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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
DELAWARE FAIR OPENS
WITH BRILLIANT SHOW
Record Crowds Expected at Wa
waset Park-Children
Excluded

WILMINGTON, Sept. with prospects
for larger attendance and more brilliant
display than ever, the annual Delaware State
Fair opened today at Wawaset Park. To-
day, Labor Day. is expected to call forth
the largest Monday opening crowd in the
history of the fair. There will be automo-
bile races this afternoon and motorcycle
races and fireworks displays tonight.
Although the fair management has volun-
tarily decided to exclude all children under
l6 because of the infantile paralysis epi-
demic. the attendance for the week Is con-
fidently expected to exceed that of previous
years because of the wider advertising given
the show and the increased number of exhi-
bitlons The fact that many people have
stayed at home from shore and mountain
resorts the last week through fear of a
railway strike is also expected to cause
them to take in the fair. Many thousands
are expected from Philadelphia and neigh
boring Pennsylvania towns.
Special attention has been given the rae
ing program this year and the contests
should prove the best in the fairs history.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be 1925
class trotting contest and one for 2-year-
olds. Wednesday will mark the opening of
the horse and dog shows, for which many
entries of high class have been received.
The horse show will last three days and the
dog show two There will be a go pace,
2:14 trot and a pace for 3-year-olds.
Thursday there will be a 2:16 pace. 2:11
pace. 2:30 trot and trot for 3-year-olds.
This is the second year the fair will be
kept open at night, and unusual features
have been provided In the vaudeville and
fireworks line in addition to daredevil rae
ing by motorcyclists.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
BYBERRY FAIR CLOSES
TODAY WITH BIG CROWD
AND BANNER PROGRAM
Fine Races Scheduled, Also
Freaks-Thousands Arrive
Early to Stay Till
Finish
SOME VAUDEVILLE, TOO

This Is the last day OF the Philadelphia
County Fair at Byberry. special pro-
gram of races has been arranged for the
holiday crowd Excursion trains and hum
dreds of automobiles brought a throng of
visitors TO the fair grounds gates early to-
day.
Today is known as Race Day" by rea-
son Of the numerous and varied events TO
be contested on the haf-mile track begin
ming at 2 o'clock this afternoon. long
list of entries for the different races has
been recorded by Harry Entwstle, racing
secretary.
Several motorcycle races arranged for
professionals and amateurs are expected to
be hotly contested. A special exhibition
race between an automobile driven by
Elmer Servon and motorcycle ridden by
Horace Farrell both from Byberry, will be
staged between the regular events. The
distance will be 10 miles
The principle events for trotters will be
the free-for-all contest for a purse Of $500.
and the tricounty race for mixed classes
with purse of 5000. Several other trotting
matches are also scheduled.
number of novelty races, the nature Of
which will not be revealed in advance by
the Judges are to be included. 1t was an
nounced, however. that a donkey race Is to
be stubbornly fought out the track dur
ing the early part of the afternoon.
A band concert vaudeville show includ-
ing a high-wire performer and the. usual
balloon ascension. with parachute drop
from height of 500 feet are to be staged
in conjunction with the different events
The Senator Penrose cup in the poultry
show for the best exhibit of 10 or more
birds and the cup offered by Congressman
Peter Il. Costello for the best display OF
Barred Plymouth Rocks were won by w.
ID. Ridgeway Mrs. W. II. Buclkman was
awarded premier honors for Wyandottes
and Leghorn chickens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
MISS SYKES HOME;
TO.SPEAK FOR LOVER
Fiancee of Ellis Frigar, Boland's
Slayer, Will Be Witness at
Inquest Tomorrow

