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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-16
THEATRES OFFER
NEW CONTRACTS

New York. Aug. Following a
peace mission undertaken by Il. Fl.
Sothern's trained band Of mcdiators
paved the way for break in the dead =
lock that has been turning Broadway for
a wrck into a theatrical No Man s
Land.
The Producing Managers Association
following a conference with Mr.. Soth =
ern's armistice commission, which dis +
claimed official connection with either
side, decided to offer to the striking
actors a contract modelled on the lines
of the Equity instrument.
1t was not to be called, however, the
contract Of the Actors Equity Associa
ton, which Samuel Untermyer, ap-
pointed chief counsel for the Equity.
had declared the actors were justified
in breaking during the strike because
the managers repudiated the arbitration
clause.
The managers resolved to offer sbs
olive branch of arbitration with boarC
which it was possible for the EouiFy
to help choose. =
Though no formal statement was is
sued by the T. NJ A. immediately after
the conference, Arthur Hopkins. who
has acted as herald for the managers
in many past statements. said that an
agreement had been reached in offer
ing to individual actors" contract
granting an eight performance week,
with extra performances paid for pre-
rata. Also, Mr.. Hopkins said, the
managers were willing to submit other
questions to arbitration by a joint
board, who would choose n neutral um
pire, each side selecting its own rep
rescntativCs.
"We'rc not offering this contract tc
striking actors" said Mr.. Hopkins
but to actors who are out of work u
would it be possible for the Equity
TO choose the actors representatives on
the arbitration board?" he was asked
by one of the publicity pundits.
"Whle l can't speak authoritatively
for the other managers Mr. Hopkins
said, "it is my personal opinion that
I think they would leave that matter
omen,
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WILSON FACETI0US
IN TALK OF TREATY
LaughingIy Suggests Sending
Lodge and Knox to Germany
to Write New Pact

Swsmpscott, Mass, Aug. 16.-tBy
A. P.)-"It will be a pretty tough job
for this country to negotiate a new
treaty with Germany, but that is just
what it will mean if the treaty before
the Senate is textually changed" !"
said Senator Hitchcock, administration
leader, today at his summer home here.
Instead of treaty imposed by mill
tary force" said the senator, I'VE shall
have to make such treaty as Ger
many is willing to sign, and we shall
lose the advantages of the imposed
treaty"
In discussing the situation with the
President yesterday. Senator Hitchcock
said this point was brought up, and the
President laughingly remarked he might
send Senators Lodge and Knox, chief
opponents of ratification, to Germany to
negotiate n new treaty.
"He said this the senator said,
by way of illustrating what a tough
job it would be-
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Ready
in Bank Arrest
Continued From Page One

not turning over to mo the so 900
securities which he returned to the
bank.
mir. Lafcan probably thought the
bank was solvent, hut he should have
told me about It,
"Rcgarding MIR Amber. can say
that we have testimony that ho did
'pcddle' insurance funds.
Mr.. Fisher said the state had plenty
of evidence to show that Amber had
tried to got loans from various other
banks in the state by "ppddling" the
big insurance funds as bait He
would offer to deposit the Insurance
funds in tho bank provided the bank
would lot him have personal loans,
Fisher said. He was refused and fin
ally landed at the North Penn.
Another important development in
the affairs Of the bank is statement
issued by James j. Boland. designated
as "thc big crook by state invcstiga
tors, in which hr shows how his loans
at the defunCt institution rose from
$1,000 to $115.0OO in two years, star
ing on an initial deposit of $4,000. They
reached a total Of $500 600
The statement is n remarkable docu-
mont, showing Just how loan after loan
was pyramided. the depositors in the
wrecked bank being the losers in each
case.
Finish Work Next Week
Appraisers working inside the bank
have announced that their work will be
completed early next week and the de
pOsitors and stockholders will be able
to obtain a definite idea of the assets
and liabilities of the institution.
Mr.. Schaffcr refused to say whether
the important arrest he referred to
was that of one of the 1.-TWO former
state officials Of which District At
torncy Rotan spoke during the week.
The only state officials who have been
referred to for negligence or irrcgulari-
ties during the probe are Charles A.
Amber, former Insurance commissioner.
and Daniel +. Iafcan, former banking
commissioner. Mr.. Amber yesterday
made an initial payment of $40 900 on
the $15J. 900 he owes the bank.
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SPEED UP CHICAGO
THEATRES SUIT
4ctors' Violation Of Armistice
Stirs Court TO Action

