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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
CAELSEA'S BIG HOTEL
PROJECT IMPERILED
Break Between Linnard and
Straus interests Threatens
$40, 1000, 900 Enterprise

Atlantic City, Dec. 17.-Projects for
new hotels for Chelsea contemplated by
the Ritz Carlton, Linnard and Straus,
hotel interests may be sidetracked or
shelved as result of a break between
the Linnard and Strnus syndicates, ac-
cording to reports which are causing
much concern here. The amount in :.
900. FN'Oo''
Linnard recently disposed Of his In :
terests in the new Ambassador, fore
runner of the projected colony OF sky
scraper hotel palaces in the Chelsea
district, and is said to be out of the
$50 1000, 600 enterprise of which he was
the most enthusiastic supporter. The
Straus interests are to GO ahead with
large addition to the Ambassador, but
the fute of the remainder of the biz
enterprise is said to be in doubt.
Restrictions adopted years ago by
an association which planned Chelsea
to be q cottage resort exclusively are
said to be responsible for the holding
up of plans for the proposed Ritz Carl
ton hotel at Belmont avenue, to cost
$1,000, 900. These restrictions were in :
tended to guarantee sea view for all
cottagers and consequently forbid build :
ing within twenty feet of street lines.
This almost forgotten obstacle, it is
declared, would make necessary the re
drafting Of the plans for the new ho-
fol
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
MRS. M. D. EDMONDS
TO Be WARDLEA
Women in Germantown orga-
nlze League of Citizens at
Meeting Today
PLAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY

The twenty second ward branch of
the American Woman Suffrage Asso
citation of Philadelphia county disband- o
ed today to reorganize into the twenty p
second Ward Branch of the Pennsylva-
mia League of Women Citizens.
Invitations to 450 women in the Ger
mantown ward were issued and the
meeting was called for . o'clock in the
home of Mrs. Richard II. Day. Clapier
street west Of Mexican. At O'Clock
tea was served and the old organization
went out of existence.
Mrs. George A. Piersol. chairman of
the county organization, extended greet o.
ings to the meeting, and Miss Jane
Campbell gave the history of the sui
frage party in Germantown, which was
followed with talk by Mrs Lewis
Lawrence Smith on the purpose and
work of the League of Women Citi-
zens.
The Germantown meeting is one of n
series of meetings to be held in wards
throughout the city that have been or
ganized under the Woman Suffrage AS
sociation. The state ratification of both
the state and federal amendment on
woman suffrage has discontinued the
former work of the Woman Suffrage
Association which now plans to con-
tinue its organization for the instruc-
tion and general preparation of women
In the use of the vote.
New officers named on an unopposcd
ticket for election at today's meeting
include Mrs. NJ y. Edmonds, chair
man; Mrs. William Il. Gurley, first
. vice chairman; Mrs. John Moitor,
second vice chairman; Mrs. Emmett
Carter, fourth vice president: Mrs.
Morris Lee, secretary, and Mrs. j.
Gearing treasurer
Retiring officers are Mrs. Ralph
Raiguel first vice president and acting
president, Mrs. Joseph Gabriel, second
vice president; Mrs Warren Bossert,
third vice president; Mrs. Joseph Will
loughby, treasurer, and Mrs. Isaac
Kenderline, secretary.
Three prominent features Of the pro-
gram Of the American citizenship COM
mittee of the league are compulsory
education in every state for all chill
dren between six and sixteen, nine
mouths Of each year; education of
adults by extension classes Of the pub
lie schools, and English made the ma .
tional language by making it compui
sorry in all schools where courses in
general education are conducted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
SAY MRS. POWELL
IS FIT FOR HEARING
AIienist Asserts She Will Be
Able to Stand Trial
Tomorrow

Mrs. Emily Lippincott Powell, who
shot and killed her daughter Jaoqueline
and then shot herself in the head at
Denver, Colo, was examined today by
an alienist appointed by the county
court there.
DR.. George A. Molenn reported he
found Mrs. Powell in good condition
and that she will be able to stand the
hearing scheduled for tomorrow after
noon.
A Denver attorney, Stephen w.
Ryan, has beer appointed as Mrs.
Powell,s guardian until her sanity is
determined. .g
Two brothers of Mrs. Powell, George
Lippincott and Rowland Lippincott, OF
this city. who left for Denver after
learning of the tragedy, have returned
TO Denver from Colorado Springs, where
Mrs. Powell's fourteen year old son
Horace, is student at boarding
school. Horace is to go to Denver next
Friday for the Christmas holidays.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
World Wide Chase
Ends in Arrest Here

