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La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1922-03-18
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Supreme

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ParIa il DR.. PerriIIi

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La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1922-03-18

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so materiale e morale.
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Go D=putato 81 trattera in Ame-
rle1 due mesi terra conference
ralIa u-luciuaH ritta deu'Uuioue.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
$500, 900 KNOXVILLE FIRE
INcENDIARY, Is BELIEF

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. T.
The fire. which destroyed the
freight sheds and general freight
offices Of the louisville and Nash
VILE railroad late yesterday. caus-
ing a loss of more than $500, 900,
was Of incendiary origin, in the
opinion today of William c. Grooms,
deputy State fire commissioner.
Grooms said he had found bits
OF evidence that tended to show
this, but declined to discuss II fur
ther until a complete investigation
Is made.
The entire freight department Of
the road, including some twenty or
thirty freight cars, was destroyed.
The sheds were jammed with pack
age freight, every piece of which
was destroyed.
The Louisville and Nashville
freight depot was located in the
heart of the city, and less than zoo
feet from the magnificent passen.
ger station, which. however. was
not damaged.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
TYPHOID FEVER SWEEPS .
OVER MINE TENT COLONY

UNIONTOWN, Pa, Aug. IT,
Typhoid fever has developed in the
tent colonies of the striking miners
In Fayette county and today the epi-
demic was alarming State and coun-
ty authorities.
The last day or two the spread OF
the disease has been rapid and II is
feared the situation may get beyond
control.
At the Palmer plant OF the H. C..
Frick Coke Company. near Browns
vile, twenty-five cases are reported.
Six persons from Palmer have been
brought to a hospital here and their
condition is serious.
Reports from other tent colonies
In the county bring the known cases
Of typhoid up to fifty.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
NAKED BATHER
.F[|TS THROUGH
n. !. STREETS
Darling From Box to Box, He
Calls Out Eight Fire
Companies.
BY international New. Service.

NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-An argu'
ment between Michael Cooney. Q
former war veteran. and James
Callaghan as to which was the best
swimmer early today had the fol
lowing results:
Eight companies Of fire ap->
paratus were called out in Brook
lyn.
1.-TWO fireboats were rushed
through East river to n point
opposite the Brooklyn navy yard.
3-Half q dozen policemen were
summoned to the harbor front.
4-Cooney was taken to the
hospital.
5-Five other men were arrested
and charged with intoxication.
According to the police, all had
been drinking. To prove their
Cooney and Callaghan tried
to swim East river, but became
In the meantime, four of their
friends had plunged into the
whole six having taken
the precaution to take off all their
A tug boat picked up Coonoy and
Callaghan, but another member of
the party, Thomas Tucker. had
turned back and landed.
Without taking the formality to
dress, to ran a couple of blocks,
turning in all the fire alarms and
police alarms in sight.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
Court Issues Order
To Restrain Unions
In Pittsburgh Field
BY Intcrnational News Service.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 7.-
United States Deputy Marshal p.
J. Sullivan today is serving a re-
straining order signed by Federal
Judge Robert NJ. Gibson upon shar-
on Local. No. 1899, Brotherhood of
Railway Carmen. its officers and
individual members.
The order rsstrains the organi
zation and its members from inter-
fering in any way with the Ers
Railroad Company or the Meadville
Machinery Company's employees
working In the Meadville, Pa.
shops.
Defendants are cited TO appear
In Federal court next Monday and
show cause why a preliminary in.
junction should not be issued. A
bill I'm equity was filed by both
companies as Joint plaintiffs.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE
GETS THIRD MASTERPIECE

LONDON, Aug. Henry E.
Huntington, the American million.
aire who earlier in the year acquir-
ed Gainsboroush's blue Boy" and
Reynolds Tragic Muse" purchased
Gainsborough's Cottage Door" as a
part Of the transactions, 1t is learn.
ed.
The vender was the Duke Of West.
minister, and the price, II Is stated,
for the three masterpieces was ST.
100000. All Of the pictures are now
In the Huntington collection.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
q INDICTED HERE In
ALLEGED STOCK FRAUDS
Pet Deer Frightened
Away by Ice
Cream Sodas
BY Universal Service.

