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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
NORTH Penn ROADS
-. STILL |MPASSABLE.
Snowdrifts Several Feet Deep
Block Lincoln, William Penn
and Other Highways
FREEZE ARRESTS FLOODS

Highways through counties north and
west Of here are still impassable, due to
heavy snowfalls of Friday and Satur-
DAY. In some places Snowdrifts have
reached two and three feet. and it will
be several days before the roads are
opened for normal traffic. according to
reports today.
The snawfall here was four and a
half inches, but in many places up
state was three and four times this
figure. Reports from the Harrisburg
weather bureal indicate snowfall Of
foot and half in some places in
Berks county.
Many spots on the Lincoln and Will
liam Penn highways are impossible. the
weather bureau here announced. The
worst Of these on the Lincoln thorough
fare are in Bucks. York and Cumber-
land counties. and along the William
Tenn highway in Lehigh and Montgom.
cry counties.
Freezing temperature yesterday ar
rested the foods which caused consider
able damage and Inconvenience through
out Pennsylvania Friday and Saturday.
The highest point registered by the mer-
curry yesterday was 80 degrees at 3
o'clock.
Today at 10 o'clock /. was 23 degrees
and at II il was 20. Indications were
for a gradual rise until this afternoon
when the Weather Bureau expected
temperature OF 35 to be reached.
Prediction for fair weather tonight
and Tuesday was announced 1t will be
warmer tomorrow with moderate west
and southwest winds.
Persons in this section we're still
laboring today in an effort to repair the
damage of the wind, snow and floods of
the week end.
More. than two feet Of mud was left
in the Easements Of textile mills alorg
the Schpylkill, and large gangs Of work
ers toiled all night getting the engine
rooms In condition to resume operation
this morning.
River road. which runs along the front
Of the twenty houses In Reyner's row.
on the west side Of thc Schuylklll river.
was left impassable to traffic BY the
waters, which jammed the
street with piles Of ice, timber. tiprootcd
trees and other debris. Nixon street.
on the east side of Reyner's row, was
also blocked by the fotsnm and jctsam
of the food, and trucks of the philadel-
nhia Paper Mills and the Nixon Paper
Mill were unable to get TO or from the
mills.
Albert Rcyncr, owner of Reyncr's
row. allowed every tenant month
rent for damage occhsioned by the flood.
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SECOND BANKRUPTCY ASKED
Action Nov Instituted Against ollu
a., Fihney In Person

\ onsthe'heels OF a Similar action"ta ken
asainst the company of which he was
president. three creditors today fled
proceedings in. the United States Dis
ttrict' Court to have Olih Finnqy. of
Bethayres, Pa. adiudsed an involuntary
bankrupt. Finney's commercial broker
age concern, Qlin Tinncy 4 Co.. Inc,
which had had Offices In the Real Estate
Trust Building, was petitioned into
Bankruptcy last Friday.
The proceedings today are against
Finney personally and were instituted
BY James y. Remsen. who obtained n
Judgment for Sis, ,207 40 against Fin.
ney in. the New York State Supreme
Court. on December 16 last, Charles
Du Bree, who holds three demand notes
Of Finney's for s1025. and Charles Il.
Hunziker. who holds a similar obliga
zion for $4,000. The bankruptcy suit is
based upon an admission of insolvency
made by Finney last Wednesday. Coun-
sel for the petitioning creditors is
Joseph Carson.
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Supreme Court Decisions
The following is list of the decisions
handed down today by the Supreme

The following is a list of the decisions
handed down today by the Supreme
Court
Per curiam--Eohl ct al vs.. Keper &c. P.
Allegheny. Judgment affirmed
Miller ys. Post Publishing Co. &C. P
AIleEhenyl. Judgment affirmed
r. No. 1. Philadelphia Appeai ausshsd
BisbinRs estate 20. c. ChCster). Appeal
dismissed at appellants costs
Silver vs.. Edelstein &C. P, Chester.
Judgment affirmed.
Chew ct Al vs. Chew &c. p. Delaware
Judgment affirmed
De Wits estate 20, G., LycominEl Ap-
peal dismissed at appellants costs
Rambo's estate 20. G., montgomery. Ap-
peal dsTnissed at appellants costs.
FomeryO. Appeal dismissed at appellant s
Ambrose vs.. Coke Pros & Co. &c. p,
! ~ chisf Justice Brown;
3 Commonwealth vs. Smith, Mayor, et al
g.. +. No, g. Philadephia). Decree affirmed
a. costs of apbellAntB
nv Justice MoRchEiskSr.
Whitney ct al W. Bnrouah OF Jersey Shore
&C. r., LycofnlnEl Decree affirmed,
by Justies Wallihgi
QomRonveslth W Ross %. and r., Al.
ts.s1snya ,nS Jsasmsnt az reyerSsd and Vsniro
BY Justice kephart:
Qpalp Va, Stewart Co, &c. p. No. 4. Pha-
deinhno Judsment Affirmed
Honmsn ". qemshl st 81 &C.. p. ne. o,
ehusdsipbtp. judgmsnt KffirmsA :.
f..A41t ~ ~HNf .sfrT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
NEW ENGLAND BREAKS
ITS FETTERS Of SNOW
Volunteers Aid Railroads in Lift
ing Blockade --Freshet
Threatens Central Penna.

