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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
SOUTH PHILLY SHOULD PLAY
GERMANTOWN POST T-SEASON Mrv
IN DECIDING RACE FOR CTIn
Booking of Southwark Eleven for One Game g..
Than Other Schools Brings Up Serious
Question for League Title
By LOUIS H. JAFFE

ston had hlled his players with
ana Wen surely beat West phni,sa
IL was believed that the gnesdsa slk
stop south Philly. II proved ~ ~,
the Speedboys were stopped 80 zee
their hrst league defeat Of the sstI.. ,s 4a'al'
Now II Northeast, tied with so,,,, !.
happens TO take fall out Of Wss, ~ 4.
this week, while the downtowns,. NJ. f.lg
the Archives will have a bstts, ~ W "a
than Southern by full Rarne 4a,s t,s'anaI,
give the championship and trophv n, y ~
east. ''S "nein
Unfair to Southern
Yet South Phlily, robbed n, :.
sure victory over Germantown NJ. 49, s,..'
by an oversight or absent.mIndesr.a. 49, -
have a clean slate and 1000 aysys-. ~
Northeast will have three victorls, !. Z. W
Technically, the Archives will hay. s,,..s 49,
the champlonship. However, It win M N
fair to South Philadelphia High. =
At post-season South Philly-csrv,.....
High mix would right everything sR,s Y (.
the event OF Northeast and sou,h 1sa rss..
victories over West Philly and r.s...t
town, respectively. tho chamn,s's.a,....' s'.a..
would end In tie. F's''99
Saturdays Heroes
Captain Rosetsky and sub-ouart.,,...
Kinsman were singular heroes on NJ ~.
gridirons during the counter football ~.
scholastic League attractions on ga,u-s..
While Kinsman was crashing throush ~, ~
trail Highs line for a Northeast wiu :.
setsky was rounding left end for z.''t v,
Philly touchdown and victory over e..
Philly. Lone touchdowns decided th. +.
ter teams. Both goals from touchdrv-.
were unsuccessful
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
Speaking of Coincidence.

today '"e same cour
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
NAVY TO OMIT NUMBERS
System Finds No Favor With Army, So
Rivals Follow Suit

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Nov. 2O-Though the
Naval Academy athletic authorities are
willing and even anxious to have their
football players numbered when they meet
the Military Academy team on the Polo
Grounds next Saturday, the plan has been
abandoned because those in charge at West
Point are not in favor OF the plan.
Two years ago the numbering of players
was not favored at either institution but
those now in charge here. including Lieu
tenant Jonas Ingram, head coach, are thor
oughly in favor of It,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20

Every day hoped you men would come to a
realization of the unusual values we were offering at
SIS, $50 and $35 But you didn't
We've thrown up hands Well forget what
we paid for these goods and the profits we expected
We've set price so low that it seems like giving them
away to any man who really knows what all-woo fab
RIGS worth today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
HARVARD SAVES BEST MEN AS YALE USES REGULARS WINS BUT
Local Football Standings
of League Championships

THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
INTERACADEMIC
Friday
Penn Charter ", Oermnntown Academy.
Friends Central vs.. Episcopal.
INTERsCHoJAsTIC .
Saturday
West Philadelphia HlEh w. Northeast,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20

speaking of Condolences
also w. ,le way OF timely coincidence, it may
The W. recalled that 1907 was the last year
Army 'o"'''uo"h against the
the Navy has won more than once since
tEat date, but her victories have been
acnloVed by the feld-goal route-In the
nam, through the slSillful toe of Jack Dali
ton the Nebraska detective.
The Army has had the call of tho sen
sons. and with Elmer Oliphant, the Purdue
Projectile, still opening fire, 1t is difficult
to see just where the Navy expects to break
through this year. especially as Elmer the
Olphant Is re-enforced by a Mr.. Vidal, of
South Dakota, who is said to be another
Elmer, only bit more So
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
Nobody Has Been Buying Clothes.

