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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
'ASKC|TY COUNCIL |
TO URGE cLEAN|NI
Research Bureau Wants a.
on Record as Favorine
Municipal Work
TWO DISTRICTS BEGIN JAN.

The Bureau of Municipal Ro,,.
today declared city Council should ,S'ca a,'
itself on record as fayoring muri',, ra.,
street cleaning. The administrot,os y
present, plans to begin direct =,
cleaning January In two districts 80 s.
retaining the contract system n ~
other eleven. " ~
In a bulletin the bureau stated . i
Although IL has been copclu,,,.,.
shown by Philadelphia upfor,un...|
experiences with contract perform.
and by the experiences of other l.,..)
cities, all of which employ m,,nic,n.s|
forces. that municipal street cleor,r.
is the only proper method of perform
ancc from the standpoints both Of ,o,r
Zee and OF cost, the administrator r..
not publicly accepted this princip,e IN.
fact that two districts will be cle,r.s
by municipal forces In 1921 does M, =
Itself indicate that municipal pcrforn'
ance will be extended throughout N.
city. 'ns
These facts are Of vital interoSt :.
the supporters of the new charter vita
obtained authority from the Legislsn,s
for the city to do municipal street clean
ing and fixed a date when the new meth
cd should be inaugurated. II administrs.
tive expedienry requires it, partial mn.
nic!pal program will find approval nro. @
vided the administration indicates tbs, G
1t is the first step in the full initiatio,
OF municipal work. Without such
statement of policy, a partial municinai
performance plan has naturally beon
lorked upon only with uneasiness. ~
On October 10 an ordinance was IN.
troduced into Council to authorize n.
director of public works to contract "a,
street cleaning work in eleven Of tbs
thirteen districts. If this ordinance 4
passed by a vote of eleven members and
approved by the Mayor, the date for tbs
initiation Of municipal work specified
In the charter will be set aside and M
other date will be substituted. II NAV
not be essential for Council 10 set 4
date In the future which will mark the
end OF contract street cleaning through.
out the city, but 1t Is highly desirsbl,
for Council so to amend the ordinsnc,
before them as to recognize the principle
that WIS fought out in getting the new
charter adopted--that with service m
The major criterion, municipal stree,
cleaning ts the correct method and Ina
onc to which the city must speedily
come. M
There was much opposition to puttius
CouG 1! on record IN favor Of municipal
st' eet cleaning when this was proposed
In a resolution introduced several weehs
ago. Many persons have not accepted
the iri cfu,able arguments that munici. /
pal work Is the only proper methvd Of
performances in street cleaning. II will
be argued, therefore, that the city should
not be committed to the further extension
Of municipal work until 1t has been ex.
per'mented with on small scale. But
municipal street cleaning is not an ex-
pertinent. 1t is the method used IN all
Othce large cities. II has been tried
andIhas succeeded. Introducing it into
Philadolphis involves no risk, although
il. does require careful administrative
planning"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
Harding May Issue
Final Statement
Continued from Page One

Eight that will be- required to bring
about needed reforms.
Then senator Harding tackled VII.
soniSm'S record for extravaganza. He
said hc wa. not referring to thr cy.
pcndi'urrS ncCrssitatcd by the WDr
"Wr do not begrudg, cent of the
money properly spent 10 aid in winning
tho war. But it is fact that from tho
very moment the present administration
took the rriDs Of power tho cost Of gov g..
"rnment began TO Increase by leaps und
bounds and the cost Of living went up
step by step, and leap by leap, in COM
pamy and in sympathy with it,"
The senator thus summarized his do
nestle policy:
We need rctronchmcnt in expcndi.
lures. We need efficiency in govern
mrnt. We want to uuShacklc businps.
from it, burden Of taxes. heavily and
inequitRbly and unscicntitically in. .
posed. We want TO establish our lines
Of transport and communication on n
basis which will make them ade0uate
70 the eyer increasing demands Of our
development and needs. We want an
educational system which will offer free
opportunity 10 every aspiring mind, we
want poicy Of social justice which
will be n response to the Sermon on
the Mount. We want an American
merchant marine which will carry
American products in American bottoms
under the folds Of Old Glory 10 every
port in the world we want an agricuI.
tnrai development which will furnish
food in plenty and find profit and
pleasure in the doing We want a high
standard Of living based on a high rate
of wages, honestly earned and reflected
in high production and protected against
duced under inferlOr-wOrking conditions.
We want a free and clean press we
want nation Of home owners and
home lovers. We want a religious peo /.
pie, free to worship according to their
cOnsci( ce, We want tolerance as well
as liberty. We want wholesome recrea
tion to tighten our toll aud keep us IN,
touch with Gods out Of saegss isae-s'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
PENNIMAN is OPTIMIST
Asks Students to Behave After Win.
ming From State