Continued From PAGE One
the stock to him on the ground that he
intended to develop the company's bust
Ness.
Sold Stock and Disappeared
'He told stockholders he had OBJ
tanned all the insurance business of the
DUPONT and the Bethlehem Steel inter
ests and offered them the treasury
stock at $50 share. The stockhold-
ers. who had been getting 16 per cent
dividends over a period of years, were
glad of the opportunity to buy.
after disposing of the stock which
had been entrusted to him by the com
pany Moore disappeared. He got job
as salesman for a refrigerator concern
aud went to South America
r. ''He has $4,000 in New York trust
company. When it was learned he was
leaving South America to see the Will
lard Dempsey fight, his New York ac-
count was attached on the assumption
he would go there TO obtain betting
money. Moore appeared there and the
trust company notified New York firm
of lawyers who were interested in the
case. The cogs slipped somehow and
Moore got away. lie had been on the
jump ever since"
Mr.. Haydock asserted Moore was
able to send $25 to his wife every week
through an ingenious scheme. He said
the accused man had his wife enter II
complaint before Judge Brown, of the
Municipal Court, charging desertion and
nonsupport and making known that
Moore had the $4,000 account in New
York. The trust company there had
been given power of attorney and when
court order of $25 q week was made
for the wife the trust company sent her
the money.
Since the Willard Dempsey fight
Moore's movements have been traced
| through a sister in North Philadelphia.
American consul at Cape Town. He is
also said to have managed Kid Mccoy,
| when the boxer was in his prime.
/ Moore's first wife. now Mrs, Fayue
Strahan Moore Lewis, was the daugh
ter of the late Chief Justice Strahan,
of Oregon. Her mother was Sarah
| Wilson one of the famous Kentucky
Wilson's. After her fathers death her
mother took her to Atlanta.
When twenty years old she went TO
New York to study art and there met
Moore. Then came the episode in
New York hotel In which Martin
Mahon, who was found" with Fayne
Moore, is said to have given Moore a
check for $50, 900. Moore never had
chance to cash it.. Both he and Fayne
Moore were arrested u few minutes
after the check was written. Moore
was sentenced to nineteen years and six
months in Sing Sing, and was paroled
after six years.
After Moores conviction. the then
Mrs. Moore was a prisoner in the
Tombs awaiting trial when she was re
leased under bonds furnished by Charles
+. Blaney, who wanted her to star in
a sensational melodramn. The indict
ment against her was never pressed.
Later she bobbed up in London as a
Gaiety girl, obtained notoriety in Paris
by hurling bottle at marquis in q
restaurant who was staring at her and
subsequently married Henry ID. Lewis,
who was reputed to own the famous
Kimberley and De Beers mines in South
Africa, the biggest in the world. She
had obtained a divorce from Moore in
South Dakota while Moore was in Sing
1 Sing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
NEW Y. ". c. A. ROW .
STARTED OVER WINE
Members of "OId Guard" Call
New Management Society
Women
TERM SELVES CHRISTIANS

Does 1T necessarily follow that a
society woman is not Christian?"
This question raised storm at the
meeting of the ''Old Guard" of the
Philadelphia Y. w. G.. a. last night
asked by Miss Pauline Newman, of the
WOman'S Trade Union League.
Miss A. McDougal, chairman of the
meeting in the Wesley Building, was
about to reply when she was warned
to be silent by persons present, who
cried.
Look out Look out Don't an
swer that question
Miss Newman's inquiry was made
after William II. Peace, attorney for
six years for the Y. w. C. A. cold
Guard" had made q bitter attack upon
the new ''insurgcnt' management. He
declared that one of the new directors
was present at the coming out party Of
a debutante in hotel recently. when
S64 bottles of champagne were con-
sumed
Miss McDougal, after consulting with
Mr.. Peace, decided not to answer Miss
Newman.
Miss Newman asked il she might put
another question. and Miss McDougal
again consulted Mr.. Peace.
owe don't think you are very much
Interested" she finally replied.
Mr.. Peace criticized the Supreme
Court Of the commonwealth in its deci =
sion on the election which placed TIE
insurgents" in power and ousted th-.
"Old Guard"
The old management really Wa
that election" he declared, in loud
tones and with vigorous gesture. II
can say that conscientiously. The neg
women threw out our votes with tech l.
nicalities. The women in the old man .
agement carried on their elections for
the forty nine years they were in power
in a most informal way"
He decried the methods of the new
women in gaining the election, and as
serted they were attempting to secu-
lurize the "Y." under their metropoli
tan system of running it.
Mr., Peace said the Y. w. G. A. at
Eighteenth and Arch streets never got
a penny of the $500, 600 raised for its
use six years ago" lie declared that
some of the promises were never paid
and that the rest was used for build =
ings in other parts of the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
MAYOR SMITH SIGNS
z CITY Ordinances
Provide for Opening Streets and
Acquiring Land for Two
New Parks Here
COST TO BE s5oo,ooo