Chicago, Aug. 16.-(By A. PD-
Following a conference or attorneys
and principals today, Judge Walker
directed Master in Chancery Sigmund
Zeisler to proceed without further delay
the hearing of testimony and arguments
in the injunction suits filed in behalf
of the Chicago theatres against the
Equity Association of Actors and
Artists.
Efforts of Edward n. NoCkels, sec
retary of the Chicago Federation of
Labor. who is at present in charge of
the fight for the actors, to close two
more theatres. the Colonial and Woods,
in violation of the terms of the armi
stice, led to the appeal to Judge Walker
for relief.
Counsel for the theatres accused the
actors organization of bad faith and
insisted that the agreement to halt hos.
tilities pending a decision on the in =
junction suits be adhered to. The hear
ing before the master in chancery had
been set for next Monday morning.
Judge Walker ordered the stipulation
entered into by both sides several DAYS
ago to suspend further strike activities
pending the outcome of the Injunction
suits be made part of the record in
the case. Under this action actors who
strike in violation of this stipulation
may be prosecuted for contempt of court
and Ada Meade and Ann Warrington,
of the "Angel Face" company at
Colonial Theatre. who walked out last
night, will be required to return to
work.
Announcement from the Grand that a
new show would be put on means that
the striking actors in "a Prince There
Was" with Grant Mitchell st their
head, are out of jobs, no matter whether
the strike is settled or not.
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HALIFAX IS PREPARED
FOR PRINCE OF WALES
Heir Of George V Due There To-
morrow-To Attend Church ;
Aboard Ship
BOYISHNESS WINS PLAUDlTS
BY the Associated Press

Halifax, n. S.. Aug. .1G.-Elaboratr
preparations for the reception of tho
Prince of Wales. who is expected 70
reach here on board the cruiser Dragon
tomorrow. were completed today. The
official greetings Of the city and prov
ince will not be extended until Monday
but it is believed the royal visitor will
come ashore to view nearby places Of
interest Sunday afternoon.
Soon after his arrival the prince will
resume his quarters on board the bat
tleship Renown, on which he came over .
seas and which preceded him from
st. Johns, n. F. He will attend divine
service aboard that ship.
Prominent citizens from all parts ot
Canada have already come here for the
reception.
st. John, n. B.. Aug. 16.-The
Prince of Wales sailed from here for
Halifax at Z o'clock this morning on
the cruiser Dragon. The cruiser Daunt e
less also sailed as escort.
When the Prince of Wales set loot on
Canadian soil yesterday morning for the
first time, landing at St. John, the peo-
pie crowded every available foothold to
see him pass up the flag decked streets.
The princes boyishness and genuine
good nature won the hearts of the popu 70
lace and tremendous cheers went up.
He smiled bashfully in acknowledging
Al IL ,,rrriSaI hpi
welcomed so heartily.
Before the visitor landed crowds
continued to pack the streets. Men
and women thrilled as the gallant
Fighting Twenty sixth Canada 5
battered and torn unit that fought
in virtually every heavy battle on the
French front, swung around into po-
sition as a guard Of honor.
The scene on the quay was pictur
esque and stirring. With the soldiers
of the guard, had been gathered a grour
of school children in white, carrying
flags: As the prince stepped forth
these children let loose their cheering
with a will.
The grandstand in which they stood
became a futtering Mass of flags, anG
from this fire of color the cheering
spread until all the town seemed to be
swelling the shouting. 1t was raining
but no rain could dampen the enthu
siasm with which they sang God Bless
the Prince of Wales.'
Before the singing ended charming
maidens in white costumes and bearing
shields representing the provinces o.
Canada came forward and curtsied tC
the prince. and as they fell back tool
up position in an attractive group. i
was a delightful picture and there wa
no doubt about the princes pleasure
Then as the prince drove off the chill
dren gave vent TO their enthusiasm
again, and went on with it long aftc
he had disappeared from sight.
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ROBBERS DERAIL PAY TRAIN
Coaches Carrying $55,ooo Roll Into
Creek Near Punxsutawney

