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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12
SEEK GEM CLUE IN N. J.
Detectives to Visit Bridgeton 1
Hunt for "Crippled" Thief

Detectives Shay and Shecklin. work
ing on the 5000 diamond theft from
n Bailey. Banks Biddle CO. employe
at the Bellevue Stratford, will go to
Bridgcton, \. j., today to investigate
clues there. BridgetOn police believe
the thief is one about whom they sent
warning lately to all hotels in New
Jersey This man always operated by
taking room near "A fire escape in a
hotel and then lootinG adjoining guest
chambers Likewise the detectives plan
to call upon man in Bridget0n named
Dn BOiS, which was the name the thief
wrote on the hotel register. There Us
no suspicion of the BridgPtOn man, but
the detectives hope he may recall some
one who might have used his name.
Pennsylvania Railroad police have in
informed the detective department they
learned that the thief. who masquerade
as cripple, arrived at Broad Stree,
Station by n New York train, and wa'
helped to a taXicab.
x country wide search has been un'
dprtaken for the thief Every hotel,
keeper, pawnbrOkPr aud jeweler in thu
country will b. notified of the theft ant
given q description of the thief.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12
BATTLES WITH CANNlBhlS
Doctor Rice Describes Trip on ANA.
zon With Wife

\ thrilling fight with 200 gigantic
cannibals was among other adventures
Of DR.. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
Rice, who returned yesterday from an
extensive trip through the Amazon
Valley in South America.
Mrs, Rice was formerly the widow Of
George ID. Widener, of Philadelphia.
She has penetrated the wilds Of the
Amazon further than any other white
woman.
Doctor and Mrs. Rice arrived on the
steamship Alban from Para. Brazil.
For four days Doctor and Mrs. Rice
accompanied by few guides, were fol
lowed by cannibals of the Guaribos
tribe. known as the fercest of its kind
and were obliged to keep up running
fight from their canoes, as they were
fired Upon by the savages. who kept
| abreast of them along shore.
The encounter started on the Amazon
near Esmernlda. Doctor and Mrs. Rice
with Chester II. Ober, of the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey: Lie
| Fucntes, of Venezuela. and severa
guides, first explored the Rio Negro
along the banks of which they found
specimens Of fauna and fora. Thes'
specimens will be given to Peabody Mu
suem of Harvard University.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12
MCLEAN HITS JOBHOLDERS
Candidate Declares Martins Follow
ers Get S14s,32o Yearly

Packing county departments WIN
Ware hcnchmen tends to increase taxes
and rents, John X. Mclean, Jr., as
serted today in n statement attacking
Senator Martins leadership OF the
Nineteenth ward.
Mclean, administration candidate for
the state senate from the Fifth dis
trict. declared that Martin followers
are drawing $l4S,320 a ytar from the
public payroll.
That total, he said does not include
the salaries Of police, tiremcn aud other
municipal employees, whose appoint
ments are credited to Senator Martin
and "who formerly danced at TIT bid,
ding Of the Ware contractor combine.
Mr.. Mclean said some Of the men
on the payroll are faithful employees.
vet the great body Of them are nothing
more than public parasites who draw
money from the community and give lii .
tie or no service in return.
"Whcn it is considered that the aver
age citizen has had his cost of living
increased approximately 100 per cent
during the last few years it can b,
readily understood that the creation oi
new Jobs in county offices so as TO tinC
places for Ware workers kicked ou
Of municipal departments is tending t.
further increase taxes and rent.
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BOrah May Be
"Kicked Upstairs
Continued from rsge One