There is no greater optimist on the
campus Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania than its new acting provost,
Josiah II. Penniman.
Yesterday noon. at the All Univcr
atty Assembly in Wcightman Hall. DR..
penniman, during his regular talk to
the students, made the following re
mark:
After we win from Penn State to.
morrow, hope the students will not
try to break up classes on Monday. a,
they have sometimes done in the past. -
This remark was madr in ronnrcrlon
with the reading by Provost Prnnimau
" two letters received from trusJcrs
"ritcizing the breaking up "f classes
on Thursday to give the football team
a send Off before they won't ~
whitemarsh for final training. DR..
Penniman declared that he would be
glad to see to il that the University
had an opportunity to cclcbrat" its ylc-
tory. but hoped that thi, rouId BE- ar
ranged without curtailing or breaking
up any classes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
MOTHER Of BR|NES
HAS FAITH IN SON
Receivers BraveIy In Hospital
as Boy Faces Charge
Of Murder
ROOM BOWER OF FLOWERS

BILLY" Brines has at least one un-
swervingly loyal friend-his mother.
With great masses Of oak leaves and
red and white chrysanthemums turning
her little hospital room into bower
Of autumn, Mrs. Annie Il. Brines sat
today and smiled a bravely sweet smile
at chance visitor.
That smile was forced, perhaps, in
the saddest crucible that ever held the
hopes and fears Of mother--the
knowledge that her boy, her only son, is
held in city Jail formally charged
with murder.
Mrs. Brines did not finch at the
mention Of her boys name. There
was only the brave smile which said
planned than any amount Of words. II
believe in him. He Is my son." The
only words spoken when the visitor
referred to the young man and ex.
pressed the hope that everything would
come right in the end were:
Thank you, very much"
Particularly slight. of build, exqui-
sitely refined of expression, Mrs. Brines
sat quietly rocking in a chair beside the
bed. on which lay a box lid Of her
letters and papers.
Mrs. Brines expressed gratitude for
the sympathy Of friends. The colorful
masses of flowers were mute but force
full testimonials of this.
There are in all parts of the city
old friends whose full hearts have gone
out to this grey haired little mother
so unwarningly crushed.
1t was the blow of the accusation
against her son, the charge that he
murdered William +. Drewes, a studep,
at Dartmouth, that sent Mrs. Brines
to the Womnn's Southern Homeopathic
Hospital, suffering from nervous
collapse.
Mrs. Brines, who lives at 544s
Chestnut street, is now improving SO
rapidly that she sits up the greater
part of the day. Her room faces
Broad street, and much time is spent
quietly looking out Of the window.
There are no newspapers in Mrs.
Brines' room, indicating possibly that
none are permitted to be taken In
there.
Her brother. John Virgins, and his
wife, to whose home she was first
taken after the discovery Of Drewes'
body, are the only visitors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
.2DEAD IN CAMDEN
AFTER GUN BATTLE
Negroes Killed After Fight Sup
posedIy Over Woman--PhiI-
adeIphian Held
CAUGHT BOARDING FERRY

Two negroes were shot to death in a
gun fight at 28O Spruce street, Camden,
at 2 o'clock this morning.
The men killed were Louis Adams,
fifty years old, Of the Spruce street
address, and Joseph Gray, thirty nine
years old, of Spruce street. near Third,
Camden.
Jeremiah James, a negro, forty six
years old. of Cleveland street, near Car
penter, this city, was arrested In con-
nection with the shooting as he was
about to board Kaighn avenue ferry
for Philadelphia. ....
Neighbors of Adams were awakened
at 2 o'clock by a volley of shots. They
summoned the police and Adams was
found dead in the street in front OF his
home.
The body of Gray was not found un-
til daylight when 1t was discovered In
the yard of Adams home. Both bod
les were taken to the Camden morgue.
The police believe the men were
killed IN fight over a woman. When
James was arrested by Patrolman How
ard Fisher it is said he was carrying
a revolver in his right hand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
GROCER LOCKED UP
AS THUGS ROB TILL
Motorear Bandits Hold Up West
PhlladeIphIa store