Punxsutawney, Pa, Aug. 16.-(By
A. PA daring attempt was made
to rob a pay train carrying 500, 900 in
gold and silver coin for employees Of the
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
Company's mine at Mccormick station,
near here. The train was derailed by
ties piled across the track on curve
and rolled down an embankment into
little Mahoning creek.
According to John Harrington. the
engineer, three men hiding in a cIump
of bushes near the obstruction started
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kilograms TO union leaders today and
expects to have answers from all be-
fore midnight. This is only one source
of revenue.
Wynn's View Of Strike
When il was suggested that the man
ayers might also be well equipped fnan-
cially to keep up the fight. Wynn said,
tion, including producers and financial
hackers. about fifty persons TO coun-
tersct our one million a week, obtained
Rt the rate of twenty five cents per
person, the managers would have to as
sess each of their members 500, 900 dol g..
lars weekly. In view of these figures,
who will last the longcst?"
Contributions amounting to nearly
$40 900 were received today by the &C
tors association from various sources
OF these. $4,000 was given by actors
themselves.
The Los Angeles. Calf. Stagehands
Local sent $1,000. It was accompanied
with the following message. stage
hands locals all over the country are
ready for the call"
Chorus Girl Typists
The Equity Associations hradquar
tors, incidentally, resembles the main
office of big commercial house. Pretty
chorus girls, many of whom have had
| experience as stCnographcrs, are click
| ing out letters by the hundred.
The Producing Managers Associa
! tion issued statement, it is said, to the
effect that the striking actors only rep
resented those OF minority standing or
! the stage.
In reply to this, the actors gave ou
partial list of the strikers on whicl
were the names of DGWolf Hopper
Ethel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Et
Wynn. Blanche Ring, Lionel Barry
more, Sam Bernard, Frank Fay, Harr!
Fox. Frank Tinncy. Johnny Doolcy
Eddie Cantor, Ray Dooley and other
of similar standing.
Actors to Parade Monday
Plans for the parade of the strik
! ing th"spians. which takes place mex
Monday afternoon, are rapidly round
! ing into shape.
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for the scene, but when they saw Deputy
Herbert Gungey, of Dubois, emerge
from one Of the cars with squad Of
ex soldiers who were guarding the
money. they fled in = waiting automo- .
bile
The train. which comprised two eI-
press cars and n passenger coach.
alightcd in the crock without overturn
ing Terry Dolby, of Dubois, fireman.
was injured. but the rest of the per
sons on the train were unhurt.
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OLD SHIPYARD WORKER DIES
Dad" Higbee, Of kensineton, Falls
Dead

William F. IIcigbcc, sixty years old.
better known in the old Kcnsington dis
trict as Dad" Hcigbcc. fell dead on
the street today in front of a cigar
store at $50 Fast Girard avenue. He
was one of the veteran employees at
Cramps shipyard. He lived at 4O2
East Girard avenue. His death is at
tributed to heart disease.
Detective Sheckler. of the Girard
and Montgomery avenues police station,
was turning the corner to have his
usual morning chat with Heigbec when
he saw the man leap forward in his
chair and fall to the ground. lie
was taken to st. Mury's Hospital where
he was pronounced dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-16
INDIANA MAYOR MEDIATES
Tries to End Strike Of 1000 steel Car
Men at Hammond

Hammond, Ind, Aug, 16.-(By A.
PD-Mayor Donald Brown today acted
as mediator in an effort to settle the
strike of 1000 employees of the Stand e
ard Steel Car Company, which yes
terdny resulted in the local authorities
calling on Governor Goodrich TO hold
state troops in readiness for strike
duty here.
The strikers demand higher wages
and a closed shop, Recently the com :
papS annoanced that wages would be
cut TO pre- war basis and the men
wsiked out
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Million Weekly
for Idle Actors