YONKERS, N. Y, Aug. T.
One deer was scared to death
at the prospect of eating an
ice cream soda yesterday and
another was so frightened that
it departed for parts unknown.
A buck and doe, believed to
have come from Billie Burke's
summer home at Hastings-on-
the-Hudson, blew into town and
partook freely of folks front
lawns.
Dan Shea, police captain,
tried to lasso them. He missed
by a mile. The deer went into
a nearby drug store, where ice
cream sodas were much in evil
dence on the counter.
One Look at them and the
deer fled, one plunging through
a plate glass window, being
killed instantly. The other es-
capped,
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
GIRLS IN PAPER SUITS
FOOL BEACH BATHERS

WILDWOOD, N. J., Aug. 7.-Creps
paper bathing suits are the latest
mode In surf attire. The style was
created yesterday by twelve girls
from Philadelphia, and hundreds OF
strollers on the boardwalk and
swarms of bathers on the beach sur
rounded them when they displayed
their new modes. The garments were
conservatively cut and trimmed and
were stunning in their color scheme.
The spectators waited until the
girls returned from the surf and were
amazed TO see that they had insured
themselves against disaster by wear
ing wooden bathing suits beneath the
crepe paper garmentA
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
MONTREAL LAWYERS REACH
NEW YORK IN CANOE

NEW YORK, Aug. Padding
their own canoe down the Hudson,
two Canadian lawyers, Antoine
Chauvin and PHILIPPE Brais, rounded
the Battery and tied up yesterday,
Just ten days to the hour after they
had set out from Montreal In their
tiny craft.
They came by way OF the st.
Lawrence and Richelieu rivers, Lake
Champlain, Lake George, and then.
after a portage, padded down the
Hudson.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
COPS NEEDED TO QUIET
CARvEY MEETING IN N. Y,

NEW YORK, Aug. IA detail of
police were needed to maintain order
at a meeting Of negroes held yester-
day in Harlem, at which speakers
criticised Marcus Garvey and de-
clared impracticable his plan for
the establishment of a republic for
American negroes in Africa.
A general outburst followed the
statement Of the principal speaker,
Prof. william Pickens, formerly
dean Of Morgan College, Baltimore,
that he had received many threats
from friends of Garvey that they
would not only interrupt the meet
ing but would do away" with him.
Call his name," was shouted
from all parts Of the hall.
It Is unnecessary to name the
persons" replied Pickens. But I
have been assured that Garvey
always carries out his threats"
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
Special Police Guard
Long Island Railroad
To Foil Train Wreckers
ny International News Service.

NEW YORK, Aug, 7.-Hundre is
OF special officers today re-enforced
the Long Island railroad guards &c
the result of seven attempts to GRIP.
pie service or wreck trains. THE
attempts were made while the Long
Island railroad trains were carryir
the heaviest beach resort traffic
since hlyg4,
Sections OF the third rail" were
removed on electrified divisions o.
the road, g
In addition TO hundreds Of police
men assigned by Inspector Conbos.
OF the Fourteenth police district uf
Queens, and the regular railrot 4
force Of special police and detective
more than 200 guards were employee
to patrol the line,
II N reported that other railroads
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
BALL FIELD IS MOVED
AWAY BY PARK THIEVES

DRIFTON, Pa, Aug. Thieves
using auto trucks, In one night tore
down the bleachers, fences, grand
stands and clubhouse OF the Drifton
baseball park, apd carried away the
lumber.
The sport field was given to the
Npcople OF Drifton In 1910, by Eckiey
y. Coke, r., who at his death a few
years ago bequeathed to the Uni
veAsity OF Pennsylvania $500, 900 for
the carrying on Of archaeological re-
search In Egypt
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
100000
INVOLVED
IN CASES
Birmingham Motors corpora-
ton and Crystal Glass Cas-
ket Company Affected