Wood has not been mixed IN in these
treaty fights. lie hasn't any convictions
on tn" league that are good, safe orthO-
doX Republicans ctnvictions that he
has picked up in running for the Repub-
lican nomination. They are majority
opinions.
General Wood was asked when in
Washington IL the party platform would
declare for the Lodge reservations, 81
understand" he said. "the plank will
be a blanket one.' A blanket is the
broadest think in politics. The Amcr-
can people were for the Lodge reserva-
tions, he said, If they "Americanizcd
the treaty enough"
You see the situation with respect to
the league changes all the time. What
might seem to be strong enough Ameri
canization now might not seem so in a
few months.
1t is this dilsculty which confronts
the plank makers. They have seen the
league fall steadily in public esteem.
by the time the election Is held it may
have no friends, here or abroad. At
least there Is that possibility. The
supreme councils hanging on to life is
omnious for the league. II one were
betting on which would be the inter
national government Of the future the
supreme council would be better bet
than Mr.. Wilson's league. This is be
cause the United States failed to enter
the league promptly and because the
league may not survive the delay until
the question Of our entrance is finally
passed upon.
The men who are writing the Rcpub
lican league plank don't want to take
any chances or declaring for a League
which may be dead before November.
A good many of them would like to sc'
the league die anyway. When il dies
they want to be at liberty to watch tn,
funeral procession from the sidewalk
not to ride in one of the carriages.
Moreover there is party eXpedienCy iu
not being too explicit. Some of the best
campaign takers in the Republican par
ty are in the bitter -ender group. There
are johnson. Borah, Knox, POindextcr
Norris to mention no others.
And there are the anti league votes
which the Johnson campaign has re.
vealed, the Irish and the Germans anC
others to be thought Of.
The chances are much against the Re
publicans declaiming explicitly for thu
Lodge reservation. A good guess IL
of an "Americauized' treaty. This II
Johnson's phrase. 1t is also Wood,
phrase. Everybody can agrcc on that
Who is not for an Amcricauizcd treaty
Americanized Is one Of the bes
blanket words in the world. TO Mr.
johnson It means no league at all. II
General Wood it means the league will
the Lodge reservations IL events do no
show either that there should be n,
league at all or that the Lodge reser
vations should be stronger.
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p. r. T. May Shorten
Rides of Patrons
Continued fr'In Page One

Continued from Page One
tho Parkway are the order OF impor-
tanco."
Mr.. Jones said that removal Of
Routes IL and 81 from Market street
during rush hours would relieve west
bound traffic at Fifteenth aud Market
by fully 30 per cent.
In discussing the rerOuting Of Route
~. Mr.. Jones said that two thirds Of
the riders on that line boarded the cars
west Of Eighth street. Thos" who 1se
this route from points further east. he
said. could Use the subway elevated and
transfer. or other Walnut street lines
and transfer.
The much discussed trolley extension
over the Roosevelt boulevard is schcd e
ulcd to come before the Fuirmount Park
Commission for consideration at n
meeting today.
The commission has jurisdiction over
the boulevard and will consider the ex
tension in relation to petitions from
hundreds Of residents OF the boulevard
district who object TO the ''desecra p
ton Of the thoroughfare.
| Another important transportation de
! velopmrnt expected today is the an.
nouncemcnt Of the incorpOratOrs Of the
company which yesterday requested the
/ privilege Of running auto busses along
! Broad street from Olnry avenue to the
navy yard.
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ropAvs MARRIAGE LICENSES

'ofSpT Theresa "a Hoyt fi0yS" a4as s 18th st;
Charles Campbell. 2ll2 ~ MarNlne ST., ana
Ida Maybank, 1903 Nedro ave.
Clement Bowman, 1900 D. 2otih 81 ana MAI
tina HoTrlngton. Dover, PEI, . s ~.
'oSfPn StRsa ri M oDeviin, 2ie7 s. 18th st.
Harold c, CarpeIna1ssGG' pIasG' lit9 =. it" st. ana
James c, Byrd, Jr, l08s LOMBARD ST ana
Hossie Hul, i74l Federal 81 n..,,.,.
Herman ElitsHy. 1913 >, 7th ST. ana fuuilhe
Sasnove, 19il =, 9th St, NJ. o
Richard SeasOugood, 253J 9th St, and
Bertha l. Schauftsle. DlO ~ "dth a.
wilmore p Cox. 1904 spruce st, and Elisa
beth l.. Lewis, 1907 s. Farragut Terrace;
| Mary Gebart. 2lS5 n Franklin p.
Iohn Grow aga ogden Ht., and Lawrence
| Heard 1929 ogden st.
| FraHSis l. McKeon, 2iOs w. Norris st., and
Ia n King, 2T69 waterloo ~.
| George r. MYrick, 2sls 22d 81, and Jo'
ssIhIne EiiasOu, 2ii8 w, Firth st.
fosSnh A Middle ton. Amber, Pa, and FL
| ''ssnor Weaver, Fox Chase.
| Gsorgs g. Brown, san Diego, Cant anc
SVps SVpnsso,hy Yale 8425 York road.
| nanIai Collins 702 Callowhill 81. and ElleT
| Faiionx 100 Callowhill ~,
~ roakow, 1880 s., 7th ST. and Sylvia
~ "a Dort. i43O 3 7th ~
~ rsace AZ. Bsil. 1895 w cpmbsriand 81
VI Ross lao2 " Berkk q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12
THIEVES BLOW SAFE
BUT MISS RICH HAUL
Metropolitan Insurance Co. Of
fees in Bells Hall Building
Are Broken Into
MONEY IS FOUND INTACT

