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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
WRECKED BANK CASE
GOING TO GRAND JURY
Indictments Of Strang, Michel
and GabeII, Officers and Direc-
tors, Will Be Asked

Indictments will be asked of the
September grand jury in the cases of
ElwooG II. Strung. former paying
teller of the North Penn Bank; Louis
Fl. Michel. baker and former president
Of the bank; and William T. Gabell,
director clerk. Ralph T. Meyer. former
cashier. has already been indicted.
The cases of Charles A Ambler. for
mer insurance commissioner. and Dan
iel +. Lafcan. former banking com
missioner, are to be presented to the
October grand jury.
Frank X. Hardt and Samuel II.
Barker. appraisers appointed to sChed-
ule the assets of the wrecked bank
are expected to file their report in the
office of the prothonotary tomorrow or
Saturday. Depositors and the public
are looking forward with interest to the
publication of the schedule of assets,
which will show how many cents on
collar creditors of the bank may rca-
sonably hope to receive.
Depositors of the North Penn Bank
will hold n meeting tomorrow night at
Yonah Hall. 2727 Columbia avenue. at
which time they hope to have informa-
tion from Deputy Attorney General
Fred Taylor Pusey indicative of the
return they may expect on their de-
posits.
Five motorcars. in which Elwood II.
Straug and Walter E. Coliesh were
interested. will be sold at auction Fri
day morning, September 10. at the
Glpnwood garage, 2S2S Fletcher street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
DEMOCRATIC FIGHT
LOOMS INTO VIEW
Harry Westcott and Congress-
man Donohoe Contend for
Mayoralty Nomination
900 VOTES REGISTERED

With interest ccntered on the fight for
the Republican mayoralty nomination
the contest in the Democratic ranks has
the voters.
Harry d. Wcscott. son Of former
Judge Wescott, Of New Jersey, and
former Congressman Michael Donohoe
are contcnders for the honor Of leading
the Democratic ticket Mt the November
election.
Westcott has the backing Of the lead =
ers affiliated with the Democratic city
committee who acknowledge the leader =
ship of Charles =. Donnelly. Mr..
Donohoe is supported by the same com
bination of leaders that supported
Municipal Judge Bonniwell in his sue
cessful campaign for the Democratic
gubcrnatorial nomination last year.
Leaders affiliated with the Demo
cratic city committee which has been
recognized by the Palmer Mccormick
regime in the state and is therefore
supported by the small army Of federal
officpholdcrs in the city, are confident
Westcott will be nominated
Friends of Judge Bonniwell take the
opposite view, but arc not making pre-
diCtiOnS.
Approximately 81 900 Democratic
voters have been enrolled on the three
registration days. A greater number of
Democrats are said TO have changed
their enrolment to Republican in order
to get in on the warm contest now rag
ing Within the majority party's ranks.
"Thc voters enrolled as Democrats
are real Democrats" said City Chair
man Edgar W. Lank today.
They are the Jacksonian brand who
stick to the party through thick and
thin.
Mr.. Lank is understood to favor the
nomination of Mr.. Wescott, but de-
clincs to commit himself because of his
position as city chairman.
ANY Democrat has the right to run
for Office" is the way he sums up the
Former Public Service Com
missioner Michael J. Ryan is said to be
one of the strong men behind the at
tempt to nominate Mr.. Donohoc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
PERSHING DATE BOOK
REVEALS BUSY DAY

New York, Sept. 11.-(By A. P.)-
General Pershing's last day in New
York as the guest of the city found
him on the move from early morning,
with every hour set aside on his pro
gram in a round of visits. roccntions md
luncheons, to terminate tonight with a
mass meeting of the American Legion
in Madison Square Garden.
The generals morning schedule in =
cluded a visit to friend on Long
Island, n call at the Pershing Club
for former soldiers, meeting of sol
diers. sailors and marines at the Hall
of States and Rotary Club luncheon.
In order to answer n few of the
hundreds of pressing messages and let
ters that have clogged the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel mail system for the last
three days, he planned to spend the en-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
U. S. CLOSES HOTEL BAR
Proprietor and Bartender Held for
AlIeqed Sale Of Whisky

