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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
Los ANGELES BACK
TO NORMAL AGAIN
Four Earthquake Shocks po
But Slight Damage In Cali.
fornia City
THEATRES ARE CROWDED
BY the Associated Press

Los Angeles, July 17e-Four cart,
quake shocks of varying intens,,,
formed the total Of yesterdays seismi,
disturbances here, and ALTHOUGH ~.
last one came after 0 o'clock, The cit, IL,
had resumed virtually It's norm.,
aspects before bedtime. The tbeatrs.
attracted their usual crowds, the street.
were filled with pedestrians and yeh;cls.
and there APPEARED few surface indie.
tions OF any remaining nervousness.
The physical marks left by N.
tremors, while many, were relati,s
slight. Some chimneys were shaken
down; much plaster was Jared loose
dishes and ornaments were broken .
few earth slides occurred, one wb.,s
IL interfered with traffic and there wsrs
other annoyances, such as shortcnsS
chimneys and twisted water mains. thst
interfered with the operation Of mpsl.
In some parts Of the city. -"
No one, as far as could be Learned
was injured by the quake itself but i
brought In Its train some scores Of slirbt
hurts, due to falling objects Jared down
on the heads of pedestrians, to Jams
occurring in stores and other publIc
places where customers and workers
alike sought to hasten to the open ali
when the buildings swayed; and to Al.
tacks Of hysteria and nervousness which
filed every store emergency hospital and
taxed the facilities Of the city first All
station. '.t.
No accurate estimate of either monr
damage or physical injuries will eve,
be made, the authorities believe, be.
cause scores Of minor hurts and losse,
will 60 unreported.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
FRAz[RBOYS' FARM
.ASKSFORRECE|VER
Home for Wayward Boys Ad-
mits Inability to Meet $77,-
7o3 Debts at Present
HIGH COSTS ARE BLAMED

The Frazer Boys Farm. at Frazer
Pa. the correctional institution to
which the Municipal Court commits de :
linquent boys, went into bankruptcy
today. p. '.'s.' ~.
The farm Is conducted by Fred, u
Wilson. For years he and his wife have
been giving the boys, entrusted to them
by the city, physical and mental COR
rectional treatment. There are between
twenty five and thirty boys there con-
stantly. Mr.. Wilson is also a probation
officer of the Municipal Court.
It was said the direct cause OF the
bankruptcy was bringing of foreclosure
proceedings by the holder Of a second
mortgage for $3S, 900 against the farm;
Mr.. Wilson's liabilities are scheduled
at SIT, ,703.1S and his nominal assets at
S98, ,299. .85. The real estate OF the farm.
assessed at 100000. with total of
SOS, 900 against It In mortgages. is the
principal asset. According to Mr.. Will
son g counsel, the farm has been losing
proposition, In spite Of the fact that the
Municipal Court pays for the boys sent
there. This has been because Of the
increased cost Of all commodities,
for which the boys labor on the farm
never fully compensated.
A receiver will probably be appointed
by the federal court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
8 HELD ON dope" CHARGE
U. S. Agents Say Chester "Rlns''
Has Been Broken Up

Three men arrested as dope" ped
dlers in Chester late last night, had
$500 worth of narcotics hidden under
the wall paper of their room, according
to Agents Unfreed and Dodson, of the
local narcotic division.
The agents led raid on Ryan's Hall,
Fourth and Edwards streets, Chester,
late last night, nabbing three prisoners.
The three, all negroes, were held in
$1,000 bail for court today by U. S.
Commissioner Manlcy. They said they
were Harry Pryor, Howard Reed and
and Frank Locke, all of Chester. The
agents said they believe Pryor Is the
leader of of the Chester dope" ring.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
gov. cox ARRIVES
/. AT WASHINGTON
Democratic Candidate Greeted
by Crowd Virtually Packing
Every Vantage Point
WILL CONFER WITH WILSON
BY the Associated Press

