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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-24
CONSIDER IL" ROUTE
FOR WOODLAND AVE.
Transit Engineer Planning E1.
tension of Darby Branch
Through to Cobbs Creek

A Woodland avenue route is being
considered for the proposed Darby ele-
waited it was disclosed today in a re-
port submitted by Henry II. Quimby,
chief engineer of the City Transit De-
partment.
1--WE are making study plans" the
report stated, "for a possible change in
the route of the Darby elevated tenn
porarily branching from the Market
street elevated at Thirticth street to
traverse Market street to Thirty second
street and then Woodland avenue all
the way to Cobb's creek, with a design
for later connecting independently with
Chestnut street subway or SAMSON
street elevated by means of two addi-
tional tracks on Market street and n
bridge diagonally across the Schuylkill
river.
"An accurate survey of Woodland
avenue. in the stretch involved is now
being made. Throughout the rest of
the line the survey has been completed
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new TRAIL FOUND
in ELWELL MURDER
Detectives Expect, Latest Clue
to Reveal Identity
Of Slayer
"GIRL IN GRAY" IDENTIFIED

Special Dispatch TO Evening Public LEDGER
New York. June Authorization
pointing to the trail Of the murderer OF
Joseph II. Elwell at his home in West
Seventieth street, on June II. was said
today to have been picked up by de-
tectives pursuing the police end Of the
investigation,
These detectives are working under
direction of Captain Arthur Carey. OF
the homicide bureau. and Captain
Thomas Walsh, of the fourth branch
detective bureau in West Sixty eighth
street. This information in the posses
sion of the detectives is expected. ac-
cording to report, to lead to some real
results.
Among the interesting developments
at the district attorneys Office is the
identification Of the "girl in gray" who
had luncheon at Elwcll's house the
Monday before the murder. She will be
questioned within day or t~o.
Edgar A. Walters. negro taxicat
driver. who says he drove Elwell home
on the murder mroning and that his
face seemed much excited. will be ques-
toned today. His story is that hi
picked Elwcll up about O'Clock that
morning in front of the New Amsterdam
Theatre and that Elwell seemed excited
and told him to drive to 204 West Sew.
enticth street, as Walters understood
the number. Elwell's number is 244
When they came into West Seventietl
street and Walters started to draw VI
at 2O4. Elwell told him to 60 dowr
two or three doors below an apartmen
house.
A few doors farther on Walter:
started 30 rurn his machine again wher
Elwell hoped out, threw some coins
at him and darted into the house. Th'
coins amounted to eighty cents, an'
rho register recorded a 20 cent fare.
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p. II. T. at Crisis,
TUining Warns
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pedite the ultimate completion of the
badly needed high speed lines"
A bill framed for that purpose was
passed by the Senate in amended form
when the last Legislature was in ses
sion. The bill was 'pickled'' in a
House subcommittee.
Mr.. Twining also urged that means
be provided for the city to share in in :
creased property valuations due to high :
speed lines.
Asks Right to Tax Property
"I recommend" he stated, that the
city procure the right in the new State
constitution to assess property bene-
fitted by the construction by the city of
rapid transit lines and other large pub
lie improvements.
II cannot urge too strongly the i'm =
portance of this matter, which is in line
with modern ideas of city development
that the city should share in the profits
resulting from the development of the
city"
The trolley service provided by the
Rapid Transit Co. was criticized
severely by the director in his report.
Although the service was notori-
ously inadequate at the beginning of
not increase its facilities to any ap-
preciable extent, and in October again
submitted to Councils an appeal for
assistance, requesting the city's help
and operation in caring for the
traffic for which it's facilities were
again admitted to be inadequate.
To Place Responsibility
I'm this letter, also, the company
again endeavors to place responsibility
for the inadequacy upon the shoulders
Of the city. 1t is moreover readily ap-
parent that with the city's system in
operation and carrying sufficient pas
sengers to relieve the situation the com =
pany's income would be reduced to a
point where its solvency would be seri-
ously threatened.
The company's claim that the city's
system is responsible for present con-
ditions is wholly without foundation,
and the claim is made for the purpose
of directing attention away from the
real cause of the inadequacy, namely,
the company's inability to furnish ade
quate service and pay its present fixed
charges out of the existing rates Of
fare
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WON'T PICKET HARDING
Ohio suffrasists Deny Purpose "a
Besiege Candidates Hons