Robbers who blew safe last night
or early this morning in the Offices Of
the Metropolitan Insurance Co.. in tho
Bells Hall Building at Roberts and
Germantown avenues, apparently were
scared away before they reached n
large sum Of money stored in the safe.
The outer door of the heavy safe was
blown from its hinges, and the knob
Of the door on the inner compartment
had been knocked off. but the robbers
did not succeed in opening the door 10
the inner compartment.
Posed as Carpenters
The robbers are believed to have
entered the building posing as members
of carpenters union. which held a
meeting in Bells's Hall on the third
floor.
The men forced a door leading to the
Offices Of thc insurance company, and
hid in the Offices until the meeting ad
journed at midnight.
Then they prepared charge of
nitroglycerin aud soaped it into the
cracks Of the safe door. The robbers
took a heavy rug from the Office OF
the superintendent and used it to
muffie the noise of the explosion
The proprietor of grocery under
meath the Offices of the company said
today he had been in the building unit
l o'clock, and had heard no unusual
noise.
The attempted robbery was discover
ed at 6 o'clock this morning, by Mel
son Eldrich, the janitor. Alexander
Norden. superintendent of the com
pany, said that the safe contained q
large sum of money which the agents,
who made collections Monday and yes,
terday had turned in.
City HILL detectives are at work or
the case.
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TWO STOREKEEPERS
\ shot AND KILLED
Negro Youth Pawns Clothes to
Buy Revolver After Fight
Over $12 Grocery Bill
sPASSERBY HIT IN HEART
Four Murders in City .
in Less Than 72 Hours

-Four murders have occurred in
the. city within the last seventy two
hours.
Nathan Badcrman. n storekeeper
at $500 South Twelfth street. shot
and killed his wife Sophie as she
slept Monday morning. He com
mitted suicide by cutting his throat.
James Downes, 1894 Kingsessing
svenuc, a private watchman, was
found murdered in the Dwight estate
mansion, Germantown and Sunset
avenues. op the same day. The body
was stuffed in a pantry. Burglars
are blamed.
Samuel Lachcn. $40 North Tenth
street, and Louis Abrams, OIL North
Marshall street, storekeepers, were
shot and killed by a negro youth
yesterday after quarrel over a
grocery bill.
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Loan Cut Urged
By Reserve Bank

Continued from Page One
the Fourth (ClevelandD district. to
3I-63, and in the system ms whole, to
81 40. In this district there has been
regrettable failure to reduce the ratio.
At the close of business on April 30,
this bank had S202 800 900 of loans Sc
cured by government obligations, and
$40 ZOO, 900 on commercial paper. in
Guiding acceptances bought Our ratio
was, therefore, 81 -13. We had loaned
all that we had to loan and $2l 900, 900
borrowed from other Federal Reserve
banks, and of this entire amount nearly
seven eighths was on government OBJ
legations and only little over one
eighth on the kind of paper which the
bank was created to handle. Still more
regrettable Is the fact that these loans
on government obligations show no
tendency TO decline. For the last four
months they show no apprcciable
change. The result is that If an emer-
gency should develop in which member
banks would be obliged to call upon this
bank TO rediscount for them literally,
its capacity to serve them would be
very limited, aud would be largely de-
pendent upon its ability to secure ac-
commodations from other Federal Re-
serve banks.
Method Of Reduction
1--WE are confident that you will agree
with US that this condition should be
| corrected through a reduction in loans,
particularly loans secured by govern .
ment obligations. AS means to this end,
we venture to submit these suggestions
First. That member banks urge
upon customers for whom they are car
rying Liberty bond or Victory note sub
scriptions, even more strongly Than be-
fore, the necessity of applying earn
ings or savings to the liquidation oi
their loans.
Second. That banks receiving such
payments from customers apply then
promptly and exclusively To the reduc-
ton of any loans which the bank may
have with the Federal Reserve Bank
on secured paper.
Third. That in the case of banks
which have borrowed from the Fedora
Reserve Bank on bonds or notes owned
by them. they reduce those loans
monthly, by the application of payments
received on maturing paper. or of sur
plus earnings. Where neither Of thes'
is possible we would suggest the gradua
liuuidation of their holdings. as sucl
liquidation can be effected withOu
further depression Of the market.
1--WE shall be glad to have from yot
a frank expression of your views ns t
this situation, and as to the fairness ant
practicability of these suggestions
II had no special emergency II
mind when sent out the letter. Gov
pruor Norris said today. 1T is
banks duty TO be ready for any dif
ticulty that might crop up. The Phila
delphia district has been slow in pay.
ing war loans, particularly on Libert
u n,,l pnN IN
loans out of the way and business bac
on a peacetime basis AZ soon as pos
siblc.
Emergencies such as mentio
occur every year, The harvesting c
crops in the West always creates de
mand for money in the East and W
: want to prepare for that demand, no
only about four months away. Th
letter has no alarming features.
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English Helpless
in U-BOat Menace