Alleged to have sold more
than $50O,0o0 worth Of worth
less stock to Washington in
vestors through mis-representa-
ton, twenty-three officers and
directors of two Washington cor
.horations were today indicted by
the Federal Grand Jury, on Q
specific charge of violation of
Federal statute number 215, in-
volving misuse of the United
States mails.
Caslet Company Involved.
Those indicted are the alleged
officials, directors, statesmen, and
agents of the Crystal Glass Casket
Company, Washington concern,
formerly with offices on Fifteenth
street, and now in the Barrister
building, and the Birmingham Motors
Corporation, S28 Fourteenth street.
More than $300, 900 worth of stock
On alleged to have been sold by Bir'
mingham Motors to Washington in.
vestors, while agents of the Crystal
Glass Casket concern are charged
with having fleeced Washington in.
Vestors out of a sum estimated at
between 500. 900 and 100000.
Those indicted in connection with
the Birmingham Motors fraud are:
George B. Mechem, ST., George B.
Mechem, jr., Ida NJ. Mechem, Vance
/ w. Mechem, Samuel A. Carlson,
Thomas E. Dicken, Harlan Van
wyck. c. A. Rye. Martin Linquist,
2 Alexander u. Guttman, Leland s.
Cannon, Caius E. Weaver, A. e.
Mechem, Guy 8. Allen, Elmer e.
Hayden, r. s. O'Neal, c. r. Marvin,
and William II. Clark.
Stock Claimed Valueless.
Those named in connection with
the Crystal Glass Casket Company
case are: A. B. Lacey, president OF
the company: Edwin c. Reed. secre-
tary.treasurer. and James w. p.
Camp, r. A. Howe and s. N. Acker,
directors of the company.
The Crystal Glass Casket Company
ls specifically charged in March.
1920, with inducing Washington in
vestors to subscribe to the stock
which, It is charged, was valueless.
According to the indictment the
company sold stock which they
never owned, using pictures and dia-
grams of other casket company
products.
The cases against the two Wash
lngton concerns, who, It is charged,
Ahave been selling stock to investors,
seer handled by the Washington
BETTER Business Bureau in connec-
ton with the Postoffice Department.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
REED CONGRATULATED AS
HE APPEARS IN SENATE

Senator "Jim" Reed was accorded
an ovation today on his first appear
ance in the Senate since his specta-
cular denomination in the Missouri
Democratic primaries.
AS he entered the chamber. Sena-
tors hurried from their seats and
Senator Lodge, the Republican lead.
er, and Senator Underwood, the
Democratic leader, were among the
first to shake his hand.
During the day, Reed held a series
Of conferences with Democratic Sen.
ators all of whom declared they
would stump Missouri for him" at
the general election.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
INSULT To GIRL
SEEKING JOB IS
BEING S|FTED
Major Sullivan Investigating
Charges Against High
D. c. Official.

Full and complete investigation
has been ordered by Commissioner
James F. Oyster Of the alleged
complaint of a sixteen-year-old
girl that she was insulted by q
high official Of the Police Depart
ment when she called at the Dis
trict building three weeks ago ia
ask for a Recommendation with
which to get position.
Sullivan Sitting Affair.
Both the Commissioner and Major
Daniel Sullivan, Superintendent OF
Police, denied today that formal
charges had been filed against the
official in question, but they are
having the affair sifted to the very
bottom. they said.
Two headquarters detectives to-
day conferred with an intimate
woman friend Of the girls mother,
This friend is taking the part Of the
mother at the present time, since
the mother and daughter are tempo
rarily out Of the city.
Commissioner Oyster and Major
Sullivan held a conference yesterday
morning in regard to the affair and
determined at that time to go
thoroughly into the matter.
Police circles generally are greatly
agitated over the affair, but because
Of the gravity of the charges they
are disposed TO keep their own
counsel.
Wire tapping was resorted to by
the police, Il was learned today, to
get evidence in the case, but just
what the outcome was Is not
definitely known.
The girl in question Is the daugh,
ter Of a former police woman. She
was sent by her mother, 1t is said,
to get a recommendation from In
spector Of Detectives Clifford L.
Grant. The inspector. however, was
out, so the girl was referred to an.
other high official.
Didn't Want Cigars"
According to the story the girl
told headquarters detectives the high
official In question asked her what
he would get out of II II he gave
the recommendation.
When the girl promised to send
the official a box of cigars. she
claimed to detectives who have been
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
RULES To GUARD
DC. COAL BINS
ARELA|D DOWN
Priority Limited to Two Weeks
SuppIy-$2 Surtax on
Carload Lots.

