Ulnehart, of
ii i? nPi. ?,?!vet, in New York and
Mnhl! ntf:deofTM" lfc- tanle?
mother, ,nrt' Jr" n,so ,fl with his
& ainnl!n,'l w,,, 1rV e"8nK',1 1"
Vo k f011" ,?? novcL' cnmc to New
K"'e had i KfiT.'1" n, brIef vL,,t
w..f . "'tendeil dep.ut hie for the
In her bVlnihr Rt nV! tth,pl ,MI'"e,
taffie wHhi?,f ,,urrH t0 the liCHpllal
Mn'aaMit, vnr,,ll'F- n"s for ine.li.
wtifmMiee hent "V1 b-v t',e ,,0'l
PondeAnt ,uf,rc Immediately r.
ftrnSS wUm"'1 lllP, "deration wan per-attack1-
tMn nn I,mlr "" the first
Police Bureau to Prevent
Accidents Will Be Formed
Will Function Chiefly to
Eliminate Speeding and
Joy Riding, Mills Asserts
Is Aimed to Hit Reckless
Motorists Carrying In
demnity Insurance; Capt.
Hcarn to Be in Charge
A police accident prevention burenti
will be established in this city within
a fqw weeks. It's function will be to
war upon the speeding autoist. the joy
rider and the bandit. Captain James
J. Hcarn will head the bureau.
Superintendent Mills made the an
nouncement today at n luncheon of the
Auto Trades' Association, Broad nnd
Callow hill streets. At the samp lime
ho took occasion to warn motnrlnU,
particularly tho-e who hold lndcimill
accident insurance, that Insurance or
pull will In no manner prevent prosecu
tion of the Individual and loss of li
cense. Superintendent Mills nlo Paid ho
would appear before Council in the fall
nnd request thnt inws be passed in
which "accumulative sentences" may
be given to speed violators.
He also outlined briefly several con
templated changes in traffic regulations.
These, he said, included two streets free
from car tracks on each side of Broad
street where north and south traffic mny.
run at a greater rate of speed than on
Broad street. A general system of
handling traffic in the center of tho city
HE BALL PLAYERS
FOR RECEIVING S1.15
Team Managers Assessed $13,
Although They Didn't Ask
for Spectators' Money
CROWD VOLUNTEERED IT
A dollar and fifteen cents, in nickels
and dimes, tosed Into n bucket by en
thusiastic "fanf at the end of a Sun
day afternoon baseball game, cost the
managers of the rivnl teams $13 In fines
and costs today before Magistrate
Price, at the Twenty-second street and
Hunting Park avenue police station.
The defendants were Richard Casey,
211 G Westmoreland street, manager of
the West Philadelphia Stars, nnd James
Smith. 1008 Bruner street, manager of
the Nlcetown Baseball Club. They
played a Sunday game on the old cir
cus grounds at Nineteenth street nnd
Huntnf:Park" avenue.
Street Sergeant" Wddy and Patrol
man jvosicy ipsunea mey nna wirueui
tne clubs not to charge admission or to
take a collection.
The managers, in their own behalf,
explained that a boy had put a bucket
behind the pitcher's box during the last
half of the ninth inning and some of
the spectators had tossed money into it.
The total, io said, was only $1.15. The
Magistrate fined each manager $0.50.
James Kent, 343 Kcrlln street, Ches
ter, assistant mnnagcr of the Aber
foyle Manufacturing Co. bnsebnll
team, complained after the snme magis
trate had fined him 0..'50, thnt "prices
had gone up" since last week.
"I was here a week ago," said the
manager, "after a game with the Mill
vllle team, and was only fined $o.m).
I'd like to know why the magistrate
has raised the ante."
Perry Reifsnyder, 4310 North Bodlne
street, mannger of the West Philadel
phia baseball team, arrested with Kent,
also was fined S6.50. The teams played
at Fourth and Winghocklng streets.
The nev. B. Smith Stull, of P009
Park avenue, minister of the Mt. Car
mel Methodist Churc4i, Park avenue and
Nedro street, suggested when he ap
peared as a witness in another baseball
case heard in Magistrate Price s office
that the managers had been Involved In
a "conspiracy." ...
Magistrate Price did not agree with
him and let the managers off with the
usual fine. They were Charles Brady,
Continued on Two Two. Column Four
KING GREETSVIRGINIANS
Statue of Washington Presented to
Britain as Sign of Friendship
London, June 27. (By A P.)
King George received in Buckingham
Palace todny a deputation of men and
women from Virginia headed by Prof.
Henry Louis Smith, president of asl
ington and Lee University, who came
to England to present a bronro copy
of Houdon's famous marble statue of
r . W.AInilnn th nrlfflnSl of
which stands in the rotunda of the
State Capitol oi Virginia in wenraonu.