Miss Amanda Sykes fiancee Of Ellis d.
Frigar confessed slayer of Edward Boland.
returned to Philadelphia from her fathers
summer home in Chelsea. Atlantic City,
today, and is preparing to testify at the
Coronsrs inquest tomorrow morning.
1t was reported that she will be taken to
the scene of the murder tonight by the de-
tectves, and the movements of the witnesses
of the shooting will be re-enacted. Two or
three of Boland's companions will play the
parts they played on the night of August
22, when Boland was shot.
Nineteen witnesses will testify when the
inquest is called at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Four new witnesses will be called
They are Martin Boland. father of the dead
man; Anna Boland his sister, and Park
Guards John Dorian and Thomas Dougherty.
Detective William Beshaw has obtained
statements from the new witnesses, and
says their testimony VIII throw additional
light on the circumstances of Bolands
death.
Miss Sykes is staying at her home. 27Ii
North Park avenue. She talked with her
fiance by long-distance telephone last night
He told her that he was comfortable I'm
Moyamensing prison and expressed conf
dence that the inquest tomorrow will result
in his obtaining release on bail.
Detective Belshaw said today that he had
questioned Miss Claire Lyons since she tes-
titled at the hearing of Frigars plea for
release on bail until the trial. and that she
may have stronger testimony to give to tile
Coroners jury. Miss Lyons was the princi-
pal witness at the hearing. testfying that
she saw Boland shot
John MacNeile, who was foreman of the
Coroner's jury when Freda frost was held
for poisoning her husband to obtain his
money, will, be foreman of the jury which
investigates the death of Boland.
Bolands father will uphold the character
of his son at the inquest
They are trying to show that my son
was bad" he said today. while he was
doing that night no more than any other
boy does. The inquest tomorrow will not
bring my son back. But can protect his
memory"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04

crease If September is a better month
than August / do not know of anything
else than the quarantine to which we can
give the credit"
In one choir. that of the Protestant Eps-
copal Church of the Saviour, Thirty.eighth
street above Chestnut. under the direction
of wassili Leps, girls have taken the
places of boys. In st. Jamess Prot
estant Episcopal Church. Twenty.second
and Walnut streets, in St. Clements Prot
estant Episcopal Church. in the Memorial
Church of st. Paul, Fifteenth and Rtner
streets. and In others that have boy choirs.
the singing was done entirely by men. In
the Roman Catholic Church of St. John
the Evangelist, Thirteenth street above
Chestnut, the choir is not scheduled to start
it's year until next Sunday. What will be
done is TO be decided at the first meeting
of the choir tomorrow night. About half
the Protestant churches of the city have
their Sunday schools entirely closed and
about half have their adult classes in oper.
alton.
The Army and Navy Relief Chapter has
donated box of supplies and the ldlewlld
Chapter. Media, some baby garments
The swimming pool at Walmarthon, the
home of Charles s. Walton, at st. David's,
has been closed on account OF the malady.
This follows the recent action restricting
the use of the pool to persons living near
Wayne and st. David's.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
CAMDEN COUNTY FAIR CLOSES
TODAY WITH FINE RACING CARD

GIBBSBORo. N j., Sept. A racing
card that has never been equaled on the
local track was the attraction today for the
final day of the Camden County Fair 1t
is expected that 10000 persons will be on
the grounds during the day.
Four races have been provided. in one of
which Joe Boy who broke the track record
on Saturday, will appear. His best time
Saturday was 2:l2k, although he has a
mark of 2:O6h. II is expected he will
come close to this mark under Dan Leary
Jr., of West Chester. his driver. He is
entered in the free-for-all, in which a COM
pettor will be Jay Patch, with mark of
2:O7k.
There will be two motorcycle races of
10 miles each and the final baseball game
OF series OF three for a purse and silver
trophy. The game will be between the win
ners of the two previous ones, Magnolia
and Bellmawr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
MEXICAN MEDIATORS
MEET AMERICANS m
PRELIMINARY PARLEY
Joint Commission in Conferences
in New York Plans to Begin
Deliberations at New
London, Conn.
U. s. MUST YIELD POINT

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.--The Americana
Mexican parleys, out Of which the Admin
istration and the de facto Government or
Mexico hope to bring settlement OF the last
four years friction, finally got under way
today. All of the conferences here how
ever. are merely preliminary to discussion
OF the points at issue. These later dis-
cussIons will be at New London. Conn
The American commissioners are pre-
pared to change their front. Prematurs
knowledge by the Mexican representatives
that General Funston had advised the
withdrawal of American troops from Mexl-
can soil has robbed Secretary OF the Interior
Lane and his colleagues on the commission
OF their strongest contention. IL was ad-
mitted that the strongest position the Ad-
mnistrations men have left ig the in
sistence on adequate protection OF the bor-
der, to balance the demands of the Mexican
members
INFORMAL CONFERENCES
Several informal conferences OF the dele
gates representing both Governments were
held today These were merely to whip into
definite shape the pos tions they will take
in the New London meetings.
Following today's conference Il became
known that the American commissioners
doubtless would accede to the Mexican re-
quests on the matter of precedure-that
withdrawal of the American troops be the
first issue considered No objection can be
raised, members of the Amer can comn1is-
sion pointed out, in view OF the publication
OF General Funston's statement that the
troops presence was no longer necessary in
Mexico and advising their withdrawal
Formal social functions occup ed much OF
today. Secretary of State Lansing entertain-
ing the members of both commissions and
Mexican Ambassador Designate Eliseo Ar
redondo at luncheon. while Mrs. Lansing
entertained the wives of the commissioners
and Mrs. Arredondo
NO REASON FOR CHANGE
No reason was assigned today for the
sudden change in the meeting place FOR
the commission from Portsmouth to New
London, except that the Connecticut city
is more readily accessible from Washing
ton.
The first work of the commission in New
London will be agreement on recon-
mendation to both Governments that the
American troops be withdrawn. The COM
mission virtually will mark time after that
until the recommendation is acted upon
favorably by the State Department and
the order dispatched for the withdrawal of
General Pershings' column.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
KILLED YOUNG BRIDE
TO SAVE HER PURITY
Chicago Man, Ex-Bank Teller,
Says Deed Was Done Mate
rally, Not Spiritually"