Boston, March S.-(By 4. P.D-
Railroads, industries and community
volunteers combined efforts again today
to restore the passenger and freight
transportation facilities that were cut
of ~ northern New England by the
STORM Saturday. a digging out" hol-
and scores of Industries diverted the
energies cf their employees to the swing
ing OF picks and shovels over railroad
ties.
Tho situation in Maine. New Hamp-
shire and Vermont was the most serious
in many years. Hundreds Of passengers
were marooned In small cities and towns
where trans had been stalled since Sat
ur1aY night, and in some places the
feeding Of these refugees became a spri-
ous problem.
The mountain division Of the Boston
End Maine remained blocked by n mass
the T.Caks OF the White Mountains and
buried the tracks forty feet deep.
Harrisburg. Pa, March S.--(By A.
P.)--The breaking OF Ice in tho west
and north branches of the SuSnuehanna
and the opening of the Juniata river
between Lewistown and Drncannon
have been reported TO tho State Water
Supply Commission. Serious foods in
this section are possible as the river
here and below shows no signs OF break
irg up:
At Duncannon property damage OF
several thousand dollars was caused
Saturday. when the ice moved out on
the Juniata river. A gorge thirty feet
high was formed below the town and
the waters backed up, flooding the
streets and damaging bridges.
Trenton. March S.-One death and
great property damage was the out
come Of the storm which swept over
this section Friday night. IL was found
yesterday. Frank Oliver Buckley died
Saturday, after attempting to battle his
way through the drifts of snow 30 the
plant of the Agasote Miilboard CO. at
Fernwood, suburb Of this city. Buck
ley got half way to the factory. where
ne was employed as dipper, and
then attempted to rctrace his steps to
his home!
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Many SH|PSV|cT|MS
OF OCEAN STORM
Three Vessels Abandoned at
Sea, but Their Crews
Taken on
OTHERS DRIFT HELPLESS

New York, March S.--The hurricane
driven Blizzard, releasing its grip on the
Atlantic seoboard, Is venting its fury
ON the Atlantic itself. A seventy mile
gale and treacherous sea menace every
shipping lane over It's entire expanse.
The American schooner Eva X. Doug
lass. bound from Buenos Aires TO New
York, was abandoned at sea yesterday,
100 miles cast Of the Delaware Capes.
according to a radio message received
here last night from the British steam
Snip Nasari from Rio Janeiro. IThe
Vasari arrived In port today with the
captain and eleven members OF the
Douglass's crew.
The Eva n. Douglass came into
prominence in June. 1918. when she
rescued 2o0 survivors from the coast
wise steamer Carolina. which vas sunk
on thc New Jersey coast by a German
submarine.
Her propeller broken and her hull
swept by a seventy mile gale. the ship
ping board steamship Lake Ellithorpc
threatened last night to pile up on the
message said she had been able TO clear
the island, and the steamship today Is
anchored twenty miles east of the shoal.
The Atlantic Transport Line steam
ship Msinc sent wireless message
Sunday from latitude $40, longitude
l4.D0, reporting that she was expert
encing a hard gale aud a heavy sea with
her rudder gone, and asking for assist
ance. The message declared. however,
that the steamer, was in no danger.
A message from Queenstown an
nounced that powerful tug had been
sent 70 the assistance Of the. Maine. The
miles southwest Of the Irish coast.
Boston, March S.--tBy A. r. 1.-The
shipping board steamship Guilford,
abandoned In g sinking condition yes.
ttsrday about fifteen miles of Nantucket
Shoals, was located today by the coast
today Is reported with the Guilford in
tow, making for Great Round Shoals
channel at four miles an hour
The destroyer Dale. which took on
board the captain and crew Of forty -one
after they had been rescued by the
transport Pocahontas. was proceeding |
toward Newport.
Sydney. ". s., March .s.--lBy A.
P The 1894. ton collier Cape Breton,
owned by the Dominion Conl Co..
grounded yesterday on the shore of
Scatari Island of the Nova Scotian
const, and is believed TO have been |
aba ndoncd by her crew.
The steamship Kyle signsled the
wrecked craft during the night, but re-
ceived no answer.
Boston, March S.--(By A. P.)--The |
steamer Sarcoxie, one Of the shipping
boards new vessels, reported herself
partly disabled and leaking badly. 400
miles east Of Ambrose Channel light
ship today. She was making eleven |
knots on hour and expected to reach |
New York tomorrow afternoon. She
left Spithead February 25.
Halifax, N. s., March Shy A.
r. Aid was sent to the United States
shi ping board steamship Noccalula.
which sent a wireless call for assistance
when $40 miles east Of sc.
Johns, N. +. She was drifting without
steam and was short Of fresh water.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
DEATH PURSUES REFUGEES
Typhus, Starvation and Cold Board
Ship Carrying Russians