The statue was presented tp Great
Britain bv Virginia as an expression of
its friendly feeling for the country
whose sons were among the first set
tlers of the State.
MINERS PARLEY AGAIN
British Coal Men 8ald to Have
Dropped National Pool Demand
London, June 27. (By A.P.) The
conference of the coal mine owners, the
striking mlnenrs and representatives of
the Government in another effort to
reach a settlement of the strike com
menced this morning. Newspapers pre
dieted confidently a settlement would re-
It was unofficially stated that the
miners have abandoned their demands
for a national wnge pool, which long
stood In the way of pence, nnd thnt the
Government hns renewed Its offer pf
tin nnn fWt. nrnvlded n sneedy ncree-
men't is reached.
ELEVATOR FALL8, MAN HURT
Antonio Dellsco, 1080 Carpenter
street, was Injured this morning when
an elevator ho was operating In a waro
i...... .t tr.ioronth nnrl Carpenter stropta
fell from tho second floor. Dellsco was
caught under a iienyy rou oi pnper.
His left shoulder blade nnd pelvic bone
were fractured. He wns taken to the
Pennsylvania Hospital.
Kahn Under Care of Paris Doctor
...! .Tnnn "7. Otto II. ICfihn la
suffering from nervousness. Although
t i-.tt.. ..a1l 1,1a frlfnHa ataA 1ia !
undergoing medical treatment here and
expects to recover soon,
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CAPTAIN JAMES J. II15AKN
to prevent nccldcnts is being worked
out at the present timp.
MllU Outlines PUn
In discussing the accident prevention
work, Superintendent Mills said :
"This bureau will be established to
reduce tho number of vehicular acci
dents. We will ask for the co-operation
of all automobile clubs who will
Continued on Fuse To, Column Tim
Nellie Mandell Attacked Near
Twenty-fifth and York Sts.
Assailant Flees
SCREAMS BRING AID
Nellie Mandell, a pretty, fifteen-year-old
girl, vrai Mashed in the throat with
a razor at 1 o'clock this morning within
a few yards of her home by a man who
seired her from behind.
"Don't holler," her nssnllant, a Ne
gro. ordered as he pinned the young
girl's arms to her side. He had crept up
behind her as she was approaching 2."3o
Hagcrt street, where she lives with her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Tomhaw.
The girl screamed and dropped a
sultcaoe; then, as the assailant re
leased one arm, phe put her hand to
her neck. Her screnms were heard
by House Sergeant. Batten, of the Twenty-sixth
and York streets station, a
block away.
Cuts Girl's Finger
The Negro drew a raaor as the girl
struggled with him. He drew the keen
blnde over her hand, cutting the ring
finger and the little finger, then slashed
her throat and fled.
Tomshaw's heard her 6creams and
ran Into the street just as Street Ser
geant Anderson nnd Patrolman Smith,
who were sent from the station house,
ran up to the wounded girl.
MIsh Mnndcll hnd picked up the suit
ense in spite of her wounds, nnd wns
trying to reach her home when Tom
r.haw nnd the police reached her. She
Sbo was returning from u week's visit to
her .nothcr near Kingston. Wilkes
Barre, nnd had reached Broad Street
Station nt 12:15 A. M.
Girl Describes Attack
At the Woman's Homeopathic no.--pital
the young girl was nble to give
a brief account of tho nttHck. The
wounds in her thront and hand were
htltched by Dr. Strong. It Is believed
the will recover.
Miss Mandell had alighted from a
trolley enr at Twenty-fifth and York
streets nnd walked to Hagert street,
the first small thoroughfare aboe York.
The man was standing on the corner
when she left the trolley car.
A general nlnrm wns sent out for the
Negro a few minutes after the attack.
Men in the neighborhood organized
searching parties and went through al
leys and small streets In a vain effort
ti find the nssailant.
PRAISES CITY'S SOIL
P. R. T. Engineer, at Valuation
Hearing, Says It Excels for Drainage
This city's soil Is one of the wonders
of the world to engineers, according to
H. R. Mnrtz, of Chicago.
Mr. Martz, who is rlmii'p.-in of
engineering Investigation of J Phila
delphia Rapid Transit Co.. i ,nle thU
statement today at n hearing In City
Hall on the valuation of the company's
system before Public Service Commis
sioner Clement.
The witness was called to explain the
intricato problems which confront the
company in laying and providing tracks
lie snld the expeiife entailed in this
connection was tremendous and thnt U
wns necessary to ii'-e eighty -five tjpet
of tracks. This was due, he bnld, to
varying market conditions and aUo to
the many varieties of Mreot paving In
this city. Commenting on the soil, he
said, unlike the .' . iher city
that In Phllnili liainlug
qualities which . i ii.ul for all
kinds of enginccnui; tcKs.