CHICAGO. Sept 4,-"I killed her be-
cause 1 wanted to save her purity" was j..
Maurice Pettit's explanation to the police
today for the murder OF his beautiful
twenty-year-old bride of a month.
Petit was arrested Saturday afternoon
near Detroit. Mich, and brought back here
yesterday. He is now a closely guarded
patient at the Brldwell Hospital, as n result
of desperate attempt, to escape from n
train en- route here. He dived through a
window of coach near Michigan City.
Ind. but the speed OF the train caused him
to strike the ground with terrific force. and
he lay where he fell until detectives came
back and got him.
"She still lives you and do" Petit
told the police. when killed her did 1t
materially, not spiritually.
"Other men called at the fiat and talked
to her. 1 was Jealous was wrong In that
She was always good and pure"
Petit was captured at farmhouse near
Detroit A farmer recognized him from a
newspaper photograph.
Pettit's condition was still considered
serious today He suffered two pancture,
of the left lung from the ends of broken ribs
when he attempted TO escape. He was for
merly a bank telleryat Cedar Rapids. Iowa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
JAPAN ORDERS CHINA
TO GIVE UP MONGOLIA
Severe Demands Follow Clash of
TroOps-May Mean General
Upheaval

PEKIN, Sept. 4. - Baron Gonsuke Hay
ashi, Japanese Minister to China, has pre-
sented to the Chinese Foreign ONCE four
demands for a settlement of the clash be-
tween Chinese and Japanese troops at
Cheng ChiatunI eastern Mongolia, August
10. when so Chinese and II Japanese were
killed or wounded. The Japanese demands
follow:
First. Dismissal of the Chinese officers
In command of the troops
Second withdrawal OF Chinese troops
from the district in which the trouble arose
Third Naturalization OF the families of
the japanese killed.
Fourth. Granting TO Japan the police
rights in inner Mongolia.
The Japanese insist that the demands are
light, but Chinese officials regard them as
virtually an elimination OF Chinese au.
thority in inner Mongolia.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-The demands
just made on China by Japan are inter
preted by Far Eastern students IN WASH
ington as possibly containing selements OF
serious disturbance Of the political situa-
tion In the Orient. The demand that China
grant to Japan police rights IN inner Mon
golia Is considered the most important and
far-reaching
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
iege, Danvilie. XIV.
FOLKS INTRODUCTION