Marion, o., June 24.-(By A. P)--
Ohio suffragists today denied a pub
lished statement that members of the
the Republican National Convention n,
Chicago are planning to picket Senator
Harding's home here this summer.
DIR. Gillette Hayden, state chairman
of the party, said tentative plans have
been made for n deputation of suf-
fragists to call upon the senator at
his home here in July with regard to
ratification of the federal suffrage
amendment, but the call is to take the
form of conference, and there is to
be no Dicketing. "
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states where the unpopularity Of the
Wilson administration is as pronounced
as it Is elsewhere. ! look for the cleo
tion Of the Republican ticket by a land
slide vote.
Gan Of the indications are that the
San Francisco convention will be the
worst bossed political body that ever
assembled in this country.
Platform Written at White House
with six cabinet officers and other
payroll statesmen on the ground, and
the platform written at the White
House. it will be convention Of in :
timidation, Wilson convention in
which the delegates, largely oficehold- :
ers. will take orders from Washington.
"The people now. more than ever
before, are demanding q change in gov
ernmental affairs. The problems that
confront the country today must be
worked out by an administration OF
character and resourcefulness.
"The election of Senator HARDING
will restore the confidence of the couno
try in it's public men. He has been
likened to William Mckinley. and ec-
curately so. for he is q man of Me-
Kinley's constructive ability and solid
qualities Of craftsmanship. His actiyi-
ties as a public man have not been lin
tied to the realm OF rhetoric, nor is he
a political leader with the ambition Of
A dictator. With him in the White
House there will be entire barmonv
between the executive and Legislative
branches Of the government: t6ey viii
work together in solving the problems
of reconstruction.
Harding UDequaled as Vote Getter
"From the beginning considered
Senator Harding an ideal candidate
and predict that as the campaign pro,
crosses he will grow stronger con-
stantly with the people. He possesses
personal magnetism. and as vote
getter I do not know his equal in The
Republican party
"The Republican ticket will carry
Pennsylvania by a record breaking ma
jority. During the last week | have
received letters and kilograms from party
workers in every section OF the statct
These men inform me that Senator
Harding will have the enthusiastic sup
port Of the rank and file of the party
in every county.
''As rule they are disgusted with
the Wilson administration, and besides
thousands Of Democrats will refuse to
follow the Palmer Guffey leadership.
Ear through the memory shines the
Democratic party in Pennsylvania! !"
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resentatives of their order: that they
could have the wage board give a de-
cision by Wednesday Of this week, as
circulated by railroad representatives. i"
May Legalize Strike
Both the Pennsylvania and Reading
Railroads reported there was little
change in the general strike situation
in and about Philadelphia.
Though there have been some addi-
tional defections Of workers, about an
equal number Of men have returned to
work. The places of others of the
strikers have been filled by hiring new
men.
The strikers, however, still are con-
fident that they hold the upper hand.
The rumor that the brotherhoods will
within a short time legalize the. strike
persists among the strikers, and some
Of the strikers are predicting that the
passenger men will join the freight ON
ployes at midnight tonight. Thus far
passenger service has not been affected
on any of the lines.
The freight tic-up on the Reading
continues. Though perishable freight
is moving freely, and some other freight
is being transported, conditions are far
from normal. Apparently the strikers
are concentrating their attack on the
Reading. 1t was on this line that the
strike began last Friday.
124 Out at Harrisburg
1t was reported that there were still
124 men out in the Harrisburg district
of the Reading. A bulletin from
Harrisburg, however, said that the
strike there was over. so far as the
Rutherford yards of the Reading are
concerned. The men who went on
strike there have been replaced by other
workers hired to take their places.
Traffic is reported moving regularly at
this point. II is reported that the yard
men of the Western Maryland Railroad
at Hagerstown, Nd, quit their jobs at
2 o'clock this morning.
There is no change, according to the
pennsylvania Railroads reports, in
conditions in the =. X. RS Baltimore
district, where 125 men are still out.
However, with the aid of volunteers
thirty five out Of the normal number Of
thirty nine crews were working this
morning in this district.
The Pennsylvania reported that the
yard crews in the Potomac yards. near
Washington. had quit at 10 o'clock last
night, and that no men worked on the
night shift.
I'D WORE Drakemen Qult
1t was reported that at the Camden
terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad
fifteen additional brakemen had gone
out early this morning. The men out
at Camden are now: Seventeen brake
men, one switchman. three yard con
ductors, or twenty -one in all.
1t is. reported there is no change on
the Schuylkill division, where a total
of 2G3 men are out. There is only
one yard crew out on this division. how
ever.
The Philadelphia Terminal division
of the Pennsylvania has lost 1117 men,
This is a smaller number than on pre-
viOus days. Seventy five men were
hired yesterday to take the places of
strikers. Volunteers are being exten-
sively used. With their aid it has
been possible to keep ninety eight crews
working out of a normal total of 1O6.
Yesterday 1000 cars of freight were
moved in and out of Philadelphia on the
PENNSYLVANIA system and ninety seven
cars of coal were moved at Greenwich
piers.
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EDWARDS WON'T GO WEST
Governor. Announces Definitely Thai
He Will Not Attend Convention