It's been an open Fall with days of real summer
weather. you have been perfectly contented to forget
about the cold months to Why should you worry
when last summers serge perfectly comfortable?
1t knocked the bottom out of our businesse We
stocked heavily with finest grade of all-wool fabrics
We contracted for them months advance at especially
advantageous prices. =,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20

~-@A- ~NS"SSAA SeASH'
Think OF It. men. Here We
are waiting. shears in hand. the
most superb stock OF all-wOol
fabrics on our shelves that we've
ever seen in twenty years in busi-
ness. and not enough orders com
ing in to take care Of our over
head. Do you wonder WsTs
slashed the prics2
But it's not only in fabrics
you're getting the real stun
ats in the custom tailoring q
we'll. We're not going to devia's
a hairs line from our regular
standard. supervise our own
workrooms. We're going @
measure you. draft your patterns
cut. ht and hand-tailOr suits ana
overcoats that we can eonselsn-
tiously say are tOp-nOtehsrs.
you've got to have winter
clothes. You need a new over
coat. II you'll take our ZIP soal.
OF you win buy clothes for hsA'
winter as well"
Isignedl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20

AIBs for rncoton terrible showing against Yale missing
"A in
cafes London Paris All be said that the bwndered
o and
the
puton
to
tail
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
Haruard Hag tle Aduantage Year After Year

HARVARD
Yale and the Crimson advantage of Princeton hard
a Is
teams its best football that
their
will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
Showing of Tigers in Final Games Is MusterH

Of the
a be in
of football and has the ability but his
spirit in
past He has lost all four bis and had
material this
will
Bill
fall o The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
HARVARD'S FIRST TEAM WOULD
HAVE SUFFERED SAME FATE AS
CUBS HAD IT PLAYED BROWN
Providence Eleven Outclassed Crimson, But
Haughton Still Has Excuse; Princeton's Mis-
erable Showing Against Yale Is Mystery

I)ERCY football pbIces
a football
the % would the Providence holders Of
back But to offset this egee Brown defensive coach and chief scout
I n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
HARVARD HAS HAD ELI NUMBER
SINCE P. HAUGHTON TOOK REINS
OF CRIMSON ELEVEN IN 1905
Until Then Yale Usually Was Supreme on Grid
iron-For Last Eight Years Bulldog Has
Been Touchdownless Against John H
Nv GRANTLAND RICE

WE WONDER II the following verses
w 40 applicable in 1914 and 1915. VIII De
ready for use next Monday after the haie-
Harvard affair:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
Was 1t Strategy or Poor Sportsmanship,?

s aushton pulled brilliant piece of strategy on SATURDAY when he
held
OF
a
strong may be
n
nensm a aYorhY Of conllern ntnn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
CRANE IS
GIVEN SENTENCE

Felix Crane, "the goat Of the
mighty" 10 under sentence sat
urdsy to serve two and half
70 five years at WaIla Walla.
Despite promises Of clemeney
made by Prosecutor Lundln,
who, Crane says. offered to
set him In the street N he
would dlvulse the names OF
hipher-ups, for whom he col
Iected money from unfortunate
women for police protection,
Crane has remained silent.
Crane, who has been called
Tn. negro boss Of the Seattle
underworld. was given the
minimum penItentlary term
Friday by Judge GILLIAN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
MExICANS KILL
oath AMERICAN

Ell PASO. Jan. 22..-The bullet
shattered corpse OF Bert Akers,
American cattleman-24th victim
of Mexican bandits in two weeks
reached here today.
Akers came to his death at the
hands of several Mexicans, armed
with rifles, while he hunted stolen
cattle.
With Douglas Lawrence. another
rancher from Ysleta. Texas, he en-.
tered Mexico last night In his
search for the animals the cattle
thieves had rustled Thursday.
The pair reached San Lorenzo,
Mexican hamlet, the church spire
OF which is visible from here on
clear days.
In corral back of rude adobe
hut. Akers spotted his stolen
beeves and pounded at the hovel
for admission.
AS he did so. several armed Mex
leans appeared from different di-
rections and shot him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
ERICKSON GIVES
WARM replies
GILL'SQUESTlONS
HOT SHOTS FIRED BY ERICKSON

IN Gill says for reduction OF light rates WHEN
G The worst obstacle in the way of city car line
was agreement brought TO me by Mayor Gill tor
the purchase oil the Renton line a basis that would
have ncttcd Crawford and his allies about S5oouO~
O He's peddling fapdoodlc about being the taxpayers
friend Taxes up from TO Is mills while Gill
in the council. t#~ eW
a Gill and r. H. Thomson fixed location OF dam before
ever in the council Nkes .
N Why tuberculosis hospital appropriation raised
above Si25OoOs Let DR.. Matthews auswerl
U Mayor plays the baby by blaming council for negli-
gent work OF his subordinates IN water pipe line
U He ridculcd suffrage when IL needed friends
But he is purrng around woman, newing about
the glory OF womans suffrage so loud that Susan Is
Anthony is totally cclpsed. tN
M He used to cat OF the hands OF quor dealers
stand his head in their spittoons, but now he bios
the nightingale iof the prohibition move
80
m When the day comes that single tax wins. Gill will go
about yelling amen so loud that Henry George will
be forgotten. S
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
That Renton Line Deal"