STRIKESUP TO SOCIALISTS
Left Wing Urges Political Boycott
as Revolutionary Weapon
Detroit. June 27. (By A. P.) The
Socialist Tally's attitude toward gen
oral and political strikes and Its atti
tude toworrlinrsniiized labor wns tin for
decision In the party's national conven
tion here today.
Left-Wing Communists, who so far
have met defeat in all the Issues they
have put forward, offered a proposal to
use the political and general strike ns
a revolutionary wenpon. Contrlst nnl
Right-Wing groups were confident this
proposal i too, would bo defeated nnd
predicted adoption .or tneir own reso
lution declnring the general Mrlko to he
a weapon for (he exclusive uto of labor
orgnnlzatinns.
The political strike, the latter reRo
lutlon declared, might bo used by cither
Inbor or political parties to obtuiu pas
sage or repeal of legislation. Preoent
conditions' in the United States, the
resolution added, made It Impossible for
a political group to call such n strike.
GIRL'S THROAT CUT
AT DOOR OF HOME
BANDITS RISK LIVES
IN WILD AUTO DASH;
ESCAPE WITH $11
Rob South Phila. Market and
Mako Getaway as Train
Blocks Pursuers
j GIRL BRAVES PISTOLS
AND SCREAMS ALARM
I Three motor bandlta who hold up a
I meat market owner and a girl cashier,
I obtaining $1300, escaped In dramatic
fashion today, dashing In front of n
freight train, which blocked pursuit.
Mies Kiit to iTreemnii. cnshier in the.
Melrose Meat Jinrkct. nt Point Breeze
iicniic Mini Dickinson street, wns In
lirr booth with Morris MelroKC. the
' owner, at 0 o'clock this morning. The
nlnl It...... m( C-.T &J....II. TTlfll. ulnnnl
111 HV Ul O.,, tflflllll I inn pn.i.
On the desk wns $1300, the Satur
day night receipts of that and two
other stores owned by Melroe. He was
preparing the money for bank when two
swarthy, slender young men entered.
Both Men Armed
One of the men went to the bucher's'
block and gave nn order to Joseph Mel
rose, brother of tho proprietor, who
went back to nn Ice chest to get the
ment.
The second robber then drew nn nu
tomatlc pistol, while his companion,
also drawing a capon, strode o the
cashier's box.
"Hands up and give me thnt money."
he ordered. Melrose nnd the girl rnlsed
their hands. The robber scooped up the
banknotes nnd shoved them In his
pockets.
As he was turning to leave, a mail
carrier came to the doorway nnd was
nbout to enter when Miss Freemnn, dis
regarding tho revolvers, began scream
ing. "Stop them, stop them!" she
shouted.
But the unarmed cnrrlcr wns power
less to hnlt the bandits who flourished
their weapons nnd sprang out to the
curb where a touring car with a third
man at the wheel wns wnitlng.
For a few seconds Melrose stood mo
tionless and then, joined bv his brother,
he ran to the sidewalk, -while Miss
Freeman continued scrcnmlng for help.
The robbers' car shot forward to Twcn-ty-fifUi
street nnd turned north.
Auto Race Starts
Mr. Melrose's nutomobile was parked
near bis store. Ho and his brother
jumped in and stnrted after the bandits.
A crowd assembled and rnn nfter the
cnr. which was streaking ahead at top
rpecd. i
In spite of their start the robbeVs
were being overhauled when Washing
ton avenue was reached. Meanwhile
a patrolman had jumped on the run
ning board of Mr. Melrose's car, and
with drayn revolver, wns ready to fight
it out with tho robbers If they wero
overtaken.
As the fugitives' car rocked ahead on
Twenty 'fifth street the warning bell
of a locom6tive was heard. A long
freight train moved down Washington
avenue at a fair speed. The bandit
driver did not slacken unced nnd clenred
the tracks by a few inches ahead of
the locomotive.
The next moment Mr. Melrose hnd to
htop his machine to avoid crashing into
the freight. When the long line of
t nrs had passed the bandits could not be
seen.
MIb Trceman later said she was not
frightened by the bandits.
Girl Regains Composure
"It all happened so quickly it took
us by surprise," she said. "When one
of the robbers demanded the money Mr.
Melrose told me to give it to him. As
they started to leave I tcrenmed for all
I was worth.
"The two who came Into the store
wero dark and wore cheap, dnrk cloth
ing. They aprearcd to be about twenty-one
or twenty-two yenrs old."
Miss Freemnn retained her composure
after the robbers fled and looked after
the wnnts of several customers while
the owner nnd his brother were chasing
the bandits.