all classes since the beginning Of the
war" said Mr., Daniels.
Sims's cable To the President sug
gested that the proper policy to pursue
was TO adopt the recommendations he
had made 10 the department. most of
which had been decided upon and put in
operation before Admiral Sims sug-
gested them" Secretary Daniels de
clared.
"He added" the secretary continued,
that we should adopt an organization
similar in all respects to the British
squadron and virtually transfer all naval
authority to his headquarters in Lon
don"
Two "Signiflcant" Remarks
Two "rcmarkabie ana significant
statements" in Admiral Sims's reply
to President Wilson were cited by Mr.,
Daniels as evidence that the admiral
was "hypnotized by British influences.
The first WAS that the views he had eG
pressed were in all cases IAN independ
ent opinion based upon specific facts
collected in the Admiralty and othel
government departments. The seconc
was as follows:
lieve TO be true. that regardless Of any
future developments we can alwayi
count upon the support Of the Britisl
navy. ! have been assured Of this b!
important government officials. ..
hEvery schoolboy should know sal
Mr.. Daniels. that in Il democratic
government no government official coul
Z pledge his country's navy to supper
another government regardless OF futur
developments.
Secretary Daniels presented iette
from former Representative CarIin, Q
Virginia, dated last April 20, and stat
ing that while Mr.. Carlin was visitin
London in December, 1918, Admira
Sims had "disabused'' his mind of tn
view that "our navy had been OF gTea
importauce during the war and ha
accomplished splendid results
.'He told me our navy was small an
ineffective as compared with the Britis
navy aud that our achievements ha
Amounted to but little during the war,
wrote Mr.. Carlin. 81 remember thu
after having the admiral ] told my sol
who was with me, that the admirt
should be in the British navy and q
their payroll and not on ours
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12

Following the pace Of progress, it
costs more to die now than ever be
fore.
Undertakers who formerly displayed
nlluring signs near cemeteries an
nouncing bargain funerals have removed
these notices.
1t costs 90 per cent more now to be
escorted 10 the burial ground. whether
one happens to be the principal Of a
funeral or merely a mOurner. The ad-
vance ia the price of funeral carriages
or automobiles has been announced by
the Auto Livery Protective Associa-
tion.
One of the reasons given for the ad-
vance is the high cost OF gasoline, NO
matter how one hates 10 think Of gaso-
( Inc in connection with death or hi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12
WILMER ATKINSON FUNERAL
Services Held Today for Editor Of
Farm journal

Funeral services of Wilmer Atkinson,
editor and founder Of the Farm Jour e
nal. were held this afternoon at, his
home, 4lOG Locust street. The cere- .
mony was that of the Friends.
There was "A brief reading by
Arthur II. Jenkins, II nephew OF Mr.
Atkinson. from book of poems which
Mr.. Atkinson loved. and several friend"
made brief addresses in apprccin q
tion Of the character and work Of the
editor.
PalIbcarers were: Edward A Jcn
kins. of SwurthmOre; J. Clarence
Atkinson, Of Chestnut Hill ; Thomas
Atkinson, Amber; Albert Smith, Lam
bcrtyilIo, y. j.; Wilmer AtkiusonI
jenkins. Swarthmnro, and Irwin !
paschall, JcnkintOwn.
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COST OF DYING GOES UP
WITH RISE IN GASOLINE
Undertakers Renore Sigus announcing Bargain Funerals.
Wages of Auto Drirers Also Add to Expense
Higher Rates for MournerS

eternal future. the advanrc in price OF
this fuel figures in the general funeral
expenses. This means that the journey
Of mOurner which formerly cost Sc
il now $7.20. The hcarsc, of course
costs more IN proportion,
The livery association also says that
it costs more for the drivers who pilot
the vehicles to the cemetery.
Furthermore, the costs Of caskets
have advanced as we'll as all the other
drear fxings.
incidentally figures announced by the
board of health during the last few days
show decrease In the number of deaths.
All Of which Indicates that IL the high
cost of living Is equaled by the high
tsos'ipgs of und{ tnkers op tbe subject
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12