Sale of whisky under the guise of
nonalcoholic cocktails is the charge
made by Department of Justice agents
against the Windsor Hotel, 1929 Fill
bert street. They closed the hotel bar
and arrested the proprietor and bar
tender.
Samuel Krekstein. proprietor, and
William Gormley. bartender are both
alleged to have sold the camouflaged
whisky. Department of Justice Agents
Mallctt and Tevis. visited the hotel bar
TO obtain evidence.
They declare Gormley went into the
cellar and brought up n demijohn, Ia
belcd "Nonalcoholic Cocktails. DC :"
Tevis bought glass.
According to the agents, there were
many glasses already filled behind the
bar, so that it would not have to be
poured out in sight of the buyer.
Krpkstein and Gormley were ar
raigned before United States Commis.
sioner Manley today and held in $1,000
bail each.
Two arrests were made by federal
agents last night in raid upon saloon
keepers in Manayunk accused of violat-
ing the wartime prohibition act The
men held were Frederick Brugger, bar
tender, and James j. Cunnie, proprie-
tor Of a saloon at III Levering avenue,
and John II. EiChman, proprietor. and
Gus Walsh, bartender, Of a saloon at
44O4 Cressona avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
KNIGHTS TO SEAT
OFFICERS TODAY
Installation Will Conclude 34th
Triennial ConcIave Gathered
in Sessions Here
SEATTLE NEXT, IS BELIEF


installation OF othc"rs Tor tho on
suing three years will conclude the tri -
cnnial conclavc Of the grand cncomr.
mcnt Enights Tou,lar of ,hc r.ritod
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AFTERNOON IN '"rinthiah Han Masonic
Temple. whore the cnCampmCnt has been
in secret session since Tuesday.
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'e'oS Ice stewart smith, or llttSourgh'
in the grand masters office.
An animated contest is expected over
tho scIc,tior of Grand irrior uo-
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Tor III the success ION I" inc grand mas
ter chair. Tho candidates proposed
arc William l.. sharp. Chicago. grand
standard bcaror and Fronk I, \,orc
Mas. grand sword hoarcr
The Rev. William W. Younsson.
Portland. Orc grand prelote. Henrv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
SHIP CAPTAIN MURDERED?
Negro Crew Suspected of Killing
Skipper Of Wrecked Vessel

Wilmington, n. c., Sept. 11.-(By
\. PD-The seven negro members of
the crew of the schooner William II.
Sumner. which ran aground off Top
sail inlet Sunday night. while en- route
from Porto Rico to New York. will
be served with federal warrants today
charging murder Of the vessels cap
tain, Robert NJ. Cochrane.
Following the story of the negro
mate, Charles Lacey. that the young
skipper committed suicide, because of
desponGcncy over the disaster to the
vessel on his initial trip as commander,
federal and county authorities started
an investigation. Peculiar circum
stances surrounding the affair aroused
suspicion, and the authorities say they
believe they have sufficient circumstan
tial evidence to hold the negro crew
on charges of murder
Tho stranded vessel is a complete
wreck. 1t is believed a part of the
cargo of phosphate rock and valuable
furniture wood can be salvaged.
New York. Sept. 11.-(By A. P.)-
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board
of directors of the United States Steel
Corporation, declined tomake any state
ment today in respect tothe threatened
strike of steel workers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
ECONOMY Ak HITS
APPROPRIATIONS
Federal Department Funds Re-
duced Two-Thirds by Bill
Facing House
NAVY YARD FORCES CUT