HELD ON RIOT CHARGE
Man Arrested In Connection With
Disturbance at Shlpworker's Home
Joseph Haines, 2701 Martlm street,
arrested during a disturbance Inst night
at Amber nnd Somerset streets, was held
under $IB00 ball for court today by
Magistrate Pcnnock at Central Station,
charged with inciting to riot.
It was testified thnt linrtnn Yergey.
a shipyard foroinan, had sold his homo
nt 2S38 Aramingo street, because he
and his wife hnd been nnnojed by strlk"
sympathizers, nnd hnd gone there Sat
urday to collect his belongings. He wns
accompanied by three patrolmen, who
remained on guard Snturday nnd Sun
day, and escorted him when he closed
the houso Inst night.
Yergey and the patrolmen were sur
rounded by a crowd 0f hcveral thousand,
according to witnesses, and tho demon
stration became so mennelng that one
of tho patrolmcu sent ln a riot cnll.
DRUMKENP0UCE FINED
Men Suspended by Mills Also Are
Punished by Magistrate
Two pntrolmen suspended Inst week
on the charge of being drunk and dis
orderly wero each sentenced today by
Magistrate Renshnw In Central Sta
tion to pay fines of $12.50 each or
serve thirty days in jail.
The patrolmen are Eugene Murphy,
of the Belgrade and Clearfield streets
station, ami Raymond McComb, of the
i niru Bircei nnu rairmoutit nvenue sta
tion. good foojTaTd toTupils
Dr. Dorothy Child Talks to Em
ployes of Wanamaker 8tore
A talk on the need for selecting
nour shlng foods as the-basis for a high
standard of scholarship nnd general
working efficiency was given this morn-
nig ny ur. Uorothy Child, supervisor
ui iiirqn-iii inspection or public schools.
In ngjptlnn linll to the emplejes of1
Y nnnninker'N. lirr mMi-no. .n, '
llminnry to n production of the ",Mk
Fair. Piny," attended (J j-tore em
pjoyci nnd student! of the John Wann
maker Commerelnl Institute.
The ensf wns composed of sixty. two
students from the Furnrss School, who
hnd been coached by Miss Hilda Kuch
man. Tho performance wns under the
niisplces of tho Philadelphia Interstate
Dairy Council,
Takes Just One Puff;
Fired From Golf Team
Chicago. 111., June 27. One can
not Bmoke cigarettes and be a golf
player. At least, not on the Uni
versity of Chicago golf team. A.
Alonzo Stngg Is the major dotno of
the Midway institution's athletics,
from golf to football. Recently tho
former Yale pitching star "fired" a
"substitute" on the Chicago go'f
team for nn "Infraction of the train
ing rules."
Wlllard MeGuIre. the player In
question, realizing thnt the senson
was coming to n close, decided to
take just one puff. He did. The In
cident came to Mr. Stage's enrs,
with the result that McOuire's nnme
did not appear In the Chicago entry
list, "ou know the rules on my
athletic tenm." wns the only ex
planntlon thnt the coach offered.
CAMDEN RECLUSE ARTIST
FOUND STARVEDJ0 DEATH
Body of George Bembo Is Discovered
In Shack
George Ilembo. n rccluc nrtlst, who
lived lu n shack at Mount llphrnlm ave
nue nnd Pollings rond. Camden, wn
found dend shortly before midnight by
neighbors. His denth is believed to
have been due to starvation.
Bembo was fifty-eight yenrs old and
was regarded as a genius in the neigh
borhood. Bembo eked out an existence during
the last ten yenrs by painting portinits
end landscapes. He worked nlong tomc
whnt novel lines. After painting the
picture of a man he would call on thi?
subject nnd nsk him how he liked it. If
the portrait was approved Bembo sold
it for a reasonable nmount.
The artist had not been seen for sev
eral days until early last evening, when
he stumbled out the door of his home
nnd a.ked a neighbor to get him a drink
of water.
As Bembo was on the verge of col
lapse the neighbor Informed the police.
hen a pntrolmnn entered his house
Bembo was found dead on the floor. A
short distance from his body wns the
unfinished picture of n fnrmhouse.
BATTLE FOR $30,000,000
ESTATE BEGUN IN COURT
Daughter of William Penn Snyder,
Ironmaster, Contests His Will
Pittsburgh, June 27. (By A. P.)
A movo to set nsldc the will of the Into
William Penn Snyder, involving nn es
tate said to be worth $30,000,000, was
filed in Orphnns' Court here todny on
behalf of Mrs. Mary Black Snyder
Drew, Mr. Snydcrls only daughter. The
petition nileges that when the will wns
executed Mr. Snjder did not possess a
"sound nnd disposing mind, memory
and understanding'' nnd uld not "pos
sess tcstnmentnry capacity."