Continued on page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
LUNDIN QUOTES
POEM TO HODGE
Refers to NATURALIZATION
of My Automatic
Mouth"
MERRY WAR NOW is ON

Prosecutor LundIn answered in
kind. Saturday. the poetic attack OF
Sheriff Hodge. who opened severe
criticism OF the prosecutor Friday
by penning cutting couplet. In
which he addressed Lnndin as BE
atrice Fairfax"
II am reminded to the words of
an unknown rhymster." said Lundin.
speaking OF Hodges "outburst.
which was occasioned by the prose
cutors refusal TO issue warrant TO
search the home OF a prominent
banker for contraband liquor.
"sweeter than the murm'ring
breexes
Waited from the bsIny South
Are the tIntinsbuiatlons
OF my automatic mouth.
How love It's gddy qurole,
How | love Its rhythmic flow,
How I love TO wind my mouth
How love 10 hear Il 60"
The poet. Lundin said, had aptly
expressed the opinion OF Hodge en-
tertained by the prosecutor.
AS 20 my policy OF issuing war
rants TO search places where liquor
is thought 10 be- he said. Il shall
issue warrants wherever there r.
reason to believe liquor In being
sold
He said he had talked the matter
over with l.. y. Kirkpatrick. OF the
Anti-Saloon league. who had agreed
that Il was best 10 first 20 after per.
sons who are selling the contra
band.
Il am In favor OF enforcement of
the law" he said But Kirkpatrick
and concluded that 10 begin sys.
temntlc search of homes would
prejudice The public against the pro
hibltion law so that Il would be i'm.
possible to get fair jury to try any
case"
An effort Will be made. on Febr,i-
airy 2, { prosecutor stated. TO de-
ermine the ownership OF liquor seiz.
ed In the sheriffs raid on the Raj.
nier club
A hearing for that purpose VIII be
held IN Justice Drinkers court on
that date.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
Otto Case Gets a
Load OF His Chest

Commercial Club secretary
points out the little joker in the
consolidation terms which the
Chamber of Commerce is urging
90 diligently. See page 8.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22

- With The Star as the
Open Forum for the
may orally candidates,
Councilman Erickson to-
day submits another pep
perry letter. replying to
Mayor ellis letter in The
Star, and firing several
hot shots anew.
In Mondays Star, Aus
tin T.. Griffiths, candi-
date for mayor. will also
have few choice words
TO deliver.
Erickson's letter follows:
In The Star OF January II. 1916,
Mayor Gill has much to say about
what the public thinks Of me and
about questions he desires me TO
answer. His sneers and bombast
concern me very little. but ] want
- answer his questions and prove
by facts and records that some Of
his statements are absolutely false.
Also that his assertion that he has
been instrumental In reducing
taxes is a FAKE AND a FRAUD
Want n 70 Be Definite
In the P.-I. OF December 10. 1915.
he claims TO ohsve been instru-
mental In reducing light rates from
1sc 10 Sc. In his letter to The
Star, he reiterstes that rates were
reduced when he was In the coun-
Gil. but why does he not give US
the number Of the ordinsnce7 I
can give him the number OF three
ordinances reducing rates during
my term In the council--ordinances
that are saving the people OF Seat
tie half million dollars a year He
should come along with proof OF
the ordinances reducing rates that
he helped TO pass or withdraw his
claim
Taxes Raised by Renick Law
The mayor procIains In big
capitals the issue 10 TO be tax
alton, and not fakes" like the
RenIek law or extending our
city car line into Ballard. The
tax levy for this year, thanks
to the Renick law, has an Item
~-of $4,000 10 help pay interest
on a million dollars worth OF
warrants bearing five per cent
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22