Mayor Smith signed twenty two or
dinances this afternoon, most OF them
providing for the acquisition of land
for park purposes or the opening OF
streets.
The ordinances will entail an ex-
penditure by the Moore administration
of approximately $500 900.
In signing the ordinances to open
streets Mayor Smith departed from a
custom which he has followed up to this
time.
He persistently refused to sign ordin-
ances to open streets in the past unless
they contained proviso setting forth
that the owners Of the property,
through which the streets were TO be
opened, dedicated the land needed to
the city.
One ordinance authorizes the appros
priation of land valued at 500, 900 in
the Fifteenth ward for park purposes
and another authorizes the city to
take over plot of similar value in the
Twenty first ward as an extension to
Fairmount Park.
The opening of SAMSON street be-
tween Fiftieth and Fifty first streets is
provided in one ordinance. a proviso to
dedicate the land to the city was strick~
en- out.
Other streets to be opened are: Mus
grave, Washington lane to Johnson
street. Walnut lane. Seventy third ave~
nue. to Cheltenham street; Chester aveS
nue., Sixty sixth to Sixty eighth street,
and Rising Sun lane. Roosevelt boule-
ward to Olney avenue.
Ordinances providing for the paymenS
Of $7S,301 to the Barber Asphalt Paw
ing Co., and $S7 1888 to the Union Paw
ing Co, for recent street repairs, were
approved by Mayor Smith,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
WARNS OF COAL PURCHASES
Federal Chief ForbIds Stocking Up
More Than Actual Needs

L. w Baldwin. reginal director Of
the railroad administration, advises
the industries from which the restric-
tions on the use of coal have been lifted
to be conservative in their purchases
and avoid stocking up more than the
minimum necessary.
If this is not practiced, the director
warns, it will be necessary for the rail
roads handling the coal to defer deliv-
cries TO those with a sufficient reserve
on hand, in order to aid those with an
insufficient supply. Mr.. Baldwin says
in his warning that railroad freight
agents still supervise all coal shipments.
and by keeping in touch with the freight
agent of the road making the delivery
producers can keep correctly informed
as to the exact conditions of supply and
requirement of any customer making an
order
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
THREE HELD IN THEFT
Men Accused of Accepting Articles
Taken From WAGON

Three men were held by Magistrate
Coward in the Seventh and Carpenter
streets station today charged with re-
reiving stolen goods. They ara Samuel
Slender. Torner street, held in $1,000
bail; Harry Shapiro, Snyder. avenue,
near Sixth, $1,000 bail and Louis
Camarotta, Christian street neur Sixth.
$4,000 bail. All We're held for further
hearing Monday.
According to testimony tho goods al .
legged TO have been received by the men
were stolen from team on December
1, at Tenth and Vine streets.
Investigation led the detectives to
the home of Camarotta where they found
some bolts of linen, crepe de chine,
several suits and u box of envelopes.
These goods We're identified by Harry
j. Auerbach. dealer at Second and
Market streets, as belonging to him and
as being part of the load he shipped
on the wagon from which they were
stolen. The detectives found Slender
and Shapiro in Camarotta $ home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
BALKS AT MARRIAGE PACT
Now Junk Man Is Sued on 6etrotha
Contract He Slqned

After a formal contract of marriage
had been drawn up before notary be :
tween Mrs. Sarah Brotman and Abra :
ham Gobinsky, junk dealer, Gobinsky
is said to have refused to carry out its
terms: Now he is being sued for $40, =
900 by Mrs. Brotman, in Cannon
Pleas Court No. 3.
Mrs. Brotman is a widow with two
children and the defendant is a widower
and has several children. The com
plant sets out that the defendant, after
paying court. to the complainant for
one year, refused to go on with the
betrothal agreement. Gobinsky ex-
planned his refusal to marry by saying
that his children objected. Judge Fer
guson issued capias for him, fixing
bail at $500,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
Here's a bracer !