Mr. Snjder, who was one of the most
widely known producers of pig Iron In
tho country, provide, in hi"irt!l for
the crcntlon of n trust controWdy
three persons, who, the petition alleges,
are in no way related to the famll.i .
These trustees, it Is alleged, nre to con
trol the business for twenty jears nfter
the death of his son nnd daughter nnd
can use nil of the Income of the busi
ness to mnintnin and develop it. No
definite provision Is made for any in
come for the mnintennnco of Mr. Sny
der's widow nnd the other members of
his immediate family.
Mr. Snyder, who died early In the
year, was the founder and owner of the
Shennngo Furnace Co. Iron ore mine In
Minnesota. Iron ore boats on the Great
Lakes and coal coke operations nt Wll
pen, Pn.
ADMITSDALT0N MURDER;
SEEKS LENIENT SENTENCE
Negro Pleads Guilty In Second De
gree to Sharon HIM Crime
John Austin, a Negro arrested April
lo near Morgnntown. W. Vn.. in con
nection with the murder July 0, 1020,
of John Dnlton. nenr his home nt
Shnron Hill, todny pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree before
Twl,n .Tnhnann In the I'rtllrf nt ATorlln
In the course of the trial of Itonnoke i
Jasper, who nns acquitted Inst week of i
complicity in tne unuon muruer, jonn
ttf0t nnrl PhnrlnR Hrnwn. wlin nr.
cupled cells directly over Austin's,
testinen .wisiin served lime in tne
South. This he will try to disprove.
NABBED IN APARTMENT
Man and Woman Held on Charges
of Latter's Husband
George Mennelle and Mrs. Grace
Crabe were arrested this morning in an
nnartment on Fourth street nenr Mnr-
Jcet, Camden, on charges preferred by
the woman s nusonnd, Harry Urabe,
Wilmington.
Recorder Staekhouse held Mennelle
and Mrs. Crnbn In $300 ball each for
the Grnnd Jury after Mrs. Amanda
Baurle. Market street near Third, tes
tified they had been living in one of
her npartments since April.
Mennelle, it is snld. Is wnnted in Wil
mington on the charge of dcsciling hit
wife.
LISTEN! THUNDER?
Shovvers Likely Tonight to Cool the
Air, Weatherman Says
Thunder showers are likely to knock
the "stickiness" out of the nir this
evening, the weather mnu says.
As for a real downpour, the sort
that will soak into tho earth and relieve
the drought now burning up crops all
over the Eastj there Is none ln sight.
The temperature wns 83 at noon. The
humidity is SS per cent.
Complete destruction of the early
potato crop Is reported by farmers of
New Jcrscji nnd Pennsylvania. These
potatoes, known ns tho "Irish cob
biers." me being dug up nnd thrown
away. Another crop will be planted
nfter Julv 1.
8wcet corn Is beginning to "curl."
which Is a bnd sign. Msny plnnts nnd
trees also, according to nurserymen,
nre suffering acutely from the drought.
It Takes a Scientist to
Find Good in Hot Weather
There In some good in hot weather,
anyway. The scientist says so.
New .Terse) ma$ be rid of the
famous mosquito. The drought hns
dried the breeding pools aud all the
little tVceters have perished.
LANCASTER
BANK
BESIEGED BY CROWD
OF IRATE PATRONS
Depositors Attempt to Force
Way Through Cordon
of Policemen
MENN0NITE FRIENDS STILL
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ZELL
Tlv n Staff CorrtiiVritrt
Lancaster. Pa.. June 27. Hundreds
of angry depositors crowded the
entrance of the defunct Agricultural
Trust Co. tin North Duke street. todn.
begging for the return of their money
Pass hooks In hand they attempted to
force their way into the Institution, nnd
only the presence of several policemen
prevented trouble.
Fringed nlong the edge of the crowd
were several score of Mennonltes who
were loath to believe that their friend
nnd ndvlser, "Charlie" Zcll, hnd taken
their life's savings. "We want to see
Mr. Zcll," said the spokesmen for the
Menonnltes. "We don't believe thnt
he has taken our money and we
know he will fix everything up all right
so that we enn go back to our farms
contented."
The big pollcemnn to whom they were
talking told them he wrifl sorry, but
thnt ''Cell was In the county jail."