Seventeen days more. lnciud-
Ing today
That's all. II you do not reg
lister by February 10, you will
have lost your chance TO vote
In the coming city election.
Books will be open at the
Prefontalne building Saturday
night until Q p. m. Register
now and avoid the rush later.
Thus far, over at,ooo have
registered, tho there are more
than twice that many voters In
Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
Near Scene of Former Disaster

The of the present disaster is six miles from Tye
formerly called Wellington where the disastrous
slide the history of the state occurred early the
ing OF March L. 1910 when about 90 killed and 20
injured.
took days before the bodies could be recovered owing
the of which buried the train and
he victims in it.
1t weeks before the full number of dead could
be estimated with any degree of certainty.
The work of recovering the bodies proceeded slowly.
Telegraph and telephone communications completely
broken down by the heavy slides.
The slide at that time with terrific force almost
without warning and smashed OF the the
Northern train to splnters Fourteen of the dead had lived
in Seattle and nearly city in the Northwest claimed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22

Interest, while three million
dollars Of the elty's money lies
Idle In the banks. 10 there no
question Of taxation about this7
IL this . fake" issue7
The mayor slept while the Trac.
ton company and Chamber OF Com.
merce got the Renick law passed,
raising taxes and crippling our city.
owned utilities.
Says Statement 10 False
The mayor says the building OF
Division A OF the city car line was
a diversion Of funds and crime.
THE STATEMENT IS ABso-
lUTeLY AND uNouAliFiEDIY
FALSE.
The ordinance submitting the car
line bond issue IL No 260s9. and In.
cludes Division A. II was voted
upon and passed by large major.
ity at the election OF 1911. and the
money was expended as the voters
directed. n Il had not been, there
would have been . hundred inIunc-
tions TO prevent lts construction.
The mayor cannot plead ignorance
on this matter. because his name IL
on the ordinance. The difference
between the mayor and myself In
regard to our city car line is that I
do not set myself above the people
who voted TO build II. but have
worked faithfully 10 carry II to a
successful conclusion. He, on the
other hand. has constantly vilified
the project and voiced the senti-
ments Of the Puget Sound Traction
company.
The mayor feels toward people
who are given car service on our
line Just as the Traction company
does toward It's patrons on the 23rd
ave. line, where the company wants
TO leave them without service be
cause II does not pay. BY the same
token the city should discontinue
furnishing water 10 West Seattle
and Queen Anne hill because In
those districts II costs us more
than we get for II.
That Renton Line Deal"
Many obstacles have been put In
the way OF our city car line project.
but the worst Of all was an agree
ment brought TO me by Mayor Gill
for the purchase Of the Renton line
on a basis that would have netted
CONTINUED on page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
EGG STARTS A FUSS

OREGON CITY. Jan. 22.-llG-
cause of an argument over a hard.
boiled egg, Ambrose Gesta is in
jail.
He told his wife eggs we're too ex.
pensive to put in their daughters
lunch A battle ensued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22

The dining also thrown the embankment.
No word had been received how people
carried with 1t lies wrecked under debris
the bottom of the Cascade mountain ravine. NN
Rescue parties working desperately the lives
of those who may still be living in the wreckage.
sleeping bowled off the tracks, but the
couplings held and it did go the brink
The train had been standing still for almost hour
the the Horseshoe tunnel when the side OF thu
ripped loose.
Just ahead OF it, workmen clearing the snow, rock
and dirt that had accumulated result OF smaller slide
a few hours earlier and blocked traffic.
special dispatched from Leavenvorsh
shortly after
1t carried about 100
Corea. the place of the accident about 100 miles
of Seattle and six miles from Tye formerly called Wellington
1t is 40 miles of here and miles of west
entrance of the Cascade tunnel
The train carried 90 people it is stated.
Further slides feared Telegraph connections
shortly the first details reache
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-22
AVALANCHE Snaps
OCOACHESOFF::
many ARE KILLED