Washington, July 17.-Governor Cox
arrived here at 2:15 p. m. today from
Columbus, Ohio. He was greeted by
Franklin Roosevelt, his running mate,
a number Of party leaders and govern =
ment and municipal officials and a
crowd which packed virtually every
vantage point In and about the Union
Station. is ,..
After reception arranged by the
District Of Columbia commissioners in
the presidential room at the station, the
governor drove to the home Of Judge
7. T. Ansberry, where he will be a
guest. He will confer with President
Wilson at the White House tomorrow
morning, discussing campaign plans in
general.
As the governor first came into view,
walking briskly up the train platform,
a roar Of cheers went up from the
crowd, which had waited more or less
impatiently for the arrival Of the train,
which was an hour late.
Women Meet Candidate
As the governor passed through the
gate entrance from the train shed, he
was greeted by the committee Of women
appointed by the national Democratic
committee, who had formed two lines
through which the governor walked to
the presidential room.
There the candidate was formally
welcomed to Washington by the district
commissioners and others. After the
reception ut the station, the governor
drove to the home of Judge Ansberry,
where he expected to rest during the
afternoon.
Mr.. Roosevelt was the first to shake
when the latter stepped from the train:
and then a crowd of admirers who had
accompanied Mr.. Roosevelt down the
long train platform almost crushed the
governors hand with eager handshak-
ing.
Hail, Hail, the Gangs All Here"
When the candidate came into view
Of the crowd the band struck up
Hail, Hail, the Gangs All Here"
but the strains were almost drowned In
the cheers Of the waiting throng rs he
left the station, while the band swung
into the strains Of "Ohio," the Cox
convention song.
The conference with President Will
son tomorrow in which Mr.. Roosevelt
will participate, will be held on the
south portico Of the White House,
weather permitting. During his con-
valesence the President has spent mucn
of his time there.
While in Washington Governor Cox
also will confer with Representative
Flood. chairman of the Democratic
national congressional committee, as to
the campaign to be made in every state
for the election Of congressman. This
conference will follow the meeting of
the governor with President Wilson.
Harrisburg, July 17.-(By A.
P.)-Governor Cox. en- route to Wash
ington to confer with President Wilson.
stated this morning that he also will
confer with United States Senator
Hitchcock, administration leader in the
treaty fight.
The governor indicated that his CON
ference with Senator Hitchcock prob
ably will be held some time today. He
also said he will confer with some of
the members of the federal trade COM
mission, who have been gathering data
for him for some time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
BIC THINGS BEGUN,
SAYS LLOYD GEORGE

Spa, Belgium, July 17.--(By A. P.)
The conference here between the
allied chiefs and the representatives of
Germany Is the beginning of big things,
Premier Lloyd George declared today, in
summing up the result of the last fort
nights sharp fencing with the Germans,
which ended in Germany signing the
"we will do our best to carry out
the agreements entered into here, "
DR.. Walter Simons, the German foreign
minister, said.
Lloyd George was greatly impressed
by the leaders of the German delegation
and indicated that he had a high opin-
German chancellor, and Doctor Simons.
The British prime minister expressed
the belief that they undoubtedly regard
the Versailles Treaty as very harsh and
that they are not sure they can carry
It out, but are honestly determined to
do the best they can,
Lloyd George said 1t would have been
an immense advantage IL Americans
had participated in the conference be-
cause. he added, they would have
brought to it viewpoint free from
European rivalries.
Allied governments will take appro-
aoot;nv % Loans intended TO meet her in :.
ternaI reHmiremcnts and 70 assist her in
tbc nromnt discharge of her debt to the
Alias accord;no 70 nm agreement which
hos boen s;onsd bv renrcsentatives of
En,ot as III Rr;ta;n Frspce italy. JaDan.
Re,a;um rat md portupol settling prob .
io,ns np,s'"n roIot t;no % 70 renorntions
ie'rrs Tso i'iTs a;str;h;,t;on - indcmn;t;es re-
caived from Austria Hungary and Bul =
Sar,a Sarna,,Unt %aS "'S' p'''''e' '' " e
spo,ainm % o;ven nr;or;tv in the nav
peisissh1s EoH En non 400 frsrns m '"o and Pd ths
lh:nt oL +,ooV,ovW,o.V oto, ,ha soonr;t;os Gov
nsrse,ntns ,t,u III ,,,os oisn orronrod
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
BLISS DEFIES ST. SWITHIN
Weatherman Declares for Clear
Weekend Despite Saint