Kven this information did not seem to
cause them to lose faith in the man who
hnd taken their nil. "We'll go over
there to see him." wns their replv
Refuse to Give I'p Passbooks
Although hundreds of depositors
turned in their pnss hooks ns per the
request of Deputv State Ranking Com
mlssioner (irnff there nre hundreds who
posit nel refuse to do o unless the.
nre fjiven a receipt for them. They were
told i tin t the State had assumed charge
of the defunct institution and thnt no
receipts would be slien
"Wo are tuklug no further chances
in this matter." said Charles Wincr,
of 32C South Queen street I have al
most $0000 in thnt plnce in my nnme
and the nnincs of nn son nnd duughter
nnd my lawyer has ndvispd me not to
give up my pnss books until I get n
receipt i also hnvo thnu-nndu of dol
lars' worth of bonds nnd securities in n
prlvntr jnfe deposit box, and I fear thut
Zcll may have tampered with them.
They tell me, however, that m fears
nre groundless, but I would not lie sur
prised to learn that lie has cleaned me
out for fair."
One of the most pitiful cases thut
has been brought to the attention, of
the Stnte Banking Commissioner is thnt
of Jneoh Murrnj. a seventy-eight-venr-old
etcrnii of the Civil Wnr. who lost
SHOO, nil the moni he hnd. in the
crush. This old man was on the steps
of ilie bank nt 0 o'clock this morning.
H told u patrolman he li.id walked to
Lancaster frojn his home in Crescent
and that tic' would, Juuc to go to the
Mitrluine"'hktl'Kllvttin'gfcwme?bfhiM
uionej.
"I put in SI 100 In this plnce In
April on the udice of y Inwjer. who
snhl it wc.s a good place for It." sniu
the old until . "Now it is gone nnd I
guess now instead or ensing off my
fi mmiiuliig jc.us. 1 will liae to go
to the almshouse."
Favored Few Warned
Thnt u. fnvorcd few were tipped off
to the approaching crash of the trust
compain was lenrned todny when one
depositor snld he hnd nb-olute knowl
edge thnt n girl connected with the
trust lonipnm had called up a girl
friend last Wednesday night nnd told
her to be sure mid be on hnnd when the
trust company opened Thursday morn
ing, as tilings looked bad. It Is Known
tliHt the girl who was tipped off told
her father, who was also a depositor
there, nnd thnt they went to the trust
comnnnj as advised and the girl sue
ceeded in getting her nionej When
her tatlici . who had on deposit L'.'OO
attempted to withdraw his nionej . he
CnntlnuM oii Pnae Mx Column Tho
AIRMEN BEGIN LONG TRIP
Expect to Cross Entire Continent In
Thirty-Hour Flight
Rherslde. Calif.. June 27 (Br A
P i hand It Unvis nnd Eric
Springer, of I.os Angeles, left March
Field here at 0 A. M. todnj on nn nt
templed trims-continental non stop
nennl tllglit (
TIica plan to land nt Mlnenln Field. !
Long llnnd within tiiirt) hours.
BIG FIGHT CANNOT BE STOPPED, SAYS N. J. GOVERNOR
JERSEY CITY, June 27. Governor Edwards todny declaied
that any attempt to stop the Cnipentier-Dempsey fight would be
a waste of time. He referred to the declaration of Clinton N. How
ard to seek an injunction.
SAILOR GETS TWELVE YEARS FOR KILLING COMRADE
Raymond P. Gill, of Elmira, N. Y was sentenced to twelve
years in the Federal Penitentiary todny by United States Judge
Dickinson for the mm dor of Samuel J. Diamond, of Brooklyn,
N. Y. Gill and Diamond were shipmates on the S. S. Columbia,
on which the murder occurred.
FOUR OUSTED CITY EMPLOYES REINSTATED BY COURT
David McCoach, foimer police captain, who wns oideied de
moted by the Civil Service Trial Board, was testoied today by
Judge Sogers. In other opinions William Sailer, foreman of
elevator starters In City Hall; Price Patton. manager of the Elec
trical Bureau, and Frank Remlein, chief engineer of tho Laidner
Point Pumping Station, were restored to their positiotis. John E.
ATtfcur, former superintendent of the Buieau of City Property,
was lefused reinstatement.
DR. FRANKEL BEGINS WORK
Head of Postal Welfare Bureau Will
Serve Without Pay
Washington. June 27. (B) A. P. I
Dr I.ee K. Frankel, lcc president of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co of
New York, todm nssumed personal
charge of the Welfare Bureau set up
In the Postotlice Department to tin
piovc the spirit and nctunl working
conditions of the 300. 0(K men nnd
women postal workers.
Dr. Frankel, It was announced, comes
to the Government service for an In
definite period without snlnry. He Is a
graduate of the University of Pennsyl-vanla
Chorus Girls Organize
lo Check Mud-Slinging
v Now York, June 27. The chorus
girls of Broadway hnve organized to
protect .their grod nnmes. They cnll
their new orgnniratlou "The Vigi
lantes." The lender of the movement Is
Miss Virginia Wilson, of the U Inter
Garden, who snld yesterlny:
"Ho propose to watch the dally
theatrical news very closely. When
ever we see thnt some ill-informed
clergjmnn or other persons who can
get his utterances attacking the
chorus girl Into the newspaper, we
are jolng to call upon him publicly
to prove his nw ertions.