Rigid regulations for handling the
fuel supply Of Washington during
the coal strike were agreed on to-
day at a conference between the
Public Utilities Commission and a
committee of the Coal Merchants
Board of Trade headed by J. Maury
Dove, tr., president.
In brief the regulations provide
for:
A surtax not to exceed So per
carload Of coal
Priorities are to be honored to
an extent not to exceed two weeks
supply.
An organization will be set up
to administer the regulations.
Local dealers will daily furnish,
confidentially, Information as to the
supply they have on hand.
Consumers must file with the
commission their coal needs as early
as possible after organization Is ef-
fected.
Slight changes were made today
In the priority list which WAS ten
tatively agreed on and published in
saturdays Washington Times.
The Commissioners announced
that the matter was being worked
to the best advantage possible for
the public and that the coal dealers
are lending every cooperation pos
sible.
Members of the press were again
barred from today's star chamber
session of the commission.
The priorities as amended In the
letter presented by the coal dealers
are accepted as satisfactory and will
be promulgated to the public.
II was also agreed that the Com.
missioners, in order to supervise the
administration Of these priorities,
will create a personnel In the office
of the Public Utilities Commission.
and that the expenses OF this organ.
ization will be financed by a surtax
not to exceed for the present 81 per
carload.
It is further agreed that prioritles
are to be honored in the order laid
down In the list but to an extent not
to exceed a two-weeks' supply based
upon current consumption, and that
SO far as concerns stocks now avail
able and I'm transit dealers having
these stocks will be notified to de.
liver from these stocks coal to the
limit Of the priorities that are being
honored ut present by the fuel ad.
ministration, but to an extent not TO
exceed two-weeks' supply based on
current consumption,
II is further agreed that the Or
ganization to be set up by the
Public Utilities Commission will
establish a system of records on
cards, giving In detail the informa-
ton that is necessary In order to
apprise correctly the delivery and
use of all coal coming into the
District while the present coal con-
trolls exists; and the dealers through
their representatives agree that
they viii furnish daily reports In
such detail as may be called for to
enable these records TO be kept,
so far as concerns the financing
OF coal, II has been tentatively
agreed that the coal dealers win
work out a plan of financing IN
accordance with the requirements
of the Fuel Administration. and viii
include In such financing the sur
charge previously mentioned. And
they also undertake to protect the
District Commissioners against any
cost of administering fuel In excess
of the aforementioned surcharge.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07

handling the case that the official
said that's not what I want"
The girl further declared that the
official wanted to call her on the
telephone and make an appointment.
II Is said, that caused the wire
tapping.
After the girl related the story Of
her experience to her mother. the
latter took the matter up with the
police authorities.
Major Sullivan was In San Fran
cisco at the time OF the incident
attending q meeting OF the police
chiefs. He knew nothing OF the
affair until after his retusp here.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
boo SACRIFICES LIFE TO
coPPERHEAD FOR MASTER

PoTTSVILLE, Pa, Aug. IA
tittle white poodle dog gave up It's
life at Hillside, a suburb of this
city, yesterday in defending It's
muster, Frank Miller. from q snake.
The dog repeatedly tried to get
Miller to refrain from walking in
the underbrush on Sharp mountain
and when he persisted. not seeing
any danger, the dog ran in front
Of him and was itself bitten on the
cheek. The snake hung for a
moemnt on the dog and then was
shaken off and killed by Miller.
The dogs head began to, swell i'm.
mediately and in two hours It was
dead.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
WIRELESS BANK DEVISED
TO MAKE CHILDREN SAVE