Jersey City, June "a. Governor
Edward /. Edwards. member of the
Democratic "Big Four" delegation. an
nounced definitely yesterday he would
not attend the San Francisco conven-
tion next week.
The governor gave no reason for his
action, but it is known that pressure
Of state business and other engage
ments prevented his departure with the
other members of the New Jersey dele
CATION last week.
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Wilson'S Hand Seen
in McAdOO Shift
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will be added to make the league dec
laration agreeable to the Irish voters.
In addition the President is likely to
address q message to the convention
and In the end the President will prob
ably seek to choose the candidate.
Like Chicago Convention
The convention is like the Republican
convention at Chicago. A small group
of state leaders who were defeated at
Baltimore in 1912 are anxious to come
back to power. They are like the Re
publican leaders who got behind the
Lowden candidacy at Chicago. No
Democratic leaders would like to nomi-
he cannot be elected. Their real choice
is Governor Cox, of Ohio.
But they were easily beaten by Bryan
at Baltimore and they can be beaten
by Wilson If Wilson will, at the proper
moment, produce candidate as the Re
publican senators produced Harding at
Chicago.
If McAdoo is really eliminated, Gov
ernor Cox is the leading prospect. But
the Ohio governors fate is tied up with
that of the wet plank. The wet advo-
Gates are making much noise today.
What they want is declaration in
favor of an amendment to the Nolstead
act permitting the states to make laws
enforcing the eighteenth amendment
which will take precedence over that
act. Such an amendment would vail
date laws like the 800 per cent beer
law of New Jersey. The resolutions
committee will be strongly dry. the
vote in it being probably about 33 to
20 for the Volstead act. On the floor
of the convention the situation will be
different, but even then the drys are
likely to have majority unless the
southern prohibitionists should vote for
the amending of the Vostead act on the
ground that this act Is an invasion of
state rights.
A wet plank would probably make
Cox the Democratic candidate, but
without such a plank he could not be
nominated.
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GOMPERS SPEEDING WEST
A. r, Of L. President viii Presen,
Labor's Plank Demands