Automobile bandits held up and
robbed the grocery and delicatessen
store Of Frank Oliver, Fifty seventh
and Locust streets, early today. after
locking the proprietor in a room adjoin :
ing the store.
Five young and we'll dressed men
drove up to the store in a touring car.
Four entered the store. the driver re :
manning outside. One Of the mea asked
for half pound Of ham. Oliver turned
his back 10 get tie ham from. the ice
box and when he turned around he was
facing four revolvcrs and told to put up
his hands.
lie complied. Two men kept him
covered while their associates grabbed
divers arms, put him into an adjoining
room and locked the door. The men then
rifcd the cash register and ESCAPED with
$l5.
Mollie Cohen, 1896 North Eighth
street, was on her way home after visit
ing friends near Sedgley avenue and
Huntington street. 4 man stepped
out Of dark doorway, snatched her
handbag, which contained $27, and ran
up Huntingdon street, closely followed
by his victim. He escaped after a chase
of several squares.
The robbery was reported to the po-
lice Of the Twenty sixth and York
streets station. Detectives Hart and
Logan are now investigating. The
handbag snatcher is described as man
wearing a dark suit and black hat,
He was about twenty years old and
about FIVE feet ten inches tall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
RCHEORDOD|ES
OF DEAD SAILORS
Coast Guards Comb Ocean for
Victims of Stone Ship
Disaster
NINETEEN MEN DROWNED
BY the Associated Press

Newport, II. L., Oct. 30.-Members
OF the coast guard crew stationed hc-e
reported early today that no trace had
been found Of any of the nineteen miss
ing members Of the crew Of thirty four
who were on the concrete steamship
Cape Fear when that vessel was sunk
in Narragansett bay last night in a
collision with the Savannah line
steamer City of Atlanta.
The coast guardsmen conducted nm
all night search and found only guam
titles of wrcckage. Points along the
shore also reported wreceage, but there
was no word Of the missing men.
The Cape Fear was struck amidships
and sunk In three minutes about half
way between Castle Hill on the Newport
shore and Rose Island. She went
down bow first in 100 fathoms, the
greatest depth in the bay.
The City Of Atlanta's bow was dam
aged badly. Her bulkheads held, how =
ever, and she anchored in the bay.
The Cape Fear went down SO quickly
that the majority of the crew had to
jump into the water.
The Cape Fear, which had been lying
Mt anchor in the harbor at Providence
since last June, was outward bound
for Norfolk in ballast. The City of
Atlanta was bound from Savannah for
Providence with q cargo Of pig iron.
Captain Garfield, of the City Of At
lanta, describing the accident said that
he picked up the lights of the Cape Fear
and signaled with one whistle, which
was answered. He was bearing steadily
to port, he said. with plenty Of clear
ance room, when suddenly the Cape
Fear swung across his bow, blowing
two whistles as n signal after she had
turnedsto cross to the other side. Cap
tain Garfield said he ordered full speed
astern, but could not avoid the collision.
The Cape Fear was registered 1893
tons and was said to be one of the last
OF the concrete vessels built as an ex-
pertinent during the war which had re-
mained in commission. The City Of
Atlanta registered All tons,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

I Ghosts, goblins and witches, not 10
mention black cats, bats and the other
Halloween "yarmints." have entered
into their own in Philadelphia and will
continue TO hold sway till election en- :
thusiasts turn the tide Of interest to
Harding and Cox next Tuesday.
Y Never In the city's history have there
been 10 many permits issued for Hal
loween dances. Shop windows are more
crowded than ever with the grinning
jack o. lanterns and gay colored dec
orations that 20 with parties at this
season, Motley. arsys of fancy dress
costumes and weird looking masks and
false faces have for several days claimed
the attention Of the younger set"
B There are countless boys and girls
who will be going down the cellar stairs
backward tonight, holding candle In one
hand and mirror In the other. as they.
cautiously try to see the face Of sweet
heart reflected in the mirror. Bobbing
for apples. discovering tho initials Of
future husbands and wives from apple
peels thrown over the shoulder, telling
and hearing fortunes--these are only a
few Of the Inevitable events of All Hal
lows Eve.
Forty two licenses for special dances
have been issued from the office Of the
Mayor license clerk for tonight.
twenty eight for tomorrow night and
twenty for Monday night. These do not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
NARE CONSTAB[ES
\ HIT BY TRAINER
South PhiIa. Tired of BuIIdozing
and Being lntimidated,
Declares Leader
MAYOR NEEDS GALLAGHER