IT don't care what St. Swithin says.
all indications point to fair weather all
the rest of today and tomorrow, too"
said the weather man. "and the tenn
perature will be moderate over the
week end. with gentle, variable winds"
Week enders apparently secuted the
st. Swithin prophecy of forty days rain
because it rained on st. Swithin's Day.
Thursday, and crowded the railroad
terminals and ferries bound for seashore
resorts.
In the weather league, st. Swithin
claims a victory yesterday for his Woe.
full Wet Sox over the Blissful Balmies,
but Manager Bliss says he will con
test the game.
1T is claimed" said Mr.. Bliss, that
II rained in some sections Of the city
yesterday, but that doesn't count. It
didn't rain in the center Of the city,
where the contest was scheduled to be
played, and it will not rain today,
either, if I can help it."
The weather prediction for next week
is generally fair, although probably
somewhat unsettled Monday and Tues
day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
MERMAID EQUALS
WORLD SWIM MARK.
Miss BIeibtrey Wins 1oo-Yard
Event-kahanamoku Also
Is Victor
GlRARD BOY is STAR

Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey, of the wom-
ems Swimming Association of New
York. today equaled the worlds record
for the 100-yard dash for women in the
pen scratch event in the lake at Willow
Grove Park, where the fastest mermaids
and emermen Of America competed prior
to sailing for Belgium to take part the
Olympic games.
Miss Bleibtrey's time was 1 :N5 1 3
seconds. The record was formerly held
by her also. .......
women's 100.yard middle Atlantic
championship event, Miss Eleanor Uhl,
Meadowbrook, recently chosen on the
American Olympic team, won in :12.
The 100-yard swim for men, an open
scratch event. was won by Duke Ka-
hnnamoku. Hawaii.
Three Philadelphia boys figured in the
mems 900. yard middle Atlantic event.
They were Charles Crownover, Girard
College: Carl Orban, Turngemeinde,
and George +. Pawling, Jr.
A huge crowd saw the meet today,
which was conducted under ideal
weather and aquatic conditions.
Besides the regular events, Duke
Kahanamoku and the Keloha brothers
gave q number of exhibition stunts.
They had a triple locked leg race, each
having his legs around the others body.
Then Duke and Warren. Keloha, gave
exhibitions Of back swimming and
fancy strokes at distances ranging from
100 to 300 meters.
The summaries:
women's 1OO-yard Middle Atlantic cham
p!onshipEMiss Eleanor Uhi. Meadowbrook.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
SENATOR HARDING
FINISHES SPEECH
Principal Issues in Forthcoming
Campaign Discussed in
Acceptance
MARION IS "D0LLING up
BY the Associated Press