80 a..ur Shnneld, President OF Center Col
FOLKS INTRODUCTION
Mr.. Folk said In part:
rms majestic memorial we today for
mally turn over to the United States Gov.
ernment is not only in memory OF Lincoln,
t Dut is testimony given in blocks Of marble
.nat .nat the fires Of fraternal hatred kndled by
,ne nerce conflict of half century ago
are dead and from the ashes have arisen
pure patriotism for a common country and
sincere devotion TO q common flag
senator Williams followed Mr. Folk with
an address on Abraham Lincoln and the
South"
After Senator williams's address the for.
maj presentation Of the deed to the Lincoln
farm TO the nation was made by Robert j.
Coiiier, chairman of the executive commit
tee OF the Lincoln Farm Association. The
ueed was handed to Secretary Baker, who
formally accepted It. p
President Wilson's address and accept.
ance or the gift on behalf of the nation fol-
lowed. The Rev. Thomas ]. Shahan of the
Catholic University at washington, pro-
nounced the benedictlon.
DESCRIPTION OF MEMORIAL.
The Lincoln statue in the center of the
public square In IIodgensville was deco
rated today with American flags. Just
opposite Is the courthouse, which also was
draped lavlshly In red, white and blue
Just 10 years ago this summer the court
house had a decoration of another kind.
II was plain handful, which advertised
the fact that the Lincoln farm was to be
sold to settle unpaid taxes.
The memorial hall, built at cost of
S2bO.OOO, Is the center of this new national
park The hall houses the cabin in which
Lincoln was born. This is the original
structure, rescued from a warehouse in
New York after 1t had been carried around
the country for exhibition purposes.
Over the entrance doors TO the memorial
hall are inscribed these words:
Here ovar the log cabin where Abra-
ham Lincoln was born. destined to pre-
serve the Union and to free the slave, a
grateful people have dedicated this
memorial to unity. peace and brother
hood among these States
Within the hall the cabin occupies the
principal place 1t is surrounded by
heavy bronze chain, for no one Is permitted
to enter or to touch the cabin.
HISTORY OF MEMORIAL
Many years after the death of Lincoln
the farm began to grow in fame as Lin
coins birthplace" Many people came to
see it. and among them was Alfred w.
Denett. of New York who bought the
farm paying $4,000. Reverses forced an as
signment.
In 1905 the Lincoln farm. with taxes in
arrears. was on the market. 1t was sold
at the courthouse door in August and was
bought by Richard Lloyd Jones, represent
Ing Robert j. Collier, who organized the
Lincoln Farm Association, which raised
100000 by popular subscription, erected
the memorial hall. made the necessary i'm
provements in the property and today
turned 1t over to the Government as a ma
tional park.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
BANKERS SON sToKER
Jack HUM Feeds Furnaces of Battle,
ship Rhode Island

Jack HUM is stolxing furnaces down in
the depths of the battleship Rhode Island
and thereby helping to furnish the motive
power that is carrying 400 naval volunteers
In practice cruise on the Atlantic coast.
Jack HUM, stoker, is known in Phila-
delphia as the son of S. p HUM. OF George
A. Huhn & Sons, bankers. When he was
ordered to strip to the waist and stoke the
furnace the recruit found out that laboring
in the bowels of the ship was part OF the
engineering course" in which he enrolled.
For four hours day he feeds the hungry
NAV of the furnace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
MAJOR KNIGHT NEAR DEATH
Civil War Veterans End Said to Be
Matter of Hours

Major T. Morris knight. Civil War vet
eran and wealthy diamond expert, is in a
critical condition in his rooms at Dooners
Hotel, Tenth street below Market. Ply
sicians in attendance say his death is but
a matter of few hours About four weeks
ago Major Knight was stricken with paral-
ysis and since that time he has failed
rapidly.
Major knight is "a years old He is a
member of the Union League and served
throughout the Civil War in the Eighth
Pennsylvania Cavalry. For many years
he was the head of a jewelry establishment
on Ninth street below Market.
Major Knight has the reputation of being
one of the leading diamond experts of the
United States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
CONGRESSMEN RUSH AWAY
TO FIX POLITICAL FENCES
Senators and Representatives Lose No
Time in Getting Off

WASHINGTON. Sept. 4. - The con.
gressional exodus after nine months of legis-
lation already has begun. With adjourn.
ment virtually assured by Wednesday or
Thursday. scores of members packed their
campaign speeches Immediately after they
averted a railroad strike and rushed for
trains bound for political battlefields.
All that remains of the Administration
program in the Senate Is the revenue bill
and the Webb bill to permit American ex-
porters to establish combination selling
agencies abroad Senate leaders plan to
add the Webb bill to the revenue bill as an
amendment in order to assure quick action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
He'd Up. Bealsn md ROBBED

William Quinn. an empl0ye Of the New
York Shipbuilding Company was held up al
the point OF revolver py three men early
den, and robbed OF a wallet containing S.
After robbing him the men beat Quinn with
blackjacks until he fell unconscious to the
sidewalk He vas treated Tor cuts ana
bruises at the Cooper Hospital At 3 q. M
today the police arrested william Larrla. "a
years old, Of New 1erk. Qulnn idantiaed
hiln as one 81 the nen aho 8eld hIin Is. M
I.arzin uaz held ID 500 bali far court -
Recorder stackhea=zt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
New Hazleton Rabbi Installed