ConstantIn0pIe, March Shy A.
P.l--Death pursued 800 refugees who
fled from Noyorossisk on the steamer
Navajo at the approach OF Russian
soviet forces, after many had died of
disease. cold and starvation.
Eighteen hours after leaving port the
vessel, which had been chartered by the
American Red Cross to bring the fugi.
tiyes out Of southern Russia, was struck
BY a blizzard. For four days the Navajo
drifted in the Black Sea while hurrl.
cane ragged.
Typhus then appeared on board and
the refugees. saw the bodies of scores
OF their shipmates consigned 10 the
water AZ last another refugee ship
passengers arrived here with hands and
feet frozen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
TO NAME BOX PRIZE WINNER
Vote Of Art Academy Visitors win
Be Announces

Announcement will be made today Of
the winner of the Philadelphia prizes of
$3.50 established BY Edward Box for
the most popular canvas at the 1f5th
annual exhibition at the Academy Of
the Fine Arts.
Yesterday was the last day to cast
votes for contestants. and more than
5000 persons visited the galleries.
OF the $3.50 prizes established BY Mr..
Box, $50 goes to the artist whose can
vas receives the largest number Of votes,
and 800 Is given The management of the
Academy for the payment of deserving
students tuition.
Human interest pictures attracted
most OF the visitors attention yester-
day. George Bellows "Thc Murder of
Edith Cavell" was the center Of a fssg
cinated group. Another popular canvas
was Phillip L. Hale's DAY ard Her
Sister, Night"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
IRISH CHIEF PLEADS HERE
President De Valera Makes Three
Addresses for His Republic

Eamou de Valera. president Of the
Philadelphia yesterday in behalf OF Irish
indcpcndence. addressing audiences at
the Metropolitan Opera House and the
Forrest and Broad Street Theatres.
He based his appeal on the right. rec
ognised by all democracies, of every
people submitting to a given authority
70 have voice in its promulgation.
The national hymn of the Irish republic
was sung at all three meetings.
lie will be received by Mayor Moore
this afternoon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
CONWELL CHIDES "DRYS"
Baptist Temple Pastor Says They Go
Too Far In Enthusiasm

Prohibition enthusiasts are going too
far In the enforcement of the eight
centh amendmsnt, the Rev. DR.. Russell
baptist Temple.
He gave lrst hand account Of the
50 called prohibition rebellion in
Iron county. Michigan.
The fact was" he said that the
United States Government authorities
decided they could send a reprcsentativ tive
into any house and take home made
wine. An entire stranger, showing no
proof OF his authority. broke into a
private home. Local officers objected.
II was tempest In n teapot.
IF the Volstead law was not intro
duccd by an enemy Of prohibition, the
man who introduced IL certainly served
the enemies we'll"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
DANIELS FEARS NAVY SLUMP
Secretary Urges Systematic Train
ing for $4,000 Reserves

Unless provision is made to maintain
nayal reserve efficiency by Systematic
training, the navy within a few years
will be faced with the same lick OF DO
tential man power as when the country
entered the war, Secretary Daniels to.
day told the House naval affairs com
mittee.
He recommended an active reserve
force Of 27, 900 men, with enlistments
for one year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
WON'T SELL WEST INDIES
Britain Refuses to Give Islands to
U. 8. for War Debt