Marion, o., July 17.-Senator Hard
ing's first big job of the presidential
campaign, the preparation of his speech
formally accepting the nomination and
outlining his stand on the party plat
form. was virtually finished today.
When he began the days work he had
only few final touches to add to the
document. and he hoped to have it all
complete by night.
The speech, on which the nominee
has worked almost continuously for q
week, is to be delivered next Thursday,
when committee selected by the Re-
cago will notify him formally of his
nomination.
Before that time he hopes to get a
little rest and recreation to offset eff
fects Of the confning siege Of the past
few days.
Since he came here from Washing
ton Senator Harding has been almost
continuously at work and the walks
and golf games which he mixed with
business Mt the capital have been omit
ted. He has applied himself with par
ticular diligence to the acceptance
speech because he wants it to be a real
and comprehensive keynote deliverance,
and yet to be concise and brief enough
for the average voter.
Marion has begun to dress up for
the notification, to which most Of the
people here are looking forward as the
greatest event in the city's history.
Foundations have been laid for a court
Of honor Of decorated wooden pillars
and arches to stretch along Mount Ver-
non avenue, on which the Hardings
live, and storekeepers and householders
began to freshen up the patriotic en-
bellishments which have given all the
town holiday appearance since the
senator's homecoming.
At Garfield Park, where the notifica
tion ceremonies will take place, painters
and carpenters are making over the
County Fair auditorium for the great
occasion, while the city's whole com =
mercial machinery, from hotels to sand :
wich stands, is being overhauled on a
scale never dreamed of here before.
Entertainment officials estimate that the
number of visitors will exceed $4,000.
New York, July 17.-(By A. P.)-
Will II. Hays, chairman of the Repub-
lican National Committee, will attend q
meeting of the executive committee OF
the national committee at Columbus
o., next Tuesday morning, it was an
nounced here today. After attending
the Senator Harding notification cere-
monies in Marion, O., Mr.. Hays will
spend week at Chicago, it was stated
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
WARSAW ADMITS
4 LOSS OF WILMA
Moscow Reports Fresh Soviet
Victories, but May Accept
Truce Offer
BY the Associated Press

warsaw, July 17.-Polish detach-
ments, after obstinate street fighting,
have been obliged to evacuate wilma.
under enemy pressure. according to an
official statement issued here.
Occupation Of wilma by Russian
Bolsheviki was reported from Lon
don Thursday night
Sergeant William Cook, of Fay,
Okla, attached to the American typhus
expedition to Poland, is reported miss
ing since the battle between the Poles
and the Russian Bolsheviki in the
vicinity of Minsk. The .disinfecting
was captured by the Soviet forces.
Captain Trever Sweet, of Boston,
Mass, assistant military attache at
the American legation here, was fired
on by a squad Of Bolshevik cavalry
near Wilma this week, but escaped
without injury.
London, July 17.-(By A. PA
gain Of ground by the Bolsheviki against
the Poles along the line between wilma
and Minsk is reported in Fridays Of
fetal statement from Moscow. received
by wireless today. The statement says
West of Smorgon, after fierce fight :
ing, We occupied the village of Soly
(forty miles southeast Of Vilna).
''In the direction of Baranovitchi we
occupied a number of villages thirty
three miles southwest Of Minsk."
Copenhagen, July 17-(By A. P.)
Moscow reports indicate that the
British proposal of an armistice be-
tween Soviet Russia and Poland has
excited violent debate among the
Soviet leaders. One party is pointing
at the Russian army's chance Of crush :
: ing Poland, while the other, supported
by M. Tchitchcrin, foreign minister, is
y maintaining that Soviet Russia should
come to an amicable agreement with
the western powers and restore internal
order. Reports say the belief prevails
In Moscow that peace with Poland and
the Allies Is certain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
RECEIVER FOR BIG CONCERN
Cape May Tract Valued at Millions
Involved

Atlantic City, July 17.-AnOthcr
important steD looking TO the winding
up of the affairs of the Cape May Real
Estate Co.. with control of a huge
tract valued at millions on the
Cape May sea front as the price was
tmkcn here today when Vice Chancellor
BackrS named Frank d. Schroth re
cciv"r for the company.
SchrOth's appointment was victory
for Peter Shields, Of Cape May, and
the forces allied with him to secure
control of the corporation, the liabili-
ties of which, including its SO 900 900
capital stock, were placed at close to
s., 900 900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
YOUNG HERO IS MODEST
William Roberts Praises Employer
for Preventing His Injury