The sound of your voice saves
your money In the new wireless
bank. You have only to put a coin
In the slot and tell IL to go" and
Il disappears into the bank.
This Is a unique and popular toy
for children. Sound waves cause
the coin 10 disappear; but to children,
of course, It is a fascinating mystery.
The bank is made of wood and metal
and modelled after a Colonial bank
building. s.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
ELECTRICAL SPRAYERS
MAKES PAINTING EASY

Painting was a slow. tedious job
until the advent of the electrical
sprayers which transform furniture,
porch chairs, walls, artificial flow.
ers or whatever strikes the fancy.
Willow work offers a splendid field
to this sprayer.
Much OF the labor of vanishing
and painting has been, eliminated by
this clever device, which paints
everything from machinery to doll
faces in the shortest possible time.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
CHARGES OF SEN. HELM
DENIED BY GOV. HARDING

Denial that he had ever engaged
in cotton speculation on the Now
York Exchange. as charged recently
by Senator Heflin Dem.) of Ala
bama, was made today by w. p. q
Harding. Governor Of the Federal
Reserve Board. In q letter TO Sensr
tor Mclean Repl OF Conn.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
DETROIT HOLDS PRIEST AS
A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE

DETROIT, Mich. Aug. Police
are holding the Rev. Father John
NJ. Ratz for word from Hammond.
La, today.
The Rev. Ratz was arrested as a
fugitive from justice after Julius
Bayar had brought n Greek paper
containing a notice that Eater Ratz
was wanted IN Hammond on a
charge Of Incorporating church
funds.
The Washington times., 1922-08-07
3 INDICTED
IN SALE Of
j. s. PLANT
Z. c. Morse, p. M. Davis, and
A. w. Phillips Alleged to
Have Conniyed.

Indictments were returned today
against Ernest C. Morse, presi-
dent Of the Foreign Sales Supply
Company; Everly M. Davis, presi-
dent Of the, e. M. Davis Chemical
Company, and Alexander w. Phil
lips by the special war fraud
grand jury In connection with the
sale by the Governments Of the
Old Hickory Power Plant, Jack
sonville, Tenn. -
1t Is alleged Morse, while director
OF sales in the War Department,
conspired with others to obtain the
power plant from the Government
for the Nashville Industrial Corpora.
ton at a figure $1,000,0o0 less than
other corporations were willing TO
play. The plant is supposed to have
cost the Government $4,000. 900. II
was sold for $500 900.
The influence of Morse Is alleged
to have been brought upon Newton
d. Baker, then Secretary of War.
through the connivance Of the group
desirous of obtaining the plant.
The sale of the Old Hickory plant
was authorized by the War Depart
ment June 2S. 1920. It Is understood
Davis was then in the chemical bust.
ness, associated with Phillips, who
is still supposed to be with him. The
bidders included the Nashville, Tenn,
Industrial Corporation, the Buffalo
House Wrecking and Salvage Com
pany, and the National Metals Com.
pany. Bids were opened September
80 while Morse was still in the War
Department.
Formed Buying Concern.
At this time the Nashville Corpora
ton was organized primarily for the
purchase of the Old Hickory plant,
and the two men indicted with Morse
are alleged to have bid greatly in
excess Of other figures. They had
become interested in a cohcern which
owned a large block Of stock in the
newly formed corporation.
The bid submitted by the Nashville
Corporation Is said to have possessed
reservations which would greatly cut
the figure at expense Of the Govern
ment. Morse Is alleged to have used
his official position as director of
sales in advising Secretary OF War
Baker to sell the plant to the Nash
Vile corporation.
Morse is understood to be now in
Warsaw, Poland. He is also under
indictment for the illegal sale Of
surplus lumber.
1t is believed the two co-defend-
ants will offer bail. Each Is charged
technically with conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government. which charge
carries a penalty Of not more than
three years In jail and fine Of not
more than $4,000 or both.