Washington. Sept ll.-The House
appropriations committee swung the ak
of economy hard on practically all gov
crnmont departments asking deficiency
funds today. and reported a bill giving
loss than third of the total asked.
Attorney General Palmer. however
got all he asked for hunting profitcerS
aud hoardprs and enforcing war time
prohibition. The Attorney General told
tho committee he expected to spend
$50, 900 day on the food campaign
alone.
Navy yard workers will feel the cf-
fccts of the cut. and it was said many
thousands would have to be discharged
slowly. Committccmpn declared their
action was a notice for increased cffi
cheney, declaring the yards are only 81
per cent as efficient as in the pre- war
period.
Increase of $2.OOOOO0 for extension
of information services in the labor,
commerce and agriculture departments
were denied.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
TEMPLAR CHIEF HONORED
Pennsylvania commandery Holds
Reception for Grand Master

\ brilliant event in the Knights
Templar program was the reception
given by tho grand commnndcry of the
state Of PENNSYLVANIA last night in honor
of the grand master. Lee Stewart
Smith in the ballroom of the Bellevue
Stratford. Officers and members of tho
grand cnrampmont of the United States
and distinguished guests from foreign
jurisdictions were simultaneously re-
ccivcd in rooms adjoining the ballroom
of the hotel.
Banners and floral decorations made
n colorful background for the throng of
picturesque uniformed knights aud beau
tifully gowncd ladies who attended the
reception. Notwithstanding the gran
dpur of the occasion. the prevailing
black and white was duly impressive and
significant of the sacred purpose and
ideals of the Knights Tcmplar.
The grand communicates of Ohio.
Illinois and Indiana sang their rcspec-
tive state songs. thus adding consider
ably to the fraternal atmosphere of the
evening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
TEMPLAR PRELATE FLIES
Portland Minister Says Experience
LIS Greatest Of His Life

The Rev W. Wallace Youngson. Of
Portland. Ore. grand prelate of the
grand encampment. Knights Templar,
made his first flight in an airplane to-
day from the aviation field at Island
road and Elmwood avenue. The pilot
was y. S. Johnston. former army
lcr.
The machine. after rising above the
heavy clouds. few to Hog Island. to
North Philadelphia and back. When
the clergyman again stepped upon solid
earth. he said:
In my life have had many in
teresting experiences, but this has been
the most interesting of all. II I had
the power to lift the hearts of men
above the clouds of life into the higher
regions above, as this aviator has lifted
me. would indeed by happy"
Mr.. Youngson' father is past grand
commander of the grand comman ndery of
Pennsylvania, Knights Tomplar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
WAITING TO ENROLL.
! AGED MAN FA|NTS.
John Pidgon, 80 Years Old, OF
Germantown, CoIlapses in
City Hall
BETTER FACILITIES ASKED

An eighty three year old man col.
lspsed today while standing in line in
City Hall awaiting his turn to get on
the registry liats. lie is John PidGon'
a resident Of Germantown.
Crowds lined the sixth floor corridor
when the Offices Of the registration com
mission were oncncd As the day wore
on the crowds became larger.
When tho commissioners suspended
the work Of registering voters and went
into executive session to determine Sen
ntor Wares right to vote thcrc was a
long delay.
The crowd remained in line, and it
was then that Pidgon became exhausted
and collapsed.
Among the prominent persons who
registered today were Bishop Garland,
of the Episcopal Church: tho Rcv. l.
J. Joyce Moore. rector Of St Andrew S
Church. Eighth and Spruc" streets
DR.. W. w. Keen. surgeon; Frank II.
Morris. real estate dealer, and Soma
tor George Woodward.
Senator Woodward returned 70 tho
city from WyominG where he has been
spending the summer on ranch.
The county commissioners were asked
today to provide adequate election facil-
tiles to take care of the heavy rcgistra
tion.
Owen J. Roberts and Claude l.. Roth
headed Il delegation of attorneys from
the Moore campaign committee. who
presented the matter.
They asked that the law be com
piled with in providing one polling booth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

tire afternoon with his secretary and a
stenographer. .
At 730 p. m. he will start for
the American Legion mass meeting.
Fourteen thousand veterans are ex-
pected to attend. Acceptances have
been received from Pennsylvania. New
Jersey. Illinois, Louisiana, Kentucky,
Arizona, Vermont, Massachusetts, Con-
necticut and Maine. Members Of the
Legion will be seated before s p. M,
after which the Garden will be open
to the public.
General Pershing and his staff will
attend a theatre later in the evening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
Today Is Your Last Chance!
Register! Register! Register!