William Roberts Praises Employer
for Preventing His Injury
It was William Roberts's athletic
training that helped him stop a runaway
milk wagon yesterday afternoon and
save three small boys covering in It.
Roberts Is seventeen yars old. He
lives at 1915 Poplar street. and works
at the Twin Lock Co., 1925 Cambridge
street. The runaway occurred when a
Fifteenth street car struck the milk
wagon as It was turning into Cambridge
street, hurling out and injuring the
driver, Ralph Young, fifteen years old,
1900 North Thirteenth street.
Roberts saw the wagon dash past the
place where he works. His employer,
Charles Jerabach, and others ran after
1t. Roberts, who ran on his school
track team and keeps up his athletics,
distanced the field, tried to grab the
reins, failed and leaped at the horse,
catching it around the neck. He held
on and at Sixteenth street and Girard
avenue swerved it into the fence of St.
Joseph's Hospital.
'"The horse was too strong for me to
throw" said the boy today, describing
Ihis exploit.
"He pinned me against the wall at
last, and IL my boss hadn't arrived
when he did, I would have been
crushed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
DEPOSED PRESIDENT SAFE
Bollvia's Provisional Government
VIII Protect Guerra

Washington, July 17.-By A. P.)-
The provisional government of Bolivia
has given positive assurances that the
deposed president, $. Gutierrez Guerra,
and his adherents will be carefully
guarded and their personal interests
! protected, Minister Maginnis reported
today to the State Department
The cablegram, dated July 12, said
President Guerra signed his resigna
tion in the American legation, before he,
with members of his cabinet and other
high functionaries, was deported to
Arica.
According to Minister Maginnis. the
revolution came as a complete surprise,
starting simultaneously in all the i'm
portant cities at O'Clock in the morn
Ing. The revolution was marked by
absence of bloodshed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
Americans Win
Davis Cup Final

Continued from Page One
played an unquestionably great game Mt
periods today, they did not display the
form they showed in the match with the
Frenchmen at Eastbourne last week,
netting far too many Of their service
strokes and returns.
The Americans seemed to shine
against harder deliveries, and the sim
plicity of much of Parke's serving ap-
parently kept inducing Johnston and
Tilden to take needless risks in their
returns.
Johnston's service went beautifully
at times, many of his service shots being
unplayable winners, but a large per
centage Of them were netted.
Observing this trend, the confidence
OF the Englishmen grew and both of
them several times started sensational
volleys off the hardest kind of deliveries.
Tilden also netted numbers Of service
shots, while both Americans netted nu :
merous rather high returns on the vol
ley-balls on which one had grown &C
customed to see them score.
When the match had progressed to a
point where the Englishmen led by two
sets to one. the Americans made q great
effort to pull themselves together. 1t
took all their skill to secure the fourth
set, which was necessary to keep them
from defeat. as their opponents then
were playing wonderfully.
In the fifth set, however, the
Americans were superlatively fine,
winning three love games and holding
the Englishmen to single point in
the last one of the set.
The match was played in dull
light. the sky being overcast, while a
slight drizzle was in progress a few
minutes before the match was ended.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
Protests Liberty Bell Welding

Endorsement of Mayor Moore's stand
against the proposed welding of the
Liberty Rell was today received at City
Hall in the form of resolution from
Washington Camp No. 20, p. o. 5. OF
A.. of Somcrton. Pa. The document
which was forwarded by Recording Sec.
retary n. V. Van Artsdalen., of ths
organization, protests against "any dis
mcnds the Mayor for his "patriotiee
stand in denouncing any attempt to weld
tn. bell"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
DRYS MAY NAME BRYAN
"elliy" Sunday Also Suggested as
Possible Prohibition Candidate

Lincoln. Neb., July 17.-(By A.
P.)--William J. Bryan or w. A.
c"Blly"D Sunday are the two most
talked. of candidates for President on
the Prohibition ticket. according to
W. G. Calderwood Of Minneapolis,
MINI, vice chairman Of the Prohibition
National Committee, who came here
today to arrange for the national party
convention. July 81 to %.
A woman probably will be run for
Vice President, he said, those promi-
nently mentioned being Mary Harris
Armous, of Georgia, and Marie c..
Brehm, Of California. The convention
will have 1900 accredited delegates.
st. Louis. Mo, July 1.-THE execu-
tive committee of the American Anti
Saloon League will meet in Columbus,
O.. next Thursday TO decide If q fight
will be launched against Governor
James Cox. Democratic presidential
nominee, it was announced today by
Rev. W. G. Shupp, superintendent of
the Missouri Anti Saloon League.