Two storekeepers were shot and killed
by seventeen year -old negro after
hght between one Of them and the negro
over S12 grocery bill.
The dead men are Samuel Lachen,
ffty-two years old. $40 North Tenth
street, and Louis Abrams, forty six
years old. o71 North Marshall street,
Charles Walker, 92O Wallace street,
the murderer, was caught in the kitchen
of his home. lie will be given hear
ing on the murder charge in City Hall
today.
Walker and Lachen had fight be-
cause Of the grocery bill yesterday aft
crnoou. Walker had promised to pay
the S12. but didn't and is said to have
grown abusive when Lachen refused him
additional credit.
During the argument Lachen is said
TO have struck the negro and knocked
him TO the street in front of the store.
Returns TO Store
Walker. according to confession he
made later to Detective Belshaw, head
of the murder squad" went to his
home, got his best suit of clothes and
pswned il for S12.
Instead of paying the bill with the
money he bought second hand re.
volver and some bullets. Armed with
the loaded revolver, he returned to the
Lachen store last night.
Another argument ensued and La
chen and Walker went out on the pave
ment. Walker drew the revolver. Ia
chen grabbed Abrams, who was goinI
l.. -
Tenth street. and used him as n shield
Walker fired. The bullet took effec
over Abrams's heart. L.achen dropped
Abrams and ducked toward the store
Walker fired second time. The bulle
lodged in Lachcn's heart. He dropped
dead. A third shot just grazed the wris
Of son OF Lachen.
The negro brandished the still LOADED
revolver and broke his way through tn,
crowd which had gathered quickly. III,
ran to his home, eluding the men wbt
pursued him.
Lynching Threatened
Pntrolmen from the Tenth and But
tonwood streets station arrived barrel!
in time TO prevent the crowd from
carrying out its threat to break int
the house to lynch Walker.
''Come in" Walker called calmly
when the police knocked, ~ still hav
the gun, but wont do any more shoot
ing"
He submitted to arrest without rc
sistauce. lie was hustled through tn
angry crowd by special detail of pa
trolmen and sent to City Hall.
Both the victims we're sent 10 tn
Roosevelt Hospital. hut they were dea
before reaching the institution.
IN Lachen leaves five children. His wifi
died about year ago and six month
ago one Of his children was killed b.
trolley car at Tenth street and Fair
mount avenue. Abrams Is survived b.
wife and two children.
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SUGAR DEALERS ACCUSED
Warrants Issued for Chicago Candy
Company Heads

Chicago. May l2.--(By \. PD--
Warrants were issued today by Dis
trict Attorney Clync for tn" arrest OF
Theodore Buntc, president of candy
company bearing his name. and r. w.
Bochm. secretary of the concern, charg-
ing them with violating the Lever act.
The warrants charge the candy com
pany purchased ,306, 100 pounds Of
sugar from the Colonial Sugar Go. of
New Orleans at IL 30 cents per pound
aud rrsod It at an average price of
- I 10 cents. making total Of S204, .
1863. .G3 on the deal
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TO RELIEVE CAR SHORTAGE
Committee Favors Extending Use Of
S3oo,oOo,ooo Revolving Fund

Washington, May l2.-(By A. p --
Legislation designed to aid the rail
roads and shippers in the ear shortage
situation by extending the use of the
$500, 900, 900 revolving fund provided IN
the transportation act from five to tif
teen years, and also amending the law
in other respects WAS agreed upon today
by the Senate interstate commerce com
mittee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12
Tried to Get 3. r. Papers

Charged with impersonating gov
ernment agent, T.. Frank Kcnnerly, Of
this city, has been arrested in Pitts.
burgb. and held under $1,000 bail. Ac.
cordiny to federal authorities, Konnerly
told Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
oficials he was Il government agent mud
demanded certain papers pertaining to
the railroad strike be turned over TO
him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-12
MRS. B. c. TOWER IS DEAD
Daughter of c. A. Potter Pseses
Away In New ENGLAND

Announcement of the sudden death of
Mrs. Benjamin Q. Tower Mt her home,
Cohassett. Mass, Monday night, came
as a shock to a large circle Of friends
of Mrs. Tower, who had lived in Chest
nut Hill, until her marriage three
years ago.
Before her marriage Mrs. Tower was
Miss Dorothy Potter, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles A. Potter, whose
home IL the Anglecot. Chestnut Hill.
Her father is vice president Of the
Thomas Potter Sons & Co.. Inc, oil
cloth manufacturers, established by his
father.
Her husband. an insurance broker.
member of prominent Massachusetts
family, served overseas during the war.
She was sister of Charles A. Potter,
Jr.. and niece Of William Potter, ex
ambassador to Italy.
The funeral will be held tomorrow al
2:30 p. m. at her parents home in
Chestnut Hill.