London. March Shy A. P.)-
Premier Lloyd George, replying to ques
tions in the House of Commons today
regarding the suggestion that the West
Indies be transferred to the United
States in payment OF part Of the British
debt 10 that country, stated there was
not the slightest intention on the part
of the British Government to barter or
sell any part OF the West Indies.
The premier declared that the in =
habitants Of the West Indies were
loyally attached to the crown and In :
tenseIy proud Of their membership in
the empire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
KIDNAPPING RING
FOUND IN MEXICO
Americans on Border Declared
to Be Participants in
Rebel Plot
ANOTHER u. S. CITIZEN HELD
by the AssociateSf Prnss

Washington. March S.--Discovery oi
a :co operative kidnapping associa
ton having for its purposes "the kid.
mapping and holding for ransom OF for :
eigncrs,. preferably Americans" is an
nounced by the Mexican foreign Office.
according to advices today from Mex :
leo City.
The. announcement says this "unique
company is made M of Mpxicans ana
Americans on the border. The foreign
office says the association" also is en-
gagged in "thc ignoble task Of creating
trouble between the two countries.
The Mexican War Department has is.
sued instructions to the military COM
manders in the stutcs of Chihuahua.
Durango. Caahuila. Nucvo Leon and
Tamaalipas tn break up the kidpsp-
ping organization. The government
saws It is believed the promoters Of the
kidnapping organization are rebel agents
VINO recently announced coup planned
for May =.
Because of the frequency of attacks
on railroad trains. the Mexican govern
mcnt plans TO erect blockhouscs along
the railroad lines.
An official report. of the kidnapping
of Joseph Williams. an American min
ing engineer. by bandits under Fran
cisco Villa. during a train hold. up
March 4, was received today by the
State Department. T. W. BLACK. an
American salesman. gave 10 James r.
Stewart the American consul at Chi.
huahua. The following account:
, Two explosions defailed the engine
March !. n. M. About half the
guard Of fifty were killed in the fight.
Two train conductors were executed. A
Syrian was liandged and about five
Mcyican passengers. who we're attempt.
ing TO escape. were shot. Joseph Will
lams. an American. was carried of for
ransom. while I and Sobert !. Peltier.
an American. and all other passengers.
were robbed and set free. The entire
train was looted and then burned"
FL Paso, Tex, March Shy A. P.)
Joseph Williams. an American en-
ploye Of the American Smelling and
Refining Co. plant ~ Pedricena. Mex.
is a captive in the hands OF Francisco
Villa. held for. $4,000 ransom. lie
served ia the world war. and. return
ing, to the United States for, trfa atment.
still suffered from the effects Of Ger
man gas,
chant, was made prisoner by villa when
the bandit leader directed an attack on
train last Thursday morning. near
Corralitos. 400 miles south Of FL Paso
In n fight between Villa 3 men and the
train guard. ten bandits and nineteen
OF the train guard wcrc killed and tho
remaining fifty defenders other wound.
cd or driven of. The train and slecp-
ing car conductors wPrc among the dead.
the hitter being killed By n shot from
Villas pistol. the passengers said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
Scranton Still Without Milk

Scranton, Pa, March S.-As q re-
suit OF the blizzard which swept over
northeastern Pennsylvania Friday night
this city was left without a supply OF
milk Sunday. With all country roads
drifted deep with snow the usual supply
could not Set through Saturday and "a
ply the hospitals was obtained. There
was no assurance that the situation will
be improved today. .t,g slt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
Minnesota Wins BOUNDARY Suit

Washington, March Shy A. P.)
today won its suit In the
Supreme Court against Wisconsin to
determine the boundary between those
states alons the upper and lower st.
Louis bays and the 1t. Louis river. The
court supported contentious that the
boundary was the center line between
the shores.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
THIEVES BUSY DOWNTOWN

The window Of the Central Trunk
Factory, at 80S Chestnut street, was
smashed early this morning and hand
bag valued at $40 stolen. Thieves also
broke the window OF Hanoe's haber-
dashery shop at SO North Thirteenth
street. stealing suit Of clothes valued
at S25. The automobile Of Koakjian
Bros, rug dealers, was standing at
Thirteenth and South streets today.
when two thieves stole from IL two
Oriental rugs valued at 5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
CHURCH OPENS CAFETERIA
o.. Peters House Scene Of Now Rat,
Ing Place