Appointment Of deputy constubles in
wards Of the First councimanir district
by magistrates friendly to the Ware or
ganization was denounced today by Jo-
seph G.. Trainer, anti-Narc leader In
South Philadelphia.
"Thc people Of South Philadelphia
ore disgustcd with Ware methods and
are in no mood for such tactics, MIR.
Trainer said. "Thc people tnCrc are
tired of being bulldozed and intim
dated.
II want to warn the Wares that sucl
tactics to prevent free and fair cleo
tion had better be abandoned. Subter
fuges such as that will not be tolerated.
The Wares are claiming that the po-
lice arc in politics in the First district.
Ii is very odd that the Wares are re-
sorting to such cry-babr methods after
all these years. They are bad losers.
They know the end is il sight and they
are dying hard"
The councilmanic contest in the First
district is between James Gallagher
anti-N candidate on the South
Philadelphia and the Democratic tickets.
and Charles J. Pommer, who was
handed the Republican nomination by
Ware controlled ward committees.
At political meeting last night.
Harry J. Trainer, brother of Joseph {.
Trainer, told voters the Pcnrose Moore
forces have an unbroken front and are
determined to defeat the Wares.
The meeting was held at Twentieth
and Mexican streets. just after Trainer
visited Senator Penrose. and the an
nouncement that the anti-Nare com
bination was still intact was the big fea =
tlire of Trainers short talk, Senator
Penrose said, according TO Trainer:
II started fighting the Wares in 1916.
There has not been any harmony since
then. and there will not be anv har-
mony with them while the Ware organi-
zation exists as n political entity. a plea
for harmony is the plea Vf a political
coward"
Senator Penrose's short defiance. is
sued through Trainer. was much the
same as a statement to South Philadel
phia voters made by Mayor Moore
when they visited him.
The Mayors statement was a
straight from -the-shoulder discourse in
which he said the election of Gallagher
over the Ware candidate, Pommer. was a
necessity II the administration i'm
provement program is to be carried out.
He told the voters that no irregular
ifies would be countenanced by the ad-
ministration. no matter in whose behalf
they existed. but urged them to do their
utmost for a fair election. He said the
day Of bosses driving foreign born vot
ers to do their will is past"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
ASKS FOCH TO VISIT HERE
Or. La Place Extends invitation at
Paris Dinner

Or. Ernest La Place. of this city. in
vited Marshal Foch, of France, TO Phil
adelphia at a dinner at the Interallied
Club in Paris last night.
Doctor La Place was one Of the
guests at dinner given by the Alliance
Francaise de l'Amerique du Nord as q
farewell to General Nivelle's mission,
which is leaving for the United States
for the Mayflower tercentenary and as
a welcome TO n Milwaukee delegation
which is presenting a gift TO Strasbourg
in honor Of the Wisconsin troops.
I'm the name of the Governor of
Pennsylvania and the Mayor Of Phila
delphia, the cradle Of liberty in Amer
ica, We invite you to come and do us the
honor Of visiting us" Doctor La Place
said TO Marshal Foch, who presided at
the dinner.
Your kindly invitation is written on
my heart" said Marshal Foch, who
appeared deeply impressed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
Wills Probated Today

Relatives were the beneficiaries in
five wills admitted to probate today in
City Hall. Six inventories of personal
property were also filed. The wills
were: John Brawn. 4414 North Fiji
teenth street. $50, 900; George w.
Gwinner. 1900 Erdwick street, $4,000
Charles +. Medfcrd, 1927 Kensington
aot ayf@u Wot SSS oSS ssie A%Ts 1Tsr s 6fnhsj
Charles SchiIling, 7O3 Parrish street,
S3T, 700. The inventories included
Alexander Simpson, S7375: Annie Nc
Twain, S0735. .8S; Josephine w. Van
Dyke, S1S.33l.77; Herman Peelsr,
SS4S5 40; Sarah Crist. $40, ,730. .6S, and
atalison N Cooper, S276, ,6S2 40,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
SEIZE Rum IN FRANKFORT
$4,000 Worth Taken in Raids or
Three Saloons

Prohibition agents seized $50. 200
worth of whisky in raids on three
Frankford saloons late Yesterday after.
noon. The largest seizure was made
at the saloon of George Strucker, 29Sl E
:" FrankfOrd avenue, where a truck =
load Of liquor was found.
The other saloons raded were those
of Louis W"in"r. 3270 Frankford ave
nue.. and A. J.. Strummer. 1000 Clear.
field street. The prohibition agents
were led by the raiding parson, the
tN, j.. T. johnson. Of the Twenty
ninth Street Methodist Church.
The raiders started out at . O'Clock
yesterday afternoon with search war
rants. They returned after Z o'clock
last night with two truckloads of
whisky. Among the whisky was 300
quart bottles. twenty four cases and
thirteen barrels.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
Don't Want Trolley Tracks