"We nlso shnll visit the editors
who print the nrticlcs against us.
Before we nre through we expect to
lure counsel nnd see thnt the de
fame nre punished."
GO WIPERS VICTORY
PLEASES CAPITAL
Now Tactics of Radical Labor
Leaders Show Their
Weakness
CRISIS WHEN G0MPERS DIES
By CLINTON V. GILBERT
Staff rorrnonnnt KTrnlne Tubllr J.lr
Covvrloht, nil. bu Public T.tdatr Co,
Washington. June 27. The re-election
of Samuel Gompers ns president
or the American Federation of Labor
wns well received here. Organized
i ?r X H m"CM morP cnlculnhle factor
with Gompers as Its head than It would
hnve been with Lewis. The defent of
fiompers would hnve been n I evolution
in labor, the consequences of which no
one could climate.
Gompers is a strong man. whose
methods) nnd policies nre well known
Itevolutlonnry in Innguage nt times he
is essentially conservative -an old man
who formerl his views in dns when in
dividualistic ideas prevailed and. more
over, a mnster politician who hns his
wnv in the organization no matter how
strong the tendencies nre agninst him
In ndditlon. he is sburrounded bv old
raders of the smaller unions who. to
keep their place in the orzanization.
hght agninst the more radical aims of
the larger Industrial orgnnizntions.
Lewis is a much weaker mnn. ns con
servative ns Gompers by inclinntion. As
president. Iiow ever, he would uxc been
surrounded by more powerful men thnn
himself, who would have swung the
federation towird rndicnl policies.
Would Hate Changed Lalwr
riis election would have brought
w-ith it an Executive Committee made up
of members of the lurger nnd more
powerful unions. It would have been
n step townrd organization upon the
line of industries rather than trades.
The old-fashioned small unions, de
prived of the influence through the de
feat of Gomners. would have been grad-
liall SWnlloWeri Mil In tlln hi nninnc
which Include all the workeis of nn
industrv. whether thev are carpentprs,
engineers or teamsters.
This greater solidarity of'workers. no
longer split upon lines which hnve little
.significance under modem industrial
conditions, would have introduced new
factors in the relations of Inbor nnd
capital. They might not nt once have
rontlnufdon Tare Six. Column One
THIEF WITH BIG APPETITE
MAKES $1000 HAUL IN HOME
Robber Gets Cash, Gems and Chick
en In 24th Street House
A thlot IV If ll n Tiir n nnnt it n n..1. nV...
tins. . iri, U'illlll 1WI ttUOUL
SI 000 iii ensh. silverware, jeweln nnd
irieu cnichen trom the home of l'nul
Klein. ."."i"0 Vnrlh 'I'm onli . C-.ii ,-,1.
'.treet. early esterda, morning
The same thief Is believed to have en
tered the homo of William Hudson. .".37
North Twenty-fourth street, near the
Klein home. A contribution box con
taining $.". some fruit Hnd vegetables
nnd n pint of milk were taken there.
Mrs. Hudson yesterday morning
found a note on her kitchen table. On
it wns written: "Excuse me. I wns
mtv hungry. Jood luck."
The thief forced a rear window nnd
found SI i." in ensh In n pure In the
dlning-rood. He also took a coral neck
lace, four siher baskets, a camera nnd
n snfetv rnzor
WIFE-BEATER BLAMES WAR
One-Legged Veteran Says Killing
Germans Brutalized Him
"Thanks, Judge, thnt's just what I
clcseno. I've got a terrible temper,
but I can't help it. I killed too mnin
Germans."
Rudolph Miehcllowti, one. legged
Cniindiiin eternn of the World War.
made this comment when he wns mcii
tinced to thlrt) days In jail todm bj
Magistrate Renshnw, in Central Sta
tion Mlchellowti's wife testified the crip
pled soldier beat her with his crutch,
and he made no, denial.
RAIL BOARD ORDERS
PAY REDUCTIONS ON
210 MORE ROADS
Every Big Road in Country In
cluded in Addendum to
t
June Decision
SAVING OF $400,000,000
YEARLY EFFECTED BY CUT
By the Associated Prws
Chicago, June 27. The t'nlted State
Railroad Labor Board today extended
'ts wage reduction order, effective July
I. to ncnrlj oer) large railroad In the
country. No chnnse from the nvernge
12 per cent reduction granted 104 car
riers on June 1 wns made bv todny'H
decision. The board's order today coy
ered 210 roads.