Calgary, Alberta, June 24.-CBy A.
P.)-Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, passed
through here yesterday on his way to
San Francisco, where he will present to
the Democratic National Convention the
federation's program for inclusion in
the party platform.
''Thc Democrats are asking for the
suffrage Of the people of the United
States and the labor people. represent
ing so large proportion Of the popula
ton. certainly have the right to ask
the Democratic convention for the sup
port Of the construction program which
labor has prepared" said Mr.. Gompers.
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r. r. Board Promises
to Speed Decision

Bethlehem yards, p. 4 r.. out 100 per
cent New York division, p. & r., 30
per cent; Pottstown. p. & r., 100 per
cent 1t is also reported that the metal
workers are coming out, and passenger
men are coming out. The wiremen of
the p. X. Il. refuse to go out with non
union labor. Reports from all districts
as far as Boston, show men are leaving
the roads.
"The statements issued by Doak show
that they cannot fulfill what they prom
ise their men, through the official rep
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-24
Western Maryland Men Strike

Baltimore, Nd, June 24.-The West
ern Maryland was drawn into the rail =
road strike today when the entire yard
force at Hagerstown, numbering about
DO men, went out. Yard operations
were reported to be at a standstill, but
the movement Of passenger and through
freight trains was not impedcd it was
said. In the Baltimore district both
the Baltimore and Ohio and the Penn
sylvania reported marked improve
ment today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-24
Drive for Jewish chIIdren,s Home

The B'nai b 'rith drive for their Home
for Friendless Jewish Children, at Erie.
Pa, was opened last night with an en-
tertainment and smoker at the Adel-
phia Hotel. Among those who made
appeals were Leopold Glass, and Sam
Salus. members of the state legislature.
and Joseph w. Salus. chairman of the
Philadelphia section for the drive.
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HARDING WILL WIN,
/. PENROSE PREDICTS
Senator Asserts Progressives
Back G. o. p. Candidate.
South Against Wilson
HITS DEMOCRATIC >BoSSISM

A landslide vote, the signs Of which
already are being evinced throughout
the country, will carry Senator Warren
G.. Harding into the White House.
This is the thought of Senator Pen =
rose, expressed in statement made
public today. He is mtmber of the
| Republican national executive commit
tee which will have charge of the cam
paign.
The. stampede Of Roosevelt followers
and other Progressives to the Harding
banner. the general dissatisfaction with
the Wilson administration and the fact
that Mr.. Wilson will have a big finger
! in the Democratic convention pie are
set forth as his reasons.
The solid South. Senator Pcnrosc be :
| lieves. may be made over into n solid
bulwark of Republicanism because of
the anti Wilson feeling there.
The issuance of the statement occur :
red simultaneously with the return of
Leighton G. Taylor, Senator Penrose' s
secretary, from Washington. where he
conferred with Republican leaders.
Gives Out Hays Telegram
In his telegram Of acceptance Of the
appointment to the national executive
committee. Senator Penrose tells Mr..
Hays that he is practically restored to
rugged health and that he will soon be
able to give his full time to the work.
Mr.. Taylor added that the senator, in
few days, would be seen riding about
through the streets and parks in his
automobile.
The following telegram. sent to the
senator from Mr.. Hays in New York
on Tuesday. was given out for prbli-
cation: !.
"With the unanimous approval ~
Senator Harding and the subcommittee
appointed for the purpose you have been
selected member of the Republican
national executive committee. and I am
pointment. Will write you fully in q
few days, With best wishes.
WILL II. HAYS, chairman"
All VIII Be Harding Republicans
The statement issued by Senator Pen
rose in conjunction with the announce
mcnt Of his acceptance of the executive
committee seat, is as follows:
"Since the Chicago convention I
have been in communication with the
members of the national committee and
others prominent in the party, and
the reports coming to me from these
sources SnO" tnut 'OOl-
idge will command the support of Re-
publicans everywhere.
"In the coming campaign there will
be no progressive Republicans nor any
other sort of Republicans except Hard
ing Republicans.
1.-THE nomination of the Ohio Sen
Sptor undoubtedly has met with hearty
response from the. followers of Colonel
Roosevelt. This is indicated by the as
surances of support that have come to
him from former leaders Of the Pro-
gressive party. Among those leaders is
Governor Henry J. Allen, of Kansas.
who, more than any other man, speaks
for the western Progressives, and was
himself prominently discussed as an
available candidate for the presidency.
There will be no division in the Re-
publican ranks anywhere this year.
'The work of organizing the voters
for the ticket will be started at once.
Personally l am in favor of extending
this organization to the southern
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Lightning Kills Dog via Chimney
Merehantville, n. j.. June "a
Lightning last night descended the
chimney of the farm house of George
Murphy, near Lenola, killing dos
lying under the stove.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-24
Deny Wilson viii address
Convention by Telephone