Some fnanciers or philanthropists
are planning to open up a regular Isle
of Man off the Florida coast, which
will be something between a country
club and life saving station.
The 10th Of January, the eighteenth
amendment and the nineteenth hole are
all mixed up on this little island that
group Of Philadelphia and New York
business men is planning to operate
next year on the worlds most attrac-
tive basis.
The idea is to make the island a win =
ter resort or n last resort for those oi
us who are feeling the recent climatic
difference in this country and need a
change.
1t will be entirely free from all the
discdmforts of home aud should prove
an ideal winter or summer or fall or
spring resort. It will be a place that
win come in handy most any time OF
the year.
The island, catcay, Is British pos-
session, two miles loDg BY Cue hils
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
CHANCE 70 DO GOOD
Emergency Aid Asks Funds TO Cheer
More Than 100 Destitute Children

Would you like to bring happiness to
the heart of a child this Christmas? If
you would now is your opportunity, for
there are more thar 100 in the city who
were left destitute by the epidemic of
Influenza one year ago, and have since
been cared for by the Emergency Aid.
The special relief bureau of the Emer
gency Aid, Mrs. John Wanamaker, Sd A..
chairman. is appealing for funds or de-
sirabie gifts to be used in bringing cheer
to these families in need, hs the per
sornel Of the Emergency Aid has been
depleted since the war ended, it will be
difficult this year to give attention to
all of its little wards, but if sufficient
contributions are received at the head =
quarters, 1924 Walnut street, this
charitable work will be complete.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
START NORTH PENN SUIT
Equity Proceedings Against Stock
holders Begun by Fisher

Banking Commissioner Fisher. in
charge of the defunct North Penn Bank
has begun equity proceedings against
seventy of the stockholders, asking the
court to decree that the defendants, un =
der the law, are liable for an assess o.
ment Of 100 per cent of the par value of
their holdings in consequence of the in =
solvency of the bank.
The par value of the shares to which
the defendants subscribed is 500. The
defendants holdings range from one to
twenty five shares, an aggregate of
300 shares.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
ACQUIT ACCUSED SKIPPER
Capt, Ferguson Did Not Endanger
Lives Of Crew, Court Holds

After trial of two days and n half, the
government failed to prove that Cap
tain Robert Ferguson, skipper on the
steamship Boykin, had endangered the
lives of the officers and crew by iutoxi-
cation, and Judge Thompson, in the
United States District Court, ordered
the jury acquit him.
The skipper faced six counts in an in
dictment of putting the ship and the
lives of the crew in jeopardy while in
toxicated, but Judge Thompson pointed
out that the government had not pro q.
duced affirmative proof Of the charges.
and that while the captain may have
been intoxicated, there was no evidence
that his navigation of the Boykin was
nerilous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
SAYS WIENER SPITED UNCLE
Friend Asserts Captain Attempted
Suicide TO Hurt ketterllnus

Captain Clarence Wiener, who shot
himself at the Hotel Imperial, New
York, early yesterday morning, com
mitted the deed for the purpose Of
furnishing his uncle, J. l.. Ketterlinus.
of 20l6 Spruce street, this city, accord
ing to Hammer Swafrer, a close friend
Although he left note saying he
committed the deed because he had II
disagreement with his uncle. Captain
Wiener later expressed sorrow for max
ing such statement. it is said.
Captain Wener's reckless spending
it is said, led to an estrangement be-
tween him and Mr.. Kcttcrlinus and
the latter. it is said, rcbuffed any
stnns toward Il reconciliation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
MRS. JENNIE D'OLlER DIES
Aunt Of Legion Commander Falls
Down Steps

Mrs. Jennie D'Olier. aunt of Frank
lin D'Olier. national commander of the
American Legion, fell down the steps
in her home, 1919 South Nineteenth
street last night aud died soon after
ward. Her head was cut, but DIR. John
p. Turner, who was summoned, said
death was due to heart trouble and not
to the accident.
Mrs. D'Olier was eighty years old
and was the widow of John D'Olier.
She left no children, but is survived by
number of nephews and nieces, in :
cluding William l.. D'Olier, tho en- /.
gineer, of 1893 Girard avenue, and Mrs.
S. Merrill Weeks, of S15 South Forty
eighth street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
BLACK CAT HIS H00D00
Fearing Accident, Andy Threw MIX
Bottles at Animal