The new wage decision will mnkc n. ,
icalltv of the estimated $-100,000,000
annual savings expected when the
board's 12 per cent cut, effective July 1,
Is npplied to nil employes on all rnll
ronds known ns Clnss 1 carrier. The
reduction order Involves nearly all
classes of employes on virtually every
railroad known as n Clnss 1 cnrrlcr, not
included In the road's original redue
Hon order anil takes in every big road
in the country.
When the reduction ordtr was issued
it was estimated that if npplied to all
employes on all class one roads. It
would lop approximately four hundred
million dollars from the country's Rnil
road Labor Bill.
Cut Made Possible by Decision
The new decision will make this cut
possible by ordering reduced wages for
employes not Included In the original
ense and also by including employes on
roads which were not parties to the
first hearing.
Immediately following the announce
ment of the board's wage cut on June
1, roads from every section of the
countrv poured in their applications to
the I.nbor Roard for authority to mnkc
similnr reductions. A henring set toy
June S included n totnl of KVi ronds
and in the next two weeks sixty-one
more submissions were made arid in
cluded in a hearing for June 20. A
few roads which hnd not included all
clnsses of employes in their first peti
tions for reductions came in with the
remaining classes In the last hearing.
Many of the roads which asked re
ductions for only n part of their em
ployes at the original hearing in May
enmo back with applications t? cover
nil employes In these two later hearings-.
Virtually every railroad In the coun
try affected by tho Labor Board's SG00..
000.000 waze award of Julv. 1020. was
I included in one or more of the three
bearings.
Following the 12 per cent reduction,
which was generally unsatisfactory to'
the roads, the carriers returned to the
board with added insistence that the
1020 wage award be wiped out. 'The
board, however, was not inclined to
change its scale of reductions deter
mined in the June 1 decision, and
merely added to that decision employes
involved in the subsequent henrings.
All Employes Included
About one-half of the ronds included
in today's decision were parties to the
original decision, the duplication re
sulting from the fact -that many roads
did not include all classes of employes
in their first petitions for a wage cut.
All classes of employes have now been
nnmed in the submission of some of the
roads. The wngu cut. however, ap
plies only to those employes of a given
rond which were nnmed in thnt rond's
submission.
Rates of reduction for several minor
classes of employes were added to tho
order todny, which wns Issued ns nn
addendum to dicision 147, the original
wage l eduction order. Chefs and other
lesUurnnt workers, dining cnr em
ployes, lnundn workers nnd porters
nere nnmed in ndded sections of the de
cision. Reductions of (10 per cent of
the increases granted such emploje.s
since Fibrunry 20, 1020, were directed
for these cmplojes.
Added sections covering marine
workers set the monthly rates of pay
for railroad marine employes in New
York. Philadelphia, Hampton Roads,
New- Orleans, Nntehez, Miss, j Cairo.
Ill : St Louis; Dulutli. Minn , and
on the Tennessee River.
HIS TRAVELS ARE HALTED
Cosmopolite Will Remain as Phila
delphia's Guest for Three Months
Joseph Rassett. n true cosmopolite,
alighted from n freight train In South
Philadelphia jpsterdny afternoon, re
mnrking nt the same time thnt he was
hot and dusty from travel.
Pnssmg the clothing store nnd home
of Hnrry Dell, nt 132S Shunk street,
he glnnced npprovingly at tho window
displny. He went to the rear of the
store nnd entered The Dells, who live
upstairs, were out
He had a refreshing tub bnth as
Dell's "unknown guest. and going into
the store l,e discovered much fine rai
ment nt his disposnl. He chose only
the best, including n palm bench suit
Then he took a traveling bag- he had
done much traveling without one and
filled it with underwear and hosiery.
As he was lenvlng the store Patrol
mnn Ballls halted him nnd asked sev
eral embarrassing questions Today
Bnssett wns sent to the House of Cor
rection by Magistrate Dougherty. He
expects to be there three months.
CHANGES 'B0ARmNGH0USE'
Man's Fake 'Meal Ticket' Lands Him
In Jail
A doubting icstnurnnt keeper con
verted n note for credit on n meal Into
evidence that brought a Jail sentence
today, when Edward Clnrk, New York,
wns sentenced to three months In the
House of Correction for his net of de
ception. Clnrk. it wns testified, came to the
restaurant of Jnke Levy. 200.1 Federal
street, for brcnkfnst. In lieu of pay
ment he produced ii note wlilrti he said
wns from his father, asking for credit
for the meal.
Le) doubted tho mmi's story nnd
man lied him to the station house around
the corner, where he admitted his d
ceptlon and Magistrate Dougherty taut
him to jail, ,
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