Washington, June 24.-(By A.
PO-Reports from San Francisco
that President Wilson would address
the Democratic National Convention
on the long distance telephone were
denied today at the White House.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-24

p ie'SSna. Mont, June 24.-CBy A.
WsIIsEHupport Tor Senator Thomas ],
cbsirnm,, b%isSm, or Montana, for permanent
Conrnnlathi Clah Of the Democratic National
]. Ra,oh Rruan was promised by William
msdo dfan yam here yesterday. Mr.. Bryan
en- '%S routn the statement during a stop 6erp
NIU IUute TO San Francisco.
At , 81, hryan would like to see adontsd
unIiEa SaH - nFr9ncisco platform ius''es iust ea
siblo iIHS :, the Republican platform ss 'o nos sS
snsat oI the Nebraskan told his andidmns "i pos
train. ''"' the rear platform of the
Issue a"e e Republicans failed to meet tbs
Demeooanta Dem at Chicago and have given the the
continnoad,S cotiTVa,S a great opportunity," he he
tbNt bt'aLued .L II was very much s,;rn,;sn1 ng
thinv' 'Ge i Republicans failed to saw ,sva anvu
Ing snd u Their platform about profiteey .
ncSsnSnNwe sna we see so much about ',etb il in tbo
son 'pSbPerS tbPp every day. Maybe the rem ene
pro0tonee, one Republicans didn't ne ment;an tia
proatcSrrlang was that nearly n"'tgn all tba
ton. 40 were In the Chicago conyen |,
would tue na Democrats are going 70 d,o I
than aa rather see them die in Sove,e ~ u,e e.,
S0iAmit suicide in June. DSsnluss y Mr.
New Britain herald., 1920-12-20
Oi-ST THE LOBBYISTS.

About as good a "reform"-and The word is used in different sense than ordinarily--as one has heard of in some time. is that suggested to oust tho lobbyists from the Capitol.
 It Is said that thero are four groups of Lobbyists entronched there Tho Anti-Saloon League os America. the International Reform Bureau. tho organized farmers, and the combina- tions Of wemen's organizations.
 If it were possible to limit the work Of thosc groups to giving reliable in- formation. and nothing else. it Is quite possible that they might do some con- sid, rablc amount of good. And per haps sono Of them are su limited. One has considerable sympathy. for in- stance. with the organization of farmers, and the course with the women.
 But the good-if there is any of it ought to 20 with the bad. which is present there in overwhelming quanti- ties. The representatives will not vote 
 some Of them will not dare to. Every vote cast in favor of the reform would probably mean eternal opposi- ton of the organization busted" O the representative" so voting.
 In many instances these Hobbies have almost taken the place Of the bodies on whom they work. They could influence just enought members to assure a majority.
 The doing away with tho organized lobby and the occasional lobbyist is practically impossible as thinf are to- day. But with the better things that are coming. 1t Is the hope that representative body. unhampered or uninflucnced by the lobby. will come also.