"Everytimo a black cat crosses my
path, I have an accident"
That's how Andy Traper, twenty~
one years old, of 311S Miller street,
explained why he picked up several
milk bottles from the doorsteps early
today aud chucked them at an innocent
cat. Three black cats crossed his life,
he snid. and he fell heir to two accidents
and lost his job Immediately after.
He was arrested by Patrolman Grin :
dorb, of the Belgrade and Clearfeld
street station, and was discharged to-
day by Magistrate Wrigley, who warned
him hereafter to close his eyes when he
spied black cat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
.slNN FEM RAIDS RAIL DEPOT
zoo Men ImprIson Cork Employees In
Ammunition Search

Cork, Dec. 17.-(By A. P.)-Two
hundred Sim Feiners raided the Cork
railway terminus at midnight, masked
men holding up the employees at the
points of revolvers and imprisoning them
for an hour. The clerks were driven
from their oficessapd the engineers and
iremen from their locomotives. The
The terminus is only 200 yards from
the principal police station, but the
raid passed unnoticed by the police of
lciais. 1t is believed that the raiders
we're seeking a consignment of ammuni
tion intended for the coast forts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
LEAGUE EMPL0YE MISSING
Kitchen Man Of Club Disappears
After SEEING Physician

Charles Lovett. who had been en-
ployed for some time in the kitchen of
the Union League, has disappeared and
the police are making an extensive
search for him.
Lovett had been sufr reriug from blood
poisoning aud was attended by DR.. s.
Clifford Boston, 2249 Catharine street.
Realizing the case was serious, the
physician made arrangements for
Loyett to go to Jefferson Hospital.
Lovett left his home. at 1886 Winter
street, for the hospital on Tuesday and
has not beeu seen since.
I.ovett is a Lithuanian, and is known
to his fellow countrymen at Casimiri
kray yiuski. Several Lithuanian organi
cations have joined in the search for
him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
RICHES IN DEATH CHAMBER
Woman RecIuse Had $3.50 Cash
Inherited $4,000 From Parents

Investigation by the police and cor
oner's office today showed that Miss
Ida Basel, the recluse found dead at
844 North Ninth street, had inherited
$50 900 from her parents and had
S315O in the house with her at the time
of her death, although the appearance
of the place at first indicated she had
died in want.
In the six room house she occupied,
she had quantity of new furniture
which had never been taken from the
wrappings. The rooms were cluttered
with old newspapers.
Miss Basel had lived alone for years
and had been dead several deys when
her body was found.
Deputy Coroner Ward, who has
charge Of the coroner's investigation,
is trying to locate brother believed to
live in this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
BLOCK CROOKED INSURANCE
State Commissioner Tells Rotarlans
Office no Longer Is Political Adjunct

That the State Insurance Commits
sion is run as public benefit aud not
n political adjunct, was the assertion
of Thomas b. Donaldson, Insurance
Commissioner of Pennsylvania. today at
the Rotary Club luncheon in the Belle
vue Stratford.
"Since April, 1919, $4,000 applica-
tions were made for agents licenses to
sell insurance, the speaker told the
Rotarians, "and in order TO prevent
crookedness. complete questionnaires
must be filled out by all applicants.
Crooked insurance companies are
no longer noesible." :" he said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
LIQUOR AGENT HELD
New York Man Accused OF Selling
Valueless Certificates

Lewis Wolf, sixty years old, of New
York city, who says he represents the
United Distilling Co.. Inc. New York,
was held in $500 bail today by Mag
istrate Costello at his office, 44O6
Frankford avenue on a charge of sell
ing certificates represented to be worth
$1257 for five barrels of whisky which
have been delivered.
Wolf, who is known to saloonkeepers
as liquor agent. it is alleged. sold five
certificates to Charles German. who
conducts a saloon at Belgrade and
Clearield streets. These certificates
were supposed to be good for whisky
in bond. The certificates, it is said
are valueless.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-17
PACKERS OPEN SESSION
Trlstate Association convenes a
the Hotel Adelphla

The 'Tristnto Packers Association
held the first session of it's annual
meeting this afternoon at the Hotel
Adelphia. The convention will continue
tomorrow,
The address of welcome was made by
f. j. Cattell, city statistician. Other
speakers were William l.. Rice, of this
city; Array Davies. of Easton, Pa.
president of the National Wholesale
Groccrs' Association r. \. Oakley, of
Washington; s. Il. Haskell, of Wash o.
ington, and II. \. n. Daily, president
of the National Canned Food and Fruit
Brokers Association. A banquet will
be held this evening at g 80.