If you fail to register today you
cannot vote.
This is your last chance.
Registration commissioners will
sit in City Hall from o a. m. to
noon, and from ] to 4 p. m.
If you have failed to qualify this
is your last opportunity to prevent
your friends from calling you a
Stacker.
Don't be a Stacker
Be a citizen!
You may buy poll tax or show
property receipt tax in the commits
sioners' office.
Remember-Room $50, east corri-
dor, City Hall.
Go there today and save your
vote,
Register! Register! Register!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
HUSBAND CAUSES ARRESTS
ForaIves Wife, but Baltimore Man
Said to Have Deserted Family Held

ForsIves Wife, but Baltimore Man
Said to Have Deserted Family Held
A woman charged with having de
serted her husband and eight month old
baby and a man alleged to have for
saken his wife and two little children
were arrested today in Camden. The
arrests were caused by the woman $
husband. William Butterworth, of Bal
tlmOre.
Ruttcrworth told the Camden police
that when his wife, Mrs. Margie But
trrworth. who is only eighteen years
old. ran away he could learn nothing of
what had become of her until David
Neary. the man who was arrested with
her. wrote a letter to Baltimore plead e
ing with his wife to take him back.
Mrs. Neary showed the letter to But
terworth. and he hurried to Camden,
Neary is a painter. twenty six years
old. and lives in Baltimore. His chill
dren are two and four years old.
Butterworth is a printer at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. He forgave his
wife after causing her arrest, and she
returned with him to Baltimore. Neary
was held in $500 bail to await the ac
ton of the Camden county grand jury.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
SLAIN PAYMASTER BURIED
Hundreds Of Friends Attend Funeral
In italian Section

The funeral of Anthony Alfe, the
paymaster who was murdered last week
by a gang of highwaymon, was held
today from his home. 51I Queen street
Mass was celebrated at st. Mary
MagdaIen De Pazzi's Church Montrose
street above Seventh. The floral de-
signs filed three automobiles. Mem.
bers of the Sons of Italy and the
Philadelphia Lodge Of Moose attended
tho frunral.
Three men have been arrested charged
with the murder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
PERSH|NG Invited
HERE VICTORY DAY
FraternaI Organizations Want
General to Review Parade
October II
10000 TO PARTICIPATE
Pershing Sympathises
With Mrs. Roosevelt

Oyster Bay, n. Y, Sept. IL
by A. P.)-General Pershing paid
a brief visit to Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt at Sycamore Hill this morning.
He expressed deep sympathy with
Mrs. Roosevelt not only in the loss
Of her husband. but in that Of her
son Quentin during the war. He
did not have time to visit Colonel
Roosevelt's grave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
BIG WOOL SALE TODAY
100000 Pounds at Auction In
Manufacturers Club

The first wool sale to be conducted in
Philadelphia. outside the government
sales, will be held this afternoon at
the Manufacturers Club. Horace Bull
lock. chairman in charge of the auction,
said it was attracting unusual interest,
and probably other such auctions would
be held later.
Nearly three million pounds will be
offered for sale. 1t is on view at the
various firms who are offering it. The
offerings include about 900. 900 pounds
of territory wool 500. 900 pounds of
fleece, 235 900 pounds of foreign, $50, =
600 pounds of secured, 10000 pounds
of pulled, 100000 pounds of noils, IA, =
600 pounds of tops and 80, 900 pounds
Of garnetted wool.
Rules of the sale will be virtually the
same as those of the government sales
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
BRICKLAYERS ON JOB
Ten GO TO Work at Hospital to
Install Boilers

Ten "bosses" of the job of installing
two boilers at the Polytechnic Hospital
will go to work at the job themselves
today so that the bricklayers' strike will
not interfere in the hospital activities.
Officials at the hospital say the work
of getting the two boilers up and in
operation is so vital they will be unable
to receive other patients until the boil
ers are in shape.
Bricklayers who were employed to
"set up'' the boilers quit the job when
their union called strike for more
pay -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
REPORT 3 AMERICANS CAPTIVE