In st. Peters HouSc. Front and Pine
streets. the social center of st. Peters
Protestant Episcopal Church. at Third
and Pine streets. The Rev. DR.. Ed.
ward NJ. Jefferys, rector Of the church,
and Miss Edith Madeira were the or.
ganikers of the new restaurant.
st. Peters House is used for social
york Of the church. 1t was once occu-
pied by Bishop White, the first Epis-
eopal bishop in Pennsylvania.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
ASKS PUBLISHERS. FOR DATA
House COMMITTEES Urges Newspapers
to Reduce Paper Consunnptlon

Washington, March S.--lI}y A. PD
Chairman Steenerson. Of the House
postoffce committee, has written news
paper publishers concerning the com.
mittee request that they reduce con
sumption of newsprint paper 10 per
cent because of the acute paper shor ort
age,
The publishers are requested 10 fur.
nish information as to the amount Of
paper consumed in the four months
snding March I. 1920. and for the same
period the year before. and are re-
minded that the committee has before
Il various bills to restrict the size of
publications because Of the papcrshort-
age.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
Man, III, Kills HlmsaIf

Despondent because Of III healtb. paul
Hirum, thirty five years old. on Ef)7
North Eighth street, shot himself
through the head this morning In his
room. Before doing So he sent The oro
prietor Of the boarding house. hIex
ander kulchinsky, out to buy him a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
BITTEN BY MAD DOG
PatroIman 10 First to Receive Pas.
teur Treatment Here

Patrolmnn Patrick Mc1urk, of the
Twentieth and Berks streets station,
who was bitten on the right hand by a
mad dog on Thursday, u being given
the Pastsur treatment at City Hall by
DR.. Hubley II. Owen, CHIEF police sur
geon.
McGurk is the first member Of the
force to be bitten by a mad dog to be
treated here. All others have. in. the
past been sent to the Pasteur Institute
at New York,
The dog that bit MeGurk was shot,
essninsd and found 70 have rabies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
HELD ON BAD.CHECk CHARGE
Lewis seIole Under Ball When IS
Men Accuse Him

Passing bad checks has become a habit
with Lewis Seisle. according to the
police. He lives ut Ninth street and
Snyder avenue and was arrested after
many complaints had been made against
him. Forty five men appeared against
Seigle yesterday at his hearing before
Magistrate Carney at the Third and
The hearing lasted more than two
hours. According to testimony, Sci
Gle had been passing bad checks for
sums varying from $50 TO sS5 for sev
eral months.
He was held In $500 bail for court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
Rummaqe Sale

The auxiliary Of the board of man
ayers OF the Western Home for Poor
Children, Forty first and Barring streets,
will hold Its rummage sale tomorrow
az 1911 Walnut street. There will be ali
kinds OF things for sale--and the store
VIII be open all day Monday to receive
last minute donations Of rummage. .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
THREE HURT IN FALLS
slippery leo Proves panssrous--vie
tins Ars Trcated In hospitals

Three persons received painful m
juries from falling on the icy Walks IN
the northwestern section of the city. =,
Cherries Fleith, thirty seven years esd'
molder, 24O6 Columbia avenue, re-
ceived fracture Of che right leg when
he slipped on the ice at Twenty nintn
street and Columbia avenue. lie was
taken to the Lankeuaa Hospital.
James Doughefty, thirty -ssx years
Old, q shipbailder, 62 East Wntcr
street, Germantown, received severe
laeerst;ons of The scalp In fall on the
ice nj Br,ad and Poplar streets. He
was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital
Michsel Mcclure, forty seven years
old. 341S Fairmount avenue, sustained
Of the scalp and eontasions
Of the back in a fan on the ice Ct Fif-
teentb and Poplar streets: He was
taken 20 81. Joseph's Hospital.
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Mexican Rebel Leader Executed

Aqua Prieta sonora. March S.-(Ry
A. PD-Mateo Flores, a notorious rebel
leader. has been executed by Carranza
troops. He was captured Saturday in
Tamaulipas. the state where he opcr.
atrd. given a. speedy court martial and
executed the same night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08

s.--- LOST AND FOUND
rpN l.ost, Saturday. March o, silver foiin.
phifiilaa psri reward. 3is Land Title BidE.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08

Halifax, N. s., March Shy A.
Paid was sent to the United States
shi i ping board steamship Noccalula.
which sent d wireless cali for assistance
yesterday when $40 miles east Of St
Johns, N. +. She was drifting without