IIAZLEToN, Pa, Sept. 4.-The Rev. Dr.
Montague n. A. Cohen, formerly of Los
Angeles Cal, was installed last night as
rabbi of Beth Israel Reformed Hebrew
Congregation by the Rev Meyer Lovitch, Of
Scranton the Rev. Marcus Salzman. OF
Wilkes Barre, and the officers of the charge.
Doctor Cohen is the first rabbi Of the con-
gregation to officiate in the new $4,000
temple, recently completed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
Former U. S. Diplomat Dies

Harris, age rs, one of the most widely
known attorneys in Indiana. died last night
OF apoplexy. In 1899 Mr.. Harris was Sc
lected by President Mckinley as min ster to
ustria-Hungary, which post he held three
years, resigning voluntarily He is survived
by his widow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
LINCoLNs BIRTHPLACE AND MEMORIAL

Memorial Temple inclosine cabin
in which Abraham Lincoln was
born, near Hodgenville, KY, which
is being dedicated today with Presi-
dent Wilson as chief orator and
many prominent persons partici-
pating in the exercises.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04

The cabin which stood originally
on the Big South fork of Nolin
Creek, three miles from Hodgen-
vile, was torn down and removed,
but in 1895 was rebuilt on its
original site.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04
Observations at Philadelphia
Lamps to Be Lighted

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-04

The special train. with the President ana
his party aboard, left Washington Sunday
and proceeded without a stop to Hodgen-
Vile, the county seat OF I4arue County Ia
which the farm Is located. Accompanying.
TIC President on the special were Mrs
Wilson. Mrs. Helen Woodrow Bones,
the Presidents cousin; Joseph Tumulty,
the Presidents secretary; Ex-Governor Jo-
seph W. Folk. OF Missouri, chief counsel
e the Interstate Commerce Commission;
Secretary Of War Newton d. Baker; Sena-
tor John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi;
Robert ). Collier. chairman OF the executive
eommlttee OF the Lincoln Farm Memorial
Aseociation; Senator Ollie H. James, Of
Kentucky, and Richard Lloyd Jones.
The Lincoln farm Is on the new road. a
section OF the Dixie Highway. that had been
constructed especially for the occasion.
eBespInE into the entrance to. the park
sne President beheld the stately memorial
guiding rising Ike 8 temple, with its APP
sIoAea uarked by an avenue Of trees that
- qn e the best possible eject Tie stately
st4aIz q Ihe siFaetara
+He tHznea 2Haz 1=a zl1Lzl - Dz WilIl4n
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-27
When DANGER Comes.

In the presence of danger, cur in.
fel'igence, our imagination, cur will
are unusually wide awake. We begin
to perceive the limits of accepted
forms OF thought. the inadequacy OF
the standards by which we have been
accustomed to pass Judgment on life
and en- history. and the partial nature
Of truths we had regarded as final
and complete. A great disturbance,
like that OF an earthquake, is passing
beneath our life. and the elements Of
that life, including those that are spir.
ftual. are re-arranging themselves In
new perspectives. We are virtually
living in another world compared with
that In which We we're alive year
ago.-prof. L. P. Jacks in the Yals
Review.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-27
ARE YOUTHFUL AT f0RTY-FlvE
Women Of That Age In Thls Genera
ton Do Net Look Over Thirty IL
They Use Precautions"

The American womGn of fo-ty-npe q
generation ago Jaw her forty live Year,
Enthusiastically reflected in he. mirror
in worry lines, iahby throat. graying
hair, and sagginG facial muscles, Ihe
woman of that day turned away sadly
enough, no doubt, but her predominant
ing feeling VAS sad resignation to
the inevita ble law which Leefeed that
II was lot only natural but right Tor a
woman OF her advanced years 10 ap-
pear old. The woman of foytysfive to-
day, yes, aud even the woman OF fifty.
would laugh ii cne advanced 90 absurd
an opinion. The life OF today is more
wearing, more active, than was that OF
. generation ago, but her mirror re-
fleets smooth white brow, from
Which The worry lines have bsen ban
ished by the forehead strap" and the
"@rinkle cluster" and a firm rounded
throat and chin, the contour Of which
is preserved by the application OF as.
triugents and the artful "chinstrap."
Her hair is abundan. and well cared
Tor, and her soft skin is tinted with a
vegetable rouge that cannot be DC.
tected.
Perfectly corsetod and lithely youth.
ful, she finds no difficulty In convinc
ing the most arfant skeptic that she Is
under thirty-Vogue.