Continued From Page One
shouts of You're right. We'n stand
by you"
Come down here every day and we
won't have to go to the show" said n
broker, who was evidently a first
nighter.
"You can just bet we WILL" said
Gladys.
Kate ClaXton Wins Applause
A storm of applause greeted the ven
cradle Kate Claxton, whose name was
for years a household word A hush
fell over the crowd as she spoke. Tears
glistened in the eyes of many as she
reviewed the fight of the actor. Force
was given her argument for the reason
that she did not speak vindctively. She
spoke in the kindest terms of the man
ayers, and expressed the belief that
they would see the justive of the claim
made by the men and women of the
stage.
The sentiment of Wall street is a
sample of that all along the business
artery of Broadway to Sixty fifth
street.
Looking at the controversy from an
unbiased standpoint, any one who bases
opinions on results will say that the
actors have the edge on the managers.
Birds Eye View Of Broadway
Here is a brief glance of the situa
ton at the present status of the strike ::
Eleven Broadway shows have closed.
A few productions are playing with
patched up casts.
The Actors Equity Association has
increased in membership from 1000 to
6OOO since the strike started. Three
thousand of these were at the actors
meeting at Hotel Astor.
Two new shows of Broadway pro-
ducers, scheduled to appear at out Of
town places for try outs, failed to
open.
Twenty thousand soldiers of camps
near New York and many philanthropic
organizations have promised to support
the actors and are already helping.
Scores of business concerns in the
theatrical district have agreed to give
the actors 10 per cent of their gross
receipts weekly.
Several persons, including authors,
WIZ scent slim royalties, appointed
themselves mediators in the present
controversy and asked the managers to
meet representatives of the Actors
Equity Association. This gave rise to
the rumor that the actors were seeking
a compromise.
No Thought Of Compromise
incidentally, the we'll meaning au-
thors only befuddled matters. Officials
of the actors organization declared that
no one had been authorized to represent
them in any so-called mediation pro-
ceedings.
The big response of organized labor
in the actors strike was due largely
to the efforts of Ed Wynn, the star of
many Broadway productions.
In an exclusive statement to a rep
restative of the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER, Wynn announced that the
American Federation of Labor was ar
ranging a plan through which one mil.
lion dollars would be paid to the ac-
tors weekly during the strike.
This will be done" said Wynn, "by
assessing members twenty five cents
weekly, ! received exactly ISL tsle-
grams youchiug support from unions in
an tarts Of the country. sent gut 2l2
~
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YOUTH IS ARRESTED
IN LAKE TRAGEDY
Trousers Found Knotted To-
gether; Says He Kicked Them
OF While Swimming
GIRLS BODY IS SOUGHT

ithaca. Aug. 16.-Whilc Donald w
Fcthcr. twenty one years old. Of Los
Angeles, Cornell sophomore, was dc
tanned in the county Jail here yesterday
without bail on the charge Of murder in
the first degree. grapplcrs dragged Ca
yuga lake all day TO find the body Of
Miss Hazel GRANGE. eighteen. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward CranCc. Of
this city, whom Fethcr is accused of
having killed.
Today the dragging was resumed.
The grapplcrs nrN at work near tho
spot whore late Thursday the trousers
worn by Fethcr on the night when the
canoe in which Miss CranCp and he had
set out on the lakc was capsized and
Fcthor says the "oung woman disap-
pcarcd.
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Election Officer Petitions Filed

Many petitions for election officers
were filed today, Petitions for the
higher Offices will be filed on Monday,
when it is expected the full Ware slate
will be announced. Tuesday is the last
day in Which petitions may be filed.
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EXPELS
BRITISH DIPLOMAT
Act Considered RetaIiatory for
Refusal Of Recognition by
English Government
CALLED TO U. S. ATTENTION