Washington, Sept. ll.-(By A, PD
The American embassy at Mexico City
is investigating an unconfrmed report
that three Americans, including two
named Johns and Ferguson, of Tam
pico. were captured by bandits who
blew up a train between San Luis Po-
tosi and Tanpico.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

DRAFFAN.-sept, 10, GRACE J. dauS6.
ter Of Mary and the late George L.
Rranan; Due notice Of funeral will be given
54th st. y -
PORCH Sept. IL. EMMA D.. wtqAw of
Captain Enoch and Ellie Brook NtRtlves
and friends INVITED to funeral servicev v'Sun.
law, Thomas B, Loyett. s25 S. Nth ST.
Int. Mon. Y o'clock In Broad ST. 4rem.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
WIrnlUso Strike Leaders Released

Winnipeg. Sept. 11.-(By 4. P.l-
Eight strike leaders who have been i'm
prisoned here for the last twenty six
DAYS pending their trial on charges OF
keditious conspiracy were released on
$4,000 bail each, fixed BY Chief Justice
Alalhers. ..-.-..-...-....-..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
Pershing Welcome
Plans Are Complete
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delphia station. and all along the line
which will be followed by the Pershing
party.
With Governor Sproul and the Mayor
in the welcoming party at the station
will be a delegation of councilmen
headed by Isaac Hetzell. There will
also be citizens committee.
At Independence Hall, besides max
ing an address, General Pershing will
inspect the State House and the Liberty
Bell, and he will plant tree in the
Square, near one planted by General
Grant.
At the Union League General Per-
shing will be received by former Gov
ernor Stuart. AS the soldier steps out
on the clubhouse balcony to make his
second address, the "Star Spangled
Banner" will be sung.
Tomorrow. during the two and one
half hours of the generals visit, will
be observed generally as a holiday.
$1,000 Children Get Tickets
Schools will be closed. Fifteen thou
sand tickets for seats in the Parkway
grandstand to see General PeTshng pass
have been distributed among elementary
school children.
The tickets were placed in the hands
of the nine divisional superintendent
this morning for distribution.
As there are tickets enough for only
one fifth of the number of school chill
dren, Superintendent CARRIER decided
that they should be distributed only
among the pupils in the elementary
schools, because they were older than
the primary school children and more
able to take care of themselves in the
crowd.
Women Workers Assigned
Workers in the Southern Chapter.
American Red Cross, will occupy the
stand around which the generals pro-
cession will pass from Spring Garden
street into the Parkway.
On the opposite side of Spring Gar
den street, members of the National
League for Women's Service, the Emer-
gency Aid and the Pennsylvania So
ciety of Colonial Danes will be seated
in a stand.
Distribution of tickets for this stand
is being made upon personal applica-
tion at the Emergency Aid heGdquart
ters, 142S Walnut street, for Emergency
Aid workers and their friends.
For members and friends of the Ma
tional League for Woman's Service and
the Colonial Danes tickets are distrib-
uted at 1903 Walnut street. 100 West
Chelten avenue, Germantown, and the
Community House, Germantown ave-
nue, Chestnut Hill.
$1,000 Veterans in Crowd
Approximately $4,000 war veterans,
members of the Philadelphia County
Branch of the American Legion, will
be in the crowds which will welcome
Americas premier soldier.
Boy Scouts will take prominent
part in the days festivities. Five hun
dred of them will form at 8 80 o'clock
between Fifth and Sixth streets on
Chestnut. to serve as a guard of honor
for General Pershing.
The boys will form line on both
side of Chestnut street each line will
be made up of $50 scouts. LIE Roy 8,
Bishop, assistant scout executive will
have charge.
The boys will be picked scouts from
every troop in the citq Two scouts
will be chosen from each troop. They
will carry American flags given them
by the Daughters of the American Rev :
olution.