Residents of West Philadelphia will
hold mass meeting at the Imperial
Theatre, Sixtieth and Walnut streets,
tomorrow afternoon, to protest against
an ordinance recently reintroduced in
Council by Hugh l.. Montgomery, call
ing for permission to lay double trolley
track on Cobbs Creek boulevard. This
ordinance was vetoed by Mayor Moore
when last brought up. Many good
speakers will address the meeting, which
will be held under the auspices of the
Cobbs Creek Parkway Home Associa-
tion, the Siegcl Home Town Improve
ment Association, the South Sixtieth
Street Improvement Association and the
South Sixtieth Street Business Men 5
Association.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
SENIORS TO DOLL UP"
Penn's Graduating Class viii Hold
Dance Tonight

High collars, dress suits and stiff
shirts sill make their first official ap-
pearance on the campus of the Univcr
sity Of Pennsylvania this evening. The
Senior Glass Dance Is scheduled to take
place in Weightman Hall at $50
o'clock.
The delegation, playing and other
wise. who are visitors here from the
rival institution OF Penn State, are to
be guests Of honor. Pat" Ballard,
the well known student "jazz artist, "
will have his orchestra present to tickle
tired and reluctant feet into the tolls
of the fox trot and the one step.
The list of patronesses is az follows
Mrs, Edgar Fahs Smith, Mrs. John
II. Hart, Jr., Mrs. Arthur ii. Quinn,
Mrs. II. Lamar Crosby, Mrs. Paul Z.
Kitchin and Mrs. Il. NJ. Patterson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
AMERICAN LEADS
IN SCHOONER RACE
Gloucester Boat Has 6 Minutes
Advantage Of Canadian
at Third Buoy
COURSE HALF COMPLETED

Halifax, Oct. 30.-The American
schooner Esperanto was leading her
Canadian rival. the Delawana, by six
minutes. with the course half completed
In the international race for fishing
boats off Halifax today.
The Esperanto and the Delawana
dashed off on their first race OF the in
ternational fshermen's regatta at 8
o'clock today.
Whipped along by a freshening ten
knot breeze from the southwest, the
Lunenburg craft swept across the start
ing line at o :00 AS official time, thirty
two seconds ahead of the Gloucester
man.
Shortly after the start, Esperanto
edged up to windward of Delawana and
the schooners started on the first leg Of
their forty mile course close hauled,
beam to beam.
The schooners carried no gear not
used in their daily work and were
manned by crews of twenty five, in
cluding master, an official observer and
and two guests.
Captain ii. Thomas, Of Gloucester,
WINS dDouIu lHt bViuWubu 40 OuNtINfI ,
and Howard Lawrence, of Halifax. was
on the Esperanto. One Of the Esper.
anto's guests was a pilot familiar with
the wateEsf OF Halifax.
Interest was intense among the large
gallery" OF yachtsmen and fishermen.
but the majority of them felt that there
was little to choose between the
sehooners.
Canadian First at Buoy
The first leg, from Point Pleasant
breakwater to the automatic buoy. six
and a half miles down the harbor,
showed a neck and neck struggle. When
the first mark was rounded, however
the Nova Scotian was leading by q
length and half. The turning times
were:
Delawana. 0 :35 10.
Esperanto, . :35 90.
The Esperanto began cutting down
the Canadians lead on the second OF
the five legs, demonstrating that she
was considerably faster than Delawana
OF the wind. At $3.50, Esperanto was
Esperanto Takes Lead
The American rounded the second
mark ahead Of her rival, after having
taken the lead on the second leg HeI
turning time was 10 IA 80 and, Della
wana's 70:17 :54.
The Canadian appeared to be gaining
slightly on the American when the craft
were half a mile from Shut In Island
buoy, after having covered more than
half Of the course.
On sighting the buoy Captain Welch
found she had made considerably to
leeward Of 1t, and Marty Immediately
began tightening his sheets. Delawana
did likewise.
Esperanto turned the third mark at
IL :01 :15.
Delawana turned at II :O7 :09. nearly
six minutes behind the Gloucesterman. /.
The American added three minutes
more to her lead in the third leg.
Fisher folk who put out t. sea to
watch the race, and observers gathered
on the shore, followed the contest with
intense interest. Bronzed men who
have followed the sea all their lives
evinced more interest in this hastily
planned match between two craft with
which they are familiar than in the
Americas Cup races off Sandy Hook
last July.
In this case the race is stripped of
all it's technicalities. There is no time
allowance to be figured. for there is
none, and the first boat to cross the line
wins.