Teiephon to The star
LEAVENWORTH Wash, Jan. 22-Two Great Northern
passenger coaches hurled 800 feet of
mountainous guch and their human cargo buried in rock
and when land and slide broke loose the
entrance of the Horseshoe tunnel Corca WASH 645 this
morning.
The number of dead and injured estimated varousy
at from five to 20
Five dead bodies have been recovered FIVE injured also
have been rescued Officials OF the Great Northern believe
there Is both and therefore five
still unaccounted for.
The train known the Spokane OWL No 25 leaving
Spokane BIS Friday night 1t due at Seattle Sis
a. m.atoday. e
The OF the accident is miles west OF yelling
where many lives lost in similar accident in 1910
Searching parties than hour locating the
smoking 1t buried the of the guch 1t
known have contained IA persons, according ad
vices received here 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-26

when he was fifteen. Ale was not De
cjded. We finally agreed 20 have MN
take a dental course at Ann Aroor:
The witness then told OF the defend
ants preparation for college at the
Central High School in Grand Rapids
from which. at the age Of eighteen, nc
entered the University of Michigan FOR
a three years course in dentistry.
O-When the defendant came back
from South Africa where did he stay I!
At nv home in The Bronx for Il
week. Then he went TO Grand Rapids
home.
Odd ne bring any money back
from South Africa? A.-Yes, about
$1,000.
Odd he send any money home
from South Africa? A.-Yes. about
$1,000.
Q.-After his return from South AZ
RIGA did he ever mention marriage
A.-Yes. soon after he came back. lie
talked Of it as a general topic fire.
quently.
Dentist Spoke OF "His Clara"
Odd he ever discuss Miss Clara
Peck with you? A-Yes. He showed
me her picture and called her "his
Clara"
During the discrimination, con-
Quoted by Assistant District Attorney
Brothers. the witness stated that ne
knew Of no epilepsy. mental deficiency
or criminality in his family. The FRS,
that he knew of any suspicion about
John Peck's death was when he read II
in the newspapers, he declared
Q.-DO you remember previous 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-26

room, beyond the rail, his white-halreo
/ father and his brothers were titting'
( stiff backed They were not smillng' d,
} Mr.. Deuels first question evldenceS
I the thoroughness with which he IN
tended 70 bare his clients life IN the
! homo Of p-oloncinC j. He took waite
+ hack 20 his earliest memory. Ihen:
starting with the dentist as boy OF
six. he began to unfold the autoolo6-
raphv Of boy without conscience
a bov who morally never would be-
come man.
Waite's father and brothers had al
reodv told Of those OF his youthfu!
Fsiiiurs which had threatened 20 bring
DISGRACE upon his family--of his iazi-
ness, his perversenesS, his haoit Oh
stealing whatever was not fastened nor
watched.
The witness proceeded 70 CORRIDOR
s.a them. The shamefaced manner IN
which he told OF stealing from FRIENDS
and occasional employers as BOY
contrasting later with his unb!ushlns
5csnkness in discussing the mufoels'
WAS in itself cocrohoratien oil les"
mony thn. ne Vas perverse
Waite said he knew Of his early Ten,
Aare;cs only through "stock stories
foid bv his family Objections by AZ
sistsnt States Attorney Brothers
blocked rotelling.
Police Record Gives Past.
The dentists ensuing description OF
his school and college days might nave
been read from IA police blotter OF
card in the identification bureau az
HEADQUARTERS. At fourteen he mao
cheated in high school examination !! !
and stolen from those who employed
k;m ga ohore boy; as 8 freshman IN
th. dental school Of the University OF
Michigan, he had rified the trunk Of a
classrete and stolen money, only 10
replace IL because | thought ne knew
I took IT,: he had been expelled from
his fraternity; he had held number
Of Jobs in vacation time and had !os'
every ore OF them when caught steal
ing: as a student he had stolen laoora-
tory instruments, the work OF others
monsy-whatever came TO hand when
no ewes were upon him.
Warren Waite, the father, sat with
nj, head buried in his hands and his
shoulders shaking as he listened. inc
witness laughed as his counsel vainly
sought 20 get into the record the rea-
sons WHY he was expelled from the
fraternity and why, in his senior year,
he was reinstated. That was the END
Of his shamefacedness.
The defendant told of more thefts,
Of a trip 10 Canada, and Of a period In
which his only source OF income was
his skill at pool.
Tells Of Trip 20 Scotland.
"And did you cheat at that" asked
Mr.. Deuel..
81 did" answered Waite, smiling.
Then Waite told of his departure for
Scotland under contract TO go TO SOY
Africa for a British dental company
after a supplementary course in the
College Of Glasgow; Of his slipping
through the course by more cheating,
While in South Africa, he said. he
eked out q salary of which he was able
20 save the larger part by stealing
from his employers. His first years
salary was $3.50 and his stealings
amounted TO $500. Before he thought
fondly Of Grand Rapids, the home
town, and returned there, he had got