Washington, Aug. 16. - William
Cummings, British charge d'archivcs in
the city Of Mexico. has been ordered
I" leave the country by President Car
rama
While not specifically stated in tho
dispatches from the Mexican capital.
which have reached Washington. it was
understood that Carranza s action rc-
suited from the statement recently
made in the House of Commons by tho
British under secretary of state. that
Great Britain had not recognized the
'arrnn2a government and would not do
So until there was some guarantee that
the Mexican Co crnment was able and
willing to protect the lives and prop
critics Of Britis,, citizens in Mexico.
Act Called to L. S. Attention
Charge Lindsay. Of the British cm
bassy, brought the matter to the at
tention of Secretary Lansing today. II
IS understood that there is nothing to
be done except acQuicsCe in the decree
of expulsion, as Mr.. Cummings has no
othrial status in the diplomatic sense
and consequently cannot claim cxcmp-
tion.
It is believed in official quarters. how
over. that the incident is certain to
have marked effect on the policy which
the British Government will follow to-
ward Mexico.
It is expected that in the absence Of
any official representation in the Mexi-
can capital, the British Government vii
tor the present at least have recourse
t0 tho good Offices of the United States
or France to look after the extensive
British interests in that country.
Personal Fried OF Carranza
Great Britain has not had an official
diplomatic representative in Mexico
since Mr.. Hohler, who had been acting
as charge. was withdrawn soon after
Carranze assumed office ss president.
When Mr.. Hohler departed the affairs
of the British legation were left in the
hands of Mr.. Cummings. He was not
to act as minister in any sense, but was
simply to care for the archives and other
properties.
Mr.. Cummings, however. had been for
many years a resident of Mexico and
numbered Carranza himself among his
personal friends. Thus he was able In
a personal way to intcrcede often with
the Mexican president TO secure protcc-
tion for British citizens when they were
endangered by the revolutionary move
mCnt
In addition, he kept his own gov
Crnmcnt informed of the developments
in Mexico and, acting solely as n me
dunn of communication without official
authority, delivered protests against the
mistreatment of British individuals and
corporations wherever these seemed tc
be necessary.
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Service Mems Meet Postponed

Hammonton. ~. j., Aug, i0,--The inter
county held meet for service mcn and others
has been postponed until SATURDAY, afternoon
next, due 70 the poor condition OF the track
caused ~ hsaa1 raanA.
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SHIP BLOCKS SUEz CANAL
italian Cruiser 5asiIicata Goes Down
After Explosion

London, Aug, 16.-CBy A. P.)-The
Suez canal has been blocked BY the
sinking of the Italian cruiser Basilicata
after an explosion. according to ad-
vices from Fort Said Ths cruiser SANG
near .Tewtik.
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Trousers Cah7n Of Arrest

irOUSerS ah7a Ot Arrest
The trousers furnished the evidence
on which Sheriff Charles Green sworc
out the warrant for Fcther'S arrest on
the charge of murder. When brought
to the surface they were found turned
inside out and tied in one loop knot
little above the knee. On the night
Of the accident and subsequently at
John Doe inquiry, held on July %,
to discover more facts about the aCci
dent, Fcther maintained that he had
kicked off his trousers in order to swim
more easily.
He could not, he says. kick off his
shoes, which arc No. 8 size, but he
did manage TO kick his trousers over
the shoes, feat which he claimed a
good swimmer, as he says he is. can
accomplish. though with difficulty. The
officials regarded the finding OF the
trousers turned inside out as significant,
and the fact that they were knotted also
is considered as damaging evidence
against the young man.
While not stating their theory OF
the alleged crime or the motive for it,
District Attorney Arthur G.. Adams and
the sheriff believe that if the girl was
actually murdered, instead of drowned,
ms Fethcr maintains, she may have
been strangled. When the grapplers
caught hold of Fether's trousers they
thought that they had located the body,
Thought Body Located
They say that when the lines were
being pulled up the load on the hooks
was quito heavy, but that when the
hooks were within n dozen feet of the
surface the load lightcned perceptibly
suggesting to them that the trousers
may have been fastened about the girls
neck or body. which slipped out OF
the moose under the strain of the pull
The details of the disappearance of
Miss GRANGE are as follows:
Hazel Crance and Fethcr, with three
other Cornell students and three girl
friends of Miss GRANGE, went down the
lake to attend a dance at the Glcnwood
Hotel, about three miles north of this
city, on the night of Saturday, July
| 10. Fether, according to his own and
the girls friends story, had knowr
Miss Crance only few days.
At Glenwood Fether and two stu =
dent companions between them drank
two thirds of quart bottle of whis
ky, but the young man denies that he
was drunk and there is no evidence
that he appeared to be intoxicated
About 10 o'clock Fether and the girl left
the dance hall and that was the last
seen of her.
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Kansas City. Mo-. Aug. 16.-(By A.
PD-The seizure of $4,000 pounds of
beans, said by federal authorities to
have been stored here throughout the
war, was ordered today by District At
torney Francis NJ. Wilson.